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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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 TOWN BOARD VIDEOS

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