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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-11-08SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING Date: November 08, 2000 Time: 7:00 P.M. Place: Lansing Town Hall Board Room AGENDA 1. Call Meeting to Order. 20 Roll Call, 3, 7:00 P.M. - Public Hearing for Special Districts Budget. 40 Resolution to Adopt Special Districts Budget. 50 7:15 P.M. - Public Hearing for Preliminary Budget. 6. Resolution to Adopt Preliminary Budget. 70 Resolution to Adopt Highway Fund Budget. 80 Adjourn Meeting. MwAdj November 08, 2000 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 7:00 p.m. with Supervisor Farkas presiding. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. ROLL CALL Stephen Farkas Supervisor Present Herbert Beckwith Councilperson Present Katrina Greenly Councilperson Present Meg Overstrom Councilperson Present Francis Shattuck Councilperson Present Bonita Boles Town Clerk Absent Debbie Crandall Deputy Town Clerk Present Rich John Town Attorney Absent VISITORS: Douglas McEver, Bev Abplanalp, Ron Parks, Paul Southard, Ivan Pisanelli, Connie Wilcox, Cliff Buck, Debbie Nichols, Paul Costantini, JoAnn Mancini, L.H. Kallfelz, Susan Miller, Kathy Miller, Craig Trowbridge, Candis Bailey, S.D. Sperling, Jean Wentworth, Monica Joyce Hamill, Richard Wentworth, Catherine Morrell, Robert Sullivan, Sue Sullivan, Jill Vaughan, Walter L. Poland, Sharon Bowman, Chris Nabinger and several other residents. 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 2001 was called to order by motion of Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mrs. Overstrom at 7:00 P.M. All persons desiring to be heard, having been heard, Mr. Beckwith moved to close the Public Hearing at 7:10 P.M., seconded by Mrs. Overstrom: Carried. RESOLUTION ADOPTING SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUDGET, offered by Mrs. Greenly and seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED, that the Lansing Water District No. 2, Ext. No. 2, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, 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 2001, are hereby approved and adopted. Vote of Town Board. Vote of Town Board. Vote of Town Board. Vote of Town Board . Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson (Aye) Meg Overstrom, Councilperson (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor 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. Shattuck at 7:15 P.M. Resident, Susan Miller stated that the Town appreciates the old Town Hall to work out of but there is a huge budget needed to get started, which is around $65,000. November 08, 2000, continued She stated that they received there first large donation but the library needs the Towns support and requested funding for the library. The County, Grant Foundations and other businesses want to know what the Town is contributing. The effort is going well and the people are enthusiastic. They anticipate their gala opening to be either in the spring or summer. The library would anchor the Town Center. This would be a meeting place, a computer training place, an elderly outreach, art exhibits, children programs and a place for educational talks. Susan Miller than presented the library budget to the Town Board members. Monica Hamill spoke in support of the library and stated that other towns include the library in the Town Budget. The support from the town has to be there in order to move forward on the project. Residents asked questions pertaining to Debt Service, 100% increase in attorney fees and the percentage of pay increase employees received. RESOLUTION TO AMEND BUDGET Mr. Shattuck stated that he proposes to continue to support the library association. The Town has allowed the library association to have the building for a dollar a year and he is looking to other board member suggestions as to an additional amount. RESOLUTION, offered by Mrs. Overstrom and seconded by Mrs. Greenly: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing amend the budget to include a line item in the amount of $6,000 to support the library association. After further discussion Mrs. Overstrom withdrew her motion based on the recommendation from the bookkeeper that a donation be given instead of a budget line item. It would then come out of the fund balance and it would not raise any additional tax dollars or change the tax rate. RESOLUTION, offered by Mrs. Overstrom and seconded by Mrs. Greenly: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby agrees to donate $6,000 to the library association. Vote of Town Board .. . Vote of Town Board .. . Vote of Town Board .. . Vote of Town Board .. . Vote of Town Board .. . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson (Aye) Meg Overstrom, Councilperson (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor All persons desiring to be heard, having been heard, Mr. Beckwith moved to close the Public Hearing at 8:47 P.M. and seconded by Mrs. Greenly, Carried. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY BUDGET ;,:RESOLUTION ADOPTING GENERAL FUND BUDGET, offered by Mrs. Overstrom and seconded by Mrs. Greenly: 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 155 November 08, 2000, continued as the annual budget of this Town for the fiscal year beginning the 1 st day of January, 2001, 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 him to the Board of Representatives of the County. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Meg Overstrom, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor RESOLUTION ADOPTING HIGHWAY FUND BUDGET offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mrs. Overstrom: 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, 2001, 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, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Meg Overstrom, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor Meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 8:53 p.m. Minutes taken and executed by the Deputy Town Clerk.