February 10, 2020 Town Board Meeting

February 10, 2020 Town Board MeetingTOWN OF LAKE LUZERNE

REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

 

SUPERVISOR MERLINO CALLED MEETING TO ORDER AT 7 PM WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCILMAN O’NEAL, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE.  ALSO PRESENT: ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN, ROBERT REGAN, ZEO KAREN PUTNEY, HIGHWAY SUPT RON DEUEL.

 

FLOOR OPEN TO PUBLIC:

BOB’S BAIT OWNER – ASKED THE BOARD ABOUT SPONSORING A YOUTH FISHING TOURNAMENT ON THE LAKE  THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF  MARCH.

RESOLUTION 20 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCLAIN AUTHORIZING BOB’S BAIT TO HOLD A YOUTH FISHING CONTEST ON LAKE LUZERNE MARCH 7TH.  ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RAYL ZUBAL – WANTS BOARD TO RECONSIDER  OWNING CHICKENS. SUPERVISOR HAS WORKSHOP DISCUSSION IN HIS REPORT.

RESOLUTION 21 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN O’NEAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI TO ACCEPT MINUTES OF JANUARY 13 TOWN BOARD MEETING. ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RESOLUTION 22 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI TO PAY BILL OF THE 2ND ABSTRACT IN VOUCHERS NUMBERED AND TOTALED AS FOLLOWS:

GENERAL FUND                               25216-25267                             $60,406.02

HIGHWAY FUND                              25268-25303                                50,428.24

JOINT YOUTH                                   25315-25316                                     260.00

LAKE LUZ WATER                          25304-25313                                  5,566.11

HUDSON GROVE WATER                          25314                                      25.00

ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RESOLUTION 23 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN  LEWANDOWSKI, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN O’NEAL TO AMEND THE SALARY FOR THE CROSSING GUARD TO $14 PR HR.   ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN

O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RESOLUTION 24 OF 2020 –  RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI TO SET A RESCHEDULED DATE FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO CONDUCT THE AUDIT OF RECORD KEEPING OF THE TOWN JUSTICES, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND TOWN CLERK/COLLECTOR TO FEBRUARY 18TH AT 12:00 NOON.   ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

COUNCILMAN MCLAIN HAS PROPOSED GIVING  OVER  THE OPERATIONS OF THE LUZERNE CEMETERY  TO THE TOWN. CEMETERY ASSOCIATION DOES NOT HAVE MONEY TO OPERATE IT ANYMORE WITH THE RESTRICTION IT HAS. COUNCILMAN MCLAIN STATED  THERE IS $98,000  IN AN ACCOUNT THAT CAN’T BE TOUCHED AND THAT  THERE ARE ABOUT 8 FULL  BURIALS PER YEAR.   MARK HAS THE FORMS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR THE TOWN TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CEMETERY.

SUPERVISOR ADVISED THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS, IT IS NOT A SURPRISE,  THE BOARD AGREES THAT THE TOWN WILL TAKE OVER THE CEMETERY. THAT ACCOUNT THEY HAVE THEY CANNOT USE BY STATE LAW.  IF THE TOWN TAKES IT OVER, THE MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNT CAN THEN BE USED FOR CEMETERY  MAINTENANCE.   THE TOWN DID HELP WITH MOWING THIS SUMMER.

RESOLUTION 25 OF 2020 –  RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCLAIN THAT THE TOWN OF LAKE LUZERNE TAKE OVER THE OPERATION OF THE LUZERNE CEMETERY FROM THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION . A NECESSARY RESOLUTION  TO BE PREPARED BY THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN.  ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

REPORTS:

HIGHWAY SUPT RON DEUEL

 

REPAIRED WATER LEAK ON EAST RIVER DRIVE

REPAIRED WATER LEAK ON HILL STREET – REPLACED 40 FT BAD PIPE,

EXTREME STORM DAMAGE CLOSED 10 ROADS OVER THE WEEKEND

TRUCKS AND SANDER BREAK DOWNS AND REPAIRS

2014 MOTOR IS BLOWN APART . HYDRAULIC LINES ARE BLOWN, HE THINKS IT IS TIME TO REPLACE IT  WHILE THERE IS EQUITY IN IT,

WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE LOADER WITH 4400 HOURS OPERATION. LOADER NEEDS 4 TIRES THAT WILL COST $6,000 . HE  WILL GATHER FIGURES AND INFORMATION FOR NEXT MEETING.

ZEO – KAREN PUTNEY

Permits issued 4—2020-1 through 2020-4

APA Correspondence—East River Drive, tax map no. 305.12-1-10, conclusion of a violation investigation-there was no violation

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting-No meeting in January

Still need an alternate for ZBA

Planning Board Meeting—January 22, 2020

Boundary Line Adjustment, Sylvan Rd., approved

Violations: East River Drive, tax map no. 305.8-2-44, building without a permit, application in process

Camp Teck Road, tax map no. 298.16-3-30, building without a permit, Land Use Permit now issued

SUPERVISOR ADVISED THAT THE WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE  BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT WHO THEN COME TO THE ZBA FOR A VARIANCE.  CHOICES ARE NARROW AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE.   BOARD IS CONSIDERING A FINE OR PENALTY TO TRY TO CURB THE BUILDING WITHOUT PERMITS.

ZEO     –  WARREN COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT DOUBLES THE FEE IF BUILDING IS DONE BEFORE GETTING A PERMIT.

SUPERVISOR WANTS TO LOOK INTO IT.

DUMPSTER ISSUES . LAST YEAR WAS A TRIAL PROGRAM.  IN THE ORDINANCE THE ONLY PLACE THAT MENTIONS DUMPSTERS IS RESTAURANT TAVERNS.  IT SEEMS UNFAIR THAT IT IS ONLY RESTAURANTS AND TAVERNS THAT ARE REGULATED WHEN RETAILS STORES CAMPGROUNDS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS DO NOT.  SOME  TOWNS TAKE CARE OF THAT IN A SITE PLAN REVIEW THROUGH THE PLANNING BOARD.    MANY TOWNS HAVE NOTHING IN PLACE.   ORDINANCE COULD BE CHANGED TO INCLUDE ALL BUSINESSES.

TWO VARIANCES HAVE COME THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR. ONE FOR LIVESTOCK IN GENERAL IN A HAMLET RESIDENTIAL AREA AND A SECOND ONE FOR CHICKENS IN A HAMLET RESIDENTIAL AREA.   NOT ALLOWED AT THIS TIME IN HAMLET RESIDENTIAL, HAMLET COMMERCIAL OR HAMLET INDUSTRIAL AREAS.   IN OTHER AREAS ONE ACRE IS REQUIRED.

A CHANGE COULD BE THAT IF THERE IS ONE ACRE IN A HAMLET RESIDENTIAL AREA UP TO 11 CHICKENS  COULD BE RAISED.  NO ROOSTERS.   KEPT IN CAGE PLACED 10 FT OFF THE SIDE AND REAR PROPERTY.  NO FRONT YARDS.   PLANNING BOARD HAS TO BE INVOLVED.  PERHAPS FOR THE MARCH TOWN BOARD MEETING.  NEEDS PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNTY APPROVAL.  THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE WORKS.

TOWN CLERK – CYNTHIA SHERWOOD

GAVE TOWN BOARD MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE SUPERVISOR FOR JANUARY IN THE SUM OF $3653.50.

TOWN BUDGET IS COMPLETELY COLLECTED .  COLLECTOR SENT  A CHECK TO THE COUNTY TODAY  FOR $550,000.00 .

ATTORNEY REPORT: ROBERT REGAN

REVIEWED VARIOUS CONTRACTS. ALL ARE SATISFACTORY FOR SUPERVISOR TO SIGN.  CHANGED TERMS AND CONDITIONS PAGE FOR THE CEDARWOOD CONTRACT. STILL WORKING ON CONTRACT FOR BUDDY’S TREE SERVICE.   GRANT WRITER PROPOSAL IS FINE.

RESOLUTION 26 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN O’NEAL TO AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN WARREN COUNTY AGREEMENT WHEREIN THE TOWN WILL RECEIVE $41,666. 00.FOR INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL FROM WATERS OF LAKE LUZERNE.  ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RESOLUTION 27 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN O’NEAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI TO AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FROM CEDARWOOD ENGINEERING FIRM WITH CHANGES TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS PAGE. ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RESOLUTION 28 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH  TRACEY CLOTHIER FOR GRANT WRITING SERVICES AND IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND COSTS FOR 2020.  ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

RESOLUTION 29 OF 2020 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCLAIN  TO PREPARE SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT WITH BUDDY’S TREE SERVICE INCLUDING A $20,000.00 CAP AND WORK  ON AN “ON CALL” BASIS. ROLL CALL VOTE: COUNCILMAN  O’NEAL, AYE, COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, AYE, COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, AYE, COUNCILMAN WATERHOUSE, AYE, SUPERVISOR MERLINO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MERLINO REPORT:

COMPLIMENTED THE TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND  WORKERS FOR THREE DAYS OF WORK ON THE SEVERE STORM DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGE LAST WEEKEND.

NATIONAL GRID WORKED TO KEEP SUPERVISOR INFORMED ON POWER.

SENIOR CENTER WAS OPENED ON SUNDAY IF ANYONE NEEDED TO COME HERE.

EVERYONE WORKED TOGETHER.

PAM PETTEYS – ASKED RON DEUEL IF HE KNOWS THE PAVING SCHEDULE YET.  AND WHETHER CULVERT ON SCOFIELD RD WILL BE FIXED.  PAVING SCHEDULE WILL BE SET IN THE SPRING.  CULVERT WILL BE FIXED.

SHELLY ROSS – STONY CREEK.  WOULD LIKE TO PLAN A 5K RUN WALK BENEFIT AROUND THE LAKE IN THE SPRING.

DAVID WOOD – OLD STAGE ROAD.  ASKED IF THERE WILL BE  VERIZON ADDED TO THE CELL TOWN.

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8 PM UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCLAIN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN O’NEAL.

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

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CYNTHIA SHERWOOD, RMC, TOWN CLERK