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Collins Town Board approves drainage study, budget tweaks and adds unpaid service bills to 2018 tax warrant
Summary
The Town of Collins Board authorized a not-to-exceed $15,600 storm-drainage study, approved modest 2017 budget transfers, voted to place unpaid water and cleanup charges on the 2018 tax roll, and hired staff for the winter recreation program.
The Town of Collins Board on Oct. 2 approved a not-to-exceed $15,600 contract with Wm Schutt Associates to study recurring drainage problems in the Mill Street/Maple Avenue/Mildred Avenue/School Street area and adopted several other routine financial and personnel measures.
Supervisor David Tessmer said the drainage study was included in the town’s 2017 capital plan and budget. The Board unanimously authorized the supervisor to sign the agreement with Wm Schutt Associates (Resolution #188), which the town expects will produce an engineering report with recommendations for the project area.
The Board also approved payment of vouchers on abstract #17 totaling $18,793.28 (Resolution #186). The abstract covers multiple funds, including General Townwide, Highway and Special Refuse; line-item totals were provided to the Board during the meeting. The Board accepted the supervisor’s August financial report as submitted (Resolution #187).
Council members voted to make several small 2017 budget transfers across town funds to move contingency and program balances into specific line items (Resolution #189). The adjustments affect A, B, DB and water funds and were presented as housekeeping changes to finalize the year’s accounts.
Citing New York State Town Law §198, the Board approved adding unpaid town service bills — including unpaid water bills and property cleanup charges — to the 2018 property tax warrant and authorized the Supervisor to sign the Erie County authorization letter to levy those charges (Resolution #190). Tessmer explained Erie County’s Real Property Tax Department requires a Board vote to include such charges on the tax roll.
The Board also approved hiring recommendations for the 2017–18 winter recreation program, appointing Tom McMullen as recreation supervisor and hiring multiple recreation attendants following interviews and personnel-committee review (Resolution #191).
On routine reports, Highway Superintendent Peter Waterman summarized recent maintenance work — including truck repairs, sand hauling, placement of millings on Warner Gulf Road, and cemetery and ditching work — and noted receipt of a quote to remove the white highway barn. Town water staff reported that meter reads were complete with few problems, that lead-and-copper testing and the water-system mapping are finished, and that flushing for Collins #1 is scheduled Oct. 23–25 and for Collins Center #3 on Oct. 26–27. Staff offered to present the mapping system at an upcoming board meeting and mentioned a $2-per-month insurance option for water service lines from the curb box into houses.
Karen Howard of Senator Pat Gallivan’s office was introduced and invited town officials to identify items she could take back to the senator’s office. Supervisor Tessmer also said the town has received USDA paperwork tied to existing water-system loans and reminded the Board that Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications are due Oct. 26 with inspections beginning in early November.
The meeting opened at 7:08 p.m. and adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
