SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

 

VILLAGE BOARD MEETING

COURTHOUSE WATERSTONE ROAD

GREENWOOD LAKE, NY 10925

 

PRESENT: MAYOR DWYER

                     TRUSTEE HOLDER

                     TRUSTEE KELM

                     TRUSTEE HOWLEY

                     TRUSTEE SELLIER

 

ATTORNEY : JOHN BUCKHEIT

VILLAGE CLERK: PATRICIA OLSEN

 

 

MAYOR OPENED THE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING AT 7:30PM FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

 

VILLAGE CLERK PAT OLSEN DID ROLL CALL. ALL PRESENT

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL COME MOMENTARILY WE ARE WAITING FOR A GUEST.

 

WE HAVE A CORRESPONDENCE ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW FROM ORANGE AND ROCKLAND ABOUT POLE INSPECTIONS.

 

COUNCILMAN FLOYD DEANGELO NOTED HE HAD NOTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

 

BOARD AND DEPARTMENT HEADS:

 

DPW COMMISSIONER BILL ROE-WE DID SOME REPAIRING OF CATCH BASINS ON STERLING/EDGMERE AND SOME ON HUMPHREY IN PREPARATION FOR PAVING. REPAIRED POTHOLES. WE PAVED LAKELANDS EXT., DIVISION, RUMSEY, BROOK COURT AND REPAIR A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES ALONG THE WAY. ON WEDNESDAY WE ARE CLOSING MORGANS WAY 8AM TO 2PM TO REPLACE A PIPE. WE WILL HELP PEOPLE GET IN AND OUT. THERE ARE SIGNS UP THERE NOW. PEOPLE CAN PARK OUTSIDE MORGANS WAY AND WALK IN.

 

POLICE LT. ADAM EIRAND- POLICE REPORT 1258 COMPLAINTS 22, ARRESTS, 9MVAS, 2 PARKING TICKETS. AND 2 NAVIGATION TICKETS. THE PBA IS ALSO HOSTING A POP UP BBQ FRIDAY FROM 5 TO 7 IN ELKS.

 

PHIL LANDRU WATER OPERATOR FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GETTING BY ON 180 GALLONS PER MINUTE. THE WELL TREATMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE. STILL WAITING FOR DEC PERMIT TO GET THE NEW WELL ONLINE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHY I CAN’T FLUSH THE SYSTEM. 180 GALLONS A MINUTE IMJUST KEEPING THE TANKS FULL, IF I GO OUT AND FLUSH THE SYSTEM. IT WOULD TAKE DAYS MAYBE WEEKS TO MAKE THE WATER BACK.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT THANKFULLY THE WATER QUALITY HAS BEEN GREAT SO WE HAVE BEEN GETTING BY WITHOUT A FLUSH. THE DEC HAD SOME STAFF ELIMINATION AND THAT IS EXCUSE FOR NOT GETTING US THE PERMIT IN TIME.

 

PHIL LANDRU THE SUMMER SYSTEM IS DOING GOOD. ANOTHER ROUND OF WATER READINGS WAS DONE LAST MONTH AND THIS NEW SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE VERY EFFICIENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DPW FOR THEIR HELP.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT WE ARE GOING RIGHT INTO OUR ANNOUNCEMENT. ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TEEN CENTER AND LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM AND SOME ISSUES WE WERE HAVING. ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS WAS TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE HOURS OF OPERATION. WE WANTED TO HAVE THE OLDER TEENS ON ONE NIGHT AND THE YOUNGER ON A DIFFERENT NIGHT AND USE IT AS IT SHOULD BE USED. THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE HOLDER WE HAVE MANY ORGANIZATIONS USING THE CENTER NOW AS IT SHOULD BE USED. WE WERE CONSIDERING ELIMINATING THE YOUNGER GROUP FROM 8 YEARS OLD. THEY ATTEND CURRENTLY THE SAME NIGHT AS THE TEENS AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THE YOUNGER KIDS DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE WHEN THE OLDER KIDS CAME AND IT WAS DETERRING THE OLD KIDS FROM COMING. SO WE FELT WE EITHER NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE YOUNGER KIDS OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO HAVE THEM USE THE TEEN CENTER. I HAD MENTIONED THIS AT AN EVENT WITH MY FRIEND MIKE MARTUCCI AND HE SAID I HAVE THIS FOUNDATION AND WE ARE SUPPORTING ALL KINDS OF EDUCATIONAL, AND PROGRAMS. HE ASKED THAT I WRITE A LETTER TO THE FOUNDATION AND HE WOULD SEE IF THEY COULD KEEP THE PROGRAM ALIVE. I HAD WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE MICHAEL AND ERIN MARTUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION ASKING IF WE COULD KEEP THE TEEN CENTER OPEN FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS AND I RECEIVED A RESPONSE THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE US WITH A GRANT TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING AND INFACT THE FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED US WITH $5,000 TO KEEP THE TEEN CENTER OPEN THIS YEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MIKE MARTUCCI FROM THE FOUNDATION TO PRESENT THE CHECK TO ME.

 

MAYOR DWYER INTRODUCED MIKE MARTUCCI ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE FOUNDATION AND HIS WIFE ERIN. WE CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR SUPPORTING THE KIDS AND SUPPORTING GREENWOOD LAKE AND OUR INTEREST IN HELPING OUT. YOU ARE KEEPING OUR PROGRAM GOING BY DOING THIS.

 

MIKE MARTUCCI NOTED THAT WHEN JESSE REACHED OUT MY WIFE AND I WERE VERY HAPPY TO HELP.

 

THANK YOU MIKE FOR COMING.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED WE WILL COMMISSION REPORTS.

 

TRUSTEE HOLDER NOTED THAT THE SCHOOL NOTED SADLY THE PASSING OF JOHN FINN WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR 38 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT HE WAS PART OF THE PTSA. LAST FRIDAY WAS THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. TONIGHT WAS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR PARENTS AND NEXT MONDAY IS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.THE CHAMBER IS HAVING THEIR MIXER AT THE WHISPER ON OCT 2ND AND THE FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED BY AUDREY’S SURFSIDE. THE KINDERKICKERS STARTED THIS WEEKEND IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP YOU CAN GO TO GWLSOCCER.COM. ON OCTOBER 19TH, WE WILL BE HAVING A HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL IN TOWN AND WE WILL START OFF WITH THE BARK PARK PARADE, HALLOWEEN PADDLE BOARD, TRICK OR TREATING ON WINDERMERE AVE., THE FIREMEN’S PARADE AND COSTUME CONTEST, THEN THE FIELD WILL HAVE THE CLIMBING WALL, BOUNCE HOUSES, HAYRIDES, BAND, FOOD AND TERROR ON THE TRAIL.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT I KNOW YOU EVERY YEAR WORK HARD ON THIS AND ITS A LOT OF STRESS. BUT IT IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS AND ADULTS TO HAVE FUN. THANK YOU.

 

I SKIPPED A DEPARTMENT THE AMBULANCE. NANCY DEANGELO NOTED THAT YOU ARE NOW A MEMBER OF THE GWL AMBULANCE CORP NOW TOO SO YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS. NANCY GAVE THE AMBULANCE REPORT AND FIGURES FOR THE MONTH. MY REASONS FOR BEING VERY EXCITED TONIGHT IS OFFICER EIRAND IF YOU COULD COME UP AND AL NICHOLAS TOO. THE GWL POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE THERE AND MOVING WHEN WE GET A CALL. THEY ARE THE FIRST, FIRST RESPONDERS. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS THEY DON’T HAVE THE AED-DEFIBULATORS IN EACH POLICE CAR, THEY MOVE ONE FRO,M CAR TO CAR. THE GWL AMB CORP WAS REQUIRED TO CHANGE OUR DEFIBULATORS AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN GOOD CPR WHEN SOMEONE IS DOWN. THE AED MACHINE TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO BASICALLY. THE POLICE ARE AT THE SCENE BEFORE WE EVEN GET THERE. THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE ALL OF THE NEEDED DEFIBULATORS BOTHERED US SO WHEN WE HAD TO SWITCH OVER TO THE NEW ONE. WE HAVE 5UNITS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO THE GWL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AID THEY PROVIDE TO US ON EACH CALL.

 

  1. ADAM EIRAND THANKED NANCY DEANGELO.

 

NANCY DEANGELO NOTED THAT WE NEED MORE MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOO. I HAVE BEEN ON AMBULANCE FOR 30 YEARS.

 

LT ADAM EIRAND NOTED THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP. THANK YOU

 

TRUSTEE HOWLEY NOTED THANK YOU TO THE AMBULANCE CORP NANCY. AS FAR AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES WE ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING PART TIME POLICE OFFICERS AND POSSIBLE ONE OR TWO FULL TIME SPOTS OPENING UP. THERE WAS A TEST GIVEN LAST SAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PULL FROM THAT.

 

TRUSTEE KELM NOTED THE SENIORS HAD THE ANNUAL SENIOR PICNIC IN WARWICK IN AUGUST IT WAS AWESOME THE TURN OUT WASN’T AS GREAT AS YEARS PAST BUT IT WAS GREAT THANK YOU TO WARWICK. THE SENIORS HAVE A TRIP PLANNED FOR SEPT. 18 AND THEY ALSO HAVE A TRICKY TRAY PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 26TH AT THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR MORE INFO CALL DONNA AT SENIOR CENTER 477-8482. THE LIBRARY IS OPENING A BUSINESS CAFÉ SETTING ASIDE AN AREA FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN MEET WITH CLIENTS IN A QUITE AREA OUTSIDE OUR HOME IT WILL BE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND THERE WILL BE CERTAIN TIMES AVAILABLE TO DO IT. JUST CHECK IN WITH THEM IF INTERESTED. THEY WILL ALSO BE ADDING GENIEOLOGY TO THEIR COMPUTERS YOU CAN DO THERE YOU WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO LOOK IT UP AT HOME JUST THERE. THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS STARTING UP SO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE.

 

TRUSTEE SELLIER NOTED THAT MY REPORT WILL COVER JULY AND AUGUST. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN JULY TOOK IN $7,200 AND IN AUGUST TOOK IN $5,000 FOR OTR, BUILDING PERMITS, SEPTIC LETTERS AND RENTAL INSPECTIONS. IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST BOTH PB AND ZBA HAD HASTINGS APPLICATIONS IT WAS REVIEWED FOR STEEP SLOPES. IT LOOKS LIKE THE APPLICATION WAS DENIED. TRUSTEE SELLIER ASKED FLOYD DEANGELO HE NOTED THAT’S CORRECTED IT WASN’T GRANTED. FLOYD NOTED THAT HE IS DONE. JUST WANTED TO MENTION THOSE WHO PASS 17 AND TENEYCK NOTICE THAT DUNKIN DONUTS IS MOVING ALONG I NOTED IT BECAUSE THAT PROJECT WENT TO BOTH OUR BOARDS TO ENFORCE OUR LOCAL CODES. THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. I NOTICED THAT WITH THAT PROJECT THE THINGS THAT WEREN’T REQUIRED BY WERE SUGGESTED BY THE BOARD OR RESIDENTS THEY CHANGED THE PLANS. I JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE BOARDS THAT UPHOLD OUR CODES AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT NOTED MY WRITTEN REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD IT IS LARGELY CONFIDENTIAL SO I DEFER TO THE MAYOR.

 

PATRICIA OLSEN NOTED THAT WE ARE STILL IN TAX COLLECTION SEASON THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER. WE JUST READ METERS THANK YOU PHIL IT IS GETTING A LOT EASIER THESE DAYS AND THE BILLS WERE PROCESSED AND MAILED ON FRIDAY THE 13TH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAYMENT JUST GIVE US A CALL OR ANY OTHER CONCERNS.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT PRECEDING EVERY MEETING WE HAVE A WORKSHOP WERE WE GO INTO DEPTH ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS AND IT ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS PORTION I WILL RUN THROUGH AND SUMMARIZE TO GIVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHEN WE COME TO THE PUBLIC SECTION YOU CAN ASK ABOUT ANY AGENDA ITEM OR ANYTHING YOU WANT.

 

LAKE ALGAE ISSUE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALGAE IN OUR LAKE. THE NEW JERSEY SECTION FELT IT WAS HARMFUL TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AND CLOSED THE NEW JERSEY BEACHES AND CAUTIONED ABOUT SWIMMING AND SUCH. THE NEW YORK PORTION DID NOT. I ATTENDED MANY MEETINGS AND SPOKE WITH MANY OFFICIALS THAT WORK HAND AND HAND WITH THE DEC AND WE FELT THE NY SIDE WAS PERFECTLY SAFE. I THINK I COULD CONFIDENTLY SAY AT THE END OF THE SEASON WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE USING THE LAKE IN NY AND NJ AND NOT ONE REPORT OF ANYONE SICK. SO THERE IS A REASON WHY WE DIDN’T ACT IRRATIONALLY LIKE THE NJDEP ISSUING ADVISORIES. FOR THE RECORD THE NJDEP IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR THEIR IMPROPER ACTIONS THAT CAUSED HARM TO LAKE HAPATGONG AND WEST MILFORD AND IN SOME WAYS US. THE ISSUE MAY GET WORSE AND MAY CONTINUE AND NEXT YEAR IT COULD BE CONSIDERED UNSAFE. THE BOARD AND COMMISSION HAVE DONE GREAT WORK TO DEFEND ITSELF.

 

ORANGE AND ROCKLAND THEY TOOK ON A GOOD PROJECT IN GWL UPDATING THEIR GASLINES IN A FEW AREAS IN GWL, CURRENTLY ON CHURCH STREET WHICH SHOULD BE DONE IN THIS WEEK. I GIVE THEM TREMENDOUS CREDIT BOTH ORANGE AND ROCKLAND AND THE CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT JOB. THEY ALSO PAY US TO REPAVE ALL THE ROADS THAT THEY RAN TRENCHES DOWN. SO INSTEAD OF LEAVING THE TRENCHES THEY WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO REPAVE THE ENTIRE ROAD. MUCH DIFFERENT THAN YEARS PAST WE ARE TRYING TO GET ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR ROADS AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

 

ROAD WORK THIS LAST WEEK WE CONCLUDED A GREAT PAVING JOB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DPW AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE HIRED WE DID DIVISION STREET, RUMSEY, LAKELANDS AVE, BROOK COURT. ALL THE WORK WAS DONE INCREDIBLY WELL AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIX SOME DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND LONG KNOW CHALLENGES ON THESE HILLY ROADS. WATER RUNS DOWN AND IT EFFECTS A LOT. THE WORK WAS GREAT. WE HAD SWITCHED FROM TAR AND CHIP TO REAL PAVING AND GRINDING DOWN AND FIXING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS BEFORE PAVING THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED.

 

REFUSE WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WE FOUND THAT OUR CONTRACT WAS COMING UP FOR BID AND WE WENT OUT TO BID. LONG STORY SHORT WE WON THE BID WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR SO WE DON’T HAVE TO SWITCH GARBAGE CONTRACTORS WHICH IS A HOME RUN AND THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. NOT A MAJOR INCREASE BUT IF YOU READ GARBAGE AND RECYCLING COST HAVE GONE SKY HIGH AND WE ARE ABLE WITH INTERSTATE TO KEEP COST MANAGEABLE. THE BEST PART IS THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO SWITCH GARBAGE CANS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE PAIN.

 

HUD PROJECTS JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND WITH HUD. THESE ARE ALL GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS VAST MAJORITY IS FOR HANDICAP ACCESS. WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. THE SENIOR CENTER WE WERE AWARDED THE CONTRACT JUST WAITING ON FINAL WORD ON GO AHEAD. MAKING THE ENTRANCE MORE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE FIXING THE DOOR THE SIDE OF BUILDING. WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT FOR VILLAGE HALL WERE WE WILL CREATE A HANDICAPPED ENTRANCE WAY AND BATHROOM AND REDEVELOP THE WINDOW AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR A WHEELCHAIR. WE ARE ALSO APPLYING FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND BATHROOM. WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK FROM THEM ON THAT BUT DOING THIS FOR 6 YEARS I BELIEVE THEY WILL APPROVE IT. THOSE ARE THE THREE HUD PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON.

 

SIDEWALK PROJECTS I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE NEW SIDEWALK ON MOUNTAIN LAKES LANE. IT CONNECTS THE NEW FIREHOUSE AND THE PASSIVE BOAT LAUNCH IN A SAFER WAY INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING IT ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE VILLAGE. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE 17A SIDEWALK WHICH WILL CONNECT YOU FROM THERE THROUGH BLACK BEAR WINE AND SPIRITS TO A CROSSWALK TO GARDEN CENTER ON A SIDEWALK TO THE OPTIMUM BUILDING. WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT FUNDS JUST WAITING FOR PAPERWORK HOPEFULLY LATE THIS FALL OR EARLY SPRING. WINDERMERE AVE SIDEWALK WE WENT OUT TO BID TO CONTINUE SIDEWALK DOWN WINDERMERE AVE. WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BIDDER AND BASED ON THE PRICES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IT WAS ALMOST DOUBLED SO WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO BE AGAIN IN THE WINTER. HOPEFULLY GET A BETTER BID AND START IN SPRING.

 

THE TEEN CENTER I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU UPDATE ON THE SEAL COATING WE ARE DOING OUTSIDE TEEN CENTER AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO DOING THE BASKETBALL COURTS. WE ARE ALSO REDOING THE BACKBOARD AND HOOPS. IF YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED THEY ONLY USE ONE BACKBOARD BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS CLOSE TO 10FEET. THANKS TO ED BILELLO IN THE BACK OUR GROUNDS KEEPER WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALL 10 FEET HEIGHT SO ALL 4 GET USED.

 

NO NEW BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT.

 

MAYOR DWYER WENT OVER THE EVENTS LISTED. HE ALSO MENTIONED THE POP UP BBQ AT ELKS THIS FRIDAY BY PBA. TRUSTEE HOLDER NOTED THAT THE ELKS WILL BE HAVING AN OKTOBERFEST ON OCTOBER 12.

 

MAYOR DWYER OPENED THE MEETING TO FLOOR AND NOTED THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK JUST STATE YOUR NAME.

 

NANCY DEANGLEO LINDEN AVE. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND OUR MAYOR JESSE DWYER AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE GWL AMBULANCE CORP. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM IT NOW CUTS OUR AVERAGE AGE TO ABOUT HALF. I THINK ITS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT WORKS IN THE VILLAGE AND IS ACCESSIBLE DURING THE DAY. I KNOW IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND ITS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU.

 

MAYOR DWYER SAID THANK YOU ITS MY PLEASURE.

 

RENEE DONATELLI I’M IN LAKELANDS. I STARTED THE PAGE PRESERVING GWL REGARDING THE. HOW DO WE CONTROL WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OTHER VILLAGES AND TOWNS FROM HAPPENING HERE IN GWL. HOW DO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM COMING IN AND BUYING A GROUP OF HOUSES AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THERE IS AN OVER POPLUATION. WHAT ARE THE STIPULATIONS I’M SURE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF LAW THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT WHAT I REALLY THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS OVERDEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN’T STOP OVER POPULATION.

RENEE DONATELLI SAID YES

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT WE CAN STOP OVER DEVELOPMENT. I HAD ASKED ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE LAWS ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE LONG BEFORE THIS BOARD TOOK OVER BY COMMITTEES, PLANNING BOARDS, ZONING BOARDS, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEES THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF BEFORE I BECAME A BOARD MEMBER. THESE BOARD HAD A VISION FOR GREENWOOD LAKE AND THAT WAS TO INSURE THAT WASN’T OVER DEVELOPMENT. THE TOWN OF WARWICK WITH PDR HAS INSURED THAT LARGE TRACKS OF LAND WOULD REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHEREAS CVS FIELD, THE BEACH, THE FIRE DEPT THE CAMPBELL PROPERTY THAT WAS RIPE FOR OVER DEVELOPMENT. ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT WILL EXPLAIN BECAUSE CERTAIN THINGS CAN HAPPEN LIKE ANTONS FOR EXAMPLE. LARGE BLOCKS OF HOME LETS SAY SOMEONE BROUGHT ALL OF LINDEN AVE AND KNOCKED EVERY HOUSE DOWN AND PUT SKYRISE CONDO’S IT WOULDN’T BE ALLOWED. A LARGE DEVELOPMENT OF HOMES THERE ARE RULES AGAINST THAT. ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT CAN GO THROUGH THOSE RULES BUT TO FOR MANY MANY DECADES SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR ZONING LAWS AND CODES THEY HAD THAT VISION IN THEIR MINDS NOT TO OVER DEVELOP. THERE ARE NO STRICTER LAWS OR BETTER COMMITTEES IN OUR ZONING AND PLANNING BOARDS THAT ARE THEIR TO PROTECT US FROM OVER DEVELOPMENT. I GUARANTEE THAT.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT NOTED THAT MAJORITY OF OUR ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY. I KNOW PEOPLE HAD RAISED ISSUES THAT WOULD WE ALLOW CLUSTER HOUSING. CLUSTER HOUSING IS TO PRESERVE AN OPEN SPACE. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE A LARGE LOT THAT WAS SUBDIVIDED YOU COULD MAKE 9 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO REMAIN OPEN. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BUYING A HOUSE AND CHANGING THE USE WHEN YOU HAVE A PRE-EXISTING NON CONFORMING LEGAL USE THE USE CAN NOT BE ABANDONED SO TO USE THE ONE MAYOR REFERENCED TO BUY THEY COULD ONLY CHANGE THE USE IF THEY GO TO PLANNING BOARD AND THEY CAN ONLY BUILD AS MANY HOUSES ON IT AS WOULD BE PERMITTED IF THAT WAS BROKEN UP TO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. SO ON ANTONS IN THEORY IT COULD POSSIBLE BE 2 MAYBE 3 HOUSES. OUR CODE DOESN’T ALLOW FOR THE TYPE OF DENSE POPULATIONS THAT YOU I PRESUME YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF GWL THERE IS NO OTHER AVAILABLE LANDS OTHER THAN THE LAND THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE RIDGE LINES AND WITH REGARDS TO THAT WE HAVE STRICT ZONING THAT DEALS WITH THE GRADES INFACT YOU HEARD TRUSTEE SELLIER HAD SAID SOMEONE HAD GONE TO ZBA AND PB FOR PROPERTY THAT HAD A GREATER GRADE THAN ALLOWED.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT HE WANTED TO PUT A GARAGE AND HE WAS DENIED DUE TO STEEP SLOPES IMAGINE IF HE WANTED TO BUILD A HOUSE.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT NOTED SO WE DO STRICKLY ENFORCE WE HAVE BULK REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU SOME HOW WHERE ABLE TO BUY UP A FEW HOUSES TO MAKE IT INTO A LARGE LOT THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO GO TO PLANNING BOARD. IF YOU WERE TRYING TO BUILD A MULTI FAMILY BUILDING IF IT WAS PERMITTED IN THAT PARTICULAR ZONE WHICH IS VERY LIMITED IT COULDN’T BE MORE THAN 160 FEET LONG OR GREATER THAN TWO STORIES. THE OFF SET BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE 1 AND HALF TIMES THE OFF SET OF HEIGHT OF BUILDING ETC. YOU WOULD HAVE THE BULK REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROPERTY LINES. SO THE TYPES OF THINGS TO GO THROUGH. IF YOU WANT I CAN GO THROUGH THE VILLAGE CODE IN GREATER DETAIL. BUT I’M PROBABLY BORING YOU.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT I DIDN’T WANT TO JUST SIT UP HERE AND SAY TRUST ME, BELIEVE ME, I SWEAR. I WANTED ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT TO GO THROUGH THE CODE. THE DIFFICULT PART OF TRYING TO CHANGE THE CODE OR LAWS IS IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING, POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND EVERYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE THE VILLAGE BOARD HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THAT CODE TO ADD TO OVER DEVELOP WE WOULD BE VOTED OUT IMMEDIATELY. OUR CYCLES ARE EVERY TWO YEARS. THERE IS NO WAY IN THIS WORLD THIS COMMUNITY WOULD ALLOW US TO DEGRADE OUR CODE.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT NOTED THAT CONCERNS OF ABSENTEE LANDLORDS AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR THE ANNUAL RENTALS TO BE INSPECTED. IF THEY DO NOT MEET THE INSPECTION OR THE STANDARDS OF THE INSPECTION THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO RENT THE PROPERTY.

 

NANCY DEANGELO NOTED THAT THE ONE THING THAT JOHN HASN’T TOUCHED ON THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING IS THAT WE DON’T HAVE SEWERS. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEPTICS IS A BAD THING.

 

MAYOR DWYER AGREED.

 

SANTA DIMATINA ASKED DOES ANYONE NEED A PERMIT FOR A HOUSE OF WORSHIP LETS SAY ANTONS ?

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED YES IT IS A CHANGE OF USE, THEY WOULD NEED SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND GO TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THE CHANGE OF USE.

 

SANTA DIMATTINA ASKED THAT IF SHE WANTED TO PUT A SIGN INFRONT OF MY HOUSE THAT SAYS NO SOLICITING IS THAT ALLOWED?

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT WE HAVE A SIGN LAW. YOU ARE PERMITTED TO PUT A SIGN IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT CONFORMS WITH OUR SIGN CODE. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THERE IS PROBABLY A FREEDOM OF SPEECH THING THAT WE COULDN’T STOP YOU LIKE A POLITICAL SIGN. BUT OUR CODE DOES REFERENCE SIGNS ITS PROBABLY MORE FOR BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. I DON’T KNOW HOW IT APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL. I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. OUR ATTORNEY WILL LOOK INTO THAT. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO.

 

SANTA DIMATTINA SAID NO SOLICITATION, THERE ARE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR CONSTANTLY.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT IF YOU PUT A SIGN ON YOUR HOUSE NO SOLICITATION WE WOULDN’T BOTHER YOU AS LONG AS ITS NOT 4X6 FEET.
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CHARLIE HANIGAN NOTED THAT IF PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE THIS A SUMMER COMMUNITY. I’VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN MONTICELLO WHERE THERE IS A BUNCH OF BUNGALOWS WHO ARE OCCUPIED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY WILL HAVE 4 OR 5 PIECES OF PROPERTY WITH A FENCE AROUND IT AND THERE WILL BE A BIG PLAY YARD AND IT’S A SUMMER COMMUNITY. LET’S SAY A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE IN GWL WAS BROUGHT AND THEY HAVE 20 PEOPLE IN AND OUT CONSTANTLY IS THERE AN OCCUPANCY LIMIT?

 

MAYOR DWYER ASKED IF SOMEONE IS RENTING OUT A HOUSE?

 

CHARLIE HANIGAN SAID NO I OWN IT AND I HAVE ALL MY COUSINS AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS ABOUT 20 OF THEM COMING HERE.

 

MAYOR DWYER SAID THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY WITH ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND NATIONALITIES. WE CAN NOT BE SELECTIVE ON THAT. HOUSE PARTIES AND SUMMER PARTIES AND WEDDINGS HAPPEN AT MANY DIFFERENT HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN MONTICELLO THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF MONTICELLO AND INSIDE OF MONTICELLO BEFORE THEY HAD ZONING LAWS. MONTICELLO DOES NOT AND WILL NEVER HAVE THE ZONING LAWS WE HAVE IN GREENWOOD LAKE AND A LOT OF THOSE CAMPS AND COTTAGES ARE OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF MONTICELLO AND THEY ARE ON PROPERTY THAT WAS ALWAYS PRIVATE AND LARGER PURCHASED BY GROUPS OF PEOPLE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND US IS TO OUR EAST THERE IS STERLING FOREST AND TO OUR WEST IS THE APPLACIHAN TRAIL. I WILL SAY THAT THE TOWN OF WARWICK COULD HAVE AN ISSUE THEY HAVE LARGE TRACKS OF LAND, THEY HAVE FARMS GOING FOR SALE. THIS GIANT HOTEL THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING IT. NOTHING LIKE THAT WILL MAKE THE NEWS IN GWL BECAUSE THERE ISN’T ANY LAND. ANYTHING YOU ARE ENVISIONING HAPPENING N GWL IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN WARWICK, TOWN OF CHESTER, TOWN OF MONROE, TOWN OF WEST MILFORD OTHER THAN GWL.

 

CHARLIE HANIGAN I THOUGHT THEY COULD BUY A FEW HOUSES.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT YOU CAN’T COMBINE LOTS LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT BUILD A FENCE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. CAN’T DO IT. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN’T STOP PEOPLE FROM BUYING HOUSES EITHER. THE POINT YOU MADE ABOUT TWO MANY PEOPLE AT A SUMMER PARTY. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT. I HAVE A HALLOWEEN PARTY AT MY HOUSE EVRY YEAR AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.

 

CHARLIE NOTED ITS NOT ALL SUMMER.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT YOU CAN’T SAY, WE HAVE POLICE ORDINANCES, NOISE AND PARKING ORDINANCES BUT YOU CAN’T HAVE AN OCCUPANCY THING.

 

CHARLIE NOTED I HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR US.

 

RENEE DONATELLI ASKED IF I HAVE A 2,500 SQ FT HOUSE AND I HAVE 20 PEOPLE LIVING THERE FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER THAT IS NOT ALLOWED CORRECT?

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT IS NOT CORRECT THAT WOULD BE NYS FIRE CODE. WE THE VILLAGE OF GREENWOOD LAKE CAN NOT LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR HOME. WE DON’T HAVE THE POWER AS GOVERNMENT TO DO SO.

 

FRAN SECCAFICO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT SAID ABOUT HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT SAID ITS 2 STORIES.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED 35 FT HIGH.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT NOTED THAT TO GO ABOVE NYS BUILDING CODE YOU CAN’T GO ABOVE THE 35 FT. OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE MEANS OF ESCAPE.

 

RENEE DONATELLI ASKED WHAT ABOUT THE TOWN OF WARWICK CAN YOU BUILD MULTI HOUSES?

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT HE ISN’T 100 PERCENT SURE OF THE CODE IN THE TOWN OF WARWICK BUT I KNOW THAT HAVE ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS 3 OR 5 ACRES. THEY HAVE ALSO GONE THROUGH GREAT LENGTH TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. IT IS JUST AS CHALLENGING THERE AS HERE. YOU JUST HAVE MORE AVAILABLE PROPERTIES THERE. THE FARMS MOST HAVE JOINED ONTO PDR WHERE THEY RECEIVED FUNDS TO KEEP THEIR FARM PRESERVED AND PREVENTS ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE FARMS. THE TOWN HAS A STAKE IN THAT THE TOWN HAS LIMITED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROPERTIES. PDR HAPPENED IN THE TOWN AND VILLAGE OF GREENWOOD LAKE AND THAT HAPPENED TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH.

 

FLOYD DEANGELO NOTED THAT AND IT IS ON GOING.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED ABSOLUTELY

 

FLOYD DEANGELO NOTED THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT FARMS FOR PDR

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED LAST YEAR THERE WAS ANOTHER FARM ADDED AND THAT IS WHY YOU DON’T WANT OVER DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE SOME FARMS THAT DIDN’T GET ON BOARD WITH THAT.

 

RENEE DONATELLI ASKED IF WE HAVE CODES THAT LIMIT SCHOOLS, OR BUSINESSES WHEY ISN’T THERE ONE FOR HOMES?

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT THEY ARE PUBLIC PROPERTIES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WE CAN NOT LIMIT ONES PRIVATE PROPERTY.

 

RENEE DONATELLI NOTED THAT I DON’T WANT TO BE LIVING NEXT TO SOMEONE THAT HAS 20 PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSE.

 

MAYOR DWYER THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A RENTAL CODE, IT GENERALLY HAPPENS MORE IN RENTAL HOMES. WE GO THROUGH GREAT LENGHTS IN OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO UPHOLD OUR RENTAL CODE. WE WENT TO GREAT LENGHTS TO ADOPT A SHORT TERM RENTAL CODE IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS, PARKING. WE TOOK IT A BIT FURTHER WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS SO WE CAN RESTRICT PARKING ETC. NOW YOU ARE ENGAGING IN A PUBLIC VENTURE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME IN AND USE YOUR HOME. WE TRY THE BEST WE CAN. THE OCCUPANCY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE GETTING INTO PEOPLES PRIVATE BUSINESS AND THEIR RESIDENCE AND TELLING THEM WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’T DO WITH THEIR PRIVATE HOME.

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT NOTED THAT THE VILLAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO IT. WHEN PEOPLE USING A HOUSE FOR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS INTENDED ONE OF THE ILLEGAL THINGS THEY DO IS PUT IN ILLEGAL BATHROOMS. WE DO STRICTLY ENFORCE THE BUILDING CODES AND WE SEND PEOPLE TO PLANNING BOARD AND WE FOUND OUT WHEN THE HOUSE IS OFFERED FOR SALE WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE ILLEGAL IMPROVEMENTS. THEY HAVE TO GET THE PROPER WORK DONE OR WE FORCE THEM TO REMOVE IT.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT HE KNOWS OF A SPECIFIC CASE WHERE SOMEONE PURCHASED A HOME THAT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, RENOVATED IT ATTEMPTED TO TURN IT INTO A MULTIFAMILY HOME AND OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR IDENTIFIED THAT AND MADE HIM TAKE THE WALL DOWN AND FOLLOWED UP ON LISTING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH 3 BEDROOMS. I WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THAT CASE, OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR IS KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE AND MAKING SURE THESE THINGS DON’T HAPPEN. PEOPLE AREN’T CONVERTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO MULTIFAMILY HOME IT IS ILLEGAL TO DO SO. YOU CAN’T ADD AN APARTMENT, A BEDROOM, A BATHROOM , A KITCHEN.

 

TRUSTEE SELLIER NOTED THAT ONE THING TO ADD IS WE ALL WERE ELECTED BY YOU AND WE ALL LIVE HERE IN THE VILLAGE ALONG WITH EVERYONE ON PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS. THAT IS ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND. WE LIVE HERE ALSO WE SHARE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. AS LONG AS YOU ELECT PEOPLE WHO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS TO PROTECT OUR CODES.

 

 

 

DENISE FROM BRIDGE INN NOTED THAT IN WARWICK YOU CAN MAKE A MOTHER DAUGHTER.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED HE NOT SURE. I THINK YOU CAN DO IT TO ONE NOT 50 SAME FAMILY.

 

SANTA DIMATTINA WHAT IF SOMEONE BROUGHT A SINGLE FAMILY AND ALL WAS GOOD AND MOVED IN AND CHANGED EVERYTHING WITHOUT YOU KNOWING.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT ANYONE CAN DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL, THEY CAN SELL DRUGS OUT OF THEIR HOME. BUT AS SOON AS YOUR CAUGHT OUR IT IS KNOWN THE BUILDING AUTHORITY CAN SEND A VIOLATION OUT. JUST LIKE A POLICE OFFICER WILL TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE. IF THEY GO TO SELL THE HOUSE WITH PICTURES WITH AN EXTRA BATHROOM OR KITCHEN. ONE TOOL IS THE REQUIREMENT TO GET TITLE SEARCH OR HOME. IT GETS VERIFIED WHAT YOU HAVE IS SAME AS WHAT WE HAVE ON FILE. ANYONE CAN DO IT WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING. YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE DON’T DO BAD THINGS IN THEIR HOME. WHEN THEY SELL IT IT MAY COME BACK TO BITE YOU. BUILDING ACTIVITY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. WE HAVE A BUILDING INSPECTOR THAT DRIVES AROUND TOWN AND THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE VILLAGE BOARD. WE ALL LOOK FOR THE SAME THING. IF YOU SEE YOUR NEIGHBOR DOING SOMETHING AND THEY DON’T HAVE A GREEN CARD IN THE WINDOW REPORT IT TO VILLAGE HALL. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT IN THE WINDOW. IF YOU HERE SAWS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CALL POLICE IT IS BEST TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT.

 

RENEE DONATELLI ASKED IF SOMEONE OWNS A HOUSE AND 25 PEOPLE LIVE THERE I CAN’T MAKE A COMPLAINT?

 

ATTORNEY BUCKHEIT TYPICALLY IF SOMEONE MOVES IN WITH 25 PEOPLE THEY WOULD MAKE MODIFICATIONS OF BUILDING ACTIVITY THEN WE WOULD SEE THE SIGNS OF BUILDING ACTIVITY AND ISSUE A STOP WORK ORDER. IF THEY DON’T ANSWER THAT THEY GET A COURT APPEARANCE. THERE ARE ANCILIARY ACTIVITIES CAN BE PROSECUTED, NOISE ETC. ONE THING IS ATLEAST TWICE A MONTH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND I DRIVE AROUND. THEY MAYOR HAD POINTED OUT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE ATTORNEY TO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE BUT I DO INFACT LIVE HERE AND I OFTEN DRIVE AROUND WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND POINT OUT CHANGES OR ACTIVITY. WE TELL THEM TO COME DOWN AND GET THE APPLICABLE PERMIT. IF IT INVOLVES A CHANGE OF USE WE SEND THEM TO PLANNING OR ZONING BOARD.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT HE CAN ATTEST TO THE ATTORNEY DRIVING AROUND WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ATLEAST 2X A MONTH. BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT MY FATHER WAS ONE OF 9 CHILDREN IN A 2 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH ONE BATHROOM. SOME PARENTS CHOOSE TO HAVE 9 KIDS SOME HAVE 15 WE CAN’T LIMIT THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A ONE OR TWO BEDROOM HOME. YOU DON’T GET THAT TOO MUCH ANYMORE.

 

RENEE DONATELLI NOTED THAT SHE UNDERSTAND IT BETTER NOW AND SHE JUST WANTS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP GREENWOOD LAKE THE WAY WE HAVE IT.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED I COULDN’T AGREE MORE.

 

ED BILELLO NOTED THAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT LAKELANDS , WAHTAWAH THESE SEPTICS COULDN’T HANDLE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THEY WOULD BE FAILING.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT IS A GOOD POINT FAILING SEPTICS, 20 PEOPLE IN A HOUSE IS GOING TO FAIL. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPACE TO UPGRADE. WE NEED SEWERS TO HAVE THAT AND ACCOMMODATE.

 

MAYOR DWYER NOTED THAT HE WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING AND BEING CIVIL. YOU CAN EMAIL ME OR CALL VILLAGE HALL.

 

MAYOR DWYER ASKED FOR A MOTION TO PAY ALL AUDITED BILLS.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE KELM AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

MAYOR DWYER ASKED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY VILLAGE BOARD MEETING.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

RESOLUTION #10 OF 2019/2020 AUTHORIZES THE BOARD TO WAIVE THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE FOR THE EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AT HOLY ROSARY CHURCH.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOWLEY SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

RESOLUTION #11 OF 2019/2020 AUTHORIZES THE VILLAGE OF GREENWOOD LAKE TO SUBMIT IT GRANT APPLICATION TO ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR 2019 AND AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. THEY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THEY HAVE READ AND SUBMIT THIS FORM AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HOWLEY ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

RESOLUTION #12 OF 2019/2020 AUTHORIZES THE AWARD OF THE REFUSE BID THAT WAS OPENED ON AUGUST 16TH, TO INTERSTATE WASTE IN THE AMOUNT OF $372,450.00 WHICH IS PRORATED FROM OCT. 1 TO MAY 31, 2020.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE KELM SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SELLIER ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

RESOLUTION #13 OF 2019/2020-AUTHORIZES THE REJECTION OF THE SOLE BIDDER FOR THE WINDERMERE AVE SIDEWALK PROJECT.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

RESOLUTION #14 OF 2019/2020-AUTHORIZES THE RENEWAL OF BUILDING PERMIT FOR 17 CHURCH ST. AT THE ORIGINAL PRICE $112.00

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

MAYOR ASKED FOR A MOTION ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT A2089.001 REC, INCOME $1,970.00 TO A7310.403 REC. EXPENSES $1,970.00.

 

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

 

MAYOR DWYER ADJOURNED THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, MEETING THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 21, 2019 PRECEED BY A 6:30PM WORKSHOP AND 7:30PM MEETING.

 

MOTIONED BY TRUSTEE HOLDER AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE KELM ALL AYE TO SAID MOTION.

 

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

 

 

 

PATRICIA OLSEN

VILLAGE CLERK/TREAS.