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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 5/5/1941151 ® MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board-hold on !lay 5, 1941 at 7:30 P.M. in the Schoolhouse. PRESEhT: H. J. Shirey, Acting Mayor Sherwood Holt, Trustee H. H. Scofield,.Trustee Carl Crandall, Engineer 1. The minutes of the meeting of April 7th were.read and approved. 2. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were approved: distributed and it was noted that the cash balance as of IJay let was N2,576.95- 5. IT WAS VOTED that the action of Mayor Kenerson in appointing Henry J. Shirey,as Acting Mayor for the year 1941 -42. be auuroved. 6. The Engineer reported that he had received four quotations ' for the spraying of the trees in the Village a,&. follows: I.:r. O'Brien P235, Schuyler Hafely A200, Reliable Tree Co. 'g`190; GENERAL J. B. Trousdale - Salary for Idar. & Apr. 50.00 Reimbursement for envelopes 5.44 Sherwood L. Be�ent - April salary 100.00 Car allowance for April 29.16 H IGHYiAYS Frank Haskins - 65 hr. Q 1.10; 3 d .50; oil .55 73.55 James Collins - 16 hr. e) .50 8.00 I;oran & Gleason - Road materials 64.38 N. Y. State Elec. & Gas Corp'n - Apr. lights 138.57 3. The following bills were approved for payment: GEI;ERAL Stover Printing Co. - 350 tax bills; 300 Sevier bills 17.15 WATER & FIRE SERVICE City of Ithaca - Water service .50 H IGH'uAYS Cayuga Lumber Co. -.tools & mower sharpened 11.05 C. J. Rumsey & Co. - ;Loner sharpened 2.00 4. The financial rep61-t- prepared by Treasurer Guise was distributed and it was noted that the cash balance as of IJay let was N2,576.95- 5. IT WAS VOTED that the action of Mayor Kenerson in appointing Henry J. Shirey,as Acting Mayor for the year 1941 -42. be auuroved. 6. The Engineer reported that he had received four quotations ' for the spraying of the trees in the Village a,&. follows: I.:r. O'Brien P235, Schuyler Hafely A200, Reliable Tree Co. 'g`190; 152 Arborists, Inc. 1165. Due to the lateness of the season the Engineer awarded the contract to Arborists, Inc. IT WAS VOTED that the action of the Engineer in awarding the contract to the lour bidder be approved. The Engineer stated that the spraying would start I«ay 6th. 7. The Engineer reported that he had issued a building permit to Prof. Bradley for the construction of a house on Highland Road north of Cayuga Circle. He also reported.that Prof. ?apish had sold his house on Triphammer Road. _ 8. The Engineer said he had received a letter from George Carpenter of the City Water Department, stating that several of the.sever manhole covers should be raised to -the street level, there being three in the Village and three-outside the Village A nvolved in this request. The Engineer recommended that his request be complied with.. IT NAS VOTED that the Engineer be authorized to.raise the sewer manhole covers to the desired level as requested by Yx . ' Carpenter. 9. The Engineer reported that Police Officer Begent had moved, his new address being 425 N. Tioga Street and his phone number 31053. The Engineer reported that a burglary occurred in the Sigma Chi Fraternity House involving the disappearance of an electric razor. In spite of the apparent difficulty of appre- hending the criminals, Police Officer Begent was able to arrest the two men involved and they.were sentenced by Justice of the wri tk AaAM, ,x_ r wixi -PnJ. A, �unnd .�.� 'OcrJ.,. dre Qnour� o't. Peace Robertson to thirty days in the lock-up,, In - addition one man .ras fined $10. The Engineer reported that Officer Begent had requested the installation of additional stop signs and after considerable I. ' discussion as to where such signs would be most effective IT 'YAS VOTED that slow signs be installed on Upland Road at the intersection of Parkway and that stop signs be Installed on Parkway at the intersection of Upland; also that a stop sign be installed on Hanshaw Road at the intersection of Cayuga Heights Road and that stop signs be located on Highland and Upland Roads at the intersection of Hanshaw. 10. The Engineer reported that attention should be given at this time to the matter of surfacing the roads in the Village and mentioned that Moran & Gleason was the only firm in this vicinity having the proper equipment to do the work. IT WAS VOTED to authorize the Engineer to negotiate a contract with Moran & Gleason for the surfacing of the Village roads within the appropriation of 11,800 provided in the budget. `v 11. The Engineer presented his report regarding the `l sidewalks in the Village in accordance with the request of the Trustees at the meeting on April 7th. The Engineer showed a map which he had prepared indicating the location of all the sidewalks in the Village. The Engineer quoted the action of \11 the Village regarding a sidewalk policy which was passed on August 5, 1940 which reads as follows: "IT WAS VOTED that the Board should present for approval at the next public meeting in the spring the following policy to be followed in the future in regard to the sidewalk construction, namely: T'lat from this date on the Village should undertake the construction, repair, and maintenance of sidewalks in the Village, the cost to be a charge against general taxes, and that the sidewalks to be constructed in any particular year be left to the discretion of the Board as to the location and extent." Engineer Crandall stated that the principal demand for a ' sidewalk seemed to be on Triphammer Road, particularly since the estviev: Terrace Apartments were nearly completed and a specific 154 request had come in from the management. He stated that to build a concrete sidewalk on Triphammer Road for the entire length would cost 05,000 and that it would cost 01,200 to build a concrete sidewalk on that portion of Triphammer Road which was graded and gravelled last year. He estimated 0400 would complete the elkewalk construction on both sides of.Northway Road. Cayuga Heights Road represents one of the longest stretches of Village road without sidewalk service, but he called attention to the fact that the construction of a sidewalk on.this highway presented considerable difficulty as several of the owners had built walls so close to the road that insufficient room remained to lay a sidewalk. Furthermore the foot traffic on this road Is not great and there has been no demand for construction. He mentioned the advisability of a sidewalk on i'iyckoff Road but ' called attention to the fact that construction there would be difficult. He also pointed out the lack of a Walk on Kline Road, but here again there t.as little need for it. The Board members discussed the possibility of building a side °talk on Triphammer from the Taestview Apartments to the city line and also the possibility of building only one -half of this walk which could be done within the budget as set up. The opinion seemed to be that unless all of the walk could be built from the ,'7estview Terrace .'apartments to the city line at one time the matter might better be dropped until such time as funds were available. The Engineer's recommendation ;ras. that a concrete walk be laid on Triphammer ?toad as soon as the Board could see their wPy clear to finance the pro,j.ect. IT WAS VOTED that the Engineer's report be.received and that �_ 55. e the matter be considered again at the next'meetingof this Board. 12.. The next meeting of the Boa rd Vas set for June 2, 1941. 13. .Adjourned at 9:25 P.;d. Clerk.