Village Praised For Good Work

STAMFORD – One 22-year Stamford resident praised village officials and workers during their regular meeting on Tuesday and again tabled a decision on using a second newspaper to publish public ads.

Tom DeGuiseppi took the floor under privilege to say the village looked very nice and he is pleased with the administration, the trustees and the mayor, as well as the village crew, saying "the town looks great". He said it is a shame that Walgreens is gone and hopefully the burned out buildings will be taken down. A resident of the village for 22 years, he said he hasn't seen "this many people on the weekends, walking along  Main St.  in a long time". He said it is nice to see and believes the village is headed in the right direction.

Colby Fancher, pool director, also received kudos from the board. The mayor and Trustee Catherine Snyder in particular said he had done an excellent job of running to the pool over the summer.

Fancher said having an ample number of lifeguards made scheduling much easier and when asked if he would return next season, he indicated the affirmative. Snyder said she never had it run so smoothly with 34 Kiddie Corner attendees for lessons. "We had pretty good success this season., " said Fancher, "We had a lot of new guards, but things went smoothly thanks to the village clerk and village treasurer. We received numerous compliments from the community about how friendly the lifeguards were."

The Water Use Law was tabled to next month to amend its wording. The village is adding verbiage regarding the replacement of flow meters. There was discussion about unpermitted use of water or sewer and the use of fire hydrants will be added, with the local fire department being consulted.

They also discussed making the policy for mowing the grass on overgrown lawns on delinquent properties more firm and to increase the payment to the village if the village crew does it or to hire a contractor to do the work and charge the cost back to the property owners.

All of the street lights are now working, with work being completed recently. Trustees agreed to renew the contract with Town Web for the website.