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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnual Mtg. Minutes 3/19/1951MINUTES of the annual meeting of the residents of the Village held on Monday, March 19, 1951 at 9 P.M. in the schoolhouse. Mayor Kenerson called the meeting to order at 9 P.M. and asked for nominations for chairman of the meeting. Mayor Kenerson was duly nominated and elected chairman and J. B. Trousdale was elected secretary. There were ten people present in addition to the officers and trustees of the Village. 1. The Mayor reported that as a result of the sentiment expressed at the public hearing on May 12, 1950 regarding the construction of the apartments at'-7,09 Triphammer Road, the Trustees voted not to break their contract with the Highland Road Construction-Co. which allowed water and sewer connections, but they also voted that no sewer connections be allowed in the future for new construction outside the Village unless such construction fell within the limits of the Village Zoning Ordinance in effect for that part of the Village adjacent to the new construction. He said that the Village had recently received a request from Mr. Indelicato to make sewer and water connections for a proposed Apartment house at 903 -905 Triphammer Road, but the Village Trustees had denied the request. He said that following a public hearing on the revision of the ordinances on October 24th they were adopted and became effective on Dec. 15, 1950. He said the State Auditor completed the examination of our records for the past two years and had one recommendation for change which has been complied with. He said there will be a reduction in Village general assessments amounting to about 0 again this year because the Village Assessors felt that Village properties were being assessed too high in comparison with propertiee outside the Village. He reported that the fire service contract with the City for 1951'was signed on the same terms as in 1950 at a total price of $3,240.25, ad increase of about $670 over'a year ago. 2. Treasurer Guise made his report, distributing copies and explaining a summary of the income and expenditures of the Village for the fiscal year March 1, 1950 to Feb. 28, 1951: IT WAS VOTED to accept the Treasurer's report and place it on file.' 3. The Engineer reported that we have three workmen on duty in the summer and two in the winter and that these men do the normal road repairs and make garbage collections during the year. He stated that the Village owns only one piece of equipment, namely a truck, and the work for re- surfacing of roads was done by contract. He reported that during the year the sidewalk construction on Triphammer Road had proo4eded as far south as Prof. Cleary's driveway. Prof. Freeman inquired about damage done by the snow plow to lawns and the Engineer said that the Village workmen would try to make repairs where the damage was extensive at no expense to the property owner. The Engineer reported that there was a proposal in the City of Ithaca to include a sewer tax with the water tax. If this proposal is approved it would mean that the residents of the Village would pay a higher water bill to the City as the water bill would include a sewer .charge, but it would no longer be necessary for the Village to tax the residents for sewer service. He thought the total cost to the Village residents would be about M the same. 4.. Mayor Kenerson called upon E. A. Whiting as Chairman of the Nominating Committee to make his report. Mr. Whiting stated that the other members of the committee were Perry Gilbert and Harold Pratt, and that they wished to place in nomination.Mr. Shirey for police justice to succeed himself and for re- nomination as trustee Mr. Randel. Due to the fact that Trustee Kent - declined re- nomination due to other duties and commitments the committee nominated Prof. Sanford Atwood, head of the Plant Breeding Department at Cornell, as Trustee in place of Trustee Kent. IT'WAS VOTED to place these names onnthe ballot. There were no further nominations. . i Mayor Kenerson called attention to the residents that Trustee,Kent had completed four years of service an the Board and thanked him for his service to the Village. 5. Police Justice Shirey reported that it has been an average year with the usual arrests for speeding and some arrests for other offenses. He called attention to the fact that any arrests made in Cayuga Heights are not published in the Ithaca Journal, as are arrests in the city of Ithaca, and he wanted the residents to know that the lack of publicity did not mean that the police justice and the policeman were not active. Mr. Whiting called attention to the dangerous situation existing at the corner of Triphammer, Midway and Northway Roads and stated that many near accidents occur there. The Engineer said he would consider the installation of a "slow" sign on Northway Road. 6. Treasurer Guise distributed copies of the tentative budget for the fiscal year March 1, 1951 to Feb. 29', 1952 in which M,. was listed in detail the budget for 1950 -51, amount received and expended for 1951,•and tentative budget for 1951-52. Following his explanation there were no questions regarding the tentative budget. 7. Engineer Crandall explained that it was proposed to construct a new apartment house to be built south of Westview Terrace; and Prof. Freeman stated that he-was opposed to the construction of any more apartment houses in the Village. Police Justice Shirey mentioned that the construction of such apartment houses was proper from the standpoint of the Village ordinances and had been approved by the Board of Appeals. g. Adjourned at 9 :35 P.M. Secretary.