Minutes

November 05, 2014: Regular Village Board Meeting Minutes

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Village of Tully

November 5, 2014 Regular Meeting

There was a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Tully on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Municipal Building.

Present:

Theresa Flaherty, Deputy Mayor

 

Daniel Poellot, Trustee

 

Charles Yonko, Jr, Trustee

 

 Kathryn Vernay, Trustee

 

Ruth Van Buskirk, Clerk/Treasurer

 

Thomas Chartrand, Accountant

 

Harold Kiehl, DPW

 

Steve Primo, Counsel

 

Ralph Lamson, Codes

 

 

Absent:

Elizabeth Greenwood, Mayor

 

 

Visitors:

Janet McKnight

 

Sonny Battle

 

Mike Bridenbaker

 

Pledge of Allegiance/Call to Order

Deputy Mayor Flaherty led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the meeting to order at 7:01pm.

Motion was made by Trustee Poellot, 2nd by Trustee Vernay to approve the minutes for the October 1, 2014.  3 ayes, 1 abstention. 

Public Comment

Janet McKnight: Ms McKnight will submit a letter with requested corrections to the October minutes.

DPW:

East meter:  Upon motion by Deputy Mayor Flaherty, 2nd by Trustee Vernay it was unanimous to approve the bid from Adhan for repairs to the water supply to the east meter pit, with refinements, subject to payment in full by 11/20/14 for their share of the update, from the two (2) outside users prior to the contract being signed by the Village. 

The clerk will send certified letters to the two (2) users regarding this matter, and stating that their water may be discontinued.

Beavers:  Upon motion by Trustee Poellot, 2nd by Trustee Vernay it was unanimous to authorize access to Lou Scott to trap beavers that are damming up the creek near Cummings Park.

Scrap Fire Hydrants:  Upon motion by Trustee Poellot, 2nd by Trustee Yonko it was unanimous to declare 3 fire hydrants scrap and authorize Harold to get the best price available for them.

Trees:  3 out of 4 red oak trees that were purchased from the nursery have been planted.

Maintenance Report: There was an inspection from DOH. No problems were found.

Training Report:  The DPW crew is doing some of the sampling and filling out the paperwork.

Codes:  There may be a fence down around a swimming pool on 11 grove – codes will take a look

Counsel:

Upon motion by Trustee Poellot, 2nd by Trustee Yonko it was unanimous to authorize the Village Clerk to sign the contract with Roosevelt and Cross.  The amount of the BAN is $300,000.00, the interest is 1.507%.

Engineer:

No report

New Business:

The Precinct building is being used by the youth group, and the Lego group.  We need to look into a building use policy.

Upon motion by Trustee Poellot, 2nd by Deputy Mayor Flaherty it was unanimous to accept the treasurer’s report subject to audit.

Upon motion by Trustee Vernay, 2nd by Trustee Yonko it was unanimous to change the general payroll to the 19th of December.

Ralph Lamson reported that NYSERTA has given us preliminary acceptance.

Public comment

Audit Bills

Upon motion by Deputy Mayor Flaherty, 2nd by Trustee Yonko, it was unanimous to review and authorize the accountant to pay the bills, subject to audit. 

Upon motion of Deputy Mayor Flaherty,  2nd by Trustee Vernay it was unanimous to adjourn at 8:10pm.

 Respectfully Submitted

Ruth C. Van Buskirk

Clerk/Treasurer