News from the Transfer Station

Brian Buff & Chris Legg

• Did you know that your Transfer Station became one of the first facilities in New York State to accept liquid paint at no cost to the Town or residents? You can drop off up to five gallons of liquid paint per visit, sorry, no spray paint. The program is funded by a small surcharge on paint sales in New York State. See the trash building attendant to drop off paint or ask paint disposal questions.

• Our previous brush disposal service declined to continue under contract. That service finely ground brush onsite and left a small amount of mulch for residents. We sought competitive bids for a new brush disposal service. None of the bidders would leave us clean, finished product mulch. The winning bidder offered more efficient and significantly lower cost disposal by coarse grinding brush only for easy transport. The coarsely ground brush is unsuitable for mulch. Unfortunately, we are no longer able to offer mulch for residents.

Planning & Zoning

Karen Barkdull, P&Z Clerk

On November 3, 2021 the Governor of New York passed legislation that allows the Town of Skaneateles and the Village of Skaneateles to have jurisdiction of Skaneateles Lake up to 1500 feet. If you are considering any shoreline improvement including docks, decks, boathouses, etcetera, please check with the Town to determine what permitting may be required. You can call 315-685-1384 or 315-685-0833 for information.

SAVES

Jerry Schinaman

SAVES was founded in 1967 by members of the community to provide pre-hospital treatment and transport. Over the years, SAVES has evolved from volunteer to paid crews. With ever expanding training requirements, utilizing professional crews has become necessary. Our crews consist of an EMT and Paramedic capable of providing both Basic and Advanced Life Support and transport to a hospital if necessary. SAVES continues to provide crews with enhanced training opportunities and equipment. During the height of the COVID epidemic, ventilators were used in hospitals to assist ill patients. Over the past year, SAVES has become one of the only three ambulance services in CNY to equip ambulances with transport ventilators. Transport ventilators are designed to help provide oxygen to a patient’s respiratory system while enroute to the hospital. Previously, handheld devices were used to ventilate patients in respiratory distress. In addition, 15-year-old heart monitors have been replaced with new models. 

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News from the Ecumenical

Food Pantry

Cindy Gadra

Our food pantry has much to be grateful for this quarter! Many new clients at the pantry are younger families with children in diapers. Each month we supply a case of diapers and wipes for 10 children. The Pantry also supplied Tops gift cards to client families and senior residents and Gateway and Village Landing for Easter. Without the support of our community and volunteers, we could not provide these services.

We are also grateful for:

•Our volunteers, Sue Mills, Kelly Kubeija, Jamie Lopez and Sue Welch,

 for providing language translation for our Spanish speaking families.

•The Skaneateles Community Center for collecting much needed items during

 their recent food drive.

•The ongoing support from our local churches, with special thanks to

 St Mary’s, St James, St Andrews and Grace Chapel.  

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News from the Parks Department

Sue Murphy

• S.O.S. Seniors of Skaneateles - Meeting 4/20/23

• Farmer's Market - 24th Season Kicks Off 5/25/23.

• Park Events - See events and dates

• Mandana Boat Wash & Parking - Opens 5/27/23.

• Swimming at Clift Park - Opens 6/21/23.

• Employment - Apply to work with the Parks Department this summer!

• Bench & Tree Memorials - Request to be on the waiting list

Just some Park reminders...

❖  Please clean up after your pets at all parks. Sports teams, once again, will be in the park and pet waste is NOT appreciated. There are plenty of mutt mitts available for use.

❖  Walking track on north side of the park is closed until mid-April due to softball dugout being constructed. Please use caution when in that area.

❖  No riding bikes on the tennis courts, baseball/softball fields.

❖  Sims Building will open in the middle to end of April.

❖  Please, no pickleball before 8:00am.

❖  There may be some closures around the Parks for repairs. Please watch for cones and/or vehicles on the path. We try to do the repairs as fast as we can so not to inconvenience anyone, but sometimes it is unavoidable.

❖ Driving around the Austin Park Track is prohibited. Only service or emergency vehicles are permitted.

❖  Want to be in the know with the parks? Waterfront? Playday? and Farmers Market? Sign up for the Town’s text messaging service. A text is sent out if that are changes, updates, immediate information that needs to be passed. Go to www.townofskaneateles.com and sign up today!

❖  Reserving courts, fields, and park areas can be done from the comfort of your home. Signing up for a program? All the forms and waivers are all online to make signing up or reserving so much easier.

Dog Control Officer

Dave Wawro

It is imperative to ensure your dog and/or cat is current on its Rabies Vaccination and if your dog is over 4 months of age, it is currently licensed with the Town of Skaneateles Office. In addition to your dog being licensed, please ensure the town license tag is attached to your dog’s collar at all times. If I get a call from someone picking up a loose dog (notice I didn’t say, ‘lost’ dog? I will address this further in a moment) I will make every effort to contact the owner, via the town license tag number and get their dog back home safely. Please keep in mind, I cannot identify a dog by its NYS Rabies tag number alone. So please have both tags attached to your dog’s collar at all times! If a dog does not have a town license tag on, it is deemed unlicensed and will be given a free ride to the SPCA in Auburn. I will also start ticketing the owners of all unlicensed dogs in accordance with the statutes of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law.  A small licensing fee is a better price to pay, than to pay a large fine to the Town Court!

Now to address an earlier point. Loose dog vs lost dog. Not all dogs observed wandering about with-out a leash attached to a human being, are lost! I have actually had dogs taken from their own property, because people believed they were lost. Remember, there is no leash law in the town except for designated areas such as the Charlie Major Nature Trail. Dogs tend to roam, that is their nature and virtually always return home. Please call me to report a sighting verses picking up someone’s dog that may not be lost. This may prevent someone from getting bitten as well. 

315-575-3563

Town Of Skaneateles

24 Jordan Street

Skaneateles, NY 13152

(315) 685-3473