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Town of Victory October 9, 2017 October Town Board Meeting Council Members Present: Mike Wiggins-Supervisor Chris Cramer-Planning RobinBartholomew Pat Coleman- Highway Lester VanDyke Terrance McBride Leonard Hand Others present: Julia Iozzio-Clerk Bob Day- Code Enforcement Debra Davis -Justice Victoria Davis- Deputy Clerk Harvey Mills-Town Planning Public Present: Butch Kellogg Meeting called to order at 7:00pm with the Pledge of Allegiance by supervisor. Resolution#1: Mr. Wiggins opened the meeting regarding work days for the state retirement system. The resolution for the standard workday as well as monitoring state retirement needs to have records kept for 3 months and all who need to do so received a three month calendar to be kept and returned to the clerk to be filed. Mr. VanDyke motioned and Mrs. Bartholomew 2 nd. All ayes. Resolution#2: Town accepts the assessment for Lezli Parsons over a two-year period for the 2018-2019 for the purpose of reestablishing equity in properties as well as to get properties at 100% market value. Mr. VanDyke motioned and Mr. Hand 2 nd. All ayes. Resolution#3: The town will exercise the option for trash removal and recyclables for 2018, We Care recycling contract dated Nov. 20, 2015 We are presently working on a 3 rd. year of a 3yr. contract. Mr. Wiggins will contact We Care to inform them we are sticking with them for the 3 rd. and final year. Mr. Hand motioned 2 nd by Mrs. Bartholomew. All ayes. Mr. Wiggins requested we increase the amount offered for mowing the cemeteries by $20.00 each. French cemetery would now be $80.00 ad Westbury would now be $100.00 Mr. VanDyke motioned 2 nd by Mr. Hand. All ayes. Mr. VanDyke motioned to approve the vouchers as amended that were scheduled to be paid, 2 nd by Mr. Hand. All ayes. The meeting minutes were presented and excepted as amended. Mr. VanDyke motioned, 2 nd by Mrs. Bartholomew. All ayes. Supervisor’s report by Mr. Wiggins as of 9/30/2017 ---PAGE BREAK--- General fund: Cash- Checking: $410,647.01 Cash reserve, CD: $200,466.67 Petty cash: $50.00 Special reserve, Capital Project: $200,990.20 Money market Special reserve: $60,000.00 Total for General fund: $872,153.88 Highway funds: $414,272.50 Victory Street Lighting Dist.: Cash- Checking: $1,597.52 Cash in time Deposits: $3,198.36 Total: 4,795.88 Westbury Street Lighting Dist.: Cash-Checking: $1,561.15 Cash in time Deposits: $290.04 Total: $1,851.26 Trust & Agency Fund: $1,176.70 Total for all funds: $1,294,250.69 Electronic payment was received from State Aid $8982.00 which has been the same amount for years. Notices were handed out for Workplace violence training to be held October 30 th 7pm. Alternative dates are available at the Sterling town hall. Call for details. Mr. Wiggins and Mr. VanDyke went to the meeting at the Solar & Water Bld. The meeting was more for planning in the next 5-10 years in the future. The agency will get in touch with Mr. Wiggins with more information. Mr. Wiggins attended a County Supervisors mtg. with Mr. Bateman who is the Cayuga Co. Legislator Chairman. The Shared Services plan was discussed. The feel of the meeting was that they wanted to delay the start of the program for as long as they are able. At this time there is nothing excepted at the town level. The general election coming up on November 7 th The voting machines will be dropped off on November 6 th They will retrieve the machines the evening of November 7 th after the elections. The workers will arrive at 5 am and the polls will open 6am – 9pm The new phones from AT&T have been installed in the town barn. The judge and the town clerk There was also a signal booster that was installed. Frontier had put a freeze on the transfer of the lines when we initially requested to make the move. But Mr. Wiggins is working on straightening out the issue. Mr. Wiggins spoke to the historian Beverly Sayles regarding where the Veteran’s Day celebration will be held. The expected place will be the Victory Firehall. The problem at present is there is no rope on the flag pole at the firehouse. The 4-H group will be providing refreshments for the event. The new commander from the ---PAGE BREAK--- Legion Post in Cato will be meeting with Mr. Wiggins to go over the events final plans. The event will be Saturday Nov. 11 th at 11am. Jerry LaForge spoke to Mr. Wiggins about his position with the board of assessments review. Mr. LaForge wishes to find someone else to come along and learn how the board operates. He also stated that he would give his salary to whomever excepted the position for their training time. The public hearing date for the 2019 Annual Budget will be Friday October 27 th at 7pm. Julia Iozzio delivered the clerks report: Clerk’s Report: (as of 9/30/2017) 2-Building permits =$135.00 10-Dog licenses =$76.00 - Garbage Permits =$.00 (#284) -Records copies =$0.00 0-Marriage lics . =$00.00 -Record copies =$0.00 -Subdivision =$00.00 The town clerk spoke about the dog enumeration. The clerk had gathered information from several other towns and felt she had a good enough of a grasp to put together a letter. She also suggested that she include a letter regarding the garbage system it guidelines and the rates for the up-coming year. She felt as though if she utilized the enumeration that she could save the town some money. The letter will be available for review prior to sending them to the public. Mr. Day stated he had several inspections and permits. He had several residences who had questions whom he visited. At present he is setting up some fire inspections for the local churches. He was also considering some violations in town. There is a house that had needed to have roof repair, the residence doesn’t have a permit. He received a letter from a lawyer’s office regarding a pending law suit which questioned any violations for the property. He responded to the FOIL request. Mr. Cramer attend the planning board meeting and gave a report. The meeting was attended by NECCC to give the planning board an idea on where they are regarding their development and the phase they are in. It was suggested by Mr. Cramer that we hire a civil engineer to oversee the project due to the complexity of the plan. Mr. Cramer stated that the applicant needs to pay for the process, so it would not fall on the town to have an engineer contracted. At present the NECCC is only on the 1st phase of an 8-phase plan to be executed over a 25-year period. The representative, Mr. Finn, divulged that the church plans to purchase another 100 acres. The concern is that they have only paid $500.00 over a 4-year period in lieu of taxes to the town. While they will need to apply for permits for each bld., but the main concern was if we will have the man power or equipment if there should be a sever medical emergency/mass causalities. Mr. Day stated that they are up to date and within in all fire codes but that is for the present amount of functions they are currently running. The long-term plans include a soccer field and a hockey rink. Another concern was for traffic and what effects it will have for the neighbors that surround the property. During the latest event (fireworks display and celebration) Mr. Day was in attendance and found that there were at least 1000 people there. If they were to expand what will that look like for the community? The intent of the board was also that it was to be a seasonal venue and not become a year-round, profit making, event center. Paul Chattfield was suggested as an engineer. The suggestion was to open an escrow account for monies to be placed in for the issue. Mr. Wiggins was suggested that he contact Mr. Chattfield. Mr. Cramer also suggested that permits should go with the land, ---PAGE BREAK--- ie. purchased or sold. There will also need to be a new quality review if any changes are going to be made to the original 2012 plan. The planning board will contact the town board with any changes. 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. Mr. Wiggins suggested that there be a list of guidelines as well as restrictions. The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 motioned by Mr. VanDyke 2nd by Mr. Hand.