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TOWN OF DRYDEN
TOWN BOARD MEETING
May 21, 2015
Present: Supervisor Mary Ann Sumner, Cl Gregory Sloan, Cl Joseph
Solomon, Cl Jason Leifer, Cl Linda Lavine
Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk
Other Town Staff: Ray Burger, Director of Planning
Supv Sumner opened the meeting at 7:05 p.m.
CITIZENS PRIVILEGE
Marie McRae, speaking as a Solar Tompkins board member, said last year the program
had 400 installations and generated about 50 new jobs in the county. This year they are trying
to launch another program. They would like to present a program of community meetings
educating folks on how to tighten up their houses for energy efficiency, energy audits, and how
to go to electrically sourced heat for space and hot water. That is heat pumps, geo thermal, and
hot water heaters. The focus is trying to bring down carbon emissions and save people money.
They have applied to the Park Foundation for funding to this work and received partial funding.
They are trying to close the funding gap. They will hire a program director and that will be the
only paid position. Jonathon Comstock & Irene Weiser presented a request for funding to
TCCOG for additional funding from each town in the county. M McRae asked the board to
consider supporting them. Caroline passed a proposal for services and she distributed copies
of that substituting Dryden for Caroline. She also presented a copy of correspondence with
Guy Krogh supporting concept of this proposal.
Supv Sumner said the board will discuss this at the June agenda meeting and then any
action would be taken at the business agenda meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Closure of Stevenson Road
Supv Sumner said the town has received a request to annually close Stevenson Road for the
Skunk Cabbage Race. The Highway Superintendent has agreed it is doable.
Steve Shaum explained the race has been held annually for 30 years. It goes through
Cornell campus, on Dryden roads and crosses Route 366. Game Farm Road has been closed
for the race from Route 366 to Stevenson Road and they would like to close Stevenson Road for
the runners’ safety. They would like to do this on April 10, 2016 and for future races. The
closure time would generally be 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and local traffic would be allowed.
RESOLUTION #79 (2015) – CLOSE STEVENSON ROAD
Cl Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Finger Lakes Runners’ Club is sponsoring 5K and 10k road races to
promote physical fitness and health through running and desires to use Stevenson Road as
part of their course, and
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WHEREAS, the safety of the public and race participants is best protected by a
temporary closure of the road during the road race, and
WHEREAS, Town Law section 64 (10-b) authorizes the town board to set terms and
conditions for issuance of a permit by the town superintendent of highways to hold a road race
on Stevenson Road and temporarily block such road during the event, and
WHEREAS, the road, although blocked, will still be open to authorized emergency or
hazard vehicles, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the temporary closure of
Stevenson Road on April 10, 2016, from 9:30 am until 1:00 pm. to accommodate the “Skunk
Cabbage Classic” 10K and half marathon road races, with the condition that race personnel be
posted at each end of Stevenson Road to notify drivers of the reason and expected duration of
the road closure and any requirements of the Town Highway Superintendent are complied
with.
2nd Cl Solomon
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
Senior Court Clerk
Supv Sumner explained that because of Civil Service regulations, the town needs to
create the position of Senior Court Clerk. Judge Clauson has suggested that Deb Gallagher be
promoted to that position. The board can create the position and not make an appointment to
the position at this time. Supv Sumner has reviewed the job description with Deb Smiley who
has been serving within the department as senior court clerk and performing the duties in the
job description for some time. The position was not officially created with Civil Service when
the town first became active with civil service. Cl Lavine said it is unclear that you have to
have someone as senior clerk. Deb Gallagher said each clerk has certain duties for both
judges. Supv Sumner said she is unsure if this will change how the department functions and
wants to talk with the judges a bit more about clarifying the job description. The only town in
the county that uses this job description is the Town of Lansing. The clerks are currently not
doing the same job, and that explains the discrepancy in salary. Ithaca doesn’t have senior
title or salary and both make the same amount of money and have the same job description.
Cl Leifer said both judges have the same responsibility under the law. Cl Lavine said no one
has clearly defined what the difference is, and it doesn’t seem like a necessarily hierarchal
situation. There are two judges, two clerks, and if one of them decides to take on some
particular responsibility, that doesn’t make them senior. Supv Sumner said the board needs to
clarify this and make sure that the job description meets the need. Cl Leifer said there must be
a reason for the added responsibility. Supv Sumner said there is no harm in creating the
position; she supports having a senior clerk as has been the practice and to clarify going
forward. Cl Lavine asked her to find out why Ithaca doesn’t do it.
RESOLUTION #80 (2015) – ESTABLISH SENIOR COURT CLERK POSITION
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board does hereby establish the position of Senior Court
Clerk in accordance with applicable New York State laws and the Civil Service Rules for
Tompkins County.
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2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Abstain
Appointment, salary and start date – Supv Sumner said she is not prepared to make a
recommendation. She understands the concern to get someone in place for training, that Deb
Smiley’s last day is July 27 and that she is taking a minimum of vacation days between now
and then. Judge Clauson wants to have new person in place within 30 days. June 14 is 30 day
from now. She recommends that the board not make a decision on salary until they talk
further, look at budget implications, and talk about lead time and paying three people. The
sense of the board is to postpone a decision and formal action. There is a need to sit down
with Judge Clauson and Judge Ravo and discuss this next week. Cl Leifer will make an
appointment.
TOWN CLERK
RESOLUTION #81 (2015) – APPROVE MINUTES
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the meeting minutes of April 9,
2015 and April 16, 2015.
2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NYSEG update – Supv Sumner reported that she met with NYSEG’s project team.
There isn’t much of an update. They have approved a revision to the easement language that
makes it crystal clear that the easement is only for this 10” line and has nothing to do with the
Cayuga Power Plant, is not and will never be a transmission line, and there will be no use
herbicides. They also are a providing a drawing clarifying exactly where the easement is
located. Their engineers (LaBella) are working on an environmental impact statement and
expect it to be finished by the end of July. Supv Sumner encouraged the engineer to work with
the town’s planner. NYSEG will need to have it done if they going for eminent domain. If not,
it is a nice gesture. There will likely be debate among the involved parties about which will be
lead agency for this matter. It could be Dryden, Lansing, or Tompkins County. Supv Sumner
said she understands NYSEG will offer new easements to everyone who has already signed.
There are 119 parcels and 54 or 64 presently have easements in place.
Supv Sumner noted there was a number of what some would refer to as natural gas
infrastructure advocates (TCAD, Chamber of Commerce, and Cornell) who were passionate that
failure to build this particular gas line would negatively impact economic development in the
county.
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NEW BUSINESS
NYS Disability Resolution – Supv Sumner explained that a previous bookkeeper felt
that carrying state disability insurance was redundant because we had other and better
disability insurance. As it turns out, state grant applications require proof of disability
insurance from the state. This resolution requests the State Workers Compensation Board
return the Town of Dryden to exempt status as it relates to NYS Disability.
RESOLUTION #82 (2015) – RETURN TO EXEMPT STATUS FOR NYS DISABILITY
BENEFITS
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, political subdivisions are legally exempt from providing statutory disability
benefits coverage, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden previously requested through the New York State
Worker’s Compensation Board to be considered voluntary providers of NYS Disability benefits
to employees, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden has stopped providing NYS Disability benefits and now
provides Short Term Disability benefits to all employees through a private policy whic h
conforms to higher benefit levels required in our Teamsters’ contract, be it
RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden hereby requests that the New York State Workers’
Compensation Board remove the Town’s status as voluntary NYS Disability providers, and
returns the Town of Dryden to exempt status as it relates to NYS Disability.
2nd Cl Solomon
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
Government Efficiency Plan – The town is required to file a report with the state by
June 1 explaining our plan to reduce the tax levy by 1% per year for three years through
intermunicipal cooperation and shared services. A TCCOG task force has been working on this
for a year trying to figure out how to attach tax dollars to the things that the municipalities
share. It is difficult to analyze and document. Joe Mareane has proposed that for this year all
county municipalities will sign on to a single report that documents the required savings. One
of the difficulties is that a lot of the savings that occurs in the County has been going on for
years and prior to the date that the State government begins counting it. Board members have
reviewed the associated proposed resolution.
RESOLUTION #83 (2015) - ENDORSING THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF A
SINGLE, COUNTYWIDE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PLAN, ESTABLISHING TOMPKINS
COUNTY AS LEAD ENTITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN
Cl Solomon offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, the State of New York enacted legislation creating a Property Tax Freeze
Credit as a part of the 2015 State Budget; and
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WHEREAS, the new law encouraged local governments to generate long -term property
tax relief by sharing services, consolidating or merging, and implementing operational
efficiencies; and
WHEREAS, the law provides a “freeze credit” to qualified homeowners that is equal to
the increase in property taxes levied by a taxing jurisdiction that limits any increase in its tax
levy to a property tax cap set by State law and develops and implements a Government
Efficiency Plan (“Plan”) determined to be compliant by the New York State Division of Budget;
and
WHEREAS, to be determined compliant by the State, a Government Efficiency Plan
must document actions that have been, or will be, taken that will result in a sustained three-
year savings, beginning in 2017, that are equivalent to at least 1% of the combined 2014
property tax levies of all signatories to the Plan; and
WHEREAS, in year one of the program, homeowners received a Freeze Credit if their
local government stayed within the property tax cap; and
WHEREAS, in year two of the program, homeowners will receive the Freeze Credit for
taxes from any taxing jurisdiction that stays within the property tax cap and that also puts
forward a compliant Government Efficiency Plan; and
WHEREAS, while allowing local governments to submit individual Plans, the State has
encouraged local governments to submit a single, countywide plan that achieves a savings of at
least 1% of the combined property tax levies of all of the participants; and
WHEREAS, the State will recognize only savings associated with actions implemented
after January 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, prior to 2012, local governments in Tompkins Count y pioneered shared
services, mergers, and consolidations including the centralization of the property tax
assessment function, a fully consolidated public safety dispatch and interoperable
communication system, a consolidated public transit system, a two-county community college
and, most recently, an inter-municipal health benefits consortium that continue to generate
multiple millions of dollars in annual savings for taxpayers within Tompkins County; and
WHEREAS, in response to the State’s directive, the Tompkins County Council of
Governments (TCCOG) formed a shared services committee that continues to explore a variety
of prospective shared services, but recognizes that time and careful thought is required to
ensure that any shared service initiative will result in lower costs and higher quality; and
WHEREAS, it is now estimated that savings well in excess of 1% of the $88.4 million
levied by all local governments within Tompkins County in 2014, including the County itself,
will be achieved and sustained during the period 2017-2019 by a combination of savings
associated with a dependent eligibility certification process undertaken by every municipal
member of the Health Benefits Consortium and changes made by Tompkins County to the cost
structure of its health benefit plan and; and
WHEREAS, additional efficiencies may be identified by participating municipalities that
may also be included in a countywide plan; and
WHEREAS, in a resolution enacted April 23, 2015, the Tompkins County Council of
Governments found that a consolidated countywide Plan that documents savings in excess of
1% of the combined 2014 property tax levies of all local governments within the Count y is the
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most efficient and effective way to respond to the State’s directive and has therefore endorsed
the development and presentation of a single countywide Government Efficiency Plan that
includes all local governments within Tompkins County; now the refore be it
RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden endorses the designation of Tompkins County as
lead entity in the development and submission of the Government Efficiency Plan and agrees to
be a signatory to that Plan.
2nd Cl Lavine
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
Community Grants Approval – The Recreation and Youth Commission has received
and reviewed applications for the community grant program. There was $6,000 available and
they received eight applications for a total of $6,800. The board agreed that it would like more
information on what drove the decisions next year.
RESOLUTION #84 (2015) – APPROVE COMMUNITY GRANTS
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board, having received and reviewed the recommendation
of the Dryden Recreation & Youth Commission, hereby makes the following community grant
awards:
Neptune Hose Company for Junior Fire Academy (ages 8-12) $ 900.00
Neptune Hose Company for Junior Fire Academy (ages 12-16) 1,000.00
Dryden Historical Society for Homestead Heritage Festival 800.00
Varna Community Association for Intergeneration Programming 1,000.00
Dryden Community Café for Friday Night Music 900.00
Dryden United Methodist Church for Community Dinners 700.00
Ellis Hollow Community Center for Marshmallows & Movies 400.00
Southworth Library for Family Programming 300.00
2nd Cl Solomon
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
Ag Advisory Committee - The board is concerned that one of the Ag Committee
members has not had good attendance. There is someone who is interested in serving if there
is a vacancy. Supv Sumner will gather more information and report to the board next month.
Town of Ithaca Sewer Agreements
Supv Sumner explained that years ago the town had agreements with the Town of
Ithaca for the Sapsucker Woods and Peregrine Hollow Sewer Districts for the septage that flows
through the Town of Ithaca sewer pipes. The terms of those agreements were complied with
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until the mid 90’s when it sort of dropped off the radar. Three years ago the matter was
resurrected when the Town of Ithaca again began making claims for payment . Supv Sumner
negotiated the payment with Herb Engman, Ithaca Town S upervisor, and renegotiated the
agreements with him. These agreements provide for payment to the Town of Ithaca for the
sewage that travels through pipes owned by them. There are t wo separate agreements. Supv
Sumner and Supv Engman have agreed this is a fair amount with an escalator rate roughly
based on the cost of living. The agreements need to be approved and signed by all board
members.
RESOLUTION #85 (2015) – APPROVE AGREEMENTS WITH TOWN OF ITHACA FOR
SAPSUCKER WOODS AND PEREGRINE HOLLOW SEWER DISTRICTS
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Sewer Service Agreements with the
Town of Ithaca for the Peregrine Hollow Sewer District and Sapsucker Woods Sewer Distric t,
both dated as of July 31, 2014, and expiring June 30, 2019.
2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
West Malloryville Road and Red Mill Road Bridges
On Friday Supv Sumner met with Highway Superintendent Rick Young, County
Legislature Chair Mike Lane, County Highway Director Jeff Smith, someone from the County
Facilities Committee and County Administrator Joe Mareane to discuss whether to rebuild Red
Mill Road Bridge or whether to make Malloryville Road Bridge two lanes. Malloryville is tiny
hamlet on narrow road with homes very close to the road and to the bridge.
Red Mill Road Bridge was declared unsafe and has been closed for years. Though it is
on the Transportation Improvement Plan, there has never been enough funding to get the work
done. Traffic is currently redirected to Ed Hill Road or Malloryville Road and to some degree is
contributing to the deterioration of Malloryville Road Bridge and causes a substantial increase
in fuel use and resulting carbon emissions. The town wants to be sure the county understands
that it is important to find a way to rebuild the Red Mill Road Bridge and keep Malloryville a
single lane bridge. Supv Sumner has prepared a resolution asking the county to negotiate with
the town on this decision. Engineering will help to make better decisions. The County
Highway Director is planning to put together a public information meeting for nearby residents.
A plan for replacing Red Mill Bridge as two lanes will be available for that meeting. That bridge
would need to be built to accommodate large heavy farm equipment that currently must use
alternate routes. It may be necessary to close the Malloryville Road Bridge and residents would
likely prefer that it be closed than made a two lane. The board discussed the matter and
reviewed the resolution.
The old historic bridge on Red Mill Road could be moved, possibly for use on a trail. Cl
Solomon is concerned about spending a lot of money for a small amount of traffic on Red Mill
Road. He also said it doesn’t make financial sense to maintain the already dilapidated
structure on Malloryville Road. Martha Robertson said it seems the Town would rather have
money spent on Red Mill Road bridge than Malloryville Road bridge. Bob Beck said he would
like the Malloryville bridge to continue as a one lane bridge and a two lane constructed on Red
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Mill that will accommodate the farm traffic. M Robertson said not to expect the county to build
a new bridge for Red Mill and do any significant maintenance for Malloryville.
RESOLUTION #86 (2015) – SUPPORT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF TWO LANE RED
MILL ROAD BRIDGE AND MAINTAINING MALLORYVILLE ROAD BRIDGE TO A SAFE
CONDITION AS A ONE LANE BRIDGE
Cl Sloan offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, Red Mill Road bridge has been in a state of disrepair since 2000 and
funding has not been available for repair or replacement; and
WHEREAS, Red Mill Road bridge has been closed since 2005 causing traffic to be
diverted to either Ed Hill Road or Malloryville Road; and
WHEREAS, resulting redirected traffic may be contributing to deterioration of
Malloryville Road bridge; and
WHEREAS, redirection of farm machinery results in substantially i ncreased fuel use
and carbon emissions; and
WHEREAS, Tompkins County Highway Division has proposed reconstructing
Malloryville Road bridge as a two lane bridge; and
WHEREAS, the hamlet of Malloryville is a quiet residential neighborhood on a narrow
town road; and
WHEREAS, expanding Malloryville Road bridge to two lanes would require the town to
make modifications to Malloryville Road; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden Highway Superintendent has recommended
maintaining the Malloryville in a safe condition as a one lane bridge; therefore
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Dryden urges the Tompkins County
Highway Division to consider replacing the non-functioning Red Mill Road bridge with a two
lane bridge of sufficient width and weight capacity t o carry the farm machinery that would use
it; and
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Dryden urges the Tompkins County
Highway Division to maintain the Malloryville Road bridge in a safe condition as a one lane
bridge.
2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon No
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Abstain
Harvey/Hoag Property
The Conservation Board passed the attached resolution with respect to the possible
acquisition by the town of a parcel of property across the creek from Campbell Meadow. Supv
Sumner said they make some excellent points and the town has been interested in the property
for some time. Supv Sumner said she would support further study with respect to the
acquisition. Finger Lakes Land Trust will fund an appraisal if the Town is interested in
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pursuing the matter. The town needs to look into the cost of development, maintenance and
funding sources. A purchase price of $40,000 to $50,000 was mentioned.
Cl Leifer said he hopes that perhaps in this budget cycle the board can figure out a
yearly amount to put aside for land acquisition, park land acquisition, farmland protection,
acquisition of easements for trails, and other such items. There needs to be a permanent
funding source. He hopes the Conservation Board and Ag Advisory Committee would help sell
that idea to the public. Supv Sumner agrees and hopes to improve the reserve fund policies
this year. The open space plan concept may have helped form this policy.
RESOLUTION #87 (2015) – SUPPORT FOR FURTHER STUDY OF POSSIBLE PROPERTY
ACQUISITION
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby expresses support for further study of the
possible acquisition of the Hoag/Harv ey parcel of land across the creek from Campbell
Meadow.
2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
Supv Sumner said the Methods and Selection Criteria for Land Protection and
Acquisition written by the Conservation Board is a valuable tool to have for decisions like this .
COUNTY BRIEFING
Martha Robertson reported that a public meeting for the Ellis Hollow Rd project was
held last night. Materials will be delivered soon. The road will not be reduced to one lane, but
certain sections will be restricted to local traffic only during construction. They expect to finish
by November.
Supv Sumner thanked the county for beginning paving on West Dryden Road, noting
that it was desperately needed.
The County’s NY Prize application for a feasibility study on a micro grid was approved
for $95,000.00. They have eight months to get the report done.
On June 1 the Southern Tier Regional Council Director is doing a workshop from noon
to 2:30. You can register on the Southern Tier Council website. They have seen lots of grants
going to private citizens for business ideas and intermunicipal stuff.
Budget Schedule
Supv Sumner has drafted and distributed a proposed budget schedule that would put
the board on an earlier schedule than is the norm. It gives department heads three
opportunities to submit/modify their budgets.
RESOLUTION #88 (2015) – ADOPT BUDGET SCHEDULE
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Cl Solomon offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby adopts the following budget schedule for
development of the 2016 budget:
May 21, 2015 Town Board approves Budget Schedule
May 29, 2015 Budget Officers distribute guidelines to Department Heads
June 9, 2015 Department Heads submit 1st rough draft budget request
June 11, 2015 Town Board reviews 1st rough draft requests
June 23-26, 2015 Budget Officers review request and guidelines with Department Heads
July 7, 2015 Department Heads submit 2nd rough draft requests
July 9, 2015 Town Board reviews 2nd rough draft requests
July 14-27, 2015 Budget Officers review requests with Department Heads
August 11, 2015 Department Heads submit Tentative requests
August 13, 2015 Town Board reviews Tentative requests
August18-21, 2015 Budget Officers review Tentative requests with Department Heads
September 8, 2015 Budget Officer files Tentative Budget with Town clerk
Budget Officer calculates estimated Tax Levy Cap
September 10, 2015 Town Board reviews Tentative Budget and considers tax levy cap
override
September 15-17,
2015
Final review with Department Heads
September 17, 2015 Town Board schedules Public Hearing for Tax Levy Cap Override, if
necessary
October 6, 2015 Budget Officer files Preliminary Budget with Town Clerk
October 15, 2015 Public Hearing on Tax Levy Cap Override if necessary
Town Board schedules Public Hearing for Preliminary Budget
October 20, 2015 Budget Officer prepares summary for Public Hearing.
October 22, 2015 Public Hearing
October 22, 2015 Town Board makes Final revision
October 29, 2015 Town Board adopts Budget
November 5, 2015 Budget Officer submits levy information to Assessment office
2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
Planning Board member/alternate – Supv Sumner explained there is a vacancy on the
Planning Board for the remainder of a term to expire December 2015 due to a resignation.
Marty Moseley and Stefan Lutter have both expressed submitted applications and sat in on
meetings. The Planning Board likes them both and would like the board to appoint one to fill
the unexpired term and one to serve as an alternate. It was noted that Mr Moseley currently
serves as Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer for the Village of Lansing. Cl Leifer is
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concerned that there may be possible conflicts with respect to some projects beca use of that.
After discussion, the board passed the following resolutions.
RESOLUTION #89 (2015) – APPOINT PLANNING BOARD MEMBER – LUTTER
Cl Sloan offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Stefan Lutter to the Planning Board
to fill a term expiring December 31, 2015.
2nd Cl Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan Yes
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
Cl Lavine Yes
RESOLUTION #90 (2015) – APPOINT PLANNING BOARD ALTERNATE – MOSELEY
Cl Sloan offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Marty Moseley to serve as an
alternate to the Planning Board for a term to expire December 31, 2015.
2nd Cl Solomon
Roll Call Vote Cl Sloan No
Cl Solomon Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Leifer No
Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Leifer reported that the Highway Superintendent has ordered software from Cornell
Local Roads software for road maintenance and planning. That will help costing projects out
over a period of years, among other things, and is a good investment of only about $90.
Supv Sumner reported that the Highway Superintendent has said that the Fire Chiefs
in the County are having a training on responses to solar panel system issues.
There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried,
the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bambi L. Avery
Town Clerk