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' * * * •• ••', If tZBZ Northern New York's Greatest Weekly A Prize Winning Town & Country Newspaper Vol. 103 No. 24 - Gouveraeur, N.Y. © 1989 MRS Printing Inc. Wednesday, January 31,1990 12 Pages - 35 Cent* Village Pays $8,000 More To New Clerk, Treasurer By Lisa L. Reape What should have been a happy occasion for vet- eran Village Clerk-Treas- urer Sarah P. Hatline-her retirement—has been soured by the news that her employer will offer higher pay to her succes- sors. The Gouverneur Village Board called a special meeting Monday night to consider filling two vacan- cies created by Mrs. Hat- line's retirement, which becomes effective Friday. The board emerged from an executive session to approve the appointments of Sheryl Simmons as vil- lage clerk, at a salary of $20,000, and Candace Woodard as village treas- urer, at a sal ary of $18,000. Mrs. Hatline questioned the salary rates, saying she performed both jobs for $30,000, a difference of $8,000. \Where did you get the extra money?\ she asked. Mrs. Hatline was dis- turbed by the combined higher salaries being of- fered her successors, say- ing Village Trustee Eldon Conklin had suggested last April that she was being overpaid by $5,000. Mr. Conklin commented that he had argued against splitting the two jobs, addinghe could see no jus- tification for paying the higher scale. \I think the primary reason (for splitting the job into two positions) was to provide for better inter- nal control and accounta- bility, but I'm sure each of the board members had their own reasons,\ said Village Administrator Scott A. Hudson. Mrs. Hatline said she could show the board where the village had earned $101,000 in inter- est during the past year from one bank alone, add- ing, \I think I earned my pay.\ \I think you did, too, Sarah,\ said Mayor Laura M. Slate. Mrs. Hatline is resign- ing after 25 years of serv- ice to the village. In other action Monday, the village board con- ducted a public hearing on proposed Local Law 1 of 1990, which would allow the village to raise the salaries of the village jus- tice and acting village justice during their terms of office. The village board has been entertaining the idea of offering $8,000 to the village justice and $2,000 for the part-time acting village justice position. The board heard com- ments from newly-ap- pointed Village Justice Augustus J. Robson, Vil- lage Court Clerk Bonnie Reed, and Acting Village Justice Evelyn J. Horton. Judge Robson referrred to a 1988 letter from St. Lawrence County District Attorney Charles Gardner to the village board, in which the DA compared the compensation given to the Canton village justice (at that time, $10,375) and to the Potsdam village justice (at that time, $12,387), includinghealth benefits. The judge noted that Gouverneur has a greater caseload than either Can- ton or Potsdam, yet there is \no comparison\ to the compensation being of- fered in Gouverneur. u It doesn't seem right that there is such a big difference (in salaries), and that was in 1988,\ Judge Robson said. \Gouverneur's caseload is bigger, and it's going to keep getting bigger.\ See Village pg. 6 Learning at the Library Chad Jenkins, above, 11-year-old son of Don and Nancy Jenkins of Gouverneur, checks out the card catalog in the new library at East Side School. At right, Ms. Barb Sadu's kindergarten class eagerly awartstheiraftemoon story in the new library. . ,.' Tribune Photos/Jan>hilJJps .••:-• 1-: .-?*• Recycling Law To Take Effect Jan. 1, if Passed By Lisa L. Reape A proposed loca] law that would make recycling mandatory in Gouverneur beginning Jan. 1,1991, drew no comment from the public during a hearing Monday night. The proposed Local Law 2 of 1990 would require garbage haulers in Gou- verneur to not only have a village license to haul garbage, but -would re- quire them to participate inrecyclingefforts,aswell, or face fines beginning at $25 for a first offense. Although the law is tar- geted at commercial haul- ers, the end result means local businesses and homeowners would be required to begin recycling on Jan 1. The law provides that the licensee require recy- clable materials to be Separated from solid waste before they haul it away. \We will not legislate to the hauler what method he wants to use for sepa- rating recyclables by his Customers,\ said Village Administrator Scott A. Hudson \Ifhe wants them to use colored plastic bags, br colored bins, or more than one day of collections, that's up to them We're leaving it up to the hauler to develop whatever sys- tem works best for him. ' \The law peaces the burden not only on the hauler, but on the genera- tor of the waste, whether it ;s a business or a bome- OVN ner.\ he added . Anyone net separating out recyclables may find the hauler not w.lhng to accept his trash, Mr .Hudson noted If an individual does not pay a private hauler and chooses to take his gar- bage to the transfer sta- tion himself, he still would be required to separate out recyclables. The proposed law would allow individuals to \do- nate or sell recyclable materials U) individuals or organizations, whether operating for profit or not for profit, but such recy- clable materials must ei- ther be delivered directly to the individual's or or- ganization's site...or trans- porter. Under no circum- stances may an individ- ual or organization, not a licensee, arrange to pick up recyclables from curbside storage.\ TF.us. local groups such as the Gouverneur High School senior class could continue to conduct bottle drives as a fundraiser for their graduation party, so long as they did not re- move the bottles and cans from the curbside. Any person, firm, corpo- ration or other entity vio- lating the local law would be punishable by a fine of not more than $25 on a first offense. $50 on a sec- ond offense, or $100 on a third offense within a two- year period. Any individual or or- ganization hauling gar- bage without a license is subject to a fine of not more than $250 and or 10 days imprisonment. Mr Hudson suggested the board may wish to consider adding a previ- sion that a hauler's license ccuM be revoked as a punishment for not obey- ing the law. as well The law would primar- ily be enforced by the Sc \\d Waste Disposal Authority, Mr. Hudson said See Recycling pg. 6 Local Day Care Center Ahead on the Horizon SNOWMOBILERS Claude Davis, Jim Foy and \RockiiY Rodney\ Davis of Richville make the best of a cold day in January. Tribune Photo Jan Phillips Prison Contractors Eye $3 Million in Bonuses By Lisa L. Reape The state Department of Corrections is expected to save $6 million on Gouverneur's 750-bed medium correctional facil- ity, but more than half of that savings could be paid out in bonuses to the four prime contractors before the facility is completed. That was just one piece cf news delivered to the Gouverneur Community Prison Task Force by state corrections officials last week The four prison con- struction contracts were finally awarded Jan 23 at a total cost of $42 million, an estimated $6 million less than the corrections department had antici- pated, but the contractors imay share up to S3 4 mil- lion under a bcrus plan the state regular\y offers The plan would award an extra SI 9 mf/licn if the fouT contractors meet an early completion deadline of Oct. 2. \Early comple- tion\ means, the faci.it> would be ready to receive 'up to 400 inmates I- addition to four housing buildings, the food service building, administrator) building, laundry facili- ties, power house, fencir. j and lighting all would have to t>e ready. The bonus would be awarded only if ail fcur contractors have tre;r share of the work com- pleted for the DOCs use. said Kevin Travis, state deputy commissioner of corrections. \What we have accom- plished with the bonus :? to give fcur prime contrac- tors a reason to get alor.r. to work together.\he -a:a \If they don't, they d*\'* get the hcr.us Its ar -.r- cer.tive V g-t the;oh dcr.e \ The contractors have- a chance to share arri'r.er SI 5 miihon if they havr the second phase of ob- struction, the remaining beds and ether facilities, completed by Dec. 31 In any ca^e. the com- plete package must be finished by Jan 30,1991 Mr. Travis said the bonus system allows the DOC to meet the tough schedule the state require* for bringing the additional prison beds on line state- wide \We're dealing with some extraordinarily tight deadlines here.\ he said **And the contractors may not see all of that bonus money They may have to pay a premium on materi- als to ensure on-t:me de- livery . or they may have to jgo to 10-hour shifts or work double shifts to stay on schedule In other words? they may have to pay out some money to get the job done \ Meanwhile. Mr Travis i^aid. now that the con- tracts have officially been See Prison pg. 6 By Tracy Gerlach Gouverneur's day care woes may soon be allevi- ated with the opening of the village's first licensed center. St. Lawrence County- Social Service officials last week noted that Gou- verneur and Massena are the two villages in the county most in need of child day care. Almost in answer to those concerns, Cathie M. Stowell, Gou- verneur, outlined plans this week for her Magic Castle Day Care, a 45- child facility which will be housed in the former Free Methodist Church, 88 West Main St. The facility will accomo- date eight infants, 11 tod- dlers. 16 three- to four- year-olds, and eight pre- schoolers The center also will provide 11 jobs. The building will be divided into four class areas with a fenced-in playground outside Parents will be required to provide necessities for their children, such as disposable diapers, milk and a nutritional lunch. But m return. Gouverneur residents will be offered quality day care at a mini- ma! cost. Ms Stowell. a graduate of Mater Dei Colleges Nursery Education pro- gram, is finally watching her hard work come to fruition almost two years after she began her ven- ture With the recent ap- proval of her Small Busi- ness loan. M? Stcwell &aid, *I can be ready in a week once they give me the money. 1 \ Ms Stcwell said, with that money, she can com- plete the carpeting of the building, buy supplies, in- surance and be readv to open her doors for busi- ness. \There's very little left to do,\ she said. u If I had my way it would have been open last June.\ Ms. Stowell admitted that getting to this point was no easy task—from finding a building that would accomodate the number of children she planned to serve, to wait- ing for her loan approval to fund the project. Ms. Stowell said she applied unsuccessfully for state grant money to help fund her project, but said, \there's not a lot of fund- ing available.\ Starting a licensed day care center is an expen- sive project, with insur- ance alone costing $10,000. Aside from funding, Ms. Stowell said the biggest roadblock to her plans was getting definite answers regarding requirements for licensing. \Nobody knows exactly,\ she said. To be safe, she said, she's gone one step further in everything she's been told. For instance, although she heard different versions of handicap requirements, she is having a handicap ramp installed to be sure. She said she's also found it difficult to open as a private day care business. \If you're affliliated with See Day Care pg. 6 CATHIE STOWELL toon hope* to open tha door* of new llagtc Castte Day Cam c#ot*r at 88 W. Main St.
