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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFishers Island Ferry District Amendments JUDITH T. TERRY TOWN CLERK REGISTRAR OI VITAL S ~,\ HSI'iCS OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Town Hall, 53095 Main Road P.O. Box 728 Southold, New York 11971 TELEPHONE (516) 765-1801 March 24~ 1983 Honorable Kenneth P. LaValle New York State Senator Room 805' Legislative Office Building Albany, New York 12247 Dear Senator LaValle: The Southold Town Board at a regular meeting held on March 22, 1983 adopted a resolution approving proposed amendments to the Act which created the Fishers Island Ferry District. The amendments are transmitted herewith so you may initiate the necessary legislative steps for enactment. Very truly yours~ Judith T. Terry Southold Town Clerk Enclosure cc: F. I. Ferry Dist. JUDITH T. TERRY TOWN CLERK REGISTRAR O1.' VITAL S1\1 ISTICS OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Town Hall, 53095 Main Road P.O. Box 728 Southold, New York 11971 TELEPHONE (516) 765-1801 March 24, 1983 Honorable Joseph Sawicki, Jr. New York State Assemblyman Room 805 Legislative Office Building Albany, New York 12247 Dear Joe: The Southold Town Board at a regular meeting held on March 22, 1983 adopted a resolution approving proposed amendments to the Act which created the Fishers Island Ferry District. The amendments are transmitted herewith so you may initiate the necessary legislative steps for enactment. Very truly yours, Judith T. Terry Southold Town Clerk Enclosure cc: F. I. Ferry District Fishers Island Ferry District FISHERS ISLAND, NEW YORK 06390 ROBERT P. KNAUFF Manager - Secretary TELEPHONE 788-7463 Area Code 516 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REYNOLDS duPONT. JR., Chairman RAYMOND F. DOYEN RICHARD S. BAKER JOHN C. EVANS THOMAS F. DOHERTY, JR. March 16, 1983 Mr. William R. Pell III Supervisor, Town of Southold 53095 Main Road Southold~ NY 11971 Dear Mr. Pell: Attached please find a resolution passed by the Board of Commissioners which addresses itself to proposed changes to the Act which created the Fishers Island Ferry District. The purpose of the proposed amendments is threefold: 1. The increase in the bonding limit will enable the Board of Commissioners to more realistically plan for the con- struction of a new vessel wherein financing of same is con- sidered 2. The increase in the ceiling on petty cash funds will bring the Act within the realistic limits of our current oper- ations. The $500.00 ceiling was probably realistic in 1947 but is inadequate now. 3. Under current law, the Ferry District cannot estab- lish a Capital Reserve Fund for specific purposes because we are an improvement district. By amending the Act~ we shall have the authority to do so. It is requested that the resolution be made a part of the agenda for the Town Board meeting of March 22, 1983. Enclosure Very truly yours, Robert P. Knauff _' ' Enclosure to F. I. Ferry Dist. ltr dtd 3/16/83 Moved by Commissioner Baker, seconded by Commissioner Evans, WHEP~AS the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District wishes to have legislation introduced in the New York State legislature to amend certain sections of the Act which created the Fishers Island Ferry District THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following proposed amendments be presented to the New York State Senate and Assembly for its consideration and enactment: (SEE ATTACHED PAGES i - 4 for text) And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold approve of said amendments and their pres- entation to the New York Legislature. Vote of the Board of Commissioners: Ayes: Commissioner Doyen, Commissioner Baker~ Commissioner Doherty, Commissioner Evans. Nays: None. Absent: Commissioner duPont AN ACT to amend chapter six hundred ninety-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-seven, entitled "An Act authorizing the acquisition, con- struct[on, equipment and operation of a public ferry for hire from Fishers Island across waters of Long Island sound; authorizing the creation of Fishers ~sland ferry district in the Town of Southold, Suffolk county and providing for the election of its officers and management of its affairs; authorizing the collection of ferriage charges; authorizing the issuance and sale of obligations of said tow~ and providing for their payment; authorizing the levy and collection of taxes; and providing for other related matters," in relation to the aggregate principal amount which may be borrowed for the acquisition of ferry vessels; increasing amount of the petty cash fund, and authorizing the establishment of capital reserve funds. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows: Section 1. Section 4 of chapter six hundred ninety-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-seven,, as last amended by chapter se~ren hundred forty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-six is hereby amended to read as follows: §4. The cost of acquisition, c. onstruction and equipment of the ferry, including lands and rights or easements in lands, shall be paid from taxes levied for the fiscal year in which such expenditure is made; from surplus funds or from the proceeds of town obligations to be issued and sold in the manner provided by the local finance law. The town board of the town of Southold may borrow the amount needed for such purposes and issue town obligations therefor in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the town board, subject to a permissive referendum by the owners of taxable real property situate within the ferry district as shown by the latest completed assessment roll of said town, such aggregate principal amount which the town board may borrow and for which obligations may be issued may be increased to any amount up to but not exceeding the sum of [seven] nine hundred fifty thousand dollars. Section 2. Section 6 of said law is hereby amended to read as follows: '~6. All moneys received from ferriage charges shall be deposited daily in banks or trust companies in the state of New York and the state of Con- necticut to be designated by the supervisor of the town of Southold and to the credit of such supervisor. The supervisor shall execute and file with the town clerk additional security for the safekeeping and lawful application of such moneys in such amount and with such sureties as the town board shall approve. The expense incurred in connection with any such undertaking shall be a charge against the district. The ferry commissioners shall on or before the tenth day of each month, file with the town clerk of the town a report of their activities during the preceding month in such detail as the town board shall require. Each such report shall contain a statement show- ing the amount of ferriage charges collected and all obligations of the dis- trict unpaid at the time of filing the report. All claims against the district shall be audited monthly by the town board and paid by the supervisor from moneys remaining to his credit and belonging to the ferry district. Out of such moneys the town board may establish a revolving petty cash fund for the use of the board of commissioners. Such fund shall be in such amount as the town board may deem necessary but shall not at any time exceed the sum of [fiveI fifteen hundred dollars and shall continue in existence from year to year until abolished. Such petty cash fund shall be placed in an account in the name of the com. missioner~and shall be under the control of the manager and expenditures therefrom shall be made only for payment in advance of audit of properly itemized and certified or verified bills for materials, sup- plies and services other than employment, provided, however, that expend- itur~s not in excess of ten dollars at any one time may he made for cash purchases of necessary materials or supplies. A statement of expenditures from such petty cash fund and their purposes together with the bills or vouchers therefor shall be a part of the monthly report to the town board. Upon audit bY the town board such petty cash fund shall be reimbursed in the amount of the expenditures allowed. In the evert that any such bills or expenditures are disallowed the manager shall be personally liable therefor. Section 3. Said law is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to be Section 15 to read as follows: §15. 1. The town board of the town of Southold cn behalf of the district, may establish one or more reserve funds for the financing of all or part of the cost of a "specific object or purpose" or a "class of objects or purposes", as such terms are defined in section 2.00 of the local finance law, which may be constructed, reconstructed, acquired or provided by or on behalf of such district. The authorization of the establishment of such a fund shall be subject to a permissive referendum in the district and shall set forth the estimated maximum cost of any such specific object or purpose or class thereof. 2. There may be paid into such fund such an amount as may be provided therefor by budgetary appropriation or such district revenues as are not required by law to be paid into any other fund or account. Any amount to be assessed, levied and collected in the district to provide money for such a fund shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as the amount to provide for the costs of operation and maintenance of such, district. 3. An expenditure may be made from such a reserve fund only by ~n au:.hcriza:ion of :he :o~rn. bo&rd and orH>- for a _~.~ecLfic ob]ee..', or purpose the cost of which ma?' be financed therefrom. 4. The town board may authorize the transfer to the credit of a reserve fund created pursuant to this section for the district, any unexpended balance remaining in another reserve fund created for the district. If the object or purpose.or class thereof for which the latter fund was established has been completed0 acquired or pro,tided, a sum sufficient to satisfy all outstanding claims arising from such completion, acquisition or provision shall be retained in such fund and not transferred. Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.