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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-08-08TB 8 =8 -01 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING ® AUGUST S, 2001 Board Members Present: Supv Mark Varvayanis, Cl T Hatfield, Cl Ronald Beck, Cl C Hatfield, Cl Deborah Grantham Other Elected Officials: Bambi L. Hollenbeck, Town Clerk Jack Bush, Highway Superintendent Other Town Staff. Mahlon R. Perkins, Town Attorney Henry Slater, Zoning Officer David Putnam (TG Millers), Town Engineer Supv Varvayanis opened the Town Board meeting at 7:10 p.m. Board members and guests participated in the pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence. CITIZENS PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Richard Charsky of NYSEG addressed the board, following up on some correspondence he had sent to the Supervisor regarding the energy plan filed by NYSEG. They released a comprehensive six point energy plan on March 7 and followed that with a price protection plan, filing with the NYS Public Service Commission on March 14. There is currently a situation in New York where we are on voltage reduction and steps 1b needed to be taken. Briefly, those steps entail reducing energy use in their own facilities. On co Route 13 the majority of the lights were shut off. They then go on 5% voltage reduction throughout the entire service area. They interrupted their interrupt ble customers (they pay a lower "interruptible rate" and are the first customers to be interrupted. They also go on the radio and ask people to reduce their energy consumption. These are short term measures and if consumption is not: reduced to a satisfactory limit, then they go to short term interruptions in O certain areas (commonly referred to as rolling blackouts). _ Point 6 of the energy plan is the NYSEG plan which proposes to freeze rates for an additional seven years, to 2008. There has been no rate increase since 1995. They think it will take about 5 to 7 years for the first phase of deregulation to mature so that there are enough generating plants to provide the state's need and also allow for a robust competitive market. ConEdison's plan allow for "pass throughs ", as does Niagara Mohawk. NYSEG proposes to freeze the rates and take the risk of buying the commodity, it will not be passed on to the customer. The Public Service Commission is in favor of a pass through for NYSEG customers also, and NYSEG would prefer not to do that. NYSEG believes their customers are more interested in price stability and reliable power as opposed to being able to choose an energy supplier or receiving correct market pricing signals. The points of NYSEG's energy plan are: 1. Streamline the process for generating plants. 21 plants are proposed. None will come on line before 2003. 2. Increase transmission capacity. The transmission system is in some cases overloaded and additional transmission capacity needs to added. Page 1 of 12 TF3 8 -8 -01 3. Increase infrastructure for delivering; or transmitting natural gas, as it is proposed that the 21 generating plants will be fired by natural gas. 4. Convene a technical conference to consider the feasibility of merging New York Independent System Operator (replaced New York Power Pool), New England Pool (New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts) and PJM (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware) into a regional transmission organization. 5. Continue to use energy wisely. 6. NYSEG's price protection plan. Mr. Charsky would like a resolution of support of the above or a letter of support sent to the Governor. The board felt that it: did not know enough about the first five points to support them, but would support NYSEG's price protection plan. RESOLUTION # 178 - SUPPORT NYSEG'S PRICE PROTECTION PLAN Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, consumers are concerned about price volatility for electric service and its financial impact, and WHEREAS, NYSEG has filed with the NYS Public Service Commission a Price Protection Plan to freeze electric prices for seven years, to provide stable prices and insulate customers from price volatility, Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that: the Town of Dryden supports the NYSEG Price Protection Plan. 2114 Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote COUNTY BRIEFING Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Beck Yes Mike Lane advised the board that Henry W. Theisen, County Attorney, passed away this afternoon. M Lane reported that for the first six months of this year the Recycling and Solid Waste program at the recycling center has shown a profit again ($28,000). They are currently operating at 80" /o of capacity. ,After losing its hauler and place to deposit recycling, Broome County has worked out a temporary arrangement to bring some of its recycling to the Tompkins County facility, which will generate income. The income is dedicated to the recycling and solid waste center. Work continues at the Caswell Road landfill on the cap to cut down on the amount of runoff and to consolidate that. It will cost less than originally finally estimated, around $750,000, a capital project funded through the solid waste fee. The issue of what to do with the leachate is Page 2 of 12 t TB 8 -8 -01 stW being considered. A bid has been awarded for hauling to the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant. Other options such as the possibility of piping it to Freeville will continue to ® be looked at. With respect to the Ellis Hollow Road project, the County is committed to an open project where there will be a lot of input from the public. The Request for Proposals to be sent to engineering firms is being worked on by County stag and will be discussed at a meeting next Tuesday. No design will happen until a firm is chosen. M Lane stated that he expects the process will be modeled after the procedure in Mclean, with several public meetings. He understands there are issues with the Quarry Road intersection and would like to see that handled in some way, and hopes that will come up in the discussions with the public. Mike Lane - Congratulations on the Lake Road F.EMA Grant. It's terrific for the Town to have landed that and the County is very interested obviously in that project because of the protection it will afford to the County road there. We had a discussion at our last meeting about how we could use some of our equipment to help meet: the grant matching part. We want to work with the Town on that and hopefully Peter Mesmer and Jack Bush will be talking about those efforts when we get that ready to go. Cl T Hatfield stated he was surprised to see in the paper that Barbara Mink felt compelled to file Freedom of Information requests with the towns regarding the costs of the lawsuits and asked Mr Lane to expand on that, noting that he thought she could have just asked. M Lane - I guess for the same reason that the Towns felt compelled to file numerous Freedom of Information Requests against the County. I guess they want to go through the formal process on that. I don't think it's necessary. I don't think it was necessary to go to the County with them. I don't really think it's necessary to go to the Towns with them, but that's I ® think is what: is happening. Cl T Hatfield - Okay. I just wondered. Seems like it's unfortunate. M Lane - I think the law suit was unfortunate. Supv Varvayanis - Can I bring up a point? Even after a freedom of information request: was filed, the information wasn't forthcoming. So to say that the Towns did not have to file one is not a very good argument. M Lane - I will strongly disagree with you on that, Mark. We were forthcoming with everything that we could. Steve Whicher, our Freedom of Information Officer, went around and asked about what we had. Most of the information on the redistricting suit was on the server that: Greg Potter at GIS had worked with which had been dumped because most of the things that he had were a -mails back and forth that had large attachments on them. There were some items that Steve later found out that were on individual pc computers. For example, Wendy Skinner's computer. Among other things that were given out from that computer was a draft version of a. press release that: she had sent to Ed Hershey that appeared on the front page of The Ithaca Journal with a statement as if Ed Hershey had made the statement. It simply had been sent to him as a draft and said is this your position. And it wasn't: and he'd never answered it, but the Journal neglected to put of the e-mail on the front page that said that that paragraph was a fabrication. It said it in the e -mail itself, for example. So we can look at that, you can say we weren't forthcoming. We've been forthcoming on this. We've got nothing to hide. I did want to mention one other thing from last night, too, and that was the money the 40 County allocated toward the rec partnership study, and that: was controversial. It wasn't Page 3 of 12 T13 K -K -01 controversial last fall when we put the money in the budget, and that was budgeted money. It was controversial now, simply because of the heightened issues between town and county that have surfaced. I certainly voted for it. I support it for all the reasons I always have and that is • it makes sense, particularly the recreation partnership, for the towns and the city and the county. Without the County's participation it probably wouldn't have happened, because it basically lowers the amount of money which the towns have to come up with toward that recreation partnership. If we can look at those facilities that the partnership has to rent services from and how they're operated, maybe we can reduce some of those costs. Maybe they can be used in other ways that can generate other revenue. If we can reduce those costs, then it can reduce the costs to County taxpayers, or at least maybe not make them go up as fast. So that's why I think it was right for the County to do this. The Town of Dryden of course has a lot of young people in the Ithaca City School district who use those facilities and so I think it's right for the Town of Dryden and I think it's right for the County. I was glad to be part of the majority vote on that. C1 T Hadield - I read that with interest. I think doing the study and looking for a means of saving dollars and creating additions is a very good thing. My concern is that sometunes it's cheaper to rent than it is to own. So as the study goes forward 1 hope they'll be looking at both sides of that because the recreation partnership is now in essence renting some of those facilities. M Lane - And as a County Rep I can tell you I'm not looking to simply pick up the City's burden of the many facilities that need to be repaired. Cl T Hatfield - I'd like to see that focus remain as this thing goes along. M Lane -rind that's one reason when we were negotiating the amounts that the City and the County and the Town of Ithaca paid on this, I wanted the City to have the biggest chunk of that because these are City facilities. They run them; they choose how to operate them. We know the City's having a tough time financially. Any municipality that has paid police and fire and /or social services are having a tough time right now financially. C1 Beck inquired as to the status of the Red Mill Bridge project: and M Lane stated he had not heard anything new and believes they are still waiting for approval for the State Historic Presentation Office. COUNCIL PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Cl Grantham stated there was a Transportation Council Policy meeting yesterday and she wanted to report on two things. One is that the draft freight study is available on the web, the Tompkins County website. None of the recommendations are on the web except in the form of two maps, both of which indicate some truck routes in the County, one of which is Pine Tree Road. That: is not in Dryden but: could potentially affect some of our neighborhoods. Route 366 is designated as a truck route, as well as some others. The Client: Committee for the Transit Study just chose a consultant, Multi- Systems, to conduct the transit study and a cost negotiation will now begin. The study will look at what can be done with public transportation within the transportation council area which includes most of Dryden. There is a new grant cycle for the transportation enhancement program. Proposals are due November 1. Cl Grantham talked with Stu Berg on Monday evening regarding the information and technology portion of the little grace commission study being prepared for the Town and he is ready to write his report. Supv Varvayanis has spoken with Henry Kramer and believes that all the consultants are ready to write their reports. Page 4 of 12 TB x -R-o 1 Cl Grantham explained that for the lntermunicipal Organization she is working on a proposal to the Department of State to do some of the implementation that is recommended in the management plan. They will focus on stream bank stabilization and will definitely try to get money to do some work in the Cayuga Lake inlet because that: is the most badly eroded stream system in the watershed. They will also choose sites around the rest of the watershed including probably something in Fall Creek. She will ask for some education so that they can do education around the watershed and is asking for money to buy some equipment such as hydroseeders and a vacuum sweeper that could be shared by highway departments that belong to the 10. Some in -kind contribution will be required by the Towns, and they believe they will get administration money also No audit is required as long as the bills are done normally. The proposal is due by the end of August, and a resolution by the Town will be needed by the end of October. A stream bank and road bank erosion inventory was done and is part of the management plan. In order to get money, the management plan will be used as the basis for choosing the sites. The Hoard has previously made a resolution (July 113 2001, #114) in support of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Agreement and Cl Grantham asked for a resolution authorizing the Supervisor to sign the same. The Town has been paying $900 per year, and the IO would like to develop a formula whereby the Villages would pay less, etc, but that has not been done yet. RESOLUTION #179 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN CAYUGA LAKE WATERSHED AGREEMENT Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to sign the Intermurucipal Agreement for the Cayuga Lake Watershed. 2nd Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote ATTORNEY Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Atty Perkins - You asked me to bring forward a proposal to make the office of Town Clerk a four -year term. I did some basic research on the available procedures. One of those procedures is pursuant to Town Law Section 24 -a, at least 150 days before the next biennial Town election, the board can pass a resolution subject to a mandatory referendum making the office four years. That time unfortunately has gone by. There is another procedure and that is we could adopt a. local law pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law, supercedes Town Law which sets the term as two years. That: local law* will also be subject to mandatory referendum. It doesn't matter which procedure we use, we'll have to submit this to the voters in November. What you have before you is a proposed local law which would make the term of office of the Town Clerk four years. Obviously it would not be for the election which is being held in November, but it would be for the first election after that, the term in November being for two years. In reviewing all of this I asked Bambi what the authority was to appoint her the receiver of taxes and assessments and her response was that's what they always do. And believe it or not: that's all we've been able to find because under the Town Law the Town is supposed to have an elected Receiver of Taxes and Assessments. You can make that appointive by a local Page 5 of 12 TB 8 -li -01 law subject to mandatory referendum. So I leave it to you to decide whether you want to take that other step also, or we should further investigate why we've just always appointed a Receiver of Taxes and Assessments. It can be done at any time; it could be done now. Atty Perkins explained the positions of Town Clerk and Receiver. of Taxes and Assessments could be combined, the office of receiver could be made appointive and the term could be changed from two years to four years. Clerk Krill continue to research the matter and check with the County Board of Elections and State Board of Elections to see what, if any, information they have. Atty Perkins suggested that the board introduce the local law changing the clerk's term from two years to four years and schedule a public hearing. There will still be time to introduce another local law making the receiver position appointed subject to a mandatory referendum, hold a public hearing on the 12'x, and still have time to get it done. RESOLUTION #1180 - INTRODUCE LOCAL LAW CHANGING TOWN CLERK'S TERM OF OFFICE FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that the following local law increasuig the term of office for the Town Clerk is hereby introduced, and the public hearing shall be held on September 5, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. at the Dryden 'Gown Hall, 65 East Main Street, Dryden, New York: A local law Providing a Four -year Term for the Elective Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Dryden Section 1. 'fhe term of office of elective Town Clerk of the Town of (Dryden shall be four years. Such four -year term shall commence on the first day of January following the first biennial town election after the effective date of this local law. Section 2. At the biennial toN&m election next following the effective date of this local law, and every four years thereafter, the Town Clerk shall be elected for a term of four years. Section 3. This local law shall supersede in its application to the Town of Dryden section 24 of the Town Law with respect to the term of office of the elective Town Clerk. Section 4. This local law shall be submitted for approval to the electors of the Town of Dryden at the next: general town election to be held on November 6, 2001. Section S. Any other local law, ordinance or resolution inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. Section 6. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State after approval by a majority of the electors voting thereon in accordance with the requirements of Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. 2n" CI Grantham Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Page 6 of 12 Ti3 8 -8 -01 Supv Varvayanis reported that the agreement to provide code enforcement services for the Village had been prepared and is ready for signature. RESOLUTION #181 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN CONTRACT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES Supv Varvayanis offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption. RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the contract to provide rode enforcement services to the Village of Dryden for the sum of $8,500, said services to be provided from June 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002, and authorizes the Supervisor to execute said contract. 2nd Cl Grantham Roll Call Vote TOWN CLERK Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes C1 C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes B Hollenbeck reported that there had been no response to the ad for a dog enumerator. It is not a law that: enumerations be done on a regular basis, but a recommendation of NYS Agriculture & Markets. She will check with the new director of the SPCA to see if perhaps they are interested. She also suggested that the Board may want to review the fees it. charges for dog licenses. Presently the fees collected do not cover the expenses of dog control. ENGINEERING Dave Putnam reported on NYSEG 's electric service to the water tank. He has spoken with NYSEG regarding the status, and Atly Perkins should be receiving a proposed agreement next week. NYSEG has ordered the materials for the job, but will not start construction until after t:he agreement has been approved. Cl Beck inquired as to the status of the dry hydrant. D Putnam said that Matt Shulman was working on that. He has made contact with NYSEG, but has not reported back to D Putnam. ZO Slater stated he believed that M Shulman had requested a resolution from the County Board similar to the one passed by the Fire Advisory Board supporting the acquisition of the NYSEG property, and that he believed George Totman had agreed to bring the resolution to the County Public Safety Committee. ZONING OFFICER ZO Slater reported, regarding Project Impact, that the grant for the federal share of the Lake Road /Virgil Creek restoration project has been approved and SEMO is supposed to host a lick off meeting later this month. The project, must be completed by November 30, 2002. ZO Slater and representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers visited the site this morning. The Army Corps believes the Town will need an individual permit to perform the work. It will probably take 90 days to get that. They also believe a permit will be needed from Fisheries & Wildlife because of Virgil Creek's status as a public trout stream, and a DEC permit will be needed. M Barylski of DEC in Cortland has made assurances that if the application is completed properly a permit will be issued. His time frame is a month. Page 7 of l2 TB 8m8 -01 Chris Ciccora who put: a lot of time and effort into this application has left Soil & Water Conservation. Be did the preliminary engineering work. Abe Repine, Soil & Water Engineer who did a lot of work on the Virgil Dam Project, has stated he would be willing to take Chris's place in this project, and his services must be requested by the local Soil & Water Conservation Office. Craig Schutt has agreed to make that. request. ZO Slater stated he had been gold in January that the money was in the budget for Soil & Water Conservation to do the dam repairs from the erosion and slide damage. He and Matt Shulman are working on getting the money and getting the work done this year. J Bush stated that he believed NRCS had the money. There is a serious erosion problem on the trail at a point between Pleistocene Gardens and where the trail ends on Lake Road. The stream that comes from Daisy Hollow and the one that comes from Cornell Research & Development have changed course and the stream is eating into the bank foundation. ZO Slater has asked the Army Corps to take a look at it and they indicate that repairs could be made with a simple nationwide permit. The stream is on Connell property so arrangements will have to be made for access. The Army Corps will be in the area again in early September and ZO Slater will take them to view the site. ZO Slater explained that there is a fill site on Lewis Street that was overfilled, spilling into what was the flood plain areas on Lewis Street, The Town of Dryden did put some ground up debris from the livestock building there. The Army Corps inspected the site today in order to mitigate the overfill and found that some fill material is still in the flood plain area and has to be removed. The owner of the property has asked that the Town remove some of the fill since the Town had put material in. ZO Slater has consulted with Atty Perkins regarding this and none of the material that is now currently in violation shows any evidence of being material placed there by the Town. It is rock and soil and is not in the area where the To.vn dumped. Since it has spilled onto adjoining property there is also the issue of how to retrieve that. After discussion, the Board decided that the Town should not be involved in removing any material. ZO Slater stated that Mike Snow of Stafford Chevrolet contacted him last week asking for a letter of authorization to submit to DOT to get a permit to stretch a banner across Route 13 in the vicinity of the laundromat:. There is nothing in our local ordinance regarding banners. Atty Perkins suggested that Mr. Snow produce some information that verifies that this is a community service effort and not a public business venture, which he has yet to do. NYS DOT advised ZO Slater that an individual cannot get a permit to stretch a banner across a state road. They can only be issued to a municipality. If the Town of Dryden wants to get involved in Community Best '01, similar to the soccer fest that they had last year but expanded to include some other things, the Town of Dryden has to file for a permit with DOT to install and be responsible for and remove this banner. DOT asked ZO Slater what was written on the banner and DOT stated they would not issue the permit in any event because it says "St'afford Chevrolet proudly presents..." They said there can not be any mention of any business affiliation whatsoever on the banner. ZO Slater stated that the Highway Superintendent had no interest in installing and being responsible for the banner, and after a short discussion the Town Board decided that it should not be involved. ZO Slater will write a letter to Mike Snow advising him of this and the reasons for the decision. ZO Slater advised the Board that Ithaca Produce is moving forward with the construction of the berm next to the Porter property. Some of the plantings are in. ZO Slater reminded the Board that the contract issue with the Project Impact Coordinator still needs to be dealt. with. Page 8 of 12 TB 8 -8 -01 Lee Shurtleff of the County Fire and EMS Services has written a request at Matt Shulman's urging to the State Emergency Management Office requesting that arrangements be made to conduct a FEMA weather hazard course in Tompkins County. It will be sponsored by the County EMS and will probably be held at TC3. FEMA v%vi.11 provide all instructional materials and SSMO will provide funding for meals. Project Impact is branching out and forming subcommittees: a Natural Disaster Mitigation Committee, a Technical Disaster Mitigation Committee and an Outreach and Public Education Committee, The Board discussed the contract with the Project Impact Coordinator, Matt Shulman, which has been extended to the end of August under its current germs. Board has previously received information from At:ty Perkins regarding being a contractor vs being an employee and a letter from M Shulman regarding the same. Cl T Hatfield stated he could see him as an employee rattier than a contractor. ZO Slater staked that M Shulman is very good at what he does, but he will not be an employee. Arty Perkins advised the Board that: these cases typically are not resolved in favor of the person being a contractor and when push comes to shove and the test gets applied, its going to be difficult to prove that he is not an employee. Cl T Hatfield stated if he is going to be an independent contractor, then the Board needs to be sure he is and there are probably ways to design the position so that it can be met as an independent contractor. Arty Perkins stated that what really swings the decision is the fact that he seems to perform most of his work in the Town Hall using the Town's equipment, rather than as a true independent contractor who would be performing that work on his own computer at his own home or place of business and then submitting reports. Cl Beck stated that he felt the job needed to be restructured so that he was a true contractor if possible. Supv Varvayanis reminded the board that the contract is not with Matt Shulman, but with a subchapter C corporation. The Board would like him to become a part -time temporary employee, and Cl Grantham would like to authorize the Supervisor to offer him that beginning September 1 on the same basic term and salary that he is receiving now. Cl T Hatfield stated if M Shulman doesn't agree, he can come back to the Board in September. Supv Varvayanis stated he is agreeable to M Shulman retaining the contxactor status, and the board does not have a problem with this if M Shulman maintains the appearance of a contractor. RESOLUTION # 182 - PROJECT IMPACT COORDINATOR CONTRACT Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to offer Matthew Shulman temporary part time employee status under the same basic terms and salary as his contract or to extend the contract providing he does the majority of his work at a place other than the Town Hall. 2nd Cl Beck Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Supv Varvayanis inquired about the engineering services for the work to be performed on Yellow Barn Road. ZO Slater said that NRCS has promoted someone from within the organization to Chris Ciccora's position, but M Shulman does not feel that person is able to do the job properly. ZO Slater stated that he could probably recruit Abe Repine for that, or the Page 9 of 12 TB 8 -Y -01 Town could do the engineering and pay for it. Supv Varvayanis stated that the engineering needs to be done soon and suggested that TG Miller could do the job. RESOLUTION #183 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO ENGAGE TG MILLER Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RE, SOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to engage TG Miller Engineers & Surveyors to perform engineering services in connection with the drainage at Yellow Barn Road, and hereby authorizes the expenditure of funds for the same. 2nd Cl Beck Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Cl Grantham stated that the work on Jean Hoag's property on 'Pinckney Road has not been completed and she hopes that the engineering work has been done. The Board asked ZO Slater to direct M Shulman to look into that. Kevin. Ezell reported to the Board that discontinuing the Centrex service on the old phone system would actually result in an increase in the monthly bills paid for telephone service. After discussion, the Board agreed that it should not be discontinued. K Ezell distributed maps to the board that he had prepared for negotiations with Time Warner, one slowing density and one showing the location of Time Warner cable service in the Town. HIGHWAY Jack Bush reported that Bone Plain Road has been redone. The stone and oil previously put down had failed and it was redone using a method called slurry seal, a thin layer of surface treatment. There is no stone loss and no complaints have been received. It has a lifespan of four to six years. George Road is being paved.August 8 and 9, 22' wide with 4' shoulders. NYSEG has been asked to move their poles. Supv Varvayanis stated he would set; up an appointment to meet with Pat Archambault regarding sharing maintenance/ equipment. DISCUSSION Supv Varvayanis reported that Dana Abbey has requested that the Town provide uniforms for the paramedics and that it had been done in the past. Supv Varvayanis and Dianne McFall were not able to find that it vas. Dryden Ambulance provides uniforms for their volunteers and Supv Varvayanis had been under the impression that they would supply uniforms for the paid staff. The Town does not require uniforms. Board members do not recall ever doing it in the past or even discussing it. Cl T Hatfield stated it would be nice to have them in a uniform when they arrive at a residence requiring assistance. Supv Varvayanis stated the amount requested was $342.72 (2 shirts and 2 pair of pants each) and that they have uniforms now. Cl T Hatfield staged he believed they were looking for reimbursement. Atty Perkins stated the contract does not address the matter of uniforms and it has never been an Pabc 10 of 12 14B 8 -8 -01 issue before. Cl T Hatfield noted that the Highway Department: employees were given an allowance for work clothing. Cl Beck stated that for the amount of money involved, it didn't seem worth arguing about, but it seemed to get more and more expensive. The contract doesn't provide for uniforms. Cl T Hatfield stated he did not have a problem with the Supervisor spending the money for uniforms. This would be a reimbursement to Dryden Ambulance, Inc. Cl C Hatfield noted that the Town did not require the paramedics to be in uniform. After further discussion the board passed the following resolution. RESOLUTION #184 - AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR PARAMEDIC UNIFORMS Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to reimburse Dryden Ambulance, Inc. the sum of $342.72 for uniforms for the paramedics. 211(f Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes The board then discussed making the paramedics employees of Dryden Ambulance, Inc. and agreed that it was a good idea. Cl T Hatfield stated they can't have two bosses and Cl Beck agreed adding that they need clarification. Atty Perkins informed the board that it should put them on notice that the Town will be receptive to a proposal for ambulance service beginning January 1 that contemplates Dryden Ambulance hiring the paramedics because the Town does not intend to continue employing paramedics. The contract would be adjusted accordingly. It was pointed out that the Town does not necessarily have to contract with Dryden Ambulance, Inc., but could solicit other proposals (and let Dryden Ambulance, Inc. know that) that contemplate service without Town providing paramedics. Cl C Hatfield noted that the Town is paying for the building they are using, and Atty Perkins stated that there is no written agreement to do that. Cl T Hatfield stated the Town still had to do the .billing fore Dryden Ambulance, Inc. and Atty Perkins said we could work around that. Cl Grantham stated that she thought: we could resolve all of those things and we should see what other service providers could offer, and we may end up with the same thing, except that they would employ the paramedics, but we should look elsewhere. After further discussion, the board passed the following resolution. RESOLUTION ti 185 - PUT DRYDEN AMBULANCE INC ON NOTICE Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor and Town Attorney to give Dryden Ambulance, Inc. notice that the Town of Dryden will not: be furnishing paramedics after December 31, 2001, and is accepting proposals for the entire service, and it is further RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to advertise for proposal from other ambulance providers. 2nd Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Pagcllof12 T8 8-84.)] Supv Varvayanis Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes CI Grantham Yes Budget transfers will be made next month. The budget cycle calendar was distributed to board members. RESOLUTION # 186 - APPROVE ABSTRACT # 108 Cl C Hatfield offered the follo%ving resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #108, as audited, vouchers #558 through #622, totaling $238,068.72. 2ttd Cl Grantham Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes C1 T Hatfield Yes Supv Varvayanis Yes C1 C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Cl Beck will not be able to attend the September 5, 2001 meeting On motion made, seconded, and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Hollenbeck Town Clerk Page 12 of 12 i 0