Town of Grove
County of Allegany, State of New York
Board Meeting Minutes
July 21, 2026
The regular meeting of the Town Board was called to order at 7:30 pm in the Town Hall by Town Supervisor, Kenneth DeRitter.
Present:
Kenneth DeRitter, Town Supervisor Susan Morris, Town Clerk/Collector Michael Dieter, Councilmember Mark Ringelberg Highway Superintendent Peggy Gelser-Web, Councilmember Richard Morris, Sole Assessor/Dog Control Officer Jesse Griffith, Councilmember James Myers, Code Enforcement Officer Kelly Mann, Councilmember Alex Pierce Town Historian
Absent:
Mark Ringelberg, Hwy Superintendent
Late:
Others present:
Tom Hart, Colleen Osborn and Jerry & Sherry Gagne’
All reports are filed in Town Clerk’s office for review.
Public Participation:
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the June board meeting were read.
Peggy Gelser-Web made the motion and Kelly Mann seconded it to accept the minutes as read.
Carried.
Ayes 5 Dieter, Gelser-Web, Griffith, Mann, & DeRitter Nays 0 Absent 0
Town Clerk/Tax Collector
No report
Audit of Claims
Bills were stated in the amounts of:
General Fund #59-69 $ 4,108.89
Highway Fund #73-82 $ 65,828.23
Town Official Reports:
Highway Report
2 roads left to grade and 2 seasonal roads. Dudley & Delude need lots of work. We are skip paving Ames-Nichols road. Looking into signs for Osborn. Culverts have been put in except the one on Swain Hill.
Ford truck never made it back to the sheds fixed. Light came on as we were coming back to shop. Will go back Thursday. New pickup is in and needs to be pickup.
Code Enforcement Report
6 new permits. I’m adding addition on my barn. Logging Company is taking down house on rte. 70. Pole barn going up on goose Hollow. 3 permits closed and 1 expired.
Dog Control Officer Report
No dogs
Assessor’s Report
Quiet
Town Historian
Gearing up on gatherings and conferences. Got some photos for collage. Doing more research on civil war service members.
Nunda Historical Society is doing interactive early activities in towns 1776 and forward. Re: Town of Grove’s part in Nunda and the parting into the Town of Grove.
Could use photos of people enjoying our town and what it means for the collage.
Towns are doing moratoriums and local laws re: solar fields and the impact on communities.
Supervisor’s Report
1. NYAOT – Would like us to join in the Bill of Rights Re: solar, wind, etc. and it’s impact on our communities.
Peggy Gelser-Web made the motion and Kelly Mann seconded it to send resolution to those needed.
Carried.
2.
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Absent 0 Dieter, Gelser-Web, Griffith, Mann, & DeRitter
- Hwy had to pick up garbage along Overview road before they could work on road. Renters were there but gone. Landlord needs to be charged. Bill to be sent as soon as we find an address.
Kelly Mann made the motion and Peggy Gelser-Webb seconded it to send bill.
Carried.
Ayes 5 Dieter, Gelser-Web, Griffith, Mann, & DeRitter Nays 0 Absent 0
3. Ron Swain putting dirt into ditch again. Tried talking to him to no avail. Called police. Took Law to his house, would not answer door. Left law in screen door.
4. Ron Swain was caught taking steel pipes from where the Hwy guys left them next to loader & tractor at the refuse. Called police. Have not heard anything.
5. Southern Tier West sent bill for the year which contains the GIS, website, etc. No longer using their services for website but the town still wants the services for the GIS.
Kelly Mann made the motion and Kelly Mann seconded it to send bill without website.
Carried.
Ayes 5 Dieter, Gelser-Web, Griffith, Mann, & DeRitter Nays 0 Absent 0
6. Budget meeting Kelly, Mark and Ken to set up date.
7. Petty cash for Highway is no longer. Would like to set up a visa card for use. Also to look into NYAOT Amazon acct. which we can use.
8. Foil requests coming in. This person wants all information from all the Towns in Allegany County.
9. Generator – Or service man came to fix due to a fault that occurred.
10. Email .gov is ready to use. Lots of information to transfer to the new website.
11. Union Contract – Kelly will do the negotiations again. Questions came up re: a contract the Town can do.
12. The Town is at 100% equalization rate again.
13. NYAOT sent a bill for the year at $720 per year.
Kelly Mann made the motion and Peggy Gelser-Webb seconded it to accept another year.
Carried.
Ayes 5 Dieter, Gelser-Web, Griffith, Mann, & DeRitter Nays 0 Absent 0
14. Allegany County is putting on a Senior picnic in Angelica August 4 th from 1-3pm.
15. Solar Conference in Herkimer County August 8th 9am-3pm
Old Business:
No
New Business:
No
Adjournment:
With no further business, Jesse Griffith made the motion and Kelly Mann seconded it to Adjourn. Carried.
Minutes submitted by: Susan Morris, Town Clerk