All right, good evening, everyone. It's six o'clock. I'll tell tonight's meeting to
the Canada Agua Town Board to order. We'll begin with the Pledge of Allegiance led by
Council Member David Sotter.
I pledge allegiance to the Republic of the United States of America, to the Republic of
the United Nations, and to the nation on Earth and to the Republic of the United Nations.
All right,
Crystal, can you call the roll please?
Council Member John Casey.
Pleased to be here.
Council Member Dave Sotter.
Present.
Council Member Terrence Fennelly.
Equally pleased to be here.
Supervisor Jared Simpson.
I am present.
You can also confirm that the meeting was properly advertised.
Yes, well.
Excellent.
Thank you very much.
So we have written communications and correspondence.
We have the social media report and also the online traffic report from the sheriff's department.
We do have our first privilege of the floor for the evening.
So is there anyone who would like to address the board at this time?
All
right.
Seeing no hands, we will continue.
We have priority business of birthdays.
So, happy birthday to Deb Boggs, Sue Cérensillon, Chris Litz, Shane Wheeler, Jim Fletcher, and
Mark Deutschlander.
Happy birthday to them.
We do have a presentation, it's not on the agenda, but Karen DeMay is here to present
on some cemetery information.
I feel funny having my back to these people.
All right.
Good morning.
Good afternoon.
This is a brief update of the activities of your cemetery committee.
The committee has five appointed members, Judy and Dave York, Doug Stone, Dennis Brewer, and myself.
We also have very dedicated individuals who attend meetings and provide valuable input.
They are Donna and Richard West, Patty Steele, and Arlene Reeves.
We benefit from their input along with the guidance of our town historian,
Lee Ferguson. In just three years we have met regularly to tend to the care and attention
of the town cemeteries. Many minutes of each meeting are submitted and posted on the town's
website. In 2025 we have benefited by the continued restoration work on headstones and
and monuments by Mr. Peter Ellis.
As you know, a separate subcommittee works diligently
to participate in the National Reads Across America Day.
This year, the date is December 13,
with participation at Academy, PUN,
and new this year, Remington Route.
Thanks to the guidance of Donald West,
we provide proper respect to veterans
and these cemeteries numbering 78. These are local heroes laid to rest. We are
working out a plan with Highway Superintendent Jim Fletcher to access
Landlock-Wilverton Red Dock Cemetery for much needed maintenance. We are working
on proper signage that should be posted at Academy and Sandhill
Cemetery. Our two active cemeteries regarding the town's burial and use requirements.
I'd also like to thank Director of Parks and Rec,
Reg Reynolds, for providing necessary brick and mortar repair to a corner post at
Academy Cemetery. Along with this repair, his department always does a great job
of regular care and mowing of our eight-town cemeteries.
We are planning a cleanup day in spring of 2026.
We will learn more of proper cleaning and care of headstones and monuments.
We hope to do this on a weekday to include town employees.
And of course, you are invited to participate and appreciate all our good works.
Thank you for this opportunity to share our passion for preserving our cemeteries.
In closing, every headstone represents a life once lived and the story ready to be told.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you very much.
Thanks, Karen.
Thanks for all that you guys do.
Good job.
Any, before you get too comfortable, are there any questions from the Board of the
Cemetery Committee that you're dying to ask?
Sorry, I had to get that in.
Just for you, Karen.
I had to get that in there.
Wow.
Leave it to the lawyer to be the last one to catch on.
That's analyzed.
Yeah.
That's going to cost us, isn't it?
We do have a new public hearing tonight, a public hearing on a local law to override the
tax cap levy for the fiscal year 2026.
At this time, I declare the public hearing open and I want to invite anyone who would
like to come forward to address the board at this time to do so.
For
one more time, is there anyone who would like to come forward at this time to address
the board on the public hearing that is on the table?
Any comment from the board?
At this time I declared above appearing, so my reports of officials, Jim, do you have anything to add to your report?
You know, just one thing that we had that phase of water may break the city.
and there was lack of communication that we discussed afterwards to provide SOP
for everybody who purchases from the city not just our town so that we can get
the information out correctly and together so that we're not having multiple
out of these sharing perhaps misinformation so the public can be
correctly notified of what's going on. So that is something I'm working on to get
that resolve going forward. Other than that, you know, we've been out twice for the
winter season, not so major so far, but a lot of work for the expense that we
put in two-wire salt reduction with the help of the watershed and the grant to use liquids
and live edge plows, calibration, many of other stations and road watches is coming along.
Things are looking good this year for reduction of salt and using our new C.M.
software, which is like GPS on steroids. So it's a relief robust program for this. And
I'm not going to continue to move on left. All right, excellent. Thank you.
Chris Lynn, do you have anything in addition to your reports? No. All right. And my reports
are in the agenda in the packet and I do not have anything additional to add either.
reports of standing committees finance we're just working on all the year-end
transfer stuff to make the balance out so that's what the words non will continue
to work on the next needs all right public works Terry yeah we met in
November 7th writing November 7th Jim covered some of the stuff that get
more throat is open now for the winter until next year when you do the other
excited about. When we had the agenda review last Thursday, the item I could not remember
was the installation of the fiber optic condo. That was the, we talked about at the, oh it
works me, this is a fiber optic condo, a fiber optic cable that would be put into
a conduit, a city water treatment plant that would enable you to have a more
secure access to what is going on with the pump station we installed three years
ago. No, more than five.
My age was like a
continue on with the time.
This is another way, a safer, more secure way, you know, to monitor
that system. And the city has been putting this in. They've asked us to join with them for
was a third of the cost, costed $200,000. You're asking us for $66,567 sometime next year,
so something to think about. It's not an item in the budget, but this would come out of getting
a consolidated... It comes from one appropriate account, a consolidated water structure.
but wouldn't be a drag on the budget. Anyway, that was the item. It is something we probably
should do for the town. But right now, given everything that's happened in this century
from a terrorism standpoint, this is another way to monitor and secure our water supply
Well, we currently use a cellular endpoint that is limited to the data that we can submit
not only through data on data, but for the video of cameras for the future that we'd
like to add to protect our water pump facility and partnering with the city says it's quite
of money because it's about 4,500 feet from the nearest poll to our site to get
fiber to it. This is something the city of the town talked about, that we built the
water treatment facility but we didn't include it in that price because at the
time it was not something either one of us wanted to spend money on but due to
the constant I'll call terrorist threats that we receive from the
State Department of Health who was doing what where trying to find a better way to protect our
status system from being also attacked so that someone could potentially operate our equipment
being also perhaps over-chlorinated water system. So which I hope would never happen,
what's possible. So we also talked about the potential opportunity to partner with
county through their home and security grant fund that we see right here. It's a critical
infrastructure that aligns directly with the content of the grant that they get every year.
We're nice not to keep them from tapping too. So that's my thought out at Public Works to
discuss with Tom Orr to look at our future for us to have a hardware connection.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
John.
We're done.
Last, we left it.
Fund-based code.
It was going to be put in a draft form.
And we're going to put it in a future public hearing.
I recognize that, John.
We're trying to get that done before the first of the year.
That being said, unless I hear any shrunk of the hearing,
objections otherwise. I'm going to pause any future ordinance committee meetings
through the end of the year as there would only be one anyways and out of
respect for and recognizing that there are still pending results for the
election I think it's best to hold on the area ordinance committee meetings
until after the first of the year because anything that we were to recommend anyways would have
to come back before the board then we got the other public hearing on it then we would vote on
which wouldn't occur until after the year anyway so that's my position on things and
all right that's all we have perfect thank you. As for economic development I attended a
meeting of the Finger Lakes Housing Consortium today, where I shared with them that the electrification
mandates, again, we're talking about attainable housing within the county, projects that
are going on, to meet the housing crisis, homeless crisis, that the electric mandates
add about $30,000 to $40,000 to the price of a new home if you think of the demand
that that's putting on the grid.
electric school buses will cost, will be the equivalent if the Cannondale will fully electrify their school fleet, it will be the equivalent of the draw of East U Mall in Cannondale.
So then Victor will have two East U Malls drawing the electrical grid, which we just cannot, we can't take that right now.
I am grateful that the governor came to her senses and paused the electrification mandate for now.
And hopefully, there will be, smarter heads will prevail and there will be a way to look at that
and look at a different way rather than jamming that down our throats,
which is something that does not work in this part of New York State.
We continue to meet and advocate with our G&E.
On November 7th, there was a regional meeting with them, John was able to attend that as
well.
Thank you for that input.
You bet.
Yep, where we continue to advocate, RGNEO is.
Not very forthcoming in details. Just more general, generalities about some of the problems
that they're facing, not really sharing with us where the electric is available and where
they are expanding. I also got word back through another channel that the PSC is now telling
our G&E that their future rate cases do not look good, that not to plan on any infrastructure
investment as a result of the pause on the electrification mandate.
So we have a pause on the mandate, which could allow us to catch up, but the PSC, the Public
Service Commission, is potentially telling our G&E not to expect any influx of funding
through the rate increase to allow them to build that infrastructure needed for
electric. So it seems a little backwards to me, but that's what it is. And let me
just piggyback on that for a second, please, George. Yes. In essence, what I
learned at this meeting was that, and this is being told to us now by the
CEO of RGD, New York State Electric and gas, and some for their upper
officers. They told us at this meeting that they currently do not have enough power nor
transportation infrastructure to deliver the demand on electric that they currently have
for their existing customers. That means all of us that currently are being served.
But if there's a new bus that goes online or there's a new house that goes online,
in essence they're telling us they don't have enough infrastructure nor do they
have enough power to supply those new customers and they proposed a three-year
rate increase and the reason they did that was so they could go and fund some
of the power and infrastructure requirements that are being asked of
them currently that's not even taking into account what the future needs of
the public are going to be. So it was a very dire picture that was painted by the CEO of
RG&E and the New York State Electric, yes. So when I got out of it more than anything
else is, we prepared a heck of a lot more money for our electricity as all the things
around there are going.
And then, thank you, John. And then it might, you know, coming back to economic development,
Some of the new facilities, again, new businesses coming aligned, that is a serious challenge
that they face.
It would be nice if we could just run electrical lines as a town, but we don't have $25 million
just sitting around to improve the infrastructure, and it's illegal.
So that's the other thing, too.
So our attorney would probably yell at us for that.
You didn't put enforcement officer in sight by yourself?
As long as yeah, as long as Murphy will sign off and I think he's up there. So I just saw a nod, then we'll go ahead and we'll go ahead and start doing it.
So that's all I have for economic developments.
We do have our next privilege of the floor. Is there anyone else would like to address the board at this time?
Thanks, you guys appreciate the time to come up here today. In a few minutes, the board will be voting on the 2026 budget.
It's a little awkward, as John pointed out, the results are not yet done from the election.
But during my campaign, I promised to roll back the supervisor salary if I was elected.
Here's the challenge.
Just today it came to my attention that if you approve the supervisor salary that's
currently in the 2026 budget, it cannot be reduced for three years without a special
referendum.
As a result, and I appreciate fully that I'm at the 11th hour on this, I would like to ask the Board to reduce the supervisor's salary in the budget by 50%.
My understanding is, if ultimately I'm not elected when the final tally is done, the Board has the ability to increase the salary back up again.
But for whatever reason, the state has a law that says that you cannot decrease the salary during the course of the term.
So once again, that's a request I'd like to make to the board today. Thank you.
All right. Thank you.
Is there anyone else who would like to address the board at this time?
Any online hands showing up there?
All right. So we'll now move to our resolutions and motions for the evening.
We have a conversation at the board level, or you're about those comments we just made
by Mr. Cotter.
Well, we can do that when we get to item number 16 for the budget.
Yep, that's fine.
All right.
So, general ops and finance, number 14, authorizing budget transfers for general and
highway funds.
Okay.
Moved by Terry, seconded by John.
Any discussion on number 14?
All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed? That item carries.
Number 15, adoption of the local law to override the tax cap levy.
So moved.
Moved by Dave, seconded by Terry.
Any discussion on number 15?
All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed? That item carries.
Number 16, adoption of the 2026 ton of Cannondale budget.
Moved by Terry, seconded by Dave.
All right, discussion.
Chris, is what Mr. Cutter just discussed accurate?
Yeah, for some reason I thought it was two years, not three years, but yes.
Either way, I think that hasn't changed the general point of the matter that is correct.
So let me ask the question, or let me say it differently.
That begs the question for me, just because we have certain monies in individual line items
of the budget doesn't mean we have to spend it, and often we overspend it.
So why would the supervisor's budget be any different in that regard?
And?
Or even at the salary of a budget line?
Well, I'm asking budget, because this is the budget.
Now, the salary in my mind is a completely different conversation that has to take place
at some point and could just as easily take place immediately after the first of the year.
So there's New York City town laws such as 27, I believe, rushed through it here, but
I believe that's something that says it has to be set at essentially what it was,
That's what it was planned for during the election, which is later.
Again, so yes, it can be that salary and we can't change it now unless we were to have
a volna, right?
Yes.
Right now.
Well, yes.
Right now, it can't be modified, this salary can't be modified after the first of the
year.
That's my understanding.
It can't be reduced.
It can be reduced by referendums and rents.
Yes, but it can't be, it's not like you're negotiating with an employee, there's a...
We went through this two years ago, a year and a half ago, with it going the other way, with it going as an increase.
Increase we can do, you can't decrease it.
You can go on and keep it down.
We went through this whole thing a few years ago with our justices, that we wanted to adjust the salary of one of them.
You adjust it for one, you have to adjust it for both.
And you could not start during the term that that individual was serving.
I brought this up last week during the agenda review.
And my understanding is that we have until November 24th to approve the budget.
20th to approve the budget.
Three days from now.
If we make it a change in the budget as it's outlined now, we have to go through the public
hearing process.
It has to be posted for X number eight.
You have to come back again and make some kind of adjustment.
So otherwise, this is what you said to me last Thursday.
No, no, no.
If you don't, we would have to amend it on the floor.
we wouldn't have to do another public hearing because that was on the preliminary budget.
After the preliminary budget public hearing, we then can amend it up to the time we adopted. However,
my point was that it has to be amended on the floor. We have to go through and change
everything for the amendments on the floor in here and then go back and then
and rechanged everything in the budget prior
to submit it and then submitted it to the county.
But I got out of there trying last week
for there wasn't enough time, there was a time constraint.
No, legally, you can change the numbers
in the preliminary budget today.
You were so saying.
I apologize, that's what you got.
That was more for dealing with what you could grow
three days from having to submit it to the county. And that's the timeline that I'm talking about.
Because there's all sorts of background processes. After you're hanging on the floor there's a whole
bunch of stuff that still has to then be done through our system and everything to then finalize
and then get it to the county. Now the pound board could be the pound board would have to
make a motion to amend that motion would be at the DAS, and then you'd have to vote on
that.
There is another option. Let me just pause you for a moment. What I believe I just
heard was that if someone from the town board makes a motion right here tonight, we can
vote on it and modify that budget that is up for vote. That's my understanding, yes.
And I'll make that motion that we cut the supervisor's salary and the budget by 50%.
So I'm here to see.
So I make the motion.
So there's a motion on the floor.
Is there a second?
Well, seconded.
But I want more discussion on this.
Not my understanding at all.
Are you sure?
Yep.
I'm sure.
not provide another option.
It is legal to an elected official to donate salary back to the town in another capacity.
So correct.
So you can in a way reduce the salary through the donation of that portion of whatever portion
your desire back to another portion of the budget.
I hear that.
I understand that.
I think that I made a motion.
I had it seconded and I'll just assume vote on that because it ends up
being the same thing back to the town.
Whether it's a donation or whether we modify the budget.
Well, if that back to the town is cut in half, there's nothing to donate back.
We'll reduce the budget by 50% of the supply rate.
Doing it this way, doing it for John's resolution,
we'll reduce the effective tax rate by whatever the reduction is.
You would still have to, even if whoever is the supervisor donated half back,
you would still have to charge the higher tax rate as if there was an offside.
Well, we had that situation before Greg was, but we just bumped him up to cover that extra
time.
But this is cleaner doing it this way, so easier, but I did bring this up during the Agenda
Review.
Yes.
This is my favorite review.
I know you guys had talked about that during the campaign.
I don't know if I can speak right, but I apologize once again, but as I talked about
the campaign no one ever brought to my attention that January 1st or whatever that I could do that
and so that's why I had to bring it today. I hope you have no ill feelings that I made the motion.
So what I did mention in this general review is that if this was to occur we have to go through
the lines of the budget, and then as the amendment, you know, that's what you were, Mahal. Well, first,
let's vote to see what happens. Well, any further? No, hang on. So, what lines of the budget
are we talking about? How many can there be? This is the number here. Well, that was a certain one.
It's in the budget itself, it's one, and you've got to amend the actual resolution here.
And then we have to amend the line in the budget group, which then also amend these auditors
in the summer, in the past, or in the evening.
You know, let us hold on a minute.
Because it's basically a scratch.
But the overview for the other ones is full of budget.
And that's the timeline I was talking about just to be clear, because we're having to redo all this in the next couple of days.
We're going to get it to the town, both of them.
Just change the general fund by, you know, if it does not essential, right?
And then the public fund.
Yeah, you've got to review this.
Well, you've got to go down.
You can go down the soup.
There's the actual sound.
So, right there. So, we got to put that number on the record rather than what it's going to be.
Then we got to back up and then put the number on the record for whatever it's going to be set by.
And prior to accepting this, you didn't have to go back, you guys left the budget on the account code,
and I reduced that number on the record while the account code was in here.
And then we have a motion on the floor to approve the budget as written, is that correct?
And then a motion to amend the budget.
Yes.
In that order again, please.
So if there's a motion, we open the discussion on the budget.
So, there's a motion, a first and a second to accept the budget, and that's number 16.
And then we have a first and a second, a first by John and a second by Terry to reduce the
supervisor's salary, 50% to amend that.
So, there would be a vote first on the amendment, and then there would be a vote, well, just
that would there would be a vote on that amendment and then we would continue looking through having
other discussion on the budget. If there was other, if there were other items that needed
amendment, those amendments would be voted on and then we would come back and vote on the budget
as amended.
Follow me? We're going to vote on the amendment first. We would have to vote on
the amendment first and up or down vote on the amendment. And I'm going to recommend that
in a minute, that we go over everything that the amendment needs to include, and that in
a minute you'll withdraw your motion and then immediately make, you'll withdraw your motion
with your seconds consent, and then immediately so move anew on that, that way we can detail
everything that you're exact.
I think you just said the opposite of what Jared said.
No, no, no, no.
Two amendments.
What's that?
You say we got two amendments.
Why do we need two amendments?
We have one amendment covered.
No, so it would be the amendment.
Is everything related to the Superman?
There's any of the fallout according to this would be included in that amendment.
So, we're going to vote on my amendment first?
Yes.
And then we're going to vote on a lot of fine budget fees, unless there are other amendments.
Unless there are other messages.
I'm sure you want to do this, Dan.
So,
any further discussion?
Just need to clarify what we're voting on.
So, reducing supervisor salary to 50% and all by 50%,
and all other associated adjustments within the budget that would just be bookkeeping adjustments
and not have an impact on this amendment. It's just a fallout.
That's what we were voting on.
Okay.
All right. Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Nay. And I'm going to
you vote present. So it is 2, 2, 1, 2, 1. So the motion does not carry, but we
just saved
you about three hours of your life.
I think that would be way more than three hours of your life.
Any other...
Wait, sorry.
Sorry.
The motion did not carry.
We're not doing spreadsheets.
No.
So don't do anything else.
Don't change anything.
No, that's...
And I'll say it one more time. It did not carry because a couple of years ago,
go, we had a similar two vote situation and I said it didn't carry. And there are some
people very confused with the fact that it didn't carry when there were two people who
voted on it because there were three people at the meeting. So anyhow, all right. Now
you have the budget as is. Well, any other amendments to the budget, any other proposed
amendments to the operating budget? All
right. So as far as item number 16, the adoption
of the 2026 Town of Cannondale will budget. All in favor say aye.
Aye. Aye. All opposed say nay.
Nay. All right. So the vote is three to one. And that item carries.
All right. Item number 17, setting of public hearings,
transfer from the general fund contingency and tax stabilization
reserve to the retirement contribution reserve.
So whoop. Was that you, Terry?
Yeah, loop by Dave seconded by Terry any discussion on number 17
All in favor, aye. Any opposed that item carries
number 18 establishment of the parts and recreation capital reserve fund pursuant to
general general municipal law 6c
So move by Dave seconded by Terry any discussion on number 18
All in favor, aye. Any opposed that item carries
Number 19 finding of completed purpose for solid waste management reserve reserve fund so move by Dave second and by Terry any discussion and
I will say that this fund was set up for the transfer station improvements according to the building up for the landfill closure
But as we go through with the closure of the landfill any transfer station improvements
My intent was to advocate any improvements come from county reserve funds to help the municipalities make those changes.
So there's still a small amount in the transfer station reserve, but as far as the rest, it's being moved to other places.
All in favor, aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
That item carries.
Number 20, authorization to transfer funds from the Solid Waste Management Reserve Fund
to Parks and Recreation Capital Reserve Fund and Highway Improvement Reserve Fund.
So moved.
We'll give that move by Terry, seconded by John.
I think I heard a second over there.
Did you second that too?
Terry did.
All right.
I'll give it to Dave and Terry.
Any discussion on number 20?
All in favor say aye.
Aye.
Okay, any opposed?
That item carries.
Number 21, acceptance of the proposal from MRB Group
for the fire station, oil and water separator replacement.
This is moved by Terry, seconded by Dave.
Any discussion on number 21?
Yeah, I think it's good to mention
so the public is aware that the intent is
that the town will install the separator,
self-perform the installation of that.
I think that's very cost-effective for the public. It eliminates us having to go through
the public bidding process and to pay the prevailing wage rates for that work. So I
just think that Jim ought to get a clue to on that for performing that work for us.
And I just thought the public should be aware of these types of issues.
I think from MRV as well, because design that tool that we've got will make it through.
Are you keeping track of how much you've saved us this year by installing and running things?
No, roughly not.
Kind of roll under my head, but I won't say it because I want to keep you humble, but
even though you didn't say hi to me?
Yeah, we've got it.
them all right we said also what's this well water separator is installed properly
and brought up to current code the next iteration the next contract with the city they will be
maintaining everything at that site and the past events on debate regarding the language in the
contract, what constitutes maintenance.
And this is the year when both contracts,
Cheshire and the city, come up again for next year.
Those of you that are interested,
I'm sure you've seen those numbers rising like crazy,
but they will be responsible for everything that happens
in their site.
They do not want to build any itself,
But
It will be responsible, so we'll give them a building that's
Well suited for you, so as long as their council passes my hands that yeah, so
Well, they don't pass contract. They don't get the one point two million. No
One point four six. So point four six. So with that. This is fire station, too
Which is behind me flowers. That's not a plug from it next to me flowers
It's not a plug for any one flower shop over another one. It's just where it's located
Our contribution to the city fire department is one point four six million dollars this year
City council has made it very clear that they expect because of the new fire study and the new demand for
fire protection that our
Our contribution will go up is what they're saying that
That we need to be prepared for a larger contribution and a larger ask to meet those needs
Anybody who looks at fire protection and thinks it's going to go down is pretty much clueless.
The costs do not go down with fire protection, especially with the mandates put on the fire departments in the need.
However, if the town of Cannondale were to pull back, which I am not advocating,
but were to pull back and have no contract with the city,
They would still need the same number of firefighters with or without us as part of their protection district.
So it's really important to remember that prices are going up all over the place.
Firefighters, $150,000 a year, 125 to 150 by the time you're done with training and equipment and everything else.
And the study is going to come out that they almost need to double the size of their quality.
He needed to have another nine for ten to their department, which that adds up really quickly.
So anyway, but this will alleviate. We have a great relationship with them,
and I appreciate the relationship with their fire department,
and this will help them have a little better building and keep up on that building.
All right, so as far as number 21, all in favor say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
That I don't care.
Number 22, acceptance of storage tank and equipment rental agreement.
Second.
Moved by Terry, seconded by Dave.
Any discussion on number 22?
This more question just looked like it was a rent to purchase agreement.
And I thought that was a great opportunity.
And again, Jim, thank you for taking advantage of that
further discussion.
All in favor say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
item carries. Item number 23, appointment of the director of development.
So moved.
Moved by Terry, seconded by Dave. Any discussion on number 23?
Paul, in favor say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, say nay.
Nay.
All right. That item carries 3 to 1.
Number 24, authorizing the 2026 dental care program selection and contract execution.
So moved.
Moved by Dave, seconded by Terry.
Any discussion on number 24?
All in favor say aye.
All in aye. Any opposed? That item carries.
Number 25, setting a public hearing on a proposed local law amending Chapter 92,
construction codes uniform to align with the 2025 New York State Codes.
Moved by Terry, seconded by Dave. Any discussion on number 25?
Again, I think the public should be made aware of the fact that New York State has modified
its building code requirements and regulations and what this resolution does is puts the
town in sync with what the state requirements are.
Yeah, that's one I think the public should be made aware of.
It's not as if we are adding codes indiscriminately to our building codes.
Well, thank you for pointing out to us by Mike,
if you are a lead code enforcement officer during this discussion,
the ordinance committee was at the number of inspections,
or like a single family house in Bodle had been around 20 infections and our people
would have to perform before we get on the boat some 34.
I thought it said 43.
Was it 43?
It was 43.
It was 46.
Yeah, no.
Learnless has got it back.
Almost double.
Mikey, up there.
He's probably sleeping.
Don't put him on the spot.
It was a lot.
It was roughly double.
And they're also going to have schematic drawings for HVAC and all that.
Yeah, that's right. That's another good point.
For a single family home, you have stamp drawings for...
35? You guys weren't even close. 35.
I was closer than they were.
But it's great.
So, in essence, what that means to a person that is going to build a home,
Typically in New York with home building, the HVAC, the heating ventilation and air conditioning,
the electric and the plumbing is generally done on a design-built basis.
That saves the consumer...
A lot of money by not having to go through a design professional to provide those drawings
to the town for review and approval. What this ordinance or what this code now is going to
do is going to require every single family home to have the HVAC, heating, ventilation,
and air conditioning, plumbing, and electric designed by a professional prior to it being
approved by the town for a building and that's just going to add. It depends on
the home on an average let's say half a million dollar home it could add
probably five to seventy five hundred dollars worth of cost. It's going to add a lot. It's going to cost a lot for our audience. Costs and time. Costs and time.
That's just the design work that I'm talking about that's going to cost
an additional five to seventy five hundred dollars and not being more in
forehousing out of attainability. Again it's just adding to the cost of homes via
mandates rather than via positive construction because it doesn't matter
because there's no power anyway. No I know it doesn't matter. Yep. Well wood, candles,
Yeah.
For now.
And this is just setting a public hearing for the records.
All right.
Just for item number 25, all in favor say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, nay.
Item number 25 carries.
Number 26, acceptance of the surety payments.
Second.
Move by Terry, second by Dave.
Any discussion on number 26?
All in favor say aye.
Aye.
Opposed, nay.
Item number 26 carries.
number 27 acceptance of the gem coal renewal surety bombs so move by Dave
seconded by John any discussion on number 27
Okay, so for item number 27, all in favor say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
Nay.
27 carries.
Number 28, authorizing the execution
of a stormwater access easement and maintenance agreement
for ferricels.
So moved by Terry, seconded by John.
Any discussion on number 28?
I would like to thank staff for working on that,
especially our attorney.
They reached out kind of behind the eight ball,
trying to get in with a little bit
of more decent weather.
Staff was able to push that through a little bit,
following our same process but just expediting things. They are expanding
their memory care unit at Ferris Hills. Some of their locked units needed for
their Alzheimer's and dementia care which is very much needed for our
community. So for number 28, all in favor say aye.
Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Nay. Number 28 carries.
For the consent agenda we have
of the meeting minutes is outlined and we have the payment of the bills is outlined in the
abstract B and C. Negative motion to approve the consent agenda. So we'll move by Dave,
seconded by Terry. Any discussion? All in favor? Say aye.
Aye.
That in carries
There any other business to come before the board at this time?
We do not have any requests to enter executive session any requests from the board and our executive session
Do we have an example we do have the walk-in resolution if we can bring that up
While we're doing that Chris, you don't have an executive session request for you. Okay
We do have one walk-in resolution.
This came in because at the end of last week, we received the dog control service agreement
from Ontario County.
This is allowing us to sign that contract.
Our allocation is $31,441.
The county recently went through and redid their formula based more on population.
Cities of Canada and Diego, cities of Geneva took a larger hit, a larger percentage
of an increase. And so this is on the record. We contract with Ontario County, we contract
with Ontario County. Ontario County contracts with Humane Society. This helps with those
dog control services. If we did not do this, we would have to have our own contract. Plus,
we would have to have our own pound within the town of Canandaigua. So there are not
many dogs you can put in that room right there and still be ethical and legal.
So basically they do this because it's too much for us to do and it's in
practical for each town to have their own dog control so we contract through the
county. So this carry-on resolution that is before us, can I get a motion?
I move.
It's a motion by Terry, second by Dave. Any discussion?
Yeah, again, this is another one I think it's a public that we've made
aware of. We spend more on catching dogs in our town than we do on saving lives. We do
more, hey, it costs us more in our budget to collect these dogs than we give to the
Canada Drug Emergency Medical Service squad. And I have an issue with that personally.
And if I'm not mistaken, based on the numbers I saw, we collect approximately 25
$25,000 or $26,000 for this and it's costing approximately $31,500.
So, you know, we're a little bit in the red on this line item.
We should talk about that next time we discuss the budget.
Maybe you'll contribute to the mercy flight and others what they ask us to contribute.
You forget that part.
She's not setting the number generally.
Absolutely.
You're right.
We give them what they ask for.
You're right.
Does that only produce numbers as to how many dogs on the calls end?
Do you have that location?
Not on the number of calls.
They just take the budget for that service and they equalize it based on population.
I know there are other things that went in because that is why the city and the city
of Geneva, the cities went up the most because they have the most calls in the most employees.
But again, you can't tell.
They just took in 20-some dogs recently that were taken out of a condemned residence.
So you never know.
And they're looking at an expansion of that building, too, because they do not have the
space that they need to meet the dogs that come in, plus they're an opal shelter.
So they have animals that have been there for several years, unfortunately.
We don't have an option.
We don't have.
This is mandated.
It's mandated.
Yeah.
And we can't negotiate.
We could hire someone.
That could be less expensive than $9,000.
$21,000.
$20,000.
Yes.
Did you say that they were strays?
No.
They were taken from a home.
They went into a home.
They pulled out.
it was, and I'm drawing a blank on, it wasn't here. I'm drawing a blank on where it was somewhere.
All the way. Yeah, yeah. No, and they went and the house was a mess, and they pulled the animals,
and they gave the people tickets, and then they left to appear in court for that. And then the
words that were on the hook, taking care of the animals, and treating them in vet care,
and nursing them back to life which you know spent a lot of money fixing stupid
things that people do all over the place. Alright any other business to come up for
the board? I'll ask them one more time. Yeah we got a vote on it. Did we get sidetracked on?
Yeah. I do not have a number written down. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say
nay. That item carries. Thank you. Not see my number. No. Alright I'll
entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Moved by David, seconded by Jerry. All in favor?
Aye. Meeting is adjourned.