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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-09/21/19766'7 SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD September 21, 1976 A regular m~eting of the Southold Town Board was heId on Tuesday, September 2t; 1976 at the Supervisor's Office, 16 Sou~h Street, Greenport, New York. Supervisor Martocchia opened the meeting at 3:00 P.M.-with"the following present: Supervisor~A~b~M. Martocchia Councilman James H. Rich, Jr. Councilman James Homan Justice Martin Surer Justice Louis M; Demarest Justice Francis T. Doyen Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker Highway Superintendent Raymond C. Dean Town Clerk Judith T. Terry On motion of Councilman Rich, seconded by Justice Surer, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of'town board meetings of September 7, 1976 and September 13, 1976 be and hereby are approved as submitted. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice SUrer, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 12, 1976 at the Supervisor's Office, 16 South Street, Greenport, New YOrk. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Ju~ice Demarest, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Surer, seconded by Justice Demarest, it was RESOLVED that a meeting of the Southald ~own Board will be held at l:O0 ~-,M., Friday,-~ October l, 1976' at the Supervisor's Office, 16 SouthStreet, Greenport, New Yore for the purpose of accepting the tentatiwe budgetfrom the Town Clerk and study ef same. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: S~pervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Councilman Homan reported that all of the necessary equipment has been received and all of the arrangements have been made with LILC0 and the contractor who will put up the lights, therefore the lighting program will begin within two weeks. Highway Superintendent Dean reported they should be finished this week pic~ing~up ~he debris from Hurricane Belle. They have also been picking up~ debris.from the State roads, and they should finish the State roads~today. Supervisor Martocchia stated they have received the $23,760.00 allocation from the HUD program for the senior citizen-youth center south of the Peconic school on Peconic Lane, Peconic. The nex~ allocation should be $52,000.00. The town attorney is now preparing the title search as a step toward going into contract with the owner of the property. The application £or~a cluster subdivision to be known as "Richmond Shores at Peconic" is being returned to the Planning Board with the notation that the Town Board has reviewed the map of "Richmond Shores at Peconic" which is proposed as a cluster zoning. Under Section 100-136 of-the Zoning Ordinance those areas set aside for sEP drainage and subject to flooding are to be excluded from the comp- utation of the gross area for the purpose of compiling the number of lots. It is apparent this was not done and accordingly the mat%er is referred back to the Planning Board in order that the developer may make these computations and recompute the total number of lots excluding drainage areas and areas subject to flooding. Supervisor Martocchia stated Item ~? on the agenda has been deferred for the purpose of readvertising, advertisement was not made in the legal newspaper of the town. (Fishers Island-hauling of Mystic Isle.) Supervisor Martocchia reported: 1. Receipt of a letter from St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Greenport, to the Planning Board, stating that while they will qmalify for a tax exemption pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Real Proparty Tax Laws of the State of New York for their proposed San Simeon Retirement Community project, theypropose to make an annual contribution to the Town of Southold~on Such an equitable basis as would reimburse the.Town for municipal services provided to this project, i.e.- poli¢.~ protection, fire protection, street lighting and many other essential services. 2. Proposed dredging projects - Long Creek, Mattituck and Halls Creek, Mattituck, to be sent ~oi th~ Department of Public Works, Suffolk County, for study, surveys and recommendations. On motion of Councilman Rich, sebondedby.Counci!man Homan, it was RESOLVED that the~Town 0f'Southold'~eleasa to The North Fork Bank & Trust Company 100,000 New York State Dorm. Auth. Brookhaven Hospital securities @7.65 due ?/01/82, for which The North Fork Bank & Trust Company will pledge 100,000 U.S. Treasury Notes dueS/15/79. Vote o£ the Town Board: A · yes. SUpervisor Martocchia,~ Councilman Rich, Councilma~ Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest.~ Justice Doyen.. This resolution was declared dUlyadopted. Supervisor Martocchia: 3. Letter from the Planning Board relative to the town board reviewing the sale ofsingle lots in the town. 4. There will be a public hearing at 3:30 P.M. relative to a proposed local law pertaining to games of chance being held by certain non-profit organizations. It 'wiI!be on the ballot.in November for the residents to.vot~ upon. 5. Receipt of a ~petition from residents of Hobart Road and Terry Lane, Southold where they feel they have a parking problem. The petition will be referred.to the police department for. study and recommendation. Petition contains 12 names. 6. Letter from the Department of Emergency Preparedmess,. County of Suffolk, suggesting that a base station be leased-or purchased by ~hetown providing~two or more channels for use during emergency-situations such as was experienced during Hurric~a~'Belte. This station would provide the town with direct radio-communication day to day with local departments as well as with the County Emergency Operations Center~ durin~ times of_.emergencies or disaster. The town does have 'one of~the aforementioned pieces of equipment~ which belongs to the County, but~they do not want to make it workable; all that is needed is an antenna. 7. Supervisor Martocchia offered a proclamation declaring October'3 - 9, 1976 as National 4-H'Week, the theme lhis year being "4~H - Room to Grow." 8.' Letter from the Southold Town Baymen's Association, Inc. requesting an amendment to Chapter 100, Article III, Section 100-30 of the Town Cod~and Chapter 100, Article III, Section 100-30 - sub-section (~9) ~aragraph 8 -- incorporating commercial aquiculture and fishing operations in residential districts - following th~ structure of the agriculture' exception to the Code and limiting their uses to the harvest of essentials. The proposal will be looked into very seriously and studied .... 9. Letter from the Greenport Public School requesting assistance from the Town of Southoldtoward3financing the Orchestra de Camera and the National Chorale..' The board has the-matter under study. 'lO, Letter from the Southold To~n Poli6e Benevolent Association, Inc. offering the Town Board'a proposal whereby the members of t~e P.B.A. would defer payment of holiday pay and overtime p~ owed them until January 15, 1977, enabling the board to continue the services~ of two patrolmen furloughed as of September 30th.---Supervisor Martocchia explained the inaacuracy of a statement in Suffolk Life attributed to-Chief Cataldo relative to a reduction of 25% by the laying-off of the two patrolmen in question.---Supervisor Martocchia statedthis is not true, as the population is greatly reduced after Labor Day, and the police department can function with the elimination of the two men. These two men Will Undoubtedly be rehired as of January lst.---They were originally hired with the anticipation of several officers retiring, but this did not come to pass; therefore there is not enough money in the revenue sharing funds allocated for their salaries for the year. On motio~ of Justice Su~er, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that a recess be called at 3:30 P.M. for the purpose og holding a public hearing on proposed Local Law N9. -1976 relative to Games o~ Chance. (Murie! Brush took minutes.) Vote of~the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter,.Justioe. Demarest, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Meeting reconvened at 3:45 P.M. Supervisor Martocchia: 11. Letter from St. Patrick's C.Y.O. requesting funds from the town to purchase additional equipment in order that they may expand their current programs. The letter and request will be taken under consideration. 12. Grant from the federal g~vernment to reconstruct and realignNew Suffolk Avenue, Mattituck has been approved. Amount of' the grant asked for was $127,255.00; the town will receive $89,000~00; the town will expend $38,176.50 toward manpower, and equipment which will be in service rather than cash. Moved~y Justice Demarest, seconded by Councilman Homan, WHEREAS, a Project for the Reconstruction and Realignment of New Suffolk Avenue, Town of Southold, Federal Aid Project 0S-~l~(~) funded under the Federal-Aid 0ff~System Roads Program~ .defined in Section 219 of Title 23United States Code, calls ~or ~the apportionment of costs for the program to be borne at the ratio of 70% Federal fUnds and 30% State or local funds; and WHEREAi$, the Town of Southold recognizes that State funds are not available for the non-Federal share of the project; and WHERE~S, the Town of Southold desires to advance the project by making a commitment for the 30% nO~Federal share of the project costs, which costs shall include but not be limited to the cost of preliminary engineering and right-of=way incidental work, including final design of the project, construction engineer~ lng (inspection) costs incurred by the Department of Transportation. NOW, THEREFORE, the Town Board, duly convened does hereby: RESOLVED, that the Town of Southold concurs with the general aspects of the above project and desires that the above-subject project be administered by the New York State Department of Transportation; and it is further RESOLVED, that it be understood that this statement in no way diminishes the Town's ~ights under present procedures to review and comment on specific stages of the project; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the Town of Southold to provide the 30% non-Federal share of the costs of the project and hereby authorizes the Town to participate in the cost of the project by providing in-kind services, if the project is to be performed by local forces, and it is further RESOLVED, that this Authorization shall commit the Tow~ to an amount not to exceed $38,176.50 for the entire cost of the project; and~it is further RESOLVED, that the Supervisor of the Town of Southold be and it is hereby authorized to execute all necessary agreements on behalf of the Town with the New York State Department of Transportation approving the above project and providing for the Municipality's participation in the cost of the non-Federal share of the project, at a total cost not to exceed $38,176.50; and it is further RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be filed with the State Commissioner of Transportation, it being understood that upon comple~ion of the above project, the State Commissioner of Transportation shall transmit to this Town Board a statement showing the actual costs and expenses of such project and shall notify the Town Supervisor of the amoUnt due from or to be returned to the ~own and that any sum due the State of New York shall be paid by the Town within ninety (90) days after the date of transmittal of said statement, and the funds therefore'shall be raised according to the statutes in such cases made and provided, subject to the approval of the Town Board. Vote of the Town Board: Ay s. Supervisor Martocchi% Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. ' .... This ~esoiUt!~n was declared dUly adopted ....... Supervisor Martocchi~: '~ ' 13. Letter from Helen McIntyre, Chairperson, Su£folk 'County Comprehensive Youth Services Planning Committee, stating there will be a meeting on Wednesday, September 29, 1976 at the Legislative. Hearing ROom, C0unty'Cent~r,-Hauppauge, relative ~0 proposed new rules ~nd regulations for.~omprehensive Planning which ha~e been devisted by the New York'State Division fur Yo~th~.. 14. There is ~a problem in the subdivision developmen~ ~known as Suns'~t Knolls~, Mattituck, relative to a drainage matter. Super- intendent of Highways Dean will resolve the-problem. 15. Supervisor Martocchia read the following letter from Dr. William E. Zitek. (letter'dated September 16, 1976)---"I met today with Mr. Hell at the Pound to make a ~inal assessment of the sanitary practices and to advise further measures to prevent incidents such as occurred this.PaSt month.---Our conversation covered: cage cleaning and disinfection; ward and r~n~ cleaning and disinfection; observation of~smimals foreating and bowel/habits; sanitation of feedinE dishes and utensils; isolation room procedurea'and disinfection and general building disinfection at the end of the day.---Onprevious visit~ we had discussed~ the handling of SUspected ill or questionably healthy dogs and ~he'sam~ sanitary procedures Which were reiterated ~Oday,~ in order that no misunderstandinE or'procedure exists. We alsohave discussed and given recommendations for proper cleansing of the town truck, warden shOes, uniforms etc.---I would suggest that no other persons beside the dog wardens be allowed in the kennel area or beyond the office without your authorization.---I am very much in favor of finding homes'for 'unwanted animals from the Pound. However,~I,feel that for sanitary reasons' all~ arrangements COnmCe~ning the,adoption of animals from the Pound can be made in the office provided~ an~ there is nonecessitM for anyone other than authorized perSorluel to enter the kennel or feeding area.,--If you have any.further questionsregarding my recommendations, please feel fr~e tomDall~ on me." .... Supervisor Martocchia stated he has uP~to-date~ort~ from the two dog w~rdens who~ have met with the Town Clerk-mto! work out their~reports. There is also a~dog redemption report frbm the Town C~er~; - On motiOn'of Justice Surer, seconded by Justice Demarast, WHEREAS~ the Marian Council, Knights of Columbus,.Cutchogue, New York:, has applied~to'the TOwnClerk for a Bingo~License,. and WHEREAS the Town Board has .examined the application, and afver investigation, duly.made findings and determinatiOns as required by law, NOW, 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorize~an'd directsd to execute on behalf, of~the Town Board the findings and determinations as required'by law, and it is-further RESOLVED'that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is directed to issue a Bingo License to the Marian Council, Knights. of Columbus, Cutchogue, New York. Vote of th~ Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich; Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. This resolutiOn was declared duly. adopted, On motion of Justice Surer, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that the application of Zdzislaw Mikolajczyk dated August 31, 1976 for the renewal of a single trailer on his property on ~he' south Side of private road, off the east side of Main R~ad,~Mattituck, New York be and hereby is renewed for a period of six (6)'months. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homart, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. ~ This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Rich, Seconded by Councilman Homart, i.t was RESOLVED' that the applicatioD of Isidore P. Krupski dated August31, 1976 for~the renewal of a single trailer on his property on the north side ~of Main Road, approximately 1000 fees easmt~of Bay'Avenue, Cutchogue, New York be and hereby is renewed for a period of six (6) months Qard, A~ ~. S~peryisorMartocchia, Councilman Rich, ~ote o£ the. Town B · e · ouncm±man.~oman, eusvlce ~uzer, eusvzce ~emm~est, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared'duly adopted. On motion/of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that the application of Florence Steiner dated September 14, 1976 for the renewal of a single trailer on her property on pri~ate~,'road (John's Road) off east side Main Road, Mattituck, New York be and hereby is renewed for-a period of six. (6) months. Vote of the .Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter,, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. This .resolution was~declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board accepts.the amended amount.of $26,7.60.00 for a proposed bond covering roads and improvements in the subdivision known as "Peconic Knolls, Inc. at Peconic" owned by Steve Tsontakis. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Mar%occhia, Councilman Roch, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. this resolution was declared duly adopted. Moved by Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, WIqEREAS the Southold Town Planning Board and Suffolk County Planning Department have prepared official reports and recommendations on the application of the Cutchogue Polish Democratic Club, Inc. for a change .of zone from "A" Residential and Agricultural District to "B" Light Business District on certain p~operty at Cutchogue, New NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a public hearing will be held by t~e ,Sou%hold Town Board at 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, October 12, 1976, a~ ~he'office of ,the Supervisor, 16 South Street, Greenport, New York on the abovementioned petition, and that the Town Clerk be and she hereby'is authorized, and directed to._cause-notice:of-said.hearing to be published in the official newspaper pursuant to:the:requirements of law. Vote of the Town;Board: Ayes: Supervisor Ma~tocchia~.Coun¢ilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter,.:Justice3Demarest,'Justice Doyen. This resolution wa's declared duly adopted. Moved by Justice Demar~st, seconded by Justice Suter, WHEREAS the Southold Town Planning Board and Suffolk County Planning Department have prepared official reports and recommendations on the application of Myron Finkle~and.Philip M, Fickle for a change of zone from "A"'Residential and:Agricultural District to "B-i" General Business District on certain property at Orient, New York, NOW, TPLEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED':that:a public hearing will be held by the Southold Town Board at 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 12, 1976 at the office of the Supervisor, 16 South Street, Greenport, New York on the abovementioned petition, and that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is authorized and directed to cause notice of said hearing to be published in the official newspaper pursuant to the requirements of law. Vote o~ the.Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest~.--J~stice Doyen. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Demarest, seconded by Justice Suter, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hea~ing at the~o~fice o~'the Supervisor, 1~ South Street, Greenport, New York on the 12th~day'of%October, -.1976 at 8:.30 at which time and place all interested persons will be heard ~pon the following matter: "A Local Law to amend Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold in relation to the exclusion of ~welling units in-~ertain us~ districts a~d to redefine-the terms Public ~ter and Public -Sewer'". Said local law reads as follows: " ' ~a I.The te~ms . Publzc~ ter;Public Sewer" as defined in Section-L~0-13 Article I, ~hapter 100 of the Code.of the Town of Southold is~hereby amended to read as follows: PUBLIC WATER: PUBLICSEWER ~ Communal sewage disposal systems and communal.water supply systems approved by public ~gencys having jUrisdiction/thereof II. Subdivision (1) of Section 100-60A, Article VI, Chapt-er.t00-.of/~ the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby .amended to read as follows: o(1) ~ny permitted uses set forth in, and as regulated by-the~ following provisions of%this chapter: -(a) Subdi~i~sion (~) and (3)~ of Section 100-30A. (b) Subdiwision (3) of ~ection 100-40A.~ III. Subdivision (1) of Section[10Q-60~B, Article VI, Chapter 10@~ of ~ the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) Any special exception use set forth~in, and as-regulated by, the following provisions of the chapter: (a) %Subdivision (2) to (13), inclusive of Section 100-~B. (b) Subdivisions (2); (4) ~nd (5) of Section 100-50 B. IV. Subdivision~ (1) of Section 100-60C, Article VI, C~apter~100 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby deleted and~subdivisions (2) and (3) of said Seqtion are renumbered accordingly. V.'~. Subdivision (1) ~of Section 100,70A, Article VII, Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to read as follows; (1) Any permitted use set forth in, and as regulated by the following~provisions Of thi~ Chpater:~ ~ ~ (a) Subdivision (2)and (3) of Section 100-30A. (b) Subdivision (3) of Section 100-40A. (c) Subdivisions (2) to (9), inclusive of Section 100-60~ (d) Section 100-62. VI. Subdivision (1) of Section 100-70B, 'Article~VII, Chapter ~100 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to read as~follows: (1) Any special exceptio~ use set forth in., and.as regulated by the following ~rovisio~a Qf this chapter: ~ ( ~ Subdivisions (2) to (13)~ inclusive of Section 100-30B~ (b)~~ Subdivisions (2~, (4) and (5) of Section 100-50B. VII. Subdivision (1) of Section 100-70C, Article VII, Chapter lQ0 of the-~ode of the Tow~ of Southol~ is hereby deleted and subdivision (~ is ~enumbered accordingly. VIII. Subdivision (1) of Section 100-80A, Article VIII, Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to read as follows: ...... (1)~ Any permitted uses set forth in, and as regulated by-the fallowing provisions of this chapter: ~ (~) Subdivisions (2) and (3) of Section 100-30A. IX. Subdiviszon (17) of.Section 100-80B, Article VIII, Chapter 100~ of the Code of the Town.of Southold is hereby deleted. SEP.,2 1976 X. Section 100-90A of Art£¢te IX, Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold is ~ereby amended to read as follows: A. In the C-1 Distiict, Buildings and premises may be used for any lawful purpose, except that no building and/or premises sh-alt be usedJfor~dwelling, boarding and tourist home, hotel, :motel ro tourist camp pusposes and th9 uses h~reinafter set forth are permitted only by special exception by the Board o~ ~ ..... ~Appeals , as hereinafter provided, and are subject to site plan a~proval by the Planning Board in accordance with Article XIII hereof: Vote o~ the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, ~uncilman~Homan, Justice Surer, Justice Demarest, Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared du~y~adopted. ~ Moved by Councilman Rich, seconded by Councilma~ Homan, WHEREAS a propg.~d.~ocal Law No. - 1976_ ~ was introduc~ at a meeting of this board held on the 27th day of July, 1976, and WHEREAS a public hearing was held thereon by the Board on the 24th' day of August, 1976, at which time all interested persons ~ere given an opportunity to be heard thereon, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Local Law No. 4 - 1976 be enacted as ~follows (deleting therefrom any reference to Oaklawn Avenue:~3in ~rticle VI, Article VIII, Article IX) to wit: LOCAL LAW NO. 4 - 1976 A LOCAL-LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 92 OF THE -~ - ' CODE OF 'THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD IN RELATION TO STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS, RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND .'PARKING RESTRICTIONS. The Code of"the ToWn 6f Southold is hereby amended as follows: I. By amending Chapter 92, Article III, Section 92-30 of the Code of the Town of So~thOld (Stop Intersections) by adding thereto the following: Name of Street Direction of Travel Duck Pond--Road South Depot Lane North At intersection with Oregon Road Oregon Road Location (Hamlet) Cutchogue Cutchogue II. By amending Chapter 92, Article III, Section 92-30 of the Code of the ToWn of Southold (Stop Intersections) by deleting therefrom the following: ~ame of Street Direction~ of Travel At intersection with Location (Hamlet) Tabor~Road South Orchard Street Orient III. By amending Chapter 92, Article III, Section 92-32 of the Code of the Town of Southold (Yeild Intersections) by adding thereto the following: Name of Street ~Tabo'r ~Oad ' ~" Direction :of ~Travel At intersection ~w~th Orchard Street Location (Hamlet) Orient IV. By a,mending Chapter-92,~Article III~ Sectio'n-92-32 of the-Code of the Town of Southold (Yield Intersections) by deleting therefrom the following: ..... ~irection Name of Street of. Tra%el Depot Lane North Duck Pond. Road South A,t intersection,- Location with ........ (Hamlet) Oregon Roa.d Oregon,Road Cutcho~ue ~ Cutchogue V. By amending Chapter 92,~Article III of the Code.of_the Town of Southold by repealing. Section ~2-33. thereof (Railroad Crossings), VI. By amending Chapter 92, Article IV, Section:92-41.of the Code of the Town of Southold (Parking Prohibited at all times) by adding thereto the following: Name of. Street New Suffolk Avenue_ Side ..... Location.- .Both~_ .At-Mattituck. from. the~southerly ............. curb line of New,*York.Rou~e 25 ....... easterly for a,-dis~a~e of 500ft. New-Suffo.lk Avenue ~- Both ~At'..Halls-.Creek-,Bridge,,_Downs ' ~ ..Creek:Bridg. e~and West' .Creek ,Bridge for a distance of 250 .... feet ea'ste~ty a~d westerly from ....... th~ center_lines of said bridges. Reeve Avenue East. _At Mattituc~_from_the southerly curb line of New York Route 25 o.,~ ,.. ,~ .... southerly for a_distance of. 500 ft. Peconic B~..B~o.~levard Bo~h ...... A~,._Ma.~ti~uck,f0r a distance of 250 fee~ easterly and wester:!y from the center line of Brushs ...... Creek Bridge, Peconic Ba~ Boulevard North At Mattituck from New York Tele- .. .phone pole No. 22 eas.~erly 65~/- _ ..feet to New york TelephoDe pole -. no. 16 JacksQn Street ~0th' At Cu~chogue_from the southerly curb line of New Suffolk Avenue southerly for a distance of 250 ....... feet ..... . VII. By a'~nding~Chapter'_92~-/A~iC~&'~'~V, Sectioni92242 of ~he ~e._~f~ the Town of Southold (Parking prohibited during certain hours) by adding thereto the. following: ,~.i Street Bailie Beach Road Between the Side Ho~rs of Both 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. Location In ~a~tituck from Long Island Sound ~therly for a distance of 50'0 feet. Breakwater Road Both 10:00P.M. and 7:00 A.M. In Mattituck from Mattituck Park District north bound- ary line southerly for a distance of Z'5~ feet. Street Duck Pond Road Inlet Drive Rambler Road Between the Side Hours of ..'Both ; -~10:00 P~M. and 7:00 A.M. Both Both 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. Location ' 10:00,:P.M. and'_ 7:00 A.M. In Cutchogue ~from the guardrail at the terminus southerly for a distance of 400 feet. In Mattituck from the nor~her~y curb line of Sound Beach Drive northerly to Long Island Sound ~In Southold from and~including its intersection with Waters- Edge~Way northeasterly for a ~_._-~istance~of 150~feet. Sigsbee Road Both '~'10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. In Mattituck from the southerly curb line of Peconic Bay Blvd. southerly ~to Peconic ~Bay. Sound Beach Drive Both 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. In Mattituck from Long Island Sound southerly for a distance of 100'feet. Watersedge'Way Youngs Road Both 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. Both ~0:~0~0 P.M. and 7:00 :A.~. ~.~ In Southold from and including its 'intersection with Rambler Road ~orthwesterly for a distance of 150 feet. In Orient from the guardrail at the northerly ~terminus southerly for a distance of .500 ,feet. VIII. By amending Chapter 92, Article Iv, Section 92-43 of the Code.Df the ~TOw~-o~ Southo'ld (Parking ~for limited ;time,only).by,adding thereto the following: Name of Stree~ Pike Street Between the Time ..... Side - ;Hour-s ~of '- Limit Location Both 8:00 A.M. and 2 ;hours _-'~Between, Westphalia 6:00 P.M. -~ ~ _ ~Road_and~ a ~point 200 feet easterly of the -- east curb line of Love ..... : ''-: . '. ~ _Lane : _ This local law shall take effect immediate~ly as _provided b~:law~ IX. Vote of the Town-Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Dematest, Justice Doyen. This resolution was deciare~ duly adopted. ~ . ~ ' Supervisor Martocchia: ~ '-' - ....... 16. The Town Clerk~is :still looking 'for a~dog'.enumerator for the Southold-Cutchogue area. Supervisor Martocchia'opened the~meeting to the ~eneral-public .... Mr. Joseph M. Fanning, a resident aud taxpayer~of_Mattituck,, stated he has been~:~e~ue~ted-by the residents and taxpayers~'of Mattituck to~ appear before the Board and convey their feelings on the subject of the reduced polige force. Mr. Fa~ning ~ead the fgllowing petitig~... containing over 900 signatures, and asked that it be entered in the minutes~of~the Town Board~in its antiret~: (there-were a number of residents~of the-Mattituck~area prasent at this meeting to support the petition)-- "The undersigned, residents and taxpayers of the Town of Southold, are vehemently opposed and object~ta the~reduction of the Sout~old-Town Police Ferce~_ The dismissal of two police officers from the force would gravely reduce its efficiency. Statistics show crime is on the rise in our area ~as-~etl,%~s'~elsewhere~and3poputatioK~is increasing not on~ly in ~numbers-in the age~-of the residents as we~l. This will necessitate a greater.-number~of emergencies calling for the police force to be increased rather than decreased. According to ~he September t5~, ~1976,~ edition of the Suffolk Life, Police Chief Carl ~Ca~taldo was quotad ~as ~stating that "The lay off of two Southold Police Officers could mean a 25% cut in the number of patrols, a lengthening of response time and a dampering on police mot, ale",'?. . · -, , . i . ~.: ....... -: - At present there is an average of four patrol cars on the road at one ~{ime and with the lay off there would be three, on some occasiehs~ only two. ~In~ the event ~o~e or ~two officers on patrol were engaged in an arrest,, in~estigatio~ Qf an ~accident or other emergency, there ~,would be one..officer~ to patrol the entire Town. The residents of the Town, particularly the senior citizens, would be lef~ w.i~h:ina~dequ~e p~otec~tio~ i~ ~a~s~e~s of em~g_ency which could mean the difference between life and ~death. A saving of ~12,000.00 would hardly be worth the risk of endangering life and property. If funds are not available from other'-sou~ces..:_:a ~upplementat appr~pr~a~io~ ~h~td~b~ ma~e..b~,~the _~_.~ ToWn-.Board, even at the risk.of a defici~ being Carried over to the next fiscal year.' .... .~ ~ Mr. William Pell III referred to Item No~ 19 on the agenda, New Suffolk..Aven~e, the area ~where the. gran~.~as rece~ed; wh~ New Suffolk Avenue will the work be done in relation to t~-N0r~is'~ pr~perty?~--Superintendent~ Dean statad it ~ls at Airport Road-ea~t~ of the~N~rris-~property .... ~ ~ Mrs. ~laine Anderson, Southold, protested~the laying-off of the two police officers, stating the town ~s presently in need of more policemen, not less, citing statistics of the number of officers, number~of patrols.~ . . Mrs. Gladys Cs.ajko s~tated they are-spea-king about a very,-minute amount ~f ~money ~to:k~ep the~tr~olmen on. She~can,'t understand why they cannot find the mone~-when thC?town-bad in the bank on · January 1st 1974 - $556,823.00, on January 1st 1975 - $558,807.00, January 1st 1976 - $499,202.00; and to run the departments in 1974~was $102,735.00 and 1975 was 115,500.00. With 'the amoun~ '~ of money in ~he.bank, ~why can'~,~the money be found to keep on t~e~ two patrolmen?---Supervisor Martocchia stated the town~o£f~cials are entrusted with the good judgement to operate the town within the budg~t~ :~Ther a.re:-wa%~chd~ grQ~p~, wh~ a.r~ ~gQod, ~ut who are the first to disapprove when the board overruns the budget. Now the board id trying to ~live~-within the ~budget and are being _ criticized. If they-thought for one moment the layoff of those two policeme~awould ~eopardiz~e? th~ ~olice_~ep_artment they would do everything in their power to keep them on. Those last two people were not supposed to be hired in the first place, but since there were, some retirements anticipated, which did not come to be, the two ,e~tra patrolmen were hired after the board~ ~as pressured into doing ti. The money used ,for the patrolmen came from revenue sharing and. it is now running out.-=-Mr. Fanning stated the amount of money ~is pe~nies for the average taxpayer. Therefore ~he does not ~q~ee ~th ,the Supervisor on that part of his statement.~-,-Mrs. Marie Johnson asked who brought pressure to bear to hire the two additional policemen?---Supervisor Martocchia stated people speaking in behalf of the officers i~tere.sted in jobs, and since they .thought there:.~ould be retirements, they agreed to hire the two additional men.---Frcs. Csajko asked why theywould not take the money from the $391,111.00 they stated the year out with.---Superv,isor Martocchia stated, the money is committed ~or the town/ hall and cannot be touched. The two men will receive, unemployment compensation f~r three months, and if someone retires before the ~fi~st of January one will be put back on,right away. No one else can be hired before those two men are put back on. the job.~-Mr. Robert Seh, Mattituck~.stated he noticed the sign on the job site at the new town hall with the names of the town board and the building, contractors,, he. thinks the sign should read, "This building is erected in commemoration of the Southold Town Taxpayers of 1976, .the year of the Bicentennia. l"..--- Supervisor Martocchia stated signs like that one are placed on all new building sites,.---Justice Demarest spoke about surpluses, part- town and~.whol, e-town. The .part-towr~- budget for the police was set at $1,0~2.,0~0.~0 and as of August 31st, the income in that part of the budget is $1,031,000.00, therefore there, i~ no supol~s. If ~ they did not.have revenue sharing used in this area you could immediately add-$75,000.00 which,has ~een expended for the. police department;:-$25,000.00 for police cars and $50,000.00 for the four new patrolmen. There is about $35,000.00 surplus:at the present tine~in the whole-town~budget~Considerable.discussion on this subject. - .... . ..... . .... (Justice Doyen~ teft the meeting at~:30.P.M.~ .... Mrs. Gladys ~,sajko read the, follgwing letter to the Town Board ; wkich, she-a~ked he-.entered, in ~he.,minutes. in_full: · ,: , -~ "At,the Septe.mber~7th Town,Boa~rd meeting, Supervisor Martocchia made a. number,~of statements relative~.to the Deg Pound~ I would like to review,what was said and make some comments of my own. I would, like to start with the construction of the Dog Pound itself. Supervisor Martoccbia~-stated that the Pound. was-.build "through no choice of ours"--meaning~the Town Board~ Later, he said: ,we.were almost forced ~nto building this Pound." Quoting~ further.: "After all, .we represent the people of Southold Town .... the,~people o,f Southotd Town get enough.,.muscle on u.s,~we have to..move." I~wo~ld be the~first t~ admit that many~Sout~old Town, people came to-the Board meetings-- many, many times--requesting a..Dog Pound.. Sure, we,were putting pressure~on. It,is sad that.something s.o basically necessary to the Town could.only_be achieved by. applying pressure. But-, to. say. that the Board had no choice, that-they were. forced into building the Pound,~is a little exaggerated; I, have been attending ,Boa~d~meetings._and have been interested-in, Town government long enough to.know that pressure alone from Southold's citizens is not the governing force, in Board decisions.. Public ~pinion - or pressure, if you~prefer--has been ignored, before; it~will~be ignored.at times in the future. ~oweveri when the Board refuses to act,.ot takes a-stand which large.segments of the public find unaplatable, then one.,of~the few recour~ses, left to the people is-.public:pressure. ~ . . Supgrvisor,Martocchia.also stated~tha.t.quite.,a~few members of the Board were opposed to the project. ,He claimed tha.t~they sai~: "we are furnishing tbe,bes:t~possible service.now. Who can.do.better? We can~'~ do better,than ~o take them to a p~ofessional p,ersQn~'~' Members-of~.the~ ~oard: to'.whom were you providing~the best. possible service? ~Cer.tainly not to-the poor. animal who-was~stashed away for the necessary ~ da'~s~and~.then destroyed-. What-.service did you~ provide for that animal? Did you give it a chance; to f,ind-'a'~hom~? Did you give,it ~a cha~e to-find-someone who'wo~ld~feed, ~-Sh~t,t~r'and,: most impor,tant, love it~';You-.kn0w yourself, that except for the few animals' that Adam Johnson man'aged to find homes for, your-"best possible' service~"--'wa-s a~one-way;'~ieket'to death. '-~Dr.-~Zitek d~idnSt-'- want a~y ~pBrt ofit.' ~i~s: business is-'~o help a~imals, ~not ~iI'l ~hem. That's wh~ ~ou ha:d to tr~uck them 'doWn'-to ;Riverheadl ~', ~I-ha~e-a: d~g how ~that Wout~'~have ~een '.destroyed ~ver-two years ago if it were no:t that the Nor:th Fork-A~imal Welfare League-became involv~d in capuuring it and,therefore knew it was .'fmpo~nded. To~da¥ I have~a happy, h-ealthy,-slightly overweight 'dog that on~y,a ~ew years ago was 60 p0unds, u~aderweigh~,~-had been badly mistreated, and was ~o terrified of me~ that :ohly the ~girls :w6~rking-fo~-Dr-. ~Zitek cou.~d get~ near-her~ By the way, she's also-no longer afraid ~of men.~ How many other dog.s were destroyed tha~-might have had:a~-cha~e if they ha~'been somewhere-where people :c'ould have:seen~them?:: No'~, gentlemen, your "best~p0ssible servf.ce"~'-was no-thing but a' c~P-~ut~ a way of shovel-lng a problem under the- dog. This: Town ~e'e~ed ~a. Dog Pound then ~d ~'it needs, one~ now:.'' Supervisor Martocch~ia, your~th~reat to abandon the Dog poU.~d has been duly noted. Also noted is~'t~a~- you a~p%ar to have finalty read-A:rticle ~9, Secti, o~ '326, as I's~gested. You claim that you are goi,ng to be pressured inte turRing ~he Dog - Pound-'in'to a ~hel%er'. ; You-s~ay: "the people-are n~o~t go~ing~t~,b'e:' ~- satisfied-with a dog pound--they wan't a shelter-- and we're going to he pressured~nd pressured unt~we g'ive''in." Well~, whoever"is supposed t~ be ~going to pressure yo~ into-turn:ing 'the-Pound'-into: a shelter might ~as'welT save 'his breath because the~ Town turned the Pound i~to a shelter the day the b~a~kboa~d in the froh~ room ~f the Peund ~announced that a Charge b~$1.00 per day. W6uld be p~aced any animal k~pt over the legal 'time~l~mit. - ~' - - Letq~S stop play~ng,games with the words 'Pound a'n~'$h~t'.teri, Just about ever~ Pound keeps animals that they believe are adoptable as long as they can. A lot of Pounds even call themselves "shelters." There is no reason in the w©~ld~whyU-if th'ere ~is the room-~a'' rigid interpretation of the time limit has to be made. You know that and t know thati~ Of course, the'~e wilL'~e animals which f'or_one re~son or another 'haven't got~a chan~e of being' adop~e~:,,,:And the,most:~humane thing you dan d~,,fo~-~that a'nima~is~:to put it to-Sleep. But-:--is the pound g.oing-to ~shake, is South'~ld going-to 'fall ~apa-rt-at th'e-:'seams, if a few highly adoptable dogs a're kept a~ ~ew,~days longer ,in','erder to try to find a home for t~em?- - And While~w~!~re t~lking abou%~adop'~ab:le dogs, might I~po~'n~ out'that, of the 29 dogs which Were available for a~opt~on from the time-th~ ~ound open~d-thro~g-h the first week in August, %h~ ...... North Fork~A'nimal Welfare League~found homes for 27 ~f '~hem~..~ Wi'th a few exeeptio~s, these' dogs were ~dopted out at the-end o~ or within a few days of the time limit. ~ou're so worr;ied~about m~oney -add that ohe'up. If You had had'~t'o destroy the'se 2?-d~gs, ~it would have coxt th~ Town $540.00'~ In'addition, every one of those~, :- dogs were paid out of the Pound. 'At $5.00 a head, you also had income of $135.00 Surely these'kind of figures should prove the wisdom of a little f~lex~bili~y in the :time rubles. '' - Now, as long as we?are 'talking money, let's go to another state- ment made'by the Supervisor. At o'ne point, he asid that~when:,the- Board set up'.the "expense'S--by Which I ass'ume he'-meant th~stimated budget--for th~:po%nd; it was triple what it was..Accordi~g: to the publ-ished~'Annual Report of S~thol'd Town, the year 1975 showed ' expenses of ~',lmost $8,200 for'sala~ry and mo~e than $6;080.-for · - expenses for Dog Control. This was before the 'Pound was:opened an~- you only ha~-one ward~n'~ Your ~ota:l '~:975 expense was abou't $14~225. Now, l~t"s-look a~-your~es'timated budget-for 1976. This shows $15,550 for salaries for two wa'rdens and $7,500 for expenses or a total of $23'~000. Now,' ~I~ don!t,~cla'im.%o be a mathematicD-1 genius~ but $23,Q00~,is ~n no~way possible, three times $t4,225~ :It'-is not: even twice as much. Fur~h-er-, a,tthough you budgeted s~.laries-;of $15,500, the dog Warden's are actuatly~:being paid~a? combined sa-la.ry ~ of $13~/000 wh~ich,_lowe'rs .your estimated costs ano~ther $2,500. You also stated tha~ the expense of running the Dog Pound was three or four times h:ighe~ than, it.~was~ According to your own Town figures, the cost for Dog ~Contr~l as Df August 30th was $6,366' in salaries-and $2,914. :in expenses., hls:ls a~.totat,.~of-$9,280. The salaries-shou~ld, of course, be slightly:~kigher a~d wilil'be at this time nest year, since the dog wardens were ~ot hired until~early Spring. 'But your 8 months of expense is less tkan 40% of ~our estimated-expense with only four months left in the year. How can you possibly reconcile your own figures with your~statemen-t that the Pound is costing three of four times as much as before~ ~t is ~ust not true. Let~!,~s. ~o on to another statement that was-made. Supervisor Martocch~a~":.said~."if it is brought to our attention that we are doing something wrong, I want to correct it. Well, things that.w~re~wrong- were brought to your attention and.they were .n~t corrected. Among them was a detailed ~etter which ~handed the :Town Clerk on August 23rd reporting discrepancies in the Pound's record~ .It is my under= standin~ that every member of this Board received a copy~of that letter. ~.I~ is also my understanding .that the wardens were ordered to meet ~ithMrs. Terry to resolve the ~discrepancies. As of September 17th-almost a'whole month later- the wardens had still not met with.. Mrs. Terry-,~nor ~had they straightened out their records. Why not? In reference~to-the distemper at-the Pound.~ I was :very disturbed when I~found a story was to appear ~n theSuffolk Times about the situation.~ _MY reasoning was that such a story might affect potential adopters.. ~I went so far as to request two different people at the Times not t~'.run~the story. The story quoted three people: John Hell, one of the ~og wardens, Dr. Zitek and mySelf. Since I read.not only. the Suffolk Tlmes, but also the Mattituck Traveler, Suffolk Life, News- Reviews- 'the ~ong Is'~a~d Press, and the D~ity News, and since only one of those papers reported.the story, I. woutd like to-know where you read the article which you stated that charges were made that one of your warde~s "went ba~on ~us" and that your/"choice.wasn~'t ~too,~.good all of .a sudden." - ~ . Since~ Warden He~£ ob~iously~would not~_have ~ade any such remarks and since'Dr. 'Zitek%'s.quotes were ~alt;, dir~ected to the~ question of distemper~ that ,leaves~'only me~as the ~one~wbo ,could ha~: made any such statement~ I 'enclose: a~:photostat of tee ~article and ~i ~think: it would be.:uery ~interesting'if~you could find any such statement made by)'me. ~The,c~sest:you'can come to it is my statement that the wardens had not had sufficient t~aining ;in the~ope~ation of a Dog Pound. And I stick by that statement. The wardens were::put~on the job with almost a complete lack of any instructions. In fact when one of them mentioned to me that there wasn't.much ,to do, I - suggested~that picking up stray dogs might be a good idea. Hard as it i.s~to belieue,', that warden-dido-not, know that part, of the job. was pickings, up strays~. .That warden~beliveed the only animals,~that could be picked, up:had to~be.-~ia~a.complaint~ The wardens atsohad not been~instructedin proper'.~ecordkeeping'.~: Eventually they were . sent to, o~ all places, .Brookhaven Pound for training. There the~ learned/th~dse of:a-_tranquilizer..gun, ~which,~ by~ the way, should be used only as a last resorts. '~What~else~they,,learned ~s pure-conjecture. Obviously they were not taught proper record keeping. Obviously, since Dry: Zitek had to come in. and:instruct?them on .basi~c sanitary and health procedures, they could~haue not lear'ned much or, that at Brookhaven,~ Since it~was confirme'd~at ~he~!as%~Board~.meeting that not one ticket had been issued by the wardens u~der the Leash Law,. I can on~y~w~nder if they had e~en been~g~en ~ ~0PY.Of ~ha~ ~aw~ Why,~don~'t~we sea what ~he articl'e actually.said..._. Warden~elf_ is quoted as saying that "the dog who carried the ~i~ di~ not catch it at the Pound." According to the records, the dog that was at the~ Pou~d, that~w~s.dia~nQ~ed as .ha~ing d~emper~_h~ b~en~...-_ adopted at the~end of July., .The ~ext da~ it wa~s brough~ bac~ ~. because the wife of the man who adopted it did not want it. The League found another person who was willing to adopt this dog. Due to Hurricane Belle, we requested an extension of 3 or 4 days over the time limit before picking up the dog. On August 13th one of SO the..League memb~er~s, Mr-s.~Te~o,,~ went ~.to t.he. Pound with~ the .~potentiaT adopter-~o ~pick ~u~p the dog_: The dog at~ ~that, point- had rbe'e~ in: 'the Pound ~some ~3'. tO~?14~,~da~ys~.'~_ ~en they-.-arrived~, thin,warden~ ~tot~..-them the dog was -sick~3and was g~oin~g to~ ha~ to be '~took~d~ ~t by -a~veter~ inarian before it~ cou~l~ '~ ~r_el~eased. -'~Supervisor~ ~rtocchia;- both,- Mrs. Tejo -a~d-m~eL~<~er~~ ~i~ing ~in- your ~ffice~ ta-tking: ~t~ you when ~u sp~e to Dry. -Zitek~'s off, ce a~d: were informed~ t~h~ d~g had distemper- a~d~wo~l'd ha~e t~be~ destroyedz~ '~ Now, there'. is~ 'n~ ~y th'~ .t~TM ~ ~cou~t-d .hav. e .-gotten~-dis te~pe'r, an~here> butI in ~th-e Pound 'becuase of the~ ~tim-e ,~factOr. ~ou kn'ow it and~ Wa~en ~He~'f~.-knows it. ~y try to cover up the facts? It h~ppened-. ~" wa,s-a t~age~y. that might~ or might not .have b~n~- avo~ded~.~ ~ Let us~ ~ust hope- th~at,. a %es,son 'ha~ ~been-. 1-earned.mhd that ,this~. terrib'l~e -exp~rience~.will - never.~occu~r~ ~g~in~ · - .~ ~ ~ ~ '- - ....... . ~ - - Supervisor., ~-r,tocch~a-, o~ the-Frlda~y ~ef-o~e ~the. September 7t-k Board ~et~q.-I t~d you-, I-was preparing ,a,-report for,-the~ ~oard ~- garding~ the Po~und~ Thee-repor~ ~I 'kad p~ann~d~: to-mak-e wa:s one~con~ taining ~ggestions a's 'to" -how~'~to ~reven~t- an'other,~'~ecurre~e ~o-f dis- temper~'-s'ome, ~commendations ~ou 'a better sys~m- of- record k'eeping.,- · a brief Teview of the 'm'e~ting~-h~e~d-b~tween,-Dr.. Zitek~,.. Dr.- Wa~itz, . Mr. Homa-n-a.nd mysel'f-where some'-~'very ~,concrete ptans and procedures were pr.oduced, an~ 3fina~-ly' I- had p~la'nned to .offer ~the services~ of ~ th~-League to~g..et people with ~perience,-.~o 'help .set-~up~ a-record keeping 'system -~nd supplement Dr~ Zitek"~s i~structions-wit~ other bi~s of. '~xp~ien~ce-, whiOh, ~ese- ueopte ha-d~ .acquired. over~ .the .years. I had p~an-ned~ to 'offer- helU from~ the-'League i~n- p=oviding as _many~t~ volunteers as we could -to work'~in the of'lice in' order:-to-free" the wardens to.~wcrk. on the 'rOad..~ ~ I~f, the Temarks made .by~-t. he Super~-isor- at-the Septembe'r.~.7:th meetin~ ha~ ~never been ~-de~ that ~s- tke report I would ~have~ been reading n~ ~rather tha'~ ,t'he~ statement I have ]ust been forced~o~ make.-~SinCere~ly,/s/ Gla'dys Csajko-'~ Supervisor~ Mart~occh, ia~-s~tat'ed ~e statements he mad'e at the previous meeting do not vary, when his employees tell him they are getting too m~ch '-interferences'into t-he operation ~ ~the pound-, they ,-look into it.~ ~I-b~-appear~s-'- ~e town 'is~ not r~ning~ the pou~nd~ a~y more, outsider~ have. come f~to'-:the~picture~~ To~ much'--valuable ~time of~ the to~3 b~o~rd hms b~-en '~tak~'n up'~- with~ 'dog p~b~,- %hey ha~ ~-~ ~ employee~, ~ire'~ to' ~ .that j~ob,~ they have ~een approVe~d bF~civil~. service / ~they .-have' ~-e~nTM trained at ~%h~- Br~khave'n- pound, ~ 'bhey_ ~had~ meetings with D~.~ ~Zitek/ and m-re S-t~lt ~e~n~ng the j-ob and~ do~ the~- best ~ey'can,~ ..... ' - - Mrs. ~ria Tej'o% ~'tti~ck~ .spoke~.'abou't do, g ~rd~ Hel.f, -stating ~ that at 9:25 A.-M. ea~ch mo-rning he ca'lled asking her~ to find a-~ home for diff'erent ~dogs.~.' They ca'l~ed 'upon her, she-d~id not ca.ll, t-hem~ They are.wrong-if~ they said she went ~-the~e to-'interfere. ~en - Miss Mellas' ~as On- duty-, the Uound- was~ ~otless, not- so~ when. Mr.~ , Helf was th'ere. Mrz H~el.f even accused~-her ~of,. opening up ~the-~ cages and letting the~- dogs ~ru~n'- out. ~ They also ~charged her $5.0~0 for- bringing 'iln a puppy ~e found on .the ~street, and. ~ben' charqeS~her $5.'00 again f~o~-takingth~dog out.for ~adoption-. - ~ -~' ~ ~ ~s,~ Csajko a, ske'd who was being Laccused~ of interfering in the dog~ pound?---Supervisor ~rtocchia'stated she' should talk to .Mr_. Helf about the situ~tion~'-The Town Board is .going to try to run the dog pound themselves without any~outside help Other than the dog. wardens.---Mrs. Csajko stated shoe hopes it works 'because she~ cares about those~animals, and she ~is going to find ou~ how. many ~o~ them are being put to sleep~ '. '. ~' ~ ~ ~. Char.les Hfckey a~tated that from-personal observation in ~his~ neighborhood evidently the leash ~aw is not strong enough.- ~ ~ ~ SEP g-1 1976 Supervisor Martocchia asked if anyone lese wished to speak? (No response.) On motion of'Councilman Rich, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that there bein~o~.f.ur~th~.~.business.to come before this Town Board meeting, adjournment be called at 4:50 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homart, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. This resolution was declared duly adopted. ~'Judith T. TerryU Town Clerk