Minutes of
the Bi-Monthly Town Board Meeting held
The Chairman,
Mr. Ferebee, called the meeting to order at
Jim Herman
explained that he and Mr. Mason were present to request permission from the
Board to put up banners promoting the relocation of families to the Town of
They showed
the Board a copy of one they already had printed and discussed possible word
changes for the others. They said they
were interested in putting these banners on the 3 roads leading out of Town.
They also
said they were going to have a booth set up at the Farmers’ Market where they
would hand out brochures.
The Town
Board said they had no problem with the signs but Mr. Ferebee informed them
that they should run this by the Planning Board. Mr. Herman said they would attend next week’s
Planning Board Meeting.
Mr. Ferebee
informed the Board that he had some business they needed to take care of regarding
the Water Project for WD#2.
He explained
that the Town has their 4.2 million dollar loan and now have received the grant
loan of 3 million/100,000. He said that
a payment of approximately $16,000 is due in November and that the payment of
approximately $95,000 for next June may change depending on whether the project
is done and the original loan has been paid down with stimulus funds. He said for now, $150.00 is being added to
the Water District No. 2 water rents for capital improvement debt but that this
amount will be adjusted when the project is closed out.
Mr. Ferebee
explained to the Board that at this time the cost of the complete project looks
like $5.9 million. He said that the
paperwork is in the works for additional grant fund of $600,000 with the USDA,
for the amount above the most recent estimate.
Resolution
No. 140 – 09
Mr.
Biesemeyer offered Resolution No. 140 – 09, a Loan Resolution, and moved its
adoption. This resolution, in its
entirety, is attached to and made a part of these minutes. 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
Resolution
No. 141 – 09
Mr. Jaques
offered a resolution and moved its adoption.
Be it resolved, that the following bids from the following contractors be
accepted as opened:
Water
Storage Contract
Reale
Construction - $1,488,000.00
Riznick
Construction -
1,619,884.00
Tracy
Trombley -
1,657,000.00
Luck
Brothers, Inc. -
1,871,885.00
Water
Mains Contract w/all
alternates (attached is a full break down of alternatives)
Luck
Brothers, Inc. - $3,233,993.00
Standard
Northeast -
3,320,850.00
Bat Con, Inc. -
3,861,584.00
Be it also
resolved, that at the advice of the Town’s Engineer, the bid be awarded to the
low bidder, Reale Construction on the Water Storage Project and to the low
bidder, Luck Brothers, Inc., to include all alternatives on the Water Main
Project, contingent upon additional funding.
This
resolution was seconded by Mr. Biesemeyer.
Roll Call
Vote:
Mr. Ferebee: Yes
Mr. Martin: Yes
Mr.
Biesemeyer: Yes
Ms. Neville: Yes
Mr. Jaques: Yes
Mr. Ferebee
gave a brief cell tower update saying that the building is scheduled to be
delivered on the 7th or 8th and that service should be
available by the end of the summer.
Ms. Neville
asked if there was anything new on the
Mr. Ferebee
said that Ms. Whitson has been working on this but she is on vacation this
week.
The Board
discussed having the decision of how to handle this issue put to referendum
this fall. Everyone seemed to agree that
this was a good idea and fair way to handle the issue if permissible, though
Ms. Neville voiced that she was not sure it could be.
When asked
about the Holt House Project, Mr. Ferebee said he had spoken to Christine
Francis, who said everything is ready to go out to bid saying she just needed
to speak to Lauren Murphy first.
There was a
brief discussion regarding the need to move the septic away from the well and
ideas were discussed about the bathrooms.
Resolution
No. 142 – 09
Mr. Martin
offered a resolution and moved its adoption.
Be it resolved, that the following bills be accepted 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
(listed on
next page)
General Fund
bills No. G270 – G306 $27,488.80
Highway Fund
bills No. H95 – H105 90,718.72
Library Fund
bills No. L57 – L64 5,633.85
Water
District #1 bills No. K29 – K30 652.71
Water
District #2 bills No. KV35 – KV36 3,103.36
Resolution
No. 143 – 09
Mr. Martin
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 Ms. Neville.
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
William B.
Ferebee, Supervisor
Paul R.
Martin, Councilperson
Robert M.
Biesemeyer, Councilperson
Marcy A.
Neville, Councilperson
Lawrence
Jaques, Councilperson