Minutes of the Bi-Monthly
Town Board Meeting held
At
Mrs. Stack began by
apologizing to the Board Members for not sending individual memos informing
them of the upcoming increase prior to its occurrence.
Mr. Jaques said he wished he
had known in advance.
Mrs. Stack responded that
she thought they did.
She went on to explain that
the increase had started at 3% and had been changed to 5%.
Mr. Anthony gave a
presentation on the analysis of keeping the equalization rate at 100%. He spoke about trends and sales used to find
these trends saying that there are not enough sales in
Mr. Ferebee and Mr.
Biesemeyer said they didn’t feel these sales were fair, citing the
infrastructure and services that
Mr. Biesemeyer said that
Following the presentation
and with all questions answered, Mrs. Stack told the Board that when they
wanted updates to just call.
Mr. Ferebee gave an update
on the Water District #2 project.
He said he had given
everyone a copy of the project budget estimate from Wayne Ryan at AES.
He also reminded them that
the Town has a long term, 30 year, 0% loan of
$4,062,000.
He said that as soon as the
Town gets word on their grant with Rural Development, the bid for the project
will go out, saying that word will be received by June 18th or the
bid will go out anyway. He also said
that AES said they only need 1 week to get the bid out.
When asked, Mr. Ferebee said
that the water bills for District #2 could double without Rural Development funding, however, he said funding is expected, though no
firm amount is known. He said that as
soon as this is known, a Public Informational Meeting will be held in
Next was a brief discussion
regarding the over pumping of the acquifer which is
occurring.
Mr. Ferebee gave an update
on the Holt House project.
He said he had been in
contact with Lauren Murphy though e-mails which he had given to the Board. He said it had not been confirmed that
Christine would be coming tonight, so either she or Lauren Murphy will come to
the meeting on April 14th with full details on the project.
The Board talked briefly
about Lauren’s idea of having the bathroom in a shed behind the building, the
Board did not seem to go along with that idea.
This will be further discussed at next month’s meeting.
Next, Mr. Ferebee gave an
update on the cell towers.
He said the test drilling
for the foundation in
Mr. Ferebee gave an update
on the
He said that he has applied
to extend the permit with DEC for another year saying that the project probably
would not happen this year.
He said that DEC will not
award the $96,000 in bond funding until the project starts and the Corp of
Engineers will not began without it.
Resolution No. 83 – 09
Ms. Neville offered a
resolution and moved its adoption. Be it
resolved, that at their request, the Farmers’ Market Cooperative be allowed to
use Marcy Field on Sundays, from June 14th to
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Ferebee: Yes
Mr. Martin: Yes
Mr. Biesemeyer: Yes
Ms. Neville: Yes
Mr. Jaques: Yes
Mr. Jaques said that he is
aware that Tom Both, who worked on the rutabaga festival last year, would like
to have the annual festival known as the Town of
Resolution No. 84 – 09
Mr. Jaques offered a
resolution and moved its adoption. Be it
resolved, that the Town Board accept the following bids that were opened Monday,
March 16th, for surplus equipment:
2002 F-250 Ford Pickup w/plow
Ryan Hall - $1,552.53
Mark Jerry & Co. - 1,626.00
14 Ft. Midatlantic Trailer
Richard Hall - $
50.27.
Be it further resolved, that
the award for each piece of equipment go to the highest bidder. This resolution was seconded by Ms. Neville.
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Ferebee: Yes
Mr. Martin: Yes
Mr. Biesemeyer: Yes
Ms. Neville: Yes
Mr. Jaques: Yes
Mr. Ferebee informed the
Board that Bulky Days would be held on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, the 22nd,
24th and 25th of April.
Ms. Neville gave an update
on the windows at the Town Hall.
She said that she had had a
professional come in and estimate building storm windows for six windows, 3
with screens. He estimated this could be
done, along with fixing the original windows for $600 to $700 per window.
Mr. Biesemeyer asked what he
would do about the weights, which is the cause for a huge heat loss. Ms.
Neville said he wouldn’t be doing anything with them.
Mr. Biesemeyer said he was
not in favor of spending $3,000 and not doing anything with the problem of heat
loss caused by weights in the sash..
Mr. Jaques asked why the
original windows had to be kept.
There was a discussion
regarding original, due to historical value, versus replacement windows.
Mr. Biesemeyer suggested
keeping the original windows for one more winter to check them out for heat
loss and consider buying
high quality replacement windows.
He suggested calling Todd Chanell at
Mr. Jaques said he would
find out the name of the rep for Marvin Windows and Doors.
There was a very brief
mention of observers for the Water District #2 project. It sounded like Kirk Bassarab
has been approached about being the Town’s observer.
The next discussion was in
regards to the Library.
Mr. Ferebee informed the
Board that when the
Resolution No. 85 – 09
Mr. Jaques offered a
resolution and moved its adoption. Be it
resolved, that Robin Lawrence be acknowledged for her support and efforts in
having the
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Ferebee: Yes
Mr. Martin: Yes
Mr. Biesemeyer: Yes
Ms. Neville: Yes
Mr. Jaques: Yes
Mr. Ferebee informed the Board
that the remainder of the roof on the main part of the library needs to be
replaced. He said he will get estimates
and that this will be paid for by the George Bright fund.
Resolution No. 86 – 09
Mr. Biesemeyer offered a
resolution and moved its adoption. Be it
resolved, that the following bills be approved for payment, including those
that were prepaid. This resolution was
seconded by Mr. Jaques.
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Ferebee: Yes
Mr. Martin: Yes
Mr. Biesemeyer: Yes
Ms. Neville: Yes
Mr. Jaques: Yes
General Fund bills No.
G121 – G134 $36,591.07
Highway Fund bills No. H42
– H47 8,114.11
Library Fund bills No.
L21 – L25 793.42
Water District #1 bill No. K15 764.56
Resolution No. 87 – 09
Mr. Biesemeyer offered a
resolution and moved its adoption. Be it
resolved, that with all business having been transacted, this meeting be
adjourned. This resolution was seconded
by Mr. Jaques.
Roll Call Vote:
Mr. Ferebee: Yes
Mr. Martin: Yes
Mr. Biesemeyer: Yes
Ms. Neville: Yes
Mr. Jaques: Yes
The meeting was adjourned at
Ellen S. Estes, Town Clerk
March 27, 2009
William B. Ferebee,
Supervisor
Paul R. Martin, Robert M.
Biesemeyer, Marcy Neville
and