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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/25/1960 . *' . MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF ~ BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE FISHERS ISLAND FERRY DISTRICT January 25, 1960 A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners was called by the Chairman and held in the office of the Ferry District January 25, 1960 at 7:30 p.~. Present were H. Lee Ferguson, Jr, A. R. Grebe, L. S. Baldwin, L. O. Lamb and W. C. Sinclair, Secretary. The Minutes of the meeting held Dec. 30, 1959 were read and approved as read. Chairman Ferguson stated that every morning the Ferry leaving New London at 7:15 A.M. is held up due to trains blocking the crossing and also the Captain arriving late. General discussion then ensued. Chair- man Ferguson reported that regarding the blocked overpass at the New ~ondon Railroad Station he had written several letters regarding this. Une to the City of New London and one to the General Manager of the NYNH&H Railroad Co., Mr. Duggan complaining about the situation. He stated that he had met with Duggan who had assured him that in the future any train that interfered with our schedule and any train that would be in the station longer then usual, would be broken to permit passage of people , cars, and trucks to the Ferry. Regarding demolition of the two old wooden barracks and the service club, the Chairman read the notice to bidders, the specifications and the project as prepared by the Manager for putting this project out to bid. The Board authorized the Manager to proceed with this. Comm. Baldwin reported that Capt. Bicknell has had trouble with the 30KW generator and that the radar is also acting up. Comm. Baldwin stated a nflW transformer of 750 size is needed for this. He said if a 500 voltage regulator could be installed on the radar it would solve that problem. Comm. Baldwin was authorized to look into the matter. Chairman Ferguson then read the specifications entitled "Outline Specifications for Airport Improvements, dated Jan. 25, 1960. General dis- cussion then ensued with all members of the Board making suggestions, additions, and corrections to this. Specifications were then read for renovating the existing hangar building. The Chairman then reported that the nemington Rand Sales Training Institute will discontinue its program at Fishers Island, this year. By virtue of this, the ~erry District will suffer financillly due to loss of freight and passenger revenues. Reali,ing this many of the summer residents are quite reluctant at this time to see any great sum of money expended on a move of the Ferry Terminal from Silver Eel Pond to West Harbor. Many feel it would be wise to post pone any move at this time until such time as the situation can be seriously studied. General discussion by the Board ensued with the prevailing thought being that we are obligated by our actions to consider a move to West Harbor. Chairman ~'er~son then presented the plan of the property at West Harbor which Mr. Alfred ~erguson will deed to the Ferry District. The plan was dated Doc. 1959 and tho area involved consists of approximately .65 acres. Several questions wore raised on tho right of way 01' the 1<'. I. Electric Corp. over tho land owned by the }o'ishers lsland I<'arms Inc. The Board felt that more thought should be given the matter of moving with an evaluation of all tho factors involved. The following resolution was introduced by Chairman Ferguson and adopted by the unan~_mous affirmative vote of all the Board of Commissioners present. ~ i ,. - . -2- (Jan. 25, 1960) WHEREAS by resolution dated Jan. 2, 1959 the Board of 0ommissioners establish- ed the annual compensation of Ernest John Bowles, Purser, Mystic Isle as '3800( effective Jan. 15, 1959 AND WHEREAS it is the wish of the Board of 0ommissioners to raise said annual compensation by $400.00 making a total annual compensation of $4200.00 lOW BE IT RESOLVED that the annual salary of Ernest John Bowles, Purser, Mystic. Isle be $4200.00 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said annual salary of $4200.00 for Ernest John Bowles, Purser, Mystic Isle be effective January 15, 1960. Comm. Grebe stated that he thought it would be a good idea ~f each member of he Commissioners could get a copy of the minutes. A letter was read from William Witt requesting permission to tear down building T-431 and remove from the airport property at no expense to the District. The Manager was to check with the Town Attorney on this. Chairman Ferguson stated that the MYSTIC SEAPORT is interested in acquiring the former band stand for its museum. Motion by Grebe and Baldwin that the Ferry District donate the band stand to the Mystic Seaport. Motion unanimously carried. The Board authorized the J.'"anager to attend the Annual Meeting of the As,'ociation of Towns to be held Feb. 8, 9, 10 at the Hotel Commodore, New York City, N.Y. Motion made to adjourn and unanimously carried ~ lll~ (j \'1l"~ H. Lee Ferguson, Jr. Chairman, Board of Commissioners APPROVED: at 10:55 P.}l. : /tY-e{}vdj~)'-A- w. C. Sinclair, Secretary