Town of Cheektowaga votes: transfers, equipment purchases and resolutions recorded Sept. 9

The Cheektowaga Town Board on Sept. 9 approved a package of consent-agenda items and voted on a set of individual resolutions. Board members voted by roll call to approve the consent agenda and then handled several pulled items individually.

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.