MINUTES

COUNTYBOARD OF LEGISLATORS

JANUARY 22, 2002

The CountyBoard of Legislators met pursuant to adjournment.

 

The Honorable Lois Bronz in the Chair.

 

The Chairman opened the meeting with the salute to our flag and an invocation.

 

The roll call resulted as follows:

 

Legislators:  Young, Oros, Abinanti, Alvarado, Hall, Kaplowitz, LaMotte, Latimer, Maisano, Mosiello, Pinto, Ryan, Spreckman, Stewart-Cousins, Swanson, Wishnie, – Chair – 17.

 

Motion – Approval of Minutes.  Mr. Young moved that the minutes of January 7, 2002 be approved – Carried.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Commissioner of Environmental Facilities Appointment:  Proposed Resolution permanently appointing Anthony M. Landi, P.E. to the position of Commissioner of Environmental Facilities was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTY EXECUTIVE:  NYMC Easement:  Proposed legislation granting a perpetual easement to New York Medical College to use part of the County’s property at the Grasslands Reservation for the purpose of building an access road to connect two parking lots was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  RocklandCountyIMA:  Proposed legislation authorizing the County to enter into an IMA with Rockland to engage the services of the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  CountyLegal Representation:  Proposed Act authorizing the County to retain, at County expense, the law firm of Epstein, Becker & Green, to provide legal representation to the County in 2002 with respect to various energy and utility regulatory matters and related issues was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Taxi and Limousine Commission Appointment:  Appointing Matthew Aquino as a member of the Taxi and Limousine Commission was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Taxi and Limousine Commission Appointment:  Appointing Edward J. Stoppelmann as a member of the Taxi and Limousine Commission was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Taxi and Limousine Commission Appointment:  Appointing Robert Spivak as a member of the Taxi and Limousine Commission was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Taxi and Limousine Commission Appointment:  Appointing Morton J. David as a member of the Taxi and Limousine Commission was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Youth Board Appointment:  Appointing Gregory Robinson as a member of the Youth Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Youth Board Appointment:  Appointing Valeska Mancilla as a member of the Youth Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Youth Board Appointment:  Appointing Ronnie A. Cox as a member of the Youth Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Hispanic Advisory Board Appointment:  Appointing Robert D. Michell as a member of the Hispanic Advisory Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Hispanic Advisory Board Appointment:  Appointing Cesar A. Ruiz as a member of the Hispanic Advisory Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Hispanic Advisory Board Appointment:  Appointing David R. Aquije as a member of the Hispanic Advisory Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTY EXECUTIVE:  Deferred Compensation Board:  Proposed Act to require County officer members of the Deferred Compensation Board to select designees to act in their place and stead in the event of the County officer member’s absence and to reflect the change in title of the County Executive Officer to Deputy County Executive was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Millennium Pipeline:  Proposed Act authorizing the CountyAttorney to institute legal proceedings on behalf of the County of Westchester and its residents and taxpayers against Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, et al was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations, the Committee on Community Affairs, the Committee on Environment and Health and the Committee on Minority Affairs.

 

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTY EXECUTIVE:  Removal of Mercury Switches:  Proposed Local Law requiring the removal of mercury switches prior to the crushing or shredding of motor vehicles was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Legislation and the Committee on Environment and Health.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Grant Acceptance:  Proposed Act authorizing the County to accept grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Community Development Block Grants, Federal HOME Program and Emergency Shelter Grants:: Proposed Act authorizing the filing of an application for Community Development Block Grant funds, Federal HOME Program funds and the Emergency Shelter Grant Program funds was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations and the Committee on Housing.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Outside Counsel:  Proposed Act authorizing the retention of outside counsel in the matter of Ralph Martinelli v. Leonard Spano, et al was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  WCHCC Agreements:  Proposed Act authorizing the County to enter into four agreements with the Westchester County Health Care Corporation was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations and the Committee on the Environement and Health.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Employee Suggestion Award Board Appointment:  Appointing Donna Greene as a member of the Employee Suggestion Award Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Employee Suggestion Award Board Appointment:  Appointing Jack McPhillips as a member of the Employee Suggestion Award Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Employee Suggestion Award Board Appointment:  Appointing Robert A. Kopenhaver as a member of the Employee Suggestion Award Board was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on CountyOfficers and Departments.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Tax Warrants:  Proposed Acts fixing the tax distribution spreadsheets and determining the amounts of County taxes to be levied against the various towns and cities together with County warrants for the collection of such taxes was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

COMMUNICATION:  COUNTYEXECUTIVE:  Certiorari Refunds:  Forwarding a package of Court-ordered certiorari refunds was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

 

COMMUNICATION:  HON. URSULA LA MOTTE AND HON. MICHAEL KAPLOWITZ:  Indian Point Conversion:  Forwarding a Resolution passed by the Town of Somers calling on Entergy, the New York State Public Service Commission and all other relevant parties to immediately begin a detailed feasibility study on converting Indian Points II and III from nuclear energy to natural gas or other non-nuclear fuel was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Environment and Health.

 

COMMUNICATION:  HON. SUZANNE SWANSON:  Cemetery Application:  Forwarding a letter from the architect representing the Union Church of Pocantico Hills requesting permission for the Church to construct a Memorial Burial Area on their property located in Pocantico Hills was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Public Works.

 

COMMUNICATION;  HON. SUZANNE SWANSON:  Removal of Properties from Sewer District:  Forwarding a Resolution passed by the Town of Mount Pleasant regarding property owners who have requested removal from the County’s Saw Mill Sewer District was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Public Works.

 

COMMUNICATION:  CLERK OF THE BOARD:  Public Works’ Equipment and Machinery:  Forwarding a letter from the County’s

Superintendent of Road Maintenance containing an itemized listing of all machinery and equipment under the jurisdiction of the County’s Commissioner of Public Works was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Public Works.

 

COMMUNICATION:  HON. THOMAS ABINANTI:  Indian Point Evacuation Plan:  Forwarding a copy of his letter to the CountyExecutive regarding the certification of the Indian Point Evacuation Plan was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Environment and Health and the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.

 

COMMUNICATION:  HON. THOMAS ABINANTI:  Indian Point Shutdown:  Forwarding a Resolution passed by the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson supporting the immediate shutdown of Indian Point’s Unit Two and Unit Three reactors was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Environment and Health and the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.

 

COMMUNICATION:  HON. THOMAS ABINANTI:  Indian Point Evacuation Plan:  Forwarding a copy of the County Executive’s letter to Assemblyman Brodsky, et al regarding the certification of the Indian Point Evacuation Plan was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the Committee on Environment and Health and the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.

 

NOTICES AND PETITIONS:  Summons in a Civil Action:  Nicholas Tartaglione v. Joseph Puglise, et al. was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the CountyAttorney.

 

NOTICES AND PETITIONS:  Notice of Claim:  Dwayne Jenkins vs. County of Westchester, et al was on motion of Mr. Young received, filed and referred to the CountyAttorney.

 

MOTION – ADJOURNMENT:  13^th District (Mr. Young):  Move that when the Board adjourns, it adjourns to meet on February 4, 2002 at 7:00 P.M. – Carried.

 

Memorial Resolutions:  RES 2-2002:  Mrs. LaMotte:  Death of Robert W. Bobletz, Charles A. Huggett, William Sanford Miller, Helen Schroeder; Mr. Kaplowitz:  Death of Earl W. Brown, Lawrence Andrew Fraser, Elizabeth Gift, Dudley David Kelley, John McKenna, Joseph G. Murphy; Mr. Hall and Mrs. Swanson:  Death of Teresa Ann “Tootsie” Collins; Mr. Hall and Mrs. Ryan: Biondi DiGiacomo; Mr. Hall:  Marie DiLeo, Peter J. Federici, Georgine Florio, Virginia “Jeannie”: Gunipero, Glenda Arvilla Hauck, John F. “Jack” Lenoci, Nick Melillo, Margaret F. Packman, Angelina Sergi; Mrs. Bronz:  Death of Charles H. Boston; Mr. Pinto:  Death of Robert I. Iamonico; Mr. Maisano:  Death of Sylvia Gressett Gray, Viola Fontanini, Joseph A. Poggioli, Sr.; Mr. Abinanti:  Death of Frank Bucci; Mrs. Stewart-Cousins:  Death of Bernice Haskins, Allene M. Crawford, Ethel Brughardt Beville; Mr. Alvarado and Mrs. Stewart-Cousins:  Death of Amy S. Guzman; Mr. Wishnie:  Death of Vincent Krsolich, Jr., Robert Jones, Eleanor Toub, Yolanda C. Gagliardi, Walter G. Deering, Ruth Schulman, Jeanne M. Loveday; Mrs. Swanson, Mr. Mosiello and Mrs. Spreckman:  Death of Salvatore Saliano; Mrs. LaMotte:  Death of Linda Ranieri; Mr. Oros:  Death of Gloria Lea.

 

The above-named Legislators presented the following memorial resolutions and moved their adoption, which were declared adopted.

 

On MOTION of Legislator Young,

the Board adjourned.