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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-01/08/1985SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD JANUARY 8, :1985 WORK SESSION Present: Supervisor Francis J. Murphy, Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr., Justice Raymond W. Edwards :(9;30 A.M.), Councilman Paul Stoutenburgh, Councilman James A. Schondebare :(9:45 A.M.), Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker (10:'10 A.M.). 9:00 A.M. - The Board began the audit 'of outstanding vouchers. 9:30 A.M. - The Board met with Board of Appeals Chairman Gerard P. Goehringer to review his 1984' Annual Reports Mr. G0ehringer advised the Board that the Board of Appeals held 121 public 'hearings during .1984' and 116 new applications were filed. He. specifically di,scussed variances for division of parcels and use variances, and urged the Board to continue the employment of Linda Taplin as a part-time Clerk Typist and Barbara Strang as a part-time Stenographer for the Board's public hearings (see resolutions 10 & 11). .10:00 A.M. - Planning Board Chairman Bennett Orlowski, 'Jr. met with the Board to review his 1984 Annual Report. Mr. Orlowski Said'the Planning Board is caught on their pending workload as of December 31st. He said they handled 150 new applications in .,1984~, for a total of approximately 15 new submissions per month - '34 minor subdivisions, 6 major'subdivisions, and 1~; site plans. He advised the Board that the updated Master Plan should be before the Planning Board for. review within the next two weeks~- Mr. Orlowski stated that the Planning Board is reaching the conclusion of the preparation of a procedure book which will provide a step by step procedure for new applicants. He emphasized the value of computerization for the Planning Board, stating many of their-records are in'the storage room and must be referred to constantly. Mr. Orlowski said that one of the r_ecommendations they would have for the Town Board would be the creation of an Architectural Review Board. 10:'30 A.M. - Executive Administrator Vicl~or Lessard met with the Board to discuss the Buildin9 Department's ,1984 Annual Report. Mr. Lessard sta~ed that in ,1984 that office issued 912 building permits and. 943 certificate's of occupancy. He emphasized the need for amendments to the Zoning Code, particularly the establish- ment of a specific fine for building without a permit. He further urged the Board to consider the Building Department's need for an additional telephone. 11:05 A.M. - Account Clerk Joan Richter met with the Board to review the responsibilities of the Accountincj Department durin9 1984. Mrs. Richter outlined the various duties of each of the three Account Clerks, the need for an additional telephone in that department, general long term debt, the need for more frequent billings by special' attorneys, computerization and a request for higher wages. 11:30 A.M. - Board of Assessors Chairman Charles C. Watts reviewed his 1984 Annual Report with the Town Board. Mr. Watts advised that there were 13,400 individual changes to the Assessment Roll during ~I984:, they have received 175 new building permits from the Building Department since June, need for a larger vehicle, and another, full time Clerk in light of the impending retirement of Mrs. King. Mr. Watts reviewed farmland exemptions and increasing land values with the Board. He stressed the fact that the Assessors are required to meet certain educational requirements on an ongoing basis to be certified to hold their position. Failure to do so would mean removal from office, which has happened throughout the State. 12 Noon - Town Clerk Judith T. Terry revieWed her_ 1984: Annual Report with the Town Board. Mrs. Terry poi,nZed out the increase in revenues over the past ten years from $48,800.'00 in~.1975 to $407.,900.'00 in',1984, due specifically to the increase in licenses and permits issued by the Town Clerk's Office. Mrs. Terry urged the Board to consider~ computerization of her office, the need for micrOfilming the birch and death original records dating back to 1881, and the urgency of remodeling the vault to create safer storage conditions. 12:20 AP.M. - Recess for lunch. JANUARY 8, 1985 2:00 P.M. - Work Session reconvened and the Board reviewed off agenda and agenda items: presentation of the PRC Speas Airport Site Selection Report to ~e given by David Spohn--set January 22nd--time to be determined at a later date; expired Junk Yard permits of Robert Douglass and Harold Walters; use of the Recreation Center--The Board reaffirmed their policy'to permit only not- for-profit 9rou, ps to use the Recreation Center.--The dental contract for elected and appointed officials was discussed and the Board agreed to its effective date of September 1, ~1984.; set January'22nd for decision on the Brewer. Yacht Yard Soil Removal Application~_-. briefly reviewed the proposed Scavenger Waste Ordinance; discussed the pending decision on the environmental assessment for the East End Associaies Annexation Petition (see resolution no. 5). 4:00 P.M. - Concluded audit :of outstanding. Vouchers. 4:.20 P.M. - Work. Session adjourned. REGULAR MEETING ~ Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on Tuesday r January 8,' 198~5 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor. Murphy opened the meeting at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Present: Supervisor Francis J. Murphy Councilman Joseph L. Townsend~ Jr. Justice Raymond W. Edwards Councilman Paul Stoutenburgh Councilman James A. Schondebare Councilwoman Jean W. Cochran Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I'd llke to welcome you all here and our ,t~rst order of business I'd like a motion to approve the January 8th, ~1985 audit of bills. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it 'was RESOLVED that the following audited bills be and hereby are approved for pa, yment: General Fund Whole Town bills 1984' Accounts Payable in the amount of $4,532.'85; General Fund Whole Town ',1984: bills in the amount of $3~,956..24, General Fund Whole Town ;1985: bills in:the amount of $50 :198. 44; General Fund Part Town bills 184 Accounts Payable in the amount of '$3,973.75; General Fund Part'Town ;1984: bills in'the amount of '$3,:~99. 57; General Fund Part Town :1985 bilis~in the amount of $30.31; Fishers Island Ferry District-:1985~ bills in'the amount of $8',:537.57; Highway Department :1984: bills in'the amount of $5,'471'.,30; Southold Wastewater Treatment Plant bills in' the amount of ~$95:,9~09.15; Adult Day Care ~1984: bills in the amount of $4, 302.88'.: Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This .resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Next resolution I'd like is one to approve the minutes of the December 28th, ;1984 Regular Meeting. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the December 28, :1984 Regular Southold Town Board meetin9 be and hereby are approved. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice EdWards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: And one to set the next meeting date, January 22nd, ~1985', 3:00~ P.M., Southold Town Hall. Moved by Justice Edwards~ seconded by CouncilWoman Cochran, it 'was RESOLVED that the next Regular Meetin_~ of the Southold Town Board will'be held at 3:00 'P.M., Tuesday, January 22, 1985: at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. I. REPORTS. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Moving on to the first item on the agenda, Reports. I'd like to state that all these reports are on file in the Town Clerk's Office for any- one who would like to look at them further. 1. Szepatowski Associates Inc., aid to the Planning Department, monthly progress report for December ;1984:. 2.(a) 'Building Departmi~nt's monthly report for December';198q:. 2.(b) Buil~ding Department's :198'4: Annual i~eport. 3. New York State Bureau of Dog Identification and Control Compliance Report. 4. [a) Town Clerk's. monthly report for December 1984'. q. [b) ~Town Clerk's 1984' Annual report and that is~one you really want to look at if you have any questions of doubt about isSouthold Town growing. In the last ten years the growth has been fantastic, You .wouldn't believe the volume that has built up in the Town Clerk's Office and this gives you a general indication of the pulse of the. community, the activity going on around. It really is "fantastic: 5. Town Justice monthly report - Justice Edwards - December :198~. 6. Councilmen's reports. I'll start on my right with Jay Schondebare. COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: The Police Committee had a meeting yesterday with the Chief of Police. I,II let Councilman Townsend discuss some of the aspects of it, but we.did:cover the rules and requlations pertaining to the P61ic~ Department. Believe it or not we don't have rules and regulations pertaining to the Police Depart- ment. We will 'now have such rules and regulations. Thank you. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Joe? COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Frank, i'll elaborate on the rules and regulations a bit more. Basically it's a code of conduct for police officers, detectives, sergeants, lieutenant and chief, and while there, are certain--under civil Service and PBA contracts there are procedures set out, we feel it'~ time that we had some rules and regs and we spent a. couple hours refining these and now it'~ in'the hands of the attorney and hopefully by the .next meeting we'll have something back. We also disdussed the issue that has gotten a lot of attention, that being hiri'nq another Bay Constable. It's my feeling that the polic~ in' their regular tour of duty can enforce some of the laws, the shellfish laws, and perhaps even the wetlands law. Chief Winters feels that we do need another Bay Constable. I knew he would feel that way because he was the one that mentioned it first. Her feels that the man we have is a: very good man and that we're going to lose him' if we do not hire him'. While I concur that he's a very good man, I still'disagree. I still'feel that we can enforce tl~e shellfish laws and the wetlands law through the use of the police department i would hope, even if I'm unsuccessful in~forestalling the hiri'ng of another Bay Constable that the police could enforce the shellfish and wetlands laws. Certainly I see the police at the mouths of creeks and bays as much as I've seen the Bay Constable and the fact that we do have very good response time and the fact that we've got a pretty good rate of solving crimes indicates to me that the department is'not being stretched to its limits as far as their duties are concerned. At any rate that's where that issue lies. It hasn't been too long since the last Town Board meeting, January 3rd and before that December 28th and so there hasn't been too much going on other than that. I guess that's all I have to report, Frank. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Joe. Paul?. COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Yes, two things. One is a flyer that came from the Cooperative Extension in Riverhead,i this is on Griffing Avenue. They're going to have a Marine Resource Manag_ement and Protection Seminar and this'is'going to be open to all elected officials, appointed officials and anyone else who would be interested. I might just read what they have: a review of basic information about various marine environments, beaches, dunes, bluffs, barrier islands, tidal wetlands and bays; to discuss the use of marine environment and the impacts of such uses, and ti~ identify the agencies and programs involved with coastal resource managment and protection. The agenda will include a comprehensive slide program about Long Island's marine resource, plus the use and problems and open discussion among partici'pants with a panel of marine resource experts. So if anyone is interested, this is goin9 to be on January 28th, 7:30 to 10:'00 o'clock in the evening at the Suffolk Cooperative Extension buildin9 at 246 Griffing Avenue. I surely hope people would take advantage of this. It gives you a good opportunity to get involved and know a little bit more about our marine resources. The other thing I Would like to bring to your attention is that in the future we are 9oing to run here in the Town of Southold a program, a one day program, where the community is 'going to be asked to bring any pesticides or any toxic material they might have in their garage, attic or cellar. As you well know, these are things that we've bought, and t say we, because I've done it myself, and in my garage is a can of old DDT or something of this sort and what do you do with these things? And the State is trying to promote a program, called STOP, Stop Throwing Out Pollutants. The Town of Islip is getting involved in this program this sprin9. We hope to do it towards the end of the summer riqht JANUARY 8, 1985 here in Southol. It will be a day in which everyone will be notified by the paper and the media and you will be able. to bring these pesticides to this'center, they will be disposed of in a very highly technical way, in the sense that they won't be exposed and get into the wrong landfills. The way it's been, if 'you didn't know what to do with it, you threw it in your garbage, it went to our landfill, it then percolated down into our groundwater and this is~what we have problems with our drinking water--one of the problems. So we think this 'will go a long ways in~clearing up our own backyard, meaning our garages, ou~ Cellars and what have. you, with these type of pollutants. You'll hear more about it. Keep your ears open for the concept STOP and it'~ going to be a big program right here in your own Town. Thank you, Frank. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Paul. A very important program too. Jean? COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: Yes, I'd like to report that the Town Board CSEA Negotiating Committee has received from the Town Unit CSEA proposals to the .~-985 Contract and a salary proposal, including a 9rade and step plan. Also Board Recreation Committee is scheduled for Monday, January' 14th at 8:'30 A.M. A Water Advisory meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 14th at 7:30 P.M. An Organizational Meeting is scheduled for the Housin9 Advisory Committee Thursday~ January 31st at 7:30 P.M. And I believe tomorrow, Jay, we have a Commerce and Industry meetin9 at 7:30. You'll be hearing more about this in the future. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Jean. Ray? JUSTICE EDWARDS: Just some of you people might have read the article in the Traveler-Watchman about the--what we call the metal dump on Fishers Island. Supervisor .Murphy and some others flew over there on a complaint, which was ~ompletely valid. The metal dump has gotten eut of hand. it's being taken care of and I will keep the Town Board informed as to further developments as to what's ~oihg on over there. Possibly have some pictures for~the end of the month. Also, the new ferry boat is under, construction down in Panama City, Florida and they're~ooking for a late spring delivery on our new 160 foot boat, which will basically be a carrier for the contractors, for, charters and so forth and backup for the other ferry. Thank you, Frank. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Ray. I would just like to make a few comments. This is the start of my second year in office as your Supervisor and I t-hink the first year was: very productive. I'd like to thank the Town Board for the cooperation. I think we've had a good relationship. We've had fights, naturally, and disagreements, but I think the Town is a lot better off. I think we're heading in the right direction. In particular ~n several areas, the planning. I think we've made tremendous progress in the Planning Board with the hiring of the consultant to help advise, help get rid'of the backlog in'the office. Today we had meetings with the heads of the various departments in the Town Hall here and I think it was every enlightening and I'm'very pleased with the progress we're making. We have more to go. We have a meeting set up on Friday for these same department heads to come and speak to a, consultant on computers. It's long overdue. We have to have them. We're losing a lot of information and just the record keeping is fantastic~ To give you an idea, I mentioned Judy Terry's, the Town Clerk's report, ten years ago she had ~eceipts of.$48,000, this year her total receipts and disbursements was $407,000. That gives you a little idea of the volume and the growth. This is receipts from the Planning Boardr Building Department, sale of sand, many, many things, dog licenses and all, but it shows how the Town is growing. I'd like to make a couple comments. One is that I am refusin9 my raise that was granted to me this'year. I'm not taking it.' I've instructed the Bookkeeping Department to keep my salary at the same and also that I'm looking forward to the next year. I think we have many things to do and I'm looking forward to the cooperation of the various groups that advise and work with the Town, particularly some of the newer, committees that we're just starting, Jean and Joe Townsend on the Housing we're starting. This is a big challenge. From · our meetings today, this'is probably our biggest need in~th~ Town is~a'ffo~r-dable housing for young, middle class and old. i'm looking forward to the challenge of next year--of this year and I think we could do very well. We're going in the right direction and Pm very pleased. il. PUBLIC NOTICES. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: We'll move on to the second item on our agenda which'is Public Notices. 1. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation public hearing on the application of Tosca Holdin9 and Realty Corp. to construction a timber jetty at Orient Harbor. Hearing to be held February 20th, at 10:00 A.M. at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold. 2. United States Army Corps of Engineers notic~ of an application of Wilhelm Franken, Donald Bayles, Michael Levinson to maintenance dredge at Tarpon Drive, e 3. Arm_y Corps of E.n,,~iner~ ,;~an~application by Suffolk County Depart- ment of Public Works to maintenance dredge at Mill Creek, Southold. Written comments by January 26th. This is an extension of an existing permit that they have, where the Trustees and our Dredging Committee recommended that the County expand their permit and this is what this is about, their maintenance permit. 4. New York State Public Service Commission public hearing on New York Telephone Company rat,e ~roposal~ ,scheduled on Thursday, January 24th, 1985, 1:00 P.M. and 6:45 P.M. at Mahoney State Office Building, Hearing Room 1, 65 Court Street in Buffalo. It seems silly to announce this. This is very important and I don't really know ex,actly what input we would have but I think if some people are concerned about the tremendous increase in our electric'and our telephone rates that maybe you should take an interest in this and at least write to the Public Service Commission your feelings. The same hearing will'also be held on Thursday, March. 28, 1985,, 1:00 P.M. and 6:45 P.M., Nassau County Executive Building, County Supervisors' Meeting Room, One West Street, Mineola, New York. 5. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of a Complete Application of Ted Dowd to construct a single family dwelling, Rabbit Lane, East Marion. Written. comments to the DEC by January 18th. 6. Notice of Dimension Cable Services, Long Island Cablevisi0n. They are going to be rebuilding and there will 'be some short time outages in the Orient Point area. II!. COMMUNICATIONS. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Moving on to Communications and the only one we have on is a letter from the Long, Island Rail Road that they would like to meet with myself and the Supervisor of the Town of Riverhead concernin9 some changes in where the train' stops. We've notified various organizations of this meeting, anyone is welcome to attend, to give your input to the Long Island Rail Road concerning their schedules. It will be held at the Southold Town Hall 2:30 P.M. tomorrow and anyone who would like to attend and make any. comments to the Rail Road about their service, the frequency of trains, the cleanliness, whatever you would like, this would be a good time to do it. We are really not, i don't think, receiving the best of service out here. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: There is:a public hearing scheduled at 8:00 o'clock (proposed Local Law relative to Zoning Code fees), so we'll move on to number V, Resolutions. V. RESOLUTIONS. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: The first resolution, Number 1, we had a request to hold (decision on the petition of Reynold Bium for a change of zo'ne). The man is looking further and asked us not to make a decision so we'll honor his requested. Number 2 is the appointment of a Bay Constable. Would someone like to make that? Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Michael Fingerle, provisionally pending a civil service list certification, to the position of Bay Constable for the Town of Southold, effective January 15, :1985:, at an annual salary of $13, 00~.'00. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions on it? Any. comments? [No response.) I think we've had enought comments on this; -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CounCilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy. No: Councilman Townsend. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: To advance funds to various agencies in the Town. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizer the advance of funds, in an amount not to exceed .$5,000.00, from General Fund Whole Town Account to the Nutrition Pro~ram, Home Aide Procjram, Community Development Program, and Youth Services, when in need for payroll purposes. Said advance to be repaid to the General I-und Whole Town Account within sixty [60) days. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: i'd like to point out that this is not--all we lose on this is the interest for that period of time and these programs, which from time to time run into problems in the expenses and the time they're reimbursed by their parent entities, like the County or the State, needs Southold Town to help them out with their cash flow problems. This is the second or third year we've done this. JANUARY 8, 1985 SUPERVISOR MURPHY: This is exactly what it is~ It's an advance, it's a wash- out program. The Town does receive the money back, but we have to, as in many programs, put the up-front money. Any other questions? (No response.) 3.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochranf Councilman ~chondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 4 is a transfer of funds for the Fishers Island Ferry District. 4. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorize~ the ~ followinq transfer within the Fishers Island Ferry Dis~ricl~ 1984 Budget: ~..~ '~ From: Commissioner Fees $250.00 Into: Mail $250.00 JUSTICE EDWARDS: To give a little explanation on that. We have a Commissioner who is an attorney and he makes probably one out of every two or three meetings, inasmuch as he lives off the Island and the mail. contract is $250.00 a month for the person that hauls the mail from the ferry boat to the post office, so there was money left over in the Commissioner's Fees and not enough in the M~il, so that's why the transfers. Thank you, Frank. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? (No response.) 4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This ~ resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 5 is an environmental assessment on the petition for annexation by East End Associa!es. Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Supervisor Murphy, WHEREAS, East End Associates has heretofore applied to the Southold Town Board, pursuant to Chapter 44 of the Code of the Town of Southold, for the annexation of approximately 48.7 acres of land in'the unincorporated portion of the Town of Southold into the Incorporated Village of Greenport, said property being located at the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of North Road (C.R. 48), and the easterly side of Moores Lane, Greenport, NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1. That pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 0f the Environmental Conserva- tion Law;. Part 617 of Titl~ 6 of the New York .State Codes, Rules and Regulations, and Chapter 44 of the Southold Town Code, the Southold Town Board, as lead agency, does hereby determine that the .action proposed is a Type i action and is likely to have a significant effect on the environment. 2. That the Town Clerk shah file' and circulate such determination as required by the aforementioned laTM, -rules and code. 3; That the Town Clerk immediately notify the applicant, East End Associates. of this determination, and further request said applicant to prepare a draft environ- mental impact statement, all in accordance with said law, rules and code. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions on this? (No response.) 5.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend; Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. -6. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 6 is 'to-accept a bid for some dolphin work at the Cross Sound Ferry Terminal in'Orient. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Supervisor Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of George W. Rogers Construction Corporation, in the amount of $287,420.00 for Contract .1984-1, Dolphin Improvements, Cross Sound Ferry Services, Inc., Orient, New York, as approved by the New York State Department of Transportation~ and be it- further RESOLVED that Supervisor Francis J. Murphy be and he hereby is authorized and directed to execute a contract with George W. Rogers Construction Corporation for the aofrementioned project. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: This is part of the New York State Bond Program that was passed last year. The Cross Sound Ferry was awarded a grant of--of Southold Town was awarded a grant of $400, 000. 00 for improvement of the ferry service. These dolphins will go a ~ong way to make a more dependable year-round service. The first has $400,000'.00 for. construction purposes. 'Al! expenses for their JANUARY 8, 1985 engineering and for the ~nginee~r~ that'the i~(i~n hires are paid for by Cross Sound Ferry. There is ~i0 e×p~'~'!~~n,' b~ut the grant has to be funnelled through the Town. The complete amount--the 100% amount of the grant is used for construction only, design and engineering work, is paid for by the corporation. Any other questions? (No response.) 6.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 7 is additional transfers in the Highway Department Budget for ;1984. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the followin9 transfers within the Highway Department 1984' Budget: From: DA9040.8 - Workmen's Compensation $ z00.00 Into: DA5130.4- Machinery, Contractual $ 200.00 From: DA9040.'8 - Workmen's Compensation $1,800.00 Into: DA5140.'4 - Mi,scellaneous, Contractual $1,800.00 SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? (No 'response.) 7.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice ,Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 8 is a resolution for the retirement of a man who comes from Southold Town, who probably did more for the Probation Depart- ment in Suffolk County than any other person, and I'd like to ask Joe Townsend to make the resolution. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by the Entire Town Board, WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to recognize, upon his retirement on December 15,' 1984, Suffolk County Director of Probation RONALD J. EDEEN, and WHEREAS, RONALD J. EDEEN joined the Probation Department on November 18, ,19854 and became the Director on June .20, :1960, and has given generously of his time and talents in his~faithful service to the County of Suffolk for the past 31 years, and WHEREAS, his record of fine service, diligence to duty and dedication to the County of Suffolk and its people deserves the sincere gratitude of those with whom and for whom he served, and WHEREAS, the County of Suffolk will be deprived of his wise counsel and judgment as a respected official, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby pays tribute to RONALD J. EDEEN on the occasion of his retirement, for his unselfish and whole- hearted, cooperation and untiri'ng efforts on behalf of the County of Suffolk, and extend their best wishes for many happy and healthy years to come, and be it further RESOLVED that a copy .of this resolution be presented to MR. EDEEN and entered in the permanent record of this Town Board meeting. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Mr. Edeen, as it says, was the head of the Probation Department for 24. During that time the department grew, I think, from 40 officers and employees to over 350. He's been cited and his'department has been cited many, many times for innovative programs and has become a model for the whole country. Anybody that knows Ron is probably surprised to hear that, because he's such a quiel~ and unassuming person and he's an institution in Southold Town. He's got more antiques, quote, than anybody I've ever met. He's got barns full'of them. He's a personal friend, so I'm pleased to be able to offer that resolution. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: i think we should all second it, too. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Also, I'm sorry, it's my fault, ! think, that he's not here because we decided around 4:30 when we left here that I was to give him a ring and i promptly forgot about it, so I hope he will excuse me. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: It's all right, we realize y~u're one of the antiques. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: My mind is, that's for sure. 8.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice This resolution was declared duly 'Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 9 is to appoint a part-time custodian. JANUARY 8~ 1985 ' 9. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Genevieve OIdakowski as a part-time Custodian, 20 hours per week, asr a salary of $5.00 per hour, effective January 14, 1985.. 9.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Board of Appeals. Number 10 is to appoint a part-time Clerk-Typist to the 10. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Linda Taplin, effective immediately, as a part-time Clerk Typist for the Board of Appeals, at a salary of $5;00 per hour, for a maximum of 250 hours per annum. 10.-Vote of the Town Board: 11. Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 11 is to extend a. contractual agreement between the Town and Barbara Strang for her work with the Board of Appeals. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Supervisor Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby extends the contractual agreement between the Town and Barbara Stran9, effective immediately, to perform part-time evenin9 sten,~graphic services for the Board of Appeals, at a . compensation of $6.50 per hour, for a maximum of $150.00 per month. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? (No response.) 11.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. ' SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Well, we're starting the year oft very well. That's the last of the resolutions. Some weeks','we've' gone up to .50 'and if we could keep this up .it Would be a lot better. At this time l Would like to recess for a public hearing that's ,scheduled for 8::00. ~clock. concerning Zoning Fees. Moved by. Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was RESOLVED' that_ a ,recessed be called at this time, 8:00 P.M., for the purpose of holding a-p~u~b!ic..heario9-on a proposed Local Law relative to Zonin9 Code fees. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh,-Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. .Meetin_9_ reconvened at 8:08 P.M. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I will:ask the Board. if'they Would like to entertain a resolution to approve Local Law No. 1 for ~1985.? Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Justice Edwards, WHEREAS, a proposed Local Law No. 1 - :1985' was introduced at a meeting of this Board ehld on the 5th day of December ) ":1984, ' and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held thereon by the Board on the 8th day of January, :1985., at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard thereon, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that Local Law No. 1 - :1985. be enacted as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 1 - 1985 A Local Law in relation to Zonin9 Code Fees BE iT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: [additions indicated by underline; deletions by [brackets].) Chapter 100 [Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows: 1. Sectio~ 100-124 thereof is amended to read as follows: A~ applications to the Board of.Appeals for any relief herein shall be accompanied by a fee of [fifty] seventy-five dollars [($50.)] ($75.) ~ANUARY 8, 1985 97 ,. 4, Se Section 100-135 th~re0f ,S am~'n~e~,~J~ead ~as follows: 1{)0-t35. Fees All applications to the Planning Board for approval of site development ptans shall be accompanied by a fee of [fifty] one hundred dollars [($50.)] ($1oo.). Subsection (1) of Subdivision J (Permit fees) of Section 100-141 thereof is amended to read as follows: J. Permit fees. (t) The following fees shall be paid upon the filing of an application with the Building Inspector for a building permit, which fees shall be paid into the general fund if the application is approved or returned to the applicant if the application is denied: (a) Single-family dwellings: [1] i New dwellings and additions td existing dwellings: [twenty-five] fifty dollars [($25.)] ($50.) plus [five] ten Cents [($0.05)] ($0.10) for e--'~h square foot of floor area in excess o"-~--~g-~t hundred fifty (850) square feet. [2] ii Accessory buildings and additions and alterations to. existing accessory buildings: [ten] twenty.- five dollars [($10.)] ($25.) plus [five] ten cents [(--~0.05)] ($0.10) for each ~- square foot of floor area in excess of five hundred '(~00) square feet. (b) Farm buildings and additions and alterations to existing farm buildings: [fifteen] twenty-five ddllars [($15.)] ($25. for each building. (c) Hotel, motel, multiple dwellings and business, industrial and all other buildings: [1] i New buildings and additions and alterations to existing buildings: [fifty] one hundred dollars [($50.)] ($100.) plus [five] fifteen cents [$0.05)] (~-~-~---for each square foot of floor area in excess of one thousand (1,000) square feet. (d) [ 21 ii Accessory buildings and additions and alterations to existing accessory buildings: [fifteen] twenty- five dollars ~($15.)] ($25.) plus [five] ten cents '~-0.05) ] ($0.10) for each square foot oT~loor area in excess o'i~ five hundred (500) square feet. Founda.tions -constructed under existing buildings: thirty dollars ($30.). (e) (f) All other structures (i.e., fences, pools, etc.) and additions and alterations to such structures: [fifteen] twenty-five dollars [($15.)] ($25.). Signs. The fee for all signs, except signs permitted by Section 100-30C[6)(a), shall be twenty-five cents [$0.25) for each square foot of sign area, with a minimum fee of five dollars ($5.). (9) Demolition and/or removal and/or relocation of any building: one hundred dollars ($100.). Section 100-151 thereof is amended to read as follows: 100-151. Fees Every petition for a change or amendment to this chapter or the Zoning Map shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be accompanied by a fee of [two] five hundred dollars [($200.)] ($500.), This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the secretary of State. JANUARY 8, 1985 12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schond~bare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. That now is the end of our resolutions and I would like to ask any members of the Town, Board if they would like to make any additional comments? Starting on my left with Judge Edwards. (No comments, thank you, Frank.) Jean? (Nothing, thank you.) Paul? (Nothing.) Joe? (No.) Jay? (No, Frank.) Okay, at this time i'd like to as anybody in the audience if they would like to address the Town Board. Starting on the left, is there anyone here would like to address the Town Board? Yes, sir. Please use the mike and identify yourself. DIANE BERGMANN: I have a copy here ofa letter I've addressed to you, Mr. Murphy. You have not been in'receipt of it as it :has only been mailed today, but I'd like to read the text of it. If You'd like a copy of it I'll give it 'to you r~ow. MR. SKABRY: I don't know 'if 'you, can. corroborate the figures that I have from the Federal Avia[ion Adminis[ration. This'letter is '_dated March the 8th of 1984 and it's written to the Honorable William Carney in the House of Representatives, and that letter is written by Joseph M. DelBasso, the director of the Federal Aviation Administration, Eastern Region. He's located at the Federal Building at John F. Kennedy Airport. There are several paragraphs in this letter, all of which pertains to this ~Southold Town Airport site Selection. I'm only going to trouble this meeting with the parts involving the finances. A Planning Grant was offered to the Town of Southoid in late fiscal year :1983. The total project cost was $62,7:79.00.' Federal pa._rticiPation was 90%, the State contributed $4,709.00-- I'm sorry, the Federal contribution was $56,501.00, and the Town of Southold's share was $1,569.00. Can anyone, corroborate that figure? Would that be correct? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Go right ahead, read MRS. BERGMANN: We ha~e formed an organization the purpose of which is~the Southold Taxpayers Against the Airport, evident by our name. Our goals are: (1) Recouping any taxpayer's money spent on any airport or related studies, the elimination of any more taxpayer's money spent on any airport, the removal of official Town status of the Airport Technical Advisory Committee, and an immediate statement from you, our Town Supervisor, and our Town Board, indicating the airport is not in' the best interest of our taxpayers, and therefore a dead issue. Upon reaching our goals, this '-organization will dissolve itself. SinCerely yours, Diane Bergmann. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Anyone else here on the left would like to address the Town Board? Sir? JOHN SKABRY, Peconic: I live in:Peconic'and am ashamed to say is fifteen years voting in the Town, this 'is the first time l've been to a Board meeting. I don't think there's anybody in this Town that loves this 'Town anymore than I do. personally know several members of the Town Board. I'm afraid that Mr. Murphy and I don't know one another. I recently, attended a meeting of this newly formed organization, the Southold Taxpayers Against the Airport and at that meeting a letter was drafted: Dear.Supervisor Murphy: Please be advised that the Southold Taxpayers Against the Airport individua'lly and collectively wish to become intervenors in your Airport Site Selection. Relative to the. above sites, we are initially unable to locate in your Comprehensive Site Selection Report, the following: (1) A U. S. Federal Environmental Impact Statement. (2) A New York STate Department of Conservation Impact Report. (3) A Southold Town Planning Board recommendation list .and any zo'ning changes. (4) A copy of the Tow.n request to the Federal Aviation Administration for funds to select an airport site, with the signatures of Town Officials requesting same. (5) An up to date.,accounting of Town expenditures directly or indirectly relative to. a Town Airport. Please forward the above items. Sincerely yours, and it's signed the ten members of the Executive Board of the Southold Taxpayers AgainSt the Airport. I will. give you a copy of the letter, · Supervisor Murphy. Would you like to. comment on any of it? For' instance I'II take the first one is 'the U. S. Federal Environmental Impact Statement. Has one been filed? SUPERVISOR MURPHY; I don't think this is the time to comment on that, really, on any of these questions. We're asking for your comments to address the Town Board,. I don't think we should be into answering various aspects of it. I'll .get you an offici'al answer to any of your questions, naturally, as soon as we can MR. SKABRY: Okay. Supervisor Murphy or any of the Board members, does on the Board--can anyone on the Board tell me how much the Town of anyone Southold has spent of taxpayers money on an airport study? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Very little in direct· costs. Very little. JANUARY 8, 1985 SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I don't,thir~k~-we~shoU!d doi! right this minute. I wouldn't question you, b~t I thinl~'it~S~dl(~'~ verified~ MR. SKABRY: Can you tell us-.-can you tell me, i'm sorry, as an individual, when the hearings are going to startr when public input is going to be permitted in to this Ai'rport site Selection? The approach to the airport--left-hand approach to the airport is directly over my home. A 3600 foot runway will'easily accomodate twin-engine Beech Air King iets, turbo-jets. The .3600 foot runway will also accomodate Citation One and Two twin-engine jet aircraft. Ransom Airlines presently operates in New England as a commercial' ~arrier with 50 passenger four-engine turbo-jets land in less than 3300 foot. Our airport is calling for 3600 foot. Can anyone on the Town Board or the .Supervisor tell me when the hearings are going to take place, when we can talk to the Town Board about this airport. SUPERVISOR' MURPHY: I think it's a little premature because the Town Board still' has not received the report of the Airport site Selection Committee and we plan to receive that and we have it '~scheduled for two weeks from today at 9:30 in the morning. Then from there then the Town proceeds. MR. SKABRY: The Sit~ Selection Report is in the publiclibrary. I went down and that's where I got these figures from. And the Town Board hasn't received it yet? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: We have not received the presentation. We are going to have the presentation made by the committee at; 9:30 two weeks from today. COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: We all have the report. It has not formally been presented .to us by the group. before us. We all got a copy of it.' They haven'.t even been SUPERVISOR MURPHY: We had a letter from Mr. Puckli, which I believe I gave your wife today, and requesting the Town Board to ,act upon this and to start to make a decision. We decided that we would have the committee come before the Town Board two weeks' from today at 9:30 to give their'report that was presented to the Airport Site Selection Comn~ittee and we will~ receive--officially receive this' input from this committee at that time. From there then the Town Board ~ proceeds and you could go in many directions. MR. SKABRY: Can anyone on the-~can you, Supervisor Murphy, explain to me why, after these sites were taken off of the Master Plan--I'm talking about the Southold Town Master Plan. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: i'm sorry, I'd like to differ with you. These were never on Southold Town's Master Plan. ~IR, SKABRY: Can I present a copy of the Master Plan Map, the original one? SUPERVISOR ~URPHY: The map does not mean anything. It was conceptual, it is not a map--we have not received from the master planner his official map yet. Th~s w~s a concept. MR. SKABRY: i'm not good on technicalities, i attended three of the hamlet meetings ~nd at all of those meetings there was direct opposition to many things on the Master Plan maps. The maiority, in my judgment, was people getting up and talking about the airport, that they didn't want an airport, and then the map was changed. The Planning Board no longer included in their 'Master Plan for the Town, any locations for that airport. SUPERVISOR MURPHY; As I said, it was an early concept in the development of ~he plan. i. could assure you that the map that is'going to be given to the Town l~oard by the master planner will not include an airport. I don't see how we can make ~t any dearer to you. MR. SKABRY: Okay, if it's not going to include an airport--to me it iust seems like an end run around the Planning Board. in other words, what do we have a Planning Board for? The thing that's going to affect me the most in this 'Town is 'going to be twin-engine Beechcraft airplanes flyin'g over my house at 600 foot. There are two families that live directly on the runway. ! can't understand how-- SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I don't believe a site has been, chosen yet by the Town and I don't believe the Town has made a decision yet. I think you're very premature. MR. SKABRY: And I think that, Supervisor, with all due respect, and the Town ~oard is very unfair in allowing a condition like this 'that by their silence they are~ guilty of ex.acerbating a situation that was. created by one or two people in'this 100 JANUARY 8~ 1985 Town, not elected by the constituants. By our silence alone you have exacerbated people into positions where they, cannot sell their homes. I don't intend to stand up and represent them. I am not one of those people. They will come and talk to you, sir. The Southold Town Taxpayers Against the Airport will be heard at every Town meeting, every place in the Town that we can see you and talk to you we will explain the position of the people that live in Peconic, in Cutchogue, Mattituck, Orient and Laurel that are concerned about this airpo'rt and what it will'do to our environment. Thank you very much. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. MARGARET SKABRY: Good evening. I spent a good part of the day here because one minute it was going to be on the agenda, !he next minute it wasn't .going. to b.e,~ yes it was, no it wasn't,' maybe it '~will be~ And I Saw my friend here with h.s tape r.ecorder was here all day, so I didn't move. I stayed here all day long to who he has lunch with, who does what. Okay? Very interesting. Opened my eyes a lot. Now, Mr. Murphyj I want to know how. come we can't comment on it now, because this isn't the time, but at the December 4th meeting, Mr. Edwards, who is' a member of our Board had no difficulty in saying, "The only comment I would like to make is, i' read through the--uh--uh--had a chance to read partially through the Airport Study volume that was given to us and 1 really agree with a lot of the proposals they have in there and I certainly hope the Town of Southold and the people of the Town will look favorably upon an airport. Thank you." I want to know how' come he could say it and maybe prejudice the Board when it'S not before the Board and we've got to sit here and keep our mouths shut until Mr. Spohn gets up, because he's the committee, Mr. Spohn, another pilot and one environmentalist, a guy from the FAA, where they can't get rid~of the money they have left over at the end of the year so they'll dump it into a study. There's not one non-flying person that's going to be near any of the airports we've had to see in Newsday, Suffolk Times, Watchman-Traveler. Not one of us is on that Board to make sure you keep it. clean. We're going to have to go by their 'facts and a presentation will' now be made by Mr. Spohn, because now the Board is a little bit leery of spending more of our Town's money to pay the consultant extra money to come and present it to us, so we're going to have to once again listen to Mr. Spohn, see his slide projections of heh, Bergmann's farm isn't too bad, you know, if'it's in the way we'll angle it' 500 'feet. We can stick it 500 feet to the west of their house and they've got no problems. They're going to tell us it's going to be a grass strip> right. Main Road used to be a grass strip or something, cow path. Look at it now. This airport's not going to stay a grass strip, this airport's not going to get started, because this Board has some straight answers to give and~ some head .scratching to do about how you allowed it to get to this point. Now, we've got some lawyers on the panel. We're not lawyers, we're only citizens, but we are not about to sit here and take this abuse any more, with these underhanded tactics that are being used by our Board and its ,committees, whether it',s just to shut up the guys from Orient or what. We're not going to sit here and be aggravated, We're not going to have real estate people come down our roads and look at the homes and say, "Well, last month it 'would have been different, before Newsday~came out." And this has happened. We're not going to put up with it, because if we have to, we Will take this Town Board to task and you're going to be really sorry. If the people are angry enough I don't, care who comes up for election, I don't care if 'it was Mr. Pel! that signed that study, and none of you was in. You are all going to have to pay for his errors unless you .act in our behalf now. I've written you letters, I've asked for an answer. Mr. Edwards was very careful to speak to me twice today and mention he had gotten it 'and he could appreciate my position. As a Fishers Island resident I doubt that. ! really doubt that. Each and every one of you got a letter and I Wasn't joking'; I want a straight answer once and for all from my Board. If Mr. Edwards. can sit there and say things that might prejudice you, why. can't you just go all ahead and be honest? Ar,e you for it or are you against it once and for all? Would you like to ask this time if'l want an answer, Mr. Murphy? Because ithis time !. can tell you, yes, it's yes or no. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: What do you want me to say? MRS. SKABRY: Are you for the airport or are you against it? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I'd like to see the study. MRS. SKABRY: You've seen it. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I'd like to hear the presehtation, and I told you this morning--- MRS. SKABRY: That I Shouldn't have to stay for the meeting, because it wasn't going to be brought up. Mr. Spohn is still here so ! stayed here. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Would you like to have me speak? I told you exactly what Southold Town Board was going to do and that's exactly what Southold Town' Board did. Thank you. JANUARY 8, 1985 · MRS. SKABRY: You tol'd:'rne, with iSY6~ifi~:by Mr. Schondebare, what would have to be done. First, Mr. Spohn would have to give the presentation, right? And then if the Board decided, yes, to go ahead with it, then if it decided to go ahead, then informational hearings would be held and then public discussion. That's what you told me with some prompting from Mr. Schondebare because you--- SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I didn't tell you that at all. MRS. SKABRY: That was done at this afternoon's session. That was discussed. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I said i didn't tell you that. Thank you. MRS. SKABRY: You told me this morning that I didn't really have to stay because it wouldn't be disCussed. It would be brought up in a daytime morning meeting, when everybody's at work again, right? The presentation will be made. That's pretty neat. Why isn't it 'done at night? It's not because you, can't see the runway sites at night. It's going to be on a .screen. Why can't it be at night. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Because I .scheduled it two weeks from today. MRS. SKABRY: I realize that. Thank you very much. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: is there anyone else on the left would like to make a comment? Milton? MILTON JACKOWSKI: -I live in Mattituck. Frank, I have no prejudice against you or any of the other members because I don't know any of them other than Frank. I just want to give you my opinion of the way I feel about the airport and the way I perceive what has happened. As you know, Frank,. I'm not in to public 'affairs. My perception is that the thing is a boondoggle that is trying to be pushed through without the consent of the people of Southold Town. My opinion about the airport is that it's not needed and that it will be one more step in the destruction of the semi-rural lifestyle that we have. I think if you will look towards the west end, look at.MacArthur Airport, look at the way that's :built' up, with all the ancillary ,activities to the airdraft, the aircraft overhaul, the various facilites and the fact that housing moves in'to take care of the people that want these jobs:, an~l I know that probably the Board is interested in develop- ment of the Town and I. Can't argue that point, because we differ there. You look at East Hampton Airport. I flew in'to there twenty years ago and there was nothing there, just a building and one man in it. And now it's a large operation. They have commute~ planes. If'you put an operation like this over here in Southold it's going to grow and grow and grow. There's going to be no stopping an east and west runway that. can condemn as many houses as they want. They can make a 10,000 foot runway. They. can have giant jets coming in. I'm not terribly knowledgable about it, but I have a pretty good idea that a large passenger jet on final approach is going to be-covering a pretty large area at a relatively Iow altitude with quite a bit 'of noise. Also, on take off. I'm not. sure of the figures. I think the other members of the group had said that there were proposed 130,000 take offs and landings a year. I may be totally wrong on that. But at any rate the activity is certain to grow beyond the small-time operation, and it :seems to me that there should be some areas left in the United States where we can pursue a lifestyle that we choose. If everything is going to be development, growth, pretty soon the whole Island is 'going to be like the East End and there will be no pi,ace for people who appreciate a more sedate lifestyle. That's all I have. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Milton. Anyone else on the left would like to address the Board? (No response.) In the center? FRANK CARLIN: Frank, is this only on the airport or anything in general? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Whatever you would like, sir. MR. CARLIN: Anything in general? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Anything. MR. CARLIN: Okay, then I'11, change the pace. My name is Frank Carlin, Laurel. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the Board. I'd like to wish you all a Happy New Year and successful 1985: and may you all have ~ood health. I'd like to start tonight in' putting this item on number one on my priority. I didn't have it planned but during my dinner this woman called me up and asked me would I help her on the problem. Her name is Florence Kull. She lives on New Suffolk Avenue, just before the bridge, and she was complaining quite a while back about lack of a street light in that area. Well, maybe more than a year, and this is what I wrote down what she told me over the telephone tonight. Since .July there have been six accidents in that area. One was killed. Three weeks ago a boy and a girl had an ,accident on a motorcycle. The girl~ was taken to the hospital. July 1984 the item was put in the Mattituck Watchman-Traveler, the newspaper, about getting a street light in that area. Finally the street light was installed three weeks ago, but it's not lit yet. But I'll tell you what I'm going to do. [ know Mr. Kincaid very well int he Long Island Lighting Company in Hicks¥il[e and tomorrow I'll call him and I'll see if I can get LILCO to put power to that light for that woman, because she worked with me quite well on the lights in Laurel and the caution lights. MR. SKABRY: He was laid off. Oh, he was? I didn't know for sure. i'll get someone else, but I've MR. CARLIN: delt with him the time we had the lights in Laurel. I wasn't sure if he was laid off in that big lay off or not. That doesn't matter. I'11, call tomorrow and 1'11 see if I can get the light hooked up for that woman, because Mr. Dean told me it takes him three or four months to get a street ligh~t hooked up so I don't think she should wait that long in that area. And it's just like--Pm not here to brag, but I know a lot of people in Hauppauge, Bill Armonds for' signs, Artie Johnson for trees, Schila'nte for permits. I Usually can call them and they usually will help me if you explain what you have and the condition and it's necessary to be done. So I will . call LILCO tomorrow. My main subject tonight--I don't want to keep you too long, because l could be here all night. Tonight is:numbers. Take this chart here of salary raises since 1979. I've wanted to sit down and study it. You don't need a computer to tell you the story about it.' The first thing I found out about it was--what ! liked about it was the Councilmen have all been short-changed for about five years on raises. In .1979 to ~1984 they had no raises. My God, five years. Supervisor from 11979 to ;1984 no raises. Stayed at $30,'000. That's unbelievable. Now I don't deprive anyone of a raise. God, you should have raises. And being that you want to be competitive with Riverhead, that's fine, you should be. You should be equal with Riverhead--if Riverhead's getting a certain wage, you should get it. The problem here was you waited so long and it's like grow.lng a tree for years and trying to chop it down with one swinc~ of the axe. You know? I would have suggested that through the years you took yourself your. cost of living raise. $1,000 in ,79 and 80. You would h'ave been up to Riverhead by now, you see? You wouldn't have had this tremendous amount of raise in 1985.. I'm not depriving you of the raise to bring it up equal to Riverhead, believe me. It's fair and it 'should have been done, but it should I~ave been done in another 'way; a way that doesn't hurt at one time. I'm very disappointed, Frank, that you're not taking your raise, because you should have it"an~l I'm serious about this~ You deserve to have your raise, you're the top offici'al in the Town you have the responsibility, you're here eight hours a day, you got to hear a lot of static from people and you should take your raise as well as anyone else on the Board should take it,' but if you want to be competitive, you've been short-changed $1,000, because you should have been brought up to Joe's salary of $:39,100'. You got yourself $38,000 and you don't want it. So, i'm disappointed that you're not taking it. I feel that you should take it. All right? Now, my most important subject here is my friend Mr. Ray Dean. I specialize' in the Highway Department. This chart here--I showed it 'to several people and they couldn't believe it. They said it's incredible, unbelievable. No one takes a raise--Councilmen, Supervisor in :79 to 84. Ray Dean, here we go. 19:79 starts off with $23,200, 1980- $25,000, increase of $1,800. :1981 - $27,000, increase of $2,:000. :1982'- $29,250, increase of $2,250. .1983 - $32,175, increase of $2,925. :1984.- $37,000, an increase of $4,825. 1985 - an increase to ' $38,000, an increase of $1,000, plus the $3,000 for Public'Works Commissioners which is'$4_l,000. Now that brings him the highest paid official in the whole Southold Town, including more than the Supervisor. Now let's go to percentages. From ,79 to 85 you'got a~.$14,800 'raise, with the $3,000 it goes to $17,800, a percentage-wise of about 75%. Ray Ja~cobs went along with him,but not quite as bad. Now, again, let's get back to being competitive with Riverhead. We must be competitive, but poor Charlie Bloss, he's way out. Poor Charlie Bloss is settling for $28,.123.00 and Ray Dean is $41,000. I put this in computers and it doesn't work, it 'rejects them. 'Comes up there's an error, man, I tried today for two hours, it doesn't make sense. Can anyone here explain it? It's a fact. You know, looking at a sheet--I just looked at it, you know, but you sit down and you 'study it, it doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense. Okay, now let's go to another item here~ the same page. i made a statement once and I'm not going to tell you what my opinion of this is, I'm going to let you form your opinion. Social Security. 1979 the Social Security was $22,, 900. Mr. Ray Dean 'made $23,200.' .1980 Social Security went up to $25,900, Mr. Dean went up to $25,-000 like:! said; Now, that's not including his $3,000, I'm not including that, that's plus $3,000. ;1981 Social Security went to $29,700, Mr. Dean right up there, right on it, maximum Social Security $27~000. 1982 Social Security $32,400, Ray Dean $29,250, plus the $3,000. .1983 $35,000, Social Security went to $700, Ray Dean went to $35,000--oh, wait a minute, he's off $175, so he didn't make that one. :1984 Social~ Security went to $37,800, Ray Dean went to $37,000, plus $3,000 and 1985 Social Security went to $39,600 and Ray Dean went to $38,,000, $41,000. i'll let you decide that one. I understand he's going to retire in a couple years, right? What he told me. Oh, one more thing. I went to this chart. You'll get to know me later on, I have a sense of humor. The Christmas Tree, we call this in my p~ant, a Christmas Tree, who's in JANUARY charge and the whole thing--the Organization Chart. Highway Supervisor Ray Dean, elected two years, I know that. Public Works Commissioner. Now they go back and tell you what that'b ~upposed to mean. Says here, Super- intendent of Highways, Commissioner of Public Works: Has charge of all Town roads, oversees repairs, snoiv removal, highways crews and specs, approves the roads which are to be deed to the Town, the Town Disposal Area is under the care and is operated as a sanitary landfill system. Does not tell you anything in here what .a Public Works Commissioner does. It tells you here with a Highway Supervisor does. I still haven't been convinced what a Public Works Commissioner does and I never will, but at $3,.000. When you look in any other Town, right on the chart here, none of them have it. I Called Brookhaven Town one day and they said;"What are you talking about; Public Works Commissioner, what are you talking about?" I said,"You got a Public Works Commissioner?" They sa~id,"No, what do you need a Public Works Commissioner for?" Like I said once before, I made Paul laugh at this one, A Public Works Commissioner described in the dictionary is for bridges and dams. You don't have no dams here unless and it rains and we get flooded out here, which i realize we do have sometimes. I'm getting into that next year at my meetings, .I mean this year at my meetings, on a lot of water problems. In the future l'll have them. One more thing I want to say before I leave here tonight. I want to explain how I operate. I've never explained to you people, ladies and gentlemen of the Board, how I operate.' I fight for what I believe in, truth, fairness, justice and being honest. That's all I fight for: I have people come to me many times, come to me on problems on the Highway Department. Don't see me, call Ray Dean, but they come to me. "Frank, we got a lot of water down in Breakwater Road in Mattituck Inlet." "Hey, Frank, we can't find our sidewalks in' Laurel." Oh, hell, they've been there for many years,, call Ray Dean. "Hey, Frank, we've got water here." Frank, we've got this, we've got that. Why they come to me for, I don't know. Sometimes I'll take the case, if it :in~zolves safety; I'll take the case. Sometimes I won't. But, getting back to what i believe in. I'm not the type to sit home and read the newspaper and then walk around Town and complain. !!11 come to the source, and that is you people, the Board, and I'll tell you why. I'll tell you to your face what I think, I won't say anything behind your back and I'm not afraid of anything and I speak the truth or i wouldn't be here. I'm not that foolish to come up here and make statements I can't back up. This is what I believe in, fighting for what is right for the people, and 1'11 go out of my way to fight for people and I proved that on the bridge and. curve. It wasn't all me that done that, it was the people that worked with me did that, the 2860 people that worked as a team to get that work done on the bridge and' that curve straightened out and another year from now that bridge is going to be raised in April. The tr. acks have already been raised already. As soon as the weather is warm the bridge is going to be' raised and it was the people who done it.' I only sort of managed it,' but it was 'the 2860 people who we have to thank for that, who signed that petition. We got the job done. And I'll explain that later in the -future. I got a lot of plans, but I'll explain'that in the future. And I'il also explain; when there's enough people--there's not enough people here tonight, to explain why i'm on Ray Dean!S back. I'll explain'that, but it will'take about .45 minutes to do it, the whole story what happened. He did .something to me once and I got on his back for that, two years ago. I've never forgotten, and that's the reason why I took notice of him and i'm coming up with a lot of interesting things. So that is 'what ! have to say tonight until the next meeting. But one more thing--a little sense of humor before I leave. FROM THE AUDIENCE: What do you think about the airport? MR. CARLIN': Well, ! tell you the truth--- SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Frank, you're addressing the Board, would you please? MR. CARLIN: I'm sorry I haven't studied it 'that much. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: You talk to the gentleman after on that. MR. CARLIN: I'll talk to you later on that. Thanks, Frank. Just before Christmas I was having dinner with my wife and says, "Frank, what would you like Santa Claus to bring you for Christmas?" Didn't have to take too long and I says, "Honey, I'd like Santa Claus the most' important thing to bring me next year in 1985 is Mr. Ray Dean here at these Board meetings so i can debate him at night." Thank you. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Frank, thank you. It's very good to have you back here for the new years and Happy New Year. Let me answer a. couple things for you quickly. I do appreciate the work you did on the safety improvements in' the very serious area in-Laurel, by the Laurel Bridge, right where you live. Secondly, the Chief of Police is the highest paid official in Southold Town, and thirdly, on your request for street lights, the Town did act very rapidly on this~ This was an area that should be lit up. Unfortunately, ali of the accidents that happened-- the lights would not have changed it.' T.he last accident was involving a little bit of extra drink and hitting a rock in'the middle of a road on a motorcycle late at night. Most all:iof these accidents, on the offici'al police report, had other reasons fc~.r it. The Town is very much aware of this. condition, the Town did install the light as soon as we could purchase it and put it up. Unfortunately, LILCO has yet to put the juice on-~turn the iuice on and if you. could do anything to speed that up the Town would appreciate it. Thank you. Is there anyone--- MR. CARLIN: Could [ make a rebuttal on that, please? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Use the mike, please, for the record. MR. CARLIN: Number one I did not say--my comment was not how-long it 'took to put the light up, I know that. My main'comment was she didn't have the power to it. That was my main subject on that. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: We've had this problem over the years. MR. CARLIN: I know. It took a while'to get the light up there, but that wasn't my main:objective. My main objective was to see that the power gets on the light, and when ! said:about the highest person I meant the Board, I didn't mean--] know Danny Winters makes $45,'000, ! know that, I didn't mean him. I excluded him. meant the Town Board. He's separate from the Town Board. He's Police Chief. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Ray Dean is not a member of the Town Board. MR. CARLIN: What is he a member of? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: He's Highway Commissioner. MR. CARLIN: Highway Commission? Who's the Supervisor? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Highway Superintendent. MR. CARLIN: Highway Superintendent. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: It's an elected positiOn. MR. CARLIN: He's elected by the people. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Right. He's not a voting member of the Town Board. MR. CARLIN: But he belongs here, right? If this gentleman- comes from Fishers Island here--- SUPERVISOR MURPHY: He's a member of the Town Board. He's a voting member of the Town Board. MR. CARLIN: Then what are we paying Dean for? SUPERVI~SOR MURPHY: Being the Highway Superintendent. else in the middle would like to address the Board? Okay, is there anyone LISA VISSER, Mattituck: I'm here to speak against the airport, i realize' this is not the appropriate evening so I'II wait and come back, but I wondered if it would be possible to arrange an additional presentation, as you will'have at 9:30 in the morning, for those of us who, can only be here in' the evening? I mean, I can. come here any evening. ~ SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Lisa, I think if~the Town Board decides when they hear the presentation that we want to have additional public hearings, the Town Board will authorize' the expenditure. MS. VISSER: I didn't realize' there was an expenditure involved. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Yes, there is. MS. VISSER: Thank you. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Is there anyone else in'the middle who would like to address the Board? (No response.) Is there anyone on the right would like to address the Board? Sir? MR. TOM SHERRAN, Bridge Lane, Cutchogue: I think that this is appropriate time to speak about the airport. I think that the only time to talk about it 'is at these meetings. The only-time we're going to get any type of answers from you, 'Mr. Murphy, and the rest of the Town Board is if we at least let you know how we feel. I'm sure once you get that presentation you will--I would hope that you would enlighten the rest of the public as to what the plans are for this airport. I also hope that one of the pilots, if 'this airport is approve, doesn't have a little too much to drink and we have a major, crisis, Thank you. JANUARY 8, 1985 t05 SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank yo;u. Is there anyone else would like to address the Town. Board? Yes, sir? MR. DON STARON, Peconic: I would also like to address the Board on the issue of the airport, At some of the haml~t meetings we asked for a referendum of the people in the room on how they felt about the airport and the overwhelming majority was against it and at that time Mr. Spohn said that the issue will not be decided in this manner. I hope what was meant by that is that we are not going to have any input as taxpayers, because it :is 'our right and our duty to see that we don't spoil this area and I'd just like to say that there will be a lot of people who would like to have a lot of input in this matter and it shouldn't be just decided by a few. Thank you. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. John? MR. JOHN STANKEWICZ, Peconic: I've lived in Peconic 58 years and everybody's worried about the site. What I want to know is who wants the airport? Why worry about the site. We should first find out if we want an airport before we spend the money on looking for a site. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, John. like to address the Board? (No response.) Kujawski. Is there anyone else on the right would Anyone else in the audience? Mr. MR. FRANK KUJAWSKI, Southold Town Trustee, Deputy Supervisor: l'm very happy to be a Trustee tonight, i am disappointed and if it's, correct, I just want to point out to the Board hopefully that we can do something about this. Is it correct to assume that there were two $50.00 fines given out for the first two Wetland violations by our judicial system, is that, correct? SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I believe that's so, Frank,' and this is'being looked into by the Board. MR. KUJAWSKI: Okay. I think it's a very serious situation and almost, in some ways it sets a dangerous precedent that for $50'.'00 a person can violate this ordinance. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: looking into it. MR. KUJAWSKI: Good. I think the entire Town Board realizes this and we are Thanks a lot. SUPERVISOR MURPHY.: We will be working with the Trustees on this. MR. KUJAWSKI: Good. SUPERVISOR MURPHY: is there anyone else would like to address the Town Board? (No response.) If'not, I would like to thank everybody for attending tonights meeting, it was, i think, most productive and the Town Board certainly'~is receptive to hearing anyone's comments at any time and glad you took the time to come out. At this :time I'd like to entertain a motion to adjourn. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at 8:55 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. l/ ~]i~Jith-"'T. ~r~'rr~ ~ Southold Town Cle~'k