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The grant from the state’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act may fund up to $3 million or 60 percent of the $6.6 million project. The town’s portion of the payment, to cover the balance of the project, Supervisor Peter Barber said, would come from “the reserve funds that the water department has on hand.”

Altamont Free Library Director Burke said the library along with major community stakeholders will examine “whether we can better ensure our continued existence under a different organizational model, possibly as a special district library with independent taxing authority, possibly as a branch of the Guilderland Public Library, or possibly under some other organizational model.”

Albany County was one of 31 counties in the state to be named a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture. This designation allows farmers to apply for emergency loans to recover their operations after a natural disaster.

On Aug. 15, the Guilderland Town Board was due to vote on extending for one year Local Law Number 2 of 2021, which allowed for the construction of 86 affordable senior-housing units amid the Albany Pine Bush. 

The Guilderland Town Board on Tuesday dealt with extending timelines for two proposals, accepted an amended application for another, and approved the withdrawal of a fourth. 

The approved expenditure puts to rest a lawsuit filed in November 2020 by Terry Markham against Albany County, its district attorney’s office, and Zahraa Majeed, who was employed by the office at the time of her rear-end collision with Markham.