Village of Sackets Harbor Board of Trustees
January 10, 2017
Regular Meeting
112 N. Broad St.
Sackets Harbor, NY 13685
Present:
Mayor Vincent Battista, Deputy Mayor Barbara Boulton, Trustee Daniel Frechette,
Trustee Molly Reilly, Trustee James Bray.
The
Meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance.
REVIEW
OF MINUTES
The minutes of the
December 13, 2016 meeting were approved as corrected in a motion made by
Trustee Reilly and seconded by Trustee Bray. Vote 5 ayes (Battista, Boulton,
Frechette, Reilly and Bray), 0 nays.
The
minutes of the December 21, 2016 meeting were approved as presented in a motion
made by Trustee Reilly, seconded by Deputy Mayor Boulton. Vote 5 ayes
(Battista, Boulton, Frechette, Reilly and Bray), 0 nays.
MAYORS
REPORT AND CORRESPONDENCE
The DANC report for
November was received.
The Committee
assignments were distributed. A list is attached to these minutes.
A letter was
received from the NYS Parks regarding the grant for the Historic Pumper
Building.
The water system
inspection report was received from the DOH.
A letter was
received from Robyn Ryner regarding the on line payment system for water bills.
A letter was
received from Hay Memorial Library regarding their new canning tool collection.
Mayor Battista
reported on the Joint Rec Committee. They will have their next meeting Jan. 17,
2017.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
The meeting was
opened to public comment at 6:38 pm.
Tom Dyckes, 448
Ontario St, believes there are deficiencies in the Village tree planting
system.
NEW
BUSINESS
In a motion made by
Mayor Battista, seconded by Trustee Frechette, the purchase of a new laptop
computer for $599.99 from the Computer Center was approved for use by the
Village office. Vote 5 ayes (Battista, Boulton, Frechette, Reilly and Bray), 0
nays.
The purchase of new
water/sewer billing software, UBmax from Softline Data, was approved for
$1,245.00 with annual fees of $735.00, in a motion made by Deputy Mayor Boulton
and seconded by Trustee Bray. Vote 5 ayes (Battista, Boulton, Frechette, Reilly
and Bray), 0 nays.
TRUSTEE
REPORTS
Deputy Mayor
Boulton reported that the Library has a new newsletter titled “Chimes”. They
will host Connie Barone on January 29 in their Armchair Traveler Program. The
Library is still looking for donations of canning supplies for their new
program.
Trustee Frechette
reported that he will be meeting with the Town of Hounsfield next week for the
Galloo Island Wind Farm Article 10.
Trustee Bray was
just assigned to his committees. He requested that the different organizations
be notified who the representatives are.
Trustee Reilly
reported that the marketing committee met on January 8th. The Can Am
committee is looking for volunteers and sponsors. The Chamber of Commerce has a
membership drive underway and will have an Open House on March 3rd.
Their next regular meeting is February 7th.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
The Treasurer’s
Report was approved in a motion made by Deputy Mayor Boulton, seconded by
Trustee Reilly. Vote 5 ayes (Battista, Boulton, Frechette, Reilly and Bray), 0
nays.
The bills in
Abstract #8 with vouchers 598-673 were paid in a motion made by Trustee Reilly
and seconded by Trustee Bray, with the exception of voucher #613. More
information was requested on that voucher. Vote 5 ayes (Battista, Boulton,
Frechette, Reilly and Bray), 0 nays.
DEPARTMENT
HEAD REPORTS
DPW
Superintendent, Lonny Reinhardt, reported
that the channel grinder has been installed at the Main St. lift station. The
UV bulbs were pulled today and the new plow truck was placed into service this
week. Koester Co. installed the new motors on the low lift pumps and they
raised the capacity to pump water at 594 GPM which is still shy of the 600 GPM
design. He has questions and concerns regarding the proposed water intake
project and requested a board work session to review the plans. A meeting was
scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 6:00 pm.
Village
Engineer, Kris Dimmick,
reported that the contractors for the Main St. Project will be finishing for
the year as of tomorrow, and will be back in April.
Visitor
Center Manager, Gail Gorgen, requested
that the wording in the Chamber of Commerce’s Farmers Market application be
changed to accommodate the break-down time for the Visitor’s Center Events.
Janet
Quinn, Planning Board Chairman, had
nothing to add.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
The meeting was
opened to public comment at 7:45, with no comments offered.
A motion to adjourn
was made at 7:46 pm by Trustee Reilly, seconded by Trustee Bray. Vote 5 ayes
(Battista, Boulton, Frechette, Reilly and Bray), 0 nays.
Minutes submitted
by,
Peggy Kelly
Village Clerk
Village
of Sackets Harbor Board of Trustees
Regular
Meeting
January
10, 2017
Page
2 of 2
2017 Committee Appointments
Barb
Boulton:
·
Bed Tax
·
Marketing
·
Can/Am
James
Bray:
·
Article 10 (Windfarm) with Town of
Hounsfield
·
Tree Committee
·
Library
Dan
Frechette:
·
Article 10 (Windfarm) with Town of
Hounsfield
·
LDC
Molly
Reilly:
·
Visitor’s Center
·
Chamber of Commerce
·
Pickering Museum
Vince
Battista:
·
Marketing (with Barb Boulton)
·
Fire Department
·
Housing Authority
·
Historical Society
·
LDC
·
Joint Rec
