MINUTES of a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing
held on Monday, March 3, 2008, in the Village Office.
Present: Mayor Donald Hartill; Trustees, Larry Fresinski and Frank Moore;
Clerk/Treasurer Jodi Dake; Attorney David Dubow.
Mayor
Hartill called the meeting to order at 7:32 P.M. and opened the public comment
period. There were no comments.
Trustee Fresinski moved to close the public
comment period. Trustee
The next item on the agenda was to set the election date, time, place and
rate of compensation for the election inspectors.
Trustee Fresinski moved that the Village election
be held on April 22, 2008 from 12pm to 9pm at the Lansing Fire Station
on
Mayor Hartill stated that he would be out of town for the Monday, March
17, 2008 meeting so he would like the Board to consider changing it to March 24th.
Trustee
Trustee Frank Moore-Aye
Mayor Hartill entertained the following motion:
Motion - To Approve the Minutes from February
4th & 14th, 2008.
Trustee Fresinski moved that the
draft meeting notes, as reviewed and revised by the Clerk/Treasurer and the
Board, are hereby adopted as the official minutes. Trustee
Larry stated that Danica Computing will no longer be providing internet service in the area of the Village office. They have found that it is not cost efficient for them and have encouraged us to look at other options. Larry has contacted Time Warner regarding their Roadrunner service and has recommended that the Board replace our current internet service for a period of three years at a monthly cost of $69.95. Time Warner will replace our Internet service we have with Danica with no installation charge if we purchase at least a 2 year plan. The following is a break down of costs:
$82.30/month plan will incur installation charges to bring the line to the office
$74.00/month for two years will have no installation charges
$69.95/month for three years
$55.76/month for three years if phone service was added.
The above services would provide a 5Mb downlink and 384K uplink for all 4 of our systems in aggregate. If the speed isn’t fast enough we could pay $93.56/month for three years for a higher speed, but Larry feels this is unlikely. Jodi asked if this speed was comparable to what we currently have with Danica. Larry will send Jodi a link to test the current speed of our internet.
If we wanted to add free long distance telephone for $45.95/month for 3 years, we could do that too, but Jodi’s calculations with our typical long distance charges show this option as a wash. However, our Internet fee would drop to $55.76/month for 3 years because of the bundle, making it favorable. However, Larry does not feel that the phone service is reliable enough yet because it has times when you get echoes or a line drops.
Trustee
Trustee Frank Moore-Aye
Larry will contact L-Star to get our DLS hosted properly. We bought the
vlansing.org domain so that even though our web space will change, the public
will not see a difference. Frank questioned whether our service will be
interrupted during the change-over. Larry doesn’t think there will be any
interruption, but will check.
The next item on the agenda was
to begin budget discussions. Mayor Hartill has collected information and
presented a budget which Jodi has entered into our Budget Program and given
everyone copies. He gave a general summary of his initial budget
recommendations. He has added an
additional full time person to the Department of Public Works. There are some
duties that are dangerous for one person to do. Safety is a priority. We have
expanded our needs. We have taken on more sidewalks and are doing more things
that we had contracted out in the past. In the future we will also need to
consider expanding the garage. He was hopeful that we would do this with the Fire
Department, but is unsure where they are with this. There are monies allocated
for a new heavy truck and miscellaneous equipment. There is also $275,000
allocated for repairs to our roads. Don feels our roads are the best in
General Fund Revenues
A1001 $494,858 Real Property Tax increase of $7,835 which is less than a 2% increase over last year
A2665 $4,000 for the sale of the dump truck at auction
A3001 $12,655 State Revenue Sharing has been increase
General Fund Expenditures
A1420.4 $34,300 Legal rate increased from $190 to $200/hr.
A1440.4 $35,000-Engineering increase from
$35,000 to $40,000 last year to allow for
A1620.2 $500 no building equipment needed this year
A1620.21 $840 lowered by $1,360 because entering a 3 yr. contract with Roadrunner for our internet service
A3310.4 $4000.00 traffic signal repair and led lights, down form $10,000 last year
A3620.2 $1,100 Code Enforcement equipment
A5110.2 $100,000.00 GMC 5500 4x4 dump with plow equipment.
A5110.4 $100,000.00 crack seal, striping, road repair, street sweep….
A5110.13 $35,000 got rid of summer help and replace with 1 full time employee
3.
Brook Way Entire
4. Brook Drive Entire
Total Quantities 3912 tons @ $60.00 per ton $234,000
$30,000 is needed for storm sewer installation at Brook/Bush.
A5410.2 $5000.00 sidewalk sander
A5410.4 $7000.00 Sealer for new walks along
A5410.41 $15,000.00 install blacktop on Northwoods and Highgate
A5680.4 $6,000 Gadabout
A6410.4 $2000.00 going Electronic with our newsletter
A7140.2 $30,000.00 to move the
A7140.4 $4000.00 new garbage containers & timber
carpet. The currently owned swing at
A7310.4 $25,600 Youth Recreation is $13,724
for the Recreation Partnership and $11,869 to the Town of
A8020.2 $1,000 for Power Point equipment
A8140.4 $6,000 for Storm Water MS4
A9060.8 $40,000 need to increase by $10,000 for a new employee with family
coverage
Account 2401, Interest & Earnings, in all funds was lowered because of the poor interest rate.
There is also $20,000 allocated for a fund to cover the activities that Carol previously did. It is unclear at this point how we will handle the Planning Board minutes, office coverage and fire inspections. Dan Veanor mentioned that there are transcribers over the internet which could be another option. Jodi is to contact other municipalities to see how these issues are handled there.
In the Water Fund there is a
large capital outlay for sharing in the building of a new water tank on
The Sewer Fund has decreased the amount spent on engineering
from $10,000 to $5,000. The DPW plans to replace all manhole frames and lids on
Brook Way/Drive and on
Don is very pleased to be able to keep the tax rate the same. He had not added any salaries in because this would have to be discussed in executive session when John O’Neil was present since he is the staff liaison.
The next item on the agenda was Mayor’s Comments. Mayor Hartill stated that he attended the TCCOG meeting where they discussed Countywide Health Benefits. Don feels that there will not be a windfall of savings for the Village because it will actually only save us about 5-10%. He made inquiry as to whether there would be a problem with the way we reimburse people who are on their spouses’ insurance and they stated that this program will be very flexible. Not everyone has to be in the pool.
Don is trying to meet with the DEC and the Town of
Jodi stated that Greg Potter from
Motion- To Adjourn
Trustee Fresinski moved for adjournment.
Frank stated that he attended the Public Meeting on
Trustee
The meeting adjourned at 8:53 PM.
Jodi Dake
Clerk/Treasurer