Town of Ashland, NY

Town Board Minutes

TOWN OF ASHLAND
12094 ROUTE 23
ASHLAND, NEW YORK 12407
518-7343636 Fax 518-734-5834

Richard E. Tompkins, Town Supervisor
Robert C. Ferris, Councilman                                            James Lawrence, Councilman
Martin Blanden, Councilman                                        Wanda Partridge, Councilperson

 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING
July 14, 2009

                A Special Town Board Meeting was held at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland, New York on the 14th day of July 2009.

Present 
Richard Tompkins---------------------Supervisor
Robert Ferris---------------------------Councilman
James Lawrence-----------------------Councilman
Wanda Partridge-----------------------Councilperson
Justine L Koehler----------------------Town Clerk

Absent
Martin Blanden------------------------Councilman

Attended by: Allan Tavenner, John Brust and Mike Ryan.

Supervisor Richard Tompkins opened the meeting at 7:02

Pledge of Allegiance

RESOLUTION #28B

TOWN OF ASHLAND

TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION OF 2009

Authorizing application for grant funding, and receipt and administration of such funding from the Catskill Watershed Corporation for a Community Stormwater Planning and Assessment Project.

JULY 14, 2009

At the Town Board meeting on June 14, 2009, Councilperson, Richard E. Tompkins offered the following resolution and moved its adoption.

WHEREAS;  the Town of Ashland, located within the West of Hudson Watershed of the New York City Drinking Water Watershed; and

WHERAS;  the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) has made available a program for the development of community stormwater infrastructure assessments as part of the Stormwater Retrofits Program; and

WHEREAS;  the Town of Ashland has identified a need for an assessment of existing stormwater infrastructure which should result in a prioritized listing of stormwater projects to which Best Management Practices can be applied to improve the local and regional environment;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT;
The Supervisor of the Town of Ashland is authorized to submit an application to the CWC for the purpose of securing grant funding to conduct a stormwater infrastructure, inventory, assessment, and planning project for the area described in the CWC grant application dated April 2009; and

The Supervisor and the Board of the Town of Ashland are authorized to accept and administer such grant funding from the CWC for the purpose of conducting a stormwater infrastructure, inventory, assessment, and planning project; and

The Supervisor and the Board of the Town of Ashland are hereby authorized to perform actions as may be necessary to apply for, receive, and administer CWC grant funding for the Stormwater Retrofits Program; and,

4.  The resolution shall take effect immediately

A motion to adopt this resolution was made by Councilperson, Robert C. Ferris and seconded by Councilperson, James Lawrence.

ADOPTED:
TOWN BOARD MEMBERS                             AYE                       NAY
Richard E. Tompkins                                          __X__                    _____
Robert C. Ferris                                                 __X__                    _____
James Lawrence                                                __X__                    _____                                                    Wanda Partridge                                                __X__                    _____
Martin D. Blanden                                               absent                    _____

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Justine L. Koehler
Town Clerk
Dated:  July 14, 2009
Ashland, New York

MOTION-A motion was made by Councilman James Lawrence to move ahead with CWC application, seconded by Councilman Robert Ferris, motion was
Adopted:               Ayes       4 Tompkins, Ferris, Lawrence, Partridge
Nays       0
Absent  1 Blanden

Motion was made by Councilman Robert Ferris to close the meeting at 7:50 pm.

                                                                                                                ___________________________
Justine L Koehler
Town Clerk
Town of Ashland