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Wednesday May 15, 1974 7:30 P.M. Pg.l
The second:regular meeting of the month of the Town Board
was held at the Town Hall, 15 Terrace Rd. with Supervisor Frank
K. Taylor presiding. Other Board members present were: Justices,
Donald Eaton and Ronald Fish; and Councilmen,Sherman Griswold and
Ray Miller. Also present were; Town Attorney, John Gardner;
Town Engineer, William Rowell; Town Assessor, Robert Wells; Town
Highway Superintendent, Louis Wagner; Bookkeeper to the Supervisor,
Rudy Krauklis; Water Dept. Superintendent, Fred Walker; Town Clerk,
Christine Canestaro; William LaRose of Stearns & Wheler; Legislators,
Shirley Fish, Delmar Palm, and Henry Wadsworth; newspaper reporter,
Skip Chapman; Robert Stiles, and Attorney, Earl Oot.
The Town Clerk read the minutes of the last regular meeting.
® There were no corrections. The minutes were approved as read.
The Town Clerk read the minutes of the special meeting held on
May 6, 1974. There were no corrections. The minutes were approved
as read.
- The Town Clerk read a letter received from Mr. Leo R. Potter
of Stearns & Wheler relative to the violation of the sewer use
ordinance by Locko Glazers pertaining to their discharge of a
naptha substance into the sewers. Locko Glazers advised Mr.
Potter that all three of their 1000 gallon septic tanks were
pumped out and all accumulated sludge and scum were removed and
that more frequent cleaning of the tanks is planned which they
felt would abate the problem. In the discussion that followed,
Mr. Rowell stated he could see no reason for surveilance of the
situation as Mr. Summerson, plant operator of Cortland sewage
plant, reported he has not noticed any naptha material in sewage
flow during -the last month. Motion was made by Donald Eaton,
seconded by Ray Miller that the letter be received and filed.
Motion passed.
The Town Clerk read a copy of a letter written to Mr. Daniel
Shulman of The Pyramid Companies by William Rowell as requested
by the Town Board at its meeting of 4/17/74(pg.5), regarding
their proposed "Agreement Amending Easement" with S.C.M.Foundation.
Motion was made by Ronald Fish, seconded by Donald Eaton that the
letter be received and filed. Motion passed.
The Town Clerk read a resolution dated 5/6/74 made by the
Zoning Board of Appeals authorizing the Town Clerk, upon payment
of the proper fee, to issue a permit to Central Asphalt, Inc. for
the excavation and sale of sand, gravel and stone products from
its 50 acres of land located southwesterly from Interchange 10 of
U.S. Rte. 81 in the Town of Cortlandville. motion was made by
Ray Miller, seconded by Donald Eaton that the Resolution be
received and filed. Motion carried.
Mr. Taylor read a letter he received from Mayor Donald F.
Niver of the Village of McGraw, relative to the matter of the
Vesta Corset Company, Inc. Motion was made by Donald Eaton,
seconded by Ronald Fish that the letter be received and filed.
Motion carried.
Mr. Taylor read a letter from the Thomas Hauhn Voting Machine
Co. relative to prices of their voting machines, and stating that
they would honor orders at old prices until Aug. 1, 1974 if
intention of purchase was made by May 15, 1974. Mr. Taylor advised
the Board that he had written the company that Cortlandville was
interested in buying a voting machine and asked that they send a
representative here to talk with the Board.
Mr. Taylor read a letter from the Security Tank Company,
relative to safety ladders on water tanks. Motion was made by
Ray Miller, seconded by Sherman Griswold that the letter be
referred to Town Engineer, William Rowell for his comments and
advise. Motion carried.
Mr. Rowell advised the Town Board that he would be retiring
from the firm of Stearns & Wheler as of the first of June. He
Then introduced Mr. William LaRose, an Associate with the firm
of
ff Stearns & Wheler, who would be taking his place as Town Engineer
fprrmtfe Town of Cortlandville. Mr. LaRose has worked with the
5 years.
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Mr. Taylor expressed.regrets to Mr. Rowell, in behalf
of himself, the Town Board, and all Town Employees, past and
present.
RESOLUTION #58s Upon motion of Ronald Fish, seconded by Ray
Miller, the following resolution was duly adopted:
Be IT RESOLVED that the Town Board and the Town of
Cortlandville hereby thanks Mr. William Rowell for his
many years of dedicated service to the Town and recognizes
that because of the diligence he put forth as Town Engineer
and -because of his integrity, knowledge, and personal effort,
the Town of Cortlandville has benefited greatly.
Mr. Taylor apprised the Board of a development in the
Town of Virgil who were interested in bringing sanitary waste
into the Cortland treatment plant through the Town of Cortland-
ville. He stated that the program could prove to be advantageous
to the Town in that it would benefit gratrl.y the sanitation
problem of Blodgett Mills.
Lou Wagner advised that he had hired Fred Monroe for the
Highway Dept. and asked for a resolution regarding his salary.
RESOLUTION #59':' Upon motion of Donald Eaton, seconded by Ray
Miller, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED that Fred Monroe be paid a salary of $3.10 per
hour commencing May 1, 1974.
Mr. Wagner reported he had replaced the fourth "yield"
sign in six weeks on the Halstead tract.
He also reported that the McGraw creek bank next to the
Alpine Restaurant had caved in and that he had cleared it with
the new excavator without any problems.
Mr. -Taylor advised the Board that Mr. Tennant would be
at the next Town Board meeting to discuss cost of repairs to
the McGraw Bridge, etc.
Mr. Wagner said he was still waiting for delivery of a
new truck which was being held at B E C, Vestal Parkway
awaiting the body which was ordered Jan. 1, 1974,
Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Wagner to expand the parking lot in
back of the present Town Hall at least 35' when the opportunity
presented itself.
Mr. Taylor advised Mr. Wagner of the recent amendment to
the Hour & Wage Law of the Federal Government which grants time
and one half to all Municipal employees working overtime, and
asked that he be aware of this in his work scheduling. Mr. Taylor
read a letter he wrote to Mr. Cooper of the Dept. of Audit & Control
Legal Consultant Section, Division of Municipal Affairs,
requesting verification of this amendment in -as -much as
knowledge of the amendment was received by word of mouth only
and not by legal notification.
Robert Wells reported on the present status of the 1974
Review of Assessments in the Town, a copy of which is attached
to and made a part of these minutes. Mr. Wells said that
notice of increase letters were slated to be mailed June 1,1974
and that he would be in his office all day from June 1 through
June 18 (grievance day) to talk with anyone who wishes to
discuss their assessment.
Mr. Taylor announced there would be a public hearing on
the P U D petition of Stiles Farm, Inc. on May 22, 1974 at 7:30 P.M.
and that he had requested Mr. Rowell and Mr. LaRose to be present.
Mr. Earl Oot explained the advantages of forming a "paper"
district for each of the following groupings: Drainage, Sewage,
and Water. He said"with the creation of a "paper" district, the
Town has a vehicle which can be used for an improvement, if one
becomes necessary".
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He then presented petitions for the establishment of a
Drainage, Sewer, and Water Districts.
RESOLUTION #60: Motion made by Donald Eaton, seconded by Ray
Miller to receive and file the -petition of Stiles Farm, Inc.
requesting approval of the Town Board for the establishment
of a Drainage District in accordance with the Town Law of
the State of New York. Motion Carried.
RESOLUTION #61: Motion was made by Ray Miller, seconded by
Sherman Griswold to receive and file the petition of Stiles
Farm, Inc® requesting gpproval of the Town Board for the
establishment of a Water District in accordance with the
Town Law of the State of New York, Motion carried.
® RESOLUTION 162: Motion was made by Ronald Fish, seconded by
Donald Eaton to receive and file the petition of Stiles
Farm, Inc. requesting gpproval of the Town Board for the
establishment of a Sewer District in accordance with the
Town Law of the State of New York. Motion carried.
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Fred Walker requested the Town to absorb the registration
fee required by the training school which Fred Walker Jr. will
be attending.
RESOLUTION #63: Upon.motion of Donald Eaton, seconded by Ray
Miller the following resolution was unanimously adopted.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board does hereby authorize
Supervisor, Frank K. Taylor to write a check in the amount
of $75,00 to cover tuition fee for Water Treatment Plant
operator, grade 3.
Mr. Walker advised that he was going to take pressure
tests of the Water Hydrants and would keep a record of same on
file. Mr. Taylor said he.had talked with the Fire Chief and
that the Fire Dept, was not to take any pressure tests without
consulting Mr. Walker first. He also advised Mr. Walker to
teach the firemen the proper proceedure in opening and closing
the hydrants.
Mr. Rowell suggested that the Fire Dept, be requested to
keep a record of any hydrant which have been checked by them.
There being no further business, motion was made by
Sherman Griswold, seconded by Ray Miller that the meeting be
adjourned. Meeting was adjourned at 9:05 P.M.
pectfully Submitted
CHRISTINE CANESTARO
TOWN CLERK
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Councilman:
ALD EATON SHERMAN GRISWOLD
ALD FISH -'OWN OF CORTLANDVILLE RAY E. MILLER
rk: TOWN `i 15 TERRACE ROAD Road Superintendent:
iE CANESTRO LOUIS WAGNER
CORTLAND, N. Y. 13045
FRANK K. TAYLOR, Supervisor
May 15, 1974
Announcement
Town of Cortlandville Town Board Meeting
by Town 'Assessor
Announcement was made by Assessor of present status of 1974 Review
of Assessments in the Town.
The review is. Town -wide and attempts have been made to try to alleviate
many of the inequities that have existed in the assessment roll.
Cortlandville has dropped 27% in Equalization rate in 1973 and 1974
and related to full value this drop is double that of the rest of
the County taken on an average basis. This means that Cortlandville,
which assumed approximately 25% of the total County Budget in 1973,
would be assuming a much larger.share of the County Burden in 1974
and other Towns and the City would benefit.
The broadened tax base resulting from the review will amount to
approximately 5.3 million dollars overall and hopefully will result
in somewhat of a decrease in the tax rates of Cortlandville Taxpayers,
based on comparable previous year budgets.
The review process has been severily hampered by lack of time, money,
and personnel, but the urgent necessity of at least a start in the
right direction far outweighted the possibility of a do-nothing
attitude on the subject.
The entire County needs a complete house by house re-evaluation to
eliminate the many inequities now existing in the assessment rolls.
The level of assessments need to be brought back -to a reality basis
rather than being based in the past, as they now are.
The Cortlandville rev iew admittedly does not do this to the proper
level, nor does it eliminate all the inequities within the Town,
but it is one step toward the solution to a very complex problem;
a problem that cannot wait 'til "Someday" if protection and justice
is to be afforded the Towns People of Cortlandville.
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Town Board of Town of Cortlandvil'le,iiet June 5, 1974 at 4 P.M.
at the Town Hall 15 Terrace Road for the purpose of opening bids
for the proposed new, Town Building.
Acceptance of bids closed at 4 P.M.
Present were Supervisor Frank K. Taylor,Councilmen Ray F. Miller
and Sherman Griswold, Justices Ron. Fish and Don Eaton. Also present
were Town Engineer, William"-LaRose, Town Attorney, J.J. Gardner,
Karl H. Wendt Architect and M. Brookins, Dep. Clerk
Supervisor Taylor introduced members of the Town Board and
others at the tables to prospective bidders present.
Mr. Wendt, declared the bids closed at 4 P.M. and then
proceeded to open the bids in alphabetical order,(see tab sheet on
back of this sheet.)
Mr. Petracca had low bid on G.C., R.L.Woodstock, P &,:H,
Pearson Electric on F.
Meeting was closed 4:30 P.M. Regular meeting will be held
at 7:30 P.M. this evening.
M. Brookins, Deputy T. Clerk
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