Remember the Walworth Spring Cleanup is Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 15, 16 &17. You need to pick up your ticket at the town hall before you can use the drop off.  You can get your ticket from the receptionist and you will need to show proof of town residence.
Last weekend the Girl Scouts, Brownies and Boy Scouts did a wonderful job of cleaning up some areas of town.  Thank you very much.  Now if everyone is careful with their trash and recycling we hopefully won’t have the mess again. 
This is the time of year for garage sales.  When putting up signs, remember that you need permission from the land owner, even in the road right-of-way.  Putting up signs is covered in the town code, which you can find on the town web site, townofwalworthny.gov.  When you do get permission from a land owner to put up your sign, please remember to take it down when your sale is over.  The utility company does not allow signs to be put on their poles.  The nails or staples used to put up the signs can cut the lineman’s gloves possibly jeopardizing their lives.  So please get permission to put up your signs and then remove them. 
Dog owners:  The Town parks are “dog friendly” parks, which means they are allowed in the parks; however the town has a leash law.  Folks who walk their dogs in the town parks are required to keep their dogs on a leash at all times.  I have had complaints from dog owners that they have encountered dogs running free at the park while the owners are watching.  This is not ok…your dog needs to be on a leash.  Please comply with this law for the safety of users of the park and other dogs.   We are working on designating a specific area of the park that may be a designated “dog park” where you may be able to let your dogs off the leash. Also, we ask that dog owners pick up after their dogs.   It’s your responsibility.  We do provide doggie bags at the park.
With the spring we will also see peddlers.  People may be coming around to your door trying to sell you things.  Town code requires one to have a peddler’s license when selling in this town.  This license can be obtained at the town clerk’s office.  This requirement is for your protection.  Please be sure to ask to see a peddler’s license before buying anything from a door-to-door salesman.  You can also call the town clerk’s office to verify that they do have one.
While the road construction is occurring on Main St the local businesses are still open. Please be sure to patronize them during this construction period.  The loss of even a little revenue can be critical in these tough times.
Remember there is a MS4 meeting Thursday evening May 29th at the Macedon Town Hall.  This is one of the MS4 requirements and it is for the public to attend and learn about MS4.
The Town received a request to issue a bingo license.  The Town Clerk was notified by the state that Walworth is not authorized to issue those because we have not passed a local law to allow bingo games.  After having the town attorney look in this we have been told we would also need to put it on the ballet for a town wide vote.  There are also many requirements for what are the town’s responsibilities are and what the sponsoring organizations must do.  I would like to ask any town residents who have a strong feeling on this either way to contact me at the town hall 986-1400 ext 310 or by email at rplant@rochester.rr.com.

Robert Plant