VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2006

Regular meeting called to order by Mayor Skeet at 7:00 pm.

Members present: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Russ, Vogler, Steinberg and Peterson. Also present were Village residents Tony and Shari Salim.

• Tony and Shari Salim requested that the Board look into revising Fence Zoning laws with regards to distance from neighboring property lines allowed to install a fence. They feel enough distance should be mandated as to allow the fence owner to maintain their fence without having to trespass on the neighboring property. Trustee Vogler said she would send a memo to Lea Nicholson of the Village Planning Board about their concerns. The Salim’s left the meeting at 7:06 pm.
• At 7:10 pm Fire Chief Jeff Ammon appeared before the Board to update the Board regarding an Emergency plan between the Fire Department, Village and Town of Pembroke. At present Chief Ammon said the Town has opted to go with the Genesee County Emergency plan.
  He said Tim Yaeger of the County is willing to come out for a meeting to help give the Village and Fire Department some guidance and direction for implementing a plan of our own. He also said that Pete Sformo from the Town would work with the Village and Fire Department. He will be in touch with Mayor Skeet regarding the issue.
• Mayor Skeet also spoke with Chief Ammon regarding responsibility for cleaning snow out from around fire hydrants. Chief Ammon said they had spoken to Monroe County Water Authority, and they feel no responsibility for them. He added that the Fire department is run by volunteers and it would be difficult to have them assist with snow removal. He requested the Village’s help in keeping the hydrants clear in the winter. The Board said they would come to a decision during the meeting.
• Chief Ammon was asked about the status of a possible ambulance service. He said there are still alot of different options and ideas on the table at present. He said Darien is talking about going with a private ambulance service. He said they are having a meeting with Tim Yaeger of the County next Monday regarding options. Regarding possibility of Fire Departments merging, he said as of now there is just alot of talk. Chief Ammon left the meeting at 7:20 pm.
• Motion was made by Trustee Vogler and seconded by Trustee Steinberg to forego reading aloud December 12, 2005 minutes and to approve said minutes. Motion carried.
  
  Communications
• Received check no.4389 in amt of $7203.78 from NYS Thruway Authority for CHIPS fund reimbursement.
• Received check no.10319 in amt of $44,134.34 from County of Genesee for Water Agreement.
• Received check no.3005 in amt of $3756.59 from Genesee County Treasurer for Mortgage Tax distribution.
• Received check no.56093935 in amt of $437.10 from Citizens for Gross Utility Tax for September - November 2005.
• Received check no.3600094373 in amt of $1294.03 from Nat’l Grid for Gross Utility Tax for September - November 2005.
• Received check no.89646 in amt of $867.64 from Nat’l Fuel Gas for Gross Utility Tax for September - November 2005.
• Received check no.111020 in amt of $1.52 from Trinsic Commun. for Gross Utility Tax for September - November 2005.
• Rec’d Wastewater facility Operation Report and DMR from Valley River Inc for November 2005.
• Received check no.474 in amt of $7035.00 from Village Justice and report for December 2005.  

Treasurer’s Report	General Fund	Sewer Fund
Balance on hand 12/12/05	$76,202.58	$ 32,254.17
Receipts to 1/9/06	$65,486.92	$1,267.87
CD to 1/9/06	$230,000.00	$90,000.00
Balance	$371,689.50	$123,522,04
Disbursement To 1/9/06	$32,175.85	$7,674.18
Disbursement To NYS Court Fund	$4,325.00
Disbusement to Genesee County 60/1000MCWA	$9,925.80	$9,924.12
CD to 1/9/06	$250,000.00	$90,000.00
Cash on hand 1/9/06	$75,262,85	$25,847.86
Certificate of Deposit	$230,000.00	$90,000.00
Cash on hand including Certificate of Deposit	$325,262.85	$115,847.86

Clerk Treasurer Thomas requested the following motions:

• Motion was made by Trustee Russ and seconded by Mayor Skeet to move the following Resolution:
  RESOLVED: The Annual Village Election for the Village of Corfu, New York will be held at the Pembroke Community Center, 116 East Main Street, Corfu, New York, on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 and the hours of opening the polls shall be 12:00 noon and the hours of closing the polls shall be 9:00 pm.
  Voting Ayes: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Vogler, Steinberg, Peterson, Russ. Nays: None. Motion carried.
• Motion was made by Trustee Steinberg and seconded by Trustee Russ to move the following Resolution:
  RESOLVED: The following persons to be appointed to act as Inspectors of Election at the Annual Village Election to be held on March 21, 2006 at the rate of $80.00 per election day: Ann Geopfert, Catherine Doktor, Joan Brauner and Carole Sharick.
  Voting Ayes: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Vogler, Steinberg, Peterson, Russ. Nays: None. Motion carried.
• Discussion was held concerning the upcoming Joint meeting with the Town. Mayor Skeet said he will call Ed Beideck of the Town regarding the meeting.
• Mayor Skeet and Trustee Vogler are scheduled to meet with Pete Sformo and Jim Mallory of the Town on Tuesday, January 10 regarding possible shared services of the Village Maintenance person, Jay Feitshans. It was suggested that perhaps we could sell hours to the town, such as 3 hours per day at the hourly wage of $14.25 which our Maintenance person currently earns. Mayor Skeet reported that the Town of Pembroke has fired their Maintenance person and is interested in contracting Mr. Feitshans.  Mayor Skeet will report the results of the meeting with Mr. Mallory and Mr. Sformo at the Village’s Jan.23rd meeting.
• Mayor Skeet mentioned that Village resident David Saleh is going to assist the Village with writing of Police Manual and Employee Manual and policies. It was also mentioned that perhaps Mr. Saleh could advise the Village as to any liability of having our Maintenance department take responsibility for cleaning around hydrants. Some further discussion was held concerning hydrants. Consensus was to allow Maintenance to clean around hydrants as long as it did not result in any overtime.
• Motion was made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Steinberg to direct the Village of Corfu Maintenance Department to remove snow from around fire hydrants within the Village limits in case of extreme snowfall (over 1 foot) or when snow accumulates to the point where it will prohibit reasonable access to the hydrant hookup.
  Voting Aye: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Peterson, Steinberg, Russ. Nay: Trustee Vogler. Motion carried.
  Trustee Vogler will issue a memo to Jay Feitshans regarding above, as well as send a copy to Chief Ammon of the Corfu Fire Department.
  Trustee Vogler gave a brief report on meetings with Engineers pursuant of the Small Cities Grant. Discussion was held regarding the two Engineering Firms that sent preliminary reports. It was decided to contact Chatfield Engineers to see if they could come in on January 16 before meeting with the Grant writer that evening. Trustee Vogler said she would take care of contacting Chatfield Engineers and J. O’Connell Grant Writers to schedule times for the meeting of January 16.
• Brief discussion was held concerning an OSHA Training Grant. The Grant writer felt unless we could get the Town of Pembroke onboard, there would not be a large enough expenditure for the Village of Corfu to warrant a Grant. Board discussed having Pete Sformo come in to do a 2 year refresher in lieu of pursuing Grant at this time.
• Mayor Skeet approached the Board regarding pursuing having the School contribute towards maintaining a Crossing Guard. The Board agreed the Mayor should call School Superintendent Gary Mix regarding the issue.
• Trustee Peterson gave a report on his informational meeting with Albert Graham of Valley River Inc. One issue discussed was the problem of ground water leaking into the system. Trustee Peterson suggested he would like to contact the Sewer Manager from Akron regarding use of equipment they have. Trustee Vogler updated Trustee Peterson on past efforts to have Akron assist us with the use of their Sewer camera, which to date has not become available for our use.
• Another issue discussed was having Valley River Inc provide a proposal to create larger drying beds for the Sewer Plant, with an estimated “return on investment” time frame. Trustee Peterson agreed to contact Valley River Inc regarding such a proposal. Trustee Peterson also brought up the need to develop a plan for Lift Station repair/upgrade which will be required in 4-5 years. A capital fund account should be established beginning with this years new budget. Estimated cost could be $20-$30K. Trustee Russ said he would call the Village of Akron regarding use of their Sewer camera. He said he would also talk with Al Graham of VRI regarding faulty outside lights on the Sewer Plant that are flickering on and off.
• Mayor Skeet gave a brief report on the Work session held January 4th with Police officers and Judge Alexander. He informed the Board of the decision to have the full time officer start February 1 on a shift of 10:00 am - 6 pm. The part time officer is scheduled to cover an 8 hour period each weekend. That officer will leave schedule at Village Office as soon as he has it available. The Mayor briefly explained a proposed flow chart he will be instigating for better schedule planning and communications, and touched on his goal of a constant evaluation process and expectations.
• Trustee Russ gave a brief report on status of Police Contract negotiations, reading an e-mail he had received from the Union with two proposals from the Union. Trustee Russ will send a copy of the e-mail to the Village Attorney.
• Trustee Steinberg brought up the Reprimand memo that was issued to Jay Feitshans and Dennis Yueckstock for failing to report they were taking a day off, and the Union advising Officer Yueckstock not to sign the reprimand. Trustee Steinberg read the letter from the Union regarding the matter, and the Board decided to have the wording changed from “Reprimand” to “Warning” to accommodate the Union.
• After brief discussion, the Board decided to set the first Budget Workshop for Tuesday, February 7 at 7:00 pm.
• Trustee Vogler made a suggestion of contacting the Planning Board to see if they would be willing to take on the task of utilizing the $800.00 from the Corfu Businessmen’s Association (for Christmas lighting which we were unable to institute) for some other type of Village decoration, such as Banners for the poles. The Board agreed Trustee Vogler should go ahead and contact the Planning Board.
• Motion was made by Trustee Vogler and seconded by Trustee Steinberg to go into executive session at 9:20 PM to discuss personnel issues. Motion carried.
• Motion was made by Trustee Steinberg and seconded by Trustee Peterson to go out of executive session at 9:30 pm. Motion carried.
• Motion was made by Trustee Vogler and seconded by Trustee Steinberg to increase Clerk Treasurer Sandra Thomas’ wages to $14.00 per hour effective 1/01/06, the end of the six-month probationary period. Motion carried.
• Motion was made by Trustee Russ and seconded by Trustee Vogler to adjourn. Motion carried.

Fund	Voucher Number	Total
General Fund	#20933 thru #20982	$32,175.85
Sewer Fund	#6120 thru #6128	$7,674.18

• Motion by Trustee Steinberg & seconded by Trustee Vogler to pay the above General and Sewer bills. Motion carried.

Sandra Thomas
Clerk Treasurer