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Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the meeting transcript):

- Consent agenda (resolutions 2025-596 through 2025-623, with items 596, 597, 598, 600, 608, 614 and 615 flagged/pulled): Approved by roll call. Recorded yes votes: Council member Bukowski; Council member Benjkowski; Council member Folipsky; Council member Jasinski; Council member Pularski; Council member Thompson; Supervisor Brian Nowak.

- Resolution 2025-596 (budget transfers): Motion carried by voice vote following questions; recorded as carried in the transcript.

- Resolution 2025-597 (warrants/vouchers): Approved. Total warrant amount presented: $20,818,437.39. Board discussion included questions about large invoices for sewer work; engineering will review certain invoices and the town engineer agreed to sign future related invoices.

- Resolution 2025-598 (retain Aurora Environmental LLC for asbestos survey and air monitoring, $4,631): Approved as amended to correct the property address (amendment changed the site line from 44 Virginia to 336 Beach Road); motion carried.

- Resolution 2025-600 (award to Bachman Services Inc. for one tow-behind stump grinder, $79,502): Approved; board discussion noted the department’s current backlog and equipment status.

- Resolution 2025-608 (purchase of new cutting hammers for Vermeer grinder, $6,538.30): Approved with a clerical amendment (number of grinders corrected from 4 to 1 in the whereas clause); motion carried.

- Resolution 2025-614 (appointment of Anthony Hammer to motor equipment operator B): Pulled from the consent agenda after a grievance was filed and not acted on at the meeting.

- Resolution 2025-615 (temporary appointment of Tyler Kunkel to motor equipment operator B, sanitation): Approved after HR and union confirmation that no other bidders remained for the posting; motion carried.

- Late-filed Resolution 2025-625 (town resolution opposing further National Grid electric-rate increases): Presented as a late-filed item and approved; the board will forward copies to the governor, the Public Service Commission and state and county legislators.

- Late-filed Resolution 2025-624 (memorandum of agreement: tree trimmer wage tied to MEOA grade, retroactive to 07/21/2025): Discussed at length and tabled for further review; the board requested clearer wage-schedule documentation before final action.

Meeting notes on process and follow-up: Several invoices tied to the DEC consent order and sewer capital work prompted board requests that engineering staff (Pat) sign off on related invoices in the future so department heads are not inadvertently assigned liability. The highway superintendent and comptroller were directed to explore leasing plow trucks and other heavy equipment as short-term options ahead of winter; comptroller will lead price-gathering with enterprises and vendors.

Votes recorded in transcript: Many items were adopted by voice vote; the consent agenda was adopted by roll call with unanimous yes votes by the seven board members recorded. Several individual resolution items were approved by voice vote or roll call as recorded above. Where a roll call was recorded for the consent agenda, the transcript lists the seven board members' yes votes (Bukowski; Benjkowski; Folipsky; Jasinski; Pularski; Thompson; Nowak). For other resolutions, the transcript records voice votes and standard 'Aye/Any opposed' outcomes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Town Board Meeting 9.9.25","oneSentenceSummary","The Cheektowaga Town Board on Sept. 9 approved a number of consent-agenda items and individual resolutions, including budget transfers, payment of warrants, equipment purchases and contracts, and late-filed resolutions; one wage-related memorandum of agreement was tabled for further review.","taxTitle","Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York","taxId",56246,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6473707,"Cheektowaga board hears public comment on changing sewer connection inspection rule to require private contractors to make connections",459,622000,1081000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5744598-cf5fc2bc687c1421d9e373c4ef597b0b&start=622&end=1081","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5744598-cf5fc2bc687c1421d9e373c4ef597b0b/thumbnail_622000.jpg","/articles/6473707/Cheektowaga/Erie-County/New-York/Cheektowaga-board-hears-public-comment-on-changing-sewer-connection-inspection-rule-to-require-private-contractors-to-make-connections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6473707-37312a0d84273be1b765d4749a9ea350/orig.mp4?Expires=1771198397&Signature=WskkyxP1zX4YdYOabj~1TbOm7WOSQgc1lYbxDCUjmws2RtE3gYp59U4SjKWA0BLwd1DpjHk-JJ2aH02n73JwcMX4xwRgvTcwkzAxAoqrXqyu-GI89ZmICpQt74cFRWwWAARXzaNmlTXkBaiOCQbu0VK4~Po3-K58VEU9WUK7B9wzC56XMOAzs6bdFWQVL~DHXB60VWlOLujK-TpekFB6WB1JLKEG3k4AoPhUlipYE~CkX9SPHKVRMJKD2uvAjr~jZVzH23QDVyi9T5EYKoAnld9bSBeChB7envsltXCaDlW~31wVEioQzIMflyf3OSuy~mfPI8bPgYewv21GVSgryg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town Board opened a public hearing Sept. 9 on a local-law amendment (Intro 4 of 2025) to revise section 198-27, “connection inspection,” which would change who makes connections from private building laterals to the public sewer main.

Councilman (last name in transcript: Polipsky) said the change was prompted by a recent case at 29 Deborah where a homeowner’s private contractor prepared a lateral for connection and the town delayed the actual hook-up. Polipsky argued the current code — which requires the town to perform the final physical connection — makes homeowners wait and uses taxpayer resources for what other nearby municipalities allow contractors to perform under inspection. He said he contacted sewer and engineering departments in Amherst, West Seneca, Tonawanda, Lancaster and Orchard Park; he reported those municipalities allow contractors to complete lateral-to-main connections and then require the contractor to repair any damage to town property.

Council member Anthony Phillipski said the amendment would be a small wording change removing the town obligation to perform the on-site connection and instead require the private contractor to complete the connection, with town inspection. Supervisor Brian Nowak expressed reservations about potential risks to the town’s mains if private contractors do poor work, but acknowledged the sponsors had added inspection language and the matter could be further reviewed ahead of final adoption.

After discussion the board voted to close the public hearing; no final adoption vote appears in the provided transcript. Board members emphasized the town will continue to inspect connections and that further refinement of language and review with engineering staff is planned.

Why it matters: The proposed change would shift the immediate physical labor and cost of making lateral connections from town crews to private contractors while preserving town inspection authority. Supporters said it aligns Cheektowaga’s practice with other Erie County municipalities and shortens homeowners’ wait time for repairs.

What was not decided: The transcript records the public hearing and debate but does not show a final vote adopting the local law. Board members requested further review and said there is time before a resolution would be filed for a vote.

Sources: Councilman Polipsky; Council member Anthony Phillipski; Supervisor Brian Nowak; town engineering references noted in debate.","The Town Board held a public hearing Sept. 9 on an amendment to the town code that would change who performs a building sewer lateral connection to the town’s main line, moving execution of the physical connection to private contractors while keeping town inspection authority.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6473711,"Cheektowaga holds public hearing on Hertz plan for 16-stall EV charging station at Genesee Street rental site",202,393000,595000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5744598-cf5fc2bc687c1421d9e373c4ef597b0b&start=393&end=595","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5744598-cf5fc2bc687c1421d9e373c4ef597b0b/thumbnail_393000.jpg","/articles/6473711/Cheektowaga/Erie-County/New-York/Cheektowaga-holds-public-hearing-on-Hertz-plan-for-16-stall-EV-charging-station-at-Genesee-Street-rental-site","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6473711-1f7a54ec0d9c818291d4a31d5bfab624/orig.mp4?Expires=1771198397&Signature=HWGZY~hm~cJ9WKdroTJdcCYClWRGLmBCmLvm2wWEWxsTb8lYJiXD36hUJbAV1ZwUM4Sh-P4pC0nnRbn-nOL8Fj7eiGXTpmPMU4yPBRBzwTk37CHNrZXGfnqBq~vYM-8hvbRv65KyURvWHIWy~GPFag2tNEskww0zprMGt2h1YoFVOD5EK3qTjWFuywVSiDKR3mlrdiJuuJAHWLGFfgYmkeXR5F--7qYUJaQFHf16bQie5M~imQl5JKd6pW0nHTs86w~HPIMoeAtOQhQKr5tpDh0xIE6IXib398lwSrkEhY87RZWTgNlFHvMt3cicfPhqZiOmzrcmxk2VPokB4vBnuw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Cheektowaga held a public hearing Sept. 9 on an application from Hertz Corporation to install an unmanned 16-stall electric-vehicle charging station at 4193 Genesee Street, the site of an existing car rental facility.

Marcus Hagen, project representative with Arcadis, told the board the site would be “an EV charging station that is unmanned 24/7” with 16 stalls, two new light poles, restriping of the parking lot, drainage work and associated infrastructure. Dan Young, the town planner, characterized the proposal as a motor service use permitted under the town’s motor service district rules and said access would be from Bergus Boulevard, adjacent to nearby hotels.

No members of the public signed up to comment on the proposal, and the public hearing record contained no public submissions. After planning staff finished their presentation and the board asked questions, a board member moved and the board voted to close the public hearing. There was no vote on the special-use permit recorded in the meeting minutes provided.

Why it matters: The proposal would add public EV charging capacity at a high-visibility location on Genesee Street near the airport and McDonald’s, according to planning staff. If the town later approves the permit, the work will add electrical infrastructure, new light poles and changes to the rental-lot layout.

Next steps: The hearing record will be part of the town’s file on the application. The transcript does not record a final decision or permit approval; the board closed the hearing and will consider next actions in a later meeting or resolution.

Sources: Marcus Hagen, Arcadis (project representative); Dan Young, town planner; Town Board public-hearing record (no public commenters).","The Town Board held a public hearing on a special-use permit application from Hertz Corporation to install 16 electric vehicle charging stations at 4193 Genesee Street. Applicant and town planning staff described the unmanned, 24/7 station and site work; no public comments were received and the hearing was closed.","actionData","errors"]

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