HomeMy WebLinkAbout11132012minutes.pdfVILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Present: Mayor Supron, Attorney Marcus, Trustees: Andolina, Crooker, Hamilton, Karns, Riesman, and
Szekely, Fire Superintendent Tamborelle, Superintendent Cross, Asst. Superintendent Frisbie, Treasurer
Mangione, Police Chief Steinmetz, Clerk Mills
Call to Order
Mayor Supron called meeting to order at 7:05PM
Approval of Minutes for:
• October 9, 2012 minutes, October 19, 2012 special minutes
Motion: Trustee Crooker
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7185 to approve the October 9, 2012 minutes as amended
Discussion: none
All approve – no nays – abstains: Trustee Karns, Andolina, Hamilton – motion carried
Motion: Trustee Karns
Second: Trustee Szekely
Resolution #7186 to approve the October 19, 2012 minutes as amended
Discussion: none
All approve – no nays – abstains: Trustee Crooker, Andolina, Hamilton – motion carried
Report of Fire Superintendent Tamborelle – 5 minutes
• Submitted report – no other comments
• Trustee Szekely asked about the Breast Cancer program coming up. Fire Superintendent
Tamborelle indicated that Ms. Leah Stoner is the person in charge of the program, a Breast
Cancer awareness lecture with a guest speaker, which was postponed due to storm Sandy.
Report of Asst. Superintendent of Public Works Frisbie – 5 minutes
• Submitted report
• Trustee Crooker asked about the leaf pickup program. Asst. Superintendent Frisbie advised the
crew is on schedule. There haven’t been any major issues regarding the pickup from residents. It
seems to be going smoothly.
• Trustee Szekely remarked on the pending tree removal on Cayuga Heights Road. Asst.
Superintendent Frisbie responded that five trees will be removed as they are hollow and damaged.
Bid requests for the removal have been sent. The results of the bids will be addressed in the PWC
(Public Works Committee) meeting to be followed by a review to the Board for action. There is a
scheduled replanting in the future with recommendations from the Shade Tree Committee headed
by Village Forester Bensadoun. Superintendent Cross indicated the committee highlighted
another area of a future project where an intern will map out the infrastructure within the village
over the summer – underground and surface utilities. This tool will be used to effectively
indicate what is already in the ground when the new plantings are done.
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Privilege of the Floor – 30 minutes - SIGN-UP begins at 6:45PM
Mayor Supron explained the guidelines and time allowed for PoF.
Prior to speakers for the PoF – the floor is given to Mr. Brian Eden, who is the Village representative on
the Environmental Management Council.
Mr. Brian Eden asked to address the Board. He is reporting on three items of interest:
1. Sustainability – the Village is not currently active in this area. The Town of Ithaca has a
sustainability planner and he has met with the Mayor and others to discuss ways to reduce the energy
costs. He will continue to collect data on the Village energy usage and make proposals to reduce
energy costs. The Village does not have a Sustainability Committee but Mr. Eden encourages people
interested in this topic to get involved and contact Mr. Eden. The Town of Ithaca has taken the
Village under its wing, so to speak, and allowing us to join the Energy Action Plan Advisory
Committee for the Town.
2. Superintendent Cross took Brian Eden, Nick Goldsmith (Town of Ithaca Sustainability Planner),
Ithaca Supervisor Herb Engman, Mayor Supron and VCH Planning Board member Fred Cowet on a
tour of the Waste Water Treatment Plant. This is one of the big energy users of the Village and our
biggest opportunity to use new technology to increase energy efficiency. Mr. Eden suggested an in-
conduit hydro power from the outfall. There is about 38 feet of head and there is a question if this is
enough capacity. This is currently being done across the country – mostly at large plants, but is worth
investigating. Trustee Szekely asked what a hydro-conduit was. Mr. Eden explained it is an outflow
pipe, the water drops from the height of the plant to the lake, this creates energy not being utilized –
you would install micro-turbine – which generates electricity, which in turn would reduce the energy
used by the plant. Mayor Supron indicated we are waiting information and recommendations from
Mr. Nick Goldsmith, who also toured the plant, which might be to bring in someone from the outside
to conduct an energy audit who may tell us if this technology is feasible and sustainable and
financially viable as a way to reduce our energy. According to Superintendent Cross, 10 years ago
this was not effective. But the climate for funding has also changed and there may be grant money
available to defray startup costs. Also, the technology may have advanced to become more efficient
and cost effective.
3. Cornell University is going to do a $2.1 million study on source and non-source point phosphorus in
the watershed for the southern end of Cayuga Lake as part of the process to renew their permit for
Lake Source Cooling. This has implications for the Village. They will be looking at discharges to
the lake: AES (which has ceased operations at the moment), The Ithaca Area Waste Water Treatment
Plant, Village of Cayuga Heights Waster Water Treatment Plant, and Cornell’s lake source cooling
project. It is a very complex study. The Town of Ithaca voted unanimously to oppose this project.
Mr. Eden would be willing to either send more information if requested or he would be willing to
make a presentation at a future meeting.
Trustee Szekely asked who voted against this. Mr. Eden confirmed that the Ithaca Town Board voted
against this. Superintendent Cross asked for clarification – was the vote against for the study or
what? Mr. Eden indicated it was against the proposed permit renewal.
Superintendent Cross has more information for the Board to consider and would like to clarify the
observations by Mr. Eden of the Town of Ithaca Board action. These discharge points are regulated
by the DEC through a permit. Each permit has a five year term. Cornell’s permit is now up for
renewal by the DEC. This information about a watershed study was released last week. DEC is
imposing upon Lake Source Cooling’s permit renewal that Cornell under-take a watershed study to be
used for future permitting issues. In his opinion, the Town is opposed to the Lake Source Cooling
permit being renewed and voted to express an opinion in opposition to that– they do not have a vote
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to approve or disapprove the permitting issues, only an opportunity to comment on the imposing of
the DEC condition to do the watershed study.
Mayor Supron opened Privilege of the Floor at 7:20PM
P. Bottorff – gave an opinion on the Town of Ithaca vote; Mr. DePaolo, a member of the Town Board,
originally lead the opposition to the issuance of the permit to Cornell for Lake Source Cooling and may
have recruited some of the others on the Town Board to his point of view and opposing the renewal of the
permit. He personally believes this Lake Source Cooling is a good idea.
Mayor Supron closed Privilege of the Floor at 7:22PM
Report of Mayor Supron – 60 minutes
• Marcham Hall addition update and the construction going on. Mayor Supron requested
Superintendent Cross to work with the initial building committee and Treasurer Mangione to
establish costs already spent, remaining balance and scheduled work to be done for a detailed
report to be given at the next Board meeting in December. Superintendent Cross indicated the
work already done has been excellent and is remaining under budget. The rough framing has
been completed, windows and doors are in, the plumbing and electric are nearing completion –
which will lead to the DPW crew insulating. Bids will then be sought for the interior work.
• Deer management update – Mayor Supron is negotiating contracts to put the program into place
as well assessing moving us forward in other directions. In September, a letter was sent to all
Village residents that included a property use consent form with it. About 10% of property
owners in the Village indicated that they did not want any deer management activities conducted
on their property. Because NYS law requires no discharge of firearms within a 500 foot radius of
a dwelling without the owner’s consent, these responses resulted in few areas that could be used
for culling sites for the deer remediation program. Based on this, the Board reassessed its options
and how to move forward and yet still have a large impact on the size of the herd. Dr. Paul Curtis
has been asked to speak at this meeting with his thoughts and suggestions.
Mayor Supron confirmed having a DEC License to Collect and Possess (LCP) authorizing the
Village to capture and surgically sterilize 60 females in the herd. We are continuing to negotiate
contracts to begin that work. With no culling sites, some Board members and Dr. Curtis have
discussed sterilizing a higher percentage of the herd than previously considered. Mayor Supron
suggested using the experience in this year to determine if this is a feasible stand-alone deer
management option. The Board along with the DEC needs to decide if this is a direction we can
go in. Mayor Supron has written a letter asking for a modification to the DEC license asking to
sterilize up to 150 doe. They have not yet responded to her letter. If Board decides along with
DEC that the increase from 60 to 150 doe is the best available option, then the Board will have to
meet to revise the SEQR Findings Statement.
Dr. Paul Curtis was asked to respond to questions from the Board. He confirmed along with the
Mayor that the Village does not have a lot of options remaining. The key component will be if
the DEC will approve the modification of the license for additional does being sterilized and sees
the option of a higher percentage of sterilization as a possible stand-alone solution. DEC is
looking at the data from the Cornell herd to determine if what the Village wants to do will work
for the Village. Trustee Crooker asked how the Village’s plan correlates with the efforts of
Cornell. Dr. Curtis indicated on the Cornell campus about 90% of the doe are sterilized. If you
can’t get close to the 90% sterilization it would not be worth starting. Deer are long lived – 10 to
12 years and the sterilization will take a long time to impact deer herd reduction.
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Mayor Supron stated that we currently have a growing herd and that the DEC needs to take this
into account when looking at successful deer management. The Village of Lansing has done
controlled bow hunting for years and they are working on stabilizing the herd population by their
hunting only program. The doe will also be tagged as well as sterilized and will be helpful in
determining an accurate count of the herd in the Village. If the Village sterilizes 150 doe, which
is what the Village is asking of the DEC, this would be a hugely successful sterilization operation
– then the Village has the opportunity to do a very accurate population study. In the deer
management plan the Village anticipates a multi-year process of spending $100,000 to $150,000
a year for the first four or five years. The program that Dr. Curtis did in sterilizing in the Village
previously only sterilized 23 doe which was done initially in 1998-1999 and in 2000-2004. Dr.
Curtis indicated the deer around the campus and on Cornell owned properties where it has safe
and legal bow and firearms discharge is a subject to controlled hunting with earn a buck – each
Cornell hunter was required to take 2 female before getting a permit to take a buck. This was
done to slow the herd growth. Cornell has reduced its herd by 350 deer over a four year program
combining sterilization and hunting.
Chief Steinmetz asked with the sterilization program and without reducing the herd size through
culling will this lessen the migration of other deer coming into the Village. Dr. Curtis indicated
doe are fixed on landscape. The adult doe on campus with radio collars average about 120 to 150
acre home range – as long as the doe are fixed this isn’t an open spot where other deer can move
into. Trustee Andolina asked how long it took to reach the 90% sterilization threshold. Dr.
Curtis indicated it took three years. The Village proposes to be aggressive and sterilize 150 doe
within two weeks.
Trustee Andolina indicated the importance of applying science to the process. Any reduction of
the offspring is of some impact. But, it is critically important that if the key number is 90% of the
female component of the herd that needs to be sterilized before seeing any kind of stabilization –
then this is a target and getting 50% of them just so there are fewer fawns next year is not worth
spending the taxpayers money on. The Village taxpayers have spoken regarding their properties,
then the Village needs to be very careful – this is a lot of money and years to get this done.
Sterilization means the deer will live out its life, and it will be a number of years before the herd
population decreases.
The Board scheduled a Special Meeting on Tuesday, November 20 th at 9AM. Attorney Marcus
advised there would be one of two directions to go. If DEC says no to the increase to sterilize
more doe, then the Board can either proceed under the plan with 60 or not to proceed. If the DEC
agrees to increase the number allowed in the LCP then the Board will have to amend the plan and
amend the Findings Statement. The result under the plan would be a change such that fewer deer
are culled and more are sterilized. As a result of the SEQR Findings and the text of the
Environmental Impact Statement there were two impacts identified by the Village as being
potentially significant adverse environmental impacts.
One was regarding the physical impact to the deer being killed - this proposed change in the plan
reduces the number of deer being killed, which would be a lesser environmental impact. The
second was the level of public controversy that resulted from the adoption of the plan. The vast
majority of the public controversy was related to the deer being killed, based on the comments
taken – and based on the bulk of the points stated in the lawsuit against the Village related to the
deer. Amending the plan in this direction would be a reduction in the number of deer culled – the
reduction in potential adverse environmental impact. Given those facts, the proper procedure
under SEQR would be to amend the Findings Statement – so as to identify what the change is in
the plan, identify how that change impacts the areas that the environmental impact statement were
focused on - were determined to be potentially significant adverse impacts. If that change in the
plan is the route – there will be a need to consider those two matters. As a result, there would
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need to be two Board resolutions – one to amend the Findings Statement and one amending the
plan.
• Bolton Point water rate – Jack Reukheim, Managing Director of Bolton Point, attended to answer
questions regarding the Bolton Point water rate. Trustee Andolina had asked for additional
information regarding the rate increase and a long term capitalization plan at the September
meeting. His question was do we feel comfortable now that there is a mechanism in place to
allocate the full cost of the operation over the water rate base. We are not just covering the
variables but the D&A (depreciation and amortization) as well. Mr. Reukheim responded that the
present proposed rate increase should stabilize increases in future years to be in line with the
consumer price index. A large part of the increase is the $800,000 that is in the budget for capital
replacement projects like the transmission main replacement that is over by the Ithaca Mall – by
Ciao. Trustee Andolina indicated you are looking at $115,000 in capital projects – then another
$116,000 in 2014. By increasing the water rate now does this catch up the capital projects that
are scheduled and does it build in a cushion to more forward? Jack’s response was to say that
was the intent without additional financing past next year – without unforeseen situations. In the
2013 budget the rate increase is based on another $800,000 to put toward the capital projects. At
the December meeting the Board will look at the Village surcharge and decide whether to adjust
the Village surcharge.
Motion: Trustee Riesman
Second: Trustee Hamilton
Resolution # 7187 to approve the SCLIWC increase of $4.00/1000 gallon for the base water rate
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Address sewer claims – Superintendent Cross provided a report showing the five properties – all
in the Village of Lansing – that have applied for relief from charges on their sewer bill. He said
that other municipalities have similar procedures for these requests. The Ithaca Area Waste
Water Treatment plant reviews this type of complaint on a regular basis. When the Village
passed the local law it was understood that the Village would bill consistent with the Bolton Point
methodology. Although these customers are billed individually – it is the Village of Lansing that
is billed by the Village of Cayuga Heights. Trustee Crooker added – just because we are going
on water usage to bill sewer – it is not a gallon in gallon out situation – you are paying for the
infrastructure and we are attempting to get close to the usage, mathematically that makes sense.
The discussion continued: there needs to be two methods applied – case by case analysis and then
decide upon the irrigation issues – can we break out the additional usage is done for irrigation and
what was lost due to the break – no was the answer – only the gross is tallied. The Board looked
at each claim individually and then adopted policy for future situations. It was decided that future
claims would look to the owner to provide proof/documentation to support a broken pipe or other
problem with infrastructure before the Board considers adjusting a bill.
Motion: Trustee Crooker
Second: Trustee Hamilton
Resolution #7188 no relief will be given on sewer bills where there is intentional water usage
including uses such as irrigation, landscaping and filling swimming pools.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
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Motion: Trustee Szekely
Second: Trustee Crooker
Resolution #7189 the Board will only consider relief when documentation is provided.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
Motion: Trustee Riesman
Second: Trustee Hamilton
Resolution #7190 to charge for the current quarter at 165 Graham Rd a minimum sewer charge
and then move forward based on usage and apply the credit to the Village of Lansing.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Time Warner: Mayor Supron asked whether the Board wanted to table the Computel results and
discuss at the December meeting. The Board opted to move forward with the discussion.
Computel found that Time Warner owes the Village about 6,000 and 4,000 will be passed on to
the subscribers. Computel will pursue action against Time Warner. Some municipalities may not
want to have these fees passed onto the subscribers – but if the contract wasn’t adhered to
properly Time Warner should be held accountable. Computel will take 40% of the fees found if
the Village chooses to file a claim. Attorney Marcus indicates the only issue is if Time Warner
sees this as another expense – they will turn this around and charge the subscribers in the Village
for these fees. However, the Board is acting on behalf of the Village as a whole, not only cable
subscribers.
Time Warner’s contract will be up for renewal in May. There are features in our contract that
allow the collecting of fees and penalties. The Town of Ithaca mirrors our contract. The sub-
committee of the Cable and Franchise negotiating group are meeting to put together a proposal to
Time Warner. TCOGG has formed a committee with most municipalities, now including the
City.
Motion: Trustee Andolina
Second: Trustee Szekely
Resolution #7191 authorizing Mayor Supron to enter into the next phase with Computel in the
collection process with Time Warner.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Employee Handbook – review draft – Attorney Johnston has reviewed and provided changes to
the employee handbook. Mayor Supron suggests the Board make a decision and
approve/disapprove the handbook. Chief Steinmetz suggested reviewing negotiated packages for
non-bargaining units. Mayor Supron indicated some of the updates are related to healthcare,
retirement health insurance - going from 10 years to 15 years for eligibility of coverage, and
military leave.
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Motion: Trustee Szekely
Second: Trustee Hamilton
Resolution #7192 to approve the Employee Handbook with the changes made by Attorney
Johnston.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
Mayor Supron indicated that the Board still needs to look separately at the Martin Luther King Holiday.
Mayor Supron suggested scheduling public hearings for both Proposed Local Laws “F” and “G”
• Regulation of the time, place and manner of public demonstrations – Proposed Local Law “F”
Motion: Trustee Andolina
Second: Trustee Karns
Resolution #7193 to schedule Proposed Local Law “F” Regulation of the Time, Place and Manner of
Public Demonstrations for 7PM, December 10 th , Marcham Hall.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Regulation of parades and special events – Proposed Local Law “G”
Motion: Trustee Szekely
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7194 to schedule Proposed Local Law “G” Regulation of Parades and Special Events for
7:05PM, December 10 th , Marcham Hall.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Teamsters contract negotiations – Mayor Supron indicated receiving the initial letter from the
Teamsters regarding the ending of their contract which expires May 2013. The vice-president of
Teamsters Local 317 wrote to us regarding negotiations – Mayor Supron responded we would
discuss at tonight’s meeting and get back to him. What is needed is a sub-committee who will
work with Attorney Johnston and the Teamsters. Mayor Supron proposed meeting to discuss
goals before the first of the year and that the negotiations would begin after the first of the year.
Trustee Andolina and Trustee Crooker volunteered to work with Mayor Supron and
Superintendent Cross.
• Scheduling of External Audit – Mayor Supron asked if the Board would like to do an RFP for an
external audit. Mayor Supron will compose an RFP and submit to likely businesses.
Report of the Trustees – 10 minutes
• Trustee Szekely spoke on behalf of the Public Works committee which has been working on the
revision of leaf pickup, brush pickup and pruning. These are policies already in effect with some
fine tuning. The DPW – while they will pick up brush in cans along with branches no greater
than 3 inches in diameter – but they will not pick up soil, grass or stones. There is good
clarification regarding the pruning and trees that overhang on the street. It was discussed the
bagging of leaves is okay as the bags can then be picked up – but bags for brush is not.
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• Trustee Karns provided information on the GTCIHC health insurance. The pharmaceuticals
service provider is going to be ProAct. The previous company was not customer friendly.
ProAct is also cheaper for the consumer and the provider. The Affordable Care Act will change
how our local providers calculate their bills. The Health Consortium premiums will increase 9%
for 2013. Initially the Consortium believed this would be less. But, this is not the reality as we
are not managing the program yet – we are just paying the bills. There needs to be education to
the consumers as to how they view healthcare and being active with the prevention as opposed to
the reactive medicine.
Trustee Andolina added as an incentive to participate being proactive with prevention programs,
employers may pay part of your health club costs, such as Cornell Wellness. Trustee Karns
indicated that as a community, the Board members, residents, employees – everyone needs to be
on board for this plan to work. This is a mindset change and a part of being self-insured.
Report of Chief Steinmetz – 20 minutes
• Submitted report – no other comments were made
• Chief’s department phone purchase - currently he is using his personal phone for both. He is
asking for a smart phone to be used exclusively for department use.
Motion: Trustee Riesman
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7195 to authorize the purchase of a smart phone, apple based, and enter into a contract with
Western States Contracting Alliance Wireless Services for the Chief of Police Steinmetz.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Resolution to solicit bids for the 2007 Dodge Durango. Chief Steinmetz advised the Board the
department has put into service the new Ford Taurus, which saves on gas. The Chief is now
driving the 2009 Durango and the 2007 Dodge is now setting and eligible for sale.
Motion: Trustee Riesman
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7196 to authorize the Clerk to solicit bids for the 2007 Dodge Durango.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
Trustee Andolina indicated seeing the article regarding the Dryden Police Department. There was a
discussion about asking Sheriff Lansing, with the Sheriff’s department, to attend a meeting and discuss
what the Sheriff’s office does for the community and their scope of involvement. Would this be a good
time to ask him to come in to provide understanding to the community of their services and how what
Dryden is pending doing and how this impacts the Village. Mayor Supron will extend another invitation.
Report of Superintendent of Public Works Cross - 5 minutes
• Report on the activity of the Village’s specific phosphorus project. A month ago, we were
preparing a study for the DEC in an attempt to determine whether our equipment either meets
requirements or seek relief from the current requirements. This report was submitted on October
1st and the DEC has until the 31 st to respond. They have reviewed the report but needed more
clarification on certain items. Currently Sterns and Wheeler is working on these issues. In the
meantime – Aqua Aerobics, the manufacturer of the equipment, was contacted. A representative
from Aqua Aerobics visited the plant over two days and provided suggestions and
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recommendations for a chemical change/replacement. Hopefully this will result in better
compliance.
• This ties into the discussion with Mr. Eden earlier in the evening and the Cornell Lake Source
Cooling project. They have a similar type of permit from the DEC which allows discharge of
treated water into the lake and the associated rules that go with it – such as the testing, checking
and treating prior to going into the lake. The DEC is intending to impose a requirement that
Cornell to do a watershed study of where the phosphorus is coming into the lake and how much
the lake can handle. The Federal government wants the DEC to implement a Total Mass Daily
Loading (TMDL) which is what the DEC has delegated Cornell to do the job and use resources to
spend the $2.1 million needed to do the study. The two treatment plants – identified as being
sources of phosphorus contribution – are only a small portion of the contribution.
The difficulty is identifying non-point sources as they are spread out and numerous and then
identifying what the contributory phosphorus is. Once these are identified the information will be
a help to the Village and the noting the percentage overall phosphorous contribution.
Superintendent Cross indicate four points: one: A letter with a statement indicating that the
Village is one of three (or four if including AES Cayuga) point sources that are regulated by a
permit to discharge into the south end of Cayuga Lake; the second: it is our opinion that the
combined phosphorous loading of the three point sources accounts for a relatively small portion
of the total phosphorous contributed by the numerous non-point sources that discharge into the
south end of the lake; the third would be a request from the Village to the DEC that the non-point
sources be identified in the water shed study to be included in the evaluation of the phosphorus
analysis for the south end of Cayuga Lake; finally – number four being the punch line – in the
event that the study results of the DEC implementation of a Total Mass Daily Loading (TMDL)
regulation that the Village of Cayuga Heights request that the DEC consider regulation of all
point and non-point sources on an equal sample testing metric basis. Currently the Village has a
more stringent standard for testing. If there is a study to be done, then our suggestion would be to
include everyone in the regulation with and by testing. Everyone who contributes to the
phosphorus going into the lake should be measured by the same standards.
Motion: Trustee Andolina
Second: Trustee Crooker
Resolution # 7197 to authorize Mayor Supron to speak on behalf of the Village Board on this
issue in the spirit of the email with Mr. Jose Luis Lozano and the Cayuga Lake Modeling Project.
Discussion: Trustee Szekely asked to change the word “consider” with “regulate”
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
• Still pursuing air conditioning quotes for the Marcham Hall addition that will provide air
conditioning for both the addition and the court room. The two beginning quotes are:
o Donahue Halverson $13,966
o Lukas (who is working on the plumbing already) $13,000
• Yaws will provide a proposed contract for renewal for operation of the waste water treatment
plant. In the past there was a 3% increase asked for. Until Mr. Smith provides a copy of the
renewal contract, we don’t know what the increase will be that is asked for. By seeing our
healthcare cost increase by 9%, the 3% for the contract may sound reasonable.
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Report of Clerk Mills - 5 minutes
Motion: Trustee Karns
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7198 to submit to the Tompkins County Budget and Finance office all the 2012
unpaid Village of Cayuga Heights tax bills which cover unpaid amount of $22,562.67, penalties
of $1,805.03 and service charge of $26.00 for a total of $24,393.70
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
Report of Treasurer Mangione – 5 minutes
• Submitted report – Treasurer Mangione reviewed the Treasurer’s report in detail.
Motion: Trustee Hamilton
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7199 to approve Abstract #18 for FYE2012 consisting of vouchers TA30 and A1280
in the amount of $1,345.50 and instruct the Treasurer to make payments thereon.
Discussion: no other comment
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
Motion: Trustee Riesman
Second: Trustee Andolina
Resolution #7200 to approve Abstract #6 for FYE2013 consisting of TA vouchers 52 – 62 and
General Fund vouchers 341 - 438 in the amount of $229,778.72 and instruct the Treasurer to
make payments thereon.
Discussion: Trustee Szekely asked about the money for Stearns and Wheeler – Yaws took extra
samples for a report to the DEC.
All approve – no nays or abstains – motion carried
Chief Steinmetz clarified that the person who was injured in the police car was asked to pay restitution for
the Bangs Ambulance bill.
Report of Attorney Marcus – 5 minutes
• No comment for this meeting
Adjourn at 10:30 PM
Submitted by: Clerk Mills