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TB Meeting, January 8, 2026 REORGANZIATIONAL & REGULAR TOWN MEETING Colden Town Hall – 6:00 pm Page 14 ski area regarding their proposed activities as an all-season venue. The Board’s January activities will include working on the regulation of battery energy storage systems code and animal husbandry codes in non-ag zoned areas. WATER DISTRICT REPORT Councilman Pietraszek read the following report: • Usage update: At present time consumption billed by ECWA 1,547,000 gal. cost $ 6,249.88 + $401.73= $ 6,651.61 expenditure for December water usage. o ECWA water cost $4.2 / K • Water usage for December– 35.8 G/M/30D • ECWA price increase • From $4.04/K to $4.37/K ($0.33/K) • Infrastructure $401.73 / mth to $434.87/mth ($31.14) • Continue to replace meters and registers if broken with new NexT10, • Turned off hydrant #8 (last in BC Rd lay), waiting on parts • Parts to fix hydrant on Rt 240 near Gutekunst arrived this week • Have more than 10 meters not reading, Jesse working on list and emergency issues. • Contractor pushed plastic under Rt 240 at 8911 State Rd to resolve leak, Lower water usage to 36G/M/D • December water test at Town Hall tested positive for Coliform. The water was retested times, and all were all found to be negative. Councilman Pietraszek stated that during the initial sampling, the water spicket was not cleaned prior to testing so the sample was compromised. • Filled DOH-5197 and testing rpts for December. Water Billing: • Open Accounts as of 11/01/2025 billing: Water Charge (223 units) $27,574.46 (3,130,533 gal) Infras + Capital Surchg $ 4,178.70 Arrears $ -195.62 Total Billed Sent $31,557.54 Current Receipts to date $26,057.72 Arrears to date $ 4,956.91 Approval to Raise Water Rates Councilman Pietraszek stated that the Erie County Water Authority raised its infrastructure and cost of water rates and the suppliers are increasing their equipment costs so an increase in the Colden water rates is necessary. The Water Department determined that the quarterly base rate should be increased by $4.40/quarter to absorb the increases. The quarterly base rate would be raised from its current rate of $68.05 to $72.45 beginning with the February billing.