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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-04-10 firm `- TOWN OF DANBY TOWN BOARD MINUTES April 10 , 1972 The regular meeting of the Danby Town Board was held in the Danby Elementary School , April 10 , 1972 , at 8 : 00 P . M . Board members present : Supervisor Donald Makie . " Councilman Gerald Crance Councilman Ralph Wilbur Justice Floyd Dorn Justice A . Francis Wright Also present : Ithaca Journal reporter Pete Walsh , Rick Dobson , Mr . & Mrs . Lloyd French , Mr . & Mrs . Clyde Carrier , Sr . , Mr . Clyde Carrier , Jr . , Harold Beach , Moses Peter , Insurance representative , Mr . Sadie and Edward Slights . The minutes of the regular meeting of March 13 , 1972 , were mailed to board members for reading and correction . The minutes were approved as presented . COMMUNICATIONS : 1 . Minutes of the Danby Zoning Board of Appeals hearing held February 16 , 1972 at the Danby Elementary School . 2 . Agenda of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives March 27 , 1972 , meeting . 3 . A letter from Gordon Roberts concerning printing of the zoning ordinance and a check for zoning fees . 4 . A letter from the Automatic Voting Machine Division concerning the rental of a voting machine . 5 . A letter form the Automatic Voting Machine Division concerning the purchase of an automatic voting machine . 6 . A letter from the deaprtment of transportation concerning the town highway improvement program . 7 . Agenda of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives meeting of April 3 , 1972 . . 8 . A letter from the Ithaca City School District concerning the use of a voting machine for the May 2 , 1972 elections . Danby Town Board Minutes - April 10 , 1972 - Page 2 ,af% Communications Continued : 9 . An order of the Commissioner of Budget and AdministZgtion granting extension of time for collecting taxes . 10 . A letter from Thomas H . Huhn concerning the voting machine needs for the 1972 elections . PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR : Moses peter stated that he thought that in advertising the old fire house for sale it should be made clear that anyone buying the property must use this property in conformance with the Danby Zoning Ordinance . Rick Dobson said because the S . P . C . A . is closed on weekends a problem is created . Twice on weekends he has had to call the sheriff because dogs were attacking his pony . He feels the town needs a local dog warden for weekends and that this person should be reimbursed by the county for his services . Also Mr . Dobson commented that he thought the T . V . cable was a good thing but should be looked into as far as service is concerned , Mr . French presented a plan for his proposed West Danby Trailer Park . The site plan was prepared by Carl Welhelm of the Tompkins County Planners . After going over the plan the board asked that Mr . French present this plan to the planning board for approval as far as rules and regulations are concerned . When he has their approval he should bring the plan back to the board for approval . Clyde Carrier and his son have a problem of flash ` flooding from the snow run off due to inadequate drainage . The water runs down from Troy Road across Miller Road into Clyde Carrier Srts garage and cellar and just recently washed out Giyde rozweci Carrier driveway . This has been a long standing problem and the Carrier ' s want this corrected . Councilman Ralph Wilbur will check this out and make recommendations to the highway superintendent . Supervisor Donald Makie says that Troy Road is scheduled to be black topped this summer or fall and the drainage problem will have to be corrected before this can be done . Harold Beach wants to know why Troy Road , at least in his block , is not plowed out until two or three days after a major snow storm . There are twelve houses in the block where he lives . This will be checked into and recommendations made to the highway superintendent . :l . -: Danby Town Board Minutes - April 10 ; 1972 - Page 3 Privilege of the Floor Continued : Mr . Beach is very upset about the radio towers on Troy Road and would like to see them taken down . They are an " eye sore " and reduce the value of the property' in that area . Supervisor Donald Makie says legally there is nothing that can be done . The radio station is within their rights . COMMITTEE REPORTS : A . Highway Department - Councilman Ralph Wilbur says that the radio equipment offered by the Civil Defense Department is nothing that the town can use . Also discussed was the buying of gravel to do same immediate road repair rather than haul gravel over Michigan Hollow Road and break it all up . B . West Danby Water District - No report . C . Insurance - Mr . Sadie , an insurance representative , presented a comparision of two insurance plans . The propsed new plan and the old plan the town now has were the two he presented . The motion was made by Justice A . Francis Wright that this be tabled until after budget time . The motion was seconded by Justice Floyd Dorn and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . D . Refuse Collection and Disposal - No report . E . Youth -- No report . F . Zoning and Planning - Justice Floyd Dorn reported that there are some violations of the zoning ordinance and this was discussed at some length by the board . G . Fire - Councilman Ralph Wilbur reported that there have been no bids on the old fire house therefore they are advertising for bids . H . Cemetaries - No report . OLD BUSINESS : A . Highway Superintendent - No report . B . Zoning Officer - No report . . . 4 1' r . . Danby Town Board Minutes - April 10 , 1972 - Page Old. Business Continued : C . Planning Board Chairman - No report . D . Appeals Board Chairman - Moses Peter reports that there is one appeal before the board at the present time . A farmer wants a mobile home on his property for his hired help . The board has a few problems , one is that they have no established meeting time but meet just as the people can get together , and they need a secretary to take the minutes of the meetings . E . Town Site Status - Supervisor Donald Makie says he has followed the advise of the board and has let the situation go on as it is to buy more free time . F . Donovan Highway Improvement Plan -- The board was advised by letter that they should not carry an unexpended balance from year to year . This has been done in the past . The motion was made by Councilman. Ralph Wilbur that Supervisor Donald Makie talk to Mr . Stanley Jackson and see if this can be resolved . If it can ' t be resolved , Mr . Makie will proceed with a revenue anticipation note immediately . Justice A . Francis Wright seconded the motion which was carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . G . Planning Board - The motion was made by Justice Floyd Dorn to appoint Paul Smith chairman of the planning board . This would be for a term of one year . The expiration of this term would be June 30 , 1973 , The motion was seconded by Gerald Crance and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . NEW BUSINESS : Supervisor Donald Makie attended a rural supervisors meeting . The subject of this meeting was the county sales tax . A school within the county is going after their share of the county sales tax and the board of representatives is going to have to put up a stiff front to stop them . The school has to get approval of the board of representatives to get their share of the sales tax . The towns and villages can just take their share . Mr . Makie says this would mean , for the town of Danby , as this money is disbursed quarterly , that there would be no income before April of each year . Also it would do away with the Certificates of Deposit that have earned interest for the town in previous years . r 1- I Danby Town Board Minutes - April 10 , 1972 - Page 5 New Business Continued : Supervisor Donald Makie is against taking our share of the sales tax because of the loss of interest income and also he says this would be an inroad for school districts to try to secure their share of the tax . He feels that the practical thing to do would be not to take the tax . The feeling of those present at the supervisors meeting was that all the rural towns in the county should take the tax or none of them should . Walter Schwan of the Town of Ithaca would like to see all the towns take the tax . Nothing definite has been decided to date as all the towns were not represented at the meeting . Other meetings will be held . Supervisor Makie will keep the board informed in this matter . The next meeting of the Danby Town Board will be held in the Fire House in West Danby on May 8 , 1972 . Supervisor Donald Makie received a phone call from Mr . Boda advising him that septic tank sludge was being dumped in a farmers field on Hill Road . Supervisor Makie called Dr . Broad concerning this matter and was informed that the city' no longer allows dumping in the city sewer plant . This leaves no other place for dumping . Supervisor Makie feels that if this dumping is going to take place it should be better regulated and enforced . The suggestion was made that the sanitary' land fill be used for the dumping of sludge . Councilman Gerald Crance made the motion that the clerk write a letter to Dr . Broad and suggest that the sanitary land fill be used for the dumping of septic tank sludge and also more care should be exercised in the selection of fields for dumping . Justice Floyd Dorn seconded the motion which was carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . The school can use the voting machine in the up coming election but must pay' the cost of moving it to the school and back to the town hall . Also they must pay the custodian his usual fee of $25 . 00 . They are also liable for any damages if there should be an accident . There seems to be no immediate solution to the dog problem . The dog population is growing and the S . P . 0 .. A . is unable financially to handle it . Justice Floyd Dorn made the motion that a letter be written to the board of representatives telling them of the problem Danby is having and see what they can give as a solution to this problem . Justice A . Francis Wright seconded the motion which was carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . a • 714 = v a y Danby Town Board Minutes - April 10 , 1972 Page 6 New Business Continued : Supervisor Donald Makie will call attorney Richard Thaler concerning the T . V . cable franchise . If Mr . Thaler thinks we should write to Mr . Ceracche again we will ask that Mr . Thaler do this for the town . The question was brought up about the highway department vacation policy . If a man is quitting does he get any vacation pay ? Do we pro rate vacation pay or not ? We have , not done this previously . The motion was made by Councilman Ralph Wilbur that the highway superintendent decide this matter . The motion was seconded by Councilman Gerald Crance and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . Councilman Ralph Wilbur says that West Danby has a problem of long standing . There is a creek on the right hand side of Maple Avenue that is flooding people ' s property . At times it is so bad that there is considerable property' damage . Herb Cummings has come to Mr . Wilbur and asked him to see what can be done to keep the creek within its banks . The suggestion was made to call inviromental services and see if they can help . General Fund Warrant #4 in the amount of 407 . 86 was approved to be paid . The motion was made by Justice A . Francis Wright and seconded by Justice Floyd Dorn and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . The Highway Warrant # J' in the amount of 2 , 4/ 69 . 20 was approved to be paid . The motion was made by Councilman Ralph Wilbur and seconded by Councilman Gerald Crance and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . West Danby Water District Warrant #4 in the amount of $28 . 60 was approved to be paid . The motion was made by Councilman Gerald Crance and seconded by Councilman Ralph Wilbur and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . The motion to accept - the supervisors report was made by Justice A . Francis Wright and seconded by Justice Floyd Dorn and carried by a vote of four ayes and no noes . The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Councilman Gerald Crance and seconded by Councilman Ralph Wilbur and carried by a vote of five ayes and no noes . Rectfully submitted , e- TO,w n Cl I