Announcements

• BEGGS PARK is CLOSED until further notice.
  Due to over-the-ground electrical conduit service being energized, existing open excavation areas and ongoing work, no entry is permitted into Beggs Park by anyone other than contractors or Town employees. Thank you!

• TEXT ALERTS - Receive alerts of upcoming meetings, major announcements or emergency notices. Text #ESSEXNY to 22300 to receive voice and text messages. Email supervisor@townofessexny.gov
  to be put on our email list with the subject ONECALL.

General Info.

• COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE - The Town has received grant funding to update our current Comprehensive Plan. Complete details on process are included here.

• WATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE - Complete details on all aspects of this project found here.

• LIBRARY ROOF REPAIR - Stay up-to-date with this day-to-day accounting of what is being done to repair the Belden Noble Memorial Library roof.

• BROADBAND EXPANSION - Complete details on what we currently know about broadband expansion in Essex can be found here.

• ESSEX WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION - Complete details on the progress that is taking place thanks to a generous grant from the Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board.

• QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS - stay informed on Town of Essex happenings

• 2020 CENSUS COUNTS for Essex and Essex County

• BURN PERMITS can be obtained from DEC Ranger Sarah Bode by email or calling 518.335.5405. Permits are also available at the Willsboro Town Clerk’s office.

• NYSEG OUTAGE ALERTS - visit this website to sign up for SMS outage notifications to keep you informed about when power will be restored.

• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - visit this page for details on vacancies in the Town of Essex.

Public Notices

• Dateline: June 18, 2025 - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

   The Town of Essex Zoning Board of Appeals will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the Essex Town Hall at 2313 Main Street, Essex, NY. For information on remote access, go to https://www.essexnewyork.com/remote.

  Kevin DeLaughter, Chairman

• Dateline: June 16, 2025 - TOWN OF ESSEX NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
  PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Essex on July 10, 2025 at 6:15PM in the evening, at the Town Hall, 2313 Main Street, New York 12936, to hear all interested persons pertaining to Local Law No. 2 of 2025 entitled “A Local Law Enacting A Temporary Moratorium On Major Solar Energy Systems And On Battery Energy Storage Systems”.

              PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of said proposed local law is available for review at the Town Hall, 2313 Main Street, New York 12936 or by electronic copy.

  All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard in person or by directing comments in writing to the Town Board, 2313 Main Street, New York 12936. All reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. In such a case, please notify the Town Clerk in advance at the above address or by phone 518-963-4287 x1 so that arrangements can be made.

  By order of the Town Board of the Town of Essex.

  Alicia Kelly, Town Clerk
  Town of Essex

• Dateline: May 18, 2025 - Please visit Essex County Real Property Tax Services website for Town of Essex Tentative Assessment Rolls and view the List of Changes to the Tentative Assessment Roll

• 2024 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report (PDF)

• 2024 Final Assessment Roll (PDF)

• 2023 Annual Financial Report (PDF)

• 2024 Electronics Recycling Report (PDF)

• 2023 Uniform Code Administration and Enforcement Report (PDF)

• 2023 Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report (PDF)

• 2022/2023 Town of Essex Benchmarking Report (PDF)

• Dateline: August 30, 2021 - Insufficient Funds Check Fee - Effective 8/26/2021 by order of Resolution #123-2021, the Town of Essex will charge $35.00 for all dishonored or stopped payment checks given to the Town of Essex for services.

• Parcels owned by the Town of Essex

• Water Department Notice - Anyone, other than the Essex/Whallonsburg Fire Departments, taking water from a fire hydrant without getting permission from the Essex Water Superintendent will be fined $100. (PDF)