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At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Arcade, Wyoming County, New York held on Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 7:00 P.M. there were:
PRESENT
Mayor Michael Doster, Deputy Mayor Dale Miller, Trustee Edward Barber, Trustee Ginger Comstock, Trustee Frank Wood (left at 8:10 p.m.), Superintendent Larry Kilburn
ALSO PRESENT
Rich Kosmerl, Dan Laird, John Cutler, Jason Atwater, Amanda Neamon, Marshall Morgan, Jolene Esposito, Shannon Hill, Michelle Laudico, Amanda Metzger, Trisha Kraft, Chris Zarkovich, Lydia Wilson, Gina Gradl, Dianna Oddi, Ryan Git_______, Jeff Tingue, Brandon _________, Scott Grabowski, Andy Heckathorn, Jacob Sherlock, Kathleen Stevenson, Kristen Kenyon, Susan Simar, Emily Sullivan, Derek Edmunds, Ryan Hillery, Emily Simons, Karen Klink, Harry Monin
NOTICE
Pursuant to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law, notice of this meeting was published on the 8th day of March, 2001 and the same posted on the 22nd day of March, 2001.
RAISES
Motion by Mayor Doster, seconded by Trustee Comstock and unanimously carried the following raises be given to the salaried employees effective June 1, 2001:
Superintendent Larry Kilburn 2.0%
Clerk-Treasurer Joanne Offers 3.5%
Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Janet Payne 3.5%
Chief of Police John Laird 3.5%
Motion by Mayor Doster, seconded by Deputy Mayor Miller and unanimously carried the following raises be granted:
Village Justice 3.0%
Acting Village Justice 3.0%
Village Prosecutor 3.0%
Court Clerk $.60
BUDGET REVIEW
Mayor Doster informed the board that Supervisor Doug Berwanger had agreed to reimbursing the Village 1/2 the increase for Zoning Officer Marvin Zielonka, $4,300 additional for the recreation program and $900 in rent increase. It was also noted that Town Highway Superintendent has tallied the support the Town has given to the Village for the past year to be valued at approximately $21,000. The Village will tally the value of service that was given to the town for their records.
The board discussed a proposal that was given to them on March 21, 2001 by Trustee Barber regarding the police department budget. The discussion centered around the percent of the police budget of the entire budget. With all benefits and expenses related to the police department the percentage of approximately 31% without benefits it is approximately 23%. Various ways of reducing the budget, special traffic problems in the Village, mitigation of desired effect on a four land highway, etc. were discussed in length.
Motion was made by Trustee Barber to reduce the police budget by 3% or $9,546. There being no second the motion died.
TENTATIVE BUDGET
Motion was made by Deputy Mayor Miller and seconded by Trustee Comstock the board approve the General Budget amended to include labor changes discussed tonight and present the same at the Public Hearing set for April 10, 2001. The tentative tax rate has been set at $10.0381 per thousand of assessed valuation. This represents a (3.4847%) increase/decrease over last year. The motion was approved upon the following vote:
Mayor Michael Doster Aye
Deputy Mayor Dale Miller Aye
Trustee Edward Barber Nay
Trustee Ginger Comstock Aye
Trustee Frank Wood Absent
Motion made by Deputy Mayor Miller and seconded by Mayor Doster the board approve the Electric, Water and Sewer Budgets as proposed and present the same at the Public Hearing set for April 10, 2001. There are no rate increases for electric, water or sewer. The motion was approved upon the following vote:
Mayor Michael Doster Aye
Deputy Mayor Dale Miller Aye
Trustee Edward Barber Aye
Trustee Ginger Comstock Aye
Trustee Frank Wood Absent
THANK YOU
Mayor Doster thanked Deputy Mayor Miller for his many years of exemplary service to the residents of the Village of Arcade and wished him well in the future.
ADJOURN
There being no further business to come before the board, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. upon motion by Deputy Mayor Miller and seconded by Mayor Doster.
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Village Clerk
