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Town of Victory Town Board Meeting September 12, 2016 Council Members Present: Mike Wiggins-Supervisor Robin Bartholomew Leonard Hand Terrance McBride Lester VanDyke Others present: Julia Iozzio-Clerk Debra Davis -Justice Harvey Mills-Planning Board Steve Yonker Meeting called to order at 7:00pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. Mike Wiggins opened up the meeting by opening up a Public Hearing regulation of “Electrical Supply Equipment”. The local law was read and opened for discussion but no one questioned it at the time. There were a few resolutions that needed to be addressed. A “Zoning amendment” was needed in order to draft the law. The resolution was to allow Mike to sign the “Memorialization Agreement”, so the county can start working with the planning board to upgrade/update the town’s zoning law. The resolution also includes the fee the county will be compensated for. It was questioned if the town board will be attending any of the meetings. Leonard volunteered to attend. It will be up to the town board whether to accept the zoning laws that will be adopted. Mike stated that he did wish to add a few things to the law and wanted to discuss it with the board prior to it passing. Lester motioned and Leonard 2nd. All ayes. Another amendment was to declare the board as a local agency for the SEQRA on the “Electrical Supply Station. Copies regarding the matter were handed out. The building vouchers were reviewed and Leonard motioned to accept them. Terrance 2nd. All ayes. Minutes were reviewed. There was some typo errors brought to light for correction. Motion to accept was made by Robin. Lester 2nd. All ayes. The supervisors report was read: Supervisor’s report by Mike Wiggins as of 08/31/2016 General fund: $334,783.31 Cash reserve, CD: $192,136.46 Petty cash: $50.00 ---PAGE BREAK--- Special reserve, Capital Project: $192,357.52 Money market Special reserve: $60,000.00 Total for General fund: $779,327.29 Highway funds: $292,667.78 Victory Street Lighting Dist.: Cash- Checking: $2892.65 Cash in time Deposits: $3195.52 Total: $6,088.17 Westbury Street Lighting Dist.: Cash-Checking: $2,154.78 Cash in time Deposits: $ 289.13 Total: $2,443.91 Total for all funds: $1,080,527.62 Lester inquired if the Hwy. Dept. got their money from the state for their chips. Steve stated that he had just this month submitted the last of his chip spending so he might see the monies around the first week of October. Primaries are scheduled to be held for the Republican Party Tuesday (9/13) form 12-9. Mike received a call from Katherine (Mary Kay) Warford of Washington DC. She’ll be coming to the area for a cancer benefit for Jim Beamen’s wife. She expressed interest in coming to our town offices to see how local law/government operates. . Clerks report was read: Clerk’s Report: (as of 8/31/2016) 6- Building permits =$130.00 1-Subdivision app. =$75.00 13-Dog licenses =$103.00 2- Garbage Permits =$280.00 0- Records copies =$00.00 2-Misc. (stamps) =$1.00 Bruce was not in attendance. Judge Davis offered her annual check list of justice court records to the board for review. Questions were asked as well as records reviewed in accordance with the legal questionnaire. All records were in order and the questionnaires were completed and returned to Judge Davis. ---PAGE BREAK--- Judge Davis did however inquire about some records which were needed that she’s had issue finding. She stated that she would reach out to some of the previous judges to further her search. Steve Yonker offered the Hwy. report. Mowing was continued in the past month. They finished hauling the fine crusher stone for next year’s paving. He talked with Midland & Suit-Kote trying to get a figure on oil prices for the coming year due to them being at an all-time low this year. At present they are approx. $1.40 per gal. which is about a$1.00 lower. When Steve questioned what the cost might be next year, he was informed that it may hold at $1.68. Knowing this he is going to try to take advantage of the cost. There is 2 ½ miles of paving for next year. At current he has the stone to cover the job. At next year’s end all of the roads will have been paved. 6 ½ miles of chipping will be done. The digging out of the ditch as well as the clean-up of the dropped trees, on Mulroney Rd. is complete. Tires needed to be replaced (all 8) on the heavy duty trailer. Steve expresses that it is his preference to do the roads from start to finish as opposed to piecing or cutting in and out of sections. 8pm came around and the public hearing was finished for the Local Law providing the regulation of the electrical supply equipment 2016. Motioned to adopt made by Leonard, 2nd by Lester. All ayes. Declaration of Lead Agency no significant environmental impart form the adoption of the EDSE zoning amendment which will allow the town to close out the Seeker. The only issue which needed to be addressed was an established permit fee. At preset the solar power check list is $40.00 which is what is being charged by the code enforcer. The board decided keeping at this rate was fair and if things changed it would be revisited. Lester handed out information regarding the Waste Management report. The original tonnage was estimate was 8 tons per week and we’re coming in just below that each week. Lester then handed out information on the tax rates and offered and explanation of the new budget proposals for both new and old board members. Mike offered some neighboring towns Agricultural Report to give the board an idea of all that must be included in said document. The regular board meeting was concluded at 8:20 pm, we then shifted into the budget workshop meeting.