HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-02-08-RTB TOWN OF ULYSSES
REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
PRESENT : Supervisor Doug Austic , Town Councilpeople Lee Scott, Robert Weatherby;
Roxanne Marino and Don Ellis ; Town Clerk Marsha Georgia; Highway Superintendent
James Meeker; Deputy Supervisor Richard Coogan.
Others Present : Attorney Bruce Wilson, Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun,
Tompkins County Representative Peter Penniman, Planning Board Chairman John
Wertis, David and Susan Means, Ruth Kuhn, and Judge Roger Rector.
Supervisor Austic called the 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.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES : RTBM December 14, 2004 and January 11 , 2005
Supervisor Austic said he had reviewed the corrections and changes for the December 14,
2004 Regular Town Board meeting presented by Ms . Marino and had no problems with
them .
Mr. Austic moved, seconded by Ms . Marino to approve minutes of December 14, 2004 of
the Regular Town Board meeting with the changes and corrections presented by Ms .
Marino .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
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fi Adopted.
Ms . Marino asked that the minutes for the January 11 , 2005 Regular Town Board
meeting be tabled. Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Weatherby to table the minutes of
the Regular Town Board meeting of January 11 ,2005 .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted .
APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
Mr. Weatherby moved, seconded by Mr. Scott to approve the previously examined
vouchers # 17 through 71 in the amount of $29,227 . 77 .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted.
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REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tompkins County Board Representative Peter Penniman said he was sorry that he
missed the discussion by the Board on Halseyville Road because he is currently the Chair
of the committee to oversee highways . Mr. Penniman said he had not previously served
on this committee . One thing that Mr. Penniman has noticed that there are no good
records of accident data that can be looked at to help identify safety issues .
This committee oversees the Tompkins County Airport where for the first time in several
years there have been several positive steps for improvement of air transportation;
Northwest Airlines has agreed to come in which will provide flights to Detroit and US
Airways is trying to market flights from Ithaca at lower rates .
Mr. Penniman reported, as Vice Chair of the Public Safety Committee, that the jail
population so far for 2005 has remained fairly low . The jail is currently boarding out
prisoners . Comparing the cost for boarding out against the cost building a new jail, the
savings to the County is approximately $ 100,000 a month.
Mr. Penniman distributed information on the new prescription drug card for Tompkins
RX that the County has enrolled in with CAREMARX. Mrs . Georgia stated that there
are packets of information on this new program in the Town Clerk' s office.
Trumansburg Fire Department - no one in attendance.
Chairman John Wertis reported attending a meeting with David Means called Planning
for Agricultural presented by David Haight, Field Director of American Farmland Trust.
The focus of the program was on making your town agricultural friendly. A questionnaire
was distributed measuring yourself as to how agricultural friendly your Town is to
agriculture . Mr. Wertis and Mr. Means completed the questionnaire and said that the
Town of Ulysses scored high in friendliness to agriculture.
Mr. Wertis said that the Planning Board has scheduled a Special Meeting for tomorrow to
look at the zoning map . He thinks the Planning Board ' s approach will be to revisit the
Comprehensive Plan and try to figure out how the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
districts relate to each other.
Other items on the Planning Board agenda include taking a closer look at the drainage
requirements in the sub-division and cluster divisions to see if there may be some
methods that other towns have made this more attractive to developers .
Mr. Means added that he feels that Ulysses is on the right track and working in the right
direction.
Ms . Marino asked for a copy of the questionnaire?
TOWN REPORTS
Highway Superintendent James Meeker reported the highway crew hauled stone, did
tree trimming on VanDorn Corners Road and Krums Corners Road, and removed dead
trees along other roadways . The crew had eleven days straight salting and plowing. Mr.
Meeker hauled some 1B stone to mix in with the salt for ice control, which gives a better
traction on the roads . The 1998 Mack truck needs inspection this month and new tires .
Ms . Marino asked Mr. Meeker if he had contacted with the County Highway in regards to
the driveway at Flo-Tech?
Mr. Meeker said that he had met with John Lampman acting County Highway
Superintendent and Jerry Stearns . Mr. Meeker passed on his concerns and Mr. Lampman
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and Mr. Stearns will try and come up with a solution . The County is going to remove
trees and try to open things up to get better site visibility around the corners .
Mr. Meeker stated that a request from the Town Board to NYS DOT concerning
changing the intersection of Halseyville Road and Route 96 where it would be more
perpendicular may be helpful since the State owns a portion of that intersection .
Ms . Marino moved, seconded by Mr. Scott the following :
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses authorizes
Supervisor Austic to write a letter to Tompkins County Highway Department and New
York State Department of Transportation to investigate the possibility of realigning the
intersection (Halseyville Road and Route 96) to the traffic calming perpendicular
configuration.
FURTHER RESOLVES that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses appeals to
the County and State expertise to aid in a solution for this potentially dangerous road
intersection/driveway situation.
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted.
Mr. Meeker advised Mr. Austic to address the letter to Mr. Lampman at Tompkins
County Highway Department and Mr. Birchenough of NYSDOT in Cortland, NY .
Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun reported that four (4) permits were issued for
additions to houses . Mr. Rachun has received a request for Site Plan Review on a
daycare center.
Town Clerk Marsha L Georgia reported that a total of $911 . 50 was collected for the
month of January and of that $ 619 . 18 was turned over to the Supervisor with her monthly
report.
Mrs . Georgia said that she has collected $2 ,487,961 . 18 to-date for Town and County
taxes and paid the Supervisor the 2005 Town warrant of $ 768 , 074 . Mrs . Georgia has an
appointment at Tompkins County Budget and Finance to turn over the Installment
payments and at that time she will make her first payment to Tompkins County Budget
and Finance in the amount of $ 1 , 710,000 .
Mrs. Georgia reported that when Time Warner paid their tax bills to the County they
deducted the amount of the Town tax bill from that payment. In the past Time Warner
deducted this from the franchise payment that is paid to Ulysses . Mrs . Georgia has
spoken with Tom Doheny of Time Warner requesting that Time Warner pay the franchise
fee to the Town now and not wait until May. The Town tax that was deducted from the
County payment has to now be paid by Town of Ulysses to satisfy the 2005 warrant.
Board Members and Committees
Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Austic to adjourn at the end of this meeting to an
Executive Session to discuss a personal matter.
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms. Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
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Adopted.
Supervisor Douglas Austic distributed a summary of the usage for the Jeep . Mr. Austic
reported that the 'total expenses per month was $230, which was more favorable to the
Town when compared to travel reimbursement of $400 per month before the Town had
the Jeep . The payment for gas to the highway department will be done quarterly.
Mr. Austic previously distributed copies of his December 31 , 2004 financial report and
the January 31 , 2005 . No questions were heard and the budget modifications will be
discussed later in the meeting.
Deputy Supervisor Richard Coogan said that it is time to do the Second Annual MS4
Report. This report will be done as it was last year with the Tompkins County
Stormwater Group working together to compile the basic report for all of the outreach
programs and intermunicipal projects . Each municipality will modify the basic report to
reflect specific accomplishments for their municipality. The Annual Report requires a
Public Hearing before it is filed with the necessary State agencies .
Mr. Coogan said that the State has released the funds for Stormwater. The amount of
funds for each MS4 municipality will be in proportion to the size of the MS4 districts in
each municipality. The Ulysses Stormwater Group will be meeting on Friday February
18th, 2005 to finalize the general local law, complete the information handout, and begin
defining an environmental overlay district for moderate and steep slopes .
Mr. Coogan reported that HAZMIT has not been approved by FEMA. FEMA has sent a
notice that they have some concerns regarding hazard mitigation in Tompkins County.
Tompkins County will not be penalized in disaster funding while the issues are resolved .
Mr. Coogan previously distributed copies of the proposal from Ciaschi, Dietershagen,
Little, Mickelson & Company to perform the internal control procedures and cash audit.
By using the list of agreed-upon procedures as it is, adding to it, or taking from it the
Town could solicit competitive bids from other auditing firms . Mr. Coogan has a list of
two other firms that are experienced in performing municipal audits .
Mr. Coogan said that the Planning Advisory Board of Tompkins County is starting their
work plan with the Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan. One aspect of the TC work
plan is to begin a study with a participating Town to create a scenic resources inventory.
This may provide an opportunity for the Town of Ulysses to work with the County to
start inventorying our open space . .
Ms . Marino asked if the Town would have to request that?
Mr. Austic talked to Ed Marx about this and what would have to happen first is that the
Town sends down a letter of intent that they would like to be considered . Before
anything else was pursued they would meet with the entire Town Board .
OLD BUSINESS
Audit
A proposal has been received from Ciaschi , Dietershagen, Little, Mickelson & Company
outlining an "agreed-upon procedure". These procedures are based upon what Mr. Shoen
understanding of what the Town would like to see his firm does for the Town.
The Town has not contacted any additional firms about the cost and timing of an audit
since the Town Board has not formally decided what is needed.
The Board discussed the proposal and did not feel it was based upon a Regulatory Basis
Audit . The Board asked for more information and a sufficient description of a Regulatory
Basis Audit to see if that is what they would like to send out to other firms for a price .
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Mr. Coogan will contact Mr. Shoen and ask him to provide the information for a
Regulatory Audit and make sure that it also includes the items listed in the "agreed-upon
procedures" .
Ms . Marino said that Mr. Coogan should relay to Mr. Schoen that what the Town wants
is a comprehensive audit of all the Towns accounts . The audit should not include the
capital assets under GASB . The Town will start reporting capital assets as of 2004 .
Mrs . Georgia asked for a clarification of Ms . Marino ' s statement of "audit of all Towns
accounts" and if she meant all departments .
The general consensus was all departments should be audited with perhaps excluding the
Justice Department .
Mr. Coogan will relay different options to Mr. Schoen for quotes .
Other
Mr. Weatherby asked Mr. Meeker how it was working out with the County Highway
Department now taking care of the ends of Halseyville Road?
Mr. Meeker stated that he had some complaints and have passed them on to the County,
but all in all the County was doing a good job .
Ms . Marino asked if Mr. Austic had looked into the feasibility of the wind power.
Mr. Austic stated that he had looked into seeing what it would cost for the Town to get
"green power" from NYSEG and it would be somewhere between $300 to $400 per year,
which is the 50/50 deal .
Ms . Marino asked if more information could be available for the next Regular Town
Board meeting?
NEW BUSINESS
Barton and Logudice Proposal Water District #5
Mr. Austic said that the Board has been in receipt of the proposal from Barton &
Loguidice for several months as follows :
Background
The urgent need of providing clean drinking water to Jacksonville residents was resolved
in the spring of 2004 with the completion of Water District No . 3 (WD3 ) facilities .
However, the need for an abundant and safe supply of drinking water still exists in other
portions of the town that could potentially be served by WD3 facilities . A summary of
unmet water need, as we are aware, includes the following :
Indian Fort/Waterburg Road
The Village of Trumansburg maintains back-up water supply wells located off of Indian
Fort Road and Waterburg Road in the Town of Ulysses . An existing 6-inch diameter
asbestos cement transmission main, owned and maintained by the village, connects the
two wells to the Village water distribution system . Several Town residents located along
the transmission main are presently connected and receive Village water. The Village has
subsequently placed a moratorium on additional town resident connections pending
formation of a legal water district. According to our preliminary assessment, the village
cannot provide adequate chlorine contact time to Town users located along portions of
the transmission main when the back- up wells are in use (a public health concern) .
Additionally, the 6-inch waterline is not capable of providing meaningful fire flows .
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Water District No . 1
Water District No . 1 (WD 1) is a single user district serving Ithaca Alpha House, Inc . ' s
rehabilitation center on Route 227 near its intersection with Indian Fort Road. WD 1
receives water supply from the above-mentioned Indian Fort/Waterburg Road
transmission main. Currently, WD 1 experiences periods of low pressure as it is at the
end of the restrictive 6-inch main. Likewise, there is not adequate pressure to provide the
necessary fire flows .
Village of Trumansburg
The Village of Trumansburg's back-up water wells do not have sufficient capacity to
meet Village demand . According to the Tompkins County Department of Health, the
Village currently only has one adequate source of water (Frontenac Well) . Should
anything occur to the Frontenac Well (such as groundwater contamination or well
collapse), the Village could not provide its residents and town residents served by the
village system, with an adequate supply of water.
The Village has acknowledged that they do not have an adequate redundant back-up
water supply. In 2003 the Village contributed $ 80, 000 toward the WD3 project to pay for
the incremental additional cost of up sizing WD3 facilities in anticipation of a future
Village connection.
Taughannock Falls State Park
The Taughannock Falls State Park (Park) operates a public water system that serves park
facilities and adjacent town residences and businesses (i . e . , the Taughannock Farms Inn
campus) . The park's water system presently has water that is of poor bacteriological
quality according to the Tompkins County Department of Health. In addition, the
infiltration gallery source serving the park and adjacent town users is suspected to be
groundwater under the influence of surface water (GWUDI) . If the park's system is
GWUDI, a filtration plant will need to be constructed or another source found . As with
Trumansburg, the park relies on only one well . Failure or contamination of the well will
create serious operating problems for the park and connected town residents and
businesses .
Aubles Mobile Home Park
Aubles Mobile Home Park, located in the Town of Ulysses but served by the Village of
Trumansburg, has had a history of low water pressure (less than 20 psi at times) . As an
interim measure, the Village has installed a booster pump system to maintain adequate
service pressure . However, the system does not have redundancy and cannot provide for
fire protection. The village is in the process of installing anew, elevated water storage
tank, but according to the village, its elevation will remain unchanged .
Poor / Low Yielding Wells
According to the Tompkins County Department of Health, homes along portions of
Brook, Curry, Halseyville, Mayo , Searsburg and Swamp College Roads have had
coliform and/or E-coli contamination . Wells along Taughannock Park Road are reported
to contain methane and are generally low yielding . Additionally, the Trumansburg
Subway restaurant, a public water supply, has a well that is located near a past gasoline
spill .
Scope of Services
The intent of this study is to expand on the preliminary information/water service area
alternatives presented at our September 23 rd workshop meeting. A copy of this
preliminary information, which identified six (6) potential water supply alternatives, is
enclosed. The following Scope of Services is proposed for completing this engineering
study:
1 . Review available information such as prior studies, soils information, Health
Department reports, tax maps, aerial/GIS images , proposed zoning maps , agricultural
district maps , and wetlands maps .
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2 . Review the park's existing water infrastructure with park personnel . Summarize
system capacity and known deficiencies . Likewise, review the Village's existing
Indian Fort /Waterburg Road transmission main with Village personnel to identify
general condition and capacity .
3 . Conduct a windshield survey of the potential water service area(s) to identify
current development and general constructability.
l 4 . Update the population basis for the potential service area(s) . Estimate water
demands and storage requirements for each of the six (6) water service area
alternatives .
5 . Prepare a preliminary layout for waterline locations, sizes and storage systems to
serve the potential service area. Develop preliminary hydraulic models of system
alternatives by expanding on the Water Cad model developed for WD3 .
6 . Prepare preliminary project and operating & maintenance (O&M) cost estimates
for the water service alternatives .
7 . Identify estimated user costs for each alternative based on potential grant funding
(i . e. , point scoring and grant eligibility), estimated project/O&M costs, and potential
equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) .
8 . Identify the steps to proceed towards implementing the recommended waterline
service alternative .
9 . Prepare a brief report (draft) summarizing the above findings, estimated costs and
recommendations .
10 . Attend one meeting with the Town and other interested parties (e . g. , Park, Town
of Ithaca and Village personnel) to review the draft report . Finalize the engineering
report based on comments received .
Fee For Service
For the Scope of Service items presented above, B &L proposes to be compensated on a
lump sum basis in the amount of Ten Thousand dollars ($ 10, 000) . Of this amount, the
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (the State agency responsible
for the Taughannock Falls State Park) has agreed to contribute Two Thousand Four
Hundred Ninety dollars ($2 ,490) towards this study (B &L will invoice the Park
separately) . The balance of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Ten dollars ($ 7, 510) would be
the responsibility of the Town of Ulysses .
Invoices would therefore be submitted to the Town on a monthly basis in proportion to
percent Scope of Service completed to date . We will not bill beyond the authorized
amount without a change in scope and prior approval of the Town Board.
Mr. Scott moved, seconded by Mr. Ellis the following :
Be It Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses authorizes
Supervisor Austic to sign the agreement with Barton & Loguidice to proceed with the
services described herein, under the terms and conditions detailed above and in
accordance with Annual Engineering services Agreement in effect at the time the service
is rendered .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted.
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Firm Up Dates / Times for Zoning Review '
Dates set as follows :
• February 10, 2005 8 : 00 AM
• February 15 , 2005 7 : 00 PM
Mr. Austic asked the Board to pick a date for the Town Board Audit so that can be set at
the February 10, 2005 meeting .
Finish Organizational Agenda
Supervisor Austic stated that he has changed his appointments and they are as follows :
Supervisor Appointments
A. Town Historian Esther Northrup
B . Deputy Supervisor Richard Coogan / Lee Scott
C . Liaison to Highway Dept . Bob Weatherby
D . Building Maintenance Doug Austic
E . Liaison to Planning/Zoning Lee Scott
F . Liaison to Village BD . Doug Austic
G. Liaison to Justice CT Don Ellis
H. Liaison to TCMOA Planning Roxanne Marino
Ms . Marino wants the review of the Deputy Supervisor ' s position to decide if the funds
are spent properly.
Mr. Weatherby moved, seconded by Ms . Marino the following Town Board
appointments :
Town Board Appointments
D . Planning Board Chair John Wertis
E . Planning Board Member Lorren Hammond
G. Zoning Board Chair George Tselekis
H . Rep . Human Services Coal Lucia Tyler
I. Board of Assessment Review .(2) Stover / Duddleston
J . Election Custodians (2) Bennett/Northrup
K. County Youth Bureau Rep Ben Curtis
L. Joint Youth Comm. Liaison Richard Coogan
M . Cayuga Lake Watershed Rep Richard Coogan
O . Environmental Mngt. Council David Lessinger
R. Fire Department Liaison Don Ellis
S . Reps . To Joint Youth Comm. Debra Austic / Vonderweidt
T . Ithaca/Tompkins Transportation
Council Planning Comm . Sue A. Poelvoorde
U. Ithaca/Tompkins Transportation
Council Policy Comm . Richard Coogan
V . TC Emergency / Disaster Comm. Fire Dept. Rep
W . TCAD Representative Peter Penniman
X . Trumansburg Fair Board Liaison Robert Weatherby
Y . Storm Water Mng. Rep . Richard Coogan
Z . Disaster Mitigation Rep . Richard Coogan
Aa. TC Legislature Budget Rep . Don Ellis
Bb . Water Resources Council Roxanne Marino
Cc . 1O Representative Elizabeth Thomas
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Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted.
Mr. Coogan will draft a letter to all of the residents that were interviewed and forward to
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the Board for approval.
2004 Budget Modifications
Supervisor Austic presented his 2004 budget modifications as follows :
GENERAL FUND A APPROPRIATIONS
Account # Increase Account # Decrease
1010.4 680 . 51 1220 . 1 1498 . 55
1110. 1 . 04 1410 . 4 1632 . 60
1110 .4 471 . 71 1420 . 4 554 . 00
1220 . 4 2194 . 16 1460 . 4 1855 . 33
1410 . 1 46 . 58 1910 .4 30 . 90
1450 . 4 2172 . 66 1990 .4 4217 . 00
1620 . 4 7462 . 13 5110 . 4 355 . 00
1670 .4 7494 .47 9055 . 8 29 . 60
1920 . 4 2134 . 00 9060 . 8 3710 . 04
5010 . 1 . 04 1010 . 1 . 16
5132 .4 514 . 79
5182 .4 49 . 04
7310 . 1 488 . 84
7310 . 4 6353 . 00
9030 . 8 3255 . 99
Total : 33317 . 96 Total : 13883 . 18
GENERAL FUND A REVENUES
1028 435 . 00 1090 653 . 91
1170 760 . 73 2350 884 . 68
1255 797 . 26 2402 22 . 92
1550 822 . 54 2611 100 . 00
2401 5768 . 48 2771 3200 . 00
2403 53 . 61
2406 16 . 51
2544 829 . 29
2610 6157 . 00
2770 312 . 62
3005 33487 . 88
3040 28 . 94
Total : 49469 . 86 Total : 4861 . 51
GENERAL FUND B APPROPRIATIONS
1440 . 4 1983 . 00 1990 .4 2000 . 00
3620 . 4 182 . 16 3620 . 1 . 02
8010 . 1 1207 . 94 8020 . 1 301 . 29
8010 .4 1519 . 73 8020 .4 150 . 11
9055 . 8 6 . 30 9030 . 8 102 . 32
9060 . 8 . 03
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Total : 4899 . 13 Total : 2553 . 77
GENERAL FUND B REVENUES
1120 50000 . 00 2115 150 . 00
2110 359 . 00 2408 9 . 64
2401 560 . 85 2590 550 . 00
2407 32 . 08
2555 691 . 37
2770 5795 . 95
3001 92 . 00
Total : 57531 . 25 Total : 709 . 64
HIGHWAY TOWN WIDE DA FUND
APPROPRIATIONS
5130 . 1 1832 . 32 5020 . 1 1000 . 00
9040 . 8 2222 . 00 5020 .4 1000 . 00
9055 . 8 1 . 25 5130 . 2 15000 . 00
5130 .4 2619 . 23
5140 . 1 4098 . 80
5140 . 4 842 . 74
5142 . 1 8437 .20
5142 . 4 2917 . 50
5148 . 1 8437 . 17
5148 .4 2917 .49
9030 . 8 1488 . 75
9060 . 8 2452 . 69
Total : 4055 . 57 Total : 51211 . 57
HIGHWAY TOWN WIDE DA FUND
REVENUES
2401 416 . 61 2771 1132 . 00
2403 144 . 13 2302 16230 . 72
2404 849 . 87
2770 358 . 75
Total : 1769 . 36 Total : 17362 . 72
HIGHWAY PART TOWN DB FUND
APPROPRIATIONS
5112 . 2 46133 . 89 5110 . 1 12086 . 66
9060 . 8 1793 . 60 5110 .4 11534 . 90
9030 . 8 891 . 27
9040 . 8 2184 . 00
9055 . 8 1 . 25
Total : 47927 . 49 Total : 26698 . 08
HIGHWAY PART TOWN DB FUND
REVENUES
1120 40864 . 03 2771 1105 . 00
2401 105 . 61 3501 1500 . 00
2504 765 . 51
2701 1354 . 00
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Total : 43089 . 05 Total : 2605 . 00
WATER DISTRICT # 3
APPROPRIATIONS
8310 .4 14284 . 22 8310 . 1 576 . 75
8340 . 2 2718 . 92 8320 .4 70411 . 90
8340 . 4 14189 . 48 9030 . 8 323 . 39
9710 . 7 19566 . 39
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Total : 31192 . 62 Total : 90878 .43
WATER DISTRICT # 3
REVENUES
1028 . 08 2140 77247 . 78
1030 . 09 2401 1 . 54
2144 11591 . 03
2148 35 . 91
Total : 11628 . 64 Total : 77249 . 32
Mr. Austic suggested encumbering the $ 36,000 in Bridge Repair since it did not get used
in 2004 . Mr. Weatherby moved to encumber this money no second was heard.
Mr. Ellis felt that encumbering this money was not necessary because it had already been
approved.
Mr. Austic said that there was additional money left in the DB Fund . Mr. Austic
suggested taking the additional $ 35 , 000 received in sales tax and the $ 21 , 129 not spent in
2004 and start a reserve fund called Capital Reserve for Emergency Highway Repairs .
Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Scott the following :
Be It Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approve the 2004
budget modifications as presented and,
Further Resolved, the Town Board established a Capital Reserve Highway
Emergency Repair fund in the amount of $46 , 129 .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms. Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted.
Other
Association of Towns Resolutions
The resolutions were tabled for discussion until the February 10, 2005 at 6 : 30 PM .
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
Ithaca Millworks
The money was allocated to build the court bench and the low bid from Ithaca Millwork
was received. Attorney Wilson has drawn up a contract with Ithaca Millwork and the
Town of Ulysses . The Board unanimously approved Supervisor Austic to sign the
contract with Ithaca Millwork.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
No comments were heard from the public .
Executive Session
The Board adjourned into Executive Session as previously moved and seconded.
The Executive Session adjourned and the Board returned to the Regular Town Board
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Before adjourning the meeting Mr. Weatherby asked if there was a time frame for the
work the Board previously approved for Barton and Loguidice?
Mr. Austic said that he hoped it would be done in a few months and that Barton &
Loguidice will work with the Village of Trumansburg ' s engineer from Hunt Engineering.
Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Ms . Marino to table the discussion on the Deputy
Supervisor position until Mr. Austic furnishes the information requested in Executive
Session.
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Ms . Marino aye
Mr. Ellis aye
Adopted .
Hearing no further business Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Weatherby to adjourn the
meeting. Unanimously adjourned at 10 :PM
Respectfully submitted,
Marsha L. Georgia
Ulysses Town Clerk
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