Disposition - March 15, 2010

 

 

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DISPOSITION:

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ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

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INVOCATION:   Supervisor McMahon

 

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PLEDGE:  Councilman Raymond Billica

 

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PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

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PUBLIC HEARINGS:

1.    Create Lighting District #58 – Ransom Village Section 4E

2.    Final Plat Approval – Waterford Park Subdivision, Phase 3, 23 Lots

A.      Department of Engineering & Water Resources – Public Improvement Permit

B.      Planning Board – Final Plat Approval

3.    Final Plat Approval – Country Club Cottages Subdivision, Phase 1, 26 Lots

A.      Department of Engineering & Water Resources – Public Improvement Permit

B.      Planning Board – Final Plat Approval

4.  Local Law Intro #3/2010 – Proposed Law Creating Business Investment Exemptions Under New York Real Property Tax Law § 485-b

1.  Speakers in Favor:  None       Speakers in Opposition:  None  Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0 

2.  Speakers in Favor:  Jim Churchill  Speakers in Opposition:  None  Roesch/Billica, Approved 5-0

     A. Public Improvement Permit  Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.  Speakers in Favor: Al Hopkins   Speakers in Opposition: Lois Shriver, Gerald Wachadlo

    Approved subject to cleaning and improving drainage Roesch/Crawford, Approved 5-0  A. Public Improvement Permit Cooke/Billica, Approved 5-0

4.   Speakers in Favor:  Dan Drexilius Speakers in Opposition:  None  Adopt Local Law #3/2010  Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #9, March 1, 2010

2.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #4, March 1, 2010

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #10, March 8, 2010

1.  Crawford/Billica, Approved 5-0

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CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Attorneys at Law – ECIDA, 2010 Life Technologies Corporation Warehouse Expansion Project and Restructuring of 1988, 1995 and 1998 Projects and 2004 Project

2.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – February 2010

3.    Golden Age Center- Vehicle Usage – February 2010

4.    Time Warner Cable – Developments Affecting Time Warner Cable Subscribers in Grand Island

5.    Building Permits Issued – February 2010

6.    Meeting Minutes – Grand Island Economic Development Advisory    Board – February 11, 2010

7.    Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – February 8, 2010

8.    State of New York, Unified Court System – Justice Court Assistance Program

1.  Cooke/Billica, Approved 5-0

 

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

 

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SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign Agreement – Order on Consent, Sanitary Sewer Overflows – Renew SPDES Permit

2.    Monthly Supervisor’s Report – December 2009, January 2010, February 2010

3.    Resolution in Support of Applying for Google High Speed Broadband Access Grant

4.    Upstate Cellular – Long Road, West River/Fix Road, Veteran’s Park – Cell Tower Approvals – Set Public Hearing

5.    Appointment – Senior Account Clerk Typist

6.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign Application – 2010 Drug Free Communities Grant

1.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    No Action by Town Board

3.    Billica/Cooke, Approved 5-0

4.    Set Public Hearing for Saturday, March 27th at 9:00a.m. Connor Middle School Auditorium at 1100 Ransom Road    Roesch/Crawford, Approved 5-0

5.    Appoint Elaine Petit – Senior Account Clerk Typist – Grade 6, Start - $18.26 per hour effective March 22, 2010.     Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

6.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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COUNCILMAN RICHARD W. CRAWFORD:

1.  Library Construction Grant

Tabled                         Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

 

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.    Award Bid – Job No. M-139-10 – Supplying Fuel with a Fuel Management System

2.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign Agreement – 2008-2009 Local Government Efficiency Program, Contract T-088851

1.    Reject all bids and rebid project Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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TOWN ACCOUNTANT – PAM BARTON:

1.  2009 Budget Amendment – Fire Protection District

1.  Total amount – $5,700                   Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0

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ZONING OFFICE:

1.  Special Use Permit Renewal – Elderwood Senior Care at Riverwood, Grand Island Boulevard – Adult Care Facility/2 Story Addition

1.  Billica/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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RECREATION DIRECTOR – LINDA TUFILLARO:

1.  Request Permission to Conduct Town Auction of Surplus Items – April 10, 2010

1. Check with Dept. Heads before auction for department needs                   Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

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PLANNING BOARD:

1.    Terry R. Manning, Meadow Lane – Request Exception to Subdivision Regulations – Divide SBL #37.12-1-33

2.    Local Law Intro #2/2010 – Rezone a Portion of Branches of Niagara from CR to R1-A, Part of SBL # 36.00-1-1.11 (fka  Niagara Falls Campground, LLC / Whitehaven Road Campgrounds)

1.    Subject to pymt of Recreation Fees Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.     A. Adopt Local Law #4/2010  Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0  B. Grant exception to Subdivision Regulations – Subject to pymt of Recreation Fees         Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

1.    Local Law Intro #7 of 2009 – Rezoning – Sheridan Transit Rod & Gun Club, 551 Ransom Road, from R1-D to CR

A.  Correspondence – Daniel and Melissa Marcus

 1. Refer correspondence to Town Board for review         Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #97116 – 97260

General      $  82,421.31

Highway     $  70,232.80

Sewer        $  28,707.87

Water        $  15,707.89

Capital        $   5,476.00

Garbage     $106,224.52

Fire             $       338.21

       Total          $309,108.60

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

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   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.        Double-D Construction, Bedell Road – Site Plan Approval/Contractor’s Yard

A.  Doug Learman, Code Enforcement Officer – Contractor’s Yard

1.  Crawford/Billica, Approved 5-0

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   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers:  None

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FROM THE BOARD:

    Roesch:  Rotary – Undies Sunday – March 21st – Tops/Churches – 9am-3pm.; Zonta Scholarships  Crawford:  Lion’s Spaghetti Dinner – March 22nd – Holiday Inn – 5p.m.-8p.m.                          Cooke: Bridge Redecking Project – Starts Mid April; Paddles Up – July 24th – Beaver Island

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MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Dorothy Tubbs                                       Harry Mullany II

Richard Bedell                                       George Stoffan

Fay Avarello                                           Hazel Moss

Richard Hoy, Jr.                                     Lorraine Mueller

Sarah Pacioni                                        Thomas Arrigo, Sr.     

William Dyet                                           David Ehde

Adjourned at 8:47p.m.

Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0