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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-02-11 - Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes i AGENDA VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA MEETING FEBRUARY 11, 1992 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ACTION RESOLUTIONS 1. SETTING VOTER REGISTRATION DAY FOR VILLAGE ELECTION SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1992 2 . BUDGET MODIFICATION RE: INSURANCE ITEMS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 1992 PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. NORTHEAST NETWORKS, INC. INSTALLATION OF A FIBER OPTIC NETWORK WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK 2 . ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW #1-1992 ENTITLED: A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE CODIFICATION OF THE LOCAL LAWS AND CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK INTO A MUNICIPAL CODE TO BE DESIGNATED THE "CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK" RESOLUTIONS 3 . DECLARING THE CANDIDATES FOR VILLAGE ELECTION MARCH 17, 1992 4 . APPOINTING POLICE SURGEON 5. CHECK REGISTER APPROVAL OF MINUTES DECEMBER 17, 1991 JANUARY 14, 1992 003.11 MINUTES OF AN AGENDA MEETING VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OFFICES 90 SOUTH RIDGE STREET RYE BROOK, NEW YORK FEBRUARY 11, 1992 8 : 00 P.M. CONVENE MEETING Mayor Cresenzi convened the Meeting at 8 : 00 p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance followed. Present were the following members of the Board: Mayor Salvatore M. Cresenzi Trustee Michele R. Daly Trustee Joseph Pellino Trustee Robert J. Ravich Trustee Randy A. Solomon Also present were: Christopher J. Russo, Village Administrator Lori Ann DeMarco, Asst. to Village Administrator Rocco V. Circosta, Director of Public Works Edward F. Beane, Village Attorney Elizabeth Czajkowski, Secretary to Village Board Joseph Cortese, Village Treasurer was not in attendance at this meeting. 00 3 38 February 11, 1992 RESOLUTIONS 1. SETTING VOTER REGISTRATION DAY FOR VILLAGE ELECTION SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1992 On Motion made by Trustee Daly, seconded by Trustee Ravich the following resolution was adopted_. RESOLUTION SETTING VOTER REGISTRATION DAY VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK ELECTION SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1992 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15-118, Sub. 3 (a, b & c) of the Election Law, the Board of Trustees is required to designate the hours for the Registration of Voters; the date of Registration being fixed by the law as the 10th day preceding the Election, (March. 7, 1992) and WHEREAS, the Board: of Trustees has determined that more than one half of voters qualified to vote at the forthcoming Village Election were personally registered at the last preceding General Election., other than a Village Election, and registration in a single location will. be accomplished more efficiently and economically; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 15-118 (Sub_ 9) of the Election Law, the. locations where the Registration of voters is normally held shall. be consolidated into a single place, to wit: RYE BROOK VILLAGE OFFICE, 90 SOUTH RIDGE STREET and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that a single Board. of Elections shall be used. for taking the Registration for each Election. District; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk is hereby authorizedto. appoint an Election Inspector and a Clerical Assistant, who shall also act as an Alternate Inspector if necessary, to serve on Registration. Day; and he it FURTHER. RESOLVED, that if said Inspector of Election or Clerical. Assistant is unable to. serve on Registration. Day, the Village. Clerk is authorized to appoint an Alternate Inspector; and be it - 2 - 003131 February 11, 1992 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Inspector of Election shall prepare a register for such Village Election in the manner provided by law and shall meet an the 10th day preceding the coming annual Village Election, to wit: Saturday, March. 7, 1992 at the Village Office, 90 South Ridge Street, between the hours of 12:00 Noon and 9:00 P.M. on that day, for the purpose of completing said register of the Village; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk shall furnish, at the Village's expense, the necessary blank books in connection with such Registration and Election; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Inspector of Election and. Clerical. Assistant shall each receive the sum of Eight ($8) Dollars per hour as their, compensation.. Administrator Russo explained. that we are holding Voter Registration Day specifically for the Village Election from 12:.00 Noon to 9:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 7, 1992. Trustee Daly questioned who sets the hours for Voter Registration Day. Administrator Russo explained that. the hours are set by law. Trustee Pellinc inquired if this registration day is: only for the Village of Rye Brook Election this March so a person coming in cannot use this opportunity to register for the general election in November_ He also questioned. if County Registration forms will be made available for those wanting to register for all Elections. Administrator Russo stated that this registration day is good for the Village. Election to be held March 17, 1992 only. He further stated that County Registration forms are currently available at the Village Clerk's Office as well as the Town. Clerk's Office. Trustee Solomon stated, that this will be in the Newspaper and also. on Cable Television. Ken Heller clarified that if you are not registered for the General. Election, then you need to register with the Village for the upcoming Election. Mayor Cresenzi stated that he was correct. Trustee Pe1Li.no questioned if a current list of registrants would be available that day for individuals who don't know if they are registered.. Administrator Russo replied "Yes". TRUSTEE DALY VOTING AYE TRUSTEE PELLINO VOTING AYE TRUSTEE RAVICH VOTING AYE TRUSTEE SOLOMON VOTING AYE. MAYOR CRESENZI VOTING AYE 3 - UO3, = :y February 11, 1992 2. BUDGET MODIFICATION RE: INSURANCE Administrator Russo explained that the Village has recently changed insurance carriers and brokers after rebidding the village's general liability insurance. We are literally paying two years worth of insurance out of one budget year. In light of the calendar year policy situation, and the fact that the previous calendar year was paid out of the current budget, we need to pay a substantial portion of the current calender year out of the same budget and must modify the budget to take that into consideration. We will be getting theequivalent of credits as of June 1st because we will be placing all of these insurances on a fiscal year basis for future budget, purposes. We are proposing to take $40,000 from our water fund and $40,000 from ourlighting fund and transfer the amount to our unallocated insurance account. On Motion made by Trustee Ravich, seconded by Trustee Daly the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION BUDGET MODIFICATION The following amounts are needed for the Unallocated Insurance account: AMOUNT REASON $27,854 2nd Installment for Automobile Insurance $10,000 $5 million additional Umbrella Insurance $14,237 Police Liability $10,000 Public Officials Liability $15,000 - Risk Management Services and Misc. TOTAL - $80,000 (Rounded) RESOLVED, that the following budget modification be. hereby approved: FROM TO AMOUNT 101.8320.400 101.1910.422 $40,000 (Water District) (Unallocated Insurance) 101.5182.402 101.1910.422 $40,000 (Lighting District) (Unallocated Insurance) TRUSTEE. DALY VOTING AYE TRUSTEE PELLINO VOTING AYE TRUSTEE RAVICH VOTING AYE TRUSTEE SOLOMON VOTING AYE. MAYOR CRESENZI VOTING AYE - 4 - 00314-i February 11, 1992 ITEMS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 1992 PUBLIC HEARINGS NORTHEAST NETWORKS., INC.. INSTALLATION OF A FIBER OPTIC NETWORK WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK 2. ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW #1-1992 ENTITLED:. A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE. CODIFICATION OF THE LOCAL LAWS AND CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE. BROOK INTO A MUNICIPAL CODE TO BE DESIGNATED THE "CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK" RESOLUTIONS 3. DECLARING THE CANDIDATES FOR VILLAGE. ELECTION MARCH 17, 1992 4. APPOINTING POLICE. SURGEON 5. CHECK REGISTER. Mayor Cresenzi. stated. that he. needed to speak. to Attorney Beane about.. supplying the Village Board with a. draft Local Law regarding House Number Identification far 911. Attorney Beane stated that a draft would be ready for the regular meeting in February. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DECEMBER 17, 1991 JANUARY 14, 1992 Administrator Russo requested that we postpone appointing the Police Surgeon at the February meeting as the Chief of Police will not be able to attend. Mayor Cresenzi stated that we could appoint: the Police Surgeon at the March Village Board Meeting. Mr. Heller inquired as to the date of the Public. Hearing an the 1992-1993 Budget. Mayor Cresenzi stated that he did not have a date as of now, however we will be holding a budget workshop which we will notify residents of. The tentative Budget is filed an March 20th and we will be setting work session dates after the 20th. - 5 - s . () 2, //qq_s,."3 February 11, 1992 Tom Barody of 105 Lincoln Avenue. questioned. why the Village wants to pass a law regarding house numbering. Chief Santoro explained that he requested that the Board pass a Local. Law requiring the numbering of houses as we have many homes in the Village that do not have a number that is displayed. It makes it very` difficult to respond to these homes. We need a Local Law to back us up when we request that residents number their homes. Mr. Barody stated that. he is bothered by the number change of his. home. He received two letters from the Building Department. One letter statins} that his new number would be #53 and. another stating his new number would be #55. He spoke with his neighbor who is. probably more knowledgable than some of the staff here who said that he is #53 and I am #55. This is not fair to dump this renumbering on taxpayers just because there is a skip in the numbers. Mr_ Barady stated that he has lived in the Village for 15 years since he built. his home. The number he currently has was assigned for security reasons because right up the road is #55 in Purchase. On September 17th he had a malfunction of his alarm system_ The Police were there in five minutes and had no problem finding his home for which he was very grateful. Chief Santoro stated that renumbering is also being done in. Harrison_ Mr. Barady stated that we are an independent Village so why must we do what Harrison does. Chief Santora explained that we need some type of order for when the Police are called to respond. Mayor Cresenzi suggested he set up meeting with the Village Administrator and the Chief of Police. Mr. Barody stated that it is not fair. Itis an inconvenience and a. expense to homeowners. For example:, he sent out. 100 Christmas cards which he can document. That is $29.00 for postage, plus the printing and the cards. He is a retired widower on a fixed income. He also receives a pension and the agency must be notified by certified mailor he does not get his paycheck, which he is dependant on. There was no thought put into this. The letter does not indicate getting through this together, it just dumps the Village's problem on it's residents.. Mayor Cresenzi suggested that this conversation be continued with the Village Administrator who would help him as best as he could. But, when you say there was no thought putinto this, you are wrong-. The reason for this is that emergency services such as. the Ambulance Corp and Fire Department who are volunteers struggle for seconds and cannot worry about a house not having a. number on it or having the wrong house. - 6 - 003143 February 11, 1992 Mr. Heller stated that when someone has a house. number, all of their mail goes to that number. When that number is changed you need to notify every single recipient which is: a very complicated, expensive ongoing procedure. Mayor Cresenzi stated that he understood what Mr. Barody was stating, however he does not have the particulars' in front of him this evening. That is why the suggestion was made that he speak. with the Village Administrator.. Mr. Barody stated that a while ago the Village sent out letters to residents to make sure they identify their property with numbers. He ran out and. put a number on his house. He inquired if there is any chance that the name of the street will he changed from. Lincoln Avenue in the future. Mayor Cresenzi stated that the name Lincoln Avenue will not be changed_ Anthony Martinetti- of 17 Highview Avenue questioned if this 911 will be County-wide. Mayor Cresenzi stated that it is an enhanced County-wide system. Trustee Ravich stated. that the purpase of 911 also has to do with the Telephone Company and how they respond to a phone message that comes in with an emergency response. It has to come up on a computerstream and in order for us to be able to respond.. It has to have a house number attached to the phone number, along with a name and address. This is part of the mechanism which is being worked out. Dan Brown of 5 Bishop Drive South stated. that this same issue came up a few years ago involving Woodland Drive.. The residents were told that the Post Office assigns the numbers and once the post office does. so, it is difficult to change them. Mr. Barody stated thathe mentioned the matter to his local Postman who was very surprised and stated that the Post office has to be notified and they probably would not go along with this. He further stated that he enjoys living in Rye Brook despite the. taxes and he wants to remain. living here as he is very fond of the residents.. Mayor Cresenzi thanked Mr. Barody and. again suggested that he contact Administrator Russo, who would help him as best he could. Mr. Martinetti. mentioned that when Police officers come down the street and are not able to find a home it may be that. they are not familiar with the street because they are from out of Town. Trustee Ravich stated that you could not assume that everyone that works or volunteers in the village is familiar with the area. If you, have out of Town volunteers working for the Ambulance Corp or the Fire Department, they don.'t necessarily know the Village as well. as resident volunteers. - 7 - 003144 February 11, 1992 Mr. Martinetti questioned how they could not know the Village. Trustee Ravich stated that the new volunteers may not know the community as well as volunteers who have been in the Village for 15 years.. Mr. Brown questioned if 911 was really coming to the Village of Rye Brook.. Mayor Cresenzi replied that 911 is indeed coming to the Village. Chief Santora stated that they are bringing the equipment in another thirty days. Mr. Brown suggested that residents should post five inch letters an their homes where they can he seen. Mayor Cresenzi stated that these comments should he discussed at the meeting dealing with the draft Local Law on this subject. ADJOURNMENT On Motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth Czajkawsk�— Secretary to Village Board - 8 -