The Milan Town Board unanimously voted to award a contract for the replacement of the town hall roof to VAD Contractors of Staten Island, which submitted the lowest bid for the project.
VAD bid $56,671 for the work. Optimus Architecture, the town’s engineering consultant, advised the town during the selection process and determined that VAD’s proposal was “complete and sound.” The company also provided references from officials in Beacon.
Other bids received by the town approached $250,000.
“They seem very eager and professional,” Supervisor Bill Jeffway said after meeting with representatives of the company at town hall on July 15.
In other business, the board scheduled a public hearing on Local Law No. 2, which would establish safety requirements for short-term rentals in Milan. The proposed law defines a short-term rental as a dwelling rented for fewer than 30 days.
The law outlines requirements including minimum points of ingress and egress, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and fire extinguishers. It has been revised since the board’s previous discussion to require that the zoning enforcement officer receive in-person access to a property before its short-term rental certificate can be renewed each year.
The public hearing is scheduled for 6:55 p.m. Aug. 17.
The board also designated Pine Plains Veterinary Hospital as the town’s contracted animal shelter under a provision of the New York Agriculture and Markets Law that took effect in December 2025.
The provision requires municipalities to designate an animal shelter to receive optional donations from residents applying for dog licenses. All contributions are voluntary and separate from the license fee.
Highway Superintendent Glenn Butler also presented the board with traffic research he conducted after receiving complaints about speeding on Ferris Lane.
Butler used radar to monitor traffic and found that three of 20 vehicles were traveling at least 6 mph over the road’s 30 mph speed limit.
“One was as high as 42 on that little stretch,” Butler said.
Butler said he had also received concerns about speeding on Willow Brook Road.
The board took no action but discussed several possible traffic-calming measures, including asking the New York State Police to station a trooper along the road, installing speed bumps, adding signs intended to discourage speeding, and narrowing the roadway’s edge lines.
Jeffway also displayed a professionally printed town seal that will hang inside town hall.
“It would have cost $8,000 to have a bronze seal,” Jeffway said. Instead, the town spent $35 to have the seal printed. Board member Kevin Pike was tasked with finding a circular wooden frame for it.
The Milan Town Board will next meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17.