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Votes at a glance: Grand Island Town Board, July 7, 2025
Summary
The Town Board approved a series of routine permits, contract authorizations and procedural policies, and tabled two agenda items pending additional information. Key motions and roll‑call tallies are listed below.
At its July 7 meeting the Town Board of Grand Island took the following formal actions (roll‑call tallies included where recorded).
1) Tabled public hearing on special use permit (KEC Davis, home bakery at 10136 Riverdale Drive) Motion: Motion to table the public hearing until the application has gone through the planning board. Vote: Aye — DeGotte, Garcia, Belida, Kilmer, Marston (5–0)
2) Approved minutes Motion: Approve minutes of workshop meeting No. 16, regular meeting No. 10 (June 16), and workshop meeting No. 17 (June 25). Vote: Approved (roll call Aye — DeGotte, Belida, Kilmer, Garcia, Marston)
3) Consent agenda Includes: Board of Architecture Review minutes (05/20/2025) and building permits issued June 2025. Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
4) Motion to table Gun Creek site‑plan change (community wooden path and benches) Motion: Table consideration to allow applicant to submit amended site plan with additional details. Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous 5–0)
5) Directed town engineer to circulate Traffic Safety Board resolution regarding the Stony Point/Ransom intersection to GBNRTC (Greater Buffalo‑Niagara Regional Transportation Council) Motion: Direct the town engineer to send the resolution for additional review. Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
6) Formalized appointment/reappointment procedure for advisory boards (zoning and planning board interview process) Motion: Adopt procedure with minimum three town board members present for interviews and compliance with current EEO standards as advised by town attorney. Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
7) Adopted rectification of standard workday and reporting resolution (per NY State reporting requirements) Motion: Rectify the previously filed resolution date to 04/07/2025. Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
8) Authorized grant disbursement agreement with Dormitory Authority of the State of New York for Veterans Park playground project Motion: Authorize town supervisor and town attorney to sign agreement for the Veterans Park playground grant ($50,000 grant referenced at meeting). Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
9) Approved fireworks permit for Buffalo Launch Club on July 12, 2025 (9:45 p.m., up to 15 minutes; no rain date specified) Motion: Approve permit application as submitted. Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
10) Special use permit renewals - Northpointe Advantage (home occupation, embroidery and screen printing) — Approved - Smith and Taylor LLC (used‑car sales, 1693 Grand Isle Boulevard) — Approved Vote: Both approved (roll calls unanimous)
11) Authorization to pay bills Motion: Pay bills from specified funds for a total of $1,138,626.24. (Breakdowns were read into the record: general fund $86,417.18; highway $18,866.28; sewer $44,993.36; water $184,435.74; capital $226,038.65; lighting districts $383.85; refuse and garbage $160,697.68; fire account $416,793.50.) Vote: Approved (roll call unanimous)
12) Local Law No. 6 of 2023 (M‑1 zoning) — motion to leave on table Motion: Leave the local law on the table to obtain planning board and Erie County recommendations. Vote: Approved 4–1 (No: Councilman Dan Kilmer)
Several items were explicitly tabled for future action; no final ordinance adoptions were completed at this meeting.
For each item above, the board’s official minutes and roll‑call records should be consulted for verbatim motions, mover/second names, and the formal language used in the motion.
