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1 Village of Fair Haven Board of Trustees Agenda Meeting September 7, 2017 The meeting began at 6:30 p.m. Board members present Mayor James Basile, Deputy Mayor Walter Krehling, Trustee Holley Webster-Goolden, Trustee Judith Dunaway and Trustee Pete Hanford. Also, present Village Clerk-Treasurer Terri DiGregorio, CCWSA O&M Waste Water Collections Operator Jay Sawyer, Bill McVea, Terry Lozier, Joyce Lozier, Ted Lozier, Todd Lozier and Dean Durell. The Board of Trustees met to discuss the agenda for the September 18th board meeting. PUBLIC FORUM: • Terry Lozier spoke about his father’s property at 428 Main St. regarding connection to the public sewer. He stated the house is roughly 550 feet from the sewer line and would be a great expense to connect. He also had no idea where the connection point was located. Jay Sawyer informed Mr. Lozier that the connection point was on the east side of driveway. • Tim Lozier stated their father was told many years ago by the previous administration that this property would never have to be connected to the public sewer due to the slope of the property. • Dean Durell stated his property on Lake St. was also extremely far from the sewer line and reminded the Board that his property was one of three spoke of at a previous meeting. • Trustee Dunaway stressed that the sewer law that was passed in 2015 is not exactly what the Board of Trustees agreed upon, in her opinion. It was thought to be a financial burden for a lot of people to connect if the distance from the home was over 100 feet from the right-of-way line. In these cases, the homeowner would be given an exemption from connecting to the public sewer until their septic system failed. • Mayor Basile reminded everyone that the Village Attorney has been asked for an interpretation of Chapter 113. Sewers regarding the 100 feet mentioned in the law. The sewer law could be revisited by the Board regardless of the attorney’s interpretation. NEW BUSINESS • Jay Sawyer brought a proposal to the Board to possibly construct an addition to the village hall for more office space so the CCWSA could have an office here in the Village of Fair Haven as they have been searching for a property to build a facility. He stressed this was just an idea at this time and not a formal request. Mayor Basile has mentioned in the past an idea to create more space for offices. The Board of Trustees were not opposed to this idea. • The Chevy Blaser is being repaired at this time so the purchase of a vehicle has been put on hold. • An inspector with the New York State Department of Labor Public Employees Safety and Health Act (PESH) visited the village office, garage and pump houses on July 19th. The Village received the Notice of Violations and Order to Comply on September 5th by certified mail. Some of the violations at the garage and pump house were remedied on the spot while the inspector was present. The remaining violations will be remedied ASAP and the inspector will be notified. • The Village of Fair Haven received a letter from Teamsters Local Union No. 118 that it has secured a majority of interest amongst an Appropriate Bargaining Unit employed by the Village of Fair Haven regarding the full-time employees working as MEO, Working Supervisor and Water Operators. Due to this request, the Village of Fair Haven Board of Trustees interviewed labor employment attorney firms and hired the firm of Hancock Estabrook, LLP. A press release will be sent to the Lakeshore News regarding this issue. Mayor Basile, under the direction of Hancock Estabrook, LLP, responded with a letter to Teamsters Local Union No. 118 and the following resolution was proposed: VILLAGE OF FAIR HAVEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION DENYING UNION REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION WHEREAS, the Mayor of the Village of Fair Haven received a letter from the President of Teamsters Local Union No. 118 dated August 14, 2017 requesting the Village to voluntarily recognize the Teamsters Local Union No. 118 as the collective bargaining agent for a unit of four employees of the Village; and WHEREAS, this Board has determined that such voluntary recognition would not be in the best interests of the Village and its taxpayers; ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Trustees hereby denies the request for voluntary recognition; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor be and hereby is authorized to send a letter to the President of Teamsters Local Union No. 118 advising him of the denial of the request for voluntary recognition. On a motion by Trustee Dunaway and a second by Trustee Webster-Goolden the resolution was approved in accordance with the following vote: Voting on Resolution Yes No Absent/Abstained James Basile, Mayor [ ] [ ] [ ] Walter Krehling, Deputy Mayor [ ] [ ] [ ] Holley Webster-Goolden, Trustee [ ] [ ] [ ] Judith Dunaway, Trustee [ ] [ ] [ ] George Hanford, Trustee [ ] [ ] [ ] Dated: September 7, 2017 SEAL Terri M. DiGregorio Clerk-Treasurer ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:53p.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, RMC, CMFO, CMC