Town Board Agenda January 26, 2017

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Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 7:00pm

January 26, 2017

TOWN BOARD AGENDA

 

MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON

TO BE HELD AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING

1 HEINEMAN PLACE, HARRISON, NY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY

ON, THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017 AT 7:00 PM

EASTERN STANDARD TIME

 

  1. REPORT FROM SUPERVISOR BELMONT ON DECISIONS MADE FOLLOWING TOWN BOARD MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 5, 2017

 

1.   Authorization for the probationary appointment of Kathy James as Payroll Clerk at an annual salary of $50,647.00, effective December 19, 2016, as per Civil Service Regulations.

2.   Authorization for Payroll Clerk Kathy James to be placed on unpaid leave effective December 19, 2016 until January 9, 2017.

3.   Authorization to settle the claim in the matter of Barrett vs. the Town of Harrison in an amount of $23,500.

4.   Authorization to appoint Best, Best, & Kreiger as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

5.   Authorization to appoint Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

6.   Authorization to appoint Harfenist, Kraut & Perlstein, LLP as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

7.   Authorization to appoint Ira Levy, Esq, as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00.

8.   Authorization to appoint Jeffery A. Binder, Esq, as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

9.   Authorization to appoint Vincent Aceste, Esq, as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

10.  Authorization to appoint the Law Offices of Vincent Toomey as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison in an amount not to exceed $100,00.00.

11.  Authorization to appoint Sive, Paget & Reisel, P.C. as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

12.  Authorization to appoint Menter, Rudin Trivelpiece, P.C. as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

13.  Authorization to appoint Philip A. Grimaldi, Esq. as Outside Counsel for the Town of Harrison.

14.  Authorization of a stipend for Pasquale Gizzo in the sum of $5,368.42 per month effective January 1, 2017 and continue until such time as a new Justice is appointed to the vacancy.

 

 

 

 

  1. CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS

 

1.   Monthly report by the Building Inspector for December 2016.

2.   Monthly report by the Superintendent of Recreation for December 2016.

3.   Monthly report by the Acting Fire Marshal for December 2016.

4.   Monthly report by the Receiver of Taxes for December 2016.

5.   Monthly report by the Town Clerk for December 2016.

6.   Monthly report by the Chief of Police for December 2016.

 

  1. PUBLIC HEARING

 

1.   Public Hearing RE: final Special Exception Use Permit for Trinity Presbyterian Church, 526-530 Anderson Hill Road.

 

2.   Public Hearing RE: proposed Local Law No. __ of 2017 to Amend Chapter 198 entitled “Secondhand Dealers” of Code of Town of Harrison

 

  1. PERSONNEL

 

1.   Letter of resignation from Eleanor Bettini from the position of School Crossing Guard, effective January 13, 2017.

 

2.   Letter of resignation from Frank Gross from the position of School Crossing Guard, effective January 13, 2017.

 

3.   Request by Personnel Manager, Debra Scocchera, to hire Susan Ready as an alternate Crossing Guard, effective immediately. The hourly rate of pay will be $20.70.

 

4.   Request by Personnel Manager, Debra Scocchera, to hire Maria DePalo as an alternate Crossing Guard, effective immediately. The hourly rate of pay will be $20.70.

 

5.   Letter of Retirement from Louis Arlotta from the position of Detective for the Harrison Police Department, effective January 31, 2017.

 

  1. ACTIONS AND RESOLUTION

 

1.   Request by Comptroller, Maureen MacKenzie, for authorization to accept the following donations for the Holiday Project:

                                    Anonymous                             $25.00

                   Total Holiday Project donations received to date is $19,214.00

 

 

 

2.   Request by Comptroller, Maureen MacKenzie, for the following Budget Modification:

 

Increase:                                 

001-0000-020-2680                                        3,064

Town-Insurance Recoveries               

           

Increase:                     

001-3310-100-0479                                        3,064

Traffic-Auto Body                 

           

Monies received from Travelers Insurance Company for damages of Police

Vehicle 114 on November 28, 2016.

 

3.   Request by Seth Mandelbam from McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, on behalf of his client Westchester Avenue Associates, LLC for a ninety (90) day extension of the Final Special Exception Use Permit application until May 3, 2017. This request is pursuant to Section 235-14(J) of the Harrison Zoning Ordinance that a building permit must be applied for within 90 days of the Final Special Exception Use Permit approval.  

 

4.   Request by Superintendent of Recreation, Gerry Salvo, for authorization to accept the following donation from The Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation, Inc. in the amount of $5,000.00.

 

5.   Request by Director of Community Services, Nina Marraccini, for authorization to accept the following donations for the Food Pantry:

$2,000 from an anonymous donor

$65 from the Harrison High School Guidance Department

 

6.   Notification by the Association of Towns of the State of New York that the 2017 Training School and Annual Meeting will be held at the Marriott Marquis, New York City, February 19-22, 2017 for the following:

 

      Town Board Members, Building Officials, Planning & Zoning Officials, Town Justices Generally, Town Justices (Advanced, Accredited), Tax Collecting Officers, Fiscal Officers, Public Works & Highway, Town Clerks, Town Court Clerks and Town Attorneys. 

 

7.   Request by the Purchasing Department for Purchase Order #370274, issued to Chevrolet of Smithtown, for the purchase of a 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe for the West Harrison Fire Department (Fire District #1), in the amount of $38,794.00. The vehicle is being purchased through the Nassau BOCES contract # 16/17-008R. Funding is available in the 2017 budget, account # 010-3410-100-02-30.

 

 

8.   Request by Chief of Police, Mike Olsey, for Detective Antony Salov to attend the Logical Operator & Certified Physical Analyst Training Course on March 20th through March 24th 2017. The training is given by Cellebrite at the Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York. This training was approved by the Town Board on April 28th, 2016 Resolution #2016-166. Further request to rescind TBR #2016-166 due to the company Cellebrite cancelling this class last year. This is a budgeted item, the total cost of this training is the same as last year’s amount of $3,850.00. 

 

9.   Request by Chief of Police, Mike Olsey, to register one department member for the Instinctual to Tactical Conversation – Self Defense Under Stress Part II: Training Course titled Edged Weapons, Blunt Instruments and Ground Fighting Training on February 2, 2017. This is a budgeted item, the total registration cost for this training course is $75.00.

 

10. Request by Chief of Police, Mike Olsey, to register one department member for the HIDTA Training – Heroin/Opioid Prevention and Investigation Training Course on February 7, 2017. This is a budgeted item, the total registration cost for this training course is $300.00.

 

11. Request by Town Attorney, Frank Allegretti, to approve the renewal of the existing Agreement between Clarity Testing Services and the Town of Harrison executed on September 11, 2014 for Police Drug Testing Services. Further request the Town Board authorize the payment of services rendered for 2017.

 

12. Request by Town Clerk, Jackie Greer, for the following resident taxpayers of Fire District #2 be designated to act as election officers for the special election for the purpose of voting on the adoption or rejection of the bond resolution to purchase a new fire truck.

                                    Jackie Greer, Chairman of the Election

                                    Patricia Langellotti, Election Officer

                                    Joyce Noviello, Election Officer

                                    Grace Polakoff, Election Officer

                                    Linda Spero, Election Officer

                                    Doreen Wolchik-Shannon, Election Officer

                                    Albert Corvino, Election Officer

Further request that the persons named above, excluding the Chairman of the Election, be paid the sum of $200.00 each for their services.

 

 

  1. OLD BUSINESS

 

  1. MATTERS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION