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At a glance: Cheektowaga work session votes and procedural actions, Feb. 11, 2025
Summary
The Town Board approved vouchers and a softball purchase; a late resolution failed to advance under suspension of rules; the board later entered executive session for legal and negotiation updates.
At its Feb. 11 work session the Town Board of the Town of Cheektowaga took several procedural votes: it approved previously submitted vouchers and warrants, approved the purchase of softballs for youth leagues after a suspension‑of‑rules motion, and did not advance a second late resolution for suspension of the rules after a single nay vote; later the board entered executive session for legal and negotiation updates.
Key votes and actions
- Vouchers and warrants (Resolution 2025‑593): Supervisor Brian Nowak sponsored the resolution, seconded by Council member Folipsky. The board voted to approve the vouchers and warrants submitted to the town prior to Feb. 11, 2025. The motion carried. (Source: town resolution reading and voice vote.)
- Softball purchase (filed late; renumbered 2025‑116): Council member Brian Pularski moved under suspension of the rules to pull a bid for softball purchases from the Feb. 25 agenda so it could be voted on that night. After procedural steps the item was renumbered 2025‑116 and sponsored by Council member Pularski and seconded by Council member Thompson. The Department of Youth and Recreation solicited quotes; Bucks Sporting Goods of Amherst submitted the lowest bid for 200 dozen Dudley slow‑pitch softballs at a cost of $10,838. The board voted on the final resolution and it carried. (Source: resolution text read into record and voice vote, "All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Carries.")
- Late resolution 2025‑115: A subsequent late resolution (2025‑115) was offered for consideration under suspension of rules. A roll‑call vote on suspending rules for that resolution produced a single "no" (Supervisor Nowak). Under the board's rules a single negative vote prevents consideration that night; there was no further action on 2025‑115.
- Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss a legal update with the town attorney and an update on TCEA negotiations. The board stated there would be no action following the executive session.
What was not voted: The work session included a review of multiple consent agenda items (site plan reviews, appointments, software renewals and other routine resolutions). Most of those items were discussed but not individually voted at the work session; some will be addressed at the Feb. 25 town board meeting. The board discussed procedural questions about how suspension of rules is handled when multiple items are proposed for late inclusion.
Sources: Town Board reading of resolutions; motion and roll‑call statements recorded on the Feb. 11 work session transcript.
