Town of Black Brook

***According to the weather channel we are expected to get rain at the time of Devil Lettuce’ performance at the River Park this evening. We have decided to postpone tonight’s performance. The great news is that the performance is rescheduled to August 25th, 6-8PM!*** Please share and spread the word!

This Friday! The Dogfather Food Truck will be here so come unwind by the fire, get some delicious food, and enjoy the performance of Devils Lettuce! We will have some picnic tables available but be sure to bring a chair or blankets.

We’d like to extend our thankfulness and appreciation to Alishia Bea Davis for affording this opportunity to our youth! Get in touch with Alishia if your child would like to join in on these hiking adventures.

***Public Service Announcement*** National Grid has a Planned Power Interruption that will impact the Town of Black Brook. The outage is scheduled for Tuesday, June 22nd at 8am and should last 15 minutes or less. The outage is necessary to complete switching to allow for substation maintenance. In the case of inclement weather, there is a rain date of Wednesday, June 23rd at 8am. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Free food delivery is here! First come, first serve. Here until 4PM.

Anyone see this pup?? Please contact the owners, they stopped here tonight and are great people looking for their fur baby!

DRUMMMM ROLLLLL The 1st week of receiving entries for our Do you want to Build a Snowman Competition is completed!... We had 8 entries this week! Amazing job to everyone. In our eyes you are ALL winners! Therefore everyone wins a prize! We’d like to take a moment to thank our two local businesses who sponsored our event, Peru Federal Credit Union and Pioneer Waste Management! The prizes you will receive have been donated by both. Prizes will be ready tomorrow afternoon! We’d be happy to deliver your prize at your doorstep (stop, drop, and go). You can expect your prize to be delivered between 3-4pm. If this poses a problem for anyone please send us a direct message!

***IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING SKI PROGRAM***

***PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*** On December 14th the Town of Black Brook will be holding a Public Hearing at 5:30 to discuss the proposal of passing a local law authorizing a CCA, Community Choice Aggregation. Please see information below. What is a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA)?... Community choice aggregation (CCA), also known as municipal aggregation, are programs that allow local governments to procure power on behalf of their residents, businesses, and municipal accounts from an alternative supplier while still receiving transmission and distribution service from their existing utility provider. CCAs are an attractive option for communities that want more local control over their electricity sources, more green power than is offered by the default utility, and/or lower electricity prices. By aggregating demand, communities gain leverage to negotiate better rates with competitive suppliers and choose greener power sources. How do CCAs work? In the seven states with enabling legislation, a local government must hold public hearings and pass a law authorizing the CCA. Depending on state and local government regulations, all homes, businesses, and municipal sites in that jurisdiction may be eligible to participate in the CCA. Participation in CCAs is always voluntary. Most CCAs have opt-out provisions, meaning when a community begins a program, customers are given advanced notice and have the choice to opt-out of the CCA program and continue to receive electricity from their current supplier. Customers that do not opt-out are automatically enrolled in the program. Although less common, some CCAs have opt-in provisions requiring customers to proactively enroll in the program, which are generally less successful in terms of participation rates. CCAs can also have a tiered structure with a standard option that customers are enrolled in unless they opt-out, and an opt-in "greener" option at a price premium. These opt-in options generally have a higher percentage of green power or are sourced from local renewables. Prices for electricity under CCAs may be lower than the residential retail price for electricity, sometimes by 15 to 20 percent, because of the collective buying power of entire communities and current market trends. CCA customers continue to receive the same delivery and maintenance services from their local utility, with a single utility bill that reflects the change in supplier. The only changes for customers are the sources and prices of electricity generation. Power Generators The CCA purchases electricity on behalf of the entire community from traditional or green power sources. Utility The existing utility continues to deliver the electricity using the same power lines and billing mechanisms. End Users Customers benefit by receiving lower cost power, often with higher green power contents and minimal effort.

This Saturday January 9th, 2021 a Rally is being held in the Village of Dannemora as a form of protest against the closure of the Clinton Correctional Annex tha...t Gov. Cuomo & NYS DOCCS have proposed by 3/30/21. The Rally starting time is 11AM and expected to last about an hour. I am asking for strong showing from as many public officials from across Clinton County to take the time to be there. If NYS gets it's foot in the door closing the Annex of CCF it opens up the possibility of the CCF Main to being closed. And if that happens it would be a devastating blow to the Clinton County economy with far reaching effects into Franklin and Essex Counties. This closing alone will effect the local economy of many areas of Clinton County and beyond. This closing of CCF Annex needs to be reversed. So please take some of your valuable time this Saturday 1/9/2021 and drive to the Village of Dannemora. Start time once again is 11AM!! The main staging area will be in front of Dannemora Ford Dealer where NYCOPBA the Correction Officers Union is setting up a microphone with speakers. Thank you for your time and attention to this very important issue. Feel free to forward this to members of your boards and anyone else that may be willing to participate in this Rally. Respectfully, William H. Chase Town of Dannemora, Town Supervisor

Christmas is coming fast. Have you reserved your free dinner yet? Call 518-647-5303. You can pick up on Christmas Day between 12:00 and 2:00 at the AuSable Forks fire Station. Sponsored again this year by Friends of the Community. If you need meals delivered, , please let us know.

***Have you received your tax bill and wondering if our office is open?*** Our office is open for Tax Collection only. One person allowed in at a time, masks/social distancing required, and all other business within the office is by appointment only. Tax Collection hours are on the back of your tax bill. If you have questions about your tax bill please call our Tax Collector, Melissa, at 518-647-5411 extension 2. If you’re needing to conduct any other business you will be required to make an appointment. Give us a call if you need help with anything. We are here!

Did some tweaking on the park decorations today! I’m more pleased with the outcome this evening. We’d love to see your decorations too! We travel almost every evening to bring our children to look at everyone’s home decorations. We’ve seen some pretty spectacular home decorations! We would love to start an album to share every few nights with your home decorations displayed! Interested? Just let Supervisor Douglass and I know by commenting on this post or private message u...s and we will stop by one evening to take a picture or you could also message us your picture!