https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/c23e50b44b910c719f624d356dbb98b7.pdf 945ac8ae2bb36ce313963dad91847647 PDF Text Text Minutes of the Board of Trustees Village of Sleepy Hollow A work session of the Board of Trustees ofthe Village of Sleepy Hollow was held on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at Village Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York. Present: Mayor Kenneth G. Wray Deputy Mayor Karin Wompa Bruce Campbell Evelyn Stupel Jennifer Lobato-Church Susan MacFarlane Trustees Barbara Carr (Absent) Also Present: Anthony Giaccio, Village Administrator Rich Gross, General Foreman Sean McCarthy, Village Architect Mayor Wray called the work session to order at 7:00 p.m. TREE APPEAL - Mary Linder made an appeal to the Village Board to overturn a tree committee decision. Ms. Linder was denied a tree permit for a maple tree located at 225 Highland Avenue. Tree Committee members Rich Gross and Shelley Robinson answered questions from the Board. Discussion ensued. Mayor Wray asked that Ms. Linder provide an arborist report on the tree. SPEED HUMPS ON VALLEY STREET - The Village Board discussed ways to slow traffic on Valley Street. One suggestion is to install speed humps between College A venue and Wildey Street. The Police Department is currently conducting a traffic study that will be completed this week. Discussion ensued. Mayor Wray asked that the residents on Valley Street be notified so that they can provide comments. The matter was tabled. CATSKILL AQUEDUCT SHUTDOWNS Rich Gross informed the Board that on June 10, the New York State Department of Environmental Protection is planning the first of several temporary shut downs of the Catskill Aqueduct. The shutdowns will be for 16 hours and may result in brown water. Residents are encouraged to conserve water during this time. ENGINEER CONTRACTS - The Board discussed proposed contract renewals for four engineering firms. Mayor Wray initiated the discussion and asked the trustees to review the contracts and make comments. All four engineering firms currently provide various engineering services to the Village. �SEASONAL STAFF Trustee Stupel proposed hiring five seasonal workers for the DPW. Interviews were done and the Public Works Committee is ready to make a recommendation to the Board. The Board discussed what the seasonal workers should be doing. The Board also discussed hiring one seasonal recreation assistant. CODE DISCUSSION - Mayor Wray created an ad hoc committee to review the draft village code. Trustee Lobato-Church will chair the committee. The Board members were each given a copy of the draft code book volume one. The Board requested fees from other communities to compare with the Village's current fee schedule. SPCA IMA The Board reviewed an inter-municipal agreement with the SPCA of Westchester to provide care and shelter for homeless and stray dogs and cats. Discussion ensued. Mayor Wray requested that a resolution on this be put on the next Board meeting agenda. SPECIAL SESSION At 8: 15 p.m., on a motion made by Trustee Lobato-Church and seconded by Trustee Campbell and carried unanimously the Board moved to special session. Resolutions - See attached At 8:29 p.m., on a motion was made by Trustee Campbell and seconded by Trustee Wompa and carried unanimously the Board moved out of special session. At 8:30 pm the meeting was adjourned Respectfully submitted, Anthony~LiO Village Administrator �Meeting Date: Resolution#: 06/05/2012 06/65/2012 Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow Authorizing Mayor to Execute Contract with SPCA for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Be It Resolved that the Mayor is herein authorized to execute the attached Agreement between the Village of Sleepy Hollow and SPCA of Westchester, Inc. for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 at an annual cost of $3,360.00 which remains the same as 2009/2010, 2010/2011, and 2011/2012. Moved: Trustee Lobato-Church Seconded: Trustee Stupel Vote: 5-0 �Agreement Between the Village of Sleepy Hollow and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Westchester, Inc. 2 0 12 �AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF WESTCHESTER, INC AGREEMENT effective the first day of June, 2012, between The Village of Sleepy Hollow and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Westchester, Inc., WHEREAS, The Village of Sleepy Hollow is a municipality existing in the State of New York, County of Westchester (hereinafter called the Municipality), and WHEREAS, the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a Not for Profit Corporation, created and existing under and by virtue of the Special Act of the Legislature of the State of New York known as chapter 91 of the laws of 1883 and now governed under the Not for Profit Laws of the State of New York (hereinafter called the SPCA) and WHEREAS, the Municipality wishes to engage the SPCA for a period of one year to provide care and shelter for homeless and stray dogs and cats seized by dog control officers, animal control officers, police and other agents of the municipality, �NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 1. The SPCA shall provide and maintain a shelter for seized, stray, and homeless dogs and cats and shall humanely care for animals brought to the SPCA by municipal animal control personnel and agents. A stray is defined as a previously owned animal running at large that is friendly and safely handled by people. 2. a) The SPCA will be open to receive animals from dog control/animal control officers, police, and representatives of the municipality from Monday thru Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday between the hours of 1:00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m., exclusive of legal holidays. b) The SPCA will open to the public Monday thru Saturday, legal holidays excluded, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 3. The SPCA will hold all seized dogs as prescribed by Agriculture & Markets Law Section 118(4) and will abide by the redemption time and procedures established by the municipality, provided that the municipal redemption time and procedures are not in conflict with those times and procedures provided under the Agriculture & Markets Law. Upon the expiration of the redemption time, animals not returned to their owners will be made available for adoption. No animal will be euthanized for reasons of space or length of holding. 4. The SPCA, without charge and contingent upon space availability, shall take from a resident of the municipality any stray cat or dog, licensed or unlicensed, found running at large in the municipality and held by the resident for less than one week. In the event a resident has harbored a stray animal for a period in excess of one week, the resident will be regarded as the owner of the animal. SA. As to any animal kept by a resident for a period longer than one week and notwithstanding such animal is deemed to be owned by the resident, the SPCA will take such animal into its care under the following conditions: a) that there is space available for the animal; b) that the resident has made an appointment to bring in the animal; c) that the resident is willing to make a donation to the SPCA. �5B. The SPCA, however, reserves its right to refuse to take an owned animal where the animal is subject to the following conditions: a) Advanced age b) Illness or chronic health conditions c) Pregnant d) Injured in any way e) History of bites or aggression f) Failed behavior assessment g) Certain breeds which are difficult to adopt out {including Pit Bulls p 6. The SPCA shall not be responsible for any emergency veterinary bills on strays brought to a veterinarian by any representative of the municipality or by a "Good Samaritan." The SPCA will provide veterinary care through its Simpson Clinic for strays brought to its shelter Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any emergency veterinary treatment outside of these hours dispensed to a stray in the municipality will be invoiced in full to the municipality 7. The SPCA shall not be available for emergency services except in extreme situations and only if there are personnel available, and if such service is provided there will be a charge of $100.00 to the Municipality for each such emergency call. 8. The SPCA shall not accept any cat deemed feral for the sole purpose of euthanasia otherwise known as the "catch and kill" method of population control. A feral cat is a cat that has had little or no human contact during its natural life and cannot be handled within reasonable means. This population has been created and perpetuated by human failure to control the breeding of domestic household cats. 9. The SPCA has adopted and endorses the non-lethal Trap, Neuter and-Return method (TNR) of dealing with feral cat populations, which method, when accompanied by ongoing feral cat management, is the most effective, humane method of controlling feral cat populations. Through TNR, cats are humanely trapped, sterilized and tested for FIV /FELV. If positive for either disease, feral cats will be humanely euthanized. If negative, feral cats will be sterilized and placed back into the environment in which they were living. Cats that have been sterilized are ear tipped - one centimeter is removed from the tip of the left ear - to identify that they are part of a colony. 1 The above provisions do not apply to stray animals delivered to the SPCA by the Municipal Animal Control/ Dog Control Officer. �10. To that end, the SPCA will only accept a cat deemed feral, for the explicit protocols of Trap-Neuter-Return from the municipality and will provide feral cats with spay jneuter procedures and rabies vaccinations contingent upon the municipality retrieving the animal within 2 business days and re-releasing it to the area in which it was found. Each feral cat brought to the SPCA for TNR will cost the municipality an additional charge detailed as follows: $50 for each female cat spay procedure* $35 for each male cat neuter procedure* *fees inclusive of Rabies vaccination and ear notcbing 11. In consideration of the performance by the SPCA of the terms of this agreement the Municipality hereby agrees to pay the SPCA the sum of $3,360.00 annually, payable in monthly installments of $280.00. The first installment to be paid on the first day of June 2012, and the last installment to be paid on the same day of each succeeding month up to and induding May 31,2013. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and this agreement to be signed by their duly authorized officers, the I /~ .7'\= day of __ ~-"~_'---'-_ _ -JI 2012. By____4 r_ _ _ _ _ _ _~_ _ _ _ _ _ _~_ _ __ _ / ByQ\fAMA/ ___~ Shannon rallkhuf Executive Director SPCA OF WESTCHESTER �STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER // r On this /;Z';tt( day Of?~ ,2012, before me personally carne I~ G ~~ to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and s~y the he/she resides at ~Le ~~( S~!:flludhat ~she is the V( t(~ ~ of The Village of Sleepy Hollow, the municipality described in and whIch executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said municipality; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was as so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said municipality and that he/she signed hislher name thereto by like order. PAULA A MCCARTHY Notary Public' State 01 New York NO.01MC6198640 Qualified in Westchester C n My commission Expires STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER //1 On this -cfay of /tjl! Y , 2012, before me personally came SHANNON LAUKHUF, to me known; who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she is the Executive Director of the SPCA of Westchester Inc, the Not for Profit Corporation described in the foregoing instrument and that she knows the seal of said Not for Profit Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said Corporation, and that she signed her name thereto by like order. (f ALEXANDER 9. ME~IG NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF NO.01ME4639320 QUALIFIED IN WESTCHESTER MY COMMISSION EXPIReS ,/.,/}!-:lU'1"'T � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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