The Town Board
of the Town of Clayton met in the Town Board Room with the
following present:
Robert W.
Cantwell Jr., George Kittle (Absent), Justin Taylor, Donald
Turcotte, Bonnie Rose, Robert Boulton, Kathy LaClair, Nicole
Cornaire, Jude Seymour, Sharie Derrickson, Steve Dorr, Peter
McAfee, Michael Docteur
Supervisor
Cantwell opened the meeting at 5:00 PM.
Town Clerk:
Correspondence:
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Justice Giles report for
December 2005. (See attached report).
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Justice James report for
December 2005. (See attached report).
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Memo for Nancy D. Brown,
Jeff. Co. Treasurer, listing 2005 payments to the Town of
Clayton. (See attached).
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NYS DEC announcing
availability of 2005 water quality improvement projects.
(See attached).
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Letter dated 12/28/05 from
Thomas Collins, 10th grade student at Lyme Central
School. He lives on Old Town Springs Road in the Town of
Clayton. Mr. Collins is seeking financial sponsors to help him
with tuition to participate as a member of People to People
Student Ambassador Program to Australia, New Zealand & Fiji this
summer. (See attached).
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Thank you card from Bonnie
Rose for the retirement luncheon. (See attached).
Points of
Interest:
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Undated minutes from the
Fire District & an agenda for their next meeting, February 8,
2006. (See attached).
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Seaway Navigation letter
from Cliff Schneider distributed to Town Board Members only.
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Copied Department Heads and
Town Board members with Pay Rate Update. (See attached).
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Donald Turcotte, to approve
the December 28, 2005, year-end minutes. Motion carried. Rose
abstained.
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Donald Turcotte to Table the
Minutes for Annual Meeting of January 4, 2006 until the
next meeting, as all had not reviewed them as yet. Motion
carried.
Public:
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Michael Docteur, Co. Leg.
indicated he had talked with Highway Supt. Bob Boulton
concerning possible road signage on county roads near populated
areas to make aware motorist of horse and buggy travel. Co.
Highway Supt. Jim Lawrence will map out the best route for the
Amish families to travel.
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Co. Legislature met last
night and voted on an agreement with the City of Watertown in
regards to the take over of the Watertown Airport. Mr. Docteur
indicated he was the lone vote against this proposal. He stated
he doesn’t agree with some of the things stipulated in the
agreement and it is not in the best interest of District 1.
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Supervisor Cantwell
indicated he would like to sit down with the Legislator and
discuss the Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service (TIERS)
activity in Cape Vincent. Legislator Docteur indicated that is
a politically sticky situation, but is willing to discuss the
matter. He also indicated that Greg Brunell, Director of fire &
Emergency Management will be talking with Joe Gould, the Fire
Chief at Cape Vincent.
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Justin Taylor indicated that
he as Chairman of the Fire Advisory Committee at Jeff. Co. was
pleased to hear that a person had finally been appointed to the
Deputy Coordinator position and that this was long overdo. He
felt that the administration had been dragging their feet and
this was and is very much needed.
Supervisor:
Supervisor
Report: Motion was made by Justin Taylor, 2nd by
Donald Turcotte to approve the Supervisor report as presented.
Motion carried. Rose abstained.
Bills:
Motion was made by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Donald
Turcotte, to approve abstract #1 of 2006, voucher #1 thru #96
and totaling $222,023.44. Motion carried.
Rate
schedule: Supervisor Cantwell indicated he had
distributed to the Board and Dept. Heads this years listing of
names, rates of pay and titles of salaried and hourly employed
by the Town for the 2006 season.
Insurance:
Supervisor Cantwell indicated he had a call from Audie Cerow
concerning changing insurance companies. Mr. Cerow indicated
the Town should see a drop of about 9% in future premiums.
Newsletter: Supervisor distributed a “draft” copy of the
next issue of Newsletter to the Board members
Highway:
Supt. Boulton
discussed:
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Sand Shed Grant:
Recipients will be notified this week of grants. He indicated
that another round will be due in March 2006.
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Signage: The general
traveling public needs to be aware that the Amish are living and
traveling in the area. As reported by Co. Leg. Docteur, the
county is working on signage and the State DOT will also be
doing some signage in the area.
- The Amish are a great
asset to this area.
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Another 28 families are due to come in the immediate future.
- He has
visited with the Amish at Zang Road and has given them a map of
the township.
- The County
will also give layouts of routes best to travel.
- The County
did signage on Co. Rtes. 11 & 12 today.
- Frink Project:
Had thought they had closed out working there for the year,
however, the weather is conducive for added time at the project
and the Municipal forces will tomorrow AM start on demolition of
concrete slabs.
- Snow Plowing:
Weather wise plowing is not needed. We’re saving dollars in
that part of the budget at this time.
- Machinery
Maintenance: Weather is allowing for some early maintenance
on machinery for spring work. If time and weather allows Mr.
Boulton would like to paint the man lift for next years use.
Town
Council Reports:
George Kittle
– Absent
Justin Taylor
discussed:
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Consolidation:
Village as lead submitted today the Shared Services Grant
Application. He indicated that this grant closely matches what
we’re looking to do.
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Conceptual drawings:
The grant indicates that building drawings for the Town &
Village could be met in one (1) area. Looking to utilize the up
& down stairs area at the Village Municipal building where the
Fire Dept. formerly used. Indications are costs of a new
building at a new location would be at least 1½ times more
money.
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GIS: We should be
hearing about the grant in the May/June timeframe.
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Purchasing: Looking
at the bills, he believes we should look at having just one (1)
cell phone account and reduce the minute time. Currently we are
many accounts and no one even approaches the allotted minutes.
This is something to look at and possibly save some money.
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Opera House: News
article noted the Supervisors involvement. Councilman Taylor
thought that TIPAF would be doing the renovations. Supervisor
Cantwell stated that upon discussion with our Attorney, it is
required to have the Town do the bid plans & specs and the
bidding of the project. The Attorney states that the Town
owning the building needs to be the lead. Four (4) grants have
been submitted in the towns name and therefore needs to have
administration oversight by the Town.
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Board needs to be updated at
least one (1) time per month on the Depauville Water Project.
Donald
Turcotte discussed:
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Both Sewer Districts up &
running well.
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Had discussion with Keith
Wood on possible landfill work this spring.
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Had a question concerning a
neighbor’s encroachment at the transfer site and where we are in
the process. Bob Boulton indicated that when complete, the Town
will need to fence or place a barrier so as not to have happen
again.
Bonnie Rose
discussed:
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Paynter Senior Center:
Haven’t been there yet, but have talked with Vivian Black about
going with her and introducing Bonnie. Bonnie will have a
report next meeting.
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Hawn Library: Speaks with
Alice Barton daily. Mrs. Barton has a program for children
which Bonnie participate with last year, which concerned
fishing. Now working on horses and ponies for a program.
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Highway: Stopped in today
and was given a tour. She complimented the dept. on their
cleanliness of the facility. As they are not plowing snow she
inquired what they’re spending their time on and was told that
sand barrels had been placed today and some crews are working on
vehicle maintenance.
Workshop
Meeting: 2005 Rec. Park audit
2005 sign audit
2005 bag audit
2005 Zoning Officer’s report
2005 Town Clerk’s report
Annual Meeting Minutes
Cliff Schneider will be
speaking to the Board at the 2/8/06 meeting
Motion
was made by Bonnie Rose, 2nd by Donald Turcotte, to
adjourn this regular meeting at 6:03 PM. Motion carried.
