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Minutes of the Special Meeting
April, 17, 2000, 5 PM
Village of Cayuga Heights
Board of Trustees
Present: Mayor Anderson, Trustees Kira, Kusse, Meinhardt and Lynn, Attorney Tyler,
Treasurer Silber, Supt. of PW Cross, Fire Chief Evans
Absent: Trustees Dunning and Fleming, Police Chief Lansing, Clerk Kord
A Public Hearing was held regarding bond resolutions. The resolutions were
distributed. The first resolution is a supplement to the Fire Station resolution, increasing
the bonding limit to $2M and the maximum project cost to $2.5M. The second was for
the acquisition of a fire truck, with an estimated cost of $205,000 and a bonding limit of
$200,000. Per the Village's bond counsel we do not need another SEQR declaration for
the Fire Station as the project remains the same.
There was discussion of the resolution, which included the timing of the sale,
issuing BANs versus bonds, projected interest rates. The hearing was closed at 5:30 PM.
It was noted that a supermajority is required for passage of each of the proposed
Resolutions.
Resolution 5193 - A resolution authorizing, subject to Permissive Referendum, the
purchase of a new fire truck, including apparatus, for the Village of Cayuga
Heights, Tompkins County, New York, at a maximum estimated cost of $205,000,
and the issuance of $205,000 serial bonds of said Village to pay part of the cost
thereof.
Motion by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Meinhardt,
VOTED to approve Bond Resolution (see attached Exhibit A for full resolution.) A roll
call vote was held: Trustee Kira voted YES, Trustee Kusse voted YES, Trustee
Meinhardt voted YES, Trustee Lynn voted YES, Mayor Anderson voted YES. Trustees
Fleming and Dunning were absent and did not vote. The vote passed by a super majority
(2/3) of the full Board of Trustees (5 out of 7 voting YES.)
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Resolution 5194 - A resolution authorizing, subject to Permissive Referendum, the
issuance of an additional $500,00 serial bonds to pay the increased cost of
renovation and construction of an addition to the existing firehouse in the Village of
Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County, New York, at a maximum estimated cost of
$2,500,000, to supplement the issuance of $1,500,000 serial bonds of said Village
authorized by Resolution 5150 on November 3, 1999.
Motion by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Kusse,
VOTED to approve Bond Resolution (see attached Exhibit B for full resolution.) A roll
call vote was held: Trustee Kira voted YES, Trustee Kusse voted YES, Trustee
Meinhardt voted YES, Trustee Lynn voted YES, Mayor Anderson voted YES, Trustees
Fleming and Dunning were absent and did not vote. The vote passed by a super majority
(2/3) of the full Board of Trustees (5 out of 7 voting YES).
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The Mayor requested a resolution approving a demonstration grant Tompkins
County.
Resolution 5195 - TC Demonstration Grant
Motion by Trustee Meinhardt, seconded by Trustee Kira,
VOTED to approve a demonstration grant for Tompkins County. This is a Type II action
with no SEQR requirement. Trustees Kira, Kusse, Meinhardt and Lynn voted YES.
The Trustees received a report on the status of the Fire Department's lease of the
Collins property. The Town felt that some of the proposed uses required a more formal
review. The Residential occupancy is viewed separate from the use of the property as an
interim Station. The Station use needs to be reviewed by the ZBA and Planning Board for
Site Plan Review and a Special Permit. The review will be at the May planning Board
and ZBA meetings for the town.
The Treasurer presented the Abstract for approval with one addition. Added was
Walter Hartman for $90.
Motion by Trustee Lynn, seconded by Trustee Kira,
VOTED to approve Abstract of Warrants, as corrected. Trustees Kira, Kusse, Meinhardt
and Lynn voted YES.
There was a discussion as to how the Village should divide the "annual" salary
into paychecks, how this should be represented to employees and others. The Board
recommended that the salaries (non - monthly) workers as a bi- weekly rate. Also salaries
will be paid at the rate effective when the hours are worked, not when they are paid. As a
result, due to the increased number of paychecks in Fiscal Year 2000, after accruals the ,
FY2000 salary budgets will be exceeded. With this change, though, this problem should
not be repeated.
There was a discussion of a request for a Leave of Absence for the Village Clerk.
The discussion included consideration of the best way to temporarily fill a Village Clerk
position. The Board felt that they are unable to make a decision at this time.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 PM.
Jeffrey Silber
Treasurer
For Betty Kord, Clerk
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