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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976_12_01 Town Board Regular Minutes 405 12-1-76 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK, HELD DECEMBER 1, 1976, IN THE AUDITORIUM 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 Vandernoot Councilman Bloom Councilman McMillan Councilman DeMaio Councilman Perone Absent: None Also Present: Mrs. Miller - Town Clerk Mr. Johnston - Town Attorney Mr. Acocella - Fire Chief Mr. Aitchison - Superintendent of Highways Mr. Barasch - Chief of Police Mr. DeLuca - Comptroller Mr. Elfreich - Town Engineer Mr. Leddy - Conservation Director Supervisor Vandernoot opened the meeting by thanking all those in attendance for their interest in Town affairs and recognized the presence of Mamaroneck Village Deputy Mayor Mustich who asked to make a brief statement on behalf of the Mayor and Trustees. Mr. Mustich stated that the Village Board is still giving serious consideration to divorcing themselves from the Town of Mamaroneck and cited the inequities of the taxes and duplication of services as reasons. He further stated that he and the Board hope to meet with the Town Board to discuss alleviating the problems and per- haps meet in the near future in Albany with State legislators. The Supervisor thanked him and referred to State imposed laws regarding the levying of taxes and noted that the Town Board would be happy to make arrangements to meet with the Village Board. SLIDE PRESENTATION - RECYCLING Mr. Vandernoot introduced Mrs. Nancy Hartford of the Life Center who spoke briefly about the proposed rearrangement of garbage pickup beginning January 1, 1977 and presented slides regarding recycling. Some discussion followed the slide presentation in which the savings to be realized through the paper recycling pro- gram were noted. At this time Supervisor Vandernoot reported briefly on his attend- ance at a meeting in White Plains regarding the County's proposal for solid waste disposal. He stated that he learned that two sites are being considered - Grasslands and Yonkers; the plan for a transfer station is no longer included in the overall plan; and _._� -1- 406 12-1-76 that communities will be asked to sign contracts with minimum tonnage at a cost of possibly $17. or $18. per ton, perhaps going as high as $22. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the regular meetings of January 7, 1976, January 21, 1976 and October 20, 1976 were presented and on motion by Councilman McMillan, seconded by Councilman Bloom, approved as submitted. With the unanimous approval of the Board, the Supervisor switched the order of the Agenda in order to take up the regular business first and hold the Public Hearing immediately following. COMMUNICATIONS 1. Statement of Canvass - November 2, 1976 General Election The Clerk presented the above captioned statement which was herewith ordered received and filed for the record. 2. Letter, Larchmont Terrace Apartments A letter addressed to the Town Council by Donald F. La Sala, President of Vermilion Building Corp. under date of December 1, 1976 in which the problems relative to reduced garbage collections were enumerated was herewith ordered received and filed for the record. It was further unanimously so ordered that the Supervisor would contact and meet with the apartment owners regarding the problem. TOWN CLERK Regular Reports The Clerk presented the following reports which were ordered re- ceived and filed: Report of the Town Clerk for the month of November, 1976. Report of the Building and Plumbing Inspector for the month of November 1976. Town of Mamaroneck Financial Report for the year ending December 31, 1975. Third Quarterly Report of the Westchester Joint Water Works covering the period July 1 - September 30, 1976. -2- 407 12-1-76 THE SUPERVISOR 1. Report, Public Works Capital Development Act Mr. Vandernoot presented a brief overview of a law recently passed in Congress which is divided into two phases and noted that almost immediately after passage the Town of Mamaroneck received a check for $8,534.00, which must be used within six months. $5,500.00 will be used for Community Beautification and the remaining $3,000.00 for salaries. He commented further that the second phase relates spec- ifically to unemployment and, using the County figures, the Town of Mamaroneck's unemployment rate is 7.6% which may qualify the Town for funds. Supervisor Vandernoot stated that if the application is approved, those funds will be used for resurfacing Town roads, and that a considerable amount could be removed from the budget if the funds are quickly approved. 2. Report, Section 8 - Rent Subsidy Supervisor Vandernoot reported that on November 24th the annual contributions contract was filed with -the federal government (HUD) for the rent subsidy program under Section 8 and stated that as was previously announced, funding for 75 units has been set aside for the Town and Village of Larchmont. All of the tremendous amount of paper work has been completed and hopes are that sub- sidizing may begin in April. THE TOWN ATTORNEY 1. Easement - Water Main Repair In accordance with the Attorney's recommendation, on motion by Councilman Bloom, seconded by Councilman DeMaio, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized to sign on behalf of the Town of Mamaroneck, an easement agreement between the Town and the West- chester Joint Water Works for the re- placement of the water main in the Car- gill Park area. 2. Authorization to Engage Appraiser - Bonnie Briar Certiorari Pursuant to Mr. Johnston's request, on motion by Councilman Perone, seconded by Councilman Bloom, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the Town Attorney be and he hereby is authorized to engage the services of an expert appraiser, Amiel Rellstab in connection with the certiorari proceedings of Bonnie Briar Country Club at a cost of $2,000 for his preliminary preparations and $50.00 per hour thereafter. -3- 408 12-1-76 Not on Agenda Marie Wolf, who had expressed a desire to address the Board before the Public Hearing got underway and who was representing the Larchmont League of Women Voters, at this time presented a prepared statement on behalf of the League enumerating their position on the Town budget and the budget process; and again urging the establishment of a citizen committee to study a Town Manager form of government. PUBLIC HEARING: 1977 Preliminary Budget On motion by Councilman Bloom, seconded by Councilman McMillan, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the public hearing be and. it hereby is declared open. The Town Clerk presented the Affidavits of Publication and Posting of the Notice of Hearing as required by law which were herewith ordered received and filed for the record. At this time the Supervisor reviewed briefly the budget by utilizing a visual aide; stated that the total appropriations had been re- duced from $5,042,160.00 to $5,015,145.00 since November 17th and that the changes would be taken up as the review of the budget takes place; and outlined the procedure for conducting the hearing --requesting each person wishing to address the Board to identify himself or herself for the record. Pursuant to comments relative to the budget by several of the members of the Board, and the notation that a page by page review of the budget would be conducted by the Supervisor, the following persons addressed the Board: Mr. Harry Kapp - 8 Heather Lane, Town Mrs. Jean Kapp - 8 Heather Lane, Town Mr. Burton Golov - 97 Valley Road, Town Mrs. Margaret Shultz - 25 Alden Road, Town Mr. Richard Murphy - 26 Linden Avenue, Larchmont Mr. Charles Scharf - 3 Bay Avenue, Larchmont Mrs. Beth Nelkin - 20 Mohegan Road, Town Mrs. Marie Wolf - 5 Lundy Lane, Town Mrs. Pamela Noe - 59 Maple Hill Drive, Town Mr. Edward Clarke - 67 Rockland Avenue, Town Mrs. Peggy Snyder - 31 Seton Road, Town Mrs. Janet Demasi - 30 Copley Road, Town Mrs. Nora Winkel - 22 Copley Road, Town Mr. Joel Rothenberg - 12 Normandy Road, Town Mrs. Ruth Sharp - Bay Avenue, Larchmont Mr. Richard Greene - 21 Hillcrest Avenue, Town Mr. Richard Early - 48 Valley Road, Town Mrs. Nancy Hartford - 3 Orsini Drive, Town Mr. Joseph Noe - 59 Maple Hill Drive, Town Mr. Everett Houghton - 50 Stuyvesant Avenue, Larchmont Mr. Ronald Keelan - 100 E. Brookside Drive, Town Mrs. Susan Amlicke - 60 Maple Hill Drive, Town As the page by page review continued the following were thoroughly discussed and elaborated upon with, in most instances, clarifications being made by the Supervisor and members of the Board or department heads: -4- 409 12-1-76 1. Salary increases for supervisory personnel. 2. Hommocks Pool (including changing area surrounding same, fee schedule, maintenance costs and hours of availability). 3. Hommocks Ice Rink (maintenance costs, insurance, self- paying versus deficit, leasing of same and comparison to other ice rinks) . 4. Police Department (effects if reduced, overtime wages, increase in auxiliary police, large increase in budget). 5. Volunteer Ambulance Corps (contractual agreement with Town and Village of Larchmont, possible construction of permanent facility) . 6. Garbage Disposal (possible effects of change in pickup schedule, effects of paper recycling program) . 7. Sewer District (operating costs and bond indebtedness) . 8. Possible reduction in Park District personnel. 9. Salaries and employee benefits. 10. Recreation salaries compared with other municipalities in the County. 11. Overall Highway Department budget. During the extremely lengthy discussion of the budget concern was also expressed relative to: a. Appropriations for printing and stationery; b. Upkeep of and issuance of parking permits for Lot #1; c. Condition of Auditorium (in need of paint and fixing of windows) ; Mr. Vandernoot once again thanked everyone present for coming this evening and for giving the Board the benefit of their views and suggestions, which he noted would be given very careful con- sideration before final adoption of the 1977 budget. He then in- quired as to the Board's pleasure. Thereupon on motion by Councilman DeMaio, who recommended that due to the length of time involved in a public hearing on the budget, perhaps the future budget hearings could commence an hour or so earlier, seconded by Councilman Bloom, the hearing was declared closed and action on the budget deferred until the next meeting so as to give the Board time for further intensive study of the Budget and consideration of the suggestions, requests and recommendations presented this evening. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned at 12:40 A.M. on December 2, 1976, to reconvene on December 15, 1976. -5- 410 12-1-76 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS The meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners was convened immediately upon the adjournment of the Town Board meeting. 1. Claims Pursuant to the memorandum addressed to the Commission by the Deputy Comptroller under date of December 1, 1976, herewith presented and ordered received and filed, on motion by Commis- sioner Bloom and seconded by Commissioner DeMa.io, it was un- animously RESOLVED, that this Commission hereby authorizes payment of the following Fire Department claims approved by the Fire Chief and audited by the Comptroller's Office: R. G. Brewer, Inc. $ 46.44 Con Edison 22.12 Con Edison 210.57 New York Telephone Co. 15.24 New York Telephone Co. 314.85 Westchester Rockland Newspapers Inc. 45.30 $ 654.52 2. Reports There were no reports to come before the Commission. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned at 12:42 A.M. on December 2, 1976, to reconvene on December 15, 1976. T Clerk -6-