The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM.
Present were: Mayor Mahoney, Trustees Kelts, Pascucci, Rocque and
VanDervoort; Clerk O’Brien, Treasurer VanDervoort, Attorney Varley, 3
fire chiefs, and several interested residents.
Trustee Kelts moved
to waive reading the minutes from the previous meeting. The motion
was seconded by Trustee Rocque and carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
Trustee Pascucci—The
summer parks program will run from June 27 thru Aug. 17, and an adult
basketball league will also be formed, to meet on Wed. evenings. A
new fountain is being installed in the kiddie pool at the 4th
St. playground.
Trustee VanDervoort—Praises
the Waterford Fire Dept. for actions at a fatal fire in Pleasantdale.
A total of 12 alarms were answered during May. The annual Chief’s
Show is being held in Lake George on June 16 and 17. The complete
report is available from the Village Clerk. He also requests that
police patrol the canal bike path.
Trustee Rocque—Repairs
have been made to fences at the tennis court and at a property on 4th
St. which was damaged by a snowplow. A sink hole at 7th
and Broad St. is still being worked on. The Director of Public Works
is presently out of town for job related training.
Trustee Kelts—Five
concerts are scheduled for Sunday afternoons, 2:30 – 4:30 PM.
Attorney Varley—A
letter has been sent to the owner of 5 Lawrence St., instructing him
to remove the fence and trees which he installed on Village property
some time ago. No response has been received to date.
Mayor Mahoney
reported that at the recent Museum open house Dr. Paul Grattan was
honored with a Trustees Award in recognition of his many years of
service to the museum and the community. The Mayor thanked Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Patton for donating the flowers and planting the boxes on
the canal bridge.
The Village, Town
and County Boards are all committed to forcing the EPA to provide an
alternate source of water for the communities along the Hudson River
which will be affected by the dredging of PCB’s, since no one can tell
if the river water will be safe to drink.
Installation of
street lights on Broad St. has been delayed due to the death of one of
the key foremen on the project. Another part of the Streetscape
project is planned between 2nd and 4th St. on
the south side of Broad St.
The financial report
is as follows: Checking Acct. $77,839. and Money Market Acct.
$147.537. for a total General Fund balance of $225,376. Special
Projects Fund, $58,089.; unaudited utilities $5,123.; Payrolls,
$4,964. and Section 8, $19,836. There are 3 abstracts to approve:
General Fund accounts payable from the previous fiscal year,
$52,358.63; General Fund for this fiscal year, $17,514.77; and Special
Projects accounts payable, $27,600. Trustee Kelts moved to pay all of
these bills upon approval of the department heads and the Village
Board. Trustee Rocque offered the second and all Trustees and Mayor
Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Pascucci
offered Resolution # adopting Local Law #6 of 2007, restricting
the use of Village owned basketball courts and tennis courts to
Village residents. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees
and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Pascucci
offered Resolution # reserving the 4th St. basketball
courts on Wed. evening from 5:30 to 9 PM for the adult basketball
league. Trustee Kelts offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor
Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Pascucci
offered Resolution # appointing Paul Gervasio and Justin Messier
as adult coordinators at $200 each for the season, and Referee Scott
McIntyle at $90 per night. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all
Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Pascucci
offered Resolution # appointing village park counselors Nick
Hulse and Erica Clickner to full time, and Ryan Lansing and Jamie
Vanbramer to part-time, and Jackie Colarusso and Casey Caradori as
pool counselors. The second was offered by Trustee Kelts. All
Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Rocque
offered Resolution # to increase the pay rate of Albert
Cassella, Jr. to $9.25 per hour. Trustee Kelts offered the second;
all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Kelts
offered Resolution # to approve a handicap parking sign in front
of 14 First St. Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and
Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Kelts
offered Resolution # to retain Darryl Purinton, CPA, to
provide necessary assistance to the Village board in performing his
statutory responsibility under Village Law, to audit the report of the
Village treasurer for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 fiscal years.
Trustee Rocque offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney
voted Yes.
Trustee VanDervoort
offered Resolution # authorizing up to 12 volunteer firemen to
attend the Chief’s Convention while following the Village’s travel
policy. Trustee Kelts offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor
Mahoney voted Yes.
Trustee Pascucci
offered Resolution # to transfer $8,433.01 from insurance
recovery (A2680) to Fire Equipment (A3410.2) in the previous fiscal
year. Trustee Kelts offered the second; all Trustees and Mayor
Mahoney voted Yes.
The Board went into
executive session at 7:50 and exited at 8:05 PM. As there was no
further business to conduct, the meeting was then adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy P. O’Brien, Village Clerk