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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
July 7, 1981
9: 30 A .M. - Councilmen.:,- Nickles, Murdock and Murphy, and
Highway Superintendent Dean attended Pre-Draft. Environmental
Impact Statement scoping meeting with the New York State Depart-
ment of Environmental Conservation at Stony Brook, New York
relative to identifying and making preliminary evaluations of
the significant environmental 'impact issues that would be associa
ted with the proposed resource recovery plant in Southold 'Town.
WORK SESSION
1: 30 P. M. - The Board audited the outstanding bills for the month
of June,
EXECUTIVE SESSION
2: 25 P. M. - Lietenant Daniel Winters and the Town Board discussed
certain actions of Radio Operator' Claude Kumji.an.
WORK SESSION
3: 40 P. M. - Mr. Paul Fink of Pan Tech Management met with the Town
Board to discuss the problems he has been having in securing _bidders
for the construction of handicap facilities at the libraries, Mr .
Peter Hanlon and Air . Arthur Tillman, members of the Mattituck Library
Board were also present. After unsuccessfully advertising for bids
Mr . Fink has contacted several contractors directly asking for bids.
He received two bids and both were tremendously higher than the
engineering estimate. He feels, after further discussion with one
of the- bidders, that the construction work, not including the- paving,
should come to about $22, 000.' 00.' ' He asked the Board' s permission to
break the contract into two phases - one contractor for the construction
and one for the paving and was directed by the Board to pursue that
avenue. The Board suggested names of paving contractors Mr. Fink
might contact. The major problem' in getting-bids locally has been
the requirement , when using federal funds, of paying union scale
wages, as well as :the voluminous paper work involved. Mr. Hanlon.
questioned fact the grant was -for $50, 000 and only $38 , 000 remains
as a balance, with only $33, 000 available for the proposed construction.
Mr . Fink explained that certain funds were used for the engineering
study, preparation of bid documents, administration of the funds,
and a certain portion for costs to apply for future funding. ---Mr .
Fink asked for permission , and received same from both the Town Board
and Mr . Hanlon and Mr . Tillman to make two changes, as recommended
by the engineer, to reduce costs: (1) substitute anodized aluminum
railing for the proposed wrought iron railing; and (2) eliminate the
front handicapped facility entrance and just have a rear handicapped
facility entrance. One entrance is sufficient and does not violate
federal regulations for accessibility for the handicapped. If every-
thing goes well with the contractors, work should begin in the very
near future.
Mr. Fink advised the Board that a timetable must be started
immediately for correction of the heating system at the Senior/Youth
Center. (He will discuss the rehabilitation project at Eighth and
Ninth Street , Greenport and the Mattituck Inlet project at another
time. ) Approval of the HUD funds should be received in August, but
in order to complete the correction work at the Center before the winter
months, the Board should consider hiring_ an engineering firm for the
project . If the project is rushed, it will take about four months
from beginning to end. $50, 000;i.00 has been allocated for .design
and construction. Deputy Supervisor Murphy will request. Supervisor
Pell to correspond with H2M to determine what their engineering fee
would be for the project .
4 : 10 P. M. - The Board began reviewing the agenda.
6: 05 P.M. - Work Session adjourned.
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A regular meeting of the Southold Town' Board was held on Tuesday,
July 7, 1981 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New
York. Deputy Supervisor Murphy opened the meeting at 7: 30 P.M.
with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Present : Councilman Francis J. Murphy (Deputy Supervisor)
Councilman Henry W. Drum
Councilman John J. Nickles
Councilman Lawrence Murdock, Jr.
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker
Absent: Supervisor William R. Pell, III (death in his family)
Justice Francis T. Doyen
COUNCILMAN INIURPHY: In the absence of Supervisor Bill Pell, I '"ll
take over the meeting. Bill had •a death in the family and he regrets
that he can ',t be here. I ' ll ask for the approval of the audit of
the bills of July 7th.
On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the following audited bills be and hereby are ordered
paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount 'of $56, 676 . 40;
General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $14, 258 .79; Highway
Department bills in the amount of $39, 088 . 58; Fishers Island Ferry .
District bills in the amount of $38, 095. 78; Federal Revenue Sharing
bills in the amount of "$51, 4.17. 57; and Delinquency Diversion and
Prevention Project bills in the amount of $134. 44.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the June 23, 1981 and June 30, 1981 minutes of the
Southold Town Board be and hereby are approved. . .
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I ' d like to set the date of the next Town Board
meeting to July 22nd. This is a day later than normal because of
Grievance Day on 7/21 . It will be at 3 : 00 P.M'. in the Town Hall.
On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED .,-that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board
will be field at 3: 00 P. M. , July 22 , 1981 at the Southold Town Hall,
Main Road , Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman. Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
I . REPORTS - COUNCILMAN MURPHY:
I ' d like to remind you that all these reports are on file
in the Town Clerk' s Office if anyone cares to read them.
1. Town Clerk' s monthly report (June 1981) .
2. Building Inspector' s monthly report (June 1981) .
3. Assessors ' monthly report (June 1981 ) .
4. Supervisor ' s monthly report (June 1981) .
5. Fishers Island (Ferry District ) monthly report (June 1981) .
6. Highway Department monthly report (June 1981) .
7 . Town Justice Rich - monthly report (June 1981) .
8. Town Justice Tedeschi - monthly report (June 1981) .
9. Councilmen' s reports. I ' d like to start with Larry.
COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: This morning the Town Board attending what is
called a Scoping Session at the office of the New York Department of
Environmental Control at Stony Brook. We were there with the people
from Energy Development Corporation, the North Fork Environmental
Council and a few other people to go over some of the problems
pertaining to possible permitting to burn municipal solid waste at
the Disposal Area . and generate electricity. It was a meeting to get
input from groups other than the Town Board and other than the
builder, to give information to. NYDEC so that they would know what
to put, or the questions to be asked to be put into an Environmental
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Impact Statement which should be prepared and then they will have
public hearings detailing the program to burn municipal solid
waste. Of course, we in the Town have a lot of questions about
whether we' ll be allowed to landfill the ash. As you know, the
state has mandated we must close our landfills. So far they have
not given us permission to landfill ash but they have recommended
that we build a facility in the Town of Southampton and we still
can' t understand why it ' s nice to bury ash in Southampton and illegal
to bury it in Southold but we're hopeful that we can pursue our
objectives which at the first blush that we see so far will save
us 900 of the projected costs of participating in the Five Town
Program and hopefully in six or seven weeks we ' ll have a little
more information. That was today with the entire Town .Board.
Thank you, Frank.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Thank you. Henry?
COUNCILMAN DRUB: I have no comment .
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: John, do you have anything?
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: Nothing really except I'd like to -report: that
the telephones that we had arranged for the three beaches - New
Suffolk, Town Beach and McCabes Beach were installed in time for
the 4th of July weekend.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Thank you, John, you did a great job.
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: Lieutenant Winters deserves the praise, but
I ' ll accept it .
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: We met--to report on a clam seeding conference
or meeting we had with the To ftbf East' Hampton--we met with the
Bay Constable, one of the Councilmen and a man by the-name of Paul
Flagg who' s a graduate student at Stony Brook and was running the
program for the Town of East Hampton with almost the exact same
amount that we 're using here to seed our creeks with the oversized
clams, uncertified clams. for spawning purposes. Paul Stoutenburgh
and Tom Cielatka, Ray Dean and myself went out there and it really
was fantastic and the potential here for Southold really looks great .
They' re growing the seed clams from--probably four of them would be
about the size of your small fingernail and in the one season' they
are growing them to the size where they' re over the size of your .
thumbnail . A tremendous growth. What they' re doing--the survival
rate on these clams, ordinary seeding, the spawning of clams, you
lose 99 and 99 and 99 hundredths of all the small seed to 'the
natural predators, crabs, fish, anything that ' s down in the bottom
of the creek. This way you get about 997o survival and you get
tremendous growth. One of their problems in running the program
was that the scallop spawns attach themselves to these beds and
grow so fast that they can' t even get out. That every two weeks
someone has to come in and clean these beds out . It seems fantastic
that you get this amount of growth on it . In the fall you take and
you wed the various creeks and in about two years -you have a really
marketable clam with a tremendous survival rate and according to
their figures is over 90%. I think it has a, great potential here.
spoke to the Supervisor and he asked me to appoint a committee
of interested members of the Town Board and interested people in
the community. Tom Cielatka the Bay Constable, Ray Dean will
also be very happy and very interested to serve on this. Very
low budgeted item but a tremendous potential for. really helping
revive an industry that really is almost dead here.
We also met on Monday with a group of people--two people
from the Sea Grant Institute which really works out of Stony
Brook and they ' re doing research on the growing of seaweed.
What they were down here for was just to tell the different towns.
They were coming to each town to tell us the progress of their
research. It is quite a ways away, but one of the possibilities
that they're talking about is establishing these farms out in the--
they' re n.ot even sure where--in the ocean, in the sound, the bays,
wherever they feel this would grow the best and harvest this and
produce a methane gas. They claim that fairly soon, if everything
works out right , it will be down to compatable price with LILCO
and they could feed it right in and be a very good clean industry
here and it would be another industry that has a potential of
growth here using our natural resources what we have here. We 're
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two-three years away; two years from now, not this next summer, but
the summer after, they are setting an experimental farm up- somewhere
probably in Smithtown Bay to do this and then to set up a pilot
plant. So they were coming down just to keep the Town Board informed
but this is another potential for our area without hurting anything;
not taking any of our natural resources away.
Bill asked me to comment on Pan Tech Corporation who was here
today and they finally feel they have a contractor for a project
that is out for renovating two libraries in the Town. They finally
feel they have a contractor they hope they could work with and get
this started. It ' s a long time coming and hopefully within a couple
weeks--the Town Board today agreed to let part of the contract out
and to make it easier for this contractor to do the work and I' m
sure we can come in within the amount that we have. That ' s about
it.
II . PUBLIC NOTICES - COUNCILMAN MURPHY:
1 . Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard
concerning the reconstruction of the New Suffolk Avenue bridge over
Downs Creek in the Town of Southold. This also is posted on the
Town Clerk' s Bulletin Board.
2. New York State Department. of Environmental Conservation,.
Notice of Complete Application, Suffolk County DPW to remove and
reconstruct two bridges on New Suffolk Avenue over Mud and Downs
Creeks .
III . CO1I1fUNICATIONS - COUNCILMAN MURPHY:
1. Request for L_aurel' Lake (Scuba Diving Training Courses by
7 Z ' s Hampton Divers, Inc. )
From John Behan on coasta'l ''zone management .
3 . From Pan Tech Management--this is the HUD funds that we
are going to contact a consulting firm to start to draw up plans
for this so that the first project we are going ..to work on is the
renovation of the heat at the Senior Cit izen ' s' and' Yoiith' Center ,
which cost the Town a fortun,e' last year in the electric heat .
Hopefully we can save quite a bit of money.
4. From the Kenney' s Beach Civic Association. A *committee
will be set up to meet with these people.
5. Letter from the Southold Town Promotional Committee thank-
you note ( for financial support from the Town) .
6. Suffolk County resolution. This is ..only still in the
talking stage. Fifty cents per capita allotment . This is .what
they ' re talking of the Town' s share of the sales tax.
7. A request from Carol A. Bolger concerning the use of the
Rec Center for a group of women interested in exercise classes .
I believe Carol is here. Would you like to say anything on it?
The Town Board did grant Mr. Pell the permission to allow you to
use this,working the dates with what we have scheduled already.
MRS . CAROL A . BOLGER: That ' s very nice and we thank you. It ' s
not mine, it ' s the group that I have requested. I wrote the letter,
but we thank you very much. How will I find out what day or how
will we find out what evening?
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Bill Pell will be in contact with you when he
checks with Ray Dean who keeps the schedule of. the building to see
what days are available and what days would be most preferable .
8 . Letter from the Chamber of Commerce in Mattituck concerning
the sidewalks . This has been turned over' to Ray Dean.
9. Letter from West Creek Estates Property Owners Association
concerning dredging of West and Goose Creeks in Southold. This will
be turned over to the Trustees to investigate and make their recommenda-
tions.
10. A letter from Greg Blass concerning detergents. It ' s mostly
concerned with the Riverhead Sewer District area.
11 . Suffolk County Traffic Safety Board, a letter concerning
the changing of the hours bars would stay open. The Town Board did
go on record in favoring this once we check with the Police Chief or
Lieutenant Winters to find out if he would recommend it. If he does
we would be in complete agreement with it and fully support it and
Bill Pell will send a letter.
12 . There was a letter from our. County Executive Peter Cohalan
who was very pleased to learn the Southold Town Board' s unanimous
action to help save Robins Island. He is very Iproud of us and pleased.
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13. The Town' s participation in Long Island Tourism and Con-
vention Commission. The three chambers of commerce in Mattituck,
Southold and Cutchogue will be contacted to find out their interest .
14 . A letter concerning a proposed gift of some land in Southold
(Wortis & Pott ) which the Supervisor will look into and discuss with
the people.
IV. HEARINGS AND DECISIONS
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: This is a decision on the wetlands application
of Marino Faraguna, a public hearing that was held . on June 23rd in
Southold Town Hall.
1. Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Nickles,
WHEREAS, Marino Faraguna applied to the Southold Town Board for a
permit under the provisions of the Wetland Ordinance of the Town
of Southold, application dated May 19, 1981, and
WHEREAS, said application was referred to the Southold Town Trustees
and the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council for their find-
ings and recommendations, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Town Board with respect to .
said application on the 23rd day of June , 1981 , at which time all
interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED that Marino Faraguna be granted permission under the
provisions of the Wetland Ordinance of the Town of Southold for
the construction of an aluminum alloy bulkhead at his property
on the west side of Skunk Lane, on Mud Creek, ,Cutchogue, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphv, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Number two is pending decision on property
owned by Kim Brownie. Public -Hearing was held on June 23rd.
2. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum,
WHEREAS, the Building Inspector has heretofor. . made a formal
inspection of the premises owned by Kim Brownie located on the
west side of Wells Road at Peconic, pursuant to Chapter 90 of
the Southold Town Code, and
WHEREAS, the Building Inspector determined that the structure
located on the aforesaid premises is dangerous "or =unsafe to the
public and thereafter served notice upon the owner of sai
premises, and
WHEREAS, this Board held a hearing pursuant to Chapter 90 of
the Code on the 23rd day of June, 1981 at which hearing the
Building Inspector appeared and presented oral and documentary
evidence as to the unsafe and dangerous condition of the structure
located on the aforesaid premises, and no one having appeared at
such hearing on behalf of the owner,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS DETERMINED AS' FOLLOWS:
1. That the structure located on the west side of Wells
Road at Peconic , shown on the Suffolk County Tax Map as District
1000, Section 86, Block 1, Lot 10. 002 , consisting of .an open
building foundation, unenclosed, is unsafe and dangerous to the
pubic.
2. That the owner has neglected and refused to either secure
or remove said structure within the time specified by the Building
Inspector.
3. That the owner is hereby ordered and directed, within
10 days from the service of a certified copy of this determination
in the manner provided by Section 90-5 B. of the Southold Town
Code, to either (a) remove said structure or fill-in the foundation
to the level of the surrounding grade, or (b) completely -enclose
said foundation with a six foot high cyclone fence. .
4. That in the event that the owner fails or refuses to
remedy said dangerous and unsafe condition in the manner and
within the time hereinbefore' prescribed, then and in that event
the Building Inspector is hereby ordered and directed to remedy
such condition by whatever means he. deems appropriate 'and, upon
the owner-Is failure to pay any or all of the costs and expenses
incurred by the Town of Southold, the same shall be collected in
the manner provided by Chapter 90 of the Southold Town Code.
Uote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
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COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Number th'r'ee 's''pending decision on property
owned by H. Sacks and Sons, Produce Inc. This was another hearing
that was held at the same time and we are going to hold off the
decision on this. Mr. Sacks has offered this' propert'y to 'the
Mattituck Park District as a future park or parking area for the
Town. The park district accepted this and we do have a deed that
was drawn up and it was sent over to the Sacks` business office
in Quogue for them to sign it and we should have it signed, and
it ' s a very good way. This was where the old potato house burned
down in Mattituck. It is a very nice gift of his and the park
district and I ' m sure all of Southold Town appreciates it.
Number four is a public hearing on July 7th.
4 . Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum,
WHEREAS, a proposed Local Law No. 4 - 1981 was introduced at a
meeting of this Board held on the 23rd day of June, 1981, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held thereon by the Board on the
7th day of July, 1981, at which time all interested persons were
given. an opportunity to be heard thereon ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Local Law No. 4 - 1981 be
enacted as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 4 1981
A Local Law to amend Chapter 92 of the Codes of the Town of
Southold in relation to traffic regulations.
BE IT ENACTED by the :Town Board of the Town of Southold as
follows:
Article IV of Chapter 92 of the Code of the Town of Southold
is hereby amended as follows:
I. By amending Section' 92 411`�t'hereof by adding thereto the
following:
Name of Street Side Location
Terry Lane South At Southold from extension south-
erly of the east curb line of
Hobart Road, easterly for a
distance of 127 feet.
Terry Lane North At Southold from the easterly
curb line of Hobart Road, east
erly for a distance of 142. feet.
Hobart Road East At Southold from the northerly
curb line of Terry Lane, northerly
for a distance of 98 feet .
II. , By amending Section 92-42 thereof by adding thereto the
following: Between the
Name of Street Side Hours of Location
Terry Lane North 10: 00 P.M. & In Southold from the west
7: 00 a.m. curb line of Hobart Road
westerly to Town Creek.
III. By adding a new Section thereto, to be Section 92-43A, to
read as follows:
092-43A - Public Parking Lots.
The parking of vehicles in the Public Parking Lot located in
Southold on the south side of Route 25 approximately 170 feet
east of Wells Avenue is hereby prohibited for a longer period than
two (2) hours.
IV. This Local Law shall take effect immediately.
COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: I think, John , that no where in the resolution
does .it mention that Terry Lane location and Hobart Road location----
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: I ' ll explain that , Larry. By Section 92-41
it is a parking ordinance section and on Terry Lane, on the south
side of---from the extension southerly of theeast curb line of
Hobart Road, easterly for a distance of 127 feet , that will 'be a
No Parking From Here To Corner. Terry Lane on the north side at
the easterly curb line of Hobart Road for a distance of 142 feet ,
that will be No Parking From Here to Corner. At Hobart Road on
the east side which is 98 feet from the curb line of Terry Lane,
that will be No Parking From I4ere To Corner. The other one on
Terry Lane which is from the west curb line of Hobart Road westerly
to Town Creek is Parking Prohibited .from 10: 00 p.m, to 7 : 00 a. m.
It doesn' t specifically say this in here but it relates to the Code
when you read the Code.
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COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: I just wanted the public- to understand it was
for No Parking Zone.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: This -is to help control the traffic down at
the Southold Town Park and hopefully we can solve some of their
problems with this and make the access in there, make it a lot
safer and hopefully a lot quieter for the people down there.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman •Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
V. RESOLUTIONS
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: We will move on to resolutions. Number one we
are going to hold, we would like to discuss this with the Super-
intendents of the two contracting districts. This is an Attendance
Officer Law under the old common school districts, New Suffolk and
Laurel and we would like to see if could take the money by having
the contracting district, their Attendance Officer, take over this
duty rather than have the Town, which there has never been a call,
but under this law we have to have it . So if we could use the
Attendance Officer- on a per diem basis fine. We are going to hold
this. The Supervisor is going to contact the two superintendents
of Southold and Mattituck. -
2 . On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation
Law State Environmental Quality Reivew and 6NYCRR Part 617, Section
617. 10 and Chapter 44 of the Code of the Town of Southold., notice is
hereby given that the Southold Town Board, as lead agency for the
action described below, has determined that the project , which is
unlisted, will not have a significant effect on the environment .
Description of Action: Application of Fred Melin for permission to
install an aluminum bulkhead, extend existing float and i:ns:tall four
pilings at his property on Mud Creek at Skunk Lane, .Cutcho-gue, New Yo7
The project has been determined not to have a significant effect
on the environment for the following reasons:
An environmental assessment has been submitted which indicated
that no significant adverse effect to the environment arelli-kely to
occur should the project be implemented as planned.
Because there has been no response in the allotted time from
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, it is .
assumed that there is no objection nor comments by that agency.
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Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
3. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was
RESOLVED that '.the Town Board of the Town of Southold accepts the
resignation of Robert E. Wall as Commissioner of the Fishers Island
Garbage and Refuse District .
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes:-- Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
4 . On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold approves the
appointment of Albert D. Dawson as Commissioner-Treasurer of the
Fishers Island Garbage and Refuse District effective immediately.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
5 . On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the application of Zdzislaw Mikolajczyk dated May 4,
1981, for permission to maintain a single family trailer on the
south side of Private Road (John' s Road) off the east side of Main
Road, Mattituck, New York, be and hereby is renewed for a six (6)
month period.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum,
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
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6 . On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold request the
Suffolk County Department of Transportation to erect "NO PARKING"
signs at the northwest corner of County:_ Route 48 and Horton ' s Lane,
Southold, New York where a new business has opened and customers
are parking at the curving corner curb, thus obstructing vision at
the intersection.
COUNCILMAN NICKLES : County Route 48 , by the way, is formerly
County Route 27.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
7. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold grants permission
to the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island -Ferry District
to define the conditions of employment for its- Manager-Secretary
Robert P. Knauff, retroactive to Jun-e 25, 1979, as follows: ( 1)
Hours of work shall be 372 per week or 72 hours per day Monday
through Friday; ' (2) Vacations and Leaves of Absence, Hospitalization,
Retirement, Death and other Employee. Benefits shall be the same as
those allowed under the prevailing contract between the Town of
Southold and the Civil Service. Employees' Association, Inc. , Suffolk
Chapter, Southold Town Unit ; and (3) Salary is to be set by the
Board of Commissioners subject to the approval of the Town Board
of the Town of Southold. il -
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared .dulyadopted.
COUNCILMAN b1URPHY: Number 8 we're going to hold until next meeting.
There is a mathematical error on the amount that we' re releasing, but
hopefully this is to close the account on the Town Hall here.
9. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry
District be and is hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement
with the People of the State of New York, acting by and through
the Commissioner of Transportation, for the p1jrpose of accepting
$175, 000. 00 for relocation of docks and related facilities on
Fishers Island.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
10. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to the Fishers Island Fire District , Fishers Island, New
York, to close off short sections of Equestrian Avenue and Athol
Crescent Street, Fishers Island, from 5 : 00 P.M. August 14, 1981 to
1: 00 A.M . , August 15, 1981; provided the necessary insurance is
secured to hold the Town of Southold harmless.
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: This is for a firemen' s fire department fund
raiser over there .
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
11 . On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED. that the Town Board of the Town of Southold accept the
substitution of a Performance Bond in the amount of $20, 000. 00
for Treasurers Check being held by the Town of Southold for roads
and improvements in the subdivision known as Mount Beulah Acres.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy , Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
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12 . On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board declare itself lead agency
in regard to the State Environmental C)uality Review Act in the
matter of the application of Agnes Pagnozzi for a wetland permit
on certain property located off south side of Jockey Creek Drive,
on Jockey Creek, Southold, New York. .
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
COUNCILMMAN MURPHY: Number 13 is a transfer of funds. This is
concerning an audit that was done on Jim Riches' Retirement
account and I guess the Town shorted him and this is to make
up the deficit.
13. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold authorizes
the transfer of $1, 555. 00 from General Fund Whole Town Contingent
Account A1990. 4 to New York State' Retirement Account A9010.8 .
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
14. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Country Time Cycle Club, Mattituck, New York to use
the following Town roads : Wickham Road , Oregon Road, Bridge Lane
and Elijah ' s Lane, on July 25, 1981 between the hours of 8 : 00 A.M.
and 9: 30 A.M. for a bicycle race for children and adults; provided
they secure the necessary insurance to hold the Town of Southold
harmless .
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
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15. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New
York on the 22nd day of July, 1981 at 3: 30 P.M. , at '.which time and
place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be
heard upon the following matter: "A Local Law to change the .term
of office of the town clerk from two years to four years", which
reads as follows:
A local law to change the term of office of the town clerk from
two years to four years.
. - BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County, New York, as follows;
Section 1 . The term of office of the town clerk shall be
four years .
Section 2. This local law shall supersede section twenty-four
of the town law, insofar as it is inconsistent with such section.
Section 3. A proposition for the approval of this local law
shall be submitted to the electors of the town of Southold at the
general election to be held in November, nineteen hundred eighty-
one, and this local law shall become operative only if approved
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors
voting upon such proposition.
Section 4. If this local law is approved by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the town voting
thereon at said general election, this local law shall become and
be effective immediately.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I 'm going to vote yes. I would like to make
a comment on it just for the record. Very quick in hearing about
this and the only reason I really would say yes, I do feel that
the Town Clerk' s term should be four years, but I do think that
you should have had a little more time to study and maybe, add one
or two other people . Maybe you' d want to add the Superintendent
of Highways or even the Supervisor into this to the same purpose.
I do realize we are going to have a public hearing, we are going
to have more information and the people can come in and give us
their input and also then we are all going to have our final say
on election day . The reason I am voting yes now is because time
is very critical and should be done and we really don' t have the
time to study this and have the public hearing by going to our
next Board meeting. So I' m voting yes.
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Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: That ' s the last of the resolutions. It ' s a
short schedule tonight . I ' d like to ask the Councilmen if they
have anything more to say. Larry? (not at this time) Henry?
( I have nothing) John?
COUNCILMAN NICKLES : Not at this time, although on that matter
of the use of the Senior Citizens/Youth Activity Building, I
understand that those people who were interested in -speaking may
not have had an opportunity to speak. Maybe they would like to
say something. (no comments) .
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I would like to open it up to the floor--
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: I would like to say then, that the gentleman
in back (Sam- Markel ) is largely responsible for the ladies getting
the use of the building, if that ' s any help, Sam.
SAM MARKEL: Thank you very much, John.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Anyone else? Henry?
COUNCILMAN DRUM: I would like to say that I noticed our Chief of
Police, Chief Cataldo just walked in and it ' s nice to see him.
I understand that he had a farewell party today and I believe
his intentions are of retiring on the 15th and' I' m just sorry I
could not be there.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Chief, would you like to say anything?
CHIEF CATALDO: No , I have nothing to say, but I would like to
introduce 11r. Robert Ruddner who is an. attorney-at-law. I believe
he has something to say.
MR. ROBERT RUDDNER: I wouldn' t want to spoil the day that Carl
-_ had. I really came out to talk to Mr . Tasker ;,about a situation .
that I would like to see resolved if it is possible.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Anyone else care to say anything?
COUNCILMAN NICKLES : I would second what Henry said about the
Chief. The whole Board would..
The; only thing else is we had a letter in communications.
from Assemblvman Behan on the coastal zone management and Deputy
Supervisor indicated to us today that they are trying to get .
together a meeting with Marty Lang, tomorrow concerning the coastal
zone management legislation in Albany which is revised and is now
called Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources which is
another act , Article 34, relative to coastal erosion hazard areas.
I guess the five east end towns are concerned about this matter,
but I spoke to Senator LaValle yesterday and he said both pieces
of legislation , if I understood him correctly, have been passed
by both houses.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: If there is nothing more I declare the meeting
over and. thank you very much.
On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was
RESOLVED that there being no further business to come before this
,i Town Board meeting adjournment be called at 8 : 15 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman
Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum.
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
Judith T. . Terry
Town Clerk