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Home My WebLink AboutTB 2026-01-08TB 1-8-26 Page 1 of 3 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING January 8, 2026 Zoom Hybrid Present: Supervisor Jason Leifer, Cl Daniel Lamb, Cl Leonardo Vargas- Mendez, Cl Christina Dravis, Cl Spring Buck Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk Rick Young, Highway/DPW Superintendent Other Town Staff: Amanda Anderson, Bookkeeper *Cassie Byrnes, Secretary to the Supervisor Supv Leifer opened the meeting at 6:05 p.m. He shared a video of work being done to repair a leak in the Yellow Barn Road Water District. Graybar Purchase Correction Last month the board approved purchase orders for Graybar for the fiber project. It was later discovered there were errors in the purchase orders. There needs to be a resolution to approve the corrected figures. RESOLUTION #34 (2026) - CORRECTING GRAYBAR PURCHASE ORDERS Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: Whereas, at the December 18, 2025 Town Board meeting, the Board passed resolution #215(2025) approving five purchase orders, Whereas, when the orders were placed it was discovered that the vendor did not enter the correct information for one item which caused the totals to be incorrect on two of the purchase orders, Date Quote # Project name Original Purchase Order Corrected Purchase order Increase 12/17/25 2001205021 Freeville Non-MIP 170,840.89 170,840.89 -0- 12/17/25 2001204523 Freeville MIP 52,318.18 52,318.18 -0- 1/6/2026 2001206384 Greater Dryden NonMIP 499,049.95 649,699.15 150,649.20 12/17/25 2001205661 Dryden CO MIP 341,785.16 341,785.16 -0- 1/6/2026 2001318886 Caroline MIP 392,027.93 542,677.13 150,649.20 Total 1,456,022.11 1,757,320.51 301,298.40 Therefore, be it resolved that the Board rescinds Resolution #215 (2025), and it is further Resolved that the Board approves the purchase of materials from Graybar for the Dryden Fiber project totaling $1,757,320.51 as listed in the quotes above. TB 1-8-26 Page 2 of 3 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes Supv Leifer reported that the sale of bond anticipation notes occurred on Tuesday, January 6. Documents have been prepared and signed in preparation for a January 20, 2026, closing. Appointments Cheryl Richter moved to the town in August and saw the opportunity to become involved and applied for a position on the Planning Board . RESOLUTION #35 (2026) – APPOINT PLANNING BOARD MEMBER Cl Lamb offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Cheryl Richter to the Planning Board with a term to expire December 31, 2032. 2nd Supv Leifer Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes The Climate Action Committee has a vacancy for one of the two seats for the Dryden High School Sustainability Club. RESOLUTION #36 (2026) – APPOINT CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE MEMBER Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Tyler Jones to the Climate Action Committee. 2nd Cl Dravis Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes The Affordable & Workforce Housing Committee has a vacancy to fill. RESOLUTION #37 (2026) APPOINT AFFORDABLE & WORKFORCE HOUSING MEMBER Cl Vargas-Mendez offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: TB 1-8-26 Page 3 of 3 RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Rachel Potter to the Affordable & Workforce Housing Committee. 2nd Cl Dravis Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes County Briefing Dan Wakeman said Tuesday night the county legislature passed a resolution in support of nurses seeking to unionize at Cayuga Medical Center. Eight of the sixteen legislators are new this year. Some of the legislators want to explore other possible locations for the center of government, and they have looked at the Harold Square building on th e commons, a couple of the buildings in the Cornell park and some space at the mall. Shawna Black will serve as Chair of the legislature and Vice Chair is Deborah Dawson. Committee assignments have not yet been announced. Supv Leifer reviewed items for next week: • Public Hearing on a proposed local law concerning best value procurement. • Public Hearing on a proposed local law extending the moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations and data processing centers. • Presentation by David Weinstein regarding Unique Natural Areas. • Introduction of a local law to define data centers and cryptocurrency facilities. Cl Lamb reported he heard from NYS DOT about the Freese Road Bridge. They have everything they need and just need to process the replies to the permitting requirements. They said they are shorthanded but will make a decision on when the town can put the project out to bid as soon as possible. Cl Lamb has reached out to Greg Stevenson about scheduling a meeting with the fire chiefs about formation of a fire district. They are looking at the last Saturday in February. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:24 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Avery Town Clerk