HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005_06_07 Housing Authority Minutes Town of Mamaroneck Housing Authority ("Authority")
Minutes of June 7, 2005 Board of Directors' Meeting
P-r-e-se-nt - ---R-i-chard--Cherry
Susan Sidel
Salvatore Iaconno
Mary Carson
Robert Cammer
Also present : Paul Winick, former
Authority Chairman,
Town Coucil member and
Council ' s Liason to the Board.
Mr. Cherry called the meeting to order at approximately 8 p.m.
On motion made, seconded, and voted unanimousely, Mr. Cherry was
elected Chairman, Mr. Iaconno was elected Treasurer, and Mr.
Cammer was elected Secretary.
On motion made, seconded, and voted unanimousely, the minutes of
the Board' s February 16, 2005 minutes were approved as presented.
On motion made, seconded, and voted unanimously, it was
C RESOLVED, that Mr. Cherry be and hereby is authorized to
sign all checks, bank and other financial services
accounts, financial instruments, and other documents
memorializing, implementing, or otherwise relating to
the Authority' s finances that he deems reasonably
required for such purpose of a person holding office as
Chairman of the Authority during tenure as Chairman.
Mr. Cherry then noted that Bram Fierstein, principal representa-
tive of Grammatan Management Corp. , had suggested and requested
that Hommoncks Apartments related management efficiency would be
substantially enhanced if the Board were to authorize him to pay
invoices for services/goods supplied to the Authority with
respect to Hommocks Apartments and, in dealing with delinquent
tenants at that address, formally to designate him in writing as
the Authority' s agent to sign/issue and to serve on the Authori-
ty' s behalf all documents that may be reasonably required to
institute formal enforcement litigation against tenants he be-
lieves in good faith to be in default .
In ensuing discussion, each of the Board members said he or she
agreed with each such a proposal, providing that, especially with
respect to expenditure of Authority funds, Mr. Fierstein
consulted (if practicable, in advance) with the Treasurer and, in
any event, provide the Treasurer with supporting documentation of
each payment at least simultaneously therewith, and, with respect
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to tenant enforcement steps, that he provide the Chairman with
copies of all documents signed under color of the authority to be
granted as agent . On motion made, seconded, and voted
unanimously, it thereupon was
RESOLVED, that that Mr. Fierstein be and hereby is
authorized on behalf of the Authority to pay invoices
for services actually rendered or goods actually
supplied to the Authority in an amount (if without prior
written approval of the Chairman or Treasurer) not to
exceed $3 , 000, provided that, insofar as practicable, he
consult with the Treasurer before making a payment and,
in any event and at the least, that, at least if
simultaneously with the making of a payment, he provide
the Treasurer with a copy of each check or other mode of
payment together with the underlying documentation
therefor;
and it is further
RESOLVED that the Board hereby authorizes the appoint-
ment of Grammarian Management Corp. , by Bram Fierstein,
as its authorized agent for the purpose of executing
correspondence, notices of default, notices to cure,
notices to terminate, notices of petition, petitions, •
and all other documents that the said managing agent
deems reasonably required for the purpose of instituting
and prosecuting N.Y. RPAPL Art . 7 summary proceedings or
other litigation relating to the Authority' s residential
property at Hommocks Road, Larchmont, N.Y. , and that
third-parties may and shall rely on what the said agent
represents to be a true copy of this Resolution.
Mr. Cherry then reported that he and Mr. Ioconno would discuss
and recommend to the Board status and options viz-a-viz Authority
investment, it being the sense of the Board that pending further
action, accounts shall be maintained and managed consistent with
past practice .
Mr. Cammer volunteered that (though in the role of Board member,
not of attorney) he would undertake to make a study if
practicable to be completed by early Autumn with a view towards
verifying Board compliance fiancially and otherwise N.Y. Public
Housing Law requirements .
There being no other business, the Board voted to to hold its
next scheduled meeting at 8 p.m. on July 18, 2005 at the Town of
Mamaroneck office and, pending that meeting, to adjourn.
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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF TOWN OF MAMARONECK HOUSING AUTHORITY
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the
Twon of Mamaroneck Housing Authority hereby authorizes the
appointment of Grammarian Management Corp. , by Bram Fierstein, as
its authorized agent for the purpose of executing correspondence,
notices of default, notices to cure, notices to terminate,
notices of petition, petitions, and all other documents that the
said managing agent deems reasonably required for the purpose of
instituting and prosecuting N.Y. RPAPL Art . 7 summary proceedings
401) or other litigation relating to the Authority' s residential
property at Hommocks Road, Larchmont, N.Y. , and that third-
parties may and shall rely on what the said agent represents to
be a true copy of this Resolution.
This Resolution has been enacted pursuant to a vote taken on
motion duly made, seconded, and approved unanimously at a regular
meeting of the said Board of Directors on June 7, 2005
Richard cherry, as Chairman
Attest :
Robert Cammer, as Secretary