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VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
. 836 Hanshaw Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
Corrected MINUTES of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees held at 4:00 p.m.,
10- 30-7x, in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Marcham; Trustee Ran Randolph, Verne A. Fogg, Dooley S. Kiefer,
Shailer S. Philbrick, David J. Allee, Ronald E. Anderson (4:30 p.m.); Attorney
Roger B. Sovocool; Treasurer Gordon B. Wheeler (4:45 p.m.); Commissioner Myers;
officials of Towns of Ithaca, Dryden, and Lansing.
Members of the Board and Village Officers discussed at length questions raised
concerning the figures provided by the Water Commission as to operating and
capital costs for the proposed water supply and transmission systems, based on the
low bids that have been received for this program. Members discussed the costs
that the Village would assume and the accuracy with which they could be translated
into an annual charge to a water use unit, if one were created, similar to the
sewer use unit.
There was further discussion concerning engineering details of the water supply
system and what course the Board should take to inform Villagers of the problems
arising from the new financing program made necessary by raising the estimated
cost of the program to $8,000,000.
The Attorney said that the Bonding Attorneys had stated that, as a preliminary
step, the Board should adopt a resolution declaring its readiness to join with
the Towns of Dryden, Ithaca, and Lansing in increasing the bonded indebtedness,
agreed to in earlier bond resolutions.
Motion made by Trustee Fogg and seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
RESOLUTION 2354 - ADDITioTAL FUNDING - WATER PROGRAM
VOTED to authorize an added item to the original commitment for funding the inter -
municipal water program jointly with the Towns of Dryden, Ithaca, and Lansing in
the amount of $1,920,000, of which the share of the Village of Cayuga Heights
shall be according to the formula agreed to in the original contract; a copy of
the adopted resolution to be on file and attached in the minute book.
The Village Board instructed the Mayor to write to the cooperating municipalities
to tell them that the adoption of the above resolution by the Village was on the
conditions that: 1) the cooperating municipalities adopt an appropriate resolu-
tion of the same sort and; 2) that the action of the Village Board was subject to
a permissive referendum by Villagers.
Motion made by Trustee Philbrick and seconded by Trustee Anderson:
RESOLUTION 2355 - SPECIAL MEETING
• RESOLVED to hold a special meeting November 7 at 4:00 p.m. for further considera-
tion of the figures on which the costs of the water program to the Village and its
apportionment among Villagers are based, and such other business as may be neces-
sary to deal with the problems associated with the program.
MEWES of Special Meeting - 103-0/74
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After discussion among Village Board members and officers and representatives of
the three towns, particularly Supervisor Schwann and Attorney Buyoucos, the Board
agreed informally that Attorneys Buyoucos and Sovocool should draft an agreement
under which the Village would bear its share in financing a bond anticipation notie
for $100,000 as partial payment for the services of Lorier Co., Engineers.
After discussion of the ccs•ts of rood work and site clearance for the water
program, the Board resolved, on a motion by Philbrick; seconded by Randolph:
RESOLUTION 2356 - USE WORK FORCE
VOTED that, as a termporary arrangement until November 7th, the Engineer shall be
free to use his work force•and equipment and join with other municipalities in
site clearance and road work for the water program; he s to consult frith the
Engineer directing this part of the project and to •raceive further instruction
from the Board at the November 7th meeting. Trustee.Kiefer voted NO.
Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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F. G. Marcham, Mayor