ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

INVOCATION:  Bible Fellowship Center

Mr. Calvin VanderMey

PLEDGE:  Councilman Gary Roesch

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers: None

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

1.    Country Club Cottages – DEIS

2.    2008-2009 Community Development Block Grant

1.    Speakers in Favor:  Michael Metzger                           Speakers in Opposition: Richard Lippes, Gerald Wochaldo, Lois Shriver, Anita DeGlopper, Tom & Artie McAuliffe, Elizabeth Stocklosa, Bill Jenkins, Scott Brady,                               Referred to Town Board for review and action      Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Projects:  New Bus for Golden Age Center Replace Bike Path near Kaegebein School, Handicap Playground at Town Park   Speakers: Theresa Hooper, Dave Birt                                    Referred to Town Board  Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #67, September 17, 2007

2.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #17, September 17, 2007

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #68, September 18, 2007

4.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #69, September 19, 2007

5.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #70, September 19, 2007

6.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #71, September 20, 2007

7.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #72, September 24, 2007

8.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #73, September 25, 2007

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Meeting Minutes – Grand Island Memorial Library – July 19, 2007

2.    Meeting Minutes – Grand Island Memorial Library, Capital Building Needs Committee – July 19, 2007

3.    County of Erie, Department of Environment & Planning – Public Notice – 30-Day Period for Inclusion of Lands Into an Agricultural District

4.    Town of Clarence, Town of Holland – Resolution in Opposition to Inclusion of the Siting of Windmills in Article X of the Public Service Law

5.    Village of Springville – Resolution – February 12, 2008 through July 30, 2008 be Designated The New York City to Paris Great Race Centennial Celebration

6.    County of Erie, Division of Budget, Management and Finance - $12.5 Million Sales Tax Revenue Sharing

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.  Monthly Supervisor’s Report – August 2007

No Action by Town Board

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT – RAYMOND DLUGOKINSKI:

1.  Inventory for Highway Department Machinery, Tools & Equipment

No Action by Town Board

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.  Graphic Information Systems ( GIS) – Needs Assessment

Bergmann Associates - $7,460.00 Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – DOUGLAS LEARMAN:

1.  Electrical Inspection Agencies

Referred to Town Board        Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

ZONING OFFICER:  JOHN McCARTHY:

1.    Special Use Permit Renewal – Richard Benz, Keeping of 3 Agricultural Animals on 4 Acres

2.    Special Use Permit Renewal – John R. Ventry, Keeping of 1 Agricultural Animal on 2 Acres

3.    Tower Permit Renewal – Upstate Cellular Network  (Verizon), 423 Ransom Road

1.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

3.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

1.    HTG Racing – Parking Lot & Landscaping Improvements

2.    William Briggs – National Electrical Certified Inspections

3.    Grand Island Fire Company, Inc. – Grand Island Fire Co.’s Annual Fire Prevention Open House – Permission to Close Baseline Road Between Whitehaven Road and Grand Island Blvd.

4.    Glenn & Marianne Catalano – Assistance in the Clean-up of Gun Creek

1.    Referred to Planning Board Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

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

3.    Friday, October 12th   Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

4.    Referred to Town Engineer Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #87970 – 88163

General         $ 55,809.68     

Highway         $ 10,716.27

Sewer            $ 56,579.21

Water            $ 12,962.58

Capital           $        50.00

Total              $136,117.74

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.   Approve Town Safety Manual

Remains Tabled

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers:  William Briggs

FROM THE BOARD:

Cooke: VFW Chili Cook-Off     October 13th

Roesch: Fire Prevention Night October 12th 

Argy:  Blood Drive K of C October 9th - CROP Walk - 110 walkers

McMahon: VFW Chili Cook-Off

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Marsha Kryszak

Kenneth Gilbert

Michael Pfohl

Gerald Youngs

Margaret Quinn Sutton

Joseph Guzik

Sigmund Golembeski

Irene Beck

William Stuart

Marion “Patty” Stuart

Adjourned at 9:56p.m.               Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0