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Regular Meeting 19 May 14, 2026 Supervisor Gingerich asked if there were any interested people who desired to be heard. Hearing no further comment from those in attendance, the hearing was closed at 7:15 p.m. ___________________________________________________________________ Public Hearing A Public Hearing was held May 14, 2026, at 7:15 p.m. at the Marilla Community Center, 1810 Two Rod Road, Marilla, New York. Proof of publication in the East Aurora Advertiser as well as posting it on the Official Bulletin Board of the Town was presented by the Town Clerk. Officials present were: Earl Gingerich Jr., Supervisor Brian Nolan, Councilman Randy Reichert, Councilman Matthew Dolegowski, Councilman Anthony Sebastiano, Councilman Approximately (43) people were in attendance. Supervisor Gingerich stated that the Public Hearing was called to order. The purpose of the hearing was to listen to public comment on “Special Use Permit for 11411 Stolle Road". Supervisor Gingerich asked if there were any interested people who desired to be heard. Resident Patrick Wirth of Stolle Road directly across the street from this residence. This is the 5th meeting I have attended on this issue and am fully in objection of this. Not only is this a safety issue but also a possible financial risk. I recently had a market analysis done in April from Hunt Real Estate and my market value of my home currently is between $500,000-$600,000. I am also recently retired and know of several other people retired on Stolle Road. In any ones financial plan of the future is your home that plays a big role in that. For my wife and myself we might want to sell our home in the future. If I were to sell my home three years from now when I am 65 and I invested my asset which is my equity as I own my home. If I invested the SMP for 15 years, $500,000 at fifteen years and use the market rate for inflation trusted annual compound interest rate at 7%, I am being hard on myself, that is about $1.4 million that I would potentially lose, not only would I lose that but if I can’t sell my home my whole goal goes from $500,000 to $0 because every person knows that if present a buyer option A, Option B, there both identical the only difference is option A is directly across the street from a Shelter, they’re going to choose option A. There is no rational husband, father, mother is going to choose option A because they aren’t going to take the safety risk of living across from a shelter. We are not just looking at a significant safety risk but also the loss of peace of mind and financial loss. It is real. I have spoken to over 100 people and ask them if they have heard what is going across the street from me and not one of them have said that is great news your property values are going to escalate. It was the exact opposite and hoping that it does not happen. I know the town has heard from me before and I appreciate them giving me the opportunity to speak again and I just ask that they put the town and the residents first. We live here, the people moving into that home will never live here, never pay taxes. We need to preserve this town; we don’t want or need it. Resident John McCoy of Stolle Road I own the property directly next door to this home. I am opposed to this. We have heard all this before regarding the safety, yes huge. I want to focus on something else, the people that could be in the shelter. In the original thing it has gone back and forth several times Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking whatever it might be. It says here that cell phones will not be permitted, residence shall not use email or social media, they shall not have cars, they shall not have visitors, why are these woman being punished? Does this sound like this is helping? I work at Attica Prison and I want you to think about what that place is like. This is worse. Our guys have Wi-Fi, tv’s, our guys have access to the outside world. So your saying your going to punish these women because they were trafficked or part of domestic violence. I just want to let that sink in. The qualifications of the staff concerns me as they were not answered last time we were here, so hopefully you have some answers today. Are these Aids, LPN’s, RN’s, are they trained in security, are they trained in conflict resolution because I think we have all seen in