In Voorheesville
Cardona and Hotaling re-elected as trustees



VOORHEESVILLE — All told, 53 voters turned out to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election. Both open seats on the village board were uncontested and the incumbents kept their posts.

William Hotaling, who serves as deputy mayor, was elected to his third four-year term with 50 votes and Trustee David Cardona is starting his second term after garnering 48 votes.

Both Hotaling and Cardona said on Wednesday that, overall, they were pleased with the outcome and attributed the low voter turnout to the uncontested election and lack of controversial issues in the village.
"You’ve got to have an issue," said Hotaling of bringing more of the village’s 2,705 residents out to the polls.

Putting in new sidewalks, finishing the water inter-connect between the village and the town of Guilderland, and getting started on fixing a broken water main are on Hotaling’s list of things to work on in his new term. Since the water main goes under the railroad tracks, the village has to coordinate with CSX, the company that maintains the tracks.

Finishing the renovations on the firehouse and putting up a skateboard park are the things that Cardona is looking forward to doing. The village board took a proposal from some residents who have formed a committee to build a park for skateboarders.
"Their request is very realistic; it’s $40,000," said Cardona. He plans to meet with the committee and come up with some ways to help reduce the cost to the village, like fund-raising or sharing costs with the town of New Scotland.

Both candidates said that they were happy with the elections, pleased to serve another term, and each said that he was happy to serve with the other.