Southtowns Record

Village Board minutes — May 18, 2026

Government
Village of North Collins
Board
Village Board
Meeting
May 18, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Budget and taxes, Zoning and land use, Public safety, Roads and traffic, Housing, Water, sewer and drainage

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MOTION to approve the hire of both, James Panus, and McKenzie
  Blake, made by Trustee Corinne Leone. Seconded by Trustee
  Richard Bley. Unanimous. Carried.

NYS Assembly Bill A.10806/Senate Bill S.S9660, the “Uniform Fire
Prevention and Building Code Accountability Act” – addresses violations,
allowing municipalities to implement a hazard-based remediation schedule
eliminating the arbitrary 30-day window for all offenses, empowering code
enforcement to mandate immediate corrections for high-risk safety hazards.
  MOTION to approve support of the “Uniform Fire Prevention and
  Building code Accountability Act,” made by Trustee Richard Bley.
  Seconded by Trustee Nick Enders. Unanimous. Carried.
NYS Assembly Bill A10387/Senate Bill 9558, The “Local Government
Notice Modernization and Transparency Act” – which allows municipalities
with a .gov website to start advertising their public notices on their websites
instead of in official newspapers.
  MOTION to approve support of the “Local Government Notice
  Modernization and Transparency Act,” made by Trustee Nick Enders.
  Seconded by Trustee Corinne Leone. Unanimous. Carried.
Dewey Ave Water Line Replacement- We should hire an engineer, suggested
was E&M engineering, to put together drawings for the Dewey Ave water and
drainage plans. Previously got quote for job in May of 2025 for $22,390.00,
for materials, which has now expired. Maybe extend onto Spruce Street,
pricing them separately. Erica suggested to get multiple prices so that if the
Village goes for a grant, because it went out for bid, it could be considered
part of the matching funds toward the project. Richard Schaus agreed that
he would put together an RFP to advertise for pricing for Engineer drawings
for this project.
Valone Ave – A planning board request was submitted to separate a lot into
3 separate lots. It was originally 3 lots, combined into 1 lot and now is being
requested to split back into 3. Moving forward the procedure will be to have
all requests for Planning and Zoning board applications to be presented to
the Village board before getting sent to the proper board.

2025 Kenworth Package needs to be paid. Community Bank has supplied us
with a quote for a BAN for $112,342.80 at a rate of 4.99%.

  BE IT RESOLVED, the Mayor, Clerk and attorney are authorized to
  issue a Bond Anticipation Note on June 3, 2026 to Community Bank
  (or such other date as they arrange with Community Bank) for the
  sum of $112,342.80 at the rate of 4.99% for one year in order to
  finance the purchase of the 2026 Kenworth Truck and accessories. (I
  am bringing this paperwork with me to the 5/18/26 board meeting).

  MOTION to approve made by Trustee Corinne Leone. Seconded by
  Trustee Richard Bley. Unanimous. Carried.

Sweeper Renewal – A BAN renewal is coming up in June for the street
sweeper. There was an error on our BAN renewals and the budget will not
cover currently what we would need to pay. A discussion was had and the
mayor is leaning towards not paying the full amount needed this year and
then making an adjustment to the following payments before completion to
have it paid in time so the budget does not go into deficit so extremely. It
was tabled for this month and a final amount is going to be determined to
present at the June meeting.

Budget – Need to approve moving $6,350.00 from the building reserve into
the Police budget for office renovations that were paid for in this year’s