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The regular meeting of the Mayor and Village Board of Trustees was held on Wednesday, March 12, 1997 at 7:30,?~M. in the ~merican Legion Hall. absent Present: Mayor Hin~sar~n, Tr. DiDcmizio, Tr. Cerino, Tr. Traver, Tr. Marshall, Tr. H~~ Tr. Goebel and Atty. Viglotti. Also present: Treasurer Masterson, Assessor Walker, Water Cc~xaissioner Travis, Police Lieut. Birdsell, Zoning Officer Alfonso, Traffic Violations Oc~missioner Lucato. Minutes: Yd_nutes of two public hearings and the regular meeting held duplicated a.~d previously presented to Board members. Feb. 12, 1997 brad been Tr. Cerino reported correction under Tri-Mttnicipal report of the regular ~n~cti ng in that Village's flows for the month should read 52.4% and not 62.4%. Motion by Tr. Cerino, seconded by Tr. Goebel that the above minutes be accepted as corrected. Carried. O~fid~ James Ashworth, Officer in charge of the Village's newly formed Canine Unit, addressed mcct~ng and introduced ".Max'!, ne~ly acclimated German Shepard to assist with the Drug progran. He thanked the ..Mayor aD~ Board for their assistance and cooperation in formulating this ttnit and gave a short demonstration shcwirg dog's ability to uncover .~.,uggled drugs. Officer AshaDrth reported "Max" had finished 1st in his class at Training school and was certified frcm up to 2 seeds of n~rijuana to $50,000,000. in cocaine, _Mayor Hin~nann thanked Officer Ashworth for the d~nonstration which certairuly showed the dog's ability to assist with the program. Report on Unpaid Parking tickets: Cut,~issioner Lucato addressed mccting and said there was $28,746.00 outstanding in unpaid parking tickets and,prior, wehad engaged a company u~nmed Law Enforcenent Agency who were collecting 30% of every dollar brought in. He said we decided to set up cur own collection systen, saving the Village in excess of $3,000. and, before the Boot went into effect in 1995, outstanding parking tickets began to rise again and, frcm 1992 to 1995 went up to $$5,345.00. Mr. Lucato re~orted that, since the Boot was in effect we n~w have $8,885.00 in unpaid parking tickets. He said he addressed the Board in Dec. of 1996 and asked for ~ kind of assistance and said sc~ethi/lg has to be done to correct the si~_ation. Tr. Gcebel inquired if we could do anything frcm a legal standpoint and Mr. Lucato replied they had recently filed a Criminal summons with tb~ Court for violators who weren't eligible for the Boot. He said that, in order to be eligible for a S~ons, three tickets b~ve to be issued on the same car. Lieut. Birdsell reported that between 80 to 100 violations qualify for a CrimiDml stm~nons a~d the Court recommends they be processed on a t~ schedule as to not back up the Court calendar.