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  2. Government

    1. Agendas & Minutes
    2. Boards & Committees
      1. American Revolution 250th Anniversary Committee
      2. Comprehensive Plan Update Committee
        1. Comprehensive Plan Update 
        2. 2023 Pathway To Our Future
        3. Subcommittees Draft Goals and Recommendations
        4. Biographies of Committee Members
        5. Comprehensive Planning
        6. Conserving Natural Areas & Wildlife in Your Community (PDF)
        7. Creating a Natural Resources Inventory (PDF)
        8. Guilderland Demographic & Growth Analysis 1990-2020 (PDF)
        9. Local Open Space Planning Guide (PDF)
        10. MJ Engineering Meetings
        11. MJ Engineering Proposal (PDF)
        12. New York State Comprehensive Plan Development Guidebook (PDF)
        13. Public Conduct Guidelines & Procedure Guidelines For Public Bodies (PDF)
        14. View Live Stream & On-Demand Video (View Past Meetings & Events Online)
      3. Conservation Advisory Council
        Public Conduct Guidelines & Procedure Guidelines For Public Bodies (PDF)
      4. Conservation Easement Review Board
        Public Conduct Guidelines and Procedure Guidelines For Public Bodies (PDF)
      5. Development Planning Committee
        1. DPC Sketch Plan Application (PDF)
        2. View Live Stream & On-Demand Video (View Past Meetings & Events Online)
      6. Ethics Board
      7. Industrial Development Agency
        1. 2024 Annual Financial Report (PDF)
        2. Housekeeping Resolution (PDF)
        3. 2026 Adopted IDA Budget (PDF)
        4. Advantages
        5. Annual Budgets
        6. Annual Financial Reports
        7. Applications
        8. Authority
        9. Benefits
        10. Board Minutes
        11. By-Laws of the Guilderland IDA (PDF)
        12. Fees
        13. FOIL Information
        14. IDA Committees
        15. IDA Policies
        16. Notice of Board Meetings
        17. Notice of Public Hearing
        18. PARIS Reports
          1. 2024 PARIS Report
          2. 2023 PARIS Report
          3. 2020 PARIS Report
          4. 2019 PARIS Report
          5. 2018 PARIS Report
          6. 2015 PARIS Report
        19. Projects (Active)
          1. A. Phillips Hardware
          2. Albany Place Development (Promenade Senior Living)
          3. Hiawatha Land Development, LLC
        20. Projects (Pending)
          1. Public Comment - Crossgates Releaseco (Costco) Project
          2. Public Questions & IDA Responses
        21. Public Comment Operating Rules (PDF)
        22. View Live Stream & On-Demand Video (View Past Meetings & Events Online)
      8. Planning Board
        1. Albany Country Club - Country Hamlet Development
        2. Costco (Approved May 3, 2023)
        3. Apex at Crossgates Site Plan (Approved August 10, 2022)
        4. Environmental Impact Statement
          1. Final Environmental Impact Statement Appendices
          2. Letters in Opposition to Project
          3. Letters in Support of Project
          4. Letters Neutral for the Project
          5. Non-SEQR Agency Comments
          6. Reports Submitted by Public
          7. SEQR Agency Comments
        5. Proposed Black Creek Run Country Hamlet - Guilderland Center
        6. Proposed OneAlbany - NYOH Regional Cancer Center
      9. Town Board
        1. Guilderland Town Board Members
          1. Peter G. Barber
          2. Amanda Beedle
          3. Jake Crawford
          4. Gustavo Santos
        2. Carman Road and East Old State Road Sidewalk Project
        3. ADA Self-Analysis and Transition Plan
        4.  Comprehensive Plan Update
        5. Adopted Budgets
        6. State of the Town Address
        7. Albany Country Club - Country Hamlet Development
        8. Conservation Easement Program
        9. Master Cleaners Brownfield Site
        10. Pine Bush Senior Living PUD-24 New Karner Road
        11. Proposed Black Creek Run Country Hamlet - Guilderland Center
        12. Proposed Local Laws
        13. Public Conduct Guidelines & Procedure Guidelines For Public Bodies (PDF)
        14. Residential Development Activity
        15. Town Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
        16. Town of Guilderland Housing Choice Voucher 5-Year PHA Plan 2020-2024 (PDF)
        17. Town Planner's Development PowerPoint Presentation (12 / 18 / 2018) (PDF)
        18. Zoning Districts Map - Revised October 2018 (PDF)
        19. View Live Stream & On-Demand Video (View Past Meetings & Events Online)
      10. Traffic Safety Committee
        1. History
        2. Public Conduct Guidelines & Procedure Guidelines For Public Bodies (PDF)
        3. Useful Links
        4. View Live Stream & On-Demand Video (View Past Meetings & Events Online)
      11. Tree Preservation Committee
      12. Zoning Board of Appeals
        1. Active Development
        2. Codes, Laws & Amendments
        3. Public Conduct Guidelines & Procedure Guidelines For Public Bodies (PDF)
        4. View Live Stream & On-Demand Video (View Past Meetings & Events Online)
        5. Zoning Map
    3. Town Meeting Videos
    4. Transparency
      Legal Notices
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  3. Departments

    1. Animal Control / Animal Shelter
      1. Additional Duties
      2. Animal Shelter Intake
      3. Fee Schedule
      4. Pets Available for Adoption
      5. Richard Murray Animal Shelter
    2. Assessor
      1. 2019 Town Wide Reassessment
      2. 2025 Final Assessment Roll (PDF)
      3. Albany County Tax Maps
      4. Assessment Calendar
      5. Assessment Forms
      6. Assessment Reports
      7. Contesting your Assessment
      8. Equalization Rates
      9. Tax Exemption Information
      10. Local Law #4 Opt Out Solar, Wind, & Farm Waste Energy Systems (PDF)
      11. Tax Rates
    3. Building / Zoning
      1. Applications & Permits
      2. Building Permit Insurance Requirements
      3. Guidelines & Checklists
      4. Guilderland Codes
      5. Special Use Permit Application
      6. Swimming Pool Information
      7. Town of Guilderland IRC Table R301.2(1) Climatic & Geographic Design Criteria
      8. Vacant Property Registration
      9. Zoning Districts Map
    4. Community Gardens
      1. Community Gardens Facebook Page
      2. Garden Links (PDF)
      3. History
      4. Wait List (PDF)
    5. Comptroller's Office
      1. Budget Documents
      2. Financial Reports
    6. Justice Court
      1. Directions
      2. Online Payment
      3. Payment Options
      4. Small Claims
      5. VTL-Suspension Notice
      6. Vehicle & Traffic Tickets-Plea form
      7. Criminal Court
      8. Evictions/Summary Proceedings
      9. Certificate of Disposition Request
    7. Emergency Medical Services
      1. Emergency Medical Services Annual Reports
      2. Emergency Medical Services Fee Scale
      3. Financial Hardship Fee Waiver Policy
      4. Community Training Courses
      5. Emergency Medical Services Training Calendar
      6. Pay Ambulance Bill Online
      7. Pay Invoice Online
    8. Fire Prevention
      1. Fire Service
      2. Regulations
    9. Golf Course
      1. 2023 Greens Fees (PDF)
      2. Book Your Tee Time Online!
      3. Clubhouse Vendor - Request for Proposal (PDF)
      4. Membership Information
      5. Official Western Turnpike Golf Course Website
      6. Your Opinion Matters to Us! Please Fill Out the WTGC Survey!
    10. Highway
      1. 2025 Leaf Collection Schedule (PDF)
      2. Brush & Bag Pick-Up Guidelines (PDF)
      3. Tree Preservation Committee
    11. Historian
      1. History of Our Town
      2. Cobblestone School
      3. New York State Library Online Events
      4. Glimpse of Guilderland History
      5. The Guilderland Historical Society
        1. Join Us - Membership
        2. Guilderland Historical Society Collection at New York Heritage Digital Collections
        3. Officers and Trustees
      6. Village of Altamont StoryMap
      7. ‘A labor of love’: Bourque maps Altamont’s history online
      8. Guilderland Historical Highway Markers
      9. Guilderland Properties on the National Register of Historic Places
    12. Human Resources
      1. Employee Handbook (PDF)
      2. Employee Information
      3. Employment Application
      4. Employment Information
      5. Employment Opportunities
      6. New York State & Local Retirement System
      7. Town Technology Policy (PDF)
      8. Union Contracts
    13. Parks & Recreation
      1. Activities, Events & Programs
      2. Carl J. Walters Tawasentha Park
        1. Facility & Picnic Area Rentals
        2. Tawasentha Park Playground
        3. Tawasentha Pool
        4. Carl J. Walters Tawasentha Park Trail Map (PDF)
        5. Tawasentha Park Nature Find (PDF)
        6. Fitness Court
        7. Swim Lesson Information
      3. Dog Park
      4. Forms and Permits
      5. Fred B. Abele Park Playground
      6. Hike Guilderland
        1. Honey Bee Information
        2. Tick Awareness
      7. Hometown Heroes Banner Program
      8. Listing of Town Parks
      9. Lost & Found
      10. Online Recreational Program Registration
      11. Parks Rules and Regulations
      12. Parks & Open Spaces Map (PDF)
      13. Parks, Trails & Open Space Project
      14. Resident Park / Transfer Station Sticker
      15. Sports & Enrichment Camp Proposal Application
      16. Summer Employment Opportunities
      17. Tobacco Free Zones
        Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking, Tobacco Products & Electronic Delivery Systems (PDF)
      18. Tree Preservation Committee
      19. Western Turnpike Golf Course
        1. 2026 Golf Membership Application
        2. Membership Letter
      20. Youth Sports Organizations
    14. Planning
      1. Guilderland Residential Development Activity - January 2026
      2. 2022 Comprehensive Plan
      3. Proposed Dutch Mill Acres PUD
      4. Comprehensive Plan, Neighborhood Plans & Studies
        1. Comprehensive Plan
        2. McKownville Corridor Study
        3. Route 20 Corridor Study
        4. Rural Guilderland Plan
      5. Conservation Advisory Council Agendas
      6. Conservation Easement Program
      7. Maps
      8. Parks, Trails & Open Space Project - UAlbany Graduate Planning Studio 2020
      9. Planning Board Agendas / Minutes
      10. Town Codes
      11. Town of Guilderland Interactive Mapping
      12. Watershed Protection
      13. Zoning Districts Map (PDF)
    15. Police
      1. Department Information
        1. Administration & Mission
        2. Annual Report
        3. Chief's Message
        4. Compliment & Complaints
        5. Employment
        6. Frequently Asked Questions
        7. Organizational Chart (PDF)
        8. Quality Control
        9. Use of Force Policy (PDF)
      2. Divisions
        1. Animal Control & Animal Shelter
        2. Communications Division
        3. Community Services Unit
        4. Criminal Investigations Unit
        5. K-9 Unit
        6. Patrol Division
        7. Retail Interdiction Detail
        8. Traffic Safety Unit
      3. Records & Reports
      4. Programs
        1. Capital Region Crime Stoppers
        2. Child Safety Seat Installation
        3. Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) Course
        4. Drug Take Back
        5. Explorer Post
        6. National Night Out
        7. Nixle Community Alerts
        8. Project Childsafe
        9. Rape Aggression Defense Program
        10. Sex Offenders
        11. Take Me Home
      5. Stations
        1. Crossgates Substation
        2. Main Station
      6. Contact Us
    16. Senior Services
      1. Benefits, Services and Social Opportunities for Town of Guilderland Seniors
      2. Transportation Services
      3. Medical Appointment Schedule Facts
      4. Weekly Shopping and Transportation made Easy
      5. New Free Rides To anywhere 8 am- 8 pm Monday-Saturday
      6. Changes to Star and Enhanced Star
      7. Volunteers Needed
      8. Title VI Policy and Procedures
      9. Programs,Classes,Transportation Weather Updates
      10. April Defensive Driving
      11. HVCC Garden Show
      12. March 2026 Newsletter
      13. March Lunch Menu
      14. Scrabble -Update
      15. ADA Complaint (Transportation Services)
      16. Handicap Parking Permit (PDF)
      17. Needle Craft
    17. Stormwater Management
      1. Final Joint Annual Report (PDF)
      2. McKownville Stormwater & Water Improvements Project
        Delaware Engineering McKownville Drainage Study
      3. Town of Guilderland Local Laws
      4. Town of Guilderland MS4 Organizational Chart (PDF)
      5. Town of Guilderland Stormwater Management Flow Chart (PDF)
      6. Useful Links
    18. Supervisor
      1. Master Cleaners Brownfield Site
      2. 2025 State of the Town Address
      3. Appointments
      4. Boards & Committees Meeting Dates
      5. Holiday Schedule
      6. Liaisons
      7. Town Officials & Committees
      8. Clean Energy Community Campaign
        1. Community Solar & Residential Solar (PDF)
        2. Community Sustainability Challenge (PDF)
        3. Solarize Albany
      9. Conservation Easement Program
        1. Conservation Easement Press Release (PDF)
        2. Conservation Easement Program Application (PDF)
        3. Conservation Easement State Law (PDF)
        4. Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
        5. Local Law No. 2 of 2022 (Conservation Easement Agreement Exemption Program)(revised) (PDF)
        6. Local Law D of 2023 - Albany County Legislature - Limited Exemption from County Real Property Taxes (PDF)
      10. Environmental Initiatives
      11. Hometown Heroes Banner Program
      12. Minutes & Agendas Archive
      13. Policies & Permits
      14. Somewhat Frequent Questions & Other Items of Interest
      15. Town Code
      16. Town Meeting Videos
      17. Watervliet's Application to Relicense the Normanskill Hydroelectric Facility (PDF)
    19. Receiver of Taxes
      1. TAX BILLS - View and Pay Here
      2. 2025-2026 SCHOOL TAX INFORMATION
      3. Additional Online Payments
      4. Legal Notice
      5. Important Information
      6. Reminders
    20. Town Clerk
      1. Applications & Permits
      2. Bid Opportunities
      3. FOIL Information
      4. Additional Online Payments
      5. Legal Notices 
      6. Certificate of Residence
      7. Dog License Registration
      8. E-ZPass
      9. Fire Districts' Information
      10. Handicap Parking Permits
      11. Registrar
      12. Hometown Heroes Banner Program
      13. Marriage License Application Information
        Marriage License Application
      14. Marriage Officiant Information
      15. Notary Public Services
      16. Purple Heart
      17. Resident Stickers
      18. Town Board
    21. Transfer Station / Landfill
      1. Hazardous Waste Disposal
      2. Make-A-Wish Car Donation
      3. Paint Care
      4. Recycling Information
      5. Transfer Station Fees & Information
    22. Water / Wastewater
      1. Pay Water Bill
      2. Underground Sprinklers
      3. Useful Information
      4. Water Rates
      5. Water & Sewer Infrastructure Mapping Project
      6. Town of Guilderland Final Meter Read
      7. Regulations & Procedures
      8. Water Meter Replacement Project
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  4. Community

    1. About the Town
      1. Community Links
      2. Directions to Town Hall
      3. Guilderland Chamber of Commerce
      4. Libraries
      5. Schools
      6. Vital Statistics
    2. Business Links
    3. Forms & Documents
    4. Help Center
      1. Departments & Boards
      2. Online Resources
      3. View
    5. Subscribe to News
    6. Guilderland Garden Club
      1. About Us
      2. Join Us - Membership
      3. Annual Greens Show and Open House
      4. Scholarship Fund
      5. Programs/Special Events
      6. Lyme Disease Awareness
    7. Guilderland's Volunteer Fire Departments
      Budgets and Elections
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  5. How Do I...

    1. Apply For
      1. Bids
      2. Employment Opportunities
    2. Contact
      1. Animal Control
      2. Town Clerk
    3. Find
      1. Agendas & Minutes
      2. Guilderland Schools
      3. My Portal
    4. Sign Up For
      1. Notifications
      2. Recreation Programs & Activities
      3. Nixle Alerts
    5. Submit
      1. Online Payments
      2. Resident Comment
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    1. Native Tree Preservation and Protection
    2. Native Plantings for New York State
    3. Pine Bush Plantings
    4. How to Plant a Tree
    5. Oriental Bittersweet
    6. The Nature Conservancy
    7. Helpful Videos
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