Mount Morris Village Mayor Harold Long and Town Supervisor Chuck D'Imperio.
MOUNT MORRIS, NY — Both town and village vehicles can now be filled with gasoline from the new fueling station located at the Town of Mount Morris Highway Facility.
After both governments ‘kicked in’ five percent, the $66,000 amount from a New York State Shared Municipal Service Incentive Grant covered the cost of equipment and installation of the fueling station.
Two, new heavy duty truck hoists — one for town, the other for village — were also purchased through the grant.
Village and town employees did preliminary preparation of the fueling site and worked along with the contractors for installation of the equipment.
Costs are expected to be less because town and village public works facilities both had diesel and unleaded gasoline, requiring the maintenance of four pumps; now there will be just two pumps.
Also, fuel tanks at both locations were getting old, their reliability was diminishing, and new tanks would need to be purchased in the very near future.
In addition, when a user pumped fuel, he or she submitted a form to the village office, which resulted in “calculation of totals by hand,” according to Village Clerk Lynn Flanagan. This increased time-on-task, reducing efficiency of employees.
Procedures for the new fueling station carry strict accountability, more efficiency and a reduction in errors. Fuel levels in storage tanks are monitored by computer, providing accurate information for when to order a new supply.
Also, each authorized user is issued a personal PIN number and a card that is inserted in the pump mechanism to start fueling. Records for each user are stored in computer files.
At a gathering on the site of the new fueling station, Town Supervisor Chuck DiPasquale exclaimed with pride that, “There are three important words about this project: share, share and share!”
In other news
The village purchased a 2010 International dump truck for $153,000 on a lease-to-own basis. Village Clerk Lynn Flanagan estimates four or five payments to complete the transaction.
Mayor Long remarked that the purchase was financed through the village budget, with no bonding — a financial tool he strives to eliminate because of interest payments over a long period of time.