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T. ROBINSON: Yes, it does. Why do you thank they should do it?
G. VAN BENSCHOTEN: I don't think they should do it but they could tell us
what they want. I know we need a bunch of furniture. I assume we need a
fancy bench and whatever else. If it goes out for bid it is going to take
another 2 to 3 months.
T. ROBINSON: You can buy parts of it, it depends on which company you're
going to go with.
G. VAN BENSCHOTEN: I can take that project on.
CARL HAYNES made the MOTION the Board approve the March 19, 1990 minutes as
presented, second by ELLARD SOVOCOOL;
®
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
MOTION CARRIED
DONALD CUMMINGS made the MOTION the Board approve the March 22, 1990
special meeting minutes as presented, second by GORDON VAN BENSCHOTEN9
VOTE: D. CUMMINGS - YES
C. HAYNES - YES
G. VANBENSCHOTEN -YES
E. SOVOCOOL - YES
T. ROBINSON - NO
MOTION CARRIED.
ELLARD SOVOCOOL made the motion the meeting be adjourned; DONALD CUMMINGS second
the motion and the ,meeting was adjotirned.
:far et A. Palmer
Stenographer
TOWN OF GROTON
JOWN BOARD
Monday, May 14, 1990
BOARD
*Teresa Robinson, Supervisor
*Gordon VanBenschoten
*Donald Cummings
* Ellard Sovocool
*Carl Haynes
(*present)
PUBLIC PRESENT
Carol Marks, Deputy Town Clerk
Leland Cornelius, Town Highway
Supervisor
John Fitzgerald, Town Attorney
Teresa Robinson, Supervisor, opened the Town Board meeting. Donald Cummings
made the motion the Board approve the minutes of the April 9, 1990 meeting
Gordon Van Benschoten second the motion, and 711 were in favor, motion
carried, minutes were approved.
Review of Bills
Highway Bills: Gordon VanBenschoten made motion hi
Oapproved as presented, Ellard Sovoc
General Bills: TERESA ROBINSON had a question on t
from ZEE Medical Service there migh
duplication and wool d like to c_hecto
the bill. It was 'for medical kit r
ghway bills be
ool second motion.
he medical supplies bill
t be a possibility of a
I
nto it before we pay
efills.
GORDON VANBENSCHOTEN made the motion the general bills be
paid except for the ZEE Medical Service until it can be
checked, ELLARD SOVOCOOL second motion. All were in
favor, motion carried.
Committee_ Report. Courtroom furniture
G.
VanBenschoten
reported
meeting with the judges,
Teresa
and
Floyd
Fuller
of
the Lake Como
Wood Shop
on last Saturday.
Mr.
Fuller
came
with
a tape
and
drawing chart
and took
measurements and
he was
given
insight
an
what
IS
was wanted fnr the judge's bench and }nary boa . Mr.
have no problem metching the exisiting o,'j�F; tables.
tNOLLld submit pl4�Lr7s and a proposal for- r- Onstruction.
was also looked c vyer and chair's for the board and �
tentativP,ly selectf.ad. Mr. Fr.rller also diagramed a
jr_rrylcon- Terence iii an octagc nai shape due to the si
build a wnod table -For the rOmpar °Gih1 e price of bu i
Rav_:iew of �Cor=r_t!1QondenceU
rt-rller stated he would
In a week to ten days he
Literature on chairs
ury rpgm were
table +or the
ze of the ream. He can
nth a steel tebl e.
Letter 4rom Ben_ D'Amato concerning the HUD application and he is
enthusiastic anc ready to support tss.
Letter from Rep. Boehler °t stating he is ready and willing to help the Town
in any way on the HUD application.
Peceived letter frow Patricia 6a�tlbraith L Senior Probation 6ffieerj Tompkins
County, l aq�;i ng to establish a Service /Work Alternative native program for viark
crews to work with varxC:tLrs towns ;in the County and wants to know if we are
i ntereated.
Received a phonee call asking us if we would call Sen. Jnhnscrn and Assem.
Hinchly we were against the bill for mLLning fees to be established for
excavati {one and miE7es which F/jould apply to towns as well as cofnmerciatl
enterprises.
Lettw_r from the County Girl i d Waste cc�noerning t�se waste disposa,L costs to
he charged in 1991. Reference to the cost of the tage, the cost to the
haulers,: etc. The total amount budgeted for solid waste this year is
$2 *363,432 excluding recycling program. Teresa commented this is something
we shoQld be concerned about.
Point of
i of ormati on j' 5eorge
1990 meeting
to be held
Schecht ,
Surveyors &
Engineers
announced Noel
Desch is
now associated
with
the firm
arks a Senior
Engineering
ConsLAl tant.
Card of th
inks from the
f"i r t,
National
Bank of Groton,
for the
if l owers and
the
19c70' s
was
received
County
and
revi owFh l
plaque presented
to the
Bank
qr7 their
123th year
anniversary,
for
Letter from New York Gtalte Electric & relferencing their reorganizeition
plan with a copy of the official news release.
Letter concerning the
Management. Training
May 15,
Workshop
1990 meeting
to be held
of the NYS Flood Plain
at the '"own Hall in Groton for
Building Inspectors
and Code
Enforcement
of f i cars from the ;urroundi ng
areae.
proposal for
the
Letter
from
from the
Youth
Bureau
with
the Municipal
County
VoL4th Service
proposal for
the
Town cif Groton
far $700
and
for the Village
of Croton
for-
$1400 4 ndi,ng
for
the
19c70' s
was
received
County
and
revi owFh l
and
complied with
the
County's
guidelines
i n
for
the
progr4nrm
and
a contract
was enclosed +or
the
Signatures
of
the
4�tppropr i
at e
of
+ i d o l s
to
be returned
to Nancy Zu l:e f
LELi,
sore .
Letter
from
the
County
Budget
and
Firni�tnce
in
refer°ence
to Town and
County
taxz+e
being
paid
i n
installments,
update
on
the
4130190
meeting.
A5sus5ment /GriRvancps_
Town Grievance day held May 81h 1990 from 4: CIO to 9u CPO p.m. with 52
grievances heard.
Priv_i1egf_p ,the�Flooro
Brian Lacey reported Qn the condition of a neighboring property, Art Whalen
on Lafayette Rd. and wool d like to Itnow what to do to get i t a1 eaned tap.
There has been earth dumped in the frond yard,. building deb I is IayiTIq
around, and appliance. OLIestigned whother the TDwn can din anything abo�it
i t . Teresa Robinson told him the i n *orr )Rti on would be turned over to the
Code Cnf orcemerrt Off f i cer to 401 l pw Lrp on . 1'❑WN OF L3POTDN
'yrol l RTs�t:
CARL HAYNES made t�5e motion the Trrwn of Groton give the firm Ciaschi 8r
Dietershagen, EPA, a limited Power of Attorney to re*salve the issQes with
the IRS and New York State for° the reporting years of 1966 to 19894
compensation /fee riot to exceed $1,000 and authorize the Town Supervioar to
sign the limited Power of Attorney; DONALD C1JMMINGS second the motionn
Fkol 1 Cg -�' acts;.
CARL HAYNES made the Motion the f.11r�wing
polling places for the Fall primary and th
W. Groton Church, District 2 - To4n Hall
District 4 - Mclean Fire Hall' ELLARD SOVO
Notion carried.
Voter.Regi strati on_
designat
e Novemb
Distri
COOL !i�ec:
ions be
er elect
rt 3 - I
and moti
made +or the
inns; District I
[awn Hall,
orb, all in f atvor
ELLARD S13VUCUDL made the motion the Town Combine the Voter Registration
Districts at the Town Hsl l at 101 Conger- Blvd. for the Qctober, 1990
r-egi5tration d,ky; GORDON VANBENSCHOTEN seCOnd the motianfr all in favor,
Motion carried.
ReinrbLtrse
IRAN
of
V iriance
motion
fees:
the
$15.00
each
for Variance
applicaticris
GGRDGN
IRAN
BENSCHOTEN
made the
motion
the
$15.00
each
for Variance
applicaticris
fees
necessaryP
CARL HAYNES
second the
motionr
Ga _Wt C1er_k=gf;the�Workgq_RepLxrt
Town reimburser Metzler and Sheei
th�?Lt were determined not to be
all in favor, Motion carried.
Sary distributed a rkk,,smo to the SoRrd membE!rs iri reference to the Addition
to the Tovin Hall and r~ n i -Cor Contractors - Seneral Construction Contract,
A tabulation of the post that have been or well .be encumbered in completing
and/or correcting the work on this phase of the project.
CARL HAYNES made the Motion
a ropy of the memeirandum da
Groton Board to the bonding
release $3,500 to them upon
OUtl i nod. (rnemo attached to
mots oli. All voted in favor r
that upon advice of counsel, Gary Woad forward
ted 14 May 1990 from Gary L. Wood to the Town of
company to convey the Board's wi 1 l i nr#ne s to
their explio:i'ty agreement to the charges
these minutes): ELLARD SOVDCCQL second the
motion carried.
itI �i 11_� �1�tL� and= Jq_hrte_-
Dork Brown, from McFarland- Johnson accounting department reported ,a problem
with the tax on voucher submitted on March 19, 1989. The tax of _$192w9i
was suhtracted twice by the town. If the Board cht1 c};s all thO checks madam
dgai n st tI'41 S particular ar-count you will find they add up to $433 9e5. :35.
Mr. Brown asked the Board 'to pest on their l i 3t +car paymvint after they have
ver i f z ed tho discrepancy.
CARL HAYNES made the Motion the Board pay the b�Llaiice due McFarland- Johnson
of $182.91 on the March 173 1989 invoice contingent an verificatic;)nE% GORDON
VAN BENSCHOTEN second the motionq All voted in favor, motion carried.
McLean -Fii :e _Deportment �SiL .UatijuC_
Gary mood reported that his decision has been to write them a letter- and
aayg 'gentlemenp follow the rules and the rules are that you hire an
engineer and show me how you are goirtq to comply with tho L IIood control
r wl,ation s. r Gary said he was going to do that aftpr the first of the
month and meantime z seminar an f 1 oad control was pl ahnuad for Tuesday, May
In and he has opted t* wait until of ter tho somi oar to address the* issue.
unless the Board has any other recommendation =;, that is what Geary plans to
do 0
Hertford_ 4rrecgmmendation5
Letter frciin insurance company that recommends wood stove instal 1 cIti on be
t)bserved by both the Code Enforcement Officer and the Town Atterneyn
Sary Wood �;tated the code requires a building permit fflr wood 15tove
installation.
It xs the polity to inspect and iss"e a letter of approval.
Sometimes they are fully installed before they are inspected.
% 7
18
The Board referred the is,ue to the town attormney and Code Enforcement
flff i cer for i�in5wer.
Removal 0-f nF;�carS
Cary Wood reported he hard J LLst relocated the gaintl eman who rernaVes cars and
will Le getting together with hire with a sample contract.
Gary Wood was a%pprisod of Brian Lucey's complaint,
.�LlsticN[2 vlaugkl
Town Attorney, Jack Fitzgeraldm gave the ward
of the wages for the justices' past increa nL*5.
a letter covering the issue
CARL HAYNES made the motion the two ,justice recei
represented #or the increase in 1989 and for the
1 ected of f i ci al %r the difference hetwseen that an
received, be c€ l cul aced and spread over the bi5Ll an
DENSCHElTEN second the motion; All voted i ri favor
Recycling
ve the amount of money
i ncr° ease i n 1990 for
d 'the actual increase
C2 A+ 1 990, B13RDON VAN
and motion carried.
0
It wai% discussed that the Town should do pomething about having recycling
bins .et up ;or the r` siderkts of the Town to use. At present L. Cornelius
is in the proceas{5 of setting uP a location for the bias and discussing the
situation with the proper County per-sonnal. The Town can rent recycling
bias tut nerved SLLPC�rVision for hours and wahere does the Town tren5port the
goods.
CARS. HAYNES stated answers to these queetiens should be brought to the next
meet I nq U
A I cant _ or_Yk)ukkeep r � position
D nnYlrs Jones proposee an experience accQuntnnt as opposed to a bookkeeper
and wrote Qp a proposed job description for the Boatr'drs review, Dennis
Jone�9 Jack Little arid Carl Kimberly reviewed the applications rooeived for
the advertised hookkeeper position and ranked the appl•icante.
CARL HAYNES made the motion the Board check with civil Service for a ,fob
description and advertise mFor a Financial Accountant and have the
accountants and Carl Kimberly reviews the applications and recommend the top
three to t•he Board members for interviews,
i sc {sai on e Carl Haynes asicLud why not i n•tervi ew the top four applicants
already received and i•f 00t ssti,fied then readvertire, Gordon
VanPan schoten agrees with that pr•emi se.
CARL HAYNES withdrew hi Ea moti car,.
CRRL HAYNES made the MOTT
p. m for intervi owl ng the t
decision after the i ntervi
the five Aoard members and
to be there fqr their inpu
voted in favor, Motion Car
ON the
op thr
ews_
Denni
t 9 6138
rigid.
Board set, Wednesday, M'" iy 23%, 1990 at 4:00
ee applicants and they would make their
These present for the interviews will be
S Jones and Carl Kimberlyr will be requested
DUN VAN BENSCHOTEN second the fnoti•an; ALL
UDRD13M VAN
BENSCHOTEN
madam
the
motion
and ELLARD
SOVE]COOL Second
the
inoti
ran.
the Town Board meeting he adJourned
Meetif)g waS adjourned at 10):15 pom.
RespectfUlly submitted
Margaret A. Palmer o
Stenographer