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1997-01-27 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING JANUARY 27,1997 4:30 P.M. MTG #4 RES. 65-68 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR FRED CHAMPAGNE COUNCILMAN BETTY MONAHAN COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER COUNCILMAN CONNIE GOEDERT COUNCILMAN CAROL PULVER TOWN COUNSEL MARK SCHACHNER TOWN OFFICIALS Paul Naylor, Highway Superintendent Jim Martin, Executive Director of Community of Development Dave Hatin, Director of Building and Codes Code Compliance Officer, John Goralski Supervisor Champagne called meeting to order ... RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 65, 97 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters Executive Session to discuss the proposed disposal of real property and potential litigation relating to the proposed annexation of Cole's Woods. Duly adopted this 27th day of January, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO RECONVENE RESOLUTION NO. 66, 97 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Executive Session and enters Regular Session. Duly adopted this 27th day of January, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None Town Counsel Schachner and Executive Director, Mr. Jim Martin referred to the Moratorium for Construction of Towers that the town put into place in November of 96 for a period of six months and noted that the Association of Towns has two or three programs scheduled regarding this topic... will schedule this discussion for a workshop after that to share what we've learned. PLANNED DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.01 Sanitary Sewage Ordinance Amendments Director of Building and Codes, Mr. Dave Hatin referred to his Memo submitted to the board last November regarding proposed changes in the regulations to the Sanitary Sewage Ordinance and reviewed those changes with the board... Councilman Monahan noted some concerns and scheduled a meeting with Dave and Counsel Jeff Friedland to discuss further. 4.02 Offsite Sales Code Compliance Officer, Mr. John Goralski reviewed a proposal that would provide a mechanism for those people who have a business in town and want to have sales offsite... town board held discussion and made some revisions... agreed to proceed further and have resolution prepared to schedule public hearing. TOWN BOARD DISCUSSION - TRAFFIC LIGHT Supervisor Champagne noted, there was a problem today with the traffic light near the schooL.. we contacted Mr. Jerry Coffey to see if he could respond to the situation and his answer was that, at this point he was not in a position to respond in a timely fashion... asking permission from the board to request RFP's so that the town can get an agency that's going to respond in a timely fashion... we have eleven lights that need to be maintained on an annual basis plus call-ins as necessary. Town Board held discussion and agreed to proceed further. 4.03 West Mountain Hill Climb Executive Director, Mr. Martin reviewed with the board the Transient Merchant Market License request to be held at West Mountain for the purpose of conducting a Native American Indian Fest and a motorcycle hill climb... noted, it will go before the Planning Board for their recommendation and then back before this board to schedule a public hearing. 4.04 Proposed QEDC Loan Plan Mr. Robert Murray, QEDC-The town has designated QEDC as the agency to administer it's federal funds, the repayment stream from the AMG loan. We have a sub-recipient agreement between the town and QEDC which designates them as the agency to do that. Now that they're receiving that money, there are a number of things that that money can be used for. Basically, the federal government advised them that they should adopt a loan program as one of those activities that they can use the funds for. That requires that they adopt a set of guide lines or that there be a set of guide lines for how to make loans. That is not the QEDC program, it is a town program. It's the town revolving loan program adopted in the past by the town and administered by QEDC. They asked me to work with them to develop that set of guide lines. Jim is certainly very familiar with these kinds of things having worked with them over the years a number of times. Working with the QEDC, we developed, following HUD basic underwriting standards we developed a program and a set of guidelines for the criteria they were using and making loans to businesses that so requested funds under this program. The QEDC certainly has had some lively discussion over what's in it and arrived at a general consensus that this is what they would like to see. It's now back in front of the Town Board to be adopted by the town as their local program to be administered by QEDC... Town Board held discussion, agreed to move forward with the program... Supervisor Champagne noted that it needs to be reviewed and approved by Town Counsel Schachner and a resolution can then be prepared for the board's approval. 4.05 Awards Ceremony for Employees Councilman Pulver reviewed with the board the certificates to be issued... Councilman Monahan recommended that the employees have plenty of notice for the award ceremony... Town Board held discussion, agreed to have gifts ordered and schedule ceremony. 4.06 1. Schultz resigns - Assessment board Supervisor Champagne noted for the board that Judy Schultz resigned from the Board of Assessment Review... board to discuss replacement in Executive Session. 4.07 Introducing Wolves to Adirondacks Town Board held discussion and agreed to hold from taking action for further information. 4.08 Harron Cable Contract Town Board held discussion, no action taken. TOWN BOARD MEMBER MATTERS Town Board held discussion regarding stump grinder and stump dump, no decision made. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 67, 97 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Betty Monahan WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters Executive Session to discuss personnel matters. Duly adopted this 27th day of January, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MEETING RESOLUTION NO. 68, 97 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Executive Session and enters Regular Session, and BE IT, FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns. Duly adopted this 27th day of January, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: Mrs. Goedert No further action taken. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DARLEEN M. DOUGHER TOWN CLERK, QUEENSBURY