The Peru Gazette

By Donald McBrayer

The Town Board held its Regular Meeting on Monday, January 24th. Everyone was present.

During community input Ed Schiffler asked the Board what their plan was to correct an ongoing sewer gas problem. Mr. Schiffler states he experiences a venting of sewer gas into his residence whenever roots are evacuated from a nearby town sewer line. Town Supervisor Peter Glushko informed Mr. Schiffler the line in question is to be replaced in the spring.

Carol Solari-Ruscoe & Karen Dziomba of the Elmore SPCA were in attendance to discuss the shelter and share their future plans. Ms. Solari-Ruscoe informed the board that Elmore SPCA currently has a manager (Kc Mace) and six part-time workers. The SPCA is currently renting space from Kelly Allen, but plan to be moved back into their fully renovated Telegraph Road location by the end of the year. The renovated building will provide a healthy environment for the animals; will include isolation rooms for traumatized animals, and a dog run for regular exercise. Ruscoe reminded the Board that they do not euthanize pets for space, but only in the case where the animal is deemed dangerous by court order. Ms. Dziomba informed the board that of the 29 dogs brought in last year, 24 was in need of homes. She also invited anyone who is interested in the Elmore SPCA to please arrange a visit, or check them out online at: http://www.elmorespca.org. Peter Glushko urged a meeting with Elmore SPCA & Peru’s Dog Control Officer Kelly Allen to discuss the ongoing relationship between the town and the shelter.

In other actions the Board:

·    Approved a resolution to accept an updated Dog Control/Licensing Law. The updated law contains no changes to the recently enacted law, but was required to correct a clerical error.

·    Unaminously approved a resolution to enact a Noise Ordinance. The Noise Ordinance can be viewed at:
http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/towndocs/NoiseOrdinance.pdf

·    Tabled a motion to dispose the old voting machines. Peter Glushko said the town has two choices – give them away or sell them for scrap. Peru School has expressed an interest in taking the machines, but has not formalized that intention in writing. The Board agreed to give the school more time to do this.

·    Upon returning from executive session the Board voted to approve a resolution to accept the 2011 town appointments. Peter Glushko reminded the board that just because appointments are not always made at the beginning of the year, any employee holding a civil service job still has that job until either they decide to leave or the board takes an action to remove them. They cannot be removed by simply not being appointed. The vote was 4 to 1 in favor with Town Councilor Kregg Bruno being the “no” vote.
The 2011 town appointments can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/towndocs/appointments.pdf

·    In other business Councilor Brandy McDonald shared a humorous moment where he found himself trapped in a local car wash and was forced to exit his car during the wash cycle to force the door open. McDonald expressed considerable dissatisfaction that he hasn’t received a return call to his complaint.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 PM.

An audio recording of the meeting can be found at:
http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBM-1-24-11.WAV

Minutes for the January 10 Organizational & Regular Meetings were approved and can be found at:
http://www.perutown.com/min11.htm