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River Reporter Thursday, August 7, 1997 Cheryl Shiber is Monticello's By TOM RUE MONTICELLO - Monticello has a new leader at its helm, since the retirement of long-time employee George Panchyshyn. Cheryl A. Shiber, formerly of Teaneck, NJ, took the reins August 2. She met the public at an August 4 village board meeting.Panchyshyn received accolades from trustees and employees, as mayor James Kenny presented a plaque recognizing 31 years of dedicated service to Monticello. Formerly director of public works, Panchyshyn served as interim manager since July 1996. Upon that appointment he announced plans to relocate to Tennessee this month. The first permanently appointed female manager in the village's 188-year history, Shiber thanked Panchyshyn for showing her the ropes. "I think I'll be able to hit the ground running now," she said. Village clerk Edith Schop, who has served previously as interim manager, was the first woman to hold the position. Earning $47,500 per year, plus $1500 travel expenses and moving expenses, Shiber's contract calls for her to available at Village Hall during business hours and to perform specified duties. Kenny and Shiber signed the contract Monday night. "We welcome you to the village. We look forward to working for you, working with you," Kenny remarked. Honesty and optimism were two traits Kenny cited which caused the board to select Shiber from the pool of candidates. Shiber earned a masters of public administration from Seton Hall University, and a bachelors in environmental studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. Her resume boasts three years in municipal government management, including two as assistant business administrator of the 24,000-resident Township of Mahwah, NJ; and one as an intern to the township administrator of Warren Township, NJ. From 1991 to 1994, she managed the academic computer center at Seton Hall. From 1989 to 1990, according to her resume, Shiber represented the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, lecturing on ecology, solid waste management, and nature. Shiber is on the executive committee of the Kayak & Canoe Club of New York, and a member of several whitewater organizations.
"There's a safety problem now, and they only see that as getting worse," Rosenberg added, agreeing with a statement by deputy mayor Gary Sommers that the village board has not given approval for use of village water for the proposed superstore's sprinkler system, despite public assertions to the contrary by eager town officials. Trustee Monis Brafman voiced interest in discussing locating a solid waste incinerator in the village, and said he "took umbrage" at Sullivan County commissioner of general services Harvey Smith's failure to return a phone call to discuss the matter. Assemblyman Jacob Gunther got board support for a proposed speed-up of NYS improvements to Route 42 in the village, including portions of Broadway. Shiber said the funds are for street paving, sidewalks, lights, public spaces, curbs, benches, and the like. Rosenberg urged appointing a committee to "take a full-blast look at the streetscape." A request by Faye's Drug for an easement to place electric cables across Village Hall property was disapproved, requiring that it run underground.
Board members voted to forgive unpaid taxes for 1978-79 to Jeanette Shapiro, who wrote a letter claiming she paid the bill. Only Rosenberg objected. "It may be unfair to ask someone to keep 20 years worth of records, but we keep ours," he asserted. Jesse York of the Sullivan County Million Man March Community Action Organization was given permission to hold a meeting at the neighborhood facility on August 6. York asked if any part of $15,000 in state grants to the village recreation department could be used to help build a basketball court. 
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