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Votes at a glance: Tonawanda council adopts routine minutes, bills and event permits; several contract items tabled
Summary
The council approved minutes, bills, a Niwanda Park lease, a handicap-sign procedure and several event permits; it tabled multiple volunteer-fire-company agreements and an overnight docking-fee ordinance pending publication clarification.
At Tuesday’s meeting the Tonawanda Common Council took votes on a mix of routine and substantive items.
Adopted: - Resolution 1: Minutes from 02/03/2026 adopted by roll call. - Resolution 2: Bills allowed as audited, adopted by roll call. - Resolution 4: Lease with Spano Enterprises LLC for Niwanda Park (3-year lease, adopted). - Resolution 5: New procedure for residential handicap signage (application to clerk, 5-year recertification), adopted. - Resolution 10: Permission granted to Tonawanda United Veterans Council to close the Renaissance Bridge on 05/24/2026 for Memorial Day observance, adopted. - Resolution 11: Gateway Harbor special event (Green Beer Sunday), adopted with insurance deadline. - Resolution 12: Roswell Park Alliance Foundation ride on 06/27/2026; adopted with certificate-of-insurance deadline.
Tabled: - Resolution 3: Proposed amendment and republication needed for overnight docking-fee ordinance (tabled pending publication clarification). - Resolutions 6–9: Agreements with National Hose, Delaware Hose, Niagara Hose and Union Houghton Ladder tabled pending police cooperation and clearer financial accountability documentation.
No votes of 'no' or explicit abstentions were recorded in the formal roll calls reported on the record for these items; the clerk called roll for each resolution and the chair declared the results.
What’s next: Staff were asked to provide publication proof for the dock-fee ordinance and to obtain written police follow-up and financial statements before the volunteer-fire-company agreements are returned to the agenda.
