VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 21, 2010

     Mayor Skeet opened Committee/Budget meeting at 7:05 pm.

     Members present: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Peterson and Graham.  Trustee Sobczak arrived at 7:25 pm. Trustee Russ was absent. Also present was Deputy Clerk Denise Beal.

    Motion was made by Trustee Graham and seconded by Trustee Peterson to approve minutes of 3/8 Regular and 3/15 Budget meetings.

     Board members present set Annual meeting date for Monday April 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm.

     Clerk reminded Board that deadline for payment for Hawley trip to Albany is April 7th so will need their confirmation prior to that date.

     Clerk reminded Board that Civil Service will need to submit in writing substantial justification for changing Part-Time Police to noncompetitive by April 12th if they wish the issue to be presented at the upcoming public hearing. Mayor Skeet said he will discuss it with Jim Meier and Kevin Earl.

Communications:

• Rec’d ck#2934002 in amt of $2744.00 from Time Warner for Franchise fees underpaid.
• Rec’d ck#609 in amt of $17,385.00 from Judge Alexander for Feb. fines.
• Rec’d ck#1520 in amt of $954.80 from Dennis Yueckstock for March Ins.
• Rec’d ck#78260657 in amt of $915.00 from NYS Dept Justice for Dec.09 fines.
• Rec’d ck#78260658 in amt of $1709.69 from NYS Dept Justice for Court Equipment grant.

     Mayor Skeet said the Maintenance department has finished sandblasting and painting the backhoe and is close to having it back together.

     Trustee Graham said in the Sewer department Brad Lang got hold of National Fuel and they said if we do run a line to the plant, we can dig the trench in-house to their specs which will save considerable money.  He said Brad also got 2 prices on sludge pumps. It would run approximately $3400 to replace both.
      Trustee Graham mentioned that Bailey Electric came out and redid the wiring in the blowers.  He also said Creekside came and cleaned out the lift stations and they are looking good.

     Mayor Skeet gave a brief update on Police department.  He said Steve Vathy got the License Plate Reader up and running and there has been an arrest already due to its use.  He also mentioned Jim Meier is interviewing to fill vacant positions and that John Armitage will be starting as a seasonal officer shortly.

     Trustee Peterson mentioned the Presbyterian Church reported that parked tractor trailer trucks have been causing parking problems on church property.  Mayor Skeet said he has spoken with them and advised them they need to erect signs in order for our Police Officers to enforce parking restrictions.

     Trustee Sobczak arrived at 7:25 pm.
     Brief update was given on the Drainage Grant.  Mr. Szadek has requested to meet with the Engineer on his easement and Dave Saleh is working with Johnsons on theirs.  Clerk showed Board template for proposed project sign.

     Budget portion of meeting began at 7:30 pm. 

     Board concentrated on reviewing the proposed Maintenance budget with the corrections and changes indicated by Maintenance staff.  Some time was spent reviewing some of the proposed upcoming projects the Maintenance department hopes to tackle besides their regular duties.  Some of these include:

• Seal driveway at Sewer/Maintenance complex
• Construct equipment racks in Maintenance Cold Storage
• Fix fence on West side of complex
• Work on underpass to include railings, cleanup, lighting and possibly blacktop sidewalks up to the underpass on each side.
• Work on Air piping inside digesters at Sewer plant
• Install sludge pumps at sewer plant
• Put in flower beds at sewer plant

      Part of discussion focused on how many hours of seasonal help to budget for as compared to last year.  At present one person is confirmed that will begin in mid-May. Clerk will compile figures with changes and corrections that were made for meeting on the 29th.  Mayor Skeet mentioned he will find out the Bobcat Trade-in value and wanted Rock Construction estimate to skin inside of Maintenance building added.

     Board reopened discussion on proposed Court budget requests from Judge Alexander.  Regarding the request to increase the Justice salary from $13,100 to $20,000/year, the Board agreed to split the difference and budget $16,500/year for the Justice position as the case load has increased considerably.

     The Board briefly discussed other requests and agreed to increase Court Clerk, Assistant Court Clerk and Court Attendant to amounts requested. No decision was made on the additional $7500 requested for a part-time clerk position.  Equipment and contractual amounts are to remain the same with the exception of adding $500 for additional training.

     Brief discussion took place regarding the Office salaries and health insurance.

     Motion made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Graham to go into executive session to discuss personnel issues at 9:05 pm.

     Clerk Thomas and Deputy Clerk Beal left the meeting at 9:05 pm.

     Motion made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Sobczak to go out of executive session and adjourn meeting at 9:22 pm.

     Meeting was adjourned at 9:22 pm.

Sandra Thomas
Clerk Treasurer