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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-17-1977Wednesday, August 17, 1977 Pg, 1 X91 7_-") 235 • I The second regular town board meeting of the m-.Qnth was held at the Town Hall, L5,-',`Terrace Road with Supervisor, Robert P. Blatchley presiding. Other board-membe'rs pre . sent were: Justice Donald Eaton; Councilman, Sherman Griswold; Councilman, Ray Miller. Justice Ronald Fish was absent. others present were * -, Town Clerk, Christine Canestaro; Deputy Town Clerk, Patricia Barber; Town Attorney, John J. Gardner; Town Engineer, William Rowell; Highway Superintendent, rjGa&_j,, " 't)OW--, ;i i- , Legislator Delmar Palm; Newsreporter, Skip Chapman and several town residents. Water & Sewer Superintendent, Fred Walker, Sr. was also present. Supervisor Blatchley galled the meeting to order and the pledge of allegience was given by all in attendance. Reading of the minutes.of'the last meeting was dispensed with as all members had reviewed them prior to tonight's meeting. Motion was made by Justice Eaton, seconded by,Councilman Miller that the minutes be accepted as written. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye, Councilman Griswold, aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Motion Carried. ,Town Clerk, Christine Canestaro apprised the board that Supple- strpplements are available for member's copies of Fraser's Town ments to Law Book: It was determined that four supplements are needed Fraser Tn and Mrs. Canestaro agreed to order these. Law Books RESOLUTION #115: AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE ROUSETRAILERPERMIT TO CHARLES AND MARLENE PARKS. - HoLw3,e Tr. Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller. Permit fo: Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; Ch. Park; Councilman,, Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Adopted. RESOLVED, That -the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and.,,__:t�_ directed to issue a house trailer permit to Charles and Marlene Parks upon payment of the proper fee. Said trailer to be located.on Ridge Road, McGraw, New York - premises owned by Ernest Bilodeau. RESOLUTION #116:, AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE HOUSE TRAILER House Tr. PERMIT TO WALTER E.-DOYLE. Permit for Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller, Votes-. Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Suprvisor Blatchley, aye. Adopted. RESOLVED, That the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to issue a house trailer permit to Walter E. Doyle, upon payment of the proper fee.Said trailer to be,located on Ames Road, Cortland, New York, Walter ftyl .Doyle RESOLUTION #117: AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE'.HOUSE TRAILER PERMIT TO PATRICK BELL. House Tr. permit for Motion by Councilman Miller, seconded by Justice Eaton, Pat Bell Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; . Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye, Adopted's RESOLVED, That the Town Clerk,' is hereby authorized and directed to issue a house trailer permit to Patrick Bell, upon payment of proper fee. Said trailer to be placed on Route 13,, Cortland, New York. for 6 mos. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, Thattthe above permit is granted for a temporary residence and is not renewable; after a period of two years. . e., r, CS C 236 August 17, 1977 Pg. 2 Town Clerk, Christine Canestaro apprised the board Res. 118 that she is, at -the present time, in the process of revamping Remove metal the file system in the Town Clerk's office and would -like cabinet, lega ermission to remove small legal document drawers and replace drawers. hem with shelves. Replace/file RESOLUTION ##118: AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE ONE (1) FOUR cabinet & DRAWER LEGAL FILE CABINET AND METAL shelves SHELVING FOR VAULT. Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Griswold. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, •Adopted. aye. BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Town Clerk, Christine Canestaro is hereby authorized to purchase one (1) four drawer file cabinet and necessary shelving to be used in the vault. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized to remove the small legal document drawers and one metal cabinet, containing paper supplies, from the vault. Clean drain Legislator Delmar Palm apprised the board that he had on Louise D:.received requests from Town residents to inquire about having the drain cleaned on Louise Drive and the need for patching of pavement on Summit Street. Highway Superintendent, Patch Pav°m-t Carl Eaton will attend to these matters. on Summit. Justice Donald Eaton gave the following report on the activities of his office during the Month of ifuly 1977, Justice Eaton 3141P Cases completed report -July ;1977$7,581.25 in fines and forfeitures turned over to the State Comptroller. $4,465.00 being held in pending cases. Supervisor Blatchley gave the following financial Supervisor's report for July 1.977, report - July 1977General Fund Balance $74,259.88 Federal Revenue Sharing Fund 5:0,077.29 Anti -Recession Account 8,292.48 Water District ##1 55,118.20 Water District ##2 1,032.72 Water District ##3 7,485.76 Water. District ##4 8,471F.54 Sewer District ##1 36,378.33 Highway Department 159,211.12 Town Bookkeeper, Mrs, Ida Locke, after some investigation Hire account -of the cost involved, suggested that the town board consider ant to set up hiring an accountant to set up the town books for double • double entry entry bookkeeping, rather than to pay her. expenses to seminars bookkeeping offered by the Department of Audit and Control. Supervisor Blatchley aggeed to look into the cost of hiring an accountant for.this purpose,He will report back to the board. Terrace Rd. Sewer job is Water Superintendent, Fred Walker, Sr. reported that the new sewer job got under way Monday morning, August 15, 1977 under way. and thing sane progressing. 237 ) Wednesday, August 17, 1977 .7:30 P.M. AT' ,.or - 3 E 11 Mrs. Sandy Levin, a representative of Blue Cross, Blue Rep. 0i Shield, from Syracuse, gave a presentation on available dental Blue Ci plans for tovm employees. Mrs. Levin gave copies of various plans available to each board member and asked them to review them. She outlined group plans and their costs. In order for the town to participate, a minimum of ten (10) people must participate. She suggested that tha--,_3asic Cover -age + Supplemental Basic was Dentall a good plan to start with and if further coverage was desired, "ar the individual should Day for it. L -s At 8:00 P.M. the regular meeting was recessed and receiving of bids for the proposed heating project at the Municipal Building was officially closed, The Town Clerk opened and read the following bids received: Bids for 1. Cortland Heating Service Co. $4,456.00 Cortland, New York - 2. Hatter Fuel Company, Cortland, N.Y. 3,885-00 3. Walter Scanlon, Tully, N.Y. 2,692.00 Lp, Don Virgilio, Binghamton, N.Y. 7,078.00 5- R.L, WooHcock & Associates East Syracuse, N.Y. 6,375.00 The bids were turned over to the Town Attorney, John Gardner and Justice Eaton to examine for sufficiencies and legalities. Justice Eaton advised that he had contacted several contractors for the proposed repair of the Town Hall roof, of those he contacted, only F.H. Lang had proper equipment for the proposed repairs and he recommended the town board hire E.H. Lang to do the job. Heat-ing 10.-ol- i'viuni.cipal Bldg. Roof Rpr. at 1-1110vmi Xal Hall RESOLUTION #119: AUTHORIZATION TO HIRE ELMER LANG FOR ROOFING REPAIR JOB AT TOWN HALL BUILDING Res. 119 FOR t1160.00 Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Miller, a.ye. Adopted. Councilman Griswold, aye; aye; Supervisor Blatchley, Fire E.H. 1,ang for roof rppaii BE IT RESOLVED, That authorization is hereby given to hire Elmer Lang to do the proposed roofing repair job at the Town Hall Building, 15 Terrace Rd, at the figure given $1160.00. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Town Attorney, John Gardner was instructed to write to Elmer Lang requesting, in writing, the figure quoted and necessary legal papers regarding proper insurance coverage Etc. Justice Eaton apprised the board of the need for the ereetion of a fence around well #3. This fence would be for the protection of the well. against vandals, animals, etc. Justice Eaton was instructed to get bids on the proposed fence and report to the town board at the next regular meeting. Town resident, N. Ross Hall of Lamont Circle requested N. Ross more specific answers to his questions about business's being H,-tll conducted on Lamont Circle. Mr. Robert Wells, Interim Zoning Officer will answer Mr. Hall in writing. r y 238 Wednesday, August 17, 1977 Pg. 4 Supervisor Blatchley apprised the board. that Cortland St. Health County is eligible for funds from the State Health Insurance Ins. Funds Reserve Fund and that he had made application for Cortlandville's Avail -able share in the amount of $2,624.00, It was determined, by the board, that a Certificate of Deposit should be purchased with the Town of Cortlandville's share of these funds - this certificate to be deposited in a special account and the town would have use of the interest on the money. Notion made by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller, that letter be received and filed. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; Counhilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Motion was carried. William Rowe Town Engineer, William Rowell advised the board that ih sewer project now being installed must be completed to compose and approved by the Health Department before individual hook-up will be permitted. Since there has been some letter for misunderstanding regarding this by home owners in the area, Residents Re$Mr.°Rowell has agreed to formulate a letter to be -sent to each homeowner regarding hook-up and will send it to Sewer Hook- Supervisor Blatchley for review. up. Town Engineer, William Rowell apprised the board that plans and specifications for the proposed Water District #5 water system had been approved by the Cortland°Health Dept. and°he has had verbal indication that they would be approved by the Department of Environmental Conservation shortl;r.r He urged-their.approval by the town board so that bids might be solicited at an early date. Twn Board RESOLUTION #120: APPROVAL OF SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS FOR WATER DISTRICT #5 AS SUBMITTED BY ROWELL approves AND ASSOCIATES. plans for Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Water Dist. #5 Griswold. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Adopted. BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Town Board does hereby approve the plans and specifications prepared by the Town Engineer, William Rowell, for the proposed construction of a new water supply system for Water District No. 5 of the town, at an estimated expense of $100,000.00. Attorney John Gardner advised the board that Bond Counsel Env. Impact had contacted -him regarding Bond Issue for the proposed Water District #5 project and informed him that all papers submitted Study for were in order. Some discussion was held on whether or not a Water Dist, State Environmental Impact Study was needed. Mr. Rowell and #5`' Attorney Gardner both indicated that they did not feel it necessary from talks they had with people in the Department of Environmental Conservation offices, both in Syracuse and Cortland, On the basis of this, Justice Eaton suggested that the town board move forward with this tproject on the assumption that an impact study was not needed. , J • 1 • 39 Wednesday, August 178 1977 7:30 P.M. pg. 5 239 RESOLUTION # 121: AUTHORIZATIONFOR THE ISSUANCE OF $100,000.00 SERIAL BONDS'OF THE Res. 121 TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE, CORTLAND Serial Bonds COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER SUPPLY for Water SYSTEM FOR WATER DISTRICT NO. 5 OF SAID TOWN. Dist. #5 This resolution was offered.by Councilman Griswold, who moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Miller, to wits BJ vJ IT R�SOIVED bunty, ew the TRwn �oaid of 1%Town of Cortland- zoRlan& Ras o ows. • _or , Section 1. For the purpose of paying the cost of the construcTT-on of a water supply system for Water District No. 5 of the Town of Cortlandville, Cortland County, New York, consisting of water supply pipes, mains and hydrants running northeasterly and south- westerly along New York State Route No. 13 for a distance of approximately IP300 feet and running southeasterly and northwesterly along Cortland -Virgil Road for a distance of approximately 800 feet, including incidental expenses in connection therewith, and the acquisition of land or rights in land, as previously authorized pursuant -to proceedings duly had and taken by the Town Board of said Town in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Town Law, there -are hereby authorized to be issued $100,000 serial bonds of said Town pursuant to the Local Finance Law, Futher details concerning said bonds will be prescribed in a further resolution or resolutions of this Town Board. Section 2. The maximum estimated cost of such specififcob-je or purpose is $100,000, and the plan for the financing thereof is by the issuance of $100,000 serial bonds of said Town, hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to the Local Finance Law; provided, however, that the amount of bonds ultimately to be issued shall be reduced by the amount of any State and/or Federal grants- in-aid received by said Town for.such project. Section It is hereby determined that the period ob of prat—le—u-3stfulness of the aforesaid specific object or purpose is forty years, pursuant to subdivision 1 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local -Finance Law, It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will exceed five years. Section 4, The faith and credit of said Town of Cortlandville, Cortland, County', New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable, There shall annually be assessed upon all the taxable real property in said Water District No. 5 at • the same time and in the same manner as other Town charges, an amount sufficient.to pay said principal and interest as the same become due and payable, but if not paid from such source, all the taxable real property within said Town shall be subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes without limitation as to rate or amount's'uffici6nt to pay the principal of and Interest on said bonds, Section. Subject to the* provisions of the Local Finance Law$ the power to'authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance andsale of the serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Supervisor, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. 240 August 17,, 1977.Pg. 6 Section 6. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if® 1) Such bonds are authorized for an object or purpose for which Town is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication, or 3) Such bonds are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. Section 7. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in full in Cortland Standard the official newspaper, together with a notice of,the Town Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance. Law. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: Supervisor Blatchley Councilman Griswold Town Justice Eaton Councilman_ Miller VOTING AYE VOTING AYE VOTING AYE VOTING AYE Justice Ronald Fish ? ABSENT The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. 1 • RESOLUTION #122: AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS FOR FURNISHING AND INSTALLING WATERMAINS IN TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE"S WATER DISTRICT NO. 5. Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye. �,- Adopted.. BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to advertise for sealed bids for the furnishing, delivering and installing complete 6® and 8® inch watermains, valves, hydrants and appurtenances in the Town of Cortlandville°s Water District No. 5, New York State Route 13 and Virgil Roads, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Rowell and Associates, P.C., Surveyors = Planners® Engineers, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT sealed bids received will be opened at 2:00 P.M. on September 21, 1977 at the Town Hall, 15 Terrace Road, Cortlandville, New York. ( Supervisor Blatchley asked for consensus of the board i concerning Wilson and Greene fire hydrant. Councilman Miller stated that the board had determined at a G previous meeting that a quaterly charge of $90.00 must be made in accordance with the Water District Ordinance and the town should proceed accordingly. If the„service was not wanted, it should be -turned off. l��✓ Town Engineer, William Rowell apprised the board that if the hydrant was to be discontinued, Water Superintendent, Fred Walker should be notified at time of this prodedure. After some discussion, it was determined that Supervisor Blatchley would attend to this matter. Wednesday, August 17, 1977 7:30 P.M. Pg. 7 241 Town Attorney, John Gardner reported that on 8/10 /77 Town Assessor, Robert Wells was served with a copy of a notice of petition and a request to review the tax assessment for the Barker's Stores. The action is brought against the Board of Assessment Review, the Town of Cortlandville, and the Assessor of the Town of Cortlandville. RESOLUTION #123: AUTHORIZATION FOR TOWN ATTORNEY, JOHN GARDNER TO DEFEND THE TOWN OF CORTLAND- Res. 12' VILLF:,THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, AND THE TOWN ASSESSOR IN THE ACTION BROUGHT BY T.A. to CORTLANDVILLE CENTER ASSOCIATES. Defend • Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Town Asse- Miller. ssor Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Councilman Griswold, aye, Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchl.ey aye. Adopted. BE IT RESOLVED, THAT Attorney John Gardner be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to defend the Town ;of Cortlandville, The Board of Assessment Review, and the Town Assessor in the action brought by Cortlandville Center Associates. There being no further business, upon motion made by Councilman Miller and seconded by Justice Eaton, all voting aye,the meeting was adjourned at 9:04 P.M. Respectfully Submitted a �-/ % Deputy Town Clerk L 1 e I 'IJ 6�0