A regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Barrington was held June 25th, 2024 at the Town Hall located at 4424 Bath Road, Penn Yan, NY and County of Yates
Present: Bryan Yarrington Supervisor
Nate Olney Deputy Supervisor
Calvin Crosby Councilperson
Steve Wheeler Highway Superintendent
Jesse Jayne Code Enforcement Officer
Helene Ribble Bookkeeper
Joy L. C. Perry Town Clerk
Absent: Tom Petro, III Councilperson
Also Present: Steve Brigham (ZBA Chairperson), George Lawson (County Legislator)
Call to Order
Supervisor Yarrington called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance at 6:00 pm.
Approve Minutes
A motion to approve the minutes of May 28th and June 4th was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
3-Ayes (Crosby, Olney, Yarrington) 0-Noes
Justice Hicks Info Share
Justice Hicks shared info regarding the court since he took over in January. fixed the phone system new computer and printer from the Office of Court Administration taking on-line credit card payments *applying for J-CAP grant to make the court safer for employees
Approve Justice Audit-May
Table-waiting for December report
Approve Monthly Accounting-May
Resolution 2024-83 to approve the monthly accounting for May was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Bryan Yarrington Aye
0-Noes
Highway Report
Superintendent Wheeler gave an update regarding the highway department.
*spread gravel-getting ready to pave (Pre-Emption, Moon Hill & Dombroski)
*Pave-NY for ELR ($53,000)
*door on town garage is completely destroyed due to bad springs
All the doors on the Town garage need replacing. Wheeler explained that they are over twenty years old and they are constantly up and down. He will get a quote to replace all of them, but the broken door needs replacing right away.
Resolution 2024-84 to replace the broken door on the garage for the amount of $6,222.00 was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Bryan Yarrington Aye
0-Noes
Wheeler will get quotes to replace the rest of the doors.
Code Enforcement Report
Jesse Jayne submitted his resignation letter. He will resign as of September 1st. He stated that the new zoning is pretty much complete. General Code needed ten questions answered that he took care of. He shared that there were two new special use permits applications, but both need more information before they are approved.
Supervisor’s Comments/Concerns
Yarrington shared that the cost for health insurance will increase by 24.27%.
The new website is up and running. He also shared that he will be doing summer office hours on Tuesdays twelve until four.
Public Comments/Concerns
George Lawson inquired about replacing the bridge on Pre-Emption Road over Big Stream since the road is not abandoned. He stated that he doesn’t know if it’s possible, but it would divert so much traffic from Bridge and Vine Streets and be more convenient for people coming from the Six-Corners area.
Lawson also shared that the Yates County Public Safety Building needs updated. It would be a multiphase process.
Steve Brigham shared that at the KWIC & KLOC meetings there was discussion regarding the controversy of docking on the sand bar. There will be a public hearing in Jerusalem on July 17th.
Appointed/Elected Official Comments/Concerns
None
Pay General Bills
Resolution 2024-85 to pay the general bills numbered 105 thru 130 in the amount of $17,973.52 which were audited by the Town Board was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Bryan Yarrington Aye
0-Noes
Pay Highway Bills
Resolution 2024-86 to pay the highway bills numbered 88 thru 104 in the amount of $205,738.09 which were audited by the Town Board was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Bryan Yarrington Aye
0-Noes
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be July 23rd.
Adjourn
A motion to adjourn at 7:08 pm was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
3-Ayes (Crosby, Olney, Yarrington) 0-Noes
Respectfully Submitted,
Joy L. C. Perry, Town Clerk