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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 9/17/1990a2y MINUTES od a Special Meeting - 8/27/90 Motion by Trustee Wheeler, seconded by Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 41'81 - GRANT CHIEF WALL BASE SALARY OF $45,000 VOTED to grant Chief Wall a base salary of $45,000 per annum for 1990 -91 retroactive to June 1, 1990. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes. Adjourned at 6:38 p.m. Ronald E. Anderson Mayor MINUTES of a Regular Meeting - 9/17/90 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga . Heights held September 17, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, SEarle, Weiss; Acting Attorney Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Supt. of Public Works Rogers; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. ABSENT: Trustee Wheeler OTHERS PRESENT: Carle Brown, Mary Call, Adam Leyens, Douglas Bordewieck, Dorothy Nichols, Shayle Searle. Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order and opened it to privilege of the floor. Carle Brown of 102 Lisa Place appeared to express his disappointment at having received no Board action as a result of his numerous complaints (in writing 12/89 and verbal) concerning the increased noise levels stemming from the compressors at the Convenient Mart. Mayor Anderson read a letter from Kenneth Wing of 105 Lisa Place on this some subject. Police Chief Wall explained the Penal Law, stating there is nothing in the Law which falls into this category. He stated that since the Village does not have a Noise Ordinance, no violation exists. Discussion ensued and the Mayor said he will talk to Dr. Rubenstein, landowner of the Village Green, and Mr. Miller of Convenient Mart to ask if something can be done to "quiet" the compressors. Mary Call informed the Board that the County is developing a solid waste management program and has scheduled a public hearing on a local law which will mandate the use of trash tags for household trash collection uniformly through- out the County. She stated that although the Tompkins County Public Works Committee has adopted the amendment to exclude municipal haulers which can demonstrate a reduction program, she does not know how the full County Board will vote. She stated further that it is the feeling of the County Board that to allow an exception will dilute the strength of the plan. She said there is some question by County Commissioner of Public Works, Bill Mobbs, concerning the figures submitted by Engineer Rogers which show a significant reduction in trash collection in the Village of Cayuga Heights and she has requested a copy of the review data of these figures. Trustee Camp asked if the County had a target of what they are trying to achieve in terms of lbs. generated er per5gn per year. Mrs. Call said she didn't know but will try to find out. qhe public 6� �,6_ MINUTES of a Regular Meeting - 9/17/90 hearing on the local law is scheduled for October 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board of Reps Board Room, and Mrs. Call urged Village participation - either by Village Trustees or Village residents, stating she has a copy of the Iocal law and other pertinent information. Mrs. Call reminded the Board that the County's position has been not to mandate and the original resolution said nothing would be enforced - this is a change in policy! She informed the Board that the tipping fees will increase to $62.00 on January 1, 1991. Messers. Leyens and Bordewieck appeared to discuss the dangerous traffic hazard which exists on White Park Road. Mr. Leyens requested that the NO PARKING sign near Triphammer Road be mvoed farther back from Triphammer Road to the crest of the hill on White Park Road and further, to replace the sign with one which limits the parking hours since, as he stated in his letter of August 29, White Park Road is not wide enough to accomodate both parked cars and the general flow of traffic. They stated they liked what was done on Oak Hill Road several months ago and requested that the same plan be implemented on White Park Road. It was agreed to do the same on Iroquois Road simultaneously. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: VOTED to approve the minutes of a Public Hearing and regular meeting held August 20, 1990 as furnished Trustees in copy form. Unanimously passed: Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the minutes of a Special Meeting held August 27, 1990 as furnished Trustees in copy form. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Camp: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated 9/17/90 in the following amounts: General Fund - $17,601.08; Sewer Fund - $20,540.78 and to charge the bills from RMS Gravel and Cayuga Crushed Stone to Acct. 5110.42. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. The Mayor reported on the following: - Letter of resignation from Attorney Roger Sovocool from his position as Village Attorney, effective January 1, 1991. Motion by Trustee Searle, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 4188, - ACCEPT LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM ATTORNEY SOVOCOOL VOTED to accept the letter of resignation from Attorney Sovocool.effective January 1, 1991, and to i `l aA6, MINUTES of a Regular Meeting - 9/17/90 write him a letter of thanks for his long service to the Village. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. - Letter from Brian Pitzer, Village representative on the County Youth Board, in which he states that his new job responsibilities will preclude his ability to adequately represent the Village on the County Youth Board, and although he is not immediately resigning, he says he will assist the Village in finding a replacement. - Letter from Philip S. Winn, Attorney representing Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Banfield in connection with the latter's appliciation for permission to purchase a strip of land from Dr. Salerno and to adjust the property lines between the properties at 108 and 110 Iroquois Road. The Mayor noted that Mr. Banfield was told months ago that he would have to appear before the Board with his request. The Mayor will respond to Mr. Winn's letter. -Re the Moody matter (216 Overlook Road), Attorney Oesterle said that she believes, after having talked with Attorney Withiam, it has been dropped. -Re Attorney Laura Holmberg's letter concerning the proposed Remington Road resolution, the Mayor said he advised her in his response that the Board would consider the matter at a regular meeting rather than a special one and that an agenda with sufficient time allotment will have to be arranged in the near future. - Letter from Pam Camp re: 1 /safety hazards on some intersections where there is loose dirt and gravel, 2 /the north side of Kline Road between Highland and Wyckoff where there are stretches where erosion has removed all the soil from the shoulder of the road, leaving a dropoff of about a foot from the edge of the pavement, and 3 /her concern that smaller twigs left behind after the chipper has removed branches piled at the curb will "wreak havoc in the leaf- sucker in another month or two." Supt. of Public Works Rogers stated that he had already instructed the DPW crews to clean gravel from the intersection of Remington and N. Sunset Drive. He also instructed the crew to fill the ditch on Kline Road with gravel in preparation to paving it with recycled asphalt as soon as East and West Upland Roads are completed. Trustee Searle left the meeting at 9 p.m. -NYS Commission on Cable Television - Order Granting Temporary Operating Authority in Cayuga Heights - indicating that ACC and the Village are negotiating a franchise renewal. Attorney Oesterle was asked to inquire into same since the Village has not been a party to any such negotiations. - Meeting with Town and Village of Lansing re moratorium: Village of Lansing will provide the Village with engineers' report on correction of infiltration and inflow. They may also be able to provide soon a time schedule for hookup to Ithaca Area Plant. Town of-Lansing will help the Village put pressure on Borg - Warner Automotive to get effective pretreatment and monitoring station. Mrs. Dorthy Nichols, reproting for the CHCA - the Fall Run has been postponed until April 27, 1991. MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/17/90 Fire Chief Miller submitted his monthly report which is on file. The Chief invited everyone to the open house at the Fire House on October 13. Treasurer Silber distributed the monthly budget report for August. The Treasurer called for Board action relative to the proposal he submitted for Board perusal at the Special Meeting of August 27 concerning the compensation associated with the payroll date shift to those affected employees - DPW shift will end Sunday midnight, office personnel on Wednesday. Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION =4183- APPROVE CHANGE IN PAYROLL SHIFT AND COMPENSATE AFFECTED EMPLOYEES VOTED to accept the proposal by the Treasurer to change the DPW payroll shift to midnight Sunday and office personnel to Wednesday, and further, to compensate those affected for this two -day shift in the amount not to exceed $2500. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 4184 - APPROVE TRANSFERS VOTED to approve transfers as recommended by the Treasurer as follows: TO FROM $ H5110.41 H5410.42 .2500 G8130.43 G1990.4 200 G1420.41 G1990.4 120 Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. Moved by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 418- APPROVE PURCHASE OF LASER PRINTER VOTED to permit the Treasurer to purchase a laser printer at a cost not to exceed $1000. Unanimously passed. Trustee Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. Acting Attorney Oesterle gave an update on the status of lawsuits: Town of Ithaca and Lucente - consolitdated - depositions from the Mayor and Engineer scheduled for the end of October; Douglas - extension of time to answer the suit has been granted (trying to work out a settlement); Thornton - close to being settled; Jonson - thee: is a conflict of interest with her firm and the Board MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/17/90 must choose another attorney to represent the Village. Attorney Oesterle was asked to contact Attorney Galbraith to ask if he would be willing to work on this case. Attorney Oesterle commented briefly on status of each of the sewer agreements: - Cornell University - Contract does not specify reserve capacity for Research Park (specifies Savage Farm and the Old Country Club). - Town of Lansing - Agreement signed in 1988 - O.K. - Village of Lansing - Agreement dated 1976 - has capacity limitation. - Town of Dryden - Contract applies only to Sewer District #1 - not very much left to be developed in that area. - Town of Ithaca - The Board must decide whether or not to terminate - she will bring up the issue with Supervisor Raffensperger and Attorney Barney when they meet in October. Reminder: one year's notice required to terminate contract. The Attorney concluded with a suggestion that the Board review all contracts and stressed the need to "put teeth" into the Sewer Ordinance relative to repairs, etc. Police Chief Wall submitted his report which is on file in the Village Office. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Camp: ' RESOLUTION 41,86 - PERMIT INSTALLATION OF NO PARKING SIGNS ON VARIOUS ROADS VOTED to approve the installation of NO PARKING and Restrictive Parking signs - on a 90 -day trial basis - at the following locations: 1 /White Park Road as far as The Parkway, 2 /White Park Place, 3 /Iroquois Road as far as the Parkway and 4 /Oak Hill Place. The Parkway to Highland is not to be included. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. Supt. of Public Works Rogers presented his written report which is on file. Supt. Rogers was given permission to hire another laborer if the need arises. Engineer Rogers reported that Borg - Warner has ordered a microfilter to be installed by December 1990 which will process water enough so it cna be recycled in the plant. He said this will cause a significant decrease in the amount of sewage flow. He mentioned also that Borg - Warner is starting to move on the monitoring station. Engineer Rogers reviewed the Stearns & Wheler proposal and the Board took action as follows: ' Moved by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 418(1 ACCEPT PROPOSAL FROM STEARNS & WHELER VOTED to accept the proposal from Stearns & Wheler for Engineering Services not to exceed $7800 relative to a Pretreatment Mini Schedule with the understanding MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/17/90 that it will meet all rules and regulations of the D.E.C. and E.P.A. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes. The Engineer was given permission to clean out culverts, as has been done annually in previous years, on lower Remington Road. Trustee Camp moved and Trustee Pimentel seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Adjournment 10:40 p.m. Anne Krohto Village Clerk MINUTES of a Regular Meeting 10/15/90 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held October 15, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Searle, Weiss, Wheeler; Acting Att. Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Supt. of Public Works Rogers; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. ABSENT: Trustee Pimentel. OTHERS: Mary Call, M/M Shepherd, Tom McCarthy. Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order and opened it to privilege of the floor. Mary Call apprised the Board of the action taken by the Board of Reps relative to the Local Law mandating the trash tag system throughout.the County. She stated that although the phrase which exempted the Village from having to use trash tags for household trash collection was deleted in the Local Law, the County will allow the Village to phase into the tag system by June 1. She said she is willing to write such an amendment to the Local Law for presentation at the Public Works meeting on October 24, if the Board so desires. In answer to the question of landfill fees for sludge, she said that sludge is amohg the things being considered by the Solid Waste Division to be diverted from the landfill. Decision re amendment to come later in the meeting. Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Weiss: VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held September 17, 1990 as previously furnished Trustees in copy form. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes. The Treasurer distributed copies of the Abstract of Audited Vouchers in its new format. After several corrections and discussion of certain revisions, it was agreed that the Treasurer should provide a briefer, easier -to -read version in the future. 7