by Alex Brooks
On Monday, January 6, the Grafton Town Board held its annual organizational meeting at 6:30 pm in the Town Hall. Most of the appointments passed with little or no comment.
[private]Supervisor Higgins set up a series of committees to handle various aspects of Town Board business and appointed two Board members to each one. These are:
Fire & Rescue Squad – Crandall and Ungaro
Parks & Cemeteries — Messenger and Crandall
Highway – Claus and Ungaro
Buildings & Grounds – Crandall and Ungaro
Street Lighting – Messenger and Claus
Recycling – Claus and Ungaro
Insurance – Messenger and Claus
Employee Benefits – Messenger and Crandall
Supervisor’s Appointments
Secretary to the Supervisor – Josef Allain – $15,600/year
Outside Auditing Services – West & Co. / Laura Reynolds
Town Bookkeeper – Maureen Seel – $12,500/year
Deputy Supervisor – Barbara Messenger
Town Historian – Pat Niebuhr – $500/year
Town Clerk Appointments
Deputy Town Clerk – Allison Kirchner – $500/year
Deputy Town Clerk – James Remington
Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics – Allison Kirchner
Highway Supt. Appointments
Deputy Highway Superintendent – James Goyer
Town Board Appointments
Attorney to the Town of Grafton – Salvatore Ferlazzo
Dog Control Officer – Austin Subcleff – $4,500/year
Assessor’s Clerk – Helen Hemendinger – $10,000/year
Planning Board Chairman – Tom Withcuskey – $1,500/year
Planning Board Member – Tom Withcuskey (5 year term)
Planning Board Secretary – Jessica Crandall – $75 per meeting
Court Clerk – Kathleen Mason-Wagar – $4,400/year
Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer – Thomas Withcuskey – $16,480/year
Youth Director – Noelle Goyer – $1,750/year
Engineer to the Town of Grafton – Russ Reeves
Senior Citizen Representative – Connie Alderman
Board of Assessment Review – Stacy Reinhard – $150/year
Official newspapers – The Record and The Eastwick Press
Banks/Depositories – Pioneer Commercial Bank
Meetings of the Town Board will be on the second Monday of each month at 7 pm except in October, which will be on October 20.
The mileage reimbursement rate was set at $.56 per mile, and the fee for bouncing a check to the Town was set at $35.
Supervisor Higgins announced that the annual accounting of the books for the Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and Judges and Tax Collector will be held at 6 pm on January 13 in the Grafton Town Hall. Books will be on display for Town Board Members to view. The regular Town Board meeting will be held at 7 pm that same evening.
Annual Salaries Of Town Officials
Supervisor – $9,450/year
Town Board Members (4) – $3,000/year each
Justices (2) – $6,800/year each
Town Clerk – $11,500/year
Highway Superintendent – $46,500/year
Assessor – $19,000/year
Tax Collector – $4,200/year
Registrar of Vital Statistics – $1,000/year[/private]