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Council approves IT purchases with 2026 contingency funds

Information technology purchases for multiple city departments have been approved by the City Council in a pre-emptive move to lessen spending in the upcoming 2027 budget proposal. The total cost for the purchases is $40,578. Purchases to be made are as follows: an Epson DS-900WN document scanner for the City Comptroller’s office, a passport system for the City Clerk’s office, a computer in the City Clerk’s office, a computer in the Corporation Counsel’s office, a computer for DPW director Mark Roetzer, a computer for the Parks Department, a new monitor in the City ...

Dunkirk mayor plans BESS moratorium veto

Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz said she is vetoing the Common Council’s moratorium on new Battery Energy Storage System proposals. Wdowiasz told city department heads at her monthly meeting with them last week that Dunkirk was threatened with a lawsuit over the moratorium. She didn’t say who made the threat. “They need to do it properly,” she said of the Common Council. “Local law, public hearings, one end of the spectrum to another.” The veto may be only symbolic, because all five council members voted for the moratorium. Going by past city practice, the council would ...

Falconer to host NY Forward meeting Thursday

FALCONER - The next meeting of the Falconer NY Forward Local Planning Committee is set for Thursday, Sept. 30, at the Fire Hall Training Center, 115 Davis St., starting at 5 p.m. Falconer is one of two recipients of a $4.5 million New York State NY Forward award for the Western New York region, which will help revitalize part of the village. Members of the Local Planning Commission were nominated by Falconer Mayor James Jaroszynski and, as previously reported in an edition of The Post-Journal, consist of Jaroszynski, who serves as co-chair along with Shane Marcheson, Brenda ...

State backs GCI Lighthouse BESS for Dunkirk

DUNKIRK - The Battery Energy Storage System project planned for a wooded area off Brigham Road has received an award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The authority announced awards for eight new bulk energy storage projects and 13 large-scale renewable energy projects, including GCI Lighthouse Energy’s power storage project in Dunkirk. The amount of the awards was not mentioned in NYSERDA’s press release. The awards “are the result of NYSERDA’S first Bulk Energy Storage solicitation and its 2025 Tier 1 Renewable Energy Standard ...

Cassadaga to review rental process

CASSADAGA — With most of the Village of Cassadaga’s grant applications and discussions involving the Comprehensive Plan now being handled by the NY Forward Grant Committee, the Cassadaga Planning Board has been instructed to focus its energy on simplifying the renewal process for ...