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The -,�ieeting was called to order b) ',landeville, at
8:15 7�. (Daylight Sav-JnL� li-ae)
P S Z, Supervisor ha-rd.eville-
Councilmen: Matson, '..,IcKeevei and Mills
Coanc-! ]--maU E_-abUf IY
Presence was also noted of Town CJ er--I.- Glronlcer.-, Town Attorney
Delius, gild Town Accountant Finson.
wellco--Iied all Unose I=esentl a--d- sc-ld the
Boar6 woula ----roceea as quickly r uossilble with the reg-ular orfier
of business .
Fi--s 'L, on the LlZenda was the a--endmeniu of Ihe EU-IjldiJ11,7 Code . The
Town Cl e--1-- --resents" the affidavit of ublication am rea,, the
pro-,Dosed aMenchrient. The Super,,isor asked if 'Uhe--,,,e was anyone
,oresent who wished to be heard in oriposition or in fa-,.Tor Cl-
amend-aent.
The Town Cloi'-� Presented the affidavit of nublica ion o - the
notice calling a -,,.ublic hearing on the oueStian of whether or not
the Town Board -,love the Town Offices f-om their oresent
location, to 'he second- floor of the Weaver Street -Fire 170-ase.
The Supervisor stated that he did not believe it necessa--,- to
read ll-le -notice unless there was sotteone present w'nio wished to
have it reac..
The -Durer-,.7isor as I led if there was anyone -,--ese-nt who wisned
to bring any other :aLtter before the Bo&,rd before proceeding
with the Jub-lic hearing.
dr . P-LELTC z-jNG
7,T. T. Be---7en, 60 11a-)lehilll Drive.
I would lice, if i rtiay, to cL11 attention of those who *:-ere -,3-c;
ne.--- au the previous meetir�, to a -,etuizio-n -.7h-Ch was circull,teo
he re a" d co -ta-' --e d - bou� 150 g�' ciTt res collec ted fr-oiT U
hi s
area. �.Readl "he --e 'Llition
IT hile reaI i-,,I the -etition, he interruted h-Llself as f-' 107 IT S :
i wou16- like to o,--IS,--ess ia=ienu. It came out at the last -iieet-
inz that the _1eribe-'s Cf Life Fire De-oar --Lent voted secretly o n
this matter and the vote was L to 1 in opposition to the move .
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-�e then finished readin, the ;petition.
is there aTfTol-ie else?
'r JOnn D. CI ' f'orc')-, 12. Edgewood �'.veirue .
I a-i directly affected by this pito-Posed move. I live right in
ID a c I.: of the =eliiSes. I res!,,-,ectfull,,- sub-L'Lt 'U'�-iaZ; in 117 O-D-, !'!-
ion. this is no for the Town Office, I n t'=e first pl--ce,
I believe it is in direct violac,-ion ol' the zlonin-,L Ordinance .
1°1r. Clifford (continued)
It will create an added traffic hazard here .*hich is entirely
unnecessary and, at least to rle, being direct!7T affected, be
a .,ubiic nuisance .
The Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Section 2 (here he read)
There is no orovision =or a Tom office as an exce-otion. 11r.
Delius may tell you that legally you may ignore that provision
o the Zoning Ordinance anJ, nav-,- i thstandiilg the direct -r or Qs,
go ahead and S1a'_ie this iaove . 1 sub nit, however, that regard-
less of its legality, it is directly contrary to the spirit an!
intent of the Zoning Ordinance which creates nArr residential
districts . Believe it or not, this is zoned rArr just the sal;le
as Flom en Glen and "Larclrz ont hidge and T live here and 1 want
it to stay ,r Af' .
It will create a traffic hazard and there is enough now. I
donIt deny there is a lot of traffic now, but we donllu need any
more. All day long we will have cars arriving here for business
with the Town. There will be at least 8 o 9, psrmanent cars of
the e .uloyees here . There will be wick-up trucks and Others
sto-ooin� here for orders and I submit that it is un- called for.
In addition, I think there is something you have overlooked,
and that is the extreLme traffic hazard. of Weaver Street and
this corner. You have a blank wall there and no side?-Talk and
your 'Councilman froz, h4a-ac_roneck is a sr_ing his people Lo cone
here by bus and you will have the bus stopping there and people
crossing the street and I submit there =kill be a serious acci-
dent some day. I reco=end that you seriously consider this j
matter.
Supervisor Mandeville : Is there anyone else?
17r. C. H. Greenall, 67 Hi llcrest &venue.
I would like to refer to the news;oaLer article and would
like to aS-, a cuestion. There is a statew.ent that this build-
ing is deteriorating for lack of use. Can you ex.plain that?
Suloervisor 1'landeville : I think you need only look at it to See
what is itleant.
'lr. Greenall: Tfirougll lack oI use?
Supervisor Miandeville . The place is used so seldom it is not
oroperly taken care of.
�1r. Greenall: Hr. Supervisor, I T-Tould like to read a list of
civic organizations who have used the auditorium this year. It
so ha-GDens there were 79 n!eetings of -..hick there are 23 or ani-
zations of the Town:
Larchmont Gardens Association
Town Board
TO r1 F DE �ar E lt- - U1
-- Larc Loont Girl Scouts
Laren loi^_t Cc `ilp Fire Girls
.ir. tvlerritu ( I don' t __noz-, who that is but he rented the
auditorium)
Dr. Finkley (the same thing applies here)
Board of Review
Boy Scouts
Hr. Seixas
Hr . Land
Larc.iaont Gardens Association
Alcoholics Anonrious
Larcimont Nassau Guild
Larchmont Democratic Club
Larctmont Social Club
United ?rTorld Federalist Organization
Larclrsont Acres League
Howell Para :'association
Mr. Buhler
Junior Assembly Dance
I respectfully submit, r%u. Supervisor-. in addition, there are
the following w_no, from 1932 to 1941, made active use of this
hall. It se happens I was responsible for it at the time: �
_.=erican Red Cross
Catholic Church
St. Vito ' s
Epia_copa_1 Church
a:ple Hill Association
Cria,tstaorth eights Association
I?omen' s Club of Larchmont
Larchmont Gardens Club
Larchmont P:epubli car Club
i.iotor Corps of the Lnerican Red Cross
Italian- ylerican Civic Association
Glen Eagles Association_
I would like to Mow, Mr. Supervisor, where are these civic
organizations going to meet if this hall is tai7en away from the
Town. ?, e have no -_place Te can go and particularly for the
children - the boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, which we wish to
encourage . I world like your elplanation.
S=ervisor Haihdeville : First of all, I can understand ?ir.
Clifford' s complaint about the traffic if all these people are
meeting here.
r . Clifford: I granted you the traffic was here, I said I
didnot want it increased.
Supervisor Mandeville : I thing: if you had this used 8 hours a
day that possibly the traffic would be reduced 25%. The balance
of the people or .ost of the people wrier you read on that list,
1"Ir. Greenall, are perhaps like the Girl Scouts who have a meeting
place of their own.
Pair. Greenall: I cannot answer that.
Supervisor 4and.eville : I would ass-Dze Since you made up the list,
that you would be acquainted with the facts but as I understand
it, they have a place in Larchmont Gardens, the old .station. In
the plan laid out, there is a _weeting room for about 80 people.
The Larchmont Gardens Association a.nd the Howell Pail]_ Association,
if, as and when they meet, I believe could ueet downstairs in the
Council roo71. The Alcoholics Anon,=as is an organization that,
without too much trouble, if they cannot be taken cafe of here, II
could be located without too much trouble, somewhere else . The
people who meet in both villages found a. place without too much
trouble and perhaps the same thing would apply to these people
you have in mind.
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ir. Greenall: Is that your guess?
Supervisor Mandeville: I think so, yes .
T. Buck, 76 ti3est Garden Road.
You mention the fact that the Girl Scouts have a place in the
old station in Larcmiiont Gardens. I have been there. It_is
not as large as this . I can imagine they would prefer a larger
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hall. You mention the LaL'chmont Gardens Civic 1_ssociation
meeting downstairs . This is true . It comes upstairs about
once a year on an over-flow basis . I thi-1i the people who want
to retain this, do so because it is large, and the fact t1haat
there are others is perfectly true, but there are no large
meeting places in the unincorporated part of the Town.
Mr. Fernschild, 193 Rockingstone Avenue
1 Spea_2 tonight as a resident and taxpayer Of the unincoT-,3orated
area of the Town of Mamaroneck. To those of us who live in this
area., the government of the Township is our nearest instrument
of organized societ'r. It is natural, therefore, that we should
be intimately concerned with the smooth functioning of that
gover-riment, so that it may provide us with good government,
operate with the utmost economy of effort and expense, and
promote our future welfare.
In the 21 years that I have lived on Roc'_-.ingstone Aveirue, I
'nave experienced a sense of increasing ha, piness in the friendly
contacts I have made here, and in the conscientious, courteous
and expanding services given by the public-spirited citizens
who happen to occupy _c,ositions of trust in this community.
As far as the personal element of the Town government is con-
cerned, there is no problem.
Tonighz � s proble a iS laerelzr` one Of mechanics - of whether
the offices of that government shall reaa.in on the Post goad in
Maaaroneck, or be moved to the Fire House on -,leaver Street in
the unincorporated area, or be located somewhere else.
I must co __Less that, when I first came .ere, I was c;uite con-
fused as to why there should be two local governaents in 'iaiaar0-
neck one that of the Village of iaaaroneckn andLOhePother,
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that of the Town of iiamaronec , each throw
of the other.
Then there was the second question: Sdhy should people who
live in the Larclluiont area go to the Village Of lalaarone c_�: to
nay their taxes and 1_eet their officials?i7
So I come to my first point, namely, that the government of
the Town should not be located in either the Village of Nia-,,iar•o-
neck nor in the Village of Larc�_,_ont, but should be located in
L he Un ncor;oorated Area of the Town. It belongs here.
Thus I a[Il in agreement with the Supervisor and those Council-
men who propose to move the Offices aWa;,;' from tnei-r present
location, and into this area.
Now I come to my second point. Why must we choose the 1,=leaver
Street Fire House. It does not meet the requirements of acces-
sibility, adequate narking space, or comprehensiveness . It
could not house all the offices of the Town efficiently and
at the same tiiae serve the nur_noses for Vbich 'Uhis building
was erected.
The Town government should be located on a main thoroughfare
so as to be accessible easily to all persons, whether residents
- or persons from outside the Town who have business wit'-1 the
Officers Of the Town Zoverr,:,aent, Such a location would be On
Myrtle Boulevard, directly oU_,osite the-Larchaiont Railroad
Station, between 1.1urray r`_venue and 11aple Street.
Here is the heart of the Town from which four arteries of
traffic flow. Yet numerous _;,ublic parking areas are adjacent.
A new dignified -)ublic building should be erected near the War
Heinr=ia.l, to house the Town and Police offices, and, serve
possibl-�T also as a Corm ui2-it_ Hall.
The people of the Village of .'•iadar:_,nec-i can be proud of their
il1uYLl cipal Buildi no. Lar camont V1 l lase also has a handsome
Municipal Building. But 'That has the Town of ilama.roneck: in the
Way of a public Building? I hang 'my head in shaae . We have
nothing. `.het ever,, other coLiniunity in this vicinity has, or is
u1annina, to have, a respectable-Looking governmental center .
Ask-_ any young man (or woman) where he would want our public
offices housed. Without a moment Is hesitation he would say
et o'r al Park'p .
And so, _fellow citizens, i invite your serious consideration
of the proposal to erect a dignified governrient center for the
I'O?,.rn of 4aiaaroneck in Heraoriai Parma so that we riay bequeath to
posterity a living 'ieiaorial to those of us who today are planning
for the future, as our predecessors planned for us in the Oast.
They bequeatkied to us a beautiful ha_Dpy col-.!Unit r. It is our
res-oonSibllit?Y to trails-_ait to future generations this heritage,
no', only as good, but Getter than it was g1V-:n to us.
I urge you to _meet your res:.onsibilit es ith vision and _faith,
--faith in yourselves and vision for the futl_tre.
ir. H. B. Zeiger, 6 Hawthorne Road.
1 want to accent the mote i'ir. Greena.11 Struck; if I -may, in feel-
ing that possibly Supervisor -Viandeville is mia-informed on the
utilization of this hall. I have a letter address ed to :ne, dated
April 6, 1948, and it is from Hr. Burton, the Fire Chief and I
Would like to read it.
"I have been authorized to notify you that the audi-
toriun of the firehouse will not be available for the
use of the Democratic club on Tuesdays in the future
----- and if 'here 1S no CCnif11Ct1ng date on Ihursda.Vs, we
will try to make it available.
However, if this arrangement iS not Satisfactory, S�TE3
will tr`;- to provide the auditorium On another evening.
I hope this change Will cause you no inconvenience. '
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I thought this was a very nice letterand I visited Chief Burton
to discuss it with hi_�i and the nature of the conversation was
tiat he was authorized by the Su_ervisor to write the letter a.nd
the inference wa.s thaat at that ti.ile, Aril 6th o this near'
this was -i n great de :land.
Another thing is the question of polities . I don' t thiiL there
is any denying that there is a ti;C.ge of politics in this . The
gentlemen for whom you voted to the office which they occupy
,pith such distinction --vou voted for their offices and their
salaries and theiracts are of a political nature . The only
votes which count tonight a.re at the table and the method of
presenting differences on tins issue are political in nature.
Of course some of us differ in our Dolitics 'but I hope you wonIt
take the attitude that the other fe_low' s politics are bad. We
are here as citizens trying to persuade the gentlemen at the
table to do the best for the Town, and many, regardless of poli-
tics, eel ti=o.' ti71S 15 Siii811 anIX UT11r agii 1t1ve . Ht the last
meeting you presided at, I, and riany others, got the feeling
that it Was, at best, a teri-�DOrary riove. It was for some J tC
5 years. When you have moved. the Town Offices here, you have,
in -the opinion of many of us, destroyed an important farum, one
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which helps crea!,e the enemy which make this Town tics.. !here
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Town Council. a.ny 01 US devote in ' he aggregate, hOLll'S and days
and weeks for the welfare of the Town. The fact that we don' t
get _paid doesn' t make the contrihution less or the necessity less .
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We feel that 1_ you d0 this,S, vOU have d_a ageC:. the CiV1C faC%ii-
ties available Lo all Of us . YOU have done a patched-= job in
_.- the Town offices but destroyed something for us . Given an o_.cor-
tunity, many of the groups T,ahich collie here will increase their
activity rather than di2uinish it and I would -like to go along with
them. I grant you the present offices are not worthy of the Town,
but I think you will do a finer thing for the '.LOwn if you deli(J-
erate a little ILOre, --ossibly get a co nittee to study and nre-
pare reco11L7enaations for a L1L1ril C7 , al center, possibi, along the
lines of !Tr. Fernschild' s ideas, and there are -possibly many
others in legal and architectural fields who could make up recorm-
mendations of that nature. I would like rou to 'raise your eyes
and do solrlething ruore Worthy for the Town in which we Iive.
Suoervisor Mandeville . A-pparei7tly we have one point and that is
that everyone seers to feel we need a new Town office . The ques-
tion is paying the bill.
Sweeney, 26 Maple Hill Drive.
I was at the last iaeeting and listened to the discussion.
I listened to more tonight but I think one -point has been
neglected and I would like to discuss it. I would much -
re-fer to address you four gentlemen as the Board of Fire Com-
_.... c e "own !...card_ because I aill- talking
missioners -path. ( than tl�„ _
about the Fire Department. I was a.n active fireman for 15 years .
_ I know what it 1s to get out of a nice warm bed in the early
morning t0 flit Out a fire . I also i-now wulat Zt is to gC out On
an emergency call to tr,.; to save a life . I think too little
thought has been given to the feelings and O-_;inions of the -vOlUn-
teer =1 re,Per. Let ' s review what a. voi-unteer fireman is . TO
begin with, in order to be a volunteer, you .:-.ust be civic-.rinded.
If -rou have t;^_e interest to loin and became active; ';Ou build
u-o an enthuslasn for that depaltment , t.s you do this, ✓ou also
begin to mold morale and that 2ncrale is what we, as tanpayers,
de-pend upon. I have felt that our de-partment was efficient and
did a good job. I have also felt thisL if there was a fire in my
house, they would do a good job for I
lie because used to do a
good job myself. hlso, now they have a, well-trained rescue
scuad. Many old residents will remember 1930 when the social
thing was to bump yourself off, we went out on 11 consecutive
cases starting at 11 o ' clock New Year ' s corning. I could cite
many cases . You have enthusiasfa to get out and try to do a job
for your fellow citizens . \Tow a fire dera.rtrient can be as good
as the men in it want to be . Tfe pride ourselves in having a
damn good fire department and i know wT=ecf I speak because I
was associated with it and still ai, associated with it. I know
,That the boys want. They took a secret rote and pa.11ot d the
_ last -..,,eeting and there was Z;, to 1 cgai rl.St cV1ng this )a l Ld.ken
awdy. 1 don' t think they can be ' gnorad. Just for the sake of
cornparisoil, I would like to consider finances . , It ',would Hurt
e and ' t would. hurt �rou as taxpayers if we din' t have a volun-
teer fire department. Suppose we had -aid men. I don' t think
aany of us t!10uzht of t` is . i0U d0i1T inOw Tlut it hTOUly lleaY
in dollars and cents if ,vou had t0 have .Lo. ifLen Iii -lace of the '
volUn'beers . Lccoraing 'o the llationi l hoard Of under=-Triters, 7-f
we had to =.ay a tai:%. fire derar t Lent in this comaunit'`',. and- I
sa':r this because II arii thinking Of the a_ppara.tus O.ownstairs, we
Tr7ou C1 pay Ior 1t. or, the 100 foot aerial, the Eoard Of Fire
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Underwriters usually require a uinimum of 7 men to roll that
truck, sometimes they would be satisfied_ with 6 or 5 but 7 is
average. Ta_.ing this, and figuring their salary? at X1, 500.
yearly, and that is pretty low, if you can Est good firemen for
that, you are good. You- would liave to have 7 ideal Oil t'ie other I�
trUCii. 4 e would have to Have 5 _ten on the J pV_i1ps . and we would
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have to have 5 men On ti12 patrol. i That 2ilacfeS a total Of 34 aen
at X1, 800. a ; ear or ;;61, 200. you are going to nave to ,:a. if it
should happen. This is only one shift. You cannot ex-pect men, to
work 24 hours and so you need two shifts, as king- ''122,400. It
Might be that if they beca-ae affiliated . ith civil service, two
shifts wouldn' t be enough, You -ight have to have three . We
would have to have a chief. That would_ be 3,000. and i? sou got
him for that, he would probably be old and. decrepit. The Hoard_
of Fire Tinder-writers would. also require a deputy fire chief, which
would be X2,400 . and if we just had two shifts, including the
decrepit chief, we would have a bill of $ 127, 800 . Ladies and
Gentlemen, do you realize you. are being .saved. $1'127, 800. We have
had this department for -*ears and we want to, keep it but you can-
not expect any volunteer organization to keep up enthusiasm un-
less they get cooperation f'rori the cOCz,_,.�_ � .
ing your decision, the reszonsibility for the morale of the fire-
men reEts eiltlr2l" with "Ou i gentleiren: Legally you can ao as
you will, but I do think. that r;hen -,ou get in expression Of
opinion on an average of 4 to 1 against _,,our suggested_ plan,
it deserves serious consideration on t1_le part of the tax-payers
and I am concerned and if I were in your place, 'i would be
doubly certain and, therefore, I ask you to be certain that iou
know you are doing the right thing and that you are up-holding
-170ur volunteer. I don' t know whether you recall it, but about
10 Or 15 years ago tilis question came up. it that tillie we had
Chief Don Howe. You may remember him. I was on the Fire Council,
so was 1'11r. Greenall and ljir. Vail lie-ciao. r!ny-h'a'j, the thing came U?J
and- as =. e-abers of the Fire Council. we handled it. in those
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days, the Fire Council was really interested., so we went to town
and appeared be-'ore the 10'.-?n LOal'0. anCi Objected that this r001:^
be taken Over, and we were so C_P_?whatic abbout it that the Town
Board relinouished the idea.
Supervisor Mandeville : I would like to ask you about the vote
tai:en by the volunteer department. Fas that before they asked
me to meet with theca or after:
Mr. Stweeney: I think, _ r. Supervisor, that it was before, but
the question had been discussed and they took a ballot and they
were against it L to 1. lifter Mott talked with them, I don' t know.
ccording to ghat the chief said two weeks ago, there was not
another vote taken but before you came down and explained to
them, they had known about it a.nd they were conversant with the
facts. But I thiih- it is iiagortara add, if vol .rant tO, I would
suggest tilaV ? Ou put it up t0 the Fire DeTJartlient again at their
next i-nonth I y meeting. Psr;:laps they will have Changed but from i
talking with a lot Of the boys, I know they had not changed.
Supervisor w.Lnde•aille : When I left, that _.ight, the-;, didn' t im-
press rie as feeling 4 to 1 against it.
a4r. Sweeney. liay I inject a thought there ' r. Supervisor?
You %now when you appear you are here in an official capacity
and_ it may be that they were reluctant because you, as leader
of the community, had spoken.
Supervisor Mandeville: Sorry ldr. Sweeney, but I don' t agree
with you and, further, I don't think you believe it.
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i1r. i andevilla (continued) : Could you rec= ile ilr. Green all ' s
ste..tef11ent about the use Of this building and the demarld for it
as against the volunteer fire_i.en? You Sc;.V in One breath, they
must have it, and I don` t want. to ar,gu_e, but fro=a the list Mr.
._._ how Greenall gave me, I o know now now the ?iremen ca i
.n tiEU n here .
i4r. Sweeney: It iiiay not exist toda;I , _Jr. Supervisor, but when
I was active, things were run different. 'ihe Fire Department,
as such, had the final say On who ,Gould use ti LiS au.d_1t0ri=.
They didn' t come to the Tom Board, they were told to go to the
Fire Department and the .'ire Depa.rtlEnt ifaintaifled and Operated.
it. They met and saw to it that this hall was used free of
charge for the benefit of the residents of this communitV. I
don' t know if that is so today but 1 will Say this, that if
that sethod still prevailed today, I don' t think we would have
this argumient, because it was On a schedule and no one paid. d
cent for the use of this hall, except 'or electricity. ?:,�e were
s=posed to suprly neat but, God help us, we didn't for we
couldn' t get it up here.
Su-_�ervisor iandeville: i understand the .hall is so used that
we-are going to have to pay a custodian for the day and one for
the night to clean up and tale care of cirking and, as 1 under-
stand it, 'the Fire Council is on record to rectify a serious
pa.rS_°ling condition brought about by the pl'esert use of the hall.
iT. Sweeney: That is possible, because _,eople park lopsidedly
and I knot,* very well if one of these big trucks had to get out,
they might have a Bard time. But what are you going, to do, if
you have a fire, the firemen have to come to the hall in their
Cars .
Supervisor •iardeville : I 'ia not referring to the firemen, I ara
referring to the _oeople who use the hall.
Air. Sweeney I thl]k, it is up to the police depart_ierit to
force neo_ole to go further up the street where they won' t in-
terfere with the truces . They always used to have to do that.
Here the Supervisor called on Chief Yerick who was present.
Chief Yerick: Supervisor, Ladies a.nd Gentle-men: l?hen you
speak of the parking matter, are ;, ou referring if the Town
offices are brought here, 1,*ould it make traffic heavier?
Su_ervisor Mandeville. 1rTthich would_ be worse? -That you have
at -lresent, Or if it was the Town Office? In your Opinion, in
the entire localit--, what situation would exist insofar as
parking is concerned?
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ChiE1 YEri Ck: i COUld.R't Illd,k2 a statement as t0 l0er many Cars
would be brought here by the Town offices, but, in =,iy opinion,
there wouldn' t be more than LAC. I think this is a large nuu-
--.. ber between C and 5 (O ' clock) . That would be about 5 an hour.
In my opinion, that would be little traffic. As to evening
narking, there has been a lot here, due to different organiza-
Lions meeting here, of which the gentlemen have spoken and. my
opinion is that, as far as traffic is concerned, if we did away
with the night parking here, ,Te would eliminate the traffic con-
dition rather than create one. But again I feel that perhaps
we could arrange parking a little better on Hillcrest and Edge-
wood Avenue . That could, perhaps, be done better but there are
a lot of cars and_ you do have to have room and you don' t have
room outside of Hillcrest and Edgewocd or Alaplehill Drive. l;Te
just don' t have rooa.
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Ir. Ha-rold Thompson, Larci=nont Acres.
I am al present a inember of the Town of Mamaroneck Fire Coun
oil and since February, when the new Council went into effect,
nothing has been mentioned about the harking. Whatever prior
council had that recouaaer_dation, there has been no reconinienda-
Lion since February.
Supervisor riandeville: What is your opinion if' the Town Office
were here?
illr. Thompson: I venture to say that the rar2,ing problem would I
be increased here.
Supervisor Mandeville: How?
14r. Thompson: everyone who conies here would have to have a car.
You would also have trucks .
Supervisor I.land.eville: How -nand people; 4r. Thompson, do you
think visit the Town Office that would coi7L?;1ain about this
situation?
_"1r. Thompson: I have no way of teli7.ng but 1 have visited there
myself" and it was not always the same.
Supervisor riandeville: Did 7=ou ever see too many cars there?
dr. Thomason: Sometimes I have been able to vark in front of
the Town Office and sometimes T have had to go to -Hainaroineck
—venue. This cannot comJare with that.
Supervisor I heard c: good taxpayer say toda:, that he
never visited the Town Office bat he found a a<,rking space . For
our informa lion anf. ti- se _,=resent, this is the tax collecting
time as %ou probably all know and at that time there is more
activity in the 'Town office than at any other time, and from '.
Monday, August 30th, to September 8th, the following people
visited the Town office:
28 on August 30th
23 on August 31st
46 on September lst
62 on September 2nd
50 on September 3rd
71 on ,September 7th
140 on September 8t?i
This is the time of the year when the greatest amount of
people visit the Town Office . I don' t think they all travel by
car but that is the total ar:iount of 'people in and out of the
Town Office in those 7 days. if that would Create a traffic
jam as against the amount of people who are using this hall,
then something can happen .that I don' t visualize.
Mr. Segal: Acce---tang tale figures you have presented, 1t would
appear that the situa-tloi doesnyt concern the taxpayer but Merely
the Town Board and em_Dloyees . Because so few people come to the
Town Office, it doesntt ma tter whetier they are on Weaver Street
or on the Boston Post Road. To those of us w'ro were Here two
weel.s ago, our Supervisor made the following statement: (If
I -;Hiss the exact wording, the intent was there.. He said:
ITThere have been other occasions when the voters didn't
like something that the Council wanted to do and the
Council did it and with the passage of time, the voters
realized that the Council was right and the voters
were wrong and we know what we are doing. "
!VQw, 1,1r. Supervisor, I think we are functioning under a system
of representative gov ; r:ient. You are sitting at that table
- have listened. in vain for one voice in
to represent t.,. . I _
favor of the removal of the Town offices and de-,,Driving the
citizens of this hall . So far I have heard none . After the
last meeting, some firemen cane up to sue and told me they
were against it but they didn't dare open their mouth. Within
two sinutes after that was slid to l.e, I came
to you and con-
fronted you and instead of trying to find out which fireman
made the statement. I was told I didn' t know what I was talk-
ing about. We have too much government where government
assumes a role other than that given to them. We don't want
to be told gnat -to
do and if it is a mistake to keep the Town
offices where they are, we are the ones to make it. We elect
,rou ara you are to represent us . I cannot find one voice in
fa-vor of it . I am still waiting for someone to say "yea'' to
your proposition, so far it is all "nay' and you should listen. '
Let us see if there is anyone in favor.
Air. Wilson, E1kan Part-;. As_:ociation.
ir. E;ckley, who is with me tonight, and I have been delegated �
by the people in Elkan Park to cone here and listen. We are
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new comers and we hesitate to take sides upon sonething which
seems so troublesome. For a while we thought we wouldnpt but -i
there seems to be such Overw-aeli-ring Opinion on one- side, we
would 'like to saT a word. First of all, it seems to me, and I
believe 11r. Ec IeV agrees with me, it seems to ae this co_rz=unity
needs a new meeting hall. If a new one could be erected at
less cost than to construct a monumental town office, it would
see°n to ne it would the be wisest thing to do now, especially
in view of the building costs at present. I believe the firemen
Naturally have to be here . fir. iiaildev lle did sa; the firemen
could use the room here and it would probably be lots warmer and
their morale would be raised considerably. We believe (and we
have used this hall) that many of the organizations ,.;Bich claim
this is the Only place they can find, could find someplace else
if they tried." Ae have found. another Mace . i believe, in
many communities the schools are used. That is the usual Mace
for organizations of this soft. There -a 1t be some arrange-
ment whereby schools can' t have these organizations but it would
seem to me that objection could be set aside if there was eno _gh
pressure . If there is no other ,31a,ce, a new building with a
Civic hall Could be erected where eve rybody Coulee r:1eet. There
is one point which has not been brought up and I believe it
should be given consideration. It seems to me that the rroblern
is one of a balancing of interest and from the taxpayers '
standpoint, the erection Of a large to?Fn hall at high cost
under present conditions, *,could be unwise. We feel that the town
hall could be put here at low cost and all these civic organi-
zations, such as ours, if they have not found other places,
could do so . Furthermore, I am sure they could be taken care
of here . There are not that many that their have to have as big
a hail as this for their- meetings .
%'At his ociD ., there n erg Co.LLS OI �,aet , efe .
17r. George Polera, Laurel Avenue.
1 am a volunteer fire«ian of this department. It seems the
c.uestlon is treat this hall should be used for civic Ju.rposes.
As far as the firemen are concerned, and I have been here for
a year and a half or two years, we use this hall once a month.
I was on a. co ,miittee one til'le where we had to have this hall for
' a dance. 1 was chairman On that committee. It was to be on a
Saturday ni.v,2� > Friday night there Was a aacir!g class here
and we had to get ever-r'thin read;' On Saturnay. So, if' W2 ll
to go to, all that trovbie to acco=cdate- civic groups, I say
for the volunteer firesen, we have plenty of room doFnastairs .
WE only use it once a month. A lot of people don't realize Frnat
'Ja]-Ct flPeilie ri d0 . r St Of all, SG,iEOnE i501i2 t0 have a
=eeting. The firemen lug all the chairs Lil Stairs . The "leeting
is held. The fire-aen clean up ne='L, day. Two or three days
later, there ' s another iueeti-r,9. I'ne paid firemen are paid to
take care of the ec!ui-rment, not to bring up chairs. After
meetings, t12ey SOmE times i-TGrk ti,'o or three days to clean 'k7?.
They Work dad? and Slight. As far as I a= concerned_ as a. taX-
oayer, I don't think What Hr. Siaeenev said in reference to a
o ` e, r T h.a-� - r -- i ? t by the Town
ciCl" d__Jad,_71'RE lit T-CLLd ite"y�J2Ii 1_ i.i1_S i1c._1 was `Laiei_
Office. I thii'i�7we -could still have a- volunteer department if
'h-' s was fallen and We would still have 'Olenty Of room downstairs
and we Would have pl2 my of ---room upstairs once a month and soi e-
tirses twice amontl2.
SweeTieyi i would 1i%ie to call the a.ttenti3-n of the last
Sieaker to 72'x% re-_-aa L''_is ., ! made no. implication that Ire are to
have a va-id fife dep artiient . i -1E=_7 cv^ il' c':red t_72 tYd0 L l.he
matter GI diSCASSiO"ih. 1 dOni -G "G'-'l l_P_i -n;e d.i°e g01'L1g 7o have _L t.
I Wonder '_,oFT Often he has seen these fairs Plugged'' ar3LUld.
I dont t think the naia uen have been as_iea Co Ulugt' cnair S
because i t00, Was On the Ca"nce co=i' ..tee an-' T. i_n0.; ,Ti!at it iS
to Sell tic_�ets and deco a"Ge t-'Ie -Jlace any: i thiifi n.e should
get the f acts straight and parti C't71cr1_% When he mi sc'loteS me .
iS.iyoervisor Mandeville: i think you 1_-aissed, his _dint. i thins he
said there is no nossibilit% of a ;Said fiT'E depart=iien'u, and, i
agree . But I think if -rou will go back to 'the list of orga_2iza-
ti iaho use this hall; according to ;_tr. Greenall, I tlli iL
-- there is something in iT'ir. Polerats statEment.
=r. Clay 1 angles, 129 141urray uveriae .
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Was in this 7e-oar t"iiEY1t for -ilo.ihy ;,Tears . 1 hOL'"1Cl lili.2 t0 �_LiS-
-oute T`ir. Polerats statefaent about the chairs . I Was the Second
de_`-aty chief Of ' ,is depart7iie lt. i rolled out --nany nights and
gave '.:ITT -.time because I felt it was good coLL,1-a��t, _pirit. Ho-,,,T-
(I those chairs are i'?ot carrlec] up c.- COlIsta1.�'Sj "�-1E`T
Tai- around. .(is far c's cleaning �Oe,S, 11-,Tould lire to see the
result in 'Uhis room right now. If I _- ay, I Would like to ask
a few gL'_estions . 'I'Thaa does it cost to operate the Town Offices
in t ^lei r _present location, _er year?
SLmervisor TATandevi lle o ,Jha.t do you mean?
AT. Mangles : Rent, heat, ligrt, etc.
Supervisor 14andeville : About E3,000 . a year.
Mangles - You. would 11_1:_e toz GVe Your Town Offices ?nto this
a-iditOTium ai2C_ from What I read and hear, i -::.S SUr1E it is only Oil I.
a terloorary basis. Lvet-tuuLl funds may be °ailed to have a Town
Hall erected SO"iiE glace in i,ne Town. i!12a'C to gilt la OT ell to the
52,000. a tel which tilt D
n. Oc.rJ .wig =_ save dU -hg OTT
5 ;;Tears they are here?
SmuErvisor 1iandeville . The to Jcyeis in the Un nco 'yorated acct
would get the benefit.
11Ir. ITangles . May I suggest that if TOF'ih Board does _...Ove,
that a goc, 'L _-'art Of that money be paic or slit li-_� into nensionS
or salary to the "paid personnel of this depaiTtn?ent? I -,,rant to
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i.r . angles, continued:
go on record on that. I recoiui end that should yOU come ` n, the
rQOne7 YOU save in nioving t0 this dear Lent, Fart Of that m ney
t0 g0 to the _-aid personnel of this dei�artment.
Supervisor 12andeville : Why?
Mr. Mangles : Because I believe they are underpaid. I good many
people believe they are oa ;in; enough taxes to see that they are
-oaid more and I thinT,, the top salar-y is x.2, 800 or =2,900 for
_reiy wit: 5 and 6 kids .
Supervisor pandevi le : Lo you .no,,* any other corunIn ty - ir-;
better salaries?
21Ir. i�:angles : I believe a i2aniber of them are, and I will be
glad to go on record and check these salaries and present them
to sou and I thin you will find higher rates.
Mr . Roger Whitney, 5 B;dgewood Avenue.
Has anybody looked at this bui lding with a vie,,* t1:at i t is not
a building for offices?
Sutervisor Mandeville : The architect, who drew the original
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plans, was called in nor his recoinraend_ation a-nd he is the ;tan
TrT.hO laid_ out the pr0p052d Ilan. li08s that o.i7s,d2r ;iOUr qu2S-,iOn?
eih" tnef: i,do. how w-" you heat it?
Supervisor Mandeville : We are not in here yet.
i?hitney: The point is, will it fit the 'Town Offices . 'Thy
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not build a ne,,i on y0U could start s-_Ila.11 and exaand later.
You could start a good civic center with a quarter million
dollar bond issue.
Supervisor i,Iandeville: That, my f riend, is exxactl - what we are
tr?-ing to avoid.
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Mr. Segal . You can avoid it without the change and stay where
you are.
Supervisor Mandeville : Thai-Lks Charlie .
At this point, in answer to cuestions concerning
the cost, Supervisor Mandeville said:
The total amount to furnish this space, to redecorate (and I
think that will have to be done in any event) to refinish the
floors, furnish and install ;partitions will be 7.14,989- Of
that rsone;y. V6,000 is for furniture. That is going to have to
be spent in any event, for furniture and new equipnent to
properly run the Town Office . If you -ou-id visit the office, I
thi-rL you will agree. In addition, the partitions w1 ich will be
put in, if the place is taken, will anount to "Ps3, 812, painting
6950 and a the floor w915 .
Answering questions about the heating plant and
electrical work, Supervisor Mandeville retlied:
We are assuLing the heating plant is sufficient to take care of
the needs .
He was next asked about the cost of 1�loving and said:
The answer is that if we move, we would have the furniture de-
livered =here and what is left in the other office would be
auctioned and credited to tree cost of the new.
Here there was some talk about the probably cost
and then Supervisor iardeville was as'_ed how he
expected to save any moneyr, if it is only a 5-year
nlan. To tills, he replied;
T donIt _snow who injected the teiporary suggestion. I think
you will rel-aember I said, if it proved something the people
didiit t ;-?ant, of ter a trial. that it could be teJ:u^orary.
i4rs. Shi ller, Els?-north Road
If aniti'!ing adds to traffic on Weaver Street, be IV 5 Or 50
cars, it is dangerous for our children. If you have ever
?.atched the children going to high school in one direction
and to 1°1urray Avenue School in .1-e Other, between 8 and 9 in
the f10rning, it is practically iSlpossible . Last winter it was
very severe. The P. T. A. called the police department _;Zany
times and we have been remiss in considering our children.
Also the traffic near the high school, at the Acres, has
made it veryr dangerous as it is, let alone to have even 5
extra cars co_ae through here.
Mr. -Gironda, 11 Cabot Road.
If it is for the benefit of the majority of the taxpayers, I
aid for it. In spite of the fact that I a:jl- for you, I a.m.
wondering where you will put these people when something
like this comes up again. I all afraid we ?.-To lO have to
use the senior high school or the Junior. Apparently, the
onl,, way we could use this would be for s'_Tial1 meetings and
the Town Offices. 1 have been in this 'Town, LarchraGnt, for
over 50 years . In _ay 50 -rears, I remerlber my father used
-_ to go to -iL.maronec- and take rte with Kira and it used to be
a little old shanty. The American Legion has it now. Then
the town offices :roved to the corner of the Boston Post Road.
A room about 1/4 the size of this . `,Then ou wanted to oay
taxes you' didnTt have much room. and you couldn' t get 25
people in the place . There were no to;-rn Zreetirlgs such as this
and I didn' t thing there ever would be . This town has grown
cy. leaps and bounds . I a:1 wondering if we are afraid of the
aresent costs . Other people are building homes for themselves.
I am wondering now if we taxpayers are afraid to put up a decent
ne�rr bui`u nz and leave this a.s it is . Of course, we could _Out
wings on this ??h1.C17 wOUldrilt CGSt a3 t:iuch as a flew, One but you
certainly need better offices and you should have a: more appro-
priate modern building to pay taxes . This would be ouite
appropriate but perha_cs too small. I ,Jas in favor of it but
after seeing this, I thi.1L: that if you do move, we .rust have
the schools if you use this .
Hr. H. W. Lewis, 29 Dante Street.
There has been a lot Of talk about costs and the fire de-
nart Zent and I don t t thi enoug e.Z:n'ras; s has been placed
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on the Pia 1?7 ;vOiiiI l ie illain point is that we do not want busi-
ness in this area. At the last iieeting we heard from you and
we heard prett clearly and we are convinced that you don' t
thin t'flat wall cnd you don' t t link that moving it into this
area is wrong. There is a, difference in judgment between you
and a lot of other people . You said at the last meeting, and
we believe, that you want to do what the majority want. TtIs a
strange thing at an open meeting that you- find a lot of people
who want to do what you want to do. Yon have heard from a lot
of us . We would like to hear from you and each member of the
Town Council.
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Supervisor Prland_eville : I will try and state briefly what my
opinion of this situatioh is . it seems to be pretty' well-
agreed that We n=eed a new 10cation for aLainistrative p=oses .
In answer to a remark ade corcerning the fact that those
"��re52nt Were O �-posed to the ilio've, Su�!Jervisor 'Landev111e said:
There are some 5,900 taxpayers in the Town of 1-larraroneck.
r>ir. John Sanborn, 40 Edgewood Avenue
I am amazed- that a group of people could be treated the way you
gei:tlermen have treated us here tonight. You get uo and say there
are 5,900 taxpayers in the Town as much as to say everyone else
but us 1s with you. How ,inky of ahem are it Ving
in zoned aZ'e2-S?
And if you were trying to do this to thee; how would they feel
about it? I thin'< they t�,-ould feel the way we do .
Mr. D. M. Kemper.
I a3 sure everyone is in favor of a new mall. The question is,
where is it to be placed? Ilia sure that' s the question.
duper VlsoT 1jandeV4 lle: Apoarentlij everyone is 1n favor,
Kemper, of not having it here .
Is there anyone else who wishes to be heard?
A vote should be taken by the people here.
Mr. Wilson: I would like to put iii a word against such a vote.
I don' t think you have a representation from the Town here . I
believe if the Town knew these matters were going to be put to
a Vote, YOU wOLl d have a muc11 urger figure. r.t the expense Of
repeating myself, I feel strongly that a matter such as t__is is
not one to be voted on at this w�oint where the _aublicity has
not been given to the ''own.
Ir. Segal :
Does -lr. Uilson ' now that we met two weeks ago informally and
that this is an extended �aeetin✓ to give t'-2e whole town a chance
and tonight people are present f ronu. uhe Acres, Howell 'tarn,
Roc'Sland =Ridge and froi:� distant points and that this is a repre- I
sentative body.
Supervisor Mandeville : Mr. Lewis, I don' t think there is any
question in the minds of those here as to how they feel. If
it will make yoj any ha;071er, I will be ha,31p r' to have a zi O to
taken. There will be no vote taken by the Town Council tonight.
zr. Lewis : Can e get an expression of views?
Supervisor i4a-ndeville : do. There is a pie ,Lber of the Council
absent. i?e 'll have a standing vote.
lr. George Burchell . 1 just a.nt to salt 1 a-.i in avor of the
r.1a.n for ,personal reasons . I don' t t'_,ink any disasterous fining
will happen but T think the first cquestion is whether it is
necessary. I think it is generally conceded that the present
ouarters are not adequate . I think all consideration should be
given to all conflicting interests individually, - first the
firemen, they have cuarters below, they use this once a month.
Mr. Burchell, continued.
I happen to belong to the Larchmont Gardens Association. As I
said, you seem to prefer a meeting hall for public meetings.
r doubt whether you could get adequate room always but on the
other hand, you cannot find adequate space sometimes in ?Madison
Square Garden. I think the Fire Department's rights should be
protected and I gather that is the intent of the Board, if the
change is made. There seems to be a conflict between the fire-
men. Their interests should be protected. The interests of the
people who live here .is probably of prime importance. I don't
live here. Is it going to be such a difficult problem if the
Town Offices move here? As to the children, there is always
that problem. You must balance the interest of whether it is
more necessary to have the Town Hall moved here. I think some-
one must give a little.
Mr. Clifford: I don't think there is any emergency for this
moving. This Town has been in existence since 1700. What
suddenly causes the emergency at this moment. I don't believe
it will be any more convenient to the people here and certainly
it will be inconvenient to the people in Mamaroneck. You do
just as much business with them as with us.
A vote taken at this point, indicated that the majority
of those present were against moving the Town Offices
to the Fire House.
Mr. Greenall: What is the feeling of the balance of the
Board.
Supervisor .Mandeville: You will get that answer after discus-
sion. It is not necessary tonight.
The meeting adjourned to the Council room.
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The minutes of the meeting of July 28th, 1948, were approved
as presented.
On motion by Councilman Xills, seconded by Councilman :McKeever,
it was, i;_pon roll call, unanimously
RESOLVED that the Building Code or Ordinance of
the Town of Mamaroneck is hereby amended as follows:
FIRST: Paragraph 4, Section 23, Article 7 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
4. Multiple Dwellings.
(a) In multiple dwellings, every apartment that
has no direct exit to a street or yard, or to a
coast opening on a street, shall have access to
at least one additional exit separate from and
independent of the primary interior stairway.
(b) Every multiple dwelling of two or more stories
in height, other than multiple dwellings of fire-
proof construction, hereafter erected and to be
occupied by two or more families on any floor,
shall have one means of egress extending from the
ground floor to the roof. Such means of egress
shall be a stairway constructed and arranged as
provided in this Article. Such a stairway shall
have no entrance from cellar or basement. All
enclosure walls and floors shall be constructed
of fireproof materials. All doors and their
frames to apartments entering into said means of
egress, shall be constructed of fireproof material.
SECOND: Paragraph 1, subdivision (a) Section 27,
Article 7, is hereby amended to read as follows :
Section 27. Interior Stairs
1. Construction.
(a.) Recluired stairways shall be constructed of
incombustible materials throughout, except in build-
ings of frame construction, and in buildings of
ordinary construction not exceeding theit;;' feet
in height and occupied by or arranged for the
accommodation of not more than twenty persons
above or below the first story.
A letter dated September 3, 1948, was received from Mr. Edward
Eli Hoxie, thanking the Town Board for the appointment of Council-
man Watson to the Committee on the Community Center. The letter
was ordered placed on file.
The following reports were ordered placed on file:
The Attendance Report for August, 1948;
The report of the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments, for August,1948;
The report of the Town Clerk for August, 1948;
The report of the Building Inspector for August, 1948;
Statement of Bank balances as of September lst, 1948•
Councilman Watson had nothing to report for his departments.
The Supervisor recommended the adoption of the following, and
upon motion made by Councilman Watson, seconded by Councilman
McKeever, it was, upon roll call, unanimously
RESOLVED that, pursuant to Section 96A of Chapter
62 of the Laws of 1909 as amended, the Town Board
of the Town of Mamaroneck does hereby authorize
and empower the Receiver of Taxes of the Town of
Mamaroneck, to collect the 1948 School taxes for
Union Free School District No. 1 in the Town of
Mamaroneck and School District No. 2, Town of
Scarsdale, New York, which under the provisions of
Chapter 105 of the Laws of 1916 as amended, '_mown
as the Westchester County Tax Law, become a lien
and are payable on September 1st, 1948, in two par-
tial payments, each amounting to fifty per cent
(50%) of any such School tax as levied.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Receiver of Taxes of the
Town of Mamaroneck is authorized and empowered to
receive the payment of such partial payments or in-
stalments of the 1948 school taxes for Union Free
- School District No. 1 in the Town of Mamaroneck,
and School District No. 2, Town of Scarsdale, New
York, at any time, but subject to the same pen-
', alties as are specified and provided in Section
18 of Chapter 105 of the Laws of 1916, for neglect
to pay the total amount of the school taxes after
the levy thereof.
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FURTHER RESOLVED that the acceptance of any such partial
or instalment payment of the 1948 school taxes for Union
Free School District No. 1 in the Town of 'Mamaroneck, and
School District No. 21 Town of Scarsdale, New York, shall
not be deemed to affect, in any manner, any right of the
Town of Mamaroneck under any general or special act, to
enforce collection of the unpaid balances of such taxes
as may remain due and owing to said Town, but such rights
and powers shall remain in full force and effect to en-
force collection of the unpaid balance of such school
taxes, together with interest, penalties and other
lawful charges.
On motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was,
upon roll call, unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED that this Board hereby designates "The Daily
Tines", a daily newspaper published in the Village
and Town of Mamaroneck, for the purpose of publishing
the notice of the collection of the 1948 school taxes
as required by law; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with the provi-
sions of Section 26 of the Westchester County Tax Act,
Board do and hereby does direct the Receiver
the T own B y
of Taxes and Assessments to mail to each taxpayer of
the Town of Mamaroneck, whose address is known to said
Receiver of Taxes and Assessments, a tax bill for 1948
School taxes, the expense thereof to be a Town charge.
The Supervisor reported that under "Unfinished business" was the
matter of Carnoy Construction Company, re York Road. Mr. Brewer,
representing Mr. Carnoy, Presented an estimate for the paving
- and grading of York Road, in the amount of $12,208. Following
discussion, the Members of the Board decided to submit this
estimate to Mr. Foote, Town Engineer.
With regard to the top-surfacing of York Road, Supervisor
Mandeville informed Mr. Carnoy that the matter of the drainage
of the property would have to be taken care of before this work
could be done . Mr. Carnoy stated that he had received a
letter from Town Attorney Delius concerning this. Mr. Brewer
asked for some time to study the situation.
Councilman McKeever reported that he and Town Engineer Foote
had investigated the drainage situation on Vine Road.
The Members of the Board discussed fully the amendment to the
Fire Prevention Ordinance in relation to television antennae.
Councilman Watson reported that the City of Hartford, Connecticut,
has an ordinance regulating television. Town Attorney Delius stated
that he had written for a copy of such ordinance. It was decided
to take no action at this time.
The Supervisor informed the Board that a tax note in the amount
of $40,305.96 was due on September lst, 1948. He reminded the
Members of the Board that this note was issued to the Town of
Mamaroneck General Fund for funds advanced to make payment due to
the School Board for the balance of the 1947 School levies. He
stated that there had been collected to date, $26, 634. 81, leaving
a balance of $13,671.15 due, which is represented by tax liens
bid in by the Supervisor at the annual sale of tax liens, held
May 24th, 1948 and which are now owned by the Town of Mamaroneck.
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This amount can be paid by the use of General Town Surplus
Funds which are available.
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On motion made by Councilman Mills., seconded by Councilman
McKeever, it was unanimously
RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and he hereby is
authorized to liquidate on his books and records,
the tax note in the amount of $40,305 .96, which
is payable to the General Fund of the Town of
Mamaroneck and which note represents the amount
advanced to pay the balance of the 1947 School
levies.
At 11:20 P. M. the Board unanimously resolved to adjourn to
meet on September 29th.
Town Clerk