Town Budget approved & ongoing issues with the School Street sidewalk dominates Monday’s Town Board Meeting
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By Donald McBrayer and John T. Ryan
A recording of the meeting can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBMeeting-11-08-2010.WAV
Minutes for the October 4th special meeting and October 25th regular meeting were approved and can be found at: http://www.perutown.com/min10.htm
Reports for all departments, except Dog Control, were accepted and can be found at http://www.perutown.com/town.htm
A Court Report is now included and contains all court action dating back to the beginning of the year.
The Town Board approved the 2011 budget with a few minor amendments including an amendment to increase the Highways Superintendent’s salary by $1,500 to $50,639. Town Councilor Brandy McDonald commented on the salary increase stating that Highway Superintendent Mike Farrell works many long days, weekends, and holidays to keep overtime costs down. McDonald went on to point out that Farrell saved the town $24,000 last year and $14,000 this year in overtime. All Town of Peru employees with the exception of counselors Polhemus, Douglass, McDonald and Bruno will receive a two percent wage increase in 2011. Farrell’s $1,500 raise is addition to the two percent increase.
The School Street sidewalk was discussed. Atlantic Services (AS) is currently conducting tests on core samples to determine the quality of the concrete. Depending on the AS report the sidewalk may be rejected. Councilor Jim Douglass also commented on low-spots in the sidewalk, noting how much water he noticed pooling on the sidewalk during Monday’s rainstorm. Highway Superintendent Mike Farrell will look the sidewalk over and make recommendations to the Board about possible solutions to the low spots.
The Board approved a bid of $307,390 from Edward Garrow & Sons for the River Road water line project. Seven bids were submitted with a wide range of estimated costs. Town Councilor Kregg Bruno & W/S Superintendent Greg Timmons commented on the quality of Ed Garrow’s work noting the past project of installing the 12” force-main from the reservoir to Brand Hollow Road. The River Road Project should begin in about two weeks.
A decision to place a 4-way stop at the intersection of Mannix and Calkins/Clark Road was tabled without discussion. The intersection was the scene of a fatal car accident that claimed two lives on October 29th.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.
Posted: November 9th, 2010 under Town Board News.