Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Arietta TB November 15 2019

Arietta TB November 15 2019

Arietta holds special meeting on storm and budget
By PETE KLEIN
PISECO—The special meeting of the Arietta Town board, held on November 15, Halloween storm and the public hearing on the 2020 budget were discussed and resolutions were passed.
Supervisor Rick Wilt asked for an update on the storm damage to the Powley Road.
Highway Superintendent Craig Small reported the men are working very hard to get the road passable because Hamilton County Highway will be putting a temporary Baily bridge at the Powley Place. Then town can haul machines and material across to the river and down the road to even more damaged areas and the Bray house sleuth. The County will put a new bridge replacing the sleuth next summer, the town will just make it passable for this snowmobile season.
Small is also working with Lenny Croote from Soil and Water to measure all the culverts in the town, Lenny is looking into a grant to replace culverts to eliminate flooding in the future.
Supervisor Wilt said the priority at this time is the Powley Road, Fall Stream bridge needs tweaking and rails, Piseco Lake Lodge bridge needs to be moved about 25’ back in place. The bridge to the lake near Piseco Lake lodge needs to be jacked up and could work ok for this season.
DEC wanted to know if the snowmobile clubs could check out trails, they have no manpower, and DEC is handing out lumber for repairs.
Supervisor Wilt said he will be putting line items in the budget to keep track of the monies for the storm damage. He would also like to keep the insurance bill for the rental equipment as a line item.
AUTHORIZE ONE TIME BUY OUT FOR VACATION AND PERSONAL
The board approved the following resolution:
“WHEREAS both the Town of Arietta and Hamilton County called a State of Emergency due to the storm on October 31, 2019 which caused major damages to roads, and WHEREAS the Town of Arietta Highway Employees have had to work overtime on weekends and during regular business hours to repair the damages to the roads and have been unable to take time off, and WHEREAS the Town Board, Town of Arietta after consideration have decided to allow the Arietta Highway Employees to receive a onetime benefit of compensation for vacation and personal time that is unused by December 20, 2019 payable in their last regular check in 2019, and WHEREAS the one time buy out will not be recognized as timed worked for regular and overtime purposes, and
“THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED the Town Board of Arietta authorizes a one-time buy out for unused vacation and personal time for the Arietta Highway Employees in 2019 payable in the last check issued in December 2019.
TEMPORARY HIGHWAY HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
The board passed the following resolution:
“WHEREAS both the Town of Arietta and Hamilton County called a State of Emergency due to the storm on October 31, 2019 which caused major damages to roads, and WHEREAS the Town of Arietta Highway Employees have had to work overtime on weekends and during regular business hours to repair the damages to the roads, and WHEREAS there is a need to hire a temporary heavy equipment operator to help elevate the time crunch in repairing the roads for winter conditions, and WHEREAS the Arietta Highway Superintendent, Craig Small will hire Kenneth Parslow as an HEO retroactive November 12, 2019 with the compensation of $21.05 per hour, and
“THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED the Town Board of Arietta the Highway Superintendent to hire Kenneth Parslow as a temporary HEO at $21.05 per hour due to the need to repair the roads for winter from the storm on October 31, 2019.
OFFICIAL CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THE 2020 BUDGET
The board passed the following resolution:
“WHEREAS it was noted that the opening and closing of the Public Hearing was not officially done at the November 4, 2019 meeting. The notice for the public hearing was advertised and the resolution noted public hearing for comments before the budget was voted on.  There were no public comments made during the meeting, and WHEREAS: the Town Board, Town of Arietta after review have made the decision to reschedule a Public Hearing for comments to be heard on the Budget for 2020, and WHEREAS: public comment was heard at the Public Hearing held during the special Town Board Meeting at 5 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Piseco Common School, 1722 State Route 8 Piseco, NY, and
“THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: the Town Board of Arietta after hearing all public comment will uphold resolution #19-11-37 to adopt the Town Budget for the year 2020 passed at the meeting on November 4, 2019.

Editor’s note: This story is based upon the minutes of Kenneth Parslow, Town Clerk.

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