Minutes/Agenda
The Village of Cazenovia Board of Trustees meets on the first Monday of each month at 7pm in the Village Municipal Building, 90 Albany Street.
Read the minutes from past Board of Trustee Meetings
Current agenda for the upcoming Board of Trustee Meeting
Mayor Thomas Dougherty grew up in Cazenovia and graduated from Cazenovia Central School. After graduation from college he left Cazenovia to work on various nuclear power plant projects throughout the northeast. Currently, he works as a quality assurance analyst at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station.
Tom and his wife Deborah returned to Cazenovia in 1978 to raise their family, of three children: Jennifer, Thomas B, and John. Upon returning to Cazenovia, Mayor Dougherty became involved in youth sports where he was actively involved in the initiation of the Youth Basketball Program and the revitalization of Little League Baseball in Cazenovia. He is a former coach of youth basketball and baseball and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Pop Warner Football.
As Trustee from 1994 to 2004, Mayor Dougherty was chairman of the Village Code Committee that revised and updated the current Village Code. He was instrumental in the installation of the fountain and the removal of the old pump house at Lakeland Park as well as the construction of the Village Basketball Court at Burton Street Park.
Tom's wife Deborah is a former member of the Cazenovia Village Board of Trustees. Mayor Dougherty is very proud of the Village of Cazenovia and truly enjoys serving the community, which he has done as mayor since June of 2004. His interests include family, village government, and youth sports. Mayor Dougherty can be reached through the Village Office (315)-655-3041, at home (315)-655-2138, or e-mail at tjdoughertyt@aol.com
Mr. Brooks has lived in Cazenovia since 1984, and was last reelected to the Village Board in June of 2006 for a two year term. In this current term, his area of supervision is police and fire departments. His previous area of supervision was village parks, recreation, and cemeteries.
Paul has had a total of seven years of public service, having first been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board in 1999, and elected in 2000, and reelected in 2002 and again in 2004. Currently, he is Executive Director of the Syracuse Technology Garden, a high-tech business incubator which is an initiative of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Brooks is the current Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Greater Cazenovia Area Chamber of Commerce, member of the Board of Directors of Business Incubator Association of New York State, formerly served as President of the Community Chest of Cazenovia, Fenner and Nelson, and is a member of American Legion Post 88. His wife Joan is associated with Cazenovia College, and daughter Jordan attends the University of Notre Dame.
Mr. Brooks can be reached during business hours at: (315)-474-0910 or by email at pbrooks@twcny.rr.com
Kurt Wheeler has lived in the Village of Cazenovia since moving back home in 1996.
He grew up in New Woodstock, spent 11 years away to attend college, serve in the Marine Corps, work in Washington, DC and attend graduate school.
He has been an elected office-holder since 2005 and was an appointed member of Cazenovia Advisory Conservation Commission from 1997 to 2005. He has been a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps since 1989 and is currently a history teacher and coach at Cazenovia High School. Kurt is active with Project Café, a non-profit corporation serving the youth and families of the Cazenovia area.
A former chairman of the Winter Festival Committee and July 4th Committee, Kurt is also a life member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. His responsibilities on the Village Board include streets, sidewalks and buildings and he has a special interesting in comprehensive planning. Mr. Wheeler can be reached at home (315)-655-9380, or by e-mail kwheeler@post.harvard.edu
Russ holds a B.A. in Economics from Hobart College and a Master's Degree in Business Management from Northwestern University.
Russ serves on the Cazenovia Village Comprehensive Planning Update Advisory Committee, and is a Member of the board of directors of CACDA. Previously, Russ served on the boards of both The Lorenzo State Historic Site, The Cazenovia Ski Club, and as a member of the Cazenovia College and Village's joint Town/Gown Exploratory Committee. Additionally, Russ is an active member of the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation.
Russ is a Managing Director for Lehman Brothers where he is a proprietary trader in the Global Principal Strategies Group. He has been with Lehman since 1992.
On the Village Board, Russ is the water and sewer Trustee but takes a keen interest in all issues that are important to Village residents. He encourages your inquiries and feedback. He can be reached at brownback@gmail.com
Thomas is a lifelong resident of Cazenovia and a 1990 graduate of Nazareth College.
Tom is a 17+ year member of the Cazenovia Volunteer Fire Department and has served as Cazenovia Fire Chief and Chairman of the Department's Annual Easter Ball. In addition, he has served as President and Paul Harris Fellow for the Cazenovia Rotary Club, President of the Cazenovia Civic Club, Member of the Town of Cazenovia Planning Board, Executive Member of C.A.P.P. (Cazenovia Area Planning Project), Board Member for the Greater Cazenovia Area Chamber of Commerce, Governor of the New York State Arborists Association, current President of the Madison County Fire Chief's Association and a member of the Town of Cazenovia's Comprehensive Plan Review Committee.
He is currently the Northeast Regional Sales Manager for Burrows Paper Corporation. His responsibilities on the Village Board include Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, Trees and Cemetery. Thomas can be reached at home at (315) 655.2203 or by e-mail ttait@twcny.rr.com