Village of Lansing

 

MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Wednesday, August 15, 2001, in the Village Office.

 

Present: Mayor Donald Hartill; Trustees Larry Fresinski, Lynn Leopold, Frank Moore; Jodi Dake, Clerk/Treasurer; Carol Willard, clerk P.T.; Benjamin Curtis, Code & Zoning Officer.

 

Mayor Donald Hartill called the meeting to order at 12:23p.m.

 

Carol is working on the codification again. All the current laws have been incorporated and she is still waiting on pieces from other individuals. Would like to know how the Board would like to proceed with this. Newsletter requests will so out soon so it can be publish in October before brush pick up.

 

Don informed the Board that Randy Marcus would like to retire from working with the Village. He has suggested Bill Troy of his firm to replace him. Randy is willing to see the Village through the codification and help in the transition period. Don feels that all the work with the N. Triphammer Road Property Acquisitions has had an affect on him. The other trouble is he has small children and the meetings pull him away one evening every week. Don & Ned both would like to move in the direction of having the attorney at one meeting a month. It was suggested that the first meeting of the month be the business meeting with the attorney present and the second meeting of the month more like a workshop. Don will present this to Randy to see if this would change his mind on retiring from the Village. It will be a shame to lose him because he has served the Village well for over 11 years and is very knowledgeable. Frank was concerned that it is hard to prevent the questions that are answered by the attorney. Don stated that nothing we deal with is that pressing that it can’t wait until we talk to our attorney.

 

Don gave Jodi a copy of the Sewer EIS Package to copy for the trustees for the Monday meeting.

At the last sewer meeting it seemed that we’re getting very close to approvals of costs. At this meeting Walter Lynn expressed his concerns with the buy in cost of $6 per gallon. Don will offer $2 per gallon.

 

Frank asked Don if the Mobil issue has been resolved. Mobil has agreed to contents but a contract hasn’t been received yet. The one he is still working on is New Plan Realty.

 

Frank has a concern with the elaborate play structure going in at 810 Cayuga Heights Road. Ben went down to look at it. A daycare is allowed there but with limitations. It is hard to tell if they are planning to do daycare or if it’s just for personal use. There have been no applications for a home occupation.

 

Ben gave each of the Trustees a Building and Land Use Activity Report. The Cornell B&T Park is wrapping up their construction. The Ornithology Lab will last about 1 ½ years. In the last 10 years, the average construction is 6.5 buildings a year. Next month Ben has training in Lake Placid for the State Organization then the International Code training in Cincinnati. A&P has been purchased by Tops and will be closing. Many residents are very upset with this. Carolyn Spicer is concerned with the pedestrian crossing there. Don stated that that light belongs to the NYSDOT so controlling the timing is out of our hands.

 

Larry asked Ben where we are in the Time Warner Cable negotiations. The City lawyer is now going through it with the Time Warner lawyer and it may be another 2 years before anything is resolved. Don suggested an interim solution for our email/internet access. Larry will look into a wireless system again.

 

The Mayor proposed a motion to approve the vouchers.

 

Resolution #3803- Abstracts of Audited Vouchers

 

Be it RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 3 for the General Fund, in the amount of $51,424.45, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 3 for the Water Fund, in the amount of  $82,502.55, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 3 for the Sewer Fund, in the amount of  $286,596.79, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 3 for the Capital Projects Fund, in the amount of  $27,302.97, is hereby approved for payment

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski moved that this resolution be adopted and Trustee Lynn Leopold seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Mayor Donald Hartill - Aye                              Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

                        Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

 

Jack Little will be here September 5th at noon to discuss the NYS Retirement Plan. Everyone will be able to attend.

 

Resolution #3804-To Cancel the Wednesday September 12, 2001 Meeting and Reschedule it for September 5, 2001 at 12:00pm.

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski motioned to adjourn and Trustee Lynn Leopold seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Mayor Donald Hartill - Aye                              Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

 

 

 

Motion-To Adjourn 

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski motioned to adjourn and Trustee Lynn Leopold seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Mayor Donald Hartill - Aye                              Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

 

The meeting adjourned at 12:55pm.

 

                                                                                                            Jodi Dake

                                                                                                Village Clerk/Treasurer