It appears the Village Board’s patience is running out.

Now that the winter parking restrictions have been in effect for more than a month, village residents have resumed parking on the streets again – after a brief hiatus, for the most part, once the village vowed to enforce the parking ordinance more strictly.

“We’re still fighting the parking on right of ways and parking on the edge of the road,” said Highway Superintendent Kenny Becker. “For a while, it straightened some of it up, but now it seems to be going back to the way it was.”

The village previously planned to fine and possibly tow any violators of the village ordinance. Now that the issue arose again, the village plans to follow through if necessary, especially because winter weather has made plowing an issue.

Brocton Village Trustee Dave Hazelton criticized the county’s insufficient response to Brocton’s issues with EMS billing.

The village is also still looking into ways to address long-term parking in village parking lots. The village believes that in some cases, village residents have been parking in long-term spaces because their residence does not have sufficient parking available on site.

“I understand it isn’t going to be fixed overnight, but we need to keep moving forward,” said Becker. “This is not something that just popped up. This is something that has been going on for a while and we need to continue working on how to resolve it.”

The village has also repeatedly reached out to Chautauqua County for a response on issues with billing for Emergency Medical Services. Village attorney Peter Clark shared with the Village Board that he contacted a County Attorney, who then referred him to the County Emergency Department because he could not provide an answer to the questions posed by the village. Clark hoped a representative from Chautauqua County would attend the December board meeting, but he was alerted via email at 3:40 p.m. the day of the 6 p.m. meeting that “something came up.”

“As far as I’m concerned, the county has really dropped the ball on this thing,” said Village Trustee Dave Hazelton.

“The state hasn’t helped,” added Village Trustee Bryan Woleben, referring to the state’s requirement for a contract at the county level with municipalities regarding EMS billing. “The state is the one who came out and said we’ve got to do it, and we did. We turned wheels to make sure it happened, and now everybody is in limbo.”

The village hopes a county representative will be in attendance for the next monthly meeting on Jan. 18. The village is also considering holding a special meeting to address the concerns before that date, if necessary.

“I’ll see if we can get them here for the next meeting. Maybe we need a special meeting just to get it done with, because they are not giving us answers,” said Clark.