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Before Fred could make that leap he started his own construction

company, A-Okay Home Improvement. He also worked part-time for

the Schodack Central Schools as a maintenance man/bus driver.

So how did he end up behind the super’s desk?

“I started by fulfilling the term of the previous highway superintend-

ent who resigned. They appointed me in November 2006 and I ran for

election the next year. I was on the town planning board for several years

so they [town board] knew I had a highway background. I also had 12

years with Rensselaer County Highway Department. Prior to that, I

worked two years part-time for other towns.

“I wanted the job because I wanted to be my own boss. Make my own

rules, my own mistakes, good or bad. I wanted to make my own deci-

sions. At that time, I had enough time in this town and knew enough

about it that I thought I could help.

“Now here I am in my 8th year. I’ll probably stay until I’m 62 if I get

re-elected. I’m 54 now. There hasn’t been opposition in the past, but you

never know. According to the records I’ve seen, I’m the second-longest

running highway superintendent. If I run for re-election and win, I’ll be

the longest.”

Fred and his bride, Lani, are still newlyweds. While only married for

a year, they’ve been together for 15.

“Actually it’s a funny story. When we were young our families

camped together. She would always run away from me. ‘There’s little

Freddie, the pain in the neck.’ Lani was good friends with my cousin and

after she got divorced she started going camping with us again. One day

she was ready to leave and I asked my cousin if she’d ask Lani if she

wanted to get ice cream or go out with me sometime. I saw the look on

her face. She went over to the car and came back laughing. I took that as

a no. Another year later and finally…”

Fred is a member of the New York State Association of Town

Superintendents of Highways and vice president of the Rensselaer

continued on page 18

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The town of Nassau highway department crew (L-R) is Earl Hammell (MEO2); Bob Gile (senior mechanic/temporary deputy highway superintend-ent); Rich Stevens (MEOH); Stephen Fleming (laborer); Jeremy Hunt (laborer); Roger Latham (laborer); Scott Miller (MEOH); and Don Denue(MEOH/temporary foreman).


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County Association of Town Superintendents of Highways. In his

spare time he enjoys outdoor activities.

“Hunting, fishing, camping and hiking. Not so much hunting any-

more because I don’t need the food. When I was younger I actually

needed it.”

When he finally does hang up his superintendent’s hat Fred wants to

be remembered as “being concerned and caring and improving the town

while staying within the budget. I listened to the residents’ concerns and

addressed them the best I could.”

All About the JobAs the highway department’s “top dog,” Fred is responsible for main-

taining the town’s 62.5 lane miles of road; 30 of which are gravel and

the rest are paved. That translates into seven plowing routes that take

about three to four hours to complete.

“I remember those first few winters. They were rough. I didn’t real-

ize that we had trucks that were 20-plus years old that wouldn’t start and

wouldn’t run. There were hydraulic issues. I actually had to borrow

trucks from other towns and shuffle things around.”

Good thing he doesn’t have that problem anymore. Last winter 99

inches of snow fell on the town. That meant lots of salt. “Our salt shed

holds 2,000 tons. In 2013, we emptied it three times.”

An eight-man crew helps Fred serve the town’s 5,000 residents. His

staff includes Bob Giles, senior mechanic; Don Denue (MEOH/tempo-

rary foreman); Scott Miller and Rich Stevens (MEOHs); Earl Hammel

(MEO2); and Steven Fleming, Roger Latham and Jeremy Hunt (labor-

ers).

“I’m supposed to have one laborer, a truck driver and a heavy equip-

ment foreman, but we had a lot of attrition this year. Guys resigned to go

for better jobs and my working foreman retired. Right now I don’t have

a foreman or a deputy highway superintendent. That will change come

next year’s construction season. Two of my guys have been here just

over a year. When the other guys left I bumped them up to HEOs to get

them running equipment and performing foreman duties. The newbies

don’t have their CDL yet.

“I’m fortunate with these guys. They’ve lowered my stress signifi-

cantly. I constantly tell them to do their job. Realize that you’re a public

employee and you have to show respect no matter what and keep up the

good work.”

Under Fred’s dutiful eye, the town of Nassau’s highway department

runs on a total operating budget of $1,057,365.80 that includes salaries,

employee benefits and an annual CHIPS allocation of $124,998.

To fulfill its responsibilities the department uses a convoy of equip-

ment consisting of:

• 1966 Ford tractor Model 3400 with truck broom

• 1980 Cat 120G motorgrader with 2001 York rake

• 1984 International dump truck with Sampson and wing plows

• 1988 Ford tractor Model 6610 with rotary mower head

• 1989 International dump truck with Sampson and wing plows

• 1990 Mack RD 690S tandem (no plow)

• 1990 John Deere 544E wheeled front-end loader

• 1990 Cat front-end tracked loader

• 1993 Mack RD 690S tandem with dump body and Viking plow

• 1995 Cat 140H motorgrader with 1985 York rake

• 1995 Hamm 12-ton vibratory dirt/asphalt roller

• 1999 Samsung 170W rubber-tire excavator

• 2005 Ford F350 with flatbed and plow

• 2008 Ford F350 PU with plow

• 2009 Chevy 3500Hd with Fisher plow and Swenson sander


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When asked how he budgets for new equipment Fred admitted, “I

don’t. That’s the truth. We’re a poor town and it’s a struggle to pay the

bills. The problem with our town is we have two villages and all the tax

money goes to them. We have two businesses [in the town] — Camp

Schodack and Burden Lake Country Club. All the others are in the vil-

lage so it’s hard to generate tax money.”

Fred primarily use state contracts to buy equipment.

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automatically use the contract. There are multiple vendors for regions

and product. Nowadays, you can piggyback off other counties and

towns. You can use state, county and town contracts if they’re worded

correctly. Our senior mechanic, Bobby, also saves us a lot of money.

He’s a great welder/fabricator. A tailgate went on one of our Macks. To

buy a new one was about $4,000, Bobby bought the metal and made it

for $800.”

Fred hopes to add a backhoe to his fleet soon.

“We don’t currently own one. Instead, we have a wheeled excavator

with a huge arm but it’s not really applicable to a lot of things we do.

That’s going to be the challenge around here for the next few years —

to come up with equipment replacement and maintenance programs.

We’ve been working on it, but the economy has to turn around. It’s cre-

ative budgeting and a little juggling so you can use your unexpended

funds.”

While Fred agrees that today’s vehicles are more efficient, they’re

also harder to work on.

“As we improve our fleet we’ll probably have to send them out for

major engine work and things like that because of all the pollution con-

trol and electronics on them.”

Technology also has impacted Fred’s job.

“Everything is done electronically. I keep track of everything — fuel,

salt, equipment. I do three- to five-year averages. Doing so helps out

budget-wise, too. That’s the problem with a lot of the highway superin-

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the technology helps you to plan these programs and you can keep track,

why wouldn’t you want to?”

Looking back, the most rewarding part of the job thus far for Fred has

been widening some of the town roads.

“There used to be an old dirt road where school buses would literally

continued on page 42An ice storm in wreaks havoc in Nassau.

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the northern part of the town in 1790. He held several important offices

and served in the State Assembly in 1812 or 1813.

The earliest lawyer in the town of whom there is any record was

Samuel B. Ludlow, who opened an office in Nassau after 1815. Soon

after, lawyers Cyrus Mason and Henry Ludlow were also in practice.

Fenner Ferguson, a native of the town, was admitted to the bar in 1838,

but soon after removed to Michigan, where he became a territorial judge

and a delegate to Congress. Later attorneys included Judge Hugh W.

McClellan, Robert H. McClellan, a former Surrogate; Judge B. Smith

Strait. General John B. Wool resided in Nassau for many years as did

John A. Griswold. Griswold, born in Nassau in 1818, moved to Troy,

New York where he became Mayor, United States Congressman and

candidate for Governor of New York.

The first official town meeting in Nassau was held April 1, 1807, the

day following the organization of the town by the Legislature under the

name of Philipstown. The meeting was held at the tavern of Pliny Miller.

In true democratic form, the following were chosen as the first officers

of Nassau:

Supervisor, Jonathan Hoag; Town Clerk, William C. Elmore;

Assessors, Fenner Palmer, Joseph Finch, Elijah Adams, Joseph S. Gale,

Titus Huested; Collector, Charles Mason; Overseers of the Poor, Samuel

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residents fought in the War of the Revolution. Among the early settlers

who served their country in this struggle were Major Abijah Bush,

Simeon Griswold, Dr. James H. Ball, Robert J. W. Burroughs and Guy

Lester.

In the War of 1812, Nassau was well represented. Major-General

John B. Wool, one of the most respected soldiers in eastern New York in

those days; Captain Simeon Tifft, Captain David St. John, Rensselaer

Bateman, Reuben Rogers, Varnum Babcock, Jacob Cole, Jeremiah Tift,

Thomas Tobias, Isaac Wheeler and George Launt fought to protect the

early Republic.

Nassau sent her full quota of men to the front during the Civil War

and a large share of them lost their lives in the service. The list of those

dying to protect the Union included: Jonathan Hoag, Judson Hoag,

Rensselaer Palmer, Edward Stickles, Eleazer Knap, Marshal C. Knap,

Asbury Bacchus, Arnold Dennis, Charles H. Ashley, Noah Ashley, Paul

Roberts, Peter Roberts, Palmer W. Dunham, George Horton, Thomas H.

Payne, James Brown, Darius Morris, James Dodge, Cyrus Gardner,

Lyman Ostrom, Russell D. Ashley, Hiram Hotaling, Willard Reed,

George Bailey, William Lasher, George Sheldon, Herman Beckstine,

William Shofelt, Washington L. Taylor, Henry J. Knap, Henry Loppy,

Andrew Trumble and Ceno Ooh.

Nassau has proudly continued her service to our nation sending

numerous men and women to protect freedom and America’s shores

through the wars and engagements of the last 200 years.

From its earliest days to the recent past, Nassau was essentially an

agricultural town. However, early inhabitants took advantage of the

splendid water power afforded by the various streams flowing through

the town. The first manufacturing enterprise of which there is any

knowledge was the grist mill of John W. Schermerhorn, at the outlet of

Tsatsawassa Lake. Soon after this mill was established a tannery was

started by Jesse Smith. About 1778 Morgan Harris operated a large grist

mill at East Nassau. Soon after 1800 Winthrop Root had a tannery at the

same place, and about the same time a collar factory at that point was

operated by Peter Van Buren, James Turner, Erastus Hemingway and

others. An early saw mill and grist mill in the area of the Village of

Nassau was run by Fenner Palmer. This was burned in 1817 but was

afterward rebuilt. About 1830 William P. Hermance had a significant

carriage factory in the Village of Nassau where for a quarter of a centu-

ry or more from thirty to forty men were given lucrative employment.

The extensive paper mills of J. D. Tompkins on Kinderhook Creek, near

Brainard, were established about 1847 by John B. and Peter C.

Tompkins, who began the manufacture of straw paper there. The site

was occupied early in the century by Marks’s saw mill and subsequent-

ly Page’s shingle factory was added. The mill was enlarged in 1854,

under the proprietorship of Mr. Davis. These mills for a long time were

one of the principal industries of the county outside of Troy. Another

paper mill was established about 1855 by John Bullis the Village of

Nassau. Gershom Turner had an early cotton factory at Brainard. ln 1842

the Nassau cotton mills at Brainard were established by Seth Hastings of

Albany. James Allen started a major foundry in the environs of the

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time, but these mentioned have contributed most prominently to the for-

mation of Nassau as it entered the 20th Century.

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ious parts of the United States and other countries. The village received

its first charter March 12, 1819. A new charter was granted April 17,

1866, conferring additional powers and duties upon the village. The post

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ClearSpan’s American-made, triple-galvanized steel frames are unaf-fected by the corrosive nature of salt, and the fabric cover eliminates anyanxiety of rot or rust. These structures can be installed on a pony wall ordirectly into the ground, both of which eliminate the need to install cost-ly concrete foundations. In a pony-wall style, the structure is mounteddirectly onto concrete blocks, which provide additional height and alsoreduce the risk of tearing the bottom fabric when working with frontloaders or other large bucket vehicles. ClearSpan buildings includestamped engineered drawings for all necessary structures, and eachbuilding is designed to meet local wind and snow loads. ClearSpan fab-ric structures not only come at a low cost per square foot, but the long-term advantages of these buildings save money down the road, accord-ing to the company.

For more information, call 866/643-1010 or visitwww.ClearSpan.com.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web

site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

With the triple-galvanized steel frame of a ClearSpan fabric structure, there is no need to worryabout the corrosive nature of the salt, and each structure features the maximum amount of stor-age space possible.


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East Nassau is located in the southeastern part of the town on the

Kinderhook Creek. John W. Schermerhorn was one of its most conspic-

uous early inhabitants, and in his honor the hamlet for many years was

known as Schermerhorn’s. Mr. Schermerhorn was the proprietor of the

First tavern at East Nassau. Pliny Miller was another early innkeeper.

William Root opened a general store there as early as 1780. The post-

office was established about 1830 with Jared Root as postmaster.

Hoag’s Corners is situated in the northeastern part of the town on

Tsatsawassa Creek. Its early inhabitants and industries were a vital part

of Nassau’s early development. Robert Martin and William Hoag were

early tavern keepers there, beginning business about 1822. Mr. Martin

also had the first store in the Hoag’s Corners, running it in connection

with his hotel. The area’s post office was established in 1835 with

William B. Hoag as postmaster.

Brainard is in the southeastern corner of the town and was named in

honor of Joseph Brainard, who built a bridge over the Kinderhook

Creek at that point. lt was first called Brainard’s Bridge. The Nassau

cotton mills, for many years a prominent industry of the town, were

located there in 1842. Gershom Turner is said to have been the first pro-

prietor of a store at this point and the first tavern was kept by Henry

Stoddard about 1810 or1812.

Dunham Hollow is located in the northeastern part of the town. lt

was named after Isaac Dunham, who settled there about 1800 and built

a hotel and saw mill. An early hoe factory was owned by Jacob White

and the first saw mill by a man named Adams. The first store was

owned by Joshua Coleman.

North Nassau is in the northern part of the town. The first tavern was

kept by a man named Burdick about 1810. William C. Elmore had an

early store and tavern there. The post office was established about 1844

with James H. Ball as postmaster.

Alps, so named on account of the mountainous character of the area

in which it is situated, occupies the northeastern corner of the town of

Miller’s Corners is a small hamlet in the northwestern corner of the

town. P

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ADMAR SUPPLY ............................................................21

ADVANCED STORAGE TECHNOLOGY........................40

ALTERNATIVE HEATING LLC........................................20

AMERICAN EQUIPMENT LLC ......................................20

AMERICAN SHORING ..................................................50

AMTHOR INTERNATIONAL INC....................................43

ATLANTIC DETROIT DIESEL ALLISON ........................35

BEYER BROS CORP ....................................................12

BOBCAT..........................................................................61

BOBCAT OF SARATOGA ..............................................34

BRADCO SUPPLY CO ..................................................40

BUFFALO TRUCK CENTER ..........................................16

CALEDONIA DIESEL......................................................49

CAPITAL TRACTOR INC ................................................28

CASEY’S TRUCK SALVAGE INC ..................................38

CATERPILLAR - NY DEALERS ................................32,33

CENTRAL EQUIPMENT LLC..........................................50

CHENANGO TRUCK ......................................................26

CIRUS CONTROLS ........................................................19

CLEARSPAN ..................................................................13

CLIFTON RECYCLING INC............................................38

DECAROLIS HEAVY DUTY PARTS ..............................53

DEL HYDRAULICS ........................................................24

EBERL IRON WORKS INC ............................................26

ENVIROSIGHT................................................................29

FAIR MFG CO ................................................................60

FITZSIMMONS HYDRAULICS INC..................................6

FIVE STAR EQUIPMENT ..............................................46

FLEET MAINTENANCE..................................................44

GABRIELLI TRUCK SALES LTD....................................37

HACKER’S PACKERS INC ............................................50

HENDERSON PRODUCTS INC ....................................55

HYBRID BUILDING SOLUTIONS LLC ..........................30

HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT....................39

J & J EQUIPMENT..........................................................11

JOE JOHNSON EQUIPMENT ..........................................6

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KAWASAKI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ................45

KEIL EQUIPMENT CO INC ............................................20

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KEPNER EQUIPMENT INC............................................60

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PROFILE CORRESPONDENT

Fred McCagg is a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades. When he’s not doing

his job as highway superintendent for the town of Nassau, Fred runs

Dynamic Sports Adventures, is a New York State Outdoor Licensed

Guide, the Youth Committee chairman for the town, head of a nature club

for elementary school kids, conducts an annual wilderness program and is in

charge of the town’s trail system.

And that’s just for starters.

“I have been doing martial arts since I was 14. I have fourth degree in Combat

Hapkido, fourth degree in Taekwondo and multiple black belts in other disciplines.

I have certifications in systems that aren’t belted. I am in the World Karate Hall of

Fame, was an International Police Defense Tactics instructor and taught West

Point cadets in military combatives. I also owned Kinderhook Martial

Arts/Kinderhook Taekwondo for eight years and recently taught

a women’s self-defense class.”

Fred was born in Great Barrington, Mass.

“It was just me and my mom. When I was about one

or two we moved to Castleton. We went back and forth

between Nassau, Schodack and Castleton. We lived

around Nassau Lake until I was 10 before returning

to Castleton. We were on welfare from the time I

was eight until I turned 17. I lost my mom to can-

cer right after I graduated from high school and

lost my 17-year-old daughter from my first

marriage, Danielle, to cancer in 2008. She

was my sweetheart, my driving force for just

about everything I did. She still is.”

After graduating from Maple Hill High

School Fred earned an occupational cer-

tificate in forestry and wildlife through the

Cooperative Extension.

“That’s where I learned to run a back-

hoe, bulldozer, chainsaw and logger.”

Next he started building houses for

Harris Construction in Castleton. “I did hous-

ing, framing and site development.”

From there he worked for Goold Orchards running their liq-

uid operations.

“We supplied cider to the local Grand Union, Bruegger’s

Bagels and Hannaford. I drove the delivery truck. That’s where

I got my CDL and school bus licenses. I left Goold’s in 1992

and did some part-time paving, drove a truck and worked

for Hudson River Construction. I also was trying to get into

the municipalities.”

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Highway SuperintendentFred McCagg

and the Town of Nassau


superintendent's profile march 2015

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