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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-03-19March 19, 1974 _The Lansing Town Board met in an Adjourned Meeting at 7:30 P.M. as called at the Regular- Meeting of March,12th,, Said meeting to.cons der.the Establishment of a Water & Sewer Advisory Commission for the Town of Lansing and consider and act on any other business that may come before said board. ROLL CALL Wesley McDermott Supervisor Present Louis Bush . Councilman Present Bert Hilliard Councilman Present Edward LaVigne Councilman Absent Lee Naegely Councilman Present Lloyd Sharpsteen Highway Superintendent Present Jane Bush Clerk Present Visitors: Deputy Clerk Wanda Brink, Mrs. Rita Smidt and James Showacre. The Supervisor called the meeting to order having the clerk take the roll call. Letter read from Eng. Thomas G. Miller regarding Proposal for Professional Engineering Services in Connection with Possible Extension of Sanitary Sewer Service in the South End of the Town of Lansing. Discussion by the board. No action taken at this time. Letter read from Assemblywoman Constance E. Cook advising the board that the date of the equalization rates hearings had been set for` Thursday, March 21st at 10:00 at 155 Washington Ave. in Albany. Letter read from Harry Kerr, Tompkins County Board of Representatives Chair- man of Planning and Public Works Committee. Subject of said letter was Points of Access - Triphammer Road Overpass.. Supervisor McDermott to contact Mr. Kerr and request a meeting be set up with Lansing Town Board, Lansing Planning Board, Tompkins Co. Planning and Public Works Committee and property owners contiguous to the established point of extry and exit. Letter read from Pyramid Company requesting the Town of Lansing to apply to the Village of Cayuga Heights to allow said Pyramid Company to utilize a temporary sewer connection via Lansing Sewer District #2. Discussion by the board. Supervisor McDermott to contact Village of Cayuga Heights regarding this request. Resolution adopted by the Tompkins County Area Beautification Council was received and read. Said resolution expressed the Council's concern for the physical appearance of the County,as a whole and offered to provide advisory service to land owners and developers in the Rte. 13 - N. Triphammer Road area who are willing to undertake landscaping improvements to their property. Councilman Louis Bush stated that Mrs. Miller and himself had not to this date, appointed a replacement to the Planning_Board, said vacancy created by the resign- ation of Paul Barron. The Supervisor appointed the following persons to the Aesthetics Committee - Rte. 13 and Triphammer Road Interchange, in accordance with the resolution of the board adopted February 21, 1974. Planning Board Members Mrs. Viola Miller and Fred Edmondson; Civic Association Member Carl Gortzig; Town Board Member Edward LaVigne; Interchange Association Member J. Victor Bagnardi. Mrs. Miller was named Chairman of said appointed group. Discussion by the board on the establishment of a Water and Sewer Advisory Committee and appointment of members to serve on said committee. RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A "WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY COMMITTEE" FOR THE TOWN OF LANSING RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Naegely. WHEREAS, there has been a substantial volume of development in the southern part of the Town of Lansing, and WHEREAS, for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and transients of said area, a local water district and two local sewer districts have been created, and WHEREAS, regional pressure for greater water and sewer services has caused said area of Lansing to be included in regional water and sewer districts, and WHEREAS, the increasing frequency and magnitude of commercial and industrial demands for water and sewer services in said area have reached a level where administrative assistance would be helpful, now therefore be it i. Continued March 19, 1974 this resolution, advisory administrative functions shall include, but not be limited to: creating policy, setting objectives, planning, contracting and approving con - struction; also assisting the water and sewer district personnel in carrying out their functions, and advising the Town Board with regard to the operating.and capital budgets of said public services. The Water and Sewer Committee shall have an initial membership of six (6), and at least one such member shall be selected from the commerical interests within the area served, with two members appointed for one (1) year, two-members appointed for two (2) years and two members for three (3) years; all subsequent appointments or reappointments shall be for three years. If and when the Bolton.Point Water District is enlarged in Lansing, member- ship of the committee shall be increased to eight (8). The two new members shall have initial terms equal to the remainder'of the original member, or his successor, whose initial term was for one year. The chairman shall be appointed annually by the Town Board. The anniversary date for appointments shall be the first meeting of the Town Board in March. Ex- officio, non - voting members of the Water and Sewer Committee shall be one councilman for water, one councilman for sewer, and the water and sewer superintendent(s). The committee shall hold an annual public meeting in October and other public meetings when appropriate. Seconded by Mr. Bush. Vote of Town Board . . . . . . (Aye) Louis Bush, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . . . . (Aye) Bert Hilliard, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . . . . (Aye) Lee Naegely, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . . . . (Aye) Wesley McDermott, Supervisor Carried RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Bush: RESOLVED, that the following persons be appointed.to the newly created Water and Sewer Advisory Committee: James Showacre, Wilmot Irish, Carl Winkleblech, Edward Foss and Raymond McElwee, said terms to be designated by subsequent resolution, and be it further RESOLVED, that James Showacre be appointed Chairman of said committee effective immediately, Chairman of said committee commencing March 1974 and ending March 1975, in accordance with resolution establishing said committee. Seconded by Mr. Naegely. Supervisor presented his monthly report. Carried On Motion, meeting adjourned 9:10 P.M. March 28, 1974 On March 28, 1974 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, at the Lansing Town Hall, bids were publicly opened for one new 1974 Tractor and Mower, as advertised. Bids Received: Arsenault's Tractor Sales, Inc. $55343.00 R.D. #1,.Brooktondale, N.Y. Woo S.K. & M. Implement Corp. $6,360.00 King Ferry, N.Y. Ithaca Ford Tractor, Inc $7,375.00 Price on unit specified 716 W. Clinton St. 12877.00 Less discount allowed Ithaca, N.Y. 59 98o6FO $5,498000 Ithaca Ford Tractor, Inc. $79728.00 716 W. Clinton St. 1,877.00 Less discount allowed Ithaca, N.Y. 51j851.00 ALTERNATE BID 1 911900 Less trade -in of Case 4,940.00 tractor and mower $4,94o.00 Moo o, M M S.C. Hansen, Inc. $6,400.00 180 Ithaca Rd. Horseheads, N.Y. S.C. Hansen, Inc. With trade -in of one used Case $5,400.00 180 Ithaca Rd. tractor with mower AT V 1