2019-6801 • •
Resolution Requesting NYS Department Of Transportation Authorize Reduction Of Speed
Limit On Middlebush Road In Area Of Wappinger Junior High School
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
25, 2019.
The meeting was called to order by Richard Thurston, Town Supervisor, and upon roll
being called, the following was recorded:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2019-68
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
Q Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
Richard Thurston
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Seconder
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
Michael Kuzmicz
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Kuzmicz and seconded by
Councilwoman Bettina.
WHEREAS, there have been several accidents on Middlebush Road at the entrance to Town Hall
and the Wappinger Junior High School and speed has been a contributing factor; and
WHEREAS, Middlebush Road is a County Highway and NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law provides
that the NYS Department of Transportation is the jurisdiction that sets speed limits on County
and Town Highways; and
WHEREAS, NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1622(l) provides that a Town and County may
request that NYS Department of Transportation lower the maximum speed limit on a highway;
and
WHEREAS, NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1622(l) provides that the NYS DOT may set a
minimum speed limit of 15 miles per hour for a distance not to exceed one thousand three
hundred twenty feet on a highway passing the entrance of school abutting on the highway; and
WHEREAS, the Dutchess County Superintendent of Highways requires a resolution from the
Town Board requesting a speed limit reduction for a County Highway; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board determines that it is in the best interest of the traveling public, and
for the general public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Wappinger, to
request that the New York State Department of Transportation establish a 20 mph speed limit on
Middlebush Road
WHEREAS, the Town Board hereby requests that the Dutchess County Superintendent of
Highways join in the request and post the required speed limit signs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
The Town Board hereby requests that the New York State Department of Transportation
formally establish a speed limit of 20 miles per hour on Middlebush Road in the Town of
Wappinger for a distance of 1,320 feet centered upon the driveway of the Wappinger Junior High
School; and
The Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Clerk to sign the annexed TE 9a form and forward
the same, together with a certified copy of this resolution to Robert Balkind, Dutchess County
Commissioner of Public Works.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
SECONDER: Angela Bettina, Councilwoman
AYES: Thurston, Beale, Bettina, Phillips, Kuzmicz
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
2/25/2019
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK