Village Board Minutes

May 2, 2012 (63)

A regular meeting of the Village Board was held May 2, 2012 at 6:00 PM in the firehouse, 16 Saratoga Avenue.

Mayor Morreale called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call: Trustee Denno, Trustee Halliday and Trustee Saunders were present.  Trustee Enekes was excused.

Motion by Trustee Saunders, seconded by Trustee Halliday, approved minutes of regular meeting April 18 and special meeting April 19, 2012 as typed.
Carried – 3 – 0

SPECIFIC REQUESTS

Alysse Kasowski, Corinth Rotary President, addressed the Board about the function and activities of the local Rotary Club.  The Rotary serves as a non-political philanthropic organization dedicated to eradicating polio.  The Rotary provides dictionaries for Corinth and Luzerne third graders as well as numerous other activities.  The Corinth chapter has low membership; Lake Luzerne does not currently have a chapter.  Ms. Kasowski asked that the Board members consider joining to serve the local and global community.

Chad Kortz, CT Male, and Jason Denno, Environmental Facilities Corp (EFC), addressed the Board about the water filtration project.  The project deadline with the DOH has been extended to December 2013 allowing CT Male time to design the plant with cartridge filtration instead of membrane filtration.  Mr. Kortz outlined the events of the past five years beginning with the initial GWUDI determination and leading up to the current design plan.  Mr. Denno spoke about the hardship financing being offered by the EFC.  Mr. Kortz also spoke of the engineering of Walnut Street.  At this point, the engineering for Walnut Street is not at a completion level that can be considered for construction this year.  Engineering would need to be finalized and submitted to the DEC for approval.

CORRESPONDENCE

Mayor Morreale read a letter from Rosemary and Wayne Hoch requesting the Board consider banning dirt bike riding in the Village.   Mayor Morreale requested the attorney offer examples of laws from other municipalities.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

CLERK/TREASURER – Clerk/Treas Colson was present, report for 5/2/12 read & filed.

Motion by Trustee Denno, seconded by Trustee Halliday, approved payment of abstract #22: Payroll $25,437.11; General $35,597.13; Water $4,791.52; Sewer $5,010.05; and Capital Reserves $2,800.
Carried – 3 – 0

Resolution #88 approved budget transfers.

The Board agreed to allow the American Legion to conduct their Memorial Day coin-drop May 26 and May 27, with May 28 as a possible rain date.

FIRE DEPARTMENT – Chief Kelley was excused, Asst Chief Denton was present, report for April read & filed.

DPW/WATER/WWTP – Supt Lozier was present, report for April read & filed.

Mahoney Notifier has inspected all the alarm systems at the request of the DEC.

Motion by Trustee Halliday, seconded by Trustee Denno, approved declared four DPW trucks (1997 Ford, 1998 Dodge, 2000 dump truck, 2000 Ford F550) as surplus equipment to be disposed of when Supt Lozier determines they are no longer needed.
Carried – 3 – 0

BUILDING INSPECTOR – Insp Jacon was present, report for 5/2/12 read & filed.

Insp Jacon stated the management at Adam Lawrence Apartments is installing a new fire alarm system designed for the hearing impaired.

Trustee Saunders asked for and received clarification about what violations are counted under the nuisance law.

ATTORNEY – Atty Bitter was present, report for 5/2/12 read & filed.

The Planning Board has closed the public hearing held April 26 regarding the proposed Vaccarielli subdivision on William St.  No decision will be made until the Planning Board receives notification of Saratoga County review.  Trustee Denno asked if written notification was given to the neighboring property owners, Atty Bitter stated none was required by law.  At the public hearing, there were some complaints of parking on William St, the present Village Code does not prohibit parking on William St.  Ins Jacon is also addressing some problems on vacant properties. 

OLD BUSINESS

Resolution #89 approved, mayoral signature on DOH stipulation extension to 12/31/13.

Discussion of the memo prepared by Atty Buettner on sidewalk sales was tabled.

NEW BUSINESS

Two proposals for the HOME grant submission were received, Read Associates at $75 per hour and Avalon Associates at $4,500 for preparation of the grant, $7,500 for program development activities, $2,000 fee per home and an hourly charge for administration.  The Board deemed Avalon Associates proposal to be more complete than Read Associates.  Jim Thatcher of Avalon Associates briefed the Board on recent HOME activities under the current grants.  Trustee Denno pointed out that the Village has helped 53 homeowners to date as well as kept many local contractors working on these projects since 2006.

Resolution #90 approved, authorize acceptance of Avalon Associates proposal to act as consultant for HOME grant.

Resolution #91 approved, acceptance of HOME revised guidelines and administrative procedures.

Resolution #92 approved, establishing standard workday for appointed officials to be reported to the NYS Retirement System.

Resolution #93 approved, corporate resolution with Morgan Stanley establishing Mayor Morreale as authorized signer on LOSAP accounts.

Motion by Trustee Saunders, seconded by Trustee Denno, approved donation of $500 to the Image Committee for the Corinth Mural Project as requested by letter to the Board.
Carried – 3 – 0

Motion by Trustee Halliday, seconded by Trustee Saunders, approved donation of $500 to the Corinth Merchants Association to defray the cost of business locator calendars.
Carried – 3 – 0

Resolution #94 approved, mayoral signature on amended logging agreement with Albert Lescault.

Resolution #95 approved, hiring Cliff Jensen as Assistant DPW Superintendent as of 5/14/12 at $42,500 salary.

Motion by Trustee Saunders, seconded by Trustee Halliday, approved submission of a single vendor’s permit application to be submitted by the Corinth Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary to cover all vendors at the Auxiliary’s proposed Craft Fair August 11, 2012 with a complete list of all vendors to be submitted with application.
Carried – 3 – 0

PUBLIC COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS

Adrienne Hull questioned the logistics of financing the water filtration project.  Clerk-Treas Colson explained the need for a full estimate of costs of the project and the process of interim financing.

Ray Bush spoke of an old proposal for water meters.

BOARD COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS

Trustee Saunders arranged to meet with Supt Lozier at Jessup’s Landing Park.

Trustee Halliday spoke of obtaining a proposal from an auditor to review Village finances.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion by Trustee Saunders, seconded by Trustee Denno, that Board adjourn, 8:25PM.
Carried – 3 – 0

Nicole M. Colson
Clerk-Treasurer