2023-1102023-110
Resolution Creating Climate Smart Communities Task Force And Climate Smart
Communities Coordinator
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, 2023.
The meeting was called to order by Richard Thurston, Town Supervisor, and upon roll
being called, the following was recorded:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2023-110
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
❑ Adopted
Q Adopted as Amended
Richard Thurston
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
Al Casella
Seconder
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Beale and seconded by Casella.
WHEREAS the Town of Wappinger took the Climate Smart Communities Pledge in 2015, and
WHEREAS Dutchess County Government is registered and encourages all its municipalities to
participate in the CSC program, and
WHEREAS the Town of Wappinger completed the CSC Assessment in 2021 which revealed
that the Town has an estimated:
• 78 points of completed actions;
• 41 points of in -progress action, some of which may have been completed since the
assessment;
• 10 points of recommended action, and
WHEREAS being designated a CSC Community is a key factor when being considered for
various New York grant programs, and
WHEREAS climate change poses a real and increasing threat to local and global environments,
and
WHEREAS the Town of Wappinger should continue to prepare for, and build resiliency for the
impacts of climate change, regardless of the cause, and
WHEREAS the next steps to participate in the CSC program are to establish a Climate Smart
Communities Task Force and a CSC Coordinator, and
WHEREAS the CSC Coordinator shall serve as the point person for the CSC Task Force, serve
as the CSC Task Force's liaison to the Town's governing body, lead Task Force meetings, and
have a commitment to local climate action,
WHEREAS the CSC Task Force members will assist the CSC Coordinator in completing and
documenting climate mitigation and adaptation measures.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger
establishes the CSC Task Force and names Chris Phillips as the Climate Smart Communities
Coordinator.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Al Casella, Councilman
AYES: Thurston, Beale, Bettina, Phillips, Casella
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
9/14/2023
Amended.
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted as
JOSEPH,'P,l,' PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK