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VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
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MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held at 7 :30 P.M. on
• Monday, November 15, 1971 in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham; Trustees Harold R. Fisher, Claire Nulls, Rane F.
Randolph; Treasurer Gordon B. Wheeler; Engineer John B. Rogers; Attorney Roger B.
Sovocool; Fire Chief Ned G. Boice; Police Chief Jack W. McGraw, Sr.
OTHERS: Representatives of radio stations and the Ithaca Journal.
ABSENT: Trustees David Allee, Carl H. Nelson and Verne A. Fogg.
VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held October 18, 1971 and the
minutes of a Special Meeting held November 1, 1971 mimeographed copies having
been previously sent to Trustees.
VOTED to confirm Resolution No. 1888 in regard to permission to have the work
force grade part of the playground at the Cayuga Heights School.
VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated November 15, 1971 in the
following amounts: General Fund - $7,505.74, Sewer Fund - $1,709.03, Capital
Fund - $11,757.00, Fire Department Equipment Fund - $621.21.
Mayor Marcham gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He spoke
on the progress of the sewer plant expansion program and the County Sewer Agency
activities.
• On October 28th the Mayor and a few Trustees met with representatives of the Towns
of Dryden, Ithaca and Lansing to discuss problems of water supply. The persons
present gave preliminary assent to a resolution of intent. Mayor read this
resolution of intent and asked the Board what it wished to do.
RESOLUTION # 1889 - INTENT TO STUDY WATER SUPPLY
VOTED to adopt this resolution of intent with a view to exploring the possibilities
of primary and long -range water supplies at Bolton Point for the Towns of Dryden,
Ithaca, Lansing and for the Village of Cayuga Heights, the elected Boards of these
municipalities agree to share in establishing a fund to finance preliminary studies
and to approach Lozier Company, as engineer, for these studies and to serve as
consultant on the means of approaching State and Federal agencies for authorization
to construct a possible alternate water supply and to acquire the appropriate
State and Federal funds.
The Board consented for the Mayor to approach D. Wayne Fleming to serve as Chairman
of the Zoning Board of Appeals upon the resignation of Richard C. Curran and to
approach Carl B. Norberg to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of Mr. Curran
upon his resignation.
The request of Harold B. Cornelius for a raise was discussed.
• RESOLUTION # 1890 - CORNELIUS SALARY
VOTED to grant a salary increase effective November 15, 1971 to Harold B. Cornelius
from $83700 to $9,000 annually, with the recommendation that the Mayor and Engineer
consult with Mr. Cornelius on the power structure of the work force as it relates
to him.
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Mayor Marcham reported that the State Board of Equalization and Assessment had
• set 73 as our tentative rate of assessment. A discussion upon this resulted in
the Board asking the Mayor to telephone the Albany office the first thing in the
morning and try to get a postponement of our hearing to allow the Village time to
study the reports on which the State based this rate.
The Engineer and Treasurer reported that they did not have all the necessary
information to be able to give a recommendation on whether the Village should
participate in the hiring of an employable through the Social Services. It is
hoped to be able to do so at the next Board meeting.
The Fire Chief gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He spoke
of renewing the Fire District Contract with the Town of Ithaca and the Attorney
will proceed with this.
The Police Chief gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. Chief
McGraw said that he and Trustee Allee visited the property of Mr. Marvin in
connection with the complaints of Mr. Rosenblum but he deferred comments until
Trustee Allee was present to give his views.
Engineer Rogers gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office.
The Treasurer just completed a Debt Statement which the Bonding Attorneys requested.
A discussion concerning whether the Village should apply for exclusion from debt
limit of the funds for sewer plant expansion resulted in the Board asking the
Attorney to have ready at the next meeting the papers necessary to make formal
application for sewer plant bonds exclusion from the debt limit of the Village.
• Attorney Sovocool spoke on many subjects. First he explained the laws pertaining
to a Planning Board. The Village may by resolution designate the Board of Trustees
as the Planning Board of the Village. As such the Planning Board would have the
right to approve plats of land. As we stand now there is nothing on our books
which spells out the duties of the Village Board or the procedure to follow when
subdivision and similar plat plans are presented. If the Board created a Planning
Hoard the laws are clear as to their duties etc. The Attorney was asked to present
at the next meeting for consideration a resolution which would allow the Board to
act as the Planning Board of the Village.
Attorney Sovocool spoke of the right of way agreement between Mr. Jacobs and the
Village. It was decided that he should make the time limit in the agreement
20 years instead of 10 years.
The attorney also spoke on the progress of the appraisal of the Liberman property
which is under condemnation. Mr. Liberman has not offered his appraisal of the
property but Mr. Sovocool hopes to hurry things up by filing the appraisal with
the Court.
The Clerk had nothing to report at this time. No overtime was worked during the
last period.
Meeting adjourned at 9:35 P.M.
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Rose M. Tierney
Village Clerk