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Home My WebLink About12-29-1970Tuesday , December 29, 1970 7:30 P.M. The last meeting of the year was held by the Town of C,ortland- vi_lle, Town Board on the above date. Supervisor Frank K.Ta,ylor pr_esi_d_ed with following members of the Board present, Councilman Sherman Griswold and Ray F.Miller., Justice Don Eaton, Justice Fish was not present at this time, also present were Rudy Krau.kl.i.s book-keeper for Supervisor, Town Attorney John J. Gardner,Town. ® assessor, Henry Wadsworth, Highway Supt. Lou Wagner, and Fred Walker, Water Maintenance. Town Clerk Brookins read_ the minutes of the previous meeting and. there were no corrections. Regarding a. request from Mr. Walter Peck for a, street light, Motion was made by Mr. Miller seconded. by Mr. Eaton that a street light be installed on the Gailor road near the Walter Peck property. This motion was carried. !' On motion of Mr. Miller seconded by Mr. Griswold that all bills as presented by the Town Clerk and audited by the Town Board. be paid. This motion adopted unanimously, bills as follows: General Fund $2866.03 Highway Fund 28,K50.82 Water Dist. 1 371.00 The next meeting is scheduled for January 6, 1971 at 7;30 P.M. at the Town Hall, 1.5 Terrace Road. Pi Lelan M. Brookins, Town Clerk Town of Cortlandville r STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL ALBANY ARTHUR LEVITT STATE COMPTROLLER October 30 1970 Mr. John J. Gardner, Attorney Town of Cortlandville 1 Main Street Cortland, New York 13045 Dear Sir: IN REPLYING REFER TO This is to acknowledge the receipt,. on October 26, lg70 , of (Local Law I\To. 1-, 19 70) (vxz�0'ma) establishing a code of ethics for your muni c�ip ali t y . I.RP/ klm Very truly yours, A.RTHUR LZVTTT fate Comptro By VI'enda R. Pirr �-- Senior Attorney s0'1-iiXll GARIDNER AT"ORNZY AT LAW COF!TLAND, N. Y. CODE OF ETI-1-711ICS TOWN A10 FOCAL LAW TOWN OF CORTUINDVILLE Local Law No. 1 for the year 1970 establishing standards of conduct for officers and employees of the Town of Cortlandville. Be It enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville !as follows: Section 1 Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 806 of the I General lvlunidpal Law � the Town of Cortlandville recognizes t'na-'C the'-,e are rules of ethical conduct for publi'd off icers and a miplfoye which must be observed if a high degree of moral- conduct is to Lu obtained and if public confidence is to be maintained in mr un-'Lt lof local government. It is the purpose of this local law to rules oethical gate these f i conduct for the officers and employees lof the Town of Cortlandville. These rules shall serve as a �uide II for official conduct of the officers and employees of the Town of Cortlandville. The rules of ethical conduct of this local law as ladopted, shall not conflict with, but shall be in addition to any prohlbiLion of Article 18 of the General Municipal Law or any ot1,,e:-1 general or special law re"..ating to e.thical conduct and interest in J contracts of municipal officers and employees. Section 2. '.Definition. (a) "Municipal Officer or Employee" means an officer or employee of the Town of C-ortlandville, whethe:i.- padd or unpaid, Including members of any administrative board, cozi- milssion or other agency thereof. No person shall be deemed to be a municipal officer or employee solely.`.by reason of being a volun- tueer fireman or civil defense volunteer, except a chief enginerz.,r o,- assistant chief engineer. (b) "Interest" means a pecuniary or material benefit accrLJr-- to a municipal officer or employee unless the context otherwise I requires. Section 3. Standards of Conduce,. Every officer or of the Town of Cortlandville shall be subject to and abide by L-'16 following standards of conduct: 77: (a) ,,Gifts. He shall not directly or indirectly, solicit; an gift; or accept or receive any gift ha.vi-ng a value of $25.00 or moyfa, whether in the form of money, services, loan, travel, eritertainment�•, hospitality, thing or promise, or a.ny other form, under circumsta.ncIes d reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended in which it coma easo�� y y to influence him, or could reasonably be expected to influence him in the performance of his official duties or was intended as a re- ward for any official action on his part. (b) Conf identiai informationl. He shall not disclose confide l tial information acquired by him in the course of his official dut�cs or use such information to -further his personal interest. (c) ReDresentati on before Wne ° s own a.gencc, r He shall nbt r Ieeive or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for com.pens�"w Lion for services to be rendered in relation is . any matter for any. Imunicipal agency of which he i�.an officer, member or employee or of any municipal agency over which he has jurisdiction or to which the has the power to appoint any member, Officer or employee. (d) Representation before a.ny agency for a. contingent fee. IHe shall not receive, or enter into any agreement, express or implied far comppnsation.for services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any agency of his municipality, whoreby his compensa. tion is to be dependent or contingent upon any action by such ageng'y with respect to such matter, provided that this paragraph shall no (prohibit the fixing at any time of fees based upon the reasonable Iyalue of the services rendered. (e), Disclosure of interest in legislation. To the extent t he knows thereof; a member of the Town Board and any officer or em ployee of the Town of Cortlandville, whether paid or unpaid, who participates in the discussion or gives official opinion to the To i� ,Board on any legislation before the Town Board shall publicly dis !Close on ,,,he officialrecor d the nature and extent of any direct o on ;indirect financial or other priva.te interest he has in such legisl tion. 3i'3HN J. GARrDNER c Ai'iORINZY AT LAW CORTLAND, N. Y. (f) Investments in conflict with official duties. He shall not invest or hold any investment directly or indirectly in any financial, business, commercial or other private transaction, whi creates a conflict with his official duties. (g) Private employment. He shall not engage in, solicit, negotia.te.f or or promise to accept private employment or render se vices for private interests when such employment or service create la conflict with or impairs the proper discharge of his official Iduties. (h) Future emp?oymer,t. He shall- not, after the termination lof service or employment with such municipality, appear before any board or agency of the Town of Cortlandville in relation, to any ca proceeding or application in which he personally par,,ticipated duri4g the period of his service or employment or which was under his act consideration. Section 4. Nothing herein shall be deemed to bar or prevent the timely filing by a present or former municipal officer or emplcay- ee of'any claim, account, demand or suit against the Town of 'Cori-! landville, or any agency thereof on behalf of himself or any membe of his family arising out of any personal injury or property damag� or for any lawful benefit authorized or permitted by law. Section j. Distribution of Code of Ethics. The Supervisor of the Town of Cortlandville shall cause a copy of this code of ethic: to be distributed to every officer and employee of the Town witrain ten days after the effective date of this local law. Each officer and employee elected or appointed thereafter shall be furnished a copy before entering upon the duties of his office or employment. Section 6. Penalties.,. In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, any person who shall knowingly and �intentinnally violate any of the provisions of this code may be Ifined, suspended or removed from office or employment, as the case Imay be, in the manner provided by law. JOHi I J. GARDNER ATTOIRNZY AT LAW CORTLAND. N. Y. fi 'Es."Pect"ve date. phis local law shall 'Clake effect Section 7g tTv;enty days it is -IC -iled a.spirovided jLn section 27 of the Muni clipal home rule law. FI ii if Si fi iE sl tt Sj fji if iit it 31 fi II ii SI 31 if ie fi JOHN j. G,6,YRDNIET-� CORTLAINO, N. Y. Upon motion by . ¢ `:� �.° `: . , and seconded b. �T! ® .�rd-u:. �, . �. . , the following Resolution was una - /' iniously adopted: V WHEREAS, The Planning Board of the Torun has approved a certain Subdivision Plat of lands of Section I of "Niederhofer Tract", sub- ject to the filing of a Performance Bond in the amount of $12,400.0 , to guarantee the suitable and satisfactory construction and grading of certain proposed streets known as "Sleepy Hollow", "Bowling Gree " and "Winkle Way", on or before August 1, 1972, in accordance with a certain Profile and Cross Section of said streets and Specifica- tions therefor, made by F. Donald McKee and Milton A. Greene, Licen ed Surveyors, and Walter J. Tennant, Jr., Professional Engineer, dated October 28, 1968, and revised April 17, 1969, and in accordance witil the Specifications of the Town of Cortlandville for Town Road and Street Construction, dated September 28, 1968; and WHEREAS, Said LaVerne Niederhofer and Carlton J. Niederhofer, the owners and developers of said Niederhofer Tract, have delivered -' to the Town Clerk their Performance Bond in the amount of $12,400.0 , to guarantee the construction and grading of Sleepy Hollow, Bowling Green and Winkle Way, as shown on said Acaptance and Profile Map; a d WHEREAS, Said LaVerne Niederhofer and Carlton J. Niederhofer have formally offered to dedicate said streets to the public; and WHEREAS, Said LaVerne Niederhofer and Cailton J. Niederhofer aa.ve delivered to the Town a proposed deed dated August..4, 1969, co- veying all of their right, title and interest in Sleepy Hollow, Bowl- ing t 1'I0 l;0 t �i.11 View Drive se �Yld 11� i:�"i�ii; p::::l i f jj jj j r, i. .r r .... J Fair 1 ..C.� 1/ i V j• �.:� � "� .[•� o. .L � 0 i� a i t 'View :ur -i v e and in that -,D at; 0 i' Fair View Dr . � 1� s fn'1w .4. r, vti r�i'an n. f'�v.nm 11RnT r.n�n D--A 4-- 4-1-.. 4..,....-4- 1--.. w.•.•�..' L1'1 TT- 9'i