HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-08/08 & 08/09/1978SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
August 8 & 9, 1978
Executive Session
Robert ~~ President, S~outhold Town_F~e~is~rict
Association.~ Benjamin Orlowski, Jr., vice-President, vincent wieczorek,
Second Vice President and First Vice President of Chief's Council,
and Fred Rempe, Greenport Fire Department spoke to.the Board regarding
the adoption of a Fire Code for the Town of Southold. BasIcally,
they would like to adopt~ the 1976-77 New York State .Fire Prevention
Code, with some revisions, and call it the Southold Town Fire Code.
The additions they anticipate adding are: (1) all enforcement of
said code to be handled by each village fire district for their, area;
(2) said enforcement wilt be by a recommended person or persons
presente~d by each fire district to the town board for appointment;
(3) Said person ~ or persons appointed by district and town board
will do all necessary enforcement work' on a voluntary basis with no
pay, o.ther than possibly $1~00 per year to cover 'with town insurance,
etc.; (4)~ all district person or persons appointed to enforce said
code shall be recommended and appointed on a yearly basis: (5') any
person or persons to be considered for this enforcement posi~tioh
must be properly qualified ffrematically.~nd- in a~l-l~other..categ~ory
deemed n~cessary; (6) it is their express~ opinion that there" Should
be no changes in this enforcement policy without first having a
dist~ic~ .,meeting with the Southold Town District Officers AssQcia-
tio~ ~and Southold Town Fire C~i~fS ~Council and proof of neces~.ity.
Said~Sou~hold Town Fire Code not to become retroactive on existing
strUCtures or businesses.
In the matter of inspections, they would merely like
to inspect existing structures, industrial, businesses, and make
recommendations for good fire prevention. They would like to make
recon~en~a%i®ns on proposed new construction for good fire preven-
tio~ T~ey ~sked that the Board consider their request t? hire ·
attg~neYi~Richard Lark to write the Code, his fee to be paid' by the
Town.~ The Board advised they would meet with_Mr.~ Lark to ~further~
discuss~his proposal
~r. ~Edwa~d J. Fer~uson, President, Leeton Drive Beach Association,
Inc.~. So~thold, spoke with the Board relative to the proposed construc-
tio~ ~of ~ ~ro~n field in Long I~sland Sound below Leeton Drive. They
have'thelinecessary permits from~the Corps of~Arm!~Engineers and
Department of En~vir0nmen~a'l ~e0~s-~r~gati0n _aha plan~to begin c_~nstr~c-~
tion within the next week. Their pr'oblem is the need for co~rse
fill to~e~placed between the groins. If they use sand it will be
washed a~ay with the first storm. Mr. F~erguson asked if it would
be possible to get some of this course fill from the Goldsmith Inlet
areaiwhe~e it has built up to the end of the. jetty. The Board did
not ~eei!~his would De feasible. ~{ighway Superintenden~ Dean stated
there~ is ian excess of from the sifted sand that he must find a way
of dlspo~ing Of. He suggested that Mr. Fergus n~s group purchase
fill tic~ets for the amount they need from the Town Clerk at 75¢
per
iyardllplus tax and he could supply the fill needed~ Mr.
Ferguson
sai~ th~'~i ~1~ ~ould need less than. 1000 cubic yards and fe]~ ~his was the
ide~i s6iution.
A regular meeting of the Southold Town Board was held at 3:00 P.M.,
Tuesday, August 8~, 1978.at_the Southold~Town ~all, Mai~ Road, Southold,
New York. Supervisor Martocchia opened the r~eting with the following
present:
supervisor Albert M. Martocch~a
Justice Martin suter
Absent:
Councilman James Homan
Councilman Henry W. Drum
Councilman william R. Pell III
Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker
Highway Superintendent Raymond C. Dean
Town Clerk Judit~'T. Terry
Justice Francis T. Doyen.
On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Pell, it was
RESOLVED that the ~uly 25, 1978 Southold Town Board minutes be and
hereby are'approved as submitted.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervzsor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen. -
This resolution was declared adopted.
On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board
will be held at 3:00 P.M., August 22, 1978.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,.-
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen.
This resolution was declared adopted.
Supervisor Martocchia stated that the audit is not complete, and
they will not be closing out.todays meeti.ng, it will be recessed
and reconvened tomorrow at Fishers Island.
On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was
RESOLVED that the July 1978 reports of the Supervisor, Town Clerk,
Assessors, Building Department, Police~partment, Dog Warden, and
Justice Snter be placed on file.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen.
This resolution was declared adopted.
Supervisor Martocchia:
1. Letter from Lee E. Koppelman~ Executive Director
of the Nassau-Suffolk Regional Planning Board expressing his appre-
cia'fion for the excellent opportunity the Board gave his colleagues
and himself to present their findings on the ~08 study. Of all the
public meetings they have attended thus far, this was the best
attended and, in his opinion, the most positive one that they have
had.---Letters of support have been received from the North Fork,
~udubon society, North Fork Environmental COuncil, Inc., and the
~.~ ~ ~n v~t~ o~ ~iverhead-Southold.---The Town Board is
fairly certain they will support it, but are asking two weeks to
study it thoroughly. It will be further discussed at the next
meeting.
2. Members of the Town Board, Supervisor Martocchia,
Councilman Homan, and Town Clerk Terry visited the ~astern Suffolk
NurSing Hom~ on the occasion of the 100th birthday of ~h~] ~h-~
mond. Everyone concerned was appreciative that the Town officials
attended.
3. There has been a serious problem at the Mattituck
Inlet. The Board had some pictures delivered to them today showing
the barge wrecks sinking. ~ '~
The Coast Guard and Corps of Army Engineers
have been notified the barges are sinking.
Councilman Homan reported that he met with the people from the
Office of Mental Retardation a we~k ago today and discussed various
sites that had been given to him for a home in the Town and the~e
will be a resolution later in the meeting.
Supervisor Martocchia reported that the accusation of police brutality
against Chief ~a~aldo h~s been ~b~ the grand ~ur~. So
ofte~ all~e~atio~s and char_ges appear in the press in bi~ print,
however, w~en the matter is resolved it appears in small print in
the back of the newspaper.
In the matter of t~.Cedar Beac~ Prgblem, County Executive Klein
appro~e~the drawing of a contract for ~curity personnel to be
placed at the beach.
Supervisor Martocchia:
4. Letter f~om the the Suffolk County Tax Receiver's
Association indicating they are trying to have legislation intro-
duced to amend ~he .Suffolk County Tax Act to make their term of
office four years. The Board is taking no position on this matter.
5. The Mattituck Fire Department is requesting per-
mission to use Town roads for a parade in conjunction with a car-
nival they are_ holding Augus~ 29th through September 3rd. They
have not as yet applied for a special license for thi~ carnival and
must d~ so before the opening date, as well as permission from
the Board of Appeals.
On motion of Justice Suter, secondgd by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Mattituck Fire Department be and hereby is granted
permission to hold a parade along town roads on August 30, 1978
beginning at 7:00 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Mar~occhia. Absent:
Justice Doyen. ~
This resolution was declared adopted.
On motion of Councilman'Homan, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED ~hat Southold Town. Police Depgrtment Rule and Regulation
RR 76-2' is ~evised and amended as follows and shall supercede the
provisions of Article XV, Sect$on 1 of ~he Rules a~dRegu%ations
adopted ~y the Town. Board of the Town of Southold on August 10,
1965:
I. PURPOSE
To provide regulations governing the use of sick time.
II. PROCEDURE
A. Employees of the department who are ill Or injured
and unable to appear for duty should notify headquarters as soon as
possible upon making such a determination in order that a replace-
ment may be obtained if necessary. In no event shall an employee
make such notification le~s ~han two hour~ p~ior to th~ time at
which he is"r~q~ir~d to repor~ for duty~ In the case of civilian
clericg~ e~ploy~es, sUch notification shall be made no less than
one h9~r pr~r to the tim~-~t ~h~ch he ~s required to report for
duty .'
B. The Chief of Police shall have the authority to
require additional information ahd cer~ificati6n relative to sick-
time requests in such form as he deems necessary. ~i
~ C. A merdSer Of the department who is sick is assumed
to be either at home or in-the hospital or a doctor's office receiving
treatmentS' Since ~he municipality pay~ the member for such Sick-time,
i~ h~s the'right to determine if such ~ic~-time fs justified. Accord-
ingly, the d~partment reserves' the ~ight to Call or have its re~
presentatives visit.the residence of the me~er ~when s~ch ~embe~ is
on sick call. -
- Any member who rgpD~ts~si~k for a tour of duty and due
to circumstance-s b~yond his control is not ~t his residen6e, shall
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so advise the radio operator, or other appropriate person, when.
reporting and advise of the location and p~0ne, nun~o~ er at which he_
can be reached. If it is necessary to leave the residence to go to
a physician's office for tr'eatmen~,- headquarters shpuld be advised
in advance giving pertinent details.
. D.~.~.~y'~embe~. who. ~s_ absent_from duty ~or illne~_s or
injury, regardless of the duration, shall complete a form PDTS-lO9._
(Affirmation relative to illness or injury) and submit such form
upon his return to duty.
the Chief of ~01ic~ ~all~hayD the. r~ht_to rDquire that. ~he em-~
ployee_ present hims~!f ~o a physician_actin~ at. the request of the
Chief pf. Ppli~9_ fpr ~he_ pprpp~e..of_a~.exami~ation. Such examination
shall be a charge Bg~inst ~he TQwn of Sou~hold,~
. F~ Thg. fai.~ure of a .m~mber tp comply with the above
prov~signs Cgu~d~.lea~ to a fQrfeiture of pay for such sick days.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum~
Councilma,n Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice_Doyen
This resolution was declare~..adopted.
Supervisor Martocchia:
6. Letter from the New York state Department of
Transportatio~ relative ~o plan~fgr the repair of the seawall at
East Marion. He had requested the Department to make an evaluation
ofthe damage done to the seawall QD~Dg the winter storms. They~
advise that their engineers are presently completing a study of ~he
area to determine the best solution to the problem.
7. Receipt of resignation from Henry F. Moisa as a
member of the .Suffolk County Select-Committe~ on the_Acquisition of
Development Riqht~ of Farmland.---The~Board will accept names to be
considered as a replacement for Mr~..~oisa? .............
8. Notification from the Department of the Army,
Corps of Engineers, upon application of the Suffolk C~u__nt~Depart-
ment of Public Works for the construction of bulkhead and install
dolphins at the Long Island Railroad pier in Greenport Harbor.
Objections by August 27,~ 1978.. _
9. A meeting was held this morning with m~mbers of
the Southold Town Fire District Officers-Association relative to a
proposed Fire Code for the Town of Southold. Further meetings
will be held on this to go into~$~ at depth.
On motion Qf Councilman Drum, seconde~ by Councilman Homan, it was
RESOL~VED that Superv%sor Albert _M. Martocchia be and he hereby is
authorized to enter into a contract on behalf of the Town of Southold
with General Appraisal Company for a detailed property record.
installa~ig~.for the Town of Southold at $4,650.00, plus an annual
fee qf 1~ of the original fee for Continuous Appraisal Service.
Vote"of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice surer, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen~
This resolution was declared adopted.~
Supervisor Martocchia:
10~ ~orrespg~d~nqe~.with%.the .Leeton Drive Association
relative to some qroin work they plan to do. The ~a~d ~'et with
Edward J. Ferg"uson this morning, who asked if it would be possi~I~
to get some course fill from the Goldsmith Inlet area where it ~h~'S
built up to the end of the jetty. The Board did not feel this would
be a g~od idea ~nd~advised .M,r? Ferguson tha~ they could buy excess
fill from the disposal area at 75' a yard plus tax. This i~ qu~te
agreeable to Fir. Ferguson.
11. The Board ~has. received an application for a
_~gu~.~t ~ca~p per~ f~om Eastern Long .Island .Kampqround~ ..I~c-., which
is not in correct form and will be returned to the applicant.
On"motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman petl, it was
RESOLVED that the Board set 3:30 P.M., September 5, 1978, Southold
Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York as time and place for a
hearing in the matter of the application of ~ame..p Meskouri~ for a
permit Under the provisions of the Wetland Ordinance of the Townof
Southold for permission to remove 40 ft. 'by 10 ft. strip of beach
grass, allowing acc~_s~.t0 water for swimming on his Property lo~ated
on the east side Of. tributary of Mattituck c~eek, off Westphalis
Road, MattituCk, New York. All persons interested in said matter
shall ~ppear at the time and place.above specified and'will be given
an opportunity to be'heard.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Mar~occhia. Absent:
JusticeDoyen.
This resolution was..declared adopted.
SuperviSor Martocchia announced ~hat there is a vacancy on the
o~_-D~L~AD~p_q~and names were to be received'until August 5th.
Two additional applications were received, Jack Driscoll of Laurel
and Gerald wells of Cutchogue. Another name was received ~o~ay,'
but it is too late.
on motion of Justice suter, seconded by councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the following resolution adopted by the Southold
Town Board on July 25, 1978 be amended as follows:
"RESOLVED that Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia be and he hereby is
author'i:zed to--enter into a contract on behalf of the Town of Southold
mately.one'acre ~f land, together with a twenty-foot easement
running from ~aid parcel-to Duck Pond Road, Cutch~gue,-'New York, for
the consideration of $1,506.00 (subjeot:to a permissive~'refer~ndum).''
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Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: 'Councilman Pell, COuncilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen.. . '
This resolution was declared adopted.
Supervisor Martocchia explained ~hat~Mr. Fellinqer-Ihar'~'attorney,
felt"a permissive referendum would be necessary, although Fir. Tasker
did not. Further research was done' and it was determined ~a per-
missive referendum is not necessary. Therefore, the previous re-
solution was adopted to amend the July 25th resolution omitting
"subject to a permissive referendum."
SupervisOr Martocchia:
12. There is a .~art-tim~ position, open 'for a_~
ins__~e.c~t_t~6r for SubdiviSion road and drainage construction. The
pay for such a position ~s by inspection. Anyone interested and
qualified should su~mit resumes to the Town Board~
13. Letter from Jod~o~d2~dAda~ms relative to observations
of some of th~~ildin~ she has'visited recently. Miss
Adams suggested moving the air conditioner in the Justice Court to
a site on the east wall rather than behind'the stenographer, as it
must be turned off during court hours for the stenographer to hear
what i~be~ng said.---This problem w~ll ~e resolved as there rs an
air 'conditioner avaflable for installation at the Justice Court.
~' 14. On Saturday' Supervisor~ Martocchia, coun'Cilman
Pell, Justice Suterl and Councilman Drum met with the Deputy'Director
of the~HUD~_~ro~9~g~_r~am~from New York City and rev~'ewed qu~t~ a few Of'
the items. They were'conVinced~th~y were not making a move all that
b ad'in '~dopting the HUD resolution.
Moved by Councilman Drum, seconded ~y Justice 'Su-ter,
W~EREAS, the Town of Southold has exeo~ted a-Cooperation
Agreement with the County of Suffolk fo~ the purposes of receiving
~upit~.~elopment funds under the Housing and ~ommunit~
Development Act of 1974 (P.L~ 93L383); and
.WHEREAS, the Department ~f Housing' and Urban bDvelQpment
has approved the year .III applicationof Suffolk county ~pon condi-
tion that the ~unt? and the Consortium members approve assurances
in the form of certified local governing body resolutions'that each
cooperating municipality will take positive acti0n necessary for the
development of its proportionate share of the housing units~called
for under the current Ho_using Assistance Plan and will not i~pose
any unreasonable impediments to the development of Such units called
for under the Housing Assistance Plan, an~
~HEREAS, the Secretary 'requires assurance that affir-
mative steps will be taken to implemen~ the Suffolk Count~ Hou-sin~
Assistance Plan as a condition ~o the receipt of Year III Community
Development funds by the To~n of Southold for var.~ous projects or
activities as described in the approved application; Now, therefore
be it
RESOLVE~ that the Town of Southold her~y acknowledges its ' ' ~
commitment to the goals of the Housing Assist~ce ~lan as approved
by Hud; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Town of Sou~hold ~p!edg_e~ .~hat .it
will take o~._i~e 9~ction necessary for the development of. its .
propor.tionate share of housing un~ts-.called_ ~or under the c~rrent
Housing. Assistance Plan as approved by HUD and will impose ~o
unreasonable i~ped~nts,~o SuC~housing development.
Vote of, the ~own Board~ . Ayes: Councilman Pe~ll, Councilman Drum,
CounCilman Ho~n',~S~ice '~s~%e~,_ supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
J~tice Doyen.
This resolution was declared ad~pted.
Supervisor Martocchia:
15. Item 25 on the agenda is an adjustment of dates
in the~fi~a~nt~cg~tract with the Villag?· Of Greenport_ . . ~ so the
contrac~ will end on December 31st. .
16. Item'26, the purchase~of a
will be held f6r the ~eeting on ishgrs ~sland on W~dnesd-ay.
Item 27, a transfer of Fishers Island Ferry District funds will
also be acted o'n at ~Fishers ~sland tomorrow. ~ '
On motion of Councilman Pell, seconded by Justic~ Suter, it was
RESOLVED that the Orient Fire De a~men% be and hereby is granted
permission to~q~Q~_chard_$~_e~t from Village Lane to Navy Street
on August 19, 1978 from 12 P.M. through 10 P.M. for Othe~purp0se of
holding their 2~0th_~Aq..n_ual B.arbecue, pr0v~ded~the necessary in§urance
is obtained to hold ~he Town,_of Southold harmless.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, _Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, S~pervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen .....
This resolution wa~ declared ad~pted.
~On motion of Councilman Pell, seconded by Councilman ~oman,_ it was
RESOLVED tha~ ~he So~thold Town Board ~set --5 M_-~ ,.~t~e~er~ .5~
~ Sou%hold Town, Hall, Mai~ Road,. southold New York as time and
place for a ~ in the matter of the application of T_he N~_o~th
F~Q~k' ~_~_t'~C~9~.~an~Lfor a franchise to run an a_e_riaI .c~_~omm~nl-
_ca_tion$ cable along public roads between the North Fork ~ank
Trust Company office on Love Lane, Mattituck, and its data ~center
on Sound Avenue, Mattituck. This cable would run along the south
side Pike Street to a point on the west side of Westphalia Road,
across and along the east side of westphalia Road to the south
side of Sound Avenue, and along the south side Sound Avenue to the
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North Fork Bank and Trust Company computer building on the southeast
corner'~of Sound Avenue and Pacific Street. All persons.interested
in said matter Shall~appear at the time and place above specified
and will be given,an opportunity to be heard.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: ~Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen. :
This resolution was declared adopted.
Supervisar.Marto¢ckia: .
17. Letter from Lee KoDDelman relative .to his:,20~-
presentation at Southold Town last week. It was the best at%ended
to date and most positive one they have had.
On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by councilman Pell, it was
RESOLVED that the Town of Southold understands the need of the~
9f_~eD~a~.Retardation and does approve of~ the selection of a site
in Southold-Town. The final site selection shall be approved by
the Town Board. . ~
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter,r Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:
Justice Doyen.
This resolution was declared adopted.
Mr. ~-Ko~hnle, Greenport, asked ab'out Item 19: on the agenda, KO_ A __-
hearing date, is that a new application or new site?---Supervisor
Marto¢chia s~tated ~it is the same site, but they are applying for
24 additional sites, ~which they can under the new regulations.
This would give them a ~total of 148 sites~ They presently h~e 123
or 124. They originally applied for ~67 sites.--eCouncilman Homan
stated that as ~th~ develop ~,the .sites they need Town Board approval.
~M~- wil~_liam _Sc~h~riever, Orient,. asked what it is- the Town Board is
going to do about the 208~~s. entation?~-~--~S~pervisor Martocchia
stated that the night of the presentation was a week ago today,
August. tst. ~te h~d his 208 books., but the other boar~d members
did not receive them until the night of the presentation, and would
like ~an opportunity to l~ook the books over.---Mr..Schriever asked
what will be adopted, will there be a new law?---Supervisor
Martocchia 'said~that-~all they ~-are a~king: for is, the :'Town Board' s
support~of the study..---Councilman Drum stated that Mr. Koppelman
asked for Town Board support of his plan to-Albany.---A copy of the
208 study is available to look at it_at the Town~C~lerk~'s office.
A member of ~the audience stated ~that he is .100% in favor of the work
to be done at the ~harb~or ~in~reen ~grt.--,-Councilman Pell stated that
the Village of Greenport is look,ing into obtaining~-federal funds
for that project' (Sweets Shipyard.) .....
Mr. weinheimer, Peconic,-asked whether the rssolution.~adopted for
Year III HUD f~nds implies that those funds will flow in freely
now, that you wlll be ab, le to proceed .with work on the Peconic center?
.... Supervisor Martocchia stated that is not necessarily so, it
means:the_Town,_has a~shot at it again,~', Prior to .the,:-ado~tion of
thi~ ~r'esolution the Board supplied HUD~ with a list of_ seven or eight
areas in the town which are presently zoned '~'~' Residential. The
Deputy Director o~ ~HUD, in the ir ~meeting Saturday; ~said that he
feels the Town is 6n~fairly~safe grounds, .that if we ,apply sound
planning 'principals-to their~decisions, and:if someone did ask for
a change of.zone,r~.it would ~not concern them-if~it were turned down
for good~ reason.~ · : . .- : .~
On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Pell, it was
RESOLVED:that a recessive called at:3.~40 P~M~, meeting ,to reconvene
at i~00,P.M., ,Wedq~sdaY, ~Aug~st~9, 1978 at the Fisher~s Island School,
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Vote of the Town--Boa~rd::. Ayes: CouncilmanPelt, Councilman~Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor. Mar.tocchia. Absent.:
Justice Doyen
This resolutio~ was declared adopted .......
This Sou~ho%~To~n Board~ reconvened at ~ Q0
197. 8 at the~i..~$b~lan__~. ~_~9o~ 1, Fishers Island, New Yo~'k.
SuperviSor Martocchia'opened the meeting w~h~he following members
presen.t~ .......
Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia
~ JUstice Martin Suter ~" -
Justice Francis T. Doyen . ' _
Councilman James Homan
Councilman Henry W. Drum
Councilman William R. Pell III .....
~ighway SuPerintendent Raymond C. Dean
. ToWn~Attorney. Robert~W.'Tasker
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry ~_. ' '
Supervisor Martocchia introduced the m~mbers of the Town Board
and the following ~h_e?s ~i~nd;~ ~_:.~_~?~.ficia!s'~.~s~nt..
John~Pendleton, President of the F..I.'Civic Associa'tion
George Fisher & Curtis Horton.,.So. Tn._Build.inq.D~pt.
Henry Moisa & Charles--Watts, So. Tn..Board of'Assessors
Robert Gillispie, Terry Tuthill, Rohe'rt Bergen, .Serge
.... --Doyen, So. Tn. Board of Appeals
Scott Harris, Ann~ Hataier, So. Tn. Trustees
Fred Gordon, Frank Coyle,, James wall, So. Tn
. . Planning Board .
~illiam Allen, Acting Mayor, Village of.Greenport
Henry Carlozzi, Trustee,.~Frederick T~deshi, ~Jus_tice
Village of Greenport
Arthur'Felice, Suffolk County Clerk; Rose'Privett,
Jerry Polarmo
'Dick Curtis, Suffolk Times, Ed Wood, L.I. Traveler,
~- .~ .... Doug Love, Traveler, Pat~M~lton, Assoc.'_Press
District Attorney's.Office - Don Burns
Jean Tuthilt0 Suff61k County Treasurer., Gene Lester,
Deputy (Suffolk County Sheriff, Comptroller,
Police commissioner, County Attorney were
invited.hut could not make 'it.)
~George Meyer, Suffolk County Civil. Service De~a.~t-~ent
Everett McNabb, Board of. Elections . .
Barney Evans, Suffolk.County Dept. of Public Works
Dr.~Harris, Suffolk-County Department of Health.&'
-. Robert Villa
Dick-white, Suffolk County Parks Deputy commissioner
John Lademann, Consumer Affairs, Suffolk.Connty, c
Tom Ryan, Real. P~operty Tax,office, Suffolk. LC~unty~
Ronald Edeen, Commissioner, Suff..Co .... Probation~Dept.~
Carl Cataldo, Southold Town Police Chief
Rober~ Walden, Greenport.village Police ChieE.
william Januick, So. -Tn.. Bay Constable
Suffolk County Social. Services Dept. representative.
(Denis-Hurley, County.Legislator, Commissioner of
Jurors, surf. Co. and Frank Coveney, Board of Elections,
Suff. Co. were invited but unable to attend.)
On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by Justice Suter, it Was '"
RESOLVED~that- the Commissioners of the Fishers Is-land-Ferry District
be and hereby are .granted per?i~sion to~ f.r_o_m _the lowest
responsible bidde~, ~ a ~~3co~n~o~l,i~ne_. t.r_uck.
%150, t9 transport milk and perishables fron. New London to F'ish~rs
Island in accordance with the reco~endati0ns of the suffolk County
Board of Health for the sum of $9,000.00.
Vote of the Town.Board: Ayes: councilman Pell; councilman Drum,
councilman Homan, -Justice Doyen, Justice suter~ supervisor Martocchia.
This resolution was declared adopted.
On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded,by Councilman Homan, it was
RESOLVEDrthat_~_~00.0Obe and hereby is ~ransferred' fr~m operation
of th~Ferry to Repairs of the Ferry, Fishers Island'FerrY District,
and~ $~525.-00':b~ and'hereby'is~tr'ansf~rre~ from Operation of'~he'
Ferry ~o R&pair~iD0~k~ an~ Bu~ingS~,iFish~rs. Isla~d Ferry District.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homart, Justice Doyen, ~ust~ce Suter, supervisor Martocchia.
Thi~ resolution was declared adopted.
On motion of Supervisor Martocchia, SeConded by JuStice Doyen, itwas
RESOLVED that~ober~J~Dou. ~ ~. ~ ~lass, _ Orient,. _ _ _ New.....~ York. be and he hereby· - ..
is appo~Dted~a member Of the Southold Town Board'of APpeals to fill
the position vacated by Robert Bergen effective A~~97
through April 19, 1981.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: ~o~ncilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Doyen, Justice Surer, sup~rviso7 Martocchia.
This resolution was declared adopted2
On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Justice Doyen, it was
RESOLVED that the_~~~an~_~i~_~_De_~part~nt be ahd hereby are
granted.permission.to block_off a'section of EqueStrian AvenUe in
front of the fire house for the'purpo~e 6f holding a Beerfest on
Saturday, August 12, 1978 from the h~urs of 5 P.M. to ap~r0~imately
2 A.M. on August 13, '1978, provided the n~cessary insurance is
obtained to hold the Town of Sou.thold harmless.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum,
Councilman Homan, Justice Doyen, Justice Suter, Supervisor Ma~tocchia~
This resolution was declared adopted.
Supervisor Martocchia stated that the Town Board did dommit them-
selves to Building another tennis cour__ _ -- _ t on~~Fishers Island. Bids
for the construction of this court was advertised, but there were
no bidders. However, arrangements have b~eh made for its cOnstruction
and it is under way now.
There has been a problem with_some of the roads on the Island, amd'
Mr. Dean made arrangements with the Plum Island ferry terminal
that they could land there, but a problem developed with the vessel
on the. Fishers ~sl~ndlside.' Th~ work has'been rescheduled for after
Labor Day,~ -.~ .,. ~.- ~, ,
Mr. Peo~leton requested that some of th~'sid~walk_ s be reviewed. A
partial'plan was submitted to him and that will be reviewed with
Mr. Dean, Mr. Pendl~tQn and.members of the Town Board road co,m~_ittee.
There was mention of assessment problems~ in Mr. Pendleton's letter to
the Board.. Assessment ~s a problem all over the country; if the'
people wis~ todiscuss it today, a small amount'of time will be given
to the subject. (Superv~sor-Ma~tocchia briefly'discussed new legis-
lation relative to assessment.)
Another~ar has been delivered to the-Island, and arrived
within the last few days.
The~w_.~y~b~~ is in operation. There is'oniOn_one Concern
Supervisor Martocchia had, and he did m~ke it a recommendation to
the Ferry District Commissioners - quite a few of the Island people
wanted one of the ferry boats to_s.t~a~y on ~h~ Fish.rs Island sf~
rather than both on the New Londo~-&ide'.~ :~ :TO~ ~Ohsider~ th-is :the
Co~s~oners had_to develop a COS~.~actor; how much more it wo~ld'
cost the people 0f the Island for the boat ~o S'taY 6~-th~ FiShers
Island side It ~s probabl&-~ha~ when that s~udy i~ completed,
there will ~e a~ increase i~s~, '~d it'wili'be ~p ~ ~he people
of t~.!siand %~ d~$ne, w~e~her the~ ~ant to spend the extra
money,
On motion of Jus.tice Su~gr, sgconded bY Counqi~ma.n ~toman, it was
RESOLVED that the follOwing a_udited']tills 'be ~paid. as follows:
Gene~!'Fund~ho!e TgWn'bi~l~-in %he' amo~n~'of '$i8~35~.10~"Generai
Fund Part Town b%lls ~n the amount of ~8,969.23; H1qhway Depa'rtm~nt
b~l!s~n ~he.~mo~t ~f $45,573.45; F.s~rs Island'. Ferry'D~str~c~
b~lls in the amount of $53~709.87; and FederaI ReVenue Sharlng
Fund bills in the...~moun~ ~ $2~8~90~00.
Vote of the Town ~oard~~ Ayes: CoUncilman ~ell, Councilman Drum%
Councilman Homan, Justice Doyen~ "J~S~iC'e Su~e~',: s%pervisor''Mar~Occhia.
This resolution was _declared adopted.
ROBERT ,k~n~" with: ~efe~&nc&- ~o'She 'grigi~&l ~'e%i~:~
relative to
keep.ng:one fe;r~ 9n %~e. Fls~$rs island ~i~e; there'''~ '
..... were a' Couple
of ,huhdr&d*~o~le'in &~k~nd~e; a~d-it was qu~t~ clear t~e"opinion
was to keep one ~9~ry on the Fishers Island si~e;
~Y~o~ DO~N~' ~Pof~t~Dres&hk; %he-'~5~is~i6ne~s h&~e~a cost
estimate to ao the stuay in me amOnh~-ef $20;000 ~& $25;600.
this_t~mg, with the cost of building a n$w ferry and dock work that
had ke{b~-d0~a;'.'th~;BOa~d &f Co~isSione~s dian'h feel at t~i~:
moment '~th~ were reaay ~&"'~end-~hat a~OU~t o~~ mOneY', until the other
projects ~a~_bee~ completed, m~:'~s-s%ill'-di~hin their' %hi'king
dQ ~bSs ~ sooh as ih[is-fsn~nc~ily_~ragt~da! t~' hay9 t~i~ infor-
mati~h b~ore thA 6o~unity t9 make a decision fr~ ~he ~ValUati0n
as to whether ~unning park. of-the.$egyiCe from_.Pishers Island
part from New LQndon ~t' the cost ih~019ed' ~uld be-within their
wishes ~ '
Sapervis~r. Martocchia thanked cOmmissione~'Doyen for maki~q t~eir
19:J9 budget available as soon as this, and it is a hold-the-line
budget..
GORD~N:AH~N.: Zwha~:.~es th~ ~o~t so"mu~: higher t~'-keep the~b0~a~
over here? $25~000.
RAYMOND.D~O~__~: I did not say it would cost $25,000. to keep the
boat over here, it ~ould cost that"t0 dO: ~he study~
LUCY AHMAN: ~I ~w0. uid tik~ to kn°w}w~y'ghe io~al people who Will be
usihg ~h~ bO&t, dould not take fi~e Or-six people ahd make their'
own study. Why do we have to pay $25,000 for a service, when we
could make the study ourselves. We are the ones who know what we
want,~n~ ~ider Could~know what we Want, or their problems.' ~':
SUPERVISOR~4ARTOeCHIA st~tea*that'the 'Pe0~i& ef ~he*'<' ' '
Isl&nd have
elected certgin people to run the Ferry District and the Town Board
%hey say. I~ they are not sat;sf;e~ there ,s a
the be~t'ihtere~s ~f the-'island'at hear~, tryihq 'to keep ~osts to a
minimum.
LUCY ~HM~N~..: Could s~e ask. Ray D~en now why. theY m~st.hir~ an out-~
sider or do I hage %6'go~'~0~0mmission~r"s ~eting? '~'
Supervisor Martocchi~ stated he felt it would be a good place 9t. the
Ferry Commlssioner*~~ meeting.
-RAYMO. Alp..DOYEn_: There will be a.meeting on Friday, August 18th
at- 7: 00~ P..M~.. at_ _the_ schoo!,, a_bu~ge~i hearing, which, legally_ is a
meeting, solely_ for approving the budget as submitted by the Board
of~.C~ommissioners After..that mee.ting is adjou~rned, we usually hold
an informal meeting for a short time ,to answe, r questions that may
come up_from the community..
MARIO_ZANGSIETTI.'. If it costs $25,000 to_make a survey, the next
time it i_s.'.bid,:.why isn't it bid_bothways, one,.based on Fishers
Island, two, based on New London and you will have the answer right
there, and lyou won:'t have to spend. S25,000.
Mr. Raymond Doyen stated he is only the chairman of the ~oard and
there are four other commissioners and fee.ls .they should be together
to answer questions that are brought before the Board.
AL PAGNATTA~ Where to.we go? Are we subject., at~ the Commzssloners
meeting of the.Fishers Island Ferry District, are we subject to a
decision, that is made by the commissioners, or do the people of the
Island, either summer residents or permanent residents have any
voice in .what the-C~mm~issioners say,. aside from voting for or
agains~t at. each election. .
TOWN.ATTORNEY TASKER: _Basically speaking, the Commissioners under
the Act, like any other improvemen~ distriet~-are the governing body.
The voters have only the option of electing their commissioners.
In the Fishers Island, Ferry District the.only other.matters in
which you directly, participate is in their hearing which they~will
hold this.coming week,..to pass on the next years budget. To take
~t~anQther~s,tep f~rther;~nder~,the.Act creating the district most
of the i~portan,t~action.take~ by~he commissioners mus~.-be~approved
byuthe%Town~Board~se ~herefore,-.there--is a sort of-over-riding-and
supervision_by the Town BOard..- So, fr~m a-~heo~eticat s~andpgint~
if. the Commissioners~teok an act which required Town-Board approval
and the people-cf..Fishers--Island violently petitioned, the~Town Board
not to approve, of that action, it probably would be listened to.
But taking~it from ~,the ~irst step,~ I-think the Cemmissioners.~would
listen, to the~wishes of the. people;-of Fishers.-Isl~n~. t thinks.the
question of whether or not you should.spend.money for a survey for
basing a boat on Fishers .Island-is a money_item which is a proper
subject of their hearing coming up as it will ultimately affect the
budget and that is what you are having a hearing on, S°, therefore,
it wo~ld be,. I~_think~.a proper s~bject to be discussed at that
hearing.
Supervisor Martocchia stated_that~the budget-he,-has is_not an
adopted budget, it is something the Commissioners put together
for the,~Boa~d te l~ok at a~d~he people of Fishers..Island~w~l~ have
thei~-Qpportunity~.to-:look_a% i~ on that.ee~tain.~date,of, the hearing
and the i~em~ that you wish ~to~challange or question,._,should.be done
at that ~ime.
LUCY[AHMAN:'~, A while ago~ yon:~peop~e pas~ed.a vote, wh%ch did, not
include-any of us,.you passed-.a vote,te~buy-s~me:refrigerated pro-
duct~for~the.~ferr~ boat,-~ou-.people did th~t~ What. I. weuld like to
know is--.why~the~taxpayers.buy-~hat, .w~y-do~:ngt the store owners
who are tramsporting:the milk, why.-do, they not,have their-own means
of_refrigeration, why do.~we~have to buy,it. ~Is~this_thin~ going~to
bezsomething,~hat~I; if I go to-New~Lo~don and..buy~-fi~e~quarts.-of
milk, can I use that particular item that we aretPayzng f®r to~put~
my five quarts of milk to bring over here or zs only for the stores?
i~6~-~e~stand-it and '~ don't ~nder~t~nd~hy~you~vo%'~d on-it'
instead of the C6mmlssione~s.
TOWN ATTORATEY TASKER: The Commissioners acted first. This _is.one
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of those actions that:.I';just talked about that requires, us' toapp~ove
of actions that they have previouslytaken. As-to the refrigerated
van, that;they are a publid carrier and they;must provide safe and
wholesome meanS of-transporting peri~habte goods. I was surprised,
and~,could not unders'tahd how they gOt'aw~y with-it-as long as.,:they
had. I presume that the rates for the transporting of;that type of.
freight would reflect the additional costs of transporting it, so
that- ~h~ store-owner,-or whoever-is-~hipping it would b~ paying
for:'the freight ~ost,of transpor'%ing-tho~e i~ems tO the Island.
LUCY AHMAN: What I am asking you,-is this going ~o-be available',
to everyone, or only stores? There are people who buy groceries,
they,have perishables, they must leave:them 6n %he dock, %hey,?are,
sitting.~on the ferryboat~ .... - ~' '
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: I would say that ultimately it is for the
benefit ~f the peopie of Fishers 'Island to have wholesome fb0di
RAYMOND DOYEN: To ~art in the-beginning, the Suffolk County. Board
of Health has been pmessuring 'the Ferry-District'to provide-a refrig-
erated facility-'tO store-'milk And perishableS~ Ice'has;been, used
for a number of years and is on its way out~ I would say .that:.hope-
fully anyone who pays freight to have perishables sent over to
Fishers Island, also that truck,'Will-'be ~Sed-:too-~.--~0~ ~ell--that~ is
going to work out{ I can't'say until we start to use it~ Basically,
it occurs from'meeting the requ~rementiof the Suffolk County-BOard
0~ Health~ ,They have been most patient fdr,Over at'Ieast three
or four yearsLin~discussiohs:'on doing thiS. We had at first we
would'be"~ble to:have;refrigeration-built-into,the neW, vessel and we
as much as t01d-them this-and they were patient, and accept~it. BUt
as plan~s developed for' the vessel it,didn't, seem p~actical{~o have
ice boxes o~ the boat. 'As anlexample,:if all ~he cars were loaded'
and then a 6ruck~'wlth perishables came down, how.,would you, get the
perishables to'the boQ'of the boat. And. secondly,:having 'two boats
in servicA, 'there~ is also the qoestion 6f :which.boat might:~un at
any one giv~n~tim~ on-the schedule And~with'-refrigeration on one
vessel and no refrigeration on'the ~maller vessel the pmoblems
wouldn't be ~olved.-: ~o we suggested to, the S~ffolk County Board;
of Health'that perhaps he would allow a refrigerated vehicle that
could bemused on-either vessel; and they did'altow;this,'as an accept-
abl~ means-of transpOrtihg: perishables.
LUCY,..AHMAN: If I came 'down with a toad of-perishables, would]-I have
the right to put them in the ~frigerated van?
RAYMOND DOYEN:- If' you pay. your f~eight. ·
DR. HARRIS: I would iik~ 6o clarify this..'~ As far as the~Departmen
.of Health Services is'concerned, we are only interested in-seeing
that Aerishable~food arrives ih a condition that it will not be:
unhealthful to the consumer. How the cost of providing adequate
refrigeration is spread, who subsidizes and so forth, is not our
concern. Now~ as~a common carrie~,.~ must assume-that-the facilities
on'the ~o~on carrier are open to all the people on a reasonable
basis of cost, ~nd'so forth; but I d® not believe they can discrimin-
ate in any way. Quite-'fran~ly, although an individual buying food
to be consumed atahome-would not be in the retail or wholesale:
business',' I. as the Health-CommissiOner-and physician would be more
comfortable knowing that in transit the milk consumed over here was
refrigerated. · .
MARSHALL DQ~E: ts the meeting of the Ferry District Commissioners
on August 18th at 7:00 P.M. open to the public or is it a closed
meeting?~ :
Supervisor Martocchia stated it is'a PUblic meeting, open to the
public.
JOHN GADA:
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Are summer residents also able to vote in that meeting?
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: Your question was whether or not a summer
resident can yote at a ,Ferry DiStrict Meetin~,~ a ,meeting of the
Commissioners, or a budget meeting?---This is really a budget
hearing you have a right to be heard, you don't vote~ it is just
a public hearing for the public t0 express their views concerning
the proposed budget. The only time that the residents vote is at
the ~a_nnual election ~for the election ~of the commissioners and persons
qualifi~ed~ are residents~ and .property owners, nonTresiden~ property
owners .as well as 'residents are qualif~ied to vote on the annua! elec-
tions of the commissioners.
JOHN GADA: In other Words, they a~re not .obligated to ta'ke up this
matter~ of ..the' location of the ~erry boat at this meeting?
TOWN ATTOkNEY TASKER: I would wiew it this way Jack, if the
subject that you wish to bring up is related to the budget, it would
seem to me it ~would be a pertinent question to be heard at the
budget hea~ring, it would in fact relate to the budge~, because you
are talking about .the question of spending a considerable amount of
money for a survey~ or not. If you are going to ~spend that money it
would have to be in the budget. So, therefore, it would seem to me
it would be an appropriate topic for the budget hearing.
[vlz'.. Gada said he could not see.the, advantage of having the. boat
laying at Fishers Island at night, he feels it would cost a con-
siderable amount of money for the crew to he available.---Super-
visor Mar%occhia said that is Mr. Gada's view and other people have
a different view of the matter.
~ICHARD AHMAN: This is the only tax district that I know of in this
area that the taxpayers cannot vote on the approval 0f the budget.
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: The only. district.that you do vote is in a
school district. You don't vote on the Town ~udget, you can't
~ote on ~he County budget, you~ don't vote on. the State budget.Qr the
Federal budget. The only place that a voter has to vote on a ~udget
is the s~hool district.
RIC~L~RD AHMAN: . The ~arbage District, ~ire District~
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: No, you just vote to ~lect your ~ommissioner~.
In the fir~ district, as.I .understand it, you can raisea certain
number off'mills on your tax rate withQ~ ~he ~vQte~ of the~people., if
you exceed ~hat rate you require a vote o~ the taxpayers in the fire'
district.
JOANNE WALL: Would you state again who is qualified to vote for
the commissioners.
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: For the ~y District Co~mmissi~on~rs it
would be residents of Fishers Island which is the geographic
boundaries of the~Ferry District, that .is one category. The other
category is a person,who ow, ns real Pr0Per~ty shown on the present
tax rolls within the ferry district. Now, as to the second category,
they don't necessarily have to be a resident, all you have to do to
qualify in the second category is o%n .real property which is located
in the ~istrict on the ta~ roll. To put it another way, you ~can be
a resident of the district and not own property, you 6~n be a re~or.
Many people rent apartments and a resident within a certain community.
This residence requirement is thirty.days.
SALLY FERGUSON: If the coming meeting is for questions related to
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the budget of the Ferry District, what opportunity do the Island
residents have for questions about their district not related ~to
the budget?
RAYMOND DO,YEN: After the ~udget meeting is adjourned then there
will-be an i~f0rmal meeting to listen to any'~disc~ssion that
come up~befo~ ~h~Bo~rd~ of-~O~is'sio~ers~? ' ......... '
,RIC~ ~: Do you have an a~nnual mOnthly meeting zn a' public~
place? ' . ~
~YMO~ DO~N: We~meet at the Ferry District office, unless~here
is a '~e~in9 ?~here -there would be~a lot 'of ~eo-~ie gathering, %hen
it 'woul~ be berne at 'the s6hool.~: We--usually meet- 0n Friday before
the Town Board meeting which is held on t~e first or second Tuesday
of the month. When we become aware of when the audit for the TOwn
will be we mu'st meet ~to~ approve the bills 'for 'the month,-and that~
more or less~-determi~es when our meeting wilt be. Therefore~,
is not an exact scheduled meeting each month on an exact day. The
public is- in~ite~:t6~ ~t~end these meetings. '
AL PAGNATTA: ~resumab~y the~ a~end~for 'the bud9et meeti~n9 wi~
read ~a~':~0l~l~ows~, :'~the Co~i~'sioners wi-ll meet in an open meeting~
with ~he ~ublic :~eing ~more Or ~ess~ ~te/ a~ least w~thout ~the power
to ~o~e, a~d~ wi~f~-a'p~prove b~ d~sappr0%e the~ ~ud~et~ 'After that
meeting is ~adjo~rn~d there 'w~li b~ an 'infOrmal meeting at which 'the
public can participate." Correct or not? ~
RAYMOND DOYEN: I think maybe you should say that -as the budget
read ~our comments will be heard and ~epo~ted. I-t~will not be
neces~arily that you will be voting for ~or against, your, commenfs
on that line item in the budget wi-ll~ be ~recorded in the'mi~ute'~.~
That will be part of the record. At the' close of the meeting ~the
Board of Commissioners then vote to approve the budget. Naturally
it is 'their budget, /so '~they will approve it. Then the budget is
se~ to the Supervisor.
SALLY~ ~ERGUSON :,
RAYMOND 'DOYEN:
JOHN PENDLETON~
what' is the 'date .of the election? ' '- ~ -
The same day from 2 P.M. to 6 'P.M. at the~ firehouse.
I have two questions, what i-s the procedure now
on how they go about making assessments on property on the Island
and the ~other question is, do~you know what the..dis~0si~tion~of the
Coas, t~,Guard property at this time?
SUPERVISOR~ MARTOCCHIA: We Were aware-of it and we did -apply for
South'~ld 'To:w~ but: 'they p~t,-some- conditions in there. They put in
t~here ti{at w~ were eiimi~ated~ .....
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: ~ think that several months ago we got notice
of t~is property being' available and I thiJk t/hat also the Fish~rs.
Island S~chool District was interested and we withdrew-our in'tere~st
in their favor. I haven't heard anything since as to whether the
school~distr~Ct 'd'id 'a'ct~atly acq6ire ,it 6r ~not. - ~' ".
~MR.' ~HAAS:~ '-There-~ar~ '.two packages of~- property.
Guard ~buildinq itself down at'the ferry dock.
· ~ave not he'ard abb~t ~h~ happened.
One is the-~Coas~
The o-ther ar~ea,~we
JOHN GADA: I talked to GSA a week ago last ~onday an~ they tO~-me
that the houses on the hill is no longer under their jurisdiction.
~,HEW, had given them-to, the'schoo,l,on'Fishers Island. - ......
MR. HAAS: The school made 'application for the houses back' in October
of'.' l&st 'ye:a~,~a~Q
GSA or anyone 'that~ 'th~ "ho~se'~' h'av'e ~ee~ -given to ~t~e-~-s~cho'~'l. ~ - The
only word that we get, the school board, is t~t we are going to get
the~/~uf ~th~e~ are -~b-l~s t~d u~":in-iz~zga~on~' ~'~ .... ove~ ...... lzne'~ .barr~ers~ '
and a:t, .t~is: ~oi~t~t~ :s'c~o~l',h~as n~~ r~e'i~d~y 6f~icial word 'that
~ese'~u~e~"have' b'~%~ ~ceived ' We '~r'e'<Wond~i~ :'~u~se'lves.
JOHN PE~LETON: On the first ~estion'hbO~t asse~'s~emt p~0~ram. '
how do they go about assessing on the Island?
H~RY'MOtS~:' A~B~'~sm~nt:iS ~a~d up~h '25% Of donsfructio~ 'c6st'
for the period o~-yeaTs 1960 t0 I965.. '.L%nd;'is 'hSsess~d.~'on ;that
same 7~er iod'
~. PE~LETON: Do you have a p~ram where yo~ take a different
block of houses, each year to assess them or do you just do it with
building permits?
HENRY MOISA: We .~bot~, if W~ have time we do certain areas each
year, but are limit~'on:h0w much time we can spend on that because
of the buildinq permits and other work we have to do in the office.
MR. PENDLETON: You have no set program on getting all the houses
on the Island within a certain period of time?
HENRY MOISA: Mostly it is building permits, but we do try to take
a review area where there has been the least amount of work done
over a period of time.
.TOM RYAN_: Suffolk County Real Property Department: As you know
as a result of the Helestein Case in the Town of Islip all property
in New York State must be assessed according to its full value.
That has been interpreted to mean 100% of market value. However,
there is legislation that has been passed and some of it is a matter
of political expediency. They finally postponed the implementation
of the Helestein decision until 1981. To make categorical state-
ments as to where we are going zs impossible at this time. It
will evolve, but in my opinion from what is going on in other ~omn-
ties throughout the State we eventually will all be at 100% market
value and I feel while they are making drastic changes it the
equitable position.
SUPERVISOR MARTOCCHIA: The problem with trying to equalize every-
thing is very difficult. Assessment is not an exact science. As an
example, you could call this a building and I could ask five appraisers
to give me an appraisal on this piece of property in a sealed envelope
and I w~ll get five different figures and it is still the same
house, and I don't know what the 100% is going to do.
_JOHN GADA: I would like to thank the Town Board and County officers
and the Ferry District Commissioners for the sluceway out here, it
is a great improvement and safety factor and greatly needed.
Supervisor Martocchia thanked all for coming to the meeting today
and said they would be available for the remainder of the afternoon
to answer questions and would like to hear from more of them.
JOHN GADA: we got this end of the Sound fixed up very nice now, but
the reat of the Sound where we fought all these years to get channel
markers, the markers are still not in there and it is not good
navigating at night without the markers.
SUPERVISOR MARTOCCHIA: Have you discussed this with the Bay. Constable?'
JUSTICE.-F~J~NCtS DOYEN~ Mr. Gada, I wittbe glad to explain.~that~ to -
you~afte~ ~the me~ting, what is..being done.abOut the markers?.._
JOHN PENDLETON:_ On behalf,of the Civic Association, I would tike
to tha-nk atl~ of~.you~for~comi~g out. today a~d~hope~the people~-h~d
most of their~questi0ns answered.. A% %he,conclusion of the mee~i~g~
we have some refreshments here for those who wish to stay and talk
individually to various memb~rs~.
On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Pell, it was
RESOLVED that ,ther.e.being no further bus~ness to come befores-thiS.
Town Board mee%ing, adjournment be~called~at 2%Q0 P~M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, ~ouncitman~D~,~
Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Martocchia.
This resolution, was.~decla~ed adop~ed~
Town ~C ler~