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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 1/12/1960; Recessed Reg Mtg. Minutes 1/19/1960s 177' Minutes of a regular meeting of the Village Board held at the Village Office. 194 Pleasant Grove Roads Ithaca, New York on January 12s 1960 at 7:00 P.M. PRESENT,s Mayor Marcham Trustees Bakers Robert Grants Robert McElwee.. Raymond Norton., Thomas O'Connor, James Engineer Crandall., Carl u VOTED to recess the regular•iaeeting of the Board of Trustees until Tuesday, January 19, 1960 at 700 P.M. and to reconvene as the Board of Assessors'to con- sider real property assessments. Properties from Alexius and Adelaide Rachun through James L. and Blanche Y. Zwingle were assessed to complete assessments of all real properties in the Village. VOTED to adjourn at 10 :40 P.M. Jo B. Roger III page Clerk Minutes of a recessed Regular Meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held at the Village Office, 194 Pleasant Grove Roads,Ithacas New York on January 19., 19603, 7:30 P.M. The Board of Trustees reconvened to continue the recessed regular meeting of January 12., 1960 at 7:30 P.M. PRESENTS Mayor Marcham Trustee Bakers Robert W. Grants Robert McElwee., Raymond O'Connors James Treasurer Upchurch, Frederic M. Engineer Crandalls Carl Mr. Lacy., representative of the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation. 1) Aproved minutes of December 10, 1959) January 6, 8, and 12s 1960 furnished trustees in mimeographed „form. VOTED to amend the minutes of the regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held November 109 1959, section B -23, paragraph 2 to read,as follows - "Resolution moved by Trustee O'Connors seconded by Trustee Baker and unanimously VOTED to amend Section 12 and Section 13 of the amended Village Traffio ordin- ances as follows: SECTION 12. The following streets or parts of streets are hereby designated as through streets: 178 I i 0 The Parkway from Highland to East U land ad Ro Hanshaw Road from Cayuga Heights Road to east line of Village. North Sunset Drive at Devon Road, and at Remington Road. Cayuga Heights Road at Berkshire Road, Remington Road, Devon Road, Hanshaw Raad, Wyckoff Road, Kline Road and West Upland Road. Klinewoods Road from Triphammer Road west to Hanshaw Road. Triphammer Road from Hanshaw Road to the south line of the Village. North Triphammer Road from Hanshaw Road to the north line of the Village. .. :.'.SECTION 13. All streets intersecting the through streets designated in Section 12 are declared to be stop streets and East Upland Road is hereby designa as a stop street at its intersection with The Parkway. 2) VOTED approval of bills for payment as read by the Treasurer and as per schedules B-K.1 8-G, 8 -H -WI. 3) . VOTED to accept the report of the Police Commissioner for the month of December 1959 as read by the Clerk which included: 18 complaints received 1 accident (no personal injury) '12 .traffic arrests 27 parking tickets issued The report stated that the Police Department's filing system is now complete and a record will be maintained of allucomplaints, and.violations. 4. Mayor Maroham read the Water Improvement Bond Issue report of Attorney Newman who was unable to be present., Resolution moved by Trustee McElwee and seconded by Trustee Baker and unanimously VOTED "BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County, New York, as follows: Section 1. Section 1 of the resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of .Cayuga Heighte, Tompkins County, New York, on December 10, 1959, fixing the details and authorizing the sale of $150,000 serial bonds of said Village to pay the cost of an extension of the water distribution system, is. hereby amended, insofar as the same relates to the maturities for said bonds, to provide-that said bonds shall mature in numerical order•.in the amount of $4,000 on July 15 in each of the years 1960 to 1969) both inclusive, $52000 on July 15 in each of the years 1970 to 1979, both inclusive, and $6,000 on July 15 in each of the years 1980 to 1989, both inclusive. Section 2. Sections 2 and 5 of said -resolution of December 10, 1959, insofar as the same delegates certain powers to the Mayor of said Village, are hereby amended to provide that the powers therein delegated shall be exercised by the Village Treasurer of said-Village. Section 3. This resolution shall take affect immediately.' The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: Trustee Robert W. Baker VOTING - Aye Trustee Robert Grant VOTING Aye Trustee Raymond McElwee VOTING Aye Trustee James F. O'Connor VOTING Aye The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted." -The Mayor read two letters of December 23 from Attorney Newman on the liability of the Village concerning didewalks. J 1 1791 VOTED to request the Clerk to write the McKinney Agency, calling attention to the limitations on the Village liability and enclosing copies -of Mr. Newman's letters. The Board also requested the McKinney Agency to make this - information known to the Villageos liability insurance carrier and seek a reduction in its annual premium. 5.• There was no report from the Fire Commissioners. 6. The Mayor read a letter of Jamary 7 from the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation to Engineer Crandall and Attorney Newman's letter of January 18 to the Mayor, concerning the new Street Lighting Contract and Mayor Marcham introduced Mr. Lacy of the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation who explained the reason for the slight changes in the new Street Lighting Contract. The cost to the Village under the new contract will be the same except for an increase in the unit cost, to install underground cable for street lights, if it should ever be requested by the Village. There being no further questions, it was regularly moved and seconded and it.was VOTED to extend to the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation the warm thanks of the Village, to be conveyed through Mr. Lacy, for their efforts in restoring electric services to parts of the Village dicing the recent ice storm. After Mr. Lacy left it was unanimously VOTED to approve:the'new Street Lighting Contract and to authorize the Mayor. anti 1Z erk to sign on behalf of the Village. The Mayor read two letters from the Cayuga Heights School Advisory Board of "anuary 15, 1960, pertaining to safe walkways from the Village to the new Ithaca High School. After a discussion of the complexity of the problem it was VOTED to ask Police.Commissioner George, with such advice as necessary, from Engineer Crandall and Trustee McElwee, to look into the matter of a safe walkway and to tall] the problem over with the Chief of Police of the City of Ithaca to.seek a solution. The Mayor said he would answer the Advisory Boardos letters. The Mayor read a contract dated October 13, 1959, approved by Mr. Newman in its present form with the County of Tompkins for sewer service for 1960. VOTED to accept the contract dated October 13, 1959.with the County of Tompkins for sewer service to the County Airport for the year beginning January 1, 1960 for $500 payable Maly 1, 1960, and to authorize the Mayor to sign on behalf of the Village. The.Clerk is to bill the County and the Treasurer to collect. The Mayor appointed the Board as a whole to sit as the Budget Committee and announced he would appoint a Nomination Committee and Inspectors of Elections for the March, election. 7. Engineer Crandall had nothing to report. 8. VOTED to apl:rove the report of the Treasurer for the month of December, 1959 as mailed to the Trustees in mimeographed farm on January 8, 1960 which includes the following bank balances as of December 31, 1959. General Fund 18,487.17 Sewer Fund 16,531.63 ® Capital Fund -Sewer 18,077.81 Special Assessment Fund- Sewer Lines 20,085.5` Capital Fund - Water Improvements 18,626.68 -. ..... 7 � 180 VOTED to transfer FROM AMOUNT TO . 72290 -650 20.00 A- 1- 10 A- 290 -650 100000 A- 101 -410 A- 290 -650 200.00 A 74 -400 A- 290 -650 2',00 A- 132 -120 G- 290 -650 800.00 G- 123 -120. The Treasurer returned the 1959 Tax Warrant and stated that after diligent efforts there were still uncolected taxes as follows: Mary Z. Furey, 122 Texas Lane, east side of road. 'Bounded on the north by $0l lane.; east by Sohoenfeld; south by Norton and Warren, west by Texas Lane. Total amount - $251.22. The Tax Warrant and tax roll were filed with the Clerk. The list of unpaid taxes was certified by the Treasurer and Trustees; and it was VOTED to return account of unpaid taxes to Treasurer for collection. VOTED Resolved.to credit Treasurer with amount of unpaid taxes. VOTED to advertise Tax Sale in the Village-Official Paper (Ithaca Journal) _January 22, January 29, and February 5, 1960 and to hold Tax Sale on February 6, 19 06 at 10 :30 A.M. 9. Report of the Clerk VOTED to continue Veterans Exemptions as last appeared on the assessment roll unless property has been sold. VOTED to notify. Village residents of real property tax assessment of January 1, 1960 on a card in a sealed window envelope as was done last year. VOTED to adjourn as the Board of Trustees and to reconvene as the-Board of Assessors to consider real property assessments. VOTED to assess the properties as follows: NAME ADDRESS LAND BUILDING TOTAL 1. Wiggans, Roy . 315 Comstock Road $2,200 10, TO 0 $$13,000 2. Mignano, Michael V. & Mary D. 212 Highgate Road 39000 21,100 21,100 3. Young, William J. 510 Cayuga Heights Road 3,500 21,900 25.400 VOTED to adjourn as the Board of Assessors and to reconvene as the Board of Trustees. VOTED to approve Veterans Exemption from real property tax for . 1. Saul, Francis, 123 North Sunset Drive $5,000 2. Borgatta, Edgar, 320 The Parkway 2,000, Mr. L. B. Liberman's letter of December 10, 1959 complaining of the lack of a plant- ing screen at the Village Sewer Plant was read. Engineer Crandall commented that extensive building was to be done next summer and it would not be wise to do anything until it was completed.. The Board was notified of Mr. I. Lewis's complaint of the way in which Ceracche Television Corporatinn had been.installing poles without getting residents' permission. Engineer Crandall said proper permission had been obtained before permits were issued. r II. • J JV 1 VOTED to send out bills for sewer charges at the same time as for real property taxes but to make the deadline for payment one month later than for real props tty taxes. VOTED to set the date for the next Regular Meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 1960. VOTED to set the date for a Special Meeting of th4 Village Board to hear real property assessment grievances on February 16, 1960,from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.(Real Propery Tax Law effective 1011159 Section 1406) VOTED to adjourn 9:45 p.m. B. gersrsYl Village Clerk Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held at the Village Office., 194 Pleasant Grove Road, Ithaca, New York on February 9, 1960 at 7:30 P.M. Present: Mayor Trustees Engineer Treasurer Attorney Police Commissioner Fire Commissioner Marcham Baker, Robert W. Catherwoodp Louise M. McElwee, Raymond F. Norton, Thomas E. O'Connor, games F: Crandall, Carl Upchurch, Frederic M. Newman, Charles H. George, LowelI,T. Hanselman, G. R. A. Mrs. Helen Be Vandervort and three other representatives of the Cornell Library appeared before the Board to request financial support forthe library's operating expenses. An open letter, dated February 9, 1960 to the Town of•..Ithaca Board and the Village Board, was read and its points discussed. Be A delegation of four residents representing land owners in the 800 block of Hanshaw Road and the 300 block of Comstock Road appeared to complain of the placing of television cable poles by the Ceracche Television Corporation, Mr. A. Ceracche was present representing his company. The delegation and Mr. Ceracche were asked to present their sides of the story. It was clear that Ceracche's method of questioning in securing requests for cable service was poor and the subject of poles had been avoided. The requirement of written requests by-residents desiring cable service was suggested. The Board expressed their desire to go along with what the residents wanted in a given area, and to issue permits for television cable service and poles only where a large majority'df residents requested this service. After the delegation left, the Board decided that the main complaint lay in the location of the poles and the poor public relations used by the company. VOTED 'to request Ceracche Television Corporation to indicate by placing redatakes, the location of all poles to be erected in extending cable service in a given area before coliciting requests for service from the resident of that area