June 8, 2010

Date: June 8, 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 called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.

Roll Call: Mayor Frohne, Trustees Kurkowski, Patrick, Pierson, Trustee O’Connor present

Mayor Frohne asked if there were any objections to waiving the reading of the minutes of the May 26th, 2010 meeting. No objections. Motion was made to approve the May 26th, 2010 minutes by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowsk and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Trustee O’Connor abstained. Motion carried.

Property Maintenance: Doug Bordinger

Doug reported on the results of the notices sent out for property maintenance:

1) 9 Park St., 12 W.James St. and 241 Main St. not mowed- no response to notices sent out.

Motion made to order the lawns to be mowed, fines assessed, and owners billed by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

10 Gould St., Rosewood Terrace, County condemned.

16 Sylvan St., neighbors very disturbed about the situation. Garbage inside and out.

Walnut St. property that got the notice is cleaned up some.

Center St. and W. James St., Doug will be working on this.

42 Walnut St., Mary Weingates, lawn mower was broke, is fixed and lawn was mowed. She told Doug she will be keeping it done up.

Privilege of the floor: public comments and requests.

1) Nick Green- Lamont Eng. reporting on WWTP project.

Proposed to take money out of the Observation budget and put it into the Administration budget. Due to the delay of the ARRA papers, the administration budget needs to be replenished.

Motion made to amend the contracts by taking $55,000.00 out of the Construction Observation budget which will leave a balance of $213,510.00, and put it into the Construction Administration budget, which will bring the budget up to $112,190.00, by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Update on the work completed so far:

Lake St. to town line, E. James completed, lateral completed, Hotel St. completed, Dow St., 2 man holes to be set, Bronner St., man hole on East end of Bronner, Creamery site, owner wanted lateral installed, the crew put a lateral in and it will be billed to the owner. Park St., complete, Elm St. complete, and Bronner from Park St. to Elm St. complete, Bronner St. to River St. to manhole #131A is complete, lateral complete on E. James, Hotel St,

Nick stated that Chris Butler and Jim Malinowski have been a great help to the crews.

Work at the WWTP is moving along nicely as well.

Nick asked if any concerns, and was asked about the streets being watered more because of the dirt. He will speak to Glenn about this. Mayor Frohne asked about the roads being paved, Nick said all but Lake St. That has to be awarded by the add alternates eventually.

2) Chuck Furner asked the board for permission to be hook up to the sewer line at 3190 Rt. 20. He stated he would need it for sanitary sewer, floor drains, and wash water. Mayor Frohne stated he would have to ask the DEC for approval. Mr. Furner does not think a hook up was ever put there in the man hole.

Motion made by Trustee Kurkowski to take the steps necessary to hook Chucks Towing Business up to the sewer with the consent from the DEC, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustee O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Dan Meehan asked if Mr. Furner would have to negotiate with Rerob. He was told that the line is within the village line so it is village owned.

Tom Hallock-Fire Chief:

1) Concerning the letter from Fly Creek asking for support for them to start an ambulance service, Tom suggested supporting them; it would benefit all companies in the area.

2) Tom is going to Vernon on 6/12/2010 for a Fire Chiefs Expo and is going to check into ideas for a new firehouse.

3) The Grant application has been submitted for a new ambulance and they are asking for $151,500.00. If this comes through, they would have to come up with $30,000.00 to $35,000.00.

4) Year ago a boat was given to the fire dept. for water rescues. A person has donated a 19ft. pontoon boat to the fire dept. They will take the motor from the other boat and put on the pontoon boat; they do not have a trailer for it, but will be searching for one.

5) The ambulance needed brakes replaced last month, Skinner’s was too busy, so they took it to Chuck Furners and he took it right in and did the work on it.

6) Tom asked how someone can get a pool filled. Was told to send them to the office and we have forms to fill out. They must pay for the water, if they want to donate to fire dept. that is up to the individuals.

Clerk – Diane Blackwell

1) Abstract #025- Water Fund-$78.82, Sewer Fund-$78.82. Total of abstract- $157.64.

Motion to approve abstract #025 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

2) Abstract #1-(new fiscal year) General Fund- $12,243.91, Water Fund - $32,301.11, Sewer Fund - $3,583.01, Trust and Agency - $669.39, and Capitol Projects – 552,420.71. Total: $601,209.13.

Motion to approve abstract #01 made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor,Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

3) Cemetery Abstract #1- total $1,609.68. Motion to approve made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

4) Clerks report for May 2010 – check was given to the treasurer for $44.00 taken in for tax searches and copies. Also a check for $43,115.69 was given to the treasurer for taxes collected in June 2010.

5) Discussion on the papers passed out from Realty Check, was decided to put on the July 13th, agenda for more discussion.

6) Clerk passed out fire dept. report for month of May 2010.

7) Asked the board to approve reimbursement for 2 ZBA members who went to Cooperstown for a workshop on 5/25/2010, Suzanne Christman and Gerry Zavitch. Motion made to approve reimbursement by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

8) On 6/8/2010 a letter of resignation was given to the clerk by Trustee Patrick from three members of the Cemetery Commission, Ken Dreis, Linda Dufloe, and Geraldine Crist. Also a letter of resignation was given to the clerk from James Malinowski. All resignations were effective immediately. Clerk accepted the resignations.

Treasurer – Donna Wells

1) Transfers – need to establish a new line for zoning personal services.

Transfer from A8644.1 Codes Enforcement P.S. $17,000.00, to A3310.1 Crossing Guard P.S. $8000.00 and A8010.1 Zoning P.S. $9000.00. Total: $17,000.00.

Transfer from A9901.01 to Water Fund FX5031, $27,000.00.

Resolution to approve transfers made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes.

2) Water/Sewer Rates passed out. As of May 31, 2010.

3) Inter-municipal waste agreement for transfer station: Attorney Merzig read it over, did a little rewording. The village will maintain the locks. Discussion about commercial haulers, not all in agreement about keeping commercial haulers out of transfer station.

Motion made by Trustee Kurkowski to leave the agreement as written until further notice if something happens that it needs to be changed, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-no, Trustee Pierson-no, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, Mayor Frohne-no. Not carried.

Mayor Frohne made a motion to add to the agreement; commercial haulers are not permitted to dump at the Site without a permit issued by the Village of Richfield Springs, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee O’Connor, yes, Trustee Pierson, yes, Trustee Patrick, yes, Trustee Kurkowski, no, Mayor Frohne, yes. Motion carried.

4) Profit and loss per each class passed. Balance sheet, cemetery balance sheet also passed out.

5) Library building roof project will be started by beginning of July, possibly by the end of June.

Mayor’s Report:

1) Cemetery Commission; Mayor Frohne spoke to Ken Dreis 6/2/2010 about the commissioners having to be reappointed and having to take the oath. On 6/8/2010 the resignations of all but David Ehlers was given to the clerk. Discussion was made about whether to appoint new people for commission, or hire a sexton. Mayor Frohne will check with Attorney Merzig to see if he needs to fill the vacancy or not. Treasurer Wells will go to the bank on Wednesday 6/9/2010 to take Ken Dreis and Linda Dufloe’s name off the cemetery bank accounts. Mayor Frohne asked the clerk to write a letter to Ken. Dreis and Linda Dufloe requesting all the financial papers and maps and whatever other papers they have to be brought to the village office. Trustee Kurkowski will talk with Bryan Coones to see if he plans to stay on to maintain the cemetery or not.

2) Clerk and treasurer have advertised to fill the deputy clerk/treasurer position and would like to set up interviews. Board agreed and Trustee Patrick will interview with Mayor Frohne and Diane and Donna. The hours will be 20 hrs. a week and will work from 9am to 1pm. and the pay would be $10.00 per hr.

3) Also have several applicants for the Dog Control Officer. Trustee O’Connor asked Diane to make copies of the applications for the trustees to see. It was stated that because the town issues the dog licenses, the town dog control officer has to take stray dogs to Herk. Co.SPCA. Also was stated that the village dog control officer will get paid mileage. After discussion, was decided that Trustee Pierson and Mayor Frohne would do interviews in two weeks or so.

Trustee Kurkowski:

1) Expressed his disappointment in the Village not giving an honorary check for $100.00 to the Fire Dept. to show their appreciation on Memorial Day like they used to.

2) Asked when the Sewer dept. new truck will be painted? Donna will ask Chris about it.

Trustee O’Connor:

Nothing at this time

Trustee Pierson:

1) Expressed concern about 4 years from now when Jim Malinowski is seriously considering retirement. He is concerned about training someone to take over the DPW job. Does not feel the village board should wait until then to start training someone for his replacement.

Motion made to go into executive session for personnel issues made by Trustee Pierson, 2nd by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee 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 made to table discussion from executive session until the June 30th. 2010 meeting made by Trustee Kurkowsk, 2nd. by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.

Trustee Patrick;

1) Property maintenance, feels it is moving forward.

1) Library board celebrating 100 yr. anniversary on August 29th, 2010, they want to make sure all boxes are moved out of the Memorial Room.

Clerk asked what is to be done for the walk through before and after the craft fair that is being held on June 12th, 2010, Bathrooms unlocked, power on, lights all working, no garbage left and no damage done.

Motion to adjourn made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd.by Trustee Pierson, Trustees O’Connor, Pierson, Patrick, Kurkowski and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Blackwell

Village Clerk

May 26, 2010

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