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HANOVER — Temporary repairs on King Road will begin soon, as the Hanover Town Board Tuesday approved the bid from Manno Construction Co. of Ridgway, Pa. After being ravaged by the Aug. 10 flood, the need for the road to be opened is crucial to emergency responders. Highway Superintendent Steve D’Angelo reminded board members of the road’s significance at the workshop prior to the board meeting. “We had an EMS call over the weekend and it did slow Forestville’s response time down,” D’Angelo said. “That is a vital road — even with one lane, it’s going to be better than nothing.” The town will be reimbursed by FEMA for the repair. The contract says the work must be done by Nov. 15, with a single lane and a traffic lane at each end of the road to be installed. A $5,000 penalty will be taken if the contractor’s work is not completed by the agreed date. D’Angelo said Allegany Road, which is currently being used instead of King Road, has a few residents feeling apprehensive about traveling up the hill in winter driving conditions. “I stressed to this contractor that it’s got to be done before bad weather sets in,” D’Angelo said. The traffic lights will be up and running from the date of temporary repair completion until the spring, when permanent repairs are planned. June was mentioned at the workshop as a tentative date, but whenever weather permits, permanent repair will commence. “As soon as good weather gets here in spring, we plan to get right at King Road and get it done permanently,” D’Angelo said. “It could be the 15th of April and we’ll pull the lights down and start working on it. And then the road will have to be re-closed again.” At the workshop, D’Angelo explained he would have preferred a local contractor but the difference between the bids was $75,000. He said the contractor selected is reputable and currently has a contract is Gowanda, which is why D’Angelo believes they bid on it. Everything in the bid for temporary repair is included except for gabion stone, which is supposed to be supplied by Buffalo Crushed Stone, Inc. Supervisor Katherine Tampio had authorized the acceptance of the bid from Manno Construction Co. prior to the meeting, which was led by Deputy Supervisor Richard Slawson in her absence. All board members approved the acceptance of the bid for $163,300. In other business: ¯ In public comments, Frank Barrett addressed the board on behalf of James Tycone of Sunberry Mobile Home Park regarding a reduction of his water bill, because he said there were more than five water line breaks over the winter. Barrett asked if the town of Hanover could sell Sunberry water at the rate the town pays to Erie County and requested, on the behalf of all Sunberry residents, to be included in the water district — stressing the park is not an apartment complex, but is comprised of individual homeowners. He read aloud from a letter by Tycone: “An agreement was made many years ago without our knowledge or consent.” ¯ The resolution on the preliminary budget for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2010 was adopted, with a public hearing set for Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. The proposed salaries for town officers will be available at this time. ¯ The renewal of health insurance coverage (Independent Health IDirect 1 Series) and the town-funded deductible HRA account for full-time employees, part-time permanent employees per policy and eligible retirees under 65 was approved, to be effective Dec. 1. ¯ A public hearing will be held Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. for the renewal of three-year fire protection contracts for the villages of Forestville and Perrysburg and the Irving Fire District. ¯ Cold War veterans’ partial exemption from taxation will be the subject of a public hearing set for 7:45 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Hanover Town Hall. ¯ A public hearing will be held Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. regarding the partial exemption from taxation for historic barns. ¯ R. Dale Elwell Jr. was approved as an additional active member of the Hanover Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. ¯ Dave Wilder, county legislator for District 4, discussed funding that the county executive was to provide for local lakes. Wilder said although the biggest lake in Chautauqua County, there was no money set aside for Barcelona, Dunkirk, Sunset Bay or Hanford Bay. “Certainly any monies that would go into improving either lake access, lake quality, any of that is certainly an important issue,” Wilder said. “I would just suggest that perhaps people in this area who have an affinity for the lake... maybe the town might encourage some type of formal organization to be formed because what seems to be happening in Mayville is those lakes that have some type of organized representation seem to get the funding. This is an ongoing issue.” Comments on this story may be sent to adiodato@observertoday.com

 

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