Clay Town Board Adopts Permit-Fee Law, Advances $30 Million Micron Host Agreement for Fab 1

Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ • Board approved Local Law No. 7 of 2026, the "Large-Scale Development Permit and Community Host Agreement Authorization Law," 6-0, letting developers of projects costing $100 million or more voluntarily enter Community Host Agreements instead of paying standard permit fees.
• ◆ • Officials said the existing fee formula ($100 for the first $1,000 of project value, $7 per $1,000 after) conflicts with a state requirement that permit fees cover only the town's service costs, and becomes unworkable at billion-dollar scale; the new law takes effect once filed with the New York Secretary of State.
• ◆ • The board held an informational hearing on a proposed Community Host Agreement with Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC, covering only Fab 1 of Micron's planned four-factory, $51 billion Clay campus.
• ◆ • Presentation materials describe a three-year, $30 million agreement: $20 million paid to the town over three annual installments plus $10 million in Green Chips Act funding directed exclusively to Clay.
• ◆ • The minutes give two different figures for Fab 1's cost and associated fee — $89 billion/$69 million during the public hearing discussion versus $8.9 billion/$62 million in the presentation slides — a discrepancy the minutes do not resolve.
• ◆ • Resident Shelly Hotaling cited different figures still — $15 million for fees/inspections and $6 million for the town — and asked that the agreement go to a public vote; Deputy Supervisor Bick said it would not go to referendum but resident input would factor into the process.
• ◆ • Residents raised concerns about construction trucks on Morgan Road, noise and water mitigation tied to state DEC requirements, and requested infrastructure spending on public sewers, low-cost housing, and Meltzer Park restrooms; one resident proposed a citizens advisory board.
• ◆ • Deputy Supervisor Bick moved a resolution approving the Community Host Agreement with Micron, seconded by Councilor David Capria; the minutes do not record a specific vote tally for that motion before adjournment.
• ◆ • The meeting, chaired by Deputy Supervisor Joseph Bick in the absence of Supervisor Damian Ulatowski, adjourned 6-0 at 6:17 P.M.