TOWN BOARD
TOWN OF OSSINING
BIRDSALL-FAGAN POLICE/COURT FACILITY
86-88 SPRING STREET – OSSINING, NEW YORK
DECEMBER 23, 2008 – REGULAR MEETING
7:30 PM
INTERIM SUPERVISOR
Martha Dodge
COUNCILMEMBERS
Geoffrey Harter Northern Wilcher
David Krieger Kimberlie Jacobs
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – Pledge of Allegiance – Roll Call
II. PRESENTATIONS – Town Police Chief Kenneth Donato and Town Attorney Thomas Beirne.
III. ANNOUNCEMENTS
IV. BOARD RESOLUTIONS
A. Approval of Minutes
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby approves the Minutes of the December 9, 2008 Regular Meeting as presented.
B. Intermunicipal Agreement – Ossining (Town and Village) and Briarcliff Manor NYS Department of State Local Government Efficiency Grant 2008-2009 Program Year - Local Government Efficiency Evaluation – Police, Public Works/Highway Feasibility Study
Resolved, that the Town Supervisor is hereby authorized to enter into an Intermunicipal Agreement with the Village of Ossining and the Village of Briarcliff Manor for the purpose of applying for a grant from the New York State Department of State-Local Government Efficiency Grant 2008-2009 Program Year.
C. Intermunicipal Agreement – Ossining (Town and Village) and Briarcliff Manor NYS Department of State Local Government Efficiency Grant 2008-2009 Program Year - Local Government Efficiency Evaluation – Police, Public Works/Highway Feasibility Study
Whereas, the Town of Ossining, the Village of Ossining and the Village of Briarcliff Manor have agreed to enter into an Intermunicipal Agreement to submit a co-application for the New York State Department of State Local Government Efficiency Grant 2009-2009 Program Year, said application shall be entitled Ossining (Town and Village) and Briarcliff Manor – Local Government Efficiency Evaluation – Police, Public Works/Highway Feasibility Study; and
Whereas, the purpose of said application is to investigate possible cost savings, efficiencies and opportunities that might be achieved through additional shared services among the neighboring municipalities; now therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby endorses the submission of a co-application by the Village of Ossining Village Manager Linda Cooper to the Local Government Efficiency Grant Program for the 2008-2009 program year, said grant application includes the Town and Village of Ossining and the Village of Briarcliff Manor; and it is further
Resolved, that the maximum amount of grant requested for all three coapplicants is $26,000, the Town of Ossining share of the local required match shall be $867.00.
D. Intermunicipal Agreement – Town of Ossining and Town of New Castle– Emergency Ambulance Services and General Ambulance Services on Behalf of the Ossining Ambulance District Whereas, Section 122-b of the General Municipal Law authorizes municipalities to join together to provide for emergency ambulance services, general ambulance services or a combination of such services for the purpose of providing pre hospital emergency medical treatment or transporting the sick or injured persons to a hospital, clinic, or other place of treatment for such illness or injury; and
Whereas, it is in the best interest of Ossining and New Castle to join in an inter-municipal cooperative agreement in regard to emergency ambulance and general ambulance services provided to residents of the two communities; and
Whereas, Article 5-G of the General Municipal Law allows local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other governmental units on the basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities; now therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the Town of New Castle for Emergency Ambulance Services and General Ambulance Services on Behalf of the Ossining Ambulance District.
E. Emergency Medical Transport Agreement -the Ossining Ambulance District and the Town of New Castle and the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc (OVAC)
Whereas, OVAC has served the Village of Ossining, the Unincorporated Area of the Town of Ossining and the West End section of the Town of New Castle in the past and desires to continue to perform the services outlined herein for those communities, and
Whereas, the Ambulance District and New Castle are entering into an intermunicipal agreement for Emergency Medical Services, and Whereas, the Ambulance District and New Castle (collectively, “the Participating Municipalities”) have the authority to contract for the provision of emergency medical services within the municipal boundaries of the aboveidentified communities; now therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby authorizes the Ossining Ambulance District to enter into a collective agreement with the Town of New Castle and the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. (OVAC) for calendar year 2009 in accordance with the terms set forth in the agreement.
F. Change Order Authorization-Samstag Avenue Retaining Wall Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby authorizes the Supervisor to sign the following change order with Abbott & Price, Inc. for the Samstag Avenue Retaining Wall project: Install additional concrete, formwork, dowels, hand excavation as well as relocation of (1) residential water service valve/valve box and additional 18” concrete curb.
TOTAL $9,983.10
G. Termination - Parks Department – Seasonal Employee
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby terminates the following seasonal employees:
Name Effective Date
Dean Carretta 12/23/08
Louis Sutton 12/23/08H. Termination – Highway Department – Seasonal Employees
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby terminates the
following seasonal employees:
Name Effective Date
Kelton Burnett, Jr. 12/19/08
Pasqualino Velardo 12/19/08I. Resignation-Supervisor’s Office-Intermediate Clerk
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining accepts, with regret, the
resignation of Elisa Sciarabba from the part-time position of Intermediate Clerk in
the Supervisor’s Office effective December 19, 2008.J. Retirement-Chief of Police
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining accepts, with regret, the
retirement of Kenneth Donato as Police Chief effective January 31, 2009K. Retirement-Town of Attorney
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining accepts, with regret, the
retirement of Thomas R. Beirne as Town Attorney, effective December 31, 2008.L. Agreement-Westchester County-Enhanced 911 System
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby authorizes the
Supervisor to sign an agreement with Westchester County to participate in the
enhanced 911 program for the period July 11, 2008 through July 10, 2013.M. Agreement-Northern Tier Transfer Station for Commingled Recyclable Goods and Organic Yard Waste Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby authorizes the Supervisor to sign an agreement with the Northern Tier communities for a shared Commingled Recyclable Goods and Organic Yard Waste transfer station on Roa Hook Road in the Town of Cortlandt. The term of this agreement shall be for five years and the cost to the Town of Ossining shall be $500 per month for the lease of the property and a tipping fee of $16.97 per ton for leaves and yard waste brought to the site. Costs shall be adjusted to inflation as necessary
V. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED
1. Helicopter Schedule for October, 2008 from G.E.
VI. VISITOR RECOGNITION
VII. ADJOURNMENT