HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnual Mtg. Minutes- 3/20/19449
MINUTES of the annual meeting of the residents,of the Village'
of Cayuga Heights held at 8 P.M. on March.20 ;.1944 at..the: '
schoolhouse �;.�,,, .% o . �auiu,
Upon motion, Mayor Ke,nerson was elected- Chairman of�the
meeting,and,J B. Trousdale was'.appointed Secretary
1. The..Mayor :presented hie report,. stating, that the Village"
indebtedness of 4;500 would be completely paid off in 1944 45,
if the;new,proposed budget was:;approved .fie reviewed the history,,,
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of the police system, a tat Itg. that a,few years ago'. when I was'
first installed':there was a "ome doubt:as,to•'its` advisability, but
that events :, had.'proved,that,.it' was "a;•ig ood.' Ids a "•'and while` the ;
policeman .was now .,working . only part•time_theiservice rendered .,was,
valuable.• The Mayor called attention to.'the excellent :service
.being rendered "by.:the various Village; employees,..
The Mayor 'reported on the extremely cooperative spirit.•'exleting ., .
between the Village and the City, {calling ":attention to:the fact
that the Village-could not possibly •provide.,its':.own' fire ; °water; "`:
and sewerage service as cheaply,as it'can•be obtained:from.'the.City.
The Mayor called attention to the fact -that it.had.been the
policy.of the Board for many years to reduce the Villige,indebtedness,
Instead of reducing the Village tax'.rate;at:a too rapid pace. .
IT 17AS VOTED that. the.,Mayor.';s report be•accepted.and ordered:'
filed.
.2. The Treasurer presented his,;report. indicating "a. cash';
balance of 373239.17. as of'Feb. 29, 1944. and,expld ined.the various
items of expenditure.,.
3. The Engineer, reported'.that most of the work 'done
during the past.year had been routine and had been done-by the'
two Village employees. This: work :included :garb'age ah&.ash
collection and village maintenance work.' As Police Commiss'ioner,'
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he reported that many minor arrests have been made but none of a
serious nature.
The Engineer then explained the fire-protection situation.
Under the arrangement several years ago;the Village paid 1500
a year for fire protection and contributed ?100 yearly to the
.Firemen's Fund, together with .a hydrant rental of., $12 per hydrant
per year plus a charge of $50 per fire 'for each one attended.'
Later this was changed and the hydrant rental was increased to
$40 per hydrant yearly; $100 was contributed-to the Firemen's
Fund and X50 Was -paid for each fire attended. During the past
year due to the fact that our insurance rating B.could,not be
maintained unless a contract was in existence providing for
mandatory fire service, an arrangement was worked out whereby the
1100 contribution to the Firemen's Fund was omitted and in place
of it .1100 per year was paid as a retainer to the City for
mandatory fire service. In addition.the Village agreed to pay 450
per hour for each piece of apparatus in case of a Village fire.
The hydrant rental remains the same at $40 per hydrant. During
the year an additional policy was taken out providing for liability
in case of fire truck damage to persons and property in the Village.
This is in addition to the policy already held which protects
firemen in case of injury ahen running a village fire.(Cont.next page)
4. The Treasurer presented the new proposed budget for 1944 -45
which incorporated last year's budget and last year's, expenditures.
The figures indicated, that the Village had lived within its income
and that the cash balance, had increased from 461490'•55 to $7,239.17.
' $5,500 had been paid off on the indebtednese.which was a42,000'more
than the amount budgeted. He called attention.to. the fact that the
only remaining indebtedness was the Highland Road bonds in the
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amount of ?4,500 which can be paid off during 1944-45.
He noted that while the total assessed valuation,had dropped
slightly, a continuance of the tax rate.of.5 mills.would be
sufficient to meet next year's expenditures,.• After further
explanation and discussion of.the items involved in the, budget •
the report'of the Treasurer was. accepted. and ordered filed.
3. (continued from previous page),.. The' Engineer further
reported that .he did not expect 'any large boost in postwar.
expenditures. He mentioned that,the- Trustees had already
approved,additional lights.which would.be installed when possible.
In case traffic became heavy again, more road,maintenance would
be necessary and perhaps some.sewer repairs costing ?1$00 or
$2,000 might be required. He suggested that as.soon.as the
Village indebtedness was paid off a fund be setup for repairs..
In his opinion there was no agitation.in the city to increase
the city'e charges against the Village as the City seemed
satisfied with the present rates that were being charged for
fire, water, and sewerage service.
IT WAS VOTED that the Engineer's report be approved and filed.
5. Chairman Kenerson called on the chairman of the.nominating
committee, Prof.. H. E. Baxter, for his report. Prof..Baxter
stated that the committee had given consideration to the •availability
and competency of the residents of the Village and wiebed.to
present the following slate: for Mayor.,.C. J. Kenerson..to succeed, .
himself; for Trustees, H. J. Shirey and C. I. Sayles Bach to
succeed himself,
IT WAS AIOVED,that the nominations•be_ closed. Voted
6., The meeting adjourned at 8.5 0 P.M.
Clerk.
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