Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ • Resolution 2024-09, moved by Trustee Timothy McMurray and seconded by Deputy Mayor Joyce Riley, calls the County Legislature's removal of village property from the tax rolls "unacceptable" and demands permanent reinstatement of the lost county tax revenue plus a PILOT payment on the properties rising 3.5% a year; carried, with Mayor Angel Javier, Riley, McMurray and Trustee David Buczek voting aye and Trustee Chris Barry absent.
• ◆ • Bond Resolution BR 2024-3 authorizes up to $1,992,440 in additional serial bonds/notes for water system capital improvements, after actual costs ran that much over the $3,249,000 bond the board approved in August 2019, lifting the project's estimated total cost to $5,241,440; carried unanimously among the four members present and is subject to a permissive referendum.
• ◆ • Trustees approved short-term financing of $3,000,000 for the village's WIIA 2 project, pending financing from the state's Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC); carried.
• ◆ • The board voted, 3-1 with McMurray opposed, to hire Chris Kinter provisionally as a full-time code enforcement officer, salaried at 2,080 hours a year starting at $28.00, pending Civil Service results.
• ◆ • A discussion of water and sewer rate changes was tabled until March 26, 2024, the same date set for a decision on DPW and Bullard cameras; representatives of the WaterWorth program had presented findings on potential rate increases tied to rising costs and the WIIA projects, and a NYCLASS representative, Kathy Saville, reviewed the investment services the village already uses.
• ◆ • Trustees approved invoices including $4,952.07 to Bernard Donegan, Inc., $6,845.12 to Wendel for a waterline river crossing, and $3,451.25 to Webster Szanyi LLP, along with budget adjustments including $3,654.80 for a car-seat grant expense and $350,388.50 to STC Construction, Inc., for the WIIA 2 project; carried.
• ◆ • The board approved transferring $633,049.81 in reserve and cemetery miscellaneous funds into a NYCLASS account.
• ◆ • Trustees entered executive session at 8:13 p.m. to discuss personnel matters and exited at 9:23 p.m.; the board also directed McMurray to contact the Town of Albion about a possible agreement to merge code enforcement between the village and town.