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Home My WebLink About2014-06-12TB 6-12-14 Page 1 of 4 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING June 12, 2014 Present: Supervisor Mary Ann Sumner, Cl Gregory Sloan, Cl Joseph Solomon, Cl Jason Leifer, Cl Linda Lavine Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk Other Town Staff: Jane Nicholson, Director of Planning Jennifer Case, Bookkeeper Rick Young, Highway/DPW Superintendent Rick Case, Deputy DPW Superintendent In the absence of the Supervisor and Deputy Supervisor, Cl Solomon o pened the meeting at 7:07 p.m. The board reviewed the vouchers. Cl Lavine was concerned with amount of Atty Perkins’ bill and after discussion the board removed that voucher from the abstract. The bookkeeper has some concerns with the bill from the Health Consortium. There are some credits and invoices that don’t make sense, so she would like to get clarification before paying the bill. Cl Lavine requested copies of Atty Perkins previous bills. RESOLUTION #96 (2014) – APPROVE ABSTRACT #6 Cl Solomon offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #6, as audited, general vouchers #372 through #466, except voucher #451 for Mahlon Perkins, ($593,662.14) and TA voucher #10 for $82.20, totaling $593,744.34, and further approving payment outside the abstract to Tompkins County Health Consortium not to exceed $75,000.00. 2nd Cl Sloan Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes Cl Solomon Yes Cl Lavine Yes Jane Nicholson said there will be a public hearing on the Tompkins County Hazard Mitigation Plan next week. She will give a brief overview at the public hearing. Meeting was interrupted by the fire alarm. Scott Doyle of Tompkins County will be able to attend the July meeting to give an overview of the plan. The board can leave the public hearing open next week. J Nicholson met with Supv Sumner, Mayor Zimmer and Dave Sprout about the contract for providing code enforcement services to the Village. Some changes were made, and the Village Board is reviewing that agreement. Cl Leifer arrived. Also on next week’s agenda:  Public hearing on the local law to establish a traffic violations bureau. TB 6-12-14 Page 2 of 4  Bolton Point Public Interest Order  Special Use Permit for an indoor exercise facility at 478 Lower Creek – County review has been received and there were no comments. J Nicholson reviewed the following items in advance of next week’s meeting:  Special Use Permit for the TC3 farm project – They are seeking approval to convert a pole barn to educational rooms and offices. The board needs to approve the building use. A public hearing will be set. The board will review SEQR and sketch plan.  Special Use Permit for LiLoLa Wellness Center – Applicant would like to establish a space over her garage for yoga classes, spiritual wellness sessions, and the like. This constitutes home occupation level I, but because she wants to hold events and concerts outside it becomes a home occupation level II. Neighbors are apparently on board. The Planning Department is ok with classes out of a studio, but there is concern with events and concerts outside. They would encourage the board to restrict the operation of events and concerts. J Nicholson reminded the board that there were complaints after late outside events at 4H acres.  Special Use Permit – Startup New York status has been awarded to Incodema for the old Werninck’s building. Incodema does 3D metal printing. The owner, Shawn Whitaker and Rick Page, his assistant, will be presenting the project next week. The largest 3D printer currently has 7 machines. Incodema expects to have up to 100 machines. They are working internationally and are on the leading edge of the industry. There are no proposed changes to the site. They will put up an 8’ security fence around the property with landscaping. The zoning is classified as industry and manufacturing. It is not your typical manufacturing. It is noiseless and odorless. They anticipate hiring up to 20 employees in the next 3 to 5 years. There is no need to expand the parking area. They will have minimal deliveries and not a lot of truck traffic. J Nicholson will be attending an open house for available space in the NYSEG building with marketers. She has also met with DRAC members regarding water protection and work to be done with Steve Winkley. He will look at what Dryden currently has in place and make recommendations.  Rick Young said he would like the board to take action on purchase of a new 10 - wheeler for the Highway Department next week. They have one spare truck at this time and it is not in good shape. There aren’t enough trucks to ditch, pave and run a tree crew at the same time. The truck will be less expensive than anticipated because they will not order it with plow equipment on. It can be added later. He explained they could also use more workers. A lot of work needs to be done on the dam and it needs to be mowed. He will try to hire a couple of college/high school students to mow this summer. The catch basins need to be cleaned out and worked on and there is no money in the budget for this. He has discussed the necessary work with Andy Sciarabba. Randy Riker will come back to work to supervise the work at the dam. Supv Sumner arrived and explained the financing for the truck. They will be piggybacking this purchase on someone else’s order, so that helps reduce the price. The estimated price is $130,000 for the truck. The cost of the excavator that was TB 6-12-14 Page 3 of 4 purchased came in less than anticipated, so that leaves more funds available in this year’s budget. They will use $75,000 from the budget and $55,000 from unexpended funds and not anything from reserves. The unexpended funds would have been going to reserve anyway, so there’s no sense in putting it in and then taking it out.  Consideration of a public interest order for Bolton Point with respect to a new transmission line to be shared with the Village of Lansing. The cost will come from capital reserves, so there is no bonding. There does need to be a hearing to say that it is in the public interest because it will be a jointly owned asset.  Consideration of a resolution for permission to forward an a pplication to the State Comptroller for the increase in the amount of first year costs for the Yellow Barn Water District.  Introduction of Jennifer Jones, new Recreation Director.  Appointment of members of Dryden Youth and Recreation Commission. Cl Lavine said the TCAD Analysis of Repowering Cayuga does not include impacts on the Town of Dryden. Joanne Cipolla-Dennis would the like the board to comment on it. Supv Sumner said it was a superficial, biased report. Cl Leifer noted that the letter that went out to residents says residential line, not a major line with a compressor station. Supv Sumner noted that is unrelated to whether to repower the Cayuga Plant. Cl Leifer said the town should send comments to Mr. Stamm on the TCAD analysis. Supv Sumner said she had a meeting with NYSEG regarding a current proposal for a residential line on West Dryden Road. Cl Lavine will see what the PSC has said so far and if they have specified anything about the route. EZ Pass – Town Clerk explained that she has an opportunity to join with another town and offer EZ Pass for sale at the Clerk’s Office. The town would pay $21 per pass and they sell for $25. This is something that might bring people in to the town hall, where they pick up information on our programs and what is available in town. A resolution ap proving this will be presented next week. Fee schedule – Supv Sumner said she has been discussing this with Jane Nicholson and they have decided it makes sense to proceed with square foot model, keeping in mind the actual of cost of processing the permits and inspections. Dog control – Supv Sumner explained the current contract expired January 1 and was extended for six months to June 30, 2014. We put out a request for proposals and have received 2 proposals for shelter service and three proposals for dog control officer. The board reviewed the proposals and moved to executive session at 9:08 p.m. to discuss the employment history of a particular employee. No action was taken, and there being no further business, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Avery TB 6-12-14 Page 4 of 4 Town Clerk