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The second regular meeting of the month of the Town Board was
held at the Town Hall, 15 Terrace Rd. with Supervisor, Robert P.
Blatchley Presiding. Other Board members present were: Justices,
Donald 'Eaton & Ronald. Fish, and Councilman, Ray Miller. Council-
man, Sherman Griswold was absent due to illness. Others present
were: Town Clerk, Christine Canestaro; Deputy Town Clerk, Theresa
Fortin; Town Attorney, John Gardner; Town Engineer, William Rowell;
Town Highway Supt., Carl Eaton; Water & Sewer Dept. Supt., Fred
Walker; Zoning Enforcement Officer, Don Fowler; Legislators, Shirley
Fish, Delmar Palm and Henry Wadsworth; Warren Barth, and several
residents of the town.
The Town Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting. There was
one correction rioted by Carl Eaton. The last paragraph, line 6, pg.
2 of the minutes (pg.62 Min.Book) should be corrected to read "cost Corre Lion
9�2/1� es of
is based on $18,000 per mile and. limited to two (2) miles per year,
or a total of 436,000 per year."
Motion was made by Councilman Miller, seconded by Justice Fish,
that the minutes be approved as corrected. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye;
Justice Fish, aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye.
Motion carried.
Legislator Delmar Palm said several of his constituents had asked
him why the intersection of 281 & McLean Rd. is being constructed with
a raised island. He said there was some concern that fire trucks
would not be able to get through, in case of fire. Supervisor Blatchley
said he had spoken to Mr. Cady of the D.O.T. who had advised him
that the island would be constructed flush and that it was being
constructed according to state specifications.
Justice Eaton reported on the activities of his office for the
month of May as follows:
Construction
of island
rte.281
374 completed cases
$7,,,096 was turned over to the State Comptroller in fines & forfeitures
$1,330 being held in pending cases
Carl Eaton reported regarding the request made by the Fair Assoc.
& the Holstein Assoc. to repair the Fairground Rd. south of Planck Fairground
motors, that a lawsuit is now pending regarding the ownership of Rd. repair
the property. He said he feels that since this is private property, reg;uest
he should not make any repairs there as the town is not allowed, to
do so according to the town lair. Attorney Gardner advised him that he
was correct in his decision_.
Supervisor Blatchley made the following announcements:
1. Charles McLyman of the Imergency Preparedness Office has invited
him to discuss town needs for emergency money.
2. The Town. Environmental Commission will. be selling Bicentennial
Medallions and are planning to use the money for a beautification
project at the intersection of 281 & Rte. 13. The project is
pending approval of the D.O.T. office in Syracuse.
3. Festival '76 at Little York Park will be taking place on Sunday
6/27/76 and he encouraged the participation of all town residents.
4. It has been suggested that the Town Board meet with the Town
Planning Board on 6/23/76 to discuss the Master Plan prepared by
the Citizen's Advisory Committee & The Town Planning Board.
5. LaB erge Engineers of Albany, N.Y. requested permission to
make a presentation to the Board regarding some community
development projects, especially recreation and Park areas.
Regarding the Donavon Plan, Justice Paton reported that Carl Eaton,
Councilman Miller, and. himself had discussed it and come up with the Donavon
following figures: The -town had constructed a one half mile road last Plan
year at a cost of approx. $6,800. Thus it would cost the town approx not
$13,600 per mile to construct a road. The DonavonPlan, he said, would. recommended
cost more and more stringent requirements would have to be met. They
felt, since there were not many dirt roads left in the town, their
recommendation would be not to adopt the Donavon Plan at the present time.
Wednesday, June 16,1976
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Re: Petitions
Attorney Gardner reported that Mr. Gorman had delivered two
filed by F.
petitions to him at 6:45 this evening at his home. One is for
Gorman for
the creation of a Water District and one is for the creation of
the creation
a Sewer District for his Northwood Subdivision. Attorney
of a Sewer &
Fitzgeral, he said had called him later,and requested a date be
Water Dist.
set for a public hearing on these petitions. Attorney Gardner
Northwood
advised the Town Board that he and Wm. Rowell had not had a
Subdivision
chance to study the petitions and recommended that they be given
time to do so before a date is set for the public hearing.
Motion to
Motion was made by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman
Rec.& File
Miller that the petitions be ordered received and filed and a
petitions
copy be turned over to the Town Attorney and the Town Engineer
to examine for legalities and sufficiencies and to make their
recommendations to the Town Board after doing so. Votes:
Justice Eaton, aye; Justice Fish, aye; Councilman Miller, aye;
Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Motion carried.
,Mrs. Weeks of Isabel Dr. apprised the Town Board that her
Re: C.Homer
neighbor, Clarence Homer, had hired a lawyer for the purpose
property
of having his property annexed to the city of Cortland. Zoning
Enforcement Officer, Don Fowler confirmed that Mr. Homer told
him he had made application to the City of Cortland for the
annexation of his land and that of Mr. Olney on Delaware Ave. and
that all principal parties would be notified of this action.
Mrs. Weeks was advised that when and if this application was
received, a public hearing would be hel& by both the City of
Cortland and the Town of Cortlandville and that written notices
would be sent to adjoining property owners. cLo
Zoning Officer Mr. Fowler reported he had inspected the building and found
report re no violations at that time, and that there was no indication that
Homer Property Mr. Homer was making a multiple dwelling of the building.
Jim Hanchett of 6 Isabel Dr. requested that the town subsidize
Request for the summer basketball teams from the Town of Cortlandville who
subsidies were participating in the City of Cortland leagues, as the entry
summer basket- fee had been doubled from $50.00 to $100.00 for teams outside the
ball teams city. He said most of the Cortlandville participants had been
dropped from the teams as the Sponsors could not afford this extra
fee. Justice Fish offered to talk with Mr. Francis Tokar, City
Recreation Director, regarding this matter.
.Warren Barth, Denniston Ins. Agency, Inc. agent apprised the
Report on Board that National. Grange Insurance Co. had advised him that as
Ins.liability of 7/1/76 they could no longer provide $1,000,000 limits on fleet
coverage insurance (bodilyinsurance 00 000 ea. person,
$5 p $1,000,000 each
limit for accident). He is presently seeking quotes from another carrier but
fleet ins. had not, as yet, received them. Since the present policy expires
6/30/76, he asked what the Town Board wanted him to do. The Town
Board advised him to renew the present policy with National Grange
until the next Board meeting, at which time a definite decision
will be made, upon the presentation of the new rate quotes.
Bicentennial Mr. Barth advised that the liability coverage for the
Ins.Coverage Bicentennial activities at Little York Park on 6/27/76 would cost
report $0.00 for the day. He also requested that the man operating the
pony rides submit a certificate of insurance showing his liability
coverage.
Bicentennial Motion was made by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller
Ins. Coverage that the Supervisor advise the Bicentennial Committee of the need
for the liability coverage and that the committee would be responsible
for the payment of the $50.00 fee, and that the Town Board had ordered
the coverage in their behalf. Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Justice Fish
aye; Councilman Miller, aye; Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Motion carried.
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ENGINEER, WILLIAM ROWELL REPORTED:
RE: WRLL_±3 - C.O. Falter has acknowledged receipt of documents and has
has accepted the notice to proceed; and is in the process of
putting the equipment orders together and will notify Mr.
Rowell when they are completed. He will submit shop drawings
as they come in. The contractor does not intend to start
actual field construction until he knows the schedule for
equipment arrival.
Engineer
Report
RE: SEWER DIST. #- 2: - Three contractors have promised to submit prices
by Friday for repairs to the existing sewer at the Groton Ave.
Mall, which is to be paid by Porter Real Estate.
Re.AID FOR LATERAL SEWER CONST.:- At the last meeting of the County Sewer
agency, he was advised there was not enough time to submit
applications for request for aid for this project. He said
if the town wishes to make request for aid for lateral sewer
construction, they should make contact directly with the
funding agency rather than through
the County Sewer Agency.
He recommended the Board give this their immediate consideration.
Supervisor Blatchley advised that he hoped something could. be
accomplished through the Emergency Preparedness Office for this
project.
Mrs. Canestaro asked the Board if they wished to purchase -the City
Directory put out by H.A. Manning Co. She said the directory was hardly
ever used as it did not contain the rural listings nor were the Town of
Cortlandville residents listed in the street directory section of the
book. The cost, she said is $69.00 plus postage. The consensus of the
Board was that it should not be purchased until a more complete
listing for the Town of Cortlanville is included.
Re.
purchase of
City Directory
Mrs. Cane3taro -reported she had received the Republican Chairman's
recommendation for -the appointment of republican election inspectors for
the year. 1976/77. She said there were five names listed as regulars and
four listed as substitutes in District 5, whereas there should only be
two of each. The Town Board recommended that the same people who had
held these positions last year in this district, be listed in the following
resolution.
RESOLUTION i,74: APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICAN ELECTION INSPECTORS FOR THE
YEAR 1976-lm
Motion by Justice Eaton, seconded by Councilman Miller.
Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Justice Fish, aye; Councilman Miller, aye
Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Adopted.
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville does
hereby accept the recommendation of the County Republican
Chairman, John Ryan, Jr., pursuant to Sec. 43 of -the State of
New York Election Law regarding the appointment of election
inspectors, and that the following people be, and they hereby
are appointed to serve as election inspectors for the Town
of Cortlandville for a one year period commencing 7/1/76 and
expiring 6/30/77:
DISTRICT j1
Mrs. Ada Virginia Shearer
Mrs. Ruth B. Stafford
SUBSTITUTE'S
Jane D. Jones
Laura H. Paddock
DISTRICT #2_
Mrs. Agnes Phelps
Mrs. Pauline Pettet
,3TTR.q1PTTTFT1Tr.q
Mrs. Lola Doty
Mrs. Marguerite Wildman
R.D.#I, McGraw, N.Y. 13101
4074 North Rd., McGraw, N.Y. 13101
RD,-,'l, Cortland, N.Y. 130415
RWI, Cortland, N.Y. 13045
RDW1, Rt.11, Blodgett Mills, N.Y.
Bix 1, Blodgett Mills, N.Y. 13738
Kellogg Rd., Blodgett- Mills, N.Y.
Kellogg Rd., Cortland, N.Y. RD#1
Wednesday, Junel6, 1976
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DISTRICT r 3
Helen Phelps
Dorothy Rew
SUBSTITUTES
Luana Moore
Elizabeth Jebbett
16 Abdallah Ave., Cortland, N.Y.
Gallagher Rd., Cortland, N.Y.
So. Cortland Rd., Cortland, N.Y.
7 Pleasantview Dr., Cortland, N.Y.
DISTRICT -,r�4
Mrs. Leanora Finn 4313 Fisher Ave., Cortland, N.Y.
Mrs. Cynthia Thoman Hillside Dr., Cortland, N.Y.
SUBSTITUTES
Mrs. Mildred Wilcox Meadow Lane, RDY4, Cortland, N.Y.
Rose Lundeen Meadow Lane, RDr4, Cortland, N.Y.
DISTRICT Tr 5 •
Mrs. Magdalene McGrady 5 East Ave., McGraw, N.Y.
Mrs. Alma Carter 19 Clinton St., McGraw, N.Y.
SUBSTITUTES
Mrs. Blanche Caufield 92 Church St., McGraw, N.Y.
Mrs. Florence Bingham East Academy St., McGraw, N.Y.
DISTRICT r'6
Mrs.
Alice O'Hara
827 N.
Lamont Dr., Cortland, N.Y.
Mrs.
Pauline Kreitner
RD3,
Gracie Rd., Cortland, N.Y.
SUBSTITUTES
Mrs.
Clinton Young
3 Lamont
Cr., Cortland, N.Y.
Mrs.
Katia Marsted
795 N.
Lamont Dr., Cortland, N.Y.
RESOLUTION r75: SETTING PAY RATE FOR ELECTION INSPECTORS FOR 1976.75
Motion by Councilman Miller, seconded by Justice Eaton.
Votes: Justice Eaton, aye; Justice Fish, aye; Councilman Miller, aye;
Supervisor Blatchley, aye. Adopted.
BE IT RESOLVED , That the pay rate for election inspectors
for the Town of Cortlandville for the year 1976/1977 be
$2.25 per hour, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Election Inspector Chairman
be paid $5.00 per day extra.
Supervisor Blatchley read a suggested resolution written by
701 Program the County Planning Dept. regarding the 701 program. Since the
program has been defunded, the adoption of this proposed resolution
would commit the Town to an expenditure of $3,000to $4,000 or
$6,000 to $8,000 if the County did not participate in this project
for a similar amount of $3,000 to $4,000.
Justice Fish said he felt that the Zoning Ordinance needed updating
and tl #s, he would favor spending the $3,000 for this part of the
program.
Justice Eaton stated that he had understood that the initial money
allocated by the town for this program was supposed to have been.used
to update the zoning ordinance, but to date this has not been done and
he feels that the town should study the matter further before
allocating more funds for the program. Councilman Miller and Attorney •
Gardner agreed that the town should study the matter further_.
Justice Fish reported that he had advised the County Planning
Board that the Town Board should be informed of the 701 Program
progress to date before the public hearing is held. An informal
�i meeting was set up for this purpose for Wednesday, 6/23/76 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Town Hall.
Attorney Gardner said he had advised Mr. Zollendeck that the maps
for the Master Plan had to be filed in the Town Clerk's office before
a public hearing could be held. The Town Clerk advised that none had
been filed with her to date.
There being no further business, upon motion of Councilman Miller,
seconded by Justice Eaton, all voting aye, the meeting was adjourned.
at 8:26 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMI ED
CHRISTINE C +STARO, TOWN CLERK