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Council advances grants, pump‑station MOU, Brisbane Mansion transfer and multiple administrative items
Summary
Council members advanced acceptance of a $250,000 Strive grant, approved moving forward on an MOU to secure $500,000 for the Naramore pump station, declared the Brisbane Mansion surplus for transfer to the Batavia Development Corporation, and advanced several cybersecurity, zoning, and procurement items to the next business meeting.
At the conference meeting the council advanced several grant, infrastructure and administrative items for formal consideration at the next business meeting.
Chief Camp reported the city received slightly more than $250,000 for the second year of the Strive grant and asked council to accept the award; the council agreed to move the item forward.
Mrs. Tabelski asked the council to approve an MOU with Genesee County to secure $500,000 in support for the Naramore pump station so planned housing development can proceed after a developer withdrew; she said the funding would cover future expansion and the council agreed to advance the MOU.
Mrs. Tabelski also asked the council to declare the Brisbane Mansion surplus now that the police department has vacated the building and to transfer the property to the Batavia Development Corporation; Ms. Hathaway said there is strong interest in redeveloping the building and the council agreed to move the transfer forward.
On cybersecurity matters, Bailey Groth asked to apply for the SECURE program grant to assess utility cybersecurity needs, and Shawn Heubusch reported that the Department of Homeland Security offered CrowdStrike endpoint monitoring software at no cost to the city for three years; the council advanced both items for consideration at the business meeting.
The council also agreed to advance other administrative items including a 3% hotel/motel occupancy ("bed tax") home rule request to the state, a proposed MOU with the Batavia City School District for a School Violence Prevention Grant Program, Lexipol policy management for general government, sidewalk and tree‑work bid approvals, and $6,700 to participate in an update to the Genesee County Central Corridor Study.
Most of the items were advanced to the business meeting for formal approval; no final contracts or ordinances were adopted at the conference meeting.
