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TOWN OF ULYSSES
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
July 12 , 1994
PRESENT : Supervisor Douglas Austic ; Board Members Thomas Reitz ,
Catherine Stover , Ben Curtis and Robert Weatherby ;
Highway Superintendent James Meeker ; Deputy Clerk Paula
Mount ; Building / Zoning Off . Alex Rachun
OTHERS PRESENT : Ali / Freepress Reporter , Marion Borytinski , Ruth
Kahn , Mr . and Mrs . Mehlenbacker , Laura & Jean Pearsall ,
Charles Lounsberry .
Supervisor Austic called the Regular Town Board Meeting to order
at 7 : 30 pm and led ° those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag of The United States of America .
MINUTES
Regular Hoard Meeting 6 - 14 - 94 - - Mr . Reitz moved , seconded by
Mrs . Stover to approve . Unanimously approved .
Special Board Meeting 6 - 28 - 94 - - Tabled
CLAIMS
Mr . Reitz moved , seconded by Mrs . Stover to transfer $ 980 from
A1320 . 04 to A1990 . 04 , reversing last months transfer because this
should have come out of encumbered funds of 1993 .
Mr . Austic aye
Mr . Reitz aye
Mrs . Stover aye
Mr . Curtis aye
Mr . Weatherby aye
Adopted
Mrs . Stover moved , seconded by Mr . Curtis to approve 1994
Youth monies as follows ( list attached ) :
$ 3500 . Summer Recreation
2984 . Ulysses Youth Unlimited
3000 . Library Summer Reading
2500 . D . A . R . E .
500 . DayCare - Planning
1500 . DayCare - Implement
3600 . Summer Youth Payroll
$ 17 , 584 Total
Total Appropriation $ 17 , 769 in 1994 Budget .
Mr . Reitz abstained
® Mrs . Stover aye
Mr . Curtis aye
Mr . Weatherby aye
Adopted
Mr . Reitz moved , seconded by Mrs . Stover to approve claims # 191 -
214 in the amount of $ 16 , 002 . 70 as presented .
Mr . Austic aye
Mr . Reitz aye
Mrs . Stover aye
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Mr . Curtis aye
Mr . Weatherby aye
Adopted
REPORTS FIRE DEPT / / REPRESENTATIVE PETER MESKILL en
absent
H EARING OF INDIVIDUALS / DELEGATIONS
Mrs . Boratynski requested to be heard earlier in the meeting and
the board agreed to this . Marion repeated a request to the
✓ illage and Town Board and Highway Departments to suspend the use
o f pesticides as a weed and brush control method along our public
road right - of - ways and encouraged the Ulysses Town Board and
Highway Department to actively pursue integrated pest management ,
w eed and brush control strategies . She presented and read ' a
letter addressed to Highway Superintendent James Meeker from her
attorney Susan Hajda Brock , requesting that the Highway '
D epartment and its agents refrain from spraying herbicides or
pesticides on Curry Road ( copy of letter on file in Town Clerk 's
O ffice ) . Mrs . Boratynski reiterated her stand on spraying and
asked the Highway Superintendent where he was sp.raying ' and_ Fihen .
Mr . Meeker stated that he had no schedule for spraying for this
year as yet .
Mrs . Kahn asked if he had considered an alternative to spraying
w ith chemicals .
Mr . Meeker stated that he uses very little chemicals , that they
d o a lot of brush work and extensive mowing projects so they
don ' t use a lot of chemicals . Marion has never come to me and
asked , she contacts others . I am the one in charge of the
h ighways and she has never contacted me . Mr . Meeker stated ' that
in the future she could speak directly with the Town attorney .
Charles Lounsberry stated that the end of Curry Road looked '
terrible .
Jean Pearsall would like to be notified .
Marion continued and stated that she had hired an attorney to
protect her rights as a property owner .
REPORTS
Town Clerk
D eputy Paula Mount reported that for the month of June the
Clerk ' s office collected a total of $ 2260 , of which $ 1676 . 15 was
turned over to the Supervisor along with a written report . She
also reported that Mrs . Georgia has written the SPCA and asked
them to do a breakdown of the cost of the $ 35 , 000 expense far cat
patrol , as to how many strays and how many cats have been turned
over to them from the Town of Ulysses . Mrs . Georgia attended a
meeting with TC Budget / Finance . At this meeting they reported
that they were 1 ) looking into writing a new program for the
collection of taxes ; 2 ) would be charging the Towns for printing
o f the tax bills , $ . 08 per bill and 3 ) asked the Town Collectors
to consider collecting the solid waste fees starting in January
o f 95 .
Mrs . Mount announced that her and Mrs . Georgia would be attending
mandatory meetings in reference to the Grant for Microfilming .
Mrs . Georgia had left a copy of resolution re : opposing cat
licensing - - the board tabled at this time .
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Highway Superintendent
Mr . Meeker reported that for the month of June he had put in a
new electric line for his fuel tanks ; helped Village stone and
oiled some roads ; repaired truck ; paved Willow Creek Road and had
cleaned up the recycling center ,
Code Enforcement Officer
Mr . Racchun reported that seven permits had been issued for the
month of June and that he was also working putting a proposal
together for a _A . R . . Grant for a water District . He told of the
problems that the South end of -q-o-w - business ' s are having with
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Mr . Austic reported he had received a petition for water from
property owners at the South end of to establish a Water
District . He also has a letter from Thaler & Thaler , representing
Mr . Auble , about water at the other end of rth . He also
reported about receiving information from R .I Miller Assoc . , a
grant writer . The cast to the Town for a single . grant would be
roughly $ 2900 and if the Town wanted to purchase the service . far
a three month period to write any number of grants on anything
that they could find that would be $ 4000 . Jim Seafuse and Tim
Maguire would be willing to help pay for this and possibly the
Village .
Mr . Reitz requested to have a meeting with the Village to
discuss the petition for water and this cost of grant writing ,
also invite the petitioners ,
Mr . Weatherby asked Alex when the Grant was due . Alex stated
that it is due September 19th with some preliminary work due in
August .
Mr , Austic stated that he was going to check with a couple of
organizations that were using them .
Mr . Weatherby agreed that a joint meeting would be in order.
Mr . Austic will set up the meeting .
Board Members
Mr . Reitz attended the Ithaca - Tompkins County Transportation
Council where they discussed the Tompkins County Bikeways . A
Bicycle Task Team has been established to assist the
transportation council in the identification and examination of
major issues associated with the development and operation of the
transportation system within the context of the area . Tom handed
out copies to the board of the " goals & objectives " , which also
includes a map of existing bikeways and the proposed bikeways .
( attached )
Mr . Reitz reported that he will being attending an Inter -
municipal Recreation Meeting on Thursday evening .
Mrs . Stover reported on the Recycling Center and the problems - -
she stated that one of the highway crew spent 4 1 / 2 hours
cleaning it up and still there is stuff outside the bins after
Saturday . Not sure how to handle - - maybe we need to offer
Calvin an additional half hour or hour of labor to clean up . A
lot of things left that should not be nor are the dumpsters or
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the Salvation Army bin being emptied in a timely manner .
D oug asked what the Fair Boards feelings are . Mr . Weatherby
stated that he had talked to a few of them . Some do not want it
there at all and some others feel that there can be some
compromising - - with the Town 'or the County . They do want
inside the fence area blacktopped so it will be easier to clean
up . They do not want the mess - - some of them are willing to let
the office be used in the winter but they have mixed feeling on
that also because of the traffic in and out .
Mr . Austic stated that it is not the Town ' s land and the Town
really needs to have a contract with the Fair Board or better yet
the County needs to have the contract with the Fair Assoc .
The Fair Board should write a memo to the Town stating their ' O
concerns , so the Town knows . Originally it was suppose to be .
jointly run by the Town and the Village . But we do need ' y
g uidelines . - - _ _ _ . • - • . - - . . . : ,\ °' of
Mr . Austic asked the Board if they needed any ' 'explanation to the
Cash Flow Statement / Budget Status . Hearing kA nw . He reported
meeting with the director of Tom/ Tram re : bus shelters - - he
contacted the owner of the Jacksonville Post Office and he will
g et back with him - - the other location is at Auble ' s Trailer
Park - - Mr . Auble would allow - - the other locations are by the
S chool and at the Park - In - Ride . The building will not be here
until next spring but before that we may be auble to get the
concrete floors down .
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Mr . Weatherby asked who would maintain these shelters . Mr .
Austic stated that the County does - - time will tell .
O LD BUSINESS
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Library Building Committee Meeting
Mr . Austic announced that the Library Building Committee wants to
meet with the Board Members Thursday July 14th at 7 pm to discuss
their plans for building and the Town ' s plans to see if it is
possible to work together on a building .
Youth Meeting Discussion
Mr . Austic stated he did not have all the figures together
because of the holiday . Mr . Reitz stated that they are meeting
Thursday and discussing different things but no firm budget
numbers are available at this time .
Cleaning Pay
Mr . Austic feels this should be discussed at Executive Session
after the meeting .
Other a
Mr . Austic stated that he has a request from Justice Rector and
Justice Springer to attend the annual Magistrates Meeting in
Rochester in September and a Seminar at St . Lawrence July 25th ,
cost would be about $ 250 each .
Mr . Reitz moved , seconded by Mr . Curtis to authorize Justice
Springer and Justice Rector to attend the Justice Seminar in
St . Lawrence starting July 25th .
Further Resolved that the Town will cover all necessary
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expenses per the Town ' s travel voucher .
Mr . Austic aye
Mr . Reitz aye
Mrs . Stover aye
Mr . Curtis aye
Mr . Weatherby aye
Adopted
NEW BUSINESS
Senior Citizens Funding
Mr . Austic has received a letter from the Tompkins County Senior
Citizens Council requesting funding , he has also received calls .
The Board will file this under budget requests for 1995 .
Sales Tax Resolution
Tabled for the August meeting .
Holidays
To be talked about in executive session - personnel matter .
Other
County Youth Contract
The Board authorized Supervisor Austic to sign the contract with
the Tompkins County Youth Bureau as modified by the County ( copy
attached ) .
Correspondence
Previously mentioned through meeting .
Mr . Austic moved , seconded by Mr . Reitz to adjourn to executive
session to discuss several personnel matters .
Mr . Austic aye
Mr . Reitz aye
Mrs . Stover aye
Mr . Curtis aye
Mr . Weatherby aye
Adopted
Adjourned to Executive Session at 9 : 15 pm .
Board reopened Regular Meeting .
Mr . Curtis moved to set the hourly rate for Calvin Bailey at
$ 6 . 50 per hour , to do the cleaning at the Town Hall ,
seconded by Mr . Reitz ,
Mr . Austic aye
Mr . Reitz aye
Mrs . Stover aye
Mr . Curtis aye
Mr . Weatherby aye
Adopted
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Motion made to adjourn the meeting . Unanimously approved ,
Meeting adjourned at 10 pm .
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Respectively submitted ,
Marsha L . Georgia
Ulysses Town Clerk
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