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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
FEBRUARY 3, 1998
WORK SESSION
Present: Supervisor Jean W. Cochran, Councilwoman . Alice J. Hussle,
• Councilman William D. Moore, Justice Louisa P. Evans, Councilman John M.
Romanelli, Councilman Brian G. Murphy, Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville,
Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd.
9:00 A.M. - The Board met with Garrett Strang and Robert Brown of the
Architectural Review Board. Mr. Brown apologized for the article in the
Suffolk Times, saying it was premature since they had not yet spoken to
the Board. They feel that they are just wasting their time without any
provisions for enforcement. They feel they are just another layer of
government. Their recommendations have not been embraced by the
Planning Board. The ones that they felt were the most significant were not
accepted. Both Mr. Strang and Mr. Brown said that they have problems
with their own staffs in their own offices doing secretarial work such as
typing correspondence and minutes. They also had problems scheduling
rooms for meetings because it was on such short notice. Supervisor
Cochran advised them that her staff is available to do typing for any
committees in the town. Scheduling of meeting rooms calendar is on a first
come first serve basis. Mr. Brown feels that only being an advisory
committee, they have no teeth in anything that they recommend.
Councilman Murphy questioned the appeals process. There is an appeals
a process through the regular channels. Town Attorney Dowd added that it
is part of site plan review which is why it falls under the. jurisdiction of
the Planning Board. Councilwoman Hussie stated that she feels that there
should be some type of criteria. Mr. Strang said that they don't wish to
dictate any particular style. They are just looking for a well designed
building. Supervisor Cochran stated that If she had known the reason for
this appointment earlier she would have asked the Chairman of the
Planning Board to attend also, so that it could be worked out. She asked
that Mr. Brown E Mr. Strang postpone submitting their resignations form
the architectural review board to give the Town Board a chance to speak to
Planning Board Chairman Bennett Orlowski.
9:110 A.M. - Edward Dart, Chairman of the Tree Committee entered the room
to advise the Board of the problem that they had with the trees that were
recently planted on Peconic Lane which ' someone cut down. Supervisor
Cochran advised that there is a police investigation going on at this
time. Mr. Dart advised that the problem that the architectural review
board is having is with Jim Gray's storage building on Horton's Lane,
Southold. However, lie has agreed to plant a heavy double line of
evergreen trees on the road. He will grade the county road up a little and
then run a line of- 8 foot trees across the front, down the sides and rear.
He said that public storage is ugly, but this is the most practical solution
and the cheapest alternative.
9:115 A.M. - Edward Forrester, Code Enforcement Officer, E Building
. Department Head appeared before the Board to discuss two proposed policy
changes and one procedural change for the Board's approval and
recommendations. The building department has been accepting incomplete
applications in the past. They have accepted a building . permit application
without the Health department approval. The person would file the
application at the building department, then go file with the health
department. Mr. Forrester said that In the future he would like only to
accept complete applications. People will say that they have had an
application in the building department for months, but they neglect to tell
you that they failed to get the health department approval back to them in
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a timely fashion. The building inspectors would like to spend more- time
writing building permits and cut back on their inspection time in order to
do it. This would be a temporary measure and should enable them to---catch
:up in their issuance of permits. The other item Mr. Forrester would like
is to change the requirement of an architects seal on building permit
plans. Currently, you do not need this seal on plans 1500 square feet. to
850 square feet. He would like to to requirel that all plans for new
dwellings require an architects :seal regardless of size. The Town Attorney
will draft a local law to this effect. The part-time building inspector
position was discussed. Civil Service will now allow it. The duties ._for y
this position will be further investigated.
10:05 A.M. - Richard Ryan, Chairman of the Land Preservation Committee
appeared before the committee regarding the two properties of Ackerman
and Raphael Vineyard scheduled for public hearings today,. The Board had •
no questions. However, they did question the amount of the appraisal ,for
'the Fisher Island property. Justice Evans said that this property is very
important to the island people for conservation as it adjoins a public beach
and is currently used as a parking field. The Board also had questions, on
the appraisals. for the other two properties (Baiz; & Reinhardt) . The
Land Preservation Committee was requesting permission to order letterhead
and envelopes. Mr. Ryan said that they have been using: a typewritten
photocopied letterhead, and feels they need printed letterhead in order to
project an image. The Board approved charging it .to the Town Board
contractual budget line, as' this committee does not, have a budget line, of
their own.
The Town Board recessed at 10:25 A.M. for a short break.
10:35 A.M. - Edward Siegmann representing the Mattituck Seniors on .the
"out, of pocket medical expenses exemption for seniors" appeared before the
Board to request some action on this matter. Mr. Siegmann thought that
the cut-off date was March, but now he understands that it could be
extended. He asked if it could be passed by Local Law and be retroactive
back to March 1 st? The Board ' will discuss this matter with Scott
Russell, Chairman of the Board of Assessors. Councilwoman Hussie asked
if the schools have been contacted on this. Mr. Siegmann said that they
are waiting for the Town to act, then they generally follow suit. (See
Resolution No. 41 setting date for public hearing) . Mr. Siegmann advised
that he will be coming to the public meeting this afternoon to speak on
Cablevision.
10:55 A.M. - Courtenay Burns, Director of the Oyster Ponds Historical
Society appeared before the Board regarding the Browns Hills Cemetery.
The Town went in last spring and cleaned it out and the historical society
would like to maintain it. He is asking for help to remove the dead trees.
Highway Superintendent Jacobs agreed to do this. Supervisor Cochran
would like Edward Dart, Chairman of the Tree Committee to look at it
before anything is removed. Mr. Burns said that the historical society
would be then be willing to accept a quit claim deed. The Town Attorney
will prepare a quit claim deed. Mr. Burns said that he may have an old
survey to give the town.
11 :10 A.M. - Chief of Police Joseph Conway and Radio Operator John
Raynor appeared before the Town Board regarding a ' new computer
software package for the police department. They currently have BRC
but it is. very inflexible. This new system would integrate lap tops in
police cars. They have been told that there is money in the capital budget
for computer upgrades. The Board agreed to have John Sepenoski move
forward on this. Supervisor Cochran discussed the E911 surcharge and
advised that she is concerned about receiving the town's fair share from
the county. On the NYNEX Cellar Tower at the Police Department, they
have not heard anything from NYNEX yet. Chief Conway advised that John
Clark will be going out on retirement/disability soon. Councilman Moore
said that a civil service list has been called for. They will do interviews
on February 10, 1998. A tentative schedule for police negotiations was
discussed.
11 :40 A.M. - On motion of Justice Louisa P. Evans, seconded by
Councilman Brian C. Murphy it was RESOLVED that the Town Board enter
into Executive Session to discuss sale of property and personnel. • Vote of
the Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman
Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. Also
present: Town Clerk Elizabeth Neville, Town Attorney Laury Dowd.
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The Town Board recessed for lunch at 1 :00 P.M.
T 00- P.M. - The Town Board reconvened to- review IV. `For Discussion
items. - Item (1) Employee Handbook was revised into its final draft and will
_`be shared with the Labor Management Committee. Item (2) Selection of
Engineer for Fishers Island Sewer District (See Resolution No.35) . 'Item (3)
Ag `Bag Contract (See Resolution No. 36) . Item (4) Mariculture .
Technologies request to store pens (See Resolution No. 37) . Item (5) Set
dates to interview applicants for Land Preservation Committee, Landmark
Preservation Commission, Police Advisory Committee and Part-Time Police
Matrons were set by the Board for February 10 E 11, 1998. Item (6) Land
Preservation Committee request for letterhead and envelopes, Town .Board
'agreed -to charge to Town Board budget line. Item (7) Part-Time
"'Messenger Driver position, job description will be requested from civil
"service. Item (8) MET Well Being Center at Human Resource Center at
Mattituck lease will be reviewed. Item (9) Request for secretary for
-Fishers Island Harbor Committee, the Board authorized advertisement in
=Fishers Island Gazette (see Resolution No. 38. Item (10) Appeals Board
request for Fishers Island Member to attend New York Association of Towns
-(Resolution No. 39) . Item No. 11 Draft of Southold Town priority list
:'acquisition list (See Resolution No. 40) . Item (12) Contract for GIS
applications and training (See Resolution No.42) .
The Board also met with James McMahon, Executive Administrator to discuss
the Laurel Lake Park Impro'Vement Project and the Southold Town Volleyball
Court Construction Project. These matters will be further discussed _�alt the
next meeting.
The Board reviewed the resolutions to be voted on at the 4:30 P.M.
-meeting. The work session adjourned at 3:50 P.M.
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REGULAR MEETING
A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on February
3, 1998, 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
Justice Louisa P. Evans
Councilman William D. Moore
Councilman John M. Romanelli
Councilman Brian G. Murphy
Town Clerk Elizabeth A. . Neville
Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May I have a motion to approve the audit of bills
of February .3, 1998?
Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the following bills be and hereby are ordered paid:
General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $523,279.56; General Fund
Part Town bills in the amount of $2,142.62; Highway Fund Whole Town bills
in the amount of $2,024.91; Highway Fund Part -Town bills in the amount of
&4,112.23; Mattituck Creek Stormwater Capital bills in the amount of
$3,573.60; Computer System Upgrade bills in the amount of $2,471 .73;
Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount of $51,244.37; E-W Fire
Protection District bills in the amount of $195,016.00; Fishers Island Ferry
District bills in the amount of $28,548.17; Refuse & Garbage District bills
in the amount of $57,645.71; Southold Wastewater District bills in the
amount of $18,606.93; Fishers Island Sewer District bills in the amount of
$543.34; Southold Agency & 'Trust bills in the amount of $24,215.66; Fishers
Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $275.93.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Approval of minutes of January 20, 1998, Town
Board meeting.
Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of January 10, 1998, Town Board meeting be
and hereby are approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Setting the next Town Board for February 19th
at 4:30 P.M. It is a Thursday if you will please note, because the
beginning of the week we will be in New York for the Association of Towns
and Villages meeting.
Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the next meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held
at 4:30 P.M., Thursday, February 19, 1998, at the Southold Town Hall,
Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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I. REPORTS.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As you know Town Board committees and
departments of the Town are required to submit to the Town Board once a
month different reports on their work to keep the Town Board updated on
what is going on in the different departments. These reports are on file
with the Town Clerk, and are available. They are public information, and if
there is anything you would like in relation to any of these permits you are
more than welcome to request the information.
1 . Southold Town Board of Trustees Yearly Report for 1997.
2. Southold Town Recreation Department Monthly Report for January,
1998.
II . PUBLIC NOTICES.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Public notices for an addition to an` existing dock.
1 . New York State Department of Environmental Conservation-, Notice of
Application of Spyridon/Letta Kouzios to construct an addition to an
existing dock and replace with a ramp and float on Corey Creek,
Southold, New York. Comments to be received by February 27, 1998.
III . COMMUNICATIONS.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Communications are listed on your agenda.
1 . Sara Davison, Executive, Director and Vice-President of the Nature
Conservancy with regard to participating in the strategic planning process
for The Nature •Conservancy on Long.. Island.
2. Joseph B. Sieczka, Associate Professor of Cornell University in
regard to a 1998 report.
3. Barbara C. Boner, Legal Assistant at Esseks, Hefter & Angel
with a thank you for responding to problem.
4. Bessie E. Swann, Executive Director of the North Fork Housing
Alliance to advise of her resignation.
5. Matthew Flader of Southold in regard to a requirement for merit
badges.
6. K. Dean Helms, Executive Manager Department of Energy, with
information about Brookhaven National Lab activities.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS None.
V. RESOLUTIONS.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As you know the Town Board has a policy that if
there is anything you would like to share with the Town Board in relation
to the proposed resolutions, we would be very happy to take them at this
time. Everyone has an agenda. Mr. Siegmann?
EDWARD SIEGMANN: I asked you for permission for something after our
discussion this morning in reference to the Cablevision. I don't want to
steal any of Alice's thunder, so to speak, so if you would give me
permission after Alice says what she has to say in reference to that, I
would like to make some comments on it also.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would, too, because I did receive a letter from
Assemblywoman Acampora, so we will be working together on that. Mr.
Carlin?
FRANK CARLIN: Frank Carlin. Item six and seven, compactor and truck,
is that out of our budget or a bond?
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Those are the bond issues we passed the last
time. That's for the new dump truck.
FRANK CARLIN: That was a used truck the last time.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: One was for a used truck, and the dump truck.
L-aury, did we do a bond for these?
FEBRUARY 3, 1998 .
TOWN ATTORNEY DOWD: I believe that you did.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I think we did. Yes.
FRANK CARLIN: This is all from the bond, not from the budget?
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: No. Any other questions? (No response.) If
not, we will commence with the resolutions.
1 .-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Griswold-Terry-Glover Post No. 803 American Legion,
Southold, N.Y. to use the following town roads for a Suffolk County
Convention Parade on Saturday, June 13, 1998, provided they file with the
Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance naming
the Town of Southold as the additional insured: Boisseau Avenue and
Hobart Road, Southold.
1 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
2.-MoVied by Justice Evans, seconded. by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Whole Town 1997 budget to provide funds with the Police
Department as follows:
FROM: A.3120.1 .100.100 Regular Earnings $ 805.46
A.3120..1 .200.100 Regular Earnings 5,061 .67
A.3120.1 .300.100 Regular Earnings 10,913.24
A.3120.4.100.600 Uniforms & Accessories 10,000.00
A.3120.4.200.100 Cellular Phone Service 1 ,567.80
A.3120.4.600.200 Police Officer Tr4ining 2,233.07
A.3120.4.600.300 Travel Reimbursement 900.00
A.3157.1 .100.200 Overtime Earnings 5,268.87
A.3157.4.400.650 Vehicle �Maint. & Repairs 804.50
A.3020.1 .100.100 Regular Earnings 9,957.24
A.3020.1 .100.200 Overtime Earnings . 4,500.00
A.3020.4.200.100 Telephone 7,500.00
A.3020.4.100.550 Equip. Parts/Supplies 200.00
A.3020.4.100.600 Uniforms & Accessories 996.58
A.9015.8.000.000 6t,150.66
TO: A.3020.1 .16.6.500 Holiday Earnings $ 4,800.00
A.3020.1 .200.100 Regular Earnings 2,700.00
A.3120.1 .100.200 Overtime Earnings 79,256.28
A.3120.1 .100.500 Holiday Earnings 4,579.12
A.3120.2.500.400 Radio Equipment 854.60
A.3120.4.100.100 Office Supp. & Stat. 138.52
A.3120.4.100.700 Prisoner Food 700.00
A.3120.4.100.900 Miscellaneous Supplies 1,300.00
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TO: A.3120.4.400.600 Radar/Equip. Maint. $ 356.13-
A.3120.4.400.650 Vehicle Maint. & Repairs 17,000.00
A.3120.4.400.700 Vehicle Impound 2,500.00
A.3130.1 .100.100 Regular Earnings 807.37
A.3130.1 .100.200 Overtime Earnings 3,642.99
A.3130.4.400.600 Buoy Maintenance 1 ,611 .22
A.3130.4.400.650 Vehicle Maint. & Repairs 1,000.00
A.3130.4.400.700 Dock Rental 50.0.00
A.3157.1 .100.100 Regular Earnings 94.10
A.3157.1 .100.500 Holiday Earnings 10.58
A.3157.4.100.150 Presentation Materials 8. 18
2.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution.was duly ADOPTED.
3.-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts
the resignation of Ellsworth Walden, Cate Attendant at the Disposal Area,
effective immediately.
3.-Vote of the ° Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, .Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
4.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for part-time Cate
Attendants for the Disposal Area, 20 hours per week, at a salary of $8.04
per hour.
4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
5.-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville to attend the New York State
Town Clerks Association at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on April 19-22, 1998,
and the necessary expenses for registration, transportation, meals and shall
be a legal charge to the Town Clerk's budget.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would just like to say that Betty has received a
scholarship in the amount of $250.00, which was given by the
Nassau-Suffolk Town Clerk's Association to defer expenses for this
conference. We wish you well, and hope you learn a lot. It is supposed to
be an excellent conference.
5•-Vote of the Town Board:. Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
6.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that _ the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for the
purchase of One (1) new 1998 garbage , compactor for the Department- of
Public Works.
6.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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7.- Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of - the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for the
purchase of one (1) new 1998 Dump Truck for Highway Department use.
7.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
8.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby engages
the services of Patrick A. Given, Certified Real Estate Appraiser, at a
total fee of $2,500.00, to conduct an appraisal on behalf of the Land
Preservation Committee on the following property:
Janet A. Fitzgerald
Central Avenue, West Harbor
Fishers Island, NY
SCTM #1000-006-04-011
Acreage: approx. 0.65 acres
8.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Justice Evans. No: Councilman Moore, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was LOST.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Number nine, engaging services of an appraiser,
is being held.
10.-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was -
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets 5:00
P.M., Thursday, February 19, 1998, Southold Town Hall, 53095. Main Road,
Southold, New York, as the time and place for a public hearing on the
question of the acquisition of development rights in the agricultural . lands
of William and Theresa Ackermann, Middle Road (County Road 48),
Cutchogue, New York, SCTM #1000-101-02-004 and 108-03-007, $5,500.00
per acre for 53.6 acres and $8,000.00 per acre for 5.1 acres.
10.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
11 .-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was-
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets 5:02
P.M., Thursday, February 19, 1998, Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road,
Southold, New York, as the time and place for a public hearing on the
question of the acquisition of development rights in the agricultural lands
of Raphael Vineyards, Inc., Main Road and Leslie's Road, Peconic, New
York, SCTM #1000-085-03-011 .1, 45 acres, $7,700.00.
11 . Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
12.-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes Andrew D. Stype, Certified Real Estate Appraiser to conduct an
appraisal of a parcel owned by Franklin Overton Rich, SCTM
#1000-74-5-6, at a cost not to exceed $750.00.
12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran.
Abstain: Councilman Moore.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
13.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and grants permission to Offshore E Coastal Technologies, Inc.,
510 Spencer Road, Avondale, Pennsylvania, to drive vehicles along the
long Island Sound beach from the westerly Southold Town line to Horton's
Point, as part of the Shoreline Monitoring Program for the Coastal Erosion
Study, funded by New York State Department of State.
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SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: It is the different consultants that are part of
the study on the Sound, and we have given them permission to four-wheel
drive vehicles on the beach. I believe we have a law that prohibits driving
on our beaches, so we have to grant them permission to do this.
13..-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
14.-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the. Town of Southold hereby appoints
Kendra Wadington as a part-time Clerk-Typist in the Assessor's Office, ;
effective February 5, 1998, at a salary of $7.13 per hour.
14.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Amended Resol. # 18, 2/19/98
15.-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Hussie,
WHEREAS, that Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry
District wishes.. to set pay rates for its full time personnel for the
calendar year 1998; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED that the following full time personnel receive incremental
increases of 20 effective January 1, 1998 and 3% effective July 1, 1998:
Frederick C. Barrett
David Bennett
Charles Burgess
Stephen Burke
Mark Easter
Eugene Henson
Richard Hoch
Robert Knauff
Jesse Marshall
Edward Moore
Kenin Moroney
lone D. Norton
Victoria Orr-Novak
Kenneth Ricker
15.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
16.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, 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 Suffolk County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold
to provide transportation for the elderly, for the period of the delivery
date of the vehicle in 1998 through the. day before the tenth anniversary
thereof in 2008, all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
16.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
17.-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Whole Town budget as follows:
To:
Revenues:
A.2025.00 Special.,, Recreational Facilities $ 7,000.00
Appropriations:
A.7110.2500.375 Parks
Equipment
Boat Ramp Improvements $ 7,000.00
17.-Vote of the, Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,- Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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18.- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of .Southold hereby accepts
the bid of Heaney Marine Construction, 410 5th Street, Greenport, New
York, in the amount of $7,000.00, to construct two (2) floating docks at
Norman E. Klipp Marine Park, Greenport, New York, in Accordance with
the plans and specifications of the Southold Town Highway!, Department.
18.-Vote of the. ....Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
119.-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Moore, -it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute any grant
contracts/work programs with the New York State Department of State for
Environmental Protection Fund work program that the Town may be awarded
between February 3 to February 13, 1998, all in accordance with the
approval of the Town Attorney.
19,-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
20.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts
the bid proposal of WorldCom, 35 Pinelawn Road, Suite 205W, Melville,
New York to furnish telephone service for the Town of Southold; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that Supervisor Jean W. Cochran be authorized and
directed to execute a contract for same.
20.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
1 .-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes the following 1997 Budget modification to the General Fund Whole
Town:
To:
A.1355.1 .100.100 Assessors, P.S.
Full-time Earnings $ 4,550.00
From:
A.1355.1 .300.100 Assessors, P.S.
Part-Time Earnings $ 2,900.00
A.1355.4.100.100 Assessors, C.E.
Office Supplies 1,200.00
A.1355.4.500.200 Assessors, C.E.
Appraisals 450.00
21 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
22.- Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes the following 1997 Budget modification to the General Fund Whole
Town:
To: Public Works Admin, P.S..
A.1490.1.100.200 Overtime Earnings $ 30.06
Buildings & Grounds, C.E.
A.1620.4.100.250 Heating Fuel 1,000.00
A.1620.4.100.550 Equipment Parts/Supplies 100.00
A.1620.4.200.400 Water 100.00
A.1620.4.400.100 Building Taint/Repairs 100.00
A.1620:4.400.600 Equip'.ment Maint/Repairs 4,000.00
Street Lighting, P.S.
A.5182.1.100.100 Regular Earnings 450.00
Street Lighting, Equip.
A.5182.2.500.500 Street Light Fixtures 100.00
FEBRUARY 3, 1998
Street Lighting, C.E.
A.5182.4.600.700 Licenses & Permits .100.00
Off Street Parking, C.E'.
A.5650.4.100.905 asphalt 500.00
Park & Beach Facilities
A.7110.4.100.500 Motor Vehicle Parts/Supples 100.00
A.7110.4.100.650 Vehicle Maint/Repairs 400.00
From: Buildings & Grounds, P.S.
A.1620.1 -100.200 Overtime Earnings 2,100.00
Buildings & Grounds, C.E.
A.1620.4.200.300 Gas 3,230.00
Street Lighting, C.E.
A.5182.4.200.250 Street Light Power 650.00
Off Street Parking, C.E.
A.5650.4.100.995 Signs & Sign Parts 500.00
Park & Beach Facilities
A.7110.4.100.550 Equipment Parts/Supplies 500.00
22.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
23.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Whole Town 1997 budget as follows:
To:
A.6772.1 .100.100 Programs for the Aging, P.S.
Full-time Regular Earnings $ 17,000.00
A.6772.4.400.650 Programs for the Aging, C.E.
Vehicle Maintenance/Repairs 1,700.00
From
A.6772.1 .200.100 Programs for the Aging, P.S.
Part-time Regular Earnings $ 18,700.00
23.-Vote of the Town Board: - Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
24•-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes the following 1997 Budget modification to the General Fund Whole
Town:
To:
A.1010.4.500.300 Town Board, C.E.
Environmental Consultant $ 1,200.00
A.1010.4.500.900 Town Board, C.E.
SOAR Program 500.00
A.1010.4.600.200 Town Board, C.E.
Meetings & Seminars 10.00
From:
A.1010.4.100.125 Town Board, C.E.
Code Updates E Law Books $ 1,710.00
24 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This 'resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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25.- Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes the following 1997 Budget modification to the General Fund Whole
Town:
To:
A.8560.1 .200.100 Tree Committee, P.S.
Regular Earnings $ 50.00
From
A.8560.4.400.200 Tree Committee, C.E.
Trees & Tree Maintenance $ 50.00
25.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Talking about trees, which we are not, but the
last resolution was in relation to trees. We had something that certainly
did not make any of us happy, but on Peconic Lane the Tree Committee
recently planted several of our street trees, and all of sudden they were
sawed off right at the ground, so those trees are now no longer there, and
the Police Department is investigating. It will probably be difficult who
cut down our trees, but we are not very happy about it, so whoever is out
there that goes around cutting down newly planted town trees, beware. We
will prosecute to the fullest.
26.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Part Town 1997 budget as follows:
To:
B.1420.4.500.200 Town Attorney, C.E.
Legal Counsel $ 500.00
From
B.1990.4.100.100 Contingent, C.E.
Unallocated Contingencies $ 500.00
26.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
27.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the Highway Fund Whole Town 1997 budget as follows:
To:
DA.5142.4.100.550 Snow Removal, C.E.
Supplies 8 Materials
Snow Posts $ 1,001 .00
From
DA.5142.4.100.100 Snow Removal, Equipment
Supplies 8 Materials
Miscellaneous Supplies $ 900.00
DA.5142.2.400.200 Snow Removal, Equipment
Snow Equipment 101 .00
27.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
28•-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the 1997 Wastewater Disposal District budget as follows:
To
SS1 .8130.1 .100.100 Full-Time Regular Earnings $ 125.00
SS1 .8130.4.400.600 Building Maintenance & Repairs 3,200.00
SS1 .8130.4.400.800 Sludge Removal 3,400.00
From
SS1 .8130.4.500.900 Unallocated $6,725.00
28.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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29.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the Solid Waste Management District 1997 budget as follows:
Appropriations:
To:
SR.1420.4.500.100 Legal Counsel 30,000.00
SR.1490.1.100.100 Administration, Personal Services 1,900.00
SR.8160.1.100.100 Refuse&Garbage, Full-time Pers. Services 5.200.00
SR.8160.1.200.100 Refuse 1 Garbage,Part-Time Pers. Senzces 1,900.00
SR-8160.4.100.120 Emplovee Work Gear 50.00
SR.8160.4.100.550 Maintenance-Deere 744 Payloader 300.00
SR8160.4.100.573 Maintenance--Trommel Screen 650.00
SR.8160.4.100.600 Mise Equip Maintenance&Supplies 450.00
SR8160.4.100.800 Maintenance-Facilities/Grounds 600.00
SR8160.4.200.100 Telephone , 100.00
SR8160.4.200.200 Light&Power 1.700.00
SR.8160.4.400.100 Engineering 50.000.00
SR.8160.4.400.825 Glass Removal 150.00
SR9030.8.000.000 Social Security 6,700.00
rom•
SR.8160.4.400.810 C&D Removal 99,700.00
Y
29.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
30.-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Whole Town 1997 budget as follows:
To:
A.1330.1 .300.200 Tax Collection. P.S.
Seasonal Employees, Overtime Earnings $20.00
From
A.1330.1 .300.100 Tax Collection, P.S.
Seasonal Employees, Regular Earnings $20.00
30.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
31 .-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Valerie Scopaz and Melissa Spiro to attend the American
Planning Association National Planning Conference at Boston, Massachusetts
on April 4-8, 1998, and the necessary expenses for registration,
transportation, and meals shall be a legal charge to the Planning Board
budget.
31 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, .. Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
32.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the Capital Budget for the following Capital Project:
Capital Project Name: Police Department Classroom
Funding Method:- New York State Grant
Budget Increase: Revenues:
H.3089.30 State Aide -- DCJS Capital Grant S 10,000.00,
Appropriations:
H.1620.2.500.200 Buildings & Grounds, Capital Outlav
Police Department Classroom S 10.000.00
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32.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: We are holding number thirty-three concerning
officials number of work days.
34.-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Tow of Southold hereby authorizes
the following 1997 Budget modification to the General Fund Part Town:
Amount: $ 1,347.64
From: Planning Consultant - B.8020.4.500.500
To: Personal Services - B.8020.1.100.100
Amount: $500.00
From: Legal Noticed - B.8020.4.600.100 - $5.16
Meetings & Seminars - B.8020.4.600.200 - S7.28
Dues & Subscriptions - B.8020.4.600.600 - S70.00
Research Materials - B.8020.4.600.800 - $68.18
Equipment & Repairs - B.8020.4.400.600 - $19.15
Planning Consultant - 8.8020.4.500.500 - 9330.23
To: Travel Reimbursement - 8.8020.4.600.300
34.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
35.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an agreement
with Diversified Technologies Corporation for engineering services for the
Fishers Island Sewer District, all in accordance with the approval of the
Town Attorney.
35.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
36.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an agreement
with Ag-Bag Environmental Corporation for the Ag-Bag System at the
Landfill.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Those of you who have following this saga of the
Ag-Bag know that last week we held this off, because there was some
doubt with the plan that the engineers had given us for the landfill cover.
They allotted about three acres, or three and a half acres, for the
Ag-Bag System. Our calculations, though, we thought we needed, more,
and I went to see the engineers, and they were able to find three more
acres for us, so we have at least enough. More about that later.
36.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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37.-Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes - and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute a lease
agreement with Mariculture Technologies, Inc. granting them permission to
use Sandy Beach, Greenport, to store their plastic pens, until April 15,
1998, subject to them providing a certificate of insurance in the amount of
$1,000,000.00 naming the Town of Southold as additional insured.
37.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran.
Abstain: Councilman Moore.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
38.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold authorizes and
directs the-- Town - Clerk to advertise for resumes for a secretary for the
Fishers Island Harbor Committee in the Fishers Island Gazette.
38.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
39.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grant
permission to Fishers Island Appeals Board member George Horning for (1)
one night's accommodations to attend the New York State Association of
Towns meeting in New York, and it be charges to the Appeals Board 1998
budget.
39.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
40.-Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves
and recommends the following Town of Southold Priority Acquisition List A
for participation in the Suffolk County Land Acquisition Program:
SCTM # Acres ! Owner
Laurel Lake Parcels
121-4-9.1 64 1J. Macari
125-1-14 31 NO_F_O Assoc.
125-1-6..1 21 --•---IC. Young
--•---..._—..---------
121-4-10.i .. 8 ----IS. Weisz- _
121-5-4.1 71 rM. Adamowicz
Arshamona ue Wetlands Preservation Parcels
45-1-9 23 IJ. Levin (E.L.JOANRA_C Corp.)
44-4-5 137__- Levin (E.L.JO_A_NRA_C_Co_rp.)
53-1-1.1 20 'Manor Grove_
44-4-3.1 75�-O. Bloom —
Dam Pond Preservation Parcels -
22-3-19 15 J. Gazza— --
22-3-20 5 !B. Lett)en
22-3-21 -- 5 ---iJ Gazza-------•-------------�
31-5-1.2 05 A. Lettieri - ---
22-3-22 5 ;J. Gazza
40- .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
FEBRUARY 3, 1998 1a16`.�'.
41 .-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets 5:00
P.M., Thursday, February 19, 1998 at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main
Road,- Southold, New York, as the time and place of hearing upon the
"Local Law Regarding Senior Citizen Exemptions".
JUSTICE EVANS: It has to do with being able to subtract out of pocket
medical expenses from your income.
41 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
42.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an agreement
with Conservation Advisors for 1998 Geographical Information System
services for application and training, all in . accordance with the approval
of the Town Attorney.
42.-Vote of the . Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
43.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby declares
its intent to regulate cable television rates and designated. the New York
State Public Service Commission as its agent to perform and conduct the
rate review in accordance with Federal guidelines.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: A little bit of explanation on this. This will
take at least thirty day to become effective, and depending, upon what part
of the Telecommunications Act you read we may or may not have an
opportunity to do something about this. But, I thought we had better
seize the opportunity in case there is a chance. The reason that I say
there is a little bit of confusion about it is, that I am reading from the
1996 Telecommunications Act, and one of the lines that it says here is the
1996 Act provides immediate expanded basic service rate release for some
smaller cable companies with less than 50,000 subscribers. I don't know if
that talks about an individual contract with an individual town, or if they
talked about their entire franchise, if they put all their franchises
together. In any event, I am going to pursue this. This has nothing to do
with the contract, which is another story. Chapter Two later.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would just like to add to that, that we did
today receive a letter from Assemblywoman Patty Acampora, and she is the
ranking Assembly member at the Consumer Affairs Protection Committee,
and she is going to initiate, and head up a task force to discuss and
investigate ways to control Cablevision's monopoly to be insured the
consumers are protected. I am fully prepared to assist you, and will be
contacting you in the .near future to discuss this matter further. Your
. participation is crucial to addressing this complex and frustrating problem.
I am also calling on Senator D'Amato, and Congressman Forbes to revise
the 1992 law, and the 1996 Communications Act, which affectively removed
Focal and State controls, and had not served the public well. I think
everyone is on the same page in trying to do something about this on all
levels, and the Town will be heavily involved.
43.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
ED SIEGMANN: You know this started when cable television sent out the
last increase, stating that they were going to increase basic television by
74%. Being active with the seniors I started to get telephone calls from
people saying, hey, look, what gives here? Who has control over this?
started to make phone calls to find out who has control over it, and the
first one 1. called was the Public Service Commission. The Public Service
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Commission's answer to me was, you can not make a complaint at the
present time. You have to wait until the increase actually goes into effect,
and then you have to have at least two people to make the complaint. So,
after they said I made a few calls down here to the Town to 'find out if
they had any say-so over the charges with the television, because I had
heard that when originally the contract was signed for Cablevision to come
into Southold, that they did have some control over the basic television
charge, not any of the other stations, but basic television. Needless to.
say calling around it was like an Abbott and Costello deal. Everybody was
passing the buck to everybody else, and you didn't get an answer from
anyone. So, I decided that since they said two people had to complain we
got out a petition. Well, we will give them a thousand people, if that is
what they want, and I knew that Riverhead was having the same problem,
and I knew that due to the fact that the Mobile Homeowners Association is
active with one of the organizations I belong to, and I knew that they were
going to fight this also. I understand now that Riverhead has appointed
someone from their Board to take care of this, and they also made a
committee, and I understand on that committee they have a person from the
public serving on that committee. If you, Alice, make a committee, or
whoever does it, makes a committee, I would be happy to serve on there.
Prior to the time that this last increase went out many of us have been
talking over a , period of time about what is happening to us. with
Cablevision. We are all concerned about how much our electric bill are, that
it is going up constantly, and I want to tell you right now, that if people
have most of the things with the exception of pay per view, if they want
the channels that are on television it runs into about $78.00 or $79.00 a
month, which is a hell of a lot higher than a lot of people's electric
bills. I know it's higher than what my electric bill is a month. We used to
be able to get the Yankee games on Channel 11, the Mets games on
Channel 9, and you used to be able to get on a Saturday all of the college
games if you wanted. They have changed this over some time ago. - They
put a Sports Channel in first. Then they came along with Madison Square
Carden. Now they have ESPN 2, and if you wanted to get the sports
programs you have to buy every one of these, and every one of these are
$13.00 and change. What concerns me most is only the people that have
money are going to be able to afford to see sports programs. Is everybody
else. who can't afford it going to be deprived of * these football games, and
baseball games, and anything else that goes on? If you read a piece in the
paper last week, Cablevision has lined up with Fox, and they are talking
about the possibility, instead of having to buy a sports channel, they will
sell you one sporting event at a time. If you would like to see a particular
sporting event you can buy it on pay per view. This is what they did this
last year with the football games from the colleges. A bunch of the football
games this year were on pay per view. If you wanted to see that college
play football, you had to pay for it, where years in the past you got all of
those football games without paying for it. I think the public in some
fashion has to be awakened to what is going on with -the television. In fact
they take our money, and they are buying out the Whiz, so they are
paying off the debts of the Wiz with the Cablevision money, that we
supply to them. Are they in business to pull people out of the hole when
they go into bankruptcy with our money? I consider it our money, because
we are the ones who are paying the price. This is why we have to have
somebody in charge of this, and I am very happy to see when you put a
resolution in here stating that the Public Service Commission is the one
that should do it. I am not concerned about the Federal end of it, because
you have television in all different states that handle it all different
ways. New York State should control this, and make sure that these
programs are able to be enjoyed by everybody, and not. by just the people
who have the money to pay for it. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Assemblywoman Acampora does bring our
attention to they did offer the Wiz Electronics $95,000,000.00 to buy out
that company, as an outlet for their products and services, and. to expand
it's base to sell high tech equipment, while Cablevision continues to expand
it's market on the backs of it's :ratepayers, future cost to consumers remain
a big unknown. I mean you are not even guaranteed the basic Channel 12,
and that is the only local news channel that we get, not only football, but
news.
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ED SIEGMANN: I think Pat is doing a good job, and I think what she
wants to do is to bring about meetings where people in the areas, the
people that live in the areas, can be heard. She wants to bring about
public meetings, and if she can do this I think it is an excellent thing to
do. You know if you look at what Cablevision is doing. I put a station on
in my car when I 'ride. I put WBAZ from Connecticut. Lo and behold,
two weeks ago I am sitting there listening to this station, and what do they
say but Cablevision is purchasing a cable company in Connecticut for close
to $400,000,000, and they have promised those people that they will not
raise the rates. So, this is lovely. Keep raising our rates, that they can
go and buy a $400,000,000 cable company from another state. You know I
could go on and on with the. things they have been doing. 1 don't want to
take the time to do that, but the public has to become aware. We have
petitions out being signed. In fact, while I am on the floor I will ask you
for permission to do something. I would like to put some of these petitions
in the community center for people to sign. We have signed with the senior
citizens clubs that are in there, but I would like to put some in there for
all of the other organizations, that hold affairs in there. It would be just
a matter of putting a few petitions on the table. If people want to sign
them, fine. If they don't, they don't.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I know you do that through your senior clubs.
Laury, would we have any problem with that?
TOWN ATTORNEY DOWD: I think we might unless we are willing to offer
that opportunity to everyone.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Everybody with a petition. Your petition
through your clubs, you do that internally.
ED SIEGMANN: We have been doing it that way, but we would like to
catch up. In fact I have petitions with me tonight if there is anybody here
that belongs to an organization, that feels they can get some names. Before
I leave tonight . I am happy to give you a petition, because the more -names
we can send in the better. Thank you.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: While we are on the subject, can I do my little
sequel? This is a sequel to the resolution we had there. Ed is absolutely
right. This is similar to the LILCO situation. One of the problems with
having Cablevision, which is our provider here right now, is that nobody
else has the money to come into town, and offer any kind of competition.
Whoever would come into town would have to string up their own wires,
because you can be sure that Cablevision is not going to let them use
theirs. It is just not economically viable. When we talk about raising the
rates, you know I heard 740, but my calculations say it is 82%, and this
rate raise is only on the basic, and basic is not very much when you come
right down to it. It is all the stations from New York with an antenna,
plus America Health, C-Span, two shopping channels, and Valuevision;
whatever that is. That's what you get for $13.26 a month. It used to be
you got that for $7.26, so it is almost double. You are paying $6.00 on
that. I , was trying to read all of these laws very quickly today, and
somewhere along ' the line I found out that they according to the Federal
Law you only raise the basic rate, but I have to wonder about something.
If they have raised the basic rate 820, how come Family, which includes
basic is only raised 12 1/2%, when you get to their most marvelous one,
Optimum Gold, which cost $77.75, that comes to .040. It is just not fair.
That is one thing. Number two, I am working on the contract. We have
been told that this is almost ready to go. As far as I am concerned - this
contract is not ready to go, and there are a number of things that I have a
problem with. One of them is the length of the contract. The other is
something about installation, but we will talk about that some other time.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: It is a long way from being ready to go. You are
telling us it is ready to go.
COUNCILMAN HUSSIE: No, it is not ready to go. We have been told that it
is ready to go by Cablevision. It is like divide and conquer. Riverhead is
ready. You should be ready.
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SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: No, they are not. No. The five East End towns
are not.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Nobody is ready. An interesting thing when
you talk about the different channels that we can get on Basic, one of the
stipulations in the proposed contract is this, and I will just read one
sentence. The company shall insure diversity of programming and services,
and exercise of this franchise shall include reasonable efforts in good
faith to activate non-energized channels. I hate loophole language, and
this is full of loophole language. One of things that I would like to do is
pin that down. I 'don't know what good faith means. One man's good faith
is not necessarily another man's good faith, and I don't know what they
mean by diversity of programming. You . could argue that shopping
channels are diversity programming, so I am working on this. That's all
for now. Fairly warned.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You've got the assignment. You have been
assigned to work with Laury and Cablevision, and we will expect a report
every two weeks until we see what is going on. Thank you, Alice. Is
there anyone who would like to address the Town Board? Mr. Carlin?
FRANK CARLIN: Frank Carlin, Laurel. The last Board meeting, Madame
Supervisor, you made a comment which was very interesting to me. You
said that Alice is over there where all the heat is.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You always seem to direct your comments in this
direction, and Alice now sits over there, so I asked her if she wanted to
change her seat. Maybe you will change your technic.
FRANK CARLIN: Do you have a fire extinguisher by you there? You are
in a dangerous zone there, and like` Louisa and Brian over there, they are
like in left field. Like in a baseball field usually right field is the
closest. I can remember years (tape change) I understand they are in
the Sergeant's police car.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I am not sure which cars they have been
assigned to.
FRANK CARLIN: Good. It is good to hear that. I guess I am no doctor,
but I guess we all know how the fibillator operates. It is designed to shock
the heart back when it stops. But you have to know how to use it.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You have to be trained.
FRANK CARLIN: 1 understand when Police Officers go to the Academy part
of their training is CPR.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: That's true.
FRANK CARLIN: And EMT. So far am I right?
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Right.
FRANK CARLIN: But after three years you must be re-qualified, right?
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: That's correct.
FRANK CARLIN: Who pays for that? Does the Town pay for it, or do
they have to pay for it out of their own pocket?
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I think the Town pays for it, Frank. I would
have to check the Police Department Budget, but I think they pay for it,
and they try to keep the guys first-aid, and this kind of thing updated.
FRANK CARLIN: I was told it wasn't so, but if you say so.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I will check on that for you, but I am quite
certain that the Chief pays it.
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FRANK CARLIN: Because you do have to know how to use it, where to
put the probes, and there is two types. There is an automatic type, and
there is a manual type.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: 'I believe this is automatic. Everything comes up
on the gizmo, and tells you everything.
FRANK CARLIN: Okay. Councilwoman Hussie, I have nothing for you ;
today, so you can relax. Today it's Councilman Moore. Greenhouses. I
understand you have a committee on greenhouses on sod, and
greenhouse. .see it I'm right. When a greenhouse is built, they have to dig
part of the top soil out. Am I right so far?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: Right.
FRANK CARLIN: Then if it is demolished they are required to put back
thetop so-i f:......_.,....... _. _.._ __.... ........
COUNCILMAN MOORE: That's the theory. , 1 am not sure the Code says
that, but that is the theory. At least retain the soil on site.
FRANK CARLIN: That is what I believe the Code says.
COUNCILMAN MOORE: I am not sure that it does say it, but you at least
have to retain the top soil that you have moved off to put it there on site.
FRANK CARLIN: Retain the top soil that you move. Take this sheet off,
don't throw it away, it's got to go back. Okay. This committee is working
on to come up with some of these rules.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Site plan.
FRANK CARLIN: What are you going to do on sod farms? Every time you
take a strip of sod out you are taking at least an inch of top soil off.
Now if you take and grow one crop a year in five years you have five
inches.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I checked at one point. It's not that much- I
don't think, Frank.
FRANK CARLIN: It's enough. So, top soil is being removed. Now, my
point is in all fairness to the greenhouses, and I have nothing against sod
farms, believe me, more power to them. I have nothing against the
vineyards. More power to them: God, we need those in this town. If it
wasn't for these people, the vineyards and the sod farms, we would have a
lot of problem there in open space unoccupied. I am not against them.
What I am say, how you going to come with a rule for the greenhouses, say
you have to take everything you take out, how you going to handle sod
farms to be fair? Nobody is going to tell me that no top soil is being
removed, even if it is a half inch. because in years it will add up. Like I
say, one crop a year it adds up. It is something to think about to be fair
to the greenhouses. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
That is what I am saying. Right? You didn't think of that, right?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: It's interesting. That analysis wasn't even raised in
the two discussion we have had on this. It is very interesting that you
bring that up, so I am jotting sod farms down in my notes here.
FRANK CARLIN: They have been taking off the land for several years, as
much as I can remember. Again, I have nothing against the sod farms, but
to be in all fairness, what is good for one should be good for the other.
Keep that in mind when you develop these codes that you want to do for
the greenhouses.
COUNCILMAN MOORE: Thank you for your input.
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FRANK CARLIN: One more thing I guess here. I understand that in
Mattituck where the Water Authority dug up all the roads on Pacific Street
there to put the mains in, where they dug up all the roads there on Sound
Avenue along the North Fork Bank area there where they put their water
mains in, and that this spring they will resurface all that, because I will
tell you right now this is a mess there. They left it a mess.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: It will be corrected.
FRANK CARLIN: The whole road, Pacific Street, is a mess, and so is
Sound Avenue a mess.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As soon as spring arrives there should be an
improvement.
FRANK CARLIN: I hope. Normally they would go on the shoulder to put the
mains in, . but• -they dug -up the road I guess to get it in -in- a ..hurry: I
don't know. That is a mess. It is a good thing we had a mild winter. The
frost could get under there and raise more cain with that road. There are
some holes there, and I mean holes. I see the Town down there trying to
patch some of it up. I have more,. but I will stretch it out through the
year. Alice, thank you for the copy of the pool study that you gave me. It
will be very interesting to read this. I can't wait to get home.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: We might convert you.
FRANK CARLIN: That one there, and the electric company, I see you still
have that in your mind. I guess I will never change it. That is your
opinion to push for that issue too, but I also have the same opportunity. I
have all my case already for you, all my files home, and I can't wait to get
started on it.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I am ready, and waiting.
FRANK CARLIN: We are going to have a lot of fun. Oh, one more thing,
sorry. I always want to give somebody credit. Give somebody credit when
you know they are doing right. I just want to say to Ed Siegmann here,
vice-President of TAxPac, he is doing a good job in this town for the
senior citizens, and the tax people, and I myself want to give him some
credit. That was a good example of what he did tonight. He is a good
man.. More power to him. He is doing a good job for the TaxPac, and the
people in Southold town. There should be more like him.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: The only thing, Ed, I have to correct is you put
WBAZ in Connecticut, and I think they would be a little upset.
ED SIEGMANN: No, WABZ.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You said WBAZ, and they belong to Southold
Town. Anyone else like to address the Town Board? Mr. Gold?
_ JOE GOLD: I just want to reassure everybody in case anybody is going to
be running out tonight to see where the big pits are where the sod farms
have been in operation. The question did come up in a Land Preservation
Committee when I was Chairman of it as to how much soil is removed. We
had member of the committee who is a farmer, a very technically proficient
and educated farmer, and he told us because of what is tilled is less than
an eighth of an inch removed each time they stripped the sod. If that were
not true you would have to have steps to get to some of these sod farms.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I know it is a very small amount.
JOE GOLD: It is one of those that is counterintuitive. You see them strip
it off, you think it is an inch. It is less than an eighth of an inch.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you for that information.
FRANK CARLIN: It is still being removed though. It's a technical
question. It is still being removed, if it's an eighth of an inch, or more.
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SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I think what brought part of the greenhouse
stuff to the fold is that it is my feeling that when the Town buys open
space, that I picture it as open space. 1 picture it as farms. I picture it
as potato fields, or corn fields. ' I don't picture greenhouses, or
structures, when we buy the farmland development rights, and so as we
began to talk about this it looked like maybe we should do something
because there is absolutely no site plan for greenhouses. They can do
whatever they want. They can build it five feet off the road, so we would
like to put into place some guidelines as to the placement of greenhouses.
They are in the Code as an accessory use to farming, and I don't think it's
always the concept of open space for people to have greenhouses. We are
not against the nursery business. We know it is part of our economic
base. We have a lot of greenhouses. There is a guy in Mattituck right
now, that is trying to do it in the best possible manner. He has set them
back thirty feet from the road. He is berming. He is landscaping. I
mean this is part of the visual aspect of open space, and as people like to
say quality. of..1ife.. Rather than looking at 500 greenhouses there.are_things
we can do, so the Code Committee with Bill as Chairman has been working
on this, and hopefully we will have something in place soon.
FRANK CARLIN: What I am trying to say here is just don't start to hype
so much .on these greenhouses, and they have to come down. It is
agriculture, because they do grow stuff that grow on agriculture. I grow
a tomato plant in a greenhouse. I want to plant it in the garden, because
to me that is agriculture. Let's don't start typing up here where these
poor people are limited almost can't move, because they are taking out some
sod, and they will have to put it back.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: No, that is not our intent.
ED SIECMANN: Jean, what is the tax abatement that they get now on
these greenhouses, especially if they put it up with plastic, and not with
glass? Don't they get about a 90%?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: They can participate in the ag district.
ED SIECMANN: What does that amount to?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: I couldn't give you a percentage. It is considered
an agricultural use, and since we are on .the topic there are several issues'
that are being hammered out. One of them distinguishing what the nature of
the use even consists of. Is it accessory to the farmers other operation?
Seedlings, you are talking about with small tomatoes. If it is being
considered for retail sales from the premises to the public. Those are the
kind of things we are looking at, and trying to clearly draw lines, as best
we can, as we are talking it through right now, on different natures of the
use. We can't just throw it together and say it is all one thing. Everybody
has something in mind. You think of the plastic hoops in the greenhouses,
does it count, or doesn't count? Are they big glass things where they are
computer operated? Those are all things we are talking about at the
committee right now. Is a business use? Yes. Is it agriculture? Yes. Are
we going to have retail use there, and to what extent? People say, think
about the sod farms. We have even been asked to think about the wineries.
We allow vineyards coupled with wineries, and wineries then engage in
retail sales, and so the discussion at the last committee meeting was
shouldn't we be thinking about greenhouses in an analysis fashion to that?
Jean makes the point that you have a perception of agriculture, which is
open land. That has to be tied in, and thought about, because when you
buy ag rights you are contemplating the value of the soil as one' of the
factors, that you are buying and paying for. So, this is all blended
together. - The last thing, the final consideration is you would rather have
greenhouses. I think most people in town would rather have greenhouses,
agriculture, than subdivisions, and single family houses. So, if you are
saying. we don't want to tighten it down, and tighten it down, and tighten
it .down so much that we put a greenhouse business out of business, and
we are left with something we didn't really intend to have in the first
place. That is what is being juggled right now in the policy debates that
are going on in the Code Committee. In fact, is it time for Board reports?
I can roll it and be done. I could finish it up if you want.
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FRANK CARLIN: Just one more thing. You can say to the vineyards,
retail without saying to the greenhouses, retail.
COUNCILMAN MOORE: That is what I just said.
FRANK CARLIN: Let's keep this thing at a happy medium.
COUNCILMAN MOORE: Those are the balances we are trying to weight,
exactly the issue right now.
FRANK CARLIN: Southold always was agriculture for many years. Years
ago we had 90,000, 60,000 acres of potatoes here. Agriculture, that is what
Southold is all about.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: The intent that I, personally, felt when this
started was that it should require a site plan. Greenhouses, there are
absolutely no controls whatsoever, and we have row after row of
greenhouses being constructed, and they can build right on the highway
without any screening, no attractiveness. I don't want to see a site plan
that takes six months to be passed. I would like to see it in less than
thirty days. That is my philosophy. Anyone else like to talk to the Town
Board? (No response.) If not, I will call for Board reports, and 1 . will
start on my right with Brian Murphy.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: On the Land Preservation Committee we had quite
a number of new submittals since the first of the year, and we are looking
at them. We are going out to appraisals on some of them, and seeing
exactly how they fit within areas in which we are trying to acquire land to
group it together. That is moving along at quite a pace at this point. So,
as the pieces are' appraised, and come up, you will be apprised of them.
There were a few tonight that we mentioned, so it really is being quite
active at this point. I think we are working in the right direction.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. Louisa?
JUSTICE EVANS: I would just like to thank Bob Scott, the Tax Assessor.
He came out to Fishers Island on Friday, and spoke with our seniors that
qualify for the enhanced version of the STAR Program. It was very
helpful for them to learn about it from someone that was knowledgeable, and
he has promised to come back in the fall to talk to everyone that could
apply for the non-enhanced version, that will be in place for '99, so we
appreciate that. I, also, have to say I was very disappointed with one of
the Town Board votes tonight. There was a resolution on to have an
appraisal done on a piece of property on Fishers Island for open space.
was hoping that would go through, because it is a piece of property that is
very wanted by the people of Fishers Island to be left open, and we have
indicated a desire for this for a long time. I was a little surprised,
because in Work Session only one person indicated that they weren't going
to vote for it, and I am hoping that the reason they didn't vote for it,
which was they thought the appraisal price was too high was the reason the
others didn't vote for it.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: The appraisal price was too high.
COUNCILMAN MOORE: That was the only choking point.
JUSTICE EVANS: Thank you. That is what I wanted to be reassured of.
Thank you.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: All the way to my left, John Romanelli.
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COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: At this point I have no additional reports on
Scavenger Waste. I have met and, spoken to a couple of the haulers about
trying to limit the hours. Of course, they are not pleased with that, but
we are still in negotiation about trying to limit the hours down.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you, John. Councilwoman Hussie?
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I had an interesting week starting with a
meeting with the Supervisor. We went to a meeting of the ten Supervisor's
of the ten towns. What is the name of that? Nevertheless, one of the
reasons that I went, of course, and was invited was that there someone
there Morris Babish, who was talking , about the LILCO/LIPA deal. I
am using this as an opportunity to tell you that you must write to your
legislators at every level, and tell them what you think of the
LILCO/LIPA deal, if you know anything about it. The problem is that
you don't know too much about it. I was flipping through, surfing the Net
last night, and I saw the slightest reference to a meeting that
LLCO/LIPA was holding in Huntington, and asked one of the secretaries
to find out exactly when that was. I thought I had heard Thursday. It
was today. There has been no publicity about that at all. Absolutely none,
and in deed, the thing that they were showing on television had all the
LIPA board sitting propagating their myths, and about six people in the
audience in this huge auditorium. It is ridiculous. You have got to make a
stand. I can't shout all by myself. I can shout pretty loud, but I can't
shout all by myself. I need you. That is one thing. Number two, last
meeting I - had a few things to say about the sketch that our Town
Engineers had given us. These are the capping of the Landfill, and I
think it was pretty much a misunderstanding at this point. The Solid Waste
Task Force looked at this sketch as pretty close to being a finished
drawing. It turns out it was not a. finished drawing. It was a sketch to
determine how much fill we would- need for the actual capping of the
Landfill, and for those of you who like numbers it is 109,000 cubic yards of
which 52,000 are coming from someplace on the landfill. But, then. I made
the remark, and I was quoted in the paper, that water doesn't run uphill.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: More than that.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I am only going to address water running uphill.
I have letter from the engineer, Dvirka and Bartilucci, explaining a few
things. I would like to read a couple of sentences. It says, the plan that
was prepared was not intended to be a final detailed grading plan, nor a
drainage plan, but to provide closure concepts to obtain feedback from the
town. They got feedback. With regard to comments on drainage, as
explained above, and at our meeting service drainage would be directed to .
the southern portion of the landfill property, while drainage to the north,
that is where it was . going uphill, would be routed through subsurface
piping, which would not have water running uphill, and I realized that.
Right now we are doing more test holes up there. One of our problems is
that we can only have the recharge basin, those are the things were all the
rainwater finally runs into, on what is known as virgin ground, which
means there is not any garbage at all underneath there. Those areas are
very hard to find. There is only a little bit in the southwest corner.
There is a little bit in the northwest corner, and right now the next thing
that we doing is doing some of these test holes, or borings, to find out, if
indeed, we can use some of those areas, so with a little bit of apology to
our engineers, but nevertheless I am very glad that I went there on
Monday, and talked to them, and we are on same page now, and I am up to
Engineering 202. 1 passed 101 .
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Councilman Moore, anything to report at this time?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: Yes. I will be very brief, since a lot of the
discussion was held before with regard to the greenhouses. That was a
topic of much conversation at the Code Committee last week. We are going
to continue that conversation at the meeting next week. On the off weeks,
which is tomorrow, we are doing other things, because we found that
various segments of the community come in to participate, and we get in
very big conversation discussing these issues, and we can't seem to move
on to the other items, so in the off weeks we are doing other things.
Tomorrow's agenda is a short one, or small. We are looking at accessory
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structures, and problems that have arisen with that, as far as abuse of
accessory structures when they become almost as big as, or bigger than the
principal structures. We have properties where what we think are garages,
are bigger than the house on which the property the garage is located.
Rather bizarre stuff, but it seems to be somebody's interpreting or
applying a building , code in a very strange way. The Town Attorney has
asked for some teeth in Site Plan enforcement. We are going to work on
that, and I said the third item is not small, it is back reviewing the
business uses, Local Law. We had a public hearing this winter back in
December. With new Board members on board we want them to be up to
speed, and want to go through and see that the business use law can be
fine tuned, and tinkered with response 'to comments that were made at the
public hearing. So, we are busy, and we are going to be meeting almost
weekly to get some of these things done.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Bill, was the review on the Affordable Housing
Law through Code or separate?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: Separate Affordable Housing Committee.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: How is that coming?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: That is coming along all right. Jim McMahon and I
are working on 'that, and we will have some comments and suggestions for
the Board. That is a separate committee meeting.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN Good. I would just like to update you on some of
what my two weeks have been about. I attended the DARE graduation in
Greenport, and .would like to once again congratulate all the young people
that went through the program. They should be very proud of themselves,
and we look forward to their remembering as best they can some of what
they learned. I was guest speaker at the Greenport Chamber updating
them on some of the things that are happening in Town Hall. ' In addition
to the many people that stopped in, or appointments on small—it's not small
to the person coming in, but on issues or concerns they have. This
happens every day all week long. I did have an insurance meeting with Val
Stype, our insurance agent, to review and look for greater ways. We look
every year for ways to lower our fees in relation to insurance, and still
maintain the coverage that we should have. Also, we met with Ve
McKeighan, and our Town Engineer on the MetLife Center. The Board
discussed this, this morning. MetLife is up to a great deal of money in
redoing this center. They are up to over $300,000, so it is going to be
state of the art, and we are supportive of it, but there are some
clarifications we would like to have so we will be inviting them in to the
"next Board meeting. I met with Tim Caufield in relation to Fort
Corchaug and management thereof. As Alice said, we attended the
Supervisor's meeting- in Babylon, and it was very interesting to hear about
LILCO and LIPA, and we keep hearing about it, and as Alice says, you
have so much coming at you from all directions, and everybody's opinion
and interpretation, that it is very' difficult to follow, but we do know that
I think we can all say that we do not support the ratepayers taking care of
this debt. I think we are all in favor on that score.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Seven and a half billion dollars.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I understand that they are talking now about a
referendum, but I understand it might possibly be all settled, and in the
works in the month of May which comes before November. I traveled up to
Albany yesterday for a meeting. I serve on the Executive Board of the
New York State Association of Towns and Villages. We were reviewing the
last minutes legislation, that will be presented at the New York meeting for
different directions, and different supportive measures that the association
takes a position on. I will be reviewing those with the Board people before
we go to New York, because I serve as the delegate, and I would like to be
able to vote as my Town Board feels. I have some delightful news. We
received a fax today from Governor Pataki, and he announced $4,000,000
in grants from the Environmental Protection Fund. This is just one of
many funds where we hope to be hearing that we will be receiving grants.
Today I see the different towns that are listed here, one here, one there,
one here, and ours appears to be the largest. Southold. Town $160,000 to
determine the cause of, and the means to mitigate erosion damages between
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Mattituck and Goldsmith Inlet. The second one is in the amount of $60,000
to establish a data base to support growth management planning and
implement the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, and the third one is
a little fellow, but we will take every penny we can get, and this is $3,500
to conduct a ferry impact work shop to explore solutions to problems caused
by increased ferry traffic in the east end of Long Island coastal
communities. Those are the three grants that we had notification of today,
and we are delighted, and Mr. Governor we thank you, but we want more.
Is there anyone else who anything to add? (No response.) U will call for a
motion to adjourn.
Moved by Supervisor Cochran, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at
5:45 P.M.,
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman ... Hus.sie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Q.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk