Southtowns Record

Minutes(May 13th Meeting)

Government
Town of Concord
Board
Town Board
Meeting
May 13, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Moratoriums, Water, sewer and drainage, Audits and oversight, Energy and data center siting, Parks and recreation, Roads and traffic

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May 13, 2026
Darlene Sarver, the Deputy Town Historian came in to address the Board. A motion was
made by Council Member Zittel, seconded by Council Member Kassel, to add section f to
new business: Allow Darlene Sarver to use the lawn space at the Bensley Center during
the Art Crawl. 4 ayes, Carried.

  f) Allow Darlene Sarver to use the lawn space at the Bensley Center during the
Art Crawl- She is working with the Boys and Girls Club and the Concord Historical
Society to recreate the event when books were taken from the Academy St. school to the
Buffalo St. property. They had a bucket brigade to move all of the books. The Boys and
Girls Club are putting on a play about this during the Art Crawl. Motion made by Council
Member Kassel, seconded by Council Member Zittel to approve. 4 ayes, Carried.
Supervisor Drozd let Darlene know that he thinks that she is doing a great job in her new
role as Deputy Town Historian, and he has heard many good things about her.

Town Attorney Attea brought up that the moratorium for the solar and battery storage
expires in June. He has been reviewing the work that has been done on these thus far, but
he is concerned that the work being done will not be completed before the moratorium
expires. The Board discussed extending the moratorium for six months, and will hold a
meeting before June 12th on this matter.

ITEM #6  EXECUTIVE SESSION

  Motion by Council Member Drake, seconded by Council Member Zittel to
go into Executive Session at 6:31 p.m. 5 ayes, Carried.

  Motion by Council Member Krzemien, seconded by Council Member
Zittel, to come out of Executive Session at 6:48 p.m. 5 ayes, Carried.

ITEM #7  MOTION TO ADJOURN

  Motion by Council Member Drake, seconded by Council Member Kassel,
and passed unanimously, to adjourn the meeting at 7:26 p.m. in memory of:

David Westman
Jacob Coates
Lawrence J. Steinkirchner
Lawrence Gay

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  Laura Safford
  Town Clerk