Southtowns Record

Town Board minutes — June 22, 2026

Government
Town of Aurora
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jun 22, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Budget and taxes, Zoning and land use, Water, sewer and drainage, Parks and recreation, Public safety, Roads and traffic

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Town of Aurora | Town Board Meeting | June 22, 2026
by $3000, and increase line ZM 8310.400 by $3000. Deputy Supervisor Joe
McCann seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes –
none. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS:

  Councilmember Wrazen moved to add an executive session regarding  Action #222
  Exec session
a personnel matter with no action being taken. Second by Councilmember
  added to agenda
Armbrust. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Deputy Supervisor McCann moved to approve the hiring of Adam  Action #223
  New hire A. Myers –
Myers to work for the highway and parks departments starting June 29, 2026,
  HWY & Parks Depts.
at a rate of $18/hour. Motion seconded by Councilmember Garvey.  approved
Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Action #224
  Councilmember Armbrust moved to approve a request from Director
  Hire six resident
of Recreation and Aquatics Director, Chris Musshafen, to hire part-time  seasonal
seasonal lifeguards Sophia Franklin, Clementine McDonald, Emery Mruzik,  lifeguards
Andrew Patterson, Vivian Sultana, and Oscar Doerflein at a rate of  approved
$17.25/hour. Their start date is as soon as they complete their new-hire
orientation. Motion seconded by Councilmember Wrazen. Upon a vote being
taken: ayes – five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Councilmember Garvey moved to approve a request from Director
  Action #225
Musshafen to hire part-time Matthew Conyers as a Van Driver RPT to fill in as a  Hire resident van
substitute driver at a rate of $18.51. His start date will be when he completes his  driver Matthew
new-hire orientation. Deputy Supervisor McCann seconded the motion. Upon  Conyers
  approved
a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  A motion was made by Councilmember Wrazen and seconded by  Action #226
Councilmember Armbrust to approve the following budget amendments due  Budget
  amendments
to increased revenue as listed:
  approved
  • Increase revenue line A00-2050-0000-0000 Golf Lessons by $490.00
  • Increase revenue line A00-7185-0400-0000 Youth Educational Vendor
  by $490.00
Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Deputy Supervisor McCann moved to approve a request from Director  Action #227
Musshafen to add the first-year Head Guard rate of $18.50 to Gregory Wilbur  Wage correction
  and backdate
and backpay for a total of $4.00 for his time as a head guard this season.
  approved
Councilman Armbrust seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes –
five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Action #228
  A motion was made by Councilmember Wrazen and seconded by
  Supervisor auth to
Councilmember Armbrust authorizing the Supervisor to sign the letter to  sign Plate to Field
committing the to Plate to Field project. Councilmember Wrazen commented  agreement
that the Plate to Field Project Partnership is good move, as it allows community  approved
involvement with composting. He added that he received an email from
NorthEast-Southtowns Solid Waste Management Board (NEST) that suggested
the town might add to their Climate Smart initiative by getting grant money for
reducing waste in landfills, which is one of the primary positives of community
composting and that he is really looking forward to seeing this go forward.
Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Councilmember Garvey moved to authorize the Supervisor sign the  Action #229
  Supervisor auth to
document requesting the NYS Public Service to formally investigate noise
  sign letter
coming from two National Fuel infrastructures, one on 1228 Grover Road and  requesting
the other on the corner of Grover and Jewett Holmwood Roads; seconded by  investigation of
Deputy Supervisor McCann who also asked if all board members needed to  Natl. Fuel
  Infrastructures
sign the document. Supervisor Snyder said he spoke with Sayer Murphy, who
  approved
submitted the document, and they established that the Supervisor would sign
in behalf of the town. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none.
Motion carried.

  Councilmember Armbrust made a motion to approve a request from  Action #230
the Building Department to refer a violation to the Town Attorney for judicial  Req from Bldg
action. In a memo to the Town Board, Assistant Code Enforcement Officer,  Dept to refer a
  violation to Town
Richard Miga, said the property at 2315 Lapham (SBL: 176.00-3-10) has an
  Atty for judicial
expired permit in violation of Town Code Chapter 65-41. Notices of violation  action
were sent to the owner via regular and certified mail on 3/24/26, 4/9/26, and  approved
4/27/26, and all certified mail was returned. Councilmember Wrazen
seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – five, noes – none.
Motion carried.

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