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Home My WebLink About03-07-1984Wednesday, March 7, 1984 7:30 P.M. The regular meeting of the Town of Cortlandville Town Board was held at the Town Hall, 15 Terrace Road, Cortland, New York with Deputy Supervisor Pierce presiding. Members present: Deputy Supervisor Melvin Pierce Councilman Edwin O'Donnell Councilman Ray Thorpe Councilman Warren Manning Town Clerk Pauline Parker Absent: Supervisor Stanley Nadolski Others present were Deputy Town Clerk, June Bradshaw; Engineer, Peter Novelli; Zoning Officer, Don Fowler; Attorney, Phillip Rumsey; Justice, Donald Eaton; Confident- ial Sec'y., Edna Puzo; Town Historian, Alice Blatchley; Highway Sup't., Carl A. Bush, Jr.; Legislator, Del Palm; Newsreporter Michael Clark for WKRT and Nancy Hanson, Cortland County Agency on Aging. Also present were town residents Dick Tupper and Ken Andrews. The meeting was called to order by Deputy Supervisor Melvin Pierce at 7:30 P.M.. Councilman O'Donnell made a motion, seconded by Councilman Thorpe to close the bids for sewage metering close bids equipment. All voting aye, the motion was carried. The Town Clerk read aloud the legal notice and also opened and read the following bids received: Burgh & Schoenenberger Associates $ 8,085.00 10108 Starr Road Wyoming, New York 14591 Manning Technologies, Inc. $ 12,957.00 P.O. Box 66350 100 Technology Circle Scotts Valley, California 05066-0350 The non -collusion certificate was submitted with each bid received. All bids received were given to the engineer and the attorney to review. Councilman Thorpe made a motion, seconded by Councilman accept Manning to accept the minutes of February 1, 1984 and February minutes 21, 1984, as written. All voting aye, the motion was carried. Councilman O'Donnell made a motion, seconded by Council - accept man Thorpe to receive and file the Cortlandville Planning PL.Bd, Board minutes of January 31, 1984 and February 28, 1984, minutes as received. All voting aye, the motion was carried. it • 1 • 11 C- V0 Wednesday, March 7, 1984 Page 2 Councilman Thorpe made a motion, seconded by Council- accept man O'.Donnell to receive and.file the Cortlandville ZBA ZBA public hearing and minutes of January 24, 1984, as received... minutes All voting aye, the motion was carried. RESOLUTION # 60 AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS pay Motion by Gouncilman O'Donnell vouchers ® Seconded by Councilman Thorpe VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that the vouchers submitted have been audited and shall be paid as follows: General Fund Vouchers # 42 - 92 $ 23,38075 Highway of# 19 - 37 10,734:49 Water Fund if# 20 - 36 2,312.47 Sewer Fund of,# 13 - �5 2,296.96 Deputy Supervisor Pierce allowed those in attendance privilege the privilege of the floor. of floor Ken Andrews, co-chairman of the Cortlandville Citizens Park, stated he would like to erect some signs on the park fence for advertising purposes as well as a fund raising erect project. The signs would be metal and about 4' X 8' maximum signs at size. Deputy Supervisor Pierce advised him to contact park Zoning Officer, Don Fowler and discuss the matter with him. Also Ken Andrews requested that Lamont Circle road be looked at because the road is in very poor condition. He stated that he was just alerting the Town Board of this roads at problem and hopefully the road could be considered for next Lamont Cr. years road improvement program. - Mr. Andrews requested that the minutes state that he is in support of the highway sup't.s. position to be an support appointed position. appointed hwy suet Deputy Supervisor Pierce introduced Carl A. Bum Jr., introduce the new Highway Sup't. to those in attendance. Carl Bush ® Nancy Hanson, director of the Cortland County Office of the Aging reviewed their annual report and explained report what the Office of the Aging does for the elderly. She from Nancy passed out pamphlets explaining•.t1 eir activates. Hanson Town Historian, Alice Blatchley presented to the Town Board a map which was given to the Town by Betty Palm. It Present is a copy of a very early map which shows the military map tracts in the early 1800's. Sho.,hopes taut the map will be hung in the corrider in Town Hall. ON Wednesday, March 7, 1984 Page 3 reports Reports of various departments are on the table or are available, upon request, in the Clerk's office: A report was received from John L. Buttino of the February meeting with Sammons Communications. Deputy Super - Sammons visor Pierce stated that the contract with Sammons report expires in July 1985, Councilman Manning made a motion, seconded by Councilman Thorpe to receive and file the report. All voting aye, the motion was carried. • Copies of Sammons Communications report will be given to each Councilmen. Councilman Manning reported that he has audited the Supervisors records for 1983, and found them to be in audit proper order. Bookkeeper Susan Weatherby is to be Super. records commended on doing such a fine job. Councilman Thorpe made a motion, seconded by Council - bill of sale man O'Donnell to receive and file the "bill of sale" from Pitney Bowes Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation for the copier. All voting aye, the motion was carried. The signed contract between Cortland Free Library and the Town Of Cortlandville was received. Councilman O'Donnell file Lib. made a motion, seconded by Councilman Manning to receive contract and file the 1984 Cortland Free Library.contract. All voting (fort) aye, the motion was carried. Legislator, Del Palm reported that maps for the new Route 13 cord dor are at the County Planning Department, Rt. 13 if anyone wishes to look at the maps. corridor A short discussion was held regarding the new Route 13 corridor. No decisions have been made. A letter was received from the Denniston Agency, Inc. regarding the use of personal vehicles used for Town letter from business and storage of vehicles or equipment on Town ins. agency property , or in Town Buildings. Councilman O'Donnell made a motion, seconded by Councilman Thorpe to receive and file the letter from the Denniston Agency. All voting aye, the motion was carried. • RESOLUTION # 61 AUTHORIZE DON FOWLER TO ATTEND TWO auth. D. Fowler MEETINGS Motion by Councilman Thorpe Seconded by Councilman Manning VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that Zoning Officer, Don Fowler, is hereby authorized to attend Finger Lakes Buildings Officials school, April 15 - 18, 1984, at Rochester, New York, and Wednesday, March 7, 1984 Page 4 I 0 J E 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Zoning Officer, Don Fowler, is also hereby authorized to attend a workshop on Uniform Codes, March 29, 1984, at Ithaca, New York, and RESOLVED that any expenses incurred by same, be reimbursed, subject to audit by the Town Board. RESOLUTION # 62 AUTHORIZE EXTENSION OF TAX COLLECTION Motion by Councilman O'Donnell Seconded by Councilman Thorpe VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that the Deputy Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to sign, and forward, the request for extension of tax collection until June 1, 1984, to the Cortland County Treasurer in compliance with Section 938 of the Real Property Tax Law. tax extension RESOLUTION ## 63 AUTHORIZE ALL EQUIPMENT ON'THE FIXED ASSETS PROGRAM BE PURCHASED FROM .2 fixed EQUIPMENT assets program Motion by Councilman Manning Seconded by Councilman Thorpe VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that all department heads are hereby authorized and directed to assign all equipment purchased by them to 6.2, the equipment line of the budget process, for those purchases that need to be reported under the fixed assets program, and RESOLVED that the Town Board shall transfer the monies, per department upon request from the contractual line (.4) to the equipment line (.2). Yamon Real Estate have advised that the property on Route 222, where the Airport Drive In Theatre is located Airport - is up for sale. It has been considered to contact the Drive -In County to see if they were interested in the property for an extension of the County Airport. If this should occur, the town would lose revenue via tax monies. A discussion followed whereby it was the consensus of the Town Board that we could not dictate the selling of the land and it would be an asset to the area to clean up the property as it as become unsightly. RESOLUTION ## 64 AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN RECREATION APPLICATIONS FOR 1984 sign -- Rec. Appl. Motion by Councilman Thorpe Seconded by Councilman Manning VOTES: ALL'AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that the Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to sign the recreation applications for 1984 for the Village of McGraw and the Town of Cortlandville, and Wednesday, March 7, 1984 Page 5 RESOLVED that,the Town Clerk shall forward the signed applications to the necessary agencies. Engineer, Peter Novelli requested that the awarding postpone of the bid for the sewage metering equipment be postponed awarding bid 1entil the special meeting of March 19, 1984 so he could review the bids further. RESOLUTION # 65 AUTHORIZE DEPUTY SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE sign agree. LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH DELAWARE-OTSEGO Del -Otsego SYSTEM system Motion by Councilman O'Donnell Seconded by Councilman Manning VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that the Deputy Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to sign the license agreement with the Delaware Otsego System for a right-of-way necessary for the Polkville Sewer Project, and forward payment of $ 150.00. RESOLUTION # 66 AUTHORIZE ENGINEER TO FORMALLY REAPPLY reapply ARC FOR ARC GRANTS AND SUPERVISOR ..TO SIGN Grants APPLICATION-POLKVILLE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND CORTLANDVILLE WATER IMPROVEMENTS Motion by Councilman Thorpe Seconded by Councilman O'Donnell VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED WHEREAS the Engineer, Peter Novelli, has submitted preapplic- ations for the Polkville Sewage Collection System and Cortland- ville Water Improvements, and WHEREAS the Engineer apprised the Town Board that the -oreappli.cations ranked 2-A and he was strongly advised to reapply for the ARC Grants, therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the Engineer, be and he hereby is authorized and directed to make formal application for the ARC Grants for the Polk-�Tille Sewage Collection System and the Water Improvement Pooject, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Supervisor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to sign and forward the applications to the necessary agencies. r i LJ RESOLUTION # 67 AUTHORIZE ENGINEER TO MAKE APPLICATION make appl. TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION EDA (E'�.D.A.) AND SUPERVISOR TO SIGN APPLICATION- CORTLANDVILLE WATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT Motion by Councilman O'Donnell Seconded by Councilman Thorpe VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED I 11 • 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1984 Page 6 BE IT RESOLVED that the Engineer, Peter Novelli be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to make application to the Economic Development Administrations for the Water Improvement Project, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to sign the applications and forward to the necessary agencies. RESOLUTION # 68 APPROVE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH TOWN OF VIRGIL Motion by Councilman O'Donnell Seconded by Councilman Manning VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Virgil and the Town of Cortlandville shall enter into a trade agreement regarding trading of a 1973 one ton dump truck for bulldozer and grader work. Councilman O'Donnell made a motion, seconded by Councilman Manning to recess the regular meeting and convene to executive session to discuss a matter of litigation and personnel problem. All voting aye, the motion was carried. The following information was received from the Supervisors office. trade w/Virgil recess Councilman Thorpe made a motion, seconded by Council- man O'Donnell, to adjourn the executive session and recon- adjourn vene the regular meeting. All voting aye, the motion was ext. sessior. carried. RESOLUTION # 69 AUTHORIZE TERMINATION OF DEPUTY HIGHWAY SUP' T . POSITION termine Dep. Hwhy Motion by Councilman Thorpe Supt. Seconded by Councilman Manning VOTES: ALL AYE ADOPTED RESOLVED, that the appointment by this Board of Dudley F. Henry to the office of Deputy Superintendent of Highways is hereby terminated. Councilman Thorpe made a motion, seconded by Council- mn.Manning, to adjourn the regular meeting. All voting aye, adjourn the motion was carried. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M.. ReBpectfull- submitted, Pauline H. Parker, Town Clerk