Southtowns Record

Town Board minutes — January 26, 2026

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Town of Aurora
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Town Board
Meeting
Jan 26, 2026
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Minutes
Topics
Zoning and land use, Budget and taxes, Moratoriums, Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Parks and recreation, Roads and traffic

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Town of Aurora | Town Board Meeting | January 26, 2026

when the SEQR notifications are going out, to which he responded they would
be going by the end of this week.

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NEW BUSINESS:
  Councilmember Wrazen moved on a request from Supervisor Snyder to  Action #27
  Exec session
add a motion to enter executive session at the end of the meeting to discuss
  added to agenda
the conduct of an employee to which no action will be taken.
Councilmember McCann seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken:
ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Councilmember Armbrust moved to approve hiring Fontanese Folts  Action #28
Aubrecht Ernst Architects, P.C. to provide the construction documents for the  Hire FFAE for Town
Town of Aurora to acquire bids for the work to be performed at the Town  Court construction
  proj aprvd
Courts at a cost not to exceed $48,000 as detailed in the proposed contract.
Funds will come from the following budget lines:
  • $16,955 – Committed Funds for Building Improvement
  • $31,045 – Fund Balance Assigned for Capital Improvements
Councilmember McCann seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken:
ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Councilman Wrazen moved to authorize the Supervisor and  Action #29
  Sup & Board
Councilmembers to sign the 2026 Highway 284 Agreement (Agreement for the
  authorized to sign
expenditure of Highway moneys – DB fund).  2026 Hwy 284
Councilmember McCann seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken:  agreement
ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Councilmember McCann moved to approve a request for the Town  Action #30
Attorney to prepare a Local Law to increase the Highway Superintendent’s  Req for Town Atty
salary for providing dog control services for the Towns of Sardina and Holland  to create local law
  for HWY Super
in the amount of $5,000. Councilmember Armbrust seconded the motion.
  salary increase for
Upon a vote being taken: ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.  addl’t dog control
  svcs aprvd
  Councilmember Armbrust moved to approve the Highway Department to
purchase a new grapple truck in the amount of $287,012 which is contingent  Action #31
  HWY purch of
upon adoption of the 2027 budget. Councilmember McCann seconded the  grapple truck from
motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.  ’27 budget aprvd

  Councilmember McCann moved to refer the Special Use Permit and Site
plan review applications for the property at 359 Quaker Road to the Planning  Action #32
  Refer 329 Quaker
Board for review and comments. Councilmember Wrazen seconded the  Rd SUP & Site plan
motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.  to Planning Brd
  aprvd
  Councilmember Wrazen moved to approve a Temporary Use Permit to 42
  Action #33
North’s Brewski event for attendee parking using Knox Farm State Park Soccer  TUP for Brewski
Fields on February 21, 2026 from 11 AM – 4 PM. Councilmember McCann  parking at KFSP
seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – four, noes – none.  aprvd
Motion carried.

  Councilmember McCann moved to authorize Justice Court action for
  Action #34 Justice
Thomas Hagner, E. Aurora, for an expired building permit at 10 Creekview  court for Thomas
Court, E. Aurora (Town Code Chapter 65-4(I)). Councilmember Armbrust  Hagner,10
seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – four, noes – none.  Creekview Ct
  authorized
Motion carried.

Councilmember McCann asked Assistant Code Enforcement Officer Miga for
clarification about how the process works. Officer Miga stated building permits
need to be closed out through the Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of
Compliance process. This is a new dwelling that requires an occupancy survey
and a final building inspection.

  Councilmember Armbrust moved to approve the following 2026 budget
  Action #35
transfer of $1,107 for the Town clerk due salary changes:
  Town Clerk ’26
From: A1410.105 – Deputy 1  budget transfer
To: A1410.413 – PT Contractual  aprvd
Councilmember McCann seconded the motion. Upon a vote being taken:
ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.

  Councilmember Wrazen moved to authorize Supervisor Snyder to sign an  Action #36
intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Colden for an out-of-district (OOD)  Auth Supvsr to sign
  OOD permit w/
water customer at 8815 Falls Road. Councilmember McCann seconded the
  Town of Colden
motion. Upon a vote being taken: ayes – four, noes – none. Motion carried.  aprvd

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