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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-11-2005 TOWN OF GROTON – MINUTES OF TOWN BOARD MEETING PUBLIC HEARING ON JOINT TOWN & VILLAGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2005 AT 7:30 PM THE TOWN HALL, 101 CONGER BOULEVARD Those present: Glenn E. Morey, Supervisor Ellard L. Sovocool, Councilman Donald F. Scheffler, Councilman Richard B. Gamel, Councilman Sheldon C. Clark, Councilman Victoria Monty, Attorney for the Town (arrived later) Also present: George Frantz, Peg Palmer, Tyke Randall, Chris Muka, Julie Graham, Monica Carey, Lyle Raymond, Rick Beals, Gary Coats, Richard C. Case, April Scheffler. MOVED by Councilman Scheffler, seconded by Councilman Clark, to approve the minutes of the September 12, 2005 meeting as presented. Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey. General Fund Claim Numbers 296-329 of the in the amount of $27,814.99 were presented for audit. MOVED by Councilman Sovocool, seconded by Councilman Gamel, to approve the General Bills for payment. Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey. Highway Fund Claim Numbers 156-174 of the in the amount of $32,013.30 were presented for audit. MOVED by Councilman Clark, seconded by Councilman Schefler, to approve the Highway Bills for payment. Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey. Town Board Minutes Page 2 October11, 2005 Privilege of the Floor: Chris Muka, 134 Ridge Road, Lansing, NY – I currently own a house at 924 Lick Street in Groton. I brought a picture of it for you to look at in case you’ve never been by it or seen it. I originally bought that house from Tompkins County at the tax sale several years ago and got a building permit to stabilize the structure and keep wild animals out and that sort of thing and post it. Before the expiration date of my building permit I had sold the property to another person and they were going to be going on with the project. They knew that the Town wanted it repaired or brought up to code, that sort of thing because before I bought the property the house had been abandoned, abused, run down and wide open. I guess there had been some wild cats in there and maybe a couple of people. So, when I bought the property, that stopped and when I sold the property, the new owners had the intentions of fixing it up. I didn’t pay too much attention to it but the fellow I sold it to hurt himself on his motorcycle and he said that that wouldn’t faze him too much and he would continue on and complete the project. Well, that never happened and all of a sudden I drive by out there, the house looks worse. So, I called them up and said look nothing’s going to happen. There’s a new sign by the Town out there saying that it’s going to be torn down. So, he decided to give it back to me because I wanted it back. And the next week or so I cleaned debris up around the outside, boarded it up, and then went to the Town for another building permit basically to stabilize the project and make sure it’s not a danger, a hazard or an eye-sore. I did not get a building permit returned to me because there is litigation. I guess the Town is continuing on with a many year decision to demolish the house. So, I guess the reason I’m here tonight is because I do own the house again. I’ve owned it for about four weeks now and I have put in many hours of work to board up the property, post the property, clean up the dangerous debris and clutter from outside and to basically put up an obvious barrier to the house to keep anyone out. So, I would like the Town to discontinue efforts to tear it down because I’m extremely opposed to that whether I own it or someone else owns it to repair and restore this house. That’s the main reason I’m here. In the meantime I did spend a couple of days doing research on previous owners to see if it had any historical value to the Town or the people of the Town. It has significant value. I don’t know if anyone has ever heard of the Bradley family. Lemi Bradley was the first inhabitant of the house. Him or his father built it. Major Lemi Bradley, the father, was one of the first dozen people in this town. He was at the very first board meeting and he was elected to office at the board meeting. The Bradley family has all kinds of connections with this town and neighboring towns to commerce and positions of power and it’s extremely interesting to find out the historical data that’s involved. So, before you continue efforts to do that, if you choose, it would be wise perhaps to at last know what kind of history might be linked with the home. Maybe I can get some feedback from you on the process at hand that the Town has with the attorney and what your intentions are now. Councilman Gamel – Could you approach up here for a moment? There seems to be a little photo shop work done here. What’s this? Mr. Muka - I did that. That’s my car, a red pickup truck and I didn’t like it sticking right there in front of the picture so I covered it up. I have other photos, regular size, if you want to see my car. Councilman Scheffler – When was that picture taken? Town Board Minutes Page 3 October11, 2005 Mr. Muka – That was taken 2 ½ to 3 weeks ago. That’s fairly recent. It really hasn’t changed much since then. Councilman Clark – What’s your intentions? Mr. Muka – My intentions are to, as long as I own it, I want to keep it from being a problem and if I weren’t doing many other things, like raising my three children and doing my regular job, I would continue to do the project myself. As long as I am the owner I will put in the effort to continue with keeping it safe, keeping it clean. The front porch is still buried under here. I’m going to take that and build it. There’s a couple of fuel tanks that I don’t need, so I’m going to take them out. The roofs both don’t leak. The structure is basically 99% restorable. The foundation is in wonderful condition and the post and beam structure is in good shape. So, what do I want to do with it? Well, I hope to find someone, and I will be contacting some of the relatives and try to get interest. In fact, I had three people interested, one of which was going to be at this meeting tonight but when she talked to the Town she was scared away. Anyone would be, knowing that there’s litigation going on to tear the house down and you may buy it today and it will be torn down tomorrow. Councilman Sovocool – Well, we’ve been on this for a few years and there’s no sense in pushing it on and on and on. You’re not going to do anything with it. Mr. Muka – Is that a question or what? Councilman Sovocool – Well, nothing’s been done with it. Mr. Muka – Well, I think this is probably the best thing that’s happened to it in the last ten years and I would like to continue with that. It may not be as fast as….. Councilman Sovocool – Is that just because there was litigation? Mr. Muka – Well, I own the house and if I’m paying taxes on a $30,000 property I wouldn’t want someone to tear it down. I’m the owner. I did the work. Do I want it torn down? Of course not. Councilman Sovocool – Is it going to be another four or five years before something happens to it. Mr. Muka – Well, you see, what you want personally to happen to this house may not happen. But what I would like to do is do the bear minimum at this point in my life and the funds that I have available, time and money, is to keep this in a safe condition where it won’t continue to deteriorate. Councilman Clark – How long have you owned that? Mr. Muka – Four weeks. Several Councilman say, no, the first time. Mr. Muka – For six months. Town Board Minutes Page 4 October11, 2005 Councilman Clark – And nothing was done then, right? Mr. Muka – Yes, something was done. I did secure the property….. Councilman Clark – Six months ago? Mr. Muka – No, when I first bought the property was about three, three and a half years ago. I got a building permit to secure it and clean up around it. The first time we cleaned it up we basically did the driveway and down the front. Councilman Clark – The front door was open. Mr. Muka – No, I secured the building. So, for that first six months that I owned it it was wired shut or nailed shut or screwed shut and that’s how it was until the day I sold it. Councilman Gamel – And you sold it and it was gone from you approximately three years then? Mr. Muka – Approximately two and a half years. Councilman Gamel – Gary, is the building secure and is it safe? Have you been in? Gary Coats – I have been in the building once. I can’t get in it now because it is secured. You couldn’t get around it very well before that picture was taken. I was in it before that picture was taken and you couldn’t get around back at all because of the brush. When I was in it you couldn’t get to the floor because there was stuff piled there probably at least a foot deep everywhere. I went upstairs in it and there’s cupboards knocked over and….. Councilman Gamel – But structurally. Mr. Coats – From what I saw from the outside, the front corner, the porch had fallen off, the foundation is cracked…. Mr. Muka – Well, there’s two parts to the house. This little teeny part here, which is more of an addition, there’s a sill log that needs to be replaced under that door and there is cinderblocks that someone replaced. That only has a foundation under the front wall; the rest are piers. So, this little addition part needs some work but the roof looks good so it’s not rotting or blowing away. Mr. Coats – To bring that to code would be very expensive. It would need to meet the new energy code, new plumbing, structural code and I’ve never been in the basement. That one building on the end would probably need to come off. The foundation, from what I saw, I didn’t like. Mr. Muka – What I’d like to suggest is that I and you take a closer look at this building, and perhaps anyone else interested on the Board so that you’d have some first hand information, take a look at it and I’d discuss more with you about it. The things that I see personally as things that need to be done in a certain order would be to continue to clean up the vicinity of the home. There’s debris from that far corner and around the back. There’s still some things here. And basically put a 20 or 20-foot yard around the house. And any other junk associated with it in the woods, get rid of it. To me that’s a hazard for children or anyone trespassing. The inside is a mess, yes, but it’s not being rained on; there’s nothing living in there; there’s no food; I’ll get to Town Board Minutes Page 5 October11, 2005 it later. So, I’m concerned with the outside. I think with very little effort in maybe another couple of weeks I can have the outside completely cleaned up. Then I’d like to tear these boards down and put something nicer on it. I’d like to get the front clapboard repaired where the porch ripped it up …..(not using microphone). …. I’m not sure what to do about the foundation and pier….don’t know if I can save that or not. It’s not that big so it might not be that hard to do. I’ve actually done a house restoration and I was a painting contractor for 20 years in Ithaca doing historical homes. Actually, I restored a house just like this on Milliken Station Road so I’ve done it before. It’s just not something I really wanted to do when I have other pots in the fire but I will because I don’t want it torn down. So, I’m asking for more time. There has been progress. I’d like to continue the progress and I’d like the Town to give me a little space or at least you consideration. Supervisor Morey – All right, let’s make a suggestion that Gary go out to the building to see what it is. I want to know a little bit about milestones of when you’re going to have these things done because you’re not going to go out for another 8 months to 12 months while you sell the property to somebody else and it starts over and over again. What you’ve shown us is you haven’t gotten back to Gary. We had a public hearing last month on this situation. You didn’t show up for that. Now you’re asking us to help you out. We’d be more than happy to help you out but we’ve done this before….. Councilman Scheffler – This is the first we’ve seen of anybody in years on it. Mr. Muka – Yup. I’m glad I’m here. I did talk to someone about that last month’s board meeting and I told him I could not come because I was out of town. I would have been here because I knew this house was on the agenda. But I wanted to make sure that you knew I was coming today. I think that’s a good idea. And if we can work out a list of things, priorities of what needs to be done, then that’s what I’ll do. Councilman Scheffler – I’d say you try to work something with Gary and we’ll talk with our attorney too. Councilman Gamel asked when they would meet. Mr. Coats said he would like the inside cleaned up some before he goes in. He indicated that ceiling heights might also be an issue, that some older houses had six foot ceilings. Mr. Muka – It would seem ludicrous to me that we would take a historical structure and raise it. That’s an interesting issue. I don’t know how to get a higher ceiling in a historical home. Mr. Coats – So, maybe the whole upstairs in that would be useless space. It can’t be habitable space. Mr. Muka – Well, that seems ludicrous to me too. It’s a four bedroom home. There’s four bedrooms up there. Mr. Coats – Well, not if there’s not proper ceiling height. Mr. Muka – Well, sure, I understand what you’re saying. It’s just that it’s nuts to me. I think there would probably be some leeway with a historical home. That’s what I would think. Mr. Coats – If it’s on the register, yes. Town Board Minutes Page 6 October11, 2005 Mr. Muka – Even if it’s not on the register, it’s nuts to me. Supervisor Morey – You have to bring everything up to code. Mr. Muka – Yeah, but don’t you kind of feel the way I do about that, having four bedrooms upstairs and not being usable as four bedrooms? Supervisor Morey – I didn’t buy the house. Mr. Muka – Yeah, I know. I’ll deal with that later because I’m not terribly worried about that. Councilman Scheffler – I’m not in favor of making any promises at this point. Councilman Sovocool - I’m not either. We’ve been through too much on it now. Mr. Muka – I was wondering. What were the major reasons for this action on this house? Was it the neighbors? Supervisor Morey – No, we tried to get the information from the homeowners and nobody ever called us back. Mr. Muka – That was Coit? Supervisor Morey indicated that it was Coit, Mr. Muka and Mr. Robinson. Mr. Muka said that he would have everything available now. Peg Palmer wished to speak to the Board about the Tentative Budget. Peg Palmer – I apologize for the lateness of bringing this to your attention but I didn’t notice it until this week when I was looking at the handbook to see what holidays I had left and I noticed in the handbook there’s an incentive program. Qualifying employees are entitled to a 15-cent increase on every fifth year anniversary of their employment and I would like to apply for that 15-cent increase. When you made the Court Clerk position full time in January you afforded me four years accountability for my part time years for benefits, which means the end of this year would be five years. When I checked with retirement for buying up my past years for retirement, they gave me almost four and a half years full time employment. So, with that information I would think I would be entitled to the 15-cent incentive increase as of January. Supervisor Morey – Okay, thank you. Monthly Reports: Elizabeth Brennan, Bookkeeper/Highway Clerk – Was absent but had submitted her monthly report and requested transfers. Town Board Minutes Page 7 October11, 2005 RESOLUTION #05-098 – 2005 BUDGET TRANSFER MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Sovocool Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves the following 2005 Budget Transfer: General Fund – Town Wide: From: Police, Personal Services A3120.1……………………..$218.75 To: Police, Contractual A3120.4……………………………. 218.75 RESOLUTION # 05-099 – 2005 BUDGET TRANSFER MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Gamel Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves the following 2005 Budget Transfer: General Fund – Town Wide: From: Contingency A1990.4…………………………….$1,764.64 To: Celebrations A7550.4……………………………….. 128.00 Health Insurance A9060.8………………………….1,636.64 RESOLUTION #05-100 – 2005 BUDGET TRANSFER MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Clark Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves the following 2005 Budget Transfer: Highway Fund – Part Town: From: Workers Compensation DB9040.8…………………..$ 27.56 Retirement DB9010.8…………………………………3,543.42 To: Health Insurance DB9060.8…………………………...1,927.58 General Repairs, Personal Services DB5110.1………..1,527.18 Social Security DB9030.8……………………………….116.22 Gary Coats, Code/Fire Enforcement Officer – Submitted his monthly report. We had a lot of applications and a lot of people doing things. Katrina has helped the Town with the amount of building that is being done now rather then next year. We are getting a lot of calls on pellet, wood and coal stoves and have issued seven or eight building permits on those. People are getting anxious because of the fuel costs. And I do inspect them to make sure they are installed properly and according to specs. A big section in the Cortland paper tonight was that Virgil has become the growth town in Cortland County. They gave a lot of reasons for it and interviewed Town Board Minutes Page 8 October11, 2005 the Code Officer over there and he said he was amazed because he’d already issued seven building permits for houses this year. We’ve issued fifteen or sixteen, so Groton is definitely on the path up. Everywhere we look, there’s a new house going up. Richard C. Case, Highway Superintendent – At the present time, the Highway Department remains active finishing summer road projects. The shop crew has done a good job keeping up with the daily breakdowns and the PM program. Randy and Jeff are to be commended for cleaning the shop for Pizza Day and making sure there hasn’t been any down time with the equipment. Their efforts are noticed and appreciated. Delivery was taken on the new Viking one-way plow. Time was taken to temporarily harness it to the truck for inspection. At this time it appears to be compatible with our Frink-style hitches and will function very well when the time comes to put it in service. Roadside mowing continues when time and personnel are available The chip-sealed roads, West Brown Road, a portion of East Brown Road and Sovocool Hill Road, from Durfee Road to Cobb Street, have been completed including finish brooming. A drainage problem at the intersection of Lick Street and Clark Street has been addressed with the installation of a new cross-over pipe. The equipment taken to the Lansing Municipal Auction with your permission produced a payment of $4,140.00. I would like to request a Board resolution to place that money in the DA5130.2 account for equipment. RESOLUTION #05-101 – DEPOSIT MUNICIPAL AUCTION PAYMENT INTO DA5130.2 ACCOUNT MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Sovocool Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves that the $4,140.00 proceeds from selling equipment at the Lansing Municipal Auction be deposited in the DA5130.2 Account for Equipment. April L. Scheffler, Town Clerk/Tax Collector – Monthly report was submitted for the Board’s review. She said that there was a scheduled meeting of the Town Clerks and the County Board of Elections concerning next year’s election duties and the fact that the County would be taking possession of the voting machines now in possession of the towns. A. D. Dawson & John Norman, Town Justices – Monthly report was submitted for the Board’s review. Peg Palmer explained that the report was actually a 9-month report. She also reported that they had applied to the County Stop DWI for reimbursement for the stenographer used at their trial and this should be coming in before the end of the year to go back into the justice account. Town Board Minutes Page 9 October11, 2005 PUBLIC HEARING ON JOINT TOWN – VILLAGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Supervisor Morey opened the Public Hearing at 8:07 PM. Clerk Scheffler read the legal notice of Public Hearing which was published in the Town’s legal paper, the Groton Independent, on Wednesday, September 28, 2005. Lyle Raymond – Having chaired the Comprehensive Plan Committee for about three years, and working with a dedicated group of people who have stayed with it through that time, I would just like to make a few remarks given my perception of the Comprehensive Plan. First of all, it is truly comprehensive in that it includes the Village as well as the Town. We have some neighboring towns where they don’t do that and I think we’re on very solid ground in including the Village because I can’t see how one could do a comprehensive plan for the Town without including the Village because that is the center for the Town. It is also truly comprehensive, just to remind you, because it has ten goals and objectives and those ten goals and objectives cover a range of nearly everything in the Town, like quality of life, community character, economy, agriculture, housing, education, municipal services and the environment. We spent many hours, the committee members, on each one of those items. We also got input from the public, as you know, with a public opinion survey fairly early on and the results of that survey were taken into consideration. Each one of those goals is also accompanied by strategies and actions to undertake for those goals. It’s a flexible document but it does not lock the Town Board into some kind of cast iron objective that you can’t get out of. Rather we chose the flexible approach in setting forth those strategies and objectives. Agriculture is recognized as the principal land use in the Town and implications for agriculture is built into every one of the goals and objectives and strategies for action. Also small business is recognized as the heart of the business community in Groton both in the Village and outside. So, I think that we have in hand here a really good document. It’s written in simple prose; fairly easy to read; it’s not lengthy; and therefore I think is not going to be mind-boggling for ordinary folks to read. Tyke Randall – I just would like to applaud the efforts put forth by the, you know I think it’s pretty much unprecedented that the Town and Village got together on a blueprint for the future and I really applaud the group for the effort put into it because in a lot of ways they had to go, the survey results were integral but I think they were less than satisfactory in the amount of input that they did get from the surveys. So, that made their job a little bit more difficult. I did get a chance to read the draft and I’m very impressed with it and I just think we should applaud them for taking and making the effort. Supervisor Morey – George, would you tell us a little bit about what we have to do now? We th can’t really vote on it until after the Village has their public hearing which is October 17, but we can get the SEQR done tonight. George Frantz – I just want to note for the record a few changes. The maps have actually been changed. April gave me a laundry list of corrections, road abandonments and like that are not reflected in the County’s database so I have updated the Town’s maps thanks to her information. I also included information on the South Sports Complex. That’s on page 11 and also a recommendation on page 47. Also, on the page before the table of contents, and this was at the request of the committee, I’ve added a statement, to wit, “In memory of Thomas Guihan, 1924- Town Board Minutes Page 10 October11, 2005 2005, Village Planning Board Member, Town Planning Board Member, Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Member. As far as the SEQR, we have Part I and now we have to go through Part II, which is the checklist of project impacts and their magnitude. I can just guide you through it. One of the things I want to explain is that SEQR is a great tool but when it comes to assessing the impact of comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances, it’s tough. It’s really not designed to do that. What we want to do tonight is actually consider impacts that are directly related to the Comprehensive Plan or to its implementation. You don’t want to consider impacts of activities, say ten or fifteen years down the road that are going to happen anyway whether there’s a comprehensive plan or not. So, it gets a little confusing. Mr. Frantz then went through questions 1-20 of Part II of the Full Environmental Assessment Form – Project Impacts and Their Magnitude, giving the Board his recommendations. Supervisor Morey moved to close the Public Hearing, seconded by Councilman Sovocool, at 8:22 PM. Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION Supervisor Morey then went through questions 1-20 of Part II of the Full Environmental Assessment Form – Project Impacts and Their Magnitude, giving the Board’s official response to each question. A copy of the SEQR, including Part I & II, is attached to the minutes. RESOLUTION #05-102 – DECLARATION OF NEGATIVE IMPACT MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Gamel Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Groton has considered and answered all questions on Part II – Project Impacts and Their Magnitude of the State Environmental Quality Review Full Environmental Assessment Form and WHEREAS, it has been determined that the project will not result in any large or important impacts and is one that will not have a significant impact on the environment THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that a negative declaration will be prepared. Councilman Donald Scheffler, as Recreation Coordinator – This month the recreation department is sponsoring a Halloween Party in conjunction with the Fire Department and local businesses. For the most part everyone is doing their own thing. If the businesses want to do something in front of their store we are trying to coordinate with them. They have a scarecrow contest started. They have games and activities at the Fire Station and the Fire Department is Town Board Minutes Page 11 October11, 2005 doing their usual donuts and cider for the kids. April is doing the fortune teller and there are a lot of things going on around town. RESOLUTION #05-103 – RESCHEDULE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Sovocool Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED , that the Town Board hereby reschedules the November Board Meeting to Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at 7:30 PM due to a conflict with the General Election. RESOLUTION #05-104 – AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN CONTRACT FOR SMALL CITIES GRANT MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Scheffler Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED , that the Town Board hereby authorizes Supervisor Glenn Morey to sign the contract for the 2005 Small Cities Grant. RESOLUTION #05-105 – SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SMALL CITIES GRANT MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Gamel Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby sets a Public Hearing on the 2005 Small Cities Grant for Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at 8:00PM. The 2006 Tentative Budget had been presented. Highlights: Taxable rate went down 4%; Groton Fire Department went up 3.7%; ambulance went up 4%; McLean Fire Department went up 5%; nutrition for the elderly went up 20%. Taxable rate is 7.22 per thousand down from last year’s 7.502. RESOLUTION #05-106 – SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2006 BUDGET MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Scheffler Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby sets a Public Hearing on the 2006 Fiscal Year Budget and the 2005 Fire and Ambulance Budgets for Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at 8:30PM. Town Board Minutes Page 12 October11, 2005 Rick Beals, Kirby, Beals, Maier, PLLC – Was at the meeting to present the draft of the 2004 Fiscal Year Audit. He went through the audit and explained each section of the report. Overall the findings were that the Town is in very good financial condition. An audit of the Justice Court was also done and no problems were found there either. (A copy of the final report will filed in the Town Clerk’s Office and available for review.) Attorney Monty arrived at 8:40 PM and asked the Board for an Executive Session. MOVED by Supervisor Morey to enter Executive Session to discuss litigation, seconded by Councilman Sovocool, at 8:48PM. Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey MOVED by Supervisor Morey, seconded by Councilman Gamel, to return to Regular Session, at 9:07 PM. Ayes - Sovocool, Scheffler, Gamel, Clark, Morey Supervisor Morey – Let the record show that the Executive Session was for information only and no action was taken. Announcements: Municipal Officials Dinner – October 18 at 7:00PM at the Icabod Thank you note from Dyan Lombardi Groton Business Association Dinner – October 29 at 6:00PM at the Benn Conger – meet new businesses There being no further business, Councilman Sovocool moved to adjourn, seconded by Councilman Scheffler, at 9:11 PM. Unanimous. April L. Scheffler, RMC Town Clerk