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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1920_06_16 Town Board Minutes Meeting of the Town Board , TOWN OF MAMARONECK June 16th, 1920 The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Burton at 9.15 P.M. PRESENT: GEO W. BURTON, SUPERVISOR Wm. A Boyd. ) P. H. Collins, ) Justices. Geo.B.Dudley, ) F.M. Sherman, Deputy Clerk R.A. Gamble, Counsel. The minutes of the meeting of May 27th were read and upon motion approved. A communication from S. Masi & Son was received in re- lation to repairs of the police motorcycle quoting a net cost of $30.00 Upon motion by Justice Dudley, seconded by Justice Boyd, it was RESOLVED, that the repairs to the motorcycle be given to S .Masi & Son and that the same be made a proper Town charge. Upon roll call all members present voted in the affirmative and the Supervisor declared the motion adopted. The report of the Receiver of Taxes for the month of May 1920 was received, read, ordered placed on file and is as follows: TOWN OF MAMARONECK Office of the Receiver of Taxes. Sir: Pursuant to Section 23 of the Westchester County Tax Law, I hereby respectfully report the amount of State, County, Town School, Highway and Special District taxes, together with the interest and penalties thereon, collected by me during the month of May, 1920. 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 all taxes taxes taxes taxes taxes arrears TOTAL State & Cty. 2204.03 649.64 2,853.67 Town 1821.44 315.18 2,136.62 Highway 727.00 72.20 799.20 School Dist1 1991.87 1,991.87 Arrears 248.81 16.62 9.29 131.62 406.23 Int. & Pentys. 91.62 363.10 28.92 12.10 10.52 118.49 624.75 TOTAL $8,812.44 Deposited with 1st Natl Bank Mamk. $8,812.44 Respectfully submitted, Sgn, T. Palmer Howell. To Geo. W. Burton, Supervisor Receiver of Taxes . Town of Mamaroneck, Mamaroneck , New York. The report of the Town Clerk of fees collected for the month of May 1920 was received, read, ordered placed on file and is as follows: Town Clerk's Office, Town of Mamaroneck. June First , 1920 Hon. Geo. W. Burton, Supervisor, Town of Mamaroneck, Mamaroneck, New York. Dear Sir: I herewith report the amount of fees collected in the Town Clerk' s office for the month of May 1920 as follows: Dog licenses issued 24 $6.00 Hunting licenses " 3 .30 Fishing " " 1 .50 Marriage " " 8 8.00 Chattels filed 32 3.84 Total amount of fees collected $18.64 Respectfully submitted, John C. Fairchild. Town Clerk. Check covering amount made to order of the by Frederick H.Sherman, Supervisor. Deputy. The report of the Supervisor for the month ending May 31st 1920 was received, read, ordered placed on file and is as follows: TOWN OF MAMARONECK, Office of the Supervisor, June First, 1920 Gentlemen, Permit me to submit herewith my financial report, for the month ending May 31st ,1920, to wit: Balance on hand May 1st ,1920 $70,460.37 Deposited by Receiver of Taxes, $49,272.95 Received from N.Y. & Stamford R'way Company, franchise tax, 100.00 Received from Town Clerk, fees 26.41 Received from P.H. Collins, fines 60.00 Received from Wm. A. Boyd, fines 80.00 Received from F.P. Shafer, fines 155.00 49,694.36 Total amount received $120 ,154,73 Payments. Audited Claims $8,352.60 Certificates of Indebtedness 2,701.51 County Treasurer, 40,000.00 Garbage Contract account, 266.66 Highway fund Item #1 1,263.00 " " Item #2 345.00 " " Item #3 16.54 Interest account 34.67 Salary account, 2,224.98 School Treas, Acc/Dist #1 13,396.70 $68,601.66 Balance on hand this day $51,553.07 Respectfully submitted, To the Honorable, sgn. Geo. W. Burton, Town board of the Supervisor. Town of Mamaroneck, Mamaroneck, N.Y. A petition was presented by Mr. Crimmins from the residents of Myrtle Avenue in relation to gas service in that section. Same was received, read, ordered placed on file and the Supervisor stated that action would be taken upon this petit ion at this meeting. Mr. W. E. Lyon Jr. was present and spoke of his action before the Public Service Commission in relation to to the trolley mat- ters, stating what had transpired at the hearings.. The Supervisor reported the condition of the tax arrears in the office of the Receiver of Taxes and stated that the Town Board should take some action in bringing the arrears up to date. Mr. Hoeffner was present and spoke upon the same subject, showing the benefits to be derived. It was regularly moved and seconded that the matter of Tax Arrears, be referred to the Supervisor and that he report back to this Board with his recommendations. A resolution was presented in relation to the Town Dock property which upon motion same was referred to Counsellor Gamble and that he report back to the Board. The Supervisor reported that he appeared before the Public Service Commission at Albany in relation to the trolley and gas matters and it was their contention that the Town of Mamaroneck ought to take action before them for service wanted. The following resolution was offered by Justice Boyd and seconded by Justice Collins; RESOLVED, that Counsel be and he herey is authorized, empowered and directed to take the necessary steps, in behalf of the Town of Mamaroneck, to make application to the Public Service Commission, Second District, to compel the laying and exten- sion of gas mains by the Westchester Light- ing Company in Myrtle Avenue, Larchmomt Gardens, Woods of Larchmont and other sec- tions of the Town heretofore requested. Upon roll call all members present voted in the affirmative The Supervisor thereupon declared the resolution adopted. The following resolution was offered by Justice Dudley e ty and seconded by Justice Collins. WHEREAS, a request has been made on behalf of the owner of Lot 10, Block 16, Section 9 in the Town of Mamaro- neck, to have the assessment levied against said lot which was in the year 1927 assessed at $10,000, cor- rected, and WHEREAS, said lot has in previous years and subsequent years to 1917, been assessed at $1,000, and WHEREAS, the Board of assessors have reported to this Board that the cor- rect assessment should have been $1,000 , for the year 1917, that the assessment of $10,000 is an error, and WHEREAS, this has been confirmed by the Receiver of Taxes, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Supervisor and Re- ceiver of Taxes be, and they hereby are, empowered to take the necessary steps to correct the assessment on Lot 10 Block 16, Section 9, of the Town of Mamaroneck, so that same shall be assess- ed at $1,000, and the Receiver of Taxes is hereby authorized and empowered to note the said correction in his record books, and be it Further RESOLVED, that the Receiver of Taxes be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to accept from the owner of the aforesaid lot the amount of taxes due for the year 1917 figured on an assessed valuation of $1,000, and to further re- ceive penalties, cost of sale and adver- tising to date of payment figured on said amount of taxes found to be due on said lot when the same has been assessed at $1,000; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Receiver of Taxes be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to accept said sums of mon- ey so found due in full payment of tax for the year 1917. Upon ROLL CALL all members present voted in the affirmative, The Supervisor thereupon declared the resolution adopted, Upon motion the meeting adjourned at 11.50 P.M. Town Clerk. Deputy.