Author: Mark Turner

REVISION – Planning Board Public Hearing 3-June-25: North Wheatland Solar Energy Project

REVISION – NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING:

The Planning Board of the Town of Wheatland, pursuant to Section130-60.B of the code of the Town of Wheatland, will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the Wheatland Municipal Building, 22 Main Street, Scottsville, NY to consider the following:

The application of GreenSpark Solar, and North Wheatland Solar, LLC, for Site Plan and Special Exception Use approval to allow a large-scale Solar Energy System in an AR-2 Zoning District. This is Phase 1 (2.25 MW AC/3.006MW DC) of a possible 2 Phase Solar Project. Tax Parcel # 186.04-1-19.2 is located between 1206 and 1226 North Road and Tax Parcel # 186.04-1-1.1, located off Chili Scottsville Road.

All interested parties are asked to attend and be heard or to submit written comments concerning this application.

View public access files by using this link or find the link on the Town of Wheatland Website calendar under the meeting date:

https://townofwheatland.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/WheatlandPublicAccess/EjV1qV9gVSRKicp_WiKWTUEBPn0cwWXRKELFI1FxerrUug

Jay Coates, Chairman
Town of Wheatland Planning Board
Dated: May 13, 2025

 

 

Town of Wheatland Tentative Assessment Roll – Notice of Completion

OFFICIAL NOTICE – TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL – NOTICE OF COMPLETION

Pursuant to Section 506, NYS Real Property Tax Law, the Sole Acting Assessor, Town of Wheatland, County of Monroe, NY has completed the current year Tentative Assessment Roll and has filed a copy thereof with the Office of Town Clerk/Assessor. Said copy is available for public inspection at the Wheatland Town Hall, located at 22 Main Street, Scottsville, NY 14546 during regularly scheduled workday hours through and including Grievance Day this year. Said hours may be obtained by calling the Town Clerk, or Assessor at (585) 889-1553. The Assessor has available upon request current publications containing assessment challenge procedures.
 
TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL – ASSESSOR IN ATTENDANCE
Pursuant to Section 526, NYS Real Property Tax Law, the Sole Assessor or his/her designee,
Town of WHEATLAND, County of Monroe, NY by appointment only, will be in attendance with the
current year Tentative Assessment Roll at the Wheatland Town Hall located at 22 Main Street,
Scottsville, NY during the days, dates, and hours listed below.

Thursday, May 8, 20254:00PM – 8:00PM
Thursday, May 15, 20254:00PM – 8:00PM
Thursday, May 22, 20254:00AM – 8:00PM
Saturday, May 24, 20259:00PM – 12:00PM

HEARING OF COMPLAINTS – BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW
Pursuant to Section 525, NYS Real Property Tax Law, the Board of Assessment Review, Town of
Wheatland, County of Monroe, NY will be in attendance at the Wheatland Town Hall located at 22 Main
Street, Scottsville, NY to hear and examine all written complaints in relation to those assessments
appearing on the current year Tentative Assessment Roll. Such complaints will be heard by appointment
during the day, date, and hours listed below:
 
Tuesday, May 27, 20254:00PM – 8:00PM
 
Dated this 1st day of May 2025, Enza Mineo, Assessor

New York State Wetlands Changes 2025

On January 1, 2025 changes to New York State Wetlands regulations went into effect. The DEC states it will protect an additional one million acres of wetlands in the state. The newly adopted regulations define key terms, describe the revised freshwater wetland classification system, present criteria for the identification of Wetlands of Unusual Importance, and describe procedures the DEC uses in making jurisdictional determinations.

The current NYS Freshwater Wetlands Maps will no longer limit DEC regulatory jurisdiction to wetlands depicted on those maps. The NYS Freshwater Wetlands Maps will be referred to as Previously Mapped Freshwater Wetlands. Jurisdictional protections for previously mapped freshwater wetlands will remain as DEC’s jurisdictional authority expands to include wetlands meeting the freshwater wetland definition and state jurisdictional criteria for protection.

Small wetlands of “unusual importance” regardless of size will be regulated if they meet one of 11 newly established criteria:

  • Located in a watershed with significant flooding.
  • Situated in or adjacent to an urban area.
  • Contains rare plant species.
  • Provides habitat for species deemed to be endangered, threatened, of special concern or of greatest conservation need. 
  • Classified as a Class 1 wetland, which indicates the highest state standard for ecological value. 
  • Previously mapped and classified as a wetland of unusual local importance.
  • Identified as a vernal pool that supports amphibian breeding of particular species
  • Located in a FEMA-designated floodway.
  • Previously mapped by the state DEC on or before Dec. 31, 2024.
  • Holds local or regional significance.
  • Plays a significant role in protecting state water quality.

For more information on the changes go to: https://dec.ny.gov/nature/waterbodies/wetlands/freshwater-wetlands-program

 To find out if there are wetlands on your property go to:

https://dec.ny.gov/nature/waterbodies/wetlands

2025 Spring Brush Removal

NOTICE TO TOWN OF WHEATLAND RESIDENTS OUTSIDE VILLAGE OF SCOTTSVILLE

2025 BRUSH REMOVAL

The Town of Wheatland Highway Department will pick up brush at each resident’s home.  Brush pick-up will start on Monday, May 5, 2025.  The town residential areas will be first:
 
a. Hamlet of Mumford
b. Rolling Acres
 
After the residential areas are done, we will start at the west end of town and work east to cover the outlying areas.
 
Brush must be neatly piled, butt ends in same direction
 
1 truck load per household
Residential brush only
No fence row material, such as trees or large stumps
No brush over 6 inches in diameter
 
ONCE A ROAD OR STREET IS DONE, THERE WILL BE NO RETURN TRIP.
 
By Order of the Town Board
Of the Town of Wheatland
Dated April 10, 2025
Laurie Czapranski, Town Clerk

Town of Wheatland – Trash Clean-Up Spring 2025

NOTICE TO TOWN OF WHEATLAND RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF SCOTTSVILLE

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, and Saturday, May 3, 2025, between the hours of 8 A.M. and 3 P.M. there will be dumpsters placed at the Highway Facility,1822 Scottsville-Mumford Road.
 
Town Outside Village Residents may bring trash to this location to dump in hoppers provided. Proof of residency will be required.  A New York State driver’s license is acceptable.
 
Recycling of electronics will also be available.  All electronics can be recycled free of charge.
 
BRUSH, TIRES, FUEL OIL, GASOLINE DRUMS, REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS OR PAINT CONTAINERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  DUMPSTERS WILL BE MANNED FOR ASSISTANCE.
 
By Order of the Town Board of the Town of Wheatland
Dated:  April 10, 2025
Laurie Czapranski, Town Clerk

Capital Reserve Fund for Town Parks and Freeman Park Design Services Proposal

Last year, the Town of Wheatland established a Parks Reserve Fund via Resolution.

Resolution No. 168: ESTABLISHMENT OF A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS WITHIN THE TOWN OF WHEATLAND

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Wheatland has identified the need to establish a Capital Reserve Fund for the purposes of park improvements or repairs.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 6-c of the General Municipal Law, as amended, there is hereby established a capital reserve fund to be known as the “Parks Reserve Fund” (hereinafter “Reserve Fund”).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the purpose of this Reserve Fund is to accumulate moneys to finance the cost of a type of capital improvement. The type of capital improvement to be financed from the Reserve Fund is the costs of capital improvements, any physical improvements, construction, reconstruction, preliminary studies, surveys, engineering, land acquisition, or land rights; pertaining and relating to Town parks within the Town of Wheatland.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the chief fiscal officer is hereby directed to deposit and secure the moneys of this Reserve Fund in the manner provided by Section 10 of the General Municipal Law. The chief fiscal officer may invest the moneys in the Reserve Fund in the manner provided by Section 11 of the General Municipal Law, and consistent with the investment policy of the Town of Wheatland. Any interest earned or capital gains realized on the moneys so deposited or invested shall accrue to and become part of the Reserve Fund. The chief fiscal officer shall account for the Reserve Fund in a manner which maintains the separate identity of the Reserve Fund and shows the date and amount of each sum paid into the fund, interest earned by the fund, capital gains or losses resulting from the sale of investments of the fund, the amount and date of each withdrawal from the fund and the total assets of the fund, showing cash balance and a schedule of investments, and shall, at the end of each fiscal year, render to the Board a detailed report of the operation and condition of the Reserve Fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, expenditures from this Reserve Fund shall be made only for the purpose for which the Reserve Fund is established. No expenditure shall be made from this Reserve Fund without the approval of this governing board and such additional actions or proceedings as may be required by Section 6-c of the General Municipal Law or any other law, including a permissive referendum if required by subdivision 4 of Section 6-c.

The ‘Parks Reserve Fund’ is intended for Town parks within the Town of Wheatland. Any proposed future spending from this fund will come in front of the community and the board and will be subject to a Permissive Referendum.

At the March 2025 Town Board meeting, the board approved a motion to spend $24,000 on a Design Services proposal from Labella Associates for Freeman Park (see detailed proposal), pending a Permissive Referendum.