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On November 10th at 6:30 PM we are having a public hearing on the Short Term Rental Law that I have attached. We are passing this law in cooperation with Oneida County. Oneida County has a hotel tax which all hotels and motels have to pay for each person that registers but there is nothing for short term rentals such as Airbnb which isn't fair to the hotels and motels. We presently have one Airbnb in the village but could have more. I would appreciate your reading this law and come to the public hearing and give me your thoughts and if you can't make the public hearing then just give me a call and let me know. Our regular monthly meeting will be held at 7 PM after the public hearing

I have contacted Jablonski about when are they going to be blacktopping and if they would give me a schedule as to what street they will be doing and when. As soon as I get that information I will pass it on. Please remember to call me if you have any problems caused by our contractor. The sooner you call the faster I can take care of it. Last week on Friday the contractor parked his vehicles completely blocking the Williams driveway Mrs. Witold me. I immediately contacted the contractor and told him that is un acceptable and to move the equipment which he did the following morning. I wish Mrs. Williams had called me first and I would have contacted the contractor sooner and the equipment would have been moved that Friday.

As you know the contractor is way behind schedule. We are now looking at the end of November for the sewer system to be completed. Once that is completed it has to sit for 30 days. After the 30 days the system will be pressure checked to make sure there is not leakage. Once it passes that we will be able to hookup. Since that will be sometime in January, hookups probably won't be until April or May depending on the weather, so everyone will have a year from then to hookup. See you at the next meeting. Below is the September minutes.

Jack

September 8, 2025

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance

The regular monthly meeting of the Oneida Castle Village Board was called to order by Mayor John Deschamps in the village office. Also present were Trustees Ackerman and Gwilt, Clerk Canada and Treasurer Meyers. Others in attendance were Carolyn Deschamps, Sharon Bognaski, Susan Holmes, Melanie Osier, Tina Posloski, Joe Walpole,Barb Donaldson, Sherri Stone, Kathy Wojciechowski and Tom Cochran. There was also a group of former Oneida Castle teachers present to make a presentation. They were Patricia Albaugh, Ellen Beebe, Linda Evans, Ann Smith , Joan Eggleston and Carol
Clancy.

A. MINUTES

A motion was made by Trustee Ackerman to accept the August minutes. This was seconded by Trustee Gwilt.

B. REPORTS/PRESENTATION

The retired teachers were introduced by Mrs. Albaugh who gave a brief history of the Oneida Castle School. This school was closed in 2011 and a drawing was given to Principal Clancy upon his retirement. This drawing was done by local artist Tom Donegan. Upon Mr. Clancy’s passing it was given to his daughter, Carol Clancy ,who at this time wishes to donate it to the Village of Oneida Castle. Mayor Deschamps accepted this drawing with thanks and stated that it would be hung in the village hall for all to appreciate .


C. PUBLIC CONCERNS

The public concerns portion of the meeting will be reported in the general meeting

D. BUSINESS

The meeting began with thanks from Melanie Osier for the support of the village for the Thursday nights food truck celebrations. She stated that the 50/50 raffle had raised $2700 for the tree fund. Most winners generously donated their portion back to the village. She presented her plan for a Halloween night to include the Scott Raymond Band, a costume contest, Trunk or Treat and a pumpkin decorating contest. This event would be held on Halloween night from 4-8PM.

The Board thought this would be a very nice event that most villagers would enjoy.

Sharon Bognaski of Fourth St. stated that she had talked to Jim Chamberlain to discover that the manhole stopped before her property. She feels she was forgotten and that her property was not considered in the master plan and that the cost would be prohibitive for her hook up. She also stated that she owns the next lot and if she decided to sell it off, it would reduce the value, as the new owner would have the same hook up problem. Mrs. Bognaski is asking the help of the village in getting the contractors to extend the main to the other end of her property.

Mayor Deschamps read a letter he had received from DOT concerning the stop light on the corner of State St and Route 5. DOT wants to work on the light which would involve changing the driveway. The State is requesting that the village pay for this. A motion was made by Trustee Ackerman that
the Village of Oneida Castle would oppose any payment toward this DOT plan. This motion was seconded by Trustee Gwilt.

The home at 51 E. Second St. is having a problem with a drainage pipe that has left a big hump in his driveway. The cost to remove this pipe is $2100. This was approved by the Board and will be turned into CHIPS for reimbursement.

Mayor Deschamps asked those attending the meeting where thy thought the village should begin planting trees. Those present thought it should begin on Rt 5 as it looks so bare there. This is our area where most traffic passes though and has had the most trees removed.

Mrs. Poslowski asked if the village had a projected time frame for sidewalks, lawns, etc. The Mayor stated that the crew will need to do the same area at once. He said there are no dates for that yet but i will all get done eventually.

E. TREASURERS REPORT

Mrs. Meyers began her report with the cash flows from August. Inflows were $26,795.01 while outflows were $8,988.86 making a positive total of $17,811.15. The Capital Sewer Project has inflows of $108,342.14 and outflows of $267,229.29 making a monthly total of - $158,881.09 and an over all net total of -$141,069.94.

Year to date inflows are $53,629.43 and total outflows are $32,928.04 making a general fund net total of $20,7021.39. The Capital Sewer Project inflows are $725,369.85 while the outflows are $787,186.21 making a sewer project net total of a -$61,816.36. The overall net total is -$41,114.97.

There is currently $257,178.86 in checking ($141,000 outstanding) and $105,714.48 in savings. The general fund balance is $294.625.85. The Veteran Memorial Fund has $6,443.66 and the Ada Karr CD has $13,914.60.

F. ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made by Trustee Gwilt to adjourn at 7:45PM. This was seconded by Trustee Ackerman.The next scheduled meeting of the Village Board will take place on October 8, 2025 at 7:00PM in thevillage office.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Canada