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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-03/22/1977SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ~Ma-rch 22, 1977 A regular ~meeting of the SouthoTd Town Board was held on Tuesday, March ~2, 1977. at ~the office~ o~f khe S~pervisor, 16 South .Street, Greenport~ .New ,York. Deputy Supervisor Demarest opened the meeting at ~3:.00 P.M. with the following present: ~ .~ Deputy Supervisor Louis M. Demaresh Councilman James H. Rich, Jr. Councilman James Homan Justice Martin Suter Jushiee Francis T. Doyen Absent: Supervisor Albert M. Martocch.ia On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, ih was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Southold Town Board meeting of March 8, 1977 be and hereby are approved as submitted. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homanl, Justice Suter, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Suter,[ seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 12, 1977 at the office of the Supervisor, 16 South Street, Greenport, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Doyen. This ~esolution was declared, duly adopted. On motion-of Councilman Homan, seconded by Justice Doyen, it was RESOLVED that-~the report of Justice Suter for the month.~of February 1977 be and~hereby is accepted and placed-~on file- Vote of the-Tewn~Board: Ayes:-Deputy-Superviso~ Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suher, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Deputy Supervisor Demarest: 1. Notice of Hearing before the Department of Environmental Conservation~on April 18~ t977-by~Robert W. Martens, Port Washington, for permission, to construct a single family dwelling on the east side of Dawn Drive, south_~o~ ghe Wiggins Lane-Dawn Drive junction, Cleaves Point, 6reenpor~, and,.eonstru~t~a t16 ~ft. timber bulkhead. Objections by April 12, 1977. ~ ~Notice of ~earing before the DEC on April 21, 1977 by Howard H. Zehner, G~eenport,-for permission~to construct 70 ft.~of steel bulk- head and dredge-180 cu. y~s.from,the marine channel and place the spoil behind.the new bulkhead at~the~entrance of the basin of Young's Boatyard and Marina, Arshamomaque, New York. Objections by' April 15, 1977. Notice of Hea~in§-before the DEC-on May 2, 1977 by William R. Galati, St. James, for permission to construct a dock over an existing jetty and two-pile dolphins south-of~the inter,section of Longview Drive and Watersed9e Way~ ~Bayview,~ Southold. Obj.by Apr.26,1977. Notice of Hearing before the DEC on April 29, 1977 by the Town of Sou~hold and Suffolk County-Department.of~Puhlic Works for permission to remove a suhken hulk a~ the,~entran~e to Budd's Pond, Southot~ Objections by April 25, 1977. On motion of Councilman Homan~ seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that Joan Richter and Uicky Kistela be and'hereby are granted permission to attend a Federal Revenue Sharing meeting at Hauppauge, New York on March 25, 1977; and the Town of Southold to assume the cost of registration for each person at a total of $90.00. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Deputy~S~Pervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homart, Justice Suter, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared d~lY-'~dopted. Deputy Supervisor Demarest: 2. Receipt of a letter from the New York State Department of Health~,-'Health Sciences Center, S.U.N~Y., Stony Brook, New stating they will be conducting-field trials of various che~i~al~: ... for tick and Rocky Mountain spotted fever control in Sou%hold ToWn in the following areas: Tract A:-Area southeast of Jacobs Lane and North Bayview Road, Southold. Tract. B:-A~ea northeast of Island's End Golf and Country Club to Dam Pond, ~ast Marion. Tract C:-Area south of Route 25 between Narrow River ~Road and entrance to Orient Beach State Park, Orient. The chemicals have been screened for their efficiency in controlling ticks as welT. as their ~safety to humans andto the environment. A letter to homeowners and a questionnaire willbe hand delivered to the property owners'-in t~e areas of ~he field application. The chemcials which are completely safe for humans,pets,-and plants in the low concentrations used, have .been approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Co,sexY~ ation. They have also been spec~fical'ly approved for use in~Lon'9~ ~sland by the Bureau 'of .Pesticides of the State of NeW York.. On motion of Councilman Rich, ~econded by 'Councilman Homan., i~'~was RESOLVED that $1,455.00 be and hereby is transferred from the General Fund, Contingent Account to Unaliocated'Insurance. Vote% of' the TownBoard: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor Demarest~' Councilma~ Rich, Councilman Homan,~Justice Suter~, Justice Doyen. This resolution was~declared-duly~adopted.~ (Deputy Supervisor, Demarest Stated that in connection'with th~ ver~ high cost of insurance, the.~Town will in th~ very near futur~o~/~ over some of the premiums they are paying expecially for things other tha~ liability and try to determine whether perhaps thei~ costs _for collision and property damage are greater for the insruance.than what is being benifited for it. If it~should be so~.what even, the town will probably go into s~lf insurance in those areas. Perhaps if a certain amount is put in a reserve fund - over a period o~ years, and we do not have too many property' losses there will be enough in that erserve fund to pay for one or two police cars if it should be necessary.) on-motion or-Justice Doyen, s~conded by Councilmam Rich, it was RESOLVED that Deputy SupervisOrL~Demar~st be and he hereby is authorized to send a letter'of hardship to the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation~requesting~the hydraulic exacavtion at Budds Pond, Southold for the pruposes of bo~h safety and efficiency of use of an existing, port. A hardship will exist ~n this~waterway if it is.allowed to become unUsable'~in that ~here will be a loss of recreational ~esources~to a l~rge segement of the Population. This could result in abandonment with associated tax loss and/or taxpayer sui%s'~against~th~ local government agencies responsible for maintaining Suffolk County waterways. Vote of the Town Board: AYes: Deputy SuPervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homart, Justice Suter, Justice Doyen. ~his~resolution was declared duly adopted. - Deputy Supervisor Demarest: A year ago the Town borrowed $50,000.00 to,make i~provements to the light district.- We have made the first payment of $10,000.00 on that b~nd~a~ticipation note. We have $40,000.00 left on that note which was awarded to the Chemical Bank. The~first.$5~.,000.00.interest was 7.5~; the one with Chemical. Bank for $40;000;00 is 3.5% - '-' 195 Councilman .Homan: .He did a rundown recently of our estimated cost to LI~CO.this.Year to se9 ~ow m~c~.we will have.lef~ which we~might be able~o put info_new street !~ghting.. ~hen we left'LILCO overra year ~g0 the payments to LILCO ~ere at $90,000.00 Since then there has been an energy rate increase and he estimated that had we stayed with LILCO our bill would now be $!94~000.00 per year. We have taken over all the service and are renting some equipment from LILCO and we have replaced ~pproxima:tely 251. lights, and. he estimates our pay- men~s :~o LILCO this year will be $46,000.00. On the one light, we have~. replaced.our estimated savings are in' the area of $16,000.00 for this year. In 9ther words, ~h~. we. a~re now ~aying is.costing us $39.60 per ye~ 'for the new ligh~ that ~is the energy cost, pole rental and the wire.rental from LI~LCO._ If we.had s~ayed with LILCO that same light would .~e cg~ting t~e .tow~ $102.50 There is s little more money to put ,i~o street l~ghtin~ a~ this_ t~e ~and. poss~b!y With a little revenue sharing funds we can continue to improve our street lighting system, and it is a self-generating savings, and we certainly made th~ right mo~e and are a lot of dollars-ahead. In relation to this and inanticiPation 9f buyin~ more lights.we have surveyed the lights we have and together_with recommentati0~s from the high~ay department who does maintenance,'.~ouncilman Homan offered the following resolution to standardize the lights ~n the town. Moved by -Councilman Homan,..S~c0~ded by Councilman Rich, WHEREAS, the Town is presentl~ e~gaged in the purchase, installation and maintenance of a street lighting system in the public streets and public places in the Town, and WHERE~S,..approximately 250 of said street lights heretofore purchased and :installed were manufactured and supplied by the General Electric ComP~ny,.-and ................. , .... WHEREAS, as a result thereof spare par~s .and equipment were also purchased f~om General ~lectric Company to maintain street lights, and WHEREAS, the component parts of said ~e~eral Electric:Company fixtures are interchangable with several ~types and ..sizes of other General. Electric Company light fixtures, and WHEREAS, the To~n.emplo.yees .charged .with t~,.duty~of ins.talling,.and maintai-ning the street .!ig.h.ting~eq~/.ipment have been trained to rgP~ir and mai-ntai~-.General Electric Company,~street lighting~.facitities, and WHEREAS, by reason..of.~.the foregoing, .this Board~elieves ~that it would be mo~e ~.f~cient and economical to~,sta~dardize purchase contr~cts~ for streetligh.ting fixtures ~-to..str.eetlightin~equi.pment_manufacturedb~ the~Gen~a~l Electric Company ............. ..- -.,. NO~,c:~F~.:.RE~RE,' IT IS~RE$OLVED .that ..th~-p~r~hase .Of stree:ttigh~ing fixtures fo-r .th~.Town ~f S~uthold :be .s~a~rd~zed.~b~.the purchase of General Electric Company streetlighting fixtures. . Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor ~ema~est, ~0uncilman Rich-,C.p~nc!lman~Homan,-Justice S.uter, .Justic~ Do~en ..... This resolution wa-s declared duly-adopted. -- -, _ Deputy Supervisor Demarest: 3. Receipt of a letter from Assemblyman ~erry B. D~ryea enclosing a copy of ~qislation which ~s been intr:od~ed in the. Senate_by Senator. LaVa!le a~d in. the Assembly by Assemblyman ~u~yea; "AN ACT tp:amen~c:hap~e:r~p.ne hundr~d_~hirteen of the iaWs~.of eighteen h~ndred sixty, relating to addit$onal officers in the Town of Southold,~Suffolk County, in relation to town justices in the Town of Southold." This new-.legis~tion would,include the following: ~'Notw~thstandin~..the provisions o~ any-other law, such town j~stice residing upon Fishers Isla~d~.shall-, in addition to his duties as.town justice, serve as a member of the Southold Town Board."---The present, law,wh, ich created the~po.si~io~-~O.f..to.w~ j.u.stiee,on ~is,~ers. Is, land-.wa.s a~.pted, in 189.9 will be ineffecti~e..as~ the-~.new la~,.:ef~ec~ive JuLy L~ allow a town justice to sit.on..tb~ .town ~board .... I~ tkis.case~a, bill has been introduced which would allow a town justice from Fish~rs Islan~ to~.ser~e.on the town board. This wa~s done mainly because it would not be fair to exclude Pishers. Is~and,~who in 1899 felt they needed '~epresentation on the Board, and this new law would allow one ma~ 'to ~do;~bOth~j0~s, ra~er. ~thRn '~to d~at'e 'ahOther ~6o:uncii~h-p~'~tion. - '4~-~'~ P~'og~s'~' ~n ~t~he~ t6~" hali~ has ~adhed :a p~nt where they ar~: putting ih the carp~ and' adcordi~g to the foreman on the-job he.-says that when the ca~pe~ is l~id, he'Lis locking that job since that room he C0nsiders"done% He feels the first floor will b~~ completed'next"week'-a~: this~ ~ime~~ ? They will ~en go do~ in~o the basemen~ .and dompl~e~ ~ha~. '~: The~ cbm~any tha~ i~i:ns~aliin~ t~e~ telephone~ system" ~a~ giv~n~ :~ %%'nta:~ive :~a~ of--Ap~l 'lSth ~fo~~ the change 6ve'r from' New Yo~k~Tel~ho~eJ Ri~:t'now i~ i:s anticipa~~- we Will ~' 0V~ .in over ~:th~-t ~W~ek~n~ ;ahd star't~ ~in~ ~h~ b~ild~n~q: on-April "I8th.:---Ron~ie Wacker asked if ~ere will be a-cutting of ~hs~ ri~bOn?J~-Dep~y 'superVisor 'Demar~St fee~s that ~here ~i~i pr0~abt~b~ 'a' two We~k ~o~ s'o~hakedo~' 0f-the~ bufl'din~ offid'~l bp~h~ng.-';Th'~y ma~ ~ait u~til~mu~h ~I~t~r~when m6re p~op~le who ~li~ he-re ;~h ghe s~m~tim~ could' 'at~e'nd a'n open hbhse. '~h'at-- Oh mo%ion of ~'0~nc~tma~6~'-~ seconded ~y Cou~iim~n-~idh,n it was RESOL~D' that: ~e~ a~Tid~'ti~' Of ~idbr~.P'~' '~Dski':f~r? 'p~fmiss~ioh' ~tb':~%'~e~w hf~ Pe~mi:t· fof.'-a t~A'i:t~: 'I~e~e~~ o~-the h~0r~:Siae 6~ Road, appr6Ximate~y 100~ feet ea~'-t~ of B~y Avenue, Pe~ni~~ b~-' and hereby is renewed fo~~ a p~riOd 6f::six (6)~ ~on-~h~:.' -;~ ': :~ ': Vote of the Town Board: Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman~-H0~An,?'J~tice Su~, <Jus%~ce Doyen.- - ~is ~'soZU'tio:n 9~S 'declared duly-adopted. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by 'Justice Doyen, %% wa% ~.~ RESOLED ~ha~"'~h'e ~pPl'icatiohqo'f~ F~f. enc~ Steiner for perm~ss'ion to renew h~r':permit for a trail%r ~od~d ~fi private-road~ (Johh's Road) off east side Main Road, Mattituck, be and hereby-iS'-re~: for a pe~i.~d' of%~ix '~'6) months;. - " Vot% of the:' T0~ Board: Ayes :"Deput~ SuPervisor 'Demares~~, coUnciIman · Rich, Councilman' ~oman, Ju-~tice Suter, Justi~e Doyen. This ~solu~iOn was declared duly adop~ed~ Moved by CounciI~an~ Homan, ssc~nde~ ':b~y Justid~ Suter, ~ER~S the Marian~ cOuncil ~ 3852, "Knights -of 'CoI~mbus, Cutch~gue, New~ York-~ has applied to ~th~- T0~~ ~Cle'rk ~f~'~' Bingo-L~ce~se;~ and ~E~S~:th% Td~ ~bard has ex~mined: th~ application, 'a~d after~''., inv-~s~:iga~ion,- duly mad~ findings and determinations as requi~ed by law, NO~,~E~F~O~, BE IT"~S~L~D-~h-a~- ~h~;-'Superviso-r b~~ and: he" her~b%~ is authorized and directed to execute on behaZf' of th~ Town findings and~'d~te~mina%i~ as re~-ired: by-: law, ~-and it~-iS~ ~r~-her RESOL~D' ~hat' %he T6~fi~ Cterk~ and:' she .~reby is'directed to a Bingo License to th~ ~ian C0hnci~ ~3'892, ~ights~ of; Colchis:, Vote of the Town Board: ~yes': Depu~ty Su~e~r~isor ~emarest, Councilman. Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice-'Sdter', 'J~s~ice~ Doyen. "- ' This resolution ~s declared duly adopted. Depu~t~ '~pervisor Demarest: -" "'' 5.~ Th~~' Town iht~nds~'tb'pu~ 'o~ more ~O0mfort s~ta%i'on at once of the' '{0~bea:ch~ ~yet 't0~ be decided, bu~"in acco~da.nce with .the ~o~'s %erbal~ agreement With:the: Depa:rtme'nt of HeaIth, it has been agreed-t0 Put' up"one -new fa~ili%y eadh y~ r. · : ~ ' -' On ~o~ion bf' C0unci:iman Homan, seconded~by 'Councilman Ki:ch;"-i~':~ RESOL~D:that'*the Super'iht:endear' of P~blic Works be and heUhe~Dy is '~t~6r~i~edTM'tO adgerti~e ~- ~o'bi~s" f:ob'~ tSe neces~sa:ry' ma teri~:t~' f'o~- a new 'domfbr~ 'statioh. ' .... ' ' ' Vote of the Town B~ard: Ayes:'~Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Council-man Homart, JuStice S~%er, Justice~Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motiOn:of Councilman H0mah, seconded by Councilman' ~-ich,~':it'~~F RESOLED' that the Sup~rine'ehdent;"o~ H:ighways of the Town- of Southold be and he hereby is au'th'orized--to~'advertlse for bids for-.500,'000:: gallons'of-Asphalt Road materials, more or'.less as may be needed, for the repairs of Town,Highways. , Vote of the Town Board: .Ayes:.'Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Moved By.Councilman Rich, 'seconded-by Councilman'Homan, WHEREAS JosephC. Cornel'l, by application dated October 12, 1976 petition~d;.the ToWn Board of the Town of So.uthold for a change of ~one on:certain property .situated at Peconic from "A" Residential a~d. Ag.ricu'ltural District. to "B-~" General-Business' DistriCt, and .~4ERE~S. the slid petibion was referred to the-S0utho~d Town P~a~ing Board a~d-.S~ffolk County Department'_of Planning for official recommendation and report, and WHEREAS the Town Board, pursuant to due notice, held a public hearing thereon on the 15th day of ~ebruary, 1977 at 3:30 P.M., at which time-all interested persons.were given an opportunity to be ~eard, ~OW,'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Joseph C. Cornell be granted a eha~e of zone from '~A" Residential and Agricultural District to. ~1. General Busine~ss District on property situate at ~econic, New York, andmore particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGI~NING~at a concrete monument set .on the southerly line of Middle Road a~ the northeasterly corner of land of Helmut Hess and the nor~h- westerly corner of the premises herein dsscribed; runnin~ thence easterly on a curve to the left~ having .a radius of 5789~58 feet, a distance of 108.73 fegt to..a concrete monument and land of Suffolk County;-running thence along sai~ land of Suffolk County, t~ o~rses: (1) S. 25*22'40" E. '200.0 feet to a concrete monument; thence. (2) S. ~58' ~07 %20 ''~ -W~. 113. Y~ ~ee~a ~. ~; concrete- monument .and said l~nd ~ of- HassT;~thence :a~ong~ai~_land,. N. 23* 51'~ 20" W.~ 198.30. feet to the point ~f beginning% - CDnta~nin~ ~l,~21;.squar. e. feet .... ~. Vote of th~ Town Board: A~: Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich,.Coun~-itman ..Homan;, ~u~tice :Suter.,.:Justice Doyen. This~ resolution was .declared duly adopted. On motion _o.f Justice -Su~er, .~conde~ ~y-Councilman Homan,~t ~was RESOLV~D~.that ~ke firm .of- Smith, Finkelstein,%Lundberg and Yakaboski be retaine~ to .repres~n~ th~:T~wn; of Soutbotd..in~the.~matter of .the app,~ica~ion-, of~ Salvat~r_e~ ~.;~rimi, P~ti%tioner,; For ~an~ ~Order pursuant t~; ~A~ticle 78' ~f- th~ ~ivi~-' Practice L~w, an~, ~ul es. ~ Vote ~of~he Town. Board-:.-A~es:~ ~ep;uty Super~is~or-Demarest,'Councilman Rich, CouRc~lman-~Oman, Justic~ Suter, Justice Doyen. This resolution w~s d~clared dul~ ~dopted.' .... ~' ~ _ .. (Deputy Supervisor Demar~st;,~xpl~ined'~hat 'somme time ag~ a~,hearing was he~d relative to the conduct of Police Officer Crimi, and after that; hearing the .Town felt he. did no.t do his; du~y,properly and his penal~y was th~ loss;~of five days. pa~. ~ He~s: now try&ng .to reverse tkat de~ision~) _~ .. ~. . ; ..... ,~ r. . ~ O~ motfon~ of Councilman_ Rich;_ s~conde~-by Councilman Homan, ,it ~as~ RESOLVED' that'~a ~r~cess_ be taken a% this,time~ 3:30 P%M-., for t-he .- purpose_of holding, a public, hearing on a~proposed loca~,law repealing the exemption on real property provided by sec,&on 485-b~ of the R~al P~ope~ty Tax.Law.~ .... ; · _ ~ Vote cf the:~Town Board: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor' Demarest, Councilman Richr,Councilman PIoman~ Justice S~ter, Justice Doyen~ ~,. This~:resol~tion was_declared duly~_a~opted. ~ .... - .... ~.~-~ . . ~ ~.. (Meeting recon~ened~at;~3:~5_;P~M~) . ~--.~ _~ ~ Deputy:Supervisor Demarest_opened~the meeting to the public. Mr~..James.Thompson~asked-if Supervisor Martocchia had-done anything about the mini bus since the last meeting. At that time he indicated 197 :':!.:98 he would contact the Office of tM Aging to find out if the bus was available?---Deputy Supervisor De~arest stated he imagined Supervisor Martocchia did look into it, but it was not mehtioned and. the office has'had no correspo'ndence, It is still in abeyande. Mrs. Merlon Wiggin read the following letter addressed ~to.'the_ Members of the Southold Town Board from Merlon E. Wiggin, President of the North ~o,rk ~n~i~Onme~tat Coun~iL~.~IncJ: "We, as a~.'organization are~b'e~o~ing~nc~easinql~ concerned abeu't the~p'ot~ntial effec~s~that the construction of the Jamesport Nuclear power plants will have,on our communities,' and~the.people who live in.them. We look to'~you~ as our e,lected .represer~tives, to· take an int~rest~ as wel~i as approp~iate--~ action;' on behalf~of the~ welfare~of ~'~the residents of Southold,-To~n.-- The constructi~n~of the Jamesport plants cannot help but have an effect on all of us. For two years Long Island~L±ghting Company has been presenting testimony (their side) as to ~hy, the pla~ts- .~ shou!d ~e b~ilt. We think in fairnes~ the other side should be heard. We-therefore~find it difficult to comprehend why,'~,when you were asked along with t he towns~Eas~ Hampton and Southampton~ ~O support hearing.the Dtker side you not".onl~ did~not do ~o but'.rapor~ted that~you had not even 'read the ~eques~. But, he,that as ~t ~a~, w~ realize ~ou are very b~sy people wi~h~timite~ amount of tim~.-- The following, ite~s.~we think eoncern~the_~i~izens ~of this ~own ~an~ are the one~.we 'ask_you~to-~ake::a~n, ~ct~ive inter~, in~l~ TAXES ~It is predicted .~ha~ a. targ~e, percenta~of the ~thr~e. 3thousand workerS for, the ten .t~o .tWelve ~ear ~cen~stru~tion perfod '.witl ~m0ve %to %South~l~d ~own with~childr~en of schooL-age~ .. Inc~ea~sed~school budgets mean increased tax~s, and3Sou~hold ~ilL~not,b~enefit fr~m any tax~ ~ayments from~the p!aats.--2.. COST OF~PROPERTY ~E~en~the NRC which-is pro~nuclear plants, says, that the plants will attract ~d~itional re~stdential and c~mmer~cial, inter~sts and increase the price of land'-ab'o~e ~the ~eans~f 1Qc~l'res~iden~s.~Thi~s~rDwth. will also result in in~reased services and als~ indreased ta~es~.-~-3. CANCER - Dr..'.Arthur ~Tampl~, gr~o~p~eader~ i~ ~the, biomedicaldiyis~on at~.Law~ence Radiation Lab- oratory, California,, stated th.at the JamespOr~ plants would in an additional 10 to 80 cancer, deaths p~r~year of-ope~atlon~-~.~- 4. ELECTRIC RATE INCREASE - Lilco is presently asking for another rate,increas~e~tthis~one to'~be~tS~7%)~whick,-they say is for the ~onstruction of the Sho~eham.plant. ~How much of a rate increase do you think-they ~will~need for the constrUction of the two .Ja~mesport plan%s? Wh~ should we~'pay ~o~'the~cohs~r~etio~ of plants that.a~-e~ not needed and are for ~the shipment of power elsewhere? .Even ~I~C~ is continually reducing ~their prejected~ future ~electrical demands. We can also exp~ct~ further rat~ increases ~to pay for dec0mmi~sioning and entombment costs aftero~thei~ thrity t~forty years .of lif~ex-~ pectancy is ended. These costs are now estimated at 45 to 100 million dollars per unit. ~Jersey Central is alre~ady asking for rate in~c~eases t,o cover ~his.--5. SHORE EROSION - We~know from the Levon expe~ieR~e what damage long jettiesdo to ~our shore front property.~ The. LILCO jetties are even longer and potentially can cause even more destruction. --6. DEATHS IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT - Dr. Jan Beyea, who ~ec~ived his Ph.D in Experimental Nuclear Physics from Colukbia University, and is now~ on the research staff~at Princeton,. says ~hat an accident at Jamespor~ is~a real'possibility.~ Deaths within~ sixty days f~o~suCh an accident would range.from 180 to'l~000~depending on climatic con~ditions and if evacuatio~ was. within twenty-four hours~:,and ~ supportative treatment was available. Supportative.medical treatment includes sterilization of al~ objects in the patients~ room,-laminar air flow systems, large.doses of.anti-biotics, and transfusions,of - whole-blood packed cells. ~Otherwise., the death'rate would_be.much higher, And how Southold Town could be evacuated within twenty-four hours in case of an accident at Jamesport2 ~We will be cut~off.i-~We3 of the North Fork Environmental Council are concerned about the potential adverse'impact these plants will have on the'residents of our town. We don't want to see their taxes ~ncreased unnecessarily, we don~t~:wan~ the cost of"a home to'.rise out of sight, we. don't ~wa~t 1.99 to~see.~he ,.can, c,er.~rate :rise, ~we.~don'.~t~ want o:ur light ~bills ~raised' to pay. for !plants to ship.power elsewhere, we don't.want an increased rate of~ shore~-:eros, ion, we ~:don '~t want to see .our rich agricultural land lostr and last off-al.I, we don't want any. of our citizens to lose-~their life be~aus_e of::.a:..n~c.l~r plant accident. ~-~As o~r elected officials, what pos:itions-.haye y~u taken.on 'these items. Have you supported opposing testimony? Have you,:taken action opposing .the proposed rate incr~:~es~:~ A~e~you ~ainst increased tax~.as: a ~result'.of the plant cons~ue%~ion? .~ ~ill ~hea.r,: or at-.:least.~ead,~ ~he-expert testimony soon %o ~e presen~ed?~,~e.~3think-the~people-_of:~-~is town ha~e a ~right-~to know your?position on~ these: m~tters~ PLeas~e tell us~-~Thank you~" Deputy Supervisor Demarest stated that the Board has said many ~imes in the past~hat we have-had ~sDmeone representing us at the' hearings and we have been reluctant-to take :a position until most of ~the tes~im0ny is in.. We '.get ~eports ~on' ~hat is going on. ~He dQes not feel it-is.-proper for him-to spea~ for himself at this time, but he ~hiRkst and hopes the Board ~ill take a position in the near future.-- ~.added her support to what Mrs. Wmgg.~n read. She thinks it a ~ery good-.statement and covemsl a great deal of the :ground that the ~ssue itself begins to touch on. If-the Board is. going to. wait until all of the evidence-is in on. this hearing it will be far too ~ate. f~r:the Town :~.:Southotd to have~ had (any effect :on the conduct of the hearings or its outcome. :> Those people that live ~ithin-the To~ are-the ones that, will be so-intensely .affected by it. She mentioned another side issue appearing in ~this weeks issue of Science ~gaz~ne about the West Valley Reprocessing Plant which has been- shot ,down and Getty has:given up on it and .it has-fallen into the hands of-New York~ State.., That pl~t has processed so far 640 tons of rad-io..ac't~e'.waste, most, of .it.~f~om :Ha~fo~, so3~e .~a~e 6~0~ tons of waste in West Valley, New York, 30 miles south ~-Buffalo to. be handl:ed now by .the Ne~ York S~.te ~e~y Research and ~evelop~nt Administration, and :~e p-roje:cted-.cost of .getting =id-of it is about 60'0.~mi-ttion-d~llars~,: .whi-~h :we will~ ~:l,L have :to -~y as. New York residents or as U.S. Taxpayers. Therefore any aspect of this i'smue tha~ 'you look :at is .so fu-l.t of proble~ ~nd ques~i~s :and seriou-s draw-backs, that we wouldn't want.'.to -~et .into' .it..~ .... -: Ms...~rcythe-DiPirrO:, -Executime_ Directo~ ~ the East :E~d. Arts and Humanities Council, Riverhead, a~ ~esz :~e' .five .e~tern to~s and parts of Brookhaven :discussed their interss~in p~s-~ing the possibi.lity of an~.architecture: design contest to involve, ar~'tects, in mak-ing, ptans .lot the-'pr:oposed Southold Community ~Center. to be buit~ next to,.the Psconic Scho.ol:~:.- The~ ~are..~e~eral :.~dvantage:s: to this poss.ibility and when t-hey .get a'lt ,the de.tails worked, out, if:- 'it semms like an advantageous plan, they will ask whether or n~t_:~e Town wishes, to:approve .participa~n~ and co:~spons'orm~g. Lt with- them; ~e advantages:-a~re.- to bm:ing.-~.rea_t fin~ archite~s into. plann~g building so -that. when .it is: compLe'ted ~itb federal fun~ -it serves the community as we,ll as -possible. -The~ is great entk~asium for. paying ~the :expenses ~f: the .~desig~ cont~t :by ~e New:~ork State C~unci!~. on :th-e- AT:ts-.. be~a'~e, this- has ~ never:: beeR. practiced in York State before and they would like to have an example o.n how can be~., done~ r ,She-, hopes to,.have all..the details: ready: ~ ~e ~ard ' s next. mee:ti~:: o~:.~p~il -!2~.~--Dep.~ty: ~upe~v4s or ~ De~r.est .~tated th-at there bas been appointed a cit~nS .committee whD..ar~ going tD work on ~la~-ingrthis buildingz. We:also- have a- fund limLt, wh.ich ~'nnot be exceeded.:, I~ would-be .nice'n_to: p~rhaps: ka~e':~:-co~tes.t, but a~ of these discus:seal? a~ut a:. mon~th ag~-, and d~On-'t- Sup:erv'~;or Martocch~a: ,make a s~atement'about wkat.~he 'tho~gh:t cou:l~ ~ :6onez?:=.~-'~ou~cil~n Homan~ indicate:d ~ that~ Superviso~ -~.r:tocoh~ ~d a~ m,eetin~z ~ith. the gro.~ o~n? ~the: day,.' of,:- the To~,~e~ting~.. M~ek. ~2 th~ and: h~_' went into. discussion with. them a:~-.that time-at, leng~ and. wh~ ~e outcome was he-~didn?t 200 Mrs.'~Gtadys Csajko'~ Pr~eside~t' of /the North Fork Taxpayer, s Ass6c~ia- tio~ ~%tnc-. read ~t~ke 2fo~lo%~ing ~:~lette~. addres~sed' ~to the S~ut~old Town Board: o some~-number of ~ea~s?now,~ ~e ~T~w~ D~g Warden~has n"~t p~ov, i~d ~do~ ~n~l ~s~e~ice~o ~the V~'ge ~of .GreenpQrt~ ~ecently discussionS~ ha~e been held ~b~ee~~ t~ ~Trustees of the Village and t~ ~ B~ard ~,conc~erning .%the 3~s3si~il~ty' of ~ ~een~rt ~c'Ontr~dting~ ~th '-.~e :T~n -~o~ ~o~?con~l~:i Figures :'ha~e b~en ' C~ite~ snch :a~ $6 per ~r for u's_~ ~W~;de~?~d %t~u~ $3 -~r. ;davy ~:for ~-incar~e~a~'~ of a:~ ~g -~ the, ~Po~,. a~, a;ll~:~leva, nt ~vet~rinaria~ fees ~to'Jbe' .pa~i.d~ by t~ ~Vitta~e. -,~In .- th~is-~c~n~ec ~i~, ~we:- - ha~e a~ number;- of :ques~iOns ':wh ich we would,tike '.to pu-t :~to ~e~ Bo~rd,~ T~y.~:r:e.'.slmpl~ qUestio:ns?' (nOt trying to trick you in any way), "and, in general, can be answered by 1. Can we :ag~ee:~ a~:,.?es~b:lish: ~a% :~e-Southold 'To~Budge%, is: broken down into Various section's :such ~a's :~eneral, Highway,: ReVenue Sh'arinq~,~ Special :Dis~ict~, ::e't~. ~..RsPuty-Superv.isor .Demarest~:: yes- 2. 'Can we 'ague a~d ~'stabIi.sh ~hat :the Ge~eral Fundinq part of %he b~dget :i~s broken do~~ -into two s. ecti:ons~,_ ~meTy Genera % (or~ rull) ~To~and~ Gener~:l~ O~s_~de Uillage:'. (~ Part ~o~)'?-~DepuSy :super--~ visor ~De~_es~t: yes.-~Mrsv '.Csajko: '~ If :anyone disagrees w~th~ .a .. yes or:no answer, please-Speak upz~ ...... - 3: _.~C~e. :agr~ee a~d :estahlisk :tha~ the ~Genera~l: Pu:ll ~Town: budget .... i~ems'~:are. ~numbere~:a~d -~at :~thes:g numbems~:are preceded by the':let%er A?,"-~Deputy: Superuisor :De--rest: :Yes.~ . : :~:~.'~ ~ .... -~ ~ ' .... ~.. 4. Can w~e'~ag~ee::~ esta.blish~t~he ~nerat:~Par% ~To~' b~dge~ · i~ems are numbered and that ~these:_numbers: ar,e preceded -by the letter~ B?"--Depu~y~ Super~or Demares~'~Yes.~ _~.~_. - _ ~ ....... ~ 5. ~ Can~we a~:ee an:d~;~stahl~h th~ :the~Gene~al: Full .To~ budget co~a-ins tho-~e ~-i~tems:~i~: a~. c.har~e~le~ agains%: atL.~axable property in': Sou~hot:d .Town:including the Villag.e of Greenport~"~ Deputy Sup:e~v~so~ D~a~es~:~. ~es;.7 ~ . ~ ~ 6. ~Can ~ agree and:'.establish.that ~he. Part Town ~budget contains .thos:e :items 'which: are~:~char~b~:.o~y ~.to-taxable properEy, not falling Within .the boundaries of the Viltage:-of~.Greenpor~?--Deputy Supervisor 7:%~ Can ~-agree~and :~s%abl'ish:;~tha~..'such' typica:l ~ar~ Town,~ budget items as B3120, B~020 and B8020~,_ with_ their attendant~ break-down .into personal services, equipment, and contractual expenses would ~ items to .wh~ic~ ~G~re:enport~ Vi-llage ~xab.~e proper.ty wout~ :not: 'be 8. ~n ~ a~ree .an~:es~a~i~s:~:~h~t~ s~c'h:~typica~:-~lL Town .i~ems as A~0~O,~ ~3~510, ~6410,> and~.A~ll0-,: witk_ their attendant breakdown into :personal ~.ser-uice~s, equipm-en~t,'2 and: ~con.tra-ctual:~expenses ~w0utd be items to',which ~ll-,taxable property in Southo'td To~ :- including the:~ Village of~ Gre~pn~ -~ ~u:ld5 be~ subjeCt?~Deputy. Superv~ or : Demares~:~. Y~es. ' 9. ~," Can-we :agm~e ~'n-d~'~estahtish~ tha~t item~ -~510: appears, in ~the ~ner~;1 FuT1~ Town:bud~et?'~w~Depu~ Supe:rvis~ Demare'st:: Yes. 10;~ Can we ~g~'ee .a~d~ e's~ahTish :that item A3510 is de'fined i~ -- . the-budget ~s 'Contro~l of Animals -::DOg ~rden'% and is broken thereinc.i~to. ~35:10~ L-~ ~or~ p~so~.l: s~ru~es~; -A351~ ~' ~o$- equipmen.~, and A~510.4:' fo~':eo-n~rac~al expenses~'~%~'-De:~uty~ Supervisor Demarest~: 1T~ TM ~ince:: i~ h~s!~ ~se~ _s~abli~ed-~:tha~~ th~~ ~m~ered ~:items a~e f~rom th'e~- F~ut-L ~To~ Budget a~d- are :pa~id~qu~Lly ~y~ property': owne~ t~x~es from tke :e'ntir~s-.: T~ inct:~din-g ~ha~_ Vil~age~ ~of~~ ~resnpor~'~, c~n:~ we-~ aggrieve a~d~ establi~h:_~tha:t t~e f:o'Llo~ing sta~ent is inaccurate: "~ .~.~the co'sts Of mai~in~ t~do:g-~p~ou~'a:re::no~t picked up by~~ Greenuort, no~ilt they be .... ' ~hen i-t has heen"sho~ that Control o{ Animals~'i~s ~.~n~'A ~umDe~ ite~. ~Deputy s~pe~r~sor~Demar~st~:: The-~o~ has~ under-Eke Agricultural and Ma-rk~ts Law the Obligatioa~ to licens.e.:~og~no~:~onl~: in :the ~own.~bu%t in the'Village; and ~to enf.o~ee the Agriculture and:~rkets Law~. which we do in the Village. :~e~ take the: dog cens~s~ ~n ths: Village, ~e% ss~vs~.summonses~:~in: the Village to people who do not have a license for their dogs. The service which the Village has tried once to contract with us to do is the enforcement mainly of their dog ordinance. In enforcing ~hgir dog drdinahce,'Ohat~fs theirs, nOt'ours, to pick up the dogs which are u~l~shed, which is what they'want us to do, to come in a~.pick up the-'dogs~w~ich are running loose, dontrary'to th&ir dog ordinance. We~ar~.~0bl~gated %o~d0'Certaih ~hings i~ th~ Village., an~ s6 we are obli~afed to~taxthem. There is a ques~idn as to Whether we Should ~Bve another budget ~tem for what we do outside the V~llage to en- force o~r d0~ ordinance, we do it~in the same b~qet. As far as the TOW~-Bda~d-b&ing obligated ~O~c~m~'in and'~enf~ce the Green~drt Village.bog 0rdinance~ ~e~haVe no obligation-~t6 ~o it under the law.-- MrS. Cs~j'k0 d~d notask that, she sta~ed. The question she a~ed ~ras~the "cOs~ Of-~aintaini~g ~he.dog'po~nd-are~nOt'pidked'up by Greenport'~'~o~, Wi~ll they be", ~how-can that;statement-be ~ue~Qhen the 'eontroI of animal§ is in'the A budget.,~-Deputy Supervisor Demarest stated We are COntrolling animals under the A 'budget throughout the town;~-~Mrs. CSa]Ro said, but n'ot 'in'the Village Of Greenport.--- Deputy~S~er~isorDemarest stated they are.~--Mrs. Csa~ko stated the Tow~ Wa-rden~has jurisdiction throughd~ the ~entire ~own including Incorporated~Villages-therein,' ~lso the expenses of the' ~stablishment and mai~ntenance of POUnds and com~ensati0n of dog Wardens of cities, towns and villages shall be paid by the Cities, towns and villages incurring the expenses. Those ~a~e v~gueiy rei~ted'to what we are ~a~ki~g ~about,-b~t you' are not answerin9 e~tly ~h~t~I sai~, 'SO I w~ii'get.back to it a little bit later on. ~ ' 12. Can'we-agree ~h~ 'establish that the new Town Hall is being -built~with"Reveh~'e~ Sh~ring Funds?-~DepUty SuperViso~ De~hrest: Yes. 13-~ Can-we agree and establish that the SoUthold~TQWn Dog Pouhd was built wit~ Revenue Sharing Funds?~-Deputy ~SuPervlSor Demarest:-Yes. "S~nce Southold Town refuses to allow the Village'of Greenport to utilize~the 'Pound which was built-with Revenue Sharing F~nds,~what does ~he Town plan to do about the Town Hall? Using logic, it ~wo~ld appear~that the Town would, in order to ~be consistent, refuse the people Of Greenport the use of the New Town Hall~ Since the Town wants-to charge the Village for the use of'the dog pbund and its attendant wardens, ~how does the Town plan to charge Greenporters for use o~ the Town'Hall and i~s attendant employees? Will you have them come in through a back entrance, perhaps through a turnstyle in which they W0~ld have to'drop a. quarter or ~half-dollar in'order t~ gain admittance '~to ~he 'Town Hall?--~We bel.ieve that we hav~ e~tablished that (i) t:he-Town Hall and the Dog Pound were and are being built ~ith Revenue Sharing Funds which are for the ~nefit bf all of the people of-South01d ToWn and -(2) that the people~ of the 'Village Of GreenPor~ 'have 'for ygars- been paying-f'or a servi~e which 'they have 'not been receiving.'--~Deputy Supervisor D~marest: The Village gets revenue sharing fun'ds, so actually the revenue sharing funds are 1for the Town' of ~outhold, we-are spending town money 'for 'the Town Hall~ "'In conelu'sion,'we have'~n March '21st"~ -checked with the Office of the-New York stat~ Comptroller regardin'g ~the propriety of ~he Town of' South'o~d refusing to-'extend do9 control service to the Village of Greenport~and~r~fusing the~ the use of~the'Pound. ~We can, if you wish, provide you~i~h a~-complet~,trans'cript of'the entire' cbnversation. However,-the~ following-are the pertinent pa~ts~: "'If' ih '(the service) is-~rais~d~w±thin' the'A Fund, then it should be provided-on a' Town wide basiswhichsh0utd-include~-the Vil'la~e. These people-have paid for that service.' ....... Unless'they'have~the cost of the Pound prO¥ided somep~aOe els~,"''(and-y0u'-don't) "then--the cost'of that i~ 'included in this~dog c0ntrol~item and therefore'it would seem that'the Village would-~be~able~'to' utilize-that Pound." "'If'you are a'lre~dy payihg for it-in-your general tax levy, ~then you shouldn't have to pay for it again~'through'contract." At the-conclusion of our conversation ~Idi~rect-ed ~the-following question: "As afr as you know from~all the exper,ience~ you~'ve~had.; any~h-ing that's paid under the A or Full Town, then~the people-within the-Village are entitled-to that service?" The answer was" "Definitely, Right." In light of all of the above, we n0w~ask'this~Bo~rd to'please expiain'why the Village of' Greenport not only is denied'~usa~e of .the Pound, but why~they are being aske~ 202 to sxgn a cont~ract to pay for services ~lch tt~ey ~e al~rea'd~lqaying fo~ '~r~u~'h ~&i~'::ta~8~ ~nd ~6::~h~h t~'~e:en%~fed::~ :~'~i~: sa3ko sa~d ~at ~efore ~he goes ~ny ~fu~Her the quote ~haS,she used was from t~e Long~ Isiand Traveler,Watc~man, %f ~ou ~nt, she ~ff~, ~nd-'~h~ 5a~ hfs ~'ame~ ~e is~on:tHe~'staff'~df~"~gn~'~ N~f~:~',~' t~e adco~nti~g :s~6~i~ :~X~e~s ~n'%~6~n':~d~. ~: ~ 'th~r~~' possib~I~ty of ge55xng an answer.---Deputy Supervisor Demares~ ~ov~'~e enf0rc~en~ 6~ ~e:~%la~'e ~Do~ 8~dfnanc&~:~hid~ ~we~'~ii~-be doin'g "~ndef d~b'n~:6~'. 2L2~ .'~v~ ~k6 ~-t~ t&a-'s~ ~a~eea' ~i~h: that he To~ doe~ have to supply the enforcement of unlicensed dogs, ~. the :T~~ ~oe~"~h~¥~ ~'~6 ::~iC~~ :'%~em ~p~ ~th8 ~dw~":~de~-~v~ ~'~o 'into. th~. P~'~d,' a~d 'th~--T~ ~d'dq.p ~ag~ :~o ~aI fdr '.~os~~ .~-H~a'i~. Thl~y~ dfd' pa'~s -a- ~'sw l'aw in 1975 ~hidh:~ ~- r~didtfd~ ~f' ~he 'Bo~d~ ~:th~-i~ ~ta:nd.~ n0~ ~e~ 'db n'0~:h~.~ 's~ .4n~f0~:~-~/~hdli&~a~/l~.:~ The '¥o~d:0~es~'~:-'~50 :g'i~':t~e~ Vifl'~g~ se-~i~-e' ':~s-~'fa.r' ':~'s ' ~i'ff~e~S'e~ strays are Con'cern'ed.--DeP~'ty'Supgrvi~or D~marest stated they _are 'p~vidin9 ~a%j~-~LM~. -~s~'~j~0' .-~-a~' %~e~ ~rJ ~'~.L-'Deputy 'Sup~e~vis~r Demare~t said, %hey~ha~ye.~.taken~a.~ddg ~census., and .are going, now.:into · the ~ro~es~' ~ s%r~iEg~ '~hmm~ '~ -a-i~ 'P~0~le "WHO '~o-~0t' .h~ve'~f~censed ddgs. -~-MrS:-Csajko sta't~d h~r'.suggestion would' be tha~ they check. with th~ gentlemen .in.th~ ~om~troll~rs:;.:0ff~c~.-,~o~ci~man Homart said that inasmuch ,as the Greenport Village has. hired a police .force, th~y d~ :h~ expe~{ ~he Towg of_ Sd=u~U0l~.'~ po.!icem~ .~ ~$h~i~r 'viilage. Inasmuch as %he"Village ~of-Gr~en~t h~s 'i~ %he' past hired a dog warde~ ~and'.has ~assed dog brdinances, We~ of ~the To~ have evemy rig~ht ~ e~pect ~he V~!lage~df G~eenp0k~ to 'take/Ca~e .0f their 'o~n ~ pr'0blem~l They Ha~' sho~n ever~ indi'cati~' an~ ~ve~- ~lii*ngness. to d0 So ~i~ thq' pas~ and. therefore .relieving use of the obligation inasmuch'aS ~D~ are relieved of ~he~ob!iga]tion of p.~v/ding police'. for ~he 'villag~.--,Mrs:. C~ajko sai~ t~t ~e pdtice is .not_ under A budg~5~, it is undg~r B.. busget. Control of Animals is .~.~der ~3 If ~he Willaqe 'does~ ~ not want-'~o, bother~ou,. ~0od, you ~e~ that much far~her ahead~, ~od~ ar~ Colle~tlng the 'taxes ~r0~:.~:h% ~r~_~r.~ 'OW~r~ lin: G~e~Port and :~h~y- a~_ nb~ '_ge:b~ti~g' a~ing, fo~ it .and you~ a~. akg~d of ~ game,.hh~TD~pu~'~'~Su~/er~v~s~ De/~ar'9~t~ s~at¢~.tke~e ~-ma~ things in th~ -to~ bud~e't~ .. ~C~'~the': .... 'V~'~e', pays-_ . ~0r:: 'an~': .. w~'ich~ ~t~J' gTCO' acbual service 'As Ear as the HighWa~ Department,. ~r. Dean 6~n tetl you ~a'% pa'r~"~he~~ 6°-htr~'but~ t0~' a.n~ hh&n ~e %urn around and contract wi h them to fix their roads, within the Village of .Gre~pomt,~ ~nd they hay& al.uea~y paid into'~ it.' ,~his-~s 'one of ~'j~ "luxuries"~ .of ~eing in the viilage,~ where ~Ou ~many. ti~es have .to pay for" services: which:~:you never re.ce~'v~, ~The~ pay i~.th.e A b~dg~t. ~pproximately .5~.~f any ,item zn the budget, so in that part of the Control of Animals which is aro.und $22,00~.00 .they. pa~approximat~ly $1100.00 for control~?,~ dogs. Chances are that. t~ey~ get~ ~th'at~ch ~'e.kvice~ now.~--h~j' d,s~'jko ask~gd if 'ah'&: is~'' t Con'f~-sing- the ~-do.g 'c~hsu'~' wi't~w~rk_ coming.o.ut'~0f .the To~ Clerk's Office?~h-DeP~y-Su~er%~i~o~ De-m~r~s'{ ~%at'ed t~ey ~re~ail~paid out of the~' same item¥~ c~t~ol of Animals. '~ ask&d~if Mrs. Csajko i~l~rmed~ t~'~ ~n: in:: th'e:~ ~0mbtrp'iier~ 'dffic~ th~t~ ~he 'V_iii~ge' h~s a dog ordinance?~h-Mr~l~ ~sajko' s~ she ~did% She a~k&d is no Village Dog Warden the to~ dog warden should ~enforce .the proviszons of the state Agricu~turo and. ~rket~ and Law Article 7. as distinguished~ f~om~- village 'dog-ord.~nance within village~__ i~ca~ed' in 'the t0w~ship~'~- This ~s a 1969' opinion of the-At,torhey General. Under..Secti0~ 119. ~She feels ~he ~0ard should, th'ink more'~bo~t~ ~is. She does ~ot"~believe'~the bed~ie ,0f Greenp~r~ realize it~ They. should stop discussing cOntract~ and find out where,, the~. arg. in_~po~.~ign where they shgutd.~hgve~been en~o~g~hg.it all.. _ and they have_ not. been doing it~.j~st because no_gne in_ the V~tage rea~i~S, it.' Technically. they should p~-~vide the service. ~s. ~r_ia:~'~e~ ,~.9%it96k~-~'ad~ressed_ tb~ ;To~ -B~a~, ~entioni~g- that Coun~ilma'n-Homan, and Councilman Rich were chairmen of the .203 D~g PoUnd.---Councilman Rich and_ CoUncilman Homart corrected Mrs. Tejo S~ating that they were no~ 6h~man of the Pound, there is no one designated on the Board as chairman of the Pound, they are all respons.ible for i~.--~Mrs. 'Te~o conti~ued:-Me~mbers of ~the Board: in the Suffolk· . Times you had. an article ~ppear quo~ed kY Mr. Ma~CCh~'; T6~w~uper~isor, "The Animal League has been running al! ov~ ~thls ~Pou~d~and' that ~s why.~hey have been made ~ step' out. ~:~h~e~ ~aV~ ~'st~rb~d "the work, they have diStur~ ~he' pepp'le workin~ there.'" She ~'sked how a Town Shpervisor doul~say an 'animal ie~gu~ ha~'~srupted the Work of the two dog wardens who in turn have/~alled on'the league many times for help, After Mr. ~Martocchia a~k~d US out our~ President of our organiZation up.to, several weeks ago° g0~'n~merous d.alls fro~ the do.g wardens to~com'e back and place the~dogs, to send our League members to redeem them. Is this a joke or something to put the blame back on the League again?---Deputy Supervisor Demarest stated that_originally when the League was told there would be only ~imes when they could co~ in~o the 'Pound Was~ because'~he dog.wardens didn't know who their bosses were, they were confused and ~e thinks that is where some of our difficulties started. ---Mrs. ~Tejo stated that in June of 1975 Mr. Martocchia came to One of the-League meetings and he stated that the pound W°uld be opened, and slated he had three veterinarians consultants to the Town, Dr. Zite~, Dr2 Cottral, and D~. waitz. He also stated to their members ~ that he wanted full cooperation from the League. He also stated that the League could hold some cats there, it is in their minutes. Now, a year later the Pound was opened and no one knew about it, Mrs. Tejo knew'because the dog warden called her house and asked her to come to t~e pound to p~ace animals. On the basis of Dr. Zitek, consultant to the P0und.fhey were asked to step out. She came ~o Mr. Martocchia and ~ried to tell h~r reasons, but he wouldn't listen. Know she would like t~ Bo~d to give her the courte.sy of listening to what she says. She has saved the town a lot of money, and .for that she has been abused, insulted and she. thinks it has been discrimination. After Dr. Zitek gave the adgice to keep. them out of the Pound, she approaqhed Dr. Zitek on a professi6nal basis. She spoke to him as a women of knowledge of medicine; she asked on what recommendation did he advise Mr.. Martocchia to keep her out of the Pound. Is it because 6~ her finding of distemPer in the Pound? She apprpached Supervisor Mart0cchia and his answer was that he would take ca~m of it. She approached Dr~ Zitek on the filth and the way the Pound was being kept. Dr. Zitek said he knew about it., the distemper will happen again, he was never told the Pound was officially opened ahd he did npt ~npw anything ak~ut it. She was amazed and was surp~ia~d and she still has not l~et up and will continue the investigation. There are ma~y discrepancies on the report o~ the consultant ~o the ~Pound. Mrs. Tej0 stated that for 28 years she has been in the medical profession, her husband is a reputable pathologist. She has worked form Belvue to Mt. Sinai. She was assistan~ director for tens years at the New York Pathological Labs. In all this time this is the first time she has come to a small town to live and a consultant,~a veterinar, ian of medicine does not have the courtesy differently than what'a. Town Supervisor would tell her. he Was supposed to get back to her for quite a while regardihg an autopsy .done on a dog that was killed in Greenport Village. Miss Du.nn contacted her, she gave her the' origina~ report of the autopsy and she ~as it there, it is ~and written~ It is not an accurate report. Mrs. Tejo wants the a~ticles to stop about the League. She did her service very well, and if Mr. Martocchia did not like ~it he could have called her privately and told her so. She would like to know why she is being attacked. She thinks she deserves some answers from ~he Board, and if not,. the report she ~as been making for the past month, she shal.1 give to the District Attorney.'-~--Deputy Supervisor Demarest ~equested that she write a letter.with the questions she has. in.it. He also feels Mr. Mart°cchia should be there to answer, because in most cases she referredto_what he said.---Mrs. Tejo further stated that the Pound building is deteriorating, the pipes this winter were a.ll frozen.. Mr. Dead had to put in a kero~sene .stove to keep ,the do~ warm.~ The. wateri'Po~r's.fr-dm Under the s~ihk~-C-Depubyj,SuPer~iso~, ~ate~ '~he pipes did freeze and. they will. have ~0,do ~sqmeth~ng~another year~ this Was a ~are winter for .this ar. ea~ 'Perhaps a mistake i~as,~ade, Where they pladed the'~ipes. The~e ~r~' ~f~S 'in ~ke b~i~di~ b~ they can be repaired' so the building is adequate,-L-Mrs, Tejo asked' Deput~.Sup~r~so~ Doema~est,- ' ~ ...... ~ ..... , .... Councilman Homan, Justice Suter whether they khew ~!1~ Of th%/.members of the Animal-Le~gue?--LTh~y.sta~ed ~hey did n6%:kn°w al!:~"'me~bers,~2-M~s'. Te~0'.st~ed before--t~f~cc~e a' L~'agu&'~ ~h~ey d~hh~~ ~cC~S~~ the~n~i~.~o~gan'i~a~dn. AA:d~ s~ ~id, q~alifi~d'.-~'iDeputy'suDe~gis'0r D~arest 's a% d.' hatth& W rd hS PaMse~ a divil"service t~st,'~ a, nd he~ interviewed'Mr. Helf himself.. There' were fi~e pgoPle ~n th~'list' and two Wer'e chosen, ~hose that they felt_to ben,he most qualified on the list. making a de~igion on t~e~.Jam~spdr% ' ' ~ : NUclear Plant? That the Town poszt~on WOuld 'be'stated'before ~the'end of thzs meet~ng~ ---~ep~ty supe'rvis~ ~ D&marest'stated that"~he p~i~ibn ~Odld: b~'take~:' h~{ ~t this meefii~.-:--Mr.-Kujawsk%'stated ~h'at there"is thepos:s~iI~fi¥ th~-h~aring~' cohld'cpme'tO an ~brgpt-~nd, ahd' i'f that sh'ontd'happen SoUthold'ToWnmay nd-t ~Ven 'get oK :r~c'or~/-~couhc'ii~an H0ma~ stated. that Mrs. Teidke ~epresents the'-town and ~as her Fem~.rks"'rgdOrded into the record. Mr. wiliia~'P~ll asked who 'is goi~g'~0 represent the TowS'in'the police _cas~?~-~Dep~ty SDpe'rvisO~ Dema'rest stated 'it Will"be-Smith, Finkelstein~. Lundbqr9 and Yakab0ws~i f~bm ~Riverh~adi~A-.Mr:.- as~led'whyt~hey always'.go ou~' of tow~:to get a'~lawyer¥ ared't there' any i~'town they could deal wi~h? That'fiz~u' has been use'd fo'r thr~e or fodr other cases and by-passed the local people who live. heke. L~- Deputy 'Supervksor Demarest:stated they have used done qgltewell' fdr us, they have been ~inners ~ most 'of the-ca'ses', and'it a law firm that'has 'many facilities.~--Mr.' Pell ~-s~e:~ if' they feel ~hey are'better qua!ifi~d ~thah-many. ~the'r. 10~:attOrnieS to repre;seht the fiow~?J~Deputy' super~ii0k Dem~regt sic-ted ~ ~dd~s - nofi feel' t~t way, what ~e~-is_ sayihg is they have'do~e wel~ fo~ hs ~nd 'they' S:ee "no 'r~-a~bn %~ cha~9~ ~un;l%ss'-tH~y 'wAre ~oinq ~ g~y have a' pD~ for leqal-f~s and they'were 'going to-'ldzVzd~ 'i~t ~p am6~g' some p&:opi'~:/' ~he~e '~eob~A abe 0ui' of 'town and the? erg-hoti: _gi~if~-~ anything to someone 'who will ~ake sides later.' Mr. Peli a's~e~ if the TOWn wou~d in any way be liable, if ~h~':is~ate- ments a~e c0'rre~t,: if the Town has co'~ected money for serviC'e"the Viilage~has not received; 'could t~"v~:iiage sue' us?.-ruD~y S~per~ visor Demar~st ~a~ed '~nyon~.'.'coui~ su~'"anyone. Whethe~ they wi'lI or ~i:i-1 not have a cuase,, it is not kndwn.---Jus'tiCe Su~er' st~&d the .... actio~ 'Wouid-~be 'from 'the Village Board s~ince th%y are paying" the mOney::. · ' . Mr. Pell' Said bhis Long Island Lighting Company-plant zs g0zpg ~q take ted years to build and-'employ 2/000 'to 3,000-people to build it, Row many. peoplh are~_g0ing to be employed~after it is built?--Deputy Supervz-s.or Dema'rest gtated'the .~nly information he-has is what the gentlemen from. Plymou%h said they employ 80 or 90 peopTe and m~s~. of t~ose people"are skiEled t~hnicia~s,/:which w0~ld not ~r0b~y come ~from the' locality, 'b~t"'p~ople from '0~her~ places'. Mr. ThOmas Jurzenia, Greenport; spoke.ab°ut. the prop0.sed detOUr signs for'.'the work at the Mill Creek b~idge. A verbal agreemenD ' w~ reaChed with Mr. Martocchia and-the .engineeks last year_tha~ _ the_signs woul~ not go UP until' abso~Ute!y necesSAry.', bu~ ~hey are up already. Mr. Jurzenia understands they are going to repair'~- the r~ilrOad-'bridge s~mg time in'.M~y or June and that wii?Lbe - another 'detog~. Mr.~-Jurzeni-~ suggest%d b~hA%~ the~ small ~y,pass~:~baa beside'khe railroad bridge be used~rather than a de%our away from Rou~e 25.--~Deputy Superv~or Demarest stated he will be calling theDepartment of Transportation,~and he will mention the construction on the railroad bridge and see what the±r intentions are, and if theyilc~ld ~y~pas.s it as ~hey did before. · Mr. Pell stated the bridge is-supposed~to take 18 months to repair and they asked supervisor Martocchia at,that time if rather than starting'~nlMay or June and tieing it up for two summers, they could start ~fter Labor Day and it woUld-only be'tied up for one summer. Mr. Maf~:occ~ia was~supposed to'see if it could be done.----Deputy Supe~vlsor-'~emarest stated he would ask about it when he talked o th'e Departed-hr of Transportation. Mrs. ~l~dYSl:Csajko, President of the North Fork Animal Welfare League~ Inc! read the following letter addressed to the "Southold ToWn Boa~di South~raet, Greenport, New York. Gentlemen: At the Ma~ch 8th meeting-of the Southold Town Board, copies of a 12 page repOrt prepared by the North Fork Animal Welfare League; Inc! ~ere handed to all Board members present. :A letter reques-ting an:explainati0n of the report was also read and presented to-:the Town Clerk. The letter was a joint communique from the ~eague, the North FOrk Taxpayers Assn., and the Council of Allied Association. In the March 10th issue of the Suffolk Times, the following appeare~ as part-of the story. "Supervisor Mar't6cchia said he hadn't had a:~hance to read the 12 page document but that the League women were mad'.that~they were notallowed in the Pound. "They were-all over the place," he said, when the pound first opened last springi "We'll accept advice, but'we can't let;them run it~ We do eVerYthing Dr. Zitek.....asks us ~o do."'- - B~fore.~we go any-~further,~ we thi~ ~W~ things-should 'be clarified. L. The ~League '~as a great ~many male-members in-cludi~g males on the Board of Directors. 2. There was never any question as to whether we co~l~ be ~llowed in the Pound. The Pound is public property and there is no way we can be kept out if we wiSh to enter. Let~us get to the more important part-though.-~The Supervisor s~tes '(an~ has,~ated many~t~me~before£'i~clu~ing~at-Town Board meetings~)'~'-that the Town wo~ld accept advi~eJ The ~eague has"~anY tim~'S:~ttemp%ed Go o~fer~advice;- ~11 ~offers~haVe~een-:~re~ected wit~O~ b~ing hea~rdr promised conferences have never~materi&tized. Further, the League has never even indicated;-that it wanted ~to-ru~..th~ Pound:. It couldn't even if it wanted to since a Town can only contract with a society for the preve'ntion of cruelety to animals f~r ~this service ~nd our League ,is-specifically charte~e~-o~ly as-a 'huma'~'e soci~ty~ · -. ~We do~not wish-to go ~ver'ground'-atre~ady covered unnecessarily, but for~the record, it wa-~ made abundantly'-clear ~to the ~eagu~ :that our preg~nce was-not wa-nted in the Pound last August.- At that time, the ~e~gde ~began to -investigate Certain ~discrepancies inthe records of the Pound. We--wrote-to tbeTpwn Clerk in ~ugust and ag~i~ in' November asking that these dispcrepancies be cleared up. ~ It is our understahding that both of these ~etters were-brought to-the attention of the~Board. ;-We have' y~t to receive even an-acknowledgement of our · ~etters. · : ~ For:-b-his reason, we embarked on-t~e study-which-uroduced the 12 page report wHich-was handed to the BOard the the last meeting. We are attaching to' this letter a follow-up report fOr the first- two mona-he of 197~ which 'we urge the Board memt~s to read'. We ~have 3 questions which we sha~l ask the Board to respond to whe~ ~e-have-finished~tbi~' statement.- -The 'questions are~ 1. - How many -of -~he' ~oard~ members · have read th~ ~report? ~ ' ...... 2. May. we-'have~' .the reaction- of- each ~indi~vidual mem~e r~ of the Board-to~th~ repo~rt?~ '_ 3. What aCtion does theI Board plan to take in regard to-this report? Gentlemen, we are not~ea~l~i~g ~ith ~nuts--a~ boltS.*~ We~are .... dealing wit~ living creature~- .... IT~t~e~' s~arp-'drop---i~-adoptions ~and~ the horrifying increase in destruction of dogs since the League was invited out of the Pound does not bother you, perhaps some simple dollars and cents figures will. Prior to the opening of the Pound,. veterinarian bills for the period beginning January of 1976 .throuqh.~arch amounted to $6~0. ,o~ approximately $216. pe~month~ Aith6ugh the Pound was newer' officially pronounced open, the League discovered in AphiS'that it~ was in fact in operation. Although we did not really begin working hard for~the animals until May, in order that no one.accuse of stacki~q figures in our fa~o~,~we~.shall consider the time that~the League Was'in~oived in the Pound as the period_be~inning~April 1st an~ ggiDg~through Auqust i3th. During that time, ~the~veterinarian ~ bills tota~_i$825.25 or~$183, per ~0n~h~ ~owever, that figu~e~iS~.' misleading sinc~e th~reis~a minimum of ,$384~ worth of unneeessary.~' veterinarian expenditures during that .time.~ A tr~er figure~for.these 4½ months should be $441.25 which is roughly $100. per month. 'During this time, the League also found homes for 21 dogs producing a sayiggs for the Town.of up to $420. which it would have incurred if these animals had had to be ~d~str0Yed. From mid-August through th~?~nd Of December, veterinarian ~ills amounted to $1,050 or $233 per month. More hah,half of ~that money.was spent to destroy dogs. Finally, since we have been, denied the opportunitY to ~f~r - any ad~vce to..the .Townprivately, we would like to offer the following suggestions Publicatly in order to give some inidcation of the kind of ~a~i~e we would have like to of~ier: 1.'~A committee ,should be named to. oversee the operations of the Pound.~ This committee should be.~charge~ with the task of keeping a'close, check of_ all conditions relative to the operation of a~ood ~ ' facility. They sould make sure tha~t all records are kept correctly and~up.t°, date. The current management of the Pound is very,~bad. If such a~committee is~unaccePtable, we would suggest that the~P0un~ be placed under the authority of the Poli~ ~p~partme~t. This~has been done successfully elsewhere. This.also has the advantage of removing the operation of the POund at'ieast~one step away from politics. 2. A set of ~ules-sho~td ~e ~rawn.up '.f6r the dog wardens so tha~~ there i~ no doubt in their minds, as to their duties.-,whht they, ~ can and,~qannot do. They s~uld be obligated to be well versed.in t~ Sta~e Agricultural an.d-Markets Law ~elative.to their positions. The current dog wardens were never~properly instructed or. tra,ined in their duties. The ward ~ens should also be properly trained in~order~ to spot~ potentially serious medical problems by .learning wha~ symptoms to watch for in,animals. 3. A sign ~houl,d. be place.in a pr0minen~ place ~n. Rte. ~5 and ~nother on Rte. 27 giving directions so..that people can f~nd the Pound. 4. Except in an emergency, the Pound ~hould be open at,the times advertised. Visiting hours have only._been maintained sporadic~!ly. 5. A~tape answering mervice should be attached to the Pound telephone. We r~eceive complaints constantly~that the wardens c~nnot be reached telephone. The t~pe could carry a message stating that in case~of an emergency, the Police Department shouldbe called. For nonWemergenQy calls, ,the callers should be instructed to leave their name and phone number. 6.. ~eomp~ete~ description of ~.ll~-dogs in the Pound should b~ inserted in both the local newspapers each week. An attempt should be made to also procure local spots on the radio as often as pg~sible. 7. The dog wardens must be instructed to keep Proper records. There is no excuse for such poor records as hawe been turned in since the wardens are not dealing wi~h all that many animals 8. The wardens should be instructed to bring every dog in.for distemper shots. This was done quite regularly after_ the Pound reopened, but the pr~ctic~.has become ~quite~it and miss !ately ~ ~ with more dogs not receiving these shots than those receiving them. 9. When poss,ib~e, and if room permits, highly ad0ptable dogs particularly puppies - should be kept over the time limit. This is standard procedure in,evere decently run,dog pound. Note also that by holding a dog a little longer thereby enabling it to be adopted out, the Town, will sa~e ~the $20.~ destruction ,cost. 10. No dog sh~utd be released f~om the Pound unless the owner in the presehce of the warden plac~-i~ arouhd the neck of that dog a collar to which is attached a license. 11. The wardens should be instructed to spend their~spa~e time - of wh~ich they ha'Ye plenty - in 'going ihto various sections of the T~ ~n~'~g~ing ~'r~om h0~use to ho~se ~hecking whether ~he~e is a dog in residence there. The Town of Southampton instituted this practice and last year alone~the wardens found and caused to b~.'licens.ed ~ver 2,000 dogs. Licensing makes identification of a dog much s~mpler, would be very helpful ~n enforcing %he leash law and would lower the possibility of someone's pet being killed unavoidably because of non-identifiCation. These are just some of the very many suggestions ~he League would'like to make. We believe the time has long passed when a conference between the League and the Town Board should have'been hel~. However, we 9gain 0ffi~ially request that such a conference be shced~led and ask for at least~a tentative date for such conference. (Attached to'this letter was a two. page report, covering wardehs report,~'~SP0si~i~n, of dogs., Town Clerk's report, and Veterinarian report, ~rom January 3, 1977 through February 23, 1977.) Mrs. Csa~o asked how many of the Board members did read the report.-- Each b6ard member indicated they had rea~ it.--Mrs. Csajko asked for their reactions.~--Deputy Supervisor Demarest stated he is not happy with the~situatfon. He can see there is a need for better record keeping. It was discussed~ this morning and they will try to inst~e a system whereby they Will keep a log of their activities and also any dog they pick up will immediately be recorded on a shee~ and the sheet will follow the dog all the way through his stay in the dog wardens hand~. He does not feel any.thing~Was done illegally. ~ S~me dogs might ha~e been kept longer than required, but they were probably looking for a home fo~ a puppy'~or likeable dog. It has not operated the way they'wanted it to, but they wil~'make'an effort to get it starightened~out. Perhaps they relied 'to much on the fact ~thay were quali~ied by civil service, and perhaps they shouldn't have gone to Brookhaven for training.---Mrs. Csa~ko asked if they had found out anything at all where the missing dogs went?---Supervisor,Deputy Demarest said the wardens p~obably gave them away. If they had taken them to Dr. Zitek his records would show that.---Mrs~ Csajko asked if they are going to really study the suggestions?--They feel they are logical auggestions, and would they be taken into consider- ation?-~Deputy Supervisor Demarest said they would.---Mrs. Csajko stated they don't like to see remarks in the paper about the League, they don't want the hassel to continue. She indicated that there are six board members and it only takes four to make a decision to change something.---Deputy Supervisor Demarest stated they are not going to tell any one board member how they are going to do something. They will study the situation and if the pound has not been run properly it will be corrected. They are the first to admit they are not happy with the way it has been run and will make a serious effort to straighten it out. However, with an operation like that the time people can come in to observe the dogs must be limited.---Mrs. Csajko stated that in 1975 the League offered to staff the pound so it would be opened to the public and give the wardens more time on the road. Mrs. Csajko asked that the Board concern themselves, not to let some- body else decide what they are thinking. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that a recess be taken at 5:00 P.M. to reconvene at 5:30 P.M. Vote of the T~wn Board: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor Demarest, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Doyen. This resolutiOn was declared duly adopted. Meeting reconvened at 5:30 P.M. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by CouDcilman Ric'h~~ WIIEREASa proposal Local Law No. :~ '1977 was introduced at a meeting of this board held on the 8th off"March, 1977, and WIIEREAS a public' h:earing~Was held thereon by the board on'the 22nd day of Marchr 1977, at which time all interested p~rsons were ~i~en an oppertun~'tly to be.heard %hereon~,- NOW, THEREP-ORE,i BE IT RESOLVED that ~ocal Law No. 2-"1977 be..!:~: enacte~ as foli0ws~'" ' '- - LOCAL LAW NO. 2 ~ 1977 ' A Local Law repeal~ing-the eXemption on real' ' ' property provided by section: ~85L~ ~f~th~ R~a! Property Tax Law. · 'Be ~t e'~ac~ed'by't~e'Tewn B0ard Of the Town of Southold~aS follows: ' Sec~bn 1} P~rsUant to'the'authority of subdivision '7 of'section 4852~ of the keai' Pr0pert~:Tq~'Law, the partial exemption from tax- ation, ~specia! ad ~aiOrem levies and service charges provide~ b'y such' s~C~ien-4'85-b is'hereby, r~p~a~'d insofa~ as such exemptlbn wo~'~d ~av'e:'applicabl-e'to ~li¢i~ r~i'~'~p~0perty asSeSsed for town purposes. "" ' .... ~ ~ ' -'- -' Section 2. This local law is subject to a permissive referendum and shall take effect forty-five (45)-days hfter its adoption. sa~d Local'Lawili~'~ubject"to a permiS'Sive referendem p~r.sugn~ to the ~Ogisi'0h~'of 'S~cti0n 24 of 'th~ M~nicipal H0me-Ru~e"Law. vote-of ~he-~own Board' Ayes: DepUty ~upervisor. Demarest,. Councilman RfCh, Counc~'lman'~maa~ Justice su~er'j ~ust~ce D~yen2 ' ° This r~s01~0n'waS'd~clared duly ~dopted. On ~otien of JU~Oe ~Suter, seconded by Councilman Rich, i~'~s~~: RESOLVED 'th~ th'er'e being'no fUr~r ~usiness'~o come befe~e ~h:~~' town. board mee~in~ ad~ournmen~ ~'~'Dal'led at 5:35 P.M. Vote of the To~n Board: Ayes: Deputy Supervisor. Demarest,-Coun~ilgah Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Sut~, ~J~s~ice Doyen. This resolu~ion~was declared duly. adopted. ~.- Town Clerk