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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 6/7/1943)6 MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on Monday, June 7', 19439 at the-home-of-,Clerk Trousdale at 7:30 P.M. PRESENT: H. J. Shirey, Acting,Mayor Sherwood°Holt, Trustee T..B. Maxfield,-,Trustee C. I. Sayles; Trustee-, 0. H. Guise, Treasurer Carl' Crandall; • Engineer - 1. The minutes of the May3rd meeting'were� read and approved. 2. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were approved: ' WATER; FIRE & POLICE Carl Crandall - May services- 12.50 Robert C. VanZils - Equipment* 7.14 to Salary for May 50.00 it Car allowance for May 25.00 SANITATION' Carl Crandall - May services° 5.00 Frank,-Haskins - Salary•May 1 - 15 37.50 a It May 15 — 31 37.50 James Collins - " May 1 - 15 31.25 If to May 15 - 31 HIGHWAYS 31.25 e College Chevralet -'Co. Repairs— 8.06 Carl Crandall.- May servioes,• 60.00 Frank .Haskins - °, Salary May '1 - 15 37.50 to MaY•15 - 31. 37.50 James Collins - of May-1 - 15 31.25 If of May 15 — 31 31.25 N. Y. State- Elea. & Gas-, - May •lights 142.06 3. The following additional bills were approved'for payment: HIGHWAYS Frank Haskins - Gas, vulcanizing;•etc. 2.67 W. D. Lyme - Gas & oil 14.51 4. Acting-Mayor Shirey,stated'that Mayor Kenerson had .discussed with him the matter of compensation for legal services rendered the Village. and that .Acting•.Mayor.. Shirey had. told.him.._that. he. .would.. not consider receiving -a fee.'.for legal service.rendered'.as he felt that each trustee was. expected... to..contribute:.some_time..and. effort to.such office• and .that he felt he was ;;only doing, his share .of work in submitting legal opinion from time to time. While the 57` statement of Trustee•Shirey-was duly appreciated, it was still felt Iby some of the trustees that this was an exceptional amount of work and that Trustee Shirey was being asked to do more .than. hie share. No action was taken. 5. Treasurer,Guise reported•a cash balanoe•of $2,599.06, on-May 31st. He reported that he had,-collected over $6,000 of taxes.- in June; •and° due to the high-cash balance IT.WAS - -VOTED that- #1,OOO.be paid at this time on the certificate of indebtedness, this amount repreeenting:the balance now remaining in the amount budgeted for payment on the certificate during the current year: 6. Police Commissioner Crandall reported-that Police'Officer VanZile had been quite active recently as three houses- had.been broken into - that of W. W. Flexner; R. W. Curtis, and Paul Brainard,. and that items -of clothing , and --food had been stolen.• - It was determined- that- the thief was a deserter-,from-the Army--whom Enos Pyle had employed-to mow lawns-. His-,picture was obtained and has been circulated to the police°and -eheriffe in this vicinity. It was also determined that he had broken into houses in the city of Ithaca. Police Commissioner. Crandall..reported that the boys who broke the•street'lights as-outlined in the minutes of the last meeting had been brought before Justice of the Peace Maxfield .and duly, impressed with the seriousness of'their. offense.- Since.then• another bunch of boys has- been.operating.with fire crackers which they used to blowup mail.boxes:. These boys were..also.brought_up.before the Justice and it was determined that they were from outside the Village. 258 7 . Engineer-. Crandall presented= a• letter- .from,-Prof Richard Bradfield, in which-he requested that he be- permitted- to buy from ' the Village a•paroel'of land lying east -of his property and-west of the water tank. A map-was.-presented-showing,-the land��whi -ch Prof. Bradfield desired-to purchase. Prof. Bradfield's object in buying this strip of land was-to increae&- the- size•of his- lot to the east to make -it rectangular in shape instead of having -the east end of the .lot on a curve. Also he -was.- desirous -of constructing a ditch to drain the property as it is marshy in nature,and,by draining it he felt he could use • the -space•--effectively for a °garden. Trustee Shirey reported that he,and Clerk Trousdale - had inspected the land.in.question. Engineer Crandall reported that he had consulted with the-Mayor-on the - matter and that he and the -Mayor had agreed.that.it -was not advisable for the Village to.sell .offs, ' portion of their property. Engineer Crandall recommended` that no sale of land be made to Prof. Bradfield..but..that. permission. -be granted Prof. Bradfield to extend-.a.ditch . onto•the Village land a short distance -to enable him to properly drain .the land. IT WAS VOTED that the recommendation of Engineer Crandall be approved. 8. Engineer Crandall reported.that he...had..received a permit from the Federal Government to-purchase-the emulsion for the surface treatment of the roads in the Village; but that .an. estimate revealed that it would cost 03,200 to carry out the original . plan..of - surface treatment of Village-roads as outlined in the meeting:of May 3rd. Inasmuch as only 41,500 was:.provided in the budget for this- .item, the Engineer requested Moran,. Gleason do Knight . to.re- figure:.the job ' on the basis of having the Village men help with the work,and 259' cutting down the size of the project. IT WAS VOTED that Engineer Crandall be given authority to negotiate a contract with Moran, Gleason & Knight to treat as much road as possible within the budget limit of 01,500 with the under - standings-that this money would be spent on-those-roads and section of roads that were in greatest need of attention. 9. Engineer Crandall reported -that Arborists Inc. were now In the process-of spraying the trees in the Village. 10. Clerk Trousdale reported that he-had looked up the matter of liability insurance in connection with the fire trucks of the city of Ithaca and stated that the only policy in.effect was the one which covered the Village with regard to injuries of the city firemen. Trustee-Maxfield described another policy which ' was -being used in the Town of Ithaca which gave protection in case of damage done by the city fire trucks to other persons'. He.,stated that the cost of this policy was based upon the number of trips made. IT WAS VOTED that Trustee-Maxfield be requested to investigate the possibilities of a new Insurance policy for the.Village to cover possible liability for damage done to other persons by city fire trucks and.he was requested to determine-if insurance on a per trip basis would be advisable. 11. Trustee Shirey reviewed the history of the negotiations with State officials with reference to the legality of stop signs erected in the Village: Trustee Shirey stated.that.as there was some question regarding the-statement-,of the District-Engineer, formal legal opinion had been,obtained from Albany regarding the matter. As a result it was determined that a Village ordinance 260 regarding stop signs should be adopted•and• consequently he and Engineer Crandall had drawn up a suggested ordinance to be adopted ' by the Village. After discussion IT WAS VOTED that the following ;ordinance�be- approved and submitted to a public hearing of the residents of the Village on July 12th to be held in the schoolhouse -at 7:30 P.M. it PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Section 3. (a) The following streets or parts of streets are - hereby designated as through streets. The, Parkway­ from••Highland Road- to­White, -Park Road•: East Upland Road from Highland Road to Triphammer Road. Hanshaw Road• from -•Devon• Road•to• North- line of­ Village: (b) All streets intersecting the through streets designated in sub-division °•(a) of this section are declared- ta, be •stop-•streetfrr (c) Stop signs- -shall be erected and• mainta -ined by direction of-the Board-of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights on such intersecting streets at their intersection with such declared ' through streets. (d) It shall be-the duty-of the driver of every vehicle approaching such intersections to obey such stop signs and to stop such vehicle before• entering the• through•,street. (e) The Board of Trustees-of the-Village-may by resolution designate the installation of "Slow" or other- warning -•signtr at•� points on Village streets where dangerbus•condit•ions are deemed by-said Board to exist and such signs shall be obeyed by all drivers of vehicles. Any violation of this- ordinance- shall const•itute-a° misdemeanor and any person violating the same shall be-deemed-guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a•fine-not•exceeding #25 for each offense." The Clerk was requested to post the necessary notices regarding the hearing. 12. The next meeting was set for 7:30 P.M. in the schoolhouse on July 12th. 13• Adjourned at 9;15' P.M. Clerk.