June 14^th, 2004

The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, Village of Remsen met on June14th, 2004, at 7:00 pm at the Village Hall on Pine Street in the Village.

Those present were: Mayor Bob Cunningham, Trustees; Wendy Piekielniak, Stephen Allen, Lisa Beagle, and Peter Billard. Also attending were; Attorney Jim Moseman, April Beaton, Gary Biddlecome, Sean Pirnie, Hannah Burton, Levi Gleasman, Shannon Freeley, Patrick Gawlick, Sara Cassanova, Chris Jones, Greg Beagle, Gavin Law, Neil Van Patten, and Fred Cassidy,

The minutes were read and a treasurer's report was given. Balances were as follows: General Fund - $114,919.54,Water Fund - $3,731.19, Sewer Fund - $ 93,334.88, Money Market - $186.95,Chips - $4,347.53, General Truck - $23,215.50, Emergency Services - $83,020.80, ESCIF - $56,675.32, WECIF - $28,977.72, SECIF - $53,439.66, Street Repairs - $18,087.85, and Water Capital - $400,100.00.

Stephen made the motion to approve them. Seconded by Wendy. All approved and carried.

Bills of the month were audited and a motion was made by Wendy to pay them. Seconded by Peter. All approved and carried. Wendy abstains from the Kohn & Moseman bill.

Twenty dollars will go to Lisa Beagle for plants for outside the Village office.

Wendy made the motion to make the following appointments. Seconded by Stephen. All approved and carried.

Deputy Mayor.........................Lisa Beagle

Water Commissioner...............Stephen Allen

Street Commissioner...............F. Peter Billard

Sewer Commissioner..............Wendy Piekielniak

Clerk-Treasurer......................Mary T. Bessmer

Sexual Harassment Officer......Stephen Allen

Lawyer....................................Jim Moseman

Registrar.................................Cheryl Horn

Election Inspectors..................Cheryl Horn, Ruth Jones, & Mary T. Bessmer

Paper.......................................Rome Sentinel

Bank........................................Fleet

Fair Housing Officer.................F. Peter Billard

Freedom of Information Law Officer..........Mary T. Bessmer

Designated Minority Officer.....Mary T. Bessmer

Neil Van Patten said his driveway was a mess. Two inches of silt was in his garage. When they cleaned out his pipe it sent the silt to the Kraegars. He said do not clean his pipe out.

The ortho pump has been replaced.

Senior Housing has received federal money but not state yet.

We received payment from Carol Oaster in the amount of $400.00. She will pa $50.00 a month plus keep current on her bill.

The Clerk will have a new phone line put in for the computer.

Evelyn Horn sent a letter to the Board about a tree that is half down already near her home.

Bob will check to see if wires are involved.

Fred told of:

-finishing the lift station repairs

-there is 1 more broken valve

-tree trimming done

-complaints of drainage

Wendy told that they might be boring in that area and that could help with the drainage problem.

Fred ordered lumber for the bio-filter base.

He is looking for a new chemical. He told of trees needing attention: in front of Mr. Romans, Evelyn Horns, on Middle Road, and on Main St.

He told of rear-end problems in the brown truck.

He said the tank is on automatic.

We need another ortho pump.

Wendy will send a response to Carol Oaster's letter.

Fred told the Board that Jessica has 15 hours in. Bob said she needs to come in before the Board.

Wendy asked Fred if chlorine is in buckets?

The Clerk was told to pay the Kohn & Moseman bill for $4,495.00 and the Research Foundation bill for $6,076.00 out of the Water Capital Fund.

Bids will go out on June 20^th. The bids are out for 30 days. They will be opened on July 20^th. The contract period is 90 days.

Jessica Cassidy will be paid $7.00 per hour.

Lisa made the resolution to go to bid on the Water System Improvement Project. Seconded by Peter. All approved and carried.

Wendy made the resolution to authorize Bob or Lisa to sign papers for easements with Remsen Development Corp., Williams Oil Co., MA&N or GVT Railroad. Seconded by Stephen. All approved and carried.

Lisa made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:40 pm. Seconded by Stephen. All approved and carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary T. Bessmer