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January 10 , 1966
The regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca was
held at the Town Offices , 108 E . Green St . , City of Ithaca , at 4100 P . M .
Monday , January 10 , 1966 .
Board members present were : Supervisor William B . Kerr ; Councilmen
Franklin Bishop and Andrew W . McElwee . Absent were Councilmen Harry U .
Baker and Joseph N . Mayer ,
Also present were : Highway Sup ' t . Marion Morey , James Dunlap of
Lozier , Inc . and Leonard Liberman .
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption : ' •
RESOLVED , that the minutes of the December 13 , 1966 meeting be
approved .
Seconded by Supervisor Kerr
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and 'McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried ,
APPOINTMENTS
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED that the following appointments be made :
Planning Board - Walter Schwan - 8 year term
Zoning Board of Appeals - David Powers - 4 year term
Highway Superintendent — Marion Morey - 2 years
Tax Collector - Evelyn Fuess - 2 years
Assessor , Zoning Officer and Enforcement Officer - Robert J .
Wells - 2 years
Attorney for the Town - James Buyoucos - 1 year
Youth Bureau Representative - Justice Fred Hartsock - , 1 year
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried ,
BOARD OF REVIEW - GRIEVANCE DAY'
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
�; . RESOLVED , that the following act as a Board of Review for Grievance
Day , 1966 :
Supervisor William B . Kerr , Assessor R . J . Wells , and ' Councilman
Harry Baker
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried ,
DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Councilman McElwee offered the .following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED that the ITHACA JOURNAL be designated as the official
newspaper for the Town of Ithaca for the year 1966 .
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee •
Noes - 0 Carried .
TOWN BOARD MEETINGS
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED that Town Board meetings be held at 4 . 00 P . M . on the
first Monday after the first, Tuesday of each month ; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the February meeting be held this
year on Monday, February 14th ., in order to allow Town Officials to
attend the Association of Towns meeting in New York City .
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried .
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( 11 ) thence , easterly along the north boundary line of parcels
61-14 and 6].-1-9 , a distance of 1-120 feet , more or less , to the
Dryden-Ithaca Town Line ;
( 12 ) thence , southerly along the Dryden- Ithaca Town Line , a distance
of 6 , 400 feet , more or less , to a point in the north boundary line of
parcel 55-1-1 ( lands of City of Ithaca Water Department ) ,
( 13 ) thence , along the various courses of the northeast boundary
of parcel 55-1�1 ( lands of the City of Ithaca Water Department ) a distance
of 16 , 900 feet , more or less , to a point lying in the south corporation
line of the City of Ithaca , a distance of 870 feet , more or less , to
the point of beginning ;
All as shown on a " Map of Proposed Slaterville Road Sewer District";
as prepared by Lozier Engineers , Inc . , dated December 17 , 1965 , drawing
File No . 13886 , and said parcel numbers referring to Tax Map , Town of
Ithaca , Tompkins County , approved by State Board of Equalization and
Assessment , March 27 , 1964 , tax maps dated ll/l/63 .
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption *
RESOLVED , that the following transfer of funds be approved *
( 1 ) From Contingency Fund to Highway Item I - $233 . 60
( 2 ) From Returned Water Bills to Forest Home Water District - $228 . 45
( 3 ) From .Returned Water Bills to Hanoh'al Road Sewer District - $77 . 76
Seconded by Councilman Mayer
Ayes e McElwee , Mayer and Kerr
Noes - 0 Carried .
ASSESSMENTS - % of True Valuation
A discussion followed regarding the adoption of assessments that would
allow the towns of the County and the City to assess at the same rate .
Supervisor Kerr stated that the City now assesses at 80% of true valuation
and that the towns have favored going to 90% , but for the sake of
uniformity he would recommend their all being the same . He also stated
that he hoped other towns in the County would go along with this proposals
especially since the new Cleminshaw reappraisal figures will be ready soon .
The merits of assessing at 50% - the percentage now used , at 80% ; at 90%
and at 100% were discussed .
The meeting was adjourned for lunch at 1 * 00 P . M .
Evelyn S . Fuess
Town Clerk
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COMPETITIVE BID OPENINGS
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption ;
RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be authorized to open competitive
bids on public works and purchase contf'acts required to be advertised
by law ,
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and. , Bishop
:Noes a 0 Carried
SUPERVISOR ' S ANNUAL REPORT
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED that the Supervisor shall submit to the Town Clerk within
• 60 days after the close of the fiscal year a copy of his annual report ,
and be it further
RESOLVED , that a summary' of this report shall be published in the
ITHACA JOURNAL , the official newspaper of the town .
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayres - Kerr , Bishop and :McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried .
MILEAGE ALLOWANCE
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED , that an allowance of $ . 08 a mile be approved for use
of cars on official business outside the town of Ithaca .
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and `McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried .
DESIGNATION OF SALARIES
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED that the following salaries be approved for the fiscal
year 1966 :
Official Amount Payable
Supervisor $48000 Monthly
Sup6rvisor ' s Secretary 4200 . Monthly
Councilmen 4@ 600 . ea . Quarterly
Justice Richard LaFave 2000 . Monthly
Justice Frederick Hartsock 17000 Quarterly y
Town Clerk and Tax Collector 5200 . Monthly
Assessor 2000 . Monthly
Zoning Officer 3200 . Monthly
Enforcement Officer 1300 . Monthly
Highway Superintendent 70000 Monthly
Crossing Guards ( School) 4 . 00/day Monthlv
*Election Inspectors 20 . 00/day Yearlv
Election Custodians 2 . 00/hr , Yearlv
Highway Employees 2 . 40/hr . ( maximum ) Bi-weekly
Denuty Town Clerk 1 . 50/hr .
The salary of Election Insbectors was set at '9'20 . 00 per day with the
understanding that polling places would be combined wherever possible oil
Registration Days . Also the„ Chairman of Elections would continue to be
• paid an extra x5 . 00 per year .
Seconded by Supervisor Kerr
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee
Noes _ 0 Carried ,
LIBERMAN SEWER P _TSTRICT
Mr . Leonard Liberman was present with a petition , map , plan and
description for a sewer district to be financed by himself for property
% along East Shore Drive . This Board asked Mr . James Dunlap of Lomier to
review the plan to be sure it fits the overall master sewer plan .
Councilman Bishop offered the following resoluuion and moved. its
adoption ;
WHEREAS , a written petition , dated January 10 , 1966 , in due form and
containi. na the required signature has been presented to and filed with
the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca , Tompkins County , New York , for the
establi.shment of a Sewer District in said Town to be bounded and described
as Follows ;
" ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND , situate in the Town of Ithaca ,
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County of Tompkins and State of New York , beginning at the intersection
of the south line of premises of Russell W . Rinker with the center line of
East Shore Drive ; thence easterly some 190 feet ; thence northerly along
the center line of said creek some 175 feet to the westerly boundary of
the Old Shortline Railroad ; thence southerly along the westerly boundary
of said Old Shortline Railroad approximately 3500 feet to the north line
of premises now or formerly the property of James E . Clark , thence
westorly.�142 feet to the center line of East Shore Drive ; thence northerly
100 feet on center line of East Shore Drive to the northeast corner of
Albert Dale ; thence westerly along Dale north line to Cayuga Lakes thence
northerly along the shore of Cayuga Lake some 2600 feet to the south
line of Douglas F . Dowd ; thence esterly along Dowd south boundary some 110
feet to the center line of East Shore Drive ; thence northerly along
center line of East Shore Drive to point and place of beginning ; excepting
and reserving therefrom such premises which are owned by the Village of •
Cayuga Heights and the Peck Products Company ; all as referred to and set
forth in the petition and described in exhibit marked ' A ' attached thereto " .
WHEREAS , the improvements proposed consist of a sewer line and pump
system , all in accordance with the map and plan attached to the petition
and now on file ; and
WHEREAS , the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the improve-
ment as stated in the said petition is the sum of $25 , 000 . 00 , all of which
will be paid by Leonard B . Liberman ; it is hereby
ORDERED , that a meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca shall
be held in the Common Council Room , City Hall , 108 E . Green Street , City
of Ithaca on the loth day of February , 1966 at 4 : 15 o ' clock ra - the after-
noon of that day to consider the said petition and to hear all persons
interested. in the district establishment and for such other action as may
be proper .
Seconded by Supervisor Kerr
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried .
ELLIS HOLLOW ROAD SEWER DISTRICT - BID OPENING
The bids which were opened at 3 : 00 P . M . prior to this Town Board
meeting were reviewed -- by the Town Board and then referred to Mr . James
Dunlap for his recommendation .
PROGRESS REPORT - NORTHEAST SEWER DISTRICT
Mr . Dunlap reported the following areas in the Northeast ,Sewer District
finished and ready for use :
Cross lot from Salem Drive to Sapsucker Woods Road ; Sapsucker Woods
Road , Cross lot , north and south ; Hanshaw Road - south side in back lots
from Warren Road East .
A discussion followed regarding extension of districts such as the
new Northeast District so as to serve adjoining towns . Dryden has
expressed an interest in being included in the Northeast District and
Supervisor Kerr stated that a, study would be made of pro-rating of costs etc .
WEST HILL AND SOUTH HILL SEWER ' DISTRICTS
Mr . Dunlap reported on the preliminary work completed. on a study
for a revised Northwest water acid sewer district . The new district will
be smaller that the first district proposed and would cover the Woolf Lane ,
Bundy Road , Duboise Road and Indian Creek Road areas . Unit costs quoted
would be approximately $83 . to $100 . for sewer , depending on rock and from
$43 . to X4'' 50 . for water .
Mr . Dunlap said the study for South Hill area is still being considered •
and is not complete at this time .
EXTENSION OF INATER TO NEW COUNTY HIGHWAY BUILDING
Supervisor Kerr reported that he had been asked if the Town would
consider extending water lines to serve the new Tompkins County Highway
Buildings along Bostwick Road . It was decided that the County should
ask for the formation of a district there .
APPOINTMENT - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BOARD
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its adoption :
RESOLVED , that Mrs . Ruth DeWire of 148 Pine Tree Road be elected as the
town ' s representatige on the County Economic Opportunity Board .
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried .
WARRANT
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
RESOLVED that Highway Fund Bills #4044411 and #1 through #25 in the
amount of $4967 . 15 and General Fund Bills #524 through #535 and #1 through
#39 in the amount of $7 , 723 . 15 be paid .
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried .
PURCHASES TO $5000 - HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoptions
RESOLVED that Highway Superintendent Marion Morey be authorized to
purchase tools and small supplies up to $500 . 00 .
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried .
PURCHASE OF SHORT WAVE RADIOS - HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
- adoption :
RFSOLVED , that Highway Superintendent Marion Morey be a. ithorized to
purchase four ( 4 ) new short wave radios for use . in highway equipment at
an estimated cost of $150 . - 4200 . each , with the understanding that the
old radios be traded in if possible .
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried ,
SUPERVISOR TO ADMINISTER SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Councilman McElwee offered the following resolution and moved its
adoptions
RESOLVED that Supervisor Kerr have the' powersndf. , administration and
supervision of Special Improvement Districts in the Town of Ithaca .
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried ,
TOWN CLERK - APPOINTIVE POSITION,
Councilman McElwee offered the following resolution and moved its
adoptions
RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 20 , 6 ( a ) of Article 3 of the Town
Law , the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Ithaca shall hereafter be an
appointive office . This resolution shall be subject to a permissive
referendum .
Seconded by Supervisor Kerr
Ayes - Bishop , McElwee , Kerr
Noes - 0 Carried .
The Clerk was directed to publish and post the above resolution and Attorney
Buyoucos stated that when filling a vacancy reference should be made to
Town Law 64-5 ,
ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS
Since the requirements for acceptance of Town Roads have been met
in each instance , Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and
• moved its adoptions
RESOLVED that the Town accept as town roads the followings
Grove Road and Grove Place in the Woolf subdivision and Drew Road in the
Drew Park sub-division .
Seconded by Councilman McElwee
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee
CHANGE OF NAIL - DREW ROAD
I letter from Mir . and Mrs . Glenn Beardsley , Mr . and Mrs . Jack Ellsworth ,
Jr . and Dr . and Mrs . B . S . Bohland requested that the Board consider ehanging
the name of Drew Road to Hickory Lane or to any name ending in anything other
than road .
Councilman Bishop offered the following resolution and moved its
adoptions
RESOLVED , that the name of Drew Road be changed to Hickory Lane ,
Seconded by Supervisor Kerr
Ayes - Kerr , McElwee and Bishop
Noes - 0 Carried .
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TOWN PLANNING BOARD REQUEST B
A discussion followed Mir . Kerr ' s request from the Town Planning Board
for money to be spent for recreational park studies . Councilman McElwee
stated he felt the area had adeduate park facilities and that the money could
be spent to better advantage , Le Board all agreed that park areas should
be set aside in each sub-division . Councilman McElwee stated that he felt
the Planning Board should consider such things as zoning along arterial
roads , the South Hill area and development of hi-rise buildings . Supervisor
Kerr stated that lighting , sub-division regulations , zoning and multiple
housing certainly should receive the Planning Board ' s attention ,
Supervisor Kerr offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption .
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes payment qto the Town
of Ithaca Planning Board the sum of $900 . 00 with the understanding that •
included with the recreational park study will be an overall „plan for the
development of the South Hill area ,
Seconded by Councilman Bishop
Ayes - Kerr , Bishop and McElwee
Noes - 0 Carried ,
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT - 3U!v1MARY OF EXPENSES
Superintendent of Highways ' Marion Morey presented a summaryndf
highway expenditures for the year 1966 . They were approved and forwarded
to the County Highway Superintendent , Howard Stevenson , for approval and
filing .
The meeting was adjourned at 7x10 P , M .
Evelyn S . Fuess , ,Town Clerk
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BID OPENING
ELLIS -HOLLOW `ROAD SEWER DISTRICT
The bid. s for the construction of the Ellis Hollow Road
Sewer District were opened ! at 3 : 00 P . M . , January 10 , 1966
In the Town Office , 108 E . "' Green St . , Ithaca. , New York .
Seven bids were submitted as follows :
William . J : Auble , Swamp College Rd . , Trumansburg , N . Y . -
Estimated Total Contract 4599898 . , 50
Carpenter Backhoe & Dozer Service , 256 Hayts Ad . , Ithaca , N . Y .
• Estimated Total Contract
$ 73 , 224 . 25
Compagni Construction Co , 182 Port Watson Street , Cortland , N . Y .
Estimated Total Contract $ 60 , 691 .'; 75
Howard & Sprague , 656 State Street , Binghamton , N . Y .
Estimated Total Contract $ 56 , 644 ., 00
John D . MacLean , 294 Hayts Rd . , Ithaca. , New York
Estimated Total Contract X56 , 294 , 00
Onontario Corporation , Boxl14 , N . Syracuse , New York
Estimated Total Contract $ 581421 ., 00
Porto Construction , Inc . , 121 Stockton Pl , Syracuse , N . Y .
Estimated Total Contract X79 , 562 , 00
Note : The above quotations are for the total estimated
contract only . In addition each bid submitted contalned : : the .
following optional items : ( 1 ) Dust control calcium chloride
( 2 ) Dust control water ordered ' iby Engineer .
The above prices were based on the use of claysewer pipe
A . S . T . M . C - 200 for 8 " sewers and extra heavy cast iron soil
pipe for 4 " house laterals and risers . Each bidder was
given the option of adding,11or deducting for the use of
cement asbestos sewer pipe ''j. The complete figures for each
of these bids is filed in the Town Clerk ' s Office .
Also included with each bid were figures regarding the
starting and completion dates for each , bidder .
E . Fuess
Town Clerk
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