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DISPOSITION:

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ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

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INVOCATION:   Whitehaven Road Baptist Church

Rev. Steve LaMarco

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PLEDGE: Councilman Roesch

 

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PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

No Speakers

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MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #49, October 5, 2006

2.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #50, October 11, 2006

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #51, October 16, 2006

4.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #19, October 16, 2006

5.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #52, October 19, 2006

6.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #53, October 20, 2006

7.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #54, October 24, 2006

8.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #55, October 25, 2006

9.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #56, October 26, 2006

Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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PUBLIC HEARING:

Town of Grand Island – 2007 Budget

Speakers in Favor: None

Speakers in Opposition: George White, Douglas Learman

Referred to TB for further action

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CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Association of Erie County Governments – Resolution in Support to Change the Present Pension System

2.    Request Funding – Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU) – Scenic Woods Greenway Trail

3.    State of New York, Office of Real Property Services – Distribution of 2006 STAR Administrative Aid for the Town of Grand Island

4.    Meeting Minutes – Grand Island Memorial Library Board of Trustees – August 8, 2006

5.    Empire State Development – Abraxis BioScience, Inc. Project, Public Hearing – November 8, 2006 – 3p.m.- 4p.m. – Grand Island Town Hall, Downstairs Conference Room

6.    Meeting Minutes – Cable/Communication Advisory Board – October 26, 2006

7.    Meeting Minutes – Long Range Planning Committee – September 26, 2006

8.    Erie County Farm Bureau Inc. – Erie County Farm Bureau Resolutions 2006

9.    Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – October 2006

10. Empire State Development –Restore  NY Community Initiative

11. Building Permits Issued – October 2006

12. Meeting Minutes – Town of Grand Island Safety Committee – October 5, 2006

13. NYS Department of State – Shared Municipal Services Incentive Grant Program 2006-2007

 

Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0

 

COMMUNICATIONS - TOWN BOARD:

 

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SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Monthly Supervisor’s Report – July, August, September 2006

No Action by Town Board, on file in Town Clerk’s Office

 

COMMUNICATIONS - OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES - JOHN WHITNEY:

1.  Change Order – Performance Service Contract – Job No. M-171

2. Delinquent Water and Sewer Accounts – 2007 Taxroll

3. Authorization to Renew Co-op Resolution with the City of Niagara Falls - 2007

1.    Decrease contract by $50,703.09 Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    No further payments made after 10-31-06 – Total $636,670.16 – Relevied to Town/County Taxes 2007                           Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

3.    Subject to approval of TA Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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RECREATION DIRECTOR - LINDA TUFILLARO:

1.    Winter Hires

Hire New Rec. Attendants:               Kyle Patterson, Matthew Klock, Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.    Special Use Permit Renewal – Michael & Judith Schneider – Keeping of 3 Agricultural Animals on 6.02 Acres

2.    Special Use Permit Renewal – Thomas Thompson – Keeping up to 2 Agricultural Animals on 3 Acres

1.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL: 

1.  Resignation – Commission for Conservation of the Environment

1.  Accept with regret and certificate  of appreciation – Joanne Carr Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #84725, 84729 - #84909

General      $  72,286.56 

Highway     $  87,723.34

Sewer         $  43,193.94

Water         $   14,376.56

Capital        $ 101,792.02

Garbage    $    28,55.00

      Total          $ 322,227.42

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

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    UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.   New England Estates – Preliminary Plat Approval

2.   Niagara Development Group, LLC – East River Rd. – Rezone from R-2 to R-1E

3.   Majestic Woods – Petition Requesting Stop Sign & Reduction of Speed Limit

4.   Majestic Woods – Violation of Conservation Easement

5.   Park Place Patio Homes – Preliminary Plat Approval (Cluster Development)

6.    Waterford Park Subdivision – Preliminary Plat Approval (Revised Plan)

1.    Set Public Hearing for Monday, November 20th at 8:00p.m. Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.    Referred to Planning Board Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Remains Tabled

4.    Remains Tabled

5.    Remains Tabled

6.    Remains Tabled – Public Information Meeting – Golden Age Center – Monday, November 13th  at 7:30p.m.

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   SUSPENSION OF RULES:

   1.  Set Public Hearing – No Parking Signs – North end of Glen Avon

A.   Suspend Rules      Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

B.   Set Public Hearing for Monday, November 20th at 8:00p.m Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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   PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR:

Rus Thompson      Re: Removing Grand Island Tolls

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FROM THE BOARD:

Roesch: Election Day on Tuesday          Crawford: Rus Thompson - GI resident running for Assembly seat

McMahon: Please Vote on Tuesday, Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park Saturday 11-11-06 at 11:00a.m., Tops Markets for sale

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MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Jack Brown

Fenton Strickland

Leroy Trautman

Arnold Dilliot

Douglas Northrup

Robert Meyer

Richard McBride

Geraldine Koppmann

Hazel Nailor

 

Adjourned at 8:34p.m.     Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0