A Village Board Meeting will be held at 5:30pm in the Municipal Building Board Room on Monday, April 22, 2024. ** If you require handicap accessibilty, please call the Village Clerk @ (315)-895-7449 ext 3069.
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May 13, 2024
**********NOTICE**********
Notice to all Ilion water customers/users:
Late last week, a notice was sent to some ratepayers, regarding the replacement of your water meter. The letter cited the Local Law, as required, for non-compliance of Meter Section 19F, subsection b (the law was included verbatim).
The village, as required, sent correspondence on 3 separate occasions, via a fluorescent-colored postcard. Each time it was sent, it was a different color so that users were aware it wasn't the same notice. This card was sent informing all water users to call the number for the contractor hired to install the new meters (East Water). If East Water arrived at your residence and found an issue with your current meter or service line, they did not replace your meter or service, you were placed on a spreadsheet for the village to handle when East Water was finished.
This spreadsheet provided the village with the knowledge that there was an issue at your residence for the village to check into and allowed the village to notify the user that they needed to schedule an appointment to allow village crews to come to the residence and check on the problem. Again, the village then called and/or posted door tags for these users as a reminder to set an appointment.
What this eventually led to was the notice received this past week. If the account holder had not scheduled an appointment, as repeatedly requested, they received the letter. The majority of the notices sent were sent for the proper reason. The village realizes that some folks may have received this in error, and for that we apologize. All that was necessary was to read the letter, call the office as advised in the last paragraph, and schedule an appointment to rectify the issue. The village crew will come to your residence and do their best to fix whatever the problem is that was on the spreadsheet. Once this is scheduled and completed, the fine and water shut off is no longer a concern.
For those that own multi-unit rental properties, the notice was sent, or a staff member called, the information on file with the water account. If you feel that the address or phone number is incorrect, please stop in at the office and make the necessary changes.
Again, if you received the notice last week, just call the office and schedule an appointment to have the village water crews stop and check the issue and make the necessary arrangements to get a new meter in for you.
Thank you,
John P. Stephens
Mayor/ Public Safety Commissioner
To ALL Ilion water users:
As of today, the village water main project will be in the phase of opening and closing various valves throughout the system.
Starting immediately, and until further notice, due to this operation, there will be discolored water within the entire system at different times.
This is a blanket notice to everyone in the system that this will be occurring and to make sure you run your cold water before doing anything else, to clean the pipes to your residence or business, until further notice.
With the various sections of the village having valves operated, there is no way to determine what sections may or may not experience an issue.
Thank you.
If you would like to advertise on the Village of Ilion's electronic sign that is in the front of the Fire Department, please contact Sue Hale at (315) 895-7449 ext. 3247 or email at shale@ilionny.com for details and pricing.
The Village of Ilion Board of Trustees will host a meeting with members of the Herkimer County Human Resources Committee and members of the Legislature on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 6:00PM in the Village Municipal Building Board Room, second floor. This meeting will discuss the possible acquisition of property and will immediately go into Executive Session as allowed by Section 105, bullet point (h) of Conducting Executive Session.
Streets will be CLOSED, except to LOCAL traffic during work hours. They will re-open when work is done for the day.
Contract 3, RB Robinson, M-F 7-3:30
W River Dr, restoration, finishing driveway apron paving, topsoil, seed and mulch.
E River St, restoration, topsoil, seed and mulch.
Lester Ave at the top of View Terrace, pavement placement, weather permitting. This will be a busy work area with minimal space, please continue to assist crews with parking changes.
Russell Park, tank site restoration AND final work on the recreation trail (Ridge Trail) is looking more likely with drying conditions, still weather and soil moisture dependent. The trail will have bulldozer activity to re-grade for settling, and then grass seed.
Additional final paving is being scheduled and will not be forgotten, and updates will be sent as areas and times are confirmed.
Topsoil, seed and mulch is progressing. Please try to stay off these areas until grass is growing well.
Contract 4, Peter Luizzi & Bros, M-F, 7-5
Second Ave, Montgomery St and Rand St, testing pipe.
James St, installing pipe.
N Fourth St, water service transfers are planned in the upcoming weeks. Water will be interrupted during transfers.
Crews are still on the look out for areas that need to be touched up from last year.
Restoration work in the recent construction areas will be later this season as a bulk soil and seeding effort
Click Here to view the Press Release: Drinking Water Notice.
Click Here to view the General Public Education Notice: Important Information About Lead in Your Drinking Water.
Click Here to view the Public Service Announcement.
PUBLIC INPUT NEEDED!
The Village of Ilion Comprehensive Plan Committee recently presented its draft list of Priority Projects at a Public Workshop held on Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022. Additional feedback from the public is needed and can be provided using the attached link. Review the slideshow presentation from the Oct 19 Workshop for project context as well as the Proposed Project Listing PDF. Then use both the Project-Specific Comments Tool and $10 Resource Allocation Tool Links to tell us what you think of each project (good, bad, or indifferent) and how you would prioritize local investment in the proposed projects. If you have a project idea that isn't listed here, please feel free to mention it in the Project-Specific Comments Tool.
We will be collecting feedback through Monday, November 14, 2022. Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
Click the link below to view more information on the project.
Click Here to view more information on the New York State Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
Click Here to view the low income household water assistance program flyer.
If you need assistance paying your utility bills, click here.
Click Here to view the resolution supporting operation green light for active military service members in transition to civilian life (veteran status).
Click Here to view protections available to Electric/Water Customers.
Click Here to view the USDA Home Repair Loans and Grants brochure.
The Village of Ilion is pleased to announce the launching of a Village-wide notification system. The notification system will send voice alerts via cell/landline phones and/or text messages or email during emergency events, including but not limited to; snow emergencies, flash flooding, power outages, and boil water advisories. For information on how to sign up, please click here.
Parking tickets can be paid at the Municipal Office window. However, no cash is accepted for payment at the window. You can pay with with these options: check, money order, debit card or credit card. Checks and money orders are payable to: Village of Ilion.
Please Click Here to pay your electric bill. Please Click Here to pay your water bill. You can pay your bills online via computer, tablet or mobile phone here and also on the utilities page of our website.
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