First comes decision, followed by volition, but if bureaucracy is in any way involved in the matter, getting a passed resolution born out into reality can take a while—which brings us to the Boyd ATV street use motion of last November. It came up again during the most recent meeting at the Boyd Village Hall.

“It’s another one of those cross the I’s, dot the Ts things,” President Randy Setzer said of the matter surrounding making ATV use of Village streets a reality, even as Village Clerk Sandi Isaacs reported that the decision taken by the village board at its November 11th meeting was being misinterpreted.

“People said the way they understood it in the paper is it’s done, and it’s not,” she said as it was noted that “once you say you’re going to do something” it’s assumed as done—which would be true, but for the technical details involved.

Isaacs reported that the county wanted to come out and take a look at the street portion along D between Monte Mitchell’s place and Turzneck, located closer to the Backhaus property further north. If the county could find a reason to justify the speed limit adjustment along the stretch of County Highway D which runs through the municipality they would, otherwise it would mean paying “$100 for one block,” it was stated.

Prior to this, the village board had moved to approve a provisional operator’s license for William Marion, due to a business switch from being listed as sole proprietor to designation as an LLC or Limited Liability Corporation—for which different numbers are assigned by the state—and then to approve the ordinance in the provisional license as approved. The provisional operator’s license was approved on a motion from Tom McQuillan that was seconded by Gwen Krizan, and the ordinance approval motion was made by Trustee Bob Geist, being seconded by McQuillan. The village board also approved an ordinary operator’s license for Ashley E.R. Kimball, effectively allowing to tend a bar alone. With that it was on to sewer rate increases.

“You had me scared in the paper,” one village board member said toward the public gallery section, “I thought we were going to have twenty people in here,” Even so, as of its Monday meeting, the Village Board moved to increase Boyd sewer rates by $1 on the meter or service, with a rise of 25 cents per thousand gallons, meaning that the average resident of Boyd will see an increase of $1.75 or three percent in their total sewer bill. “That’s what people care about,” Village President Randy Setzer said of the basic billing rate details. McQuillan then made the sewer rate motion.

“I’ll make a motion to approve the rate increase—” he started. “—by three percent,” Setzer interjected.

“by three percent,” McQuillan finished out. With a second and a vote, the rate increase was passed.

In other business, village finance and claims head Gwen Krizan reported that the financial statement looked fine, making a motion to approve that was seconded by Trustee Tom Mc-Quillan. In discussing paid holidays for Deputy Village Clerk Jayne Geist, it was learned that the Village of Boyd officially has eight paid holidays, including New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. Easter is not a paid holiday, but this is because it’s a Sunday rather than from any intent to obscure the Christian ‘holy day,’ rendered as ‘holiday’ in its conjoined form. Trustee Krizan recommended amending language unrelated to this point so as to clarify matters in relation to the eight paid holidays, to ensure that the deputy village clerk would get her paid time off.

With neither Tom Grunewald nor Bob LaMarche in attendance, it was reported by Mc-Quillan that Grunewald wanted to look into new tools, while Setzer told board members that Bob LaMarche had gotten his new truck, and was pretty happy with it. A battery powered grease gun was also reported to be “not that expensive,” even while it allowed for a better job to get done where and when used. Then, as before, it was on to parks.

“Park, Health and Sanitation. How’s the park, Bob?” Setzer asked Trustee Bob Geist for the village Parks report.

“Still closed,” Geist replied. “Snow covered.” With an early spring recently predicted by at least one Pennsylvania hibernator, it may not be that way for long.