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2020 POPULATION = 1,588

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

PLANNING BOARD - OPEN SEAT AVAILABLE JANUARY 2024

The Town of Spafford is seeking applicants for the Planning Board.  One seat will be open in January 2024 with a five year term of office.  You must be 18 years of age and a resident of the Town of Spafford to apply.  (The members of the Planning Board receive a nominal stipend.) There is required training for this position which is offered by Onondaga County. The cost of this training is reimbursed by the Town of Spafford. If you are interested, please send a letter of interest to the Spafford Town Hall, 1984 State Route 174, Skaneateles, NY 13152 or email to town@townofspafford.com.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW OPENING

The Town  of Spafford is seeking applicants for the Board of Assessment Review (Grievance Board) to fill two vacant seats with terms of office ending September 2026 and September 2027. You must be 18 years of age and a resident of the Town of Spafford to apply.  (The members of the Board of Assessment Review receive a nominal stipend.) There is required training for this position which is offered by Onondaga County. The cost of this training is reimbursed by the Town of Spafford. If you are interested, please send a letter of interest to the Spafford Town Hall, 1984 State Route 174, Skaneateles, NY 13152 or email to town@townofspafford.com.

APRIL 19, 2023

Motor Vehicle Operator   -   Part-Time Position

The Town of Spafford is seeking applicants for a part-time Motor Vehicle Operator. Two (2) years driving experience and CDL-B license are required. Highway experience helpful but not necessary. Must be able to drive standard shift.

Résumés are to be sent to the attention of Highway Supt. Jody Fisher at Town of Spafford, 1984 State Route 174, Skaneateles, NY 13152 or via email to jody@townofspafford.com.

• Town Supervisor                             Monthly Financial Reports                        ROSTER OF TOWN OFFICIALS

• Town Council                                      TOWN BOARD MINUTES                  

• Town Clerk                                      

• Assessor                                             2022 Final Assessment Roll       

• Attorney
  

• Board of Assessment Review
  
• Building Department
  
• Cemeteries
  
• Dog Control
  

• Highway Department                   Mailbox Replacement Policy               Which Roads are Which?

• Historian
  
• Justice Court
  
• Planning/Sub Division
  
• Tax Collector
  
• Transfer Station
  
• Zoning Board of Appeals
  

When Can the Public

Speak at Meetings

Regular Board Meeting - The public has the right to attend and listen to the Board deliberations.  The public may participate only at the invitation of the Board.

Public Hearing - The public is invited to speak.  The Board is not obligated to answer questions or render a decision.

Public Information Meeting - A presentation is given to the public in order for the public to gain information on a specific project or topic.  Following the presentation, the public is given the opportunity to ask questions.  The presenter may discuss follow up-up action.

Building Permit Application                         

Application for Demolition 

Zoning Board of Appeals Form

Special Use Permit Application

Sub Division Application

Commercial Use of Borodino Landing Application

Short Term Rental Registration Form

• Transfer Station Permit Application/Renewal 
  

• Dog License Application  Please include a copy of the current rabies vaccination certificate. 

• Marriage License Preliminary Application This form is for your convenience.  You may complete the form ahead of time and bring it with you but you both must appear in person to apply.  Please bring your birth certificates (with raised seal); current identification (driver's license); original divorce documents (if applicable) and $45 cash or check.  The license is $40; the additional $5 provides you with ONE certified copy of your marriage certificate. (Normal cost is $10)

• Request for a Certified Copy of Marriage Record
  

• Sporting License Application  (NYS DEC) This form is for your convenience.  You may complete the form ahead of time and bring it with you but you must appear in person to purchase a NYS DEC Sporting License.  Proof of your legal residence is required at the time of purchase.

• Accessible Parking Tag Application  This form is for your convenience.  You may complete the form ahead of time and bring it with you to obtain the parking permit.  Proof of Town of Spafford residency is required.

• Voter registration forms or register online with Onondaga County
• Absentee ballot applications or use Onondaga County's  online application
• Passport applications

• Reflective address signs  (sold on behalf of Borodino Fire Dept.)  $12 for the sign + $3 for angle brackets

The Town of Spafford offices are part-time.

The office is open Tuesday through Thursday as well as Saturday mornings.   Please check below for specific department hours.  Not all Town officers have set office hours.  You are welcome to contact Town officials to arrange an appointment.

 

THE SPAFFORD TOWN COURT HAS NO SET OFFICE HOURS.                                 2023 COURT SCHEDULE

Please call 315-673-0710 and leave a message.  Your call will be returned.

Tuesdays & Wednesdays 9 am - 2 pm

Thursdays & Saturdays 9 am - 12 Noon

Tuesdays  8:30 am - 2 pm;  Thursdays  8:30 am - 12 Noon

 

Scott Boat Launch -  Located at the south end of Skaneateles Lake

2023                                                                 MINUTES FROM PRIOR YEARS

January 12

February 9

March 9

April 13

May 11

June 8

June 17

July 13

August 10

September 14

September 21

October 5

October 12

2023 Town of Spafford Budget

2021 Town of Spafford Budget

Nature preserves are open to the public, dawn to dusk, 365 days a year. Visit our website www.CNYLandTrust.org  to learn more about all our preserves, including those in the Town of Spafford.

To the Men and Women from the Town of Spafford

who have served our Country

Ackles, Ronald – Korea                                                                                                 

Ackroyd, William B – WWII

Adams , John J – Viet Nam

Adams, Timothy – Revolutionary War

Albro, Stephen – Revolutionary War

Allen, William B – American Civil War

Ames, Samuel – WWI

Anderson, George – American Civil War

Anderson, John – American Civil War

Annunziata, Daniel W – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Anthony, George – American Civil War

Applebee, Stephen – War of 1812

Ayer, John L – WWII, Korea

Baker, Gerry A – WWII

Baker, Robert G – Viet Nam

Barber, Samuel – War of 1812

Bartlett, Edward – WWII

Bartlett, George – WWII

Bartlett, Thayer – WWII

Bass, John Rodney – Viet Nam

Bassett, Richard – Korea

Beelar, John – War of 1812

Belcher, Harvey L, Jr – Viet Nam

Bell, Oscar R – WWII

Bendall, John H – WWII

Bentham, Charles S – Viet Nam

Blood, Asa – Revolutionary War

Blunden, Thomas – American Civil War

Bockes, Alan – WWII

Bockes, Hoyt – WWII

Bockes, Keith E – WWII, Korea

Bockes , Stanley C – Korea

Borchert, Robert F – Viet Nam

Bourque, Ronald R – Viet Nam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Bowman, Robert A – Viet Nam

Bradley, Daniel – American Civil War

Brantley, William R – WWII, Korea

Breed, Allen – Revolutionary War

Brenneman, Jerry H – WWII

Brenneman, Wesley H – Viet Nam

Brenneman, James F – Viet Nam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Brown, Edward, Jr – WWII

Brown, Harold L – WWII

Brown, Michael V – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Brown, William H – American Civil War

Burdick, Thompson – Revolutionary War

Burdick, Thompson, Jr – War of 1812

Burdick, Ira W – American Civil War

Burghardt, Arthur – WWII

Butler, John H – WWII

Call, Frank – WWI

Call, John – WWII

Call, Robert – WWII

Calvert , John F – WWII

Carlile, John – Viet Nam

Carlson, Russell C – WWII

Carlton, Donald J – WWII

Carver, David – War of 1812

Carver, David – American Civil War

Carver, Erastus H – American Civil War

Case, Kelly – War of 1812

Case, George W – American Civil War

Case, Sidney – American Civil War

Chave, Andrew

Churchell, James – Revolutionary War

Churchell, John – Revolutionary War

Churchill, John M – American Civil War

Churchill, Ernest – Spanish-American War

Clark, Merrill W – Viet Nam

Clark, Asa – American Civil War

Cleveland, Solomon – Revolutionary War

Clifford, Joseph C – WWII, Korea

Clingerman, Arlie E – Korea

Cobb, Robert T – WWII

Cole, Leonard T – WWII

Cole, Stanley C – WWII

Cole, Bradley L – Viet Nam

Cole, Harley R – Viet Nam

Cole, Stanley T – Viet Nam

Cole, Terry – Viet Nam

Collard, Martin W – Viet Nam

Collins, George – American Civil War

Colton, Gideon – Revolutionary War

Cone, Elihu – Revolutionary War

Cooper, Morgan – WWII

Cooper, James – WWI

Cooper, William – WWI

Cooter, Myron – WWII

Cooter, Daniel M – Viet Nam

Cooter, Michael R – Viet Nam

Cormack, Douglas – Viet Nam

Craig, Herbert L – WWII

Craig, Howard K – WWII

Craig, Laverne W – Viet Nam

Crandall, Leslie G – WWII, Viet Nam

Crelot, Robert – Viet Nam

Crill, Raymond K – WWII

Crill, Jon F – Viet Nam

Curtis, William J – WWII

Davis, Albert H – WWII

Davis, Janice I – WWII

Davis, Elias – Revolutionary War

Davis, Lewis – American Civil War

Davis, Porter – American Civil War

Davis, Van Buren – American Civil War

Dedrick, William – War of 1812

Dennie, Richard A, Jr – WWII

Dennison, Roger – Viet Nam

Dorris, James R – WWII

Doty, Willard – American Civil War

Droppa, Gus F – WWII

Droppa, Harold J – WWII

Drumma, William – WWII

Dugan, John R, Jr – Viet Nam

Durbin, Edmon – American Civil War

Durbin, William – American Civil War

Dye, George C – WWII

Dye, Beverley L – Viet Nam

Dye, George C, Jr – Viet Nam

Dye, Charles T – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Dye, Frances M – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Dye, Robert E – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Easton, Clifford – WWII

Eddy, Edgar Alonzo – American Civil War

Eibert, Gordon H – WWII

Eibert, Robert S – Viet Nam

Enos, Charles H – American Civil War

Fesko, Joseph – WWII

Fesko, Andrew – WWII

Fesko, Andre J – Viet Nam

Filkins, D – American Civil War

Finn, W. Howell – WWII

Fisher, Amos – Revolutionary War

Fisher, William E – American Civil War

Fleming, Donald D – Viet Nam

Foster, George J – American Civil War

Fowler, Edward J, Jr – Korea

Frazee, Harold D, Jr – WWII

Fulton, Robert – Revolutionary War

Gale, John – Revolutionary War

Gale, Samuel – War of 1812

Gallagher, William F – WWII

Gay, Ronald – Viet Nam

Goff, Martin – American Civil War

Gourley, Robinson B – WWII

Graham, Winthrop – Revolutionary War

Grandy, Phillip L – Viet Nam

Green, John – Revolutionary War

Greenhalgh, Russell W – WWII, Korea

Grinnell, Harris C – WWII

Grinnell, Ernest – WWI

Hall, Howard F, Jr – Viet Nam

Hanlon, Lawrence M – Viet Nam

Hanlon, Louis – Viet Nam

Hardy, James O – WWII

Harrington, Horatio – American Civil War

Hartquist, T. William – Viet Nam

Hartsch, Albert J – WWII

Harvey , Frank P – WWII

Harvey , Glenn A – WWII

Harvey , Francis L – Viet Nam

Harvey , Joel V – Viet Nam

Harvey , Mark F – Viet Nam

Hayden, William – WWII

Henricksen, Rodney J – Korea

Heyde, Marshall B – WWII, Korea

Heyde, Jay M – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Hier, William R – Viet Nam

Hinds, George L – American Civil War

Hiscock, James – Revolutionary War

Holland, William E – WWII

Holmes, Samuel – Revolutionary War

Homer, Robert – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Hoover, Michael

Hopkins, Raymond F – WWII

Howley, William T – Viet Nam

Hubbard, Lester D – WWII

Huber, Elmer J – WWII

Hudson, Frank – WWII

Hull, Edward – Korea

Hutchens, Phinias – War of 1812

Hyde, Eliphalet – Revolutionary War

Hyde, Oliver – Revolutionary War

Ingraham, Nathan – WWII

Jackson, Elias – Revolutionary War

Judge, Jesse L – WWII

Jumper, Max E – WWII

Kaminska, William T – Viet Nam

Karlik, Paul – WWII

Karlik, William – WWII

Keller, Henry F, Jr – WWII

Kemp, Albert A – American Civil War

Kiefer, Frederick T – Korea

King, Dale – Viet Nam

Kish, Stephen A – WWII

Klock, Stephen A – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Knapp, Peter – Revolutionary War

Kurtz, Edward F – WWII

Kurtz, Stanley G – Viet Nam

Lanning, Austin G – WWII

Lanning, Jeffrey C – Viet Nam

Lanning, Austin – WWI

Lanning, Ellis – WWI

LaPlant, Edward J – Korea

Lathrop, Lucretia Roundy – American Civil War

Leader, David R – Viet Nam

Lederman, Curt D – WWII

Legg, Otis – American Civil War

Legg, William W – American Civil War

Legg, Montgomery – WWI

Lewis, Joseph – Revolutionary War

Lieber, Harvey – WWII

Littlehales, Edward F – WWII, Korea

Lockwood, Raymond – WWII

Logan, Joseph W – Korea

Lukens, Edwin W – WWII

Lynch, William M – WWII

Lyon, William Henry – American Civil War

Main, Frank G – WWII

Main, Horace J – WWII

Main, Grover – WWI

Manley, Jesse – Revolutionary War

Manley, Luther – Revolutionary War

Mantey, Robert J – WWII

Marsellus, John

Marshall, Phinias B – American Civil War

Maxson, Reuben – Revolutionary War

McCausey, James – American Civil War

McChesney, John D P – WWII

McChesney, Donald S – WWII

McChesney, Donald – WWI

McClaude, Frederick C – WWII

McHale, Thomas B – Viet Nam

McKay, Fredrick – American Civil War

McKenty, Robert C – Viet Nam

Melvin, Jabez – War of 1812

Mills, Isaac – War of 1812

Moon, William H – American Civil War

Morton, Leslie R – Viet Nam

Mott, William M – Viet Nam

Mulvihill, John E – WWII, Korea

Myers, David P – Viet Nam

Myers, Douglas R – Viet Nam

Nash, Orville E – WWII

Nash, Sarah L – Viet Nam

Nesbit, James – American Civil War

Nesbit, William Henry – American Civil War

Nightingale, Donald – WWII

Nightingale, Richard – WWII

Nightingale, William – WWII

Nightingale, Ellis – WWI

Nightingale, Merson – WWI

Nodine , Raymond – Korea

Nodine , Roger L – Viet Nam

Norris, Howard

Norton, Moses – War of 1812

Norton, Parmenus – American Civil War

Norton, Perry – American Civil War

Norton, Seymour – American Civil War

Norton, Willard – American Civil War

Oler, Albert – Viet Nam

Olmsted, Jere – Revolutionary War

Osborne, Orville, Jr – WWII

Osborne, Orville – WWI

Owen, Daniel – Revolutionary War

Owen, Timothy – Revolutionary War

Palmer, Gilbert – Revolutionary War

Paratore, Joseph C – WWII

Parker, Samuel – War of 1812

Parsons, Robert S – WWII

Parsons, Michael F – Viet Nam

Parsons, Peter G – Viet Nam

Parsons, Robert S, Jr – Viet Nam

Patten, George A – American Civil War

Patterson, Ebenezer – Revolutionary War

Patterson, Francis H – American Civil War

Pennock, J Winthrop – WWI, WWI

Peterson, Phillip A – Viet Nam

Phippens, George – American Civil War

Piper, Wendell C – Korea

Pirnie, Peter – Viet Nam

Plotchko, Paul – WWII

Pollock, Jacob – American Civil War

Popgorzelski, John T – WWII

Potucek, John – WWII

Powers , Paul – WWII

Powers, Robert D – WWII

Prentice, Frederick B – WWII

Pressey, Benjamin – Revolutionary War

Prindle, Samuel – Revolutionary War

Prior, Robert G – WWII

Pynn, John N – Korea

Pynn, Michael J – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Quigley, Michael L – Viet Nam

Randall, Freeland E – WWII

Randall, Silas – War of 1812

Reardon, Bert – WWII

Redmond, Gary W – Viet Nam

Rennie, Jody Vinzant – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Rice, James B – WWII

Ripley, George W – American Civil War

Roberts, Wade B – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Rogalia, Charles J, Jr – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Root, Walter – WWII

Roselle, Durwood E – WWII

Roselle, Ralph E – WWII

Roser, Floyd H – WWII

Roser, Larry G – Viet Nam

Roth, John – Grenada

Roundy, Asahel – War of 1812

Roundy, Charles Weston – American Civil War

Russell , Ceylon E – WWII

Russell , David E – Viet Nam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Ryan, John W – Viet Nam

Sadowski, Robert F – WWII

Sage, Henry – American Civil War

Saunders, Roy W – Viet Nam

Sawtell, William – WWII

Scheu, Donald A – WWII

Scott, William – WWII

Seaman, Glenn W, Jr – Korea

Seeley, Samuel G. – War of 1812

Shadle, Robert H – Viet Nam

Shaner, John R – WWII

Sharpe, J Robert – WWII

Sharpe, James A – Viet Nam

Shepherd, Carl – WWII

Shoemaker, Earl – Korea

Sirois, Wayne D – Viet Nam

Sitar, Andrew A – Korea

Slater, Carl F – WWII

Smith, Albert B – WWII

Smith, James E – WWII

Smith, Walter B – WWII

Smith, Job – Revolutionary War

Smith, Lewis – War of 1812

Springstead, Allen E – Viet Nam

Springstead, Leland E – Viet Nam

Stanton, Arthur J – Korea

Stanton, Calvin P – American Civil War

Stanton, Samuel H – American Civil War

Stebbins, Menzer – American Civil War

Stevenson, Paul H – Viet Nam

Stringham, James – American Civil War

Sweeney, John J – Viet Nam

Sweet, Floyd M – WWII

Sweet, Harold A – WWII

Sweet, Jack C – WWII

Sweet, Lyndon K – WWII

Tallcott, Richard E – Viet Nam

Thompson, Harold B – WWII

Thompson, William – WWII

Thompson, Bernard R – Korea

Thompson, Harold D – Viet Nam

Tierney, Harvey E – WWII

Tinkham, Russell – War of 1812

Tournier, Louis E – Korea

Town, Isaac – Revolutionary War

Town, Oren – War of 1812

Tracy, Joshua

Trachimowicz, Thomas E – Viet Nam

Trompeter, Richard A – WWII

Tryon, Craig L – Viet Nam

Unckless, John A – American Civil War

Unckless, John – American Civil War

Vaccaro, Joseph M – Viet Nam

Vanbenschoten, Edwin S – American Civil War

Vanpatten, Aaron N – American Civil War

Vassar, Murray C, Jr – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Venezia, David

Volcko, Andrew – Viet Nam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Wakefield, Frank – WWII

Wall, Richard H – Viet Nam

Wall, Robert A – Viet Nam

Wallace, Benjamin – Revolutionary War

Wallace, Napoleon B – American Civil War

Wallace, Samuel – American Civil War

Wallace, Santa Anna – American Civil War

Walsh, William F – WWII

Walsh, William D – Viet Nam

Warburton, Jack D – Viet Nam

Weeks, Donald – WWII

Weeks, David A – Viet Nam

Weidner, Joseph M – Viet Nam

Welch, Gerald A – Viet Nam

Wentworth, Henry – Revolutionary War

Weston, Henry – American Civil War

Wiers, Carl F – Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf

Wilber, James – American Civil War

Wilcox, Lucy – WWII

Wilcox, Richard H – WWII

Wilcox, William – WWII

Wilcox, George – Spanish-American War

Wiley, Charles A – WWII, Korea

Williams, Cleon L, Jr – WWII

Williams, Samuel – American Civil War

Williamson, Cornelius – War of 1812

Wise, Adam

Wise, Richard A – WWII

Withey, Barbara – WWII

Withey, Elwyn – WWII

Woodmansee, Walter C – WWII

Woodworth, Perry F – American Civil War

Worth, John J – American Civil War

Wyatt, James M – Viet Nam

Thank you.

 

 

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Features of the new boat launch include:

* New concrete launch ramp and floating boarding dock

* Paved parking area

* Accessible-designated parking for one vehicle with trailer and one passenger vehicle;

* Separate site entrance and exit

* Designated boat preparation area

* Invasive species disposal bin

* Solar-powered safety lighting

* Wheelchair-accessible portable toilet

  The links below are provided for general information purposes only.  They are provided in good faith, however the Town of Spafford makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied.  They originate from and belong to third parties and the Town of Spafford does not investigate, monitor or check for accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness.  Under no circumstance shall the Town of Spafford have any liability for loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of these sites or reliance on any information on these sites. Use of these sites and reliance on information presented on these sites is solely at the user's own risk.

TRANSPORTATION

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NEW YORK STATE INVASIVE SPECIES

NYS DEC - Harmful Plants

• Wasp and Hornet Identification

•  Asian Jumping Worm
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

• Emerald Ash Borer

• Giant Hogweed

• Eurasian Watermilfoil

• Spongy Moth (Gypsy Moth)