VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 22, 2006

Mayor Skeet opened special meeting at 6:50 pm.

Members present: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Patterson, Peterson and Russ. Trustee Steinberg was absent. Also present was Deputy Chris Erion.

• Motion by Trustee Patterson and seconded by Trustee Russ to go into executive session at 6:50 pm.                  Motion carried.
• Deputy Erion left executive session at 6:53 pm.
• Maintenance worker Jay Feitshans arrived and was called into executive session at 6:55 pm.
• Trustees Russ and Peterson, and Jay Feitshans left the meeting at 7:08 pm in the company of Deputy Erion to collect Mr. Feitshans’ personal belongings at the Village Maintenance garage and to collect Maintenance keys from Mr. Feitshans.
• Trustees Russ and Peterson returned to executive session at 7:25 pm.
• Motion by Trustee Patterson and seconded by Trustee Peterson to go out of executive session at 7:35 pm.  Motion carried.
• Budget portion of meeting was called to order at 7:37 pm.
• Discussion was held regarding Civil Service verbal approval to allow the Village to hire Richard Retzlaff as a temporary part time Police Officer until Officer Andrew Houghton is able to return to work from medical leave of absence due to shooting incident while on duty for Village of Attica on March 15, 2006. Also discussed was a request for Officer Retzlaff to purchase 2 long sleeve shirts, two turtlenecks and 1 pair of pants for cold weather duty.
• Motion made by Trustee Patterson and seconded by Trustee Peterson to hire Richard Retzlaff as temporary part time Police officer Until Officer Houghton returns from medical leave, pending Civil Service approval. Motion carried.
• Motion made by Trustee Russ and seconded by Trustee Patterson to approve purchase of 2 long sleeve shirts, 2 turtlenecks and 1 pair of slacks by Officer Retzlaff. Motion carried.
• Several items on the proposed budget were briefly discussed and potential areas for cutbacks.

• The Court budget submitted by Justice Alexander was gone over. Mayor Skeet spoke about the GAM meeting he recently attended regarding Courtroom safety and said he had spoken with Pete Sformo of the Town of Pembroke about the possibility of a metal detector for the courtroom. Trustee Patterson suggested speaking to Justice Alexander regarding reducing Court staff to one Constable position instead of two. Possibility of obtaining a copy machine for the court clerk to use in the courtroom was also discussed.

• General discussion was held regarding the Sewer department potential for growth. Board talked about coming up with some way to communicate to the residents the whole picture on the potential we have as a Village with our sewer resources.

• Public service budget items were gone over again with the emphasis on the potential for growth. Civil service matters were discussed and it was suggested contacting Civil Service to find out where the Board can get information on the regulations.

• Brief discussion was held regarding budgeting for sidewalk repairs, as well as problem areas that need to be addressed.

• The potential resurfacing of Maple Avenue was discussed, and the need to alleviate the drainage problems by the feed mill and Murray residence. Mayor Skeet brought up a discussion he had with Steve Stocking from the Town of Pembroke regarding a new, less expensive but harder surfacing material that we might look into. It was suggested to contact Steve Stocking about getting a price on redoing Maple Avenue with this product. The possibility of utilizing some of the CHIPS reimbursement toward Maple Avenue resurfacing was mentioned.

• Motion made by Trustee Russ and seconded by Trustee Peterson to adjourn meeting. Motion carried.
      
• Meeting was adjourned at 10:00 pm

Sandra Thomas
Clerk Treasurer