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Accounts Payable
​Director:  Ronald Caponera
Chief Accounts Payable Clerk:
     Heddy Rozs
​
401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-822-1114
​Fax:  518-828-1991
​Email:  ronald.caponera@columbiacountyny.com
                                               adela.rozs@columbiacountyny.com
Board of elections
Commissioners:
     Republican:  
Kelly Miller-Simmons
      Democratic:  Ken Dow

Deputy Commissioners:
     Democratic:
  Diane Boice-Yorck
      Republican:  ​Dineen Panadis

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3115
Fax:  518-828-2624
Email:      ken.dow@columbiacountyny.com 
                  kelly.miller-simmons@columbiacountyny.com
                      diane.boice-yorck@columbiacountyny.com
                       dineen.panadis@columbiacountyny.com
                 Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/elections/                   ​
Board of supervisors
Chairman:  Matt B. Murell
Clerk of the Board:  Kelly  S. Baccaro
Deputy Clerk:  
​
401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-1527
Fax:  518-822-0684
Email:          matt.murell@columbiacountyny.com
​                                  kelly.baccaro@columbiacountyny.com
​                    
central services
​Purchasing Agent:  Michael Myers
Inventory Clerk: Marissa Hogencamp

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-2031
Fax:  518-828-1717
Email:     michael.myers@columbiacountyny.com
              marissa.hogencamp@columbiacountyny.com
Civil Service Commission
Chairman:  Cathy Hogencamp
Commissioner:  Elena Mosely
Commissioner:  M. Kathleen Nabozny
Administrator:  Rebecca Vinchiarello

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-6622
​Fax:  518-822-0461
Email: CCCivilservice@columbiacountyny.com
​
Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/civilservice/
Coroner
​Michael Blasl
Daniel Herrick
Bernadette Powis

85 Industrial Tract
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-1263
Controller/Auditor
Controller/Auditor:  Ronald Caponera
Director of Accounting and Auditing: 
Cassandra Wood

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-8561
Email:  ronald.caponera@columbiacountyny.com
                           C
assey.wood@columbiacountyny.com​

Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/columbia-county-controller/home
County Attorney
County Attorney:  Robert Fitzsimmons
Assistant County Attorneys:
Christopher J. Muller
Christopher J. Watz
Lynelle Hopkins
​Heidi Cochrane

401 State Street
Ste. 2B
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3303
Fax:  518-828-9535
County Clerk
​County Clerk:  Holly Tanner
Deputy County Clerk:  Patrizia Gallo

560 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3339
Fax:  518-828-5299
Email:           holly.tanner@columbiacountyny.com
​                                            patty.gallo@columbiacountyny.com


​Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/columbia-county-clerk/
district attorney
​District Attorney:  Paul Czajka
Assistant District Attorneys:
James Carlucci
Carl Whitbeck Jr.
Ryan Carty
Joyce Crawford
Kristine Kline
​Sean Lally


325 Columbia Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3414​

Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/district_attorney/
emergency management
​EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Director:  David Harrison, Jr.
Industrial Tract
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-1212
Fax:  518-828-1279
Email: david.harrison@columbiacountysheriff.us
emergency medical services
EMS Coordinator:  P.J. Keeler

85 Industrial Tract
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-822-8610  Ext 2
Fax:  518-828-2790
​Email:           info@ccemscoordinator.com
Engineering
​Director:  Dean Knox

Route 23B
PO Box 324
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-7011
Fax:  518-828-8401
​Email:             dean.knox@columbiacountyny.com
ethics board
​Chairman: Richard H. A. Washburn

Mailing Address: 
​Columbia County  Board of Ethics 
C/O Board of Supervisors
401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534


​Email: ​
BoardofEthics@columbiacountyny.com
facilities division
​Director:  Brian McDonald

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-0871
Fax:  518-828-2245
​Email:          brian.mcdonald@columbiacountyny.com
fair housing department
​Director: William Fisher
​
401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel: 518-828-0342
fire coordinator
​Coordinator:  George Keeler
85 Industrial Tract
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-822-8610  Ext 1
Fax:  518-828-2790
Email:     firecoordinator@columbiacountyny.com
​​
Website: https://www.columbiacountyny.com/firecoordinator.html
foil officer
​Foil Officer: Kelly S. Baccaro

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
​Tel: 518-828-1527
​Email: Kelly.Baccaro@columbiacountyny.com
highway division
​Superintendent of Highways:
Anthony 'Tony' DeMarco

Route 23B
PO Box 324
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-7011
Fax:  518-828-8740
Email: anthony.demarco@columbiacountyny.com​
historian
Historian:  William Better
william.better@columbiacountyny.com
Human Resources
Director:  Michaele Williams-Riordon

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-4086
Fax:  518-828-4063
Email: 
​ michaele.williams-riordon@columbiacountyny.com
human services - mental health center
Interim Director:  Daniel Almassi

325 Columbia Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Clinic - Dept of Human Services
                                                3rd floor
​

Tel:  518-828-9446
Fax:  518-828-9450 (clinic fax)
Fax:  518-828-8096 (admin fax)
​Email: Dan.Almassi@columbiacountyny.com

​
Website:  www.columbiacountymhc.com/
managed information systems (MIS)
Chief Technology Officer:
Richard Juliano

​15 N. 6th Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-822-0721
Fax:  518-828-5623
Email:      richard.juliano@columbiacountyny.com
motor vehicle department
County Commissioner:  Holly Tanner
Deputy:  Stacy Wendelken

560 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3350
Fax:  518-828-5549
​Email:           holly.tanner@columbiacountyny.com
​

Website:  dmv.ny.gov/office/hudson
Office for the aging
Administrator:  Kevin McDonald

325 Columbia Street
Suite 231
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-4258
Fax:  518-822-0010
​Email:  kevin.mcdonald@columbiacountyny.com
​

​
Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/columbia-county-office-for-the-aging/
payroll
​Director:  Dawn Evans
Chief Payroll Clerk:  Tacy  Schunk

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-7002
Fax:  518-828-1991
​Email:  dawn.evans@columbiacountyny.com
​                              tacy.schunk@columbiacountyny.com
planning
Director:  Patrice Perry
Sr. Planner:  Donald Meltz

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3375
Fax:  518-828-2825
Email:       patrice.perry@columbiacountyny.com
probation department 
​Director:  Vincent Doto

610 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-4126
Fax:  518-828-2957
Email:          vincent.doto@columbiacountyny.com
public defender
Public Defender:  Shane Zoni
1st Assistant Public Defender:
Michael C. Howard
Assistant Public Defenders:
Ian Crimmins
Jessica Howser
Kimberly Prince Walsh
 Kenneth Cranna
Stephen Barry

610 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3410
Fax:  518-828-4076​     ​​
public health department
​Director:  Jack Mabb

325 Columbia Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3358
Fax:  518-828-5894
Emergency after hours & weekend number:  518-828-3344

Website:  
https://www.columbiacountynyhealth.com/​
real property tax service agency
​REAL PROPERTY TAX
​ SERVICE AGENCY

Director:  Suzette Booy
Deputy Director:  Judith Bender
Tax Map Supervisor:  Jane DeGennaro

560 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-7334
Email:       suzette.booy@columbiacountyny.com
                                judith.bender@columbiacountyny.com
​                         jane.degennaro@columbiacountyny.com


Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/columbia-county-real-property-tax/
Sealer of Weights & MEasures
Director:   Suzanne Tiano
​401 State Street 

​Hudson, NY 12534

Email: suzanne.tiano@columbiacountyny.com
​Tel:  518-697-8291
sheriff's office
Sheriff:  David P. Bartlett
Undersheriff:  John W. Davi
EMERGENCY?    Dial 911

​​
85 Industrial Tract

Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3344
Fax:  518-828-9088
Website:  
www.columbiacountysheriff.us/
​

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social services
​Commissioner:  Robert Gibson
Deputy Commissioner:  Michelle
                                                                        Ublacker
Deputy Commissioner:  Charlotte Fuss

25 Railroad Avenue
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-9411
Fax:  518-828-9412
solid waste division
​Director:  Jolene Race

51 Newman Road
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-2737
Fax:  518-828-2245
Email:            jolene.race@columbiacountyny.com
​

Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/columbia-county-solid-waste/home/
Stop dwi
​Coordinator:  Reginald Crowley

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-0052
Email:  reginald.crowley@columbiacountyny.com
​
Website:  www.stopdwi.org/home
tourism 
Administrator:  Ann Cooper
Deputy Administrator:  Adam Miller

401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3375
Fax:  518-828-2825
​Email:           ann.cooper@columbiacountyny.com
traffic safety board
Executive Secretary:  Tim Nixon

PO Box 324
Hudson, New York 12534
Tel: 518-828-7011

​​Email: timothy.nixon@columbiacountyny.com
treasurer
​Treasurer:  P.J. Keeler
Deputy Treasurer:   Michele Fuchs

15 N. 6th Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-0513
Fax:  518-822-1110

Website:  sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/treasurer/
veterans services agency
​Director:  Gary Flaherty

389 Fairview Avenue, Suite 8
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-3610
Fax:  518-828-0410
​Email:        gary.flaherty@columbiacountyny.com
youth bureau 
Director:  Jessica Nabozny

25 Railroad Avenue
Hudson, NY 12534
Email:  
jessica.nabozny@columbiacountyny.com
Tel:  518-828-9411 ext. 2107
**Answering message will say the Department of Social Services - Dial extension 2107 when prompted.**
911 Department
​Director:  Robert Lopez

85 Industrial Tract
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel:  518-828-1263
Fax:  518-828-9088
​Email:         robert.lopez@columbiacountyny.com
​

​
Website:  www.columbiacounty911.com/
Soil  & Water
Executive Director: Laura Sager

Columbia County Soil & Water Conservation District
1024 State Route 66
Ghent, NY 12075

Office Hours: M-F: 8:00AM-4:30PM

Phone: 518-828-4386 -  Option 5
Website: ​http://www.ccswcd.org/www.ccswcd.org/
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