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Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Village Board held on December 13, 1955 at
7:30 P. M. in the Village Office.
PRESENT; Mayor Henry J. Shirey; Trustees F. G. Marcham, T. F.Sharp, J. R. Simpson,
and H. H. Williams. ABSENT: Trustees N. A. Christensen and T. P. Wright.
ALSO PRESENT: Engineer Carl Crandall and Treasurer F..M. Upchurch.
1. Minutes of the meeting of November 80 1955 previously submitted to theTrustees
in mimeographed form were approved as written without reading.
2. Bills were approved for payment as per attached Schedule No': 8 and 8S. 5FD-
3. The Mayor reported at some length on a controversy between Contractor McElwee
and J. Reid Colbert of the Cornell Heights Residential Club, caused by the manner
in which traffic was held up on Country Club Road while an excavation was made by
McElwee for the purpose of sewer connections. In regard to any possible damage or
loss caused Mr. Colbert, while his letter stated "we therefore request that the
Village Board take necessary action to see that we are compensated for this loss ",
it was recognized that any such action would be a civil action between Colbert and
and the contractor. While the Trustees ordered the matter filed, it was their
general feeling that care should be exercised in the future to avoid a repetition
of this type of situation.
The Trustees approved the Mayor's designation of the following Nominating
Committee for the election in March: Chairman W. C. Geer, members, James F.
O'Conner, Gen. Ralph Hospital, Dr. Dale Britchard, with alternates Philip Krebs
and Edgar A. Whiting.
' 4. The Engineer reported two important developments on the sewer project,
1) Final approval from the State Health Department of the plans together
with the official permit for the discharge of sewage or waste into Cayuga
lake and
2) The advertisement for bids on the project. Bids are due in the Clerk's
Office January 13, 1956. The Engineer felt that the award could possibly be
made following an affirmative vote by the residents in late January or
Februax -, by March let and that he now estimated the completion date of the
project January 1, 1957.
Somo of the next steps are the preparation of the statement to the villagers,
decision as to how the referendum vote is to be handled and with a favorable vote
on the referendum the acquisition of properties required for the plant site. Fred
P.ogalsky is making appraisal of the required land on the Liberman tract and will
submit a report shortly. The Engineer approached tha Doane Firm who is conducting
the county -wide appraisal and he was informed by them that it was their policy to
make no private appraisals in the county at this time. His next prospect for
appraisal work is Frank Howe who has done a considerable amount of this type of
work.
Attorney Charles Newman is working on the legal details of the form of pro-
posal fora referendum vote and is consulting with the New York Bond attorneys
on this and other matters,on the legal and financial end.
The Village Law provides that matters of sewage may be handled either by the
Board'of Trustees or by a Board of Sewer Commissioners. 'While it has been the
general understanding there would be no separate board appointed foe this work,
in order to clarify the record
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IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights
handle'all matters connected with the Extension of Sewers and Construction and Opera-
tion of a Sewage Treatment Plant, rather than by a Board of Sewer Commissionors.
Thera was considerable discussion on the method of apportioning the cost
of'the project, which may be divided into three main catagories:
1) Cost and amortization of the sewer mains
2) Cost and amortizatidn of the sewage treatment plant and
3) Cost'of operation of the sewage treatment plant
It was decided that the "sewer rental ", method had the.greatest number of
advantages and the least number of disadvantages. In order to be prepared for
the.legal moves needed for the project it was moved by Trustee Simpson, seconded
by Trustee Williams and voted unanimously
RESOLVED that the method of financing of the entire sewer project be on a sewer rent-
al basis as defined in Section 14-F of the.General Municipal Law. .
Going into the procedure to be used to arrive at the sewer rentals for
the individual properties involved, based on the benefit derived, the engineer
noted that the following methods were used:
a) Based on the assessment roll
b) Based on £oot frontage of the lot
c) Based on average width of each lot and
d) Based on lot area
The Board discussed the various methods and coming to the conclusion that ,
the "average width of lot" basis seemed the most logical --
IT WAS VOTED that the Board of Trustees favors the "Average Width of Lot" basis of
distribution of the sewer main cost. Also that thg cost.and operation of *the disposal
plant be based on water use.
On the latter point.of distribution of cost for operation of the disposal
plant, the trustees felt that study would need to be given to properly relate
j such factors as
I 1) Water used for irrigation and
2) For properties which have own water supply
With agreement in principle on method of financing and apportioning of cost
IT WAS VOTED to authorize the Engineer to prepare a suitable brochure on the sewer plans,
proposed plan of financing and distribution of cost for presentation to the residents
of the Village.
5. The Treasurer presented,his monthly report and noted balances as follows
as of November 30th:
General Fund $. 45,488.46
Capital Fund - Fire Department 1,210.00
Capital Fund -Sewer 890.66 ,
Treasurer!s report was accepted,and ordered filed.
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IT WAS VOTED to authorize the Treasurer to deposit payments from•prospective bidders
for sewer plans in the Capital Mind Sewer in trust, and also to disburse from this
fund to reimburse those bidders who returned plans.
6. The Clerk reported that the approved final plans and specifications had been
received properly stamped by the State Health Department and put on file. Also
that the State Health Department permit for discharge of waste under date of Novem-
ber 28, 1955 had been received and recorded in the County Clerk's Office as required
by law.
7. There was no specific -report from the Fire Commissioners. It was noted how-
ever, that progress on the construction of the Fire Station had been slowed by
the inclement weather.
8. Reporting for the Police Commissioner the Clerk noted that during the month
of November, 15 complaints were received, 5 arrests made for traffic violations
and 6 warnings issued. Also that the Insurance Industry Committee was expected
to make a traffic survey in the Village in the near future.
9. IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED: Pursuant to the Village Law of the State of New York,
Sections 111(1) and 114(2), that the Treasurer is hereby required to return his warrant
and the tax roll to the Board of Trustees at their next meeting or at least before
February 1, 1956, together with an account of the taxes remaining due,.containing a
description of the lands upon which such taxes were unpaid as the same were placed upon
the tax list together with the amount of tax so assessed and the interest thereon, veri-
fied by oath before any justice of the peace or judge of a court of record or notary
public or any other officer authorized to administer oaths, that the taxes mentioned
in any such account remain unpaid and that after diligent efforts he has been unable
to collect the same.
10. The Board set up the following dates for special meetings for the purpose of
sitting as Board of Assessors to complete the tax roll for the 1956 -57 fiscal year -
January 4-5, 11 and 12, 1956.
11. Date set for the next regular meeting of the Village Board, Friday, January
13, 1956.
12. Adjourned at 10:10 P. M.
WVLJ,d,
W. S. Randel
Clerk