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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 3/15/1948MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on ' Monday, March 159 1948, at 7:30 P.M. in the Schoolhouse. PRESENT: C. J. Kenerson, Mayor H. J. Shirey,.Trustee ' C. I. Sayles, Trustee L. C':.Kent, Trustee _W. S. Randel, Trustee Carl Crandall,'Engineer . C. H..,Guise, Treasurer 1. The minutes of the Feb. 2nd, meeting were. read '.. `.and approved. 2. The following bills ,paid on authority.of. the Mayor were .. approved: GENERAL .. Ithaca Journal.- Leal entice 1.56: 1.44, J. B. Trousdale - Envelopes 1.75 POLICE,WATER & FIRE R. C. VanZile 1.36 N. Y. State Employees' Retirement System. 201.00,?, HEALTH Harriet Maynard = Vital Statistics fee 24.50 SANITATION ' W. D. Lyme 17-54 it 34'•.22 ' R. C VanZile 3.00 College Chevrolet Co. - 3.23 HIGHWAYS W. D. Lyme 17.54. Chas. Collins 66.00 Traffic & Street Sign Co. 198.06 .49 .27 State Insurance Fund - Premium deposit 300.41 N.Y.State Else. & Gas - Feb. lights 143.79 3. The following additional bills were approved for payment; WATER,FIRE & POLICE R. S. Boothroyd - Van Zile's bond .8.10 McKinney Agency- Comp. insurance on firemen 115.00 -, HIGHWAYS Chas. Collins & Son 45.00: C. J. Rumsey & Co. 2:78` 4. Treasurer Guise and Clerk:Trousdale were 'appointed ' Inspectors of Election for the Village Election to be held:on March 16th. 5.. Trustee Shirey resigned as Trustee in order to facilitate the appointment of a new Acting Mayor,' inasmuch as he was not up for re- election as Trustee. IT WAS VOTED that the resignation: of Trustee Shireyibe accepted with regret. Mayor Kenersom then.appointed Trustee . Bayles as Acting Mayor. IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED: that the Board confirm the appointment of Trustee Bayles as Acting Mayor and the Clerk was requested to notify the First Natlonai,Bank of the action of the Board so that his name might be authorized for the signing of checks. IT WAS VOTED that it be the policy of the Board to have the Police Justice of the Village of Cayuga.Heights. attend Board, meetings. .6. The.Mayor. reported that he had received.a letter from the City in which they.stated that the fee, I for the dumping:cf garbage on the City dump had been raised from #75 to 0150. The discussion that followed indicated that the.charge of ,150 would be quite reasonable In view of the expense, that the, City incurs in operating the dump. IT WAS VOTED that the fee of $150 from.the City of. Ithaca, for the•privilege of dumping the Village garbage on the City dump be paid. 7. The Trustees adjourned their meeting at 8.P.M.'in order :to attend the annual meeting of.the residents of the Village, and re- convened to sit as a Board of Trustees at 10 :08'P.M.' 8. The regular Treasurer's 'report was omitted as it'wae given at the annual meeting of the.Village residents earlier in '. the evening. That report gave tbe,cash� balance as of Feb. 29, the end of the fiscal year, as,$5,109.lb.: 190 9. The Engineer reported that the Gas & Electric Co. had not yet been able to install additional street lights although they had been ordered'in 1942 and some complaints had.been . received. "due.to the lack of adequate'street lighting." The_.-: engineer :agreed to write to "the Gas &.Electric'..Co stating the position. of, the;Village,in.the,,matter, calling attention to the .long "un fill ed•,order; so,that any further complaints "from residents,in'the,Village. could be referred .directly to 'the" Gas & Electric 'Co''. 10. The. Clerk, reported that.: he had ..received „a copy, "of :the: :.. audit made by Mr: Paul B Fred,enburgh ,of :the State Department of Audit and Control. ": This audit . vise "studied'.by:_the:Trustees. . and the recommendations taken. "hp :individually ',1) !'The: Village Board should not appoint one of 'its, membera: to office." This arose from the.fact "that the Village Board appointed Trustee Shirey.to the office.of Police Justice.for a few weeks until an election could be held. Inasmuch as.Trustee Shirey was duly elected as Police Justice it was.jelt that this matter had been .properly taken care of 2) "The. tax list should be in ..a form approved by. the ;State Tax Commission, which would provide space•for the assessor, !s' oath-.`- and the tax warrant as parts thereof.` The Clerk reported that he had sent.a copy of our present assessmen�,t,,sW,90 to. the State Tax ,Commission and' had received a reply from them in which they stated;;that they.did'not entirely approve of our.pres,ent procedure. After discussion the matter.was tabled for,further consideration 3)"An undertaking should be executed, by the'.Police:Justice , This was_ considered and it was decide& that this recommendation should be followed and the Clerk was directed to see that 'such an J. ..1.91 undertaking be executed. 4)' "The withholding tax should be paid by check each month to the.Treasurer as agent, and'he in turn should draw checks against this account to the Collector of.Internal Revenue.'!.' The Treasurer'statod that our method of handling withholding . tax.payments has.been; changed and that he had;a ,-letter. from the Department' of ;Audit and Control stating that�.rthe: change was. satisfactory: "; 11._• IT WAS.`VOTED that Police.Justice- Shirey' ehould:be bonded in the, amount of $1,000 in accordance.with the recommendation of the State Auditors . 12: IT WAS VOTED to, sccept the ,report _of ' audit °rendered by Mr. Fredenburgh'of the Department of.Audit and Control . 13. IT WAS VOTED to, recommend the budget as recently,. prepared by .the ;Trustees and as.considered by.the annual-meeting.of the residents of the Village to the new.Board for adoption. 14. IT WAS VOTED to hold the annual organization meeting on April 5' at 7 :30 P.M. and upon,invitation.of Trustee Sayles it was decided to hold it at his house. `April 15. IT WAS VOTED to have the budget hearing on 26 at the schoolhouse at 8 P.M. 16. IT WAS VOTED to have a meeting ,of .the .Trustees on April 26 at 7:30,P -M- at the.schoolhouse. ,.. 17. Adjourned.at 11 :15 P.M. Clerk...