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VZBB Northern New York s Greatest Weekly A Prize Winning Town & Country Newspaper VoL 103 No. 8 - Gouverneur, N.Y. © 1989 MRS Printing Inc. Wednesday, October 11,1989 3 Sections - 26 Pages - 35 Cents Parking Law Stiff Enough To Send Columbus Packing By Lisa L. Reape Had Christopher Co- lumbus landed at Gou- verneur in 1989, he might have had to pay a fine or face imprisonment for double parking the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Despite the Columbus Day holiday, the Gou- verneur Village Board met for an hour and 45 min- utes Monday evening to conduct three hearings on proposed local laws gov- erning parking in the vil- lage. How much violators would pay in fines for double parking in the vil- lage was just one of the topics discussed. The first public hearing, on proposed local law 5, would set minimum and maximum fines for most parking violations in the village, excluding handi- cap parking, fire hydrant and double parking viola- tions, at not less than $5 and not more than $25. Violators who do not pay promptly, however, would be subject to additional penalties ranging from $5 to $25 per violation, and/ or up to 15 days imprison* ment. Proposed local law 6 would set penalties for blocking fire hydrants, illegally parking in handi- capped parking spaces, or double parking at a mini- mum of $25 to a maxi- mum of $50 or five days imprisonment or both, for the first offense; a mini- mum of $50 to a maxi- mum of $100 and/or 10 days imprisonment on a second offense within 18 months; and a minimum of $100 to a maximum of $250 and or 15 days im- prisonment on a third of- fense within 18 months. Village Trustee Eldon Conklin objected to includ- ing double parking in the penalties proposed in lo- cal law 6, saying he felt they are too strigent. He said he felt double park- ing should be punishable under local law 5, which would place fines at $5 to $25. ^ Village Attorney Robert Leader said the board could \soften\ the lan- guage of the law as it deals with violations, such as by allowing motorists to \double park* to discharge passengers, etc., but that by doing so, it would make it more difficult for the law to be enforced. Village Trustee Fred Hopper said he felt the double parking still cre- ates a hazardous situation because it forces other drivers to dart around stopped vehicles. William Scozzafava, a former village trustee, commented that he felt that placing the fines too high is not good for the village because it \builds resentment.\ \No one likes being fined, whether it is $5 or $250,\ he said. \The se- cret, I think, is constant enforcement of the law, not making the fines so high. One without the other doesn't accomplish any- thing.\ Police Chief David C. Whitton commented that the intent of the local laws is to u give the court a range of discretion for issuing penalties.\ \Personally I don't find a fine of $5 (for overtime parking to be) punitive,\ the chief said, \and Fll park- in front of anyone's store all day for $2.\ Local law 7, which would set restrictions on park- ing in the municipal park- ing lot, drew a fair amount ofcomment on a provision that seeks to eliminate vehicles in excess of 18,000 pounds from parking in the municipal lot except for local deliveries. Dorothy Phelps,* of Jumbo's Dinette, raised concerns about how that provision would affect her business, as many of her customers drive heavy vehicles. - .. . The board, while not wishing to drive away the eatery's business, was nonetheless hard put to come up with a wording that would accomplish what it seeks to do. Village Administrator Scott Hudson noted the parkinglot is not designed to withstand a lot of heavy truck traffic. The second concern is the amount of space large trucks take up. The village has also received complaints about noise from tractor trailers idling overnight. - , . Although the current See Parking Pg. 6 Christina Norton, daughter of Kandi Norton, Bristol Rd., Gouverneur, gets in some fishing while the days stay warm. •• , . • ~ . Tribune Photo/Jan Phillips Ground Breaking Held for Little River Trading By Lisa L- Reape Ground was broken last week on what will be the north country's only pres- surized lumber-treating facility. , Paul French, president of Little River Trading Company, Inc., located on Route 58 in Hailesboro, broke ground Friday on the plant, which is ex- pected to begin operations as soon as Christmas or early January. Offices for the company will be housed in a double- wide mobile home already on the site. Mr. French, who has 13 years experience in the pressure-treated lumber business, first became interested in locating a facility in the north coun- try after attending a trade show in Boston in Janu- ary 1987. While there, he met representatives of the Black River^St. Lawrence R, C and D, who were at the show to promote north country industrial sites. Ultimately, the agency helped fund a market study of the potential for a treatment facility in the north country. Mr. French conducted the market survey, which he delivered and published in August 1987. As part of the ar- rangement, he had exclu- sive right to the informa- tion he gathered for one year, he said. Mr. French was able to attract other investors, and, thanks to funding from a number of sources—Jefferson Na- See Ground Pg. 6 SAC Low Level Flight Schedule Set for Autumn GROUND WAS BROKEN Friday for the Little RJvsr Trading Company, Inc., lumber treating facility on Route 58, Hailesboro. Tbe facility is expected to begin processing lumber by early January. Operating the bulldozer is Everett Card of Lunco Corp., as Paul French, president of Little Rhrac, looks on. Tribune Photo The Strategic Air Com- mand has released its planned flying schedule for IR-806 from October through January. The first scheduled flight for Octo- ber occurred Tuesday. The flights will be f.own at the new mitigated alti- tudes for the route that crosses into New York from Vermont near Ticon- deroga, goes north to near Malone and turns toward Watertown where the bombers practice dropping training devices on the existing range at Fort Drum. . The times listed are confirmed with the Fort Drum Range coordinators. Actual aircraft usage will be determined by training needs and weather These dates are all on Monday or Tuesdav. Ac- tual times and dates are listed below. Oct. 30, noon - 4 p.m.; Oct. 31,8 a.m. - noon;Nov. 6, noon - 4 p.m.; Nov. 7, 8 a.m. - noon; Nov. 13, noon - 4 p.m.; Nov. 14, 8 a.m. - noon; Nov. 20, noon - 4 p.m.;Nov. 21,8 a.m.-noon; Nov. 27, noon - 4 p.m.; Nov. 28,8 a.m. - noon; Dec. 4, 8 a.m. - noon; Dec. 5, 8 a.m. - noon; Dec. 18, noon - 4 p.m.; Dec. 19, 8 a.m. - noon; Jan. 2,noon-4p.m.; Jan. 8, noon - 4 p.m.; Jan. 9, 8 a.m. - noon; Jan. 15, noon - 4 p.m.; Jan. 16, 8 a.m. - noon; Jan. 22, noon - 4 p.m.; Jan. 23, 8 a.m. - noon; Jan. 29 (FB-111 only), noon - 4 p.m.; Jan. 30 (FBI11 only), 8 a.m. - noon. Conklin: Busy Life Will Help In Mayor's Job If you have a job you want to get done, find the busiest person in town to do it for you. TWs Eldon Conklins philosophy—-one that he gays has worked for him and one that he feels will work to the village's ad- vantage if voters elect him mayor on Nov 7 Tve been busy all my bfe. v Mr Conklin said. However, as mayor, T don't think you have to be ia the village office five or six hours a day to get the job done and done ngbtl Mr. Conklin, currently lenge incumbent Mayor Laura Slate for the vil- lage's top job next month. Mr Conklinsaidhesees a number of areas where he believes he can better serve the vilage from the mayor's seat than from the trustee's seat •Its the mayor's job to Head the board/ he said 1 think it's up to the mayor and the administrator to set the schedule and I think things have found s way to the back burner and have not been ad- dressed in a timely man- $770,000 Tentative Budget Proposed in T. Gouverneur 8*e Comklia Tf. • By Usa L. Reape Residents in the Town of Gouverneur could see a decrease of $7 56 in the tax rate for residents out- isidt the Village of Gou- verneur , under a tentative $777,423 budget for 1990 txmreOed at last night's regular town board meet- ing The tentative budget, which shows a 12 4 per cant increase in total Ap- propriations over last yaar's $691,076 budget, would mean s 12 04 in* erease in the tax rate for residents within the vil- the tentative budget would increase total appropriations by $86,347, total revenues for 1990 are estimated at $270,245. up from $213,575 in the current year W;th increased reve- nues, the amount to be raised by taxes would drop from $402,551 in the cur- rent year's budget, to $397,678 in the tentative 1990 budget Tl*budget prepared by Town Supervisor Donald A. Psck and Deputy Super visor Robert Ritchie, was presented to the full board for review at last night's meeting and is subject to charge before being pre- sented for comment at a publichearing. tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8 The board most adopt a final budget by Nov 20. As presented, the budget would mean a tax rate of $21.06 per thousand of assessed value for village residents, and a rate of $57.22 per thousand for town residents outside the village. The proposed spending pack age would grant each of the councihnen a $200 salarv increase for 1990, tip from $1,000 to $1.200, while the town supervisor would receive $6,500, up from $6,000 Mr Pedt said hebeheves in proposing salary in- creases for the board only during election years. H# said he felt justified in proposing the increase because of the additional meetings and workload the town will face as ths prison project unfolds The tentative budgst would also increase the compensation paid to the town's assessor from $9,000 to $10,500. bring* ing the assessor's salary in line with that paid to assessors of towns of com* parable site to Gou- verneur The town clerk's office would also set salary in- See $77u,000 Pg. •
