Southtowns Record

TBA01.26.2026packet

Government
Town of West Seneca
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Posted by publisher
Jan 23, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Water, sewer and drainage, Budget and taxes, Public safety, Parks and recreation, Zoning and land use, Roads and traffic, Audits and oversight, Housing

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TECHNICAL/MANAGERIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Our project approach is
personalized to your process
but rooted in our project design
experience and our core values.

PROJECT UNDERSTANDING  Town projects and will continue  reduce engineering costs for Town
AND APPROACH  this coordinated approach,  residents. This effective model
CPL understands that the Town  leveraging a strong working  will continue to be applied where
of West Seneca is seeking an  relationship and seamless  appropriate and will also include the
engineering partner to provide  teamwork to maximize funding  continued use of Town Engineering
professional services for a wide  success.  Department staff for construction
range of water and wastewater  inspection services. This
system improvement projects.  Recently, CPL assisted the Town  partnership has proven effective
  of West Seneca in securing a  on past projects, reducing overall
Many of the Town’s water  2025 Engineering Planning Grant  engineering fees while keeping
and wastewater projects are  (EPG) to help fund a re-evaluation  total project costs lower for Town
expected to be funded through  study of the Town’s sanitary sewer  residents. If selected by the Town,
a combination of New York  system. This study will identify  CPL welcomes the opportunity to
State and federal loan and grant  areas with the highest priority  discuss project-specific scopes of
programs. CPL’s approach is to  for inflow and infiltration (I&I),  work in more detail and to follow
proactively identify and take  and the results will strategically  up with a detailed scope and fee
full advantage of all available  guide future I&I mitigation  proposal
funding opportunities to reduce  projects, with a particular focus on
the Town’s financial burden  improvements on the private side  LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
and minimize local costs. This  of the sanitary sewer system.  CPL has served as the Town
includes programs such as the  Engineer for the Town of West
NYS Environmental Facilities  Practical system evaluations,  Seneca for over ten years, providing
Corporation Water Infrastructure  constructible designs, and cost-  continuous general engineering
Improvement Act (WIIA), NYSDEC  effective solutions that align  support as well as engineering
Water Quality Improvement  with regulatory requirements  design services for the Town’s
Program (WQIP), DASNY, the U.S.  and available funding are always  water and wastewater systems,
EPA Community Grants Program,  emphasized. Our approach is  in addition to other municipal
CDBG, and other funding sources.  tailored to the Town’s operational  and planning projects. This long-
  practices, priorities, and staffing  standing relationship has resulted
Familiarity with the requirements,  structure, reflecting direct  in an in-depth, system-level
timelines, and documentation  experience delivering water and  knowledge of the Town’s water
standards of these funding  wastewater projects for the Town  distribution system, sanitary sewer
agencies ensures that all  of West Seneca and numerous  collection system, sanitary pump
project bidding, construction  other municipalities throughout  stations, and operational practices,
administration, inspection,  Western New York.  including overflow response and
and closeout activities are  bypass pumping operations.
performed in full compliance  Close collaboration with the  Maintaining continuity with the
with applicable funding and  Town Engineering Department  same engineering firm has helped
regulatory requirements. CPL  has allowed Town staff to be  ensure consistency with long-term
has successfully partnered with  utilized for the design and  system planning and compliance
Rotella Grant Management to  permitting of select water and  with the NYSDEC Consent Order.
secure grant funding for past  wastewater projects, helping to  This partnership is highly valued,

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