HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 6/1/1948204
MINUTES of a reolgular meeting of.the Village Board held
on Tuesday, June 1, 1948, at 7:30 P.M. at the home
of Trustee
Peer, 401 Highland Road.
PRESENT: C. J. Kenerson, Mayor
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W. S. Randel, Trustee
C. I. Sayles, Trustee
Sherman Peer, Trustee
C. H. Guise; Treasurer
Carl-Crandall, Engineer
H. J. Shirey, Police Justice
1. The minutes of the meeting of April
26th were read
and approved.
2. The following bills paid on authority
of the Mayor
were approved: ,
GENERAL
..McKinney Agency - bonds
37.00
Ithaca Journal - Legal adv.
1.44
Mack's Photo Copies - Village maps
7.68
SANITATION
College Chevrolet Co.
.75
Corner Service Station
44.42
HIGHWAYS
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Cornell University - Cinders
6.00
C. J. Rumsey & Co'.
12.33
Walter Ha es - Apr. 15 - 30
88.00
to ' May 1 - 15
74.00
E. M. Rumsey & Son
22.00
3. The following additional bills were
approved for payment:
HIGHWAYS
Gleason & Knight
117.26
State Insurance Fund - Add'1 premium
122.49
N.Y.State.Elec. & Gas - May lights
143.79
Walter Hayes - May 17 -31
88.00
4. Mayor Kenerson reported the receipt
of a letter from
Dr. Geer in which he requested that the Village
Policeman be
notified that he would be absent from his home
for a period of
time so that the police'officer might give the
protection of his_
property special attention.
The Mayor read a letter received from Albany
with reference
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to the inter -state pollution of waters, but it
.was decided that
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the Village was in no way involved with this measure.
The Mayor stated that he had received an invitation to visit
the hospital on its recent public inspection day and that the
Village was represented by himself and Trustee Kent. The Mayor
commented on the many improvements recently made.
The Mayor reported on a meeting held at Bibbins Hall called
by Dr. Spring regarding rabies control. He stated that moat of
the difficulty at present was with rabid foxes and apparently no
dogs in this vicinity are affected at the present time.
The Mayor reported the receipt of the annual tabulation made
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by the State of the fiscal affairs of all the villages in the State
and after calling attention to some of the interesting figures
contained therein it was decided that this booklet should be
passed among the Trustees for their reading.
The Mayor read a letter received from Prof. F. F. Hill,
Chairman of the Greater Ithaca Fact Finding Committee, in which
he outlined the proposal to hire a graduate student at Cornell-to
make a survey for the committee, the purpose being.to gather the
pertinent facts so that the Greater Ithaca Committee could draw
conclusions from them. The proposition involved an expense of
some X5,000 of which approximately. 01500 was already available
from contributions previously made by the City, the Town, and the
Village. The Clerk reported that the Village contribution already
made was $250 and the letter indicated that,a further contribution
from the Village was desired but no amount was stated other than:
the total of 03500 what was needed. Engineer Crandall stated that
he thought the expenditure of $5,000 in this manner would be a
waste of money. After a.long discussion by the members of the Board,
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IT WAS VOTED to authorize
the Mayor.to discuss
the matter
with Mayor Baker of Ithaca and
Supervisor Gordon of.the
Town of
Ithaca and to invite Prof. Hill
to the next meeting
of the
'
Village Board so that he could
explain in person his.
ideas
regarding this matter.
5. Treasurer Guise reported a cash balance on May 31st of
01,337.02.
The Treasurer reported.that it had been discovered that
Robert Tallman had not been assessed for sewer, rental and,the_ ,
City had submitted an additional bill of #26.25.which. included
the 015 charge for 1948 and #11.25 for the last nine months of
1947.
IT WAS VOTED that the property of Robert Tallman be
assessed for this sewer charge in the amount of 026.25.
,6. The Engineer reported that Mrs. Cicchetti had paid.'
475 for her water connection to the new house she is constructing
on Water Tank Road.
The Engineer reported that he had had a request from Mrs.
Meigs, who lives-on Comstock Road outside the Village,,for the
removal of her garbage. The Engineer explained that he told
Mrs. Meigs that this was not possible because of the fact that
the Village workmen had all the work they could do inside the
Village and if the Village once started to collect garbage outside
the Village it might lead to so many requests that it would
create an impossible situation.
IT WAS.VOTED that it be the policy of the.;Village that no ,
garbage be collected from any.person outside the Village limits.
The Engineer stated that he would like to engage Gleason
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& Knight at this time to resurface those streets in the Village
that needed treatment the most, and
IT WAS VOTED that the Engineer be authorized to enter into
an agreement with Gleason & Knight to resurface the streets of
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the Village which in the Engineer's opinion needed it the most
within the limit of the amount provided for the purpose in'the
budget.
The matter of,the dangerous intersection of Triphammer and
Upland Roads was again brought up for discussion, it being •pointed
out that care on Upland Road going east are in danger on entering
Triphammer Road due to the fast moving traffic on the latter street.
It was decided that it would not be practical to put a stop sign
at this intersection on Triphammer Road but
IT WAS VOTED -that a stop sign be put on Upland Road within
the Village at the intersection of Triphammer Road if'the Town of
Ithaca would put a atop sign on the'east side of the intersection.
7. Police Justice 8hirey made a report of his activities for
the period March 1, 1947 to May 3, 1948. The report showed that he
had fined 10 persons for speeding, 3 for'passing stop signs, 11
for all night parking without lights, 2 for'passing it school bus,
and a suspended sentence for 4 youthful offenders for attempting to
steal a street sign. This involved-29 cases and a'collection of
0155 in fines.
8. Trustee Randel made a report for the fire protection
committee. A meeting was held with the City committee to discuss
further factors in a proposed formula for determining the annual
fee. -,The City committee was opposed to the addition of a merit
factor (for our experience of practically no fires).,-.After
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considerable discussion the City agreed to deduct the amount of
fire hydrant rental (up to $800) as long as this payment was
made to the City as a separate item. This, together with the
deduction for liability on firemen would have resulted in a
cost of about $2,250.for 1948, based on 1947,costs, if the
proposed formula were now in effect. The complete calculations
are shown on the sheet hereby attached to these minutes. The
proposed formula would eliminate the apparatus call cost per
hour of $50 in the present contract. The City committee agreed
to present their report to the Mayor of Ithaca recommending the
adoption of the formula for the 1949 contract, based on 1948
f igures .
In a meeting with Harry Gordon, he reported that,the Town
had'been making further study of fire protection. They had the
Fire Chief of_Auburn look over the local situation, with which
he had some previous knowledge. His greatest concern was regarding
the ability of the Town and Village to set up satisfactory
volunteer fire companies,'which would assure maintenance of existing
fire insurance rates. Mr. Gordon's estimate on station costs
was about $25,000 each, and three or four required to.serve the
Town and Village. Operation costs were figured-at anywhere from
$3,000 to triple that, depending on amount of paid help required.
Mr. Gordon felt that the figure of $7,000 per station for all
annual costs estimated by the Village committee was low.. He also
felt that the veto of the fire district enabling act would make
It very difficult .to put over the plan of -sett-ing up..the several '
fire .districts as originally proposed as.a basis bf, the'Village
and Town cooperating on fire protection. He expressed interest'
in the formula basis for figuring the Town cost of contracting
with the City.
' 9. Engineer Crandall reported om a meeting held with the
City officials regarding the present sewage disposal agreement,
stating that he thought a flat charge of #5,000 without regerence
to individual properties assessed would be reasonable in place of
the present charge of about #3,500 this year which is based on
Individual charges to property holders, tt.a moSrw- VA-
10. IT WAS VOTED that the next meeting would be a speciAl
meeting subject to the call of Mayor Kenerson.
11. Adjourned at 11;15 P.M.
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