Date: September 14, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Pierson
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Roll Call: Mayor Frohne, Trustees Kurkowski, Patrick, O’Connor, Pierson present.
Mayor Frohne asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the August 25, 2010 meeting. No objections. Motion was made to approve the August 25, 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
021- 26 Center St. mowed as of 9/14/2010
022- 16 Sylvan St. mowed as of 9/14/2010
023- 58 Church St. not mowed as of 9/14/2010
024- 76 Church St. not mowed as of 9/14/2010
025- 29 W. James St. mowed as of 9/14/2010
026- 19 Lake St. not mowed as of 9/14/2010
027- 20 Lake St. not mowed as of 9/14/2010
028- 9 Park St. rubbish/debris- not cleaned as of 9/14/2010
029- 42 Walnut St. rubbish/debris- cleaned up as of 9/14/2010
030- 219 Elm St. rubbish/debris not cleaned up as of 9/14/2010
031- 27 Elm St. rubbish/debris- mailed letter 9/9/2010
032- 6-8 Park St. rubbish/debris- mailed letter 9/9/2010
033- 26 W. James St.-overgrowth- mailed letter 9/9/2010
Motion made to order lawns mowed, fines assessed and property owners billed made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Motion made to order clean work done on 9 Park St. and 219 Main St. made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowsk and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Trustee Patrick asked Doug about Wordens place of business on Main St. and about the problem of the sidewalk being block at Springer’s Inc. on Walnut St. He said he has spoken to them and will keep track of the situations.
Special Business:
Bids were opened for the paving of three streets, Johnson St., Sylvan St., and Walnut St. Bids were received from Hanson Aggregates, Jamesville, NY. bid was $28,315.00 and a bid from Barrett Paving Materials, Inc. for $29,645.00. Motion was made to accept the lowest bid from Hanson Aggregates, after Jim Malinowski reviews the bids and agrees, by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick. Trustee O’Connor voted no, Trustee Pierson, voted yes, Trustee Patrick, voted yes, Trustee Kurkowski, voted yes, and Mayor Frohne, voted yes. Motion carried.
Glen Simpson from Lamont gave an update on the project.
Contract 1- Glen does not have a definite date for the paving to begin, but it will be soon. Binder work done, finished off E. James St., Manley St. and Hotel St. Vacuum testing of manholes were done, 50 so far and all passed. The video crew needs to finish up video taping of the new lines. Still have a lot of restoration to do. The paving will probably be done first. Price for the manhole 6 to 5 (manhole 5 can not be found), so Chris Yakabuci checked into going form manhole 6 straight to manhole 4. Chris requested a proposal from De Vincentis on 9/9/2010; Glen has not received anything from them so far.
Frank-Lamont
Contract 2-5—Contract 4&5 not started yet. Contract 3 is moving along slowly due to Contract 2. Clarifier building walls are up and they plan on starting the bypassing so they can start on the pre- treatment building and get the effluent pumps in. All material is on site. All sludge is out of sludge storage pavilion, a little more in there than contract stated. Estimate of how much would cost to pump from lagoon to the wet station lagoon. It took 1 ½ days to do this. They will begin hauling material this week. Hoping to get the plants in and get the growth established before the end of the season. They will plant the plants and maintain them for 2 years.
Mayor Frohne has been in contact with the Village Attorney David Merzig that he would like a meeting with him and Nick Green from Lamont.
Change order for Contract 3, backwash pump house, has pumps that pump out chlorine contact tank and back wash, electrician stated it needed to have new conduit and lighting. Motion to approve Contract #3 change order in the amount of $2045.00 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Frank reported that Chris said the flow gallons per minute have been reduced by 2/3rd.
Nick also reported that the SPEDES permit has been extended to December 1st. 2010.
Mayor Frohne would like to hire a dog control officer. There have been problems with dogs running loose and no one to pick them up. He feels that an increase in pay would be necessary. He suggests increasing pay to $200.00 from $125.00 per month. The dog control officer must follow state regulations. This job is a contractual, and would not be a village employee. Was suggested to have the village attorney draw up a contract for this position. After discussion, a motion was made to interview and to pay up to $200.00 for the dog control officer position, by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Pierson, Trustee O’Connor, voted yes, Trustee Pierson, voted yes, Trustee Patrick, voted no, Trustee Kurkowski, voted yes, Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Larry Jouben reported to the Board of Trustee’s that the Village’s Liability Insurance will be about $3000.00 less than last year.
Privilege of the floor: public comments and requests:
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Higgins spoke to the board about two dogs running loose around the village during the week of 9/8/2010. Mr. Higgins noticed the dogs were being taken care of at 6-8 Park St. He does not believe they were the owners of the dogs. The dogs trashed their back porch and were terrorizing their cats. At this point in time, one dog has been taken to SPCA in Cooperstown and the other has not been seen lately.
Wayne King asked if the village plans on taking over tagging and licensing of dogs? Mayor Frohne answered we have not gotten that far with the process so far. Mayor Frohne will call NYCOM and check into what needs to be done.
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Abstract #07- General Fund- $10,992.79, Water Fund - $11,879.22, Sewer Fund - $6,621.24, Cemetery Fund- $661.14, Trust and Agency - $64.96, Capitol Projects- $587,270.80. Total: $617,490.15.
Motion to approve abstract #07 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Clerks report for the month of August 2010 – clerk fees, $45.50, check given to treasurer for $45.50.
Resolution needed for NYS and Local Employees Retirement made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Resolution filed with minutes.
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Budget modification for State Dormitory has been approved, for the $22,200.00 that is left. Chimney repairs has to be done asap. Two estimates: S&G Masonry, $2,600.00. Kurt Van Spanje masonry, $5,900.00.
Motion was made to approve Kurt Van Spanje estimate to do the chimney repairs made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor, voted yes, Trustee Pierson, voted yes, Trustee Patrick, voted yes, Trustee Kurkowski, voted no, Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
As for the painting of the trim for the building, we have from May 1st. 2011- Sept. 1st. 2011 to get done and the money will be available for that as well.
The check for the roof and back wall should be received soon.
Resolution to transfer money from the A1990.4 Contingency Fund, $2,000.00, to A8664.4 Codes Enforcement Contractual. Motion 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.
Profit and Loss reports and Balance sheet passed out.
Concerned about the Fire Dept. using village money to install a piece of equipment into a private vehicle. Trustee Kurkowski stated that it was approved by the Board quite some time ago for the Chiefs to do this, but only Chiefs vehicles. Trustee Kurkowski said he will speak with Tom Hallock to see whose vehicle this siren mount was put on.
Cemetery- Donna suggested that 25% of the sale of a plot should go into the Perpetual Care fund which would be used to maintain the cemetery. Motion made to approve the 25% of each plot sale to go into the CM2190.31 fund for maintenance of the Lakeview Cemetery made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Also the check from the Ins. Co, from Mr. Mckee to the Lakeview Cemetery as a beneficiary was received. It was for $10,071.17 and that was deposited into the Cemetery account.
Mayor Frohne:
ZBA- appointments- William Juteau as chairperson- 2010-2013. Motion to approve appointment made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Gerald Zavitz- 2012 – Motion to approve appointment made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
CHIPS money- this was from discussion at August 25, 2010 meeting, if CHIPS money could be spent for sidewalk repairs. No decisions were made at this time.
Trustee Patrick:
Asked about the village water and the bad smell and taste from it. Was explained that the reservoir turns over 1-3 times a year and being that the water was so much warmer this year, it caused it to be much worse than before.
Trustee Kurkowski:
Nothing at this time.
Trustee O’Connor:
Nothing at this time.
Trustee Pierson:
Asked Brian Coones if he would want a post hole digger for digging for the cremains burials. Brian told Donna that he really did not need one but he would like electric and water.
FYI--A lot of villages and towns are passing a law that all out of area property owners must have a local person to maintain their property. This person must be registered in the Village Clerks office.
Trustee Kurkowski asked if the village can do anything about the trash that is left on the porch at 11 Church St. Mayor Frohne said to send a notice to owner, William Donnelly and give him the allotted amount of time to respond. If no response we will proceed from there.
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd.by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
