Date: May 26, 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 call the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
Roll Call: Mayor Frohne, Trustees Kurkowski, Patrick, Pierson present. Trustee O’Connor absent
Mayor Frohne asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the May 11, 2010 meeting. No objections. Motion was made to approve the May 11, 2010 minutes by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees 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) R. Shorter-10 Gould Ave- Doug spoke to Bob Snyder at Otsego Co. and was told that the vacant buildings fall under the fire codes not the regular building codes. He took care of the 10 Gould Ave property which has been condemned.
“ needs to be mowed and graffiti cleaned up.
2) Z. Londono- 20 Lake St. property, also falls under the fire code
“ “ needs to be mowed
3) R. Mosher- 213 main St.-We received a letter and pictures about the car sitting there and the property being maintained. She claims the car has been fixed and the lawn mowed.
4) M. Feldman-219 Main St. Clerk received a phone call on 5/25/2010 She from owner to go ahead and have the village hire someone to mow because she is not around here and does not want to be bothered with it. Work order was done on 5/26/2010 and Mayor signed for D. Brooks to do.
5) S. Anderson- behind the Aubuchon building a lot of construction debris is being dumped and Doug spoke to Stewart Anderson about it. He said he will get a dumpster and dispose of it.
6) S. Gephard- 19 Lake St.- needs to be mowed
7) W. Wagner- 24 Lake St.- was mowed
8) L. Stefanic- 16 Sylvan St. – needs to be mowed
9) W. Purcell- 7 Dow St.- was mowed
10) A. Ritikoff- 58 Church St.- needs to be mowed
11) J. Arcuri- 76 Church St.- needs to be mowed
12) W. Taber- 20 William St.- needs to be mowed
13) A. Rudenko- 177 Main St.- was mowed
14) J. Knorr- 26 W. James St.- was mowed
24 Lake St., 20 Lake St., 10 Gould Ave., 73 Walnut St. and 1 Hyde St. have been turned over to the Co.
Motion made to order the lawns mowed, fines assessed, and owners billed by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Doug also asked the work crews could wet the roads more often to keep the dust down, and if the work crews would be fixing the lawns and driveways that are disrupted because of the WWTP project. Trustee Pierson said he would talk to Glenn, the Eng. for Lamont.
The question was also asked where the DOT is getting the water from. Was stated that they are using the hydrant at the DPW building. Was suggested they be told to go to the DOT property on Rt. 28.
Privilege of the floor: public comments and requests.
Wayne King wanted to discuss the certified letter from the Fly Creek Fire Dept. requesting the support of the Town of Richfield Springs to start up a new ambulance service. The village also received the same letter and was given to Tom Hallock, Fire Dept. Chief. Wayne feels it should be a decision of the village and not the town. After discussion, was left that the Mayor will check into this further.
Also asked about the inter-municipal agreement between the town and the village for the transfer site. Would like it to be finalized? The resolution has been done. The Mayor needs to sign it.
Wayne also asked about the maintenance contract for the generator at the Town Building. One of the Town Board members has asked if because the town hall is the central point in case of an emergency, if the village could pay half of the yearly amount due. The Fire Dept., Richfield Springs Central School and the Town of Richfield have one. After discussion, was decided the board will discuss at a later date and let Wayne King know their decision.
Gerry Zavitch-ZBA- wanted to report that he went to the meeting in Cooperstown on 5/25/2010.
Learned that the Village Board does not have to consider any requests from the public. Also, had information for the ZBA as well. Gerry stated that the training was very informative.
Mayor Frohne is going to check into this whose terms are coming due for reappointment on the ZBA.
Cindy Klemm- asked if the daily paper for the village could be the Pennysaver. Was informed that the official paper for the village has to be a daily paper, which the Daily Star is. Was also stated that all of the village information is also put in the Pennysaver and now on the web-site.
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
1) Abstract #024- General Fund-$12,423.06, Water Fund-$2,846.52, Sewer Fund-$8,103.94. Total of abstract- $23,373.52.
Motion to approve abstract made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
2) Corrected abstract #23- s/b $202,505.13.
3) Clerk had a request from the Sadlon family to move the Sadlon Real Estate sign on Main St. to the O’Brien residence at 257 Main St. A permit was filled out.
Motion to approve the Sadlon Real Estate sign to be moved made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd,by Trustee Patrick, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
4) Clerk has received one application for the Dog Control Officer position and one more application has been given out.
5) Clerk made the board aware that there is no Cemetery Commission due to the fact that no one has come to the village clerk to take the oath of office which is required by law to officially be on the commission. The appointments were made at the Village Board of Trustees organizational meeting on April 5th, 2010 and the appointed people have 30 days to come to the clerk to be sworn in.
Treasurer – Donna Wells
1)Transfers – list attached.
Resolution made to approve the transfers by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
2) Library bldg. back wall is done. Kurt Van Spanje did it and did a great job.
3) Also the chimney liner is done.
4) Resolution made to move $200.00 from savings account A201 to petty cash account A210.1 for the taxes for the clerk, made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee Pierson –yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
5) Attorney David Merzig, would be our village attorney for $500.00/mo. with unlimited access. He would not attend meetings unless he was needed, and if so he would only charge for mileage. After discussion, a motion was made to approve David Merzig as the village attorney. And if any litigation were needed it would be at his hourly rate of $150.00.
Motion made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
6) Judge Brykailo needs a new computer. His was ruined on the weekend of the blackout. Donna was asked if the insurance would cover this? She will call Larry Jouben and ask.
Motion to approve the purchase of a new computer not to exceed $1000.00 made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
7) Donna asked for a resolution to approve the sewer rate increase for the new fiscal year.
Resolution to approve the sewer rate increase of 5% for inside users and 8% for outside users made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Pierson-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Mayor’s Report:
1) Mayor Frohne talked to Bob and Chris about the fountain at the reservoir. The back is almost completely gone.
Trustee Patrick:
1) Property maintenance – would like to see the procedures improved. Trustee Patrick is going to go over the codes.
2) Library board meeting: All was present except Mike Marmet. Had a good meeting. All board members have been sworn in. The library board is planning a 100 yr. anniversary celebration on August 29th, 2010.
3) Wanted to discuss about the water sewer billing going to quarterly instead of monthly. After discussion, was decided now is not a good time to do this because of the cash flow.
4) Requested executive session.
5) The 2nd. Grade students from Richfield Springs Elementary School came to the DPW for a walk through. Holly Malinowski arranged this with her teacher for her dad, Jim, to explain what his job is and what equipment he uses. She also arranged for her mom to make cookies.
Trustee Kurkowski:
1) The next cemetery commission meeting will be held on June 2, 2010 and Trustee Kurkowski can not be at that meeting. Mayor Frohne or Trustee Patrick will attend in place of Trustee Kurkowski.
Trustee Pierson:
1) Nothing at this time.
Trustee O’Connor: absent
Motion made to go into executive session for personnel reasons made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Cindy Klemm and Gerry Zavitch left at this time. Wayne King left earlier.
Motion made to come out of executive session made by Trustee Pierson 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustees Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Motion made to approve the employee raises for the new fiscal year made by Trustee Kurkowsk, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd.by Trustee Pierson, Trustees Pierson, Patrick and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
