Contact: Richard Forbes
Address: 43 Partition Street
Saugerties, NY 12477
Phone: 845-246-2321 (Village Offices) or 845-246-2921 (Market St. Extension)
Fax: 845-246-0887
Responsibilities: The Village Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for the maintenance and plowing of 27 lane-miles of road in the Village. This involves street repairs and resurfacing and working to correct drainage problems, with the goal of keeping the Village streets safe and clean. Snow removal from the Village Streets takes approximately 3 hours using five plow routes to completely clear the streets.
The DPW removes trash from the receptacles in the Business district. The DPW does not pick up residential trash. Residential trash removal is through independent contracts arranged by the resident.
The DPW provides “Spring Cleanup” – Village residents may clean up their property and put yard waste - brush, limbs and leaves - curbside to be picked up. Christmas trees (no longer than 6 feet and trunk less than 6 inches wide) can be put curbside to be picked up as well.
In the Fall the DPW provides “Leaf Pickup” – residents may rake their leaves to the curb for pickup. The brush and leaves are processed into mulch. The dates for these cleanup/pickup days are typically around:
- Mid-April for Spring Cleanup
- Mid-November for the Fall Leaf Pickup
For specific dates, please stay tuned to the Village home page and the Village Facebook page, and/or the Lighthouse TV23 television channel (Spectrum cable).
Steele Place Yard Waste
Village residents may bring yard waste (leaves/brush) to the Steele Place drop-off area for disposal any week of the year on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. There is also a garbage and recycling service available at Steele Place on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Recycling is FREE and garbage is charged based on the size of the bag. Here are the days/times you can drop off leaves/brush and/or bring trash and recycling:
| Day | Leaves/ Brush? |
Trash/ Recycling? |
Times |
| Monday | no | no | 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | no | no | 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | yes | yes | 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Thursday | no | no | 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| Friday | no | no | 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | yes | yes | 7 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Post-Christmas, if you want to deposit your tree off at Steele Place, you can do so, but only during Wednesday and Saturday listed hours
NOTICE REGARDING USE OF STEELE PLACE: There have been increasing instances of people dropping off trees during off hours/days. Additionally, there have been increasing instances of people dropping off disallowed items (furniture and other garbage items). The Steele Place facility is kept open by the Village of Saugerties for the convenience of residents ... but please note that continued violations could result in the discontinuance of this popular leaf and brush drop-off service.
For a map to Steele Place (off North Street), open the section immediately following.
Composting
The Town of Saugerties Transfer Station has an active composting operation. For more information, visit the Transfer Station page.
Rules for Parking in the Village during Winter
There is NO PARKING allowed on Village Streets from December 15 to March 15th during the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., to allow for the DPW to plow and remove snow from the Village Streets.
IT IS PROHIBITED TO PLOW, SHOVEL OR BLOW SNOW ONTO SIDEWALKS OR INTO STREETS.
DPW Staff
- Rich Forbes - Superintendent
- Joseph Staccio - Assistant Superintendent
- Steve Nadal - Mechanic
- Joseph Schaffer - Mechanical Equipment Operator
- Thomas Maines - Mechanical Equipment Operator
- Fred Carney - Mechanical Equipment Operator
- Paul Boice - Mechanical Equipment Operator
- Joseph Rutella - Mechanical Equipment Operator
- Jake Dodd - Mechanical Equipment Operator
- Steve Whitaker - Part-Time Mechanical Equipment Operator