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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-09-20 September 20, 2017 1 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING September 20, 2017 A Regular Meeting of the Lansing Town Board was held at the Town Hall Board Room, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing, NY on the above date at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order by the Supervisor, Edward LaVigne and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Roll call by Deborah K. Munson, Town Clerk, showed the following to be PRESENT: Robert Cree, Councilperson Doug Dake, Councilperson Edward LaVigne, Supervisor ABSENT: Andra Benson, Councilperson Katrina Binkewicz, Councilperson ALSO PRESENT: Charlie “Cricket” Purcell, Highway Superintendent, Mike Moseley, Deputy Highway Superintendent, Mike Sigler, Tompkins County Legislator, Dan Veaner, Lansing Star, Christie Citranglo, Lansing Ledger, Ted Laux, Connie Wilcox, John O’Neill, Village of Lansing, Joseph Wetmore, Steve Colt, Director Parks and Recreation, Charmagne Rumgay, Town of Lansing Bookkeeper, Chris Williams, Sue Ruoff, Suzanne Hinderliter, Sarah and Chris Hesse, Andy Sciarabba, Alexandra Karnow, and a few other attendees. LANSING COMMUNITY LIBRARY REPORT – AMI STALLONE The following report was available as a handout. TOWN BOARD UPDATES FROM THE LANSING COMMUNITY LIBRARY September 20, 2017 1. The Lansing Library in partnership with Lansing Loves to Read participated in the Bicentennial parade this past Saturday, Sept. 9. From all of us at the library, THANK YOU to all of the members of the event planning committee who helped to put on a great celebration for our town. 2. Artwork by local painter and potter Sharon W. Nelson will be on display Sept – Oct. 3. September Exhibit – “Rural Voices on the Path to Women’s Rights” - In recognition of the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage in NY State, this unique collection of historic pictures and accounts of women in Tompkins County during the suffrage movement will be on display at the Lansing Community Library for the month of September. This is a traveling exhibit that will eventually be shared in each of the rural libraries in Tompkins County. 4. Lansing’s 2nd Annual Ag Day is scheduled for Oct. 7th. During this 2nd annual Ag Day, Lansing Historian Louise Bement will present a program about the history of farming in Lansing. 5. Cocktails & Costumes – The LCL Marketing Committee (a collaborative group of volunteers from the Friends, Trustees and community) is partnering with The John Joseph Inn to host a Halloween party for adults on Friday the 13th in October! This event is intended to be a fun community outreach as well as a fundraiser for the library. $50 / Person. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from a committee member, at the library, on LCL’s website via our “Donate” button. 6. Our next Family Sensory Storytime is being offered by Debbie Geise at the library on Saturday, Oct 14th. This program is designed especially for children ages 3-7 with sensory processing challenges and their siblings. Email michellec@lansinglibrary.org to register for this event. September 20, 2017 2 7. A Look Forward: a. Drag Queen Storytime – This program has been postponed until October. Check our website or FB for the new date. b. Biannual Friends of LCL Book Sale – November, TBD PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT – STEVE COLT The following report was available as a handout. Parks & Recreation Department 9/20/17 Town Board Meeting RECREATION  Our fall programing is organized and underway. Currently, this includes Flag Football, JR Small Fry Football, SR Small Fry Football, Soccer, JR Cheerleading, SR Cheerleading and new this fall is Flag Cheerleading for our respective football teams.  Our cheerleaders will also attend a cheer competition in early November. The cheerleading program has also done a great job with fundraising to help pay for new uniforms and warm-ups.  All of our football teams have started their respective seasons this past Saturday. They will play a 6 or 7 game season and conclude the last weekend in October.  Youth Soccer has also started. We are well over 200 participants made up of boys and girls in grades pre-K – 6th. This program is entirely run “in-house” with practice sessions and game play each night. This program will conclude by mid- October mostly due to a lack of daylight.  We are so fortunate to have the volunteer parent coaches that we have. All of these programs, are driven by volunteer coaches and helpers. We could NOT do it without them.  The Town Center Trail will be used for two big meets by the LHS X-C team on 9/26 and 10/3 along with a Youth Race on 10/7. The trail is in great condition and now very dry as compared to earlier this summer!  Programs coming soon are Bowling, Jump Around, Horseback Riding and Gymnastics.  The HS Pool is OPEN! We are taking registrations for a weekday Adult Open Swim. We also plan to offer Saturday Swim Lessons soon. PARKS  The Vet Watch Fire took place on Friday 9/15. It was the 27th year and another very well done program and one of the larger fires.  Myers Park hosted two 5K races with the Lighthouse 5K taking place on August 19th and Lisa’s Run this past Saturday 9/16.  We continue to take camping reservations. The Columbus Day weekend will mark the end of our camping season in Myers Park. We are SOLD OUT for this weekend. September 20, 2017 3 HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT – CHARLIE “CRICKET” PURCELL Cricket reported the following: Roads – The Ludlowville project is almost completed. Salmon Creek Bridge – The County expects to complete the deck on the “red” bridge soon. Flood Mitigation – Most of the flood issues are completed. PLANNING CONSULTANT REPORT – MICHAEL LONG The following report was available as a handout.  Lake Forest Circle Drive – L1 Zone - Major subdivision of 16 lots plus storm water. o Tompkins Co. 239 review (Letter 11/12/2014) has been completed. o Storm water plan revisions requested T.G. Miller. Letter dated 11/19/2014. o Revisions are being made to the SWPPP materials. Submitted 10/26 revised maps. Letter (Oct. 27, 2015) from Tim Buhl in response circulated. Comments on map sent on map 10/28/2015. o “Public Hearing”- held December 14, 2015. o SEQRA, Preliminary Plat approval December 14, 2015 – included waiver of new town highway specs. o Discussion regarding existing easements and potential changes – propose meeting with owner and staff to resolve outstanding issues. o Revised SWPPP documents submitted for review T.G. Miller March 16, 2016. Additional changes required. o Final Plat approval – TBD.  Ag Plan – Follow up meeting – finalize report meeting June 1, 2015 o Joint Planning Board and Town Board meeting held– June 22, 2015 o Town Board adopted Ag Plan on Sept. 16, 2015. o Farm Day – Held Oct. 15, 2016 at Town Hall o Farm Day Oct 7, 2017 – Community Celebrations $1,200 Grant awarded o Louise Bement and Connie Wilcox assisting with poster boards via History Center.  Cell Tower – Crown Castle (Verizon Wireless tenant) – applicant represented by Matthew Kerwin attorney of Barclay Damon (Syracuse, NY). o Preliminary application materials received 3/21/2016. o Copy application submitted to structural engineer for review and comments. o Sketch Plan review meeting – April 11, 2016 o Planning Board mtg. discussion April 25, 2016 -Tower Height does not comply with the current height fall zone regulations. o Balloon site test / Visual Analysis TBD o Revised site plan – lowered tower to 95 height - submitted April 28, 2017 revisions. o Public Hearing / Visual Simulations – May 22, 2017 mtg. o 239 Review Tompkins County Planning – submitted May 11, 2017- response TBD o NYSEG letter re: fall zone / Requested May 22, 2017. o SEQRA / Site Plan approval – TBD. o ZBA Fall Zone Area Variance required – TBD. September 20, 2017 4  Comprehensive Plan – Town Board appointment of additional new members Jan 4, 2016 o Committee Public Hearing – August 10, 2016---- o Committee Final Document – approved Sept 14, 2016. o Town Board Resolution Sept 14, 2016 Thanking members for their service and requested Planning Board to review and give input on this document. o Planning Board work sessions – Sept, 12, Sept. 26, Oct 24, Nov 14, Dec 12, Jan 23, Feb 13, Feb 27, March 13, April 24, May 8, 2017, May 15, 2017 , and June 12, 2017. o Finalize Comprehensive Plan version to Town Board July 18, 2017. (Posted to web) o Planning Board Blackline version of changes to the 2016 Comp Plan available 8/14/2017. o Informational session planned – (8/30 at 6:30pm Community Center) o Planning Board Public Hearing – Oct 30th and recommendation to TB o 239 Review from Tompkins County Planning - Received initial comments – formal with SEQRA Review Process - TBD o Town Board Public Hearing -TBD. o Town Board Adoption of SEQRA findings and Comprehensive Plan – TBD.  NYSEG – Cell Tower (100 foot height) intersection of Peruville Rd at NYS Rt. 34 o Transfer Substation, electrical relays. Site improvements o Preliminary sketch plan review – April 24, 2017 meeting o Recommended investigation of alternate sites – Town Highway Site? o Fall Zone issues (140 foot height required) o 239 Review – sent 3/23/2017 o Investigation of Town Highway site – alternate location lease agreement in discussion o Public Hearing / SEQRA / TBD.  Rochester Cornerstone Group – RFP Town Land – Town Board Purchase agreement. o Phase 1 – 13.5 acres with 72 dwelling units with package plant. o August & October deadline for grant applications. o Wetland delineation, survey and Storm water plan underway. o 239 Review submitted request 8/2/2017. – recommendations letter received 8/25/2017 o Sketch Plan Review – 8/14/2017 meeting o NYS DEC meeting re: Package Plant – 8/23/2017. o Public Hearing – 8/28/2017 meeting. o Additional Package of Planning Board Materials – 9/7/2017 & 9/18/2017. Electronic. o NYS DOT meeting re: Highway Work Permit – 9/21/2017 o SEQRA / Site Plan Approval – tentative September 25, 2017 meeting. o Phase 2 – 8.9 acres with proposed 56 dwelling Units – with package plant. (PDA?)  Cayuga Farms / Cayuga Orchard – Site Plan modification o Town Road ownership interior roadway – built to town road specifications. o Package Plant System – NYS DEC - Meeting 8/23/2017 September 20, 2017 5 o Water System – Bolton Point – Meeting 8/23/ 2017 master meters? o Highway Comments – ok but need to comply with town highway specs. o 239 Request – revised site plan sent 9/7/2017. o Amend site plan approval – October 16, 2017 meeting?  Cargill – Shaft #4 Surface Site Plan Improvements. o SEQRA Neg. Dec issued by NYS DEC August 2017. o Sketch Plan Review Meeting – Planning Board 9/11/2017. o Requested 239 Review – 9/6/2017. o Cargill Mine tour – 9/15/2017. o Public Hearing scheduled – Oct 16th, 2017. o Site Plan approval - TBD Future Projects:  Cayuga Operating Plant – Proposed 18 Megawatt Solar Farm – $25 million dollar investment o Press Conference Announcement – June 7, 2017 o NYSERDA Grant applications - TBD o SWPPP / SEQRA Review - TBD o Site Plan Approval – TBD  Lansing Cottage Community Project -Tiny Timbers – RFP Town Land – Town Board Purchase Agreement – 10.8 acres o Phase 1 – 10 dwelling units - individual homes with shared septic, greenspace, parking areas, walking paths, etc. o Phase 2 – 40-50 dwelling units – individual homes with shared greenspace, parking areas, walking paths, etc. o Need an overall planning design meeting – initial concept road “Cul de sac” distance issues, overall connectivity, etc. ENGINEER’S REPORT – DAVE HERRICK No report. AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE REPORT – CONNIE WILCOX Connie reported the following: The Agriculture Committee thanked the Town Board for listening and helping them with a problem. The Ag Day has been postponed until Spring. Louise Bement will have agriculture history information at the Town Hall on October 7, 2017. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE – CONNIE WILCOX Connie reported the following: The informational meeting was held on August 28, 2017. The process was explained along with what a comprehensive plan is, what stage it is at, and what needs to be done legally. The comprehensive plan and the maps were available for viewing. The Planning Board will set a Public Hearing. Supervisor Edward LaVigne, stated he has heard from two people regarding the Comprehensive Plan. Connie stated one issue that has been brought up is the land referred to as Bell Station. She noted the land owner is currently not interested in selling the land. TOMPKINS COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE – MIKE SIGLER Reviewed the following with the Town Board and the report was available as a handout. September 20, 2017 6 Tompkins County Legislator Michael Sigler September 20, 2017 Hello and thanks for having me again. Last night there were two votes on the agenda of note. We voted to urge Congress to pass the Dream Act which would protect those immigrants who were brought to this country illegally. I voted for this because it’s a starting point. I don’t like to wade into national issues that don’t have a local tie, but this was on the docket. I voted for it because, although I don’t necessarily support the “Dream Act” it is a starting point. I don’t believe presidents should act unilaterally on large policy issues with executive orders as was done here and these should be done by Congress. If the Senate passes the Dream Act, then the House still has to take it up, then it has to go to conference committee and then, the President. It can fall apart at any point, but this is the way these kinds of decisions should be made. The other big issue was the support for a NYSEG compressor project where NYSEG is asking the PSC to allow it to put in four compressors that will boost the pressure of Natural Gas in Lansing. This is a safety issue. I’m a party to the case and recommend you submit a comment on this issue. While I support the plan for compressors, I make it clear this does not mitigate my belief that we need more Natural Gas supply in Lansing to end the moratorium. I’ve attached my comment to the PSC at the end of this report. We are now deep into the budgeting season. We’re hearing from our department heads and their Over Target Requests. The biggest new expenses are already built into the recommended budget and are going to come in our public safety divisions as we revise our jailing and prosecution approaches. Tompkins County Administrator Joe Mareane has delivered to the County Legislature a 2018 Recommended County Budget. The budget supports quality County services; sustained investment in infrastructure; reasonable and reliable employee wages and benefits; and opportunities to address urgent new priorities. The Recommended Budget supports total expenditures of $179 million (an increase of 1.6%) and local dollar spending of $86.6 million (an increase of 1.0%). It meets the Legislature’s 2018 budget goal of a 2.4% increase in the County property tax levy, and is well below the County’s projected 3.53% tax cap. Due to a substantial 3.1% increase in the county’s tax base, which spreads the cost of government across a larger base, the budget contains a property tax rate that will go down again in 2018, to $6.58 per $1,000—a reduction of 0.7%. The Recommended Budget includes $782,000 in spending requests aimed at significantly reducing the Jail population, in response to recommendations from the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) as part of its wide-ranging analysis of jail population commissioned by the County. If approved by the Legislature, the proposals would  Substantially increase the presence of the Mental Health Department at the Jail, enabling universal behavioral health and substance abuse assessments, individualized discharge planning, appropriate treatment at the jail, and active case management and a continuity of services when individuals are released;  Expand Probation’s capacity to manage more individuals through electronic monitoring rather than incarceration, and to accommodate more participants in drug court;  Expedite the handling of cases in the District Attorney’s Office;  Provide expanded inmate health care in the jail;  Continue OAR’s College Initiative Upstate and provide a staff presence at the new Endeavor House;  Provide a single point of central accountability for the implementation of these and the numerous other recommendations made by CGR. The budget also includes $247,000 in OTRs for initiatives related to the County’s new Housing Strategy or that help mitigate homelessness. September 20, 2017 7 The Administrator cautions that this budget contains three significant risks:  A precipitous rise in inmate board-out costs that might occur, should the State revoke the County’s 18-bed Jail variance, and if the Jail population begins to rise above its recent low levels;  Volatility in casino and sales tax revenue; and  The effect future federal funding decisions could have on the budget—especially those regarding the funding of Medicaid. The Legislature has also voted to sell the old library to developer Travis-Hyde Properties. The DeWitt House Project will go on the site and be a four-story with 58 apartment units; ground floor commercial space; a community room managed by the non-profit organization Lifelong; and 38 enclosed ground floor parking spaces. We also ratified a new three-year bargaining agreement with the County’s Corrections Officer union, through the end of 2017. The agreement, which is retroactive to January 1, 2015, includes in its provisions a 2.25% pay increase for each of the three years. Again, I thank Marcia Lynch for her report on which I draw extremely liberally and thank you for having me. Addendum: Dear Secretary Kathleen Burgess, In regards to Case 17-G-0432, while I applaud NYSEG’s proposal to put in compressor stations, this “solution” does not lift the moratorium on Natural Gas in the Town of Lansing. The proposal says it will address the “safety, pressure, and reliability issues related to customers in the Lansing area of Tompkins County,” “with the goal of increasing pressure on the system to minimize the chance of pressures falling to unreliable or unsafe levels.” When NYSEG uses words like “unsafe” the question becomes, how has NYSEG been allowed to operate knowing the situation for so many years without the state stepping in? Their application reads that Lansing residents have been put in jeopardy for years. I would think the PSC would agree this is unacceptable. Even under this application, the compressors won’t be in place until next winter, another winter where NYSEG has put Lansing residents in danger according to its own document. It also states in its executive summary, current Lansing residents will be paying to be the “guinea pig” in this project when NYSEG has sought little buy in from the community. It says it needs to have support from the people directly affected by the moratorium and lack of gas pressure, the people in Lansing. NYSEG has not even held a meeting in Lansing to my knowledge. Its last meeting was to talk about a pipeline that would have supplied the town and that meeting was in Dryden, a town which gets eight percent of its property tax money from pipelines, but seems content to forgo the $20 to $25 million dollars in assessed value of a new pipeline and the tax money it would bring. NYSEG also says it will be seeking a non-pipe alternative RFP if this Compressor Project passes. The compressor project has to go through to keep Lansing safe, but it’s unclear what this non-pipe alternative will do to lift the gas moratorium. Would a moratorium on gas in the rest of Tompkins County free up gas for Lansing? Why is Lansing being put at an economic disadvantage with the surrounding towns and City of Ithaca? Has NYSEG approached any of Lansing’s major industries like the power plant, mall, high tech business park or school about these non-gas alternatives? NYSEG has abandoned its current and potential future clients in Lansing for almost three years. NYSEG is given a monopoly on distribution based on the fact that the company will distribute gas. September 20, 2017 8 It is failing to do that. Even this proposal addresses an issue where NYSEG has failed for years to fulfill its responsibility and according to their own document, has put Lansing residents in danger. Perhaps the question should be, should NYSEG continue to be given a monopoly on gas distribution in Lansing or should that contract be given to another company such as Mirabito or Corning Natural Gas. Under the rules of the PSC, Part 230, it’s hard to see how this moratorium doesn’t break those rules. Part 230 seems to address this in its entirety however, this reads as a key part: “230.2 Provision of gas service. (a) Utility obligation to provide gas service. When an application for gas service is made to a gas corporation by the owner or occupant of a building situated on property abutting on or having access to any public right-of-way in which the governmental authority having jurisdiction will permit the corporation to install and maintain facilities, the corporation shall render the service requested in accordance with the provisions of this Part. If due to unusual circumstances the actual cost per foot of a particular installation is greater than two times the corporation's average cost per foot of new installations for service for the 12 months ended September 30th of the previous year, it may apply to the commission for relief from so much of this Part as it deems necessary in order to provide the service. Thank you, Mike Sigler Tompkins County Legislator, (Lansing) PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR - No one addressed the Town Board. TOWN CLERK PRESENTS THE TENTATIVE 2018 TOWN OF LANSING BUDGET Town Clerk Debbie Munson, formally presented the Tentative 2018 Town of Lansing Budget to the Lansing Town Board. RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 17-125 AND CANCELLING PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RESOLUTION 17-126 RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 17-125 AND CANCELLING PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing had adopted Resolution 17-125 (August 16, 2017) to set a formal public hearing to consider the amendment or adoption of the draft comprehensive plan; and WHEREAS, given the need for final review, public information sessions, and a public hearing by the Planning Board on its changes and draft, it was deemed unwise to try to schedule all such things in but one month, as the comprehensive plan needs a longer period of consideration by the Town and the public; and WHEREAS, upon and after due deliberation upon this matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has determined as follows, and now be it therefore RESOLVED, that Resolution 17-125 be and hereby is repealed, and such public hearing will be rescheduled once the public information sessions and other processes are timely completed. September 20, 2017 9 The question of adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Councilperson Robert Cree, duly seconded by Councilperson Doug Dake, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. RESOLUTION APPROVING FINAL MAP, PLAN AND REPORT FOR PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT EXTENSION NUMBER 3 ALONG STATE ROUTE 34 AND BOWER, BUCK, CONLON AND WILSON ROADS, AND ISSUING ORDER CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING UPON DISTRICT FORMATION, CONSTRUCTION, COSTS, FINANCING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW THEREOF Supervisor Edward LaVigne, stated this was held back for a month to let other residents join in. He noted the rate is now down a little. RESOLUTION 17-127 RESOLUTION APPROVING FINAL MAP, PLAN AND REPORT FOR PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT EXTENSION NUMBER 3 ALONG STATE ROUTE 34 AND BOWER, BUCK, CONLON AND WILSON ROADS, AND ISSUING ORDER CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING UPON DISTRICT FORMATION, CONSTRUCTION, COSTS, FINANCING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW THEREOF The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: WHEREAS, Landowners residing along Buck and Conlon Road have for well over a decade requested a public water supply through the Town of Lansing Consolidated Water District (“CWD”) (and Bolton Point, as the supplier of the CWD), and several prior feasibility studies and cost analyses have resulted in the project lacking either feasibility or neighborhood support; and WHEREAS, since the 2016 drought, which caused many already weak ground wells to have even poorer yield or quality, and other wells to run dry, a formal petition was carried door-to-door to verify that sufficient landowner support existed prior to initiating an Article 12-A proceeding for establishing a water district extension (herein, Consolidated Water District Extension Number 3, or “CWDX3”), and a large majority of landowners (over 75%) signed the petition in support of extending the municipal water system and the creation of a new water district extension; and WHEREAS, as a result thereof the Town Board duly authorized the preparation of a formal Engineer’s Map, Plan and Report (the “MPR”) by resolution dated November 16, 2016 (R16-141) in order to consider the formation of a water benefit district and, if established, to ascertain the costs of design, construction, and financing of the said CWDX3; and WHEREAS, a draft MPR was twice updated to reply to neighborhood requests and reduce construction costs while also expanding to pull in 4 other parcels in need of water at the joint request of such landowners and their neighbors, and the information presented in the final MPR dated August 16, 2017, fulfills the requirements of Article 12-A (including §§ 209-c and 209-d therein), the Town Board finds such MPR to be final and complete and determines that the expansion of the CWD into the affected areas is declared and deemed to be in the public interest, and the Town desires to now proceed towards establishment of CWDX3 pursuant to the provisions of Town Law Article 12-A and finds that all proceedings to date have been in compliance therewith; and September 20, 2017 10 WHEREAS, upon due deliberation upon the foregoing and the public interests to be served and the properties to be benefited thereby, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED AND DETERMINED as follows: 1. The MPR (dated August 16, 2017) be and hereby is deemed final and complete, is found to comply with the requirements of Town Law, and is found to have been filed in the Town Clerk’s Office as required by law. Thus, the Town thus desires to proceed towards establishment of CWDX3 pursuant to the provisions of Town Law Article 12-A, finds that all proceedings hereunder to date have been in compliance therewith, and declares that it is in the public interest to proceed with district formation and a public hearing thereupon. 2. A public hearing be and hereby is set for 6:35 p.m. upon October 18, 2017 at the Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing, New York, and to thereat hear all persons interested in the subject hereof, and to take such action thereon as is required or permitted by law. At such public hearing the MPR and the following matters and information concerning district formation, as found within the MPR, will be considered: a. The boundaries of the proposed district include all those tracts or parcels of land situate in the Town of Lansing, County of Tompkins, State of New York being bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the centerline of Conlon Road opposite the southwest corner of tax map parcel 31.-5-1, said point being approximately 165 feet north of the centerline of NYS Route 34B; thence north along the centerline of Conlon Road to a point opposite the southeast corner of parcel 31.-3- 11; thence west a distance of 127± feet; thence north a distance of 275± feet to th e northwest corner of parcel 31.-3-10; thence west a distance of 205± feet; thence north a distance of 711± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 31.-3-1; thence north to a point in the south line of parcel 31.-1-6.11, said point being 325± feet west of the centerline of Conlon Road; thence west 99± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 31.-1-6.11; thence north 470± feet to the northwest corner of said parcel; thence east 24± feet along the north line of said parcel to a point, said point being 325± feet west of the centerline of Conlon Road; thence north 1,323± feet to a point in the south line of parcel 31.-1-11.1, said point being 325± feet west of the centerline of Conlon Road, thence west 279± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 31.-1-11.1; thence a distance of 602± feet to the southeast corner of parcel 31.-1-20; thence west 2,518± feet to a point in the west line of parcel 31.-1-19, said point being the northwest corner of parcel 31.-1-5; thence south 1,059± feet to the southeast corner of parcel 31.-1-19; thence west 475+/- feet; thence north 1,072± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 31.-1-1.41; thence 225± feet west to the centerline of Buck Road; thence north 298± feet along the centerline of Buck Road to a point opposite the southwest corner of parcel 27.-1-36.3; thence west a distance of 325± feet along the north line of Wilson Road to a point; thence north 530± feet to a point in the south line of parcel 27.-1-41, said point being 325± feet from the centerline of Buck Road; thence west 175± feet; thence north 235± feet to the northwest corner of said parcel; thence east 527± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence north 25± feet along the centerline of Buck Road to a point opposite the southeast corner of 27.-1-27.1; thence west 802± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 27.-1-27.22; thence north 785± feet; thence east a distance of 466± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 27.-1-27.21; thence north 485± feet; thence east 1,228± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence northeasterly 56± feet along the centerline of Buck Road; thence north 25± feet; thence west 1,249± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 27.-1-14.1; thence 308± feet to the northwest corner of said parcel; thence east 1,110 feet; thence southeasterly 246± feet; thence 267± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence east along the centerline of Buck Road 90± feet; thence north 436± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 27.-1-26.8; thence east along the north line of said parcel to a point being 325± feet west of the centerline of Conlon Road; thence north 281± feet to a point opposite the southwest corner of parcel 27.-1-26.12; thence east 62± feet to the southwest corner of said parcel; thence north 772± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 27.-1- 26.10; thence east 228± feet to the centerline of Conlon Road; thence south 1,187± feet along the centerline of Conlon Road to a point opposite the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-41; thence easterly 337± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-43; thence a total distance of 198± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-42; thence September 20, 2017 11 easterly 160± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-22; thence east 435± feet to the northeast corner of said parcel; thence north 172± feet to a point, said point being 325± feet from the centerline of Buck Road; thence east 215± feet to the east line of parcel 28.-1-47; thence north 126± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-17.5; thence east 234± feet to the northeast corner of said parcel; thence south and east along the east line of said parcel a total distance of 625± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence east along the centerline of Buck Road 25± feet to a point opposite the southwest corner of parcel 28.-1-17.2; thence north and west; along the west line of said parcel a total distance of 526± feet to the northwest corner of said parcel; thence 423± feet east to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-25.42; thence south 270± feet to the southeast corner of said parcel; thence easterly 57± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 28.-1-25.41; thence south 332± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Buck Road 79± feet to a point opposite the southwest corner of parcel 28.-1-25.222; thence north 347± feet to the northwest corner of 28.- 1-25.5; thence east 552± feet to the northeast corner of said parcel; thence south 153± feet; thence east 101± feet to the east line of said parcel; thence north 136± feet to a point; thence east to a point in the east line of parcel 28.-1-25.23, said point being 325± feet from the centerline of Buck Road; thence continuing east to a point in the west line of parcel 28.-1-27.22, said point being 325± feet from the centerline of Buck Road; thence north 175± feet to the northwest corner of said parcel; thence east 365± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-28.242; thence easterly 560± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 28.-1-28.212; thence south 452± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence east along the centerline of Buck Road 60± feet to a point opposite the southwest corner of parcel 28.-1-28.232; thence north 419± feet to the northwest corner of said parcel; thence east 322± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 28.-1-28.231; thence south 135± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 28.-1-28.4; thence east 645± feet to the west line of NYS Route 34 (Auburn Road); thence south along the west line of said highway 116± feet to a point; thence east to the northwest corner of parcel 29.-1-3.2; thence north 291 feet to the northwest corner of parcel 29.- 1-37.621; thence east a total distance of 1,252± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 29.-1-37.9; thence continuing east to the west line of parcel 29.-1-3.4; thence south 220± feet to the northeast corner of parcel 29.-1-37.4; thence west a total distance of 356± feet to the northwest corner of parcel 29.-1-37.5; thence south 310± feet to the centerline of Buck Road; thence west a total distance of 1,532± feet to a point in the east line of NYS Route 34 (Auburn Road); thence continuing west along the centerline of Buck Road to a point opposite the northeast corner of parcel 28.-1- 28.37; thence south along the west line of NYS Route 34 (Auburn Road) 2,134± feet to the centerline of Bower Road; thence west along the centerline of Bower Road a distance of 300± feet to a point; thence north to the southwest corner of parcel 28.-1- 29.11, said corner being 311± feet west of the west line of NYS Route 34 (Auburn Road); thence north 100± feet; thence west a total distance of 1,312± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 28.-1-29.11; thence west 714± feet to the southwest corner of parcel 28.-1-19.22; thence continuing west 900± feet to the southwest corner of 29.-1-25.211; thence west along the north line of Bower Road 46± feet to the southeast corner of parcel 28.-1-25.1; thence north along the east line of said parcel 307± feet; thence west along the north line of said parcel; thence south 326± feet along the west line of said parcel to the centerline of Bower Road; thence continuing south 325± feet to a point; thence west running parallel to the centerline of Bower Road and offset 325± feet to a point, said point being 325 +/- feet east of the Conlon Road centerline; thence southerly running parallel to the centerline of Conlon Road and offset 325± feet a distance of 3,922± feet to a point in the north line of parcel 31.-1-6.3; thence east 670± feet to the northeast corner of said parcel; thence south 313± feet to the southeast corner of said parcel; thence west 311± feet to the southwest corner of said parcel; thence south 276± feet to the southeast corner of parcel 31.-1-8.3; thence west to a point in the south line of said parcel being 325± feet from the centerline of Conlon Road; thence south to a point in the north line of parcel 31.-5-4, said point being 325± feet from the centerline of Conlon Road; thence west 325± feet back to the point or place of beginning; all as more particularly shown upon a proposed CWDX3 boundary map contained within the MPR. Such land descriptions being also generally inclusive of all or a portion of the following Town of Lansing tax parcel numbers: 28.-1-28.37; 28.-1-41; 29.-1-3.2; 31.-1-21.2; 27.-1-36.7; 28.-1-47; 28.-1-28.211; 27.-1-36.4; 27.-1-36.1; 29.-1-37.622; 31.-1-20; September 20, 2017 12 28.-1-17.42; 29.-1-37.624; 31.-1-6.3; 27.-1-39.2; 28.-1-48.2; 28.-1-17.41; 28.-1-31; 29.-1-37.7; 31.-1-8.2; 28.-1-20; 31.-1-6.22; 31.-1-6.11; 27.-1-36.3; 27.-1-36.25; 28.- 1-28.241; 31.-3-11; 28.-1-27.3; 28.-1-36; 27.-1-34; 31.-1-10; 28.-1-25.41; 28.-1- 25.42; 28.-1-17.1; 28.-1-17.5; 28.-1-28.321; 27.-1-26.8; 27.-1-26.2; 27.-1-26.12; 27.- 1-26.7; 27.-1-26.10; 29.-1-37.625; 31.-4-1; 28.-1-48.1; 28.-1-27.1; 29.-1-37.9; 29.-1- 37.623; 28.-1-28.36; 32.-1-22.1; 27.-1-41; 28.-1-33; 31.-1-19; 28.-1-42; 28.-1-25.212; 28.-1-28.232; 28.-1-17.2; 27.-1-36.22; 27.-1-36.9; 29.-1-37.2; 28.-1-28.4; 28.-1-34.2; 28.-1-28.212; 31.-1-23.2; 27.-1-27.24; 30.-1-24.2; 27.-1-27.22; 27.-1-27.25; 28.-1- 25.5; 28.-1-27.22; 31.-3-10; 27.-1-36.21; 27.-1-36.23; 28.-1-49; 28.-1-29.11; 27.-1- 27.21; 27.-1-40; 28.-1-25.23; 27.-1-36.5; 28.-1-25.222; 28.-1-25.3; 27.-1-27.23; 28.- 1-28.34; 31.-1-21.1; 28.-1-28.323; 28.-1-28.31; 28.-1-23; 31.-1-8.3; 27.-1-27.1; 27.-1- 14.1; 28.-1-35; 27.-1-26.9; 27.-1-39.1; 28.-1-25.211; 28.-1-28.231; 28.-1-43; 27.-1- 26.112; 27.-1-26.111; 31.-1-11.1; 31.-1-11.22; 31.-1-11.3; 31.-1-11.21; 29.-1-37.61; 28.-1-28.33; 31.-1-23.1; 28.-1-25.43; 31.-1-1.6; 27.-1-35; 28.-1-32; 27.-1-36.6; 31.-1- 16.2; 28.-1-22; 27.-1-26.1; 28.-1-39; 31.-5-1; 31.-1-22; 28.-1-28.322; 29.-1-37.8; 28.- 1-25.213; 27.-1-36.24; 28.-1-38; 29.-1-37.621; 28.-1-25.221; and 28.-1-28.242. The assessment maps and property descriptions therefor as are on file with the Tompkins County Clerk’s Office and Tompkins County Assessment Department are further and expressly incorporated herein. b. The proposed improvements consist of approximately 25,810 linear feet of 8” ductile iron pipe and 400 linear feet of 6” ductile iron pipe mains, and all related lines, appurtenances, pipes, fillings, hydrants, tubing, taps, stops, retainer glands, assemblies, valves, wrappings, aggregates, concrete, topsoil and all materials and labor necessary for a capital improvement project to construct the CWDX3 water district improvement project and provide for the distribution, metering, and delivery of municipal water to CWDX3, including original furnishings, equipment, parts, machinery, appliances, appurtenances and incidental items and expenses therefor, including all costs and materials for the restoration of lawns, lands, and roadway surfaces and driveways. c. No land will be acquired for the project, but rights to use land and some easements or permits will be needed along the subject roadways for line, valve, and hydrant installations. d. The estimated cost of the proposed improvements is $2,320,000, which is the maximum amount proposed to be expended for labor and materials and project expenses. e. The estimated cost of one-time hook-up fees is $5,300.00, consisting of: a SCLIWC (Bolton Point) ¾” AMI Meter ($295.00); a Connection Fee ($250.00); an Inspection and Permit Fee (up to 5 visits) ($255.00); and a 1” Service line extension from curb box to home (cost will vary depending on length of service line and depth to bedrock, if encountered), with estimated average of 150 linear feet at $30/lf ($4,500.00). f. On behalf of CWDX3 the Town will finance the project cost using rolling Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) for a period of up to thirty-eight years, and at the anniversary date of each BAN the Town will review the long-term bond market and, if interest rates are favorable, convert the project to a long-term bond, all as set forth in the MPR at Appendix B, being an amortization schedule developed by the Town’s Fiscal Advisor, Municipal Solutions, Inc. BAN and bond interest rates are calculated at 1.7% for the first year’s expense, and such rate is projected to potentially increase to as much as 3.0% over the life of the debt. Principal and interest will be assessed upon each benefited property in CWDX3 based upon Equivalent Dwelling Unit (“EDU”) charges as set forth in the MPR at Appendix C. g. The average property in CWDX3 is a one- or two-family residential dwelling, and the first-year’s cost to an average property in the district consists of a first-year capital cost principal and interest payment of $934.00, plus water consumption costs for the water supply (and operation and maintenance charges from Bolton Point and the September 20, 2017 13 Town) at a combined rate $54.50 per quarter ($218.00 annually), all for a combined first year’s total of $1,152.00. 3. The MPR is on file for public review and inspection at the Office of the Town Clerk and describes in detail how the financing, hook-up costs, and other costs and expenses, were estimated and computed such that the MPR complies with Town Law § 209-d(1) and constitutes the detailed statement therein required to be filed at the Town Clerk’s Office. 4. This matter is hereby classified as a Type I Action under SEQRA and accordingly: a. The Town Board of the Town of Lansing proposes to be the lead agency for environmental review, and the Town Clerk is authorized and directed to deliver a Notice of Intent to all Involved and Interested Agencies, as well as to any person or agency that requests a copy. b. The involved agencies are determined to be the Tompkins County Health Department, the Tompkins County Highway Department, the NYS Comptroller, the NYS Department of Transportation, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, the NYS Department of Health, and the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets. c. The interested agency is determined to be Bolton Point. d. The public hearing upon the formation and construction of CWDX3 shall also be a forum to consider any input from the public or any Agencies to consider the actual or potential environmental impacts of the said proposed district. 5. Due to the public hearing timing rules for Article 12-A district formations (not less than 10 nor more than 20 days) and SEQRA reviews (not less than 14 days), the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this Resolution and Order to be published in the Town’s official newspaper not less than 14 nor more than 20 days before such public hearing, and to be posted on the Town’s official signboard not less than 14 nor more than 20 days before such public hearing. The question of the adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Supervisor Edward LaVigne, duly seconded by Councilperson Doug Dake, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolutions and Order calling a Public Hearing were approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 17-49 FOR TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, DIRECTING REALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS TO CORRELATE TO CORRECT FUND BASED UPON USAGE OF THE VEHICLES, AND DIRECTING SALE OF USED VEHICLE PER FUNDING PLAN RESOLUTION 17-128 RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 17-49 FOR TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, DIRECTING REALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS TO CORRELATE TO CORRECT FUND BASED UPON USAGE OF THE VEHICLES, AND DIRECTING SALE OF USED VEHICLE PER FUNDING PLAN The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: September 20, 2017 14 WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing had adopted Resolution 17-49 (January 18, 2017) to allocate funds from the Highway Budget DA line to support 2017 vehicle purchases, the accurate funds would be both DA and DB for the highway equipment, and among the vehicles purchased was a pickup truck for the Code Office and a pickup truck for the Department of Parks and Recreation, and such payments should be allocated to the A and B funds and not the DA fund; and WHEREAS, the old code office truck was planned to be sold to offset some of the cost of such purchases, and said code office new truck is now in service such that the planned sale should now occur; and WHEREAS, the prior resolution authorized the purchase of 2017 pick -up trucks, but now 2018 models are what are available; and WHEREAS, upon and after due deliberation upon this matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has determined as follows, and now be it therefore RESOLVED, that the Town Board affirms that a portion of the funds expended from the DA Fund attributable to the code office truck purchase be more properly allocated to the B Fund (line B8010.200), and the Town Supervisor and Bookkeeper are directed to effect such change to ensure that the 2017 budget is properly balanced; and it is further RESOLVED, that the parks and recreation truck purchase will be allocated to the A Fund (line A7110.200); and it is further RESOLVED, that the older and now replaced code office pickup truck be and hereby is declared excess property under and within the meaning of Town Law § 64, and the Town and the Highway Superintendent be and hereby are authorized to effect the sale of the same in any manner as is calculated to effect a reasonable price and return for the same; and it is further RESOLVED, that a 2018 model truck may be obtained in fulfillment of such 2017 purchasing authorization. The question of adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Councilperson Doug Dake, duly seconded by Councilperson Robert Cree, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING COMPTROLLER’S APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO FORM CWD EXTENSION #4 RESOLUTION 17-129 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING COMPTROLLER’S APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO FORM CWD EXTENSION #4 The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: WHEREAS, NYS Town Law § 209-e (and related provisions of Town Law Articles 12 and 12-A) contain lists of documents and information required to be submitted to the State Comptroller when the cost of certain districts exceeds certain scheduled annual cost thresholds, and atop all these laws the State Comptroller has regulations repeating and substantially expanding upon the volume and number of documents and information required to be submitted; and September 20, 2017 15 WHEREAS, such regulations require that legal counsel make and record certain findings, that the Board adopt and approve the application to the Comptroller by resolution, and such resolution must also have certain recitations, many of which are already contained in the prior resolutions concerning this matter as required by Town Law; and WHEREAS, a legal opinion letter has been submitted and an application prepared and reviewed, and upon and after due deliberation upon this matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has determined as follows, and now be it therefore RESOLVED, that the Comptroller’s Application as submitted to this meeting be and hereby is approved, and such is authorized to be filed as required by law; and it is further RESOLVED and DECLARED, that: (i) such application was prepared at the direction of the Town Board; (ii) the contents of the application are believed to be accurate and correct; (iii) the district extension, and permission to form and construct improvements for the same, is in the public interest and will not constitute an undue burden on the property owners which will bear the cost thereof; (iv) and the cost of the proposed improvements are to be assumed in whole by the benefited area, all real property to be so assessed will be benefited by the proposed improvements and no benefited property has been excluded; all as more particularly set forth in the resolutions and findings of the Town Board approving the public interest order and conditionally approving formation of this special district dated August 16, 2017. The question of adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Councilperson Robert Cree, duly seconded by Supervisor Edward LaVigne, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. RESOLUTION APPROVING HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT IN ACCORD WITH 2017 BUDGET AND CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PLANS RESOLUTION 17-130 RESOLUTION APPROVING HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT IN ACCORD WITH 2017 BUDGET AND CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PLANS The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has long had capital management and equipment replacement plans for the Highway Department consisting of a balance of reserve funds and budgeted cash, and in 2016 certain capital needs of the Highway Department were discussed, including how to fund the purchase of the same in 2017 without incurring debt, which discussions resulted in funds being placed into Highway Budget line DA 5130.200 and DB 5110.200 to support such purchases in 2017; and WHEREAS, the Highway Department has now confirmed and identified its need for a new light weight combination dump body, and has utilized the County Bid lists for pricing such equipment; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has fully reviewed such need and the options for the same, including the purchase of the same from the budget balances, and the Highway Department now wishes to use such funds and seeks verification from the Town Board that this budget line item is indeed to be used as cash to purchase the vehicles and equipment discussed in 2016, including because such funds were not placed into the equipment reserve (which was separately funded); and September 20, 2017 16 WHEREAS, upon and after due deliberation upon this matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has determined as follows, and now be it therefore RESOLVED, that the Town Board affirms that a portion of the funds listed in DA 5130.200 and DB 5110.200 were and are intended to be used for equipment purchases; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Highway Superintendent be and hereby is authorized to effect the following purchase: a Viking Proline Light Weight Combination Dump Body from Cives Corporation, dba Viking Cives (USA) and said equipment will be expended as follows: DA 5130.200 $20,000 and DB 5110.200 $15,035, for a total of $35,035. The question of adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Supervisor Edward LaVigne, duly seconded by Councilperson Doug Dake, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. RESOLUTION APPOINTING LISA CAMPBELL AS TOWN OF LANSING REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TOMPKINS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BOARD RESOLUTION 17-131 RESOLUTION APPOINTING LISA CAMPBELL AS TOWN OF LANSING REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TOMPKINS COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BOARD The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: WHEREAS, there is a vacancy on the Tompkins County Youth Services Board for a representative from the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, Lisa Campbell has stated her interest in this position and has submitted to the Town of Lansing the Tompkins County Advisory Board Application; and WHEREAS, Lisa Campbell is qualified and willing to serve in such capacity as Town of Lansing Representative to the Tompkins County Youth Services Board; and WHEREAS, upon consideration and deliberation upon the same, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that Lisa Campbell be and is hereby appointed as Town of Lansing Representative to the Tompkins County Youth Services Board, to serve at the pleasure of this Board. The question of the adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Councilperson Doug Dake, duly seconded by Supervisor Edward LaVigne, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. September 20, 2017 17 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING 2018 WATER RATES FOR THE TOWN OF LANSING Town Clerk Debbie Munson, explained the new rates are based on the new Bolton Point Agreement, which was signed by all of the municipalities, of 5,000 gallons minimum usage instead of 10,000 gallons. She noted if a resident, within the Town of Lansing consolidated water district, uses 5,000 gallons or less their savings will be about $22.25 / quarter or $89.00 annually. Debbie stated the breakeven point, for residents to save money, is about 9,000 gallons. RESOLUTION 17-132 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING 2018 WATER RATES FOR THE TOWN OF LANSING The following Resolution was duly presented for consideration by the Town Board: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing is a signatory to the amended, supplemental, restated and consolidated agreement of municipal cooperation for construction, financing and operation of an Intermunicipal, water supply and transmission system dated as of June 5, 1979, as the same has been amended from time to time, (the “Agreement”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement each municipality agreed to pay to the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”), water revenues based upon, in part, a water rate schedule per Resolution 17-120; and WHEREAS, the Town must set its water rates for 2018 so as to allow the Commission to begin first quarter billing; and WHEREAS, upon due deliberation thereupon, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby establish the following water rates for the Town of Lansing residents within the Town of Lansing Consolidated Water District for the year 2018. Water Rate (SCLIWC) $ 4.96 per thousand gallons Operation and Maintenance Fee (TOL) $ .69 per thousand gallons TOTAL RATE $ 5.65 per thousand gallons BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that #1 and #2 accounts are not included in the current Town of Lansing Consolidated Water District. Therefore, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby establish the following water rates for the Town of Lansing residents in the #1 accounts being Algerine and Lansing Station Roads and #2 accounts being Drake Road. This will also include future water district extensions for the year 2018. Water Rate (SCLIWC) $ 4.96 per thousand gallons Operation and Maintenance Fee (TOL) $ 1.14 per thousand gallons TOTAL RATE $ 6.10 per thousand gallons BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that #9 account residents with a Consolidated Water District Outside User Agreement will pay 2 times the water rate of the users that are not included in the current Town of Lansing Consolidated Water District. Said rate to be paid to the Town of Lansing as an outside user to equalize the taxed O&M fees of the CWD that inside users must pay. This rate will be charged until such time as the applicant’s lands are brought within the Consolidated Water District: September 20, 2017 18 Water Rate (SCLIWC) $ 4.96 per thousand gallons Operation and Maintenance Fee (TOL) $ 7.24 per thousand gallons TOTAL RATE $ 12.20 per thousand gallons The question of the adoption of such proposed Resolution was duly motioned by Councilperson Robert Cree, duly seconded by Supervisor Edward LaVigne, and put to a roll call vote with the following results: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne - Aye Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried, and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. APPROVE AUDIT and BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AND SUPERVISOR’S REPORT RESOLUTION 17-133 The Supervisor submitted his monthly report for the month of August 2017, to all Board Members and to the Town Clerk. The Supervisor’s Report was reviewed by Councilperson Robert Cree. The bills were reviewed by Councilperson Andra Benson and Supervisor Edward LaVigne. Supervisor Edward LaVigne, moved that the Supervisor’s Report be approved as submitted and the Bookkeeper is hereby authorized to pay the following bills and to make the following budget modifications. CONSOLIDATED ABSTRACT # 009 DATED _9/20/2017__ AUDITED VOUCHER #’s 841 - 954 PREPAY VOUCHER #’s 841 - 844 AUDITED T & A VOUCHER #’s 64 - 71 PREPAY T & A VOUCHER #’s 64 - 67 FUND TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS GENERAL FUND (A&B) $ 129,608.54 HIGHWAY FUND (DA&DB) $ 403,232.66 LANSING LIGHTING (SL1, 2 &3) $ 1,483.96 LANSING WATER DISTRICTS (SW) $ 56,979.22 TRUST & AGENCY (TA) $ 46,944.21 WARREN ROAD SEWER DISTRICTS (SS1-) $ 16,818.37 CHERRY ROAD SEWER DISTRICT (SS3-) $ 4,228.18 CAPITAL PROJECT BPWTP (HB) $_ __1,808.00 September 20, 2017 19 BUDGET MODIFICATIONS GENERAL FUND A 9/20/2017 Board Meeting FROM TO FOR AMOUNT A599 A1420.400 From Fund Balance to Legal $ 50,000.00 Underestimated Budget A599 A1620.400 From Fund Balance to Town Hall Contractual $ 12,500.00 Boiler Replacement - Resolution 17-118 A1990.400 A1670.400 From Contigency to Central Printing & Mailing $ 1,500.00 Underestimated Budget A2680 A1910.400 From Insurance Recoveries to Unallocated Insurance $ 1,000.00 Insurance on new Hwy Truck A599 A7110.400 From Fund Balance to Parks - Contractual $ 3,000.00 Underestimated Budget A1990.400 A7810.100 From Contingency to Beach & Pool Personnel $ 2,066.00 Underestimated Budget A599 A7310.400 From Fund Balance to Youth Program Contractual $ 6,000.00 Underestimated Budget GENERAL FUND B 9/20/2017 Board Meeting FROM TO FOR AMOUNT B599 B8020.430 From Fund Balance to Comp Plan Update $ 10,000.00 Legal Fees GENERAL FUND DA 9/20/2017 Board Meeting FROM TO FOR AMOUNT DA599 DA5130.200 From Fund Balance to Machinery Equipment $ 24,847.50 Motorola Radios Resolution 17-44 GENERAL FUND DB 9/20/2017 Board Meeting FROM TO FOR AMOUNT DB599 DB5110.200 From Fund Balance to Street Maintenance Equipment $ 24,847.50 Motorola Radios Resolution 17-44 GENERAL FUND SS1 9/20/2017 Board Meeting FROM TO FOR AMOUNT SS1-599 SS1-8130.400 From Fund Balance to Treatment & Disposal $ 10,000.00 Underestimated Budget GENERAL FUND SW 9/20/2017 Board Meeting FROM TO FOR AMOUNT SW599 SW8340.401 From Fund Balance to Contractual-CWD Repairs $ 115,000.00 Burdick Hill Pump Station Improvements Councilperson Robert Cree seconded the motion and it was carried by the following roll call vote: Councilperson Robert Cree - Aye Councilperson Doug Dake - Aye Supervisor Edward LaVigne – Aye September 20, 2017 20 Accordingly, the foregoing Resolution was approved, carried and duly adopted on September 20, 2017. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Robert Cree Cargill Tour: Robert reported he, Mike Sigler, Planning Board Members, Guy Krogh, and several other people toured Cargill last Friday. He stated the tour was about four hours long and it began with a safety meeting. Robert noted Cargill is very serious about safety and they have received many awards for it. He reported there is a need for a new mine shaft because the location where they are mining is about seven miles from the current shaft. Robert noted it takes about an hour to get to that location and it uses a lot of energy to push the air that far for ventilation. Doug Dake Doug did not have anything to report. Edward LaVigne Sewer: Ed reported he is working with the Village of Lansing on the sewer project. Budget: Ed reported the budget should be below the tax cap. He stated two positions have been eliminated and absorbed by current employees, productivity is up, and everyone is working well together. Ed noted at the end of the year the Fund Balances have gone up and the B fund has grown. MOVE MEETING TO WORK SESSION MEETING Meeting moved to the Work Session at 7:08 p.m. WORK SESSION MEETING ITEMS OF DISCUSSION Budget: The following items were discussed regarding the 2018 Budget: The budget includes a 2% raise for the employees (also an increase in pay for moving to another “step”, if applicable) and their contribution for their health insurance increasing from 10% to 12.5%. The Consortium plans to increase the Health Insurance rate by 5%. The Town Hall roof, boiler, and air conditioner were all replaced this year. Highway and Recreation Department equipment are on a scheduled rotation. The Town Board received a spreadsheet which included actual income and expenses for 2012-2017 and 2018 budget figures, so trends could be looked at. Charmagne clarified information on the fund balances, salaries, and health insurance. This is a conservative budget and if it stays as is it will be below the tax cap. Dugouts: The following items were discussed regarding the Dugouts: Six dugouts will cost, in total, about $72,000 and the Lansing Community Council is raising money for them. A dugout can be named after a person, family, or business and the labor can be donated; this will bring the total cost to about $30,000. Naming a dugout requires a dedication and Town Board approval. Ed, Doug, and Robert all agreed to move ahead with this. September 20, 2017 21 MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION Supervisor Edward LaVigne, moved to ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED ACQUISITION/SALE/LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY WHEN PUBLICITY MIGHT AFFECT VALUE AT 7:30 PM. Councilperson Robert Cree seconded the motion. All in Favor - 3 Opposed - 0 MOTION TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION Councilperson Doug Dake, moved to EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:25 PM. Councilperson Robert Cree, seconded the motion. All in Favor - 3 Opposed - 0 ADJOURN MEETING Meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 8:25 p.m. Minutes taken and executed by the Town Clerk. Respectfully submitted, Deborah K. Munson Town Clerk