VILLAGE OF LIVERPOOL – At the monthly meeting of the Village of Liverpool Board of Trustees on Monday, Jan. 30, Mayor Gary White reported that the village’s application for funding from Village Main Street Program was delivered Jan. 23 to Onondaga County Community Development.
If awarded, some $500,000 will pay for storefront and streetscape improvements at 10 different village businesses. That’s the maximum amount available to each village, town or hamlet that applies.
The Liverpool businesses that have applied include Ancora Productions at 101 Second St. The innovative studio production agency needs $191,664 to complete its project.
Heid’s of Liverpool is requesting $129,000 to spruce up its classic art deco exterior.
Liverpool Lumber at 201 N. Willow St. has applied for $68,500.
“Those are the biggest projects in our application,” said Village Clerk Mary Ellen Sims.
An initial round of Main Street funding was administered in 2021. Some of the money for the Village Main Street program comes from the $89 million which Onondaga County received from the federal American Rescue Plan.
Eight DWIs in December
Police Chief Jerry Unger reported that his officers made 136 traffic stops and issued 155 citations for violations of the state’s vehicle and traffic laws in December 2022.
Fourteen accidents were investigated here last month, and eight motorists were arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Officers made 146 residential checks and 117 business checks in October while responding to a total of 515 incidents and calls for service.
The LPD arrested 32 individuals last month on 63 criminal charges.
Annual police stats
Unger also shared his department’s 2022 statistics. Over the past 12 months, the LPD made 2,522 traffic stops, issued 2,610 traffic tickets, made 24 arrests for driving while intoxicated and investigated 105 accidents.
The officers wrote 54 parking tickets, made 1,093 residential checks and 2,930 business checks.
Officers responded to 7,353 incidents and calls for service, an average of more than 20 calls a day.
The LPD arrested 528 individuals last year with 700 criminal charges filed.
Overnight parking ban in effect
From now through April 15 parking along most village streets is banned from midnight to 8 a.m. In the village business district, parking on the street is prohibited from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.
