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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 1/13/1959; 2/10/1959; Spec Mtg. Minutes 2/17/1959132 Minutes of.a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held January 13v 7959 at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Office. PRESENT: Mayor Trustees Engineer Treasurer Police Commissioner Fire Commmssioner Attorney F. G. Marcham L. M. Catherwood J. F. O'Connor A. Rachun J. R. Simpson C. Crandall F. M. Upchurch L. T. George G. R. Hanselman. C. H. Newman Mr. Neal R. Stamp, Attorney for Cornell University appeared before the Board of Trustees to explain the present status of the Ithaca Country Club Property purchased by the University. Possession of the property by the University took place January 1 1959. A full tax exemption from real property taxes on the entire property is re- quested. . %! Mr. T. F. Sharp appeared before the Board to request that he be allowed to cut down 4 trees, and the Village Board VOTED to grant permission to him to cut.down 4 trees on.village property due west of his home on North Sunset Drive, and below Remington Road, to sustain.his view of the lake. The Village Board recessed and met as the Board of Assessors at 8:40 P.M. and VOTED to assess real property owned by Cornell as follows:* Land - approximately 60 acres, combined with land- locked adjacent parcel, east of Triphammer Road and west of Pleasant Grove.Road, bounded as follows: North by VanNatta and Smith; East by Village Line and.Pleasant Grove Road; South by Village Line; West by Triphammer Road, Mcllroy and Palmer. Single assessment of $809000.00 with an exemption of 50% or $409000.00. VOTED to assess the 91.2 acres known as the Savage Farm at $709000.00 and to grant an exemption of 60% or $42,000.00. The land being bounded as follows: North.by lapsing Line; East by Beeson, R. Hanshaw and N. Triphammer Road; South by R. Hanshaw, Hanshaw Road, Mclaughlin, Murphy, Smith and others; West by Chordash, Miller, Peterson and.others. VOTED as a Board of Assessors to report to the Board of Trustees the completion of their assessments on all real property in the Village of Cayuga Heights. The Board of Assessors adjourned at 9 P.M. and reconvened as the Board of Trustees. 1) VOTED to accept the minutes of'the regular meeting held December 9, 19589 and special meetings of January 5, 61 8 and 99 1959 as presented by:the Clerk. 2) VOTED approval of payment of bills as read by the Treasurer and as noted in Schedules 8 -A, 8 -G, 8 -S, 8H -1dI. . . 3) VOTED to accept the Police Commissioner's rgmrt which included: November 1958 - 20 complaints received 13 arrests made December 7.958 - 25 complaints received . 3 arrests made 24 parking tickets issued. I L 133 4) The Fire & Light Commissioners reported a request from Mr. William C. Geer that street lighting be provided between Klinewoods Road and The Parkway on Comstock Road. The Fire & Light Commissioners do not feel that it is any more necessary for a light at this location than there is at other locations in the Village. • A priority list for installation of fire hydrants in the Village has been submitted by the Board of Fire Commissioners. VOTED to accept the report of the Fire Commissioners. VOTED to request the Village Engineer to examine the hydrant priority list and on tFe basis of money available to proceed with the installation accordingly, 5) The Mayor appointed !the Board of Trustees to serve as the Budged Committee. The.Mayor asked Attorney Newman for his report and Mr. Newman announced that the University.has filed an appeal, with the Appellate Division, of the Savage Farm Sewer Case, The Trustees VOTED to defend the matter under appeal and'to request Mr.'Newman to represent the Village in court. . Mr. Newman reported that he had received minutes of the hearing of Mr. R. Selden Brewer and that they would be handy in the pending court action. 6) The Engineer reported 83% of the water mains laid and the contractor about ready to test and disinfect the laid lines and to lay the foundation for the tank. He.estimated the completion would be about March 1, 1959., 7) The Treasurer returned the 1958 Tax Warrant and stated that after diligent efforts there were still uncollected taxes as follows: Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Scott 1957 -58 Sewer Charge $.203.00 830 Hanshaw Road Plus.penalty.thru 1/31 10.5% 21.32 Bounded N -Texas lane Tract -Bucci -Path; " Tax sale notice for.'58 10.54 . E- Conner - Simmons; S- Rogers- Hanshair 1958 -59 Real Prop. Tax • 110.50 Road; W- N.Triphammer Road. Plus penalty thru 131 8,% 8.84 TOTAL 357.20 Mr. & Mrs. Armand L. Adams 1958 -59 Real Prop. Tax 130.05 121 E. Remington Road Plus penalty* thru 1/31 8% 10.40 Bounded N- E.Remington Road; E- E.Rem- TOTAL $ 17+5 — ington Road; S- Karch- Brand; W- Brand - Highland Road. ; The Tax Warrant and tax rolls were filed iiith the Clerk. The list of unpaid taxes was certified bj the Treasurer and Trustees, and the Trustees VOTED to return account of unpaid taxes to Treasurer for collection. VOTED RESOLVED to, credit Treasurer with amount of unpaid taxes. VOTED RESOLVED to recover unpaid taxes by Tax Sale... VOTED to have Tax Sale advertised in the Village official paper January 20, 27, and February 3, 19599 and to hold the Tax Sale on February 6, 1959. VOTED to approve the Treasurer's report as read 1y the Treasurer. '134 VOTED to transfer: Amount To From 41.56,`^. A- 54 -44o .. A- 290 -650 200.00 A -82 -400, 429.00 h A- lot ; -WM 37.04 • , A- 290-4o0 400.o0, "A- 290_679: 8) VOTED to continue veterans'_.exemptions , as last appeared on the assessment roll. VOTED RESOLVED to include sewer charges..on the forms similar to the.ones now used for recording property taxes'and to'apply as::the effective.date for assess- ment the first of January 1959 both. for the. purpose of real property taxes and for sewer charges.. 9) Date set for neat regular meeting of the Village Board$'Tuesday, February 10. 1959, Date, set for special meeting. of the Village Board (Gri:evance.Day), on third'Tuesday'in February, February 179 1959 from 6.to`10 P.M. 10). Adjourned, at. 10:55, P.M. ., z �dohn B Ro ers III g ' • Clerk • .. .. Minutes of'a regu]sr meeting of the Board of.Trustees held Tuesday, February 1091959'at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Office. PRESENT: Mayor F: G. Marcham Trustees L. M..Catherwood T. E. Norton J., F., O'Connor A. Rachun J. R. Simpson H. H. Williams Engineer C. Crandall Treasurer F. M. Upchurch Attorney, C. H. Newman Police Commissioner L. T. George 1) VOTED approval of minutes of meeting of.January 139 1959as previously furnished Trustees in mimeographed form," 2). VOTED to'accept the-'report of the Police Commissioner."for:the.wmonth of January, 1959 which included: 15 complaints received ' 9 arrests 25 . parking tickets issued 135. 3) VOTED approval of payment to the Country Club of Ithaca $39526.73 to cover the materials and labor for the installation of about 700 feet of 8" water main on Pleasant Grove Road in accordance with the basic engineering plan previously agreed upon with the reservation that if a leak is discovered upon inspection, the cost of repair of this leak to the Village, will be paid by the Country Club of Ithaca.• VOTED approval of bills as read by the Treasurer and as noted in Schedule 8 -A, 8 -G, 8-W-& 8 -S. 4)" Mayor Marcham reported that the Nominating Committee for the coming election would be Brigadier General R. Hospital, Mr. E. Whiting and Mr. N. R. Stamp. VOTED to have Trustees O'Connor and Simpson represent the Village in discussion with the Northeast Water District on allocation of costs of water improvements. Mayor Marcham read . L. Sharp's letter thanking the Board aryl Village Engineer for their help in rectifying damage done to his property during sewer construction. VOTED to hold the Annual Meeting of the Village Residents on Tuesday, March 10, 1959 P.M. in the Cayuga Heights School Auditorium, and to hold the March meeting of the Board of Trustees at 7 P.M., March 10, in the School Library. 5) Attorney Newman reported that 3 legal actions were pending against the Village. Cornell Residential Club action was heard by Judge Stagg and his decision is pending. R. S. Brewer action to be heard in the Supreme Court in the May term. There is no time schedule on the appeal of Cornell University regarding the Savage Farm sewer charge. 6) There was no report from the Fire Commissioner. 7) VOTED approval of installation of fire hydrants as outlined by the Village Engineer. VOTED to adopt the following resolution and to notify all contractors who open roads in the Village and to publish said resolution in the paper: RESOLUTION:- That the Village Engineer or the Village Clerk be authorized to deny permits or suspend existing permits for street openings or building construction in the case of contractors, builders, or other parties who fail to maintain their construction operations•in•a safe condition at all times or to promptly restore all street excavations to a proper condition. VOTED that the Engineer present a plan for relieving the storm water problem for resident F. C. Steward, 621 Highland Road. 8) VOTED to-accept the Treasurerts report as read and presented in mimeographed form, including the following bank balances as of 1/31/59: ' General Fund $ 459443.00 Sewer Fund 259078.70 Capital Fund -Sewer 189325.96 Special Assessment Fund -Sewer Lines 19,706.72 Capital Fund -Water Improvement 6,604.62 136 VOTED to transfer: Amount To From 39000.00 ^ A -A-306-690 0 ( A- 290 -650 6 480.03 J " 16.45 A- 290 -624 11.00 A- 101 -400 207.70 A -101 -440 " 9) VOTED authorization to pay water. bills as they come in to avoid penalties for late payment and to subsequently bring before the Board for approval. A letter of complaint on assessments from property owner, D. Saperstene, dated 2/2/59, was read to the Board. VOTED to accept application for Veteran's Exemption from Real Property Taxes from T. Balser on 615 Cayuga Heights Road in the amount of $3,600.00. VOTED that the Board of Trusteesp acting as a committee of the'whole, make up the 1959-60--budget. VOTED to present the tentative budget to Village residents at the Annual Meeting, March 10. 1959. VOTED to hold Village Election on March 17, 1959 as prescribed in V.L. Section 52. 1 The Clerk reminded Trustees of the date for Grievance Day, February 17, 1959 from 6 to 10 P.M. Adjourned 11: 25 P.M. J B. ger Clerk Minutes of a Special. Meeting of the Board of Trustees held February 179 1959 at 6 P.M. in the Village Office, PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham Trustees T. E. Norton J. F. O'Connor J. R. Simpson H. H. Williams Engineer C. Crandall Clerk J. B. Rogers Town Assessor Ben Boynton Sitting as the Board of Assessors from 6 P.M. - 10 P.M. the Board heard petitions for levies of the 1959 assessments. • Twenty -three petitions were heard and action was-taken as follows: s 1.37-* Preliminary Assessment Final Assessment for for Location Fiscal Year 1959 -60 Fiscal Abrams, Meyer 512 Highland Road 00 15100 3800 14900 Barnard, Ralph B. 215 Highgate Road 2500 16500 2300 15000(90% Beam, Edward B. 2-16 The Parkway 2600 12000 2400 11000 Colgin, James R. 231 V. Triphammer Road 1500 14000 1500 13100 Cornell University�� /st /�_ e g /3P. 'I)—Sava a Farm Pro a QOd00(- x)28000 NO CHANGE-"' The _or Z ,000 -that land of approximately 29000 feet rrontage`on North Triphammer Road iiid-Hanshaw Road with a depth (perpendicular-to road) of 300 feet- taxable. All interior—land-60442,000 EMEth'1...• ~`' Total net assessment for the entire'Savage Farm 6f 99.6 acres including 3.1 .acres of tte 5.1 acres purchased from Wray - $28,000.00. 2) Count , Club Props 80000(- X)40000 ~ ` NO,CHANGE The 50 or 00000 -the east part of the Country Club Property tract lying, in the residential zone under the zoning laws of the Village- taxable. The 50%- $44,000 lying outside of this residential zone - EXEMPT. �Tota1 net assessment of this Country Club Property - $409000.00. Curtiss, W.David 108 Himpton Road Davis, Stanley 324 N. Sunset Drive Demorest, J. J. 516 Cayuga.Heights'Road Doepke, Charles W. 229 N. Triphammer Road Ferris, Dr. Henry W. 329 Midway Road F1eck,Harlow C. 231 Berkshire Road Hodes, H. Phillip 319 E. Upland Road Knudson, Carolyn 502 Cayuga Heights Road LaBonte, Harold R. 533 Cayuga Heights Road Millers William T. 100 Sunset Drive New York State Electric & Gas 2200 1700 2700 1500 4500 5000 2000 5200 4500 3600 Local(including following) Transformers, Lines, Relay Station and Remington Service Station. Pimentel, David 147 N. Sunset Drive Reed, Louis S. 914 Highland Road Schlesinger,Rudolf 415 Cayuga Heights Road Schoenfeld, Otto B. 217 H. Triphammer Road Smith, Sheldon 168 -172 Pleasant Gr. Road Thaler, Louis K. 529 -131 Cayuga Park Road Ward, Peter 107 Overlook Road 16000 142oo 2700 14000 17500 5000 2000 19500 4500 14500 Distributors, 18100 2200 13000 3200 20000 3100 15500 20000 28900 12000 12000 4000 4000 4000 20500 2200 15200 1700 13700 NO CHANGE 1500 10500(Par.) NO CHANGE NO CHANGE NO CHANGE 4500 17500 Woo 4000 3600 13800 Gas Mains, Country Club The Board of Assessors VOTED to accept Veteran's Exemptions from real property taxes as follows: McGovern, Edward 210 Comstock Road Exemption $1300 - approved 2/17 Simmons, .Daniel T. 121 Texas lane " 1750 - of 2/17 VOTED to accept the applications for Veteran's Exemption from real property taxes from John B. Rogers, III in the amount of $2450.00 applicable tot-his property owned at 207 Remington Road, with the understanding that the Veteran's Exemption on his property at 106 Cayuga Park Road is hereby reduced from $59000.0O.to $2550.00 Recessed at 11:25 P.:M. 1 r�3 ohm B. Roge Clerk 17700 2200 12500 3200 19000 3000 14300 14000 20000 PENDING NO CHANGE 4000 18500 The Board of Assessors VOTED to accept Veteran's Exemptions from real property taxes as follows: McGovern, Edward 210 Comstock Road Exemption $1300 - approved 2/17 Simmons, .Daniel T. 121 Texas lane " 1750 - of 2/17 VOTED to accept the applications for Veteran's Exemption from real property taxes from John B. Rogers, III in the amount of $2450.00 applicable tot-his property owned at 207 Remington Road, with the understanding that the Veteran's Exemption on his property at 106 Cayuga Park Road is hereby reduced from $59000.0O.to $2550.00 Recessed at 11:25 P.:M. 1 r�3 ohm B. Roge Clerk