Agenda March 6, 2007

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VARICK TOWN BOARD

March 6, 2007

1. Presenters:

• a. Jeff Trout, Town of Fayette Council Member

2. Petitioners to the board
3. Committee Reports

• a. Supervisor’s Report
• b. Important Dates:
• Wed. March 14, 6 pm at the Romulus Fire Hall, IDA will conduct an informal meeting for questions and discussion concerning the proposed Ethanol and Biomass development at the Depot.
• Thurs., March 15, at 11:30 am a Public Hearing at the Varick Town Hall, 4782 State Route 96 concerning the Proposed Ethanol and BioMass plant on the Depot property near 96A
• WRITTEN STATEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS
• Sat. March 24, at 12:45 pm at Varick
  Town Meeting with Assemblyman Brian Kolb
  Sign up to receive updates of news at: kolbb@assembly.state.ny.us
• Thurs. March 29, 7 – 9:30 pm at the Fayette Fire Hall, “Docks and Moorings”
• c. Building Inspector’s Report
• d. Planning Board’s Report
  Continuing training for the Planning & Zoning Process
• e. Zoning Board Report – no meeting this month
• f. Highway Superintendent’s Report
  • SPRING TRASH DROP OFF DATES: MAY 16 thru 18, 8 am until 4 pm; Sat. May 10, 8 am until Noon
  • FALL TRASH DROP OFF DATES: Sept. 19 thru 21, 8 am until 4 pm; Sat. Sept. 22, 8 am until Noon
• g. Dog Control Officer’s Report - no report this month
• h. Sewer Maintainer’s Report
• i. Water Maintainer’s Report
• j. Assessor’s Report
• l. Bookkeeper’s Report
• m. Clerk’s Report
• n. Submission of Claims for Audit
• o. Committee Reports
• Highway: Townline Road Update and agreement
• Sewer: With next billing statement these warnings will be included: “If electricity goes off: Do not flush toilets or let any water run down the drain. If the alarm goes off, immediately call Yaw Environmental, Dan at 607-227-4231 or Mike at 607-227-3597. Leave a message with your name, address and phone number.”
• Water: Varick/Fayette Municipal agreement
• Building (electric)
• Personnel

4. Old Business

• Town of Varick’s email
• Three accounts:
  1. Clerk: varclerk@rochester.rr.com
  2. Justice Court: varcourt@rochester.rr.com
  3. Bookkeeper: Varick@rochester.rr.com
• Code of Ethics concerning the use of the Internet is being written for your approval.
  We will be setting up a website, like what we had on the County web page which will have access to Planning and Zoning Board minutes, Town Board agenda, Town announcements, etc.

5. New Business

• The Varick/Romulus Summer Youth Program received a $1,400 grant from the Seneca County Youth Bureau

6. Resolutions and Motions

• a. Cooperation agreement by and between the Town of Fayette and the Town of Varick for Fiscal year 2007 so as to receive funds available to joint applicants under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
• b. Resolution to provide training for Planning Board and Zoning Board of appeals to complete 4 hours of training effective Jan.1, 2007

7. Communications:

• a. Received flyers/posters from Joan Beecher, Administrator of Literacy Programs, Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES: GED Program, EDP Program and improving reading and math skills
• b. Required by State and Federal Law, Posters from the New York Labor Law to be posted at the work site
• c. Updates for 2010 Census Workshop scheduled for July 2007
• d. From Five Star Bank the Certificate of Deposit for $268,696.40 at 5.05 % for thirty days from Community Bank the Certificate of Deposit from the General account of $200,000.00 with 5 % interest for 180 days; and a Certificate of Deposit for the Highway account in the amount of $100,000.00 at 5% interest for 90 days
• e. From Harriet Haynes, County Planner regarding Land Use Training Sessions
• f. From Thomas E. Scoles, Seneca County Public Health Department concerning the Requirements of having a certified operator for the Town’s water district, Seneca Lake Water District #1 Damon Nicholson has received this info
• g. From Cornell University Cooperative Extension regarding parade July 20th, in Waterloo for the Seneca County Fair, 2007 theme “Saluting America’s Heroes” (copied for the Board)
• h. From NYSEG with current Electric & Gas Emergency Call List (copied for Fire Dept.
• i. Steven Getman answer to inquiry concern Abstentions or absences count as “no” vote in passage or defeat of a resolution
• j. From Glenn Cooke, Executive Director of IDA, concerning notice of Negative Proposed Empire Green Biofuels, Inc. Ethanol Manufacturing and Biomass Fueled Cogeneration Boiler Facility at Seneca Army Depot, Seneca County
• k. From Glenn Cooke, Executive Director of IDA, notice of Public Hearing, March 15 at 11:30 at the Varick Town Hall
• l. A bill from Resource Associates stating the invoices are seriously overdue. The Town has been allocated for the engineering service and approved by Rural Development with copies sent to M. West (RD), M. Chappell (Allardice)
• m. From Leland Brun, a wildlife biologist and a member of the Seneca White Deer Inc. (copied for board)
• n. Glenn Cooke Executive Director of Seneca County IDA, a check for $464.83 ‘07 share of “Payment-in-Lieu-of-taxes” (PILOT) for a natural gas line and for electric lines which were negotiated with NYSEG
• o. From New York State Tobacco Control Program in the Rochester area, asking areas to reduce tobacco advertisements, remove or rearrange in an effort to prevent youth from being future smokers.
• p. From Gerald Archibald, CPA, Bonadio & Co., LLP, Town of Varick Auditors making the Town aware of recent development in the auditing profession, which includes some new guidance and revises certain terminology. (copy for Board)
• q. From the Cayuga Lake Watershed Informing of a forum on Docks and Moorings: Wed. March 29, 7-9:30 pm at the Fayette Fire Hall, Route 414, Fayette (copy for Board)
• r. A certified letter from Time Warner concerning new services to cable, “Startover” which allows customers to start programming over with the touch of a button and increased download speed of Road Runner to 10 mbps. Increase in some of the rates for service will begin April 1.
• s. From NYS Office of Real Property Services indicating 19 number of sales in Varick for July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006
• t. A copy of Certificate of Insurance for Varick’s Compensation coverage with the Seneca County self-Insurance
• u. From Harriet Haynes, Planner for Seneca County department of Economic Development and Planning concerning a resolution for Varick Town Board to pass to satisfy the State requirements of a minimum of 4 hours of training each year for all planning and zoning board of appeals members in NYS

8. Approval of minutes: February 6, 2007

9. Adjournment