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to be used for highway maintenance, construction, or reconstruction, snow plows or other devices for the removal of snow from highways in a sum not to exceed the limitations as prescribed under §103 of the General Municipal Law as amended from time. The Town Board has adopted a purchasing procedure with section §104B of the General Municipal Law. The Highway Superintendent will comply with that procedure. DULY ADOPTED, this 8th day of January, 2026 by the following roll call vote: Becker, aye, Hochadel, aye Krist, aye, Kittleson, aye, Gambino, aye. So resolved, 5 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent. Supervisor Gambino stated that the next item was a resolution to approve a new Chaffee Sardinia fireman. He is currently the Pastor at the Chaffee Baptist Church and will also serve as the Fire Company Chaplin. On a motion by Kittleson, seconded by Hochadel, the following resolution was moved for adoption. Resolution #3 – 2026 APPOINTMENT OF CHAFFEE-SARDINIA VOLUNTEER FIREMAN WHEREAS, the Sardinia Town Board is in receipt of the application of, James E. Dykes - out-of-town resident requesting Town Board approval. Mr. Dykes is currently the Paster of the Chaffee Baptist Church and will be fulfilling the duties of Chaplain for the Chaffee-Sardinia Fire Company. Who has applied for a volunteer position as a Volunteer Firefighter to the Chaffee-Sardinia Memorial Fire Company and, WHEREAS, James E. Dykes is currently an out-of-town resident of the Town of Sardinia, and WHEREAS, the Sardinia Town Board supports and approves the appointments of James E. Dykes, and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board approves the appointment of James E. Dykes, Volunteer Fireman and Chaplain to the Chaffee-Sardinia Memorial Fire DULY ADOPTED, this 8th day of January, 2026 by the following roll call vote: Becker, aye, Hochadel, aye Krist, aye, Kittleson, aye, Gambino, aye. So resolved, 5 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent. Department Reports: Deputy Miller updated the Board on activities of the ECSO in the Town of Sardinia and gave a breakdown of the calls that were handled in Town. Supervisor Gambino reported had gotten a picture of people playing disc golf at Veterans Park during a blizzard. She asked Councilman Krist to talk about information form a disc golf app. Councilman Krist reported that there is an app that can be signed into that will give data on how many people use the disc golf course at our park. He noted that from September 28th-December 31st the app showed 91 people had played, there were 38 unique players, that there was 170 miles walked and 381,986 steps taken. He also noted that the app tracks how far away people are coming from. The stats were as follows. 100 plus miles = 5, 50-100 miles = 3, 20-50 miles = 34, 10-20 miles = 20 and less than 10 miles = 20. There was a brief discussion. Councilman Hochadel reported that he was still trying to get in touch with Erie County to get work done on Savage Rd. Councilman Hochadel requested permission to start planning the concerts in the park for the summer. He noted that he would like to do 8 dates and start in June instead of August. There was a brief discussion. On a motion by Krist, seconded by Kittleson, Councilman Hochadel was given permission to start working on getting 4 concerts set up four in the month of June and four in the month of July. Carried, 5 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent. Councilman Becker had nothing to report. Councilman Kittleson had nothing to report. Superintendent Dabolt had nothing to report. Lastly Supervisor Gambino stated that the new highway contract was ready to be approved. She noted that for the first year the highway employees will be getting an additional $1.00 per hour as well as a 7% increase. She noted that this increase helps to get them to a similar pay rate as the surrounding towns. On a motion by Krist, seconded by Kittleson, the 3 year (2026, 2027 & 2028) Highway Employee Contract was approved. Passed and Carried by the following roll call vote: Becker, aye, Hochadel, aye Krist, aye, Kittleson, aye, Gambino, aye. 5 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent. Michael Mahar from Waste Management gave a brief update on the roll out of new recycling totes and noted that a representative will be reaching out to the Town Clerk with more details. Town Clerk Bray updated the Board on changes coming to trash collection as well.