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TB Meeting, March 12, 2026 REGULAR TOWN MEETING Colden Town Hall – 7:00 pm Page 1 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:02 pm SUPERVISOR DePASQUALE OPENED THE MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF SANDRA COLLING AND PEARL SZCZYGIEL FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLIEGIANCE PRESENT Councilman Dennis Robinson Councilman Jesse Hrycik Councilwoman Patricia Zurbrick Councilman Gerald Pietraszek Supervisor James DePasquale ALSO PRESENT Highway Superintendent Lee Wohlhueter CEO John Kotlarsz Planning Board Chairman Walter Kammer Erie County Sheriff’s Deputy Shane Miller Town Clerk Deborah Jusiak Randy Barber, Unite 4 Freedom Mike Wolniewicz Colden Arts Festival Max Borsuk Springville Journal Approximately 4 residents MINUTES TO BE APPROVED MOTION made by Councilman Hrycik, seconded by Councilman Robinson and unanimously approved the minutes from the Regular Town Board Meeting held on February 12, 2026. SAFETY Deputy Miller reported the Sheriff’s Office February 2026 responses in Colden: 61 calls for service 14 Community Policing contact 9 Premise checks 2 Arrests Miller thanked the Town Board for posting the Tip411 information and he’s been doing extra patrolling in some neighborhoods. Deputy Malican will be the community engagement team contact next month. REQUEST TO BE ON THE AGENDA Randy Barber, a spokesman for Unite for Freedom asked the Town Board to pass a resolution calling for a legally valid 2026 election with accurate and transparent voter rolls and system reconciliations. Supervisor DePasquale read the resolution for: A Legally Valid 2026 General Election: WHEREAS Free and fair elections form the cornerstone of the Republic of the United States. As stated in Reynolds v. Sims (377 U.S. 533, 1964), “the right of suffrage can be denied by a debasement or dilution of the weight of a citizen’s vote just as effectively as by wholly prohibiting the free exercise of the franchise.”