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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-10/30/19954,57 SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD OCTOBER 30, 1995 WORK SESSION Present: Supervisor Thomas ~Nickham, Councilman Joseph J. Lizewski (left at 9:55 A.M. to attend a funeral), Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie, Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr., Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva, Justice Louisa P. Evans, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd. 9:10 A.M. Mario Zulli, his daughter, and Town Investigator Edward Forrester met with the Town Board to discuss the Zulli's complaints about the size of a garage constructed,, by their neighbor Robert Laub, and his parking of two to five limousines'on his property. Town Investigator Forrester recently advised the Zulli's that Mr. Laub has been working to remedy several Code violation allegations. The oversized garage was built to remedy the unenclosed storage problem, and the limos may be parked on his property inasmuch as the NYS Dept. of Motor Vehicles states a vehicle having limo, taxi, or livery plates is not considered a commercial vehicle, therefore they are not in violation of the Code. The Zulli's appealed to the Town Board to provide for limousines in a definition of commercial vehicles in the Town Code, thereby strengthening the Code. The Board agreed to send this matter to the Code Committee for review. 9:45 A.M. Town Board interviewed Clement Charnews, Jr. for a position on the Substance Abuse Committee (resolution 17). 9:55 A.M. Town Board discussed a proposat by Patricia and Alvin Combs to trade 20 ft. of the easterly side of their property to the Town in exchange for 20 ft. of the Town's property to the north of their property at Tasker Park, Peconic Lane, Peconic. It was agreed that Jim McMahon and Jean Cochran of the Park, Beaches and Recreation Committee, be consulted to be certain that the Town's property north of Combs can still be utilized minus the 20 ft. strip. This will be discussed again at the November 14th work session.----Board :._again discussed payment to retired Police Officer James Wiellas for testifying on behalf of the Town in a lawsuit. After due consideration, it was agreed Supervisor ~Vickham would write to Mr. Mellas and offer him 25% of the amount between his police officer salary and his retirement income.----Board reviewed proposed fees for disposal area permits and/or licenses, and made changes to certain commercial contractor and garbage contractor fees (resolution 18).----Discussed adding additional units to the Fishers Island Sewer District users accounts. Justice Evans explained that there are certain units that have more units in their buildings then they are being charged for (resolution 19).----Request from Justices Price and Tedeschi for the Town Board to extend the temporary, part-time status of Lucia Farrell to the end of January to assist the Justice Court staff in handling a backlog from the summer months and case load from the abolished Greenport Village Justice Court (resolution 20).----Letter from the Greenport Superintendent of Utilities Becht stating that there is a need to clean out the west equalization tank at the Southold Scavenger Waste Treatment Facility. This will have to be done before clean out and repairs to the grit chamber and pipes can be made. Board agreed to advertise for bids for the service [resolution 21).----Town Board discussed a letter from Legislator Gregory Blass informing them that the 1996 Suffolk County Budget has transferred the cost of 65 public safety dispatchers who receive 911 catls from emergency complaint operators only when they impact Suffolk County Police District operations. Senior Accountant John Cushman was in attendance during this discussion, and Supervisor Wickham asked him to draft a resolution for the Board's consideration at the 4:30 P.M. Regular Meeting ( resolution 22). EXECUTIVE SESSION '0:40 A.M. On motion of Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was Resolved that the Town Board enter into Executive Session. Vote of the Board: Ayes: Supervisor Wickham, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justice Evans. Als0 present: Town Clerk Terry, Town Attorney Dowd.----Board discussed the Edward Scroxton grievance, which was heard by the Board on October t7, 1995. 10:55 A.M. Town Board reviewed a proposed "Local Law in Relation to Notice of Public Hearings", the intent of which is to ensure that citizens are given notice of public hearings on actions which will affect a specific parcel of property. All boards will provide notice via newspaper, posting and mailing to adjacent owners. This process will ensure uniformity in procedures of the various boards and commissions. There were several questions which regard to the proposed law, i.e. timing, and what distance for notifying adjacent property owners. Linda Kowalski, secretary to the Board of Appeals was asked to meet with the Board, and she gave input on timing between filing an appeal, public hearing, and decision. Board agreed the law should go back to the Code Committee for further refining. 11:05 A.M. - Supervisor Wickham briefed the Board on (1) proposed elimination of one Trustee clerk typist in 1996. He said the President of the Trustees, Albert Krupski has advised him that this would not be practical after consideration by the Board of Trustees. The proposal to replace the typist with an Environmental Analyst will be discarded. The amount allocated in the budget is the same as the present salary of the clerk typist, so the budget need not be changed.----He advised that the proposal to change the duties of Building Inspector Gary Fish to half time Building Inspector and half time Fire Marshall does not seem to be a problem with the Building Department.----Supervisor Wickham briefed the Board on the Brown Tide Summit which was held on October 20 & 21 at Ronkonkoma. 11:25 A.M. Board reviewed the resolutions to be voted on at the 4:30 P.M. Regular Mee(ing. 11:50 A.M. - Work Session adjourned. REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on October 30, 1995, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor Wickham opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Present: Supervisor Thomas H. Wickham Councilman Joseph J'. Lizewskl Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. Justice Louisa P. Evans Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Would anyone like to move the audit of the bills? Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the following bills be and hereby ordered paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $171;8L~9.16; General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $631.84; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $56,390.34; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $1,368.73; Ag Land Development Rights bills in the amount Of $219.95; .Lighting/Heating Capital A/C bills in the amount of $153,950.67; Tub Grinder/Stump Buster Cap bills in .the amount of $231,000.00; Sweeper & Payloader Capital bills in the amount of $176,053..26; Fishers Island Dump Capital 'bills in the amount of $92.50; Yard V~a~te Compost Capital bills in the amount of $86,000.00; Employee Health Benefit Plan bills: in the amount of $15,135.32; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $10,~,16.49; Southold Shores Road Improvement District bills in the amount of $26~109.~1; Shorecrest at Arshamomaque bills ,in the amount of $52,218.82; Refuse & Garbage District bills in the amount of $1~6,278.1~; S0uthold Wastewater District. bills in,the amou~nt of $17,896,67; Fishers Island Sewer .District bills in the amount of $2,268.33; Southold Agency and Trust bills in the amount of $3,151.78; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $1,156.69. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman. Olive, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wi~kham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Olive, it was RESOLVED tha~ the minutes of the October 17, 1995, Town Board meetin9 be and. hereby are approved. Vote of Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Olive, Councih Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski, Superv[sor Wickham. This resolution Was duly ADOPTED~ Moved by CouncilWoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED thai r meetin9 of the Southold Town Board will be held at November 14, 1995, at the Southold Town Hall, Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Olive, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: This, afternoon we have a public hearing at 5:00 o'clock regarding our Community Development Block Grants. We have a series of items this morning for .the Work Session. We had a relatively light program for our Work Session this morning. It's on the Order of Business on the back. page of the agenda. I. REPORTS. 1995. 2. 1995. 3. Southold Town Program for the Disabled Events for September, Southold Town Animal Shelter Monthly Report for September, Southold Police Department Monthly Report for September, 1995 460 ocTOBER 30, I995 II. PUBLIC NOTICES. None. III. COMMUNICATIONS, None. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 1. 5:00 on Citizen's Views on Local Needs:to be met with Federal Community Development: Block Grant Funds, V. RESOLUTIONS. SUPERVISOR 'WICKHAM: At this time we are ready to take up our resolutions. It's .standard practice of the Board to give an opportunity to anyone from .the audience, who would like to address the Board for up to a maximum of '~fiYe: minutes per person on any of the items that are before us tonightJ $o; we've got twenty-four resolutions. Any member of the audience, who would like to address the~ Board .on any of these twent~four desolutions, now is the time. PAUL SPARA: Would you just explain Resolution 22, not the opposition, but what the 65 dispatchers are? SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: Resolution #22 calls on the Town of Southold, and all.al{her towns to ask the County of Suffolk to reverse a decision that the Budget Office has made, which is to throw into the County General Fund alq expenses related to Public Safety Dispatchers. Public Safety Dispatchelrs heretofore have been paid out of the Police District. The Police District does not include the five East End Towns, because we each have our awn Police Forces. Consequently the tax warrant, the County portion of '.local taxes has not paid for those Public Safety Dispatchers. Under the new system it's put into the General Fund payable by all property tax parcels throughout the entire .County, so suddenly with this new system we would be asked, the Five East End Towns would: be~ asked to pay a share of those Public Safety DiSpatcher cost. We believe that's unfair, and our resolution call on the County to set that Fight. Is there anyone else who would like to address the Board this afternoon on any Of the resolutions in front of us? If not~ I think we're ready to begin considering the resolutions, that are in front of us. l.-Moved iby Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following modification to the General Fund Whole Town 1995 Budget to appropriate funds for the remainder of the year: To: A1670./~.400.600 Central Copying ~, Mailing $ 1,000.00 Contractual Expenses Equipment Maintenance~ & Repairs A1670.~.600.500 Central Copying & Mailing $ 1,000.00 Contractual Expenses Express Mail From: A9901.9.000.000 Interfund Transfers Transfers to Health Plan 1.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. $ 2,000.00 Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Lizewski, OCTO3E~ 30, 199~ 461 2.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of Akzo Nobel Salt Inc., in the amount of $40.98 per ton, for supplying the Southold Town Highway Department with 500 tons (more or less as may be needed) of Bulk Salt for Snow and Ice Control, all in accordance with the bid specifications. 2.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, ~--~-~ Ci/m.an Townsend, COuncilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 3.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes Lawrence Healthcare Administrative Services, Inc. to pay medical claims of Ruthanne Woodhull and Judith Terry, which claims were submitted by the providers more than 90 days after the date of service. 3.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 4.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Ollva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts, with regret, the resignation of Stephen E. Angell, Chairman and Member of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council, effective December 31, 1995, and extends to Mr. Angell their sincere thanks and appreciation for the expertise and time he has devoted to his position. 4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewskl, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 5.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for resumes for one member of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council to fill the position to be vacated by Stephen E. Angell; term to expire June 18, 1997. 5.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 6.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVEO that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby engages the services of Andrew D. Stype, Certified Real Estate Appraiser, at a fee of $1,000.00, to conduct an appraisal for the Land Preservation Committee for consideration of the following property for the Farmland Preservation Program; Lieb Vineyards, Bridge Lan.~ and Oregon Road, Cutchogue, 1.68 acres & 12.96 acres. SCTM~1000-SU,-1-tt.~t & 1000-73-1-3./t. 6.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. .462 OCTOBER 30, 1995 7.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the amount of $288,700.00 for a bond for roads and improvements in the major subdivision of Wildberry Fields at Southold, all in accordance with the approval of the Southold Town Planning Board and Engineering Inspector James A. Richter. 7.-Vote Of 'the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Gl:ira, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 8.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Supervisor Wlckham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the amount, of $3B5,~25.00 for a bond for roads and improvements, in the major subdivision of Bayberry Estates at Southold, all in accordance with the approval :of the Southold Town Planning Board and Engineering Inspector James A. Richter. Vote of the Townr, :'Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman: Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Suoervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 9.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Ollva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the follOWing modification to the General Fund Whole Town 1995 Budget to cover ~the purchase of a copy machine for the Recreation De par tment: From: A7310.[~.600.100 A 7~3 t:b .~. 600. 200 To: A7020.2.500.300 Youth Bureau (Mailing Administration) Youth Bureau (Youth Expo) Recreation Administration (Equipment) $ 1,289.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 2,789.00 9.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Ollva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. i0.-Moved by Councilman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints the following individuals to the Steering Committee for the Anti-Bias Task Force, for a one (1) year term, effective October 30, 1995 through October 30, 1996, they to serve without compensation: Barbara Sommer Cindy Kumelos Mark Gagen Emma Parker Dorothy Wolf Rev. Martin Dozier George Summers Michael Zweig Al Falkowski Viola Cross Bessie Swabb Sabrina Crenshaw Lynda Clements Hiller Kahn Ruth Oliva 10.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 11 .- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Irene R. Steward as Home Health Aide, effective immediately, at a salary of $6.00 per hour, 17-1/2 hours per week, and Laura L. Deptola as a Van Drive, effective immediately, at a salary at $6.00 per hour, 17-1/2 hours per week. 11.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewskl, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 12.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute the 1996 Individual Program Application(s) to the New York State Division for Youth for the 1996 Juvenile Aide Program and the 1996 Youth Services Program. 12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 13.-Mo;ved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Attorney to take the necessary legal action to draw upon the $156,000 Letter of Credit No. 771040 with the Long island Savings Bank, for major subdivision of Moores Lane at Greenport, Section I (Pheasant Run), whereas the necessary '~mprovements have not been installed, and the Planning Board has not received the required extension of the Letter of Credit which expires on November 11, 1995. 13. ~: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Ollva, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski, Supeffvisor Wickh;am. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 14.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of Stanley F. Skrezec, in the amount of $3,900.00, to perform all work required for the demolition and removal of all buildings'~ structures, foundations, footings, fallen trees, brush and relative debris located at the Aanestad residence, 2605 Orchard Street, Orient, N.Y., all in accordance with the bid specifications. lq.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 15.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Senior Planner Valerie Scopaz to attend meetings related to her job responsibilities for the remainder of 1995, as follows: Travel to New York City to attend meetings with the American Planning Association's Metropolitan Chapter, and with the Regional Planning Association, and to Riverhead or Hauppauge to meet with the Long Island section of the Metropolitan Chapter; travel expenses to be a charge against the Planning Board's t995 budget. 15.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Counci Iman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. -16.-Moved by Justice Evans, Seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District to accept the Iow bid of Thames Shipyard & Repair Company for drydocking the MV MUNNATAWKET, all in accordance with the bid specification: $9,900.00, plus $50.00 each for zincs, and the following supplemental work as may be found necessary or required by a regulatory authority after the vessel is on dry dock: (a) removal and replacement of shafts $2,000.00 per shaft; (b) renewal of strut bearings - $1,250.00 per bearing; (c) propeller replacement - $750.00 per propeller; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners is authorized to enter into a contract with Thames Shipyard F, Repair Company to accomplish the aforesaid work, all in accordance with the specifications. 16.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 17.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman OHva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Clement Charnews, Jr. as a member of the Southold Town Substance Abuse Committee, effective immediately through October 24, 1996, he to serve without compensation. 17.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, ,.Councilman ToWnsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duty ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: The next resolution's a resolution is resolution setting the fees for various uses of the Collection Center at the Cutchogue Landfill. Most of these fees are the same fees as they've been for the last year, but at' the last Board meeting we took an action, that wou d take them out of the Code, and we are asked now to establish those fees in a separate schedule, or a separate sheet, that would be attached to it. So, the following fees are being established by resolution of the Board at this time. 18.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets the foJlowJng fees for the issuance of permits andJor licenses for vehicles transporting refuse into any refuse disposal area maintained by the Town of Southold, effective immediately: Resident (non-commercial) - $10.00 Ist vehicle, $5.00 2nd vehicle, issued at same time to same address. Lessee - $10.00 Guest - $10.00 · $.'~.00 per load fee for each non-commercial vehicle of less than one ton capacity which possesses rio permit. $30.00 per load fee for each single axle truck which does not possess a permit. $60.00 per load fee for each double axle truck which does not possess a permit. $60.00 annual fee for each commercial vehicle transporting liquid septic waste, together with an additional fee of $.03 for each gallon of liquid waste discharged. $60.00 annual fee for each commercial contractor's' vehicle of one ton or less capacity. $60.00 annual fee for each farm vehicle transporting agricultural waste. *$220.00 annual fee for each single axle vehicle transporting solid waste (garbage) . *$220.00 annual fee for each commercial contractor's vehicle of more than one ton capacity. *$600.00 annual fee for each double axle and/or compactor type vehicle transporting solid waste (garbage). *$600.00 annual fee for each commercial contractor's double axle and/or tractor-trailer combination of more than one ton capacity. AND BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby sets the following fees, effective January 1, 1996: *$200,00 annual fee for each single axle vehicle transporting solid waste (garbage). *$200.00 annual fee for each commercial contractor's vehicle of more than one ton capacity. *$250.00 annual fee for each double axle and/or compactor type vehicte transporting solid waste (garbage). *$250,00 annual fee for each commercial contractor's double axle and/or tractor-trailer combination of more than one ton capacity. 18.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 19.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby increases the number of Fishers Island .Sewer District units billed to the following individuals, to reflect the .actual number of units in their buildings, effective with the 1996 billing: Paul Vartanian - from q units to 6 units Thomas ShiJlo - from four units to 7 units Susan &' Kevin Connelly - from I unit to 3 units -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor WJckham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 20. -Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of South old hereby extends the appointment of Lucia Farrel, part-time Clerk Typist for the Justice Court, for an additional three (3) months, effective October 30, 1005 through January 31, 1995, 17-1/2 hours per week, at a salary of $7.09 per hour. 20. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 21.-Moved .b~ Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for clean out of the west equalization tank of the Southold Scavenger Waste Treatment Facility, all in accordance with the bid specification to be approved by the Town Attorney. 21.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 22.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, WHEREAS, the 1996 Suffolk County Operating Budget as proposed by the County Executive transfers public safety communications from the Police District budget to the General Fund budget; and WHEREAS. sixty-five (65) public safety dispatchers receive 911 calls from emergency complaint operators 0nly when they impact Suffolk County Police District operations; and WHEREAS, the proposed transfer would result in the five East End Towns providing financial support in the Police District for which they would receive no direct benefits; and WHEREAS, the five East End Town and Village taxpayers will continue to pay for their own 911 public 'safety dispatch systems; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby urges the Suffolk County Legislature to transfer the public safety dispatch charges back to the Police District and amend the County Charter as needed to accommodate the change; and be it further FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directs to transmit copies of this resolution to all Suffolk County Legislators, Suffolk County Executive Robert J. Gaffney, and the East End Supervisors. 22 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was 46,6OCTO, ER 23.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following modification to the General Fund Whole Town 1995 Budget to provide an appropriation for DEC monitoring expenses specified in the Stipulation of Settlement previously provided for in the Solid Waste Management District: To: A8160. ~,.500. 400 From: A9901.9.000.000 Refuse & Garbage, Contractual $ 10,000.00 Interfund Transfbrs $ 10,000.00 Transfers to Health Plan Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, 23.- Vote of the Town Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: This last one refers back to #20. :24. -Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following modification to the General Fund Whole Town 1995 Budget to allocate funds for extending the part-time Clerk Typist in the Justice Court: From: Al110.1.100.1~00 To: Al110.1.200.100 Justices, Personal Services Sick Earnings Justices, Personal Services Part-time Employees Regular Earnings 24. -Vote o~ the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Wlckham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Lizewski, SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: That completes the list of resolutions that are available for Board consideration today. We have a public hearing, that is scheduled to begin at five o'clock, and it's a little bit before five, but I see some people in the audience, who might like to respond to it, we might get started now. TOWN CLERK TERRY: We can't start before five. It's advertised for five o'clock. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We'll hold the hearing at five o'clock. We have a few minutes, that the Board would be pleased to have comment, and receive suggestions 'and ideas from the audience. Let me just comment, that I would like hold this part of the meeting strictly to five minutes. It has long been a practice of the Board to have the comments from the audience limited to five minutes, and we'd like to continue that a little more carefully than we've done in the past. So, I'm going to be keeping time tonight. Would anyone like to address the Board on any matter of their interests. Yes, sir, the gentleman in the back? RON ECK: Supervisor Wickham, Councilwoman and Councilman, my name is Ron Eck. I just moved into 28~15 Peconic Lane, and I come down here for another purpose, but I also wanted to know about the landfill fee, and if I'm right in listening to you, it would be a $10.00 permit for me, and $2.00 per load? COUNCILWOMAN HUSSlE: One or the other. TOWN CLERK TERRY: The $10.00 permit is good for a year. It's for a non-commercial vehlcle, your car, or a pickup truck used non-commercially. RON ECK: My truck has non-commerlcial plate on it. TOWN CLERK TERRY: That's fine then. You're not using it for businesS, that you're going to be transporting anything. That's good for a year. RON ECK: I'm disabled. ! moved out here to be quiet, because I used to work on the building, that I moved into, and the landlord said, Ron, move in there, do what you want to the building, and I know you can't work long hours, and whatnot, but he said, take care of it. I put some flowers in front of the building already, and I fixed up my back apartment, and whatnot, but there was another question I was going to ask today, but I was told to go see Ray Jacobs by the Peconic Postmi. Stress. She told me to go see Ray Jacobs about that. It's .like a fishing pool ,out in front of the house there, and I would call it Railroad Avenue, because the road there is about as long as the one in Riverhead, and it's also longer than the one in Jamesport I'm sure, and longer than !the one in .. Mattituck. But, that road is used constantly by eighteen wheelers, and there's about six, I call them, fishing holes, but there's no fish in them, so I was going to see Ray Jacobs tomorrow.to see if he could do something about filling them up. SUPERVISOR WI, CKNAM: I'm sure he will. Would anyone else like to address the Board this afternoon on any matter of your interest? DON SAYRE.' My name is Don Sayre. I'd like to read a statement from the Southold Fire District. I'm one of Fire Commissioners. I do have a copy for the Town Clerk as well as members of the Board. The Southold Fire Department has a serious problem with access to some private roads within the Southold Southold Fire District. The private roads are overgrown with brush and trees, and some of the road beds are full of pot holes. This not only restricts the response time of emergency vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, etc. and personnel, it also puts the residen;ts"and their property at risk, damages our trucks and equipment, and above all puts the safety of our volunteer firefighters in harm's way. There are some areas with private roads that we can not get any of our equipment into, not even our ambulances. The Town of Southold has a Code in place to remedy this problem. Section 90-~1 and 100-235C of the Town Code specifically deals with unsafe oremises and fire lane standards. To give you a little background on what steps the Southotd Fire District has taken, on October 23, 1993 we sent letters to the residents of an area~, explaining the problem and requesting that they rectify it. There was no response, and on October 4~ 1994 we, again, sent letters, certified, return receipt, to the residents of the area explaining the problem and requesting that they rectify it. Nothing was done, and on May 2i%, 1995 we sent a letter to the Town Attorney to pursue the residents .compliance to the Tow Code. Still nothing was done, and on Ju y .~, 1995 a follow-up letter was sent to the Town Attorney by our attorney.. '.William Glass requesting compliance. Our attorney also followed up with several phone calls which were never answered. On September I3, 1995, we requested to be put on the Town Board Work Ses,sion agenda for September 1~9, 1995, so we would be able to discuss this matter with the Town Board. We were told that the agenda was full, and that we would be put on the October 3, 1995 agenda. On September 26, 1995, which was a week before the October 3rd meeting, we were informed that our meeting had been removed from the agenda and that the Town would, give us a letter that we could put on our stationary to send to the residents. Since we have already done this, we informed Mrs. Oliva we ~would not be sending another letter out and that we wished the Town would take the appropriate actions for the residents to comply with the Town Code. The Commissioners of ~he Southold Fire District wish ~t~ an invitation to all members of t~e Town Board to set up an appo with representatives of the Sou~hold Fire District and the Sou Department to go to the different areas in our fire district to ins show you the probems that exist. We can also show you the size the emergency equipment that We must get Into these areas. Public safety and the safety of our volunteers should be of the utmost importan~:e to the Town Board, and we respectfully request your immediate ~tt~nt~on to this matter. Thank you. COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Don, as you know we've had several conversations about this, and we thought we should really take this back to the Code, because our Town Attorney felt that she would have difficulty in enforcing the Code, as it is written now, because it said up to fifteen feet; Now, if people cleared six feet would that solve your problem? I don't think so. Would it be eight feet? Would it be twelve feet? I think we have to put a definite footage in that Code Ordinance, or into the Ordinance, so that it would clearly enforce something. It would be very difficult to enforce this as it is written at ;this point. DON' S'AYRE:' Well', [ recall the conversation that you:,and I had, but' I disagree with that. I 'think that the reason the fifteen by'fifteen was put into place is to~'gi¥.e: it some flexibility. COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Mr. Sayre, it only says, up to fifteen feet. DON SAYRE: That's correct, and I want to remind you, also~ that the Town Board at that time voted entirely, with !the' excepti!on of Mr. Wlckham, for the law to go into place. There was public hearing. There was no opp0sitlon'~o it, so that the people that ~were i;nvolt~ed, or could be involved, did riet come to oppose it. COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: I don't think anyone wants to oppose what you're trying to do. We just think that perhaps the previous Board, and the people that were there at the time didn't understand fully the ramifications of just putting that up to, instead of putting a definite footage in. DON SAYRE: You were on the Code Committee, and you voted for it. COUNCJI'WOMAN OLIVA: I was not on the Code Committee at that time. DON SAYRE: I believe you were on the Code Committee, because we had a meeting here with the five Fire Districts, the Village Warden, and George Penny was the head of the committee, and I believe you were there, and we-discussed this, went at great lengths with discussion on this. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Don, I look forward to excepting your invitation. I would llke to go out, and have a look at these places. As you said, I didn't vote for this, but I do see the need. I clearly see the need to keep open thoroughfares for our fire equipment to get in and out. I would prefer to put off about ten days, and then I'd like to get in touch with you. I'd like to go out, and have a look at these places, and I'd like to put in place the measures that would provide good excess for all rescue and fire equipment without doing damage,- and without sacrificing the safety of our volunteers. DON SAYRE: The problem t have with that is, we have a problem now, and if you go changing the Code, you're going to go six months down the road. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I'm not sure it needs a change in the Code either, and I think there are steps the ToWn can take. In fact, you're correct that I didn't support the law as it was proposed a couple of years ago, but I did say at that time, and I'd say it now, there are still other strong measures, that the Town can take to protect access to make the life of the Fire Departments, and the volunteers better, and make them better able to serve the public safety needs of the town. There are things we can do through publicity, through leaflets, through letters. We can do those things, and in another ten days I'll be glad to take a look at it with you, and we'il come up with something that I think the Board could support. DON SAYRE: I disagree with you, because you were on the Town Board at that time. You've Nad time since that time, that you were on the Town Board as a Councilman. You've been Supervisor for almost two years. You knew that this law was on the books, and you haven't done a thing with it. OCTOBER 3.0, 199.5 469' SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Until your proposals came to us recently, I wasn't aware of serious problems. Ruth has pointed out some problems, that she has with the legal side of it. Not withstanding those questions, I'm prepared to go ahead with some steps that the Town can take to support the Fire Districts. DON SAYRE: Thank you. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: It's five o'clock. I declare a recess. Moved by. SuPervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman OliVa, it was RESOLM£D that a recess be called at this time, 5:00 'P.M., for the purpose of ~ hearing. Vote of ;oard: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Counc d, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Super ~/ickham. This was duly ADOPTED. Meeting~r~econvend at 5.; 30 P.M. SUPER~JSOR : W]CKHAM: We'll resume comments from the audience regard r~g ~ny ma!t(er 'of their interest before us this afternoon. Yes, sir, t~e ~e~tl~man :in the back? FRANK CARLIN: Frank Carlin, Laurel. On the other one, that I mentioned just a moment ago. It's the one that receive from the County on the Revenue Sharing on safety, which I understand you're going to be receiving $227,000 in '96 from the County on Revenue Sharing, or safety programs. It was right in the paper, Greg Blass, County Legislature voted in there. What I want to know, do you intend to use some of that money, you better, read the paper then, if you didn't see it. Mrs. Oliva, .~bu're ma'klng~: 'lkind of a face up there. But, when you do receive this money, d0 you have any plans in using some of this money towards hiring some new police officers, being that it's for safety? You'd better read the Suffolk Times. I don't know what page it's on, but it was in there. SUPERVISOR W.ICKHA:M: So, there's a question to the Board, and t have to say, Pm not clear about this myself. John, do you know anything about this? JOHN (]USHMAN: I think Frank is talking about the sales tax. FRANK CARLIN: No,no..okay, but it's still going to be under revenue sharing for safety, and the amount coming to Southold Town is $227,000, maybe yo~u're getting a little more. My question is, do you have any plans in u:sing some of this money to hire some police officers. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I think the answer to that is, yes, Frank. It goes into the General Fund Whole Town, and consequently a good portion of that will be used for police purposes. FRANK CARLIN: That's good. So, you've got that amount to go for some polJ~e officers, You got $2q0,000 coming in from Greenport. But, I keep mentigning it to you, I don't know what you're doing about it, this COP Program, the Federal funding program. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We have made application to that. FRANK CARLIN: Community Oriented Policing Service, there's money to be gotten there. When you add up these three things, they add up to quite a bit. You could hire quite a few police officers. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: That's right. FRANK GARLIN: I had a different agenda tonight, but I can't speak on it, because I'm limited to five minutes, but you know I look at the flag. I see i'm in the United States of America, freedom of speech, amendment one. I look at other Town Board meetings, Southampton, R[verheac~, Oreenport. I very seldom see the Supervisor say, got five minutes, i m going to cut you off, or pull out a timer, and all that 4.7.0 oc- oB, ,,,, nonsense. Last week you gave David Corwin here about fifteen minutes to speak. I don't understand what you're trying to do here. I mean I can understand if there's a lot of people in the room, and you got to get a lot of people to speak. But, a lot of times there's only a few people that want to speak,-and I have usually a pretty strong agenda, and I can't do it in five minutes. I'm not asking that you give me anymore, but it just don't seem right 'being in this country, that you're limited to how you want to ex.press ygurself, o.r speak~.~: I don't understand this, and I never will, because I watched just recent y, maybe thl;ee weeks ago, Southampton Town Board had a meeting on a public hearing alone took seven hours. Se~,'en hours .on a p'ublid ihearidg ald~ie, Tom."'1: .~arit to tell you something, M~. supervisor. This W°~Uld have.been I can't, do ~use it takes more than five minutes, write letters :to me Les,: ur;ders~and tl~is. a"l:i :.o~, ~h.t limit me for five minutes, but You---~can't limlt'.~ne fri~m when I'm writing. Last week you mentioned to me,..the man ini Id like to speak. The reason why I'm in black h~Fe, I~t'ne exp '. This shirt was given to me from the owner of McDonalds, and t says there, McDonald's Mattituck, and I ' ..... m proud to wear .t; tnctdentally, before ~ leave, Joe, how was the coffee t.he other night, or whatev~er had in Mcgonalds? YOu iknow you can g6 the~e;' take!:~' Iobk you don't have to buy a~ythin~, see how nice it is. S:quth~01d step forward for a change, instead of two steps b~ckv~a~bds. SUPERV~ISOR WICKHAM: minutes very effective y, gentleman in the back? Thank you, Anyone else Frank. You!v:e. used your five llke to addF~s~', the B~ard? The PHIL VANBOURGONDIEN: My name is Phil VanB0urgondien, Southold. Good evening, ladies ,and gentlemen. I realize that:the Budget is pretty well settled by now~ .~ut there are a few things t~at bOther me about Town g~ernment. I '~U ly expected that 'we would ~o~: l~ave any increase ~n taxeS,, th~s year, b~Jt that ~s not the case. Persor~ally, ! believe you should ~ot haYe raised any Sa aries these past two ~/ears. We should also be . . '..i . . . . ~ : ~ . ; down-s~z~ng Tovzn government. Down-s~zmg thro~ugh attrition, not layoffs, and I emphasize that completely. Yet, every meeting that I attend we seem to.~e hiring part-timers, part for th:is, and par:t for that, and so on, add . i.,:, so forth. Government today. Is'.like any business corporation, and th~ answer to the share holders' tht0ugh a Board of Directors. You are our Board of Directors, and answer to the taxp~ayers. tf taxpayers are not happy, you are not reelected. Th, e Town of Babylon has not had a tax increase in the past ~ight years. ~J~der a Democratic administration if they can do it, so can we. How do they do. it? They consolidated departments. They elim hated positi'ons 'thKough attrition in all departments of government. In other words, they were down-s~zmg~ and most Important demanding more productvty from ;the r employees. Can you, the Board, honestly say that there ha§ beeh an increase' in productivity in the past years? All departments 9~' Southold Town government are answerab e to the Town Board, so just] ~s you are to 'the taxpayers. I fully believe in freedom of speech~ but l,l.lget a little tired of reading ~n the local papers the letters from the PBA, and Highway Department Superintendent about how the Board is on them, and how hard they work. It :is true. Some. of them do work t~a~rd, but ~°.me do not. with all the labdr saving machinery I would expect: that the Highway Department would ne~d less men, than they've needed jln the year'~, past. I've been out here twenty-one years, and I remembel- when they were using push mowers along the sides of the roads. T~day they're all in fancy riding mowers, John Deeres, and going down, ~nd theyive got big mowers, and they're doing everything. They dp it twice or three times as fast, and they have the same amount of emplo~yees. The~ 'should have less. The rePorts from committees indicate ]~' teat the' . Police Department could be more productive. With the presentl pay scale f~r our senior policeman, I'm surprised that everyone in town hasn't applied ~o be a cop. Just a couple of other 'terns on my agenda. The YMCA, nationally, is a very wealthy organization. They cou d we afforo ;to set up in the center of Southold, preferable c~n a four lane highway in the Peconic area, :which would be more cenl~rally Iqcated for all ~f the Southold town people. Laurel Lake is a very sensi{ive area. I; can't believe you have not 'h'eard one word out of the North Fork Environ~nental Council about your choice of Laurel Lake. They've been so quiet, ~here's something wrong with them, because they're generally making their hullabaloo about nothing. How about in addition to increasing productivity all Town employees work a forty hour week like any other business entity :does in this country today? I never approved of the lighting and sign codes, that the Board approved, nor of hiring a Sign Code Enforcement person. The Sign Code was to keep our beautiful town looking that way. Why are the politicians cluttering up our roads with signs? Where is our Code Officer? I know that you will say, this is tradition, but our town does look shabby with these signs all over the place. This is people in Southold Town, who have Had signs, u? for twenty, thirty, forty years. They. need those signs to remain in business. It's a tough, tough place to stay in business in Southold Town today. To nit-pick and have to move them a foot or two is ridiculous. Business signs are a tradition as much as political signs. Do these political signs :all have. permits? Every other sign has to, Have. a permit. P.S. I, also¢ think that to do an appr0p/iate job the' Supervis0r's te~m of office should be four years, b~cause two years is. not enough, YOu only have a year to work, and the second year is spent on politicking, and to run for office the next time. That's not fair. It's not :fair to the person. It!s not fair to the taXpayer;s. It should be a four year term at the least. Thank you ~ery much. SUPERVISOR WI.CKH:AM: Phil, that's a very comprehensive..review. I can't respond :to a..l i bf th~se comments, but I would .just like to say, that early on in mehts you raised .the questi°n of Prod~)ctiv, ity. I think, by al that productivity of en~p pyees in the town is than it was two years.~go, i think there is more per unit, or per person, than there Has been in the past. TOWN CLERK TER, R¥:, ,il ~gree with that one hundred percent. THere are more things Put ion us: ',e~ry day. SUPER~/I$OR WICKHAM:.Is there anyone else in the audience, who would llke to address the Tow,ndlBoard this evening? RON ECK: Just one i, question I have. Ron Eck, Mr. Supervisor, Councilwoman, I Have ilnl:my hand a card. It's a disability card from the veteran's: hospital. !'ye been going to the V.A. haspital in Northpo.rt since 1976, I've been di~bled since 1976. The reason,why I come back In here, I Stepped o~tsid~ '~ef0re, because" I though.t. I h~ad some applications in my cair, but I.le~t.':~t~i~m Home. :They are application for any veteran, whether ;he is disabied~ ;for not, to put in this application to get one of these cards at the V~A.,.,hospital, because the V.A. 'Hospl;t~al is going to be funded starting next, year by how many people ar;e regi~stered in that hospital. We need veterans, whether they're disabled or not, to fill out these applications. I was going to ask if I could bring some to Mrs. Terry to leave. TOWN CLERK TERRY: I'm sorry. It's that we really only have things that are government related to the Town of Southold, and please, don't feel offended by it. It!s the way it has to be. RON ECK: I can't get out to these veteran's organizations out here to tell them what is. going on, but I have a man that's going to start going into the V.A. hospital with me on the 16th of November. TOWN CLERK TERRY: If you come and see me I can give you the name of the Commanders of the legions, that you could call. RON ECK: I belong to the American Legion in Riverhead. I belong to the D.A.V., which is the only one, Disabled American Veterans, which is the only one on the North Fork, which is located in Riverhead. Garfield M. Langhorne, I believe his name was. He was a young man, who threw himself on a grenade to save his buddies. If anyone wants to join the D.A.V. let them come see me on Peconi,c Lane. They'll spot me. They'll see my truck. SUPERVliSOR WICKHAM: THank you, Mr. Eck. Is the~e anyone else who would like to address the Board tonight? 4 2 oc=o E, FRANK C^RLIN: Just a short one, Tom. I agree with what this gentleman said over here, but you got to remember one thing. We had thirty-six people on Highway Department years back, and 'slnce then we had more roads added, and a lot more work involved in it. I disagree on the amount of employees' terms for Supervisor. I think all :Supervisor and all Council should be two years, everybody, because I'll tel you the reason why. If you vote:for .s. omeb0?y, and they turnout to be a.lemon, you don't' have tO put Up with:their: r~onsen~e for four years. You can vote them out after two. 5:50 P.M. Council:man Lizewski left. SUPERVISOR WI'C:KHAM: Thank you, Mr. Carlin. I think that completes 'the comments:' from the audience. I'd like to turn to the Board. f theres anyone on the Board, who would llke tO addr~ess the audience, or other Beard members'. COUNCIIL~Ot~IAN HUSSIE: I would. This last week the Supervisor's Preliminary :Budget was brought to us, and I tell you the public would be wise to look carefully at how this money is to spent, especially in the areas of personnel Solid Waste, and the Capital Budget. In 1993, the Supervis0r, 'wh0 ~vas 1~hen a Counc'man voted against thio 199L[ Budget. He said, 'land: '1~ quote, the Superwsor shou d proYmde, eadersh p n spending,:'! resti~alnt~ I~ forgoing pay increases for Town employees, appointed offlc~a!s, and elected off c~a s, c ose quote..The 1996 Budget p ov~des for, 20~ raise for the Deputy Superv sot, two promotions, and three new pos tIOns. Dle{" n tey not a spending restraint. When I argued on this topic, I was asked if I had four votes to change the Budget. No, I didn't. Then t~e rationale was given that the changes would not go into effect br~tii"Janu~;r~y', ,a~d if we did not want to p~oceed' ~hen, we didn't have to. That's unacceptable. If the money is in place, it's easy to go ahead ~d~t; Sl~end it. On Solid Waste I quote the Supervisor, again, in referehc~ t0~ithei':199L¢ :'Budget. Quote, it has not been ~xplained to my satisfaction why we need two and a half million dOIla¢'s for garbage and refuse, when the primary cost total only half of that, close quote. If you 10ok at the line to. the Municipal Solid Waste Remov~al you'll see that $200,000; that I prepo,se the yellow bags be reduced bye. You'll' find it there. I~0W;- that..nion~y is squirreled away throughout the Solid Waste District; i~h~Ee~s no plan to lower the bag prices, and that cash cow will continue to ¢?dU~ce. The third part of the budget, that must have your attention i~ (he Cap ta. Budget. It totals almost $900,00~0 for proposed projects. Thel way it stands now is that those projects may, or may not happen, Tbs Cap,tat,Budget ~s the way to sidle into the back door to borrow. It's a blar~k check. There's no assurance that the money will be ever be ~spertt as it was requested. Take a look at the Budget before November 9th; SUPERVISOR WICKHAM." This gives me an opportunity to outline a little bit of what the Town Board did do, when it adopted a Preliminary Budget for next year. We adopted that Budget last Friday. It's going to public hearing on November 9th. That's a week from Thursday, at 3:00 o'clock ~n the afternoon, and at 7:00 o'clock in the evening. Members of the community are most welcome to come, and address the Board with their comments at'..that time. I'd like to take this opportunity to just give a few highlights of this Budget. Just give you a few of the more sallent features that I think the public would be interested in. First of all, taking the five major funds, that we're concerned about, General Fund Whole Town, Part Town, the two Highway Funds, a~nd the Solid Waste District. All and all the 1996 Preliminary Budget shows an increase in spending of 2.4% over 1995. But, it shows a reduction in taxes of 1.~,%. The reason the taxes can be reduced while spending .increases is due to the use of funds to balance it saved up during 1995. A portion of these balances can be used as revenues in 1996, taking the place of taxes. Last year the Board agreed to the policy that we would use a flat 50% of those balances as revenues in the following year. This fiat percentage eliminates the tendency to use a large share in certain years, and to produce an artificially Iow tax rate, as was done in the 199~ election. Durin~ 1995, that's this year, right, now, the Town has spent less money than was budgeted, and we took in as revenues more than expected. So, that's resulted in the savings of about a milllon dollars in all five funds. The principle source of these savings has been as follows, OCTOBER 30. 1995 473 $400,000, that the Town has saved through less than expected contributions for the New York State Retirement System. The New York State Retirement System told us, you ought to plan for this level, and when they actually sent us the bills it was Se,00,000 less. There's been about $100,000 in increased revenues from recyclables at the dump. The market for recyclables have been a lot better than we anticipated. There's been some~ $200,000 in additional expenses made available to the General Fund Highways, and it's been a relatively light year in terms of the expenditure needed to clear snow, and to take care of storms in the Highway's Budget; In addition, this Town Board has managed it's budgets with unprecedented care. The Police Budget for 1996 provides for hiring five new people. Al. ice made the comment that we'~re going to hire three new people.. We!re not. We're going to hire five new people, five new Police Officers next year, including one who will be transferred to the Juvenile Aide Bureau; and. one new administrative o~ficer, a civilian, to relieve a' police officer, who could do patrol .duties.' The total ~pendirig for Pol~ice and JAB together would be up about '5% next year. S in 19~96 for the two Hig. hway Funds is up more than :8% over 19! !'s /*~ for two consecutive yea~s to .make 8%~ But it's flnar as insura, nce~in'~'the change), the duties: Town line. librar a Solid things charges finance th~' "true. that town handling revenue~, adopted'. rms, that the Town is ye to . or d~aling ; put .~)00 own' Budget'~if needed, to take care Of storm ,~000 in this Preli~ or an based on existing g. stoc , not new -age $160,!0 of ' Oral ('~e Acc( lect ~erson: ~holdi~g that 'he p~ogram to a s. that are currenl by a~nd we're. as, 1995. :The current b~ re :of. $.100,0~)0 in a C nd Iosure. We're er i¥ :We:.prol~osed to keep nd because we find :ly the co.mplele costs of NOt jus~ the contract, of same: buc bud~ appr~ the come. I followi.r~g 1996. COUNC!L~OMAN .~.jUSiS:IE:. There are a few things that I Would li.ke, to clarify,, l~luml~er ~9~:;; ~hen I said there were three ,new posi, tion~. I Wa not ~¢eF~ing to, ~e ~oli~e at all. So, the fact that t~e are five there, tEeye ~re ~hree ' o~hers, Number two, the Superv ~, sa~s ~hat $1,000~0O~;,W~s~ s~'~V~d~U~i~g this last year. If y0~' recal!~'.iast:'yea~ I said-t~at .~here; ~S~8D~;~0.00 too much in that budge~. Num~e;.~. three, ';the balances ;.t~at~ ,ha~e ~.~lNed .~bout from 199~, the AcQ0untant~wi,II ~ell you there ~W~s: 1.9 ~l]~bn~dolrlars at the end of 1~.99~. Num~er~ four, :the $100,000 ;~omting~6~ ~hat, we have in the ~hO~e Tow~.~SupPosedly earmar:~ed'f0r the ~ig~wa~ Department, if it's sup:posed ~&~ ,be for the Hig~ay Department~ wh~ isn't in the Highway Department? That contingencY fu~d ~ould be used for anything. The flf~h i and last, although you had about eight, or nine different points, the fifth one I want to talk about, if you look at the Budget you~'ll see it has about $550,000 ~0r the cost of getting rid of solid waste, only solid waste, and iff you looks.at the income from the Town Clerk's bags, all of that amounts t0 t~e same amount. Who pays then for the waste that comes over the scale? SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Joe? COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I'd like to respond to a couple of items, and we've had quite 'long discussions on solid waste issue, and the particular figure he's talking about, that Alice mentioned. It's true that the cost for trucking of the garbage bags out of town, is around $300.000, three hundred and ~change~ and it's true that we'¥e applied..that we gained $500,000"in, income, a;nd, if the trucks that take it to Pennsylvania, or wherever it goes, came' house to house, and we didn't have to,put it in the landfill¥ if we didn't have to have men to put ,it in those trucks, if we didn't',haye to buy equipment: to load those bags into the truck, then we could p¢obabl¥ get away with listing $300;000 'for,~ha~ expen.se, but we have to maintain: the.building, and we have-to.~buy-~and~ m~intai~ t~e equipment; ~nd ~e ;have to pa~ the personnel to.,d~ ~hat; COnsequen%l;~, unless you ~ant: ~o put'~he,$200,000 in the tax bill, you have, to provide these $500,000.'~o~th of money to pay for that totaL,service. A couple of o h r thlng~ tha:t~she men[oned, she smd three ~e~;.pos~tlons. We're not talking abo~t three~ positions. We've changed some :tidies: ~e~ lee to respon~ t0q t~e .Town~'s.. demand for different se.r~i,~e~S~i fie s~ats, without increas these just ,crc time to that longer ha:Ye us with do. That w Trustees an consoli in nuT redu~ meetin since, she ~i~l th, consistently, arid any ot~h~er time she and if can the [ it came budgJ and o~ kind to hurrica a COS' ma,/ created th it in mentioned about what a Ca the deb~. ~St all the acquisition' :of reason not hi, del to make, a~d over we can mak-e equl That's :.,: We have.'., not incr the Fire Ma applying half. of . 'As :fat~ as the Business Mar rid of a clepi, also could SO, are the line have occasionally filled when', the' S~pervis~ Super~vJsor, has been ilopinlon, certainly does -se, ,once a.gain, that will iunt ,of testimony thatlsh( 'Alice addressed the amount! ~S true. There was a lot" o and careful- si which allowed us tike that, but also, lidn't:bring a lot of able to maintain the Highway Departmenl So, we may not may have a hu fund to earmark at thi~ Ii in the Highwa! and I don~t know JUdger is for, but it's ceri ~pposite. By planning !~ that we've pald year other high priced Budget. I mean, everyl in the future. of major expenditures xt three years we ;es without payin9 three -hat's the reason we cre; in we ~C~or ' s ~o ~e!p 'to in the ~g on ~se are ~e. done the to In the at Ruth, ~ .days than of g, ~len we in I~t Of ine of ,was ~any ~eah attending ~r.' We hy we put she ~e Alice g~ets idea not to increase caA' eliminate fisr the ~t"s: th~ whole We're the o that that ~dget. SUPERVISOR WI(;I(HAM: Thank you. FRANK CARLIN: !I'd tike:to reply to you, Joe. SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM': If this is a budget discussion, there will be a public hearing, Frank. FRANK CARLIN: I just want to reply to what he said. Am I able to speak this time, again? SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Can you keep it to a minute? FRANK CARLIN: You didn't keep yours to five minutes. Joe, for you say that one person does more than anyone else on the Board, if I was Board member, or Councilpeople, I would be insulted by that. Nobody tells her she~s got to work eight hours a day. Come on. You're talking to Frank Carlin. If anybody deserves a raise, who puts in hours, it's Judith Terry, the Clerk there. She's tJ~e one that if you're going to give one, give it to Judith Terry then. You're talking to Frank Carlin, man. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Anyone else on the Board like to address any of these issues? COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: I just want to reiterate on one thing, that I think is very important. That the Board decided with the reserve that they had to put $100,000 aside, so that we start saving up for the capping and closing of our landfill, and I think this is a very important thing that the Board has done, and the first time they've ever looked ahead, and started to save ahead for something they know is going to be a tremendous expense to the town, and I'm very proud of the Board for doing it. SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Do I hear a motion to adjourn? Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at 6:10 P.M. Vote of ~the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Wickham. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. ~ 'Jud~th I. l erry r// Southold '¥own Clerl('