Here is a video stream of last night's Cortland Common Council meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020. See below for the specific time segments for each agenda item.
Time segments for each agenda item:
Public hearings/ public comments, ward reports, mayor’s report, and proclamations. (Start at 0:01:03).
Item #1 – Presentation from Fred Pierce. (Start at 0:18:10).
Item #2 – Presentation of the 2019 Audited Financial Statements. (Start at 0:38:22).
Item #3 – Consideration of a Resolution to accept the 2019 Audited Financial Statements. (Start at 0:59:47).
Item #4 – Consideration of a Resolution to approve an exotic pet permit application for a Rabbit for a SUNY student. (Start at 1:00:38).
Item #5 – Consideration of a Resolution to approve the Street closure request for Groton Ave. (Start at 1:01:40).
Item #6 – Consideration of a Resolution to accept, recognize and appropriate the following donations to the Youth Bureau. (Start at 1:08:11).
Donation | Amount | Event/Project | Budget Line |
Porch Fest | $385.20 | Park Improvements | A-7110.5407 |
Total | $385.20 |
Item #7 – Consideration of a Resolution to approve the 2020 and 2021 Amendments to the Municipal Cooperative Agreement for the Greater Tompkins County Municipal Health Insurance Consortium. (Start at 1:09:03).
Item #8 – Consideration of a Resolution to transfer $5,000.00 from the 5401.00 (Gasoline) line to the 5402.00 (Vehicle Maintenance) of the Cortland City Police Department budget to cover continually rising costs of vehicle repairs. (Start at 1:16:31).
Item #9 – Consideration of a Resolution to recognize and appropriate $705.02 received from NYMIR for vehicle repairs to Cortland City Police Department Car 15, which was placed into revenue account A2680 and transfer it in the Cortland Police Department budget line 5402.00 (Vehicle Maintenance) to offset the cost of the repairs to above noted vehicle. (Start at 1:16:56).
Item #10 – Consideration of a Resolution to recognize and declare a used Kenwood NXR 710 VHF police radio repeater and five model TK-790 mobile police radios, in the possession of the Cortland City Police Department as salvage and allow them to be sold to another municipal police agency. (Start at 1:17:28).
Item #11 – Consideration of a Resolution to recognize and accept a proposal from Owego Police Department to purchase a used Kenwood NXR 710 VHF police radio repeater for $1,000.00 and five model TK-790 mobile police radios at $100.00 per radio, for a total of $1,500.00, to replace outdated and inoperable radio equipment at their facility and place the funds in the Cortland City Police Department budget line 5402.00 (Vehicle Maintenance). (Start at 1:19:26).
Item #12 – Consideration of a Resolution to remove all fiscal data pertaining directly to the City’s Trash Removal operations from the General Fund to a Refuse Operations Enterprise Fund effective January 1, 2021. (Start at 1:20:14).
Item #13 – Consideration of a Resolution to amend Resolution number ________ adopted by Council of August 7, 2018 to transfer $23,000 from funding for the HVAC system at City Hall to repair of the boiler in the Armory. (Start at 1:23:44).
Item #14 – Consideration of a Resolution to accept the Mayor’s 2021 General Fund Budget as tendered and designate it as the 2021 Council’s 2021 General Fund Budget. (Start at 1:29:55).
Item #15 – Consideration of a Resolution to accept the Mayor’s 2021 Waste Water Fund Budget as tendered and designate it as the 2021 Council’s 2021 Waste Water Fund Budget. (Start at 1:33:52).
Item #16 – Consideration of a Resolution to accept the Mayor’s 2021 Water Fund Budget as tendered and designate it as the 2021 Council’s 2021 Water Fund Budget. (Start at 1:34:22).
Item #17 – Consideration of Resolution to establish a date, time, and method for a public hearing on a local law to permit the City of override the 2021 Tax Cap. (Start at 1:57:48).
Item #18 – Discussion on Fees for Water/Sewer bills. (Start at 2:03:09).
Item #19 – Discussion on Political Signs and sign regulations. (Start at 2:09:18).
Item #20 – Discussion on Halloween Festivities. (Start at 2:25:24).
Item #21 – Discussion regarding rules of order for zoom calls. (Start at 2:33:42).
Item #22 – Discussion Cortland Forward and the “empathy” campaign. (Start at 2:35:25).
Item #23 – COVID19 and Response. (Start at 2:44:44).
