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ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

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INVOCATION:   Whitehaven Road Baptist Church

Rev. Mark Roberts

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PLEDGE:  Councilman Gary Roesch

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PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

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MINUTES: 

1.  Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #9, February 4, 2008

2.  Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #3, February 4, 2008

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

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CONSENT AGENDA:

1.  Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – January 2008

2.  Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – January 2008

3.  Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – January 14, 2008

4.  Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – January 3, 2008

5.  Building Permits Issued – January 2008

6.  County of Erie, Department of Environment and Planning – Final                          2008 Annual Action Plan

7.  Meeting Minutes – Board of Architectural Review – January 15, 2008

8.  New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief – Meetings

9.  Meeting Minutes – GIFTS Executive Team – January 8, 2008

10. Meeting Minutes – Long Range Planning Committee – November 28, 2007

11. Meeting Minutes – Long Range Planning Committee – January 23, 2008

12. Town of Cheektowaga – Resolution in Support of Legislation to Prohibit Text Messaging While Operating a Motor Vehicle

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

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SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Court – Part-time Hire

2.    School Resource Officers

3.    2008 Sludge Hauling Contract

1.    Appoint Kathy Fratello as Clerk, Part-time, Grade 3, Step A, effective March 4, 2008 Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.    Adopt Resolution in support of Student Resource Officer                   Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

3.    If Ball Sanitation does not perform according the contract the TE can sign an emergency contract for up to 60 days for sludge hauling consistent with bid specs Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

VIII

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT – RAYMOND DLUGOKINSKI:

1.    Award Bid – 2008 9’ Insulated Asphalt Dump Body

2.    Award Bid – 2008 9’ All Season Dump Box

3.    Bid – 2008 10’ Salt Spreader Body

1.    Award Bid to sole bidder: Viking-Ceves - $29,720.00                        Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Award bid to sole bidder: Viking-Ceves - $21,476.00 Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

3.    No bidders – FYI only

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.  Award Contract – ORF Spray Wash System and Liner Replacement – M-182

1.  Award General Bid #1 to Nicols, Long & Moore - $604,920, Award Electrical Bid #2 to O’Connell Electric - $27,340.00                      Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

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RECREATION DIRECTOR – LINDA TUFILLARO:

1.  Request to Advertise for Bids – 60 Inch Seeder

1.  Argy/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.  Special Use Permit Renewal – Glen Wallace, North Colony Road – Bed & Breakfast

2.  Local Law Intro #2 of 2008 – Petition to Amend the Zoning Map – John R. Simon, Terry Mesmer – 2038 Grand Island Boulevard

3.  Temporary Modular Offices (Trailers) – American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.

4.  Special Use Permit Renewal – Carol M. Merckel , East River Road – Keeping of 2 Agricultural Animals on 3 Acres

1.  Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.  A. Refer request for rezoning to PB  Argy/Roesch, Approved 5-0                                                        

     B. Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 17, 2008 at 8:00p.m. Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.  Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

4.  Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

XII

PLANNING BOARD:

1.  HTG Racing, 2600 Grand Island Boulevard – Site Plan Revision – Parking Lot & Landscaping Improvements

2.  Hugill Storage, 2761 Bedell Road – Site Plan Application – Phase VI Building Construction

3.  Grand Park Vue Subdivision, Phase V – Conditional Approval of the Final Plat – 20 Lots

4.  Waterford Park Subdivision, Phase 1 – Final Plat Approval – 30 Lots

1.    Argy/Crawford, Approved 5-0

2.    Argy/Cooke, Denied 5-0

3.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

4.  Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 17, 2008 at 8:00p.m. Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

XIII

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

None

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #89598 - 89745

General       $ 46,671.89  

Highway      $ 59,604.10

Sewer          $ 41,393.61

Water          $   5,560.98

 Capital         $ 66,491.06

Total             $219,721.64

Cooke/Roesch,  Approved 5-0

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

 1.  Approve Town Safety Manual

 2.  Authorization to Sign Lease – Postage Machine

1.  Remains Tabled

2.  Approved previously at workshop of 2/25/08

XVI

 PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers: None

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SUSPEND THE RULES:

1.  ReZone a Portion of River Oaks (56+/- Acres) Whitehaven Road West of Golf Course Villas – R2 to R1E  – Set Public Hearing

A.  Suspend the Rules Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

B.  Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 17, 2008 at 8:00p.m. Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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 FROM THE BOARD:

Cooke: Distinguished Alumni Awards Friday, March 7^th at 10:00am – GIHS

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MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Dorothy Howard

Thomas Grycel

Dana Cadille

Ernest Godfrey

Edith Godfrey

Mary Dumas

Helen Staley

Hans Kipping

Elizabeth Werth

Edward Miller

Deane Long

Thomas Woods

Nannette Schmauss

Leon Carr

Adjourned at 8:22p.m.

Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0