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A Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Orchard Park, Erie County, New York was held at the Municipal Building at Orchard Park, New York on the 1st day of July, 1992, at 8:00 P.M. EDT and there were

 

PRESENT AT ROLL CALL:      D. J. Mill               Supervisor

J. J. Mills              Councilman

P. D. Barnas             Councilman

D. M. Buyer              Councilman

N. W. Ackerman           Councilwoman

 

Betty K. Reukauf         Town Clerk

L.       Berkowitz            Town Attorney

R. W. Sweet              Building Inspector

R. C. Henning            Chief of Police

M.       R. Merritt           Town Engineer

 

ABSENT                     R. A. Geitter           Supt. of Highways

 

The meeting was called to order by the Supervisor, and the Pledge of Allegiance was rendered.

 

Old Business #1 - Award bid for Hillside Avenue concrete gutters.

 

1) THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY SUPERVISOR MILL, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BUYER, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to award the bid for the installation of Hillside Avenue concrete gutters to M.P.J. Contracting Inc., 68 Churchill Street, Buffalo, N.Y. as recommended by the Town Engineer, at a cost not to exceed Forty-six Thousand Three Hundred thirty-five ($46,335.00) Dollars they being the lowest responsible bidder thereof and to be funded through the Community Development Program.

 

Before the vote was taken, Town Engineer Merritt stated he was pleased to report that the Town had received twelve (12) bids and the award was under the Town Engin­eer's estimate.

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

New Business #1 - Summer Recreation Staff appointments.

 

2) THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MILLS, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to approve the following resident appointments to the Summer Recreation Staff as recommended by the Recreation Director:

 

Paul Kostelny      6640 E. Webster Rd.      Volley/Dir.          $5.20/HR      

Sean Cook          19 Braunview Way         Dir.                 $5.20/HR      35 hrs

Chris Mellerski    45 Butternut Cir.        Ten/Dir.             $5.20/HR      25 hrs

Larissa Smith      2993 Angle Rd.           Aide                 $4.25/HR      30 hrs

 

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

New Business #2 (not on agenda) - Conservation Easement: 6552 Bunting Rd., G & S Thelen.

 

3)         THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY SUPERVISOR MILL, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to refer to the Conservation Board, the application for Conservation Easement from Gayle J. & Sarah L. Thelen, 6552 Bunting Road requesting easement for 28.4 acres.

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

4)         THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY SUPERVISOR MILL, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to approve the following transfer to fund the cost of framing the pictures of the art exhibit in the hallways of the Town Hall:

 

$600.00 from A1010.000.413 (Travel & Conference) to A6410.000.419 (other expense)

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

Supervisor Mill reported the street sign has been placed for Quaker Hollow Road off of Webster Road.

 

Councilwoman Ackerman reported 1] the final phase of the 1992 school art exhibit in the hallways of the Town Hall has been completed, 2] the Open Space Inventory Maps being prepared by the Conservation Board are in the final stages, and they thank all the departments for making the necessary information available to them.

 

Town Clerk Betty K. Reukauf announced the Town of Orchard Park through the prepara­tion and filing of a grant application by the Town Clerk's Office Staff, has been awarded $4,794.00 from the Records Management Improvement Fund to continue the records project. The Town has received approximately $16,000.00 in funds for the past year and we are well on our way to completing by 1995 an efficient and well organized Records Department in the Town of Orchard Park.

 

5)         THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN BUYER, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, TO WIT:

 

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Orchard Park, Erie County, New York is con­cerned with the dramatic erosion of utility values in the past three years as determined by the New York State Division of Equalization and Assessment, and

 

WHEREAS, such Town Board sees the need for meaningful change and a stable methodology of valuation on a state-wide basis

 

NOW, THEREFORE, be it

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Orchard Park hereby strongly urges the Honorable Senate and Assembly Members of the State of New York to pass enabling legislation to freeze utility values at their 1991 levels

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Aye Nay

D. J. Mill               x

J. J. Mills              x

P. D. Barnas             x

D. M. Buyer              x

N. W. Ackerman      abstained - conflict of interest

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS DULY ADOPTED.

 

6)       THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILWOMAN ACKERMAN, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MILLS, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to direct the Town Highway Superintendent to notify Sahlem's Roofing and Siding, 3920 Taylor Road that they have been awarded the bid for 1] roofing of the Public Library at a cost not to exceed Twelve Thousand thirty-eight ($12,038.00) Dollars and 2] roofing of the Highway Garage at a cost not to exceed Eighteen Thousand five hundred ($18,500.00) Dollars, they being the lowest responsible bidder thereof and as recommended by the Highway Superintendent, and be it further

 

RESOLVED the Town Board does request that said roofing projects he started immediately.

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

7)       THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BUYER, TO WIT:

 

WHEREAS, the Town has received an application from Cimato Bros., Inc. for a Public lmrpovement Permit to construct Orchard Heights Subdivision, consisting of twenty-nine (29) sublots to be served by 2,389 L.F. of roadway and utilities, and

 

WHEREAS, the subdivision will have sanitary sewer service supplied by a pump station and the developer is to install a sanitary sewer line which will serve as a future connection after the completion of the trunk line serving this area, and

 

WHEREAS, the plans have been received and approved but the developer is in the process of submitting modified plans for the construction of a divided "island" entrance at Milestrip Road

 

NOW, THEREFORE, be it

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to approve the application for P.I.P. #217 - Orchard Heights Subdivision from Cimato Bros., Inc. as recommended by the Town Engineer.

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

8)       THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MILLS, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to' approve all entries on Warrant #12, following auditing by members of the Town Board and in the funds indicated:

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WARRANT #12

GENERAL FUND                         $294,921.55

PART TOWN FUND                          3,218.98

HIGHWAY FUND                           27,258.02

SPECIAL DISTRICTS FUND                 18,696.89

TRUST & AGENCY FUND                    44,397.39

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND                397.14

 

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

9) THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ACKERMAN, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to receive and file the communications as entered on the agenda:

 

1. Senator John Daly, N.Y.S. 61st District - notifying the Town of his support for Bill #6087 re: Erie County Water Authority.

2.       Town of Boston - adopted resolution protesting the use of outdated assessment data.

 

      THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.

 

10) THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN BARNAS, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ACKERMAN, TO WIT:

 

RESOLVED that the Town Board be and is hereby authorized to receive and file the reports as entered on the agenda:

1.      Building Permits and Building Inspector's Monthly Report for June 1992.

2.      Town Conservation Board Annual Report for 1991.

 

THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED

 

BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR

 

Richard Meinhold, 51 Willowbrook - appeared before the Town Board requesting the pro­cedure for getting a drainage problem in his area rectified. He has recently purchase this property and has a bad drainage problem. A long discussion was held by Mr. Meinhold, the Town Board and the Engineer. It was noted the Town Board and Engineer are very well aware of his problem, drawings have been made for drainage districts through-out the Town, also for a Townwide drainage district, but it shall be very costly. Per­haps a petition would help but it was decided that the property owner should call the Town Engineer to make an appointment to discuss the problem, what has gone on in past years and the various proposed solutions.

 

There being no further business before the Town Board, the Supervisor adjourned the meeting at 8:25 P.M. EDT.

Respectfully submitted,     Town Clerk Betty K. Reukauf