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The Buffalo NewsTuesday August 16 1994 SOUTH EOIT1ONJ Mt Page 5 Briery Depew will establish records storage center The Village of Depew will use a recently approved state grant of $27028 to establish a records storage center in the Village Hall Depew Mayor Mi chael Rusinek announced Monday The records management grant was the third received by the village since 1902 and will be used to refurbish a second floor village office where re cords will be categorized and microfilmed Previously the village used $19000 in state funds to inven tory its 3300 cubic feet of re cords dating back 100 years Rusinek said a quality re cords management program en abled the village to operate fectively and efficiently and provide better service to its citizens" The Village Board has adopted a resolution requesting the state to continue the re cords management grant pro gram which is scheduled to ex pire in 1995 In other business the board approved the appointment of Richard Basher as chairman of the planning board Basher replaces Carl Kidawski who resigned from the post Monday The board also awarded two contracts totaling $246735 to Buffalo White GMC for three dump trucks for the highway department Lackawanna considers own insurance for workers A committee to study wheth er Lackawanna should become self insured for com pensation was approved by the City Council Monday night The committee will study whether the city can save mon ey by dropping the insurance and paying claims itself Com mittee members will include in surance consultants Kenneth Barber and Walter Palka and city employee Bruce Colello Comptroller Robert Marciniak and Treasurer Charles Katra The Council approved selling to the Lackawanna Community Development Corporation prop erty at 48 Wilson St for $250 as part of a LCDC plan for a two family home at 38 42 Wil son The Council action is con tingent upon the approval by the development law and asses sor's offices The Council also was in formed by Mayor Kathleen Staniszewski of re appointments to the Youth Board of Angela Royster Paula Sirieka Sue Mo tyka John Makeyenko and Chet Krakowski informed by Public Safety Director Paul Strycharz of the termination of firefighter Kenneth Szyszkowski who has taken a job as a Buffa lo police officer and the ap pointment of Richard Chmie lowiec as a firefighter and Approved the appointments of Mary Grace Bellagamba and Emo Gambino as bingo inspectors Coffee pot sparks Lackawanna house fire A coffee pot that was left on sparked a $25000 fire in a story house at 21 Cook St in Lackawanna Monday fire officials reported An extra crew was called to the scene after the first fire fighters responded at 11:43 am Acting Lt Mark Wodzinski said Acting Capt James Droz dowski said the fire started in an extension cord hooked up to a coffee pot that was left on No one was home at the time Drozdowski said the Red Cross was assisting the owner of the house Richard Scarsella and his family including three children Parking ban near school gets Hamburg hearing The Hamburg Village Board Monday scheduled a public hearing on a proposal that would prohibit parking on a portion of the east side of Charlotte Avenue toward Mark Avenue from 7 am to 4 pm on school days The proposed law is in re sponse to concerns that congestion in that area poses a traffic hazard to stu dents The hearing will be held at 8:15 pm Sept 6 in the Village Hall In other business the board awarded a $44040 contract for installation of several ramps for the disabled to JRT Concrete of Strykersville The board also approved a resolution accepting a State De partment of Transportation pro posal to construct sidewalks along Lake Street from the vil lage line near Norwood Avenue to the Main Street and Pierce Avenue intersection The im provements would be made at the expense East Aurora OKs bonds for sewer treatment plant The East Aurora Village Board Monday authorized the issuance of up to $111 million in bonds to finance the acquisi tion of a sewer treatment plant Village Administrator Jerry Hiller said the actual amount will not be made public for another month Hiller said the village has an agreement in principle for pur chase of the plant located off Mill Street from Environmental Elements Corp a Baltimore based firm that has operated the facility since 1988 The company according to Hiller is now focusing on air pollution technology rather than waste treatment Hiller told the board the purchase of the plant will save property owners money because of a state run financing arrange ment Under the plan the vil lage would be offered a low cost revolving loan and a one third discount on bond interest rates Hiller said the discounted interest rate would be approxi mately 4 percent In other action the board announced that the speed limit has been reduced on Quaker Road from 45 to 40 mph from Gypsy Lane Road to the village line renewed the insur ance premium with US at a $2400 savings and adopted a rezoning request for a minor addition to the Woods uneral Home on Main Street Police chief says repairs to railroad pose problem Angola Police Chief Patrick Puckhaber complained Monday night that the village was given insufficient notice of railroad track repairs and that the work poses a problem during emergencies is the second year in a row that the railroad decides to make repairs with only a the chief said in convenience divides the village causing the fire company to de tour around the village 412 to six miles to make emergency calls on the south end of Main Street "What is needed is a way to cross the tracks during shut downs to allow emergency per sonnel and equipment to reach the south end of the town Mayor Michael Walters agreed and said he would con tact Erie County and the state for help in resolving this problem In another matter Village Clerk Treasurer Cynthia Proz enzo was authorized to borrow a statutory bond from Evans National Bank at a 44 percent annual rate The bond money will be used to purchase an articulating tractorsidewalk snowplow from Roberts Equipment Inc for $51251 with $1251 coming from current general funds The board also accepted the proposal of Donald Gallo Con sulting Engineer for a library expansion study for $2500 ap pointed Sam Lomando Jr a part time village assessor effec tive immediately accepted the bid of Sam Chiavctta to pur chase the surplus 1969 fire truck for $1200 and set a workshop for 7:30 pm Aug 22 to discuss the pump station ap praisal and the final water agreement for metering the Lake Bay area of the Angola retail water district Ruby cited in Cheektowaga A Cheektowaga police decoy has made another sale of beer to an underage minor in its Project Gateway crack down The latest was at Ruby in the Walden Gal leria The seller was given a ticket to appear in Town Court and the violation has been re ported to the State Liquor Authority Elsewhere Man pleads innocent in DWI linked deaths LITTLE VALLEY An drew Hoffman 26 of Steam burg pleaded innocent Monday in Cattaraugus County Court to 26 charges including driving while intoxicated stemming from a July 1 collision that led to the deaths of two elderly people in Salamanca Police pulled two elderly couples out when their car burst into flames The driver of the car George Vail 72 of Cheektowaga and his sister in law Ruth Matthies 71 of Lit tle Valley died of injuries suf fered in the crash wife Bernice 69 was hospitalized in Olean and later released Robert Matthies 72 of Little Valley remains hospi talized Hoffman is in the county jail South Suburban News Hamburg Town Board against garbage site By KEN BAKER News Staff Reporter Hamburg Town Board members voted unan imously Monday night to oppose a proposed garbage transfer station the Village of Blasdell wants located on property bordering a residen tial area in Hamburg The 5 0 vote against the transfer station which state Department of Environmental Con servation and Blasdell officials have said poses no adverse environmental effects to area resi dents came after nearly two months of growing animosity between Hamburg board members and Blasdell officials tell them not to do said Hamburg Councilman Mark Cavalcoli who sponsored the resolution opposing the station we wish there was greater cooperation be tween the Town Board and the Village The town was not notified of plans until a DEC letter was mailed to the board at the end of June Cavalcoli said Blas dell officials still have yet to contact any board members he added The decision on the transfer station will be up to the Village Board Town board members and residents voiced concerns over the transfer location during a board meeting Monday night smells said Hamburg resi dent Judy Krautsak not Blasdell Development Group Inc the pro posed transfer developer and Blasdell Mayor Jeffry Zimmerman who supports the station have not adequately addressed resi environmental concern Ms Krautsak said always rats around said Ms Krautsak need Mayor Zimmerman could not be reached for comment Monday night But not all residents expressed opposition Hamburg resident Gale Georgi thinks the transfer station is environmentally safe wants it in their back said Ms Georgi who said she was convinced of the transfer benefits at a village informa tion meeting last week if well run and taken care of I have no complaints with The Blasdell Development Group has prom ised the 45 acre transfer station expected to be approved by the Village Board in Septem ber will not store trash for more than two days at the facility operation is inside a building there fore this variable will have no effect on the developers wrote in a letter distributed to residents at last meeting The nearest homes are 1500 to 2000 feet from the proposed facility the letter stated Hamburg board members Monday night seemed as concerned over Blasdell not involving them in the decision making process as the potential environmental impact am disappointed in the lack of profes sionalism by the Village of Blasdell said Town Councilman Thomas Quatroche Jr have a project of this magnitude but have only had one public Several town officials suggested the estimat ed maximum of 200 garbage trucks hauling loads on nearby roads would create congestion and a foul odor is not the type of business look ing said Hamburg Town Supervisor Pat rick Hoak Councilman Cavalcoli who is also a biology teacher at rontier Central High School was less adamant in his opposition but said more questions need to be answered about the facili ty before it is approved in all while garbage transfer might be a good he said been done by the village is Cavalcoli said he asked the DEC to conduct a more detailed assessment of the transfer sta potential impact on the surrounding com munity Heading or Home Eb 3 'J' ML' Sf irf Wlw V7 MARK MULVILLEBuffalo News Lynn Canfield an aide with the summer program of Erie I Board of Cooperative Educational Services points out third base for baserunner Jacob aircloth 6 during a baseball game Monday afternoon at West Seneca West Middle School The program concludes today Seneca sounds alert on rabid animals By TOM ERNST News South Towns Bureau There have been two confirmed cases of rabid animals in West Seneca in recent weeks and resi dents were urged Monday night to exercise caution and also to get their pets vaccinated A raccoon killed in a fight with another animal on Round Trail last week was found to have ra bies as was a skunk found previ ously on Lcydeckcr Road Council man Christopher Walsh said during the Town Board meeting Walsh urged residents to use extreme caution when dealing with wild animals Town Clerk Patricia Wisniewski urged residents to make sure their household pets are vaccinated against the disease On another matter the board gave its approval to more than $500000 worth of improvements to Buffalo Airfield Inc with most of the funding coming from the ederal Aviation Administration The money for improvements to lighting and runway aprons re sults from the designation as a relief airport to handle small planes in case of an emergency at Greater Buffalo International Air port The board adjourned until Sept 12 a public hearing on eminent domain proceedings involving a strip of land on property owned by Michael Wayda of Center Road The town and county want a permanent easement for construc tion of a covered drainage pipe to relieve flooding conditions Wayda plans to offer an alternative plan Maryvale School Board approves $2297 tax rate By RITZ VAN LEAVEN Maryvale Correspondent The Maryvale School Board Monday approved a district tax rate of $2297 per $1000 of as sessed valuation for 1994 95 The amount represents an increase of $128 or 59 percent over last rate In June district residents ap proved a $24534931 budget School Superintendent Gary Brader said a larger tax rate in crease was averted when the dis trict was awarded a state grant for $125000 which was used to offset a loss of $60000 in state aid Brader added that as of August 1993 was over $53 million removed from the tax and excess of $39 was at tributable to the Erie County In dustrial Development agreements with various district businesses Brader said the tax rate would be about $217 less if the district received those revenues In other business the board ap proved a new two year contract with Laidlaw Transit Inc Basic transportation will cost the district $536539 for the first year and will in the second year increase 3 percent or the level of this consumer price index whichever is lowest Special needs transportation for field trips and athletic events will cost $48230 and transportation for the handicapped will cost $232143 Both are subject to the same terms for increases Seneca settles on schools chief Board will appoint superintendent tonight By MOLLY MCCARTHY News Staff Reporter The West Seneca Board of Ed ucation has found a new superin tendent to replace Vincent Cop pola who left the district in the middle of the last school year The School Board will appoint Richard Sagar superintendent of the Beacon City School District during a special meeting tonight hi the West Seneca Educational Cen ter according to Board President James Sheehan A Brooklyn native Sagar 46 has been superintendent since April 1992 of the Beacon City schools located downstate near New York City The district has a $24 million budget and a studeht population of 3000 West Seneca has 7800 pupils and a budget of $627 million Nevertheless Sheehan said board members as well as tlje community advisory board ap pointed to assist the board in its search believe Sagar is up to the task got a fantastic business background and a great curriculum background We think be great for West Sheehan said Sheehan declined to name the two other finalists in the search except to say they also were excel lent candidates District officials are still work ing out the final details of contract Sheehan said the board would disclose annual sala ry which is expected to be in the $95000 to $100000 range during meeting Sagar received his and degrees in accounting and a doctorate in educational a'd ministration from Syracuse Univer sity A former math and account ing teacher he also served as superintendent of the Cazenovia School District and the Broadalbin Perth Central Schools I He was also an assistant super intendent for finance in the East Irondequoit Central Schools in suburban Rochester from 1982 to 1984 Sagar is married and has two children ages 13 and 11 Sagar is expected to start his job in West Seneca on Oct 15 Sheehan said Merton Haynes a retired Iroquois Central school superintendent will continue as in terim superintendent until he ar rives The School Board extended the superintendent search in May after failing to find a replacement for Coppola who left the district in January to assume the top post in the Corning Painted Post School District Sagar is expected to attend meeting to introduce himself to West Seneca district residents Sheehan said Cheektowaga truck route system gets public support By PAUL CARROLL News Cheektowaga Bureau A proposed truck route system for Cheektowaga drew general support at a public hearing Tues day but some said it does not go far enough to reduce problems of truck traffic The proposed ordinance would eliminate through traffic by trucks of five tons or more on several streets including Losson Borden and Bennett roads Como Park Boulevard and Cleveland Drive Southeast Cheektowaga has traffic mainly truck with trucks using Losson Bennett Borden and Como Park as shortcuts between Union and Transit roads Jane Wiercioch De pew Cheektowaga Taxpayers Asso ciation said in support of the pro posal She and others complainedof trucks speeding and carrying uncovered loads of stone Jamie Hypnarowski a vice pres ident of Buffalo Crushed Stone at 500 Como Park Blvd said his quarry does not operate trucks but encourages its customers to cover their truck loads control that or speed up to the police But we can police those trucks as they go out of the gate We try to be a responsible he said Trucks would be permitted to make pickups or deliveries on non truck routes ensuring access to and from Buffalo Crushed Stone and other locations on such routes Councilman Thomas Johnson Jr said He said the town would eventu ally like to improve Indian Road to provide access from Broadway to the quarry Bill Berner of Elma a truck owner operator said he pays taxes to use all roads Supervisor Dennis Gabry szak said: never going to tell everybody they make a pickup or delivery or find a route through The Town Park Homeowners Association submitted a statement expressing concern about the poor condition of some intersections the proposal would still allow trucks to use It cited Pine Ridge Road and Genesee Street and East Delavan Avenue and Maryvale Drive Bennett Road residents arc up set by construction of a transit center on the Bennett Road side of the AppleTree Business Park Thaddeus Kozlowski of 69 Bennett Road told the board The board voted to ask Niagara rontier Transportation Authority to cease work on the project com ply with the town zoning code and consider moving the facility'1 The town asked the NTA to stop construction last Tuesday but Johnson said the NTA would not agree although said they would try to address our con A public meeting on the issue will be held at 7 pm Thursday in Town Hall Gabryszak said The transit center is one of six NTA plans in the suburbs with shelters for bus parking space for buses a restroom for drivers bus information bike racks and telephones SOUTH EDITION.