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MINUTES of a PUBLIC HEARING held Monday, March 12, 1979 in the Village Hall.
The purpose of the - hearing was•to make public the proposed use of Federal'Revenue
Sharing Funds: It was duly advertised In 'the Ithaca Journal. I
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PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham
No member of;the public attended. -
The Mayor announced that the Village Board intended-to apply its portion of the.
Federal Revenue Sharing Funds to the Village portion of the Water Benefit charge
allotted to it by the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission for the.
current year, and to apply the remainder to-the purchase'of vehicles and equipment
for the police and public works departments as the'funds may allow.
Meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
Anne Kro th o
i - Village Clerk
3/12/79 ;
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MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights
held March 19, 1979 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor
F. G. Marcham
Trustees
Ronald E. Anderson'
Shaller.S, Philbrick
Rane F. Randolph
• Treasurer
Gordon B. Wheeler
Engineer /Z.O.
'John B.:Rogers
Police Chief
Harlin R. Mc Ewen
ABSENT: Trustees
-David J. Allee
David Pimentel
Stanley W. Warren
Attorney
Roger B. Sovocool
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Fire Chief
Lowell T. George
OTHERS PRESENT: None.
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Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Randolph:
® VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on
February 19, 1979 and the minutes of the Annual Residents Meeting held on February 20,
1979, as previously furnished Trustees in mimeographed form. Unanimously passed.
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Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated March 19,; 1979 Iln the
following amounts:' General' Fund - $17;086'.26; Sewer Fund - $1'8,212.28. Unanimously
passed. I i
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
VOTED to approve the 'Abstract of Audlted'Vouchers dated March 19, 1979 Ih the
following amounts: General Fund - $17,086.26; Sewer Fund - $18,212.28. Unanimously
passed.
Mayor Marcham gave his report and it Is on file in-the Village Office.
After discussion concerning future plans for the development of the Savage Farm,
the Board instructed Mayor Marcham to include this topic in his upcoming letter
to Villagers asking for-th'eir vi`elws as to whether they feel th'ere Is a need and
an interest for some kind of housing development. The Mayor will circulate such
a letter to Board members before mailing to Villagers.
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
RESOLUTION 2917 - RESUBMIT AGREEMENT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO ATTORNEY SOVOCOOL
' FOR CLARIFICATION ; ''
VOTED to resubmit to Attorney Sovocool for the purpose of clarification the document
he has prepared concerning the agreement with Gary Gleason for operation and maintenance
of the sewer plant. Unanimously- passed..
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Mayor Marcham appointed Trustees Anderson andPhllbrick to serve with hlm'on a 'com-
mittee to negotiate for the purchase by Lagrand Chase of a Village owned parcel of
land which adjoins on the north of his Lots Nos. 130 and 131 and extends easterly
to Uptown Drive.
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Mayor Marcham announced that the terms of office for Peter Minottl and Carl Norberg
on the Zoning Board of Appeals will expire on April I. 'It was the Board's decision
to wait until after the Village Elections before naming two new people to that Board.
Mayor Marcham read a letter from William Tucker Dean, attorney for Mrs. Gabrielle
Stoikov, In which he asks that the penalty be removed from her water bill due to
confusion which arose as the result of her having sold her house and her preparations
to leave the country at the time of the special reading of her water meter.
3/19/79
Motion, made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Anderson:
RESOLUTION 2918 ! REMOVE PENALTY FROM WATER USE BILL ,
VOTED to authorize the Clerk to forego the penalty in the case of Mrs. Stoikov's
water bill dated December 27, 1979. Unanimously passed.
After much discussion' re the Jonson development, Mayor Marcham was Instructed Itry the
Board to write to Noell Desch, Town Supervisor, "calling his attention to the fact that
the issues raised by Engineer Rogers in his letter to IJ Construction Company of
2/28/79 have evoked no response from Mr. Jonson nor any consideration by Mr. Fabbroni.
The letter is to state also that the questions that have been raised by the Village
regarding the use of force mains have not been answered and until the requirements
of the Village are met, 'permission to connect to the sewer system will be withheld.
Fire Chief Lowelli T. George gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office.
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Anderson:
RESOLUTION 2919 - APPROVE TRANSFERS
VOTED to approve the following transfers:
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Anderson:
RESOLUTION 2920:- BUDGET
VOTED to recommend the 1979 -80 Tentative Budget to the new Board for adoption at
the Organizational Meeting on Monday,- April 2, 19.79: Unanimously passed.
3/19/79
TO
- FROM
$'S
A3120.51
Police :Supplies 7
A3120.1
Police-Salaries
'1;400.00
A1410.5
Clerk Other Expense
A1990.0
Contingency
200.00
A1410.52
Clerk Utilities
'A1990.0 i
Contingency-
200.00
A1640.1
Central Garage Salaries
A5110.2
Streets Equipment
600.00
A1640.2
Central Garage-Equlpment
A5110.2
Streets 'Equipment
200.00
A1640.51
Central Garage Supplies
A1640.5
Central Garage Other Expense
200.00
A1640.52
Central Garage Utilities
A5110.2
StreetslEqulpment
500.00
A3120.53
Police Insurance
A3120.52
Police Utilities
187.00
A3410.52
F.D. Utilities I I
A3410.51
F.D. Supplies (400.00)
A3410.21
F.D. Eq Main (1000.00)
1400.00
A5110.53
Streets Inaurance
A5110.21
Streets Equipment
368.00
A8160.21
Ref Coil Equip Main
A8160.51
Ref Coll Sup'piles
300.00
A8160.53
Ref Coll Insurance
A8160.2
Ref Coll Equipment
17.00
A5142.51
Snow Rem Supplies
A5142.2
Snow Rem Equipment
2500.00
G8130.21
S.P. Equip Main
G1990.0
Contingency
2000.00
Unanimously
passed.
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Anderson:
RESOLUTION 2920:- BUDGET
VOTED to recommend the 1979 -80 Tentative Budget to the new Board for adoption at
the Organizational Meeting on Monday,- April 2, 19.79: Unanimously passed.
3/19/79
MINUTES of regular meeting - March 19, 1979 4 9
Police Chief Harlin R. McEwen gave his report and It is on file in the Village Office.
e Motion made by-Trustee Anderson, seconded by,Trustee Randolph:
RESOLUTION 2921 - APPROVE SALE OF POLICE CAR'
VOTED to authorize the Police Chief to arrange for the sale of the used 1977 police
car and to have the Village Clerk advertise for sealed bias with a minimum price of
$2400.00. Unanimously passed.
Chief McEwen reported that he and Mayor Marcham had Intervl'ewed three candidates
earlier in the day for full -time police officer. He stated that he and the Mayor
had come to an agreement on the candidate to whom the job would be offered but
added he had to wait until the Civil Service ranking list had been received from
the County Personnel Department.
Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Randolph:
RESOLUTION 2922 - AWARD BID - TRUCK CAB AND CHASSIS
VOTED to award the bid for the truck cab and chassis to Cayuga Ford, Inc., of
Ithaca, N.Y. for the amount of $21,348.00. Unanimously passed.
Other bids received are as follows: Truck Town Sales $ Service, Inc., for a used
truck cab and chassis with a bid price of $20,425.40; International Harvester for
a bid price of $21,646.00; and Spencer Ford Sales, Inc., for $21,985.85.'
Engineer Rogers gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office.
In regard to Mr. William Herbster's request that the trees in lower Sunset Park be
trimmed so that his view to the west and north will not be impaired, Forester Pimentel
and Engineer Rogers were instructed by the Board to investigate the situation and
apprise Mr. Herbster of their decision.
Engineer Rogers' reported that the Operations and Maintenance Manual has been approved
by the NYS DEC, Region 7 Office and three copies have been forwarded to the US Environ-
mental Protection Agency. Treasurer Wheeler stated that the final step in complying
with the requirements for grant monies is a State audit. He will write to
Mr. Robert Berry of NYS DEC and Congressman Mathew McHugh during the next week or so
regarding this.
Engineer Rogers Is instructed to remind Dr. Rubenstein, owner of the Village Green,
that the fence at the rear of his parking lot is in need of repair.
It was brought to the attention of the Board that Lagrand Chase has erected a sign
on his building lot on Cambridge Place which is in violation of the zoning ordinance
because: one, construction is not presently in progress and two, Mr. Chase has not
applied for permit to erect such a sign. Engineer Rogers will so notify Mr. Chase
�I to this effect.
3/19/79
Zoning Officer Rogers reported that Professor Raymond Loehr, new owner of the Locke
property on Triphammer Road, is in violation of the Village zoning ordinance in that
there are two apartments in addition to the major living area of the house. Also
It has been determined that Dr. Oliver French has four dpartments in his property,
508 Highland Road. Both of these properties are in the residential district which
restricts the number of apartments in a "residential" structure to two. Zoning Officer
Rogers' is instructed to write to Professor Loehr and Dr. French regarding this
violation.
Engineer Rogers reported that he and Chief McEwen are still working on recommendations
re vacation policy and wfill, submit these-recommendations for Board consideration at
the next regular meeting.
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by.Trustee Anderson: i
RESOLUTION 2923 - ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
VOTED to set the Annual Organizational Meeting for Monday, April 2, 1979, at 8:00 P.M.
in the Village Hall. Unanimously passed. I,
Motion made by Trustee Randolph, seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
RESOLUTION 2924 - PUBLIC HEARING - BUDGET
VOTED to hold a Public Hearing on the Tentative Budget for the fiscal year 1979 -80
In the Village Hall at 7:30 p.m: on Monday, April 2, 1979. Unanimously passed."
Meeting adjourned at19:40 p.m.
Anne Krohto
Village Clerk
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