Cherry Valley Village Officials Seek Funds to Fix Well

CHERRY VALLEY — The Village of Cherry Valley could use some money for an emergency repair on the Well House that supplies water to village residents and is turning to a state lawmaker hoping he can help.

At the Monday, Dec. 16 board meeting, Mayor Louis Guido, Trustees Edward Harvey and Ian Feulner, and Public Works Director Wayne Valentine discussed the matter and decided to send a letter to State Senator Peter Oberacker asking him for up to $15,000 _ or whatever money he might be able to come up with for the repair.

Guido, the other board members, and Valentine hoped the money could come from discretionary funds available to Oberacker and other state lawmakers called SAMs (State and Municipal Facilities Capital Program).

Valentine and Guido said the problem is that the well's flow recorder no longer works and needs replacing, a fix he and Guido estimated would cost $12,000 to $14,000.

In other actions from the Dec. 16 meeting, the board voted unanimously to officially register the Town of Cherry Valley office room in the community center building at 2 Genessee Street as the official polling place for village voters. It's been the polling place for both town and village elections for many years, Guido explained.

The village board also approved routine matters like the minutes from past meetings, and also heard the usual reports on where the various village funds stand.