LIBERTY — Comprehensive plans are supposed to receive a revision every 10 to 15 years. In the town and village of Liberty, it’s been 16 years, leaving elected officials on both boards in agreement that a revision is necessary.

A joint meeting between the boards was held on February 21, giving air to the invitation to discuss the Plan. Town Supervisor Frank DeMayo highlighted the fact that the current Plan was instated in 2008, and many things within the area have changed since then. Included in the list of notable changes are the demographic of the town, as well as the results of Covid-19.

“It [the current Comprehensive Plan] is decent, but it needs work,” DeMayo said.

“There are a lot of studies, like the joint water and sewer study that we are engaged in right now that we anticipate to be done sometime within the next two to four weeks, and there were some specific plans that were done up on 17 in the commercial and industrial corridor – all of these are going to come into play,” DeMayo said. “There are some things that we’re going to find in this Comp Plan that are good that can remain, and there are going to be some things that’ll need some change.” 

DeMayo took note of the public’s concern with the water within the town and said that he has tasked Board member Dean Farrand to begin research in the wake of extended research on the topic.

Advisory Committees were also discussed in the wake of the agreement of the two boards — these are the Executive, Research, School, Hamlets and Quality Review. Members of these committees are yet to be revealed.

Village Mayor Joan Stoddard noted the board’s interest in working in tandem with the Town Board to revise the Comprehensive Plan, noting that getting the verbiage up to speed is “long past due.”

The public is encouraged to email Supervisor DeMayo with any questions, concerns or committee interests as the lengthy process of altering the Comprehensive Plan begins.