The New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers (ASAP) recently announced the election of Jeremy Klemanski as the association’s new board president.

He will serve a two-year term and succeeds Anne Constantino, CEO of Buffalo–based Horizon Health Services, as the ASAP board’s leader.

Klemanski has served for 15 years as president and CEO of Syracuse–based Helio Health, “transforming it into one of the larger and more successful addiction treatment providers in the state,” according to an ASAP news release.

 Klemanski will help lead ASAP’s advocacy efforts, including “the fight for more resources to combat the public health crisis of overdose and addiction.” 

“A major investment in our system is necessary to match the magnitude of the public health crisis of addiction and overdose. We need dedicated funding from the billions of dollars in anticipated settlements with the opioid pharmaceutical manufacturers, resources to recruit and retain workers to meet the overwhelming patient demand, and reimbursements that reflect the full cost of care,” Klemanski said in the release. 

He is a graduate of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. Klemanski’s work is focused on increasing access to care and the quality of care in the Helio Health System, which is currently comprised of Helio Health, Central New York Service, and Insight House. He is also one of a group of partners leading the Central New York Behavioral Health Care Collaboration working to form a Behavioral Health IPA in upstate New York. 

ASAP is a statewide association of provider agencies, professionals, families, behavioral health networks and stakeholders committed to advocacy, education, and training, to increase support for substance use disorder services, to improve patient care, and to support sustainable recovery.

SOLVAY — The 21,600-square-foot retail building located at 511 Charles Avenue in Solvay was recently sold. 

Self-Storage Solutions purchased the property from Richard Ladouceur, of Camillus, in September for $325,000. 

Lee Salvetti, of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company, exclusively marketed the property, and represented the seller in this sale transaction, according to a news release from the real-estate firm.

The Charles Avenue building is located on 1.34 acres of land, according to Onondaga County’s online property records. The property is assessed at $523,000 in 2019.  

COHOCTON — The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) on Sept. 12 granted approval to Baron Winds LLC (Baron Winds) to build and operate a wind facility in Steuben County. 

The Siting Board’s decision followed a “rigorous review and robust public participation process to ensure that the Southern Tier wind farm meets or exceeds all siting requirements,” according to a release from the Siting Board.

The 242-megawatt (MW) Baron Winds project will include up to 68 high-capacity, 492-foot tall wind turbines, with associated electrical collection lines, access roads, meteorological towers, an operation and maintenance building, and a collection substation. Eleven of the turbines will be 2.625 MW and the remaining 57 will be 3.675 MW. The project will be located in the towns of Cohocton, Dansville, Fremont, and Wayland in Steuben County. The plan is to interconnect to the state’s electrical grid along the New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in the town of Cohocton, the release stated.

The project will include the construction of about 16.5 miles of access roads to access the turbine locations, 31 miles of underground collection lines, a collection substation, and a point of interconnection with the electric grid through the existing 230 kV Canandaigua switching station owned and operated by NYSEG. It will also have up to four permanent meteorological towers each about 328 feet tall, up to two temporary staging areas for construction, and a 4,000- to 6,000-square-foot operation and maintenance building.

The facility will be located on privately leased rural land that could continue to be used for farming, forestry, and other comparable uses, the Siting Board said. As described by the developer, the project would have a major positive economic impact on the host communities, including creating 117 direct jobs in construction and construction-related services in the state, with workers earning a total of about $5.8 million. The applicant also estimated that the facility would generate 10 onsite jobs during the annual operation of the facility, with earnings of about $300,000 to $400,000. The applicant also estimated that 22 construction jobs would be created specifically in Steuben County, with estimated earnings of $1 million.

The Siting Board examiners determined that the wind farm will be “a beneficial addition to the electric generation capacity of the State and is consistent with the State’s energy policy and planning objectives,” per the release. The facility will also serve the goals of improving fuel diversity, grid reliability, and modernization of grid infrastructure. 

Local governments will receive PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) funds of about $25.7 million over 20 years. Host towns will also receive payments estimated to total up to about $12 million over 20 years under community agreements. Participating landowners will also receive payments under agreements with the applicant.