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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Packet 2020-05-21Special Meeting of the Ithaca Town Board Thursday, May 21, @ 3:45 p.m. ZOOM ID 940 2756 4995 Agenda 1. Consider approval and authorization for the Supervisor to sign a contract for legal services associated with the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility 2. Consider authorization to open a Certificate of Deposit with Tompkins Trust Company 3. Consider authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 1319 Mecklenburg Rd 4. Consider approval of the Town of Ithaca Abstract 5. Adjourn Special Meeting of the Ithaca Town Board Thursday, May 21, @ 4:00 p.m. TB Resolution 2020 - : Authorization for Supervisor to sign an Engazement Letter for Legal Services for the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWWTF) — Brock Whereas the Town of Ithaca is co-owner of the IAWWTF with the City of Ithaca and the Town of Dryden, and Whereas, Susan Brock has been the attorney for the IAWWTF for many years and proposes to raise her IAWWTF hourly billing rate, which has not been raised since 2011, now therefore be it Resolved that the Town Board authorizes the Supervisor to sign the Engagement Letter for Legal Services with Susan H. Brock to provide services to the IAWWTF as its attorney effective January 1, 2020. Moved: Seconded: Vote: SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Thursday, May 21, 2020 TB Resolution 2020 • : Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 1319 Mecklenburg Rd Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from the owner(s) of 1319 Mecklenburg Rd. due to an imminent failure of the current system and the nearest sewer main being approximately 1,000 feet away which would cost approximately $300K to hook into, and Whereas the Public Works Committee discussed the request at its May 19, 2020 meeting and recommended authorizing the exemption for a replacement in kind and sized for current usage of the property, now therefore be it Resolved that the Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 1319 Mecklenburg Rd. for replacement of a failing system with a replacement in kind and sized for current usage of the property. Moved: Seconded: Vote: MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD May 21, 2020 TB Resolution No. 2020- : Authorization to Open a Certificate of Deposit with Tompkins Trust Company in the amount of $8,500,000 for a Period of 12 Months. Whereas, at the May 11, 2020 meeting the Budget Committee discussed the re- investment of balances in the Town's various bank accounts, directing the Supervisor and Finance Officer to identify the funds and amounts that could be invested for a period of one year; and Whereas, the Supervisor and Finance Officer have recommended that $8,500,000 be invested at Tompkins Trust Company in a Certificate of Deposit with a 12 -month maturity and interest rate of 0.70%; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that this governing Town Board hereby authorizes the opening of a Certificate of Deposit at Tompkins Trust Company in the amount of $8,500,000 with a 12 - month maturity and interest rate of 0.70%; and be it further Resolved, that the Town Board authorizes Rod Howe, Town Supervisor, William Goodman, Deputy Town Supervisor, Michael Solvig, Town Finance Officer, and Donna Shaw, Deputy Town Finance Officer, as authorized signers on this Certificate of Deposit. Moved: Seconded: Note: Ayes - FUNDI JCCouN r r 1 'm1vESZNiEr1TS 40 CD > Mm- ST.",: General Fund $ 500,000 S 3,500 Open Space Plan Reserve 840,000 5,880 Land Preserve Maint, Reserve 41,100 288 Land Stewardship Reserve 9,900 69 General Part -Town Fund 1,000,000 7,000 Highway Fund 300,000 2,100 Highway Part -Town Fund 2,000,000 14,000 Highway Equipment Reserve 373,000 2,611 Sewer - SJC Account 1,500,000 10,500 Risk Retention Fund 130,000 910 Fire Protection Fund 1,000,000 7,000 Debt Service Fund 350,000 2,450 General Benefit Reserve 350,000 2,450 Stormwater Coalition 40,000 280 Cayuga Lake Watershed 1-0 30,000 210 LVC Escrow - Permanent Maint. 24,300 170 LVC Escrow - Ferris Memorial 11,700 82 TOTAL - ALL ACCOUNTS $ 81500,000 $ 59,500 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Thursday, May 21, 2020 TB Resolution 2020 - : Town of Ithaca Abstract No. 10 for FY -2020 Whereas the following numbered vouchers have been presented to the Ithaca Town Board for approval of payment; and Whereas the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now therefore be it Resolved that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said vouchers in total for the amounts indicated. VOUCHER NOS. 535-572 General Fund Town Wide 21,393.93 General Fund Part -Town 3,494.91 Highway Fund Town Wide DA 338.47 Highway Fund Part Town DB 11,820.57 Water Fund 46,798.36 Sewer Fund 305,731.42 PWF Renovations Project — H22 270.50 Fire Protection Fund 280,975.00 Forest Home Lighting District 43.87 Glenside Lighting District 13.12 Renwick Heights Lighting District 21.86 Eastwood Commons Lighting District 30.66 Clover Lane Lighting District 4.09 Winner's Circle Lighting District 6.13 Burleigh Drive Lighting District 14.31 West Haven Road Lighting District 56.66 Coddin ton Road Lighting District 32.99 Trust and Agency 4357.00 Debt Service 725.00 TOTAL 676,128.85 Moved: Seconded: Vote: