Date: February 9, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers: Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley present.
3) Mayor Frohne asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the January 27, 2010 meeting. No objection.
Motion to approve minutes made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Tom Hallock-Fire Chief:
1) 46 EMS calls for mo. Jan. 2010
2) New air system for trucks, new line for ladder truck
3) Expense report received from Donna, 12/14/09 thru 2/1/2010, total expenses were $8750.00 for Fire Dept. Tom asked Donna for a breakdown of every bill, $178.66 per day being spent on fire dept. out of that $74.00 was going to Mirabito for fuel. Tom is very concerned about the amount being used to heat the building. He asked the board to think about doing something to help cut the cost to heat the building.
4) PE’s were done on 2/8/2010. Had 28 people for physicals.
5) Repairs on trucks from June, 1 truck needs transmission cooler replaced, it is leaking anti-freeze. Tom will try to get a estimate of what this will cost and bring it to the next board meeting.
Guest:
1) Wayne King, spoke to the board about the inter-municipal agreement for the transfer site. He would like a small change in the wording and then will present it to the town board for approval to hopefully start in the spring.
Clerk: Diane Blackwell
1) Correction on Abstract #016- the A fund should have been $10,008.16. Was reported to be $10,011.16.
2) Abstract 017- attached to minutes
Motion to approve abstract #017 made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor,Dawley,Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne all voted yes. Motion carried.
3) Clerk’s monthly report for January 2010, $1.00 clerk fees, 20.00 registrar fees, check written to treasurer for $21.00.
4) Motion made for clerk to appoint Richard Harris as the election set-up person and election inspector and Caroline Sarafin as election inspector made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
5) Clerk passed out list of records to be discarded, copy of lists attached.
Resolution made to discard records made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes.
6) Clerk asked for motion to approve to have records shredded by outside company.
Motion to approve CONFIDATA to come to Village office and shred approved records on site made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Treasurer: Donna Wells
1) FYI- the back door was found unlocked on Monday morning, 2/1/2010.
2) Edward VanderVroot came in to pay water/sewer bill and asked why there was a maintenance charge on his bill, there has not been a maintenance fee charged to him since Feb. 2009 for reasons unknown. After discussion, it was decided that a letter would be sent to Mr. VanderVroot explaining the error and the amount due the village is $100.00. The board agreed being that the maintenance had been being charged and then all of a sudden was not, the amount should be paid.
3) The Subway sandwich shop is not been being charged as a commercial property for maintenance fees, but as a residential property. After discussion, was decided to write a letter to the company for the back money owed for maintenance and see what response we get.
4) An appraisal was passed out to all board members for the mason work to be done on the building for the grant project. The appraisal was for $6000.00 and was submitted by Van Spanje Masonry. After discussion, it was decided to bring this back to the Feb. 27th, 2010 meeting.
5) The advertisement for the bids for the library roof project was put in the Daily Star 2/8/2010. At this time we have had 3 interested companies.
6) Treasurer passed out financial reports and balance sheets to each trustee and Mayor Frohne.
7) The treasurer needs to have transfers done:
1. transfer $1352.83 from FX 9010.8 NYS Retirement to FX 9060.8 Health Ins.
2. transfer $2000.00 from A9010.8 NYS Retirement to A5142.4 Snow Removal Contractual
3. transfer $5000.00 from A9901.03 to L5031 Library fund
Resolution made to transfer monies by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne vote yes.
8) Treasurer also wanted all board members to know that she has put a blocker on all Village bank accounts. The reason for this is to take extra security measures. Wire transfers should not be made by anyone other than Donna.
Mayor Frohne
1) General Codes – After discussion, was decided to vote on the proposal from General Codes to contract with them to have the village codes put in order at the cost of $8000.00.
Resolution made to approve the contract with General Codes at a cost of $8000.00 by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley – yes, Trustee Patrick – yes, Trustee Kurkowski – no, and Mayor Frohne – yes.
Resolution made to establish a new line item A8010.42 Code Update and transfer from A1325.41 Bond Counsel, $2500.00 to the new line, by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor – yes, Trustee Dawley – yes, Trustee Patrick – yes, Trustee Kurkowski – no -, and Mayor Frohne – yes.
2) Glimmerglass Opera – Mayor received word from the County that the property in the historical district, Type 1 Action must start from the beginning. Trustee Kurkowski questioned the zone change as “spot zoning”. Attorney Cavic explained this is not spot zoning because they are not creating a zone that is isolated from the classification around it; spot zoning would be to create one business district surrounded by all residential districts. New information changes the classification from unclassified action to Type 1, historical district; this will significantly increase what the Opera has to do for the SEQRA process. They would have to prepare a whole new environmental impact statement as a starter. The County will be getting back to the Mayor with recommendations of what we need to do that would be helpful.
Trustee O’Connor
1) The meter at the Bruce Hall Co. is in a pit and is only read once a year, estimated the rest of the year. In order for a radio read meter to be put inside the building, extensive plumbing and carpentry work would have to be done. Tom Shypski has worked it out, but a contractor would have to do the work. Once this is inside the building it will be read every month. After discussion as to who should pay for the work to be done and the meter to be installed, a motion was made to have the plumbing and carpentry work done, not to exceed $500.00, and the radio read meter installed inside of the Bruce Hall building. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried.
Trustee Patrick
1) Shared services meeting rescheduled, don’t know the date yet.
2) Concerned about the cost of electric bills being paid out each month. The solar will help cut down the cost at the treatment plant. Concerned about the cost of the street lights.
3) Codes enforcement – continued problems with animal control man, can’t get a response for a day or two. Trustee Patrick asked if the village code enforcement officer could possibly do this job. The question was brought up about specific insurance coverage to do dog control. Was stated no for insurance but would have to deal with the Ag and Markets. Attorney Cavic will check into this matter.
4) Trustee Patrick also brought up the issue of the snowmobiles on the village sidewalks and village streets. Clerk passed out the local law on snowmobiles to all trustees and Mayor Frohne.
The hours for snowmobiles in the village is 7:00 am to 11:00 pm. Some have been out at 6:00 am. Trustee Patrick suggested that no snowmobiles be allowed in the village at all. Would like the situation controlled or take away the privilege of village streets. Attorney Cavic stated that the problem is that there is no one to enforce the law. Therefore, it is not going to change.
5) Wanted to make sure everyone had seen the letter from Joseph Spytko to Mr. Borer (ReRob) – no discussion
Trustee Kurkowski
1) Judge Brykailo has asked if it would be possible to hold Village Court at the town building. Someone will have to ask the town if village court can be moved in there. Donna will speak to Wayne King, town supervisor and ask him to bring it to the next town board meeting.
2) Trustee Kurkowski wanted to know who called the State DOT about plowing Rt. 20 through the village. The Mayor had talked to Jim Malinowski and he had suggested he call the DOT and talk to them. The Mayor did and they explained the reason why they have to go the speed they do.
3) Trustee Kurkowski called the DEC about burning the brush pile, limbs and branches are okay to burn.
4) The DPW guys have been cleaning and rearranging the garage. It looks great!
5) An interested party sent a letter to the clerk about entertaining in the Spring Park this summer. Trustee Kurkowski would like to see different entertainment in the park and maybe bring out more people to enjoy it.
Trustee Dawley
Nothing at this time.
Attorney Cavic
Nothing at this time
Motion to go into executive session to discuss a personnel issue, made by Trustee Kurkowsk, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried
Motion to come out of executive session made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. Trustee Dawley, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowsk, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee’s O’Connor, Dawley, Patrick, Kurkowski, and Mayor Frohne voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
January 27, 2010
Date: January 27, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers: Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley present.
3) Mayor Frohne asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the January 12, 2010 meeting. No objection.
Motion to approve minutes made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Guest: Loriann Shura and Jamie Barudo from the General Codes gave a presentation of how the General Codes for the Village of Richfield Springs could be updated and what the cost of the project would be. It was explained that the cost of the whole project would be $8000.00 with out the e-code. If the e-code package is chosen, it would add another $995.00 to the price and there would be a $995.00 per year for maintenance fees. The e-code would allow the village codes to be put on the website for anyone to look up at any time. The basic package would be hardcover and would include 3 copies that would be kept in the Village Clerks office. Any additional copies would cost $65.00.
Chris Butler gave a report on the Sewer Treatment Plant. He reported a new fan motor in the blower room had to be installed, 55 gallon drum, big tank been eliminated, received new gator, tractor and truck, put 3 tons of sand in west dyna sand filter, then took east dyna sand off line to clean and maintain and found a problem with the airlift pump, which is what makes the filter work. Need to purchase a new airlift, for $2982.00 and should be here by Feb. 15th, 2010. That does not include shipping and handling. Once the new pump is in, the old one can be taken out and be refurbished through a local machine shop, to be prepared if and when the other pump should breakdown. The new pump must be in to do this. The total cost for the new pump will be approximately $3442.00 which also includes the replacement of the wash rings. The old one is temporarily fixed. With the new SPDES permit there were more tests that needed to be done on the influent water. Chris was not aware of this until he was filling out the Dec. DMR (state report). He called the DEC and made them aware that we wouldn’t have any results for the ammonia and the total phosphorus on the influent for Dec. 2009 and Jan. 2010. They told him to write this at the bottom of the DMR. Also, if high flows occur and the holding pond overflows (bypasses), it will be necessary to test everyday a bypass occurs. The samples from this bypass need to be sent to the lab to be analyzed. The longest the bypass has been needed was 5 days in a row from major flooding. This extra sampling will start in Feb. 2010. Also, the contractors meeting on Jan. 21st. 2010 went very well. Blue Heron would like to start with some preliminary things possibly in February. Also, there is a water leak at the corner of James St. and Elm St. The DPW crew will fix Jan. 28th, 2010.
* Resolution made to approve the purchase of the airlift pump for the Waste Water Treatment Plant and to include the cost of the freight, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Trustee Patrick asked Chris if Bob would be spending any time at the water plant to learn the operation procedures. Chris answered that if any one did it would be Chris or Jim, because they have the license to operate it. Also was asked if Bob Graepel has rescheduled his test yet, answer no.
Public comments:
Gerry Zavitch wanted to know if the Village could do something about the Rudenko property. The garage is falling down and is a hazard. He has taken the appropriate steps contacting the County Codes Officer and has had no response back. The Attorney suggested the Mayor send a formal complaint to the County Codes Officer. The Mayor agreed and said he would do that.
Gerry also asked if Suzanne Christman would be able to stay on the ZBA board now that she is employed as the Deputy Clerk/Treasurer for the Village. He was told that was not a conflict of offices but it would be a personal decision on her part.
Ken Dreis stated that the Cemetery Commission has been getting statements about the way the cemetery money is being invested. He has spoke to numerous people and all has said they can invest anyway they want. A man from the cemetery State Dept. said they could invest anyway they feel will be in the best interest of the cemetery commission. Len Breen, 518-474-6226, is the contact at the Dept. of State. Names and numbers were given to the Mayor as to who Mr. Dreis has called.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell-
1) Abstract #16. Attached to minutes. Motion to approve made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes, motion carried.
2) Clerk asked for motion to remove Donna Wells as Deputy Registrar and put Suzanne Christman on. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Treasurer-Donna Wells-
1) Reported on the library building project for the roof and back wall. The specifications are being put together so the advertisement for the bids will be out by early February and the bids should be in to be opened at the March 31st. 2010 meeting.
Motion to advertise for the bids on the building project to repair the roof made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Mayor Frohne
Mayor Frohne was pleased with the presentation from the General Codes people. After discussion, was decided to think it over and discuss it more at the next meeting.
Trustee O’Connor-
1) Water plant, a pump was pulled last year, now the other pump was not working, so was pulled and is going to be repaired right at the water plant. These pumps are 28 feet long.
Resolution to repair the pump for the amount that is necessary at the water plant made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, Mayor Frohne-yes
Tom Shypski plans to attend the Feb. 24th, 2010 meeting to update the board members and Mayor Frohne as to what needs to done at the water plant.
Trustee Patrick:
1) Trustee Patrick represented the Village at the last shared services meeting that was held on January 19th, 2010. He also informed the group that Mayor Frohne would be attending these meetings as well when he could. Along with the village, town and school, the shared services have decided to take the measurements for a baseball diamond and a girl’s softball field on Walnut St.
2) Cemetery Commission’s next meeting will be held on February 3rd. 2010. After discussion, a resolution was made: Resolution made to draw up the law to change the number of members on the Cemetery Commission board from 4 to 5 members along with 1 trustee by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Explanation of benefits, no discussion.
4) Water /Sewer bills to change from billing monthly to quarterly. Decided to not discuss at this time, will bring the subject up again at another time.
5) Rerob LLC: Trustee Patrick was told a letter from a concerned village resident will be going to Frank Borer, the President of Rerob, LLC regarding Express Mart/McDonald’s Restaurant, with this individuals concern about the BOD levels and the so called odor problem. The Mayor is going to contact the DEC people to see what the range of the levels should be.
Trustee Kurkowski;
1) Would like the lights at the pavilion in Spring Park to be covered by a metal encasing because the lights get broken by the vandals if the light bulbs are left in.
Motion was made to allow Trustee Kurkowski to purchase 13 coverings for the lights in the park pavilion by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
2) Trustee Kurkowski brought to everyone’s attention that next year will be the 150th anniversary of the Village of Richfield Springs. Would like someone to start putting together plans for a celebration.
Trustee Dawley:
1) The website is nearly finished. Hopefully by the end of January 2010. He had pictures to pass around of what will be on the website.
Attorney Cavic:
1) Discussion about the library opening doors to different groups to use the memorial room with the main concern being the lack of insurance coverage. Also, it was discussed as to the scheduling of events to take place in the memorial room. Was strongly stressed that the building belongs to the Village, not the library.
Motion to adjourn; made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor. Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes; Trustee Kurkowski-yes; Mayor Frohne-yes. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted:
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
Time: 7:00 pm
Elected Officers: Mayor Frohne, Trustees O’Connor, Kurkowski, Patrick, and Dawley
Appointed Officers: Clerk – Diane Blackwell
Treasurer – Donna Wells
Attorney – Paris Cavic
1) Call to order: Mayor Frohne, at 7:00 pm
2) Roll call of members: Mayor Frohne Trustees Kurkowski, O’Connor, Patrick, Dawley present.
3) Mayor Frohne asked for unanimous consent to waive the reading of the minutes of the January 12, 2010 meeting. No objection.
Motion to approve minutes made by Trustee Dawley, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Guest: Loriann Shura and Jamie Barudo from the General Codes gave a presentation of how the General Codes for the Village of Richfield Springs could be updated and what the cost of the project would be. It was explained that the cost of the whole project would be $8000.00 with out the e-code. If the e-code package is chosen, it would add another $995.00 to the price and there would be a $995.00 per year for maintenance fees. The e-code would allow the village codes to be put on the website for anyone to look up at any time. The basic package would be hardcover and would include 3 copies that would be kept in the Village Clerks office. Any additional copies would cost $65.00.
Chris Butler gave a report on the Sewer Treatment Plant. He reported a new fan motor in the blower room had to be installed, 55 gallon drum, big tank been eliminated, received new gator, tractor and truck, put 3 tons of sand in west dyna sand filter, then took east dyna sand off line to clean and maintain and found a problem with the airlift pump, which is what makes the filter work. Need to purchase a new airlift, for $2982.00 and should be here by Feb. 15th, 2010. That does not include shipping and handling. Once the new pump is in, the old one can be taken out and be refurbished through a local machine shop, to be prepared if and when the other pump should breakdown. The new pump must be in to do this. The total cost for the new pump will be approximately $3442.00 which also includes the replacement of the wash rings. The old one is temporarily fixed. With the new SPDES permit there were more tests that needed to be done on the influent water. Chris was not aware of this until he was filling out the Dec. DMR (state report). He called the DEC and made them aware that we wouldn’t have any results for the ammonia and the total phosphorus on the influent for Dec. 2009 and Jan. 2010. They told him to write this at the bottom of the DMR. Also, if high flows occur and the holding pond overflows (bypasses), it will be necessary to test everyday a bypass occurs. The samples from this bypass need to be sent to the lab to be analyzed. The longest the bypass has been needed was 5 days in a row from major flooding. This extra sampling will start in Feb. 2010. Also, the contractors meeting on Jan. 21st. 2010 went very well. Blue Heron would like to start with some preliminary things possibly in February. Also, there is a water leak at the corner of James St. and Elm St. The DPW crew will fix Jan. 28th, 2010.
* Resolution made to approve the purchase of the airlift pump for the Waste Water Treatment Plant and to include the cost of the freight, made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
Trustee Patrick asked Chris if Bob would be spending any time at the water plant to learn the operation procedures. Chris answered that if any one did it would be Chris or Jim, because they have the license to operate it. Also was asked if Bob Graepel has rescheduled his test yet, answer no.
Public comments:
Gerry Zavitch wanted to know if the Village could do something about the Rudenko property. The garage is falling down and is a hazard. He has taken the appropriate steps contacting the County Codes Officer and has had no response back. The Attorney suggested the Mayor send a formal complaint to the County Codes Officer. The Mayor agreed and said he would do that.
Gerry also asked if Suzanne Christman would be able to stay on the ZBA board now that she is employed as the Deputy Clerk/Treasurer for the Village. He was told that was not a conflict of offices but it would be a personal decision on her part.
Ken Dreis stated that the Cemetery Commission has been getting statements about the way the cemetery money is being invested. He has spoke to numerous people and all has said they can invest anyway they want. A man from the cemetery State Dept. said they could invest anyway they feel will be in the best interest of the cemetery commission. Len Breen, 518-474-6226, is the contact at the Dept. of State. Names and numbers were given to the Mayor as to who Mr. Dreis has called.
Clerk- Diane Blackwell-
1) Abstract #16. Attached to minutes. Motion to approve made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes, motion carried.
2) Clerk asked for motion to remove Donna Wells as Deputy Registrar and put Suzanne Christman on. Motion made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Dawley, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Treasurer-Donna Wells-
1) Reported on the library building project for the roof and back wall. The specifications are being put together so the advertisement for the bids will be out by early February and the bids should be in to be opened at the March 31st. 2010 meeting.
Motion to advertise for the bids on the building project to repair the roof made by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Kurkowski, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
Mayor Frohne
Mayor Frohne was pleased with the presentation from the General Codes people. After discussion, was decided to think it over and discuss it more at the next meeting.
Trustee O’Connor-
1) Water plant, a pump was pulled last year, now the other pump was not working, so was pulled and is going to be repaired right at the water plant. These pumps are 28 feet long.
Resolution to repair the pump for the amount that is necessary at the water plant made by Trustee Kurkowski, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes, Mayor Frohne-yes
Tom Shypski plans to attend the Feb. 24th, 2010 meeting to update the board members and Mayor Frohne as to what needs to done at the water plant.
Trustee Patrick:
1) Trustee Patrick represented the Village at the last shared services meeting that was held on January 19th, 2010. He also informed the group that Mayor Frohne would be attending these meetings as well when he could. Along with the village, town and school, the shared services have decided to take the measurements for a baseball diamond and a girl’s softball field on Walnut St.
2) Cemetery Commission’s next meeting will be held on February 3rd. 2010. After discussion, a resolution was made: Resolution made to draw up the law to change the number of members on the Cemetery Commission board from 4 to 5 members along with 1 trustee by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes.
3) Explanation of benefits, no discussion.
4) Water /Sewer bills to change from billing monthly to quarterly. Decided to not discuss at this time, will bring the subject up again at another time.
5) Rerob LLC: Trustee Patrick was told a letter from a concerned village resident will be going to Frank Borer, the President of Rerob, LLC regarding Express Mart/McDonald’s Restaurant, with this individuals concern about the BOD levels and the so called odor problem. The Mayor is going to contact the DEC people to see what the range of the levels should be.
Trustee Kurkowski;
1) Would like the lights at the pavilion in Spring Park to be covered by a metal encasing because the lights get broken by the vandals if the light bulbs are left in.
Motion was made to allow Trustee Kurkowski to purchase 13 coverings for the lights in the park pavilion by Trustee O’Connor, 2nd. by Trustee Patrick, Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes, Trustee Kurkowski-yes and Mayor Frohne-yes. Motion carried.
2) Trustee Kurkowski brought to everyone’s attention that next year will be the 150th anniversary of the Village of Richfield Springs. Would like someone to start putting together plans for a celebration.
Trustee Dawley:
1) The website is nearly finished. Hopefully by the end of January 2010. He had pictures to pass around of what will be on the website.
Attorney Cavic:
1) Discussion about the library opening doors to different groups to use the memorial room with the main concern being the lack of insurance coverage. Also, it was discussed as to the scheduling of events to take place in the memorial room. Was strongly stressed that the building belongs to the Village, not the library.
Motion to adjourn; made by Trustee Patrick, 2nd. by Trustee O’Connor. Trustee O’Connor-yes, Trustee Dawley-yes, Trustee Patrick-yes; Trustee Kurkowski-yes; Mayor Frohne-yes. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted:
Diane Blackwell
Village Clerk
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