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 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:
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.