IMPORTANT: Recap of 1/24 Sewer Forum, ANOTHER FORUM 3/1

For the many Tivolians who did not attend the important Sewer Forum held by the Village Board of Trustees on January 24th, this email will convey to you the critical information that was presented that night.

The essential points of the presentation:

Tivoli’s existing wastewater treatment plant is beyond repair and a complete replacement with a new plant is imperative.

The current plant is failing to meet the State’s requirements of our SPDES permit and Tivoli is under a consent order from the NYS DEC to start meeting the permit requirements within 30 months or face costly fines. (SPDES is State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System).

The new sewer plant and attendant upgrades to the pump station and collection system are anticipated to cost $13,400,000. Yes, $13.4 million. If more funding is not secured, these costs could result in an additional $1,000 per year per household.

To view the slideshow presented on 1/24 click the link below. The slides take one through the history of the plant, the current technology, the proposed new technology, and slide #16 shows the projected costs for the total project and for a typical household.
https://mcusercontent.com/db32a6873991aa156ac2f8920/files/3620e50b-5717-4e2c-761b-a270ccebf61f/2023_01_24_DCWWA_Tivoli_WWTP_Upgrade.pdf

To watch the full video of the 1/24 presentation click here:http://www.pandatv23.org/node/1557

THERE WILL BE A SECOND SEWER PROJECT FORUM WEDNESDAY MARCH 1ST AT 6:30pm. This will repeat information from the 1/24 meeting and continue with information about the collection system (which was not covered on 1/24). ALL users of the Village Sewer System are urged to attend, especially if you missed the first forum.

The Village Board and the Dutchess County Water and Wastewater Authority are doing and will continue to do everything possible to get this new plant in place, meet our Consent Order, and pursue the funding necessary to ease the financial burden on all users of the system.

Sincerely,

Mayor Griffith

Board of Trustees Public Hearing Minutes – 04-15-2020

Meeting Date : April 15, 2020
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VILLAGE OF TIVOLI

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2020

7:00 PM

WATTS dePEYSTER HALL

TIVOLI, NY 12583

 

TENTATIVE 2020-2021 BUDGET

 

 

Present:            Mayor Griffith, Deputy Mayor Majer, Trustee Ezrati, Trustee Schneider

 

Absent:                        Trustee Cole

 

Public:             Christine Chale, Counsel; Bruce Franck; Danielle Maloney, PANDA

 

The Village of Tivoli Board of Trustees held a public hearing on April 15, 2020 at the Historic Watts DePeyster Hall, Tivoli, NY, Mayor Griffith and Deputy Mayor Majer in the building, others remote.   On a motion made by Trustee Schneider and seconded by Deputy Mayor Majer; all in favor; Mayor Griffith opened the Public Hearing at 7:03 PM.

Mayor Griffith read the Public Hearing Notice; and waited for comments from the public.

 

There was no public comment.

 

Mayor Griffith accepted the motion from Trustee Schneider to close the public hearing, which was seconded by Trustee Ezrati; roll call vote; all in favor.

 

On a motion made by Trustee Ezrati, seconded by Deputy Mayor Majer, the 2020-2021 budget was adopted; roll call vote; all in favor.

 

On a motion made by Trustee Schneider, seconded by Trustee Ezrati, all in favor; the public hearing was closed at 7:30 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Robin L. Bruno

Village Clerk

January 10, 2022 in Board of Trustees Minutes, Minutes