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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 7/21/1949r MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on Thursday, July 21, 1949 at 7:30 P.M: at the:home'of Police.Justice Shirey, 106 Northway Road. PRESENT: C. J. Kenerson,,Mayor Le C. Kent,. Trustee . W. S. Randel,' Trustee C. H. Guise, Treasurer. Carl. Crandall',.Engineer H. J.:'Shirey,..Police Juetice 1. The minutes of the meeting of June 7th; were "read and approved. 2.: The following,.bills paid.on authority of the,Mayor,:were approved;. SANITATION Socony- Vae6um Oil Co. 3.23 W. D. Lyme " 14.30 City, of Ithaca - upkeep .of dump 150.00 Jacob,Novidor - rent of.1property 25.00 HIGHWAYS Socony- Vaccuum Oil,Co. 3.22 'N'.Y.State.Else. & Gas Corp. - June lights, 181.27 State Insurance Fund '84-59 W. D. Lyme 14.29 ' Chas. Collins - mowing 245.00 3. The following additional bills were approved,for payment: HIGHWAYS Cayuga Lumber Co. 6.50 N.Y.State Else. & Gas Corp. - July lights 181.27 C. J. Rumsey,& Co. 3.37 Traffic & Street.Sign Co. - slow signs 43.49 =4... The Mayor reported that he had talked with County Health Commissioner Spring regarding.septic tanks in this. vic,inity.and he'had also attended the meeting in Olin Hall held a short while ago where a full discussion was held of.the sewer and water problems confronting the residents to.the north and northeast of the Village of Cayuga Heights. There was.considerable' discussion regarding the problem in.this area. 5• Treasurer., Guise reported a cash balance on June 30th of. 417,694.24. 6. Engineer Crandall reported that.there was a fire at Mrs. R Libby's house at 206 Overlook Road on Jurie 21st, which was caused by over fusing. The fire department was`called,but the `fire wa,a_: mv�-- s�toas . The Engineer reported'that Nig Hill 'is building a house., for Mr. Forsythe.at 1107 Triphammer.Road:.and that heshad issued a water permit to'him at,the usual;oharge of 0756 IT WAS VOTED that the action 'of Engineer.Crandall in issuing a,,water.permit in,.the above case be approved.: The :Engineer reported that,he had issued a permit to.R. C Smart to build a,home at -101 White:Park,Road 7. The. Engineer reported the problem,of :sewage disposal being encountered by the residents. of Water, Tank Road. He stated that they had put, in septic tanks.which were not successful due to the condition of the soil and that�.they had petitioned to.be permitted to connect with the Village sewer system. ;Inasmuch as the contract between the Village and the City.for sewage disposal gives permission for additions .to be made -in the fringe area if both.the City and.the Village agree,.the Engineer reported that he had written to the City requesting permission of..the.City to make the connection. The Engineer pointed out that the sewer problem on Water Tank Road was of concern to the.Village because lakk of proper.disposal would become a Village nuisance, and he also cAlled attention to the fact that even if a sewer district were formed in.the area.to the north and northeast of 1 . 75 approval to the.project in case,the City concurredc The %petition and a,copy of,the Engineer's ±letter..to the City was ordered filed by the Clerk.. e'Engineer.reported that in 'accordance with the request made at .the last :Board meeting he, had obtained '.an estimate on the cost.of a curb installation and`,that he had reoeived an .estimate from. contractor August Alby that the cost would be about 2,, per lineal foot. As, Northway Road was a street under consideration he reported that the street was :750 feet long which would require 1,500 feet'of curb.and'the cost would be; 3,000.`rAccording to Village policy 25� of this cost wouldbe.borne'by the Village and 75% by the abutting property owners Mr. Shirey reported that.it would be legal to proceed ,with this work even without the consent of the property owners.and assess the cost thereof to the property owners. However it was felt that a hearing on the matter would be preferable so that „the residents.of the street would be'familiar with all the facts. The Trustees thought that the cost to the. owners should be spread over a period of.three years.and• that the 03,000 cost could be covered by a certificate of. indebtedness.at approximately 3° interest. IT WAS VOTED to invite all the property owners on Northway Road to attend the•next meeting of the Village Board so that the curb matter could be discussed. The Clerk was instructed'to.send out a notice of such.mee'ting and include,details about the proposition in the letter so that if, they. could .not attend: they. mould have:.a chance to express their opinion by letter'prior!to the meeting ;. 9. The Engineer reported that considerable•repair was ,being, done on many.of the sidewalke.by means of buying ready mixed concrete and having the work done by the Village workmen in' . spare timer_ The.Engineer reported that he "had:,selected nine sections.of road within the _Village for re- surfacing.and. that he, had reque'ated;Gleason &.Kyser to make - separate; bids on each section In this. way :lf the total :bid exoeeded,the.budSet estimate'the Engine ,er, Would . be. able,to drop one or more sections.: in order :to :come within the :amount availabis.: 10. ;The Clerk reported that: "he had. :recsived a bill from: the Ithaca Fire'Department for "00 for services in running .Mrs. Libby's fire, but it was agreed that this bill was rendered in error.as the'' contract. does not "'provide for an extra charge over the fixed fee for fire service." 11. Police Justice Shire,y reported that he had collected.: no fines.during the month but that. he had.been quite busy trying to abate the Durham dog nuisance. 12. The Trustees brought up for discussion the appointment. of a Trustee to fill the vacancy „created by the resignation of, Sherman Peer. It was felt that.someone should be appointed,to represent the west side of.the Village if possible, and after full discussion IT WAS VOTED to request the Mayor to. appoint Sherwood Holt as Village Trustee to serve out Mr. Peer's unexpired term 13. IT WAS VOTED to,hold the next meeting on.September 6th. at 7 :30 P.M..at the home of Clerk ".Trousdale,.102 Northway Road 14. Adjourned at 11,03 Clerk.