Town of Pinckney Minutes
Regular Meeting
January 13th, 2016
Roll
Officials
Present: Sherry Harmych,
Supervisor
Don Cook, Superintendent
Don Vincent, Councilman
Bob Amidon, Councilman
Dan Pearson, Councilman
Megan Vincent-Olmstead,
Town Clerk/Tax Collector
Absent: Sandi Dunn, Councilwoman
Others in Attendance
Kay Chapman, Tug Hill
Commission
The first town board meeting of 2016 was called to order by Supervisor
Harmych at 6:02pm and all parties present rose to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
There were no issues brought up for discussion during the open forum.
The Clerks report for the month of December was made available for the
boards review and was motioned to be accepted by Don Vincent and seconded by
Dan Pearson. The financial report was unavailable at this meeting, but will be
done by the Special Meeting at the end of the month. The Justice Report was
reviewed by the board and Bob Amidon made a motion to accept it, Don Vincent
seconded the motion. There was no Planning Board meeting this month, thus,
there is no report. The minutes from the prior meeting are currently
unavailable due to printer issues.
Kay Chapman, from the Tug Hill Commission reported to the Board on the Commission’s
most recent activities: There will be a “newly elected” workshop on January 21st,
2016 in the Town of Trenton. Towns of Rodman and Lorraine are interested in
mini-grants for Asset Management Inventory for their water or wastewater system
offered by the Environmental Finance Center. The Local Government Conference
has gone out in the mail for March 31st; the registration brochure
is available online or by contacting your circuit rider.
In regards to new business, the Wind Farm submitted a “code of conduct”
and therefore, has intentions of expanding in our area.
A list of Resolutions 1-46 of 2016 were
made available to the Board Members and Supervisor Harmych read through and
explained them individually. Once discussed and edits were made, the Board
passed all 46 Resolutions after a motion to accept made by Robert Amidon and a
second by Dan Pearson. The Board was polled and all present Councilmen
responded with “yea”, thus the Resolutions passed.
Supervisor Harmych made it known to the Board and public that the Town
has received a Notice of Claim in connection with the January 2015 snowmobile
accident on the Denning Road.
The next order of business was Highway Concerns. Superintendent Cook made
available the Lewis County Snowplowing contract.
The Town Board accepted the Lewis
County Snowplowing Contract in Resolution 47-2016 (Please see attached). Don
Vincent made a motion to accept and Dan Pearson seconded the motion; the Board
was polled and all present Councilmen responded with “yea”, thus the Resolution
passed.
Clerk Vincent-Olmstead signed said contract and it was returned to
Superintendent Cook to return to Lewis County.
Moreover in Highway Concerns, Don Cook and the Highway crew believe there
is a need for a fire alarm and security system installed into the Town Barn.
After pricing different companies, Superintendent Cook suggested that STAT
Communications would be the best option at $2700 for setup and installation and
then $30 per month for monitoring and services.
The Town Board members agreed upon the
purchase of a Security and Fire Alarm system via STAT Communication and so
Resolution 48-2016 was drafted. Dan Pearson made a motion to accept the
purchase of said system. Bob Amidon seconded the motion, the Board was polled
and all present Councilmen responded with “yea”, thus the Resolution passed
Furthermore from the Highway Department, it was brought up that there is
a need for an additional Verizon cell phone, due to the addition of another
Highway employee.
Next on the agenda for the meeting was Old Business. As has been
discussed in numerous previous board meetings, the Town Board feels there
should be some sort of protection for the Town Roads from heavy logging
equipment. This is laid out in the Town of Pinckney’s Resolution 49-2016, which
was discussed and passed by the Board.
Resolution 49-2016: Adopting Weight
Exception Permit Form (Please See Attached) in order to help protect the Town’s
roads was motioned to be accepted by Dan Pearson and seconded by Don Vincent,
the Board was polled and all present Councilmen responded with “yea”, thus the
Resolutions passed.
At 6:57PM Supervisor Harmych entered the
meeting into Executive Session in regards to the Notice of Claim that was
served on the Town; the Executive Session lasted until 7:17PM.
The vouchers were passed around,
signed, and finally accepted by the Board with a motion by Don Vincent and a
second by Dan Pearson.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:33PM, after a motion by Bob Amidon and a second by
Dan Pearson
The next Town Board Meeting will be helf February 9th, 2016 at 6:30 PM.
