VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES - AUGUST 28, 2006

Mayor Skeet opened Committee meeting at 7:04 pm.

• Albert Graham gave sewer report. All tests were within limits. It was mentioned that the limits for the Village are very low in comparison to the Village of Akron. Mr. Graham is checking into the reason for the low limit. Trustee Peterson mentioned he would like a written explanation of the reason for the limit. It was questioned if we increase capacity and have to put the second basin into service would this affect the limit. Valley River said it shouldn’t affect the limit. Average flow was reported at 46,000 gal/day.
• Mr. Graham also said there is only 2’ of sludge in the big tank. They supernated 5’today, and will be doing another 5’ tomorrow. They clean the drying bed every 7-10 days. Drying is slower with the wet weather. He did say that the drying bed has great drainage. Mayor Skeet requested Mr. Graham get figures on savings for the October newsletter. Mr. Graham said it does work out to appx. .03/gal dry in the dumpster and appx. .09/gal if hauled wet.
• Mr. Graham said they would like to replace the dialers at the Main and Depot pump stations in the near future. He mentioned that the alarm went off at Depot station and it never called him. Sue Korczak had to call him. Also the plant dialer was not working, so had McCabe in to check and found line was broken due to storm. It was repaired and is working again. He did also mention he is still on Dig Safely call list. Clerk to check why change in call list didn’t go through.
• Other future projects include installing the sides on the drying beds, they got tar to fix leak on grit chamber roof, and they are set up with Village of Akron to Camera the lines on Wednesday.
• Mayor Skeet questioned if generators had been serviced as he noticed oil in the trailer of the portable generator. Generators had been recently serviced so Mr. Graham will check on oil, have the company come back out and steam jenny the trailer. Mayor Skeet mentioned he would like to see about moving the portable to the Depot lift station and enclosing. Some discussion was held about the storage issue as the Jetter also needs proper storage. Possibility of cold storage at the plant location was also discussed for other equipment.
• Trustee Sobczak arrived at 7:30 pm.
• Ken Scherrieble said he would like to set up a joint meeting between Valley River, Village of Corfu and Town of Pembroke to discuss the Sewer situation. Doug Taylor reported on potential users he spoke with. Clerk will send letter to Town of Pembroke councilmen and Ed Beideck regarding the joint meeting.
• Al Graham, Ken Scherrieble, and Doug Taylor left the meeting at 8:00 pm.
• Clerk Thomas presented Pizza Pantry (former Romars) sewer bill for consideration of credit for overestimate.
• Motion made by Trustee Sobczak and seconded by Trustee Patterson to credit 40,000-gallon overestimate on Pizza Pantry sewer bill. Motion carried.
• Motion made by Trustee Patterson and seconded by Trustee Sobczak to approve minutes of 8/14 and 8/21/06. Motion carried.
• Clerk Thomas put in request for two days off for vacation time in September. Trustee Patterson questioned whether a Trustee can sit in office for Clerk when Clerk unable to come in or while on vacation.
• Motion made by Trustee Peterson and seconded by Trustee Patterson to approve Clerk Thomas to take Friday September 15 and Monday September 18, 2006 as vacation days. Motion carried.
• Application from Allan Starkweather for temporary records clerk was presented to the Board.
                           
• Motion made by Trustee Patterson and seconded by Trustee Sobczak to accept Village Historian, Allan Starkweather as temporary Records Clerk for the Records Grant. Motion carried.
• Clerk informed Board that Village insurance rep would be at office Tuesday, 8/29/06 if they had any questions regarding coverage.\
• Mayor Skeet gave Police Report. He explained to the Board the Civil service situation regarding seasonal officer Wood and part-time officer Retzlaff according to Debbie Seymour at Civil Service. He is still awaiting final word on the situation.
• He also informed the Board that the Town of Pembroke has passed a resolution that we may rent the additional space (old Bingo Office) for the same amount per square foot that we pay here. We are in the process of obtaining three bids to do the minor remodeling work that needs to be done.
• The issue of parking problems in front of the Liquor Store/Hairworks/Pet groomer was brought up. There have been pedestrian complaints about vehicles parked extending over the sidewalk. Clerk was requested to send a courtesy letter to business owners in the building informing them that any vehicle blocking the sidewalk will be ticketed, especially with school started and children walking there.
• The question of Police officer jurisdiction was brought up due to police vehicle being seen on occasion outside the Village limits. It was mentioned that often they are called to assist at accidents or Sheriff’s calls outside the Village limits.
• Clerk brought up question as to what salary acting Justice O’Connor was supposed to receive for the additional court nights. She was informed per agreement with Judge Alexander, he would receive the same as Judge Alexander receives.
• The Board was informed of request by J. O’Connell & Associates to set up a meeting for September for an update on grants. The Board decided to set meeting for September 25th Committee meeting, with Board setting up agenda at the meeting of the 11th to send to the Grant writers prior to the meeting. Clerk to call grant writers to confirm.
• Question was brought up regarding possible violation of zoning laws with automotive repairs at an unlicensed location. Zoning Officer Reeves will be requested to look into it. Zoning issue of unattended grass and weeds was also briefly discussed for Mr. Reeves to check on.
  Also signs obstructing vision would be requested to be moved.
• Board held brief discussion regarding the shortage of members for the planning Board. It was mentioned to have chairman of Planning Board, Leah Nicholson, to a future meeting to discuss the problem.
• Subject of looking into beginning work on either sidewalks or possible work on Maple Avenue was discussed. Mayor Skeet is planning on meeting with Steve Stocking of the Town of Pembroke on Wednesday to get an estimate of cost to redo Maple Avenue. Brief discussion was also held regarding the various observations the Board made during their walk down Maple, Water Street, at the viaduct and Depot Street. Trustee Sobczak is looking into cost for welder to repair broken gate.
• Motion made by Trustee Patterson and seconded by Trustee Peterson to adjourn meeting. Motion carried.
• Meeting was adjourned at 10:20 pm

Sandra Thomas
Clerk Treasurer