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     NORTH ELBA — Town of North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi announced Ray Brook resident Derek Doty’s intention to run for the town board at Tuesday night’s regular meeting. Doty, a Democrat, will be running for the position currently held by Chuck Damp. Damp said this spring that he would not be seeking re-election when his four-year term is up in November.


    This will not be Doty’s first time seeking public office. He served a term as councilman on the North Elba town board from 2004 to 2007 and on the town of Franklin board from 1986 to 1988. He said he wanted to throw his hat back into the ring.


    “I’ve always been involved with community affairs my whole life,” he said. “I certainly have a satisfaction in being a part of the success of the Lake Placid area.”


    Doty said, if elected, a main goal of his will be to keep a strong focus on athletics in the area. Tourism and athletics are what fuels everything that happens in Lake Placid, he said.


    “In my last term on the board, I was part of putting the six new fields in out by the airport,” he said. “That alone can draw just millions of dollars of revenue for the village of Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and all the neighboring towns. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.”


    Politi commented that it was nice to have someone who lives in Ray Brook running for the position. Damp also lives in Ray Brook.


    “It’s really nice that Chuck and myself have both had opportunities to represent North Elba and be from the so-called this side of the tracks,” Doty said.


    Doty, 52, works as facilities director at the Whiteface Club and Resort.


    North Elba town Supervisor Roby Politi has also said he intends to run for re-election in the fall. Politi was elected to a two-year term in 2007. He is working on collecting the 140 signatures he needs to file a petition, he said.


    In other board news, the town moved a step closer to consolidating all seven of its sewer districts Tuesday night. The board decided there would not be a State Environmental Quality Review for the project.


    At a public hearing Tuesday, Politi said consolidating all the districts would be a step toward efficiency. The debt load in the districts is pretty low, Politi said, except for Liberty Hill district residents, who are paying as much as half of the total sewer debt load.


    “Liberty Hill has about $150,000 in outstanding debt,” Politi said. “The others are in the range of $15,000 to $20,000.” 


    If the consolidation is approved, the debt would be spread out over all the districts and residents will pay a special benefit assessment charge of a little less than $12 per year.

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