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MINUTES of Organization Meeting - 4/3/89
VOTED to hold one regular meeting per month for the 1989 -90 official year,
the date to be the third Monday in each month, except the Annual Organizational
Meeting which is held on the first Monday in April each year. Unanimously
passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes.
The next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be Monday, May 15,
1989 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall.
Mayor Anderson named the following committees:
Public Safety: Trustee Wheeler, Chrmn., Trustees Searle, Weiss.
D.P.W.: Trustee Pimentel, Chrmn., Trustees Camp, Fleming.
Select Sewer: Mayor Anderson, Trustee Camp, Trustee Wheeler - Alternate.
Ground Water: Trustee Camp, Chrmn., Trustees Fleming, Wheeler.
Bolton Point: Trustee Wheeler.
Trustee Camp moved to adjourn, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes.
Adjournment - 9:30 P.M.
Anne Kroht
Clerk
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING 4/27/89
MINUTES of a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights held April 27, 1989 at 7:00 p.m. in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Searle, Wheeler; Attorney
Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Supt. of Public Works Rogers.
ABSENT: Trustees Pimentel, Weiss.
OTHERS: Steve Shiffrin and M. Rockcastle.
Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
RESOLUTION 4027 - APPROVE LIST OF OFFICERS ELECTED BY FIRE COMPANY
VOTED to approve the list of officers elected by the Fire Company for one official
year and approved by the Fire Council at its meeting on April 5, 1989 as follows:
John P. Millier, Chief Engineer; 1st Asst. Chief - Francis L. Miller, 2nd Asst.
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Chief William Thompson; 3rd Asst. Chief - Jeffrey Silber; 1st Lieut. - Paul
Sarakowash; 2nd Lieut. - Christian Boissonnas; 3rd Lieut. - Philip Miller;
4th Lieut. - Gary Leonhardt. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Searle and Wheeler voting yes.
Mayor Anderson reported on the following:
- Notice from SCLIWC re celebration of National Drinking Water Week.
Motion by Trustee Searle, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
RESOLUTION 4028 - PROCLAIM NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK
VOTED to designate as "National Drinking Water Week," the period commencing
on May 1, 1989 and ending on May 6, 1989. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Searle and Wheeler voting yes.
- Discussion concerning the land coverage of the Cornell Townhouses on Jessup
Road and the agreement by the University to provide 99 parking spaces out of
Parking Lot A for the use of Townhouse residents to make up the additional square
feet needed for M coverage. The Mayor will follow up with a letter to Cornell
officials.
- Memo from Chief Wall to Zoning Officer Rogers concerning the possible zoning
violation in connection with Sigma Chi's renting of their house to sororities for
parties and charging a fee of $550. The Zoning Officer stated he and Chief Wall
will draft a letter for prompt mailing to them.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
VOTED to approve the List of Audited Vouchers in the following amounts: General
Fund - $14,574.78; Sewer fund - $18,930.05, with the exception of the Snap -Tite
Hose bill in the amount of $2,690.00 until the TReasurer can explain what it is
for. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Searle and Wheeler voting yes.
It was suggested that the Treasurer set up another category for hydrant costs.
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Re Remington Road survey, the Mayor and Engineer met with Mr. Herrick of T.G. Miller
Associates who suggested that the Board consider one - way.traffic going downhill.
The Board agreed to consider it as an option and to ask for an estimate of cost
difference.
Upon the Treasurer's arrival at the meeting and his subsequent clarification of
the Snap -Tite Hose bill, the Board agreed to amend the earlier motion to include
this bill for payment and to ask the Treasurer to remit on the duplicate copy
that this covers description of the hose and the stenciling.
Lengthy discussion focused on the by -pass proposal for a sewer line along the lake
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shore to take sewage form the Village and Town of Lansing to the City's wastewater
treatment plant for a period of 5 -10 years. Benefits and costs to the Village of
Cayuga Heights were points discussed and the Board agreed'to : 1) abandon its
request to tie in with the City's plant for emergency service, 2) not participate
in any program, 3) withdraw its offer to expand the Village's treatment plant and
to advise the municipalities involved that they will have to make their own
connection to the Ithaca plant with absolutely no involvement in the Village's
system except that they will be allowed to put a line across the eastern edge of
the Village's property to the point nearest to the beginnings of the 15 -inch
line to Stewart Park, 4) remind the contracting municipalities that the existing
policy (moratorium) remains in effect and additional units will not be issued
to sewer into the Village's plant.
Motion by Trustee Wheeler, seconded by Trustee Camp:
RESOLUTION 4029 - BY -PASS PROPOSAL UNACCEPTABLE= TO BOARD
VOTED to take the position as stated in the four points above relative to the
proposal for a by -pass sewer line to Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant and further,
to authorize the Mayor, subject to Attorney's review, to draft a letter incorporating
these points to municipalities involved. Unanimously passed.
Trustee Camp, Fleming, Searle and Wheeler voting yes.
The following subjects were covered:
- Memo from Trustee Wheeler regarding a need for a detailed review of the Zoning
Ordinances. Trustee Wheeler was asked to chair a committee, along with Trustee
Camp and Fleming, to investigate procedure for re- writing the Zoning Ordinances.
- Trustee Wheeler is reviewing quotes for Police Professional Liability Insurance.
- Painting of the crosswalk on Hanshaw road in the area of Community Corners
before doing general striping of roads.
- Square off the corner and do necessary lane work on Hanshaw /N. Triphammer Roads.
- Cleaning up of driveway materials spilling over into the travelled roadway on N.
Sunset.
- Location of sidewalk along 825 Hanshaw Road will be sketched and copies
distributed to Trustees by Engineer Rogers.
- Fire, Police and DPW Departments will be asked to calculate cost estimates for
required sevices for Savage Farm development.
- Establishment of bookkeeping procedure for Savage Farm expenditures for future
allocation to developer.
- Presentation by Cornell University of Savage Farm preliminary plan at May 15
meeting with availability of same for Board perusal the week prior.
- Mayor instructed to send bills and letter to supervisor Desch relative to the
Town's share of the cost of the Pleasant Grove Road sidewalk installation.
Motion by Trustee Searle, seconded by Trustee Fleming to a ' urn at BV: 50 p.m.
Anne Krohto
Clerk
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING - 5/15/89
Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights held May 15, 1989 in the Village Hall..