Ellicottville Looks Forward to 2021 Events
Village Board Meeting Notes
Ellicottville looks forward to 2021 events; Cappelli steps away as Village Trustee
The March meeting of the Ellicottville Village Board opened with two pieces of good news. Two checks were received: the first is a refund check from Workers Compensation totaling $10,841.99. The second, from the Cattaraugus County sales tax distribution in the amount of $119,061.39.
There was a motion to approve the minutes with minor corrections; a second and aye carried. Next, there was a motion to approve the financial report; a second and ayes carried. There was a motion to pay the bills with minor budget modifications; a second and ayes carried.
MAYOR’S REPORT: A budget workshop was set for March 22nd and there was an approval to set a public hearing on next year’s budget. The public hearing will be April 13th at 6:00pm. For the new dump truck, Mayor Burrell proposed financing with Key Government Finance (KGF) over five years at a rate of 3.38%. KGF financed the purchase of the sidewalk plow three years ago. There was a motion to accept the proposal; a second and ayes carried.
PLANNER’S REPORT: GObike Buffalo has completed a feasibility study to connect 75+ miles of bikeable trail from Lackawanna to the Genesee Valley. Part of this trail would use the EVGV trail that is currently in the building process. Now that GObike Buffalo is ready to do a preliminary design, Planner Gary Palumbo would like to stay connected to the project. This would allow Ellicottville to have direct input on the design aspects of the trail. The Mayor appointed Trustees Doug Bush and Sean Lowes to work with the Village Planner on the matter.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: There has been an increase in volume of work, and the Town/Village Engineer proposed the Board explore options for either an Assistant Engineer or Intern to help with some of the CAD/design workload. The Board approved his request to investigate options.
PARKS: Trustee Lowes advised the dog park is thawing out and would like to see some gravel put in preemptively before it’s mud. The request was heard with no official outcome.
SPECIAL EVENTS: Trustee Bush met with Brian McFadden of the Chamber regarding upcoming events. The Chamber will take on two events to start: the Summer Music Festival at Holiday Valley July 2nd-4th and the Jazz & Blues Weekend July 23rd-25th. Bush stated that everything is predicated on NYS COVID limitations and the Chamber will work within guidelines as they progress.
REFUSE: The new refuse law requires all garbage to be put in totes and most seem to be following. The Board voted to discontinue garbage collection for commercial businesses (4-6 total) in the Village. This will begin April 1, 2021.
The meeting was adjourned with a giant thank you to Trustee Greg Cappelli as he is stepping away from his role on the Village Board. With last week’s election the two new Board members will assume their duties on April 5th. Cappelli has given so much time and dedication to the Village and greater Ellicottville area and will be greatly missed.
The next regular meeting of the Ellicottville Village Board will be held Tuesday, April, 20th at 6:00pm via teleconference. To join Village meetings by phone, please call 716-832-8330 and use passcode 5324670