SPECIAL MEETING (Draft)
February 18, 2021
A special meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Busti was held on Monday, February 18, 2021 at 3:30 p.m., via video/teleconference (publication is on file) with the following members present:
Supervisor Jesse M. Robbins
Councilman Todd Hanson
Councilman Doug Brown
Absent:
Councilman Paul Gustafson
Councilman Jim Andrews
Supervisor Robbins called the meeting to order and thanked everyone for calling in.
Present at the meeting were: Attorney Joel Seachrist and Village of Lakewood Dept of Public Works Supervisor Tom Pilling.
Supervisor Robbins noted the Solitude Lake Management is working with several municipalities to submit a 2021 NYS DEC Application for a Permit to apply herbicides in portions of Chautauqua Lake to control eurasian watermilfoil, including the Town of Busti. Solitude Lake Management has requested each municipality adopt the following resolution which will be submitted with the permit application.
Supervisor Robbins moved the following resolution which was duly moved by Councilman Hanson:
RESOLVED, the Town of Busti authorize SOLitude Lake Management to act on the Town’s behalf in the herbicide permit submission to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; authorize the submission of combined permit applications for the use of ProcellaCOR EC herbicides to designated portions of Chautauqua Lake, in coordination with the Village of Lakewood; and authorize the application of the specified herbicides to designated areas of the shoreline adjacent to the Busti shoreline of Chautauqua Lake by SOLitude Lake Management pending NYS DEC permit approval.
Upon roll call vote,
Supervisor Robbins – aye
Councilman Brown – aye
Councilman Hanson – aye
Resolution carried.
Supervisor Robbins moved the following resolution which was duly moved by Councilman Hanson:
RESOLVED, the Town of Busti Town Board authorized Supervisor Robbins to sign the 2021 NYS DEC Application for a Permit to apply herbicides in portions of Chautauqua Lake to control eurasian watermilfoil.
Upon roll call vote, all aye, carried.
Supervisor Robbins moved to adjourn the regular meeting at 3:35 p.m. which was duly moved by Councilman Brown.
All in favor, carried.
Respectfully Submitted, ________________________________
Darlene H. Nygren, Town Clerk