MINUTES
July 19, 2021
Meeting opened at 6:30 PM by Mayor Guido with the Pledge to
the Flag. In attendance were Mayor Louis A. Guido, Trustee Edward Harvey,
Trustee Ian Feulner, Amy Herr, Clerk-Treasurer, Linda Bouck, Deputy
Clerk-Treasurer and Taylor Miles, DPW Superintendent. Also in attendance for the meeting was Mathais
VanDerwerker, CVFD and Cierra Utter.
Public Hearing regarding Local Law #2 of 2021 was opened at
6:30 pm and closed at 7:02 pm.
Approval of the June minutes as members received in written
form. It was upon motion of Trustee Feulner,
seconded by Trustee Harvey, unanimously carried, to accept the minutes as
written.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
|
Checking Account |
|
07/01/21 Balance |
|
General |
|
$233,375.57 |
|
Water |
|
$36,617.67 |
|
Total Fund |
|
$269,993.24 |
|
Trust
& Agency |
|
$113.98 |
|
Savings Accounts |
|
07/01/21 Balance |
|
Water
System Repair Reserve |
|
$2,899.61 |
|
Cemetery
Capital Reserve |
|
$10,838.87 |
|
Unemployment
Insurance Reserve |
|
$2,641.09 |
|
Water
Debt Service Reserve |
|
$20,930.53 |
|
Parks
& Recreation Reserve |
|
$3,574.10 |
|
Sidewalk
Repair & Replacement Res |
|
$238.71 |
|
General
Fund Savings |
|
$25,037.76 |
|
|
Water
|
Taxes |
|
Taxes
Unpaid 6/1/2021 Water
Unpaid 6/1/2021 |
$0.00 |
$197,841.79 |
|
Paid
in June |
$0.00 |
$161,100.11 |
|
Billed
in June |
$168.00 |
$0.00 |
|
Adjusted
in June |
|
+0.99 |
|
Unpaid
7/1/2021 |
$168.00 |
$36,742.67 |
DPW
DPW Superintendent Miles reported on
receipt of estimates for sidewalk replacement.
Motion made by Trustee Harvey and seconded by Trustee Feulner,
unanimously carried to accept the bid for replacement of sidewalk on Montgomery
Street.
DPW Superintendent Miles reported
that there are problems with the Zero-turn mower. Will get prices to fix it. Additionally, the 2011 Kubota needs to be
replaced and the snow plow needs to have work done on it. He is waiting to hear from Gorman’s on a date
that they will be doing the road work in the Village.
CVFD
The Cherry Valley Fire Department
Emergency Squad has purchased an AED to be placed on Alden Field. It needs a phone line to attach to it to
notify the 911 center that the case has been opened. Spectrum will be contacted to set this up
with the Wi-Fi on the field.
ABANDONED
PROPERTY LAW
Motion made by Trustee Harvey, seconded
by Trustee Feulner, unanimously carried to accept the amendment to the Abandoned
Property Law, Local Law #2 of 2021.
CEMETERY
DEED
A deed for the sale of one cremation
cemetery plot to Donald Grundborg and Lisa Grundborg was presented to the
board. All members signed the deed.
VILLAGE
PROPERTY USAGE POLICY
The proposed policy for the use of
Alden Field and any other Village Property was reviewed. Motion made by Trustee Feulner, seconded by
Trustee Harvey, unanimously carried to approve the policy as written with the
addition of a clause to allow the Board to waive fees and insurance at their
discretion.
REQUEST
FOR USE OF PARK
A request for the use of Alden Field
on August 28, 2021 had been made by Claudine Haig. Motion by Trustee Harvey, seconded
by Trustee Feulner, unanimously carried to allow her to use the field and waive
the fee and insurance requirement.
FARMER’S
MARKET
A request for the use of either
Alden Field or the parking lot at 2 Genesee Street was made by Rose Kubis for a
Farmer’s Market on Wednesday’s beginning on 7/28/2021. This request was approved.
WASTEWATER
GRANT
The following three resolutions were
made by Trustee Feulner, seconded by Trustee Harvey, unanimously carried for
acceptance of the grant for an Engineering Study of the feasibility of a Wastewater
system in the Village of Cherry Valley.
Authorization
for Representative to Execute Grant Agreement
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT:
RESOLVED
that the Village of Cherry Valley Mayor is authorized to execute a Grant
Agreement
with the NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation and any and all other contracts,
documents,
and instruments necessary to bring about the project and to fulfill the Village
of Cherry Valley’s obligations under the Grant Agreement.
Authorization
and Appropriation of Local Match
EPG:
local match is a minimum of 20% of the EPG grant award.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT:
RESOLVED
that the Village of Cherry Valley authorizes and appropriates a
minimum
20% local match as required by the Engineering Planning Grant Program for the
Cherry Valley Wastewater Engineering Study. Under the EPG program, this local
match must be at least 20% of the EPG grant award of $30,000.00. The source of
the local match,
and
any amount in excess of the required match, shall be provided for from the
Village of Cherry Valley General Fund. The maximum local match shall not exceed
$6000.00 based upon a total
estimated
maximum project cost of $30,000.00. The Village of Cherry Valley Mayor may
increase this local match through the use of in-kind services without further
approval from the Village of Cherry Valley.
SEQR Determination of Negative Declaration and
Resolution of Lead Agency
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT:
RESOLVED
that
the Village Board of the Village of Cherry Valley, is Lead Agency, and hereby
determines that the proposed project is an unlisted
action and will not have a significant adverse effect on the environment and
hereby issues a Negative Declaration pursuant to the provisions of the State
Environmental Quality Review Act for the following reasons: the Engineering
Planning Grant Program for the Cherry Valley Wastewater Engineering Study will
not have an impact on the environment, rather it may have a benefit based on
the findings and potential strategy that may be developed in protecting quality
of water and protecting the overall quality of life for all residents in the
Village. The Village of Cherry Valley considered all questions in Part II
of the short form SEQR form and found minimal to no impact for all the
categories.
ARPA CORONAVIRUS FUNDS
The
Village has been notified that the first half of the allotment for the ARPA
Coronavirus Funds will be disbursed by July 28, 2021. It was decided that the funds would be used
to purchase half of the electronic water meters that are needed to replace the
old water meters. The other half will be
purchased with the remaining funds to be received next year.
DIRECT DEPOSITS
Information was presented about a
payroll company to be able to provide the employees with direct deposits of
their paychecks. It was decided not to
do this at this time.
OTHER
BUSINESS
Clerk-Treasurer Herr discussed an
issue that has come up with the trial use of the Quikwater billing program for
water billing. The level of software
that was being tested is not set up to do bills when a house is sold. The company will provide the next level of
the software Quikwater Rural for $995.00 set up and $495.00 per year for
software upgrades and backups. Motion
made by Trustee Feulner, seconded by Trustee Harvey, unanimously carried to
approve this expenditure.
DPW Superintendent Miles asked about
the laptop monitoring system for reading water meters. Pricing to be determined before any decision
is made.
Trustee Harvey requested to have his
water bill for his house on LimeKiln Rd. adjusted as someone had opened the
outside spigot for the hose. The bill will
be adjusted to minimum as the situation was resolved as soon as it was
discovered.
Trustee Harvey received a complaint
from Myra Searles about water coming down her driveway from across the streets
and the number of cats on Montgomery Street.
The Village DPW will look into this to see if a trench could be dug to
redirect the water.
AUDIT
OF CLAIMS
After review by the board, it was
upon motion of Trustee Feulner, seconded by Trustee Harvey, unanimously carried
to make payment on bills and budget amendments and modifications as follows:
|
General
Fund |
Ch.
#’s 14677-14691 |
$14,713.13 |
|
Water
Fund |
Ch.
#’s 14677-14691 |
$8,414.18 |
|
Total
Fund |
Ch.
#’s 14677-14691 |
$23,127.31 |
|
Trust
and Agency Fund |
Ch.
#’s 1980-1983 & Auto deductions |
$2,350.65 |
Budget Modifications 2021-2022
To From
none
Budget Amendments 2021-2022
From To To
Sale of Property A2660 $5,100.00 A1990 $5,100.00
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:06 PM
upon motion of Trustee Harvey, seconded by Trustee Feulner, unanimously carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Amy S. Herr, Clerk-Treasurer
July 28, 2021
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