Town Board adopts hazard mitigation plan for FEMA funding
New Lebanon Town Board adopts hazard mitigation plan for federal funding. Supervisor Colleen Teal led unanimous adoption of the Columbia County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which makes the town eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency and state mitigation project funding.
misc · Meeting of March 17, 2026
NY NEW LEBANON — New Lebanon Town Board adopts hazard mitigation plan for federal funding. Supervisor Colleen Teal led unanimous adoption of the Columbia County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which makes the town eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency and state mitigation project funding. The board also unanimously approved the 2018 budget and amended personnel policies to increase the family health insurance buy-out to $7,000.
The board allocated $10,000 in the 2018 budget for the town's 200th-Anniversary Celebration, commemorating New Lebanon's founding in 1818, and approved $749.90 for tree plantings at the town park.
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Source: the misc meeting of March 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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