HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-01-11-RTB Town of Ulysses
Regular Town Board Meeting
January 11 , 2011
Present : Supervisor Roxanne Marino ; Councilpersons David Kerness, Kevin Romer, and
Lucia Tyler; Town Clerk Marsha L. Georgia; Highway Superintendent James Meeker;
Deputy Supervisor Sue Poelvoorde; Attorney Mariette Geldenhuys .
Absent : Councilperson Elizabeth Thomas .
Others Present : Jim Dennis, Tompkins County Legislature Representative ; Tim
Reynolds ; Bill Chaisson, Free Press Reporter; and Nancy Dean, Town Historian.
APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
Ms. Marino moved, seconded by Mr. Kerness the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approves the
previous examined vouchers #526 through #560 in the amount of $44,079 . 24 for
2010 and voucher # 1 through 16 in the amount of $ 8 ,095 . 58 for 2011 .
Ms . Marino aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Mr. Romer aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Adopted
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Ms. Marino moved, seconded by Mr. Kerness the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approves the
minutes of the Public Hearing dated 12/ 14/2010 and the Regular Town Board
meeting of 12/ 14/2010 as corrected .
Ms . Marino aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Mr. Romer aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Adopted
PRIVILEDGE OF THE FLOOR
Ms . Nancy Dean, Town Historian, gave a brief report on her activities for 2010 and
reported on a new program the Historians are implementing called "History of Homes".
PRESENTATION - Request for Re-zoning; Ben Gustafson, Hunt Engineers
Ms . Marino introduced Ben Gustafson of Hunt Engineers . Mr. Gustafson presented an
outline for a request to re-zone a parcel on Trumansburg Road currently owned by
Cayuga Breeders . The property is currently zoned commercial and the re-zoning would
allow for light industrial use. Details of this request are available in the Code
Enforcement office.
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tompkins County Legislator Jim Dennis reported that Martha Robinson was appointed
as Chair and he will remain on the Budget Committee as Chair. The County met with the
Tompkins County Sheriff' s Road Patrol to continue negotiating a contract .
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Trumansburg Fire Department - No one in attendance for report.
Trumansburg Village - No one in attendance for report .
TOWN REPORTS
Planning Board - Newly appointed Planning Board member Peter Fry gave a brief
summary of his professional experience.
Highway Superintendent James Meeker reported on the activities of the Highway
Department for the month. Mr. Meeker provided the "Agreement for the Expenditure of
Highway Moneys" for the 2011 fiscal year to the Board .
Mr. Kerness moved, seconded by Ms . Marino the following:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approve the
"Agreement for the Expenditure of Highway Moneys" presented by Highway
Superintendent James Meeker.
Ms . Marino aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Mr. Romer aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Adopted
Town Clerk Marsha L. Georgia reported the fees collected by the Clerk for the month
of December and said that the collection of 2011 taxes was going smooth.
Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun gave the yearly report for his office .
Supervisor Roxanne Marino gave an overview of the Supervisor' s Operating Statement
and presented the following :
• Annual report from Mr. Austic on the activities of the Water Districts . Ms .
Marino also noted that the Board needs to return to discussions with the Town of
Ithaca on a fairer allocation of the costs of water loss .
• Date set for annual Town Board audit of Departments for February 4, 2011 at
1 : 00 p . m .
• Update on the voice mail system to be installed by All-Mode .
• Review of the new voucher system to begin in February. Ms . Tyler and Mr.
Romer will review vouchers for the first six months .
• New accounting software implementation. Ms . Marino asked the Board to
consider what reports they would like to see.
Deputy Supervisor Sue Poelvoorde reported that the Agriculture and Farm Protection
Plan Committee is meeting again this Thursday, January 13th, to review the latest version
of the draft Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan. This version was emailed to Town
Board members to start their review.
Ms . Poelvoorde received a different form from NYS on the reporting of elected and
appointed employees in the NYS retirement system . Ms . Poelvoorde will have to call and
clarify if we need to resubmit the report and resolution .
The new web site is moving along (Ms. Henninger submitted a report to the Board via
email) .
Town Board Members and Committees
Ms. Tyler reported that she attended the first meeting in 2011 with Tompkins
County Health Consortium . Ms . Tyler also announced that the Community Arts
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Partnership will be holding a recognition event on February 11 , 2011 , for all of
the artists that have received awards .
OLD BUSINESS
Year-end Budget Modifications
Mr. Romer moved, seconded by Mr. Kerness the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses approves the
following 2010 Year-end budget modifications :
A Fund
Appropriation line 1010 . 1 Town Board PS increase $ 2 . 00
Appropriation line 1010 .4 Town Board CE increase $ 165 . 66
Appropriation line 1110 . 1 Justice PS increase $ 0 . 02
Appropriation line 1111 . 1 Justice PS increase $ 0. 02
Appropriation line 1221 . 1 Deputy Supervisor PS increase $ 214 . 60
Appropriation line 1410 . 1 Town Clerk PS increase $ 0 . 08
Appropriation line 1620 . 4 Buildings CE increase $ 2 , 544 . 50
Appropriation line 1650 . 4 Central Comm. CE increase $ 799 . 20
Appropriation line 1670 .4 Central Print /Mail increase $ 1 , 824 . 65
Appropriation line 5010 . 1 Highway Super PS increase $ 0 .46
Appropriation line 5132 . 4 Garage CE increase $ 637 . 02
Appropriation line 9055 . 8 Disability Insurance increase $ 183 . 00
Appropriation line 8810 .4 Cemeteries CE decrease $ 800. 00
Appropriation line 9010 . 8 State Retirement decrease $ 3 ,910 .68
Appropriation line 3510 .4 Dog Control CE decrease $ 917 . 97
Appropriation line 9030 . 8 Social Security decrease $ 400 . 61
Appropriation line 5132 . 2 Town Barn Capital decrease $ 341 . 95
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B Fund
Appropriation line 3620 . 1 Safety Inspection PS increase $ 0 . 08
Appropriation line 8020 . 4 Planning CE increase $ 1 ,038 . 83
Appropriation line 9055 . 8 Disability Insurance increase $ 1 . 80
Appropriation line 8010 . 1 Zoning PS increase $ 0 . 02
Appropriation line 9030 . 8 Social Security decrease $ 1 , 040 . 73
DA Fund
Appropriation line 5130 . 1 Machinery PS increase $ 804 .40
Appropriation line 9055 . 8 Disability Insurance increase $ 20. 90
Appropriation line 9040 . 8 Workers Comp decrease $ 825 . 30
DB Fund
Appropriation line 5110 . 4 General Repairs CE increase $ 9,072 . 60
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Appropriation line 9040 . 8 Workers Comp decrease $ 1 ,757 . 00
Appropriation line 9060 . 8 Medical Insurance decrease $ 2859 . 35
Appropriation line 5110 . 1 General Repairs PS . decrease $ 440 . 10
Appropriation line 9010 . 8 State Retirement decrease $ 0 . 89
Appropriation line 9030 . 8 Social Security decrease $ 0 . 19
Appropriation line 9055 . 8 Disability Insurance decrease $ 25 . 30
Revenue line DB599 App . Fund Balance increase $ 3 , 989 . 77
SW3
Appropriation line 8340 . 4 Trans / Distrib CE increase $ 965 . 97
Appropriation line 8310 . 1 Admin PS decrease $ 0 . 07
Appropriation line 8310 . 4 Admin CE decrease $ 67 .43
Appropriation line 8311 . 1 Water Clerk PS decrease $ 0 . 68
Appropriation line 8340 . 1 Trans / Distrib PS decrease $ 62 . 64
Appropriation line 8340 . 2 Trans / Distrib EQ decrease $ 289 . 59
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Appropriation line 9030 . 8 Social Security decrease $ 30 . 87
Appropriation line 9040 . 8 Workers Comp decrease $ 200 . 00
Revenue line SW3 599 App . Fund Balance increase $ 314 . 64
SW4
Appropriation line 8310 . 1 Admin PS increase $ 0 . 21
Appropriation line 9030 . 8 Social Security increase $ 0 . 22
Appropriation line 8310 .4 Admin CE decrease $ 0 .43
Ms . Marino aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Mr. Romer aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Adopted
EMS - Joint Municipal Meeting
The EMS meeting with the Village, Town of Covert and Town of Hector has been
rescheduled for January 26, 2011 , at 6 : 00 p .m . at the Trumansburg Fire Station.
Mr. Romer sent the Board a draft of an RFP for ambulance service and he would like the
Board to review before the working meeting on January 25 `h . Mr. Romer asked the
Board to focus on the services.
Ms . Geldenhuys shared with the Board a discussion she had with the Attorney General
and asked the Board if they would like her to pursue a different avenue for more
information. The Board told her to continue . •
Sale of Property
Ms . Geldenhuys provided the Board with the procedure to sell Town property. Mr.
Kerness will look into how to establish the value of the two properties in question.
NEW BUSINESS
Request for Rezoning
Ms. Tyler moved, seconded by Mr. Kerness the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the request for re-zoning merits further consideration
and the Town Board is directing the applicant to proceed with a Sketch Plan
Conference and then proceed with a full Site Plan review with the Planning
Board.
Ms . Marino aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Mr. Romer aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Adopted
Other
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Code of Ethics
Ms . Marino said that Ms. Georgia provided an updated list of the people who have not
signed the memorandum or attended training for the "Code of Ethics" . If anyone wants to
have the training session again, a time will be worked out with Ms . Geldenhuys .
Public Hearing for Fire Contract
The Board scheduled a public hearing for January 25 , 2011 , at 6 : 45 p .m. , just prior to
there working session meeting, to receive public comments on the 2011 Fire & EMS
Contract with the Village of Trumansburg.
Agenda for January 25th Working Meeting
Some items for discussion are as follows :
• RFP Section #4 on ambulance service
• Priority tasks list
• Gas drilling advisory request
Executive Session
Ms . Marino moved, seconded by Ms . Tyler the following :
BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses go into
Executive Session to discuss matters related to the appointment, promotion,
demotion, discipline, or removal of particular personnel .
Ms . Marino aye
Ms . Tyler aye
Mr. Kerness aye
Mr. Romer aye
Adopted
Meeting adjourned to executive session at 9 : 25 pm .
Adjournment
Meeting re-convened and the Board voted unanimously to adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Marsha L. Georgia
Ulysses Town Clerk
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