Tyler Jones

This week, 5/20-5/24 the Highway Department will be working on the tennis courts and playground at Hafner Park – some sections may be closed during the work.  Thank you for your patience.

Water Improvement Benefit Area No. 1
Update May 1, 2024

The status provided to the Town of Clarkson by its engineers, MRB Group, is as follows:

• All easements have been obtained and filed by Attorney Olson.
• All permits and approvals have been obtained.
• All paperwork to bid the project was provided to USDA RD as of 4/23/24. Once USDA RD reviews the documents and finds them satisfactory, they will give permission to bid the project.

Assuming USDA RD has no problems with the documents submitted and gives permission to bid in the next couple weeks, the anticipated schedule will be as follows:
• Advertise for bids mid-May
• Open bids mid-June
• Start of construction end of July
• Construction completed and cleaned up summer 2025
• Water Main Installation Information

Town Responsibility
• Advertise Bid for Contractors – (est. Spring/Summer 2024)
• Award Bid to Contractor – (est. Spring/Summer 2024)

Contractor Responsibility
• Install the water main – (est. Summer/Fall 2024)
• Install service taps at the residence @ resident’s choice of location.
• Install service line to right of way.
• Restore the lawn and driveway to its former condition.

Homeowner Responsibility
• Install water service from right of way to the house with the contractor of their choice.
• Service can be done prior to waterline or approval.

Water Meter
• When construction begins, MCWA will hold a water meter sign-up event for property owners. Installation appointments will be made thereafter. Est. cost $260.00.

Please feel free to contact Scott Mattison, Engineer @MRB Group, 585.340.3661 or Clarkson Town Hall, 585.637.1130 with your questions.

With the availability of more injectable pharmaceuticals for at-home use, Monroe County is seeing an increase in sharps, syringes, needles, and lancets in waste streams.

Proper disposal of sharps and syringes is critically important for the protection of the environment and the community, and these items present specific and significant hazards to waste and recycling employees.

There are several simple steps to properly dispose of syringes and sharps used at home for both humans and pets:

NEVER PLACE SHARPS IN TRASH OR RECYCLING!

· Additionally, do not put these materials in bottles or cans that are returned for deposit OR flush them down the toilet!

PROPER DISPOSAL METHODS FOR SHARPS and SYRINGES

· Collect in an approved sharps container

· If an approved sharps container is not available, place sharps in a STURDY plastic container, such as a laundry detergent jug

Bring containers from home – no businesses or medical offices – to the ecopark for proper disposal during normal business hours, no fee and no appointment necessary.

Visit https://www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark-pharmaceutical for more information on disposal at the ecopark.

Additionally – per New York State, nursing homes and emergency rooms MUST accept sharps for disposal through the Safe Sharps Collection program.

Visit this link and enter your zip code to find a convenient disposal location near you: https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/consumers prevention/needles_syringes/sharps

More information on Hazardous Waste and Pharmaceutical Disposal available here:
https://townofclarksonny.gov/ecopark-hazardous-waste-pharmaceutical-disposal-collections/

♻️✅ The Monroe County Department of Environmental Services is conducting mobile Household Hazardous Waste and Pharmaceutical collections throughout 2024!

Appointments are required for Mobile Hazardous Waste collection, and can be made by clicking on the collection date on the ecopark website: www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark
You may also contact the host Town Department of Public Works (DPW) by telephone to organize an appointment

For Pharmaceutical Collections, *appointments are not required* and available at the following locations and dates:
– Saturday, April 20 at Churchville Park (9am – noon)
– Saturday, June 15 at Latta Road (9am – 1pm)
– Saturday, August 10 at Holt Road, Webster (9am – 1pm)
– Saturday, September 10 at Chili-Paul, Chili (9am – 1pm)
More information on sites and acceptable items can be found at https://www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark-pharmaceutical

A reminder to residents, never place sharps (needles, syringes, etc.) in the trash or recycling. Proper disposal of sharps is available at the ecopark during normal business hours, with no appointment necessary. Nursing homes and emergency rooms in New York State are also required to accept sharps for disposal. For more information on sharps disposal: https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/consumers/prevention/needles_syringes/sharps/

Another reminder, confidential documents containing sensitive information should not be placed in residential trash or recycling. Residents can safely shred and recycle documents at ecopark during normal business hours, with specific guidelines for material acceptance.

Additionally, the recycling program now accepts empty pizza boxes, as grease and cheese do not affect recyclability. Residents are encouraged to place empty pizza boxes in curbside recycling bins on recycling day. For more information on these services and recycling guidelines, visit www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark