Here is the agenda for Tuesday's (October 6th, 2020) Cortland Common Council meeting. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will be live streamed Via Zoom video. The meeting will begin at 7 pm.
Here is the Zoom Meeting ID for tonight's meeting: 892 739 1872
Agenda
7:00 PM
Public hearing for the City of Cortland’s Fiscal Year 2018 Microenterprise Community Development Block Grant #285ME178-18
Public hearing for the City of Cortland’s Fiscal Year 2018 Microenterprise Community Development Block Grant #285HR33418
- Call Meeting to Order
- Salute to the Flag of the United States
- Public Comments
- Ward Reports
- Mayor’s Report
- Proclamation - Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October)
- Fire Prevention Week (October 4-10, 2020)
- Minutes – Approval of minutes
Item #1 – Presentation on the Crisis Intervention Team (Lt Guerrera)
Item #2 – Consideration of a Resolution to approve the Street Closure Application for Saturday, October 31 from 4PM-9PM for trick-or- treating. (Melissa Kiser)
Item #3 – Consideration of a Resolution to accept, recognize and appropriate the following donations to the Youth Bureau. (John McNerney)
Donation | Amount | Event/Project | Budget Line |
Seven Valley Crossfit | $500.00 | Youth Center Activities | A-7310.5405 |
Kings Daughters | $500.00 | Youth Center Activities | A-7310.5405 |
Cortland Women’s Softball | $950.00 | Jim Partigianoni Scholarship Fund | Trust $ Agency Fund |
Total | $1,950.00 |
Item #4 – Consideration of a Resolution to acknowledge and recognize a $500.00 donation to the Cortland City Police K9 Fund to assist with Dental work on K9 Lummel from John Brown. (DC Sandy)
Item #5 – Consideration of a Resolution to acknowledge and recognize $656.29 in donations to the Cortland City Deer Fund to assist with habitat improvement and health of the captive white tail herd, made through generous donations of bottles and cans from the public. (DC Sandy)
Item #6 – Consideration of a Resolution to acknowledge and recognize certain vehicles at the Cortland City Police Impound lot as abandoned and of no use to the Cortland City Police, allowing they be sold for either scrap or Auctioned off to public, via Auctions international, and utilizing the funds to offset the maintenance issues with the Cortland City Police fleet. (DC Sandy)
Item #7 – Consideration of a Resolution to acknowledge and recognize a $6,000.00 grant to the Cortland City Police Department from Cortland Area Communities that Care for the express purpose of hiring overtime officers to perform special details for the enforcement of incidents pertaining to alcohol and narcotic abuse, thereby moving the funds from the revenue line to the Overtime line 5104.00 in the Cortland City Police Budget. (DC Sandy)
Item #8 – Consideration of a resolution to authorize the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Town of Homer for Assessor services. (Ric VanDonsel)
Item #9 – Consideration of a Resolution to amend the 2020 General Fund Budget to provide $13,607.00 in NYS CHIPS Revenue (A5010 43501) and appropriate same amount to NYS CHIPS expenditures (A5110 541500). (Mack Cook)
Item #10 – Discussion regarding making the Charter and Administrative Code gender neutral, and set date for public hearing on Local law. (Ric VanDonsel)
Item #11 – Environmental Review of replacing Water lines on North Greenbush and Washington. (Ric VanDonsel)
Item #12 – Update on Cortland Forward Committee.
Item #13 – COVID19 and Response
