Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the town of Catskill is looking at the advantages of changing the job of highway superintendent from an elected position to an appointed one. Catskill Town Supervisor Joseph Leggio said Tues., Dec. 2, the town is now able to consider the potential for achieving efficiencies by combining highway and other duties into a Superintendent of Public Works position. The change would require voter approval. Leggio said while the state's focus is always on consolidation of services to save money, it would never be possible for the town and village of Catskill to share highway and public works services as long as the village has an appointed position and the town an elected one. The current highway superintendent will retire Dec. 31, with one more year left in his term. The consensus among the board was the proposal should be brought to the voters, given the potential financial savings that could result from the change. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.