2015-10-15Town of Wappinger
Special Meeting
Minutes
20 Middlebush Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
townofwappinger.us
Joseph Paoloni
(845)297-5771
Thursday, October 15, 2015 7:30 PM Town Hall
Call to Order
Supervisor Barbara Gutzler called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM.
Attendee Name
Organization
Title
Status
Arrived
Barbara Gutzler
Town of Wappinger
Supervisor
Present
7:30 PM
William Ciccarelli
Town of Wappinger
Councilman
Present
7:30 PM
William H. Beale
Town of Wappinger
Councilman
Present
7:30 PM
Ismay Czarniecki
Town of Wappinger
Councilwoman
Present
7:30 PM
Michael Kuzmicz
Town of Wappinger
Councilman
Present
7:30 PM
Pledge of Allegiance
Budget Discussions
1. Supervisor and Town Board
Town board training was cut in half from $1,000 to $500.
Town board contingency was kept to zero until the end of the process.
Town Supervisor assistant was increased $1,000.
Town Supervisor training was moved down to $750.
Town Supervisor supplies was put at $1,500 due to in house printing.
2. Motion To: Accounting - Highway Time Clock
The only change was line A1315.405 which increased $2,300 to $6,740 for the Highway time
clock.
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER:
William Ciccarelli, Councilman
AYES:
Gutzler, Ciccarelli, Beale, Czarniecki, Kuzmicz
3. Justice Court
Supervisor Gutzler conveyed the desire of the justices to get a small raise to $27,600.
Computer services line will be put onto one IT services line.
4. Tax Receiver
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Receiver of Taxes Lee Ann Freno appeared to discuss the need for a full or part time helper in
that office. She added that in the event of emergency there is nobody that can fill in to run that
office. Councilman Beale suggested looking into having a Deputy Receiver of Taxes for
$24,000 which was put into that line item.
Line A1330.400 had an increase to $3,360.
Line A1330.404 had a decrease by $10.
5. Assessor
Christian Harkins explained that the only changes were salaries for those who have been working
for the same amount of salary for years.
6. Motion To: Animal Control - Motion to increase A3510.200 to $500 for safety equipment
Gerald Owen presented his budget. He asked for equipment for safety issues to increase line
number A3510.200 to $500 for a catch pole.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Ciccarelli, Beale, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
7. Motion To: Animal Control - Motion to increase A3510.405 to $3,500 for Kennel Rent
The kennel rent line item A3510.405 was asked to increase to $3,500 from $3,000.
8.
9.
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
SECONDER:
William Ciccarelli, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Ciccarelli, Beale, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
Motion To: Animal Control - Motion to transfer A3510.406 to A3510.401 $500 for Tires out
of the 2015 Funds
Gerry asked to transfer $500 out of line A3510.406 to A3510.401 $500 for Tires out of the 2015
Funds.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Ciccarelli, Beale, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
Water and Sewer Districts and Improvement Areas
Sewer:
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Camo's Mike Tremper passed out a book to the board. Of the 15 pump stations, several pump
stations are 40 years old. 3 need to be replaced, the Myers corners, Airlift and Fieldstone Farms.
He proposes a $6,000 increase for that. Fleetwood sewer built in 60's and is in full compliance.
The town needs to upgrade small satellite plants to a larger central facility. The cost to operate
them went up $800. He said that it is very expensive to bring these smaller districts into the
larger Tri -Municipal. Midpoint district needs LN.I work or roadway runoff which will act as a
preparatory for entry into Tri -Municipal. The Wildwood Sewer District is the oldest in Dutchess
County, built in the 50's, and is well in compliance. DEC is toying with upgrading the discharge
requirements. If they do so, it will not be able to meet those new standards. The village of
Wappingers Falls is looking into bringing Woodhill Green which is in compliance into the
village sewer district. .
Water:
The Hilltop well field filters are soon to be online and are housed in a new building. The filters
are cartridge filters and need replacement. There are 80 filters costing $400 per filter. Budget is
up $100,000 primarily to pay for the new filters. Filters need to be replaces and wells repaired at
the Hilltop well field. We have capacity for additional water, but it is up to the town to allocate
that. Fleetwood Manor buys water from Fishkill. It is old and substandard. He added that we
will need to replace all the galvanized pipes at once or fix them when they break. They are
galvanized under the road and could prove to be a big problem. The overall budget is about a
7% increase. The Tall Trees district has very little water; however, there is a plan to connect to
the United Wappinger Water district. There is hope that this connection will be completed by
year end 2016. Watch Hill Improvement area comes from Fishkill.
10. Drainage Districts
Mike Tremper pointed out that drainage is part of the MS4 process to control flow.
11. Town Clerk
The only change to the payroll items is the Deputy Town Clerk was an increase to $28,870 for
line item A 1410.101.
Postage machine lease line A1410.412 for the use of all of town hall needs went down from a
budgeted $3,159 to an actual $600 due to the purchase versus the lease of the machine where
over the lease of the last machine's lifetime will save us $45,000.
Line A1410.400 was bumped up $1,000 for moving costs for the records stored at Carnwath and
to be moved to a public storage facility off Hollowbrook road. The storage costs of $325 per
month for a 1000 storage room or $3,120 annually was included in line item Line A1410.413.
The town clerk equipment line item A1410.200 for a $3,000 label printer will replace the annual
recycle center print costs of $2,000 which is absorbed in the recycle center budget. A list of
other uses for town will be explored before action is to be taken.
12. "Wrap Up"
Councilman Beale pointed out that revenues need to be looked at before any decisions can be
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made. Town Clerk Paoloni reminded the board that State Aid and Mortgage tax estimates are
also important components of total revenue. Supervisor Gutzler also pointed out that $1 million
in sales tax revenues is a minimum guaranteed by the county.
IV. Adjournment
1. Motion To: Wappinger Adjournment & Signature
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Joseph P. Paoloni
Town Clerk
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
SECONDER:
William H. Beale, Councilman
AYES:
Gutzler, Ciccarelli, Beale, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
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