Record of the Work Shop held on Thursday November 2, 2006 @ 7:00 PM at the Brant Town Hall for review of the tentative budget.


ATTENDANCE: 

Deputy Supervisor John D. Arrigo
Councilman Jeffrey W. Gier		
Councilwoman Roseann Turner				
Councilman John Chiavetta				 
Attorney William J. Trask 					
Town Clerk, Thea Ells					 
Absent Supervisor Leonard K. Pero

ALSO ATTENDED BY:

David & Christine Gierlinger
George Cordia
Janet Bowman
Martin Rosiek
Kirk Ritz
					
Pledge to the Flag

Verified that this workshop was posted at the Town Hall, Brant Post Office, and also in the Town Crier.
LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS TOWN OF BRANT AND VILLAGE OF FARNHAM
The TOWN OF BRANT, New York (hereinafter ?TOWN?) and the VILLAGE OF FARNHAM, New York (hereinafter ?VILLAGE?) shall receive sealed bids for the furnishing of all labor, equipment, permits, services, insurances and supervision necessary for the collection, hauling and disposal of Mixed Municipal Solid Waste and specified items and materials and the collection, hauling and processing of Recyclables and specified items and materials from the TOWN and in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the bid specifications which are available in the office of the Brant Town Clerk, 1294 Brant-North Collins Road, Brant, New York 14027.
Sealed bids shall be received by the TOWN until 2:00 P.M., local time, on November 2, 2006, at the office of the Town Clerk, 1294 Brant-North Collins Road, Brant, New York 14027, and then at that time and place all bids shall be publicly opened and official recorded as received.
All bids shall be submitted in duplicate, bound and marked in suitable fashion and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked:
?BIDS FOR CONTRACT NO. 1 - COLLECTION, HAULING AND DISPOSAL OF MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AND SPECIFIED ITEMS AND MATERIALS, AND COLLECTION, HAULING AND PROCESSING OF RECYCLABLES ? BRANT/FARNHAM, OCTOBER, 2006?
Each bid shall contain the applicant?s completed Certificate of Non-Collusion, Waiver of Immunity, in form set forth in the bid specifications and shall be accompanied by a bid bond, certified funds or other acceptable security in favor of the ?Town of Brant and Village of Farnham? in an amount equal to 5% of the annual contract bid amount.  No applicant may withdraw their bid within thirty (30) calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The TOWN and VILLAGE reserve the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities. By order of the Town Board of the TOWN and Village Board of the VILLAGE.
Thea Ells Town Clerk verified that the bids for the refuse were opened in public at 2:00 PM in the Brant Town Hall and that the following was the notice in the Crier and sent to requested bidders. The following bids were rec?d and opened by the Town Clerk: 
Westfield Disposal : $159.24  per household annual $143,316.00 Town & Village
Allied Waste:           $176.76 per household annual  $159,084.00 Town & Village

Board members discussed items on the budget and took questions from the audience on items of concern including, increase for Judges and contractual increases, recreation department increases, and no increases for the patrolmen.  The Board went through the budget line by line through the B fund, highway A & B funds, and the districts.  

Respectfully submitted,

Thea A. Ells
Brant Town Clerk