HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 8/7/194437
MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on
.Monday, August 7, 1944, at 7 :30 P.M. at the home of Clerk
Trousdale.
PRESENT: C. J. Kenerson, Mayor
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T. B. Maxfield, Trustee .
H. J., Shirey, Trustee
C; H. Guise, Treasurer
.Carl Crandall, Engineer
1. The minutes of the meeting of June 6th'were read
and
approved.
2. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were
approved'i
GENERAL
Edward Thompson Co. - Law supplement
2.00
SANITATION
W. D. Lyme - Gas & oil
9.71
HIGHWAYS
W. D. Lyme - Gas & oil J
9.72
Charles Collins - Mowing to June 15.
60.00
If n n Al u 23
54.00
it n u n a 30
60.00
C. J. Rumsey.& Co.
2.60
College Chevrolet Co.
2.50
N.Y.State Else. & Gas - June lights
7:43.79
n n n July
143.79
Arborist, Inc. - Street tree spraying
230.00
3. The following additional bills were approved for
payment:
POLICE, WATER & FIRE
City of•Ithaca - water
1.50
SANITATION
College Chevrolet Co. 4.06
HIGHWAYS
W. D. Lyme - Gas & 011 19.62
J. J.. Driscoll Lumber Co. 7.84
Moran, Gleason & Knight - Surfacing roads 1,840,00
4. Trustee Shirey made a report of the collection of waste
paper in the Village of Cayuga Heights, as he was a member of the
crew that travelled with Frank Haskins iri the Village' truck'. He
estimated that 5 tons of paper were collected on Sunday, July 30th.
Inasmuch as Frank Haskins volunteered. to drive the Village.-truck
in collecting paper,
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IT WAS,VOTED that the Trustees,express their appreciation.to,Frank
Haskins for his cooperation in the waste paper drive..
5. Treasurer Guise reported -a cash balance.:of X13,626.49 on.
August lst and accounts receivable amounting to',: 943,.:' covering.
taxes, sewer.taxee, and mowing charges ..Treasurer Guise called
attention,to, the fact.that'the Village�of,Cayuga- Heights now has '
no'indebtedness. The.record shows that on:Junes'26, 1922 a series
of 30 0500 paving bonds were sold to ,the Ithaca,Savings5: :Bank in
the total amount of, $150000; and. that on Oct 7;:1930 :a,certificat.e .
of indebtedness in the'amount of $25,.000`was a old to the' Ithaca .
Savings Bank for sewer construction.in"Cayuga Heights; and Ghat on
Oct. 15, 1931',a certificate of indebtedness in the,amount 6f,S$15,000
was sold'to ;the;Ithaca.Savings Bank for strdet : improvements •on
East Upland Road; and that:on July .14;'1937. a certificate of
indebtedness in'the'amount of 44,600 was sold to the. Ithaca
Savings Bank to cover cost of permanent..improvements. Thus:in.
the last 22 years the Village has paid off indebtedness in'the
total amount of $59,600, or at the rate of •?�2,7O9'per year'.
6. The Engineer reported that the first mowing.of. the lots.
had been completed. He said he was able to arrange with Charles.,,
Collins to do the mowing at $1.50 per hour. .Inasmuch as the.
residents of the Village were unable to hire :someone;ihis year.to'
mow their lots he said that the bills rendered to the property
owners included no overhead but only the direct charge,. ,Overhead
is ordinarily added to the mowing charge,to :cover the, cost: 'of
billing, supervision,, etc.. and as an incentive to' property ,own ere. „•
to take care: of their own. mowing
7. The Engineer reported that William Geer..had'built a. new,
sidewalk:at his own expense, some of.the.:blocks of owhich 'were on
Village property. Some mowing was.done, for Mr. Geer,by the Village!,
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workmen and consequently the question.of reimbursement.to Mr. Geer
e for sidewalk construction within'the Village had not yet come up.
8. The Engineer reported that George Russell had applied for
a water line connection on his property involving the usual charge
of #75. However, some' of the property owned by Mr. Russell fell in
that group of property which was exempt from water connection charges
due to a previous payment by the developer Consequently he had
decided that $x37.50 was a justifiable charge in this case.
IT WAS VOTED that the Engineer's action in charging George
Russell only $37.50 for a water connection charge be approved.
9. The Clerk reported that a letter had been received from
an official of the Retirement System in Albany stating that
Officer VanZile's retirement deduction must be based on not only
his 050 per month salary but also on the $25 per month allowance
for carrmaintenance.
10., The next meeting was scheduled for Sept. 11th and the
Trustees accepted the invitation of Trustee Maxfield to have the
meeting at his home.
11. Adjourned at 9 :30 P.M.