ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

INVOCATION:   Island United  Presbyterian Church

Supervisor McMahon

PLEDGE:  Councilman Gary Roesch

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

1.  2008 Sewer Rents

2.  Local Law Intro #9 of 2007 – To Amend Grand Island Zoning Code & Subdivision Regulation in Regard to Adoption of Erosion & Sediment Control Law

3.  Local Law Intro #10 of 2007 – Law Amending Sanitary Sewer Law to Prohibit Elicit Discharges, Activities & Connections to Municipal Storm Sewer System

1.    Speakers in Favor:  None            Speakers in Opposition:  None  Argy/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    Speakers in Favor:  None            Speakers in Opposition:  None   Adopt Local Law #5/2007 Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0

3.    Speakers in Favor:  None            Speakers in Opposition:  None  Adopt Local Law #6/2007 Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #93, November 19, 2007

2.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #95, December 3, 2007

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #96, December 4, 2007

4.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #98, December 12, 2007

Argy/Cooke, Approved 5-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – November 2007

2.    Building Permits Issued – November 2007

3.    Meeting Minutes – Long Range Planning Committee – October 25, 2007

4.    Meeting Minutes – Town of Grand Island Safety Committee – November 1, 2007

5.    New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation -  Drainage Improvement Project

6.    Meeting Minutes – Long Range Planning Committee – September 26, 2007

7.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – November 2007

8.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – November 1, 2007

9.    Meeting Minutes – Special Planning Board Meeting for Training – November 28, 2007

10. Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – November 12, 2007

11. Meeting Minutes – GIFTS Executive Team – November 13, 2007

12. Meeting Minutes – Board of Architectural Review – November 13, 2007

13. Meeting Minutes – Grand Island Traffic Safety Advisory Board – November 13, 2007

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Supervisor’s Monthly Report – November 2007

2.    Appoint Water/Sewer Maintenance Worker

1.    No action by the Town Board

2.    Appoint Justin Bridenbaker, Step 3, effective payroll Dec. 29, 2007 Roesch/Crawford, Approved 5-0

COUNCILMAN RICHARD W. CRAWFORD:

1.  Youth Board Program Funding

Transfer $2,685 from 2007 to 2008 Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.  Authorization to Advertise for Bids – Trailer Mounted Portable Generating System

Advertise 12-21-07, open bids at 10:00a.m. 1-16-08          Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – DOUGLAS M. LEARMAN:

1.    Board of Plumbing Examiner’s Election

2.    Electrical Election

1.    Elected to two-year terms: Michael Dollendorf, Gerry Soto, Sean Towlson                                     No action by Town Board

2.    Appoint George Newman to two-year term                  Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

TOWN ACCOUNTANT – PAM WHITNEY:

1.    Budget Amendment – General Fund – Recreation

2.    Budget Amendment – RPS Grant – Assessor

3.    Budget Amendment – NYS Records Management Grant

4.    2007 Year End Budget Transfers

1.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

3.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

4.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.  Special Use Permit Renewal – Robert F. Mesmer – Private Airport, Landing Strip

Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

PLANNING BOARD:

1.    APP Pharmaceuticals, 3159 Staley Road – Site Plan Approval – 14,500 Sf. 2 Story Addition and 4,815 Sf. 1 Story Addition

Tabled pending ZBA action Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

1. Reality Café – Recommendation for Middle School Program

Continue program in 2008 Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #88848 – 88953

General         $  44,195.91

Highway        $    8,632.58

Sewer            $  13,980.78

Water            $    2,719.75     

 Capital           $    1,595.00

 Garbage        $  93,813.37

Total              $164,937.39

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

   1. Approve Town Safety Manual

Remains Tabled

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers:  Fran Preve                       Re: Niagara Falls Campground, LLC

FROM THE BOARD:

Roesch: Time involved in workshops, and board meetings, Neighbors Foundation

Crawford: Inauguration – January 1, 2008 at 12:00 – Golden Age Center

Cooke: Weight limit signs on Whitehaven Road

Argy: Time involved in workshops and board meetings

McMahon and all: Happy Holidays

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

John Sarokon

Lucille Jones

Dr. Samuel Long

Julia Ziomek

Wilfred Lawton

Adjourned at 8:41p.m.                Roesch/Crawford, Approved 5-0