St. Lawrence County DRAFT Finance Committee

St. Lawrence County DRAFT Finance Committee

Board of LegislatorsMonday, November 30, 2015

Board Room5:30 p.m.

Members Attending: Mr. Hooper,Mr. Acres,Mr. Arquiett, Ms. Bell, Mr. Burke, Mr. Colbert,

Mr. Dann, Mr. Denesha, Mr. Forsythe, Mr. LaPierre, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Paquin, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Putman, and Mr. Timmerman

Others Attending: Ruth Doyle, Kelly Pearson, Kevin Felt, Paul Smith, Steve Button, Darren Colton, Don Chambers, Tim LePage, Andrea Montgomery, Jason Pfotenhauer, Chris Rediehs, Kevin Wells, Jim Race, Brian Hurlbut and media representative, Sue Mende of Watertown Daily Times

1. CALL TO ORDER AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA–Chair Hooper called the meeting to order at 5:42 p.m. Mr. Acres moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Mr. Denesha, and carried by a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES –Mr. LaPierre moved to approve the October 26th meeting minutes, seconded by Mr. Perkins, and carriedby a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

3. TREASURER – KEVIN FELT

A. Adopting Mortgage Tax Report (Res) (Info)–Mr. Forsythe moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Acres, and carried by a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

B. Charging Tax Items (Res)–Mr. Perkins moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Arquiett, and carried by a voice vote with by a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

C. Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds for the County of St. Lawrence, New York, for the Acquisition of Machinery and Apparatus for Construction and Maintenance, at a Maximum Estimated Cost of $3,000,000, and Authorizing the Issuance of up to $3,000,000 Bonds of Said County to Pay the Cost Thereof (Res)–Mr. Acres moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Denesha and Mr. Lightfoot.

Mr. Acres moved to table this resolution to the Full Board meeting, seconded by Mr. Timmerman and Mr. Perkins, and carried by a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

4. HIGHWAY – DON CHAMBERS

A. Authorizing the Chair to Sign an Agreement between the Department of Highways and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services(Res)–Mr. Forsythe moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Perkins, and carried by a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

B. Authorizing the Chair Sign Contracts for Hewittville Road Bridge overRaquette River, Town of Potsdam, BIN 3221650, PIN 775341 (Res)–Mr. Acres moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Burke, and carriedby a voice vote with fourteen (14) yes votes and one (1) absent (Putman).

C. Modifying the 2015 Department of Highways Budget and Authorizing theChair to Sign a Contract with Enterprise Fleet Management for Fleet Leasing Services (Res)–Mr. Lightfoot moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Denesha.

Mr. Paquin left the meeting at 6:15 p.m.

Mr. Perkins moved to table this resolution to the full Board meeting, seconded by Mr. Dann, and carried by a voice vote with ten (10) yes votes, three (3) no votes (Arquiett, LaPierre and Hooper), and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

D. Modifying the 2015 Department of Highways’ Budget for Highway Supplies and Services Other Governments (Res)–Mr. Burke moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Ms. Bell and Mr. Perkins, and carried by a voice vote with twelve (12) yes votes, one (1) no vote (Dann), and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

5. REAL PROPERTY – DARREN COLTON

A. Elections, Real Property & Community College Apportionments for the Year 2016 (Res)–Mr. Lightfoot moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Perkins.

Mr. Colbert left the room at 6:37 p.m.

Motion carried by a voice vote with twelve (12) yes votes and three (3) absent (Colbert, Paquin, and Putman).

6. COUNTY ATTORNEY – STEPHEN BUTTON

A. Authorizing the Chair to Sign a Contract with HRP Associates, Inc. for Environmental Investigation (Res) –Mr. Perkins moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Arquiett.

Mr. Colbert returned to the room at 6:51 p.m.

Motion carried by a voice vote of thirteen (13) yes votes and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

7. SHERIFF – KEVIN WELLS

A. Modifying the 2015 Sheriff’s Office Budget to Accept a 2015 Legislative Grant from the State of New York Division of Criminal Justice Services (Res)–Mr. Perkins moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Ms. Bell, Mr. Dann and Mr. Lightfoot, and carried by a voice vote with thirteen (13) yes votes and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

8. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT – RUTH DOYLE

A. Proclaiming December 7-11, 2015 as Employee Learning Week in St. Lawrence County (Res)–Mr. Burke moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Denesha, and carried by a voice vote with thirteen (13) yes votes and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

Ms. Doyle said there are two transfers of funds to report; $20 for Treasurer’soffice for the bond that came in slightly above what was budgeted, and $3,000 for the Board of Legislators’ office for advertising. This increase is due to the significant increase in Local Law this year that have to be published in the newspapers after adoption.

The Christmas Party will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 3rd at Jakes on the Water in Hannawa Falls.

Ms. Doyle attended the St. Lawrence County Adoption Day this week, and there were 8 children adopted on that day.

There was a meeting today with State officials at Otter Creek to discuss the gravity renewables contract that deals with remote net metering.

New York State Office of Mental Regional Office Deputy Director Rick King came to meet with the Community Services Mental Health staff. She said it is important to have open communication with New York State.

There will be a Vacancy Review Committee meeting scheduled this week, and there is a request for two Legislators to attend.

9. OLD / NEW BUSINESS

A. Authorizing the Chair to Sign an amended Contract and Modifying the 2015 Community

Services Budget for Transfer of Funding from Transitional Living Services of Northern New York, Inc. to United Helpers Care, Inc. (Res)–Mr. Acres moved to forward this resolution to full Board, seconded by Mr. Arquiett, and carried by a voice vote with thirteen (13) yes votes and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

Mr. Arquiett said he would like to publicly thank and show his appreciation to Governor Cuomo and Senator Schumer for successfully putting a deal together with Alcoa and helping retain jobs at Alcoa.

Mr. Smith is the coordinator for United Way, and he asked that the Board lead County personnel by donating to United Way.

Mr. Lightfoot moved to go to Executive Session at 7:10 p.m. to discuss negotiations, litigation, personnel and appointments, seconded by Mr. Acres, and carried by a voice vote with thirteen (13) yes votes and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

10. EXECUTIVE SESSION

Mr. Forsythe moved to go to Open Session at 8:00 p.m., seconded by Ms. Bell, and carried by a voice vote with thirteen (13) yes votes and two (2) absent (Paquin and Putman).

11. ADJOURNMENT – Chair Hooper adjourned the November Finance Committee Meeting at 8:03 p.m. as there was no further business.

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