As 2022 drew to a close, Marlborough Supervisor Scott Corcoran prepared a presentation for the last board meeting of the year to highlight the town’s achievements, starting with the completion of the south pier in Milton and beginning the renovation work at the TOMVAC building. He said the town’s highway and water departments did a great job in the demolition of the inside of TOMVAC that saved the town about $300,000. He said they invited State Senator James Skoufis and Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson to show them how the town has been using the grants they secured for Marlborough.

“They were very impressed with what the guys did,” he said. “They were shown pictures of the old ceilings and walls being removed and the plans for an addition of 65’ x 30’ that will about double the recreational space of the building. There was a lot of work involved that our guys did to save the taxpayers money; they did an unbelievable job.”

Many items that were removed from the TOMVAC building were stored at the Highway Department.

“The department took on this challenge in the middle of winter when they had time and they built these spaces to store everything,” he said.

Corcoran said the main offices of town hall also received a makeover, noting that because of an increase in the number of visitors coming to town, “I want our offices to look respectable to everybody around.” He thanked Maple Tree Cabinetry for donating all of the cabinets for this purpose.

Corcoran said Highway personnel took care of the floating pier in Milton and the welding inspections that were not done were completed this year, “so we could get our certification and Certificate of Occupancy [CO]. It did pass and our engineer signed off on it and our Building Department gave us our CO.”

Corcoran said in 2022 the town hired Mike Sotanski as their third Sergeant and the Recreation Committee ‘stepped it up a notch’ this year and hosted numerous events, starting off with the annual Easter Egg hunt with the Pisa Family donating the use of their Dome facility to the town.

Work continued on the Sands Avenue Park with the installation of water lines, trees and blacktop. Local 17 installed some benches near the dog park, in memory of Fred Butwell, an operator with the union and a dog lover. A new pavilion was also completed that overlooks the Hudson River.

In response to the loss of about 45 carp in Round Pond due to a low oxygen percentage, the town installed aerators in Round and Long ponds to prevent this incident from ever happening again. They also added colored LED lights, “to make them look nice at night.”

Corcoran said there was a great turnout for the Memorial Day Parade and the summer camp at Cluett Schantz Park was well attended.

“My thanks to my secretary Tina Rosa, who got this all prepared with the county. There were three directors this year who did a great job. They had a theme every week and it seemed like the kids had a great time,” he said. “I got a lot of phone calls about how great the camp was this year.”

Corcoran said the summer concert series in the park, “was a huge success. We advertised like crazy and the weather happened to be perfect for us this year.” He thanked Vinnie Pomarico for booking the bands and everyone who took care of the concessions.

Corcoran said the anniversary parade for the Marlboro Fire Company, “was not just for Marlboro and Milton but there were all different fire departments in attendance. I saw a lot of awesome vehicles and me and Councilpersons Sessa and Cauchi got a great view from the grandstand of all of the men and women marching and the different apparatus the fire departments use to protect us every day.” He gave special thanks to all of the town’s first responders EMS, Highway, Fire and Police who are always quick to answer the town’s emergency calls.

Corcoran said there is now WiFi in the town park and all town parks now have camera security systems that feed back to the town’s police station.

Corcoran recalled that a serious water main break was fixed by the Highway and Water departments after a long 18 hour day.

“These guys got it done; they found where the leak was and repaired it, built it back up and blacktopped it.”

After the second fire at the north pier in Milton, the town filed an insurance claim and is expecting about $130,000 back that will be used to repair the damages and an additional $125,000 to make the pier ADA compliant.

A new walkway was completed from Watson Avenue through the upper portion of the Milton Landing Park. It took about a year to complete because of heat problems and supply chain issues.

The town signed a 30 year contract with American Cruise Line that will net the town $1.2 million over time that will eventually pay off the bond on the pier itself. In addition, the town welcomed a second cruise line, Lindblad Excursions, who will pay a docking fee of $1,000 per and $200 per docking for fresh water. A bumper system was also installed at the south pier to prevent damage to the ships during docking. In addition, landscaping and shoreline repairs were made to spruce up the area.

The board updated and defined Bed & Breakfasts and Short Term rentals for the town, along with multiple changes to the town code book and to section 155 for building and zoning laws.

The town hired a new EMS ambulance provider that will have 24/7 ALS coverage.

The board worked with the Bayside developers, Baxter and Rieger, to help them start their 104 condo development project, slated for the western side of Route 9W in the Hamlet of Marlboro. In addition, the town worked out a reservation agreement with Leyton properties that will have them contribute $609,000 to the Marlboro Sewer District for a 35,000/day reserve capacity. The company is seeking to develop the Dockside property on the eastern side of Route 9W across from Bayside.

The town made some progress with CSX on constructing a new crossing near the Milton Train Station, and about ¾ of the old tires at the transfer station have been removed.

The town has received a total of $2,318,126 in a variety of grants; in part $800,000 for TOMVAC; $313,000 for the Milton Landing Pier project; $10,000 to complete a town cultural resource survey; $24,549 for the walkway at the Milton Landing Park; $500,000 in a municipal sewer and water grant; $40,000 for a kayak launch at the Milton Landing; $3,500 for tree plantings along the Route 9W corridor and $67,050 in an ecological restoration grant for the Milton Landing/Sands Avenue Parks are just some of the funds obtained and more grants will be applied for in 2023.