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MEETING, TOWN BOARD OF GENOA August 8, 2018 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 August 8, 2018 Present: Lorie Sellen-Gross, Supervisor Paul Wheeler Cheryl Shields, Board Member Tim Steed Don Slocum, Board Member Bob Hunt Brandon White, Board Member Jonathan Orkin Chris Stout, Board Member Patrick Doyle Sue Moss, Clerk The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Supervisor Lorie Sellen-Gross with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Jonathan Orkin, Town of Genoa Justice, spoke to the board requesting approval to apply to the Unified Court System's 2018-19 Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant for updated security equipment. RESOLUTION 80-2018 APPROVAL GIVEN TO GENOA TOWN JUSTICE ORKIN TO APPLY TO THE Unified Court System’s 2018-19 Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant FOR SECURITY EQUIPMENT On a motion of Supervisor Sellen-Gross, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, Stout, White Nays 0 Resolved to grant permission for Town Justice Orkin to apply to the 2018-19 Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant for security equipment; specifically to update and install our video surveillance equipment within and outside the courtroom at the Town Hall in the Town of Genoa. CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT Patrick Doyle The following is a summary of activity for the last month: - Issued 3 Building Permits. - Performed routine inspections on outstanding permits and site inspections for new permits. - Office hours on Monday afternoons and by appointment (no office hours on July 16th due to vacation). Received a building permit application from the King Ferry Fire District to install a 12’ x 28’ storage shed at 1011 State Route 34B. Discussed clean-up of the Porter Property at 10098 State Route 90 with Carinna Porter, granddaughter of Barbara. She indicated that she has limited funds to clean-up the property. She will make arrangements to cut the weeds and grass on the property and try to clean-up the exterior of the property. ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING August 8, 2018 Page 2 On August 16th I will be attending Code Enforcement In-Service Training in Liverpool, NY for Common Issues with Fire Inspections sponsored by the Central Chapter of the New York State Building Officials Conference (NYSBOC). The Central Chapter of NYSBOC offers several training opportunities during the year that qualify for credit for NYS Code Enforcement Training. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this report or Town Code Enforcement activities. Tim Steed with Hunt-EAS attended the Board meeting to give an update on the water district expansion project. He stated that he hopes to have the project complete by September-October 2019. RESOLUTION 81-2018 APPROVAL OF April 11, 2018 TOWN BOARD MINUTES On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 4 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, White Nays 0 Abstain 1 Stout Resolved that the April 11, 2018 minutes be approved. RESOLUTION 82-2018 APPROVAL OF July 11, 2018 TOWN BOARD MINUTES On a motion of Board member White, seconded by Board member Stout, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 4 Slocum, Shields, Stout, White Nays 0 Abstain 1 Sellen-Gross Resolved that the July 11, 2018 minutes be approved. SUPERVISOR’S REPORT Lorie Sellen-Gross RESOLUTION 83-2018 SUPERVISOR’S REPORT On a motion of Board member White, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 4 Sellen-Gross, Shields, Stout, Slocum, White Nays 0 Resolved that the August 3, 2018 Supervisor’s Report be approved RESOLUTION 84-2018 BUDGET TRANSFER On a motion of Board member White, seconded by Board member Shields, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, Stout, White Nays 0 ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING August 8, 2018 Page 3 Resolved to transfer $43,929.67 from Highway Surplus-CHIPS DA3501 to budget line DA5112.22 Highway Improvements-CHIPS to pay $116,642.99. Suit-Kote bill presented for payment of $137,842.47. The remaining amount due is $21,199.48 which will be expense out of DA5112.24 RESOLUTION 85-2018 APPROVAL FOR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND HIGHWAY CONFERENCE IN VERONA NY SEPTEMBER 17-20 On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, Stout, White Nays 0 Resolved to approve Paul Wheeler attending Highway Conference in Verona NY September 1- 20 RESOLUTION 86-2018 BUDGET TRANSFER On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, Stout, White Nays 0 Resolved to transfer $1,100 from A5010.2 Highway Superintendent Equipment to A5010.4 to Highway Superintendent Contractual. This will pay for the upcoming Highway Conference, hotel and mileage cost for Paul Wheeler to attend in Verona NY in September. RESOLUTION 87-2018 APPROVAL OF BILLS On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Slocum, Shields, Stout, White Nays 0 Resolved to accept the bills as presented with correction of Suit-Kote bill. CLERK’S REPORT Report on Revenues from Clerk’s Office for July 2018 Dog Licenses $ 244.00 ($279 total - $35 Ag & Markets population control fund) Building Permits 1720.00 Marriage Licenses 35.00 Certified Copies 10.00 Disbursements for July Paid to Supervisor $ 2009.00 Paid to NYS Dept of Health 45.00 Paid to NYS Ag & Markets 35.00 ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING August 8, 2018 Page 4 RESOLUTION 88-2018 CLERK’S REPORT On a motion of Board member Shields, seconded by Board member Slocum, the following resolution was ADOPTED Ayes 5 Sellen-Gross, Shields, Stout, Slocum, White Nays 0 Resolved that the August 8, 2018 Clerk’s Report be approved HIGHWAY REPORT Brandon White After paving Center and Clearview Roads, the guys put some gravel at the ends of driveways that needed to be built up. We used the ditcher with our forestry mowing head to mow around the bridges on Creek Road and guide rails on Clearview and Atwater Roads. Bob, Eric and I attended a Dig Safe New York class at W2O training in Cortland NY. The men helped Moravia and Venice finish their oil and stone work. We will be doing our oil and stone work later this month. We have started replacing some driveway culvert pipes on Blakley Road. Bob and I spent some time helping the State DOT put the rest of the storm drain in at the bottom of West Hill, (State Route 90). We didn’t need a repeat of July 5. ASSESSOR Lorie Sellen-Gross I delivered Final Assessment Roll paper copies to the Town Hall on July 1st. Electronic versions are available on the Cayuga County Real Property Website. Applications for SCAR hearings must have been filed with Cayuga County Court by August 1st. If any were filed, I will be notified soon and will attend. This month I have been working on sales inventory review, sales analysis and focusing on future market value projections. I did not have any requests for property visits during July. I had a steady stream of emails and phone calls looking for guidance in the sales process, assessment info, exemption questions as usual. Fall is right around the corner and it will be time to gear up for exemption administration for 2019. Respectfully Submitted, Heather Garner, Assessor WATER REPORT Sue Moss Total - 3,645,200 gallons Average - 117,587 gallons OLD BUSINESS ---PAGE BREAK--- TOWN BOARD MEETING August 8, 2018 Page 5 NEW BUSINESS The Board reviewed the draft of the Shared Services Agreement. The Board decided not to go with the Tompkins County Health Insurance Consortium Agreement. The equalization rate for the Town of Genoa is 96%. The July sales tax distribution for the Town was $155,000. The cost of the annual membership fee for the Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization is $900, the same as last year. The cost for two solar-powered speed signs is approximately $5000. The breaker keeps tripping when the archive room lights are on and the water pump runs. John Conner will be contacted to look at the situation. The old water truck and 10-wheeler were put up for auction. The water truck high bid was $6050 and the 10-wheeler was $20,200. The bids do not have to be accepted and the trucks can be put up for bid again if Paul thinks the bids can go higher. With no further business, on a motion of Board Member Shields, seconded by Board Member White, the meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Carried unanimously Susan B. Moss, Town Clerk