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Town of Victory September 11, 2017 September Town Board Meeting Council Members Present: Mike Wiggins-Supervisor Chris Cramer-Planning RobinBartholomew Pat Coleman- Highway Lester VanDyke Terrance McBride Leonard Hand Others present: Julia Iozzio-Clerk Bob Day- Code Enforcement Debra Davis -Justice Victoria Davis- Deputy Clerk Harvey Mills-Town Planning Public Present: Butch Kellogg Meeting called to order at 7:00pm with the Pledge of Allegiance by supervisor. Resolution#1: Mr. Wiggins opened the meeting requesting to transfer $2,500. 00 from the contingent account to the Planning Board account to pay for the invoice for the zoning resolution. Mr. VanDyke motioned and Mrs. Bartholomew 2nd. All ayes. Resolution#2: Town to own and accept all responsibilities for the maintenance of Forest Rd. Mr. VanDyke motioned and Mr. Hand 2nd. All ayes. Forest Lane for a time had come off the road inventory and now is being placed back on the inventory. The road will now be able to be officially kept and maintained as well as repaired when needed. Mr. Hand motioned, Mr. VanDyke 2nd. Mr. VanDyke motioned to approve the vouchers as amended that were scheduled to be paid, 2nd by Mrs. Bartholomew. All ayes. Minutes that had been delayed for the month of July were accepted as amended. Motioned by Mr. VanDyke and 2nd by Mr. McBride. All ayes. The August minutes were read accepted as amended. Motioned by Mr. Hand 2nd by Mr. VanDyke. All ayes. Supervisor’s report by Mr. Wiggins as of 8/31/2017 General fund: Cash- Checking: $427,879.50 ---PAGE BREAK--- Cash reserve, CD: $200,466.67 Petty cash: $50.00 Special reserve, Capital Project: $200,990.20 Money market Special reserve: $60,000.00 Total for General fund: $889,386.37 Highway funds: $474,416.58 Victory Street Lighting Dist.: Cash- Checking: $1,805.24 Cash in time Deposits: $3,198.14 Total: $5,003.38 Westbury Street Lighting Dist.: Cash-Checking: $1,645.87 Cash in time Deposits: $290.04 Total: $1,935.91 Trust & Agency Fund: $1,135.24 Total for all funds: $1,371,877.95 The increase $81,418.00 to $75,209.00 was due to sales tax. Equipment for voting is here and the voting will be from 12 noon till 9 pm. A letter was read from Cayuga Co. Water & Sewer about a meeting re: a project that looks for a second source as well as looking to surround towns to do work for surround counties. The idea was to also look to the future (20 years) to see where the greatest needs may be. Mr. VanDyke and Mr. Wiggins stated that they would attend the meeting. A letter from Sterling was read regarding a public hearing for the adoption if the amendment land use regulation Local Law The hearing will be held September 19th, at 7pm We received a quote from AT&T about our towns phone system. The service was used on a trial basis and was proved to work. The five lines will cost approximately $250.00 in comparison to the $450.00 we were paying to Verizon. We will still in fact need to keep our separate lines for the fax machine and our security system. This system is the same system that Scipio uses and hasn’t seen any difference. There is also no contract needed for this plan. Mr. McBride motioned, 2nd by Mr. VanDyke. 1 nay from Mr. Hand the motion carried. As of the board meeting, all the members, except for one of the Planning and/or Zoning Board members were current in their trainings. Mr. Wiggins said that he would contact that person to ---PAGE BREAK--- see if they were still interested in remaining on the board. There was still one remaining training available for them to attend to get current on their training. Julia Iozzio delivered the clerks report: Clerk’s Report: (as of 8/31/2017) 5-Building permits =$465.00 13-Dog licenses =$100.00 - Garbage Permits =$.00 (#284) -Records copies =$0.00 1-Marriage lics . =$17.50 -Record copies =$0.00 -Subdivision =$00.00 The clerk handed out calendars to certain members of the town as per the directive of Mrs. Patricia Craine. The request came from the board of Workman’s Compensation. The request is for the members to keep track of their worked hours. Mr. Blanchard gave a report regarding the Hwy. Dept. Paving and chipping are finally completed. They are currently waiting on a permit to complete the culvert on Pierce Rd. They requested the board to approve the purchasing of 2 new back tires. The estimated cost is $4,000.00 They are a necessity, at this point. The tires that are currently on the vehicle won’t last through the winter. The estimate will on exceed $5,000.00 Mr. VanDyke motioned, 2nd by Mrs. Bartholomew. All ayes. Mr. Mills won’t be able to attend the next planning board meeting but has complete confidence in the members that will be in attendance. There will be a scheduled sub divide. Mr. Day stated he had several inspections and permits. There is a house being built on Healy Rd. He attended a Central New York Code Enforcement Officers meeting in Syracuse. He has checked on an existing code violation. There is a need for a new printer for Mrs. Parsons and himself to share. He is doing the final fire inspections on the local churches. There has been some demolition on Colman Rd. The residence that had totally burned out is being removed. There was a couple who stopped in this evening regarding a shed they set up that they wanted to consider to be a “hunting camp” on Rt. 104. He realizes this will need to be addressed. There is a house that had needed to have roof repair, the residence is scheduled to fill out a permit. Mr. VanDyke offered a waste report. He found: July 2017 was 40.42 ton, last years was 37.3 ton August 2017 was 30. Last year was 33. ton . Our current six-month mark tonnage is 108 ton. This time last year we were at 99.25 ton. Over all we are up 8 ton from last year. Mr. VanDyke suggested that we need to address this issue in the upcoming budget meetings. He questioned our current contract with We Care. We currently have one year left on our 3 yr. contract. Mr. VanDyke said that he will gather any information to make a proposal to the board. The regular board meeting closed at 8:03pm This was followed by the budget meeting at 8:06pm ---PAGE BREAK---