Town of Schaghticoke

What Town of Schaghticoke does

The Town of Schaghticoke is a municipal government entity in Rensselaer County, New York, organized by an act of the New York State Legislature in 1788. It provides a full portfolio of statutory local-government services to residents of the Town and the incorporated Village of Schaghticoke (Harts Falls, incorporated 1867), including public safety coordination, highway maintenance, water and sewer services, code enforcement, building inspection, stormwater management, dog control, property assessment, tax collection, town court operations, and community recreation programs such as a summer day camp. The Town is governed by an elected Town Board (Supervisor plus four Council members), with additional elected officers including Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Highway Superintendent, and two Town Justices.

Operations are administered by approximately 10 staff from a Town Hall located at 290 Northline Drive, Melrose, NY 12121. The Town operates a government-information website (townofschaghticoke.gov) that serves as a centralized digital portal for residents to access department directories, meeting agendas and minutes, public notices, forms, calendars, and local events; the website also links to a digital meeting platform (digitaltowpath.net) for board-meeting details. Recent activity includes adoption of a $710,000 bond resolution (July 2026) to finance the Barton Road culvert replacement, a proposed new noise-control local law (Chapter 92), and active land-use review of a ProLine Power subdivision application.

The entity is funded through property taxes, state aid, and municipal fees rather than commercial sales; fee structures disclosed include a $100 summer day camp rate for town/village residents and $280 for non-residents. As a municipal body it holds statutory monopoly authority over its service area, has no parent company, and is not subject to private-equity or venture-capital ownership.

Name

Town of Schaghticoke

Legal name

Town of Schaghticoke

Website

https://townofschaghticoke.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1788

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Town of Schaghticoke is a municipal government in Rensselaer County, New York (founded 1788) that provides statutory local services—including highway maintenance, water/sewer, code enforcement, tax collection, and town court operations—to residents from a Town Hall in Melrose, NY, staffed by approximately 10 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB), Planning, Zoning, Permitting & Code Enforcement (BPAIACAE), Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Local public administration
• Highway infrastructure maintenance
• Water and sewer services
• Community recreation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Melrose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Town of Schaghticoke provides essential municipal services to town and village residents, including public safety coordination, highway and infrastructure maintenance, water and sewer services, code enforcement and stormwater management, property assessment and tax collection, dog control, town court, and community recreation programs such as the summer youth day camp. The town's central website acts as a digital portal aggregating information, forms, meeting agendas, public notices, and department contacts for residents.

Product overview

Town of Schaghticoke operates a government website (townofschaghticoke.gov) that serves as a digital portal for municipal services and information. The website provides access to town departments (Assessor, Building Inspector, Code Enforcement, Dog Control, Highway Department, Receiver of Taxes, Town Clerk, Historian, Youth Commission, Water & Sewer), government boards and committees, public notices, meeting agendas and minutes, forms, community resources, public safety information, and local events. The platform functions as a centralized hub for citizens to access government services, download forms, view calendars, and stay informed about town activities and announcements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Summer Day Camp Program
• Highway Department Road and Infrastructure Maintenance
• Water and Sewer Department Services
• Code Enforcement and Stormwater Management
• Dog Control Services
• Schaghticoke Town Court
• Property Assessment and Tax Collection
• Town Clerk Records and Licensing Services Maintenance of official town records, meeting minutes, public notices, vital records, and issuance of licenses and permits, delivered by the elected Town Clerk and Deputy Town Clerk.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Rensselaer County, NY: County government that oversees and partially funds Schaghticoke's operations, providing a direct hierarchical comparison of municipal services at a broader geographic scale.
• Town of Clifton Park, NY: Larger Saratoga County town serving as a regional incumbent with more developed digital services and broader commercial tax base, but operating the same small-town municipal model in the same Capital Region market.
• Town of Halfmoon, NY: Saratoga County town operating a similar municipal service portfolio but with a larger population and tax base, serving as a scaled benchmark for Schaghticoke's potential growth path.

Direct peers

• Town of Pittstown, NY: Neighboring Rensselaer County town with similar rural character, comparable staffing scale, and overlapping municipal service responsibilities.
• Town of Sand Lake, NY: Adjacent Rensselaer County town with directly comparable population size, governance structure, and municipal service offerings to Schaghticoke.
• Town of Brunswick, NY: Adjacent town in Rensselaer County, NY with comparable municipal structure, similar population scale, and overlapping service portfolio including highway, water/sewer, and code enforcement.
• Town of Hoosick, NY: Rensselaer County town operating the same New York town-government model with highway, water, planning, and community program services at a similar scale.
• Town of Stillwater, NY: Saratoga County town of similar size and rural-residential mix, offering a directly comparable set of highway, water, planning, and code enforcement services.
• Town of North Greenbush, NY: Adjacent Rensselaer County town with directly comparable municipal services, suburban-residential character, and equivalent governance structure.
• Town of East Greenbush, NY: Neighboring Rensselaer County town offering the same array of municipal services (highway, water/sewer, planning, zoning) to a similar residential base in upstate New York.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/town-of-schaghticoke

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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