HomeMy WebLinkAbout1935_05_15 Town Board Minutes 293
RETGTLTz _R 1 ^1 •- OF THT mO , . 30 .ra
ii LD YAY 15,. 1935
At the 'To7n Offices; 110 Nest Boston lost Reads i mien , Y. Ye
The meeting was called t0 Order by SU S ?-.501 HcCul oc'h at '..
8:15 P. M.
_ ''resent : unervlsor Hcculloch
Councilmen .Sates, Brennan, Grif-in , Keginniss_
The arseence was also noted. Of Town Clerh Harvin Town
Attorney Delius , Superintendent of Se7ers Corwin and Superintendent
of Highways Herolao
The minutes of the meetings of pril 18th, April 20th and
Lay !at 7 - _presented by the Clerk and approved as ',J'_"inted and
correcteU
in view of the _presence of certain persons vOo wished_ to
address the Board, the regular D-i"Cler of 'IJUS=IIe55 was suspended in
order to hear tlhsm,
Yr.. Harris Stern addressed the Board in Connection 7ith ee:
letter from T:Taz Y1akin and Barret P_c.hin datepl May 15 1?35 ; which
letter was read by the Clerk and requested a compromise in the rate
of interest charged on tan liens .held by the To,mn, all an pro.oErc
known as Section 9 , Bloc! 31, Lots 13C and 14r_o- After discussion the
;latter was laid over vending receipt of f'J."'iher information from hr.
Stern who spoke as the representative of the Pra in brcther's«
A delegation Of local merchants addressed the nerd to re--
quest that food tickets issued by the Public Welfare Derartment be
redeemed at " independent " local stores rather than at 1.,Ca.! chain
stores® The delegation consisted. of Tosenh La Rocco, Bruno = Cenzbac'th,,
William Ohlsey, john 72va, 7incent H _ine ' 1,. , _;Tile Gusglinc , Sohn
Oprandy end Carl vugl ielmom Four other merchants T:o had intended to
be present but were unable to d.0 so were stated by Tiro La Rocco t0
be Ralph Gironde , Pete_ Abbots, Toseph Cot_onso and ,`Tarry Kramer.
.Several members of the delegation addressed. he Board in
support of their plea ,, all of them stating that the " independent ''
stores sell goods as cheaply as the chain stores eneelt for a few
"leaders" .
1''.;r. Lioen2'bacL stated that severs! ot.hE_ commla it`cs have
established nuotas for the local merchants , meaning by that an amount
above which food tickets could not be redeemed at any one store in
any one month a.nd suggested that the Town of Hamaronech Co likewise. '
The Supervisor suggested, that the ' Inde-p n e " merchants
submit a list of comoa"ra.tive -prices on staple articles. The member's
Of the delegation state ' that they would do so. Com_otroller irsch-
manr '!eas directed t0 one Dare figures slowing the amount of business
received by the "independent " merchants and the chain stores based. On
the food tickets redeemed. The Town Board agreed to consider the
matter further at a. meeting t0 be held on Saturday, may 18, 1935l at
which Public Welfare Officer Devinno Would be present .
Mr. Oliver I. Coke addressed the Board concerning his
proposal for a Town Office building, which matter ha been 1- : a over
at the meeting held Ley 1, 1935. niter discussion the Board informed
�r_
r
1;� . O :-_a that It would d, _.?rE no aC't'_0'h an the Y.1at tE T= for the 7Te Semi, '.
at least. I
Superintendent of Sewers Corwin addressed the Board concern-
ing the "request of the Occum Realty Company for the installation of
sewer, in the vicinity of "yard Lane. After discussion le Board
directed Mr. Core in to take the matter up with i__ a Wood for further
ther
cchsi_zeration,
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In phis c onn,e c t J on Bates presented. a le ztei d a,t P C 17
T
I 5 , and i tten to hil-'I by lfr. C. 1100. r --requesting 43,ai, atior
Of sC!CrS to serve tiro llouEes on ,ltllea Lane in Rou'N-en Glen adjoining
t',,,?e pro--3e1 --T �f the Occim, _Fealty '�oTn-�aj'17T
The 3oard tooK no action
in the -matter.
D,, +,he sari e c mn-nect J; on the 3uperv1 Eor re ports d On the st2 'us
of the titles to the streets in Rou"'-_n Glen.
ri 'lnoul tal-ing any action or, the -matter the BO .rd discussed-
L I u
inforclall-7 -!itb L r. n,Or.r 1CY -Un 3 matter 0' the s Uorm -euate r dra i ziaoe
situation i-,2 t'L-1 c in 4 of 'he intersection of Glenn Road and T__U-_,r2y
_2 Avenue.
IL, 7 i ll i am L a-,i a o il , de v e 10-)e-_l o f L a r c 1 Tra--;i 1 t R if d g c d-
d re S s e d +17 e 3 o a rd t0 r u-e St F, re due+
bion in the iDe-naltics or, ta- l?.-_n a
helm by the TcTm on lov 'riLu or "n e 'uDi2-2-
visor -recucsted `r. to -_ublilit, 2 -oro-Qosal Tr Z=J ` i-q
D_:Tson agreed to do.
There being no -urtner -cersons "Dresei7t who 6.0 F4 0 1
u e Sc
the 7-oard,. the regular order of b'-siinaess vf2s resiomied.
i�u-crinte_`,ent of S 1-Terola --e-,porled, tInOt -uor` on, the
,-.-ater drain on the Fifth -L-i-nne _roject -Li-ould -oro'bably Ibe sta---ted
on .1, a 7 `j0 ,
that Brennan rp-_D--_ted �ha"- he ' ad -riade arran-em-rts to ci-an,
U-10 "Tiic area 'boc ,, of the Uraat.-,70rth Gardens refuse
Lad be--n dumped , wll7ch iiia��er had been referred to him -a- a -I-,-evicus
UU
meeting.
The SO,_D e 4 S C) -Jr es en ted s anc 1a.I re-o o r for tnn r-,ionth
Of N7
pril and the four -Liont"o-s ended _pr4 1 0, 3 1 0 0_-
5� �he e 7ra S
placed on file .
The Si;,:perviisor re-ocrted that the lo--i had about 2 50,000
cash on h%YiC 'buit that il t have to Ibo-lrow against =Collccted taXes
for the ac nu]r *L c f Scho c 2. D -314 C-t Yjo. 1.
A letter dated ',.y 15, 19355 -�'fas received. from the Board. o
conce rning the letter of A. Y. Rose , -vuh-ic'i had Ibeen
ceferred 7 to Ir. lf:lund at a previous meeting. The Board directed the
ClerI: to send 9, ccry of the letter Of the Board Of -' ssessors to L`rs.
Rose .
The T---=, -ttorney reporte!i on the matter Of the e-nc-_-,,)acnjjen, t
Of tile ToT:-, s 4 de,-,�a 11- on 'he -Oro-oert,T of llr� 7. Fl-mon � -G 8 Ecalcier
Road, -7,1- icl-1 -matter had been !-��fered_ to Inim at a llrevious yace tip g. He
s'lated that on the basis of tiic eU7E�T o - the -:)ro_
- I - 17)e-r+'T made by 71ingi-
1ee2 A J . TFoote in _, .arch, 1231" there is no doubt that the To7nn aide-
does encroach on the property of 1--r. TalMon , but also that the
hedge of IIA-r. Talmon encroaches to a lesser degree on the property of
tile T0-7n. The T o7m, Cler'z: irfas directec! to nctif- 1`17. Ta IM On t0 this
effect and_ to state that -.,,,hen 2n . if the To-.,,7. or cthellvise irq-
-oroves the si ds7,lralI:. it ,Till be ready and v!illing to ren'207- the se- ei-1
-
croaclmnents.
The Toile Board toolti tool U-0 the matter c f the claims r1is c f forme
�o7m Counsel RElr,)b A. Ga Tifb i efor services rendered to the Town Board,
7rhic'n claims had been laid over at the previous meeting. The SuI)er-
re-,:)O-ItC-d that du---'.r-- the 'years 1928, 1929 , 1930 and 193-1 , 7!h�clq
the years covered the above - Gamble 17ole for legal ser-
vices, he , 1.1r. Gamble , had received fram the To-,-m, a, total of '-'17,200
as
C 12 Date /o " Parent t De-oo rt=r- _Per4orl (loTe�ed
Amount
6 1/P-5 73 0
�eneral Town IG23-24 86 ,000
,1501 11/5/31 General To-n 1925-26 6. 200
�CrTaiqt IIT 581 5/13/20, Pork District 1/7/25 t0 7/7_/8 2 , 500
Clara 1tiunber Dante of Pa�ment Deagrtment Period Coveredount
(35 Jane 15, 1931 SeNer Commission 07. 7, 1928 to " 1,400
( Dece 3101930
{369 Apre 6 ;1931 Welfare Dept. Iav, 1930 100
we, 5/15/37. Water Bonds 2, 27230 to 500
/1/T n
�97 ' 7/15/31 Welfare Dept. 9/5/30 to 500
6/10/31
Of the abOM total Of 117, 200 the Sunervl SOr pointed out that
the sum of 114, 700 was for service rendered during years prior to _925®
further that the balance of the total of 117 ,200 , namely, ,0, 500 , had
been received by Mr. Gamble for certain special services rendered in ad-
tition to his regular duties, in the opinion of the then Torn Board
The matter was referred to a committee for in .reeti ^.tion and
report back to the Board. The Supervisor thereupon appointed to this
committee Eessrs. Griffin and Neginniss,
The To;_ Clerk presented the surety bond of Joseph H. Co;":ha
n_
as Building inspector of the Town in the amount of 11;000, which bond
bore the approval of the Town Attorney. The 'Tosra Board unanimously
approved the bond as presented.
The Tc7n Attorney reported that the special validating act
of the Town of T•. amaroneol concerning certain s_oecia.l assessments, T; hich
act had been approved by the Town Board at a P107 .CUS meeting, had been
signed by :governor Lehman on Clay 1 , 1935, and had been enacted into
le'.h as Chapter 620 of the Laws of 1935, and that a statement or roil
had boon prepare' in accordance 7it-lh its provisions, showing the cor-
rected data c7ith regard t0 these assessments. He submitted a ormFi '.
notice to be published in accordance with the -_provisions of the act,
loan hie recommendation the Town Board signed the notices I.
On motion by hr. Brennan , seconded by I:_rc Griffin, it was
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the notice presented by the Town Attorney
giving notice pursuant to Chapter 620 of the Lays of
1935 of the correction of special assessments in the
To7n of Lama one C be nubl i s'hed. in The Daily Times in
Hamaro ech, 1eo York, on the 20th of Hay, the 27th of
Tons the 3rd of June-, the 10th of Tune , the 17tt of
June and the :ki=th of Tune , advising all persons in-
teresteC? to present their objections...prior to the 29th �
day of June , 1935;-
PURTH7R ?'±SOLOED, that the :uvervi Sor as Chairman and
a.y t7o members of the to BOa:rd be appointed a
committee to conduct a hearing on any objections that
may be filed,
letter dated Kav 110 1035p was received from Glicn -Freel an,
ToTdn accountants for the Year 1934_ submitting a p o osa_ for the audit
and e Emination of the books and records of the Tol,-n of hamaroneck for
the year to end December 31, 1935 ., in the amount of _111, 500 and sr_ eci-
Wing in detail the 70rh to be done. hr. T'e. inniss rec amended accel--
tance Of the vropoSaio.
On motion by Hr. He.. innlss,, seconded t k Griffin,Gr it was,
d o r rm
LLnan imousiy
FZSCL7FD, that the proposal dated May 14, 1935; of Giich-
'+reedma.n, Certified Public Accountants of i.e:- Rochelle ,
in the amount of 01. 500 for the audit and examination of
the books and records, of the Town of Lamoroneciti for the
Year t0 end. December 31 , 1235, be and it hereby is acce teje
299
n letter dated Kay 13 , l 5, was received from hr. George J,.
HuIcohy, 80 Palmer Avenue , Lanchmont, requesting the 'Tc7n to agate the
nuisance Created by the dust on Palmer _-'venue east Of 7aaveT Street
crested by reason of the svder construction now under T27. The Cle7le
Ta.s directed to reply t0 Hr. I'!ulcohy that it appreciated his kindness
SS
in calling the matter t0 its attention, that it found his Complaint
perfectly justified and that it would take steps to see that the dust
is allayed. -
_ letter dated _gay Ili 19359 was -received from ;Ir. J. l, Brady,
County Assistant iogineer of the :State Department of Public Works,ks, Con-
coining a small piece Of Concrete sidewalk: needing reolaa.c'ement at the
nouth7est corner Of Boston Post Road and Dillon Road ( formerly known
as Premium River Road) and requesting that this broken section Of side-
walk be replaced, The matter was referred to Superintendent Kerolae
letter dated -T-ay 13 ,, 1935, was received from the Receiver of
Tames en' Assegaments informing the Board that all back tames, includ-
ing the Sale Of 1934, have been transferred from the old tan sale Te-
cOrd books to the new tan sale record books Therein the complete ta,-:
history Of each piece of property is set up individually and requesting
that the Town Board by resolution make these new records official.
On vition by T: T_:1e inniss, seconded. by 1_r. Drennan, it was
unanimously
RL S Cl, DTH'_,. e 2 o f ''I -
Ym' g,Sr ivE'_°Sp Section 2 ''h�a Westchester County
Tay Act provides that "the Receiver of Tames shall
keep the records of Un 7i? tames in the manner pie-
scribed by the i o-;rn 3oardx r.nd-
F S;
at the direction of the Town Board the
Receiver Of Taxes has compiled a new record of un-
^id tames by tram _ of
der r7.n..� '�rOP1 the Ole' ta','> sole
record books t0 new tan SalE record ,'Boons all back
tapes, including the Sale of 1934, in which new tax
sale books the complete tan ,History of every _piece
of property is set up ?ndivi dually: and
WETRTi't;,S, the Receiver of Tames has requested that
these SE Y!Ew records be 'C2a^:de tie official records of _
the Tohn r
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RFSOL77D, that tie action Of file Receive_ of Ta r es
in setting up these M7 rr- ode o unpaid tares be
d it he1erT is ratified, op'roved and confirmed ,
and be it
v7J71T='7R 77 SOLVED, what these p-�E - u -ECCrd.S be and they
hereby are declared_ to be the Official records of
back tares for the 'Town of Xam2roneck,
The re_oclt of the Receiver of Taxes for the month of Aril
;;pas received and flleQ
The report of the Town Clerk for the month of April was
received and ii ?edm
The report of the Welfare Office for the month of April ':Jas
received and filed.
A letter dated lay 9 ,
1935� was received T lor
L Mien
Elf 9 � r Zest Brookside a de
Dpi ve , L a rnhmont, reo 'es ing relief from
the s orn water condition on Ternwood Ron& , which co Sidon, he stated,
results in his dr7 7n gay
6E being flooded -rr1_cnevE there is a.
heavy in. The '"�0t= Toe _ef 'red to yr. Brennan.
3 letter dated Kay 8, 1935, Ms received from Greenbaum, 7o1?f
7—os , again requesting tie To7q BO !rd. t0 sk=ive court costs iii the
action entitled. "Leone vs. Bre er ' 7hich action sought t0 invalidate
the zoning ordinance of the Man and vas ,,Ton by t e To n after it had
been carried t0 the r)OUrt of X10??EB.I s�
Ca motion by 171r. Hc Zi-,n-n il s-S , Seconded by Yl% Grif-fin . it wa S
unan L"lously
RESOL-77iD, that tine re que�,tu of Crc c--n-',a-mil, I-I-o I----f n s t ca
behalf of their cii-int, Ilichola ,� Leo-nc , that 'he To- n
wal�Te t'^C coul(` costs --l-I he action entitled `eo-ne vs�
B-OeljTer" , '.bc --nd it 'ne.rebly ',s dmaiedl on the Zro-lcnd2 that
the To-7m Board can see no just ifica-b-ion for -,-raivinr,, the
Cod's.
le'41 �, 7a
2tcd 0, 'da 'S _eCC47T_Cl froTli 'he Board of
'.:c-oeals sm-Xii-itti-ng certain char 'es F;-cd corrections reco-c ended- 111 t116
Z0111Ilg ord4n, -C- jI rip't r -o-a fe2red to To-im l—' torne.7 for
_al, re
at n a 'n e-v, r0 e e t
Th,c Tovm =ttornc -cr-=sc-nt e d in a cc-ordan o e l<.7,-7 his a f-,-
davit i n c o i_n c c t--' a n ',T 5' '01,a b' e -io e t i t i o n d --1-1 e d It',--,7 1, 1938 , of the E o 2.r d
of Assessors rc qu-e etin g the Board to correct the as se, s si,--,,cnt = I-I s for
the year 1935 in res-3sct to Sectio:n 21 , BIccn 47, Lot-- 2-3-,'-, 2" Ilid 28�
o-,.-med '--Y Julius Le-uine . The affidavit stated,, that he had S=71ed u,-ocn
U
Hr. Lcviln�- a coi col of ",,a -o c t i t on of the B o,F rd. oz s e s s o r E, and a
notice that a hea-ing -,,-,,ould be held thereon or iliP_77 18. 1975, at I Pa LI.
at the To-,Tn Office , at which time Lir. Lewine vTould have an op-[')ortunity
to be heard. The affidavit was placed on file .
%- c --cula- !Ettcr dated l oa,, 1--0 , 7
9 3 -- 2 r E c Cv e d -: afa tI,e
C o-an H e&, 1 t I ]-1i a r e c on c-- n,-, un Sa2-4 _1c C'.;0 r-, C on d ot-I S in
n
r a a I t de vs I c lafne n I i t
I respect to sall-itation, `ne -installation c -
draina ge and se ,T f,e fac il J t is s and -_provi .�ians of 70E thing
-p la c
es.
lie C1 ;Ta d 4 rect2d to send a co--�y of -I-nis Ic"trz- to the
s-U C t e S t r J C
U .;o Ee2 .0 Om. I , 'ric sc?,-er DEC . rt-rae--nt , the 31-7.illirr-�
Insloector a- the Co=-4ttee on Or d in an c e s. ✓
The To--F-- Cic- r-r re-corted thl- t he hal" ---ce ved- 2i,,: oral coln-
D --- U I H J 0,_e Ice n
la i ln , f r om 2--e-ric'zs, 184 _i)-' -,,
1, 0 on -rrl 4
r the
--o-T r d as a -poten e d '
J + 4 2-1 10 7-e ' to
r M S 1 S, 1,7 n to t''!8
Cast o U h c end of ]114 31,0 '- (=-r0,-re T!,c- nattcr -,.9as rclrrz-red to
4
iar. B-�en-nan for a-I-,d e-p o
0 i o t i on d,u Made and e c c o1i i d e d VTF S 1,111an ill
R F S C L�7E D t- CTurin-- tee -mon11-,s of July and Au--ulst
.Ls TG In BoF- ---c! !,old o-nI-T one 1"e�11'11 121-10 --rzieet--'nc, each
iaon+1i and that sat'd reZular -,--iec- L' ila- I)c held on the I.
7, 4
d of each -micnt at l`,Cie usu-- 1- 3u- and
TI-ie To-,,n Cl�- -.-'- reported tln-- t he had b-e° eerv-ed -Stich SuT-rnons
and cormi-lain ts in the actions entitled (1) Go -Ier Pro-D-rtis , Inc. vs.
d i-Tard 11'. Curtis Garden P-ro-oarties, Ir-, vs. lile:n7rell
Eatz, et al, loci-g foreclosul es of La:1- liens and +-,at he had foln-Tarded
sof:IE to t'-C To-,- Attorney -,-it'lout firct -are2en+J-r,-,- I-rcni to t,l- Tov-n.
3 Card for the re F swn, t'-,at early asavers -,.-Te r-- delnc. eda The action of
the To7,n Cle--r'_- oq- abo-Tc -C--00rtP-',I -11IT9S U-n-a-,-IiTiou5s!-- --:,.=-ved and
A simmons Fn,-1,- cc-�,---olairt in a ta° lien forEcicsurc Ecicn
c:1 t1 �1ed "arde- Pro-oe-Ltics,. Inc, vsa Chasm D= Ruzza , Et al" as
ce iv F,7-1- refcr-,—c to the To A'tornelr.
On Inot'i-C"'I duly made and it FTas 011a1-
RFSCL7E'D5 -n71HT1S, t1he To-,-Tn -73,oal-d at -' meet-fn= on
Fcbruar-, a7, c35 I -, -_-C -� L,a d ti"_e
T S 0 1-LI pion 4 - I -
t Ui-
Yo,--aaro-n c'_ of The Count- T r u S � Co ni-, ol-I
a
d E-o o s i t o ry of to-Fin --11111ids- and
-5=Rr,AS, a a i�l- -r solution f a, i 1 e d t c d e i g n a t a -uho.t
rm!2 Ll---6 s mould be -required °or the ai t,-i dra via-1 of
I UYI c, -- from s a a c c o a-a'L an a
mm .
the ate 13cErd had -o:re7T' by
:-
-esolution dete=inecl that funds of the wviu ma- w
withd--r2-,-,rn f-rcm the other dc-cosito-ries n-oor- chlms
b-,T the SqErvisor anC- countErsigncd by tile
'31 1- 1
7`79 Tl OR7, 37, IT
1 11
-D, that ds of t1c To-,-,-:1 of 1�@-cnarone=2 on
--'n the "Ha-i-maroneol: B�-,,&nch of TI-ic l'ol,--n'cy Tl?ust
be and they hCrCT)", erle inade sub Jlect 'Lo
d7'al.-Tal u-oon :=w y « , UL-- S-Lroe=l' so--- and
S �' 6 CIL 'D7 '1---
m- Cori-[-troller.
The Board therei-iiDon emt into «-scutive session and dis-
cussc: tlic matte-- of a, ?=-eed 6s-ae .
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