Massena Town Council

Massena Town Meeting January 17 2024 MINUTES Massena Town Board Meeting Date/Time: Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 4:30 PM Location: Massena Town Hall Rm 30 This meeting was live-streamed on Zoom. ATTENDANCE: MEMBER Present Excused Absent Supervisor Susan Bellor X Board Member Raymond Lancto X Board Member Patrick Facteau X Board Member Adrian Taraska X Board Member Kristy Baker X Also Present: Jeannine B. Miller, Town Clerk; Brenda Mossow, Secretary/Bookkeeper; Dylan Casselman, Airport and Highway Supervisor; Sean Lynch, Deputy Town Clerk; Justice Eric Sharlow; Eric Gustafson, Town Attorney; Austyn Allen, IT; Joe Savoca, Library Board; Weldon Bogardus, Planning Board; Matthew Cooper, Barton & Loguidice; Don Meissner, Fishing; Linda McQuinn, Grants; Krista Briggs, Library; Members of the Press, Members of the Public Call to Order: Supervisor Bellor called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Public Hearing: None Announcements/Notifications: None Presentations / Discussions: Representative Matthew Cooper from Barton & Loguidice gave an update on Phase I for the Town of Massena South Racquette Water District Project. Matthew also discussed submitting funding for Phase II of the Water District Development project. Supervisor Bellor requested more information about any grants to acquire funding for Phase II. Resolution 15 - 2024 Approving the Minutes from January 3, 2024 meeting Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Baker Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Resolution 16 - 2024 Authorizing the Town Supervisor to Execute Agreement to Spend Highway Funds Motion by: Lancto Vote: Second by: Facteau Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Page 1|6 Massena Town Meeting January 17 2024 Resolution 17 - 2024 Accepting an IFE proposal, and authorizing the cost of which is estimated to be between $1800.00 to $3000.00 and is reimbursable through the Grant. Motion by: Lancto Vote: Second by: Facteau Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Resolution 18 - 2024 Authorizing the Town Supervisor to sign the Contract with Life Flight for the 2024 fiscal year, in the amount of $3000.00 Motion by: Lancto Vote: Second by: Baker Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Resolution 19 - 2024 Hiring Cassie Stearns as Library Aide, said offer contingent upon satisfactory drug screen results per Town of Massena Drug and Alcohol Policy, effective January 23, 2024, starting wage of $15.30. Motion by: Lancto Vote: Second by: Facteau Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Resolution 20 - 2024 Approving the Advertisement Notice to Bidders for the Construction of the Airfield Marking Improvements at the Massena International Airport. Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Baker Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Page 2|6 Massena Town Meeting January 17 2024 Resolution# 21 - 2024 Approving the FY2024 Pre-Application for Airfield Pavement Markings (D&C) Bil for Massena International Airport for a total cost of $232,800.00. Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Lancto Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Resolution 22 - 2024 Approving the FY 2024 Pre-Application for Sand and Storage Building (Construction) for the Massena International Airport for a total cost of $1,800,000.00. Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Lancto Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Resolution 23 - 2024 Accepting ABS’ quote for the Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense System for $481.12 Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Lancto Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Page 3|6 Massena Town Meeting January 17 2024 Resolution 24 - 2024 Authorizing Budget & Cash Transfers and Amendments CASH TRANSFERS: TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****8599 – Pamela Catanzarite. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****9869 – Brian Chase. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****2081 – Richard LaChance. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****8783 – Elaine Dunne-Thayer. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****3386 – Frank Diagostino. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****7891 – Dale Peets Jr. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****2709 – James Debien. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank A/C#****9842 – Donald LaBaff. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT Bank to NBT Bank A/C#****9850 – Thomas Gabor. TRANSFER: $1,000.00 from NBT Bank A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund to NBT A/C#****5607 – Timothy Germano. These transfers will allow for a portion of the Town’s share of insurance deductibles to be deposited as needed. TRANSFER: $539.88 from NYCLASS A/C# NY-01-0307-0027- Massena Public Library (2023) to NBT A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund. This transfer will cover the invoice for The Wall Street Journal for the Massena Public Library. TRANSFER: $259,929.67 from NYCLASS A/C# NY-01-0307-0030 BOCES Lawsuit to NBT A/C#****8489 Town of Massena – General Fund. This transfer will cover the invoices for Barton & Loguidice for the water district development. BUDGET TRANSFERS: TRANSFER $207.00 from A/C#A.1355.400.0417 Assessor Contractual Training & Mileage to A/C#A.1355.400.0411 Assessor Physical & Drug Screen. This transfer will cover the over-run in this general ledger account due to adding a new general ledger account. CREATE DUE TO/DUE FROM: CREATE a Due to A General Fund from HPW Water District Development in the amount of $259,929.67. This transaction will allow for payment of Barton & Loguidice invoices related to the research of the new water district on South Raquette River Rd. The HPW Fund will pay the General A fund back once the grant money is received. Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Baker Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Page 4|6 Massena Town Meeting January 17 2024 Resolution 25 - 2024 Authorizing Warrants #1A (2023 Invoices) and #1B (2024 Invoices) #1A (2023 invoices) FUND DESCRIPTION AMOUNT A GENERAL $122,821.54 DA HIGHWAY 46,145.80 HAC TERMINAL APRON REHB (CONST) 3,976.09 HDB RUNWAY 5-23 REHAB (CONST) 35,695.44 HEC AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS (CONST) 520.26 HPW WATER DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT 266,014.17 L LIBRARY 4.061.14 SSM SOUTH MAIN STREET SEWER 356.51 SWA E MASSENA CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT 860.00 TOTAL $480,450.95 WARRANT #1A CHECK #S 52019 - 52062 $438,988.66 ACH 1,270.50 MANUAL CHECKS 40,191.79 TOTAL $480,450.95 #1B (2024 invoices) FUND DESCRIPTION AMOUNT A GENERAL $501,901.11 B GENERAL OUTSIDE 42,680.40 DA HIGHWAY 96,749.86 DB HIGHWAY OUTSIDE 36,991.31 HPW WATER DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT 90.00 HRS ROOSEVELT SOLAR PROJECT 262.50 HTM FISHING TOURNAMENT MKTG PROGRAM 1,400.00 L LIBRARY 49,016.59 SF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 101,948.30 SSM SOUTH MAIN STREET SEWER 105.56 SWA E MASSENA CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT 65.50 TOTAL $831,211.13 WARRANT #1B CHECK #S 51977 - 52018 $827,589.25 DIRECT PAY (ACH) $3,621.88 MANUAL CHECKS 0.00 TOTAL $831,211.13 Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Baker Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Page 5|6 Massena Town Meeting January 17 2024 Financial Reports: Provided by Brenda Mossow. Department/Committee Reports: Sue Bellor: I was invited to a Zoom call on January 12, 2024, by Ben Dixon, the SLC Chamber Exec. Director who updated me on the progress of the chamber for Massena. While the legal paperwork is still at the Department of State, the hiring of a person at the office is awaiting approval by their executive board. They are working on the 2024 Visitors’ Guide and will work with Jason Hendricks on advertising Massena. They are planning on starting an Ambassadors Group comparable to the previous group known as Red Jackets and will have a sign-up for all interested. Our town board planned for and approved in the 2024 budget a contribution of $10, 000. We will be receiving the invoice with a scope of the work, which will include monthly and quarterly reports on programs. The three Massena members of the SLC Chamber Board are Melissas Thomas, Chrissy Moody, and Cathy Moore. Be sure to go to their website where both businesses and individuals can join the SL County Chamber. Dylan Casselman: Continue working with NYPA on issues with modernization project that involves town roads. We plowed 8 times. Performed maintenance and repairs on plow trucks after each winter event. Patched holes on the North Racquette. Equipment Repairs Highway: #52 replaced the Hydraulic pump and one Hydraulic line. #51 Replaced broken Exhaust Clamps. #49 Replaced 2 rear tires. Massena Airport: Boutique Air numbers for December 2023: 371 Enplaned, 409 Deplaned, 780 Total, 180 landings. 6 Cancelled flights for December 2023. Taxiway A's east-end lights are still out. Plowed 8 times. Performed maintenance and repairs on plow trucks after each winter event. Repaired RTU heater at the Terminal. Massena Library Massena Museum Massena Town Hall No new issues Massena Electric Utility Department: 540 days without a lost time incident, last incident June 8th, 2022. No reported injury since June 10th, 2021 (903 days). Trouble calls reviewed just 5 calls minimal outages. Write-offs were approved at $5,562. The closing fund balance was up by $324,224 revenue was down and expenses were down due to usage. Staff updated some COVID- 19 illness policies and procedures. Training for wind turbines and extreme weather. A couple of audits for commercial and residential were performed. Cyber training is ongoing, and grant funding awaiting review. Issues with purchasing of transformers and 2 trucks, approved increase from $75,000 to max of $100,000 for 2 trucks Policies were updated and approved. Executive Session: Baker/Lancto call for Executive Session at 5:25 PM. Open Session: Return to Open Session at 5:45 PM. Resolution 26-A - 2024 Approving a change to Memorandum of Agreement with Teamsters Local 687 to eliminate the last sentence of paragraph under Sick Leave, Section 1. Motion by: Facteau Vote: Second by: Baker Aye Nay Abstain Absent Susan Bellor X Raymond Lancto X Patrick Facteau X Adrian Taraska Excused Kristy Baker X Motion is Carried. Next Scheduled Meeting: February 21st, 2024, at 4:30 PM, Town Hall Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 5:48 PM by unanimous consent. Page 6|6