Village of Sackets Harbor Board of Trustees
March 13, 2018
Regular Meeting
112 N. Broad St.
Sackets Harbor, NY 13685
Present: Mayor
Molly Reilly, Deputy Mayor Barbara Boulton, Trustee James Bray, Trustee Eric
Constance. Absent: Trustee Frechette. Also Present: Treasurer Jim Yuhas.
The meeting was
called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance at 6:30 pm.
Additions to the
Agenda include the upcoming Polar Plunge and a Customs Station at the public
dock.
REVIEW
OF MINUTES
The minutes of the
February 13, 2018 Regular meeting were approved as presented in a motion made
by Trustee Bray and seconded by Trustee Constance. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly,
Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
The minutes of the
March 6, 2018 Budget Workshop were approved as corrected in a motion made by
Deputy Mayor Boulton and seconded by Trustee Bray. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly,
Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
John Madlin gave
the DPW report. The Main St. lighting has had the permanent repair. The DPW has
been working on the bandstand repairs and they are still plowing. The spring
clean-up is scheduled for May 7-9.
Corey Reid, Village
Engineer, reported that Falter Co. submitted a quote for the Water Plant pipe
replacement to increase the size from 6” to 8” for $10,800.00. It does not
include the pipe insulation that can be done in-house. This work was approved
in a motion made by Deputy Mayor Boulton and seconded by Trustee Bray. Vote 4
ayes (Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
A motion was made
to pay $3,249.21 for the lighting from Hill St. to Bayard St. to WD Malone in a
motion made by Trustee Bray and seconded by Trustee Constance. Vote 4 ayes
(Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
MAYORS
REPORT
NYSERDA contact
notes were passed out to the Board. NYSERDA is willing to convene a training
session in Sackets Harbor.
The Geothermal
application is being worked on.
Super Sign-Up
Saturday was a great success. New volunteers were contacted by the community
organizations that attended.
The DANC report was
distributed to the Board.
The Citizen
Preparedness Program will be held on March 27 as a shared program with the SH
Central School. They will also be looking at having an active shooter response
program done by the Sheriffs Department.
The Polar Plunge
with be on April 7th.
The Liberty Sackets
lawsuit has been referred to federal court.
The Volunteer and
Citizen of the Year selection committee has been identified as Karyn Cordero,
Tom Dyckes and John Deans. They will make their recommendations for the May
2018 Village Board meeting.
The next Budget
workshop is scheduled for Monday March 19th.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
The meeting was
opened to Public Comment at 6:57 pm. No comments were offered.
OLD
BUSINESS
There was a motion
to accept partial payments on a past due water bill of $768.00 over 2 years for
the new owners of 326 E Main St beginning with the current bill due April 6,
2018. The conditions for the agreement are:
- 8 equal installments of $96.00
will be paid with each of their regular quarterly water bill payments for the
next 2 years.
- The account must be kept
current with payments on or before the due date of the water bills.
- No additional penalties will be
charged as long as the payments are made.
- If a payment is missed, the
entire amount of the past balance will be re-levied on their taxes.
- If the property is sold, the
entire balance will be due immediately.
The homeowners
agree to the terms. The motion was made by Deputy Mayor Boulton and seconded by
Trustee Bray. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
The Personnel Policy revisions
will be voted on at the next meeting.
NEW
BUSINESS
Correspondence was received from
Stephen Backus regarding the new Customs and Border Protection system for
boater check in. The Village will have to provide a shelter to house the tablet
that will be used for reporting in. This was tabled until the next meeting.
A motion was made
by Trustee Constance and seconded by Deputy Mayor Boulton to accept the
contract for $6,000.00 from Young’s Explosives for fireworks. Vote 4 ayes
(Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays. There was also a motion to have
fireworks in the Village on the 4th of July. The motion was made by
Trustee Constance and seconded by Deputy Mayor Boulton. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly,
Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
The possibility of
having Summer Interns is being looked into by Mayor Reilly.
The grant
application for the NYS DOT Rail and Port Grants needs to be in by the end of
May. A cost benefit analysis is needed.
The LDC is
reportedly willing to fund $10,000.00 towards a study on the development of a
deep water boating dock.
Katie Male-Riordan
was scheduled to present the Library’s budget request but couldn’t make it due
to the weather. She will be at the next meeting.
In a motion made by
Trustee Bray and seconded by Deputy Mayor Boulton, the proposal by the Sackets
Harbor Central School System to have the Village Clerk act as the School Tax
Collector for a fee of $4,000.00 to the Village was approved. Vote 4 ayes
(Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
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In a separate
motion the Village Board named the Village Clerk as the Tax Collector for SHCSD
taxes in a motion made by Deputy Mayor Boulton and seconded by Trustee Bray.
Vote 4 ayes (Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
TRUSTEE
REPORTS
Deputy
Mayor Boulton reported
that the Can-Am Festival Committee is moving ahead with their plans.
Trustee
Bray reported
that he will be meeting with Dave Altieri and Janet Quinn regarding the Zoning
Law. He also reported that there has been no activity with the tree committee
or the Article 10 group.
Trustee
Constance reported
that he had passed the Video Cam quotes to Gail Gorgen to make sure they are
including the same type of equipment on the quotes. The Visitors Centers’
displays are being worked on. He made a motion to approve a Marketing Committee
invoice from the 1000 Islands Int’l Tourism Council for the 2018 Summer
Marketing Campaign for $1,150. This was seconded by Trustee Bray. Vote 4 ayes
(Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays. The Marketing Committee will be
seeking an additional $500 in their budget for a total of $7,500.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
The Treasurer’s
Report was approved in a motion made by Deputy Mayor Boulton and seconded by
Trustee Bray. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
The bills on
Abstract 10 with Vouchers 100809 through 100881 were paid in a motion by
Trustee Constance, seconded by Deputy Mayor Boulton. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly,
Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
DEPARTMENT
HEAD REPORTS
Paul
Trudeau, Police OIC, said
that he has agreed to be the contact person for the 4th of July
Fireworks. They will need volunteers but he is willing to coordinate this. He
also wants to make sure that all event applications are complete with all the
requested information.
Dave
Altieri, Heritage Area Director, has
plans for the Pickering Beach Park that he will share next month. They also
hope to do some renovations on the interior of the cottage at Pickering Beach.
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS
The Girl Scouts are
looking to do a community project and will be putting in a proposal to do a
garden here at the Municipal Building.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
The meeting was
opened to the public at 8:15 pm. No comments were offered.
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:16 pm in a motion made by Trustee Bray and seconded by Deputy
Mayor Boulton. Vote 4 ayes (Reilly, Boulton, Bray and Constance), 0 nays.
Minutes submitted
by
Peggy Kelly
Acting Village
Clerk
Village of Sackets Harbor Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
March 13, 2018
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