Southtowns Record

​10/13/26 Minutes

Government
Village of Gowanda
Board
Village Board
Meeting
Oct 13, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Budget and taxes, Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Audits and oversight, Roads and traffic

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DOT road construction project design 2027-the project will include road work, curbing, street lights and
crosswalks. The board need to decide if they want an island in the center of town at the stop light that
will have crosswalks to it for pedestrians.

DOT Betterment agreement draft was provided to the board. The board will request a deep study be done
for a roundabout.

Sewer-Sam Lauer

The Property owner at 13 Caroline had a lot of sewer line issues from a Village Tree. A recommendation
was made to reimburse $2800 for the road material to be made to the property owner and not the line
repairs that were made.
Motion 10-80-Motion by Trustee Koch, seconded by Trustee Sisti to approve the 13 Caroline Rd
recommendation. Motion carried

Motion 10-81-Motion by Trustee Sisti, seconded by Trustee Sheibley to declare the 1996 Chevy Suburban
as surplus. Motion carried.

Motion 10-82-Motion by Trustee Sheibley, seconded by Trustee Sisti to approve the Wendel Ferric Tank
Design construction and phase II engineering and bidding services pending identified phase II funding.
Motion carried.

Police-Ross Olszewski

Motion 10-83-Motion by Trustee Koch, seconded by Trustee Sisti to approve the police wage scale. Motion
carried.

Motion 10-84-Motion by Trustee Koch, seconded by Trustee Sheibley to approve the police clerk job
description. Motion carried.

Motion 10-85-Motion by Trustee Sisti, seconded by Trustee Koch to appoint Haily Fort as a part time patrol
officer. Motion carried.

Joint Activity-Carol Sheibley

Learn to ski program sign ups will be Monday October 26th from 6pm-7:30pm in the Village Board Room.

Motion 10-86-Motion by Trustee Sisti, seconded by Trustee Koch to approve Molly Bettker, Chase Bolen
& Dave Bolen as roller skating attendants starting 11/30/26 at $30/night stipend. Motion carried.

Treasurer-Traci Hopkins

Motion 10-87-Motion by Trustee Koch, seconded by Trustee Sheibley to accept the Annual Financial
Report for period ending May 31, 2026. Motion carried.

Motion 10-88-Motion by Trustee Sisti, seconded by Trustee Koch to accept the proposal from RA Mercer
to prepare the required single audit for period ending 5/31/26. Motion carried.

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