A grant from the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation will help Dundee officials spruce up Millard Park, located at the end of Spring Street.
The $173,820 grant will help the village make $223,000 in improvements to the park. Items included in the improvements are a basketball court, trails, benches, garbage cans, grills, a bike rack, a message center, bleachers, playground equipment, and computerized lighting.
There are three ball fields at Millard Park along with a small, open- sided pole barn shelter with picnic tables near Big Stream.
The local cost for the project will be $10,000 in cash and $29,000 in in-kind services, according to Village Clerk/Treasurer Christine Sutherland.
Other business at the Dundee Village Board’s agenda March 9 included:
• Everything Dundee: A group of vendors, with support from the Our Town Rocks Community Health Program, are working to establish a store that will sell only items made in the Dundee community. The group met March 16 to look at vacant storefronts in the village.
• Trees: The Community Health Improvement group’s beautification committee is making arrangements for 12 flowering trees in large pots to be placed along Water and Main Streets. The trees, a type of hydrangea, will bloom from spring through fall, according to Janie Levatino, one of the committee members.
• Farmer’s Market: Levatino also reported on the return of the Dundee Farmer’s Market.The market will be held from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning in May or June, depending on the vendors involved.
• Garbage Service Bids: The board accepted a bid from Cardinal Disposal to charge $3 per 13 gallon bag of garbage at the transfer station on North Glenora Road. One other bid, $4 per bag, was submitted by Casella.
• Highway Preservation: Streets Superintendent Andy Howell gave a copy of a proposed highway preservation law to the board.
Municipalities around Yates County are working together on a universal law intended to protect town and county roads from damage by heavy trucks and equipment related to the anticipated natural gas exploration.
• Budget: The board set workshops for the 2010-2011 budget. Mayor Fred Cratsley Jr. said there is a big budget gap to fill.
