Byway planners
counting dollars

By DAVID HULSE

NARROWSBURG, NY — Planners for the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway have learned about a new cost to consider in their limited budget.

Planners has planned on the New York Department of Transportation providing some 32 completed highway signs to mark the byway, but last week they learned that DOT will provide only blank panels.

“We’re going to have buy the logo decals,” said Sullivan County Planning Commissioner Alan Sorensen.

The decals are expected to cost up to $5,000, 25 percent of the byway’s current budget.

The unexpected cost joins $10,000 the group has already dedicated to legal costs for incorporation and tourism marketing.

Sorensen said he anticipates the byway will keep its proposed schedule which calls for installation of the new signs by Memorial Day.

In other business at their November 25 meeting, the byway panel reviewed proposed bylaws prepared by Cochecton’s Larry Richardson. The bylaws outline an organization whose structure closely shadows that of the Upper Delaware Council, which is an advisory panel, leaving all powers in the hands of member towns.

The bylaws currently focus on the board of directors, but Sorensen said the panel will soon have to consider recruiting an executive director for the project.

The panel has also cited creation of a website as a primary endeavor, but no consensus was reached at the November meeting.

The panel next meets at 7:00 p.m., on December 30 at the UDC offices on Bridge Street in Narrowsburg.