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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

donal_collins@hotmail.com

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