Town Board — Minutes

Unofficial Meeting Minutes Tonight’s meeting will be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Town of Remington Town Board Meeting August 22, 2023 Town Board Meeting of the Town of Remington was called to order at 7: 00 pm by Chairman Plucinski. Minutes: The clerk read the minutes for the July 2023 meeting, D. Ellis motioned to accept minutes as read, with corrections. T. Simonson 2nd. Treasurer report was presented with the following account balances as of July 2023: Equipment Fund: $498.61; Playground Fund: $276.60; Road Money: $2,519.44; Bridge Fund: $2,511.82; Fire Dept Equipment: $59.47; Property Tax-Dogs: $73.45; Town Hall: $63,516.57, Paper City Savings Checking $33,353.67. A motion to accept the report as read by K. Plucinski, 2nd by T. Simonson. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported the solenoid on the engine needed to be replaced, that has been done. The damage to Tender 7 will be fixed sometime in September 2023. There were 2 calls in August, one was for a burn victim in Babcock, the other was for mutual aid in Cranmoor. Chief Brockman reports the new dehumidification system is working well, things are drying out and no mold was found. The new turnout gear for Jay Stuttgen has arrived. September hose testing will be done again. Training at Remington Cranberry went well, this gives the fire department one more option for water. Working on next year’s budget. Building update, materials were given to the board. Spoke to a structural engineer, indicated that a wood frame structure could be built. Soil testing was done and results were sent to 2 plumbers, Gaffney and Advantage. 2 contractors, Rich builders and Marvin Construction looked at the project. Preliminary quote was given approximately $96,252.00 for a 32X36 building with a bathroom with shower, meeting space and extra bay and septic system. Question was raised do we have enough personnel to be a legal fire department. Chief Brockman explained that RVFD is not a corporation, it is a municipal agency and therefore there is no minimum requirement. 2 % dues came and was deposited in the General fund, a motion was made to transfer to the Fire Department savings account. Patrolman Report: F. Plucinski reported has been on light duty while recovering from surgery, put new hoses on the grader, washed and waxed the truck. Put cameras on Rangeline road, put gravel on various roads, cut trees. Serviced the Dump Truck, the town mower etc. Need to replace the culvert on the ball road, cost estimate for the tube and gravel about $4000.00. Pump house by town hall needs to be replaced will get costs on materials. Need to start thinking about what to do with the stairs on the front of the town hall. Frank announced he is retiring in Mid-October. New Business: Board went into closed session to choose the new parttime patrolman. Position was offered to Pete Begolke, he accepted. Rate of pay will be $12.00/ hour start date is 8/23/2023. Pam Walker spoke about digitizing and archiving the town and cemetery records. Public Input: Ambulance Contract negotiations – prices will increase again. Have we investigated applying for federal grant money, deadline is 9/28/2023. Can loose gravel on Mckeel be swept off, the cost from the county to do this is $5,000.00. Audit question was raised again, we will take questions at the September monthly meeting and hold an open book review on October 7th from 9am-12pm to answer any questions the town may have. Correspondence: Jake Skibba requested a permit to place a mobile home on the former Wuki property. An ordinance governing utilities placement of facilities underground will be on the agenda for the next monthly meeting. There are training sessions available from the WTA, and County. Shared revenue increase for 2024. Pay Bills- K. Plucinski motioned to approve bills to be paid as presented. D. Ellis 2nd. Adjourn: K. Plucinski motioned to adjourn meeting, 2nd by T. Simonson. Next Monthly Meeting will be September 18, 2023. Submitted by Brenda Haasl, Town Clerk