Richmondville Village Trustees Approve New Computer Equipment

By Chris English

RICHMONDVILLE _ New computer equipment will be coming to the Village of Richmondville after the Board of Trustees approved the purchase at its Monday, Sept. 15 meeting.

With Trustee Robert Hyatt chairing the meeting because Mayor Carl Warner Jr. was unable to attend, the board approved a $4,624 purchase of new monitors, docking stations, laptops and other equipment. The purchase is contingent on Village Clerk Jenifer Fisher or Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Aliha Harwood emailing the Trustees and Mayor Warner the budget line to show exactly where the money is coming from. Harwood attended Monday's meeting because Fisher is attending a work-related conference.

In another computer-related matter, the board approved a $470 repair of a computer server that is important to village operations.

"It's a no-brainer, I think we have to do this," said Hyatt of the repair.

Fire Chief Floyd Seales reported that new overhead garage doors have been ordered and should arrive soon for the Richmondville Firehouse on Main Street after one of the doors came down on an engine truck. Seales said the new doors will have modern sensors to prevent such occurrences, in addition to other modern features.

Seales added that this year's Fire Prevention Committee has been formed and plans are in the works for the annual Open House with the Cobleskill Fire Department. He said the committee has smoke detectors and fire extinguishers to give away and is also planning along with the Carlisle and Cobleskill Fire Departments to do the annual truck visits to local schools.

Public Works Director Eric Jones talked about truck turnover in his report and that the board should be planning for a replacement of a plow truck for the next budget year. He added that water meter replacement will become more of a priority now that the crew's summer work is pretty much done.

Hyatt brought up the need to have some regulations in place for burned-out buildings as there is nothing in place now to spell out when they should be torn down, who is responsible for that and other items. Village Attorney Michelle Storm said she can put together some draft regulations for the board's review.

Jones said there are a couple of buildings in the village that have had interior fires and are vacant but don't appear burned out from the outside.