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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-01/10/1996 141 SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD JANUARY 10, 1996 WORK SESSION Present: Supervisor Jean W. Cochran, Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie, Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. , Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva, Justice Louisa P. Evans, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd. Absent: Councilman William D. Moore, (out of town) . This Town Board meeting was scheduled for January 9, 1996, but was postponed due to blizzard weather conditions.. over the past few days. 1 :00 P.M. - Councilwoman Hussie reviewed with the Board the next steps required for landfill closure, time constraints and consulting engineering firms, which subjects were discussed at the recent Solid Waste Task Force meeting. Timing: The DEC stipulation agreement' allows the Town 45 days from the date of the DEC acceptance of the Landfill Closure Investigation Work Plan to implement the plan, and then 150 days to do the work. The Task Force Technical Committee suggests that now is the appropriate time to seek requests for proposals for all of the remaining work to be done up to . actual capping of the landfill. The Board is in receipt of. correspondence from Dvirka . and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers with a breakdown of the services .they_ have provided to date, and proposed continuing services. The Board agreed they would invite Tom Maher of DEB to meet with them at their January 23rd meeting to discuss their proposal.---Solid Waste Coordinator James bunchuck was present during much of the foregoing discussion. 1 :25 P.M. - Justice Evans and Solid Waste Coordinator Bunchuck brought the Town Board up to date on the status of the excavation of the Fishers Island Metal Dump. It is estimated the contractor, ESNA, Tri-S Inc. Division, has three weeks work left for completion, and they are behind schedule_as it is. This unanticipated delay will make it - necessary- for the Town's representative, Edward Capobianco, to continue on at Fishers Island, at an additional cost to the Town. The Board agreed a letter, drafted by the Town Attorney, should be sent to the contractor directing him to be ready to complete the job as soon as the weather breaks, and to contact the Fishers Island Ferry District to be certain they can accommodate him. 1 :35 P.M. - Councilwoman Hussie. discussed with the Board the Draft Environmental Impact Statement recently received with regard to the proposed Finfish Aquaculture Project for the production of Summer Flounder on Greenport Village property at Clark's Beach, Greenport. This property is located within the Town of Southold and will require a change of zone from R-80 to Marine II for the aquaculture project to comply *with the Zoning Code. Town Trustee James King was in the audience and expressed his objection to the proposal. The Board members agreed to review the DEIS and discuss this again at the January 23rd work session. EXECUTIVE SESSION 2 :00 P.M. - On emotion of Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was Resolved that the Town Board enter into Executive Session to discuss personnel. Vote bf the Board: Ayes: . Supervisor Cochran, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justice Evans. The Board conducted this discussion while they traveled to Greenport to present a proclamation to Edith Courtenay on the celebration of her 100th birthday. 142 JANUARY 10, 1996 2 :40 P.M. - Town Board agreed to place a display ad in The Suffolk Times publicizing the "Lot Creation E Merger Local Law", and to place a second ad, approx- imately 1 /8th of a page, in the May 23rd issue of The Traveler-Watchman (resolution 11) . 2:45 P.M. - Mark Wagner, Cameron Engineering, met with the Town Board to discuss the Board's proposal -for joint operation of the Town Scavenger Waste Treatment Plant with ,the Greenport Village Wastewater Treatment Plant. Supervisor Cochran asked for and .received permission to formulate- a.- Contingency plan . with the Town of Riverhead to. use their plant in an emergency.----Mark Wagner recommended to the Board that they accept the bid of R.G.M. Liquid Waste Removal Corp. ,- Deer Park, N.Y. , for Cleaning the West Equalization Tank at the Scavenger. Waste Treatment Plant (resolution 12) . 3:35 P.M. - Senior Planner Valerie Scopaz met with the. Board'to request permission to attend meetings related to her job responsibilities during the year (resolution 13) .----Board placed resolution 14 on the agenda to create the. position of Account Clerk for the Disposal Area.----January. 16th, 4:00 P.M. , was set for interviews of applicants for the Land Preservation Committee.----Board discussed publicity for the January 25th Peconic County Informational Meeting. It was agreed Supervisor Cochran would announce it during the regular meeting, which will gain. the attention of the press and the TV audience.----It was also agreed Supervisor Cochran would make an announcement during the regular. meeting to request individuals to remove the snow from the sidewalks in front of their residences/businesses in accordance with the law.----Board discussed a memorandum from Executive Assistant James McMahon with regard to requiring beach permits at all times during the year, not just between May 15th and October 15th. It was agreed this matter should be referred to the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Committee, which will be reappointed at the January 23.rd Board meeting.----Town Board placed a resolution . (1.5) on the agenda granting permission to Recreation .Supervisor Reeves to attend a playground hazard identification and risk management training program. 4:10 P.M. - Town Board reviewed the resolutions to be voted on at the 4:30 P.M. Regular Meeting. 4:20 P.M. .- Work Session adjourned. REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on January 10, 1996, at the Southold. Town . Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor Cochran .opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance.to the Flag. Present: Supervisor Jean W. Cochran Councilwoman Alice J . Hussie Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva Justice Louisa P. Evans Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd Absent: Councilman William D. Moore SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May I have a motion for the approval of the audit of bills for January -10th. JANUARY 10, 1996 143 Moved by Councilman ' Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the following bills be and hereby' ordered paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $190,412.21; General Fund Part Town bills in, the amount of .$8,523.65; Community Development Fund bills in the amount of $3,729.27; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $31,124.03; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $58,932.62; Ag Land Development Rights bills in the amount of $1,000.00; Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount of $21,100.24; Fishers Island . Ferry District bills in the amount of $13,399.97; Refuse & Garbage District bills in the amount of $17,699.43; Fishers Island Sewer District bills in the amount of $255.00; Fishers Island Ferry District Agency E Trust bills in the amount of $1,257.80. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED the the minutes of the December 27, 1995, regular Town Board meeting, and the January 21 1996, Organizational Town Board meeting be and hereby are approved. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 4:30 P.M., Tuesday, January 23, 1996, at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly 'ADOPTED. I. REPORTS. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: The Town Board members have received copies of the reports as listed in the agenda. They're on file. 1 . Southold Town Clerk's Monthly Report for December, 1995. 2. Southold Town Clerk's Annual Report for 1996. 3. Southold Town Scavenger Waste Treatment Facility Monthly Report for December, 1995. 4. Southold Town Community Development Office Monthly Report for December, 1995. 5. Southold Town Recreation Department Monthly Report for December, 1995. 6. Southold Town Recreation Department 1995 Annual Receipts & Disbursements. 7. Southold Town Planning Board Monthly Report for December, 1995. 8. Southold Town Board of Trustees Annual Report for 1995. 9. Southold Town Justice Tedeschi's Monthly Court Report for December, 1995. 10. Southold Town Building Inspector's Monthly Report for December, 1995. 11 . Southold Town Board of 'Trustees' Monthly Report for December, 1995. II . PUBLIC NOTICES. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Public Notices, we have a public notice from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to place 1,200 shellfish cages and racks in the Town of Southold. 1 . U. S. Corp of Army Engineers, New York District, an application by LNX, Inc. to place 1,200 shellfish cages, and up to 1,200 racks on privately controlled underwater land located in Little Peconic Bay, Southold, New York. t 144 JANUARY 10, 1996 III. COMMUNICATIONS. None. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Under communication, there is none. We had a short .week this week, ladies and gentlemen, with the storm, which I will report on a little bit later. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None. V. RESOLUTIONS. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: We had a busy schedule this afternoon, working with the business of .the town. We had .the meeting scheduled 'at one, and this meeting we formally scheduled for 7:30 tonight, but we 'scheduled it at 4:30, because of the weather, and it will be good to get people home early. They are predicting more snow. I think we have enough now, but we have no choice in the matter, so we'll take what comes. Before we go into resolutions, I would like to ask if there's anyone in the audience, that would like to speak in relationship to any of the resolutions? You will have the opportunity later on to speak in general to the Town Board, but at this point it's for any resolutions on the agenda. Mr. Siegmann? ED SIEGMANN: There's resolution number 9, where they're ;going put a traffic light at Aldrich Lane in Mattituck. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: A street light. ED SIEGMANN: Sorry, I thought it was a traffic light. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May I say,_ Ed, that the Board had some questions on this, also, so this the, one resolution that we're holding today. ED SIEGMANN: I don't have any arguments about putting the light there, but when 1, thought it was a traffic light I was wondering why after we put 1,700 signature .one time for a traffic light in front of the AEP center, . and then the . traffic department said, there was not enough people., I guess, getting killed there to put up a light, so they printed lines in there, instead of putting up a light. If there's one place that this town needs a traffic light, it's in front of that A&P shopping center. You have a lot less problems of getting in and out of there, if they had a light, where .the light would stop the traffic. They don't necessarily need it right by the shopping center, but if they would put it on a cross street, where the ice cream place is there, it .would at least stop the traffic to give people every so often a chance to come out. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN.: I think I was serving on the Board; at the time, we investigated more than once, both Cutchogue, and AEP, because of the traffic conditions in that area, and I think we were told ,at the time, and Judy just reminded me, that this is what went through my head, was that the owner of the property would have to be responsible for, putting the light up. Do you remember that? ED SIEGMANN: That is what the letter said, and I still have a copy of that letter. It said that, the owner would have to pay for the light, but if it were put on the . corner, where the ice cream place is, which is a cross street, and the owners aren't involved in it. at all. The one just before you get down to the shopping. center for. .Eugene's Road, who paid for that? I'm sure that was put in by the traffic department. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: By the State. ED SIEGMANN: So, if they can put one there, they can put one in the cross street down by AEP. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Why don't we put this on the agenda for next week's meeting, the. next Board meeting on the 23rd, and the Town Board can discuss this possibility, and perhaps it's time to 'approach the State again, and see the feasibility of a traffic light'in that area. JANUARY 10, 1996 145 ED SIEGMANN: I just don't want to have to get involved again, and get 1,700 signatures like before. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: No, I think we can take the initiative, and investigate this, and we will. That's the only resolution, that we are holding, but is there any other comment on any of the other resolutions? (No response.) Hearing none, we'll move on with the resolutions. 1 .- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following 1996 Budget modification to the General Fund Whole Town to appropriate donated funds for the Tree Committee: To: Revenues: A2705.30 Gifts & Donations, Tree Committee - $ 540.00 Appropriations: A8560.4.400.200 Trees and Tree Maintenance $ 540.00 1 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 2.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of. the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Lawrence Healthcare Administrative Services, Inc. to pay the medical claim of Pamela Anshutz, which claim was submitted more that 90 days after the date of service by provider. 2.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 3.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute a Contract Budget Modification Request to the County of Suffolk to amend the Nutrition Program budget; which amendment results in a zero net change. 3.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 4.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was , RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs.. Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an Agreement between the . Town of Southold and. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Marine Program for the Town of Southold's 1996 Shellfish Programs. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: That's the reseeding program, oysters and clams, and so forth. 4..- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 5.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, ' seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Board of Appeals member Lydia A. Tortora to attend the Annual Meeting of the Association to Towns at New York City on February 18, 19, 21, 1996. 5.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 6.- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie; seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby abolishes the "Supervisor's Finance Committee", effective January 2, 1996. 6.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 14G JANUARY 10, 1996 7.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs' Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an extension agreement between the Suffolk County Youth Bureau, the Town of Southold, and Family Service League, Inc., whereby the Family Service League, Inc. will provide individual and crisis intervention counseling, plus alcohol and substance abuse prevention/education services to the Southold Town Youth Services Program, at a -sum not to exceed, $8,778.00, for an extended term through December 31, 1996, all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney. 7.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 8.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs . Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an agreement between the Town 'of Shelter Island and the Town of Southold will receive and dispatch radio transmissions to and from the Shelter Island town police vehicles and keep a proper record of all such radio transmissions, effective January 1, 1996 through December 31, '2000, at an annual fee of $30,000.00 to be paid to the. Town of Southold; all terms and conditions in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney. B.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes.: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend; Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Number nine,, as I previously stated, we're holding. 10.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the . proposed reduction in- the assessment of Southampton Lumber Corp. SACTM#1000-114-11-24.3,., from $27,400 to $19,500 for tax year 1995/96,' all in .accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Assessors. 10.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend,�. .Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 11 .-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of - the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the placement.�of a display ad in The Suffolk Times to publicize the new "Lot Creation and Merger Law"'." 11 .-Vote of the: Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly-ADOPTED. COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Excuse me. Maybe we ought to say, since we want to publicize . this law, that anybody can come down to the Town Clerk's Office to get a copy of the new law on Lot Creation and Merger-. You have one year to do something with your property, and it would be a good time to find out what's going on. 12.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of .R'G.M. Liquid Waste. Removal Corp., Deer Park, N.Y., in the amount of $15,932.00; for Cleaning the West Equalization Tank at the Southold Scavenger Waste Treatment Plant, all in accordance with the bid specifications. 12 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. JANUARY 10, 1996 147 13.-Moved by Justice Evans,, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Senior Planner Valerie' Scopaz to attend meetings related to her job responsibilities during 1996, and travel expenses shall be a charge to the Planning Board's 1996 Budget: Southold Town representative to the Peconic Estuary . Program Technical Advisory Committee, Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, American Planning Association and Regional Planning Association on regional transportation issues of concern to the Town of Southold. 13.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 14.-Moved by Councilwoman, Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold ' hereby creates the position of Account Clerk for the Southold Town Disposal Area, and sets a salary of $26,472:70 for the position. 14.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend,. Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 15•-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to the Recreation Supervisor Kenneth Reeves at attend the New York State Recreation and Park - Society and the NRPA National Playground Safety Institute's training program on playground hazard identification and risk management, February 6 E 7, 1996, at the Melville Mariott Hotel, and the $303.00 cost for the two day course shall be a legal charge to the Recreation Department's 1996 Budget. 15.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman' Oliva, Councilman Townsend,. Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. ED SIEGMANN: I don't want to discuss a given topic, but I would like to discuss the continuation of something that has been going on, and I read in the papers, which may be wrong, that you intend to look at some of the committees, and possibly eliminate some of the committees that are not needed. I would make a plea to this Board not to eliminate the committee on taxes. I understand that committee worked very hard. They came down with a very good sampling ofthings to be done, and now they got to get to the point where they .do something about it. It's not by accident. I'm out here sixteen years, and I watch my taxes go. This is the lowest tax increase that we've received since I've moved out here, and this is not by accident'. It's because some people are finally taking a look at what can- saved in different areas. But, there's one area that nobody has been doing anything about, or looking at, and I'm talking about some of the taxing agency out here, such as park, such as fire departments, such as libraries. All of these taxing agencies, up to now, I haven't seen them. do anything. to cooperate with trying to hold back the cost to people, that live in the town. There's something I always have to repeat, when I say anything about this. I'm not against firemen. I'm not against 'the people, that work in the libraries. I think the firemen, and the emergency crews do a terrific job, but regardless of how good the job is, I think we can look at ways possibly to save money along those. lines. That's why I wouldn't like to see ,that taxing committee disband. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Ed, I would like to share with you, that the committee expired in October, when their tasks were completed. So, the committee is not in operation at this time. What 1 would like to see, and Joe Townsend just spoke with me briefly before we started meeting, that a report has been done, but it's never been reviewed by the Board. So, we will take the report that has been done, and completed by this committee, and we will review it as a Board. ED SIEGMANN: I would hope that if you find anything in there, that is worthwhile looking at, that you'll reinstitute it, or do something about it, and' not just let it die, because if you look at that committee's report, they made an extensive report. I think it's about 27 pages, or something like that. Isn't it? 148 ,JANUARY 10, 1996 SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I'm sure most of the Board has a copy. I don't have a copy, but I've already requested a copy, and we will be reviewing it then as a Board. If there is something that should be put in place, we certainly will consider it. I think the first step is reviewing the report. That's already been done. Okay? ED SIGMANN: Thank you. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you, Ed. Is there anyone else? Mr. Ristuccia? JOE RISTUCCIA: First of all I want to wish you well on your new administration meeting, and I .want to wish you a Happy New Year. Certainly, this is going to be, I think, exciting for this new Board to try to come to terms where they can not only do the day to day activities of handling things, that the town -has do, but I think this Board can do the things that Ed talked about, and I'd like to just comment on that. You may have a vision to- maybe do something for this town, where we can preserve our traditions, and maintain the kind of living, that we would like to have in this town, where we can enjoy the tranquility and civility, that we really. would like to see. So, I want to wish you all well, those that are on the. Board, and those that have just joining, good luck. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. JOE RISTUCCIA: If I may I'd just like add a few more things to what Eddie said relating to the taxing committee. Ed, and myself, are representatives of TaxPac. It's an organization involved with taxes, We've been active in community. Hopefully, you know, we may have had some kind of an impact.;; The taxing committee, we did not serve on them. It's a good thing,' that we didn't, simply, because people might say, hey, there's: those TaxPac .guys. We not interested in really serving. We just want to help, because �l_, think overall the Board initially two �years ago, when they formed that group, they gave it a charge, of two phases. Phase one was to get involved .with the fact finding, and phase two was to come up with the recommendation. I wasn't really aware of what the status of that recommendation phase was at, but now you just mentioned that they did come . up. with.' the :recommendations. I would love to see what those recommendations are: This Board may consider, that once those recommendations come forth, and they are appropriate to the needs of our community, there should be maybe 'a phase three, which' would be implementation. Certainly, if there is any validity to those recommendations, then `we 'should start to do something about it. Not withstanding the fact; and recognizing that each one of ' the taxing agencies are independent, but, the Supervisor's chair in this community, really you're the most senior public official in the community, and therefore you have that kind of unwritten kind of law, that you are in a position where you could jawbone, .and perhaps lead the town. with your leadership, kind of look at how these .agencies can come up with ways to solve some of the problems, where they remain independent, and they're not forming percentage .of perhaps saving money. By that I• mean, for example; Jean, ,you have; served on some of the drug kind of, committees, and you're interested ::in youth, and you're interested in recreation, and that type of. thing. I think, maybe, if we combine some of that activity with, say, the schools, and the churches, and some of, the other agencies in the . community, , maybe. we. can start, perhaps, increasing the quality of what we want to achieve, while at the same time reducing the cost. So, it might be something for;this Board to take a look at, and I thank you very much, and, again, good -luck. JANUARY 10, 1996 149 SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you very much. I would just like to share with you, that as serving as Recreation Committee chairman for quite some time, that we really are park poor in Southold Town. We're very limited in parks, and through the years a great deal of money has not been spent on parks. In addition, -we're .limited in the funds that we spend on beaches. As far as youth is concerned, I believe it's around $2,000, that is in the ' budget for programming for youth. So, as a community we have not. ,been wasteful in the money that we spend in these areas. As responsible people, being elected by the community, one of our first concerns will be taxes. We .will. be looking at ways. This is part of our everyday responsibility. - So, we will be reviewing the report, as I said, and if there are any ideas from the committee, that is feasible to be implemented, we certainly will. Thank you for your words. ED SIECMANN: I would just- like to add, that if for any reason you start this up again, that TaxPac, is willing to help wherever the can, because we have some ideas, where money .can be saved in these different places. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: We thank you for your offer, Ed. Joe Townsend? COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: When I spoke to you before, I didn't mean to—the prior Board did review the report. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I thought you had said they had. Was any action taken after that? COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: No, the recommendations, that were made were long term in nature, and by that time we were already into the budget process, ' and it was thought that the best time to address them would be in the new year. You known, the recommendations were long term, talking about working with districts, and to consolidate costs for maintenance, and things like that, maybe contracting out or whatever. It also mentioned evaluating services. There are towns, that have developed systems to evaluate services to see how important they are to our community, and what we're getting for our money. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: It would behoove us to, again, review, where it's a new Board. Is there anyone else, who would like to address the Board? PAUL SZPARA: My name is Paul Szpara. I just have a question on Number 7 about radio communications? JUSTICE EVANS: Shelter Island pays us $30,000 to go through our radio dispatcher, E911 system. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: We wouldn't want you lost out there. Is there anyone else? (No response.) I have several things I would like to share with, not only with those attending, but with our viewing audience. As you know we had a blizzard several days ago, and it was not the first thing I looked forward to doing, as your new Supervisor. But, it came along, and we took it all in hand, and I was very fortunate in that we have excellent people in the Town of Southold, and did it well. We have a Highway Department .that is to be highly commended with our Superintendent Ray Jacobs, and all the men. that were out in the plows, and working through the night without rest, and so on, and so forth.. I would also like to thank the Police Department, and, the Fire Department. One of the nice things about a small community, and I consider us still a small community,. is that everyone knows one another, and when an emergency does . come along, every one just jumps in, and does the job, and works with one another. So, we're very fortunate in this sense. I would also like to thank John Raynor, who is the Deputy Emergency Preparedness Officer. I think we came out of it well. We did not have any major tragedies, or emergencies. I -would also like to thank the State for sending down the two MV's, one was stationed in Southold, and one in Orient at the Fire Department, in case we did have flooding, we would be able to get anyone out- of Orient with an emergency, and the other vehicle was so that we could cover the rest of the town. I did Monday the 7th 1.50 JANUARY 10, 1996 make the decision to declare a state of a snow emergency, because it does give us stronger powers to be able to act, and mostly in a snow storm the powers that we receive benefit of is in relation to the highways, and relation to the parking, and so forth. So, I did rescind it yesterday morning at 10:00 o'clock, but having declared we were able ' to get the MV's down here,. and then, of course, it's now been rescinded, and they've gone home, and "we thank them for their coming down to help us out. Also, as you know:, because of the 'snow storm, it delayed people in the paying of taxes. ." The Governor presented to the Senate, and the Assembly, a bill to be passed to extend the paying period for the taxes from the 10th to the 17th. Yesterday the Senate did pass it. The Assembly went home, so we're waiting for Monday for them to pass it, and it looks like it will pass., So, people will not be in violation, or have to pay late fees for paying their taxes. Also, speaking about the storm, this will be aired when; may I ask? Friday. If you haven't gotten out, and cleared out your sidewalk, maybe you could ask a neighbor's son, or friend to help you, but it is a hazard to have the sidewalks still filled with snow, and we're encouraging people to, if they're not capable of doing it themselves, to, please, find someone, or call, and we'll even see if maybe we can get some volunteers, some of the young people, but the sidewalks should be really cleared off for everyone's safety. We had a pleasant thing, that we . did this afternoon. We took a break at 2:00 o'clock. We went down to Greenport with a little nosegay of flowers, and a proclamation, and we wished Mrs. Courtenay, a Happy Birthday on the 100th anniversary of her birth. She turned 100 years old today. This is an absolutely fantastic woman. I hope I'm this well when I get to be 100 years- old, but she's, alert, and she bright, and she's got a great mind, and she reads one book a week, and she remembers, and she would give you the history of 'her home, and when it was built, and when she moved there, and it was absolutely wonderful. Friends and neighbors had set up an open house, so" the entire Board went down, and she was pleased, and we were . pleased" to be able share this day with her. That's the end of my . comments. I would like to ask if there are. any Board members, and I'll start on my right with Louisa from Fishers 'Island. You weathered the storm over there okay; Louisa? JUSTICE EVANS: Very well. The Highway Department from the Town did very well out there, and we were probably better off than a lot of other places, because we have less roads to plow. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Wonderful. Alice? COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I say anything without talking about the dump. I'm sorry, the landfill. In fact, you know . you talked about different committee meetings, and I wanted to let everyone know that the Solid Waste Task Force is still meeting, at least the Technical Advisory section of the Task Force has met, because- we have received this Landfill Closure Investigation Work Plan, and now, we have to follow all the instructions that come in here, so we wanted. to figure out how we were going to go about doing this, when, what our time limits are, etc. So, we're gradually snaffling our way towards actually capping Landfill. The other thing I wanted to talk about was a meeting,. that is coming up on the 25th of January, Thursday, on, Peconic County. You know that some time ago back in the beginning of September, or, so, there was a Feasibility Study done, an Economic Feasibility Study done on Peconic County. It' looks very promising. It would be a financial advantage to Southold from what I read, if, in deed, Peconic County became an entity. However, everybody has to know about it, and there will a referendum on it. It's not something that is . just going to happen without everyone's input. So, this would an opportunity for you to come down to Town Hall, right here, Thursday, January 25th at 7:30. The people, who wrote this, will be here. Fred Theile, who has been one of the pilots of this, will be here. Many of us will be here ready to answer your questions. JANUARY 10, 1996 COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: I'd just like to remind people, that there is going to be a celebration of Martin Luther King's birthday at the Creenport Methodist Church on Sunday at 4:00 P.M. It's an ecumenical service, and I would hope as many people as possible can attend. I, also, would like to state that Anti-Bias Task Force is having a meeting this Wednesday evening, January 17th at 7:30 P.M., and our speaker is going to be Lawrence. Miller, who is the Commissioner of the Human Rights Division in Suffolk County. I would hope all of you out there would attend, as many of you as possible, because we have a very good committee, and we'd like to see more people attending. Thank you. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. Joe? COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: It's the Solid Waste Facility. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would just like to share with those of you attending, that Bill Moore, our newest Councilman, is in Pennsylvania with over thirty inches of snow, so Bill is kind of snowed in over there, and we look forward to having him join us at our next Board meeting. That's all I have. Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board ' meeting be and hereby is adjourned at 5:05 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. udith T. Terry Southold Town Clerk