Minutes – September 11, 2023

The Village of Franklin held its regular board meeting on September 11, 2023, at the Village Hall office (141 Water Street) at 7:00PM.  Present: Mayor Tom Briggs, Trustee Wilson, Trustee VanDeusen, 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 August 14, 2023 board meeting: VanDeusen moved and Wilson seconded approval of the August 14, 2023 minutes. So passed.

Treasurer’s Report

Date: August 31, 2023

General Fund	$2,052.60
– Savings	$232,348.21
– Reserve/Maint Equip	$84,886.25
– Sidewalks	$16,912.34
– Trees	$2,369.28
Water Fund	$9,425.81
– Savings	$20,290.13
– Capital Fund/Well Develop	$2,971.42
Water Project	$6.92
Water Tower Grant	$72.01
Trust & Agency	$2,460.97
Grant Fund	$8,765.48
ARPA Funds (remaining)	$6,512.57
Recreation Commission	$181.22
– Savings	$17,764.74
– CD	$7,861.15
– CD	$15,951.61

Wilson moved and VanDeusen seconded budget transfers in the GF totaling $184.39 (detail attached). So passed. Wilson moved and VanDeusen seconded approval of Treasurer’s Report of August 31, 2023. So passed.

Citizens’ Comments: none.

Correspondence: 1) Email from Ben Syden/Laberge Group re: grants for water/wastewater. 2) NY Deferred Compensation Plan. 3) Email from OneGroup re: wage disclosure law.

Clerk’s Report: 1) Submitted Dr. Sealgood invoice to CHIPS, but it was rejected; they do not reimburse crack sealing; will submit SuitKote bill before December deadline. 2) Received engineering report re: lead service line inventory. 3) Will be sending out past due tax bills.

Superintendent’s Report: 1) cleared limbs along sidewalks 2) 21st Century came out to look at vacuum; it was flipping in water that was too shallow; will give price for collar; will store in back room of Village hall. 3) put up ‘No Parking signs’ on Institute St.; Clerk will find out if we need to put notice in paper about new signs. 4) Tree Removal – State DOT takes down trees on Main St./357; have three on Center St. and one on West St. that need to come down; start with smaller ones, and larger ones can be done next year. 5) Ordered signs for Village Dump. 6) Pool is winterized for the year. 7) Part time labor – called one person, but couldn’t get through; will contact DelCo; could use 2-3 people for sidewalks; will re-advertise.

Old Business

CDBG Update: Eric’s report – Aquastore team came in and put in forms for tank; concrete will be poured this week; waiting for tanking pieces to come in November. Blueberry farm is for sale. DE following up with health department; they’ve pushed it up to Albany branch. Materials for well house are in; will coordinate with Tweedie to get that going. Electric lines will be another phase.

Sewer Study: Mayor interviewed by Times Union newspaper re: difficulty of getting funding; got a call from EFC and they have volunteered to help with grant application for a waste disposal operation, locating different granting sources. They will have Zoom meeting on Sept. 19 at 1:00pm. Invited business owners and Trustees. Village Board could meet at Village Hall.

Restore NY: Had a Zoom meeting with Omar Sanders/Southern Tier 8; got a call from Meg and Hassan and they want to rewrite the grant with less emphasis on waste disposal.

NYCLASS: Mayor will see them on Wednesday and invite them to next board meeting.John will send Jason wording for sign; Mayor will provide wording for a community notice.

Old Franklin Days: Connie did a remarkable job, it was a success; traffic was heavy, may need signs on Main St.; possibly hire off-duty police to help – budget for one-day security; shuttles may help.

New Business

Around Town: Trustee had “Please Slow Down” signs made and put up on Main St.; house next to Village Hall is under contract – they may allow Village to rent office space/garage. December 9 is date for Christmas Stroll and Market.

Street Sweeper: we don’t have a brush; should add to budget – buy a brush or hire someone to do it; Superintendent will find out if a brush could be attached to tractor or skid steer.

Citizens’ Comments: none

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

Village

81-23	Trust & Agency	A9030.8	$554.08	A2319
82-23	Trust & Agency	A9089.8	$167.50	A2320
83-23	NYSEG	A1620.4	$55.45	A2321
84-23	NYSEG	A1620.4	$21.41	A2322
85-23	NYSEG	A7110.4	$25.59	A2323
86-23	NYSEG	FX8320.4	$1,160.10	FX1630
87-23	NYSEG	FX8320.4	$21.60	FX1631
88-23	Frontier	FX8320.4	$9.50	FX1632
89-23	Postmaster	FX8310.4	$132.00	FX1633
90-23	NYSEG	A5182.4	$275.91
91-23	Decker Advertising	A1325.4	$22.00
92-23	Capital One	A1325.4	$15.99
92-23	Capital One		$90.92
93-23	Delhi Telephone Co	A1620.4	$78.72
94-23	Tractor Supply	A5110.2	$719.94
94-23	Tractor Supply	A5110.4	$74.49
95-23	Mirabito Energy Products	A5110.4	$112.60
96-23	CarQuest Auto Parts	A5110.4	$162.80
97-23	Taggart Electric Inc	FX8320.4	$280.00
98-23	Ti Sales Inc	FX8340.2	$1,567.30
99-23	Waste Recovery Enterprises	A8160.4	$12.32
100-23	Delaware Cty Real Prop Tax Dept		$242.81
101-23	Blauer Associates	H8797.4	$2,400.00
102-23	Blauer Associates	H8797.4	$1,000.00
103-23	Delaware Engineering	H8797.4	$1,395.00
	TOTAL		$10,598.03
	PAID PRIOR TO MEETING		$2,147.23
	Total		$8,450.80

Recreation Commission

20-23	Trust & Agency	J9030.8	$716.33	J1896
21-24	Frontier	J7545.4	$78.97	J1897

Mayor Briggs adjourned the meeting at 8:02PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Paula Niebanck
Clerk/Treasurer

Budget Transfers for September 2023