Minutes – June 10, 2024

The Village of Franklin held its regular board meeting on June 10, 2024, at the Village Hall office (141 Water Street) at 7:04PM. Present: Mayor VanDeusen, Trustee Wilson, Trustee Martin, Clerk/Treasurer Niebanck, Deputy Clerk Martin, Superintendent Kingsbury and guests recorded on the sign-in register. The meeting was streamed and recorded on the video platform Zoom.

Minutes: Minutes of the May 2024 board meeting: Wilson moved and Martin seconded approval of the May 2024 board meeting minutes. So passed.

Treasurer’s Report

Date: May 31, 2024

General Fund	$156,158.06
– Reserve/Maint Equip (Checking)	$1,322.57
– Sidewalks (Checking)	$20,538.74
– Trees (Checking)	$2,391.85
Water Fund	$33,848.08
Water Project	$6.96
Water Tower Grant	$0.00
Trust & Agency	$397.26
Grant Fund	$59.34
Recreation Commission	$64,780.31

Deduct $10 from Clerk pay due to overpayment. Budget transfers in GF: $618.00; in WF: $120.48. See attached detail. Wilson moved and Martin seconded budget transfers. So passed. Wilson moved and Martin seconded approval of Treasurer’s Report of May 31, 2024. So passed.

Citizens’ Comments: none.

Correspondence/Clerk’s Report: 1) Kiff re: boiler contract (don’t need). 2) Email from Lindsay re: RestoreNY grant; not accepting same cost estimates and need new estimates by June 13; those estimates must be submitted by property owners. 3) Sent 16 mowing notices and emailed local law to one resident. 4) Sent 5 short term rental permit renewal letters. 5) New rate per thousand for the tax levy will need to be .482855 in order to keep same levy dollar amount of $100,701. Wilson moved Martin seconded changing the levy percentage to .482855. So passed.

Superintendent’s Report: 1) Mowed well field 2) patched roof at the pool; used tar. A metal roof would be better; will get three quotes for new roof. 3) installed new meter at 397 Main; meter froze and broke. 4) Diesel fuel tank installation would get us fuel at bulk rate. 5) Ryan on call in evenings at some times – should he be paid for that? Wilson moved and Martin seconded to pay him $5/hour while on call. So moved. 6) Town of Franklin will cut trees by pump house. 7) Water is turned on at the park. 8) Cut limbs along sidewalk. 9) Patched end of Water St.

DEC Presentation: Letter asking for permission to allow fishing access on two Village parcels; 3 options for giving consent; Wilson moved and Martin seconded choosing option #2 with 5 year cooperative agreement. So moved.

Old Business

Bible Church Paving: Still trying to find someone who does black top; still need quotes.

Memorial Day Recap: Overwhelming success!

Mowing/Shoveling Ordinance: Will re-word to include incremental fines after 3 days; they mow or hire to have it mowed.

New Business

Water Meter Replacement: Mayor will contact Delaware Engineering to see if they can find grant funding for it; will also discuss finishing work on water main.

Center St. Crosswalk: Resident sent letter with concerns about traffic not stopping at Center and Water Streets. We could put crosswalk and pedestrian crossing signs. There is a truck parked too close to the stop sign blocking its view. Need to move the “No Parking Here to Corner” sign back farther.

NYCOM Recap: Mayor’s handout attached. Would like to strike “citizen’s comments” at the beginning of the meeting.

Institute St. Closure: They would like to close for “bring a tractor to school” day – for morning only. They need to coordinate with Super to get road closed signs.

Request From Museum: Letter requesting that RR Museum not be charged for water. Would also like us to consider not charging Fire Dept. as well.  Martin moved and Wilson seconded to cancel water bill accounts for both the RR Museum and Fire Dept.  So moved.

OFD: request put in to Del Co Sheriff’s dept. for traffic control. Should hear by July.

Approval of Bills: Wilson moved and Martin seconded approval to pay bills. So passed.

Village

314-23	Waste Recovery Enterprises LLC	A8160.4	$12.32	S2557
315-23	Trust & Agency	A9030.8	$338.90	A2558
316-23	Postmaster		$136.00	FX1788
317-23	Trust & Agency	FX9089.8	$167.50	FX1796
318-23	Trust & Agency	FX9030.8	$506.78	FX1797
24-Jan	NYSEG	A7110.4	$23.51	A2559
24-Feb	NYSEG	A1620.4	$67.22	A2560
24-Mar	NYSEG	A1620.4	$51.35	A2561
24-Apr	Frontier	FX8320.4	$9.50	FX1798
24-May	NYSEG	FX8320.4	$18.00	FX1799
24-Jun	Capital One	A1325.4	$15.99
24-Jul	Capital One	A1620.2	$345.27
24-Jul	Capital One	A1210.4	$558.00
24-Jul	Capital One	A5110.4	$705.71
24-Aug	Delhi Telephone Co	A1620.4	$79.08
24-Sep	Boulder Oil	A1620.4	$256.97
24-Oct	Selective Insurance	A1910.4	$1,680.00
24-Nov	Von Hotch	A5110.2	$100.00
24-Dec	Mirabito Engergy Products	A5110.4	$192.95
13-24	White's Farm Supply	A5110.4	$18.34
14-24	Ti Sales	FX8340.2	$109.00
15-24	M & T Bank	FX9720.6	$5,325.00
16-24	Waste Recovery Enterprises LLC	A8160.4	$12.32
	TOTAL		$10,729.71
	PAID PRIOR TO MEETING		$1,331.08
	Total		$9,398.63

Recreation Commission

24-Jan	Kendall Beadle	J7245.2	$22.23	J1914
24-Feb	NYSEG	J7345.4	$13.52	J1915
24-Mar	Frontier	J7545.4	$89.08	J1916
24-Apr	Capital One	J7145.4	$39.30
24-May	Kendall Beadle		$220.00

Mayor VanDeusen adjourned the meeting at 8:35PM

Respectfully submitted,
Paula Niebanck
Clerk/Treasurer

Budget Transfers for May 2024