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DISPOSITION:

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ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

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INVOCATION:   Bible Fellowship Center

Mr. Calvin VanderMey

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PLEDGE:  Councilman Crawford

 

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PROCLAMATIONS:

1.    2007 Marshall Scholarship Award – Anna Quider

2.   Joanne Carr Day

1.    Anna Quider accepted proclamation

2.    Joanne Carr accepted proclamation

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PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers: None

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PUBLIC HEARING:

Local Law Intro #12/2006 – Niagara Development Group, LLC – East River Road – Rezone from R-2 to R1-D

Speakers in Favor: Al Hopkins                       Speakers in Opposition: None Fees paid, Referred to Town Board for review & SEQR Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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MINUTES:

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #63, December 4, 2006

2.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #22, December 4, 2006

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #64, December 6, 2006

4.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #65, December 7, 2006

5.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #66, December 13, 2006

Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0

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CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – November 2006

2.    Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – November 2006

3.    Building Permits Issued – November 2006

4.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – November 2, 2006

5.    Time Warner Cable – Developments Affecting Cable Television – Multiple Programmers

6.    New York State Comptroller – Changes to Correspondence From Retirement System

7.    New York State Comptroller – Average Estimated Costs for County & Town Special Improvement Districts

8.    Meeting Minutes – Safety Committee – November 2, 2006

9.    New York State Office of Children & Family Services – Report on Preaudit  of State and Claims

10.  New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation – Strawberry Island Interpretive Kiosk Project

11.  New York State Office of Real Property Services – A1 Grant Application Update

12.  Meeting Minutes – Board of Architectural Review – November 14, 2006

13.  Meeting Minutes – GIFTS Executive Team – November 14, 2006

14.  Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – November 13, 2006

15.  Meeting Minutes – Special Meeting of the Planning Board – November 29, 2006

Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

 

COMMUNICATIONS - TOWN BOARD:

 

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SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    2007 Water and Sewer Rents

2.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign Five-Year Lease – 1856 Whitehaven Road

3.    Authorize Supervisor to File PO-17 – Court Clerk – Part-time

4.    2007 Insurance 

1.    Water Rate: $2.70/per 1,000 Sewer Rate: $4.40/per 1,000 Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.    Subject to permissive referendum & Town Attorney approval          Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

4.    Tabled                   Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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COUNCILWOMAN MARY COOKE:

1.    Health Insurance Refund Returned to the Town

No Action by the Town Board

 

COMMUNICATIONS - OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES - JOHN WHITNEY:

1.    Grand Island Boulevard Sanitary Sewer Construction – Job No. M-22-04, Change Order #2 to Engineering Agreement

2.    Award Bid – Phosphorus Removal

3.    Award Bid – 2006 Drainage Program – Project No. D-35

1.    Change Order Amount - $9,480                         Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Award Bid: Polydyne at $1.05/per pound                     Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Award Bid: Sam Long Landscaping - $15,935.00 Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – DOUGLAS M. LEARMAN:

1.  Electrical Election

Appoint Robert Zacher – Two-year term effective 1/1/07       Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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TOWN ACCOUNTANT – PAM WHITNEY:

1.  Budget Amendments and Transfers

 

A. Amendments - $133,806 Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0      B. Transfers - $193,930 Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.  Empire Dismantlement Corp. – 131 Industrial Drive – Rezone from M1 to M2 – Set Public Hearing & Refer to Planning Board

Referred to Planning Board  - Set Public Hearing for Tuesday          1-16-07 at 8:00p.m.                    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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PLANNING BOARD:

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

2. Town Hall Terrace Associates, LLC – Site Plan Approval/Expansion/Senior Apartments

3. Thomas & Louise Cavanaugh – Request for Abandonment of Paper Street/First Ave. East of Sixth St.

1.    Previously referred to TB – No action by Town Board

2.    Subject to conditions and Town Attorney approval  Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Subject to conditions and Town Attorney approval     Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

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SPECIAL DISTRICTS COMMITTEE:

1.    Amend the Fee Schedule

2.    Water Service Connections

3.    Reduced Tap-in Fees – Grand Island Blvd.

1.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL: 

1.  Account Clerk Retirement

2.  Dennis D. & Shellie Herman-Carder – East River Road – Split & Consolidation of Parcel

1.    Accept with regret and certificate of appreciation   Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.    Referred to Planning Board & TE                       Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #85111 - #85255

General      $ 12,075.22  

Highway     $ 31,133.24 

Sewer         $ 30,463.67

Water         $    2,129.15   

Capital       $103,062.00

Garbage    $  70,612.50

      Total          $249,500.78

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

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   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

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

2.  Majestic Woods – Violation of Conservation Easement

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

1.    Remains Tabled

2.    Referred to Town Board                     Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

3.    Remains Tabled

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   PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR:

Speakers:  Rus Thompson Re: Tolls

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FROM THE BOARD:

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

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MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Lloyd Charlton

Dorothy Fahrer

Donald Fahning

Megan Makowski-Rossi

Suzanne Cichon

John Oshirak, Jr.

 

Adjourned at 8:35p.m.                      Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0