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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-01-15 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING 5 JANUARY 15, 1992 The Lansing Town Board met in Regular Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board room at 8 : 00 P.M. with Supervisor Kirby presiding. ROLL CALL Jeannine Kirby Supervisor Present Herbert Beckwith Councilman Present Paul Butler Councilman Present Jeffrey Cleveland Councilman Present Larry Tvaroha Councilman Present Bonita Boles Town Clerk Present Richard John Town Attorney Present • VISITORS: Randy Swearingen, George Totman, Pete Larson, Dave Herrick and Jeff Sweazey. Randy Swearingen asked the Board for their approval for him to continue with the Water District extension for his property on Water Wagon Road in the Town of Lansing. Mr. Cleveland stated that there were not enough Water Board Members present at their last meeting to give Mr. Swearingen authorization. After the Town Attorney and the Town Engineer went over Mr. Swearingen's proposal with the Board members , the following Resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Cleveland and seconded by Mr. Tvaroha: RESOLVED that the Town Board does hereby authorize the Town Attorney to draw up the necessary paper work for Mr. Swearingen to proceed with Extension #8 of Lansing Water District # 7 . 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) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor After the Board explained the costs involved in a water district extension, Mr. Swearingen decided to go back and discuss it with his neighbor and get back to the Board. 1110 Jeff Sweazey of Ludlow Road in the Town of Lansing stated that he was informed by Mr. Totman that he should approach the Board in regard to storing cement slabs at his home on Ludlow Road. The slabs were acquired from McGuire & Bennett Construction. Mr. Sweazey stated that he would like to use these for his personal use but did not know there was a law against this . The Board felt this was recycled building material and would be put to good use. The Board Members asked Mr . Sweazey to put into writing, his intended use of this material and give it to the Town Clerk to be filed. Mr. Larson, Highway Superintendent, reported the following to the Board: 1 . He will start placing an ownership sign on the back of all road signs stating the month and year the sign was put into place so they can better identify them. 2 . Mr . Larson has a copy of a hold harmless agreement that he will start using for Town use instead of letters from individuals when the Town needs to go onto private property. 3 . Lansing maintains 4. 6 miles of the Genoa/Lansing Townline Road and Genoa maintains 1 . 8 miles of this road. Mr . Larson asked for the Board's approval to approach the Town of Genoa in regard to making this more equal as far as the maintenance of said road. (3 . 5 miles equally) . Mr. Tvaroha was concerned about the maintenance that the Town of Genoa might provide to Town of Lansing residents . 4110 It was the consensus of the Board to allow Mr. Larson to further investigate this situation and to get back to the Board with his findings . 4. The new fuel tank arrived today and should be put into place within the next month or so . 5 . Mr . Tvaroha stated his concern with the old fish hatchery located on the north side of Salmon Creek in Myers . He felt this was a safety hazard and would like Mr. Larson to proceed with filling this in as soon as possible. One Lansing resident had 1'0 continued January 15 , 1992 complained but the Board felt this was one persons feelings and that Mr. Larson should continue with his completion of this project . 6 . The bid price of $18 . 099. 94 on the culvert pipe for Bill George Road is still in effect and Mr. Larson would like to order this within the next month or so. Mr. Herrick stated that he has people asking him for information from his files and he was not sure if this should be given out . The Town Board felt an individual will have to put into writing exactly what information they would like to obtain before Mr. Herrick gives it out . RESOLUTION offered by Mr . Beckwith and seconded by Mr . • Cleveland: RESOLVED that the Regular Meeting be adjourned to go into Executive Session at 8 : 55 P.M. Carried. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Cleveland: RESOLVED that the Executive Session be terminated at 9 : 18 P.M. and the Regular Meeting be reconvened. Carried. The Town Board suggested that a letter be written to Bolton Point Water Commission stating that they should NOT DO ANY INSPECTION ON THE GIRLS SCHOOL. Mr . Herrick stated that he has received a letter from Pilon Construction in regard to the uncompleted work in the Bean Hill area . Mr . Herrick will respond to Pilon's letter as he feels there has been misrepresentation and errors made. RESOLUTION offered by Mr . Butler and seconded by Mr . Beckwith: RESOLVED that the Town Board does hereby authorize Dave • Herrick, the Town Engineer to release requested information to Donald Swearingen after Mr. Swearingen put his specific request in writing . 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) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor After discussion of the proposed legislation to establish a county equalization rate for the Ithaca City School District which would result in an increase of approximately One Dollar and 45/100 ($1 . 45) per One Thousand (1 , 000) of assessed value to Town of Lansing residents living within the Ithaca City School District , the following resolution was duly made by Mr . Beckwith and seconded by Mr . Cleveland: WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, having been informed of the request by the City of Ithaca for State legislation dealing with the Ithaca City School District equalization rate; and WHEREAS, a similar proposal was passed on by the County Board of Representatives by Resolution No . 173 on May 15 , 1990 which requested Senator James Seward and Assemblyman Martin Luster to present special legislation amending Section 1315 of the Real Property law; and WHEREAS, the Board has had brought to its attention that a proposed bill to amend Section 1202 of the Real Property Tax Law has been drafted but has not been acted upon by either the County Board of Representatives of Tompkins County nor by Senator Seward or Assemblyman Martin Luster; and WHEREAS, representatives of the Town have met with representatives of the Village of Lansing concerning this matter and both the Village of Lansing and the Town are opposed to 1` 1 continued January 15 , 1992 legislation under the present state of facts governing the reassessment within the proposed area for the equalization change. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing requests its representatives in the Board of Representatives in the County of Tompkins , its State Senator and its State Assemblyman oppose the adoption of the proposed amendment to Section 1202 of the Real Property Tax Law. This opposition is based upon the inequities which will result from adoption of said change at this time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Supervisor is hereby authorized to send a copy of this resolution to Thomas Todd, Mary 4110 Call , Senator James Seward, Assemblyman Martin Luster and to the Supervisors of the Towns of Caroline, Enfield, Ulysses and the Mayor of the Village of Lansing. 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) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Code Enforcement Officer, George Totman, reported the following to the Town Board: 1 . Mr. Richard Cook from the Lake Ridge area has informed Mr . Totman that a lot of junk will be removed by the end of January. 2 . So far this year the Town is 6 permits and $357,000 . 00 ahead of 1991 . 3 . Mr. Totman stated that he had written a letter to the New York State Electric and Gas stating that their building permit application states that the total amount of the proposed construction will be 90 million dollars and he has understood it to be a 160 million dollar project . He also stated that N.Y. S.E. & G. would like to do their project in phases spread across a four year period. Mr. Totman felt this to be a fair procedure. Mr . Totman stated that he has been informed by N.Y. S.E. & G. that the construction part of the project will be 90 million and 41/1 the inside finish work will bring the project to a total of 160 million dollars . RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Mr . Tvaroha: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby accepts the Annual Zoning, Justice, Town Clerk' s and Tax Collector' s Reports as follows : ANNUAL ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR 1991 1991 YEAR TO DATE TOTALS 1990 YEAR TO DATE TOTALS 164 Certificates of Occupancy 165 Certificates of Occupancy 182 Building Permits 170 Building Permits 69 New Single Family Residents 49 New Single Fam. Residents 17 Mobile Homes 11 Mobile Homes 4 New Business 1 New Business $ 24 , 369 . 50 Fees Collected $ 17 , 836 . 25 Fees Collected $ 11 , 926, 172 .00 Estimate $ 8 , 986 ,140 . 90 Estimated Project Costs Project Costs REPORT OF RECEIVER OF TAXES - YEAR 1991 4110 Amount Paid to the Supervisor $ 1 , 632 ,195 . 56 Amount Paid to Tompkins County $ 1 , 187 ,831 . 45 Franchises Pd. To Tomp . County $ 603 , 949, 91 Return Taxes to Tomp . County $ 524, 967 . 83 TOTAL TAX WARRANT $ 3 , 948 , 944 . 75 Penalties Paid to the Supervisor $ 12 ,001 . 18 12 continued January 15 , 1992 LANSING TOWN JUSTICE YEARLY REPORT for 1991 Number of Motor Vehicle Cases 1318 Number of Criminal Cases 471 Number of Parking Violations 340 Number of Dog Cases 52 Number of small claims & civil claims 101 (State Environmental Cases Included with Criminal ) 1111 TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES FOR THIS YEAR 2282 Total amount of Court fines etc . sent to the State For 1991 $58 ,027 . 00 1991 TOWN CLERK'S ANNUAL REPORT CONSERVATION LICENSES Resident Licenses 400 Amount Submitted to Tompkins Non-Resident Licenses 25 County Clerk $10 , 647 . 50 Archery & Muzzleloading 100 Lost Lic . Certificates 2 Amount Submitted to Senior Licenses 95 Supervisor $ 568 . 50 Free Licenses 6 TOTAL 628 ***************************************************************** DOG LICENSES ISSUED Dog Licenses 1066 Amount Submitted to County Replacement & Purebred Tags 24 Budget Office $ 2 , 242 . 63 1110 Kennel Licenses 22 TOTAL 1112 Amount Submitted to Supervisor $ 5 , 501 . 87 ***************************************************************** Marriage Licenses 40 Amount Submitted to Supervisor Marriage Lic . & Certificates 43 $ 291 . 75 Junkyard Licenses 2 37 . 00 Mobile Home Park Licenses 1 25 . 00 Machine Copies & Misc . -- 80 . 50 Bad Check Fees 6 150 . 00 Total $ 584 . 25 ***************************************************************** Amount Submitted to N.Y. S. Department of Health $ 461 . 25 ***************************************************************** 1991 GRAND TOTAL SUBMITTED TO SUPERVISOR $ 6, 654. 62 1991 GRAND TOTAL SUBMITTED TO OTHER DEPTS. $ 13,351.38 TOTAL $ 20 ,006 .00 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) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman 41/1 Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mrs . Kirby informed the Board that a copy of the Village of Lansing Impact Analysis is available for them to read if they wish to do so. After discussion by the members of the Town Board concerning Judge Floyd Ferris ' long and devoted service to the Town and to the justice system, the following Resolution was duly made by Mr . Cleveland and seconded by Mr . Tvaroha and unanimously passed with the instruction to the Clerk to spread it upon the minutes of the 13 continued January 15 , 1992 meeting and send a copy of it to Judge Ferris . BE IT RESOLVED, that this Town Board representing the people of the Town of Lansing, hereby salute Judge Floyd Ferris upon the completion by him of thirty-two (32) years of active, dedicated and excellent service as Town Justice for the Town of Lansing. Judge Ferris exemplified the dedication and judicial temperament which made the Town of Lansing Court a model for all justice courts in this part of the State. Judge Ferris dedicated himself to the performance of a Judge and his dealings with the public brought credit not only upon the court system but upon Judge Ferris 1111 himself . The Town Board, on behalf of the Town residents, wish to thank Judge Ferris and his family for the countless hours that he spent dispensing justice as opposed to being with his family. His service brought credit and enhanced the reputation of not only himself but of the Town of Lansing in the way he dispensed justice in our Town. 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) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor The minutes of December 18th, December 30th, 1991 and January 2nd and January 8th, 1992 having been furnished to the Board Members beforehand, the Supervisor asked for a motion to make any corrections or to accept the same as submitted. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Butler and seconded by Mr . Tvaroha: RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby accepts the minutes as submitted. Carried. Carried. Carried. Carried. 4111 AUDIT RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr . Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the bookkeeper to pay the following bills except General Fund bill # 15 to the Family and Childrens Center of Ithaca New York. General Fund # 8 - 23 $ 17 , 524 . 69 Highway Fund # 3 - 5 $ 1, 236 . 44 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) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mr. Cleveland stated that Anne Colt has resigned from the Lansing Water Board. Mrs . Kirby stated that there has been an addition to the agriculture district that has to do with the fire insurance a farmer has to carry. There is a new law that allows a Town to offer a farmer a lesser fire premium if they were in an agriculture district . The Town Board will review the law and take further action after this has been done. On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 10 : 34 P.M. 4110 Y30(,a2_,