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COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF ITHACA, NEW YORK
Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. July 7, 1993
PRESENT:
Mayor Nichols
Alderpersons (10) - Blanchard, Booth, Berg, Johnson, Romanowski,
Efroymson, Hoffman, Golder, Daley, Schroeder
OTHERS PRESENT:
City Clerk - Paolangeli
City Attorney - Guttman
Superintendent of Public Works - Gray
Building Commissioner - Eckstrom
City Controller - Cafferillo
Police Chief - McEwen
Fire Chief - Wilbur
Planning and Development Director - VanCort
Board of Public Works Commissioner - Reeves
Youth Bureau Director - Cohen
Tompkins County Board of Representatives - Mink
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Mayor Nichols led all present in the Pledge of Allegiance to the
American flag.
MINUTES:
Approval of the Minutes of the May 5, 1993 Common Council Meeting
By Alderperson Johnson: Seconded by Alderperson Efroymson
RESOLVED, That the Minutes of the May 5, 1993 Common Council
meeting be approved as published with corrections as noted by
Alderperson Schroeder.
Carried Unanimously
Approval of the Minutes of the June 2, 1993 Common Council Meeting
By Alderperson Johnson: Seconded by Alderperson Efroymson
RESOLVED, That the Minutes of the June 2, 1993 Common Council
meeting be approved as published with corrections as noted by
Alderperson Schroeder.
Carried Unanimously
MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS:
Advisory Commission on Art and Design for Public Space
Mayor Nichols requested Council approval for the appointment of
Carol Terrizzi, 714 North Cayuga Street, to the Advisory
Commission on Art and Design for Public Space with a term to
expire June 30, 1996.
Resolution
By Alderperson Berg: Seconded by Alderperson Booth
RESOLVED, That this Council approves the appointment of Carol
Terrizzi to the Advisory Commission on Art and Design for Public
Space with a term to expire June 30, 1996.
Carried Unanimously
Disability Advisory Council
Mayor Nichols requested Council approval for the re-appointment of
LeMoyne Farrell, 120 Eastwood Terrace, and Brenda Kuhn, 330 Elm
Street, to the Disability Advisory Council with terms to expire
June 30, 1996.
Resolution
By Alderperson Johnson: Seconded by Alderperson Daley
RESOLVED, That this Council approves the re-appointment of LeMoyne
Farrell and Brenda Kuhn to the Disability Advisory Council with
terms to expire June 30, 1996.
Carried Unanimously
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Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency
Mayor Nichols requested Council approval for the appointment of
William Myers, 313 Hudson Street, to the Ithaca Urban Renewal
Agency, with a term to expire June 30, 1997 (to replace Anne
Jones, who the Mayor wished to recognize for her years of service
to the Agency).
Resolution
By Alderperson Efroymson: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
RESOLVED, That this Council approves the appointment of William
Myers to the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency with a term to expire
June 30, 1997.
Carried Unanimously
Community Police Board
Mayor Nichols requested Council approval for the appointment of
Herbert Nelson, 502 South Albany Street, to the Community Police
Board with a term to expire December 31, 1994.
Resolution
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Efroymson
RESOLVED, That this Council approves the appointment of Herbert
Nelson to the Community Police Board with a term to expire
December 31, 1994.
Carried Unanimously
Board of Zoning Appeals
Mayor Nichols requested Council approval for the appointments of
Franklin Moore, 116 Dearborn Place and Constance Thomas, 114
Delaware Avenue, with terms to expire December 31, 1993.
Resolution
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
RESOLVED, That this Council approves the appointments of Franklin
Moore and Constance Thomas to the Board of Zoning Appeals with
terms to expire December 31, 1993.
Carried Unanimously
Affirmative Action Committee
Mayor Nichols informed Council that he has appointed Thomas
Parsons, Alternate, Fire Department, to replace Barbara Caldwell,
with a term to expire December 31, 1993.
Tompkins County Youth Board
Mayor Nichols informed Council that he has appointed Audrey
Cooper, 206 Monroe Street, to the Tompkins County Youth Board with
a term to expire December 31, 1995.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Landmark Buildings
City Clerk Paolangeli read a petition with 60 signatures that was
received at her office today. The petition reads as follows:
"To Ithaca Common Council;
We believe that landmarking buildings is bad for the community
because it prevents new construction and jobs, reduces tax
collections, is an injustice to property owners, makes an area
static rather than lively and lowers property values. We request
that the Council vote against designating the City Hall Annex, The
McKinney Block, and the Masonic Temple as landmarks, all on Cayuga
Street in downtown."
The petition is on file in the City Clerk's office.
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PETITIONS AND HEARINGS OF PERSONS BEFORE COUNCIL:
Volunteer Recognition
Fire Chief Wilbur stated that it is his pleasure to represent the
Board of Fire Commissioners in recognizing both members of the
Fire Department and citizens from the community at-large. He
stated that Lyman Baker, Chair of the Board of Fire Commissioners,
will be presenting the awards to the recipients.
Fire Chief Wilbur stated that the Board of Fire Commissioners
presents an award annually to an individual who has served the
Fire Department in an exemplary manner. He stated that
unfortunately the Board was unable to mark the occasion in 1991 so
tonight they will be using this opportunity to present both the
`91 and `92 awards.
The 1991 award was presented to David Cornelius. Chief Wilbur
noted the accomplishments of Cornelius, a former Fire
Commissioner, during his six year tenure including the renovation
of three existing fire stations and the purchase of four major
pieces of fire apparatus.
The 1992 awards were given posthumously to Thomas Mills and Gary
Moravec.
The final set of awards went to numerous government agencies,
civic organizations, and individuals in recognition of their
willingness to help the Ithaca community when in need.
PETITIONS AND HEARINGS OF PERSONS BEFORE COUNCIL:
City Hall Annex
Pam Mackesey, 321 Pleasant Street, spoke to Council regarding her
concerns for the City Hall Annex.
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park D.E.I.S.
David Nutter spoke to Council regarding the D.E.I.S. for the Allan
H. Treman State Marine Park. He expressed his concerns regarding
the amount of pavement that seems to be in the plan and stated
that he feels the plan still needs more work and the City should
ask the State to scale back the amount of asphalt.
Doria Higgins, representing "Citizens to Save Our Parks", read a
statement to Council stating their concern that the plans have now
been changed for the third time since 1989. She urged Council not
to vote on this plan until they have studied it more thoroughly.
Ms. Higgin's statement is filed in the City Clerk's Office.
Code of Ethics
Rosalind Grippi, 423 E. Seneca Street, spoke to Council in favor
of the proposed Code of Ethics that is on tonight's agenda.
William Kone, Grandview Court, spoke against the proposed pay
raise for Council members. He also spoke against the proposed
Code of Ethics, both matters which are on tonight's agenda.
RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC:
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park D.E.I.S.
Alderperson Schroeder stated that he is not necessarily
disagreeing with the point that there may be too much asphalt but
State Parks has responded to each major item that Council asked
them to in January. He stated that the City cannot delay
commenting on the D.E.I.S. because there is an official deadline
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for our response to be incorporated in the D.E.I.S.
Alderperson Efroymson requested Ms. Higgins to supply a map of the
120 trees that are slated to be removed. He stated that such maps
would be useful for the discussions.
Alderperson Booth stated that in his preliminary look at the plan
it appears the State has expanded the number of parking spaces.
Having spent many hours at the Marina over many years, he cannot
conceive of how that can be proposed as that parking lot has to be
one of the most under-utilized parking lots, given its size, of
any lot in the City of Ithaca. He stated that he thinks if
Council deems it appropriate, they can ask for more time to
comment on the D.E.I.S.
City Hall Annex
Alderperson Golder asked if the City Hall Annex is secure and
being maintained.
Mayor Nichols responded that the building is being maintained.
Alderperson Hoffman stated that he thinks the City is asking for
too much money to sell the building in this real estate market,
and that the asking price should be reduced.
Code of Ethics
Alderperson Booth spoke in favor of the proposed Code of Ethics
that is on the agenda.
REPORT OF BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES:
County Board of Representatives member, Barbara Mink, spoke to
Council on the following matter:
City/County Agreement on Consolidation for Human Services -
The Agreement has been put into resolution form. The Steering
Committee met on July 6, reviewed and approved it. This will mean
that the County will have the added responsibility of funding
human service agencies, through the Human Services Coalition for
the City, the way it does for the rest of the Towns, with the City
contributing a portion of its sales tax revenue for this purpose.
Ms. Mink stated that this should make the process more efficient
for agency directors and representatives, and for Common Council.
It will make the process go more smoothly, and hopefully will
result in monetary savings for everyone involved.
Discussion followed on the floor with Ms. Mink and the Mayor
answering questions from Council regarding the Human Services
Agreement.
REPORT OF CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES:
Board of Public Works
Commissioner Reeves reported to Council on the following items:
Strand Theater - On June 9th the Board awarded the contract for
asbestos removal at the Strand Theater and the work is in
progress.
Parking Restriction on Ithaca Road Between Mitchell Street and
Elmwood Avenue - On June 9th the Board passed a resolution
restricting parking on Ithaca Road between Mitchell Street and
Elmwood Avenue from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday through Friday. The
parking regulation will be implemented before August 15.
Wood Street Park - The City of Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency is
applying for a Community Development Block Grant which would allow
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$45,000 worth of improvements to Wood Street Park. The Board
passed a Resolution approving the request for City funded
improvements including sidewalk construction, street trees, fill,
and labor.
Emergency Repair to Collapsed Sewer Lines - The bids were awarded
for First and Adams Streets and Dey and Adams Streets. Both came
in under-estimate. The work is in progress.
Stewart Park Carry-In/Carry-Out Policy - The policy is not working
as well as the Board had hoped. It is taking two DPW men two
extra hours each day to collect the trash that has been left at
the park. The Board wants to continue the policy and, hopefully,
with more publicity, we can reduce the use of manpower.
Commissioner Reeves answered questions from Council members.
Disability Advisory Council
Richard Maxwell, representing the Disability Advisory Council,
reported to the Council on the following matters:
Accessibility During the Ithaca Festival - The Council would like
to thank the Department of Public Works for the efforts that they
made in increasing accessibility during the Ithaca Festival.
Report on Accessibility - There will be a report completed in the
next couple of weeks regarding physical and program accessibility
within City Departments.
Common Council has received a report from Planner Jon Meigs
concerning two projects that are currently being proposed to
increase accessibility. One is a 700 foot path in the Mulholland
Wild Flower Park at Six Mile Creek, and the second is a 1,000 foot
path running from near the Sewer Treatment Plant over to
Cascadilla Creek near the Farmer's Market.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR:
Official Dedication of Alex Haley Municipal Pool
Mayor Nichols announced that the official dedication of the Alex
Haley Municipal Pool had been held this afternoon. The pool
opened last weekend to the public.
Traffic Enforcement Officer
Mayor Nichols reported that the resolution that went to the
Committee of the Whole on June 30 regarding the Traffic
Enforcement Officer has been removed from the agenda. He stated
that he has spoken with Chief McEwen and a new proposal will be
forthcoming.
REPORT OF CITY ATTORNEY:
Post Office
City Attorney Guttman reported that no ruling has been received
from the Postal Rate Commission. He stated that his office has
received some correspondence from them and he expects there will
be more of a response in the near future.
City Court Matters
City Attorney Guttman reported on several cases that have been
before the City Court Judge.
Building at 602 West Seneca Street
City Attorney Guttman and Building Commissioner Eckstrom answered
questions about the demolition of the building at 602 West Seneca
Street.
CHARTER AND ORDINANCE COMMITTEE:
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* 14.1 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 346 Entitled "Vehicles and
Traffic" of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code
By Alderperson Hoffman: Seconded by Alderperson Schroeder
An Ordinance amending Chapter 346 entitled "Vehicles and
Traffic" of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Common Council of the City
of Ithaca, New York, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 346 entitled "Vehicles and Traffic" of the
City of Ithaca Municipal Code is amended as follows:
That the subdivision of Chapter 346, previously numbered as
Chapter 60 of the Municipal Code entitled Miscellaneous
Regulations-Removal of abandoned or illegally parked vehicles-
Storage and charges is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. Storage and Charges
1. After removal of any vehicle as provided in this Article,
the person authorizing the removal may cause such vehicle to be
stored in a suitable place. The owner, or persons in charge of
the vehicle, may redeem the vehicle upon payment to the
responsible Wrecker Service facility the amount of all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal not to
exceed the removal charges as established by Common Council, or by
posting a bond with the City Chamberlain or the responsible
Wrecker Service facility for the cost of said charges.
The owner, or persons in charge of the vehicle, may request a
tow-away investigation by the City Attorney's Office and/or a
hearing before an impartial officer designated by the City
Attorney's Office to determine whether the towing of the vehicle
was authorized by this Section. Such investigation and/or hearing
shall be held within five business days after the request
therefor. The owner of the vehicle shall be liable for all towing
and storage fees accrued during the time the vehicle remains
unclaimed, or in storage, unless it is determined that the tow was
not authorized by this Section. If it is determined that the tow
was not authorized under this Section, the owner of the vehicle
shall be discharged from any obligation for the removal and
storage charges. If it is determined that the tow was not
authorized under this Section, then the City of Ithaca shall be
responsible for the removal and storage charges in all cases where
the removal was effected by the Superintendent of Public Works or
by order of the Ithaca Police Department; in all other cases, such
charges are recoverable in the appropriate civil court by the
Wrecker Service facility from the private property owner who
directed the tow. Where the tow is authorized by a private
property owner, he or she shall receive notice of any hearing
requested.
If the owner, or persons in charge of the vehicle, do not
claim the vehicle or request a review and/or hearing within
fifteen (15) days of being notified of the tow, the City shall be
entitled to assert a lien against the vehicle for the amount of
accrued towing and storage fees and proceed to sell the vehicle at
public auction as provided by law.
Removal charges are hereby established as follows:
Ordinary removal charges shall not exceed $45.00 total
charge. "Ordinary removal" means the removal of any vehicle that
does not require special equipment such as dollies, flat beds,
ramps, jacks or slings.
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Special removal charges shall not exceed $65.00 total charge.
"Special removal" means the removal of any vehicle that requires
special equipment such as dollies, flat beds, ramps, jacks or
slings.
Extraordinary removal charges shall be based on the actual
costs of the use of the extraordinary equipment, plus labor
charges. "Extraordinary removal" means the removal of any vehicle
requiring the use of a crane or other extraordinary equipment
other than regular or special towing equipment.
2. A fee not to exceed $15.00 may be charged by the Wrecker
or Tow Service operator to the owner or operator of any vehicle
requiring removal services as provided in this Chapter, whenever
the owner or operator appears to remove the vehicle after the
Wrecker or Towing Service operator has been dispatched or arrives,
but before the vehicle has been hooked up for towing or removal.
3. A fee not to exceed $20.00 may be charged by the Wrecker
or Towing Service operator to the owner or operator of any vehicle
requiring removal services as provided in this Chapter whenever
the owner or operator appears to remove the vehicle after the
Wrecker or Towing Service operator has hooked up the vehicle for
towing or removal, but before the vehicle has been removed from
the scene.
4. Storage fees not exceeding $10.00 per day or fraction
thereof may be charged by the Wrecker or Towing Service after the
vehicle has been stored for more than 24 hours.
5. A schedule of fees as listed in this Section shall be
posted in a conspicuous area on the premises of each Wrecker or
Towing Service operator and shall be made available upon demand by
the general public.
2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately in
accordance with the law upon publication of notices provided in
the Ithaca City Charter.
Carried Unanimously
* 14.2a Local Law Amending Section 107.2 of the City of Ithaca
Municipal Code Entitled "Salaries and Compensation" Regarding
Salaries of Common Council Members
a. Proposal to Raise Salaries to $6,500 in 1994 and $7,000 in
1996 By Alderperson Hoffman: Seconded by Alderperson Booth
Local Law No.______ of the year 1993
City of Ithaca
A local law amending Section 107-2 of the City of Ithaca
Municipal Code regarding the salary of the Council Members of the
City of Ithaca.
WHEREAS, Section 107-2 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ithaca
was adopted on September 3, 1987 and set the annual salary of the
Council Members of the City of Ithaca at $6,000.00 per year
commencing January 1, 1988, and
WHEREAS, despite inflation there have been no changes since 1988
in the salary of the Council Members of the City of Ithaca, and
WHEREAS, this Council wishes to adjust the salary of the Council
Members of the City of Ithaca to keep up with inflation; now
therefore
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ITHACA, NEW
YORK AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 107 entitled "Salaries and Compensation"
of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code, Article II entitled "Council
Members" is amended to read as follows:
"Section 107-2 Salary established. Commencing January 1,
1994, the annual salary of the Council Members shall be the sum of
Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00). Commencing January
1, 1996 the annual salary of the Council members shall be the sum
of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00)."
Section 2. This law shall take effect immediately upon
filing with the office of the Secretary of State.
Amending Resolution
Alderperson Berg: Seconded by Alderperson Hoffman
RESOLVED, That the third Whereas Clause be deleted.
Carried Unanimously
Motion to Substitute 14.2b
By Alderperson Hoffman: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
RESOLVED, That Charter and Ordinance agenda item 14.2b be
substituted for item 14.2a.
Ayes (1) - Hoffman
Nays (9) - Booth, Berg, Blanchard, Romanowski, Johnson,
Schroeder, Efroymson, Daley, Golder
Motion Fails
Discussion followed on the floor on the Main Motion (14.2a).
Motion to Substitute 14.2d
By Alderperson Golder: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
RESOLVED, That Charter and Ordinance agenda item 14.2d be
substituted for item 14.2a.
Discussion followed on the floor.
A vote on the motion to substitute resulted as follows:
Ayes (3) - Golder, Hoffman, Daley
Nays (7) - Romanowski, Blanchard, Johnson, Efroymson, Berg,
Booth, Schroeder
Motion Fails
Main Motion
A vote on the Main Motion (14.2a) resulted as follows:
Ayes (6) - Romanowski, Berg, Hoffman, Booth, Schroeder,
Mayor Nichols
Nays (5) - Blanchard, Daley, Efroymson, Johnson, Golder
Carried (6-5)
* 14.3 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 55 Entitled "Ethics, Code
of" of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code
By Alderperson Hoffman: Seconded by Alderperson Efroymson
ORDINANCE No. ____
An ordinance amending Chapter 55 entitled "Ethics, Code of"
of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code.
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Common Council of the City
of Ithaca, New York as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 55 entitled "Ethics, Code of" is
hereby repealed.
Section 2. That a new chapter to be known and designated as
Chapter 55 entitled "Ethics, Code of" is hereby added to the City
of Ithaca Municipal Code, to read as follows:
"Chapter 55
Ethics, Code of
SECTION 1. Purpose.
A. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish minimum
standards of conduct to help ensure that the exercise of
governmental responsibilities by City of Ithaca officials and
employees is free from improper influences that might cause those
officials or employees to make, promote or hinder public
decisions in order to advance their own private interests. The
standards and guidelines set forth in this ordinance are intended
to eliminate to the greatest extent possible, the existence of
conflicts of interest pertaining to City officials and City
employees in the exercise of their official duties, to minimize
unwarranted suspicion that such conflicts exist and to avoid
potential conflicts of interest before they arise.
B. The rules of ethical conduct set forth in this ordinance
are intended to supplement those of Sections 800-813 of the
General Municipal Law of the State of New York and any other
applicable general or specific law relating to ethical conduct and
interest by municipal officials and employees.
SECTION 2. Definitions.
For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms shall
be defined as set forth in this section.
A. City Employee shall be defined as any employee paid by
the City of Ithaca, other than any elected official.
B. City Official shall be defined as any elected official
and any person, other than a city employee, appointed to any
position in the City government.
C. Elected official shall be defined as the Mayor and any
member of Common Council.
D. Family shall be defined as a City official or City
employee's spouse or domestic partner, and all dependent children.
"Spouse" shall mean the husband or wife of the reporting
individual unless living separate and apart from the reporting
individual with the intention of terminating the marriage or
providing for permanent separation or unless separated pursuant to
a judicial order, decree or judgment, or a legally binding
separation agreement. "Domestic partner" shall mean a person
defined as a domestic partner pursuant to Chapter 215, Article IV,
of this Code.
SECTION 3. Applicability.
Unless otherwise specified, all sections of this ordinance
shall apply to all City officials and all City employees.
SECTION 4. Annual Disclosure.
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A. Applicability. This section shall apply only to elected
officials.
B. Annual Disclosure Statement Required. By February 1 of
each year, each elected official shall complete and file with the
City Clerk a signed Statement of Financial Disclosure containing
the information and in the form set forth in Section 13 of this
chapter. Upon receipt of such forms the City Clerk shall file
them with the New York State Temporary State Commission on Local
Government Ethics.
C. Such disclosure statements shall be kept on file as a
public record by the City Clerk. Public notice of the existence
and availability of such file shall be made annually by legal
notice in the newspaper of record, announcement by the Mayor at
each February's regularly scheduled Common Council meeting, and
posting of notice conspicuously in City Hall.
SECTION 5. Gifts.
No City Official or City employee shall, directly or
indirectly, solicit, accept or receive any gift having a value of
$75.00 or more, whether in the form of money, service, loan,
travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any
other form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be
inferred that the gift was intended to influence him or her or
could reasonably be expected to influence him or her, in the
performance of his or her official duties or was intended as a
reward for any official action on his or her part.
SECTION 6. Confidentiality.
Except as required by law, no City official or City employee
may disclose confidential information acquired during the course
of his or her official duties or use such information to further
his or her personal interests or the personal interests of his or
her family.
SECTION 7. Required Conduct Respecting Actual and
Potential Conflicts of Interest.
A. City officials and City employees must exercise their
official duties solely in the public interest and must avoid
actual conflicts of interest to the greatest extent possible.
B. City officials and City employees should avoid
circumstances which compromise their ability to make impartial
judgments solely in the public interest and should, to the
greatest extent possible, avoid even the appearance of conflict of
interest. No City official or City employee shall knowingly take
any action or incur any obligation of any nature which is in
conflict with or might reasonably tend to conflict with the proper
discharge of his or her duties on behalf of the City of Ithaca.
C. No City Official or City employee shall receive, or
enter into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation for
services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any City
agency of which he or she is an officer, member or employee or of
any City agency over which he or she has jurisdiction or which to
he or she has the power to appoint any member, officer or
employee.
D. No City Official or City employee shall receive, or enter
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into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation for
services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any City
agency, whereby his or her compensation is to be dependent or
contingent upon any action by such agency with respect to such
matter; provided that this paragraph shall not prohibit the fixing
at any time of fees based upon the reasonable value of the
services rendered.
E. (1) Each City official and City employee is responsible
for exercising due diligence in attempting to avoid actual or
potential conflicts of interest when voting or taking other
discretionary action regarding all matters with which he or she
deals on behalf of the City.
(2) A City official or City employee shall exercise
particularly careful diligence in avoiding any actual or potential
conflict of interest when voting or taking other discretionary
action on any matter brought before any element of the City
Government by any entity that employs said official or employee.
In any such case the involved City official or employee should
attempt to avoid taking any action that could reasonably be
interpreted as benefiting his or her career advancement, salary,
or standing within the entity that employs him or her.
F. Notwithstanding any provisions in this ordinance, if a
conflict of interest cannot be avoided because of the nature of
the circumstances in a particular situation, any involved City
official or employee shall bring the particular matter to the
attention of the Mayor and the City Attorney, or such other City
official or City employees as may be appropriate, before voting or
taking any discretionary action on said matter.
G. Provisions of this ordinance shall not be deemed to
prevent any City official from voting or taking other lawful
action with regard to the establishment of salaries or benefits
for elected City officials.
SECTION 8. Recusal from Voting or Other Discretionary Act.
Whenever a City official or City employee is called upon to
vote on, advise on, or otherwise take discretionary action on a
matter before the City, and either the performance or non-
performance of such action would provide a significant and special
pecuniary or material benefit to him/herself or his/her family or
otherwise create any potential conflict of interest, the officer
or employee shall immediately declare the nature of the conflict
of interest, and shall refrain, where appropriate, from taking
any action or inaction that would affect the outcome of the
matter.
SECTION 9. Inducement of Violations.
No person shall intentionally induce a City official or City
employee to take any action that violates any provision of this
ordinance. Any person who intentionally induces a City official
or City Employee to take action in violation of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, subject to a fine of not
more than $1,000 and shall be barred from doing business with the
City of Ithaca for a period of up to five years.
SECTION 10. Claims Against the City.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to bar the timely
filing by a present or former official or employee of any claim,
demand, or suit against the City on behalf of him/herself or
his/her family arising out of any personal injury or property
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damage or for any lawful benefit, or from receiving a municipal
service or benefit that is generally available to the public or to
other City employees or City officials.
SECTION 11. Distribution of Code of Ethics.
A. Within ten (10) days of this ordinance's enactment, the
City Clerk shall post a copy of this ordinance conspicuously and
permanently in City Hall in a manner allowing public perusal of
its provisions. Copies of the ordinance shall also be made
available
by the City Clerk to members of the public upon request under
provisions of the Freedom of Information Law.
B. Within thirty (30) days of this ordinance's enactment,
the City Clerk shall distribute a copy of this ordinance to all
City officials and City employees. Each City official and City
employee shall be given a copy of this ordinance before entering
upon the duties of his or her office.
SECTION 12. Penalties and Violations.
A. Any knowing and willful violation of this ordinance will
be a Class A misdemeanor subject to the penalties provided in
Section 813 of the General Municipal Law.
B. Knowing and willful violation of this ordinance may also
subject the violator to a civil penalty and may also involve
forfeiture of office or employment and liability for all damages.
Civil penalties may include a fine not to exceed $10,000, for
knowingly and willfully failing to file a financial disclosure
statement, for knowingly and willfully making a false statement
with intent to deceive, or for otherwise knowingly and willfully
violating this ordinance.
SECTION 13.
The annual Statement of Financial Disclosure shall contain
the information and be in the form set forth herein below:
ANNUAL DISCLOSURE BY CITY OF ITHACA ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR 19__
Last Name First Name Initial
City Position Held
Work Address Phone No.
USE ADDITIONAL PAGES IF NECESSARY
FAMILY MEMBERS. List each family member. "Family" shall be
defined as your spouse or domestic partner, and all dependent
children. "Spouse" shall mean the husband or wife of the
reporting individual unless living separate and apart from the
reporting individual with the intention of terminating the
marriage or providing for permanent separation or unless separated
pursuant to: a judicial order, decree or judgment, or a legally
binding separation agreement. Domestic partner shall mean a
person defined as a domestic partner pursuant to Chapter 215,
Article IV, of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code.
Name Relationship to You
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__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
If the answer to any of the following questions is "none",
please so indicate.
1a. Your Real Estate Ownership. Provide the following information
regarding each piece of property that you own, or have a
significant financial interest in, that is in the City of Ithaca
(the "City") or the Town of Ithaca. "Significant financial
interest" means an ownership interest of more than ten percent.
"Significant financial interest" shall also include a security
interest in the property (such as a mortgagee) of more than
$100,000.00.
Address of Real Estate Nature and Extent of
Investment________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
1b. Your Family Members' Real Estate Ownership. Provide the
following information regarding each piece of property that any
member of your family owns or has a significant financial
interest in that is in the City of Ithaca (the "City") or the Town
of Ithaca.
"Significant financial interest" means an ownership interest
of more than ten percent. "Significant financial interest" shall
also include a security interest in the property (such as a
mortgagee) of more than $100,000.00.
Name of Family Member Address of Real Estate Nature and
Extent of Investment
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2a. Your Financial Interests. Provide the following information
regarding any partnership, business corporation, unincorporated
association, or unincorporated business located in Tompkins County
or which has its primary place of business in Tompkins County and
for which you are an officer, or employee, or have a significant
proprietary interest (an ownership interest of more than ten
percent), or own or control, individually or in combination with
you or other members of your family, more than ten percent of the
outstanding stock. Also list the nature of any self-employment
from which you have derived gross income of more than $5,000.00
during the previous twelve months.
Name of Employer or Nature of Business Duties or
Business Nature of
Affiliation
__________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2b. Your Family Members' Financial Interests. Provide the
following information regarding any partnership, business
corporation, unincorporated association, or unincorporated
business located in Tompkins County or which has its primary place
of business in Tompkins County and for which any family member is
an officer, or employee, or has a significant proprietary interest
(an ownership interest of more than ten percent) or owns or
controls, individually or in combination with you or other members
of your family, more than ten percent of the outstanding stock.
Also list the nature of any self-employment from which any of your
family members have derived gross income of more than $5,000.00
during the previous twelve months.
Family Name of Employer Nature of Business Duties or
Member or Business Nature of
Affiliation
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
3a. Loans to or from you. List below all notes and accounts
receivable, other than from goods or services sold, held by the
reporting individual and other debts owed to the reporting
individual at the close of the taxable year last occurring prior
to the date of filing in excess of $10,000.00 including the name
of the debtor and the type of obligation. Debts, notes and
accounts receivable owed to the individual by a relative shall not
be reported. Also list below all liabilities of the reporting
individual in excess of $10,000.00 as of the date of filing of
this statement other than liabilities to a relative. Do not list
liabilities incurred by or guarantees made by the reporting
individual or by any proprietorship, partnership or corporation in
which the reporting individual has an interest, when incurred or
made in the ordinary course or the trade, business or professional
practice of the reporting individual. Include the name of the
creditor and the type of liability. The reporting individual need
not list any obligation to pay maintenance in connection with a
matrimonial action, alimony or child support payments. Any loan
issued in the ordinary course of business by a financial
institution to finance educational costs, the cost of home
purchase or improvements for a primary or a secondary residence or
the purchase of a personally owned motor vehicle, household
furniture or appliances shall also be excluded. If any such
reportable liability has been guaranteed by any third person, list
the liability and name the guarantor.
Name of Debtor or Creditor Type of Obligation
or Guarantor or Liability
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
3b. Loans to or from your family members. List below all notes
and accounts receivable, other than from goods or services sold,
held by any family member of the reporting individual and other
debts owed to such individuals at the close of the taxable year
last occurring prior to the date of filing in excess of $10,000.00
including the name of the debtor and the type of obligation.
Debts, notes and accounts receivable owed to the reporting
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individual by a relative shall not be reported. Also list below
all liabilities of the family member of the reporting individual
in excess of $10,000.00 as of the date of filing of this statement
other than liabilities to a relative. Do not list liabilities
incurred by or guarantees made by the family member of the
reporting individual or by any proprietorship, partnership or
corporation in which the family member of the reporting individual
has an interest, when incurred or made in the ordinary course or
the trade, business or professional practice of the family member
of the reporting individual. Include the name of the creditor and
the type of liability. The family member of the reporting
individual need not list any obligation to pay maintenance in
connection with a matrimonial action, alimony or child support
payments. Any loan issued in the ordinary course of business by a
financial institution to finance educational costs, the cost of
home purchase or improvements for a primary or a secondary
residence or the purchase of a personally owned motor vehicle,
household furniture or appliances shall also be excluded. If any
such reportable liability has been guaranteed by any third person,
list the liability and name the guarantor.
Name of Debtor or Creditor Type of Obligation
or Guarantor or Liability
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4a. Your Non-profit Affiliations. List the name of any not-for-
profit corporation which has its primary place of business in
Tompkins County of which you are a director, officer, or employee.
Name of Organization Nature of Business Duties or
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
4b. Your Family Members' Non-profit Affiliations. List the name
of any not-for-profit corporation which has its primary place of
business in Tompkins County which any family member is a director,
officer, or employee.
Family Name of Nature of Business Duties or
Member Organization Nature of
Affiliation
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
5a. Your Contracts with City. Set forth below any interest which
you have in any contract with the City. (You may exclude your
employment contract with the City for the principal services you
perform for the City as a publicly elected official.)
Name of Debtor, Creditor Type of Obligation
or guarantor or Liability
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
5b. Your Family Members' Contracts with City. Set forth below
any interest which any family member has in any contract with the
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City.
Name of Debtor, Creditor Type of Obligation
or guarantor or Liability
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Date:________________________
Signed:__________________________________________________________
SECTION 14. Severability
If any provision of this ordinance is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that decision shall not
affect the validity and effectiveness of the remaining provisions
of this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately in accordance
with law upon publication of a notice as provided in the Ithaca
City Charter.
Extensive discussion followed on the floor regarding the Ordinance
and the Disclosure Statement.
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Daley: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
RESOLVED, That in 2A and 2B of the Disclosure Statement, the words
"Also list the nature of any self-employment from which you have
derived gross income of more than $5,000.00 during the previous
twelve months" be deleted.
Discussion followed on the floor on the amendment.
No vote was taken on Alderperson Daley's Amending Resolution.
Alderperson Schroeder introduced a Substitute Amending Resolution
changing the figure of $5,000. to $10,000. in 2A and 2B of the
Disclosure Statement, and suggested leaving the wording the same.
Motion to Substitute the Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Schroeder: Seconded by Alderperson Hoffman
A vote on the Motion to Substitute resulted as follows:
Ayes (7) - Schroeder, Hoffman, Johnson, Efroymson, Berg,
Golder, Booth
Nays (3) - Daley, Romanowski, Blanchard
Carried
Substitute Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Schroeder: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
RESOLVED, That the figure of "$5,000.00" in 2A and 2B of the
Disclosure Statement be changed to $10,000.00", and the wording be
left the same.
Ayes (7) - Schroeder, Booth, Berg, Blanchard, Romanowski,
Johnson, Daley
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Nays (3) - Golder, Efroymson, Hoffman
Carried
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Daley: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
RESOLVED, That the words "located in Tompkins County or which has
its primary place of business in Tompkins County and" be deleted
from 2A and 2B of the Disclosure Statement.
Discussion followed on the floor regarding the amendment.
A vote on the Amending Resolution resulted as follows:
Carried Unanimously
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Daley: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
RESOLVED, That 3A and 3B be deleted from the Disclosure Statement.
Discussion followed on the floor.
A vote on the Amending Resolution resulted as follows:
Ayes (6) - Daley, Romanowski, Blanchard, Berg, Schroeder,
Mayor Nichols
Nays (5) - Efroymson, Johnson, Booth, Golder, Hoffman
Carried
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Blanchard: Seconded by Alderperson Daley
RESOLVED, That under the heading "FAMILY MEMBERS", after the words
"spouse or domestic partner", the words "or a member of a
Functional Family unit" be added. At the end of the same
paragraph the definition of "Functional Family Unit" as defined in
Section 325-3 of the City of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance be added.
Alderperson Blanchard explained her proposed amendment and
extensive discussion followed on the floor.
A vote on the Amending Resolution resulted as follows:
Ayes (4) - Blanchard, Berg, Daley, Romanowski
Nays (6) - Booth, Johnson, Efroymson, Hoffman, Golder,
Schroeder
Motion Fails
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Romanowski: Seconded by Alderperson Daley
RESOLVED, That in 1A and 1B of the Disclosure Statement, the words
"that is in the City of Ithaca (the `City') or the Town of Ithaca"
be deleted.
Discussion followed on the floor regarding the amendment.
A vote on the Amending Resolution resulted as follows:
Ayes (6) - Romanowski, Daley, Blanchard, Johnson, Schroeder,
Golder
Nays (4) - Berg, Efroymson, Booth, Hoffman
Carried
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Daley: Seconded by Alderperson Blanchard
RESOLVED, That in 2A and 2B of the Disclosure Statement, after the
words "you or other members of your family, more than ten
percent", add the words "or $10,000" and after the words
"outstanding stock", add the words "bonds or funds".
Ayes (8) - Daley, Blanchard, Efroymson, Johnson, Booth,
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Romanowski, Schroeder, Golder
Nays (2) - Hoffman, Berg
Carried
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Blanchard: Seconded by Alderperson Daley
RESOLVED, That in 4A and 4B of the Disclosure Statement, the words
"which has its primary place of business in Tompkins County" be
deleted.
Ayes (6) - Blanchard, Romanowski, Daley, Golder, Johnson,
Schroeder
Nays (4) - Berg, Hoffman, Efroymson, Booth
Carried
Motion to Table
By Alderperson Berg: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
RESOLVED, That the Code of Ethics Ordinance be tabled until
further review.
Ayes (3) - Johnson, Berg, Blanchard
Nays (7) - Booth, Schroeder, Daley, Romanowski, Golder,
Efroymson, Hoffman
Motion Fails
Main Motion as Amended
A vote on Chapter 55, "Ethics, Code of" and the Amended Disclosure
Statement resulted as follows:
Ayes (8) - Efroymson, Daley, Johnson, Booth, Schroeder,
Golder, Hoffman, Berg
Nays (2) - Romanowski, Blanchard
Carried
The Disclosure Statement as Amended shall read as follows:
ANNUAL DISCLOSURE BY CITY OF ITHACA ELECTED
Last Name First Name Initial
City Position Held
Work Address Phone No.
USE ADDITIONAL PAGES IF NECESSARY
FAMILY MEMBERS. List each family member. "Family" shall be
defined as your spouse or domestic partner, and all dependent
children. "Spouse" shall mean the husband or wife of the
reporting individual unless living separate and apart from the
reporting individual with the intention of terminating the
marriage or providing for permanent separation or unless separated
pursuant to: a judicial order, decree or judgment, or a legally
binding separation agreement. Domestic partner shall mean a
person defined as a domestic partner pursuant to Chapter 215,
Article IV, of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code.
Name Relationship to You
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
If the answer to any of the following questions is "none",
please so indicate.
1a. Your Real Estate Ownership. Provide the following information
regarding each piece of property that you own, or have a
significant financial interest in. "Significant financial
interest" means an ownership interest of more than ten percent.
"Significant financial interest" shall also include a security
interest in the property (such as a mortgagee) of more than
$100,000.00.
Address of Real Estate Nature and Extent of
Investment
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
1b. Your Family Members' Real Estate Ownership. Provide the
following information regarding each piece of property that any
member of your family owns or has a significant financial
interest in. "Significant financial interest" means an ownership
interest of more than ten percent. "Significant financial
interest" shall also include a security interest in the property
(such as a mortgagee) of more than $100,000.00.
Name of Family Member Address of Real Estate Nature and
Extent of Investment
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2a. Your Financial Interests. Provide the following information
regarding any partnership, business corporation, unincorporated
association, or unincorporated business for which you are an
officer, or employee, or have a significant proprietary interest
(an ownership interest of more than ten percent), or own or
control, individually or in combination with you or other members
of your family, more than ten percent or $10,000.00 of the
outstanding stock, bonds or funds. Also list the nature of any
self-employment from which you have derived gross income of more
than $10,000.00 during the previous twelve months.
Name of Employer or Nature of Business Duties or
Business Nature of
Affiliation
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
2b. Your Family Members' Financial Interests. Provide the
following information regarding any partnership, business
corporation, unincorporated association, or unincorporated
business for which any family member is an officer, or employee,
or has a significant proprietary interest (an ownership interest
of more than ten percent) or owns or controls, individually or in
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combination with you or other members of your family, more than
ten percent or $10,000.00 of the outstanding stock, bonds or
funds. Also list the nature of any self-employment from which any
of your family members have derived gross income of more than
$10,000.00 during the previous twelve months.
Family Name of Employer Nature of Business Duties or
Member or Business Nature of
Affiliation
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
3a. Your Non-profit Affiliations. List the name of any not-for-
profit corporation of which you are a director, officer, or
employee.
Name of Organization Nature of Business Duties or
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
3b. Your Family Members' Non-profit Affiliations. List the name
of any not-for-profit corporation of which any family member is a
director, officer, or employee.
Family Name of Nature of Business Duties or
Member Organization Nature of
Affiliation
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4a. Your Contracts with City. Set forth below any interest which
you have in any contract with the City. (You may exclude your
employment contract with the City for the principal services you
perform for the City as a publicly elected official.)
Description of Contract Nature of Interest in Contract
(eg. Professional, Consulting, (eg. Owner, Supplier, etc.)
Supplies, etc.)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
4b. Your Family Members' Contracts with City. Set forth below
any interest which any family member has in any contract with the
City.
Family Member
Description of Contract Nature of Interest in Contract
(eg. Professional, Consulting, (eg. Owner, Supplier, etc.)
Supplies, etc.)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Date:________________________
Signed:__________________________________________________________
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RECESS:
Common Council recessed at 9:35 p.m. and reconvened in Regular
session at 9:45 p.m.
* 14.4 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 181 Entitled "Fire
Prevention" of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code
By Alderperson Hoffman: Seconded by Alderperson Schroeder
An Ordinance amending Chapter 181 entitled "Fire Prevention" of
the City of Ithaca Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Common Council of the City of
Ithaca, New York as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 181 entitled "Fire Prevention" of the
City of Ithaca Municipal code is amended as follows:
That a new subdivision to be known and designated as
Subdivision C of Section 181-7 entitled "Code Enforcement
Officials; Inspectors" to follow subdivision B is hereby added to
said chapter to read as follows:
"C. Appearance tickets. The Chief of the Fire Department
and/or the Chief's designees shall have the authority, as provided
by Municipal Home Rule Law Section 10(4)(a) to issue appearance
tickets in accordance with Article 150 of the New York State
Criminal Procedure Law to enforce any statute, local law,
ordinance, rule or regulation relating to fire prevention and/or
safety."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately and
in accordance with law upon publication of notices provided in the
Ithaca City Charter.
Carried Unanimously
* 14.5 A Local Law Amending Section C-15 Entitled "Building
Commissioner" of the City of Ithaca Charter
By Alderperson Hoffman: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
Local Law No. 5 of the Year 1993
City of Ithaca
A local law amending Section C-15 entitled "Building
Commissioner" of the Charter of the City of Ithaca, granting to
the Building Commissioner and his or her designees the authority
to issue appearance tickets in accordance with the New York State
Criminal Procedure Law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ITHACA, NEW
YORK as follows:
Section 1. That Section C-15 of the Ithaca City Charter
entitled "Building Commissioner" is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"C-15 Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall
serve as the enforcement officer of all laws, ordinances, rules
and regulations, codes and orders applicable to the use of land
and the location, design, materials, construction, alterations,
repairs, equipment, maintenance, use, occupancy, removal and
demolition of the buildings and structures and their appurtenances
located in the City. The Building Commissioner shall have such
deputies and assistance as the Common Council shall authorize.
The compensation of the Building Commissioner shall be fixed by
the Common Council. The Building Commissioner and his or her
designees shall have the authority to issue appearance tickets in
accordance with Article 150 of the New York State Criminal
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Procedure Law as provided by Municipal Home Rule Law Section
10(4)(a) for the enforcement of any statute, local law, ordinance,
rule or regulation relating to any matters under the authority of
the Building Commissioner."
Section 2. Effective date. This local law shall take effect
immediately after filing with the office of the Secretary of
State.
Carried Unanimously
BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE:
At the request of Alderperson Hoffman, Item 15.14 from the
Committee of the Whole agenda was moved forward:
* 15.14 Planning Department - Request Appropriation of Funds for
Public Postering Boards - Resolution
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
WHEREAS, Common Council has enacted a resolution calling for the
erection of several bulletin boards or kiosks for public postering
in Collegetown and the Central Business District, to be coupled
with a strengthening of the City's Municipal Code provisions
against illegal postering, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee has reviewed a
proposal prepared by Ken Hallett and Steven Blais, relative to the
cost of materials necessary to construct ten wall-mounted and five
free-standing postering boards, the cost of which was estimated at
$4,670., and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee has recommended
that approximately $2,500 of City moneys be appropriated toward
the cost of materials, with the private sector being asked to
raise a similar amount; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That an amount not to exceed $2,500. be transferred from
Unrestricted Contingency to A8020-430 Planning and Development
Contractual Services for said purpose, the expenditure of which is
predicated on the receipt of matching private sector funding.
Discussion followed and Alderperson Schroeder put forth the
following:
Substitute Resolution
By Alderperson Schroeder: Seconded by Alderperson Daley
WHEREAS, Common Council has enacted a resolution calling for the
erection of several bulletin boards or kiosks for public postering
in Collegetown and the Central Business District, to be coupled
with a strengthening of the City's Municipal Code provisions
against illegal postering, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee has reviewed a
proposal prepared by Ken Hallett and Steven Blais, relative to the
cost of materials necessary to construct ten wall-mounted and five
free-standing postering boards, the cost of which was estimated at
$4,670, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee has recommended
that City moneys be appropriated toward the cost of materials,
with the private sector being asked to raise a similar amount, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works has estimated that an
additional $2,000. will be required to construct and install said
postering boards; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That an amount not to exceed $5,000. be transferred from
A1990 Unrestricted Contingency, $3,000. to Account A8020-430
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Planning Department Contractual Services for the acquisition of
materials, and $2,000. to Account A3311-115 Department of Public
Works for construction and installation, the expenditure of which
is predicated on the receipt of $1,500. from the private sector.
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Romanowski: Seconded by Alderperson Blanchard
RESOLVED, That the figure of $1,500. from the private sector be
amended to read $2,000.
Discussion followed on the floor.
No vote was taken on the Substitute Resolution or the Amending
Resolution.
Motion to Refer Back to Committee
By Alderperson Schroeder: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
RESOLVED, That the matter of Appropriation of Funds for Public
Postering Boards be referred back to the Charter and Ordinance
Committee for further review.
Discussion followed on the motion to refer.
Ayes (8) - Blanchard, Booth, Romanowski, Johnson, Berg,
Daley, Schroeder, Golder
Nays (2) - Efroymson, Hoffman
Carried
* 15.1 Police Department - Request to Sign 1993-1994 NYS Office
of Court Administration Agreement and Amend 1993 Police Department
Authorized Personnel Roster
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
WHEREAS, the New York State Office of Court Administration has
requested a significant increase in security service when the new
City Court Facility becomes operational on July 19, 1993, and
WHEREAS, the Police Department would be unable to provide said
increased coverage, which equates to an additional full-time
Police Officer position, within the existing complement of
officers, and
WHEREAS, the Office of Court Administration has agreed to
reimburse the City for the entire cost of salary and benefits for
a full-time Police Officer and such additional part-time service
as required at the City Court Facility, up to an amount not to
exceed $49,000; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the roster for the Police Department be hereby
increased by one Police Officer position, subject to the
continuing availability of Office of Court Administration funding
for said position, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Police Chief be authorized to execute the 1993-
94 Court Security Services Agreement with the State Office of
Court Administration, inclusive of amendments as required, subject
to review by the City Attorney and City Controller.
Carried Unanimously
Alderperson Hoffman left the meeting at 10:05 p.m.
* 15.2 Planning Department - Request to Amend Youth Bureau
Acoustic Remediation Contract
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, the Planning Department has determined that the existing
contract for design of the Youth Bureau Facility Acoustic
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Remediation Project did not include provision for the following
services:
Design Phase Construction Cost Estimates $ 450
Assist Owner in Obtaining Required Permits 225
Documents Phase Construction Cost Estimates 375
Bi-weekly Site Visits 675
Total $1,725
and
WHEREAS, additional professional consulting services, which may be
required during the design process, have been estimated at $2,275;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That contract authorization for this purpose be
increased from $8,500 to an amount not to exceed $12,500, said
funding to be provided from existing Capital Project #244
authorizations.
Planning and Development Director Van Cort explained the
resolution.
A vote on the resolution resulted as follows:
Ayes (6) - Johnson, Daley, Efroymson, Schroeder, Golder,
Berg
Nays (3) - Blanchard, Romanowski, Booth
Carried (6-3-0)
*15.3 Planning Department - Request to Amend 1993 Planning
Department Personnel Roster
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
WHEREAS, the Planning Department currently has a vacant part-time
25 hour per week secretarial position, as a result of the
resignation of Ev Hogben, and
WHEREAS, in the interest of reducing personnel costs, the Director
of Planning and Development has recommended that, by increasing an
existing part-time secretarial position from 17 to 25 hours per
week, sufficient office coverage would be provided; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the part-time secretarial position held by Eileen
Jacobs be hereby increased from 17 to 25 hours per week effective
July 12, 1993.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
*15.4 Planning Department - Request to Support Further
Investigation of Debit Cards
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, a group comprised of members of the Board of Public Works
and staff has been investigating the possible implementation of a
debit card system for Parking Facility and Transit System
purposes, and
WHEREAS, it is possible that a City debit card system could be
networked with systems at Cornell University and Ithaca College,
and
WHEREAS, before additional time and effort are allocated toward
the evaluation of this program, the Committee felt that an
approval in concept from Common Council should be obtained; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council agrees that further study of the
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possible City use of debit cards should be undertaken by the
committee established by the Board of Public Works, with progress
reports to be made to the appropriate Council committees in
several months.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.5 Fire Department - Request to Appropriate Fire and Building
Code Aid
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
WHEREAS, the Fire Department has requested that computer upgrades
be made to their current Xenix System that serves the Fire and
Building Departments to permit off-hours backup of the system;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 1993 Authorized Equipment list be amended as
follows:
1 Mountain Firesafe 7250 Internal Tape Drive w/Soft-
ware and Installation of Tape Drives $1,256.90
7 3M DC6250 Backup Tape Cartridges 199.50
$1,456.40
and be it further
RESOLVED, That an amount not to exceed $1,456.40 be transferred
from Account A690-10 Fire and Building Code Aid to Account A3410-
210 Office Equipment for said computer equipment purchase.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.6 Youth Bureau - Request to Amend 1993 Youth Bureau Budget
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, the Ithaca Youth Bureau will receive $4,458 from Tompkins
County for the continuation of the Municipal Jobs Program for
Summer Youth Employment Program for City of Ithaca teens; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 1993 City of Ithaca Budget be amended to
reflect $4,458 in funding from Tompkins County for the Municipal
Jobs Program, as follows:
Increase Income:
A2350 Youth Services - Other Governments $4,458.00
Increase Appropriations:
A7310-120-1202 Hourly P/T 3,710.00
A7310-445-1202 Travel 300.00
A7310-460-1202 Program Supplies 100.00
A9030 Social Security 284.00
A9040 Workers' Compensation 64.00
$4,458.00
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.7 Youth Bureau/GIAC - Request to Transfer Funds for Alex
Haley Pool
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
WHEREAS, the Alex Haley Pool is in need of additional staffing in
the hourly part-time account to supervise the pool safely and
effectively, and
WHEREAS, G.I.A.C. has had various positions open and not filled,
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for a period of time, and has additional funds in the Staff
Account; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That an amount not to exceed $9,453 be transferred from
Account A7311-110-1102 Staff to Account A7322-120-1102 Hourly
Part-time for funding of additional hourly part-time positions at
the Alex Haley Pool.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.8 Youth Bureau/GIAC - Request to Transfer Funds for Alex
Haley Pool
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, the Alex Haley Pool was budgeted without the proper
supply of essential first aid equipment to operate the pool; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That an amount not to exceed $1,570 be transferred from
Account A7311-110-1102 Staff to Account 7311-460-1102 Program
Supplies to purchase essential first aid equipment to properly
operate the Alex Haley Pool.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.9 DPW - Request to Establish Capital Project #276 for Wood
Street Park Improvements
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, the City's 1993 Community Block Grant Program request
includes $45,000 in funding for Wood Street Park Improvements, and
WHEREAS, the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency has requested that
$24,000 be allocated for certain additional related improvements
in the area adjacent to Wood Street Park (such as, sidewalks and
street trees), inclusive of materials and Department of Public
Works Park Account Labor, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works has reviewed the aforementioned
request for $24,000 and has recommended the establishment of a
capital project for improvements to Wood Street Park; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Capital Project #276 Wood Street Park Improvements
shall be hereby established for an amount not to exceed $69,000
with financing to be provided as follows:
A) 1993 Community Development Block Grant Funds (Approval
Pending) $45,000
B) Proceeds of serial bonds to be issued $24,000,
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the implementation of this project shall be subject
to the City's receipt of the requested 1993 Community Development
Block Grant.
Discussion followed on the floor.
A vote on the resolution resulted as follows:
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.10 DPW - Request to Extend Free Bus Passes for City
Employees and Others
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, Common Council passed a resolution allowing City
employees to ride Ithaca Transit free for a period of one year,
expiring April 1, 1993, and
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WHEREAS, the free pass program to City employees has been
successful during the one year trial period and staff recommends
extension of the free bus service for one more year, and
WHEREAS, the B & A Committee has recommended that free bus passes
also be extended to all non-City employees (i.e.: board and
committee members) who currently have City of Ithaca parking
privileges; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That any City employees and non-City employees who
currently have City of Ithaca parking privileges, and who hold and
display a current City identification card, be allowed to ride the
Ithaca Transit buses free for a period of one year, ending June
30, 1994, subject to written agreement by the various City
employee Unions that this privilege will not be considered as a
past practice.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.11 DPW - Request for Installation of Collegetown Directional
Signage
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works has approved the installation
of directional signs for the Collegetown Business District and
Cornell University in the amount of $500; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council approves the authorization of an
amount not to exceed $500 to be appropriated from Capital Project
#271 Downtown Improvements for the implementation of directional
signs for the Collegetown Business District and Cornell
University.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.12 DPW - Request to Amend Capital Project #605 Sewer Main
Reconstruction
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
WHEREAS, the Spring flooding has caused a trunk sewer main to fail
on Dey Street and Franklin Street in the City, thereby creating a
public emergency which threatens the life, health and safety of
City residents, and public and private property at and near said
location, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works declared this area a public
emergency in accordance with Section 103 of the General Municipal
Law, thereby negating the statutory requirement to bid the project
necessary to repair this trunk sewer, and
WHEREAS, Capital Project #605 was established at the May 5, 1993
Common Council Meeting for sewer main reconstruction in the amount
of $200,000 for work at Adams Street and First Street, and
WHEREAS, the estimated reconstruction cost of the Dey Street and
Franklin Street sewer is $115,000; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council reaffirms the declaration of the
public emergency created by said weather event, and be it further
RESOLVED, That Capital Project #605 Sewer Main Reconstruction be
amended by an amount not to exceed $115,000 for a total project
cost of $315,000 to reconstruct trunk sewer mains, and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the amendment to the project be funded from
existing monies transferred from Capital Reserve #17 Sewer
Construction.
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Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.14 Finance Department/Chamberlain - Request to Waive Tax
Penalty
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
WHEREAS, Mr. Darfler, the property owner at 210 Cleveland Avenue,
has provided sufficient documentation to support his contention
that he sent his tax payment to the Chamberlain's Office on a
timely basis; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the $20.31 tax penalty and fees on the 1993 First
Tax Installment for the property at 210 Cleveland Avenue be
waived.
A vote on the resolution resulted as follows:
Ayes (8) - Booth, Berg, Schroeder, Golder, Romanowski,
Daley, Blanchard, Johnson
Abstention (1) - Efroymson (conflict of interest)
Carried (8-1-0)
* 15.15 Finance Department/Controller - Request to Approve 1993-
1994 Civil Service Agreement
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed
to execute an agreement between the City of Ithaca and the Ithaca
City School District for performance by the City for services in
connection with Civil Service matters, for the period July 1, 1993
to June 30, 1994, in an amount of $19,209.00, payable to the City
of Ithaca on or before November 1, 1993.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.16 Finance Department/Controller - Bond Resolution
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Romanowski
BOND RESOLUTION DATED JULY 7, 1993.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $930,000 SERIAL BONDS OF
THE CITY OF ITHACA, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COSTS OF
VARIOUS OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IN AND FOR SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, all conditions precedent to the financing of the capital
projects hereinafter described, including compliance with the
provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act, have
been performed, and
WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such
capital projects; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, New York, as follows:
Section 1. For the specific objects or purposes or classes of
objects or purposes of paying the costs of the following capital
improvements in and for the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New
York, there are hereby authorized to be issued $930,000 serial
bonds of said City pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance
Law, apportioned among such improvements in accordance with the
maximum estimated cost of each. Such improvements are as follows:
a)The purchase of a fire fighting pumper vehicle, including
incidental expenses and originals apparatus in connection
therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $275,000. It is
hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of
the aforesaid specific object or purpose is twenty years,
pursuant to subdivision 27 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of
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the Local Finance Law.
b)The purchase of a fire fighting ladder truck, including
incidental expenses and original furnishings in connection
therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $625,000. It is
hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of
the aforesaid specific object or purpose is twenty years,
pursuant to subdivision 27 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of
the Local Finance Law, and
c)The purchase of new computer equipment, including incidental
expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost
of $5,000. It is hereby determined that the period of
probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or
purposes is five years, pursuant to subdivision 32 of
paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law; and
d) The reconstruction of parking meters throughout and in and for
said City, including incidental expenses in connection
therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $25,000. It is
hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of
the aforesaid class of objects or purposes is five years,
pursuant to subdivision 32 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of
the Local Finance Law.
Section 2. The aggregate maximum estimated cost of the aforesaid
specific objects or purposes or classes of objects or purposes is
$930,000, and the plan for the financing there is by the issuance
of the serial bonds authorized by Section hereof, allocated to
each specific object or purpose or class of objects or purposes in
accordance with the maximum estimated cost of each.
Section 3. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law,
the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond
anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the
serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes,
is hereby delegated to the City Controller, the chief fiscal
officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents,
and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said
City Controller, consistent with the provisions of the Local
Finance Law.
Section 4. The faith and credit of said City of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment
of the principal of and interest on such obligations as the same
respectively become due and payable. Annual appropriation shall
be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on such obligations becoming due and payable in such
year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real
property in said City a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on such obligations as the same become due and payable.
Section 5. The bonds authorized pursuant to this bond resolution
shall be in fully registered form and shall be signed in the name
of the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, by the manual or
facsimile signature of the City Controller and a facsimile of its
corporate seal shall be imprinted or impressed and attested by the
manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk.
Section 6. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for
sale, conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby
delegated to the City Controller, who shall advertise such bonds
for sale, conduct the sale, and award the bonds in such manner as
he shall deem best for the interests of the City; provided,
however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers, he shall
comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any
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order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of
municipal bonds. The receipt of the City Controller shall be a
full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be
obliged to see to the application of the purchase money.
Section 7. All other matters, except as provided herein relating
to such bonds, including prescribing whether manual or facsimile
signatures shall appear on said bonds, prescribing the method for
the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal
agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and
delivery of said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in
the name of the City by the facsimile signature of its City
Controller, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal
agent or of a designated official of the City), the date,
denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, place or
places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other
issues, shall be determined by the City Controller. It is hereby
determined that it is to the financial advantage of the City not
to impose and collect form registered owners of such serial bonds
any charges for mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred
or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and, accordingly, pursuant to
paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such
charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds
shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause
provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall
otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in addition to
those required by section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the
City Controller shall determine.
Section 8. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes
may be contested only if:
1)Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose
for which said City is not authorized to expend money,
or
2)The provisions of law which should be complied with at the
date of publication of this resolution are not
substantially complied with,
and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is
commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication,
or
3)Such obligations are authorized in violation of the
provisions of the Constitution.
Section 9. This resolution shall constitute a statement of
official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Sections
1.150-2(d) and (e). Other than as specified in this resolution,
no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved,
allocated
on long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the
permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.
Section 10. This resolution, which takes effect immediately,
shall be published in full in the Ithaca Journal, the official
newspaper, together with a notice of the City Clerk in
substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local
Finance Law.
City Controller Cafferillo explained the Bond Resolution.
A roll call vote called on the foregoing resolution and resulted
as follows:
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Booth -- Aye Romanowski -- Aye
Blanchard -- Aye Golder -- Aye
Efroymson -- Aye Schroeder -- Aye
Hoffman -- Absent Berg -- Aye
Daley -- Aye Johnson -- Aye
Ayes (9)
Absent (1)
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.17 Finance Department/Clerk - Request to Amend 1993
Personnel Roster and 1993 Budget
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca has received its third Records
Management Grant from the New York State Education Department in
the amount of $40,223 for the period July 1, 1993 to June 30,
1994, and
WHEREAS, the City has decided to continue the services of
temporary employee Chris Dubetsky to perform services related to
the Records Management Grant; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 1993 Personnel Roster be amended as follows:
Addition: One (1) Temporary Records Management
Coordinator Position, Grade 17,
and be it further
RESOLVED, That Chris Dubetsky be hired for the temporary position
of Records Management Coordinator, Grade 17, at an hourly rate of
$10.49, 35 hours per week, that being Step 6 on the C.S.E.A.
Administrative Unit Compensation Plan, effective July 8, 1993 and
ending with said grant on June 30, 1994, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the 1993 Budget be amended to reflect the 1993
portion of the Records Management Grant as follows:
Increase Income:
A3060 State Aid Records Management $40,223
Increase Appropriations:
A1460-110 Staff 19,442
A1460-225 Other Equipment 16,335
A1460-425 Office Expense 345
A1460-430 Fees 1,064
A1460-497 Renovations 1,549
A 9030 Social Security 1,488
$40,223
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
* 15.18 Finance Department/Controller - Request to Accept 1992
Annual Financial Report
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
RESOLVED, That the 1992 Annual Financial Report prepared by the
Finance Department be accepted as presented.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE:
* 16.1 Police Community Relations
Alderperson Johnson reported that the Human Services Committee has
taken action and passed 12 of the recommendations that were
forwarded from the Steering Committee. Resolutions will be
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forthcoming to Council in August.
* 16.2 City/County Consolidation of Human Service Funding
By Alderperson Johnson: Seconded by Alderperson Efroymson
WHEREAS, by agreement between the City of Ithaca and the County of
Tompkins dated March 18, 1993, it was agreed, among other things,
that the City would support proposed state legislation authorizing
the County to charge an additional 1% sales tax and that a joint
committee would be established to specify methods by which, among
other things, City and County payments to Human Service Agencies
may be consolidated and costs allocated more equitably, and
WHEREAS, meetings between representatives of the City and the
County have occurred, and
WHEREAS, the City and County wish, at this time, to amend and
clarify the agreement of March 18, 1993; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Mayor is authorized to enter into the agreement
with the County of Tompkins.
Extensive discussion followed on funding for Human Services
Coalition.
Amending Resolution
By Alderperson Booth: Seconded by Alderperson Berg
RESOLVED, That paragraph #2 in the City/County Consolidation of
Human Services Funding Agreement be deleted.
Ayes (2) Romanowski, Booth
Nays (7) Blanchard, Daley, Efroymson, Johnson, Schroeder,
Golder, Berg
Motion Fails (2-7-0)
A vote on the Main Motion resulted as follows:
Ayes (7) - Blanchard, Johnson, Efroymson, Schroeder, Daley,
Berg, Golder
Nays (2) - Romanowski, Booth
Carried (7-2-0)
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE:
* 17.1 Community Gardens Lease
By Alderperson Schroeder: Seconded by Alderperson Efroymson
WHEREAS, Common Council recognizes the public benefit provided to
residents of the City of Ithaca by the Ithaca Community Gardens,
and
WHEREAS, for several years the City of Ithaca has been committed
to having the Community Gardens at their current location, the
Carpenter Business Park, and
WHEREAS, Project Growing Hope, Inc., the entity which has managed
the community gardens for several years has invested considerable
funds and energy in improvements to the Community Garden site, and
WHEREAS, Project Growing Hope, Inc. has requested a long term
lease to occupy the current Community Gardens site, and
WHEREAS, such a long term lease would provide the necessary long
term site control to allow Project Growing Hope, Inc. to further
develop the Community Gardens site, and
WHEREAS, in light of the public's continued use of the site and
the public benefits to be gained thereby, the City of Ithaca will
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receive full value for this lease; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council does concur with the proposed terms
and conditions for the lease of the premises currently used as the
Ithaca Community Gardens as more specifically set forth in the
lease, and be it further
RESOLVED, That Common Council does hereby authorize and direct
publication of notice of the proposed lease together with the
proposed terms for such lease in the manner prescribed by the
Ithaca City Charter.
Carried Unanimously (9-0)
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park Draft Master Plan and D.E.I.S. -
Report
Alderperson Schroeder reported that the Planning and Development
Committee will be discussing comments on the Draft Master Plan and
the D.E.I.S. at their regular meeting in July.
Alderperson Blanchard asked Alderperson Schroeder to coordinate a
trip to Treman Marina to look at what the proposed plan includes.
Alderperson Schroeder agreed to schedule such a trip.
Rental Housing Commission - Report
Alderperson Schroeder reported that the Rental Housing Commission
is being reviewed again to clarify its charge.
Odd/Even Parking Revision - Report
Alderperson Schroeder stated that there will be Public
Informational meeting on July 13 regarding the issue of Odd/Even
Parking.
NEW BUSINESS:
* 21.1 Guatemala Resolution
By Alderperson Efroymson: Seconded by Alderperson Johnson
WHEREAS, the United Nations has declared 1993 the Year of
Indigenous People, and
WHEREAS, Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan peasant woman from Guatemala,
received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, and
WHEREAS, an Ithaca organization, the Committee on U.S.-Latin
American Relations, actively provides information on Guatemala and
works to further the cause of Human Rights in that country, and
WHEREAS, in recent years, a number of Ithacans has visited
Guatemala, and
WHEREAS, our local co-operative food market, Greenstar, collects a
tax on bananas and donates that money to Guatemalan unions who are
working to improve the lives of workers, and
WHEREAS, Alderperson Golder will be a part of a delegation
visiting Guatemala for two weeks in July to support refugees
returning to that country; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council supports efforts to bring peace and
justice to Guatemala, and wishes Alderperson Golder well on his
trip.
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Ayes (6) - Efroymson, Johnson, Golder, Berg, Booth,
Schroeder
Abstentions (3) - Blanchard, Romanowski, Daley
Carried (6-0-3)
ADJOURNMENT:
On a motion the meeting adjourned at 11:05 p.m.
Callista F. Paolangeli Benjamin Nichols
City Clerk Mayor