The Clay Town Board closed the book on a public hearing five months in the making Monday night, but not on a decision. The application from Sonbyrne Sales/Byrne Dairy to build a convenience store and gas station at 7190 Buckley Road had already been adjourned three times, on March 7, April 21 and May 5. This time the Supervisor opened the hearing, heard from the applicant and the public, and closed it — and the minutes show no vote followed. The project moves forward only as far as the county allows, and for now that is not very far at all. Christian Brunelle, speaking for Byrne Dairy, told the board that Onondaga County's Department of Transportation has its own construction scheduled for Buckley Road, running from summer 2026 to fall 2027, and that no driveway permits will be issued until that work is done. The county project widens Buckley Road and adds a center turn lane, and it has already reshaped Byrne Dairy's own site plan: where the company once wanted more than one entrance off Buckley, the DOT will now allow only one, pushing a second driveway onto Dolshire Drive that would let drivers reach a traffic light to head either north or south on Buckley. Brunelle said construction on the store itself would not begin before summer 2026 at the earliest. That timeline exposed a split on the board even without a recorded vote. Councilor Young said he was not comfortable approving the application until the highway permits were actually in place. Councilor Bick said he had confidence in the DOT permits coming through. Resident Darlene Piper raised a different objection, telling the board that Byrne Dairy is inundating the area with stores and asking for a chain-link fence between the dairy and the adjacent park if the project is approved; she said she worries the site could end up like Rite-Aid, left as a vacant building. Brunelle said he was confident the Planning Board would keep the parcel properly maintained and that the company would add trees to the berm to further shield neighbors. The board did act, and mostly without dissent, on the rest of a crowded agenda of commercial applications. It unanimously approved a Special Permit for Seneca Savings Financial Facility to build a bank with drive-thru service at 5332 State Route 31, and for Justin's Canine Campus, a dog daycare at the Marketfair North Plaza on State Route 31 — each preceded by a SEQR finding that the projects would not significantly affect the environment. The one contested vote of the night belonged to a similar application: Canandaigua National Bank's Special Permit for a drive-thru branch on a 74.82-acre parcel at Oswego Road passed by Roll Count Vote 4-2, with Councilors Magaro-Dolan and Capria voting no on the permit itself, minutes after joining a unanimous vote finding the same project posed no significant environmental impact. The board also closed a hearing on Northern Credit Union's bid to rezone 5004-5008 West Taft Road from PDD Planned Development District and R-10 One-Family Residential District to O-2 Office District, to allow a bank with drive-thru service. Attorney Brody Smith said the applicant had switched from an earlier proposal to the more restrictive office zone specifically to ease neighbors' concerns about what could occupy the site if the credit union ever left. A resident asked about an unmowed, overgrown third lot on the property; the Supervisor asked Planning Board Chairman Russ Mitchell to make sure it gets mowed going forward. The board then adopted a SEQR finding and approved the zone change, both 6-0. Earlier, during public comment, resident Janet Rathburn asked why building-permit and other Codes Department fees haven't risen in years, arguing that with Micron coming to town, the fees should reflect the times. Supervisor Ulatowski said he did not want to overburden residents and taxpayers with higher fees. Rathburn also raised concerns about door-to-door solicitors who skip the town's permit and background-check requirements, saying police she contacted were dismissive; the Supervisor said he would look into it. Resident Darlene Piper separately asked about Clay Park South, where she said the tennis courts are gone and trash blows out of uncovered dumpsters; the Supervisor said the courts may be repurposed, possibly for pickleball, as part of a broader park rehab, and had the Clerk note Piper's suggestion of adding basketball courts. The board closed the night by authorizing the Supervisor to sign a Participating Agency Response with the Federal Highway Administration for Onondaga County's Transportation Improvements Project, PIN 3807.95 — the same county process now dictating when, or whether, Byrne Dairy's gas station can break ground. The meeting adjourned at 8:24 p.m. The minutes set no date for the board to revisit the Buckley Road application.