POLAND — Village Council held a bid opening Tuesday on several vehicles that were confiscated during police investigations or traffic stops and were being held at the village’s impound lot.

Often the owners don’t want to pay the impound fees, so the village takes ownership of the vehicles and sells them.

“We are very active in the Federal DEA Drug Task Force with the various seizures used to provide funding for equipment, such as cars, radios, weapons, etc., to be purchased at no cost to the taxpayers,” Village police Chief Don Lambert said on the village’s website.

The sealed bids for the recent opening had to be submitted by Nov. 21. Bids opened and awarded Tuesday included:

• A 2011 Toyota Prius with 187,933 miles on it received the most bids. Bids were submitted from Nick Delsignore at $375, Michael Zembower at $751, Joe Patton at $801, and the winning bid of $1,500 from Christina Shipton.

• A 2005 Kia Sedona with only 58,676 miles on the odometer received two bids. The bids included $400 from Chris Berry and the winning bid of $576 from Brett Gillespie.

• A 2004 Honda VT750 motorcycle with 26,658 miles on it received one bid of $775 from Nick DelSignore.

• A 2009 Honda Sonata with 123,732 miles on it received no bids. Lambert said the vehicle will be scrapped, but anyone wanting it who was willing to pay scrap price could arrange to pick it up.

The proceeds from the auction go into the law enforcement trust fund in the Village and are used for equipment and vehicles.

Councilman Jim Walkama said the police department needs a new cruiser and can use the funds to purchase it.

“We are looking to replace a cruiser at a cost of about $62,000,” Walkama said. “We will have something on the agenda at our next meeting.”

In other business, council looked into the Historic Homes Grant program that offers grant money to repair and maintain homes in the historic district of Poland Village. Four grants for roughly $20,000 were approved this year, but Laurie LaPlante said the grant funds were supposed to be for one per year.

“It was set up so the funds don’t run out quickly,” she said.

The criteria for the funds will be further investigated, but LaPlante said the village needs to get the word out it will be accepting applications for 2026 beginning in January.

On a different matter, council approved combining the fiscal officer and clerk’s positions into one. The two positions were being paid at $26,000 for the fiscal officer and $4,000 for the clerk. Following a unanimous vote to combine, the fiscal officer will take over the clerk’s duties and the pay will be $30,000 annually.