Mike LaFlair – 2nd Ward Councilor

Below is the Agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.  Please note items 3, 5-7 under New Business are located within the 2nd Ward:

PUBLIC HEARING (S)

1. Consider extending the Ambulance Special District tax code EM001 to the Camillus parcels which are covered by the Town of Camillus CON for WAVES Ambulance Service.  (Per Camillus Town Board)
2. Consider amending the Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 34-Fences, §34.7- Exceptions, the purpose of which is to allow a fence in the front yard at 101 Ivanhoe Avenue, TM# 059.-04-24.0 4.  (Per Councilor Dick Griffo)

NEW BUSINESS

1. Appoint Tracie E. Fuller-Barnes, 3350 Bishop Hill Road, Skaneateles, NY to the position of Comptroller with an annual salary of $62,000 and a probation period of 6 months (Per Personnel Committee)
2. Approve the amended lease between the Town of Camillus and Crown Castle for 402 Blackmore Road that shall include a provision stating the lease will pay to the lessor a one-time amount of $10,000 for the full execution of the lease amendment and authorize Supervisor to sign.
3. Approve the amended lease between the Town of Camillus and Crown Castle for Belle Isle Road that shall include an a provision to provide for an additional three and five year renewal terms in addition to the renewal terms as described in lease and authorize Supervisor to sign.
4. Accept and certify the record of activities submitted by Steven James for purposes of reporting “days worked” to the New York State Retirement System.
5. Approve the release of drainage securities in the amount of $7,300.00 for County Oaks Subdivision Section 4.  (Per Barton and Loguidice, P.C.)
6. Approve the release of sanitary sewer system securities in the amount of $8,500.00 for Country Oaks Subdivision Section 4.  (Per Barton and Loguidice, P.C.)
7. Approve the release of water system securities in the amount of $10,225.00 for Country Oaks Subdivision Section 4. (Per Barton and Loguidice, P.C)Approve the reduction of erosion and sediment control securities from $12,750.00 to $1,000.00.  (Per Barton & Loguidice, P.C.)
8. Effective August 26, 2014 appoint Richard J. Sauer of Pennellville, New York as a part time Police Officer for the Town of Camillus Police Department with an hourly rate of $18.36 per hour. (Per Personnel Committee)

My sincere apologies for those of you who normally check the website for updates.  We have had some serious technological issues but I think we have cleared them all up.  As always if you have any questions or concerns and you do not wee information on the website you can always contact me at 706-8803 or mwlaflair@aol.com

There will be a Committee Meeting for the Parks and Recreation Committee 6:30, Tuesday, June 24 in the upstairs Board Room at the Town of Camillus Offices.  The meeting will be to discuss opening up the bathrooms at Reed Webster & Camillus Park during the summer.

Here is a great article of Dave and Cheryl who run the Camillus Youth Shop in the Village of Camillus.  It is from a publication of Hobart & Smith College.  Below are profiles of Hobart and William Smith alumni and alumnae who are leading lives of consequence.

Cheryl Johnson ’70 and David Vermilya ’70

When Cheryl Johnson ’70 approached David Vermilya ’70 on the steps of Coxe Hall one cold, drizzly September day during their senior year, neither could have anticipated the lifelong partnership to come.

Cheryl, who had transferred to the Colleges from Nazareth College, had never before spoken to David, though when she introduced herself, she explained that she had wanted to meet him for a long time. David was completing a major in political science. Cheryl was on track to graduate with a B.A. in Greek and Latin studies.

The two began dating following winter break, as the war in Vietnam escalated alongside student demonstrations. While the external world was undergoing dramatic transformations, David and Cheryl prepared for the changes of their own, marrying in St. John’s Chapel the day before their graduation from the Colleges, surrounded by friends and family.

In the decades since, this story has become well known at the Camillus Town Shop Youth Center in Camillus, N.Y., where Cheryl and David have made their home and career.

Following graduation, David and Cheryl lived and worked in the Geneva area until a career opportunity emerged to work at a developing youth center in Camillus. In February 1971, they drove to Camillus for the interview, which, in a characteristic move, was conducted by the local youth members.

“We came in wearing matching flannel shirts into a room of nine other applicants wearing shirts and ties, but all the other people who were to interview us looked just like us,” Cheryl explains.

“We were there to work with people and honor their ideas,” David says.

In the early years of the Town Shop, David and Cheryl worked to combat judgment on the part of other adults within the community, who often appeared to have highly negative perspectives surrounding youths. Many in Camillus predicted a lifespan of one to two years for the center.

Committed to providing “a rich and consistent array of the ingredients (people, places and possibilities) that young people need to encourage and support their personal growth and development,” the Town Shop recently celebrated its 43rd anniversary of offering a safe and drug-free environment full of trust and absent of judgment.

With David and Cheryl at the helm, the youth center has evolved to meet the interests of its participants. During a typical week, the Town Shop offers young people, regardless of background, opportunities to volunteer at a local soup kitchen, devote time to a horse rescue, attend hiking trips around Central New York, kayak along a local creek and catch up with friends old and new in the Town Shop itself.

During its years in operation, the Town Shop has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including The Association of New York State Youth Bureaus’ 2009 William (Bill) J. Bub Award (2010); the Syracuse Commission For Women Youth Service Award (2007); the Cornell Cooperative Extension Cooperator of the Year (2002); and the Post Standard Millennium Achievement Award (2000), among many, many others.

The growth of the Town Shop and the care that David and Cheryl have given to its participants over the years is reflected in their own admiration for each other.

Cheryl’s honesty, David says, “is a remarkable example for young people to see, to be around someone who’s always honest.”

“You answer the phone, and your voice is so loving and giving, and it just pulls at the heartstrings,” Cheryl says to David. “You have a true volunteer spirit, and I’m proud of you.”

For these life-long community activists, the reward of their work is “feeling that the people we’ve had a positive influence on are going to make a difference in the world beyond us. Our legacy is all the good work, good deeds, good influence we’ve had on people that will manifest itself in their lives.”

Here is the Agenda for Tuesday’s Town Board meeting, item #9 is in the 2nd Ward:

NEW BUSINESS

1. Authorize Code Enforcement to proceed with property clean up at 414 Beverly Dr.  – TM 055.-08-10.0 in accordance with Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 74-Brush, Grass, Rubbish, and Weeds.  (Councilor Bill Davern)
2. Authorize Code Enforcement to proceed with property clean up at 202 Wilmont Rd. – TM 046.-06-14.0 in accordance with Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 74-Brush, Grass, Rubbish, and Weeds (Councilor Bill Davern)
3. Set the date, time, and place as July 14, 2014 at 11 A.M. at the Camillus Municipal Building to open sealed bids for property and liability insurance.
4. Approve permit with State of New York to perform work in the Right of Way for Town purposes.
5. Effective June 25, 2014 appoint Joyce Hart as Regular Part Time Assessment Clerk with an hourly wage of $15.00 per hour and nine month probation.  (Per Personnel Committee)
6. Effective June 25, 2014 provisionally appoint Ann Clancy as Real Property Appraisal Aide.   (Per Personnel Committee)
7. Approve the agreement between the Town of Camillus and the County of Onondaga in the amount of $150,000 for the construction, reconstruction and improvement of various highways, high priority roads and other capital improvements and authorize Supervisor to sign.
8. Effective June 25, 2014 grant Sara Young a residency requirement exception.
9. Authorize the sale of the abandoned paper street property on Woodward Street between Kirk Street and Paul Avenue (40′ x 205 or 8200 sq. ft.) to the contiguous property owner (Ed Priest) for $.05 per square foot – a total of $410.00.  Purchaser also agrees to merge said parcel with existing home parcel and also merge the parcels behind their house so that all of the lands which are their home are a single tax parcel.  This means that tax map parcels 009.-07-01.1, 21, 22, 23, & 24 together with the Woodward Street parcel become a single tax parcel. (Per Councilor Mike LaFlair)

Here is the Agenda for Monday’s Planning Board meeting:

New Business:

104 Sunnybrook Drive/Widewaters Sunnybrook Dr. Co, LLC  TM #047.-06-11.0

Site Plan Review for Special Use Permit

(ancillary parking)

Old Business

5362 West Genesee Street/Goodwill of Finger Lakes, Inc.         TM # 035.-05-28.1

Amended Site Plan

(modification of building)

3546-3604 West Genesee Street/Morgan Management            TM # 047.-04-14,15,16

Sketch Plan for Subdivision

Site Plan Update

Windcrest Drive & W. Genesee Street/Richard Aupperle           TM # 028.-04-01 & 02

Site Plan Update

We have several Committee meetings schedule for Monday June 9 starting at 4:30 in the Town Hall Upstairs Board room:

1. Public Safety
   1. Fire District Lines – Township 5/Bennet Road (maps attached)
   2. Waves expansion update
   3. Parade Camera’s
   4. Fire Training Tower Phase I ESA
   5. Gun issues – Horan Road
2. Planning and Zoning
   1. Murals
   2. Connector Roads – Zoning Code 602 c sub 6 & 7 (attached)
3. Personnel
   1. Vacancies

i. Police Department

ii. Comptrollers Office

iii.Union Negotiations – EXECUTIVE SESSION

we will be doing a pavement preservation

project on Warners Road this summer from Herman to Pottery Road as a part

The County will be doing a pavement preservation project on Warners Road this summer from Herman to Pottery Road as part their 2014 Highway Workplan.

Here is the agenda for Monday’s meeting:

5362 West Genesee Street/Goodwill of Finger Lakes, Inc. TM # 035.-05-28.1

Amended Site Plan

(modification of building)

3546-3604 West Genesee Street/Morgan Management TM # 047.-04-14,15,16

Site Plan Approval

(new site improvements)

202 Kasson Road/Donald Puff TM # 064-07-35.0

Site Plan Approval

(new site improvements)

Many thanks to the contributors so far that will help make the Camillus July 4th Fireworks successful:

The Wildcat – $2,500

Solvay Bank – $1,500

Fairmount Animal Hospital – $50

Buranich Funeral Home – $50