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271 A Special meeting of the Village Board and Village Water Board was held in the Mesler Homestead on Nov. 28,1961 at 8:30 P.M. Those present, Ill members of the Village Bo~rda the Water Board had two of its three members present, Mr. ~. ~iMarco being absent. The re,son for this meeting was to resolve the differences between the Village and Water Board. The Mayor called the meeting to order and opened the meeting to general discussion. Mr. Fr~e~ than stated that he felt that the money to the amount of $?}6.~0 for expenses to a convention, be paid, as the Village Board had passed on this in the Water Board budget, where the amount was $ 350.00. He then spoke on the payment, and ft×fng of the water box for Mr. Caparar. He read an ordinance as follows, (Section 2?7,228, and 229 of ~hapter ~l~ of the Laws of 1897, are applicable to the Water Commission~ and re~d as follows;) Section 227 Supply pipes c~nnecting with mains and used by private owners or occupsnts shall be laid and kept .in repa~i at their expense. Such pipes can only be connected with the mains by the permission and under the direction of the Board of Water Commissioners. a member of the Board or its authorized agent may at any time enter a building or upon premises where water is used from supply pipes and make necessary examinations. Section 278 The Board of Water Commissioners may adopt ordinances not inconsistent with law, for enforcing the collection of water rents and rel~ting to the use of water and may enforce observance thereof by cutting off the supply of water or by tSe imposition of penalties. Section 220 The Board of Water Commission shall establish a scale of rents for use of water, to be calle~ Water Rents~ and to be paid at such times as the Board may prescribe. S~ch rents shall be a lien on the real property upon which the water is used and such lien is prior and superior to every other lienor claim, e×cept the lien of an existing tax, and the Board of Water Commlssioners~ may bring and maintain an action in the name of the Village for for the foreclosure of such liens for such rents. Mr. FrieS~ than said that he felt that the Village Board ~ should hold to the above ordinance, they now had. Trustee °tlvestri, made a motion that the ordinance and rules and regulation of the Wster ~om~Ission , be carried out. ~hls was seconded by Trustee F~tzpatrick. The Mayor called for a r~lI call vote. , voting in favor were Trustees. Reilly~ Van oorhts, ~tlvestrt, Temple, ~ftzpatrick, ~anale. ~o~ing against~was Mayor MB~loskey, on general conditions, m~e motion was carried 6 to 1. ~{r. Fries than broUght up the Park ~ommm. request~ on rent from the Water ~oard to help maintain the building. He stated that the Water Dept and the Police ~ept. moved into the Mesfer Homestead, Village property, to save money in the form of rent. Trustee Canale said that he felt that the Water Board and the Park ~omm., should meet, and see if they could reach some agreement on this matter. Mr. Fries said that if the Board wanted this they WOUld do so.