APRIL 12TH, 2018                                                            VILLAGE BOARD MEETING

 

                                                                                    VILLAGE OF GREENWOOD LAKE

                                                                                    PO BOX 7, 18 CHURCH ST

                                                                                    GREENWOOD LAKE, NY 10925

 

 

 

            PRESENT:            MAYOR:            JESSE DWYER

 

                                    TRUSTEES:            KATHELEEN HOLDER

                                                            KELLI ANN KELM

                                                            CHAD SELLIER

 

                                    ATTORNEY:            JOHN BUCKHEIT

 

            ABSENT:            TRUSTEE:            TOM HOWLEY

 

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

 

ROLL CALL BY VILLAGE CLERK PATRICIA OLSEN.

 

ALL PRESENT EXCEPT TRUSTEE TOM HOWLEY

 

MAYOR DWYER STATED TRUSTEE HOLDER AND TRUSTEE SELLIER JUST WON RE ELECTION IN A VERY HOTLY CONTESTED RACE.  

 

MAYOR DWYER SWORE IN BOTH TRUSTEES.

 

MAYOR DWYER STATED THIS IS THE ANNUAL REORGANIZATION MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE VILLAGE CLERK PAT OLSEN TO READ THE APPOINTMENTS.

 

PATRICIA OLSEN STATED THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR:

 

DEPUTY MAYOR                                    TRUSTEE KELM

POLICE DEPT LIASION                        MAYOR DWYER/TRUSTEE HOWLEY

BUILDING DEPT LIASION                         TRUSTEE SELLIER

MUNICIPAL WATER LIASION               MAYOR DWYER/TRUSTEE HOWLEY

PLANNING BOARD LIASION                        TRUSTEE SELLIER

VILLAGE CODE COMMITTEE               TRUSTEE SELLIER

RECREATION PROGRAMS                        TRUSTEE KELM/ TRUSTEE HOLDER

ZONING BOARD LIASION                       TRUSTEE SELLIER

LIBRARY LIASION                                    TRUSTEE HOLDER

HEALTH AND WELLNESS                        TRUSTEE HOLDER

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS         TRUSTEE HOLDER

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE                        TRUSTEE KELM

REVIT LIASION                                     TRUSTEE SELLIER

SCHOOL BOARD LIASION                         TRUSTEE HOLDER

PUBLIC SAFETY LIASION                     TRUSTEE HOWLEY

FIRE/AMBUL LIASION                         TRUSTEE HOWLEY

PUBLIC WORKS LIASION                         TRUSTEE HOWLEY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                         MAYOR DWYER/TRUSTEE SELLIER

GWL COALITION                                    MAYOR DWYER/TRUSTEE KELM

ADMIN/FINANCE/BUDGET                        MAYOR DWYER

SENIOR CITIZEN LIASION                     TRUSTEE KELM

VILLAGE CLERK/TREAS                        PATRICIA OLSEN

DEPUTY CLERK                                    ELIZABETH FARRELL

VILLAGE ATTORNEY                                    JOHN L. BUCKHEIT

ZBA ATTORNEY                                    BRUCE DUNN

PLANNING BD ATTORNEY                        ALYSE TERHUNE

GREENWOOD LAKE COMMISSION   MAYOR DWYER

REGISTER VITAL STATISTICS            TOWN CLERK EILEEN ASTORINO

ACTING VILLAGE JUSTICE                        DANIEL WALSH

CHAPLAIN                                                REV. ROBERT SWEENEY

ASSESSOR                                                RICHARD HUBNER

COURT CLERK                                     KATHLEEN ROUSSEAU

SENIOR CITIZENS DIRECTOR            DONNA GARLEY

LABOR CONSULTANT                                    MICHAEL RICHARDSON

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER                        WARWICK VALLEY DISPATCH

BUILDING INSPECTOR                        ALFRED FUSCO JR.

VILLAGE CHIEF OF POLICE                        JOHN HANSEN

WATER PLANT OPERATOR                        LONG POND WATER WORKS

GARBAGE AND REFUSE                        INTERSTATE WASTE

BANK DEPOSITORY                                    STERLING NATIONAL

OFFICIAL MEETING DATES                        3RD MONDAY 7:30PM

MARRIAGE OFFICERS                        MAYOR DWYER/TRUSTEE KELM

PLANNING BOARD CHAIRMAN            ROBERT ZIMMER

ZONING BOARD CHAIRPERSON            DIANE BRAMICH

 

MOTION TO APPROVE TRUSTEE SELLIER. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM.   ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION, ONE ABSENT.

 

MAYOR DWYER STATED I ATTENDED A SCHOOL SAFETY PUBLIC FORUM AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY WANTED TO HEAR THE COMMUNITIES SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERNS. I ATTENDED WITH CHIEF HANSEN. THE TOWN OF WARWICK HAD COUNCILMAN KOWAL, AND CHIEF MCGOVERN AND LT RADER.   IT SEEMS THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE IN SUPPORT OF ARMED SECURITY THEY WERE JUST CONCERNED ON HOW TO BUDGET FOR IT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER OR A SRO. I ADVOCATED IN FAVOR OF SOME FORM OF ARMED SECURITY. THE DISTRICT SUGGESTED COMING TO THE VILLAGE BOARD FOR A PRESENTATION ON THEIR BUDGET BUT WE DON’’T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THEN SO I SUGGESTED THE SENIOR CENTER COULD BE USED AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A DATE.

 

CORRESEPONDENCE IS POSTED.

 

LETTER FROM THE GWL FIRE DEPARTMENT STATING THEY ARE GOING TO VACATE THE BUILDING ON MAY 31ST.

 

LETTER FROM THE WARWICK VALLEY DISPATCH CONGRATULATING THE TRUSTEES AND ASKING TO BE REAPPOINTED AS OUR OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.

 

VISITING ELECTED OFFICIALS

 

TOWN JUSTICE NANCY DEANGELO – JUST WANTED TO REPORT THE TOWN LITTLE LEAGUE PARADE IS AT 11:00.

 

DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS

 

DPW            REPORTED BY BEN ASTORINO

 

I THINK WE ARE DONE WTH WINTER. YESTERDAY WE TOOK OFF THE SANDERS AND PLOWS AND BROUGHT THE TRUCKS TO BLUE BEACON IN NEWBURGH TO GET STEAMED AND WASHED. I THINK IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON LONGEVITY. WE STARTED VACCUMING OUT SOME CATCH BASINS, INSTALLED A RISER, REPLACED A BASIN ON OAK STREET. WE ARE STARTING SOME PREP WORK AT WINSTANLEY FIELD, SEEDED AND WILL BE DOING FOOTINGS FOR THE BATHROOM. WE MOVED THE SHED. POTHOLES WITH HOT MIX WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY. WE SANDED AND PLOWED LAST WEKE. THE NEW TRUCK IS BEING SENT TO HAVE SOME THINGS INSTALLED. THE SANDER AND PLOW IS READY TO BE PICKED UP. WE DID A CURB BOX REPLCEMNET AT CASCADE TRAIL.

 

TRUSTEE KELM – ARE YOU WORKING ON BRIAN BENNETT FIELD.

 

BEN ASTORINO – YES, IT IS SO WET OUT THERE RIGHT NOW BUT WE’RE PUTTING THINGS IN MOTION. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE BATHROOMS ARE ON SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED MID MAY AT THE BEACH.

 

POLICE            REPORTED BY TRUSTEE KELM

 

FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2018, THEY RECEIVED 1,411 COMPLAINTS, MADE 21 ARRESTS, ISSUED 155 TRAFFIC TICKETS, 17 PARKING TICKETS, INVESTIGATED 11 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.

 

MAYOR DWYER – THE PARKING TICKETS ARE HIGH BECAUSE OF A SNOW EVENT. THE NJ TRANSIT BUSSES DID NOT GO TO WARWICK SO THE PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY PARK IN WARWICK DECIDED TO PARK IN OUR COMMUTER LOT, WHICH HAS PERMITTED PARKING ONLY. THERE IS A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS SNOW EMERGENCY PARKING IS AVAILABLE ACROSS FROM VILLAGE HALL.

 

WATER REPORTED BY PHIL LANDRU –

 

WE ARE TRYING TO FIND AN OLD WATER LINE THAT RUNS ACROSS THE ROAD TO INSTALL A CURB BOX FOR THE BATHROOMS IN THE FIELD.   THE WATER PLANT IS CONTINUING TO MAKE EXCELLENT WATER WITH NO STRESS ON THE WELLS AT 215 GALLONS PER MINUTE AND KEEPING THE STORAGE TANKS FULL WITHOUT A PROBLEM. ANOTHER ROUND OF LEAD AND COPPER SAMPLES WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN BEFORE THE END OF JUNE AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THE COPPER LEVELS AND SMALL NUMBER OF EXCEEDANCES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP AS THE ORTHO PHOSPHATE CONTINUES TO DO ITS INTENDED JOB ON CORROSION CONTROL. AS MUCH NEEDED AND OVERDUE HYDRANT FLUSH SHOULD ONTINUE TO IIMPROVE THE PHOSPHATES EFFECTIVENESS AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISOLATED WATER QUALITY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS WELL. AS SOON AS THE NEW WELL IS IN SERVICE, A FULL AND THOROUGH SYSTEM FLUSH WILL BE SCHEDULED IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. ALL SUMMER WATER SYSTEMS SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE IN SERVICE AND FULLY OPERATIONAL BY MAY 1ST AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE BATHROOMS AND CONCESSION STAND ARE BACK IN FULL SERVICE AS OF TODAY. THE STATE DEC ANNUAL WATER WITHDRAWAL REPORT WAS COMPLETED AMD SUBMITTED BEFORE ITS MARCH 31ST DEADLINE.

 

AMBULANCE REPORT BY NANCY DEANGELO – WE HAD 23 CALLS LAST MONTH, WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ILLNESSES. WE JUST INSTALLED NEW COMPUTERS IN THE THREE AMBULANCES AND ARE HOPING TO BE ONLINE WITH THE COUNTY SYSTEM. WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRINT OUT OUR OWN REPORTS AS WELL.

 

MAYOR DWYER – DID YOU GET A GRANT FOR THOSE COMPUTERS?

 

NANCY DEANGELO – THE COUNTY DID.

 

TRUSTEE HOLDER REPORT

 

SCHOOL BOARD – THERE ARE FOUR OPEN SEATS ON THE SCHOL BOARD. PETITIONS NEED TO BE IN BY THE 15TH.   THE SCHOOL BUDGET VOTE IS MAY 15TH AND THE BOE MEETING IS APRIL 18TH AT THE ELEMENTARTY SCHOOL. I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SAFETY FORUM BECAUSE IT WAS MY SON’S BIRTHDAY.

APRIL 21ST AT 8:30 AM IS THE LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY PARADE. TROOP 121 DINNER IS AT THE ELKS AND IF ANYONE WANTS TICKETS LET ME KNOW.

 

TRUSTEE KELM REPORT

 

STREET FAIR IS JUNE 9TH AND WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE.   IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL ME AT 477-2652. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT FAIR.

 
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TRUSTEE SELLIER REPORT

 

BUILDING – THEY TOOK IN 4,729.00 HIGHLIGHTED BY 20 RENTAL INSPECTIONS, 12 CO’S ISSUED, AND TEN BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED. THE PLANNING BOARD MET WITH TWO APPLICANTS ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST APPLICANT WAS FOR BUILDING A SHED ON LAKEFRONT PROPERTY AND WAS APPROVED. THE SECOND APPLICATION WAS FOR TWO APPLICATION SIDE BY SIDE ON LINDEN AVE. THEY WANT TO KNOCK DOWN AND REBUILD A HOME THAT WAS APPROVED AND CONSTRUCT A BOATHOUSE ON THE ADJOINING LOT AND THAT APPLICATION WAS CONTINUED AS MORE PAPERWORK IS NEEDED. THE ZBA MET AS WELL WITH DUNKIN DONUTS APPLICATION AND THEY WERE SEEKING VARIANCES FOR SET BACKS AND SIGNAGE AND THEY WERE GRANTED. THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND DUNKIN DONUTS MADE CHANGES TO THEIR PLAN AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT WAS MADE. THEY APPEAR TO BE LOOKING TO BE A GOOD PARTNER. THEY WILL GO BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD NOW.

 

MAYOR DWYER – TRUSTEE SELLIER IS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATES FOR THE ZONING AND PLANNING BOARDS. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED LET ME KNOW. WE GOT A REPORT FROM A LOCAL REALTOR ON HOME SALES THIS PAST YEAR. A QUOTE I PULLED OUT IS THE DEMAND FOR HOMES IS GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY RIGHT NOW. HOME VALUES ARE SOARING SO THAT IS A GOOD THING.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT REPORT – THE REPORT IS LARGELY CONFIDENTIAL AND HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE BOARD.

 

MAYOR DWYER STATED ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT DID REPRESENT THE VILLAGE AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TODAY IN COURT.

 

VILLAGE CLERK REPORT – PATRICIA OLSEN STATED WATER BILLING HAS BEEN OUT FOR A WEEK AND A HALF NOW, AND THE BILLS ARE DUE BY APRIL 20THH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE GIVE MY OFFICE A CALL. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FINALIZING THE BUDGET WITH THE MAYOR AND BOARD. WE ARE PREPARING FOR TAX SEASON. LEAF PICKUP HAS STARTED AGAIN FOR THE SEASON AS OF LAST WEEK ON MONDAYS OR THURSDAYS. POTHOLES, WINTER PLOW DAMAGE PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE AT 577-9215.

 

OLD BUSINESS           

 

NEW MUNICIPAL WELL – MAYOR DWYER STATED WE ARE PROGRESSING WITH THIS SITUATION AND ARE APPLYING FOR THE NECESSARY PERMITS FROM THE DEC.

 

SHORT TERM RENTALS – WE HAD FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND FINALIZED THE LAW AND THE FEES AND CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTIONS. IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND INSPCECTION SCHEDULING WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. EVERYONE MUST HAVE A PERMIT BY JUNE 1ST.   ANYONE CAUGHT OPERATING AFTER JUNE 1ST WITHOUT A PERMIT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A HEFTY DAILY FINE OF UP TO $1000 PER DAY. A LOT OF PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION WENT INTO THIS LAW AND IT WILL PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE FULL TIME WHILE PROMOTING TOURISM AS WELL. WE ARE ALSO PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF THE RENTERS.

 

PART TIME POLICE NEGOTIATIONS – WE HAVE SUBMITTED A COUNTER PROPOSAL TO THEM AND WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM AGAIN SOON IN PERSON ON APRIL 20TH.

 

SOLAR AT CONTINENTAL ROAD – THE VILLAGE BOARD AUTHORIZED ME TO START REACHING OUT TO SOLAR COMPANIES TO SEE IF THERE WOULD BE ANY INTEREST IN RENTING OUT THE SPACE TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS. THIS PROPERTY IS UP ON CONTINENTAL ROAD AND IT USED TO BE THE LEAF DUMP.  THE PROPERTY IS 34 ACRES ABOUT WHICH 15 IS THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND BUFFER.

 

HUD GRANT – MAYOR DWYER STATED ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE APPLY FOR HUD GRANTS AND THE BOARD IS DISCUSSING HANDCAP ACCESSIBLE DOOR AND BATHROOMS AT VILLAGE HALL. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 23RD FOR THAT AT 6:00PM. WE ONLY NEED THREE PEOPLE THERE. I CANNOT SEE ANYONE OBJECTING TO THIS PROJECT.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

SIDEWALK CONTINUATION- MAYOR DWYER STATED THE SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED LAST YEAR WIL BE CONTINUED THIS YEAR. WE JUST GOT CHIPS ALLOCATION THIS WEEK AND WE ARE GETTING ABOUT $160,000 FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT AND SIDEWALKS. WE HAVE DISCUSSED ALLOCATING ABOUT $50,000 THIS YEAR FOR SIDEWALKS/.   IT WE FINISH BETWEEN OAK AND ELM AND A SMALL SECTION WHERE THE TREE IS IN FRONT OF A RESIDENTS HOUSE THAT IS UNSSAFE.

 

FILM FESTIVAL – MAYOR DWYER STATED THIS IS MAY 18TH THROUGH MAY 24TH. THE ADVERTISING COMPONENT IS RAMPED UP THIS YEAR. WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ON OUR PART TO MAKE IT MORE REASONABLE AND TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE WE WILL BE USING THE COVE CASTLE FOR A FILMING LOCATION AND THE ELKS AND THE BEACH. THE HOURS ARE NOW FROM 6:00 TO 11:00PM INSTEAD OF ALL DAY. THEY WONT BE GIVING AWAY FOOD SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.   VARIOUS OTHER CONTRACTUAL THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND BETTER MARKETING HAS BEEN DONE. LOUIS GOSSETT JR IS THE HEADLINER FOR OPENING NIGHT.

 

FIREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER -MAYOR DWYER STATED I TOOK A BRIEF TOUR OF THE FIREHOUSE LAST WEEK WHEN WE MET WITH THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS AND I SAW THE INSIDE. THEY WILL BE LEAVING BY MAY 31ST AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO INITIALLY IS A WALKING TOUR AND START PULLING TOGETHER A PLAN.

 

EVENTS           

 

LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY NEXT SATURDAY.

 

TROOP 121 FUNDRAISING DINNER NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT AT ELKS 6-10PM.

 

PRIVELEGE OF THE FLOOR ON ANY GENERAL TOPIC.

 

RESIDENT CAROLE FLOOD – WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MOVING OUT, WAS THERE ANY TALK OF ENLARGING VILLAGE HALL?

MAYOR DWYER – WE DID LOOK AT OFFICE SPACE. WE COULD LOOK TO STORE FILES, POSSIBLY FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND PUT A DOORWAY IN THAT WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

 

CAROLE FLOOD – CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE LETTER YOU RECEIVED FROM THE FIRE DEPARMNET ON DISPATCHING?

 

MAYOR DWYER STATED THE LETTER WE RECEIVED MADE US BELIEVE THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO 911 FOR DISPATCHING. WE KNOW THAT 911 IS NOT AS GOOD AS OUR LOCAL DISPATCHING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEIR MEMBERS. IF YOU CALL 911 NOW, THE DISPATCHER IN GOSHEN WILL ANSWER THE CALL AND THEN SEND T TO GREENWOOD LAKE. NOW, WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS DISPATCH DIRECTLY FROM GOSHEN. THEY ARE DOING THIS AS A TEST. THEY WANT TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK.

 

CAROLE FLOOD – ON YOUR AGENDA THERE IS A $30 FEE PROPOSED FOR THE WATERMAIN REPAIR PROJECT. HOW MUCH WAS THAT WATER MAIN?

 

MAYOR DWYER – $ 290,000.00. THAT WAS A LOAN THAT WE HAVE TO PAY BACK.

 

RESIDENT CHAD PALERI – CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOLAR PROJECT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

 

MAYOR DWYER – SOLAR IS REALLY TAKING OFF RIGHT NOW. IT STARTED A WHILE AGO, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE FUNDING AND ESTABLISHED COMPANIES NOW. THERE IS A SOLAR PROJECT ON LAKES ROAD BY THE FIRE DISTRICT. WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY THAT WE REALLY CAN’T DEVELOP UP THERE AND SOLAR WOULD BE A NON-INVASIVE FOOTPRINT, WHERE YOU REALLY DON’T HAVE TO DISTURB THE GROUND BUT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFSET SOME COSTS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO PAY THE COSTS FOR THE STREET LIGHTSS IN OUR COMMUNITY. ITS APPROXIMATELY $60,000 AND WE DO INVEST IN LED A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR. THIS COULD REDUCE OUR CONSUMPTION.

 

CHAD PALERI – ANY THOUGHT ABOUT RESIDENTIAL USE AS WELL?

 

MAYOR DWYER – WE DID KICK AROUND A FEW IDEAS, LIKE PARKING LOTS, TOPS OF BUILDINGS. FOR SMALLER PROJECTS THE INVESTMENT IS GREAT ND THE RATE OF RETURN IS SLOW. IF WE CAN TAKE 17 ACRES AND INVEST, MAYBE THEY WOULD DO SMALLER PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN MEETING WITH THEM, WE ARE GONG TO SAY MAKE US A DEAL, PUT THE SOLAR UP HERE, AND SEE IF WE CAN BENEFIT. I HAVE SEEN FIRST SOLAR GO DOOR TO DOOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

 

CHAD PALERI – I WAS THINKING OF PERHAPS A SOLAR FARM.

 

MAYOR DWYER – WE WOULD BE BACKFEEDING THE GRID. THE SOLAR THAT IS GENERATED WOULD BE OFFSETTING THE GRID AND THEY WOULD GIVE US A PERCENTAGE OF THAT. YOUR TAXES MAY BE OFFSET, BUT NOT YOUR ELECTRIC BILL. IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM IN TO THE COMMUNITY IT COULD BENEFIT US.

 

TRUSTEE SELLIER – IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CREDIT WE COULD GET.

 

MAYOR DWYER – IF OUR CURRENT COST FOR ALL OF OUR ELECTRIC THIS YEAR IS SAY $60,000 AND WE GENERATE $75,000 THEN WE GET A CREDIT AND WE COULD SAY DISTRIBUTE IT AMONG OUR COMMUNITY.

 

NANCY DEANGELO – I DON’T THINK THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A CREDIT, THEY WOULD PAY YOU. WHO IS HANDLING THAT FIELD IN MONROE WITH THE SOLAR PANELS.

 

MAYOR DWYER– I AM NOT SURE. I DID GET A CONTACT FROM MIKE SWEETON AS THE TOWN IS LOOKING INTO THIS A S WELL.  THRE IS ONE ACROSS FROM SANDFORDVILLE AND OUT ROUTE 1.   CALIFORNIA HAS WINDMILL FARMS BUT THAT IS REALLY INEFFICIENT.   WE CAN’T DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY SO IT IS A POTENTIAL LOW IMPACT USE WITH MINIMAL DISRRUPTION OF THE SOIL.

 

MOTION TO PAY ALL AUDITED BILLS.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM. ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION, ONE ABSENT.

 

MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD MEETING.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER, ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION.

 

RESOLUTION #39 OF 2017/2018

 

AUTHORIZES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2018/2019 VILLAGE GENERAL BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,670,995.00. AUTHORIZES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2018/2019 WATER BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $710,770.00 WITH THE FOLOOWING RATE CHANGES:

 

THE $3.75 PER THOUSAND GALLON RATE WILL GO TO $4.00 PER THOUSAND. THERE WILL BE A $30.00 LAN FEE ADDD TO EACH WATER BILL 2X A YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF $60.00 TO MAKE THE LOAN PAYMENT FOR THE WATER MAIN REPAIRS.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE KELM. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER. ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION, ONE ABSENT.

 

BUDGET AMENDMENTS

 

INCREASE A.3501.100 STATE AID CHIPS BY $55,497.10 AND INCREASE A.5112.200 CHIPS EXPENSES BY THE SAME TO APPROPRIATE NEW YORK STATE PAYMENT OF CHIPS MONIES TO COVER CHIPS EXPENSES

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER. ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION.

 

MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER. ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION, ONE ABSENT.

 

MAYOR DWYER – WE HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS.

 

MOTION TO ADJOURN THE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING WITH THE NEXT MEETING BEING A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 23RD ON HUD AND A GENERAL MEETING AS WELL TO ADOPT THE HUD RESOLUTION.

 

RESIDENT NANCY DEANGELO – THAT $30 FEE ON WATER BILLLS, IS HTAT A ONE YEAR THING OR MULTIPLE YEARS.

 

VILLAGE CLERK PAT OLSEN – IT WILL BE FOR FIVE YEARS.

 

MAYOR DWYER STATED THE NEXT REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING WILL BE MAY 21ST IN THE COURTHOUSE PRECEEDED BY A 6:30 WORKSHOP.

 

MOTION TO CLOSE THE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER. ALL AYES TO SAID MOTION, ONE ABSENT.

 

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:25PM.  

 

 

RESPECTFULLY YOURS

 

 

 

PATRICIA OLSEN

VILLAGE CLERK TREASURER