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Albion Trustees Loosen Water Plant Purchasing, Then Order a Spending Memo to Department Heads
2024-04-17 · 375 words
Key Actions & Decisions
- ◆ • Trustees voted 3-0, with Angel Javier Jr, Mayor, and William Gabalski, Trustee, absent, to let Adam Rush, Water Treatment Plant Chief Operator, purchase equipment needed because of the April 17 power outage at the plant.
- ◆ • In a second 3-0 vote, trustees let Rush make further outage-related purchases without returning to the board, keeping it informed "as it progresses," for this power outage only.
- ◆ • Trustees also voted 3-0 to let Aric Albright, Pollution Control Plant Chief Operator, buy pipe for a bench from his own budget line, and to let Jay Pahura, Superintendent of Public Works, have the codes car decaled.
- ◆ • A further 3-0 vote directed Joyce Riley, Deputy Mayor, to issue a general statement to department heads on spending.
- ◆ • The special session opened with the pledge of allegiance at 3:12 PM and adjourned at 3:44 PM.
In a half-hour special session called after an April 17, 2024 power outage at the water treatment plant, three of Albion's five trustees let Adam Rush, Water Treatment Plant Chief Operator, buy outage-related equipment without further board approval -- then, in the same session, directed Joyce Riley, Deputy Mayor, to send department heads a general statement on spending.
People
Joyce Riley (Village Trustee / Deputy Mayor)
Angel Javier Jr (Village Mayor)
Greg Bennett (Village Trustee / Deputy Mayor)
William Gabalski (Village Trustee / Deputy Mayor)
Angel Javier (Former Mayor, Village of Albion)
James Pahura (Village DPW Superintendent)
Aric Albright (Village Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Chief Operator)
Adam Rush (Village Water Treatment Plant Operator)
Jay Pahura (DPW Superintendent, Village of Albion)
Timothy McMurray (Mayor, Village of Albion)
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