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9• Fire Commissioner reported continued slow progress on theFire Station and
Office Building construction but felt that they will be able to get the truck in
about the 25th of January.
Matter of purchase of stove, refrigerator, tables and some other equipment
brought up by theFire Commissioner was referred back to him with the request
that he prepare a list together with estimated cost of the equipment that they
wish to purchase and present it to the Trustees at the next meeting.
10. Police Commissioner presented his report for the month of December which was
duly noted and ordered filed.
11. Date set for the next regular meeting February 9, 1956 at 7:30 P.M.-
12: Adjourned at 9 :47 P.M..
W. S. Randel
Clerk '
Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Village Board held at 7:30 P.M. January'20, 1956
at the Village Office.
PRESENT: Mayor Henry J. Shirey; Trustees N. A.Christensen, F. G. Marcham, T. F.
Sharp, James R. Simpson,.H. H. Williams. ALSO PRESENT: Engineer, Carl Crandall;
Treasurer Upchurch and Attorney Chalres H. Newman.
1. Bills were approved for payment as shown on Schedule 9 and 9S attached.
2. Trustees voted approval of the hiring of Mrs. June Ahmann as part -time typist
at $1.50 per hour for casual work as required by the work -load in the office.
3• Clerk read letters from local banks regarding the reputation of the low bidders
on the Sewer Project, A. Plotzker and William Boaey, In both cases satisfactory recom-
remdations were received.
4. On a request by Trustee Sharp that certain trees be removed west of Remington
Road on the land which the Village proposes to acquire for the Sewage Treatment Plant,
and which interfere with the lake view from the Sharp property, the matter was referred
to theEngineer for his recommendations ata later date.
5. IT WAS VOTED to authorize the Treasurer to make necessary application with
the StateComptroller for exclusion from the debt limit for 75% of the costs of the Treatment
Plant as provided in Section 123 of the Local Finance law.
IT WAS VOTED to have Attorney Newman and either the Village Treasurer or Clerk go to
Albany to confer with the StateComptroller's office on the exclusion application, and to
pay the expenses of the Attorney and the Treasurer or Clerk incidental thereto.
"6. Trustees considered the initial draft of the Brochure to be sent to theVillage
residents on the Hewer Project and arrived at an agreed final draft.
TRUSTEES VOTED approval of;
1) Final draft as revised
2) Printing of 1,000 copies of the Brochure, 2,000 copies of the ballot and
1,000 return envelopes.
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Clark was ordered to get this out as quickly as possible mailing a set of brochure
and ballots with return envelopes to each resident property owner in the Village,
7. Adjourned at 11:23 P.M.
W. S. Randal
Clerk
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Village Board held February 9, 1956 at
7:30 P.M. at the Village Office.
PRESENT: Mayor Henry J. Shirey; Trustees, N. A.Christensen, F. G.'Marcham, T. F.
Sharp, and H. H. Williams. ALSO PRESENT: Engineer Carl Crandall, Treasurer Upchurch,
Attorney Armand Adams and Police Commissioner Lowell T. George.
NOTE : - Meeting of the Village residents was held on Tuesday, February 7, 1956 at
8 P.M. at the Schoolhouse to discuss the Sewer Project. The Mayor introduced Engineer
Carl Crandall who presented the various aspects of the project from the history through
the engineering design and financial status as of the moment.
Mayor Shirey advised the residents of his recent talk with Mayor Ryan of
Ithaca, stating that on asking him what was on his mind, Mayor Ryan told him to ask the
City Attorney who was also present. The Attorney stated the present administration was
anxious to have the•Village consolidate with the City. The Common Council is very
serious and taking a better view of consolidation than before. They would like to have
us come in, with no strings attached, on an amicable and even basis. Mayor Shirey asked ,
Mayor Ryan and the City Attorney for permission to report that statement to the village
residents at the planned meeting on the 7th of February and also asked.if it was going
to make any difference to them or to the Common Council whether we have our sewers in
first or not. He added he felt the City'was going to be just as well off whether or
not we have our sewers; Mayor Ryan said; "That's our thinking, " and nodded his-head
yes. It was agreed no publicity would be attached to this meeting and Mayor Shirey .
thought he had been !'doub]Lgagrossed ", and checked to find out whether the Common
Council or the Mayor had /the statement which appeared in the Journal about "setting
annexation back two generations if sewers were installed ", but they did not. Mayor
Shirey felt the'time to talk about annexation is not now, but that we should get our
sewers in, get.our health problem solved and then sit dorm and talk calmly about
annexation.
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1. Minutes of the meetings December 28, 1955 and January 3, 5, 11, 12, 13 and
20, 1956 previously furnished trustees in mimeographed form were approved without
reading.
2. Following bills were approved for payment, see Schedule #10, 10S and 7F.
3, The canvass of the vote on the sewer extension and sewage disposal plant
project was 415 YES - 71 NO - 12 VOID totalling 498 votes.
Considering this vote as favorable the trustees proceeded with consideration
of the next steps on the project and under the guidance of Attorney Armand Adams the
following actions were taken.
(1) Moved by Trustee Williams, 2nd Trustee Sharp and approved unanimously,
that, WHETS, the Board of Health of the County of Tompkins has notified the
Village of Cayuga Heights that it must as soon as possible, in the interests of public
health, provide for public sewer service for all the inhabitants of the village; and-