MINUTES of a meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the
Present: Mayor Donald Hartill;
Trustees, Larry Fresinski and Frank Moore; Attorney David Dubow; Planning Board
Member, Phil Dankert; Clerk/Treasurer, Jodi Dake.
Mayor
Hartill called the meeting to order at 7:37P.M.and opened the public comment
period. Ned Hickey, Planning Board Chairman, introduced Mario Tomei, who is
being considered this evening for the position of Alternate to the Planning
Board. Mario has just recently retired and has lived in the Village for 22
years. Don asked Ned if he would appoint a Planning Board member to serve on
the Sewer Committee. Ned stated that Phil Dankert has already been assigned to
this committee. Don will inform Lynn Leopold. Phil will call
Trustee
Fresinski moved to close the public comment period. Trustee
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee Frank Moore- Aye Trustee Larry
Fresinski-Aye
John Bailey was present to
give the Board an annual insurance update.
John handed out a coverage description and briefly reviewed each of the
policies. Don stated that we would be adding a new truck this summer and a
tractor in the fall. John advised the Board that insurance rates are starting
to flatten out. The Village of Lansing is a well managed municipality so we
have a low experience rating. The total for 2005-06 is $18,782 for General
Liability, Automobile, Inland Marine, Property, Umbrella, OCP, Crime and Public
Officials Liability. John thanked the Board for their business and the great
working relationship his agency has with Jodi.
The next item on the agenda
was to approve the minutes from June 6th.
Motion-Approval of Minutes for June 6, 2005
Trustee
Fresinski moved that the draft meeting notes, as reviewed and revised by the
Clerk/Treasurer and the Board, are hereby adopted as the official minutes.
Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
The Planning Board has
recommended three people to fill the openings on the Planning Board and BZA.
There was an opening for an alternate on the Planning Board that occurred when
John Piscopo moved out of the area. Mario Tomei has been recommended to fill
the position.
RESOLUTION
#5159-Appointment of Alternate Member to
Planning Board
Be it
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby appoints Mario Tomei as an
alternate member of the Planning Board for a one-year term that will expire at
the end of the Village’s official year in 2006.
Trustee
Fresinski moved this resolution. Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
There is an opening for a
member on the BZA and an alternate. Lorraine Johnson has resigned as of May 31st
since she is moving out of the area.
RESOLUTION #5160-Appointment of Member to Board of Zoning Appeals
Be it
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby appoints David Newman to replace
Lorraine Johnson as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the remainder
of a five-year term that will expire at the end of the Village’s official year
in 2010.
Trustee
Fresinski moved this resolution. Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
RESOLUTION
#5161-Appointment of Alternate Member to the
Board of
Zoning Appeals
Be it
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby appoints John Wisor as an alternate
member of the Board of Zoning Appeals for a one-year term that will expire at
the end of the Village’s official year in 2006.
Trustee
Fresinski moved this resolution. Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
At a past meeting the Board
discussed compensating the BZA members. Jodi did some research to see if other
municipalities paid their BZA members. After discussing the results, the Board
decided to compensate the BZA members $50 per meeting.
RESOLUTION
#5162-To Compensate the Members of the
Board of
Zoning Appeals in the Amount of
$50 Per
Meeting
Be it
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby agrees to compensate the Board of
Zoning Appeals members quarterly at a rate of $50 per meeting that each member
attends starting with the June 21, 2005 meeting. If a regular member of the BZA
cannot attend a meeting and the alternate member attends in his place, the compensation
for that meeting will go to the alternate.
Trustee
Moore moved this resolution. Trustee Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
In July the Board will incorporate
this change into the Employee Handbook. Jodi stated that a budget transfer
needed to be done to create a line item to pay the BZA members. It was
suggested that a reasonable amount to transfer should reflect ten meetings
during the Village’s current year.
Resolution #5163-To Authorize a Budget
Transfer from Special
Items, Contingency, A1990.4 to Home &
Community Services, Zoning, A8010.12 in the
Amount of $2,500
Trustee
Fresinski moved this resolution. Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
The Mayor commented that there
is currently no action on the road work at Cayuga Heights Road. N. Triphammer
Rd. is moving along. The problem is still getting the utilities out of the way.
There is a project meeting next Friday. Neither Don nor Larry will be able to
attend. Jodi will ask if there is anything that can be done to move the
utilities along more quickly.
The sewer committee has met a
couple of times. It will be possible to run a sewer line down Route 34 under
their conditions. Don has a meeting July 8th to walk the other
possible routes for the sewer line. The
Town of Lansing continues to try to find the money to fund this proposed
project. The discussions on routing are complicated. Frank thinks that Bud
Shattack wants the Village to indicate which route it prefers. Wednesday is a
Town Sewer Committee meeting at the Town Hall at 5pm. Frank feels we can’t
chose a route because we don’t know enough. Don stated that a quick answer
would be Route 34 because there aren’t as many concerns. Don agreed that there
are many uncertainties. The Board discussed the possibility of charging
different fees for different areas. Villages cannot have benefit districts.
Current connection fees pay for infrastructure. Currently, if there is no sewer
there is no development. In the case of the Millcroft subdivision, they are
installing all the water and sewer lines, which will eventually be dedicated to
the Village along with the road.
Jodi stated that Suit-Kote has
requested that they be able to submit vouchers and be paid twice a month
instead of once. She had a current bill
for which payment has been requested. It was indicated that most, if not all,
of such payments require the Mayor’s signature in addition to Jodi’s.
Resolution #5164- Authorization to Pay
Suit-Kote Claims prior to
Audit
WHEREAS
the Board of Trustees has previously determined to authorize payment in advance
of audit of claims for public utility services, postage, freight and express charges,
and
WHEREAS
the Board of Trustees now wishes to provide further authorization for payment
in advance of audit of claims for work performed by Suit-Kote, the contractor
on the North Triphammer Road Project, and
WHEREAS
all such claims shall be presented at the next regular meeting of audit,
Be it
RESOLVED that the Clerk/Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the above stated
bill prior to audit by the Board of Trustees; and
Be it
further RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk/Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay
Suit-Kote for future N. Triphammer Road Project costs prior to audit by the
Board of Trustees.
Trustee
Fresinski moved this resolution. Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee Frank Moore- Aye
Frank asked about the billing
and if there was some sort of summary. Jodi explained that each payment request
has a break down of the percentage of each item on the project that is
completed. Jodi has also created an excel spreadsheet summarizing all that has
been paid on the N. Triphammer Project and how much the Village has been
reimbursed from the Federal government and New York State. Jodi will print off
a copy of this for the Board members. Don explained that this is a contract job
and the only way the dollar amount can change is with a signed change order.
Motion-
To Adjourn
Trustee
Fresinski moved for adjournment. Trustee Moore seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee
Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee
Frank Moore- Aye
The meeting adjourned at 8:42
PM.
Jodi Dake
Clerk/Treasurer