Amended
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, Bob Boulton, Bonnie Rose
(Absent)Kathy LaClair, Jim Yuhas, Nicole Cornaire, Jack Stopper,
Sharie Derrickson, Keith Wood, Steve Dorr, Mike Docteur
Supervisor Cantwell opened the regular
meeting at 5:00 PM.
Town Clerk:
Correspondence:
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Judge James monthly report. (See attached report.)
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Judge Giles monthly report. (See attached report.)
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Letter from Kyle Barton, Chairman, Clayton Youth
Commission looking for additional funding for 2007 & additional
resources for planned activities and projects for their 2006
year. (See attached.)
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Town of Clayton Fire District Agenda and Annual Meeting
Minutes of February 8, 2006. (See attached.)
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Quarterly Justice Statement from Office of State
Comptroller for the period ending 12/31/05. (See attached.)
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Letter from Clayton Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. dated
2/26/06 requesting passage of 466-F of the Real Property Tax
Law, which provides Volunteer Firefighters & Emergency Medical
Service property exemption. (See attached.)
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Letter from Clayton Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc dated
2/26/06 stating their relocation to Graves Street and also
expressing interest in our former Gateway Server. (See
attached.)
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Letter from Village of Clayton concerning letter of
2/3/06 SMSI Grant Application. (See attached.)
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Letter from Time Warner Cable notifying customers of
changes to some components of their service effective April 1st
detailing new rates. (See attached.)
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Letter from NYS DOT who has completed work on a draft
Long Range Statewide Transportation Master Plan and is
anticipating the distribution of a draft for public review &
comment. (See attached.)
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Letter for NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic
Preservation concerning Fairview Manor which is being considered
by the State Review Board for nomination to the National & State
Registers of Historic Places. (See attached.)
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Letter from Rose Reff, President of the Paynter Senior
Board requesting an increase in their budget allotment from the
current $5,000. to $7,500 for the 2006 fiscal year. (See
attached.)
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Letter from NYS Office of Reap Property Services stating
our Residential Assessment Ration is @ 69.04, calculated by 68
sales of property in a time frame of 7/1/04 – 6/30/05. (See
attached.)
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Thousand Islands Emergency Service, Inc quarterly report
October to December 2005 & 2005 Year End Report. (See
attached.)
Points of Interest:
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Business with a Twist next meeting will be Thursday,
March 16th @ Shear Expressions.
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Discussions with Rose Reff @ the Paynter Senior Center
for holding Town Board, Planning Board & ZBA meetings at the
center from 10/2006 – 6/2007 while this building is under
construction.
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HMAC is also interested in holding their pottery classes
at the Paynter Center while their pottery building is being
rebuilt.
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Preliminary discussion about hiring a part-time person to
assist the ZEO, so field work can be completed.
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Reminder that the Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece bill has
some items that are Frink related and they will be paid for by
the Frink Capital Fund.
Minutes:
February 8, 2006 – Motion made by
George Kittle, 2nd by Donald Turcotte, to approve
these minutes as written. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Joint Planning/ZBA Clerk rate
adjustment:
Discussion that this clerk is not an
employee but a contractor being paid as a voucher.
Motion by Justin Taylor, 2nd
by George Kittle to pay Diane Clark $10.75 per hour retro to
January 1st of this year. Motion Carried, Bonnie
Rose – absent.
Legislator Mike Docteur:
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Talked with Supervisor Cantwell, Peter Colello & Don
Alexander today concerning Frontenac Crystal Springs
possible leaving Clayton. Would like to schedule a meeting next
month with all interested parties. It’s possible that there are
more moneys available now to aid with three phase power.
Looking to invite Sen. Wright to the discussion as well.
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Talked with Brian Wohnsiedler of Jefferson County Soil &
Water Conservation concerning the Salt barn grant. He
indicated the process is still moving forward and he will also
contact Sen.Wright concerning this project.
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Hoping that the Small Business Administration will have
funding available due to windstorm damages.
Jack Stopper – Local Development
Corporation:
The Local Development Corporation had one
remaining spot to fill on their board and Jack brought forth the
name of Phil Randazzo.
Motion was made by George Kittle, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to appoint Phil Randazzo to the Clayton
Local Development Board. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Supervisor Cantwell inquired if Jack would
be available to attend the Local Government Conference on March
30th to do presentation of Opera House and Frink
Project. Mr. Stopper will get back to us tomorrow after
checking his schedule.
Supervisor Report:
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Justin Taylor, to approve the Supervisor report as
presented. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Bills:
Motion by Justin Taylor, 2nd
by George Kittle, to approve paying Abstract #3, in the amount
of $199,554. 20. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Heritage Heights Sewer:
Supervisor Cantwell indicated he had
received a new Memorandum of Understanding from the Village of
Clayton for the Heritage Heights Sewer which used a rate that is
16% higher than the previous year.
Supervisor Cantwell stated he had called
Association of Towns and they indicated that if no Memorandum of
Understanding had been presented and signed by January 1, 2006
concerning an increase then the 2005 Memorandum of Understanding
is still in place. Supervisor Cantwell is looking for a new
bill reflecting the same rate as last year per unit and
sufficient notice of an increase for 2007, if that is the desire
of the Village.
Recreation Park Truck Bid:
Rec. Park Manager Keith Wood indicated to
the Board he would like to get rid of his 1998 ¾ ton pickup,
while it still has value to re-coup. He is looking for a ¾ ton,
4 X 4 with plow and reliable. State contract right now has
something listed at about $20,000. He would like to put out to
bid the current truck and bid for a new truck to compare with
state contract. He is looking for a couple options not on the
state contract. He is looking to bid both now as opposed to
waiting because his current is in working order.
Motion by Justin Taylor, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to put up for bid, with a $4,000 minimum
bid, as is/where is, the 1998 ¾ ton pickup, returnable on 3/22
and that we retain the right to reject any or all bids. Motion
carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to go out to bid for a new 2006 ¾ ton with
plow option. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Grindstone Island Dock:
Supervisor Cantwell indicated to the Board
that an advertisement is in today’s TI Sun looking for bids on
an 8’ by 80’ dock.
Discussion followed concerning if a
contractor is required to pay prevailing wage scale. It was
indicated that if the dock was built off site the answer to that
would be no. The successful bidder will also need to contact
Larry Gunn at DEC to start paperwork to replace an existing
dock.
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to bid G. I. Island Dock replacement.
Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Volunteer Firefighter & EMS Exemption:
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to set a Public Hearing for March 22, 2006
at 6:00 PM. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Server:
Motion by George Kittle, 2nd
by Don Turcotte, to transfer our old computer server to the
Clayton Fire District. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
(Taylor abstained.)
Assessor Contract:
Supervisor Cantwell indicated that Atty.
Joe Russell has reviewed a draft contract from the Town of
Orleans for Assessor for 50 weeks at a total of $71,858.92,
which the Town of Clayton would pay 60%, equating to $43,115.35
which includes wages & benefits.
Supervisor Cantwell stated that he had
discussed with the Town of Orleans that the annual contract be
available to both boards by 10/15/06 for consideration in
preparation of the 2007 budgets.
Motion was made by Donald Turcotte,
2nd by Justin Taylor for the Supervisor to sign the
agreement after review of Atty. Russell and receiving the final
copy. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Website:
Supervisor Cantwell reported that as of
today everything is near accurate and up to date on our site.
Also the CLDC had indicated that they would like to see before
and after pictures of the Frink Property Project and they have
been included. We still need an aerial picture to update the
“after” picture.
Opera House/Town Offices:
Supervisor Cantwell gave a report to the
Board. (See attached.)
Discussion by Councilman Taylor indicated
that this report should not be considered as a foregone
conclusion in connection with the Town personnel returning to
newly renovated offices at this location. He indicated that he
has worked for 18 months and that we still need to continue an
evaluation on co-locating with the Village.
Supervisor Cantwell stated that we’re
already co-locating with the Village at this building at about
80% and the only portion not co-located is the Village Clerk’s
Office.
Discussion continued, considering options
where the Town Board, Joint Planning Board and Zoning Board of
Appeals might meet during construction of this building.
Supervisor Cantwell indicted that Rose Reff had offered the use
the Paynter Senior Center. This might be a way of doing a
special project for the Paynter Center and gaining them
substantial exposure.
Further discussion was tabled at this time
for Board members to evaluate future plans.
Highway Superintendent:
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Equipment Show will be 5/10, with training held 5/10 &
5/11. Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis and Oswego Counties are
participating this year.
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Local Training on Mine pit operations was held on 2/28 at
O’Brien’s Restaurant. Two employees attended.
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County training for excavator and grade-all training will
be held tomorrow.
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County training for dozer will be held next Monday. We
will be sending a couple of our employees to each training
seminar.
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Waste permits should be arriving from Albany for our
trucks this week. Denny Lane has also sent to Albany for two
permits for two of his trucks as well. We will be utilizing
these trucks to haul from the Frink Property.
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Looking at in the future a plasma cutter for cutting
thick steel.
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Mark Meeks had a Dr’s appt. today. We will know tomorrow
when he can come back to work.
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Bill Solar also off, had knee surgery. He goes back to
the Dr’s 3/15.
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Have dispensed with the night shift at present time.
Might need a full time person soon to replace personnel
leaving. Supt. Boulton indicated that it might be difficult to
get thru the summer with the present staff.
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Needs to replace the service truck, should go to bid
now. The state contract doesn’t have a dual axel truck at this
time. Looking to bid for a 2006, 1 ton with utility box.
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Our Army trucks were used a total of 10 to 12 hours last
year. The costs of maintenance, insurance, etc being paid out,
might put them up for sale.
Motion made by Justin Taylor, 2nd
by George Kittle, to dispose of two 1964 Army trucks, either
through public bid or municipal sale. Motion carried, Bonnie
Rose – absent.
Motion made by Justin Taylor, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to bid for a 2006, 1 ton service truck with
utility box. Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
Committee Reports:
George Kittle:
- Surprised to hear of possible move of Frontenac
Crystal Springs. He feels we should do whatever we can legally
to aid them in staying in Clayton.
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Youth Commission, nothing new. The letter received from
them expressing an increase of budget was sparked due to Village
working on their budget at this time.
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Resolutions passed at Association of Towns: all passed.
Some of interest included: Towns allowed setting speed limits;
ATV allowed to use town roads; Municipal deposits- to allow
credit unions to accept municipal funds.
Justin Taylor:
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Time Warner agreement we should be cautious about next
time. There are other alternatives available now.
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Centrex Phone System agreement: Should also be cautious
about signing that agreement; Centrex is big on five year
contracts; we should look at month-to-month.
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Town of Jay was picked up by the Comptrollers Office as
the Town failed to audit vacation and sick time accruals. We
need to make sure we review ours. Supervisor Cantwell informed
the Board that sick time, vacation, personal time are audited
every month.
Donald Turcotte:
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Heritage Heights Sewer: A mop head got through the
system to the pump, which resulted in a bill for $104.00.
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Depauville Community Center: The heating bill is higher
than this building. Need to look at putting in a programmable
thermostat.
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Landfill: Looking at getting rid of the rest of the
tires soon.
Motion made by George Kittle, 2nd
by Donald Turcotte, to adjourn this regular meeting at 7:10 PM.
Motion carried, Bonnie Rose – absent.
