An agenda listed for today on the Town of Queensbury website says that a special board meeting between the board and members of the New York State departments of Health and Environmental Conservation will be held today at 11:30. The meeting is by Zoom only, click here for meeting information.
From the agenda: "Town Board and Representatives with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health Representatives: Topic: In regards to the investigation/ characterization of the Jenkinsville area; defining the partnership (Town and State) scope, involvement and respective roles."
The meeting came to the attention of FoothillsBusinessDaily.com near the close-of-business yesterday from Noel Harding, a Jenkinsville resident, who wrote that he and neighbors were not notified of the meeting.
The email arrived near close-of-business yesterday. A call to Ward 1 councilman Anthony Metivier went unanswered. An email to Strough bounced back and two calls to the town office went unanswered.
Ward 2 Councilman Harrison Freer said he was not exactly sure when the notice was posted. The town has questions about how the board and the DEC will work together.
Supervisor Strough has been bothered by the way DEC has labeled the town’s closed landfill as a potential New York State Superfund site before knowing which of the four landfills in the area might be leaking chemicals that have been found in the drinking wells of some nearby houses.
Three of the landfills are privately owned, and the chemical found at elevated levels in the wells, 1,4-Dioxane, is a chemical commonly found in liquid body wash and shampoo. Strough has suggested the leak may even have come from a leaking septic system in the area.