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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965_03_25 Town Board Minutes NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TOWN BOARD TOWN OF MAMARONECK, N. Y. Pursuant to Section 62 of the Town Law, I hereby call a special meeting of the Town Board, to be held in the office of the Super- visor at the Town Offices, 158 West Boston Post Road, Village of Mamaroneck, at 8:30 p. m. on Thursday evening, March 25, 1965, for the purpose of voting on a Home Rule Request to be submitted to both houses of the State Legislature in support of: AN ACT To authorize and empower the town of Mamaroneck to convey a parcel of park land to the board of edu- cation, Union Free School District No. 1, town of Mamaroneck, Westchester county, New York, for educational purposes -- and to consider such other business as may come before the Board. 'George . Burchell Supervisor Dated: March 25, 1965 WAIVER OF NOTICE of SPECIAL NLEETING of the TOWN BOARD TOWN OF MAMARONECK We, the undersigned, hereby waive all notice of the attached notice of special meeting called by the Su- pervisor on March 25, 1965, and consent that this meeting shall be held as therein stated. 1. J r J I !1 Dated: March 25, 1965 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK, HELD MARCH 25, 1965 IN THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE, TOWN OF MAMARONECK OFFICES, 158 WEST BOSTON POST ROAD, MAMARONECK, NEW YORK. CALL TO ORDER The Supervisor called the meeting to order at 8:30 p. m. > presenting for the record the notice of meeting and waiver thereof duly signed by all members of the Board. ROLL CALL Present: Supervisor Burchell Councilman Kane Councilman Brush Councilwoman Helwig Councilman Quadrine Absent: None Also Present: Mr. Gronberg - Town Clerk Mr. Johnston - Town Attorney Mrs. Brewer - Deputy Clerk Mr. Altieri - Comptroller Mr. Kellogg - Town Engineer The Supervisor stated that he had called this meeting at the request of the Town Attorney whom he asked to brief the Board. In connection with the proposed construction of a "Middle School Complex" on certain Town-owned property in the Hommocks area, Mr. Johnston stated that as the Board knew, Assemblyman Gioffre at the Board's request had in- troduced a bill which would permit the Town Board, if it so desired, to convey land dedicated for park and/or recreation use to the School District for educational purposes. He explained that this was a Home Rule bill thus requir- ing approval of the local municipality in order to be reported out of Committee to the legislature floor for action, and pre- sented for approval the Home Rule Request forms forwarded to him by Assemblyman Gioffre. He stated that it had been necessary to call this meeting since the Board did not meet until April 7th and Mr. Gioffre had directed that the said forms must be returned to him prior to April 1st. He then noted for the Board's information and the record, that sub- - division (b) on said forms had been changed to subdivision (a) as requested by the Supervisor and cleared with Assem- blyman Gioffre. Whereupon, on motion by Councilwoman Helwig, seconded by Councilman Brush, it was unanimously -1 - RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized to execute the Home Rule Request forms for submission to both houses of the State Legislature in support of: "AN ACT To authorize and empower the town of Ma- maroneck to convey a parcel of park land to the board of education, Union Free School District No. 1, town of Mamaro- neck, Westchester county, New York, for educational purposes ", as herewith pre- sented by the Town Attorney. OTHER BUSINESS 1. Proposed Incinerator Expansion The Engineer reported that the subject of the proposed modification of the plans for the Incinerator expansion had been reviewed by the Incinerator Commission and presented for the Board's information, a draft of a letter proposed to be sent to the Housing and Home Finance Agency, together with a letter from Seelye, Stevenson, Value & Kneght, Consulting Engineers for the project, explaining the need for the proposed modification of the original plan and resulting increased cost figures, and requested adoption of a resolution approving and author- izing the subject modifications. Councilman Quadrine raised several questions and the Board directed that the matter be put on the agenda for April 7th with the Engineer and Councilman Quadrine meeting to discuss the proposed modifications in detail. The Engineer suggested that since Mrs. St. Clair Richards was associated with Seelye, Stevenson, Value & Kneght in public relations and had offered her services in connection with the subject project, she be requested to handle the release at the April 7 meeting, with which the Board agreed requesting the Engineer to get in touch with Mrs. Richards. Z. Griffen Avenue Sewer Plans and Specifications The Engineer presented the plans and specifications for the sewer finished, he stated, as of this afternoon, and requested authorization to advertise for bids to be returnable at the April 7th meeting. Following discussion, during which the Attorney pointed out that under the law the said plans and specifications must -- be reviewed and approved by the Board prior to authoriza- tion to advertise for bids and the Board pointed out that suf- ficient time for such review had not been afforded since the -2- plans and specifications had only been delivered at 6 p, m. this evening prior to this meeting, it was directed that this matter be placed on the agenda for the April 7th meet- ing. The Engineer again urged the importance of this author- ization„stressing the importance of time in this matter since completion of construction called for 180 days after award of contract. The Supervisor thanked the Engineer and advised that he had made his point with the Board but that under the cir- cumstances the Board felt that the matter must be acted upon at the April 7th meeting, thus affording the needed time for review of the Board and full compliance with the law. 3. Report - Larchmont Gables Rodent Infestation For the Board's information, it was stated that the Building Inspector and officials of the Division of Envir- omental Sanitation of the County Health Departmentwere working diligently and in close cooperation in the matter of rodent infestation at the Larchmont Gables Apartments. 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. 1G �✓ l wn C rk -3-