Village Board Minutes

September 4, 2013 (19)

A regular meeting of the Village Board was held September 4, 2013 at 6:00 PM in the firehouse, 16 Saratoga Avenue.

Mayor Morreale called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call: Trustee Denno, Trustee Enekes, Trustee Halliday and Trustee Saunders were present.

Motion by Trustee Saunders, seconded by Trustee Halliday, approved minutes of public hearing & regular meeting August 21, 2013 as typed.
Carried – 4 – 0

CORRESPONDENCE

Corinth Central Elementary School invited the Board members to the ribbon cutting at the new Castle Rock playground on Sept 5 at 6:00 PM.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS – none.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

CLERK/TREASURER – Clerk/Treas Colson was present, report for 9/4/13 read & filed.

Resolution #25 approved, water/sewer roll adjustments.

The Board agreed to have the Pagenstecher Park attendant on duty two hours early for the Hudson River Credit Union celebration Sept 15.

Motion by Trustee Enekes, seconded by Trustee Halliday, approved payment of abstract #6: Payroll $28,337.25; General $106,693.29; Water $2,703.37; Sewer $6,378.12; and Community Development $2,500.
Carried – 4 – 0

FIRE DEPARTMENT – Chief Kelley was present, report for August 2013 read & filed.

Chief Kelley encouraged the Board to attend the mass casualty drill being held on the beach Sept 7 at 8:30 AM.  Numerous fire companies will be participating and three different rescue scenarios are planned.

DPW/WATER/WWTP – Supt Lozier was present, report for August 2013 read & filed.

The DPW crew assisted the Town of Corinth with blacktopping three days in August and spent six days assisting with the rebuild of the school playground.

Rehabilitation of the water storage tank is scheduled to begin October 1.

OLD BUSINESS

Resolution #26 approved, awarding bids for the filtration plant construction to the low bidders as recommended by CT Male: General Contract, Bunkoff General Contractors $2,089,000; Mechanical Contract, Family Danz Heating and Cooling $49,900; Plumbing Contract, Eckert Mechanical $36,000; Electrical Contract , Brunswick Electric $148,780.

NEW BUSINESS

Resolution #27 approved, hire of Chad Burnham as MEO, at $15.00 per hour, per CSEA contract, as of Sept 5, 2013.

Resolution #28 approved, hire of Kaleb York as MEO at $15.00 per hour, per CSEA contract, as of Sept 9, 2013.

The Town Board, Village Board and School Board have scheduled a joint meeting October 9 at the firehouse, time will be 6 PM or later depending on Supervisor Lucia’s schedule.  Mayor Morreale stated an agenda for the meeting will be made available to Board members one week before the meeting.

Motion by Trustee Saunders, seconded by Trustee Denno, approved contribution of $450 toward the plaques being presented to the individuals involved in the water rescue this summer.
Carried – 4 – 0

PUBLIC COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS – none.

BOARD COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & CONCERNS

Trustee Denno thanked Supt Lozier and Clerk/Treas Colson for their work done on the filtration plant project.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Trustee Enekes, seconded by Trustee Denno, approved adjournment to an executive session to discuss matters leading to the appointment of a particular person as requested by Mayor Morreale, 6:25 PM.
Carried – 4 – 0

At 6:35 PM the Board reconvened with no action taken in executive session.

Resolution #29 approved, appointment of Gregory Berg to the vacant position of Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer for the remainder of the current term expiring April 2014 at the remaining budgeted salary of $20,371.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion by Trustee Enekes, seconded by Trustee Halliday, that Board adjourn, 6:45 PM.
Carried – 4 – 0

Nicole M. Colson
Clerk-Treasurer