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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-06/06/1961MEETING OF JUNE 6, 1961. The $outhold Town Board meg at the office of Supem~isor Lester M. Albertson at Greenport, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 6, 1961. The meeting was called tQ_order at 3:00 P.M. wi~h the following pres~Dt: Supervisor Albertso~; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justice~.~uthill; Supt. of 'Highways Price; Town Attorney Tasker and Town Clerk RichmOnd. Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Justice Tuthitl: RESOLVED: That the next regular monthly meeting cfthe Town Board will be held at the office of Supervisor Lester M. Alb~rtson at I6 South St., Greenport, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 27, 1961, at 3:00 P.M. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justice Tuthill. Absent: Justice clark. Moved ~y~.~Quncilman Demarest; seconded by Councilman ~rathwohl; RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting of May 23, 1961, be and they hereby are'duly approved. Vote of'Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Atbertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justice Tuthill. Absent: Justice Clark. ~Mo~ed by Councilman Grathwohl; seconded by Councilman Demarest: RESOLVED:~ That Supervisor Lester M. Atbertson .be and he hereby is authorized to advertise for proposals to furnish to the Town of. South01d automobile tires for use by Southold Town Police cars, as follows: (65) ~7.50 x 14, 4-ply, nylon tubeless tires, and (10) 7,50 x 14, 4-ply, nylon tubeless snow tires Vote of Town Board. Ayes- Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justice Tuthill. Absent: Justice Clark. At 3:30 P.M. Supervisor Albertson opened a hearing on rent control. The minutes for this hearing were recorded by Judith Boken. ~ved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Justice Tuthill; WHEREAS, it has 'bee~ brought to the attention of the Town Board that the 'Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Southold makes no provision.-for the"use of'land for cemetery purposes except in the "C"~ Industrial Dist. and WHEREAS, this Board believes that cemeteries should be a permitted use in the"A" Residential and Agricultural District as well as the other use districts as a special exception by the Board of Appeals, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town~of Southold be ~mended as follows: 1. By amending Article III, Section 300 of said Ordinance by in- serting therein a new paragraph to be paragraph 6B to read as follows: "6B - Cemeteries and the necessary incidental structures when authorized as~.¥special exception by the Board of Appmals as hereinafter provided, BE'~I~ FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Town Clerk be and he hereby is authorized an~' d~e~gd to transmit to the Southold Planning Board a copy of this re~°lUt~o~together with a written request instructing the Plan~ing Board prepare an official report concerning the same pursuant to Section 901, .,_t~ei.~uilding Zone Ordinance of the Town of Southo~d. ' ~ V~te~,of.Town Board: Ayes- Supervisor. Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grat~wQhli Justices Tuthill and Clark. (Clark now present) -Moved by Justice Clark~ seconded by Councilman Grathwohl; RESOLVED: That Supervisor Lester M. Albertson be and he hereby is author= ized to enter into a.lease with Elizabeth Olsen for a t~act ofland in- clMding a bathing beach_.and parking field adjacent to Peconic Bay at New Suffolk, in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. the sum not to exceedS600.00. Vo~ of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Atbertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthii1 and Clark. Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman Demarest: RESOLVED:~ That. the .Town Clerk be and he hereby is directed to request the Greenpo~t Lighting Company to install one 100 cp street light on pole' ~14 on 9th Street and one 100 cp light on an unnumber~ed pole in the middle of Brown Street, Greenport, NY. Vote of Town Board: All ayes. Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman Demarest: WHEREAS, Henry Haggerty has requested to be permitted to resign as Watchman from the Southold Town Police For~e, NOW, T~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town Board accepts the resignat- ion of Henry Haggerty effective as of May 23, 1961. Vote of 'Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; JuStices Tuthill and Clark. ~ '~: Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Councilman Grathwohl; RESOLVED: That the report of Ralph P. Cox, Dog Warden, for the month of May, 1961, be~ceePted by the T~Qwn Bgard and placed on fil~. Vote of Town ~0ard: AYes-Supervis°r Alber~son; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justides Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Justice Clark: W~EREAS, the Co~,issioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District wish to enter into a barebOat charter for use of the MV Yankee with the Inter- state Navigation company for a period c6mmencing at ~7:00 AM'on May 15, 1961, and ending at 7:00 AM on May 17, 1961, excepting, however, that at the request of the charterer it may be further extended in ali i~S form and agreements, such extension to end'on or before noon on Ma~ 22, 1961, at a lump sum minimum payment of $500.00 to cover the first two (2) days charter and if the charterer shall elect to continure the charter thereafter, it shall pay the owaer aY the rate of $200.00 per day for each additional day or part thereof, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the So~thold Town Board approves of the action of the Commissioners of Fishers Island Ferry District on entering into the contract as above stated with the Interstate NaVigation Company. Wote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman Demarest: W~EREAS, the Greenport Fire Department has applied to the Town Clerk for a Bingo License, and ~_ WHEREAS, the Town Board has examined the application and after invest- igating.the mat%er duly made findings and determinations as required by law, NOW, THEREFORE, BE I~ RESOLVED: T~at the Supervisor be andkhe hereby~ i~ authorized and directed to execute on behalf of this Board the findings and determinations required by law, and be it further RESOLVED: ~hat the Town Clerk be and hereby is directed to issue ~'Bingo License to the Greenport Fire Department. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albert's~; CoUncilmen Demare~t'~and ~rathWohl; J~stices Tuthill and Clarkl Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Justice clark: W~EREAS, a petition was received from Woodhollow ProPerties, Inc. request- ing a change of zone of certain property situated in Orient, N.~. and more fully described in said petition from "A" Residential and AgricUlt- ural DiStrict to "B" Business .District, NOW, 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town Clerk of the Town of South, old be and he hereby i~ directed to transmit said petition to the Plan- ning Board in accordance ~With'Section 901, Subdivision C of Article.~ IX of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Southold, SuffolR C0U~ty, NY Vo~ee of the Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved b~ J~stice Clark; seconded by Justice Tuthill: .RESOLVED: That the report of Howard M. Terry, B~ilding.Inspector, for t~e month of May be accepted by the Town Board and placed on.file. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-S~pervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices T%thill and Clark. Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Justice Clark.~ RESOLVED: That Frederick F. Rackett, Orient, N.Y. be and he here~y is appointed~~Watchman to serve in such capacity at the S0uthold Town Police Station for a probationary period of six months fr~m.the date of appointment, and be it further RESOLVED: That Frederick F. Rackett will serve in the capacity of Watch man of~the Town of Southold at the pleasure of the TOwn Board, and be it further RESOLVED: That the compensation during the probationary period be fixed at $17.00 per day five days per week payable in regular biweekly payments and BE 'IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the probationary period take effect on June 17, ~t961. ~ote of TOwn Board: Ayes~Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved:by- Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman G~thwohl; RESOLVED: That Otto Anrig, Chief constable, ~be and he hereby is authorized to purchase summer shirts for the Southold Town Constables, the sum not to exceed $300.00. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Justice Tuthill; RESOLVED: That General Bills in the amount of $23,660197; Lighting Dist- rict Bills in the amount of $2,469.72; Fishers Island Ferry District Bills in the amount of $9,308.15 ~ be and the same are hereby ordered paid. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by CoUncilman Demarest; seconded by Justice Clark; RESOLVED: ~That this meeting of the Town Board be and-hereby is recessed at 4:45 P.M. and will reconvene at the Supervisor's Office, Greenport, at 7:00 o"clock P.M. B ~ote'of Town oard: Ayes-~pervisor Albertson;- Councilmen~Demarest and Grathwohl; ~u~tices Tuthilt and Clark. The Town~'Bo~rd reconvened at the Supervisor's Office, Greenport, N.Y. at 7:00 P.M, on the application of Ralph. and Wilson Glover for a change of zone fro~ "A' Residential~ and Agricultural District to "B" Business was opened~y the Supervisor at 7:00~'~he minutes of this hearing were ~ecordedYby. Judith Boken. MOVed~by,'.Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman Demarest~L~ W~RREASi Go~don G. Bishop.has reapplied to the Town BoardBfor-a .single trailer permit by application dated June 6, 1961, ' ' ~: .... NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT.RES0L~ED: That the application of~ordon Bishop to locate a si~gie trailer on the property of W. H.:~ou~er, 'Southold, ~.Y. and~here~ is.grantedfor a year around occupanc~v~r~~ a one year period ,be said,traile~ to be'loca~e~ Onthe p~emises as sh0W~'on said application. Wote of Tow~ Board~ Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; CORn~ilmen Demarestand Grathwo~I,--Justices Tuthill and Clark. ~Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Justice Tuthill: WI{EREAS, Raiph and Wilson Glover, Southold,.Ni'y. by petition verified the 6th day of May, 1961, petitioned the T~ Board f0r a change of zone of certain real property descrlbed ~n s&~d petlt~onfrom A Residential and Agricultural District to "B" Business District, and WHEREAS, the said petition was referme~to the Planning,Board for its official recommendation and report, ,and WHEREAS, th~ Town Board pursuant to due notice thereof, held a hea~ing thereon on ~une 6, 1961, at which time all interested persons werer given an ~ortunity to be heard., NOW, THEREFgR~, BE IT RESOLVEDi:-That the Southold Town Building .Zone Ordinance i~cluding the Building Zone?.Maps,.~eamended by changing from "A" Residential and Agricultural District to "B" Business District the folloWlng~ described property,' , ~AL~ that~certain tract or~rcel of land situated at South~ld, in the . Town of Sou%hold, Suffolk~ounty, New York, and mor~'particularly bounded and described as follows: ~ ' 448 BEGINNING at a monument on the northerly: line of Main (State)-: Road at the southwesterly corner of land of Florence Moore and running thence along the northerly line of Main (Sta%e~ Road, t~o~.2 courses, as follows: (1) on a curve to the~right having a radiu~ of 1110.92 feet a distance of 70.84 feet; thence (2) South 27© 33' West a distanoe~of 18.00 feet to a monument and land of Willow Hill Cemetery; thence along said 'land of Willow Hill Cemetery North 52° 29' 50" West a-distance of 234.07 fee~ to a monument on the line of Lower Road;~ thence a~ong said Lower Road, North 41© 45' 00'~ East a distance of 144.48 feet to a monument and land of said Florence Moore; thence along s&id~and of Florence Moore, three courses as follows: (1) South 52© 37-' 40~' East a:distance of 91.93 feet, thence (2) South 40© 22' 40" West a distance of 49.40 feet; 5~nence (3) South 49© 37' 50" East a distance of 128.52 feet to the point of begin- ning. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Town Clerk be and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause notice of said amendment to be posted and published pursuant to law. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Councilman Grathwohl; WHEREAS, the provisions of Chapter 274 of the Laws cf1946, as amended, constituting the "Emergency Housing Rent Control" presently apply to the Town of Southold and that certain classes of housing accommodations in said Town are subject to the controls specified in said chapeer, and WHEREAS, a notice in due form was duly published as required by law specifying the time when and the place where a public hearing would be held by this Town Board to consider ~he adoption of a resolution request- ing the Temporary State Housing Rent Commission to decontrol all classes to housing accommodations in the Town of Southold, and WI~EREAS, said public hearing was duly held at the Supervisor's Office, 16 South Street, Greenport, N.Y. at 3:30 P.M. on June 6, 1961, and at that time all persons wishing to be heard thereon were duly heard NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND DETERMINED: That no serious public emergencyexists in the housing of any considerable num]~er of persons Within the Town of Southold; that no acute shortage of dwellings exists in said Town; that control and regulations of residential rentsand evict- ions are~ no longer needed to prevent disruptive practices, inflationary pressure and other seriousthreats to the public health, safety and general welfare of said Town and that it is now in the public interest that all classes of housing accommodations in the Town of Southold-be decontrolled and that the provisions of said "~mergency Housing Rent Control Law" should no longer apply to any class of housing accommo- dations in said Town. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: ~t the Town Board of the Town of Southold:hereby respectfully requests the Tempory State Housing Rent Commission to decontrol all classes of housing acco~m~,odationsin the Town of Southold so that the provisions of said "Emerggncy Housing Rent Control Law" shall no longer apply to any class of housing accommodations within said Town. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson~ Councilmen Demares~ and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Justice Clark: RESOLVED: That the report of Supervisor Lester M. Albertson for the'five months ending~May 31, 1961, be accepted by the Town Boardand placed on -~ file. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. ~ Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman Gtathwohl; WHEREAS, the Justice of the Peac~An~ual Budget for the current fiscal year. exceeds an appropriat~of.$~00.00, and WHEREAS, of s~ch sum so app~ated.$863.93 remains unexpended to date, and WHEREAS, after due allowance for stated claims and fiscal expenditures chargable.against such appropriation or account, there is an unexp~nded balance in said appropriation or account of $863.93, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That $300.00 of said unexpended balance be and the same hereby is transferred to Equipment of Justice of Peace Fund, and that the amount heretofore appropriated for said purposes be and the same hereby is increased in the amount of $300.00. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Atbertson;Demarest & Grathwohl; Tuthill and Clark. MoVed by Justice Clark; sedonded bY Justice Tuthill: WHEREAS, there exists an Eradication of Golden Nematode Fund in the Town of Southold in excess of $2,500, and WHEREAS., the COunty of Suffolk is taking over-E.'ul~t charge of eradicati~nn of Golden Nematode, N~N, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the sum of $1000.00 of the Golden Nematode Fund be and hereby is' transferred to the Supervisor Equipment Fund ~5-2~. of the Town BUdg'et,' 1961. ~ Vote-Of Town Board~ AyesrSup'erviscr Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathw~l!l; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Justice Clark;-seconded by Councilman Grathwohl; the rate established for Life Guard, Town of South- is fixed at $1.75 per hour and-the pay rate of the nt 'Life Guard be'fixed at $1.50 per hour, payable bi-weekly, BEfiT t That Thomas Breeze be hired as Life Guard and Henry I as assistant Life Guard at the Town B~d~for the su~er of 196] they be compensated at the hourly Wage rates aforesaid. Vote ol Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. Moved by Councilman Demarest; seconded by Councilman Grathwohl; RESOLVED{ That the Police Report for the month of May be accepted by the TOWn Board and placed on file. Vote of' Town B~ard: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and Grathwohl; Justices Tuthill and Clark. A proposal from Mr. McBride for certain pr~per'ty located adjacen~t to the Southold Town Dump was presented to the Board by the Supervisor. The Board felt the asking price of $1500.00 was excessive. No action was taken at this time. Estimate was received from R. T. Preston Inc. for extending the bulkhead at Gull Pond, said estimate being $30.00 per lineal foot. The Supervisor was directed to contact the firm of P. T. Preston Inc. and to prepare a contract to be acted.upon at the next Board meeting. A letter was received from William Collins, Mattituck, N.Y. compliment- ing the Highway Department for work done in that area. A letter was received from the U. S. Army Engineer District, New York, asking permission to dispose of the dredged material to the east of the east Jetty at the entrance of the inlet at Mattituck Harbor, New York. · There were no objections to this work by the Board. Adjournment was at 8:00 ~P .M. Albert W. Richmond Town Clerk