Powers and Duties of Local Highway Officials
Road Master qualified course

Who Should Attend:
Town, county, city and village highway, public works and municipal officials who have responsibility for or are interested in the legal responsibilities of the operations and management of highway departments in New York State.

Instructors:
James L. Gelormini is a Municipal Legal Consultant and a former New York State Assistant Attorney General, recently retired after 20 years of service.

Participants will learn the following, and more!:
The four sources of ‘law’ pertaining to highway officials.
How to determine the right-of-way of a highway or street.
The difference between discontinuing and abandoning a highway.
How a town, village, city or county can establish a highway or street.
The process for removing dedicated obstructions from town highways.
The Highway Law §284 agreement - why it is important and how it works.
Where the authority to establish, alter, widen or discontinue village streets resides.
Whether or not a town superintendent of highways has the authority to award contracts.
Whether or not a town is obligated to upgrade its highway infrastructure to meet new design standards.

Registration form PDF - now submittable online.

PLEASE NOTE: The new submittable workshop registration forms cannot be sent through web-based email, such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL. If you experience any problems with the process, please print and fax the completed forms to 607-255-4080, or give us a call at 607-255-8033.

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