Litterer caught in Cochecton

ANYA TIKKA
Posted 8/21/12

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — At the town meeting on October 14, the town council discussed garbage left on the roads after Keep Cochecton Green (KCG) committee’s Jerold Yavarkovsky, a member of the …

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Litterer caught in Cochecton

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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — At the town meeting on October 14, the town council discussed garbage left on the roads after Keep Cochecton Green (KCG) committee’s Jerold Yavarkovsky, a member of the committee, raised concerns over medical waste being left mainly on and around Route 17B.

He said it had been a bad problem for a long time, and attempts to locate the offender had not been successsful. Finally, a piece of junk mail with an address was found among the garbage, and a sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to make queries.

“They confessed, were arrested, and now have a summons,” Yavarkovsky reported. “There’s a November hearing, and the committee plans to be in court that night.” He also said, “It was mostly dirty diapers, about 30.”

Councilmember Larry Richardson said, “Anybody who travels there sees the diapers; there are a lot all over, torn up.”

Yavarkovsky noted, “The woman put her diapers right next to the [Keep Cochecton Green] sign.”

Councilmember Anna Story said, “Such a person may need supervision; I suspect it’s an elderly person who’s not well.”

Roads were also a topic for discussion, when Richardson gave the County Charter Commission’s report, and said that despite the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway being voted the second best Scenic Autumn Drive in a USA Today poll, road conditions remain bad.

“The conditions on Route 97 from Hancock to below Narrowsburg are not good. Visitors here have to spend their time with potholes—it’s not good promotion.” He said that every road authority that’s been contacted said they have no money, and Route 97 is not a priority road.

In other business, councilmember and Ambulance Corps committee chair Paul Salzburg spoke about emergency responses in the area after meeting with several organizations involved. “We talked about several things, including volunteerism and how we can solve this. Public health is not in danger, response time is sometimes slow, and there are cost issues,” he reported.

He added, “Maybe there’s a possibility of forming some kind of union with the Narrowsburg ambulance crew, and maybe with Callicoon; I also spoke to the safety crew at the county, maybe some kind of joint effort with the fire department.”

He added, “The solution is not going to happen overnight, but I do feel at some point we have to make some tough decisions.”

Story suggested, “Ask the fire department to have some kind of meeting with them. If you want to search that route, there should be a meeting with fire, ambulance, maybe you?”

Supervisor Gary Maas offered that he’d had a meeting with the owner of Mobilemedic—the county’s commercial ambulance service— who suggested they have a station in the Town of Bethel.

Maas said it would be a good thing for Cochecton and the other towns in the Western part of the county because the Mobilmedic ambulance would get to the scene more quickly than if it were coming from Monticello.

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