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Home My WebLink AboutTB 2024-07-11TB 7-11-24 Page 1 of 3 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING July 11, 2024 Zoom Hybrid Present: Supervisor Jason Leifer, Cl Daniel Lamb, Cl Leonardo Vargas- Mendez, Cl Christina Dravis, Cl Spring Buck Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk Other Town Staff: Ray Burger, Planning Director Amanda Anderson, Bookkeeper Chris O’Connor, Fire Coordinator *Cassie Byrnes, Secretary to the Supervisor *Indicates attendance via Zoom Supv Leifer opened the meeting at 6:03 p.m. Board members and audience recited the pledge of allegiance. FINANCIALS & HUMAN RESOURCES RESOLUTION #120 (2024) – APPROVE ABSTRACT #7 Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #17, as audited, general vouchers #646 through #760 ($1,018,770.61) and TA vouchers #30 through #33 ($6,708.94), totaling $1,025,479.55. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes FIRE COORDINATOR Chris O’Connor reported he has sent a few emails to board members and there were no questions. Cl Lamb asked how the departments were coming with their strategic plans. He said Varna is working on theirs, but he is not sure about the other departments. Supv Leifer will remind them at the end of the month when budget request documents go out. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS Drawdown #4 for Sewer Capital Fund – The invoice from National Water Main Cleaning Co in the amount of $124,459.50 is for the sewer project in Varna. RESOLUTION #121 (2024) - Drawdown #4 for Sewer Capital Project Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: TB 7-11-24 Page 2 of 3 WHEREAS, the Town has received invoice #4 from National Water Main Cleaning Co for $124,459.50 for work completed on the Sewer Capital Project through May 1, 2024 , and WHEREAS, the invoice will be paid from CDBG funds (Project #336PR9 -21) awarded to the Town for the sewer capital project, now Therefore, be it resolved that the Board approves the payment of $124,459.50 to National Water Main Cleaning Co to be paid in a timely manner when the funds are received. 2nd Cl Dravis Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes Purchase of Dryden Fiber Equipment – There is an invoice for plume pods (router) for new customers in the amount of $15,800.00. RESOLUTION #122 (2024) – APPROVE PURCHASE FOR DRYDEN FIBER Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the purchase of 200 Plume Pods in the amount of $15,800.00. 2nd Cl Dravis Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Buck Yes Cl Dravis Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes Next week’s agenda will include: • A presentation by the Community Science Institute about the water monitoring of Six Mile Creek. • Setting a public hearing for 5 and 9 Freese Road for August. The Planning Board is doing a site plan review for the project, but a special permit is required for the building that will be larger than 5,000 square feet. One of the proposed buildings is 11,000 square feet. • The scheduled public hearing on rail trail easements from the Villages of Dryden and Freeville has been postponed to August. Cl Lamb said the broadband committee will be going after another ConnectAll grant to help cover the costs of staffing. This will help cover administrative costs. There will be a broadband committee meeting tomorrow. The town of Caroline is also applying for a grant to contribute toward administrative costs for broadband work in their town. TB 7-11-24 Page 3 of 3 With Bob Beck’s passing, the Rail Trail Task Force will be meeting on Monday to reorganize and reassign tasks that Bob was doing. They will re -evaluate priorities on the task force. R Burger said new business for next week will include an MOU with Cooperative Extension that the Housing Committee has been focusing on with regard to weatherization of mobile homes. It is for $50,000 over two years. The American Planning Association Conference for the region is in Ithaca in the Fall. He is on the organizing committee and would like to encourage participation by our Town Board, Planning Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals. This could be approved for continuing education credits and he will bring a resolution for approval. There has been no feedback on the approvals to proceed with the pedestrian bridge. Cl Lamb said he believes NYS DOT has everything they need to allow the town to move forward on that project and the Freese Road bridge. Everyone is getting anxious because construction season is slipping by. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:19 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Avery Town Clerk