DATE: April 4, 2011
RESOLUTION 63 OFFERED BY
WHEREAS, The Department of Audit and Control require Town Boards to sign and inspect all vouchers coming into the town for payment, to number and total amounts from each fund.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorize the following vouchers paid:
General Fund $ 49,503.56
Highway Fund $ 66,877.46
Phoenicia Water District $ 4,740.26
Pine Hill Water District $ 1,731.07
Phoenicia Lighting District $ 991.84
Chichester Lighting District $ 138.42
Pine Hill Lighting District $ 558.46
AND MOVES ITS ADOPTION
Seconded By :
RESOLUTION # 64 OFFERED BY:
Resolution to Continue Stony Clove Engineering Services
WHEREAS in October and December of 2010 devastating floods took place throughout the Town of Shandaken and the Hamlet of Phoenicia that destroyed properties and hampered businesses, and
WHEREAS following these events several involved agencies, including the Town of Shandaken, created a working group (SAFARI- Shandaken Area Flood Assessment and Remediation Initiative) to address both short-term and long-term solutions to flooding issues throughout the Town, and
WHEREAS the Stony Clove Creek in the vicinity of Main, St., Phoenicia was identified as needing immediate attention because of the severity of recent flooding and the importance of Phoenicia’s Main Street on the local economy, and
WHEREAS New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC-DEP) offered and paid for engineering services as required by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS-DEC) and
WHEREAS Milone and MacBroom Engineering Services of Cheshire, Connecticut were hired and assisted the Town in identifying and applying for work to remove a gravel bar in the Stony Clove Creek, and
WHEREAS DEP funding is depleted and SAFARI had identified that additional work is necessary to remediate flooding, the Town of Shandaken applied for and has been awarded a $47,000 grant through the Ashokan Wastershed Stream Management Program (AWSMP) to complete engineering work identifying and supporting further remediation measures that could be completed prior to the fall of 2011,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Shandaken, through grant monies provided by the AWSMP, hire the engineering firm of Milone & MacBroom, 99 Realty Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut, to continue working on the engineering report for the Stony Clove Creek with utmost expediency, and that no monies be expended by the Town for these services only in-kind service match (time) from the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent and Flood Plain Administrator
AND MOVE ITS ADOPTION.
Seconded by: ROLL CALL
RESOLUTION # 65 OFFERED BY:
Resolution Appointing Parks and Recreation Board Members
WHEREAS the Town of Shandaken has established a Parks and Recreation Board, and
WHEREAS under §20 of the Town Law, it is the duty of the Town Board to appoint all Boards and Commissions,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following personnel be appointed to the Town of Shandaken Parks and Recreation Board:
Alexandria Stanley – Glenbrook Park Manager, with term to expire on 12/31/13
Heather Roberts – Parish Field Park Manager, with term to expire on 12/31/13
Martie Gailes – Big Indian Park Manager, with term to expire on 12/31/12
James Krueger – Smith Park Manager, with term to expire on 12/31/12
Chris Fischer –Chairperson , with term to expire on 12/31/11
AND MOVE ITS ADOPTION.
Seconded by:
RESOLUTION # 66 OFFERED BY:
WHEREAS, the Town Board advertised to receive bids for a New 4 Wheel Drive Ambulance, and
WHEREAS, bids were received by 3pm on this date to be opened and read aloud during the Regular Town Board Meeting at 7 pm,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that these bids be received and opened and awarded at a later date.
AND MOVES ITS ADOPTION
Seconded by:
RESOLUTION # 67 OFFERED BY:
WHEREAS, The Town Board will hold a Special Town Board Meeting on April ____ 2011
Time _______, at the Shandaken Town Hall,
THEREFORE be it resolved that a Special Town Board meeting be held to award the Ambulance Bid.
AND MOVES ITS ADOPTION
Seconded by:
RESOLUTION # 68 OFFERED BY:
Resolution Supporting M-ARK Project work in Pine Hill
WHEREAS the Town of Shandaken and Ulster County Planning Department are currently working toward revitalization efforts in the Hamlet of Pine Hill, and
WHEREAS there are further efforts to apply for funding to assist landowners with improvements to their properties, and
WHEREAS the M-ARK project from Margaretville has offered to assist in grant applications for revitalization efforts to ideally coincide with work to be completed on Pine Hill’s Storm water Retro-fit project, once the Design Phase is completed,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Shandaken authorizes and endorses the M-ARK Project of Margaretville to assist the hamlet of Pine Hill in its revitalization efforts.
AND MOVE ITS ADOPTION.
Seconded by:
