Southtowns Record

TB Minutes — 6-26-Final.pdf

Government
Town of Colden
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jun 11, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Short-term rentals, Zoning and land use, Audits and oversight, Parks and recreation, Budget and taxes, Water, sewer and drainage, Energy and data center siting, Housing

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Town Board Meeting June 11, 2026
REGULAR TOWN MEETING
Colden Town Hall – 7:00 pm  Page 12

PLANNING
Councilman Hrycik reported on the Planning Board’s continued work on improvements at
Kummer Park, short-term rental law changes, and battery energy storage system regulation.

WATER
Supervisor DePasquale read the following report:

  •  Usage update: At present time consumption billed by ECWA 1,875,000 gal. cost
  $ 8,193.75 + $434.87 = $ 8,628.62 expenditure for March water usage.
  o ECWA water cost $4.36 / K
  o Water usage – 42 G/M/31D
  •  Hydrant #8 (last in BC Rd lay), received from vender, will schedule placement
  •  Meter replacement scheduled for CES as soon as closed for summer break
  •  Neptune 360 upgrade done, tablet functioning, but slow
  •  Continue working on nonreading meters & registers
  •  AWQR distributed and cert filled with DOH / ECWA
Water Billing:
  •  Open Accounts as of 05/01/2026  billing:
  Water Charge (223 units)  $22,375.58 (2,640,977 gal)
  Infras + Capital Surchg  $4,905.60
  Arrears  $7,756.09
  Total Billed Sent  $35,037.27
  Current Receipts to date  $24,152.47
  Arrears to date  $10,745.42

RECREATION
Councilwoman Zurbrick reported the following:
Summer program registration deadline is June 22nd. The soccer season ends on June 9th,
followed by a pizza party for the Midget league kids on June 11th. A summer Yoga session will
run from July 9 to August 13.

We would like to approve the following employees at minimum wage:

Lauren Smith  Jack Sobkowiak  Madison Cain
Lilly Smith  Ashlyn Sellers  Eric Szyfranski
Jillian Levakoff  Maeve Annunziata  Michael Holy
Ty Ruhland  Hailey Emerling  Grace Wrotniak

Also, McKayla Ruhland as Senior Summer Staff at $20/hr and John Georger as Tennis Instructor
at $19.94/hr