Village of Sheffield

Board Meeting Minutes

Nov 21, 2011

The Sheffield Village Board met 7pm on Monday, Nov 21, 2011, at the Sheffield Community Center.

Present: Mayor William Rosenow, Trustees, Wesley Barron, Harley Barton, Sue Bromme, Chester Fritz, Adrienne Ries Keith VanderMeersch, Clerk: Pat Stier and Treasurer: Joyce Cranford

Absent: none

Board Motions:

• To approve the minutes from the Nov 7 (Ries / Fritz) Motion passed 6-0
• To approve bills for $24,299.28 (Barton/ Fritz) Motion passed 6-0
• To approve Treasurers report (VanderMeersch / Barron) Motion passed 6-0
• To approve Music on Main using Main St for July 21, 2012 (Fritz /VanderMeersch) Motion passed 6-0
• To approve sidewalk work at 435 and 439 S Washington St. (VanderMeersch/Bromme) Motion passed
• To adjourn regular board meeting at 7:29pm (Barton / Barron)

Committee meetings scheduled:

• None scheduled

Engineer: -

• Not present.

Public –

• Sheila Yepsen representing Music on Main approached the board requesting that Music on Main be able to use Main St on the 3 Saturday of each July. Board passed a motion to allow Music on Main to use Main St on July 21, 2012. They will need to approach the board in the future about the use of Main St. Yepsen had a list of other requests, the Mayor requested that she return for the first board meeting in January and the board will go over the other requests at that time.
• Yepsen also requested that the board open a bank account at the bank for the purpose of depositing donations for new playground equipment in Veteran’s/School Park that a group of citizens are trying to raise money to purchase. Treasurer will open the account.

Buildings and Grounds -

• Mayor received a call from Jake Osborn on Friday, Nov 18 requesting that the village pay for 1/2 cement for the sidewalks being poured at 435 and 439 S Washington. The work was being on today, Monday, Nov 21 and should have been approved by the board before the work was done. Board passed a motion to approve the request.

Cemetery –

• None

Finance/Band Committee –

• Treasurer gave report on three different ways to borrow the remaining funds for the grant.

Ordinance and Resolutions –

• None

Complaint Committee –

• There are still some residents burning leaves on Sundays and Mondays.

Police Committee –

• None.

Streets and Alleys Committee –

• Burton Doty and Richard Constantine have approached the Mayor regarding trees on Village property that need to be removed. In both cases the trees have been trimmed by the power company and make the property look bad and if the trees were blown over they could do damage to the houses on those properties. Board instructed the Mayor to have Leif Porter get three bids to remove the trees.
  
  

Water Committee -

• None

Garbage & Sewer Committee –

• There will be no garbage pickup on Friday, Nov 25, due to Thanksgiving, garbage will be picked up on Monday.
  
  

Other business –

• None

Superintend Report –

• Report submitted
• Putting mowers away for the winter
• Had a water main break along highway
• Water meter read
• Plow and plow trucks ready to go
• Bell’s fixed red pickup truck, lights and wipers
• Tires ordered for tractor
• No garbage pick-up on Nov 25, will pick up on Monday, Nov 28

Meeting adjourned at 7:29pm

The next board meeting will be held on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 7 PM at the Sheffield Community Center.

Respectfully submitted, Pat Stier

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