By Marcello Iaia

The Enterprise — Marcello Iaia
After more than 15 years of working for the town, Mark Overbaugh, left, knows his words by heart during the swearing-in ceremony, re-enacted here with Town Justice Timothy Miller at the Rensselaerville re-organizational meeting on Jan. 2. Overbaugh is the town’s Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector.

RENSSELAERVILLE — On the day she was sworn into office, Supervisor Valerie Lounsbury said the town board’s next priority would be new zoning regulations and a long-awaited parking ordinance on Methodist Hill Road.

Before the Jan. 2 re-organizational meeting, Lounsbury, a Republican, was sworn in, after running unopposed in the November 2012 election.

This time last year, Lounsbury’s fate was cast when Republicans were sworn in to their posts, displacing the majority previously held by Democrats. Supervisor Marie Dermody, a Democrat, resigned in January, citing in her letter that the town “culture” was a roadblock to her work.

Deputy Supervisor Victor La Plante, who had just retired from 24 years as town justice had been appointed deputy supervisor, resigned as well, reasoning that a new supervisor should choose a new deputy.

Lounsbury, who was a council member in the 1990s, was named deputy supervisor by the remaining four board members and subsequently appointed as supervisor.

Lounsbury was sworn in on Wednesday by Justice Gregory Bischoff and continues on the board with four other members: Conservative Robert Bolte, Conservative Deputy Supervisor Marion Cooke, Independent Margaret Sedlmeir, and Democrat Jack Kudlack.

The board voted unanimously to establish:

The rate per mile for all town employees at 56.5 cents;

The Altamont Enterprise as the official newspaper;

The Bank of Greene County as the town depository;

The regular board meeting time as the second Thursday of the month, at 7 p.m. in the town hall;

The official work meeting date as the Tuesday before the second Thursday of each month, at 7 p.m. in the town hall; and

Authorization of the board members to attend the Association of Towns Meeting in New York City in February at their own expense.

Appointments

The board voted unanimously to appoint the following people, with terms to expire on Dec. 31, 2013:

— Tabner, Ryan, and Keniry, LLP, as attorney to the town;

— Dr. Diane Biederman as town veterinarian;

— Brian Wood as critical incident manager;

— Gerald Wood as critical incident officer;

— Earl David Potter as deputy highway superintendent and time keeper;

— Douglas Story as water treatment officer and sewage treatment officer;

— Steven Carney as deputy water treatment officer and deputy sewage treatment officer;

— Richard Platel to the water/sewer committee, and named the following people as members with terms to expire on Dec. 31 of the following years — Michael Weber (2013), Jack Long (2014), Tom Delp (2015), Douglas Story (2016), and Platel (2017);

— Richard Amedure as planning board chairman, and named the following people as members of the planning board with terms to expire on Dec. 31 of the following years — Dorothea Cotter (2015), Scott Kunkler (2014), Roger Gifford (2013), Sherri Pine (2016), Barry Kuhar (2017), Walter Cooke (2018), and Amedure (2019);

— Anthony Higgins and Patricia Parker to the zoning board of appeals, and named the following members to the zoning board of appeals, with terms to expire on Dec. 31 of the following years — Anthony Higgins (2017), Patricia Parker (2016), Bradley Chase (2015), Anthony Guadagno (2014), and John Mormile (2013);

— Kathy Wank as interim secretary to the planning and zoning boards;

— John Mormile to the board of ethics, and named the following members to the board of ethics, with terms to expire on the following dates — Diana Hinchcliff (Feb. 12, 2017), John Mormile (Feb. 12, 2013), MaryAnne Overbaugh (Feb. 12, 2014), Alden Pierce (Dec. 31, 2015), and Georgette Koenig (Dec. 31, 2016);

— Named the following people to the board of assessment review, with terms to expire on Sept. 30 of the following years — Bradley Chase (2014) and Arthur Pizzigati (2013);

— Mark Overbaugh as building inspector and zoning enforcement officer;

— Rachel Chase as clerk to the building inspector and zoning enforcement officer;

— Richard Simons as constable;

— Sarah Hunt as clerk to supervisor;

— Brenda Wood as assistant bookkeeper;

— Pattison, Koskey & Rath, CPA as accountant to the town;

— Marion Cooke as deputy supervisor (Cooke abstained from voting);

— Rachel Chase as clerk to assessors;

— Cheryl Teft Bailsholts as dog-control officer;

— Jon Whitbeck as refuse and recycling coordinator;

— Edward Pizzigati as substitute recycling and refuse coordinator;

— Irene Olsen as town historian;

— Kathleen A. Hallenbeck as Registrar of Vital Statistics, records inventory clerk;

— Deidre Andrus and Heather Kelly as deputy town clerk/collector/registrar;

— Victoria Kraker as court clerk;

— Anne Vogel as senior services coordinator;

The appointment of a third member to the board of assessment review was tabled until the regular meeting. The next town board meeting will be Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. in town hall.

Salaries

The board unanimously established the following salaries and wages for 2013:

— Council members at $3,000 each;

— Justices at $9150 each;

— Supervisor at $12,500;

— Town clerk and Tax Collector at $32,280;

— Uncertified assessor at $4,635;

— Certified assessor at $5,835;

— Chairman assessor at $6,335;

— Attorney to the town at $32,000;

— Building and zoning officer at $14,930;

— Dog Control Officer at $5,140;

— Registrar of Vital Statistics at $580;

— Superintendent of highways at $42,300;

— Constable at $1,300;

— Certified water treatment officer at $10,000;

— Uncertified water treatment officer at $9,000;

— Sewage treatment officer at $5,000;

— Deputy water treatment officer at $10 per hour;

— Water rent collector at $400;

— Sewer temporary help at $400;

— Highway department foreman at $18.73 per hour;

— The following highway department positions at $17.93 per hour: truck driver, operator, laborer, and mechanic;

— Recycling co-ordinator at $36,340;

— Substitute recycling coordinator at $10 per hour;

— Substitute recycling (CDL) at $11.64 per hour;

— Clerk 1/bookkeeper at $20,696;

— Temporary clerk at $2,500;

— Clerk 2/clerk to the assessors $10,106;

— Deputy town clerk $15,600;

— Justice clerk at $4,000;

— Planning board secretary at $3,500;

— Zoning board secretary at $1,000;

— Clerk to building inspector at $5,425;

— Clerk to superintendent at $3,000; and

— Buildings custodian at $2,000.