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Meeting Minutes
Roll Call:
Town Board Joel Gagnon, Supervisor
Katharine Hunter
Patricia Woodworth
Highway Deputy Superintendent Jack Shawley
Town Bookkeeper Laura Shawley
Recording Secretary Janice Adelman, Town Clerk
Town Board Members Absent:
Leslie Connors
Sarah Schnabel
Transcript and audio recording are available online.
1. Public Hearings
1.1. Proposed Bald Hill Road Hamlet Neighborhood Extension; see also Draft Map
Opened at 18:02
All those who submitted written comments or spoke at the hearing:
In favor Against With Suggestions
Ted Crane
Mark Gugino
Ronda Roaring
Debbie Benson?
Debbie Benson?
Bill Evans re long-term
visioning
Hearing closed at 18:38
2. Regular Meeting Called to Order at 18:39 by Supervisor Gagnon
3. Additions/Deletions to Agenda - none
4. Privilege of the Floor
4.1. Betsy Wohl, Resident
Mary Ann Barr 2021
T he Town of Danby, New York
1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
https://danby.ny.gov
Town Board Public Hearing + Meeting
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4.2. Ronda Roaring, Resident
4.3.Theresa Klinger, Resident and Town Justice
4.4.Ted Crane, Resident
4.5.Garry Huddle, Resident and Town Justice
4.6.Kim Nitchman, Resident
4.7.Katharine Hunter, Resident & Town Board Member
4.8.Russ Nitchman, Resident
4.9.Joan & Rich Curtiss, Residents
4.10.Ted Crane, Resident
4.11.Joel Gagnon, Supervisor response
4.12.Janice Adelman, Resident and Town Clerk
4.13.Joel Gagnon, Supervisor response
4.14.Garry Huddle, Resident and Town Justice response
5. Correspondence — none
6. Announcements — none
7. Reports & Presentations
7.1. Town Clerk June 2022 Report
Pursuant to Section 27, Subd 1 of the Town Law, I hereby make the following
statement of all fees and moneys received by me in connection with my office
during the month stated above, excepting only such fees and moneys the
application and payment of which are otherwise provided for by Law:
Dept
Budget
Line Description Qty
Total
Monies
Collected
External
Agency
Remit to
Agency
Remit to
Danby
Gen Fund
Clerk A1255 DECALS 1 $30.00 NYS DEC $28.35 $1.65
Marriage Licenses 1 $80.00 NYS DoH 45.00 $35.00
Marriage
Transcripts 0 $0.00 — 0.00 $0.00
A1550 Impoundment
Fees 1 $25.00 SPCA 0.00 $25.00
A2544 Dog Licenses 7 $111.00 NYS A&M $10.00 $101.00
Code A2555 Building Permits 11 $1,178.40 — 0.00 $1,178.40
Planner A2110 Zoning Appeals 3 $400.00 — 0.00 $400.00
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A2115 Planning Fees 3 $465.00 — 0.00 $465.00
A2655 Subdivisions 0 $0.00 — 0.00 $0.00
Misc A2770 Charter Franchise
Fees 2021 1 $2,037.24 — 0.00 $2,037.24
Grand Totals $4,326.64 $83.35 $4,243.29
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, TOWN OF DANBY
I, Janice Adelman, being duly sworn, say that I am the Clerk of the Town of Danby
and that the foregoing is a full and true statement of all Fees and moneys received
by me during the month above stated, excepting only such Fees the application
and payment of which are other wise provided for by law.
Subscribed and sworn this 5th day of July 2022.
—Janice Adelman
7.2. Code Enforcement
7.3. Town Planner
8. Consent Agenda
8.1. Minutes
8.1.1. June 7, 2022
8.1.2.June 22, 2022
8.1.3. June 29, 2022
8.2. Warrants
8.2.1. General Fund Abstract 13 Vouchers 196–206 for $20,501.86
8.2.2. Highway Fund Abstract 13 Vouchers 121–131 for $127,725.35
Resolution 147 of 2022 To Approve the Consent Agenda Without the 22 June Minutes
Moved By:Hunter Seconded By:Woodworth
Vote:
Councilperson Aye Nay Absent
Connors X
Hunter X
Schnabel X
Woodworth X
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Town of Danby Board Meeting Tuesday 05 July 2022 at 6:00PM
Gagnon X
Resolution 147 approved
9. Business
9.1. End of Year 2021 Budget Transfers
Resolution 148 of 2022 To Approve End of Year 2021 Budget Transfers
Moved By: Woodworth Seconded By: Hunter
RESOLVED, the Town Board of the Town of Danby approves the following budget
transfers for the year ending December 31, 2021.
GENERAL FUND—A
From Line Description To Line Description Amount
1010.4 Town Board Contractual 1010.1 Town Board Salaries 0.04
1110.11 Court Clerk Salaries 1110.1 Town Justice Salaries 0.04
1220.2 Supervisor Equipment 1220.113 Supervisor’s
Accounting Assistant
(PT)
381.95
1220.11 Supervisor’s Bookkeeper
Salary
1220.1 Supervisor Salary 0.32
1220.2 Supervisor Equipment 1220.4 Supervisor Contractual 118.05
1345.4 Purchasing Contractual 1220.12 Supervisor’s Assistant 0.32
1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk Salary 1220.113 Supervisor’s
Accounting Assistant
(PT)
2,132.98
1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk Salary 1410.113 Town Clerk Project
Assistant Salary
49.68
1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk Salary 1410.2 Town Clerk Equipment 2,967.76
1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk Salary 1410.4 Town Clerk
Contractual
384.82
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1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk Salary 1410.48 Legal Ads 338.20
1620.4 Building Contractual 1620.41 Information
Technology
1,661.62
1620.4 Building Contractual 1620.42 Website and email
maintenance
731.07
1990.4 Contingent Account 1650.4 Central
Communications
Contractual
2,414.77
5010.4 Highway Superintendent
Contractual
3310.4 Public Safety Traffic
Control Contractual
907.29
7310.4 Youth & Recreation
Contractual
5132.4 Highway Garage
Contractual
5,532.49
1410.11 Deputy Town Clerk Salary 5132.4 Highway Garage
Contractual
1,251.42
5010.2 Highway Superintendent
Equipment
5182.4 Street Lighting
Contractual
387.13
7410.4 Library Reading Room
Contractual
7150.1 Jennings Pond
Lifeguards
910.00
7410.4 Library Reading Room
Contractual
7150.4 Jennings Pond
Contractual
22.27
8010.13 Town Planner Salary 8010.14 Zoning – General
Support
92.94
8010.13 Town Planner Salary 8010.2 Zoning Equipment 633.98
9030.8 Employee Benefits –
Social Security
9010.8 Employee Benefits –
State Retirement
142.11
HIGHWAY FUND—DA
From Line Description To Line Description Amount
5130.1 Machinery – Mechanic
Salaries
5130.4 Machinery – Repairs
Contractual
7,317.48
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5130.1 Machinery – Mechanic
Salaries
5140.4 Miscellaneous 1,500.00
5110.1 Road Repair Salaries 5142.1 Snow Removal Salaries 8,121.82
9030.8 Employee Benefits –
Social Security
9010.8 Employee Benefits –
State Retirement
306.79
9030.8 Employee Benefits –
Social Security
9040.8 Employee Benefits -
Worker’s
Compensation
282.07
WATER FUND—SW
From Line Description To Line Description Amount
8340.4 Transmission &
Distribution Contractual
8310.1 Water Admin Billing
Clerk
0.16
8340.4 Transmission &
Distribution Contractual
8320.4 Source of Supply,
Power, & Pumping
Contractual
369.76
8340.4 Transmission &
Distribution Contractual
8330.4 Purification
Contractual
975.18
8340.4 Transmission &
Distribution Contractual
8340.101 Water Plant Operator 0.08
Vote:
Councilperson Aye Nay Absent
Connors X
Hunter X
Schnabel X
Woodworth X
Gagnon X
Resolution 148 approved
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Town of Danby Board Meeting Tuesday 05 July 2022 at 6:00PM
9.2. Proposed Resolution for Local Law No 7 of 2022 Dog Control Law
Resolution 150 of 2022 To Approve the Amended Local Law #7 of 2022
Moved By: Gagnon Seconded By: Woodworth
Whereas this is a Type II action under SEQR that falls under the list of exemptions, no
further environmental review needed,
Be it resolved that the Town Board approves the proposed amended local law with the
3 word change that deletes “under voice control” from Section 7, item 2.
Vote:
Councilperson Aye Nay Absent
Connors X
Hunter X
Schnabel X
Woodworth X
Gagnon X
Resolution 150 approved
9.3. Vote on Proposed Law Extending Hamlet Neighborhood Zone Tabled
9.4. Revisit Policy on Correspondence and Privilege of the Floor - Tabled
9.5. Revisit Level of Operations at Town Hall
9.5.1.Level 2 with masks remains in effect.
10. Discussion of Next Meeting Agenda
10.1. Hamlet Neighborhood Extension SEQR Review
10.2. Revisit Policy on Correspondence and Privilege of the Floor
10.3. Revisit Level of Operations
11. Meeting Adjourned at 20:32.
Submitted by Janice R. Adelman
Town Clerk
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