Board members on Tuesday discussed ongoing maintenance to gas lines along the corner of Lakeside Drive and Center Street, as well as a junction at the corner of Main Street and Sunnyside Avenue.

“The corner of Center Street and Lakeside, there is a cone and they are going to move that line that goes up Center Street,” Mayor Bryan Dahlberg said. “It’s going to be eliminated, the old line, and they are going to tie in everybody off the Lakeside Drive line. It looks to me like they are starting that project.”

Trustee Ted Farnham mentioned that the gas line construction is taking place near a recently refurbished village sidewalk, and said that construction crews at Bemus Point Elementary had recently removed playground equipment and started other projects.

Some private construction crews working along Lakeside Drive dealt with issues related to heavy rainfall this past weekend, and Dahlberg said that plans were being made to deal with any more storms this summer.

The board also discussed improvements being made to the Bemus Point Village Park, including the installation of two new acrylic basketball backboards.

The village is waiting for one more of the backboards to be delivered before reopening the second of two basketball courts, and is also planning other improvements.

Foot traffic has been steady in the village from summer visitors, although the board expressed a desire to see more members of the public wearing facial coverings to combat COVID-19.

A local couple donated five signs to the village, which thank and remind residents about following public health protocols, and will be placed at alongside flower beds.

“I guess everyone is trying, and a little reminder doesn’t hurt,” Dahlberg said. “The businesspeople have circulated their own signs throughout the community and everybody is trying to do their part.”

Tourists from outside of the state have continued to frequent the village, causing some concern about the potential spread of COVID-19.

“You know how many cars from out-of-state go through our little village every week, and especially on the weekend,” Dahlberg said, noting the difficulty of trying to implement quarantine rules for brief weekend visits.

On Tuesday evening, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that residents from 31 states must now quarantine for 14 days when arriving in New York, although questions remain about enforcement of the new rules.

In other business, the village will have its 2020 herbicide treatment costs covered.

“We have via the (Chautauqua Lake Partnership) been approved through the (Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance) for the expense entirely, which also includes the town of Ellery’s expense,” Dahlberg said.

That cost totaled $10,435.30 for a seven-acre stretch of the lake located entirely inside the village shoreline.