Village Board Minutes
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Village Board Meeting Minutes The Village of Caledonia Board of Trustees held a meeting on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. at the Village Office. Members Present: Mayor Joe Caluorie, Deputy-Mayor Teresa Truman, Trustees Jerry O’Donoghue and Steve Polo. Also present: Village Attorney Jim Coniglio. Absent: Trustee Scott DiLiberto. A motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to approve the June 3, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes; Trustee Polo seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Bills were audited and ordered paid:
A motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to approve the bills paid; Trustee Polo seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None A motion was made by Trustee Polo to approve payment of court fees $5,923.50 & $4,275 to the NYS Comptroller’s Office; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Deputy-Mayor Truman discussed an internal audit conducted of the Village Court by former Trustee Steve Boscoe and herself in July of 2007. Unidentified funds in the amount of $3,886.07 were submitted to the State Comptroller’s Office in November of 2007. An audit conducted on June 24, 2008 audited bank statements and receipts. A recommendation was made to audit the court books each year. A motion was made by Trustee O’Donoghue to accept the internal audit; Trustee Polo seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Water Supply Abandonment – Chatfield Engineers, P.C. submitted a Short Environmental Assessment Form requesting the project be considered an Unlisted Action under SEQR and recommendation for the Village Board to pass a resolution that will:
Village Attorney Jim Coniglio recommended the Board take time to review the documents and pass a resolution at a later date. Item tabled. A motion was made by Trustee Polo to reimburse HSBC for $20.78 & $434.40 for tax overpayments on two properties; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Tennis Courts – a letter was received from CMCS Superintendent David Dinolfo. Mr. Dinolfo has recommended to the School Board that an Inter-Municipal Cooperative Agreement be entered into. A request has been made to have Village Attorney Jim Coniglio prepare a draft Agreement for the District to consider. Once an agreement is made between both parties, the project will be put out to bid. Ann Marie Grattan presented the Clerk-Treasurer Report for the month of June. General revenues for the month totaled $784,583 with $760,552 collected in property taxes. Water rents receivable was $1,158 with $4,790 pending unpaid. Payroll and bills for the month totaled $107,991. DPW overtime is being tracked on a monthly basis for general and water. A new report was issued detailing the month of June. Recreation, Police and DPW contractual and payroll budget reports were presented to Department Supervisors. A motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to accept the report; Trustee Polo seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None CEO Report - tabled. DPW Report - tabled. David Richardson presented the Police Report for the month of June. There were 360 village calls, 6 town calls and 19 arrests. Activities included CMCS Resource Officer, park and property checks, court appearance, foot patrol, business and soft target checks, monitor of the traffic circle, bus dismissal and closing of Wilson Farms & Marketplace. Miscellaneous items included CMCS soccer and baseball games, 5K Race, traffic control, bike patrol, Jones Hall Car Show and 8 Bike Award give away. A motion was made by Trustee Polo to accept the report; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Community Slogan – Chris Ludwig of Five Star Bank in Caledonia presented the Caledonia Association of Business award to Barry Ganzhorn. Mr. Ganzhorn submitted a slogan to represent the Village of Caledonia, Village by the Springs. Other runner-ups were Rachael Mooney, Bret Waters, Matt Keenan and Richard Kaness. Prizes were presented to the finalists. It was requested that the Village Board formally adopt the slogan and the item has been tabled until all board members are present. Application for Amusement Area Permit – was submitted by Judy Ball of 3211 Crescent Parkway. The event is a street picnic on Saturday, July 12th, with July 19th as the alternate rain date. The request is to close both ends of the street with sawhorses. A motion was made by Trustee Polo to approve the permit; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Car Washes – a motion was made by Trustee Polo to approve Cal-Mum baseball car washes on July 12th and August 2nd and Cal-Mum softball car washes on July 19th and August 9th; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None A motion was made by Trustee Polo to approve Chris Beach’s completion of probation effective June 12, 2008; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Officer Beach completed one-full year of service for the Village of Caledonia and currently resigned on July 1, 2008 to work for the Livingston County Sheriffs Office. Water rates – discussion regarding the new water rates; which will take affect once the Monroe County Water Authority sells water to the village. A Public Hearing will be held once all contracts are finalized. Caledonia Fair Grounds – discussion with village resident Vic Cappotelli regarding three scheduled demolition derby events by the Livingston County Agricultural Society. Village Attorney Jim Coniglio stated that Judge Riggi could issue fines but only the Supreme Court could stop an event from happening by an injunction. At this point, questions could not be answered regarding legal issues unless in an executive session. Deputy-Mayor Truman made a recommendation to consider using the air stripper building on Park Place as a community gathering building. Mrs. Truman would like to rent the facilities for showers, meetings, or other types of small gatherings. Mayor Caluorie stated he would have to discuss the issue with Chris Buckley. Executive Session: a motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to enter into executive session at 5:55 p.m. to discuss legal issues and personnel; Trustee Polo seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None After some discussion, a motion was made at 6:45 p.m. by Trustee Polo to close the executive session; Deputy-Mayor Truman seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None A motion was made by Trustee Polo to hire part-time Officer Jared Passamonte as full-time effective July 1, 2008 at an hourly rate of $17.00 with a one-year probationary period; Deputy-Mayor Truman seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None A motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to approve a budget amendment in the amount of $2,080 from A3120.130 Part-time Police Personnel to A3120.100 Police Personnel F/T; Trustee O’Donoghue seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None A motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to approve authorization for Village Attorney to commence action to the State Supreme Court for local zoning code violations and state code violations. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None A motion was made by Deputy-Mayor Truman to approve changing the Tuesday, August 5th Board Meeting from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Trustee Polo seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Chicken BBQ’s – a letter was presented to the Village Board from Chris Green, owner of Breaking Bread, Inc. dba The Cozy Kitchen opposing the use of the municipal parking lot for peddling. Mr. Green is concerned of a non-resident use of the municipal lot for selling BBQ chicken dinners every other Sunday. Mr. Green states this could negatively impact local restaurants and non-profit organizations such as churches and the Mumford Fire Department. Mr. Green would like any business to pass in front of the Planning Board and pay village taxes and the Village to immediately halt the peddling. The letter has been added to the village records. There being no further business, a motion was made by Trustee O’Donoghue at 6:55 p.m. to adjourn; Deputy-Mayor Truman seconded the motion. AYE: Deputy-Mayor Truman, Trustee O’Donoghue and Trustee Polo. NAY: None Ann Marie Grattan
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