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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
JANUARY 25. 199Zl
WORK SESSION
Present: Supervisor Thomas Wickham, Councilman Joseph J. Lizewski, Councilwoman
Alice J. HUstle, Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr., Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva,
Justice Louisa P. Evans, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Laury L.
Dowd.
9:15 A.M.- Tom Twomey, Chairman of the East End Economic Task Force, along.
with Joe., Gergela, Work Group Chair on the Agricultural Industry, Kevin McDonald,
Work Group Chair on Recreational/Second Home Industry, and Carol Gristina, Work
Group Chair on the. Wine Industry, met with the Town Board to present an overview
of the, iPreliminary Report of the Task Force. Each speaker spoke on the
accomplishments, of their committee.--Fina ly, Mr. Twomey announced the formation
of th~ East' End Institute, a not-for-profit Corporation, with an Advisory Board made
up of the ..Supervisors of the five east-end towns, task force members and local
institutions
10:00 A.M. - Tom Samuels a~3~ Joe Ristuccia of the Stewardship Task Force met with
the Board to review the results of the Town of 5outhold Stewardship Task Force
1993 Official Citizens Survey.
10:20 A.M. - Councilwoman Hussie led a discussion with regard to off premises
directional signs for tourist related businesses located beyond the hamlet centers.
Buildingl Inspector Gary Fish was invited to join the Board for this discussion. The
,.....,~discu_ssi0n centered-around the wording, "located beyond the hamlet centers and/or
-~:0ff the principal thoroughfares of County Road 48 or State Route ~25." The g~
consensus was that if~ the business is within the hamlet center it would not qualify.
Councilwoman- Hussie will submit a proposal with new wording on Febr,uary 8th. The
Stewardship Task Force will also be making recommendations on signs on the 8th.
10:35 A.M. - Coun,cilwoman 01ira presented a proposed Local Law removing fast food
restaurants from t-~i~e General .Business District and putting them In Hamlet Business
DiStri -~sent during this discussion - Senior Planner Valerie Scopaz and
STF CJ Samuels). As the discussion commenced, the question arose with
reg~ ibly creating a new zone for fast foods in shopping centers only,
which was met with some objection. Ultimately it was agreed that Senior Planner
Scopaz would prepare a map and report of-existing hamlet business areas for the
Board's _review on_ Febr~uary 8th.
10:55 A.M.- Solid Waste Coordinator James Bunchuck and Recycling Coordinator
Mary Jackson met With the Town Board to update the Town Board on the rate of
recycling in Southold Town, which has increased drastically since the Garbage Bag
Program went into effect in October, 1993. Mr. Bunchuck presented various
reports, Charts and graphs which address the solid waste stream and recycling.
Ms. Jackson discuss the Recycling Newsletter, Town procurement of recycled paper
products, and a proposed pilot .program for recycling containers to be used by the
public at three Town beaches. Ms. Jackson will bring back a firm proposal on this
program for the February 8th meeting .... Following this discussion, Justice Evans
made a presentation with regard to the Fishers Island Metal Dump. She had
received three proposals to prepare a feasibility report analyzing closure
alternatives, and r~commended the Town accept the proposal of Fagan Engineers,
Elmira, New York, at a cost of $10,000 to prepare the report (see resolution no.
25).---Councilwoman Hussie then presented to the Town Board a proposed Local Law
defining the ToWn Garbage Bag. A part of this discussion centered on a date when
only garbage bags'bearing the Town Seal would be accepted at the Disposal Area.
The Board ag~'eed on April 15th, and this date was entered in the Local Law, and
a public hearing set (see resolution no. 26).
11:45 A,M, - Councilwoman HuSsie brought before the Town Board a proposal to
anr~ul ~nd/or~'~ePe~i- the covenants and restrictions filed by Jem Realty Co, with
regard ~t~-~t~eir-~hange Of-zone on Proper-ty commonly known as-.~m C~mons -at
Greenport. Also present during this 'discussion: Senior Planner Valerie Scopaz and
Planning Board member Mark McDonald. ' Supervisor Wickham asked that this matter~
be held in abeyance until he has an opportunity to talk to the Town Attorney and
the Planning Board. He will place it back on the February 8th agenda for
discussion.
12:05 P.M. - Supervisor Wickham and Councilwoman Oliva br. ought before the Town
Board the proposed outline of the review of HD Zones, presenting an introduction
and background, .need for and criteria of the review.
12:15 P.M. - Discussion on Youth, lead by Supervisor Wickham. Supervisor Wickham
had distributed Recreation Department recommendations from former recreation
contractor Richard Hilary,Youth Program ideas from Recreation Supervisor Reeves.
Councilman Lizewski asked to be excluded from this program. He stated a conflict
due to his health club, and public opinion of people he has spoken to. Supervisor
Wickham sa'id he although he can understand Councilman Lizewski's position with
regard to recreation~~ he feels he has a lot to contribute to the subject of youth and
would like him ito take an active part in the discussions. Supervisor Wickham will
set. aside one hour .for a discussion on youth at the February 8th work session. At
that meeting he would like to develop a charge for a youth~ committee, and review
an, inventory of services now beinq provided to youth. Prior to February '8th,
CoUncilmafi Towrig(~n-d Will arrange'f~r a group of people 'who provide-'these-ser, vices
to meet-With Supervisor Wickham for a .round-table discussion,
12:25 P.M.- Recess for lunch.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
2:15 P.M. On motion of Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
it was Resolved that the Town Board enter into Executive Session. Vote of the
Board: Ayes: Supervisor Wickham, Councilman Lizewski, Councilwoman Hussie,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justice Evans. Also present: Town
Clerk Terry, Town Attorney-~Dowd, senior Account Cushman.---The Board met with
L~bor ~ Management Consultant Robert Yaccarino . to -discuss CSEA Contract
negotiations.
2:55 P~M. Bill Wilson and Chuck Hitchcock presented to the Town Board a brief
summary of a 1993" Study of Five Towns conducted by the Southampton College
Institut~ for Regional Research. Using an overhead projector, Mr. Wilson explained
"'":~'statistiCal' charts compiled ~as a result of a telephone survey conducted in 1993.
They are now preparing to conduct a 1994 survey beginning in MarCh by
Southampton 'Coll(~ge students. The cost per town for p~rticipation is $3,500, and
each ~t0~h (~an ]~-6t--tWo-15ropt'ieta~'~/ questions in the survey. Supervisor~'Wickham
Said the .Board 'will ~discu~s whether /~here is interest in participation on February
8th, and each Board member should prepare two questions they would like t° see
in the survey if'.E~Uthold Town participates.
3:35 P.M. Personnel Items for Discussion: Senior Building Inspector Civil Service
List containing the names of current Building Inspectors Thomas Fisher and Gary
Fish; Mr. Fisher and Mr. Fish will be invited to the February 8th meeting to
discuss this promotional position.---The Town Board agreed upon the appointment
of Alan S. Connell to the Conservation Adv sory Council (see resolution no. 27).---
Reappointment of RiChard Ward and George Ritchie Latham for the Planning Board,
and Gerard Goehringer and James Dinizio to the Board of Appeals was agreed upon -~
by all Board memb~'rs (resolution no. 23).---Agreement to appoint Debora L. Ginas
as a Public Safety- Dispatcher I (resolution no. 28).---Appoint Bruce Loucka as ~.~
Chairman of the Conservation Advisory Council (resolution no, 29).---Request from
the Building Department for a second full-time Clerk Typist will be discussed with
Mr. FiSher and,Mr'. Fish on February 8th.
4:25 P,M. Following a review of the resolutions to be voted on at the 4:30 P,M,
Regular Meeting, -the work session adjourned.
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REGULAR-MEETING
A Regular Meetin9 of the Southold Town Board was held on Janaury 25,
1994, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor
Wickham opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M., with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Present:
Supervisor Thomas H. Wickham
Councilman Joseph J. Lizewski
Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie
Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr.
Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva
Justice Louisa P. Evans
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We have looked over the audit of the bills for today.
Would anyone like to make a motion to approve them?
MoVed I~y-Coun~,ilW~-n~a-n Oliva, s~c0nded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the followin9 bills be and hereby ordered paid: General Fund Whole
Town bills in the amount of 5142,893.25; General Fund Part Town bills in the amount
of $68,421.48; Nutrition Fund bills in the amount of $3,444.97; EISEP Program bills
in the .amount of ~280.00; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of
$15,107.57; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $12,552.98; EmploYee
Health Benefit Plan bills irt the amount of $28,261.76; Fishers Island Ferry District
bills in the amount of $105,582.14; Refuse & Garbage District bills in the amount
of $648.27; Southold Wastewater District bills in the amount of $6,362,.50; Fishers
Island Sewer District bills in the amount of $118.15; Southold Agency & Trust bills
in the amount of $5,304.09; Fishers Island Ferry District Agency & Trust bills in
the amount of $563.57.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Has anyone looked at the minutes of January 4th? Would
you like to move them'?
Moved by Councilwoman Hu.s~sie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
~RESOLVED that the minutes of the January 4, 1994, Town Board Organizational
Meetin9 be and hereby approved.'
Vote of the Town Board:- Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman-Oliva, Counci. lman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: The minutes of January 11th?
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was
RESOLVED that the Minutes of the January 11, 1994, Town Board meetin9 be and
hereby approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution w_~s declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Lizewski, it was
RESOLVED that the next regular meetin9 of the Southold Town Board will be at 7:30
P.M., Tuesday', February 8, 1994, at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
Thi§ resolution was declared duly' ADOPTED.
REPORTS.
1. Southold _Town Dog Shel_ter Report for December, 1993
2. Southold Town Police Department Report for December, 1993.
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· JA~IUARY 25, 1994
Il. PUBLIC NOTICES.
1. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of
Complete Application of Theodore Laoudis to create 49 clustered single family
dwelling lots on 94.74 acres with community water and individual on-lot sanitary
disposal systems located on Main Bayview Road, west of Cedar Beach Road, on
H~"'Neck, South~ld, New York. Comments to be Submitted by February 11, 1994.
of Army Engineers, New York District, application of Steven
Sparacino2' U.S. 'to constructC°rp a four by seventy foot fixed pier, elevated a .~inimum
four feet above the tidal wetlands in unnamed creek off Great Peconic Bay, Matti
tuck, Town of Southold0 Suffolk Councy, New York. Comments requested by
February 8, 1994.
3. U:S. Corl~ of Army Engineers, New York District, application of Robert
Parrino to install wire mesh cages for the purpose of eastern oyster and hard. clam
cultivation in Southold Bay, Sl~elter Island Sound at the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County, New York.. Comments to be received by February 11, 1994.
4. U.S. Corp of Army Engineers, New York District, application of Thomas
~~,, to'dredge with ten years maintenance, a shoal from in front of boat ramp
and'~i boat-basiN Wfth-beach nourishment on Spring Pond, Gardiners Bay, East
Marion, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York. Comments to. b~ ~_eceived~.by
F~br-uary 11, 1994.
III. COMMUNICATIONS. None.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None
V. RESOLUTION!S.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: A reminder to the audience, that we're pleased to accept
comments from the audience prior to enactment of resolutions. We have before us
thirty resolutions this afternoon. Twenty~nine of them are listed here in the agenda.
One more,that we adopted very late in the afternoon without time to get it on, is
basically ~a resolution authorizing the waiver of Park and Playground fees for a minor
subdivison on Fishers Island. All the rest of them you have in front of you; and
this is the time, since we have no public hearings at this stage, this is the time
to entertain questions from the floor. If you have any comments, or points of view,
you'd like to express about these resolutions on the agenda for today. Yes, Frank?
FRANK CARLIN: Frank Carlin. Laurel. I just received this early version, and I
have number 7. Is that still on this updated one, fast food restaurants?
'COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: That was just for discussion, Frank.
FRANK CARLIN:' Okay. Not on today's resolutions.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Any other comments, or questions, on the floor on the
resolutions, that we're to take up this afternoon? (No response.) If not, we'll
proceed with the resolutions.
i.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RI~SOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute the Town's DBE (Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise) Goal Update, which is required by the Federal Aviation
Administration of federal funds recipients, with regard to Elizabeth Field Airport,
Fishers Island,-all in accordance with the recommendation of C&S Engineers, lnc.,
the Town's airport consultants.
1.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
2.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby disbands the
Southold Town' ShelJfish. Committee, which was created on April 7, _1992,
expresses sincere.thanks and appreciation to the members who served on this
committee.
2.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
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SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I'd just like to comment, that disbanding the Southold
Town Shellfish Committee is in favor of the Trustees, and to enable the Trustees
to put in place another Shellfish Committee. The idea is to transfer responsibility
from the Town Board to the Trustees for this committee, and this is the step we're
taking.
3.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of.the Town of Southold hereby reinstates the
Landfill Tippin~l Fee char~le privile~tes of Keith Flynn, Shore Woodworks, effective
immediately.
3.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
4.-Moved bY Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Supervisor Wickham,
WHEREAS,. the.app~o_p_ri_ate_ management of local government records through their
creation, use, maintenance and disposition is essential to efficient and effective
government; and
WHEREAS, local government records document the responsibilities and prerogatives
of local governments and protect the property and rights of citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund was
established in Chapter 78, 'Laws of 1989, to benefit the local governments of New
York state through grants for records management and through establishment of a
program of regionally-based technical assistance administered by the New York State
Archives and Records Administration of the New York State Education Department;
and
~.. WHEREAS, the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund has
enormously benefitted the T,own of Southold through three grants totalling
$49,066.00, frequent and readily accessible consultation by the Improvement Fund-
supported State Archives and Records Administration-Regional Advisory Officer and
.... through _Improvement F_und-sustained training available through regularly scheduled
workshops .on records and information management-related subjects attended by Town
Clerk Judith Terry, Deputy-T-own Clerk Elizabeth Neville, Historian Antonia Booth;
and
WHEREAS, the grants have supported successful projects to inventory records,
dispose of obsolete records, plan and develop programs for the systematic
management of inactive records; and
WHEREAS, the grants, consultation, workshops and other services to the Town of
Southold supported by the Fund have contributed significantly to the improved
management of its records, to the availability and accessibility of those records to
its officials and citizens, and to economical and responsive administration saving
taxpayer's dollars; a_nd
WHEREAS, there is much more to be accomplished here in Southold Town and in the
other local governments of New York State, where needs will continue in the future
with the growth in the volume of records, as needs change and information
technologies present new challenges;, and
WHEREAS, grants and technical advice are essential in assisting all the local
governments of New York State 'in developing records management programs adequate
to the demands of governments and citizens, and demand for those grants' and
ser:viceS-'remains .cr'itical; and
WHEREAS, these needs are served and programs sustained without the use of state
tax revenues, through modest surcharges on fees for records filed and recorded
by county clerks and the Register of the City of New York which sustained the
Improvement Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund was created
with a sunset date of December 31~,~ 1995; now, therefore, be it
RES(~/VED.~that the Town Board of the Town of Southold ~fully supports
perpetuation of the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund through
the elimination of its sunset provision and supports its continued administration-by
the New York State Archives and Records Administration of the New York State
Education Department with oversight by the Local Government'-R6cords Advisory
Council; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk forward copies of this resolution to our
state legislators, the leadership of the state legislature, and t~ the Governor of the
State of New York.
4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
5.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Baord of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes an
advance fee check in the amount of $675.00 (plus shipping and handling) for the
Sunday~ June 12, 1994 New York Mets baseball game; check made payable to New
York Mets;-change to be made to A7320.4~ Joint Youth, Contractual Expenses.
4.-Vote of the Town Boa.rd: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
6.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED-that-the Town--Board of the Town of'Southoid hereby-~lrants permission
to Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd to attend a seminar, "The Nuts & Bolts of an
Article 78'Proceeding" on Thursday, January 27, 1994, at the Suffolk Academy of
Law of the Suffolk County Bar Association, Hauppauge, and necessary expenses for
registration, meal, and transportation, using a Town vehicle, shall be a legal charge
to the Town Attorney's 199~4. Budget.
6.-Vote.of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, 'Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
7.-Moved by 'Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 64[1-a) of the Town Law, the Town Board
hereby establishes a petty cash fund in the amount of $100.00 for Recreation Super-
visor Kenneth Reeves.
"?~-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,.Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
8.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that.the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervis~-~-r Thomas Wickham to submit a cjrant application to the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation for the National Small Business Tree
Planting Program. - ..........
8.-Vote Of the Town-Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
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9.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the
following budget modification to the General Fund - Whole Town 1993 Budqet to
cover overdrawn appropriations and anticipated needs for unpaid billings:
9. -Vote ,of
To:
Revenues:
A2130 Garbage Removal & Disposal Charges $100,
Appropriations:
Justices, P.S. $
· P;S. ' ..... T,
A1440.4 Engineer~ C,E.
A1620.4 Buildings & Grounds, C.E. 3~
A1670.4 Central Copying & Mailing, C.E. 3
A1670.4 Central Data Processing, C.E. 1
A3310.4 Traffic Control, C.E. 1
A7020.4 Recreation Administration, C.E. 5
A8090.4 Environmental Control, C.E. 5
A8160.4 Refuse & Garbage, C.E. 100
A9050.8 Unemployment Insurance, Benefits
From:
A1330.1
A1355.4
A1;620.~1
· A1680.2
A3610.4
A7020.1
A7150.4
A7270.4
0.4
This
000.00
300.00
200,00
100.00
000.00
000.00
000.00
000.00
000.00
000.00
000.00
400.00
Tax Collection, P.S.
Assessors, C.E.
Buildings & Grounds, P.S.
Central Data Processing, Equipment
Examining Boards, C.E.
Recreation Administration, P.S.
Sport Program, C.E.
Bands/Concerts, C.E.
$ 5,000.00
3 000.00
4 000.00
I 000.00
1 000.00
3 500.00
2 800.00
800.00
Drainage, C.E. 4,900.00
oa. rd: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, CoUncilman
Hu-~sie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
~ ADOPTED.
10.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED, :that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the
following budget modification' to the General Fund - Whole Town l~'~'~t~
appropt:ia~:e D~cember income from "Latch-key" child care program to cover payroll
and program expenses:
TO:
~-~'venues:
A~1310 Day Care-Tuition $ 329.00
pp ropriations:
6~55.1 Day Care, Personal Services $ 279.00
A6055.4 Day Care, Contractual Services 50.00
10.-Vote of the 3'own Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
· Townsend?, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resol~tion was declared duly ADOPTED.
'-l:T..~_-Moved by: CouncilWoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVE~ that. the Town' Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the
following ibudget modification to the General Fund - Part Town 1993 Budget to
cover overdraWn appropriations:
_.E~ 020.1 Pu_blic Safety Communications, Personal Services $ .9,0_00'00
1~3157.4,:::--Juvenile Aide Bureau, Contractual Expenses 500.00
B3620.1 Safety Inspection, Personal Services 1,000.00
From:
~9i0.4 Insurance, Contractual Expenses $ 10,500.00
11.-Vote of the~Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend~ Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resol~ution was declared duly ADOPTED.
12.-Moved by!Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the resigna-
tion of Rdth D. Oliva, from her position as a member of the Southold Town Land
Committee, effective immediately. Ruth D. Oliva was elected to the
)uncilwoman for the Town of Southold effective January 1, 1994.
12.-Vote of t Town Board: Ayes': Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend~,Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resdiution was declared duly ADOPTED.
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13.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
dire(~ts the.Town Clerk to advertise for resumes to fill the vacancy on the Land
Preservation Committee caused by the resignation of Ruth D. Oliva, said term
expires July 3, 1994.
13.-Vote of the Town Board: ...dyes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman o_!iy.a., Councilman
TowNsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
14.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the~Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for the Superintendent of Highways
for the purchase of 10,000 yards of screened sand for ice control and highway
maintenance.
14.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
15.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission
to Supervisor. Thomas Wickham, Town Attorney Laury Dowd, and Public Safety
Dispatcher ]1/ John Raynor to travel to Fishers Island on Saturday, January 22;
1994, for .a ,meeting bn the 911 problem, and the necessary expenses 'for transpor-
tation and meal 'shall be a legal charge against the 1994 Budget.
15.-Vote of the-Town Board:' Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, ,Councilman
Townsendi, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution ,was declared duly ADOPTED.
.... t6.-Moved by, Council,woman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was - -
RESOLVI~D that the T(~wn Board of the To~n of Southold hereby authorizes the
followin~ ~993ibud~let modification to the Fishers Island Ferry Dis~
· overdra~vn ~pProp~iation:
T~
SM5610.1 Ferry Repairs $ 500.00
From:
~10.4 Ferry Operations.,Contracual Expenses $ 500.00
16.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
17.-Moved by Councilman Town. s.end, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
.RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the
following 1993 bUd~let modification to the Hicjhway Fund - Whole Town to cover over-
drawn appropriations:
TO:
DA5142.1
DA5142.4
From:
DA5130.1
DA5142.2
Snow Removal, Personal Services
Snow Removal, Contractual Expenses
9,000.00
5,000.00
Machinery, Personal Services $ 6,500.00
Snow Removal, Equipment 3,000.00
. DA9030,8., Social Securil;.y,.Benefits 1,000.00
DA9040;8 Workers Compensation, Benefits 2,000.00
DA9730.7 Bond Anticipation Notes, Interest 1,500.00
17.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend',, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution '~s declared duly ADOPTED.
18.-Moved by,, Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby cjrants permission
to Mary I~. Santacroce, Secretary of the Town Attorney, to attend a Seminar
"Assisting the Trial Attorney"., on Wednesday evening, Janaury 26, 1994, at
Suffolk Academy of Law of the Suffolk County Bar Association, Hauppauge, New
York, and the necessary expense for travel, meal, and $27.50 registration fee shall
be a legal charge to the Town AttOrney's 1994 Budget.
18.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Cpuncilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Counci.lwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
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JANUARY 25, 1994 ,
19.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission
to the Board of Assessors to accept an economic intern from' the Mattituck High
School, who would ~ork-i6 the Assessor's Office, at no-salary,-d~J-ring'the Spring
1994 semester, February through early June, 1994, and thereby fulfill a 40 hour
internship requirement.
19.-Vote of the. Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Council'man
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
20.-~oved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the To~n of Southold hereby appoints the
followin9 individuals, provisionally:
Theresa Hofer as a Supervisory Aide for the new Evenin9 Respite Program,
three (3) hours per week, at a salary of $8,00 per hour, effective January 26, 1994.
Jeanette Sosnowski as an Aide for the Evenin9 Repite Program, three (3)
hours per week, at a salary of $6.00 per hour, effective January 1, 1994:
Irene Raico as an EISEP (Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Program)
Aide, 20 hours per week, at a salary of $5.50 per hour, effective January 26, 1994.
-20.-Vote of the~'Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend~ ~Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution ,was declared duly ADOPTED.
21 .-Moved by
RESO[
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21. -Vote
Townsen
This
n Hussie, seconded, by Justice Evans, it was
own Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the
Scale Operator at the Southold~Town~Collection
on January 24, 1994.
Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
CoUncilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
duly ADOPTED.
22 Lizewski, seconded by Supervisor Wickham,
WH iuary 17, 1994, there was a robbery at the Southold Town
Collec' Je; and
W .00 ir~ cash was stolen from the Collection Center safe ($57.00
from ar~y ~house receipts, $226.00 from 133 $2.00 resident single
entry and $118.00 in petty cash on hand); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby absolves Solid Waste Coordinator James
Bunchuck from resp0nsii~ility with regard to the stolen funds; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes the issuance of $118.00
to Solid waste Coordinator oBundchuck as reimbursement for the stolen petty cash
· funds.'
22.-Vote of the:Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, CoUncilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was' declared duly ADOPTED.
23.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREAS, .Richard .G. Ward and George Ritchie Latham, Jr. have been appointed.-
to serve terms on' the Planning Board of the Town of Southold; and
WHEREAS, Gerard P. Goehringer and James Dinizio, Jr. have been appointed
to serve ter, ms,on the Zoning Boa. rd of Appeals of the Town of Southold; and
WHE. REAS, these individuals have failed to take their oath of office within the
period of time prescribed by Public Officers Law Section 30,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Richard G. Ward, George Ritchie
Latham, Gerard P,. Goehringer and James Dinizio, Jr. are hereby reappointed to
their positions to serve out the balance of their terms.
23.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, :Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor W]ckham.
This resolution, was declared duly ADOPTED.
24.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute a lease agreement between the
Board of COmmissioners of the Cutchogue Fire District and the Town of Southold
for the ',twq (2) parcels of vacant land on the easterly, side of New Suffolk Lane,
Cutchogue, to be used as a public parking field, for a term of one (1) year,
effective January 25, 1994 through January 24, 1995, with automatic extensions
for successive one year terms;, and be it
FURTHER RESO~_:V~-D'-~:hat :~he Town Board agrees to include the"afOresaid premises
in the Town's blanket liability insurance policy, and name the Cutchougue Fire
District as an additional insured.
24.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
25.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the proposal
and author, zes Supervisor Wickham to execute an agreement, with Fagan Engineers, '
Environmental .Consultants, Elmira, New York, in an amounL not to exceed $10,000.00,
to prepare a Feasibility Report analyzing three closure alternatives in terms of both
closure and post-closure concerns, with regard to the Fishers Island Metal Dump.
25.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, CoQncilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
26.-Moved ~by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREA~;,~there~has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold
a proposed Local-Law entitled, "A Local Law in Relation to Garbage Definitions";
now, therefore;, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby sets 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 8, 1994,
Southold Town.iHall;-'MainRoad, Southold,-New York, as time and. place for a.public
hearing On the. aforesaid proposed Local Law, which reads as follows':
A Local LaW in Relation to Garbage Definitions
IBE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
· Chapter; 48 (;~ar;bage, Rubbish & Refuse) of the code of the!' ~'~5wn of
SoUthold iS hereby amended as folloWs:
'1./ Secti'or~ 48-1 (Definitions) of tl~e Code of the Town oflSouthold is
hereby amended as follows:
su¢~-size and-desig'n-ers s~a-H be ~5~.eftl~ifted
~ Bos-r~l,-t~ ~be u~=ed fo~- t-he dis-pos~l of-~etable was-t~,
TOWN GARBAGE BAG - A plastic ba~ bearing the Iocjo of the seal of
the Town of Southold of such size and desicjn as shall be determined
by the Town Board, .to be used for the disposal of non-recyclable
waste.
2. ' The effective date of this Local Law shall be April 15. 1994.
II. This LoCal La~ shall be' filed with the Secretary of ~tate.
* Overstrike.repr:esents deletions
** Underscore represents ~dditions
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: ,With the explanation, that this allows people to use the
unimprinted garbage bags, that they have until April 15th, but after that time you'll
have to use the_bag., that' has the logo on it. Should we go into that further in case'
there is any discussion?
TOWN CLERK TERRY: Yes.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: We are aware that in some instances both retailers, and
individuals, have bought many of these garbage bags, cases of them. They are
returnable, to the Town Clerk's Office for an exchange, but you really don't have
to do that until some time before April 15, and you see that's coming. The Town
Clerk has also agreed to accept individual bags, five, or ten, or one, or three, or
whatever the number happens to be.
26.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman -
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED
27.-Moved by Councilwoman O[iva, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Allan S.
Connell a member of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council, to fill the
unexpired .term of. John Holzapfel, effective immediately through June 18, 1995.
2(7.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This. resolu, tion WaiSt. declare_d duly ADOPTED.
28.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that. the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Debora
L. Ginas as a Public Safety Dispatcher I, from the Suffolk County Department of
Civil Service Certification of Eligibles, effective immediately, at a salary of
$21,753.76 per annum.
28.-Vote of the~ Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
~Fownsend; Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
29.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Bruce
Loucka as .Chairman. of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council, effective
immediately thr0ugh December 31, 1994, he to serve in said capacity without
additional compensation.
29.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, ~CouncilwOman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
.... 30.-Mo~ed .,by
econded.by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHERE~ ZabOhonski has an application before the Planning Board to
subdi¥i¢ parcel (SCTM# 1000-6-2-1 Fishers Island) into two lots,
and a final public hearing is scheduled for same before the Planning Board on
January 3I, 1994; and
WHEREAS, Annette Zabohonski was the prior owner of the property on which the
~alsh Park Affordable Housing Project was built on Fishers Island, and the Planning
Board and Town Board feel she provided a service to the community by selling her
property at an equitable price; now, therefore, be it
RESOL~ED that
Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the
waiver of the round Fee for the Minor Subdivision of Annette
~ce with the recommendation of the Southold Town
Planning Board~
30.-Vote of the TOwn Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, CoUncilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR.'WI~CKHAM: That is all the resolutions we have this afternoon. Are
there any comments, from the audience~ Then there will be comments of those Council-
people, Who might have something to say. Yes, sir?
DAVID CORWIN; l~ly name-is David Corwin, and I'd like to speak to the way you -
'conduct ~u'r~.i~egular meetings, if. I could? Mr. Wickham, yo~ had indicated you
were goir~g to-fiire-a-Management Consultant to review 'the way the departments in ' "
the Townl ~:onddc~d business to try to make them more efficient, and want't.o
proPose ai way, ~:th~t you can make your meetings a little more efficient, and I m '
assuming tha~ there's nothing in New York State Law, or nothing that the Town has
adopted in their Local Laws, that says you have to have a roll call vote, and if I'm
mistaken, please, correct me.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Other towns don't. It was a suggestion, that was
discussed~ Other towns don't. I don't think Southampton has a roll call vote.
DAVID CORWIN: If you Iook~through this book called, Parliamentary Procedure by
Roberts,~they indicate one thing that is second on a motion. The only reason you
have a second i~to make sure it is not a motion, that one person wants. In other
words, it's a motion that everybody is interested in, and since you've already agreed
on having everything on the agenda, I don't see why you need a second, and they
say in here, that a roll call vote would be the third way you would go. The first
way, you would go, is just a simple yes and no voiced vote, and that's basically
the way the United States House of Representatives do it, and I would suggest to
you all, that if .you did it ,that way you could save about thirty, or forty percent
of the time you spend on these meetings, and you could save the person's voice by
not havin§ a .~undown in roll vote. It's just a suggestion, that I think would help
you conduct meetings, that a.re a little less tedious. I would like. to raise another
point, .and that ~is.,- this -morning a- statement was made in your-Work Session, that
the Village of Greenport has a moratorium on sewer hookups. I, in no way speak
for; the~.yillage of~.Greenport, however, their moratorium has expired. They don't
have any moratorium on sewer hookups to my knowledge, and I spoke briefly with
their Assistant Superintendant o~ Utilities this morning, and that's what he indicated
to me. They don't have a moratorium on sewer hookups.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, David. We're grateful to have those comments,
on the procedures of the meetings. There are goin9 to be quite a number of new
procedures, and we're goin9 to address a lot of different ways of doing things, and
those are useful' suggestions. I think there are going to be a fair number of changes.
They are not going to happen all at once, but I appreciate that. Any other comments?
Anyone from the 'back?
FRANK CARLIN: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the Board. My name is
Frank Carlin. l' live in Laurel. The same old story with me, I guess, is fast*~food
restaurants. I can't read the papers every week without challenging some of the '~
reasoning in the local newspapers. We've been on this thing since 1990, since
McDonalds started, and I can remember back that we used every excuse that we .... -
possibly could find to eliminate this issue, If it wasn't noise, it was lights.. I~f it
wasn't lights, it was traffic. It was garbage. Then it was environmental, and now
it's a left turn area. Let me say to you-, whether we should have a left turn area,
nobody is learning about, and.t.hat A&P shoPping area, where there's a 10t of traffic,
the Cutchocjue shopping center where there's a lot of traffic. We should also have
traffic light's there, because there's been accidents in Mattituck. I can get into that
futher, but I won't. I know what the State is doing about it. I'm on that issue.
This is not-the issue I'm_ talking about tonight though. Let.me-brir~9-:up-a point.
here. When the McDonald's issue was on'the fire, we talked about a drive-through.
Didn't want it, Fine. There's nothin9 wrong with not having a drive-through. But,
yet, when you go in Southold, and you seethe North Fork Bank, they have a drive-
through window. Comes right out on the Main .Street. Now, we must have double
standard in this town. Another reason, it should be located, raaybe, in a shopping
center. That would be a disaster to locate this is a shopping center in Mattituck
A&P shopping center with the movies there, and in the summertime. How many fast
food restaurants do you see located in a shopping center? That's why they're located
outside, more convenient~ less traffic congestion. In other words, it was mentioned
by one of these groups here, of the two that are opposing ,this, another public
meeting. For what? We went through public meetings two years ago, went to three
of them, and it was studied within a year. The Zo'nin9 Board came up, and said
no drive-through window. Fine, that was it. This will never ,become a Route 58.
It doesn't warrant a Route 58 here in Southold. We don't have the people here in
Southold to warrant a Route 58. These people are not stupid in these businesses.
They're not going to come out here, and open up five fast food restaurants, if they
can't warrant to support the business. So, never worry about this becoming a Route~
58 like they did to Riverhead. What we should be worrying about, and we're not,
again, traffic lights in the shopping centers, more street lights along Route 25 from
Laurel all the-way out, we don't have enough street lights like other towns have,
on the Main Road yet. Garbage. I was down in the Landfill yesterday. It was a
disgrace down there. Papers f!yi.ng all over the place, mud, .~t~aff_i_c.~¥ou 9ot ~tO _
wait for two cars to drive (~[~t before you can drive out. Forget it. Tom, I'm a
little surprised at you. You wrot~ back in the newspaper: a while back, and 1'11
read it, quote, i have no problem with'a fast food outlet in Southold Town, provided
it comforms with Plannin9 Board, and Zoning requirements. Now, yogi 9° ahead, and
you give permission for two people to study to change the Zoning Code. Now, let
me say something. We don't want a drive-through window. Let's take the fast food
away th~:n,~ Now, what do you 9or? You got a restaurant, where you go in, and
you sit down, and you eat. You don't drive out with it. When you drive out, then
:~:-~it becomes a fast food restaurant in my opinion. So, how can you change the Zoning
Law to say you can't have a fast food restaurant, because it's got to be located in
a specified location, but yet, say, all the other restaurants in Southold can operate
under normal conditions. In my opinion, it's unconstitutional. We've been through
this so many times, so many issues, so many reasoning, and it's amazin9 why we
are worrying about a simple fast food restaurant, and we have so many more problems
in this town, like-::'water. In my area,-they have to drill 100 feet to get water, and
you're not guaranteed you're going to get good water. It's usually iron. Those are
the things you should be concerned about. What are we 9oin9 to do about our water?
We have reports about our water is bad, but nobody can tell me how bad it is, how
much iron, what's the PH, sulphite, chloride? Nobody knows. I'll give you a good
example about environment-in this town. For years..I lived out here' for forty years.
For~ years we used to take open sewage down to the Landfill at the northwest side
of the Landfill. For years cesspool carters carted open sewage in there, and they
dumped ~it,~ll in-th~r~, For years, everything went in ~here:"-~For"years; and yearS;'
and years, and when it finally closed~ down in 1984 here's a picture of what it looked
like. I took a picture in color, and I took a picture in black and white back in 1984.
JANUARY 25, 1994
This is what it looked like, sitting out there in the hot sun fermenting, but yet no
environmental agency ever complained about that. Sitting out there in the hot sun
for years fermenting. Health hazards, finally it's closed down. Now, it's sitting there
drying out. You can't tell me that didn't effect our water level? I can't believe
in this town, that the people are all against this fast food restaurant, because every
time I go to a fast food restaurant, I don't go very often, but when I go I always
see townspeople in there with their children, grandparents in there with their
children. You can't tell me, .you're going to be riding past a fast food restuarant,
and your grandchild will say, 9~andpa, won't you stop here, you won't stop there,
it's going to be an environmental impact to you? It certainly was given out to 600
homes on the.Stewardship Committee. Eleven percent. Eleven pe'rcent of what?
Eleven percent of what?
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: They sent out 6,500 questionaires, and they got back
800, which'comes out to 11%.
FRANK.CARLIN: What did it say? In the newspaper it didn't say what it was for,
an'd v~hat il~,wasn~t~fo~. -"'- - .......
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I think you'll find that in this week's papers. We just
got ,the report.
FRANK CAP, LIN: The Stewardship Committee, as you know, Tom, is one of your
prized pets;.but I'm against it, I'll tell you ri§ht now to be honest with you, because
it started oUtlto be suggestions. Now, they're trying to tell the Board what to do,
and in thislcase, a fast food restaurant, and I said it to the last Town Board, and
I'm going to say it to this Town Board, you've been elected to make your decisions,
and research yourself, not to depend on other people to do it for you, Tom.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Frank, we'll do that. That is what we're here. That is
what we'll do.
FRANK CARLIN: I hope that you will, and I know you will, but it was started out
to be a research, and a organization to suggest. Now, they're in the paper telling
you we could do this, we could do that, on the fast food restaurant issue. Another
issue I want to say about it. If anybody here wants to challenge me, they're welcome.
I see there's a member sitting right here. They make a research, and they go to
Boulder, Colorado, and Duchess County, to make their research, and ~compare it
to $outhold'Town. You can't compare a city in Boulder, Colorado, andl Duchess Town
to the Town'of-Southold.--Southold is unique. The taxes.are different-there. The
government is~ different there. The schools are different there. The teachers' wages
are:i different there, so how can you take, and make a study of theSe two towns,
and compare with Southold'.Town? Well, I'd like to say to the Planning Board, I
.hope-that they won't be persuaded on their decision, and they won't y. ield to a
certain few groups in this town, who continuously h'ave a negative approach, to the
issue. Like l said,' you can't ask a Zoning Law to say, no fast food restaurants,
and. 'yet, let' ail t~e other restuarants operate without being some kind of unconsti-
tutional; It d°esn t work in my opinion. This is America. We allow one to be in a
viney, ard, ca~fe, apd ike ! said, you take the drive-through away, and. you 9or a
r'est~iurar~t? Well, ' that's about all I have to say, but i s~e all kind oflcommittees
in l~his town, in ~he Town Hall here. More kinds of studies, study this, study that.
I d~Cided I'm goiq9 to start my own committee. It wi be called the Cairlin Watchdo9 '
Committee. I'm n~ight as we 9et n the act, too I say this again, and ' ut
my !money whereby mouth .s. I m up here. It's my opinion. It's what I believe in.
ThiS!is America. it's a free country. Amenment one, freedom of speech, anybody,
eithelr: NOrth ForkEnvironmental Agency, or Stewardship Committee wa~t to ever
debA~e me on thi~-l:issue, I'm willin9 to debate them in Siberia, in Nassau Colliseum
wha~ver, Town l~ail, whatever. I'm willin9 to debate them, and go fdrther in detail
in't~l~is.: l~told you once before, there are thousand of them all of the world, we
can!t; be wrong, and I'm 9oing t° leaveyou with this sentence. About McDonald's,
ha~.you 'ever stqpped to think what 9ood McDonalds are doin9 for ou~ sick children,
andi.:homeless ~hlldren?. Do_you ever hear about Ronnie McDonald Foundation, how '
good they'.re doing? No, we never, thought about that. t's all we Wan~ed to do, -
was rush them out of Southold Town. It was taboo. It never should be here, but
then:~when I see.those school buses drive into (tape change.) That's what we must
consi~er~ but instead of changin9 the law, because like said, you can't say, you
can't have this ki~d of a restaurant, but allow all the other'res~au'rantls to continue
on, and say this is unconstitional. To me, it's a technicality here.
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SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you very much, Mr. Carlin. We'll look into those
questions.' Are there any other questions~- Our former -Fown Attorney Mr. Arnoff?
HARVEY ARNOFF: Good afternoon. Harvey Arnoff. Southold. Tom, I wonder if you
might outline for me, since the disbandment Of the Youth Board, what specific
concerted action has been undertaken, or contemplated by this Board for the youth
of this town, and the timetable for that action?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I would be very happy to do that. Right now, and I'd be
grateful if. Joe, and Alice, and anybody else on the Board would like to add t(~,that.
I have of seven princiPles, that the Boa'~:d-debated at some length, two
uide oUr thinking on the future of the youth problem, and
weeks ago
how we're ng to with it in this town. I could refer to them. They're in my
ould take me a m nute ,or so to find them, but think
· five or' six of those seven right now, ~nOtr in any particular order,
I ~hoUld be a Youth Committee in this town, comprising youth as
or priority.
well as other people of various ages. Two, it should be done in close support with
those agencies in the town, who are already providing services to the youth in this
village, in this town. I'll just read them. Number one, there is at present significant
support to youth through various existing organizations and instutitions, but that
su~ort is l~ende~ tO bi uncoordinated, and in many respects inadequate. Town
support Should be designed to give those existing programs greater impact, not to
substitute for them. Number two, there are at present several programs of Town
governnment supporting youth. The Town should better understand how those
programs work,, coordinate them more c osely, and consider seriously how the more
promising ones can be expanded, and made more effective. Number three, in as much
as possible, ~Town support for youth activities should make use of existing offices,
and presently hired staff, rather than to require new staff, and to the extent that
new staff are 'considered, they should be taken up on an interim, that is non-civil
service basis. Number four, the school districts within the town with a primary
delivery sYStem '~or: supporting youth development, and as such, they bear special
responsibility, and the design and the execution of youth programs. In recent years
ther. e's been~a.ltendency of those districts to place less emphasis on supporting youth
outside of the the traditional classroom. The town should seriously explore how it
choo Board~ administrators, teachers, and youth, in innovated ways.
could assist.~S stin a outh
've~ the Town shou d seriously cons.der organlz,r_~g, a_nd .~o,. g...Y ~
Number f ; ' ....... to oesl n an~ carry
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activit¥ _sym oslum of var,ous organ'.za.ti.°n Or advisory
out a P program of youth activities, some form of Youth Board,
comml be needed, for which a new charge is required, and number seven,
the possibilities for
the Tow :.
n ' designate one or more persons to explore
attracting grant~ funds in support of youth activities, and should ask that persons
to report ~)"tl~e' Board from time to time on those prospects, and the Board should
s In su or!; of attraching that support, as are consistent with the
take those step -' PP - at the end of
· ,' ' · That was two weeks ago, today, and
· other pt~lncipl~s on this page. · . ..... ,' ,- ..... from all members of the
" ssion there was agreemen~ on, as Tar d~ ,.-~,,~.", :[ -.. ....... m for
that d,sc~ . - ~ ..... ~ ~,~;- ~ ttlnn ~o(]e~ner a new
Board, that this was an.aoequa[e u~ ,u -~,,, ~u =
youth services in this town. Since that time, a committee of Joe Lizewski, Alice
Hussie, and myself, have met, and tried to refine further from this list, a more
detailed set of directions,, where the Town is. going to go. Out. of that, discussiOnr
came a meeting in today's Work Session, which we had about 12.00 o clock, o
12:15 t°day.; and out of that came three more concrete proposals, not in any
;' ' iorit' Number one would be to clarify more precisely what
aParticular 0rde~ of, .pr y... · .... wn at resent~-
re the services being provided by various organlzat,ons in this to p
What are th,e schools providing? What are church groups providing? What are the
providing? The youth needs assessment, that was done
ht, and kind of lost of the question of what are the
at present by these different organizations. We're doing
and there's a group of people, that is coming into place
two; we're planning to move ahead in establishing a
number three, we will be meeting, and I ~-~
Committee, and . . !.
next Work Session of the next Town' Board meet,nc of Febru,
er hese que~stions, to invite in a number of interested people primarilyl
connected to the schools, which we believe have a special "
......... of youth, to meet with us, to help ~o establish a charge
om'mittee, that we wish to establish, and to plan the next step of
program for youth, that-is not based on hiring new people, but based
the'vial~ and successful youth activities, that are already here in
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HARVEY ARNOFF: I think that's interesting rhetoric, but what happens here is
the rhetoric becomes more rhetoric, and we don't see any permanent steps taken for
the children, Historically school districts are interested in one thing, and that's
the education within the confines until the three o'clock bell rings. That's hist-
orically what, s been happening with public education. I don't think this Board and
this community is go. lng to change public education. It's not going to happen, and
it's certainl not going to happen during'my lifetime. In any event, having said that,
you ~th Board here before. That Youth Board did what it could do, and
I think did_i uite_admirably, a.n~d_l had ~ very minor ro]e..oo _t..b~t Boa._!~., so I take
no credit for What that 'Board did, but they did the Needs AsSessment, and I don't
agree with you, Tom, that it was lacking in the needs of the town.
SUPERVISOR Wll3KH'AM: That's not what I said.
HARVEY ARNOFF: And it's assessment, and it did go out to all of the merchants,
and the people of the town, as to what services were available
for nd yet, and I remember a presentation, I think you probably
is available, if we had somebody to look for the funding,
and ~ f who was on board, and in line with Joe Morrall, and other people like
him., to obtain funding for this town, and because of the population discrepancy that
we didn't make the 20,000 dollars for the Youth Bureau concept~ that there was
problem with that. But, in spite of that fact I'm concernea, because historically,
and I've been here for over ten years now in Southold Town, I've been in Suffolk
Counl 20 years, the youth end up last. I happen to be an advocate of
the ~n, and I'm tired of seeing them come in last, and I think that's
and l"m not going to let you succeed in. shuffling under
)rio, or we!re going to do a study, and we're going to come up
except for one thing. What's .your timetable foe that?
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4: 'Okay, Harvey, my timetable is to every single regularly
· there wilt be an item on the agenda to move
we have in place a package tha-t will satisfy-the-bulk'of
re; not going to sit on it. Every single agenda of this
~;!is going to be a common part of the Work Session, until we finally
that the bulk of the 'people are satisfied with. I share your concern,
member of .this Town Board shares it. You are not alone in doing
,u'll find a lot more commitment up here, than you recognize.
HARVEY ARNOFF: I would hope so. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We have a member of our Zoning Board here tonight,
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and
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know
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O:' Good evening. My name is Jim Dini.zio, and I am a member of the
as Resolution 23 comfirms. I just want to thank you on behalf of Gerry,
clearing up the matter, that seems to have popped up. It does point.
ust with this one little piece, but certainly something that's
not just in Southold Town, in that communications seems
Now, l've been a member now for about seven years. I was sworn
and if memory serves me right, I was notified that I had
~use there's no way I would have known that, other than, you
question now is, what is the time frame for me now to
sworn :in, again? I'm assuming I do. I have thirty days from
.'. !We need something to tell people that.
JAMES DINIZIO: There needs to be one place to go. You probably noticed I was
here most of the day, and I heard you talking, speaking about certain things, and
the Building Department's motion, is that for discussion?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Yes, it was discussed.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: That is a very legitimate concern, and I understand that
Our .Town ~ttorr~'y, and o'ur Town Clerk,. and perhaps a few other peop e, are going
to 10ok int° !WaY~' of revising, or at least publicizing the procedure, so it will be
clearer for everybody how to deal with it.
1 1 4 JANUAR'Y 25, 1994
JAMES DINIZIO: I just want to urge you, that to put all your personal feelings,
and ali your..at least aside, and pick the best person for this iob, please. Okay?
Take the heat, whatever heat you have to take, but pick the person, who can look
at the Tow~n Code, and apply it the way it was meant to be applied to do his job,
and not other people's jobs. One more thing, I might as well say. As a member of
ort Youth Activities, we formed about five years ago. We've raised, I'd
the Greenp . . . .
: 0.O0. We ut the hghts ,n the f,elds ~n Greenport. It s really
say about $100,90. .......... P ....· · ' ' ou know we don't
basically a committee of about e,ght of us, _~nclud,ng. w~ves,_.and .y _,
have an helP.from anybody, no direction trom anyooay, we set our own
v. Y~-:--' '~ --e-d the ~onev as we, our charter, to spend i.t, to support our
an(] we te.u Lv ow ,. ~ esent Youth
' ' reen Ort; .and I saw the committees in Southold To.wn, the pr
~%tmhit~feeGhas sPince then been abolished; going towards a more bureacratic direction
for the, presumed reason, that if you pay somebody, then you get more money. I
just want to comment, that thought t~at Was the wrong direction, and, you know,
of children, have to take responsibility for our children, raising our
in 'the manner-that we see fit, and I believe the town should not be in the
business of entertaining our youth. Yeah, sure, if you want to get together an:d'
buy Met's tickets because, .certainly, they'.re cheaper, and someho~ dist~ribute them
Without paying somebody to distribute them, without paying somebody to ,babysit
for the~pe~ple who are .~t Shea Stadium. In my opinion, and probably in the opinion
Of most of my rfriends, that would be wonderful, but the direction that. t w~s going
I j there-are people in the town, myself, that do agree'tha~t
y is not the answer. Thank you, agai:n, ver~y muchrfor that
resolu
AM: Thank you for your comments, Jim. I~d like to just respond
on ,our suggestion, that the Town Board conside~ promotions,
or best qualified people, and that is ~ a
g. Certainly, I think I spea:k for ~li 9f;
Boa~ ith that p~rticular resolution tonight; b~e'~a-use'-'.we'~we'ren't;
best'qualified, and there will be-difference~'~mong.'us'from
time ut :.that I think ~loes direct our thinking on that issQ~ - i '
JAMES DINIZlO: I just realize there are a lot of pressures, and ~1 thi,nk you do need~--
su~po~ :frOm; yo~ l~now, here, and the only way you get support ~s if.s°~e~ne voices?
their opinion. Thank you very much. . ~
JOE RISTUCCIA: Joe Ristuccia. Southold. I'd like to, first of all, .congratulate
the Board, and wish them a Happy New Year. I wasn't here for the Organizational
Meeting, nor the first one on January 11th, but I wasn't 9oin9 to say a,nything today,
but I do Want to comment on something, because I've been trying to catch..l've been
away for the last t~ weeks, and I've been trying to catch up with:~he latest news,
.and certainly there's been *a' lot of activity here, and I congratulate your activity.
Mr. 'Arnoff, I share wholeheartedl'y your concern about youth. However, I think the
approach; and What I read in the paper, and .from what I know, I think what's
imP0'.rtant rather that spend money on programs, I think it ;would foolhardy
to ' we should be doing is to examine what has to be done in
our
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we'll take it from there. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR W[(~HAM: T:hank you, Joe. Are there anymore comments from the
floo~, or can we ask our Councilmen to give their reports? (No response.) Anybody
on my left? Joe?
.think.ultt~isticaily the approach that the Town Board t~as taken, I
is a: correct!one. We want to examine what every organization in ,town, be
)rivate individual, any different types of organization, Boy
and then if we can see where we are, and then go
all of-sudden .-t. hrow in with-the .Youth-~oard, .and not
is going to go. I think by looking at it wei can see what
result will! be. FrOm. that point then, we can see how effective it is, and
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COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I just want to comment on a couple of things, that were
said, Dave Corwin, I thought, made a very good point. It's something I hope to bring
up soon about the way we conduct the business of the Board, the resolutions. The
reason t think the roll call is held is, that it gives, you know, everyone a chance
'to definite sai~7 Wh~ther-I~e's fop a resolution, or Whetl~er he Fs-n't, and aft~ a't
that poin will express their reservations, or their reasons for voting for an
issue. It is tedious when you're going through the appropriations, and, you know,
it's a litany Of yes,:yes, yes, and I agree with you. ! think what we should develop
a process where there's a s no sis of
y p . the logic behind each resolution, when it's
not a cut and dry'transfer of funds~ or something like that, and so that in every
issue there is one or two explanations, that happen from time t6 time, but it's not
a consistent thing, and I think it would make it a lot more interesting for people
to understand what is going on during the day. Today we had ~n incredibly full
schedule, starting at nine, and barely had a chance to breathe all day. We ~ay have
to adjust that kind of schedule, because we didn't have a chance to bring up this
particular issue, procedural issue. We haven't yet, but I think we will, probably
next meeting, talk about changes we can do, that will make it a little more
intel and more informative to the public. The ocher thing, on the youth
issue, itt.~ my..experlence .n the community, that often community organizations
3erficial reasons. They have the manpower, and. the Will, and
; a problem, such as insurance, Or facilities, that aren't
.. the school, and they can't, and ye~ there's.a church,
has faclities. I think one of the things w~ wa~nt to solve is,
; we want to attack is if the town: ~:an ~-aCilitate 'those problems,
timing, you know, ;things lire that. 'What can
through our resour(~es. 'Las~ the
men-repo, rts, and I don't to go
s, but I do know that most 15usy,
iat into a regular basis of the activi of'the COuncil,
SUPERVIS;OR WICKHiAM: i would just like you to have an opportunity, Joe, to s'hare
with the.~u~ii~:; what'S important to you in the Town Board. Louisa?
JUSTICE EVANS: Nothing.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I would like to respond to the youth, too, particularly
to you,HarVey. I think that you may have misread what Tom was talking about
concerning the assessment, and the needs, and all that. Really what we're doing,
or what I foresee, that we're doing is an inventory o'f the existing clubs, associa-
tions, frat-ernal organizations, all of things, both public, and private, th'at are within
the town with an eye to making sure that the town does not reinvent the wheel or
duplicate services. As I see it, and I think Joe and Tom do, too, this the first
'step 'prior to coming.up with a charge for a committee. When we see where the need
is then to charge a group to take care of that need, and as far as I'm concerned,
we haven't yet decided whether it was 9oin9 to be more recreation oriented, or health
and psychological oriented, but those are still things that still have to be looked
into. I just' wanted to clear that up. That's all I have to say.
SUPERVISOR'WI'CK~I~M:~.----~hank you, Alice. Ruth? - ·
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Just two interesting figures, I think about recyling, that
Jim Bunchuck brought to us today, that the difference between October to December,
'93, and October to December, '92, is that the recyclables, because of the bag
program, is up 71%. So, our recyclable figures are really going up very nicely, and
our garbage is going way, way down, and, also, just because everybody on the East
End said, well,-~ou can't separate into all those catagories. Nobody's going to do
it, and it's just terrible. Well, everbody has done it, and it's been very cost
effective to the town. Jim worked out some figures, and actually it just costs us,
excluding labor and overhead costs, $5.21 a ton to 9et rid of our recyclables. The
people that have it comingled, say in Riverhead, cost them $24.77, so I think our
program is really somethin9 to be very, very proud of in this tow~, and I'm proud
of the peoPle. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I'd like to conclude the meeting with a very brief summary
of the, seems like. a long time ago, Joe, that the first part of our Work Session this
morning began at 9:00 o'clock. We had a report from the Chairman of the Governor's
East End Economic and Environmental Task Force. Tom Twomey is the Chairman of
'it, and the purpose of this Task Force was to..and I'll read really what the mission
of the Task Force is, which is Charged to, one examine the economic and environmental
future of Eastern Long Island. Two, to present the Governor with specific recom-
mendations- for imp~o~,emen~s and modifications to existing State Law and programs,
1 1 6 JANUAI~'Y :~5, 1994
which :would help preserve, and enhance the East End economy and environment,
and-number .three;~to~identify ~improvements to laws and programs at_.the local
Federal leve s, which ';~he Govern~r Should support in benefiting the East End. The
Task Force has been in operation now for about, I believe, five or six months. They
came up with a very comprehensive report, proposals to the Governor, and got them
into the Governor's Office prior to the Governor's preparin9 the Budget message.
Ti~e Budget message, as most of you know, was delivered by the Governor a week
ago today, I believe, and indeed to their surprise it does incorporate many of the
recommer~dations. I believe there are about forty recommendations, that they made
specifica Iy to the five East End towns out here. 'm not goin9 to go into detail,
but l, woUid, just, like to summarize a few of, what I think are the most mportant
parts of what the Governor" is propo~in9 here. First of all, there's a $500,000.00
commitment in the Governor's Budge~ sPecifically to issues on the East' End here.
They are basically grant funds that would come tO the towns for use on specific
projects.. A Grown on Lon9 Island campaign ~to promote local produce, a national
promotion of Long Island wines, an Oyster Mariculture Pilot project to strengthen
local'fishing, coordinator tourist plan to aid the motels, retail, and restuarant busi-
nesses, environmental research, agricultural research, wir~e and grape research,
an
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· In addition to that, the Governor has ~ndicated
der' hi~ control to be rece
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Economic Task Force· You'll be reading more about it. It's 'a large
avail; Office, and I believe they will be available :in libraries,
re are no more comments from 6th~r~AbA~ of/t~e
an~ P * ~ ,'i ' '- ·
Board, audience, I wilJ entertain a motion to adjourn'. Thank you for being
with us today.
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjounred at 5:45 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Ceuncilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Southold Town Clerk