The organizational
meeting of the Oswego Town Board was held on January 7, 2008 at the town
hall. Supervisor Mullen opened the meeting at 7:00 PM with the Pledge of
Allegiance. Legislator Doug Malone asked for a moment of silence for the
passing of Legislator Len Ponzi who was District 17 Town of Oswego Legislator.
Roll call was taken with the following members present.
Supervisor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Councilor
Attorney to the board |
Victoria Mullen
Tim DeSacia
Greg Herrmann
Margaret Mahaney
Daniel Shaver
Stephen C. Greene |
Town Clerk’s
Report: To date $152,008.34 has been collected in taxes.
Supervisor's Report: The primary election will be held
at town hall on February 5, 2008 noon to 9. My State of the Town report
will be given next month.
Public Comment: What is going on with the college housing? Is the project
moving forward?
Resolution 2008-1 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
approves the minutes from the December 10 and December 27, 2007 town board
meetings.
Moved by Councilor DeSacia, second Councilor Herrmann all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-2 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
approves the appointments found in Attachment A. Be it further resolved
that these appointments shall run until December 31, 2008.
Moved by Councilor Mahaney, second Councilor Shaver all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-3 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
approves the schedule of salaries for elected and appointed officials and
employees for 2008 found in
Attachment B.
Moved by Supervisor Mullen, second Councilor DeSacia all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-4 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
designates The Palladium Times as the official town newspaper.
Moved by Councilor Herrmann, second Councilor DeSacia all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-5 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
designates JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the town’s depository for
2008.
Moved by Councilor Shaver, second Councilor Mahaney all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-6 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
imposes on the Supervisor powers and duties of administration and supervision
of town or special improvement districts functions to be performed on behalf
of the board.
Moved by Councilor DeSacia, second Councilor Herrmann all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-7 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
establishes a Town Clerk, Highway Superintendent and Supervisor’s
Petty Cash fund of $100.00 each.
Moved by Councilor Mahaney, second Councilor Shaver all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-8 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
approves the 2008 Payroll schedule identified as Attachment C.
Moved by Councilor DeSacia, second Councilor Herrmann all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-9 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
approves the Holiday Calendar identified as Attachment D.
Moved by Councilor Shaver, second Councilor Mahaney all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-10 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
will hold monthly town board meetings the second Monday of each month at
7:00 PM and a workshop at 6:00 PM prior to the regular meeting. Meetings
will be held at the Oswego Town Hall.
Moved by Councilor DeSacia, second Councilor Herrmann all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-11 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
authorizes the Supervisor to pay in advance of audit of claims for public
utilities services such as gas, electric, water, sewer, fuel oil and telephone
service as well as postage, freight, express charges and health insurance.
Claims for these payments shall be presented at the next regular meeting
for audit.
Moved by Councilor Mahaney, second Councilor Shaver all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-12 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
adopts the Code of Ethics as in Attachment E.
Moved by Councilor Mahaney, second Supervisor Mullen all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-13 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
adopts the Rules of Order of the Town Board of the Town of Oswego as found
in Attachment F.
Moved by Supervisor Mullen, second Councilor Herrmann all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-14 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
adopts the voucher calendar as listed in Attachment G.
Moved by Councilor DeSacia, second Councilor Shaver all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-15 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
hires Craig R. Gilbert Co. for yearly copier maintenance contract at $750.00.
Moved by Supervisor Mullen, second Councilor Herrmann all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-16 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
contracts with G&G Wastewater for the operation and maintenance of the
Sleepy Hollow Sewage Treatment Plant for $8487.11 annually.
Moved by Councilor Mahaney, second Supervisor Mullen all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-17 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
appoints Catherine K. Mears, JoEllen Smith and Joseph Oleyourryk to the
Ethics Committee. Be it further resolved these appointments shall run until
December 31, 2008.
Moved by Supervisor Mullen, second Councilor DeSacia all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-18 Be it resolved the Oswego Town Board
approves the bills on abstract 1 as follows.
General Fund
Highway Fund
Franklin/Baylis Lighting
Edgebrook Lighting
Sleepy Hollow Sewer |
$23,627.70
$21,164.12
$ 126.65
$ 75.64
$ 1,034.00 |
v 1-17
v 1-17
v 3
v 3
v 1-2 |
Moved by Councilor Mahaney,
second Councilor Shaver all ayes motion carried.
Resolution 2008-19 Be it resolved the Town of Oswego does
not wish to have the area code for the Town of Oswego (315) changed to any
other number.
Moved by Supervisor Mullen, second Councilor DeSacia all ayes motion carried.
Motion by Councilor DeSacia, second Councilor Herrmann to close the meeting
at 7:20 PM. All ayes motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Theresa A. Cooper, CMC
Oswego Town Clerk
Attachment A:
2008
Appointments |
| Job Title |
Name |
| Assessor’s
Clerk |
Debra Hogan |
| Assistant Dog
Control Officer |
Nancy Brown |
| Attorney to the
Oswego Town Board |
Greene Law Office |
| Attorney to the
Planning Board |
Steven C. Greene,
Jr. |
| Attorney to the
ZBA |
Kevin Caraccioli |
| Budget Officer |
Richard Hogan |
| Cemetery Clerk |
Debra Hogan |
| Cemetery Superintendent |
John Knopp |
| Chief Assessor |
Richard Hogan |
| Clerk to the
CEO/ZEO |
Theresa Cooper |
| Clerk to the
Supervisor & Special Districts Clerk |
Terry Botting |
| Code/Zoning Enforcement
Officer |
Wayne Newton |
| Court Clerk |
Myrtis Sterio |
| Custodian –
Town Hall |
Maureen Polky |
| Deputy Highway
Superintendent |
Frank Ferguson |
| Deputy Registrar |
Debra Hogan |
| Deputy Supervisor |
Timothy DeSacia |
| Deputy Town Clerk |
Carol Todd |
| Dog Control Officer |
Daniel Sullivan |
| General Laborer |
Joseph Oleyourryk |
| Historian |
Justin White |
| Marriage Officers |
T Cooper &
V Mullen |
| Secretary –
Planning Board and ZBA |
Marjorie Best |
| Senior Court
Clerk |
Patricia Jung |
| Registrar |
Theresa Cooper |
| Town Constable
|
Frederick Ferguson |
| Webmaster |
Jeff Adkins |
Attachment B:
2008
Salaries by Position |
| Position
|
Salary |
| Assessment Board
of Review |
$141.40 per day/ea. |
| Assessors |
$6,011.00 Annually |
| Assessor’s
Clerk |
$6,639.00 Annually |
| Star Administration
Clerk |
$1,744.21 Annually |
| Assistant Cemetery
Superintendent |
$10.50/hr. |
| Budget Officer
|
$1,697.00 Annually |
| Cemetery Clerk
|
$4,935.00 Annually |
| Cemetery Laborer
|
$6.50/hr. |
| Cemetery Laborer
3yrs+ Lt. Equip. Mnt. |
$8.32/hr. |
| Cemetery Superintendent
|
$12.00/hr. |
| Chief Assessor
|
$6,615.00 Annually |
| Clerk to the
CEO/ZEO |
$796.00 Annually |
| Clerk to the
Supervisor & Special Districts Clerk |
$21,965.00 Annually |
| Code/Zoning Enforcement
Officer |
$9,548.00 Annually |
| Custodian |
$3,585.00 Annually |
| Deputy Highway
Superintendent |
$0.50/hr. |
| Deputy Registrar
|
$0.00 |
| Deputy Supervisor
|
$569.00 Annually |
| Deputy Town
Clerk |
$9.01/hr. |
| Dog Control Officer
|
$8,461.00 Annually |
| General Laborer
|
$8.32/hr. |
| Historian |
$227.00 Annually |
| Registrar |
$236.00 Annually
|
| Secretary - Planning
Board and ZBA |
$10.60/hr. |
| Justice Clerk
|
$8,034.00 Annually |
| Town Justice
|
$15,296.00 Annually |
| Senior Justice
Clerk |
$8,236.00 Annually |
| Supervisor |
$9,382.00 Annually |
| Town Board Members
|
$3,865.00 Annually |
| Town Clerk |
$37,278.00 Annually |
| Town Constable
|
$9,148.00 Annually |
| Youth Programs
|
$6.00/hr. |
| Highway Supt/Super
Bldg. & Grounds |
$55,000 Annually |
Attachment C:
2008
Employee Pay Schedule |
| From
- To |
Pay
Date |
| 01/01 - 01/05 |
1 |
01/10/07 |
| 01/06 - 01/19 |
2 |
01/24/07 |
| 01/20 - 02/02 |
3 |
02/07/07 |
| 02/03 - 02/16 |
4 |
02/21/07 |
| 02/17 - 03/01 |
5 |
03/06/07 |
| 03/02 - 03/15 |
6 |
03/20/07 |
| 03/16 - 03/29 |
7 |
04/03/07 |
| 03/30 - 04/12 |
8 |
04/17/07 |
| 04/14 - 04/26 |
9 |
05/01/07 |
| 04/27 - 05/10 |
10 |
05/15/07 |
| 05/11 - 05/24 |
11 |
05/29/07 |
| 05/26 - 06/07 |
12 |
06/12/07 |
| 06/08 - 06/21 |
13 |
06/26/07 |
| 06/22 - 07/05 |
14 |
07/10/07 |
| 07/06 - 07/19 |
15 |
07/24/07 |
| 07/20 - 08/02 |
16 |
08/07/07 |
| 08/03 - 08/16 |
17 |
08/21/07 |
| 08/17 - 08/30 |
18 |
09/04/07 |
| 08/31 - 09/13 |
19 |
09/18/07 |
| 09/14 - 09/27 |
20 |
10/02/07 |
| 09/28 - 10/11 |
21 |
10/16/07 |
| 10/12 - 10/25 |
22 |
10/30/07 |
| 10/26 - 11/08 |
23 |
11/13/07 |
| 11/09 - 11/22 |
24 |
11/26/07 |
| 11/23 - 12/06 |
25 |
12/11/07 |
| 12/07 - 12/20 |
26 |
12/24/07 |
| 12/21 - 12/31
|
27 |
12/31/07 |
Attachment D:
Town
Holidays 2008 |
| Tuesday, January
01, 2008 |
New Year’s
Day |
| Monday, January
21, 2008 |
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day |
| Monday, February
18, 2008 |
Presidents Day |
| Monday, May 26,
2008 |
Memorial Day |
| Friday, July
04, 2008 |
Independence
Day |
| Monday, September
01, 2008 |
Labor Day |
| Monday, October
13, 2008 |
Columbus Day |
| Tuesday, November
04, 2008 |
Election Day |
| Tuesday , November
11, 2008 |
Veterans’
Day |
| Thursday, November
27, 2008 |
Thanksgiving
Day |
| Tuesday, December
25, 2008 |
Christmas Day |
| (Teamsters
ONLY) |
| Monday, February
12, 2008 |
Lincoln’s
Birthday |
| Friday, March
21, 2008 |
Good Friday |
Attachment E:
1. Definition. As used
in this section: The term “Town Agency” shall mean any department,
division, board, commission, or bureau of any department or office of the
Town of Oswego, New York. The term “Board” shall mean Town Board
of the Town of Oswego, New York.
2. Rule with respect to conflicts of interest. No officer or employee of
a Town Agency or member of the Board should have any interest, financial
or otherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction
or professional activity or incur any obligation of any nature, which is
in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of duties in the public
interest.
3. Standards.
a. No such officer
or employee or member of the Board should accept other employment
which will impair independence of judgment in the exercise of official
duties.
b. No such officer or employee or member of the Board should accept
employment or engage in any business or professional activity which
will require disclosure of confidential information gained by reason
of official position or authority.
c. No such officer or employee or member of the Board should disclose
confidential information neither acquired in the course of official
duties nor use such information to further personal interests.
d. No such officer or employee or member of the Board should use or
attempt to use an official position to secure unwarranted privileges
or exemption(s) for anyone.
e. No such officer or employee or member of the Board shall engage
in any transaction as representative or agent of the Town of Oswego,
New York, with any business entity in which the individual has a direct
or indirect financial interest that might reasonably tend to conflict
with the proper discharge of official duties.
f. An officer or employee or member of the Board should not by his
conduct give reasonable basis for the impression that any person can
improperly influence his or unduly enjoy his favor in the performance
of official duties, or that he is affected by the kinship, rank, position
or influence of any party or person.
g. An officer or employee or member of the Board should abstain from
making personal investments in enterprises which he has reason to
believe they may be directly involved in decisions to be made by him
or which will otherwise create substantial conflict between duty in
the public interest and private interest.
h. An officer or employee or member of the Board should endeavor to
pursue a course of conduct which will not raise suspicion among the
public that the individual is likely to be engage in acts that are
in violation of the public interest.
i. No such officer or employee or member of the Board employed on
a full-time basis nor any firm or association of which such officer
or employee or member of the Board is a member nor corporation a substantial
portion of the stock of which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly
by such officer or employee or member of the Board should sell goods
or services to any person, firm, corporation or association which
is licensed or whose rates are fixed by the Town Agency in which such
officer or employee or member of the Board serves or is employed.
j. If any such officer or employee or member of the Board shall have
a financial interest, direct or indirect, having a value of ten thousand
dollars or more in any activity which is subject to the jurisdiction
of a town regulatory agency, a written statement must be filed with
the Town Clerk attesting to such a financial interest in such activity,
which statement shall be open to public inspection. |
4. Violations. In addition
to any penalty contained in any other provision of law any such officer,
member or employee who shall knowingly and intentionally violate any of
the provisions of this section may be fined, suspended or removed from office
or employment in the manner provided by law.
Attachment F:
Rules
of Order of the Town Board of the Town of Oswego |
1. The Supervisor shall
preside at all meetings of the Board and shall preserve order and decorum
in the conduct of the meeting.
2. The Supervisor, immediately following the opening of every regular meeting
of the Board, shall proceed to the regular order of town business as follows:
Roll call, Town Clerk Report, Supervisor report, reception of petitions
and other communications addressed to the Town Board, reports of committees,
reports of officers and department, and introduction of resolutions and
motions.
3. The Supervisor will hold a public comment prior to the resolutions and
motions. At this time the public will be invited to comment.
4. Every resolution or motion must be seconded before being put to a vote
by the Supervisor and all resolutions or motions shall be recorded in their
entirety in the official minutes of the Town Board.
5. The Supervisor may offer or second a resolution or a motion and need
not relinquish the chair for such purpose.
6. No motion or resolution may be brought to a vote except by the majority
consent of those Town Board members present unless printed or typewritten
copies thereof are presented to each member of the board 48 hours prior
to the opening of the meeting at which such motion or resolution is offered.
7. No Town Board member shall speak more than once on any question until
every Board member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
8. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be entered unless (a)
for an
adjournment or recess, (b) for the previous question to lay on the table,
(c) to
postpone to refer to a committee, or (d) to amend. These latter motions
are neither amenable nor debatable.
9. No motion shall be made to offer an amendment to an amendment already
before the Board on any proposition.
10. A majority vote of all the members of the Board shall be required to
suspend these rules of order. A majority of the Board shall constitute a
quorum.
11. If the above rules are or become at any time in conflict with the statutory
law, the statutory law shall take precedence.
12. No member of the public shall engage in any demonstration, booing, hand
clapping or otherwise disrupt the town board meeting.
13. Any person speaking to the town board with the consent of the supervisor
shall address his/her remarks to the town board, no to the other members
of the audience in the form of a debate or otherwise.
14. The public will be invited to comment on any motion or resolution not
listed on the publicized agenda that is brought before the town board during
a meeting.
Attachment G:
Voucher
Calendar 2007 |
| Vouchers
should be submitted before or on the scheduled dates below to the
Supervisor’s office. |
| Submit
by: |
|
TBM |
| February 04,
2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Feb 11 |
| March 03, 2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Mar 10 |
| April 07, 2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Apr 14 |
| May 05, 2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
May 12 |
| June 02, 2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Jun 09 |
| July 07, 2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Jul 14 |
| August 04, 2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Aug 11 |
| September 01,
2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Sep 8 |
| October 06,
2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Oct 14 |
| November 03,
2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Nov 10 |
| December 01,
2008 |
payment to be
made the week of |
Dec 8 |
| December 20,
2008 |
Final payment
for the year 2008 |
Dec 29 (T) |
The Town Board will review
vouchers at the Town Board meeting. Payment will be made on all approved
vouchers.
- The Town of Oswego
will not pay any finance or late charges that
conflict with this payment schedule.
- Please note all
municipalities are tax exempt for State and Local Taxes. The State requires
all tax-exempt organizations to file a form ST-119.1 with all vendors,
yet does not require local government agencies
to file any such forms. NYS is trying to correct the use of these forms.
If you have any questions or need further assistance you can contact
the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance at 1-800-462-8100, please
select # 3, when prompted, if you have a touch-tone phone.
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