By Ashley M. Casey

Staff Writer

The Baldwinsville Village Board kept its Sept. 15 meeting short and sweet, only voting on two resolutions.

The board first voted to extend the term of the village’s water supply contracts with the town of Lysander for the Rivermist and Emerick Heights water districts until Dec. 31. The town and village are still hammering out the details of a renewed agreement for all of Lysander’s water districts and need more time to do so.

“We’re plugging away,” Mayor Dick Clarke said.

“These are just two of half a dozen water district [agreements] that happened to expire,” Deputy Mayor Bruce Stebbins noted.

The village board also voted to proclaim the week of Sept. 17 through 23 as “Constitution Week” to celebrate the “magnificent document” of the U.S. Constitution. Sept. 17 marked the 229th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution. The proclamation asks “citizens to reaffirm the ideals that the framers had in 1787.”

Department head reports

In addition to the brief agenda, village department heads shared their updates:

• DPW: Department of Public Works Foreman Chuck McAuliffe said brush pickup has resumed for the fall. The DPW has been working extensively at Community Park, resurfacing roads and clearing problematic trees. McAuliffe said the kayak launch should arrive by the end of September.

• Police department: Chief Michael Lefancheck said he wanted to remind residents of a few services the Baldwinsville Police Department offers. If a B’ville resident is going on vacation, they can request regular checks of their home and the chief will write a report on whether anything occurred in the homeowner’s absence.

The department also has officers trained in the installation and inspection of child car seats.

Lefancheck said the medication and syringe drop boxes at the village hall are getting a lot of use. He said the box for unused or old prescription medication is full when the BPD empties it each month, and the syringe drop box was about half-full the last time he checked.

He reminded citizens that the syringe drop box is for any syringes, whether they come from those who use injectable medications such as insulin or intravenous drug users.

“It doesn’t matter who put them there; all that matters is that they’re there,” Lefancheck said. “It’s a really good program.”

“So that stuff’s not ending up in the sewers, it’s not ending up in the trash can for anyone to find,” Clarke said.