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T
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING –
JUNE 8, 2005
7:30 P.M.
TOWN BOARD MEMBERS
PRESENT:
GLENN R. NELLIS
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SUPERVISOR
MARY LOU PEW
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COUNCILWOMAN (Deputy
Supervisor)
EDWARD KRYCIA, JR
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COUNCILMAN
VINCENT V. VACCO
-
COUNCILMAN
TIMOTHY J. WALKER
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COUNCILMAN (Arrived late)
DEPARTMENT HEADS
PRESENT:
Andrew C. Reilly of Wendel
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Town Engineer
Ronald C. Maggs
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Superintendent of Highways
Patrick M. Howard
-
Chief of Police
Paul Shephard
-
David A. Cole
-
Kevin R. Schoenthal
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OTHERS
PRESENT:
William Trask
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Town Attorney
Mary Jo Hultquist
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Town Clerk
Anna M. Knack
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Administrative Assistant
Call to
Order:
Supervisor Nellis called the Regular Meeting of the Eden Town Board to
order at
Pledge of
Allegiance:
Supervisor Nellis led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance to the
flag followed by a moment of silence.
Approval of
Minutes:
Supervisor Nellis asked if there were any additions or corrections to the
Town Board Minutes of
MOTION was made by Councilwoman Pew to
approve the Town Board Minutes of
Supervisor Nellis asked if there were any additions or corrections to the
Town Board Minutes of
MOTION was made by Councilman Krycia to
approve the Town Board Minutes of
Petitions:
There were none.
Budget
Transfers:
There
were none.
Budget
Amendments:
There were none.
Audit
Bills:
Supervisor Nellis asked if there were any changes or additions to the
“Audit of Bills” which are on file in the Town Clerk’s office. There were
none.
|
DESCRIPTION |
VOUCHER
NUMBERS |
AMOUNT |
|
General
Fund |
267-322 |
$35,748.35 |
|
Highway Dept.
Fund |
124-160 |
$27,005.11 |
|
Fire Dept.
Fund |
115-132 |
$3,287.13 |
|
Recreation Dept.
Fund |
51-59 |
$2.213.30 |
|
Refuse and Garbage
Fund |
13 |
$28,065.53 |
|
Street Lights
Fund |
11-13 |
$4,154.71 |
|
Water
Fund |
14 |
$5,042.07 |
|
Trust & Agency
Fund |
-- |
-- |
|
Capital
Fund |
-- |
-- |
|
Community
Development |
-- |
-- |
MOTION was made by Councilwoman Pew to
approve the Audit of Bills as presented; seconded by Councilman Vacco; All
“Ayes”? Opposed? – None; Abstain? –
Departmental
Reports:
Department reports for the month of May 2005 were presented by Paul
Shephard, Eden Emergency Squad; David Cole, Eden Fire Chief; Kevin Schoenthal,
East Eden Fire Chief; Patrick Howard, Eden Police Chief; Ray Zabron, Dog Control
Officer, no report filed; Ronald Maggs, Superintendent of Highways; Andrew
Reilly, Town Engineer; William Trask, Town Attorney; Mary Jo Hultquist, Town
Clerk; Supervisor Nellis for Scott Henry, Zoning Code Enforcement Officer;
Supervisor Nellis for Susan Brass, Recreation Director; Robert Pietrocarlo,
Chairman, Board of Assessors, no report filed. All reports are on file in the Town
Clerk’s office.
David Cole,
MOTION was made by
Councilwoman Pew to remove the name of Kevin Kernitz from the active roster of
the Eden Fire Department; seconded by Councilman Vacco; All “Ayes”; Opposed? –
None; Abstain? – None; Motion carried.
Kevin Schoenthal, East
MOTION was made by
Councilwoman Pew to remove Ken Folytniak from the active roster of the East Eden
Fire Department with thanks and appreciation from the entire Town Board;
seconded by Councilman Krycia; All “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None;
Motion carried.
New and Unfinished
Business:
Steve Waldvogel ,
Project Engineer for CRA presented a pre-construction schedule, which included a
request to the Town Board for a resolution to advertise in the
Councilman Walker read the following
resolution:
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Town
Board of the Town of Eden, New York at the
Plans and specifications may be obtained or examined at the offices of
CRA Infrastructure & Engineering, Inc.,
All bids must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the “Town of
The Town of
MOTION was made by
Councilman Walker to approve the resolution as presented; seconded by
Councilwoman Pew; All “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None; Motion
carried.
Steve Waldvogel, Project Engineer from CRA
reported that along with Supervisor
Nellis the regional plan was presented in
and the Health Department and everything
seems to be moving forward.
Ron Maggs, Highway Superintendent
recommended to the Town Board the award
of the bid for the Dump Body and Patrol Wing
to Valley Fab & Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $50,066. One other bid was received from STS
Truck Equipment in the amount of $43,835, which did not meet the
specifications.
MOTION was made by Councilman Walker to
award the bid to Valley Fab & Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $50,066 based
on the recommendation of Ron Maggs, Highway Superintendent; seconded by
Councilman Vacco; All “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None; Motion
carried.
Mike Bolo gave a presentation on results of
a Community Survey from 2004,
with 29 businesses and 189 residents
responding, which report is on file in the Town Clerk’s
office.
Ron Maggs, Highway Superintendent received
two bids to seal the Town Hall
Parking lot, with the recommendation to
accept the bid of Ballou Enterprises, Inc., as low bidder with a total price of
$2,625. One other bid was received
from Palmieri Paving & Sealing L.L.C. in the amount of $2,750.
MOTION was made by Supervisor Nellis to
accept the recommendation of Ron Maggs, Highway Superintendent and award the bid
to Ballou Enterprises, Inc., as low bidder with a total price of $2,625;
seconded by Councilman Walker; All “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None;
Motion carried.
This agenda item was moved to “Old Business”
to be reviewed and discussed at a
future Town Board
meeting.
Ron Maggs, Chairperson of the Off-Road
Drainage committee is recommending
the Town Board approve the following
projects that the committee agreed upon:
MOTION was made by Councilman Vacco to
accept the recommendations of the Off-Road Drainage Committee as presented;
seconded by Councilman Krycia; “Ayes”; Nellis, Krycia, Pew, Vacco; Opposed? –
None; Abstain? – None; Motion carried.
This agenda item was moved to “Old Business”
to be reviewed and discussed at a
future Town Board
meeting.
Supervisor Nellis received a request from a
resident working on his Eagle
Scout certification to plant an herb garden
at the Eden Historical Society, which would replicate an 1830’s herb
garden. The only sunny location for
the garden would be on the town owned portion of the Eden Historical
Society. The dimensions and exact
location of the garden was not specified.
MOTION was made by Supervisor Nellis to
approve a revocable license to the Eden Historical Society to create and
maintain an herb garden on town land subject to information regarding the
dimensions and exact location; seconded by Councilman Walker; All “Ayes”;
Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None; Motion
carried.
Supervisor Nellis received a recommendation
from the Planning Board which
states the following:
“At the regularly scheduled June 2, 2005 Planning Board Meeting, we
discussed the Town Board’s request for a recommendation regarding the addition
of allowing junkyards by Special Use Permit to the General Industrial zone. The consensus of the Planning Board is
that under the current Zoning Code, junkyards are permitted in the Planned
Industrial Zone by Special Use Permit and recommends that the allowable uses in
the General Industrial zone should not be changed to also accommodate this
use.”
Respectfully submitted
by Mark G. Agle, Chairman of the Eden Planning
Board.
Councilwoman Pew stated
that the Code Review Committee was in agreement with the recommendation of the
Planning Board.
MOTION was made by Councilman Walker to
accept the recommendation of the Planning Board and the Code Review Committee as
presented; seconded by Councilman Krycia; All “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain?
– None; Motion carried.
Supervisor Nellis read correspondence from
Susan Brass regarding approval of
replacement appointments to the summer
recreation program due to the departure from employment of personnel already
approved, which are on file in the Town Clerk’s office. These are not new or additional
positions, simply replacements for already approved staff that have since
declined or resigned the position offered.
MOTION was made by Councilman Walker to
approve the replacement appointments to the summer recreation program as
presented; seconded by Councilman Krycia; All “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain?
– None; Motion carried.
Supervisor Nellis read the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, many municipalities, including cities,
counties, towns and villages, are facing challenging budget annually due to
health and pension costs that have been escalating at five times the rate of
inflation for several years; and
WHEREAS, municipalities must come to terms with
these escalating costs and develop reform and change, on a long term basis, that
will lessen the burden of these ever increasing costs;
and
WHEREAS, we believe we can start that process by
recommending a change in the present pension system, whether it be the
establishment of another tier that is less lucrative and not a defined benefit
plan, or an amendment of previous tiers; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal impact would be of major
assistance to municipal governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that all
municipal workers continue to contribute to their pensions for their entire
career; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this
resolution be sent to Governor George Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph
Bruno, Senator William Stachowski, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Assemblyman
Jack Quinn, the Property Tax Reform Tax Force in care of Jeffrey Haber,
Executive Director of the Association of Towns of the State of New York and
Supervisors and Mayors in Erie County.
MOTION was made by Councilman Walker to
approve the resolution as presented; seconded by Councilman Vacco; All “Ayes”;
Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None; Motion
carried.
Councilwoman Pew requested the reappointment
of Mike Courneen, GIS
Consultant for 7-10 departments in the Town
of
MOTION was made by Councilwoman Pew to
reappoint Mike Courneen, GIS Consultant at an annual rate of $12,400 retroactive
to
Supervisor’s
Report:
Hearing of
Visitors:
Will Smutz,
Ruth Szalasny,
Kevin Condon,
Martha Muck,
Mrs. Martha Muck requested that the following letter be made a part of
tonight’s record. Mrs. Muck read it
in its entirety as follows:
My name is Martha Muck. I
reside at
The weekend of
We advertised this event in the Buffalo News, the Sun, the local Bees,
the Penny Savers, magazines, radio, television and had posters up all over,
including in
We were, however, very disappointed that no one from the Eden Town Board
came to our event to support or acknowledge our efforts. We did not expect you to necessarily
purchase an item, but at the very least to have come to the preview on Saturday
where the cost was only$3.00 – which went directly to
Adjournment:
MOTION was made by Councilman Krycia to
adjourn the Regular Meeting of the Eden Town Board; seconded by Councilman
Vacco; All – “Ayes”; Opposed? – None; Abstain? – None; Motion
carried.
Supervisor Nellis adjourned the Regular Meeting of the Eden Town Board at
Executive
Session:
Supervisor Nellis adjourned the Executive Session of the Eden Town Board
Meeting at
Respectfully submitted
by,
Mary Jo Hultquist, Town Clerk
wn of Eden, Town
Hall, 2795 East Church Street, Eden, New York 14057-0156
Phone: 716 992-3408 Fax: 716 992-4131