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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 13, 2024 Town of Enfield Regular Town Board Meeting1 Town of Enfield Regular Town Board Meetfng Wednesday March 13, 2024 6: 30 PM In-Person at the Enfield Town Courthouse and Via the Zoom Meetfng Platiorm Present: Town Supervisor Stephanie Redmond; Town Councilpersons, Robert Lynch, and Cassandra Hinkle; Town Clerk Mary Cornell; Code Enforcement Officer Alan Teeter; Highway Superintendent Rollins. Virtual Attendance: Councilperson’s Jude Lemke and Melissa Millspaugh. Call to Order: Supervisor Redmond called the meetfng to order at 6:30 PM Privilege of the Floor: Ed & Helen Hetherington led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance. Additfons and Changes to the Agenda: Supervisor Redmond postpone the AED training from Ellen Woods untfl the April meetfng. Additfon of two resolutfons presented by Councilperson Lynch; A resolutfon in support of reestablishing CHIPS funding, and A Resolutfon on the Rapid Medical Response letter prepared by Mayor Rordan of the Village of Trumansburg, authorizing the Town Supervisor to sign in support of the letter. Correspondence: Councilperson Lynch read the letter that was sent to Robyn Wishna from Scott Bates with the NYSDOT on findings of the Applegate Rd/RT 79 Intersectfon safety request. Quarterly Reports Environmental Management Council – Peter Penniman – Supervisor Redmond read a report that Peter submitted to her. Enfield Community Council – Cortney Bailey/Robert Lynch. Cortney Bailey. They are finishing the basketball program. They ended with 26 children in the program. They just finished the 5th grade tournament last Saturday. Eric Carter is running the rural youth program and they are currently working on the 2023 end of year program. They will be offering community dinners, which is offered as a fundraiser while creatfng a sense of community. Tompkins County Youth Board – Lisa Monroe. No Report. Food Distributfon: Robert Lynch. The full report is on file with the Town Clerk’s Office Recreatfon Partnership – Cassandra Hinkle. Cassandra gave an update on the amount of Enfield Children partfcipatfng in sports. Melissa was officially brought into the group and has just started. Park Committee – Greg Hutnik. The parks and grants applicatfon opens next Monday and the Committee will be looking for projects that would be acceptable to apply for funding. He has been looking into other grants that could be available as well. Cayuga Lake Watershed IO – Stephanie Redmond. The Fingerlakes Land trust has been purchasing propertfes, which are now protected. They are working on a rain garden project. They had a presentatfon from the DEC on the nine-element plan and daily maximum loads. Tompkins Health Consortfum – Stephanie Redmond. May 2, they will hold an open house. March is natfonal nutritfon month and they will be hostfng their second food drive during the month of March. Cemetery Committee – Cassandra Hinkle. The cemetery clean-up is planned for May 11th from 10-2. 2 Water Protectfon Committee – Nancy Spero. Stephanie Redmond. They have been talking about the flood maps and the DWSP2 is stfll with the state. Sustainability Committee – Cassandra Hinkle. Enfield is officially a climate smart community. They have a received a free energy audit and they will do the Town Hall. She went to the crowd meetfng on March 4th and gave a brief descriptfon of what was covered. Enfield Fire District – Robert Lynch. The full report is on file with the Town Clerk’s Office. Monthly Reports County Legislature – Anne Koreman. NYS has offered some flexibility within civil service positfons. Sales report for January was down 4.5 % and overall, the municipalitfes were down 1.69 %. There have been a lot of changes with assessments, some have gone down while others have seen significant increases. Town Supervisor Report – Stephanie Redmond. In additfon to the regular dutfes of the office of Town Supervisor She attended the AOT Annual Meetfng. The Haefele contract has expired and she has been working with Jude and the Town Attorney about a new contract, the Town Attorney has recommended that she contact Cohen law group to assist with the contract. Pollinators, there are a lot of natfve bees being pushed out by honey bees and maintaining all of our pollinators should be a focus for the Town. Funding for cemetery planning is only for abandoned cemeteries and the cemetery abandonment would need to be within the past 5 years. Highway Superintendent Report – Buddy Rollins. They have been getting a lot of early spring work done, due to mild weather. They have been working on Van Ostrand Rd, by creatfng a ditch and regular road patching. They are getting ready to start working on Porter Hill Rd. Code Enforcement Report – Alan Teeter. Last month he issued 6 new permits and one was for a new home on Woodard rd. He received one complaint and issued some new addresses and certfficate of occupancies. He will be attending a conference for training for next month. Cooley constructfon redid the ramp this past week. The court had mentfoned lack of outside lightfng. He reconnected a light that he had previously disconnected and it has improved. The court has requested getting the small office back that the Fire District was using. The Fire district secretary and treasurer will be moving to the Fire Company. Planning Board Report – Dan Walker. They discussed the open development area for Mr. Scholl on VanDorn Rd. His main concerns are access and water control. They did more review on the site plan review law. He would like to do a preliminary review with the board. Dan believes startfng a comprehensive plan committee could be a good idea. Councilperson Lynch thanked Dan for the Planning Boards concerns and requirements that they would require of Mr. Scholl. Tompkins County Council of Govts – Robert Lynch. There is no report as they have not yet met this month. Consent Agenda: Audit Claims: General fund vouchers #48-78 dated March 13, 2024 in the amount of $124,665.71. Highway fund vouchers #30-48 dated March 13, 2024 in the amount of $34,212.97. Approval of Minutes: February 14, 2024 Town Board Meetfng Minutes. Supervisor Remond moved and Councilperson Lynch seconded. 3 Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. Business: Presentatfon from a representatfve with Skate Garden, Dan Woodring. They currently operate the Trumansburg skate park behind McGuire’s . He helped design that park and they have excess ramps and are looking for places that would like a skate facility or skate programs This program brings safe spaces and they also bring in safe edible plants, which they use to educate local youth. The wood ramps are designed with minimal materials loss. There costs have increased with insurance (private skate parks have had to appeal to towns) All skate parks in upstate NY have been absorbed by their local municipality. Supervisor Redmond asked what startup costs for the Town would be? Deputy Supervisor Hutnik suggested that this may be a good project for the Park grant which the town could apply for. The Town Board, Deputy Supervisor Hutnik, and Highway Superintendent Rollins will meet with Dan W. at the two proposed sites on Friday (3:15) at 1 PM to discuss the viability of the two locatfons. Presentatfon from Spectrum. Not in attendance AED Training – Ellen Woods. Postponed untfl the April Town Board Meetfng Discussion: Highway trucks. Superintendent Rollins. There was a 2018 10-wheel Dump Truck on Auctfon Internatfonal that he went to looked at, there is a 2020 with 40,000 miles from the same municipality. He was told he should get 40- 60,000 for the 2018 and up to 100,000 for the 2020. The 2020 has not yet gone to auctfon. Blixy shared the reserve account financials. She did an overview of where the reserves were in 2023 and what it would look like in 2024. If there are monies left in the spending lines they would go into the reserves as well. She thought that Buddy may have had a different compilatfon. Buddy thought because they had taken the line away from the town then any remaining funds would be added to the fund balance. Stephanie is concerned that this would reduce the fund balance less than the $250,000. Blixy explained that before she became the Town Bookkeeper that tax monies were added to the equipment reserve of $30,000 per year, which they have not done for the last two years. Buddy is asking to take the $180,000 ($40- 60,000 and $80-100,000) out of the equipment reserves. What would already been coming out of the equipment line would be for the new truck ($60,000) and the pickup truck ($72,000). Councilperson Lynch asked if the pickup truck is on state contract, it is. Superintendent Rollins said that with the purchase of these trucks no new trucks should need to be purchased in the next five years. Supervisor Redmond moved and Councilperson Hinkle seconded. No further discussion. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. Discussion: WQIP grant. Supervisor Redmond shared that the town has not received official notfce. Greg Hutnik has received an email from NYS on the grant award. He will send the email to Stephanie. Supervisor Redmond thinks the Bridge NY grant is unlikely. This WQIP grant is for $800,000 and the town will need to cover ~$200,000. Supervisor Redmond would like to take the funds from the Bridge reserve. Superintendent Rollins asked if we could do some in kind work. There is concern that if in kind work cannot be used, then most of the work would need to be contracted out. Supervisor Redmond discussed the alternatfve funding source, Bridge New York. The Bridge New York grant, if awarded, would only require a five per cent (as opposed to the WQIP 20 per cent) local match. However, the Bridge New York grant would not fund realignment of the creek, whereas WQIP would. If the Bridge New York grant is used, the culvert would need to remain where it is. This limitatfon concerned Supervisor Redmond and the Board. Supervisor Redmond would like to move forward with the WQIP. The matching funds will come from the Bridge Reserves. 4 RESOLUTION #2024-31 A Resolutfon in support of Legislatfon to clarify procedures affectfng certain Fire District Electfons Whereas, on June 14, 2023, the Enfield Town Board dissolved the Enfield Fire Protectfon District and established the Enfield Fire District to oversee and administer fire protectfon services within the Town of Enfield; and Whereas, under Sectfon 174(2) of New York State Town Law, the Enfield Fire District’s establishment required its first electfon of fire district officers to take place in December of 2023, an electfon at which voters selected all five (5) members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, elected officers to replace the five interim commissioners earlier appointed by this Town Board; and Whereas, Sectfon 174(2) of New York State Town Law contains vague and ambiguous language that fails to specify whether voters in a first Commissioners electfon are entftled to cast only one (1) vote or up to five (5) votes for Commissioners to populate the Board; and Whereas, prior to that December 2023 electfon in Enfield, the Fire District’s former legal counsel interpreted New York State Town Law to permit only one (1) vote to be cast by each eligible voter in that electfon to fill multfple Board of Fire Commissioners positfons, an opinion subsequently endorsed by the appointed Board and employed to conduct the December 2023 first commissioners’ electfon; and Whereas, both prior and subsequent to that electfon, the one-vote-per-voter rule generated and contfnues to generate anger, frustratfon, and ill-will among Enfield Fire District residents, as well as among those candidates, both successful and unsuccessful, for Fire Commissioner positfons; persons who believe the electfon procedures unfairly limited their choices and denied them their franchise; and Whereas, this Town Board believes equity and fairness dictate that the New York State Legislature provide legal clarity and correct Sectfon 174(2) of Town Law so as to permit the castfng of multfple votes in first electfons of this type and thus enable voters to express their preferences for not just one, but for all five positfons in an initfal Board of Fire Commissioners electfon; and Whereas, although the procedural flaw identffied by this Resolutfon may never again confront voters in the Enfield Fire District, it may affect similarly-situated voters elsewhere in future district electfons within New York State and thus become an error of law effectfvely capable of repetftfon but evading review, an error deserving immediate, pro-actfve legislatfve correctfon; therefore be it Resolved, that the Enfield Town Board respectiully requests that the New York State Senate and Assembly promptly enact and the Governor subsequently sign an amendment to Sectfon 174(2) of New York State Town Law, an amendment carrying appropriate language to clarify the procedures for first electfons of fire district officers, an amendment that enables fire district voters to cast ballots for as many positfons on a Board of Fire Commissioners as exist to be filled in that electfon; and be it further Resolved, that the Town Clerk shall forward copies of this Resolutfon to the following: the Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York; the Hon. Lea Webb, New York State Senator; the Hon. Dr. Anna Kelles, New York State Assemblymember; the New York State Associatfon of Towns; and the Associatfon of Fire Districts of the State of New York. Supervisor Redmond moved and Councilperson Lynch seconded. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. 5 RESOLUTION #2024-32 A Resolution to support restoration of funding for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) in the New York State Budget Whereas, the New York State Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) provides State assistance to municipal highway departments to maintain and improve local roadways, including roads in the Town of Enfield; and Whereas, CHIPS funding provided the Town of Enfield $153,641 during 2023, thereby supplying the largest source of New York State assistance to Enfield to enable it to maintain its town roads in good condition and to keep its roadways safe; and Whereas, CHIPS and three other New York State programs provided the Town of Enfield more than $244,000 in road maintenance assistance during 2023, said funds comprising more than 15 per cent of Enfield’s Highway Department budget; and Whereas, an analysis by the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways (NYSAOTSOH) has determined that the local highway system outside of New York City faces an annual funding gap of over $2 Billion, while highway construction costs since 2022, according to experts, have risen nationally by nearly 60 per cent, well above the rate of inflation, with the effects of higher material and construction costs being felt by those in Enfield and elsewhere across New York State; and Whereas, multiple New York State legislators, including Enfield’s former State Senator, Tom O’Mara, report that New York State Governor Kathy Hochul in her proposed 2024-2025 Executive Budget has proposed up to a $60 Million statewide reduction in CHIPS program funding, and Whereas, more than 50 New York State legislators, including Senators O’Mara, Pamela Helming, and Peter Oberacker, all former representatives of Tompkins County, have called upon Governor Hochul and legislative leaders to restore the $60 Million in proposed cuts to the CHIPS program, and also to increase base funding for CHIPS by $200 Million, raising that funding to $798.1 Million statewide, an increase that will help offset higher road construction costs; therefore, be it Resolved, that the Enfield Town Board respectfully requests Governor Hochul and legislative leaders to restore the $60 Million in proposed funding reductions to the CHIPS program in the 2024-2025 New York State Budget and additionally to consider substantial increases in base funding for CHIPS, increases consistent with the recommendations of Senator O’Mara and his legislative colleagues; and be in further Resolved, that the Clerk shall forward a copy of this Resolution to the following: the Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York; the Hon. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Majority Leader, New York State Senate; the Hon. Carl E. Heastie, Speaker, New York State Assembly; the Hon. Timothy M. Kennedy, Chair, Transportation Committee, New York State Senate; the Hon. Peter Oberacker, Ranking Member, Transportation Committee, New York State Senate; the Hon. William B Magnarelli, Chair, New York State Assembly Committee on Transportation; the Hon. Lea Webb, New York State Senator; the Hon. Dr. Anna Kelles, New York State Assemblymember; Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez, New York State Department of Transportation; the Hon. Dan Klein, Chair, Tompkins County Legislature; the Association of Towns of the State of New York; and the Tompkins County Council of Governments. Councilperson Lynch moved and Councilperson Hinkle seconded. Discussion: Councilperson Lynch read the resolutfon. Chips is very important to the Highway Budget. We can take all the state aide they will give us. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. 6 Discussion: Earth Day Tree Plantfng April 21st. Barbara Sadovnic - they are meetfng and thought it would be nice to orient it around earth day and they could do a tree plantfng in the new park area near the highway department. Supervisor Redmond asked what board members thought of this. This would be planted by the Enfield Democratfc committee. Councilperson Lynch would like it coordinated with the Highway Superintendent to determine the best locatfon to plant the tree. Supervisor Redmond moved and Councilperson Hinkle seconded. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. RESOLUTION NO. 33-2024 – Approval of Final 2023 Budget Modifications WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the 2023 budget based on the final results of revenues and expenditures in 2023, and WHEREAS, a detailed listing and description of each budget adjustment by Fund has been provided to the Town Board for review as presented below, be it therefore RESOLVED, that the Enfield Town Board approves the budget modifications as outlined below. 7 GENERAL FUND - A FINAL 2023 BUDGET MODIFICATIONS Current Increase/Modified Account #Description Budget (Decrease)Budget Expenditures A1110.13 Justices - Personal Service - Clerk 12,240.00$ 11,450.00$ 23,690.00$ A1110.11 Justices Personal Service - Justice 17,340.00$ (12,300.00)$ 5,040.00$ A1110.410 Justices - Conference and Mileage 995.00$ 850.00$ 1,845.00$ A1220.13 Supervisor - Personal Services - Deputy 5,000.00$ 1.00$ 5,001.00$ A1316.41 Bookkeeper Contractual 400.00$ 145.00$ 545.00$ A1316.44 Payroll Processing Fees 4,000.00$ (145.00)$ 3,855.00$ A1410.12 Town Clerk - Personal Services - Deputy 12,240.00$ 140.00$ 12,380.00$ A1410.4 Town Clerk - Contractual 4,000.00$ (140.00)$ 3,860.00$ A1420.4 Attorney - Contractual 30,087.00$ 5.00$ 30,092.00$ A1620.41 Building Maint and Improvement -$ 8,000.00$ 8,000.00$ A1670.4 Central Print and Mail 2,000.00$ 1,485.00$ 3,485.00$ A1910.4 Unallocated Insurance 37,350.00$ 50.00$ 37,400.00$ A1920.42 CSI - Contractual 3,166.00$ 280.00$ 3,446.00$ A3520.4 Dog Enumeration -$ 1,525.00$ 1,525.00$ A5132.4 Garage - Contractual 4,500.00$ 65.00$ 4,565.00$ A5010.4 Supt of Highways - Contractual 1,500.00$ (65.00)$ 1,435.00$ A7550.4 Celebrations - Contractual 1,100.00$ 335.00$ 1,435.00$ A7555.4 Beautification - Contractual 3,600.00$ 65.00$ 3,665.00$ A8810.4 Cemeteries - Mowing 8,200.00$ 900.00$ 9,100.00$ A1990.4 Contingent Account 7,699.00$ (3,121.00)$ 4,578.00$ Total Expenditure Adjustments 9,525.00$ Revenues A2089 Culture and Recreation Revenue 1,600.00$ 5,000.00$ 6,600.00$ A4089 Other Federal Aid- ARPA 162,565.00$ 4,525.00$ 167,090.00$ Total Revenue Adjustments 9,525.00$ Description of Proposed Adjustments: These General Fund budget adjustments address final adjustments needed to cover spending through the end of the 2023 budget year, incorporating accounts payable at 12/31. Many of the adjustments are minor, in some cases due to rounding or other minor differences from the budget plan. You will notice that, where possible, savings in spending in the same budget area are being used to cover these minor overages. Other adjustments reflect additional revenue and spending related to grant activity - Parks and Trails and ARPA. In the Justice Court - funding is simply being reallocated between expenditure accounts due to changes in staffing for 2023. And, finally, $3,121 is being used from contingency to fund the remaining overages. HIGHWAY FUND - DA FINAL 2023 BUDGET MODIFICATIONS Current Increase/Modified Account #Description Budget (Decrease)Budget Expenditures DA5110.4 General Repairs - Contractual 190,000.00$ (1.00)$ 189,999.00$ DA5112.3 PAVE NY Expenditures 59,388.00$ 1.00$ 59,389.00$ DA5130.4 Machinery - Contractual 159,265.00$ 7,500.00$ 166,765.00$ DA5130.41 Machinery - Tools and Equipment 6,000.00$ 500.00$ 6,500.00$ DA5130.45 Diesel and Gas Fuel 100,000.00$ (8,000.00)$ 92,000.00$ DA5142.1 Snow Removal - Personal Service 112,230.00$ 200.00$ 112,430.00$ DA5142.14 Snow Removal - Overtime 17,600.00$ (200.00)$ 17,400.00$ Total Expenditure Adjustments -$ Description of Proposed Adjustments: There are a few lines in the Highway Fund that exceeded budget, however there was adequate funding in other lines within the same functional area to cover the overages. The largest adjustment of $8,000 reflects the use of savings in the fuel budget being used to coverage additional costs for machinery repairs and tools. Other adjustments are fairly minor. 8 Councilperson Redmond moved and Councilperson Hinkle seconded. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. Discussion: Town Newsletter. Supervisor Redmond would like to add the earth day notfce in the newsletter, the Town Clean up days, Town Cemetery and ditch clean-up. Councilperson Lynch asked if we should include something on the Flood Plains. Supervisor Redmond will update the blurb she had created and include it in the Town newsletter. Councilperson Lemke asked if we should include something on the comprehensive plan or on the water plan. There has been a lot of work on the water committee, that may not be common knowledge. Supervisor Redmond will add these to her notes for future town newsletters. Discussion: New Town Signs. Clerk Cornell shared the proposal for new signs. Alan Teeter was contacted by the original crafters daughter who is interested in trying to reclaim the signs and will get contact informatfon to the Town Clerk. Clerk Cornell will follow up with her and report back to the Town Board next month. Discussion: Postcard to propertfes in floodplain. Supervisor Redmond asked if anyone had any questfons or comments. Supervisor Redmond read the postcard that would be going out. Supervisor Redmond will work with Clerk Cornell to get the postcards out to those living in the flood plains and will be affected by these changes. Supervisor Redmond moved and Councilperson Lemke seconded. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. RESOLUTION #2024-34 A Resolution Reaffirming the Town of Enfield’s Support of a County-Funded Rapid Medical Response Service Whereas, Tompkins County has embarked on a two-year Pilot Rapid Medical Response (RMR) service, one which supplies rapid response vehicles with trained Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s) to supplement the services rendered by the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company’s Rescue Squad and other volunteer medical rescue services in Tompkins County; and Whereas, Tompkins County has committed itself to operate this RMR program for years 2024 and 2025, with New York State grant funding and Tompkins County budgeted funds covering all operational costs during 2024, and with cost- sharing options for 2025 currently subject to negotiations between Tompkins County and its component municipalities; and Whereas, the Tompkins County Department of Administration convened the first of several planned meetings with municipal leaders on February 29, 2024, a meeting well-attended and at which service requirements, benefits, and funding alternatives received ample consideration and discussion among the many who attended, with future discussions planned; and Whereas, subsequent to the initial meeting, one of its participants, Rordan Hart, Mayor of the Village of Trumansburg, communicated to this Town’s Supervisor on March 1, 2024 his request for her, and by implication, this Town Board, to support and to sign a letter Mayor Hart intends to present the Tompkins County Legislature, that letter expressing the preference of its signatories that Tompkins County’s Rapid Medical Response program become a “fully funded County service”; and 9 Whereas, this Town Board agrees with Mayor Hart’s rationale for full County funding as it would provide “the best possible solution” to assure the RMR service’s long-term viability; and Whereas, other representatives, including Tompkins County legislator Anne Koreman, who represents portions of Enfield, have expressed similar support for full County funding of the RMR, legislator Koreman equating the service to the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Department, whose funding is fully borne by Tompkins County without the request or requirement for municipal cost-sharing; and Whereas, on December 13, 2023, this Town Board adopted a Resolution stating, in part, that the Town Board, while not foreclosing other cost-sharing options, “encourages Tompkins County Government to underwrite the costs of the Pilot Rapid Medical Response System to the greatest extent possible, including up to 100 per cent (100%) of the program’s cost, based on this Board’s conclusion that County Government stands in the best fiscal position to provide such support,” a position this Board continues to support; therefore, be it Resolved, that the Enfield Town Board hereby endorses the text contained in, and the reasoning supporting, Trumansburg Mayor Rordan Hart’s letter to the Tompkins County Legislature, communicated to this Town’s Supervisor on March 1, 2024, and that this Board authorizes the Town Supervisor, Stephanie Redmond, to sign said letter on behalf of the Town Board. Councilperson Lynch moved and Councilperson Hinkle seconded. Discussion: Councilperson Lynch his proposed resolutfon. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. Discussion: Remodel Clerk’s Office/Relocatfon of Town Clerk. Clerk Cornell shared that Cooley’s will need to have exclusive access to the Town clerk’s office for ~4 weeks startfng the second week of April 2024. Councilperson Lynch moved and Supervisor Redmond seconded for the Clerk’s office to temporarily relocate to the Enfield Town Courthouse during constructfon. Clerk Cornell will work with IT and Haefele to have access to phone and internet. Vote: Councilperson Hinkle, Aye; Councilperson Lemke, Aye; Councilperson Lynch, Aye; Councilperson Millspaugh, Aye; Supervisor Redmond, Aye; Carried. Discussion: Subdivision regulatfons. The Town Board contfnued review of the document. Councilperson Lemke shared that they should revisit the notfficatfon requirements. Councilperson Lynch would like the notfficatfon parameter to be increased to one mile. Councilperson Lemke have we looked at the fees recently. Councilperson Lynch thinks the fees should include more than just the legal ad cost. There was concern that some councilperson’s versions were not the same, Supervisor Redmond will send out the copy that she has after this meetfng. Councilperson Lemke will send Dan some language to change. Councilperson Lynch cited Sectfon 225 concerning schedules for actfon on subdivision plat - minor. The sectfon states: “The PB after 45 days shall….” his questfon is 45 days to tfght of a tfme table, should it be longer? Is this a questfon for the planning board? Councilperson Lemke shared that there is verbiage that it can be extended when mutually agreed upon. Deputy Supervisor Hutnik shared that the state requirement allows 62 days. The board will ask the planning board to consider increasing to the full 62 days. The board will prep through major subdivisions up to sectfon 239 for the next town board meetfng. Councilperson Lemke will send her list of comments to Dan for the planning boards review. Privilege of the floor: N/A Announcements: None 10 Adjournment: Councilperson Hinkle motfoned to adjourn, Adjourned at 9:31 PM. Respectiully submitted, Mary Cornell Mary Cornell Town Clerk