West
Carthage Planning Board
Joint Meeting – Planning/Village Boards
March
3, 2010
Board Members Present: Ronald Blinebry, Chairperson
David Rohr, Tom Valentine,
Joe Onyon
Paul Pierce – excused
Village Bd. Members present:
Mayor Scott Burto, Deputy Mayor Scott Sullivan, and Trustee Gerald Caldwell
Recording Secretary: Lou Ann Smith
Others Present: James Juczak
– Woodhenge Self-Reliance Campus, Kathy Amyot – RACOG
Chairman Blinebry called the
Planning meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Mayor Burto called the
Village Bd meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Minutes
for the Planning Board regular meeting on January 6, 2010 were reviewed. On
motion by D. Rohr with the correction of the last sentence to read “D. Rohr
motions to adjourn” and seconded by J. Onyon minutes were approved and carried
unanimously.
R.
Blinebry opens the meeting with the introduction of Mr. James Juczak, and
invites him to begin his presentation on personal residential alternative
energy sources.
Mr.
Juczak begins a power point presentation covering the pros and cons of
residential and community scale solar, wind and other local renewable energy
systems. Definitions were given for residential alternative sources, system
costs, the return on energy invested, safety and aesthetic considerations,
issues that municipalities will have to consider, resident opposition, short
review of what different systems are available to residents and municipalities
and that grants are available through NYSERDA with currently 40-70 percent
funding and that there are Federal and State tax incentives available as well.
Mr.
Juczak demonstrates four different style light bulbs and the amount of watts
each light uses.
Mayor
Burto adjourns the village board meeting at 7:50 p.m.
The
board in general thanks Mr. Juczak for coming. No closing comments from the
board members.
R.
Blinebry reminds the planning members of the Local Government Conference at JCC
on 4/1/2010 and if anyone hasn’t contacted the Village Clerk for reservations
to do so.
Next
regular meeting will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
D.Rohr
motions to adjourn, second by J. Onyon.
The meeting is closed at 7:55 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lou
Ann Smith
Recording
Secretary
