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Town of Charlton Saratoga County Town Board
January 12, 2009
8:00pm
The Regular meeting of the Town Board of Charlton, Saratoga County, New York held at Charlton Town Hall, called to order by Supervisor Grattidge at 8:00pm.
Present: Councilman Gardner, Councilman Lippiello, Councilman Salisbury, Councilman Verola, Supervisor Grattidge, Town Clerk Brenda Mills, Attorney Robert VanVranken.
Supervisor Grattidge lead the pledge of Allegiance.
Supervisor Grattidge expressed condolences for Lane Jastrebski due the recent death of her husband, as well as for the Maloney family for the death of William Maloney. He also expressed his sympathy to the Maloney’s and the Greens due to the tragic fire that occurred last weekend. A donation fund has been set up for the Green family at Trustco Bank. The checks can be made out to Dave and Linda Green, and taken to any branch of Trustco.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Councilman Verola and seconded by Councilman Gardner to accept the meeting minutes of the Town Board Meeting held on December 8, 2008.
Roll call vote: Councilman Gardner: Aye, Councilman Lippiello: Aye, Councilman Salisbury: Aye, Councilman Verola: Aye, Supervisor Grattidge: Aye Approved
A motion was made by Councilman Lippiello and seconded by Councilman Verola to accept the meeting minutes of the Town Board Special Meeting held on December 15, 2008.
Roll call vote: Councilman Gardner: Abstained, Councilman Lippiello: Aye, Councilman Salisbury: Aye, Councilman Verola: Aye, Supervisor Grattidge: Aye Approved
A motion was made by Councilman Verola seconded by Councilman Gardner, to accept the meeting minutes of the Town Board Agenda Meeting held on December 29, 2008.
Roll call vote: Councilman Gardner: Aye, Councilman Lippiello: Aye, Councilman Salisbury: Aye, Councilman Verola: Aye, Supervisor Grattidge: Aye Approved
ABSTRACT OF CLAIMS
A motion made by Councilman Verola seconded by Councilman Lippiello to accept General Fund Claims No. 1001-1046 in the amount of $64,039.01 as set forth in the abstract No.101, and to accept General Fund Claim No. 813 in the amount of $646.37 as set forth in the abstract No. 8812.
Roll call vote: Councilman Gardner: Aye, Councilman Lippiello: Aye, Councilman Salisbury: Aye, Councilman Verola: Aye, Supervisor Grattidge: Aye Approved
Supervisor Grattidge informed the Board that he had authorized and internal transfer of $19.31 to the Town Clerk Equipment account for the additional cost of replacing a fax machine.
TOWN CLERK REPORT
Town Clerk Brenda Mills reported taking in $277.50 for the month of December, $186.93 was disbursed to the Supervisor and $90.57 to government agencies.
A motion made by Councilman Verola seconded by Councilman Gardner to accept the Town Clerk report as read.
Vote: All Ayes, No Nays: CARRIED
SUPERVISOR’S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
December Revenue and Expenditures:
WEB SITE ACTIVITY The overall number of visits to the Town of Charlton Web Site during the month of December is: Entire site; 125,313 Average per day; 4,042, Page views; 96,603, Average per day; 3,116.
SUPERVISORS REPORT
For the month of December I attended 5 Town meetings and 8 County meetings. Some of the highlights of the month: -Attended numerous meetings concerning The New Town Hall Project -Attended a meeting of the Farmland Task Force -Attended a meeting concerning the Town Clerks Technology Grant -Attended the Christmas Party for the Charlton Historical Society at the Charlton House
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Saratoga County Planning & Zoning Conference will be held January 28, 2009
Supervisor Grattidge said that over the course of the next few weeks he will be calling to schedule the Town Board Annual Audit.
There will be a meeting of the Party in the Park Committee jointly with the Explore 400 Committee on January 14, 2009 at 7:30pm.
There will be an Agriculture Task Force meeting on January 21, 2009 at 7:30pm.
COMMUNICATIONS
Supervisor Grattidge stated that the Town had a back-up battery system for the Traffic Light at the corner of Routes 67 and 147. The State DOT put a solar battery back-up unit that would not require a generator at the site, but the Town was not aware how long the solar back-up would operate during a power outage. During the December ice storm they found that the back-up lasted 7 hours and 58 minutes. Supervisor Grattidge has forwarded this information to the Fire Department and the Highway Department. If a power outage lasts longer than 8 hours, a generator will need to be turned on.
DEPARTMENT & COMMITTEE REPORTS
HIGHWAY - General Operations - Pick up brush and limbs from ice storm, clean up from ice storm, Plow, Sand and Salt Roads, Clean shop, wash floors, Take scrap steel to the county recycling center. Equipment Repair - Repair generator for town hall (valve keeper fell out), Remove dump box from truck 14, Replace misc. light bulbs on trucks, Replacing cutting edges on plows and wings, Replace sander chain in 15’s sander. Miscellaneous Items - Put up lights at gazebo, Hook up generator to town hall for heat power was out, Man generator at 67@147, Take trash from town hall multiple times, Attend class on snow and ice control (all highway personal).
ZONING - Two building permits were issued and one engineering review was done. In 2008, 113 permits and 45 CO’s were issued.
TOWN OF BALLSTON LIBRARY – Larry Rogers, Library Representative thanked the Town Board for their support. He stated that in his eight years on the Board, this has been the toughest year financially. They have had to reduce the hours at the Library in order to reduce salary expense and energy costs. Usage of the library remains strong and they are continuing to offer many classes and programs to the public.
HISTORIAN – Laura Linder stated that the Historic District Commission has an architect who may be put to use. She asked that people not email photos to her home computer, but rather save the photos to CD and give them to her. This is the quadricentennial year. The Charlton Historical Society is hosting a movie night on January 18th to show historic movies. On February 4th, they will be having a guest speaker who is a National Geographic photographer.
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD – Councilman Lippiello said there will be a meeting January 15th to put together the information requested by the grant writer.
JUSTICE – Larry Bascom said that NYS has increased the new surcharge for driving without an inspection to $85. He stated that the State Police and Sheriffs currently process tickets electronically. He recommended that the Charlton Police get the necessary technology to process tickets electronically.
CONSTABLES – In December, they has 28 patrols, handled 8 complaints, 6 911 calls, issued 12 tickets, attended 1 accident and 1 EMT call.
WATER – EDP is putting together the bid specifications for having the work done at the pump house. Also some electrical work done is being done at the pump house.
TAX COLLECTOR – Councilman Salisbury said that the Tax Collector has turned the water district funds into the Supervisor. The letter regarding the water tax increase is still being worked on by the Board.
MOTIONS & RESOLUTIONS
A motion was made by Councilman Gardner and seconded by Councilman Verola that Resolution No. 51 – A RESOLUTION DECLARING CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE ELECTRONIC NEEDS OF THE LOCAL TOWN GOVERNMENT be approved.
Roll call vote: Councilman Gardner: Aye, Councilman Lippiello: Aye, Councilman Salisbury: Aye, Councilman Verola: Aye, Supervisor Grattidge: Aye Approved
AUTHORIZATIONS
A motion was made by Councilman Verola and seconded by Councilman Lippiello to authorize the Supervisor to sign the Annual Agreement with Charlton Historical Society.
VOTE: All Ayes, No Nays. CARRIED.
COUNCILMAN REPORTS
Councilman Lippiello – Complimented the Supervisor for the way that he expressed everyone’s sympathy for the Jastrebski, Green and Maloney families. His thoughts also were with the Greens and the Maloneys. He said that the Town has lost an awful lot. Many people identified Charlton with the Tavern.
Councilman Verola - She stated that she shared Councilman Lippiello’s sentiments. She also offered her sincerest thanks to the Volunteer Firemen. “They go out in the middle of the night, in all kinds of weather, and we are so lucky to have people who are still willing to do those jobs.”
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
No one chose to speak.
The meeting adjourned at 8:37pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda Mills Town Clerk
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