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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-08/08/2007 - S ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE Town Hall, 53095 Main Road TOWN CLERK PO Box 1179 Southold, NY 11971 REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS Fax (631) 765-6145 MARRIAGE OFFICER Telephone: (631) 765 - 1800 RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER southoldtown.northfork.net FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES August 8, 2007 1:30 PM A Special Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at the Fishers Island, 53095 Main Road, Fishers Island, Ny. Supervisor Russell opened the meeting at 1:30 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. I. Reports II. Public Notices 1. NYS DEC Notice of Complete Application Wilmington Trust Company, Private Rd. off East Rd.,Fishers Island Construct a detached garage adjacent to an existing driveway III. Communications IV. Discussion 1. Mattituck Beach Mean High Tide/Pyblic Access - General Understanding Specific Issues Opening Statements SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would like to call this meeting to order. Would everybody please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Before I get to the regular agenda, I am going to announce a very long list of people that are here today. I want to thank Fishers Island, always gracious whenever we come over here. It is a real joy. Dan Ableson representing Legislator Marc Alessi. Assemblyman Alessi is on my list, did he make it today? Okay. We have Bill Anderson, Plum Island Fire Chief. Christopher Baiz, Lillian Ball, they are representing the Town’s Land August 8, 2007 Page 2 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting Preservation Committee. We have Dr. Larry Barrett, director of Plum Island. We have Philip Beltz, Special Projects Coordinator for the Town of Southold. We have Dave Bergen, Board of Trustees. Derek Bossen, Tree Committee. Ed Boyd, Southold Fire Chiefs Council. Leah Bufkins, Supervisor’s office. Sean Byrnes, DPW. Frank Carbone, he is a Lieutenant, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Law Enforcement. Dr. Choudry, Suffolk County Department of Health. Bob Cleveland, Allen Video. Chief Cochran, Southold Town Police Department. Robert Connelly, representing the District Attorney’s office. He is an Assistant District Attorney. We have Nicole Crawford, Suffolk County Health Department and Water Resources. John Cushman, our Town Comptroller. Marjorie Day, the Anti-Bias Task Force. We have Donna Deckelman, New York State Department of Archives. Vincent DeMarco, I haven’t seen him, is Sheriff DeMarco here today? Okay. We have Peggy Dickerson, a long standing member of the Board of Trustees. Jim DiNizio, Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals of Southold Town. Jill Doherty, Trustee Southold Town. Melanie Doroski, representing the Land Preservation Department. Kevin Drew, State Police. Bill Edwards, to my left, a Town Board member. Louisa Evans, of course, who you all know. A Justice and Town Board member. We have Gerard Fernandez, representing Hawkins, Delafield and Wood. This is a very long list, I am sorry. Patricia Finnegan, our very able Town Attorney. Gary Fish, representing the Building Department, Bob Fisher, representing the Building Department. Ed Forrester, Code Enforcement. Joseph Galante, New York State Comptrollers Office. Chris Garland from Plum Island. We have Bob Ghosio, another Board of Trustee member. Philip Goldman, representing the Tree Committee. Jennifer Gould, co-chair of the East Marion stakeholders. Jim Grathwohl, he is the chairman of our Landmarks Preservation Committee. Laura Brethis, representing Senator Ken LaValle’s office. Dan Galluzzio, Suffolk County Deputy Director of Planning. Eric Haas is one of our DPW workers. Susan Harley, the Fire Chiefs Council. Scott Harris, Suffolk County Consumer Affairs. Lorraine Hill Campbell, New York State Department of Archives. Mary Hein, Suffolk County Health Department and Board of Resources. Brian Hughes, representing the Ethics Board. Lori Hulse, representing the Town Attorney’s Office, she is one of our assistants. Ray Huntington, representing Land Preservation Committee. Tim Huss, Captain New York State DEC. Jeff Houghton, Director of Government Records Services. Bill Jackson, Hawkins, Delafield and Wood. Saam Jalayer, Assistant Deputy Attorney. John Jerome, DPW. We have Jessica Kalmbacher, Suffolk County Planning, Regulatory Review Committee. Jim King, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Debra Kooperstien, Southampton Town Justice. Al Krupski, Southold Town Board member. Wendy Ladd, Suffolk County Public Relations Specialist. Julie Lane, Suffolk Times reporter. Heather th Lanza, the new Director of Planning which will become effective August 29 I believe. Don Leslie, Jr, chair of the Greenport west stakeholders. Joanne Liguori, legislative aide to Ed Romaine. David Lowry, NYS Archive Record Advisory Services. Thomas Martin, Southold Town fire coordinator. Peter McGreevy, chair of the Ethics Board. Pat McIntyre, New Suffolk stakeholders. Doug McKay, Inspector for the New York State Department of Ag and Markets. Karen McLaughlin, Senior Services Director extrodinaire. James McMahon, Department of Public Works and Community Development. Arleen Meres, NYS Department of Health. Richard Meyer, Assistant Commissioner of the Suffolk County Health Department. Jane Minerva, chair of the Cutchogue stakeholders. Michael Mule, Suffolk County Environmental Planner. If I mess up your names, you may throw something at me after I am done reading the list. John Murphy, Allen Video. Elizabeth Neville, Southold Town Clerk. Stacey Norkelun, Page 2 August 8, 2007 Page 3 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting Records Management. David Nyce, the new Mayor of Greenport Village. James O’Connor, NYS Department of Health. Belinda Pagdanganan, SC Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency. Luis Perez, Newsday reporter. Paul Ponturo, SC Health Department and Water Resources. Doug Ports, Deputy Director of Operations on Plum Island. Lloyd Reisenberg, Data Processing. Holly Rhodes Teague, SC Office for the Aging. Jamie Richter, Town Engineer. The st Honorable Edward Romaine, Suffolk County Legislator, representing the 1 district. John Rooney, Southold stakeholders. Helen Rosenblum, REMSCO. Dan Ross, Town Board member. Henry Rotermund, SC Consumer Affairs. Barbara Rudder, Accounting Department. Tom Sawicki, Bio Safety officer, Plum Island. Michael Schlossberg, Suffolk County Clerk’s Office. Ed Schneyer, SC Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency. Barbara Schnitzler, Landmark Preservation Committee. Gerard Schultheis, Board of Assessment Review and New Suffolk stakeholder and sits on about five other committees in Town government. Michael Simon, Zoning Board of Appeals. Stephen Searl, Peconic Land Trust. Paul Slovenski, New York State Police. Richard Smith, NYS Codes Division. Rona Smith, secretary of the Orient stakeholders. Rona also serves on our Affordable Housing Committee. Connie Solomon, Accounting Department. Melissa Spiro, Director of the Land Preservation Department. Jeff Standish, DPW. Mark Terry, Planning Department. Zac Tomaszewski, Data Processing. My staff, Lydia Tortora. We also have Ruthann Woodhull here, who we will thank in a few minutes for all this effort. Ann Trimble, Tree Committee. Frank Van Dyke, SC Consumer Affairs. Mike Verity, Building Department. Kevin Webster, Southold Town Assessor. Kenneth White, Second Assistant chief of the Greenport Fire Department. Barbara Wilson, Southampton Town Justice. Jerilyn Woodhouse, she is the chairman of the Planning Board. Ruthanne Woodhull, again from my office. Charles Zaloom, chair of the Mattituck stakeholders. Michelle Zaloom, Land Preservation Department. Ben Zwirn, Assistant Deputy County Executive. Did I finish everybody? If I missed someone, I am sorry you are not on the list. With all of that being said, has anybody reviewed the agenda? Would anybody like to comment on any of the items as they appear on the agenda? Okay, now before we get that, I have one more thing to do. I want to call Ken Edwards up here and read Ken a proclamation on behalf of this Town Board. This is a proclamation honoring Ken’s 50 years of service to the fire department on Fishers Island. Special Presentation Proclaimation - Kenneth Edwards 50 year member FI Fire Department COMMENTS - Current Meeting: “WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to recognize Kenneth Edwards as a Fifty year member of the Fishers Island Fire Department; WHEREAS in 1957 Ken joined the Fire Department and has actively served as a firefighter since that time, giving selflessly of his time and talent. Serving as both Chief of the Department and Commissioner of the District; and WHEREAS Ken is a lifelong resident of the community who has devoted himself to his family and to the protection of the health and welfare of this community and the properties of Fishers Island; and WHEREAS during his many years in the Fishers Island Fire Department Ken has been a willing source of assistance and information to his co-firefighters; now Page 3 August 8, 2007 Page 4 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby expresses deep appreciation and sincere congratulations to Kenneth Edwards for his Fifty years of unselfish volunteer service, above and beyond the call of duty.” This is dated today, signed by myself and it comes at the behalf of the entire Town Board. Just to put that in proper perspective, fifty years is longer than you have been waiting for a surface on the exercise trail. With that said, would anybody like to comment on the agenda items? (No response) Okay, let’s move ahead with the business. V. Resolutions 2007-651 Tabled 7/31/2007 7:30 PM CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk MFD 100Th Anniversary Parade RESOLVEDgrants permission to the that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Mattituck Fire Department to use the following roads for its 100th Anniversary Parade and Celebration on Saturday, September 8, 2007 beginning at 8:00 AM : Love Lane from Rt 25 to Pike Street Pike Street from Westphalia to Rt 25 (at the High School) Wickham Avenue from Rt 25 to Rt 48 2:00 PM to until parade ends (approx. 6:00 PM) – Rt 25 from Laurel Lane to Mill Lane provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town of Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley upon receipt of notification of the approval of this resolution to coordinate traffic control. Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-651 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator ? Adopted ???????? ??William P. Edwards Seconder Adopted as Amended ?? Defeated ???????? Daniel C. Ross Voter ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Voter ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-665 CATEGORY: Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT: Land Preservation Land Trust Alliance Rally 2007 Page 4 August 8, 2007 Page 5 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting RESOLVEDgrants permission to that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator, to attend the Land Trust Alliance “Rally 2007” from October 3 to October 6, 2007, in Denver, Colorado . All expenses for registration, travel, lodging and meals, to be a legal charge to the 2007 Land Preservation Department budget A.8710.4.600.200 (meetings & seminars). Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-665 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Voter ? Adopted ???????? William P. Edwards Initiator ?? Adopted as Amended ?????????? Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Seconder ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-666 CATEGORY: Advertise DEPARTMENT: Human Resource Center Auth. to Advertise for Sr. Citizen Aide II @ HRC RESOLVEDauthorizes and Directs the that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Town Clerk to advertise for the position of part time Senior Citizen Aide II at the Human Resource Center at 17.5 hours per week at 13.44 per hour. Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-666 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Voter ? Adopted ???????? William P. Edwards Voter ?? Adopted as Amended ?? Defeated ???????? Daniel C. Ross Initiator ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Seconder ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-667 CATEGORY: Advertise DEPARTMENT: Human Resource Center Authorization to Advertise PT Mini Bus Driver HRC RESOLVEDauthorizes and Directs the that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Town Clerk to advertise for the position of part time Mini Bus Driver at the Human Resource Center at 17.5 hours per week at $12.11 per hour. Page 5 August 8, 2007 Page 6 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-667 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator ? Adopted ???????? ??William P. Edwards Voter Adopted as Amended ?????????? Defeated Daniel C. Ross Seconder ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Voter ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-668 CATEGORY: Committee Resignation DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk Accept, with Regret, the Resignation of Marie Domenici Form the Storm Water Runoff Committee RESOLVEDaccepts, with regret, the that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby resignation of Marie Domenici from the Storm Water Runoff Committee , effective immediately. Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-668 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Seconder ? Adopted ???????? William P. Edwards Initiator ?? Adopted as Amended ?????????? Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Voter ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-669 CATEGORY: Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk NYS Magistrates Justice Training RESOLVED grants permission to that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Justice William H. Price, Jr. to attend a seminar on Mandated Justice Training at the 2007 Annual Conference of the New York State Magistrates Association at Tarrytown, New York on October 1-3, 2007. All expenses for registration, travel and lodging to be a legal charge to the 2007 Town Justice budget A.1110.4.600.200 & 300 (meetings and seminars). Page 6 August 8, 2007 Page 7 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-669 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Voter ? Adopted ???????? William P. Edwards Seconder ?? Adopted as Amended ?? Defeated ???????? Daniel C. Ross Voter ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Initiator ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-671 CATEGORY: Strawberry Fields DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk Deny the Application of Charles McKenna of the Irish Cultural Centre of Long Island & Great Hunger Memorial to Hold the Long Island Irish Festival At Strawberry Field RESOLVEDdenies that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby the application of Charles McKenna of the Irish Cultural Centre of Long Island & Great Hunger Memorial to hold the Long Island Irish Festival at Strawberry Field on September 1 through 3, 2207. Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-671 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Voter ? Adopted ???????? William P. Edwards Seconder ?? Adopted as Amended ?????????? Defeated Daniel C. Ross Initiator ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Voter ???????? Scott Russell Voter 2007-670 CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk Grant Permission to the Douglas Moore Memorial Music Festival to Close Case’s Lane Adjacent to the Village Green, for Its Annual Concert on the Cutchogue Village Green, on Saturday, August 11, 2007 RESOLVEDgrants permission to the that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Douglas Moore Memorial Music Festival to close Case’s Lane adjacent to the Village Green, for its Annual Concert on the Cutchogue Village Green, on Saturday, August 11, 2007, from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town of Southold as an additional insured and contact Capt. Flatley immediately to coordinate traffic control. Page 7 August 8, 2007 Page 8 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-670 ? Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ? ? ? ? Albert Krupski Jr. Seconder ? Adopted ???????? William P. Edwards Voter ?? Adopted as Amended ?? Defeated ???????? Daniel C. Ross Voter ?? Tabled ???????? Thomas H. Wickham Voter ?? Withdrawn ???????? Louisa P. Evans Initiator ???????? Scott Russell Voter Closing Statements SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That completes the resolutions. What I would like to do is now open up the opportunity for anybody to come up and address the Town Board on any issue. I actually had e-mailed to me the other day some questions that this community might be concerned with. I will do my best to answer them and I will certainly do my best to get some of the people here that should know the answer for you. Some of the questions are: What is the budget for the Highway Department on Fishers Island? My Highway Superintendent is not here today. The Highway funds for Fishers Island is actually part of the General Highway funds for Southold Town. We did set up a capital budget for about $300,000 for roadway work over here on Fishers Island. Does anybody want to follow up with any questions regarding the specifics here? UNIDENTIFIED: One of our problems is drainage out here, right here in front of the service station, the Mobile station we have…. TOWN CLERK NEVILLE: I am sorry. With the acoustics here, they won’t hear you on the camera. JUSTICE EVANS: Could everyone also say their name, too? BILL RIDGEWAY: My name is Bill Ridgeway. I am concerned about some of the drainage problems on the roads here, specifically in front of the Mobile station we have what we refer to as ‘Lake Mobile’ which is about a foot deep every time it rains. It is there for an extended period of time and it has been there for years. And nothing has been done to solve that problem, so I am hoping that maybe we can get rid of it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay. I will bring that to the Highway Superintendent’s attention and to the Town Engineer. I believe we were out there last year looking at it. Just so you know, the flooding on Fishers Island is the same problems we have in Southold Town. In the old days, drainage was an easy solution. You put it into the bays, the creeks, the estuaries. That is not a sound solution anymore. We are literally retro fitting existing communities and flooding and drainage is a huge issue that is going to take several years and a substantial amount of money to fix but it is the right thing to do. And certainly, your issue to move to the forefront of Fishers Island. I have another question that seems to involve the Highway Superintendent. ‘Who is in charge of cutting back trees and stuff around the sidewalks or how do we get that done better?’ Anybody from Highway here can answer that for me? Or can I ask my DPW to bring that to the Highway Superintendent’s attention? Jamie? Page 8 August 8, 2007 Page 9 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting JAMIE RICHTER: Jamie Richter, Town Engineer. I would say that sometimes (inaudible) SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: This issue was already addressed. ‘The road conditions are bad, can we get them better, there is very poor drainage in many areas.’ That is also true. Like I said, we did develop a capital fund for about $300,000 for resurfacing and roadwork for the Highway Superintendent. One of the challenges he has is the challenge that everything we try to do here is logistics. How to get the equipment here? How to get the material here? This is a question I don’t here in Southold very often. ‘How do we get the DEC to come here more often?’ Funny, I don’t get that on the other side too much. That is a good question. You have representatives from the DEC, I strongly recommend that you take the issue up with them. And there are many complaints about Chuck Hamilton’s lack of visibility here, lack of contact and insistence on using a certain surveyor. Not sure about that answer, that question. I will leave that to you to address with the DEC and I will certainly bring it to their attention when I get back. And then this is an interesting issue. ‘How did the Pequot Inn on top of the stop sign leading to their business? Did they go through the Town? Is it legal?’ There is a provision in Town code that allows for directional signs, pre-approved by the Town to go up on fixed structures like our road signs. I don’t recall getting a permit of any kind from the Pequot but I will certainly look into that. Also, the directional signs that we offer are very, they have a template, they all look the same. Same red, white and blue colors. TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: They did go through Highway on that. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: They did? Is that a Town authorized? TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: Highway installed it. Yes. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay. I stand corrected. They did go through the Highway Department directly and the Town authorized that. Is that one of the red, white and blue ones? TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: It is a different color. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay. So we have a color infraction but that is about it. Okay. Would anybody like to address the Town Board on any issue? PETER BURR: My name is Peter Burr and I want to thank the Town Board and the Town for recognizing Ken Edwards for his achievement in the Fire Department and I was hoping that we might, next year, also be able to thank the Town for Ken’s remaining on the Planning Board. And I was wondering if, because his term is up this year; we have lost our Zoning Board representation and we are very concerned about losing our Planning Board representation. So I was wondering, we probably couldn’t poll the Board today and have them say yes or no for Ken right now but we would like to if we could. But I just think that it is really important that we don’t let this slip by at this meeting because Ken has done a heck of a job. I think that anybody that has been on that Board or is on it now will tell you that has put in his time, he has done his job, he knows his job and with a lot of turnover I think that somebody that knows the job as well as he does is important not only to the Town but we also feel that it is very significant to us that Page 9 August 8, 2007 Page 10 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting we have this representation. So I thank you for that. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you for commenting. I will tell you that I am well aware of the history and it was an agreement reached several years ago, back in the days when Bob Tasker was still the attorney for Southold Town, that Fishers Island maintains some representation on our Boards and I think it is critical and I can tell you right now if you are asking that I would certainly vote for Ken if I remain as Supervisor for Southold Town. I will guarantee that. JUSTICE EVANS: I will also go on the record that I will vote for Ken to be on the Planning Board again come January. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Does anyone else want to speak? To address this? COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: I think it is appropriate to have someone from Fishers Island on the Planning Board. I think it is a good idea, it has worked in the past, I don’t see any reason to change it. KEN EDWARDS: I have a couple of questions that didn’t come up from your e-mail and I was hoping that someone would ask them. I was wondering about the status of getting our constables armed? There was an incident here last fall that could have been very dangerous. They don’t have the authority to arm themselves and I think that if I was a constable and got called out on an alarm at 2:00 in the morning, an intruder alarm, that I would not want to go without some protection. And I notice that it has been talked about it before but can you fill me in on the status? COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: I thought everyone on Fishers Island was armed? MR. EDWARDS: They probably are. TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: The Board talked about it two weeks ago and we sent a letter to Senator LaValle’s office. It has to come through the state. It is under the state. So a letter was sent to Senator LaValle and he will make the request through the legislature. So the wheels are…. MR. EDWARDS: The wheels are turning. That is good. I know how long it takes to get through. The other thing I was hoping that would come up and it didn’t and it can go (inaudible) was the Highway Department again. We have a tremendous amount of used tires in front of the Town barn and they are one of the biggest mosquito breeders I think there is. There is probably over one hundred. They used to get taken off the Island by the Highway Department. I don’t know what has happened, they haven’t gone in a long time. So if you could carry that on to the Highway Department, I would appreciate it. And the other thing is, I will put my other hat on. (Inaudible) I would like to thank the Assessor’s Department. Bob Scott and company did a lot of good work for Walsh Park in reassessing the houses we have. We have some rentals and some homeownership houses and helping us keep the taxes down. It is greatly appreciated and I thank Bob and the Assessor’s Department for that. Page 10 August 8, 2007 Page 11 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Hey, Ken you just got three votes to stay on the Planning Board. You had better not tell me in December that you want to retire. Would anybody else like to address the Town Board? MR. RIDGEWAY: Bill Ridgeway again. I would like to follow up on the logistics of getting work done over here on Fishers Island. I can understand the value of buying materials in bulk over in Southold side but have you done an analysis of whether it really makes sense to bring them over on the Cross Sound ferry and then the Fishers Island ferry to here as opposed to bidding and buying in Connecticut? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Can I have my Engineer or DPW comment on that? Talking about just possibly just buying materials in Connecticut to get it on to Fishers Island, rather than buying it in Southold and bringing it the long way. JAMIE RICHTER: Well, usually it is done through the bidding process, that it is up to the contractor; whether he wants to buy it on the main land (inaudible) MR. RIDGEWAY: I recognize that but it seems to me that I have often seen Suffolk trucks that have come over on the Cross Sound ferry and then over on the Fishers Island ferry and they tie a truck up and a driver up for a whole day and I just wondered if that is economical? MR. RICHTER: I tend to agree with you. It is just a matter of once you hire a contractor, it is really that the logistics is up to that contractor. JUSTICE EVANS: Jamie, do bids go out so Connecticut contractors see it? Or just New York? MR. RICHTER: Yes. TOWN CLERK NEVILLE: Yes, it gets in the New London Day. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to come up and address the Town Board? UNIDENTIFIED: This Fishers Island attendees list of all of you who have come from Long Island is great but next year could you put on your phone numbers and e-mail addresses? Some people have got cards, some have run out and it would be really helpful to have that all on one list. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is an excellent idea. Excellent idea. Would anybody else like to address the Town Board? (No response) I just, I want to do a couple of things real quick. Okay. First the Department of Transportation from the State of New York couldn’t make it today. They asked me to outline three or four projects they are working on. One is a bridge repair on the Island side of, on the Long Island side of Southold Town, it is a bridge repair over the Long Island Rail Road. The other one is cracking, sealing paving projects, all on the main land side. And then drainage projects that they are identifying but they said that the list is too early to release. So as soon as I hear from them, if anything involves Fishers Island I will bring Page 11 August 8, 2007 Page 12 Minutes Southold Town Board Meeting that to your attention as soon as I hear from them and they fill in the blanks of their correspondence. Secondly, I want to just thank an awful lot of people. I want to thank the Fishers Island Ferry District for transportation today. I want to thank Plum Island for use of the dock. Obviously I want to thank Fishers Island school, they are always graciously opening their doors for us. I want to especially thank my DPW guys. John Jerome, Eric, Sean, the entire custodial department for all the work they did today. I want to thank Lloyd, Zac, obviously Betty Neville, I want to thank Al Krupski for the corn that was provided today. I want to thank Tom Wickham for the peaches that were provided. I want to thank the entire Highway Department for their efforts today. Also, Lydia Tortora and Ruthanne Woodhull, two of my assistants. I want to thank you for the amount of hard work that you have put in over the last several days. You talk about logistics, they got all those materials on the ferry and over here in very hot weather and I want to thank them for that. And also again, I want to thank Fishers Island for being so gracious and every year it is a real pleasure. And Mike Imbriglio, I want to thank you for the sound system here today as well. Mike Imbrigilio, he is on my Emergency Management team which is doing good things, we just got you guys a new generator. Is that it? Can I get a motion to adjourn? JUSTICE EVANS: Can I just bring up, while we have a bit of a Fishers Island audience here? There is an ICB meeting Friday, where we are going to be presenting a draft of the strategic plan that the hamlet stakeholders have put together and I know it is available in the library. Certain chapters, it would be great if people would read and come to the meeting and hear what has been done and put your suggestions in because we, I think nine or ten stakeholders have been working really hard on this and they really need other people’s input so that they can finally have something that they can put together and present to the Town Board. So try to be there at the Friday meeting. Union chapel. Thank you. And I think it is at 5:00. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Anything from anyone else on the Board? (No response) Okay, can I get a motion to adjourn? 9. Motion To: Adjourn Town Board Meeting COMMENTS - Current Meeting: RESOLVED that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared adjourned at 2:03 P.M. * * * * * Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Scott Russell, Supervisor SECONDER: William P. Edwards, Councilman AYES: Krupski Jr., Edwards, Ross, Evans, Russell ABSENT: Thomas H. Wickham Page 12