HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 5/10/195593
MINUTES of a Regular F.eeting of the Village Board of Trustees held on May 10, 1955
at 7:30 P. M. at the Village Office.
PRESENT: Mayor Shirey; Trustees, N. A. Christensen, F. G. Mareham, T. F. Sharp,
J. R. Simpson and H. H. Williams; Engineer C. Crandall; Treasurer
R. E. Oliver.
1. The minutes of the meetings of April 4 and 26, previously furnished the Trustees
In mimeogra6hed form, were approved without reading.
2. The
following bills were approved for payment:
56.85
POLICE,FIRE
& WATER:
209.00
#446 -
Garrett J. Felton - VCA 2576572 - Fire Truck Liab..& Phys..
$221.83
447 -
City of Ithaca - Fire Service May
1,198.83
448 -
Pritchards Corners Station - Fire Truck Stall Rental
4/27 E51503 Kohler Man. Elec Plant
5115 - 6115
100.00
450 -
Lester A. Fowler, - April Car mileage
92.00
456 -
McKinney Agency— WC 1274596 - 1954 Audit
132.00
GENERAL:
appointment of
Geza V.
. #454 -
Supplemental Pension Fund - N.Y.S. Retirement
4.05
SANITATION:
!/452 -
SoconY- Vacuum Oil Co. - April
64.71
HIGHWAYS:
several
points of construction and maintenance of this road, which were
4452 -
Socony Vacuum'Oil Co. - April
64.71
1149 -
Town of Ithaca - March & April
826.99
451 -
Cayuga Lumber Co. - 4/27 Brooms, etc.
11.10
453 -
City of Ithaca - 511 Water tool house
.50
455 -
General Crushed Stone - 4/27 -4/28
436.13
458 -
General Crushed Stone 4/30
64.72
SEnER ACCOUNT:
11444 -
T. G. Diller, Jr. - 5/3 Services & Expense
63.25
1145 -
Taylor D. Lewis - 511 It "
339.50
457 -
Cornell University - 5/2 Rental of Transit
52.00
CAPITAL FUND - FIRE DEPT:
#4
- Pritchards Corners Station - 4/8 Truck charger, lgts, labor
56.85
5
- 11. J. Lawless - 4/27 Nozzles, 7 items
209.00
6
- American- LaFranco- Foamite Corp. 4/26 E51241 - LL Siamese
45:21
4/29 E47741 - 3 ;r'150 CD Igts
180.00
(Total check - $673.86) 4/29 E47874 - 12 pr. S.K. Boots
163:65
4/27 E51503 Kohler Man. Elec Plant
285.00
3.
The Tax Warrant,was signed by the Mayor, attested by the Clerk
and turned
over to
the Treasurer.
4.
The Trustees voted approval of the action by the Mayor in the
appointment of
Geza V.
Pall as School Guard - Part Time, at a salary of $75.00 per month, except
the months of July and August, for the period May 1, 1955 to May 31,
1956.
5.
The Mayor noted and the Engineer will check on the condition
of the surfacing
on Country Club Road, and the compliance of the Cornell Residential Club with the
several
points of construction and maintenance of this road, which were
part of the
aFreeme t of the Village with the Cornell Residential Club in taking
over this road
as a Pillage
street.
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6. The En.�ineor reported a desire of owner- residents to change the name of
Highgate Place, and stated that he had suggested that the owners petition the/
Trustees for a change in name. This road is gravel and will be given alight oil
treatment this year. There was also a request from Mr. William Murray for a
"Dead End" sign at the.Highgate Road - Highgate Place intersection.. The Police
Commissioner was requested to investigate and report back to the Board.
The Engineer has gone over road repair programs with Town Supt. Harry Baker.
Road patching is well along. The necessary road resurfacing work for later on
in the summer is now being worked out. Several bad sections are on Triphammer
Road and Comstock Road.
SEWERS; The.first stakeout on the mains and manholes has been completed and
checked with Taylor Lewis with several relocations being made due to elevations at
the homes beinn.served..
SE`.+1ER PLANT: Professor Gifft is well along on plant design and T. G. Miller, Jr.
has been preparing a map of the site for plant location.
The Engineer has told the County Board of Health that plans should be in shape
for a bond issue vote in September, with possible construction to start in late Fall.
The Clerk was asked to follow -up on the letter to the State Department of Audit and
Control on questions of bond issue financing.
The Engineer stated that the Mitchell Multiple Housing Law required some tech-
nical information to owners and inspectors for necessity of construction changes
for full compliance.
A.general discussion followed on various methods.of determining property owners
proportionate charges for sewers and sewer plant costs, and annual operating costs.
The Trustees were asked to give thought to this matter to the end of arriving at
an equitable solution at the proper time.
7. The Treasurer reported a balance of $4,770.22 in the General Fund on
Nay 1, 1955, and presented a bank reconciliation as of May 1, 1955 confirming this
balance.
It was VOTED to accept the Treasurer's.report.
It was VOTED to transfer the amount of $1,514.40 from the Water and Sewer
Capital Reserve to the General Fund to reimburse the General Fund for the amount
spent.during the past fiscal year on the sewer project engineering and legal work.
S, The Clerk had nothing to report.
9. The Police Commissioner's report for April noted 10.complaints and 9 traffic
tickets.
10. Trustee Simpson reported for the Fire Commissioners. He stated that the
Fire Commissioners are anxious to know the attitude of the Trustees on a permanent
Fire Station building. The previous offer of Mr. Heasley of a plot of ground east
of the service station has been withdrawn as this area will be occupied by a new gas
station. The present gas station front section will be remodeled into a branch
office of the First National Bank. Mr. Heasley has offered to give another plot,
one fronting on Pleasant Grove Road just north or south of the N.Y.S. Electric &
Gas pressure control station. Following discussion
IT WAS VOTED to accept the offer of Mr. Walter Heasley to•give an adequate lot
on Pleasant Grove Road to the Village for a Fire Station and other Village purposes.
Cn the matter of building a Fire Station building
IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED that the Fire Commissioners be authorized to engage' an
architect to prepare plans, specifications and estimate of costs of a building for
tousitk; the Fire Station, Village Office, apartment and other services.
The M-Ttvor reactivated the committee of Trustee Marcham, Engineer Crandall and
Clerk Randel to serve as a liaison committee with the Fire Commissioners on the
thuildinR project.
The Fire Commissioners hope to have the training of the Fire Company sufficiently
well advanced to give the City of Ithaca 30 days notice of termination of.the fire
service contract on either June l,or July 1.
11. Time set for the next regular meeting -- Tuesday, June 14, 1955• .
12, Adjourned at 9:28 P.M.
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W. S. Randal
Clerk
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