Village shares reminders with residents
The Skaneateles Village Board held a brief meeting by teleconference last week to conduct village business, ensuring the bills are paid and the responsibilities the board has to the community are met.
In this meeting, the board shared a few announcements for the community.
The board announced brush pick up is slated to begin April 13 and the last day for pick up will be June 7.
These dates will also be shared on utility bills that will be sent out at the end of the month.
The village, which has been recognized as a Tree City USA, also acknowledged receipt of communications from the Arbor Day Foundation advising that they are waiving the requirement in each of their recognition programs to hold an Arbor Day Observance for calendar year 2020 because of the novel coronavirus.
The village also received hand sanitizer made by Chris Uyehara at Last Shot Distillery.
Trustee Mary Sennett said this was a nice gesture.
The board also shared information on scam calls going around.
Trustee Gregg Eriksen said he received a few himself and warned resident to be cautious.
The board also approved a recommendation from Police Chief Dan Coon to keep the Municipal Lot pay stations covered through April, 2020.
The parking pass application will be revised and posted on the village website to omit the month of April and leaving the $50 deduction for those purchasing a parking pass for the full eight months at one time, which was previously offered when nine months were purchased altogether.
The board approved the Skaneateles Library’s request for additional access to the bays at village hall from Thursday, May 14, 2020 (instead of May 18) through Friday, July 17, 2020 (instead of July 13), subject to village approval should any COVID-19 restrictions be present at that time.
Eriksen also reminded residents to fill out the Census as it is important to be counted and that nothing is flushable except for toilet paper – anything else can cause real problems, even disposable wipes with packaging that indicates flushable can lead to clogs and other concerns in the plumbing system.
Trustee Kathleen Zapata thanked the Skaneateles Volunteer Fire Department for all their extra preparation and planning about responding to calls during this difficult time dealing with COVID-19.
In talking about houses being broken into outside the village, Sennett said that 911 responders are there for emergencies and non-emergencies.
