The Town board of the town of Clayton met in the Town Board room with the following present:

Robert W. Cantwell, Jr. George Kittle, Justin Taylor, Donald Turcotte, Bonnie Rose, Bob Boulton, Kathy LaClair, Jim Yuhas, Nicole Cornaire, Steve Dorr, Cliff Schneider, Sharie Derrickson, Mike Docteur

Supervisor Cantwell opened the meeting at 5:00 PM.

Town Clerk:

-                     Judge Giles monthly report.  (See attached report.) 

-                     Judge James monthly report. 

-                     (See attached report.)

-                     Resignation letter from Terry Lindsey as Alternate to the Zoning Board of Appeals.  (See attached letter.)

-                     Letter received from NYS Dept of Health concerning brief desciptions of their involvement in environmental Health Programs administered by their office.

-                     Letter received from Thomas J. Madison, Jr. NYS Depart. Of Transportation stating they have completed work on a draft long-range statewide transportation master plan and they will be distributing it for public review and comment.

-                     Letter received from Dalton foster of the International Water Levels Coalition, Inc. concerning why the IWLC supports Plan B.

-                     Copy of letter sent from Supervisor Cantwell to Village of Clayton concerning the SMSI Grant Application.

-                     Letter received from Village Clerk-Treasurer confirming the date and time of the Joint T/V of Clayton Boards meeting with Assemblyman Aubertine concerning “shared services.”

Points of Interest:

-                     Business with a Twist is being held this evening.

-                     Save the River is holding their Winter Weekend Conference this Saturday at Bonnie Castle Resort.  The Spill response will be the focus of a panel discussion.  Supervisor Cantwell will be attending.

-                     Note from Audie Cerow that it’s time to review highway drivers & their licenses.

-                     Note from Audie Cerow also time to review Town buildings and contents for update.

-                     Discussion of the reduction of insurance premiums of 9.3% from last year.

-                     Letter from Duane & Elizabeth Bauer requesting use of the Pavilion at Rec. Park on August 17^th & 18^th.

Resolution #24 of 2006, introduced by Justin Taylor, 2^nd by Bonnie Rose, authorizing Justice Clifford James to open an account with Community Savings Bank.  Motion carried.  (See Resolution Book).

Minutes: 

January 25, 2006 – Motion made by George Kittle, 2^nd by Donald Turcotte, to approve these minutes as written.  Motion carried.

Public:

Cliff Schneider spoke to the Board looking for support to ask Congressman McHugh to make the Seaway Authority do an Environment Assessment.  Mr. Schneider stated that since the last time this topic was presented to this Board, many things have changed.  Within a few weeks the shipping channel will again be opened for traffic.  Last year on March 25^th, the navigational aids where not in place and the ships were running through the ice and at night.  The US Pilots are not following the nighttime dictates.  The Seaway Authority has not done an environmental assessment to determine if this is harmful.  Mr. Schneider is concerned with the insurance and risk issues.

Legislator Mike Docteur:

            Youth Bureau – Youth recognition awards applications were given to George Kittle to pass on to the Youth Commission.

            Save the River Weekend – Mr. Docteur will also be attending.

            Sheriff’s Boat – Constructed here in Clayton and will be navigational this coming season.  The boat will be moored in Sackets Harbor/ Henderson area.

            Joint T/V of Clayton Board meeting – Mr. Docteur stated he would be attending tomorrow night.

Discussion:

Councilman Taylor indicated that he hoped that the Town would keep the same stance as last year with regard to the Seaway Authority.  The emergency response is at the local level, as they’re the first on scene.  He feels that Jefferson County Director Greg Brunell is keeping in check with this.

Supervisor Report: 

Motion by George Kittle, 2^nd by Bonnie Rose, to approve the Supervisor report as presented.  Motion carried.

Bills: 

Motion by Justin Taylor, 2^nd by George Kittle, to approved paying Abstract #2, in the amount of $471,578.02.  Motion carried.

Fink Remediation Report:

Supervisor Cantwell distributed and reviewed the Agenda and Minutes of the January 31, 2006 Remediation Committee Report.  (See attached report.)

CLDC member appointment:

Chairman Jack Stopper is not in attendance at this time.  The Board will wait until Mr. Stopper makes his presentation.

Proposed Depauville Water District:

Supervisor Cantwell distributed a “fact sheet” that just recently was mailed to those in the proposed district.  (See attached sheet.)

Assessor Agreement:

Nothing has been received as yet from Town of Orleans.

Highway Report:

-                     Motion made by George Kittle, 2^nd by Bonnie Rose to approve staff to attend the EMSHA Training Session.

-                     Verizon Cell Phone plan is sitting pretty well right now.  Superintendent Boulton suggests we wait until a phone contract comes due then change.

-                     Chip’s payment in March $55,687.50 out of a total $196,000.00 due this year.

-                     Oil separator trouble.  We had to clean out and check it out.  Removal of waste oil has been ordered and the bills will be forth coming.  This will be paid from the 50/50/ account.

-                     Brownville/Depauville Road: The County will be redoing these bridges and turning them over to the Town.

-                     State Contract:  Looking to replace the service truck by the end of April.  Looking at a 1 ton, fully loaded, approximately $30-35,000 range.

-                     Rural Features: Article New Brownfield Cleanup – Rome.  Looking for possibly an article on Frink Project.

-                     Sand Shed status:  Heard from Soil & Water Conservation that no one in this area received the grant.  Apparently you had to have contaminated someone in order to receive this grant.  We will be sampling the neighbors in our area.

-                     Chili Cook-off this Friday at the Highway Garage.

Committee Reports:

Bonnie Rose discussed: 

-                     Children’s Section of the Library has the addition of a tree.  They’re utilizing it for story hour.

-                     Paynter Senior Center still having approximately 15-16 people in at lunch time.

-                     Paynter Senior Center hosted the funeral reception for Ethyln Smith.

-                     Will be a judge at the Chili Cook-off.

George Kittle discussed:

-                     Youth Commission will have a major fundraiser the month of June.

-                     Dugouts have never been finished looking to raise money to finalize that project.

-                     Chamber of Commerce is holding Business with a Twist this evening.

-                     Chamber of Commerce will meet here tomorrow night for monthly meeting.

Justin Taylor discussed:

-                     GIS grant won’t be hearing from until May/June timeframe.

-                     Consolidation: sensing more of a growing apart instead of together.

-                     $815.00 for a ½ drum of chemicals.  We need to get a breakdown so we can bill others their share.

-                     Inquiry of account balance with TIERS.  Are we still getting money in and  also looking for run totals from Rolly that has breakdown of hours and dollars spent.

-                     Regional dock:  Do we have a final plan and if so do we need to be design spec ready?

Donald Turcotte discussed:

-                     Nothing for Rec Park.  Everything going well.

-                     Heritage Heights Sewer:  Something going on with a pump, one swirls and the other doesn’t.

New Business:

Motion made by George Kittle, 2^nd by Bonnie Rose, to cancel the second meeting of this month (Feb. 22), as Board members will be returning for Association of Towns.  Motion carried.

Motion made by George Kittle, 2^nd by Bonnie Rose, to adjourn this regular meeting at 6:45 PM.  Motion carried.                                                                                   

 Kathleen E. LaClair, Town Clerk