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TOWN OF DRYDEN
TOWN BOARD MEETING
® AUGUST S, 2001
Board Members Present: Supv Mark Varvayanis, Cl T Hatfield, Cl Ronald Beck,
Cl C Hatfield, Cl Deborah Grantham
Other Elected Officials: Bambi L. Hollenbeck, Town Clerk
Jack Bush, Highway Superintendent
Other Town Staff. Mahlon R. Perkins, Town Attorney
Henry Slater, Zoning Officer
David Putnam (TG Millers), Town Engineer
Supv Varvayanis opened the Town Board meeting at 7:10 p.m. Board members and
guests participated in the pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence.
CITIZENS PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Richard Charsky of NYSEG addressed the board, following up on some correspondence
he had sent to the Supervisor regarding the energy plan filed by NYSEG. They released a
comprehensive six point energy plan on March 7 and followed that with a price protection plan,
filing with the NYS Public Service Commission on March 14.
There is currently a situation in New York where we are on voltage reduction and steps
1b needed to be taken. Briefly, those steps entail reducing energy use in their own facilities. On co
Route 13 the majority of the lights were shut off. They then go on 5% voltage reduction
throughout the entire service area. They interrupted their interrupt ble customers (they pay a
lower "interruptible rate" and are the first customers to be interrupted. They also go on the
radio and ask people to reduce their energy consumption. These are short term measures and
if consumption is not: reduced to a satisfactory limit, then they go to short term interruptions in O
certain areas (commonly referred to as rolling blackouts). _
Point 6 of the energy plan is the NYSEG plan which proposes to freeze rates for an
additional seven years, to 2008. There has been no rate increase since 1995. They think it will
take about 5 to 7 years for the first phase of deregulation to mature so that there are enough
generating plants to provide the state's need and also allow for a robust competitive market.
ConEdison's plan allow for "pass throughs ", as does Niagara Mohawk. NYSEG proposes to
freeze the rates and take the risk of buying the commodity, it will not be passed on to the
customer. The Public Service Commission is in favor of a pass through for NYSEG customers
also, and NYSEG would prefer not to do that. NYSEG believes their customers are more
interested in price stability and reliable power as opposed to being able to choose an energy
supplier or receiving correct market pricing signals.
The points of NYSEG's energy plan are:
1. Streamline the process for generating plants. 21 plants are proposed. None will
come on line before 2003.
2. Increase transmission capacity. The transmission system is in some cases
overloaded and additional transmission capacity needs to added.
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3.
Increase infrastructure for delivering;
or
transmitting natural gas, as it is
proposed
that the 21 generating plants will be fired
by
natural gas.
4. Convene a technical conference to consider the feasibility of merging New York
Independent System Operator (replaced New York Power Pool), New England Pool (New
Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts) and PJM (Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland, Delaware) into a regional transmission organization.
5. Continue to use energy wisely.
6. NYSEG's price protection plan.
Mr. Charsky would like a resolution of support of the above or a letter of support sent to
the Governor. The board felt that it: did not know enough about the first five points to support
them, but would support NYSEG's price protection plan.
RESOLUTION # 178 - SUPPORT NYSEG'S PRICE PROTECTION PLAN
Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, consumers are concerned about price volatility for electric service and its
financial impact, and
WHEREAS, NYSEG has filed with the NYS Public Service Commission a Price Protection
Plan to freeze electric prices for seven years, to provide stable prices and insulate customers
from price volatility,
Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that: the Town of Dryden supports the NYSEG Price Protection Plan.
2114 Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote
COUNTY BRIEFING
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Beck Yes
Mike Lane advised the board that Henry W. Theisen, County Attorney, passed away this
afternoon.
M Lane reported that for the first six months of this year the Recycling and Solid Waste
program at the recycling center has shown a profit again ($28,000). They are currently
operating at 80" /o of capacity. ,After losing its hauler and place to deposit recycling, Broome
County has worked out a temporary arrangement to bring some of its recycling to the
Tompkins County facility, which will generate income. The income is dedicated to the recycling
and solid waste center.
Work continues at the Caswell Road landfill on the cap to cut down on the amount of
runoff and to consolidate that. It will cost less than originally finally estimated, around $750,000, a
capital project funded through the solid waste fee. The issue of what to do with the leachate is
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stW being considered. A bid has been awarded for hauling to the Ithaca Area Wastewater
Treatment Plant. Other options such as the possibility of piping it to Freeville will continue to
® be looked at.
With respect to the Ellis Hollow Road project, the County is committed to an open
project where there will be a lot of input from the public. The Request for Proposals to be sent
to engineering firms is being worked on by County stag and will be discussed at a meeting next
Tuesday. No design will happen until a firm is chosen. M Lane stated that he expects the
process will be modeled after the procedure in Mclean, with several public meetings. He
understands there are issues with the Quarry Road intersection and would like to see that
handled in some way, and hopes that will come up in the discussions with the public.
Mike Lane - Congratulations on the Lake Road F.EMA Grant. It's terrific for the Town to
have landed that and the County is very interested obviously in that project because of the
protection it will afford to the County road there. We had a discussion at our last meeting
about how we could use some of our equipment to help meet: the grant matching part. We
want to work with the Town on that and hopefully Peter Mesmer and Jack Bush will be talking
about those efforts when we get that ready to go.
Cl T Hatfield stated he was surprised to see in the paper that Barbara Mink felt
compelled to file Freedom of Information requests with the towns regarding the costs of the
lawsuits and asked Mr Lane to expand on that, noting that he thought she could have just
asked.
M Lane - I guess for the same reason that the Towns felt compelled to file numerous
Freedom of Information Requests against the County. I guess they want to go through the
formal process on that. I don't think it's necessary. I don't think it was necessary to go to the
County with them. I don't really think it's necessary to go to the Towns with them, but that's I
® think is what: is happening.
Cl T Hatfield - Okay. I just wondered. Seems like it's unfortunate.
M Lane - I think the law suit was unfortunate.
Supv Varvayanis - Can I bring up a point? Even after a freedom of information request:
was filed, the information wasn't forthcoming. So to say that the Towns did not have to file one
is not a very good argument.
M Lane - I will strongly disagree with you on that, Mark. We were forthcoming with
everything that we could. Steve Whicher, our Freedom of Information Officer, went around and
asked about what we had. Most of the information on the redistricting suit was on the server
that: Greg Potter at GIS had worked with which had been dumped because most of the things
that he had were a -mails back and forth that had large attachments on them. There were
some items that Steve later found out that were on individual pc computers. For example,
Wendy Skinner's computer. Among other things that were given out from that computer was a
draft version of a. press release that: she had sent to Ed Hershey that appeared on the front
page of The Ithaca Journal with a statement as if Ed Hershey had made the statement. It
simply had been sent to him as a draft and said is this your position. And it wasn't: and he'd
never answered it, but the Journal neglected to put of the e-mail on the front page that said
that that paragraph was a fabrication. It said it in the e -mail itself, for example. So we can
look at that, you can say we weren't forthcoming. We've been forthcoming on this. We've got
nothing to hide.
I did want to mention one other thing from last night, too, and that was the money the
40 County allocated toward the rec partnership study, and that: was controversial. It wasn't
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controversial last fall when we put the money in the budget, and that was budgeted money. It
was controversial now, simply because of the heightened issues between town and county that
have surfaced. I certainly voted for it. I support it for all the reasons I always have and that is •
it makes sense, particularly the recreation partnership, for the towns and the city and the
county. Without the County's participation it probably wouldn't have happened, because it
basically lowers the amount of money which the towns have to come up with toward that
recreation partnership. If we can look at those facilities that the partnership has to rent
services from and how they're operated, maybe we can reduce some of those costs. Maybe they
can be used in other ways that can generate other revenue. If we can reduce those costs, then
it can reduce the costs to County taxpayers, or at least maybe not make them go up as fast.
So that's why I think it was right for the County to do this. The Town of Dryden of course has
a lot of young people in the Ithaca City School district who use those facilities and so I think
it's right for the Town of Dryden and I think it's right for the County. I was glad to be part of
the majority vote on that.
C1 T Hadield - I read that with interest. I think doing the study and looking for a means
of saving dollars and creating additions is a very good thing. My concern is that sometunes it's
cheaper to rent than it is to own. So as the study goes forward 1 hope they'll be looking at both
sides of that because the recreation partnership is now in essence renting some of those
facilities.
M Lane - And as a County Rep I can tell you I'm not looking to simply pick up the City's
burden of the many facilities that need to be repaired.
Cl T Hatfield - I'd like to see that focus remain as this thing goes along.
M Lane -rind that's one reason when we were negotiating the amounts that the City
and the County and the Town of Ithaca paid on this, I wanted the City to have the biggest
chunk of that because these are City facilities. They run them; they choose how to operate
them. We know the City's having a tough time financially. Any municipality that has paid
police and fire and /or social services are having a tough time right now financially.
C1 Beck inquired as to the status of the Red Mill Bridge project: and M Lane stated he
had not heard anything new and believes they are still waiting for approval for the State
Historic Presentation Office.
COUNCIL PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Cl Grantham stated there was a Transportation Council Policy meeting yesterday and
she wanted to report on two things. One is that the draft freight study is available on the web,
the Tompkins County website. None of the recommendations are on the web except in the
form of two maps, both of which indicate some truck routes in the County, one of which is Pine
Tree Road. That: is not in Dryden but: could potentially affect some of our neighborhoods.
Route 366 is designated as a truck route, as well as some others. The Client: Committee for the
Transit Study just chose a consultant, Multi- Systems, to conduct the transit study and a cost
negotiation will now begin. The study will look at what can be done with public transportation
within the transportation council area which includes most of Dryden. There is a new grant
cycle for the transportation enhancement program. Proposals are due November 1.
Cl Grantham talked with Stu Berg on Monday evening regarding the information and
technology portion of the little grace commission study being prepared for the Town and he is
ready to write his report. Supv Varvayanis has spoken with Henry Kramer and believes that all
the consultants are ready to write their reports.
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Cl Grantham explained that for the lntermunicipal Organization she is working on a
proposal to the Department of State to do some of the implementation that is recommended in
the management plan. They will focus on stream bank stabilization and will definitely try to
get money to do some work in the Cayuga Lake inlet because that: is the most badly eroded
stream system in the watershed. They will also choose sites around the rest of the watershed
including probably something in Fall Creek. She will ask for some education so that they can
do education around the watershed and is asking for money to buy some equipment such as
hydroseeders and a vacuum sweeper that could be shared by highway departments that belong
to the 10. Some in -kind contribution will be required by the Towns, and they believe they will
get administration money also No audit is required as long as the bills are done normally. The
proposal is due by the end of August, and a resolution by the Town will be needed by the end
of October. A stream bank and road bank erosion inventory was done and is part of the
management plan. In order to get money, the management plan will be used as the basis for
choosing the sites.
The Hoard has previously made a resolution (July 113 2001, #114) in support of the
Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Agreement and Cl Grantham asked for a resolution
authorizing the Supervisor to sign the same. The Town has been paying $900 per year, and
the IO would like to develop a formula whereby the Villages would pay less, etc, but that has
not been done yet.
RESOLUTION #179 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN CAYUGA
LAKE WATERSHED AGREEMENT
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to sign the
Intermurucipal Agreement for the Cayuga Lake Watershed.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote
ATTORNEY
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Atty Perkins - You asked me to bring forward a proposal to make the office of Town
Clerk a four -year term. I did some basic research on the available procedures. One of those
procedures is pursuant to Town Law Section 24 -a, at least 150 days before the next biennial
Town election, the board can pass a resolution subject to a mandatory referendum making the
office four years. That time unfortunately has gone by. There is another procedure and that is
we could adopt a. local law pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law,
supercedes Town Law which sets the term as two years. That: local law* will also be subject to
mandatory referendum. It doesn't matter which procedure we use, we'll have to submit this to
the voters in November. What you have before you is a proposed local law which would make
the term of office of the Town Clerk four years. Obviously it would not be for the election which
is being held in November, but it would be for the first election after that, the term in November
being for two years.
In reviewing all of this I asked Bambi what the authority was to appoint her the receiver
of taxes and assessments and her response was that's what they always do. And believe it or
not: that's all we've been able to find because under the Town Law the Town is supposed to
have an elected Receiver of Taxes and Assessments. You can make that appointive by a local
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law subject to mandatory referendum. So I leave it to you to decide whether you want to take
that other step also, or we should further investigate why we've just always appointed a
Receiver of Taxes and Assessments. It can be done at any time; it could be done now.
Atty Perkins explained the positions of Town Clerk and Receiver. of Taxes and
Assessments could be combined, the office of receiver could be made appointive and the term
could be changed from two years to four years. Clerk Krill continue to research the matter and
check with the County Board of Elections and State Board of Elections to see what, if any,
information they have. Atty Perkins suggested that the board introduce the local law changing
the clerk's term from two years to four years and schedule a public hearing. There will still be
time to introduce another local law making the receiver position appointed subject to a
mandatory referendum, hold a public hearing on the 12'x, and still have time to get it done.
RESOLUTION #1180 - INTRODUCE LOCAL LAW CHANGING TOWN CLERK'S TERM OF
OFFICE FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that the following local law increasuig the term of office for the Town Clerk
is hereby introduced, and the public hearing shall be held on September 5, 2001, at 7:00 p.m.
at the Dryden 'Gown Hall, 65 East Main Street, Dryden, New York:
A local law Providing a Four -year Term for the Elective Office of Town Clerk
of the Town of Dryden
Section 1. 'fhe term of office of elective Town Clerk of the Town of (Dryden shall be four
years. Such four -year term shall commence on the first day of January following the first
biennial town election after the effective date of this local law.
Section
2. At the
biennial toN&m election next
following the effective date
of this
local
law, and every
four years
thereafter, the Town Clerk
shall
be elected for a term
of four
years.
Section 3.
This
local law
shall supersede in its
application
to the Town of Dryden
section 24 of the
Town
Law with
respect to the term of
office of the
elective Town Clerk.
Section 4. This local law
shall be
submitted
for approval to the electors of the Town of
Dryden at the next: general town
election
to be held
on November 6, 2001.
Section S. Any other local law, ordinance or resolution inconsistent herewith is hereby
repealed.
Section 6. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of
State after approval by a majority of the electors voting thereon in accordance with the
requirements of Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
2n" CI Grantham
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
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Supv Varvayanis reported that the agreement to provide code enforcement services for
the Village had been prepared and is ready for signature.
RESOLUTION #181 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN CONTRACT FOR
CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
Supv Varvayanis offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption.
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the contract to provide rode
enforcement services to the Village of Dryden for the sum of $8,500, said services to be
provided from June 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002, and authorizes the Supervisor to execute
said contract.
2nd Cl Grantham
Roll Call Vote
TOWN CLERK
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
C1 C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
B Hollenbeck reported that there had been no response to the ad for a dog enumerator.
It is not a law that: enumerations be done on a regular basis, but a recommendation of NYS
Agriculture & Markets. She will check with the new director of the SPCA to see if perhaps they
are interested. She also suggested that the Board may want to review the fees it. charges for
dog licenses. Presently the fees collected do not cover the expenses of dog control.
ENGINEERING
Dave Putnam reported on NYSEG 's electric service to the water tank. He has spoken
with NYSEG regarding the status, and Atly Perkins should be receiving a proposed agreement
next week. NYSEG has ordered the materials for the job, but will not start construction until
after t:he agreement has been approved.
Cl Beck inquired as to the status of the dry hydrant. D Putnam said that Matt
Shulman was working on that. He has made contact with NYSEG, but has not reported back
to D Putnam. ZO Slater stated he believed that M Shulman had requested a resolution from
the County Board similar to the one passed by the Fire Advisory Board supporting the
acquisition of the NYSEG property, and that he believed George Totman had agreed to bring
the resolution to the County Public Safety Committee.
ZONING OFFICER
ZO Slater reported, regarding Project Impact, that the grant for the federal share of the
Lake Road /Virgil Creek restoration project has been approved and SEMO is supposed to host a
lick off meeting later this month. The project, must be completed by November 30, 2002. ZO
Slater and representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers visited the site this morning. The
Army Corps believes the Town will need an individual permit to perform the work. It will
probably take 90 days to get that. They also believe a permit will be needed from Fisheries &
Wildlife because of Virgil Creek's status as a public trout stream, and a DEC permit will be
needed. M Barylski of DEC in Cortland has made assurances that if the application is
completed properly a permit will be issued. His time frame is a month.
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Chris Ciccora who put: a lot of time and effort into this application has left Soil & Water
Conservation. Be did the preliminary engineering work. Abe Repine, Soil & Water Engineer
who did a lot of work on the Virgil Dam Project, has stated he would be willing to take Chris's
place in this project, and his services must be requested by the local Soil & Water Conservation
Office. Craig Schutt has agreed to make that. request.
ZO Slater stated he had been gold in January that the money was in the budget for Soil
& Water Conservation to do the dam repairs from the erosion and slide damage. He and Matt
Shulman are working on getting the money and getting the work done this year. J Bush
stated that he believed NRCS had the money.
There is a serious erosion problem on the trail at a point between Pleistocene Gardens
and where the trail ends on Lake Road. The stream that comes from Daisy Hollow and the one
that comes from Cornell Research & Development have changed course and the stream is
eating into the bank foundation. ZO Slater has asked the Army Corps to take a look at it and
they indicate that repairs could be made with a simple nationwide permit. The stream is on
Connell property so arrangements will have to be made for access. The Army Corps will be in
the area again in early September and ZO Slater will take them to view the site.
ZO Slater explained that there is a fill site on Lewis Street that was overfilled, spilling
into what was the flood plain areas on Lewis Street, The Town of Dryden did put some ground
up debris from the livestock building there. The Army Corps inspected the site today in order
to mitigate the overfill and found that some fill material is still in the flood plain area and has
to be removed. The owner of the property has asked that the Town remove some of the fill
since the Town had put material in. ZO Slater has consulted with Atty Perkins regarding this
and none of the material that is now currently in violation shows any evidence of being
material placed there by the Town. It is rock and soil and is not in the area where the To.vn
dumped. Since it has spilled onto adjoining property there is also the issue of how to retrieve
that. After discussion, the Board decided that the Town should not be involved in removing
any material.
ZO Slater stated that Mike Snow of Stafford Chevrolet contacted him last week asking
for a letter of authorization to submit to DOT to get a permit to stretch a banner across Route
13 in the vicinity of the laundromat:. There is nothing in our local ordinance regarding
banners. Atty Perkins suggested that Mr. Snow produce some information that verifies that
this is a community service effort and not a public business venture, which he has yet to do.
NYS DOT advised ZO Slater that an individual cannot get a permit to stretch a banner across a
state road. They can only be issued to a municipality. If the Town of Dryden wants to get
involved in Community Best '01, similar to the soccer fest that they had last year but expanded
to include some other things, the Town of Dryden has to file for a permit with DOT to install
and be responsible for and remove this banner. DOT asked ZO Slater what was written on the
banner and DOT stated they would not issue the permit in any event because it says "St'afford
Chevrolet proudly presents..." They said there can not be any mention of any business
affiliation whatsoever on the banner. ZO Slater stated that the Highway Superintendent had
no interest in installing and being responsible for the banner, and after a short discussion the
Town Board decided that it should not be involved. ZO Slater will write a letter to Mike Snow
advising him of this and the reasons for the decision.
ZO Slater advised
the Board
that Ithaca Produce is moving
forward with
the
construction of the berm
next to the
Porter property. Some of the
plantings are
in.
ZO Slater reminded the Board that the contract issue with the Project Impact
Coordinator still needs to be dealt. with.
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Lee Shurtleff of the County Fire and EMS Services has written a request at Matt
Shulman's urging to the State Emergency Management Office requesting that arrangements be
made to conduct a FEMA weather hazard course in Tompkins County. It will be sponsored by
the County EMS and will probably be held at TC3. FEMA v%vi.11 provide all instructional
materials and SSMO will provide funding for meals.
Project Impact is branching out and forming subcommittees: a Natural Disaster
Mitigation Committee, a Technical Disaster Mitigation Committee and an Outreach and Public
Education Committee,
The Board discussed the contract with the Project Impact Coordinator, Matt Shulman,
which has been extended to the end of August under its current germs. Board has previously
received information from At:ty Perkins regarding being a contractor vs being an employee and
a letter from M Shulman regarding the same. Cl T Hatfield stated he could see him as an
employee rattier than a contractor. ZO Slater staked that M Shulman is very good at what he
does, but he will not be an employee. Arty Perkins advised the Board that: these cases typically
are not resolved in favor of the person being a contractor and when push comes to shove and
the test gets applied, its going to be difficult to prove that he is not an employee. Cl T Hatfield
stated if he is going to be an independent contractor, then the Board needs to be sure he is and
there are probably ways to design the position so that it can be met as an independent
contractor. Arty Perkins stated that what really swings the decision is the fact that he seems to
perform most of his work in the Town Hall using the Town's equipment, rather than as a true
independent contractor who would be performing that work on his own computer at his own
home or place of business and then submitting reports. Cl Beck stated that he felt the job
needed to be restructured so that he was a true contractor if possible. Supv Varvayanis
reminded the board that the contract is not with Matt Shulman, but with a subchapter C
corporation. The Board would like him to become a part -time temporary employee, and Cl
Grantham would like to authorize the Supervisor to offer him that beginning September 1 on
the same basic term and salary that he is receiving now. Cl T Hatfield stated if M Shulman
doesn't agree, he can come back to the Board in September. Supv Varvayanis stated he is
agreeable to M Shulman retaining the contxactor status, and the board does not have a
problem with this if M Shulman maintains the appearance of a contractor.
RESOLUTION # 182 - PROJECT IMPACT COORDINATOR CONTRACT
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to offer Matthew
Shulman temporary part time employee status under the same basic terms and salary as his
contract or to extend the contract providing he does the majority of his work at a place other
than the Town Hall.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Supv Varvayanis inquired about the engineering services for the work to be performed
on Yellow Barn Road. ZO Slater said that NRCS has promoted someone from within the
organization to Chris Ciccora's position, but M Shulman does not feel that person is able to do
the job properly. ZO Slater stated that he could probably recruit Abe Repine for that, or the
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Town
could
do the engineering and pay for it.
Supv
Varvayanis stated that the engineering
needs
to be
done soon and suggested that TG
Miller
could do the job.
RESOLUTION #183 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO ENGAGE TG MILLER
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RE, SOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to engage TG Miller
Engineers & Surveyors to perform engineering services in connection with the drainage at
Yellow Barn Road, and hereby authorizes the expenditure of funds for the same.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Cl Grantham stated that the work on Jean Hoag's property on 'Pinckney Road has not
been completed and she hopes that the engineering work has been done. The Board asked ZO
Slater to direct M Shulman to look into that.
Kevin. Ezell reported to the Board that discontinuing the Centrex service on the old
phone system would actually result in an increase in the monthly bills paid for telephone
service. After discussion, the Board agreed that it should not be discontinued.
K Ezell distributed maps to the board that he had prepared for negotiations with Time
Warner, one slowing density and one showing the location of Time Warner cable service in the
Town.
HIGHWAY
Jack Bush reported that Bone Plain Road has been redone. The stone and oil
previously put down had failed and it was redone using a method called slurry seal, a thin
layer of surface treatment. There is no stone loss and no complaints have been received. It
has a lifespan of four to six years.
George
Road
is
being paved.August 8 and 9, 22' wide with 4' shoulders. NYSEG has
been asked
to
move
their
poles.
Supv Varvayanis stated he would set; up an appointment to meet with Pat Archambault
regarding sharing maintenance/ equipment.
DISCUSSION
Supv Varvayanis reported that Dana Abbey has requested that the Town provide
uniforms for the paramedics and that it had been done in the past. Supv Varvayanis and
Dianne McFall were not able to find that it vas. Dryden Ambulance provides uniforms for their
volunteers and Supv Varvayanis had been under the impression that they would supply
uniforms for the paid staff. The Town does not require uniforms. Board members do not recall
ever doing it in the past or even discussing it. Cl T Hatfield stated it would be nice to have
them in a uniform when they arrive at a residence requiring assistance. Supv Varvayanis
stated the amount requested was $342.72 (2 shirts and 2 pair of pants each) and that they
have uniforms now. Cl T Hatfield staged he believed they were looking for reimbursement. Atty
Perkins stated the contract does not address the matter of uniforms and it has never been an
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issue before. Cl T Hatfield noted that the Highway Department: employees were given an
allowance for work clothing. Cl Beck stated that for the amount of money involved, it didn't
seem worth arguing about, but it seemed to get more and more expensive. The contract
doesn't provide for uniforms. Cl T Hatfield stated he did not have a problem with the
Supervisor spending the money for uniforms. This would be a reimbursement to Dryden
Ambulance, Inc. Cl C Hatfield noted that the Town did not require the paramedics to be in
uniform. After further discussion the board passed the following resolution.
RESOLUTION #184 - AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR PARAMEDIC UNIFORMS
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to reimburse
Dryden Ambulance, Inc. the sum of $342.72 for uniforms for the paramedics.
211(f Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
The board then discussed making the paramedics employees of Dryden Ambulance, Inc.
and agreed that it was a good idea. Cl T Hatfield stated they can't have two bosses and Cl Beck
agreed adding that they need clarification. Atty Perkins informed the board that it should put
them on notice that the Town will be receptive to a proposal for ambulance service beginning
January 1 that contemplates Dryden Ambulance hiring the paramedics because the Town does
not intend to continue employing paramedics. The contract would be adjusted accordingly. It
was pointed out that the Town does not necessarily have to contract with Dryden Ambulance,
Inc., but could solicit other proposals (and let Dryden Ambulance, Inc. know that) that
contemplate service without Town providing paramedics. Cl C Hatfield noted that the Town is
paying for the building they are using, and Atty Perkins stated that there is no written
agreement to do that. Cl T Hatfield stated the Town still had to do the .billing fore Dryden
Ambulance, Inc. and Atty Perkins said we could work around that. Cl Grantham stated that
she thought: we could resolve all of those things and we should see what other service providers
could offer, and we may end up with the same thing, except that they would employ the
paramedics, but we should look elsewhere.
After further discussion, the board passed the following resolution.
RESOLUTION ti 185 - PUT DRYDEN AMBULANCE INC ON NOTICE
Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor and Town
Attorney to give Dryden Ambulance, Inc. notice that the Town of Dryden will not: be furnishing
paramedics after December 31, 2001, and is accepting proposals for the entire service, and it is
further
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to advertise for
proposal from other ambulance providers.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
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Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
CI Grantham Yes
Budget transfers will be made next month.
The budget cycle calendar was distributed to board members.
RESOLUTION # 186 - APPROVE ABSTRACT # 108
Cl C Hatfield offered the follo%ving resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #108, as audited, vouchers
#558 through #622, totaling $238,068.72.
2ttd Cl Grantham
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
C1 T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
C1 C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Cl Beck will not be able to attend the September 5, 2001 meeting
On motion made, seconded, and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at
9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bambi L. Hollenbeck
Town Clerk
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