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Village of Fair Haven Board of Trustees Meeting February 9, 2015 The Board meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Board members present Mayor William McVea, Deputy Mayor Walter Krehling, Trustee Judith Dunaway and Trustee Holley Webster-Goolden. Trustee Pete Hanford was excused. Also present DPW Superintendent Roger Granatiero, Clerk-Treasurer Terri DiGregorio, Deputy Clerk Johanne Van Der Linden, Nanda Speciale, Louis Speciale and Dan Larson. COMMUNICATIONS: The Cayuga County Association of Villages meeting will be held on February 24th at the Sunset sponsored by the Village of Weedsport. Received a letter from the Fair Haven Public Library Board of Directors thanking the Village Board of Trustees for the prompt response to have a new furnace installed at the library when the existing furnace broke down. In receipt of $38,500.00 from the Town of Sterling for the 2015 ambulance contract. A 2015-2016 budget work session was just held at 6:00 before this meeting and at the agenda meeting on February 5th. PUBLIC FORUM: Nanda Speciale submitted the projected Garden Club budget for 2015. They plan to spend around $1,065.00 for flowers, mulch, topsoil, etc. Nanda is hoping to find good deals on the flowers like she did last year and spend less than anticipated. She added they would like to include the American Legion/Community Center this year as it may need some attention with landscaping. Dan Larson thanked the Board of Trustees for Village assistance. He also thanked Dick Fernquist and friends for the tremendous job they are doing as they try to get more people interested in attending the community center. Trustee Dunaway mentioned how nice the center looks with the computers and TV all set up. Some peoples are even working on a jigsaw puzzle. MINUTES: The January 12th and February 9th board meeting minutes were approved on a motion by Trustee Webster-Goolden and seconded by Deputy Mayor Krehling. All aye, motion carried. ABSTRACT #9 VOUCHERS: The following vouchers from abstract #9 were approved for payment on a motion by Deputy Mayor Krehling and seconded by Trustee Dunaway. All aye, motion carried. General Fund: $45,308.72 Water Fund: $5,418.40 Trust & Agency: $3,646.57 NYMS Grant: $38,907.85 January Payroll: $39,559.43 General Fund Budget Modifications: Transfer $2805.14 from Refunds of Prior Years Expenditures to Buildings Capital Improvements Transfer $178.44 from Insurance Recoveries to Unallocated Insurance Transfer $36.99 from Sale of Equipment to Safety Inspection Contractual Transfer $350.00 from Sale of Equipment to Celebrations Contractual Transfer $303.10 from Sale of Equipment to Sewage Project Contractual Water Fund Budget Modifications: Transfer $607.49 from Contingent to Transmission & Distribution Contractual Transfer $75.20 from Contingent to Water Administration Contractual The budget modifications were approved on a motion by Trustee Webster-Goolden and seconded by Deputy Mayor Krehling. All aye, motion carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS: January DPW report submitted by Roger Granatiero. Daily check of the pump house; collected water samples and took to Auburn lab for testing; read, repaired & replaced water meters; turned on/off seasonal water; plowed & sanded roads; cleaned sidewalks with snow blower; took down Christmas decorations; picked up Christmas trees; washed trucks weekly; adjusted rubber blade for wing plow & replaced front blade on International; replaced hydraulic fluid hose on International; put fresh coat of paint on barricade signage; took inventory for water dept. supplies: meters, curb stops, etc.; picked up garbage in Central Park; investigated 2 water leaks; performed 2 emergency water shut offs. While plowing over the weekend a problem occurred with the gauges ---PAGE BREAK--- malfunctioning on the International. It didn’t happen again after sitting in the garage over night. Stadium International will be here Wednesday to plug it into the computer to find out what the problem is. The report was accepted on a motion by Trustee Dunaway and a second by Deputy Mayor Krehling. All aye, motion carried. Treasurer’s report submitted by Terri DiGregorio for period ending 1/31/2015. General fund balance $518,672.92, Water fund $57,925.10, 2001 CDBG $31,688.65, Trust & Agency $1,490.51, $888.07, 2013 Victory St. CDBG $1.00. The report was accepted on a motion by Deputy Mayor Krehling and seconded by Trustee Dunaway. All aye, motion carried. January Ambulance report submitted by Stan Total ambulance calls 39. Nature of calls: 12 BLS, 17 ALS, 6 not transported, 2 cancelled calls, 1 DOA, 1 air medical. Average response time 2.66 minutes. Location of calls: 6 Village of Fair Haven, 16 Town of Sterling, 11 mutual aid to Lakeshore Ambulance and 3 mutual aid to CIMVAC. The following units responded: Ambulance 6 times, Ambulance 19 times, Medic Car- 12 times, Ambulance & Medic Car- 3 times. The report was accepted on a motion by Trustee Webster-Goolden and seconded by Trustee Dunaway. All aye, motion carried. January Code Enforcement report submitted by Stan 1 building permit issued; 2 violation letters written; three attempts made to serve 1 appearance ticket without success. Sterling Town Court assessed 1 fine for building without a permit. Conducted 5 on-site inspections. Took 6 village general inspections. The report was accepted on a motion by Trustee Webster-Dunaway and seconded by Deputy Mayor Krehling. All aye, motion carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: New York Main Street Grant update. Originally the work was to be completed by December 19th. An extension was granted by the Office of Community Renewal that all work be completed and all costs incurred by June 15, 2015. American Legion Community Center update. A TV, computers and printer have been donated to the center by local resident Stuart Grulke. Cable for the TV and internet access with Wi-Fi was installed on February 6th. Trustee Dunaway announced that Dick Fernquist will be holding computer classes for writing personal histories and working with social media. Mayor McVea added he will be donating a musical keyboard. They are still waiting to have the floors resurfaced by the county inmates. Mayor McVea will contact the Lakeshore News and ask them to do a story on the community center. 2013 Victory St. CDBG update. Three approved with contracts signed. Some work has been done with others yet to start. Another application has just been pre-approved. NEW BUSINESS: The Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of a 2012 Ford Explorer to be used as the new ambulance fly car. This purchase was authorized at the agenda meeting held Thursday February 5th. It was purchased out of the ambulance reserve for $23,746.00 and has 14K miles on it. The Village will keep the old one which is a Chevrolet Blazer to be used for reading water meters and running short trips for supplies. On a motion by Deputy Mayor Krehling and a second by Trustee Dunaway the Village will sponsor a facebook page. The page will be worked on over the winter. The lighthouse in the park near Vought’s Creek is in need of repair. Deputy Mayor Krehling had spoken to the shop teacher at RCCS regarding this matter in the past as it might be a good project for the students. He will bring it up again with Mr. Durocher. Approval was given on a motion by Trustee Dunaway and seconded Trustee Webster-Goolden for DPW Superintendent Granatiero and DPW employee Carrie Bolton to attend the New York Rural Water Association Conference in May. All aye, motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. on a motion by Trustee Webster-Goolden and seconded by Trustee Dunaway. All aye, motion carried. Unapproved minutes respectfully submitted. Terri M. DiGregorio Clerk-Treasurer