Southtowns Record

TB Minutes — 1-26-TBMtg-Final.pdf

Government
Town of Colden
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jan 8, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Budget and taxes, Water, sewer and drainage, Parks and recreation, Zoning and land use, Audits and oversight, Roads and traffic, Energy and data center siting

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TB Meeting, January 8, 2026
REORGANZIATIONAL & REGULAR TOWN MEETING
Colden Town Hall – 6:00 pm  Page 1

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:02 pm
THE SUPERVISOR OPENED THE MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN
MEMORY OF MICHAEL ADAMSKI, ROBERT FISHER, MARY PILGER AND TIMOTHY
HARE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLIEGIANCE
PRESENT
  Councilman Dennis Robinson – arrived 6:11pm
  Councilman Jesse Hrycik
  Councilwoman Patricia Zurbrick
  Councilman Gerald Pietraszek
  Supervisor James DePasquale

ALSO PRESENT
  Highway Superintendent Lee Wohlhueter
  CEO John Kotlarsz
  CEO Tom Dziulko
  Planning Board Chairman Walter Kammer
  DCO Michelle Zak
  ESCOs Miller and Malican
  Town Clerk Deborah Jusiak
  Springville Journal Editor Max Borsuk
  NYS Assemblyman DiPietro’s Representative Jeff Souder
  Approximately 1 resident

SAFETY
Deputy Miller reported the following ECSO (Erie County Sheriff’s Office) responses in Colden
for December and 2025 totals:

  ECSO – December Responses
  •  72 Calls for service  •  11 Accidents
  •  30 Premise checks  •  12 Calls handled by Deputy Miller
  •  23 Community Policing contacts  •  1 Arrest- Burglary above the Pizza
  •  3 Traffic stops  Glen

  ECSO – 2025 Responses
  •  471 Premise checks
  •  245 Community Policing Contacts  •  12 Fire Calls
  •  114 First Aids  •  46 Accidents
  •  21 Arrest- 6 warrants, 3 DWI, 2  •  5 Larcenies
  Narcotics  •  1 Burglary