HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 2021-05-24 Study Session of the Ithaca Town Board
Monday, May 24, 2021 4:30 pm
AGENDA
This meeting will be held via video conferencing due to the extension of the NYS Governor's
Executive Order(s) associated with health and safety precautions for COVID-19
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1. Review of IECS and consider setting a public hearing
2. Consider approval of and authorization to execute a contract with National Water
Main Cleaning Co. for the 2021 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project
3. Deer Program Update
4. Cannabis legislation update
5. American Rescue Plan Act
6. Consider setting a Public Hearing regarding a noise permit application for
Ithaca Beer Co.'s summer music series
7. Committee Reports
a) Budget
b) Codes & Ordinances
c) Personnel and Organization/ERC
d) Planning
e) Public Works
f) Others
o Short Term Rental
o Economic Development
o Sidewalks
o Parks, Trails, Preserves & Recreation
8. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Town Board Minutes
b. Approval of Town of Ithaca Abstract
c. Approval of Revised Covid Response Policy
d. Promotional Appointment Admin Asst. II —Codes
e. Promotional Appointment Working Supervisor- PW
9. Review of Correspondence-None
Study Session of the Ithaca Town Board
Monday, May 24, 2021 4:30 pm
Minutes
This meeting was held via video conferencing due to the extension of the NYS Governor's
Executive Order(s) associated with health and safety precautions for COVID-19
Board Members Present: Rod Howe, Supervisor; Members Eric Levine, Bill Goodman, Tee-
Ann Hunter, Pat Leary and Pamela Bleiwas Absent: Rich DePaolo
Staff Present: Judy Drake, Marty Moseley, Susan Ritter, Paulette Rosa, Joe Slater, Donna Shaw,
and Dan Thaete
Mr. Howe opened the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
Mr. Howe stated that the Town joins its sister municipalities in celebrating Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month in May and our rich history of Asian American culture in Tompkins
County.
1. Deer Program Update
Mike Smith and Michael Roberts were present to review the submitted report (Attachment 1)
Mr. Smith gave a recap, saying that the program operated in February and March with 9
locations and culling 42 deer. Most of the deer came from four locations, the majority around
the Six Mile Creek area.
The sites that were not as good were for different reasons, one had a lot of active hunters just
before our program started; of the 42 deer, a dozen were donated to the food bank.
Planning for the future, we would like to rearrange a few of the sites; one we would like to drop
and we would like to add a few more sites where we do not currently have any sites.
Mr. Roberts added that the CU recreational program throughout the county had about 5,200 acres
with over 30 participating hunters and 140 deer culled. The deer damage permit culled 30 deer
off properties close to the town of Ithaca.
He added that they are trying to add more properties to their nuisance program and the campus
program run by Mr. Blossey, had about 60-80 deer culled off campus itself.
Mr. Roberts said he recently saw 19 deer in his backyard, so they are still out there in strong
numbers, and this is a long term effort.
Mr. Levine asked about the food bank donations, and he assumed the others were kept by the
hunters and not going to waste?
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Mr. Smith responded that they were.
Mr. Slater asked if there was any record of issues such as shooting after dark or trespassing.
Mr. Smith responded that our program allows 24 hours a day and the DEC did not get complaints
of that type but there was some damage/vandalism to a deer stand. No calls from the public, and
we do send out a letter to all adjacent property owners before we start.
Mr. Blossey joined the meeting to answer any questions.
Mr. Roberts said they did have one young hunter cited for being too close to a neighboring
property, he was 450 feet away where 500 is required and another hunter was cited for baiting
and both were removed from the program. We logged over 900 hours with those two citations
and have had no citations in the 3-4 years we have been running.
Mr. Blossey said he runs the program on the campus and the only problem is with people
interfering with the program by stealing cameras, vandalizing stands or singing under the deer
stands or dogs running loose, and those were taken care of by the appropriate people but no
citations on the hunters.
Mr. Roberts added that he experiences that type of issue also.
Mr. Goodman asked how we know the program is working and how do we understand if it is
having an impact in thinking about the future.
Mr. Blossey responded that we have an engaged Cornell grant that will allow us to use methods
of assessing the plant growth response. With the numbers of deer taken in the town, there would
not be a difference this soon. We are trying to work with the DEC to allow us to do other things
and the town is handicapped by only being able to act in February and March where we have
more months, and we also use darts and euthanasia. That helps us, and we are implementing
assessment methods.
We are also doing some outreach to determine what residents feel about these programs and
what they think about continuing and/or helping with the efforts.
Mr. Blossey said it is crucial that individual communities assess the effectiveness to inform
residents about progress and getting support.
Mr. Howe added that Kate Supron from the Village reported they took four deer.
Mr. Roberts agreed that looking at ecological data and impacts is great, but deer-car collisions is
also important and could be looked to for what impact the program is having.
He added that data collection and deer management needs to happen over a long period of time
to be useful.
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Mr. Blossey added that Lyme is so prevalent now it is not kept in a separate database and is
harder to track and document.
Mr. Howe thanked Mr. Smith for his work on this.
2. Review of IECS and consider setting a public hearing
Mr. Howe noted that a lot of information was distributed to the Board in the packets. He asked to
set the public hearing and then go to comments and questions. Agreed.
TB Resolution 2021 - 067: Setting a public hearing rej!ardinj!proposed local laws adding
the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement to the Ithaca Town Code, and adding Ithaca Energy
Code Supplement References to Chapter 125, `Building Construction and Fire
Prevention," Chapter 207, "Rental Property," and Chapter 270, "Zoning"
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. at
the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York on the 14th day of June, 2021 and via
the ZOOM video and audio conferencing platform per Governor Cuomo's Executive Order(s)
and Extension(s)regarding safety efforts associated with COVID-19 and in-person attendance at
public meetings, for the purpose of considering the following proposed local laws:
1. A Local Law adding Chapter 144, Titled"Ithaca Energy Code Supplement,"to the Town
of Ithaca Code
2. A Local Law Amending Chapter 125, "Building Construction and Fire Prevention," to
Add Ithaca Energy Code References to the Town of Ithaca Code
3. A Local Law Amending Chapter 207 "Rental Property,"to Add Ithaca Energy Code
References to the Town of Ithaca Code
4. A Local Law Amending Chapter 270, "Zoning," to Add Ithaca Energy Code References
to the Town of Ithaca Code, and be it further
Resolved, that at such time and place all persons interested in the proposed local law will be
heard concerning the same.
Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Tee-Ann Hunter
Vote: Aye - Bleiwas, Goodman, Hunter, Leary, Levine and Howe
Mr. Goodman thanked Mr. Goldsmith and others for their work on this project.
Mr. Goodman stated that we have codified our Green New Deal policy and this ECS deals with
new construction. The substance of the law is two ways to meet the Code where you get points
for moving to greener building processes.
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The Town's version added enforcement provisions and variance processes. We structured these
on existing building penalties with no jail time.
The draft may change slightly with formatting clean up and aligning with how we format our
laws versus the way the City does it.
Mr. Goodman stated that he had asked Mr. Goldsmith to send out comments received by the
City.
Commenters were asking us to speed up the timelines and to ban natural gas right now. We are
not banning natural gas for cooking.
There were comments regarding Cornell's unique heating system and changes were made to
reflect that.
The City did decide to move up the deadlines and we are recommending that also; so what had
been a 2025 tightening of requirements became 2023 and the final tightening of requirements
was 2030 and is now 2026. The City and the committee felt that was a compromise to those
asking for a ban on natural gas now.
Mr. Goodman asked for Mr. Goldsmith's comments.
Mr. Goldsmith said that one other change or difference from the City's version is that were are
exempting agricultural buildings.
Mr. Goodman asked Ian to speak to the "greenness" of the NYS grid because the philosophical
twist is to move off of fossil fuels and there are concerns about the make up of the grid.
Ian responded that he thought there was confusion about that, and we are confident that an
electrified building has lower emissions today than gas heat. We have some of the very cleanest,
if not the cleanest, electrical power in the county because we use so much hydro power.
Ian said the City and Town deserve a lot of credit and we were pushed by you; it was
remarkable. We have gotten calls from NYC and beyond and it is not an understatement to say
the whole state is asking questions. We have found that these low-emission buildings are a lot
easier than we thought and much more affordable than we expected because technology has
moved so fast. He urged the Board to feel comfortable passing this and to be proud of it.
Mr. Howe added that he thinks the colleges are more comfortable after working this through.
Ms. Hunter asked what the rationale is for exempting gas stoves?
Mr. Goldsmith responded that people have a very strong reaction about cooking with gas and the
percentage of cooking versus heating is very small. That said, if the Board wants to discuss the
cooking issue, that can be done.
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Ms. Hunter asked how it would be scored in the point system and could you exempt yourself if
you wanted to keep the gas stove. In new construction or large renovations, could we move to
phase those out and fold them into the larger action that would get you a point, how would that
happen.
Mr. Goldsmith responded that if you wanted to ban gas in cooking, it would involve a change in
the definitions, all are banned in 2026 and we exempted process energy, so if we change that
definition to not include cooking, that could be done. He recommended that if the Town wanted
to consider that, he would recommend residential, not commercial.
Right now,you earn points and so there would not be a change.
Mr. Goodman said currently you get points for electrifying your cooking, so that is an
encouragement to not use natural gas. With he outright ban of gas for heating and clothes drying
in 2026, it becomes a financial consideration because that will be the only thing allowed or using
a gas line.
Mr. Goodman added that a future Board could implement that more strict requirement.
Ms. Leary said she would prefer to allow natural gas for dryers to make it more practicable but
that is not a popular viewpoint.
Ms. Hunter said she has heard concerns from people about windows, and the size of windows.
She asked about the rationale for that also and again the relationship to the point system to that
issue.
Mr. Goldsmith responded that there is I point for a 20%ratio where the State code allows 30%.
He thought there was some confusion in that the percentage applies to the whole building so you
can still have a lot of windows,just thinking about where you really need them. Maybe not in
laundry rooms or hallways. He added that he included drawings of examples of 20% wall to
window buildings. Think about which rooms really need them and which do not.
Mr. Goodman reiterated, saying that that is one way to get a point, and if you want a lot of
windows, you need to get your points elsewhere. He said some of the comments that came in a
couple of months ago,people were concerned, and this applies to new construction so people
who want a lot of windows can buy a house built before 2021.
Ms. Leary responded that there are health and wellness concerns about less windows.
Ms. Bleiwas asked if you can have a wall of windows in the front and none in the back and Mr.
Goldsmith responded that was correct, such as EcoVillage which has south facing windows and
none in the north.
Mr. Goodman added that Eco Village was designed as passive solar, so it is a matter of designing
well and putting the windows where you really need the light which also saves on electricity for
reading and tasks using daylight, not lights. He invited anyone interested to tour EcoVillage.
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3. Consider approval of and authorization to execute a contract with National Water
Main Cleaning Co. for the 2021 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project
Mr. Howe reported that the bid came in a little under budget with contingencies.
Mr. Thaete stated that this is our continued efforts to reduce I&I and the modern technologies we
are using are really fantastic.
TB Resolution 2021 - 068: Authorization to Award Contract for the 2021 Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation Proiect
Whereas, the 2021 Ithaca Town Budget included $300,000 for the rehabilitation of Sanitary
Sewers and Manholes; and
Whereas,pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act("SEQRA") and its
implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617, it has been determined by the Town Board that
approval, construction and implementation of the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation.Project 2021 (the
"Improvement" or "Project") are a Type II Action because the Action constitutes "replacement,
rehabilitation or reconstruction of a structure or facility, in kind, on the same site," and thus
approval, construction and implementation of the Improvement are not subject to review under
SEQRA; and
Whereas, on May 19, 2021, the Director of Engineering (Director) received bids for the Project;
and
Whereas,the Director reviewed the bids and qualifications received and has determined the lowest
responsive bid in the amount of$265,075.00 was made by the lowest responsible bidder,National
Water Main Cleaning Co.; 25 Marshall Street, Canton MA 02021; and
Whereas, the lowest responsive bid was under the estimate by $34,925 and an additional 4%
contingency is customary and recommended in the amount of$10,600 for a total of$275,675;now
therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the award of the contract for the Town of Ithaca
2021 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project to National Water Main Cleaning Co.; and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Supervisor is authorized to execute such contract subject to approval of
the final contract documents by the Town Engineer and Attorney for the Town; and be it further
Resolved, that the Director is authorized to approve change orders to such contract upon receipt of
appropriate justification provided the maximum amount of such change orders shall not in the
aggregate exceed $10,600 without prior authorization of this Board, and provided further that the
total project cost, including contract, engineering, legal, inspection, and other expenses, does not
exceed the maximum authorized cost of$275,675 for the project.
Moved: Rod Howe Seconded: Eric Levine
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Vote: Aye - Bleiwas, Goodman, Hunter, Leary, Levine and Howe
4. Cannabis legislation update
Mr. Howe stated that he did not expect a big discussion on this tonight, but he did send out the
PowerPoint presentation by the Association of Towns for everyone's information. The option to
opt out is due by December, and he wanted to get a sense of what the Board was thinking.
He said he didn't think a public hearing was required, but we could do one, and the presentation
goes into details on income distribution etc. They are vague about how a village fits in, same as
the American Rescue Plan which is next on the agenda. Are we generally in favor? Want to have
a public hearing?
Ms. Bleiwas added that the email she received was from a company looking to do business, not a
resident.
Ms. Hunter was in favor of a public hearing and Mr. Levine thought it really wasn't a
controversial issue at this point.
Some discussion followed,but given the limited information available so far, this discussion will
continue. Future zoning implications will need to be discussed.
5. American Rescue Plan Act
Mr. Howe reported that he attended a webinar with Ms. Shaw on the topic and they cautioned
not to put stock in any number you have heard and went through the four categories the funds
could be used for. He thought water and sewer infrastructure was the logical choice and added
that the village of Cayuga Heights will also get some percentage of the final figure, but there are
no details on that division of funds as of this time.
Some discussion followed but there are still many unknowns associated with this and this will
also be an ongoing topic.
6. Consider setting a Public Hearing regarding a noise permit application for Ithaca
Beer Co.'s summer music series
Mr. Wilbur from Ithaca Beer was present and stated that this is the same as the last time and they
have worked with the neighbors and implemented mitigations such as moving the stage location
to cut down on bounce back off the building and had no complaints and some compliments in
2019,pre Covid.
There were no other questions of comments from the Board.
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TB Resolution 2021 —069: Set a public hearing ret!ardint! a noise permit for weekly
entertainment events at Ithaca Beer Co. through September 2021
Whereas Ithaca Beer submitted a noise permit application for their weekly music series held on
Wednesday evenings beginning in June and running through. September, from 6pm-8pm, now
therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board will hold a public hearing on at their meeting on Monday, June
14, 2021 which begins at 5:30 p.m. to hear all interested parties regarding issuing a noise permit
to Ithaca Beer Co. for the summer music series.
Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Tee-Ann Hunter
Vote: ayes—Goodman, Hunter, Leary, Levine, Howe and Bleiwas
7. Committee Reports
a) Budget—Mr. Levine reported that they looked at sales tax revenue as well as
mortgage tax revenue; interest rates are still very low which means our budgeted
revenue from our investment funds are lower than budgeted and the committee is
recommending that we move some money to another bank with slightly higher
interest rates.
b) Codes & Ordinances—Mr. Goodman reported that they returned to small cell
facilities which will take a couple of months. They will be revisiting the drafts and
incorporating comments and information from recent court cases and experts on the
subject. Public interest is expected to be high. He added that the City is also looking
at this and the Board can watch some of their discussions online via YouTube.
Other topics discussed was the request for a Code change to the stream setback law in
response to a resident's complaint. The committee was not in favor of change(s) and
there is a variance process in place for these types of hardships.
We might want to look at drainage issues and maintenance of streams on people's
property and we will be looking at that type of change to the law.
c) Personnel and Organization/ERC —Ms. Bleiwas reported that they looked at
changes to the Covid Response policy to follow recent changes to the State
guidelines; discussed the Employee Engagement Survey which will go out shortly;
continuing to work through the Board Protocol Manual
ERC —The DPW staff has again asked for 4-ten hour days and Mr. Slater will look
into it.
d) Planning—Mr. Goodman and Ms. Ritter reported that they discussed Chainworks
and the PDZ which is contingent on getting the ROD from the State and also a change
to the South Hill Business Campus PDZ for small changes to allowed uses.
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The big topic was a plan for the King Rd/South Hill regulating plan under the NNC
and we are looking to hire a consultant and start the process for a charrette. Our
participation is key if we want a voice in this and that is where a consultant comes
into play.
Some discussion followed and members were in favor of moving forward and excited
for the opportunity to move forward with the NNC. Traffic calming and working
with DOT will be key. Ms. Hunter was interested in doing an RFQ and being
involved in the selection of the consultant. Mr. Howe said the Planning committee
would be heavily involved and Ms. Hunter asked for their names and information.
e) Public Works—Ms. Hunter reported that they looked at a number of speed limit
requests and asked for some additional information be sent to Mr. Slater and then on
to the Board for consideration.
Approved the concept and location for the Mountin subdivision and reviewed the
vehicle replacement schedule.
Also looked at the 3-day storage requirement and Mr. Thaete stated that his research
found that this was started as an emergency action plan between the town and Bolton
Point if power goes out and now there are redundancies in the system that make that
buffer no longer necessary. We are the only municipality that requires this and if it
were reduced, it would greatly reduce costs for the town when replacing our tanks
and allow for our NNC development plans in certain areas.
f) Others
o Short Term.Rental—Mr. Goodman reported that they continued discussing the
Lakefront residential zone. Rentals on the lakefront have been happening long
before Air B&B type platforms and in the beginning of this topic we were going
to not look at it but counsel and the way we have to regulate this topic, we have to
address all zones.
The major question is the number of days to be allowed both hosted and unhosted.
We started at between 4-6 months and the owners want no restrictions or
significantly higher. There is significant differences of opinion of higher or lower
and he asked for committee and then non-committee members thoughts.
Ms. Hunter responded that it is her understanding that the increased time would
also go for low impact zones such as Ag, Conservation also (yes) and she said we
are looking at the Lakefront zone because we have received some complaints and
we should not base our legislation on past history because that past history also
includes the short term rentals in all areas.
She said it seems regressive to her in that we are considering allowing people with
houses that cost more to make more and limiting those in other zones. There is a
big gap between 29 days and 6 months.
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She said she was in favor of limiting it to 5 months that would be May through
September and Lakefront could have different people in there every night which
may be disruptive to neighbors and for those that choose not to rent their
properties, their value will increase.
Ms. Leary said that she wanted the shorter time of 5 months because the longer
they are allowed to rent the more that income possibility is worked into the price
and if someone wants to buy a lakefront house for their use, they will be priced
out. One of the goals is to preserve housing stock for single-family owners and
use so we don't want to incentivize these houses for only short term rental.
Mr. Goodman said he forgot to mention the comment from Ms. Coleman from the
visitors' bureau who said the county wants these rentals to help tourism.
Mr. Howe said he is in favor of even longer amounts of 6 or 7 months because he
believes lakefront property is different; there is a culture there and it is an
economic development factor and lakefront is always going to be expensive and
always has been expensive. We are not going to change that culture.
Mr. Levine agreed with Mr. Howe saying that there is a limited amount of
lakefront real estate compared to the rest of the town and anything we do is going
to affect them and he is not comfortable doing that. He said it is beneficial to
tourism and he is in favor of longer number of days.
Ms. Bleiwas said she is in favor of longer number of days and also in favor of not
regulating the lakefront because the lakefront has always been rented out to
people from out of town and many, many people finance their lakefront property
by renting and it is a way of making it viable for our local people. She added that
she understands there is a risk that people buy lakefront property just to rent it out,
so maybe some limitation is ok,but this is a huge economic driver in the
community and she doesn't want to see this go away.
Ms. Bleiwas stated that this is not our housing stock; this is either very small,
cramped and older properties, or very grand, expensive properties and not where
people live for the most part. She did not think we should be changing the culture
of our lake community and lake economy.
Ms. Hunter asked why then this right should not be extended to other people in
the town. We have six people from one neighborhood that started this whole
process and now we have somewhat draconian regulations for people in say high
density areas who might need some money to replace their roof or pay their taxes,
and we are giving them 29 days and we are giving people who can afford the
luxury of a lakefront property unlimited opportunity to make money on it. So
how do we square those two things? It is really regressive and favoring entitled
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folks and penalizing other people for some complaints from two neighborhoods
and most complaints have come in from the lakefront.
Mr. Levine added that 29 days is a little too little.
Ms. Leary responded that we are allowing unlimited days to people who rent
rooms out of their house; so they can put the roof up and they can stay in their
homes. We just don't want absentee landlords buying up single family houses in
the town because it is more profitable to rent them by the night. It was not driven
only by the handful of people who complained about noise in their neighborhood;
this is about housing stock and it is also why she wanted a shorter length for the
lakefront because she doesn't want to force anyone to rent, and you would be
competing with big developers who will price you out of the market and you
won't be able to afford a house on the lake.
Ms. Hunter responded that if you want to rent your whole house, it has to be your
primary residence, so that addresses the concern about the affects on the housing
stock. People would not be able to buy up houses to just rent out.
It seems we are looking at lakefront people as these individuals who have always
done this etc. etc. but what about the young family who grew up in this area and
saved and saved to buy a lakefront but would like to rent it out short term to enjoy
it themselves when they can. So it doesn't affect the market, it has to be your
primary residence.
Mr. Goodman suggested that this be on a study session to go further into this and
see what this focus on lakefront is showing us about the legislation in other areas.
Ms. Leary said she would prefer to finish up on the committee and bring it to the
Town Board.
Mr. Goodman said the committee is essentially done, but now that is bringing up
questions elsewhere and disagreement amongst committee members, never mind
the full board. He would like to bring it back to committee and answer Ms.
Hunter's question at the study session.
o Parks, Trails, Preserves & Recreation—Mr. Howe noted that the State funding is
out and there is interest in working on a grant proposal for the Culver Preserves
and the Town of Dryden will submit a grant for the extension of the South Hill
Trail.
o Other—Mr. Howe reported that the Management Team is working on a Mission and Goal
statement to bring to the Board. Some discussion followed and Mr. Howe thought the
Town has guiding principles and we want to develop them into a Mission and Goal. Ms.
Drake added that this came up during the development of the Employee Survey and how
staff, both new and old, thought about what the Town's goals are.
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8. Consent Agenda
TB Resolution 2021 —070: Adopt Consent Agenda
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves and/or adopts the
following Consent Agenda items:
a. Approval of Town Board Minutes
b. Approval of Town of Ithaca Abstract
c. Approval of Revised Covid Response Policy
d. Approval of Promotional Appointment Admin Asst. 1I- Codes
e. Approval of Promotional Appointment Working Supervisor- PW
Moved: Tee-Ann Hunter Seconded: Pamela Bleiwas
Vote: ayes— Bleiwas, Goodman, Hunter, Leary, Levine
TB Resolution 2021 - 070a: Approval of Minutes
Resolved, that the Town Board hereby approves the minutes of April 26, 2021, with any non-
substantial corrections suggested by the Board having been made.
TB Resolution 2021 - 070b: Town of Ithaca Abstract No. 10 for FY-2021
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. 574 - 640
General Fund Town Wide 21,672.03
General Fund Part-Town 7,504.03
Highway Fund Town Wide DA 2,239.41.
Highway Fund Part Town DB 18,895.99
Water Fund 21,953.03
Sewer Fund 7,597.48
Risk Retention Fund 81.00
Fire Protection.Fund 280,000.00
Forest Home Lighting District 43.87
Glenside Lighting District 13.1.2
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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 55.75
Coddington Road Lighting District 32.99
TOTAL 360,165.75
TB Resolution 2021 - 070c: Approval of Revised COVID Response Policy
Whereas, the Town Board on November 20, 2021 approved the COVID Response Policy; and
Whereas, effective May 19, 2021 NYS modified mask requirements for those vaccinated; and
Whereas, the Personnel and Organization committee reviewed the Revised COVID Response
Policy and recommends the Town Board adopts the Revised COVID Response Policy; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby approve the Revised COVID
Response Policy.
TB Resolution 2021 —070d: Promotional Appointment to Administrative Assistant 11
Whereas, Christopher Torres has taken the Administrative Assistant 11 promotional exam and is a
reachable candidate; and
Whereas, the Director of Code Enforcement recommends promoting Christopher Torres, to the
Administrative Assistant 11 position, effective May 10, 2021; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby promotionally appoint Christopher
Torres, to the Administrative Assistant 11 position, effective May 10, 2021; and be it further
Resolved, this is a 37.5 hour a week position, at the hourly wage of$25.39, in Job Classification
"B", with no change in benefits; and be it further
Resolved, if the said successfully complete the minimum eight (8) week probationary period
there will be no further action required by the Town Board.
TB Resolution 2021 —070e: Ratify Promotional Appointment to Working Supervisor
Whereas, there is a vacant Working Supervisor position due to a retirement; and
Whereas, the Director of Public Works /Highway Superintendent has determined through
interviews and evaluation that Montague Mouillesseaux, Motor Equipment Operator, possess the
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necessary knowledge, skills and ability to satisfactorily perform the duties of the Working
Supervisor position; and
Whereas, the C Highway Superintendent is promotionally appointing Montague Mouillesseaux,
to the Working Supervisor position, effective May 24, 2021; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby ratify the Director of Public Works
/ Highway Superintendent's regular promotional appointment of Montague Mouillesseaux, as
full time Working Supervisor for the Public Works Department, effective May 24, 2021; and be
it further
Resolved, this is a 40 hour a week position, at the hourly wage of$30.97, which is an estimated
annual salary of$64,417, in Job Classification"Y', with full time benefits; and be it further
Resolved, if the said successfully complete the mandatory eight (8) week probationary period
there will be no further action required by the Town Board.
9. Review of Correspondence
Mr, Howe wanted to give a shout out to Ms. Hunter for her work on the Community Garden.
Mr. Howe recommended that the five members who are ready to meet in person meet in the
Town Boardroom for the June meeting for a test run as we anticipate the end of the Executive
Order.
Meeting was adjourned upon a motion by Mr. Howe, seconded by Mr. Goodman, unanimous.
Submit b
Paulette Rosa, Town Clerk
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