Tuesday, January 19, 2010 COUNCIL CHAMBERS Regular session of the Lackawanna City Council met in the Council Chambers, Council President Chuck Jaworski presiding. The meeting was preceded by the Pledge of Allegiance led by President Jaworski. ROLL CALL: Present: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski Dept. Heads Present: Law, Public Safety, Recreation, Development, Comptroller Absent: Public Works, excused Approval of minutes of regular/organization meeting of January 4, 2010. Moved by Schiavi, seconded by Kulczyk to approve the minutes as presented Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 5-0 Departmental Reports: • City Clerk – Monthly report for December, 2009. • City Compt. – A/P Check Listing #21, December, 17, 2009. • City Treas. – Receipts deposited into general fund-Dec. 2009. • City Compt. –A/P Check Listing #22, December 31, 2009. Moved by Jaworski, seconded by Schiavi to receive and file. Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 5-0 Communications from the Mayor: Lack of Federal Aid: • To: City Council Recently, the Buffalo News reported that a massive bill of 1.1 trillion dollars was passed by congress. Western New York was getting forty (40) million dollars. Call it congressional pork or legislative earmarks or simply our local representatives making sure they get their fair share. We in the City of Lackawanna did not receive anything. It is apparent that Senator's Gillibrand and Schumer and Congressman Higgins have forgotten the City of Lackawanna again, as usual. We as a community should forget them. Three million dollars more for the waterfront projects, when will they improve South Park Avenue ? This letter is to inform the council and our citizens about the lack of concern from our representatives for the City of Lackawanna . NORMAN L. POLANSKI, JR., MAYOR Moved by Jaworski, seconded by Schiavi to receive and file. Yeas: Noman, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski Nays: Szymanski CARRIED 4-1 St. Patrick's Day Parade: To: City Council I am requesting you Honorable Body to grant permission for the Limestone Hill Gang's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festivities. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 17 th , 2010, and they are requesting a permit, a podium and to raise the Irish Flag. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. NORMAN L. POLANSKI, JR., MAYOR CHUCK JAWORSKI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT Moved by Schiavi, seconded by Kulczyk to approve request Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 5-0 Communications from the City Council: Marriage Officer – Noman: To: City Council I am requesting the Council's support to appoint First Ward Councilmember, I Abdul Noman as a Marriage Officer for the City of Lackawanna, New York. I appreciate your help in this matter. CHUCK JAWORSKI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT Moved by Schiavi, second by Szymanski to receive and file and act on the resolution. Yeas: Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 4-0 Abstained: Noman Communications from Department/Division Heads: 2009 Tabled Items: To: City Council The following are items tabled by the City Council. Per a policy established by the City Council in 1991, all tabled items are null and void after ninety (90) days. Please receive and file the following items: Meeting of Reference: 03/02/09 Cost assistance to the Historical Assoc. for Centennial book pub. 03/16/09 Sale of 2 N.Steelawanna to Lardon Construction 04/20/09 Restore NY Stimulus 06/01/09 Reverse 911 systems 06/15/09 Sale of property – 15 Colton 07/09/09 Entertainment License – Ernie Weber's Restaurant 09/01/09 O'Connell & Assoc. as grant writers for the city 10/05/09 Stop signs on Center Street JACQUELINE CAFERRO, CITY CLERK Moved by Jaworski, seconded by Szymanski to receive and file. Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 5-0 Bingo Inspectors: To: City Council I am requesting the approval for the appointment of the following three (3) bingo inspectors for the City of Lackawanna for a two (2) year appointment. Connie Bauer; Leonard Marcinkowski; Dikra Saleh These appointments will expire December 31, 2011. Moved by Schiavi, seconded by Jaworski to approve the appointments. Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 5-0 Sale of Property – Wasson , Hamburg Tpk, & Steelawanna: To: City Council My office as received an offer from NRP Group LLC to purchase the above- mentioned properties for the construction of a single family home. The combined assessed value of all parcels is $21,100; the NRP Group LLC is offering $15,000 for the land. It is my recommendation that the City Council sell the parcels to the NRP Group LLC for $15,000. This offer is contingent upon the approval of the sales contract by the City Council and Law Department. 116 Wasson – SBL#141.11-1-6 2256 Hamburg Tpk – SBL#141.11-1-36.1 73 Steelawanna – SBL#141.43-2-26.1 34-44 Steelawanna – SBL#141.43-4-2.11 FRANK E. KRAKOWSKI, CITY ASSESSOR Moved by Jaworski, seconded by Szymanski to approve the sale of the property, City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance. Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski CARRIED 5-0 Resolution #4, 2010 – Marriage Officer: WHEREAS, New York State on April 15, 1988 amended the Domestic Relations Law A-1077, allowing the governing body of a municipality the right to appoint Marriage Officers for period not to exceed four years, effective January 1, 1988, and; WHEREAS, the Marriage Officers shall have the authority to solemnize marriages in the municipality which makes said appointments, and; WHEREAS, the Lackawanna City Council is desirous of appointing a marriage officer in conformance with the Domestic Relations Law, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Abdul S. Noman, be and he is hereby appointed as a Marriage Officer for the City of Lackawanna, said term not to exceed four years, a limitation as imposed by the law of New York State; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, This resolution shall take effect immediately. Moved by Jaworski, seconded by Szymanski to adopt the resolution. Yeas: Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski Abstained: Noman CARRIED 4-0 Moved by Kulczyk, seconded by Schiavi, meeting is adjourned. Yeas: Noman, Szymanski, Kulczyk, Schiavi, Jaworski. Carried 5 - 0 CHUCK JAWORSKI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT JACQUELINE A. CAFERRO, CITY CLERK
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