2024-1342024-134
Resolution Promoting Senior Groundskeeper To Full Time Head Groundskeeper In The Buildings And
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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 May 28, 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 -2024-134
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
Q Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
2
❑
❑
❑
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Voter
❑
❑
❑
Q
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Secondex
2
❑
❑
❑
Al Casella
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Casella and seconded by Councilman Phillips.
WHEREAS, Richard Meddaugh has been employed in the Buildings and Grounds Department as a Senior
Groundskeeper, and
WHEREAS, the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds advises that Richard Meddaugh exhibits the work of running
the grounds division of the Buildings and Grounds Department, and
WHEREAS, the position of Head Groundskeeper is appropriate for Richard Meddaugh through his duties in
directing work crews in the Buildings and Grounds Department, and
WHEREAS, the full time Head Groundskeeper position is a Labor position under Civil Service Law which is not
subject to competitive examination, and
WHEREAS, the full-time Head Groundskeeper 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. Richard Meddaugh is hereby appointed to the full-time civil service job title Head Groundskeeper,
effective May 29, 2024.
2. Richard Meddaugh shall be 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 [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Al Casella, Councilman
SECONDER: Christopher Phillips, Councilman
AYES: Joseph D. Cavaccini, William H. Beale, Christopher Phillips, Al Casella
ABSENT: Angela Bettina
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
5/28/2024
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.