AGENDA RAMAPO TOWN BOARD ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING COUNCIL ROOM JANUARY 6, 2010 8:00 P.M.

Ed Friedman--Absent

8:00 P.M. - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I. ORGANIZATIONAL RESOLUTIONS:

          A) Supervisor's Appointments:

Deputy Supervisor—Frances M. Hunter, David J. Stein, Yitzy Ullman re-elected on Nov3, 2009 were sworn in by Chris Sampson

Confidential Assistant - part time—Elaine Silverberg

Director of Finance—Christopher St. Lawrence—will do the job with no increase in salary to save the taxpayers money.

B) Appointments:

Appointment of Town Clerk—Christian Sampson 4-0
 

  • Appointment of Deputy Town Clerk and Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics—Michelle Lowey 4-0

        Appointment of Sub-Registrar of Vital Statistics—Blima Gross 4-0
  •     Appointment of Town Attorney—Michael Klein 4-0

        Appointment of Deputy Town Attorneys: All appointed by 4-0 vote of the board

     

    Alan Berman, Esq.

    Janice Gittelman, Esq.

    Michael Specht, Esq.

    Jack. Schloss, Esq.

    Meryl Troodler, Esq.

    Richard Ackerson, Esq.

    Anita Conklin, Esq.

    Aaron Troodler, Esq.

    Martus Granirer,sq.
    Beth Finkelstein, sq.

    Appointment of Receiver of Taxes—Nathan M. Oberman 4-0

    Appointment of Deputy Receiver of Taxes:

  • Christian G. Sampson & Rose Scaglione 4-0
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    Appointment of Police Commission: 4-0

    Christopher P. St. Lawrence Frances M. Hunter

    Edward Friedman

    David J. Stein

    Yitzchok Ullman

                      Appointment of Chairman of Police Commission: Christopher P. St. Lawrence 4-0

                       Designation of Police Commission Meeting dates:

    3 rd Thursday at 11:00 A.M.

                       Appointment of Deputy Director of Finance—Changed to Appointment of Deputy Directors of Finance. Appointed Nathan Oberman and Melissa
                        Reimerto the positions 4-0

                       Appointment of Chairpersons to Boards & Commissions: 4-0

    James Reece - Golf Course Committee

    Richard Weinberger - Commission on Ethics

    W. Charles Squires - Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

    Sylvain Klein - Planning Board

    Morton Summer - Zoning Board of Appeals

    Mark Berkowitz - Citizens Advisory Comm. - Community Development

    Karen Kornreich - Site Selection Committee

     

    Appointment of Town Historian - Craig Long 4-0

    Appointment of Members to Ramapo Traffic Safety Board: 4-0

    Christopher P. St. Lawrence

    Chief Peter Brower

    Capt. Thomas Cokeley

    Lt. Mark Emma

    Sgt. Martin Reilly

     

    Appointment of Chairman to Ramapo Traffic Safety Board: 4-0

    Christopher P. St. Lawrence

     

                          Designation of Official Depositories: 4-0

    HSBC Bank TD Bank Provident Bank Capital One Bank Greater Hudson Bank

                          Designation of Rockland County Times as Official Newspaper for 2010 4-0

                        Designation of Newspapers for Information Purposes for 2010: 4-0

    The Journal News

    Rockland Bulletin

    Rockland Review

    Monsey Advocate

    The Home & Store News

    El Sol

    Rockland Chronicle

    El Clarin

    Community Connections

                                Designation of WRCR as official Town Radio Station RCR AM 1300 4-0

                                Designation of Town Photographer - Ann Kosh 4-0

                                Designation of Regular Town Board Meeting dates: 4-0

    2nd and 4th Wednesday

                      Setting of mileage rates, meal rates and attendance at schools, seminars and other related business for 2010: Mileage rate--$.50 per mile, Meal rates—on a variable scale depending on location.

                                Adoption of Salary Schedule for 2010 4-0

                                      Appointment of Deputy Directors of Emergency Services for 2010: 4-0

    Anthony Sharan

    Tom Buckley

    Chief Peter Brower

    And add Christopher St. Lawrence to the list.

    L. Appointment of Voting Machine Custodians for 2010: 4-0

    Michael Dolan

    David Levitus

    Eugene Fields

    John Dolan

                        Acceptance of Consultants' Proposals: 4-0

    Frederick P. Clark Associates Inc.

    Rockland & Orange Reporting

    Jean Fields Consulting Inc.

    Wendy Gdanski

    Valuation Plus Inq.

    Geoffrey Welch

    Joseph Desmaret

    Susan Manoff

    Lawrence Brown & Co.

     

    William White

    Pat Marsh; Justice Court Stenographic Services

    Audio Services, LLC - Cable TV Consultant

    Sam Colman

    Edgewood Solutions

                 Authorization for use of Supervisor's Vehicle 4-0

                 Acceptance of FEIS as complete: Patrick Farm Final Environmental Impact Statement. Accepted 4-0

                 New Business—Announced that the St. Lawrence Center is now open to all New York and New Jersey residents outside of the Town of Ramapo. They set rates: individuals from New Jersey or New York outside of Ramapo will pay a higher rate than Ramapo residents.

                  Adjournment at 8:56 pm.