TRR photo by David Hulse Highland officials Tuesday selected this design, by a yet unnamed Eldred Central student from some 20 entries in a blind judging, to serve as the town’s new logo.

Complaint department has some success

By DAVID HULSE

ELDRED — Some litter problems were dealt with and some abandoned cemeteries were claimed June 12 as Town of Highland officials reported on remedies to several resident complaints offered last month.

Resident John Camp thanked all those involved in resolving the stray cat and litter problems he and his spouse saw on their daily walks around the Yulan area.

Members of Rose Paolini’s 4-H group and other volunteers helped with the cats, many of whom were eventually placed in new homes. Litter was cleaned around an empty house on the corner of Bodine Lake Road.

Another complaint about the town’s abandoned cemeteries was resolved when the town board agreed to a resolution to take over the two older cemeteries adjoining Montoza cemeteries in Barryville and Eldred. The board agreed to advertise for a new employ to maintain the cemeteries and do other utility work around town buildings.

Residents of Crawford Road were not able to celebrate though as problems with a private kennel, which drew numerous smell and litter complaints last month, were not resolved. Code Enforcement Officer Bruce Frazier said, despite numerous call and visits to the property and a letter, he has not been able to contact the owners.

Supervisor Allan Schadt said the complaints would now go to Town Attorney Andrew Boyar. Boyar said a “sunset” resolution would be prepared for the planning board, providing a date for the property owner to remedy violations or face loss of the special use permit allowing the kennel.

In other business, the board: in blind judging selected a design by an Eldred student which will serve as the town’s logo; tabled a resolution to solicit bids on the 1999 highway department pickup truck, which Highway Superintendent Jim McKean currently carries a “book” value in excess of the state-bid price the town originally paid; and noted the completion of Councilman Joe McDonald’s Sullivan Renaissance efforts to restore the original belltower on the roof of the Eldred Town Hall.