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SUPERVISOR’S CORNER: Week of March 25, 2024By: Jesse Dwyer

SUPERVISOR’S CORNER: Week of March 25, 2024By: Jesse Dwyer

BY:  JESSE DWYER, WARWICK SUPERVISOR

The Town of Warwick was once again designated as a “Tree City USA for 2023” by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the result of the Town’s planning and investment in tree planting Town wide and from the hard work of our Shade Tree Commission.

The Town will be celebrating Arbor Day with a tree planting at Mountain Lake Park, 46
Bowen Rd., on Saturday, April 27th, at 10:00 a.m. All of welcome!

The Town Board has scheduled interviews for lieutenant positions on April 16th. The interview committee will be comprised of Supervisor Dwyer, Councilman Floyd DeAngelo, Chief John Rader and City of Middletown Police Chief John Ewanciw. We will interview 5 applicants for 2 positions within our Police Department.

The State of New York recently issued a new law mandating AEDs at all parks used for
recreation, as well as requiring all sports programs with 5 or more teams to have an emergency medical plan for their coaches and boards. I am happy to report that Leo Kaytes has offered to sponsor the purchase and installation of an AED at our Disc Golf Park located at Union Corners Town Park. In addition, Recreation Director Sam Walter and I met with each of the rec sports programs earlier this week to begin assisting them with their individual emergency medical plans. As an EMT for both Warwick and Greenwood Lake Ambulance Corps, as well as a Little League Baseball Coach, I fully support this program and look forward to working with our dedicated recreation programs to implement this measure to improve the safety of our local children and guests at our Town parks.

Operation Clean Sweep, an annual Earth Week Clean-up and recycling event will be held this year from April 20th through April 27th.  All Town of Warwick residents, including the Villages, are encouraged to participate. Free garbage bags, plastic gloves and safety vests are available from the Chamber of Commerce. Simply clean your neighborhood, street or park, and place the closed bag at a visible corner for pick up by Town of Warwick DPW the week of April 29th. On Earth Day, April 27th, from 9:00 a.m. until noon, there will be several Special Collection events at the Chase Lot on South Street in the Village of Warwick. Opportunities include a paper shredding service, eyeglasses and hearing aid collection, sneaker and rubber cleat collection,
unused prescription drug collection, and cellphone collection. Used motor oil can be dropped off at Leo Kaytes Ford, 145 Route 94 S., April 27th, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Computer and electronics recycling can be dropped off at The Computer Guy, 2 Overlook Dr., April 20th through April 27th, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information/supplies, contact the Chamber of Commerce at (845)-986-2720 or email info@warwickcc.org.

As part of Earth Week, Sustainable Warwick will be collecting refrigerant-containing appliances and properly recycling them. This service is available to everyone in Warwick Valley, and it covers items such as window air conditioners, dehumidifiers, water coolers, mini-fridges and canisters of refrigerants. We’ll also accept full-size refrigerators but only at the drop-off events by Warwick DPW.
Drop-off events will be held at the following locations and times:
Mon., April 22nd, 3:00 – 7p.m. – DPW, 63 Public Works Dr., Warwick
Thurs., April 25th, 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Florida Village Barn, Maple Ave., Florida
Sat., April 27th, 9:00 a.m. – Noon – DPW, 63 Public Works Dr., Warwick
Sat., April 27th, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Greenwood Lake Village DPW, 70 Elm St., Greenwood Lake

Residents and businesses may bring appliances to the drop-off events during these scheduled times. (Please do not leave appliances there at any other time!)  Sustainable Warwick does not charge fees for this service but will gladly accept donations. Throughout the rest of the year, Orange County residents can take appliances to one of the County Transfer Stations and pay $15/appliance for proper recycling; we hope everyone will take advantage of the convenient drop-off at no cost during the Coolest Recycling Drive.

For residents who cannot deliver their appliance to one of the drop-off events, especially senior citizens, efforts will be made to schedule a home pickup visit. Email us (CleanEnergy@sustainablewarwick.org) or visit the Sustainable Warwick website to register for a pickup (sustainablewarwick.org/coolest-recycling).

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program and Hudson Valley CA$H Coalition offers free tax preparation assistance to low to moderate income individuals, families and seniors.  Appointments are made by calling United Way Help Line 211 or 1-(800)-899-1479, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday.

A work session of the Town Board will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in the Warwick Town Hall, 132 Kings Highway.

A public hearing to consider proposed Introductory Local Law No. 3 of 2024 entitled “Amend Local Law No. 5 of 2023, a Local Law providing for a partial tax exemption upon Real Property based upon the owner’s volunteer membership in Fire Districts and Ambulance Districts of the Town of Warwick pursuant to section 466-a of the Real Property Tax Law to include deceased member partial exemption eligibility” will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:15 p.m. in the Warwick Town Hall, 132 Kings Highway.

A public hearing to consider projects for the year 2025 Orange County Community
Development Block Grant Program applications will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in the Warwick Town Hall, 132 Kings Highway. Eligible projects must benefit low income residents or adults with disabilities to qualify.

The next regular meeting of the Town Board will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in the Warwick Town Hall, 132 Kings Highway.