April
8, 2004
The
Town Board of the Town of Wallkill held a public hearing
at the Town Hall, 600 Route 211 East, Middletown, NY at
7:20 PM. Board members present were Supervisor Ward, Councilman
King, Councilman
Valentin, Councilman Mulqueen and Councilman Depew.
SUPERVISOR
WARD: Would the Town Clerk please read the notice for our
public hearing tonight.
TOWN
CLERK, LOUISA INGRASSIA: WHEREAS, Town Board of Wallkill
wishes to adopt a local law to amend Chapter 233, Article
II of the Town Code of the Town of Wallkill in order to designate
a 3-way stop intersection at Bellvernon Avenue and Avenue
C in the Town of Wallkill; and
WHEREAS,
the Town Board of Wallkill is empowered by the State to adopt
such local law pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law; and
WHEREAS,
said code amendments are listed as Type I Actions under 617.5
of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA); and
WHEREAS,
in compliance with SEQRA, the Wallkill Town Board wishes
to assume leadagency status and set a time and place for
a public hearing for said proposed local law, so that the
public may be heard;
NOW,
THEREFORE, it is hereby
RESOLVED,
that a public hearing be held by the Town Board with respect
to the adoption of the aforesaid Local Law at 7:20 PM on
April 8, 2004, at Wallkill Town Hall, 600 Route 211East,
Middletown, New York; and it is further
RESOLVED,
that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
cause public notice of said hearing to be given as provided
by law.
By
Order of the Town Board
SUPERVISOR
WARD: This is a change in the Local Law to add a stop sign
on Bellvernon Avenue both ways at Avenue C. Any comments
from the Town Board?
COUNCILMAN
MULQUEEN: We did receive a petition from 37 residents of
the area. This is a step in the right direction.
COUNCILMAN
DEPEW: I went out there and there is talk about doing a one-way
there, which we will take into consideration after we give
the stop sign a chance. I would ask that we vote on this
this evening.
SUPERVISOR
WARD: Are there any comments from the public?
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward to close public hearing at 7:32 PM.
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Mulqueen
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
The Town Board of the Town of Wallkill held a regular meeting on Thursday,
April 8, 2004 at the Town Hall, 600 Route 211 East, Middletown, NY at
7:35 PM. Board members present were Supervisor Ward, Councilman King,
Councilman Valentin, Councilman Mulqueen and Councilman Depew.
Pledge
of Allegiance led by Councilman Depew. Moment of silence
for troops lost in Iraq.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward to accept Town Board minutes of March 25, 2004.
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Valentin
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward to accept bond for improvements at Regency on
advice of counsel.
SECONDED
BY: Mr. King
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
CORRESPONDENCE
To:
Town Board Members
From: John E. Lippert
Your
authorization is hereby requested to advertise and solicit
bids for pavilions for the Belmont Avenue Park and the Howard
Drive Little League Complex. The pavilion for the Belmont
Avenue Park will be 16' x 28', and the pavilion for the Howard
Drive Park will be 20' x 40'. I believe the best product
and price will be obtained by bidding both pavilions together.
With
your authorization, we will advertise for bids in the Times
Herald Record, and open bids on April 21st. Please feel free
to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. King
COUNCILMAN
KING: Asked about specifications for buildings.
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
To:
Supervisor Ward & Town Board Members
From: Franco Rossi
The
Raffaello Lodge #2661 of the Order Sons of Italy in America
is seeking permission from the Town of Wallkill to have an
Italian Fest, which we would like to have for May 13, 2004
and will run until May 16, 2004. We are planning to have
the fest at the Stop & Shop located on Route 211. The
hours of operation will be Thursday and Friday May 13 & 14
from 6 PM to 11 PM, Saturday May 15 from 12 noon to 11 PM
and Sunday May 16 from 12 noon to 8 PM.
The
Raffaello Lodge has already received permission from Stop & Shop
to hold the Fest in the Southeast area of their parking lot
where it would not interfere with business or traffic.
Shamrock
Shows, which the Raffaello Lodge is using, will supply a
Certificate of Liability Insurance naming Stop & Shop
and the Town of Wallkill additionally insured.
We
are planning to have 8-10 rides and 3-5 vendors within the
40,000 square feet that Stop & Shop has given permission
to use. The vendors and the rides have been cleared by the
Board of Health and all permits required by the State of
New York, if the Town of Wallkill requires any further permits
please inform us and we will be happy to comply.
Security
will be done Shamrock Shows own security and the Raffaello
Lodge will be responsible for keeping the area clean of garbage
and debris during the event.
If
you need any further information, please feel free to contact
me at (845)294-6411.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Depew
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
To:
Town Board
From: Phil Saler & Betty Jaroka
Permission
request to attend meeting at Croton-on-Hudson on new accounting
system.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Depew
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
To:
Supervisor Ward & town Board Members
From: Edward A. Smith
At
the effluent end of the oxidation basins at the Wastewater
Treatment Plant there is a splitter that distributes the
flow to the secondary clarifiers. Presently, the slide gates
in the splitter box are inoperable. The estimated cost to
replace the gates is $50,000.00.
I
respectfully request permission to accept bids to replace
the gates at 2 PM on May 11, 2004. Money for this project
was reserved in the 2004 budget in account SS8130.200.
If
you have any further questions, please contact me at your
convenience.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Depew
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
To:
John Ward
From: John E. Lippert
As
requested here is the information concerning the mailing
costs of the bulk pickup notices.
1.
Orange County Real Property Services and Orange Board of
Elections Labels $ 600.00
2. Printing and Mailing of the Notices $5250.00
Total $5850.00
The
mailing only reached registered voters and a large amount
of the mailers were returned undeliverable to the Town Clerk’s
Office.
Please
advise if you want us to do this again. We will be utilizing
the Times Herald Record, Wallkill Valley Times and the Town’s
website. The bulk pickup has been scheduled for 4 weeks in
May. Thank you.
MOTION
BY: Mr.Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Valentin
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
To:
John Ward
From: Marylynn Hunt, Planning Board Secretary
Attached
for your review is a memo from McGoey, Hauser & Edsall.
It is their recommendation that a performance bond in the
amount of $100,000.00 be established with the Town for the
roadway improvements for Tower & Industrial Drive.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Valentin
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
SUPERVISOR
WARD: Recognized Sgt. Walsh & Officer Bodensieck for
work with the Orange County Probation Department.
To:
Supervisor John Ward & Board Members
From: Ruth M. Bronstema
On
behalf of the Town of Wallkill Senior Citizens Club, I want
to thank you for the delicious Corned beef dinner on March
8th.
All
those involved in making the diner so successful should be
complimented, especially Stephanie who put in a lot of time
and effort.
Also,
everyone enjoyed the Star Dust Band. All and all it was a
most pleasant afternoon and we thank you.
To:
John Ward
From: Thomas Mincer, Esq., The Rosado Group
Permission
requested to hold the following promotion:
Dunning
Farms parking lot, adjacent to Media Play.
April
28, 29, 30; May 1, 2; Wed., Thurs., Fri. From 9 AM to 8 PM,
Sat. And Sun. From 9 AM to 5 PM.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Valentin
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting Aye
Councilman
Depew -- Voting Aye
MOTION
CARRIED
RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS,
wind-generated electricity has minimal impact on the environment;
and
WHEREAS,
the Town Board of the Town of Wallkill desires to support
wind-generated electricity delivered to the electric grid
control region of the New York Independent System Operator
(the “NYSIO Grid”), as in the best long-term
interest and environmental health of the residents of the
Town of Wallkill; and
WHEREAS,
the Town of Wallkill facilities are located within the electric
grid control region of the NYSIO Grid; and
WHEREAS,
the Town’s electricity provider under agreement with
Community Energy, Inc. markets wind-generation production
certificates for electricity delivered to the NYSIO Grid;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the
Town of Wallkill,
THAT
said Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to
enter into a Purchase Agreement with Community Energy, Inc.
For the purchase of up to 50% of the Town of Wallkill government’s
electricity needs at an additional annual utility cost not
to exceed $55,000, as per the attached proposed Purchase
Agreement.
MOTION
BY: Mr. Ward
SECONDED
BY: Mr. Depew
COUNCILMAN
DEPEW: Explained he supports alternate energy sources but
will not support resolution. Asked Board to look at hydro-electric
power and wind power at next meeting.
COUNCILMAN
MULQUEEN: Explained spending over and above utility not good
idea - would rather see money spent to conserve energy.
COUNCILMAN
VALENTIN: Thanked Councilman Mulqueen for doing research
but will not save the Town money. Thanked Supervisor Ward
for trying to do something different in how energy is used.
Supervisor
Ward -- Voting Aye
Councilman
King -- Voting No
Councilman
Valentin -- Voting No
Councilman
Mulqueen -- Voting No
Councilman
Depew -- Voting No
MOTION
FAILED
Continued
