The Town Board
of the Town of Clayton met in the Town Board Room with the
following present:
Robert W.
Cantwell Jr., George Kittle, Justin Taylor, Donald Turcotte,
Bonnie Rose, Bob Boulton, Kathy LaClair, Denise Trudell, Nicole
Cornaire, Bud Baril, Steve Dorr, Jude Seymour, Lena Black, Keith
Huchzermeier
Supervisor
Cantwell opened the meeting at 5:00 PM.
Town Clerk:
Minutes:
January 4,
2006, Annual – Motion made by George Kittle, 2nd
by Bonnie Rose to approve minutes as written. Motion carried.
January 11,
2006 – Motion made by Bonnie Rose, 2nd by Justin
Taylor to approve minutes as written. Motion carried.
Action on
pre-tax health premium deduction:
Motion
made by Justin Taylor, 2nd by George Kittle to
approve pre-tax deduction of health care premium on gross
wages. Motion carried.
Designation
of Records Management Officer:
Resolution
#23 of 2006 offered by Bonnie Rose, 2nd by Donald
Turcotte to designate Kathleen E. LaClair as Records Management
Officer for the Records Retention and Disposition Schedule by
the State Archives and Records Administration. Cantwell aye,
Turcotte aye, Taylor aye, Rose aye, Kittle aye. Motion carried.
Public:
Keitha
Huchzermeier approached the Board concerning the proposed
Depauville Water District. Many questions are popping up
concerning what is needed to complete the process to either move
forward or not.
Supervisor
Cantwell indicated that both parties for and against the
Depauville Waterline are very active and still canvassing for
support. On 1/23, Supervisor Cantwell spoke to Atty. Joe
Russell and he indicated that the Town of Clayton only has to
take action when 50% of both assessment tests have been
reached. This would be when 50% or more of all property
assessment and when 50% or more of only residential assessment
sign the water district petition. At that time the Town of
Clayton would have to, by law, start the District formation
process. Also on 1/24, Supervisor Cantwell met with Rob Campany
of Bernier, Carr & Associates. Rob will produce a draft fact
sheet to clarify information about the proposed water district
to correct any misunderstandings that may arise.
Planning Board
Chairman Baril indicated he had visited BOCES this afternoon to
inspect the progress of the new Public Rest Rooms being built
for Frink Park.
Introduction of New Assessor:
Supervisor
Cantwell stated that the Watertown Daily Times had an article in
the paper on the 23rd of January – Assessor begins
work for Orleans & Clayton. Also of note, there is an article
in the Talk of the Towns September/October 2005 issue concerning
additional funds now available for towns sharing an assessor and
doing a coordinating assessment.
Denise Trudell
was introduced to the Board as the new Assessor. The Assessor
position is a shared service with the Town of Orleans. Ms.
Trudell indicated she would have office hours of Monday,
Wednesday & Fridays from 7 AM to 3:30 PM here in Clayton. Ms.
Trudell also indicated that a revaluation is due in 2007;
however we have until 2008 to start it. She stated that the
“property cards” currently housed at Jefferson County, will be
housed here starting next week.
Planning
Board Appointments:
Motion
was made by Justin Taylor, 2nd by George Kittle, to
appoint Diane Clark as the Secretary to the Planning Board at
$8.75 per hour as approved by the Planning Board. Motion
carried.
Motion
was made by George Kittle, 2nd by Donald Turcotte, to
appoint Gail Richardson as the Joint Alternate to the Planning
Board as recommended by the Planning Board. Motion carried.
Depauville
Water Update:
Supervisor
Cantwell informed the Board that six (6) revocations of
signatures had been received, one of them being the C-Way
Motel/Restaurant/Golf Course. Both sides are still active in
securing signatures. Supervisor Cantwell on 1/23 had spoken
with Atty. Joseph Russell, who had indicated that 50% of both
full/residential assessments needed to be reached before the
Town is require to move forward. On 1/24, Supervisor Cantwell
spoke with Rob Campany, the Town’s Engineer, who indicated that
a draft fact sheet would be completed and after being reviewed
would be sent to those in the proposed water district.
Keitha
Huckzermeier indicated that there are a lot of unanswered
questions and that the Fact Sheet needs to go to everyone.
There are still some people in Depauville that don’t know that
there is a proposed water district.
Depauville
Sewer District:
Motion
was made by Donald Turcotte, 2nd by Justin Taylor, as
recommended by the Depauville Sewer Board, to appoint William
Udart to the Depauville Sewer Board to replace the seat that had
been held by Lonnie Darou. Motion carried.
Frink Park
Dock:
Councilman
Taylor indicated that recently an article concerning the Frink
Park Dock had been in the Watertown Daily Times. The dock
committee had met and it is likely that we won’t need to use any
of the Frink Development portion as a match. It has been
determined that the public portion of the Brabant property can
be used as part of the match. The other part might be the
potential monetary gift from the Seaway Development Authority.
Shared
Municipal Services:
Supervisor
Cantwell indicated that this office has received a copy of the
Joint Village/Town application for the 2005-2006 Shared
Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) Grant. Supervisor Cantwell
indicated his understanding was the grant would be concerning
the feasibility of co-locating, feasibility of cost & location,
feasibility of having to be in one (1) building, and feasibility
of economic development. After review of the grant that was
submitted, the Town Board has some concerns that this grant
seems to be concerning the moving into the Village Municipal
Building and not taking anything else into consideration.
Consensus of
the Board is to write a letter to clarify that this is
concerning “feasibility only” at this time.
Councilman
Taylor stated he hadn’t seen the grant before it was sent in;
however Bernier Carr & Associates had been contacted by the
Village to do a feasibility to establish a dollar figure to use
for the purposes of identifying the project only.
Joint Board
Meeting:
The Village
Clerk-Treasurer called today to set up a tentative joint meeting
for February 9th at 5 PM with both Boards and
Assemblyman Aubertine at the Village Municipal Building.
2005 Town
Clerk Report:
Motion
was made by George Kittle, 2nd by Donald Turcotte, to
approve the 2005 Town Clerk’s Report. Motion Carried. Rose
abstained. (See attached report.)
2005 Zoning
Officer Report:
Zoning Officer
LaClair submitted his report to the Board. Consensus of the
Board that this report has a lot of information and it is nice
to see the difference from the previous year. (See attached
report.)
2005
Recreation Park Report:
Motion
was made by George Kittle, 2nd by Justin Taylor, to
approve the 2005 Recreation Park Report. Motion carried.
(See attached report.)
2005
Transfer Site/Town Clerk Bag Financial Report:
Motion
was made by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Bonnie Rose, to
approve the 2005 Bag Financial Report. Motion carried. (See
attached report.)
2005 Arena
Advertising Sign Report:
Motion
was made by Donald Turcotte, 2nd by Bonnie Rose, to
approve the 2005 Sign Audit. Motion carried. (See attached
report.)
2005
Recreation Park Show/Events & Opera House Events Listing:
Also submitted
for informational purposes was the listing of the 2005 events
for Rec. Park and the Opera House.
Thousand
Islands Emergency Rescue Service Agreement:
Discussion
followed on the agreement which included reviewing the annual
operations report. This report indicates that the other areas
are relying on TIERS to service their area. While they’re out
of our area we aren’t covered. Report shows that TIERS is
outside of area about 16% of the time. Consensus of the Board
is that Supervisor Cantwell needs to be making contact with
other Supervisors to discuss this matter.
Bud Baril
stated that the Clayton/Orleans area is covered by the backup
ambulance and therefore this area is always covered.
Motion
by Justin Taylor, 2nd by Bonnie Rose, for the
Supervisor to sign the agreement with TIERS. Motion carried.
Highway
Superintendent:
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Frink Property – fair
weather has allowed the start of breaking up the concrete.
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Mine Permits have
been submitted for renewal. Once received they're good for five
(5) years. Pit #1 (Transfer Site) had a break in it’s; and
survey and hopefully will be settled soon.
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Sand Shed Grant –
Another round is coming up 3/31. We will make no changes and
resubmit our application.
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$600. Plan – A review
chart was submitted showing how the Highway and Rec. Park
employees are using this plan. (See attached.)
Clayton
Local Development Corporation:
Meeting will
be Thursday February 2, 2006 at 4:00 PM here in the Town
Offices.
Thousand
Island Performing Arts Fund:
TIPAF has
requested that the Town Board’s Grindstone Island meeting in
July be moved to the 1st meeting of the month, as
that evening they would like to use the Board Meeting Room as
TIPAF has scheduled the Syracuse Symphony.
Local
Government Conference:
LGC will be
held at Jefferson Community College on March 30, 2006. Several
people have already expressed interest in going. Those
include: Supervisor Cantwell, ZEO Henry LaClair, Kathy LaClair,
Jim Kenney and Dave Storandt.
Councilman
Taylor indicated that although he is not participating in going
to NYS Association of Towns, nor JCC, he would like to be able
to attend a GIS Conference in October.
Bartlett
Point Sewer:
Councilman
Taylor inquired about the Bartlett Point Sewer project. He
questioned how the lines would run. He wondered if the Town
should do a survey of the immediate area and if positive the
Town could start to move forward with a district. Supervisor
Cantwell reported he is currently working with Bernier Carr &
Associates to create a “fact sheet” and a survey document for
this proposed project.
Grindstone
Island Dock Project:
Discussion on
whether the town should start to move on this project with specs
and the bidding process. Discussion on the amount now in the
budget for this project. Discussion on 8’ to 10’ wide and curb
dock style. The weather is now conducive to starting the
project. A listing of the local dock builders needs to be
complied, send a letter and let them come back with their ideas.
A subcommittee
of Supervisor Cantwell, Superintendent Boulton, Don Turcotte and
Steve Dorr was formed to investigate the project.
Fire
Station – Graves Street:
Councilman
Taylor indicated that the Fireman would be moving into their new
station about March 1st. He indicated that Rec. Park
has two (2) mini floor cleaners. His question is it possible
for the Fire Dept. to pay for the repair (approx $675.00) of one
of those cleaners and occasionally use it at the new Fire
Station. Councilman Taylor was referred to Keith Wood to come
to an agreement.
Paynter
Center:
Councilman
Rose indicated that she had lunch at the Paynter Center with
Vivian Black yesterday. The Paynter Senior Center Board meets
on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
Motion
by Bonnie Rose, 2nd by George Kittle, to adjourn this
Workshop Meeting at 6:25 PM. Motion carried.
