Town Board Meeting held April 9, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall, Schroon Lake, New York

Present: Supervisor: Catherine L. Moses

Councilmen: Roger Friedman, Donald Sage, Sharron Tyrrell, Clara Phibbs

Hwy. Super.: Michael Marnell

Town Clerk: Janice Tyrrell

Also Present: List Attached

When the meeting was called to order, Cathy stated she had received a letter from Senator Little’s office stating that we are to receive $75,000 for the historic preservation of the bandstand.

Don moved a resolution to approve the March 1^{st and March 8th minutes as corrected, seconded by}

Roger; carried.

Clara moved a resolution to approve the March 12th minutes as amended, seconded by Roger; carried.

Don moved a resolution to approve the March 15th minutes, seconded by Roger; carried.

Roger moved a resolution to approve March 19th minutes, seconded by Don; carried.

Don moved a resolution to pay bills as audited, seconded by Roger; carried. Clara abstained on the H&K bills.

Clara moved a resolution to approve a budget amendment to appropriate funds in the amount of $400.00 for senior van maintenance money received from Essex County, seconded by Don; carried.

Don moved a resolution of approval for $50,000 of Appropriated Fund Balance for the assessors’ lawsuit, seconded by Roger; carried.

Cathy stated that the Memorial Day parade would be May 28th between 10:00 am and 10:30 am.

The assessor requested $2500 in Contingent Funds for assessment purposes.

Clara moved to approve request, seconded by Sharron for discussion.

Don made motion to table the issue until we have more accurate information, seconded by Roger; carried.

Don moved a resolution to accept the resignation from Greg Shaughnessy from the Golf Course, seconded by Roger with regret; carried.

The Board set a meeting for April 18th at 3:00 PM with Wayne Welch in reference to the Golf Course Superintendent position.

Don moved a resolution to hire Steve Gaillardet at the Golf Course to replace Wayne Welch, and Bill Planty to replace John Swinton seconded by Roger; carried. Bill Planty advised Cathy that eight weeks of his salary would be paid by the VESID Program.

We received a proposal from the Schroon Lake Association requesting financial assistance to do a Lake Management Program for 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Don moved resolution to go forward, seconded by Roger; carried.

Clara moved a resolution to move and place on file the March library minutes, seconded by Don & Roger; carried.

Don moved a resolution to approve the proposed Highway spending, seconded by Sharron; carried.

Cathy stated that the Library has equipment that they would like to declare surplus.

Don suggested that we talk to the school to see if Boces could use the items.

Don moved a resolution to approve the National Grid easement at the sewer project, seconded by Roger; carried.

Don moved a resolution to adopt the Employee Handbook except for the accumulated sick leave, which should stay at 30 days, seconded by Roger; carried.

Cathy is to get an update on tower situation at Owl’s Head.

In reference to the Veterans Memorial, Don stated that they had received about $24,000 and that the cost will be between $35,000 and $46,000. He is to get more information for us.

Clara asked that we check out the cost of ski tow to see if it is feasible to operate, or should we consider allocating the funds toward other activites for the children of the community.

Roger stated that the Lake Management Committee would be holding a meeting at the Town Hall on April 19th at 1:30 PM. He stated that a questionnaire will be going out to everyone in the watershed.

Don made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8 PM, seconded by Sharron; carried.