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ESSEX COUNTY COUNTY SEAT – ELIZABETHTOWN 2000 Population 38,851 Telephone Area Code (518) Essex County Government Center 7551 Court Street, P.O. Box 217, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 www.co.essex.ny.us ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Board Meeting: 1st Monday of month at 10:00 AM Supervisors Chambers, Government Center Elizabethtown, New York CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Catherine Moses, 873-3353 or 532-7737 chair@co.essex.ny.us VICE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Ronald Jackson, 873-3353 or 963-4287 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
(D) Gerald H. Morrow (R) Dale R. French (R) Noel H. Merrihew, III (R) Ronald E. Jackson (D) Randall T. Douglas (R) William B. Ferebee (R) David Blades (D) Michael J. McSweeney (R) Thomas R. Scozzafava	(R) George H. Canon (R) Robert Politi (D) Robert D. Dobie (R) Joyce W. Morency (R) Catherine L. Moses (R) Robert C. Dedrick (D) Daniel W. Connell (R) Lori Lincoln-Spooner (I) Randy Preston
COUNTY MANAGER Clifford R. Donaldson, 873-3333 / Fax 873-3339 CLERK OF THE BOARD Deborah L. Palmer, 873-3353 Fax 873-3356 / dpalmer@co.essex.ny.us DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD Judith A. Garrison, 873-3354 judyg@co.essex.ny.us COUNTY ATTORNEY Daniel T. Manning, III, 873-3380 Fax 873-3894 / dmanning@co.essex.ny.us SECRETARY TO COUNTY ATTORNEY Anne Maher Sarrah Zagrodzki 873-3380 / eca@westelcom.com COUNTY CLERK Joseph A. Provoncha, 873-3601 Fax 873-3548 / jprovon@co.essex.ny.us DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK Nancy L. Mclean, 873-3606 nmclean@co.essex.ny.us COUNTY TREASURER Michael G. Diskin, 873-3317 Fax 873-3318 / mdiskin@co.essex.ny.us DEPUTY COUNTY TREASURER Carolyn Karcher, 873-3315 ckarcher@co.essex.ny.us DISTRICT ATTORNEY Julie Garcia, 873-3335 Fax 873-3788 / jgarci@co.essex.ny.us SECRETARY TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY Diane Tyrrell, 873-3334 ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
(R) Lewis Sanders Patti Doyle, Deputy Phone: 873-3474 Fax 873-3479	(D) David Mace Sindy Brazee, Deputy Phone: 873-3474
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS ACAP – Adirondack Community Action Program 7572 Court Street, P.O. Box 848 Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Tel. 873-3207 / Fax 873-6845 / Toll Free 1-877-873-2979 Alan Jones, Executive Director ONE WORK SOURCE BUSINESS & EMPLOYMENT CENTER Ellen Gordon, Director of Employment & Training 103 Hand Ave., P.O. Box 607, Elizabethtown, NY Tel. 873-2341 / Fax 873-2392 ADIRONDACK PARK LOCAL GOVT. REVIEW BD. Frederick H. Monroe– P.O. Box 579, Chestertown, NY 12817 Telephone: 518-494-3607 / Fax: 518-494-5472 fmonroe@reviewboard.us AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER Daniel Palmer, 873-3363 AGING, OFFICE FOR THE Patty Bashaw, Director, 873-3699 Fax: 873-3784 ARTS COUNCIL Caroline Rubino 6 Champlain Ave., P.O. Box 187, Westport, NY 12993 Phone: 962-8778 / Fax 962-8797 artsco@westelcom.com ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTREACH PROGRAM “Consumer Complaints” Robert Glennon, Asst. Attorney General 70 Clinton Street, Plattsburgh, 12901 Telephone: 562-3282 / 1-800-771-7755 Fax: 562-3294 COUNTY AUDITOR Deputy County Auditor Brenda Sullivan, 873-3307 Laurie DeZalia, 873-3308 bsulliva@co.essex.ny.us ldezalia@co.essex.ny.us Fax 873-3486 AUSABLE RIVER ASSOCIATION Carol Treadwell-Steitz, 873-3752 Fax 873-3751 / info@ausableriver.org BOQUET RIVER ASSOCIATION 873-3688 Fax 873-3651 / info@boquetriver.org CLINTON-ESSEX-FRANKLIN LIBRARY Ewa Jan Kowska, Director, 563-5190 33 Oak Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2810 COMMISSIONER OF JURORS Joseph Provoncha, 873-3377 COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT Dr. Gail Rogers Rice – North Country Comm. College Winona Ave, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Tel. 891-2915 / Fax. 891-5029 CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Anita Deming, Executive Director– ald6@cornell.edu P.O. Box 388, Westport, NY 12993 Tel. 962-4810 Fax: 962-9241 CORONERS
W. Robert Huestis, Willsboro Paul Connery, Ticonderoga Walter Marvin Jr., Elizabethtown Kellie Valentine, Moriah	Tel. 963-4278 Tel. 585-2550 Tel. 873-6713 Tel. 546-7313
COUNTY & SUPREME COURT Terry Stoddard, Chief Clerk 873-3370 / Fax 873-3376 DISABILITIES ACT COORDINATOR Frederick H. Buck, 873-3666 EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR FIRE COORDINATOR / E-911 DIRECTOR Raymond Thatcher, 873-3660, cell # 524-0223 Fax 873-3663 / emerserv@co.essex.ny.us ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, DEPT. OF Ray Brook, NY 12977 Tel. 897-1200 / Fax. 897-1370 ESSEX COUNTY EMPIRE ZONE Barbara Brassard, Coordinator P.O. Box 217, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Tel: 873-9114 / Fax: 873-2011 empirezone@essexcountyida.com ESSEX COUNTY FAIR Scott Christian, Fair Manager P.O. Box 431, Westport, NY 12993 Phone: 962-8650 countyfairfun@yahoo.com FAMILY COURT CLERK Darlene Gough, Chief Court Clerk 873-3320 / Fax 873-3328 FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF Steven LaMere, Director Creek Road, P.O. Box 501 Crown Point, NY 12928 Tel. 597-3844 / Fax 597-3844 FORESTER Fountain Forestry, Dennis Flynn 1810 Route 9, Suite 2 Lake George, NY 12845 Tel. 668-3237 HISTORICAL SOCIETY Margaret Gibbs, Historian P.O. Box 428, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Tel. 873-6466 / echs@northnet.org HORACE NYE NURSING HOME Deborah Gifford, Administrator, 873-3570 Fax 873-6764 / dgifford@co.essex.ny.us HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (HAPEC) Alan Hipps / alan@hapeco.org Tel. 873-6888 / Fax: 873-9102 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Carol Calabrese / Jody Olcott, Co-Executive Directors 7566 Court Street, PO Box 217, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Tel. 873-9114 / Fax. 873-2011 / info@essexcountyida.com INFORMATION SYSTEMS Daniel Palmer, 873-3363 Fax 873-3619 / danis@co.essex.ny.us LAKE GEORGE REGIONAL PLANNING BOARD Walter Young, Director, Tel. 668-5773 / Fax 668-5774 LAKE PLACID FILM FESTIVAL Muriel Luderowski, Executive Director P.O. Box 489, Lake Placid, NY 12946 Tel. 523-3456 / 576-2063 Fax 523-4746 adkfilm@adelphia.net LAKE PLACID/ESSEX COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU Jim McKenna, Director 216 Main Street, Lake Placid, NY 12946 Tel. 523-2445 / Fax 523-2605 lakeplacid.com Lake Champlain Visitors Center Tel. 597-4649 / Fax 597-4649 LAKES TO LOCKS PASSAGE, INC. Janet Kennedy, Executive Director, 597-9660 Fax: 597-9661 / Janet@lakestolocks.com MAIL ROOM / CENTRAL SUPPLY Joseph A. Provoncha, County Clerk Mail Room - 873-3368 Central Supply -873-3369 Hours: Monday - Thursday / 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. MENTAL HEALTH Nicole Bryant, Director, 873-3670 Fax 873-3777 / nbryant@co.essex.ny.us MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT Joseph Provoncha, County Clerk Teresa Dufrane, Deputy County Clerk Elizabethtown Office 873-3620 Ticonderoga Office 585-2511 NORTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Dr. Gail Rogers Rice - President P.O. Box 89, Saranac Lake, 12983-0089 Tel. 891-2915 / Fax. 891-5029 N.Y.S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Michael D. Fayette, 873-2170 NORTH COUNTRY LEGAL SERVICES River Street, Elizabethtown, NY Tel. 873-3287 NUTRITION PROGARM FOR ELDERLY Barbara Papineau, Director (ACAP) 7514 Court Street, P.O. Box 85, Elizabethtown, NY Phone: 873-3690 / Fax: 873-6457 OTB DIRECTOR George H. Canon, 582-3211 or 873-3353 PERSONNEL OFFICER Daniel Palmer, 873-3363 Fax 873-3372 / danp@co.essex.ny.us COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING Victor Putman, Director, 873-3452 Fax 873-3751 / vputman@co.essex.ny.us ASSOCIATE COUNTY PLANNER Garret Dague, 873-3542 gdague@co.essex.ny.us COUNTY PLANNING COMMITTEE Robert Derick, Chairman Tel. 873-3353 / Fax. 873-3356 PRINTING DEPARTMENT Lori Hall, Printer / lhall@co.essex.ny.us Judy Garrison / judyg@co.essex.ny.us Tel. 873-3354 / Fax 873-3356 PROBATION Scott McDonald, Director, 873-3654 Fax 873-3649 / skm@co.essex.ny.us PUBLIC DEFENDER DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER Livingston L. Hatch Brandon E. Boutelle Tel. 873-3880 / 873-3888 PUBLIC HEALTH Kathryn S. Abernethy, Director 132 Water Street, Elizabethtown, NY 873-3500 / Fax 873-3539 After Hours: 1-888-270-7249 kabernethy@co.essex.ny.us PUBLIC INFORMATION / PRESS OFFICERS Daniel Manning, 873-3380 PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF Frederick H. Buck, Supt. fbuck@charterinternet.com Highway Office - 873-3666 / Fax 873-9195 Highway Garage - 873-3667 Buildings and Grounds - 873-3640 Landfill - 873-6650 Fair Grounds - 962-2808 Health & Safety - 873-3616 PURCHASING James Pierce, 873-3332 Fax 873-3339 / jpierce@co.essex.ny.us REAL PROPERTY TAX Bernard Miller, Director, 873-3390 Fax 873-3400 / rpts_essex_county@msn.com RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER Joseph Provoncha, County Clerk, 873-3601 SELF-INSURANCE / WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Deborah L. Palmer, Administrator, 873-3350 SHERIFF Henry Hommes, 873-6902 Fax 873-6940 / hhommes@co.essex.ny.us UNDERSHERIFF Bruce Dunning 873-6902/ Fax: 873-6940 bdunning@co.essex.ny.us SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE 1-800-772-1213 SOCIAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER John O’Neill, 873-3370 Fax 873-3499 / johno@co.essex.ny.us SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION P.O. Box 407, Westport, NY Tel. 962-8225 STOP DWI/TRAFFIC SAFETY/PARKS & RECREATIONS Joseph Provoncha, County Clerk, 873-3630 Michael Mascarenas, Assistant Director, 873-3630 SUPREME COURT JUSTICE James P. Dawson, 873-3612 SURROGATE COURT CLERK Mary Ann Badger, Cheif Clerk, 873-3385 / Fax 873-3731 SURROGATE COURT JUDGE Richard Meyer, 873-3326 TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR Nancy Dougal, 873-3689 ndougal@co.essex.ny.us VETERANS SERVICE DIRECTOR Veterans Service County Director - Noel H. Merriher Timothy Pierce, 873-3489 tpierce@veterans.state.ny.us WEIGHTS & MEASURES Wayne E. Taylor, Sr., Director 52 Grace Avenue, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Tel. 585-7369 / Fax 585-7369 wtaylor@nycap.rr.com Cell 569-2186 wtaylor@co.essex.ny.us WIC PROGRAM COORDINATOR Julie Graney, 873-3565 / Fax 873-3549 NORTH COUNTRY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP 1900 US Oval, Plattsburgh, NY 12903 Tel. 561-4295 / Fax 5610229 YOUTH BUREAU Joseph A. Provoncha, Director Scot Hurlburt, Assistant Director, 873-3630