Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ • Hiring of a water treatment plant operator was tabled until May 22, 2024, and until leaks are addressed; Trustee Gabalski will reach out to DPW Superintendent Jay Pahura to investigate leak detection options.
• ◆ • Cameras and a Code Enforcement memorandum of understanding were also tabled to May 22, 2024, the latter for attorney review.
• ◆ • Board scheduled a public hearing for May 15, 2024 on grant funding under Round 8 of the ReStore NY Communities' initiative municipal grant program (carried).
• ◆ • Board scheduled a public hearing for May 22, 2024 to amend zoning for parcel 73,10-1-24 from RC to GC at 210 S Main St (carried).
• ◆ • Village Historian Susan Starkweather-Miller presented a donated art piece by Peter B West, arranged through George Harris on behalf of former resident George D Harris; board moved to have the historian research the need for a chapel at the cemetery (carried).
• ◆ • Approved use-of-funds/budget adjustments including $300.00 in contingency funds to pay the Village Historian, $2,266.78 in ARPA funds and later $224.04 in ARPA funds plus $144.49 in HRA reserves to I.D. Booth for the Bullard Park Pavilion, $4,825.75 to Bernard Donegan, Inc. split across WIIA 1, WIIA 2, plow/dump trucks and FMS lines, and $500.00 in contingency funds to pay the ReStore NY application fee (all carried).
• ◆ • Approved payment of village bills, vouchers #45933-46007, totaling $21,589.21 (General), $35,166.17 (Water) and $40,669.50 (Sewer); approved the April 2024 treasurer's report (both carried).
• ◆ • Approved a month-to-month lease to Gabrielle Major for 153sqft of office space at 121 N Main St at $1.50 per sq ft, effective June 1, 2024 (carried).
• ◆ • Approved implementing suggested cybersecurity upgrades for village computer equipment, with Trustee Gabalski to follow up with Deeley IT (carried); approved posting department head board reports to the village website pending legal review of PCF (carried); board asked that an attendance log for all boards and committees be made available on the website.
• ◆ • Approved a letter to the NYSDOT regional director requesting repairs to Ingersol St due to a bridge closure (carried); approved a proclamation to be presented to officers at the May 22 meeting (carried).
• ◆ • Approved special events permits for the Bullard Park AYSAP football program (7/22/24-10/31/2024) and for use of the Platt St parking lot for the Law Enforcement Torch Run on 5/31/24; Trustee McMurray abstained on both.
• ◆ • Board entered executive session for personnel and contract matters at 8:08 PM and exited at 9:04 PM; meeting adjourned at 9:04 PM. Mayor Angel Javier Jr. was absent throughout.