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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972_02_16 Town Board Regular Minutes MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK, HELD FEBRUARY 16th, 1972, IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OF THE WEAVER STREET FIREHOUSE, WEAVER STREET, TOWN OF MAMARONECK. CALL TO ORDER The Supervisor called the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Supervisor Helwig Councilman Faiola Councilman Vandernoot Councilman Bloom Councilman White Absent: None Also Present: Mr. Gronberg - Town Clerk Mrs. Brewer - Deputy Clerk Mr. Johnston - Town Attorney Mr. Aitchison - Highway Superintendent APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the regular meeting of February 2nd, 1972 were presented and on motion duly made and seconded, approved as submitted. THE SUPERVISOR With the Board's consent, the Supervisor stated that the first item under Communications, Mr. Mosher's letter formalizing his request at the last meeting, would be entertained at this time. She then recognized Mr. Gus Gants of the Babe Ruth League who spoke at some length of the League's expansion plans particularly emphasizing the urgent need for the Town to provide a ball field since none was available in Rye, Larchmont, or Mamaroneck, and since without a field the League could not conduct its proposed expansion program this year. The Supervisor advised Mr. Gants that while she was certain the Board was sympathetic to the request, she believed the proper place to present it was to the Recreation Commission. Mr. Gants, however, then advised the Board that he had already spoken to a member of that Commission who had seemed to be other than receptive or enthusiastic primarily because of the failure of the Connie Mack League which he -- I - q emphasized was entirely unrelated to the matter at hand. Mr. Mosher then addressed the Board again speaking to the urgency of the need for this field as set forth in his letter written in compliance with the Board's direction and herewith presented, whereupon Councilman Faiola in accord with the Supervisor, suggested that a meeting be arranged prior to the Commission's next meeting on March 9th with the members of both the Commission and this Board in an all out endeavor to find some solution to this problem which was agreeable to all concerned. NEW BUSINESS 1. Salary Authorizations a) Recreation Pursuant to memoranda of the Superintendent of Recreation under dates of February 14th and 16th, 1972 herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Councilman Faiola, seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that as recommended by the Recre- ation Commission, this Board hereby author- izes that the following Recreation personnel be engaged and compensated as set forth below: Date Name Title Effective Salary Edward Clark Rec. Assist. 1/5/72 $5.00 per session Michael Ghiapparelli if „ „ „ n „ Peter Cole „ „ if n n Thomas Stuhlmiller „ If if Richard Crai 2,00 ” hour John Perri Rec. Attend. 2/5/72 1/5/72 24.00 " session David Vaughn n 5.00 of Jon DeMartin Rec. Assist. „ William Landau if v Martin Nolletti n If 2,00 " hour Douglas Greene Life Guard 2/1/72 b) Police Patrolman Pursuant to memorandum addressed to the Supervisor by Chief Staropoli under date of January 27th, 1972 herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Councilman Bloom, seconded by Councilman White, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby approves the appointment of Gregory Carden of 140-11 Elgar Place, Bronx, New York as a Patrolman in the Town of Mamaroneck Police Department, effective February 24th, 1972, and to be compensated at the rate of $9,673. per annum beginning on that date. - 2 - 2. Authorization Emergency Overtime - Fire Pursuant to memorandum of the Fire Chief under date of February 8th, 1972, herewith presented and ordered received and filed for the record, on motion by Coun- cilman Vandernoot, seconded by Councilman White, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that as approved by the Fire Chief, this Board hereby authorizes payment of Emergency Overtime Compensation to the following Firemen of the Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department for the number of hours set forth for each covering the period from December 7th, 1971 to February 2nd, 1972: Hours Name 1971 1972 Lt. L. Testa 6 0 Fireman N. Soriano 9 0 C. Mirande 16 0 Lt. J. Garofalo 20 0 Fireman F. Carpino 4 0 J. Laverty 2 0 Lt. S. Garofalo 5 2 Fireman N. Wilson 6 0 K. Valle 14 10 " H. Newman 2 4 R. Baron 4 2 " B. Callahan 0 20 Total 88 38 Grand Total 126 hours 3. Authorization - 1972 Mandatory Increments for: a) Police Pursuant to memorandum of the Comptroller under date of February 14th, 1972, herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Councilman Faiola, seconded by Coun- cilman Bloom, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby authorizes the following mandatory salary increments to the fol- lowing Police Patrolmen in accordance with the 1972 Compensation Plan of the Town of Mamaroneck: Comp. Revised Comp. Revised Effect- Amount 1/1/72 Compen- 7/1/72 Compen- ive Date of Inc. 6/30/72 sation 12/31/72 sation Joel Greenstein 3/9/72 $303. $10,582. $10,885. $ $ John Anderson 4/6/72 303. 10,582. 10,885. 10,782. 11,085. Robert Hutcheon 11/2/72 303. 10,782. 11,085. Carmine Catapano 12/14/72 303. Peter Gerardi 8/10/72 303. 10,479. 10,782. Louis Mosiello 12/14/72 303. 10,479. 10,782. Robert F. Knox 7/13/72 303. 10,176. 10,479. Joseph Passafume 10/19/72 303. 10,176. 10,479. Michael Nardelli 10/19/72 303. 10,176. 10,479. Paul Munch 4/20/72 303. 9,673. 9,976. John Thompson 6/15/72 303. 9,673. 9,976. Anthony Gerace 1/1/73 303. 10,279. -- - 3 b) Fire Pursuant to memorandum of the Comptroller under date of February 14th, 1972, herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Councilman Bloom, seconded by Councilman White, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby author- izes the following mandatory salary in- crements to the following Firemen in accord- -- ance with the 1972 Compensation Plan of the Town of Mamaroneck: Effective Amount Present Revised Name Date of Inc. Compensation Compensation Henri Newman 6/29/72 $303. $10,682. $10,985. Raymond C. Baron 5/18/72 303. 10,379. 1 10 0 682 .379. Mark Rappaport 1/27/72 303. 10,076. 10,379. Bernard Callahan 1/27/72 303. 4. Authorization to Advertise for Bids for Street Lighting Equipment Pursuant to a memorandum addressed to the Board by the Senior Engineering Aide, dated February 4th, 1972, herewith presented and ordered received and filed for the record, on motion by Councilman Faiola, seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that in accordance with law, the Town Clerk be and he hereby is authorized to publish in the official newspaper of the Town of Mamaroneck, "The Daily Times", a Notice for Bids, to be returnable March lst, 1972, and opened and read aloud at a regular meeting of this Board at 8:15 p.m. on that date, for street lighting equipment, in accordance with the specifications set forth in the Notice, provided that the said speci- fications have been approved by the Town Attorney prior to the publication of the aforesaid Notice for Bids. 5. Requests for Use of Election Equipment Mamaroneck and Larchmont Villages Pursuant to requests of the Villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck for the use of voting machines for the Annual Village Elections and Registrations, herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Councilman Vandernoot, seconded by Councilman White, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the requests of the Villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck for the use of voting equipment for registration and election - purposes in each Village be and they hereby are granted. 4 - 6. Authorization to Sign I.A.F.F. and C.S.E. A. Contracts The Supervisor referred this item to Councilman Vander- noot who after stating that he was very happy to report that the Town of Mamaroneck Paid Firemen's Association, Local 898, International Association of Fire Fighters and the Civil Service Employees Association contracts were ready to be signed, therefor requested that the Supervisor be so authorized on behalf of the Town. Whereupon on his motion, seconded by Councilman Faiola, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and she hereby is authorized to sign on behalf of the Town of Mamaroneck, the contract for the year 1972 between the Town of Mamaroneck and the Town of Mamaroneck Paid Firemen's Association, Local 898, International Associ- ation of Fire Fighters. And thereupon also on his motion, seconded by Council- man Faiola, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and she hereby is authorized to sign on behalf of the Town of Mamaroneck, the contract for the year 1972 between the Town of Mamaroneck and the Town of Mamaroneck Unit, Westchester Chapter, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. Councilman Bloom commended the fine work of all concerned on both sides and the Supervisor echoed his comments particularly thanking Councilman Vandernoot for his efforts on behalf of the Board in "shepherding" these Agreements through. Mr. Vandernoot thanked the Supervisor stating that he found it most gratifying that "we are all still friends" and Mr. James Laverty, President of the I.A.F.F. , thanked all of the Council, and most particularly Councilman Vandernoot for their time and efforts. Further he said that he would like to say as a resident and Paid Fireman of the Town that a community such as ours deserved the best and that that was, he felt, what it now had. 7. Appointments to Zoning Board of Appeals a) Reappointment of E. Robert Wassman Councilman Bloom after calling to the Board's attention that Mr. Wassman's term as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals would expire on February 19th and remarking on his splendid service to the community as a member of this Board from his appointment thereto in 1963, recommended that he be reappointed, which he thereupon so moved. Councilman Faiola stated that it was with great pleasure that he echoed Councilman Bloom's sentiments and seconded - 5 - this motion, whereupon the following resolution was unanimously adopted with the Board's thanks and ap- preciation of Mr. Wassman's past service and his will- ingness to continue in this post: RESOLVED, that this Board hereby reappoints Mr. E. Robert Wassman of 15 Campbell Lane, a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, to serve for a five-year term of office, effect- ive immediately and terminating on February 19th, 1977; and be it further RESOLVED, that Mr. Wassman be so advised. b) Appointment of Egbert Hardesty Councilman Bloom also called to the Board's attention that Price Topping's resignation tendered because of his moving from the community had created a vacancy on this Board, and after stating that he knew all of the members of this Board regretted losing Price who had served the community in so many ways for so long, he recommended that Egbert Hardesty, whom he had known for many years and who was so aptly and particularly fitted to serve in this post be appointed to fill the vacancy, which he thereupon so moved after briefly reviewing Mr. Hardesty's background and experience. Whereupon the following resolution was unanimously adopted following Councilman White's seconding of the motion with the remark that he too knew Mr. Hardesty well and was indeed proud to second not only the motion but all of Councilman Bloom's comments as well: RESOLVED, that this Board hereby appoints Egbert R. Hardesty of Chatsworth Gardens Apartments, a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, said appointment to be effective immediately and to fill the unexpired portion of the term of office of Price Topping, or until February 19th, 1973; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Supervisor so notify Mr. Hardesty, cordially welcoming him to the "Town Family". COMMUNICATIONS 1. Previously covered. 2. Notice of Temporary Consent Beechmont Bus Service, Inc. Upon presentation, and following the Attorney's explanation that since all such matters were now before the County Depart- ment of Transit, upon the expiration of the aforesaid company's temporary permit on January 30th, 1972, the State,since it had received no word from the County, had extended the temporary permit until July 28th, 1972. Mr. Johnston, in reply to question, further advised the Board that it had the right to consult with the County about routes, 6 stops, pick-up and discharges, time schedules, etc. if it so desired, whereupon it was unanimously directed that this Notice be forwarded to the Traffic Commission for its consider- ation and report to this Board. THE SUPERVISOR Mrs. Helwig inquired at this time whether anyone present wished to bring any matter to the Board's attention whereupon Dr. Mason of 482 Weaver Street asked the Supervisor about an inspection of the flood area by the Army Corps of Engineers about which he had spoken with her on the phone. Mrs. Helwig stated that a very timely address on this subject had been presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Towns in New York by a Mr. Rich of the Department of Environmental Control, whom she had called and through whose good offices a meeting had been arranged for 11 a.m. , February 24th, in her office to determine whether a previous study of the Sheldrake River in Mamaroneck Village which had been made by the Engineering Corps should be continued up from the Gardens Lake and even up into New Rochelle. The meeting would be attended, she continued, by a Mr. Kelly from Mr. Rich's staff, a member of the Engin- eering Corps, Mr.Kellogg, Mr. Bufi and Mr. Aitchison and she hoped by Dr. Mason himself, or if that was not possible, by someone he would designate to represent him. Dr. Mason thanked the Supervisor and stated that he would be able to attend this meeting himself. -- REPORTS The Town Clerk -- The Clerk presented the following reports which were ordered received and filed: Report of the Westchester Shore Humane Society for the month of January 1972. Report of the Municipal Dog Patrol for the month of January 1972. The Supervisor -- 1. Increase in County Tax Rate The Supervisor called to attention the increase in the County tax which totaled $4,076,223.74. $4.40 of the increase on the tax bills residents will receive - April 1st is the increase in the County tax, consequently she recommended to the Board that an explanation be printed and distributed with the tax bills. Following some further discussion particularly of the problem of reaching all residents due to some one-third of the tax bills going to the banks, the Board unanimously 7 - approving the Supervisor's request, directed her to proceed with having such notices printed. 2. Change of Date - First Meeting in April Following the Supervisor's explanation that the regular meeting of April 5th fell during the observance of a religious holiday, in accordance with her request that the meeting be changed from Wednesday the 5th to Thurs- day the 6th, on motion by Councilman Faiola, seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby author- izes that the date for the first meeting in April be changed from Wednesday, April 5th to Thursday, April 6th, 1972. The Councilmen -- Mr. Vandernoot -- 1. progress Report on Tri-municipal Consolidation Study Mr. Vandernoot reported that the meeting of the Tri- municipal Consolidation Study Committee on Saturday morning had been attended by all of the Committee members except Mr. Gruse. He stated that reports had _ been presented by some departments but not by all and that he felt that certainly the Committee was progress- ing with its work. The next meeting, he said, would -_- be on Saturday, March 4th with the Committee meeting with the Public Works Departments of Larchmont Village and the Town. The Town Attorney -- 1. Amendment of Home Rule Request to Amend the Conservation Law In accordance with the resolution adopted on February 19th, 1972 requesting a Home Rule bill to amend the State Con- servation Law to prohibit the hunting of migratory birds in certain parts of Larchmont Harbor, the Attorney reported that it was now in order for the Board to authorize the amendment of a Home Rule bill known as S7828A and thereby requested such an authorization. Whereupon on a motion by Councilman Faiola, seconded by Councilman Bloom, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the Home Rule Request Bill known as S7828A which reads as follows be and it hereby is approved and authorized: AN ACT to amend the conservation law in relation to the prohibition of the use and possession of firearms in certain areas - 8 - ----- �� Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section two hundred forty-five of the conservation law, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new clause, to clause (iii), to read as follows : (iii) use a firearm or a long bow for the hunting of migratory game birds in Larchmont Harbor, specifically those portions bounded by the following points of lands : Beginning at a point known as umbrella point on the east shore of Larchmont Harbor then proceeding in a northerly direction to Cedar Island: thence northwesterly to Monroe Inlet: thence northeasterly to Delaney Cove being in the Town of Mamaroneck: thence in a southwesterly direction from Delaney Cove to Greacen Point; thence running the area between Delaney Cove and the west shore of Satans Toe northeast; thence southeast then along the west shore of Satans Toe southwest and then south to the southerly point of Satans Toe to Edgewater Point. Section 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. -- ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned at 9:00 p.m. , to reconvene on March lst, 1972. BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS The meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners was convened immediately upon the adjournment of the Town Board meeting. 1. Claims Upon presentation for authorization of payment by Com- missioner Faiola and on his motion, seconded by Commis- sioner Vandernoot, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the following Fire Depart- went claims be and they hereby are approved, and the Supervisor and Comptroller author- ized to pay the same out of the Fire Depart- - 9 - _ _ went budget: Motorola C & E, Inc. $ 25.00 R. G. Brewer, Inc. 110.36 Con Edison 158.62 Con Edison 5.00 Kamdor Plumbing & Heating Corp. 50.00 Lawrence Heat & Power Corp. 212.38 McGuire Bros. , Inc. 20.00 Motorola C & E, Inc. 25.00 Motorola C & E, Inc. 25.00 Redwood Nursery 30.95 Signacon Controls, Inc. 18.00 Signacon Controls, Inc. 302.60 $ 982.91 2. Communications a) Request for Authorization Annual Benefit Ball 1972 Pursuant to a letter addressed to the Fire Commission by Arthur Brown, Secretary, herewith presented by Com- missioner Faiola and ordered received and filed, on motion by him, seconded by Commissioner Bloom, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby grants permission to the Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department to hold its Annual Fund Raising Dance on Saturday evening, May 27th, -- 1972. 3. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the meet- ing, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned at 9:05 p.m. , to reconvene on March 1st, 1972. Town er - 10 -