The Guilderland Planning Board signed off on the proposed site plan for Costco, voting unanimously to send as its recommendation to the zoning board Town Planner Kenneth Kovalchik’s memo on the project

The town board on March 21 tabled a vote that would have determined if the proposed Black Creek Run development at 6250 Depot Road would have a significant adverse impact on the environment.

New Scotland Town Planner Nan Stolzenburg on March 8 told town board members that the update started with a zoning and subdivision audit that she did many years ago, which “resulted in a series of recommendations for updating and improving the zoning and the subdivision law.”

Bridget Holohan Scally received 43 write-in votes to become Altamont’s next village justice. Scally is currently Deputy General Counsel to the New York State Department of Labor. 

Initially proposed in June 2021 as a 72-unit apartment project, the plan now for 2080 New Scotland Road is to build 50 condominium units. The project was presented to the New Scotland Planning Board at its March 9 meeting. 

The Guilderland Planning Board’s report to the town zoning board is only a recommendation; the zoning board can choose to ignore the recommendations.

The Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth in an email sent to town board members around 2 p.m., on Sunday, March 5, wrote, “This is a formal notice to the town of Guilderland that a dangerous situation exists because of negligence in maintaining the sidewalks in the town.”

The incumbent trustees seeking re-election in Altamont and Voorheesville, all of whom were initially appointed to their respective boards, face no opposition for the seats. The position of Altamont village justice will go unfilled as the current justice, Rebecca Morse-Hout, who has served for nearly three decades, declined to seek re-election and no candidate filed a petition to replace her on the bench. 

At its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, the Guilderland Town Board is set to vote on a settlement agreement with the retailer that would lower six years of assessments to around $11 million. 

The hike in Altamont’s tentative budget for next year is driven by increases in each of the three funds that make up 2023-24’s first-draft spending plan: general, water, and sewer.