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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-04-25April 25, 2008 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 8:30 A.M., with Supervisor Pinney presiding. Call. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll A. Scott Pinney Matt Besemer Marty Christopher Bud Shattuck Connie Wilcox Bonny Boles Guy Krogh ROLL CALL Supervisor Present Councilperson Present Councilperson Absent Councilperson Present Councilperson Present Town Clerk Present Town Attorney Absent VISITORS: Charlie Purcell, Dick Platt and Sharon Bowman Mrs. Bowman informed the Town Board that the Historical Society has too much money in their account and would like complete the bathroom in the records storage building and place a sign above the records storage building that reads "Lansing Historical Association ". The Board asked Mrs. Bowman to contact Mrs. Bement to see if she could give the Town an estimated figure of what they have to spend. Mr. Purcell stated that he could give estimates if they decide what they would like to do. Award Bid for Drake Road Water. A discussion was held regarding the alternative bid. Mr. Pinney informed the Board that the Alternate would be to put in a 12 inch pipe vs. 8 inch pipe. Mr. Pinney stated that the Town has to take the low bid on the base bid. Mr. Shattuck felt that if the Town went with the alternate bid, they could choose whomever they wanted. Mr. Herrick informed Mr. Pinney that the Town would have to go with the lowest base bid. After some discussion the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 134 D FOR DRAKE ROAD WA LUTION AUTHORIZING ISS LIDATED C SI At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 25th day of April, 2008, the following members being present: A. Scott Pinney, Supervisor; Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; Connie Wilcox, Councilperson; Matthew Besemer, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Martin Christopher, Councilperson; and the following motion for a Resolution was duly made by motion of A. Scott Pinney and was duly seconded by Mr. Shattuck and the vote was as follows: A. Scott Pinney— aye, Francis Shattuck — aye, Connie Wilcox — aye; Matthew Besemer — having been recused; and the following Resolution therefore passed 3 -0, and was duly adopted: 1 WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has completed all required preliminary steps for the Environmental Facilities Corporation and all required steps required by the Town Law and the Local Finance Law to create and obtain funding for the extension of the water district to Extension 2; and WHEREAS, the construction on the proposed district improvements required that the work be put to public bid, both under NYS regulations and the General Municipal Law; and WHEREAS, a RFP was duly issued and bid proposals were duly publicly opened, and the Town Engineer, in conjunction with other Town Officials and Officers, examined all bids and bidders for bid compliance and bidder qualification; and WHEREAS, the bids required bidding upon certain options, and as a result of the bid and bidder analyses, the Town Engineer has made a formal recommendation that the low bid of ADHAN Piping Co., Inc. be accepted and that Alternative Number 1 be disregarded; and WHEREAS, upon due deliberation thereupon, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, acting for CWD Extension 2, has hereby RESOLVED, that the Town Supervisor hereby are each individually authorized Piping Co., Inc., of 1865 State Route 1 E96 -25, in the amount of $ 94,430.00. ZONING ORDINANCE: and /or Deputy Town Supervisor be and to issue the Notice of Award to ADHAN S, Cortland, New York 13045, for Project The joint meeting between the Planning Board, Town Board and ZBA Board was discussed. It was decided that the Town Board will meet to discuss it further next week before moving forward. PERSONNEL POLICY: Mr. Pinney stated that Mr. Colt sign an authorization for the Board to approve Patrick Tyrrell working 7:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:00 a.m. — noon on Fridays for the summer. The Board agreed to allow this change. PLANNING DEPARTMENT HOURS: Mr. Besemer stated that he spoke with Dick and Lynn and they asked that Lynn Day start at 7:00 a.m. instead of 7:30 a.m. as people can stop on the way to work and it is convenient for people. Mr. Pinney did not agree with this and felt the office should be open at 7:30 a.m. except for Mr. Ferris who begins at 7:00 a.m. Mr. Pinney wants to try this for a while to see how it works. It was also the consensus of the Board that if someone is pouring footers before the set hours; the contractor should take pictures of the pour. If pictures are not taken, it would be the same result as if it were not inspected. EXECUTIVE SESSION: RESOLUTION NO. 08 —135 RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Pinney and seconded by Mrs. Wilcox: RESOLVED, that the Special Meeting be adjourned to go into Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter at 9:08 a.m. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Matt Besemer, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Bud Shattuck, Councilperson 2 Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Connie Wilcox, Councilperson Vote of Town Board . (Aye) A. Scott Pinney, Supervisor OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION: RESOLUTION NO. 08 —136 RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Pinney and seconded by Mrs. Wilcox: RESOLVED, that the Executive Session be terminated and the Special Meeting be reconvened at 9:16 a.m. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Matt Besemer, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Bud Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Connie Wilcox, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) A. Scott Pinney, Supervisor ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING• RESOLUTION NO. 08 — 137 RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Besemer and seconded by Mrs. Wilcox: RESOLVED, that the Special Meeting is hereby adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 9:17 a.m. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Matt Besemer, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Bud Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Connie Wilcox, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) A. Scott Pinney, Supervisor Minutes taken and executed by the Town Clerk. 9 [ 1