NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING
COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

BUCKWHEAT ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
OVER ROELIFF JANSEN KILL

TOWNS OF CLERMONT AND LIVINGSTON, NY
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NO. (PIN) 8763.53

The Columbia County Department of Public Works has announced a public informational meeting will be held to discuss the proposed Bridge Replacement of Buckwheat Road over Roeliff Jansen Kill in the Towns of Clermont and Livingston. The meeting will be held at the Clermont Town Hall located at 1795 US-9, Germantown, NY, on May 4, 2026, at 5:30 P.M.

The County, in cooperation with the County’s consulting engineer, Greenman-Pedersen Inc., the New York State Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, is developing design alternatives for the replacement of the Buckwheat Road Bridge. The project proposes replacing the structurally deficient bridge with steel girders and a concrete bridge deck.

The purpose of the meeting is to obtain comments on the proposed project from individuals, groups, officials, and local agencies. The County is specifically soliciting comments on the development of alternatives for the project and comments on the project’s social, economic, and environmental effects. This public informational meeting is part of the continuing efforts by Columbia County, the New York State Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to encourage public input into the development of transportation projects.

Please advise Ms. Caroline Tarini, Project Manager for Greenman Pedersen, Inc., if any additional accommodation will be required to facilitate your participation in this public meeting. Ms. Tarini can be reached at Greenman-Pedersen, Inc; 80 Wolf Road, Suite 600, Wolf Road, Albany NY 12205, by telephone at (518) 898-9529 or via email at ctarini@gpinet.com.

Further information on the project may be obtained from Ms. Tarini at the above address or Mr. Raymond Jurkowski, Commissioner of Public Works, Columbia County Department of Public Works, PO Box 324, 178 Route 23B, Hudson, New York 12534, by telephone at (518) 828-7011 or by email at raymond.jurkowski@columbiacountyny.com.

TOWN OF CLERMONT
PLANNING BOARD
1795 Route 9
Clermont, NY 12526

MEETING AGENDA
April 8, 2026 7:30 PM

1. MEETING STARTS – ROLL CALL
   
   
2. REVIEW & APPROVAL OF MINUTES
   
   
3. PUBLIC HEARING
   1. Phil Gellert, property located on County Route 8, Tax ID #180.2-5.111, seeking to subdivide 4 acres from the existing 35 acre parcel. (Continuation of Public Hearing from March 11, 2026 meeting)
      
      
4. OLD BUSINESS
   1. None
5. NEW BUSINESS
   1. None
6. ADJOURNMENT

This event has been cancelled. For various reasons, we are not able to hold this event this year.

6. ADJOURNMENT

1. MEETING STARTS – ROLL CALL
2. REVIEW & APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3. PUBLIC HEARING
   
   • Phil Gellert, property located on County Route 8, Tax ID #180.2-5.111, seeking to subdivide 4 acres from the existing 35 acre parcel. (Continuation of Public Hearing from January 14, 2026 meeting).
4. OLD BUSINESS
   • None.
5. NEW BUSINESS
   • None.

6. ADJOURNMENT

TOWN OF CLERMONT
PLANNING BOARD
1795 Route 9
Clermont, NY 12526

February 11, 2026
7:30 PM

MEETING AGENDA

1. MEETING STARTS – ROLL CALL
2. REVIEW & APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3. PUBLIC HEARING
   
   • Phil Gellert, property located on County Route 8, Tax ID #180.2-5.111, seeking to subdivide 4 acres from the existing 35 acre parcel. (Continuation of Public Hearing from January 14, 2026 meeting).
4. OLD BUSINESS
   • None.
5. NEW BUSINESS
   • None.

6. ADJOURNMENT

TOWN OF CLERMONT
PLANNING BOARD
1795 Route 9
Germantown, NY 12526

January 14, 2026
7:30 PM
MEETING AGENDA

1. MEETING STARTS – ROLL CALL
   

2. REVIEW & APPROVAL OF MINUTES
   

3. PUBLIC HEARING
   1) Phil Gellert, property located on County Route 8,
   Tax ID #180.2-5.111, seeking to subdivide 4 acres from
   the existing 35 acre parcel. (Continuation of Public Hearing
   from December 10, 2025 meeting)
   
   2) Oki Doki Clay Arts Center, 1727 Route 9,
   Tax ID #192.-1-2, seeking Site Plan approval for providing
   instruction in the making of pottery.
   

D. OLD BUSINESS None

E. NEW BUSINESS None

F. ADJOURNMENT

Clermont Traffic Safety Committee wants to hear from you!

The newly formed Clermont Traffic Safety Committee wants to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to complete their short survey by the end of the year to help identify traffic safety concerns in our community. Your feedback will help the town and committee prioritize areas for improvement. 

Fill out the survey here. 

UPDATE!   NEW DATE!!!

The Town of Clermont invites you to their 2025 Christmas event at the Clermont Village Greene

Where: Route 9 in Clermont

When: December 16th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Christmas caroling in the little church from 6:30pm to 7:00 pm and then stroll across the yard to the community house to meet up with Santa have some refreshments from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

Clermont Christmas Event 2025

Please come join us. Santa will have a small gift for children under 12. Any questions- text or call Tami 518-567-2996.

PUBLIC NOTICE:

CALL TO NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACT COLLECTORS IN THE TOWNS OF CLERMONT, GERMANTOWN, LIVINGSTON

The Towns of Clermont, Germantown and Livingston History Departments Historians have been reviewing evidence of the original Native American inhabitants of the three-town area. This review was further developed by Germantown Historian, Tom Shannon, during his presentation on Indigenous People in Germantown at the Germantown Library in Spring 2023. This led to the beginning of a project to coordinate information between the three towns to discover what records and/or artifacts existed. The product of this study is hoped to be an exhibit and web pages documenting Native American industries and presence in the area.

Columbia County was part of the ancestral homeland of the Mohican People from time immemorial to the Livingston land purchases and the initial patent to Livingston Manor in 1686. Today, the Stockbridge Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, a federally recognized tribe with its reservation in Central Wisconsin, is dedicated to preserving its heritage in its homelands through its Tribal Historic Preservation Office based in Williamstown, MA. The Towns have been in consultation with Dr. Jeff Bendremer, the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO), to help facilitate this project.

Dr. Brendremer has graciously agreed to review the artifacts to help identify their age and use. This information is significant to the Project because it will help put the objects in context and explain the industries along the Roeliff Jansen Kill and Hudson River. Our objective is to organize a meeting with the Stockbridge-Munsee THPO in the March of 2026.

To that objective, anyone in the area who has a collection of artifacts found locally on farm fields or excavation sites and who are interested in learning more about their history and use is asked to please contact either Tom Shannon, Germantown Historian GermantownHistory@gmail.com or Dawn Brownson, Clermont Historian historianclermontny@gmail.com. 

Be assured that all artifacts will be returned after Dr. Brendremer’s study and will remain the property of the collection holder. This Project is for historical and educational purposes only. We welcome participation of local residents, high school students and/or scouts to help expand knowledge of the history of our Towns and region.

Thank you for your interest in this Project.

Date: 12/8/25 – 12/19/25

Time: Thursday 6:00 – 8:00pm
     Saturday 10:00am – Noon

Location: Clermont Town Hall, 1795 Route 9, Clermont, NY 12526