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Home My WebLink About2020-04-14TOWN OF GROTON — MINUTES OF TOWN BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020 AT 7:30 PM UDIO/VIDEO MEETING VIA ZOOM INTERNET CONFERENCING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 202.1 WHICH TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS PORTIONS OF NYS OPEN MEETINGS LAW Town Officers Present.- Donald resent.Donald F. Scheffler, SupenTisor Richard Gamel, Councilperson Crestal Young, Councilperson Brian Klumpp, Councilperson Sheldon C. Clark, Councilperson Michael Perkins. Highway Supt. April L. Seheffler, Town Clerk Charles Rankin, Bookkeeper Francis Casullo, Attorney Robin Cargian, Depute Clerk Town Officers Absent.- A. 4bsent.A. D. Dawson, Town Justice John Norman, Town Justice Rosemarie Tucker. Historian Also Present.- Ben resent.Ben Nelson Those Who Joined bleethw Onlr For a Fern Moments: Joe M. _-Andrew Sullivan Supervisor Seheffler - Good evening everyone. I hope this finds everyone healthy. Currently. due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Town of Groton offices. Court and Highway Department are closed to the public. The Town Clerk's Office is open my mail, email, phone and drop box senTiee. The Highway Department is on call and ready for emergence senTiee and repairs. The Town Court is closed. Tonight, we will have a virtual Town Board Meeting by Zoom and have developed a plan to legally and safely conduct the necessary business of the Town while doing our best to include the public. Thankfully, it will be a short agenda. There will be no public input during the first part of the meeting but we will still have Privilege of the Floor at the end with the usual restrictions. MOVED by Councilperson Gamel, seconded by Councilperson Klumpp, to approve the minutes of the March 10, 2020 Town Board Meeting as presented. _dyes - Clark. Young, Klumpp, Gamel, Seheffler RESOLUTION 420-044 - APPROVE PAYMENT OF INVOICES MOVED by SupenTisor Scheffler, seconded by Councilperson Gamel WHEREAS, vouchers for _abstract 44, numbered 126-172 were reviewed and audited by the Town Board, be it RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves said vouchers for the accounts and in the total amounts as follows: Te SOW4 Vft"', PQ,: 1pet 1e. A rIPAIRAT2ru E +MJERALrTj';°f P.11T-V i L3 Fit ij0"TI.Tifa_Y4T," 1tl5t7N` SL -,2 n tlL %Lit19�':1+GL!£''sFfi AND III': IT I.1 RTIINR RESO LN I•:U, that ,tic Tidal Clod. tic pclmlitcd to chccl oil ,tic sigllalll(Cs of file to\til Il.lard Mollti¢(� p(s:sclll and l-oting 111 Lll-o( fo( Ihls allstrao Dill\ Aycx - (lark, l oung. Klun►pp. Gan►cl. �cl►clllcr Rcm4uliot► I'a%%vd 1lonthlr Reporr (1►arlcx Rankin. 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Ili'Inra% Superit►Ict►dct►1 Stillmmcd file llilluu mg rrpurt I h'Ilr chccicd Ina till I hm'Ind Apill I1'Id, Toon aI t irutun I':mplo\ ccs 171111 u1 and ullibli; tin'I ucckh ti'Ists Inibnnt d Al 1 au n aI t irutun Implu,t i;N the, art; un t Al 'd 7 Iuun aI t irutun I' tnplul s t s plow cd'Intl s uxlcd a hon nt t;dt;d Iuun aI t irutun I' nlpluls s acre doing Oct; in11»11ing R hntsh'Intl ;inti ImiJu g pr1o1 to Co% lit • I`t I icfx.lt it, the shop tlalh to check phone 111css,I.Ics'Ind reium :ails F%c t.1Ilcd it, other II1,hua, Supcnntouktils'Intl tlts:ussing uh'l citnone is doing Axxtt Co%lit . Iv Town Board Minutes Page 3 _april ll, 3030 I have been sanitizing door handles, and light switches in our shop. I have been checking the Town of Groton roads and culvert pipes. Mr. Perkins also said that they had plowed some snow over the weekend. When asked if he knew when they might be back to work, he said that he hoped by the end of April if not sooner. He had located some masks that should be here within the week, and Supervisor Scheffter had picked up some hand sanitizer from the County April L. Scheffler, RMC, Town Clerk/Tax Collector - Submitted the following report: I have been in the office daily, checking mail, email and phone messages and working on the usual variety of clerk things. Robin has wanted to make changes to the Code and the local law for Code Enforcement, as well as update some of our forms so I assigned her to work at home on these things. She is apparently also doing a lot of research because she is often sending things to Rick and me. I've been keeping in touch with Rick on any building permit applications or questions. Rose is staying home and working from there. March and April dog license renewals were extended to May 31, mostly to accommodate those who need rabies vaccinations and are unable to get them right now. I have closed out my tax collection and sent everything to County Finance and was happy to have everything balance and end with $0 in my bank account. (Yeah!) I received notice that the Community Celebrations Grant has been suspended for the year as it is funded by the hotel tax. This is the grant we usually get to help with the photo show advertising. Robin and I have signed up to do a summer camp to get kids involved in the photo show, but at this point. I guess we really don't know if we will be able to have the summer camp or photo show this year. Francis Casullo, Attorney for the Town - Had nothing to report. John J. Norman and A. D. Dawson, Town Justices - Did not join the meeting and had not submitted a report as they have been closed. Councilperson Crestal Young as Representative to Joint Youth Program — Had nothing to report as there has been no meetings. She said that the summer programs are all set though. Glenn Morey, County Legislator - Did not join the meeting. Ben Nelson, Groton Fire Chief - Submitted the following report: We're sitting better than last week. We've gotten enough supplies from county to hold us over for a while, and supplies continue to come in. -Calls are down because people are staying home. Legitimate calls are happening. -Structure fire at 40 Sharpsteen Rd on 3/22/2020 is going to be a code battle. Understand that Rick was in the hospital at that time. Advised Mike _-\,idersen of the situation. Mike said he would try to reach out to Rick. Basically, a new wood pellet stove may not have been permitted and inspected after install, and homeowner looking to go after installer. House total loss and already tone down. Mike _-\,idersen aware since Rick on the mend. -_-Mother structure fire occurred on 4/4/2020 in Summerhill. We were called to assist Homer fire dept with that fire. -The fire chiefs along with Mayor Neville put on a small chicken bbq where community members could drive up to the station and we gave them 2 halves of chicken. No money changed hands, and we all wore PPE. It was written up in the Cortland Standard on 4/6/2020. -Otherwise not much happening. We are conducting our business meetings via teleconference. Somethings we can't do. The doctor's office that we have our physicals done has temporarily suspended giving physicals. Members that need an annual physical will be granted a grace Town Board Atlnutes Page 4 _april ll, 2020 period to get them when that office resumes physicals. Stay safe. Any questions, feel free to reach out. Mr. Nelson said that he had written his report a week ago and there were some changes since then. They have gotten more supplies and personal protection devices. They were dispatched to 10 structure fires last week. Only 2 of them were actual fires and not in Groton. Otherwise they were just smells of smoke or blown fuses and things like that. They took the fire trucks around on Easter Sunday. They also did a dinner for the nurses at Cortland Hospital in conjunction with McLean and Dryden ambulances. RESOLUTION #20-045 - PROCLANUTION - POPPY TIME IN THE TOWN OF GROTON MOVED by Supen•isor Scheffler, seconded by Councilperson Young WHEREAS, the Carrington -Fuller American Legion Post #800 Auxiliary works unselfishly throughout the Town of Groton, and WHEREAS, the American Legion Auxiliary annually sponsors the traditional offering of the "POPPIES" to the Groton area, and WHEREAS, by offering these "POPPIES" the Auxiliary helps to benefit the needs of the disabled American Veterans by providing workshops and therapy for them through the Veteran's Hospitals, NOW THEREFORE, I. Donald F. Scheffler. Supen•isor of the Town of Groton. DO HEREBY PROCLAINI, the month of May 2020 to be "POPPY TINIE" in the Town of Groton and respectfully encourage all members of the Groton Community to generously support the Legion Auxiliary during "POPPY TINIE". Ayes - Clark, Young, Klumpp, Gamel, Scheffler Nays - Resolution Passed Privilege of the Floor: No one indicated that they wished to speak. Announcements: The Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals meetings have both been cancelled for this month. Supervisor Scheffler - Is there any other business to come before the Board? Our thoughts and prayers go out to those that are sick and encourage everyone to stay connected. Check on your friends, neighbors and family, and if they have a need, find a solution and make it happen. May God bless us all. There being no further business. Councilperson Gariel moved to adjourn, seconded by Councilperson Clark, at 7:47 pun. Unanimous. April L. Seheffler, RMC Town Clerk