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Carroll Town Board members approved battery energy storage system, green hydrogen fuel, large wind energy conservation systems and data center construction and development moratoriums during their most recent meeting.
The moratoriums were approved unanimously.
Tim Burkett, town supervisor, said he is looking for town residents who have an understanding or are willing to learn more about the different energy sources so a committee can be formed to make suggestions to the board regarding future laws governing development of BESS, green hydrogen, large wind energy and data center projects. Anyone interested can contact Burkett.
Carroll officials continue to look for new locations to test for a new town wall.
Timothy Eklund, Frewsburg water supervisor, said during a recent Carroll Town Board meeting that the site the town originally picked was too close to designated wetlands and could not be used. Eklund said two more sites were selected for a hydrologist to test. At the same time, Burkett and Eklund have been talking to property owners of those sites and will be working on agreements for further review by Andrew Goodell, town attorney.
Eklund also said work was completed to clean and inspect the town’s 750-gallon water tank on Wigren Road.
Town Board members also approved an application for $2 million in grant funding that needed to be submitted to the state before the end of July.
Board members also discussed sidewalk replacements. Highway Department employees had begun replacing broken sections of sidewalks on Frew Run Street and most of the sidewalk on North Pearl Street from Institute Street to Venman Avenue. Burkett asked Chad Allison, highway superintendent, if the Highway Department budget request for 2027 would include additional sidewalk replacement funding. Allison said he would be open to putting in more sidewalks where needed and would investigate the idea before budget discussions begin.
The town has a highway right of way from Old Fentonville to the Conewango Creek that hasn’t been used for nearly a century after the railroad that ran through the area shut down. The right of way had been abandoned by the previous Fentonville Post Office in order to retrieve mail from the railroad when they were in working order. Allison recommended the town relinquish the property, with the land split equally between two neighboring property owners. Goodell has drafted a resolution turning that property over to adjoining property owners in order to place the property back on the tax rolls.
The town has a highway right of way from Old Fentonville to the Conewango Creek that hasn’t been used for nearly a century after the railroad that ran through the area shut down. Goodell has drafted a resolution turning that property over to adjoining property owners in order to place the property back on the tax rolls. Burkett said he and the rest of the board are considering examining town properties that can be sold and returned to the tax rolls. He said there are many properties that the town doesn’t need anymore that can be sold.
Burkett also said the town is getting quotes to put air conditioning upstairs in the town hall in preparation of using the second floor of the building for business purposes. More information will be shared at an upcoming meeting.