Village Board Minutes

September 17, 2008 (27)

A meeting of the Village Board was held September 17, 2008 at the Firehouse, 16 Saratoga Avenue, Corinth, NY.

Mayor Winslow called the meeting to order and Bill Fuller led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call: Trustee Densmore, Lescault & Denno were present. Trustee Enekes was excused.

Motion by Trustee Lescault, seconded by Trustee Densmore to approve the minutes of the September 3rd, 2008 meeting.
Carried 3-0

Motion by Trustee Lescault, Seconded by Trustee Denno to amend the minutes of August 27th, 2008 with the following changes:
            1. Resolution 37 should have been 215 Main Street
Carried 3-0

Correspondence

Mayor Winslow said that he received a letter from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. There were no findings on the Audit Report and sent Congratulations on the fine job done by the Village staff.

Department Reports

Clerk- Recording Clerk Sullivan was present, Clerk Colson was excused. Report filed

Treasurer- Treas. was excused. Report filed.

Motion by Trustee Densmore, seconded by Trustee Denno approved payment of abstract #8: Payroll $26,755.17, General $30,656.79, Water $12,184.33, Sewer $4,901.86, Com Dev. $67,930.43.
Carried 3-0

Fire Department- Chief Kelley was present. Chief Kelley said the building out back was completed and the grounds were almost finished.

DPW/WATER/WWTP- Superintendent Lozier was present said they were finishing up the patching of the roads for winter. Starting pre- winter time work. The second week in October their supplies would be in to start construction.  Mayor Winslow asked if Superintendent Lozier had any comments on the paperwork from Alex. Superintendent Lozier said he there would be no action required tonight on the paperwork received from Alex, mostly it is going out to bid.

Building Inspector- Inspector Jacon was excused.

Attorney-Attorney Auffredou said the Zoning Board was not meeting in September; there next meeting would be October 2nd or 9th. The Planning Board meets next Thursday the 25th. Attorney Auffredou said that it is unclear if Philmet is returning to that meeting and he does a have a request in to their Attorney. Attorney Auffredou said that the Local Law Documents, prohibiting dogs in Pagenstecher Park, are ready to go for October 1st, a public hearing should be scheduled.

Trustee Lescault said that in the Village code there was a section that stated large trucks could not be parked on Village streets overnight and asked Attorney Auffredou if this also applied to recreational vehicles such as motor homes boats and trailers parked overnight on Village street. he could look into it but the Village code probably does not apply to recreational vehicles.

Sheriff’s Report- sheriff’s report for August 2008 was read and filed.

OLD BUSINESS

Mayor Winslow said that there was nothing new on the GWUDI/Water Filtration Plant.

Trustee Denno spoke about the shared services/consolidation grant and said that even though the monies would be available the applications are still not available. Trustee Denno asked about hiring a consultant before the grant monies come through and Mike N’dolo said there were a couple drawbacks to hiring consultants prior to receiving grant monies. Trustee Denno also referenced the letter the Village received from the Town Board encouraging the Village to pick consolidation committee members to show seriousness. Trustee Denno felt that it would be a good idea to draft a letter to the community member that are interested in this committee to let them know where in the procedure we are along with  a letter to the Town Board that this has been addressed.

Trustee Lescault said that any questions residents have regarding this issue should be addressed to the Village Board because at this time in the process it has nothing to do with the Town.

NEW BUSINESS

Mayor Winslow wanted to know how nay board members would be attending the meeting held in Voorheesville on September 28th by NYCOM pertaining to the pros’ and cons of Village dissolution. Trustee Denno and Trustee Densmore said they would be attending.

Motion by Trustee Denno, Second by Trustee Densmore to pay for members of the Village board and all Department Heads to attend this meeting at $35.00 per person.
Carried 3-0

Mayor Winslow requested that copies of the meeting on Village dissolution be given to the department heads of the Planning and Zoning Boards.

Mayor Winslow said that there was also training on October 10th @ the University of Albany, but the Voorheesville class is the closest and in the evening.

Mayor Winslow said that he had a quote from Kendra of $ 495.00 to restore the Village Hall sign to new condition and install at the new location.

Motion by Trustee Denno, Seconded by Trustee Lescault to accept the quote of $ 495.00 for sign repair and installation.
Carried 3-0

BOARD COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS

Trustee Densmore read a letter from Louise Carney after 18+ years in collective agreement the Parklands Committee has agreed to end their volunteering fundraising mission and end their efforts on the revitalization.

Mayor Winslow commended Trustee Densmore and Louise Carney and all other members of the Parkland Committee. Mayor Winslow said that a letter should go out to all parkland Committee members and said he will accept the letter with regret.

Trustee Densmore said that the committee did collect $5400.00 from the service building and the Plan of Action committee donated $ 600.00 that they had for a total of $6000.00. Trustee Denno said that a CD has been purchased to be used at the time of completion of the service building. Trustee Densmore requested that a sign be put up at the R.W. Pitkin Park, so that it is identified, and requested authorization to sign until the board approves that it can be located there.

The Village Board agreed to have the sign installed.

Trustee Denno wanted to know if the carpet had been ordered for the new Village Hall. Mayor Winslow said he ordered a beige colored carper for the downstairs and went with standard vinyl for the bathrooms.

PUBLIC COMMENT, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS

Jim Murray said that he was at the Town Board meeting and wanted to clarify their intention was not to second guess the village on consolidation issues, but was an honest open discussion.

Bob Hudak said that the consolidation committee should be done now so that they can interview the appropriate consulting firm since they are the individuals that will be working with them. Mayor Winslow said he was not sure that it was the committee’s job to choose the consulting firm and this would be taken into consideration. Mayor Winslow said they have not gotten very far in identifying all the consultants. Bob Hudak mentioned the Fair-weather consultants.

Bob Hudak wanted to know if the treasurer could look at the new assessment number and let the people know what the tax rate would be per thousand with the new assessment.

Mayor Winslow requested a motion to discuss pending litigation involving a long term matter.

Motion by Trustee Lescault, Seconded by Trustee Denno to adjourned to executive session at 6:37pm
Carried 3-0

The Board reconvened at 7:33pm with no action taken in executive session.

Motion by Trustee Denno, Seconded by Trustee Lescault to adjourn, 7:33pm.
Carried 3-0

Respectfully submitted
Recording Clerk
Cheri Sullivan