Welcome to the Town of Stanford. Stanford is a beautiful rural town of about 3,825 residents. We have two lakes, public parks, a great recreational facility and beautiful places to walk, ride your bike or just take a car ride and visit our wonderful restaurants!
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Dutchess County’s annual HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL DAYS
as follows:
MAY 4th ~ Pawling Fire Department
JUNE 1st ~ Town of Rhinebeck Highway Dept.
JULY 13th ~ Dutchess Stadium (Fishkill)
AUGUST 3rd ~ Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency (Poughkeepsie)
SEPTEMBER 7th ~ Cornell Cooperative Extension (Millbrook)
OCTOBER 5th ~ Town of Rhinebeck Highway Dept.
NOVEMBER 2nd ~ Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
For further information, go to www.dcrra.org
or contact the Town Clerk’s office at 868-1366
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The Town of Stanford is seeking residents to serve on the following boards & commissions:
Board of Assessment Review: Usually a one day meeting on the 4th Tuesday in May to review residents’ concerns with their assessments
Conservation Advisory Commission: Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month to review conservation matters for the Town
Board of Ethics: Meets on an “as needed” basis
and a committee to help re-design the Town Hall bathrooms
Contact Town Clerk with letters of interest or for more information:
868-1366 or stanfordtownclerk@yahoo.com
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The Town is also looking to engage the services of an engineer or other expert to assess the impacts on well water, noise, dust, screening issues and reclamation for a proposed mine expansion. Please send letters of interest and resume to the Town Clerk.
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RECREATION COMMISSION ** SUMMER
SIGN-UP DATES
~~ for Town residents: Wednesday, May 22nd, 6 – 8 PM
and Saturday, June 1st, 10 AM – Noon
~~ for residents and non-residents:
Saturday, June 8th, 10 AM – Noon
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A video of each monthly Town Board meeting is available on the link “Town Board videos” on the lower right of the home page!
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Master Plan Update #2
The Stanford Town Board has scheduled a public hearing to provide an opportunity for further public input on the draft Master Plan. An informational meeting is scheduled for May 13 at 7 pm at Town Hall. Additionally, the Town Board has declared its intention to be the lead agency for the review of this Plan under the NY State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). The draft plan can be viewed on line at www.stanfordmasterplan.org . It is also still available in hard copy or DVD at the Town Clerk’s office and the Stanford Library.
The Master Plan Committee thanks the residents of the town for all their support and involvement with its work during the course of preparing and writing the draft Master Plan. The Stanford Master Plan Committee
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Dutchess County Bike / Pedestrian Survey
The Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County Transportation Council (PDCTC) is currently updating the county-wide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The plan will identify needs and priorities to make walking and bicycling better transportation options for more people. As part of the plan, the PDCTC has developed an online survey about walking and bicycling issues. The survey responses will help us better understand local needs and priorities
The survey is online at www.dutchessny.gov/WalkBikeDutchess.
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STANFORD BUSINESS LISTING
A list of theTown of Stanford Businesses is being made available (See Town Information). If you are local business and would like to be listed, please click on the information, fill out the form and submit to Councilman Mark D’Agostino mdag24@msn.com 868-7769.
If you have any questions on our town website or would like additional information, feel free to contact the website administrator Councilman Mark D’Agostino mdag24@msn.com 868-7769.
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Stanford Town Hall
26 Town Hall Road, P. O. Box 436
Stanfordville, NY 12581
Supervisor-Virginia Stern
845-868-1310 or supervisor@townofstanford.org
Council-Mark D’Agostino
845-868-7769 mdag24@msn.com
Council-Tom Dewhirst
845-266-5904 tanderace@msn.com
Council-Joseph Norton
845-266-5982 nortoncouncil@yahoo.com
Council-Johanna Shafer
845-266-4338 baubyis@earthlink.net
Town Clerk – Ritamary Bell Office Open Mon.-Fri. 9am-1pm
845-868-1366 or stanfordtownclerk@yahoo.com
Town Court: Court Clerk ~ 845-868-2269
Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 1 PM
and
Monday & Wednesday, 6 PM – 8 PM
Town Justice Dennis Smith
Town Justice Frank Weber, Jr.
Highway Superintendent – Jim Myers 845-868-7804
Town Assessor – Steve Gotovich 845-868-7027
Open Tues-Wed-Thur 9am-3pm
Building and Zoning Officer – Don Smith 845-868-7128
townofstanford@yahoo.com
Dog Control Officer – Diana Mackey 845-797-8109
or Pine Plains Vets 518-398-9494
Town of Stanford Comptroller – Russell Gray
comptroller@townofstanford.org
845-868-1572