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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987_06_03 Town Board Regular Minutes JUN. ' 31987 219 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD AND BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK, HELD ON THE 3RD DAY OF JUNE 1987 IN THE COURT ROOM OF THE TOWN CENTER, 740 WEST BOSTON POST ROAD, MAMARONECK, NEW YORK III CONVENE REGULAR MEETING The Regular Meeting of the Town Board was called to order by Supervisor Battalia at 7:00 p.m. in the Court Room. Present were the following members of the Board: Supervisor Dolores A. Battalia Councilman Thomas R. Amlicke Councilwoman Caroline Silverstone Councilman Lawrence A. Lerman Councilman Stephen C. Chapin Also present were: Patricia A. DiCioccio, Town Clerk Carol A. Acocella, Deputy Town Clerk Stephen V. Altieri, Town Administrator Edward M. Lieberman, Counsel to the Town P. Thomas Leddy, Highway Superintendent William McDermott, 2nd Deputy Fire Chief III RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board recess into Executive Session in Conference Room A to discuss matters of personnel, litigation and real property. Thereafter, on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously resolved to adjourn the Executive Session at 8:25 p.m. RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING The Regular Meeting of the Town Board was called to order by Supervisor Battalia at 8:35 p.m. in the Court Room. IIICALL TO ATTENTION Supervisor Battalia pointed out to those assembled the location of exits as required by law for public gatherings. -1- ` JUN. 3 ism 220 APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of April 22, 1987 were presented and held over to the next meeting. BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Battalia at 8:45 p.m. in the Court Room. Present were the following members of the Commission: Commissioner Dolores. A. Battalia Commissioner Caroline Silverstone Commissioner Thomas R. Amlicke Commissioner Lawrence A. Lerman Commissioner Stephen C. Chapin 1. Fire Claims Commissioner Chapin presented fire claims for authorization of payment and on his motion, seconded by Commissioner Silverstone, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Commission hereby authorizes payment of the following Fire Department claims as approved by the Fire Chief and audited by the Comptroller's office: Dri-Chem Extinguisher Co. $ 25.00 Dri-Chem Extinguisher Co. 33.75 ESCO 23.36 Excelsior Garage & Machine _ Works, Inc. 119.45 John E. Henry 127.70 High Point Marketing 51.09 Hillside Bedding 130.00 Interstate Fire & Safety Equip. Co. , Inc. 75.80 Albert Kuritzky & Sons 270.00 Larchmont Auto Parts Dist. , Inc. 8.16 Larchmont Auto Parts Dist. , Inc. 8.38 New England Uniform Co. 1,734.70 New England Uniform Co. 23.00 Senate Electronics, Inc. 82.00 State Line Fire & Safety, Inc. 29.50 Tri-City Auto Parts 94.99 $2,836.88 2. Other Business Chief McDermott stated that the claim from Excelsior Garage had not been paid from the previous meeting. _. Supervisor Battalia noted that it had not been included with the packet received on Friday. The administrator, Stephen Altieri, explained that Chief John Perri failed to bring the claim to the office on time and that it will be included with the fire claims of the next meeting. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before this Commission, on motion__duly:made. and seconded, it was unanimously declared that this meeting be adjourned at 9:15 p.m. -2- JUNE- 31981 221 RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING At this time, on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously resolved that the regular meeting be reconvened. -IIIAFFAIRS OF THE TOWN 1. Authorization - Engineering Contract-Inflow & Infiltration Correction 2. Authorization-- Advertise Bids-Inflow & Infiltration Project Mr. Altieri stated that items 1. and 2. under Affairs of the Town could be combined. He reported on the sewer project the Town must undertake to correct inflow and`_infiltration of storm water into the sanitary sewer system and to improve the overall efficiency of the system. This system, he explained, would be completed in two parts; the first, inflow & infiltration to begin in September 1987 and the second, rehabilitation, to begin in September 1988. He advised that this project is mandated by the Federal government pursuant to the National Clean Water Act and that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued consent orders to ensure compliance in all communities within the Mamaroneck Sewer District, with Westchester County upgrading its sewer interceptors and treatment plant at Harbor Island. The Administrator advised that it is necessary to enter into contract with an engineering firm to assist with bidding, to administer construction and to prepare requisitions to State and Federal governments in order to receive reimbursement and, therefore, he is requesting authorization to execute a contract with the firm of Blasland and Bouck of White Plains. He explained that they were retained by Westchester County to draft plans and specifications for all of the Mamaroneck Sewer District communities and have thorough knowledge about necessary regulations and details and that their services would not .exceed the $192,000 included in the total project cost. Mr. Altieri then fielded questions from members of the Board, Mr. Trachtman, the Town's consulting engineer and two Town residents, Mr. Gasparini and Mr. Wassman. He informed that the Town is relieved of requirements to put out for bid because engineering services do not come under competitive bid requirements since they are professional services and also because the Federal government has authorized Blasland and Bouck to do some of this work. In response to questions on cost, he explained that the Town's share would be just over $700,000.00; on a percentage basis the Federal government would reimburse us 55% on major rehabilitation, the State would fund an additional 30%, and our share would be approximately 40% of the total cost. In answer to questions concerning bids, the Administrator concluded that in order to proceed according to schedule, it is necessary that the Town Board give authorization to advertise and receive bids for inflow and infiltration work. Further discussion ensued, after which Supervisor Battalia called for a vote resulting iii three ayes, thoseof_Supervisor Battalia, Councilwoman Silverstone and Councilman Lerman and two nays, those of Councilmen Amlicke and Chapin. Thereafter, by vote of three aye, two nay, it was -3- JUN. S, 1987 222 RESOLVED, that the Town Administrator is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Engineering Firm of Blasland & Bouck of 244 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York 10604, to assist with the bidding process, administer construction and prepare requisitions to State and Federal governments; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Administrator is hereby authorized to advertise and receive bids from construction firms for the _Inflow & Infiltration Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that this Board hereby authorizes publication in the official newspaper of the Town of Mamaroneck, The Daily Times, of said Notice of Invitation to Bid on the Inflow & Infiltration Project. At this time Supervisor Battalia stated that Councilman Lerman asked her to make the announcement that a report in the newspaper stating that there would be a vote on the ice rink tonight was erroneous and, _she reiterated, that this vote was not taking place tonight. 3. Request for Resolution - Legislative Proposals Councilwoman Silverstone explained that we receive on a _ regular basis, memos from Village Officials Associations and Associations of Towns regarding pieces of legislation being worked on in Albany. She further explained that from time to time, owners of large properties go to Court and receive reductions in tax assessment and that when this happens each entity returns tax monies to that property owner. She also mentioned that the Town or City is the tax collector on behalf of the County but the law states that the County need not return money to the Town unless it is more than $10,000. This has not been burdensome, she added, but in the case of condos the reduction is different and instead of assessing the entire building as is done with a co-op apartment building, each individual condo must be assessed as an individual unit, therefore the tax reduction is on each individual unit. She went on to explain that condos tend to be lower than the $10,000 figure so that is you have a 100 unit condo structure and each is reduced by $5,000 the community will be out $50,000 as the County will not have to return that money. She reported that Assemblymen Brodsky and .Spano have introduced legislation. in Albany to correct this particular situation, and she moved. that we support this legislation and make certain the Governor is aware of it. Thereafter, on motion by Councilwoman Silverstone, seconded - -- --- by Councilman Lerman, the following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Board: -4- JUN. 310/ 224 A_great .deal.of.=discussion__ensued following Mr. Trachtman's report and he fielded questions from members of the Board and from many Town residents with the general consensus being that we move this project along as quickly as possible. Thereafter, on motion_by Councilman Lerman, seconded by Councilwoman Silverstone, it was unanimously resolved to accept this report from Mr. Trachtman and authorizes him to finalize plans and return to this Board with authorization requests for appropriate funds. At this time, the order of the Agenda was changed and item #8 under Affairs of the Town was taken up while, as Supervisor Battalia stated, Mr. Trachtman was still present. 8. Discussion - Automation of Larchmont Reservoir Valve Supervisor Battalia asked Dr. Alan Mason to make this presentation. Dr. Mason gave some background information explaining how Friends of the Reservoir authorized him to study alternate proposals for the automation of the control valve to electronically. regulate:-the: level of the reservoir. Dr. Mason stated that LaGrange Instrument designed and built a system with which he was impressed and that the Friends of the Reservoir are willing to pay the cost ofthe 'system and also the cost of a phone line to the potting shed at the Conservancy 1 to be used by this system. Y After some discussion on the project and its costs, L____ Supervisor Battalia stated that the consensus of the Board would be to move forward and present the proposals to both Villages considering a Town-wide charge. Administrator Altieri suggested the Town Attorney help with the liability questions since the Town is charged with the responsibility of operating the valve. At this time, the order of the Agenda was again changed and items #6 and #7 under Affairs of the Town were taken up. 6. Authorization - Execute Contract-Premium River Feasibility Study Town Administrator, Stephen Altieri, explained that the Waterfront Revitalization Plan recommends that a feasibility study of the Premium Marsh be prepared so that certain I improvements be made to the area in order to maintain and protect environmentally critical areas located in the Marsh. He reported that the Coastal Zone Management Commission prepared proposal requests which were submitted to nine engineering firms and consultants and that responses were -6- � __,-- ,. wy Lite urc and Army Corp of Engineers. DUN. 31981 22' WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There were no written communications to come before the Board. ORAL REPORTS There was no one in attendance who wished to address the Board. THE TOWN CLERK The Town Clerk announced that the Clerk's .Officetwill not be open on Wednesday evenings during the months of July and August. THE SUPERVISOR no report REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL no reports III ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Town Board, on motion by Councilman Lerman, seconded by Councilwoman Silverstone, - the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 a.m. 1 \ Patricia A. DiCioccio Town Clerk -11-