Supervisor Grant along with
Council Members Gadd, Frounick,
Mohun and George audited the Highway, General Fund
and Special District claims, discussed Chatfield’s invoice and the water meter
matter, also the Glen’s water issue. Supervisor Grant reported that the Town
Highway Dept. will be getting the concrete beams from the
Bid Opening ,
Supervisor Grant declared the meeting open and asked Councilman Frounick to lead the pledge to the flag. Present were Council Members Gadd, Frounick, George and Mohun, also Assessor Wittmeyer.
Minutes of the March 11th meeting: Supervisor Grant
asked if any corrections or amendments.
Councilman George, before the meeting, reported that under the Town
Prosecutor Salary-The amount of the Prosecutor’s salary was adjusted to $3600
NOT $3500.
Supervisor Grant asked for Board approval on a support contract from Williamson Law Book for Payroll Software in the amount of $605. Motion made by George/Mohun to approve the Payroll Maintenance Software with Williamson Law Book in the amount of $605, voting all ayes, carried.
General Fund claims #88 -115 totaling $7697.98 presented. Motion made by Frounick/George to approve the General Fund claims submitted. Voting all ayes, carried.
Highway claims #71 – 93 totaling $20,434.32 presented, which is the amended amount, deducting the $295. Motion made by George, seconded by Gadd to approve the Highway claims presented, voting all ayes, carried.
Special District claims – Cowlesville Street Lighting claim #4 - $183 and Cowlesville Water District claims #16 – 21 totaling $2,490.55 presented. Motion made by Mohun/Frounick to approve the Special District claims, voting all ayes, carried.
Supervisor’s Financial Statements for March 2009. Supervisor Grant also had the answer to Councilman George’s question from the February statement and so explained. Motion made by George/Mohun to approve the supervisor’s financial statements for February and March 2009. Voting all ayes, carried.
Correspondence: Monthly Report read from Richard Mazzarella, Chairman of the Town of
Letter dated Apr. 7th read from Kari Kelly re: Previous
letter dated
Certificate of insurance received from Hojnowski Transport naming the
Town of
Town Clerk’s Monthly Report.
Supervisor’s correspondence: Letter read from
Read letter dated Apr. 6th from Town Historian Michael Mohun requesting his desire to join the Government Appointed Historians of Western New York also asked if the town would pay the annual dues of $20/year.
Letter dated
Notice dated March 26th from the NYS DEC re: Hazardous Material Spill Notifications, Spill #0813930 (Reisdrof Brothers, Liquid Fertilizer).
Letter from Tompkins Ins. Re: New York State Regulation 87, (purpose is to prevent Agents and Brokers from splitting insurance commissions with persons such as public officials and party members.)
Letter dated
Pamphlet from the
Notice form Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council of the Spring 2009 Regional Local Government Workshop scheduled for
May 15th in
Notice of the 16th Annual Southern Tier West Local Government Conference scheduled for May 6th.
Letter dated March 23rd from the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
Re: Purchase Seven (7) small
buses and two (2) bus stop shelters for
Departments:
Highway -
Authorize the clerk to advertise for bids on road construction
materials (bitumimus products, hauling, tiling) with the bid opening
Bids for the surplus 12 x 16 overhead garage door. Three (3) bids received: Vince Meyer - $25; Mike Forgnone - $300 and Patrick Feldman - $53.03. Motion made by Frounick to award the bid to the highest bidder, that being $300 (Mike Forgnone) with the stipulation that he pays for it and picks up within 3 weeks. Motion seconded by Mohun, voting all ayes, carried.
Zoning – New Home Occupation permit application received from
Charlene Ruzewski, (Charlene’s
Letter read from Art & Helen
Thomas stating they will no longer need their home occupation permit for
Counterpoint Holdings, he’s now working out of his office on the campus of
Home Occupation Renewal Applications received from: Stacy Acquard (Acquard’s Professional Dog Grooming); Kathleen Ott (Grandma K’s Handcrafted Soap); Kelly Napieralski (Kelly’s Cakes & Goodies); Joseph Ciulla (Rispolis Bakery Inc.); Sandra Jerge (Sandy’s Cutting Corner): Susan Page Knapp (Page One Public Relations); Allen Linsey (Precision Cylinder Head): Diane Lautehschlager (D&L Toy Trains); Kimberly Decker (Deckers Secret Garden); Cynthia & Mark Craig (CynMar Marketing); Paul Dersam (Alden Real Estate Group); Cynthia Ciupek (C*Shore Design): Edward Duda (Ed’s Woodworking); Timothy Duda (Advanced Finishing); Jay Meyers (JM Sports) and Bettie Basher (French Connection Hair Salon). No complaints on any of them. Motion made by Gadd/Mohun to approve the home occupation renewals. Voting all ayes, carried.
Special Use Permit application received from Ronald Goudy, 560 Burrough, wants to put in a seasonal park mobile home on his property to be used by his parents when they come up for the Summer from Florida. Motion made by Frounick, seconded by George to authorize the clerk to send to the Town Planning Board for their review and recommendations and to advertise for a public hearing for the May Town Board Meeting. Voting all ayes, carried.
Scrap Metal Day – Motion made by Mohun to set Scrap Metal Day for May 9th.. Discussion held as to whether to put 2 notices in. After discussion Board Member Mohun included in her motion to put 2 notices in the pennysaver, the big ad in the pennysaver 2 weeks prior and a “reminder” notice in the week prior. Motion seconded by Frounick, voting all ayes, carried. Supervisor Grant stated that may be able to get on the Community Page also.
At this time, Supervisor Grant introduced Anthony Santoro, Wyo. Co, Emergency Services Coordinator who explained the new Road Numbering System to Board Members. He also talked about the NIMS 100 & 700 training, will advise Supervisor Grant when next training is scheduled, also can go on line to check the schedule at http://www.security.state.ny.us/training/training_calendar.php. Can also take the course on line. Supervisor Grant thanked him for coming.
Public Concerns: Mike Patanella from Highland Glens asked the status of the water
for the Glens. Supervisor Grant reported the engineers have been doing
preliminary drawings of the areas, check water pressure, talked about a lot of
different options and it appears that the best way to proceed at this time is
to run a line from Clinton Street to the Glens holding tank and operate off of
the tank in the same manner as they do now, just doing bulk water purchasing. The
engineer did drawings and figures for Dersam, Lapp Highland Glens and part of
Getman and unless there is a tank built or pumping station,
Old business: Bathrooms at the park. Councilman George asked if the board wants
him to get a price on block, have plans drawn up. After discussion, Councilman
Frounick would like to meet with people that use the park, get their ideas.
Council Member Mohun wants to go to Strykersville to look at their building.
Motion made by George to set up a meeting at the town park on April 22nd,
New business: Councilman George asked about the Commercial Junk Yard Law. Ms. Mohun reported that there is something in the state law, thinks it’s section 136.
Project Status Report from Jason Foote, Chatfield Engineers, where they recommended doing the 12” main, instead of 10” the town talked about for an addition $9000. Discussion held. After discussion Councilman George stated he would like a second opinion. Supervisor Grant reported she can give this information to Clark Patterson and ask them to have their report to the town by the 22nd. Councilman George asked if Erie Co, will give the town the 8” meter, or will they let the town use an 8” meter. Ellen stated Erie County will let the town use an 8” meter, but it’s more expensive, both to have and to buy, the meter pit is more and the meter cost is also more plus the amount for the monthly charge for the water (an increased minimum). Mr. George asked if knew how much more would have to use in comparison to what we use right now. Not sure but Ellen and Bernie thinks about a total of 2500/month more from what was said. Will further discuss on the 22nd.
Councilman Frounick stated that a person informed him that he heard that Wind
Energy is dead in
Supervisor Grant reported that the Office of the Aging is accepting applications for the Senior Citizen of the Year. She asked the board to let her know if there is someone they want to nominate, must be 60 years old and volunteers.
Supervisor Grant would like to put in the minutes that the old transfer station punch cards, the ones with the old rate have been destroyed, and they were audited by Councilman George and her. Once the existing box is used, will be going with the new ones at the higher $15 rate.
Approval for
Supervisor Grant has a One (1) week free scholarship to 4H Camp. If Board Members know of anyone (thinks between the ages of 8 & 15), to let her know.
Councilman George asked if Rick
did anything with
There being no further business,
a motion was made by Mohun/Gadd to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted:
Judith Brown
Town Clerk