VILLAGE BOARD of TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting Minutes
October 8, 2003

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees was called to Order by Mayor LeSage at 7:00 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor Thomas LeSage
Trustee Robert Bausch
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay
Trustee Virginia Adams
Trustee Wayne Bailey

Also present were Deputy Clerk Linda Bryant, CEO/ZEO Thomas Williamson, DPW Supervisor Marty Krause, Historian Tally Almquist, Dale Leiter, Bob Bobzin, Mary Ann Price, Arthur Price, Elizabeth Smith, Robert Smith, George Filowick, Jr., George Filowick, Sr., and Cindy Favata.

APPROVAL OF BILLS:

A motion to approve the bills as presented was made by Trustee Wayne Bailey and seconded by Trustee Virginia Adams. The motion carried by the following vote:
Mayor Thomas LeSage-aye
Trustee Robert Bausch-aye
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay-aye
Trustee Wayne Bailey-aye
Trustee Virginia Adams - aye

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

A motion to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 24, 2003 was made by Trustee Anna Marie Barclay and seconded by Trustee Virginia Adams. The motion carried by the following vote:
Mayor Thomas LeSage-aye
Trustee Robert Bausch-aye
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay-aye
Trustee Wayne Bailey-aye
Trustee Virginia Adams - aye

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR:

Fire Department - Robert Bobzin addressed the Board and responded to inquires concerning the 2004 proposed Fire Department budget.

Dale Leiter addressed the Board and sought approval of a letter regarding Mayne Estates Development.

MAYOR'S REPORT

The Mayor reported and updated the information on the transmission lines and tree stumps.

HISTORIAN'S REPORT

Historian Tally Almquist informed the Board that the state now requires the historian to be certified, which is of no cost to the Village. She is gathering up her years of service as historian to enable her to become certified.

.CEO/ZEO REPORT:

Tom Williamson addressed the Board with a progress report on a variety of compliance issues including Loewke, Ralph & Rosie's Deli, Devonshire Manor Apartments, Lynx Machine Tool Corporation, discharge of firearms and the emergency plan.

A motion to approve the oral and written report of the CEO/ZEO was made by Trustee Anna Marie Barclay and seconded by Trustee Robert Bausch. The motion carried unanimously.

DPW SUPERVISOR'S REPORT:

Trustee Bob Bausch offered the following resolution for adoption:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Village owns and maintains Village streets as a municipal duty, and

WHEREAS, the Village has discontinued its intermunicipal agreement with the Town, and

WHEREAS, the Village has identified a need for equipment to carry out its municipal duties, and

WHEREAS, the DPW Supervisor recommends the purchase of a ¾ ton pickup truck with plow and has obtained three price quotations and reviewed State bid for this equipment,

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Village purchase said equipment to be audited as follows:
$24,000.00 (1640.200A)
$ 2,000.00 (1640.400A)

The resolution was seconded by Trustee Wayne Bailey and carried by the following vote:

Mayor Thomas LeSage-aye
Trustee Virginia Adams-aye
Trustee Wayne Bailey-aye
Trustee Robert Bausch-aye
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay-aye

Trustee Wayne Bailey offered the following resolution for adoption:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Village owns and maintains Village streets as a municipal duty, and

WHEREAS, the Village has discontinued its intermunicipal agreement with the Town, and

WHEREAS, the Village has identified a need for equipment to carry out its municipal duties, and

WHEREAS, the DPW Supervisor recommends the purchase of a 10 foot snow pusher and has obtained three price quotations and reviewed State bid for this equipment,

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Village purchase said equipment to be audited as follows:

$2,625.00 (1640.200A)

The resolution was seconded by Trustee Bob Bausch and carried by the following vote:

Mayor Thomas LeSage-aye
Trustee Virginia Adams-aye
Trustee Wayne Bailey-aye
Trustee Robert Bausch-aye
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay

The following resolution was offered by Trustee Bob Bausch for adoption:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Village has created a general fund special reserve for equipment purchases, and

WHEREAS, this reserve currently has a balance of $10,549.53, and

WHEREAS, the Village has identified an equipment need in the nature of a pickup truck with plow for carrying out its municipal street maintenance duties, and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that such equipment purchase would be in the best interests of the residents of the Village,

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees recognizes that the expenditure of all funds from the Special Reserve established for equipment for the purchase of a pickup truck with plow (and thereby closing the reserve) is subject to permissive referendum pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of Village Law, Section 6C of general Municipal Law and, various provisions of Local Finance Law, inter alia.
The Clerk is directed to publish notice of this expenditure.

The resolution was seconded by Trustee Wayne Bailey and carried by the following vote:

Mayor Thomas LeSage-aye
Trustee Virginia Adams-aye
Trustee Wayne Bailey-aye
Trustee Robert Bausch-aye
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay-aye

A motion to approve the written and oral DPW Supervisor's report was made by Trustee Virginia Adams and seconded by Trustee Wayne Bailey. The motion carried unanimously.

TRUSTEE CONCERNS:

There was some discussion regarding a manhole cover on McKenzie Street. DPW Supervisor, Marshall Krause explained that this could be repaired with patch.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Town-Village Business
a.) Intermunicipal agreement and Equipment Rate-Tabled

2. Proposed local laws
a.) Skateboarders - tabled

b.) Noise regulation - tabled

3. Mayor's economic development incentives for downtown
Business district - tabled

NEW BUSINESS:

1. The Deputy Clerk formally presented an application for rezoning of the newly annexed lands and a long form SEQRA application. A motion was made by Trustee Robert Bausch and seconded by Trustee Anna Marie Barclay to refer rezoning of SEQR to the Planning Board for recommendation. The motion carried unanimously. The Clerk is directed to forward a copy to the Planning Board Chairperson or Secretary of the Planning Board prior to its next meeting and request that it be placed on the agenda for consideration.

2. After discussion about the Board of Trustee's role in the SEQRA process, a motion was made by Robert Bausch and seconded by Wayne Bailey
to seek Lead Agency status. The motion carried unanimously. The Clerk was directed to send copies of the SEQRA documents to all interested agencies with written notice of the Board's intent to seek Lead Agency status.

3. A motion was made by Trustee Robert Bausch and seconded by Wayne
Bailey to approve payment of the difference between Class D and a Commercial Drivers license for Joe Chimino . This will apply to all DPW employees holding a CDL license. The motion carried unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT:

A motion to adjourn was made by Trustee Robert Bausch and seconded by Trustee Anna Marie Barclay. The motion carried by the following vote:

Mayor Thomas LeSage-aye
Trustee Robert Bausch-aye
Trustee Anna Marie Barclay-aye
Trustee Wayne Bailey-aye
Trustee Virginia Adams - aye

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Linda Bryant
Deputy Clerk

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