SKANEATELES - Village trustees selected an architectural firm to help decide the fate of a few village-owned buildings on Fennell Street.
There are no shortage of possibilities for the former SAVES building and soon-to-be vacant fire department. VIP of Syracuse will map out scenarios that may include readaptation for village, joint, private, parking or other uses once the fire department moves to a nearly constructed facility at the corner of Kane Avenue and Genesee Street.
In addition to the fire department facility, the village also owns a neighboring building that Skaneateles Ambulance Volunteer Emergency Services, or SAVES, moved out of this spring. Village officials plan to meet soon with representatives of VIP, which submitted a low bid of $15,300.
“They're going to give us conceptual designs,” Mayor Robert Green said.
The village may opt to demolish the buildings, sell them to a private interest or refit them for use by the police department and dispatch center, both of which will remain in the fire building once that move is completed. The buildings may also be a future home for the village, in which case the current Genesee Street space would be sold.
“At the same time, we're discussing with the town the rationale of moving into a joint facility,” village Trustee Alan Dolmatch said. “There are a lot of balls in the air.”
A task force is currently looking at co-location in the town highway garage.
In other news:
€ The board agreed to allow the Chamber of Commerce to add four signs around the village that will point visitors to shops off of the main stretch of Genesee Street. The signs will fit into 9-by-36-inch brackets mounted onto light poles.
Trustees gave unanimous permission for the signs to be mounted on a trial basis for one year. The permission is also contingent on approval by the village's Historical Commission.
€ The board accepted the Municipal Board's recommendation on a proposal to purchase an automated meter reading system with the town. Trustees are prepared to accept the $526,000 proposal contingent on an intermunicipal agreement covering the AMR and the promise that one village job will be eliminated when the current employee retires.
The AMR system will read the meters of Water and Light customers in the town and village wirelessly.
€ Trustees set a public hearing on proposed regulations on sidewalk obstruction during construction for Nov. 12.
Staff writer Shane Liebler can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or shane.liebler@lee.net
In addition to the fire department facility, the village also owns a neighboring building that Skaneateles Ambulance Volunteer Emergency Services, or SAVES, moved out of this spring. Village officials plan to meet soon with representatives of VIP, which submitted a low bid of $15,300.
“They're going to give us conceptual designs,” Mayor Robert Green said.
The village may opt to demolish the buildings, sell them to a private interest or refit them for use by the police department and dispatch center, both of which will remain in the fire building once that move is completed. The buildings may also be a future home for the village, in which case the current Genesee Street space would be sold.
“At the same time, we're discussing with the town the rationale of moving into a joint facility,” village Trustee Alan Dolmatch said. “There are a lot of balls in the air.”
A task force is currently looking at co-location in the town highway garage.
In other news:
€ The board agreed to allow the Chamber of Commerce to add four signs around the village that will point visitors to shops off of the main stretch of Genesee Street. The signs will fit into 9-by-36-inch brackets mounted onto light poles.
Trustees gave unanimous permission for the signs to be mounted on a trial basis for one year. The permission is also contingent on approval by the village's Historical Commission.
€ The board accepted the Municipal Board's recommendation on a proposal to purchase an automated meter reading system with the town. Trustees are prepared to accept the $526,000 proposal contingent on an intermunicipal agreement covering the AMR and the promise that one village job will be eliminated when the current employee retires.
The AMR system will read the meters of Water and Light customers in the town and village wirelessly.
€ Trustees set a public hearing on proposed regulations on sidewalk obstruction during construction for Nov. 12.
Staff writer Shane Liebler can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or shane.liebler@lee.net
