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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-01/27/1981au u'r~gLg~- TOWN'B'OARD' January 2?, 1981 WORK SESSION 9:15 A.M. - Nr. Richard G. Ward of Ward Associate~, P.C., Bohemia, New York outlined his proposed services to the Town in assisting the Town to find matching funds for recreat.ion and park improvements. Mr. Ward presented a proposal in writing for the services.which he will do for a lump sum fee of $2,500.00 (on file in the Town~Clerk,s Office). The Board posed n~merous questions relative to the use of the funds. 9:40'A.M. - Marie Tejo and Gladys Csajko of the North Fork Animal Welfare League, Inc., contractors of the Dog Pound, appeared before the Board to discuss the progress at the pound. Mrs. Tejo stated the pound is being run in a sanitary condition and they only had one viral condition which did not spread. Heat has been' installed and they are very happy with it. In November of 1980 Mrs. Tejo was forced to terminate three CETA workers due to their inefficiencies and inattention to duty. She has been having some problems with the Department of Labor over this matter. She is also experiencing considerable difficulties with Steve Perricone who' contracted~to build additional runs. The runs are not draining properly and are cracked and the fence is not properly installed. $4250 was paid to Mr. Perricone and they are unable to get him to comrect the problems. Mrs. Tejo said she has spoken to Town Attorney Tasker relative to what legal steps to take and she intends to file a law suit against Mr. Perricone. (Justice Doyen arrived at 10:00 A.M.) _ 10:00 A.M. C Gordon Ahlers and Albert Sacco of Sacco & Ahlers) architects of the Senior/Youth Center met with the Board to discuss the frozen pipes and heat deficiencies at the Center. Concerning the frozen pipes, they will have the plumber insulate the area with sand and straw and cover with loam. They also stated _ ~ that fill h~s beeh placed too high:against the utility room which would cause freezing. There should be a plywood enclosure for the water tank which should be styrofoam lined to prevent freezing. The utility room has a hole in the ceiling which should be plugged. As for'the heating system, the heat pumps were overdesigned for 72° inside with 0~ outside and 15 mph winds. However, the system was designed with two partitions inside the building which have not be installed. They suggested changing the filters on the heating system, installing thermal lined drapes (they are to be put up soon), establish a traffic pattern of using only the-front door when a. large number of people are entering the building (this is generally the case), refelt all exit doors (front door is being done now). They said that a metal building is not the best choice - they recommended against it initially. The strip heater was not on in the bathroom and Mr. Ahlers turned it on himseIf; the strip heater is missing from the kitchen (may have been stored while the cabinets were being constructed). Another reason for the building being cold is the ~ lack of commercial carpet on the floor, the original concept of the building was with carpet, and the concrete floor conducts the cold. 10:30 A.M. - Elaine.Kaldor, Auditor asked the Board to consider hiring a.~aut~account clerk. ~ At p~esent the Town is the recipient of about,seven grants equalling approximately $600,000. The grants must be accounted for separately to each granting agency. This is too much for the present staff to handle. She suggested hiring an account clerk part-time for about three months to put into operation a bookkeeping system for the grants and train the existing personnel. The salary of this individual can be taken from the grants as admin- istrative costs. The Board put the hiring of such an individual on the agenda. 10:50 A.M. - The Board began reviewing the agenda. -40 JANUARY 27, 1981 11:25 A.M~ - Abigail Wickham, Attorney, and Richard Mohring appeared before the Board to discuss the reduction of the bond for Hightand~ Estates. The Planning Board recommended increasing the present bond from $200,000 to $370,000 based upon engineering stUdy of Lawrence Tuthill. In reviewing the bond increase proposal Mr. Mohring and Ms. Wickham have come up with only $200,00 left on improvements to be done. They asked the Board to hold everyihing in abeyance until July tst so Mrs: Mohring will have an opportunity ~o construct the' roads and improvements 'in the mid-seCtion of the subdivision~ He also would like to obtain building:permits in that area,'but would not ask for C.O's until the Work has" been approved on the roads. The Board said they would consider his request. 11:50 A.M. ~ Chief. Carl Cataldo and Lieutenant Nemschick of the 7th Squad.met with the Board concerning the continued use of the 7th Squad in Southold Town. Chief"Cata]do said that as a result of the meeting at the Mill Creek Inn.by:the Supervisors and Mayors of the East End there was a meeting of Police Chiefs to discuss the ramifications of actions that'could be taken by switching the tax burden from the county budget to the east end. It was suggested;by Chief. Citaldo that the Town not discontinUe the use of the 7th Squad until the end of 1981. This would allow the Town time to train additional detectives and hire additional patrolmen - there should be a breaking-in period. · SouthamPton Town, Easthampton Village and Easthampton Town already have functioning detectives and do not use the 7th Squad. Lieutenant Nemschick handed Board members a survey of manpower usage by 7th squad between Jan. I and 26 in Southold Town and Greenport Village'. One quarter of their time is spen~ in Greenport Village. In answer to Supervisor Pell, Lt. Nemschick stated Article.12 of the Suffolk County Charter defines the 7th Squad. 12:20 P.M. - The Board resumed reviewing the agenda. 12:35 P.M. - Lunch break. 1:35' P.M. - The Board resumed reviewing the agenda. A regular meeting of the Southold-Town Board was held on Tuesday, January 27, 1981 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor Pe!~ opened, the meeting at 3:00 P.M. with the Ptedge of Allegiance to the Flag. Present: Supervisor William R. Pell, III Councilman Henry W. :Drum Councilman John. J. ,Nickles Councilman Lawrence Murdock, Jr. Councilman Francis J. Murph? Justice Francis Ti. Doyen Town Clerk Judith. T.-Terry ~ Town Attorney Robert .W, Tasker Highway Superintendent Raymond C. Dean Deputy Supervisor Marie Bauer Johnson On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded bY supe~vis0~ PelI, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Southold Town Board meeting of January 13, 1980 be and hereby are approved as submitted. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CQuncilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nicktes,:Councilman Drum, Justice Doyea, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. JANUARY 27, i98t On m0tlon of Councilman. Drum, seconded by S~per~isor Pelt, it was REs0~VED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 7:30 P.M,, Tuesday, February lO, 1981 at the Southold To~ Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Vote of the TownBoard: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion o~ Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the following ~ be and hereby are approved for payment: Delinquency Diversion and Prevention Project - $550.50 and Division of Youth SDDP Program bilts - $1015.70. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor PetI. This resolution was declared duly adopted, - I. REPORTS - SUPERVISOR PELL: These reports all are on file' with ~the Town Clerk if anybody wishes to review them. We will accept them at this time. I. From Judge Doyen for the months of November and December (1980). 2. Long Island Cablevision monthly report (December 1980). 3. Monthly report for Judge Rich (December 1980). 4. Annual report for Judge Tedeschi (1980). 5. A report from the Town Historian on a committe-e the Town Board appointed her to to work on the celebration of the Tercentenary of the County. - 6. Yearly report from my office (198). It says the Town ended up in the blue, not the red. 7. Annual-report for Judge Rich (1980). 8. Councilman Murdock will report on the disposal area and what's going on up there. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: This is just a committee report. We had a Disposal Area Committee meeting with John Nickles and myself, and absent was Francis Murphy and we met with a Richard Storz, a sales engineer for Consumat Industries, recommended to us by Merle Wiggins of Sacco & Ahlers. We took Mr. Storz and inspected the landfill and surrounding property, the Mattituck-Cutchogue High School, the Mattituck Inlet area and we discussed possibilities of building incinerators to burn municipal solid waste and provide energy for various uses ranging from fish processing to heat. Then we went and we inspected Greenport Village and municipal facilities, the railroad dock, the Cooper Fish Compamy, Shelter Island Oyster Company, Pells Dock, Eastern Long Island Hospital, Gull Pond and Greenport High School, again, with referring to municipal waste and possible sludge treatment to provide energy for both heat~and processing various fish products. That was the end of our day. 9. The next one not on your agenda is a report I would ask Councilman Drum if he would filt us in on the police charge-back system and whatever else. COUNCILMAN DRUM: I might say on the 15th of January the East End Supervisors met, Mr. Pell was the host, host_ bf the meeting and with the East End Supervisor, also the police chiefs 'and various mayors of towns in the east end 'to discuss the 7th Squad. The 7th Squad provides detective services to the east end. The county has proposed that it will be taking the cost of the 7th Squad, ~which provides us with services, Which Sq.uthold Town is one of the larger users, and the county proposed that it come out of the general fund and put into the police district which means that those utilizing the services of the 7th Squad, east end towns, would pay the full cost. It was decided at this East End Supervisor's meeting, which all of your Town Board members attended, that a' committee be formed of each supervisor, or he select a member, each supervisor and the police chiefs select one or two representing the villages and the police chiefs. Our police chief did report to us today an this county charge-back system which we use here as a common name, referred to on the 7th Sq. uad, and their recommendations were, the chiefs of the townships and villages, recommend that they discontinue the use of the 7th Squad on the 31st of December. 1981. Now. what JANUARY 27, 1981 would this impact ha~e on Southotd Town? Our police chief e~timated that perhaps' we would need two additional detectives on the Southold Town Police force and these would be obtained from the existing' experienced town policemen. Ultimately it would mean that we would have to hire two additional new policemen. Now, this, I might emphasize, is only the police chief's rec0n~ehdation. To my knowledge, as yet, we have not been informed that the East End Supervisors and their representatives committee has not met, and I believe you'checked on that, Bill. They have not met as yet, but this was a recommendation given us today by Chief Catatdo.. He is just relating what has happene~d among the chiefs. The Town,-Ea~t End towns) have not met and made a decision as yet. II. PUBLIC NOTICES - COUNCILMA~ NICK-LES: 1. Notice from~the New York State Department of Environmental ConserVation - Rose Dansker - located at Wells Road on Richmond Creek and this is a Notice of Complete Application to subdivide .85 acres into .42 acres. Response date as indicated on your aKenda is February llth. 2. Port of Egypt to construct a 20 by 20 ft.-timber dock to be utilized as a launching site for pleasure craft via a fork lift vehicle. This is located on Budds Pond south of Old Main Road, Main Road, Southold. Response date is also February llth. Copies are with the~Town Clerk if you wish to look at them. III. COMMUNICATIONS - SUPERVISOR PELL: 1. .Street light reauest from William M. Trowbridge. The Town will turn it over to the Street Light Committee. 2. Reference sales, tax revenue sharing with the different towns. This one is from Smithtown. !We have a resolution on ~he agenda like it later. 3. A problem of floodis~ uo in Daradise Shores. .~. Dean will look i~to this and see wha{-can'be done~ if anything. 4. Request for installation of street signs in West Creek Estates. Again this will have to be checked into. 5. Letter from Gregory Blass asking the Board's comments or thoughts on pre-inspection of :social services rent als~ We discussed this at Town Board and will communicate back to Nr. Blass that we feel that a local law in our township to do this at this t~me is not feasible and suggest that ~t be keot on a county level. 6. This is something I'm working on. It's an affirmative action uidelines for SouthOld Town. I have a rough draft of one that is in effect in another town. I asked for it and it was sent to the Board for us to review. It will be on the agenda later after we have time to review it. 7. Letter from the ?attituck Senior Citizen~ giving us thoughts~,, ideas, some ways to better take care of the recreation building up on Peconic Lane. One of their suggestions was to pu~ a rubber mat down inside the door so when you walk in on cold snowy days you don't slip. Put a rug on part of the floor to keeo the floor warmer. When will the drapes be up on the windows? It should be within a week or ten days, and along these lines. The Board will respond to this; 8. Again from Legislator Gregory Blass in reference to Peconic Dunes Camp~ Wants to know what the Town'has in the way of though%S-' on how it should be run. As of n°w we have no complaints on the way it has been run over the past years; not to my knowledge. I'~will have to respond to him. 9. Letter from DEC asking us if we would like to get involved' intbe shellfish transplant again this year and informing us that a'report will have to be made as to how effective we thought this program has been throughout the years it has been going on. 10. From a gentleman who is interested in leasing what I' am going to refer to as "Jack's Shack" up on.Town Beach. It was turned over to Cduncilman Nickles who is~in charge of Beaches and Parks Committee and he is in touch with the gentleman. ll. From the Cutchogue~New Suffolk Chamber of Commerce. Down on the end Of Griffin Street in Cutchogue, the gentleman up there would like to give the Town a strip of land to make--to extend the mall and make it easier for cars to turn around in one section of it. Mr. Dean and I will be in touch with him and get a mad drawn up and see exactly what we are talking about and report back to the Board next meeting. Letter from John Case, President. JANUARy 27, 198t ~ 43 12. Again a rea~est fo~a~ li~ht,/on the end of East Road, Cutchogue ~.n~?~'~reque~?~~d.:~i~~ at ~h~-end of the road. We have to Check this out with the Town. Code and see what is there and also check out with the Chief and see what he recommends. 13. From the Office of the Aging asking the T~vn if it would be interested in getting i~volved in ~ program to use Senior citizens to help other senior citizens at a rate of $3.75 per hour, they would be paid. The Town Board did discuss this today. There are two programs here. I will communicate with them t~at the Town would very much like to see these programs established in Southold Town and recommend that they go through CAST. CAST is aware~of this. They have been working on this and they have the people to administrate these two grants. 14.. A letter from the gentleman in the back of the room, Mr. William F. Mullen talking on the work he did on the insurance for the Town. Offering his services to continue on a dollar a year basis if the Town Board would wish and also seeking a position on the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Appeals, sent his. resume in, when a vacancy occurs. 15. From.Lands End Estates. They have a bond they would like the TownBoard to review it and see if they would be willing to reduce it. A public hearing we have at 3:30, we still have a few minutes to go. We will move on to resolutions. V. RESOLUTIONS : SUPERVISOR PELL: The first resolution we have is sales tax sharing. The Ten Town Supervisors met some time ago and we asked each one of our town boards to pass a resolution asking the county to share with the towns some of their sales tax revenue. I believe the Board is ready at this time to entertain such a resolution. ~. Moved by Councilman ~urdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, WHEREAS, the Towns and Villages of Suffolk County in no way participate through Revenue Sharing in the sales tax revenue paid to Suffolk County; and WHERE,.S, in light of threatened cuts to local governments in Federal Revenue Sharing Programs, the Town of Southold could lose thousands of dollars in Federal monies; NOW, TREREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold does hereby request the Suffolk County Legislature to adopt resolutions which would permit the Towns and Villages of Suffolk County to share in the sales tax revenue received by the County in proportion to any decrease in Federal Revenue Sharing Programs and State Aid by the State of New York imposed upon such Towns and Villages; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and She ~s hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Suffolk County Legislature, all Town Supervisors, all Village ~ayors, and the County Executive. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman ~urphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. 2. On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that Building Inspecmor Curtis Horton be and he hereby is granted permission to attend a Fire Service Seminar sponsored by the Fire Inspectors Association of Suffolk County on Saturday, ~-~ February 7, 1981, using the Town car for travel, and be it further '. RESOLVED that the registration fee of $15.00 for said semina'r be a legal charge against the Town of Southold. ~ Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman ~urphy, Councilman -Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, SU~ervisor~Pell. Thfis resolution was declared duly adopted~ COUNCILMAN DRUM: I might very~briefly, before making the resolution, explain that there has been a proposal and a rather large meeting called by the Suffolk County Legislature about a monmh ago in Hauppauge. It.had been proposed that we go to-a four payment tax bill syste~, The idea bet ' ' ng that our schools, their fiscal year ~egin~ in J~ly and whereas our tax bills are basically a 1 JknUary- May, which requires your schools to borrow money before July ~efore 44 JANUARY 27, 1981 they receive their money. This woutd mean to us in Southold Town it would more than double the annual cost of operating our tax collector's, office. Not only that, in discussing it with the various schools, rather than save mo~ey; ihe schools are i~ the advantageous ~osition,out here and throughout the county, of borrowing money-bond t a ver~ ~ow rate because this ~me~nS that the buyers of the b~nds-- it's a tax free. Now, they borrow allarge amount of money - I'm over-simplifying it - but, borrow a:large amount'of money a~ which they put what they do not spend in the bank and receive, say, 17%, whereas they are only borrowing at seven or eight percent. I, personally, cannot see any advantages to it and there are many Others that feel the same way as I do and I believe our Board feels that way. We have discussed it at some length. 3i On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman ~urdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold register their objection with the Suffolk CounTy Legislature relative to the proposed amendment of the Suffolk County Tax Act calling for a "0ne-Bill Four, Payment Svste~'., citing Substantial increased costs to town government and school districts, due to'the'change in schedule for assessing, billing and payment of proPer~Y-taxes, which would call for additional personnel, hinder cash flow, increase costs of printing, as well as an extreme burden and hardship on the individual taxpayer. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman ~urphy, Councilman Murdock, ~Councilman Nickles, COuncilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. - This resolution was declared duly adopted. 4. On motion of Supervisor Pell, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby places · he name of Bessie E. Swann in,nomination for the Soroptimis$ International_of The North.' Fork 'Women Helping Women-Award". Vote of theTown Board: Ayes:. Councilman Murphy~ Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. ~ This resolution was declared duly adopted. 5. On motion of Supervisor Pell, seconded by Counciim~n~Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold h~e~eby appofnts Valerie M. Scopaz. to the Southold Town Conservatio~Advisory Council effective February 6, t981~,for a two year term, to expire on ~.February 6, 1983. · Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nicktes, Councilman Drum, JustiCe Doyen, Supervisor Pell; This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: Number 6, I announced two weeks ago a vacancy on the Board of Assessment Review. We had nobody submit res,umes, therefore we have no a~tion to t~ke at this time. ~gain I will' ask at this time if anYbody is interested to submit a resume and we will probably fill it the last meeting in February~ which wilt be February 24th. TOWN CLERK TERRY: Until what date will you accept resumes? ' SUPERVISOR PEI,L: Until the Friday before, .February 20th. Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by. Councilman Drum, WHEREAS, BurtOn Potter Post #I8D, ~merican Legion, Greenport, New-York has applied to the Town Clerk for a Dingo License, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has examined 'the application and after investigation, duly made findings and determinations as required by law, NOW, THEREFORE, BE'IT RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Town Board of the Town of Southold the findings and determinations as required by law, and it is further RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be an~ she hereby is directed to issue a Bingo License to the Burton Potter Post #185, American Legion, Greenport, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. ' resolution was declared duly adopted. JANUARY 27, 1981 ~l- 45 12. 8. On motion of Co ' · unollman Dram~ _ ~.~ . ,~ ~i~ed ~y-~o~ncilman Murdock. RESOLVED th . ~ . .... ~ . . it was at the app±lcatlon of John C. Tuthlll, dated January 15, 1981, for the renewal of a house%railer permit at the east side of Elijah's Lane, Mattituck, New ~ork, be and hereby is granted for a six (6) month period. Vote of t'he Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum Justice Doyen Supervisor Pell. ' ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. 9. On motion of Supervisor Pell, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was P~SOLVED that the application of Frank J. McBride, dated January 15, t981, for the renewal of a'house~railer permi~ at the north side of Oregon Road, Cutchogue, New Yo~k, be'and' hereby is granted for a six (6) month period. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum Justice Doyen Supervisor Pell. ' ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: -Number 10 we're not ready to act upon. I have to go back and get some more information for the Board so we can consider it before we act upon it, so we will wait on that one. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman ~urphy, it was RESOLVED that a recess be called at 3:30 P.M. for the purpose of holding a public hearing on a proposed local law entitled, "A Local Law to Provide for the Regulation and~Use or Recreational Areas in the Town of Southold". Meeting to reconvene following the public hearing. .. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Mu~dock, CoUncilman Nickles, Councilman Drum Justice Doyen Supervisor Pell. ' ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. Meeting reconvened at 3:40 P.M. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded.by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby releases the $53,000.00 bond for roads and improvements in the subdivision known as "Sleepy Hollow" located at Southold, New York, in accord- ance with the recommendation of the Southold TOwn Planning Board, Planning Board inspector John W. Davis, Highway Superintendent Dean and Town Board Highway Committee. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman NickIes, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen Supervisor Pell. ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilms.n Murphy, it was RESOLVED that Bond No. 73 S-16367 BCA issued by The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company in the stur~ of $200,000.00 on behalf of Marie Bauer Johnson as Deputy Supervisor in the Town of Southold, be and the same is hereby approved as to form, manner of execution and sufficiency of sureties therein. Vote of the :Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nicktes, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, SupervisorPell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that Bond No. 73 S-16366 BCA issued by The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company in the sum of $15,000.00 on behalf of Marie Bauer Johnson as Deputy Supervisor, Custodian of'Fishers Island . Ferry District fund~, be and the same is hereby approved ~s to' f0rm; manner of exeCUtion and Sufficiency of sureties therein. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nick~es, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolUtion was declared duly adopted. 'On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Supervisor Pell, it was RESOLVED, that the application of Edmond Bokina~ dated December 30, 1980, for the renewal of a house ~ailer permit on a right-of-way off north side of Main Road, Laurel, New York, be and hereby is granted for a six (6) month period. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman '46 JANUARY 27, 1981 Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum,-J~tice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 16; 17. · 20. SUPERVISOR PELL: Number 15 is a parking lot. The Town has to negotiate a lease with this. 'I am not ready, I thought I would be, to recommend to the Town Board today. I have not quite got to it yet and I will have it in the next meeting, I hope. . On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board.of the Town of Southold support Senate· Bill No. 249 entitled"AN ACT to allow persons in public employment on August sixteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-three who did not file a membership application with the New York State employees' retirement system to file a request for retroactive membership with the state comptroller , and be it further RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and she she hereby is directed to complete the necessary forms and. submit them to the New York State Senate. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, CounciIman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adOpted~ On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Coma~lman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the hours work~' by'Court Clerk ~arbkr~k Andrade be increased from 27 hours to 30 hours per week at a salary of $5.69 per hour, ef£ect±ve January 1, 1981. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Ni'ckles, WHEREAS, the SUffolk County Chapter of the National Reye's Syndrome Foundation is campaigning a public awareness.~rogram to the residents of the Town of Southold on Reye"s~Syndrom~,, and WNEREAS, .the Suffolk County Chapter of the National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, which was formed this past September by parents whose children contacted Reye's Syndrome, is presently working on two programs to combat this' dreaded childhood disease, and WHEREAS, the public awareness program consists of (1) financial support for research; and (2) awareness programs - alerting the community about Reye's Syndrome, and WHEREAS, through the use of the news media and school districts, the Suffolk County Chapter of the National Reye's.Syndrome Foundation is able to inform parents about this disease and what symptoms a parent should be alerted to; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold declares the week of March.I, 1981 as REYE'S SYNDROME WEEK. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: . Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum[ Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: Number 19, we are going to wait until we get all the requests in from all the different leagues in Town and then we will rule' on them, perhaps, in another month or two, but this will be held in abeyance. ~. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold forward the following proposed legislation to the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly requesting the following amendment to the ' Criminal Procedure Law: "AN ACT to amend the Criminal Procedure Law in relation to the peace o£ficer status of the bay ¢onsiabi-~s "of the Town of Southold", which.would read as '~ollows: The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assemblyldo enact as follows: ' Section 1. Subdivision eighteen of Section 2.10 of the Procedure Law is amended to read as follows: 18. Bay constables of the towns of Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Southampton, Southold, Islip, Shelter Island, Brookhaven, Babylon' North Hempstead: provided, however, that~nothing in this JANUARY 27, 1981 ~, 47 22. subdivision shall e~ 'aeemea b~'~' - y constables in the towns of Brookhaven, Babylon, Islip and Shelter Island to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefore has been issued pursuant to Section 400.00 of the Penal Law. B~e-ction 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. AND IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Attorney be and' he hereby is durected to submit the above proposed legislation to the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southotd -will hold a public hearing at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York on. Tuesday, February 24, 1981 at 3:30 P.M., at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard upon the following matter: "A Local Law in.relation to authorizing the.issuance of appearan~ ticket~by public servants of the Town of Southold", which reads as follows: BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows' Section''l. The purpose of this Local Law is to authorize public servants of the Town of Southold to issue and serve appearance tickets in connection with violations of state statutes, local laws, ordinances, or rules and regulations of the Town of Southotd which the public servants are authorized or required to enforce. Se'ct'ion '2. The following public servants of the Town of Southold are hereby authorized to issue and serve an appearance ticket with respect to the violation of a state statute, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Town of Southold that such public servants are, respectively, required to enforce, to Wit: (a) Constables and Bay Constables - ~ny statute, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation involving the public health, . safety and welfare. (b) Dog Control Officers - any statute, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation involving the control of dogs. - Section 3. An appearance ticket other than for a parking violation shall be served personally. Section 4. This local law shall take effect immediately. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: Number 22 is the appointment to fill the Tax Assessors spot. We had several names submitted for review. The Board this morning discussed them and we got down to three names which were discussed ~t different points and now the Town Board is ready to act. We had some very good qualified people submit resumes and of course as we only have one vacancy, it is a shame that we can't appoint everybody who submitted, because they are qualified and they are people who are dedicated to the Town. After discussing them all this morning, I think the Board is now reidy to come up with one name. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town. Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints. Frederick E. Gordo~ Southold Town Assessor, effective February 1, 1981, at a salary of $17,000.00 per annum, to fill the unexpired term of Melville A. Kelsey, Jr., to December ,31, 1981. COUNCILS~N NICKLES: I would like to point out that the Town Board met with the State EqualiZation Department yesterday and we discussed our assessors with them and I got the feeling after talking to these four gentlemen that we have a kind ofunique situation, here in our Town in terms of the effective jobs that our three elected, lately departed one gentleman, are doing for our taxpayers. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman. Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pelt. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 48 23. 24. 25. 26. JANUARY 27, I981 On motion of Supervisor PelI, seconded by CoUncilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the purchase of five new 1981 Special~olice Type model four door sedans.., having a minimum overall length of 205 inches, a minimum wheelbase of ll2 inches, and a minimum width of 73 inches,for the Southold Town Police Department. Specifications may be obtained at the Southotd Town Clerk's Office. Bid opening to be February 9, 1981, 12:00 Noon at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Onmotion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board Of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Antone F. Surozenski ~Part-Time Police Officer for the Town of Southold, effective this date, January 27, 1981, at a salary of $7,500.00 per annum~ Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Murdock, WHEREAS, 52 American Citizens were held. hostage by the Iranian Government for 444 days, and WHEREAS, these 52 brave Americans endured both physical and mental abuse in the servie of their country, and WHEREAS, these Americans suffered the loss of their~God given right to pursue life, liberty and happiness, and ~!:~.i~ WHEREAS, they and their families have been depriVe~f e~ch others love and companionShip for 444 days, now, the~fore, be it RESOLVED that th~ Southold T~wn Board declare thee. day'of J~uary 29, 1981 "Honor the Returning Hostages Day in thei~T6~n of S°uthold''. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman MurphyiljCOUncilman ' ' Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Jus%i~Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This~ resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: I think somehow on that day we are going to have to have a yellow flag. up on the flag pole, if. anybody has any yellow flags 'at home, Navy flags,maybe, Captain? SUPERVISOR PELL: Number 26 is' the appointment of six, there are supposed to be seven but Fishers Island has not come in yet with their nominee, ~o set up a~ong with the Fire Code, a Review Board. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold, in accordance with Article V, Section 45-509 of the Southold Town Fire Prevention Code, appoint the following members to the Board of Revie~ for a term of one year, effective February 1, 1981, to serve without compensation: George Lessard, Sr. - Vincent Wieczorek - James B. Drumm - Allan ~ndrews - Daniel Dzenkowski ' - Edward Loper - Mattituck Fire District Cutchog~e Fire District Southold Fire District Greenport Fire District East Marion Fire DiStrict Orient Fire District COUNCILMAN NICKLES: I would like to make one comment on this before the roll is called and that is to say it is somewhat discoUraging after all the hullabaloo about getting a fire code passed, that the Deputy Fire Inspectors aren't fun ~ioning'under the mistaken belief that this Board that I just put in motion here, they were waiting for that appointment. I don't know where this confusion c_~me from. This Board that we are creating here is similar to the ~oning Board.of Appeals where if someone cannot confg~m to the law they c~n go for retief~n~ I am quite upset, as I think other B0a~d _ members were to find out sometime in December, that since the inception of the Fire Code in September that nothing was happening relative to the Deputy Fire Inspectors. SUPERVISOR PELL: They will be meeting tonight. JANUARY 27, 1981 Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum Justice Doyen, Supervisor PeI1. ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Supervisor Pell, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the ToWn of Southold authorizes the-.transfer of $263.00 from General Fund Whole Town All10.4 Justice Contractual to All10.2 Justice Equipment. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, COuncilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Fell. This resolution was.declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold be and she hereby is authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the following for the Southold Town Highway Departmeqt: One (1) New 1981 International Model 2554 Truck. or equal. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes.: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Fell. Th~s resolution was declared duly adopted. 29. On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold be and she hereby is authorized and directed to advertis'e for bids for the following for the Southold Town..Highwav Department,: 15 - 3 ft. by 8 ft. Drainage Rin.gs l0 - 4 ft. 6 in. by 8 ft. Drainage Rings ~5 - 3 ft. 6 in. by 8 ft. Drainage Rings t0 - 3 ft. 6 in. by 8 ft. Drainage Domes more or less as may be needed. Vote of the Town .Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nicktes, COuncilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Fei1. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Nicktes, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold be and she hereby is authorized and directed to advertise for bids for .the following for the Southold Town Highway Department: 500 ft.-- 12 in. corrugated aluminum drainage pipe with bands, 500 ft. - 18 in. corrugated aluminum drainage pipe with bands more or less as may be needed. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 31. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold be and she hereby is authorized a~d directed to ~dvertise for bids for the following for the Southold Town Highway Department: Delivery of 2,500 tons, more or less, as may be needed, of 3/8...Bluestone, to be delivered by truck to the Highway Deparzment yard, Peconic, New York and each truck must have a weight ticket. Vote of the Town 'Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly. adopted. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by. Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED tha~ the Town Clerk of the Town of Souihold be and she hereby is authorized and directed to advertise for'bids for the following for the Southold Town,Highway Department: 10,000 gallons, more or less as may be needed, of. Diesel Fuel for the Highway Depart- ment and the Disposal Area. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 33. On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED zhat ~the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor William R. Pell, III to make application to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for Grant-in-Aid funding in the amount of $4,000.00 34. 35. 36. (50% reimbursement) for NYS-DEC "Job-2" - the relay of ~d~lt spawning stock from "deep" water to "shallow" water areas, to supplement native spawning. Activities eligible for reimburse- ment: purchase price of shellfish. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles,'Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pell. ' This resolution was declared duly adopted. ~ On motion of Councilman Murdock~ seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that Supervisor William R. Pell, III be and~he hereby is authorized and directed to execute an agreement between the Town of ~ Southold and Watsie G. Stepnoski Znd Jennie Stepnoski, his wife, i Peconic, New York, for the purchase of a parcel of land to be used for drainage~purposes, containing 38,949 sq. ft. on Bridge Lan~. and Main (State)Road, CutchogUe~New York, at a purchase orice of $15,000.00; funds to come from Federal Revenue Sharing ~unds. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: In offering this resolution, I would aisc like to say that this is hopefully g0~ng to be able to satisfy our need on. Bridge Lane where we have a constant water and icing problem. It took a lot of negotiations. Highway Superintendent was instrumental, and our Supervisor was instrumental and it took may be a year and a half but finally we are going to make it safe to drive. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilms. n Murdock, Councilman Nicktes, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Pelt. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: The funds to pay for this will becoming from Federal Revenue Sharing Funds. We have the money set aside for this purpose. We carried over last year funds and we have some in this year's budget. The money is all set. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman:-Murphy, WHEREAS, through diligence and hard work in your daily living you have set high standards for yourself, and WHEREAS, the basis for development for your own personal code of conduct could not provide a better guidance and will contribute to a more meaningful life, and WHEREAS, you will continue to be guided in your daily living by the Scout Oath and Code, now, therefore; be it RESOLVED that Robert Walden, J~. be congratulated for achieving the highest rank in scouting - Eagle Scout. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen~ Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: Number 36 is not on the agenda like 35 was not. We have the auditors here auditing the Town books and it is their recommendation today to the Tow.n Board that we consider taking on an account clerk to handle all'~these grants that the Town is involved in, We have possibly six federal funded grants that will be taking place this year, grants that have been applied~ for two years ago, last year and auditing people said today it is too much work at this time for our present bookkeeping staff to handle. On motion of Councilman.Murdock, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it Was RESOLVED that Supervisor William R. Pell, III be and he hereby is authorized and directed~to hire a part-time grants account cler~ to set up grant accounts, at such terms and conditions as the SuperVisor shall deem appropriate. Vo~e of the Town Board: AYES: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Petl. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: I want to make clear that funds to pay this account clerk to handle the grant are in each grant. There is administration money set aside for this, so the mo~ey will come out of each grant to do this work. Any Councilman have anything they wish to bring up? Larry? Hank? Francis? Francis?John? JANUARY 27, 1981 I would like i~"announ( ks a vacancy on.the Planning Board when Mr. Gordon takes the job as Assessor--- I will accept es~ for the Planning Board position~ I anticipate there will be a vacancy, resumes to the Town Clerk by February 6th, the next Board meeting is February 10th and we can fill that vacancy at that time. The floor is open to the public. Does anybody wish to address the Board? MR. HENRY LYTLE: Mr. Pell, I'd like to refer t0 Item 8'on the commun'ications, a letter from Gregory Blass about Peconic Dunes. The last I-saw in the paper about this was that S{ffolk County had decided not to spend a great amount of money on upgrading that park. Has there been any further action there or are they just going to go along with the way it is? SUPERVISOR PELL: What the Board has directed me to do today is to contact Greg Blass, ask him exactly what is going on with it, report back to the Board at the next Board meeting. We read what you did, but yet the~bottom line of his letter says, "but I'm not sure if any aspects of the operation is satisfactory to the Town." We want to know exactly what he is talking about. I will be sending him a letter and a telephone call tomorrow and have him get back to us. Also, one of the Councilman says, what other alternatives are available if it is not going to be a camp, in our discussion today. These are some of the questions we want to ask Greg, Legislator Blass. Anybody else ~ant to address the Board? On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that there being no further business to come before this Town Board meeting adjournment be called at 4:10 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nick'les, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen-, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted.