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Last Updated: Nov 12th, 2008 - 15:15:50 |
October 6, 2008
A regularly scheduled work session of the Lockport Town Board was conducted at 1:02 p.m. on Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Town Hall 6560 Dysinger Road,
Lockport, New York.
Present were: Supervisor: Marc R. Smith
Town Council Members: Cheryl Antkowiak
Mark C. Crocker
Paul H. Pettit
Paul W. Siejak
Also present: Robert Klavoon of Wendel-Duchscherer, Daniel Seaman, Town Attorney and Judith A. Newbold, Deputy Town Clerk.
Supervisor Smith opened the meeting for business as follows:
1. Town Priorities 2008
Transit Road Focus Group-Supervisor Smith stated the group will hold their next meeting on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Annex Building behind the Town Hall. They put an agenda together to include information on the
status of the grant application, check progress towards getting our ordinance passed as well as making sure the other participants (City of Lockport, Town of Pendleton)
are also working towards this goal. They will also work on setting an agenda for 2009.
Town Drainage-Councilman Crocker stated that the Highway Department is currently involved for the next week in the brush pick up for the south side of the Town but will
resume their drainage work after this is finished. Councilman Pettit commended the great work he has seen. He also brought to the board’s attention the questionable
water line break in Southview Gardens that is infiltrating the surface drains and proceeding into the ditch. Councilman Siejak also remarked on the beautiful job
the Highway Department has done on the Collins subdivision. Councilman Pettit also asked the Highway Department to reseed the periphery of the soccer fields that did not take.
Infiltration and Inflow remediation-Councilman Pettit sat down with Rob Klavoon of Wendel-Duchscherer and revamped the sketches and changed specs. Rob Klavoon will draft details and return to Councilman Pettit so they can proceed.
Merger of Sewer Districts-Councilman Siejak reported he is waiting for the Attorney to do an analysis of the legal process of merging the two districts together. We
can expect this to take place after the first of the year.
Day Road Park Improvements-Councilwoman Antkowiak has set up two informational meetings over the next two weeks to discuss the scheduling of the soccer fields with
groups that have a vast amount of experience in this area. The financial department has received all the close out information regarding the grants. They will compile this information and forward it to the New York State Office of Parks.
2. Clerk/Communications
Nancy Brooks has presented a sample resolution of support for the purpose of keeping local government managements grant money at a local level. We would need a motion to send correspondence to the Governor and Budget Commissioner. The council did appear to be in favor of this objective but would like more time to research it. Attorney Seaman agreed and felt we should put this item on the agenda for Wednesday night’s meeting.
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3. Attorney - none
4. Engineer
Pump Station Rehab 2008 - Mr. Klavoon reported the generator submittals were approved by his office and were forwarded to the contractor. The generators have
been ordered for the pump stations. We are now awaiting the submittals for the generator buildings themselves which should be finalized soon.
Leak Detection - Pipe Dream Service has been working for about a week and a half and anticipate they will be able to wrap up in another two or three weeks. They have not found any significant problems as of this meeting. They have encountered two smaller spots. Supervisor Smith will release the initial interim payment.
Robinson Road sewer televising - Mr. Klavoon reported this item has been completed. Wendel-Duchscherer is awaiting a report. As soon as this is received his office can take a look at it and formulate the projects for 2009.
5. Town Board Comments
Councilman Siejak - asked if there was any information on the Franbuilt site or the Walmart project. Supervisor Smith reported that Franbuilt has sent a solicitation to him. They have the site cleaned and it is ready to rent.
Attorney Seaman reported that the attorneys for Walmart have filed a request for a motion to dismiss for failure to perfect the appeal or in the alternative a date in which the appeal must be perfected.
Councilman Crocker - none
Councilwoman Antkowiak - requested a motion be made to accept Joe Kaltenbacher as the new member of the Town of Lockport Recreation Commission. He was invited to the Recreation meeting in September and was informed of the duties and different aspects of the Commission.
MOTION: to accept Joe Kaltenbacher as the new member of the Town of Lockport Recreation Commission was made by Councilman Pettit, seconded by Councilman Siejak. The motion was CARRIED: AYES-5, NAYS-0. Voting AYE: Antkowiak, Crocker, Pettit, Siejak and Smith.
Councilwoman Antkowiak also reported the Library Pilot Program was unsuccessful at this time, probably due to the increased time demands on families in this season.
The Library intends to have a Halloween story time program on Wednesday,October 22, 2008.
Councilman Pettit - had a suggestion in regards to a problem he has encountered at Slayton Settlement Road Nature Park. There is an ATV that is doing considerable
damage to the park, therefore, he would like to ask the State Police if it is possible to follow the tracks that were left at the park and find the responsible parties.
7. Supervisor
Posted Signs - Supervisor Smith has been working with Ken Horvath and has also received some calls from residents who live around the property the town owns on Rapids Road. They would like to implement a plan to post signs designating the areas as a “No Hunting Zone”. The signs should cost no more than approximately $200.00,
and Ken Horvath stated he would be willing to post them if given the particulars. Supervisor Smith will ask the Highway Department to post the property on Rapids Road.
He feels we would eventually be able to allow residents to use the park safely during hunting season. continued next page
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Website proposal - Supervisor Smith received a proposal from WebEssentials to update the website for the Town of Lockport. The proposal is at a cost of $4,725.00 for all two hundred and fifty pages. This total includes the pages that belong to the City of Lockport as well; therefore, our cost would be approximately $2,500.00.
MOTION: to update the City and Town website, the cost to the Town of Lockport not to exceed $2,500.00 and only to proceed if the City of Lockport is going to fund the other half of the cost was made by Councilman Crocker, seconded by Councilwoman Antkowiak. The motion was CARRIED: AYES-5, NAYS-0. Voting AYE: Crocker, Pettit, Siejak, Smith and Antkowiak.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION: to enter into executive session at 1:30 p.m. for the purpose of discussing personnel matters, consulting with the Attorney and a negotiation item was made by
Councilman Siejak, seconded by Councilwoman Antkowiak. The motion was CARRIED: AYES-5, NAYS-0. Voting AYE: Pettit, Siejak, Smith, Antkowiak and Crocker.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ENDED, WORK SESSION RECONVENED
MOTION: to resume regular business meeting at 2:23 p.m. was made by Councilman Pettit, seconded by Councilman Crocker. The motion was CARRIED: AYES-5, NAYS-0.
Voting AYE: Siejak, Smith, Antkowiak, Crocker and Pettit. No Town Board action was taken during executive session.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: to adjourn was made by Councilman Pettit, seconded by Councilman Siejak. The motion was CARRIED: AYES-5, NAYS-0. The meeting ended at 2:24 p.m. Voting AYE: Smith, Antkowiak, Crocker, Pettit and Siejak.
The Lockport Town Board will next meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2008.
Respectfully Submitted,
Judith A. Newbold
Deputy Town Clerk
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