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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnual Mtg. Minutes- 4/5/19432'46 MINUTES of the annual organization meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held on Monday, ' April 5, 1943 at 7:30 P.M. in the Schoolhouse. PRESENT: C. J. Kenerson, Mayor H. J. Shirey, Trustee, C. I. Sayles, Trustee Sherwood Holt, Trustee T. B. Maxfield,.Trustee C. Ii. Guise, Treasurer' Carl Crandall, Engineer 1. The minutes of the meeting of March 15th were read and . approved. 2. The.minutes of the annual meeting of.the residents of. . the Village held On March 15th were read.'and.approved; with the following correction: Page 245, item 72 second sentence, change "dead end street" to "narrow lane ". 3. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor . were approved:. GENERAL ' Ithaca Journal - Legal notice re financial statement 2.08 election 1.20 Paul Bradford - Auditing fee 50.00 POLICE, WATER & FIRE Carl Crandall - March services 12.50 SANITATION Frank Haskins - Salary Mar-,15 - 31 50.00 James Collins - Salary Mar.115 - 31 50.00 IIIGHWAYS Carl Crandall - March services 40.00 Frank Haskins - Salary Mar. 15.- 31 25.00 James Collins - 11 11 12.50 N.Y.State Else. & Gas Corp'n - Mar. lights 138.67 4. The following additional bills.,were approved for'payment: GENERAL Ithaca Journal - Legal re budget .86 Chief Fire Dept. - Tax on fire insurance premiums POLICE, WATER & RIRE R. C. VanZile - April salary 50;00 " April car allowance 25.00. SANITATION ' W. D. Lyme - Gas & oil 17.72 1 1 HIGHWAYS College Chevrolet Co. - Repairs, etc. C. J. Rumsey & Co. - Tools Mrs. Frank Haskins - 19 hr. @ :60 247,;. 34'.75 7..40 11.40 5. Treasurer Guise presented his financial`statement.ae of. April 1st showing a balance of #4,572.79.•'Trea surer `Gu, is e reported that the audit of the Village books for the year ended Feb :'"28,.:1943- as submitted by Paul Bradford had been r.ece,ived... The..audit was deemed satisfactory.. Two copies were filed with the.Cleri 6. Engineer Crandall: reported that.the question. had - teen`. (and ised whether residents of.the Village could build ,chicken eoops . 5 raise chickens during the.war emergency, but it wae.Engineer andall' opinion that it was not possible under the. zonindinance . It was hieLopinion that there are practically no. icken coops in.the Village at.the present time., 7., Engineer Crandall reported on the.police situation , stating that officer VanZile has been placed in.4 -F by the Draft Board doctors. Officer VanZile is perfectly willing to quit his position if .the Village does not want him, but Engineer Crandall stated he is putting in about 25 hours per week and comes around, at odd times when needed. The Engineer felt that` it was 'necessary to have such an officer on call to take care of :cases as they come up. S. The Engineer reported that some.of.the Village lights have burned out gone bad and that most ofAhem..were.800..ldmen lights and that the Gas & Electric dompany,is `out' of that size and can not obtain any more.. The:Gas. &. "Electric Co..:in'quired.if they could replace them with 1,000.lumen lights It wae'the Engineer's opinion that under the circumstances that would - probably be the best thing to do although the Village might have .. 248 to pay a little more.. Improvements in the lighting system have been under discussion before anyway and it.is possible that we may change over to.the!1,000 lumen lights.,eventually'. ,He. . thought the best policy for,keeping: the ilights going was to put." In the 1,000 bulbs.-. 9.. Engineer Crandall reported :that . the work of:cleaning up the Village roads• :had started and othat White Park Road 'had', been completed,. He stated that on last ":.Friday..a - "special` collection of tin cans wae;made and:that a'truck.load:had been picked up,.which was more than expected` The report of the Engineer was approved 10. Trustee Shirey' asked if there.was, any claim that the".' zoning ordinance should be'changed.during the war emergency. :. Engineer Crandall thought not. - 11. The report of the Inspectors of Election was given e indicating that six votes had been cast in the Village election held on March 16, 1943. Three of these votes were cast for . Sherwood Holt for Trustee and three votes were cast:for T'.' B. Maxfield for Trustee. The certificate of canvass being duly . signed by the Inspectors of Election. and their statement being duly notarized the two Trustees above mentioned were considered properly elected., 12. Mayor Kenerson recommended the appointment of Trustee. Shirey as Acting Mayor for the year 1943744. IT.WAS VOTED that this recommendation be approved by the Board...' 13. IT,WAS VOTED that Carl Crandall be 'appointed Engineer and Zoning Officer for the'Village fo,r.the. year 1943 -44. 14. IT WAS VOTED that Carl.Crandall.be appointed;Police Commissioner for the Village for.the year 1943 -44.. 250 Is to. put up our. stop signs by ordinance. He suggested that the . Clerk furnish him a copy of.each resolution that has been voted for the erection`'of each.stop.sign and ,.that• Engine er:Crandall. .: furnish him with ,a:speoific:reason,why,,each stop sign is placed ' where it is. With such ,informationyMr: Shirey said he would ;be in a position•to draw up a suitable;reeolution; then at the :.next meeting the Trustees.,can legalize what has been .done ,n'the, pas t <. and bring the; matter up to ",date Itr.'Shirey':wae authorized t "o reply to, the letter, received .from the State tejiartment> of Public :" Works. The matter was thus'left,for action at the next', meet ing ; . 24. The report on the public hearing on "the budget held April 5th from 7i30 to 8:30 P.M-wae made" and it wasz. reported that no objections were offered to`the budget as presented 25. IT WAS VOTED "thatthe budget'as incorporated in ` the minutes of this meeting be: adopted " 26.' IT WAS VOTED, RESOLVED; that the tax.rate.be'..set at 5 mills for the year 1943 -44:. 27. IT WAS VOTED that the first Monday in each month "at 7 :30 P.M. be designated as the time for Village .meet ings, for the year 1943 -44. 28. IT WAS VOTED that the next meeting of the "Trust sea ." be held May 39 1943 at 7 :30 P.M. at the,. home of Trustee Shirey.. 29. The meeting was adjourned:at 9 :05,P.M. Secretaryr of.;.the Meeting. "