2024-772024-77
Resolution Promoting Groundskeeper To Full Time Maintenance Mechanic In The
Buildings And Grounds De
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
29, 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 -2024-77
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
2 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Seconder
Q
❑
❑
❑
Al Casella
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Casella and seconded by Councilman
Phillips.
WHEREAS, Steaphan Lewis has been employed in the Buildings and Grounds Department as a
Maintenance Mechanic, and
WHEREAS, the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds advises that Mr. Lewis exhibits an excellent work
ethic and eagerness to learn and he is an asset to the operation of the Department, and
WHEREAS, the full time Maintenance Mechanic position is a Labor position under Civil Service Law which
is not subject to competitive examination, and
WHEREAS, the full-time Maintenance Mechanic position is subject to the terms of the Collective
Bargaining Agreement between the Town of Wappinger and Teamsters Local 445 ("CBA"),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. Steaphan Lewis is hereby appointed to the full-time civil service job title Maintenance
Mechanic, effective February 29, 2024.
2. Steaphan Lewis shall be retroactively compensated at the hourly rate of $25.81 which shall be
paid in weekly installments, in accordance with the CBA.
3. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Dutchess County Department of Human
Resources and is further subject to Civil Service Law and the Rules of New York State and the Dutchess
County Department of Human Resources.
The appointment is subject to a probationary term of not less than eight nor more than twenty-six
weeks in accordance with the rules of the Dutchess County Department of Human Resources.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED BY CONSENT VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Al Casella, Councilman
SECONDER: Christopher Phillips, Councilman
AYES: Cavaccini, Beale, Bettina, Phillips, Casella
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
2/29/2024
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
JOSEPH"P,? PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK