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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-08-12TB 8-12-21 Page 1 of 5 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING August 12, 2021 Present: Supervisor Jason Leifer, Cl Daniel Lamb, Cl James Skaley, Cl Loren Sparling, Cl Leonardo Vargas-Mendez Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk Rick Young, Highway/DPW Superintendent Other Town Staff: Amanda Anderson, Bookkeeper Ray Burger, Planning Director Supv Leifer called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Abstract Approval RESOLUTION #135 (2021) – APPROVE ABSTRACT #8 Cl Skaley offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #8, as audited, general vouchers #588 through #702 ($820,208.08) and TA vouchers #32 through #3 9 ($22,009.62), totaling $842,217.70. 2nd Cl Vargas-Mendez Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes HIGHWAY/DPW DEPARTMENT Superintendent Rick Young would like to purchase two new pickup trucks. One is a crew cab, and one is just the cab and chassis. He has sold truck #4 to the Village of Freeville and will sell others when new ones are delivered. The total for both will not exceed $97,000. RESOLUTION #136 (2021) – AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF 2 PICKUP TRUCKS Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the purchase a new 2022 Chevrolet Silverado HD CC (CK31043) 4-wheel drive crew cab 177” WB 60” CA LT for $50,842.76 and a new 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD (CK30743) 4 -wheel drive crew cab 159 work truck for $45,321.00 per the Sourcewell (formerly known as NJPA) Contract 120716 - NAF, total cost not to exceed $97,000.00, from equipment budget DA5130.2. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes TB 8-12-21 Page 2 of 5 Supv Leifer Yes Discussion/Action Items Supv Leifer said the Broadband Committee has reviewed proposals and quotes for services and supplies necessary to move forward with the broadband project and have asked the Town Board to approve it with their selections. The town will be securing its supply of fiber for later use by doing this now. He believes this qualifies as use of the American Recovery Plan money. They expect to start construction this fall. Graybar was able to secure fiber from two different s uppliers to cover the 11.5 miles from the equipment shed in the Town of Dryden through Varna to connect at a location adjacent to Cornell Campus. RESOLUTION #137 (2021) – APPROVE PURCHASE OF FIBER FROM GRAYBAR Supv Leifer offered the following resolutio n and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the purchase of fiber from Graybar (Quote #0238480951) in the amount of $80,031.23. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes RESOLUTION #138 (2021) – APPROVE PURCHASE OF FIBER FROM GRAYBAR Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the purchase of fiber from Graybar (Quote #0238480960) in the amount of $39,747.17. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes Supv Leifer said bandwidth will be purchased from Windstream. They have a site on Pinckney Road and we would add equipment and become a customer for bandwidth. Contracts for three different options were discussed. Supv Leifer recommends the option for $16,000 up front with the lower monthly cost ($2,775). This essentially preserves the IP addresses and saves over $4,000 over the three-year term. RESOLUTION #139 (2021) – APPROVE PURCHASE OF BANDWIDTH FROM WINDSTREAM Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the purchase of broadband width from Windstream for three years at a cost of $16,000 in advance and $2,775 per month. TB 8-12-21 Page 3 of 5 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes Supv Leifer explained they would like to have a website up and running b y Labor Day and recommend a contract with Generation Network at a cost of $4,000. People will be able to sign up to indicate interest, and as the system grows it will be further developed. There would be a link from the town website. There is a provision for future development costs beyond the scope of the project at $40 per hour as well as maintenance and secur ity. This is for initially building the site. RESOLUTION #140 – APPROVE CONTRACT FOR WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT FOR BROADBAND Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves a contract with Generation Network to build a website for the broadband project at a cost of $4,000.00. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes Supv Leifer said the committee has recommended Netegrity as the tech support customer service company to handle signing up customers, maintenance calls, customer billing and tech support for the broadband project and business. In a few weeks the committee will recommend companies for the back-end equipment. Netegrity does a lot of their service work through a web portal and Netegrity has experience with a couple of the vendors that have already been interviewed for the back-end equipment. The cost for helpdesk service and network management is $41,640 the first year for up to 500 subscribers and $50,400 the second year for 501-1000 subscribers. The cost per year will be determined by the number of subscribers. RESOLUTION #141 (2021) – AUTHORIZE CONTRACT WITH NETEGRITY Cl Lamb offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes a contract with Netegrity for one year as described above and the Supervisor is authorized to execute the contract. 2nd Cl Vargas-Mendez Roll Call Vote Cl Sparling Yes Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes Cl Skaley Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes TB 8-12-21 Page 4 of 5 COUNTY UPDATE Mike Lane reported the county continues to work on how to allocate the ARP funding. They did decide to use all of 19 million dollars over two years to replace lost revenue. That will free up money in their budget and they are discussing setting up a fund and then take applications for things that will be helpful to the community, which is the whole idea of the ARP money. It can be for things like affordable housing or daycare. Perhaps they could assist in some way with the need for rural ambulance service. There are a lot of places they could use this money and they may take some from fund balance to match it. They have discussed setting up an initial amount of five million dollars in this fund, but what they settle on remains to be seen. The county is moving ahead with the search for a new county administrator. TC3 is looking for a new president for the college and will appoint an interim. There will be a nationwide search, which has to be approved by SUNY. The Tompkins County Public Library has not been successful in finding a new library director after two searches. The person they thought they had took a job in another state. New census information is expected soon according to news reports and M Lane said he is anxious to see the information. The county committee has authorized moving forward with the purchase of two downtown buildings adjacent to the courthouse. One is the bank on the corner of Tioga and Buffalo Streets. KeyBank is trying to build a new facility, and will stay there while doing that. The other is the Wiggins Law Office building between the courthouse and the bank building. Some offices have to be moved from the courthouse because the state court system wants to take over space in the courthouse. The county will form a redistricting commission of nine people. Political officials and party officials are excluded. They generally want people familiar with local government that are open-minded. They want them to be as nonpartisan as possible. The government operations committee will interview applicants. The commission will make recommendations and the legislature makes the final decision. Last time Tompkins County followed the report of the commission and didn’t tinker with it and M Lane said he ho pes that will happen this time. It will be for district lines effective 2026. Supv Leifer said there was an email to county legislators regarding broadband from Katie Borgella. He asked what, if anything, is planned for Dryden because we are ready to move forward. It seems that the county wants to get grant money and provide it to existing companies. M Lane asked Supv Leifer to send him what the Town would like to happen. Supv Leifer said it should not be for private ESPs that haven’t done anything for 39 years, and he will follow up. Cl Lamb asked about the status of the trail crossing at Game Farm Road. He believes it is with Jeff Smith for approval. They really want the crosswalk approved because the trail is pretty much ready to go, but don’t want people there until there is a proper, safe crossing . M Lane will inquire about it. M Lane said he would like to see a streetlight at the Livermore Road intersection with NYS Route 392. He has asked about that now and has been asking for a couple of years. The intersection is heavily travelled by TC3 students, and we had one death there several years ago. Security for Board meetings TB 8-12-21 Page 5 of 5 Supv Leifer said next week there will be a court officer at our meeting doing security, and possibly in September and October. He thinks it is a good idea with the changes coming from county for indoor masking. The courts are already required to wear masks by the state. Our court officers are also peace officers. Meeting Protocol Supv Leifer said he expects it is likely that masking will be required with the increasing positive numbers. County Elected Official Call Supv Leifer said there is not much to report. Boards are having the same struggle with public in person meeting procedure. The county is requiring masking in all buildings for employees and visitors. For employees it is either masks or testing. A lot could change in the near future. New Business Cl Skaley said the DOT information meeting for the Route 366 update was a frustrating meeting. It didn’t seem like they were going to move at all from whatever previous requirements they had for the regular paving. Other than adding a sidewalk, it will be exactly as it is. They were not assured of any kind of traffic calming measures or crosswalks. The travel lanes are 11’ with a 6’ shoulder, plus they have a 3’ snow storage area on the south side. R Young said the board needs to do some research and decide whether to pass a law that property owners maintain the sidewalks. Otherwise, the town is responsible. Cl Skaley said there could be a sidewalk assessment so the town would have the funds to clear the sidewalks. It needs to be addressed. Cl Skaley said Martha Robertson had contacted him about the DOT’s smart street program. He said perhaps we could put together a proposal for DOT that would make more sense in terms of traffic calming through the hamlet. He sees no reason to not reduce travel lanes to10’ and is dubious of having just a blinking light at the intersection of Freese and Mt Pleasant Roads as to whether it would make a difference. They have not yet proposed any crosswalks, even at bus stops. He will look into the program and draft something for moving forward to DOT. The board moved into executive session at 7:10 p.m. for the purpose of receiving legal advice. No action was taken, and the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Avery Town Clerk