May 11, 2010

VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD SPRINGS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
MINUTES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS

Date: May 11, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Pierson

Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells

6:00 pm – Mayor Frohne call to order the Public Meeting for Sewer Rate Increase.
No questions or concerns from anyone.
Motion to adjourn public meeting made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

6:10 pm - Mayor Frohne called the Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees to order

Mayor Frohne asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the April 28th, 2010 meeting. No objections. Motion was made to waive the reading and approve the April 28th 2010 minutes by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowsk and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Property Maintenance: Doug Bordinger
Reported on the notices that have been sent out and what is being done with each property.
1) A. Rudenko – 177 Main St.- two run down vehicles on property, notice sent 4/21/2010- nothing done
2) Rose Shorter – 10 Gould Ave – warning sent on graffiti on building, 4/23/2010 – nothing done
3) Zenaida Londono – 20 Lake St. – property maintenance and fire code warning sent, 5/7/2010, Also, a notice of violation sent for mowing lawn, 5/14/2010. nothing done. Mayor Frohne told Doug to send this to the Co. at the end of the ten day period.
4) Roxanne Mosher – verbal warning about a junk car on property. She said it runs good just doesn’t have money to fix the bumper. Notice was sent out for the junk vehicle and overgrowth of grass on 5/7/2010
5) William Taber – notice for lawn maintenance, 5/11/2010 lawn was mowed.
6) Suzette Gebhard – 19 Lake St. notice sent for overgrowth, 5/7/2010.
7) John & Nancy Knorr – 26 West James St. notice sent for overgrowth on 5/7/2010.
8) Anatoly Ritikoff – 58 Church St. – notice sent for overgrowth, 5/7/2010.
9) Willliam Wagner – 24 Lake St. – notice sent for junk vehicles and overgrowth, 5/7/2010. Notice was faxed to the Co. Codes Enf. on 5/11/2010.
10) William Purcell – 7 Dow St. notice sent for overgrowth, 5/10/2010.
Doug also expressed a concern about someone dumping garbage behind the school bus garage. After discussion, was decided that it is still Stuart Anderson’s property and Doug will talk to him about this.
Mayor Frohne stated that the village is going to get rid of the garbage at 1 Hyde St. The Co. is also working on getting the property cleaned up.

Guests:
1) Nick Green from Lamont Engineer, and Glen Simpson, also from Lamont who is the construction observer for contract #1. Giving an update and some change orders that need to be done.
Nick Green:
Contract #2 – Plant – removed top of pre-treatment building, going to build up the wall with masonry units. older filters, have been disassembled and cleaned and primed for painting, removed the large alum tank.
Contract #3 - Electrical – conduit, temp. power supply hooked up, ran new conduit in room where alum tank was taken out, and now working on new panel boxes.
Glen Simpson:
Contract #1 – report on G. DeVincentis. Added 2nd. crew to work. Started in Spring Park, to Johnson St. and Canadarago St., #53 manhole on Canadarago St., started to leak, was decided to replace from the main to that area, cost was $1000.00, contractor did this. Manley, to Canadarago to E.James St, the water main off E. James St. then the crew was going to dig from Manley to Rt. 20; 28 ft. from manhole goes over the sewer. Had the contractors replace the 28 ft. so they could get to the sewer line.
5/3/2010 the second crew was put on and started on W.James St. from Division working way back to Lake St.
On 5/10/2010 a problem arose from a resident who called Chris Butler because he had “stuff” in his basement. As it turned out, the contractor had hooked up to the wrong pipe but was able to find the proper lateral out to the street and over to where they had hooked the wrong lateral and the problem was solved.
On the #7 manhole where the problem with the lateral hooked up wrong, at the corner of James St. and Center St., the contractor dug into the Verizon duck, broke it and exposed cables and hit one of the cables. Verizon checked it on 5/11/2010, and the cable was a dead cable. Being that it is a dead cable; the contractor is going to resleeve the fiber and other cable under the supervision of Verizon.
Nick Green explained there was a shortage on a 15 inch pipe that was taken off the bid form. They were short of 15 inch pipe of 219ft. So, Lamont checked with the contractor, no need for the 15 inch pipe, they asked the contractor to use 12inch pipe instead.
Change orders:
All five contracts have the winter shutdown –
Contract #2- ad-alternates, 1&2, painting the treatment area where the metal tanks are, and the sludge pump pipes, totaled $5500.00.
Also in the pre-treatment building at the wet well pump there are larger pipes needed- from 4-6 inch to 8-10inch. At the main treatment plant, the contractor checked the roof vents and said all the roof vents needed to be replaced.
Sandblasting of the big metal tanks specified there should be scuba equipment, Chris B. not necessary, they have what they need.
With everything together the change order increase would be $18,064.00.
The company that does the video pictures of the laterals will check for a lateral on Hotel, to Canadarago, to James St. On corner, use to be 2 houses, if no lateral is there, they will not be putting one in. Manhole does have to be replaced.
Resolution made to approve the change orders with the $18,064.00 increase that would come out of the contingency account made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd.by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.

Privilege of the floor: public comments and requests.
1) Marge Walters – invited Mayor Frohne and all Trustees to the Historical Society open house and asked for permission for a sandwich sign to be put out during their open hours. The open house will be Friday, May 14th. 2010 at 5pm to 7pm. Motion was made from Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Trustee Patrick, Trustee Kurkowsk and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Clerk – Diane Blackwell
1) Abstract #023- General Fund-$8748.22, Water Fund-$14,675.82, Sewer Fund-$8,323.79 and Trust & 
Agency-$81.20 and Capitol Projects-$170,786.10. Total of abstract- $202,615.13.
Motion to approve abstract made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
2) Clerks report for month of April 2010, Clerks fees-$69.50, Registrar fees-$10.00, Licenses & Permits-$50.00. Total check given to treasurer- $129.50.
3) Need motion to approve workshops for 1) Fred Clements, Oneonta for 6/10/2010 for Natural gas drilling, which cost $29.00 through NYRWA, and for James Malinowski, Saratoga Springs for 6/2/2010 which cost $110.00 and is through CNA Environmental Inc.
Motion made to approve the workshops for Fred and Jim made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
4) Concerning the sale of cemetery plots from the Oct. 13th, 2009 minutes, left out the information about the sale of cemetery plots from one person to another. A person can sell a plot to another for whatever price they want, but a new deed has to be recorded in the Village Clerks office. Clerk asked the board if they feel there should be a charge for a new deed. After discussion, was decided that the fee for a new deed would be $25.00.
Resolution was made to approve the charge of $25.00 for a new deed from a personal cemetery plot sale, effective immediately, made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.

Treasurer – Donna Wells
1) Donna wanted to share the information she learned about cemetery plots and sales from NYCOM. The plots should be offered back to the cemetery first and if the cemetery commission refuses it back, then the individual can sell it for the price they want.
2) Kurt Van Spanje brought in an estimate for the masonry repair work that needs to be done on the fountain on Rt.20 near the Spring Park. The estimate was passed out to all trustees and Mayor Frohne, including 4 steps gound out and new mortar, material and labor for this will be $1500.00. Also, Stone Fountain – steps on both sides need repointing and fountain needs some minor repair, material and labor for this will be $750.00. After discussion, was decided to approve this job to be done.
Resolution to approve Kurt Van Spanje to do the masonry work on the Spring Park Fountain on Rt. 20 for an amount of $2250.00 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Pierson, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Donna received a letter from the state approving the budget revision request.
4) Resolutions attached
5) Resolution to approve transfers as follows: 1) From A5142.1 Snow Removal P.S. $2000.00 to: A5142.4 Snow removal contr. $10.00, A5132.4 Garage Contr. $990.00, A5140.4 Brush/Weeds/Misc Cont. $1,000.00. totaling $2,000.00.
2) From L7410.4 Library Contr. $1,000.00 to L7410.11 Ass’t. Librarian P.S.
3) From A3410.2 Equip. & Capital expenses,$2500.00 to A3410.4 Fire Dept. cont.$2000.00, A3410.41 Amb. Contr. $500.00
4) From A7110.1 Park Personal services, $1000.00 to A7110.4 to cover repairs.
Resolution made to approve all transfers made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
6) Donna passed out a Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual report and the Balance sheet as of 4/30/2010 to all trustees and Mayor Frohne.

Tom Hallock- Fire chief.
1) Passed out a report showing expenditures from the Fire Dept. for the period of 9/02/2009 – 4/09/2010.
2) The generator on the rescue truck was fixed.
3) Had about 30 volunteers help out with the power outage on 5/8/2010.
4) Tom was concerned about legal coverage in the event of a problem, would the fire dept. have representation? Mayor Frohne explained we have an attorney who would represent the fire dept. if that was necessary.
5) Tom had a list of officers of the fire dept. who he would like approved to be on the Aubuchon list that can purchase there if needed. The treasurers concern in this matter is having too many names on the list. Tom would like the 3 chiefs, Tom Hallock, Doug Brooks and Ken Boepple. One of the problems with everyone who does purchase is that they do not get the receipts to the village office for payment. The board made it clear it is Tom Hallock’s responsibility to make sure all receipts are turned in. After discussion, motion was made to have Tom Hallock, Doug Brooks, Ken Boepple and Lester Olmstead on the list for Aubuchon, by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
Trustee Pierson stressed to Tom to be sure the signature is legible.
4) FEMA grant – going to try for a new ambulance.
5) In the past, after the Memorial Day parade, services used to be held at Fire House at the monument for past members as well as neighboring departments, was customary for village board to be there and they would have their annual inspection and then the village board would give them a check for $100.00. It is unclear who contributed the money for the donation. The Memorial Day parade is at 10:30 am.

Mayor’s Report:
1) Motion to approve the appointment of Willa Wright as the Village Health Officer was made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Clerk will notify Willa Wright of her appointment. The only request Willa Wright has is she would like a camera to use when needed.
2) Subject of the cemetery worker’s wage was discussed. His current rate of pay is $9.30. After discussion it was agreed to give Brian Coones a raise of $.30. Motion was made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. This raise will be effective June 1st. 2010 at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Trustee Pierson:
1) Talked with Jim Malinowski about Walnut St. kept open when the work crews get there because the Ann St. bridge is closed and there is no other way off of Walnut St.

Trustee Patrick:
1) Concerned about properties in the village and property maintenance notices being issued. Mayor Frohne stressd to all trustees that if they see a property that needs checking, to get the address to the village clerk and she will see that Doug or Mayor Frohne get the information.
2) Inquired about the meeting with the Dog Control Officer, David Weiss. Mayor Frohne explained that he has tried to set up a meeting with him but can’t seem to get a time that he can meet with the Mayor. After discussion it was decided to advertise for a Dog Control Officer. Motion made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-abstained, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
3) Expressed his concern about the lights in the Memorial Room.

Trustee Kurkowski:
1) Would like to have an executive session.

Trustee O’Connor:
1) NY Mutual Aid Response Network – Motion to accept made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made to go into executive session for personnel reasons made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made to come out of executive session made by Trustee Pierson 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor , Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion to adjourn made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.


Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk

April 28, 2010

Date: April 28, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Pierson

Appointed Officers: Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells

Mayor Frohne asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the April 5th, 2010 meeting. No objections. Motion was then made to approve the April 5th, 2010 minutes by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowsk and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Mayor Frohne then asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the April 13th,2010 meeting. No objections. Motion to approve the April 13th, 2010 minutes was made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Trustee Kurkowski abstained because he was absent for the April 13th, 2010 meeting.

Privilege of the floor: public comments and requests.
1) Chris Mayer expressed his concern about the property at 1 Hyde St. in the village that was left abandoned in the summer of 2009. The structure is in very bad disrepair, roof coming down, garbage has been left all over the property, the septic tank is bulging out of the ground and the overflow from the pipe is draining into the creek. There was a garbage bin that was full and had not been picked up until 4/27/2010 because the company that owned it did not know it was there, but since has been removed from the premises. A person from the County Codes was at the site on 4/28/2010 and talked to Chris. He took a lot of pictures. Chris also stated that the septic tank is leaking onto his property, and he is very upset about the overall health issue. The DEC can not do anything because no one lives there. After discussion, Mayor Frohne said he would get in touch with the County Codes Enforcer to find out what the village can do.

2) Judy Stone the treasurer from the Chamber of Commerce:
a. years ago the Chamber used to sponsor concerts in Spring Park. The Chamber would like to do that again but asked if they would have to pay the $100.00 deposit each time? After discussion, was agreed by all board members and Mayor Frohne, there would be no deposit required if the Chamber was sponsoring the concerts, and the bathrooms would be opened for the concerts. They are to coordinate the dates with the Clerk.
b. Also the Chamber would like to do a fundraiser to repair the bandstand. After discussion, it was agreed upon very happily from all members and Mayor Frohne. Judy Stone will keep the village posted on the progress of the Chamber.

3) Tom Hallock: Fire Chief
a. Tom got a second estimate on the installation for the block heater from Power Generation & Ind. Engines, Inc. This estimate was for a 1000 watt, unit for $885.85 which does not include the internal wiring in the fire house. The first estimate he got was from Kraftpower and was for materials and all services that need to be done, for an estimate of $414.00. After discussion, a motion was made to approve the original estimate from Kraftpower for $414.00, by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
b. Tom received an E-Mail stating the fire dept did not get the FEMA grant for a new fire truck, so they are going to try for a grant for the a new ambulance. The ambulance they now have is 6 yrs. old and has 85,000 miles on it. Based on a 9 yr. average, the ambulance is about 2 months ahead of average for the amount of calls they have responded to. So therefore, a grant for the ambulance would be more logical than fire truck.
c. Mayor Frohne asked Tom if this years budget has enough for the two (2) turn out gears. These outfits average about $2200.00 to $2300.00 per set. The pagers are ok for now. That will bring the cost down some.

Budget: Resolution to approve the 2010-2011 budget made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.


Clerk:
1) Abstract #022- General Fund-$9,105.61, Water Fund-$1,222.58, Sewer Fund-$5,614.40 and Trust & 
Agency-$664.08. Total of abstract- $16,606.67.
Motion to approve abstract made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
2) Motion to approve to hold public hearing for sewer rate increase on May 11th, 2010 with the regular meeting to follow made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
3) The subject was brought up at the last meeting about the fence around the reservoir on Rt. 20; there is a big area of fence that is not up. The question brought up was if it is necessary to have it at all? Donna checked with Larry Jouben, the Insurance agent and was told that because of the liability ins. it should be there. Split rail fence is unacceptable, must be chain link fence.
4) Motion made to approve Tom Shypski to attend a workshop through NYRWA in Oneonta, NY on 6/10/2010 for $29.00 by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. This is for 5 hr. credit.
5) Clerk received resignation from Suzanne Christman as Deputy Clerk/Treasurer/Registrar as of April 26, 2010 due to personal reasons.
5) Resolution made to remove Suzanne Christman’s name from all village bank accounts and as deputy registrar and to appoint Donna Wells as deputy registrar. Made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

Treasurer: Donna Wells
1) Transfer needed from Contingency account A1990.4 to Unemployment account A9050.8 - $2237.77.
Resolution made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
2) Relevy of unpaid water and sewer amounts done and will be sent to County on 4/29/2010. Approximately $53,000.00 this year.
3) Treasurer is still waiting for the $180,000.00 from EFC to pay the bills from March 2010 for the stimulus. Reason for this is some of the contractors did not have all the paperwork in.

Mayor’s Report: attached to minutes
1) Issues covered in report:
a) Property maintenance
b) Codes project
c) Sewer project
d) Sesquicentennial
e) Newsletter on back of annual water report that was mailed out.
2) Crossing guard position, Doug will fill out description of job. Doug has also told Mayor Frohne he does not wish to work for the DPW this summer. So, that will give him 20 hrs. per week, school is out and he will not be doing crossing guard.
3) Letter of violation from the DOH is taken care of because it will be in the annual water report which will be going out in the mail before 5/7/2010.

Trustee Kurkowski:
1) Concerned about the rules and regulations for Spring Park as in the future if a large group wanted to have a concert in the park the village would know exactly how to handle it. Trustee Kurkowsk will be working on that.

Trustee Pierson:
1) Spoke to Jim Malinowski about the two estimates he received for the clutch replacement work to be done on the F800 Plow truck. One estimate was from Skinner and Damulis, Inc. Richfield Springs, and was for $1647.00. The second estimate was from Carlson’s Hauling & Repair, Schuyler Lake and was for $1200.00.
After discussion, a motion was made to accept the estimate from Carlson’s Hauling & Repair and approve Jim to take the plow truck to Carlson’s for the repairs to be done as soon as possible. Motion made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
2) Chuck Furner is very interested in being hooked into the sewer system as soon as possible. Trustee Pierson told him he should come to a board meeting and explain exactly what he is asking for. He is a village resident.

Trustee Patrick:
1) DOT land - meeting was held with Donna Wells, Ray Patrick and Duane Pierson and a state representative. Dot would do an initial site cleaning for contamination and if all goes well they will turn it over to the Village. There are two buildings that would be good for storage for the DPW.
2) Trustee Patrick also expressed his concern about the property maintenance in the village.

Trustee O’Connor:
1) New York Mutual Aid Response Network, copy was given last meeting to all members. Trustee O’Connor explained that it is a voluntary organization. The village would receive a lot of assistance from the Mohawk Valley Water Supply. There is no cost; just the Mayor has to sign. A motion was made to table until the May 11th, 2010 meeting made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
2) Expressed his concern about the residents that do not bag the leaves and rake them to the curb in the spring. The village picks up leaves in bags in the fall, but in the spring they are too wet and need to be bagged. Mayor Frohne suggested he would speak to Jim Malinowski to make a list of offenders and then a notice would be put on their door.

Treasurer Donna Wells brought up the Inter-municipal Agreement for the Village and Town Residents to use the transfer site. The sign at the transfer site needs to be changed to read Village and Town Residents. Trustee Pierson said he would talk to Jim Malinowski and ask for it to be changed.

Pat VanCawenberg came in late and waited until the end of meeting to discuss a concern. She is in charge of the Church Craft Fair on June 12th, and is upset because she was told they could not get into the park until 7:00 am. She claims the venders need to be in by 6:00 am so they can set up and be ready at 9:00am when the fair opens. Would like to know if the park could be opened by 6:00 am? The $50.00 fee was paid for early entrance. After discussion, a motion was made to have the park opened at 6:00 am by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor & Pierson voted yes, Trustee’ Patrick abstained, and Trustee Kurkowski voted no, Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made to go into executive session for personnel reasons made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made to come out of executive session made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd.by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk

April 13, 2010

Date: April 13, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Pierson

Appointed Officers: Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Public Hearing:
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Opening Ceremony, Pledge and Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne, Trustees, O’Connor, Patrick, Pierson present and Trustee Kurkowski absent.

Public Comment on budget- Tom Hallock, Fire Chief was concerned about the fire dept. budget only going up $1800.00. Wanted to know if he could still purchase 2 sets of turn out gears? Mayor Frohne explained we would discuss that during the regular meeting.
Guest Bill Klemm asked how many meetings would be held for the budget. Mayor Frohne explained this meeting and then the budget has to be approved at the next meeting. He also asked if the budget would be cut. Mayor Frohne explained that we are keeping it exactly the same. The expenses have gone down about $10,000.00 and the tax levy is the same, because our revenue is down.

Motion to adjourn the Public Hearing made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Regular Meeting:
Mayor Frohne then called the regular meeting to order.
Mayor Frohne asked if any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the March 31st. 2010 meeting. No objections. Motion was then made to approve the March 31st. 2010 minutes by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Privilege of the floor: public comments and requests.
1) Wayne King spoke to the board and informed them that the organizers of the concert being planned for May 6, 7, and 8th, 2010, have rescinded their application. This concert was being planned to be held on Butternut Rd. in the Town of Richfield.

Tom Hallock: Fire Chief
1) Passed out a quote for new bearings in the generator on the R-46 Rescue truck. Last time done was 3-4 yrs. ago. The warranty has run out now. This company will come and do all work at the station for $865.88. This price is good for 90 days. The company is Kraft Power Corp. out of Syracuse. Motion made to approve repair made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
2) The auxiliary generator at the fire house was serviced by the same co. They recommended an oil heater or block heater because the auxiliary heater does not warm up when turned on, it goes right to 3800rpms. They recommend a block heater that would cost $415.00. This quote is good for 90 days. After discussion, Tom was told he should get at least (2) two quotes as stated in the procurement policy, and the board would discuss this further at the April 28th, 2010 meeting.
3) Sent an application again this year for the DEC grant. Possibly try to get a small generator and some gloves. This grant is a matching grant up to $1000.00.
4) On a 9 yr. average the fire calls are just about average, the EMS calls average for 9 yrs, from the 1st of the year to date are 80 calls, and are now on 124 calls.
5) Asked if the fire co. will be able to purchase 2 sets of turn out gear, cost is $4500.00 for two sets. Will have further discussion at the April 28th, 2010 meeting about purchasing these turn out gear outfits, also was stressed by Tom that the turn out gear outfits need to be kept up to standards and are coming due for replacement. Was agreed that this will have to be done in the future.
6) Was stated that the 3 newly elected fire chiefs are as follows: Chief, Tom Hallock, 1st. Assistant, Doug Brooks and 2nd.Assistant Ken Boepple. Motion to approve made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Treasurer: Donna Wells
1) Greg Hardy, the contractor who was awarded the bid for the Library bldg. roof project has withdrawn his acceptance. Donna called Dundee Brooke Contractor from Oneonta, who had also submitted a bid for the roof project, and asked if they would still be interested in the job. The owner Jeremy Meyers said they would honor the contract price of $96,800.00. It is covered by the grant. They will supply everything that was in the bid specks.
Resolution was made to accept Greg Hardy’s withdrawal made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd.by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
Resolution was made to accept Dundee Brooke Company Contracting Services from Oneonta, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
2) Furnace bid: Mirabito bid was $11893.00, Krenchicyn was $15,600.00 for the replacement of the furnace. Motion to accept Mirabito’s bid made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
Also the estimate for the chimney liner was $3673.00.
Motion made to accept the chimney liner estimate by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.


Clerk: Diane Blackwell
1) Correction on abstract #20. Should have been for Water Fund, $6,755.03, not $8,013.73.
2) Abstract #021 as follows: General Fund, $64,322.15, Water Fund, $1,220.17, Sewer Fund, $3,030.82.
Motion to approve abstract #021 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried
3) Resolution made to re-levy the water/sewer with arrears and other outstanding property maintenance fees, including the relevy charge of $25.00 for water/sewer made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
4) Clerk received a letter from George Erhmann requesting to be able to do a concert in Spring Park this year again. After discussion, was decided to approve one concert for Mr. Erhmann.
5) Clerk passed out a copy of Paris Cavic’s resignation as the Village Attorney effective May 6th, 2010. 30 days of the date the letter was written.
6) Clerk passed out a copy of the NIMS training to all trustees and Mayor. Trustee Patrick and Trustee Kurkowski need to do this.
7) Letter of violation from DOH for exceeding the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for total trihalomethanes(TTHM). Motion was made to table until the 4/28/2010 meeting made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Treasurer: Donna Wells
Transfers: 1) from A8160.4 Refuse/Garbage Cont.- $3000.00, and from A9901.03 Transfer to Library - $5000.00. Totaling $8000.00, to A1620.4 Buildings Contractual.
2) From A5142.1 Snow Removal personal Svs - $$2500.00, from A5110.4 General Repairs Cont. $1600.00, total: $4100.00, to A5132.4 Garage Cont.
3) From FX8330.5 Purification Cont.- $5000.00, to FX8310.4 Water Cont. total $5000.00.
4) From A1620.41 NYSP Barracks Cont. $1000.00 to A1110.4 Justice Cont.
5) From A9901.03 Transfer to Library $5000.00, to L5031 Transfer from General A
6) Appropriate from General Fund Balance $14,000.00, to A1620.2 Building Capital Exp. For the new natural gas furnace.
7) Transfer from A201, $48,400.00 to the new checking account for the roofing project.
Motion to adopt the approval for the transfers made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Also the Treasurer passed out the balance sheet as of March 31, 2010 and the Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual from June 1, 2009 through April 4, 2010.

Budget Discussions:
1) Treasurer informed the Board that the Library fund expenditures contractual have $5000.00 in it. Previous years utilities were charged to the Library not to the building fund as it was suppose to be. Treasurer suggests taking $2500.00 out of library contractual and put it into the building contractual A1620.4 to pay the utility bills.
Mrs. Klemm asked what areas have been cut the most in the budget. Treasurer Wells explained that we did not really cut areas, but that bonds have been paid off from previous years. A total of 4 bonds have been paid off. Also the money for the furnace is a refund from the State from 25 years ago from a deposit of work done on Rt. 28. The deposit was never returned and Donna received a check for $28,900.00, of which $25,000.00 was interest paid on that deposit. A portion of that money is being used to replace the furnace in the Library building. Mr. Klemm asked about the low interest loans if all were paid back. Answer was yes. He also asked about the unpaid water/sewer bills and why they could not be shut off. Donna explained that it is very difficult to shut off someone’s water because the Health Dept. gets involved.

Mayor Frohne
1) Fountain in reservoir repair, we received an estimate of $38,175.00. After discussion, was decided it needs to go out on bid because it is over $35,000.00. The fountain stonework is in need of repair, the lights do not work now, but the fountain itself does spray water.
2) New attorney for village - David Merzig, agreed to be the Attorney for the Village. No cost unless we use him, then would be $175.00 per hr. Motion to approve David Merzig as the Attorney for the Village made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
Donna does need to get a letter of engagement on record from David Merzig for EFC.
3) Motion to appoint Chandra Coones as a volunteer to work in the cemetery made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

Trustee Pierson:
1) Chuck Furner needs to redo septic system. He asked Trustee Pierson if there was a way he could be tied into the outside line. Wondered if he put in a new system, if he could work a deal with the village to pump and take to sewer plant to dump, and could work a deal on a tax break. After discussion, was told first it would have to be determined if he is inside or outside the village line. Trustee Pierson said he would talk to Mr. Furner again.

Trustee O’Connor:
1) Sewer project is moving along smoothly so far. Was told that the Bldg. permits are in and the demolition permit is in.

Trustee Patrick
1) Has been approached about the leaves and brush pickup. Trustee Patrick’s concern was that some people’s brush and leaves were being picked up by DPW and not others. The rules for the spring pickup are all leaves are to be bagged and brush not to exceed 4 ft. long and not more than 6 in. in diameter.
2) Dog control officer- Mayor Frohne tried to get a meeting set up with David Weiss, but Mr. Weiss could not meet with him. Trustee Patrick is very adamant about getting someone to do this job that is available when needed.
3) Concerned about the fence around the reservoir. There is some fence up but a lot of areas without fence. After discussion, was decided Donna would call the village insurance agent Larry Jouben and ask if we need to have the fence up there at all.

Trustee Kurkowski
1) Was absent, but had a concern about the Historical Society removing artifacts from the Library Memorial Room that belongs to the Village. They are opening a new exhibit area on Main St. He thinks there should be a paper trail of what is going to the new area and all items should be documented.

Motion made to go into executive session to discuss personnel matters: made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made to come out of executive session made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd.by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk

April 5, 2010 Organizational Meeting

Date: April 5, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Pierson

Appointed Officers: Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic - Absent

Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley present,

1) Following declarations were made:
a. Meeting Dates: 2nd.Tuesday of month at 6:00 pm, and last Wednesday of month at 6:00 pm with the exception of the months of July and August when the Wednesday meeting time will be 9:00 am.
b. Meeting Place: Richfield Springs Public Library, in the Memorial Room.
c. Legal Newspaper: The Daily Star, and the Penny Saver.
d. Depositories: NBT Bank, and Bank of Cooperstown
e. Mileage: $.45 per mile.
f. Procurement policy: maximum purchasing by a Dept. Supervisor of $250.00.
g. Advance payments of public utilities and postage, effective immediately.
h. Village board must authorize a volunteer position and accept the services of individuals on behalf of village government. County has provided in writing the volunteer at cemetery is covered by workers comp.
i. Village court will be held at the Town of Richfield building starting on June 1, 2010, and the courts hours will be every 1st. and 3rd. Thursdays of the month.

Motion made to adopt a resolution to approve all of the above made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor, Trustee Pierson, Trustee Patrick, Trustee Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

2) Appointed Officers:
a. Clerk – Diane Blackwell – 2 years - Motion to approve Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
b. Treasurer: Donna Wells – 2 years – Motion to approve Trustee Patrick, 2nd. Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
c. Registrar – Diane Blackwell
Deputy Registrar – Suzanne Christman
Motion to approve Registrar and Deputy Registrar made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee’s O’ Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
d. Zoning Enforcement Officer: Douglas Bordinger – Motion to approve a resolution to create ZEO made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
e. Public Health Officer – unknown at this time.

3) Attorney – Paris Cavic - motion to appoint made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

4) Liaison positions:
a. Water and WWTP: John O’Connor
b. Streets: Duane Pierson
c. Library and Shared Services: Raymond Patrick
d. Fire Dept., Cemetery and Parks: James Kurkowski
e. Deputy Mayor: John O’Connor
Motion to approve Trustee O’Connor as Deputy Mayor made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion Carried
5) Cemetery Commissioners:
Linda Dufloe – Term Ends 2014
Geraldine Christ – Term Ends 2013
Jim Malinowski - Term Ends 2012
Ken Dreis - Term Ends 2011
Trustee to Cemetery Commission: James Kurkowski
Motion to approve Cemetery Commission made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion Carried.

6) Library Board Members:
Marjorie Walters – Term Ends: Jan. 2015
Rosalie Wadsworth – Term Ends Jan. 2014
Willilam Taber - Term Ends Jan. 2013
Michael Marmet - Term Ends Jan. 2012
Margaret Woodrow - Term Ends Jan. 2011
Motion to approve Library Board appointments made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion Carried.

7) Website Administrative:
Brandon Dawley – Motion to approve made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

8) Election of Officers for the Fire Dept. not available at this time. F.D. meeting for annual election will be held on 4/6/2010.

Procedures: Mayor Frohne’s request:
1) Any items to be placed on the agenda for the coming meeting, including any proposed resolution should be to the Clerk early so the agenda will be available for each trustee to review before the meeting. The agenda will be available on the Monday before the meeting. Keeping items to around (3) would be best.
2) An emergency meeting may be called by the Mayor or by any (2) two trustees for good reason. Each member must be personally contacted by the Clerk, as well as public notice given to the extent possible.
3) For the sake of fairness, the position of Trustees on the Agenda will be rotated monthly every meeting, so the same member is not always last.

Motion to approve the above procedures made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm.


Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk

March 31, 2010

Date: March 31, 2010
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, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley present,
3) Mayor Frohne asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the March 9, 2010 meeting. No objection.
Motion to approve minutes made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Trustee Dawley-abstained. Motion carried.

Guests:
1) Jamie Solomon came to speak to the board about the dog control problem in the village. Very unhappy about not being able to reach the dog warden and not getting a call back within a reasonable amount of time from him.
This has been an ongoing problem for quite a long period of time. After discussion, Mayor Frohne told her he would get back to her within two weeks to let her know what is being done about this problem.
2) Wayne King came to speak to the board about a concert that is being planned for May 6th, 7th, and 8th 2010 in the Town of Richfield near Butternut road. It is being advertised as a benefit for a woman who has cancer and referred to as the “Heady Fest”. It will consist of 3 days of camping and possibly 30 plus bands. Tickets have been on sale since February 14th, 2010. Town has an ordinance for piece and good order. A copy has been given to the organizer and they are supposed to submit in writing what their plans are. BOH claims that for a gathering of less than 5000 people there is not much they can do. If camping, they must meet the State BOH campground requirements. Which includes a SEQR application. A meeting will be held on Thursday, April 1st. 2010 at 12:00pm. at the Town Building. Trustee Dawley, Trustee Patrick and Donna Wells said they would all go to the meeting. One violation already in place is that the Town Clerk was supposed to be notified 20 days prior to advertising. This was not made known to the Town Clerk until the week of March 26th. 2010. Law enforcement would come from the Otsego Co. Sheriff Dept.
Wayne also asked about the inter-municipal agreement between the village and town. Would like it finalized with one change, to #3, “Site used by village and town residents only”. This was intended for the brush pile only which is covered in #2. #3 covers the recycling and the trash pickup. After discussion, was agreed #3 would be changed and Wayne will bring it back to the next board meeting for approval. Also, the town should give a certificate of insurance to the village to cover in case of an accident at the site.
Wayne also asked the village to think about shared services to consider building a court house without added expense to the taxpayers. The location for this would be on the town property behind the town barn.
3) Gerry Zavitch was present to inquire about an update on the Rudenko property. Was informed that Mr. Rudenko had been in the village office that same day and had received a appearance ticket for village court on April 5th. 2010.

The Tentative Budget was presented to the Clerk on March 17th. 2010 from the Budget officer, Mayor Frohne and the Treasurer Donna Wells.
The overall tax levy is the same as 2009. A budget comparison sheet from 2009/2010 – 2010/2011 was passed out. Slight decrease in the revenues for sales tax. Difference in expenditures of about $10,000.00, but by doing that it will lower the tax rate to $10.81, assessed value increased by $156,000.00.
Motion was made for the April 13th. 2010 meeting to be the Public Hearing meeting for the budget at 7:00 pm. and the regular board meeting to be held immediately following. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.



Clerk: Diane Blackwell
1) Abstract #20- General Fund, $75,873.61, Water Fund,$8,013.73, Sewer Fund, $10,009.99, Trust & Agency,$669.39, Capitol Projects, $166.446.60.
Motion to approve abstract #20 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
2) Clerk received the liquor license renewal from Park Inn.
3) 3 applications for use of the Spring Park: 1) Lions club for 4/3/2010 for Easter egg hunt, 2) Church of Christ United for 4/4/2010 for Easter sunrise service, 3) Otsego Co. Superintendent Assoc. for 5/19/2010.
Motion to approve made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
4) Clerk received letter of resignation from Duane Pierson for the ZBA. Motion to accept made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
5) Miracle of Madness, a band from Sauquoit would like to do an evening or afternoon concert in Spring Park. After discussion, was decided a Friday night concert on July 16th. 2010 would be good.
6) Clerk informed the board and Mayor that a reminder notice had been put in the Penny saver by Bruce Watson for the yard debris pickup schedule. Was in the March 27th, 2010 issue.
7) Would like to post No-Smoking signs on the back side of the library building. Many high school kids are hanging out there and smoking and leaving a mess. Ok’d by board to put one at the back door.
8) The Organizational Meeting will be held on April 5th, 2010 in the Memorial Room of the Public Library.

Treasurer: Donna Wells
1) Ask the board to consider changing phone companies from AT&T to Cornerstone for long distance because the state contract price is better. Cornerstone is $03.9 per minute, and AT&T average to $.05 per minute. After discussion, was decided to ok the change.
Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
2) 2 estimates on replacing the furnace in the Library building: 1) Mirabito - $11,893.55, without chimney liner, Ed Bello’s gave a quote of $2859.71 for the chimney liner. 2) Krenichyns - $15,600.00. We will be getting an estimate on 4/5/2010 from John LeFever of Black Cloud Chimney Sweep Co. for the chimney liner. This will be brought to the 4/13/2010 meeting.
3) Water/Sewer – Trustee O’Connor and Donna met with Chris Butler and Tom Shypski on 3/25/2010 to discuss the w/s rates. After discussion, was recommended to keep the increase for the inside users at 5% and outside users at 8%. This is the 4th year with this charge.
4) Donna asked what the difference is between commercial users and residential users. 2 units and the landlord does not live in either unit, should be charged a commercial rate. Trailer parks, individual meters, land lord collects from tenants, should be residential. Trailer park that landlord pays the bills, should be commercial.
5) Schultz, 51 Canadarago St., from the major leak, from current bill dated 2/24/2010 and 3/1-3/2/2010 when the water was finally shut off, 58,065 gals of water went through the water meter, at a cost of $707.36. After discussion, was agreed to take the $707.36 off the bill. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski to waive the $707.36 from the water bill. Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
6) Bruce Hall – Donna received a call from the plant manager asking why they were over charged during the winter months when only 2 employees were there for deliveries and working in the shop only. Were overcharged $1884.53 during the winter months. Motion was made to issue a credit $1434.51 by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Mayor Frohne
1) Thanked Brandon Dawley for serving on the Board of Trustees for the past 9 months.

Trustee O’Connor
1) Made a motion to approve the water/sewer rates of 5% for inside users and 8% for outside users effective June 1, 2010, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
2) Tom Shypski gave Trustee O’Connor a packet to pass out to all trustee’s and Mayor regarding NYWARN. NY Water and Waste Water Agency Response Network. Clerk will make copies and pass out to all trustees and Mayor.
3) 150th Anniversary of the Village of Richfield Springs. Trustee O’Connor thinks we should inquire to various agencies to see if anyone would be interested in working together to set up a celebration. Mayor Frohne will put an ad in the Penny saver.

Trustee Kurkowski
1) Wanted to know when the new truck for the sewer treatment plant will get the village name on it? This will be done soon.

Trustee Patrick
1) Asked if the Mayor and Board members would write up expectations for Brandon for the website.

Trustee Dawley
1) Thanked the Mayor for the opportunity to serve on the board.
2) Will continue to work on the website and asked everyone to help him with information to put on the website.

Motion made to go into executive session to discuss personnel matters: made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee’s O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made to come out of executive session by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm.


Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk