The Organizational Meeting - Resolutions

Wednesday night the 2007 Dryden Town Board met for the annual Organizational Meeting. The meeting's purpose is to officially approve of the operation of the town of Dryden (TOD) and to assign members of the town board to committees and as representatives to other boards.

In the next hour and forty minutes we passed 27 of 28 resolutions and redefined a few committees.Resolutions passed included:
RESOLUTION #1 - APPROVE BUDGET MODIFICATIONS
RESOLUTION #2 – RULES OF PROCEDURE
RESOLUTION #3 – MILEAGE
RESOLUTION #4 – DESIGNATE OFFICIAL DEPOSITORIES
RESOLUTION #5 - AUTHORIZE SIGNATURES ON ACCOUNTS
RESOLUTION #6 - OFFICIAL ADVERTISING
RESOLUTION #7 - ADVANCE PAYMENT OF UTILITIES
RESOLUTION #8 - PETTY CASH
RESOLUTION #9 - APPOINTMENTS
RESOLVED, that this Town Board appoint the following:
· Town Supervisor as Service Officer and Fire Warden
· Town Supervisor has the power and duties of administration and supervision of the Town of
Dryden
on Special Assessment Fund functions to be performed on behalf of the Town Board.
· Town Supervisor is authorized to pay Fire & Ambulance Contracts
· Town Supervisor has the power and duties of administration and supervision of the Town of
Dryden
on Special Improvement District functions to be performed on behalf of the Town Board.
· Bambi L. Hollenbeck as Receiver of Taxes and Assessments
· Bambi L. Hollenbeck as licensor for Games of Chance and Bingo.
· Henry Slater as Subdivision Control Officer and Multiple Residence Inspector.
· ________________ as Bingo Inspector ($150 annual salary)
· Patricia Millard as Secretary for Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Conservation Board
· Barbara Caldwell as Planning Board Chair ($400 annual salary)
· Oers Kelemen as ZBA Chair ($400 annual salary)
· _________________, Historian, ($400 annual salary)
RESOLUTION #10 - APPOINT TOWN ENGINEER
RESOLUTION #11 - ANNUAL SALARIES FOR TOWN OFFICERS
Town Supervisor $16,224
Council (4) $5,682
Town Clerk $24,813
Highway Superintendent $56,809
Town Justice (2) $16,863
RESOLUTION #12 - 2007 ANNUAL SALARIES
RESOLUTION #13 - CONTRACTS
RESOLVED, that this Town Board contract with the following:
Mahlon Perkins as the Attorney for the Town at an annual contract amount of $27,600 (paid monthly) to do regular agreed upon Town business, with other business and reimbursable business at the rate of $180 per hour, when signed contract received.
Randall Marcus – Attorney for Zoning Board of Appeals – paid monthly at a rate of $210-225/hr
S.P.C.A. - $18,751.78, paid monthly.
Gadabout at a rate of $6,500 – when funds are available, when signed contract received
T.C. Seniors - $3,600 – when funds are available, when signed contract received
Dryden Seniors - $500 – when funds are available, when signed contract received
Southworth Library - $11,500 – when funds are available, when signed contract received
Learning Web – $1,100 - when funds are available, when signed contract received
Women’s Opportunity of Tompkins Center - $500 – when funds are available, when signed contract received
Dryden Historical Society - $1,100 – when funds are available, when signed contract received
RESOLUTION #14 - APPOINT BUDGET OFFICERS
RESOLUTION #15 - APPOINT PLANNING BOARD MEMBER
RESOLUTION #16 - APPOINT ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEMBER
RESOLUTION #17 - APPOINT RECREATION COMMISSION MEMBER - not passed on 1/3/07
RESOLUTION #18 - APPOINT CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBERS
RESOLUTION #19 - APPOINT RECREATION PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE
RESOLUTION #20 - APPOINT YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBER
RESOLUTION #21 - VOUCHER/INVOICE SUBMISSION DEADLINES
RESOLUTION #22 - MANDATORY JUSTICE SCHOOLING
RESOLUTION #23 - INVESTMENT POLICIES/GUIDELINES FOR TOWN OF DRYDEN
RESOLUTION #24 - TOWN OF DRYDEN FAIR HOUSING OFFICER
RESOLUTION #25 - TOWN BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE
RESOLUTION #26 - VEHICLE BENEFIT
RESOLUTION #27 - REQUEST EXTENSION TO FILE ANNUAL REPORT
RESOLUTION #28 - APPROVE ABSTRACT #13
What parts of this do you have questions about? I will do my best to explain what is what (as it was explained to me).
Specific Notes on Resolutions:
Resolution #3 - Mileage: The IRS/Federal Government has different rates for cars than motorcycles. Town employees that report mileage on personal vehicles should specify if the miles are for an automobile or motorcylcle so they can be paid the legally correct amount. The cost to the town for this is minimal as discussion came up that there is just one town employee that might use a personal motorcycle for town business travel. To be fair and legal this will need to be distinguished and reviewed.
Resolution #9 - Appointments: The Town Supervisor as the "Service Officer and Fire Warden" -- as of the meeting time noone knew what the service officer did. Steve Trumbull was planning to ask the town attorney. The "Special Assessment Fund" was also unknown. Mary Ann Sumner agreed to look it up. The "Special Improvement District" includes water and sewer (as well as lighting I'm guessing). The Bingo Inspector's position is open and there was some discussion as to filling it. The town's Historian position is available and the tentative thought was to increase the annual salary from $400 to $1000 as the county recommends.
Resolution #13 - Contracts: "Learning Web" has been contacted and there has been no year end report furnished in the recent past. All other contracts have been authorized. Once "Learning Web" makes contact with the town board their contract will be signed and money will be dispersed. Do you know what Learning Web is and are you involved at all? Here is their website: http://www.learning-web.org/ I can't seem to find out what they are doing for the people of Dryden. I am hopeful we will get some details.
Resolution #26 - Vehicle Benefit: There was some discussion over the benefit add on to income tax. If your vehicle benefit in one year is $10,000 then you will need to pay taxes on that vehicle benefit. Obviously we have to follow IRS rules on this and it is primarily up to the employee gaining the benefit to take care of this. Dawn will need to look to see if they need to pay.
Resolution #28 - Approve Abstract #13: The town spends a lot of money each month as does any business. At the beginning of each meeting a stack of reciepts about two phone books high is available for review by the board and then the vote on the abstract is the final resolution of the evening. While the town board members are reviewing the abstract they are unable to listen to everything else that is going on with their undivided attention. A finance committee that reviewed the abstract ahead of the meeting may make more sense, but more of that in the next post.

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