Date: December 29, 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, Trustee O’Connor present, Trustee Pierson, late, Trustees Kurkowski and Patrick absent.
Mayor Frohne asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the Dec.14, 2010 minutes. No objections.
Motion to approve the Dec.14, 2010 minutes made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Special Business:
Lamont Engineers:
Glen: Contract #2 – Blue Heron – Air line completed, Randy Ott told Glen they will backfill it with sand before anything else is put down. They are at substantial completion as of Dec. 27th. Glen will do the paperwork on this. Slush pumps work fine, one stand pipe slowing leaking, due to ice buildup. Still waiting to do the door closers. In the plant, there are 8 doors, 4 of which need door closers so when the glass is put in, it does not get caught by the wind and ruined. Blue Heron does not want to put the glass in until the doors have door closers on. It was decided the village will hire a private contractor to install the door closers so Blue Heron can put the glass in. Glen will send Donna the estimates he has for the door closers.
Motion was made by Trustee O’Connor and 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, to get estimates from private contractors for the 4 door closers that are needed. Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Motion to approve the cost of door closers not to exceed $4500.00 and to procede with the job as soon as possible, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
The new grates are not on site as of 12/29/2010. The reeds are good. Lamont is trying to get Carl from Aqualogics to the site to see if the pumps need to be re-calibrated. Randy Ott informed Nick Green that Aqualogics will be at the plant during the week of 1/3/2011 to set up the computer.
Contract #1 – there was a water leak on Lake St. and after checking the pipe, it was discovered it had been damaged when the road work was done in the fall for the project.
Contract #5 - John V. Warren has not been back to the plant since this summer when they were only there for one day. There is an issue with the fastener louvers, and the heating system is not done. Glen and Donna will be calling them to find out why they have not been back to finish.
Donna informed Glen that the inspector from NBEW will be at the village office on Wed. Jan. 12th, Glen said he will be there as well.
Public Comment:
Charles West representing the American Legion and Lenny Pickens representing the Youth Football League, spoke to the board about a proposal to take over the park on Langdon Ave. known as Bond Field. This would be for football and baseball. They have been in touch with the DEC for assistance in helping to get the field in condition to be used as soon as possible. They spoke to Carl Burdick, president of the youth football league and Lenny Pickens who is a member of the league, as well as other members of the sports organizations for assistance in maintaining the field. The board members are very receptive to the idea and agreed to look into the legalities and talk to the village attorney.
Ove Varik, 3544 St. Hwy. 20, is an outside user of water and sewer. He has decided to use his well for water instead of the village water and it was decided at an earlier meeting to charge $75.00 to him for the use of the village sewer system. He feels that is too much to charge and asked the board for a lower charge. His options are to pay a fee to the village for the use of the sewer system or to put in his own septic system. After discussion, it was agreed that he would sign an outside user contract which will state there are two people in the household, if this number increases this would have to be re-adjusted. Also, the charge would be $40.00 per month for the use of the village sewer. Mr. Varik was pleased with this agreement.
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Abstract #14- General Fund- $7,011.26, Water Fund - $1,308.68, Sewer Fund - $16,091.98, Cemetery Fund-$46.50, Trust and Agency - $732.14. Total: $25,190.56.
Motion to approve abstract #14 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Clerk received the renewal request for NY Pizzeria for their liquor license for 2011. Motion to approve made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Medicare portion to health ins. was $91.09/mo, effective Jan. 1st. 2011 will be up to $149.39/mo. per person. This is the best option at this time. Motion to approve to pay this MVP plan for the Medicare Ins. made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Donna read a letter she had written to Blue Heron, Mr. Eric Soner, explaining the amount of check that was sent with the money kept out for not reaching the substantial completion date as per the contract.
John V. Warren, is also in the same position, they have not met substantial completion and will also be charged $800.00 per day until it is completed.
Donna also asked the board for approval to get credit cards at the Kwik Fill, Red Apple because the cost is usually less per gallon. The account will stay open at the Sunoco. The cards will be issued to the same people who have one from Sunoco, Chris, Bob, Jim, Fred, Tom H. and Tom S. Motion made to approve an account to be opened at the Red Apple for credit cards to be used for village vehicles only made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Donna wanted the board to be aware she would like to remove the old inactive accounts from the water/sewer program that have been inactive for a long time. These accounts would still be in the Edmunds account if we needed information from them. The board members agreed this would be a good idea to do.
Transfer needed from A9901.03 Library transfer of $2000.00 to the L5031 to Library from the A fund. Resolution made to approve a motion to transfer $2000.00 from A fund A9901.03 to Library L5031 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
Cemetery funds no longer own stock or bonds, just the insurance annuity and RIT. Sold 3 bonds and 3 stocks and made $10,336.84 over what they cost.
New phone line needed at the WWTP that would be only for the new system. Motion to approve a new line for the WWTP for the computer system made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
Donna made the board aware that the private audit has been completed, finally. Now, we have the State Comptroller’s Office auditor in the office to do their audit.
Mayor Frohne:
Informed the board members there is a meeting sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 5th, 2011 at the Historical Society Museum on Main St. regarding the Sesquicentennial celebration of the village.
Trustee Patrick: absent
Trustee Kurkowski: absent
Trustee Pierson:
Wanted to make everyone aware of the water leaks that happened this week, one on Main St. by the Village Snack Bar, and one on Lake St. These two have been fixed. There is still one on Elm St. and Union St. to be taken care of.
Trustee O’Connor:
Asked about the water leak on Union St. Was told we are just waiting for Bob Hugick to fix the leak. He also asked about the cemetery, if it was closed for winter? The chains have been put across all driveways and it is closed for the winter.
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
