HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 6/6/194434
MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on
Tuesday, June 6, 1944, at 7:30 P.M. at the home of Trustee Bayles.
PRESENT: H. J. Shirey, Acting Mayor
Sherwood Holt, Trustee
C. I. Bayles, Trustee
T. B. Maxfield, Trustee
C. H. Guise, Treasurer
Carl Crandall, Engineer
1. The minutes of the meeting of May lot were read and
approved.
2. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were
approved:
SANITATION
W..D. Lyme - Gas & oil
College Chevrolet.Ca.
Frank Haskins - Sal. May
It a n May
James Collins - Sal. May
n n it May
HIGHWAYS
15.64
13.00
1 -15 40.00
15 -31 38.50
1 -15 33.75
15 -31 32.25
N.Y.State Else.
& Gas Corp'n - Apr. li§hts
143.79
11 May
143.79
Frank
Haskins -
Supplies
3.50
11
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Sal. May�1 -15
40.00
If
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" May 15 -31
38.50
James
Collins -
" May 1 -15
33.75
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" May 15 -31
32.25
State
Insurance
Fund - Add. Pre. Comp. Ins.
11.34
3. The following additional bills were approved for payment:
GENERAL
Stover Printing Co. - 700 tax bills 13.80
SANITATION
College Chevrolet Co. - Repairs 6.51
HIGHWAYS
.McKinney Agency - Liability insurance 11.50
W. D. Lyme - Gas & oil . 1 21.84
4. Treasurer Guise reported a cash balance on May 31st of
$2,139.95. Due to the fact that tax money is now coming in he
stated that the present cash balance was $7,106.23.
IT WAS VOTED that the hydrant rental bill of 4760 and the
sewer rental bill of 03,455.10 be paid at this time..
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IT WAS VOTED that the balance of the indebtedness on the
e paving bonds, amounting to 41,500, plus interest, be paid at
this time.
5. Police Commissioner Crandall reported that an abandoned
car had been found in the Village which Proved to be owned by a
Navy student. When the owner was located he gave as his excuse
that the car had broken down and he had been unable to get away
from his barracks to do anything about it. The boy had the car
hauled to a garage at his own expense. The Commissioner reported
that Officer VanZile had become suspicious of children around the
schoolhouse and upon investigation found 15 or 16 children hidden
in closets inside the school and the school generally ransacked.
He notified Charles H. Newman, President of the School Hoard, and
disposition of the cases was left to him.
6. Engineer Crandall reported that the mowing of weeds
in the vacant lots in the Village might prove difficult this year
due to the fact that he had been unable as yet to employ anyone
with a mowing machine.
7. The Engineer reported that the old Franklin C. Cornell
note of $75 had been paid and that an additional $75 had been paid
for the privilege of connecting water to the house on Hanshaw
Road known as the-Cornell-Taylor house.
IT WAS VOTED that the action of Engineer Crandall in granting
the permission that water be connected to the above mentioned house
be approved, and he was commended for securing.payment of the old
$75 note.
' 8. The Engineer reported.tbat some patching of roads had
been done by the Village workmen but there still remained some
more to be done in the future.
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IT WAS VOTED that the Engineer be authorized to make arrange-
ments with Moran and Gleason for the re- surfacing of such streets
as he deemed advisable within the budget limit appropriated for
the purpose.
9. Engineer Crandall reported that the city workmen doing
work similar to work performed by Haskins and Collins had recently
received a raise and
IT WAS THEREFORE VOTED that Frank Haskins and James Collins
be given a raise of $10 each a month, effective May let, such
raise to be considered a war emergency raise and their rates of pay
to be reviewable after the war.
10. The Engineer reported that Arboriste had completed the
spraying of village trees and that the reports about the quality
of their work had been favorable.
11. The Clerk reported that a letter had been received from
The State Retirement System stating that deductions from the
salary of Officer VanZile had been declared illegal due to a
ruling of the Attorney General, and that such amounts deducted
would be refundable upon the filing of a new application of member-
ship in the plan. The Clerk was requested to send a copy of the
letter received from the State to Officer VanZile together with the
application blank for admittance to the plan as of April 1, 1944.
12. IT WAS VOTED that Ralph W. Curtis and Sherman Peer be
re- appointed as members of the Zoning Board of Appeals for terms
of three years each.
13. The next meeting was set for Monday, August'7th at 7:30
P.M. at the home of Clerk Trousdale.
14. Adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
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