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Home My WebLink About2017-01-24-TB-FINAL-minutesTOWN BOARD MEETING Town of Ulysses January 24, 2017 Audio of the minutes are available on the website at ulysses.ny.us. The meeting was held at the Ulysses Town Hall at 10 Elm Street, Trumansburg. Notice of Town Board meetings are posted on the town's website and clerk's board. ATTENDANCE: PRESENT: Supervisor- Liz Thomas 1St Deputy Supervisor- Nancy Zahler 2nd Deputy Supervisor- Michelle Wright Board members- Michael Boggs, Rich Goldman, John Hertzler Town Clerk- Carissa Parlato Planner- Darby Kiley OTHERS PRESENT: (none) CALL TO ORDER: Ms. Thomas called the meeting to order at 7pm. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA RESOLUTION 2017-41: APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA BE IT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board approve the agenda for January 24, 2017 with the addition of a discussion of a tree grant and an executive session to discuss the acquisition of real property. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Mr. Goldman Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: I/ 10/ 17 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: (none) GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ms. Thomas noted the following: 1 • The highway department has decided to unionize. • The county has offered to buy the town a sign to commemorate their bicentennial. • Met with the sidewalk committee yesterday. Hopefully construction will start in May. • Mariette is reviewing the ag section of the zoning update. She will send it to the zoning steering committee next. • Formal recognition was received from the state for the Salo drive grant. Ms. Zahler noted that she met with Ag Committee and they have a lot of project ideas. NEW BUSINESS: SOLAR LAW REVISIONS RESOLUTION 2017-42: SOLAR LAW REVISIONS WHEREAS the Ulysses Conservation and Sustainability Advisory Committee submitted recommendations for changes to the Town of Ulysses Solar Local Law including recommendations for design standards for glare, and WHEREAS the Planning Board has worked on three separate large-scale solar installations in the past year and also may have recommendations for changes to the Ulysses Solar Local Law, Therefore be it RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board recommends referring the comments about the Ulysses Solar Local Law from the Ulysses Conservation and Sustainability Advisory Committee (CSAC) to the Ulysses Planning Board for their review and RESOLVED the Ulysses Town Board requests the Ulysses Planning Board deliberate on the recommendations from the CSAC in combination with their own knowledge of the functionality of the Ulysses Solar Local Law to recommend edits to Ulysses Town Board. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Mr. Goldman Mr. Hertzler asked questions regarding the glare calculations. Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 ESTABLISHING LEAD AGENCY FOR SOLAR PROJECT RESOLUTION 2017-43: ESTABLISHING LEAD AGENCY FOR SOLAR PROJECT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board has no objection to the Ulysses Planning Board's request to establish itself as Lead Agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act for reviewing the 2 megawatt community solar project proposed by Renovus Energy, Inc. located at 1574 Trumansburg Road. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Ms. Zahler 2 Mr. Hertzler questioned the location of the farm on a major route and whether glare would be an issue. Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler nay Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 4-1 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 OLD BUSINESS: AUTHORIZING THE 2017 WORK PLAN FOR THE TOWN BOARD The board discussed the work plan ideas and ratings. RESOLUTION 2017-44: AUTHORIZING THE 2017 WORK PLAN FOR THE TOWN BOARD RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board has set general priorities for their work for the year 2017 according to their Work Plan finalized on 1/24/2017, acknowledging that other topics may emerge throughout the year that may take precedent. Moved: Ms. Thomas Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 Seconded: Ms. Zahler APPOINTMENT AND SALARY FOR WATER DISTRICT OPERATOR ASSISTANT RESOLUTION 2017-45: APPOINTMENT AND SALARY OF WATER DISTRICT OPERATOR ASSISTANT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board appoints Dustin VanDerzee to the position of Water District Operator Assistant at the pay rate of $15.09. Moved: Ms. Thomas Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Seconded: Mr. Hertzler 3 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 RE -APPOINTMENT OF CONTINUING MEMBER TO THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE RESOLUTION 2017-46: RE -APPOINTMENT OF CONTINUING MEMBER TO THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board reappoints John Gates to the Agriculture Committee with a term ending 12/31/2019, and RESOLVED the Ulysses Town Clerk's office will contact the returning member to take the oath of office and sign the ethics pledge. Moved: Ms. Zahler Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 RECREATION PARTNERSHIP Seconded: Mr. Boggs The board will wait until they have a new version of the draft contract to discuss this further. REQUEST FROM CSAC FOR TREE GRANT RESOLUTION 2017-46:AUTHORIZING CSAC TO SUBMIT A GRANT Resolved that the Ulysses Town Board authorizes members of the Conservation and Sustainability Advisory Committee to prepare a grant application for the Town to submit to the NYS DEC Urban & Community Forestry Grants program for a tree inventory in parts of the Town of Ulysses. Moved: Ms. Thomas Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: (none) MONTHLY BUSINESS: APPROVAL OF MINUTES Seconded: Mr. Boggs 19 RESOLUTION 2017-47: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 1/4 BE IT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board approve the minutes of 1/4/17. Moved: Ms. Thomas Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 Seconded: Mr. Goldman RESOLUTION 2017-47: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 1/10 BE IT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board approve the minutes of 1/10/17. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Mr. Goldman Ms. Zahler noted that the State of the Village meeting was reported as being on 2/4 but is actually on 2/11. Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 BUDGET MODIFICATIONS RESOLUTION 2017-48: APPROVAL OF BUDGET MODIFICATIONS BE IT RESOLVED that the Ulysses Town Board approve the following budget modifcations to the 2016 budget: A1220.4 Supervisor CE Increase $1,483.93 Increase in payroll processing expenses and accounting software. A1010.4 Town Board CE Decrease $1,483.93 Approximately $400 left after this modification. A1220.11 Bookkeeper PS Increase $2,013.44 A1220.12 Deputy Supervisor PS Decrease $2,013.44 A1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk PS Increase $272.00 Slightly more hours than projected. A1410.4 Town Clerk CE Decrease $272.00 Over $1000 left in this line post modification. A5010.1 Highway Superintendent PS Increase $5,505.79 Due to change in Highway Superintendent in the beginning of 2016. A-915 Unappropriated Fund Balance Decrease $5,505.79 Estimated over $300,000 fund balance remaining A5132.4 Highway Barn CE lIncrease 1 $857.91 A5132.2 Highway Barn EQ Decrease $857.91 Approximately $150 remaining post modification. B8010.4 Zoning CE Increase $103.66 B8020.1 Zoning Clerk PS Decrease $103.66 81440.4 Engineering CE Increase $464.00 Map plan and report for water district 5 $17.32 B1990.4 I C ntingency account I D crease 1 $ 64.00 B9060.8 Health Insurance Increase $7,089.12 This was due to the change in health benefits provided to a particular employee in the 8 fund. This extra expense was accounted for during the budgeting season. B1990.4 Contingency account Decrease $7,089.12 $2,446.88 left in contingency post modification 130.2 Machinery EQ Increase $57,187.80 This is a known over expenditure and was accounted for during the budgeting season with our end of year estimates. DA -915 Assigned Unappropriated Fund Balance Decrease $57,187.80 This plan (developed during the budget season) allows us to preserve the equipment reserve for future use. DA9055.8 Disability Insurance lincrease $17.32 DA9060.8 Health Insurance I Decrease 4$17.32 SW3-8330.4 Water Purification Contractual Increase $7,096.36 Additional costs due to TTHM remediation work in water district: engineering work required for funding opportunities. Preliminary engineering report and environmental report for NEPA. SW3-915 Assigned Unappropriated Fund Balance Decrease $7,096.36 Funds available. Moved: Ms. Thomas Seconded: Ms. Zahler Ms. Thomas aye Ms. Zahler aye Mr. Hertzler aye Mr. Boggs aye Mr. Goldman aye Vote: 5-0 Date Adopted: 1/24/17 EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mr. Goldman made a motion to move into Executive Session at 9:28pm for the purpose of discussing the possible acquisition of real estate where a public discussion may affect the price or terms. This was seconded by Ms. Zahler and passed unanimously. Ms. Zahler moved to end Executive Session at 9:58pm, seconded by Mr. Goldman and passed unanimously. ADJOURN: Mr. Goldman moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:58pm; seconded by Mr. Hertzler and passed unanimously. Respectfully submitted by Carissa Parlato on 1/25/17.