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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 1979-10-09 TOWN OF ITHACA REGULAR BOARD MEETING October 9 , 1979 - 5 : 30 p . m . At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca ; Tompkins County , New York , held at the Town of Ithaca Offices at 126 East Seneca Street , Ithaca , New York , on the 9th day of October , 1979 , at 5 : 30 p . m . , there were ® PRESENT : Noel Desch , Supervisor Andrew W . McElwee , Councilman Catherine Valentino , Councilwoman Shirley A . Raffensperger , Councilwoman ® George Kugler , Councilman ALSO PRESENT . Lawrence P . Fabbroni , Town Engineer Jean Swartwood , Administrative Supervisor Nancy Fuller , Administrator and Executive Secretary Representatives of the Media : Michele Van Buren , WTKO Syd Waldman , WHCU ABSENT : Victor Del Rosso , Councilman Robert N . Powers , Councilman PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Supervisor Desch led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance . WATER SERVICE REFUND Supervisor Desch reported that a letter had been received from Mr . Ray Thomas , Communications Dispatcher , Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission , that Dr . Gordon Arquit , 130 Christopher Circle , had made a double payment on the July , 1979 , water bill and that a refund in the amount of $ 20 . 44 should be made to him . RESOLUTION NO . 204 , 1979 r Motion by Supervisor Desch ; seconded by Councilwoman Raffensperger , RESOLVED , that as the result of a double payment on his water bill for July , 1979 a refund in the amount of $ 20 . 44 is hereby approved for Dr . Gordon Arquit , 130 Christopher Circle , Account # 188 - 022538 . ® ( Kugler , Valentino , McElwee , Raffensperger , and Desch voting Aye . Nays - none ) ® ADJOURNED BOLTON POINT PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON TENTATIVE BUDGET Proof of posting and publication of notice of public informa - tional hearing on the Bolton Point tentative budget having been pre - sented by the Town Clerk , Supervisor Desch opened the hearing . Supervisor Desch reviewed with Board members the tentative Bolton Point budget . Councilman McElwee inquired why the item : " Administration " , $ 161 , 539 was so high . Supervisor Desch said that the 1980 budget is based on an entirely new chart of accounts . He said it is diffi - cult to make comparisons between 1979 and 1980 because of this change - over . He said , however , that it is possible to compare the total �S Town Board Minutes - 2 - October 9 , 1979 Project I budget and estimated total costs for 1979 with the total proposal for 1980 . He said that " Administration " in 1980 covers salaries of the Chief of Plant Operations , Business Manager , operat - ing overtime , auditor , attorneys and consultants . Supervisor Desch said that the last page of .the Bolton Point 1980 budget material he had prepared for the Board and for the public shows a list of priority equipment items not yet requested or budgeted for . He said this list will be studied in the future but that the items on the list are not included in the 1980 budget . Councilwoman Raffensperger said she had had an inquiry about the cost of chemicals and that she assumed these are covered under the item " Treatment Supplies " . The inquiry had to do with ® the possibility that the treatment process might be a charcoal process . This was suggested at the time of the construction of the Bolton Point . plant . Supervisor Desch agreed that the cost of chemicals is for the most part covered under the item " Treatment Supplies " but also includes laboratory supplies ( but that laboratory supplies also in - coudes some items which are not chemicals ) . Councilwoman Raffensperger inquired whether it might be possible at this time to consider the feasibility of the charcoal treatment . Supervisor Desch said there would be a substantial capital cost in converting to charcoal treat - ment and that he was not sure at this time there would be a savings in doing that . He said chlorination must be done in any event so that about $ 17 , 000 of the almost $ 25 , 000 must be budgeted for that . He said that some of the things which would be necessary in a change - over to a charcoal process would be counter - productive . Mr . Syd Waldman , WHCU , asked the Supervisor to explain the sprinkler charge . The Supervisor explained that the common way of handling fire service , as required by the Fire Underwriters , is to have a separate line from the pipe out in the street so that if there is a fire , the sprinklers will respond at any time no matter how much water is being used for other purposes . He said that the charge is $ 20 . 00 per diameter inch of the pipe and that , for example , if there is an 8 - inch main the charge would be eight times $ 20 . 00 , or $ 160 . 00 . Mr . Waldman asked how much revenue the Town expected from that charge ( sprinklers ) . Supervisor Desch said somewhere between $ 5 , 000 and $ 10 , 000 , but that the cost of fire insurance coverage is only 1 / 7 to 1 / 8 of what the cost would be without a sprinkler system , so that there will still be a substantial net savings to owners . No other persons appeared who wished to be heard . Therefore , the Supervisor closed the hearing , and the Board acted as follows : RESOLUTION NO . 205 , 1979 ® Motion by Supervisor Desch ; seconded by Councilman McElwee , RESOLVED , that the tentative Bolton Point budget , as presented at ® this hearing , copy of which is attached to the master copy of these minutes , is hereby approved as the Preliminary Budget for the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission ( Bolton Point ) for the year 1980 . ( Kugler , McElwee , Raffensperger , Valentino , and Desch voting Aye . Nays - none ) INTERVIEWS FOR BUILDING INSPECTOR Supervisor Desch announced that after this meeting the Board would interview candidates for Building Inspector , that the interviews would be at half - hour intervals . Mr . Fabbroni noted that the applications had been screened but that no previous interviews were done . 7 � Town Board Minutes - 3 - October 9 , 1979 CITY OF ITHACA YOUTH BUREAU BUDGET AND FIRE CONTRACT Supervisor Desch referred to a letter he had written to Mayor Conley , City of Ithaca , with regard to the City ' s proposals concerning the Town ' s contribution to the support of youth recrea - tion programs and cost of fire protection to the Town of Ithaca in the year 1980 . Supervisor Desch and other members of the Board expressed the hope that the Town of Ithaca would receive , prior to the pro - posed meeting on October 22 , 1979 , documentation with respect to the proposed budget increases . Supervisor Desch also noted there would be another meeting on November 14 , 1979 with particular reference to the contributions of other municipalities in support of the City of Ithaca youth recrea - tion programs . BOLTON POINT WARRANTS RESOLUTION NO . 206 , 1979 Motion by Supervisor Desch ; seconded by Councilman Kugler , RESOLVED , that the Bolton Point warrants dated October 9 , 1979 in the Operating Account are hereby approved , in the amount of $ 61 , 452 . 43 , after review , and upon the recommendation of the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission that they are in order for payment . ( McElwee , Raffensperger , Valentino , Kugler , and Desch voting Aye . Nays - none ) TOWN OF ITHACA WARRANTS RESOLUTION NO . 207 , 1979 Motion by Councilman McElwee ; seconded by Councilwoman Raffensperger , RESOLVED , that this Town Board hereby approves the Town of Ithaca warrants dated October 9 , 1979 , in the following amounts : General Fund - Town -Wide . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35 , 078 . 44 General Fund - Outside Village . . . . . 4 , 879 . 55 Highway Fund 37 , 608 . 36 Water and Sewer Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 , 178 . 20 Capital Sewer Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41826 . 71 Parks Fund 61289 . 02 Lighting Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 . 16 ( Kugler , McElwee , Valentino , Raffensperger , and Desch voting Aye . Nays - none ) EXECUTIVE SESSION 1pRESOLUTION NO . 208 , 1979 Motion by Supervisor Desch ; seconded by Councilwoman Raffensperger , RESOLVED , that this Town Board retire into executive session to discuss the matter of the Revocable Licenses from Cornell University for a public bikeway in the following areas : The abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad right - of -way extending north from Honness Lane to Mitchell Street ; and the abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad right - of - way extending north from Mitchell Street to Maple Avenue ( both as owned by Cornell University ) . ( Kugler , McElwee , Valentino , Raffensperger , and Desch voting Aye . Nays - none ) Town Board Minutes - 4 - October 9 , 1979 Councilwoman Raffensperger reported on a meeting with Robert , M . Matyas , Vice President , Facilities and Business Opera - tions , Cornell University , which she attended as a representative of the Town of Ithaca . She reported that Mr . Tlatyas agreed that he would sign the two revocable licenses and the Town should receive them in several days . The Town. Board reconvened in open session , and there being no further business to come before the Board , the meeting was duly adjourned . Gtr EdkSpd L . Bergen ® Town Clerk