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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975_11_19 Town Board Regular Minutes 164=. " 11-19-75 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK, HELD NOVEMBER 19, 1975, IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OF THE WEAVER STREET FIREHOUSE, WEAVER STREET, TOWN OF MAMARONECK. CALL TO ORDER The Supervisor called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: . Supervisor Helwig Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot Councilman Bloom Councilman McMillan I Absent: Councilman White Also Present: Mrs. Miller - Town Clerk Mr. Johnston - Town Attorney Mr. Aitchison - Superintendent of Highways Mr. Elfreich - Town Engineer i OLD BUSINESS 1. Adopt Preliminary Budget and Set Date for Public Hearing on Budget The Supervisor recommended adoption of the Preliminary Budget for It 1976 as herewith presented urging its adoption this evening so that the date could be fixed for the public hearing thereon as required by law. She further noted that its adoption at this time would make it possible to have copies thereof available by � November 24th thus permitting study of the proposed budget prior to the public hearing. Further, she continued, since the Annual Budget had to be adopted on or before midnight of December 20th and since the Preliminary Budget, upon its adoption, could be amended (either raised or lowered), Mrs. Helwig recommended that the hearing be held.on Wednesday evening, December 3, 1975. Whereupon on motion.by Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot, seconded by Councilman Bloom, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Town Board does hereby approve as the Preliminary Budget of this Town for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of January 1976, the itemized statement of estimated revenues and expen- ditures hereto attached and made a part of this resolution; and be it further RESOLVED, that such Preliminary Budget shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk, where it shall be available for inspection by any interested person at all reasonable hours; _. ! -1- 165 11-19-75 i TOWN OF T4AMARONECK PRELIMINARY 'BUDGET III 1976 ESTIMATED _ - UNEXPENDED TAX FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS REVENUES BALANCE LEVY I GENERAL FUND: FUND: I - Town Wide 1,188,345. 741,435. 50,000. 396,910, Federal Revenue Sharing - T.W. 82,500. 41,500. 41,000. - - 1 . Town Outside Villages 1,504,165. 89,050. 40,000. 1,375,115. Federal Revenue Sharing - T.O.V. 97,320. 64,320. 33,000, jHIGHWAY FUND: j . Items I, II, III, illIV and V 536,826. 16,950. 20,000. 499,876. SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Garbage 469,705. 21,219. 5,000. 443,486. Water 39,460. - - 15,000. 24,460.. Street Lighting 72,455. - - - - 72,455. Sewer 87,420. 450. 20,000. 66,970. Park 108,300, - 6,000. 102,300. Fire 473,669. - - - - 473,669. TOTAL 4,660,165. 974,924. 230,000. 3,455,241. I/ 4Cj) , I' 1 . 166 11-19-75 and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk give Notice of public hearing in the manner provided in Section 108 of the Town Law, and that the Notice be published and posted in sub- stantially the following form: Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the Preliminary Budget of the Town of Mamaroneck, New York, consisting of the estimated revenues and expenditures for the year 1976, has been completed and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Town, where the same may be examined by any person interested therein, and that a public hearing thereon will be held by and before the Town Board of said Town on Wednesday evening, December 3rd at 8:15 o'clock in the Auditorium of the Weaver Street Firehouse, Weaver Street, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, at which time and place all those who appear and are interested will be given an opportunity to be heard with respect to said Preliminary Budget, or any part or item thereof. Please take further notice, that the pro- posed salaries of the members of the Town Board are as follows: Supervisor- $12,000; Town Councilman (4) - $2,500 each; and that the proposed salary of the Town Clerk is $13,450. By Order of the Town Board Dorothy. S. Miller Town Clerk and be it further RESOLVED, that the Notice shall be published in the following newspaper having general circula- tion within the Town: The. Mamaroneck Daily Times, on November 21, 1975. During the discussion after adoption of the resolution, the following items were brought to the Board's attention in some detail: a) The questionnaire regarding the proposed joint Town-Village collection of garbage and rubbish aimed toward a potential reduction of service and costs, which the Supervisor briefly reviewed; A question was raised by Mrs. Margaret Shultz as to whether the present 3-times a week pick-up in the Unincorporated Area might be reduced to twice-a-week. In answer the Supervisor stated that while there was no definite determination as yet, it was hoped that the present 3-times a week schedule would continue. -2- 167 11-19-75 b) A rather strong request that more time be provided to the Town so that more skating time at the Bubble could be sold under con- tract to the Hockey Leagues in the County needing the availability of ice, which might necessitate the negotiation of a new schedule of time for the school district's use of said ice; c) A similarly strong and urgent request that the Board give every possible consideration this year to "holding the line" or reducing employee costs during all negotiations with Police, Fire, CSEA and AFSCME (garbage) Unions. 2. Report to Board on Parking Survey by Town Clerk and Set Date for Public Hearing The Town Clerk reported on the procedures she had followed after the Tenants Council had advised the Supervisor of the need for the availability of' 24-hour.°parking in Lot #3, and referred to her memorandum addressed to the Town Board under date of November 17, 1975, in which she outlined her recommendations and the reasons thereof, which was herewith ordered received and filed as part of the record of this meeting. Thereupon, pursuant to the Town Clerk's recommendation, on motion by Councilman McMillan, seconded by Councilman Bloom, it was unani- mously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby fixes the date of December 17, 1975, the second regular meeting in December, for holding a Public Hearing for the purpose of considering an amendment to Chapter IX-F. of the General Ordinances of the Town of Mamaroneck entitled "Parking Lots, Overnight" so as to permit 24-hour parking, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in Parking Lot #3 situated at Myrtle Boulevard and Chatsworth Avenue, Town of Mamaroneck. and be it further RESOLVED, that. the Clerk be and she hereby is authorized to publish in the official newspaper of the Town of Mamaroneck, The Daily Times, Notice of such hearing as re- quired by law. 3. Authorization.to Sign CSEA Contract Pursuant to Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot's statement that although contract agreement had been reached with the CSEA earlier in the year, there had been some delay in the printing of the contract which is now ready for signing by the Supervisor on behalf of the -3- 168 11-19-75 Town, on motion by Councilman Bloom, seconded by Councilman McMillan, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and she hereby is authorized to sign on behalf of the Town of Mamaroneck, the contract between the said Town and the Town of Mamaroneck Unit, Westchester Chapter, Civil Service Employees Association for the Two-year period beginning January 1, 1975 and terminating December 31, 1976. 4. Appointment(s) •- CAP Board of Directors Following the Supervisor's resume of Mrs. Grissom's and Mr. Mulcahy's particular qualifications for this service and pursuant to her recommendation that they both be appointed as members of the Board of Directors of the Community Action Program, on motion by Council- ; man Bloom, seconded by Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot, it was unani- mously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby appoints Mrs. Selena M. Grissom of 126 Richbell Road, Town and Mr. George Mulcahy, 172 Myrtle Boulevard, Town, as members of the Board of Directors of the Community Action Program effective immediately and to serve the coming year. NEW BUSINESS 1. Set Date for Public Hearing re Code The Supervisor stated that she, the Town Attorney and the Town Clerk had conferred with a representative of General Code Publishers Corp. of Spencerport, New York regarding the compilation, renumbering and tabulating of local laws, ordinances and resolutions in the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck and in order to make this amended Code official, a public hearing would have to be held. And thereupon, following a discussion in which it was suggested that a copy of the revised Code be placed in the local library and also in which questions were raised about the possibility of printing separately certain sections of the Code, on motion by Councilman Bloom, seconded by Councilman McMillan, the following resolution was-adopted by unanimous vote of the Board: RESOLVED, that a public hearing will be held by this Board at its regular meeting on Wednesday evening, December 17, 1975 in the Auditorium of the Weaver Street Firehouse, Weaver Street, Town of Mamaro- neck, for the purpose of considering the enactment of a local law to compile, re- number and tabulate local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of Mamaroneck from existing numbers with adoption and effective dates to newly assigned number- ing by chapter and section. and be it further RESOLVED, that the Clerk be and she hereby is authorized to publish in the official newspaper of the Town of Mamaroneck, The Daily Times, Notice of such hearing as required by law. --4- 169 11-19-75 2. Salary Authorizations - Recreation Pursuant to memoranda addressed to the Board by the Superintendent of Recreation under dates of November 10 and 14, 1975, herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot, seconded by Councilman Bloom, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: III RESOLVED, that as recommended by the Recreation Commission, this Board hereby authorizes the persons listed herebelow be compensated in the amount stated and effective on the date specified for each: Compensation Effective Name Position Rate Date Thomas Keller Rec. Assistant $2.20 per hr. 11-4-75 Hommocks Ice Rink Christopher Shaw. " " " " It " " " " Merritt Zucca n " n " " " n H H Michael Zavell " " " " " " " " H Christopher T. Pinto " " " 2:50 pdr hour " " " William Chopak Sr.Rec.Leader Youth Hockey Prog. 9.00 per hr. 11-1-75 It It I, II II " /I " " Alexander Fletcher Oliver Gill " " " " " " It " " Matthew Carr Rec. Assistant Youth Hockey Prog.28.00 per sess. 11-5-75 If H II " II Castagna Alexander Marshall " " " " H " H H H III Mark Nason 11 II I/ Nancy Nancy M. Becker Ice Skating Inst. Hommocks Ice Rink 20.00 per hr. 11-9-75 Rose Auslander " " " 8.00 per hr. II 11 11 Victoria Celentano " " H H " H " " " Arline Goralick " " " H H H H " H Jeffrey Canil Skate Guard Hommocks Ice Rink 2.20 per hr. 11-13-75 3. Resolution - Provide Credit for Police Service with Another Department Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot presented the long standing problem of granting retirement credit to two policemen for service in other communities before they joined the Town department and stated that the $23,984.00 is to be included in the 1976 budget for Ptl. Anthony L. Lifrieri and Ptl. William Coy. Thereupon, on his motion which was seconded by Councilman Bloom, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board hereby elects, in accordance with subdivision g of Section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law, to assume all of the additional cost on account of previous service as an III officer or member of any other department or force by any present or future officers or members of the Town of Mamaroneck Police Department who are or become members of the New York State Policemen's and Firemen's Retirement System and elect or are required i to contribute under the provisions of Section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law. -5- 170 11-19-75 Some discussion followed in which it was pointed out by Councilman Bloom that since the state law mandates that this must be extended to any future officer, Chief Barasch has been alerted regarding the hiring of new personnel. COMMUNICATIONS 1. Mr. Ira Freireich, 287 Weaver Street, Town, requested that he be removed from the agenda of this meeting. 2. Resignation - Mrs. Elaine Samuels Supervisor Helwig presented a letter addressed to the Board by Mrs. Elaine Samuels under date of October 27, 1975, tendering her resignation as Chairman of the Senior Citizens Council which was herewith ordered received and filed. Deputy Supervisor Vandernoot expressed regret and paid tribute to Mrs. Samuels for her many contributions and accomplishments in the development of senior services in the Town and thanked her for a tremendous job and for the extraordinary services she provided, and on his motion which was seconded by Councilman McMillan, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that this Board with regret reluctantly accepts the resignation of Mrs. Elaine Samuels as Chairman of the Senior Citizens Council effective immediately and expresses to her its thanks and appreciation for the services and contributions to the elderly of this community. 3. Letter, Girl Scout Council A letter addressed to the Supervisor by Thekla Bloch under date of November 12, 1975, in which she requests the Board to consider making exceptions for non-profit organizations in the local law regulating garage sales, was herewith presented and ordered re- ceived and filed and referred to the Town Attorney for his recommendation. 4. Housing Code Enforcement Conference j I The Supervisor presented a communication from the Housing Action Council announcing a one-day conference to be held on Thursday, December 4, 1975 at 85 Court Street in White Plains, which was ordered received and filed. 5. Housing. Action Reporter Supervisor Helwig presented the November, 1975 issue of the Housing Action Reporter which was ordered received and filed. -6- 171 11-19-75 THE TOWN CLERK Regular Reports The Clerk presented the following reports which were ordered received and filed as part of the record of this meeting: Report of the Town Clerk for the month of October 1975. Report of the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments for the month of October 1975. I i THE SUPERVISOR 1. Report re Flood Control - Larchmont Reservoir Mrs. Helwig reported that preparations are being made for a meeting to be held soon with the residents living in the area surrounding the Larchmont Reservoir. 2. November 25th - Michael A. Tripicco Day The Supervisor spoke of the Board of Education's proclamation of "Michael Tripicco Day", and suggested that the Town join with them in this designation and whereupon Councilman Bloom moved and Councilman McMillan seconded that Mrs. Helwig's recommendation be followed and thereupon the foregoing reso- lution was unanimously adopted with each of the members of the Board individually expressing his tribute to Mr. Tripicco: WHEREAS, Michael A. Tripicco has served the Union Free School District #1, Mamaroneck, New York for more than fifty years as Head Custodian of our High School •.and since 1956 as Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds for the entire system, and WHEREAS, "Mike" has served with dedication and effective- ness, with real concern for the people of the community and willingness to go far beyond the call of duty in serving them, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck hereby designates Tuesday - November 25th as Michael A. Tripicco Day in the Town of Mamaroneck in tribute to him and to his extraordinary record of service to the residents of the School District and Town. -7- 172 11-19-75 NOT ON AGENDA The Town Attorney presented his memorandum addressed to the Supervisor under date of November 17, 1975, herewith ordered received and filed as part of the record of this meeting, and in accordance with the Assessor's and his recommendation, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, heretofore writs of certiorari were obtained by 1825 Palmer Associates owners of property known and described as Block 603, Parcel 113 on the Tax Assessment Map and Assessment Roll of the Town of Mamaroneck, for the follow- ing years: 1974 for taxes of 1975 and 1975 for taxes of 1976; and WHEREAS, the Town .Attorney recommends to this Board that the proceedings be settled and discontinued upon the reduction of certain of these assessments; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the assessments for the years 1974 for taxes of 1975 and 1975 for taxes of 1976 upon property owned by 1825 Palmer Asso- ciates and described on the Assessment Map and Assessment Roll of the Town of Mamaroneck as Block 603, Parcel 113, be reduced as follows: From Assm't Tax Year Year Land Improvements Total 1974 1975 $50,000. $326,500. $376,500. 1975 1976 $50,000. $326,500. $376,500. To Assm't Tax Year Year Land Improvements Total 1974 1975 $50,000. $250,000. $300,000. 1975 1976 $50,000. $250,000. $300,000. provided the certiorari proceedings now pending in the name of 1825 Palmer Associates be discontinued without costs as against either party; and be it further RESOLVED, that all refunds of taxes due by reason of such reductions be paid without interest; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to sign the necessary stipulations to obtain an order of the Supreme Court providing for such reductions. -8- 173 11-19-75 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned at 10:12 P.M. , to reconvene on December 3, 1975. _ I BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS The meeting.. of the Board of Fire Commissioners was convened immediately upon the adjournment of the Town Board Meeting. 1. Reports There were no reports to come before the Commission. 1 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned at 10:13 P.M., to reconvene on December 3, 1975. To Clerk I -9-