Village of Hamilton v. Town of Madison

Proceeding initiated in this Court pursuant to General Municipal Law § 712 to determine whether the proposed annexation of property now located in the Town of Madison to the Village of Hamilton is in the overall public interest.

In December 2011, Wesley Wendt Sr. petitioned the parties’ respective governing bodies to have 1.59 acres of uninhabited land owned by him and located in the Town of Madison annexed to the Village of Hamilton. A joint hearing was held, following which petitioner’s Board of Trustees passed a resolution approving the annexation and respondent’s Town Board passed a…