Southtowns Record

Village Board minutes — July 13, 2026

Government
Village of Springville
Board
Village Board
Meeting
Jul 13, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Zoning and land use, Budget and taxes

Original document

Same meeting

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July 13, 2026
  o  Trustee Schuster would like to take agenda out of sequence and discuss the New Business - Rules of Order Updates
  - after the Consent Agenda is approved. Motion made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Baker and carried
  with unanimous approval.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

  Clerk/Treasurer
  Resolutions:
  o  Motion to approve the 2025-2026 budget modifications for fiscal year end was made by Trustee Schuster,
  seconded by Trustee Roberts and carried with unanimous approval.
  Discussion:
  o  Village tax collection is ongoing until October 31, 2026. July penalty is 7.5%.
  o  Financial reports (Treasurer’s Report) – Balance Sheets, Rev & Exp Summaries have been submitted to the
  village board for May 2026.
  o  Free Thursday night Summer Concerts have started. Concerts are from 6:30-8:30pm at Heritage Park and
  Kiwanis will be selling hot dogs and snacks.

  Superintendent Report
  Resolutions:
  o  Motion to make the Village of Springville the lead agency for LL 8 of 2026 Chapter 200 Greenhouses was
  made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Baker, and carried with unanimous approval.
  o  Motion to accept SEQRA/Neg Dec for LL 8 of 2026 was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee
  Lipka and carried with unanimous approval.
  o  Motion to Adopt LL 8 of 2026 Chapter 200 Greenhouses was made by Trustee Schuster and seconded by
  Trustee Roberts, after a lengthy discussion, Mayor Belscher closed the discussion, and a vote was taken.
  Mayor Belscher, Trustee Baker, Trustee Lipka and Trustee Roberts voted to oppose the adoption of LL8 of
  2026; Trustee Schuster abstained from the vote.
  o  Motion to set Public Hearing for Local Law 10 of 2026 Chapter 200 Greenhouses (revised) for August 10,
  2026, at 7:01pm located at 65 Franklin Street Court Room, during the regularly scheduled Board Meeting
  was made by Trustee Roberts and seconded by Trustee Baker. A discussion followed with Mayor Belscher
  thanking the committee members for their hard work in making these revisions. It is now a cleaner version
  of the original with less redundancy. Motion to set Public Hearing for LL10 of 2026 was carried with
  unanimous approval.
  o  Motion to start an electric rate case with the PSC was made by Trustee Schuster and seconded by Trustee
  Roberts. Discussion followed: this will be done through the firm BST. The Village has not had an increase
  to the base electric in 12 years. This motion was carried with unanimous approval.
  o  Motion to advertise for Bid, Waverly Street waterline upgrade was made by Trustee Roberts and seconded
  by Trustee Baker. This is the Village’s CDBG Grant project. It will install new 8” water main from Main
  St. to just west of Nason Blvd. This motion was carried with unanimous approval.
  o  Motion to send out RFP for Real Estate Attorney to handle the purchase of 24 N Buffalo St. was made by
  Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Lipka and carried with unanimous approval.
  o  Motion to authorize for the submittal of funding application for a zoning code update project to align with
  the Comprehensive Plan was made by Trustee Schuster, seconded by Trustee Roberts and carried with
  unanimous approval.
  Discussion:
  o  EV charger should be online this week.
  o  Website will be ADA compliant by next month.
  o  Working on updating all village emails to .gov

  Police Report
  o  Police Officer-in-charge Nick Budney updated the board on the following:
  o June 2026 Stats
  o ECSO Shane Miller reported on the following:
  o June 2026 Stats
  o Crosswalk enforcement, all crosswalks will be painted
  o E-bike enforcement and education
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