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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 6/6/1950M MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on Tuesday, June 6, 1950 at 7:30 P.M. at the home of Mayor Kenerson, 102 Iroquois Place. PRESENT: C. J...Kenerson, Mayor , W. S. Randel, Trustee Sherwood Holt, Trustee L, C. Kent, Trustee C. H. Guise, Treasurer Carl Crandall, Engineer H. J. Shirey, Police Justice 1. The minutes of the May 1•2th meeting were read and approved. 2. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were approved: GENERAL Postmaster 35.62 Stover Printing Co. 9.50 3. The following additional bills were.anproved for payment: SAT:I TATION W. D. Lyme 16.53 Stevens Service Station 1.02 HI G,WIWS W. D. Lyme 16.54 ' N.Y.State Elec. S Gas - May lights 199.23 Stevens Service Station 1.93 General Crushed Stone Co. 42.60 4. Mayor Kenerson reported that he had called upon City Clerk Springer to look over the City of Ithaca ordinances, and found that they were in a rather voluminous book. After spendung an hour loo''ing through the book he concluded that it would be quite difficult to get any information from the City ordinances that would aceist the Village in revising the Village ordinances. He reported that there was only a single copy on file in the City Clerk's office and this was made up by pasting newspaper publication notices on blank sheets of paper. The Mayor read a letter from W. C. Geer in which he complained.. about the condition of the roads in the vicinity of his house ' and the Clerk was requested to reply to the letter. was planning to get a bulldozer on the property and that the ' curbing might be damaged, and he recommended that the Church be billed for '25 to cover costs already incurred by their grading operation and told that the;, would be billed for any further 5. Treasurer Guise reported a cash balance on May 31st of $1,409.51. He called attention to the fact that it was ' n2cescary for the Village to always have on hand at the and of the fiscal year on Feb. 29th five or six thousand dollars to carry the Village along until tax monies were received in June. 6. The Engineer reported he had received a letter from the Sigma Chi Fraternity in which they asked for reimbursement in the amount of 6W56.60 for materials used in repairing the fence that was damaged by the flash flood in the summer of 1947; this fence being located between the property of the fraternity and the Village property adjacent. Inasmuch as the fraternity had furnished all the labor and a portion of the materials and that the construction of the fence was in the interest of public safety to the users of the sidewalk IT 11AS VOTED to reimburse Sigma Chi in the amount of w656 .6o to cover a. portion of the cost of construction of the fence on their property. 7. Engineer Crandall called attention to the fact that the Congregational Cruxch was in the process of having dirt hauled for fill at their property on Highland Road and that the truck driver had dumped considerable dirt in the street due to the fact that there was no driveway giving access to the property. The Engineer estimated that it had cost the Village „25 to clean the dirt out of the street as a result of this operation. He also called attention to the fact that the Church was planning to get a bulldozer on the property and that the ' curbing might be damaged, and he recommended that the Church be billed for '25 to cover costs already incurred by their grading operation and told that the;, would be billed for any further expense caused to the Village.. Mr. Crandall stated that he felt that the Village had no authority to spend tax payer's money for work of this kind. The Trustees discussed the matter for 30 minutes and IT WAS VOTED that the Clerk be instructed to write to Mr. Fogg, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Congregational Church, and explain that the grading opbration on their property on Highland Road had caused the Village an expense of'9%25 and to bill them for this amount and explain that it would be necessary for the Village to bill them for any additional costs incurrea in dumping dirt on the public highway or for any dam ^ge that might be done to the curb in erse a bulldozer was used in grading the property. 9. The Engineer reported that Prof. Feller's house was. now for sale and he brought up the matter of the sewer connection at this property. An examination of the minutes revealed that on June 7, 1949 Prof. Feller was given an extension of time to Dec. 1, 1949 to get his sewer connected. In the absence of any evidence that Prof. Feller had connected to the sanitan, sewer system IT WAS VOTED that the Clerk be directed to write to Prof: Feller and state that in accordance with the sanitation ordinance of the Village he is sub 'ject to a ,4,",100 fine if he has not connected to the sanitary sewer system and furthermore in accordance with tl_e ordinance that the Trustees hereby give him 30 days notice to connect; that if connection is not made within 30 days that the Village will proceed to have the connection made �hd the charge thereof assessed against the properly. , 9. The Engineer reported that the questionnaires regarding apartments in zone 1 were still being received and that he there- 49 Zoning Board of Appeals would expire on June 30th. IT 14AS VOTED that W. S. Randel and.Paul Brainard be re- appointed as members of the Zoning Board of Appeals for terms of three years each, expiring on June 30,.1953• 12. Air. Shirey reported that he had looked into the legal I ore did not have a. final report to make on the matter of the revision of the zoning ordinance. The Engineer stated that there was 02,000 in the budget for permanent impmovemente and requested a-directive as to how this money might be spent. After a discussion regarding construction of new sidewalks and curbs IT WAS VOTED to request'the Engineer to proceed with the construction of the sidewalk.on Triphammer Road from the corner of Triphammer and Midway north to the Village line, and to complete the sidewalk in front of the new Cicohetti house on Triphammer and to proceed with fill on the 'Austin property at the corner of Upland and Triphammer Roads. 10. The Engineer reported on a request from J: R. Simpson on Strawberry Lane for the erection of a dead.end sign at the entrance of Strawberry Lane and a request of Mr. Simpson for minor road repairs to be billed to the residents inasmuch as stiiawberry Lane is not a Village street. It was decided that Mr. Simpson should be notified by the Clerk that the residents on Strawberry Lane should erect if they wish a private street sign `and that they should _Hire a priyate contractor to repair the road, inasmuch as the Village policy prohibited doing contract work for private individuals. 11. The-Clerk called attention to the fact that the terms of office of Mr. Randel and I•Ir•. Brainard as members of the Zoning Board of Appeals would expire on June 30th. IT 14AS VOTED that W. S. Randel and.Paul Brainard be re- appointed as members of the Zoning Board of Appeals for terms of three years each, expiring on June 30,.1953• 12. Air. Shirey reported that he had looked into the legal 50 steps necessary in order,to annex: a portion of the town of Ithaca on the fringe of the Village, with particular reference to the land on the east side of Triphammer Road. The Cleric read a memorandum that Mr. Shirey had prepared on this subject. It was evident from :Sr. Shirey's investigation of the laa that any action in this regard would have to originate from the persons outside of the Village. The Clerk reported that he had had a phone call from a resident as to what action the Village-proposed to take in the matter of annexation of property adjacent to the Village, and the Trustees decided that anyone interested in this subject should be furnished a copy of Mr. Shirey's memorandum on the subject and told that action should originate from persons outside the Village and that,if.any petition was received from such persons,the Board would be pleased to consider the matter. Mr. Shirey•reported that he had had two recent arrests, one of which was for speeding in which he imposed a $25 fine. Mr. Shirey reported that the Cooper boy had been found operating a home -made automobile on the streets of the Village and that Officer VanZile had had Mr. Shirey inspect the vehicle. I':r. Shirey said he told the boy, who was about 12 years of age, that this was an automobile, that it had no license, that the boy had no license to o_oerate an automobile, and that he should get it out of the Village and keep it out of the Village. 13. Adjourned at 10:50 P.ii. Cleric. 0 J