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September 9, 2026 #183-2026: MOTION was made by Councilmember Walker to accept Nick Blasz’s resignation as Dog Control Officer with a last day of August 25, 2026; seconded by Supervisor Ventry; Ayes: All; Opposed: None; Abstain: None; Motion carried. Nick was thanked for his service to the Town. 4. Appoint Judy Bigelow as Dog Control Officer: #184-2026: MOTION was made by Supervisor Ventry to appoint Judy Bigelow as the Part-Time Eden Dog Control Officer at the rate of $16,000 a year to be paid bi-weekly plus $60.00 per mandatory court session effective August 26, 2026; seconded by Councilmember Wilhelm; Ayes: All; Opposed: None; Abstain: None; Motion carried. 5. STOP DWI Contract: #185-2026: MOTION was made by Supervisor Ventry to accept the STOP DWI Contract; seconded by Councilmember Byrnes; Ayes: All; Opposed: None; Abstain: None; Motion carried. 6. Selective Insurance: #186-2026: MOTION was made by Supervisor Ventry to accept the proposal from Selective Insurance at a total cost of $170,506.04, effective September 17, 2026 and valid through September 16, 2027; seconded by Councilmember Walker; Ayes: All; Opposed: None; Abstain: None; Motion carried. 7. Cyber Insurance: #187-2026: MOTION was made by Supervisor Ventry to accept the Cyber Insurance contract with the Underwriter’s at Lloyd’s, London at a total policy cost of $2,481.06 effective September 17, 2026 and valid through September 16, 2027; seconded by Councilmember Wilhelm; Ayes: All; Opposed: None; Abstain: None; Motion carried. 8. Proposed Local Law for Data Center Moratorium: TOWN OF EDEN PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 8 OF 2026 A LOCAL LAW IMPOSING A TWELVE (12) MONTH MORATORIUM ON SITING, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS, ACCESSORY DATA CENTERS, AND CRYPTOCURRENCY DATA MINES WITHIN THE TOWN OF EDEN Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Eden as follows: Section 1. Authority This local law is enacted pursuant to the New York State Constitution and New York Municipal Home Rule Law Section 10. Section 2. Intent It is the intent of the Town Board of the Town of Eden to impose a twelve (12) month moratorium on the siting, development or construction of Data Centers, Accessory Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Data Mines within the Town of Eden. Section 3. Legislative Purpose The Town Board of the Town of Eden finds that it is in the best interest of the Town of Eden to enact a moratorium on any new Data Centers, Accessory Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Data Mines, which consist of buildings containing numerous servers and which have high demand for energy, cooling, and water mechanisms, and can result in disturbing noise generation. The Town Board recognizes the potential impact of Data Centers, Accessory Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Data Mines on the Town’s infrastructure, environment, public health, safety, and welfare of its residents. Accordingly, it is the purpose of this temporary moratorium to provide the Town Board with sufficient time to study and address any concerns, including, but not limited to, zoning, environmental impacts, public safety, and economic implications from Data Centers, Accessory Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Data Mines. Section 4. Definitions ACCESSORY DATA CENTER – A building, or structure, or partial use of a building or structure, used to store, manage, process, or transmit digital data for business uses, including computers, network equipment, systems, servers, and other associated components related to the digital data storage and operations that is secondary, subordinate and/or customarily incidental to and located on the same lot as the principal use of a property. Such a use cannot operate as an independent principal use. 3