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Town of Ashland, NY Town Board Minutes |
TOWN OF ASHLAND 12094 ROUTE 23 Richard E. Tompkins, Town Supervisor Special Town Board Meeting A Town Board Meeting was held at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland, New York on the 28th day of February. Present Absent Attended by: Josh Gorman-Greene County Soil and Water Supervisor Richard Tompkins opened the meeting at 7:30 pm. Pledge of Allegiance JOSH GORMAN-GREENE COUNTY SOIL AND WATER RESOLUTION #11
TOWN OF ASHLAND TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION OF 2010 FEBRUARY 8, 2010 At the Town Board meeting on February 8, 2010, Councilman, Richard E. Tompkins offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. WHEREAS, the town of Ashland is located within the Schoharie Watershed basin in the northern Catskill Mountains, and WHEREAS; the Town of Ashland recognizes it is in the citizens’ interest to understand environmental and economic impacts from stormwater on the WHEREAS; the Town of Ashland has on a number of occasions worked in cooperation with other Mountaintop communities to develop and implement programs of mutual benefit (such as the Schoharie Turbidity Reduction Strategy, the Schoharie Creek Stream Management Plan, the Mountaintop Recreation Master Plan), and WHEREAS; Issues related to community sustainability, economic development, private property protection, and water quality have been the subject of many discussions and are a common interest of the Mountaintop communities, and WHEREAS; the Town of Ashland supports participating in the Mountaintop Better Site Design Plan and workshops to better understand how its codes rank against best management practices that better integrate stormwater practices with community goals, and WHEREAS; the Town of Ashland recognizes the administrative support the Greene County Soil & Water Conservation District (GCSWCD) has provided over the years, thereby authorizes the GCSWCD through its Watershed Assistance Program to act as Project Sponsor to facilitate the Mountaintop Better Site Design Plan Workshop for participating communities NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Richard E. Tompkins, Supervisor of the town of Ashland, or his/her successor in office, is authorized to work in cooperation with the other participating communities, as co-applicants, and designate the GCSWCD Watershed Assistance Program as Project Sponsor to develop and submit an application to the Catskill Watershed Corporation Local Technical Assistance Program Grant 2010 for the development of a Mountaintop Better Site Design Plan & Workshop series that includes participation by the Town of Ashland. A motion to adopt this resolution was made by Councilman, James Lawrence and seconded by ________________________________ RESOLUTION #8 TOWN OF ASHLAND TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION OF 2010 FEBRUARY 8, 2010 At the Town Board meeting on February 8 2010, Councilman, Richard E. Tompkins offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. WHEREAS, the Town of Ashland experienced devastating damage to the Town Hall building and equipment and other items within the building as well as damage to the ambulance vehicle due to an extreme fire WHEREAS; the Town has received to date from the insurance company funds totaling the amount of $576.000.00 dollars in relation to the claim. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, thus, in order to adjust the budget the Town Board has increased the anticipated revenues and had adjusted the budget for the funds received by increasing the revenue accounts and expense accounts, in accordance with the foregoing. A motion to adopt this resolution was made by Councilman, Thomas Soule and seconded by Councilman, Martin D. Blanden.
Adopted: TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AYE NAY
________________________________ RESOLUTION #9 TOWN OF ASHLAND TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION OF 2010 FEBRUARY 8, 2010 At the Town Board meeting on February 8 2010, Councilman, Richard E. Tompkins offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. WHEREAS, the Town of Ashland experienced devastating damage to the Town Hall building and equipment and other items within the building as well as damage to the ambulance vehicle due to an extreme fire WHEREAS; the Town Office and the Town of Ashland temporary offices are in need of certain supplies and equipment to set up their office WHEREAS; this situation is deemed an emergency situation wherein the Town Hall office cannot operate without certain supplies and equipment WHEREAS; Windham Hardware may be the only place in the vicinity that these necessary items can be purchased THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Ashland may purchase necessary items at Windham Hardware when the desired items cannot be found at any other location. A motion to adopt this resolution was made by Councilman, Martin D. Blanden and seconded by Councilman, Thomas Soule.
Adopted: TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AYE NAY
________________________________ Town Board Meeting RESOLUTION #12 TOWN OF ASHLAND TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION OF 2010 FEBRUARY 8, 2010 At the Town Board meeting on February 8, 2010, Councilman, Richard E. Tompkins offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. WHEREAS; on January 12, 2010 the NYS Attorney General (AG) announced a great victory for advocates of water quality protection by his actions involving seven Delaware County health care facilities in the New York City Watershed: and WHEREAS; the AG claimed these facilities were improperly dumping excess pharmaceuticals into the water supply; and WHEREAS; these facilities were disposing of their pharmaceuticals according to existing state and federal law consistent with all other facilities in New York State where his actions resulted in the national media portraying these facilities as willing and uncaring polluters; and WHEREAS; no national or state water quality standards exist for pharmaceuticals; and WHEREAS; the Food and Drug Administration states that the “majority of medicines found in the water system are a result of the body’s natural routes of drug elimination (in urine or feces). Scientists, to date, have found no evidence of harmful effects to human health from medicines in the environment” (January 2010); and WHEREAS; these health care facilities met and cooperated with the AG’s Watershed Inspector General under the false impression of developing a method of disposing of excess pharmaceuticals in the safest, affordable and environmentally sound manner; and WHEREAS; months later the AG’s office served these facilities threatening them with daily fines of tens of thousands of dollars unless they complied with the AG’s demands; and WHEREAS; the AG ignored using the Watershed Protection and Partnership Council formed as part of the landmark 1997 Memorandum of Agreement between all watershed parties to resolve watershed, issues; and WHEREAS; the AG ignored the New York state Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation statewide working group that is currently developing new guidelines to assist facilities in disposing of pharmaceuticals in a more effective and environmentally sensitive way; and WHEREAS; healthcare facilities in the New York City Watershed were targeted and discriminated against by the AG when his office created and applied a standard that does not exist state-wide for blatant politically motivated reasons increasing costs to these facilities and ultimately their clients; and WHEREAS; Delaware County objects to using the power of the AG’s office to single out healthcare facilities in the New York City Watershed in Delaware County; and WHEREAS; the unseemly decision to use these facilities as political pawns in his zeal to become Governor raises questions about his character, judgment and abuse of power, reflecting the worst of political officials and casts a cloud of disgrace and dishonor on the People’s office of Attorney General; and WHEREAS; when this to happen in New York City no fines or fees would have been imposed nor would they have seen the light of day; and WHEREAS; Delaware County is fully aware of the emerging trend of concern over pharmaceuticals in the water, our Delaware County Action Plan for Watershed protection record shows that we would have collaborated with the AG’s office to address the problem had the AG been truly concerned about the issue; and WHEREAS; the AG’s role of obstructionist in negotiations between the Coalition of Watershed Towns and the City of New York for the renewal of the City’s new Land Acquisition Permit when combined with the AG’s actions on these health care facilities has put that new Land Acquisition Permit negotiations in jeopardy. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Delaware County demands nothing less than the full settlement agreement be vacated and the full reimbursement of all fines and all compliance costs associated with the AG’s actions; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that Delaware County expects the AG’s office to operate within the limits of its designated State role and conduct itself in a fair minded manner during Land Acquisition Permit negotiations if his goal is to see the City’s new Land Acquisition Permit become a reality without a challenge by Delaware County; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that a copy of this resolution be sent to NYS Governor Patterson, commissioner of the NYS Department of Health Richard F. Daines, M.D., Commissioner of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Peter Grannis, US Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, US Congressmen Murphy and Hinchey, NYS Senator James Seward, NYS Assemblymen Clifford Crouch and Peter Lopez and NYS Attorney Bloomberg, Executive Director of the Watershed Protection and Partnership Council William Harding and all Coalition of Watershed towns and counties. A motion to adopt this resolution was made by Councilman, James Lawrence and seconded by Adopted: TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AYE NAY State of New York I, Justine L. Koehler, Town Clerk of the Board Supervisors of the Town of Ashland, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by said Board on the 8th day of February 2010 and the whole thereof. IN WITENESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Board at Ashland, New York, this 8th day of February 2010.
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MINUTES FOR THE MONTH OF DEC 7, 28, 2009 AND JANUARY 4, 2010 TOWN CLERK CONFERENCE TO SARATOGA RESOLUTION FOR RECORDS CENTRAL DATA BASE-MIKE FLYNN RESOLUTION #10 TOWN OF ASHLAND TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION OF 2010 FEBRUARY 8, 2010 At the Town Board meeting on February 8, 2010, Councilman, Richard E. Tompkins offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. WHEREAS, the Greene County Clerk, Michael Flynn has requested the Town of Ashland to participate in a study that will examine the issue of a centralized records management center that will include Towns, Villages, School Districts and Fire Districts in Greene County. This study will examine the viability of the Greene County Clerk’s Office to provide management of inactive records in a centralized location which could relieve local jurisdictions of the need to individually duplicate this task. WHEREAS; this study is premised on the successful grant application to the New York State Department of State. The New York State Department of State requires that the Greene County Clerk demonstrate by resolution that Towns, Villages and School Districts have an interest in this study. WHEREAS; the Town of Ashland is agreeing only to participate in a study to examine the need and viability of such a centralized records management center. This resolution does not obligate the Town of Ashland to participate in the potential effort to centralize records management. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Ashland does hereby agree to participate in a study of a centralized records management center. A motion to adopt this resolution was made by Councilman, James Lawrence and seconded by
Adopted: PAY THE BILLS MOTION-A motion was made by Councilman James Lawrence to pay the bills as written, seconded by Councilman Thomas Soule, motion was: Motion was made by Councilman Thomas Soule to close the meeting at 9:22 pm. ____________________________________
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