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May 17, 2017

TOWN OF BEEKMAN

TOWN BOARD MEETING - Agenda

May 17, 2017

7:00PM

Meeting called to order
Pledge of Allegiance
Administrative Announcement--Fire Exits

REPORTS

- Comptroller Report

- Highway Report

REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING

Public Comment on Agenda Items and Resolutions

RESOLUTIONS

Approval of May 3, 2017 Town Board Minutes
Approve Entertainment for Community Day
Cell Tower Consultant
Adopt Local Law to Eliminate Receiver of Taxes Position
Addendum to Share ECMS (Electronic Content Management System) Implementation Agreement
Approve Fees for Peddling and Soliciting Local Law
Reject Scrap Metal Bids
Payment of Claims

Other Town Board Business
General Public Comment
General Board Comment
Next Town Board Meeting: Wednesday June 7, 2017 at 7:00PM

RESOLUTION NO.5:17:17 – 1 (77)
RE: Approval of Past Town Board Minutes

COUNCILMAN STIEGLER offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, Town Clerk Rachael Rancourt has provided copies of the minutes of the May 3, 2017 Town Board Meeting to all members of the Beekman Town Board; and

WHEREAS, Town Board members have had the opportunity to review said minutes; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, the Town Board hereby adopts the minutes of the May 3, 2017 Town Board Meeting.

Seconded COUNCILMAN BATTAGLINI

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio ABSTAIN
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO. 5:17:17 – 2 (78)
RE: Approve Entertainment for Community Day

COUNCILMAN BATTALINI offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, Community Day is an annual event that is popular and well attended by Town of Beekman Residents and their families; and

WHEREAS, Community Day for 2017 has been scheduled for Saturday, July 22^nd with a rain date of July 23^rd and will be held at Recreation Park; and

WHEREAS, the 2017 Budget includes funding for entertainment for Community Day; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the following vendors-

- Legion Fireworks for an amount not to exceed $3,500.00;

- John Hannah’s Mobile Services for Emcee Services for an amount not to exceed $950.00;

- Southwest Sand Art for a donation of a wrecking ball in exchange for two free non-food

booths as per attached;

- Durants Tents for an amount not to exceed $516.25 for a waterslide with 25% due now with

the remainder due by July 6;

- Party Time Rentals for a trackless train and driver for an amount not to exceed $1060 with

50% due now with the remainder due on the day of event;

- Jump-N-Fun for an amount not to exceed $1,000 for dunk tank, Tiger Bounce house, themed

Combo Bounce House, Boot Camp Obstacle Course and Mechanical Bull in exchange for 2

free Food Truck Vending Spaces as per attached; and be it further

RESOLVED, that Jump-N-Fun will provide the Stunt Jump Extreme on a “Pay to Play” basis with a 20% donation to the Town, if the Stunt Jump Extreme is available Community Day.

Seconded COUNCILMAN DEL VECCHIO

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE
Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO. 5:17:17 – 3 (79)

RE: Cell Tower Consultant

SUPERVISOR ZULAUF offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, Homeland Towers is desirous in constructing a Cellular Tower in the Town of Beekman; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 155-Section 37 states that the Town Board Shall hire an independent consultant of its choosing to review the cellular tower project with the fees to be paid for by the applicant through escrow; and

WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has reviewed the proposal from the independent consultant and submitted his opinion; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has had time to review these proposals; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby permits the Supervisor to enter into an agreement with Ronald E. Graiff, PE; and be it

RESOLVED, that the Town Comptroller has the authority to review the escrow of the Homeland Towers and ask for additional monies for the Escrow account, as per Chapter 75-Section 6

Sub Section E of Town Law.

Seconded COUNCILMAN DEL VECCHIO

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO. 5:17:17 – 4 (80)

RE: Adopt Local Law to Eliminate Receiver of Taxes

COUNCILMAN DEL VECCHIO offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, a public hearing was duly held on May 3, 2017 before the Town Board for adopting the elimination of Office of the Receiver of Taxes Local Law; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board was given the opportunity to hear concerns of all Beekman residents; and

WHEREAS, no written comment was received for review within the allotted time period to the Town Clerk; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Beekman does hereby adopt the local law to eliminate the Office of the Receiver of Taxes; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a copy of this local law change with the New York Secretary of State and the Dutchess County Board of Elections.

Seconded COUNCILMAN STIEGLER

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO. 5:17:17 – 5 (81)

RE: Addendum to Share ECMS (Electronic Content Management System) Implementation Agreement

COUNCILWOMAN COVUCCI offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, the Towns of Amenia, Beekman, North East, and Town of Dover agree to participate in a Laserfiche Rio System Change Order #00139-04042017 to develop an automated FOIL request business processor use on each Town’s official website with the following conditions:

All Towns within the project will use a similar Laserfiche form (FOIL Request).
All Towns within the project will use similar Laserfiche Workflow Automation to route form into their Laserfiche Workflow Automation to route forms into their Laserfiche repositories according to the Town which the submission is being sent.
All Towns within the project will use similar indexes as well as folder structures.

and; WHEREAS,the total cost is $4,740.00 and the individual community cost for each Shares ECMS community is $1,185.00, which has been allocated from the 2017 Records Management Budget; now therefore be it

RESOLVED,that the Town Board of the Town of Beekman hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute the Addendum to Shared ECMS Implementation Agreement for automated FOIL request software application

Seconded COUNCILMAN BATTAGLINI

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO. 5:17:17 – 6 (82)

RE: Approve Fees for Peddling and Soliciting Local Law

COUNCILMAN STIEGLER offers the following and moves for its adoption:

BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 113-9 entitled “Fees” in the section entitled “Peddling and Soliciting” the license fee shall be $150.

Seconded SUPERVISOR ZULAUF

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO. 5:17:17 – 7 (83)

RE: Reject Scrap Metal Bids

COUNCILMAN BATTAGLINI offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, on April 19, 2017, the Town Clerk was authorized to advertise a request for bids for removal of scrap metal; and

WHEREAS, one (1) bid was received in response to the published advertisem*nts; and

WHEREAS, the one (1) bid was opened publicly on April 24, 2017 at 10:00 am; and

WHEREAS, the one (1) bid did not meet the requirements of the request for bids; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the one (1) bid from Green’s Auto Repair be rejected, as the requirements were not fulfilled.

Seconded SUPERVISOR ZULAUF

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017

RESOLUTION NO.5:17:17 – 8 (84)

RE: Payment of Claims

SUPERVISOR ZULAUF offers the following and moves for its adoption:

WHEREAS, the Comptroller has audited and approved claims pursuant to Sect. 119 of Town Law as set forth in the attached abstracts; be it

RESOLVED, that the payment, therefore, is hereby authorized as follows:

Claims to be paid from the A-General Fund $ 63,180.94

Claims to be paid from the DA-Highway Fund $154,565.54

Claims to be paid from the SS – Dover Ridge Sewer District Fund $ 1,193.84

Claims to be paid from the SW – Dover Ridge Water District Fund $ 1,224.83

Claims to be paid from the T-Trust & Agency Fund $ 437.50 $220,602.65

Payroll 10 Paid 5/18/17 $ 53,627.21

General Fund $ 33,964.79

Highway Fund $ 19,662.42

Seconded COUNCILMAN DEL VECCHIO

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Councilwoman Covucci AYE

Councilman Stiegler AYE

Councilman Del Vecchio AYE
Councilman Battaglini AYE
Supervisor Zulauf AYE

Dated: May 17, 2017