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Regular & Caucus Minutes 8-18-03 Page 5 SOM Widening (continuing with the Department Head reports): Mr. Metzung said the area will be shaved down so you can view the new waterfall. He is hoping a path will be there. We are still on schedule for the opening of the road on Saturday. Bernie Samac (Building) Progressive - Mr. Samac said Progressive started its 4th building. The infrastructure is going in as we speak. Council President Buckholtz questioned the date for finishing the building; Mr. Samac said Saturday. Mr. Brett said the Governor will be out August 28 for aribbon-cutting ceremony. Mr. Riter expressed thanks to Mr. Samac and his department; special thanks to Debbie Garbo, for providing him with good information about the West Nile recently. Joseph Diemert or Diane Calta (Leal) - Mr. Diemert said most of his comments will come up under the agenda items. One item is Costanzo. We had applied immediately for reimbursement and received a call today from O.D.O.T. that we will be reimbursed 100% for that. Chief David Mohr (Fire) -Chief Mohr said we had 3 ambulance calls during the power outage. We had purchased batteries for the UPS system earlier in the week and replaced them Monday; the power went out Thursday. To be proactive, we could use more generators for the traffic lights. A resident on home oxygen equipment used one of our generators. Council President Buckholtz asked about the 9-1-1 equipment. Chief Mohr said the 9-1-1 equipment never went down. He explained about cellular phones crashing at first but coming back on. Council President Buckholtz asked for details about the Village generators-amperage, wattage, etc. Mr. Samac provided information about the Village's generators and explained they kept the entire Police Department functional for all of its electrical needs during the recent outage including air conditioning. Chief Mohr said since the installation of the police station generator, it is the fourth time this summer it has worked for us; one was the result of a traffic accident and there were 2 storms, then the power outage last Thursday. Philip Brett (Finance) - Mr. Brett presented Council with copies of the Fiscal Officer's Certificates for Ordinances 2003-29 and 2003-30.