VILLAGE BOARD of TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting Minutes
February 27, 2002

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor MacConnell at 7:00 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor MacConnell Trustee Barclay
Trustee Bausch Trustee Adams
Trustee Bailey

Also in attendance were: Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer Tracy Jong, DPW Supervisor Marty Krause and Ralph Marsocci (who entered at 7:05 p.m.).

APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS:
Budget Transfers:
$ 116.66 from 1990.440A contingency to 6410.000A economic development publicity.
A motion to approve the above Budget Transfer was made by Mayor MacConnell and seconded by Trustee Bailey. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye

APPROVAL OF BILLS:
A motion to approve the bills, with one add-on for $366.66 to be audited from 6410A, was made by Trustee Barclay and seconded by Trustee Adams. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A motion to approve the amended minutes of February 13th was made by Trustee Barclay and seconded by Trustee Bailey. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR:
1. Ralph Marsocci expressed concern about flight of businesses in the downtown district. He asked the Board to consider lowering the sewer rate for a potential laundromat. He also asked the Board to consider forming a subcommittee to look into business development. He also discussed donating money to the Village from the Fall Festival. He will get back to the Village with an amount and some ideas of what he would like to see done with the proceeds. The mayor suggested he might wish to donate specific items if something mutually agreeable was proposed.

DPW SUPERVISOR'S REPORT:
Written and oral report submitted. A motion to accept the report as given was made by Trustee Barclay and seconded by Trustee Bailey. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye

ADMINISTRATOR/CLERK-TREASURER'S REPORT:
Written and oral report submitted. A motion to accept the report as given was made by Trustee Bailey and seconded by Trustee Adams. The motion was carried by the following vote: MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye
NEW BUSINESS
1. Tax grievances
A) John Marchioni-A motion to decline the tax grievance by John Marchioni was made by Trustee Barclay and seconded by Trustee Bailey. The Board discussed the fact that no supporting data was submitted in support of the purported market value. The only document was a copy of a survey. Additionally, the tax grievance stated a recent purchase offer of $18,000 was made for the property. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-abstain Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye
B) A motion to grant the tax grievance and reduce the assessment of Mr. & Mrs. Magin from $102,500 to $97,000.00 was made by Mayor MacConnell and seconded by Trustee Barclay. The board discussed the comparison sales and other data which was provided and found sufficient basis to reduce the assessment. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch -aye
2. Tentative Budgets were presented to the Board.

ADJOURNMENT:
A motion to adjourn was made by Trustee Bailey and seconded by Trustee Barclay. The motion carried by the following vote:
MacConnell-aye Trustee Bailey-aye
Trustee Adams-aye Trustee Barclay-aye
Trustee Bausch aye

The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tracy Jong
Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer