ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

INVOCATION:   St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church

Rev. Paul Nogaro

PLEDGE:  Councilman Richard Crawford

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

MINUTES: 

1.  Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #20, November 5, 2007

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage  - October 2007

2.    Building Permits Issued – October 2007

3.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – October 4, 2007

4.    Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – October 8, 2007

5.    Roland M. Cerone, Attorney at Law – Notice of Claim

6.    Lippman O’Connor – Assigned Counsel for Selective Insurance

Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Erie County Snow Plowing Contract

2.    2008 Town Budgets

3.    2008 Fire Company Contract

4.    Site Plan – 1917 Staley Road

5.    Shared Municipal Services Incentive Grant

6.    Grand Island Fisherman’s Park  – LWRP Grant and Niagara River Greenway Grant Applications

1.    Three-year contract – 5% increase each year                        Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    8 Budgets – See Town Clerk Approved 5-0

3.    Three-year contract – 11.6%, 3.3%, 2.8% increases          Argy/Crawford, Approved 5-0

4.    Amend Site Plan to grant one-year delay in placement of topcoat of asphalt                 Roesch/Crawford, Approved 5-0

5.    Adopt resolution to submit grant           Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

6.    A. Adopt resolution for LWRP Grant application                         Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0      B. Adopt resolution for Niagara Greenway Grant application         Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

TOWN ATTORNEY – PETER GODFREY:

1.  Whitehaven Road Campgrounds – Mining Overlay District

1.  A. Adopt Local Law #4/2007 – Niagara Falls Campground, LLC – Mining/Excavation Overlay District Amendment SBL #36.00-1-1.11 Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0         B. Approve Site Plan Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.    Request to Advertise for Bids – 2007 Drainage Program

2.    Award Contract – Sanitary Sewer Pump Station # 9 Emergency Power – M - 184

1.    Advertise November 30^th, open bids at 10:00am December 12^th              Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    O’Connell Electric - $39,400.00 Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

PLANNING BOARD:

1.     Oakwood Estates/East River Road Frontage Lots North of Whitehaven Road – Preliminary Plat Approval

2.     Stephen Birtz – Site Plan Approval/Recreational Pond – Fix Road

3.     Fantasy Island – Exception to Subdivision Regulations to Split Property

1.    Set Public Hearing for Monday, December 3, 2007 at 8:00p.m. Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Subject to conditions set by PB Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

3.    Waive Subdivision Regs subject to proof satisfactory to TA that Parcel C has been attached to Parcel B                   Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #88594 – 88649

General         $ 26,258.91 

Highway        $      243.95

Sewer            $ 13,917.74

Water            $   5,318.98

Garbage          $ 93,813.37

Total              $139,552.95

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. Approve Town Safety Manual

2. Community Movie Showcase Agreement

1.    Remains Tabled

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

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers: None

FROM THE BOARD:

All: Happy Thanksgiving

Cooke: Thanks to all the volunteers who helped plant trees.

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Robert Wright, Sr.

Theresa Phillips

Earl Webb

Helen Duchman

Francis Lally

Edward Kaczmarowski

Earl Aylor

Myrtle Killian

Michael Lynott

James Buckley

Adjourned at 8:25p.m.

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0