HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-07-25TOWN OF DRYDEN
TOWN BOARD MEETING
July 25, 2023
Zoom Hybrid
Present: Supervisor Jason Leifer, Cl Leonardo Vargas-Mendez, Cl
Christina Dravis
Absent: Cl Daniel Lamb, Cl Spring Buck
Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk
Other Town Staff: Ray Burger, Planning Director
Supv Leifer opened the meeting at 12:00 p.m. He explained the purpose of the meeting
to adopt an order calling a public hearing on a public interest order for repairs to the Ithaca
Area Wastewater Treatment Plant. The total estimated amount of repairs is $3,243,846.00 and
the town’s share of that $64,228.15.
RESOLUTION #133 (2023) – ADOPT PUBLIC INTEREST ORDER CALLING FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING REGARDING IAWWTF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL BOILER
REPLACEMENT AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that Dryden Town Board hereby adopts the following Public Interest Order
calling for a Public Hearing
In the Matter
of
the Proposed Improvement Project Pursuant to
Town Law §202-b for the Wastewater
Treatment Plant in the City of Ithaca serving
the Town of Dryden known as the Additional
Boiler Replacement and Facility Improvements
Capital Project
ORDER CALLING
PUBLIC HEARING
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2023, the Special Joint Committee (SJC) resolved to recommend,
pursuant to Town Law § 202-b, that the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden
(Owners), authorize and construct at their jointly owned and managed wastewater tre atment
facility known as the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWWTF), located in the City of
Ithaca, a project known as Capital Project 423J Additional Boiler Replacement and Facility
Improvements, in an amount not to exceed $3,243,846.00 (Capital Project), such improvements
to be constructed and owned by Owners, and
WHEREAS, the SJC thereby recommended authorization of this project contingent upon
action by Owners committing their percentage of reimbursement shares to the Joint Activity
Fund allocated per the Joint Sewer Agreement as follows:
Municipality Percentage Project Cost
City of Ithaca 57.14 $1,853,533.60
Town of Ithaca 40.88 $1,326,084.24
Town of Dryden 1.98 $64,228.15
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TOTAL: $3,243,846.00
WHEREAS, Scott Gibson, Facilities Engineer for the Ithaca Area Waste Water Treatment
Facility, has prepared a plan and report in such manner and detail as required by the Town
Board of the Town of Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, about the Capital Project, which
provides wastewater treatment services for portions of the Town’s Consolidated Sewer Districts;
and
WHEREAS, said plan and report are on file in the office of the Town Clerk, where they are
available for public inspection, and
WHEREAS, the maximum proposed to be expended for the improvements is
$3,243,846.00 of which Town of Dryden’s share is $64,228.15, with the proposed method of
payment being that the Town will reimburse the City of Ithaca for the former’s share pursuant
to a contract between the Town and the City of Ithaca. The Town will not issue or co -issue any
bonds but pay its share of expenses from sewer rents and charges from the Consolidated Sewer
District, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden,
Tompkins County, New York, as follows:
Section 1. A public hearing is scheduled for August 10, 2023 at 6:05 PM via Zoom and
in-person at the Town Hall, located at 93 East Main Street, Dryden, NY 13053, to determine
whether it is in the public interest to approve the Capital Project, as recommended by the SJC.
Access details for the Zoom meeting shall be posted on the Town of Dryden website at
www.dryden.ny.us not less than 24 hours prior to the date of the hearing. In addition to
participation in the public hearing via Zoom or in-person, all members of the public wishing to
submit written comments on this proposal may do so in writing addressed to the Town Clerk at
93 East Main Street, Dryden, NY 13053 or by email to townclerk@dryden.ny.us
Section 2. The Town Clerk of the Town of Dryden is hereby authorized and directed to
cause a copy of this order to be published once in the Ithaca Journal and also to post a copy on
the Town website and notice boards not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before
the date of the hearing.
Section 3. This order shall take effect immediately.
2nd Cl Vargas-Mendez
Roll Call Vote Cl Vargas-Mendez Yes
Cl Dravis Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bambi L. Avery
Town Clerk