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Since day one of the sewer project I was told that it was mandated that septic tanks had to emptied and filled with sand when you disconnect your septic tank to hook up to the sewer system. I have searched NYS laws and found that is only recommended by the state but Counties, Towns, Cities and villages may have their own laws on this. I went to our codes officer and found that the Towns have no ordinances on this and neither does the county both they all highly recommend that the septic tanks be emptied and filled with sandy, especially the steel septic tanks because they rust pretty fast. I did research concrete septic tanks and found they last 20 to 40 years. The village board has discussed this and we have decided that we aren't going to make it mandatory either. It will be up to each property owner to decide if they want to do it or not. You will save probably $500 - $600 by not filling it but if it caves in at some point it will be your liability. The decision is yours.
I will be learning shortly what the tentative schedule will be for the dates on which street they will be digging on. Once I receive it I will post it on this website and sending it out on the village email list. If you haven't placed a marker on your property line as to where you would like your lateral to come I highly suggest that you do that as soon as possible. If you don't then it will place the lateral where it is on the engineer's drawings and that may be no where near your septic tank.
Here is the minutes from April's meeting.
Mayor John Deschamps
April 7, 2025
PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET 6 :30PM
The public hearing was called to order at 6:30 PM by Mayor John Deschamps in the village office. Also present were Trustees Ackerman and Gwilt and Treasurer Meyers. (Absent- Clerk Canada) A total of 18 people were at either the hearing and/or the following meeting.
Treasurer Meyers presented her budget for the 2025-26 year. The tax rate will be 1.135 with the tax levy to be $23,728.00 The tax cap at 2% was not exceeded.
A motion was made by Mayor Deschamps to approve this budget. This was seconded by Trustee Ackerman.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 6:45
The following appointments were made;
Jean Canada- Clerk -4 year term
Alicia Meyers - Treasurer- 4 year term
ZBZ- Chairman - David Gwilt
ZBA members - Martha Mallery and Peter Yeman
Official Bank - Community Bank
Official Newspaper - Rome Sentinel
Attorney - Tina Wayland - Smith, Melissa Felton
Codes Officers - Rae Walker and Jody Thieme
Regstrar of Vital Statistics - Town of Vernon
Village Historian - Kathy Wojciechowski
VILLAGE MEETING 7:00
The same people were in attendance from the public hearing
Trustee Ackerman began the meeting by approving the minutes from March. This was seconded by Trustee Gwilt.
An audience member brought up the subject of the stop sign on E. Second St. He said that people are running this sign, some at a very high rate of speed. They asked the Mayor what he could do about it. Mayor Deschamps stated that they must be the ones to call the state troopers or the sheriff. If they could isolate a time when this is happening that would be a big help. The mayor also said he would put in a call to the authorities as well as write a letter.
The problem of flooding at the end of 4th street was also brought up. Jack will ask the sewer contractors to see if there is any fix for this problem when they are working there. Many positive comments were made concerning the food trucks in the park. People are looking forward to this summer event and are excited about it. This will be mentioned on our Facebook page as well. Parking will be in public lots.
Mr. Mark KImball of East Second St. brought up the problem with the house that burned across from him. This is a pile of hazardous waste and he asked what can be done about it. The house has been sold but demolition has stopped. Mayor Deschamps explained that the problem is the asbestos but feels there has been plenty of time to figure this out. He will call the codes once again and try to speed up the process.
In final business, Trustee Ackerman read a resolution adopting the 2020 Records Retention book including the 2022 revisions. Mayor Deschamps made a motion to pass this resolution. This was seconded by Trustee Gwilt.
TREASURERS REPORT
Ms. Meyers gave her financial report. She began with the cash flows for March. Inflows were $26,694.53 and total outflows were $12,391.24 making an overall total of $14,303.29. The sewer - Capital Project EPA Grant remains at $239,648.50.Total outflows are $320,732.87 making the net total for the sewer project to be -$81,084.37 and an overall net total of -$66,781.08..
Year to date inflows are $127,053.43 and outflows are $101,712.12 making a general fund net total of $25,341.31 . Year to date inflows for the sewer-capital project are $2,258,268.15 while year to date outflows are $2,356,196.11. The sewer Project Net total is -$97,927.96 leaving an overall net total of -$72,586.65.There is currently $105,692.33 in savings and $156,413.50 in checking .
Trustee Ackerman made a motion to accept this report. This was seconded by Trustee Gwilt.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made to adjourn at 7:15. The next scheduled meeting will take place on May 5th
Respectfully submitted, (notes taken by Treasurer Meyers and compiled by Clerk Canada)
Jean Canada, Clerk