Village Board Minutes - January 19, 2005

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village/Town of Mount Kisco held on Monday, January 19, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. in the Frank J. DiMicco Board Room, Village Hall, Main Street, Mount Kisco, New York.

Present: Mayor J. Michael Cindrich

Trustee George L. Griffin, Jr.

Trustee Peter Grunthal

Trustee Anthony Markus

Trustee Peter DiChiara

Also Present: William Williams, Village Manager/ Clerk

James Palmer, Assistant Village Manager

Whitney Singleton, Village Attorney

Mayor Cindrich opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Cindrich asked everyone to join him in a moment so that we may reflect on why we are here and ask for guidance in the decisions we make here this evening that they may benefit all the people of Mount Kisco. Mayor Cindrich also asked that the family of John Fotovich who passed away earlier this week be remembered this evening. John Fotovich is the father of Sergeant Donna Fotovich of the Mount Kisco Police Department.

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

1) Communications -

Mayor Cindrich read the letter from Mr. Campbell dated January 13, 2005. Mayor Cindrich requested that a letter of thanks be sent to Mr. Campbell acknowledging his many years of service to the community and the Leonard Park Committee.

B. Letter from Joseph J. Cerbone.

Mayor Cindrich read the letter from Joseph Cerbone dated January 12, 2005.

Village Manager, Bill Williams, advised that Mr. Cerbone had called him earlier this evening stating that he might not be able to attend tonight's Board meeting due to the inclement weather.

Mayor Cindrich stated that if Mr. Cerbone did show up this evening the Board would hear his comments under the Public Comment section of this agenda.

2) Petitions - None

3) Board, Committee and Commission Reports - None

4) Village Manager's Reports -

Village Manager, Bill Williams, advised that Byram Lake is at 101.9% of capacity.

Mr. Williams stated that the Town of Bedford has had some well water issues this week and they may be asking for additional water service next week in order to meet their water emergency needs.

B. Request an Executive Session to discuss Litigation, Real Estate and Personnel matters.

Motion made by Mayor Cindrich and seconded by Trustee Markus to hold an Executive Session immediately following tonight meeting to discuss Litigation, Real Estate and Personnel matters, all in favor.

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

5) Board Reports

Trustee Grunthal reported that the Finance Committee will be meeting again on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 7:00 pm.

Trustee Markus reported that the Community Relations Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 7:30 pm.

Trustee Griffin, Jr. stated that the Buildings and Grounds Committee did not meet, because of the lack of substantive issues. The Building and Grounds Committee is trying to arrange a site visit to the pump station to review the engineers report. Trustee Griffin, Jr. stated that the clock tower in Village Hall has been in a deteriorating condition for the past several years and was in dire need of repair. Trustee Griffin, Jr. requested that Assistant Village Manager James Palmer seek possibility of State Grants or some other type of funding to assist the Village in these making these very necessary and costly repairs.

Trustee DiChiara stated that he had no committee report this evening.

Mayor Cindrich stated that the local churches and synagogues in the area have formed a task force headed up by the Rev. Paul Alcorn, of Bedford Village to provide shelter for the homeless. With the cooperation of the Police Chief we are going to make the Police Department available for people if they need a ride to one of the churches (on a rotating basis). We can offer shelter to the homeless at virtually no cost to the tax payers. Mayor Cindrich stated that a letter had gone out with his name on it endorsing this task force along with the endorsement of other Rabbi's and Clergy people in the community. He noted that Rev. Alcorn was doing a significant service to the less advantage of this community. He publicly thanked all the volunteers involved in the program. If any one was interested in volunteering they should either contact Mayor Cindrich or Rev. Paul Alcorn.

Mayor Cindrich stated that during his tenure here as Mayor one of the things he has been trying to do is foster the cooperation of other communities. He read into the record a letter that Supervisor John Lombardi of the Town of North Castle wrote regarding the preservation of the DuBos property which is contiguous to Byram Lake the Village's sole source of water. Mayor Cindrich noted that it was nice to know that another community was supporting the Village's efforts in the preservation of our drinking water.

Mayor Cindrich stated that he had the opportunity to attend the “Eagle Scout” Awards Dinner ceremony for Ben Harrison. He stated that it was quite an accomplishment for a young man who was a freshman in High School to reach the rank of “Eagle Scout”. He noted that Ben was also responsible for the mosaic that was constructed at the Leonard Park Memorial Pool Facility. The mosaic is a tribute to all the men and women who have served this county in both war time and peace time.

6) Old Business
A. Reappointment of Geraldine Claytor to the Community Relations

Committee for a three (3) year term.

Motion made by Trustee Markus and seconded by Trustee Griffin, Jr. reappointing Geraldine Claytor to the Community Relations Committee for a (3) year term to expire 12/3/2007, all in favor

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

B. Reappointment of Jane Stewart a Town Historian for a three (3) year

term.

Motion made by Trustee Markus and seconded by Trustee Griffin, Jr. reappointing Jane Stewart as Village Historian for a (3) year term to expire 12/3/2007, all in favor

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

C. Appointment of Douglas Hertz to the Planning Board for a three (3) year term.

Motion made by Trustee Griffin, Jr. and seconded by Trustee Markus appointing Douglas Hertz to the Planning Board for a three (3) year term to expire 12/3/2007, all in favor.

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

7) New Business

A. Board resolution authorizing the request for proposals and qualifications for the 53 Acre Site owned by the Village of Mount Kisco.

Mayor Cindrich stated that this property was a significant nature resource and that once it is gone it's gone forever. He requested that he wanted a letter to be mailed out under his signature to all organizations purporting to be in the business of preserving green space i.e. Vincent Leibell, New York State Senator, Adam Bradley, New York State Assemblyman, Andrew Spano, Westchester County Executive, Gerard Mulligan, Westchester County Planning Commissioner, Christopher Ward, NYCDEP Commissioner, Erin Crotty, NYSDEC Commissioner, The Nature Conservancy, The Westchester Land Trust. The Board of Trustees requested that the RFP proposal and qualifications be delayed for seven (7) days to allow these organizations time to respond to the Mayor's green space letter. The green space letter should advise these organizations that this is a valuable piece of real estate and that the residents of Mount Kisco want to see this property preserved as green space and that we can not preserve it financially without their assistance.

Mayor Cindrich suggested the following language revision to item #2 on page 6 of the RFA. “An escrow fund will be established to pay all expenses incurred by the Village of Mount Kisco during the Respondent's approval process and that fund will be negotiated by the by the purchaser”.

The following motion was offered by Trustee Markus and seconded by Trustee DiChiara approving the request for proposals and qualifications for the 53 Acre Site owned by the Village of Mount Kisco formerly know as the Swiss Benevolent Society Property dated January 19, 2005 subject to the language revision to item #2 on page 6 by Mayor Cindrich (see above) and also subject to any additional legal language changes recommended by the Village Attorney Singleton, all in favor

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

The following motion was offered by Mayor Cindrich and seconded by Trustee Griffin, Jr., approving a minimal annual fee of $10.00 for parking permit stickers for the new Residential Parking Permit ordinance, all in favor

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

The following motion was offered by Trustee DiChiara and seconded by Trustee Grunthal to pay the bills, all in favor.

General Fund $215,066.33

General Fund Claims $195,991.37

Water Fund Claims 12,100.33

Sewer Fund Claims 5,025.15

Library Fund Claims 1,949.48

Senior Nutrition Fund 4,495.99

Water and Sewer Fund 92,506.88

Water Fund Claims 87,744.01

Sewer Fund Claims 4,762.87

Library Fund 4,326.36

Capital Projects Fund 9,734.11

Trust Agency Fund 33,320.36

TOTAL $ 359,450.03

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Aye

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

Motion made by Trustee Grunthal and seconded by Trustee Markus approving the following minutes:

January 4, 2005 - Public Hearing Residential Parking Permit System

January 4, 2005 - Regular Village Board Meeting

Trustee DiChiara abstained from voting on these minutes because he was absent on January 4, 2005.

Motion Adopted

Mayor Cindrich Aye

Trustee DiChiara Abstain

Trustee Griffin, Jr. Aye

Trustee Grunthal Aye

Trustee Markus Aye

10) Local Business - None

11) Public Comment.

Mr. Eric Koffman, Turtle Lane, Bedford, NY stated that he was a Real Estate Advisor and suggested with regards to the RFP for the 53 acres site owned by the Village of Mount Kisco the Board should also consider the possibility of renting or leasing the land to a developer. Mr. Koffman said he was very familiar with “Ground Leases” and that he would forward to the Village Board a proposal for this type of lease.

Trustee DiChiara encouraged any Mount Kisco resident who has time and is interested in the school district to like about running for the Board of Education. Right now, the Board of Education for the Bedford Central School District does not have a Mount Kisco resident on it. It is filled of residents from Bedford, Pound Ridge, and Bedford Corners. He thought it was important that Mount Kisco have a representative on the School Board. So if they have the time and the interest, Mount Kisco and its students need you.

There being no further business to come before the Board a motion to close the meeting at 8:45 pm was made by Trustee Marcus and seconded by Trustee Griffin, Jr., all in favor.

William F. Williams

Village Clerk

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