Supervisor Grant along with
Council Members George, Mohun and Frounick
audited the Highway, General Fund and Special District claims. Board Members
were informed by Zoning Officer Kelly of people wanting to put a trailer on
the former Paul Miller Property on
Supervisor Grant called the meeting to order and asked Council Member Mohun to lead the pledge to the flag. Present were Council Members Frounick, George and Mohun, Assessor Wittmeyer, Zoning Officer Kelly and Highway Superintendent Jensen. Councilman Gadd absent.
Minutes of the February 10th meeting – Supervisor Grant asked if any correction or amendments. Councilman George noted that his daughter’s name is spelled incorrectly should be Cara not Kara. Council Member Mohun reported with regard to gentlemen purchasing the Austin Dies building in Cowlesville and his not needing any permits, it was discovered after last month’s meeting that he will be needing some permits from the state and he has been informed of such. There being no other corrections or admendments, a motion was made by George, seconded by Mohun to approve the minutes, voting all ayes, carried.
Annual contracts from Williamson Law Book for 2010 for Town Clerks Software Support ($495) and for Water/Sewer billing ($825). Motion made by Frounick/Mohun to accept the contracts and authorize the supervisor to execute same. Voting all ayes, carried.
General Fund claims #50 – 78 totaling $17,817.52 presented. Motion made by Frounick/George to approve the general fund claims submitted, voting all ayes, carried.
Highway clams #43-60 totaling $23,338.55 presented. Motion made by George/Mohun to approve the highway claims submitted, voting all ayes, carried.
Special District claims: Cowlesville Street Lighting claim #3 ($109.48) and Cowlesville Water District claim #7-13 ($3437.33) presented. Motion made by Frounick/Mohun to approve the special district claims, voting all ayes, carried.
Supervisor’s Financial Report for the month of February: Supervisor Grant reported that all of the tax money is now in there. Motion made by George/Mohun to accept Supervisor Grant’s financial report, voting all ayes, carried.
Correspondence:
Letter dated 2/24 from Zoning Officer Kelly requesting to have the Land Separation Local Law amended due to language change.
Meeting minutes from the Feb. 3rd Zoning Board of Appeals meeting and the January 20th Planning Board meeting.
Monthly reports submitted from the Assessor, Zoning Officer and Town Clerk.
Land separation draft application form for town board review.
Notice of the
2010
Letter dated Feb. 2nd from the Wyoming County Department of Health re: Fee schedule
Certificate
of Insurance naming the Town of
Certificate of Insurance naming the
Supervisor Grant received meeting
minutes from the
Tonawanda Creek Watershed meeting held in
Notice
from the Wyoming County Dept. of Health re: The annual water quality report for 2009 is
due by
Notification from the Wyoming County Office of the Aging & Attica Central United Schools in Action’s presentation of “ Game Show” and Senior Citizen luncheon to be held April 7th here at the Town Hall.
Notice from the Wyoming County Office of the Aging re: Senior Ball to be held at the Rita George Recreation Hall in Bliss on May 19th.
Received the Seneca Trail RC&D Council 2009 annual report
Notification from Dadd & Nelson re: filing of Local Law #1-2010.
Correspondence
from Chatfield Engineers requesting permit for the Dept. of Health (DOH 348) application
for Approval of Plan for Public Water Supply improvements and permit (
Letter from Tompkins Insurance changing our account manager from Ann Lapp to Debra Kirsch.
Freedom
of information law request received from Feher Rubblish Removal
Inc. wanting hourly rates and benefits to all contractors for our
transfer station and documents that they were paying their employees the
prevailing wage. Info is requested from
Letter from the New York State Laborers’ Organizing Fund promoting
the use of union workers in
Letter
from Victor Farley of the New York State Senate advising he’s working in
Senator Volkers’ Office and will be dealing with
constituents concerns.
Departments:
Zoning: Home Occupation Renewals applications received from: Arthur & Deborah Buckley (The Bettinoll Company); Richard LeFort (Custom Beds & Tables); Lawrence Zygaj, Residential/Agricultural Professional Land Surveyor); John Brandon (Eerie Design Services); Allan Linsey (Precision Cylinder Head); Gary Arcese (G. Arcese Enterprise); Paul Dersam (Alden Real Estate Group); Cynthia & Mark Craig (CynMar Marketing); Michael M. Mohun (Law Office of Michael M. Mohun); Diane Lautenschlager (D&L Toy Trains); Diane Gutowski (Village Fabric & Craft Shop); Stacey Acquard (Acquard’s Dog Grooming); Tom Hudson (Sunset Printing); Jospeh Ciulla (Rispolis Bakery) and Nathan DeGroot (There’s No End Game calls). No complaints received on any of them. Motion made by Frounick, seconded by George to approve the renewals of the above home occupation permits. Frounick, George & Grant voted aye, Council Member Mohun abstained.
Special Use Permit renewal received from 77 Construction, applied for a 3 year renewal. No complaints received. Motion made by Mohun/Frounick to approve the three year renewal. Mohun, Frounick and Grant voted aye, Councilman George abstained.
Zoning Officer Kelly reviewed her letter requesting the zoning change on the land separation law. Would like to see Article VI – Property Owner. The owner of the property subject to the proposed land separation, or his/her duly authorized representative (such authorization shall be provided in writing). Kari would prefer writing and notarized. Also in Article VI – the first line state “required by this Subdivision Law shall be” that should read “ required by Land Separation Law shall be” Zoning Officer Kelly would like to see a fee for this, a lot of time spent on land separations by the Planning Board and herself, also has a problem with logging them, so there is a record, when a fee, a number assigned. Told she can still assign a number, all she has to do is get a ledger/note book and assign them some sort of number ie LS 1-2010 etc .
Zoning Officer Kelly reported that Alan Linsey has built that barn for his business, he may now need a Special Permit and not a Home Occupation.
Assessor: Assessor Wittmeyer reported she’s working with the senior citizens on
their STAR applications. She asked if any questions on her monthly report.
Councilman George asked about the resolution, if she had prepared one for the
board to review re: assessors against the state combining/consolidating the Office of Real
Property Tax Services with the Department of Taxation and Finance, dissolving
the State Board of Real Property tax services as proposed in the governor’s
budget. Ms. Wittmeyer stated that’s been put on hold,
right now they intend to keep it as it.
Ellen thanked
Recreation: Kari Kelly reported that the Easter Party is scheduled for the April 15th at the park, rain or shine. Now having sign-ups for T Ball and soccer, looking for sponsors. Will have another Chinese Auction, looking to start that earlier this year, also looking to have a Book Sale and serve maybe hot dogs here at the Town Hall on Scrap Metal Day.
Transfer Station: Board Members given copies of the 2009 Transfer Station Operations annual report. Supervisor Grant reviewed the report.
Highway: Superintendent Jensen reported that until last week, the
Highway Dept. has been plowing snow, since then they have patching pot holes
and working on equipment. Mr. Jensen reported that there is a pile of
electronics up at the transfer station, talked with Ed Arnold Scrap, they are
willing to take them, now the town pays to have them picked up and they must be
on a skid. Short discussion held, decided that on Saturday,
Councilman George will pick them up and take them to
Mr. Jensen asked for board
permission to advertise for bids on the new truck (cab & chassis) and have
bid opening
Mr. Jensen reported the curb boxes in Cowlesville are getting hard to locate. Informed him that Diane Savakinas is looking into buying a metal detector.
New pick-up truck came in today, doesn’t have an invoice yet, but the payment is due in 30 days. Motion made by Frounick/George to authorize the Supervisor to pay the bill within the 30 day time frame. Voting all ayes, carried.
Kari Kelly reported that there
isn’t a road sign on
Clark Paterson – In the work session talked about Clark Paterson Engineering to prepare a “Scope of Service” to advertise for engineering work, they work off of the report done in 1997 by the student from Cornell Loads Road Program and recommendations from Superintendent Jensen. Motion made by George/Mohun to contract with Clark Paterson to develop a “Scope of Service” . Voting all ayes, carried.
Mr. Jensen reported that the bill from D&D Alarm was for repairing the alarm system at the town barns. Snow had blown in creating a short in the system.
Superintendent Jensen asked for
permission to attend
Clair Kroh
thanked the Highway Department for the work done on
Public Concerns: M/M Savalgia purchased
the Miller property up on
Old
business: 2010 Census -
Supervisor Grant reported that the census packets are due to be
mailed out next week to households and
advised residents that it’s very important that people complete the census report and return it. This report is used for many
things including funding that comes to communities and our representation
to the state and federal government, as well as county matters. She went on line and during the 2000 census,
the town of
New business: Set Holidays for office closing for 2010: May 31, July 3-5, Sept. 6th and Dec. 25th. Discussion held. Motion made by Frounick/George to approve the town offices being closed on the above holidays, voting all ayes, carried.
Scrap Metal/Tire Day – Motion made by Frounick/George to set Scrap Metal / Tire Day for May 15th and to authorize the clerk to advertise twice, voting all ayes, carried.
Senior Citizen of the Year nominations – Office for the Aging is looking for nominees for seniors who performs volunteer work in the community. Has to be in by mid April.
Sheriff’s Substation – Supervisor Grant talked with the Sheriff and yes they are definitely transferring the sub-station from the office upstairs to Java which will take place by the end of this month. They just have some equipment upstairs in the room.
Letter of Support – Legislation on small employers health insurance - Supervisor Grant reported that she received a request for a letter of support regarding legislation for small employers health insurance and read the resolution. An organization called Flexcare, Inc. is looking for support in favor of Assembly bill #A2246 and Senate bill #S5080 which will provide an exception to the health insurance community rating laws for municipalities with 50 and under employees. After a short discussion, a motion was made by George, seconded by Mohun to table until the April meeting. Voting all ayes, carried. Supervisor Grant will print our copies of the bills for board members.
Big Game Hunting (deer &
bear) with Rifles in Wyoming County – Supervisor Grant reported that at the
County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, they passed on a vote of approx. 900 –
600 in favor of a one year trial period to allow hunters to use rifles to hunt
deer and bear in Wyoming County. She believes that this is something that goes
from the county to the state legislative for home rule authority (
Floors at the town hall – Councilman Frounick was approached by the gentleman that cleans the floors and asked Board Members if they want to set the schedule now to have done a couple of times per year. Told to have him do them in April and then again in November.
Councilman Frounick also mentioned that the Bennington Fire Company was hosting a gun raffle on March 21st and that the Cowlesville Fire Company has one scheduled for April 10th and Harris Corners is having theirs on April 10th.
Local Law to amend the Land Separation Law – Motion made by George/Mohun to schedule a public hearing for the April Town Board Meeting to amend Local Law #5 of 2008. Language changes. Voting all ayes, carried.
Councilmember Mohun asked if anything on the Wind Law. Supervisor Grant reported nothing back from the town attorney yet.
Councilman George asked about the Wyo. Co. Youth Board meeting. Supervisor Grant said they meet quarterly, not sure when. The County Youth Board has been notified of Molly & Cara’s appointments and was suppose to contact/welcome them.
There being no further business,
a motion was made by George/Mohun to go into
executive to discuss the union contract. Voting all ayes,
carried. Town Board entered into executive session at
Motion made by Mohun/Frounick to come
out of executive session at
Respectfully Submitted:
Judith Brown, Town Clerk