Town of Goshen Water, Sewer Rates a Mixed Bag This Year

Town of Goshen Water, Sewer Rates a Mixed Bag This Year
Harriman Fountain with Goshen, N.Y.’s Main Street in the background on July 1, 2015. Holly Kellum/Epoch Times
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
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GOSHEN—Water and sewer rates for Town of Goshen residents could be higher or lower in 2016 depending on the district.

There is no change in rates for Hambletonian Park for either sewer or water, but for Arcadia Hills there is a 5 percent increase for both. There is a 5 percent increase for Stonehedge water and a 5 percent decrease for Scotchtown water, neither of which have municipal sewage systems.

At an April 14 Town Board meeting, Supervisor Doug Bloomfield proposed $600,000 in capital projects for the coming year, which could shrink to $260,000 if the Town gets a state grant it has applied for the second year now.

Among those projects is $10,000 to replace two water main valves in the Hambletonian Park district, a project that was slated to be done last year but wasn’t, and $60,000 to patch or replace sewer lines there.

The biggest capital project is $400,000 to repair and coat a water tank in Arcadia Hills, but if the $240,000 state grant comes in, that figure would shrink to $160,000. Also in Arcadia Hills, two wells are going to be rehabilitated for $30,000 and sewage line and sewer force main repairs for $100,000.

The reason Hambletonian Park’s rates are not going to increase this year is because Heritage Estates, at one time known as New York Farms, LLC, is going to be putting in 77 houses on Old Chester Road, increasing the district by over 70 percent. It is also giving $130,000 towards infrastructure improvements, something the Town negotiated with the developer.

It's the economy of scale—you have more people pay the bills.
Doug Bloomfield, Goshen Town Supervisor
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
Holly Kellum is a Washington correspondent for NTD. She has worked for NTD on and off since 2012.
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