Town Board Meeting July 8, 2010

TB Meeting July 8, 2010

The regular meeting of the Town Board of Cherry Valley was held on Thursday, July 8, 2010 with meeting called to order at 7:05PM by Supervisor Garretson.

Pledge to the Flag was said.

Roll call of Officers was taken:
Tom Garretson Supervisor P
Mark Cornwell Councilperson P
Jim Johnson Councilperson P
Tim Horvath Councilperson P
Chris Barown Councilperson P
Ed VanDerWerker Highway Superintendent Excused
Mary Beth Flint Town Clerk P

Minutes of the June 2010 meeting were read. Supervisor Garretson approved the minutes as corrected.

Bills for the month of July are presented:
247 MVP Healthcare, Inc. $1,875.38pd
248 RBS Inc. $250.00pd
249 M Wheelock Disposal $41.50pd
250 Time Warner Cable Business $69.95pd
251 Medical Arts Press $210.14pd
252 Quill Corporation $162.09pd
253 Cherry Valley Hardware $51.99pd
254 CASEBP $76.98pd
255 Transcription Associates $725.10pd
256 Cornerstone Telephone Co $306.44pd
257 Verizon Wireless $92.23pd
258 RL Parsons $893.22pd
259 Hummel’s Office Plus $5.69pd
260 Cintas corporation #121 $212.06pd
261 Bassett Healthcare $23,453.13pd
262 National Pastime $504.00pd
263 Medical Arts Press $293.38pd
264 Time Warner Cable $74.95pd
265 Ikon Financial Services $196.91pd
266 Russell Johnson $263.97pd
267 George Cade $5,592.00pd
268 Tri-County Communications Inc $179.10pd
269 The Freeman’s Journal $40.28pd
270 Dorothy Johnson $18.00pd
271 Hummel’s Office Plus $162.38pd
272 National Grid $912.87pd
273 US Postal Service $762.20pd
274 Excellus BC/BS $222.47pd
275 Edward Vanderwerker $52.93pd
276 Foit-Albert Associates, P.C. $1,553.84pd
277 Michelle Wickwire $233.94pd
278 Public Goods Pool $453.00pd
279 Postmaster $86.50pd
280 Quill Corporation $104.95pd
281 NYS Unemployment Insurance $23.59pd
282 Hughesnet $64.99pd

Highway Vouchers:
Item 1 (19)
Item 3 (85-90)
Item 4 (14)

Councilperson Cornwell made a motion to accept the invoices and payments as read Councilperson Johnson seconded the motion. The invoices and payments have been presented and accepted. All in favor 5 yes 0 no. Motion carried.

Information presented to the Town Clerk by Supervisor Garretson is as follows:
Town share of monthly County sales tax collected for the month of April 2010 is $4,340.
NBT Bank Statutory Installment Bond $70,000.
Treasurer of Otsego County Snow & Ice $47,376.76.
Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Screener $4,729.63

Updates:

Community Center has been rented out sporadically for the month July. The Opera will be finished with their rental by mid July. Revenue for June $739. Expenses for June $2,344.

Miscellaneous Information:
Proposed Cherry Valley Christmas Crèche was discussed. Motion made by Supervisor Garretson to donate $500 towards material, seconded by Councilperson Johnson. Motion not carried.

Health Center:
Revenue for June was $33,086. Expenses for June $31,099.

Village:
Town and Village board minutes and information can be found on the website at www.cherryvalleyny.us

Visitor’s Center:
Informational Meeting with Foit-Albert will be July 14th @ 7:00PM in the Boardroom of the Community Center. Supervisor Garretson would like Councilperson Johnson and Councilperson Horvath to attend this meeting. Councilperson Barown and Councilperson Cornwell will be attending a meeting at the County on the same night in regards to Road Use Regulations.

Town Planning:
Reassessment Project update is given by George Cade. Most of the family dwellings have been completed. A letter will be going out to the few dwellings yet to be evaluated.
Otsego County Road Use Meeting is July 14th @ 6:30PM at the Meadows. Councilperson Barown and Councilperson Cornwell will attend this meeting.

Highway Department:
· CHIPS Capital Highway Improvement Program $83,437 available for 2010.
· Recycling Change-replacement of roll off container to on site compacting.

There were no questions and comments by the public present.

There being not further business a motion was made by Councilperson Cornwell to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Councilperson Horvath meeting adjourned at 8:50PM.

Respectfully submitted
Mary Beth Flint, Town Clerk