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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-11-04November 04, 1999 Ti; j. � 4 �'4lJ The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 7:00 p.m. with Supervisor Kirby presiding. ROLL CALL Jeannine Kirby Supervisor Present Paul Butler Councilman Present Herbert Beckwith Councilman Present Jeffrey Cleveland Councilman Present Stephen Farkas Councilman Present Bonita Boles Town Clerk Absent Debbie Crandall Deputy Town Clerk Present Rich John Town Attorney Present VISITORS: Pete Larson, Brad Griffin, Phil Kirk, Charlie Nedrow, Matt Shulman, George Totman, Dave Herrick, Sharon Bowman, Katrina Greenly, Bud Shattuck and Kevin Harlen. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. PUBLIC HEARING FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUDGET Proof of Notice having been furnished by the Town Clerk the Public Hearing on the proposed SPECIAL DISTRICTS for the Town of Lansing for the year 2000 was called to order by motion of Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Farkas at 7:00 P.M. All persons desiring to be heard, having been heard, Mr.Beckwith moved to terminate the Public Hearing at 7:04 P.M., seconded by Mr. Farkas: Carried. RESOLUTION TO ADOPT SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUDGET RESOLUTION ADOPTING SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUDGET, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the Lansing Water District No. 2, Ext. No. 2, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 12, Ext. No. 1, No. 13, No. 14, No. 15, No. 17, No. 17 Ext. No. 1, No. 17, Ext. No. 2, No, 17, Ext. No. 3, No. 18 and Lansing Light Districts No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 for the year 2000, are hereby approved and adopted. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor ® PUBLIC HEARING FOR PRELIMINARY BUDGET Proof of Notice having been furnished by the Town Clerk, the Public Hearing for the proposed Preliminary Budget was called to order by motion of Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Cleveland at 7:15 P.M. All persons desiring to be heard, having been heard, Mr.Butler moved to close the Public Hearing at 7:17 P.M and seconded by Mr. Farkas: Carried. /I 4 November 04, 1999, continued RESOLUTION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY BUDGET RESOLUTION ADOPTING GENERAL FUND BUDGET, offered by Mr.Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Farkas: WHEREAS, this Town Board has met at the time and place specified in the Notice of the Public Hearing on the General Fund Preliminary Budget and heard all persons desiring to be heard thereon; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby adopts such General Fund Preliminary Budget as the annual budget of this Town for the fiscal year beginning the 1 st day of January, 2000, and that such budget as so adopted be entered in detail in the minutes of the proceedings of this Town Board, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk of this Town shall prepare and certify in duplicate, copies of said annual budget as adopted by this Town Board, together with the estimates, if any adopted pursuant to Section 202 -a, subd. 2 of the Town Law and deliver one copy to the Supervisor of this Town to be presented by her to the Board of Representatives of the County. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilrnan Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor RESOLUTION ADOPTING HIGHWAY FUND BUDGET offered by Mr.Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Farkas: WHEREAS, this Town Board has met at the time and place specified in the notice of the Public Hearing on the Highway Fund Preliminary Budget and heard all persons desiring to be heard thereon; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby adopts such Highway Fund Preliminary Budget as originally compiled, as the annual budget of this Town for the fiscal year beginning the 1 st day of January, 2000, and that such budget as adopted be entered in detail in the minutes of the proceedings of this Town Board, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall prepare and certify in duplicate, copies of said annual budget as adopted by this Town Board together with the estimates, if any, adopted pursuant to Section 207 -a, subd. 2, of the Town by her to the Supervisor of this Town to be presented to the Board of Representatives of this County. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor RESOLUTION TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON WATER DISTRICT #12 EXTENSION #2 Dave Herrick passed out the Engineer's Report on Water District #12, Extension #21 After further discussion the following resolution was hereby adopted. NOTICE TO ALL TOWN OF LANSING RESIDENTS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER DISTRICT 12, EXTENSION NO. 2 (Town Law 209 _ d) November 04, 1999, continued At a meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York held at the Town Hall in said Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York on the 4th day of November, 1999, PRESENT: JEANNINE KIRBY, Supervisor; PAUL BUTLER, Councilman; STEPHEN FARKAS, Councilman; HERBERT BECKWITH, Councilman; JEFFREY CLEVELAND, Councilman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the matter of the Petition for the Establishment of a Water District Extension in the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. ---------------- ----..................................................... -................................... WHEREAS, a written petition in due form and containing the required signatures has been presented to and filed with the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York for the establishment of a Water District Extension in said Town to be bounded and described as follows: The properties located on East Shore Circle and a portion of Teeter Road, being all those tax map parcels indicated on Schedule A to this Notice of Public Hearing and, WHEREAS, the construction proposed consists of the installation of approximately 2,480 linear feet of 8 inch ductile iron pipe connected to the 8 inch water main on East Shore Circle (Water District No. 12) and the 8 inch water main on East Shore Circle (Water District No. 12) and the 8 inch water main on East Shore Drive (Water District No. 7). Approximately 380 linear feet of 8 inch ductile iron pipe will also extend to the West side of parcel 37.1 -7 -27 on Teeter Road, together with appurtenant facilities including valves, fire hydrants and connections to the existing mains, in accordance with a map, plan and report contained within an Engineer's Report prepared by the Town Engineer, which report is made a part of such petition and is now on file in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town, and WHEREAS, the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the said Water District, as stated in the said petition, is the sum of One Hundred Sixty -Seven Thousand Four Hundred and 00 /100 Dollars ($167,400.00), and with a proposed financing term of twenty years and a bond rate of 5.50 %, the estimated annual cost for a typical property within the Water District is $778.20 plus the estimated average angpal cost of water in the amount of $316.44, and estimated average onetime hook -up fees for c9r1nFcJion oft }e service'line to the residence in the amount of $1,175.00; THEREFORE, upon the motion of Herbert Beckwith, and seconded by Stephen Farkas, and the vote being unanimous, it is hereby ORDERED, that a meeting of the Town Board of the said Town of Lansing shall be held at the Lansing Town Hall Court Room, Lansing, New York on the 1 st day of December, 1999 at 7:00 in the evening of that day to consider the said petition and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same and for such other action on the vote of said Town Board with relation to the said petition as may be required by law or proper in the premises. ® SCHEDULE A WATER DISTRICE 12 EXT. NO 2 TAX MAP PARCELS 37.1 -7 -20 37.1 -7 -21.1 37.1 -7 -16 37.1 -9 -6 37.1 -7 -19 37.1 -7 -12.2 37.1 -7 -17 37.1 -7 -11 37.1 -7 -12.1 37.1 -7 -14 37.1 -7 -18 37.1 -7 -15 37.1 -7 -13 37.1 -9 -3 37.1 -7 -27 37.1 -7 -21.2 37.1 -7 -22 37.1 -9 -5 37.1 -9 -1 November 04, 1999, continued Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REFUND TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN WATER DISTRICT #12, EXT #1 RESOLUTION RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Butler. WHEREAS, Water District 12, Extension 1 was established on November 05, 1997; and WHEREAS, at the time of the establishment of Water District 12, Extension 1, the cost of building this water main extension was to be assumed by the property owners of said District; and WHEREAS, the property owners of said District executed an Agreement to share the costs of the road and water main extensions as follows: Jay O'Rear to pay for all legal, surveying, and engineering costs. Jay O'Rear to pay three - sevenths (3/7) of the construction costs of the road and water main extension. The owners of the four remaining property parcels (Frank & Mary Rogan, Robin Rogers & John Lambert, John Rogers, and Robert Horn) each pay one- seventh (1/7) of the costs, for a total of four- sevenths (4/7) of the construction costs of the road and water main extension; and WHEREAS, certain engineering functions were performed through the services of the Town Engineer, T.G. Miller, P.C., who performed the needed engineering, and WHEREAS, T.G. Miller, P.C.'s fees in the amount of $3,220.88, for the engineering work, were submitted to, and paid by, the Town of Lansing, instead of by Mr. O'Rear, as required under the Agreement, and were inadvertently included in the Town of Lansing costs to form Water District 12, Extension 1, which totaled $6,613.11; and WHEREAS, the true cost of forming Water District 12, Extension 1 was ($6,613.11 minus $3,220.98) $3,392.13; and WHEREAS, the five property parcels were not billed by the Town on the 1999 Town and County Tax Bill in the manner outlined in the above- referenced Agreement, but instead were billed equally, in the amount of $1,322.62 each; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the above Agreement, each of the four property owners who were to pay one - seventh (1/7) of the cost, should have been required to pay $484.59, and therefore, must be reimbursed $838.03 each; and WHEREAS, Jay O'Rear, who was to pay three - sevenths (3/7) of the cost, should have been required to pay $1,453.77, and therefore, still owes the Town $131.14 plus the costs of the is engineering work of $3,220.98, for a total of $3,352.12; THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing will reimburse each of the property owners: Frank & Mary Rogan, Robin Rogers & John Lambert, John Rogers, and Robert Horn the amount of $838.03 for overpayment for the construction costs of the road and water main extension upon verification of payment of their 1999 Town and County Tax Bill; and IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing will bill Jay O'Rear $3,352.12, which includes the engineering costs ($3,220.98) plus the difference between what he was billed and has paid ($1,322.62) and what he should have been billed ($1,453.77), which equals $131.14, for a total of $3,352.12, as outlined in the original Agreement. November 04, 1999, continued Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor FURNITURE BID RESOLUTION FOR NEW TOWN HALL RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Farkas. ® WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing is moving to new offices and therefore will need new office furniture; and WHEREAS, the old office furniture is inadequate for the variety of requirements and functions needed to support various town officials and departments; and WHEREAS, new office furniture needs to be of uniform design and color with lifetime warranty, adequate to support anticipated future Town needs; and WHEREAS, this new furniture will need to be delivered and in place on or before December 10, 1999; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed furniture specifications and a bidding format, which is attached hereto, and has discussed and agreed upon the various components, styles, and the necessary configuration(s) to meet current Town needs as well as anticipated future Town needs, THEREFORE, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby authorizes the purchase of new office furniture for the Town Hall, and further authorizes that the specifications dated in October 1999 and appended to the minutes of the Meeting be and hereby are approved, and the Town Board of the Town of Lansing further authorizes and requires that the items to be purchased and the services necessary for installation of the subject office furniture be the subject of a formal request for proposal and be processed through the due and legal bidding procedure, all as required by law. Bid requirements and specifications shall be available upon request from the Town of Lansing Clerk; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the town reserves the right to reject any and all bids; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that all bids must be delivered to the Town Clerk's Offices by 7:00 p.m. on November 17, 1999. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board.. 6 (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to a resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, sealed buds for the purchase of new office furniture will be received at the office of the Town Clerk at P.O. Box 186, 159 Auburn Road, Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, until 7:00 p.m. eastern standard time on the 17th day of November, 1999, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes at the address above, and shall bear on the face thereof the name and address of the bidder. The items to be bid on will comply with the specifications for Town Hall furniture that are available to any interested bidder at the office of the Town Clerk at 159 vy November 04, 1999, continued Auburn, Road, Lansing, New York. The contract for the purchase of the above item(s) will be. awarded by the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, but the Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids, in its sole discretion. APPROVE MINUTES A copy of the minutes of August 4th, September 15th, and October 6, 1999 having been given to the Board Members beforehand, the Supervisor asked for a motion to make corrections or to accept the same as submitted. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the minutes of August 4th, September 15th and October 6, 1999 are hereby approved as submitted. Carried. Carried. Carried. APPOINT LARRY SHARPSTEEN TO EMC RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby appoint Larry Sharpsteen to the Environmental Management Council. Said term to run from January 01, 2000 to December 31, 2001, Carried, TOWN HALL PROJECT Mr. Beckwith reported on the new Town Hall project. The courtroom was changed due to judicial format. Mr. Beckwith informed the Board that the new phone system and office furniture will be in place on December 10th. Mr. Beckwith stated that the regular Town Board meeting in December will be held in the new Town Board Room, BOND RESOLUTION TO PAY THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN HALL BOND RESOLUTION Dated November 4, 1999 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $400,000.00 SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF LANSING, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN HALL IN THE TOWN OF LANSING. The following resolution was offered by Councilman Herbert Beckwith, who moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Paul Butler, to wit: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has passed a resolution dated February 25, 1998 authorizing the construction of the new Town Hall for the Town of Lansing with a total cost of the improvement not to exceed $750,000, to be paid by use of funds in a Town Capital Reserve Account in the amount of $350,000, and the issuance of serial bonds of the Town of Lansing in the amount of $400,000; and WHEREAS, the Town has applied $350,000 in funds from the Town Capital Reserve Account towards the cost of the improvement; and WHEREAS, all conditions precedent to the financing of the capital project hereinafter described, including compliance with the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review 6 k. b y9 1 3 I J November 04, 1999, continued Act, have been performed; and WHEREAS, the Town Board, wishes to authorize the financing of the remaining amount necessary to pay for the improvement, through the issuance of $400,000 serial bonds of the Town of Lansing which bonds having a maximum maturity not to exceed twenty years; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York as follows: Section 1. For the specific objects or purposes of paying the costs of the construction of the Town Hall in the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, there are hereby authorized to be issued $400,000.00 serial bonds of said Town pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, apportioned among such costs of construction in accordance with the maximum estimated cost of the improvement Pursuant to subdivision 10 of paragraph (a) of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law, it is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the construction of the Town Hall in the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, the aforesaid specific object or purpose is twenty years and that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized for said purpose will not exceed twenty years. Section 2. The aggregate maximum estimated cost of the aforesaid specific objects or purposes is $400,000.00. The plan of financing the same consists of the issuance of said serial bonds in the amount of $400,000.00. Section. 3. All other matters except as provided herein relating to such bonds shall be determined by the Supervisor. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of the validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 1.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Supervisor shall determine. Section 4. It is hereby determined that subdivision 10 of paragraph (a) of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law applies to the specific object or purpose of the cost of construction set forth herein, and that the period of usefulness thereof is twenty years computed from the date of the issuance of the first serial bond or the first bond anticipation note issued therefore. It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will not exceed twenty years. Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Supervisor, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. The full faith and credit of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations becoming due and payable each year. There shall be levied on all the taxable real property in said Town a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such obligations as the same become due and payable. In the event that the annual collection of such assessments shall be less than the amount required to pay the principal and interest of said bonds as they shall become due, the Town Board shall direct that surplus moneys not otherwise appropriated be applied. Section 7. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale, conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor who shall advertise such bonds for sale, conduct the sale and award the bonds in such manner as she shall deem best for U' r November 04, 1999, continued the interests of said Town, provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers she shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Supervisor shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds who shall not be obligated to see to the application of the purchase money. Section 8. The validity of such bonds or any bond anticipation note or notes issued thereon in anticipation of the sale of said bonds pursuant to this bond resolution may be contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in full in the Ithaca Journal, which is hereby designated as the official newspaper of said Town for such purpose, together with a notice of the Town Clerk in the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call which resulted as follows: Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor The resolution was thereon declared duly adopted. BETTER HOUSING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE On recommendation from Councilman Stephen Farkas the following resolution was hereby approved. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the following be appointed to the Better Housing Oversight Committee: Stephen Farkas, Marty Swords, Katrina Greenly, Larry Sharpsteen and Tom Todd. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor WATER DISTRICT #19 APPLICATION SUBMISSION RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Beckwith: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has issued an Order dated August 18, 1999 forming Water District 19 within the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, creation of the Water District 19 requires the consideration and approval of the New York State Comptroller pursuant to the New York Code of Rules and Regulations Part 85; and November 04, 1999, continued WHEREAS, the Town has prepared an Application of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing to the New York State Comptroller for Permission to Create Water District 19; and WHEREAS, the Application was prepared at the direction of the Lansing Town Board, the Lansing Town Board believes the contents of the Application to be accurate and the Lansing Town Board has determined that the Water District 19, for which permission is sought, is in the public interest, will not constitute an undue burden on the property which will bear the cost thereof, all real property to be so assessed will be benefited by the proposed improvements and that no benefited property has been excluded; therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing authorize the Town Supervisor to sign and submit the Application of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing to the New York State Comptroller for Permission to Create Water District 19, Dated: November 4, 1999 Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board. (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the Special Meeting be adjourned to go into Executive Session at 7:45 p.m. to discuss the Ottenschott junk yard issue. Carried. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Butler that the Executive Session is terminated at 7:51 p.m. and the Special Meeting be reconvened. Matt Shulman asked if the Board could share any information regarding the Executive Session. Mr. John stated that the motion is scheduled on November 23, 1999 in front of Judge O'Brien. BID OPENING FOR NEW TOWN HALL PHONE SYSTEM Councilman Herb Beckwith opened the following bids on the phone system for the new Town Hall: LUCENTE TECHNOLOGIES 312 ELM STREET SUITE 1225 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 -2301 PRO -TEL COMMUNICATIONS P.O. BOX 530 VESTAL, NEW YORK 13851 ALL -MODE 1725 DRYDEN ROAD FREEVILLE, NEW YORK 13068 RFM COMMUNICATIONS 1609 TRUMANSBURG ROAD SUITE 102 ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 W • •1 $12.783.00 $15.257.00 $12.291.00 T • t► •t November 04, 1999, continued After further discussion the following resolution was hereby adopted. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Mr. Farkas: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing is moving to new offices and therefore will need a new office telephone system; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has solicited bids for a new telephone system for the new Town Hall through a request for bids and the preparation of specifications required for a telephone system for the Town to support various town officials and departments, including that the system would be delivered and operational on or before December 10, 1999; and WHEREAS, the Town received proposals from four bidders, and after appropriate review of the telephone systems presented, it was determined that all four bidders had met the specifications for a Town Hall telephone system; and WHEREAS, the low bidder was RFM Communications, of 1609 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, New York for a Lucent Technologies telephone system, having presented a bid of $10,875.00 to include the features required by the Town of Lansing; therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to accept the bid presented by RFM Communications, of 1609 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, New York for a Lucent Technologies telephone system, at a cost of $10,875.00 to include the features required by the Town of Lansing and such system to be delivered and operational on or before December 10, 1999. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Councilman Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 8:47 p.m. Minutes taken and executed by the Deputy Town Clerk.