GREENE – After 24 years of service to the Greene community, nearly two decades as a member of the village board of trustees and six years as village mayor, Village of Greene Mayor Marcia Miller is taking a step back, announcing that today will be her last as mayor, though she would not discount the possibility of running again down the road.
Born in Greene and a graduate of Greene Central School District, Miller has held a number of positions both political and business orientated in the Greene community. Her first job was with MacCrabie Auto Parts, a position she held for ten years. Miller also owned Genesee St. Wines & Liquors for ten years and Cover Girl Wallpapering for fifteen. She currently works as a representative of Senator Tom Libous, a position she has held since 1997, also holding down a job at Chenango Carpet & Furniture and the Greene Bowlodrome. Her husband, Byron, once owner of Miller Shoes, now co-owns Chenango Sales Ford, and along with their son, Sean, owns the Greene Bowlodrome.
As a member of the village board of trustees under mayors Madara and Bennett, Miller served as the primary trustee for the Water and Sewer Department.
“When I first became a trustee the village was looking for a new water source and had drilled seventeen test wells, which failed to yield an adequate amount of water,” said Miller. “But on the eighteenth try we finally found the right amount of water,” adding her pride at having been a part of that.
During her tenure as a board of trustee member, Miller was involved in countless village projects, including the aforementioned discovery of a new water source for the village; the construction of a new bridge; the building of a new fire station; water and sewer plant electric upgrades; a cover for the village’s reservoir; the purchase of a new ladder truck for the Greene Fire Department; as well as the updating and codifying of the village laws into one book, which took approximately three years. Miller said she was proud to have had a hand in updating the efficiency with which the village’s government functions, supplying water, sewer and electricity to residents through the utilization of updated electronics and a variety of other projects.
As Mayor, Miller has accumulated a long list of accomplishments. The institution of “Mayor For a Day,” which involved a middle or high school student who attends and donates to the local food pantry at the Halloween Dance; moving the Greene Community Clothing Bank into the space above the Village Office; and attaining the ownership of the Ballflats for both the village and town; as well as adding the popular Greene Cruise-In each summer. She also began the preservation of the village minute books and had the honor of lighting the Christmas tree each year she’s served, with the aid of the primary and intermediate school children.
“I have enjoyed every moment of it,” she said of her tenure as mayor. “I live in Greene, Greene is my life, and besides my family the village has always and will always be in my heart, my ‘other’ love.”
