VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 28, 2010

     Mayor Skeet opened Committee meeting at 7:03 pm.

     Members present: Mayor Skeet, Trustees Peterson, Bielec and Graham. Trustee Sobczak arrived at 7:20 pm. Also present were Deputy Clerk Denise Beal and Village Residents Mike Tost and Ken Lauer.

     Resident Mike Tost questioned the Board on the status of requesting clean-up at Petals & Plants. Besides the appearance and possible hazard created by the destroyed buildings, he mentioned problems he is having with wild animals living in the ruined buildings and the fear of possible rabid animals. Some discussion took place regarding the situation and what the next step would be. Clerk showed Mr. Tost a copy of a proposal Mr. Grant had dropped off at the Village Office to show intent.  Time line for clean up was still undetermined. Copies of letters sent to Petals & Plants by Code Enforcement Officer John Good and Zoning Officer Darrell Ward were also presented.  Board determined that Mr. Good and Mr. Ward should be contacted by clerk to follow up on the letters as soon as possible. Mr. Tost was told the Village will keep him informed as things develop.

      Mr. Tost left the meeting at 7:20 pm.

      Board requested clerk contact John Good and request his presence at the next meeting.

     Motion was made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Bielec to approve minutes of 6/14 regular meeting.

Communications:

1. Rec’d letter from NYS DOT announcing CHIPs allotment for Village for 2011 will be $10,390.11.
2. Rec’d ck#1636 in amt of $1071.42 from Dennis Yueckstock for Ins. Pymt.
3. Rec’d ck#1845 in amt of $10.00 from Ron Witkop for Zoning permit.
4. Rec’d notification of increase in hourly fees for extra services from VRI.
5. Rec’d ck#35086 in amt of $123.20 for scrap metal from Ed Arnold Scrap.
6. Rec’d cert. ck#4213047872 in amt of $17,500 from Matthew Karcher for Bobcat.
7. Rec’d ck#171454 in amt of $941.26 from Nat’l Fuel for qtrly Utility Tax.
8. Rec’d ck#3600318441 in amt of $1272.05 from Nat’l Grid for qtrly Utility Tax.
9. Rec’d WW Facility Oper. Report & DMR for May 2010 from VRI.

     Approval for payment of a few small bills was requested.

      Motion was made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Bielec to approve payment of the following bills; Cedar St Sales $252.00, Upson Maybach $99.50, Unicorn Sales $24.00 and E.J. Prescott $27.00; for a total of $402.50.

     Deputy Clerk Beal updated the Board on a meeting she and Trustee Peterson had with Labor Attorney Jim Schmidt regarding the Employee Manual. She reviewed a few changes that Atty Schmidt recommended in description of part-time employees and disciplinary procedure.   The topic of sick days was also discussed and decision was made that the 9 sick days per year previously allotted for full-time employees would now be categorized as Supplemental Emergency Days to be used only as a medical backup in conjunction with disability or compensation to supplement payments, and would only be allowed to carry over to a maximum of 120 days. If not used for Emergency purpose as described prior to the employee leaving Village employment, the days would not be reimbursable.      

     Motion made by Trustee Graham and seconded by Trustee Bielec to approve the change in sick day designation.

     It was determined that once changes are made and revised copy sent to Atty Schmidt, a conference call would be set up. Once okayed by Atty Schmidt copies will be issued to all employees.

     Mayor Skeet gave a brief Police update.  He said Sergeant Meier is interviewing to hire two seasonal officers since due to their full-time jobs, the hours the part-time officers are available to work will not cover the amount of hours preferred during the busy summer months.

     Mayor Skeet also mentioned that the marked Impala has been having air-conditioner problems.  It had just been in for repairs and is not working again. It is under warranty.

     Clerk Thomas mentioned she has written up a narrative for the 2011 DWI Grant and submitted it to Sgt Meier for approval.  It was also mentioned to check with Sgt Meier on a seatbelt grant that is being offered.

     Trustee Graham requested a list of all officer phone numbers to be able to contact an officer if needed. Clerk was requested to e-mail the list to all Trustees.

     Trustee Graham and Mayor Skeet gave update on Maintenance Department. It was mentioned that they borrowed Akron’s stump grinder and took out 27 stumps throughout the Village.  The crew also got the sewer plant driveway sealed and flower bed built outside the plant office.  They are working with Norm Waff on wiring the return pumps in the sewer plant.

     Mayor Skeet mentioned they still need to clean up the weeds by the rail at the underpass.  Brief discussion took place regarding the possibility of piping on the south side of the underpass on the east side of the road so water will dump into the ditch on Depot Street.  Mayor Skeet said he would like to get a larger pipe installed under Rte 77 on the south side.

     It was mentioned that the tree in front of 9 Maple Avenue is badly rotted out and needs to be removed and one further down Maple Avenue is also in need of removal. Trustee Graham said he would contact Eastman Tree Service upon Board approval.

     Motion made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Bielec to approve contacting Eastman Tree Service to remove the trees mentioned.

     Trustee Graham gave a brief Sewer update.  He said they had to get a new blower motor from Baileys.  He said that Norm Waff has been working on wiring for new pumps which should relieve a lot of stress on the motors.  It was mentioned to see if Mike and Jesse could run the conduit and pull through the wires.  New breakers have been purchased for the pumps.  He mentioned that the old model breakers were no longer available.

     Brief discussion took place regarding an upcoming Confined Space training at the Community Center on July 13th and whether or not Mike and Jesse from the Maintenance department should attend. It was agreed they should.

     Trustee Peterson updated the Board on his meeting with two grant firm representatives.  Rotella Grant service is currently employed by Leroy and Town of Amherst among others, and seemed very thorough and knowledgeable.  Trustee Peterson felt the biggest drawback is that he seems to have a limited staff.  He said TVGA appears to have a large support staff and appears to be interested in teaching municipal staff the ins and outs of working with the grants. 

     The Board requested Clerk to set up a meeting for both firms to make a brief presentation to the entire Board, to include a brief history, references and their proposed fee schedule.  A date of Monday July 19th was mentioned. Clerk will get back to Board after contacting the firms.

     Mayor Skeet mentioned he received a call from Gary Mix from the school and they would like to put a sign on the Village of Corfu Signs at the Village limits to announce the Blue Ribbon Award that the school won. Board could see no problem with the idea and it was briefly discussed that perhaps one of the Art Classes from the school could also touch up the signs. Mayor Skeet said he will speak with Mr. Mix.

     Motion made by Trustee Graham and seconded by Trustee Sobczak to adjourn meeting.

     Meeting was adjourned at 9:06 pm.

Sandra Thomas
Clerk Treasurer