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Bea Szekely, notes
Village residents may have noted the obituary of Robert T. Tyrrell in the Ithac*.Journal
otr .lT fuly; Mr. Tyrrell was our f{ghway Superintendent from roughly 1970 until his
retiremeftt in 1995; born on his fbmily's farm in Genoa, he married intothe Sharpsteen
family and farmed all his life. Befare coming to the Village to work, he was employed at
the Lansing Highway Department. He was a charter member and first President of the
North Lansing Fire Company. He leaves alargefamily, prominent in Locke, King Ferry
and Genoa.
Beth Anderson, Sl5 The Parkway will be our UNe representative; I've let George
Tabet, Speeial ,{ssistant to the Viee President for Government and Conrnrunity Relations.
and Jenifer Lindbrad, Administrative Assistant inthat office, know.
Carol Kamrnen and I have been in conversation absut the search for a Vitlagc Historian;
nothing positive to report yet. But 'we"re working on it.'
Brent, Norma, Jim and fellow Trustees have had my email including a message from Jack
Rueckheim, Distribution Manager at Bolton Point, regarding the reeent reptraeement of
the water mefer at sur home, which I've brought to your affention because 9O residenfs
received the same request. Cornpliance cost our family $300.
Further re Boltsn Point: I've asked Mayor Jim if he and Former Mayor Ron Anderson,
as our watet commissioners, c&st their votes on major BP decisions in which the Village
has a financial interest, based on the outeome ofresolutions from our Board of Trustees.
Particularly, would a Village Board of,Trustees resolution be neeessary to instruct Jirn
and Ron on how to vote should the City of Ithaca ask to join the Soutirern Cayuga Lake
Internrunieipal water eommission (BoitonpoinO as a cu$tomer ar pa*ne{l r;m
assuming the answer is 'yes,' but just need to knsw.
Fellow board mernbers may note that the annurl Fire Company appea] Ietter is in the
w-orks; written by Rev. Steve Felker with editorial input fFom myseif, this year's letter
will make clear the 501O3 non-profit identify of the Fire Company as distinct from our
volunteer fire depa*ment and will ernphasize the tools and tearnwork needed for
eornmunity firefighting in the Village. I mention this now beeause of eoneerns about last
yeaf s appeal, specifically the question of why th e appeat is necessary givea the tax
support for the fire department. Hence the emphasis in the letter on the nature of the Fire
Company and its activities as distinct from, although overlappinginmembership with,
the Department.