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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 7/21/1986Minutes of a regular meeting — 6116186 dating the Village's Sewer Ordinance. The Engineer will contact the firm. Trustee Pimentel was excused at this point in the meeting. Engineer /ZO Rogers gave his report which has been filed in the Village Office. Motion made by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 3726 — AUTHORIZATION TO RAISE FEES VOTED to authorize the increase in fees as follows: Road Opening Permit Fee from $10 to $25; Road Opening Deposit from $100 to $400; Title Search Fee from $1.00 to $5.00, effective immediately. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes The Clerk was instructed to set up appointments for Trustees Anderson, Camp and Kira to interview applicants for position of Village Treasurer. Motion made by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 3727 — APPROVE REFUNDS VOTED to approve refund of $28.58 to Betsy Ann Olive of 121 N. Sunset Drive, due to an adjustment to her water bill. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting.Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Meeting adjourned 10:40 p.m. Anne Krohto Village Clerk Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of. Cayuga Heights held July 21, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F.G. Marcham; Trustees Anderson, Bennett, Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel; Attorney Sovocool; Engineer /.ZO Rogers; Acting Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. OTHERS PRESENT: S & W Engineers, Howard LaFever and Nick Hatala; Town Supervisor, Noel Desch; Town Engineer, Larry Fabbroni; Bill Scott of Ithaca Agency; Kay Newman; Carol Schmitt; Helen Searle; Marcia Henderson; Tibby Mc Lafferty. Due to his request for early withdrawal from the meeting, Fire Chief Miller was allowed to present his monthly report which has been filed in the Village Office. Fire Chief Miller commented on a recent fire drill at the sewage t4eatment plant, stating that members of the Fire Department were impressed by the conditions at /28 1 r Minutes of a regular meeting - 7/21/86 the plant in terms of neatness and cleanliness. Noting the purpose for Town Supervisor Desch's appearance before the'Board, Chief Miller articulated his firm support for "Solution C" (overpass) relative to improvement of Rt. 96. As Superintendent Desch proceeded with his presentation regarding alternative solu- tions to improving Rt. 96, the Mayor pointed out that the Board, at its December 16, 1985, regular meeting, adopted a resolution recommending to the County Board of Representatives that the Board of Trustees strongly supported Solution C with the overpass in addressing the problem of relocating Rt. 96; and further, that a letter to this effect dated 12/31/85 was sent to Harris B. DAtes, Chairman of the Board of Representatives accompanied by a copy of said resolution. Mr. Desch requested a copy of the resoltuion and he and Mr. Fabbroni withdrew from the meetion. Bill Scott explained to the Board some of the reasons for the increased costs of the Village's insurance premiums, citing the two areas of greatest increase - the basic auto coverage and umbrella liability. Mr. Scott suggested ways in which the cost could be reduced - i.e., increasing deductibles on certain vehicles and re- moving seasonal vehicles from the schedule during the period they are not in use. Stearns & Wheler Engineers, LaFever.and Hatala, presented a summary of wastewater and sludge sampling results of Morse Borg Warner discharge taken over a 24 -hour period. Discussion followed concerning metals found in the sampling and the Engineers recommended that a list of parameters be established so that the Morse Borg plant would be in a better position to design a pretreatment facility to meet these parameters. It was agreed that the Sewer Ordinance'should be rewritten to provide for such things as specific limits for discharge; requirement of permits with certain conditions and requirement for industrial users to provide data on a routine basis. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Bennett: RESOLUTION 3728 - AUTHORIZE STEAMS & WHELER TO REWRITE SERER ORDINANCE VOTED to authorize the engineering firm of Stearns & Wheler to proceed with the redesign.of the Village's Sewer Ordinance. Unanimously passed. r Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira "Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes *�c+t A meeting among Trustees, Village Engineer and S & W Engineers was scheduled for Wednesday, August 20, at 7:00 p.m., allowing a week for the Board to peruse a draft of a proposed Sewer Ordinance which will be made available to them by S & W on August 11th. It was agreed that Village of Lansing's engineers be urged to attend this meeting. Mayor Marcham called the regular meeting to order. Motion made by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Kira: VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held June 16, 1986 as previously furnished Trustees in Xerox form with the following to be included, per Trustee Camp, "that the Board once again resumed lengthy discussion in connection with the /39 MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 7/21/86 Anderson Voting Yes proposed local laws, specifically the local.laws regarding satellite dishes and Yes,, solar devices, considering further the suggestions offered at prevoius meetings Yes relative to screening, location, size limitation and Attorney's review of FCC rul- Yes ings and Town of Ithaca's ordinance. The Attorney expressed a hope that the Voting language would be in place by the July meeting." Unanimously passed. Pimentel Trustee Anderson Voting Yes- Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated 7/21/86 in the'following amounts: General Fund - $89,123.08; Sewer Fund - $37,672.36. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes 'Trustee Fleming Voting.Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes The Mayor presented his monthly report which has been placed on file. Mayor Marcham read Mr. Lindenbaum's response to his June 20th letter in which he ' stated that 1) after reviewing the operational cost of the leased spaces, the School District passes those costs on to all tenants and 2) the circumstance under which the lease may be terminated prior to its expiestion would be if the Board of Educa= tion decides to reopen the Cayuga Heights building for educational purposes. Motion made by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 3729 - AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO SIGN LEASE AGREEMENT VOTED to authorize the Mayor to sign a five -year lease agreement for the space in Cayuga Geights School building at a monthly rental of $133.00 for the period July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1987. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Bennett , Voting Yes,, Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes The Mayor made reference to Madison Wright!s letter noting a series of "Landfill Forums" the first of which'to be held at the NYSEG auditorium on Wednesday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. and urged attendance by Village Officials. The Mayor mentioned that another list of persons eligible for appointment as Police Chief had been forwarded by the Personnel Department and Board consensus was to discuss the matter in Executive Session just before adjournment. Motion made by Trustee'Bennett, seconded by Trustee Kira: RESOLUTION 3730 - REFUND WATER AND SEWER UNITS TO BARBARA MORSE �G 1 1 MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 7/21/86 VOTED to approve a refund for one water unit and one sewer unit as listed on her Village tax bill in the amount of $T6.90 to Barbara Morse'of 109 Sheldon Road because she does not plan to rent the apartment in her house for three years. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes r�* The Board discussed the request of Kristin Ayers of 131 Cambridge Place for the installation of a street light at the end of Cambridge Place which she states is very dark at night. Motion made by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3731 - AUTHORIZE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHT AT END OF CAMBRIDGE PL. VOTED to authorize the installation of an additional street light in the area of 131 Cambridge Place to meet the same specifications as the three existing lights on that street. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes *x* Mayor Marcham was instructed to write Gov. Cuomo, per NYCOM request, urging him to sign a bill to increase the court fees paid to Villages from $5 to $l0 per adjudication. ' In connection with a notice from the NYS Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement Board concerning the availability of funding for conducting occupational safety and health training and education programs, the Mayor was instructed to in- quire as to whether the County intends to participate in these programs and if so, to request that the Village of Cayuga Heights be allowed to participate. Mayor Marcham questioned the status of the draft agreement between the Village and the CHCA and Trustee Kira stated that the Association will meet formally on July 30th and she hoped to report their comments concerning the proposed agreement at the August Board meeting. Conrail's negative response to the Village's request for a permanent easement - without conditions - for the outfall pipe (see minutes 4/7/86), prompted the Attorney's suggestion that if Conrail should, at some future time, ask the Village to remove the underground facility at the sewer plant; the Village could condemn the land. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3732 - AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO SIGN NEW LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH CONRAIL VOTED to authorize the Mayor to execute the new license agreement for the under- ground facility with Conrail, in its original form, for a one -time payment of $1000. Unanimously passed. MINUTES OF Regular Meeting - 7/21/86 Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes The Mayor.-noted that he would meet with Mr. Gary Lindenbaum the following day - July 22 - and stated that if anything substantial comes out of the meeting, he will inform Trustees immediately. The Attorney distributed copies of the proposed Introductory Local Law No. 1 con- cerning signs and Introductory Local Law No.'2 concerning. installation of antennas and referred to the new language in Section 2 of the latter which applied to all antennas rather than satellite dish antennas only. Motion made by Trustee Bennett, seconded by Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 3733 - ADOPT LOCAL LAW NO. 1 OF THE YEAR 1986 RE ANTENNAS VOTED to adopt'Loca1 Law No. 1 of the Year 1986 entitled "Regulating the INstalla- tion and Maintenance of Antennas Within the Village of Cayuga Heights." (Copy to be inserted in Official Minute Book). Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Action regarding the proposed'Introductory Local Law No. 1 - Amendment to the Existing Sign Ordinance - was deferred following discussion concerning signs dealing with store hours and rules of conduct and their exclusion from measure- ment. The Attorney will present a second draft at the August meeting. Acting Police Chief Wall presented his monthly report which is on file. Lieut. Wall reported that the television cable has been installed in the Sutton Conference Room and also in the Board room. Lieut. Wall reported that since there have been no bids on the used police car, he will park it in front of the building and place a "For Sale" sign on it, at an asking price of $4100. Engineer /ZO Rogers presented his written report which has been placed on file. It was agreed that the Public Works Committee and the Engineer will review and update the contract between the Village and Sewer Plant Operator, Gary Gleason. Due to a delay in the major sidewalk rehabilitation program, the Engineer was authorized to patch with asphalt on a temporary basis, those areas of sidewalk which present safety hazards. Lengthy discussion followed Trustee Camp's proposal that the Village, at its expense, take responsibility for trimming the vegetation which grows out over the sidewalks, pointing out that since property owners are not doing the job, the Village must take a pragmatic approach to this safety problem. It was noted . 1q�L k7 1 i t Minutes of Regular Meeting - 7/21/86 that until and unless the Board decides to chanEppolicy, Article III of the Village Ordinances -- "Mowing and Care of Property," must be enforced. Trustee Pimentel suggested that before considering policy change, the Board'should review the cost of having Village'crews perform the work. It was agreed that the Public Works Committee would take up the matter of the' possible purchase of a sidewalk snowplow. The Board agreed to adjourn into Executive Session at 10:15 p.m. to discuss the appointment of a Police Chief. The Attorney, Engineer and Clerk were.excused.1 Anne Krohto The Board reconvened into regular session.' Motion made by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3734 - APPOINTMENT OF LIEUT.-WALL AS POLICE CHIEF VOTED to recommend to the Mayor that he appoint Acting Police Chief David S. Wall, as Village Police Chief, to take effect 8/1/86. Unanimously passed: Trustee Anderson Trustee Camp Trustee Kira Adjourned 10:30 p.m. Voting Yea Voting Yes Voting Yes Trustee Bennett Trustee Fleming Trustee-Pimentel Voting Yes Voting Yes Voting Yes - F.G. Marcham Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held August 18, 1986 at 7:30 p.m: in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F.G. Marcham; Trustees "Anderson,'Bennett, Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel; Attorney Sovocool; Engineer /ZO Rogers; Police Chief Wall. ABSENT: Fire Chief Miller. OTHERS PRESENT:-Julian Abele, Bill Pahs6n; M/M Michael Valentino, M/M Gerald Thornton, several' other Cambridge Place /Warwick Place residents; Peter Trowbricge, Cathy Wolf, Jay Washer and David Gersh. Construction Contracts Manager for Cornell University, Julian Abele, presented for Board consideration a proposal for the addition of a Commons Building to the Jessup Road Townhouse project. Discussion focused on questions of total land coverage, accessibility of fire apparatus to all buildings in the complex, details of a pathway to Lot A, numbers of parking spaces, etc. This informa- tion will be provided by Cornell officials for Board approval at the September meeting. 1 _ Michael Valentino of 118 Cambridge Place presented a petition signed-by 20+ -- residents of Cambridge Place, Warwick Place and Lexington Drive and made a plea for immediate Board action 'to remedy the serious drainage problem which, 'lie stated, exists in that area. He presented photographs showing a pond, 111001 MJ