January 9, 2018
Organizational Meeting: 7:00 PM
Meeting Room: Town Board Room (Male Avenue Entrance)
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 2018
Resolutions
1. Robert’s Rules of Order for the conduction of business except as superseded by state law.
2. Adopt the following order of business:
a. Call to order
b. Pledge of Allegiance
c. Public Hearing (s)
d. Public Comment
e. Supervisor’s Announcements
f. Councilor’s Comments/Committee Reports
g. Approval of Minutes
h. Old Business
i. New Business
j. Public Comment
k. Adjournment
3. Establish the second and fourth Tuesday at 7:00 P.M. in the Town Board Room, Male Avenue entrance as the day, time and place for the Town Board Meetings in the year 2018 with the exception of June, July and August only meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month with any Public Hearing (s) as the first order of business.
4. To have all agenda items submitted by 4:00 P.M. on the Thursday preceding a regularly scheduled meeting, unless approved by a superior (majority plus one) vote, or unless certified by the Supervisor and/or Deputy Supervisor that an emergency condition exists.
5. Approve the appointment of Dirk J. Oudemool as Town Attorney at an hourly rate of $150.00.
6. Approve the appointment of other attorneys as per board appointments.
7. Appoint Nancy Salvetti as a regular part time employee in the Assessor’s Office.
8. Reappoint Chris Lansley as Chairman of the Camillus Housing Authority with an expiration date of December 31, 2018.
9. Reappoint Bernie Bunce as Vice Chairman of the Camillus Housing Authority with an expiration date of December 31, 2018.
10. Reappoint John Fatcheric II as Chairman of the Camillus Planning Board with an expiration date of December 31, 2018.
11. Reappoint Chris Cesta as Vice Chairman to the Camillus Planning Board with an expiration of December 31, 2018.
12. Approve Paul Curtin as attorney for the Camillus Planning Board at $150 per hour.
13. Approve Barton & Loguidice as Camillus Planning Board engineers, and retain the ability to appoint other engineering firms as engineers on project by project basis.
14. Reappoint Bob Feyl as Chairman to the Zoning Board of Appeals with an expiration date of December 31, 2018.
15. Reappoint Rich de la Rosa as Vice Chairman to the Zoning Board of Appeals with an expiration date of December 31, 2018.
16. Approve the appointment of Susan Otto of Melvin & Melvin as Attorney for the Zoning Board of Appeals at $150 per hour.
17. Approve the appointment of B&L as Town Engineers.
18. Approve the appointment of other engineers as per board appointments.
19. Designate the official newspaper as the Post Standard.
20. Approve the standard mileage reimbursement rate per IRS guidelines.
21. Approve the establishment of bi-weekly pay periods for all town employees at a maximum of 26 pay periods with the first pay date being January 4, 2018.
22. Authorization to delegate to the Supervisor the powers and duties of supervision of town special improvement district functions to be performed on behalf of the Town Board with timely notice to the Councilman in the involved area.
23. Authorize Supervisor to acquire tax receipts in amounts of $25,000.00 or more as collected for purposes of investment.
24. Designate the Town Comptroller as the accounting officer of the Town of Camillus pursuant to Section 124 of the Town Law.
25. Resumes will be required for all Town Board appointments and all appointed positions with expiration dates posted on web site.
26. Approve the contract with the Highway Superintendent for the repair of town roads in the amount of $500,000 and authorize supervisor to sign.
27. Approve a one year contract between the Town of Camillus and Joe Farnett for consulting fees of $300.00 per month and additional assistance for informal reviews paid on a daily basis and authorize Supervisor to sign.
28. DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITORIES
The banks and trust companies authorized for the deposit of monies up to the following maximum amounts are:
DEPOSITORY NAME MAXIMUM AMOUNT TOWN OFFICER
SOLVAY BANK (Town Account) 16 Million Supervisor
NBT BANK (Town Account) 5 Million Town Clerk
SOLVAY BANK (Tax Funds) 16 Million Town Clerk
KEY BANK 4 Million Supervisor
• Not to preclude chief fiscal officer naming additional Onondaga County banks and trusts, and updating this policy.
29. Approve the establishment of the following petty cash funds:
Town Clerk $600
Parks and Recreation $200
Police Department $200
Assessor $150
Supervisor $200
Judge Petosa $100
Judge Poli $100
Code Enforcement $100
Highway Department $200
30. Approve the 2018 co-sponsored contracts and authorize Supervisor to sign.
Camillus Optimists $5,000
West Genesee Athletic Club $4,000
Camillus Swim Club $2,000
Camillus Youth Hockey Association $4,000
Camillus Snowmobile Club $500
Camillus Figure Skating Club $1,300
Western Onondaga Youth Soccer Association $1,000
Camillus Youth Softball and Baseball Association $4,500
Camillus Ski Club $8,167
31. Town of Camillus hereby establishes the following standard work days for these titles and will report the officials to the New York State and Local Retirement System based on their record of activities.
TOWN BOARD MEETING: TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018
MEETING ROOM: TOWN BOARD ROOM (MALE AVENUE ENTRANCE)
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC HEARING (S)
1. Consider amending Chapter 82, Veterans Exemptions, §82.4 (c) (ii) by substituting “$45,000” for “$36,000”. This amount is the maximum amount of Cold War Veterans exemption. Amend §82.4 (c) (ii) by substituting “$150,000” for “$120,000”. This amount is the amount a Cold War Veteran with a service connected disability may receive. Amend §82.4 (D) by repealing existing language and replacing it with the following language. “This exemption provided by subdivision C of this section shall apply to qualifying owners of qualifying real property for as long as they remain qualifying owners.” This language removes the 10-year limitation on these exemptions.
2. Consider reducing the term limit from five years to four years for Tracy Lauer on the Camillus Planning Board.
PUBLIC COMMENT
SUPERVISOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUNCILOR’S COMMENTS \ COMMITTEE REPORTS
ACCEPT THE MINUTES
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
1. The Town of Camillus officially recognizes January 21-27, 2018 as School Choice Week in Town of Camillus.
2. Amend resolution #240 dated December 13, 2016 to restate: At the request of OCWA install a hydrant at the Elm Hill Apartments at a cost of $11,833.97 to be paid from the water account.
3. Amend resolution #243 dated October 31, 2017 to restate: Approve the purchase of a PC and a laptop computer at a cost of $2,217.07 to be used by the Camillus Historical Society and paid for from the Historical Society Reserve budget and at no cost to the Town of Camillus.
4. Authorize the 2017 budget allocation for the Friends of Camillus Park to be rolled in to a designated reserve account in the amount of $5,470.00. (Per Parks and Recreation Director Eric Bacon)
5. Approve the 2018 IMA Police Service Agreement between the Town of Camillus and the Town of Geddes and authorize Supervisor to sign.
6. Designate Mike LaFlair as a delegate to cast the vote of the Town of Camillus pursuant to §6 of Article III of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association of Towns at the annual business meeting of the Association of Towns of the State of New York on February 18- 21, 2018.
7. Set the date, time, and place as January 23, 2018 at 7:00 PM to hold a public hearing at the Camillus Municipal Building, 4600 West Genesee Street to consider the 2018 contract for WAVES, Fairmount Fire Department, and Lakeside Fire Department.
8. Approve the Intermunicipal Wastewater Agreement between Onondaga County and the Town of Camillus for the Sanitary Sewer Pump Station Operation and Maintenance Charges and authorize Supervisor to sign.