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Columbia County Board of Supervisors
2022- 2023 Columbia County Board of Supervisors
1st Row: (left to right) Donal Collins – Chatham, Linda Mussman- Hudson 4th Ward, Brenda Adams – Canaan, Abdus Miah – Hudson 2nd Ward, Arthur Bassin - Ancram , Chairman Matt Murell – Stockport, Deputy Chair Robert Lagonia – Austerlitz, Deputy Chair James Guzzi – Livingston, Minority Leader Tistrya Houghtling- New Lebanon, Christian Kersten – Hillsdale, Majority Leader Ronald Knott – Stuyvesant, Ryan Skoda – Taghkanic
2nd Row: (left to right) John Reilly– Gallatin, Claire Cousin – Hudson 1st Ward, Richard Scalera – Hudson 5th Ward, Jeanne Mettler –Copake, Raymond Staats- Clermont, David Helsley – Germantown, Kathy Eldridge – Greenport, Timothy Ooms –Kinderhook, Michael Chameides –Hudson 3rd Ward, Craig Simmons – Ghent, Clerk of the Board Kelly Baccaro, County Attorney Robert Fitzsimmons, Clifford “Kippy” Weigelt – Claverack
The Columbia County Board of Supervisors consists of 18 Town Supervisors and 5 Hudson City Supervisors with the following serving as officers:
Chairman of the Board:
Matt B. Murell
Deputy Chairman:
James Guzzi
Deputy Chairman:
Robert Lagonia
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Office Staff:
Clerk of the Board:
Kelly S. Baccaro
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County Attorney
Robert Fitzsimmons, Esq.
All Supervisors and their Towns/Wards
Majority Leader:
Ronald Knott
Minority Leader:
Tistrya Houghtling
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Ancram:
Arthur Bassin
abassin@aol.com
Austerlitz:
Robert Lagonia
rlagonia@austerlitzny.com
Canaan:
Brenda Adams
supervisor@canaannewyork.org
Chatham:
Donal Collins
supervisor@chathamnewyork.org
Claverack:
Clifford "Kippy" Wiegelt
kippy333@yahoo.com
Clermont:
Raymond Staats
raymondstaats@yahoo.com
Copake:
Jeanne Mettler
copakesupervisor@townofcopake.org
Gallatin:
John Reilly
gallatinsuper@icloud.com
Germantown:
David Helsley
12526supervisor@gmail.com
Ghent:
Craig Simmons
csimmons@townofghent.org
Greenport:
Kathleen Eldridge
supervisor@townofgreenport.com
Hillsdale:
Christian Kersten
Hillsdalenysupervisor@gmail.com
Hudson:
1st Ward - Claire Cousin
claire.cousin@columbiacountyny.com
2nd Ward - Abdus Miah
abdusmiah@gmail.com
3rd Ward - Michael Chameides
michael@chameid.es
4th Ward - Linda Mussmann
Mussmann.Linda@gmail.com
5th Ward - Richard Scalera
rscalera305@gmail.com
Kinderhook:
Timothy Ooms
supervisor@kinderhook-ny.gov
Livingston:
James Guzzi
guzzi5456@aol.com
New Lebanon:
Tistrya Houghtling
supervisor@townofnewlebanon.com
Stockport:
Matt Murell
matt.murell@columbiacountyny.com
Stuyvesant:
Ronald Knott
supervisor@stuyvesantny.us
Taghkanic:
Ryan Skoda
taghkanicsupervisor@yahoo.com