August 2015 Minutes
08/13/2015August 2015 Minutes
ELMIRA TOWNSHIP
COUNTY OF OTSEGO
AUGUST 13, 2015
A regular meeting of the Elmira Township board was held on August 13, 2015 at the Elmira Township hall commencing at 6:00 p.m. with Supervisor, Diane Franckowiak calling the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members present were Supervisor, Diane Franckowiak, Clerk, Susan Schaedig, Treasurer, Diane Purgiel, Trustees, Leonard Skop and Dale Holzschu.
Others in attendance were Martin Franckowiak and Brian Skop of Warner Township and taxpayer, Tim Haller.
Diane P made a motion to accept the minutes as presented. Seconded by Leonard and carried unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Tim Haller appeared before the board to present his reasons for having a PRE. Diane F stated to him that he will have his homestead exemption.
ORDINANCE OFFICER:
The complaint in the Village of Elmira has been resolved.
ASSESSOR’S REPORT:
Diane F reported on the State AMAR review. The biggest problem is with procedures which means that everything needs to be documented by the assessor. No question on work.
Deb forgot to get signatures from the Board of Review members.
There will be a Full Tribunal hearing for a new home on Martin Lake. They are petitioning the assessed value. Debbie has it at 512,000/256,000. The taxpayer feels it should be at 300,000 but has no supporting evidence.
PLANNING COMMISSION:
Leonard reported that most of the meeting was spent reviewing the MUZ. John Burt has tabled it.
The township board discussed Randall Osgood’s position on the township PC. He was invited to attend this meeting, but he chose not to attend.
Leonard made a motion to send a letter to Randy dismissing him from his position on the Elmira Township Planning Commission Board. Seconded by Dale and carried unanimously.
READING OF THE BILLS:
11052 Cynthia Prusakiewicz, July BOR 44.04
11053 Susan Schaedig, salary 1,059.91
11054 Ron Geiger, ordinance officer, liquor inspector 243.78
11055 Randall Osgood, July PC mtg 110.00
11056 Paul Hartmann, July PC mtg 110.00
11057 Leonard Skop, trustee salary, July PC mtg 238.83
11058 Kenneth Tomaski, July BOR 50.00
11059 Gloria Torello, July PC mtg 110.00
11060 Duane Hoffman, July PC mtg 110.00
11061 Diane Franckowiak, salary, Ass’n mtg, equalization mtg 863.67
11062 Dale Holzschu, trustee salary, Ass’n mtg 158.83
11063 Spartan Sewer & Septic 90.00
11064 ProBuild, lumber, screws Bell tower 73.51
11065 Waste Management, close account-final pymt 249.28
11066 D & D Assessing 2,085.00
11067 Sandra Purgiel, wages- assist treasurer 105.00
11068 Diane Purgiel, salary, Ass’n mtg 1,563.49
11069 BS&A Software, assessing system annual service/support 558.00
11070 Diane Purgiel, reimb mileage, postage, phone/internet 195.09
11071 Susan Schaedig, reimb mileage, phone/internet 58.75
11072 Diane Franckowiak, reimb phone/internet, use of computer 50.00
11073 Roderick Wright, July BOR 50.00
11074 Accident Fund 765.00
11075 I.T. Right 500.00
11076 American Waste 90.00
11077 U.S. Postal Service, postage meter-taxroll 2,000.00
11078 Roderick Wright, bell tower 924.00
11079 Otsego County Land Use Services, 2015 contribution county zoning 6,180.00
11080 Diane Franckowiak, wages for cleaning hall office 600.00
11081 Dunn’s Business Solutions, cleaning supplies, copies for PC 156.47
11082 Great Lakes Energy 374.81
11083 CenturyLink 46.33
EFTPS August taxes 945.06
20,784.81
Leonard made a motion to pay the bills. Seconded by Dale and carried unanimously.
Diane P and Sue suggested that the township pay Diane F for her time cleaning up the offices and equipment. The board agreed unanimously.
TREASURER REPORT:
Diane P reported that she is having problems with Direct TV and delinquent tax bills.
She also reported that she had problems with e checks. There was a glitch and she has switched to another company.
M Bank CD 102,233.94 M Bank Svgs 82,160.91 Chemical CD 110,696.87
First Federal ICS 21,199.40 Comm Financial CD 210,494.79 Ckg 78,046.15
TOTAL 604,832.06
First Merit Tax Dep 56,529.03 Tax Chk 6,001.38 TOTAL 62,530.41
OLD BUSINESS:
Diane F made a motion to amend Ordinance 1 of 2010 To Create a Township Planning Commission to add Subsection(G) to Section 2 of the Ordinance to read:
(g) The Elmira Township board may appoint the Elmira Township representative on the Otsego County Planning Commission as an advisory member, but this person shall not be a voting member.
Seconded by Dale and carried unanimously.
Ayes: Diane Franckowiak, Sue Schaedig, Diane Purgiel, Leonard Skop, Dale Holzschu
Nayes: None
Absent: None
Leonard made a motion to pay crossroad to print and send out post cards for the Clean Up Day to be held on September 19th, 2015. Seconded by Diane P and carried unanimously.
The board briefly discussed the DTE franchise agreement.
NEW BUSINESS:
Martin Franckowiak of Warner Township stated that Maple Hill Cemetery needs brushing, moving the road and righting grave markers.
Brian Skop said that they received estimates and Leon Jaroneski submitted a bid for $6,300 for moving the road, cutting the trees down and brushing.
Diane P made a motion to share in the cost of cleaning up Maple Hill Cemetery for $3,150. Seconded by Leonard and carried unanimously.
There being no further business to come before the board, Leonard made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by Dale and carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Susan Schaedig, Clerk