Regular Meeting—Feb. 8, 2006

            The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call.  Present were Mayor Mahoney, Trustees Kelts, Rocque, and VanDervoort, Clerk O’Brien, Treasurer Thompson, Attorney Varley, a reporter from the Troy Record; and several interested residents.  Trustee Pascucci was excused.

            Trustee Kelts moved to waive reading the minutes of the previous meeting, which was seconded by Trustee Rocque.  All voted in favor of accepting the minutes as written.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

            Trustee Pascucci—report given by Mayor Mahoney.  The annual winter carnival has been cancelled due to the warm weather.  The new skateboard park at Garrett Field will open in the spring.

            Trustee VanDervoort—read the Public Works report, citing minimal need for snow and ice removal, pot hole repair, and catch basin cleaning.  The complete report is available from the Village Clerk.

            Trustee Rocque—the Fire Dept. responded to 11 emergency alarms during January.  Training is conducted on a weekly basis.  The complete report is available from the Village Clerk.

            Trustee Kelts—Concerts in the Park are about 50% booked at this time, and we hope to add one more concert this summer.

            The financial report for Jan. is as follows:  Checking Acct., $30,068.39; Money Market Acct., $180,751.03; no C.D.’s; total General Fund balance, $210,819.42.  The Special Projects Fund balance is $13,107.44.  Unaudited utilities, $7,279.05; Payrolls, $4,567.98; Section 8, $23,779.11.  There are no budget transfers.

            The current General Fund abstract totals $14,968.30.  Trustee Kelts moved to pay these bills upon approval of the department heads and the Village Board.  Trustee Rocque  seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.

            At a meeting with the Mohawk Towpath Byway, a compromise was reached to reduce the number of signs at the intersection of Broad and Third St.  The Byway will now begin and end at Broad and Eighth St. and some of the original signs have been eliminated.   Also, Verizon will raise the telephone cable across Broad St. near the 9^th St. Bridge within the next 2 weeks.

            Trustee VanDervoort offered approval of Resolution #       honoring all members of  the Waterford Fire Dept., Waterford Police Dept., Waterford Rescue Squad, and the Northside Fire Dept. for their heroic actions taken on Jan. 24, 2006, in the attempt to save the lives of 2 persons in the frigid waters of the Hudson River.  Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee Rocque  offered Resolution #        appointing James Murphy, Ward Patton and Patrick Pascucci to the Board of Assessment Review.  Trustee Kelts offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee  Rocque offered Resolution #       appointing Rick Pucci to the Village Planning Board to fill the remainder of Catherine Benardo’s term, ending April, 2007.   The second was offered by Trustee Kelts; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee Kelts offered Resolution #       authorizing an agreement with the NY State DOT for a $25,000. Legislative Initiative for sidewalks.  Trustee Rocque offered the second.  All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee   Kelts offered Resolution #       authorizing Mayor Mahoney to sign the agreement and all related documents concerning the Initiative.  Trustee VanDervoort offered the second.  All Trustees voted Yes.

            Trustee Kelts offered Resolution #      to contract with Richard Henry to do the Real Property Information System processing for the year 2006, at a fee of $1,200.    Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee Kelts  offered Resolution #      authorizing the mayor to renew an agreement with RiverSpark for 2006 at a cost of $1,200.  Trustee Rocque seconded and all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            John Fairclough, assistant fire chief,  reported on the delivery of new air packs for the fire department, which were purchased with a FEMA grant.

            The Board went into Executive Session at 7:45 PM, and ended at 7:55 PM.  After resuming the meeting, the Board voted to authorize the village attorney to take legal action against property owners Joseph Frieje and “Red” Murray for property maintenance violations.

            There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM.

                                                                        Respectfully submitted,

                                                                        Nancy P. O’Brien, Village Clerk