COUNCIL MEETING #33
July 25 2002
WORK SESSION MEETING
MEMORIAL CITY HALL
5:00PM
ROLL CALL - Councilor Jacobs, McNabb, Hunter, Dempsey, Mayor Carnicelli – Present.
City Staff present: City Manager John Salomone, Corporation Counsel Tom Leone, City Clerk Debra McCormick, Bea O Hora, Comptroller, William Lupien, Superintendent of Engineering Services, and Jim Galvin Senior Planner.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Presentations and Proclamations – None
Presentation of Petition and Communications – Clerk Read.
Public Announcements – Clerk read.
Mayor Carnicelli asked for Council’s consent to move the public to be heard and other business portion of the agenda up to this part of meeting to accommodate the many guests and citizens that wish to speak. All agreed.
Public to be Heard
Carl Griffin 9 Catlin St. – spoke to Council regarding his dissatisfaction with Adelphia Cable service.
Rick Ducayne, 60 Hamilton Ave. – spoke regarding his neighbor’s outdoor fireplace and the negative impact the smoke is having on his family’s health.
John McCarthy, 3 Eastern Parkway – spoke about the people that trash Hoopes Park with beer bottles and debris. He said he would like to volunteer to help form a neighborhood watch for the park. He suggested bear traps and photographing perpetrators.
First Read of Ordinances and Local Laws
The City Clerk read Ordinance #13 of 2002 authorizing amendment to Chapter 182 of the Code of the City of Auburn entitled “Housing Standards”, at Article VI, Section 182-43.
Council discussed this Ordinance. Discussion included outdoor fireplaces, wood burning, trash burning, and safety and health hazards. Council asked the Manager to edit the Ordinance to be more specific as to what an approved container could be and where placement should be.
The City Clerk read Bond Ordinance #14 of 2002 of the City of Auburn, New York, authorizing the issuance of $575,000 Serial Bonds to finance the cost of the 2002-2003 Road Improvement Program. After discussing the road program, bid process, lack of choices of bidders, extreme poor condition of roads, Council unanimously voted to add Bond Ordinance #14 to agenda for a vote. They then unanimously voted to change dollar of $$575,000. back to the original amount of $850,000 as presented the previous week. Vote to approved ordinance: Councilor Jacobs, McNabb, Hunter, Dempsey and Mayor Carnicelli vote aye. PASSED.
Other Business
Award Resolution #143 of 2002 authorizing award to Paul F. Vitale, Inc., in the amount of $797,930. Councilor Jacobs, McNabb, Hunter, Dempsey and Mayor Carnicelli vote aye. PASSED.
Change Order Resolution #144 of 2002 authorizing Change Order #1 for the 2002 Road Program to Paul F. Vitale, Inc., in the amount of $275,000, for a net award to Paul F. Vitale, Inc. in the amount of $522,930. PULLED
Award Resolution #145 of 2002 authorizing award to Highway Rehab Corp., in the amount of $92,274. Councilor Jacobs, McNabb, Hunter, Dempsey and Mayor Carnicelli vote aye. PASSED.
Work Session
Updates on East and West Genesee St. and Arterial Greenway –
Jim Morrisey, C&S Engineering distributed a written timeline for each project and verbally reviewed each with Council. Council, Mayor and Manager discussed each project with Mr. Morrisey.
Election Districts
Jim Galvin, City Senior Planner reviewed the map of Auburn that illustrates the changes made to election districts. He reviews the current election districts, the State Senate District boundaries and the Proposed Election Districts. Council discussed in preparation for voting to approve at next weeks meeting.
Recap – Clerk read.
Motion to adjourn to Executive Session at 7:30PM to discuss the potential sale of City owned property. All in favor. Meeting ended at 7:41PM.
Adjournment – Meeting ended at 7:42PM
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