Date: April 12, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Pierson
Appointed Officers:
Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 6:00 pm
Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Pierson 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. Mileage: $.45 per mile.
Motion to approve meeting dates and time, place of meetings, legal newspapers and mileage made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
e. Depositories: NBT Bank, and Bank of Cooperstown, NBT Financial Services/LPL Financial, Adirondack Bank, New York Class. Motion to approve depositories made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. .
f. Procurement policy: maximum purchasing by a Dept. Supervisor of $400.00 and increase from $1000.00 to $1500.00 with 2 board member signatures. All other parts of the procurement policy will stay the same. Motion to approve increase in procurement policy for dept. supervisors for maximum purchases from $250.00 to $400.00 without prior approval and to approve the purchases up to $1000.00 with 2 board members signature and increase to $1500.00 with 2 board member signatures, made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
. g. Investment policy: Motion to approve the Investment Policy and Guidelines of the Village of Richfield Springs made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
h. Advance payments of public utilities and postage, effective immediately. Resolution to approve the motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson to approve advance payments of public utilities and postage, effective immediately. Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
I. Approval of schools and conferences will be done at the Board of Trustee’s meeting when it is presented.
2) Village Board:
a. Mayor: Ronald Frohne II
b. Trustee/Deputy Mayor: Raymond Patrick
c. Trustee: John O’Connor
d. Trustee: James Kurkowski
e. Trustee: Duane Pierson
3) Appointed Officers:
a. Deputy Clerk/Treasurer: (1 yr. term) Suzanne Christman – Motion to approve made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
b. Zoning Enforcement Officer: (1 yr. term) Doug Bordinger- Motion to approve made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
c. Public Health Officer: Unknown at this time
4) Attorney for the Village: David Merzig- Motion to approve made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
5) Liaison Positions:
a. Water and WWTP: John O’Connor
b. Streets: Duane Pierson
c. Fire Dept., Parks & Cemetery: James Kurkowski
d. Deputy Mayor, Library and
Shared services: Raymond Patrick
6) ZBA Positions:
a. Suzanne Christman: Term 2011-2014
b. David Cocco: Alternate (1 yr.position)
Motion to approve ZBA appointments of Suzanne Christman, regular member, and David Cocco as an alternate member, made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
c. William Juteau: Term Ends: 2013
d. Gerry Zavitz: Term Ends: 2012
7) Library Board Members:
a. Margaret Woodrow Term 2011-2016 Motion to approve re-appointment of Margaret Woodrow to the Library board made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
b. Marjorie Walters Term Ends Jan. 2015
c. Rosalie Wadsworth Term Ends Jan. 2014
d. William Taber Term Ends Jan 2013
e. Michael Marmet Term Ends Jan 2012
8) Election of Officers for Fire Dept. 2011. Meeting for election was held on April 6th. 2011.
a. Chief: Tom Hallock
b. 1st. assistant Doug Brooks
c. 2nd. assistant Ken Boepple
d. Captain: Cody Mayne
e. Lieutenant: Mark Elderkin
f. Sergeant: Chad Stone
g. Fire Police: Mark Osterhoudt
h. Ems. Les Olmstead
i. President: David Siegle
j. Vice President: Todd Stone
k. Secretary: Diane Mayne
l. Treasurer: Mike Kress
Motion made to approve the Chief, 1st. assistant and 2nd. assistant for the Fire Dept. made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Procedures:
Agenda: Agenda’s will be available the Monday before the scheduled meeting. Elected officers will please make every effort to have items placed on the agenda so the Board can consider things ahead of time, including a copy of any proposed resolution, if available. Keeping items to around (3) three would be best. This does not preclude discussion of issues that arise. Flexibility is important too.
Emergency Meeting: An emergency meeting may be called by the Mayor or by any (2) two Trustee’s. The law requires it must be for a good reason. Each member must be personally contacted by the Clerk, as well as public notice given to the extent possible.
Position of Trustees on the Agenda: 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 adjourn made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:25 pm.
