POLAND — Sara Rodland and Allison Mattson from the Poland America250 Committee asked Poland Village Council at their meeting Tuesday for permission to bury a time capsule on Village Hall property.

“We would like to bury it during the lighting of the tree in December,” Rodland said. “The capsule would be opened in 2076 during the 300th anniversary of the country.”

She said the capsule will contain items from local school students who could possibly still be alive for the opening in 50 years. The plan is to have everything that will go in the capsule on display just prior to the December burial event.

Council President Michael Thompson suggested putting it in the Colonial Gardens at Village Hall. He said there is already a time capsule buried there and he suggested talking to the garden club that cares for the gardens. Council members seemed to be on board for it to be buried at Village Hall.

On a bit of old business, council discussed the dead-end section of Sheridan Road that was presented at the Feb. 3 meeting. At that meeting, homeowners Kenneth Gaston and Deanna Dillon asked the village for help in getting their road paved.

The road in question is a dead-end section running south of the Sheridan Road-Massachusetts Avenue intersection.

“I spoke with (Deanna) about developing the section as a fully paved street,” said Village Solicitor Jay Macejko. “It is unlikely, but if we have extra asphalt we could use it there. I didn’t make her any promises.” He said because the section is not a through street, it is not eligible for any paving grants.

The couple also had requested a stop sign on the dead-end section. Right now, there is a stop sign coming from the north, and on the east and west sides of Massachusetts, but no stop sign coming off the dead-end section. Council member Becky Rudzik said it could be a problem.

“I was on the trail and saw a vehicle blow through the intersection,” Rudzik said.

Mayor Tim Sicafuse asked Street Commissioner George Porterfield if he had any stop signs available, to which he said he did. Sicafuse asked him to install one on the dead-end section, officially making a four-way stop.

Village council received a late bid on the 2009 Honda Sonata that had high mileage on it, which was offered last month during a village auction. It received no bids by the deadline, so council agreed to declare the vehicle as salvage so it could be scrapped.

The late offer came from Mark Franko, who offered $475 for the vehicle. Council rescinded the January declaration and agreed to accept the offer and sell the vehicle to Franko.

Council also held a first reading of a resolution to develop a cybersecurity policy as mandated by House Bill 96. Members also agreed to pay Roof Rite $772 for repairs made to Village Hall from the recent ice dam damage.