How to resolve AdBlock issue? BALLSTON – In a 14-page decision handed down last week by state Supreme Court Judge Thomas Buchanan, the court confirmed that the Town of Ballston correctly followed “Notice of Intent” procedures when town officials recently approved water line extensions, according to a statement provided by Baker Public Relations.
In 2016, a legal dispute arose when the state Department of Agriculture and Markets intervened after a property owner had asked the town for a water line extension involving a 12-home subdivision development off of Goode Street.
A lawsuit filed in 2017 by state officials sought a permanent injunction from a judge barring the public water line connection off Goode Street and another off the northern part of Route 50. The court denied those requests.
Ballston Town Attorney Debra Kaelin argued that state officials erred in reviewing the related paperwork and intervening.
The decision by Buchanan instructs the Department of Agriculture and Markets to consider the original Notice of Intent and to follow the law.
In a separate development on Wednesday, April 18, residents decisively voted down a measure to install sewer lines in the hamlet of Burnt Hills, according to Town Clerk Carol Gumienny.
The project, which would have connected individual homes and businesses in Burnt Hills to Saratoga County's extensive sewer system, was estimated to cost $15.8 million.
Out of 527 total ballots cast by hamlet residents, 108 were in favor and 419 were against the measure, Gumienny reported.
