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Home My WebLink About1959-01-05 • 281 January 5 , 1959 . The regular monthly meeting of the Dryden Town Board was held on Januaby 5 , 1959 at 1 : 30 P . M . at the Town Office . Present were Supervisor Gridley , Justices Spaulding and Hoagland , Councilmen Baker and Saltonstall , and Supt . of Highway Beach . The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved as read . A delegation was present requesting that the Mount Pleasant road be plowed and cindered . Mr . Beach agreed to take care of this , request . - The audit minutes were read , corrected and approved . Moved by Justice Spaulding , seconded by ;&i; �; ;) 44NSaltonstall , that the general bills , totaling $ 1-O4 . O2 , be paid as audited . Roll call • vote , all voting YES . Moved by Cum . Saltonstall , seconded by Clm . Baker , that the _ highway bills totaling $ 1477 . 051 be paid as audited , if and when funds were available . Roll call vote , all voting YES . A communication was read from the State Building Code Commission , and ordered to be placed on file . Clm . Baker offered the following resolution and moved its adoption ; Be it Resolved that the Tompkins County Rural News be designated 07) as the official paper of the Town of Dryden for the year 1959 . Resolution seconded by Cim . Saltonstall . Carried . Clm . Saltonstall offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it Resolved that the monthly meetings of the Dryden Town Board be held on the 3rd day of each month , However , the Town 7 . Board may set meeting dates inconsistent with the above , • when deemed necessary . Resolution seconded by Clm . Baker and carried . Justice Spaulding offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Q Be it resolved khat mileage paid to town officials , including election inspectors , shall be at the rate of 80 per mile when using their own cars for Town purposes . Resolution seconded by Cl . Saltonstall and carried . Clm . Baker offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : 4 Be it resolved that Jane A . Gridley be appointed Deputy Town Clerk . Resolution seconded by Clm . Saltonstall and carried . Justice Spaulding offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that Ezra Williams be appointed Deputy Highway Superintendant . Resolution seconded by Cl . Baker and carried . Justice Spaulding offered the . following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that Jane A . Gridley be appointed Deputy V), Supervisor . Resolution seconded by Clm . Saltonstall . Carried . Justice Hoagland offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that Betsey L . Clark be appointed Town CriJ Historian for 1959 . Resolution seconded by Clm . Baker and carried . 282 Justice Hoagland offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that Grant E . Abrams be appointed Assessor for the year 1959 . Resolution seconded by Clm . Saltonstall and carried . Clm . Baker offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Resolved that L , H . Gridley be appointed to act as Service • Officer . Resolution seconded by Clm . Saltonstall and carried . 61 Clm . Saltonstall offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Resolved that Charles h . Newman be appointed Town Attorney . Resolution seconded by Clm . Baker and carried . Justice Spaulding offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : , Be it resolved that the salaries o f the elective and � i appointive officials of the Town be paid at the end of each month , with the exception of vouncilmen , who shall be paid at the end of each three months . This resolution is not meant to include the Highway Su:perintendant , who shall be paid from funds raised for Highway purposes . Resolution seconded by Clm . Saltonstall and carried . Clm . Baker offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that the Town of Dryden shall accept 6 :) State price for the purchase of pipe for Town Highway purposes , . Resolution seconded by Clm . Saltonstall and carried . Clm . Saltonstall offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that ' the Town of Dryden shall accept State price for the purchase of gasoline to be used by Town equipment . Resolution seconded by Justice Hoagland and carried . Clm . Saltonstall offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : . Be it resolved that Lewis Gridley be appointed as delegate to the Association of Towns meeting to be held in New York February 9th thru 11th , and be it further resolved that , _ the expenses of other Town officials , who may attend this °1 meeting , shall be paid from the General funds of the . Town of Dryden . Resolution seconded by Justice Spaulding and carried . Moved by Justice Hoagland , seconded by 01m . Saltonstall , that the . February meeting shall be held on the 3rd day of the month at . 1 : 30 P . M . Motion Carried . Supervisor Gridley appointed his committees as follows : ' Highway-- Hoagland & Baker General - -Spaulding & Saltonstall. Bldgs . &Grounds - - -Hoagland & Spaulding Zoning- - -Baker & Saltonstall 283 Insurance Hoagland & Baker Assessments Entire Town Board Special Comm . for voting districts -- -Entire Town Board Clm . Saltonstall offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that ' ,: Salaries of the Town officials be set for the year 1959 as follows Supervisor 1700 . 00 ie Clerk 2700 . 00 �`� Dep ' y Clerk 1 . 00 per hour Justice Spaulding 2400 . 00 " Hoagland 800 . 00 Councilmen 400 . 00 each Assessor 4500 . 00 Hwy . Supt . 4750 . 00 Resolution seconded by Justice Spaulding and carried , by roll call vote , all voting YES . Justice Spaulding offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : Be it resolved that : Consent be given to the assignment of the Automatic VO;ting Machine Corp . to the Rockwell Manufacturing Company , as per attached contract . Resolution seconded by Justice Hoagland and carried . Clm . Baker offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : . WHEREAS , the office of Town Registrar has been abolished by action of the County Board of Supervisors , aand WHEREAS , the Town of Dryden has the Sum of $ 172 . 41 in a special account : Health Fund for the purpose of paying registrar fees , and WHEREAS , this account has become obsolete due to said County action , Be it Resolved : that the .Health. fund account be abolished and that f -449_ sum ^ 0.f ' . $ 172 :4]h be removed from said account and be made a part of the General Fund account under the heading of Zoning Commission . And Be it FURTHER RESOLVED : that all bills pertaining to Zoning be charged against this account . Seconded by Clm . Saltonstall and carried by roll call vote , All voting YES . Justice Hoagland offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : WHEREAS ; the Town Board did establish a Planning Board , Be it Resolved , that the Dryden Planning Board shall be extended to include Zoning Commission . and IA it FURTHER RESOLVED , that those persons serving on the Planning Board , shall also serve on said Zoning Commission . Resolution seconded by Clm . • Saltonstall , and carried , by roll call vote , all YES ' 284 l Clm . Saltonstall offered the following Resolution and moved its adoption : WHEREAS , Highway accounts amounting to 54168 . 56 under Erwin projects were paid without proper transfer of funds from Item 1 to Erwin accounts , Be it Resolved , that this Board goon record as having approved the transfer of the sum of $4168 . 56 from . Item 1 to the Erwin projects . Seconded by Justice Hoagland and carried , by roll call vote , all voting YES . A discussion followed relative to dividing Election District No . 1 . No action taken . lin Moved by Clm . Baker , seconded by Justice Hoagland , that the Town Clerk write to former Justice Shaw asking him to turn over his books to the Town office . Motion was carried . Moved by Justice Hoagland , seconded by Justice Spaulding , that this meeting adjourn . Carried . . Lewis Gridley , Supervisor . Leona Fortner , Town Clerk . _. • • • SUGGESTED FORM OF RESOLUTION • RESOLVEDt That in reference to the contract number 10089 dated August 6 % 1,95$ t . between the Town of Dryden :1 State of New York , and Automatic Voting Machine Corporation , consent . is hereby . given to the assignment of said corporation as requested in its letter of December 8th , 1958 , to Rockwell Manufacturing Company and subsequently by Rockwell Manus facturing Company to its new subsidiary , Automatic Voting n Machine Corporations and the � Qlj�f//�.� . • 4 . roper officer) of this Town be : • d he hereby is authorized and directed to execute and deliver to Automatic Voting Machine Corporation on behalf of this Town the acknowledgment and notice of consent in the form sups piled by Automatic Voting Machine Corporation, a copy of which is made part of these minutes ,. 4:4 4A ; LC- 19 g 4:4 : . Sate • • •