Welcome to the official website for the village of Oneida Castle, NY.

I just got back from the contractor's meeting. We gave them the winter shut down and the start date will be April 1st, weather permitting. Once they start back up the $1,500 daily penalty kicks back in. Jablonski advised us that they will be addressing all issues when they start back up. That means besides finishing the sewer mains and laterals they will be blacktopping driveways and roads, putting in the sidewalks, doing lawn repairs and repairing any damage they caused. Please keep your eyes open for any sinkholes in the road. If you see one give me a call and I will contact the contractor to come and repair it. My home phone number is 315-363-2338.

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Here are the minutes of the last nights meeting.

Jack

November 10, 2025 - PUBLIC HEARING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS

The November meeting of the Oneida Castle Village Board was called to order at 6:30pm for a public hearing on the Short Term Rental Law. Those present for this hearing and for the meeting that followed were Mayor Deschamps, Trustees Ackerman and Gwilt, Clerk Canada and Treasurer Meyers. The following village residents were also in attendance: David De Marco, Kathy Blanchard, Geoff Becker, Judy Mahoney, Scott Terrier, Thomas Cochran, Joseph Walpole , Cindy Whipple, Fred Whipple, Marty Mallery, Carolyn Deschamps and Kathy Wojciechowski. Also in attendance was Keith Scheible, Oneida County Legislator.

Mayor Deschamps stated that the Local Law #3 had been introduced by resolution by Trustee Gwilt and seconded by Trustee Ackerman. He then reviewed the definitions within the law and stated that the Village of Oneida Castle at this time has only one short term rental unit. This law will now require a valid operation permit issued by the Code Enforcement Officer. This permit will be issued upon verification by inspection to meet applicable requirements of the NY State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Codes.

There were no questions regarding the short term rental law. A roll call vote of the Village Board will be taken at the meeting to follow.



ONEIDA CASTLE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING - 7:00PM

A. MINUTES

A motion was made by Trustee Ackerman and seconded by Trustee Gwilt to accept the October minutes.



B. REPORTS

Mr. Scheible gave a report about what is happening in Oneida County. He spoke of the new expansion of Chobani Yogurt whose new development is expected to increase the workforce by over 1,000 people. Oneida County will transfer $559,961 from the general fund and will borrow $ 6,3 million to pay for improvements to the Triangle site. The State also awarded $32.3 million for this Chobani project.



In other news from the County, the new budget has been proposed. This comes with a raise of the tax levy of 2.99%. This is the first time in 12 years that their budget comes with such a raise. They have also appropriated $7 million in reserve from the general fund to close the budget gap.



C. BUSINESS

The first order of business was to take a roll call vote regarding the short term rental law. The vote was as follows: Trustee Ackerman- yes, Trustee Gwilt – yes and Mayor Deschamps – yes. This law was passed and will now go to the state for final approval.

Scott Terrier of E. Second St. stated that his street has been demolished. There is still a lot of traffic going back and forth on it even though it has turned into one passable lane. Mayor Deschamps stated that he understands this problem and it is going to be corrected with a type of blacktop called heat binder. This is a temporary fix and will have to be dug up in the spring and replaced with real blacktop.

Mayor Deschamps said he is grateful for our dry summer and can’t Imagine the dust and mud if our summer had been a rainy one. The Jablonski Company is fined $500 a day for not keeping the roadways, lawns and driveways clean and safe.

Mr. Cochran inquired about a pressure test on the laterals. He wonders if this has been done as the laterals seem very unstable. He also asked about the time limit to install your sewer hook up. Mr. Deschamps stated that the year time limit will begin when the entire system is finished.

In new business, the Mayor reported that the Village is working on a new law that states that all property owners and their contractors must carry $1 million in liability insurance. The homeowners need to make sure the people that they hire have this insurance so if the main system were destroyed they would be covered. People need to think of this when they have friends and family helping out.

Many questions arose regarding the home that burned on E. Second St. Mayor Deschamps responded by saying that everything is in place to demolish it this week. Burton Seymour has the job and feels it will go down very easily and will be removed from this lot quickly.

Discussion took place regarding the Halloween party in the park. It was unfortunate that the weather did not cooperate, but many did attend and had a great time. A thank you to the Trexler family for their donation of the monetary prizes .

In final business, Mr. De Marco inquired whether there will be bollards placed around the pumping stations. The Mayor thanked him for this question and said he will definitely bring that up at the next meeting.

Trustee Gwilt reported that the electrical work has been done in the park and that he will be putting up Christmas lights soon.



D. TREASURERS REPORT



Mrs. Meyers began her report with the inflows from October. Inflows were $1,349.87 while outflows were $18,536.79 making a general fund net monthly total of -$17,186.92. The Sewer – Capital Project had inflows of $476,590.30 (EFC and EPA) with outflows of $435,610.52 making a sewer project net monthly total of a positive $40,979.78 with an overall net total of $23,792.86.



There is currently $105,723.32 in savings and $140,220.75 in checking. The fund balance is $294,625.85.



The Capital Sewer Project total in revenues is $1,884,663.96 and expenditures were $1,944,275.42 making a Sewer Fund total of -$158,027.19. The combined revenue balance is $1,951,674.26 with the combined expenditures revenues at $2,000,891.70. The fund combined balance is $146,992.68.



Mrs. Meyers pointed out that the grant money is now closed out and that we are into the bond.



A motion was made by Trustee Ackerman and seconded by Trustee Gwilt to accept this financial report. It was so moved.



E. ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made to adjourn at 8:15. The next meeting of the Oneida Castle Village Board will take place on December 1, 2025.



Respectfully submitted,



Jean Canada, Clerk