Common Council to hold public hearings

Four public hearings are scheduled for Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.

The first will address a local law to amend the city’s charter to include a portion relating to assessments that requires the record of every deed and conveyance of land in the city to be kept by the assessor.

Related, the council will also vote on enacting a fee schedule for recording deeds. A $ 30 fee is proposed to be charged for filing recordings of deeds, along with a $ 5 fee for copies related to deed fillings.

Public hearings will also be held on the assessment roll for the 2012 sidewalk replacement program, in which benefiting land owners are required to contribute 50 percent of the cost, as well as assessment rolls for the Hagan Circle, Fultz Drive and Gladwell Avenue storm water improvement project, which require similar contributions. Each project will have its own public hearing.

Following the establishment of a local law last year that allows the city to convey land to the Madison County Industrial Development Agency for the purpose of economic development, the council will vote on turning over the parking lot off Cedar Street. The property - 0.47 acres with 58 parking spaces – has

been assessed at $ 41,000. If, within a year, the IDA fails to sell the property to a private entity to further economic growth and development, the property will be returned to the city.

In an effort to support the Oneida Improvement Committee’s Rail Trail Project, the council will consider of- fering the city’s official endorsement of the project. If approved by the council, the city will also file an application with the New York State Department of Transportation for a Strategic Transportation Enhancement Program grant to be used for the project.

In other business, the council will consider: A one- year preventative maintenance agreement with Power Generation & Industrial Engines of Bridgeport in the amount of $ 355 for a generator/ fire pump.

Authorizing the purchasing agent to sell two surplus vehicles on eBay – a 2005 Chevy Tahoe and a 2001 ford F350.

Waiving $ 15 of the $ 30 charge to Colonial Laundromat from the Water Department for failing to provide backflow test results by deadline.

The council is scheduled to meet Tuesday at 6: 30 p. m. at City Hall.