LED lighting improvements may soon be happening at the Willis C. Hale Memorial Carroll Town Park. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips

FREWSBURG — Lighting improvements are being proposed for all town of Carroll buildings and the Willis C. Hall Memorial Town Park.

The Carroll Town Board last week approved a resolution for LED lighting upgrades at all town buildings, the town park and water pump house 2A.

According to the resolution, Lime Energy, a contractor of National Grid, will upgrade the lighting, with National Grid providing incentives to pay 95%, or $23,564, of the project cost. The town would be responsible for only 5%, or $1,240, of the project cost.

The board approved the resolution on the contingency that they don’t need to go out to bid on the project or acquire a second proposal from another company. Supervisor Russ Payne said town officials will contact the town’s attorney, Paul Webb, to get the official OK on the proposal. He also said they will check with state officials to make sure they can move forward with the proposed LED lighting improvement project.

In other business, the board tabled a resolution to enter into a contract with Allied Alarm Services to upgrade its surveillance system at the town park. The proposal included improving the 10-camera system already at the park. The proposal also included improving the system to be utilized 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. Currently, the system is only seasonal. The project would also include a full-time monitoring system at the Carroll Police Department. The project is estimated to cost $7,495.

The board tabled the resolution because Tom Allison, board member, said if the proposal is more than $5,000 that town officials need to solicit a second proposal. He also said if the project would have cost more than $10,000, town officials would of needed to put the project out for bid. The board will consider the proposal again once they have received a second estimate.

Payne said there has been some security issues at the park recently, which included asphalt being torn up because of studded tires. He also said there was graffiti painted on the baseball dugout at the park. He added that William Nelson, Carroll Police Department police chief, found the youths responsible for the graffiti.

Payne also announced a court date has been set for March 1, 2021, in regard to the Sealand Waste versus the town of Carroll. He said Webb has made a motion to return the case to the Appellate Division to decide the final cause of action, which is Sealand Waste is challenging that the town of Carroll 2007 Waste Disposal Law is arbitrary and capricious, and the law was filed in an egregious manner. Payne added that Sealand Waste is challenging the Constitutionality of the town’s law.