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At a glance: Menands Village Board approves minutes, grants and routine municipal actions
Summary
During its Oct. 7 meeting the Menands Village Board approved minutes, amended a police retirement account, authorized a JCAAC grant application, purchased park receptacles, authorized surplus of a police vehicle, and funded a parking-code revision; the board also discussed wastewater odor mitigation and various maintenance items.
The Menands Village Board conducted a package of routine municipal business at its Oct. 7 meeting, approving minutes and several motions addressing finance, grants, equipment and code updates.
Minutes and vouchers: The board moved to accept the minutes of the Sept. 23 meeting (motion moved and approved).
Police retirement funding: The board approved an amendment to the police retirement account to cover past service costs (motion read and approved; the item as discussed referenced an increase of $120,000 to cover past service costs in the referenced retirement system).
Village Court grant application: The board authorized the Menands Village Court to apply for a JCAAC grant for the 2024–25 cycle for up to $21,500 and approved the village’s filing for that grant.
Park receptacles: After reviewing state-contract pricing, the board authorized purchase of two recycling/trash receptacles (quoted at $2,065.86 on state contract) to address deficiencies observed after the summer concert series; the cost is expected to be reimbursed from a previously identified account.
Surplus vehicle: The board authorized the police department to surplus a 2019 Dodge Charger and to offer it for sale through AuctionsInternational.net.
Parking-code revision: The board approved a $5,000 budget to engage engineer Greg Manning and La Bella Associates to review and revise Section 160 of the village code (parking rules and fines) and to prepare a code revision with public input.
Other updates: The board reviewed status updates on sidewalk scheduling, roof-quote solicitations for village buildings, and noted that Albany County’s planned sludge-tank/mixing project remains delayed pending DEC review; the village said it had reached Tier 2 in the Climate Smart Communities program and noted a $75,000 award pending acceptance.
Several motions were moved, seconded and approved in voice vote; detailed roll-call tallies were not recorded in the available transcript for these items.
