Present: Shad Alsworth, Supervisor
Patricia Graves, Council Member
Jesse Case, Council Member
Bill Fish, Council Member
Dean Arnold, Highway Superintendent
Willis Shutt, Airport Manager
Absent: Michael Miller, Council Member, Michael Finn, Town
Attorney
Others Present:
Alsworth opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and led the pledge
to the flag.
Minutes: Accepted as
written with a motion made by Alsworth, seconded by Fish to reapprove all
motions made at the April 8, 2020 Regular meeting and the April 29, 2020
Special Meeting. Carried.
Community Comment: None
Financial Report: Accepted as presented
Departmental Reports: Accepted as presented
CODE ENFORCEMENT: A motion was made by Fish, seconded by
Graves to accept the Unsafe Structure law presented by the Code enforcement
officer as written. After further discussion:
Fish: No
Graves: No
Case: No
Alsworth No
Motion was not carried.
ASSESSOR: A Motion was made by Case, seconded by Graves to
extend the employment of Nichelle Dannheim another 6 months/Carried
HIGHWAY: Clarification to Hill Crest if property is deeded
or just an easement. Case to talk to County Clerk.
PARK: A motion was made by Fish, seconded by Graves to allow
Dean Arnold to cut one of his park personnel back to 25 hours and hire another
person for 25 hours. Arnold states that the extra monies needed for the fourth
person would be absorbed in his park budget. This is in coordination with Town
of Wellsville Emergency Management to keep up with and maintain sanitizing at
the park when it reopens/Carried.
AIRPORT:
A. A motion was made by Case, seconded by Graves for Will
Shutt Airport manager to sign pre-approval for Runway 10-28 Construction Grant
in the amount of $2,842,585.00
B. A Motion was made by Case, seconded by Fish for Will
Shutt, Airport Manager to sign pre-approval for REILS portion of Grant in the
amount of $27,782.00
C. Old snowblower- contact board members when the bids come
in.
D. Graduation: The Town of Wellsville was contacted by Ms.
Mary Ellen O’Connell from the Wellsville Secondary School asking the town to consider
allowing the school to hold Wellsville’s Graduation at the Wellsville Municipal
Airport. A motion was made by Fish, seconded by Case allowing for this to
happen. Motion was carried. The town board would also like to extent this offer
to all other schools in the county to follow by the same guidelines presented in
the letter below from the Wellsville Central Secondary School.
Schools can contact the Airport Manager to make
arrangements: Will Shutt – 585-593-3350.
Re: Request for
consideration, Wellsville Municipal Airport and Graduating Seniors
Dear Mr. Alsworth, and Mr. Shutt,
I am writing to request your assistance as the Wellsville
Central School is working to identify available options to safely recognize our
community’s graduating seniors. Unlike prior graduating classes, the Class of
2020 will not experience a customary graduation due to the challenges and
restrictions of COVID-19. When we talked with class leaders about the realities
they face, the students were understandably disappointed. Their first request
was to find a way for the class to “walk across the stage” and for their
families to be there to see it. While we await further guidance from the State,
we would like to respectfully inquire if the Town of Wellsville would consider
allowing the School to host its graduation at the Municipal Airport. With the
Airport’s space, the Wellsville community and school could together safely
recognize the graduates so that each student may walk across the stage for
his/her parents and families.
This effort would certainly require significant planning,
and coordination. I would be happy to arrange a video conference or conference
call with representatives of the Town of Wellsville and the Airport (as you
advise) and the School’s Superintendent, Dave Foster, to discuss the logistics
of such an arrangement and to answer your questions. In the meantime, ideas for
a ceremony held at the Airport include:
· The ceremony
is scheduled for June 26, 2020 at 7:00pm. A “rain date” is being reserved for
Saturday, June 27, 2020.
· Our request
would be to hold the ceremony at the Wellsville Municipal Airport “ramp” area.
· Graduates
would arrive with their families in personal vehicles and remain in their
vehicle during the ceremony, with the exception being the portion of the
ceremony where each graduate will leave their vehicle one at a time to walk
across the stage to pick up their diploma and then immediately return to their
vehicle.
· We have 95
graduates and will ask each family to use one personal vehicle. The exception
will be for students who have parents who live in separate households. In total,
we anticipate no more than 125 vehicles to be on site for this event.
· The district
would bring a portable stage to be placed on site. This stage would serve as
the central location for our speakers to deliver commencement addresses.
· We anticipate partnering with our local
Radio Stations to broadcast the ceremony to the vehicles and the community in
general.
These are unusual times. During the “pause” it is more
apparent than ever how fortunate we are here in Wellsville. While we are
hopeful the Airport may provide a solution, if it is not a possibility, please
know that we appreciate your consideration.
Respectfully,
Mary Ellen O’Connell
Wellsville Secondary School Principal
cc: David Foster,
Superintendent
Ms. O’Connell,
We will place this on the Agenda for our monthly Town Board
Meeting (tomorrow evening) for Board approval.
I am confident that this will pass easily with no objection. The Town of Wellsville is proud to support
our school and the graduates that have suffered so greatly from this pandemic.
Our young graduates have had to sacrifice some of the best days of their young lives
to help their community to stay safe.
The least we can do is attempt to offer them this opportunity to share
in this accomplishment and to celebrate their time at WCS. I will confirm with our Board, but fully expect
that we will direct our Airport Manager, Will Shutt, to deal directly with the
school to assist in any manner required to ensure the success of this event.
Thanks again for allowing us to help make this event
possible. What a great use of a Town and
County funded facility.
Shad Alsworth
Town Supervisor
FIRE PROTECTION POLICY: After extensive meetings, the Town of
Wellsville and Village of Wellsville have nearly made a contract for approval
at the June 10, 2020 Regular meeting.
ELM VALLEY CEMETARY: A motion was made by Case, seconded by
Fish to approve and sent Tracy Waters the mowing contract for 2020.
ASSESMENT REVIEW BOARD: A motion was made by Fish, seconded
by Graves to accept Ellen Ruckle’s resignation to the assessment review
board/Carried. This will give the town a vacancy. If anyone has any interest in
this position, please contact the Town of Wellsville’s Assessor.
DOG SHELTER AGREEMENTS: A motion was made by Graves,
seconded by Case for supervisor to sign and have clerk send out the yearly
shelter agreements
BOOKEEPER: A motion was made by Case, seconded by Fish to
table budget transfers until further discussion with the bookkeeper to clarify
confusion.
SUPERVISOR/COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS:
Alsworth: Talked about a discussion with Chris Martelle,
Emergency Management Coordinator. A motion was made by Fish seconded by Case
for Radio Designation for the county. EM1 would be Chris Martelle and EM2 would
be William Day JR/ Carried.
AUDIT/PAYMENT OF BILLS –
Motion: A motion
was made by Fish to accept and pay Abstract #05 of 2020, seconded by
Graves/carried
A – General Fund – Vouchers 101-129, $7,515.44
B – Outside Village – Vouchers – 127, $329.99
DA –Highway Town wide – Vouchers 90,91,93,94,95,97,99,100,103-113,
116-117 - $17,771.05
DB – Highway Outside – Vouchers 92, 96, 98, 101, 102,
114-115, 117-118 - $17,473.22
EA – Airport – Vouchers 71-91 - $130.569.55
ESA – Assessor – Vouchers 11-12 $269.04
SL – Hillcrest Lighting District – Voucher 10 $13.51
SS2 - Special District Sinclair – Voucher 9 $104.59
Tota173,991.84
EXECUTIVE SESSION: A motion was made by Fish; seconded by
Graves to enter executive session to discuss employment history of a particular
person. Carried
REGULAR SESSION: A motion to enter regular session was made
by Graves seconded by Case /carried.
A motion
was made by Fish seconded by Graves the Town of Wellsville will be eliminating
one position at the town highway department as determined in 2019 for the 2020
budget. Noted the town must maintain four HMEO positions and 1 HMEM for public
safety.
ADJOURN: Fish/Case/Carried
Respectfully Submitted,
Danielle Osgood
Town Clerk
