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Regular Meeting—April 12, 2006 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM, following a public hearing on the 2006-2007 budget. All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney were present, as well as Attorney Varley, Clerk O’Brien, and Treasurer Thompson. Trustee Kelts moved to waive reading the minutes from the previous 4 meetings and accept them as written. Trustee Rocque seconded the motion, which was passed unanimously. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Trustee Pascucci—Insurance has been reduced to $10,000 on the old Knickerbocker fire truck. The Village is ready to begin work on the tennis court project. Trustee VanDervoort—Thanked Trustee Rocque for his work with the fire department; praised the department for their work on the water rescue in March; reported a total of 6 emergency alarms during March. The complete report is available from the Village Clerk. He also announced that April 22 will be “Clean Sweep Day” along the old Champlain Canal; volunteers are requested. The Heritage Day committee will meet at the museum on April 18. Trustee Rocque—Read the report from the Director of Public Works, which cited work being done on pot hole repair, street sign replacement and installation, and winter season cleanup. The complete report is available from the Village Clerk. Trustee Kelts—The schedule for Concerts in the Park will be available by the end of April. Canalfest has very few spaces left for vendors, and letters have gone out for the Great Village Sellout in Sept. Attorney Varley reported that the gas station at 112 Broad St. has been closed by an order from the NYS Appellate Division court. The owners are currently looking into other options for the property. The financial report for March is as follows: Checking Account, $38,983.43; Money Market Account, $330,359.63, for a General Fund Total of $369,343.06. Special Project Fund balance is $13,582.84. Unaudited utilities, $6,216.45; Payroll, $4,567.98; Section 8, $23,194.11. The current general fund abstract is $54,517.79 and the special projects abstract is for $3,058.75. Trustee Kelts moved to pay these bills upon approval of the department heads and the village board. Trustee Rocque seconded the motion. All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Construction season is beginning and it is expected that new lights will be installed on Broad St. between 6th and 7th St. Façade work is being done on Broad St. and a new Main St. grant has been received and a contract should be awarded in about 3 weeks. Trustee Kelts offered Resolution # to adopt the proposed budget for 2006-07, which provides an increase of $3.37 per thousand over last year, mainly due to purchase of a new fire truck for the Knickerbocker Steamer Co., and a large increase in the cost of garbage disposal. However, the increase amounts to only 1.25% over the 1998 budget. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Kelts offered Resolution # appointing Terry Coloney to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a 5 year term ending in 2011. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Kelts offered Resolution # appointing J. Christopher Callaghan to the Planning Board for a 2 year term ending in 2008. Trustee Pascucci offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Rocque offered Resolution # appointing William Plummer to the Planning Board for a 3 year term ending in 2009. Trustee VanDervoort offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Pascucci offered Resolution # to award the contract for rebuilding the Ricky S. Forchilli Memorial Tennis Court to DelSignore Blacktopping Co. at a cost of $44,416.00. Trustee Kelts offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Kelts offered Resolution # calling for a public hearing on May 10 at 7:15PM to hear comments from the public regarding a request for two 15 min. parking signs in front of the Waterford Post Office. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Kelts offered Resolution # to make the following budget transfers: R225.00 from A1990.4 to A1325.11; $100.00 from A1990.4 to A1210.4; and $18,590.00 from A2770, $13,000.00 from A7110.2, and $12,826.00 from A1990.4 all to Capital Projects account H878 for rebuilding the tennis court. The second was offered by Trustee Pascucci; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Pascucci offered Resolution # authorizing the mayor to sign an agreement with Chazen Engineering for preliminary engineering in the village regarding lighting, curbing and additional streetscaping work. The second was offered by Trustee Kelts; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Trustee Kelts offered Resolution # authorizing the Masonic Temple Assoc. to act as their own contractor and replace their sidewalk under the village sidewalk replacement plan, provided they follow all specifications contained in the sidewalk plan. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes. Laura Huneau addressed the board with concerns about the gas station at 112 Broad St. regarding continued activity and noise, even though the station is closed. Frank Galarneau addressed the board about the quality of the village website and questioned recent police action on the gas station property, and requested that signs be removed and the pumps be covered. John Porcello requested additional police patrols after the tennis court is reopened. Kevin Galuski of 45 Middle St. reported a problem with the house at 47 Middle St. and asked that the village intervene. Terry Coloney reported that cars parked in the alley behind Grace Church are causing problems for the neighbors entering or exiting their garages. He also requested that the pizza parlor be forced to contain their garbage in the alley. A sewer problem in the area of 4th and Middle St. was also reported. A 10 minute recess was called at 8:18 PM and an executive session began at 8:30 PM . The session ended at 8:35 PM and the meeting was adjourned at 8:36 PM. Respectfully submitted, Nancy P. O’Brien, Village Clerk
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