PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND VALUATION DATA
(Pursuant to Real Property Tax Law section 501)
Notice is hereby given that assessment inventory and valuation data is available for examination and review. This data is the information that will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel, which will appear on the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Taghkanic, which will be filed on or before May 1, 2023.
The information may be reviewed by appointment in the Assessor’s office at the Taghkanic Town Hall located at 909 State Route 82, on Wednesday’s, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. An appointment may be made to review the assessment information by telephoning the Assessor’s office at (518)851-7501.
Dated 13th day or March 2023
Craig Surprise
Assessor
Town of Taghkanic
Taghkanic Talks presents:
Gardening with Deer
This talk by master gardener Teresa Golden and Cornell Cooperative Extension educator Tracey Testo-Smith will cover the history and impact of deer as well as strategies for living and gardening with increasing deer populations.
Join us Saturday, March 18th from 10am-12noon at the West Taghkanic Firehouse. Refreshments will be available, and we're trying a new feature - "kids corner" - an area adjacent to the presentation room for you to drop your kids off for an hour of supervised crafts, fun and kid friendly snacks. Please RSVP to betsyalbertfortaghkanic@gmail to sign your kids up!
Also available on Zoom - Click Here
Taghkanic Climate Smart Communities
TOWN OF TAGHKANIC
NOTICE OF RECEIPT
OF TAX ROLL AND WARRANT
TAKE NOTICE, that I Cheryl E. Rogers, the undersign Collector of Taxes of the Town of Taghkanic, County of Columbia and State of New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes within the Town of Taghkanic for the Year 2023, and that I will receive said taxes at 483 County Route 15, (Taghkanic) during regular business hours Monday thru Friday 9 am to 4 pm and for the month of January only Saturday 10 am to Noon.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before February 1, 2023 without charges or interest. On all taxes received after such date, there shall be added interest of 1% per month until such taxes are paid or until returned of unpaid taxes to the County Treasurer pursuant to law.
- 1% if paid before February 28
- 2% if paid before March 31
- 3% + $2.00 if paid before April 30
- 4% + $2.00 if paid before May 31
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to the provisions of law the tax roll of the Town of Taghkanic will be returned to the County Treasurer of the County Columbia on the 1st day of June 2023.
Cheryl E. Rogers
Town Clerk/Collector
Town of Taghkanic
KEEPING IDENTITIES OF SENIORS SAFE
- Date: 3/13/23 to 3/24/23
- Time: Tuesday 2-5pm, Wed 9-noon;Thurs & Fri 9am - 3pm
- Location: Taghkanic Town Hall
What Documents Should I Shred?
Bank Statements - Copies of Birth Certificates - Pay Stubs - Canceled/Voided Checks - Credit Card Bills/Receipts - Credit Reports & Histories - Expired Credit Cards & Identification Cards - Expired Passports & Visas - Legal Documents - Insurance Documents - Tax Forms - Medical & Dental records - Utility Bills (phone, gas/electric, water, cable) - Transcripts - Investment, Stock & Property Transactions - Employment Records - AND: ANYTHING with your Account Numbers, Passwords, PINs, Signatures, Social Security Numbers and your Date of Birth !
Sponsored by the Columbia County Clerk’s Office, Holly Tanner, County Clerk
Cheryl Rogers
Town Clerk
TOWN INITIATIVES
Taghkanic Community Fridge
A community-sponsored program
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The fridge is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can't
miss it - the cheery yellow building sits
alongside the back door of Town Hall. The fridge and pantry are stocked with all manner of foods,
including meals prepared by West Taghkanic Diner and Columbia County Recovery Kitchen.
There are many ways for folks to get involved. We welcome food donations - click on image to
download full-size PDF of Guidelines. If you'd like to join our brigade of fridge
volunteers and help manage, clean and stock the fridge, please contact Betsy
(betsyalbertfortaghkanic@gmail.com).
Donations made directly to the Fridge (either through VENMO (@taghkanicfridge) or by dropping a donation in the box inside Town Hall) are NOT tax deductible. However, if you'd like your donation to be tax deductible, OR if you have a matching donation program through your employer and would like to double your impact, you can make a donation to the Purpose Cooperative. The Purpose Cooperative is a 501c3 through which we receive our Shared Plate stipend. You can send a check to Purpose Cooperative, 95 Main Street #546, Philmont, NY 12565 and ask that it be earmarked for the Taghkanic Fridge.
Town Hall gets Heat Pumps
In June this year (2022) the Town Board voted to install heat pumps in the Taghkanic Town Hall,
which at the time was served by oil-based heating and window air conditioning units. The work
involved the installation of a total of 4 Mitsubishi air-source heat pumps, two upstairs and two
downstairs. See full
article.
Community Solar Campaign
The Taghkanic Climate-Smart Task Force sponsored a campaign from November 2021 through the end of January 2022 to encourage town residents to sign up for community solar. It was designed to benefit residents, who were to receive a Visa gift card for signing up, and once assigned to an existing solar farm were assured an annual savings of around 10% on their electric bill. The results of the campaign were well beyond our expectations, with Taghkanic residents signing up for 45 (official tally) new community solar accounts. The town, for its efforts, will receive $3950 from Ampion, and an additional $5000 grant from NYSERDA to be used in future climate/conservation-related programs. Thanks to all who participated in this small but important contribution to New York State's effort to move away from a reliance on fossil fuels and toward sustainable resources of electrical power.
Official Town Newsletter