Village Board minutes — June 1, 2026 (full text)

June 1, 2026 VILLAGE OF SPRINGVILLE BOARD MEETING June 1, 2026, Minutes – 7:00 PM The Regular Meeting of the Trustees of the Village of Springville was held at the Village Municipal Building, 65 Franklin Street, Springville, New York at the above date and time. Present: Mayor Russel Belscher Deputy Mayor Kelly Baker Trustees Barbara Lipka Vince Roberts Jessica Schuster Village Attorney Paul Weiss Police Officer Nick Budney In Charge Superintendent Duane Boberg Code Enforce- John Baker Ment Officer Clerk/Treasurer Jennifer Haberl Deputy Clerk Jennifer Blumenstein Also Attending: Max Borsuk – Springville Journal Todd Catalano – Natural Disaster Coordinator Allison Duwe-30 S. Central Ave. Irene Lockwood-147 Cattaraugus St. Mike Wolniewicz-200 N Buffalo St. Mary Carol Dearing-6471 Genesee Rd. Tara Lowry-168 Elk St. Rob Scharf-168 Elk St. Ashley Lowry-151 East Ave. Shane Miller-ECSO Absent: Marc Gentner – SVFD Chief Mayor Belscher called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. MINUTES o Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 18, 2026, were approved as written by Trustee Baker, seconded by Trustee Schuster and carried with unanimous approval. PUBLIC COMMENT P a g e 1 | 12

June 1, 2026 o Allison Duwe representing the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee updated the Board. The members met recently and wanted to brief the Board that they are looking to support the Village of Springville with the Application for Downtown Revitalization Grant. They would like to set up about three (3) meetings at the end of the summer to review the Comprehensive Plan, build understanding and alignment. They would like to send the invitation to the other boards within the Village. The committee would also like all members to receive a bound copy of the plan. Allison also mentioned that the Comprehensive Plan Committee is looking for some outside help for funding to keep this committee successful. o Irene Lockwood spoke about the closing of the JBR Chaffee Nursing Home. She is very concerned about this. She is also concerned about the cars speeding on Cattaraugus Street. Irene would like someone to investigate how to stop this. NEW BUSINESS o Resolution requesting approval to modify the FFY25 Historic Preservation Fund Certified Local Government Grant Project to include Website Development and Management Services for the Springville Historic Preservation Commission. Trustee Schuster would like this resolution to be approved so we can ask SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) to repurpose the funds to include website development. Superintendent Duane Boberg spoke with Clinton Brown about modifying the grant projects scope to include website development. Clinton Brown said that there was room in scope of the grant to update the Village of Springville’s website, but making a stand-alone website for the Historic Preservation Committee would be unlikely. Frances Stern from SHPO believes that it would be unfair to the other applicants to change the scope of the Grant. They try not to change the scope, but it will not hurt to ask for this. The Board would like to send the Resolution to SHPO to see what they say. This was approved by Trustee Schuster and seconded by Trustee Baker and carried with unanimous approval. DEPARTMENT REPORTS Clerk/Treasurer Resolutions: o Authorize the mayor to sign the renewal contract with Municipal Solutions for financial services. See attached 06012026A.1. This was approved by Trustee Roberts seconded by Trustee Schuster and carried with unanimous approval. o Authorize Mayor to sign the contract with Drescher & Malecki LLP for audit services for fiscal year end 5/31/2026. See attached. 06012026A.2. This was approved by Trustee Baker, seconded by Trustee Roberts and carried with unanimous approval. Discussion: o Village tax bills were mailed to owners on record on May 31st. The bills are due July 1st without penalty. o Village offices are closed Friday July 3rd for the 4th of July holiday o Please call the Village office at (716) 592-4936 X1000 if you do not receive your village tax bill. This year the county printed our bills in blue. o Free Thursday Night Summer Concerts start June 25th. Concerts are from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Heritage Park and Kiwanis will be selling hot dogs and snacks. Superintendent Report Resolution: o Declare surplus various length and size fire house (out of date) and expired PPE paper suits from the Fire Department. Will ask if any surrounding companies would like them or dispose of them if no one wants them. This was approved by Trustee Roberts, seconded by Trustee Schuster and carried with unanimous approval. P a g e 2 | 12

June 1, 2026 Discussion: o Sent out an ad for an alternate for the HPC Board and only received one reply. Devin Kowalski emailed her qualifications. o Received a quote for a live stream camera and to set up a YouTube Channel. The YouTube Channel would be free, and the camera will cost $499.00. o The Municipal Parking lot will be closed on June 15th and part of June 16th for resurfacing. All parties involved will be notified in person, Code Red, on our Facebook page and our website. Weather Permitting. o Executive Session to be held tonight to discuss building matters. Police Report Resolutions: o Police Officer-in-charge Nick Budney updated the board on the following: o May 2026 statistics o ECSO Shane Miller reported on the following: o May 2026 Statistics o Bike Enforcement/E-Bikes o Bike to School at the Elementary Schools will be on 6/9/2026 o Speeding/Crosswalk complaints-issued tickets o FLOC Cameras-tool used for property crime o Crime Prevention discussion at the Senior Center o There will be a bike/safety table at the Art Crawl. -Deputies will be on site Fire Report o Todd Catalano – Natural Disaster Coordinator read the report in Marc Gentner absence. The report had updates for the Board on the May 2026 statistics, training and the upcoming events. Code Enforcement Officer – CEO John Baker reported on the following: o Final inspections have been carried out on the Wetzl Development property o Dr. Rileys new animal hospital is moving right along. o Waiting to hear back from Erie County in regard to selling/auction of 128 Waverly St. o SYI Community Center has been approved with some stipulations along the way. Control Center o Duane Boberg-Superintendent read the report in Rick Johnson’s absence. The report had updates for Board on the May 2026 statistics. OLD BUSINESS o Event rates for non-profits used in the past (to determine what to charge for Farmer’s Market events) Trustee Schuster would like the board to consider lower rates for non-profits. o LL8 of 2026 – after work session final language was decided and resolution is needed to advertise for public hearing for LL8 of 2026, added wording/terms to 200-2 B for the July 13, 2026, meeting. This was approved by Trustee Roberts, seconded by Trustee Schuster and carried with unanimous approval. BILLS – Bills, as examined by members of the Board of Trustees, were approved for payment in accordance with Abstracts # 355- 368 of 2025/2026 total of $259,072.70 for the General, Water/Sewer, Electric, Trust and Agency Funds and Abstracts # 1-9 of 2026/2027 total of $89,771.12 for the General, Water/Sewer, Electric, Trust and Agency Funds by motion of Trustee Roberts, seconded by Trustee Baker and carried with unanimous approval. CONSENT AGENDA – The motion was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Lipka and carried with unanimous approval.to accepting the permits and applications below. P a g e 3 | 12

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June 1, 2026 VILLAGE ATTORNEY REPORT – No report this evening. TRUSTEE NOTES & PROJECT REPORTS Trustee Schuster o All-Chorus was held on the front lawn of the high school on May 28. Highly recommended o Art Crawl is this weekend June 6, 2026. Parade is at 4pm Trustee Lipka o DMV is at the Community Center on Waverly Thursdays 10am-3pm o Welcome to Terry Skelton who was recently appointed to the Planning Board. Trustee Roberts o Opening day for SYI Baseball and Softball was successful and would like to thank everyone for the support Trustee Baker o Community Care-Community Support Walk to benefit Concord Veteran Care Project. will be held June 8th. Starts at 8am from Burger King to Route 240. Mayor Belscher o No report this evening. TREE COMMITTEE REPORT - None PUBLIC COMMENT – Mike Wolniewicz, who has a woodworking business located at 26 Franklin Street, had an issue with an easement on the property. He needed this easement released so he could put a shed on the property. Kelly Adams was hired by Mr. Wolniewicz to draw up the documents to have an easement released. Unfortunately, the wrong easement was documented and released. Mr. Wolniewicz was also billed from the Village of Springville for this easement release as per our fee code the amount of $250.00. Mr. Wolniewicz was very upset about the whole situation. He just wanted to put up a shed on his property, and it turned into months of aggravation and disappointment and an invoice that he is refusing to pay. Motion was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Lipka, and carried with unanimous approval to waive the $250.00 Easement Releasement Fee. EXECUTIVE SESSION – YES-Building Matters Motion was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Lipka, and carried with unanimous approval to adjourn to the Executive Session at 8:20pm to discuss building matters. ADJOURN Motion was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Baker, and carried with unanimous approval to adjourn the Regular Session at 8:55pm. Respectfully submitted, Jennifer Blumenstein Deputy Clerk P a g e 12 | 12