ELDRED, NY — Facing increasing tipping costs, Highland plans not to accept construction and demolition (C&D) debris at this year’s town-wide cleanup day.

The board voted on April 12 to schedule the annual cleanup on May 14, “pending the Sullivan County approval and to advertise the time and rules.”

However, unless the county legislature increases the 11.5-ton free allotment allowed the town, C&D debris will be restricted.

Supervisor Jeff Haas said the town last year accepted 44 tons of clean-up debris, which cost Highland some $2,000. The overage comes from building and roofing materials, stockpiled for the free day.

Haas said Highland’s allotment is not fair. He cited the Town of Callicoon’s 49-ton allotment, not including a separate allotment for the Village of Jeffersonville. The legislature will “have to rework” its policy, he said.

Permits for the cleanup, allowing one-pickup load, not including any trailer, will be available at the town clerk’s office.

In other business the board, based on increasing summer traffic, approved a resolution asking the Sullivan County Department of Public Works to study the possibility of making Barryville’s River Road a one-way traffic road.

It also amended the town’s drug and alcohol policy to include testing for all employees driving any town vehicles, approved the bid of J.P. Lang to conduct shoreline river litter cleanup between May 15 and September 15 and approved an application to seek Upper Delaware Council funding for river-edge litter cleanup.

Board members agreed to send a letter of inquiry to Congressman Chris Gibson and postal authorities, seeking a re-opening date for the Barryville Post Office, which was closed after a heating fuel spill in November of 2014. The closure has since forced some 200 postal customers to drive to Eldred to collect their mail.