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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-01-16106 January 16, 1991 The Lansing Town Board met in Regular Session with Supervisor Kirby presiding at 7:00 P.M. at the Lansing Town Hall Boardroom. Jeannine Kirby Herbert Beckwith Jeffrey Cleveland Louis Emmick Larry Tvaroha Bonita Boles Richard Thaler ROLL CALL Supervisor Present it Councilman Present Councilman Absent Councilman Present Councilman Present Town Clerk Present Town Attorney Present VISITORS: Pete Larson, George Totman and David Herrick. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. Mr. Emmick thanked Mr. Larson on behalf of the residents at Woodsedge for the nice job the Highway Department has done for them. Mr. Larson reported the following: 1. The County has told Mr. Larson that the Town is still responsible for the deck and sub deck on the Myers Bridge. Mr. Larson had a 1989 and a 1990 engineers report that,stated no major maintenance should be done to the bridge in Myers as the rest of the bridge is not capable of carring more than 10 tons. Mr. Thaler stated that sec. 2348 of the Highway Law could put the County in charge of repairs if the Town can show that the whole structure of the bridge is not in good condition. 2. Bolton Point recommended that the Highway Department purchase 3" pump with hose and a portable generator to do water main maintenance. Mr. Larson felt this should be purchased out of the maintenance of water lines account. He did not feel that the total should exceed $ 3,000.000 3. The specifications are written up and available at the Highway Department for a new ten wheeler truck. The bid opening will be held on January 30, 19910 4. Pete is painting the offfice at the Highway Department. 50 The salt storage building is now functioning and will contain 300 ton of salt soon. Mrs. Kirby stated that she had received a letter stating that the speed limit reduction has been approved for Algerine Road, Lansing Station Road, Triphammer Terrace and Armstrong Road Dave Herrick, Town Engineer reported the following. 1. Water District No. 16: Mr. Thaler will do a final draft of the proposed agreement between the Village and the Town and send it to Randy Marcus (Attorney for the Village) for his approval. 2. Mr. Thaler has written a letter to Mr. Swearingen and is waiting for his reply. 3. Bolton Point has .requested the Town Engineer and the, Town Code EnforcementiOfficer to assist them with turning off a customers water service if they are not in compliance with state building codes or the State Health department codes. The Town Engineer, Code Enforcement Officer and the Town Board did not agree with this approach. Dave Herrick will respond. to Bolton Point in regard to this matter. 4. Mr. Herrick went over his llpage report on his evaluation of sewerage options with the Board Members. He will give Mr. Noel Desch a copy of said report and have him compare his figures with Mr. Herrick's. The Town Board felt it would be far to expensive for any homeowner and could not consider it at this time. r continued January 16, 1991 Mr. Totman gave his monthly report. He also compared the totals to other Towns. Mr. Totman stated that he would like to amend the Junk Yard Ordinance to include the following: A Junk Yard owner would be required to: 1. Remove batteries form all cars 2. Remove all gas tanks 3. Keep a record of all incoming and outgoing cars. Mr. Thaler and Mr. Totman will get together to discuss any proposed additions and /or changes to the Junk Yard Ordinance and will then get back to the Board members to set a Public Hearing_ date. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Emmick who moved its adoption., seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby approves the sub division rules and regulations. Carried. Mr. Thaler has sent Mr. Leathers and Cheryl Nickels a letter stating that unless an approved time table for the corrections of the defects established the road will be closed for public use. Mr. Herrick received a phone call from Mr. Leather's office stating that they had received the letter and would be responding to it. Mrs. Kirby, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Larson and Mr. Thaler will_ meet with Mr. Phil Winn, Mrs, Kym, George Schlecht and'1their contractor to discuss the location of the road and the location of the water line. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Emmick who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed Veteran's Exemption on January 30, 1991 at 7:15 P.M. Carried. Copy of said Resolution attached hereto and made a part thereof. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Beckwith who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Emmick: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing will hold a Public Hearing on January 30, 1991 at 7:00 P.M. on the proposed Senior Citizen's tax exemption. Carried. Copy of said Resolution attached hereto and made a part thereof. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Beckwith who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED that the Town :Board hereby appoints Viola Miller Mullane to the Lansing Planning Board beginning January 1, 1991 through December 31, 19970 Carried, Richard Thaler will prepare a deed in regard to the James Bower property. He will report to the Board at a later date. Mr. Emmick stated that the minutes of January 9, 1991 ;should state =: that they were taken by Supervisor Kirby and transcribed by ' the Town Clerk before they could be approved. AUDIT RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Emmick who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED that the following bills are hereby authorized for payment: General Fund Voucher # 7 - 33 $ 48,736.36 Highway Fund 3 - 8 41549.78 Agency & Trust 3 - 4 1;011'.51 Lansing Water District 1 37.49 TOTAL OF A Vote of Town Board Vote of Town Board Vote of Town Board On motion, meeting UDIT $ 54,33 5614 . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Coun &j. -Iman . (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman adjourned at the call of the upervisor. 0'7 RESOLUTION At a regular Board Meeting. of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held on January 16; 1991; 4presenr;,Jeonripe Kirby Town Supervisor; Louis_Emmick;,.Councilman; Herbert Beck -. with! the followin ' g resolution was duly mode -ond unanimously passed. - , – ,_ 'BE .IT RESOLVED,, that the Town Board has set the 30th day ofo January, 1991 at 7:00P m. as the date for a. public hearing to be held at the•Town Hall to consider the Amendment to'Local Ordinance 5 of 1966 as amended amending the some to pro -, vide:for changges on "tax forgiveness for the elderly. The sched- ule being -as follows' y. . ,ANNUAL INCOME•OF.OWNER' ^'PERCENTAGE ASSESSED OR COMBINED ANNUAL VALUATION EXEMPT INCOME OF OWNERS FROM TAXATION Up'to $15,000 • . S0 percent More than $15,000, Gut less thon.S15,600. 45 percent $151600 or more, but less than $16,200 40 percent, 1 $16';200 or more, but -less" 0n $16,800'? :.35 percent' S16,800'or more, but lessthan.,$17,400 30 percent $17,400 or more, but less than $18,000 25_percenC :. $18,000 or more; but less than $18,600 20- percent "' Bonito Boles, Town Clerk Town of Lansing. January 24; 1991 . - t AMENuMENT,TO TOWN OF LANSING ORDINANCE NO. .5 FOR THE YEAR 1966— ORDINANCE NO. 37 The Ordinance, of the Town of Lansing known as Ordinance No. 5 entitled ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LANSING, PRO- VIDING FOR A PARTIAL TAX EXEMPTION OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY CERTAIN PERSONS WITH LIMITED INCOME WHO ARE 65 YEARS OF ' AGE OR OVER, which Ordinance was ) adopted on August 9, 1966 and thereafter amended on No- I vember 30, 1970, March 11, 1975, February 14, 1978, June 27, 1979; September 9, 1980, July 30, 1982,' March 13, 1984; Feb- i ruary 'll, 1987 and August 15, 1990 is hereby further j amended. SECTION 1. The provision of the Ordinance of the Town of Lan- j sing adopted August 9, 1966, as amended from time to time, } is hereby further amended to read as follows: Section 1. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Section 467 of { the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York as { amended by Chapters 588 and 287 of the Laws of 1989. Section 2. Purusont to the provisions of Section 467 of the Real Property Tax Low of the State of New York, real property lo- cated in the Town of Lansing, County of Tompkins, owned by one or more persons, each of whom is 65.years of age or over, or real property owned by husband and wife, one of whom is 65 years of age or over, shall be partially exempt from taxation by said Town for the applicable taxes specified j in Section 467 based upon the - income of the owner or com- bined incomes of the owners. A person otherwise qualifying -,, for such exemption shall not be denied such exemption if such person becomes -65 years of age after the appropriate taxable status date. and. before December 31, of the some year. ANNUAL INCOME OF OWNER PERCENTAGE - ASSESSED OF COMBINED ANNUAL VALUATION EXEMPT INCOME FROM OWNERS FROM TAXATION j Up to $15,000.00 50% More than $15,000.00 but less than $15,600.00 45% $15,600 or more, but less than $16,200.00 40% $16,200.00 or more, but less than $16,800.00 35% $16,800.00 or more, but less than $17,400.00 30% . $17,400.00 or more, but less than $18,000.00 25% $18,000.00 or more; but less Ilion $18,600.00 20% This partial exemption provided by this Ordinance shall, how- ever, be limited to such'property and persons as meet the con- ditions, qualifications, exclusions and limitations set forth in .Section 467 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New C York. This Local Law shall be administered in accordance with. said sections of the Real Property Tox,Law, as now adopted, i and as they maybe amended from time to time, and the pro -' visons of said sections as provided in Section 467 shall be ap- plicable to the effectuation of the exemption provided for in I this Ordinance. Section 3. Application for such exemption must be made by the owner or all of the owners of the property on forms pre- scribed by the State Board to be furnished by the Tompkins i County Assessment Department and shall furnish the informa- tion and be executed in a manner required or prescribed in t such forms and shall be filed in the Assessment Department Office on or before the appropriate taxable status date.' Section 4. Any conviction of having made a willful false statement of the application for such exemption shall be pun - ishobie by a fine of not more than $100.00 and shall disqualify the applicant or applicants from further exemption for a peri- od of five (5) years. Section 5. This Ordinance shall, in accordance with the provi- sions of Section 2. of Chapter 588,of the laws of 1989, be ap-i plicable to the town tax for the year 1992, and the provisons of said law shall govern the granting of an exemption under Section A67, notwithstanding contrary provisions of the' sec- tion. I SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately. }'r SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be entered in the minutes of 1 the Town Board and published in the Ithaca Journal and a { copy thereof posted on a sign board maintained by the Town' Clerk of'the Town of Lansing pursuant to Subdivison 6 of, Sec- lion 30 of the Town Law and affidavit of publication and-post- ed filed with the Town,Clerk. By order of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing Bonita Boles Lansing Town Clerk February 13, 1991 ^�