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MANCHESTER TOWN BOARD MEETING
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The regular meeting of the Manchester Town Board was held March 14, 2006. The meeting was opened at 7 p.m. After review of financial reports the board reviewed correspondence including notification from Christopher Day, Ontario County Bridge Engineer, of replacement of the Hopewell Town Line road over Spring Brook (aka Rocky Run) Towns of Hopewell and Manchester. Project set for the summer and fall of 2006 and; a copy of the preliminary Project Schedule for Water Extension No. 3 from David Doyle, MRB Group.
The Board then went on to the Order of Final Approval for the establishment of Extension #3 Central Manchester Water District.
Zoning Map Revisions Discussion: Supv. Eddinger suggested to the Board to review the zoning map at the April 11th meeting, and discuss suggested changes. If changes are to be proposed after the review, then set a special meeting to be held at the Port Gibson Fire Hall for a review of proposed revisions.
Highway Superintendent Report - Supt. Wayne Holtz absent, no report given.
Zoning Officer Report - Code Enforcement Officer, Steve DeHond, reported the following:
-- Total permits issued in February, 2006 were 6 with estimated construction costs totaling $57,000.
-- Cell Tower Proposed: Steve informed the Board that there is a new cell tower proposed to be placed on the Meuller property, at the corner of King Road and Stevens Street. The company will be coming in next week to request site plan approval.
Assessor's Report - Assessor Shirley Bement updated the Board with the following report:
-- The deadline for filing exemptions was March 1st.
-- Board of Assessment Review member Judy Romeiser's term expires on 9/30/06. Ms. Romeiser has been called to see if she is interested in serving another five-year term. Assessor Bement will inform the Board when she hears from Ms. Romeiser.
-- The RAR (residential assessment ratio) established for the Town is 96.58. This ratio was calculated using the purchase prices compared to the assessment from the Town's 2004 assessment roll. Because it used historical data, it is a historical number. Discussion and questions were raised for the Board to further understand the numbers established by the State for assessment purposes.
Other Business: Councilman Schaertl, as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, is requesting the Town of Manchester Town Board to consider acting as the Municipality to request police/national guard protection for the Wild Water Derby that is proposed to be held April 29th, 2006. The Chamber of Commerce is not allowed to do so, as it has to be a municipality to make this request. Discussion was held regarding issues that the Villages of Shortsville and Manchester have regarding the "Water Derby", liability issues, etc. If the Chamber decides to proceed with holding the Water Derby, Councilman Schaertl would like the Board's approval at this time, to be able to go forward with the process needed to get the derby underway. Discussion followed. Supv. Eddinger informed the Board that it is their decision, but he would prefer to meet with the Mayors of Manchester and Shortsville prior to making any kind of commitment at this time. If the Village of Shortsville requests that the Town of Manchester be the municipal entity to request the police protection for this event, the Town will only do so upon the receipt of a written request from the Village Board. The Town does not wish to back this proposition if the Villages do not want to proceed with having the Derby held. After discussion was held, it was agreed that there would be no Board action taken at this time.
Sales Tax Update: Supervisor Eddinger informed the Board that the Board of Supervisors, at the last meeting, voted 18 to 2, to continue with the Sales Tax revisions. The next step is to send it to the State Comptroller to determine if the criteria is okay.
With no other business the meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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MANCHESTER TOWN BOARD MEETING
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The regular meeting of the Manchester Town Board was held April 11, 2006. The meeting was opened at 7:00 p.m. After financial reports were reviewed the board reviewed correspondence.
Addendum items included:
-- A notice from Justice Owens' time change for court hours effective 6/1/06. Court hours for Judge Owens will being at 4 p.m. on Thursday evenings, as opposed to the prior time of 7 p.m.
-- Zoning Map Review: The Board members reviewed the Zoning map that was previously approved and adopted. Following the approval, there were some areas that residents at the Public Hearing had asked the Board to review for possible amendments. There were no written request submitted for any changes to the map. Areas discussed were: Shortsville Road, Latting Road, parcels on Outlet Road; Horse farms on Route 96 and Bunker Hill Road; and areas in Port Gibson.
Supervisor Eddinger will check with the Port Gibson Fire Department Chief to see if the Fire Hall would be available for the next Town Board meeting on May 9th, at 7:30 p.m. If that meeting place is confirmed, the Zoning map review would be discussed further at that time. The County Planning Board would then review any proposed amendments and make a determination; then a Public Hearing would be set if there are changes/amendments to the map that the Board wishes to make.
-- Credit Card Issues: In regard to an item in the correspondence of this meeting relating to the acceptance of credit cards for payment to the court office, (Justice Owens), Supv. Eddinger has requested Justice Owens to provide the Board with a proposal for the use of Credit Cards to pay Court fines. No Board action was taken at this time.
-- Water Street Bridge Capital Project, and Replacement 2008-09: Supervisor Eddinger informed the Board that the bridge is 1 ft. short of being a County bridge, therefore, the Town is responsible for the replacement of the existing bridge. The approximate cost of this project is $450,000. Hopefully this reconstruction project would primarily be State funded. Town funds for this project will be set upon the town budget line item, Capital reserve, in next year's budget. Supv. Eddinger asked the Board to approve a request for the County Highway Department to do the design for this project. The Board then proceeded to unanimously approve this request.
Highway/Water Superintendent Report - Superintendent Wayne Holtz reported the following:
-- Beginning Monday, April 17th, the Highway Department will be working four, ten-hour days, Monday thru Thursday.
-- The crew has been stockpiling materials for road work.
-- The Chlorine pump at the water plant had to be replaced, cost of $716.00
-- The crew has painted the plows and they have been brooming the intersections.
-- The Highway department will be working with the County to get paving done on Lovers Lane Road.
Zoning Officer's Report - Code Enforcement Office, Steve DeHond, reported the following:
-- Total permits issued in March 2006 were 19, with estimated construction costs totaling $478,400.00
-- Mr. DeHond asked the Board to review the Zoning Fee Schedule, referring to setting a fee for cell tower(s) structure. The current fee schedule goes by square footage. Discussion was held, some of the neighboring Towns charge from $125 to $200. The following zoning fee schedule was amended: The current fee for a new structure is to charge by the square footage; as a cell tower would be difficult to figure a square footage amount; it was resolved to set the fee for a new cell tower structure to be $125.00; and to not change the yearly fee of $250.00 for a cell tower.
-- Site Development Plan Review. Steve and Wayne have reviewed the Preliminary "Draft" Site Development Plan, which was submitted by MRB Group. This Plan goes along with the new Code Implementation. This Plan will have to be reviewed by the County Planning Department, then to the Town Attorney, and back to the Board for a Public Hearing to be set, if the board wishes to do so.
Assessor's Report - Assessor Shirley Bement updated the Board with the following:
-- Still determining new construction values for the Town's 2006 assessment roll. The tentative roll must be recorded on 5/1/06.
-- Board Assessment Review member, Judy Romeiser, has stated that she is willing to continue for another 5-year term. Her term will run from 10/106 through 9/30/2011. The Town Board should look to appoint her for the new term in August or September of 2006.
-- Assessor Bement requests on behalf of her department and the Town Clerk's personnel, to be permitted to work the Spring and Summer months as four, ten-hour days. Both offices would be available Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Town Clerk will publish that information to the people of the Town. The Board then approved this request.
Other Business:
-- State Implemented Additional Dog Licensing Fee of $5 - that municipalities conducting an enumeration would be charging $5 for any unlicensed dog found during the enumeration, in addition to the current license fee collected: $20 for a dog not spayed/or not neutered; $12 for a dog spayed or neutered. After deliberation the board decided NOT to impose an additional fee on dog licenses for the Town of Manchester residents.
Town Historian Report - Historian Richard Combs informed the Board that he has been working on putting together displays of each of the Villages in the Town of Manchester, and the hamlet(s) from when each began. Each display was presented for the Board to review at this time. Mr. Combs has done an excellent job on this project, as usual, and plans on using the displays for presentations to any organizations, or groups that wish to know more about the history of the town of Manchester.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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