WELLSVILLE — Council members voted to adopt two resolutions regarding the maximum rates of police and fire levies during Tuesday’s meeting.

For the Wellsville Fire Department, it is a seven-mill fire-renewal and for the Wellsville Police Department a one-mill current expenses-renewal.

Council also approved the payment of bills totaling $2,241.34.

Mayor Bob Boley said that on tag days there is to be no one under the age of 18 or any students whether they are over 18 or not.

Boley and council member Bill Taft also discussed the need to install security cameras at the park. Taft said he is having problems finding a supplier for the recommended camera which uses a SIM card.

Boley also noted that the village had some storm damages with large trees down and the dug out at Hammond Park’s softball field

Fiscal Officer Hoi Wah sent council the financials and bank reconciliations for April.

There were no reports from the police and fire departments, the village administration or zoning.

During the public speaking portion, a Crawford Street resident addressed the council on damage done to his property during the recent storm by a downed tree that stood on village property and his concerns that the village hiring a building inspector would inhibit the village growing. Boley and council member Karen Dash told him the building inspector was primary for the rental properties and would hopefully force the landlords to take care of the properties.

Carly Brock, CEO and president of Richardson Monuments Inc., asked council to reconsider the passed ordinance requiring the village and not monument providers to pour the footers for the headstones at Spring Hill Cemetery. She told council a federal case went to United States Supreme Court giving owners of monument companies the right to install the footers if the work they did was superior to what was being placed.

She also said a client had sent a letter to the council requesting that her company provide the footer since they were providing the monument.

Brock voiced concerns footers being put in a cemetery were not the same quality as what her company does — should a headstone her company provides fall over or is damaged due to a weak or improperly poured footer it was her business’ reputation affected.

Council member Aaron Smith, who is the chair for the Cemetery/Equipment Committee, suggested the cemetery keep things the way that they are.

President Keith Thorn said an exception could not be made for the one-footer where the client is specifically requesting Richardson Monument pour due to the ordinance and they would either need to vote to keep the ordinance or do away with it. He suggested the ordinance go before committee for review and then brought to council.

Ashely St. Clair voiced her concern over the state of the softball fields at Hammond Park and how for safety reasons with a season just starting the youth league is not able to play on the fields right now with a damaged dugout, backstop and fence.

She asked the council for help in getting repairs done and provided estimates on the cost of fixing the fence and backstop. The least expensive estimate for the fence was approximately $13,000. She noted that the league was taking care of the backstop through donations they had received from several local businesses. Boley noted that he had been in contact with someone about fixing the dugout.

Several council members agreed that the park is one of the village’s biggest assets and provides for the youth in the village and with the amount of money spent on the park already they should continue with improvements there.

Smith noted that since the chairperson of the Park Committee had stepped down, they needed to find someone to fill that spot and has decided to get in touch with committee members and organize a meeting to discuss that.

Council members were also in agreement that it didn’t make sense to invest in the 18th Street Park until they have security cameras in place due to vandalism.

The Wellsville Village Council meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in council chambers at Wellsville Village Hall, 1200 Main St., Wellsville. The next regular meeting is scheduled for May 20.