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Home My WebLink AboutAnnual Report of the Superintendent of Public Works_2-20-1990VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS ANNUAL REPORT of the SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FEBRUARY20, I99O ROADS REFUSE COLLECTION AND SOLIDWASTE DISPOSAL Because of !!g sidewalk progr"am the road maintenance and roadcapital improvement programs have neen iimiieo"ior the past threeyears. For next year,.viHage fiscar v.i'^ iggo-gl, the sidewarkprogram wi I I be minimal and I,he road piograms-"i t r 'u. "*pin;il:''The.widening and^repairing oi cayuga Heights Road from Devon,North to Route 13 is top 5r the iiit or iggo-g1-projects. SIDEWALKS Last sorinq a contract was signed with I.c.R. construction co. Inc.,low bidders, roi so,+oo-iquiie reet of sidewark. with minorchanges in the contract the work was completed last summer and fall.Also completed was the Hanshaw Road sidei^/airi-irom Highgate to theCorners: by r & J.Masonry, I;;., the virrJge ig8a_eg sidewatkcontractor. scheduled for this spring is irre ..rouul of sidewalkon the North side.of Iroquois Roab and the r,rorilr side of whitePark Road- Anticipated ior in.-1990-91 fiscal year is a verylimited sidewark program. patching.of unv-iio.il,alks needec to reepthem in safe condition will be Cariied oul. At the corners, onHanshaw Road, new sidewarks witi ne .*t.ni"o,"Jpproximatery 350feet to complete the warks in ine viil'age-iair 5nd commericiar area. A new county solid waste site is not yet available. continuingefforts are being made to decrease the amount of refuse going intothe present county tandfiil so that continJ.o ipproval to use it',iittbe gnanted untit tne new tand f ilt i; il;dt:- '' . Ih. village residents have been cooperative in the county . volunteer Recycling program. The village Board has revibwed thesolid waste oolicies and has revised thdm to rit into ilre r.quir.r.nt,placed on thb refuse iJri.n-io ir,. tandf i I I . : The villaqe has, as of the first. of-the_year, paid $6.00 percubic yard for-bulky'*urtJ tir,.n to the landfiii. These ,'tipping fees" will increase:the vilrage cost of refuse disposar. The village purchased a new chipper to change trees, treelimbs, and bruin, previously iutien to the randfiil, into useabrewood chips. Yard refuse can. no longer be mixed with househord trash,and villagers are asked to start their o*n CorpJst piie ii-lrreydo not already havc onc. Household refuse will be collected once a week, as previouslyscheduled. Village residents are rpnuesrpd rn lpresciiuec tisniry cou.i.J i.uin'.ifi3';;t?:.l3; ii3fi'3;'n:iirl!: Annual Report - Supt. of public Works Page 2 and-to please!, put them out in the morning of the scheduledcoilection day and back off the road side at least by the eveninggl-lhe same day. It is only with the residents help-that theVillage can be kept an attractive place to live. SNOl.l REMOVAL An oversight in the countyts sart contract bidding procedures caused the Village to be notified in January by the caigilt SaItCo., for the first time in over 30 years ttrat Layuga Heightscould not get any more salt for road ice and snow iontrol untilmid or end of March. The small amount of salt inventory at the Village store yard was mixed with a large amount of sand ior spreading on hills, curves,and intersections. The results has been anb will 5e for the restef the"vvinter ntare rnen'$ time and €quiprnent $pent 0n iee and $nCIlyesntnol and a longer time aften eaih itonm uhtti i,tre-vttiaoe""""road will be clean and dry. CENTRAL GARAGE . The storage of equipment at the village store yard outside, because of the Iack of garage space, continues to cause maintenance and operational problems. Funds-for a minimum of a two bay addition to the centralgarage will again be requested in the 1990-91 budget. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT In May, 1989 the flow at the plant exceeded the monthly average design permit level of 2 million gallons per day (tU.e.O.y and also exceeded the monthly average effluent biological oxygen demand (8.0.D.) permit Ievel of 350-pounds per day. -The totii suspended solids (T.s.S.) May 1989 level was 95% of the permitlevel. These are all indications that the capacity of the prantis such that the village is unable to Iift the present moratoriumon sewer connections from outside the Village During the'past yean, the first for the Village's,new contract operator, Yaw's Environmental process control, Inc., through deligent efforts the digestion tanks have been emptiedof a ten to fifteen year accumulation of sludge. An estimated 1500 tons of sludge were removed. . New.County Iandfill policies require that effective March 1,1990a $a9.00/per ton tipping fee wili be charged for sludge. By empting the digestion tanks prior to March 1, 1990 over $60,000was saved. Because of the new tipping fees, the Sewage Treatment Plant operational costs will increase an estimated $70,000. Annual Report - Page 3 ZONI NG Supt. of Public Works ^During the calendar year 1989, 6 zoning permits were issued fornew houses for an estimated construction coit of qi,riS,isol-ig'ZoningPermits were issued for arteiationi oi-tooiiioni ioi in'eiiimateoconstruction cost of 91,397,535. The over $2.5 million doltaisof construction is a 14% increase over last year. ro iign permitswere issued, 16 road opening permits were isiued, and 7 ionlng'Determinations were made. Tnb total number of permits, 62, - was two less than last year. There was one. Zoning Ordinance change made last year. 0nNovember 20, 1989 the required minumim aierige width of 125 feetand minumim average-depth of 150 feet became-eriective for ati-'districts. currentiy trre zoning ordinance is n.ing'i;ri;;.d.= ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS During 1989, The Zoning Board of Appeals met only once, ascompared with elevgn (11) times in 198g. A property owner wasgranted_a_request for a variance to 5ifls,yard sbtualt< ano avJiagewidth of Iot on the basis of a pre-existiirq ,...--n-vuriini.-'-=for the height of fence ordinanle (for the"riie ot ilre reniel,and a variance for Buirding coverage in excess of 1z%, n"CJri. itwas not out of character with the neighborhood, were also qranted. BUILDING CODEffiT-lT*-a-,rl: .':,1,:,1, 42 last^year, a decrease of 21%, but the totai-ionstruction cost,$2,517,835 was a 39% increase over last yeai. ine major inci.iie Igs dg to the $550,Q00 addition to the First congregaiionalChurch. " 0f the 33 Permits'6 were for new houses for an estimatedconstruction cost of g1 ,123,250 and 27 were for alterations oradditionsforanestimatedconstructioncostof$1,gg4,se5.