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Agenda Meeting Minutes

September 26, 2005

 

Those present:  Bob, Sandy, Dot and Alan

Fred was excused.

 

The meeting began at 8:40 P.M.  Alan stated that this is the Agenda Meeting for the October 11 Town Board Meeting.

 

 

Announcements for meeting:

There will be a bid opening for ice control sand.

The Town Clerk is authorized to prepare the abstract.

John Morgan will have estimates for installing fire hydrants along the distribution line on Old Stage Road. 

Our Zoning Administrator has a cell phone that includes voice mail.  If you need to reach the Zoning Administrator during the day, his phone number is 857-4109.  It will be on the web site and in the newsletter.  Any messages left at Town Hall will be transferred to his cell phone.

 

 

Discussion Items:

We had a meeting with our building/code inspector and zoning administrator regarding our building permit fees and communications between departments.  Our Fee Schedule was put in place in 1999.  We increased the building permit fees to $14.00 per 100 square feet.  We have changed some of the fees for swimming pools, permit renewal, miscellaneous and solid liquid burning devices with or without a chimney to $65.00.  The building renewal fee for a building permit is now a flat fee of $65.00 once you have paid your initial fee.  Rich Moon is checking to verify that it is a one-year permit.  We have tried to standardize our Zoning Fees.  They are generally $50.00 for the percolation test, septic inspection for new or a repair and sign permit.  We will have a driveway curb cut permit for town roads.  This is something new.  We need to have our highway department involved when someone wants to put a new entrance way into their property.  There will be a $50.00 fee for a driveway curb cut permit and the applicant will get a set of specifications.  If you are on a county road or state highway, you have to deal with those agencies.  There is a fee for those permits.  A ZBA interpretation fee has been raised to $50.00.  An Exceptional Use Permit is $250.00 plus whatever consulting is needed.  These fees will be effective January 1, 2006.  Another issue that came up at this meeting was outdoor wood burning furnaces.  There is a concern that they should be restricted in the residential area.  They tend to put out quite a bit of smoke.  We will probably address it in a local law.

Alan spoke with Ron about Shared Highway Service.  Other highway departments are not doing this at this point.  It is something that should probably come out of the Association of Highway Superintendents.  There should be a form they can sign with each other when equipment goes between municipalities.  Ron will continue to research this.

 

The Farley Grant will need to be submitted to the New York State Contract Administration Unit.  Fred suggested we designate the funds for contractual services such as construction costs.  We could put the grant toward handicapped equipment or the elevator, etc.

 

The Board previously discussed adding our web address to our “Welcome” signs.  There are two proposed options.  One is in small letters and one in capital letters.  The Board decided on the capital letters.

 

We have been working on updating our Planning Board Application.  We will have 5 carbon copies.  It has been difficult to track the engineering escrow accounts by the names of the subdivisions.  We are now using the tax map number.

 

 

Resolutions for Town Board Meeting:

A Resolution to add our web address to “Welcome” signs

A Resolution to accept a bid for ice control sand

A Resolution imposing a Halloween Curfew

 

The Town Board received a ZBA referral for a Special Exception Application. 

 

Motion made by Councilman Verola, seconded by Councilman Lippiello, A Motion to forward the Special Exception Application for a fiberglass repair shop to the ZBA, be approved:

 

                        Approved:            Councilman Grattidge               Yes     

                                                Councilman Lippiello                Yes

                                                Councilman Mitchell                 Yes

                                                Councilman Verola                   Yes

                                                Supervisor Acunto                   Absent

 

 

Resolutions:

 

Motion made by Councilman Verola, seconded by Councilman Mitchell that Resolution #122, A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING OCTOBER 31, 2005 AS A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE 2006 TOWN BUDGET, be approved:

 

                        Approved:            Councilman Grattidge               Yes

                                                Councilman Lippiello                Yes

                                                Councilman Mitchell                 Yes

                                                Councilman Verola                   Yes

                                                Supervisor Acunto                   Absent

 

 

 

 

 

Councilman Reports:

Sandy – Nothing more.

Bob – Nothing more.

Dot – Will be speaking with the grant writer regarding some help for the Records Advisory Board.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:10 P.M.

 

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                                    Gail Hanchar

                                                                                    Town Clerk