Highway Department
David Hajczewski
Highway Superintendent
Phone: (518)993-3606, (315)369-5638
The Town of Stark Highway Department has been working on keeping the Town of Stark’s town roads in good shape for the public to travel. There is now new signs on Cemetery Road from Jordanville Road heading East. Cemetery Road is now a dead-end road and will be open to local traffic only in the east direction. Cemeterey Road will end at Apple Lane as a two lane road and there will be signs identifying the end of two-way traffic. From Route 80 to the west, the Cemeterey Road will be one lane and one way from the Van Hornesville Cemetery to Apple Lane. This move was necessary as the road isn't wide enough to support two-lane traffic in the summer time. This portion of the road is seasonal in the winter and has been for many years. The seasonal road receives no maintenance from November 1 to April 1 and is closed to all traffic during the winter.
The Town Board has received notice the Volvo truck ordered by the Town Board a year ago was delivered in February 2025. Cost for the Volvo truck is approxmately $336,000.00, including snow plow equpment and sander. Payment will be with a Bond Anticipation Note (BAN) issued through NBT Bank, the Town's lending institution. Repayments will be made over a 5-year period with first payment due in 2026. The Town of Stark had also ordered a new Mack 10-wheel dump truck equipped with snow fighting apparatus. The Mack truck is expected in 2025. This truck has been on order for over three years and is finally scheduled to be built in the near future. Delivery is expected in 2026.
The Town was awarded a grant for $500,000.00 to construct a sand/salt barn for the Highway Department to store the town and county sand pile undercover. This building will help to prevent run-off from the sand pile into nearby streams. Cost of the facility is approximately $560,600.00. The style building considered is a Britespan offered by Eagle Associates of Cazenovia, LLC. Hybrid Solutions also met with the Town and bid on the project. Both companies have bid contracts with New York State through Sourcewell The total cost of construction is to be paid up-front before reimbursement is made to the Town in the form of a grant. Jerry Stucchi of JGK Associates in Schuyler assisted the Town in writing the grant application. The Town is now in line for $500,000.00 grant for the cost of site plan review, land preparation and purchase, construction material, equipment rental and labor associated with the total cost of the project, as well as the cost of the building itself. The property is owned by Narine Naidoo and the Town Board has met with him several times regarding purchase of the property. The property in question is directly behind the Town of Stark Highway Department Garage located on 703 Elwood Road in Starkville.
