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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Hearing 12/18/1972. q VIILAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS � wC NffNUTES of a Public Hearing held at 7:15 P.M., December 18, 1972 in the Village Hall to consider an amendment to the Village Ordinances Article II, Fumigation and Fires, by adding Section 3, Fire Prevention Code. PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham; Trustees David J. Allee, Harold R. Fisher, Verne A. Fogg, Carl H. Nelson, Claire C. Nulle; Attorney Roger B. Sovocool; Engineer John B. Rogers; Police Chief Harlin R. MCEwen; Fire Chief Ned G. Boice. OTHERS: 14 residents of the Village Mayor Marcham outlined the proposed amendment which would establish a Fire Prevention Code in the Village. There were no comments so the Public Hearing was closed at 7:25 P.M. MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held at 7:30 P.M., December 18, 1972 in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham; Trustees David J. Allee, Harold R. Fisher, Verne A. Fogg, Carl H. Nelson, Claire C. Nullee, Pane F. Randolph; Attorney Roger B. Sovocool; Treasurer Gordon B. Wheeler; Engineer John B. Rogers; Police Chief Harlin R. Mcbren; Fire Chief Ned G. Boice. OTHERS PRESENT: 14 residents of the Village Mayor Marcham addressed the residents summarizing the history of the proposed use of the Sharp property located at 880 Highland Road and assured them that if and when the matter of "cluster housing" comes up for discussion there will be a Public Hearing which will be publicized in the usual legal manner. eThe Mayor asked the Board if they wished to reconsider the proposal. RESOLUTION # 2035 - RECONSIDER SCHICKEL PROPOSAL VOTED to reconsider the proposal of Norbert Schickel, Jr. for the property located at 880 Highland Road to be allowed to have cluster housing instead of being divided into conventional lots and houses. Five Trustees voted for and one Trustee voted against. In discussion concerning the proposed amendment to Article II, Fumigation and Fires, Attorney Sovocool pointed out that Section 2 of the Article II should be repealed since the new amendment will cover the burning mentioned in this Section. After discussion of the amendment it was decided that further study was needed so the matter was tabled. VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held November 20, 1972 in the Village Hall. VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated December 18, 1972 in the following amounts: General Fund - $12,194.73, Sewer Fund - $753.77, Capital Sewer Fund - $1,544.77. Mayor Marcham gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He reported that the Tompkins County Board of Representatives has informed us that the documents necessary to authorize the creation of Tompkins County Sewer District No. 1 are ready for submission to the Attorney General of the State. The Mayor has received word from the Army Corps of Engineers that they are ready to grant us a permit, on certain conditions, to lay a second outfall pipe in Cayuga Lake. Minutes 12%18/72 Page 2 RESOLUTION # 2036 - AUTHORIZE SIGNING OF PERMIT - OUTFALL PIPE VOTED that F. G. Marcham, Mayor of the Village of Cayuga Heights be authorized and instructed to sign, in behalf of the Village, an application for a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers for permission to lay a second outfall pipe in the Village right -of -way in Cayuga Lake. Mayor Marcham will take up with the Attorney and Engineer the conditions necessary preliminary to the signing and if acceptable to them will sign the documents, if not acceptable to them he will bring the matter back to the Board for their consideration. The Mayor has attended three or four productive meetings among officials of the Towns of Ithaca, Lansing and Dryden and their attorneys, concerning the Bolton Point Water source. In 6 or 7 hours almost all of the preliminary ground work was accomplished toward the drafting of a contract among the municipalities in such a way that if the City of Ithaca wished to join, the contract could be adapted with minimum alterations. There was a discussion about the unusual weather of the past weekend and the treatment given the roads by the public works crew. It was generally felt that a good job was done on the road with conditions the way they were. Trustee Fisher suggested that perhaps a map could be made with the priorities listed by number and this would help the workmen to know what the Board and others felt were the spots which most needed to be salted or plowed. The Treasurer gave his report by saying that the usual three months report will be late by perhaps ten days. He reported the receipt of $6,670 as the Village share of the Revenue Sharing program of the Federal Government. This check to cover the first half of 1972. He and Trustee Randolph thought we should hold the money and study the program before committing the money to any specific expenditure. Treasurer Wheeler commented that the Retirement System charge has gone over budget and perhaps we could use the revenue share money to cover this deficit. Treasurer Wheeler said that the Sales Tax money should be used in the operational budget to lower taxes, also that we should not use the estimated figure of $130,577 that the County gave us but $125,000 would be more realistic. It should reduce taxes by perhaps 40 %. He was also concerned with the Fire Council's letter dated December 7, 1972 to the Board of Trustees and the Mayor regarding a request for a ladder unit costing between $48,000 and $50,000, because he said it was incomplete in describing where the money would come from. After a discussion it was decided that Trustee Randolph and the Treasurer get together to go over the matter and recommend an appropriate means of financing such a purchase. RESOLUTION # 2037 - RENEW BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE VOTED to confirm the renewal of Bond Anticipation Note No. 4 for Northeast Sidewalk • District for $10,605 at 4% interest and dated November 12, 1972. Minutes 12/18/72 Page 3 Attorney Sovocool mentioned that he needed the Board's approval for the Fire Protection Contract with the Town of Ithaca. During the discussion it was decided that the formula needed to be gone over again and Treasurer Wheeler and • Trustee Randolph will meet with Fire Chief Ned Boice to go over the figures. The contract will be for 5 years with the right of the Fire Inspector to inspect for fire safety practices with no liability or responsibility to enforce correction of any unsafe practices he may find. After further discussion it was decided that we needed a letter of intent from the Town of Ithaca that they wish to use our services if the contract is not in effect by January 1, 1973, the time and present contract expires. Police Chief McEwen gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. Speaking as a middle man for the Patrolmen who had petitioned for an educational incentive program last February, he stated that these patrolmen asked him to bring the matter before the Board to seek some action. The Public Safety Committee met last Friday and Trustee Nelson made a recommendation as follows: Each police officer who has earned college credit hours towards an Associate Degree in Applied Science with a major in Police Science or Law Enforcement shall, after earning a minimum of 15 credit hours, and upon submitting satisfactory evidence to the Village Treasurer, receive additional annual compensation of $7.50 for each credit hour. Such compensation shall become effective June 1, 1972 for total hours credited to that date. Compensation for additional hours earned after that date will become effective on June 1st of each succeeding year. No action was taken on the recommendation. Engineer Rogers gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He reported the retirement December 31, 1972 of Ralph C. Garvin after 18 years service with the Village. RESOLUTION # 2038 - LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO GARVIN VOTED to instruct Mayor Marcham to write a letter to Ralph C. Garvin in behalf of the Board of Trustees expressing their appreciation of his service over the past 18 years and best wishes in his retirement. Fire Chief Ned G. Boice gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He spoke about the matters of financing the ladder unit requested by the Fire Council. The Fire Company under law would be entitled to one half of all contract monies collected because the men do the fire fighting. This has never been done because the money is used from the Fire Equipment Fund for equipment. Mayor Marcham told the Fire Chief that the Board has listened to the need for a ladder unit and was concerned for the present with the method of financing this request. In addition it seemed wise to consider future needs and the means of financing them. All avenues of finances should be explored and there should be a meeting of minds concerning this. Therefore, a meeting of the Fire Council, the Treasurer, Trustee Randolph and perhaps the Safety Committee to lay the ground- work for a 5 -Year projected budget and go over the contract formula should be held. Hours earned as of June 1, 1972 McEwen 60 hours @ $7.50 = $450.00 Rabin 60 hours @ " = 450.00 Darling 24 hours @ ° 180.00 Cooper 21 hours @ it 1 7. 1,237.50 50 year No action was taken on the recommendation. Engineer Rogers gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He reported the retirement December 31, 1972 of Ralph C. Garvin after 18 years service with the Village. RESOLUTION # 2038 - LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO GARVIN VOTED to instruct Mayor Marcham to write a letter to Ralph C. Garvin in behalf of the Board of Trustees expressing their appreciation of his service over the past 18 years and best wishes in his retirement. Fire Chief Ned G. Boice gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. He spoke about the matters of financing the ladder unit requested by the Fire Council. The Fire Company under law would be entitled to one half of all contract monies collected because the men do the fire fighting. This has never been done because the money is used from the Fire Equipment Fund for equipment. Mayor Marcham told the Fire Chief that the Board has listened to the need for a ladder unit and was concerned for the present with the method of financing this request. In addition it seemed wise to consider future needs and the means of financing them. All avenues of finances should be explored and there should be a meeting of minds concerning this. Therefore, a meeting of the Fire Council, the Treasurer, Trustee Randolph and perhaps the Safety Committee to lay the ground- work for a 5 -Year projected budget and go over the contract formula should be held. • • • Minutes 12 /18/72 Page 4 Mayor Marcham is to write a formal letter to the Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca requesting the letter of intent regarding the period not covered by a Fire Contract. There should be a meeting on the above subject soon after Christmas. Attorney Sovocool in his report stated that the litigation on the condemnation of lands of Liberman have not been transcribed as yet, so nothing to report. He is striving to get a temporary easement from the Lehigh Valley Railroad for the use of a contract or in connection with the laying of the additional outfall pipe. Attorney Sovocool in speaking of the lease he drew up on a three year basis for the jewelry store of Mr. Flavin said he advises a clause about subletting be left in the contract. The Clerk reported overtime paid in November as follows: Marshall 8 hours $37.44 Oltz It 4 Quick If 8 Truax 8 It 44.40 RESOLUTION # 2039 - ACCEPT AUDIT FOR VILLAGE JUSTICE VOTED to accept the Audit of the Village Justice for the fiscal year 6/1/71 - 5/31/72 made by Paul Bradford. Mayor Marcham to write a letter of thanks to Mr. Bradford. Meeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M. Rose M. Tierney Village Clerk