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MINUTES of the Annual Public Meeting of the - residents of the
Village of Cayuga Heights held at the Schoolhouse on March 14,.1938
at 8 P.M.
Upon motion, Prof. L. A. Maynard was elected Chairman.of" the
meeting, and J. B. Trousdale was: requested 'to- act..as,Seeretary.,'
1. 'Mayor,H. E. Baxter made a report..on the, activities '•and ,
accompl.ishments..of the.Board.for the year.- ,,He `.summarized:;the actions
taken by:the. rustees with, regard`t6:fire; pro tea tion, water hydrant
rental,:"sale of. raw. milk, reduction of .,interest. on i"ndebtedness,.the .
printing,of.:the ordinances and the. reduction obtained in.f ire _insuran ce
rates.
2.' Treasurer C. H. Guise made his. annual. report.(see page 240)
.explaining ..briefly the items on.;the financial:statement,
3. Engineer- Cre,ndall.made a.. report with ".regard "to�the :perman
ent improvements carried out in-the 'Village' during the, "year. ::
4. Treasurer.Guise!presented..the proposed budget for "the year
1938 -39, and.explained.briefly:•the changes . in the appropriations," and
the reasons.therefor. - -
5. Prof. J. E. Knott brought up for discussion the matter of
improvements on Wyckoff Road, stating that- -each heavy .rainfall
damaged his..property and,that of Foster Coffin and Clarence'.Morse.
He stated that he had talked with the Masons and Todds,.':and that they
were not interested in sharing the expense of a "new sidewalk and
curb, as their property was not being damaged-by heavy rains.
Engineer Crandall explained what was involved in the improvement.
6. Mr..Sherwood"Holt, on behalf of the nominating" "committee
previously.appointed'by the Board ,of. Trustees, presented the following .
nominations to fill vacancies on the.Board; For. Mayor H. E:- Baxter,
For Trustees.- H. H. Scofield and R. P., "Sibley.•,.,
' IT WAS VOTED that the "nominations be closed, and the above;
named persons were declared nominated.
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7. Meeting.adjourned at 9 :20 P.M.,
Secretary..
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MINUTES.of,�a. special ..meeting.of- the.Trustees.of the.Village.,of.
Cayuga Heights. held..at•the -Schoolhouse on March 14, .1938 at 9:30•.P.M.
PRESENT: H. E. Baxter,.. Mayor
H. H.- Scofi:eld,':.Trustee '
G. I. Dale,-'Trustee -
C. H. Guise,.Treasurer
Carl Crandall, Engineer.
J,. -•B.. Trousdale,•• Clerk -
1. The minutes of the meeting held on Feb..7th were read-and '
approved.
2. The.following bills paid on authority of_the•'Mayor were
approved:.
GENERAL
J. B. Trousdale.- salary as Clerk for
—+ Dec., Jan., Feb. 75.00
C. H. Guise salary as Treasurer.for
Jan. and;Feb. 50.00
William A. Church Co. - ,printing 1000 copies
of ordinances 38.75
SANITATION
City of Ithaca - materials and labor for
building manhole 32.34
HIGHWAYS
Frank Haskins -
36 hr.
@ 1.10
39'. 60,
LIGHTING
New York State
Elec. &
Gas Corp'n_-
Feb. lights
138.69
3. The following additional
bills were
approved for payment:
GEPIERAL
Ithaca Journal
_ legal
notice.re election
1.20
SANITATION
Charles Mosher.
- March
garbage.collection :
150.00
HIGHWAYS ;
State Insurance
Fund -
Febr 2nd
deposit premium..'151.93
DEBT SERVICE
Ithaca Savings
Ban k
_ 243
Interest on $6400 Sewer Certificate at 4% per annum
for 6 months, due - -April 4, 1938 128.00
4. Mayor Baxter iepo.rted..that Seville Reuleln -of the First
National Bank had been.engaged to audit the books of the Village for
the year 1937 -38.
5. Mayor .Baxter, brought up the question of the.advisability of
carrying fire insurance on.the tool.:house, stating that the premium
was $ 14. 80.:per.year...Af ter. discussion
IT WAS.VOTED that Mayor Baxter :be requested.to return the 'policy
cy, .due' . to.the: -high premium.-
to the McKinney Agen_ ...: ,.. ...
6. The "Clerk reported.that Miss Harriet E..- Maynard.had.:been•-_
appointed.as Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics for the,term� ending
Dec. 31, 1941, and•that the:6ath.of- office had been signed .by-both
the Registrar and -the Deputy Registrar.
7. The Board.appointed.the following Inspectors of Election,
to act at.the.polls.on March 15th: H.; E. Baxter, G.:, I,. Dale,
T. B.,Trousdale.-
8. . After discussion,.
IT WAS VOTED that the matter of having the 'Cayuga Press publish
a Village Directory be tabled. -
9. In accordance with Section.87 of the Village Law, the date
for the Annual Meeting of the Trustees was set for April'4, 1938,
at 8 O clock in the evening.
10. Upon motion,
IT WAS VOTED that the following budget for 1938 -39`be recom-
mended to the new Board for adoption. (See page:24)
11. 'Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
' Clerk.