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2002 P ROCEEDINGS PROCEEDINGS OF THE OARD OF UPERVISORS OF B S THE B WYOMING COUNTY OARD NEW YORK OF S U P ERVISORS 2002 2002 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WYOMING COUNTY NEW YORK 2002 i CERTIFICATE OF CHAIRMAN AND CLERK State of New York County of Wyoming Chambers of Board of Supervisors Pursuant to Article 211 of the County Law, we, the Chairman and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Wyoming, New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing volume was printed by authority of said Board of Supervisors, and that it contains a true record of the proceedings of the said Board and the whole thereof, in all regular and special sessions held during the year 2002. s/ A. D. Berwanger Chairman, Board of Supervisors s/ Cheryl J. Ketchum Clerk, Board of Supervisors ii WYOMING COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Left to right, front row: Paul Agen, Anne Humphrey, Sally Meeder, Angela Brunner, Suzanne Aldinger (Board Clerk), Joseph Kushner. Second row: Jean Totsline, Harold Bush, Kyle Glosser, Howard Miller. Third row: Ronald Herman, John Knab, Joseph Gozelski. Fourth row: A. Douglas Berwanger (Chairman), Chris Hickey, Larry Rogers, Jerry Davis. iii Contents 2002 Supervisors for Wyoming County………………………………….iv 2002 Board of Supervisors Standing Committees………………………...v Officers for Wyoming County……………………………………………vi January 2, Annual Organizational Meeting………………………………..1 January 8, Regular Session…………………………………………….....10 February 12, Regular Session…………………………………………… 38 March 12, Regular Session……………………………………………….72 April 12, Regular Session……………………………………………….101 May 14, Regular Session………………………………………………..132 June 11, Regular Session………………………………………………..157 July 09, Regular Session……………………………………………….. 178 August 13, Regular Session……………………………………………..196 August 27, Regular Session……………………………………………..221 September 10, Special Session………………………………………….230 October 08, Regular Session……………………………………………246 November 12, Regular Session…………………………………………268 December 03, Regular Session…………………………………………312 December 10, Regular Session…………………………………………319 Index……………………………………………………………………358 iv 2002 Supervisors for Wyoming County TOWN SUPERVISOR PHONE Arcade A. DOUGLAS BERWANGER 492-3798 6608 E. Arcade Road, Arcade, NY 14009 Off. 492-4685 Attica PAUL AGAN 591-0252 285 Main St., Attica, NY 14011 Bennington CHRIS HICKEY 591-1893 1308 Folsomdale Rd., Cowlesville, NY 14037 Castile E. JOSEPH GOZELSKI 493-2218 6175 E. Lake Road, P.O. Box 331 Silver Springs, NY 14550 Covington JERRY DAVIS 584-3162 7414 Court Rd., P.O. Box 445 Pavilion, NY 14525 Eagle JOSEPH KUSHNER 322-7730 3468 E. Main St., Bliss NY 14024 Gainesville HAROLD BUSH 786-2403 4579 Miller Road, Silver Springs, NY 14550 Genesee Falls JEAN TOTSLINE 468-2748 6940 River Rd., Portageville, NY 14536 Java ANGELA BRUNNER 457-3152 1947 Chaffee Rd., Arcade, NY 14009 Middlebury SALLY MEEDER 786-2304 4631 Gay Rd., Warsaw, NY 14569 Orangeville KYLE GLOSSER 786-5508 2460 Orangeville Center Rd., Varysburg, NY 14167 Perry ANNE HUMPHREY 237-3015 50 St. Helena St., Perry, NY 14530 Off. 237-2241 Pike LARRY ROGERS 493-5737 P.O. Box 82, Pike, NY 14130 Off. 493-5140 v Sheldon JOHN KNAB 535-7252 2246 Thomas Road, Varysburg, NY 14167 535-7644 Warsaw HOWARDMILLER 786-2188 5454KeeneyR.,Warsaw,NY14569 Off.786-2800 Wethersfield RONANLD P. HERMAN, SR. 786-2706 4344 Hermitage Rd., Warsaw, NY vi Wyoming County Board of Supervisors 2002 Standing Committees Effective January 2, 2002 FINANCE COMMITTEE: Humphrey, Agan, Miller, Rogers, Gozelski, Herman, Knab, Davis AUDIT COMMITTEE: Bush, Brunner, Miller, Kushner, Glosser, Meeder, Hickey, Humphrey, Agan HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEE: Herman, Kushner, Glosser, Meeder, Hickey, Humphrey, Agan HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE: Rogers, Davis, Totsline, Bush, Brunner, Knab, Kushner PLANNING COMMITTEE: Miller, Humphrey, Totsline, Hickey, Brunner, Rogers, Glosser AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE: Gozelski, Heramn, Humphrey, Glosser, Meeder, Brunner, Kushner PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: Agan, Davis, Gozelski, Herman, Bush, Kushner, Knab PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: Davis, Rogers, Knab, Miller, Agan, Hickey, Totsline GREEN ENERGY SUB-COMMITTEE: Herman, Humphrey, Davis, Glosser, Knab The Chairman of the Board shall be an Ex-Officio Member of all committees with the right to vote. vii Officers for Wyoming County - 2002 Congressmen, 27th District Thomas M. Reynolds Williamsville Senator, 59th District Dale M. Volker Depew Assemblyman, 147th District Daniel Burling Warsaw Republican Comm. Chairman Gordon Brown Warsaw Democratic Comm. Chairman Robert Kersch Gainesville County Judge Mark H. Dadd Attica County Judge Michael F. Griffith Warsaw Board of Supervisors, Chairman A. Douglas Berwanger Arcade Board of Supervisors, Clerk Suzanne Aldinger Warsaw Civil Service Personnel Officer Harold Hopkins North Java Civil Service Technicaian Marjorie Downs Perry Commissioner of Jurors Marianne E. Kelly Perry Coroners Michael Smith Wyoming George Deihl, II Attica Neil Williams Arcade Renee Hill Attica County Attorney Eric T. Dadd Attica County Clerk Janet Coveny Warsaw Kathleen Daniel Orangeville District Attorney Gerald L. Stout Warsaw Dog Control Officer Justa D. Goodell Castile Planning & Development Dir. Richard L. Tindell Warsaw Election Commissioners James Schlick, Rep. Bennington Charles McCormick, Dem. Java Fire & Building Codes Enforcement Officer William P. Miller Silver Springs viii Building Inspector Donald Roberts Pike Kevin Munro Warsaw Public Health Director Assunta R. Ventresca Buffalo Highway Superintendent John A. Beachel Castile Historian Doris A. Bannister Middlebury Hospital Chief Executive Officer Lucille K. Sheedy Warsaw Director of Community Services Dr. Kathleen C. Plum Mumford Office for the Aging Director Vacant Planning & Development Director Richard L. Tindell Warsaw Planning Board Chairman W. Jerome Smith Warsaw Probation Director Anne Herod Varysburg Public Defender Norman P. Effman Warsaw Real Property Tax Serv. Director Richard L. Dean, Jr. C.C.D. Castile Records Retention, Director Janet Coveny Warsaw Sheriff RonaldB.Ely Arcade Social Services Commissioner Jeannette Wallace Wyoming Traffic Safety Secretary Joseph Heller, Jr. Attica Treasurer John B. Edwards Attica Veterans’ Services Director Frank Hollister Warsaw Weights & Measures Director Richard Harrison Arcade Worker’s Comp./Health Ins. Adm. Linda M. Williams Attica Youth Bureau Director Patricia Hughes Perry ix Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors 1 ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 2002 2:00 PM The annual organizational meeting of the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors was held in the Supervisor’s Chamber, Government Center, 143 North Main Street, Warsaw, NY with all members present. Also in attendance was the County Administrator, Kevin DeFebbo and County Assistant Attorney, Gary Malek. Suzanne Aldinger, Clerk of the Board, called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Ms. Aldinger requested Supervisor Humphrey and Supervisor Brunner to escort Sally Meeder, newly elected Supervisor for the Town of Middlebury, and Kyle Glosser, newly elected Supervisors for the Town of Orangeville to their seats. The oath of office was administered to all the Supervisors by Judge Mark Dadd. The sixteen (16) towns of the County of Wyoming will be represented in 2002 as follows: Arcade - A. D. Berwanger; Attica - Paul Agan; Bennington - Christopher Hickey; Castile - E. Joseph Gozelski; Covington - Jerry Davis; Eagle - Joseph Kushner; Gainesville - Harold Bush; Genesee Falls - Jean Totsline; Java - Angela Brunner; Middlebury - Sally Meeder; Orangeville - Kyle Glosser; Perry - Anne Humphrey; Pike - Larry Rogers; Sheldon - John Knab; Warsaw - Howard Miller; Wethersfield - Ronald P. Herman, Sr. Ms. Aldinger called for nominations for Temporary Chairman. Supervisor Humphrey nominated Supervisor Rogers. Seconded by Supervisor Bush. As there were no other nominations, Ms. Aldinger moved the nominations be closed. A roll call vote was taken with results as follows: Ayes - 1618; Noes - 0; Absent - 0. Supervisor Rogers was declared Temporary Chairman. Temporary Chairman Rogers called for nominations for Permanent Chairman of the Board. Supervisor Miller nominated Supervisor A. D. Berwanger; seconded by Supervisor Agan. Supervisor Hickey nominated Supervisor Harold Bush; seconded by Supervisor Knab. At this time Supervisor Bush declined the nomination for Chairman. There were no other nominations. Temporary Chairman Rogers moved that nominations be closed. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows: Ayes - 1618; Noes - 0; Absent - 0. Supervisor Berwanger was declared Chairman of the Board for the year 2002. The Oath of office was administered by Judge Mark Dadd. Chairman Berwanger called for nominations for Vice-Chairman of the Board. Supervisor Totsline nominated Supervisor Humphrey; seconded by Supervisor Gozelski. Supervisor Hickey nominated Supervisor Bush; seconded by Supervisor Brunner. There were no other nominations. Chairman Berwanger moved that nominations be closed. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows: Supervisor Humphrey - 1084; (162) Berwanger, (164) Agan, (127) Gozelski, (54) Davis, (49) Kushner, (20) Totsline, (214) Humphrey, (46) Pike, Organizational Meeting 2 Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors (213) Warsaw, (35) Wethersfield; Supervisor Bush - 534; (127) Hickey, (96) Bush, (93) Brunner, (64) Meeder, (48) Glosser, (106) Knab. Supervisor Humphrey was declared Vice-Chairman of the Board for the year 2002. The Oath of Office was administered by Judge Mark Dadd.