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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
NOVEMBER_ 1,; 1994
WORK SESSION
Present: Supervisor Thomas Wickham, Councilman Joseph J. Lizewski, Councilwoman
Alice J. Hussie, Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. , Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva,
Justice Louisa P. Evans, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry-1Town Attorney Laury L.
Dowd.
9:20 A.M. - Donald J. Grim met with the Town Board to discuss the discovery of
contaminated water on his property on Oregon Road, Cutchogue, north of the Town
Disposal Area. Mr. Grim dug a well on his property and the water was found to
be contaminated by Board of Health codes. He feels the problem is due to the close
proximity of the Disposal .Area. He distributed a copy of portions of the
hydrogeological investigation report prepared by Dvirka and Bartilucci in October,
1991, which he contends contains specific information suggesting that the former
landfill could be the potential source of his water contamination. Mr. Grim requested
the Town to provide him with bottled. water as soon as possible at the Town's
expense, and then fund the expense for driving a new well on the other side of his
property in the hopes of obtaining water that .is acceptable to the codes established
by the Board of Health. The Town Board told Mr. Grim they would take matter
under advisement until they have an opportunity to investigate the allegations.
9:45 A.M. - Personnel: The Board discussed a memorandum from Recreation
Supervisor Kenneth Reeves asking whether the Town Board would consider hiring
Laura Carlisle to teach baton and walkabout programs during the Winter/Spring
Recreation Programs. Town Board does not wish to utilize the services of Ms.
Carlisle.----Councilman Townsend advised the Board that the Youth Support
Committee. had met and set up guidelines for the Youth Scholarship Program, using
the Section 8 low income limit, administration of the program by Recreation
Supervisor Reeves, and overview by the Youth Support Committee (see resolution
no. 26) .----Town Board set 4:00 P.M. , November 3rd to meet and review proposed
Ethics Code amendments.----Supervisor Wickham asked the Town Board to consider
calling for the Ordinance Inspector civil service list so they can conducts interviews
and be prepared to appoint in January, 1995 if they are all in agreement. The list
will be requested.
10:15 A.M. - James Dinizio, Jr. joined the Town Board for a discussion with regard
to forming a Cablevision Advisory Committee. The Cablevision franchise agreement
expires in May, 1995, and Mr. Dinizio, member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and
an employee of Cablevision, has offered to assist the Town Board in developing a
strategy for the negotiations. (Councilwoman Hussie excused herself from this
discussion as she is an investor in Cablevision.) As a. result of the discussion a
resolution (no. 27) was placed on the agenda to create a Cablevision Advisory
Committee and advertise for resumes-----Town Board set November 10th, 4:00 P.M.
to conduct interviews of applicants for the TDR Working Group.
11 :45 A.M. - Solid Waste: Councilwoman Hussie reported to the Town Board that
the Solid Waste Task Force met to consider the proposal by East End Recycling &
Composting Co. for solid. waste management service for Southold Town. The Task
Force unanimously recommended that% the Town Board not consider the proposal, and
fully documented their reasons (copy on file in the Tow.n Clerk's Office) .----Town
Board considered a . resolution to authorize additional payment to Fagan Engineers
for review ' and revisions to the specifications for the clean-up and restoration of
the Fishers Island Metal Dump (see resolution no. 28) .----Supervisor Wickham
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brought before the Board for discussion a proposed letter to the newspapers, from
the members of the Town Board, in support of the proposition to be voted on on
November 8th for a $1,750,000 bond for the purchase of development rights in
agricultural lands. Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski, and Justice Evans
declined to be signatories of the letter.----Supervisor Wickham presented to the
Board a proposed .letter to Greenport Village Mayor Kapell and the Village Trustees
asking them to consider seriously an appropriate timing for disbanding the Greenport
Police Department, in the event the voters authorize it in the upcoming special
election. He stressed that public safety in Greenport will be best served by a well
thought out plan for providing police protection: The Board agreed to a proposed
date of March 1, 1995 for the commencement of the services if it is the will of the
Village Board and, the voters to disband its existing force.----Senior Accountant John
Cushman met with the Board to explain a proposed bond resolution for the purchase
of machinery and apparatus for lease to the Solid Waste Management District (see
resolution no. 29) .----Councilwoman Oliva explained resolution no. 22 to the Town
Board, which. authorizes the Town Clerk to advertise for Requests for Proposals to
obtain the services of consultants to assist the town in the preparation of a Harbor
Management Plan and Local Erosion Management Plan.
11 :35 P.M. - Recess for lunch.-
1 :35 P.M. - Work Session reconvened and Councilman Townsend reviewed notes
from the October 25th Planning and Zoning meeting. The recommendations of the
Stewardship Task Force were discussed at that meeting and the committee gave each
recommendation a high, intermediate or low priority for the Town Board taking up
the recommendation. The Planning and Zoning Committee will immediately be
addressing how public water supply systems relate to zoning, affordable housing,
and commercial zones - the format and location of existing zones. The country inn
concept will be, addressed by the Code Committee, and the Supervisor's Parks
Committee will be working on road ends.----Community Development Administrator
James McMahon met with the Town Board to explain the proposed 1995 Community
Development Budget and Competitive Grants Programs (see resolution no. 30) .----
Town Board reviewed, revised, and approved the 1995 Town Board meeting
.dates.----Supervisor Wickham presented an overview of the aftermath from the 1995
Budget meetings. He outlined five areas the Board will want to address: (1)
establishing minimum fines specified in the Town Code, and will ask the Town
Justices for a recommendation; (2) analysis of Town printing needs with a view to
possible acquisition of enhanced in-house . printing capability; (3) designing and
implementing, before June 1995, a .program for greatly increasing revenues from all
Town beaches; (4) establishment of criteria in considering grants to various not-
for-profit organization, and elimination of duplication of services; and (5) further
cost-saving modernization at the Disposal Area. The Supervisor's Parks Committee
is working on the Town beaches item, Councilwoman Hussie is working on -the
criteria for grants, etc., and Solid Waste Coordinator Bunchuck will be asked for
input on the modernization at the Disposal Area.----Supervisor Wickham advised that
a joint meeting between the Town Board and Greenport Village Board has been set
for 7:30 P.M. , Tuesday, November 29th, at Town Hall.----Supervisor, Wickham asked
the Board members to suggest nominees for the Suffolk County Women's Hall of Fame
Award. Councilwomen Oliva will handle it with the assistance of Councilwoman
Hussie and Justice Evans.----Supervisor Wickham reported on a recent meeting he
attended at which there were presentations by New York Power Authority
president/chief executive officer S. David Freeman and Long Island Power Authority
chairman Richard Kessel with regard to public takeover of the Long Island, Lighting
Company. As a result of the meeting he asked the Board to hold the proposed
Entek contract and adopt a wait and see attitude.
3:50 P.M. - Town Board reviewed the proposed resolutions to be voted on at the
4:30 P.M. Regular Meeting.
EXECUTIVE SESSION - 3:55 P.M.
On motion of Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was Resolved
that the Town Board enter into Executive. Session to discuss personnel, contracts,
and negotiations. Vote of the Board: Ayes: Supervisor Wickham, Councilman
Lizewski, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justice
Evans. Also present: Town Clerk Terry, Town Attorney Dowd.
4:30 P.M. - Work Session adjourned.
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REGULAR MEETING
A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on
November 1, 1994, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New
York. Supervisor Wickham opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M. with the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag.
Present: Supervisor Thomas H. Wickham
Councilman Joseph J. Lizewski
Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie
Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr.
Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva
Justice Louisa P. Evans
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Sorry we got a little bit delayed in finishing up
our affairs today. A 4:30 P.M. meeting puts quite a time constraint on the
Board, in comparison to a 7:30 P.M. meeting, that are every alternate week.
We have an audit of bills to be approved. Would anyone like to move them?
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the following bills be and hereby ordered paid: General
Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $131,567.56; General Fund Part
Town bills in the amount of $19,315.74; Nutrition Fund bills in the amount
of $1,636.30; SNAP Program bills in the amount of $1,064.51; Highway Fund
Whole Town bills in the amount of $2,838.66; Highway Fund Part Town bills
in the amount of $9,886.72; Open Space Capital Fund bills in the amount of
$200.00; Lighting/Heating Capital A/C bills in the amount of $508.46; Tub
Grinder/Stump Buster Cap bills in the amount of $270,191 .37; Sweeper 8
Payloader Capital bills in the amount of $77,211 .00; Yard Waste Compost
Capital bills in the amount of $176,366.83; Employee Health Benefit Plan
bills in the amount of $49,656.18; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in
the amount of $17,785.23; Refuse and Garbage District bills in the amount of
$95,566.65; Fishers Island Sewer District bills in the amount of $927.50;
Southold Agency 8 Trust bills in the amount of $5,537.08; Fishers Island
Ferry District Agency 8 Trust bills in the amount of $1,019.00.
Vote of the Town Board:. Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
.This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of the October 18, 1994, Town Board meeting
be and hereby approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of the October 28, 1994, Town Board Budget
meeting be and hereby approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will
be at 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, November 15, 1994, at the Southold Town Hall,
Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We have before us a series of resolutions to take
up shortly. Those resolutions go up to, I believe, thirty-one of thirty-two
separate resolutions. There's going to be one public hearing at five
o'clock this after on parking at Fishers Island. We have a number of items,
that the Board took up this morning, and this afternoon, in a Work
Session. It's the normal practice recently to try to summarize briefly some
of these discussions. As it turns out, most of the items, that were
discussed today, do find themselves as part of the resolution, so there's
very little material here, that we discussed, that is not part of the
resolutions. There are a couple of items, and I'll just mention them very
briefly. One of them has to do with the letter, that the Town got seeking
an expression of interest from Southold Town, whether we wish to
participate or not in the OMNI facility in Calverton. As you know, the
OMNI facility is compost plant. The .Town of Southampton, and the Town of
Riverhead, have. both indicated an interest in participating with them, and
there's a possibility of Brookhaven, also joining. They have asked
whether the Town of Southold would like to ' ship it's garbage to the
proposed OMNI, facility in' Calverton. The last Town Board meeting we
asked our Solid Waste Task Force, chaired by Alice Hussie, to look at that
question. The Task Force met, and has given us a recommendation with
some six or eight reasons why it appears not be in the Town's interests to
establish an agreement, and work towards a agreement, an arrangement,
with OMNI at this time. It doesn't preclude the possibility in the future,
but at the present time the recommendation of the Task Force is not to
proceed along those lines. This afternoon the Town Board took up the
question of the Stewardship Task Force recommendations, that came out of
the recommendations that the Task Force put on our desk back in the
Spring of this year, and we have met as a Board to take up those
recommendations, and to discuss how we wish to deal with them. The
Planning and Zoning Committee of the Board chaired by Joe Townsend on
my left here,. and reviewed all those recommendations, and basically come up
with a high, medium, and low priority rating for those different
recommendations. As we took up the high priority recommendations today,
those of the Board felt through the committee had a high recommendation,
and ultimately wound up with three or four issues, that we'll be delegated
to the Planning and Zoning Committee for further work pursuant to the
Stewardship Task Force recommendations. One of them has to do with
affordable housing. Another one has to do with a review of business zones
throughout the town. The third one, Joe, you got to help me here. -
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: The third one was just the water distribution.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: To develop a plan for the Town to deal with the
prospect of public water to provided in Southold Town. We all know that
public water is a likely development through parts of the town, primarily
coming from the Suffolk County Water Authority, and the charge to the
Planning and Zoning Committee is to develop a mechanism by which the
Planning framework for the Town is not distorted or biased, through the
provision of public water, recognizing that public water is likely to come.
Those are the three topics that have been delegated to the Planning and
Zoning Committee. In addition, out of this Stewardship Task Force
recommendation, there was one proposal that was delegated to the Code.
Review Committee chaired by Ruth Oliva on my left, and that is a proposal
to look at country inns in Southold Town, country inns to function in a
green belt, agricultural environment, a sort of upscale inn situation, and
what zoning requirements might be put in place to facilitate country inns.
No decisions were taken on any of these issues. They were basically
delegated to those two committees to deal with. There were lots of other
things that were discussed today, but I don't really think that this is the
time to go into all of them. The rest of the items for discussion are on
our agenda as part of our resolutions for tonight.
I: REPORTS. None.
II. PUBLIC NOTICES.
1 . New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
application of Suffolk County Water Authority to acquire and operate the
water district known as Angel Shore operated by the Bayview Water
Homeowners Association. The district is located in Bayview, Town of
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Southold, Suffolk County, New ,York. Comments to be received no later
than November 3, 1994.
2. New York State Department of Transportation Notice of Order to
reduce the speed limit on Travelers Street between Horton Lane and
Youngs Avenue, Southold, to 30 M.P.H.
3. New York State Department of Transportation Notice of Order to
establish a "No Stopping-Any Time" restriction on Route 25 at Laurel Post
Office between parking area and driveway.
4. Public Notice by Superintendent Raymond L. Jacobs for Fall Leaf
and Brush Clean-Up Week.
5. Army Corp of Engineers, New York District,. Notice of public
hearings to be held to gather information to assist in the determination of
whether to grant the New York State Program General Permit.
6. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
application of North Fork Sanitation to operate a transfer station of
construction demolition debris an;d other waste collected at 8475 Cox Lane,
Cutchogue,, New York. 'Comments to be received by November 25,' 1994.
III . COMMUNICATIONS. None.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
1 . 5:00 P.M. on a proposed "Local Law in Relation to Parking at
Wilderness Point".
V. RESOLUTIONS.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: ' With that brief introduction, I think we're ready to
,go to the resolutions. This is the opportunity for people in the audience
who- would like to address the Board on any matter related to the resolution,
that we're about .to take up, and in order to keep ourselves on schedules,
since the Board got started late; I actually brought a little timer along to
be sure that the Board, and all of us, keep to our schedule. So, I believe
it's a five minute opportunity for anyone who would like to address the
Board on any one of the resolutions in front of us. Yes, sir?
SIDNEY BREESE: My name is ' Sidney Breese, and I live down in the
Bayview area, and I wondered what the connection is between this notice
of application to acquire the water district known as Angel Shores, and -item
#18, resolved that the Town Board approves the amount of almost a million
for a bond for roads and improvements for Angel Shores?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: What was the first reference?
SIDNEY BREESE: The first one is says, public notice, notice of
application to acquire and operate the water district known as Angel Shores.
Is that to be operated by the Town for the benefit of Angel Shores?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: The question is, is there a linkage between these
two? I will have to speak to each of them separately, and then we'll try to
figure out if there's a linkage. 'The first one is a notice, which I believe
came from the Suffolk County Water Authority. It basically says, that they
have agreed to take over for, I believe one dollar, the water supply system
currently serving The Cove, which we understand would be expanded to
include Angel Shores, at such time as when Angel Shores is built. I
understand the Suffolk County Water Authority will finance that out of it's
own bonds, and -it's own rates, and all that, and that is in place. You may
know that a couple of weeks ago the Board took up the question, whether to
endorse that. It was our understanding that the Town Board endorsement
was being asked as a prerequisite before the Suffolk County Legislator
would act. As it turns out we did not take an action, and the Suffolk
County Legislator did. So, that deal appears to be going forward without
the 'Town's having to take an action. The bond is a bond in place for the
developers of Angel Shores, and has been recommended to the Town from
the Planning Board after consulting with the Town Attorney. I don't know,
because . I haven't looked at it carefully, but I don't think that included in
that bond is provision for public water, because. ..
TOWN CLERK TERRY: Yes, there 'is. Ruth, has it.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Ruth, would you like to address it?
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COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: I'll just read it to you. Be it resolved to adopt
the Engineering Inspector's report dated August 22nd within the following
notation. The cost estimate for the water system has been included in the
bond estimate for the subdivision. Be it further resolved to adopt a bond
estimate in the amount of $944,049.00, and to recommend same to the Town
Board. The bond estimate includes the following: the August 22, 1994 bond
estimate prepared by James Richter in the amount of $833,450.00. The bond
estimate included in the September 27, 1994 letter from the Suffolk County
Water Authority in the amount of $66,499.00, the cost for the tapping fees
for the installation of service lines to the water main to the property
line. One in. service lines have required at a cost of $900.00 each for the
total cost for the 49 lots is $44,100.60. The required administration fee
has been calculated on the bond estimated the payer by James Richter. The
administration fee is for the total amount of $50,007.00.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Is there anyone else who would like to address the
Board on any of the resolutions before us tonight? Yes, sir? Mr. Carlin?
FRANK CARLIN:- Good afternoon. You know, I've been telling the Board
many a year, and at the last Board meeting I had bestowed on me a new
name, gadfly, by a local newspaper. You know, I had to look it up in, the
dictionary what it means. But, anyway, my name is Frank Carlin. I live
in Laurel, a nice place to live, but I think the school taxes are too high.
It's a good thing we have the first amendment, freedom of speech. Okay,
item #3, used dump truck. I'm glad to see somebody in this town, evidently
it's Ray Jacobs, who is trying to save money by buying a used dump truck.
That's how you do it. That's how you save money, not going out and
buying a brand-new dump truck, worth four times the amount of money.
That's the way you save money. I give him credit for that. Number 9, . .
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Frank, number 9, we've withdrawn for today.
FRANK CARLIN: But, I see illegal dumping. We do have illegal dumping.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: That resolution is off the agenda for tonight. It's
not ready. It will be on in some fashion in coming meetings.
FRANK CARLIN: Well, I will cover that later on. Item 21, check to cover
cost of tickets to the Pocono 500 Race, what are you people doing on that?
What are doing, planning on sending me to the race? What is that for?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: The Recreation Department each year has an
annual bus trip to that Pocono 500 race, and it's fully financed by the
participants, who go on it, so we have to buy the advance tickets, and then
it's paid back by the participants, who go.
FRANK CARLIN: You know you wouldn't be pushed for time, if you people
would start on time. You start 20 minutes late. Every time you have an
afternoon meeting you shouldn't have that problem, unless you start maybe
six o'clock in the morning. Number 15, you didn't need that on there. Item
15, that's after the fact, authorize fire department to have a parade on
October 31 . That's gone. Halloween already gone. You didn't need that.
You could have eliminated that.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, Frank. Is there anyone else who
would like to address the Board on any one of the. agenda items before us
tonight? (No response.) By my watch it's just about five o'clock. Instead
of beginning . with our resolutions, let's begin with the five o'clock public
hearing.
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was
RESOLVED that . a recess be called at this time, 5:00 P.M'., for the
purpose of holding a public hearing.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor. Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
RECONVENED AT 5:02 P.M.
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SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We can begin taking up the resolutions of today's
meeting.
I .- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following budget modification to the General Fund - Whole Town 1994
Budget to provide for lease of equipment to Solid Waste Management District
and. appropriate debt service for same:
Revenues•
A2440 Rental of Equipment $ 201,058.00
Appropriations:
A9710.6 Serial Bond Principal $ 96,831 .00
A9710.7 Serial Bond Interest 24,811 .00
A9730.6 Bond Anticipation Note Principal 67,000.00
A9730.7 Bond Anticipation Note Interest 12,416.00
1 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: 1'd just like to say to people, that are wondering,
because there's going to be several of these. When they formed the
Southold Garbage District they forgot to allow the district to bond, so
until we can set up a bonding procedure, we have to lease the equipment to
the district until we amend the Code.
2.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following budget modification to the Solid Waste Management District
1994 Budget to appropriate funds for lease agreement between the Town of
Southold and Solid Waste Management District (debt service an obligation of
the Town):
To:
SR8160.4 Refuse & Garbage, Contractual Expenses $ 201,058.00
From:
SR9710.6 Serial Bond Principal $ 96,831 .00
SR9710.7 Serial Bond Interest 24,811 .00
SR9730.6 Bond Anticipation Note Principal 67,000.00
SR9730.7 Bond Anticipation Note Interest 12,416.00
2.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
3.- Moved by Councilwoman• Hussie, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for the purchase of one
(1) used Dump Truck for the Superintendent of Highways.
3.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
4.- Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilman Lizewski, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following 1994 Budget modification to the General Fund - Part Town to
transfer donated funds for D.A.R:E. items:
To:
Revenues:
B2705 Gifts E Donations $ 1,512.25
Appropriations:
B3157.4 Juvenile Aide Bureau, Contractual Expenses $ 1,512.25
4•- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman ' Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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5.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following 1994 Budget modification to the Southold Town Solid Waste
Management District to appropriate additional funds for legal fees relating
to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation settlement:
To:
SR1420.4 Town Attorney, Contractual Expenses $ 3,300.00
From
SR8160.4 Refuse E Garbage, Contractual Expenses $ 3,300.00
5.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman . Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
6.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice. Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following 1994 Budget modification to the General Fund - Whole Town to
provide additional appropriation for purchase of a file cabinet.
To:
A1310.2 Accounting & Finance, Equipment $ 437.00
From
A1310.4 Accounting & Finance, Contractual Expenses $ 437.00
6.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
7.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following 1994 Budget modification to the General Fund - Whole Town to
provide additional appropriation for the Southold Town Youth Activities
Scholarship Program:
To:
A7310.4 Youth Bureau, Contractual Expenses $ 4,000.00
From
A7310.1 Youth Bureau, Personal Expenses $ 4,000.00
7.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Wickham. No: Councilwoman Hussie,
Councilman Lizewski.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
8.- Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Southold Town Attorney .Laury L. Dowd to attend a conference
entitled, "The Public Trust Doctrine on Long Island, Public and Private
Rights in Coastal Areas", on Thursday, December 15, 1994, at MacArthur
Airport, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., and $40.00 registration fee, which includes
luncheon and materials, and transportation, using a Town vehicle, shall be a
legal charge' to the Town Attorney's 1994 Budget.
8.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Number nine, a resolution pertaining to Inlet Pond
County Park, and number ten, authorizing a grant toward the construction
of a Historic Marine Railway in Greenport, are being held.
11 .- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Jesse Wilson and Thomas W. Murphy as School Crossing Guards, effective
October 21, 1994, at a salary of between $21 .8.4 and $29.48 per day
depending upon the location of the school crossing.
11 .- Vote of -tha Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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12.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold .hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute an agreement between the
Town and Steve Smith for a Men's Basketball Fall 1994 Recreation Program,
at a fee of $20.00 per session; said agreement in accordance with the
approval of Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd.
12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This, resolution was duly ADOPTED.
13.-Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board .of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the following 1994 Budget modification to the Solid Waste Management
District to appropriate additional funds for legal fees relating to New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation settlement:
To: '
9R1420.4 Town Attorney, Contractual Expenses $ 6,600.00
From
SR8160.4 Refuse & Garbage, Contractual Expenses $ 6,600.00
13.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
14.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva., it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor ' Thomas Wickham to execute a sponsor agreement
between the Town and Richard Ditusa, whereby Mr. Ditusa, who has
purchased the - vending business of Raymond Gurriere Jr., will place and
maintain coin operated vending machines (MEM's, Honey Roasted Peanuts,
Western Trail Mix, etc. - excluding any tobacco or any imitations of tobacco
products, such as candy cigarettes). in stores, shopping centers and other
commercial locations, bearing the name of "Southold Town Senior Services",
and he will pay the town a fee of fifty cents (504) per machine per month,
said 'moneys to be used for the betterment of the Southold Town Human
Resource Center; said agreement is subject to the approval of the Town
Attorney.
14.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham. '
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
15.- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Lizewski, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to the Cutchogue Fire Department to use Depot Lane and New
Suffolk Road, Cutchogue, for their Halloween Parade on Monday, October
31, 1994, beginning at 6:00 P.M. at the Cutchogue West School, provided
they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability
Insurance naming the Town of Southold as an additional insured.
15•- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
16.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the
proposal of JC Sommers Associates Inc., Vernon, Connecticut, to
perform the following work with, regard to .the • Fishers Island Wastewater
Disposal System: Conduct the field work, office computations, and
preparation .and transmittal to the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation and' Suffolk County Department of Health
Services, at an upset fee limit of $2,400.00; and be it
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FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board accepts the addition proposal of
JC Sommers Associates Inc. to assist the Town in completing the renewal
of any permits associated with the Discharge Monitoring Report or related to
the Fishers Island Sewer District on" a time and material basis according to
the fee schedule included in their proposal dated October 17, 1994; the
foregoing all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
16.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
17.- Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of. the Town of Southold hereby approves
the amount of $22,975.00 for a bond for roads and improvements in the
minor subdivision. of Conrad Bagenski, all in accordance with the
recommendation of the Southold Town Planning Board and Engineering
Inspector James Richter. "
17.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
18.7 Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves
the amount of $944,049.00 fora bond for roads and improvements, including
the cost estimate for the water system, .for proposed Major Subdivision of
Angel Shores, all in accordance with the recommendation of the Southold
Town Planning Board and Engineering Inspector James Richter.
18.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution "was duly ADOPTED.
19.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Lizewski,
WHEREAS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
on the 18th day of October, 1994, a Local Law entitled, "A Local. Law in
Relation to Wineries"; and
WHEREAS, this Local Law was referred to the Southold Town Planning Board
and Suffolk County Department of Planning for recommendations and reports;
now therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby sets 5:00 P.M., Tuesday, November
29, 1994, Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, as time- and
place for a public hearing on this Local Law, which reads as follows:
A Local Law in Relation to Wineries
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold
is hereby amended as follows:
INTENT- The wine industry has been an important component, not Qnly of the
agricultural community, but the Town's tourist ind us Ey In recognition of the winery's
ability to contribute to the tourist industry, the Town is clearly defining a winery add u
sales of wine-related products as an accessory use and allowing for outdoor for-profit
events under certain conditions
1. Section 100-31A(4) is hereby added to read as follows:
( Wineries which meet the following_standards-
W shall be a lap ce or premises on which wine made from rimaril on
Island 7[apes is produced and sold; and
fbl shall be on a parcel on which at least ten (10) acres are devoted to
vineyard or other Agri ul iral purposes. and which is owned b the
winery owner_
( the winerv�strtcture shall be set back a minimum of one hundred (1=
feet from a major road• and
shall'obtain site plan ap rp oval
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NOVEMBER 1 , 1994
2. Section 100-31 B(13) is hereby deleted in its entirety:
Wtnenes-feH4jel"duetiof-t-and-sale—el=wine-Mdueed-fr-efti-gfapes-pritnartly
�-iri-tie-vineyar-ds-en-wi�ieh-such-wit�et�+-is-leea{ed.
3. Section 100-31B(14) and (15) are hereby changed to (13) and (14) respectively:
4. Section 100-31 C(1 1) is added to read as follows:
(11 Wine�nay have an a essory gift shop on the premises which may sell
items aQcessQg, to wine such as corks r ws, win gl ss s decanters, items
for the storag"ad display of wine hooks on winemaking and the region and
DQGSPQcirlc items hearing h in ignia of th wintery Wineri s may not hays,
coninier ial Undien as an ac .ssoi)!use bUt may have anon-commer .i I
kitchen fa ili y for pflVate�lls
5. Section 100-30A.2A(1) is amended to read as tbllows:
(1) Same as Section 100-31 A of the Agricultural-Conservation District except
that wineries are ex 1 ,ded.
6. Section' 100-42B(4) is deleted as follows:
(4) WtljCfies-awe{-forth-and�egulatcd-by Sc�e{tOn�-0O��$f 133 of-t�je
•A�rieulfi-ural--C�nser�a{ion-Dist-rieE
7. Section.100-61 A(1) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) Any permitted use set forth in and as regulated by Section 100-3 lA of the
Agricultural-Conservation District except that wineries are ex I udeL
8. Section 100-71B(6) is hereby deleted as follows:
(6) Wineries-
9. Section 100-71 B(7) is hereby changed to (6).
10. Section 100-81A is hereby amended to'read as follows:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Any.permitted use as set forth in and regulated by Section 100-31 A of
the Agricultural-Conservation District except wineries which shall be as
sit forth � low•
(2) The following uses are permitted uses subject to the site plan approval by
the Planning Board:
(a).Retail businesses complementary to the rural and historic character of
the surrounding area, limited to the following:
[1.] Antique, art and craft shops and galleries.
[2] Custom workshops and machine shops.
[3 1.J Wholesale or retail sale and accessory storage and display of
garden materials and plants, including nursery operations,
provided that the outdoor storage or display of plants and
materials does.not obstruct pedestrian flow or vehicular traffic
and does not OCCUr Within three (3),feet of the property line.
NOVEMBER 1 , 1994 197
[111 Librarics or museums.
(b) Professional and business offices.
(c) Funeral homes.
(d) Restaurants, except drive-in restaurants.
(e) Personal service stores and shops, including barbershops, beauty
parlors, professional studios and travel agencies.
(0 Repair shops for household, business or personal appliances,
including cabinet shops, carpenter shops, electrical shops, plumbing
shops, furniture repair shops and bicycle and motorcycle shops,
landscaping and other service businesses.
(g) Wholesale and warehousing.
(h) Retail uses supplemental to the service business establishment.
Wineries whi h m et the fnllnuiing standards-
Lam
[L] shalLfzefarnl��ae�1ic�nsed�ttLder New York St�t�aw from
which wine made from pdmarily Long1slandrr^nes is produced
and sold. and
shall obtain site plan approval_-a
. ] shall have retaiL ak�Sa.-site,
11. Section 106-81B(I) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) Any special exception use as set forth in and regulated by.Section 100-31 B
of the Agricultural-Conservation District;-exee -nefles--af-e-no"ifii�d
l3e-fii-e@fl flee�14 f3-t�+t�14�-�ifley&fd.
12. Section 100-81 C(1) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) Any accessory use as set forth in and regulated by Section 100-3 I C(1)
through (8) and-"11 of the Agricultural-Conservation District, and subject to
the conditions set forth in Section 100-33 thereof.
13. Section 100-91 B(10) is hereby deleted as follows:
(40) Wineries.
14. Section 100-101 A(1 1) is hereby added to read as follows:
(14 Wineries which m eLthe following criards:
(.a) shat lee,Lf1rm winery licer�s .d under Ncw York Stale law from whiff
wine inad from rirnaril n Islqad_gra eS�is ,r)rodLLo,Band sold._ nn
M. S-11a ctbL in i I<1�ta2proval. n
19 V NOVEMBER 1 , 1994
15. Section 100-101 C(1) i:; hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) Accessory uses set forth in and as regulated by Section 100-31 C(l) through
(8) and (jam of the Agricultural-Conservation, District, subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 100-33 thereof.
16. Section 100-131 A(6) is hereby ate.to read as follows:
C Win ies as regulated by Section 100-101A(1 ]1_
17. Section 100-131 B(14) is hereby deleted as follows:
(4-4) NVineries.
18. Section 100-141A(3) is hereby added as follows:
J Wineries as regulated by Section.100-1QJ-U 1)_
19. Section 100-141B(3) is hereby deleted as follows: .
(3j VFinefies.
20. Section 100-274G (Fees) is hereby ad.d-Qd to read as follows:
For aoplications for public entertainment and special event r i _tlic fee
shall be fif3y dollars ($50 00
11. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary
of State.
* Strikethrough indicates deletion.
** Underline indicates addition.
19.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
20.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
and directs Supervisor Thomas Wickham to 'execute and submit the 1995
Division for Youth Program Application to the Suffolk County Youth Bureau
for 1995 funding - anticipated to bey $12,100 for the Recreation Department.
20.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman .Townsend, Councilwoman . Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
21 .-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of' the Town of Southold hereby authorizes-
an advance fee check in the amount of $2,280 (47 tickets at $60.00 each) for
the June 11, 1995 Pocono 500 Race; check made payable to Pocono Raceway;
charge made to A7320.4 Joint Youth, Contractual Expenses.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: This is a amount that will be reimbursed to
the Town.
21 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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22.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of. Southold hereby authorizes
and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for Requests for Proposals to obtain
the services of consultants for assist the Town in the preparation of a
Harbor Management Study, and a Coastal Erosion Shoreline Study; said
RFP's to be subject to the approval of the Town Attorney.
22•- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
23.- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Supervisor Wickham, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby engages the
services of Andrew D. Stype, Certified Real Estate Appraiser, at a fee not
to exceed $750.00, to conduct an appraisal on behalf of the Land
Preservation Committee, on the property of Sue Hanauer/Joan Bagley,
1 .89 acres, located at 2105 Lighthouse Road, Southold, N.Y.,
SCTM#1000-50-6-5.7.
23.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
24.- Moved by Councilman Lizewski, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Assessor Chairman Scott A. Russell and Assessor Darline J.
Duffy to attend a course entitled, "Farm Appraisal", from October 31, 1994
through November 4, 1994, at Riverhead, N.Y., and the necessary expenses
for meals, and transportation, using a Town vehicle, shall be a legal charge
entitled, "Farm Appraisal", from October 31, 1994 through November 4,
1994, at Riverhead, N.Y., and the necessary expenses for meals, and
transportation, using a Town vehicle, shall be a legal charge to the
Assessor's 1994 Budget.
24.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, ' Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
25.- Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Solid Waste Coordinator James Bunchuck to attend the Six
Annual Recycling Conference, sponsored by the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, at Syracuse, N.Y., on November 1 and 2,
1994, and the necessary expenses for meals, lodging, registration in the
amount of $115.00, and transportation, using a Town vehicle, shall be a
legal charge to the Solid Waste Management District's 1994 Budget.
25•- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
26.- Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Supervisor Wickham,
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold, on the 18th day of
October, 1994, created a Southold Town Activities Scholarship Program, and
allocated $5,000 for the scholarship program; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board resolved that before implementation of the
scholarship program guidelines shall be established and subject to their
approval; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the following guidelines are hereby established for
participation in the Southold Town Recreation Activities Scholarship Program:
1 . An applicant shall have a family income no greater than that
designated as "Low Income" under the HUD Section 8 guidelines.
2. The program shall be administered by the Southold Town
Recreation Supervisor, and reviewed monthly by the Southold
Town Youth Support Committee.
26.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Wickham. No: Councilwoman Hussie,
Councilman Lizewski.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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27.- Moved Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans,
WHEREAS, the franchise agreement between the Town of Southold and
Cablevision System Corp. expires on May 22, ' 1995; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to carefully examine the provisions and
conditions of the existing and any proposed franchise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby creates a Cablevision Advisory
Committee, consisting of five (5) members; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the
Town Clerk to advertise for resumes for membership of said Cablevision
Advisory -Committee.
27.-Vote of the. Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman 'Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
28.- Moved by Supervisor Wickham, • seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes
the payment of $300.00 to Fagan Engineers for review and revisions to the
specifications for clean-up and restoration of the Fishers Island Metal Dump.
28.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
29.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Lizewski,
BOND RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, NEW
YORK, ADOPTED NOVEMBER 1, 1994, AUTHORIZING THE
ACQUISITION OF MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR
LEASE TO AND USE BY THE SOUTHOLD SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, STATING THE ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM COST THEREOF IS $335,000, APPROPRIATING
SAID AMOUNT THEREFOR, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF
$30,000 TO BE RECEIVED AS AN ALLOWANCE ON THE
TRADE-IN OF MACHINERY AND APPARATUS CURRENTLY
OWNED BY THE TOWN TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE
COST THEREOF, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
$305,000 SERIAL BONDS OF SAID TOWN TO FINANCE
THE BALANCE OF SAID APPROPRIATION.
THE TOWN BOARD OF, THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, IN THE
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK HEREBY RESOLVED (by the favorable
vote of not less than two-thirds of all the members of said Town Board) AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Town of Southold, in ,the County of .
Suffolk, New York (herein called "Town" ) , is hereby authorized to
acquire machinery and apparatus to be leased to and used by. the
Southold Solid Waste Management District at the solid waste
facility in Cutchogue, in said District, for maintaining,
constructing, reconstructing and repairing same, including: (a) a
payloader, at the estimated maximum cost of $255, 000 and (b) a
truck tractor, at the estimated maximum cost of• $80, 000 . The
estimated total cost thereof, including preliminary costs and
costs incidental thereto and to. the financing thereof, is
$335, 000 and, said amount is hereby appropriated therefor,
including the amount of approximately $30, 000 expected to be
received as an allowance on the trade-in of- existing machinery
and apparatus currently owned by the Town towards the cost of the
payloader, as referred to in Section 1 (a) , hereof . The plan of
NOVEMBER 1 , 1994 201
a
financing includes the issuance of $305, 000 serial bonds of the
Town to finance the balance of said appropriation, and the levy
and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the
Town to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon
as the same shall become due and payable.
Section 2 . Serial bonds of the Town ;in the principal
amount of $305, 000 are hereby authorized to. be issued pursuant to
the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constituting Chapter 33-
a of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York (herein
called "Law" ) , to finance the balance of said appropriation.
Section 3 . The following additional matters are hereby
determined and declared:
(a) The period of probable usefulness applicable to the
specific object or purpose for which said serial bonds authorized
i
pursuant .to this resolution are to be issued, within the
limitations of Section 11. 00 a. 28 . of the Law, is fifteen (15)
years; however, said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued
in anticipation of the sale thereof shall mature no later than
five (5) years from the date of the original issuance of said
bonds or notes .
(b) The proceeds of the bonds herein authorized and any
bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds may
be applied to reimburse the Town for expenditures made after the
effective date of this resolution for the purpose for which said
bonds are authorized. The foregoing statement of intent with
respect to reimbursement is made in conformity with Treasury
Regulation Section, 1 . 150-2 of the United States Treasury
Department .
(c) The proposed maturity of the bonds authorized by
this resolution will not exceed five (5) years .
Section 4 . Each of the bonds authorized by this
resolution and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation
of the sale of said bonds shall contain the recital of validity
as prescribed by Section 52 . 00 of the Law and said bonds and any
notes issued in anticipation of said bonds shall be general
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obligations of the Town, payable as to both principal and
interest by general tax upon all the taxable real property within
the Town without limitation of rate or amount . The faith and
credit of the Town are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds and any
notes issued in anticipation of the sale of said bonds and
provision shall be made annually in the budget of the Town by
appropriation for (a) the amortization and- redemption of the
bonds and any notes in anticipation thereof. 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 the Law and pursuant to the provisions of Section 21 . 00
relative to the authorization of the issuance of bonds with
i
substantially level or declining annual debt . service and of
Section 30 . 00. relative to the authorization: of the issuance of
bond anticipation notes and of Section 50 . 00 and Sections 56 . 00
to 60 . 00 of the Law, the powers and dutles of the Town Board
relative to authorizing bond anticipation notes and prescribing
the terms, form and contents and as to the sale and issuance of
the bonds herein authorized and of any bond anticipation notes
issued in anticipation of said bonds, and the renewals of said
notes, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor, the chief fiscal
officer of the Town.
Section 6 . The validity of the bonds authorized by this
resolution and of any notes issued in anticipation of the sale 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 substantially complied with,
and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is
commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication,
or
(c) such obligations -are authorized in violation of the
provisions of the 'constitution.
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Section 7. This bond resolutions shall take effect immediately,
and the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the
foregoing resolution, in full, together with a Notice attached in
substantially the form prescribed by Section 81 .00 of the Law in "THE LONG
ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN," a newspaper published in Southold, New
York, and in "THE SUFFOLK TIMES," a newspaper published in Mattituck,
New York, each of said newspapers having a general circulation in the Town
and each hereby designated the official newspaper of said Town for such
publication.
29.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, : Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie; Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
30,-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby adopts the
following 1995 Community Development Budget,: and authorizes and directs
Supervisor Thomas Wickham to execute the Project Description forms for
same:
Home Improvement Program $ 90.000.00
North Fork Housing Alliance Housing Counseling Program $ 20,000.00
Clinton Memorial Day Care Program $ 10,000.00
Administration 4 15,000.00
Family Self-Sufficiency Program $ 10,000.00
Housing Assistance Program $ 18,000.00
Total Budget $163,000.00
The following are Competitive Grants Programs:
Peconic Lane Park Improvements $ 70,000.00
North Fork Women's Resource Center $ 12,500.00
Neighborhood Training Center $ 20,000.00
30.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilman Lizewski, Supervisor Wickham. No:
Councilwoman Hussie
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
31 .-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREAS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
on the 18th day 'of October, 1994, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in
Relation to Parking at Wilderness Point"; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this Local Law on the 1st day of
November, 1994, at which time all interested persons were given an
opportunity to be heard; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED - that the Board hereby enacts Local Law No. 24 - 1994, . which
reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 24 - 1994
A Local Law 'in Relation to Parking at Wilderness Point
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Chapter 65 (Parking at Beaches) of the Code of the Town of Southold
is hereby amended to read as follows:
1 . Section 65-3.1 (A) is hereby amended as follows:
A. The use of Race Point art& WHdernes-s -Point as a recreational
areas area on Fishers Island by persons other than
residents has increased to such an extent that such areas
gave area has become overcrowded with the-result that
residents are denied the use thereof. The Town Board
therefore declares it to be policy of the Town of Southold
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to restrict and regulate the parking of vehicles at Race
Point, located at the southwesternmost tip of Fishers
Island, -and WiFderness-Point to- the -east.
II . This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary
of State.
* Underline indicates addition
** Strikethrough indicates deletion
31 .-Vote of the Town. Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
32.-Moved by Supervisor Wickham, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold here by engages
the services of Anthony Tohill as Special Counsel to the Town in the
matter of the Jem Realty Co. lawsuit, at a fee- not to exceed $135.00 per
hour.
32.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, : Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman - Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie; Councilman Lizewski,
Supervisor Wickham.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: That completes the agenda of resolutions to be
taken up this afternoon, and th'e floor is now open- to members of the
audience to address the Board on any matter ,bf their concern with a time
period. of five minutes per person.
PHILIP VANBOURGONDIEN: My name is Phil! VanBourgondien. I live in
Southold. I just have a couple of. observations, that I would like to bring
to your attention. I caution you -to be very, every careful in dealings with
the Suffolk County Water Authority. I personally have been involved with
them in the past many years ago. Once they get their foot in the door,
they'll trample all over you. They are a very; every powerful organization.
They answer to nobody in the County. The nearest people I can compare
them with would be the DEC, who is answerable to nobody, except Cuomo,
who elected them. That's all I have to say ;about Suffolk County Water
Authority. I'd like to compliment the Town 11 Board, and Councilwoman
Hussie, particularly, for further research .into alternate power. I think
that this business about LILCO is ridiculous. What's going on right -now
is just a political thing with Cuomo, and LILCO needs competition, and
if we have a way of having power railed in to our town over their lines, it
will cost so much less, and I compliment you, and I think we should
continue to research alternate means. What LIILCO needs is competition.
To be taken over by a public agency will not save us a penny. My last
observation is, I can not understand why more taxpayers do not show more
interest in the cost of the government, of our local government budgets.
Granted school taxes, two-thirds of our tax bill, runs anywhere from 60 to
650, and so that is by far the , biggest item, but there is still room to
inquire as - to ways and means to reduce the cost of operating town
government; police, fire, highway, and park districts, and I just can not
understand, .we scream at the- school board after they tell us that they're
going to whack us with a big increase, but nobody seems to be concerned
with the other one-third of our tax bill, which is local government, most of
it. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, Phil. I'd like to just comment briefly
on the last point. The Town Board did adopt a Preliminary Budget last
Friday, and has set a date for a pubic hearing; at which 'all of the public
in the Town of. Southold is welcome to come, and address, the Board. The
time is 3:00 o'clock, and 7:00 o'clock on the 10th of November of this
year to. address the .Board on the Budget that has been tentatively put
forward. Anyone else like to address the Board?
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DAVID CORWIN: My name is David Corwin, and first I'd like to address
you concerning the Community Development Block Grant .Program, and Parks
in general. I had come into that public hearing,! and asked you to put aside
some money for parks in Greenpor,t. You were unable to do it this. I hope
you can put that on your list, and do it next year. It's my understanding
that there's a large surplus of money in any 'account for acquisition and
construction of parks, that hasn't been spent. 11 would suggest the Town
needs a master plan for parks, because if we don't get started on it now,
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all of sudden you're going to look around, everything :is going to be built
up, and you're going to say, gee, we should have, built some parks ten,
twenty years ago. Specifically, I'd like to see you . acquire some land in
Greenport to build a park there. They have some facilities. The only
facilities in' Greenport are Klipp Park.- The County or the State spent a
lot of money improving that park. The Town didn't spend a lot of money
down there. The Village maintains the Polo Grounds down there, which
people inside the Village and outside the Village use. They're all welcome
to use it, but 1 would like to see the Town help the Village maintain the
Polo Grounds, and I would like to see you acgwire some land around
Creenport, and build a park there. You could have tennis courts, ball
fields, things like that, because most of your , road in Southold Town,
because of water system, and sewer system in Greenport,' is concentrated, is
slated for the greater area of Greenport, and I` think to slight Greenport,
and not plan now for parks there is the wrong thing to do. So, I ask you,
please, try to get started on at least a master plan for parks, if you
could. The other thing I'd like to. address you on is, the November 15th
vote for the Police in Greenport. That's going :to have an effect, or may
have an effect, depending on the outcome, of the people Inside the Village
of Greenport, and possibly the people outside the Village of Greenport.
Government is designed to go slow on purpose, - and I think that's a good
idea. You, gentleman, you ladies and gentlemen; have been. You spent the
last ten months, you've been- studying signs, you've. been studying a lot of
other things, and you haven't made decisions on them yet. This particular
project eliminating the Police in Greenport has gone faster than anything
I've ever seen. I'm not sure why. I have some ideas of my own why that
has moved so fast, but I don't think there's been enough dialogue on that
subject. As I spoke to •you about the Town !study 'a couple of times, and
other people have mentioned, and Supervisor Wickham said, it was a
preliminary study. No question about that, you didn't say that was a final
study. Everybody on the Board basically said that- Greenport is going to
get substantially less protection than they have :now, and let me give you
my scenario for what's going to happen, if the Greenport Police Department
is eliminated on November 15th. The Town Board is going to go ahead,
hire two new Police Officers. The Chief of Police of the Town says you
need three, or four, already, and the Town'- will (Tape change.) You don't
want ordinary police protection like the rest of the town has, you want
extra-ordinary police protection, and then you're going to say, well, you
need eight policemen down there, which is what the Chief of Police of
Southold Town said, plus a detective. That's twenty-nine policeman, and
then you'll. say, oh, you want a sub-station, too. Well, okay, we hired two
police officers, we got to hire another seven, that's $700,000.00. We need a
sub-station, that's . $50,000.00 a year, plus whatever else. Maybe you have
your own scenarios for what happens. I'm sure you're' a little anxious of
what's going to happen, because if it is eliminated, there's nothing in the
budget to cover police protection inside Greenport until a year from now, so
it's going to be a real problem if it's eliminated all of a sudden, and it
looks like Mayor Kapell wants to eliminate it as soon as he can. I want
to ask you, ladies and gentlemen, tonight, to go on record, and I think you
should go on record. You have a study, which you characterize as. a
preliminary study. You should all go on record. Is that what you're going
to stand behind that study, or does it need some more dialogue? You know
what's going to happen, and I ask you all to go on record, and say .exactly
what's going to happen, if Greenport eliminates their police department,
because I don't see enough information out there for the people of the
Village of Greenport to make any decision. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Are there other people in the audience who would
like to address the Board on any matter of your interest. Yes, sir?
FRANK CARLIN: Frank Carlin, Laurel. On October 15th on a
Saturday in Mattituck there was, I imagine, about thirty women, with orange
safety vests on, walking along both sides of the highway up as far as
Krieger's. Well Drivers. They were picking up garbage, or whatever was
on the side of the road, debris, whatever. Then there .were bags. They
collected about ten to twelve large plastics bags, and they were stacking
them by the pole by Krieger's Well Driver Company there. I think there
were more on the other side, too, on the south side. I'm not sure. I rode
by there Sunday, and they were still there. Now, the bomb I'm going to
drop now, not atom bomb, is these bags were orange bags. Can anyone tell
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me on this Town Board, how did those orange bags get processed in this
town, when we require yellow bags? You don't know.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: We don't know the. details of that particular
transaction, Frank, but there is a legal means by which municipal solid
waste can be brought into our landfill over the scales, ' and it's paid for on
a per pound basis in going over the scales. If people elect to bring it
that way with a vehicle that is duly permitted, as having a sticker. That's
a perfectly legitimate way to bring municipal solid waste into our landfill,
pay on a per pound basis.
FRANK CARLIN: You didn't how, in this particular case, how this was
disposed of?
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I don't know.
FRANK CARLIN: I didn't expect you to know. What I'm to prove here
is, that we really don't have 100% control on these ; yellow bags, on this
yellow bag system.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Roughly half of the garbage that comes into our
landfill comes in yellow bags, and roughly half of,.. it comes in over the
scales.
FRANK CARLIN: You're not telling the people the. .whole facts about this
yellow bag system. You want to blow it up to think it's terrific. It's not
terrific. It's not terrific. It's not as great as if. seems, Tom. Let's be
practical. You said in 'the local newspaper, !that if Southold continues to
be a reasonable clean town as far as illegal clumping goes. Mr. Bunchuck
says that it 'is noticeable increase in illegal dumping, and he said it right
in the paper. Who's right or wrong here? : Now, let's take it back to
March. This is going way back in March. We're going to be dumping in
Laurel, March 10th, dumping in Creenport, Ninth Street, March 17th,
East . Marion, Police received two, three reports of illegal dumping in the
past five days. That was March 24th. I'm. going back March 24th.
haven't .took anything up from there, so we 'don't want paint, you and Mr.
Bunchuck, whatever you done there, paint the. picture to the people that
this yellow bag system is super. It is not super in my opinion. There are a
lot of errors, and it's not a handle on it, like you think it is, and I,
also, would say, that I can't understand why this Board doesn't want to, at
least, take some kind of interest in getting involved with the OMNI Study in
Riverhead on composting. I don't understand why you don't want to get
involved, at least find out about it, instead of fooling around with this
yellow bag system. Item number 2, Farmland Preservation, proposition
number one, we'll be voting on November 8th. That's fine for a certain
group of people, farmers. Not all farmers are farmers. They rent the farm,
so that's great, but not for everybody, and I understand if that gets past,
that is going to cost the taxpayers of about $12.00 a year on their taxes.
It might be less. It might be more. Rather than see that pass, that we up
the senior citizens' tax exemption from $16,000.00 to $21,000..00 a year, and
give them a break for a change, which would probably cost about $1 .20 per
thousand, or roughly that amount of money. I'd rather see the senior
citizens get a break than this here proposition, because are the backbone,
and they helped make this town what it is.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: They're very important people.
FRANK CARLIN: They're very important people. They worked to make
this town what it is, and I think they deserve a break. If that gets passed,
and we're going to spend $12.00 to increase our taxes, I think they could
take $12.00 to increase their taxes to $41,000.00. I'm not done yet.
Forget the clock. I'm not rushing, and another thing is, I hope that all
they work for, the senior citizens in this town, all they work for, and do,
I hope that 'the direction this Board is going, in my opinion, I hope it
Isn't going to be taken away little by little, and I want to say one more
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thing, as a compliment to Councilwoman Hussite. I'd , like to congratulate
her on the ideas of how she would get the budget down. All the items she
mentioned in getting the budget down, I think are right on target, and I
give her credit for. that. She's using my three step formula. Two step,
three formula, I mentioned it in the local newspaper about a month ago,
common sense, and good reasoning, and I give you credit, Councilwoman
Hussie, you were right on the target. I agree with every one of them.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, Frank. Is there anyone else who
would like to address the Board in five minutes, or less a piece? (No
response.) If not, I'd like to turn to the members ,of the Board who might
like to let their views be known. `
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I'd like to address the comment, that Mr.
Carlin made about the bond issue for the preservation of farmland. Many
of those senior citizens, that came out here, came out here because of the
rural quality. A lot of them didn't live here all their lives. A lot of
them made money on farming. Most of them stay ; here because of the
environment, which is open, and largely it is open because of the industry
of farming. 'Many years ago we put on the first of what we hope will be
three bond issues to buy development rights of farming. That first bond
issue, and I didn't get the file figures from John Cushman, it's over
two-thirds, it was about ten years ago, it's over two-thirds paid. So, that
and the tax, the cost of that issue initially was a lot higher than what
we're expecting it to be this time. I think it's a good investment for the
future of Southold Town. Open space tends to i keep taxes down. We'll gain
more, in my opinion, by preserving this land, -than we would if we had some
sort of multi-housing .development on those fields for a variety of
reasons, cost of services, and so forth. The figure you gave of $12.00 to
the average tax bill in a little high. I think the figures that I've seen
are $7.00 to $11 .00, somewhere in there. Anyway, that's why I personally
endorse that bond issue.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Would anyone else on the Board?
FRANK CARLIN: I have a right to respond to it. This is great. I like
debates.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Not a debate, Frank. You have the opportunity to
make a comment. Co right ahead.
FRANK CARLIN: I withdraw that statement. A comment then, okay? I
read in the newspaper a while back. There was a senior citizen in that
newspaper in there, and she lost her husband. She was getting $338.00
Social Security, and her husband's pension was only $100.00. She was
living on $438.00 a month, Joe. This is what I'm talking about, . when I'm
trying to look out for the senior citizens in this town. There are a lot of
them here, that live on minimum fixed income, that .could use that extra
money. Another thing is when you issue a bond issue, it's fine to issue a
bond issue, Joe, but it's got to be paid back by the principal and the
interest, and who pays it back, but the taxpayers pay it back. So, no
matter what you borrow, it's always got to be paid back. What you borrow,
you got to pay it back.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Thank you, Mr. Carlin.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: It's a referendum. We're not issuing a bond.
It's a referendum. The people are going to vote on this. The average age
in this town is something near 50 years old, almost senior citizens. So,
what that means to me is the majority of the senior citizens are going to
get to vote on this.
FRANK CARLIN: Thirty-seven percent in this town are senior citizens.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: I have a just a couple of comments I'd like to
make. First of all, I had a very interesting meeting today, apropos to the
question that Mr. VanBourgondien raised about the electric utility. As you
know the Town of Southold was faced with an opportunity to finance a study
specific to Southold Town. I met with other towns on Eastern Long Island,
and in the process got five East End Towns together, to undertake the
study that is currently before the Town. That study would cost about
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study that is currently before the Town. That study would cost about
$4,500, as opposed to some $20,000. We did this in concert with
Southampton, which is pretty far along the road . towards a study for a
municipal electric utility. In view of the developments in which the New
York Power Authority, and the Long Island Power Authority, would take on
the duties and ownership of the Long Island Lighting Company's assets here
on the Island. The meeting was scheduled this morning in Riverhead at
which all five East End Supervisors participated, and to speak with the
president of the New York Power Authority, and the Executive Director of
the Long Island Power Authority, to get a little elearer idea as to what
this proposal really means for Long Island, and specifically for the Five
Towns out here. As you all know it is a political ' season, and there's no
question that the Governor's proposal of a couple of weeks ago now is timed
carefully in reservation to Election Day. However', several points were
made at this meeting, that I would just like to throw out, and let people
understand, as I understood them, and we may -all be surprised. What I'm
trying to relate, or what was told to me at a meeting, and I suppose it's
fact. I have no reason to doubt it. A couple of things., first, there's the
proposed purchase of the lighting company would' not: be undertaken by the
New York State government, and the bonding,. and the indebtedness, and
the cost of that, would not be borne by the taxpayers of the State. Rather
the acquisition would be made by the Long Island Power Authority, and it
would be guaranteed in bonds denominated through revenues, not through
taxes. The second comment is that the operation of. the utility, if it were
acquired by the Long Island Power Authority, it would be operated by the
New York Power Authority, NYPA, and they,' believe that they can make
significant reduction in the costs, the rates, that the Long Island Lighting
Company has charged up until now. In a brief discussion about it here,
and also in Riverhead, we thought we will Mold in advance our initiative
here in 'the five East End Towns, until it's clear whom we will be dealing
with, whether it's the Long Island Lighting Company, or whether it will be
NYPA, or LIPA. The general consensus of the .meeting this morning was
that there is still a significant role to be played . by five municipalities
on Eastern Long Island, who wish to play a more active role in keeping the
costs of electricity down. I don't think the final chapter has been written
to this story yet, and I think there will be more initiative taken in
somewhat different direction from that, which the Town has embarked upon
before. I'd also like to make a very' brief. comment to say that, I have
briefed -the Board in previous meetings about an interest which the YMCA
has had in establishing a unit here in the Town of Southold. They're
undertaking a feasibility study for such an operation here in the town, and
they came back to visit with me a few days ago to say that things look quite
promising, but it's going to take a significant amount of local fund raising
for property, and for a facility, which they, in turn, would be interested
in managing and maintaining. They have not yet appeared before the Town
Board. I've tried to arrange a meeting at the next one, if they will, but I
think you may hear more about the plans for a YMCA somewhere in the
Town of Southold to help meet the needs, the recreation needs, not only of
younger people, but also older people, professionally managed. I think it
would be a significant asset to the Town, and I look forward to they're
being with the Board at a subsequent meeting.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I have, now, something to say, since you
brought up the business about the electric company. A month ago the Board
authorized the Supervisor to sign a contract with ENTEK to look into the
feasibility of breaking away from LILCO. That contract was not signed,
and although there was some talk this morning, or this afternoon, about
signing that contract, we never really came up with anything. This ploy by
NYPA LIPA, which I'm considering it a ploy, is just to derail the Five
Town's resolve on getting something done to break away from LILCO. I'm
quite disappointed. I wasn't asked directly. If anybody had asked me, do I
want the Supervisor to sign the contract, I would have said, yes, but that
subject never came up. - We are not out of the woods yet. I think if we're
going to leave this to another Authority, we're just hiding our heads in the
sand, and hoping that somebody else is going to take care of our problems
for us. It's .never going to happen. In the first place, the number that is
quoted, $9,000,000,000, is only part of- it. It has not taken into
consideration $7,000,000,000 worth of retirement; benefits, and all of that
sort of stuff. So, I thought I would bring that up, so we don't feel too
good too soon.
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SUPERVISOR WICKHr;,M: Thank you, Alice. Do I see, someone else in the
audience, who would like to address the Board in five minutes or less?
TOM SAMUELS: Tom Samuels from Cutchogue. The response of the Five
East End Supervisors to Kessel's meeting today, you have to remember
that the reason our LILCO are what they are is the government's action in
the Shoreham matter, where LILCO stockholders were paid a premium to
sell the plant for a buck, and with the subsequent rate increases that we've
received. That's one thing, and the other thing that is amazing is that
there is so much confidence in a government entity when running this
utility, or perceived. I don't so that this criticism of the announcement
that this was going to be done, and it was only going to cost $9,000,000,000
is remarkable. There's almost universal recognition of why this matter came
up. It's amazing that you're willing to forestall your,-':study. .,, . Why not
perceive on the course at the same time. The dollars are- insignificant
given the potential benefits. We've got to get- our economy here back on
step. We're seeing bad times, tough times. The Town should move ahead,
the Five East End towns should move ahead, and I will speak to the other
four Supervisors, but it has to go forward. This is a serious thing.
LILCO rates have driven a great business off Long Island, and' they're
certainly impacting us out here for those of us who are borderline to start
with. So, let's move forward with our own scheme.. We have nothing to
lose. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR WICKHAM: Is there anyone else who would like to address the
Board? (No response.) Hearing none, I'm open:to a motion to adjourn.
Judith Terry�SG�
Southold Town Clerk