April 12th Regular Board Meeting

Apri l 12 , 2016 At 7:00 pm. Supervisor Gayle Ashbery called to order the regular monthly meeting o f the Town Board of the Town of Carlton. Present were the followin g Board members: Councilman James Shoemaker, Councilman John Fitzak and Councilman Dana Woolston. Councilman Marcus Covill e was excused Also present Dave Krul l Highway Supt., Kathy Bogan, Town Attorney, Lynda Woolston, Zoning/Code Enforcer, Gene Massey, Tow n Assessor and Legislator Defillips . Followin g rol l cal l and the Pledge of Allegiance, the minutes o f March 8, 2016 were approved, motio n by Mr. Shoemaker second by Mr. Fitzak and carried. At 7:10 Councilman Marcus Covill e arrived. Mr. Fre d Nesbitt, of 14361 Oa k Orchard On the Lake, spoke to the Tow n Board on local Zoning Laws. Mr. Nesbitt has been in contact wit h Lynda Woolston regarding the property directly next to his and is not happy wit h the outcome. Discussion followed . Kathy Bogan stated that Lynda has done everything that the code/Zoning laws allow. Mrs. Woolsto n wil l go back out to measure the fence and look at the trees on the neighboring property. The December 2015 Supervisors report was approved, motion by Mr. Woolston seconded by Mr . Covill e and carried. The January 2016 Supervisors report was approved, motio n by Mr. Covill e seconded by Mr. Fitzak and carried. The February 2016 Supervisors report was approved, motion by Mr. Covill e seconded by Mr. Woolsto n and carried. Mrs. Ashber y stated that the March 2016 Supervisors report was incorrect and the accountant wil l re calculate. The Tow n Clerk' s report was approved, motio n by Mr. Shoemaker second by Mr . Woolston and carried. The Zoning/ Code report was approved, motio n by Mr . Shoemaker seconded by Mr. Fitzak and carried. Mr. Woolston abstained. Judge Hurley's report was approved, motio n by Mr. Woolsto n second by Mr. Shoemaker and carried. Judge Russell's repor t was approved, motio n by Mr. Fitza k second by Mr. Woolston and carried Dave Krul l gave an update on Highway and Water Departments activities . Dav e also stated that the Health Department has ordered that we get two new water testing stations up and running by the end of May 2016 . The price the each water testing station is $870. Dave stated that the Town is expected to get $122,000 in CfflPS money and $28,000 through Pave NY . In the month of March the Carlton Fire Company responded to 18 calls wit h a total of 226 man hours. Andrew Niederhofer stated that Sunday Apri l 24, 2016 the Fire Company wil l be hosting an open house for the public. Mr. Gene Massy stated that al l the new assessments were mailed out and that he wil l be holding informal meetings unti l the end of the mont h of April . Legislator Defillip s stated that there is no new news regarding the Parkway. General Fund vouchers for $41,036.06 were approved for payment, motion by Mr . Shoemaker second by Mr. Covill e and carried. Highway Fund vouchers for $46,432.67 were approved for payment, motion by Mr . Woolston second by Mr. Fitzak and carried. Water Fund vouchers for $29,566.39 were approved for payment, motion by Shoemaker second by Mr. Woolsto n and carried. Mrs. Gayl e Ashbery opened Bids for the vacant property mowing. Gene Hart came in wit h the lo w bid . A motion by Mr. Woolsto n to hire Gene Hart to do mowing seconded by Mr . Shoemaker and carried. Under new business A motio n By Mr. Shoemaker t o appoint Alan Foss for the Board of Assessment Review- Term 10/01/2015-09/30/2020 seconded by Mr . Woolsto n and carried. Under Privilege of the Floor, Gatlin Ernst requested the Board to look into a water leak that he had. He would lik e to know if he coul d get a littl e of f o f his bil l seeing that he got no benefit from the water. Gayle stated that the Board wil l look into and get back to him . Scott Reynolds of Waterport Carlton Rd. expressed hi s concern wit h the Town Website. Mrs. Ashber y stated that we are i n the process of working on the website. A motio n at 7:45pm by Mr . Woolsto n to Adjourn , seconded by Mr. Fitza k and carried