1. Adjourn - A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to adjourn at 8:22 PM for a workshop. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED


 
 
 
 
February 27, 2004
 
“First, have a definite, clear, practical ideal – a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends—wisdom, money, materials and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

- - Aristotle

 
 
Greetings from Wayne Central School District. Below are some items of interest.
 
Newsletter:
 

    
1. Area School Budgets - The Superintendents in our BOCES reviewed their budgets, Budget increases range from 0% to about 9%. Wayne is around 8.9% right now. Tax rate increases range from 0 to 25%. These numbers will change as budgets are reviewed. The average tax increase was about 6%. I will keep you abreast of developments.
2. Sales Tax Update - The Wayne County Education Coalition met on Thursday. Laurie Verbridge, owner of the cold storage plant in Williamson hosted the meeting. They are targeting the supervisors who are undecided or leaning towards no. Influential business people from their community will be contacting them. Their next meeting will be March 3 at 7:00 p.m. in Williamson. Board member Mark Wyse will be attending that meeting in order for them to make use of his fire company contacts.
3. Legislative Breakfast – As Joyce pointed out, the four county breakfast will be held on April 3rd at the Geneva Ramada Inn. It is important that as many of us attend this meeting as possible. We need to let our legislators know we are concerned about state aid. Please mark your calendar and let Lori know you can attend.

 

4. Energy Savings Plan – Earlier I wrote about Atlantic Energy’s assessment of our energy use and how we could reduce that use. Included in their recommendations are co-generation plants and a windmill. We visited Harbec’s plant which uses both co-gen and wind. I am going to try to schedule a board meeting that allows board member to visit the Harbec plant and to have Atlantic Energy’s audit reviewed.
 
5. Wrestling - Today’s D&C featured a very nice article on our Wayne Wrestling program. Again, we congratulate these wrestlers and the coaching staff for another outstanding season.
 
6. Bray Meeting – I believe we had a successful meeting with the Brays. We jointly developed a set of expectations which are currently being refined. I will share those expectations in our next letter.
 

5. Events –

 
March 1 – FE Parent Group Meetings @ FE
March 3 – Senior Citizens HS Musical Performance/Dinner – 4:00 p.m.
March 4 – MS Foreign Language Night – 7:00 p.m.
March 5 & 6 – HS Musical “The Music Man” – 7:30 p.m.
March 10 – Board of Education Meeting @ District Office – 7:30 p.m.
March 11 – Music in our Schools Concert @ PAC
March 12 – Staff Training Day – No school for students
Athletics: (Home Games)
February 27-28 - Wrestling Sectionals – University of Buffalo

 

9. Attachments:
a. Town of Ontario Meeting Minutes – 2/23

b. D&C Wrestling Article – “Wayne’s World”
 

Att. a

February 23, 2004
 
ONTARIO TOWN BOARD MEETING
 

A regular meeting of the Ontario Town Board was called to order by Supervisor Molino at 7:30 PM in the Ontario Town Hall. Present were Supervisor Joseph Molino, Councilmembers: Mark Brewer, Donald Camp, Ronald Fillmore, Donald Shears, Superintendent of Water Utilities Robert Wykle, Wayne County Economic Development Director Barbara Harper, Economic Development Coordinator Donna Burolla and Town Clerk Cathy Herzog.
 
Twenty-four residents and visitors were present at portions of the meeting.
 
Mr. Camp led the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Comments From the Public – Mr. James Switzer, 1291 Centennial Drive, had the following comments and concerns:
 

· Supports the efforts of Mrs. Burolla for a proposed Industrial Park on the Burkwit property on Route 104, he stated he felt it was a worthwhile project and he encouraged the town to take pro-active steps.

 

· Reported he was nearly hit backing out of the parking spaces on the west side of the town hall. He had several suggestions that he thought would make it safer.

 

· Asked if the appointment of the Vice-Chairman of the Comprehensive Plan Committee was official. He did not see it in the minutes nor did he see the 2004 liaison assignments for the town board members.

 

· Having read articles in local media relative to a proposed change in the sales tax distribution to schools he expressed his support to continuing that practice and he stated he is concerned regarding comments made by the Wayne County Administrator on the proposal.

 

· Pointed out that, in his opinion, town board members should abstain from voting on appointments for family members.

 
Mr. Molino asked for approval of the minutes of the February 9, 2004 town board meeting. A motion was made by Mr. Camp, seconded by Mr. Shears, to approve the minutes as presented. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED
 
Correspondence – None
 
Old Business – None
 
New Business – A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to accept the Supervisor’s fiscal report for the month of January 2004 as presented. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED
 
A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to adopt a RESOLUTION to establish Capital Project H-66-04 for the cleaning and painting of the 1 MG storage tank at the Water Treatment Plant for a project budget of $233,000.00 (see attached), as recommended by the Superintendent of Water Utilities in memorandum # 06-2004. 5 Ayes 0 Nays RESOLUTION ADOPTED
 
Mr. Wykle described the project and he stated, size-wise the storage tank is adequate and after re-painting should be good for another thirty years of use.
 
A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to authorize the purchase of three (3) hard drives, plus installation, from Advance 2000 Inc., at a total cost not to exceed $2,303.79, as requested by the Director of Recreation and Parks in memo # 4-2004. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED  
 
A motion was made by Mr. Shears, seconded by Mr. Fillmore, to adopt a resolution to authorize the transfer for the Highway Equipment Reserve Fund in the amount of $100,000.00
CREDIT DA 205.5 Money Management Highway Fund $100,000.00
DEBIT HR 5 205.5 Money Management Reserve Fund $100,000.00
5 Ayes 0 Nays RESOLUTION ADOPTED
 
A motion was made by Mr. Camp, seconded by Mr. Shears, to accept and file the Town Clerk’s Summary of Taxes collected in January, as presented. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED
 
A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to adopt a resolution
 

TOWN OF ONTARIO
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND CONCURRENCE
WITH THE WAYNE COUNTY EMPIRE ZONE
REVISION APPLICATION

 
WHEREAS, New York State has created the Empire Zone program to encourage industrial and commercial development in selected areas across the State, and
 
WHEREAS, Wayne County, as an eligible municipality, received designation of an Empire Zone made up of sub-zones including portions of the Village of Newark
 
WHEREAS, under the current designation, Wayne County has the ability to amend the Zone boundaries to allow additional acreage, and
 
WHEREAS, Wayne County intends to revise the Wayne County Empire Zone boundaries to encourage industrial and commercial development and allow for the creation of an additional sub-zone in the Town of Ontario (detailed in attached Schedule A – Wayne County Annual Boundary Amendment – 2004), and
 
WHEREAS, the Town of Ontario is committed to the development of new business within the proposed sub-zone, and
 
WHEREAS, the Town of Ontario wishes to support and concur with the Empire Zone revision application,
 
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Town of Ontario Board, in its capacity as governing body of the Town of Ontario, does hereby support and concur with the Wayne County Empire Zone revision application. Resolution adopted on 2/23/04.
5 Ayes 0 Nays RESOLUTION ADOPTED
 
Mr. Molino agreed to hold off until after a workshop discussion on the salt storage building request by the Superintendent of Highways.
 
Budget Transfers/Adjustments - A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to approve the following budget transfers:
General Fund transfer of $1,500.00 from A 5650.4 to A 5650.1
Highway Fund transfer of $120,000.00 from DA 5130.2 to DA 5130.2 HR-5 Capital Reserve
General Fund transfer of $710.00 from A 7140.4 to A 7020.2
General Fund transfer of $700.00 from A 7020.4 to A 7020.2
General Fund transfer of $290.00 from A 7310.4 to A 7020.2
5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED
 
Appointments/Resignations – A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to appoint Mr. Richard Clark as Vice Chairman of the Comprehensive Plan Committee.
5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED  
 
Reports by Town Board Members – Mr. Shears stated he is having ongoing discussions for an expansion of the Library and he should have a proposal ready for the board’s review soon.
 
Mr. Brewer stated there are three computer hard drives from the court that he will be removing data. They are available to any town departments for their use or they should be declared surplus and sold or disposed of.
 
Approval of Claims – A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to approve the abstract of claims for the month of February 2004 including voucher # 364 through # 458 with a grand total of $54,629.36 and to authorize the Supervisor to issue payments for same. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED  
 
Comments From the Public – Mrs. Burolla and Mrs. Harper gave a presentation relative to a proposed Industrial Park on the Burkwit property on Route 104. Mrs. Burolla introduced the property owners Clancy and Robert Burkwit and she stated Scott Riedel, of Spencerport Building Materials and Randy Salantino, Salatino Construction is the general contractor for the park and will be doing the construction. The proposal includes the construction of an industrial road east of Dean Parkway and running north of the railroad, extending to the east property line of the Burkwit land, installation of a 12 inch water line and the possibility of future sewer expansion.
 
Mrs. Burolla asked for approval to go forward with the installation of a 12-inch water line as a first step in the project. Mrs. Harper explained how this would be funded. Based on costs submitted by the town’s engineer for 3,170 linear feet of water line, the cost is approximately $185,694.00 with 1/3 to come from the town, 1//3 from the developer and 1/3 from the county. The town’s portion would be in kind services with labor for installation.
 
Mr. Burkwit presented a sketch plan and he introduced the business owners that have committed to the project. He stated with the water line installed and the use of septic systems this project could go forward. He noted an easement is needed from the Zimmerman property for the proposed industrial access road.
 
There was a lengthy discussion on the cost; the immediate need for the water line, the future expansion of the road and cost for that portion of the project, potential sewer expansion and the need for an easement on the Zimmerman property. Mr. Molino will set up a meeting with Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Harper offered to sit in on that meeting.
 
Mr. Wykle explained how a similar project was handled on Lakeside and Route 104 and he stated his department could do the water main installation. He will be meeting with the town engineers and the developers. There was a discussion on the timeframe, estimated cost and the Department of Health approval process.
 
Mrs. Harper stated she could present the request for funding to the Wayne County Economic Development Committee at their meeting on March 4th with the basic cost from the engineer and with the town board’s request for funding letter.
 
A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to authorize the Supervisor to send correspondence to the Wayne County Economic Development Committee indicating our desire to enter into a joint project with the property owners, the Town and the County of Wayne for financial assistance for the installation of a water main to the proposed Salatino Industrial Park on Route 104 in the Town of Ontario.
 
After discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to amend the motion and add “for a total project amount not to exceed $185,694.00”. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED
 



Adjourn - A motion was made by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Mr. Camp, to adjourn at 8:22 PM for a workshop. 5 Ayes 0 Nays MOTION CARRIED
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
 
Cathy Herzog
Ontario Town Clerk
 
The above minutes will become official upon approval of the town board.
 

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