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MEETING, TOWN BOARD OF GENOA April 8, 2015 A Regular meeting of the Town Board of Genoa, Cayuga County, State of New York was held at the Town Hall, 1000 Bartnick Road, Genoa NY on April 8, 2015 Present Lorie Sellen-Gross, Supervisor Frank Sellen Cheryl Shields, Board Member Mick Piechuta Don Slocum, Board Member Mark Conner Brandon White, Board Member Al Board Member Sue Moss, Clerk The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Supervisor Lorie Sellen-Gross with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. SUPERVISOR’S REPORT Lorie Sellen-Gross RESOLUTION 24-2015 APPROVAL OF SUPERVISOR’S REPORT On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Shields, Slocum, White Nays 0 Resolved that the March 2015 Supervisor’s Report be approved. Board minutes for the March 11 meeting were approved via email. CLERK’S REPORT Report on Revenues from Clerk’s Office for March 2015 Certified Copies 20.00 Dog Licenses 151.00 Building Permits 300.00 Disbursements for March Pd to Supervisor $ 471.00 Pd to NYS Ag & Markets 20.00 RESOLUTION 25-2015 CLERK’S REPORT On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, White Nays 0 Resolved that the March 2015 Clerk’s Report be accepted ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING April 8, 2015 Page 2 CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT (April 2015) Mick Piechuta Hours: 18.5 Miles: 86.0 PERMITS ISSUED: 15 – 09 Jodie Lobdell 11218 Rt. 90 Deck/Pool INSPECTIONS: J. Grant Creek Rd. M. VanAmburgh Lake Rd. Verizon Rt. 90 D. Deriziotis Creek Rd. J. Posner FL#7 M. Goldfarb FL#6 J. Mitchell Bradley St. J. Belinski FL#6 T. May Rt. 34B P. Donovan Lake Rd. COMMENTS/QUESTIONS/CONCERNS: - Continue to work on the Trash/Junk Law - Sent “Order to Remedy” letter to Mark Johnson to either demo buildings or the Town would do it under the Unsafe Building Law of 2011. - Turned in paperwork to Town Court for the violations of the “Order to Remedy” on Chester Ferguson. (Expired 4/1/15) - Reviewed Photo-Electric Project in the Town. - Met with Bob Folts regarding the possible variance that the GHA/Town would want for the buildings behind the barn. - Met with Residents regarding new projects in the Town. REPORTS HIGHWAY REPORT Brandon White In March the men have applied 65 ton of salt and cinder mix to our County roads and 35 tons of mix to our Town roads. Eric has been up east with the grader pushing the banks back, while Matt was on the west side doing the same with the ditcher and blade. With the snowy weather letting up, Mark has been patching some of the worst holes, Jeff has been hauling Item 4 from Seneca Stone and Matt and Eric have been ditching and installing driveway culverts on Powers Road. Cayuga County is still trying to delegate their roadside mowing to the Towns. Most of the Towns are not favoring it because of the price they want to pay per mile. They started with the Superintendents, then went to the Supervisors trying to sell their idea. The raise for the 2015 CHIPS money was shot down, but we will receive an increase in the Winter Recovery portion. The Town’s total now stands at $118,699.56 Heavy trucks hauling from Blakely Road and running south on Sill Road have done some severe damage to the road. It’s a shame they couldn’t have waited till the frost had finished coming out. Now the taxpayers in this Town will have to pay for the benefit another County will receive from the material. ASSESSOR REPORT None ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING April 8, 2015 Page 3 WATER REPORT Mark Conner 2,663,700 - March total 85,900 - Average Mark is still looking for leaks as he drives the roads. He feels some of the leaks are within residents’ homes and he feels that they are somewhere west of Bartnick Road. Mark has looked into the auto-dialer system and received a quote of $1950 from Pleasant Valley. An additional charge, per month, of no more than $50 will be incurred by the cell phone used with the auto dialer. There are still problems at the pump house. Pleasant Valley was called in to troubleshoot. Rewiring was done until a new level control float switch comes in. Mark mentioned that a major overhaul is needed for the wiring in the pump house. RESOLUTION 26-2015 APPROVAL FOR PURCHASE OF AUTO-DIALER SYSTEM On a motion of Board member seconded by Board member Shields, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, White, Nays 0 Resolved to approve the purchase of an auto-dialer system WATER COMMITTEE REPORT None HISTORIAN None BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE Lorie reported that Kim isn’t happy with the way the outside lights are working on the east side of the building. Also there is a problem with the restroom in the Court area. Malcolm Underwood will be asked to have a look at it. PROGRAMS AND GRANTS Lorie Sellen-Gross The Merry-Go-Round Theater will present “Once Upon a Wolf” this July. Next year, they will begin charging for their performances. RESOLUTION 27-2015 APPROVAL OF BILLS On a motion of Board member Slocum, seconded by Board member Shields, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, White, Nays 0 Resolved to accept the bills as presented. ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING April 8, 2015 Page 4 OLD BUSINESS The Town of Genoa Annual Report has been filed. NEW BUSINESS A letter was received from the County with regard to a parcel of land for sale. It borders property owned by the Town south of Route 90 behind the gravel pit. Lorie received a letter from Pickard & Anderson with regard to the monitoring of the Town landfill. They will be taking samples in August. This is the fifth year of the 4th five year sampling. Lorie discussed a letter she received regarding IMAP (Intrastate Mutual Aid Program). In case of a declared local disaster, participating Towns could be asked for assistance. It is not obligatory and requested assistance can be declined. The Town will be a part of IMAP. It was brought to the attention of the Board that payment for an ad placed in the Citizen with regard to a variance meeting is overdue. It is part of the variance application process that the resident(s) requesting the meeting pay for the meeting advertisement. The bill in question has not been paid and it was decided that no further variances requested by this particular resident(s) will be considered until this bill has been paid. The Supervisor will write a letter to this effect. Lorie received a reply from the County to the proposed law banning hydrofracking in the Town. It was sent to them last month. The reply was that there was no need for involvement of the County. She will speak with the Town attorney about further action and there may be a Public Hearing at the June 10 Board meeting. Matt Sellen will, once again, mow lawns for the Town. He has increased his price to $225. The highway employees would like to go to four 10 hour days per week starting in May. The Board suggested they try it for May and June and then revisit it at the July Board meeting. Frank would like the Board to consider purchasing a track hoe to take the place of the dozer which was built in 1965 and isn’t in good shape. He also mentioned that the one-ton truck is up for replacement. The sander is okay but the truck would need a new plow. The Board continued looking over the cell tower contract With no further business, on a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member White, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Carried unanimously. Susan B. Moss, Town Clerk