HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-02/15/1977February 15, ~977
A. regular meeting of the Southold TSar' ~a~ was. held~n' ~ues~ay~
Februa,ry 15, 1977 at the office of Supervisor.Albert ~. ~artocchka,
16 Sou~h S~ree~, Greenpo~, ~ew ~9rk. Supervisor ~rtocchia oPeSed
th9 m~d~ing~]a~ ~.:Q0"P]~M. ].w~ ,th~~ ~ol~6Qing present,: ."
Councxlman James H. R~ch, Jr. . ....... _
Councilman James Homan
Justice ~rtin Suter
Justice Loui~ M. De,ares
Town Attorney Robert W'.' Tasker
.~ :. :-: To~..Highway $~p~gintgnde~t Ra~on~ ~. Dean
' Town Clerk ..... ~,~.:~ ~ ........ ~ , ?~ ~:
....... Homart, seconded by Councilman ~icn, it was
RESOLED that the minutes of ~e .Febru.<~ 8, 1977 Southold' T6~'~Board
~e~g ~e and. hereby are approved as submitted, . .
On motion of Councilman Rm~h,. seconded by Councmlman.Homan~. ~t .~s
~SOL~D that the next re~"m&~%~n~ '6~':~he 06tn6id' T0 -'B a a
will be held at 3:00 P.~., Tuesday, ~rc~ 8, 1977 at the o~fice ~f
the Supgrvisor, ~16 South Street, Greenpor~, .Hew York.
~ote of the Town Bq~:' Ayes: ~up~kvisor'M~r~0c'ch~a;
Rich, Councilman ~o~an, Justice Suter,_ 'Justice Demarest.
This resolution ~s .declared d~!~ adopted.
Councilman Homan reported o~ h~s '~ ' '
attendan, ce at a m~eting on ~h'Ur.~day,
February 10th called by-Sea G~ant. Presen~"at'~he mee~i~g-:~r~:.%.he
u. ~. pepartment of Corps of Army ~ngineers, New York State. Depa~rtment
of ..... Environmental'-' ~' '" Cons~ati~n]"'S'~v~r~l '~Pres~nta~iv'es fr~m .~uff61k
Countyl The meeti'ng c0~cerned the erosion problem~ in ~tti~u~ck'and
the SoutholdLP&Cofli6~ar~a.. Theyd~scus~e~ ~¢~cause of the pro~%em
and possibld 'solutions the h0meo~ers might take. T~ere were no
available f~om '
funds promised, nor were ~dre_any seeming't6"be
eider federal, s~te o~ county or to~'sources. The peopl~
area, approximately 20 of ~hom were present, received some very
good suggestions. One thing that disappointed Councilman Homan
~s the fact that even ~ough they told the people ~ey had a
problem, they knew they had problem, they did not give ~em or
offer them any assistance in the area of getting them emergency
permits or ~n~hing. :Q.~ ~hat nature and he felt under ~e circumstances
some promise or suggestion of help along that line would be ver~
much appreciated by the residents.---The Town of Southold will help
them all they legally can, but he is afraid that isn,t very much.
Supervisor Martocchia:
1. Receipt of a letter from the Suffolk County Department ~
Environmental Conservation relative to a reevaluation of the classi-
fication of saline surface waters. The State has asked Suffolk
County to do it, but they do not have sufficient time or money;
therefore they are asking the respective towns to do it.---Super-
visor Martocchia will consult with the firm of McLendon and Murrell
and James MoRsell of the Village of Greenport to determine what is
involved and what approach should'be taken.
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21 .Receipt-of'a certificate of Insurance certifying to the
-TOWn,-~f'~-SouthOld'"tha~Long'IsI&nd-"CabtevisionCorporation has
sufficient general liability including automobile liability -
bodily injury and property damage and contractual liability coverage
to hold the Town of ~outhold harmless under~t~eir f~anchiSe~
O'~mo~on oS Justice D~marest, seconded by Justide suter, 'i~was
RESOL~'D3that'~'the~reSignati0n of-~EI~en DeMari~, effective immediately,
as a member of the South01d Town-Conservation Advisory Council be
and hereby is acceptedl ......
V0~e~of~he Town'Boafd:- Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
R~C~,'Councilman ~oman, J~stice Suter, Justice Demar~st.
This~e~bI~tioh was declared d~l~ adopted.-
On m6~on'-0f Justice Demarest, seconded by justice Su~er, it was
~F~OLV~D that Joh~ Bi~Tuthilt, Orient, New York,-be-and he hereby
is~pp6inted ~tO-fili the'-u~expired'term of Ellen~DeMariS as~"a
~mbe~6f'~he ~0uthotd T6wh ConservatiOn Advisory~Council; expiration
date~°f ~he term ~is~June 1, 1977.
Vote._.,of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
R~h', Codncilman H0man, Justice-Sute~, Justice Demarest.
This fes'ol6tfo.~ was declared duly '~dop'tedl
S~p~r~is6~ Martocchia: - '
3i Receipt of a letter from the Suffolk Regional Off-Tr~ck
Betting Corporation~enclosing a prefiied'bill~-which gives lo~al
l~giSla%ive~bodie~ the DOWer'to approve or ~isapprove of-the
establishment of-an~'OTB br'anch in ~hat-body'~ jurisdictiOn~ .The
bill indicates that the~legiSlative'bOdy must hold a publid-hearing
and then must act within thirty, days as to our application, and
should they fair to act within tha%'%ime,-approval'shalI-~be-de~med
granted. A hearing will be held at the proper time.
4~ ~eceipt~0f a let~e~ f~om~East End~rts~and'.Humanities
Couhcil~stating the New York State Councit on-the~Arts offers
~grant'support for design'competitions for public'bu~ldings with
~.bud~et~6qe~$100~000~-0~.' They Urg~the Town to,l~t them-knoW~
~if~i't-would be 0f int~re~t~t0 them-~n dO~nection-~i~h the°Senior
Citizen-Teen'.Center-proposed for Pec6nic. They'feel fine
-archite6tUral firm~ and many ~oc~l residents would be ~esirous
o~oha~ing~-a design competition.--~Supervisor Martocchia is .not
T6ertain this is a-suitable solution-for~'the Town a~ a~design
m~ght"~W~h'~in the competition which~-would--cost~ore ~than they
a~e'~re~r~d~to spend for dons~ruction. 'The matter will be
reviewed ~fUr.ther.-~-Mrs. Gladys Csajko asked if.there, is anyG
t~ing W~hich says they have'to ~ecept the design?---Supervisor-
M~to~Chia Stated'~it is a prize awa~d'to the &rehitect~and'-it
is put to the people for a~vote~and inUeffect~whe~the people
vote they are telling the Board what they want.
On motioh ~f COu'ncil~an Rich, seconded-by Justice..Demarest, it was
RESOLVED that~the~foll~wingoindivid~als be-and~hereby are appointed
to the Advisory Committee for the Senior CitizenhTeen Center' at
Peconic: Two people from the Mattituck Senior CitiZens, two people
f~om-~the ~outhoTd~Greenport Senior C~tlzens,' two from the Mattituck
High School~'tWo from th.e'So~thotd High'SchOol, two from the~Greenport
High School, two from the2Orient School, al~o,-'Jean. Cochran, an active
worker with youth programs, Jeanne Taylor, Southold, Robert Muir,
M&ttituck, retiree&' as'athletic ditector~Of-the Mattituck S~hool,
Bea zegzhTa~ from CAST, Mrs, Tannenbaum,,a worker with gymnastics.,
M~s'.~Rob~rt B~ergess~-f~om the.-inte~Ag~ncy' Counc.il, E~he~ wbrtis
from the-~Inter Ag~hCy Council, and Reverend B~n Burns,~'Sou.thotd.
Vote of t~e~ Town-Board: ~Ayes~= SuperVisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homan, JustiCe Suter, Justice~D~marest.i
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
S~perv~or"Mar~0cchia~ stated there Will be~fu~ur~' ~pp0intments'~to
th~ A~vlsory Committee when the-nameS have been s~bmitted~ After
th~'~C6m~tte~ is do~ptete there will-be ~'meeting.to_put t~ge~her
thei~thoughts on the.type-of-building..and'.interior~design. There
~ now $20,000.00 additional available than o~iginall~,~pla~ned. He
had considered a basement, but it. would not fit-into the type of
building being ~considered, therefore, it might be possible to enlarge
the building. ~ ·
Supervisor Ma~tocchia:-
5. Notice from the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation stating a hearing will he.held on March 2, 1977 upon
the application ~of R~bert J. -Miller for construction of a ~single~
family .residence on a peninsula on the west side of Middle Farms -
Pond, Fishers Island. Objection date Febrqary 25, .1977.
6. No,ice from the ~resh Water WetlandS.Appeals Board tha~
a public ~earing will-be he%d on March 2,- 1977 at New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation,.~lb~any~,from~2:0Q~P~M~ ,--
to 7:30 P.M. for the purpose of hearing the views of all persons,
corporations, or civil divisions~of the State of New York With
~espec~t to ~the prqP0sal~of the Fres~-Wa%er Wetlands Appeals?~'~
to add-Part 647~to Title 6.of-the~Official Compilation of-Oodes,~
Rules~and'~Regu~ations of the. State of New~-York. Wr~itten statements
may be submitted prior to the hearing and until March 14., 1977.--
On motion~of Ceuncilman R~c~ seconded by Councilman Homan, it,~was
RESOLVED that a recess be called at 3:30 P.M. for the, purpose
holding a public hearing upon the application of Joseph C. Cornell
for a change of zone from "A" Residential and Agricultural'District
to "B~i" General B~sine.ss District. on-~certain property ~n Peconic.
Meeting to reconvene following~the public he aring~
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes.~ Supervisor Martocchia, Counci~man
Rich, Councilman Hemal, Justice. Suter, ~Justice Demarest. ~ ~ ~
This resolution was declared duly adopted. . ~
Meeting reconvened~at 3:~5 P~M. ~ ~ ~ ~
Supervisor Martocchia~asked~Mrs. Barbara Schriever~ ~orien~, ~to
elaborate on-her proposal for~a~Town Meeting which is ProPgSed for
March 12, 1977 from 9:00-~,A~M. to 5:00 P.M. at the southold~School.---
Mrs. Schriever stated .the meeting is~ part of the Bicentennial Horizons
Program. A couple of years ago the Institute of. Cultural Affairs, a
research, demonstration ~nd training group based in~Chic~o, ,but~with
centers all over-the country,.o~e being in-Queens,. New,.Y0rk~ T~ere
have been ~00 of these.onerday-comgunity~forums all over the U.S. and
Canada. Most recently there was one in Bay Shore in Decemb~r~_Qne
last May_in,-Riverhead~ It-is an.opportunity for the g~ass~3rgots
'people~to-come,3~together,-an~ ,discuss what .they think.the, l~sues ame
facing Southo%d Town as we start.-into the~thi~d qenturY of our country.
In the-afternoon, taking the issues ~hat ~have come from the local
grass'roo%s they work in w~rkshops and come up'with practical.proposals
for meeting these particular challan~es.~ ~ ~
On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Justice Demarest, it was
RESOLVED ~ha~ ~he Town of SQu~hDld.~cg~sp~nsor-a Town Meeting to
be held on March 12,, 1977 from 9:00 A.M. ~o 5:00 P.M. at the Southold
Schoo~ and $50,00~.be~cen~ributed ~o..~hi~ projec~ as Southo!d. Town's
share~of the costs ....... - ~
Vote of the Town Boar~ Ay~s~: ~Supervisor Martocchia,. Councilman
R~ch,-C~unc'ilman~Homan, Justice S~ter~ Justice,.Demarest~ ~
This ~esol~ion~was~declared duly~ adopted~ ~ ~ ~ .... ~
On mo~ion~oflJ~stice.Sute~;,~ se~onde~.,by Justice D~mar.es~, .i~was
RESOLVED that the- Town Board of the~ Town~ of~Southold appr~tve~ the
19~7-78 CSEA,~ontract and authorize, the~ Supervisor to s~n ~a~e¥
VQte of.the.Town Board: ~AYes.: s~perviser Marto~hia~ CoDn~ilman
Rich, C~un~ilman Homan~, Justice, $ute~, Justice Demarest~.~ ·
This res~lution~was~dectare~d~ly ad~pted.~
William Pell III asked what plan the town is under for retirement?---
Supervisor~M~rtocchia stated it was 7~G~,and, we are, now going ~o
75-I which~means after 20 years .of s~rvice under the old,plan an
employee would'receive 33%,~of~ their~salary~for. · , retirement;~ ~ . ~ under'the~, _· ~
new.~plan, .after 20-years they.w~tl~rece~ve~40%, and each y~ar.there-
afte~2~additional~ This cannot be collected~until~after the ~e 55.
On motion of Justice Surer, seconded by Justice Demarest, it was
RESOLVED_ that the South01d Town Board of the Town of Southold does
hereby elect to provide the benefits of Section 75-i of the Retire-
ment and Socis% Security Law as presently or hereafter amended; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this election shall become effective with
the payroll~period beginning on the first day of January 1977.
Vote Of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
Onmoti0n of Councilman Rich, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was
RESOLVED that the Southold Fire Department be and hereby is granted
permission to use town roads for the conduct of a parade on August
4, 1977, rain date. August 5, 1977 at approximately 7:00 P.M., pro-
vided the necessai7 insurance is secured to hold the Town of Southold
harmless.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homau, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
On motion of Councilman Rich, seconded by Justice Demm~est, it was
RESOLVED that the Southold Fire Department is hereby granted a
Special license to hold a oarnival on the fire department grounds,
Main Road, Southold, New York from August 2, 1977 through and
including August 7, 1977. This special license is granted in
accordance with Article XI, Section lO0-114, Subsection C of the
Code ofthe Town of Southold, provided the Southold Fire Department
secures the necessary approval from the Southold Town Board of Appeals.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was
RESOLVED that the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Southold
be and he hereby is authorized to advertise for bids for one (1)
1977 1/2 ton pickup.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich,~ Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.
~This resolution was declared duly adopted.
On motion of-Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was
RESOLVED that the Superintendent of Highways of the T&wn of Southold
be and he hereby is authorized, to advertise for bids for one (1)
1977 3/4 ton 4-wheel drive pickup.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
On motion of Justice Surer, seconded by Justice Demarest, it was
RESOLVED that Pierre C. Lundberg, Esq., Riverhead, New York, be
and he hereby is appointed to represent the Town of Southold in
the Notice of Petition to the Supreme Court of the State of NemW York,
County of Suffolk by Eleanor L. Ruch, as Executrix of the Estate 'b~
Valentine Ruch IV, deceased, Petitioner, against the Town BO'ard of
the Town of Southold and HOward Terry, Building Inspector of the Town
of Southold, Respondents.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.°
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
Supervisor Martocchia:
7. Receipt of a letter from the North Fork EnviEonmental Council.
Sup rvmsor Martocchma asked Mrs. Merlon Wiggin to explain the intent
of the letter.---Mrs. Wiggin stated the NFEC, Farm Bureau and Eastern
Suffolk for Safe Energy has invited Mr. John Loupos from Plymouth,
Massachusetts to come down to speak and answer questions on the effect
to the community if a nuclear power plant is 'built in ~amall community.
This meeting will be at 8:00 P.M. in the Southold Presbyterian Church
on February 23rd. They welcome anyone to come and ask questions, and
have invited the Long Island Lighting Company representatives to be
present to give their views as well. At noon on the same day he is
speaking to the Riverhead Rotary Club. The main purpose for the letter
is that between the Rotary Club and the evening meeting Mr. Loupos
would like to meet with members of the Southold Town Board and Shelter
Island Town Board and anyone else that would be interested.---Supervisor
Martocchia stated that unfortunately the Board members of Southold,
Shelter Island and Riverhead will be out of town to the Association
of Towns meeting in New York City on that date, February 23rd.--Justice
Demarest stated he will participate in this meeting with Mr. Loupos
as he will be available on that date.---M~s. Wiggin stated Mr. Loupos
is very knowledgable, he has~a cabinet~level appointment with the~
Massachusetts State Executive Review~B0ard, is the coordinator,-on
the Bomrd of Directors of the~Massachusetts State Department~0f
Environmental Management, and is advisor to the Office o£ State
Planning, plus many others..
Mr. William Pell asked about the Ruch appeal.---Supervisor Martocchia
stated it is property diagonally across from the Southold TOwn Beach
where Mr. Ruch filled wetlands. He was advised to cease and fi~e,
but his attorney filed against theTo~n of South0id.---Mr.~Pelt~asked
if they were using Mr. Lundberg, the same person that represented the
town on the Norris property?-'-Supervisor Martocchia Stated the~~ were.
Mrs. Csajko asked what action the Board took relative to transferring
revenue sharing funds after the recess at the last meeting Of Feb-
ruary 8th?---Supervisor Martocchia stated the toWn now has tWo'acco~mts
for revenue sharing which have to be kept separate. The new one which
was picked up this year is called anti-recession funds. One payment
was received for $22,995.00 and another for $16~000.00. The though~
is that now we have expended the $50,000.00 that we got for street
lighting fixtures; we are preparing to go into stage two, which means
expending more money for brackets, fixtures, lamps, photo-electric
cells, and so forth. It, is quite a capital outlay. The Board decided,
rather than go into a bond issue, there are certain things that can
be done with the new revenue sharing funds that cannot be done with
the old funds, therefore through our accountant, he instructed them
to shift the funds. In the main revenue sharing account there .is
$60,000.00 for the three new police officers' salaries. 'The board
was instructed to take $30,000.00 from that account and put it into
the street lighting account. The new anti-recession funds are more
liberal and there is $39,000.00, we were instructed to take $30,000.00
from there ard pay it back to the other revenue sharing account for the
personal services of the police officers.---Mr. William Pell asked
when the board first became aware of these new funds, auto,when Were
they received, he never heard, of them before.---Supervisor Martocchia
stated he received a form for the funds, which is based upon the
unemployment rate, anything over 7½% the town qualifies. He felt
it was another gimmick for money, the town has filed numerous forms
for money, but received none, sa he destreyed it. Soen after that
one of the town's constultants asked if it had been fimed, so Super-
visor Martocchia did file after securing a new form from Washington.
Within a few days he received $22,995.00. The instructions sta~ed
they would receive three additional payments; the first~was a double
payment. About a month later he received $16,000.00. The fifth~
payment may not be a full amount, since it is based upon the un?
employment ratio.---Mrs. Csajko asked what the anti-recession ~tmds
can ba used for?---Supervisor Martocchia stated they can-be used for
hings which presently exist. The old revenue sharing funds were for
· ~ ~rojects, capital~construction, and so forth.---Mr. Pell indicated
tha~ 'i£ all goes well, we should end.up with about $70,O00.00.LL,Super-
visor Martocchia stated that based upon about $11,500.00, there should
be at least $60,000.00. The first payment was received 2 ~ 2~ months
ago.---Mrs. Csajko asked if plans we~e..~eing made to use the $~,000.00
which is left over at the presen~ time from the anti-recession funds?---
Supervisor Martocchia stated there are no definite plans at the present.
On motion of Justice Surer, seconded by Councilman Homart, it was
RESOLVEN~ that there being no further business to come before this
Town Board meeting, adjournment be called at 4:15 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman
Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
Judith T. Terry
T~wn Clerk