REGULAR MEETING of the TOWN OF ROCKLAND was held on May 5th, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. in the Town Hall, 95 Main Street, Livingston Manor, New York with the following members:

PRESENT: SUPERVISOR ROBERT EGGLETON

COUNCILPERSON EDWIN EDWARDS

COUNCILPERSON	ANDREW McRELL

COUNCILPERSON CHRISTINE ROUTLEDGE

ABSENT:	COUNCILPERSON	PETE DEVANTIER

OTHERS PRESENT: Marinella Di Vita, Town Clerk, Roger Decker, Highway Superintendent, & Chris Bury, Water and Sewer Superintendent

Supervisor Eggleton called the meeting to order with the pledge to the flag at 7:00 PM

Bid opening at 7:00 PM

RESOLUTION #54 - 2022 Town Mowing Bid

A motion was made by Mrs. Routledge seconded by Mr. Edwards with all in favor to hire F&M Lawn Maintenance for 2022 mowing bid at a seasonal rate of $7,760.00

RESOLUTION #55 - 2022 Orchard Street Cemetery Mowing Bid

A motion was made by Mr. McRell seconded by Mrs. Routledge with all in favor to hire Greenscapes Property Management Company for 2022 mowing bid at a seasonal rate of $6,320.00

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A Motion was made by Mr. Edwards seconded by Mr. McRell to approve the minutes from the April 21st, 2022 board meeting

CORRESPONDENCE

•	Shirley Fulton - thanking Town of Rockland and highway department for the cooperation for the towns litter pluck

•	Letter from Katrina Johnston addressing the intersection of Highland Avenue and Stewart Avenue being very hazardous and asking of the town to try to improve the visibility for the drivers

•	Sullivan Renaissance Celebrates National Preservation Month on May 18th at 12 PM via zoom, for more information call 845-295-2445

•	Letter from W.W. Kocher requesting a reduced speed limit on County Road 83

•	Roscoe Beer 6th annual Wild Ramp Festival on May 14th, from 11-4 PM

•	Livingston Manor hosted a drunk driving course and had a great outcome

•	Roscoe Central School is hosting a prom night demo for drunk driving preventin May 13th for students only

•	NYS community development block grant program funding available (CFA)

•	Youth Bureau offers 2022 grant opportunities - organizations that serve children and youth within Sullivan County

OLD BUSINESS

•	Constellation - Electric Rates

RESOLUTION #56 - 2022 Constellation Contract

A motion was made by Mr. McRell seconded by Mr. Edwards with all in favor to accept a 3 year term with Constellation at a rate of $.06590

•	Broadband efforts to expand services

•	O&W Rail Trail update, Supervisor Eggleton walked trail with ALTA and Bridge Engineer

NEW BUSINESS

•	Budget modification for Roscoe Sewer from 2021

RESOLUTION #57 - 2022 2021 Budget Modification

WHEREAS, the 2021 Budget requires modification, now therefore be it RESOLVED that the following Roscoe Sewer entries be authorized:

FROM:	8120.4	$6,500.00	TO:	8130.2	$6,500.00

TOTAL:	$6,500.00	TOTAL:	$6,500.00

A motion was made by Mrs. Routledge seconded by Mr. McRell and unanimously carried.

REGULAR MEETING OF TOWN OF ROCKLAND May 5th , 2022 cont' Pg. 2

RESOLUTION #58 - 2022 Overtime Rules For Water and Sewer Department

A motion was made by Mrs. Routledge seconded by Mr. Edwards with all in favor to implement overtime rules for the Town of Rocklands Water and Sewer Department.

Weekend Duty - 4 Hrs per day as usual

Water main breaks or other emergency situations

Option 1 - work through lunch, not taking lunch break and get the ½ hr of OT

Option 2 - Take late lunch

Option 3 - Leave early

Option 4 - Comp time - 1 hr of overtime is equivalent to 1.5 hrs off. Needs to be used by December 1st with 1 week notice or roll into sick time

Emergency call outs - Minimum of 2 hrs pay for each call out. If call out takes longer than 2 hours receive OT for the additional hours worked beyond the 2-hour minimum.

RESOLUTION #59 - 2022 Truck Purchase Highway Department

A motion was made by Mr. McRell seconded by Mr. Edwards with all in favor to authorize the Town of Rockland Highway Superintendent Roger Decker to purchase the associated trucks for the highway department using $75,500.00 out of the 5130.2 Highway fund balance and the other $72,255.10 to be paid out of the unappropriated highway fund balance with a total of $147,255.10. The trucks to be purchased are a 2023 Chevrolet Crew Cab 3500HD and a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado MD.

•	Water and Sewer rate schedule for next year discussion

DEPARTMENT HEADS

Roger Decker Highway Superintendent - Advertisement for the Beaverkill permit is in the Sullivan County Democrat, met with Verizon and NYSEG to move wires, NYSEG moved theirs just waiting on Verizon. Roads in Roscoe are ready to be paved.

Chris Bury Water and Sewer Superintendent - 2 water main breaks one in Roscoe and one in Livingston Manor. Flushing hydrants again in Roscoe on Monday because some businesses water is still dirty. New fire hydrants are being put in. The leak detection device should be arriving.

PUBLIC COMMENT- N/A

APPROVAL OF BILLS

On a motion of Mrs. Routledge, seconded by Mr. McRell the following resolution was ADOPTED - VOTE - AYES 4, NAYS 0 - RESOLVED to approve the bills on abstract #9 of May 5th 2022 in the following amounts:

General	165-183	$ 6,272.92

Highway	132-149	$10,929.20

Liv.Manor Water	109-113	$ 5,271.42

Liv.Manor Sewer	95-99	$ 3,058.85

R R Water	101-107	$ 2,924.14

Roscoe Sewer	90-98	$13,110.92

EFC	1-2	$ 8,150.42

LMCONST	2-3	$ 5,611.25

ADJOURNMENT - On a motion of Mrs. Routledge seconded by Mr. McRell and carried, the meeting was adjourned at 8:03 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Marinella Di Vita

Town Clerk