MINUTES
March 17, 2008

The regular meeting of the Cherry Valley Village Board opened at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor K. Don Brigham presiding. In attendance were Trustee Jeffrey S. Stiles, Clerk-Treasurer Dorothy E. Johnson, DPW Superintendent Kelly Wright, Dennis Laughlin, Kevin Flint, and two refuse removal contractors.

MINUTES

The first item on the agenda was the approval of the minutes, as sent to all board members in written form. The Clerk noted an error in the February minutes. The motion accepting the bills for payment was not seconded by (former) Trustee Guido, but by Mayor Brigham.
It was upon motion of Trustee Stiles, seconded by Mayor Brigham, unanimously carried,
RESOLVED, to dispense with the reading of the minutes and approve as amended.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Fund Checking Account
Village General Fund $64,953.89
Water Fund 6,701.08
Total Fund $71,654.97
Trust & Agency Fund $ 339.08

Fund Savings Account
Water System Repair Reserve $ 1,249.32
Cemetery Capital Reserve 15,186.14
Unemployment Insurance Reserve 6,858.97
Equipment Reserve 847.81
Capital Water Debt Service Reserve 47,787.94
Parks & Recreation Reserve 6,047.46
Building Reserve Closed
Sidewalk Repair/Replacement 522.59

Unpaid Water
Unpaid Feb. 1, 2008 $20,200.41
Paid in Feb. 9,263.46
Unpaid Mar. 1, 2008 $10,936.95


REFUSE REMOVAL CONTRACT – Bid Opening

The Clerk opened and read the bids as follows:

Weaver’s Sanitation, Palatine Bridge ………………………..$50,500.00
On Time Waste Disposal, Sprakers …………………………. 76,896.00
Vet’s Disposal, Oneonta …………………………………….. 54,000.00

After discussion, it was upon motion of Trustee Stiles, seconded by Mayor Brigham, unanimously carried,
RESOLVED to accept the low bid of Weaver’s Sanitation at $50,500.00 annual. Upon request of board members, the Clerk will ask Mr. Weaver if he will change the pick up day back to Mondays.

TRUSTEE

Five letters have been received from people interested in the Trustee position: Debby Friedman, Michelle Freehafer, Mark Crandall, Kenny Herr, and Kevin Flint. Board members have not yet chosen anyone, in hopes of appointing a trustee to finish Mr. Guido’s term at the annual organizational meeting of April 7th.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Dennis Lauglin said he will email a copy of the final draft of the comprehensive plan as no one has gotten the report to the Mayor yet.

TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

Superintendent Wright attended a workshop regarding the State’s Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP) and explained more about it. He said it is very involved but would like to apply for funding for sidewalk replacement. If the village received $200,000, the village would have to spend $40,000, which could be the prep work (in-kind included). He will begin work to pursue the grant.

FIRE INSPECTION

The Village Hall was inspected by Otsego County; only fire extinguishers needed. This has been taken care of.

ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

It was upon motion of Trustee Stiles, seconded by Mayor Brigham, unanimously carried,
RESOLVED, the Annual Organizational Meeting of the Village of Cherry Valley will be held on Monday, April 7, 2008 beginning at 7, at the Clerk’s Office at 2 Genesee Street.

Board Members Salaries:
Mayor $1,750.00 annual
Trustees $1,500.00 annual each No increases

BUDGET HEARING

It was upon motion of Trustee Stiles, seconded by Mayor Brigham, unanimously carried,
RESOLVED, the public hearing on proposed budgets of the Village of Cherry Valley will be held on April 21, 2008, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Village Clerk’s Office, 2 Genesee Street, Cherry Valley, New York. Anyone interested in seeing the budget may do so at the above address during the hours of 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday.

Proposed Budgets are as follows:

General Fund Water Fund
Appropriations $245,164.00 Appropriations $107,900.00
Revenues (inc. reserves) 91,289.00 Revenues 107,900.00
To be raised by taxes $153,875.00 -0-

Rate:15.9045 per thousand Rate: $6.60 per thousand gallons

Increase by 3% ($0.46) Increase by $0.40

AUDIT OF CLAIMS

After review by the board, it was upon motion of Trustee Stiles, seconded Mayor Brigham, unanimously carried,
Resolved, to make payment on bills and transfer of appropriations as follows:

General Fund Ch #’s 7069 - 7110 $11,396.78
Water Fund “ “ 4,684.35
Total Fund $16,081.13
Trust & Agency Fund Ch #’s 1376 – 1380 $ 867.88

Transfer of Appropriations
To From
A9030.8 $425.00 A9060.8 $795.00
A1110.4 270.00
A1420.4 100.00
A1990.4 487.12 A7550.4 $487.12







ADJOURNMENT – To Executive Session

It was resolved by Trustee Stiles, seconded by Mayor Brigham to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 pm to go into Executive Session.

Executive Session – It was upon motion of Trustee Stiles, seconded by Mayor Brigham to close the Executive Session at 8:30 pm.


Respectfully Submitted,

Dorothy E. Johnson
Clerk-Treasurer
March 31, 2008

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