Southtowns Record

January 8, 2026 - Organizational Meeting & January Regular Meeting

Government
Town of Sardinia
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jan 8, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Budget and taxes, Zoning and land use, Audits and oversight, Public safety, Roads and traffic, Parks and recreation

Original document

Same meeting

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Recreation Administrator  $24.02  Hourly  Toni Orsini

  Issuing Agent for
  None  Jen Bray
 Handicapped Parking

Freedom of Information
  None  Jen Bray
  Officer

Freedom of Information  Beverly
  None
  Appeals Officer  Gambino

Affirmative Action Officer  None  Jen Bray

 Records Management
  None  Jen Bray
  Officer

 N. Payroll Payment Policy shall be established as follows:
  •  HOURLY EMPLOYEES: Pay period shall be a two-week period running from 12:01 AM
  Monday through midnight the following Sunday. Payday shall be on Thursday. Each
  employee shall complete a supplied biweekly timesheet by Tuesday at 10:00 AM prior to
  payday. All timesheets must be approved by Department Head, Board Chairman or
  immediate supervisor.
  •  SALARIED EMPLOYEES: Without prior arrangements, salaried employees shall be paid
  1/12 of annual salary amount for each month of completed employment. Payday is the
  last Thursday of each month.
  •  SALARIED EMPLOYEES: Prior Arrangements are as follows: Supervisor, Highway
  Superintendent, and Town Clerk get paid bi-weekly 1/26 of their salary.

 O. Designation of mileage reimbursement to be allowed for specified Town Officers and employees
  for the use of their own vehicle in performing their official Town duties at the rate of 72.5 cents
  per mile meeting the IRS Rate established for 01/01/2026. Mileage to and from Town Offices is
  not reimbursable. Mileage logs are required for reimbursement and must be submitted monthly.
  If mileage is questionable, a mileage calculator located at https://www.calculator.net/mileage-
  calculator.htm will be used to verify and correct submitted voucher.

 P. Meal reimbursement policy shall be established as follows: Town Officers and employees shall
  be entitled to a $80.00 per diem allowance for out-of-pocket meal expense incurred while
  attending meetings, training seminars, and other such events that are for the purpose of
  maintaining or enhancing the skills or knowledge necessary for the performance of their official
  duties. This $80.00 per diem allowances shall be reduced if the reimbursement period did
  include breakfast, lunch, or dinner and/or if any of those meals was included in registration fees,
  or are chargeable to another source. The daily meals will be reimbursed are as follows: $33.00
  for dinner, $22.00 lunch, $20.00 breakfast and incidental expenses $5.00. Receipts are required
  for reimbursement.

 Q. The Supervisor announces the following personal appointments and committees for the year
  2026, noting that the Supervisor will be a member of each committee and the first person
  listed to be the designated Committee Chairman.
  a. Security and Disaster Preparedness Gerard Whittington
  b. Public Safety (Constable, Building Code  Matt Krist/G. Wittington
  Enforcement, Animal Control)
  c. Recreation/Youth  Beverly Gambino/Toni Orsini
  d. Community Events/Celebrations  Beverly Gambino/Krissy Kittleson

 R. Appointment to the Planning Board: Planning Board members and their term expiration dates as
  follows: Open Seat TBD, with term to expire12/31/2029, Daniel Szustakowski 12/31/2030, Open
  Seat TBD 12/31/2026, Ryan Wilkins – Chairman to the Planning Board with term to expire
  12/31/2027, Aaron Root 12/31/2028

 S. Appoint to the Zoning Board of Appeals as follows: ZBA members and their term expiration
  dates as follow: Mark Sasse 12/31/2030. Ronald Phillips – Chairman to the Zoning Board of
  Appeals 12/31/2026, Theodore Krolick Jr. 12/31/2027, Open Seat TBD 12/31/2028, Open Seat
  TBD 12/31/2029

 T. Appointment to the Board of Assessment Review (BAR), BAR members and their term
  expiration dates as follows: Thomas Idzik 09/30/2027, Lynn McCabe 9/30/28 Gordon Smith Sr.
  09/30/2030, Keith Ramsey – Chairman to the Board of Assessment Review - with term to expire
  09/30/2029, Open Seat TBD – 09/30/2026

 U. Appointments to the Ethics Committee: Donald Hopkins, Michelle Jones, Gerard Whittington.