State of New York November 4, 2009

County of Delaware

Town of Masonville



The Public Hearing of the Town Board of The Town of Masonville Was called to order at 7:30 p.m.


Purpose of said hearing is on the proposed 2010 Preliminary Budget. Regular meeting to follow.



Present:

Supervisor: Craig DuMond

Councilmen: Kathy Ryan, Doug McKown, Mike Spaccafrono, George Denys

Town Clerk: Pamela Walker

Hwy. Supt.: Chuck Smith


PUBLIC:

Betty Scott, Ernst Keidel, Rae Ann Lakin, Lou Girvilo, Steve Tiska, Jeri Braymen, Elaine Bradish, Melissa Thomas, Mike Jastremski-Del. Co. Client Dept.


Steve Tiska asked if the Pole Barn is coming out of the 2010 budget. Craig replied the pole barn has nothing to do with the 2010 budget…the money from the pole barn is coming out of the building reserve fund.


Meeting was closed at 7:35 p.m.


Regular meeting:


MINUTES:

Motion by George Denys to acceot minutes as corrected, seconded by Kathy Ryan, all in favor carried.



Mike Jastremski gave a presention to the board on the West Branch Delaware River Stream Corridor Management Plan. Mike spoke on the benefits of adopting this plan.

Craig said the Board would look this over and dicuss at next Months Meeting and proceed from there.


FLOORTIME:

  1. Rae Ann Lakin asked that the Board look into the trailer on Thorpe Hill Road. She stated the residents are burning items and that she has heard the trailer has no running water or septic. Craig said he would have the CEO look into it.

  2. Rae Ann Lakin spoke on a bunch of cars that are also parked on Thorpe Hill Road. Craig said the CEO would also look into that.

  3. Ernst Keidel said that he first moved here on this day in 1999 and that he is very glad to be a part of this fine Town.

  4. Jeri Braymen thanked the Hwy. Dept. in advance for the upcoming snow season.



HIGHWAY REPORT:

  1. Finished graveling the hill on Clark Rd.

  2. Repaired Truck # 3- parking brakes

  3. Started to get equipment ready for Winter

  4. Filling potholes

  5. Started construction of the pole barn

  6. Excavated problem area on McLaughin Rd, repaired with donated stone products

  7. Cut Brush on Houck Rd, Pine Hill intersection for safety concern of the blind spot at bus stop

  8. Repairing Teed Hill and Gifford Rd. from the flooding on Oct. 24th

  9. Cleaning out pipes and ditches from the Oct. 24th and 28th flooding


Chuck spoke on a stainless steel plow for Truck #7 and said he could get one for $3000.00.


Craig asked for a recommendation from the Highway Committee.


Motion by Doug McKown to authorise the Highway Superintendent to purchase the requested plow for $3000.00, seconded by Mike Spaccaforno, all in favor carried.


OLD BUSINESS:

  1. Craig reported on the problem property on 206 and said the Town has the go adhead to start demolition. Craig also said that 2 other problem properties are very close to be resolved in a similar way as the first one. Craig said that the problem property on Cole Road has been turned over to a lawyer in Binghamton and hopefully be resolved by the end of the year.

  2. Craig said the cell tower on Cole Road is up and running. Provider – T-Mobile

  3. Craig said that the Town Hall grant requires a SEQRA review and went over the assessment form with the Board. Copy attached



NEW BUSSINESS:

  1. Craig thanked the Board for doing a great job on the 2010 budget and said that the 2010 budget started at 9.9% prior to the budget workshop. The Board worked diligently to cut everything possible; no elected or appointed officials received raises, only the unionized employees and Highway Superintendent received wage increases. All department heads were given flat budgets with no increases in spending. With this said, the budget was finalized at 4.68% over last year’s budget, which was mainly driven by inflation as well as other mandates. The 4.68% would represent approximately a $30.00 increase for a typical $100,000 property. With Masonville’s budget being the lowest of all 19 Town’s in Delaware County, there isn’t much more ‘wiggle room’ left.



COMMITTEE REPORT:

  1. George read the CEO report for the month of October

  2. Mike said the New Town Hall plans have been sent to the architect’s office. A few minor changes are being and the plans should soon be ready to go.



RESOLUTIONS:

  1. Resolution # 20- Resolution urging the Govenor and State Legislature to reduce State spending without shifting costs for State programs to County Government. So moved by George Denys, seconded by Mike Spaccaforno, all in favor carried. Copy Attached

  2. Resolution # 21- Opposing a New York State fee for issuing license plates. So moved by Doug McKown, seconded by Kathy Ryan, all in favor carried. Copy Attached.

  3. Determination of Significance Town Hall Reconstruction/Expansion State Environmental Quality Review Act. So moved by George Denys, seconded by Kathy Ryan, all in favor carried. Copy Attached


SUPERVISORS REPORT:

  1. Craig reported that the Town would receive a check from FEMA for $5721.45 for the remainder of the Butts Road Bridge, appears for guardrails.

  2. Craig reported on the County Budget and said it is a 200 million and said that they want to use most off the unexpended balance to keep the budget down. Craig said this would make next years budget more difficult as there will be a limited fund reserve left to off-set taxes next year. Craig would like to have taken a little bit of a bigger hit this year to save some money to even out the increase for next year.

  3. Craig reported that thanks to Mike setting this up Cliff Crouch will be attending Decembers meeting, he will be at the Church from 5:00 to 7:00 for public questions and then will attend the Board meeting.

  4. Craig said that there will be meetings on Flood Maps November 16th at SUNY Delhi from 2:00 to 8:00 and on November 17th at the Robinson Action Barn in Walton from 2:00 to 8:00.

  5. Craig spoke on the passing of Walton Supervisor John Meredith. Craig said John was a great guy and a good public servant.



Motion by Doug McKown to adopt the 2010 Town Budget, seconded by Kathy Ryan, all in favor carried.


Motion by Doug McKown to pay all audgited bills, seconded by George Denys, all in favor carried.


GENERAL:

102. Kortright Creek Financial Services 733.33

103. Selective 299.00

104. NYSEG 230.00

105. NYSEG 279.03

106. The Association of Towns 599.00

107. The Walton Reporter 13.04

108. The Walton Reporter 9.11

109. Frontier 65.49

110. Frontier 149.61

111. Frontier 43.31

112. Rae Ann Lakin 205.00

113. Grace Fisher 205.00

114. Ann Scott 205.00

115. Jeffrey McQuinn 205.00

116. Coalition of Watershed Towns 1000.00

117. Laurie Burpoe 80.00

118. Laurie Burpoe 400.00

119. The Walton Reporter 4.35

120. Joe Reynolds 222.20

121. NYS DEC 300.00

122. Angie Keisler 39.00

123. Butts Concrete 97.00

124. Jess F. Howes 7317.16

125. Federal Property Assistance 400.00

126. Federal Property Asstisance 500.00

127. Judy Jackson 800.00

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14,398.63


HIGHWAY:

196. Warrens Excavating 4240.80

197. Comstock Logging Supplies 891.00

198. Kuhns Equipment Repair 5984.59

199. Brain Backus 59.99

200. Waynes Welding 900.14

201. Truck Body Specialists 249.34

202. Suit-Kote 3718.88

203. Tallmadge Tire 604.00

204. Suit-Kote 6166.66

205. Horton Hardware 57.99

206. Babcock Supply 1382.00

207. Otsgo Iron Metal 594.00

208. Babcock Supply 347.00

209. Wayne Welding 502.16

210. E& R Popes Excavating 1120.00

211. Wayne Welding 51.50

212. Parts Plus 94.18

213. Dags Auto Parts 253.08

214. R.L. Armstrong 156.78

215. Jess F. Howes 344.13

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27,718.22



The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.



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Pamela Walker, Town Clerk