A regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Barrington, County of Yates and State of New York was held at the town hall located at 4424 Bath Road, Penn Yan on February 28th, 2023.
Present : Steve Perry Supervisor
Nate Olney Deputy Supervisor
Calvin Crosby Councilperson
Bryan Yarrington Councilperson
Tom Petro, III Councilperson
Steve Wheeler Highway Superintendent
Jesse Jayne Code Enforcement Officer
Helene Ribble Bookkeeper
Stephanie Holtz Assessor
Joy L. C. Perry Town Clerk
Supervisor Perry called the Town Board meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance at 6:00 pm.
A motion to approve the minutes of December 27, 2022, January 5, 2023 and February 28th, 2023 was made by Yarrington and seconded by Petro.
5-Ayes (Crosby, Olney, Perry, Petro, Yarrington) 0-Noes
Resolution 2023-40 to approve the Justice audit for January was made by Olney and seconded by Crosby.
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Tom Petro Aye
0-Noes
Resolution 2023-41 to approve the monthly accounting for January was made by Yarrington and seconded by Perry.
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Tom Petro Aye
0-Noes
Superintendent Wheeler stated that they have been spreading stone and many of the trips for maintaining the roads this winter were due to ice. Wheeler also expressed his concerns over the highly increasing cost of salt and diesel.
Resolution 2023-42 to change the wording in the employee handbook to read, instead of four sick, three personal and one floating holiday it will now say eight days to use as sick and/or personal days was made by Yarrington and seconded by Perry.
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Tom Petro Aye
0-Noes
Code Enforcement Officer Jayne stated that there has still been blocking of road issues. From now on he will refer the situation to law enforcement. He stated that it’s been pretty quiet but he had a couple building permits and is addressing violations occurring in the town that have not been resolved.
Supervisor Perry gave an update on the addition. It’s coming right along. The highway guys have been doing some work to help out. He stated the deck, driveway and siding still need to be done. Perry stated that he looked in to getting someone to paint the rest of the inside of the upper town hall. With the approval of the rest of the Board he will go forward with the project.
Assessor Holtz shared some of the things that she has been doing. She has been working on exemptions. She stated she loves her new office and the drop box out front comes in very handy.
Resolution 2023-43 to authorize the Assessor to do a revaluation for 2024 was made by Yarrington and seconded by Olney.
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Nate Olney Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Tom Petro Aye
0-Noes
Jesse Jayne gave an update regarding the Legislature meeting. Nonie Flynn is quitting as administrator and there will be a special meeting Thursday to address it. Jayne also shared that he was appointed by the Republican Party to represent Yates County to elect Republican Supreme Courts; people who are running for it in Albany, there will also be Senators. This is the first time that Yates County will be represented at this level.
Resolution 2023-44 to pay the general bills numbered 27 thru 52 in the amount of $16,024.86 which were audited by the Town Board was made by Yarrington and seconded by Petro.
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Tom Petro Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
Nate Olney Aye
0-Noes
Resolution 2023-45 to pay the highway bills numbered 23 thru 44 in the amount of $68,832.14 which were audited by the Town Board was made by Crosby and seconded by Olney.
Calvin Crosby Aye
Nate Olney Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Tom Petro Aye
0-Noes
Resolution 2023-46 to pay the H-fund bills numbered 7 thru 9 in the amount of $2,206.99 which were audited by the Town Board was made by Yarrington and seconded by Petro.
Bryan Yarrington Aye
Tom Petro Aye
Steve Perry Aye
Nate Olney Aye
Calvin Crosby Aye
0-Noes
The next meeting will be March 28th.
A motion to adjourn at 7:05 pm was made by Olney and seconded by Petro.
5-Ayes (Crosby, Olney, Perry, Petro, Yarrington) 0Noes
Respectfully Submitted,
Joy L. C. Perry, Town Clerk