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WEST SENECA COURT ROOM DRAFT TOWN BOARD 1250 Union Road PROCEEDINGS West Seneca, NY 14224 Meeting # 2026-01 January 12, 2026 partnering with the High Schools to make planters for the Town Hall campus, an event on September 12th, A More Perfect Union on Union, to include a car show, vendors, food, and a concert - A Response to Public Comment is needed during the meeting so that all questions are addressed Supervisor Dickson - Quoted from an ACLU site: an official government social media channel can turn off all commenting on a post without encroaching on first amendment violation - Supervisor Dickson or Deputy Supervisor Green control the posts - Advised interested candidates to utilize the email provided - Ms. MacDonald felt that being in the same law firm as Judge Minear could be an appearance of conflict and the Town Board initially thought it was acceptable that Ms. MacDonald would not appear before Judge Minear. Ironically, this situation occurred before and no one took issue. - Attended the Union Fire Company Installation dinner and will attend others and commented on the longevity of those who serve the town - Board members are selected through interviews and also personal knowledge, and it is insulting that some think that personal knowledge should disqualify a candidate Councilmember Piekarec - Echoed Supervisor Dickson's sentiments about volunteer firefighters and mentioned volunteers are always needed - In his opinion, comments should be left on for all government pages - The Internal Audit Committee has reviewed shipping charges and will review bank reconciliations next Town Attorney Trapp - Is looking forward to continuing his tenure with the town - Forwarded revisions for music venues and avoidable alarms to the Code Enforcement Office for review - Revisited his suggestion about alternate members for the Planning and Zoning Boards and asked for comments from the Town Board members who had not responded, including how many alternates for each board and would the alternates be used for conflicts of interest and/or absences. Mr. Trapp will proceed with one alternate for each board to fill in for both absences and conflicts of interest. - Joe Trapp will attend the AOT Conference Code Enforcement Officer Schieber - All inspectors in NYS have 24 hours of in-service required - Electrification is paused - Agile Storage is nearly complete, Upstate Dairy expansion is to begin, and Ebenezer Landing is underway - Nearly 500 multiple dwelling apartment fire inspections have been completed - Town newsletters highlight fire districts, the Office of Emergency Management, and Dispatch Town Clerk Newton - The 2027 Organizational Meeting items will be entered into the meeting software as requested by residents - 2026 Town and County Tax bills will be going out soon and the warrant is approximately $70M 10