“When you throw dirt, you lose ground”  ~ Texan Proverb

This month’s meeting was attended by Trisha Grover (Acting Town Supervisor), Mike Scott, Shawn Dunmire, Dick Kozlowski, Michelle Dunbar, Curt & Sue Rung, Paul Sadler, Theresa Baldwin, Barb Hetzel, Mark & Gayle Dorrett, Jon Reitz, Larry Bedow, John Dunbar, Andy Fisher (George & Swede) and myself.

I have to say Bravo to Trisha Grover!  This was the most organized meeting that I have been to in 3 years.  I would also like to thank the town board for handing out a copy of the abstract to all who attended.  It was a nice change to know where the money is being spent.

Andy Fisher of George & Swede presented the board with a quote for a new 3 1/2 yard wheeled-loader (Hyundai).  The board is looking into leasing the machine at $14 an hour.  The town runs the current loader an average of  600 hours a year.  This would be a cost of $8,400.00 for the year.  This machine will have a full warranty.  This would actually end up being a savings to the town when you figure the costs of a new machine along with the repair costs once the warranty runs out.    This will be considered as the board works on the 2010 budget.

Mr. Rung reported the following:

• Sand/Salt hauling bids were opened

Jim Scott- $5.47
Maybee Enterprises-  $5.22
West Side Sales-  $3.95

• Repairs to Truck 3 & 4 were completed- new torsion bar installed
• All trucks and trailers are inspected
• Ditching was done on Hydetown Road
• Attended a FEMA meeting in Belmont
• Worked on getting bids for new loader

Mr. Rung requested a resolution transferring $3,000 from DA5142.1  to DA5130.4.  This transfer will cover the repair costs for the ‘85 Autocar that was just purchased.

Mr. Sadler reported 6 building permits for a total of $411.90.  He has two dogs in his kennel.  Mr. Sadler also met with the representative from Ag & Markets for his inspection and everything passed.

The board requested Jane check into getting the phones through Time Warner and to see if that would save on the phone bills.

The Code Enforcement Law was passed with the following change:  Page 3- Section 4- Paragraph A- Size of a shed changed to 144 square feet or 12′ x 12′.

Ms. Grover read a letter from Assembly Minority Leader Brian M Kolb asking people to please check out www.reformny.org and sign his petition supporting the Constitution Convention.

The bills paid this month were- General Account:  $2,866.46    Highway Account:  $13,894.74

The Fireman’s Budget Hearing is set for Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m.

The Town’s Budget Hearing is set for the following Tuesday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Next board meeting is November 9 at 7:00 p.m.~ Hope to see you there!

“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot” ~ Clarence Thomas

There was not much new at this months meeting.  The meeting for September 14 was canceled due to illness.  In attendance were Dick Howard, Trisha Grover, Shawn Dunmire, Dick Kozlowski, Michelle Dunbar, Curt & Sue Rung, John Dunbar, Jean Howard, Mrs. Kozlowski, Theresa Baldwin, Larry Bedow, John Reitz, and myself.

Curt Rung had the following to report:

• $23,663.21 was received from CHIPS
• They widened the Pangburn Road from the Gas Company to Coles.
• Randy’s truck was repaired again- the torque bars were replaced
• The torque bars on Truck 3 will be replaced this month
• The hauling of the sand and salt were put out for bid
• The board approved a transfer between accounts for $200 for random drug testing

The board approved the Code Enforcement’s report.

Shawn Dunmire read a letter that was received from Invenergy stating that they are not in business with any current town employees.

The assessor’s had the current sales on the board.  I have attached them to the end of this post.

Judge Manners submitted a total of $830 to the State for last month.  The town received a check for $1,042.50 for the last quarter fines.

Jon Reitz inquired if there was a court case coming up for the town over assessments.  The board informed him that there wasn’t and Jane admitted that they do keep some things a secret which led into a very heated discussion.  By the way, there is a Supreme Court case coming up on October 16 that is very public knowledge at the County Clerks office if you are interested.  If this suit is won against the total assessed value for the town could take a huge hit which ends up falling on the rest of us.

Current Sales 9/21/09

In attendance at this months  meeting was Dick Howard, Mike Scott, Shawn Dunmire, Trisha Grover, Dick Kozlowski, Curt & Sue Rung, Alice Dunbar, Laura Manners, Larry Bedow, Jon Reitz, Theresa Baldwin, Paul Sadler, Jean Howard, Gary and myself.

Jon Reitz questioned the board the cost of this engineering study for the windmills.  Mike Scott explained the only cost is the initial cost to the lawyer.  The engineering company makes their money off from the windmill companies.

Curt Rung gave his Superintendent’s Report.  In addition to his written report he also reported that he had received a call from Chad Bugman questioning him about a road off from the Wells Road by Leonard Morseman’s.  Mr. Bugman was questioning if this road was legally closed if not he is looking at the town to reopen this road.

Curt’s written report was:

• The majority of the roads have been graded
• Ditched & graded shoulders on Pleasant Valley and some on Allentown Road
• Ditched on Monahan & Hydetown Road, Burdick, Emerson, Hicks
• Replaced crossover on Hicks Hill
• New crossover on Johnson Road by Herzogs
• Towns  Scio, Wellsville and Alma worked with the town to place a leveling course of blacktop on part of Harlen Ames Road.
• Mowed east side of town will complete the rest in July.
• Received a CHIPS check for $35,029.88

Laura Manners gave her Justice report to the Board.  She explained to the board what she can get from her grants that she applies for.  All items on the grant are only applicable for the Courtroom not the Town Hall.  She can apply for such items as, chairs, file cabinets, calculators, desks, bookcases, conference tables and improvements in the courtroom.  Laura explained to the board that she has applied for these things in the past and has received grants for them.  This year she is applying for new carpet and a security system.

Laura also explained to the Board that her position with the Village is up as of March 31.  She went on to explain to the Board that his will be a good thing for the town as the revenue from fines for the Village are a great deal more than they are for the town.

Dick Howard announced the following announcements:

• Reminder for the Public Hearings on Windmills- July 21 @ 6:00 p.m.- Town Hall, Main Street  (This is for Public Comments)
• District III Legislative Meeting at the Independence Town Hall on July 28th @ 7:00 p.m. (This is open to the Public)

Jane was appointed the Registrar of Vital Statistics.  This is one of the items that should have been done in January and was not.  The Board Dick & Jane decided to wait until they received a notice from the state saying it was expired.

The Board approved the 6-year plan for reassessments.  If you would like a copy of the 6-year report Alice would be happy to give you one.

There was discussion on open positions for John and Randy’s positions.  It is hard to complete the schooling for Assessors.  The majority of classes can be completed online though you do have to travel to Batavia for the test portions however; a couple  of the classes are week long events and if you have a full time job it’s hard.  At the moment we still have 3 assessors but this may be changing soon.  If John and Randy do resign the board will have to appoint assessors (if they can find anyone to do it).  It was mentioned going to an appointed assessor, only having one assessor.  This would have to go to a public vote.

Jon Reitz questioned why everyone gives a report to the board except the Assessor.  If Curt, Laura or Paul do not have a report one month the Board is questioning why they don’t.  They though in turn include the previous months information onto the current.  Alice stated to Jon the she doesn’t have to give a report.  The town board can make this a requirement though and I believe that they request one every month.  It was explained by Gary Dorrett, Teresa Baldwin and Jon Rietz that it is good practice to provide a report so that the tax payers do know what is going on.  There would way fewer complaints if these reports were given.  I guess in the meantime we can assume our assessors are not doing anything.

Paul Sadler gave his report to the Board.  There were 5 building permits issued.  Paul asked the board to set a Public Hearing for the Local Law #2 Providing for the Administration and Enforcement of the New York State Uniform Prevention and Building Code.  The Public Hearing was set for Monday, August 10 @ 6 p.m.  This is prior to the regular board meeting.

In attendance at this months meeting were:  Supervisor Dick Howard, Trisha Grover, Mike Scott, Shawn Dunmire, Dick Kozlowski, Sue Rung, Paul Sadler, Theresa Baldwin, Jean Howard, Alice & John Dunbar, Michelle Dunbar, Legislator Bill Dibble, Larry Bedow, Jon Reitz and myself.

This months meeting went fairly quickly.  Jon Reitz inquired to when the town board will begin the 2010 budget process.  Mr. Howard stated that it will begin in September.

The following reports were approved:

Town Clerk

Building Code Enforcer- 2 building permits issued

Highway Superintendent (No Report)

Justice (Had report but never was talked about)

Alice Dunbar, Assessor gave the board a “6-Year Plan of Re inspection” to review and that needs to be signed by the board.  This was tabled until next months meeting for the members to have time to read it.

There will be a public hearing on Tuesday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. on the windmill project.

Mike Scott stated we are back to square one on the property from the Mosher’s for the septic system.  It costs approximately $100/month to have the tank pumped at the Town Hall.

The board approved Jane to have a student from the “Summer Youth Program” work in her office this summer.  This student will spend 5 hours (a month, week, I don’t know) with Jane.  This is at no cost to the Town and is paid for through the County’s Employment & Training.

Next meeting is Monday, July 13.  Hope to see you there.  Have a safe and wonderful 4th of July!!

The meeting started with George Johnson explaining the town’s insurance to the board members and making necessary changes to the policies.  Mr. Johnson presented the board with a check for $1,257.00.  The way I understood the explanation for this check was it was a dividend check and the town should receive one for the next couple of years.   Mr. Johnson also suggested to the board as a result  of recent incidents in other towns that the board increase the policy on “Employee Dishonesty” from $10,000 to $25,000.

A motion was made to transfer $1,598.00 from Contingency to the Garage Contractual to cover the overage on the new garage doors that were installed last month.  This passed with no opposition.

Supervisor Howard then went on a tangent about how he wished someone would please explain the town budget to him and what all the accounts are.  Michelle did a very good job explaining to him that the State sets the accounts and that all of these figures have to be reported to the state not only by her but also by the Town Superintendent.  There is a purpose for all of these accounts.  Curt Rung then proceeded to explain to Mr. Howard the difference between contractual and salary. SCARY!!!

A motion was made by the board to close the Steuben Highway and General savings accounts and transfer them to the MBIA where they would earn interest.

The board approved the Town Clerks report but on a side note I would like everyone to know that this is the 6th YEAR that the taxes did not balance and as of the date of this report they are still not balanced with the County.  The tax collectors balance their taxes with the County the first week in April.  For anyone that is not familiar with the collection of taxes, these are computerized now..   When a tax payment is received the tax collector brings up the tax bill on the screen, tax collector marks it paid.  At the end of the day, the tax collector would then print out a report of that days payments.  That report should match your deposit.  Boom you are done. At the end of the tax season all your deposits should match her totals from

Curt has turned in a CHIPS claim of $35,029.88 to the state for reimbursement and has gone through 11-tons of cold patch so far this year.

Alice stated that the she received a letter from the state and the town is at 100%.  The Enhanced Star is $60,100 and the Basic Star is $30,000.  Grievance day is Tuesday, May 26th from 5 to 9.

Mike Scott reported he spoke to the lawyer handling the Mosher property and it is still in the hands of their lawyer.  In the mean time, another month of paying to have the septic tank pumped at the town hall.

The town board hired Clark Patterson Engineers to handle the paperwork for the Windmills.  There will be a public hearing in July on this project.  I will let you know of the date.

Motion was passed to give the donation of $400/each to the Summer Soccer League and the Youth Program at the Library.  This money is already in the budget for these programs.

It was also suggested that they give the museum the $500 that is budgeted for them.  Mr. Howard seemed to have a problem with this money going to them.  He felt that the town was giving away too much money and that this appropriated fund should go to Don Cady instead for mileage.  For anyone who isn’t aware, Don Cady is the Town Historian though I’m not sure when he was actually appointed.

I hope everyone has a great and safe Memorial Day Weekend!!!!!

It was a pretty drab meeting as far as meetings go.  Not much activity.  There was discussion about the town’s insurance and how the board is not happy with the fact the insurance did not pay for a recent claim.  The board now plans on bidding out the insurance for next year.

The new doors have been installed at the highway shop and the old doors will be put out to bid. Be on the lookout for that advertisement.

Curt gave his report on the highway crew:

• They have put stone on the Clark, Dimmick, Harlan Ames, Bowker and Watson Roads in the bad spots
• They will be working on ditching the Dimmick and Zimmer Roads as soon as the ground dries up so they can safely haul ditch dirt.
• They will work on brush control in the meantime.
• It’s pothole season will be putting cold patch the pot holes.
• They have 500 tons of sand/salt mixture on hand

The board accepted the judges and dog control officers report.  There were no reports  from the assessor or town clerk.

The cemetery bids were opened with only one being received.  Theresa Baldwin will mow the cemeteries and town hall again this year.  The total bid was $1,950.00 this includes her supplying the equipment and fuel.

The funniest part of this meeting was when Dick Kozlowski, completely out of the blue, asked about the stove for the shop and why nothing has been done about it yet.  Uhmmm, I believe he was one of them that voted to table it last month until the new doors were installed.  Either he needs to pay more attention at the meetings, take notes himself and go over them before the next meeting or resign.  This man has a one track mind.  This meeting it was getting grant money from the state for things that aren’t even needed and the coal/wood stove.  If it wasn’t about these two subjects it was like he wasn’t even in the same meeting as everyone else.

The first 15 minutes of tonight’s meeting consisted of the Village Streets. I’m still not sure why the town is so concerned about the village streets.  The village asked Curt not to take care of the streets for a reason and I think it is time to worry about the town roads instead.  Leave the village to worry about their own streets.

The next five minutes was spent worried about the road name for County Road 8.  Bob Goodwill is concerned that it says Inavale Road on one end, but everyone calls it Pleasant Valley.  This discussion should have been nipped in the bud the first 2 seconds in my opinion.

Curt reported they are down a man due to an illness.  Curt also reported that Randy’s truck is down due to a possible transmission problem and that Lyman’s Truck is working on it.  Also the highway department spent $149 for a battery powered grease gun.  I think I better run out and get Gary one of these for Christmas since they must be really useful.  But then the practical side wins over and I think I will just let him use the old fashion pump kind that doesn’t cost that much.

Mr. Howard then made the comment to Curt that the town roads are taken care of much better then the County takes care of their roads.  If Mr. Howard is talking about the same discussion that was had at the budget meeting then he is talking about County Road 5 (Daggett Hollow).  Let me clear something up, because clearly some people are just talking out both sides of their mouths, the Town of Genesee takes care of County Road 5 not the County.  If you are curious to what roads are taken care of by which town here is the County’s Snow & Ice Policy.

General Bills were passed with changes, it seems that the town was going to overpay the National Fuel bill once again.  Thankfully Shawn noticed this and spoke up.  I think it is time that we get someone in the clerks position that can read a bill.  At the beginning of the year when it was not getting paid  the postmaster was blamed.  Jane claimed that the post office must have removed the stamp and that took approximately four months to clear up.  Now she wants to over pay them again.  Last months payment did not get in there on time, which I really do not understand there was a law passed back in I believe it was 1980 stating that any utility bills could be paid without the boards prior approval so that they could be paid on time. Once paid they are to be listed on the next audit for the boards review.  I know when Mike Shawl was Supervisor and Dorraine Allen was town clerk the checks were cut the same week, why are they not done that way now?  Also, the Verizon bill was never paid last month.  What are we so busy with that the town bills are not paid on time?

Mr. Sadler stated that one building permit was issued and one dog was picked up.  The owner of the dog came and retrieved the dog.

Mr. Scott informed the board that he still had not heard from the lawyer concerning the property behind the town hall.  How much longer do we have to continue to pay the $170 (don’t quote me on the amount) to have the sewer pumped?  How many years has this been going on?

The Year-End meeting will be held on December 30th at 6:00 p.m.  And yes once again, I am going to quote the Town Law Manual, this time it is directed at Mr. Scott who informed the board that the meeting did not need to be publicized only posted on the board that only maybe 5% of the public sees.

§ 4-3. Notice of meetings.
A.    Regular meetings. When a town board has established by resolution a regular, fixed time and place for its meetings throughout the year, no other “call” or public notice of any such meeting need be given to the members of the town board. This resolution is customarily adopted at the annual organizational meeting of the town board held on or shortly after January 1 each year. Typically, this resolution will establish the time and place for such regular meetings, such as “7:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month,” or “8:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month,” etc., and state the place (i.e., the Town Hall) in the town where such meeting will be held.

B.    Special meetings. A special meeting of the town board may be called by the supervisor at any time by giving at least two days’ notice in writing to the other members of the board of the time and place where the meeting is to be held. The supervisor may do this on his or her own initiative and shall do so within ten days if requested in writing by two members of the board. Because the town clerk is mandated by law to attend all town board meetings, notice of a special meeting should be given to the clerk as well. The Attorney General and Comptroller have agreed that business conducted at a special meeting held without two days’ notice is valid as long as all the councilpersons had actual notice of the meeting and attended and participated therein [1980 Op. Atty. Gen. (Inf) 109; 18 Op. St. Comp. No. 442].

C.    Posting.

(1)    The Open Meetings Law (Public Officers Law § 104) requires notice of the time and place of a meeting to be posted conspicuously in at least one public location (i.e., the town clerk’s bulletin board) and to be given to the news media at least 72 hours prior to any meeting which is scheduled at least a week in advance. Where a meeting is scheduled less than a week in advance, notice to the news media and public posting must be accomplished to the extent practicable.

(2)    Notice of (Regular) town board meetings does not require publication of a legal notice. Posting the notice of time and place of the meeting on the town clerk’s bulletin board and notification by letter or telephone to the local news media is sufficient to meet this requirement. It may be advisable to keep a book or log for entry of the date, time and name of the person who actually furnishes the notice to the news media. If you provide the media with copies of your meeting notice, perhaps with a list of tentative agenda items, they may choose to carry a story or notice of the time and place of the meeting as a service to their readers or listeners, which achieves the goal of notice to town citizens without the attendant cost of a legal notice.

This meeting actually went quite fast compared to other meetings.  The board approved the justice reports from last month and this month.  They could not remember what their questions were on last months report or that they had even voted it down. Here is my sarcastic part for the night, maybe if the minutes were done correctly and detailed the board members could remember from month to month what is going on.  Oh…and another thing where is the road paved on the Harlan Ames road?  I seemed to have missed the new pavement the other day when I drove over it, according to the minutes the road was paved.

The highway superintendent did not submit a report his month.

Mr. Kozlowski spoke to the board regarding the windmills in Eagle.  Mr. Kozlowski met with Joseph Kushner, Supervisor,  regarding the windmills in their town.  Mr. Kushner offered to come down  and meet with us and answer any questions that we have about the windmills.  The Town of Eagle is having 83 windmills constructed.  Mr. Kushner stated that it took them about two years to complete the whole process of the windmills.  The Town of Eagle residents pay no tax.  If you are interested in hearing more about this please attend the board meetings I will try to keep you informed as much as I can.

Mike Scott stated he received a phone call from the attorney and the property behind the town hall should be transferred to the town within the next couple of weeks.   The board would like to get the sewer started as soon as possible.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Howard stated they have revised the budget and the town’s portion of the increase is down to .91% with out the fireman’s budget in there.  The fireman’s budget puts it up to a 3% increase.  As far as raises are concerned the highway superintendent’s increase was cut back to $2,000, which is still a damn good raise.  I wish I could have a 6.25% raise after my first year on the job.  The assessor’s salary was changed from $12,500 to $9,900.

Jon Reitz questioned if board members are paid for months they are not present.  Dick Howard explained that board members are considered salary employees and get paid no matter what. Mr. Reitz also questioned why the revised assessments were not received from the Assessor’s Office.  Alice replied that she did not realize that she was suppose to send out revised assessments.  Mr. Reitz questioned Alice why this was, she had received the same letter from the lawyer that everyone else did.

The Justice Report was read.  There was a question from the peanut gallery whether or not Mrs. Manners has gone to training and was familiar with the increase in surcharges.  I went straight to the source for this information and yes Judge Manners is familiar with the new surcharges and they have been implemented.

What started out as a quiet meeting progressing along smoothly quickly turned tense between the highway superintendent and the “Highway Committee”. What brought this about? Dick Kozlowski questioned Curt why it took the men 60 hours to do the little bit of milling that was done on Blaine Road. (I thought we might have a donnybrook on our hands for a minute) This turned into a great deal of tension during the remainder of meeting.

Highway Superintendent’s Report:

• Millings on Blaine Road
• Cut brush on Harland Ames road
• Graveled Billings Hill Road and Claire Carrier Road
• 2 Culverts on Burdick Road were replaced
• Graded Bowker Road
• Worked on shoulders on Allentown Road
• Fixed bridge on Andrews Road
• Cleaned ditch behind shop
• Millings on end of Wells Road
• New cutting edge on loader
• New skid plates on under side of bucket
• Put crushed 3’s and 4’s on the seasonal part of Dimmick and then covered with screened bank run (at the request of the school)
• Graved and graveled by Hoshal’s on Dimmick
• Received three bids for hauling of Sand & Salt  (Jr. Green of Wellsville had the lowest bid at $5.34/ton)
• Curt made a point that bids should be in the paper earlier*
• County has brought approximately 1,400 tons of sand/salt
• Bought a 1995 1-ton Dump Truck from Andrews in Eldred for $4,000.
• Spoke with Guy James from the County DPW concerning the right-of-way for Paul Plants

The Code Enforcement Officer issued three building permits were issued for a total of $130.00.

Dog Control Officer passed their yearly inspection and had one run away dog.

The board passed a Resolution supporting the Cold War Veterans Exemption.  This exemption is for any service man/woman that served during the Cold War which is defined as September 2, 1945 to December 26, 1991 provided such property meets the requirements of the law and they have a honorable discharge.  Applications must be filed in the Assessor’s office by March 1 and must be accompanied by a copy of the member’s DD-214.  This exemption does not apply to school taxes.  The applicant cannot be receiving exemption under other veteran’s exemption programs.  The exemption is granted for 10 years and must be renewed annually.

There was more talk concerning the doors and new stove for the shop.  It was decided to put the doors out to bid.  I suggested to the board that they have specifics on their bid to make sure they were paying for what they really wanted and didn’t get stuck with underlying costs.  I found it interesting though that Mr. Howard said the board could still award to John Day (assessor) the doors even if he isn’t low bidder.  I’m sorry but as a tax payer, I want those doors awarded to the lowest bidder.  We might want to stress that to our board.  I’m not 100% certain but I would think there would be a conflict of interest anyways by awarding the job to John.  If he was an appointed assessor there wouldn’t be however; he is an elected official with the town.

Curt questioned why the highway fund still owes the general fund $25,000.  Michelle was not sure about this.  Didn’t the General Fund lend the Highway Fund $25,000 for the new grader?  Just wondering.

The town still has not requested a refund from Abbott Welding for the argon tank the Bob Sherwood has had for the last couple of years.  Why was this not done when it was discovered?  Why does everyone have to ask permission to ask for a refund for the town?

The town received a letter from the insurance company stating they want the town to fence in the yard at the town barns and if this is not feasible then install security cameras with night with night vision capability with continuous feed and digital recording.

Assessors Report- October 13, 2008

Town’s Budget as of October 13, 2008

Paul Plants of Plants & Goodwin brought in a copy of the plans for the gas line he would like to install along the town’s right-of-way from the Drum Road to National Fuel’s line on Zimmer Road.

Theresa Baldwin reported that someone has been driving their dirt bikes and 4-wheelers through the cemeteries.  She also stated that Christine Cole requested that she not mow between the town hall and their house.  They were concerned with paint chips.  Mike Scott requested Jane send them a certified letter requesting they attend the next meeting.

There was discussion that Betty Bartoo would longer be the Town Historian.  We will miss you Betty.  Mrs. Bartoo suggested that the board appoint Don Cady to the position.

Mr. Kozlowski questioned Curt if he had spoken to anyone from Groveland Correctional Facility concerning the prisoner work program.  Curt stated that the way he understood it someone from the Union had to be with the prisoners while they worked.  Mr. Kozlowski stated that this was not true and that he would call about the program.

Curt is putting out the bid the hauling of the sand and salt for the winter season.

Estimates from Overhead Doors were received.  The quotes for 3 doors were as follows:

• $11,164.52 with automated door openers
• $8,410.52 without automated openers

Curt stated the town should also look into replacing the windows in the highway garage.  Mike Scott suggested insulating around the windows for the time being.

No quotes were received for the new coal/wood stove for the shop.

The board received another complaint on the Ann Hampshire property.  The board advised Paul Sadler to issue her another ticket.  Paul stated that she was in court for the last complaint and was issued a fine.

Mr. Howard has received two letters of interest for the Town Councilman position.  They were from Ron Smith and myself.  The board is waiting on an official resignation letter from Jeff Harmon before an appointment is made.

Supposedly, the Town was awarded a $17,000.00 grant from the state.  Mr. Kozlowski says it was going into the CHIPS fund.  This is not possible though.  CHIPS funds is only for CHIPS programs.  I believe this grant was for the new ceiling in the town barn if this is so then it would be a Capital project.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Assessor Report September 2008

Highway Superintendent Report September 2008

Dog Control Officer Report September 08