2024-702024-70
Resolution Authorizing Installation Of Street Lighting Throughout The Town of
Wappinger
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 February
12, 2024.
The meeting was called to order by Joseph D. Cavaccini, Town Supervisor, and upon roll
being called, the following was recorded:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2024-70
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
2 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
❑
❑
❑
Q
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Voter
❑
❑
❑
Q
Al Casella
Seconder
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Supervisor Cavaccini and seconded by
Casella.
WHEREAS, Town Supervisor Joseph D. Cavaccini has identified areas in Town that are poorly lit, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to install street lighting along the roadway to provide drivers at night visibility
of vehicles entering into intersections and to be aware of pedestrians, and
WHEREAS, the "t -intersections" where Stonewall Drive, Padasana Court, Astor Hill Drive, Lane Gate
Road, Old All Angels Hill Road, and Brown Road meet All Angels Hill Road have been identified as areas
of need for street lighting, and
WHEREAS, the "t -intersections" where Furnia Drive and the main entrance of the Hudson
Valley Regional Airport meets New Hackensack Road have also been identified as areas of
need for street lighting, and
WHEREAS, along the roadway in front of 48 Top O Hill Road has also been identified, and
WHEREAS, the locations of the proposed street lights are outside the boundaries of any lighting district
established in the Town of Wappinger, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted by Town Law §64(19), the Town Board may contract for
street lighting on highways in the Town, and
WHEREAS, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation ("CHGE") provides street lighting within its service
area pursuant to a Tariff Approved by the New York State Public Service Commission, and
WHEREAS, CHGE has provided the attached Street Lighting Authority Order which sets forth the rental
costs for the street lights and poles, and
WHEREAS, the Town Comptroller has advised that a budget modification is required to pay for the rental
fees for the new lights, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
The Town Board hereby accepts the terms of the Street Lighting Order which provides for a monthly
rental fee of $1,691.28 for nine LED luminaires plus the cost of electricity and authorizes the Town
Supervisor to sign the Street Lighting Order on behalf of the Town, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes the following budget line transfers for
the rental of the Street Lighting & electric service:
Amoun
From Line
To Line
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$1,691.
B0917 Unallocated B Fund
B.5182.0400 Street Lighting Contractual
28
Balance
Expenses
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Joseph D. Cavaccini, Angela Bettina
SECONDER: Al Casella, Councilman
AYES: Joseph D. Cavaccini, Angela Bettina, Al Casella
ABSENT: William H. Beale, Christopher Phillips
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
2/12/2024
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
JOSEP1j'P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK