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Meeting Minutes - January 2006

Silver Lake – NTC
January 19, 2006

The meeting was opened by Chairman Tom Swan with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Nine members answered Roll Call.  There was a quorum.

Present: Terry Dugan, Tom Curley, Mary Long, Mary Mead, Chuck Mead, Bob Boyanowski, Kendall Mitchell, Bill Stewart, Charles Fahringer, Harvey Rosenkrans, Ted Plavinsky, Beverly Way, Bill Goodrich, Bernie Zalewski, Jack Yager, Tom Swan, Sandy Payne, Carolyn Doolittle, Bob Templeton
Visitors: Jen Peacock - Independent, Darlene Kostelac-Transcript

The  Secretary’s minutes of the October ’05 meeting were approved.  Chuck Mead made the motion, Bill Stewart the second.

The Treasurer’s report showed $6,135.18.  A bill from Carson Helfrich and the Treasurer’s Bond were the expenditures.  Harvey Rosenkrans made the motion to accept the Treasurer’s report and Tom Curley the second.  Approved. 
A discussion followed: Dues will be collected on February 28th.  Each January the amount of dues will be set and collected on February 28th.  Dues for 2006 remain at $80.00. 

New Business:
There was no election of officers in October.  Chuck Mead made the motion that the current officers remain in office.  Bill Stewart made the second.  Motion passed.

The By-law committee should meet to review the By-laws.  The Committee members are Bill Stewart, Dave Darrow, Bruce Griffis.  No date was set. When the by-laws are accepted, they will be placed in binders for all delegates.

Audit Committee to meet:  Mary Mead, Beverly Way
Tom Curley made the motion to accept the delegates.  Harvey Rosenkrans made the second, motion passed.

   Bill Stewart made the motion to renew the Treasurer’s Bond for three years. 
Gannon, $250.00 for three years $50,000.00.  Terry Dugan made the second, motion passed.

Tom Swan will investigate the cost for bond for Silver Lake and the Zoning Initiative. 

Apolacon and Middletown will switch dates.  Montrose will host November.
Carson will do agreement for Montrose.  Hopefully it will be ready by next meeting.

Old Business
Composting Grant – Swan and Payne met with Chris Fritz over the grant money.  Vendors need their money.  The paperwork has been at Chris Fritz’s office since August.  122 million was taken from recycling and put into Growing Greener.  No more money for leaf machines for at lest 4-5 years.  A grinder came in on 1/19/06.  Cannot do four sites, just two.  Montrose will be a site and Forest Lake.  There is a possibility that we can get a line of credit but will work hard to avoid that possibility.  Tom Swan will continue to work with Chris Fritz.  He does not have a secretary so it is hard to expect efficiency.  The money left over in the grant after the equip. is paid for will be used for insurance.  The cost will be divided between the nine municipalities.  Each will be billed $270.00 plus $100.00 for fuel for the grinder et al.  The finished compost can be sold to defray expenses.  Cost to be determined. 

Terry Dugan made the motion that the insurance for the leaf machines be purchased from Kilmer Insurance Agency with a $1,000.00 deductible.  The cost will be split nine ways $270.00 each plus a $100.00 each contribution for fuel and other expense.  The bill will be sent to Mary Long and the money will be collected by February.  Bob Boyanoski made the second and motion passed by vote of nine municipalities involved. 

Mary Long asked  that the dues be sent in a separate check.   

IWA  Tom Swan called twice and they have never returned his phone calls.  When he calls again, it will be to leave a message that we are not going to work with them. 

Several words of appreciation were given to Swan and Payne for all of the work they have done on the zoning grant.

Bill Stewart thanked everyone for sending Bruce Griffis and himself to the award ceremony in Wilkes Barre.  The plaque is at Silver Lake. 

Tom Swan suggested that we invite Nancy Ross to a meeting to thank her for the nomination.  This will be done at a summer meeting. 

Bill Stewart made the motion to adjourn. 
  

Carolyn Doolittle

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