HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOT Meeting January 15, 1996.pdfVILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of CayugaHeights held January 15 , 1996 at 7:30 pM in rhe vil_Lage Hal1.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Bisogni, collyer, Kira, Kozen, pimentel;Attorney Tyler; supt. of p.w. cross; police chief wall; Fire supr.Day.
ABSENT: Trustee Fleuring, Treasurer Silber.
OTHERS: David Yeater, Kay Newman, three rthaca High school students.
Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order at 7 230 pM opening it to coilmentsfrom the floor. He calIed to the Boardrs attention the special meeting scheduledfor Friday, January 19 at 4:30 pM for rhe purpose of paying bilrs.
Motion by Trustee Ki_ra, seconded by Trustee Collyer:
VOTED to apProve the minutes of a regular meeting held December 18, 1995 aspreviously furnished Trustees j-n copy form. Trustees Bisogni, Collyer, Kira,Kozen, Pimentel voted yES.
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Mayor Anderson appointed Katherine Ner^nnan to serve on the Local Ad.visory Board ofReview to be held Tuesday, February 13, 1996 from 3 to 6 pM in the Village Ha11.
It was the consensus of the Board to cancel the Annual Residentsr Meeting thisyear due to lack of attendance by Villager:s j_n the past.
The Mayorrs report is as follows:
-Letter from Gregory Rosati, resident of 100 Ridgewood Road., expressing his con-cern regarding the hazardous conditions that exist along the portion oi RidgewoodRoad that lies withj-n the Village of Cayuga Heights. Chief Wa1l comrnented. thatone soluti-on would be to install "No Parkj-ng" signs on both sides of this stretchfrom the intersection of Wyckoff to the Ci.ty 1ine. The possibility of one-waytraffic south was discussed and it was noted this would have to be coordinatedwith the city. The matter will be acted upon later in the meeting.
-Letter from Dr- Eric Patterson of 168 Pleasant Grove Road who complains about
snor^/ removal service ttwhere his driveway enters Pleasant Grove Roadtt and asecond concern about the water main access road which the Village opened. northof his property. Supt. Cross commented that the DPW crew is aware of the snowremoval problem and is making a special effort to keep his driveway clear, andin reference to the latter, he recommended a chain gate.
-Number of responses from Villagers of the fine work Lhe DpW has done in clearinosnow from streets and sidewalks and Supt. Cross, in turn, relayed to the Boardthe menrs appreciation for the recognition.
-Re Transmission Master Meter Agreement - on hold.
No monthly report from the CHCA.
Fire supt. Day presented his monthly report whi-ch is on file.
Supt. Day announced the bid prices for the Rescue Pumper, stating the 1ow bidderis Seagraves.
Motion by Trustee Collyer, seconded by Trustee Kira:
RESOLUTTON 4718 - AUTHORTZE THE TSSUANCE OF $260,000 rN SERTAL BONDS
OF THE VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS, NEW YORK, TO PAY
COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
CUSTOM RESCUE PUMPER
RES0LVED, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights, New york
as fol I ows:
Sectjon l. There are hereby authorjzedthe Vjllage of Cayuga Heights, New york
purpose, whjch js hereby authorjzed:
to be issued $260,000 serial bonds ofto pay for the fol I owj ng vil1age
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Io pay the costs associated wjth the acquisjtion of a new, classA, Custom Rescue Pumper for the Fire Department at an estjmatedcost of $277,000. it is hereby determined that the plan for thefinancing of such class of objects or purposes js by'the jssuance
of not exceeding $260,000 serial bonds.of'said Vjlllge; that thepel19d of probable usefulness thereof is twenty yeari, pursuant to
subd'ivision 27 of paragraph a of sectjon 11.00 of the Locar
Finance Law; that said bonds will mature over a perjod not to
exceed ten years, and that a down payment'is required thereof
pursuant to Sectjon 107.00 of the Local Fjnance Law.
The aforesajd serial bonds to be sold at private sale and allfurther powers in connectjon with the details and sale thereof are
hereby delegated to the village Treasurer of said virlage 'in
accordance with the Local Finance Law.
Section 2. The faith and credjt of sajd Vjllage of Cayuga Heights, New York,are hereby'irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principai of andinterest on sajd bonds as the same respect'ive1y become.due and payable. An
annual appro_priatjon shall be made jn each year suffjcient to piy-theprinc'ipal_of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payabie- in such year.
There shall annually be levjed on all the taxable real prbpLrty of such
V'i1 1 age, a tax suff i c j ent to pay' the pri nci pa1 of and i htei"est- on such bondsas the same become due and payable.
Segljon 3. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power toauthorjze the issuance of and to sell bond ant'icipation notes in antic'ipationof the issuance and sale of the serjal bonds herein authorized, includihg
renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Village Treasurer, thechief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such termsl form and contents,
and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by sajd villageTreasurer, consistent with the provisjons of the Local F'inance Law.
Section 4.
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The validity of such bonds may be contested only if:
Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for
which sa'id Vjllage js not authonjzed to expend money, or
The prov'isions of law which should be complied with at the
date_of publication of th'is resolution are not substantially
complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting
such validity is commenced within twenty days aiter the dateof such publ ication, or
Such obl igations are authorized in v'iol ations of theprovisjons of the Const'itution.
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Sec!i9! 5. This resolution, wh'ich takes effect jmmediately, shall publ ishedjn full jn the Ithaca Journal, the official newspaper of such Vi11afe,together with a notjce of the Village Clerk in sirbitantjally the foim'providedin section 81.00 of the Local Finanie Law.
Sect'ion 6. This resolution is subject t,o permjssjve referendum as required bysubsecti on 36.00 of the Local F.inance Law.'
Trustees Bisogni, Collver. Kira- Kozpn- p.imenrot rrnpazr vE,e
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Mayor Anderson presented the Treasurer I s reportbeen placed on fi1e.
Police chief wall submitted his statistical report which is on fi1e.
Attorney Tyler reported on the following:
The Fire Protection contract with the Torm of rthaca !r'as approved. by the Tovrn
l?i:d, on_December 11, 1995 and Attorney Tyler recommended its approval by theVillage Board.
Motlon by Trustee pimerntel, seconded by ltrustee Kira:
RESOLUTION 4719 - AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF FIRE PROTECTION
CONTMCT WI:[H TOWN OF ITHACA
VOTED to aPprove the renewal of the contract for Fire protection with the Town ofIthaca (see also minutes of L2/IB/95 - Resolution 4717) in the northeasg sectorof the Town which is defined in the contract dated December 29, 1995, to run forfive years and to authorize the Mayor to execute same in the form received fromthe Tor^m of rthaca on or about December 22, 1995. Trustee Bisogni, collyer,Kira, Kozen, Plmentel voted yES.
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The Attorney made reference to the
Road regarding the dangerous road.action.
lulotion by Trustee Kira,
RESOLUTION 4720
letter: from Gregory Rosati of I00 Ridgewood
conditJ-ons and expressed a need for immediate
seconded by Trustee pimentel:
_ SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION
OF LOCAL LAW /I1 OF 1996
VOTED to schedule a Public Hearing for February 19, 1996 at 7:15 pM ro consid.eradoption of proposed Local Law /11 of 1996 entilled, "Amend an4 supersed.e LocalLaw /13 of 1993 - Traffic contror." Trustees Bisogni, collyer, Kira, Kozen,Pimentel voted-YES.
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The Police chief is authorized to i-nstall N0 PARKTNG signs on the norrh side ofRidgewood Road as soon as weather/conditi_ons permit.
Re the Franchise Agreeinent with Tirne Warner cabre, the Attorney was advised tocontinue working through the rntermunicipal cable commission toward finalizingan Intermunicipal Cablre Franchise Agreement and. the Board recommended that thevillage of cayuga Heigtrts take the lead for same. The question of cost sharingarose without discussion.
Motion by Trustee llisogni, seconded by Trust.ee pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4721 - AUTHORIZE INTERMUNICIPAL CABLE TELEVISION COM},IISSION
TO NEGOTIATE WITH TIMB WARNER FOR RENEWAL OF FRANCHISE
I{BEREAS' the Village of cayuga Heights ("the l{uniclpality") is provid.edcable service by Time Warner Cable; and
I{HEREAS' the Municipality recognizes the ad.vantage of )cooperation withother municipalities with regard to cable franchise issues; "r,i
I{HEREAS, the Tompkins County Intermunicipal Cable Television Commissionhas been formed Pursuant to Article 5-G of tnl New York General Municipal Lawfor the Purpose of advi.sing munici-palities on matters pertaining to cabletelevislon franchi.sing and service, and holding public heari-ngs when and whereapproprlate, all in orcler to promote the provision of good cable televisionservice at reasonable r:ates to the residents of Tompkins county; and
I{EEREAS' the Munlcipaliry is a member of the Tompkins County InLermunicipalCable Television Commis;sionl
NOII laERnF0RD, ir is:
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RESOLVED that the Municipality does hereby authorize the Tompkins countyrntermunj-cipa1 cable Television commission ("tile commission,,) to negotiatethe Municipalityts cable franchise,gs as the Cornrnission deems appropriate,he ultimate approval, disapproval ornegotiated; and it is further
RxsoLvED that the commission is hereby authorized to obtain from Timewarner on behalf of the Municipality such information as the commission d,eemsappropriate, and this resoluti-on sha1l be deerned the specific instruction anddlrection of the Municipality to Time warner to provide such information asthe comrnission, as agent of the Munj-cipality, may request. Trustees Bisogni,Collyer, Klra, Kozen, pinentel voted yiS- -r'
supt' of P'w' cross submi-tted his monthly report which is on file in theVillage Office.
supt' cross presented a modification of the previously-approved yeater sub-di'vision, 520 cayuga Heights Road parcel, on Mr. yeaterrs behalf, (seeminutes of october 16, rg95 - Res. 4697), transferring an addit.Lonar 0.roacre strip of land from the back of the original 1ot to the new lot _ 522cayuga Heights Road. After sorne discussion] the Board agreed. to delayaction until the special meeting scheduled for January 19, 1996.
Notice received from T.c. solid waste that the tipping fee of $60/ton will beheld through 1996.
Discussion arose concerning:the legality of homeowners plowing sno\4r off theirdri'veways into sj-dewalksr the question of whether there is greater saltapplication to roads than had been done in previous years, stake rernoval atthe Norberg and Teichthesen properties (supl. cross was instructed to writethem again).
supt' cross was authotized, to hj-re someone to update the fire and smokedetection alarm system in the Village Ha11, and also to pursue the problemwith the heating system above the sutton conference Room and to d.o whateveris necessary to correct j_t.
Meeting adjourned at 10:15 pM
Anne Krohto
Clerk