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Trustees approve planning board items, appointments and claims in series of votes
Summary
At its March meeting the Depew Board of Trustees approved planning board minutes, multiple special‑use permits and site approvals, accepted a planning board resignation, appointed the mayor as EBO administrator, approved a fire department membership pending a physical, and authorized claims totaling $568,797.59.
The Village of Depew Board of Trustees approved multiple planning board recommendations and a set of administrative resolutions during Monday’s meeting in a sequence of roll‑call votes.
The board voted to approve planning board meeting minutes for Feb. 6 and March 6, 2025. The board also approved a series of special‑use permits and site approvals forwarded by the planning board, including:
- Bradley I. Cuyler, owner/operator of Herbal IQ: special‑use permit to operate an adult‑use cannabis dispensary (approved). - Sameer Elharabji: special‑use permit to establish a vape shop (approved). - Charles Gaughan on behalf of Galib Elwasim: special‑use permit to establish a vape shop (approved). - Richard Sherwood on behalf of Philip and Michael Antonio Salo: subdivision of a parcel at 4170 Bridal (approved). - Metzger Civil Engineering and Eric Strickland: special‑use permit to operate an automotive repair shop in a C2 zone (approved). - Metzger Civil Engineering and Eric Kornacki (Strickland Auto): approval to operate an impound lot on part of the property located at 4685 Broadway (approved). - Ari Goldberg of Barclay Damon, on behalf of Muslim Community Center West New York: special‑use permit to establish a community building/place of worship (approved).
The board also accepted the resignation of planning board member Kathy Ganshee Sunderland, effective March 25, 2025, and named Mayor Kevin Peterson the Equitable Business Opportunities (EBO) Administrator for Village project PIN 576391. Membership was granted to David J. Birch for the Depew Volunteer Fire Department pending the passing of a physical.
The finance committee presented claims and accounts totaling $568,797.59 for payment; the board approved those disbursements by roll call. Several of the planning items included brief clarifications during roll call votes; the board recorded unanimous Yes votes on the listed items.
Where meeting minutes or packet materials list specific conditions or limits for approvals, the board relied on the planning board’s findings; the trustees did not add separate conditions on these approvals during the recorded votes. Specific operational limits (for example, the capacity of the impound lot) were discussed briefly in public comment and at the planning meeting and were described as subject to site plan and code requirements.
All recorded planning and administrative approvals at the meeting were carried by unanimous roll call votes of the trustees present.
