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Scipio Town Board Meeting This regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM on Wednesday January 11, 2017 by Supervisor Gary Mutchler with the following people present: Supervisor: Gary Mutchler Town Clerk: Tom Olenych Council Members: Howard Nelson Highway: Mark Chamberlain Leslie Baxter CEO: Mick Piechuta Mark Ferrari Gary Whitten Visitors: Bob Baxter & Bruce Besner Motion: to approve agenda for 1/11/2017 town board meeting. (Whitten / Baxter) All in favor. Issues to come before the board from town residents: There were no issues from the town residents present. Approval of the minutes of the December 14, 2016 town board meeting. (Mutchler / Whitter) All in favor. Approval of the minutes of the December 28, 2016 town board meeting. (Whitten / Baxter) All in favor. Motion to approve the following policies and procedures for 2017. Rules of procedure, code of ethics, sexual harassment policy, emergency management policy, work place violence procedures, highway employee personnel plicy, town recycling attendant’s working policy, approve resolution for check signing and procurement policy / procedures. (Mutchler / Whitten) All in favor. Motion to approve the 2017 town board schedule as amended. (Baxter / Nelson) All in favor. Motion to approve the following appointments, Ron Curvin to the Board of Assessment Review, ZBA and Marilyn Post to the town planning board. (Mutchler / Whitten) All in favor. Town Board members reports: A) Leslie Baxter told the board there has been no meetings regarding manure management since the 12/14/16 town board meeting. There is a meeting scheduled for 10:00 AM on Thursday January 12, 2017 which she will attend and will update the town board at it’s February 8, 2017 meeting. B) Howard Nelson reported that he has not heard anything yet from Chris Carrick or Solarize New York regarding the placing of solar panels on town buildings. Motion to approve summer hours for the transfer station. New hours would be on Wednesdays 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM starting in May and continuing until the end of September. (Mutchler / Whitten) All in favor. ---PAGE BREAK--- C) Mark Ferrari: The new phone equipment from AT&T is in place and everything seems to be operating as it should. There is still some questions regarding the fax as the AT&T alternative to the Verizon copper line was seen to be too cumbersome to make sense for the town. Mark also addressed the issue of the office / building renovations which he said would be looked into through the winter months. D) Gary Whitten reminded the board that the new pick up truck for the town highway superintendent needed to be order by the end of the month. Reports: A) Assessor: Heather Garner submitted a written report which is attached. B) Code Enforcement Officer: Mick Piechuta told the board he is following up on a number of properties that are in violation of the town’s unsafe buildings law. On one property in question the 30 day grace period has elapsed so he will give the property owners another 30 days. Should nothing have been done by then he will turn the matter over to the town court. Mick also told the board he is planning to attend the January 25, 2017 planning board meeting to go over that boards role regarding the town’s new zoning laws. C) Highway: Mark Chamberlain told the board that so far his crews have used 2/3 of the salt ordered for the year. He has ordered another 35 tons of salt to make sure the town does not run out. Mark also told the board that due to the severity of the winter his men have been busy repairing equipment. D) Town Clerk: Tom Olenych told the board he was going to ask for contributions to the Spring Newsletter to be to him no later than the middle of March to insure the newsletter goes out a few weeks earlier than in the past. This insures town residents have at least one full month to get ready for Spring Clean Up Day which is scheduled for Saturday May 6, 2017. Tom also said that with the exception of the fax machine all the office equipment is operating properly. Supervisor’s report: A) Supervisor Mutchler informed the board of an OSHA training meeting at the firehouse at 6:30 PM on Febbruary 1, 2017 and he encouraged everyone to attend. B) The fire commissioner’s organizational meeting dealing with the Scipio-Venice-Ledyard separation did not produce anything new as most of the people who would normally attend were not there because they were out on calls. C)The contract submitted to the town by Susie Nalley was still being looked at by the town’s attorney. D) Supervisor Mutchler told the board that even with the purchase of the new mowing tractor the town ended fiscal 2016 $4,134.00 ahead of last year. This was attributed to an increase in sales tax revenues, court fines and mortgage taxes. E) Supervisor Mutchler informed the board that the VanNostrand’s had cashed the check for the appraised value of the Gould Cemetery easement. This for all intend and purpose should bring this issue to a close. Motion to approve the following vacancies: Marilyn Post to the town planning board replacing Mark Vorreuter. Greg Otis and Amanda Mason to the town zoning board of appeals replacing Phil Buckout and James MacBeth. (Mutchler / Whitten) All in favor. ---PAGE BREAK--- Approval of vouchers: General Fund 1 to 12 totaling $17,881.37 (Nelson /Baxter) All in favor. Highway Fund (DA): 1 to 7 totaling $16,336.63 (Mutchler / Whitten) All in favor. Motion to adjourn: 9:20 PM (Baxter) All in favor. Respectfully submitted Thomas J. 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