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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-02-25-WTBWORKING TOWN BOARD MEETING Town of Ulysses February 25, 2014 Held at the Ulysses Town Hall at 10 Elm Street on February 25, 2014. PRESENT: Supervisor- Liz Thomas Board members- Rich Goldman, John Hertzler (at 7:16 p.m.), Nancy Zahler, Dave Kerness Clerk- Carissa Parlato OTHERS PRESENT: (none) Notice of Working Town Board meetings are posted on the website and clerk's board. Ms. Thomas called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. GENERAL BUSINESS: APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA Ms. Thomas would like to add to the agenda a resolution to change the format of the minutes. RESOLUTION 2014-64: BE IT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board approve the meeting agenda with the aforementioned change for the February 25, 2014 meeting. lu1 - ofM Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Kerness aye Mr. Goldman aye Mr. Hertzler (absent) Vote: 4-0 Date Adopted: 2/25/14 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 2/11/14 Seconded: Ms. Zahler RESOLUTION 2014-65: BE IT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board approve the minutes for the February 11, 2014 meeting, as edited by Ms. Thomas and Ms. Zahler; along with the new format of indentations. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Ms. Zahler 1 Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Kerness aye Mr. Goldman aye Mr. Hertzler (absent) Vote: 4-0 Date Adopted: 2/25/14 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR #1: (no speakers nor comments submitted this evening) RESOLUTION TO SET POLICY FOR MEETING MINUTES RESOLUTION 2014-66: WHEREAS the Town Board of Ulysses is allowed to set policy on how meeting minutes are prepared; and WHEREAS the Town Board encourages the public to contribute their ideas to the board in many ways, including during Privilege of the Floor at their regularly scheduled meetings; and WHEREAS the record of public comment is important, but the text can be long especially when submitted in writing; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that in order to clearly and easily differentiate between text documenting Town Board discussions or resolutions from text documenting public comments, the Town Board requests the Town Clerk place both written comments submitted by community members and summaries of public comments in an appendix at the end of individual meeting minutes. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Mr. Kerness Discussion: The board discussed the extent to which comments be summarized. (Mr. Hertzler entered at 7:16 p.m.) ADOPTED: Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Kerness aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 2/25/14 REDUCTION OF WATER BILL LATE FEE OA RESOLUTION 2014-67: RESOLVED that the Town of Ulysses sets the late fee for paying water bills at 10% per billing cycle if left unpaid 30 days after the due date. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Ms. Zahler ADOPTED: Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Kerness aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 2/25/14 OLD BUSINESS: UPDATE ON WORK PLAN — prioritization The board further discussed priorities for 2014, and assigned some point -persons to topics: Ms. Thomas: EMS & Fire billing Unified Solar Permitting Rotating community center concept Support Taughannock Park and the Black Diamond Trail Mr. Kerness: Creating septic system protocols Ms. Zahler: Housing- seeking low-income grants Rotating community center concept Youth programming Mr. Goldman: Planning & zoning with respect to Jacksonville Mr. Hertzler: EMS & Fire- the agreement with the village PERSONNEL POLICY UPDATE — Health insurance Health insurance was discussed. The current policy was compared with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Different models were presented: a healthcare "allowance"; raising salaries in place of charging more for policies. Smoking policies were also discussed; no action was taken on either issue. Ms. Zahler suggested voting in a short-term healthcare policy for the remainder of 2014 to allow more time to develop a long-term policy. This would involve a resolution to change hours/eligibility for insurance. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR #2: (no speakers nor comments submitted) ADJOURN: Ms. Zahler moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:17pm; seconded by Mr. Kerness. Respectfully submitted by Carissa Parlato March 11, 2014