HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 2012-03-26
Study Sessionof the Ithaca Town Board
Monday, March 26, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
Agenda
Call to Order at 4:30 p.m.
Review Draft Agenda for Regular Meeting – No comments
Town Official’s Reports
Sue Ritter – Planning
Ms. Ritter stated that they have received a request for a 40-acre site on Mecklenburg Road to go
from Low Density Residential to Agricultural. They feel that they will have a better chance at
doing what they want, namely a fruit/produce stand and small farm production under agricultural
zoning because they intend to build several small outbuildings for washing, packing, storage etc.
and possible worker-housing. The land is currently in a County Ag District and the uses fall
under the 1993 Comprehensive Plan vision as well as the Comprehensive Plan under revision.
This is a down-zoning which is unusual and lands nearby are proposed for Conservation Zoning
which they are aware of. There are no tax implications because it is already in a County Ag
Zone. The Board felt it was straightforward and Ms. Ritter will prepare a resolution to set a
public hearing and will ask them to appear at the Town Board meeting in May and then they may
appear before the Planning Board.
Ms. Ritter also reported that the Conservation Board has established a Coy Glen Committee to
discuss and brainstorm boundaries for the Coy Glen Conservation Zone proposal. A study and
report has been started and this Committee will help finish that report and then work with the
Planning Committee to submit a proposal to the Town Board. The Board felt this was a good
idea.
Jim Weber – Public Works
Mr. Weber reported that they have completed work identified by the State Parks on the Black
Diamond Trail, so we’ve fulfilled our obligation. The work included replacing four culverts at
road crossings and putting in additional ditches. Mr. Engman added that other municipalities are
working on their culverts and there is some private funding for a couple of footbridges and a
request for funding for another bridge is submitted to the Governor for his budget. Hopefully
this will take some of the pedestrians and cyclists off of Route 89 because you can get from Cass
Park to Taughannock now.. His assumption was that the road improvement down from the
hospital to the trail will remain since both the hospital and the museum were in favor of the
connections.
Report from Committees
Budget Committee
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Mr. Levine reported that last month they reviewed the presentation to staff regarding health
insurance contributions and discussed union negotiations.
Codes and Ordinances Committee
:
Mr. Goodman reported that they started to look at future projects and talked about changes in
definitions of garages as accessory structures and working on an issue of woodsheds that a
resident brought to the Town Board a few months ago. They also need to tweak sections of
codes that deal with mining as they relate to the local law just passed on fill and fill permits.
Bill. Apr 9 will be the public hearing for the stream setback law. They also talked about
complaints regarding the sprinkler law to consider making it more in line with the NYS law. The
Town law is much more restrictive. In April the committee will work in earnest on the sign law
and continue discussing the sprinkler issue.
Comprehensive Plan Committee
Mr. Engman reported that he felt they were at a very important stage right now. We are talking
about land use, particularly land-use map with growth scenarios. We’ve covered West Hill and
South Hill and will be working on East Hill at the next meeting. Once that is done, the rest is less
of discussion items than what kind of growth we envision in each are. We’ve been talking about
that which should be protected and that which can be developed without affecting the town.
There has been some tension in the group concerning development and there is an even-
numbered committee and might come to a 4-4 tie if it comes to a vote. If that happens, it was
decided that that item would be sent to the Town Board for final decision.
Planning Committee
Mr. DePaolo reported that Tom Mank from ITCTC was in to present his revisions and updates to
the traffic modeling for West Hill. He moved the map to the east to include the Fulton
St/Meadow St corridor. There were not a lot of surprises, the intersections that are already bad
will get worse and the growth projections for the County would lead to increased traffic and the
question remains whether the nodal pattern would lead to better traffic and the larger question of
what we intend to do with the data. Mr. Mank is going to provide maps that can be incorporated
into a summary of his efforts and the Committee is going to draft a statement of findings. Mr.
DePaolo continued saying that they asked Mr. Mank to do some additional color coding to show
differences in trend-growth associated with the County’s projections versus having nodal plans.
Mr. Horwitz asked which intersections are the worst and roughly how much worse his
projections are going to make it. Mr. DePaolo responded that the Taughannock Blvd and
Buffalo Street was the worst and the cut through intersections such as Campbell Ave suffered a
lot. There was less of an affect on westbound traffic than expected but greater affects on the cut
through intersections. Mr. DePaolo emphasized that these are projected numbers for looking out
long-range and we can’t “sound alarms” on what may never happen, but, it is good planning to
look to the future than wait for things to be really bad. Ms. Leary added that the projections
were out 20 years and the baselines were a few seconds, and the delays were a minute or a little
more in addition to the light. Ms. Ritter noted that the projections used were a 20-year
population-based projection based on the County’s numbers and a 40-50 year West Hill
development projection with full build-out. A combination of the two was used to draw and
discuss figures and impacts.
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The full Board will be getting additional information and reports from the Planning Committee
and more discussions will happen.
Personnel and Organization Committee
Mr. Goodman reported that they talked about a possible community garden going up on East Hill
and continued discussion on job classification and point systems as well as the increase in Code
fees, a SmartWork update and comments from the survey of the Codes Department.
Public Works Committee
Mr. Goodman reported that they will be continuing working on a road preservation law and Mr.
Horwitz is going to the Town of Caroline to sit in on their working group. The PWC is
recommending following the County model versus the DELTA model and we need to determine
the threshold number of trips; the county is using 1,000 but we would probably want to go lower
than that and there is the size of the vehicles also
Ad Hoc Committees
Fire
: Mr. Levine reported that they met with the Varna Fire Department and learned that they
run an operation with 62 volunteers. They operate a bunker project and built a house behind the
fire hall. Their budget is $250,000 and they have 1200 calls a year. They don’t have a fire
district, instead they established a 501C(3) corporation that contracts with the Town of Dryden.
They have a strong EMS program and they will certify anyone who is interested in becoming an
EMT. They suggested looking at the Cortlandville Department also. Mr. DePaolo asked what
the population was and Beth Harrington was present and answered that Dryden divvies up
between Varna, Freeville, Dryden and Etna and each has their own territory that they cover in the
Dryden Fire District.
Youth
: Mr. Engman talked about the survey being done by Cortland University and noted that
by the end of this year, we have to have an extension for the Recreation Partnership and it is
important that all the municipalities hang together and keep this going and hopefully the survey
will give some good information to notice.
Employee Relations
: Mr. Goodman reported that they talked about lunches with staff and
thought of doing them quarterly and having them open to all members instead of signing up for
one.
Consider Approval of Teamsters Union Contract
Mr. DePaolo asked about the monthly contribution indicated. The negotiating team explained
that this is a symbolic contribution to start off and reopen the door. It will eventually be a
percentage. Mr. Goodman noted that the Personnel Committee will be discussing non-union
contributions and Mr. Engman added that a possible sliding scale will also be discussed.
TB RESOLUTION NO. 2012-059: Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreement with
Teamsters Local 317 Public Works Department Unit.
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WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2008, the Town Board recognized Teamsters Local 317 as the
exclusive representative for collective bargaining purposes of all full-time probationary and full-
time post-probationary Department of Public Works employees in the following position titles:
Laborer, Motor Equipment Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Working Supervisor,
Maintenance Worker, Engineering Technician I, Senior Engineering Technician, Heavy
Equipment Mechanic, and Assistant Automotive Mechanic; and
WHEREAS, the term of the expiring contract with Teamsters Local 317 was through December
31, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the Town’s negotiations team, comprised of the Town Supervisor, Deputy Town
Supervisor, Highway Superintendent and Human Resources Manager, and Teamster’s
negotiations team have come to a tentative agreement on the changes to the collective bargaining
contract for the term of January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Personnel & Organization Committee reviewed the changes to the contract on
March 6, 2012 and recommend approving the collective bargaining agreement; and
WHEREAS, the employees in the collective bargaining unit met on March 14, 2012 and voted
affirmatively to ratify the contract;
Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby accept the
recommendation of the negotiation team and Personnel & Organization Committee and approves
the signing of the collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Ithaca and Teamsters
Local 317; and be it further
RESOLVED, the contract is effective January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014, with
retroactive pay for the employees dating back to January 1, 2012.
MOVED: Bill Goodman SECONDED: Pat Leary
Vote: Ayes – DePaolo, Levine, Engman, Goodman, Leary, and Horwitz
Motion passed unanimously
Discussion Items
Emergency Response Q&A with a Representative from the Tompkins County Department
of Emergency Response
Beth Harrington, Department of Emergency Response. Ms. Drake noted that Mr. Horwitz
submitted some questions and she asked Ms. Harrington to give a brief overview of what her
department is responsible for and how that relates back to the Town when there is an emergency.
Ms. Harrington stated that the Department of Emergency Response is a County Department with
4 primary responsibilities. The 911 Center is part of the department and they are responsible for
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the emergency planning for the county and that extends to the municipalities. They have a Fire
Coordinator who deals with the fire departments, and an Emergency Medical Services
Coordinator. TCCOG also requested that a template of an Emergency Plan be developed that
municipalities could use. The department has an indirect responsibility for public information
and education in terms of preparedness. The rule of thumb is that everyone needs to be self-
sufficient for 72 hours and any significant amount of help other than what you can get locally is
going to take that amount of time. Last year there were 98 declared presidential disasters in the
United States including several in our area. She stated that they are really resources to
municipalities as we need them.
Ms. Drake noted that we have just designated the Red Cross as one of the emergency providers
and she asked Ms. Drake to explain how that works. Ms. Harrington responded that if it is an
isolated incidence with a small number of people involved, the Red Cross will put people into
hotels etc. With a larger disaster such as the Owego flood, they work with the Red Cross to help.
The Red Cross has reorganized recently and at the county level, they have some capabilities, but
limited on a widespread area. A main focus of this year is to work with the Red Cross to identify
emergency shelters and she noted that animal sheltering is a legal responsibility of a
municipality. Ms. Harrington stressed that what they try to get across to every municipality, is
identify what your resources.
Mr. Horwitz worried about a tornado scenario where maybe 1000 people are homeless and how
could they be self-sufficient for 72 hours. Ms. Harrington said they encourage people to depend
on friends and family and a plan such as everyone looks to their neighbor on their right and if
this is done right down the line, it works well for coverage. Then know your faith-based
organizations and what is available in your community. It would be good for the Town to start
conversations with them and find out what they could offer in an emergency situation.
Mr. Horwitz agreed but felt that the Town has not done any of that and our Emergency
Preparedness Plan does not address this. There is no one tasked with doing this and his
impression is that the Town is relying on the County to do this and now he hears the County
saying we are supposed to be self-sufficient for 72 hours.
Ms. Harrington talked about the template they had prepared which is a template or a skeleton for
a plan and with a widespread emergency there is limited capacity for aid. It starts with
individual and family planning, then municipal then county then state then federal and there are a
lot of resources out there that they have not looked into yet or tapped yet.
Mr. Engman noted that our plan we adopted was just a start to begin a process of deciding what
the Board wants to do and how much they want to do. For example, TCCOG has talked with
businesses, farms and the SPCA regarding pets and livestock. Now we have to figure out the
next steps and who is responsible for what.
Ms. Harrington stated that her best suggestion is that the board form a planning committee that is
representative of your demographics bringing in some of your businesses, churches, fire dept,
citizens, etc. A committee can do a lot of the research and outreach within the community.
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Response is taken care of by emergency response but mitigation and ongoing recovery takes a lot
longer.
Ms. Harrington used the example of a massive flood at Taughannock Blvd. which washed out
that area. In recovery, you might rebuild it differently; planning incorporates looking at
mitigating problems that are present now and thinking about what you could do if you could or
had to start over. She added that donated goods and services are a huge issue and getting the
word out; people want to help. The more you put into it the more you will get out of it in the
event of an emergency. She used the recent example of the search for the missing woman and
coordinating that and getting shelter and refreshments and such and how that went really well
because they had a plan for such an occurrence.
Ms. Drake asked about the county-wide committee that was started after 9-11 and Ms.
Harrington responded that that is the County’s Comprehensive Planning Committee actually
started in 2000 and still meets quarterly and they are the keepers of the plan and responsible for
looking at the county facilities. They are close to signing an MOU with Cornell for backup in an
emergency.
Mr. Goodman asked what the board wants to do going forward and put this with an existing
committee or make a new one to see what we need to do. Maybe have the people who we have
listed as having responsibilities begin to have a discussion. Mr. Engman noted that this is one of
those things that continually gets put down on the list and it is time to notch it back up a couple.
Discussion followed. Ms. Harrington noted that there are trainings coming up and offered
assistance in planning any time. Mr. Engman suggested this be brought to the Personnel and
Organization Committee to take a first look at it.
There was a discussion on educating the public to be prepared for an emergency because
priorities will be set. Ms. Harrington gave the example that in the Town of Caroline she has 50
firefighters and there were 2,900 residents affected by the tornado. Some planning is simple and
some is complex.
Presentation on Agricultural District Addition/Ithaca Beer Property – Debbie Teeter
Ms. Teeter had a handout explaining the process of adding a property to an Agricultural District
and this year they have had two. Being in an Ag District is a protection tool for supporting
agriculture. Mr. Mitchell, the owner Ithaca beer purchased 82 acres that borders for his project
and those acres are near other agricultural land and his plan is to continue farming and to bring
some land that is out of production back into production in support of his project. The issue was
that last year a part of the parcel was subdivided and the Board was concerned about that amaller
parcel being included in the Ag District. The 10 acre parcel has now been subdivided off and the
remaining 73 acres is what Mr. Mitchell is requesting be added to the County Agricultural
District.
Ms. Teeter explained the process: the Ag and Farm Protection Board makes a recommendation
to the County Legislature and the County will act on that. Tompkins County reaches out to the
municipality to see if they have any concerns that they are not aware of.
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The Board discussed the regulations and restrictions that would be placed on the Town in regards
to controlling what would happen on the parcel. Ms. Teeter noted that Ag and Markets does not
always side with the farmer if they are not really farming and the municipality has an issue. The
support for small-scale agriculture is huge in this area and going to Ag District is very attractive.
The Board talked about livestock and our zoning but Ms. Teeter noted he only has 5 acres of
pasture and you need a lot more acreage than that.
Mr. Goodman noted the differences between agricultural exemptions, agricultural districts and
agricultural zones and they all have their own nuances and tax implications.
The Board did not have any major concerns or objections and Ms. Teeter stated that she would
convey that to the County and the process would move forward.
Discuss Possible Support for Raising the Minimum Wage to a Living Wage
Mr. Engman started the discussion noting that the Board already passed a resolution stating that
they wanted to support an increase in the minimum wage. Since then, the Working Center in
particular, has suggested that maybe we shouldn’t be talking about the minimum wage but the
living wage. The minimum wage was kind of designed to provide a minimum standard of living
and we have gotten away from that over the years. Inflation has eaten away at the minimum
wage and it has not kept up and locally the minimum one needs to provide a minimum standard
of living has been called a living wage.
Ms. Leary added that the Board has gone back and forth about this via email and she noted that
Mr. Horwitz has stated that this is a 76% increase and that is over the current minimum and she
wanted to point out that we are already on record as supporting most of the 76%. The resolution
passed in February did support the proposal in the State Legislature to raise it to $8.50 and our
second resolve urged the governor to consider a higher wage than is being proposed by Sheldon
Silver. The actual inflation adjusted is $10.39 and $12.78 is the Workers Center’s living wage of
which $1.11 is to allow people to purchase Healthy New York health insurance so the difference
between what has already been supported and passed by resolution and what we are considering
now is tiny. She added that she has spoken to Pete Myers and asked him if he was actually
proposing an increase to $12.78 and he said he was not but he wants support for the principle of
a living wage.
Ms. Leary gave more history on the Fair Labor Act and how the minimum wage has lagged
behind because doomsday is predicted, but some states that have raised the minimum wage have
not experienced the doomsday predictions that have been used as arguments every time an
increase is considered.
Mr. DePaolo asked if there were any studies of areas that have raised the minimum wage by $5
an hour and Ms. Leary said that this would be the biggest jump but usually the standard is that
the increase is done over a span of 4 years. Mr. DePaolo responded that he can not come to the
logical conclusion without studies or models that show that the cost of goods and services would
remain the same and the cost of living wouldn’t go up also. Ms. Leary responded that she has
not seen any and we are not talking about the majority of people here. Mr. DePaolo responded
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that personnel is a significant part of a businesses’ costs and either you are going to decrease
your profit margin or increase your prices. He stated that he felt that the living wage model
assumes that prices would stay the same and he was not going to assume that if the minimum
wage went up $5. Ms. Leary felt that it is not a majority of businesses and not a majority of
people and a lot of what we purchase isn’t made in this country anyway.
Mr. DePaolo’s next point was that a living wage is designed to enable people to buy health
insurance and what do you do for companies that either provide health insurance or subsidize
health insurance. Do they get an exemption from a portion of the minimum wage? Ms. Leary
responded that that has not been worked out. It is in the mix for what is being proposed and once
it got to the State level, she doubted there would be different exemptions and Mr. DePaolo
responded then maybe companies would stop offering or subsidizing health insurance.
His last point had to do with geography and supposing that there were geographical areas where
the living wage was different, would people be paid according to where they worked or where
they lived. Ms. Leary said that has not been discussed but in the history of minimum wage she
was not aware of anyone looking at that.
Mr. DePaolo summarized by saying what we are really talking about is the definition of a
minimum wage. Ms. Leary said that was the original idea. She said we are talking about
endorsing the principal that ties this as closely as possible to the original intent of the minimum
wage.
Mr. Horwitz stated that the issue this board has to confront and answer for itself is; will
increasing the minimum wage to $12.76 an hour help or hurt. He felt that if the result is that on
balance low-income workers will lose their jobs because they can no longer produce in one hour
$12.76 of value or jobs that might have otherwise been available to unskilled workers will just
disappear because owners will not expect that they can cover their $12.76 cost if they hire an
unskilled worker, then the result is bad and we are doing a disservice to the low wage earners by
passing such a law. He went on to say that he agrees that it is a shame that we have gone on for
years and not increased the minimum wage by small amounts and that we have gotten behind,
but that is irrelevant to the question we face now; will we help or will we hurt if we raise in one
swoop the minimum wage by 76%. Doomsday never happens you said, but doomsday has never
been tested because you have never raised the minimum by such a large amount. The studies he
knew of were 10-% - 20% increase and there are economists on both sides and that suggests to
him that if they are split on the effect at that low level, there is no doubt in his mind that at a 76%
level, it would hurt. He felt the Board should not support demanding that kind of an increase.
Mr. Goodman said that he is tending toward supporting the resolution as written and in actuality
this is an academic discussion because the state is going to do what it is going to do regardless of
the Town of Ithaca passing a resolution and to him it is a matter of principle and most Ithacans
he knows would support the increase in principle. To him this is academic and the details do not
have to be worked out because he feels his neighbors would support it. If we had to draft the
minimum wage law ourselves, that would be different and there would need to be a lot more
questions and a lot more discussions, but these resolutions we do in support of these causes and
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having been an activist he understands from that aspect why these resolutions in support of a
principle or concept are important.
Mr. Levine agreed with Mr. Goodman and shares the concerns expressed by Mr. DePaolo and
Mr. Horwitz, but he wanted to point out that an increase in the minimum wage does not
necessarily represent a dollar for dollar increase in the cost of wages of the minimum wage.
When the living wage was explained to him by Mr. Myers he was told that it was a compression
of wages, not just an increase in wages in that the people at the top of the pay scale should expect
to get paid less and so the increase cost is not dollar for dollar.
Mr. Engman state that the last time the minimum wage law was changed there was a gradual
increase; $5.15 in 2000 to $6.00 in 2005 to $6.75 in 2006 to $715 in 2007 and $7.25 in 2009. In
that 10 year period it went up from $5.15 to $7.25 which is a pretty good increase so there is a
catch-up going on and that is why an increase to the living wage would be substantial. He noted
that other states pay more than NYS and there is no indication that businesses have fled those
states. There might be some effect but he felt that businesses have shed as many workers as they
could and kept their profit level and now if they want to make any profit, this is a wonderful time
to raise the wage because they will be forced to pay a living wage instead of increasing their
profits. He did not think there would be a loss of a lot of jobs and even if there were a few, the
benefit to the many outweighs. Right now the costs for low income workers are being
transferred to the whole because they use public services and the businesses force them to by
making their fringe benefits too expensive.
Mr. DePaolo summarized by saying that he believes the discussion is purely conceptual and has
very little chance of going anywhere at the state level so it is inconsequential what we do with it
so he was willing to support it, but he felt there were consequences if we were to get into the
details and look at it as a policy decision rather than a conceptual show of support, it is much
more complicated.
Mr. Engman added that there is a lot of information on line at the NYS DOL. A resolution will
be ready for the regular meeting in April
Consider Resolution Urging Funding of Hydrilla Eradication Efforts and Funding
TB Resolution no. 2012-060: Urging the State to Fully Fund Hydrilla Eradication Efforts
in its 2012-2013 Budget
WHEREAS last fall an invasive plant called hydrilla was discovered for the first time in an inlet
to Cayuga lake in the city of Ithaca, NY and poses a severe economic threat to the Finger Lakes
and the entire Great Lakes system, and
WHEREAS this plant's stems can grow 6 to 8 inches per day and a single stem can produce 268
feet of growth in 5 weeks, and
WHEREAS hydrilla's biomass typically concentrates in the top two feet of water where it clogs
water movement and prevents recreational activities and other designated uses, some of which
are already compromised, and
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WHEREAS portions of Cayuga Lake and other Finger Lakes are classified as nutrient-impaired
by the State of New York and federal government and would provide an ideal growth
environment for hydrilla, and
WHEREAS if not stopped now, hydrilla will spread rapidly throughout the Finger Lakes system,
choking the inlets, tributaries, canals, and shallow shorelines, making them virtually impassable
and causing incalculable economic and environmental devastation, and
WHEREAS if the shorelines of the Finger Lakes are choked by densely packed mats of hydrilla,
property values of waterfront properties will be dramatically affected, and
WHEREAS the State of Florida now spends $30 million a year to essentially mow a temporary
path through the hydrilla weeds and that is what NY should expect if hydrilla takes hold in its
waterways, and
WHEREAS an effective eradication strategy will cost New York State between $700,000 and $1
million a year for the next five to eight years; if that investment isn't made beginning this spring,
the cost will increase dramatically as will the damage to our environment, and
WHEREAS hydrilla eradication is a state and not a local problem and must be met by action on
the part of the state,
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca urges the New York Legislature to fully
fund this effort at approximately $1 million per year for the next five to eight years, beginning in
the 2012-13 State Budget.
Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Rich DePaolo
Vote: Ayes – DePaolo, Levine, Engman, Goodman, Leary, and Horwitz
Vote passed unanimously
Consider Consent Agenda Items
a. (items pulled to make 2 individual items)
TB RESOLUTION NO. 2012-061: Promotional Appointment of Motor Equipment
Operator
WHEREAS, there is presently one vacancy in the full time position of Motor Equipment
Operator in the Public Works Department; and
WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent has determined through interviews and evaluation that
Patrick Barnes, Laborer, possesses the necessary knowledge, skills and ability to satisfactorily
perform the duties of the Motor Equipment Operator; and
WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent promotionally appointed Patrick Barnes to the Motor
Equipment Operator position, effective March 26, 2012;
Now, Therefore, Be It
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RESOLVED, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby ratify the Highway
Superintendent's regular promotional appointment of Patrick Barnes as a full time Motor
Equipment Operator for Ae Public Worla Department, effective March 26,2012; and be it
further
RESOLVED, this is a 40 hours a week position, at the hourly wage of $22.36, which is an
estimated annual salary of $46,508.80, in Job Classification "XT', with fiill time benefits; and be
it further
RESOLVED, if the said successfully completes the mandatory eight (8) week probationary
period, ending May 21,2012, there will be no further action required by the Town Board.
MOVED: Bill Goodman SECONDED: EricLevine
Vote: Ayes - DePaolo, Levine, Engman, Goodman, Leary, and Horwitz
Town of Ithaca Abstract
Mr. DePaolo had a question about a bill from TC3 for over $8K and he asked what it involved.
Ms. Drake explained that it was a 3 day session with the Public Works Department which
involved focus groups followed by 2 all-day programs. Mr. DePaolo asked how many people
were hired and Ms. Drake responded one. Mt. DePaolo thought that that was this was very high.
Ms. Drake and Mr. Engman responded that it is the going rate. Mr. Engman added that other
attempts to fix some dysfunction at the department have not worked and so far, the feed back he
has heard from the employees has been very positive. Mr. DePaolo stated that he was not
questioning the need, but thought it was expensive. Mr. Engman agreed that when you first see
die figure it is a little starding but if it helps the working environment, it is worth it and this
seems to be really working. Ms. Drake added that the presenter they had was one who we have
used before and he gets results; he puts the "elephant in the room" and discusses it. Ms. Hunter
asked if there would be more bills associated with this that the Board would see and Ms. Drake
responded that there would be one-on-one sessions but not at that rate. Mr. Engman noted that
he is paid through TC3 so he is not getting all that money.
TB RESOLUTION NO. 2012-062; Town of Ithaca Abstract
WHEREAS, the following numbered vouchers have been presented to the Ithaca Town Board
for approval of payment; and
WHEREAS, the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now
therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said
vouchers in total for the amounts indicated.
VOUCHER NOS. 1854 - 1951
General Fund Town wide 51,041.11
General Fund Part Town 1,753.75
Highway Fund Part Town 16,728.89
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Water Fund 375,955.63
Sewer Fund 2,400.48
Fire Protection Fund 265,261.69
Forest Home Lighting District 220.84
Glenside Lighting District 67.92
Renwick Heights Lighting District 94.49
Eastwood Commons Lighting District 190.11
Clover Lane Lighting District 22.78
Winner's Circle Lighting District 64.97
Burleigh Drive Lighting District 78.04
West Haven Road Lighting District 256.18
Coddington Road Lighting District 151.50
Tiiii ■eisi
MOVED: Rich DePaolo SECONDED: Eric Levine
Vote; Ayes - DePaolo, Levine, Engman, Goodman, Leary, Hunter and Horwitz
Executive Session
At 7 p.m., Mr. DePaolo moved and Ms. Hunter seconded going into executive session to discuss
the employment history of a particular person.
Motion made by Mr. Goodman, seconded by Mr. DePaolo to reenter open session at 7:13 p.m.
Unanimous
Consider Adjournment
Motion to adjourn made by Mr. DePaolo, seconded by Mr. Goodman at 7:14 p.m. Unanimous.
Submitted b
Paulette Terwilliger
Town Clerk