Meeting record
Town Board — February 8, 2024
Summarized from the meeting minutes. Refer to the official documents below for the authoritative record.
Nunda Township Board of Trustees met on February 8, 2024 and approved multiple fund transfers for the Assessors Office, township warrants, and road district warrants totaling over $109,000. The board discussed intergovernmental agreements for NTRD work on township properties, heater maintenance at the Assessors office, and set a budget workshop for March 14, 2024. One motion to approve road district warrants from November-December 2023 failed.
Present: Rob Parrish (Trustee), Karen Tynis (Trustee), Tim Parrish (Trustee), Johanna Donahue (Trustee), Leda Bobera-Drain (Supervisor), Joni Smith (Township Clerk), Scott Puma (Township Attorney), Steven Platt (Public commenter)
- Fund transfers and budget appropriations
- Road district warrants
- Assessors office heating system
- NTRD intergovernmental agreement
- Attorney David McArdle status update
- Monarch butterfly conservation
- Budget workshop scheduling
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1 Review and approval of special board meeting minutes dated January 17, 2024
Motion: Made by Karen Tynis; Second by Rob Parrish
Vote: unanimous Approved
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2 Town Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation from Future Capital Investments to Professional Services
$1,500.00 transfer from line item 100-200-902 Fund to line item 100-120-619 Fund.
Motion: Made by Johanna Donahue; Second by Tim Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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3 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Equipment Purchase to Computer Expenses
$500.00 transfer from line item 100-140-626 Fund to line item 100-140-629 Fund.
Motion: Made by Karen Tynis; Second by Rob Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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4 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Office Supplies to Digital Transfer
$500.00 transfer from line item 100-140-654 Fund to line item 100-140-692 Fund.
Motion: Made by Johanna Donahue; Second by Rob Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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5 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Telephone to Health Insurance
$3,000.00 transfer from line item 100-140-672 Fund to line item 100-140-676 Fund.
Motion: Made by Karen Tynis; Second by Rob Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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6 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Overtime to Health Insurance
$5,000.00 transfer from line item 100-140-602 Fund to line item 100-140-676 Fund.
Motion: Made by Karen Tynis; Second by Rob Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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7 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Unemployment Compensation to Health Insurance
$5,000.00 transfer from line item 100-140-679 Fund to line item 100-140-676 Fund.
Motion: Made by Johanna Donahue; Second by Tim Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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8 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Equipment Purchase to Publications & Subscription
$1,000.00 transfer from line item 100-140-626 Fund to line item 100-140-657 Fund.
Motion: Made by Rob Parrish; Second by Johanna Donahue
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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9 Assessors Office Fund(s) Transfer(s) of Appropriation for Professional Improvement to Publications & Subscription
$1,300.00 transfer from line item 100-140-623 Fund to line item 100-140-657 Fund.
Motion: Made by Karen Tynis; Second by Tim Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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10 Approval for Payment Township Warrants for February 8, 2024
Warrants in the amount of $20,667.47.
Motion: Made by Karen Tynis; Second by Tim Parrish
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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11 Approval for Payment Road District Warrants from February 8, 2024
Warrants in the amount of $89,275.25.
Motion: Made by Tim Parrish; Second by Johanna Donahue
Vote: 5-0 Approved
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12 Approval for Payment Road District Warrants from November 9, 2023 and December 14, 2023
Warrants in the amount of $17,410.88 for payment on February 8, 2024.
Motion: Made by Johanna Donahue; Second by Karen Tynis
Vote: 1-4 Denied
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13 Posting of preliminary Budgets for Town, General Assistance and Cemetery Funds
Motion: Made by Tim Parrish; Second by Rob Parrish
Vote: unanimous Approved
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14 Discussion and Resolution that all NTRD work on Nunda Township properties will require an intergovernmental agreement approved by a majority of the Nunda Board
Motion: Made by Tim Parrish; Second by Johanna Donahue
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15 Discussion and Resolution on drafting a NTRD land lease required to store Road District property on Nunda Township owned land
Attorney Scott Puma explained land lease can only be done at the Annual Town meeting as it needs to be voted on by the Electors.
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16 Update from Attorney David McArdle on status of his work for Nunda Township
Trustee Rob Parrish stated he has not received any information from Attorney McArdle or County offices. Supervisor Bobera-Drain requested an update but was denied information. Attorney Scott Puma noted it is problematic that Attorney McArdle is not responding to the Chief Executive Officer. The board agreed to hold off on sharing information until review is completed by County and State offices.
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17 Set Budget Workshop date
Supervisor Bobera-Drain requested the Board set a budget workshop date. The Board unanimously agreed to set the Budget Workshop on March 14, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the Townhall Building.
Vote: unanimous Approved
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18 Assessors office heater maintenance
Supervisor Bobera-Drain explained the heater at the Assessors office was inspected by Weather Wise Co. and was determined to have returned to functioning adequately. The Township has a maintenance plan for the system and will continue to monitor it.
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