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MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 5/21/90
Motion by Trustee Wheeler, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4).517- AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF NEW WWTP CONTRACT
VOTED to approve a new contract between the Village of Cayuga Heights and Yaw's
Environmental Process Control, Inc., for the operation of the WWTP and to authorize
the Mayor to execute said document after his review. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes.
Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4158 - AUTHORIZE CLERK TO PURCHASE OFFICE FURNITURE
VOTED to authorize the purchase by the Village Clerk of office furniture not to
exceed $2,000 (amount remaining in Clerk Equipment Acct.). Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes.
Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Camp:
RESOLUTION 4159 - AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF LASER PRINTER IF FUNDS PERMIT
VOTED to authorize the purchse of a laser printer by the Treasurer provided it
is fiscally sound to do so. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes.
Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Wheeler: PROPOSED
RESOLUTION 41W - PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER LOCAL LAW #2 OF 1990
VOTED to hold a Public Hearing on June 18, 1990 at 7:15 p.m. to consider
amendment of Article XIV, SEWER RENTS, Section 6 of the Village of Cayuga
Heights Ordinance. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes.
Moved by
Trustee Camp, seconded by
Trustee Pimentel to adjourn the meeting at
11:50 P.M.
Anne Krohto
Clerk
MINUTES
of Special Meeting 5/31/90
Minutes
of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights
held May 31, 1990 at 7:00
p.m. in the Village Hall.
PRESENT:
Mayor Anderson; Trustees
Camp, Fleming, Pimehtel, Wheeler; Attorney
MINUTES of Special Meeting - 5/31/90
Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Supt. of Public Works Rogers; Police Chief Wall
(arrived at 8:10 p.m.) and Fire Chief Miller.
ABSENT: Trustees Searle, Weiss.
OTHERS PRESENT: Ken Myers and Frank Collyer.
Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order listing the items to be discussed and
stating that Chief Wall was attending a DARE graduation at Fall Creek School and
would be a bit late. He mentioned that Jim Dennis would arrive at 8 o'clock to
discuss, in Executive Session, the status of labor negotiations with the Police
Officers.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated 5/31/90 in the following
amounts: General Fund - $12,849.41; Sewer fund - $6,707.50. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler 'voting yes.
The Treasurer reported that the State Auditor raised the point during his meeting
with various Village officers that chemicals used at the Sewer Plant must be put
out to bid if the yearly total exceeds $5,000. Engineer Rogers stated that he is
in the process of preparing bid specs for the 1990 -91 official year.
Treasurer Silber gave a summary of the 1989 -90 Budget stating that it was over by
$23,000 - slightly under 2%. He said that although there was no one item that
"pushed us over," the Savage Farm planning and Remington Road study were not bud-
geted expenses; tipping fee charges, combination of slow County billing for recycl-
ing and health insurance contributed to the deficit. The Sewer Fund did not run
over - all transfers were make within that Fund. He assured the Board that trans-
fers will be done on a monthly or "as- needed" basis in the 1990 -91 official year
rather than wait until year's end.
Motion made by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4161 - APPROVE TRANSFER FROM SURPLUS IN GENERAL FUND
VOTED to transfer $23,700 from Surplus in the General Fund to cover expenses in
deficit line items. This list will be attached to the Official Minute Book.
Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
RESOLUTION 416A - APPROVE ENCUMBRANCES
VOTED to approve the A600 - Encumbrances for line items: Clerk Equipment, Police
Dept. Other, Rescue Squad, Health Insurance and Sewer Fund Insurance. Unanimously
passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes.
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There was discussion concerning discrepancies in salary line items in three funds.
® The Treasurer and Supt. of Public Works will meet to correct these figures.
® Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4163 - APPROVE NECESSARY TRANSFERS FOR SALARY ITEMS
VOTED to authorize the Treasurer to make the necessary adjustments to General
Fund, Sewer Fund and Capital Improvement Salary line items as noted and to attach
such list to Official Minute Book. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes.
In connection with the Treasurer's comment that he had renewed for another 92
days at 7.7% the $500,000 Repurchase Agreement with TCTC, it was suggested that
he investigate other means of investing Village funds.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming:
RESOLUTION 416H - APPROVE SALARY INCREASES FOR COURT CLERK AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER
VOTED to raise the hourly salary of Frances Stiles, Court Clerk, from $7.00
to $7.50 and the annual salary of Eugene Dymek, Code Enforcement Officer from
$4,000 to $4400 for the official year 1990 -91. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and. Wheeler.,,voting, yes,
The Board discussed the matter of Mayor Wixom's request relative to the sewer
moratorium issue (see Minutes of May 21, 1990) and agreed to rule out #1 of his
proposal. In considering point #2 of the proposal, expansion of the Cayuga
Heights Plant with joint ownership, it was suggested that the Village could
possibly accede to joint ownership and by legal agreement, continue to have full
operation of it. Trustee Wheeler requested that a calculation be made of income
lost and potential volume. He favored the installation of flow meters. Although
Trustees seemed mildly interested in expansion and tended to lean toward option
#3, they instructed the Mayor to talk to Mayor Wixom and Engineer Rogers relative
to proposal #2.
The question of what improvements should be made to Cayuga Heights Road was discussed
at length. Trustee Pimentel stressed the hazardous condition of the Road with
emphasis on pedestrian safety. Kenneth Myers of 524 Cayuga Heights Road and Frank
Collyer of 120 Cayuga Park Road spoke in opposition to major resurfacing stating
that it would only encourage motorists to go at even greater speeds. Mr. Myers
asked that the Road not be widened and was opposed also to installation of a
sidewalk. It was agreed that no major resurfacing would be done to the Road
this year, and the Mayor will so inform the City.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Wheeler:
RESOLUTION 41:66-- ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION
VOTED to enter executive Session at 8:43 p.m. to discuss a personnel matter.
Unanimously passed.
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Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes.
The Treasurer, Supt. of Public Works and Clerk were ex sed.
Submitted
Anne Krohto
Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Camp to leave Executive Session at
9:44 p.m. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes.
Motion made by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming to adjourn. Unanimously
passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes.
Meeting closed at 9:44 p.m.
Submitted by
Mayor Anderson
Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights held June 11, 1990 at 7:00 p.m. in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Weiss, Wheeler;
Attorney Sovocool; Acting Attorney ".0esterle.
ABSENT: Trustee Searle.
OTHERS PRESENT: Jack Rogers, Ithaca Journal rep.
Mayor Anderson opened the meeting which was called specifically for the purpose
of discussing Remington Road. He summarized data and information gathered on the
proposed reopening to date, including cost of guardrails, need for environmental
review, cost of bidding documents and inspection service, and proposed re- assess-
ment values. (See attachment for more detail). The Mayor mentioned that three
public hearings had been held and much correspondence had been received on the
subject - comments ranging from keeping the road closed forever to construction .
of a two -lane asphalt road. The point was raised that the Town of Ithaca may not
be willing to improve their portion of the road, but might be interested in install-
ing a bikeway - walkway along the side of the road. This led to the statement by
Attorney Sovocool that there would be value to changing the Village's boundary to
iclude that portion of the road which lies within the Town, stating further that ,
it would also provide the opportunity to include the land adjacent to the Village's
WWTP which was purchased last year. He stated that since there are no building
lots involved, the procedure is a simple one - requiring only only an agreement
between both parties; a public hearing is not required.
The traffic issue was discussed and the pros and cons of having a through -road,