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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-13-2017 Town Board Meeting Minutes ApprovedVirgil Town Board Meeting April 13th, 2017 1 | P a g e TOWN OF VIRGIL REGULAR MEETING April 13th, 2017 PRESENT: Supervisor John Kaminski, Board Members Eric Snow, Jereme Stiles and Matt Denniston, Member Gary Pelton, Attorney for the Town Pat Snyder, Deputy Town Clerk Carla Plunkett, Doug Withey W2Operators, Britt Morse Deputy Highway Superintendent, Demont Lang Highway Department, Dan Courtney Highway Department, Teri Pelton Virgil Youth Commission, Wes Kryger Greek Peak, Chris and Bob Applegate, George & Donna Lynch, David Huckle, Marge Hubbert, Yvonne Fish -Kalland, Jennifer Stiles, Cliff Scher, Dale Taylor, Town Clerk Alane Van Donsel was excused. 6:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE VIRGIL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LOCAL LAW #1 OF 2017 SOLAR SYSTEMS Supervisor John Kaminski called the Public Hearing to order, Supervisor Kaminski read the Legal Notice that was posted in the Cortland Standard, at the Virgil Town Hall and on the Towns’ website. Kaminski stated that there will be a comment period on the proposed changes to the Comprehensive plan. Some discussion took place regarding prime farm land. Donna Lynch was wondering who determines prime farm land. It was discussed that the soil and water department would determine that. Supervisor Kaminski said that the land owner can always go through the variance process. It was questioned if there will always be a variance process. Kaminski said that he has a map of th e prime farmland in Virgil and that it is spotty. Kaminski said that many times this will be deferred to the planning board. Craig Umbehauer, the Code and Zoning officer, made some comments regarding flood plains. There were some recommendations made by the Cortland County Planning Board regarding flood plains. Comments were then taken regarding Local Law #1: Supervisor Kaminski said that there were a couple of changes on the Proposed Local Law. One of the changes is line G and H in section 3: Personal Solar Devices and Front Yard Solar Panels. No solar panels are to be placed in the front of houses. Member Stiles asked what if your house in a thousand feet off the road, Stiles didn’t think that clause made sense. Kaminski said that is where a variance would come into play. He said the concern is houses that are only twenty feet off the road, folks didn’t want the panels to be unsightly to the community. Kaminski said that they can take that clause out, if the board wishes. He said this is the time for comment. Kaminski said that the board wants to keep residential arrays and commercial arrays separated in the law. The community should be able to have solar panels for residents, the concerns are with commercial solar farming. They don’t want that to get ou t of hand. There are some concerns with abandonment and decommissioning and clean up. Community Member Chris Applegate asked if residential solar arrays that could be decommissioned for twelve months, due to a house being for sale, would fall under the law. Kaminski said they can work with that situation. It was stated that the Solar Law went in front of the Cortland Planning Board the night before. Umbehauer stated that he Cortland County Planning board does not approve Law s such as this, they make recommendations. Applegate asked if there will be a separate public comment period to talk about the specific solar array that is being proposed. Kaminski said that the commercial solar project is going to be approved by the town board . He said the planning board and the Code Officer, but the final control will be with the town board. The reason for this is in regard to decommissioning and clean up. He said that the Town board has authority to enforce clean up, where the planning board wo uld not have that authority. There was some discussion on what’s going on in other areas. Kaminski said that he is aware of what’s going on, but his concern is with Virgil. He said because the town doesn’t have a law in place the town board is going to review it concurrently with implementing the town Law. Kaminski said that because there was grant money received by the company they want to keep moving forward so as to not hold up the process. Applegate asked how much revenue will be realized by the town on this project. The board didn’t think the town would generate any income from solar farms, other than perhaps some taxes generated by a higher property assessment. Applegate said that New York State has a law that there would be a fifteen -year period where a property with a solar array would not be reassessed. Applegate thought when the company Distributed Sun came to speak to the community, they mentioned that here would be revenue for the Town. Member Stiles said that he didn’t know how revenue would be generated. It was stated that there may be potential where the Town can negotiate wit h the company to receive some revenue. There was some further discussion regarding visual buffer being allowed to be fencing as opposed to trees, as trees do not do well in certain areas. There was also some discussion regarding property lines and setbacks. They were wondering if they can look at solar on a cas e by case basis. A Representative from Distributed Sun spoke to the board. He mentioned that the removal of trees is done because that cause shade on the panels. He said that solar panels outweigh the removal of greenhouse gases by 110 times more than trees. Kaminski said that the board would discuss the ideas with the committee. They will meet to discuss these ideas on May 2nd. The decommission clause responsibility will fall on the land owners or the entity to do so. Setbacks were discussed. 50% coverage, lot coverage is the same as underlying zoning law. Supervisor Kaminski asked three times if there were any further comments. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING: Member Stiles made a motion to close the public hearing at 6:23 P.M. The motion was seconded by Member Denniston. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays-None FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT: Donna Timmerman addressed the board regarding the property located at 2199 Rte. 215 also known as the old blue barn. Timmerman stated that the property is in grave disrepair. Kaminski said that the Code and Zoning officer Umbehauer is responsible for keeping track of that. Umbehauer said that he has contacted the mortgage company and they have come out to do some work. He said that they don’t have to mow the whole yard. Timmerman hasn’t seen that much mowed. Umbehauer said they come out and mowed. Timmerman said someone has cut trees this week. She was wondering if there Is anything that can be done about the dead trees. She is concerned there could be rats there. Umbehauer said that he would call the mortgage company again. She said it’s such an eyesore. Pelton said he’s looked at it a couple of times. The steps and swimming pool are dangerous and the property as a whole is in very bad shape. Timmerman said she doesn’t live next to the property, but she’s sick of seeing it. She grew up there and it really bothers her to see it in disrepair. Timmerman thanked the board. 6:30 PM THE REGULAR MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER Supervisor Kaminski called the meeting to order, followed by the salute to the flag. RESOLUTION# 17-061 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Draft of the Regular Board Meeting Minutes dated March 09th, 2017: Member Stiles moved to approve the minutes for March 09th 2017. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays-None RESOLUTION# 16-062 AUTHORIZATION TO PAY BILLS Virgil Town Board Meeting April 13th, 2017 2 | P a g e GENERAL FUND FOR MARCH NUMBER 04: Member Denniston moved to approve payment of the General Fund’s audited vouchers numbered 56-82 in the amount of $23,136.19. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None. HIGHWAY FUND FOR MARCH NUMBER 04: Member Denniston moved to approve payment of the Highway Fund audited vouchers numbered 1046- 1068 in the amount of $17,636.53, Member Snow seconded the motion. Discussion: Member Pelton asked what needed to be towed. Deputy Superintendent Britt Morse said that the 2012 international had to be towed because of an oil problem. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None SEWER DISTRICT #1 FUND FOR MARCH NUMBER 04: Member Denniston moved to approve payment of the Sewer District #1 audited voucher’s numbered 2022-2033 in the amount of $14,866.37. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None WATER DISTRICT #1 Fund FOR MARCH NUMBER 03: Member Denniston moved to approve payment of the Water District #1 audited vouchers 3012-3019 in the amount of $5,473.70, Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays-None MONTHLY REPORTS SUPERVISOR’S MONTHLY REPORT FOR March 2016: Member Stiles moved to accept the Supervisor’s Monthly Report in Short form for March 2017. Member Denniston seconded the motion. Discussion: Supervisor Kaminski said that they are working on the annual report that needs to be sent to the state So they haven’t gotten caught up on the long form. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays –None TOWN CLERK’S MONTHLY REPORT: Member Denniston moved to accept the Town Clerks Monthly Report for March 2017. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None TAX COLLECTORS REPORT: Member Denniston moved to accept the Tax Collectors Monthly Report for the period of January 01st 2017- April 10th, 2017. Member Snow seconded the motion. Discussion: Supervisor Kaminski said that the Tax Collector has collected 91.5% of the 2017 Town and County taxes due, as of April 10th, 2017. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None SEWER DISTRICT OPERATIONS REPORT: Representative Ken Scherrieble was present from the Camden Group. There was mention that no sewer District operators report was submitted this month. Member Stiles said that they are all electronic now and he doesn’t get any more mail in his. They got the water report, but not the sewer. Member Snow said they didn’t get the sewer report electronically either. Member Denniston moved to accept the Sewer Districts Report. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None WATER DISTRICT OPERATIONS REPORT: There was some discussion regarding a leak that was running under the road from a conduit pipe. It wasn’t part of the water system. Doug Withey reported that it was an uneventful month. Withy said that the leak was from a spring feed source. It ran Across Kypriotis Dr. Withey said that they dug down into the sand. He said that the leak was in the ditch. Member Stiles said it was all from conduit that acted like a pipe and pumped water across to the road. He said that the conduit was acting like a culvert pipe. Stiles said that moving forward they are going to have the same problem whenever anyone digs a line. It was discussed that National Grid put in the line. Withey said that there was a small leak in the pump house. He also said that they are still waiting for the handheld meter reader. He’s not sure why they haven’t gotten it yet. Stiles suggested that they tell the company that they want to take money off the reader or it will be rebid. Withey said it wasn’t bid, because it’s the only company that sells the same product. Withey said that Jenae is fully certified now. A report was sent into DEC that he will give to the town. Some further discussion took place about drainage tile that was removed from a property. Member Denniston moved to accept the Water Districts Report. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays-None ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER’S REPORT: Member Denniston moved to accept the Animal Control Officer’s Report. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays-None CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING OFFICERS REPORT: A written report was submitted by Code and Zoning Officer Craig Umbehauer. Some discussion took place regarding the Ford residence. Umbehauer said that they want to split the property. Supervisor Kaminski said that there are a lot of tires out back. Kaminski would like Umbehauer to keep on top of them to get the place cleaned up. Member Snow asked what was going on with the property on route 11 that has all the juke cars. Snow said that it’s an eyesore and that it’s right by the welcome to Virgil. Umbehauer said that he will stop again, however he kno ws that the owner is very sick with cancer. Member Stiles motioned to accept the Code and Zoning Officers report. The motion was seconded Member Snow. Vote: Ayes- Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None COUNTY LEGISLATOR’S REPORT: County Legislator Sandy Price submitted a written report. Price was unable to be present at the meeting. Member Denniston motioned to accept the County Legislators report. The moti on was seconded Member Snow. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None VIRGIL YOUTH COMMISSION REPORT: Teri Pelton of the Youth Commission submitted a written report. T. Pelton reported that they are working on a Harry Potter book talk and a father daughter dance. They are also working on summer activities for camp. Virgil Town Board Meeting April 13th, 2017 3 | P a g e They are Looking for funding and input. They are trying to get transportation to Hope Lake Park for the summer program. They are also considering some field trips for the summer program. T. Pelton said that ther e has been a staff change at the before and after school program. HOPE LAKE OPERATIONS REPORT: Wes Kryger reported that he presented the board with proposed operations and hours of the park for the 2017 year. Wes, gave a list of the proposed hours. These will be voted on later in the meeting. HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT: Highway Deputy Superintendent Britt Morse was present and reported for the highway department. Member Stiles asked if the town has an accounting of each piece of equipment. He was interested in knowing how much money is spent on each piece of equipment. B. Morse said that they keep all of the receipts. Stiles said that he would like to sit down and go down the figures to see how much money is spent on each piece of machinery, so they can budget for next year. Stiles has concerns with how much money has been dumped into some of the equipment. It would help with budgeting if they had those figures. He feels that it is easy to lose sight on how much each piece of equipment is costing. B. Morse said that he will work on that. Member Denniston said he would like to see that report done on a quarterly basis. Member Stiles motioned to accept the Highway Supervisor report. Member Denniston seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None. RESOLUTION #17- 063 APPROVAL TO SURPLUS THE 94-B TRUCK: Member Stiles made a motion to surplus the 94-B Truck on Auctions International. Member Snow seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None OLD BUSINESS UPDATE ON THE GRANT FOR THE CREEK RECLAMATION: The town board approved the purchase of trees for the sewer plant, however a mistake was made on the total the amount will be $7,050.00. Trees looked like two options, but the whole proposal is for all the trees. Not half and half. RESOLUTION#17-064 THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF TREES FOR THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT: Member Stiles made a motion to approve the amount of $7050 to purchase trees from Countree landscaping. The price should be reimbursable through the grant. Community Member C. Applegate was wondering if there is a guarantee on the trees. Stiles said there is a one year survival period. He said that the trees are going to be 5-6 tall and the shrubs start out at 4 feet tall. Stiles said that the engineer presented these types of trees to grow in this spot and they were chosen because they will provide shade and cover in the areas needed. Stiles said it’s a 100% reimbursable through the grant. Member Pelton seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None. DRAFT LOCAL LAW #1- RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES LAW: Supervisor Kaminski said that the board will take into consideration the changes the public wishes to see in the Local Law. Attorney Snyder said that they will consider the changes to the law. One of the changes is the landscape buffer. He would also like to get comment from the county planning board and then it will go in front of the committee. Attorney Snyder said that it could be brought back up at the next town board meeting. Kaminski said he would like to set up a meeting of the Solar committee on May 2nd at 6:00 PM to review the law. Attorney Snyder said that the public needs to be notified seven days in advance. The next board meeting will be on May 11th. This item was tabled for further review from the Cortland County Planning Department and the Virgil Solar Committee. Member Denniston asked if there are changes, does there have to be another public hearing. Snyder said that if there are significant changes, there will have to be another public hearing. Snyder said that he would like to reword the current law instead of having a standalone local law. Supervisor Kaminski said he would like to set a date to bring the committee back in. Snyder thought that is the way to go. Snyder said that they can have the final version on the desk of the legislator two weeks before. DISCUSSION HEALTH CARE UPGRADE- FOR TOWN EMPLOYEES: Supervisor Kaminski said that he has looked at the numbers. He gave the board a cost plan to upgrade from the bronze plan to the Platinum plan. The cost to the town would be an increase of $41,000.00 plus a year. They still would have a health care savings of $5200 per family. Kaminski said that this could be worked out with the town employees. He said that the decision needs to be made at budget time. B Morse said they would like to see the payment remain about the same, putting any savings into an account instead of taking it out of their paychecks. Kaminski said this will be considered at budget time. Highway Deputy Supervisor Britt Morse made some comments regarding the amounts. DISSCUSSION ON THE PRUCHASING OF A NEW TRUCK: Member Denniston said he spoke to Highway superintendent about purchasing a plow truck. Morse presented an expense sheet showing where he would like the money to purchase the truck to come from. He proposes bonding for $50,000. He would like to see most the money coming out of the CHIPS money. Denniston talked to Morse about what the roads will need. Morse said he has 3-5 miles of roadwork planned for the summer, instead of the usual 10-12 miles that they usually do. Supervisor Kaminski wanted to reiterate that the highway department would only be resurfacing the five miles of road proposed. There was some questioning on the 3.8 miles as opposed to the instead of 11 miles. There was a question on how much it costs to resurface the roads per mile? B. Morse said that he hasn’t gotten a price from Suit-Kote for the oil and stone yet. He said that they are using material they have in the yard to resurface the roads. He said that all of the money they will be using is all in the budget. Morse said that they will have $150,000 to work with and they will have enough to do the roads. He stated that there will be $125,000 thousand in CHIPS money that can be used and $25,000 in the equipment fund. He said they will still have money to do the roads. Supervisor Kaminski wanted to know if they can wait on the truck. Britt Morse said that they keep putting money into the 2002 truck. Stiles said that the board didn’t have the numbers in front of them to justify spending money on a new truck. He said there is no way to look at the finances without a long form Supervisors report. It was stated that there was money taken out of last year’s CHIPS money to purchase the backhoe. B. Morse said that if they wait until Aug-Sept to approve the purchase of a truck, it will be another whole winter before they get the truck. Kaminski said that they are on a three-year cycle. He said they used to be on a twenty- year cycle. B. Morse said that they wouldn’t have been on a three- year cycle, but they had to replace one truck out of cycle Virgil Town Board Meeting April 13th, 2017 4 | P a g e that threw them off. Kaminski said he’s not against being on a cycle, but right now it’s more li ke a two- year cycle, because they just purchased a new truck two years ago. Kaminski would like to hold off until Aug.-Sept at budget time to consider purchasing a new truck. Kaminski said they he’s been working on annual form that needs to be sent to the state. He said he hasn’t gotten it all squared away yet. Community Member Dale Taylor is concerned with Clute Road. He said that when it was built it was going to be bid out, but John Morse said that the highway crew could do the job. Taylor said that Morse said that they would do it right, but now the road is falling apart. Taylor is concerned about taking CHIPS money away from fixing roads to buy a truck. He said that Clute road is falling apart. B. Morse said that there is a drainage problem on Clute Road. Morse said that is going to be more than just oil and stone. There are more concerns. Member Pelton wanted more information on funds available before a decision is made. Pelton was wondering if there is any talk about oil and stoning the parking lot at the lake. B. Morse said that that money needs to come from the ge neral fund for that job. Kaminski said they will have to find the money for that. Member Stiles said that he felt that he board didn’t have enough information to move forward. Denniston said that without having a long form supervisors report there isn’t any way to tell where the town stands financially. Supervisor Kaminski said that in August or September the town will have a bette r understanding on where the town stands. Supervisor Kaminski wanted to move on NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTION #17-064 APPROVE INSURANCE QUOTE-NYMIR: Member Denniston motioned to approve the Insurance quote from NYMIR. Member Stiles seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None. RESOLUTION #17- 065 APPROVAL OF 2017 HOPE LAKE PARK HOURS: Member Pelton stated that he took a walk around the park and saw that there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Pelton asked Wes Kryger what happened with the spillway. Wes said that Junior looked at and it will be fixed. Pelton said some of the trees had bark off them. Wes said he will look at it. Pelton said that the South bridge still in bad shape Member Denniston Made the motion to accept the proposed hours of operation of Hope Lake Park for the 2017 season. Member Pelton Seconded it. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays- None. DISCUSSION ON WORKERS COMPENSATION: Supervisor Kaminski said he would like to look at what a couple other towns are doing about worker’s compensation. He would like to see if these town go out on their own to save money. He is wondering if getting into a different pool of people might help with cost savings. Kaminski’s said that right now the town is in the dark as to what happens with workers Comp. The county does not like to share information. Member Stiles agreed with that. It was stated that the company that the county works with would like to work with the towns, but the county has miscommunications. Stiles said it costs a l ot of money and he feels that the town gets left in the dark. Kaminski said that they explored getting a three-party contact which will allow the town to have more information. In the next two weeks, there will be some discussion with the insurance company. Member Denniston is concerned that with the recent claim there will be a significant buyout. He was wondering if it’s a matter of getting the cou nty to amend the contract or is there a HIPPA regulation that is in play. Kaminski said that the county doesn’t want to give the town any information. He said that this year the cost is $27,582 and next year it will go up to $54, 508. That is an over $26,000-dollar increase. He said that is why we need to get this under control. Denniston stated that the impact from the claim is going to hit the town for three years. Stiles agreed with Denniston and Kaminski, He stated that sooner or later the town needs to have the information. Kaminski said he’s going to work on it. Snyder said that the workers comp law says that employers have the right to the information. DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED SALES TAX INCREASE: Supervisor Kaminski said that there are n egotiations taking place on the city portion of the sales tax. Kaminski said the he received a letter from the county chairman. He said that he was upset that the towns are considering challenging the increase. The Chairman said the county has been losing money. They feel if they raise the sale tax a half a percent they will generate 3.1 million is sales tax revenue. Member Stiles stated that he doesn’t think it makes any sense. He feels that it’s going to drive people away from buying in Cortland County. Stiles stated that they can’t keep raising taxes to fix the problems. Stiles thinks that the county should cut some positions. He said that the people in the county are going broke. He feels the leaders at the county are not business minded. Kaminski said that part of all this is the jail situation. He said that the jail was supposed to cost 26 million dollars it’s now up to over 40 million dollars. Also, the towns paying their portion of the worker’s compensation is supposed to offset the cost of the jail. Kaminski said that the people should be up in arms with the county. DISCUSSION ON A SOLAR PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF VIRGIL: Supervisor Kaminski said that Dale Taylor has been working on a solar plan for the town. He said that the company Central NY solar has submit ted a solar proposal. They are suggesting 48 panels. The Town Clerk sent them copies of all the bills for the town. Taylor went on to say how much was paid in electric bills for the town which was over $5300 a month. He said that’s over $64,000 just this year alone. The proposal is for $84,000 and he said that those panels will power usage for town buildings. Taylor said that in a little over a years’ time the electricity will be free. He said he is a proponent of solar electricity and that it’s almost a no brainer. Taylor said that he went to a meeting and that none of the companies have completed a community solar project. CNY Solar said that it might work to do community solar, but there is a lot of rigmarole to do that. They felt it would be faster and cheaper to power our own buildings. He said that going form $65,000 a year to zero, that’s $65,000 a year in savings. He said that some of the money is already in the budget for this year. It was stated that $84,000 is the upfront cost. There is going to have to be three phase power for the panels. There was some discussion regarding three-phase power. It was stated that there isn’t any three-phase power at the highway garage. It was stated that there is three-phase power in front of the sewer district. There was some further discussion on KWH verse KW. It was stated that you get credit for KWH not KW. It was suggested that the town checks to see what they will be getting credit for. Member Denniston was wondering if there was more to the quote than just the one page. Taylor said that the town is not going to get the tax credits and he wasn’t even sure what he put that on the quote. Kaminski said that he liked the numbers. He would like this gentleman to come talk to the town board. Kaminski asked Taylor to contact the company to see if they would come to talk to the town board. Virgil Town Board Meeting April 13th, 2017 5 | P a g e DISCUSSION ON FUNDING FOR HOPE LAKE PARK MAITENANCE NEEDS: Supervisor Kaminski said that he is going to work with Gary Pelton on some avenues to see if there is funding to help with the park maintenance work. Member Stiles said that they need to address the bridge. He said that even if the town spends money to fix it. Member Pelton said that it might be able to be fixed locally. It was stated that the work will need to be done using prevailing wages or done voluntarily. DISCUSSION ON KEYS FOR THE MAITENACE GARAGE: Member Stiles said that he has keys for the maintenance garage. He is going to make a copy to keep at the town hall. HIGH SPEED INTERNET FOR THE TOWN: Supervisor Kaminski said that Haefele TV was awarded a grant to expand the internet in town of Virgil. Kaminski said that some areas of the town are off limit due to Time Warner owning the rights. Haefele is looking at ways to connect, but some areas are off limits. Kaminski would like to have Time Warner relinquish the rights so that they can allow high speed internet to all residents. Haefele did get the grant so 80% of what he installs is paid for. Residents need to contact the public service commission saying that Time Warner has the rights, but home owners can’t get access, because they refuse to bring in the cables. The more people that complain the better. EXECTIVE SESSION: In Accordance with Public Officers law section Article 7, Section 103, Supervisor Kaminski called for an Executive Session at 8:40 PM to discuss the medical, financial, credit or employment history of a particular person. A motion was made by Member Stiles, seconded by Member Denniston. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Stiles, Denniston and Kaminski. Nay-None. END EXECUTIVE SESSION: Member Stiles made a motion to end the executive session at 8:50 PM. Member Denniston seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Stiles, Denniston and Kaminski. Nay -None. With no further business to discuss, Member Stiles moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:50PM. Member Denniston seconded the Motion. Vote: Ayes-Members Pelton, Snow, Denniston, Stiles and Kaminski. Nays: None. Respectfully Submitted by, Carla Plunkett, Virgil Deputy Town Clerk