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Town of Victory Town Board Meeting April 11, 2016 Council Members Present: Mike Wiggins-Supervisor RobinBartholomew Lester VanDyke Terrance McBride Leonard Hand Others present: Julia Iozzio-Clerk Victoria Davis- Deputy Clerk Lezli Parsons-Assessor Bruce Applebee-Code Enforcement Debra Davis-Judge Christopher Palermo-Town Law Council Steve Yonker-Hwy. Dept. Supervisor Meeting called to order at 7:00pm with the Pledge of Allegiance by supervisor. Steve spoke regarding the redoing of Stahlnecker Rd. Cost would be $95,000 to chip seal. If extra 14% is received we can add another ½ mile of road. Motion made to accept by Lester seconded by Leonard; all ayes. Steve also reported that he had purchased stone while it was low as well as oil being very cheap has allowed for the 1 ¾ mile stretch of road to be done at a lower rate for the town. Steve requested for 7 miles worth of road to be chip sealed that is in need. Motion made to accept by Lester seconded by Robin; all ayes. Resolution was brought up by Mike regarding the stone $6820.00 for paving & chip sealing the towns parking lot located across from the firehouse on Rt. 38. He stated it’s been wearing away due to plowing as well as more damage being done when rain gathers in the potholes. The quote was offered by Midland Paving. There usually would be an additional $1200.00 added to the fee for equipment rental but the town will try to do the job the same day that it is being rented for the other jobs they have lined up. Motion to accept made by Lester seconded by Leonard. All ayes. Motion was made by Mike to accept the minutes from March, Lester seconded it. All ayes. Supervisor’s report by Mike Wiggins as of: 3/31/2016 General fund: $326,090.56 Cash reserve, CD: $192,136.46 ---PAGE BREAK--- Petty cash: $50.00 Special reserve, Capital Project: $192,357.52 Money market Special reserve: $60,000.00 Total for General fund: $770,634.54 Highway funds: $491,326.50 Victory Street Lighting Dist.: Cash- Checking: $3,951.94 Cash in time Deposits: $3,194.41 Total: $7146.35 Westbury Street Lighting Dist.: Cash-Checking: $2,589.07 Cash in time Deposits: $288.76 Total: $2,464.71 Total for all funds: $1,271,985.69 Mike stated that the increase in the General Fund from last month was due to the clerk monies collected from taxes. On 4/14 the planning board will be having a meeting and David Nelson meet with them to discuss process for solar charging stations and adding that to zoning. Information will also be given on the standard instillation checklist for solar panels. On Monday April 18th voting booths will be dropped off for the presidential primary. Julia Iozzio delivered the clerks report: Clerk’s Report: (as of 3/31/2016) 3-Building permits =$65.00 18-Dog licenses =$144.00 20 -Garbage Permits =$2,800.00 (at #302 w/2 voided) 2-Records copies =$42.00 0-Marriage lics. =$00.00 0-Subdivision =$00.00 Bruce Applebee delivered the Zoning report: 3-Building permits =$65.00 Bruce stated progress was being made in respects to cars, inspections and such. Warmer weather things should be picking up. Mike asked a question regarding property with houses/trailers that have burnt out. There is a parcel which has sat for about 1 ½ years where no one has made the attempt to clean up. How long can it remain? What can we do as a town? Bruce stated unless there was an existing local law the only thing that could be done is to suggest it be removed by the owner. In his training, Bruce stated, that it was strongly suggested that the town be firm and “use some teeth” giving the owner 6 months to clean up. The town could push the issue by taking it to county court. A local judge can fine them and even place them in jail. It was then asked what if the claim was made by the owner that they couldn’t afford to have it cleaned or ---PAGE BREAK--- they don’t have insurance. Bruce stated that he could become a bit more aggressive but it may cost the town money. Lezli stated she leaves $5000.00 value on any structure and that should be impotence enough to try to get it removed. The structure needs to be completely removed in order for her to remove the value. The suggestion was made that the town could clean it up and then bill the owner for the amount or have it placed into their taxes. Lezli asked Chris Palermo to confirm that Fairhaven had passed a local law that did just that. He confirmed. Several properties were mentioned as well as the issue of them being a hazard to children in the area. Steve stated that due to the up coming spring season the crew will start breaking down the trucks and getting them ready for the summer. The crew started ditching on Johnny Cake Rd. & Maroney Rd. The diamond swing flail is in. Truck #3 -10 wheeler, their back up, recently started using a lot of anti freeze as soon as the front rack comes off they will inspect it. The guess is that they will be taking a trip to Geneva for further inspection. If repairs are able to be made they will do so. The fear is that it’s burning and if so it may be costly to repair. The truck is a 2002 and the average life is 10 years. The hope is to still be able to “flip it”. Lezli had nothing to offer neither did Debra. Lester gave a report on what was paid of garbage this past quarter and put it on a hand written spread sheet. He also laid out the amount of garbage collected in tonnage. Jan.: 23.5 ton Feb.: 30.09 ton March.: 30.25 ton He stated that he will keep track of it for further reference. Lezli raised the question if anyone was checking for passes. Lester called the company and they are supposedly checking. He informed the board that the Waste Mtg. Comm. did meet twice: 3/22 which was more of an organizational meeting as well as in informational. Laurie Reichert was voted as the chair person. They also discussed 3 or 4 other options. 4/5 was their second meeting w/ more detailed disused 5 different options regarding the pros & cons. They spoke of the process in place in the town of Ira. The next focus is for the committee to get cost and details. The next meeting is 5/5 so they can combine all the information gathered. They’ll then put them together in a PowerPoint presentation and present it to the board on the May meeting, June 13th. He gave a report as the funds that were left over from 2015 that was in the ADD report. Christopher Palermo was said to have come out to give an up date on the conversation that he had with Dave Wiler from the teamsters union. Mike made a motion to go into an executive session. Lester seconded it; all ayes. It was 7:45 At 7:56 mike motioned to come out of executive session and Lester seconded it. Mike stated that they reached a tentative agreement and they will have the town’s attorney present it to the business agent. No specifics were given due to the fact that they haven’t agreed on a contract. Motion was made by Lester to adjourn and Leonard “boisterously” seconded it, all ayes. The meeting was closed at 7:58