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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-08-21167 AUGUST 21, 1991 The Lansing Town Board met in Regular Session at the Lansing Town Hall Boardroom at 8 :00 P.M. with Supervisor Kirby presiding. ROLL CALL Jeannine Kirby Supervisor Present Herbert Beckwith Councilman Pre ^ent Jeffrey Cleveland Councilman Prevent Louis Emmick Councilman Present Larry Tvaroha Councilman Present Bonita Boles Town Clerk Present Adam Lyons Town Attorney Present VISITORS: Code Enforcement Officer, George Totman, County Representative, Tom Todd, Town Engineer, David Herrick. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. The Supervisor presented her monthly report. Tom Todd, County Representative, reported the following to the Town Board: 1. At the September meeting, the Tompkins County Planning Committee will put out a request for proposal to sell a piece of real estate where the old steam plant is. This is about 80 acres of land located below the hospital. 2. TomTran in Lansing has reached about 200 riders per week. Dwight Mingle would like to see it at400 per week at some point. Mr. Emmick stated that people would like to ride into Ithaca instead of to Cornell and felt the schedule should be adjusted to fit into these people's schedules. He also stated that the new schedules are not and have not ever been posted as Mr. Mingle said they would be. 3. Human Services is $841,000.00 in the red at this moment. 4. Youth Services took a big cut back in the State aide. 5. The Public Works Department is working on a transit building, 50% would be paid by Cornell University, 25% by the City of Ithaca and 251% by the County. This would service buses and vehicles excluding trucks. 6. The old jail is in the planning stages but will be held up because.:-of.city parking regulations. 7. Landstrom Landfill could be covered or capped May 1st of 1992 at the earliest. Mr. Todd doesn't think the County will get another landfill until Landstrom has been closed down. 8. Mr. Todd felt it was a great possibility that the cost of the trash tags could go up in 1992 because all the cost of solid waste to date is being covered by the tags alone. 90 The new terminal and runway extension at the Tompkins County Airport is still waiting for D.E.C. approval. A financial study is still showing it can all be built without tax dollars. Pete Larson, Highway Superintendent reported the following: 1. With the recommendation from Mr. Larson, the Town Board made the following Resolution: RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Beckwith who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby declare the cobblestone in the Town's gravel bank a surplus and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board does hereby authorize the Highway Superintendent to advertise for bids on the above mention cobblestones. Vote of Town -" Vote of Town Vote of Town Vote of Town Vote of Town Board . . Board . . Board . . Board . . Board . . . (Aye) . (Aye) . (Aye) . (Aye) . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Louis Emmick, Councilman Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Copy of said Resolution attached hereto and made a part there:cf. 2. Mr. Larson stated that he had budgeted for a fuel tank and now has a price (state bid) on one. Highland Tank & Manufacturing Company out of Pennsylvania will deliver one 8,000 gallon stainless steel fuel tank, fiberglass coated with stainless steel straps to anchor it down with to the Hii'.:way Department for $ 8,887.00. Mr. Tvaroha suggested that Mr. Larson look into the price of insurance to cover an .underground tank versus an above the ground one. Mr. Lasron will check with Bob Briggs and get back to the Board with his findings. continued August 21, 1991 RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Emmick who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED, that the Town Board does hereby authorize Mr. Herrick to hire Cayuga Landscaping to correct the work that Pilon Construction did not do properly in Water District No. 14. The amount of said project to be $ 7,400.00 to Cayuga Landscaping and misc. expenses to be paid to the Town Engineer and to the Town Attorney. Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mr. Herrick stated that he is working on the calculation of the number of units in Water District Number 7 for the water district consolidation. He will get back to the Board with his information. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Cleveland who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Emmick: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby accept the proposed ROAD SPECIFICATIONS effective immediately to anyone who has not yet had Planning Board approval. Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board.. Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman . (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mr. Totman informed the Board that Grace Allen is having problems in selling her land on East Shore Drive, The Board of Zoning Appeals gave her permission to split her land into three (3) parcels in 1979. She is now having problems selling the parcels as the banks will not lend monies to prospective buyers if there is not a fifteen (15) foot access to a public highway, which she does not have. Mr. Totman will give Mr.Thaler his response in writting and in turn Mr. Thaler can then contact Mrs. Allen's Attorney, Mr. Herrick and Mrs. Kirby met with Mr. Tom LaVigne in regard to hooking up his house to public water. Three different options were discussed and the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Emmick who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Tvaroha: RESOLVED that the Town Board does hereby authorize Richard Thaler to draw up an agreement between the Town of Lansing and Mr. LaVigne stating that Mr. LaVigne will pay now for half the frontage at $35.00 a foot to connect to current main, put funds in escrow until tank main is contracted for and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Supervisor is hereby authorized to sign said agreement. Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman . (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mrs. Kirby stated that the agreement between the Town and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Varga has been written up and given to Mr. Phil Winn, the Varga's Attorney. Mr. Thaler is now waiting for a response from Mr. Winn. Mr. Totman presented his monthly report. Mr. Totman thought it would be a good idea if the Town Board would allow Sue Davenport more hours so she could work along with Stan Burke on a new Town Directory. This will be discussed at a later date. Mrs. Kirby informed the Town Board that the State of New York did not feel that speed reductions were appropriate at this time on Collins Road and Storm Road, Mrs. Kirby stated that the permanent water agreement between the Town and the Village has not yet been completed but the extension has been signed and is effective through October of 1991. Mrs. Kirby read the contents of a petition she received from the Faith Baptist Fellowship Church requesting caution signs on Auburn Road near the church. Mrs. Kirby will send the petition on to the State of New York for their approval or disapproval. continued August 21, 1991 AUDIT RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Beckwith who moved its adoption, seconded met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall. by Mr. Emmick: P.M. with Supervisor Kirby Presiding, RESOLVED that the bookkeeper is hereby authorized to pay the following bills: General Fund Highway Fund Lansing Water Districts Capital Fund - Water District Voucher # 14 Vs 488 - 551 266 - 301 44 - 48 2 - 3 $ 19,698.18 65,868.47 11205.54 175.41 Vote of Town Board . . . Vote of Town Board . . . Vote of Town Board . . . Vote of Town Board . . . Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) (Aye) (Aye) (Aye) (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Louis Emmick, Councilman Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mr. Adam Lyons, a representavive from the Thaler & Thaler Law firm explained the State Revolving Fund. This is in regard to waste water treatment programs. He explained that the Town would need an engineer's report before they could begin and that it would probably be three (3) years before they could look at filling out the application. This will be discussed at a later date. The following budget modification came before the Board: Transfer From Amount Transfer To DA5142.100 $ 7,500.00 DA5130.100 DA51489100 7,500.00 DA5130olOO This Budget transfer was tabled until the next Board meeting until further explanations could accompany it. Regarding the insurance on the Senior Citizens Bus, it was stated that the driver has to be a Town Employee. Mrs. Kirby suggested the Town Board draft a letter as being opposed to the Resolution from Bolton Point indicating that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing feels that the one hundred dollar penalty is too severe and that the notice should be a twenty -five dollar fee for sending the meter reader to the premise in the event that the user fails to deliver to the commission a quartly water meter reading for any three consecutive quarters. It was the consesus of the Board to allow Mr. Thaler to draft a letter in regard to this and get back to the Board with Bolton Points response. On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor (10:51 P.M.) September 04, 1991 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall. Boardroom at 8:00 P.M. with Supervisor Kirby Presiding, Jeannine Kirby Herbert Beckwith Jeffrey Cleveland Louis Emmick Larry Tvaroha Bonita Boles Debbie Crandall Richard Thaler ROLL CALL Supervisor Councilman Councilman Councilman Councilman Town Clerk Deputy Town Clerk Town Attorney Present Present Present Present (8:05) Present Absent Present Present VISITORS: Pete Larson, Highway Superintendent, David Herrick, Town Engineer, Paul Butler, Don Ellis and one other resident. The Supervisor called the meeting to order having the clerk take the Roll Call, Pete Larson, Highway Superintendent reported the following: I. Mr. Larson contacted Mr. Briggs concerning the insurance costs per year on an above ground tank versus a below the ground tank. The insurance per year, per tank on the below ground tank is $1500.00. The insurance per year on the above ground tank is between $500.00 - $700.00. The cost for an above ground tank with dike is approximately $10,339.00 plus freight. This price is not state bid and would have to be put out for bid. Mr. Larson stated he was open to what the Board recommends. Mr. Tvaroha asked what the life expectancy is for both. Mr. Larson stated that the life expectancy for both tanks is 30 years. i0�