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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-08-09 -TB . ►: 4 ` y TOWN OF ULYSSES REGULAR BOARD MEETING August 9 , 1994 P RESENT : Supervisor Douglas Rustic ; Town Councilpeople Thomas Reitz , Catherine Stover , Ben Curtis ; Highway S uperintendent James Meeker ; Town Clerk Marsha L . G eorgia ; Councilman Weatherby absent OTHERS PRESENT : Ali Oshinsky , Free Press Reporter ; Matt Howard , , , Boy Scout Supervisor Austic called the Regular Board Meeting of the Town of U lysses to order at 7 : 30 pm and led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance To the Flag of the United States of America . ® Mr . Austic entertained a motion to approve the minutes of a S pecial Board Meeting of 6 / 28 / 94 and the Regular Board Meeting of July 12 , 1994 . Mr . Reitz amended 6 / 28 / 94 minutes as follows ; First page second paragraph - remove last sentence of that paragraph . Mrs . Stover amended 7 - 12 - 94 minutes as follows ; P age three last paragraph should read south end of Village not Town and also on page four second line should read south end of Village and north of the Village on the fourth line . Mr . Reitz amended 7 - 12 - 94 minutes also - page 5 third paragraph last line be deleted . Also paragraph four , line two on that same page should read - Hearing none . Mr . Reitz moved , seconded by Mr . Curtis to approve the minutes of 6 - 28 - 94 and 7 - 12 - 94 as amended . Unanimously approved . CLAIMS Mr . Reitz moved , seconded by Mrs . Stover to approve claims # 215 thru # 246 in the amount of $ 23 , 678 . 72 as presented to the Board . Mr . Austic aye Mr . Reitz aye Mrs . Stover aye Mr . Curtis aye Adopted REPORT Trumansburq Fire Department absent REPORT - Representative Peter Meskill ® absent REPORTS Town Clerk Mrs . Georgia reported that for the month of July $ 1 , 721 . 86 in total fees were collected of which $ 892 . 14 was turned over to the Supervisor along with a written report . She announced that r Town of Ulysses 2 Regular Board Meeting 8 - 9 - 94 Sporting Licenses for 94 - 95 will go on sale starting Monday August 15th . Highway Superintendent. Mr . Meeker reported that for the month of July they had been mowing roadside , cleaned ditch on Cold Springs / Iradell Rd . , ✓ epaired FWD truck and Mack truck , dug out some bad spots on G lenwood Rd , hauled crushed stone for Willow Creek Rd . shoulder materials , helped the Town of Newfield do some paving , , , May have specs for Salt Shed soon . B oard Members Councilman Thomas Reitz Mr . Reitz reported that he had toured Gow Chevy ( SBA owns now ) w ith the Library building committee to look into that building as a possible site for a new library and possibly share the site w ith the Town . He reported his findings to Mr . Austic and Mrs . Stover at another meeting and they had reservations . He would like Ben ' s feelings . Mr . Reitz gave the general overview . The g eneral consensus was not to get involved with this building re : too costly to purchase and too costly to renovate and the site is n ot cleaned up and certified by DEC . . Talks can certainly stay o pened . Mr . Reitz reported that the Inter - municipal Committee for Youth had met and they may have a proposal together . They would like to present it to the Town Board , Village Board and Youth Commission . It was decided to set up a meeting between September 9 - 30 , maybe around the 15th . Mr . Austic will set up a meeting . Mr . Reitz informed the Board that he had asked Mr . Borden , several weeks ago , to come in and give the Town a price on cleaning the air ducts from the furnace . He has not come in as yet . Councilman Ben Curtis Mr . Curtis also commented on the Youth Meeting . Mr . Curtis suggested having a contractor come in and give us some prices on a new heating system and or cooling : yst_ en that would be adequate now and if we added on in the future . Councilwoman Catherine Stover Mrs . Stover reported that she had talked with Tom Richardson , TC S olid Waste . The glass can not be put into one bin has to be separated . The Fairboard has not contacted Tom . She talked with Calvin and he would be agreeable to have a teenager help out at the center . She did ask what the outlook on the recycling centers are for the future as far as being kept open . Mr . Richardson stated that if any stay open it would be Trumansburg ' s . Mrs . Stover reported that the Master Plan Committee has been (I/ w orking on a survey to be mailed out . They are not sure as yet to what list of residents to send the survey to . They have talked about using the voter registration list or the assessment list . T . C . Assessment will provide labels and this may be the best way to go . One of their thoughts is to include a question on the survey asking what school district they preferred . Supervisor Douglas Austic Mr . Austic stated that the questions on the survey need to be w orded in a way that they are not leading to a particular answer . Town of Ulysses 3 Regular Board Meeting 8 - 9 - 94 It may be possible to get some help from someone like Cornell to help set up questions . Mr . Austic stated that due to the circumstances there is no " Supervisor ' s Financial Statement " . We may have a slight set back . We may need some assistance and may have to look into the purchase of a computer and possibly software that any one can understand . The accounts now are on a program that was written by Jeanne herself . He and Mrs . Georgia are going to her home to down load information from her computer tomorrow . Mrs . Georgia will type the accounts payable checks tomorrow and process by hand . He has talked with a couple of people . OLD BUSINESS Water District Mr . Austic attended the Village Board meeting last night and they passed a resolution in favor of the Towns ' s proposal . They did not want to get into saying they would commit to x number of gallons for the simple reason they wanted to know what is in it for the Village . The next step was - he called a couple of engineering firms and they are coming in this week to estimate a cost for doing this - an engineering study - whatever we have to do for the -Grant . Than it comes down to are the business people willing to do that . Mr . Curtis asked if the business people would front the money for the engineering study . Mr . Austic - or are we ( Town ) willing to do that and get it back from them - the law says they will do it - if they are willing or not . Mr . Curtis has a real problem with that and feels they ( the business ' s ) may have a problem - where as money is being put out without some commitment at the other end . Mr . Austic - I tried to get this last night - little hope . Mr . Curtis - little hope for that ? - how much over there when push comes to shove . Mr . Austic - I don ' t think there will be a problem giving the water - there is a problem with giving the water for nothing - they have all these problems and wonder if we can somehow help them out . That ' s when I asked them what they wanted . J Mr . Curtis - I think I would feel comfortable if the Village came co'is• ,L: down and right out - be up front - and said " Your proposal provides this , this , and this " - so we know what has to be in our L�v ® grant proposal . Either that we will free up whatever that amount � IP of water is . Than I would feel better about saying lets go ahead . /6\68;; Mr . Austic - one board member was hesitant , but the others were concerned that you ' re asking the Village to do something after they ' ve spent all this money in their water system , which is true , may cause a detriment to their system , may or may not and they want to know how - are we willing to do - provide another well or anything they may need - work on it with them - I do not see a problem with - if we are guaranteed the water . Town of Ulysses 4 Regular Board Meeting 8 - 9 - 94 Mr . Curtis - I think we need a commitment - if we can come up with a way to provide them with a second well - - Mr . Austic - we do not know what they want - need something firm from them - - maybe after I talk with the engineers . Mr . Austic stated that Hunt Engineering would be willing to write g rants also . S ales tax Resolution Mr . Reitz mentioned some additional information he had received that may be important to look into on " Sales Tax Monies " and how it could be distributed . Mr . austic will look into this and the board decided to table this resolution until next board meeting . IID n Other Jr ,& Mr . Curtis announced that he has been appointed as the Chairman Von the Cable Commission . N EW BUSINESS P ublic Comment Resolution It was the general consensus of the Board to limit public comment to 2 to 5 minutes . If someone wishes to be heard and they pre - call we can put them on the agenda and ask for information to be distributed to the board prior to the meeting so that the board can be informed . The intent of the proposed resolution was not certainly to discourage public comments but to only allow the board to be pre - informed of the material to be discussed . Cat Licensing Mr . Curtis moved , seconded by Mr . Austic the following ; RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses , after d ue consideration and on behalf of its constituents goes on record as being opposed to t he licensing of cats in Tompkins County , at this time . Mr . Austic aye Mr . Reitz aye Mrs . Stover aye Mr . Curtis aye Adopted Correspondence Mr . Austic reviewed correspondence received . Mrs . Stover moved to adjourn to an Executive Session to discuss possible litigation , seconded by Mr . Reitz . Mr . Austic aye Mr . Reitz aye Mrs . Stover aye Mr . Curtis aye Adopted Meeting adjourned to Executive Session . Regular Board Meeting re - adjourned at 10 : 35 pm . 1IPIP Town of Ulysses 5 Regular Board Meeting 8 - 9 - 94 Mr . Curtis moved , seconded by Mrs . Stover to authorize Douglas Austic , Supervisor and Thomas Reitz , Building Maintenance Chairman to interview and hire a person for cleaner for the Town Hall and stay within the budget . Mr . Austic aye Mr . Reitz aye Mrs . Stover aye Mr . Curtis aye III Adopted Hearing no further business a motion was made to adjourn the meeting . Unanimously approved . Meeting adjourned at 10 : 40 pm . ® Respectfully submitted , Marsha L . Georgia MLG : mg III