Richmondville To Commemorate Battle Of Cobleskill With Plaque

RICHMONDVILLE — The Town of Richmondville will put up a plaque commemorating the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cobleskill as part of the town's observance of the nation's 250th Birthday in 2026.

At the Thursday, Feb. 13 Richmondville town board meeting, members voted to accept a donation of 0.2 of an acre of land from Schoharie County on which the plaque will be fastened to a large stone. It's located on the east corner of the intersection of Route 7 and the Warnerville Cutoff.

Town Supervisor Jeffrey Haslun explained that the land conveyance that will happen at no cost must still be reviewed and approved by the county's Building and Grounds Committee and then by the full county Board of Supervisors, probably at its March meeting.

In other actions from the Feb. 13 meeting, there was a discussion of the town obtaining a large television set-up to be put in the meeting room of the municipal building on Podpadic Road to be used for presentations, training and other items.

Town Planning Board Chairperson Robert Reed made the suggestion and said the large-screen television could be mounted on the back wall of the meeting room. Town Clerk Maggie Smith and Haslun had alternate suggestions of putting the TV on a rolling table to make it portable. Smith said she and Deputy Clerk Joan Radliff are working on that idea.

Haslun added that the set-up might be able to be funded with a grant from the New York State Court System the town is awaiting word on that will help fund a planned addition to the municipal building, where the town court is also located.

"Let's proceed slowly on this and hopefully it will all move forward," he said.

"It's a great idea," Council Member Eric Haslun said.

Highway Superintendent Brian Manchester reported that he and his crew were out 23 of the 31 days in January either plowing snow or treating roads and has so far this winter gone through 1,600 tons of salt and other road treating materials. The town is not in danger of running out of such material, Manchester said in response to a question from someone at the meeting.

It's been a pain of a winter, he added, echoing a sentiment of many around the county.

"You go out and treat the roads, and another snow squall moves through and two hours later you're back out there," Manchester said.

On his recommendation, the board voted to reject for now a $10,107 auction bid for a 2001 International dump truck the town is trying to sell. Manchester said the town should hold out for $25,000 if possible and if not, it would probably be better off just keeping the truck around to use for spare parts as needed by other trucks in the town's fleet.

He added in his report that he's been told the town is about two weeks from delivery on one new truck the town has been waiting on but quite a bit farther out on another. "I'm not holding my breath, but hopefully," Manchester said about the two-week estimate.

The board voted to appoint long-time Planning Board member Sandra Lory as the board's vice chairperson. The appointment came with the "advice and consent" of Reed, according to the written resolution.

The board also approved a resolution that authorizes and establishes a NetTeller online account with the Bank of Richmondville "for, and to be used by, the Town of Richmondville Justice Court, including the Town Justice and the Court Clerk."

According to the resolution, the action is being taken "in an effort to enhance and streamline the Town Justice Court's ability to quickly and accurately monitor and verify the Court's bank account and records...The NetTeller online banking system will allow the Town Justice Court, among other things, to access the Court's bank account online to verify account activity in real time, view cancelled checks, monitor the status of checks, deposits and withdrawals, verify account balances, and print statements."