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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN
OF MAMARONECK, HELD MARCH 15th, 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 White
Absent: Councilman Bloom
Also Present: Mr. Gronberg - Town Clerk
Mrs. Brewer - Deputy Clerk
Mr. Aitchison - Highway Superintendent
Mr. Altieri - Comptroller
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the regular meeting of March 1st, 1972 were
presented and on motion duly made and seconded, approved
as submitted.
OLD BUSINESS
1. Report on Bids for Electrical Supplies
Pursuant to a memorandum addressed to the Board by the Senior
Engineering Aide under today's date, herewith presented and
ordered received and filed as part of the record of this
meeting, on motion by Councilman Faiola, seconded by Council-
man White, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that this Board hereby accepts the
bid of the low bidder, to-wit that of General
Electric Supply Company, for furnishing to
the Town of Mamaroneck Electrical Equipment
in accordance with the specifications set forth
-- in the Notice for Bids.
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2. Report on Informal Bid Opening
for Rock Removal Old White Plains Road
For informational purposes a memorandum addressed to the
Board by the Senior Engineering Aide under date of March 8th
reciting the bids for shoulder improvement on Old White
Plains Road opened in the Supervisor's office on March 3rd,
and award of the contract to the low bidder, to-with that
of J. Bilotta Construction Company, was herewith presented
-- and ordered received and filed for the record.
3. Report on Cleaning of Drainage Pipes
For informational purposes a letter addressed to the
Robinson Pipe Cleaning Company by the Senior Engineering
Aide under date of March 8th advising acceptance of that
Company's bid for cleaning sewer and storm lines in the
amount of $2,470, as specified therein, was herewith
presented and ordered received and filed.
The Supervisor recalled to the Board that this was the
emergency work which the television inspection had revealed
as being necessary to relieve flooding conditions.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Authorization for Collection of
State, County, Town & Special District Taxes
At the Tax Receiver's request for authorization to collect
the 1972 State, County, Town and Special District taxes
and publish and post the necessary Notice therefor, on
motion by Councilman White, seconded by Councilman Vandernoot,
it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that this Board hereby authorizes
the Receiver of Taxes of the Town of Mamaro-
neck to collect the 1972 State, County, Town
and Special District taxes and the water
rents which become a lien on January 1st, 1972;
and be it further
RESOLVED, that in accordance with the provisions
of Section 550 of the Westchester County Admini-
strative Code, "The Daily Times", the official
newspaper published in the Village and Town of
Mamaroneck, be and it hereby is designated as
the newspaper in which the Receiver of Taxes
and Assessments shall publish the "Notice of
the Collection of State, County, Town and
Special District taxes and Water rents";
and be it further
_ RESOLVED, that in accordance with the provisions
of Section 550 of the Westchester County Admini-
strative Code, the Town Board does hereby direct
the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments to mail
to each taxpayer of the Town of Mamaroneck,
whose address is known to said Receiver of Taxes
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and Assessments, a tax bill for all taxes
and water rents, the expense thereof to be
a Town charge.
2. Appointment of Board of Review
The Supervisor after briefly reviewing the new Assess-
---- ment Law reminded the Board that it was time for the
appointment of the 1972 Board of Review and advised
that, in accordance with the new Law, the appointments
this year would be made for terms of office of three
years, two years and one year, with the successor to
each of these terms then appointed to a five-year
term of office.
She further stated that it was with great pleasure that
she advised the Board that William G. Massey, William
H. Johnson and William N. Steinam were all willing to
again serve and thereby recommended that Mr. Massey
be appointed for three years, Mr. Johnson for two
years and Mr. Steinam for one year which Councilman
Vandernoot, after remarking on the excellence of this
Board's service last year, moved. Councilman Faiola
seconded this motion and thereupon the following reso-
lution was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to Title I, Section 1520
of the new Assessment Improvement Law effective
October lst, 1971, Messrs. William G. Massey, Jr.
of the Unincorporated Area, William H. Johnson
of the Village of Mamaroneck and William N.
Steinam of the Village of Larchmont, resident
- taxpayers of the Town of Mamaroneck, be and
they hereby are appointed members of the
Board of Review for the year 1972, to sit at
the Town Office on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday, June 20th, 21st, 22nd and
23rd, 1972, from 10 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon
and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. daily, each to be
compensated at the rate of $75.00 per day but -
not to exceed the total sum of $300.00, and
to serve on this Board for a term of office
in accordance with the new Law as specified here-
below:
William G. Massey, Jr.
290 Weaver Street, Larchmont - 3 years
William H. Johnson
225 Maple Street, Mamaroneck - 2 years
William N. Steinam
19 Locust Avenue, Larchmont - 1 year
3. Report on Purchase of
Town Road Materials for 1972-73
For informational purposes the report of the Superintend-
ent of Highways on the opening of bids for materials to
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be used on Town roads for the period of March 4th,
1972 through March 5th, 1973 and award of contracttherefor
was herewith presented and ordered received and filed.
4. Authorization for Payment of
Police Emergency Overtime
Pursuant to memorandum of the Police commission under
date of February 24th, 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 as approved by the Board
of Police Commissioners, this Board
hereby authorizes payment of Emergency
Overtime Compensation to the following
officers of the Town of Mamaroneck
Police Department for the number of
hours set forth for each covering the
period from February 11th to February 24th,
1972:
Name Hours Min.
Sgt. Diamond 4
" Loveley 6
" O'Rorke 6
Det. Mulcahy 4 30
Ptl. Coy 2 30
" Giacomo 2 30
" Garrison 8
" Hutcheon 5 30
" Knox 6 30
Passafume 8 30
" Vitro 2
Total 56
Pursuant to the Board's request, the Comptroller orally
reported that the total sum paid for emergency overtime
December 1971 to February 10, 1972 was $1,571.72.
5. Authorization to Advertise for
Bids for Supervisor's Car
Pursuant to the Supervisor's request, on motion by
Councilman Faiola, seconded by Councilman White, it
was unanimously
RESOLVED, that in accordance with law, this
Board hereby authorizes the Town Clerk to
publish in the official newspaper of the
Town of Mamaroneck, "The Daily Times", a
Notice for Bids for a new 1972 passenger car,
said bids to be returnable April 6th, 1972,
to be opened and read aloud at a regular
— meeting of this Board at 8:15 p.m. , in the
Council Room or Auditorium of the Weaver
Street Firehouse, Town of Mamaroneck, and to
be in accordance with the specifications set
forth in the said Notice.
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6. Authorization for Temporary Engagement
of Professional Accountant's Services
Pursuant to the Comptroller's request and memorandum
as herewith presented and ordered received and filed,
on motion by Councilman Vandernoot, seconded by Council-
man White, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that this Board hereby authorizes
the engagement of the professional services
of Mr. Barney Meckler of Glick-Freedman and
Meckler at a sum not to exceed the amount
of $750, to assist the Comptroller in the
preparation of the 1971 Annual Report of the
Supervisor.
7. Application - Recreation Project Funds
Pursuant to the request of the Recreation Commission
and Superintendent, on motion by Councilman Faiola,
seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that this Board hereby authorizes
the Supervisor to execute the Recreation
Project Application to the New York State
Youth Commission requesting State Aid in the
amount of $4,028.00 for the period from
June 1st, 1972 to May 31st, 1973.
COMMUNICATIONS
1. Notice of Hearing
Larchmont Zoning Board
A Notice of meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals of
the Village of Larchmont this evening which required
no action on the part of this Board was presented and
ordered received and filed.
2. Resolution of Mamaroneck Village
re Appointments to Joint Recreation
Coordinating Committee
A certified copy of a resolution adopted by the Village
of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees re appointments to the
Joint Recreation Coordinating Committee was herewith
presented and ordered received and filed.
3. Letter, The National Foundation
March of Dimes
A letter addressed to the Supervisor by the National
Foundation - March of Dimes was herewith presented
and ordered received and filed.
Pursuant thereto, on motion by Councilman Faiola,
seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, it was unanimously
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RESOLVED, that this Board hereby grants
permission to the National Foundation -
March of Dimes to conduct a Walkathon on
Sunday, April 16th, Earth Day;
- and be it further
RESOLVED, that Mr. Donald W. Groeger,
Executive Director of the National
Foundation - March of Dimes, be so
notified with the Board's best wishes
for a successful march.
4. Letter, Thomas F. Keane, Jr.
re Proposed Zoning Change
The Board directed the Supervisor to refer a communica-
tion addressed to her by County Legislator Keane
regarding proposed changes in zoning for construction on
lands bordering Long Island Sound in Westchester Com-
munities to the Town Planning Board and Conservation
Advisory Committee for their attention and comments
to be duly forwarded to Mr. Keane.
REPORTS
The Town Clerk --
The Clerk presented the following reports which were
ordered received and filed:
Report of the Building and Plumbing
Inspector for the month of February 1972.
Annual Report of the Justice Court for
the year 1971.
The Supervisor --
1. Report - Action of Environmental
Control Department
re Sheldrake Flood Program
The Supervisor reported receipt of a copy of a letter
from W. Mason Lawrence, Deputy Commissioner of Environ-
mental Management, to Colonel James W. Barnett, District
Engineer of the Army Engineer Corps, under date of
March 8th, 1972 stating that that Department considered
the Sheldrake Flooding problem serious enough to warrant
further study by the Corps to determine if remedial
measures are feasible.
Dr. Mason requested two copies of the foregoing communi-
cation which the Supervisor directed the Secretary to
forward to him.
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2. Letter of Intent re Use of Garage by VAC
The Supervisor presented the proposed Letter of Intent
concerning an agreement to be worked out between the
Town and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps of the Unincorp-
orated Town and the Village of Larchmont for the use of
the garage on the premises at 1201 Palmer Avenue, copy
of which had been forwarded to each of the members of
the Board for his consideration, and requested author-
ization to execute same were this the Board's pleasure.
Mr. Adolph C. Peterka, attorney acting for the Town
Attorney in his absence, spoke to the question of the
need for sufficient insurance coverage to protect the
Town in any and all circumstances, i.e. an accident
caused by an ambulance (entering and exiting from the
driveway on to Palmer Avenue, etc.) prior to the execu-
tion of any agreement or letter of intent, stating
further that he would deem it essential to have public
liability with limits of at least $500,000/$1,000,000
and property damage of $100,000. Councilman Faiola
pointed out that at this time there could be no traffic
danger or hazard whatsoever since the Corps did not as
yet hale an ambulance--and further that only the necessary
renovation to the garage was even scheduled to begin at
present. The ensuing discussion concluded following
Mr. Faiola's advice that he had already discussed the
insurance and had been assured that it was available
as recommended this evening, whereupon he moved that
the Supervisor therefore be authorized to execute the
letter. This motion was seconded by Councilman Vander-
noot and the following resolution thereupon unanimously
adopted:
RESOLVED, that this Board hereby authorizes
the Supervisor to execute on behalf of the
Unincorporated Area of the Town of Mamaro-
neck the Letter of Intent herewith presented
between the Volunteer Ambulance Corps of the
Unincorporated Town and the Village of Larch-
mont and the Town of Mamaroneck.
The Councilmen --
Mr. Vandernoot --
1. Apportionments
Upon presentation of the following apportionments, on
motion by Councilman Vandernoot, seconded by Councilman
White, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, the Assessor has presented petitions
for the correction of the assessment roll for
certain years pursuant to the provisions of
Section 557, Article 16 of the Westchester
- County Tax Law;
and
WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Board
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finds it desirable to grant said petition
for the correction of said assessment
roll;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
-- RESOLVED, that the assessment roll of
1972-1973, taxes of 1972, which shows
property now appearing on the rolls as
follows:
Block Parcel Name Land Imp. Total
507 44 Enrico Caruso & W $11,400. $26,600.$38,000.
be corrected as follows in accordance with
the provisions of subdivision 5 of Section
557:
Block Parcel Name Land Imp. Total
507 44 Enrico Caruso & W $4,500. - $4,500.
507 54 Enrico Caruso & W 6,900. 26,600. 33,500.
and be it further
RESOLVED, that the assessment roll of 1971-
1972, taxes of 1972, which shows property now
appearing on the rolls as follows :
Block Parcel Name Land Imp. Total
960 50 Harvey Conover&W $34,500. $32,400. $66,900.
be corrected as follows in accordance with
the provisions of subdivision 5 of Section
557:
Block Parcel Name Land Imp. Total
960 50 Harvey Conover&W $16,200. $32,400. $48,600.
960 65 Edward H.Weinberg 18,300. - 18,300.
2. Request for Redesignation of
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Committee on
Family and Youth as the Youth Council
Councilman Vandernoot presented a letter addressed to the
Board by Oscar Birch, Projects Coordinator of the Larch-
mont-Mamaroneck Committee on Family and Youth under date
of March lst, 1972 requesting renewal of the resolution
which was herewith ordered received and filed, and there-
upon on his motion, seconded by Councilman Faiola, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, that the Town of Mamaroneck does
hereby establish a Youth Service Project as
authorized by Chapter 636 of the Laws of
1956, as amended, Article 19-A of the Execu-
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tive Law; and
That said Youth Council shall have the power
and it shall be its duty to:
1. Coordinate, cooperate and contact
existing services or agencies working
with and concerned with youth and their
problems, including, but not limited to:
schools, churches, employers, service
clubs and organizations, welfare depart-
ments, police, municipal boards, courts
and similar organizations;
2. Assist youth with their problems ;
3. Foster educational, vocational or
instructional programs in connection
with youth;
4. Study and analyze conditions and
statistical records and data on youth
and their problems and make recommenda-
tions related`.to the same;
5. Do all things necessary and desirable
to carry out the powers and duties herein
granted, as well as those powers and duties
set forth by the New York State Division of
Youth; and
6. File an annual report with the Town Board of
the Town of Mamaroneck.
That the Youth Council is hereby authorized to act
for the Town of Mamaroneck and apply to New York
State for any and all benefits as provided by
law; and
That the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck
reserves the right to audit all expenditures upon
which claim for reimbursement are to be based; and
That the Youth Council may adopt and amend rules
and regulations for the conduct of its own affairs;
and
That the term of office of the members of said Youth
Council shall be for a period of one (1) year; and
That this entire resolution is subject to passage
of the same resolution by the Village of Larchmont
and the Village of Mamaroneck.
Mr. White --
1. Action on Resolutions of
Association of Towns Annual
Business Meeting
Pursuant to Mr. White's request for action by the Town
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on the resolutions adopted at the 1972 Annual Business
Meeting of the Association of Towns in New York City,
on his motion, seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, the
following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of
the members of the Board being present, Councilman
Bloom being absent and therefore not voting:
RESOLVED, that this Board hereby supports and
-- endorses the position of the Association of
Towns of the State of New York regarding the
following resolutions as adopted by the Reso-
lutions Committee thereof on February 8th,
1972 and hereto appended;
(see pages 11, 12 and 13)
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Resolution No. 3
TOWN PARTICIPATION IN DISTRIBUTION OP'
SALES TAX REVENUES
The State statute regulating the formula for the dis-
tribution of county sales tax revenues (Tax Laub §1262)
allows county governing bodies`to determine how much'
of these revenues will be used for county and educa-
tional purposes and how the balance will be distributed,
namely, by population, unless the county and-any cities
- therein agree otherwise,-with the approval of the state
comptroller.
There might have been a3 noticeable bit of fairness in +
this when :county governing bodies-were composed of
town aad city'supervisors. But with 'many county legis-
latures today composed of representatives of county
districts, towns have,little effective voice in this vitally
important decision.
Tax Law §1262-should be amended to correct this in-
justice. With'icity population outside New York City
representing 1679 of the State's population and town
population representing over 42% of such population, it
would seem that the-towns in,any county should have as
controlling a voice in these matters as any cities therein
presently have.
Resolution No. 4
REVIVING THE"PURE WATERS" PROGRAM
Since June 1971, the U. S. Congress has failed to con-
tinue legislation to reimburse the states and localities
which have advanced the federal share of the "Pure
Waters" Program in reliance on previous Congressional
legislation. .
Counting on this prior Congressional legislation New
York State and its localities have prefinanced over $1
billion of the federal share of the cost of these projects.
At this writing Congress has still failed to reenact any
such legislation. New York State has no more money to
advance this program. Its "Pure Waters Program has
come to a grinding halt. Local units cannot possibly af-
ford to "go it alone", the costs are so great.
The benefits are so broad and general to all State and
National residents that local units should not be asked
to "go it alone".
We feel that time is.of'the essence. Every month that
goes by sees costs skyrocketing.
Every effort should be exerted to have Congress re-
enact legislation to have the National government pay
its fair share of this Program.
- The State is ready to do its share. The localities are
also ready to do their share. Let the National government
reaffirm its prior legislation upon which we have relied
and on the strength of which we have gone ahead and
spent millions of our dollars. To abandon this program
now would be a tragic waste.
Congress must act. It is incumbent on us to see to it
that Congress does act and act promptly.
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y CteErp.
ter 98B f the Laws of 1970, the Town High
way Improvement Program was continued through the,'
year 1982 with expanded,;state aid"provisions to upgrade ._
town highways .in both rural and suburban areas. I't in-
cluded increased incentive and flexibility for towns to
undertake the reconstruction and stabilization of town
roads with higher, standards than in the former Erwin
Plan. Its provisions were extended to include rebuilding Resolution No. S
of small bridges and surfacing projects. ppNOVAN TOWN IIICsIe916VA1(
Under its terms":it, becomes April"I,April i, 1972. =�MPR®VEIVENT PROGRAM,
-Already some 625 of the 931 towns of the State have
enthusiastically filed applications to participate in the
Program with the 'State Department of Transportation
which has already,app roved such applications.
These 625 towns have already adopted their 1972 high-
way, budgets in anticipation of receiving the Donovan
Plan moneys as required by the Town Law and the High-
way Law. Endless_ hours of study and planning have been
put in to prepare and approve these applications. These
budgets include anticipated state aid revenues.to finance
part of the,cost of completing these projects. Town-fund-9-
have been appropriated to finance the town share of these
costs. Without these State aid revenues, these projects
can not be completed.
To implement this program would only take something;
over $6 million in State aid under the Donovan Plan.
However, the Governor's budget recommended appro-
priation to support this important public work during the`
State fiscal year 1972-1973 is an inadequate $3.2 million.
This work has been pre-programmed to start April 1,
1972 on the town highway improvement work laid out in
the already approved applications.
For the State to renege at this point in time on the
funding of this program already "on the books" for two
years would constitute a`serious,breach of contract, more
seriously, a breach of faith.
pro-
gram.
Comparatively
very speaking,
asking am from the State view-
point., $
Towns are not g g
juicy "handout", afree deal. Millions in local tax dollars
are going.into it, too. The actual work will all be done
by town highway crews.
It is a joint State-Town effort, benefiting local users
but also, in a very significant way; benefiting all State
highway users of the important connecting link, 52,816
miles of town highways. For the minimum cost of_this
program all the people of the State get maximum'return.
The I totA cost to the State of this entire program fully
funded by it would not build / a mile of Interstate Route
construction.
The State has 20 years of funding invested in this pro
gram under the prior Erwin Plan. To have °the State
walk away from this progress now would be a huge waste
of time, money and effort—a real State and local catas-
trophe. Such action would be another example of the
State favoring lightly populated city areas at the tragic
expense of the State's rural and suburban areas where
the vast majority of our "Upstate" population, 7,620,000
people; reside.
It is in the best interests of all the State's residents
that this Association and all of its some 17,000 officials
bend every effort to see`to it that this relatively modest
State commitment be lived up to totally and completely
to the very last State dollar of state aid needed to im-
plement the Donovan Plan.
The towns have kept their share of the agreement the
State offered. They have the money and equipment ready
to do the job and they will do the job if the State keeps
its share of the bargain.
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Resolution No. 6
STATE SHARED REVENUE (PER CAPITA AID)
The present per capita aid formula, as contained in
the State Finance Law Section 54, which provides for
the sharing-of State revenue among our counties, cities,,
towns and villages, appears grossly, unfair to towns.
Under this formula cities,outside New York City, get
$39.25 per capita with but a total population of 2,815,163
residents, while towns get only $9.65 per capita with 2/
times the cities' population—some 7,620,000 people.
With towns where the growth is, where the action is,,
where the need for new and expanded services, is, the
imbalance of this distribution should be obvious.
Half of the "upstate" cities have less population than
20,000 people, whereas over 63 towns have a population
in excess of 20,000 people. Ten cities have less than 10,000
people where over 124 towns have aIpopulation in excess
of 10,000 people.
Your Committee urges that every town board of
every town of the state adopt resolutions insisting
that this inequity be corrected, that such resolution
be forwarded to the Governor and to concerned
State Legislators and to the Association of Towns.
It is further recommended that this matter be car-
ried to the Legislature physically by a joint coalition
by town officers in a massive visit to the State
Capitol to make our views brought clearly home to
the Assemblymen and Senators there in Session.
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and be it further
RESOLVED, that certified copies be forwarded
to the President of the United States, the
Governor of the State of New York, United
States Senators Jacob K. Javits and William
Buckley, Congressman Ogden R. Reid, New
York State Senator and Assemblyman Anthony B.
Gioffre and Joseph R. Pisani respectively.
2. Report on Recreation Commission
and Babe Ruth League Meeting
Mr. White, after stating that he had good news about
providing a ball field for the new Babe Ruth League
group of 16 to 18 year olds, reported that members of that
League had met with the Recreation Commission on March 6th
and had then after it had been pointed out that the con-
figuration of land at Hommocks made provision of a field
of the size needed impossible, agreed to use the High
School field which the Commission would maintain at its
expense this summer. He further stated that Rye, Harrison,
Port Chester and Mamaroneck hoped to have three fields
available -- one here, one at Rye and one at Rye Neck
High School.
Mr. Mosher thanked Councilman White and of course the
entire Town Board for its efforts, expressing his
pleasure at the reasonable compromise which had been
reached.
3. New Library Programs
Councilman White stated that he would like to call to
the attention of the Board and those present two new
programs initiated by the Larchmont Library which
constituted a wonderful step forward in the community,
first, the Art Lending Program and secondly, the Sculpture
Lending Program made possible through a generous gift.
Mr. Mosher addressed the Board calling to its attention
that the Library was always delighted to accept gifts
such as books, paintings, sculpture, Objects d'Art.
The Supervisor at this time in connection with Mr. White's
first report called to attention a March on Albany scheduled
for March 22nd which she could not join due to having to
attend a meeting on County Solid Waste Disposal in Dr. Berman's
office.
The Board after remarking that it felt the Albany March
important enough to merit participation, on a motion
offered by Councilman Faiola and seconded by Councilman
White, unanimously authorized that the Town Comptroller
and Town Attorney participate therein at Town expense.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the meet-
ing, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared
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adjourned at 9:20 p.m. , to reconvene on April 6th,
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
Commissioner Faiola and on his motion, seconded by
Commissioner Vandernoot, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the following Fire Department
claims be and they hereby are approved, and
the Supervisor and Comptroller authorized
to pay the same out of the Fire Department
budget:
American La France $ 50.60
R. G. Brewer, Inc. 115.25 -
Con Edison 5.00
Exterminating Services Corp. 7.00
Lawrence Heat & Power Corp. 234.58
McGuire Bros. , Inc. 10.00
Sound Tire & Supply Co. , Inc. 69.51
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 491.94
2. Reports
Commissioner Faiola presented the Fire Report for the
month of February 1972.
3. Communications
a) Authorization for Correction of Doors
Weaver Street Firehouse
Commissioner Faiola reported that additional prices
would be obtained and recommended that in the interest
of time the Commission authorize award of contract to
the low bidder which he thereupon so moved. The motion
was seconded by Commissioner White and the following
resolution unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, that this Commission hereby
authorizes the Senior Engineering Aide to
award the bid for the correction of the Weaver
- Street Firehouse Building Violation - Case No.l,
Order No. 4, dated January 26th, 1970 - C.R. 36 -
2.3.1.2, to the low bidder subject to the Com-
mission's approval.
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b) Authorization for
Renovation of Fire Horn
Pursuant to communication addressed to the Board of
Fire Commissioners, dated March 14th, 1972, re the
installation of two fire horns as herewith presented
and ordered received and filed for the record, on
motion by Commissioner Faiola, seconded by Commissioner
Vandernoot, it was unanimously
RESOLVED,, that this Commission hereby
authorizes that two (2) Gamewell Diaphone
horns and two (2) pressure reducers to
remove existing whistle be purchased and
installed at the Weaver Street Firehouse
for a total price of $1,780.00.
Not on Agenda
4. Request for Use of
Fire Chief's Car
Pursuant to Commissioner Faiola's request and on his
motion, seconded by Councilman Vandernoot, it was
unanimously
RESOLVED, that this Commission hereby
authorizes the use of the Fire Chief's
car to attend a convention at Buffalo,
New York at no expense to the Town of
Mamaroneck.
5. Other Business
a) Mr. Peter Mosher
Mr. Mosher addressed the Board inquiring whether anything
was being done in the matter of arson at Larchmont Acres
apartments. In reply it was explained that this was a
Police matter and was being taken care of by that depart-
ment.
b) Mr. Walter Coupe
Mr. Coupe, upon recognition, stated that he was attend-
ing the meeting on behalf of the Citizens for Environmental
Quality which wanted to go on record as requesting that
the Town of Mamaroneck not enter into the contract with
the County for Solid Waste Disposal which he described
as costly and unsound. He further called to attention
that Union Carbide and other such companies were develop-
ing recycling alternatives to the State E.F.C's proposed
sanitary land-fill operation which would seem to merit
serious consideration, announcing the C.E.Q. Symposium
on this subject to be held at 8 p.m. on Monday evening,
March 27th, at Central School_
The Supervisor advised Mr. Coupe that a position had
been taken not unlike the requested one and referred
in connection therewith to a meeting scheduled for
March 22nd in Dr. Berman's office, the first purpose
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of which was to ascertain the changes that had been made
in the proposed contract with E.F.C. and the second purpose
to ascertain the details of the proposed "Letter of Intent".
Mrs. Helwig also stated that the Report of the Recycling
Conference had been received and was not only unsigned but
contained much misinformation. She asserted, in concluding
the discussion, that if we did not have the County disposal
facility at Croton for our waste, we would be buried therein
within a period of three weeks time.
6. Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the meeting,
on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned
at 9:30 p.m. , to reconvene on April 6th, 1972.
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