The Personnel Committee discussed the use of take home vehicles by staff as the town policy needs to be updated. It was decided that we will look at all take home vehicles and the staff that utilizes them. We will then review with each department the necessity of this and develope and update the policy. The Smoking policy will also be amended to state that no smoking will be allowed and any town vehicles/motorized equipment. Due to an openning on the Camillus Housing Authority, the town will appoint Linda Wheat to fill this unpaid position. Linda served on the Planning Board for several years and will make an excellent addition to the team. We later broke into Executive Session to discuss a Personnel matter.
Under the Zoning/Planning meeting the topic of Wood Boilers was brought up. There is a potential for these to be obnoxious in densely populated areas and we discussed the apprpriateness for these in subdivisions. The idea would be to have a 200 ft. buffer w/a special permit. The NYS DEC currently requires a 100 ft residential/300 commercial/1000 school restriction. Ones already installed may be pre-DEC level approvals so we have to grandfather them in. It was also agreed that the policy for release of funds for Subdivisions should be strictly adhered to: Until last lot is developed, soil stabilized, same rule for DEC/SPDES, hold funds, 1 yr post development. Some concerns were brought up in regards to Inground Pool’s and the potential for drainage issues. These seemed to be isolated incidents.
Starlight Estates: There has been an ongoing issue in this development berween the developer and the Home Owners Association in regards to enforcement of deficiencies of the ponds. The original approved plan is between the HOA and the NYS DEC. This is unfortunate because only the NYS DEC has legal enforcement in this issue. A discussed was brought up with concerns of residents storing RV’S, boats, snowplows and what was called as seasonal items in driveways and front yards. Offering other, cheaper storage alternatives was mentioned. Some people may see this as a quality of life issue but in principal I am a strong beleiver in property rights and have difficulty in seeing this as in issue. I am not sure if this will be brought up at a future meeting but I will alert you if it does.