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Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Village Board of TrusteesWednesday, March 14, was held on 2007 at 7:15 P.M., in the American Legion Hall, 7 Spring Street, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR LATE MR. KENNETH JENNINGS Mayor stated Mr. Jennings was a long time Village resident and he was also a leader of the youth in the Village. As boy himself, Mr. Jennings had Troop 27, Boy Scouts of America. They used to meet right in this building. He was into everything was: Little League, baseball and different things he used to coach. He was someone everybody looked up to because he went after the youth to do the best they could and put their right foot forward. ROLL CALL : Mayor Lawrence, present; Tr. Weitlich, present; Tr. Alexander, present; Tr. Chase, present; Tr. Cerino, absent; Tr. Visentin, present; Tr. Hilderbrand, absent. ACTION ON MINUTES : February 21, 2007 Regular Board Meeting . Mayor asked if all had read the minutes. Motion by Tr. Weitlich to accept the minutes as written. Seconded by Tr. Chase. All in favor. Carried. Public Hearing February 28, 2007. Clerk stated this public hearing was held with regard to proposed Local Law #5 of 2006 to change zoning on East Main Street from “OB” to “CB”. (Patriot's Park rezoning). Motion Tr. Alexander to approve minutes of public hearing. Seconded by Tr. Weitlich. All in favor. Carried. AUTHORIZATION TO PAY BILLS AS PER APPROVED WARRANTS. Tr. Weitlich stated he and Tr. Cerino have signed the bills and he then made a motion to pay bills as per approved warrants. Seconded by Tr. Visentin. All in favor. Carried. DEPARTMENT MANAGERS REPORTS. TREASURER : Jennifer Brown stated she has been working with ADP to get the new payroll system up and running. The goal is to have it in place by April. She has received very positive feedback from employees about direct deposit and she's hoping many will take advantage of this service. Two of the local banks will be in the Village Hall Thursday (HSBC) and Friday (M & T) this week to sign people up and explain the benefits and “extras” that are available. The CD that was opened at the end of the tax collection last year closed this week. $11,201.32 was earned in interest on this money. She will be working closely with M & T bank for tax collection and a CD again next fiscal year. She has begun putting a tentative budget together for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and she is looking forward to working with the Board on this in April. HIGHWAY : Superintendent Marshall stated they did sanding on 2/22 & 2/25; plowing and sanding was done on 2/26; sanding was done on 3/7. They worked with the Water Dept. on Mill Street where there was a break in the main. There were 4 sewer calls on Carmine Drive. He thinks the problem is solved but he's getting a camera in to see if it's okay or not. He is also getting a camera to do a portion of Delavergne Ave. The sweeper cleaned the parade route; patched potholes and cleaned some storm drains. POLICE : Comm. Capra stated it was a busy month. Last weekend there was a robbery on 9D at 11 o'clock at night. Detectives were brought in and about 10 o'clock the next morning Detective Novik