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Town of Victory July 10, 2017 Board Meeting July Minutes Mike Wiggins-TS Pat Coleman-Hwy Leonard Hand-TB Bob Day-CE Lester VanDyke-TB Chris Cramer-PB Terry McBride-TB Vicki Davis-CC Robin Bartholomew-TB Harvey Mills-PB Deb Davis-TJ Jim Rose Julia Iozzio-TC Mary Quimby Beverly Sayles-Historian Wendy Coleman Butch Kellogg The meeting was called to order at 7pm by Mr. Wiggins, Supervisor. The pledge was said. There were no resolutions. The vouchers were read and approved. Motioned my Mr. VanDyke seconded by Mr. McBride. All ayes. Minutes were approved and amended. Motion to accept by Mr. VanDyke seconded by Mrs. Bartholomew. All Ayes. The Supervisors Report (as of June 30th) was read: General fund: $36,894.35 Cash reserve, CD: $198,612.73 Petty cash: $50.00 Special reserve, Capital Project: $199,027.00 Money market Special reserve: $60,000.00 Total for General fund: $823,584.08 Highway funds: $625,732.22 Victory Street Lighting Dist.: Cash- Checking: $2,220.68 Cash in time Deposits: $3,197.70 Total: $5,418.38 Westbury Street Lighting Dist.: Cash-Checking: $1,815.31 Cash in time Deposits: $ 289.88 Total: $2,105.19 ---PAGE BREAK--- Total All Funds: $1,456,840.34 Check was received and deposited from Workmen’s Comp Alliance re: Steve Yonkers initial amount was $19,430 but it was deemed that we were responsible for the lawyers’ fees which totaled $1000.00 Mr. VanDyke suggested that we challenge the issue of the fee. Street lighting district stated they may have a tariff in place for the LED street lighting in June and it hadn’t happened yet. It was stated that it was being pushed back until September. It was assumed that the bulbs would and the fixtures would be left. Mike said he would verify. Message was received from David Nelson regarding training for members of the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Letter stated training needed to be completed by end of July. A report will be offered at next month’s board meeting. Someone from Advanced Communications was supposed to come out re: the phone system but ended up getting lost and not making the appointment. Mr. McBride will try to contact him again. Mrs. Bartholomew gave the town the volleyball net & Mr. Wiggins will check see if the net fits. Clerks report was read (as of June 30th): 25-Dog licenses $193.00 3- Garbage Permits $480.00 - Records copies $00.50 0-Subdivision $ 00.00 1- Building permits $25.00 0- Marriage Lic. $00.00 We are up to #284 for trash permits. The question was asked if Mr. McBride’s son could sit at the dump and check permits for a few weeks. Planning Board: Mr. Mills stated that there would be a public hearing this coming Thursday (13th) for a minor sub-division. David Nelson called wanting to know where we were and if we were ready to move forward for the SECER to finalize the zoning project. 10 copies were made of Version 6 and Mr. Wiggins has the hard copies if any paper copies are needed. It’s also available on the website. Mr. Wiggins posed the question if we are finished and ready for it to be voted on. Mr. VanDyke thought the draft should be excepted without the amendment so that the process could start. Mr. Hand still feels as though the “net” is still too wide for some issues. Mr. VanDyke motioned, Mrs. Bartholomew 2nd, and all ayes, except for Mr. Hand. The motion was carried. Mr. Mills will get in touch with Mr. Nelson. The effective date will be determined after all has been done, possibly two months. Mr. Cramer wanted to get a public hearing meeting ASAP. Possible September is the earliest. ---PAGE BREAK--- Mr. Day offered his report. He inspected the NECC (North Easter Christian Center) buildings. He also took pictures. There is a fire pump on site with 10,000 gallons of water available. Mr. Day is still trying to set up other churches for inspections. He’s been investigating several complaints. Westbury & 370 to name a few. He attended Cayuga Co. Public Officials Mtg. they discussed the “Sharing Program”. There were probably 50 officials in attendance. Mr. Wiggins received word from the Associations of Towns which is in opposition to the NYS Volunteer Fire Fighters Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefits Act, it’s something that NYS passed, which makes municipal law. The Association of Towns is against it because it’s mandatory and unfunded and there is no fiscal analysis to figure how much this will cost the towns. It states that any fire fighter that had 5 yrs. of interior fighting are eligible for the benefits if they prove to have cancer. $25,000 will be awarded to them as well as 36 mons. of disability, $15,000 per month and $50,000 death benefits for the family. This is said to go into effect January 1st. At this point it is still uncertain how this will affect the towns finances. Mr. Coleman offered a report from the highway dept. He stated that they are finished with paving. The crew has also done some work on the drainage systems. They hopefully will soon be starting oiling and stoning in the next few weeks, if the weather holds up. Mr. VanDyke gave a report on the waste dept. The issue that Mr. VanDyke was finding is that there is less people with permits but were tallying more waste per month. He feels this is an issue that needs to be addressed. He stated that suggestions for a new system are needed for next year. Once again, a suggestion of a possible bag limit system was offered. Another suggestion was to have permits include vehicles identification number. He had received some other offerings from Ira and Owasco’s programs. Mr. Wiggins motioned to go into executive session at 7:56 pm Mr. VanDyke 2nd, all ayes. At 8:19 the board came out of executive session. No decisions no votes. With no further business, Mr. VanDyke motioned to adjourn and Mr. Hand 2nd. All ayes. Meeting called to close at 8:20 pm