The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Village of Painted Post was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance by Mayor Foster at 7:00PM.
PRESENT: Mayor Foster, Deputy Mayor Scheidweiler, Trustee Francis, Trustee Smith, O.I.C. Officer Copp, DPW Superintendent Smith, Trustee Gross, Attorney Patrick and Clerk Names
ABSENT Fire Chief Button
REGULAR BOARD
MINUTES: of October 9, 2018 meeting were approved on a motion made by Trustee Smith, and seconded by Deputy Mayor Scheidweiler and carried.
POLICE REPORT: submitted by O.I.C. Officer Copp as follows:
Traffic Arrests: Total of 31
6 Radar, 5 Moving Violations, 0 DWI Violations, 5 Suspensions/Revocations and 15 All other Violations.
Complaints: Total of 28
1 Felony, 4 Misdemeanors, 5 Violations, 3 Vehicle & Traffic, 2 CPPMS, 2 Animal, 2 Domestic, 1 Local Law Violation, 0 Stolen Property Cases, 1 Found Property Case and 7 Miscellaneous.
Assistance/Services Rendered: Total of 18
5 Citizen/Motorist, 9 AMR Ambulance Serv., 0 PP Fire Dept., 0 E.I.D. Alarms, 0 VPP Justice Court, 0 Open Door, 0 Mental Health Transports, 0 Escorts/Jail Run, 4 Vacation Property Checks, 1 Steuben Co. Sheriff, 4 NY State Police, 1 Corning Police, 0 Other Agencies, 0 DA Office, 0 Dept. of Pubic/Works, 1 US Government, 0 Other agencies.
Parking Tickets: Total of 10: 10 - 2A-5A Parking Enforcement, 0 Other.
Cases Adopted/Closed: Total of 4
1 Felony, 2 Misdemeanors, 1 Drug Interdictions, 0 Violations, 0 Mental Hygiene, 0 Warrant/FOA.
Accidents: Total of 2 - 0 Personal Injury, 2 Property Damage, 0 Other.
Total Calls for Service: 96
REPAIRS: None
5N01
5N01 MILEAGE: 870
5N03 REPAIRS: None
5N03 MILEAGE: 1025
For the Month of October the department responded to 93 calls for service which is down a little from September as we had a few days of training. The calls consisted of 1 Drug Interdiction arrest of marihuana on a traffic stop, 1 Juvenile arrest by the Middle School SRO’s (the arrest has to be on record with this department as it happened in the Village), 1 Trespass at McDonalds and 1 Trespass at the Post Office involving the same person. 1 report of Juveniles fighting in Craig Park after it happened, 1 False report made about a third party being jumped on the bike path (subject lied to a grandparent about why they were late coming home), 1 Bad Check complaint, 9 ambulance assists, 1 assist to the Sheriff’s Department, 4 assists to the State Police, 1 assist to Corning PD, 1 counterfeit bill turned over to the Government, 2 motor vehicle accidents, 2 domestic calls (1 ended in an arrest), 10 parking tickets issued, and 31 traffic tickets in total.
FIRE DEPT.
REPORT: submitted by Assistant Fire Chief Smith as follows:
Total number of calls for the month were 15
0 False Alarms, 5 MVA/Rescues, 0 Service Call, 0 Vehicle Fire, 0 Searches, 0 Chimney Fire, 0 Structure Fire, 0 Grass/Brush Fires, 0 Hazardous Conditions, 0 Vehicles Leaking Gas, 0 Storm Flooding, 2 C.O./Fire Alarm Activation, 5 Mutual Aid Fires, 0 Mutual Aid MVA, 0 Searches, 0 Mutual Aid Medical and 3 Mutual Aid AMR.
Total in Service Hours: 150
Average Fire Fighters Per Call: 14
Training Hours – 0
Training Course Hours - 0
Training Certifications: 11
Total in Service Hours to Date: 1394
Total Number of Calls to date for the Year – 138
Major repairs to the Fire equipment – None Reported
Injuries – No injuries reported
Chief 2800 – Button responded to 80% of the calls for the month.
Chief 2801 – Smith responded to 100% of the calls for the month.
Chief 2802 – McCarthy responded to 47% of the calls for the month.Two chiefs obtained fuel – 77.7 gallons.
Monthly department training consisted in service training with new rescue tool equipment.No Town of Erwin Fire Council meeting held.partment provided assistance with traffic control during the Wineglass Marathon.The Department held its annual fire prevention program and breakfast.
The Department provided several fire prevention tours and programs.
Quarterly preventive truck maintenance completed.
Annual pump testing completed on two of the three engines. Engine 27 was not tested
The Department provided judges for the annual Halloween parade.
The Department provided judges for the annual Boy Scouts costume party.
The Department participated in fire prevention events at Home Depot.
Churchville completed mandatory annual SCBA inspection and testing.
DPW REPORT: submitted by Superintendent Smith as follows:
Water Treatment and Distribution System
Water levels at wells are good: Well # 4 – 44’, Well # 3 – 27’ & Well # 2 – 43’of water above the pump.
Trans-loading Facility operations. Hauled ZERO Gallons for the month.
Crew repaired and replaced water meters.
Crew completed fall fire hydrant flushing and installed marker flags throughout the Village.
Crew repaired leaking water service at 326 E. High Street.
Contractor continued installation of new SCADA control system @ the WTP
Water service to 349 N. Hamilton turned off. Service leaks on owner’s side of the shutoff valve.
Churchville completed annual inspection and testing of SCBA units completed.
Hot patched water main trenches throughout the Village
Crew assisted Village of Riverside with two fire hydrant replacements.
Sanitary Sewer Treatment and Collection System
Crew completed monthly jet cleaning of problem areas of the sanitary sewer collection system.
Crew continued sludge pressing operations @ the WWTP.
Repaired collapsed sanitary sewer main @ 149 Hamilton Circle.
Reported and cleaned up Diesel spill from 1997 Ford Dump Truck. (Truck out of Service)
Churchville completed annual inspection and testing of SCBA units completed.
Village Streets and Walkways
Crew sweep streets on numerous occasions.
Crew continued weekly pick up of leaves and brush.
Crew hot patched streets throughout the Village.
Crew cleaned CB lids throughout Village after heavy rain events.
Crew assisted Riverside DPW with storm sewer catch basin repair @ Pulteney and Hamel St.
Received 150 tons of salt and 330 tons of sand for winter snow removal.
Buildings and Grounds
Hauled weekly trash from Village facilities.
Crew held weekly safety meetings and equipment checks.
Crew continued mowing and trimming operations at all Village owned property.
Crew cleaned inside and outside of Pavilion for rentals.
Crew continued monthly playground equipment inspections.
Pushed back Village compost area above the cemetery several times.
Equipment Maintenance
Performed maintenance and repairs on DPW, FD and PD equipment.
Serviced and repaired equipment.
Crew began replacement of existing dump body on F550 dump truck.
Village Cemeteries
Four burials for the month
Crew continued mowing and trimming operations.
Steuben County Mobil Work crew began cleanup of Fairview Cemetery.
Community Service
Received 25 hours of Painted Post Court ordered community service was received for the month.
FINANCIAL/BUDGET
REPORT: No changes
CLERKS REORT: submitted by Clerk Names as follows:
All accounting is current and balanced to our checkbooks. Monthly reports for October have been provided to the mayor, board members and department heads. Also our checkbooks have been reconciled with our bank statements.
The third quarter water/sewer bills were processed and mailed out. Payments are coming in steadily.
As of October 31, the total amount of taxes and penalties that have been collected are $1,035,681.89. All unpaid taxes will be returned no later than the 15th of November to Steuben County to be re-levied on the Town and County Tax Bill in January. There are taxes on 19 properties in the amount of $17,957.88 that will be sent to Steuben County for collection. An additional 7% penalty fee will be assessed by Steuben County Treasurers Office and added to the amount of the re-levy.
Notice of the 3rd Quarter Sales tax payment was received in the amount of $62,956.71 and was deposited into our general fund account on Friday, October 26, 2018. This was up slightly from 2017.
Both the Federal and State quarterly reports were completed and submitted. The quarterly PERMA report and quarterly Property Tax Collections reports were also submitted
PLANNING
BOARD: No planning board meeting was held in October.
NEW BUSINESS: 1. Village Board approved Tyree Sowersby as new fire fighter member, conditional on resignation from his existing fire department and Devin Button as junior fire fighter member on a motion made by Deputy Mayor Scheidweiler, seconded by Trustee Gross and approved by all.
2. Village Board has reviewed the new “sexual harassment” policy and has tabled it adoption until a representative is designated.
3. The Village Board on a motion made by Deputy Mayor Scheidweiler and seconded by Trustee Gross has approved the selling of the old police Crown Victoria car to Shawn Copp for the sum of $500.00.
SUSPEND ORDER
OF BUSINESS: Motion made by Trustee Francis seconded by Trustee Gross and carried.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS: Wally Marribitt of 440 W High St. stated his concern for the darkness on the bike bath and in Craig Park. Trustee Francis commented that the Village was in fact working on the lack of lighting issue.
Emily Northrup of 582 W High St. also commented that the fire department breakfast really nice and thank you for fixing “her” street.
RESUME ORDER
OF BUSINESS: Motion made by Trustee Smith, 2nd by Trustee Gross and carried.
TRUSTEE
COMMENTS: Trustee Smith thanked the DPW for staying on top of the leaf pickup and asked if there was any one thing that attributed to the 30 additional fire calls. Superintendent/Fire Chief Smith stated that it just simply runs in cycles.
Deputy Mayor Scheidweiler also thanked the DPW for the leaf cleanup as did Mayor Foster.
AUTHORIZATION: to pay audited bills for the Village on a motion made by Trustee Francis seconded by Deputy Mayor Scheidweiler and carried.
Abstract #10 Vouchers Abstract #11 Vouchers
General Fund: $ 11,420.05 274 - 281 $ 46,631.85 282 - 329
Water Fund: $ 243.10 115 - 117 $ 6,895.55 118 - 143
Sewer Fund: $ 319.31 116 - 117 $ 18,015.10 118 - 140
Total: $ 11,982.46 $ 71,542.50
Grand Total: $ 83,524.96
MOTION to adjourn meeting was made by Mayor Foster, seconded by Trustee Smith carried at 7:22pm.