Clarkstown Town Board Approves Funding for Infrastructure Improvements

The board also voted to install a commemorative plaque and appoint two new police officers.

At its July 22 meeting, the Clarkstown Town Board approved major financing to improve town buildings and community spaces. The board voted to finance more than $6.4 million in energy-related improvements to town buildings.

The $6.4 million in improvements to town buildings is not adding to the town debt: it is simply reallocating funds that were slated in a $9 million project in April 2024. In April 2024, the town board authorized a $9 million project funded through an Article Nine energy performance contract with Siemens. In 2024, the $9 million was set to include funding for lighting, building improvements, and building a new playground. Now, since the playground came in under budget, the town board has amended the original plan to take over $1 million that were originally slated for the playground and use them for energy-related improvements to town buildings.

These improvements to Clarkstown’s infrastructure are expected to yield significant energy savings. Town Supervisor George Hoehmann explained, “Siemens has to come up with a figure that they stand by, that we’re going to save this in energy savings over a period of time.”

The board also greenlit roughly $240,000 worth of improvements to West Nyack Hamlet Green. These improvements will include a new playground shade structure, paved walkways, and general site upgrades.

“Since we’re doing additional work there, we’re going to add pavement to be able to make it easier for people in walkers [to access the park], that’s the largest expense,” Hoehmann explained. He later added, “If you’re going to have a park, you have to make it accessible.”

In addition to approving this financing of town infrastructure, the town board also announced that police officers-to-be Stanley Francois and Ryan Hennelly will be appointed to the Clarkstown Police Department, subject to their attendance at the police academy. “I couldn’t be prouder to have them represent the Clarkstown Police Department,” Clarkstown Police Chief Jeff Wanamaker commented.

“We look forward to many, many, many years of service for the people in Clarkstown,” Hoehmann told Francois and Hennelly.

At the end of the meeting, the town board unanimously voted yes to authorize the installation of a commemorative plaque to the Maple Avenue Street sign on the intersection of Maple Avenue and Congers Road in memory of Kevin Landau, a volunteer firefighter who passed away in 1975 while responding to a fire-related call. Hoehmann closed the meeting in memory of Kevin Landau, and with a moment of silence in honor of “all of the first responders, firefighters, and police in their lives in service.”