PUBLIC MEETING NO. 23                                                  Date: DECEMBER 15, 2003  

ROLL CALL:

INVOCATION:  St. Martin-In-The-Fields Episcopal Church

PLEDGE:   Councilman Rustowicz

PUBLIC COMMENT - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

 

APPROVE MINUTES:            Town Board Meeting of December 1st, 2003

 

SUBMIT CLAIMS FOR AUDIT

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS:           8:00 P.M.       

 

1.  LOCAL LAW INTRO # 4 of 2003 - AMENDING LOCAL DOG LICENSE FEES

 

              CONSENT AGENDA

 

1.  Association of New York State Youth Courts, Inc. Membership

 

2.  NYSDEC - Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan

 

3.  Golden Age Center - Usage of Facilities and Vehicles for November 2003

 

4.  Building Permits - November 2003

 

5.  Grand Island Night at the Buffalo Sabres Game

 

6.  Library Board of Trustees - Minutes of Meeting: October 30, 2003

 

7.  Erie County Legislature Public Benefit Funding: Reality Café, Special Olympics, Senior

     Citizen Van and Historical Society

 

8.  Planning Board - Minutes of Meeting: November 10, 2003 

 

9.  Zoning and Land Use in New York Seminar

 

10. Board of Architectural Review - Minutes of Meeting: November 10, 2003

 

11. Grand Island School District Safety Committee - Minutes of Meeting: 11/5/03

 

12. National Park Service Rivers & Trails Program Communication

 

13. BFI Customer Service Report - November 2003

 

14. NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation - Acceptance of Change Orders for Love

      Road Waterline & Sewer Replacement & Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements

 

15. Grand Island Library Board of Trustees  - Support of Re-appointment of Member

 

16. Town of Colden - Resolution in Support of Indian Treaties with the United States

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS - TOWN BOARD

 

SUPERVISOR McMAHON

 

1.  Monthly Report - November 2003

 

2.  Appoint Building Inspector

 

3.  Authorize Supervisor to Sign “Stop DWI” Contract

 

4.  Set Public Hearing for 2004 Water and Sewer Rents

 

5.  Appoint Assessment Clerk - Provisional to Permanent

 

6.  Advertise for Zoning Clerk Part Time

 

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COMMUNICATIONS - OTHER OFFICIALS

 

PLANNING BOARD

 

1.  Grand Park Vue Subdivision - Phase 4 Preliminary Plat Approval

 

2.  Stony Point Subdivision (Brookhollow) - Phase 1 Preliminary Plat Approval

 

3.  Niagara Development Group - East River Road - Exception to Subdivision Regulations

 

4.  Bill Torchia Westwood Drive - Abandon Paper Street at end of Westwood Drive

 

5.  Steve Vathy 5400 East River Road - Recreational Pond 90’ x 70’

 

TOWN ENGINEER JOHN WHITNEY

 

6.  Public Improvement Permit - Oakwood Estates Sec. 2A at River Oaks

 

7.  Final Plat Approval - Park Place Subdivision Phase IV

 

8.  Re-approve Map Covers - Fairway Greens at River Oaks Phase II - Cluster 9

 

9. Award Bid - 2003 Drainage Program

 

10. Oakwood Estates at River Oaks Sec. 3 Conditional Approval

 

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DOUGLAS LEARMAN

 

11. Board of Plumbing Examiners Election

 

12. Electrical Election

 

13. Site Plan Waiver - Change of Use 2457 Grand Island Boulevard

 

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT RAY DLUGOKINSKI

 

14. Appointment of Deputy Highway Superintendent

 

RECREATION DIRECTOR LINDA TUFILLARO

 

15. Request to Hire

 

16. Veterans Park Master Plan Update

 

TOWN ACCOUNTANT PAM WHITNEY

 

17. Budget Amendment - Erie County Grant

 

COURT CLERK MARIA BURNS

 

18. Request for Employee to Buy Back Vacation Days

 

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19. Site Plan Approval for JEMI INC. at 1738 Grand Island Boulevard

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL GARY ROESCH

 

1.  Resignation From Town of Grand Island Planning Board

 

CHARLES GORIS

 

2.  Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Charges

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RICHARD O. ROBINSON, P.C.

 

3.  Proposed Rezoning of Vacant Land (4 acres) at Whitehaven and East River Road 

 

MICHAEL ROSSI, ESQ.

 

4.  Disputed Water Bill for 178 Laurie Lane

 

 

REPORT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE:

 

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:                            NONE

 

 

 

FROM THE FLOOR:

 

 

 

 

FROM THE TOWN BOARD:

 

 

 

 

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT

 

In Memory of:

 

Andrew P. Piacente

Carol P. Brant

Ann (O’Connor) Senn

Mildred Dingey