12 August 2009 Town of Lisbon Board Meeting Minutes

TOWN OF LISBON

BOARD MEETING

AUGUST 12, 2009

LISBON TOWN HALL

Present: Supervisor Don Strader, Councilman Tom Schneller, Town Clerk Donna McBath, Councilman Vincent Winters

Absent: Attorney Charles Nash, esq., Councilman C. Roger Shoen, Highway Superintendent Timothy Dow

Guest: Richard Barkley and Barbara Shoemaker - Library Board, Jimmy Lawton - Ogdensburg, Journal, Larry Trombley, Mark Ginn, Bruce Green - Assessor

1. Meeting Called to Order

Supervisor Don Strader called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.

2. Minutes Approvals

• July 8, 2009

Supervisor Strader made a motion, seconded by Councilman Schneller, to approve the meeting minutes of July 8, 2009. Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

3. Town Clerk Report July 2009

Supervisor Strader made a motion, seconded by Councilman Schneller to approve the Town Clerk's Report for July 2009. Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

4. Approval of Town Justice Reports

Councilman Schneller made a motion, seconded by Councilman Winters to accept the Justice Reports for the month July 2009. Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

5. Recognition of Guest

• Larry Trombley - No comments

Jimmy Lawton - Ogdensburg Journal - No Comments
Richard Barkley, Barbara Shoemaker - See New Business
Mark Ginn - Had concerns of the Sparrow Hawk Road - There was a hole left in front of his mail box, in which water accumulates, after a pipe was put in last spring. Mr. Ginn asked if the board intended to do anything with Sparrow Hawk Road as he felt the road was in very rough shape because of numerous potholes? When winter arrives, the stones that were put down this spring on the road, will eventually relocate to his yard. Mr. Ginn informed the board that if that happens again he will hire someone to rake the stones off the yard and will send the bill to the board to pay. Supervisor Strader stated that he would speak to Highway Superintendent Dow concerning Sparrow Hawk Road.
Mr. Ginn also stated that he has been reading the minutes on the Internet and noticed that it was not stated that Supervisor Report for December 2008 was not approved. Supervisor Strader informed him that it was approved, along with the January 2009 report. Mr. Ginn also wanted to know why the minutes have not been kept up on the Internet. Maybe it would be wise for the town to purchase the program and have that job done in house.
Bruce Green - Lisbon Assessor - Wanted to inform the board members that the assessments value is at 84%. There are approximately 2600 parcels out there to be assessed. He stated that he felt that there should not be much difference in the school taxes unless there is new construction added. Councilman Schneller asked if he had heard anything from the county or anyone else why we were still at 84% assessment. Assessor Green stated the town is at 84% since the town board didn't approve the 2009 reval. We fell from 89% to 84%.

6. Approval of Transfers

Councilman Schneller made a motion, seconded by Councilman Shoen to approve the transfers for June 2009.

Transfer $165.52

To:

General Fund 7550.4 Homecoming

From:

General Fund 1220.4 Supervisor

Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

7. Approval of Abstracts

Councilman Schneller made a motion, seconded by Councilman Winters to approve the abstracts from July 2009 that were signed. Councilman Schneller stated that there were two vouchers that needed to be taken care of before paying. Supervisor Strader stated that it would be taken care of.

a. General	$12,241.62
b. Highway	$7,673.03
c. Water	$388.84
d. Sewer	$17,549.73
e. Library	$293.35
Total	$38,146.57

Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

8. Approval of Supervisor Report

Councilman Schneller made a motion, seconded by Councilman Winters to approve the Supervisor Report. Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

9. Highway Superintendent Report

Highway Superintendent Dow was not at the meeting so no report was given. Supervisor Strader asked Deputy Highway Superintendent Trombley when would the County and Town start black topping. Mr. Trombley stated that he thought it would be started within the next couples of weeks. Mr. Ginn asked where the black topping sites were? Mr. Trombley stated he was not 100% sure. Supervisor Strader stated that he had the schedule with him if he wanted a copy of it.

Supervisor Strader informed the board that we had approximately $10,000 left in building and shared services. Highway Superintendent Dow stated that it would cost approximately $8,000.00 to resurface the Medical Center Parking Lot. Councilman Schneller felt they should table this until all the black topping was completed on the roads.

10. Old Business

• Waterline for Randy Teele - It was advised, from Attorney Nash, not to attach additional water lines since the town does not own the line. Supervisor Strader said he would notify Mr. Teele of this decision.

11. New Business

• Richard Barkley - Library -Barbara Shoemaker, the Library Board President, stated that she would be doing the talking. Mrs. Shoemaker asked if the Library Board applied for a match grant of $25,000 to update the community room and kitchen with out the appliances. There are groups that want to use the community room to raise money. Councilman Schneller asked for the tally for the amount of people that uses the library. Mrs. Shoemaker gave the board that amount. Councilman Schneller stated that the Library got a budget amount of $50,300. He wanted to know how many people use the library for the $50,000 amount. If it was 100 people, then that is $500 per person for each taxpayer to pay for it. Mrs. Shoemaker stated that a price could not be placed on a service to the community. The library is the only place in town that is open to the community and can be used for community purposes whether it is for meetings or dances for the teens. It would be a crime to ignore that. Councilman Schneller stated that a referendum should go to the public to use that money.

Mrs. Shoemaker had concerns of the amount on the budget from 2008 to 2009. Supervisor Strader informed Mrs. Shoemaker to contact his bookkeeper, Nicole Barr. She would be able to explain what the accounts are and anything else that needed to be known. Mr. Barkley wanted to know whose name is on all saving accounts for the Library. Supervisor Strader said he didn't know, but would check into it and get back to the Library Board.

Supervisor Strader informed Mrs. Shoemaker and Mr. Barkley that the Lisbon Board would be working on the budget starting September 8th at 7:00 AM.

Town Clerk McBath asked Mrs. Shoemaker why wasn't there any money being turned in to the Town Clerk Office for fines, donation, and use of the community room. In the past the Library Board informed her that the Librarian would have a petty cash of $100.00 for postage and supplies. Mrs. Shoemaker agreed with that statement. Town Clerk McBath asked why was there a voucher to be paid for postage in the abstract, if postage is coming out of petty cash. Mrs. Shoemaker stated she did not know, but would check into it. Mr. Barkley asked if any money was being collected from the 89er's or anyone else. Town Clerk McBath said she had received nothing.

B. Bath House at Beach - Supervisor Strader stated that we had received the bid from Burley and Gummick of approximately $400,000, or so, to build a new bathhouse with sewer. From the Power Authority we had received $260,000 from the land that residences hade bought. Supervisor Strader suggested that an engineer draw up plans to renovate the old bathhouse. The shell is in good shape, it just needs to be upgraded. If approximately $80,000 is spent on the upgrade to the building, the remaining $180,000 could be used toward more campsites, boat docks, and boat slips.

Supervisor Strader made a motion, seconded by Councilman Schneller to authorize the Supervisor to research an engineer to upgrade the old bath house, campground sites, docks and boat slips.

Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

C. Senior Citizen Pass to Beach - Supervisor Strader had suggested that the Senior Citizen get a free pass to the beach. Councilman Schneller suggested that the board do nothing until next year. What was set for this year should go for this year. Councilman Winters stated it would be opening a can of worms.

12. Executive Session

There was no executive session

13. Adjournment

Supervisor Strader made a motion, seconded by Councilman Schneller to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 P.M. Ayes - 3 Nays - 0

Respectfully Submitted,

Donna McBath

Town Clerk