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Town Board Meeting, September 2, 2026 REGULAR TOWN MEETING Colden Fire Hall – 7:00 pm 1 SUPERVISOR DePASQUALE OPENED THE MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF JUDY CHANDLER AND EARL “SKIP” GINGERICH FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENT Councilman Dennis Robinson Councilman Jesse Hrycik Councilwoman Patricia Zurbrick Councilman Gerald Pietraszek Supervisor James DePasquale ALSO PRESENT CEO Tom Dziulko Highway Superintendent Lee Wohlhueter Planning Board Chairman Walt Kammer Recreation Director Kip Palmateer ESCO Deputy Miller Town Clerk Deborah Jusiak Springville Journal Editor Max Borsuk Approximately 6 residents Supervisor DePasquale opened the regular September Town Board meeting at 7:02pm MINUTES TO BE APPROVED MOTION made by Councilman Robinson and seconded by Councilman Pietraszek and unanimously approved to accept the minutes from the Workshop and Regular Town Board Meeting held on August 6, 2026. SAFETY Colden Erie County Sheriff’s Office August Statistics Deputy Miller gave the following report: • 28 calls • 22 traffic details • 27 premise checks • 2 arrests Miller attended the Colden Fire Department’s car show and plans to attend the Colden Arts Festival. PUBLIC HEARINGS Three public hearings were held. A Local Law for a Moratorium Extension for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Supervisor DePasquale opened a public hearing at 7:07pm to discuss a local law to extend a moratorium on BESS for 6 months or the filing of the BESS local law, whichever comes first.