Regular Meeting—Nov. 14, 2007

            The meeting was called to order following the Pledge of Allegiance.  Present were Mayor Mahoney, Trustees Kelts, Pascucci, and VanDervoort, Attorney Varley, Clerk O’Brien, Deputy Clerk Koblensky, Treasurer VanDervoort, and Craig Falcone.  Also present were members of the Owens family and their attorney, RoseMary Scardano, Asst. Fire Chief John Fairclough, Jim Mullahey, John Peat, Jim O’Brien, Ray Szlasa, and Cheri Peaslee.  Trustee Rocque was absent.

            Trustee Kelts moved to waive reading the minutes from the previous meetings.  The second was made by Trustee Pascucci; all voted in favor.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Trustee Pascucci—Read the report of Craig Falcone, Dir. of Public Works, which stated that leaf pickup will be continuing into Dec.  Residents will be notified of the cut-off date.  Installation of the park Christmas lights will begin on Sat., Nov. 17.  Assistance is always appreciated.  Some street patching has been done and a turn around is being planned for the end of Lawrence St.

Trustee VanDervoort—Gave a report on fire department activities during the months of Sept. and Oct.  There were 8 alarms in Sept. and 10 alarms in Oct.  Also in Oct., approximately 25 members took part in Fire Prevention Week activites.  The complete report is available from the Village Clerk.  Also, an educational program was conducted jointly with the Museum and Powell Tour Boat Co., featuring the old canal.

Trustee Kelts—Reported on a successful Pumpkin Fest, which had over 90 participants.  This annual event is sponsored jointly by the Village and the Town.  He also thanked residents for their efforts in helping to keep the Village looking cleaner.

Mr. Varley—Title work has been completed on the Lawrence St. area alley in dispute, and no deeds have been found to indicate the Village has or ever had any interest in the property.

The financial report for October lists a checking acct. bal. of $15,098.00 and a money market acct. bal. of $258.848.00, for a total of $273,047.00 in the General Fund.  The Special Projects fund has $33,777; Section 8, $34,977., unaudited utilities, $5,215.; and payrolls, $6,480.  An abstract on the Special Projects fund, for streetscapes, totals

$6,236. and the General fund abstract totals $73,708.59.  Trustee Kelts moved to pay the bills upon approval of the department heads and the Village Board.  Trustee Pascucci seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.

            A Local Waterfront Revitalization Program has been developed by the Town and Village as an addition to the Comprehensive Plan.  A review of the program is available for inspection in the Village office.

            The new street lights for the south side of Broad St. are still in various stages of being installed.  The building at 35 Broad St. has been sold and work is being done to stabilize the structure.

            Trustee Kelts offered Resolution #      calling for 2 public hearings to be held on Dec. 12 at 7 and 7:15 PM.  Trustee VanDervoort offered the second and all Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee Kelts offered Resolution #          to introduce 2 new local laws which are intended to manage the storm water erosion and illicit discharge into the storm water sewer.  The second was offered by Trustee Pascucci.  All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustees Kelts offered Resolution #       approving a contract with CGM Construction to repair the roof at the Kavanaugh Fire House at a cost of $13,365.  Trustee Pascucci offered the second.  All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee Kelts offered Resolution #          to declare the Village as one election district with 3 polling places for the election scheduled for March 18, 2008.  Trustee Pascucci offered the second.  All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            Trustee Pascucci offered Resolution #         to increase A5110.4 by $14,800, the amount  charged to construct the new parking lot on Eighth St.  Trustee VanDervoort offered the second.  All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted Yes.

            The Owens-Fannucci family attorney requested a written statement from the Village Board concerning the result of the title search on Lawrence St. and the decision of the Board in order to finally put an end to the matter.  The Board will make a decision after consulting with Mr. Varley.

            Mr. Szlasa reported on the dangerous condition of a catch basin on the corner of 7^th and Division St.  He also referred to the letter he had received from the zoning commissioner, and stated that he had removed the offending vehicles.

            As there was no further business to transact, the public meeting was ended so that the Board could go into an executive session.  Following the executive session, the board accepted the resignation of Thomas Wright as Fire Chief.  All Trustees and Mayor Mahoney voted in favor of acceptance.

            The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

                                                                                    Nancy P. O’Brien, Village Clerk