HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-03-10 - TB TOWN OF ULYSSES
REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING
MARCH 10, 2009
PRESENT : Supervisor Douglas Austic ; Council Mr. Ferrentino, David Kerness,
Elizabeth Thomas and Lucia Tyler; Town Clerk Marsha L. Georgia; Deputy Supervisor
Richard Coogan ; Highway Superintendent James Meeker; Attorney Mariette
Geldenhuys, absent.
Others Present : Chair Comprehensive Plan Sue Poelvoorde, George and Marta Medlar,
Robert Weatherby, Village Trustee Chris Thomas , Geoffrey Hart, Connie Lansing,
Martha Ullberg, County Representative Jim Dennis, Steven Frost, Mary Bouchard, Chair
Water Commission Diane Hillman, Roxanne Marino and John Hrubos .
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
Ms . Thomas previously distributed changes and corrections to the minutes of the Regular
Town Board meeting of February 10`h, 2009 which all the Board members were good
with. Ms . Thomas moved, seconded by Ms . Tyler the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approve the
minutes of the Regular Town Board meeting of 2/ 10/2009 with the changes and
corrections submitted.
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
Mr. Kerness moved, seconded by Ms . Tyler the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approve the
minutes of the Special Town Board meeting of February 26, 2009 .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas abstained
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
Ms . Tyler moved, seconded by Mr. Kerness the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approve the
previous examined vouchers # ' s 62 through 107 in the amount of $27, 791 . 26 .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms. Tyler aye
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Adopted
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES
John Lampman from the Tompkins County Highway presented the following :
SENECA ROAD BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PUBLIC INFORMATION SHEET
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION
Tonight's presentation is to make the public aware of the Seneca Road bridge project and
to inform the community about and provide an opportunity to participate in the design
process .
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project proposes to replace the bridge on Seneca Road over Boardman Creek west of
Trumansburg. The bridge is a 34- foot long, earth- filled concrete arch built in 1924 . The
8S-year old structure is in the NYSDOT Historic Bridge Inventory as eligible for listing
in the National Register. It is proposed for replacement due to serious deterioration, . .
hydraulic vulnerability, and substandard width. Its 18 . 8 -foot width combined with the
intersection of Curry Road creates a safety hazard .
Tompkins County and the Town of Ulysses are responsible for the bridge and agree it
should be replaced . Typically the Town would be liable for 20% of replacement costs . A
$ 530,000 total replacement estimate has been proposed. The project is on the first project
on the second tier of work proposed for 100% Federal 'Stimulus' Funding.
Following initial contact with historic preservation officials, a new arch bridge was
considered. When these options exceeded the project budget, less expensive designs
were proposed.
Option Bridge Type Span Construction County Town
Length Cost Share Share
1 3-sided Arch-top Culvert 36 $730, 000 $584 , 000 _$ 146 , 000
2 Pre-cast Concrete Arch 36 $805 , 000 x $644, 000 $ 161 , 000
3 Aluminum Arch 38 _ $680, 000 $544, 000 $ 136, 000
4 Slab on Sheet Pile Abutments 56 $667,000 $533 ,600 $ 133, 400
5 Slab Units on Piles 56 $456,000 $364 , 800 $91 ,200
All alternatives would build on the existing alignment. New parapet walls would match
the existing, as required by State Historic Preservation. All options provide a larger
opening than the existing bridge, safely passing the 1 DO-year flood. The bridge width
would provide two 10-foot lanes and 5 -foot shoulders . Heavy stone rip-rap would be
installed to stabilize erosion up- and downstream of the bridge . Realigning a portion of
Curry Road to improve the intersection is also proposed, although not included in the
estimates .
The County is planning to replace the bridge in late 2009 or 2010 . Seneca Road will be
closed to through traffic during construction. Curry and Searsburg Roads are proposed
for a detour.
To move Curry Road, the land adjacent to the west will need to be purchased. Bob
Weatherby is interested in speaking with someone from the Town about this . Land
acquisition is not in the above budget.
PROJECT SCHEDULE
Preliminary design is ongoing.
The project schedule is as follows :
Plans presented to Town Board, NYSDOT & County May Stimulus Funding
Determination June 2009, Construction Schedule Set & Bidding July-August
Construction. If delayed until 2010 construction will be completed by September 2010 .
John expects to be able to complete the project in 4 months .
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you have questions or comments concerning the project, please contact John Lampman
at the Tompkins County Highway Division, 170 Bostwick Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, (607)
274-0300 or e-mail at jlampman @ tmpkins-co . org.
Mr. Lampman also distributed a drawing of Curry Road and discussed the possibility of
expanding the road. A copy of the drawing is on file in the Clerk ' s office .
Mr. Lampman also distributed copies of the Highway Maintenance agreement to be
discussed later with the Board.
Tompkins County Representative Jim Dennis stated that the County is working out a
plan of a two year overview of what they will be doing with their finances . They know
what kind of money they are going to get from the feds for Medicaid, but they also know
that it is going to end in two years so they have to be thinking about gently sliding into
some real diminished funds from the State and so they are looking at all of the programs
and they will be over the next two years figuring which ones can survive the dramatic
cuts that the State is talking about.
Planning Board Report- Mr. Rachun reported that the Planning Board met and set a
public hearing date for the Cayuga Compost project for March 17th at 7pm . Mr. Rachun
also said that the Planning Board has given their unanimous support to the
Comprehensive Plan Committee. Another item coming up for their review are new signs
for Ulysses Square .
Mr. Rachun reported that he has been talking with Grassroots concerning the
campgrounds on Agard and the necessity for them to come in with a plan for a
campground that the Town Board will approve . Mr. Rachun made it clear that time is of
the essence because this year they will not get an operating permit for that area unless
they have a legal campground.
Ms . Thomas asked if they could meet that timeline?
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Mr. Rachun said that they have had more then enough time, a lot of phone calls and
warnings, so this is not just upon them right now they have know about this for a long
time and they (Grassroots do have an engineer working on it. )
Comprehensive Plan Committee Chair Sue Poelvoorde said that the Comprehensive
Plan Committee has completed their task up to this point. The CPC held their public
hearing on the Draft Comprehensive Plan on February 5th, which 25 people attended .
Most of the comments revolved around the Conservation and Environmental areas . Ms .
Poelvoorde said what it boiled down to is the committee did not talk about what type of
development could be in those areas. So that was a gap in those two sections. Ms .
Poelvoorde said that she is here tonight to turn it over to the Town Board. Ms .
Poelvoorde presented the Town Board with disks that contain the final draft of the
Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Comprehensive Committee. Also on the disk are
the minutes of the Public Hearing held by the CPC and the final edits to the January 2009
Draft Comprehensive Plan based on changes from comments from the public hearing and
other comments received by the committee.
Ms . Georgia also has a disk with this information and she will forward the Final Draft to
Mr. Pratt to be published on the Ulysses web page.
Ms . Poelvoorde presented the copy of SEQR Part I that was filled out by Ms . Kimberly
Baptise, Senior Planner with Bergmann Associates. She will help us through the process.
The Town Board will look into the procedure before declaring Lead Agency.
Ms . Thomas moved, seconded by Ms . Tyler the following:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses accepts the Final
Draft copy of the Comprehensive Plan presented to the Town Board from the
Ulysses Comprehensive Plan Committee.
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
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Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
Ms . Tyler stated that she wanted to thank the Comprehensive Plan Committee for all of
their hard work and dedicated hours of volunteer work that they put into the
Comprehensive Plan.
Water Commission Chair Diane Hillman reported that at the last meeting of the Water
Commission they addressed the concerns of three water users . The first two concerns
were fairly unconcerning but Mr. Washington of Washington Heights is concerned about
the rate he is charged for the debt service and the operation and maintenance charge on
his tax bill . He is assessed lunit for each trailer and he feels he should not be . The
commission is still looking into his concern. The Commission also addressed the new
rate that the Town of Ithaca wants to charge for water purchased. The problem with what
the Town of Ithaca is saying is that they feel the Town of Ulysses may be leaking water
and they want that paid for. They discussed some different options to determine more
actually how much water is coming into Ulysses . Currently there is no meter at the
Townline so they can not determine how much is going out and coming in to the people
at that end of the Town of Ithaca that the waterline services .
There is extra money still in district #3 that can take care of this situation by having an
additional meter. Mr. Austic explained this in more detail.
Ms. Thomas asked about the minutes of these meetings .
Ms . Georgia asked Ms . Hillman to email her the minutes . •
The next Water Commission meeting is scheduled for March 17`h at 12 noon at the Town
Hall .
PUBLIC PRIVILEDGE OF THE FLOOR
Village Trustee Chris Thomas reported that they have finished the appendix for the
Comp Plan which includes the annexed property. The Village is going to have a public
workshop on March 23rd and Mr. Thomas is inviting the Town Board to that. They are
looking at a tentative adoption by May 1. 1 `h . Mr. Thomas said that they just sold the fire
pumper truck for $ 15 ,000 (which was a surprise for everyone) and it is going to Lebanon.
This will be applied to the current years fire equipment budget and also try to follow the
budget and come under budget. Mr. Thomas said that the first meeting was held for
Winter Fest and the plans are underway. Also Mr. Thomas said that wine tasting will be
returning to the Farmers Market and possibly beer and cider as well.
Mr. Ferrentino said that the Fire Department also gave the buyers of the truck all of the
old gear that is no longer accepted in today' s standards .
Mr. Meeker said that the land that was annexed into the Village should have a monument
on the Village line .
Mr. Thomas said he was not a where of a monument and will check into this .
Ms . Marino wanted to acknowledge the efforts, hard work and the professionalize that
Ms . Poelvoorde provided during the many hours spent working on the Comprehensive
plan. Mr. Weatherby seconded that statement.
Ms . Marino also suggested that Mr. Coogan be asked about the SEQR process because in
the past he was very a where what the procedures were.
TOWN REPORTS
Highway Superintendent James Meeker reported the following:
• Plowed and salted as needed
• T-20 — new rear brakes -- getting ready for inspection
• New rear tractor tires on JD Tractor (mowing tractor)
• Grease all trucks
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• Worked on building project
The Board discussed the plans for the building with Mr. Meeker.
Mr. Kerness asked the Board to forward their concerns or what ever to him before the
building process gets started.
Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun reported that two building permits were issued
for the month, one for a single family home and one for a large addition. Checked
• culverts for stormwater compliance and checked stormwater requirements for Cayuga
Compost.
Town Clerk Marsha Georgia reported that $ 837 . 50 was collected in the month of
February and $ 668 . 21 turned over to the Supervisor with her monthly report.
Board Members and Committees
Mr. Kerness mentioned that at the last Board meeting the Board was investigating a
sewer system along Rout 89 as potentially part of the stimulus package. Mr. Kerness said
that he got with Mr. Austic and Mr. Pond and a note was put together and was sent out
through the lake watch group to get a response and interest of sewer along Route 89 . Mr.
Kerness said that 130 emails went out which pretty much reflect most the residents east
of 89 . Mr. Kerness said that there was 20% response and interesting enough 89%
favored the septic systems and that represented 24 families and 27 properties, only 11 %
were against it. Mr. Kerness was asked how many total properties were included in the
130 emails . Mr. Kerness said that the distribution list is based on people not properties .
Mr. Kerness asked if the Board was going to do anything about this . Ms . Tyler said that
it is later in the meeting.
Supervisor Austic previously distributed the monthly financial statement and no
questions were raised.
Mr. Austic said that he has a list of the interested people that would like to serve on the
Farmland Protection Steering Committee. Mr. Austic introduced the list into the record.
Ms . Tyler moved, seconded by Ms . Thomas to appoint the following;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses appoint the 12
following residents to the FARMLAND PROTECTION PLAN STEERING
COMMITTEE :
Bruce Austic Pine Ridge Farms Charles & Anne Houghton
8938 Rt . 96 Ed & Pat Stevenson 1312 Perry City Rd .
Interlaken , NY 14847 8018 Luke Rd Ithaca , NY 14850
Trumansburg , NY 14886
Philip Switzer Yhi-Chaw Cheng Stick & Stone John Wertis
5108 Black Road 1605 Trumansburg Rd . 8144 Searsburg Rd
Trumansburg , NY 14886 Ithaca , NY 14850 Trumansburg , NY 14886
Robert Weatherby Robert Howarth George Holmes
4200 West Seneca Road 4124 Reynolds Rd . 3220 Jacksonville Rd .
Trumansburg , NY 14886 Trumansburg , NY 14886 Trumansburg , NY 14886
Tony Potenza or James Brown
James Taylor 5118 DuBois Rd .
Congress St. Ext PO Box 3
Trumansburg , NY 14886 Jacksonville, NY 14854
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
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The next meeting for the Steering Committee is scheduled for March 18`h , 2009 at 7PM .
OLD BUSINIESS
Water Superintendent Resolution
Ms . Tyler read an moved the following resolution into the record .
WHEREAS , the memo from the attorney for the Town, Mariette Geldenhuys, of January
8 , 2009 , addresses the compatibility of the Offices of the Town Supervisor (who is a
Town Board member) and the Water Superintendent/Administrator for the Town, and
concludes that these two offices are incompatible; and this opinion was also expressed in
the New York Association of Towns newsletter of March/April 2008 , with accompanying
legal references ; and an Opinion of the Attorney General ( 102301193 ) states that the
position of water superintendent is incompatible with that of a town board member; and
WHEREAS , the positions of Town Supervisor and Water Superintendent/Administrator
for Town are currently held by the same person;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town immediately commence a
search process for another Water Superintendent/Administrator and advertise the position
as the first step in the search process .
Mr. Kerness seconds the resolution, moved by Ms . Tyler.
Mr. Austic said going back in history the Town Board passed Local Law # 1 of 2003
"Town of Ulysses Public Water" . In this law it states " There shall be appointed for the
various Town water districts in the same manner and for such term and on such basis as
the Town Board may determine, a Superintendent of Water Supply, who, on behalf of the
Town shall have general supervision of the operation and maintenance of the water
systems in each district, issue all permits required hereby, read meters, inspect service
installations, and perform other such duties as required for operation and maintenance of
the water systems as the Town Board may direct. " The law was passed on September 15 ,
2003 and on October 9`h, 2003 the Town Board passed a resolution appointing Doug
Austic, Supervisor as the Superintendent of Water.
Mr. Austic said the point is if you read Town Law the Town Board has the right to confer
on the Supervisor additional duties and responsibilities or pass a local law to compel .
Mr. Austic said that the Town Board conferred this duty on the Supervisor.
Ms . Tyler said she does not dispute that when it was done the Board felt that it was legal
at the time .
Mr. Austic asked what the problem is now .
Mr. Kerness said that it is illegal and they do not want it .
Mr. Austic asked why they couldn ' t just make it part of the Supervisor ' s job .
Mr. Kerness said because they don' t want to and it is illegal . Mr. Kerness said what two
words would you like me to repeat?
Mr. Austic said there are legal ways to do it.
Ms . Thomas said that between the Association of Towns and Ms . Geldenhuys and the
article that was in the Association of Towns magazine they were all in agreement that it is
not a situation that should continue .
Ms . Thomas said that the Village is now working on a water system and the point person
whom ever it is would have to deal with the Village and there seems to be a conflict of
interest if Mr. Austic is the one managing the system for the Town.
Ms . Hillman, Chair of the Water Commission said they discussed this at their meeting
and they felt that with the situation did not require an immediate solution and given the
fact that there isn' t anyone to step in, it should be tabled at this time because she feels
that it could be disruptive . It just seems that you would be loosing an awful amount of
knowledge that has been a benefit to the Town and the water district. No one is coming
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after anyone with an axe and saying the Town is going to be sued or something like this
and you should proceed slowly.
Ms . Thomas aid she would agree and she does not think that anyone is saying Mr. Austic
is not doing a good job it is just that when it became so clear that this is not how this
should be set up so the Board felt like they should pursue it although change is difficult.
Ms. Hillman said that she does not hear any other options being presented.
Ms . Thomas said that one option they could take is to advertise the position and keep Mr.
Austic until another appropriate person is found.
Mr. Austic said that under Section 16 of the Supervisor in Town Law it states "shall have
and exercise any other power or duty expressly conferred or imposed upon him by law
and such powers and duties of administration and supervision of town or special or
improvement district functions as shall be provided by resolution of the town board, to be
performed on behalf of such board. He feels that it is specifically in the law and that is
why most Supervisors ' are the water superintendents .
Ms . Poelvoorde said she would like to weight in on this because she was on the Town
Board when this resolution was passed. Ms. Poelvoorde said that if she had to vote for it
now she would not vote for that.
Mr. Austic argues that increasing the Supervisor ' s responsibilities is not illegal .
Mr. Thomas, Village Trustee asked if there was a job description for the Water
Superintendent.
Mr. Austic said there was only the Town Water Law, no one page job description.
Mr. Kemess said that Ms . Geldenhuys has researched this and the first issue is it is a
Town Board decision on who gets appointed to that position and it sounds to him that
under those constraints it is illegal for them to appoint Mr. Austic in that capacity period .
The issue that Mr. Kemess feels that Mr. Austic is raising is make it one job . Mr.
Kerness wished Ms . Geldenhuys was here because he felt that she made it clear that even
under those conditions you could not because of that act that Mr. Austic not voting on
something in the water district because you were Supervisor gave the inference that you
still had the ability to sway the other Town Board members into voting the way you
liked, whether that be true or not that is the perception that you give in that kind of
arrangement. Mr. Kerness said that the bottom line issue is that he does not think the
Board wants the organization so that when you look for Town Supervisor to run for
office that the responsibilities have to be as broad as the current system that we have.
Mr. Kerness said that the question could be when do you make that change and that is a
different issue then the motion. Mr. Kerness said that we can deal with one thing at a
time and if you don ' t do that in some kind of step approach it will be nuclear.
Ms . Hillman said then why not start with writing a job description. How can you
advertise it without one?
Mr. Kerness said asking for a job description is a sore subject.
Ms . Tyler said that she feels that there is value in separation of powers ; she is not
disputing that Mr. Austic has not done a good job but the dispute is if you are considering
doing a water district or what ever it is great to have someone independent of the
Supervisor to advise you so you get more then one persons view on things because she
feels that you get a stronger project usually so that is why we have separation of powers .
Mr. Dennis commented that it appears to him that you have some what of a stalemate .
Mr. Dennis says that he thinks the Board has the ability, this Board or any Board, can call
for and write a job description. You can go to Tompkins County to develop a job
description. Mr. Dennis said that if he was on this Board he would say if you are looking
to separate out the two jobs you have a natural time to do that ; you have an election
coming up in November and he frankly would not think it a good idea to write in the
qualifications of the Town Supervisor a specific job . What does make sense to Mr.
Dennis is that the Town Board has the ability through 2009 to work on separating it out
and come up with a job description, have an election and them you can make a discussion
even before the election so if someone wants to run for the Town Supervisor job . You
have a natural time; you have 9 months so instead of doing something today you could
put something in motion and have an answer by the end of 2009 .
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Ms. Thomas said that at the end of the resolution it says to commence immediately with a
search process and she feels that could be part of the search process would be to get a job
description together. It does not mean that tomorrow there would be a new person.
Ms . Hillman said she felt advertising the position is very premature when you don' t even
have a job description.
Mr. Austic said that the Water Law is the job description and he could condense it and
make it one page.
Mr. Kerness said that action has to be taken; the lawyer has said that it is illegal .
Mr. Austic said that she also had provided a sample resolution giving two options .
Mr. Austic called the vote .
Mr. Austic nay
Mr. Ferrentino nay
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
Ms. Georgia said them she would advertise the position which it says in the resolution.
Ms . Tyler said no a description for the position would come first.
Mr. Austic said so what now do you want me to stop what I am doing.
Mr. Kerness said no Mr. Austic can continue doing what he has been doing and still gets
paid for it.
Ms . Hillman said from the Water Commission view, one of the things that is really
concerning is the stability of the process but also there are a number of things that they
just started with that they need the experience of Mr. Austic and his knowledge of the
system and the budget and the whole things . The Commission is new to all of this so it
seems to her if the Board feels they must do something then you need to have some
approach and does not start with advertising a position that you don ' t even have a job
description for. To Ms . Hillman doing something would be starting with that job
description and agreeing on what that job should be. The Board is admitting that they
know very little understanding about.
Mr. Austic said that there are two sides to the Water Superintendent and one of those
sides is the record keeping, the budget process for water.
The general consensus of the Board was to establish a job description .
Supervisor//Bookkeeper
The Board discussed the elimination of the position of bookkeeper and agreed that the
position should not be eliminated.
Ms. Thomas read the following Local Law into the record that the Board felt should get
adopted:
A Local Law to increase the Salary of the Town Supervisor
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses as follows :
SECTION 1 . In the past, there were two separate positions listed in the budget for the
Town Supervisor and the Bookkeeper. The budget contained two separate salary lines,
one for the Supervisor and 011 for the Bookkeeper. The Supervisor filled both positions .
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To address incompatibility of positions, the Town Board has eliminated the position of
Bookkeeper. As a result, the bookkeeping duties revert to the Supervisor pursuant to
Town Law § 29(4) . Accordingly, tb Town Board has concluded that the Supervisor's
salary should be increased to fairly compensal the Supervisor for the workload that
includes bookkeeping duties .
SECTION 2 . The notice of hearing for the preliminary budget for 2009 specified that the
Supervisor's salary for 2009 shall be $ 15 ,000 . 00. Section 27( 1 ) of the Town Law
provides that the annual salary ( an elected officer may be increased, for not more than
one fiscal year, in excess of the amount specified in the notice of hearing in the
preliminary budget by local law adopted pursuant t municipal home rule law .
SECTION 3 .
The annual salary of the Supervisor of the Town of Ulysses for 2009 is increased
from $ 15 ,000 . 00, the amount specified in the Notice of Hearing for the preliminary
budget, to the sum of $ 33 ,044 . 00 .
SECTION 4.
This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State, but the filing shall
not occur until at least forty- five (45 ) days after its adoption, or until approved by a
majority of the qualified electors of the Town of Ulysses voting on a proposition for its
approval if within forty five (45 ) days after its adoption a qualified petition is filed with
the Town Clerk.
Mr. Kerness would like to include into the language that this expires December 31st 2009
but at this time he would like to speak with Ms . Geldenhuys about it. Mr. Kerness said
that also delete the sentence "To address incompatibility of positions, the Town Board
has eliminated the position of Bookkeeper and delete revert to in the next sentence and
replace with are.
Ms . Tyler said she would also like the direction of Attorney Geldenhuys so Ms . Tyler
moved to table, seconded by Mr. Austic .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
Organizational Meeting
There is still some more work to be done on the list and the Board will table this until the
Board Meeting to be held on March 26`h, 2009 .
Scott Sherwood Request
Mr. Sherwood previously came to the Town Board requesting a change in his PUD at
Spruce Row Campsites to allow the sales of travel/camp trailers .
The Board felt that previously they had reviewed and turned it over to the Planning Board
and feel that this should go directly to the Planning Board .
Mr. Kerness moved, seconded by Mr. Tyler the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses moves to have
the Planning Board review the plans by Mr. Sherwood for commercial sales at
Spruce Row Campsites .
Mr. Austic aye
Mr. Ferrentino aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
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Ms. Tyler aye
Adopted
Planning Board Appointment
Ms . Tyler moved, seconded by Ms . Thomas the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses appoint Rick
Rainey to the Planning Board for the term of 7 years to expire December 31St,
2015 .
Mr. Austic felt that Bill Chaisson, the other person interviewed for the position would
add more diversity of thought to the Planning Board. Mr. Austic called for the vote .
Mr. Austic nay
Mr. Ferrentino nay
Mr. Kerness aye
Ms . Thomas aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Adopted
Mr. Austic pointed out that there is an appointment open on the Zoning Board.
The Clerk pointed out that she out dates the list of Planning Board members and Zoning
Board members every year which includes the date of termination for each member.
As discussed previously the Town Board will continue their work on the organizational
meeting at the next meeting on March 26th .
The Board asked to have Mr. Tselekis the Chair of the Zoning to attend the next meeting
or at least get his input on the re-appointment of Ms . Bristow for the Zoning Board.
Rt. 89 Sewer
Mr. Austic asked the Board what they wanted to do about the plan for sewer on Route 89
which would cost approximately $60,000 . Mr. Austic said the chance of getting stimulus
funds for this is not probably, however if you were on the EFC list and get points set up
then as the money goes out for the stimulus plan it would allow other money to go out
from EFC .
Ms . Tyler said one of her concerns about the sewer plan is that we are going backwards
and kind of starting with a plan and not starting from square one like negotiating with the
Town of Ithaca of the sewer hook-up .
To condense it up the $60,000 could be spent to establish a plan and it could never go any
further. IF the plan went to the final stages the $60,000 could be recouped from the
district that is formed .
Ms . Tyler said that another concern of hers is that the Town Board has never established
were they would like to go forward. Ms . Tyler said that the Board has never had a
discussion to find out what the priorities are. Such as do people want to go for water or
sewer or where the priorities are?
Mr. Austic said that regardless of if it was a water system or a sewer system along Rt. 89
the Planning; Board or the Comprehensive Plan may have to encourage building along the
corridor to better use and pay for the system.
The general consensus is at this time NOT to pursue the sewer plan at a cost of $60,000 .
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Mr. Ferrentino said his feeling is that the money would be better spend creating laws or
regulations that people along the lake would not be allowed to use anything but bio-
degradable products .
Mr. Kerness said that could not be done the Health Department would have to do that .
The Board discussed other options into researching local laws governing septic systems .
Public Comments
111111 Mr. Weatherby asked what is going on with the Town Barns.
Mr. Austic said that money has been set aside, Mr. Meeker has designed a floor plan and
now it would be time to bid it out. The concern is whether the law has been changed; you
used to be able to bid specs and now possibly engineered plans may have to be designed
which Mr. Meeker is looking into .
Ms . Marino said that she wanted to address the Conservation Zone in relationship to the
prior discussion about water or sewer on Rt. 89 and if something like this was ever
adopted to please just look at the Comprehensive Plan. Ms . Marino said that there may
be a master plan on infrastructure that the Town may want to develop then the public
could know where the Town is going or thinking about going.
Ms . Marino offered an opinion of Supervisor/Bookkeeper to the Board that she received
when she was on the Board.
Hearing no further business Ms . Tyler moved, seconded by Ms . Thomas to adjourn the
meeting. Unambiguously approved; meeting adjourned at 10 : 10 PM .
Respectfully submitted,
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Marsha L. Georgia
Ulysses Town Clerk
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