Amended
The Town Board of the Town of Clayton met
in the Town Board Room with the following persons present:
Robert W. Cantwell Jr., George Kittle,
Justin Taylor, Donald Turcotte, Bonnie Rose, Bob Boulton, Kathy
LaClair, Nicole Cornaire, Jim Yuhas (6:15), Steve Dorr, Bill
Sherman, Sharie Derrickson (TI Sun), Kelly Vadney (WDT)
The meeting was opened at 5:00 PM by
Supervisor Cantwell.
Correspondence:
- Judge Clarence Giles
Jr. report for July 2006. (See attached.) Judge Clifford
James report for July 2006. (See attached.)
- Menter, Rudin &
Trivelpiece - Copy of signed Easement Mead to Town of Clayton .
- The Northern New York Library
notice: North Country Preservation: A Three-Part Series.
(See attached.)
- The Northern New York
Library notice: Archives Week- October 8-14, 2006. (See
attached.)
- August 2006 issue of Northern
Regional Center for Independent Living – Focusability. (See
attached.)
- Letter from James C. Kenney,
Chairman, Joint T/V ZBA dated July 13, 2006, expressing concern
over the decision on issues of re-appointment of members to this
board. He is asking both T & V to establish of the
Intermunicipal Agreement is still in force and enforceable as
local law. (See attached.)
- Notice dated August 1st,
from Penny Clark, Jeff. Co. Public Health Service, they will be
participating in the 12th Annual Wildlife Rabies
Vaccination Project late August/early September. (See
attached.)
- Letter from Assoc. of Towns,
G. Jeffrey Haber, Exec. Dir., dated July 17th,
informing us of legislation regarding the plea bargain system as
it pertains to traffic tickets. (See attached.)
- Letter from Village of
Clayton, dated July 26th informing us that they’re in
support of the requested use of the Municipal Bldg. per our
request for meeting dates. (See attached.)
- Letter from Jeffrey R. Smith,
dated July 26th, announcing he has left Munistat
Services, Inc. and has formed Municipal Solutions, Inc. a new
independent municipal advisory firm. (See attached.)
- Memorandum dated August
7th, from NYS Office of Real Property Services
announcing “additional State Aid being available for the New
Coordinated Assessment Programs.” (See attached.)
- Received Notice of Petition
from Clayton Housing Associates v/s Town Assessor and Board of
Assessment Review.
- Letter dated Aug.3rd,
from Ernest Ruteman, Town of Hammond, equesting a letter of
support for their application to NYS DOT for Transportation
Enhancement Program funds needed to improve 0.8 mile of access
road to the Macsherry Nature Trail to make it safe for school
bus use for surrounding schools curriculum. (See attached.)
- E-mail notice, received
8/8 establishing a final 2006 Equalization rate of 64%. (See
attached.)
- Notice of “Walkable
Community Workshop: Creating ActiveCommunities,” Tuesday, Sept.
12th, 9-4:00, lunch will be served. (See
attached.)
- Letter dated 8/2, from
Dennis Pawlicki, PE, Asst. Dir. Of Operations, NYS Dept. of
Transportation, extending the Municipal Snow & Ice Agreement for
the 2007-2008 season. (See attached.)
- Copy of a letter from NYS
Environmental Facilities Corp., Laurie A. Allen, EFARM Update
Project Manager, thanking the Clark Farm for their application
for state assistance and that their grant for the 2005 Annual
CNMP Update is $1,980.00. (See attached.)
- Letter dated 8/1, from G.
Jeffrey Haber, Assoc. of Towns, advising of the amount of the
Town’s dues for membership in the Association for 2007 will be
$1,099. (See attached.)
- Letter dated 8/1.
from Bill Reilich, Member of Assembly & Task Force Chairman of
the Small Business in NYS, inviting a representative of this
Board to attend the Clayton forum on Monday, 8/14, from
6:30-8:30 PM at the Antique Boat Museum. (See attached.)
Points of Interest:
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Call received today from (ISO), they will be doing a new
fire protection survey for Clayton to establish Fire Insurance
ratings.
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Need to have an updated abstract done for the Town Hall.
In the process of getting quotes at this time.
Minutes:
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Bonnie Rose, to approve the minutes of July 26, 2006 as
written. Motion carried.
Resolutions:
Resolution #43 of 2006 offered by
Bonnie Rose, 2nd by Justin Taylor, to extend the NYS
Snow & Ice Agreement for the 2007-2008 season. Cantwell Aye;
Kittle aye; Taylor aye; Turcotte aye and Rose aye. Motion
carried.
Public:
Steve Dorr gave a couple comments stating
he knew the Board would be going into executive session to
discuss a personnel issue. He indicated that what this board
does, will set precedence for the future. He asked that the
board please take a look at the past history and actions of the
personnel in question. He thanked the board for letting him
make the comments.
Zoning IMA Committee:
Each Board member has been given a copy of:
ZEO Intermunicipal Agreement; T/V of Clayton Zoning Board of
Appeals Intermunicipal Agreement; and T/V of Clayton Planning
Board Intermunicipal Agreement and also a copy of reports of why
and where items were changed. The Board will review each IMA at
future and after they can see the original documents with
“tracked changes” on them.
Frink Remediation Committee:
Supervisor Cantwell reviewed the Agenda and
minutes of the July 31st Remediation meeting. He
stated the vapor intrusion retesting has been completed and we
should have results by the end of this week. The preliminary
schedule for contamination clean up was discussed and the 5th
neighbor letter will be mailed just prior to starting site clean
up.
Grindstone Island floating cottage:
It has been determined that the floating
cottage is in a DEC Class A wetlands area. At one time we had
discussed a 1500’ out from the shore zoning area however we
didn’t have an approved LWRP at the time.
Opera House Agreement:
This agreement stipulates that TIPAF & the
Town will share in the liabilities and responsibilities of the
renovation of the Opera House. A draft agreement will be
available before the next board meeting.
Wind Turbine/Wind Farm Committee:
An advertisement has been placed in today’s
TI Sun for interested parties to submit a letter of intent if
interested in working on this committee. Supervisor Cantwell
has appointed Paul Heckmann as Chairman of this committee. Also
appointed from the Town Board would be George Kittle and Donald
Turcotte.
Proposed Depauville Water District:
People in Depauville that are “for” the
proposed district have contacted Jefferson County Soil & Water,
to see if they would do testing of the water in the proposed
water district. Jefferson County Soil & Water has agreed to do
this at a reduced price per test if the Town would pay 50% of
the $2200 cost. Consensus of the Board is that we would
participate.
Highway Superintendent:
Motion to go into Executive Session
at 5:30 PM, to discuss a personnel issue, by Bonnie Rose, 2nd
by George Kittle. Motion carried.
Motion to come out of Execution
Session at 6:08 PM by Bonnie Rose, 2nd by George
Kittle. Motion carried.
Highway Superintendent discussed the
following:
- Discussion had transpired
with Cerow Agency concerning Town Equipment
coverage.
- Topping Pelo Road possibly
as early as 8/17, starting at Cape Vincent end and
working to Bach’s pit.
- Hauled the millings from NYS
Route 12, State DOT project, and will use this to do the
sides of the Pelo Road.
- Received a letter from Kathy
Pond, French Creek Road, thanking Mr. Boulton
for his efforts to improve the visibility on the entrance of
French Creek Road from Co. Rte. 9.
- Highway Conference at
Alexandria Bay is coming up and Mr. Boulton
requested to attend at a costs of
$75.00. Motion by Justin Taylor, 2nd by
Bonnie Rose, for attendance to the schooling and
cost associated with. Motion
carried.
- Asphalt Zipper discussion.
Would be the only one in Jefferson County; would
give a potential for revenue; we would let out with our
operator with machine. Need to look at
when doing our budget.
Supervisor Report:
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to accept the Supervisor’s Report as
presented. Motion carried.
Bills:
Motion by Bonnie Rose, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to pay abstract #8 in the amount of
$362,659.57. Motion carried.
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Bonnie Rose, to adjourn this regular meeting at 6:20 PM.
Motion carried.
Kathleen E. LaClair, Town Clerk
