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Home My WebLink About2005-07-12-RTB TOWN OF ULYSSES REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING JULY 12, 2005 PRESENT : Supervisor Doug Austic , Town Councilpeople Lee Scott, Robert Weatherby; and Don Ellis; Roxanne Marino , absent ; Town Clerk Marsha Georgia; Highway Superintendent James Meeker; Deputy Supervisor Richard Coogan; Attorney Bruce Wilson. i 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 : TABLED 4/26and 5/3 , RTB 6/14, OTHERS IF AVAILABLE Mr. Austic said that other minutes that were finished and provided to the Town Board were the Special Board Meetings of 6/8/05 and 6/28/05 and the minutes of Mr. Coogan ' s Annual Stormwater Report of 5/ 10/05 . Mr. Austic made a correction on page 8 , paragraph 4 of the Regular Town Board Meeting of 6/ 14/05 and changed your to you . Mr. Ellis asked about the reference to the letter that Ms . Marino was going to write to the residents of Waterburg Hamlet as to if that had been done and the draft Hamlet Residential been mailed to the residents . Mrs . Georgia said that she had just emailed Ms . Marino to ask about that letter and had not received anything back . Mr. Coogan said that he had checked his email prior to coming to the meeting and that Ms. Marino had sent a draft after closing hours . The Board will discuss at tomorrow nights Zoning Review meeting set for 6 : 30PM . Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Scott for the approval of the following minutes : • Special Town Board - 4/26/05 — 5/3 /05 — 6/8/05 — 06/28/05 5/ 10-05 • Regular Town Board 6/ 14/05 Mr. Austic aye Mr. Scott aye Mr. Weatherby aye Mr. Ellis aye Adopted. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Mr. Austic said that before the claims can be approved there needs to be a Budget adjustment made. In the vouchers is a bill from Stellar Stereo for the equipment for the Court Room. The money for this is in the Reserve account that was received from a grant Justice Rector received from Court Administration and the funds need to be released from the Reserve Account. Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Scott : BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses authorizes Supervisor Austic to increase A1620 . 2 in the amount of $ 8387 . 00 and decrease the Capital Reserve account to cover the expense of the Court Room . rr ylli Regular Town Board Meeting 2 07/ 12/2005 Mr. Austic aye Mr. Scott aye Mr. Weatherby aye Mr. Ellis aye Adopted. Mr. Scott moved and seconded by Mr. Ellis to approve the previously examined voucher numbers 311 through 358 in the amount of $41 , 369 . 85 Mr. Austic aye Mr. Scott aye Mr. Ellis aye Mr. Weatherby aye Adopted. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES PETER PENNIMAN - absent TRUMANSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT — no representative in attendance . PLANNING BOARD REPORT, CHAIRMAN - absent TOWN REPORTS HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT James Meeker reported that the highway crew scrapped and painted the overhead door, face boards and soffits on the cold storage building. They have installed a tractor hydraulic kit on the tractor. New driveway pipes were installed for the Grassroots bus turnaround on Agard Road . Grassroots will be loading and unloading passengers from the shuttle buses in their lot instead of along the roadside . The crew also installed driveway pipes for anew house on Cold Springs Road. The roadsides are being mowed and brush trimmed around roadsides for improved site visibility. His crew finished painting the overhead doors and insulated two new panels on the door. CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Alex Rachun — absent and left no report . TOWN CLERK Marsha L. Georgia reported $ 1 , 312 . 50 in clerk fees . Of that amount $ 805 . 56 was turned over to the Supervisor along with the Clerk ' s report. Included in these fees was $250 . 00 in Water District No . 3 fees for two plumbing permits . Two more applications for plumbing permits were issued today and one application for a new curb stop on Cold Springs Road where a new house is being built . BOARD MEMBER AND COMMITTEES — no reports SUPERVISOR Douglas Austic reviewed his monthly Supervisors Financial report; no questions were heard . DEPUTY SUPERVISOR Richard Coogan reported that maintenance has started on Water District #3 . The Town has hired Eric Irish to help with the field maintenance for the water district which includes painting reference numbers on the fire hydrants, cleaning, greasing, weeding around the hydrants, finding the values and exercising the values and cleaning and painting the value covers . When the hydrants are finished they will start working on the gate values and if time permits they will start exercising the curb stops as well . This maintenance should be done at least once a year according to the manufacturer to avoid values and hydrants freezing up from rust. Mr. Coogan has received the results on the lead and copper tests and nine out of ten were within the limits . Mr. Coogan said that the one was three thousands above the legal limit Regular Town Board Meeting 3 07/ 12/2005 and he will call the Health Department to see what action is required for the house that was above the allowable limit . Mr. Coogan said that he has been starting to implement the recommendations suggested by the auditor, which includes having the Deputy Supervisor reconcile the bank statements . Audit Mr. Austic said that the audit is available it was received a couple of days ago and will be distributed to the Board. The auditor will attend the August Regular Town Board meeting to give a presentation of the Audit . OLD BUSINESS Water District # 3 Mr. Austic stated that the Town still is having problems with Bolton Point providing enough chlorine in the water tank, so he feels that we are going to require a chlorinator at the tank. The Town of Ithaca may be responsible for cost of the chlorinator at the tank. Testing the line after a pumping cycle indicates that Bolton Point is unable to add sufficient chlorine to the water to keep the tank at the Health Departments ' required level of 2 . 0 mg/l . This has resulted in residual chlorine levels well below the 0 . 2 mg/1 at the end points in the waterline . The exact reason for the low chlorine levels is undetermined but it could be that the chlorine pumps at the pumping station are not sufficient size to add the required bursts of chlorine . Court Budget / Expenditures Mr. Austic wrote a memo to the two Justices, as suggested at the last Town Board meeting, requesting that both Judges come to the Town Board meeting to discuss the Court ' s appropriations account in relation to it is overdrawn . Mr. Austic has advised them also that if they cannot justify to the Town Board the expense for a court security officer the voucher may not be paid . Neither Justice Springer nor Justice Rector attended this meeting. NEW BUSINESS No one had any new business . ZONING REVIEW Mr. Ellis presented a list of changes to the Zoning ordinance under Design Standards for Signs : Definitions - Sign , business directional - change six (6) square feet to nine (9) and insert — per side In the following districts : Al , B1 , IL, add 16 . 4 . 5 at the end of -Signs as regulated under Article XVI, Section 16 .4 In the following districts : R1 , R2 , RM , MHP, add 16 . 4 . 4 at the end of - Signs as regulated under Article XVI, Section 16 .4 In R1 — add 16 .4 under Business directional signs in 7 . 3 In Hl — add 16 . 4 . 6 at the end - Signs as regulated under Article XVI, Section 16 . 4 Noise — 16 . 2 . 2 — Add to the 1st paragraph — Noise associated with normal property maintenance and tempory construction is exempt from this provision. Changed first part of paragraph. Noise from any source shall be muffled so as not to become objectionable Regular Town Board Meeting 4 07/ 12/2005 due to sustained intermittence, beat, frequency, tone, pitch or intensity that repeatedly exceeds two (2) hours during daylight and thirty (30) minutes at night. Change the time from 7 : 00 PM , to 11 PM . Increase the 65 DBA in the daytime hours to 90 DBA. Make a new first paragraph — All events issued permits and recognized public celebrations are excluded from the noise restrictions of this law . Standards for Signs — 16 . 4 . 1 General #4 — change or contractor to and - under 1 ,2 , 3 under #5 change to 6 , 7 , 8 16 . 4 . 2 Off Premises #5 — insert within or between located closer 16 . 4 . 3 Business Directional Signs #2 — insert per side after square feet 16 . 4 . 7 — insert physically after modified OTHER - no other PUBLIC COMMENTS - no one in attendance CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Austic previously distributed a copy of a letter from George Winner, NYS Senator acknowledging the resolution that the Town Board adopted on the Community Preservation Act . ADDITIONAL ITEMS - Mr. Austic reminded the Board that there is a Special Town Board Meeting tomorrow evening July 13th, 2005 at 6 : 30 pm no additional items ADJOURNMENT Hearing no further business Mr. Ellis moved, seconded by Mr. Scott to adjourn the meeting. Unanimously approved, meeting adjourned at 9 : 00 PM . Respectfully ; submitted, Marsha L. Georgia Ulysses Town Clerk MLG : mlg