Southtowns Record

Village Board minutes — April 20, 2026

Government
Village of Springville
Board
Village Board
Meeting
Apr 20, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Zoning and land use, Budget and taxes, Parks and recreation, Short-term rentals

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April 20, 2026
  Police Report
  o Police Officer-in-charge Nick wanted to thank the Springville Walmart/Manager Jennifer
  Armstrong/Walmart Foundation for awarding the Village Police Department a $5000 community grant
  to serve as the seed money for our 10th annual Shop with a Cop event which will be held in early
  December.

  Fire Report - No report this evening.

  Code Enforcement Officer – CEO John Baker reported on the following:
  o  426 E. Main Street – all cleaned up, meter will be replaced, ready to go on market to sell.
  o  Short Term Rental (STR) license application – will email draft to board members before printing and
  putting online.
  o  Wendy’s site plan passed at the last Planning Board meeting– project will begin.
  o  Burn ban is in effect until May 15.
  o  Greenhouses – urges board to make minor changes to code. There should be a resolution at next board
  meeting on 5/4/2026 to advertise for a public hearing to take place at the 5/18/2026 board meeting. On
  the 5/18/2026 board meeting, there will be a resolution to pass the changes made to the code regarding
  greenhouses.

  Control Center – No report this evening

OLD BUSINESS
  o  Resolution to appoint and re-appoint members to the Village of Springville Comprehensive Plan
  Implementation Committee (CPIC), a committee consisting of a total of five (5) members – Jessica
  Schuster as Trustee; John Baker as CEO; and Members - Allison Duwe, Terry Skelton, and Devin
  Kowalske. These committee members have a 2-year term ending April 5, 2027. This committee will meet
  quarterly. The 1st meeting will be held on May 12, 2026, and every quarter thereafter on the 2nd Tuesday
  of every third month as follows: 8/11/2026; 11/10/2026; 2/9/2027. This was approved by Trustee Roberts,
  seconded by Trustee Schuster and carried with unanimous approval
  o  Resolution for Mayor Belscher to make an appointment of Tom Hawkins (replacing Helen Brogan) to the
  Historic Preservation Commission as member for a four (4) year term which expires in 2028. It was noted
  that the resume for Tom needs to be submitted. This was approved by Trustee Lipka, seconded by Trustee
  Schuster and carried with unanimous approval
  o  Resolution for Mayor Belscher to make an appointment of Terry Skelton (replacing Barb Lipka) to the
  Planning Board as member for the remainder of a five (5) year term which expires in 2027. Terry’s resume
  was received by Mayor Belscher on 4/19/2026. This resolution was passed with unanimous approval,
  although there wasn’t a 1st or 2nd motion. Therefore I’ll add to Old Business at the May 4, 2026 Board
  meeting to make it a legal resolution.

 BILLS – Bills, as examined by members of the Board of Trustees, were approved for payment in accordance with Abstracts # 309-
324 of 2025/2026 total of $213,658.30 for the General, Water/Sewer, Electric, Trust and Agency Funds by motion of Trustee Baker,
seconded by Trustee Roberts and carried with unanimous approval.

CONSENT AGENDA – The motion was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Baker and carried with unanimous
approval.to accepting the permits and applications below.

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