Village of Fleischmanns

Board Meeting
June 9, 2014
The Village of Fleischmanns Board of Trustees held their regular Village Board meeting
on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the Sene Memorial !i"rary at #$00 %&m& 'resent (ere$
Mayor Todd 'ascarella, )e%uty Mayor Ben*amin Fenton, + ,arriet !& -rossman&
Trustee )a.id /ates (as a"sent&
John Duda/Fleischmanns Museum of Memories
O Connor Grant
John )uda of the Fleischmanns Museum of Memories ad.ised that se.eral years ago the
Village recei.ed a grant from the 012onnor Foundation used for fi3ing the Museum roof&
4n recent con.ersation (ith ,eather at the Mar 'ro*ect, there (ere some funds that (ere
"asically left o.er& The Museum did not s%end all the funds that (ere allocated "ac
then& There is still 5674&00 remaining in that original allocation& 4t1s some(hat irregular,
"ut The 012onnor Foundation is o%en to re8%ur%osing the remaining funds& 9t this %oint
the Museum is in des%erate need of (indo( re%air or re%lacement& The Museum is
re:uesting the Village to as the 012onnor Foundation if the Museum can re%ur%ose that
money& The matching funds (ould come from the Museum1s regular yearly
a%%ro%riation from the Village so there (ould not "e any e3tra cost for the Village& The
re:uest to 012onnor should come from the Village of Fleischmanns since the Museum is
a Village o(ned "uilding& John ad.ised that the Museum is looing to get some %eriod
(indo(s more in character (ith the Museum "uilding&
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to re%ur%ose the remaining funds from the 012onnor
Foundation as stated a"o.e& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman& Ben*amin
Fenton89ye& ,arriet !& Grossman89ye& )a.id /ates89"sent& Motion so carried&
Delaware Operations
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to a%%ro.e the follo(ing %urchase orders for the
month of June, 2014$ Slac 2hemical, sodium Thio8sulfate, ;0 l" "ags, 200 l"s <
51&00=l", total cost of re:uest is 5200&00, reason for %urchase$ chemicals used in the
treatment %rocess> Slac 2hemical, 2hlorine Bleach, ;; gal& drums, 110 gal& <
52&##=gal&, total cost of re:uest is 5292&00, reason for %urchase$ chemicals used in the
treatment %rocess> Slac 2hemical, "ul coagulant ?'92@, gal&, 700 gal& < 52&A;=gal&,
total cost of re:uest is 5A;;&00, reason for %urchase$ chemicals used in the treatment
%rocess> Slac 2hemical, #0B Magnesium ,ydro3ide, ;; gal& drums, 220 gal& <
54&20=gal, total cost of re:uest is 5924&00, reason for %urchase$ treat %lant flo( for
alalinity and %,> -aleton glo.es, case of late3 glo.es, 6624F!, 20 "o3es < 5A&#A %er
"o3, total cost of re:uest is 5199&00 %lus shi%%ing, reason for %urchase$ %ersonal
%rotection in la" + around the %lant> CS9 Blue Boo, chlorine )') 10m!8100 tests D
74447, 2 < 519&49, ,ach colorimeter %orta"le, D 6627A, 1 < 541;&00, 0aton %, meter,
%orta"le D ;16;2, 1 < 511#&00, total cost of re:uest 5;#9&9A %lus shi%%ing, reason for
%urchase$ %rocess control, colorimeter and )') is used to chec chlorine residual>
Schonstedt handheld magnetic locating de.ice -98622d, order D 4947;, 1 < 5969&9;,
total cost of re:uest$ 5969&9; %lus shi%%ing, reason for %urchase$ collection system
ma%%ing& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman& Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet !&
-rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates89"sent& Motion so carried&
)ela(are 0%erations su"mitted their monthly re%ort& 9t this time the EET Facility is
running through most of the month at a reduced rate of flo(& They discharge effluent
flo( from the facility a"out ; or # days a (ee&
Delaware Engineering/Mike Burgis
Mie Burgis had com%lete draft %lans for the (ater (or to "e done at Schneider 9.enue
and Bridge Street as (ell as the storm (ater (or to "e done to %re%are the cul.ert and
mo.e it more accurately at the Tinder"o3 as (ell as %utting in a %referrated trench drain
a"out 4 ft& do(n under stone on Main Street across from the "all field& That (ill get
some of the (ater that1s coming do(n the hill and finding its (ay under the road(ay +
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damaging it :uite se.erely& 4t (ill then "e routed to e3isting cul.erts that are headed out
to the cree& There (ill not "e im%acts on the side(al (or that has *ust "een done&
The (ater %lans are ready to go to the )e%artment of ,ealth for re.ie(&
Mayor 'ascarella ad.ised that 'eggy Flls(orth is %retty adamant that the money is in
%lace and that the Village (ill "e a"le to go ahead& 9s (e get a "etter sense of the
a%%ro3imate cost, etc& 4t (ould "e good for )ela(are Fngineering to communicate (ith
'eg Flls(orth& 9s for the Tinder"o3, the %lan is to run a ne( cul.ert through the %aring
lot and fill the e3isting "o3 cul.ert (ith glo"al fill (hich is essentially concrete& Ee (ill
"e %utting in t(o ne( catch "asins across from the "all field + do some trenching& Mr&
Burgis (ent o.er the %lans for the installation of the ne( (ater (ors for Bridge Street&
Fleischmanns First/Michele idrane
Michele Sidrane ased the Village Board to recogniGe the many assets in this Village& Ee
ha.e an incredi"le collection of historic "uildings + landmared "uildings such as the
Sene !i"rary + 2ongregation Bnai 4srael, the Village 'ar and the Village 'ool&
Michele indicated that the %ool (as one of the things that had defined Fleischmanns for
decades& Fleischmanns First is asing that the Trustees recogniGe the Village 'ool as an
asset and if the Trustees (ould consider reallocation of resources that are sitting in
escro( accounts& Michele thought the Village really needed to esta"lish a committee to
e3%lore the issues regarding the %ool in terms ofHcan it "e reno.ated> can it "e restoredI
4f it cannot, ho( does one go a"out demolishing it and if it is demolished (hat the %lan
(ould "e for re%lacing it& Ms& Sidrane stated that the time has come to im%lement a %lan
and mo.e for(ard&
Village Trustee -rossman ad.ised that many %eo%le ha.e .oiced their concern and
interest a"out the %ool + (ant to see it o%en this season& 'eo%le ha.e offered to donate
time and money to correct the crac in the %ool& There is no %ro"lem (ith the %i%es& 4t1s
the %ool itself that is leaing& Ee met (ith )ela(are Fngineering, Je( /or Kural
Eater and Michael Myers at the %ool and that1s (hen Ms& -rossman learned that it (as
not a %i%e& 0n Saturday ,arriet -rossman met (ith 9ssem"lyman 'eter !o%eG (ho
came to the Fleischmanns %ool "efore he (ent to the ne( 9r.ille 'ool to s(im&
9ssem"lyman !o%eG (as .ery %ositi.e and stressed the im%ortance of the Village %ool&
Mr& !o%eG came (ith his (ife and there (ere four adults %resent, se.en children and Ms&
-rossman& 9ssem"lyman !o%eG1s technician ho%efully (ill come soon and (e can fi3
the (all of the %ool& Ee (ould ha.e to %aint it also& Ms& -rossman (ould lo.e to see the
%ool o%en in July& She is no( (aiting to hear from the 9ssem"lyman again& She thought
it (ould cost a%%ro3imately 511,000&00 to run the %ool for the season& Fleischmanns
'ool has its o(n defi"rillator, "ac"oard, + lifeguards (ho are an3ious to (or and
"usinesses that (ill "enefit from the %ool "eing o%en&
John -ranito ad.ised that the Village should focus its attention on %utting in a good %ool
.ersus s%ending money *ust to %atch a gunite %ool (hich has a re"ar frame(or that is
s%rayed o.er (ith a concrete + sand mi3ture& ,e said the Village should focus its
attention on remo.ing the %ool and %utting in a ne( %ool that (ill outlast all of us& To
s%end 511,000&00 *ust for immediate gratification so someone can s(im this summer is
not (orth it& The energy needs to go into re%lacing the %ool&
Mayor 'ascarella stated that the out%ouring in fa.or of the %ool s%eas for itself& Mayor
'ascarella did not (ant to get in the (ay of any effort either (ay& ,e (anted to gi.e "oth
the effort to get the %ool o%en this summer as much chance to (or as %ossi"le +
certainly he agreed that long term (ithout a ne( %ool (e (ould "e chasing our tail&
Mayor 'ascarella said the reason he %ushed closing this year (as that he didn1t thin it
(as res%onsi"le of the Village to continuously fill u% the %ool and then s%end funds on
heating fuel& For many years (e looed at the %ool e3%enses and running it (ith rosy
glasses on + su%%osedly it su%%orted itself, or made money, or (hate.er, and u%on my
tallying of the num"ers the last cou%le of years, realiGing that it lost 514,000&00 last year
and fuel is not any chea%er + la"or is not getting chea%er, and there are other one time
e3%enses that (ill also %o% u%& The money (as *ust not in the "udget this year to %ay for
the "ills and if "ills start coming in "ecause (e o%en the %ool + our hearts u%, and (e
don1t ha.e the money to %ay them, (e are going to ha.e a serious %ro"lem& 9s long as
that is not going to "e detrimental to the Village1s finances, (e can focus on the real long
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term issue, (hich is getting a re%lacement %ool& This is a "ad summer for Ben*amin
Fenton + 4 to focus on this "ecause (e already ha.e all the as%ects of the %ar that (e
are focusing on getting re"uilt this .ery short construction season& Ee can1t lose focus of
that or (e (ill lose that money fore.er&
!ool Committee/"ppointments
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to a%%oint ,arriet !& -rossman, John -ranito +
Victoria SGero as 'ool 2ommittee mem"ers for the %ur%ose of re"uilding and reo%ening
the Village of Fleischmanns 'ool for 201;& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman&
Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet !& -rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates8
9"sent& Motion so carried&
#ennis Courts/ind$ Becker
Sindy Becer ad.ised that the Village had gotten FFM9 funding to start construction on
the tennis courts& Lenny 'asterna %ledged 5;0,000&00 as matching funds to(ard the
tennis courts if the Village could raise 5;0,000&00& 'eg Flls(orth ad.ised that she had a
'ar + Kec -rant of 54;,000&00 + she suggested that 522,;00&00 go to the 'layground +
522,;00&00 could "e used for the tennis& Sindy Becer herself raised 522,107&11&
Su"se:uent to getting FFM9 funding, 'eg suggested that the entire 54;,000&00 "e gi.en
to the 'layground since they (ere disa%%ointed in the funding they (ere going to recei.e&
John %oeko/#rout &nlimited
John ,oeo ad.ised that Trout Cnlimited is s%onsoring a stream clean u% on the Bushill
from )e%ot Street to the lae& Volunteers are from Trout Cnlimited, Fleischmanns First,
2rossroads Ventures, the Kotary, and the "oy scouts& )onations (ere recei.ed from !alo
of the Fleischmanns Su%ermaret for refreshments& The date is July 2#, 2014 (ith a rain
date of July 26, 2014& Mayor 'ascarella + )e%uty Mayor Fenton ad.ised it (ould "e
fine to use the Village truc to trans%ort to the dum%ster&
!roposed Budget "mendments '()*/)+ Budget ,ear
)- 9%%ro%riate -eneral Fund cash sur%lus of 56#,9#0 as follo(s$
5700 to 91010&4
;0 to 91720&4
10 to 9172;&1
4,#00 to 91410&4
1,6;0 to 91410&4
2,6;0 to 91420&4
9,600 to 91#20&4
9,000 to 919A9&4
200 to 97410&4
2;0 to 94010&1
200 to 94020&4
1,1;0 to 9;110&1
#;0 to 9;1A2&4
2,0;0 to 96140&1
200 to 964;0&4
42,000 to 9A6#0&4
1,A;0 to 99010&A
2;0 to 990;0&A
'- 9%%ro%riate 59,700&00 cash sur%lus in the Eater Fund as follo(s$
;0&00 to FA710&4
#,;00&00 to FA;10&4
2,7;0&00 to FA720&4
400&00 to FA770&4
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*- Transfer funds in the Se(er Fund as follo(s$
59,100&00 to -A110&4 to -A110&41
9,;00&00 to -A110&4 to -A170&4
These "udget amendments are to "alance the Village Budget that ended on May 71, 2014&
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to a%%ro.e the a"o.e "udget amendments for the
2017814 "udget& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman& Ben*amin Fenton89ye&
,arriet !& -rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates89"sent& Motion so carried&
.uarterl$ #ransfer/'()+/'()0
4t is here"y resol.ed that for fiscal year 2014=1; the Village Treasurer is here"y
authoriGed to transfer funds from the Eater Fund to the -eneral Fund on a :uarterly
"asis& The amount to "e transferred :uarterly and the .arious accounts in.ol.ed are listed
"elo(& These funds are to "e transferred on or a"out the follo(ing dated$ 9ugust 1;,
2014, Jo.em"er 1;, 2014, Fe"ruary 1;, 201;, and May 1;, 201;&
2ler, '&S& 91410&1 8 2ler, '&S& FA710&1
57,2;6
BLLK, '&S& 91720&1 BLLK, '&S& FA720&1
49A
Treas, '&S& 9172;&1 Treas, '&S& FA72;&1 74#
Ketire 99010&A Ketire F9010&A 1,76;
Soc Sec 99070&A Soc Sec F9070&A
Eor 2om% 99040&A Eor 2om% F9040&A 100
Cnem%l& 4ns& 990;0&A Cnem%l& 4ns& F90;0&A 2;
)isa"ility 990;;&A )isa"ility F90;;&A 12
,os% 990#0&A ,os% F90#0&A #2;
?Muarterly@ Mtly Total #,#17
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to a%%ro.e the a"o.e :uarterly transfers& Motion
seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman& Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet !& -rossman89ye&
Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates89"sent& Motion so carried&
1ater Bill//Miguel Martine2/3iddle
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to ta"le any decision as to the (ater in.oice for
Miguel MartineG of 97 )e%itts !ane& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman&
Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet !& -rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates8
9"sent& Motion so carried&
kene Memorial 4i5rar$/"ppointments
The follo(ing letter addressed to Mayor 'ascarella + the Village Board + 2ler read as
follo(s$
9t a regularly scheduled meeting of the Sene Memorial !i"rary Board of
Trustees held on May 17, 2014, -lenna ,erG (as nominated to continue in the %osition
of !i"rary Trustee for an additional term& ,er nomination is retroacti.e to 9ug&, 2017&
This action is necessary due to an o.ersight in failing to re8nominate -lenna (hen her
term e3%ired in 2017&
9lso, the !i"rary Board elected to nominate t(o additional trustees, Koy Todd of
Fleischmans + Susanna Margolis, also of Fleischmanns&
Lindly %resent these nominations to the Fleischmanns Village Board for
confirmation and a%%ointment&
'lease let me no( if you need any further information from the !i"rary Trustees&
Than you& Jac:ueline 'urdy, 'resident
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Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to ta"le any decision on the a"o.e %ro%osed
a%%ointments& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman& Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet
!& -rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates89"sent& Motion so carried&
!u5lic 6nput
)iscussions (ere held as to o%tions for the railing "y the dug (ay + legal dimensions of
the side(al that (as *ust installed&

7ouchers
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to a%%ro.e the follo(ing .ouchers for the month of
June, 2014$ -eneral Fund, 9"stract D 1, Voucher D 1 totaling 5267&;6> -eneral Fund,
9"stract D 2, Vouchers D 2 through 27 totaling 519,##1&40> -eneral Fund, 9"stract D 7,
Voucher D 24 totaling 5124&99> Eater )e%artment Fund, 9"stract D 1#, Voucher D 64
totaling 526;&;4> Eater )e%artment Fund, 9"stract D 1, Vouchers D 1 through #, totaling
51266&29 > Se(er )e%artment Fund, 9"stract D 1, Vouchers D 1 through 14 totaling
542,946&;2& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman& Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet
!& -rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates89"sent& Motion so carried&
"d8ourn
Motion made "y Ben*amin Fenton to ad*ourn& Motion seconded "y ,arriet !& -rossman&
Ben*amin Fenton89ye& ,arriet !& -rossman89ye& Todd 'ascarella89ye& )a.id /ates8
9"sent& Motion so carried&
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