HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 1988-12-30TCWN OF ITHACA
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
December 30, 1988
At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca,
Tcnpkins County, New York, held at the Town Hall, 126 East Seneca
Street, Ithaca, New York, on the 30th day of Deconber, 1988, there
were;
PRESENT: Noel Desch, Supervisor
Henry McPeak, Councilman
Shirley Raffensperger, Councilwcroan
Robert Bartholf, Councilman
Patricia Leary, Councilwoman
David Klein, Councilman
ABSENT: Thcitias Cardman, Councilman
ALSO PRESENT: Robert Flumerfelt, Town Engineer
John Ozolins, Highway Superintendent
Deborah Dietrich, County Board of
Reps
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Supervisor led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance.
REPORT OF TCm OFFICIALS
Town Supervisor's Report
Supervisor Desch presented to the Board his 1988 Annual Report,
"I am pleased to report that my eleventh year as Town Supervisor
has been another successful one for the Town. We acccmplished
virtually all of the objectives we set in place at the beginning of
the year and, above all, we successfully responded to the dozens of
constituent local problems that were brought to the attention of
the Board.
Major highlights of the year include:
Transition from Real Property Tax to Sales Tax Revenue Source
This may seem a very trivial acccaiplishment, but it was not. Its
success came about because of our strong fiscal position with
respect to fund balances and great restraint on the part of the
Town staff with respect to expenditures. Our first major payment
of sales tax did not ccme until May 1 in this transition year.
Highway Department Changes
The most significant highlight of the year has been the elimination
of the major crises that faced us at the start of the year. The
performance, morale, lack of safety, etc., had reached the breaking
point. While not formalized as an objective, the entire Board knew
that prompt action was of the highest priority. own feeling was
that the year would be a successful one if we accomplished nothing
Town Board Minutes 2 Deconber 30, 1988
itore than restoring the viability and effectiveness of this
organization.
We were fortunate to be able to find John Ozolins in the nick of
time. Within months his managerial and technical skills turned
this function into a cohesive unit so that we on the Town Board,
are, for the first time in years, in the enviable position of
providing service in a timely manner rather than reacting to
crises.
West Hill Water and Sewer
Thanks to the skills of our engineering staff, we were able to
ccnplete the West Hill water and sewer project within budget. The
work along Taughannock Boulevard was no routine task and was
further catplicated by the closure of Cliff Street by the City of
Ithaca. This project will not only enhance the public health of a
large area of the Tcwn and iitprove the water quality of Cayuga
Lake, but also will provide for the first time sane decent fire
protection as well.
East Shore Drive Sewer
This conmitment has proven to be a more formidable challenge, but
now, again due to the ingenuity of our engineering staff, we have a
design that will enable us to build this improvement within
authorized funds. Again, the water quality of Cayuga Lake will see
significant inprovoment as well as the public health of the
property owners in the immediate area.
New Wastewater Treatment Facility
After 14 years of seemingly endless negotiations, we successfully
corpleted this $34,000,000 project — on time and under budget —
during 1988. We were even able to deobligate $600,000 of grant
funds for use elsev^ere in the State. The water qucility of the
Inlet has already been restored to a positive condition not seen in
30 - 40 years or more. Lake stiodies are in their final year and
show no degradation of water quality resulting from the new plant.
Concerns about an unionized ammonia plume are beginning to
"evaporate". The quality of life in the Fall Creek areas has been
enhanced considerably through elimination of odors and unsightly
facilities. Look at the Farmers' Market as evidence.
Youth Services
Unilateral action by the City ccstpromised the life of Town of
Ithaca families with respect to the enjoyment of youth programs.
The Town's desire to cotpronise fell on deaf ears but year's end
the Town's resolve paid off. We now have the start of effective
County involvement in the delivery of youth services and the money
the Town saved has been applied to the 1989 budget. So, rather
than getting nothing for a major cost, we gained long terms in
assuring the deliveiry of service for the proper balance of cost.
This is the type of difficult, initially sonev^t unpopular,
decision that serves the best interests of the entire Town for the
long run.
Fire Services/Sprinklers
At the start of the year the Town appointed two citizens to the
City Board of Fire Ccmmissioners through special State legislation
and a City Charter change. This has resulted in a more
business-like operation of the Ccmmission and brings with it the
potential for iiiproving the delivery of service, hopefully on a
more cost-effective basis, although that yet remains to be seen.
Town Board Minutes 3 December 30, 1988
For example, we are over one year behind schedule on the
construction of two new fire stations and the meter keeps running.
Bids now are expected during the Spring of *89.
The struggle that coranunities are facing on a nationwide basis with
the delivery of fire services, both as to responsiveness and cost,
has brought into focus the need for automatic sprinklers in
buildings throu^out the Town. While the most important benefits
will not be realized this year or next, lives will be saved and
options will become more evident in the coming years with respect
to how fire service will be provided. I continue to predict that
this will turn out to be the most inportant piece of legislation
that our Town has passed in this decade.
Community Associations
The seoningly sudden spurt in development activity, particularly on
South Hill and West Hill, has led to renewed interest in the
operation of community associations. These associations have the
potential of being a positive influence on the areas they represent
and some important results have been produced. However, the wide
range of views makes such organizations constantly vulnerable to
the wishes of extrone elements and the self-interests of some
individuals. Those participants with a moderating influence will
continue to face major challenges. While the role of the Town
Board is unclear, in my view we must offer the most factual
information on all sides of all issues to both individuals and
associations on a consistent basis without personal bias.
Comprehensive Planning
Quite logically, the spurt in development has given rise to demands
for planning in a more comprehensive way. While this will take
many different forms, the interest seems to be County-^de as well
as within each community. One major challenge in the year ahead
will be the integration of all of these efforts, hopefully through
a mechanism that will provide long-term planning continuity without
threat of any jurisdiction.
Local Laws
There were many important local laws adopted during the year,
including new SEQR regulations. Zoning Ordinance refinements,
traffic control, taxi fees, environmental review and planning fees.
Town Staff
The unsung heroes of everything we do are the small cadre of people
that coiprise our Town staff. The Town is extremely fortunate in
having individuals in our small family v^o not only excel in v^t
they do but also approach every task with a uniquely high level of
dedication and professionalism. This is v^t makes being involved
in Town of Ithaca government worth the effort, particularly diuring
those few occasions vAien frustration seems to dcminate our
proceedings."
Town Engineer's Report
Town Engineer Robert Flumerfelt stated that we have taken the
second set of bids on the East Shore sewer project on Deconber 23rd
and in that project we also included the sanitary sewers on Vine
Street and Maple Avenue. The bids came in very favorable, the low
bidder was more than $200,000 lower than the time before even with
the addition of Vine Street and Maple Avenue.
Town Board Minutes 4 December 30, 1988
AWARD BIDS gj EAST SHORE DRIVE SEWER
RESOLUTION NO. 369
Motion by Coimcilman Bartholf; seconded by Councilman McPeak,
WEffiREAS, ten bids were received December 23, 1988 for Phase III
Construction of Water and Sanitary Sewer Mains - 1987 Inprovements,
ranging in base bid amounts from $356,844.40 to $654,263.00 and in
total bid amounts, including alternate and optional work items,
from $381,259.40 to $679,811.10, and
WHEREAS, the proposal of the low bidder is lowest in cost both
inclusive and exclusive of the alternate and optional work itans,
and
WHEREAS, the low bidder, G. DeVincentis & Son Construction, Inc.,
of Binghamton, New York, has met all of the requirements and
formalities required for submission of his bid, and appears to be a
reputable contractor,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca, that the Town Supervisor be authorized to award the
contract for Phase III Construction of Water and Sanitary Sewer
Mains - 1987 Iirprovements, to G. DeVincentis & Son Construction,
Inc., in the base amount of $356,844.40,
AND FURTHER, that the award include the alternate bid item of 1,340
lineal feet of 15-inch PVC sewer in lieu of 8-inch resulting in an
increase of $13,400 over the base bid amount, and the optional work
items (replacement of approximately 250 lineal feet of old water
mains, 6-inch diameter and smaller) in the amount of $11,015 for a
total of $381,259.40, and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the award of the contract be si±)ject
to the review of the documents by the Town Attorney.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf and Klein voting Aye. Nays
- none).
The Town Engineer went on to say that on the infiltration/inflow
study by Pickard & Anderson, the scope of the Phase II study is set
now. We have a remaining item from Phase I, the engineers in a
letter to us state that their expenses exceeded \diat their proposal
was by about $4,000. They have si±mitted a bill to us for $2,300
additional. The study took longer than they had estimated and the
recoirds that we sent them on the water usage were in pretty rough
form, also there was quite a volume of records. Those two factors
is v^iat they point out as requiring them to spend more time on the
project. They are, therefore, asking for an additional $2,300 for
the study.
Supervisor Desch asked the Town Engineer if he was recoximending the
figure of $2,300 that he had negotiated?
The Town Engineer replied that he did not think it was an
unreasonable amount and, therefore, he would recatmend payment of
the $2,300 figure.
Si:5)ervisor Desch suggested that it be taken up, as an addition to
the warrants, at the time the warrants are discussed.
The Town Engineer noted that Michael Ocello was preparing maps of
the South Hill Trail area that show all of the tax parcels
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involved. Also, he had been involved in siabdivision/development
review and Requests for Proposals for surveys.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1988
Richard Schoch, Parks and Open Space Manager/Planner gave the
following report:
"1988 has been a year of considerable change and growth for the
Town of Ithaca Park Department. May 18th marked the starting date
for our new grounds maintenance assistant, Jerry Strosnider.
Having a third full-tune person to share the increased work load
has been a great help, and the Town is fortunate to have such a
dedicated and hard-working staff to manage its parks and open
spaces.
At its July meeting, the Town Board voted to reorganize the park
department, putting it \mder the purview of the Superintendent of
Highways. While still maintaining scsne measure of independence,
our new mission requires a closer working relationship with the
Town's Highway Department through shared use of our equipment,
vehicles and personnel for peak times during paving, tree chipping
and snow removal. This has required a greater degree of
coordination between the Park Manager and Highway Superintendent on
a daily basis, often meaning that park projects have taken a
backseat to these other efforts.
We have continued to do everything possible within our budgetary
constraints to provide the public with well maintained, clean and
safe park and trail facilities. Our new phone number and listing
has kept us in closer contact with the public in the event of
problems at our facilities, and we are quick to respond to and
implement ideas and changes deemed appropriate and consistent with
our program objectives.
New equipment procured during 1988 has greatly aided our efforts in
grounds maintenance. Efficiency is on the upswing, level of
service and staff skills have inproved to new highs. As a
department. Parks is versatile and flexible, always cooperating
with the Town's other governmental wings and willing to taclcle jobs
above and beyond our official purview. In short, the tax-paying
public gets an excellent return on its financial investment. We
look forward to continuing our efforts to provide such services in
the year to ccme.
MAJOR PARKS PROJECTS 1988
To summarize, our major projects and work efforts for the year were
as follows:
1. Completed Dates Drive landscaping and Lew Cartee Memorial
plantings at the hospital.
2. Finished final grading of Grandview Park, installed
drainage inprovements and built parking lot.
3. Plantings of Centennial crab apple trees around the Town
and Comellian cherries at the new sewage treatment plant
as well as dozens of trees and shrubs at our existing
park and trail sites.
4. Installed a paved basketball court with backstop and hoop
at Hungerford Heights Park.
Town Board Minutes 6 December 30, 1988
5. Finished first phase of our forest management work at
Salem Park vAiich included tree thinning, trail widening,
chipping of branches and resurfacing of the trail with
wood chips.
6. Began forest irtprovenents at Eastern Heights Park and
opening of new trails to provide access to areas of the
park not currently utilized by the public. This effort
will continue during the winter months and as an ongoing
project for the entire year.
7. Hazardous tree removals at all recreation way sites.
8. Three weeks assisting Highway Department with roadside
tree ronovals and limbing in September on West Hill.
9. Installed new safety fencing along hazardous sections of
East Ithaca Recreation Way between Honness Lane and
Mitchell Street.
10. Upgraded site furnishings, installed new off-road
parking, did staining and painting, and performed other
improvements at all park and trail sites.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR 1989
1. Continue daily job costing and man-hour data inputting on
the ccstputer for our data base to be used in calculating
maintenance costs and for preparing future budgets.
2. Ccmplete initial phases of Grandview Park development,
including seeding and planting, site furnishings and
walkway construction.
3. Begin construction of new South Hill Trail having now
received the State's approval of our grant proposal to
develop a recreational trail.
4. Begin initial site work (e.g., opening up access, hauling
in fill as needed, tree removals, marking out trails,
etc.) at several new park sites, including Troy Road,
Woolf Lane, and East King Road (Monkmeyer site, adjacent
to Montessori School).
5. Ccnplete relandscaping project at Bolton Point water
treatment facility.
6. Coiplete hand railings and new plantings at Warren Road
end of Forest Hone Walkway.
7. Finish installing new signs for all entrance points on
our recreation way system in the Town.
8. Continue our program of system-wide upgrading at all
sites as time and budget allow.
As this year ends and the new year begins, the Park Department is
poised for another productive year. Vital to the success of our
efforts will be the timely replacement of our main pickup truck
(#9) v^ch is currently very unreliable. I will be proposing
replacement witli a new four-v^eel drive, three-quarter ton pickup,
possibly through State contract, vhich will position us to continue
operating two crews during the suitroer months and keep all three
full-time park enployees fully mobilized the rest of the year.
Being a working department of three persons requires mobility,
cross training on all equipment, and a flexibility v^ch is not
Town Board Minutes 7 December 30, 1988
fully acknowledged by Town Board. Contrary to popular notion, we
are actively engaged in projects year-round, winter months
included, there is no slow down period."
HIQMAY SUPERINTENDED'S ANNUAL REPORT
Highway Superintendent John Ozolins stated that the costs
especially the man-hour, material and equipments costs are not for
a fully year, only since June-July, vhen he got the computer, so
they do not reflect the total year costs. He went on to say that
the 1971 Ford, the cost on that as well as the 1975 Ford, in both
cases the cost today are more than the vehicle was bought for
originally. We will monitor those and if anything major happens to
thorn he plans on letting them just sit and not putting any more
money into them.
Hi^way Superintendent Ozolins outlined his goals and objectives
for 1989:
1. Coordinate effort/assistance from 204th EN. BN. (CBT) (HVY).
on the South Hill Recreation Trail.
2. Pave all scheduled roads and any additional roads within
budget.
3. Coordinate with the Town Engineer to update material
specifications for Town road construction.
4. Develop an updated equipment replacement plan.
Town Planner's Report
Town Planner Susan Beeners stated that she did not have a written
report. However, since the Board last met, she and the Assistant
Planner have been involved in support to the Comprehensive Planning
Subcommittee, interviews were held and a selection was made by that
committee. The Planning Board will review the proposal on January
3rd and will recommend the selection of Stuairt I. Brown,
Associates, Inc., to the Town Board for your approval on the 9th of
January. The Town Planner noted that the Board had received staff
comments on the Route 96 proposal.
REPORT OF COUNTY BCARD OF REPRESEMATIVES
Deborah Dietrich, County Board of Representatives stated that she
had a brief report. She went on to say that they have been
landfill obsessed. We got through another meeting last we^ vAiere
we approved the Final Environmental Impact Statement on DR 7. We
were just notified that DEC will not enforce our lack of a permit,
our permit expires December 31st. Without that grace period we
would have been subjected to a $10,000 a day fine. It's kind of
day by day. She stated that she had received a lot of calls about
the tipping fee for contractors. What happened was that we
instituted it in such a hurry that they can't pass that on to their
clients for a short period of time and they are really getting
caught in a bind. Basically, it was very simple, we are just
running out of space at Landstrans, there just isn't space. We
were paorticularly concerned about the Cornell Quarters demolition
and if we didn't have the tipping fee all of the demolition debris
would have been brought to Landstrcmns v^ch would have shortened
our useful life of the landfill by two to three weeks for the rest
of the citizens of the County. So it's a real problem for
Town Board Minutes 8 December 30, 1988
contractors and a problem for local government having to give up
clean ups.
DESICmTION OF DEPOSITORIES OF TOWN FUNDS
RESOLUTION ND. 370
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilwcman
Raff ensperger,
RESOLVED, that the TOwn Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby
designates the Ithaca Journal as the Official Newspaper for the
year 1989.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf and Klein voting Aye. Nays
- none).
DESIOmTION OF DEPOSITORIES OF TOWN FUNDS
RESOLUTION NO. 371
Motion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Councilman Bartholf,
RESOLVED, by the Tcwn Board of the Town of Ithaca that the Tatpkins
County Trust Canpany and Norstar Bank, N.A., be and the same hereby
are designated as depositories for all monies caning into the hands
of the Supervisor and the Town Clerk/Receiver of Taxes for the year
1989.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf and Klein voting Aye. Nays
- none).
SCHEDULE OF 1989 TOWN BOARD MEETINGS
RESOLUTION NO. 372
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Klein,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby adopts
the following schedule of meetings of the Tbwn Board for the year
1989:
Monday, January 9, 1989
Monday, February 13, 1989
Monday, March 13, 1989
Monday, April 10, 1989
Monday, May 8, 1989
Monday, June 12, 1989
Monday, July 10, 1989
Monday, August 7, 1989
Monday, September 11, 1989
Monday, October 2, 1989
Thursday, November 9, 1989
Monday, Deconnber 11, 1989
Friday, December 29, 1989
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that Town Board meetings will begin at 5:30
P.M., with public hearings generally to begin at 7:00 P.M.,
AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the Year End Meeting will begin at
10:30 A.M.
Town Board Minutes 9 December 30, 1988
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf and Klein voting Aye. Nays
- none).
OFFICIAL BONDS
RESOLUTION NO. 373
Motion by Coimcilvotian Raffensperger; seconded by Councilman
Bartholf,
RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca that the bonds
for the following Town Officials and Town employees, in the
following amounts, be approved for the year 1989:
Town Supervisor, Noel Desch $1,000,000
Town Clerk - Receiver of Taxes
Jean Swartwood $ 250,000
Justice, Warren A. Blye $ 25,000
Justice, Merton J. Wallenbeck $ 25,000
Superintendent of Highways,
John Ozolins $ 25,000
All other Town Enployees, each $ 25,000
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf and Klein voting Aye. Nays
- none).
TOWN JUSTICE DOCKETS
RESOLUTION NO. 374
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Klein,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby accept
the reports of Justice Merton Wallenbeck and Justice Warren Blye,
as presented. (Copies attached to the minutes).
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf and Klein voting Aye. Nays
- none).
PERSONS TO BE HEARD
Fire Chief Edward Olmstead stated that Iton #16 on the agenda
references the setting of a date for a joint public hearing with
the City of Ithaca to consider the addition of five positions. He
stated that he would like to coiroent on this. The Fire Chief
stated that vdiat he was concerned about and this has been discussed
with the Board of Fire Cormissioners and this same thing was said
to Ccramon Council. We are concerned that the very long discussions
that took place leading up to the contract and the resulting
discussions have caused this issue to kind of get off track at
times. When the Fire Master Planning exercise took part, the Board
of Fire Ccnmissioners was in place at that time, was for the most
part non-participative and in sane cases they were negative and
obstructive. This was one of the things that kind of caused the
fire depa2rtment sane problems in getting the final agreanent
resolved. What has happened since the new Board has been in place
and he was appointed is that the present Board and the people viho
preceeded them immediately have worked very hard to take sane of
those past internal discrepancies and get than out of the way and
go on with the business of the fire department. So that issue that
is driving this meeting is an issue vdiich has been framed hy the
Board of Fire Commissioners. That issue has been determined
pursuant to the powers of the Fire Cotmissioners as specified in
STATISTICAL REPORT
ACTIVITIES OF THE TOWN JUSTICE
TOTAL COMPLETEO CASES
TOTAL FINES, FEES & FORFIETURES
VEHICLE &.TRAFFIC
Speeding
Other Moving Violations
Non-Moving Violations
D.W.I. & Dr.W/10%BAC
Indited .
Misdemeanor Convictions
Reduced to.0.W.A.I. —
Dismissed
Tax Law Violations —
Transpotation Law Violations
• r -CRIMINAL
! Felony Arraignments
Indited
Reduced to Town Court -
Dismissed
Penal Law Misdemeanors
J . s
Penal Law Violations
New York Code Rules & Regs.—
Navigation ——
CIVIL & LOCAL LAW
Civil ———
Small Claims —
' Dog Control Law Violations -
Zoning Law Violations ——
Civil Marriages —
Dnagerous Dog Compliants —
MISCELLANEOUS
Bail Forfietures
Arraignment - Other Courts -
Comnitted in lieu of Fine —
(Release when paid)
' r Jail as Sentence
(Or part of sentence)
Probation
(May include fine/jail)
Scofflaw cases filed with DMV
Failure of defendant to ans.
Uniform traffic tickets.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMIHED
No.
1622
N/A
902
284
258
342
14
1
12
1
5
10
23
6
1
\1
13
6
0
2
4
32
0
34
0
0
38
4
3
4
80
1988
Amount
$22,542.00
10,260
2^420
2,610
2,859^
350
750
balance of
rases to
Jounty Court
550
625 -
350
20
8
640
TOWN JUSTICE
TOWN OF ITHACA
TOWN COURT
126 E. SENECA STREET
ITHACA, NEW YORK
14850
WARREN A. BLYE
Town Jutiko
MERTON J. WALIENBECK
Town itftf/M
STATISTICAL REPORT - 1988
Adtivities of Town Justice Msrton J Wallenbeck
1987
TCIIAL CXDMPLBTED CASES 1596
Total Fines, Fees, Forfietures $61,780.00
Vehicle and Traffic cases 1238
V.& T. fines $40,732.00
Criminal Cases 330
Crim. Fines $7730.00
Civil & Sknall Claim cases 28
Civil fees $208.00
Local Law - Dog Control 22
LL Dog fines $385.00
Local Law - Zoning 0
Environ.Conservation $1120.00
Navigation Law fines $335.00
Bail Forfietures $3865.00
Tran^xortation Law fines 0
1988
1612
$66,566.56
1350
$48,145.00
244
$5033.56
18
$143.00
14
$155.00
$150.00
$330.00
$520.00
$1865.00
$50.00
ly submitted
'//JJlU
Mearton J ifellenbeck
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the City Charter. They have a very specific charge about
determining the levels of personnel, stations, apparatus, a v^ole
series of things. Their determination has been on more than one
occasion, in fact there was an initial determination we were asked
to resi±mit it to the Board after the Town representatives were
appointed to the Board, take a look at the staffing issues in the
fire department. You should keep in mind we have been looking not
only at the career staffing levels but volunteer levels and bunkers
program. The determination as e3q)ressed in the budget vdiich they
si±mitted and proposed to the City was the addition of 22 people to
the fire department roster and that is v^at the discussion is going
to be about in terms of viiat the Board has framed. It's not about
two or four or six or eight, it's about that entire staffing
request and how that is facilitated.
Supervisor Desch asked, how many officers were in that, were there
five? Was the number seventeen and five?
Chief Olmstead replied, there was a total of twenty-two positions
v^ch included twelve fire fighters, five officers, an operations
deputy, a fire protection engineer, two code people and a part-time
volmteer coordinator.
Chief Olmstead went on to say that this discussion that takes place
is the same discussion that we have been requesting between the
City and the Town since ^ril of 1987. We have tried to get this
joint discussion to take place, to take a look at the v^ole issue
not just pieces of it. We understand the realities of budget and
time spans and everything else and v^en the original discussion was
set up it was mapped out in such a way. What happened in that
original request, is viien it went to the Mayor for his executive
review all the positions were cut out except for a part-time
volunteer coordinator. There was no discussion with the Mayor and
the Board it was just an executive cut and that was the way the
budget was going to go on to the B & A Ccramittee. The Board of
Fire Ccamissioners and the Fire Chief requested to meet with the
Mayor on two separate occasions to discuss that and we were denied
that. We requested to meet with the Human Services Committee and
we did meet with than for two months in a row about the budget
issues. That is the committee that we report to. There was a very
long discussion and input fron not only the Board and the Chief but
volunteer ccantpanies and the Paid Firefighters Association. The
Human Services Conmittee asked us to ccme back with budget
scenarios ranging fron v^ere the Mayor had put us to vdiat we had
asked and how we would prioritize different incranents. The Humans
Services Committee, v^ich was half of Comion Council, ordered an
immediate addition of five and one-half people with the balance of
those positions to ccme from the joint discussions between the City
and the Town. And at their direction, we went back into the final
budgeting process with the Coimon Council with that amended
request, it was a 20% increase. The action of the B & A Committee
was to take all the personnel items that were in that immediate
request, and that was something that would be absent the Town
consent, just to do it and work out the details later. That money
was put in restricted contingency. The reasoning was the same
reasoning that we have been hearing over now for over 18 months.
The City is not willing to do anything xmless the Town is willing
to do it and that has been the reason vdiy we have been back and
forth and back and forth and back and forth, so many times trying
to get that discussion to take place. There is a lot of concern on
the part of the Board of Fire Conmissioners and everybody in the
Fire Department that somehow we can't seem to get this process to
take place and vdiat concerns him is that some folks have already
made up their mind that all we are going to do is talk about five
people and that is not what we are coming to this meeting for. We
are coming to take a look at this entire thing. We don't want to
Town Board Minutes 11 December 30, 1988
look at it piecemeal. Something has to be worked out. We are
moving at the same time on volunteer issues and bunker issues
trying to bring up that level of staffing. If we were just trying
to do it with career people in the department we would just say we
needed 100 more people or something in that range and we aren't
going to worry about the rest of this. But the fact is we are.
One of the very key issues in the new fire station construction was
the provision of space for student bunkers and it was that debate
over how much space we were going to be able to build that has put
us a year behind times. And he stated that he had to say in all
honesty, most of the resistance to cost came from the Town because
of some perceptions of how much it was going to cost to build the
fire stations. We don't want to be held hostage again and again to
the terms and conditions of the contract. A very inportant part of
the contract was that the Town had participation in the Board of
Fire Coarmissioners and they do and the actions of the Board has
been unanimous. There has been no dissent on any of the
conclusions that the Board has reached and yet the Board has been
unable to have this discussion proceed. He stated that his request
was that v^en the Town Board sets the date for the meeting, yes
there is money in restricted contingency for five and one-half but
the discussion is intended to be much broader than that, that is
the v^ole request of the Board of Fire Cormissioners to take a look
at this total problen. He stated that he would be supplying the
Board with more paper, more information on all those positions and
how they fit into the programs, how they fit into the operations of
the department in advance of the meeting so that seme of the
questions that you may still have out there, and a lot of stuff we
maybe have not e3p)lained will be there.
Sipervisor Desch replied, you xmderstand the reason for having a
specific number so that action can be taken on part of the request.
Chief Olmstead replied, no he did not.
Town Attorney Barney replied, vdien we have a public hearing on our
fire contract we have to specify vdiat it is we are going to be
doing, v^t the funding levels will be and that is vdiy we are
putting in the five. That doesn't preclude discussion of
twenty-two or thirty or fifteen but for the public notice we must
specify.
Chief Olmstead remarked, we are suspicious of the number because
it's being lined up in a couple of other places too, well here is
vdiat the request is. We need to understand that it's much broader
than that.
Supervisor Desch remarked, this Board can put any number it wants,
for that matter, it's just that the five relates to seme specific
action vdiich the City has taken \itd.ch will proceed along a path, if
it is approved.
Chief Olmstead replied, their resolution was money in restricted
contingency for possible personnel adjustments, they did specify a
number. They used a number to get the number but they didn't
actually specijfy the number of people. The Chief stated that he
was not so much concerned about how you word it, it's just so that
everybody understands that we don't intend to ccme in and just talk
about five. We have to take a look at the v^ole thing.
S\:?)ervisor Desch remarked, the problem is that if you use dollars
you then get into another problem. The contract makes reference
not to dollars in the case of staffing but numbers of positions.
Councilwcman Raffensperger remarked, so with the understanding that
the resolution must list a specific number for our own public
Town Board Minutes 12 December 30, 1988
hearing purposes but that we will discuss the broader questions
involved.
(Councilwonan Leary arrived at this time)
RESOLUTION NO. 375
Motion by Councilwcman Raffensperger; seconded by Councilman
McPeak,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will meet and
hold a public hearing at 7:30 P.M., on January 18, 1989 with the
City of Ithaca at Carmon Council Chambers to consider amending the
fire contract with the City of Ithaca to consider the addition of
five and one-half paid firefighter department positions.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
DELINQUENT WATER AND SEWER CHARGES ON 1989 TAX ROLL
RESOLUTION NO. 376
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf,
RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca that delinquent
Town of Ithaca water and sewer bills in the amount of $10,143.54
and delinquent customer repair bills in the amount of $80.00 be
added to the tax roll for 1989, as a lien against the properties
involved, and to become due and collectible as part of the tax
bills for the Town of Ithaca vdiich will be mailed to property
owners on December 31, 1988, and v^iich will became due in January
of 1989.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
SPCA CONTRACT
Supervisor Desch stated that the 1989 contract is, in terms of
level of service, identical with the previous year and it does
include the same service, as before, to the Village of Cayuga
Heights.
RESOLUTION NO. 377
Motion by Councilwcman Raffensperger; seconded by Councilman Klein,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby
authorize the Supervisor to execute the 1989 contract with the SPCA
in the amount of $9,560.72.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
REiaPPOItTOENT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD
Sij^rvisor Desch ronarked as you all know, we have a reccmmendation
from the Planning Board with regard to the reappointment of
Montgomery May. We also have several letters, v^ch he though
every Board member had gotten. He stated that he thought he had
received four or five, but there were several over the past week or
so.
Town Board Minutes 13 December 30, 1988
Councilvotian Raffensperger stated that she thought that she had
received one or two more letters than that, at least one was
addressed just to her and probably the Board did not received it.
She also stated that she had received five telephone calls.
Councilman Klein stated that he had received several letters and a
few telephone calls.
Supervisor Desch asked Councilman Klein vdiat he could tell the
Board as far as the Planning Board was concerned. What was the
discussion? Were their other persons interested in being chairman?
Councilman Klein replied, seme dissatisfaction had been expressed
to him during the year and specifically before his last Planning
Board meeting. He stated that he had perhaps hoped that seme other
persons name would have gone up in nomination at that meeting to
avoid the discussion that we are sort of having here. But it
didn't come about. We did not have a...he thought Bill Lesser was
absent at that last Planning Board meeting and he had asked Carolyn
Grigorov is she was interested in being the chairman and stated
that she had not really thought about it, quite frankly. She did
not say that she wouldn't serve but she did not want to get into
any kind of a personal discussion at the Planning Board level. So
he stated that he said basically unless Mr. May did not es^ress
that he was interested in stepping down, he basically said that he
would not make any waves at the Planning Boaord meeting. The way
Mr. May conducted it, he put Mrs. Grigorov's name in for Vice
Chairman and it was fairly c±>vious that he intended to serve it
out. It was a little bit avkward and obviously the Planning Board
was reasonably ccmfortable with proceeding that way. He went on to
say that there has been seme.... v^ether any of these allegations
in these letters are true, he stated that he really had no basis to
pass judgofiient on them but maybe it is time for a change. Mrs.
Grigorov, he felt, presented herself at several meetings in v^ch
Mr. May was not able to Chair the meeting, she certainly discharged
her duties very favorably. He certainly thought she would be a
good chairman.
Supervisor Desch canmented, the avdcwardness shifts fron the
Planning Board to the Town Board. Because without knowing if Mrs.
Grigorov will serve
Councilman Klein added, or others, actually Mrs. Grigorov was the
one he talked to since she has been Vice Chairman it seanned
scmev^t logical to appoint her Chairman. He stated that he had no
idea whether there are any other members of the Board v^o wanted to
take that responsibility.
Town Attorney Barney remarked that he had not seen any of the
letters and he does attend most of the meetings. He asked if he
coxild look at the letters.
Councilwanan Raffensperger stated that she was not sure that any
kind of specific allegations are really appropriate for the Board
to discuss or perhaps even consider. There are, however, more
general comments that she thought were pertinent for the Board to
consider that do not include specific kinds of allegations. There
are remarks considering the conduct of the Chairman of the Planning
Board at Planning Board meetings. A kind of general perception of
attitude. She felt that was much more appropriate to be considered
than any specific allegations.
Supervisor Desch asked the Town Attorney if he would like to ccme
back to this item after he had looked at the letters?
Town Board Minutes 14 December 30, 1988
Town Attorney Barney replied yes, and he felt quite frankly that if
the discussion was going to continue along these lines the
discussion should probably be in Executive Session as a personnel
matter.
Supervisor Desch suggested the Board discuss this at the end of the
meeting. The Supervisor suggested that Itons 13 and 14 be
considered later in the meeting also, as they are scmev^at related.
WATER ACCOim REFUNDS
RESOLUTION NO. 378
Ntation by Councilman McPeak, seconded by Councilman Bartholf,
(1)
WHEREAS, the custoner at 185 West Haven Road paid the wrong final
billing,
N(DW TfiEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca hereto authorize a refund of $26.08 for water, $2.60 for
water surcharge, total refund of $28.68 be made to E. Frederick
Hoist, 39 West Fainnount Avenue, Lakewood, New York 14750.
Account Number B-192.
(2)
WHEREAS, the custotier at 212 Tareyton Drive paid the wrong final
billing,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the TOwn Board of the Town of
Ithaca hereby authorize a refund of $20.52 for water, $2.05 for
water surcharge, $1.25 for sewer, $1.44 for sewer surcharge and
$2.56 for penalty, total refund of $27.82 be made to Donald Jewett,
321 Bill George Road, Lansing, New York 14882. Account Number
T-1544.
(3)
WHEREAS, the customer at 49 Whitetail Drive overpaid the bill,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca hereby authorize a refund of $41.04 for water, $4.10 water
surcharge, $15.86 sewer and $2.88 sewer surcharge, total refund of
$63.88 be made to Edward Hallberg Associates, 25 Whitetail Drive,
Ithaca, New York. Account Number V-3951.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none)
TWO STREET LIOTTS IN EASTWOOD COVlMaNS, (NE AS PART OF LKaTING
DISTRICT, ONE AS PART OF TCWN-WIDE LIGHTING
Coxmcilwoman Raffensperger stated that she recalled that vdien one
light was sited at the comer of the other road there was fair
amount of dissatisfaction with it because it shown in somebodies
house. She stated that she was sure the Town Engineer had
carefully sited this additional light so that it does not
unnecessarily impact on adjoining property owners.
Town Engineer Flumerfelt replied that the location was picked by
their engineer but it hasn't been reviewed by NYSEG yet. He stated
that he would be happy, in coordination with NYSEG, to keep that
factor in mind.
RESOLUTION NO. 379
Town Board Minutes 15 December 30, 1988
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilvonan
Raffensperger,
WHEREAS, a request has been received fron Norbert Schickel, Jr.,
for installation of two street lights in the Eastwood Conmons
Development, Phase III, one at the intersection of Sunnj^ll Lane
and Harwick Drive and the other at the curve in Sunnyhill Lane
northwest of the above mentioned intersection, and
WHEREAS, it is the present policy of the Town of Ithaca to install
street lights at intersections throughout the Town, and
WEEREAS, Mr. Schickel has indicated his willingness, by his letter
to Noel Desch of November 23, 1988, to include the street li^t at
the curve northwest of the intersection of Sunnyhill Lane and
Harwick Drive in the Eastwood Ccitimons Lighting District,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca, that arrangonents be made with New York State Electric &
Gas Corporation to install the two aforementioned street lights,
the first under the Townwide intersection lighting policy and the
second to be included in the Eastwood Conmons Lifting District.
(E)esch, McPeak, Raf fensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
Councilwcman Raffensperger stated that she had a ccmment v^iich she
did not thoroughly understand but she felt the Town Engineer or the
Town Supervisor would understand. The ccmment was that the City
has removed lights at the area aroimd Stewart Park and the
suggestion was that if the City is going to do that vdiy is the Town
paying for lighting vdien the City has been unwilling to pay for
conparable lighting in the same area?
Supervisor Desch replied, that should be looked into. He went on
to say that you might find this is scmevdiat related to the "on" and
"off" ramp v^ch is a little bit more tickey. He stated that he
was not sure from a safety standpoint the wisdon of cutting off the
lights down through that area because Dey Street is one of the
worse intersections around.
NEW TFT.FPHONE SYSTEM
Supervisor Desch remarked that at the December 12th meeting he had
meant to get authorization to advertise for this. The problem here
is that there is seme money that is left over that is Federal
Revenue Sharing money v^ch as to be encumbered. The staff looked
at a v^ole bunch of things that seemed to be the highest priority
and came up with the reccmmendation that we use the funds for the
new telephone system v^ch we had talked about quite sometime ago.
We have opened the bids.
RESOLUTICaJ NO. 380
Motion by Councilwcman Raffensperger; seconded by Councilman Klein,
WHEREAS, three bids were received (one too late for consideration)
on Deconber 27, 1988, for a new telephone system for the Town Hall,
ranging in base bid amount from $5,593 to $7,959, and
WHEREAS, the low bidder, EPOCH Coimunications, Inc., of Johnson
City, New York, has met the requirements and formalities required
for submission of its bid, and appears to be a reputable vendor.
Town Board Minutes 16 December 30, 1988
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca that the Town Supervisor be authorized to award the contract
for the telephone system for the Town Hall to EPOCH Ccmmunications,
Inc., in the amount of $6,500, $5,593 base bid and $918 change
order to upgrade the phone units bid from 6-button to an 18-button
model with LCD display.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN TOWN ROADS
Town Highway Superintendent John Ozolins remarked to give a little
bit of backgroimd, there are roads in the Town right now that vfe
consider Town road but have never been accepted for one reason or
another. This came about hy the Annual Inventory of Roads. One,
Penny Lane for exanple, the State had the road as .16 miles. In
actuality it's .35 miles. It may be minor but the road is there
and it is being plowed and we have patched it over the summer but
to lengthen it, as far as the State is concerned, he stated that he
need another resolution to do that. The same thing with Dates
Drive, he stated that he realized there was sane surveying that
needed to be done, the same thing for Lisa Place, Lisa Lane and
Texas Lane. Those he realized also had seme problems.
Supervisor Desch remarked, let's make sure in the future v^en we
adopt a resolution accepting a road that we put the mileage in the
resolution.
Town Attorney Barney replied, he had a little concern, we usually
accept a road based upon a survey map and then we take a deed to
that road. What he felt had happened over the process of the
years, the Highway Si:5)erintendent in the process of translating
\diat has been accepted by reference to survey into the mileage has
probably not been as accurate as the present Highway Superintendent
is being now. He did not think it was a question of not accepting
the road he felt it was a question of looking at the figures and
translating them into mileage. He wondered if the Town couldn't
just amend the length of the roads on the Highway Map.
Supervisor Desch replied, v^t should we do? Should we prepare
that for a future meeting?
Town Attorney Barney felt this should be handled at a later
meeting.
PICKUP TRUCK FOR PARKS
Hi^way Superintendent Ozolins stated that in the Parks budget
$6,000 was forecasted to buy a used pickup to be used by the Parks
Manager and Mechanic. The availability of another pickup will fill
the void that was created v^en the Zoning/Planning Departments took
the Chevette. The loss of the vehicle has resulted in waiting to
get parts for a down vehicle or using a diimp truck. The Parks
Manager also uses his own vehicle quite regularly to go to
meetings. The truck we've found acceptable is from Pritchard
Dodge. It is a 1984 Ford Ranger with Automatic transmission and a
2.9L V6 engine. The mileage is 46,000. All dealers in Ithaca have
been contacted, and this is the cheapest truck in the best
condition.
Supervisor Desch remarked, this is budgeted for 1989 so the
purchase order would be for 1989.
Town Board Minutes 17 December 30, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 381
Motion by Councilman Bartholf; seconded by Councilman McPeak,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby
authorize the purchase, in the year 1989, froti Pritchard Dodge a
1984 Ford Ranger with autcmatic transmission and a 2.9L V6 engine,
mileage of 46,000 for $4,200 for the Parks Manager.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY INSURANCE
RESOLUTION NO. 382
Jfotion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Councilworoan Raffensperger,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves
the proposal from Boothroyd Agency, Inc., for Public Officials and
ESrployees Liability on Claims Made Form in the amount of $1,000,000
at a premium cost of $10,326.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
OCCUPATICmL SAFETY AND HEALTH SEMINAR
RESOLUTICM NO. 383
Motion by Councilman Bartholf; seconded by Councilman McPeak,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby
authorize John Ozolins to attend the Occupational Safety and Health
Seminar entitled "Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene and
Respiratory Protection" to be held in Syracuse, New York, on
January 26, 1989, at a cost of $20 per person.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
BUDGET TRANSFERS
RESOLUTIC^ NO. 384
Motion by Councilwcman Raffensperger; seconded by Supervisor Desch,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby
authorize the following budget transfers:
General Townwide
From: A1990.400 $ 1,224.00
A1340.100 4,001.12
A7320.401 45,451.36
Total $ 50,676.48
To: A1010.200 $ 19.60
A1110.405 818.13
A1220.100 688.42
A1220.400 467.61
A1430.100 2,563.31
A1410.100 34.19
Tbwn Board Minutes 18 Decoiiber 30, 1988
A1410.400 130.42
A1430.200 399.73
A1440.100 103.71
A1440.400 1,629.39
A1450.400 3,754.57
A1670.400 314.26
A1920.400 117.00
A5132.200 17,371.19
A8025.400 7,000.00
A3310.400 171.03
A5010.100 1,116.69
A5010.200 53.70
A5010.400 934.34
A5132.400 104.82
A5182.400 5,291.55
A9000.800 7,592.82
Total $ 50,676.48
General Outside Village
From: B1990.400 $ 4,000.00
B1910.400 12,174.32
B599 150,000.00
Total $166,174.32
To: B1420.400 $ 4,000.00
B1670.400 2,202.21
B3310.400 1,517.49
B8010.100 975.13
B8010.400 1,619.69
B8020.200 1,062.34
B8020.400 4,061.41
B9060.800 736.05
B1972.000 150,000.00
Total $166,174.32
Highway
Frcm: DB5110.451 $ 9,778.66
Total $ 9,778.66
To; DB5130.200 $ 115.82
DB5142.100 174.11
DB9010.800 66.00
DB9060.800 9,422.73
Total $ 9,778.66
Water
From: F8340.400 $ 9,935.78
Total $ 9,935.78
To: F9730.600 $ 2,000.00
F9730.700 7,935.78
Total $ 9,935.78
Sewer
Town Board Minutes 19 Deconber 30, 1988
From: G8120.400 $ 3,035.00
Total $ 3,035.00
To; G8150.400 $ 3,035.00
Total $ 3,035.00
Capital Projects
From: H8120.200 $ 35,484.40
Total $ 35,484.40
To: H8340.200 $ 35,484.40
Total $ 35,484.40
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
ENCUMBRANCES
RESOLUTION NO. 385
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby
authorize the following Encumbrances:
1340.200 $ 537.30
1440.200 255.00
1440.400 15.00
1620.412 63.00
1670.405 132.07
1670.408 360.24
5010.400 33.25
5132.200 8,000.00
7320.401 895.00
Total $10,290.86
1670.405 $ 31.49
3310.400 70.00
7140.202 1,869.95
7140.402 675.05
8010.404 8.00
8020.406 31.50
Total $ 2,685.99
5110.450 $ 200.00
5110.451 5,606.76
5112.453 10,734.52
5130.460 13,172.84
5142.452 4,417.12
5142.453 1,575.00
5142.461 100.00
Total $35,806.24
8340.470 $ 3,974.37
Total $ 3,974.37
Town Board Minutes 20 Decotiber 30, 1988
1620.200 $ 1,104.30
5110.200 625.00
8120.200 820.00
8120.202 83.60
Total $ 2,632.90
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none)
TOWN OF ITHACA WARRANTS
RESOLUTION NO. 386
Motion by Councilman Bartholf; seconded by Councilvotian
Raffensperger,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves
the Town of Ithaca Warrants dated December 30, 1988, in the
following amounts:
General Fund - Town Wide $ 25,708.65
General Fund - Outside Village $166,421.65
Highway Fund $ 15,488.90
Water & Sewer Fund(includes Pickard & Anderson).$119,489.79
Capital Projects Fund $ 31,094.63
Lighting Districts Fund $ 441.30
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER KYC^G REZOJING
RESOLUTION NO. 387
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Supervisor Desch,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will meet and
hold at public hearing at 7:00 P.M., on January 12, 1989 at the
Mayers School, 1251 Trumansburg Road to consider the Kyong
rezoning.
(Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting Aye. Nays -
Raffensperger).
EXECUTIVE SESSION
RESOLUTION NO. 388
Motion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Councilman Klein,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby move
into Executive Session to consider a personnel matter.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
OPEN SESSION
RESOLUTIOSr NO. 389
Town Board Minutes 21 December 30, 1988
Motion by Si:^rvisor Desch; seconded by Councilman McPeak,
RESOLVED, that the TOwn Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby moves
back into Open Session.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
REAPPOINIMENT OF PLANNING BOARD MEMBER
RESOLUTION NO. 390
Motion by Councilvotian Raffensperger; seconded by Councilman Klein,
WEffiREAS, the Town of Ithaca Planning Board reccxnmends the
reappointment of Virginia Langhans to the Planning Board for an
additional term of seven years,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca hereby approves the reappointment of Virginia Langhans as a
member of the Planning Board for the years, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994 and 1995.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary, and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
REAPPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 391
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf,
WHEREAS, the Town of Ithaca Planning Board recommends the
reappointment of Carolyn Grigorov as Vice Chairman of the Planning
Board,
NOW TEffiREEORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca hereby ajproves the reappointment of Carolyn Grigorov as
Vice Chairman of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board for the year
1989.
(Desch, McPeak, Raffensperger, Bartholf, Leary and Klein voting
Aye. Nays - none).
REAPPOINIMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 392
Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Supervisor Desch,
WEIEREAS, the Town of Ithaca Planning Board recommends the
reappointment of Montgomery May as Chairman of the Planning Board,
NOW THEI?EEORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca hereby approves the reappointment of Montgomery May as
Chairman of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board for the year 1989.
(Desch, McPeak and Bartholf voting Aye. Nays - Raffensperger,
Leary and Klein).
The motion failed.
Town Board Minutes 22 December 30, 1988
RESIGNATION
The following letter dated December 21, 1988 frcm Thonas M. Cardman
was received by the Town Clerk on Deceiiber 27, 1988:
"Mrs. Jean Swartwood
Town Clerk
Ithaca, New York
126 East Seneca Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
Dear Jean:
Please accept this letter as notice of my formal resignation as a
Town Councilman for the Town of Ithaca effective Deceniber 31, 1988.
My resignation is due to my acceptance of the position of Vice
President for Business and Finance at Carroll College in Waukesha,
Wisconsin.
I have enjoyed ity association with everyone associated with the
Town. Please convey my best wishes to all."
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was duly adjourned.
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