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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-06/06/1978 1978 SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD June 6, 1978 Executive Session Herbert Shaffron, TECC Resource Recovery Systems, made a presenta- tion on solid waste management. (1175 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, 11746, Suite 200, .427-6400. ) Representatives of Lockwood, Kessler, Bartlett made a presentation on solid waste management. They will submit a written proposal. ---------------------- A regular meeting of the Southold Town Board was held at 3: 00 P.M. , Tuesday, June 6, '1978 'at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold;' New York. . Supervisor Martocchia opened the meeting with the following present: Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia Justice Martin Suter Councilman James Homan Councilman Henry W. Drum Councilman William R. -Pell III Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker Highway Superintendent Raymond C. Dean Town' Clerk Judith T. Terry Absent: Justice Francis -T. Doyen On motion of Justice Suter, seconded. by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the May 23 , 1978 Southold Town Board meeting and May 31, - 1978 special Southold Town' Board meeting be and hereby are approved as submitted. Vote of the"Town- Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared adopted. On motion - of- Councilman Homan, seconded -by Councilman Pell, it was RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will- be held' at 3: 00 P.M. , Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justice Doyen. This resolu tion was declared adopted. On motion of -Councilman Pe,ll; .seconded by -Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the May 1978 reports of the Supervisor, Town Clerk, Town Trustees, Building Department, Assessors, Justice Suter be and hereby are received and- ordered placed on file. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes:. Councilmaft' Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared •adopted.. Councilman Henry W. Drum made a report of the first meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG,) held on June 1, 1978. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of Transportation, John Sheridan, _wi th representatives from State, County, -Town, Community and business in attendance. -The purpose of TAG is to provide technical input into development of the master plan for 26 JUN 6197 the County Airport. The airport study commenced in February 1978 is 90/ Federal funded, for a twelve month period. Included in the study will be the impact of the airport becoming an International Airport as approval of the "Free Trade Zone" application is antici- pated. The Zone is adjacent to the airport, not the airport itself. It is planned that the airport will provide services to both, the south and north forks as well as Western Suffolk. Supervisor Martocchia: 1. The committee of Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum has been formed to discuss with Frank Csajko an approach .to handling the request of the North Fork Animal League for 'a location for their shelter . 2. Letter from the Suffolk Developmental Center, Alan R. Sutherland, Acting Director, relative to the program of .the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities for Community residences. When they were before the Board on March 21st they asked that a person or group,be designated to work with them as liaison in the selection of sites for this program so that .the community could have its input. Councilman. Homan and Councilman Pell have been designated to work with this group. 3. Letter from the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers stating they will conduct the survey requested by the Town Board at Mattituck Inlet beginning on May 28th and furnish -the Board with several copies of the survey results when they become available. 4.. Letter from Shepard M. Scheinberg, attorney for the Fellinger-Ihars relative to an arrangement the Board is trying to arrive at for a serious drainage- problem on. Duck Pond Road, Cutchogue. The owners of the property are in controversy with the Planning Board relative to the per bond., The Supervisor has been authorized to call a meeting between the property owners and their attorney to try to resolve the situation -of the drainage parcel. which was supposed to be turned over to the Town. 5. Letter from Minnesota Construction Corp. , general contractor for the town hall addition, asking that the old town hall be -moyecl ;from its present location. as it is .hindering the progress of their work. The sale papers with Southold Equities, Inc., will be signed ,today. The specifications state that within 15 days arrangements must be made to move the building and 6.0 days to complete. 6. Letter from Schriever Construction Company, Inc. , William W. Schriever, President, giving notice to the Town under the "Notice of Highway Defects," with respect to a ,large evergreen tree located on the west side of Tabor Road approximately 100 feet. south of the Main Road in the hamlet of Orient. "The tree severely obstructs the view at 'the entrance to our. shop ,property a,nd, has already resulted in several incidents 'in which accidents were narrowly avoided:. " Highway Superintendent Dean will look into the matter... 7. Notification to the Town upon application of Kathryn Robedee, Pine - Tree Road, Cutchogue, to. the New-York - State Depart- ment of Environmental Conservation_ for permission to dredge in Little Creek. Comments will .be received until June 15, 1978. . On motion _ of .Councilma.n Homan, seconded by Justice Suter, ..it was RESOLVED that $10.85.77 be and hereby is transferrdd from the Operation of the- Ferry Account, Fishers Island .Ferry District - to New York. State Retirement Account. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter., Supervisor. Martocchia.. . Absent: Justice Doyan. This reso-lution. was declared adopted. Supervisor Martocchia: 8. Notice, from the Long Island Lighting Company stating they have filed new rate applications with the Public Service JUN 6197 Commission, The new rates would increase gas 'revenues.by .13 .1% and electric .revenues would increase by-,18. 5/. They state May 1978 is .their target date for the new rates.-=-Mr. James Bitses asked if they would entertain discussion - from the-floor-at thi's time? Could he make, a suggestion ,by which the town -could take it into •their -own Viands and decide it themselves?---Supervisor Martocchia stated he knows Mr. Bitses feelings, having discussed the matter with him,. and feels at this time discussion on this matter would impede ' the meeting. 9. Supervisor Martocchia announced, for the benefit of the Cutchogue-Mattituck and Greenport-Southold Senior Citizen groups, that the transportation van has arrived. He would like to meet " with the officials of both groups so a program may be set up for the use of the van.- He -will write to the individual groups re- questing such -a .meeting. Presently there is a van' for the' Nutri- tion Program which works out of St. Agnes 'Hall. ' There is another one belonging- to the RSVP which is brand new, unused, sitting at the Highway Department. Initially the Supervisor did not want to go along with the program as there were buses which were unused, but he- was cr-iticized highly for not going into the program immediately: For the first year this van will cost the Town nothing,- : however in the -following years the situation will change drastically. The program is only funded for- one year . The following years dravers, 'if necessary; - must be "paid- for, insurance, maintenance, eta. -Supervisor Martocchia, personally, feels this is a waste, that the need is not there for an additional van in Town; however, the people spoke and- the van has arrived.--- A letter has been "received from the Greek Orthodox Church; Matti- tuck, giving their reasons for feeling this new van is, vital, 'and outlining their proposed uses for it. 10. A letter has been received from the Suffolk County Department of Transportation •stating their­Transporta-tion Plan. has been completed.-' ', This: is a study `of ,the needs of Suffolk County for the next several years:) by --rail, over land; =air, ' etc and would like- to come to Zoutho:ld Town and make :a---presentation. ' They will be invited. 11. Letter from the Laughing Water Property Owners Associa- tion Inc. requesting the dredging of- the entrance to Corey Creek, Supervisor Martocchia has applied to the Suffolk County Department of Public- Works for. a. study. - - 12. Several weeks ago, the Town Board took a stand on the funds appropriated to the various school districts for sum miner- programs . $12, 000 a year is divided among several school districts. A problem arose with the Greenport school; .they are in =the midst of an alteration . program• 'and cannot put the-'program -on this summer. They asked if the money could be used for a fall or winter program, and- the Board decided against this request.. However, Greenport appealed and cited many conditions they are being faced with. The contractor for -.the 'a'lteration project does notiwant anyone in or aroundi. the building during the summer• months; there could, b'e ' a problem with insurance. The Board discussed -the•:matter at length this morning and is inclined to approve the appropriation'-- of the - money., fo.r a fall_ or, 'winter ,program du e -to- the -particular, circumstances. On motion of Councilman Pell, seconded by Justice Suter, it was RESOLVED that the Greenport Public School be allocated funds for a recreational program to be held in the fall and winter: It - is --the intent of- this Board to, carry out a summer program throughout the Town, but- due to the construction at, the Greenport School' this year, we will grant the request present to us by' th•e Greenport School Board -to ,.let.._them use--thee funds this year ,for- a winter program on a one year basis" only. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman, Pe`11; Councilman-Drum, Councilman= Homan; Justice Suter , Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justice :Doyen. This resolution was declared adopted. 2S juN 61978 Supervisor Martocchia: -13 . The Board has been -notified that on June lst -bids were opens d' by 'the Suffolk -County `Department of Public 'Works four clreda- inn projects at_Gul1, Pond, :Greenport, Halls Creek, Wickham-Creek and Cedar Beach. It is not known whether the contracts have been awarded, .as„yet.----In..years; past, when,.-there was,: a dredging pro- ject in a certain. creek--, the .Town would, put in :.a request. and :the. County,;would. come .down .and do it. . Now,-..the projects .are put out in cluster bidding,,... This eliminates the smaller .contractors, but does secure bids from the larger contractors. i -There are . some county dredge :meetings go ng • on ,now. to decide .what to do about- the dredge and the.-,-Supervisor will keep the public informed on .what is happen-: ing. Moved by ,Councilman .Drum, . seconded.,.by. .Councilman .Pell, WHEREAS Our Lady of .Grace R.C. Church, Fishers Island, New York has .:applied to the Town Clerk for, a Bingo,,License,. and WHEREAS the .Tow.n Board has, examined, the application, and after. investigation-, duly. made findings ,and .determinations, as required by law, . - .L . . • . ... - . NOW, THEREFORE, BENT RESOLVED that :the Supervisor 'be and he -hereby is authorized and directed :to, execute on behalf of the Town .Board of the Town of Southold the findings and determinations as required by law, and it -is further- : RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is directed to issue a Bingo. License ,to Our Lady. of Grae:c R..C.- Church., Fishers Island," New York. . Vote o.f the= .Town Board: Ayes:, Councilman Pell.,. Cou:n6ilman Drum, . Councilman Homan_, Justice Suter„Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justice, Doyen.. This resolution was declared adopted, On motion of Councilman ,Homan,. seconded by: :Justice Suter, it was RESOLVED that $5, 378.98 transferred from Anti-Recession Funds to Highway, Item. IV, ,DS9010..8 State. Retirement., - Vote of the Town. Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell,., Councilman Drum,, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent:.' Justice. Doyen. . 1. , , . . This -.resolution .was declared adopted.• On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Homan,- it' was- RESOLVED that ,$2, 52_7.84 ,be ,and hereby is transferred from Highway Item III, DM9010.8 State Retirement to Highway Item IV DS9010.8 State Retirement. Vote of. the Town Board_: Ayes:: Councilman Pell,. Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter•,, Supervisor Martocchia . -: Ab:sent: Justice. Doye.n. . This resolution, wa-s ,declared adopted. Ors motion;of Counci:l_man.. ,Homa-n, seconded by, Councilman Pell, it was '. RESOLVED: .that .$121.00- be- and hereby :is transferred from. Contingent - Account A1990.4 _to Engineer Account, A1440..4. Vote of the Town: Board:: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justice Doyen. This re.solution . w.as..dec:lared adopted. Supervisor Martocchia: .14. Receipt of: a letter from Greenman-Peder.sen: Eng. , - relative to the. town hall, addition.; Some of the delays in the. construction have occurred- due to the_ fact they. cannot always meet the require-- ments of a:.certain percentage. of minority workers on this project. The most there have been at any time has been two carpenters:, one electrician, two_:.plumbers . : . , 15. Letter -from residents of, Leeton .Drive;, Southold, re.la tive to speed problems they have been having. The Chief: of Police JUN 61978 29 met with the Board today and discussed those problems and feels there is nothing legally the Town can do about. the problems out- lined by the residents of Leeton Drive except more enforcement.--- Mr. Thomas Quinn a resident of Leeton Drive addressed the Board. He -stated the request is simply a reduction in the speed limit.. The limit is 30 mph and 'they have been traveling 'through there' much ' faster than that. They suggest 15 mph. The 'area is alive with 'small children and something serious is going to 'happen. They understand the Town of Southold doe's "not "'have'a'nything to' `say about the speed limit, they could go to the State Ieve1, 1f the Town would only say'.'thelre are grounds for reducing the. speed "limit from 30 mph to 15 mph. --Supervisor -Martocchia. stated Chief `Cataldo stated he did'not' feel -he could get, a 15 ''mph approval from the State for teeton Drive.---Town Attorney' Tasker ..stated the ,,,,Town does not Piave 'authority to regulate speed zones , the most they can do is make recommendations to 'the Department of Transportation.. Usually this recommendation is sent to the Department of Trans- portation by the police: The 'Chief believes it is almost `impossible to have a speed"limit of 15 mph, they will not reduce the limit" to 15 mph. The -Chief also believes that' a 'reduction to' 15' mph would `riot solve the problem...- Mrs. Anita Quinn "stated she has signatures of almost all of the 'residen'ts on Leeton Drive and does not know why the- Town cannot send their request of 15 mph on to the' State Department of Transportation. She has called the police many times , "but' `cannot 'get the' license plate number to report it as' they going too fast." Mrs . Quinn suggested that . speed bumps be in Attorney Tasker stated that if they instctlled' 'speed bumps they would have moree accidents for which the Town would be sued. They have a difficult enough time now getting insurance coverage; if they create hazards on a public 'highway they are just opening themselves to: 'problems.----Mrs. Quinn said that Leeton Drive is not a public -highway, it .is `a secondary road.--=Mrs: Quinn 'was . adv sed '"it is' 'still a 'public town highway. Speed bumps are seen on private roads , butnot on public highways. Chief .Catsldo -.advised `the Board today -that he would pursue the matter further with "pat ro1,s: The Su"pervisor will also refer this matter to the Police Committee, Councilman Homan and Councilman Drum, .and they will talk with the chief ^again to 'see if there are other angles that can be pursued.'---Mrs. Quinn stated that twenty- five families on the street aan represented on the petition and they are all upset about the . situation and would like it changed. ---Councilman "Pell advised Mrs: 'Quinn that the rQquest .was just received 'today: The Chief spoke to them about/and lie will inVes- tig.a to it, a long. with the Police Committee, ' and when the Board meets again in two 'weeks .they will make a recommendation to the Board, and the Board will act 'on the recommendation. '. The�; ,request was just received today and Councilman Pell himself would Pike to ride down and look at it. - If 'he had it last -week he could have already investigated . i:t prior 'to the meeting.----Mr. James Bitses stated that there is another' "means by'whch this can be solved, quite `often communities that have small secondary roads of this type build into the road itself a small "'S" turn "at the' very beginning ,of the road. Very .often" in town planning they use these in order to discourage thru traffic and 'also to'- slow down the traffic that does come through. T his is commonly done through out the country.---Supervisor Martocchia advised Mrs. Quinn, the' Board - would "get back --to her after further investigation. On "motion of Councilman Drum,- seconded by Justice -Suter,. it was RESOLVED that "a recess,, ' for 15 minotes,. be `called at this time, 3: 30 P.M. , for the' purpose of" holding a" public hearing on a proposed Local Law entitled "A Local Law Providing for the establishment and pperation of Recreational Vehicle Parks in the Town of Southold. " Vote of the -Town Board: ' 'Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia : Absent: Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared adopted. Meeting reconvened at: 3: 55 P.M. Supervisor Martocchia': .16. There has been some' discussion relative to 'the Mattituck Airport not providing enough service. There is less than a year to go on the Mattituck Airport lease, and although a renewal is pretty well assured, . Supervisor Martocchia appointed Councilman Drum,and he to appoint his own committee,' to make a study among the Southold Town residents , to determine the cost to lease ,or purchase land. If a .purchase is involved, the loss of income from taxes, the cost to the town, cost of a building and staffing and equipping an airport to _make it operational. , Councilman Drum was appointed because :of his 30 years in' the Navy, many of which were in an administrative position, .retiring as a Captain, and Supervisor Martocchia felt he would be the most qualified to gather these statistics. There are many items which may come into the picture, such as state or federal aid. This report will be sub- mitted three months prior .to the expiration of the .Mattituck " Airport` lease in March of 1979. 17.. Another request .has been. received for extension. of - . CATV into the Indian Neck area in Peconic'. The Board is -meeting with representatives of CATV at 4: 30 this afternoon. The 'Board was quoted increased figures and given four suggested areas for the extension of CATV, namely Nassau Point, Captain Kidd area in : Mattituck, Bayview, Southold and Orient. Supervisor Martocchia has since added Beebe Drive, 'Cutchogue and Laughing Waters, Southold. It was his thoughts on the rate increase that possibly a 25� or 50� increase would be .acceptable 'if the. new areas were included. However, CATV is looking for an increase. from $7.25 to $8.05 which is an 801� increase, plus the cost of the new areas for service. He assured the public that the Board will fight all the way to try .to get 'the best deal they can.----firs . Gladys Csajko asked the Board to keep in the back of their minds that a lot of people are .tied into contracts '.on this.----Supervisor Martocchia stated that further increases CATV is looking for is an increase from $30.00 to $40.00 for -installation and "a second connection from $1.50 to $2 .50.---Mr.' David Driscoll asked if there will be a hearing on the rate increase?---Town Attorney Tasker stated there must be 'a public hearing. Councilman Pell made a report on .a study he has made on the Mattituck Inlet. Sometime ago a group f .Mattituck residents took him on a tour of the -Mattituck Creek and submitted to him a .list of eight recommendations which they would like the Board to consider. This list was received today and is as follows: . The residents feel: (1) The Mattituck Creeks: is our largest commercial and residential creek in Southold Town, (2) , It has over 150 tourist boats using the area each weekend, (3) they are -very much concerned with the dumping of human waste overboard, (4) The Mattituck Park District that once provided some control now has backed out' and there is no permanent patrol.---(8) The last suggestion they made is that the Town Board .employ someone over the summer and have them based out of the Mattituck Creek and could be called elsewhere when needed.----This report was. turned into the Town '-Board today and Councilman Pell hopes by two weeks from not when the Board meets again there will have been further time to study and evaluate the request.---Supervisor Martocchia made some observations on the list from .the residents----they claim it is the largest residential and commercial creek in Southold Town-=-he .questions that.., They indicate 150 tourist boats, he questions that unless they are talking about the weekend of the Strawberry Festival. They talk about pollution----there is a report on that. ----Justice Suter stated that. a couple of years ago this same question was raised, and at that time Paul Murphy and a group of residents from 'Browers J U U 6 1978 , : , .1 Woods .questioned the pollution in the creek and. the Board asked the DEC to make a. study of it, which they.,did, and their report showed that the pollution is not affected on the weekends when the boats are in, in ,July and August, particularly, but. is affected very..strongly by the run off of .sewage and rainwater after a storm from the_ roads, and; properties.---Chief Cataldo was brought into 'this discussion earlier in the day and, ,it was pointed out that where the residents indicate the Mattituck Park District. ,provided ; the patrols, they were wrong, it was the Town of Southold that provided the patrols,. In the Chief.' s opinion, the ,patrols were not. warranted, except occasionally'.` The Town .works along the lines of having the , residents call the police and they will. respond. However, as far as patrols in the summer, that is no problem;, they do hire seasonal bay constables for that purpose.---There.. will be a full report for Mr. Pell to take back to the Mattituck residents by the next Board meeting. On motion. of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Pell,. it- was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold set July 11, 1978, 3 : 30 o ' clock P.M. , Town Hall, Main Road, Southold,New York as time and place ..for a public hearing ,for the purpose. of con- sider,ing. a ,proposed. c.ontra,ct with the. Village .of Gree.npor.t, Suffolk County, , New York, for, the furnishing of water for fire protection purposes. by said Village to, the_.Fire, Protection District established. in said Town and known as "East-West Greenport Fire Protection District, Town of Southold, N.Y.  upon the following teneral terms, to, Wit: , (a) The contract, shall be for a term of five years. (b) For such service the Town. of Southold shall pay the . village of Greenport the annual sum of $70. Q0 for each fire- hydrant. (c) Such other incidental terms as may be necessary or proper in connection with such contract-. All persons interested in this matter should appear at the- time and place ..above stated. Vote of the :Town Board: - Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent: Justine Doyen.. This resolution was .declared adopted. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Homan, it -was' RESOLVED that Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia be and he hereby is authorized to _enter into an agreement with .the New York State Division of State Police, - a Use and Dissemination Agreement for National­crime _ Information Center (NCIC/CCH) ,. National Law Enforee- ment .Telecommunications System (NLETS/CHRI) .and Di4sion of Criminal Justice Services, State-Wide Summary Case History_ (DCJS for the Exchange of Criminal History Data Through- NYSPIN Terminal Access. Vote of.,the .Town -Board:. Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice, Sute'r, Supervisor Martocchia . : Absent: Justice Doyen. , :. This resolution was declared adopted., , Supervisor. Marto cchia .explained that .the ,prior resolution is `necessary to obtain data from the Sheriff..' s Office or State Police. There is no cost. It is something that has always been available, however, now the federal and New. York State rules have changed which .now .require that there be a written contract with them before they will give.-.out the information they have always given them. Supervisor Martocchia: 18. This is the last day for receiving resumes for the Board of Appeals ' vacancy. Hopefully .there will be an. appointment at the next-Board meeting. 32 JUG 61978 Mrs-, Csajko asked what' Agenda Item 8 (e.) .Northville Industries Corp. re:- - Mattituck Inlet referred t'o?---Supervisor Martocchia - -stated that tied in with_ the study being made at Mattituck Creek. Northville Industries' had lodged a complaint that things looked pretty.bad . there and what was the disposition of -the study. ' The Supervisor has. no " disposition,.. it is' in 'study and they are staking out areas not.. As soon as the information is available, Northville will receive a copy, of it. Mrs . Csajko asked.. about Item 8 (f). James M. Huntley, R.L.A. proposal---Supervisor Martocchia stated that is a' consulting firm offering their services for a fee "to aid in subdivisions, planning, etc. The Town is presently tied in with several local consulting - firms at the present time. Mrs. Csajko asked about Item 8 (g) Judy and Walter Mengeweit re: Cablevision Channel 12---Supervisor Martocchia stated that is a letter relative to moving channel " 2 to 12 and putting homebox on channel 2. . Mr. David Driscoll asked how much is in' -the budget for the services of the 7th Squad?---Supervisor Martocchia stated the Town pays about $225, 000 to"the County for the Town of Southold -share. , Need- less to say that town does not- make use of all the services that are available to them. There is a multitude. of services. This" includes the office of the Medical Examiner, the' service of any number of back-up men for the Town Police should there be . ap emergency incident. .. Many legal services are availab..le. However, the Town prefers to' inaintain their own Police Department and in effect that means, the Town' is paying for a duplication of services, many of which are not used. The County. Charter mandates that the various towns pay their share for County Police protection and services and there is no way of. getting out of it. Mrs. Csajko asked who owns the RSVP'bus?---Supervisor Martocchia stated it .is a County bus; RSVP is a County project.,---Mrs . Csajko asked, with reference to the Senior. Citizen Van, wha'; . was- the mention about transportation at the Greek Orthodox Church?--- Superkisor Martocchia stated that there are senior citizens in that area who know the bus will be available and asked for trans- portation to the business community. _Mrs. -Csajko asked if there is . a size in mind for an air_ port?--- Supervisor Martocchia said not at the present time. The matter . of the airport study has come about because the lease will be coming due and Mr. Parker Wickham would prefer not to negotiate a lease if the Town wanted him to expand in various ways. At the present time, other than resurfacing the runways approximately every five year and snow removal and` sweeping, there is not.much more cost to having the lease at .the airport.---Mr . James Bitses and Mrs. Csajko asked several questions - of Councilman 'Drum relative to what he would be looking for in the way of land and- facilities for a town airport.---Councilman Drum indicated that is what .the study- is all about and he can make no determination at the present time, . without such 'a study. Mr. Bitses said he understands the Town Board has an .interest in . the use of garbage to generate electricity and steam. -Would the Town Board expand 'discussionto include preliminary study and analysis of the possibility of the Town taking over or purchasing LILCO electric distribution in this Town and creating a Southold''Power District in oonjunction with the Southold Sanitary District which will probably have to be established?' Each would produce revenue for the other and lower taxes by paying a 'higher percentage 'of taxes than is presently being paid by either LILCO or, the Town Dump 33 facility itself.--- Supervisor Martocchia stated. that today they had two more presentations, one from TECC Corp. and the other from Kessler, Lockwood and_. Bartlet_. They will both present a program of their services. Prior -there have been presentations by three or four other firms along' those same 'llnes. The Town is preparing for the future in looking into what plans are available. There is one- more presentation to come, with the Grumman Corporation, involving the Southampton Town Board, Southold Town Board and Riverhead Town Board.---Mr. Bi'tses asked what about the Southold Power -District?---Supervisor Martocchia feels that Town may be rath r small for that, Greenport Village is having a problem surviving with their light and power plant. On motion of Councilman Homan, ' second-ed by Justice Suter, it was RESOLVED that a recess be called at this time, 4: 25 P.M. , meeting to reconvene at 5: 00 P-.M. Vote of the Town Board: ' Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman .Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. Absent Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared adopted. At 4: 30 P.M." the* Board met with Peter L. Jones, Vice-President of Long Island Cablevision and Tom Robbins, chief engineer for CATV. Mr . Jones stated the reason for the requested increase in rates is- that the investors are not earning a reasonable rate of return on their investments .----Town Attorney Tasker and Justice Suter, after examining the financial statement submitted by Mr . Jones, insisted that it does not show a breakdown for Southold Town. . Mr. Jones said- such data did not exist, showing Southold Town alone. After much discussion Mr. Jones said he. could prepare an allocated financial statement for Southold. The Board said they would look forward to seeing this, as sucha request-has been before CATV since 1965 and has never been received.---The matter of putting channel 2 on channel 12 and using channel 2 for home box office ;was discussed at length. CATV made this switch without approval of the Town_ Board, a stipulation which is in their con- tract. Mr. Robbins said they sent out 800 questionnaires to cus- tomers asking their opinion on the proposed change, but received Tittle response. Mr. Jones agreed they were in error in making the switch and asked how he could resolve this matter. The response was, put channel 2 back where it was. Mr. Jones said this would be virtually impossible at this point, without removing home box office entirely.----Supervisor Martocchia stated there will certainly be a lot more discussion on the matter of the proposed rate increase, and more meetings with Mr . Jones before this matter will reach the point of a public hearing.. At the present time, he is unwilling to support such an increase. Meeting reconvened at 6: OO P.M. On motion of Councilman Pell, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold opposes the adoption of Assembly Bill A-11929 and Senate Bill 8987, with reference to changing New York State Law to make possession of a ny � striped bass _less than 26" in length illegal in the State of New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia . Absent: Justice Doyen. This resolution was declared adopted. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the following audited bills be ordered paid: General 344 JUN F 197 Fund Whole Town bills in the amount 'of $77 , 553. 17; General Fund Part .Town bills„ in . the amount of $211, 302 .35; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of' $1.10-, 713.87, and, Highway Department bills ,in the amount of $93, 163.88. Vote of.,the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell., . Councilman Drum, . Counc.ilman Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia. _Absent: Justice Doyen. . This resolution was declared adopted. The Town' Board discussed the need. for additional uniformed police officers to handle -traffic during the tourist season. -The Town Clerk was instructed to write a letter, to_ Ch!t.ef Cataldo directing him to put the two newest . detectives, Joseph Reiter , a.nd Joseph Conway, back in uniform immediately, and further stating .that, this action is taken due to the need ,for additional - uniformed officers in the field .to handle the additional; traffic being generated by the,. .upcoming tourist season. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded- by -Justice Suter; it wa,s. RESOLVED that there being no further business to come before this Town Board meeting adjournment be called .at 6:45 P.M. Vote of -the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Pell, Councilman -Drum, Councilman .Homan, Justice Suter, Supervisor Martocchia . Absent: Justice Doyen. . This resolution was- declared adopted. �dith ,r. �Terry Town. Clerkm