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Cheektowaga approves several personnel moves, schedules hotel‑tax hearing and defeats storm‑sewer contract
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel appointments and retention of outside counsel, set a public hearing on a possible local hotel occupancy tax (pending state approval), approved a shared‑services DOT agreement and rejected a $28,000 storm‑sewer equipment-and-operators contract after debate about scope, safety and bid documentation.
At its meeting the Town Board approved several personnel appointments and routine business items, called a public hearing on an enabling local hotel‑occupancy tax and authorized a shared‑services agreement with the New York State Department of Transportation, while knocking down a contested contract for storm‑sewer equipment and operators.
Personnel and counsel
The board confirmed appointments made under suspended rules earlier in the meeting, including dispatch positions covered by Resolution 2025‑703, and appointed Mark Biederfield as provisional senior code enforcement officer (Resolution 2025‑704). It amended the effective date of a motor equipment operator appointment (Resolution 2025‑706) and retained the law firm…
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