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Serving - Macedon - Gananda - Walworth - Palmyra - Marion - Ontario - Williamson Williamson Board Authorizes' Purchase Offer For Highway - Department Land At a Town Board meeting held on December 30th, the Williamson .Town Board unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to sign a proposed land sales contract with Frank Pitt. The contract was for property located south of the Town Highway Department buildings located off Route 104. According to the Board, access roads will be constructed connecting the Bennett Street Extension at Ras- mussen Street. The plan calls for a road to Lake Avenue across from the Bells Supermarket, south of Doug's car wash. Storage facilities will be constructed on the proposed land purchase, for machin- ery for the Water Department and also a shed to store road salt. The total package, including access road area, and the pole barn on the property, will total $95,000. A public information meeting will be held on January 14th at 8:00 p.m., at the Town Hall. The purchase is subject to permis- sive referendum, which allows the pub- lic to present a petition requesting a town-wide vote before final approval of the deal. In January of 1992, the Board approved a similar resolution approving $80,000 for the same land. At the time, reporters and voters called into question the agreement between members of the Board and Pitts, regarding the building of a Morton Building (pole bar) on the land, prior to the Town actually except- ing title to the land. The Board, in statements to the Times, felt they could save money by having Pitts build the structure before the final purchase. This would allow the Town to circumvent the State bidding process and union labor requirements. RPO To Play performance Starting at 12:OO p.m on Saturday, January 25, Gananda School District resi- dents will be celebrating the completion of the Performance Center at the school district's MiddleBigh School. The facil- ity includes a 5Wseat auditorium, large gymnasium and modern atrium entrance. The schedule of events for the Perfor- mance Center Celebration is impressive. The Canaltown chorale will set the fes- tive mood with a 12:OO p.m. stage perfof- mance in the new auditorium. following the Chorale, the high school's band and chorus will take center stage. Celebration participants will be able to enjoy the high school jazz bwd and mid- dle school band in the gymnasium start- The pole barn pictured above, was built by landowner Frank Pitts in anticipation of the Town purchasing the land in 1992. the building is now part of the new ofier. The building was constructed at an additional cost of $34,000. Problems immediately arose from the back-door approach and the Board eventually put the project on hold. A voter permissive referendum was held and the voters nixed the plan. Pitts was left holding the cost of constructing the pole barn that now stands behind the current highway buildings. At the time, Councilman Gary Ver- bridge stated the land purchase and pole barn were necessary due . to cramped conditions in the highway barns. In an interview after the 1992 resolution, Yerbridge said, \All the board members realize that we are pay- ing ten times more than it (the land) is At Gananda Center Gala ing at 1 :00 p.m. Following their perfor- mance, the show choir and middle school chorus will perform for the crowd that has gathered at that location. A brief refreshment is scheduled before the 2:30 p.m. start of the Rochester Phil- harmonic Orchestra performance and offi- cial Performance Center Dedication in the auditorium. Because of limited auditorium seating, reserved seat tickets are required for admission to the final Performance Center Celebration events. The tickets will be available for community members on Monday, Jiinuary 13 from 6 until 8 p.m. The tickets are free and limited to four per family. worth to anyone else, but the Town needs it to protect future interests.\ The Town Board members were also concerned about impending widening of Route 104 and how it would impact the present access to the town garage. The Town facility currently is located on Ridgeway Street which runs parallel to Route 104. The 1992 resolution also provided, a new right-of-way in the pur- chase offer. Verbridge said additional acreage in the form of access road land pushes the total closer to 4 acres the Town will get in the current purchase agreement. He said he contacted several residents along Bennett Street, where some town highway truck traffic would have access, and they were not concerned about the changes. \They (highway trucks) plow the roads there anyway,\ he stated. He said he believed most Town trucks would probably use a Route 104 access point. In a letter to the editor in this week's issue of the Times, Williamson resi- dent George Strickland urged resi- dents to sign petitions for a permissive referendum. He wrote, \...our town board voted to purchase property that you have previously voted \no\ to. They must figure we have a very short memory. We don't!\ Strickland also objected to the pub- Iic information meeting being held on January 14th, after the Supervisor signed the purchase offer. \Seems to me that a meeting to inform the public should be held before a vote by the Board, but it's probably their way of closing the barn door after the horse ran away.\ Volume 8, Number 20 In this issue ... Fighting Back This pretty, active, one time former Wayne County Fair Queen, seemed to have it all. They said it was bronchitis, but it never seemed to get any better. Then, Kristin Jane received the news. Tests showed she had cancerous tumors, one, the size of a football, in her chest, the other, the size of a sofball, near her abdomen. see story on page 3 The car flipped overintothe , creek. The driver escaped with minor injuries. Three hours later he told authorities about the accident, which left his 19 year old passenger dead. see story & photos on page 6 How does your school stack up? The State releases their report cards. story on page 12 Louis Frey will be . 90 years old in February, but that won't stop him from his daily chores, down on the farm. Don't miss the Times Senior Salute on page 16
