The battery moratorium passed. The six-month moratorium on battery energy storage systems (Ordinance 9869) was taken off the table and adopted in about a minute. President Nash read in a few dates, including June 12th, the day the required review came back from the county planning board. That county sign-off was the thing that had held the moratorium up for months; once it arrived, there was nothing left to decide. This is only a pause. The agenda shows the city is also drafting a permanent change to Chapter 80 of the city code to regulate these systems, so the real rules are still coming.

A $3.8 million budget amendment moved in seconds. Resolution 78 recognized $3,819,325 tied to federal ARPA funds and interfund transfers. Councilor Sparace was the only member to speak on it, saying this is an accounting entry for money spent in 2025, adjusting a revenue line and an expense line by the same amount, so it has no effect on current spending or the city's balance sheet. He's right that no new money went out the door Tuesday. The council also amended the resolution on the floor to correct which account the offset sits in.

A $1 million grant for the Boyd Dam. Resolution 81 accepted a state Water Quality Improvement Project grant of up to $1 million for the Boyd Dam rehabilitation. This is the same dam project tied to the $4.6 million bond the council approved two weeks earlier.

The sewer plant upgrade got started. Resolution 84 named the Common Council as lead agency for the environmental review of the Water Resource Recovery Facility expansion and upgrade, and classified it as a Type 1 action. In plain terms, this is the front end of what is usually a very large and very expensive project. It's worth watching from here.

More money, no discussion. The council also approved a $45,000 sewer bond (Ordinance 9885), two Oneida County STOP-DWI agreements ($12,437.50 and $2,435.80), a transfer to cover roof repairs at the 210 March Street pump station, an amendment to the Erie Boulevard downtown project account, a $2,500 donation, a 20 mph school zone on Bell Road, and a National Grid easement on Swancott Mills Road. Every one passed unanimously, and none drew a single question.

Nobody came to speak. Public comment opened and closed with no speakers. For a meeting that moved this much public money, the silence in the room is its own story.