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The regular Workshop
meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Clayton was held in the
Board Room with the following present:
Robert W.
Cantwell Jr., Vivian Black, George Kittle, Justin Taylor, Donald
Turcotte, Robert Boulton, Bonnie Rose, Kathy LaClair, Debra
Sephton, Jack Stopper, Norma Zimmer, Sherie Derrickson
Supervisor
Cantwell opened meeting at 5:00 p.m.
Town Clerk:
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by George Kittle to approve
minutes from January 5, 2005, Annual meeting as written. Motion
carried.
RESOLUTION
NO. 24 OF 2005 offered by Justin Taylor, 2nd by
Donald Turcotte, a resolution authorizing the refunding of all
or a portion of $350,000.00 in Bonds issued pursuant to a
supplemental Bond Resolution dated June 26, 1991 authorizing the
issuance of a maximum of $1,67,000, as amended on June 23, 2004,
authorizing the issuance of $1,690,000.00 in Serial Bonds of the
Town to finance the cost of construction of a Sanitary Sewer
System in the Depauville Sewer District of said Town. Robert W.
Cantwell Jr. aye, Vivian Black aye, George Kittle aye, Justin
Taylor aye and Donald Turcotte aye. (SEE RESOLUTION BOOK.)
Public:
Sherie
Derrickson stated that the Town of Cape Vincent passed a
resolution to consider lowering the speed limit in front of the
T.I. Central School, at Sand Bay. She asked the Town Board if
they would consider doing the same. Supervisor Cantwell stated
that if the Town receives a request or gets a petition, the
consensus of the Town Board would be to consider taking action.
Workshop:
TILT letter
of support:
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Vivian Black to write a
letter of support to do inventory of open space in support of
TILT.
Frink Park
grant local match request:
Motion
by George Kittle, 2nd by Vivian Black to send a
letter to CLDC in support of using Frink Park as a local match
for a grant. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION
NO. 25 OF 2005 offered by George Kittle, 2nd by
Justin Taylor a resolution conveying title of the Frink Property
to the Town of Clayton and the Clayton Local Development Corp.
Robert W. Cantwell Jr. aye, Vivian Black aye, George Kittle aye,
Justin Taylor aye and Donald Turcotte aye. (SEE RESOLUTION
BOOK.)
Insurance
2005 premium increase:
Supervisor
Cantwell discussed premium increase for all Town insurance would
not exceed 5%. The cost of liability umbrella insurance went
from $4,900.00 to $15,000.00. The insurance carrier found
another source for $11,616.00. This would make our total
premium for Town insurance $57,116.34 or up 4.5% from last year.
2004 Town
Clerk’s report:
Motion
by Donald Turcotte, 2nd by Vivian Black to approve
Town Clerk’s 2004 report. Motion carried. (See attached
report.)
2004 Zoning
Officer’ report:
Motion
by George Kittle, 2nd by Justin Taylor to approve
Zoning Officer’s report for 2004. Motion carried. (See
attached report.) Town Board complimented Mr. LaClair on
his report and quality of his work.
Consolidated
Planning Board IMA amendments:
Supervisor
stated that Councilwoman, Vivian Black, and Councilman, George
Kittle, are on the committee meeting on February 3rd,
2005. Each Board will act on Joint IMA amendments after this
committee makes its recommendations.
2004 Assessor’s
report:
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by George Kittle, to approve
Assessor’s report for 2004. Motion carried. (See attached
report.)
2004 Rec. Park
Audit:
Motion
by George Kittle, 2nd by Donald Turcotte to approve
Recreation Park audit for 2004. (See attached audit.)
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Vivian Black to approve
Opera House events listing for 2004. Motion carried. (See
attached events listing.)
2004 bag audit:
Motion
by Donald Turcotte, 2nd by Justin Taylor to approve
2004 bag audit. Motion carried. (See attached bag audit.)
2004 sign
audit:
Motion
by George Kittle, 2nd by Vivian Black to approve 2004
sign audit. Motion carried. (See attached sign audit.)
TIERS 2005
Agreement:
Supervisor
Cantwell discussed the TIERS 2005 agreement. It is still in
progress, some changes and would like to have it finalized by
the Town’s next meeting.
Assessor
search:
Town of
Clayton’s Assessor, Paul Warneck, will be leaving on the 15th
of February. The Town is looking for a new Assessor.
Supervisor Cantwell stated that there are 2 other ways to go
other than just our own Assessor: one is consolidated
assessing, the other is coordinated assessment. He stated that
the Town wants to do coordinated assessment so we could have our
own tax roll. The Town will advertise for a new assessor with
computer knowledge a must.
Energy Service
Provider:
Councilman
Taylor stated that the Town could save between 8 to 15% by
buying power by the day from alternative suppliers. Companies
are very competitive at this time and are vying for new
customers.
Highway:
Supt. Boulton
discussed:
Loader shed and sand shed
(incorporate the 2 together) look into grants etc.
Plowing more because of the
wind.
The cold weather, doing more
work in the shop.
Putting fans in the JHG.
The new truck needs blade for
the plow.
Doing brake job on old Highway
pickup truck and getting it ready for Recreation Park.
County map reviewed.
New Business:
CLDC meeting on 2/3/05 at 4:00 p.m.
Councilman
Kittle discussed showers at the Arena. He stated it only takes
a small area and would enhance the usage of the Recreation Park,
especially for State Tournaments.
Motion
by George Kittle, 2nd by Vivian Black to adjourn
meeting at 6:15 p.m Motion carried.
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