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Village sought remedies for East Bank Street building and advanced property, park and staffing decisions
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Albion trustees directed code-enforcement follow-up on the 18–24 East Bank Street property at an August 28 special meeting, with the minutes describing ongoing issues from a February roof collapse. Code Enforcement Officer Chris Kinter was asked to contact the owner and manager about remedy plans and, when needed, begin communicating with village-approved engineering firms.
The record establishes that direction to staff; it does not establish that a repair was completed, an enforcement order issued or the building declared safe. A resident again raised concerns about 20 East Bank Street at the September 9 meeting, but those minutes record no new remedy decision.
The August 28 board also declared parcel 73.9-1-35.12 surplus and voted to list it for bid. On August 12, trustees had authorized the clerk to obtain its fair-market value and advertise it accordingly. The records do not identify a buyer, winning bid or completed sale.
At 121 North Main Street, the board approved a third-floor lease rate of $1.69 per square foot in July, with attorney review of the proposed agreement. The August 26 minutes record approval of a Newmark Ciminelli agreement at $1.69 per square foot monthly, subject to the attorney’s approval. The September 23 draft says an elevator-modification agreement for the potential lease was still awaiting vendor answers and full attorney review. The sequence does not establish an executed lease or final elevator cost.
Public spaces were also on the board’s agenda. On September 9, trustees voted to name Bullard Park’s amphitheater Brennan Moody Amphitheater. Waterman Park remained a subject of discussion rather than a recorded redesign approval. In the September 23 draft, Jerome Pawlak of the Albion Merchants Association opposed moving the Santa statue; Mayor Timothy McMurray described ideas brought by a neighboring property owner. The draft records no vote to move the statue.
The same September draft records permission for students from Kamie Feder’s class to paint a mural on the south side of the Veterans Park building. That was permission to undertake the work, not a finding that the mural was finished.
Staffing and communications changed over the summer. The August 26 board thanked retiring public-works superintendent Jay Pahura for 36 years of service and approved hiring Callie Allport as a part-time clerk at $19 an hour, with the start date left to the clerk-treasurer and a 52-week probationary period. Trustee Jami Allport abstained from that hiring vote. The September draft records creation of a sewage-treatment-plant operator trainee position; it does not identify a hire.
On public notifications, the September draft says two vendor proposals were presented and that the board would decide whether to incur the expense after obtaining a third quote. It records no purchase, vendor selection or price. It also records replacing the two November meetings with one on November 18 at 7 p.m. and canceling December 23. Residents need current official notices to confirm those later arrangements because the source itself remains Draft.
These accounts draw a line between authorization, discussion and completion. The September 9 minutes record approval of the August 26 and 28 minutes; the September 23 draft records approval of September 9 but has not itself been verified as finally approved.
Sources: [Board of Trustees 2026-07-22](https://villageofalbionny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/7.22.26-workshop.pdf) · [Board of Trustees 2026-08-12](https://villageofalbionny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/8.12.26-regular-meeting-2.pdf) · [Board of Trustees 2026-08-26](https://villageofalbionny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/8.26.26-workshop.pdf) · [Board of Trustees 2026-08-28](https://villageofalbionny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/8-28-26-special-meeting.pdf) · [Board of Trustees 2026-09-09](https://villageofalbionny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9.9.26-regular-meeting-2.pdf) · [Board of Trustees 2026-09-23](https://villageofalbionny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9.23.26-workshop-1.pdf)
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