September 8th Regular Board Meeting

September 8,201 5 At 7:00 pm. Supervisor Gayle Ashbery called to order the regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of the Tow n o f Carlton. Present were the followin g Board members: Councilman Robin Lake, Councilman James Shoemaker, Councilma n Marcus Covill e And Councilma n Dana Woolston. Also present were Dave Krull , Highwa y Supt., Lynda Woolston, Code/Zoning officer and Kath y Bogan, Town Attorney . Followin g rol l cal l and the Pledge o f Allegiance, The minutes of August 11 , 2015 were approved, motio n by Mr. Shoemaker second by Mr. Lak e and carried. The Supervisor's report was approved, motio n by Mr. Lak e second by Mr . Shoemaker and carried. The Tow n Clerk' s report was approved, motio n by Mr. Woolsto n second by Mr . Covill e and carried. The Code/ Zoning Officer' s report was approved, motio n by Mr. Lak e second by Mr . Shoemaker and carried. Mr. Woolsto n abstained. Judge Hurley' s report was approved, motio n by Mr. Shoemaker second by Mr. Woolsto n and carried. Dave Krul l gave an update on Highway and Water Departments activities . General Fund vouchers for $26,300.22 were approved for payment, motio n by Mr . Shoemaker second by Mr. Covill e and carried. Highway Fund vouchers for $102,975.79 were approved for payment, motio n by Mr . Shoemaker second by Mr. Woolsto n and carried. Water Fund vouchers for $ 64,749.82 were approved for payment, motio n by Mr . Woolston second by Mr. Lak e and carried. Water Project vouchers for $699,743.07 were approved for payment, motio n by Mr . Woolston second by Mr. Lak e and carried. Dave Krul l stated that all of the ne w water lines have been installed including the additional lines and everything has been pressure tested. A motio n by Mr. Shoemaker t o give Justin Crossett o f Yates Carlton Townline Rd permission to connect to the Tow n o f Yates waterlines seconded b y Mr. Lak e and carried. A motio n by Mr. Shoemaker t o give Kendall residents Albert a Root, Randy Wilkinson , Judith Onderdonk and Yvonne Stephens permission to connect to the new waterline on Transit Rd. seconded b y Mr. Lak e and carried. A motio n by Mr. Lak e to add Davi d Starkweather to the Activ e lis t of the Carito n Fire Company seconded by Mr. Shoemaker and carried. The 2016 tentative was presented t o the Town Board. A motio n by Mr . Shoemaker t o set budget workshops for September 15*^ and 17'*' at 6:30 pm seconded b y Mr. Covill e and carried. Charlene Kai l o f Railroad Ave wanted to know why she has to pay to have water brought down her road. She also woul d lik e to know why the Fire Company woul d brin g water in on tanker trucks for a fire when there is a fire hydrant right out front o f the he r house. Mrs. Ashber y said that she wil l cal l Andre w Niederhofer Carlton fire chief to ask why. A motio n by Mr. Shoemaker t o set a public hearing for the override on the tax cap for October 13, 2015, at 7:30pm seconded b y Mr. Lak e and carried. Eileen Wuethric h woul d lik e to know if there is anything new wit h win d turbines. Mr . Shoemaker responded by saying that there are laws to regulate personal and farm turbines but th e state on the other hand has almost total contro l o f electri c generating farms and where they can be located. Test towers are legal to have. Dave Krul l stated that he bought 6 more meter pits. The cost of the pit s has gone up since the last time that they were purchased. Afte r callin g around he got a price of $423.95 each i f ordered in bulk. As a result of the price increase new pricin g for the sale of the pits to public wil l be set in January. Mr . Krul l requested t o order 50 more meter pits. A motio n by Mr. Woolsto n to allow the purchase of 50 additiona l meter pits, seconded by Mr. Covill e and carried. Mr. Krul l stated that the State did take back the plowin g from the intersection of Rt98 and Rtl 8 to Townhne Rd. a s a result the town wil l be loosing $44,000 income from the state. Mr. Krul l requested that a letter be sent out to town residents to advise the residents that they need to have visibl e house numbers on the outside of their house. Thi s wil l be discussed at the workshop. Mr. Krul l stated that the hazardous response plan needs to be updated. Mr. Shoemaker requested that Dave Krul l covers al l of his talkin g points when he gives this Superintendent report. Mr . Krul l responded that he thinks that the informatio n should be stated under privileg e of the floor. Karen O'Brie n requested that we have copies of the budget readily available at this years meeting. At 7;45 pm, a motion by Mr. Shoemaker to^adjoum was seconded by Mr. Woolsto n and carried. Pamela E. Rush, Town Clerk