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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 2/2/1942185_ ] ' MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on Monday, Feb. 2, 1942 at 7 :30 P.M. in the Schoolhouse. PRESENT: 0. J. Kenerson, Mayor Sherwood Holt, Trustee T. B. Maxfield, Trustee H. H. Scofield, Trustee H. J. Shirey, Trustee C. H. Guise, Treasurer Carl Crandall, Engineer 1.. The minutes of the meeting of Jan. 5th were read and approved-. 2. The Treasurer reported a, cash balance as of•Jan:.3lst of 069503.13, and-reported the following unpaid taxes: Mrs. Constance Dall, 069.90; J. J. Daly- Lot 225c 469.31; Francis McCann 052.90; total- unpaid- taxes 0192.11. 3. IT WAS VOTED to go into a committee of the whole to consider the budget. ' 4. IT'WAS VOTED, RESOLVED: That the tentative budget for 1942 -4�is submitted by the budget committee be recommended by the Board to the residents of the-Village for discussion. 5. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were approved: GENERAL Robert C. VanZile - January salary & car allowance 6141.66 SANITATION Charles Mosher - January garbage collection 150.00 HIGHWAYS Frank Haskins - 35 hr. ® 1.15 40.25 Bert I. Vann, Supt. - 4 traffic signs, 2 slow signs 64.00 Charles Collins - 14 hr. snow plowing 14.00 The bill of 015.95 to W. S.,Darley & Co. for a police siren was tentatively approved pending investigation as-to the previous bill paid for a siren. 6. The following additional bills'were approved for payment: GENERAL C. H. Guise - Salary for Dec., Jan. & Feb. 75.00 X41111 J. B. Trousdale - Salary for Jan. & Feb. 50.00 Carl Crandall - January services 12.50 HIGHWAYS N. Y. State Elea. & Gas Corp'n - Jan. lights 138.67 Frank Haskins - 35 hr. ® 1.15 40.25 7. Mayor-Kenerson reported that he had received a letter from Mayor Comfort of the City of Ithaca inquiring as to tires that might be needed by the Village of Cayuga Heights: Mayor Kenerson replied giving the names of the different employees of the Village who used care on-utilityand police work. 8. The Engineer reported that Officer VanZile had apprehended two students shooting a shotgun that nearly hit a woman in the Village. He also reported -that a student•by the name of Arthur Jones was fined $25 for discharging a shotgun within the Village. 9. The Clerk reported that Mrs. G•: H. Robinson had been appointed Chairman of a committee to arrange for rooms in Cayuga Heights for evacuated children, and that she needed a Village map to carry on-her-work. IT WAS VOTED that the Village furnish her with a map at Village expense, estimated-to amount to $1.60. Engineer Crandall was requested-to have a,map printed-. 10. Upon receiving the account of unpaid taxes from the Treasurer, comparing it with the original tax roll of the Village, and finding it to be a true transcript thereof, the Board of Trustees voted to sign the certification, in accordance with Section 126 -b of the Village Law. 11. IT WAS VOTED that Mayor Kenerson be authorized-to appoint three residents of the Village to act as a nominating,committee to make nominations for a mayor and two trustees, to be.elected.in place of Mayor Kenerson and Trustees Shirey and Scofield whose terms expire. r 1.87 12. IT WAS VOTED, RESOLVED: That according to the provisions of Section 52 of the Village Law of the State of New York; a Village election will be held on March 17, 1942 at the Schoolhouse in the Village of Cayuga Heights, the polls to be open between 4:00 P.M. and 8 :00 P.M., at which time a mayor and two trustees gill be elected in place of Mayor Kenerson and Trustees Shirey and Scofield whose terms expire. The Clerk was directed to cause a notice to be inserted in The Ithaca Journal at least ten days prior to the election with regard to the time and place of the election and the offices to be filled, and to post a copy of the said notice in at least six conspicuous public places in the Village giving the same information. 13. IT WAS VOTED that the annual meeting for the residents of the Village to make nominations for mayor and trustees and to consider the tentative budget for 1942 -43 be set for March 16th at 8:00 o'clock. ® 14'. IT WAS VOTED that the next meeting of the Village Trustees be held on March 16th at 7:00 P.M. 15. IT WAS VOTED, RESOLVED: That in accordance with Section 102 of the Village Law the Treasurer be instructed to publish and post his annual report or a summary thereof at least one week prior to the annual election. 16. IT WAS VOTED that Paul Bradford be appointed auditor of the Village books for the year ending Feb. 28, 1942. 17. IT WAS VOTED, RESOLVED: That in accordance with Section 101 -b of the Village Law those appropriations showing overdrafts be financed by transfers from unexpended balances of other appropriations as set up in the budget. .. 18. The meeting was adjourned at 10 :10 P.M.