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• Kirk Colopy- 365 South Grove- He spoke about the historic landmarking and his opinion on the importance of keeping the Village the way it is currently. He said that he is happy about the demo law that is going to be considered. He asked what the status of three landmarked properties that are currently involved in a lawsuit because of neglect, Deputy Village Attorney Trapp said that he can’t legally release that information to the public. Kirk Colopy said he believes that the Village is about a year or two away from losing the Globe Hotel. Mayor Mercurio asked Code Enforcement Officer Cassidy about the property. She said that the public hearing is set and that demo by neglect is a difficult thing to enforce. She said that she is not allowed to go into the Globe Hotel unless the property owner or someone invites her in, unless she has a court order. She said that she had reached out to the owner and they had not responded. Trustee Scheer said that maybe a court order is what is needed here. Code Enforcement Officer Cassidy said that the building has not been foreclosed on. Trustee Flynn asked what would happen once Code Enforcement got inside. Code Enforcement Officer Cassidy said that then the Village Board would have to decide if the building was worth saving. Deputy Village Attorney said that if there is a stability issue, the banks can get a court order to fix it, the Village Board could file and send it to a higher court or call the attorney for the bank and see if they can step in to stop the gap. Mayor Mercurio asked Village Administrator Kriger to work with Deputy Village Attorney Trapp to get a call made to the attorney for the bank and see what can be done. Mayor Mercurio thanked Kirk Colopy for his passion. Department Head and Trustee Reports Police Chief– He thanked the Village Board for appointing the new officer. He said that they are busy getting the new part-time dispatchers up to speed. He thanked Clerk Treasurer Jerackas for finding Congressional Spending and is working with her to have it ready before the deadline. Fire Chief- He said that they had 96 calls in February and 209 to date. He said that they had a horse rescue call and described to the Village Board how they were able to get them out. He said that there have been no major fires in our district. General Foreman- He said that the DPW has been dealing with 20 water leaks in the past month. He said that they have been cold patching the roads and trying to get the street sweeper out to clean up the roads. He said that they are doing some maintenance on the garbage cans in Hamlin Park. Mayor Mercurio asked General Foreman Stoll to follow up with NYSEG about doing their part in the cleanup at the park. Code Enforcement Officer- none Village Administrator- He said that there is an email scam going on with a large invoice from what looks like the Village. Mayor Mercurio asked if Nick could find out where it came from. Clerk Treasurer Jerackas put out a notice on the website and Facebook. Village Administrator Krieger said that they met with AMR about their contract, and they are staying at 3%, and sent the new contract to the Village Attorney. Village Clerk-Treasurer- She said that she, General Foreman Stoll, and Village Administrator Krieger met with the engineers because they are having a water study done. She said that part of that was put in requests for 2 million and having to do an application for our water infrastructure. She said that she is also working on the budget. Trustee Lazickas- none Trustee Cameron- none Trustee Scheer- none Trustee Rabey- He said that he thinks that Music Fest should still have the same hours as last year, 1pm-9pm for music and bars close at 10 pm, with an exception for the rink that gets an extra hour. He said that he believes it is better as a day event and stretches our police, fire, and volunteers. He also wants the department heads to discuss a way to keep streets open to residents and discuss parking issues. Trustee Flynn- none