Date: December 30, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers:
Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
Public Hearing
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne, Trustee O’Connor and Trustee Patrick present. Absent: Trustee Kurkowski and Dawley.
Discussion on the repeal of the Local Law of the Village of Richfield Springs, regarding the residency requirements for the Cemetery Commission. Duane Pierson asked why this local law is being addressed. It was explained that as the local law reads now, a person must live in the town or village of Richfield Springs to be on the cemetery commission. This change would open this up to people living in the county who would want to participate on the cemetery commission. After discussion, it was decided to wait until the next meeting for a vote.
Public hearing closed at 7:07pm.
Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne at 7:07 pm.
Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne, Trustee O’Connor, and Trustee Patrick present. Absent: Trustee Dawley and Trustee Kurkowski.
3) Mayor asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the December 8, 2009 meeting. No objection. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor to approve the December 8, 2009 minutes, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-Yes, Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell-
1) Correction made on Abstract #12, General fund should have been $5998.19.
2) Abstract #14- attached to minutes. Motion to approve made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
3) Resolution for village election to be held at Town Hall on March 16, 2010. Attached to minutes.
4) Job interview set up for 12/31/2009 for the Deputy Clerk/Treasurer position. Motion was made by Trustee Patrick to offer minimum of $9.00 with a maximum of $10.00 depending on qualifications, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
5) Per Tom Shypski, the water plant needs a variable speed motor drive for intake pump, can’t run one of two pumps because they have no back-up. Estimated cost $3500.00 to $4000.00. Ed Bello is going to check on pricing and is looking into possibly getting a refurbished one. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Mayor Frohne stated that Tom Shypski spoke to him about coming to the board and discussing the long term planning and needs for the water plant. Was suggested by Trustee O’Connor to come to the end of the month meeting.
Treasurer-Donna Wells:
1) Would like a thank you note written to Assemblyman Magee for the help in receiving the $125,000.00 grant for the library building roof and back wall. The board agreed and Mayor Frohne will write this.
2) Treasurer received a call from Larry Stockigt on Dec. 28th. 2009 asking to have the sewer reconnected at the 10 Linden Ave. property which is outside the village. Was told no, the village is under a consent order with the DEC. and can not hook anymore outside users up to the sewer lines. He then called the DEC and spoke to Kevin O’Connor who told him it was not a problem. Then on Dec. 30th Mrs. Stockigt came into the office to get the sewer hooked up. She was told the same thing that Larry Stockigt was told on the phone the previous day. The previous owner called and asked the treasurer to explain this to her, she was told the same thing and was told if they wanted to come to the Board meeting and ask the board about it, they were welcome to do so. The board was in agreement that this would be considered a new user and per prior board resolution no new outside users would be connected to the sewer line.
3) The Clerk has not received the minutes for the last cemetery meeting. Trustee Patrick said there will be another meeting on January 13th, 2010.
4) Tax money was received from the county.
5) Resolution to approve the Reed bed contract: this is a professional agreement for planting the Reed bed and maintaining it and then 1 year later checking to see that everything is working properly. One year from then there will be a $6000.00 charge. Resolution attached to minutes.
6) Line transfer $2000.00 from G8197.2 (Capitol Expenses-Sewer Fund) to G1940.2 (Land Acquisition and Easement). Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Mayor Frohne
Trustee O’Connor-
a) Report from WWTP was passed out to all trustees and Mayor Frohne, attached to minutes.
b) Report from Water plant, passed out. The water plant just finished a 2 year phase of testing, and now has to start a new phase of testing. This testing has to do with the amount of nitrogen in the water. Also approximately 1 million gallons of water is being lost somewhere in the village. Can’t find it unless it comes to the surface, otherwise it will be next spring or summer before the problem can be located.
Trustee Patrick:
a) Report from the DPW passed out to all trustees and Mayor Frohne.
b) Reported that the shared services from the school would like to invite the representatives from the sports groups to come to the next meeting. Trustee Patrick or a representative from the school will notify the groups of the date and time. Mayor Frohne and Trustee Patrick will attend and possibly Trustee Dawley.
c) Trustee Patrick will attend the job interview for the Deputy Clerk/Treasurer position on 12/31/2009.
Trustee Dawley: Absent
Trustee Kurkowski; Absent
Attorney Cavic:
a) There are 9 more properties that will need easement searches done.
Motion authorizing the Village Attorney to do the 9 searches needed for the stimulus package, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Motion to go into executive session for personnel and potential litigation reasons made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Gerald Zavitch left at this time.
Motion to come out of executive session made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick. Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Resolution to appoint Chris Butler and Jim Malinowski as owners representatives on the stimulus project made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Resolution attached to minutes.
Motion to adjourn: made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick. Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
December 15, 2009
Date: December 15, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers:
Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne, Trustees Kurkowski, Patrick, Dawley present. Trustee O’Connor absent.
Special Business:
Vouchers to be signed and approved:
1) 4 wheel dr. hybrid pickup truck- $36,548.50
2) Title, plates & registration fees - $165.00
3) John Deere Gator Electric (145amp) - $8500.00
4) John Deere X748 W/62X mower deck - $10,650.00
5) Snow blower and Soft cab - $6100.00
Motion to approve the vouchers made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Resolution to authorize the Treasurer to pay for vehicles out of General Fund money in the ARRA account made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Nick Green from Lamont stated that before he presented the contracts he wanted to make it clear that
Contract 4 and 5 did not have all the documents available. He stated that he was told all paper work should be available by December 18th, 2009.
Clerk read the resolution to the Board, Mayor and public.
Nick Green then presented the Contracts to the Mayor and Board for the WWTP project:
Contract No 1: Sanitary sewer replacement awarded to G. De Vincentis & Son Const. Inc.
Contract No 2: General Const. awarded to Blue Heron Const. Co. LLC.
Contract No 3: Electrical awarded to Stilsing Electric Inc.
Contract No 4: Plumbing awarded to John V. Warren, Inc.
Contract No 5: HVAC awarded to John V. Warren, Inc.
Resolution to accept contracts attached to minutes.
Nick Green also passed out Change Order to each Trustee and Mayor Frohne for Contract No.1,
Motion was made to adopt the change order for Contract No. 1 made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried. Change order attached to minutes.
Resolution to accept the Amendment No.2 Agreement for Engineering Services made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Report attached to minutes.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell: nothing at this time.
Treasurer-Donna Wells:
1) Resolution was made at Dec. 8th. 2009 for Mayor Frohne to sign the contract for the grant awarded to the Village from the State Dormitory Authority for the roof and back wall of the Public Library to be fixed, the Treasurer has received the contract and Mayor Frohne will sign.
2) Resolution to add snow blower and soft side cab to the Green Project reserve money, the Sewer Fund will pay $1750.00; the balance of $4300.00 will be submitted to EFC under the Green Project reserve to bring the total spent to the $15,000.00 grant, made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Resolution to continue with MVP insurance coverage(MCR), current rate $77.30 per person, will go to $91.09 in January 2010 per person X three is $41.37 per mo. extra for 5 months, total of $206.85, made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Mayor Frohne:
1) Next Board meeting will be Dec. 30, 2009
2) We have a job interview set up for Dec. 31, 2009 at 1:00 pm. for the Deputy Clerk/Treasurer position. Mayor Frohne, Trustee Patrick, Clerk, Diane Blackwell and Treasurer, Donna Wells will interview.
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers:
Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne, Trustees Kurkowski, Patrick, Dawley present. Trustee O’Connor absent.
Special Business:
Vouchers to be signed and approved:
1) 4 wheel dr. hybrid pickup truck- $36,548.50
2) Title, plates & registration fees - $165.00
3) John Deere Gator Electric (145amp) - $8500.00
4) John Deere X748 W/62X mower deck - $10,650.00
5) Snow blower and Soft cab - $6100.00
Motion to approve the vouchers made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Resolution to authorize the Treasurer to pay for vehicles out of General Fund money in the ARRA account made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Nick Green from Lamont stated that before he presented the contracts he wanted to make it clear that
Contract 4 and 5 did not have all the documents available. He stated that he was told all paper work should be available by December 18th, 2009.
Clerk read the resolution to the Board, Mayor and public.
Nick Green then presented the Contracts to the Mayor and Board for the WWTP project:
Contract No 1: Sanitary sewer replacement awarded to G. De Vincentis & Son Const. Inc.
Contract No 2: General Const. awarded to Blue Heron Const. Co. LLC.
Contract No 3: Electrical awarded to Stilsing Electric Inc.
Contract No 4: Plumbing awarded to John V. Warren, Inc.
Contract No 5: HVAC awarded to John V. Warren, Inc.
Resolution to accept contracts attached to minutes.
Nick Green also passed out Change Order to each Trustee and Mayor Frohne for Contract No.1,
Motion was made to adopt the change order for Contract No. 1 made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried. Change order attached to minutes.
Resolution to accept the Amendment No.2 Agreement for Engineering Services made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Report attached to minutes.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell: nothing at this time.
Treasurer-Donna Wells:
1) Resolution was made at Dec. 8th. 2009 for Mayor Frohne to sign the contract for the grant awarded to the Village from the State Dormitory Authority for the roof and back wall of the Public Library to be fixed, the Treasurer has received the contract and Mayor Frohne will sign.
2) Resolution to add snow blower and soft side cab to the Green Project reserve money, the Sewer Fund will pay $1750.00; the balance of $4300.00 will be submitted to EFC under the Green Project reserve to bring the total spent to the $15,000.00 grant, made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Resolution to continue with MVP insurance coverage(MCR), current rate $77.30 per person, will go to $91.09 in January 2010 per person X three is $41.37 per mo. extra for 5 months, total of $206.85, made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Mayor Frohne:
1) Next Board meeting will be Dec. 30, 2009
2) We have a job interview set up for Dec. 31, 2009 at 1:00 pm. for the Deputy Clerk/Treasurer position. Mayor Frohne, Trustee Patrick, Clerk, Diane Blackwell and Treasurer, Donna Wells will interview.
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
December 8, 2009
Date: December 8, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers:
Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley and Mayor Frohne present.
3) Mayor Frohne asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the November 25, 2009 meeting. No objection.
Motion to approve minutes made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
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Special Business:
1) Trooper Burdick and Mrs. Hill were present to ask the board to give approval for the Richfield Springs Athletic Assoc. to use the Village ball field in the spring. Also asked about the key to get equipment out of the storage building, was told to come to the Village office and sign form to use the key and return it. Trustee Patrick also made them aware that the shared services between the Town, Village and school are talking about a field on Walnut St. for possible future use. After discussion, motion was made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
4) Code enforcement- nothing at this time.
5) Fire Dept. - Clerk passed out report to all trustees.
Tom Hallock asked the board to check the procurement book; he has listed in the book for 2 pagers, and needs another signature for approval to purchase.
2) Bids for surplus equipment:
a. 2 - tractor tires, 15-28, Jack Van Buren, bid $35.00
b) 3 bids on the John Deere 214 tractor, 46” mower deck, snow thrower:
1) Kenneth Wilson, bid $700.00, 2) Lyle Wilbert, bid $403.00, 3) A. Miller. Jr. bid $597.97.
Trustee O’Connor made a motion to table the bids for Jim Malinowski to review and decide. After discussion
Trustee O’Connor withdrew his motion. A motion was then made to accept the bids and award to the highest bidder by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, and Mayor Frohne-yes. The bid for the tires was awarded to Jack Van Buren for $35.00, and the bid for the tractor was awarded to Ken Wilson for $700.00.
Bids for WWTP vehicles:
a. Hybrid Pickup truck, 2009, 4 wheel drive half ton,
1) Country Club Chevrolet, $36,548.50, title plates and registration billed separately (approximately $165.00). Does meet all specks.
2) Steete Ponte Chevrolet, $35,851.00. Did not meet all specks.
Motion to accept Country Club Chevrolet bid of $36,548.50 meeting all required specks included, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
b. Bio-diesel ready riding lawn mower, 24 horse power, 4 wheel dr., 62 in. mower deck.
1) John Deere 748, from Cazenovia Equipment Co. Inc. bid $10,650.00.
Motion to accept bid from Cazenovia Equipment Co. for $10,650.00 for the bio-diesel riding lawn mower, made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowsk-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
2) John Deere Gator 4x2 145 amp, bid from Cazenovia Equipment Co. Inc. for $8500.00.
Motion to accept the bid from Cazenovia Equipment Co. Inc. for $8500.00 for John Deere Gator made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell-
1) Abstract #13. Attached to minutes.
2) Resolultion to repeal 4-107(C) of the Village Code of the Village of Richfield Springs in its entirety made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawly-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Resolution for Public Hearing with respect to the adoption of said local law to be held on December 30, 2009 in the Memorial Room of the Public Library at 102 Main St. Richfield Springs, NY, made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowsk-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Clerk received a call from Theresa Oakes about giving the Santa a gas gift card for coming every year to the Xmas Tree Lighting. The Municipal law states that gifts or donations are not allowed except in very limited circumstances.
4) Susan Van Riper requested to renew liquor license for The Genesee Tap Room. The board had no objection.
5) Bassett Health Care needs a form signed to continue the employee PE’s., PFT’s. Respiratory fit test, and Physician review-OSHA form. Mayor will sign, and clerk will send back.
6) Clerk asks for permission to close Village office at 3:00 pm. on Dec. 24, 2009. Permission was given.
Treasurer-Donna Wells:
1) The Treasurer recommended to keep the loan portion of the ARRA funds at $1.4 million, so it is possible to do more of the ad alt’s under the grant.
Resolution made to use excess money from grant on add alternatives by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
2) The Village has been awarded $125,000.00 from Assembly Magee through the State Dormitory Authority for the repair of the Public Library building roof and back wall. Treasurer asked for approval for Bob Graepel to help her with the estimate, will possibly be a need for overtime. All members and Mayor Frohne approved.
Resolution made to authorize the Treasurer and Mayor Frohne to sign contracts for the project, by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) A check was received for the dividend from the Fire Ins. contract in the amount of $2487.60.
4) Balance sheets and profit and loss passed out. Bank reconciliations are done.
5) Historical society having Xmas party in Memorial Room on 12/14/2009. There is no ins. certificate from the historical society. After discussion was suggested to go into executive session under potential litigation. Motion made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. All board members, Mayor and Attorney left the room for executive session.
Motion made to come out of executive session made by Mayor Frohne, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Motion made to waive the insurance for the Historical Society for the Dec. 14, 2009 function scheduled, but for future functions criteria will be set for all groups using the Memorial Room, by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-abstained, Mayor Frohne-yes.
Clerk asked why the scheduling for the Memorial Room was not done in the Village office? Attorney Cavic suggested that the Mayor appoint one or two individuals to set guidelines for the use of the Memorial Room, and also decide who should be in charge of the scheduling.
Mayor Frohne
1) Was invited to speak to the Richfield Springs Rotary Club on Dec. 3rd. 2009.
2) Spedies report back, going to require twice as many tests as before and wet testing.
Trustees Reports:
Trustee O’Connor-
No new business at this time
Trustee Patrick:
1) Mayor Frohne and Trustee Patrick attended the November Cemetery meeting.
Trustee Kurkowski;
1) Received a letter on the e-mail from Joseph Spytko. After discussion, was decided that all is being done that can be. The Village has done what they can to keep consistent with the contract documents and village codes and DEC regulations.
2) Residents from Walnut St. have spoke to Trustee Kurkowski about the vandalism going on.
3) Trustee Kurkowski is very concerned about the lack of order of the cemetery records. The Cemetery commission agreed to purchase card boxes for the records to help start getting records in order.
Trustee Dawley:
No new business at this time.
Attorney Cavic:
For the Opera, there has been no objection to the village acting as Lead Agency.
Resolution to resolve that the village will conduct a coordinated review of the various environmental and potential environmental impacts and solicit comments from interested agencies, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-no, Mayor Frohne-yes,
Attorney Cavic suggested the board members and Mayor Frohne make a list of questions and concerns.
A coordinated review gives the village the option to issue what’s known as a conditional negative declaration, which says that provided that the applicant follows certain steps there will be no environmental issues.
Motion to go into executive session for personnel matters, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Gerry Zavitch, Wayne King, Kenneth Wilson and
Motion to come out of executive session made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Motion to adjourn; made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick. Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes; Trustee Kurkowski-yes; Mayor Frohne-yes. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.
Respectfully submitted:
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers:
Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley and Mayor Frohne present.
3) Mayor Frohne asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the November 25, 2009 meeting. No objection.
Motion to approve minutes made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
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Special Business:
1) Trooper Burdick and Mrs. Hill were present to ask the board to give approval for the Richfield Springs Athletic Assoc. to use the Village ball field in the spring. Also asked about the key to get equipment out of the storage building, was told to come to the Village office and sign form to use the key and return it. Trustee Patrick also made them aware that the shared services between the Town, Village and school are talking about a field on Walnut St. for possible future use. After discussion, motion was made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
4) Code enforcement- nothing at this time.
5) Fire Dept. - Clerk passed out report to all trustees.
Tom Hallock asked the board to check the procurement book; he has listed in the book for 2 pagers, and needs another signature for approval to purchase.
2) Bids for surplus equipment:
a. 2 - tractor tires, 15-28, Jack Van Buren, bid $35.00
b) 3 bids on the John Deere 214 tractor, 46” mower deck, snow thrower:
1) Kenneth Wilson, bid $700.00, 2) Lyle Wilbert, bid $403.00, 3) A. Miller. Jr. bid $597.97.
Trustee O’Connor made a motion to table the bids for Jim Malinowski to review and decide. After discussion
Trustee O’Connor withdrew his motion. A motion was then made to accept the bids and award to the highest bidder by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, and Mayor Frohne-yes. The bid for the tires was awarded to Jack Van Buren for $35.00, and the bid for the tractor was awarded to Ken Wilson for $700.00.
Bids for WWTP vehicles:
a. Hybrid Pickup truck, 2009, 4 wheel drive half ton,
1) Country Club Chevrolet, $36,548.50, title plates and registration billed separately (approximately $165.00). Does meet all specks.
2) Steete Ponte Chevrolet, $35,851.00. Did not meet all specks.
Motion to accept Country Club Chevrolet bid of $36,548.50 meeting all required specks included, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
b. Bio-diesel ready riding lawn mower, 24 horse power, 4 wheel dr., 62 in. mower deck.
1) John Deere 748, from Cazenovia Equipment Co. Inc. bid $10,650.00.
Motion to accept bid from Cazenovia Equipment Co. for $10,650.00 for the bio-diesel riding lawn mower, made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowsk-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
2) John Deere Gator 4x2 145 amp, bid from Cazenovia Equipment Co. Inc. for $8500.00.
Motion to accept the bid from Cazenovia Equipment Co. Inc. for $8500.00 for John Deere Gator made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell-
1) Abstract #13. Attached to minutes.
2) Resolultion to repeal 4-107(C) of the Village Code of the Village of Richfield Springs in its entirety made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawly-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Resolution for Public Hearing with respect to the adoption of said local law to be held on December 30, 2009 in the Memorial Room of the Public Library at 102 Main St. Richfield Springs, NY, made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowsk-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Clerk received a call from Theresa Oakes about giving the Santa a gas gift card for coming every year to the Xmas Tree Lighting. The Municipal law states that gifts or donations are not allowed except in very limited circumstances.
4) Susan Van Riper requested to renew liquor license for The Genesee Tap Room. The board had no objection.
5) Bassett Health Care needs a form signed to continue the employee PE’s., PFT’s. Respiratory fit test, and Physician review-OSHA form. Mayor will sign, and clerk will send back.
6) Clerk asks for permission to close Village office at 3:00 pm. on Dec. 24, 2009. Permission was given.
Treasurer-Donna Wells:
1) The Treasurer recommended to keep the loan portion of the ARRA funds at $1.4 million, so it is possible to do more of the ad alt’s under the grant.
Resolution made to use excess money from grant on add alternatives by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
2) The Village has been awarded $125,000.00 from Assembly Magee through the State Dormitory Authority for the repair of the Public Library building roof and back wall. Treasurer asked for approval for Bob Graepel to help her with the estimate, will possibly be a need for overtime. All members and Mayor Frohne approved.
Resolution made to authorize the Treasurer and Mayor Frohne to sign contracts for the project, by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) A check was received for the dividend from the Fire Ins. contract in the amount of $2487.60.
4) Balance sheets and profit and loss passed out. Bank reconciliations are done.
5) Historical society having Xmas party in Memorial Room on 12/14/2009. There is no ins. certificate from the historical society. After discussion was suggested to go into executive session under potential litigation. Motion made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. All board members, Mayor and Attorney left the room for executive session.
Motion made to come out of executive session made by Mayor Frohne, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Motion made to waive the insurance for the Historical Society for the Dec. 14, 2009 function scheduled, but for future functions criteria will be set for all groups using the Memorial Room, by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-abstained, Mayor Frohne-yes.
Clerk asked why the scheduling for the Memorial Room was not done in the Village office? Attorney Cavic suggested that the Mayor appoint one or two individuals to set guidelines for the use of the Memorial Room, and also decide who should be in charge of the scheduling.
Mayor Frohne
1) Was invited to speak to the Richfield Springs Rotary Club on Dec. 3rd. 2009.
2) Spedies report back, going to require twice as many tests as before and wet testing.
Trustees Reports:
Trustee O’Connor-
No new business at this time
Trustee Patrick:
1) Mayor Frohne and Trustee Patrick attended the November Cemetery meeting.
Trustee Kurkowski;
1) Received a letter on the e-mail from Joseph Spytko. After discussion, was decided that all is being done that can be. The Village has done what they can to keep consistent with the contract documents and village codes and DEC regulations.
2) Residents from Walnut St. have spoke to Trustee Kurkowski about the vandalism going on.
3) Trustee Kurkowski is very concerned about the lack of order of the cemetery records. The Cemetery commission agreed to purchase card boxes for the records to help start getting records in order.
Trustee Dawley:
No new business at this time.
Attorney Cavic:
For the Opera, there has been no objection to the village acting as Lead Agency.
Resolution to resolve that the village will conduct a coordinated review of the various environmental and potential environmental impacts and solicit comments from interested agencies, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-no, Mayor Frohne-yes,
Attorney Cavic suggested the board members and Mayor Frohne make a list of questions and concerns.
A coordinated review gives the village the option to issue what’s known as a conditional negative declaration, which says that provided that the applicant follows certain steps there will be no environmental issues.
Motion to go into executive session for personnel matters, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Gerry Zavitch, Wayne King, Kenneth Wilson and
Motion to come out of executive session made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Motion to adjourn; made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick. Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes; Trustee Kurkowski-yes; Mayor Frohne-yes. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.
Respectfully submitted:
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
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