VILLAGE OF WEST CARTHAGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting
April 10, 2017
A regular meeting and public
hearing of the West Carthage Village Board of Trustees was held April 10, 2017
at 6:00 p.m. at the West
Carthage Municipal
Building. Said building
is declared smoke free and accessible to handicapped persons. The press was
informed of the meeting and notice was posted.
Present: Mayor Scott Burto (6:25), Trustee Jim
Smith,Trustee Mike Bigness, Trustee Rob Peluso
Excused: Deputy Mayor Scott
Sullivan
Guests: P.
Crump, Jr., Kathy Amyot, Steve Anderson,
Mark Spencer, Dave Pustizzi
Trustee Peluso opened the
meeting at 6:00 p.m. On a motion by J.
Smith, seconded by M. Bigness, minutes from the March 13th, March 15th,
and April 3rd meetings were unanimously approved.
The public hearings will be
held upon Mayor Burto’s arrival.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by M. Bigness, the request by the Carthage Area Chamber of Commerce to
hold their annual fireworks display at River Bend Park were unanimously approved. On a motion by J. Smith, seconded by M.
Bigness, the request the CAH Auxiliary to hold their annual geranium sale May
18-20 in the community room with fees waived.
On a motion by J. Smith seconded by M. Bigness the request by the Fire
Dept Auxiliary to hold a movie night on April 15th in the community
room with fees waived was unanimously approved.
On a motion by J. Smith, seconded by M. Bigness the request by Barb
Prievo to hold a painting fundraiser for Relay for Life in the community room
with fees waived on May 4th was unanimously approved. On a motion by J. Smith, seconded by M.
Bigness, the request by Joanne Lazore to hold her sports programs at Getman
Park was unanimously approved. On a
motion by M. Bigness, seconded by J. Smith, the request by Kathy Latremore for
a sewer credit in the amount of $395.07 due to a malfunctioning water heater
was unanimously approved.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by M. Bigness, the clerk was authorized to sign an agreement with
Municipal Solutions for filing of a sewer debt exclusion with the NYS
Comptroller’s Office in connection with the sewer bonding was approved in an
amount not to exceed $3500.
K. Amyot explained a request
by the Tug Hill Council for a resolution in support of allowing minimum maintenance
roads to remain that way. Due to the
expense of upgrading those roads to AASHTO standards and also allowing towns to
best make decisions about their own roads, the Board of Trustees, on a motion
by M. Bigness, seconded by J. Smith, issued a resolution in support of minimum
maintenance road legislation.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by M. Bigness, the IMA between the villages of West Carthage and
Carthage and the Town of Champion regarding remediation of a portion of the
sewer treatment plant land was unanimously approved.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by M. Bigness, the following budget transfers were unanimously
approved:
From: A.1990.0400 $250.00
Contingency
To: A.1110.0100 $250.00 Justice PS
From: A.1990.0400 $196.95
Contingency
To: A.3410.0430 $196.95
Fire Dept. Repairs & Maint.
From: A.1990.0400 $8525.97
Contingency
To: A.5010.0100 $1,810.72
Street Admin PS
To: A.5142.0100 $104.89
Snow removal PS
To: A.7110.0100 $164.04 Parks PS
To: A.5110.0100 $6,446.32
St. Maint. PS
From: A.1990.0400 $393.00 Contingency
To: A.9035.0800 $393.00 Medicare Benefits
D. Pustizzi reported that the
mini-bid for the police car had been posted.
He explained that he would need to order the car prior to the start of
our new budget year in order to receive it this year. On a motion by M. Bigness, seconded by J.
Smith, D. Pustizzi is authorized to award the contract for a new police car to
the lowest satisfactory bidder. Carried
unanimously.
P. Crump, Jr. reported that
he received an email from the contracting company responsible for 14 Liberty
Street and is working with them on some code issues. For the fire department,
Scott Doyle is here at Trustee Smith’s request.
Pete thanked Mr. Doyle for all of his assistance with the new
trucks. They are running pretty well
although there is a backup signal device not working. Pete reported that the fire department
computer has quit working. Superior
Computer has looked at it and is sending a quote for a new one. R. Peluso asked if they were asking for a new
computer. Pustizzi reported he has a
laptop at the police department they can have.
K. Amyot reported a
successful LGC. The Fort Drum Land Use
Planning has started and Kathy reminded the board that the intent is for each
of the affected communities to provide input.
Kathy announced she is retiring after 17 years and the Tug Hill
Commission is searching for her replacement.
On a motion by J. Smith
seconded by M. Bigness, the request by the American Legion to hold their annual
poppy days May 4th and 5th was unanimously approved.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by M. Bigness, on the recommendation of the fire department membership
committee, Jennah House was accepted into the RAM program and Paul Baily was
approved for membership.
Mayor Burto opened the public
hearing on the 2017/2018 village budget at 6:25 p.m. He noted that there would be a tax increase
of .06 per $1000 of assessed value. No
one from the public spoke. Mayor Burto
remarked that the department heads did a good job with their budgets. The village will be purchasing a new police
car using reserve funds and a used street sweeper. On a motion by M. Bigness, seconded by R.
Peluso, the public hearing was closed.
On a motion by R. Peluso, seconded by M. Bigness, the 2017/18 village
and joint water budgets were approved on a roll call vote: Trustee Smith-aye, Trustee Bigness-aye,
Trustee Peluso-aye, Mayor Burto-aye.
Carried.
Mayor Burto opened the public
hearing regarding dissolution of the village court. No one from the public spoke. On a motion by J. Smith, seconded by R.
Peluso, on a roll call vote, the Village of West Carthage Justice Court shall
be dissolved on the 1st Monday in December, 2017 at noon. No further elections for village justice will
be held. Trustee Smith-aye, Trustee
Bigness-aye, Trustee Pelsuo-aye, Mayor Burto-aye.
RESOLUTION
On a motion by Trustee J.
Smith, seconded by Trustee R. Peluso:
Resolved, that the Village
Court be dissolved at the conclusion of current Acting Justice Dennis Quinn’s
term of office. Said term expires
November, 2017. There will be no further
elections for Village Justice. This
board respectfully requests the assistance of Village Court Personnel, the Town
of Champion Town Council and the Town of Champion Justice Court in effecting an
orderly transition to a consolidated Town Court.
AYES__4__ NAYS__0__
Resolution voted upon and
approved by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees.
Dated: April 10, 2017
I, Deborah J. Pierce, the
Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of West Carthage, New York, do hereby certify
the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Village of
West Carthage Board of Trustees,
April 10, 2017 and is on file and of
record, and that said resolution has not been altered, amended or revoked and
is in full force and effect.
On a motion by J. Smith, ,
seconded by M. Bigness the following abstract was approved for payment:
4/10/2017 General: $27,576.88
Water: $6,177.39
Sewer: $99,519.31
On a motion by R. Peluso, seconded by M. Bigness, payrolls
for March 23 and April 6 were
unanimously approved.
R. Peluso reviewed the bills
and signed the vouchers.
M. Spencer complaint about
the Lundy property behind Getman Park and he wants it cleaned up.
D. Pustizzi commented that he
hopes getting rid of the court won’t affect out prosecuting village code
violations. P. Crump, Jr. asked about
the process for code violations. It was
suggested he meet with Judge Quinn to see how he would like the process to
work.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by R. Peluso, executive session was entered into at 6:38 to discuss possible
litigation.
The regular meeting resumed
at 7:15
The May meeting was moved to
May 15th.
.
On a motion by J. Smith,
seconded by R. Peluso, the meeting concluded at 7:26 p.m. with no further
business being necessary.
Deborah J. Pierce
Village Clerk/Treasurer
