PUBLIC NOTICES
COLUMBIA COUNTY
PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF TAGHKANIC
NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
(Pursuant to Section 516 of the Real Property Tax Law)
Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town of Taghkanic, in the County of Columbia, for the year 2025, has been completed by the undersigned Assessor(s), and a certified copy thereof has been filed in the office of the Town City Clerk on the 1st day of July, 2025, where the same will remain for public inspection.
Dated this 1st day of July, 2025. Town of
Assessors/Sole Assessor
Brittany Santarelli
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF TAGHKANIC, COUNTY OF COLUMBIA
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Taghkanic Town Board will hold a public hearing on July 14, 2025, at 7 p.m. at the Taghkanic Town Hall located at 909 Route 82, Taghkanic, New York, 12502 to hear all interested parties on:
Proposed Local Law No. 3 of the year 2025, entitled “A LOCAL LAW REGULATING THE RUNNING OF DOGS AT LARGE.”
All persons interested in commenting on the proposed local law shall be heard at such time.
A full and complete copy of the proposed local law is available at the office of the Taghkanic Town Clerk during normal business hours. The information is also available by cliking HERE.
Dated: June 9, 2025
Cheryl Rogers
Town Clerk
Reservoir Road Closed Due to Safety Concerns
Taghkanic Highway Superintendent, Eric Gaylord, is closing the crossing of a culvert on Reservoir Rd effective immediately.
A recent inspection of the culvert under Reservoir Road that directs water from the reservoir spillway downstream revealed structural problems. Town Engineer Patrick Prendergast, brought in for consultation, indicated "The headwalls are in poor condition. The east wall is severely undermined from erosion. One of the down-stream wing walls has fallen in the stream." He concluded, "The culvert should be repaired or replaced but should not be lift in service as is."
As a result, Reservoir Road has been closed to through traffic. The town board will discuss plans to address this situation at the monthly board meeting, Monday, March 10 at 7:00pm at the Taghkanic Town Hall. Interested parties may attend in person or via Zoom (see link above in Meetings Calendar).
DID YOU KNOW? The Highway Dept can accept metal for recycling throughout the year. Please e-mail Highway Superintendent Eric Gaylord at taghkanichighwayone@yahoo.com to arrange a time to drop off your recyclable metal waste at the town garage. Items for metal recycling must be at lease 75% metal.
TAGHKANIC TALKS
Taghkanic Community Forest
Activities were underway at the soon-to-be Taghkanic Community Forest - a 500+ acre parcel of forested land within the town of Taghkanic. On Saturday, May 17th, about 100 volunteers showed up with gloves and shovels to assist workers from the Columbia Land Conservancy in planting 1800 bare-root seedlings of various species. Below are links to a couple of uncut drone-videos of the forest and the planting event, courtesy of our friend Frank Heiser.
2025 - The Year of the Forest
Taghkanic Talks is a program developed by the Taghkanic Climate Smart and Conservation Advisory Committees to host public presentations on a variety of topics of interest to the Taghkanic community. Past presentations have spotlighted community solar programs, heat-pump technology, and programs to assist with home weatherization. Another series focused on pollinators and native plant species, highlighting small but meaningful actions individuals can take to restore and preserve the ecology of our beautiful county.
In the upcoming months Taghkanic Talks will host a series of presentations we're calling The Forest in Your Backyard. Taghkanic and Columbia County reside within a vast stretch of contiguous forest stretching from Dutchess County to Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. This forest provides essential habitat for a wide variety of plant, bird, insect, amphibian, aquatic, and mammalian species - and plays a critical role in providing clean drinking water for all of us.
If you own property in Taghkanic, chances are you own a portion of that forest. We hope you will join us for these presentations - and conversations - about what we can do to preserve and restore our forest resources.
Energy Tracking - Town Hall
In June 2022, four Mitsubishi air-source heat pumps were installed at Town Hall to replace the
existing oil-based heating and window air conditioning units. In the summer of 2023, the
lighting
system at Town Hall was converted from a combination of incandescent & fluorescent fixtures to
all
LED fixtures. A
recent analysis by the Climate Smart Committee shows how these changes affected energy use and
energy costs at Town Hall. The results indicate an annual cost saving of around $1076 and an
annual
reduction in energy use equivalent to 5.8 metric tons of CO2. This corresponds to the CO2
emitted by
1.3 average gasoline powered cars over a 1-year period.
But how
much CO2 is that? It's not easy to visualize, right? Well, imagine
a block of Dry Ice
measuring one meter high
X one meter deep X 3.72 meters wide, weighing over 12,000 pounds - that would be 5.8 metric tons
of
CO2 in its solid form.
See full
article.
TAGHKANIC SENIOR NETWORK
If you are interested in helping Taghkanic's seniors and caregivers, please contact TSN co-chairs Celine Kagan and Susan Silverman at taghkanic60plus@gmail.com.
2024 Zoning Amendments
STRs & ADUs in Taghkanic
In 2024 the Town Board passed two local laws updating the town oning Code. Local Law #3 2024 permits and sets forth the regulations for Short Term Rentals in Taghkanic. Local Law #2 2024 defines and allows for Accessory Dwelling Units. The permitting of ADUs was enacted so that Taghkanic residents would be eligible for NY State grant funding to help residents with the costs of building or restoring these structures. The county has applied for the grant and will be notified of the outcome in 2025.
Taghkanic Community Fridge
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The community fridge is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
You can't
miss it - the cheery yellow building sits
alongside the back door of Town Hall. The fridge and pantry are stocked with all manner of
foods, including meals prepared by Columbia County Recovery Kitchen.
We welcome food donations - click on image to
download full-size PDF of Guidelines. If you'd like to join our brigade of fridge
volunteers and help manage, clean and stock the fridge, please contact Betsy
(betsyalbertfortaghkanic@gmail.com).
Here are three ways to donate directly to the Fridge: Venmo (@taghkanicfridge); PayPal (@TaghkanicFridge); or drop a donation in the box at Town Hall. Donations are NOT tax deductible. However, if you'd like your donation to be tax deductible, OR if you have a matching donation program through your employer and would like to double your impact, you can make a donation to the Purpose Cooperative. The Purpose Cooperative is a 501c3 through which we receive our Shared Plate stipend. You can send a check to Purpose Cooperative, 95 Main Street #546, Philmont, NY 12565 and ask that it be earmarked for the Taghkanic Fridge.
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