Richmondville Town Officials Approve 20 Organizational Resolutions at Meeting

RICHMONDVILLE — Government officials in the Town of Richmondville are set for 2025 after the town board approved 20 organizational resolutions at its Thursday, Jan. 9 meeting.

Council member Todd Sperbeck was appointed Deputy Town Supervisor. In that role, he will run meetings and perform other duties when Town Supervisor Jeffrey Haslun is on vacation or not present for other reasons. Joan Radliff was appointed both Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector and Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics.

Glenn Thurber was appointed Deputy Town Superintendent of Highways to fill in for Highway Superintendent Brian Manchester during vacations or when he is otherwise off. Regular town board meetings will continue to be held the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m., with the exception of the November 2025 meeting, which will be held the first Thursday, on Nov. 6.

In other organizational resolutions, salaries for elected and appointed officers were fixed for 2025. Supervisor Haslun will earn $7,871 and council members Sperbeck, Eric Haslun, George Horning and Harry Rode will be paid $2,624 apiece.

Manchester's salary for 2025 will be $57,159 and Town Clerk/Tax Collector Maggie Smith will earn $50,000. Other salaries will be $23,092 for the Town Justice, $34,925 for Assessor, $5,231 for Dog Control Officer, $16,000 for Code Enforcement Officer, $9,642 for Town Attorney and $15,069 for Bookkeeper.

Sandy Lory was appointed to the Town Planning Board for a term to expire on Dec. 31, 2029. Vivian Thurber was appointed to the Town Zoning Board of Appeals for a term to expire on the same date. Steven Swenson was designated as Chairperson of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and Robert Reed Chairperson of the Planning Board..

Also on the Planning Board, Hugh J. Crickmore was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Harold Loder, whose term is up on Dec. 31, 2025.

Other appointments for the year were Jeffrey Haslun as Service and Budget Officer, Christopher Tretter (Bookkeeper), Smith (Registrar of Vital Statistics), Paige Bulmer (Town Court Clerk), Joy Musella (Town Court Clerk), Gabriel Simeon (Town Court Security Officer), Jennifer Larrabee (Dog Control Officer), Marvin D. Parshall Jr. (Town Attorney), Susan Rightmyer (Town Historian), Smith as Zoning Bookkeeper, Planning Secretary and ZBA Secretary; Michael Ferguson (Recycling Operator) and James O'Neill (Deputy Recycling Operator).

During a regular business meeting held immediately after the organizational meeting, there was a brief discussion on an audit that will be required for the upcoming Richmondville Sewer District No. 1 project. It will provide public sewer service to much of the town, including most of Warnerville, and is estimated to cost $12 million to $13 million.

Jeffrey Haslun explained the audit will be required because the town is using more than $750,000 in federal money for the project. He reiterated his hopes that bids for the project can go out in March or April and construction starts in June.

The Town Board approved an agreement with Richmondville Power & Light to install and operate street lights on poles through a small section of Warnerville at a cost of $456 a year.