Author: Town of Madrid

February 10, 2021 Minutes

February 10, 2021

     A regular meeting of the Madrid Town Board was called to order at 6:32 PM

     Members present: Tony Cooper, Garry Wells , Alex Smith, David Fisher, Bill Barkley- Highway Supt. ,  Zoe Hawkins- Town Clerk.

     Absent: Kevin Finnegan

     Also Present, Casey Mastro.

     Public Comment: Casey Mastro, from the New York Power Authority  wants to get the street lights in the Town converted to LED. There would be long term savings for the town, and NYPA would be looking at doing service contract for 1-2 years. Tony is going to try to contact National Grid, to try to find a price to purchase the current fixtures.

     Municipal Reports: Anna Campbell  gave an MDMS report, they are hoping to host an Easter Bunny Parade in March, date will be dependent on the Fire dept., and weather. 

     MDMS is also hoping to host a free prom clothing event, if schools will be hosting prom this year.

     MDMS is reading to set up a 1st meeting of the new build of a bandstand with the committee, and board members.  In the near future, MDMS will be announcing online virtual concerts.

     The board reviewed the monthly report, Alex Smith made a motion, 2nd by Garry Wells to approve. All were in favor.

     The board reviewed the monthly bills, General 23-48 in the amount of $9,570.85 Highway 19-38 in the amount of $33,049.46, Water 6-11 in the amount of $2,074.25, Sewer 7-13 in the amount of $3,145.96,  Lighting 2 in the amount of $1,791,  and Trust & Agency 2, for the amount of $5,208.50. Garry Wells made a motion, second by Alex Smith to pay the monthly bills. All were in favor.

     Communications:  The NNY Housing Council submitted in an extension letter, so that they can finish up current projects that were held back due to COVID, and not being able to get building materials in a timely manner. 10 out of the 12 projects are complete.

     The justice court fund for December of 2020, was $713.00 to the town, and $497.00 to the State.

     The town received the 1st quarter sales tax check, in the amount of $89,509.07.

      Highway Superintendent’s Report: Bill reported that he is looking into a new payloader, the current payloader is 5 years old, and has 3,300 hours on it.

Bill was also wanting to address the drainage issue, in the town square, wondering when the property transfer will be completed, so that can be taken care of.

     New Business: The town insurance renewal has been completed, and there have been updated exposure for the equipment.

      Alex Smith made a motion, second by Garry Wells to approve the minutes of the January 13th,  2021.   All in Favor.

     The next regular meeting will be on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 6:30 P.M.

     Garry Wells made a motion, 2nd by Alex smith to adjourn the meeting at 7:58 P.M.

     ____________________________

      Zoe Hawkins, Town Clerk

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Nov 5, 2020 Planning Minutes

Town of Madrid Planning Board Minutes

November, 5 2020

Time 6:30

Attendees: Joe Finnegan Chr., Allen Kelly Sec., Wayne Day, Bill Hull, Tony Cooper Sup.,

                     Jeff Gilmore Code Enforcement.

Others:

Old Business: The minutes from the previous meeting in October were distributed electronically to members of the board for review. No concerns were noted in response to the Sec. request.

A motion to approve the minutes as written was made by Bill Hull and seconded by Wayne Day.

The minutes were then approved by unanimous consent.

New Business: Joe said that Tony Cooper spoke to Jeff Gilmore about citing Michael Middlemiss on State Street and Chris Brothers on the Brady road. The issues are debris in the yard of the Middlemiss property this includes both the front yard which is an unsightly mess as well as the backyard which is littered with construction debris which encompasses almost the entire yard. The Brother’s residence on the Brady road has numerous vehicles in disrepair and car parts stored haphazardly about the property. It too is unsightly and unsafe. These are in violation of the code for storage of such items.

The Madrid Solar farm is now on hold as the developer is also doing another project in Waddington near Chipman. They want to coordinate the projects when they are ready to start.

Bill Hull is gifting some land to the town to enlarge the parking lot in the downtown area in front of the

Madrid Market and Bank. This will help to ease congestion and deliveries to businesses that are located in that area of downtown. This should help with the addition of the Blue House Restaurant coming in the near future. It will require parking for patrons and it is concerning as to where that might be as at times currently the lot is already crowded. It should also make it easier for trucks to unload when delivering goods and food to the several existing businesses already located in that block of buildings.

Some new construction of buildings at the Museum Property is being considered in the future.

A meeting with the Town Board will be requested in the future to address the need for more diligent enforcement of the existing code.

The Secretary will write a memo to the Town Supervisor requesting that the Boards could meet in an executive session. Suggested to happen before the end of the calendar year if scheduling will permit.

At issue is the need for more extensive enforcement of the existing code to remedy identified issues and problems within the Town that have been noted continually for an extended period of time. Despite these facts little progress has been made on many of these properties. It is the Board’s consensus that more needs to be done including citations and court hearings for offenders. It has become apparent that casual conversations and promises to remedy these situations is not enough as the properties remain as they are and issues are unaddressed.

Wayne Day made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Bill Hull. The meeting was adjourned at

DOG LICENSES

Attention all residents of the Town of Madrid: It is a NYS Law that you must license your dog. You can contact the Clerk’s Office for more information @ 315-322-5760. Fees are $5 for spayed/neutered dogs and $13 for unspayed/unneutered. All dogs MUST have a current rabies vaccination.