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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 3/16/1987VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the. Village of Cayuga Heights held March 16, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F.G. Marcham; Trustees Anderson Bennett, Camp, Fleming, Kira; Treasurer Walker; Engineer /ZO Rogers; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief.Miller: ABSENT: -Trustee Pimentel, Attorney SoVoccol. OTHERS PRESENT: Attorney Pat Oesterle, Cal Warren .Pat;Willlams;.Helen;Searle. Cal Warren and Pat Williams, r•ealtors associated with the firm, Preferred Properties, Inc., appeared once again before the Board to'request a zoning, change of the Mignano property. Motion by Trustee Anderson, second by Trustee Bennett: RESOLUTION 3789 - DENY SECOND REQUEST FROM REAL ESTATE FIRM.TO REZONE MIGNANO PROPERTY. VOTED to deny the second request from Preferred Properties, Inc., to'rezone the Mignano property at 1002 Hanshaw Road from residential to commercial. Unanimously passed. * ** Attorney James Millet-, representing his client, William Wilcox, appeared before the Board with a preliminary plan to subdivide the former Belcher property on Tyler Drive. After discussion, the Board agreed to review the subdivision map showing size and location of tots and will make a decision for its approval at the April 6th meeting. In connection with the request by Mr. Wilcox that the Village accept responsibility to build and pave that portion of Tyler Drive, between,Tyler Road and his property, the Board agreed they have no abjection to a road being built on that Iand.which is Village owned but that the expense of building.the road.to meet Village specifications should be borne by the developer.. Attorney Miller, in re- sponse to a question by the Board, stated that the issue of stability of the land had been raised among the parties involved "and it was their, hope that the developer would take care in siting the houses. Mayor Marcham called the regular meeting'to order. Motion by Trustee Kira, second by Trustee Anderson: " VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held January 19,1987 and a regular meeting held February 16; 1987 as previously.furnished Trustees,in copy form. Unanimously passed. * ** Motion by Trustee Bennett, second by.Trustee Camp: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited'Vouchers dated 3 /16/87 in the following amounts:. General Fund - $12,913.34; Sewer.Fund - $20,415.90.. Unanimously passed. Mayor. Marcham read his report and placed.it on file in "the Vill'age.Office. In connection with the Village's request to SCLIWC for the maintenance df fire hydrants, the Mayor reported that Don Terrell.in his letter dated 3/2/87 proposed that Ted Wixom meet with the Village Engineer to draw up a preliminary hydrant maintenance plan for subsequent review and adoption by the Village Board and the Water Commission. The Fire Chief was invited to attend the meeting which the the Engineer will arrange. Minutes of Regular Meeting - 3/16/87 2 Mayor Marcham referred to a letter from Larry Fabbroni, in behalf of Rocco Lucente, in which he asks that sewer service be extended to an area outside the area which the treatment plant is designed to serve. Motion by Trustee Bennett, second by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 3790 - DENY REQUEST FOR SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE SERVICE AREA VOTED to instruct the Mayor to write Mr. Fabbrani to say that after consideration of his request regarding an exception to the Village policy for providing sewer service,.the Board decided not,to change the policy it has followed in the past. Unanimously passed. * ** Motion by Trustee Kira, second by Trustee Camps RESOLUTION 3791 - ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF OFFICER BACHE VOTED to accept the resignation of Police Officer Philip Bache effective March 30, 1987. Unanimously passed: * ** The Mayor made reference to Mayor Furry's letter r•equesting..a meeting to discuss the matter of possible sewer plant expansion and capital costs thereof, as outlined in Attorney Sovocool's letters to the Town and Village of.Lansing officials. Mayor, Marcham was instructed to write Mayor Furry to.arrange for such a meeting to include himself, the Village Engineer and Village Attorney. It was noted that Trustee Anderson will represent the Village'at a County Planning Board meeting on April 8 at which Cornell University will make a presentation of the development and building activities that are planned and scheduled for the University. Motion by Trustee.-Camp, second by Trustee Bennett: . RESOLUTION 3792 - APPOINT CISNE TO ZBA VOTED to appoint Mrs. Robin Fisher Cisne to the Zoning .Boat d.of Appeals to.fill the unexpired term of Ned Flash to run to April, 1988. Unanimously passed. Trustee Klra gave a brief report of the activities of the CHCC. Trustee Kira requested that a person be named to replace her, as liaison from the Board of Trustees on or about June 6, 1987. Her report is on file in.the Village Office. Fire Chief Miller presented his written report which is on file. Treasurer, Walker distributed copies of the budget status report. The Treasurer reported having received a letter from Tompkins,. County Trust Company advising that they have.increased the amount.of collateral to $650,000. He asked that the Board be prepared to approve, at the April 6th meeting, the investment policy which had been distributed for their review last month. Attorney Oesterie, sitting in for Attorney Sovocool, reported that the tenant of 825 Hanshaw Road had paid, in full, the amount due for back rent...: Police Chief Wall presented his statistical repart.which has been placed on file. Motion by Trustee Camp, second by Trustee Fleming:" RESOLUTION 3793 - CREATE TWO PART -TIME POSITIONS FOR.POLICE OFFICER VOTED to create two part -time positions for police.officer.for the Village of Caygua Heights Police Department, effective immediately. Tompkins County Personnel Department will be so notified. Unanimously passed. U Minutes of Regular Meeting - 3/16/87 3 Motion by Trustee Anderson, second by Trustee Kira: RESOLUTION 3794 - AUTHORIZE POLICE CHIEF TO REHIRE OFFICER HARRINGTON VOTED to authorize Police Chief Wall to rehire, on a part -time basis, Officer David Harrington, effective immediately. Motion by Trustee Kira, second by Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 3795 - AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF.TO INTERVIEW APPLICANT: FOR FULL -TIME POSITION OF POLICE.OFFICER . VOTED to authorize Mayor Marcham and Police Chief Wall to interview.Thomas L. Boyce.for the position of full time police officer with the understanding that he meet the financial security clearance and fingerprint clearance. Unanimously, passed. * ** Engineer/70 Rogers submitted his report which has been placed on file: " Engineer Rogers reported having received a letter from Mr. F. Clifford DiLor•enzo of the firm, Enviro Technics Limited, in connection with the proposed Sun Down Farms Development in the Village of Lansing. In his letter, Mr. Di Lorenzo made reference to the February 9th meeting with Mayor Marcham and Engineer Rogers and outlined the "understandings and agreements" that resulted from this discussion. Engineer Rogers read to the Board his response to Mr. DiLorenzo's letter in which he stated emphatically that the meeting of February 9th was an information meeting only, that there had been no commitments made by Village officials, and advised Mr. DiLorenzo to correct any statements, to the contrary, which he may have made to his lenders, engineer, partners and Village of Lansing officials. In connection with the dispute over the boundary line between the Van Ness and Village -owned properties on Hanshaw Road, the Engineer stated that he was unable to establish where the line is and suggested that the measurements were probably. off for the several properties beyond the Van Ness property. Attorney Oesterle suggested that since it would take hours to search the properties involved,.she will contact the owner's attorney and propose that a new.boundar•y line agreement be made. Motion by Trustee Kira, second by Trustee Bennett: RESOLUTION 3796 - APPROVE REFUNDS VOTED to approve the following refunds for overpayment of water bills: Siegel - $120.74; Dr. Rao - $103.70; Mosher - $134.41; Kunti.- $65.86.,. Unani- mously passed. * ** Mayor Marcham was instructed by the Board to inform Mrs Robert"Kalter• that.it. could not accept his excuse that he had not received his November water bill•and , therefore must pay the penalty due of $6.85. Motion by Trustee Camp, second by Trustee Kira:, RESOLUTION 3797 - SET DATE FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. VOTED to hold the Organizational.Meeting on Monday, April 6; 1987..at 7:30 p.m: Unanimously passed. * ** Minutes of Regular Meeting - 3/16/87 4 Motion by Trustee Fleming, second by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3798 - SET DATE AND TIME FOR PUBLIC HEARING RE TENTATIVE BUDGET VOTED to hold a Public Hearing on the 1987 -88 Tentative Budget for the same evening as the Organizational Meeting, April 6, 1987 at 7:00 p.m. Unanimously passed. * ** The Treasurer reported that more time was needed to work on the Tentative Budget and the Board agreed to hold a special meeting on Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. at which time the Tentative Budget will be recommended to the new Board for adoption at the Organizational Meeting. Deputy Mayor Anderson will preside over the special meeting.