Upgrades include new roof, siding, drainage and security
Putnam County completed renovations at the Board of Elections building in Carmel last month that include a new roof, landscaping, siding, drainage, security, Americans with Disabilities accessibility and signs.
The upgrades were made with money from a $2 million facilities fund created by the county last year.
“The improvements made to the BOE are a crucial step in ensuring that our electoral system is safeguarded,” Legislator Nancy Montgomery, a Democrat who represents Philipstown and part of Putnam Valley, said in a statement. “Thank you to all the hardworking Department of Public Works crews and Information Technology Department employees who made this possible, and to the county executive for prioritizing infrastructure investments.”
The building is named for the late Robert Bennett, a Kent resident who was the Democratic election commissioner for 37 years, from 1976 to 2013.
