OBSERVER Photo by J.M. Lesinski The Old Main Street school, located at 60 Main Street in Silver Creek, where incidents of trespassing by school-aged children have some residents concerned.

SILVER CREEK — The old school building on Main Street in Silver Creek has been host to a number of school-aged delinquents trespassing on the property as of late. Silver Creek Village Board Trustee Marv Cummings spoke about some the incidents at the latest board meeting, specifically mentioning an email conversation with County Executive George Borrello.

“I’ve reached out to the county about helping secure the old school at 60 Main Street,” Cummings said. “I emailed the county executive, he emailed me back. … We’re looking at options to secure the fence in the back, the front is fine.”

The fence around the old school is missing a large section, enabling curious kids the opportunity to explore what some consider a “haunted” hotspot. “There’s a section of the wooden fence that’s down, about a 10 foot section,” Cummings went on to say. “Kids have been going in after school and getting inside the building; the sheriff’s department caught a couple of them last week.”

Nothing is set in stone yet for a fix, but the old school was one of many ongoing Silver Creek projects Borrello mentioned during his visit to the village board in January. Improvements to more than just the fence would be a welcomed surprise for the zombified structure. For the time being though, Cummings reiterated, “I think what we’re looking for is some help from the county. … That’s in the works.”

A public hearing was also held before the meeting on new Local Law No. 1 of the year 2019. The law authorizes a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in the Silver Creek General Municipal Law Section 3-c. The intent of the law is to allow the village to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2019 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “tax levy limit,” as defined in Section 3-c.

The law was passed by the board with the required vote of 60 percent of the trustees, with Trustees John Burt, Stephen Romanik and Cummings in favor, as well as Mayor Jeffrey Hornburg in Trustee Warren Kelly’s absence. The local law will take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.

In other news, Hanover Deputy Supervisor Louis Pelletter provided an update on several historic plaques he’s currently eying for the village, including one sighted for the area previously called Silver Creek Harbor. “Depending on the lake water revitalization … the area that was called Silver Creek Harbor, we can designate it Silver Creek Harbor again, like it was in the 1920s,” Pelletter said. “I’ve always found grants have a better chance from a historic standpoint.”

The Silver Creek Kiwanis Club was authorized to use the Village Park and ballpark on Saturday, June 8, for the Annual Children’s Fair.

The board also accepted Hornburg’s appointment of Corey Bistoff to the Silver Creek Planning Board.