March 14, 2005

At a work session of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Arcade, Wyoming County, New York held on Monday, March 14, 2005 at 6:00pm there were:

PRESENT:

Mayor Michael Doster, Deputy Mayor Hugh Ely, Trustee Paul Burkett, Trustee Richard Kosmerl, Trustee Daniel Reisdorf, Superintendent Larry Kilburn, Clerk/Treasurer Joanne Offers

ALSO PRESENT

Police Chief John Laird, Deputy Village Clerk Temporary Pam Beiersdorf, Jace Drennan (6:25pm), and BJ Moore (6:52)

BUDGET

The Board reviewed the general and electric budgets.

A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Arcade, Wyoming County, New York held on Monday, March 14, 2005 at 7:00pm there were:

PRESENT

Mayor Michael Doster, Deputy Mayor Hugh Ely, Trustee Paul Burkett, Trustee Richard Kosmerl, Trustee Daniel Reisdorf, Superintendent Larry Kilburn, Clerk/Treasurer Joanne Offers

ALSO PRESENT

Police Chief John Laird, Deputy Village Clerk Temporary Pam Beiersdorf, Jace Drennan, BJ Moore, Peter Mastic, Glenn Sampson, Jason Haremza, Gene Parzych, Sandy Milks, Barbara Stranz, Cheryl Parker, and Pat MacDonald

NOTICE

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law, notice of this meeting was given to the media on the 17th day of February, 2005, published on the 3rd day of March 2005, and the same posted on the 3rd day of March, 2005.

PLEDGE TO ALLEGIANCE

Mayor Doster opened the meeting with the Pledge to Allegiance.

APPROVE MINUTES

Motion by Trustee Burkett and seconded Trustee Ely by the minutes from a regular meeting held on March 1, 2005 be approved as presented. The motion was approved upon the following vote:

Mayor Michael Doster Aye
Deputy Mayor Hugh Ely Aye
Trustee Paul Burkett Aye
Trustee Dan Reisdorf Aye
Trustee Richard Kosmerl Abstain

STORMWATER ORDINANCE

Jason Haremza presented information regarding storm water management programs. State and federal law requires urbanized communities and publicly owned institutions to establish storm water programs, which must be fully functional by January 2008. New York State encourages all localities to establish such storm water management requirements and controls to manage construction site and postconstruction storm water runoff. A copy of the Storm water Management Guidance Manual for Local Officials was delivered to the Board. The manual is intended to assist local governments develop and implement storm water runoff controls, including local storm water management laws or regulations as required by state and federal law.

WINDMILL PRESENTATION

Representatives from Noble Environmental Power (Peter Mastic and Glenn Sampson) presented to the Board information in regards to a potential project for wind power in the Town of Eagle. Noble is one of several wind-development companies seeking land easements in the Town of Eagle. Noble has been pursuing with Eagle since October 2004 and has nearly three-quarters of the necessary land rights. The proposed windmills would be located on West Hill Road and to the south of Route 39. The Noble Environmental proposal is an 80megawatt-generation concept that would place 50-60 wind turbines on 5,000 acres of land. Approximately, one turbine would be situated on every 100 acres. In general, wind turbines are about 80 meters tall. Wind power is harnessed from the movement of a trio of 80-meter diameter blades atop each tower and converted to electricity for sale on the national grid. To date they have three options to connect to the grid with the westerly option being through the Town of Arcade to the Freedom Substation through our transmission lines to a Niagara Mohawk hub in Yorkshire. As the board was interested in this project further discussions regarding the transmission of the generated power were requested.

DRAFT JOINT VILLAGE AND TOWN ZONING LAWS

Zoning committee representatives updated the Village Board on the status of the process, their intentions to turnover the draft laws to the Village/Town Boards by April 29, 2005, and delivered the draft joint village/town zoning laws for their informal review. Comments are requested by April 5, 2005.

REPLACEMENT FOR CLERK OF THE JUSTICE POSITION

Motion by Mayor Doster, seconded by Trustee Burkett and unanimously carried Gillian Moore be hired as Clerk of the Justice effective immediately or a subsequent date to allow an ample notice to her employer at a salary of $12.00 per hour with no increase until June 2006. The position carries a six-month probation period. No health insurance will be included and the $2,000.00 offset for opting no health insurance has been waived. All other benefits will be the same as for all other full-time employees of the Village.

BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS

Motion by Trustee Kosmerl, seconded by Mayor Doster, and unanimously carried the following budget adjustment be approved as presented by the Clerk:

Available upon request

AUDIT BILLS

Motion by Trustee Kosmerl, seconded by Mayor Doster, and unanimously carried the Village bills be audited and paid, and that the Clerk be granted permission to transfer funds from the money market accounts to the checking accounts to cover such bills.

CLEANING CONTRACT SULLIVAN GARAGE

Motion by Trustee Burkett, seconded by Deputy Mayor Ely, and unanimously carried that the contract be paid to date for cleaning at the Sullivan Garage and that the contract be cancelled immediately due to budget constraints.

SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET

Motion by Trustee Burkett, seconded by Trustee Kosmerl, and unanimously carried a public hearing on the 2005-2006 tentative budget be scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2005.

PERMISSION TO ATTEND NYCOM MAIN STREET MEETING

Permission to attend NYMCOM Main Street meeting in Lake Placid, NY on May 16-19, 2005 was discussed, however, but due to budget constraints was not approved.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Motion by Trustee Burkett, seconded by Mayor Doster, and unanimously carried the board enter executive session to discuss personnel punitive action.

Motion by Trustee Burkett, seconded by Mayor Doster, and unanimously carried the board exit executive session.

AUTHORIZATION TO LAYOFF

Motion by Mayor Doster, seconded by Trustee Kosmerl, and unanimously carried the Superintendent of Public Works be granted authorization to exercise layoff notices for two Lineman A positions. Employees should be given two weeks notice with immediate removal from the job.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Motion by Mayor Doster, seconded by Trustee Burkett, and unanimously carried the board enter executive session to discuss specific employee disciplinary action.

Motion by Trustee Burkett seconded by Mayor Doster, and unanimously carried the board exit executive session.

REPORTS RECEIVED

Village Justice and Acting Village Justice reports for the month of February were received, reviewed, and placed on file.

ADJOURN

There being no further business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned at 9:35pm upon motion by Trustee Kosmerl and seconded by Mayor Doster.

_______________________ Village Clerk