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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 1/9/1967Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on January 91 1967 at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Office. PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marchem - Trustees John Bebbington Katherine Ensworth Taylor Lewis Carl Nelson Rene Randolph Attorney Roger Sovocool Engineer John Rogers Treasurer Gordon Wheeler Fire Councilman Richard Vorhis Police Commissioner Lowell George VOTED to approve the minutes of the meeting held December 12, 1966 which were previously furnished Trustees in mimeographed form. VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers elated January 9, 1967, (after Engineer checks Collins bill for truck charges) in the following amounts: General Fund $4'163.10 Sewer Fund 999.36 Trust & Agency 2,069.43 The Mayor reported that he and Trustee Lewis and Engineer Rogers met with representatives of consulting engineers on an informal basis and hoped at the next meeting to make a firm recommendation on the choice of a consulting company. Mayor read Mr. Kerr's letter of December 27, 1966 regarding proposal to County to take over the roads in the vicinity of the Triphammer Road and Hanshaw Road intersection. The Board's interest is in Pleasant Grove Road, that part of Hanshaw.Road from the Village east boundary to the intersection into Trip- hammer Road and North Triphammer Road to the Village north line. The. Board wished the Mayor to write again in these terms to Mr. Kerr and to point out that the Village had, without protest, taken over Cayuga Heights Road and Hanshaw Road, from its beginning at Cayuga Heights Road to the Village east line. 1/9/67 85 RESOLUTION 1019 - LEASE - CORNERS COMMUNITY CENTER VOTED resolved to approve a lease with Mr. Heasley for the rental of Offices for the Police Department subject to decision by Trustee Nelson that the offices have separately metered gas and electric service. Tree Warden Pimentel has reported difficulty in persuading some property owners to remove dead or diseased elm trees and has raised the question whether the Village would bear total cost of felling and removing these trees. After discussion, the Board suggested that the Attorney write to the delinquent persons pointing out that in failing to cooperate they left themselves open to the charge that their diseased trees caused damage to the trees of their neighbors and also that in carrying out removal, of dead and diseased trees the Village bears half the cost of dealing with these trees. RESOLUTION 1020 - BUDGET INCREASE VOTED resolved to increase the budgeted amount in Account A -43 -110 by $300.00 to provide for employment of Mrs. Rae Nelson on the staff of the Village office at $2.10 per hour for the 30 hour work week during the period January 1 to May 31, 1967• ' RESOLUTION 1021 - RESCIND RESTAURANT RESOLUTIONS VOTED resolved to rescind Resolution 944 - Restaurant Permit - of July 20, 1966 and Resolution 1005 - Approve Restaurant at Village Green - of December 12,, 1966 and to instruct the Mayor to notify the Chase and Hewitt Realty.-Inc. of this action. This action followed discussion of the new ownership or the prospective new ownershipeof The Village Green Shopping Center.-Inc. and of the fact that Chase & Hewitt Realty, Inc. had not entered into agreement with the Village concerning the conditions set forth in connection with Resolutions 944 and 1005. RESOLUTION 1022 - ZCNING CHANGE REQUEST VOTED resolved to inform Professor Loosli that the Board does not look with favor on changing the Ordinances in such a way as to permit use of property in the Residence District for a church and offers as its opinion that a case does not exist for seeking a variance through the Zoning Board of Appeals. it * aE e The Fire Chief presented his report on the activities of the Fire Company during the past month and stated that the Company had bought a Motorola Handie- Talkie FM 2 -way radio and donated it to the Village. RESOLUTION 1023 - PURCHASE - FIRE DEPARTMENT VOTED resolved to authorize the Fire Chief to buy a Consolette Base Radio and appurtenances for $807, the price to cover installation, plus $10.00 operating license fee to Federal Communicatiois �oswission. 1/9/67 86 RESOLUTION 1024 - ALARM SYSTEM - FIRE DEPARTMENT VOTED resolved to inform the Fire Council of the interest of the Board in the proposal to purchase 24 monitors and to establish a control system linking the Department with the City of Ithaca Fire Department. The Board is open to suggestions from the Council regarding use of funds for this purpose from Capital Reserve Fund for Fire Equipment. The Police Commissioner presented his report and a memorandum regarding the difficulty caused by the low salary scale of his department and it is on file. RESOLUTION 1025 - PATROLMEN'S SALARIES VOTED resolved to authorize the following changes in salary for members of the Police Department, the•salaries to be effective for the period January 1 to May 31, 1967: Sargeant from $6,225 to $6;750 Two patrolmen from 5,610 to, 6,000 New patrolman from 5,150 to 5,550 RESOLUTION 1026 - AUBURN SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION VOTED resolved to pay tuition of Jack McGraw and Harlin McEwen to attend spring semester at Auburn Community College taking courses on Juvenile �. Delinquency and Criminal Investigation II, in the amount of $26.00 per course and $2.00 each for fees. RESOLUTION 1027'- STREET LIGHTING VOTED resolved to authorize the changes in Street Lighting recommended by the New York State Electric & Gas Corporation in their letter of December 15, 1966, the changes to take effect as soon as possible. For the Community Corners area - Remove: .7 - 2,500 lumen incandescent lamps @ $3055:=.$213:8.5- andcreplace with' 5: _ •201000: lumen :mercury::vapor; @:.$7.5 per year = $375.00 4 - 11,000 lumen mercury vapor @ $55 per year = $220.00 making the increased annual cost $381.15. � iF it The Treasurer returned his 1966 Tax Warrant and presented his account of uncol- lected taxes and filed the returned tax roll with the Clerk.as required by Real Property Tax Law Section 1436 (1 -2). The Trustees certified the list of unpaid taxes as presented by the certifi- cate of the Treasurer and filed the same with the mark ( VRPTL Sec. 1436) , showing a balance unpaid of $584. "52 without penalties. The Trustees returned the account of unpaid taxes to the Treasurer for collection as required by VRPTL Sec. 1436 in the amount of $584.52• 1/9/67 87 RESOLU'T'ION 1028 UNPAID TAXES VOTED resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Village'of Cayuga Heights do credit the Treasurer with the amount of $584.52 unpaid taxes according to the provision of VRPTL Sec. 1436. RESOLUTION 1029 - TAX SALE VOTED,resolved.that the properties on which the fallowing taxes are unpaid be advertised for sale in issues of official newspaper on February 15) 22 and March 1. 1967 to recover unpaid taxes in the amount of $584.52 at a Tax Sale to be held at the Village Office on March 11, 1967 at 10:00 A.M.:' James R. Causer. 620 Cayuga Heights Road $61.80 Enos A' 625 Highland Road 234.36 John S- Arthur, 213 North Triphammer Road 140.40 John S. Arthur, 219 North Triphammer Road 114T.96 iF iF 9E RESOLUTION 1030 - REFUND AUTHORIZED' VOTED resolved to refund to Andrew McPherson $15.00 for a "Y" connection. The Treasurer stated his wish that the department heads report to him their. preliminary budgets for 1967 -68 by the end of January 1967. . The Engineer presented his report regarding his activities during the month. He also reported on his activities as Zoning Officer. In.the first of these reports he spoke of the difficulty of dealing with the problem of plowing Village sidewalks. RESOLUTION 1031 - SIDEWALK PLOW VOTED resolved to authorize the Engineer to purchase a second -hand Cayuga Bobcat sidewalk snow plow not to exceed $450. * iE it RESOLUTION 1032 - SALARY SET FOR WORKING FOREMAN VOTED resolved,to authorize the Engineer to put a figure not to exceed $61500 on the annual salary.of a working foreman. � aF it The Engineer referred to his preliminary estimates regarding the minimum cost of traffic regulation at the Hanshaw- Triphammer Road intersection His figures were - for lighting installation $10,500 - for paving $1.,800 or a total of $12,300- In his capacity as Assessor, Mr. Rogers reported on his examination., with Mr. Franklin., of properties for which building permits had been issued in 1966 and his conference with Trustee Lewis and the Mayor regarding the appraisal of the 1/9/67 rel no Village Green and Carriage House properties. He is also examining transfers of the past year. He reported also on the procedure he is following regarding , Veterans' Exemptions. After Mr. Rogers had temporarily withdrawn the Mayor reminded the Board that Mr. Rogers' term of service as Assessor would probably extend to the end of April and that provision should be made for his salary on terms that would take account of the fact that Mr. Rogers would be out of the United States for two weeks in late February. RESOLUTION 1033 - SALARY OF ASSESSOR VOTED resolved to fix the salary of the assessor for the period January 1 to April 30� March $1501 April' $150) The of $525 payable monthly. (January $150, Mar February_$75, 9F 9F iF The Attorney reported that the Village case in the Court of Claims was scheduled for January 23, 1967. He said that he intended to take the final steps to prepare for the case and in particular to consult with those who would act as witnesses for the Village. At the request of the Clark, the Board acted as follows: RESOLUTION 1034 - DECEMBER OVERTIME VOTED to approve December overtime payments as follows: Cornelius 9 hrs. 29.88 Garvin 16 hrs. 39.36 Grover 171 hrs. 43.58 132 Oltz 13.1 hrs. .40 'Truax 30 bra. $57.90 The next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees vrill be February 13, 1967. The meeting adjourned at 11:55 P.M. -%�/rn F. G. Marcham, Mayor 1/9/67 Village of Cayuga Heights ti t