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MEETING OF NOVEMBER 23 .1965
Fishers Island, New York
The Southold Town Board met at the Fishers- Island Fire House, Fishers
Island, New York, on Tuesday, November -23, 1965 . The meeting was
called to order by Supervisor Lester M. Albertson at 12: 30 P.M. with
the follfwwng present: Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest and
.Valentine; Justices Tuthill; Clark and Edwards; Town Attorney and
Town Clerk Richmond.
.Moved by Councilman Valentine.; seconded- by Justice Clark
RESOLVED: That the next meeting :of the Town Board will be held at the
office of the Supervisor,' Lester- M. 'Albertson, 16 South Street,
Greenport, New York, on December 7, 1965, at 3: 00 P.M.
Vote of Town Board:-Ayes'.Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest
and Valentine; -Justices Tuthill', Clark and Edwards.
Moved by Councilman Demarest; secnnded by Councilman Valentine; '
WHEREAS, ,Carlisle Cochran; Southold, N.Y. and Stanley Droskoski, Orient,
N.Y. have served the Town of Southold as Police Patrolmen for a period
of one and one-half years,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the salary of Carlisle Cochran
and Stanley, Droskoski be and hereby are increased from $6300 to $6500
per year effective as of November 27, 1965 .
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; gounallmen Demarest
and Valentine; Justices Tuthill, Clark and Edwards.
At 12:30 P.M. Supervisor Albertson opened the Hearing on the Fishers
Island Ferry as advertised according to law, minutes of which were
taken by a Secretary from Fishers island.
Moved by Councilman Valentine; seconded by Justice "Clark;
RESOLVED: That the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Southold
be authorized to advertise for bids and to .purchase from the lowest
responsible bidder, the follow.dmg:
10, 000 lin. feet of snow fence with pickets 1'hx2 inches, spaced 2
inches apart, 4 foot high stained red, with 5 double strands 'of
12h gauge galvanized lire, in 100 lin. foot rolls.
1,000 6-foot-studded posts with flanges or anchor plates on posts,
Posts shallM& less than 8.65 lb. each.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest
and Valentine'; Justices Tuthill, Clark and Edwards.
Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Councilman Valentine;
RESOLVED: That the Supervisor, Lester M. Albertson, be and he hereby
is authorized to advertise for bids for one (1) used car for use by
the Supervisor.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest
and Valentine; Justices Tuthill and Clark, and Edwards.
Moved by Councilman Valentine; seconded by Justice Clark;
RESOLVED: That Supervisor Lester M. Albertson be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to advertise for bids for proposals to furn-
ish to the Town of Southold Six (6) new 1966 Police Cars and to trade
in Five (5) used Police cars.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen Demarest "
and Valentine Justices Tuthill, Clark and Edwards.
Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Justice Tuthill:
RESOLVED: That -Ralph Rooks of Fishers Island, New York and Douglas
Clark of Greenport, New York be and they hereby are appointed Dog
Enumerators for the year 1966, Town of Southold, New York.
Vote of Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; councilmen Demarest
and Valentine; Justices Tuthill, Clark and Edwards.
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At' 1.2z 3w0 ;a-'c10.6k- P:.M (�E::`S,T.) -the:.°Town :C,lerk''stated 'that'=:a public
hearing had been called- for. this meeting at the Fishers Isband Fire
House in the Fishers Island Ferry District, in said Town, New York,
at 12:30 P.M. ' (E.S.T.) to consider an increase and improvement of
facilities of Fisher .:Island Ferry District - in the Town of Southold,
and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning
the same and for . such other' a'ct' on'^on the part of the 'Town Board with
relation, thereto- as may. be 'required''by law.The Town Clerk read, in full,
the-'Order 'Call'ing said Public"Hearing and 'presented affidavits show-.
ing that certified copies. of said Order had been duly published and .
posted pursuant to the - provisions. of Article 12- of- the Town Law.
The Supervisor stated trat•) the hearing in the said matter was now
open and asked if there was 'any interested person who desired to be
heard. The follow dg persons appeared in favor of the increase 'and.
improvement of the facilities of said District: Frederick T.-Warner,
Ralph Rooks,, Serge Doyen, Jr . , Robert Waddington, Jr : , Mer io Za-n-
ghetti, A: John Gada; Wilfred C. Sinclair, W. Gordon Ahman, Rodalie
Rooks,- Richard Jenssen, Stephen Morell, Richard Erpenbeck, Richard
Baker, Dorothy Edwards; Martha Ferguson, Raymond Doyen and Mary Grebe.
The following persons appeared in opposition to said increase and
improvement of the facilities: None.... .
The 'Town Clerk reported that the following pertinent communications-
had been received: None.
The Supervisor inquired as to whether there were -any other persons
present who wished to be heard. No one appeared, whereupon the
Supervisor'-declared the public hearing closed.
Moved by Councilman Valerntine;-'-seconded-by Justice -Tuthill:
-In the Matter
of the- RESOLUTION AND
Application of the Board of -Commissioners ORDER AFTER
of the Fishers Island Ferry District to Increase PUBLIC HEARING
and Improve the Facilities of the Fishers Island ;
Ferry District, in the Town of Southold, Suffolk NOVEMBER 23, 1965 .
County, New .York. ;
WHEREAS, the Bca rd of Commissioners of the Fists s Island Ferry District,
in the Town of Southbld,� Suffolk County, New York, has, pursuant to
resolution duly adopted November 1, 1965, approved and recommended
that the facilities of said Ferry District be increased and improved
by the acquisition of an' additional ferry boat at a cost estimated
not to exceed $165, 000, ' to .be used on the authorized routes of said
Ferry District and has caused preliminary plans and specifications
for the construction thereof to be prepared by Blount Marine, ship-
builders and licensed naval architects, and has duly submitted to
and filed with the Town Board of said Town of Southold, a -signed
copy of such resolution and a 'written petition dated November 4,
1965, requesting that said' Town Board hold a public hearing to consider
such increase and improvement of the facilities of said Ferry District
and to make funds available pursuant to Chapter 699 of the Laws of .
1947, as amended, and the, Local Finance, Law to finance said increase
and improvement_ of the facilities and to take other action in connect-
ion therewith, all as more fully• described and referred to in said
petition, together with such preliminary plans and specifications,
all of' which have been- examined by the said Town Board;
WHEREAS; pursuant to an order adopted -on November 9, 1965, said-Town
Board duly called a- public hearing to consider said increase and.
improvementsof the facilities of said District at' said estimated cost
and certified copies of said order were duly published and posted
pursuant -to the provisions of' the Town Law, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing has been duly Meld by said Town Bold on
this 23rd day of November, 1965, at 12:30 o'clock P.M. (E.S.T.) at
the Fishers Island Fire House, in the Fishers Island Ferry District,
in said Town, and considerable discussion on the matter having been
had and all ,persons desiring -to- be.-heard having been duly heard in. .
favor of and in, opposition to said increase and improvement of the
facilities as her.einabove. referred to -at such estimated maximum:.cost
of $165,000, now, . therefore, on -the .basis of. .the information given; at ..
such: hearing. it is ,hereby
„DETERMINED that it is in the public interest to increase and. ,
improve the facilities of: ,said Ferry District as hereinabove described .
and .referred to: at ,the estimated _maximum cost of $165, 000, . and. it..is .
hereby ,
ORDERED. that Blount Marine-, shipbuilders and licensed naval
architects heretofore retained by said Board of Commissioners, and
which retainer was ratified, confirmed- and approved by said Town
Board,, shall prepare definite plans and specifications and make. ,a .: .:.
careful estimate of the expense for said increase and improvement .
of the facilities and with the assistance of Robert W. Tasker,, Town
Attorney, prepare a proposed contract for the execution of the work,
which plans, specifications, estimate and proposed contract shall be
presented to said Town Boar&.as soon as possible, and it is hereby
FURTHER ORDERED, that said ferry boat constructed substan-
tially in accordance with.- the design. of such definite plans and spe.cif-
ications: as .finally, approved by said Board of Commissioners and said
Town Board, shall be acquired-, and it is hereby
FURTHER ORDERED that the expense of said -increase. and .
improvement. of .,facilities shall .be: assessed, ,levied .and .collected .by;...
a tax upon all the taxable ,r;eal ,property within said Ferry District, , ;,; :
at the same time, in the same manner and by same officers as Town
charges are raised .by tax ,therein; and it is: hereby further
ORDERED, that. ,the. .T-own Clerk. record a certified copy .of
this Resolution and Order After Public Hearing ;in the office of the
Clerk of Suffolk County within ten (10) days after adoption thereof.
TOWN BOARD OF.THE TOWN OF
Dated: November 23, 1965 . SOUTHOLD
Lester M. Albertson,,
Supervisor
Louis M. Demarest
Counc i lman
Howard C. Valentine
Councilman
.Ralph, W. ,Tuthill
SEAL:- Justice of the Peace ;
Henry. A. Clark ,
Justice;. of- the Peace
E. Perry Edwards.
Justice , of the Peace.
Moved by. Justice Edwards; seconded by Justice Tuthill
BOND RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN.,OF .SOUTHOLD .
NEW YORK, ADOPTED -NOVEMBER 23., 1965,.
APPROPRIATING $165, 000 FOR ,ACQUISITION OF
AN ADDITIONAL FERRY BOAT FOR FISHERS ,.I-SLAND
FERRY DISTRICT,,, IN;;SAID TOWN, AT .AN ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM COST OF-, $165,,000 AND AUTHORIZING :THE. . .
ISSUANCE..OF $165, 000 SERIAL BONDS OF SAID TOWN.
TO" FINANCE, THE APPROPRIATION.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners; of the. Fishers Island Ferry-D s-
trict, in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, has,
pursuant .to resolution. duly .adopted ;November 1, 1965, approved and
recommended, that the facilities of, said .Ferry, District be' increased, and
improved by .the agquisition_.of an additional ferry boat at a,,cost esti-
mated not to exceed $165, 000, , to, be used: on; the authorized rouies..of ,
said Ferry District and has duly submitted to..and ;filed with .the,-Town ,
Board of said Town of Southold, a signed copy of such resolution and
a written petition dated November .4, 1965, requesting that said Town
Board hold a public hearing to consider such increase and improvement
of the facilities of said Ferry District ,and, to make .funds available.
pursuant to Chapter, 699 of .the Laws of 1947,, as amended,, and. the
Local'..Finance Law,' to finance said. increase' and improvement of the
facilities and to' take other' action tn' connection therewith, all as
more fully descrilied and referred to in said petition, and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing duly called -and held on
November 23', ' 1965,' the Town' Board of tthe Town of Southold, in the
County of Suffolk,. New York, duly_ adopted 'a resolution and. order
determining that ,it "is in the,'public interest to increase and improve
the facilities of said District of said Town, by acquiring a .ferry boat
for* said'District, pursuant to definite plans and specifications by
Blount .Marine,` shipbuilders_and .licensed' naval. architects, . and
ordering ''such construction, which resolution: and order has been duly
tecorded. with the Clerk of .the County of Suffolk, and it is now
necessary and advisable to;°provide for financing said increase and
improvement of facilities at a cost 'not to exceed $165, 000, by the
issuance .of bonds; now, therefore., be it
RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE -TOWN OF SOUTHOLD,
IN THE COUNTY `OF 'SUFFOLK, NEW YORK (by the favorable vote of not less
than two-thirds of all the members of said Board) AS `FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk,
New York, hereby appropriates the amount of $165, 000 for the
imcrease and improvement, of the facilities of Fishers_ Island Ferry
District, in the Tcw n of Southold, -by the acquisition of an Iadditional
ferryboat, including original equipment, machinery and'. apparatus
required therefor, pursuant to the definite plans and specifications
heretofore prepared,by Blount Marine, , shipbuilders and licensed
naval architects, as .authorized pursuant to..said resolution" and order
adopted by the -,Town Board of said Town on November 23, 1965, here-
inabove .referre'd. to in the REcital hereof, heretofore approved by the
Board. of Commiss-id)ners��of said Ferry District and hereby approved.
The estimated maximum cost of said specific object or' purpose, .including
preliminary. costs and -costs incidental thereto and' the financing thereof
is .$165, 000. The `plan .of financing is the' issuance bf serial bonds of
the .Towri of Southold in 'the principal .amount of $165;000 and, the -levy
and-collection of taxes' on all 'the taxable real property in said .Town
to pay the. principal of and interest thereon as the -same shall become
due and payable. . The cost 'of acquiring said , ferry "boat shall be .
raised by a tax 'upon all the taxable real property of the district, at
the same time, in the same manner ,and.by the same officers as.
Town charges are raised by a-' tax therein' and' when collected shall be
paid by the tax therein and the amount of such special assessments
will be budgeted as an offset to the taxes thus to be levied.
Section 2: ' 8erial bonds of the Town `of Southold 'are hereby
authorized to be issued in the -principal 'amount of $165, 000 pursuant
to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constitutimj'Chapter 33-a
of the Consolidated Laws of ,the State of New York, 'to finance said
Section3. The following additional matters are hereby deter-
mined and stated:
(a) The period of probable usefulness of the specific object
or purpose for which "the bonds authorized ''by this"'resolution are to
be issued, with- n .the limitations of .Section ll, .a.' 26 of said Local
Finance Law, is ten . (10)' years. `
(b) Current funds are not required' by said Law to be provided
prior to the issuance of ,the bonds authorized by'.this' resolution, or any
notes in anticipation, "thereof, 'pursuant tb the provisions of Section 107.00
d. 3 (i) of said Local Finance Law.
(c) . The proposed maturity` of the bond authorized by' this res-
olution may exceed . five -(5) years.
Section 4: Each of -the bonds, authorized by .this- resolution" and
any notes in anticipation_ thereof •shall contain the recital-:of validity
prescribed by #52.00 'of said -Local Finance"L'aw 'and' said bonds and "any
notes issued in anticipation of said bonds shall be general. obligations
of the Town of Southold, payable as to both principal' and interest by
a general tax upon all the taxable real property- within the-Town '
without limitation as to rate or amount. The faith and credit of the
Town of Southold are hereby irrevocably pledged to the puncual
payment of the principal of 'And interest on said bonds and` .pnv-
vision shall be made annually in the budgets of the Town by
appropriation for (a)- amortization and .redemption of. the bonds
to mature in such year and (b) -the payment' of interest to- be due
and payable. in' .such year.
Section 5.' Subject to the .provisions' of .this resolution and
of said Local' Finance Law, 'and pursuant to the provisions of #30.00
relative to .the •author`ization of the issuance of' bond' anticipation
notes and of $50.00 and ###56.00 to 60.00 of 'said Law, the powers-
and duties of the Town Board relative to 'prescribing `the" terms; •
form and contents and as to the sale ' and issuance of the' bond's' '
hereby. authorized 'and any notes issued -in anticipation thereof- are
hereby delegated to the Supervisor ' as 'the 'chief ,fiscal officer
of 'the- Town.'
Section 6. The validity of `the bonds. authorized by this reso-
lution and of any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation
of said bonds, may"be contested only, if: `
(a) such obligations'are' authorized for an object -or .purpose,
for which the Town is not authorized to expend money, ' or''
(b) the provisions of law "which should be complied with .at
the date 'of "the .publication of such resolution, are not , substant
ially complied with,;- and. an action-, suit or proceeding contesting
suuhhvalidity,' is commenced within twenty -days after' the, date of
such publication, 'or'
"(c) "such 'obligations" are authorized in violation of thee.
provisions of the constitution. "
Section .7. This -resolution shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption, .unless there "shal1 be filed with-'the Town
Clerk a petition signed" and acknowledged by the owners of taxable
real 'property" situate within the said Ferry District as shown_by
the latest_ completed assessment roll of •said Town, protesting " ' '
against" this resolution- and requesting"that the matter'be submitted
to the owner.s. 'of;taxable real property situate ' in said .Ferry Dist
rict' at. a referendum,. in the',manner' provided by' the Town Law.
Vote. of Town .Board;- Ayes-Supervisor •Albertson; Councilmen"Demarest
and .Valentine; Justices. Tuthill, Clark and Edwards:
Noes: .None..
The resolution was declared .unanim6usly adopted/
Moved •by Justice Edwards;' seconded .by Justice .Tuthill:
RESOLVEDBY.THE TOWN BOARD OF ..THE TOWN OF ,SOUTHOLD 'IN' THE COUNTY
OF SUFF OLK,, NEW..YORK, AS FOLLOWS:— .,
Section. 1: The. .Town Clerk of the Town of� Southold, 'in the
County of Suffolk, New York, shall, within 'ten days aftdr' the `
adoption by the. Town.Board of .said Town, , of the resolution"-entitled::onentitled:
"Bond Resolution of the Town of. Southold,.
New York, adopted November 23:, 1965, .approp-
riating' $165, 000 .'fawr acquisition .of, an addit-
ional ferry boat for' Fish'er's .Ishand` :Ferry .
District," in said Town, at. _an a st imated max-,
imum cost .of $165.,000, and `authori king"`tYie
issuance of $165,,000 serial• bondg"of said. �
Town to f inane _the appr opr tat ion
cause to be published at least once in the' "THE SUFFOLK' WEEKLY,
TIMES", the official newspaper .of .the .Town,: And''to be 'posted on
the signboard of the Town maintained pursuant .to -subdivision 6".
of Section 30 of the Town Law, and •iri!'at least" five (5) Public-"' '
places in said Ferry Distr.ict, .a notice -which shall set forth
the date .of .adoption .of said ..foregoirig resolution • and`"contain
an abstract thereof, concisel�Z stating' "its purpose Iand';e.ffect`.
Section 2 Sai , Notice shall b ' .in substant ally 'the follow-
ing form:4see" following page).'
J:.79.
TOWN -OF SOUTHOLD, NEW YORK
PLEASE TAKE, NOTICE. .that on November 23, 1965, .the - Town Board
of. .the, Town of_; Southold, in the County, of Suffolk,, New York, adopted
a resolution entitled:
_, '!Bond-.,Resolution .of the. .Town of Southold, New York, adopted
November 23, 1965,, appropriating $165,,000 for acquisition of an
additional ferry boat for, Fishers Island Ferry District, in said
Town, at an..estimated maximum .cost of_ $165, 000 .and authorizing the
issuance of, $165, 000 serial bonds of said Town- to -finance the
appr opr iat ion,"
an abstract . of such resolution, concisely stating the purpos_e ,and
effect. thereof, being as follows:
FIRST: RECITING that the Board of Commissioners .of the`rrft,bhers Island
Ferry District, in the Town of Southold, New York, , has, pursuant to
resolution duly adopted November 1, 1965, approved and recommended
that the facilities .of said Ferry District be increased and improved
by the acquisition of an additional ferry boat at a cost estimated
not to- exceed .$165, 000,. to be used on the authorized routes of said
Ferry District and has duly submitted to and filed with the Town
Board of said Town of Southold., a signed copy of such resolution and
a written petition dated November 4, 1965, requesting that said Town
Board hold a public hearing to consider such increase and improvement
of the facilities of' said Ferry District to make funds available
pursuant to Chapter 699 of the Laws of 1947,. as-amended, and the Local
Finance Law, to finance said increase and improvement of the facilit-
ies and to take other.. action in connection therewith., all as more
fully described and referred to in said petition, after a public
hearing duly called and held on November 23, 1965, .the ;Town: Board
duly adopted a resolution and order determining that it is in the
public interest to, increase_ and improve the facilities of said
District of said Town, .and ordering such construction, and it is now
necessary and advisable to provide for financing said increase and
improvement of facilities at a cost not to exceed $165, 000, by the .
issuance of bonds;
SECOND: APPROPRIATING $165, 000 for the increase and improvement
of the facilities of. Fishers Island Ferry District, in the Town of
Southold, by the acquisition of an additional. ferry boat, including
original equipment, machinery and $pparatus required therefor, pur-
suant to the definite plans and ppecif-ications heretofore prepared
by Blount Marine, shipbuilders and licensed naval architects, as
authorized pursuant to said resolution and order adopted by the
Town Board of said Town on November 23, 1965; APPROVING said plans and
specifications heretofore approved by the Board of Commissioners;
STATING the estimated maximum cost of said specific object or purpose
is $165, 000 and the plan of financing is the issuance of $165,000
. serial bonds and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable
real property in said Town to pay the principal of and interest on
thereon as the same shall become due and payable; the cost of acquir-
ing said ferry boat shall be raised by a tax upon all the taxable
real property of the district, at the same time in the same manner
and by the same officers as Town charges are raised by a tax therein
and when collected shall be paid by the tax therein and the amounts
_ thereof will be budgeted as an offset to the taxes thus to be -levied;
THIRD: AUTHORIZING $165, 000 serial bonds of the Town to be
issued pursuant- to the provisions of the Local Finance Law;
FOURTH: DETERMINING AND STATING the period of probable use-
fulness of the specific object or purpose for which the bonds
authorized by this resolution are to be issued, is tbn (10) years;
current funds are not required by said Law to be provided prior to
the issuance of the bonds authorized by this resolution, or any
notes in anticipation thereof, pursuant to the provisions of Section
107.00 d. 3 (i) of said Local Finance Law; the proposed maturity
of the bonds authorized by this resolution may exceed five (5) years;
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FIFTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any notes issued -
in anticipation' of said bonds shall be general obligations of the
Town and,PLEDGING to their .payment the faith and credit of 'the Town.
SIXTH: DELEGATING to the Supervisor the -powers and duties
as. to issuance of -'said bonds', and any bond- anticipation notes -and
SEVENTH: PROVIDING that said bond resolution shall take
effect thirty days after its -adoption, unless there shall be filed
with the Town Clerk a petition signed and acknowledged ,by--the owners
of taxable real property situate within said Ferry District as '
shown by the latest completed assessment--roll of said 'Town, ' pro-
testing against this resolution and requesting that the matter
be submitted to the owners of--taxable real property'situate in
said- Ferry' District at a referendum.
DATED: NOVEMBER 23, 1965.
ALBERT `W. RICHMOND
Town Clerk
Sect,ion- 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
Vote of' Town Board: Ayes-Supervisor Albertson; Councilmen- Demarest
and Valentine; Justices Tuthill, Clark and Edwards.
Noes: None.
The resolution was- declared unanimously adopted.-
Adjournment was at ,1: 25 P.M. -
Albert W.-- Richmond
..Town Clerk