HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-02/02&05/1971 376 MEETING OF FEBRUARY 2, 1971.
The Southold 'Town 'Board met at the office of Supervisor Albert Martocchia,
16 South Street, Greenport, New York, on Tuesday, February 2, 1971 at
3 :00 P.M. with the following present: Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen
Valentine and Rich, Justices Demarest -and Suter; Town Attorney Tasker;
Superintendent of Highways. Dean '.and .Town :C.lerk Richmond.
Moved by Justice Suter; seconded by Justice Demarest;
RESOLVED: That the minutes of January 26, 1971 be and they hereby are
approved. Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor
Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine and Rich; Justices Demarest' and Suter.
Moved by Councilman. Valentine; seconded by Councilman- Rich,-
RESOLVED: That the next meeting of the 'Town Board will be held at the
office of Supervisor Albert Martocchia, 16- South Street, Greenport,
New)York', on Tuesday, February 23 , 1971 'at 3 :00 , P.M.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia;- Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved 'by Justice Suter; seconded by -Councilman Valentine ;
RESOLVED: That the reports of the Board of Appeals, Supervisor, Building
Department and 'Town Clerk for the month of January ,1971 be accepted by
the Town Board and placed on file.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Justice Suter; seconded by Councilman Rich;
WHEREAS, Southold Town Planning Board has prepared an official report
and recommendation and the County Planning Board has been notified and
it's report returned to the Town Board on the application of Gus .Schad'
for a change of zone from "A" Residential and Agricultural District. 'to
"M" Multiple Residence District on Parcel "A" and from "A" Residential
and Agricultural District to "B-2 " Business District on Parcel '"B",
situated near Greenport, New York;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That a public hearing will be held by-
the Southold Town Board at the Greenport High School, Greenport, N.Y.
on March 9, 1971; at 7 :30 P.M. on the above mentioned petition and =that-
the Town Clerk be and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause _
notice of said hearing to' be 'published in the Suffolk Weekly Times, , -,,
pursuant to the requirements of law.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-supervisor' Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine-
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Justice Demarest; seconded by Justice Suter;
BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town Board of the Town of Southold does hereby
elect, as provided-- in Section 302 , Sub-Division Nine (d) of the Retire
ment and Social Security Law as presently or- hereafter amended, to grant
a one year final average salary for eligible employees" ; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this election shall become effective "with.
the payroll beginning immediately.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Councilman Valentine; seconded by Councilman Rich;
RESOLVED: That a public hearing will be held on the following LOCAL LAW
#1 and LOCAL LAW #2 of the year 1971 .at 7 :30 o ' clock P.M. on Tuesday,
February 23, 1971, at which time all persons interested will be heard;
LOCAL LAW #1 Year' 1971
A local law to provide that the offices of asessors in the town of
Southold shall continue to be elective.
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows :
Section 1. The offices of assessors in the town of Southold
shall continue to be elective, as provided by the law in effect immed—
iately prior to the effective date of section 1556 of the Real Property
Tax Law, as .added by Chapter 957 of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy.
Section 2. .This local law shall be subject to mandatory ref-
erendum and shall be submitted for the approval of the electors of the
town of Southold at a special election to be held• at a time not later
than July 1, 1971.
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LOCAL LAW #$2 - Year 1971
A local law to provide that the number of assessors in the town of
Southold be reduced from six to three.
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows :
Section 1. Sections one and two of chapter sixty-eight of the
laws of eighteen hundred. and fifty-six entitled "An Act to authorize
the inhabitants of the town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk, to
elect .six assessors for said town" as amended by chapter three hundred
seventy-four of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-eight and by chapter
eight hundred twenty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-one,
are hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. On and after the thirty-first day of December nineteen
hundred seventy-one, there shall be four assessors for the town of
Southold. On and after the thirty-first day of December nineteen hundred
seventy-three, there shall be three assessors for the town of Southold
1 . Section 2. At a biennial town election- for the year nineteen
hundred seventy-one, one assessor shall be ebcted for a term of four
years and one assessor shall be elected at every second biennial town
election held thereafter. At the biennial town election for the year
nineteen hundred seventy-three, two assessors shall be elected for a
term of four years and two assessors shall be elected at every second
biennial town election held thereafter.
Section 3 . The .provisions of this local law shall not become
effective unless the town board of the town of Southold, prior to
Apri1 .30, 1971, adopts a local law, subject to a mandatory referendum,
providing that the offices of assessor of the ,town of Southold shall
continue to be elective and such local law shall be approved by the
electors of the town of Southold at a special town election held
not later than July 1, ,1971.
Section 4. This local law shall be subject to mandatory referen-
dum and shall be submitted for the approval of the electors of the Town
of Southold at a special town election.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Justice Demarest; seconded by Councilman Rich;
WHEREAS, Matthew Mullen, Cutchogue , N.Y, by petition verified December
3 , 1970, petitioned the Town Board for a change of zone of certian
property described in said petition from "A" Residential and Agricultural
District to "B-211--Business District, and
WHEREAS, the said petition was referred to the Southold Town Planning
Board for official recommendation and report and the County Planning
Board having been notified, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board pursuant to due notice thereof held a hearing
thereon on the 26th day of January-, 1971 at which time all interested.
persons were given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the relief demanded in said
petition be and the same is in all respects denied. '
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Councilman Rich; seconded by Justice Suter;
RESOLVED: That $200. 00 be and herex}y is transferred from Contingent
Fund Full-town to Conservation Advisory Council A 8730.4.
Vote' of Town Board: Ayes- upervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Justice Demarest; seconded by Justice Suter;
RESOLVED: That $3600. 00 be and hereby is transferred fron Contingent .
Fund Full-Town to Beach and Equipment A 7180. -
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-upervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices' Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Councilman Valentine;. seconded by Councilman Rich;
RESOLVED: That $194. 00 be and hereby is transferred from Contingent
Fund Part-Town to Insurance Part-Town B 1910.4.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
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Moved by Councilman Valentine; seconded by Councilman Rich;
RESOLVED: That $50. 00 be and hereby is transferred from Contingent Full-
Town to Whole Town Jail A 3150.
Vote of TownyBoard: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and- Suter.
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Moved by Justice Suter; seconded by Councilman Valentine;
RESOLVED: That Supervisor Albert Martocchia;be and he hereby is authorized
to purchase a-check- signer, the sum not to exceed $405. 00.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Mrs. Knowles, Indian Neck, Peconic, N.Y. appeared before the Town Board
on behalf of the League of Women Voters requesting information on the -
following subjects : Master Plan,,--filling of land on Eugene Road, Cutch-
ogue, filling of- land on Major 's Pond, Orient, and filling at the end of
Moore 's Lane and New Suffolk Avenue, Cutchogue.
Recess called at 4:00 P.M. to reconvene at 9:00 A.M, on February 5, 1971.
Adjournment. Albert-W. Richmond
Town Clerk.
The meeting -of . the Southold .Town Board_ reconvened at the office of Super=
visor Martocchia on Friday, February 5., 1971 at 9:00 A.M.
Moved by Justice Suter; seconded by Councilman Valentine;
RESOLVED: That General Bills in the amount of $10, 986.44; Special District
Bills in the amount of $21, 919. 95 ; Fishers Island Ferry District Bills
in the amount of. $12, 578. 77 and Highway Bills in the amount of $4,844. 06
be and the same are hereby ordered paid.
Vote of Town. Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia; .,Councilmen Valentine. and
Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Councilman Rich; seconded by,-Councilman Valentine;
RESOLVED: That the annual report of Justice Martin Suter for the year
1970 be accepted by the Town Board 'and placed' on file.
Vote of . Town Board: Ayes- Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justices Demarest and Suter.
Moved by Councilman Valentine; seconded by Justice Suter.
RESOLVED: That Supervisor Albert Martocchia be and he hereby is authori -
ized to sign the contract between Greenport West Water Supply District
and the Town of Southold. Vote of Town. Board: Auperviosr
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Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine and Rich; Justices. Demarest and Suter. .
Moved by ,Councilman Valentine; seconded by Councilman Rich;
WHEREAS, the Senior Citizens request use of four buses for transportation
to the Flower Show in Commack, N.Y.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town Southold furnish such trans-
portation for the Senior Citizens at a cost not to exceed $352 .00.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Just,icesdDemarest. and Suter;
Moved by Justice Suter; seconded by Councilman Rich;
RESOLVED: That ' Duplicate Bond No. 73 'S-689 BC, issued by the Aetna
Casualty and Surety Company in the name of Elizabeth McCloskey in the
amount of $20, 000. 00 for Commissioner-Treasurer of Fishers Island Garbage
and Refuse District, 'be and the same i•s hereb y approved as to its
form, manner of execution and sufficiency of sureties therein.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Martocchia; Councilmen Valentine
and Rich; Justice Suter.
Adjournment. Albert W. Richmond
'Town Clerk