HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpec Mtg. Minutes 1/5/1961; Reg Mtg. Minutes 1/10/196122 MINUTES of the Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees held January 5, 1961
at the Village Office, 1911 Pleasant Grove Road, Ithaca, New York at 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: Mayor
Trustees
Engineer
Marchem, F. G.
Baker, Robert W.
Dean, Robert T.
Grant, Robert S.
McElwee, Raymond
O'Connor, James F.
Crandall, Carl
The Trustees sitting as the Board of Assessors fixed real property, average
width of lot and sewer units assessments for'the 1961 Village Tax Rolls for all
properties having addresses on the following streets:
Hampton Road Highland Park Lane
Hanshaw Road Highland Road
Highgate Place Hillside Drive.
Highgate Road
VOTED to adjourn at 11:00 P.M. \� _-
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ohn B. Rog a
Village Clerk
MINUTES of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees held January 10, 1961
at 7:00 P.M. at the Village Office, 1911 Pleasant Grove Road, Ithaca, New York.
PRESENT: Mayor
Trustees
Engineer
Attorney
Marcham, F. G.
Baker, Robert W.
Dean, Robert T.
O'Connor, James F.
Crandall, Carl
Newman, Charles H.
Mr, Joseph A. McConnell of the McKinney Insurance Agency, Inc. gave further '
informatinn on Insurance coverage. Mayor requested written proposals for coverage
and premiums for such coverage.
1) VOTED approval of minutes of December 13, 1960 as presented to the Board in
mimeographed form.
2) VOTED to approve bills for payment as read from Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated
January 10, 1961 in the amounts of :
General Fund $10,982.43
Sewer Fund 38,076.87
Capital Fund -Roads Improvement 23.52
Special Assess. Fund -Water Improve. 2,771:.00
VOTED approval of overtime for December 1960 as follows:
Cornelius, Harold B. $ 7.50
Grover, Delbert 3.88
Haskins, Frank 6.71
Hayes, Walter 5.79
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3) VOTED to accept the Report of the Police Commissioner as read by the Mayor,
which included the following:
Complaints received 49 Summons issued(vehicle operation) 27
Misdemeanors 9 Parking Tickets 8
' Other complaints 24 Accidents 11
Mrs. Bennett, School Crossing Guard, resigned and completed her work December 31, 1960-
lt) Mayor Merchant appointed the Board of Trustees as a whole to act as the Budget
Committee to prepare the 1961 -62 Budget.
After discussion of the sewer contract and sewer cost it was
VOTED to authorize the Mayor to notify the University that past experience in-
dicated that the charge for sewer service to the University Research Park and
Tompkins County Airport would be the same as last year and that protests if any
should be filed at the Village office.
5) Engineer mentioned that the Village may qualify for a Federal Grant of 30% of
the cost of the sewage plant improvements. Road signs prohibiting through traffic
on Kline Road and Needham Place are now in place. Because Its the Engineer re-
ported, Frank Haskins has had but one day sick leave in his 30 years of faith-
ful service .to the Village, it was
VOTED to grant Frank Haskins one week vacation with pay in addition to his
re ar 3 weeks.
VOTED to authorize Attorney C. H. Newman to proceed with arrangements to sell
Roads Improvement Bonds on or about the first of March 1961.
6) VOTED Approval of Treasurer's Report for December 1960 as presented to the
Board in mimeographed form. The following balances as of December 31, 1960
were included:
General Fund $153856.81
Sewer Fund 53,849.08
Special Assessment Fund -Sewer Lines 15,923.28
" " " -Water Impr. 9,289.17
Capital Fluid -Water Improvements -0-
" " -Roads Improvements 4,297.09
Treasurer returned the 1960 Tax Warrant and account of uncollected taxes and
filed it with the Clerk as prescribed by Village Law Section 111(1) and 114(2),(4).
He presented a certified list of unpaid taxes as follows:
Charles W. Doepke, 213 N. Triphammer Road, east side of road. Bounded on the
north by Doepke; east by Schoenfeld; south by Peiffer; west by N. Triphammer
Road. Amount $18.05.
Charles W. Doepke;. 219 N. Triphammer Road, east side of road. Bounded on-
the north by Winthrop Drive; east by Schoenfeld; south by Doepke, west by N.
Triphammer Road. .Amount $127.30.
Enos A. & Elizabeth Pyle, 625 Highland Road, east side of road. Bounded on
I the north by Ritter, Cocconi; east by Hanshaw Road, Olum; south by Olum, Sack;
west by Highland Road. Amount $166.25.
Lawrence & Alice 0. Scott, 830 Hanshaw Road, north side of rb6d. Bounded on
the north by Texas Lane Path; east by Conner, Simmons; south by Rogers,.Hanshaw
Road; west by N. Triphammer Road. Amount $301.37.
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VOTED
to return the account of unpaid taxes to the Treasurer
for collection.
VOTED
to credit Treasurer with amount of
unpaid taxes.
VOTED
to recover unpaid taxes by TAX SALE to be held February 3, 1961 at 10:00
A.M.
VOTED
approval of transfers as requested
GENERAL FUND
by the Treasurer as
follows:
FROM
AMOUNT
TO
AMOUNT
A -290 -650
$900
A -43 -400
$500
A -74 -400
200
A- 101 - 400
100
A- 125 -400
100
7) VOTED approval of Veterans Exemptions from Real Property Taxes for Mr. Melvin J.
Passman, 106 Texas Lane in the amount of $1,600
VOTED to continue Veterans' Exemptions as last appeared on the assessment rolls
for properties still held by the original applicant, his wife, unmarried widow,
dependent father or mother or his minor children.
8) VOTED to hold next Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees February 14, 1961.
VOTED to have a special meeting of the Board of Trustees sitting as the Board
of Assessors to hold GRIEVANCE DAY, February 21, 1961 from 6 P.M. to le.P.M. to
hear Real Property, Sewer Charge and Water Improvements Charge grievances.
9) Adjourned as Board of Trustees and reconvened as the Board of Assessors at 9:30
P.M. I .
SITTING AS THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS, the Board fixed real property, average
width of lot and sewer unit assessments for the 1961 Village Tax Rolls for all
properties having addresses on the following streets:
Iroquois Place Midway Road
Iroquois Road - Needham Place
Kelvin Place North•Sunset Drive
Kline Road North Triphammer Road
Klinewoods Road Northway Road.
Lenox Road
VOTED to recess 10:40 P.M. and reconvene on January 12, 1961 at 7:00 P.M.
Mn B Roge
Village Clerk
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