Village of Lansing
MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Wednesday, April 11, 2001, in the
Village Office.
Present: Mayor, Don Hartill, Trustees Janet
Beebe, Larry Fresinski, Lynn Leopold, Frank Moore; Jodi Dake, Carol Willard,
Benjamin Curtis, and Dennis Reinhart.
Mayor Donald Hartill called the meeting to order
at 12:15 p.m.
Dennis reported that brush pick up is April 30th.
The following Monday the street sweeping will start. The City of Ithaca has
agreed to maintain our signal lights. Rick from the City is drawing up a
contract. The one thing that the City does not have is the detectors but we
have those left over parts. The new Village logo signs are up. There have been
many complements on how nice they look. The new logo is also on the Village
trucks. Greg Spicer is willing to return again this year as our part time
summer employee. He can start May 18th. Lastly, Dave Putnam has
informed us that United Asphalt has gone bankrupt. Dave will touch on this at
the Monday meeting.
Ben stated that there has been quite a bit of
activity in the Village and with training on the new NYS Building Code. Ben was
happy with the Board’s decision on a 4.5% salary increase and an increase of
the insurance benefit but was concerned about the Board not approving the employee’s
proposal to join the New York State Retirement Plan. The State has changed
terms and seems to be a very attractive proposal now. It would give the employees a firm foundation for retirement. Don
stated that joining the NYS Retirement Plan needs to be looked at very
carefully because once you join you can’t get out. The only reason it wasn’t considered
further at this time was because of the short notice to the Board. Once the
budget is complete Don would like to form a committee of two trustees and two
employees to more thoroughly research this.
The Trustees asked if a video store was going in
next to Applebee’s. Ben told them that only a shell was going up, there have
been no permit requests yet. CFCU is going in across from Bishop’s. The
property that has been brush hogged down on Oakcrest is the Fire Departments
property. This property is in a low-density residential area.
Larry reported that on Saturday there were cars
lined up 3 deep on to N. Triphammer Rd. waiting for McDonald’s drive thru. The
Village is still trying to work out the lighting problem with McDonald’s. Don
will contact Fred Remillard again once the budget process is completed. Lynn
reported that the McDonald’s in Cortland has light covers on its roof.
Ben was asked if the Planning Board has dealt
with the traffic issue with the Montessori School expansion. Ben stated that at
the last meeting they were in solely to combine lots. There is a public hearing
on April 24th for a special permit to do an addition of a gym and
some classrooms to the school.
Jodi has put the proposed budget in everyone’s
folders. The Village of Cayuga Heights is increasing their sewer rate so we
will have to adjust this item on the budget.
Don has a water meeting on Friday April 13th.
He expects to get a counter proposal to the letter that the Lansing’s sent. Randy
has researched the issue of having Bolton Point Rd. be a minimal maintenance
road and the Village will have no problem having this road. The public hearing concerning
the repair to the sewer line on Hanshaw Road in the Town of Ithaca went very well
and the project is going out to bid. So we should expect to get a minimum of 16
additional sewer units once this repair is completed. For every 1,000 gallons
of flow that is stopped we get 3 units. The budget public hearing is Monday
April 16th.
Dennis received a call from Ron Sherman, an
engineer, wondering if we had chosen an engineer for the N. Triphammer Project.
Don stated that if he were on the pre-approved list we would consider him. Don’s main concern is to maintain the flow
of traffic while this project is going on.
Lynn stated that at the Planning Board meeting
they thanked Steve Halevy for being acting chairman and Philip Dankert for
filling in as alternate. Ned Hickey is now back from Florida. Lynn also stated
her concern with our special permit process, mainly with the Greenberg house.
She is upset that we can’t protect our fragile unique natural areas. She would
like the Village to consider changing our present law because she feels it
doesn’t work. This is a complex environmental issue.
Frank reported that the Agricultural Committee
he is on has a lot of interest in PDR’s. A report will be written on how to
conserve and protect farmland in Lansing.
Janet attended the Recreation Partnership’s
meeting last night. They are reviewing programs. The budget proposal will
increase a little more than expected.
Carol stated that the codification is basically
done. She asked if the Board wanted copies. Carol will get the electronic
version to Larry so he can put the draft codification on the website. The draft
codification has an adoption date of May 2001printed on it so hopefully the
Board can set a public hearing for this in May.
Next the Mayor proposed a motion to approve the
vouchers.
Resolution #3748- Abstracts of Audited Vouchers
Be it RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 11 for the General Fund, in the amount of $35,075.72, is hereby approved for payment, and
Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 11 for the Water Fund, in the amount of $2,762.58, is hereby approved for payment, and
Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 11 for the Sewer Fund, in the amount of $1,475.25, is hereby approved for payment, and
Trustee Janet Beebe moved that this resolution be adopted and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye
Trustee Frank Moore-Aye Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye
Motion-To
Adjourn
Trustee Lynn Leopold
motioned to adjourn and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye
Trustee Frank Moore-Aye Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye
Trustee
Larry Fresinski- Aye
Jodi
Dake
Village
Clerk/Treasurer