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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
FEBRUARY 7. 1995
Present: Supervisor Thomas 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.
EXECUTIVE SESSION - 9:10 A.M.
On motion of Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was Resolved
that the 'Town Board enter into Executive Session to discuss personnel an¢t contract
negotiations. Vote of the Board: yes: Supervisor Wickham, Councilman iL~ze'wsk~,
Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justide Evans.
Also present Town Clerk Terry, Town Attorney Dowd. The Board met w~th Labor
Relations Consultant Jamie Baker. Also present during this Executivei Session:
Police Chief Droskoski, Senior Accountant John Cushman, Public Safety Dispatcher
III John Raynor. i
10:45 A.M. -'The Town Board met with Joseph Gold, who, along With Robert Keith,
and William Cremers, prepared a Management Analysis of the South01d Police
Department. Also present during this presentation was Chief of Police Dr0skoski
and Senior Accountant Cushman. Mr. Gold reviewed in detail the 'analysis,
concluding that there is a need for three additional police officers to bring staffing
up to where it should be and keep overtime to a minimum. Currently there are
twenty-one active police officers, and the target is twenty-four. Supervisor
Wickham asked the Town Board to consider an additional in-depth assessment by a
police consultant to help address scheduling.
12:15 P.M. Merlon Wiggin, representing ':East End Seaport and Marine Foundation,
met with the Town Board~ to encourage their participation in the "AmeriCas iSail '95",
a Tall Ship visit to Greenport June-29th to July 1st. Supervisor Wickham will ask
Neb Brashich or Jerry Moore to assist the Town in this respect. Mr. W?ggin also
asked for a $1,000 contribution to support the event. C0unci'woman..Oliva agreedto
look into the' availability of funds for such a contribution.---On another' subject,
Mr. Wiggin asked the Town to provide a tax abatement for the first three ~ears for
a proposed mariculture hatchery at Clark's Beach, Greenport. Councilman Townsend
will research the possibility of such a tax abatement.
12:25 P.M. - Donald J. Grim, Cutchogue, met with the. Town Board with regard to
his concern about the water contamination on his property which is adjacept to the
Landfill. Mr. Grim said that a chemist's report dated 9/13/94 states that the landfill
could be the potential source of this contamination. Supervisor Wickham stated that
it appears Mr. Grim is heading toward litigation, therefore, the Town Board would
not comment publicly on his remarks~ 'Discussion with Mr. Grim was thereby
terminated ~
12:35 P.M. - Recess for lunch.
1:50 P.M. - Work Session reconvened with a discussion on a proposed "Local Law
in Relation to Bed & Breakfast Facilities". Councilpeople Huss.e and~ Lizewskl
expressed their opposition to the proposed law; the other Board members favored
it, with the deletion of a sign with the words "B&B" (see resolution no. 20),----
Town' Board agreed to a resolution (no. 15) to authorize the purchase of roads in
the Lands End Subdivision, Orient.---Next discussed proposed "Local Law in Relation
to the Code of Ethics" (resolution no. 16). The Board agreed to the adoption of
the Annual Financial Disclosure Statement (resolution no. 17), creation ore a Board
of Ethics (no. 18), and authorization for the Town Clerk to advertise for members
of the Board of Ethics (no. 19). The date of April 4, 1995 was agreed upon for
the effective date of the new law to provide enough, time to prepare a list of
officials/employees who will be required to file the disclosure statement~ and t6
appoint three individuals to the Board of Ethics.
2:40 P.M. - Jean W. Cocl~ran, Chairperson of the Parks, Beaches & Recreation
Committee, and Executive Assistant James McMahon, met with the Town Board to
discuss the Board's intentions with regard to Cedar Beach County Park, which the
County has offered to the Town to manage under a cooperative municipal agreement.
The Board agreed to accept the responsibilil~y as long as it is set up so the park will
make money or at least pay. for itself, and is on a par with aH other Town
beaches.----Secondly, Ms. Cochran asked for the Board's consent for the installation
of a playground at Tasker Park, funded by the Kwianis. Mr. McMahon assured the
Town Board that there is sufficient room for the playground, and they approved
the proposal,----Ms. Cochran asked for permission to install waste containers at
Silversmith Corner. The containers would be paid for by a private donation. Board
welcomed the proposal.----Ms. Cochran next submitted a proposal to the Town Board
for maintenance of the ball fields at Tasker Park and Laurel Lake. The cost for
Tasker Park would be $670, and Laurel Lake field $1,670. Ms. Cochran and Mr.
McMahon will meet with Superintendent of Highways Jacobs to go over the
expenditures.----Lastly, Ms. Cochran said that she and Mr. McMahon have been
working on parking regulations for all road ends that touch the water. She was
asked to meet with Town Attorney Dowd to draft proposed regulations.
3:15 P.M. - Letter to Supervisor Wic.kham from Bill Wilson, Director of Research,
Southampton College, proposing a study of residents' attitudes and opinions
concerning various issues currently facing the town management. Price of the study
would be between $2,000 and $2,500 depending upon the complexity of tl~.e study.
Town Board is not interested. ----Memorandum to the Town Board from Senior
Accountant Cushman concerning three overdrawn budgets. Supervisor Wickham had
prepared, for the Board's consideration, a draft memo to department hea¢
that there must be .Town Board approval/disapproval of the appropriat
modification before a purchase is made. In addition, budget transfers ma'
made within a given departmental budget, and not include transfers from
ServiCes. This will reflect our commitment for departments to function ~
budget .established by the Town Board, while also providing the flexibilit
departments to prioritize their purchases. Town Board approved
memo.----Supervisor Wickham submitted a proposed resolution endorsing to the
Suffolk County Legislature the expansion of the definition of agricultural business
to include co~nmercial horse boarding operations as qualified (s~ee resolution no.
· 21).----Receipt of proposals for the demotiton of the Straussner gar:age at 450 Main
Street, Greenport. Proposal of Sound Shore Excavating Corp. is the lo,est, and
Board agreed to award them the job (see resolution no. 22).----Town Board agreed
to reinstate the tiPping fee charge privileges of Bri Van Inc.~ (resolution no.
23).----Supervisor Wickham submitted, for the Board's consideration, a proposed
resolution endorsing and supporting the proposed ferry serviCe between Shoreham
and New Haven (resolution no. 24).
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4:00 P.M. - Supervisor Wickham brought the Town Board up to date on the progress
being made on analyzing police department overtime and on the space use proposal.
Supervisor Wickham and Senior BUilding Inspector Fisher, Senior Planner Scopaz,
and Board of Appeals Secretary Kowalski will visit East Hampton and Southampton
tomorrow to see how they have their Building/Planning/Appeals departmenl;s set up.
On the business study - Supervisor Wickham is still waiting for a response from the
North Fork Bank with regard to the computer they agreed to purchase.
4:05 P.M. Town Board reviewed the resolutions to be voted on at the 7:30 I~.M.
Regular Meeting.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
4:25 P.M. - On motion of Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend,
.it was. Resolved that the Town Board enter into Executive Session to discuss
personnel. Vote of the Board: Ayes: Supervisor Wickham, Councilman Lizewski,
Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justic~e Evans.
Also present: Town Clerk Terry, Town Attorney Dowd.----As a result of this
Executive 'Session the following resolutions were placed on the Regular Meeting
agenda: (26) Appointment of Mary Jackson as a part-time Data Entry Operator
at the Disposal Area; (27] Appointment of Robin MacMurdo as a part-tim~ Account
Clerk at the Human Resource Center; (28) Appointment of Anne Lowry, Robert Villa
and James Dinizio, Jr. to the TDR Working Group; (29) Reappointment olf Richard
G. Ward to the Planning Board; (30) Appointment of.l~yd.ia Tortora to,tl~e] Board.-
Of Appeals.
6:05 P.M. - Work Session adjourned.
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REGULAR MEETING
A Regular Meetin9 of the Southold Town Board was held on
February 7, 1995, at the Southold Town Hal, Main Road, Southold, New
York. Supervisor Wickham opened the meeting at 7:30 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 had some bills that we signed this week. Anyone
want to move the exceptance of that?
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the following bills be and hereby ordered paid: General
Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $562,604.91; General Fund Part
Town bills in the amount of $11,717.08; Community Development Fund bills in
the amount of $3,181.08; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of
$2L~,802.68; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $3,740.78; Ag
Land Development Rights bills in the amount of $86.70; Open Space Capital
Fund bills in the amount of $2u~9,309.65; Lighting/Heating Capital A/C bills
in the amount of $7,998.00; Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount
of $37,357.52; E-W Fire Protection District bills in the amount of
$18,u,08.00; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $20,609.73;
West Creek Estates Road Improvement bills in the amount of $8,255.00;
Refuse $ Garbage District bills in the amount of $99,934.71; Southold
Wastewater District bills in the amount of $3,234.50; Fishers Island Sewer
District bills in the amount of $40.00; Southold Agency & Trust bills in the
amount of $2,000.00; Fishers Island Ferry District Agency & Trust bills in
the amount of $690.93.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of the January 2u~, 1995, Town Board meeting
be and hereby approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED the the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will
be held at 4:30 P.M., Thursday, February 23, 1995, 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.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM; I think everybody has copies of the agenda for
tonight's meeting. You'll see in here there are several reports. There were
a number of discussion items, that we held during our Work Session in the
morning, and the afternoon. There are a series of about thirty some
resolutions, that we'll be taking up in a few minutes. The Work Session
this morning, and this afternoon, but particularly in the morning, focused
to a large extent on matters regarding our Police. We have had in the last
few months a committee of three people, who have assisted the Town Board
to conduct a management analysis of the Southold Town Police Department.
In part this analysis has been designed to assist the Board in answering the
question, how many Police Officers should the Town have on the road to
properly look after our affairs, and not to incur excess'ye overtime. Today
the committee who's chaired by Joe Gold, other members of the committee
included Bill Cremers, and Bob Kelth, today they tabled their report, and
the answer to that particular question is, the Town should try to have
twenty-four police officers, not counting Sergeants, and Detectives, and all
of that. We ought to have twenty-four people on the road, or available to
put on the road at anytime, in order to maintain a efficient scheduling
system that doesn't result in excessive overtime. We had some discussion as
to how exactly we're going to do that. We're down a couple of people, and
the Board had some discussion as to the options in front of us to put in
place twenty-four. This, by the way, was a committee report. It is
available. I think the Town Clerk's Office must have copies of it for
people, who want to get copies. I was pleased, it's an example of how a
committee can assist the Board in getting technical, professional answers to
questions at minimal cost to the Town, compared with hiring consultants at a
high rate of pay. There were a lot of other items, that we took up during
today's Town Board meeting, but I think almost all the rest of them resulted
in resolutions, that we'll be considering tonight, and I don't think I need
to go into anymore at this stage.
I. REPORTS.
2.
3.
1995.
4. Southold
December, 1994.
5. Southold
January, 1995.
6. Southold
January, 1995.
Southold Town Trustees Annual Report for 1994.
Southold Town Building Department Annual Report for 1994.
Southold Town Building Inspectors' Monthly Report for January,
Town Community Development Monthly Report for
Town Scavenger Waste Treatment Facility Report for
Town's Program for the Disabled Monthly Report for
Southold Town Clerk's Monthly Report for January, 1995.
Lawrence Healthcare Town Health Benefit Report for January,
Healthcare PBA Health Benefit Report for January,
Town Justice Tedeschi's Monthly Court Report for
1995.
9. Lawrence
1995.
10. Southold
January, 1995.
II. PUBLIC NOTICES.
1. U.S. Corp of Army Engineers, New York District, application of
John H. Mulholand and Michael P. Bontje to construct a pier and dredge
with upland disposal in Southold Bay, Shelter Island Sound at
Arshamomoque, Town of Southold, New York. Comments to be received by
February 27, 1995.
III. COMMUNICATIONS. None.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None.
V. RESOLUTIONS.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We will be taking up a series of resolutions, and
prior to taking up the resolutions, the audience's invited to address the
Board regarding anyone of these resolutions on our agenda tonight. Please
try to keep your comments to within five minutes, per comment. Is there
anyone who would like to address the Boar~J regarding any of the
resolutions, that are on our agenda tonight?
FRANK CARLIN: Frank Carlin, Laurel. Good evening. On twenty-four,
support Shoreham ferry to New Haven. That was made quick, wasn't
made? What was the reason? What is the reason to support that?
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Specifically, the Board has historically supported
alternate ferry routes, because of the enormous traffic, that Orient has to
bear. The Orient Association has requested us to ask that the Legislature
pass a resolution stating that the would negotiate a lease with LILCO for
the property for a high speed ferry from Shoreham, because 40% of our
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traffic comes from the west end, especially our tractor trailer traffic.
Another 40% comes from the South Shore, and most of the merchant in this
town feel that it does them no good to have all this traffic. They don't
stop. They just rush to the ferry, or they rush away from the ferry.
FRANK CARLIN: In other words, one of the reasons are to reduce the
traffic coming from Orient Point direction this way.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: And from the west.
FRANK CARLIN: That was a quick decision.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: It came up rather quickly to the Orient
Association. It came up rather quickly to the Legislature.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We've had a similar policy in the past.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Yes, I said, historically back in 1992, August of
1992, you can go back in the minutes, and look that the Board supported an
alternate route, even to Montauk, and we would still support that, I think.
FRANK CARLIN: Number 25, a simple question. School Guard Cross'rig,
what Budget does that come out of, the Town or the school budget?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: The Town.
FRANK CARLIN: The Town Budget. Eighteen, resolved that the Town
Board creates a three member Board of Ethics. The problem with me, I live
in this town so long I remember things. I can remember back in 1962, when
we had a three Board member here. It was made up of Supervisor
Albertson, Judge Terry, and a man named John Henry. That never went
anywhere. It just died. In 1976, one tried to start up. That never went
anywhere. In '86, another time it was mentioned. This one will get some
wings on it, and take off a little bit, and one important thing is, in my
opinion is, when you appoint these people, make sure they're independent
members, not members of the Board, like I just said, two of these people
that I just mentioned in 1962, one was the Supervisor. Most people, that
know what they're doing, and are independent of Town government, to be
fair. That's all I'm saying on that. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Would anyone else like to address the Town Board
tonight on any of the resolutions on our agenda? Yes, sir, Mr. Flynn?
F.M. FLYNN: I'm F.M. Flynn, a resident of the Town of Southold, and
I'll be mercifully short this evening, although I do have some prepared
comments. In pursuit of the adopted agenda, the majority of this Board is
singularly inattentive to comments of residential taxpayers. Nevertheless, I
have a few remarks for the record, should they prove necessary in a
different vein. Perhaps my remarks are based upon a concept too often for
the confines of this small room, a concept by our country's founders, early
on 'n deliberation, where apparently our king to the Board's majority. I
refer to property rights, and more particularly those incorporated in the
court sanction, quote, bundle of rights, unquote. These provisions, among
others, dictated the need for, and the implementation of zoning standards,
practices, and principles. Less you think I'm espousing only my own views,
I quote the West Publishing Company's basic legal text, real property, which
provides a cogent, and succinct justification for a separate zoning
districts for different uses. Quote, an original premise behind zoning was
that, some uses of land a~re incompatible, and must be kept separate for the
protection of one or both of them. In particular, residential areas where
being beneath protection from commercial and industrial intrusion. The
majority support of the pending leglslation is based three reasons. The
Board members maintain that B&Bs are not commercial uses, despite all of
the evidence concludes to the concludes to the contrary. Even Southold's
Assessors have agreed that B&Bs must be classified as commercial uses. I
wish I were in a position to poll the Board, as to whether they believe
B&Bs are commercial or uses. Secondly, members rely on existing
regulation, as a justification for this outrage. This previous ordinance is
contrary, not only to the Town Law, but to Southold's own Code. The
proper action of this Board would be to repeal the previous ordinance,
rather than to rely on it. Two, rather than rely on an act within the law,
opinions are offered based upon emotional and philosophical opinions,
unsupported by facts, and contrary to the intent of zoning law. Opinions
have been advanced, that officials here in the town don't feel that there is
a serious cause for concern. I accentuate serious, and that it is likely
that the legislation would result in more B&Bs, even in this unsupported
opinion, there is cause for concern, that the official dismisses as not
serious. This offhand opinion, contrary to zoning precedent, and the
requirements of law causes concerns are a basis for legislation. The impact
is certainly serious to those adversely effected. Further, even if repealed
this prior legislation would establish non-conforming uses to the detriment
of their neighbors. I rarely do this, but I'll quote Christ in ex:retain is
recorded to have said, Lord, forgive them, they know not what they do.
Unfortunately, the Board majority knows exactly what it is doing. In
accordance with an agenda, which implemented 'ncrementally, would make
Southold unrecognizable to those who treasure it's unique character, and
intolerable to those of us who live here. I doubt that the majority of
homeowners, when they belated realize the impact of this agenda would
prove Christ-like in forgiving those responsible, in closing, I heard about
that the framers of this legislation understand the meaning of integrity in
the context of zoning. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Is there anyone else who would like to address the
Town Board tonight, on the resolutions that we're going to take up this
evening? (No response.) If not, we're ready to beg'n. Would anyone ike
to begin first one?
1.-Moved by Councilman Lizewskl, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Sou:hold hereby accepts,
with regret, the resignation of Jesse J. Wilson from his position as a
School Crossing Guard, effective close of business on Friday, February 10,
1995.
1.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
2.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to the Griswold-Terry-Glover American Legion Post of Sou:hold
to use the following Town roads: Boisseau Avenue, Hobart Road, and
Tuckers Lane, Sou:hold, for staging for the Suffolk County American Legion
Convention parade, starting at 1:00 P.M., June 10, 1996, provided they file
with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance
naming the Town of Sou:hold as an additional insured.
2.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Huss'e, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
3.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Sou:hold hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute an agreement between the
Town of Sou:hold and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County's
Marine Program, whereby Cornell Cooperative Extension will provide
technical support for the establishment of a shellfish hatchery and nursery
system for Sou:hold Town, using the Suffolk Marine Environmental Learning
Center faci ity, for the period of January 1, 1995 through December 31,
1995, at a total fee of $16,000.00.
3.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
4.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southotd hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor Wickham to execute an agreement between the Town
of Southold and the North Fork Housing Alliance, Inc. for Senior Home
Maintenance Program under the Community Development Block Grant Program
Year #17; budget allocation $25,000 - Project ~103705A17; all in accordance
with the approval of the Town Attorney.
4.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
5.- Moved by Councilman Lizewskl, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Audrey Bolobanic as a Matron for the Southold Town Police Department,
effective immediately, at a salary of $8.35 per hour.
5.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
6.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation
Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, and 6NYCRR Part 617.6Ih),
and Chapter 4L~ of the Code of the Town of Southold, the Town Board of the
Town of Southoid hereby issues a Negative Declaration with respect to the
remediation of the Fishers island Metal Dump Site, by removal off-~sland, of
all deposited solid waste. All permanent project impacts are considered to
be positive insofar as they serve to mitigate existing adverse visual and
environmental conditions. It is not therefore considered desirable to reduce
any of these impacts.
6.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
7.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED THAT THE Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts
the bid of East Coast Mines E Materials Corp., East Quogue, N.Y., in the
amount of $6.22 per yard, for supplying the Southold Town Highway
Department with 10,000 yards (more or less as may be needed) of Screened
Sand for Ice Control and Highway Maintenance, all in accordance with the
bid specifications.
7.~ Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
8.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREAS, Cornell Cooperative Extension, under the Stipulation of Settlement
of the Landfill issue, is carrying out a series of research related to
agriculture and environmental matters of importance to the Town of
Southold; and
WHEREAS, Cornell Cooperative Extension has requested two (2)
representatives from the Town of Southold to act in an advisory capacity
relative to these studies; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southo d hereby designates
Solid Waste Coordinator James Bunchuck and Charles Scheer to the
Cornell Cooperative Extension Recycling and Compost Advisory Group,
effective immediately.
8.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham,
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
9.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute a grant application to the New York
State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation 1995
Environmental Protection Act funds, to be used for improvements at the
Robert Tasker Memorial Park.
9.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewsk],
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
10.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Senior Planner Valerie Scopaz to attend the Association of
Towns meeting in New York, N.Y. on Monday, February 20, 1995, and
Board of Appeals member Serge Doyen, Jr. to attend on Tuesday, February
21, 1995, and the necessary expenses for registration, travel, and meals
shall be a legal charge to the Planning Board and Board of Appeals 1995
Budgets.
10.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
11 .-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it
was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute a Contract Budget
Modification Request to the Suffolk County Office foi* the Aging to amend the
Senior Adult Day Care Program budget, which modification results in a zero
net change.
11 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewskl,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
12.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute an agreement between the
Suffolk County Office of the Aging and the Town of Southold for the Senior
Citizen's Nutrition Program, for the period of January 1, 1995 through
December 31, 1995, at an agreed cost of $96,710.00, all in accordance with
the approval of the Town Attorney.
12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
13.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans,
WHEREAS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in Relation to Nonresident Beach
Permits"; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby sets 5:00 P.M., Thursday, February
23, 1995, Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, as time and
place for a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law, which reads as
roi lows .'
A Local Law in Relation to Nonresident Beach Permits
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Chapter 65 (Parking at Beaches) of the Code Of the Town of Southold
is hereby amended as follows:
1. Section 65-3.F. (Parking Permits) is hereby amended as follows:
F. Nonresident ~o~al beach parking permit. Beach parking
permits for nonresidents for the period Al~rH-January 1
through Octubur~ December 31 may be issued by the Town
Clerk of the Town of Southold upon application therefor at
a sum prescribed by resolution of the Southold Town Board,
which annual sum shall include both the vehicle and boat
trailer.
II.This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary
of State.
* Underline indicates addition.
** Overstrike indicates deletion.
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COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: All this does is just change the periods where a
non-resident person can get a seasonal beach parking permit. It used to be
just from April to October, and a ot of the non-resident people like to
come and get the permit for the whole year, and we want to extend it from
January 1st to December 31st, because people fish in those other times,
too.
13.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Lizewsk),
l~.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts,
with regret, the resignation of Barbara A. Gibaldi, Clerk-Typist for the
Justice Court, effective February 21, 1995, and wishes Ms. Gibaldi much
success in her new position with the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department.
]4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
]5.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREAS, the County of Suffolk wishes to convey title to a parcel
comprising roads in the Lands End Subdivision in Orient, listed as
SCTM#1000-015-09-001. 031; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to acquire said
parcel in order that the road could be improved and dedicated to the Town;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town E~oard hereby authorizes the purchase of title to
said parcel for the consideration of $1,505.11, payable to the County of
Suffolk; said agreement all in accordance with the approval of the Town
Attorney.
15 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
16.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREAS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
on the 27th day of December, 199~, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in
Relation to the Code of Ethics"; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this Local Law on the 24th day of
January, 1995, at which time all interested person were given an opportunity
to be heard; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby enacts Local Law No. 2 - 1995,
which reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2 - 1995
A Local Law in Relation to the Code of Ethics
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
1. Chapter 10 (Code of Ethics) of the Code of the Town of Southold is
hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Chapter 10 (Code of Ethics)
is hereby adopted to read as follows:
1. ARTICLE I (GENERAL) is hereby adopted to read as follows:
§ 10-10
(Legislative Intent). The purpose of this act is to
establish minimum standards of ethical conduct for Town officers
and employees to help ensure that the business of government is
free from improper influence that may result from opportunities
for private gain. At the same time, it is recognized that
public service cannot require a complete divesting of all
proprietary interest, nor impose overly burdensome disclosure
requirements, if local governments are to attract and hold
competent administrators. Although the assurance of ethical
conduct wilt continue to rest primarily on the personal
integrity of the officers and employees themselves, on the
commitment of elected and appointed officials, and on the
vigilance of their cgmmunities,- the establishment of the
standards and guidelines set forth in this chapter is an
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377
§ 10rll
additional step toward providing the highest c~tliber of public
administration for local governments and increased confidence in
public officials. By requiring public annual disclosure of
interests that may influence or be perceived to influence the
actions of public 'OffiCials, this chapter is intSnded' to
facilitate consideration of potential problems before they
arise, to minimize unwarranted suspicion, and to enhance
the accountability of government to the people.
( Definitions).
Unless otherwise stated or unless the context otherwise requires,
when used in this article:
Ao
Co
Appear and Appear Before.- shall mean communicating
in any form, including, without limitation, personally, through
another person, by letter, or by telephone.
Customer or Client means (a) any person to whom a
Town officer or employee has supplied goods or services during
the previous twelve (12) months having, in the aggregate, a
value greater than $1,000 or'(b) any person to whom a Town
officer's or employee's outside employer or business has
supplied goods or services during the previous twelve (12)
months having, in the aggregate, a value greater than $1,000
but only if the officer or employee knows or has reason to know
the outside employer or business supplied the goods-or services.- ........
Gift and Financial Benefit - shall include money,
services, licenses, permits,contracts, authorizations, loans,
travel, entertainment, hospitality, career advancement or any
promise thereof, or any other gratuity or promise thereof. A
finiancial transaction may be a financial benefit but shall not
be a gift unless it is on terms not available to the general
public. "Gift" and "financial benefit" do not include campaign
contributions authorized by taw.
To~n Officer or Employee means any officer or employee
of the Town, whether paid or unpaid, and includes, without
lira!ration, all members of any office, board, body, advisory
board, department, district, or committee of the Town. "Town
officer or employee" shall not include:
(1)
(2)
(3)
A ~udge, justice, officer, or employee of the unified court
system;
A volunteer firefighter or civil defense volunteer; or
A member of an advisory board of the Town if, but only if,
the advisory board has no authority to implement its
recommendations or to act on behalf of the Town or to
restrict the authority of the Town to act. This shall not
include the Ethics Committee.
E. Outside Employer or Business means:
(1)
Any activity, other than services to the Town, from which
the Town officer, employee or household member receives
compensation for services rendered or goods sold or
produced;
(2)
Any entity, other than the town, of which the Town
officer, employee or household member is a member, officer,
or employee and from which he or she receives
compensation for' services rendered oi~"gb;sd'~ s61d"ar ...........
produced; or
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(3)
Any entity in which the Town officer, employee or
household member has an ownership interest, except a
corporation of which the Town officer or employee owns less
than five percent of the outstanding stocK.
Fo
For purposes of this definition. Compensation shall
not include reimbursement for necessary expenses,
including travel expenses.
Person - sna[ include both individuals and entities.
Relative - means a spouse, domestic partner, child,
step-child, brother, sister;-- or-parent-of-the Town officer"o~ ...............
employee, or a person claimed as a dependent on the Town
officer's or employee's latest individual state income tax
return.
Ho
Subordinate of a Town officer or employee shall mean
another Town officer or employee over whose activities he or she
has direction, supervision, or contro, except those who serve
in positions that are in the exempt classification or the
unclassified service under the Civil Service Law,
ARTICLE II (RULES OF CONDUCT) is nereoy adopted T.o read as
follow s:
0-20
§ 10-21
10-22
§ 10-23
Goal. Town officials and employees must exerc'se their
official duties solely in the public interest an(~ must avoic
conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of
interests to the greatest extent possible,
Avoidance of Conflicts. Town officers and employees
shall not knowingly acouire, solicit, negotiate for, or accept
any interest, employment, or other tning of value which would
put them in violation of this code of ethics.
General Prohibition. A Town officer or employee shall
not use his or her official position or office, or take or fait
to take any action, in a manner which ne or she knows or has
reason to know may result in compensation for any of the
following persons:
(A) The Town officer or employee;
(B) His or her outside employer or bus ness or that of a
member of his or her household;
(C) A member of his or her nousenofd;
(D) A customer or client;
(E) A relative.
Recusal. A Town officer or employee shall promptly recuse
himself or herself from voting, advising, or otherw se taking
discretionary action on a matter before the Town when acting on
the matter, or failing to act on the matter, may financially
benefit any of the persons listed in § 10-22 of this Chapter.
10-24
Recusal Procedure. Whenever a Town officer or employee
is required to recuse h[mse f or herself under this code of
ethics, he or she:
(A) Shall promptly inform his or her superior, if any,
(B) A member of a board shall state the general nature and
extent of the conflict of interest upon the public record
of the board, and
(C) Shall immediately refrain from oarticlpating further in
the matter,
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§ 10-25
§ 10-26
§ 10-27
§ 10-28
§ 10-29
§ 10-30
10-31
§ 10-33
Gifts. No Town official or employee or member of any
official or employee's family shall, directly or ir~directly,
solicit, accept, or receive any gift Under circumstances from
which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended
to influence him or her, in the performance of his or her
official duties or was intended as a reward for any official
action on his or her part.
Representation. A Town officer or employee shall not
represent any other person in any matter that person has before
the Town nor represent any other person in any matter against
the interest of the Town.
Appearances. A Town officer or employee shall not appear
before or exert influence over any board or department of the
Town, except on his or her own behalf or on behalf of the Town.
Confidential Information. Town officers and employees
and former Town officers and employees shall not disclose any
confidential information or use it to further anyone's personal
interests.
Political Solicitation. A Town officer or employee shall
not knowingly request or knowingly authorize anyone else to
request any subordinate of the officer or employee to
participate in any election campaign or contribute to a
political committee.
Revolving Door. A Town officer or employee shall not
appear or practice before the Town as to particular matters on
which the Town officer or employee personally worked while in
Town service unless acting in response to a request by the
appropriate official for the sole purpose of providing
information. A Town officer or employee shall not appear or
practice before the Board or Department in which he or she
previously served, except on his or her own behalf, for a
period of one year after the termination of his or her municipal
service or employment.
Inducement of Others and Bribery. A Town officer
or employee shall not induce or aid another officer or employee
of the Town to violate any of the provisions of this code of
e~hics.
Exclusion From Code of Ethics. The provisions of
ArtiCle II shall not prohibit, or require recusai as a result of
the fotlowing:
An action specifically authorized-:by- statute, rule~ or
regulation of the Town of Southold, the State of New York
or of the United States.
A ministerial act.
Gifts
(1) Received by the Town officer or employee from his or
her parent, spouse, or child; or
(2) Having an aggregate value of $500.00 or less during
any twelve-month period; or
(3) Accepted on behalf of the Town and transferred to the
Town.
D. Gifts or benefits having a value of $100 or tess that are
received by a Town officer or employee listed in Section 11
of the Domestic Relations Law for the solemnization of a
marriage by that officer or employee at a place other than
his or her normal place of business or at a time other than
his or her normal hours of business.
E. Awards from charitable organizations.
Receipt of Town services or be
facilities, that are generally ay.
and conditions to residents or ~
Town.
G. Representation of constituents by elected officials without
compensation in matters of public advocacy.
ARTICLE III (DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) is hereby adopted to
read as follows:
§ IO-L~O Annual Disclosure.
Officers and employees required to file. The following
classes of officers and employees of a Town shall be
required to file a signed annual disclosure statement:
(1) Officers and employees who are elected;
(2) The heads of departments and their deputies and other
persons authorized to act on their behalf;
(3) Officers and employees who hold policy making positions,
including members of the boards of the Town;
(~¢)
Officers and employees whose job descriptions or actual
duties involve the negotiation, authorization, or approva
of nonministerial permits or licenses or variances.
Time and place for filing. Annual disclosure statements shall
be filed with the Town's ethics board:
(1) Within 120 days after-the effective-da'te"of this sectiot~'; '"
Co
(2) Within 30 days after becoming subject to the requirements
of subdivision A of this section; and
(3) No later th'an May 15 of each year thereafter.
Changes in disclosed information. Within 30 days after a change
in the information contained in his or her most recently filed
annual disclosure statement, an officer or employee shal file a
signed amendment to the statement indicating the change.
Contents of annual disclosure statement. The annual disclosure
statement shall disclose:
(1) With respect to any office, trusteeship, directorship,
partnership, or other position held in a business, association,
proprietary or not-for-profit association held by a Town
officer, employee, or spouse, the nature of the position and the
name and addFess of the organization shall be disclosed.
(2) Give the title of the position and the name and address of
any employer of the officer, employee or spouse which is a
source of income in excess of $500.00.
(3) Describe the nature and location of any real property or
investments within the Town, or within one mile of the boundary
of the Town, in which the officer, employee, or spouse has a
financial interest.
(4) Identify each interest in a trust, estate or similar
beneficial interest [except for IRS eligible retirement plans)
in which the officer, employee or spouse has an investment in
excess of $2000.
(5) List the name and address of donors of all gifts received
by the officer, employee or spouse, excluding gifts from a
relative, which have an estimated value 'n excess of $500.00.
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(6) Identify the name, address and general nature of
reimbursement for travel expenses in excess of $250 for any
matter that relates to your official duties.
(7) Describe any interest the officer, employee, or spouse has
in any contract involvin9 the Town.
(8)
Identify the name and address of any person to whom the
officer, employee or spouse owes a debt in excess
$5,000.00.
Good faith efforts. Failure to disclose the information required
.by this section with respect to Town officer's or employee's
spouse or other relative shall not constitute a violation of
that subdivision if the officer or employee has made a good
faith effort to obtain the-information and if he or"she'-~dso .....
sets forth those efforts in his or: her disclosure statement.
§ 10-41
§ 10-g2
A.
of
Designation of Officers and Employees Required to
File Annual Disclosure Statements.
Ao
Within 90 days after the effective date of this Chapter,
and during the month of March each year thereafter, the
Town Board of t~he Town of Southold shall:
(1)
(2)
Cause to be filed with the Town's ethics board a list
of names and offices or positions of all officers and
employees of the Town required to file annual
disclosure statements pursuant to this Chapter; and
Notify all such officers and employees of their
obligation to file an annual disclosure statement.
Maintenance of Disclosure Statements.
The Town Clerk shall transmit promptly to the Ethics Board
each annual disclosure statement filed with the Clerk pursuant
to this Chapter.
The Ethics Board shall index and maintain on file for at least
seven years all annual disclosure statement filed with the Board.
ARTICLE IV (ETHICS BOARD) is hereby adopted to read as
follows:
§ 10-50
Establishment of Ethics Board.
A Southold Town Ethics Board of three persons shall be
appointed by the Town Board. The Ethics Board may establish
rules for its own operations, which shall be available to the
public, but whether included or not, the following procedures
shall pertain to its activities:
(1) The Ethics Board shall state in writing the disposition of
every request for opinion and every investigation it
conducts, and the reasons for the disposition. All such
statements and written requests shall be kept on file.
(2) The Town Board shall make available to the Ethics Board
such meeting space, clerical support, and expense
reimbursement as the Town Board, in its discretion and
'consistent with budgetary constraints, deems advisable.
(B) Appointment and removal.
Members of the Ethics Board shall be appdinted by the
Town Board of the Town of Southold and may be nominated
by any member of the public. They shall serve without
compensation.
(2) Ethics Board members may be removed by the Town Board
for reasons of 9ross misconduct, substantial neglect of
(c)
duty, or inaoility to perform the duties of office, or
failure to meet qualifications listed in subsection D
hereof.
Term of office. The term of office of Ethics Board members
shall be three years expiring on December 31st, except that
upon initial appointment, one member shall have a term of one
year, another shall have a term of two years and the other a
term of three years respectively.
(D) Qualifications.
(2)
From the period of 12 months prior to appointment and
throughout his or her term of office, no Ethics Board
member or member of his or her family shall hold any
elected or appointed office or employment with the Town of
Southoid except as a member of a citizens' advisory board.
From the period of 12 months prior to appointment and
throughout his or her term in office, no Ethics Board
member shall be a part,/ to any proceeding before the
Town, other than judicial proceedings, or have business
dealings with the Town other than routine requests such as
applications for ouilding permits, certificates of
occupancy, marriage licenses, or other similar matters.
10-51
(3)
Members of the Ethics Board snal] be sub]ec~ to the
provisions of this law, including the Annua Disclosure
Statement.
(4)
Members of the Ethics Board shall be provided with legal
defense and indemnification equivalent to members of the
Town Board.
Powers of the Ethics Board.
A. The Ethics Board has the oower to review the annual disclosure
statements, to review annua ly this Code of Ethics and recommend to
the Town Board any changes which it deems appropriate; to render
advisory opinions on any matter of ethical conduct of Town officials
and employees, at the written request of any Town Board, official,
employee, or private citizen; to conduct investigations or to refer
cases to the Town Board, District Attorney or Town Attorney for
consideration of appropriate criminal prosecution; or to seek ciwil
relief to compel compliance with. this law.
§ 10-52
A.
Do
Investigation Procedures.
Upon receipt of a sworn complaint by any person alleging a
violation of this Chapter or upon determining on its own
initiative that a violation of the chapter may exist, the Ethics
Board shall have the power and d~t¥' to conduct any
investigation necessary to carry out th6 [Si--6Vi~idr~§ of this
Chapter. In conducting any such investigation, the Ethics
Board may administer oaths or affirmations, subpoena
witnesses, compel their attendance, and recuire the production
of any books or records which it may deem relevant and material.
The Ethics Board shall state ~n writing the disposition of every
sworn complaint it receives and of every investigation it
conducts and shall set forth the reasons for the disposition.
All such statements and alt sworn complaints shall be indexed
and maintained on file by the Board, and shall be submitted to
the Town Board for its consideration and or action.
Any person filing a sworn comolaint with the Ethics Board shall
be notified in writing of the disoositior of the complaint.
The termination of a Town officer's or employee's term of office
or employment with the Town shall not affect the 'urisdiction of
the Town's Ethics Board with respect to the requi'rements
imposed by this Chapter or by the Town's Ethics Code, if any,
on the former officer or employee.
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§ 10-53
A.
§ 10-5u~
A.
§ 10-60
A.
Review of Lists and Disclosure Statements.
The
(1)
Ethics Board shall review:
The annual disclosure statement of the designated officers
and employees to determine whether the lists are complete
and accurate,
(2)
All annual disclosure statements to determine whether any
person required to file such a statement has failed to file
it, has filed a deficient statement, or has filed a
statement that reveals a possible or potential violation of
the Chapter or. the tocal ethics code, if any.
If the board determines that an annual disclosure statement is
deficient or reveals a possible or potential violation of this
chapter the board shall notify the person in writing of the
deficiency or possible or potential violation and of the
penalties for failure to comply with this Chapter or the local
ethics code,
Public Inspection of Ethics Board Records.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6 of the Public
Officers Law, the only records of the Ethics Board which shal
be available for public inspection are:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(s)
(6)
Annual disclosure statements list filed pursuant to this
chapter;
Lists of officers and employees required to file annual
disclosure .statements.;;''
Rules and regulations of the Ethics Board;
Final disposition of an investigation by the Ethics
Board;
Advisory opinions provided that information identifying the
persons requesting the opinion is deleted from the copy
made available for public inspection;
Educational materials, annual reports, and local ethics
acts.
ARTICLE V (PENALTIES) is hereby adopted to read as follows:
Penalties.
Disciplinary Action. Any Town officer or employee who
engages in any action that violates any provision of this
Chapter may be warned or reprimanded or suspended or removed
from office or employment, or be subject to any other sanction
authorized by law or collective bargaining agreement, by the
Town Board or person or body authorized by law to impose such
sanctions. A warning, reprimand, suspension, removal, or
other authorized sanction may be imposed in addition to any
other penalty contained in this Chapter or in any other
provision of law.
Civil Fine. Any Town officer or employee who knowingly
violates any provision of this Chapter may be subject to a civil
penalty, includin9 a fine not to exceed $1,000. In addition a
violator may be subject to a civil forfeiture to the Town of a
sum equal to three times the value of any financial benefit he
or she received as a result of the conduct that constituted the
violation.
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Damages. Any person, whether or not a Town officer or
employee, who violates any provision of this Chapter shall be
liable in damages to the Town for any losses or increased costs
incurred by the Town as a result of the violation. Such
damages may be imposed in addition to any other penalty
contained in any other provision of law or in this Chapter,
other than a civil forfeiture.
Misdemeanor. Any person, whether or not a Town officer
or employee, who intentionally or knowingly violates any
provision of this Chapter shall be guilty of a class A
misdemeanor.
§ 10-61 Voidable Contracts.
Any contract or agreement entered into by or with the Town which
results in or from a violation of any provision of this Chapter shall
be voidable by the 9overnin9 body of the Town: Such ratifi~:atibn
shall not affect the imposition of any criminal or civil penalties
pursuant to this Chapter ok any other provision of law.
10-62 Debarment.
Any person, who intentionally or knowingly violates or induces
a Town officer or employee to violate any provision of this
Chapter shall be prohibited from enterin9 into any contract with
the Town for a period of five years from discovery of the
violation.
B. No person, whether or not a Town officer or employee, shall
enter into a contract in violation of the bar imposed above.
II.
Vote
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman
Supervisor Wickham.
This resoJution was duly ADOPTED.
C. Nothing in this section shal be construed to prohibit any
person from receiving a service or benefit, or from usin9 a
facility, which is generally available to the public.
This Local Law shall take effect April 4, 1995.
of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans,
Hussie,
Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Lizewski,
~7.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold, in accordance with
Chapter 10 (Code of Ethics) of the Code of the Town of Southold, hereby
adopts, effective April 4, 1995, the "Annua Statement of Financial
Disclosure" form which is required to be filed with the Town's Ethics Board
by certain officers and employees of the Town of Southold.
17.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
18.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold in accordance with
Chapter 10 (Code of Ethics) of the Code of the Town of Southold, hereby
creates, effective April 4, 1995, a Southold Town Ethics Board, to consist
of three persons, who shall serve without compensation.
18.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED~
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19.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for resumes for three members of a
Board of Ethics, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 10 (Code
of Ethics) of the Code of the Town of Southoid.
19.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
20.--
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I'd like to just comment very briefly, that these
four resolutions dealing with our Board of Ethics are all due to take effect
on April z~th. By that time we expect we recruit people to serve on the
Board. We can have the forms all available, and until that time the existing
Ethics system that's currently in place will continue.
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend,
WHEREAS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
on the 13thday of December, 1994, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in
Relation to Bed & Breakfast Facilities"; and
WHEREAS, this Local Law was referred to the Southold Town Planning Board
and Suffolk County Department of Planning, all in accordance with the
Southold Town Code and Suffolk County Charter; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this Local Law on the 2¢th day of
January, 1995, at which time all interested persons were given an
opportunity to be heard; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby enacts Local Law No. 3 1995,
which reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 3 - 1995
A Local Law in Relation to Bed & Breakfast facilities
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southoid as follows:
I. Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended
as follows:
INTENT: The intent of this ordinance is to provide B& Bs as an important housin.q
base for our tourist industry while maintaininq the residential inteqrity of our corn~
munities. This section provides clear criteria for B&B approval and establishes a
simplified permittin.q process.
1. Section 100-31B(15) is hereby amended as follows:
(15)
Tho renting of not ,,mere than three (3) rooms in an o',~F~er occupied
dwelling for4, odging and ser~q~g of br~-~dCast to not mace thai-six (6)
casual and transient roomer-s, provided th~nting of
rooms for such p~rpos~eadyAqcider4-ta~Land suberdicate to the
p~;~'~°~ use-ef the ~,~'~ s~t to t~
......... ~ ' ......... ~ '~H .... ~t~
(a)
(b)
,^,de~tuate~aff stceebpaddag spaees-shalPbed~r<~ided for-sueb
rented rooms4ra-additiop~te-padda~pae~ for the-use of the
family of the-ew~eF.
No aeeessePy-apaFimer¢~-a,s~a~- ~edL~ed b~Sec. 100 31B(1
kerecf, shall bo peFm,,itted in or o~nsremi~ which a bed and
breakfas~-4acility is-authorized or
(15) Bed-and-breakfast which has been issued a bed-and-breakfast
permit by the Buildin.q Inspector: Said permit shall be issued for ,q
term of one year if the followinq conditions are met:
(a) A smoke alarm shall be provided on each floor and in every
.quest room;
(b) The dwellin,q shall have at least two (2) exits and there shall be n
window larqe enouqh for emer,qency e,qress in each .quest room;
3 8 6 F~B~UARY ?, ~99~
The identification si,qn shall be no larger than two (2) square feet
in areas zoned Residential-Office or higher, but there shall be no
exterior si,qna,qe identifying the use as a bed-and-breakfast in
residential areas;
(d)
No accessory apartment, as authorized by Sec. 100-31B(14)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which a bed-and-
breakfast facility is authorized or exists.
2. Section 100-61A(2) is hereby added to read as follows:
(2) Bed-and-breakfast uses as set forth in and as requlated by Sec. 100-
3tB(15).
3. Section 100-61B is hereby amended to read as follows:
Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of Appeals. The
following uses are permitted as a special exception by the Board of
Appeals as hereinafter provided and, except for the uses-set forth in
Subsection B(5) hereof, are subject to site plan approval by the
Planning Board:
Section 100-61B(5) is hereby deleted in its entirety as follows:
(5) Bed-and brc-akTast u~t fe¢~, in and~gulated by Sec. I00
3!B(15).
Section 100-61B(6) and Section I00-61B(7) are hereby renumbered 100-
61B(5) and 100-61B(6) respectively.
6. Section !00-71A(4) is hereby added [o read as follows:
(3) Bed-and-breakfast uses asset forth in arid as.requlated.by'Sec:'100:
31B(151.
Section 100-71B(4) is hereby deleted in its entirety as follows:
m,,~ ,~nd-breakfas~a~ as set forth ia-a~dcogu~a~ed ~y q~¢ I O0
31~f~
. ~, ~/~ except th~no s~e p!a~pro'~req~
Section 100-71B(5), Section 100-71B(6), and Section I00-71B(7) are
hereby renumbered 100-71B(4), 100-71B(5), and 100-71B(6) respectively.
9. Section 100-81A(3) is hereby added to read as follows:
(3) Bed-and-breakfast uses as set forth in and as requlated by Sec. t00-
31B(15).
i0. Section 100-81B is hereby amended as follows:
Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of Appeals. The
following uses are permitted' as'a-special excepti'on-by the Board of .....
appeals as I~ereinafter provided and,-e .... p, for ~,,-,a_¢,-,,4 ~,r,:,_~t.~J~
~are subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
11. Section 100-81B(1 is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
Any special exception use as set forth in and regulated by Sec. 100-
31 B of the Agricultural-Conservation District, except .that wineries are
not required to be in connection with a vineyard, and except bed-and-
breakfasts.
12. Section 100-91A is hereby amended to read as follows:
Permitted uses. The following are permitted uses and, except for
those uses permitted under Subsection A(1) and A(2) .and A(19)
hereof, are subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
!3. Section 100-91A(19) is hereby added to read as follows:
Bed-and-breakfast uses as set forth in and as requlated by Sec. 100
~1 B(15).
14. Section 100-91B(5) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(5)
Bed. aAd. b~,~+,~-~:~ .....
............... ~,~ Boarding and/or tourist homes as
set forth and regulated by Sec. 100-61B(5) of the Resort Residential
(RR) Districl.
15. Section 100-101A(2) is hereby amended to read as foIlows:
(2) Any permitted use set forth in and regulated by Sec. 100-9t A(3) to
(18) 119) of the Hamlet Business District.
16. Section 100-131B(13) is hereby deleted in its entirety.
17.
18.
Section 100-131B(14) is hereby renumbered 100-131B(13).
Section 100-141B(2) is hereby deleted in its entirety.
~2) Bed-amd-breakfast usea-as--set~6~thqr~-am~-as_reg~:ste~_by t00
@1 8(15), pr(~qded tha-b~s~te plaa-appr~¥ab~s ro~tuirod:.
Section 100~141B(3) is hereby renumbered 100-141B(2).
Section 100-274B is hereby-amended to read as follows: .......
For'all other applications, including those involving commercial
property, containing a single request [for example, an application
requesting one (1) variance or an application requisition a special
exception], the fee shall be four hundred dollars ($400.)~ except that
the fee for a special exception for a bed-and-breakfast shall be twn
hundred fifty dollars ($250.
21.
Section 100-28j91)(i) is hereby added to read as follo~
(8) B&B permit and inspection: one hundred dollars
the initial annual permit and fifty dollars ($50)
annual renewal.
This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with th~ ~ecretary of
State.
* Overstrike represents deletions.
** Underscore represents additions.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: We are changing one thing in the law, that in
residential districts there will be no sign allowed, that says B&B. It will
just be the name of the person. If they want to 'put it out in commercial
districts, or business districts, we will allow them to have sign saying B&B.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Before I vote I want to say something. The New
York State Department of Equalization and Assessment classifies bed and
breakfast establishments as commercial ventures. The Internal Revenue
Service consider B&Bs businesses, and taxes the 'ncome accordingly. New
York State occupancy tax on B&Bs, in addition to collecting sale tax from
them The operation of a bed and breakfast establishment is a business by
all standards of measurement. The Zoning Code of the Town of Southold is
a contract between the Town and the property owner. This Board is
sanctioning the erosion of residential zones and abrogating it's authority
to another Board. In so doing it will not have to accept any blame for
unwise or unpopular decisions, and can create a cushion of protection from
the public's backlash. Article 16 of the Town Law, which is the section on
zoning, distinguishes between buildings used as residences and building
used for trade or industry. Part 261 empowers the Town Board to regulate
use of buildings for trade and other purposes. The ZBA may determine and
vary an application in harmony with the Town Board's general purpose and
intent. Number 262 says that the Town Board may divide part of the town
into districts as is deemed best suited and may regulate the use of
buildings and land. These regulations must be uniform throughout the
district. Number 263 states that these regulations shall be in accordance
with a comprehensive plan and shall consider the conservation of the value
of the buildings and also encourage appropriate use. Opponents of this
pending legislation have never criticized or opposed B&Bs per se. The
merits of these business have never been in question. The opposition arises
to protest the location of business in residential zones of the Town of
Southold. We have held two public hearings on this code change, and the
overwhelming sense of those hearings, in addition to a petition signed by
more than a hundred people, has been that the majority of the people do
not approve this legislation.
20.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans,
Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Wickham. No:
Councilman Lizewski.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilwoman Hussie,
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: And I would like to comment just briefly. As Ruth
indicated, at today's meeting we have removed the provision that was in
there, that would have permitted a sign board, that advertised the B&B on
part of a business operating such a B&B in a residential area. I don't
believe that a B&B operating under the terms that we have permitted it to
operate under this law will be any more intrusive in a residential zone,
than all of the business which are currently being carried out in one form
or another in many of our homes in residential areas. I do not think that
this will destroy the residential quality of the town. I do think that no
one is opposed to B&Bs in principle. There is a question of where they
should be. I believe that a B&B to be affective, to be well established in
this town, that there is a case to be made, a legitimate case to put some of
them in, what are known as residential areas. ~ don't think putting all
B&Bs in commercial strips in the town is a recipe for success, and I don't
think it will assist the town significantly. I, also, think that permitting
B&Bs in certain residential areas with all of the constraints, and
qualifications, that we're imposing on them. I do believe that permitting
them in that manner will further assist to some of the people in our
¢ommunlty~ who own homes, who would like and benefit from a little extra
income, and con provide a tourist attraction, and a tourist openness to this
town, that I think is in our interests. So, I'm pleased to vote for it.
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COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I'd like to also make a comment on this. It's
been pointed out that we passed zoning, that did not allow a new use in this
town called bed and breakfast, although with all the d[scusslon you would
think that's what we were doing, We modified an existing ordinance, a law.
Zoning is usually enacted when you see a need to change the way a
property is used. In this instance, I have not seen any negative effect from
existing bed and breakfasts. The legislation that we just passed anticipates
regulation these slightly more stringently than we have in the past, and
also allowing a different kind of use in commercial that are much looser. I
think this fine tunes an ordinance, that we have, and that is a benefit to
the community. It's ironic that we've come almost full circle from the
original leg|slation that we were considered, which would have allowed it,
by allowing bed and breakfast by right. Meaning we really didn't have to
have more than your immediate neighbors' approvai. It was clear that the
public opposed that legislation, and this Board, I think, acted rightly in
not passing it. In fact, we have come, as I say, full circle, and are now
regulating these slightly more than we were in the past.
21 .-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans,
WHEREAS, THE Town Board of the Town of Southold recognizes commercial
horse boarding operations as an important agricultural use within the Town
of Southold; and
WHEREAS, commercial horse boarding operations are qualified as those
consisting of at least ten acres and having at all times at least ten
horses, that receives ten thousand dollars or more in gross receipts
annually from fees generated either through the boarding of horses or
through the production for sale of crops, livestock, and livestock products,
or through such boarding, or such production; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby endorses to
the Suffolk County Legislature the expansion of the definition of
agricultural business to include commercial horse boarding operations as
qualified.
2~.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
22.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Townsend,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 90 of the Code of the Town of Southold, the
Town Board, after due notice, held a public hearing on the matter of an
unsafe or dangerous building or structure on the premises owned by the
Estate of Marjorie F. Straussener (SCTM#1000-34-3-21), at 450 Main
Street, Greenport, N.Y.; and
WHEREAS, the owner was ordered to demolish the 'structure and removal all
debris by April 5, 1994, or the Town Board will provide for removing the
structure, and the cost and expenses shall be assessed against the
property, which the owner failed to do; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby accepts the proposal and engages
the services of Sound Shore Excavating Corp., East Marion, N.Y., to
demolish the structure and removal all debris, at a cost of $850.00, less
tipping fees which shall be charged to a special account and both expenses
shall be assessed against the property.
22.-Vote of the TOwn Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
COUncilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
SUpervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
23.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby reinstates
the tipping fee charge privileges of Bryan Van Hueie, Bri Van Inc.,
Laurel, N.Y., effective immediately.
23.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
SuperviSor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
390 7.
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend,
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold believes that more than
one ferry connection between Eastern Long Island and New Engand wili
relieve traffic congestion in parts of the Town; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby endorses and supports the proposed
ferry service between Shoreham and New Haven, Connecticut.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, ' Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for applicants for School Crossing
Guard.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
25.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Mary Mulcahy Jackson as a part-time Data Entry Operator for the Southold
Town Disposal Area, effective immediately, 17-1/2 hours per week, at a
salary of $7.87 per hour.
25.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
27G-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Robin L. MacMurdo as a part-time Account Clerk at the Human Resource
Center, effective immediat, ely, 17-1/2 hours per week, at a salary of $8.40
per hour.
-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Otiva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
28.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Anne Lowry, Robert A. Villa, and James Dinizio, Jr. as members of the
Southold Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Working Group, effective
immediately, they to serve without compensation.
28.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
29.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby reappoints
Richard G. Ward a member of the Southold Town Planning Board, effective
immediately through December 31, 1999, at a salary of $6,953.00 per annum.
29.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
'This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
30.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Lydia A. Tortora a member of the Southold Town Board of Appeals,
effective immediately through December 31, 1999, at a salary of $6,953.00
per annum.
30. - Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor
Wickham. No: Justice Evans.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
FEBRUARY ?, 1995 3 91
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: We have one more resolution that is not on our
agenda tonight. At our Organizational Meeting the Town Board appointed the
Chairs of the Zoning Board and the Planning Board, and because Dick Ward,
who is the current Chair had not yet'been appointed, we did not make that
appointment, so at this time I would like to reappoint Richard Ward as a
Chairman of the Planning Board for the duration of 1995.
31 .-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 272 of the Town Law, Richard G. Ward
is hereby designated Chairman of the Southold Town Planning Board,
effective immediately through December 31, 1995; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Planning Board shall be
responsible for furnishing to the Town Board a detailed monthly report of
activities within his department; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Southold Town Planning
Board shall be paid a salary of $2,000.00 per annum, in addition to his
regular salary~ effective immediately through December 31, 1995, and the
same shall be paid in regular bi-weekly payments.
31 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Ollva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewskl,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: That completes our resolutions for tonight. There
are no public hearings. We are finished in good-time, and have quite a
substantial time to listen to the audience, and to gain the benefit of any
comments, that people would like to make to us. We'll start in the back.
FRANK CARLIN: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Frank
Carlin. Tonight I'm going to speak on a very, very important subject in
my mind, and that is the Southold Potice Department. I ask you a question,
Tom. Back in July, I mentioned it the last time, back in July in '94, there
were eight new police cars purchased, according to this paper here, right in
front, big in black and white, eight new police cars,and it's right here in
the paper. Am I right or wrong?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: The paper says it.
FRANK CARLIN: I do make mistakes, if I do, I~11 always correct it.
Also, in the paper here, October,'9~, in your Budget statement, you had
planned in purchasing six new police cars in '95, but you changed it to
five. Is that so?
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: I believe that is true.
FRANK CARLIN: I don't want to think that I'm a lawyer for O. J.
Simpson. So, that makes it over thirteen police cars, right, if you follow
though on this idea? Now, it dawned on me, you're going to have more
Police Cars than you do police officers. Okay, now we start. It is
reasonable to keep spending to a minimum, to try to reduce our Town
budget, however, the safety of our town residents, sometimes necessitates
the spending of money. I'll give your. some facts. We must not endanger the
safety of our residents, Police Department, or Firemen, by not having
enough police officers. Now, back in 1990 we had forty-two police officers.
Now, when I say police officers don't get me wrong. They are not ali police
officers. You got to subtract at least seven from that, at least two
Sergeants, a Lieutenant, the Chief, and a few detectives, so we're down to
what it normally would be, thirty-six patrolmen. That was in 1990, '89.
Now, we're down to twenty-one due to retirements, or whatever. (tape
change.). Let's be practical about it. There's no way. Here's a good
example. Normally when an accident happens, I've seen many of them in my
time, living in Laurel there, when we used to have the curve there, and the
bridge was Iow. Normally at a real serious accident two police cars usually
responds, plus usually a sergeant. You've got to take this into
consideration. Supposing you have no appointment, and mid-summer when all
the tourists are out here, and Greenport got a lot of people, supposing out
in Orient Point there's a serious accident, and .that requires two police
cars, and :a sergeant, what happens to Greenport Village, when we have as
many as you want to have, only two extra policemen here to the Police
force? I want to get into some money here, some numbers. I'm not going to
go completely through, but I'm going hit some highlights here. The months
of September to October, there's a total of 880 hours of overtime put in by
the Southold Police Department. I can't blame them for putting in the
overtime. It was necessary to be done, because the reason of lack of
patrolmen. That was 803 hours of overtime at $40.00 an hour, figure time
and a half, that cost the taxpayers $32,000.00. Now, we go into the month
of November, November 17th to December 31. Another $56,000.00 in
overtime. We're talking about in four months of $88,000.00 that the
taxpayers are paying for overtime :for this Police Department, and why?
Because we don't have enough police men? We have to be practical about
this, ladies and gentlemen. YoU're going to be receiving approximately, from
what I understand, $990,000.00 from the Greenport Village for support of
our police department.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: No, Frank.
FRANK CARLIN: How much we go!ng to receive?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Two hundred.
FRANK CARLIN: So, I said, 190.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: You said 990.
FRANK CARLIN: No, I meant to say 190. See I do make mistakes.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: And we're quick to point them out to you.
FRANK CARLIN: I appreciate that. We also have a program being
sponsored not by the government, called C.O.P.S. C.O.P.S. stands for
Community Oriented Policing Service to give Towns or States money for
policemen. So, we have that to use. Saying that two policemen, where we
had thirty-six, in my opinion, is completely ludicrous. You'll never cover
this town with that type of police force, and it's not fair to the
policemen, or the residents. You're putting the lives of the policemen in
danger, and also, the residents, and the Fire Department. That $200,000.00
that you're getting support from the Greenport Police Department, because
actually you could almost support over three new policemen. I believe from
the C.O.P.S. you could support at least another three. My opinion is, and
I'll be honest with you, I think the police department should be brought up
to way it was orlginally, up to 36 patrolmen, because this town is
increasing in traffic, and in the summertime the traffic is unbelievable,
and the so-called tourist you're going to have in this town, you'll never do
it with 21 or even 25 policeman. You got to take into consideration,
vacation time, sick time, and more retirement.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM.' Thank you for the comments, Frank.
FRANK CARLIN: Wait a minute. I'm not done.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Frank, we've got five minutes per person for
people, who would like to make statement.
FRANK CARLIN: Okay, I have another five. You know this is something
that we must make decision on very soon, because we must not wait until
the summer gets here, and find out, hey, we need more police officers. Like
they say, make hay while the sun shines. Don't wait until the cat is out of
the bag. Let's not wait like you made a decision like on the signs, and the
lighting, took eight months to make that decision. Let's not wait for four
or five months to make a decision on the the Bed and Breakfast. This is
something we must make our decision on now, not drag this thing out until
it's too tare. I've got four minutes yet. I can't believe this overtime, the
taxpayers paying this kind of money. I can't believe it, in four months. You
ought to ashamed of ourselves. One thing we must not do, we must
not..you mentioned you want to keep the budget down next year within the
inflation rate. This is getting a little bit off the subject. The inflation
rate now is about 2.5%. Tom, there ain't no budget I ever seen, that was
ever given to us, that I see is 2.5% increase only in increase. That is
iudicrous, as far as concerned, of setting a goal and telling the people, I
want to keep it down. Let's not use the Police Department to aid in doing
this, because I think that the Police Department has priority over time and
place for money, when you deal with people lives, and the lives of the
Firemen, who got to respond to these calls, a domestic call without a
policeman to back them up. We must not allow money, or political reasons
during an election year, to take priority over the safety of Southold,
Greenport residents, and police officers, or fire fighters. We must keep
that in mind when we're doing this, when making a decision. I got two and
a half minutes yet. I support the Police Department 100%, because I think
they're doing a good job. I don't think, I know they're doing a good job,
and to have a town where started off with thirty-six patrolman, we're down
to twenty-one, doesn't make no sense to me. You want to save money, but
don't try to use it, and save money taking the Police Department as a
reason. I got a minute and a half. Well, you people have a tendency to drag
your feet when you make decisions. I got a book home, that written by Dr.
Paul P. Parker, an author who instructed a lot of your big executives, llke
General Motors, and Coca Cola, and Ford, and all the big executives, how
to conduct the business of making decisions. One of his sayings in there
is, some people will work much harder trying to avoid a decision that they
would have to work by thinking out a decision. Food for thought. I want to
go to one more item, that I think is important on making decisions. You
must learn to step up to the bat, to the plate, and swing your own bats.
Make your own decisions. Don't let all the people make your decisions. You
can't satisfy everybody.
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: Thank you, Frank. Is there anyone else in the
group, who would like to address the Board?
FRANK CARLIN; I'm not done yet.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Frank, you've had more than enough time. Can
you just bring it to a close, and let other people address the Board?
FRANK CARLIN: All right. Reminds me of a Communist country. I always
thought we were in America, not in the fourth world country, and come up
to a Board meeting, and told you've got five minutes. You, again, ought to
be ashamed of ourselves, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself, Tom, as
a Supervisor, you and your Board members.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Who else would llke to address the Board tonight?
GEORGE CAPON: George Capon of Southold Town. Last Friday night the
Town Board had meeting between the Village and Southold Town. First
starting you said you were going to go through the agenda, and then after
everything was over, that you were going to ask the people in the audience
to speak. Soon as the meeting was all over you adjourned and walked out.
We never had a word, anybody sitting there could speak up on what was on
our mind. I think it was very rude of you saying, you had to take
somebody to the airport, somebody had to go to the airport to catch a
plane. That for that woman, or who ever it was, to go to the airport,
shouldn't have been to the meeting that night. The meeting should have
been deducted, so everybody could have put their word up on what they
wanted to say.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: George, I'm sorry I really didn't know, I didn't
know that you, or anybody else wanted to address that meeting. Actually it
could have been done, even in my absence. I mean, I didn't have to be
there to do that. The meeting could have continued if I had seen an
expression of interest to raise questions, or address the Board, that could
have been accommodated.
GEORGE CAPON: Everybody got up, and started to walk away. You got up,
and down the hall you went. You are our Supervisor. You should listen to
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM; I was there. If you had said, hey, we've got
some points we'd llke to make to the Board, or just raised your hand or
something, I would have recognized you.
GEORGE CAPON; I did raise my hand.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I'm sorry. I didn't see you. You still have a
chance tonight. We'd be pleased to take any testimony or comments you
have.
GEORGE CAPON: No, I wanted to say it when the Village Mayor was there.
Just how many police officers do we have, now, in Southold Town?
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: As Frank, or somebody earlier said, depends on
Policeman, and what categories do you count?
GEORGE CAPON: Police officers.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: The people who are actively..
GEORGE CAPON: Not sergeants, no detectives.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: No disabled.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM.' What about the disabled people? People who are ill
or unable, they're still Police Officers, do you count them, or not?
GEORGE CAPON: Yes.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM:
Officers.
We have about twenty-three, or four, Police
GEORGE CAPON: One other thing, one day last week there was a call in
Greenport. Some woman called us, saying she heard gun fire. 80~, was East
Marion. He came down. He called for backup. They only had three car~s on
the road, plus the Sergeant. 802 came all the way from Cutchogue, all|the
way down to protect the call, when the women who called up heard guns,hot.
If they didn't come out for gunshot it was something else. I'm still sayllng,
it could have been gunshot. I don't think this town should go on record
saying that when it's slack time to go into three sections of cars. I think
it should be four. In fact, I think it should be five, when you're taking
over the Village of Greenport now. When it comes to this here summer, you
are not going to do it, even if you hire four new police officers, you still
are not going to cover, because you're going to need at least three in
Greenport in the summertime. If anybody thinks they can do without three
policeman in the Village of Greenport this coming summer, they should just
go down there, and see what's going on. Thank you very much.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, George. Anybody else like to address
the Board tonight? Mr. Corwin?
DAVID CORWIN: My name is David Corwin. I'd like to hand something
out to the Town Board. No, it's not going to explode. I found that out in
front of a house on a street, in front of the house I own in Greenport. 1'11
let you figure out what it is. I just give it to you, so that you can focus
on one of the reasons why you're up there. There's no easy answer to the
problems that, that represents, and t certainly don't have a suggestion, as
to what to do in terms of that type of thing, but I just want to make you
aware that it is out there, and it is problem. I'd like to address the
police report, that you had this morning. I'm not going to try to pretend to
tell you how many men you need to hire, because I don't know. I don't
think you will know until you go through a summer, and see how things
work out with Greenport. You had some volunteers. They spent a lot of time
coming up with a report. I think they deserve credit for that, and I indorse
the approach you're taking in terms of going slow in terms of hiring new
police officers, because services are a big hinderance in any of these
things. Once you hire somebody, you've got him for twenty years, or how
long they choose to stay. So, to rush into it, and hire new men, that's not
really the answer, but there's a couple of things that I'm confused abou~ in
terms of the report that you got this morning, where the gentleman
recommended, I guess, hiring three men. Six or eight months ago you had
a committee. I don't know if it was the same people. They recommended
hiring seven men to patrol Greenport. That study went on the back burner
when it turned out you could not charge the Village of Greenport for p~lice
services, and then it turned into, well, we only need two men to patrol
Greenport, and i'm just wondering these committees that you have, are they
independent? Do they go out, and do their own work? Are they influenced
by what you want to hear, by tax considerations, or by politics? Which is
what it looks like to me from what I saw from those two committees. A !few
years ago, I was Trustee in the Village of Greenport, I took a ride with;the
Police at night around Greenport. It really opened my eyes, as to what goes
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on in Greenport at night on a Saturday night, and I would hope that all of
you, or at least some of you, would do that this summer. Take a ride with
the Police around Greenport, and see what goes on, and I think you'll be
quite surprised. The concern I have, the gentlemen this morning said,
well, you know you really don't need police for escorting funerals. You
don't need police to unlock cars, and I tend to agree with that, but I don't
want to see Greenport, or the people in Greenport become second-class
citizens, when it comes to police protection. I don't want to see, when I
call up for some kind of police services, Greenport gets pushed back down
the priority line, until other communities are satisfied. I realize this is
not an easy subject for you to grapple with. I don't envy you being in the
position you're in, but certainly in my mind, the two different reports, and
two different committees, raise some questions, and again, I don't want to
see people in Greenport become second-class citizens.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Okay, I'd like to respond to some of this. You
began by complimenting the people, who did this report, saying you thought
they did a pretty good job, and then towards the end you raise the question
whether there were political motivations or something of that nature behind
it. I want to be very clear. I don't want you to leave tonight with the
impression that this might have had political implications behind it. It was
supported by the Board. It was a very professional piece of work, and
there isn't any question of having preconceived ideas, where we could have
come out on this, or a political agenda, that was riding it. Nor did the
report that we heard this morning say, that we're supposed to hire two, or
three, or four, or so many people. What it did say was, that the report
felt that there were twenty-four people who should be available for patrol
duty basically at any time, and this same number was correlated by the
DCJS, and it was also the number that came out of the Association of
Retired Police Chiefs, and our Chief of Police, also, endorsed it. That's
all the report said on that. It didn't say how many more, or less, we're
supposed to hire, so there's no question whether this j'ves with some other
report. As to the question of whether Greenport is going to get proper
police protection from the Town of Southold, I don't think there's any part
of the Town of Southold at present, that has greater police presence than in
Greenport right now. The Town has said repeatedly that we will do what
we have to do to provide proper adequate, full, police protection down
there. When we met with the Village Board last week, the Mayor and the
members of the Village Board basically commended the level of support that
has been provided, and they, and we, are concerned exactly what we're
going to do in the summertime. We'll address that, but at the moment they're
feeling was that this level is satisfactory.
DAVID CORWIN: I won't argue that point. We all know the problem is
going to come in the summer.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We'l deal with it. Thank you, David. Anybody
else who would like to address the Board tonight on any subject of your
interest? Yes, sir? Mr. Flynn?
F.M. FLYNN: I'm F.M. Flynn, again. I have two areas on which I'd
like to make some short remarks. Reference was made with relation to
B&Bs to the existence of business operations in residential areas. The
first question arises in my mind is, are they legal? Secondly, are they
non-conforming? Thirdly, how many B&Bs are operating illegally in this
town? Again, we come back to the point that I say that there is no
enforcement of the law right in this town. Now, I've heard off-hand
comments concerning the fact that there would be no adverse affects arising
from B&Bs. Now I'm not given to flaunting my previous accomplishments,
however, my testimony as an expert witness was excepted in the Federal
Courts, the Supreme Courts, the County Courts, the Public Service
Commission, and New York State Tax Commission, and you know, in what
alia? The effect of zoning on value. Now, I dare say my experience is more
than the accumulative experience of this entire Board. Yet, when I say
something it's completely disregarded. I was retained to testify in the
past, but my testimony is worthless here before this Board, and I'll tell
you something else. The ultimate reckoning doesn't come tomorrow, but what
is coming, and would come on behalf of any qualified appraiser, or mortgage
officer, or even an informed buyer, is that they would discount, or quite
possibly not finance a property located next to commercial zoning, to a
business operation. Now, if this is the outcome of offhand opinions, which
has been offered with no research, and with the Planning Board giving you,
I think it's not likely, but if there are adverse effects, they won't be
serious. This is ridiculous. This involves the very future of this town.
Now, leaving that subject perhaps I can be a little bit more instructive of
cooperative, and tonight is a case in point. I know that the majority of
this Board has congratulated itself upon it's openness, and it's provision
of agenda well in advance of meetings. Now, Frank Carlin, Mr. Carlin,
has raised this issue before. The fact of the matter is, that tonight is
evidence of this. I was here until approximately three o'clock. I believe
at that time, there were thirteen resolutions printed. Now, we have
thirty-one, and the period of perhaps, ~ don't know how many hours, a
couple of hours, these were added. Now, my question is, I realize that are
emergency situations, when the Board has to act,. but in matters which are
of supreme importance to the town, townspeople are not aware of these
resolutions, and finally, when they see them, they're in an abbreviated
cryptic form, that they don't even know what they mean. Now, if you were
to be open with the residents of this town, again, emergency situations
aside, what I suggest the Board do, is offer these resolutions, and vote on
them at the next meeting, where in that time frame people interested would
have an opportunity to investigate, and present informed opposition. Thank
you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, Mr. Fiynn. We'll take that under
advisement. We'll give it some consideration.
GEORGE CAPON: One thing I meant to ask before, the V-illage is talking
about disbanding their court system. If they do, and the Town does take
over, will the Village be charged anything on that?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: That's a good question. We'll address it.
Meanwhile, before we do, Joe, did you want to respond to Mr. Flynn?
Then we'll take that up.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Last Friday, actually at 3:25, it's noted on the
top, I picked up my agenda. As Mr. Flynn mentioned, there's only
thirteen items. Actually when I picked it up there were only nine
resolutions listed on the agenda. But, if you look at the items for
discussion, additional fourteen items, many of which found their way into
the resolution section tonight. We spend the entire day taking Roman
Numeral Four, and gradually moving it over to Roman Number Five, which is
from discussion to resolution area. If we were to put that on hold, many of
these resolutions for two weeks, I think it would unnecessarily delay a lot
of the Town's business. If somebody is interested an agenda could be made
available for them on Friday, and they can come in, and see what's on the
whole agenda, not just the resolutions, but what we're going to discuss,
because most of the interesting stuff, in my opinion, is on Roman Numeral
Four, so I would recommend that anybody that really wants to know what's
going on, pick up an agenda a couple days before, and come prepared.
F.M. FLYNN: That sounds fine in theory, but you evidently missed what
said this evening. The jump from thirteen to thirty-one.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: What ! said was, there are twenty-five items
between the two.
F.M. FLYNN: The point of the matter is, that if you realty want to
inform the public, the working public, the taxpayers, fortunately, although
a taxpayer, I'm not working, and have the time to attend some of these
sessions. They have to be informed, and they are not informed by the Work
Session. It is incredible to me, that you maintain with thirteen, when
actually it would have been fifteen, sixteen additional resolutions added in
the time frame of from ~:00 to 7:30 this afternoon, that people would be
informed about them, that over the weekend they have access to the Town
Clerk to read the full description of what's meant. Now, I'm not
nit-picking. If you have an emergency th~ng, if you have a minor salary
alteration, or something of that sort, I can understand that it be taken
care of quickly. But, when you're doing things of major import to the future
of this town, and the people are not aware of a resolution, and the ultimate
vote to the eleventh hour. I don't think that's the proper administration of
a town.
COUNCILMAN LIZEWSKI: I want to answer Mr. Capon. As Town
Councilman, I'm a little bit concerned about the Court. I'm concerned that
our Police are actually handing out the tickets, and they're being
adjudicated. I want to know where the money is going in Greenport, that
the Judges are collecting. If we're going to have the Police Force to do
this, I really believe that we should be receiving the fines from the Police.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Could you repeat your question, please?
GEORGE CAPON: I just want to find out. I understand that the Village is
going to do away with their court, and Southold Town is going to be taking
it over. Is that true?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: It's not yet been..
GEORGE CAPON: I understand Mayor Kapell has already talked to you,
and you agreed that the Town would take it over.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I said that the Town would explore that, and we
would be open to it as, and when the legal hurdle were all clear, but
theyire not clear, and consequently the process is still down in Greenport.
When they clear that, our Town Board will take it into consideration, and
we'll make a judgement.
GEORGE CAPON: Then will the Town charge the Village of Greenport any
money?
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: I don't think there's any provision by which the
Town would, or should, charge the Village.
GEORGE CAPON: It's going to cost us for heat in Southold Town, for lights
here, and all of that?
SUPERVISOR WlCKHAM: In this building, yes, whatever additienal cost
required the Town of Southold will bear that.
JUSTICE EVANS: There's part of their taxes for it.
GEORGE CAPON: I realize that. It's part of our service, too. It's
something I don't get, and the Village does get, and I'm a taxpayer, such
as every Monday, they get branches picked up, take to the dumps, no
charge. I take branches from my house into the dumps, I get charged.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: George, I've been told by our Justice Court people,
that for us to absorb the additional case load from Greenport, to transfer
here, will be a relatively low, almost insignificant additional cost, since
most of our intra-structure people, equioment, etc., are already in place.
Now, there will be some additional cost, but it's relatively minor, and as
Louisa said, there will be some additional revenues coming as a result of
that additional tax revenues, because Greenport will then be in the Whole
Town, rather than in the Part Town Budget in regard to the Justice Court.
Is there anyone else, who would llke to address the Town Board tonight on
any matter of your interest? If not, we'll hear from Mr. Carlin, again,
and than the Town Board members will have an opportunity.
FRANK CARLIN: Just to support what Mr. Flynn is saying. Tom, when
you sent out that flyer about' a month about your party, how far you went,
and what you done in a year's time, the second item, and I brought that to
your attention at the last Board meeting, the second item on there states,
now read it, if you don't believe me, that the agendas are always ready a
day before the Town Board meeting. That's not true, and the only way you
can resolve this, maybe, is to have your both meetings at night, because
I've come here myself more than once in the afternoon, in fact the last time
I was here, you started the meeting, and the woman was only handing out
the agendas. So, how do you expect people to be able to read them? It said
right on there, Tom, the day before the meeting they're always ready, and
they're not. You know that's so.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I'd like to outline to the audience, what our
policies are, and how we're trying to live by an efficient system, and at
the same time keep the public informed of what's going on. The policy out
of my office, and I know the Town Clerk has done everything she can, even
more, to abide by this, is to get the agendas for a Town Board meeting,
that's planned for Tuesday, available in the hands of the Town Board
members by Friday, and we almost always do that, sometimes by Thursday.
That's the Friday before the Tuesday. Now, that's not a public distribution
of the agenda out here on the table, like on Friday for a Tuesday meeting.
But, that is the agenda, and that shows the thirteen or so resolutions, that
we took up tonight. Those are resolutions, that are pretty well in hand,
that are well enough established that they can go on the agenda, as to be
taken up directly as a resolution. But, as you can appreciate, there's a lot
of Town business, that is not yet that prepared, that we need to discuss as
a Board. It isn't clear exactly how we want to frame it. If it's not clear
how the Board wants to proceed with a particular matter. Those matters we
schedule for discussion. We put them on at the Work Session, on for
Tuesday, either in the morning or in the afternoon. If we come to a
resolution in our minds, as a Board, a consensus of how to deaJ with it,
then, as Joe said, weql move it over from the For Discussion part of the
agenda, and move it into the resolutions part of the agenda. We only do
that on Tuesday, during and after the Work Session. Consequently, about
4:00 o~clock, or 4:30, or 5:00 o'clock on a Tuesday afternoon, sudden our
Town Clerk goes into high gear. She's only in second gear through the rest
of the week, but, about 4:30 or 5:00 o~clock on a Tuesday afternoon, she's
had no dinner, no supper, she has the job of putting together an enormous
amount of material that this Board has worked on all day today, since 9:00
o'clock, this morning, until about 5:00 o'clock this afternoon. She has some
help from Lauren Grant, who works in my office, to do that. Together
they get a bunch of stuff together, and they try to get to you, and to
everybody else else out there, an agenda on the table, that has all this
stuff in it. Now, the question Mr. Flynn asks, is do you really have to
adopt all this tonight? Couldn't you keep some of it, and hold it back for
two weeks from tonight? Yes, we could do that, and in fact, maybe we'll
put that on the agenda to discuss, if that's a wise thing to do. I have some
reservations about it. For one thing, we've got some consensus, and support
from the Board to it. I'd hate to see it all evaporate, and dissolve in a
two week period. We~d have to go through all this business, again, and
remind ourselves where we're from. But, that's basically how our agenda
system works, and I have to say, the Board, and I'm not speaking for
myself, the Board and our Town Clerk really do a tremendous amount of
work. There's just an enormous amount of paper work, and an enormous
amount of consensus building, getting ourselves together, and ultimately
framing resolutions. The fact that we shift them over at about four or five
omclock on a Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening, I grant does mean,
that the audience really doesn't get the flavor of the stuff, unless you sit
through a Work Session. Which, by the way, is open to the public. I just
wish sometimes that the television was here for a Work Session, which is
really a lot more exciting, than the rather routine adoption of the
resolutions of the evening.
TOWN CLERK TERRY: It began at what time today? Nine o'clock in the
morning, and concluded at 6:00 P.M.
FRANK CARLIN: But you have nothing to say much at a Work Session,
like we do here tonight.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: On the contrary, my view is, and maybe 'different
people have different views, my view is the Work Session is really the
opportunity were the Board rolls up it,s sleeves, and puts issues on. the
table, and deals with them, in a give and take fashion. In the evening, 'most
of that stuff is put together in the resolutions form, that you have, and as
you can see, we go through the rout[ne of adopting it. Would anyonelelse
like to respond? Frank, would you excuse me, I'd like to hear from ~ome
other members' of the Board? i
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COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Getting back to that issue, Tom, the
implication is, that somehow we're ramming through things, that are of vital
interest to the town at the last minute. Just reviewing the resolutions,
that were added to the agenda after four o~clock, I'm just trying to figure
out what these might be. The ones that I consider vital have been before
the public in the form of hearings, in repeated Code Committee meetings,
and various other meetings, for at least a month or two months. Those that
are new tend to be awarding bids, appointing clerks, decisions that are
made in Executive Session anyway, appointing people that we advertised for
to committees, and discussed also. These are not issues, that should be held
for two weeks. If there is an issue of significant import, invariable we
hold it up for some length of time, and invariable it's a subject of much
discussion, so I really don't think we have to make that kind of change. I
don't want to appear argumentative.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Would anyone else on the Board like to respond to
this question?
FRANK CARLIN: If you have the both meetings at night, than, maybe,
you can resolve the whole thing.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: There are advantages to having the meetings in
the evening, if for no other reason, the Town Clerk would not have to go
into overdrive. She'd only have to stay in high gear.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Frank, the idea years ago to have one meeting at
night, and one meeting in the afternoon, was this, and I've been, as you
know, at every darn meeting for the past fifteen years. The idea was, that
a lot of senior citizens do not like to come out at night, and that is why
one meeting is at L~:30, and another meeting is 7:30, so that the people that
get off work can come at night, and the senior citizens could come in the
afternoon, and that was the rational way back then.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Anyone else who would like to address the Board
tonight? Mr. Flynn?
F.M. FLYNN: By way of clarification, I wasn't critical of the Town staff,
either implicitly, or by reference. However, the point I'm endeavoring to
make, and I guess I don't have great powers of communication, if you invite
people to discuss these resolutions, the people who discuss them should be
informed. How are they going to be informed..how many people in this town
do you think knew there was a resolution, for example, on the B&B this
evening, and might have been here had they known? There is no way for
anybody to read a one line sentence in this agenda, and be aware of the
technical, legal, and perhaps, financial aspects of it. Those interested
parties should be put on notice by way of a previous agenda, and given the
opportunity to research, and come to their own conclusion, then you can
invite remarks from the audience.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Do I hear a motion to adjourn?
Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at 9:15
P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
'Judith T. Terry ~
Southold Town Clerk