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Votes at a glance: Cheektowaga Town Board actions on Jan. 29, 2025

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Summary

A summary of the Town Board27s formal actions on Jan. 29, 2025, including promotions, contract awards, policy readoptions and multiple personnel appointments.

The Cheektowaga Town Board took a series of formal actions Jan. 29, 2025. Below are the primary items the board voted on, with sponsors, outcomes and key details recorded from the meeting transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 2025-84 (Police promotion): Police Sergeant Brian Bibiak of Cheektowaga was promoted to Police Lieutenant effective Jan. 29, 2025. Sponsored by Council Member Vernon Thompson and seconded by Supervisor Brian Nowak. Vote: unanimous (voice). Evidence: clerk read the resolution and the board voted to carry the motion.

- Resolution 2025-85 (Police promotion): Police Officer Charles Shaborski of Depew was promoted to Police Sergeant effective Jan. 29, 2025. Sponsored by Council Member Thompson and Supervisor Nowak. Vote: unanimous (voice). The officer was reported to have prior service at NFTA and assignments to behavioral health and training teams.

- Resolution 2025-553 (Contract award; grass cutting and landscape services): The contract for furnishing equipment and operators for grass cutting and related services at vacant/unmaintained private properties was awarded to Mancuso Landscaping of Holland, N.Y., as the lowest bidder. Sponsor: Council Member Filipski. Vote: carried (voice). The board discussed legal and operational issues about using town staff for private-property work and recovered costs via the tax roll.

- Resolution 2025-556 (Contract award; tree removal): Contract to John Anderson Construction of Pittsford, N.Y., for removal of trees at privately owned vacant/unmaintained properties was awarded as lowest bidder. Sponsor: Council Member Filipski. Vote: carried (voice).

- Resolution 2025-13 (Investment policy readoption): The board readopted the town27s investment policy (periodic readoption). Sponsor: Council Member Jasinski. Vote: carried (voice).

- Resolution 2025-14 (Salaries for non-bargaining employees; amended): The board considered and amended salary figures for several town positions (amendments read into the record) and approved the resolution as amended. Vote on the amendment: 6-0; final vote on the resolution as amended: 5-1 (Supervisor Nowak voted no). Sponsor: Supervisor Nowak.

- Resolution 2025-15 (Salaries for other non-bargaining employees): Approved as presented. Sponsor: Supervisor Nowak and Council Member Filipski. Vote: carried (voice).

- Resolution 2025-20 (Town-village policing cost credit to Village of Depew): The board authorized the supervisor to execute the agreement crediting $500,000 to the Village of Depew for their share of town police costs in the 2025 budget; board approved carrying current credit and to address future increases in 2026. Vote: carried (voice).

- Resolution 2025-46 (Zoning Board reappointments): The board reappointed Ralph Miranda to the Zoning Board of Appeals through 12/31/2029 and made other ZBA appointments; votes carried (voice or roll call where recorded).

- Resolution 2025-578 (Deputy Town Attorney appointment under suspension of rules): Nicholas Romano was appointed Deputy Town Attorney with prosecutorial duties; carried under suspension of rules.

- A series of hiring and appointment resolutions were passed under suspension of rules, including appointments to the parks/facilities department and sewer maintenance and a central-garage automotive mechanic chief (Joseph McCarville). Several of the working crew chief and general crew chief appointments were recorded and carried; most were unanimous on voice vote or by roll call where specified.

- Resolution 2025-62 (Procurement policy): After earlier tabling, the board reconsidered and adopted an amended procurement policy (see separate article). Vote: 4 yes, 2 no.

Notes on procedure and close calls

Several items were pulled from the consent agenda or tabled earlier and later brought back to the floor. The procurement policy item (2025-62) was tabled and then brought back for a roll-call vote; the motion to bring it off the table passed and the final adoption vote was 4-2. Another item (an automotive mechanic crew chief appointment earlier in the meeting) was pulled and later acted on by the board.

For complete text and sponsor lists, consult the official meeting minutes. This roundup lists the primary final outcomes recorded on the transcript; smaller administrative motions and staff appointments that were passed under the consent agenda or suspension-of-rules umbrella are recorded in the minutes and in the transcript sections cited below.