Village of Middleburgh Organizes for 2025

MIDDLEBURGH - Village of Middleburgh board members Monday got ready for 2025 by approving a late of appointments and designations for next year. Most remain the same as the current year.

Board members Monday:

* Named Trustee Adams as deputy mayor.

* Appointed Trustee Bob Tinker as commissioner of water and sewer.

* Named Trustees Amanda Fernandez and Kevin Young as commissioners of parks.

* Named Trustee Tinker as commissioner of the cemetery.

* Appointed Trustee Fernandez as commissioner of public safety.

* Appointed Trustee Adams as commissioners of highways, sidewalks, and parking.

* Named Mayor Knight as commissioner of communications.

* Named Trustee Young as commissioner of technology.

* Named Trustee Tinker as commissioner of street lights.

* Appointed Rebecca Kelley as deputy clerk.

* Named Clerk Melanie Laraway as collector of taxes.

* Named Mayor Knight and Ms. Laraway as budget officers.

* Designated NBT Bank, the Bank of Richmondville, and National Bank of Coxsackie as official depositories.

* Appointed Fred Mauhs as village attorney.

* Named Steve Lamont as Matthew Avitabile as village historians.

* Designated the Mountain Eagle as newspaper of record.

* Named Trustee Fernandez, citizens Ed McBain and Joe Pack, and Mayor Knight as an alternate as representatives to the Youth Commission.

* Named Trustee Tinker as representative to the Revitalization committee.

* Named Trustees Adams and Young as representatives to zoning rewrite committee.

* Appointed Trustee Young as representative to the planning board.

* Named Trustee Tinker as representative to the Historical Society.

* Named Mayor Knight and Trustee Adams as representatives to the Oktoberfest Association.

* Named Ms. Laraway as deputy registrar of vital statistics.

* Designated the DPW superintendent, fire chief and mayor as emergency management officers.

* Named Frederick "Rick" Fink as building inspector and Lloyd Stannard as deputy building inspector.

* Named Mayor Knight as director puf public housing.

* Appointed Trustee Trustees Adams and Fernandez as business and MABA liaisons.

* Designated Delaware Engineering as the village engineer.

* Named Thomas Gruning, chairman, Charles Ingraham, and Teresa Norfolk, and Charles Rozumalski as alternate to the Ethics Committee.

* Designated DPW superintendent Cole Keyser and deputy DPW superintendent Mark Czyszczon as safety coordinators.

* Named the mayor, the clerk-treasurer, the fire chief, and DPW superintendent to the safety committee.

* Named Trustees Tinker and Adams to the personnel committee.

* Named Mayor Knight as marriage officer.