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Cicero board approves multiple contracts, retainers, hires and purchases including legal retainers, county youth-services agreement and road salt purchase
Summary
At its meeting the Town of Cicero board approved legal and engineering retainers, appointments and reappointments to boards, a county youth-services agreement for up to $45,000, purchases including fuel and road salt, and several hires and wage adjustments for parks and recreation positions.
The Town of Cicero town board approved a package of routine but consequential municipal actions covering contracts, retainers, appointments, and purchases.
Legal and professional retainers: The board approved a 2026 legal-services retainer with Jermaine and Jermaine LLP for planning-board work at an annual rate of $6,500 and a retainer with Ramble America's Engineering Solutions Inc. for planning-board engineering services at $4,000. The Zoning Board of Appeals retained Kerwin Law Firm PC for 2026 legal services at $5,000 annually.
Appointments and reappointments: The board reappointed Chuck Abbey to the planning board for a five-year term (01/01/2026–12/31/2030) at $107.69 per session, and appointed Judy Boykey as a planning-board ad hoc member for a two-year term at the same per-session rate. The board also appointed Robert "Bob" Fenrich to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a five-year term.
Personnel and parks/youth programming: The board approved hiring Moe Nassar as head coach for girls flag football at $40/hour, Nick Marizzio as assistant coach at $30/hour, Jenny Prentice as theater-camp instructor at $50/hour (start date 02/17/2026), and raised Amanda Reppy's art-camp pay from $45 to $50/hour effective 02/17/2026. A parks-and-recreation staff member explained the pay increase as a request from the instructor and noted program popularity and waiting lists.
Intergovernmental agreement and grants: The board approved an agreement with Onondaga County for financial assistance with youth services provided through programs at the Canteen Center for an amount not to exceed $45,000 (effective 10/04/2025–10/30/2026), and authorized acceptance of a $16,383 NYS DCJS law-enforcement equipment grant (T633364) for the Cicero Police Department.
Purchases and procurement: The board authorized fuel purchases from Buell Fuel LLC ($75,000 winter diesel; $50,000 summer diesel), a Mirabito Energy Products contract for $34,000 for town gasoline, a road-salt purchase from Cargill Salt at $60.97 per ton totaling $450,000, GPS and camera equipment from Samsara Inc. for $20,000, continuation of custodial services at the highway department with CleanTech Services ($30,000, one-year extension), and equipment/supplies from Admar Construction for snowblower rental ($16,200).
Board members briefly discussed procurement compliance for contract extensions and noted the CleanTech extension was for one year and that any competitive quotes should be documented per state requirements.
What happens next: Contracts and hires take effect per the stated start dates; the county agreement and grant documents will be executed by the supervisor as authorized. Board members and staff indicated they will follow up on procurement documentation and provide requested budget-transparency information to the public when available.
