Town Board Agenda
August 1, 2013 version
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, AUGUST 1, 2013 AT 7:30 PM,
EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
A. REPORT FROM SUPERVISOR BELMONT ON DECISIONS MADE
FOLLOWING TOWN BOARD MEETING HELD ON, JULY 18, 2013.
1. Approval to change the effective date of hiring MIS Consultant Hugo Rubio from July 8, 2013 to June 12, 2013.
2. Authorization to settle the claim in the matter of Calo vs. Town of Harrison.
3. Authorization to settle the tax certiorari in the matter of B. Fortuna Holding, 278-281 Halstead Avenue.
4. Authorization to raise the cap on legal fees in the matter of Russell vs. Town of Harrison.
5. Authorization to hire Consultant Michael Gismondi in the Building Department effective May 28, 2013.
B. CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS:
1a. Monthly report by the Building Inspector for June 2013.
1b. Monthly report by the Commissioner of Public Works for June 2013.
C. PUBLIC HEARING:
None
D. PERSONNEL:
LATE
ITEM: 1. Request by Library Director Galina Ghernykh for approval to hire Yayoi Goble as a part-time availability clerk at $11 per hour not to exceed 17.5 hours per week.
2a. Request by Comptroller Maureen MacKenzie for approval for a budget modification.
Bob, Ann, Sharon & Marlane Amelio $100
Danny’s Noble Dry Cleaners, Inc $200
Harrison Office Plaza/Spaton Realty Assoc. $250
Trotta’s West Street Pharmacy $250
Halstead Ave Restaurant Corp/DBA Gus’s Restaurant $500
Inventiva Foods LLC (Deciccos) $500
Total Fireworks Donations $7,250
FURTHER REQUESTED to approve the following budget modification:
3. Request by Holli Tirado of the Memorial Community Church in West Harrison for a Special Events Permit to close Gainsborg Avenue, between Grant and Madison Street on Sunday August 25, 2013 from Noon to 5pm. They will be holding their second (2nd) Annual Back Pack Giveaway where they give out free backpacks and supplies to the community. Further requested that the fee be waived.
4. MOVED to the Village Agenda (V-E-5)
5. Notification by Ross Halperin of the Halperin Foundation that he would like approval for a new naming opportunity for the Library. Lee Javitch was a long time Harrison resident who recently passed away. His son David now lives in town with his family. The Javitch Foundation will contribute $50,000 to the Harrison Public Library Foundation prior to August 31, 2013. Upon receipt of funds, the Early Childhood section of the Children’s Library will be renamed the “Lee Javitch Early Childhood Center” which will be recognized with a plaque to be hung once construction is complete.
LATE
ITEM: 6a. Request by Assessor Mark Heinbockel for approval to transfer the amount of $3500 from a budget line for part-time help to the special projects line for a scanning project of property record cards.
F. OLD BUSINESS:
G. MATTERS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: