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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 1/21/1980u 107 MINUTES of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held January 21, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F.G. Marcham Trustees David Allee Ronald Anderson Shailer Philbrick David Pimentel Jean Robinson Stanley Warren Attorney Roger Sovocool Treasurer Gordon Wheeler Engineer /Z.O. John Rogers Police Chief Harlin Mc Ewen Fire Chief Lowell George Supervisor of Public Works Robert Tyrrell OTHERS PRESENT: Jaroslav Vanek Mr. Jaroslav Vanek appeared before the Board in response to a recent letter he had received from Zoning Officer Rogers in which he is informed that the solar energy structure which he has erected in the front yard of his property at 414 Triphammer Road is in violation of the Village Zoning Ordinances. Questions arose concerning the size of-the structure and the temporary versus permanent nature of the structure as well as limitations in connection with the Village Ordinances. Mr. Vanek stated that this is in the experimental stages and assured the Board the structure is a temporary one. The Mayor is instructed to write to Mr. Vanek informing him that the Board is willing to allow him to maintain the structure until the May meeting when it will consider the matter again. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3010 - SOLAR ENERGY STRUCTURE AT 414 TRIPHAMMER ROAD VOTED the decision by this Board on the question of Mr. Vanek's solar energy struc- ture is that at this time it is not appropriate to act but that the matter shall come up for review at the May meeting of the Village Board. Unanimously'passed. * w Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Robinson: VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held 12 -17 -79 and a Special Meeting held at 4:00 p.m. 1/4/80 as previously furnished Trustees in mimeographed form. Unanimously passed. at ** 1.0 8 Motion made by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated January 21, 1980 in the following amounts: General Fund - $8003.54; Sewer Fund - $26,465.58. Unanimously passed. Mayor Marcham gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. -:r Mayor Marcnam reported that he had-received a letter from Mr. A.A. Coburn of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation stating that Mr. Leonard Liberman has applied to the DEC for a permit to dredge in Cayuga Lake in the loca- tion of the marina owned and operated by Mr. Liberman; and further, he requested that he be advised of any facilities owned by the Village in the vicinity of the project and any concerns or interest the Village might have, by January 25, 1980. Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3011 - INSPECTORS OF ELECTION VOTED to approve the Mayor's appointment of Inspectors of Election as follows: Irene Homa as Chairman and Shirley Gates as the other Inspector of Election. The alternate is Clara Daino. Unanimously passed. r * r Motion made by-Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Robinson: RESOLUTION 3012 - REGISTRATION AND ELECTION TIMES AND DATES VOTED that Registration Day shall be Saturday, March 1, 1980 between the hours of 12:00 noon and,9:00 p.m. in the Village Hall;'Election Day shall be on Tuesday, March 18, 1980 from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. in the Village Hall, 836 Hanshaw Road. Unanimously passed. ' Motion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3013 - ANNUAL MEETING DATE VOTED to hold the Annual Residents Meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall to hear the annual reports of the various departments of the Village. Unanimously passed. Fire Chief Lowell T. George gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. Motion made by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Philbrick: , RESOLUTION 3014 - AUTHORIZE FIRE DEPARTMENT PURCHASES VOTED to authorize the Fire Department to purchase the following items: one portable radio at a cost of $800.00, six 50 -ft. lengths of 1 -3/4 in. hose at a cost of $372.00, four 50 -ft. lengths of 3 -in. hose at a`cost of $460.00, one A -frame aluminum attic ladder at a cost of $225.00, and one' gasoline powered saw for cutting into roof, floors, and walls at a cost of $750.00. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3015 - AUTHORIZE ADDITION TO FIRE TRUCK AND MAYOR TO SIGN APPROVAL VOTED to authorize the addition to the fire truck specifications of a high idle switch to the engine governor system switch mounted in the cab at an additional cost of $250.00, and the Mayor to sign approval to add the above to the original contract to Sanford Fire Apparatus Corp. Unanimously passed. RESOLUTION 3016 - ACCEPT SIX MONTHS' REPORT OF TREASURER VOTED to approve and accept the Treasurer's six months' report and place it on file in the Village Office. Unanimously passed. � * r Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3017 - 1979 TAX WARRANT VOTED that the Treasurer has returned his 1979 Tax Warrant and Account of Uncol- lected Taxes filed with the Clerk as required by Real Property Tax Law. The Trustees have certified the list of unpaid taxes as presented by the Certificate of the Treasurer and filed the same with the Clerk showing a balance of $4,267.16 without penalties. The Trustees returned the account of unpaid taxes to the Treasurer for collection as required by Real Property Tax Law in the amount of $4,267.16. Unanimously passed. • * e Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3018 - TAX SALE VOTED that the unpaid taxes on properties on LIST OF OVERDUE TAXES AS OF JANUARY 21, 1980, be advertised for sale in issues of the official newspaper on February 9, 16, and 23, 1980 to recover unpaid taxes in the amount of $4,267.16 as listed. The Tax-Sale is to be held at 10:00 a.m., March 1, 1980 in the Village Hall. Unanimously passed. APolice Chief McEwen gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. l of 1/21/80 '1.16) Police Chief McEwen reported that he had received a letter from Mr. John Gaines regarding statistical information which will be made available by February 13 1980 to each town, village, etc. on its total usage of City Youth Bureau services in 1979. He stated further that a meeting for mid - February will be scheduled to discuss this information. Police Chief McEven recommended that Lawrence Jackmin be given his permanent appointment. Moved by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3019 - PERMANENT APPOINTMENT OF LAWRENCE JACKMIN TO POLICE FORCE VOTED to authorize the permanent appointment.of Police Officer Lawrence Jackmin effective January 14, 1980 at a salary of $10,700. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3020 - AUTHORIZE POLICE CHIEF TO PREPARE SPECIFICATIONS AND TO ADVERTISE FOR NEW POLICE CAR VOTED to authorize Police Chief McEwen to prepare specifications and to advertise for bids for a new police vehicle which will be available for consideration by the Board at the February meeting. Unanimously passed. Chief McEwen reported that he had received a telephone call from Ann Furry, Deputy Mayor of the Village of Lansing, inviting him and other representatives of the Village of Cayuga Heights to attend a meeting at the Lansing Village Office on January 29, 1980 at 4:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to begin discussions on possible solutions and realignment of intersections on N. Triphammer Rd. just north of the Village of Cayuga Heights. There is some preliminary thought that it may be desirable to extend Sheraton Drive across N. Triphammer Road to the west for. the purpose of consolidating the intersections; this could also be a means of access to the Cornell owned Savage Farm property in Cayuga Heights. The Mayor requested that Trustees Allee and Anderson attend the meeting along with Chief McEwen. Attorney Sovocool reported that he has received word from Michael King's attorney to the effect that Mr. King is reluctant to sign an agreement with the Village in which he assumes responsibility for continued', long -term maintenance of the proposed drainage sluice across his property. Attorney Sovocool told him that this is the condition of the agreement. Attorney Sovocool reports he expects to have the deeds for the rights of way from Otto Schoenfeld in the near future for Board acceptance. Mayor Marcham turned the meeting over to Deputy Mayor Ronald Anderson at 9:30 p.m. 1/21/80 y � ill Engineer /Zoning Officer John Rogers gave his report and it is on file In the•Village Office. •.' The Engineer was instructed to investigate whether or not the Village Of Lansing sewer line in the stream bed in back of 106 Berkshire Road (former Tucker property) has been encased in concrete as was originally planned. Engineer Rogers asked for Board permission to change the scheduled office hours when he 'rausti be available for consultation in the Village Office. He feels there will be some weeks when it will prove more practical for him to be in the Village Office on Monday rather than Friday. The Board agreed to this arrange- ment but asked that he notify the Clerk several days in advance of any change so that appointments, etc., could•;be.`Qciieduled accordingly. Discussion arose concerning Robert Leonard's medical status and the possible need in the near future to fill his Motor Equipment Operator position on a full -time bails. This position has been kept open since the date of his injury, April 23, 1979. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Robinson: RESOLUTION 3021 - REMOVE ROBERT LEONARD FROM VILLAGE PAYROLL VOTED to remove Robert Leonard from the Village payroll effective February 1, 1980 and to authorize the Mayor to so inform Mr. Leonard of the Board's action. Unanimously passedo x e Motion made by Trustee Allee, seconded by Trustee Warren: RESOLUTION 3022 - AUTHORIZE ENGINEER TO PREPARE SPECIFICA! AND TO ADVERTISE FOR NEW PICK -UP TRUCK VOTED to authorize the Engineer to prepare specifications and to advertise for bids for a new pick -up truck, which will be available for consideration by the Board at the February meeting. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION'3023 - PURCHASE ENVELOPES FOR CLERK'S OFFICE VOTED to autho4ze the purchase of 500 printed, stamped envelopes at a cost of $83.00 and 500 printed, stamped window envelopes at a cost of $83.50. Unanimously passed. ' Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Warren: 1/21/80 1.12 . y k RESOLUTION 3024 - APPROVE REFUNDS TO TOWNS OF ITHACA AND DRYDEN VOTED to approve refund of $78.12 to the Town of Ithaca for duplicate payment of sewer rent for property at 108 Pinewood Place and refund of $195.30 to the Town of Dryden for duplicate payment of sewer rent for property at 21 Sapsucker Woods Road. Unanimosuly passed. Adjourned 10:10 p.m. Klo�ht�o Village Clerk MINUTES of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held February 18, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F.G. Marchsm Trustees David Allee Ronald Anderson Shailer Philbrick David Pimentel Jean Robinson Stanley Aarren Attorney Roger Sovocool Treasurer Gordon Wheller Engineer /Z.O. John Rogers Police Chief Harlin McEwen Fire Chief Lowell George OTHERS PRESENT: None. Lagrand Chase appeared before the Board to request permission for the granting of a building permit to construct a single family house on the private street known as Pleasant Grove Lane, Lot No. 2, on the suggested sub - division plan previously submitted to the Board. The easterly boundary of said lot has frontage on Pleasant Grove Road of 138 feet; north boundary fronts on Pleasant Grove Lanei154 feet; west boundary 112 feet;.south boundary 150 feet. He also requested permission fo the installation of a Colonial- styled street sign as opposed to the conventional type used throughout the Village. He will bring in a picture of one he described for Board approval. Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Warren: , VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held January 21, 1980 as previously furnished Trustees in mimeographed form. Unanimously passed. r * r