ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

INVOCATION:   Whitehaven Road Baptist Church

Reverend Abram R. Dueck

PLEDGE:  Councilwoman Susan Argy

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

PUBLIC HEARING:

Local Law Intro #7 of 2007 – Whitehaven Road Campground, Mining Overlay District

Speakers in Favor:  Christine Price, Don Benoit, Elaina Pariso, Jesse Holka, Barbara Fick, Robert Fick, Carmen Pariso, Joe Cinelli, Bill Torchia, Jim Daigler                 Speakers in Opposition: Clarence Beard, Ed Szpala, Ken Johnson, Nicole Gerber, Carlene Gerber, Barbara Johnson, Richard Smith, Fran Preve, Richard Myers, Claudia Preve

Comment period extended to     August 29, 2007                 Referred to Town Board        Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0 

MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #50, July 30, 2007

2.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #51, July 31, 2007

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #52, August 2, 2007

4.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #53, August 6, 2007

5.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #14, August 6, 2007

6.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #54, August 8, 2007

7.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #55, August 13, 2007

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – July 2007

2.    Building Permits Issued – July 2007

3.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – July 5, 2007

4.    Meeting Minutes – Board of Architectural Review  - July 10, 2007

5.    Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – July 9, 2007

6.    The Association of Towns of the State of New York – Dues for the Year 2008

7.    Niagara River Greenway Commission – Paddle Up Niagara

8.    State of New York, Department of Transportation – PIN 5756.77 – Grand Island Bike Trail

9.    Town of Amherst, Town of Alden – Resolution in Support of U. S. Soldiers’ Use of Spartan II Body Armor Vests

10. Time Warner Cable – Music Choice Changes

11. Town of Holland – Resolution Recommending Sufficient Funds be Budgeted for Annual Normal Maintenance of County Roads

12. Town of Alden, Town of Concord – Resolution in Opposition to Inclusion of the Siting of Windmills in Article X of the Public Service Law

Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Set Public Hearing – Restore NY Funding Application

2.    Municipal Waste Reduction Grant-In-Aid Application

3.    GIPD Appointments

1.    Set Public Hearing for Tuesday, September 4, 2008 at 8:00p.m.  Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

3.    Appoint Edward Neimann                            Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

COUNCILMAN RICHARD W. CRAWFORD:

1.    Library Grant Application

2.    TE-9 Referral – Speed Study on Webb Road

1.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.  Authorize Supervisor to Sign Contract – HVAC Preventive Maintenance – Library & Parks Building

1.  Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.    Special Use Permit Renewal – Cathleen Shaw, Keeping 2 Agricultural Animals on 3.5 Acres

2.    Re-Appointment – Board of Assessment Review

1.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Re-appoint John McCarthy – Five year term expires 9-30-12 Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

PLANNING BOARD:

1.    Mediaflo USA, 951 Whitehaven Road – Site Plan Approval – Antenna   Co-Location and Equipment Shelter

2.    Kevin Doring, Fix Road – Exception to Subdivision Regulations (Create an 80’ x 350’ Lot)

3.    Ashbrooke Court Estates, Phase1 (10 Lots) Long Road – Final Plat Approval

4.    Vince & Lisa Mitchell, West River Road – Exception to Subdivision Regulations (Create a 17.8 Acre Parcel)

1.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    Remove from agenda Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

4.    Subject to evidence of paperwork filed with Erie Co. Clerk   Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

1.    Harris Beach PLLC – Grand Island Fire Company, Inc. – Purchase of Aerial Platform Ladder Truck

2.    Kathleen Knezevich-Boland – Lowering the Speed Limit on The Commons

3.    Andrew Chambers – Request for Extension of Time – Reduced Tap in Fee

4.    Norman Parisi – Request to Waive Subdivision Regulations – Combine SBL #64.11-1-56 & SBL #64.07-1-20 to Create One Lot

1.    Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Referred to TSAB               Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Extension granted through September 30, 2007 Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

4.    Subject to evidence of paperwork filed with Erie Co. Clerk Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #87623 – 87755

General         $ 56,183.92   

Highway        $   7,987.25

Sewer            $ 48,930.16

Water            $ 30,097.51

Capital           $   5,756.00

Garbage        $ 93,813.37

Total              $242,768.21

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.   Approve Town Safety Manual

2.   Appointments – Economic Development Advisory Board

1.    Remains Tabled

2.    A.  Increase number of voting members from nine to eleven.  Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0 B.  Appoint Robert Christmann –term expires 12-31-09, Richard Little, Jr. term expires 12-31-08, Glenn Bobeck term expires         12-31-10.                    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers:  John Cook, John Kackmann  Re: Town Board Meetings, Town Board Voting

FROM THE BOARD:

Roesch/Crawford/Cooke: Town Board Voting

Lions Club White Cane Fundraiser this weekend.  Mike Niland former Recreation Director passed away.

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Roberta Higgins

Nell Roberts

Gordon Muck

Carl Zich

Martin Wolverton

Floyd Sanderson

Ibrahim Khreis

Michael Didion

Charles Malican

E. Lucille Helbig

Rosa Marchioni

Rebecca Sherman

Adjourned at 9:24p.m.

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0