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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Town will close on the property in front of the town hall this Friday, July 17th, 2026. On March 18th, the town board approved a purchase and sale agreement of $1,350,000 for 5.4-acre plot of land located between 3817-3827 West Main Street Road. The land formerly housed Hodgins Engraving, which has now moved to East Main Street Road after a large fire caused the building on Rt. 5 to be demolished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Town of Batavia plans to relocate their current fuel farm facilities, add additional storage for public works and create secondary access for DPW and Town Hall on Rt. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Wednesday’s meeting, the board amended the 2026 budget to add an appropriation line item- purchase of land\/right of way-equipment and Capital Outlay and increased this line item by an amount not to exceed $1,368,000. The appropriations will be funded through the use of the General Fund’s unappropriated fund balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At their Regular monthly Town Board meeting, the Town Board of the Town of Batavia approved a resolution to introduce Local Law No. 3 of 2026, entitled “Battery Storage Systems”., which will amend portions of Local Law No. 1 entitled “A Local Law to enact a Battery Energy Storage Systems \u2026<\/p>\n