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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 4/19/19651 MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights, held in the Village Office on Monday, April 19, 1965 at 7:30 P -M- PRESENT: Mayor Trustees Engineer Treasurer Attorney Police Commissioner and resident Frederick G. Marcham John Bebbington, Jr. Robert T. Dean Katherine Ensworth Taylor D. Lewis David C. Weatherby John B. Rogers Gordon B. Wheeler Roger B. Sovocool Lowell T. George Tom Davis VOTED to approve minutes of April $; 1965 meeting after following corrections are made: 1. Resolution 676 - C. H. Smith Protest of Assessment, to read as follows: '�—"VOTED to reject application for reduction of assessment on 110 Hanshaw Road and the Mayor was instructed to inform Mr. Smith of this action." 2. Insert in list of appointments after Police Commissioner, "Roger B. Sovocool as Attorney for the Village at an annual salary rate of $1200 payable monthly." 3. The first sentence in paragraph following Resolution 680 should read: i. "Attorney Sovocool reported that Cornell Sewer Contract will be presented to the Board of Supervisors on Monday, April 12th." VOTED to approve Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated April 19 1965 in the following amounts: General Fund $612.61 and Sewer Fund $46.23• The Mayor discussed his proposed reply to Controller Peterson's letter regarding the use of the residential club and made certain revisions in it so as to better express the thinking of the Board. The Mayor reported there was a meeting of the.Tompkins County Sewer Agency, held on Friday AprJL 16th. The Agency elected Harris Dates as Chairman and he desires to go to work right away on the issue that concerns us the most, and that is whether---we are willing to go along with the recommendation of O'Brien and Gere of turning our sewage plant over to the County Sewer Agency. The Board agreed to meet with Mr. Dates and Mr. Gates for an informal discussion. The Mayor pointed out that one matter that will be discussed is the figure establishing our equity in the plant, and requested the Treasurer, Engineer and Taylor Lewis to study the record of the Village investment in the plant and to estimate the amount of our equity, with the assistance of the Clerk. The Mayor said that in considering the proposal to transfer ownership to the agency we should give attention to future management plans. 4/9/65 1.457 146 The Board agreed to meet with the representatives of the Sewer Agency on Tuesday, April 27th at 4:30 P.M. The Mayor read the report of the Fire Chief Morse for the period April 5 -19, 1965 which is on file in the Clerk's Office. Fire Chief requested approval to purchase and print 1000 postal cards at an estimated cost of $65 to be used for notices of meetings and drills. His report conveyed the recommendation of the Fire Council to the Board of Trustees that the name of their bank account be changed from Capital Reserve Fund -Fire Department Equipment to Fire Department Equipment Fund. RESOLUTION 694 - PURCHASE OF CARDS VOTED to authorize the purchase and printing of 1000 postal cards at. an estimated cost of $65 for the Fire Department. REsomioN.695 - BANK ACCOUNT VOTED resolved to change the Capital Reserve Fund -Fire Department Equipment Fund account to Fire Department Equipment Fund. it ** RESOLUTION 696 - FIRE DEPARTMENT APPOINT ms VOTED to approve the appointment of the following officials in the Fire Department for the period April 12 1965 - March 31, 1966: Chief Engineer - Roger A. Morse 1st Assistant Engineer - Richard A. Vorhis 2nd Assistant Engineer - Ned G. Boice 3rd Assistant Engineer - Rodney N. Tobey RESOLUTION 697 - TRANSFERS VOTED resolved to approve the following transfers requested by the Treasurer: GENERAL FUND FROM TO,. AMOUNT 4/19/65 A- 125 -100 A -290 -650 A- 290 -650 SEWER FUND G -290 -650 G- 290 -650 G -290 -650 A- 101 -100 $2,000 A- 81 -420 275 A -290 -628 1,195 G- 123 -410 700 G -290 - 628 480' G -290 -633 300 A Mr. Davis of 211 North Triphammer Boad requested a reduction in the charge to him for culvert pipe he had the Village place across his property ® last fall, and also an explanation of the way it was handled. The Engineer, the Clerk and the Mayor gave him the appropriate information. Police Commissioner George did not give a monthly report since he had covered activities of the police department for March in his April 5th report. Mr. George requested approval to advertise for bids for the new police car to be paid for from the 1965-66 budget. RESOLUTION 698 - CAR BID VOTED resolved to authorize the Clerk to advertise now for bids for the purchase of 1965 police car in the next fiscal year. Engineer Rogers stated he would proceed with the building of a concrete sidewalk along the east side of North Triphammer Road from Hanehaw Road to Winthrop Drive. RESOLUTION 699 - APPORTIONMENT OF SIDEWALK COSTS VOTED resolved that the entire cost of installing the sidewalk be apportioned ® as follows: Village to pay 25% of the cost and adjacent property owners to pay 75% of the cost. XX� Engineer reported that he had advised Mrs. Langdon in person of the Boards decision that they do not believe they are liable for the damage to her sewer lateral, She requested that the minutes be reviewed and she be notified in writing as to Board action on this matter in the fall of 1964. She was under the impression that the Board had assumed liability for the damage. 77 L Attorney Sovocool reported the County Board of Supervisors have accepted the sewer contract with Cornell University and the Village. There was a discussion of the Lansing Sewer Contract for District 1, as presented by Attorney Sovocool. Several changes were recommended in the Contract. The two principal ones limit the daily maximum flow of sewage, acceptable to the Village, to 50,000 gallons and set forth a formula to• establish a sewer rate for a motel. RESOLUTION 700 - LANSING SEWER CONTRACT VOTED resolved to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract for sewer service with the Town of Lansing for District 1 after recommendations of the Board have been incorporated into the contract. 4/19/65 14-7 i There was a discussion of the proposed Cornell Sewer Contract particularly in regard to the elimination of the regulaltions as related to the reservation of mains for.serving the Old Country Club area. The Board . recommended the Attorney omit this from the contract. RESOLUTION 701 - CORNELL SEWER CONTRACT VOTED resolved to authorize the Mayor to sign the Contract with Cornell for sewer services subject to incorporation of the recommendations as stated above. RESOLUTION 702 - ORDINANCE AMENDMENT VOTID resolved to authorize the Clerk to call a Public Hearing to consider the amendment of Village Ordinances, Article XI, Zoning - Section 3, Multiple Housing Dist ict, for removal of the term "residential club" from paragraph 5. Meeting adjourned at 10:40 P.M. Vera W. Snyder 4/19/65 Village Clerk MINUTES of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees and of representatives of the'County Sewer Agency, held in the Village Office on Thursday,.May 13, 1965 at 7:30 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor ".'.:- :.::. =:; :•' -, >Frederlek.G::.Maicham; ::..::: Trustees Katherine Ensworth Taylor Lewis David C. Weatherby Leroy K. Young Engineer John B. Rogers Treasurer Gordon B. Wheeler Attorney Roger B. Sovocool . Chairman Tompkins County Sewer Agency Harris Dates Frank Laverty, Robert Williamson, J. D. McWain, Dennis Moran and Charles D. Gates Mayor Marcham reviewed points raised in previous meetings set . forth on the Agenda for the meeting: 5/13/65 1. The equity of the Village in the plant and trunk sewers. 2. The pattern of administration for the sewer system in the proposed district. I 3. The problem of costs in future expansion as they would effect Villagers.