2015-196 2015-196
Resolution ChangResolution Changing Name Of Old Route 9 North To Sergeant
Palmateer Way
At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls,New York, on
September 14, 2015.
The meeting was called to order by Barbara Gutzler, Supervisor,and upon roll being
called,the following was recorded:
✓-Vote Record–Resolution RES-2015496 ,
Q Adopted es/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Barbara Gutzler Voter Q ❑ El
❑ Adopted as Amended __---------—_ � ,
William Ciccarelli Voter Q ElEl ❑
❑ Defeated — _ _
❑ Tabled William H.Beale j Mover Q ❑ ❑ ❑
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❑ Withdrawn Ismay Czarniecki.................................................. .. Q ❑ ❑ .......... ❑ ........
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Michael Kuzmicz Seconder Q ❑ ❑ ❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Beale and seconded by
Councilman Kuzmicz.
WHEREAS, Sergeant Mark C. Palmateer, originally from the hamlet of Hughsonville in the
Town of Wappinger,was the first resident of Dutchess County to be killed in the War on Terror;
WHEREAS,the Sergeant Mark C. Palmateer 9/11 Memorial Park,honoring all those who lost
their lives on September 11, 2001 and the days following, including Sergeant Palmateer, is
located on the corner of Old Hopewell Road and Old Route 9 North in the Town of Wappinger;
WHEREAS, in honor of Sergeant Mark C. Palmateer's supreme sacrifice in defense of the
United States of America,the renaming of an existing town roadway in his honor is deemed
appropriate;
WHEREAS,Jim Tompkins, Program Assistant for the Dutchess County 911 Addressing Unit,
has investigated this proposed road name and found no conflicts;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Old Route 9 North, from its intersection with Old
Hopewell Road (County Route 28)northwardly to Middlebush Rd. (County Route 93), and
northwardly to the Village of Wappingers Falls municipal boundary, shall be renamed
SERGEANT PALMATEER WAY;
FURTHER RESOLVED that following the approval of the Village of Wappingers Falls Board
of Trustees,the entire length of Old Route 9 North from the Village of Wappingers Falls
municipal boundary to its intersection with New York State Route 9 will be renamed
SERGEANT PALMATEER WAY;
FURTHER RESOLVED that standardized street signs will be erected at each major intersection
reading SGT PALMATEER WAY;
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Ciccarelli, Beale, Czamiecki, Kuzmicz
Dated: Wappingers Falls,New York
9/14/2015
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
J SEPH P. OLONI, TOWN CLERK
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