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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-12-09 - TB 3qL7 TOWN OF ULYSSES REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING December 9, 1997 PRESENT: Supervisor Douglas Austic; Councilpeople Catherine Stover, Carolyn Duddleston, Peter Penniman, and Robert Weatherby . Highway Superintendent James Meeker; Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rauchun; Town Clerk Marsha L. Georgia. OTHERS PRESENT: TCP Board of Representative Peter Meskill ; Grace Wolf, Free Press Reporter. Supervisor Austic called the meeting to order and led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Austic entertained a motion for the approval and asked for any corrections of the minutes of the Regular Town Board Meeting of November 11 , 1997 and the Special Town Board Meeting of November 20, 1997 . Mrs. Stover stated that page 2, paragraph 2 of the 11 -20-97 meeting should read private lands not private ands. Also Mrs. Duddleston pointed out on page 6, paragraph 3 in the 11 - 11 -97 meeting should read action not actin. Hearing no further changes Mrs. Duddleston moved, seconded by Mrs. Stover to approve the minutes of 11 - 11 -97 and 11 -20-97 . Hearing no objection the minutes were approved unanimously. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS The Board previously examined the vouchers. Mr. Austic stated the voucher presented by Kenneth Lansing for the DARE expenses were over what the Youth Commission had recommended and also over what the Town Board had budgeted . This will be reduced to $2500 and Mr. Austic will speak to Mr. Lansing. Hearing no other changes Mr. Penniman moved, seconded by Mrs. Duddleston ; RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approves voucher # 379 through #421 in the amount of $34,202 . 02 . Mr. Austic aye Mrs. Stover aye Mrs. Duddleston aye Mr. Penniman aye Mr. Weatherby aye Adopted. REPRESENTATIVES REPORTS COUNTY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE PETER MESIQLL reported that the County Budget had been approved and that there will be a decrease in taxes of around 1 . 6% . Also the Solid Waste Fee will be reduced to $53 from $57 for single family dwellings. Also they are looking at the boarding out prices of prisoners and some alternatives. Such as a monitoring system, double bunking, converting garage. Also the State recommends that there be 60 square feet per prisoner and our jail has 90 square feet and maybe something there can be done. Mr. Meskill stated that the reason for the reduction in the Solid Waste Fee is that they have a reserve of 1M and some of that was used . Town of Ulysses 2 3R-1 Regular Board Meeting 12-9-97 Mr. Meskill thanked Mrs. Stover, on behalf of the people, for her dedication over the last several years that she served on the Town Board faithfully . TRUMANSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT - report was copied and put into the Board ' s baskets . OTHERS none heard. TOWN REPORTS: HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT JAMES MEEKER reported trucks that needed NYS Inspection were done, they hauled stone for the County and two of his trucks need tires. Mr. Austic stated there may be money for flood damaged property repair. Mr. Meeker said that he and Mr. Austic could look into that . CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ALEX RACHUN reported three permits had been issued for November. Permits for one new start and two additions. He has received an application and rough drawing for the New Park Facility/Lodge on Taughannock Blvd . He reviewed the opinion from Attorney Bruce Wilson on the best way to proceed with this project . Bruce feels the best way would be for the developer to apply to the Town Board for a PUD . This type of project would fit the criteria. Mr. Rachun asked the Board if they felt this would be the best way to proceed . The Board felt it most likely was. Mr. Rachun will have the developer submit complete plans for the project . It first gets presented to the Town Board; Mr. Rachun will review for completeness and than forward to the Planning Board for their recommendation to the Town Board . The Town Board would than hold a public hearing. Mr. Rachun would highly recommend Mrs. Stover continue on the Master Plan Committee to work on the Comprehensive Plan. This was unanimously agreed to. Mrs. Stover would very much like to do that. TOWN CLERK MARSHA L GEORGIA reported for the month of November a total of $ 1 , 752 dollars were collected in fees and $482 . 28 was turned over to the Supervisor along with the monthly report . Still busy with Conservation Licenses; having sent the State a total of $ 1 , 166 in fees . Mrs. Georgia presented to the Board the work she has done on renumbering Iradell Road . She pointed out all the short falls that she is running into . One of the examples that she presented was the Town of Ithaca' s numbers on Iradell . She pointed out there are only nine houses and they do not even go in order. She is having a difficult time with this because even after this is done it will not be right . It is impossible to go back to the original three digit numbers because they were wrong to begin with . She would much rather work with the Town of Ithaca and Town of Enfield and do the entire road correctly. COMMITTEES AND BOARD MEMBERS Councilwoman Duddleston reported she has a youth meeting on Thursday. She asked Supervisor Austic if he had received the contract yet . He stated he had not and she told him she would ask for it again . Councilman Peter Penniman reported the Community Links has met and they have a couple of projects that they are addressing . One is Historical Markers to identify places of interest in the Town. The other one being that a committee has been established to coordinate all of the different Web Sites in the Village and the Town and to sort them out for possibly duplication of efforts and than maybe to link them all together Town of Ulysses 3 a8 Regular Board Meeting 12-9-97 Making then more enhanced . The volunteer the Town was using to put the minutes on the Web is no longer doing this and we need to find another volunteer to do these. The minutes have not been updated since July 1997. SUPERVISOR' S FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Austic presented the Town Board with the report and he reviewed . No questions were asked. OLD BUSINESS COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE PAYROLL PROCEDURES Mrs. Duddleston and Mrs. Stover will meet and discuss the procedure. They will get the advice of Attorney Bruce Wilson on doing the work in house . The Board feels that the Town provides the space and the equipment in the Town Hall and it would be better done here. Also it would eliminate having important documents leave the Court Office. Councilwomen Stover and Duddleston will meet Thursday morning to discus the process. RESCIND ORIGINAL RESOLUTION RE : GREGG STREET Supervisor Austic stated the Board needed to rescind the original resolution passed at the November 11 , 1997 Board Meeting on the Quitclaim Deed for Gregg Street due to the passing of the resolution on November 20th, 1997 that replaces it . Mrs. Stover moved, seconded by Mrs. Duddleston. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the TOWN OF ULYSSES rescind the resolution dated 11 - 11 -97 for the Quitclaim Deed to the Village of Trumansburg for Gregg Street. Mr. Austic aye Mrs. Stover aye Mrs. Duddleston aye Mr. Penniman aye Mr. Weatherby aye Adopted. OTHER none heard. NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION OF PLANNING BOARD APPLICANTS Mr. Austic presented the letters of interest from four applicants to the Board. They are William Fearn, William Vella, Clare Caner and Brain Cutler. A meeting was set up for December 18th at 7 PM to interview the applicants. Mr. Austic will call and ask the applicants to bring a resume with them for the interview. The interviews will be scheduled fifteen minutes apart . MORATORIUM ADULT ENTERTAINMENT / ORDINANCE CHANGE Mr. Austic informed the Board that there were some concerned residents that felt that the Town Board should consider putting in place a moratorium on adult entertainment or wait and address it in the Town' s Master Plan / Zoning Ordinance. Some feel Adult Entertainment needs to be addressed before the Town faces a situation like the Town of Groton faced. The Board decided to have the Attorney look into this and possibly write something up . Mr. Rachun stated Bruce suggested it could be placed in one of the Industrail or Commercial Zones where they would have to build a building. Either way it will have to Town of Ulysses 4 �� 1 Regular Board Meeting 12-9-97 be spelled out what adult entertainment is. A moratorium may take longer than doing the law. Mr. Austic will have Bruce look into this and have him find a definition. FEE FOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS Mrs. Stover moved, seconded by Mrs. Duddleston to establish a new fee for a PUD application. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the TOWN OF ULYSSES establishes a fee of $ 100 for an application for a Planned Unit Development . Mr. Austic aye Mrs. Stover aye Mrs. Duddleston aye Mr. Penniman aye Mr. Weatherby aye Adopted . APPLICATION FOR Community Center Revitalization Program Grant Mr. Austic stated the grant application has been completed and will be filed with the Tompkins County Planning Department by Thursday, December 11 , 1997 . The grant is for landscaping, sidewalks and possibly a parking lot. The grant could be as much as $7, 500 . OTHER Mr. Austic is in receipt of the renewed contract from the T. C . Drug Testing Program for the Highway Department . He also has the S .P . C . A. contract for 1998 . The Board authorized Supervisor Austic to sign both and return . Mrs. Stover asked if the Board wanted to continue with the Gift Certificate for the employees at Christmas. Mr. Austic suggested that this year they include the Planning Board and also the Zoning Board of Appeals. It was also decided that Paul Briggs, Stone Mason receive one also . Mr. Penniman wanted to extend the words of Peter Meskill to Catherine and thank her for all the hard word she has put into the Town Government . Mrs. Stover stated that it has been eight years and she has enjoyed working with everyone . Hearing no further business Mr. Weatherby moved for adjournment seconded by Mr. Penniman. Unanimously approved . Meeting adjourned at 9 : 15 PM. Respectfully submitted, MARSHA L GEORGIA Ulysses Town Clerk MLG: mg A