Board of Trustees
2 Harbor Road, Port Washington, NY
April 1, 2010
Present: Mayor Frederick E. Nicholson
Trustee Charles Comer
Trustee Douglas Baldwin
Trustee Alice M. Peckelis
Trustee Michael Taylor
Village Attorney Christopher Prior
Treasurer Laurence Tuck
Village Clerk Yvonne Whitcomb
Also present: Stenographer Jennifer Devlin, James and Marilyn Sacrestano, Debbie Cohen from Patch
Mayor Nicholson opened the
regular meeting at 7:30PM, with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Nicholson swore in Alice M. Peckelis and Michael Taylor as Trustees for a two year and one year period respectively.
Mayor Nicholson opened the Public Hearing duly advertised in the March 25th, 2010 issue of the Port Washington News, to consider the Budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2010 and ending May 31, 2011.
A verbatim transcript of this public hearing is annexed to and incorporated into these minutes.
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED to close the public hearing.
Douglas Baldwin arrived 8:10PM.
Mayor Nicholson swore Douglas Baldwin in as Trustee for a two year period.
Mayor Nicholson made the following appointments, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, for terms of one official year, said terms to expire April 2011.
Deputy Mayor Charles Comer
Acting Village Justice James. C. Neville
Building Inspector Liaison Douglas Baldwin
Planning Board Board of Trustees
Commissioner of Public Works Alice M. Peckelis
Environmental Commissioner Charles Comer
Deputy Environmental Commissioner Michael Taylor
Manhasset Bay Protection Committee Charles Comer, Michael Taylor
Nassau County Village Officials Association Frederick Nicholson, Alice Peckelis
Chamber of Commerce Michael Taylor
TNH Visioning Committee Frederick Nicholson, Michael Taylor
Emergency Management Frederick Nicholson, Charles Comer, Alice Peckelis
Stormwater Runoff Frederick Nicholson, Charles Comer
Registrar of Vital Statistics TNH Clerk Leslie Gross
Tree Commissioner Lance Wagner
Mayor Nicholson made the following appointment, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, for a term of five years, said term to expire April 2015.
Chairman Board of Zoning Appeals Matthew Tedone
Mayor Nicholson made the following appointment, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, for a term of one year, said term to expire April 2011.
Board of Zoning Appeals member Dr. Peter Salins
On the motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Baldwin, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the aforesaid appointments made by the Mayor be hereby approved.
Depository Bank
On the motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the Bank of America be and hereby is designated as the official bank for authorized depositories for Village Funds.
Official Village Newspaper
On the motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the Port Washington News be and hereby is designated as the official newspaper for the Village of Baxter Estates for the official year ending April 2011.
Meetings of the Board of Trustees
On the motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Baldwin, it was unanimously RESOLVED that 2 Harbor Road, Port Washington, New York, be and hereby is designated as the place of the regular meetings of this Board until further notice and that the day and time of said regular meetings shall be 7:30PM, on the first Thursday of each month.
Regular Meeting
1. Village Clerk
A. Minutes
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Baldwin, it was RESOLVED that the reading of the minutes of the March 5, 2010 Meeting of the Board of Trustees be waived and they be and hereby are approved with corrections as presented by Clerk Whitcomb.
Mayor Nicholson Aye
Trustee Comer Aye
Trustee Peckelis Aye
Trustee Baldwin Abstained
Trustee Taylor Abstained
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was RESOLVED that the reading of the minutes of the March 13, 2010 Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees be waived and they be and hereby are approved as presented by Clerk Whitcomb.
Mayor Nicholson Aye
Trustee Comer Aye
Trustee Baldwin Aye
Trustee Peckelis Aye
Trustee Taylor Abstained
2. Treasurer
A. Abstract of Vouchers
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the Audited Vouchers dated April 1, 2010 for the General Fund totaling $ 61,468.10 be and hereby are approved as prepared by Treasurer Tuck.
B. Auditor
Treasurer Tuck presented the proposals for the new fiscal year submitted by the Village’s current independent auditor, Skinnon, Faber and Heck to the Board.
On the motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the Village engage the services of Skinnon, Faber and Heck to perform an independent audit of the financial affairs of the Village for the fiscal period commencing June 1, 2010 and ending May 31, 2011 and to prepare an inventory of Village assets for compliance with GASB, for a fee not to exceed $5,800.00 for the General Fund and $750.00 for the Justice Court in accordance with the proposals submitted.
C. Budget
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Baldwin, it was unanimously RESOLVED to adopt the revised budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2010 and ending May 31, 2011 for $745,088.84
3. Old Business
A. Hilltop Road stormwater drainage
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Baldwin it was RESOLVED to expend a sum not to exceed $1,000.00 for engineering plans to resolve the drainage problems on Hilltop Road.
Mayor Nicholson Aye
Trustee Comer Aye
Trustee Baldwin Aye
Trustee Taylor Aye
Trustee Peckelis Abstained
B. Hillside Ave stormwater drainage
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED to expend up to $1,500.00 in total to resolve the drainage problems on Hillside Ave, which is to include engineering fees not to exceed $250.00.
C. MS4 Annual Stormwater Meeting
Charles Comer stated that a revised MS4 Annual Report form has been posted on the NYSDEC website. This form must be used to satisfy the 2009-2010 year reporting requirement.
On motion of Mayor Nicholson, seconded by Trustee Baldwin, it was unanimously RESOLVED to expend a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 for outside stormwater consultants.
D. Baxter Beach Clean Up and Central Drive Clean Up
On the motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the contract for Beach and Central Drive Clean Up be awarded to Robert Keogh for a total cost for the 2010 season of $1,400.00.
E. Nassau County Village Officials Association
On motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis it was unanimously RESOLVED to approve $90.00 for two tickets to the Nassau County Village Officials Association Annual Dinner at the Crest Hollow Country Club on May 13, 2010.
There being no further business before the Board, on motion of Trustee Comer, seconded by Trustee Peckelis, it was unanimously RESOLVED that the meeting be and hereby is closed at 10:36PM.
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Village Clerk