NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF BOND RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a meeting held on the 4th day of September, 2025, the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Chatham, Columbia County, New York, duly adopted a bond resolution, an abstract of which follows, which resolution is subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Section 36 of the Local Finance Law and Article 9 of the Village Law of the State of New York.
Said resolution authorizes the improvement of the Village’s water system including development of a new well field including wells, pumps, and treatment building to replace a current well field contaminated with PFAS, the replacement of water mains, and related improvements at an estimated maximum cost of $7,500,000, and authorizes the issuance of serial bonds of the Village of Chatham, Columbia County, New York, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,500,000 pursuant to the Local Finance Law to finance the cost thereof.
The aforesaid purpose constitutes a Type I action as defined under the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations, 6 NYCRR Part 617, which has been determined in accordance with SEQRA not to have a significant impact on the environment.
Said resolution shall take effect thirty days after adoption, unless there shall be filed with the Village Clerk a petition signed and acknowledged by the electors of the Village in number equal to at least twenty percentum of such electors in the Village, as shown on the register of elections for the previous general village election, protesting against this resolution and requesting that the matter be submitted to the electors of the Village for their approval or disapproval in the manner provided by Village Law.
A copy of the resolution is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Office of the Village Clerk, located at the Tracy Memorial Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham, New York.
Dated: September 5, 2025
Desiree Kelleher
Village Clerk
Village of Chatham