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May
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2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 05 May 2006 |
Village Mayor Don Hartill told Trustees that he is considering helping residents get their sump pumps into compliance with local law. "It is not legal to attach your sump pump in your basement to the sanitary sewer," Hartill said in Monday's Trustee meeting. "I know there are a number of such installations and I am debating what to do about it."
 (left to right) Trustees Larry Fresinski, Lynn Leopold, Mayor Donald Hartill, Village Attorney David Dubow, Trustees Frank Moore, John O'Neill (standing) Planning Board Chairman Ned Hickey | Sump pumps discharge water from residents' basements to keep them from flooding. They are allowed to empty into the storm sewer, because they only discharge water. But hooking them to the sanitary sewer raises the amount of discharge into the sewer. "The difficulty is that the sewer lines have a certain capacity," explains Hartill. "DEC monitors that closely. You can exceed the capacity, I think, one month a year." But he says the Village exceeded that allowed capacity. The Kline Road bypass was built to bring the Village into compliance.
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May
04
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Thursday, 04 May 2006 |
Not many residents showed up to learn about the 2006-2007 Lansing School District budget in a public meeting last night (05/04) in the Middle School Cafeteria. The purpose was to introduce the public to the budget, the two candidates for Board of Education seats plus two budget resolutions. Additionally Superintendent Mark Lewis, who started here last January, presented his first annual report.
 There were many empty seats at the budget hearing
The new budget is set at $21,007,661, a 7.7% increase, or $1,546,018 more than the current school year's budget. Business Administrator Larry Driscoll explained that increases are largely due to increases in fuel and utility costs, salaries, benefits and the beginning of the period in which the debt service must be paid for phase one of the recently completed capital project.
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Apr
28
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 28 April 2006 |
 Tom Kraft with student petition
Students lined up to tell Lansing's Board of Education (BOE) what they think about granting benefits to same-sex partners of district teachers. Senior Tom Kraft presented the board with a petition signed by about 200 students in support of their teachers who do not get family benefits under the current contract. "How can a system that provides same sex couples with unequal benefits be upheld by such a tolerant community?" he asked.
Students including Hunter Preston, Joshua Darfler, James Lauzun and Kelsy Henne and Lansing Faculty Association (LFA) President Sue Henne told the board they should adjust the contracts to grant the benefits. But board members said that health and other benefits are a contract negotiation matter, and noted that the LFA did not ask for same sex benefits in the last contract talks. BOE President Bonita Lindberg offered to reopen the discussion based on the collective bargaining agreement. "Benefits are governed by the negotiation process," Lindberg said. "We're perfectly willing to reopen the contract to discuss that issue. Name the time, name the place and we'll be ready to do it."
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Apr
28
2006
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Lansing School District
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Friday, 28 April 2006 |
The call for a community-based committee has been met with great interest by more than 30 volunteers, who will provide input to the school district as it seeks to address long-term educational and facility needs. The committee will meet throughout April, May, and June with the goal of bringing a recommendation to the Board of Education by the end of June.
Lansing school board president, Bonita Lindberg, indicated, "The Board of Education decided to take a step back after receiving input from an Ad Hoc Committee in January before putting a project up for vote. This will allow us time to re-evaluate district and community priorities regarding a capital improvement project."
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Apr
28
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 28 April 2006 |
Lansing's sewer committee met last Wednesday (4/26) to touch base on where the project stands. Much of the discussion revolved around the project costs, which have not been determined yet. Many factors affect the numbers, and while the committee is getting closer to locking those down, they are not there yet.
Engineering is in progress for bringing the trunk line from the Cayuga Heights treatment plant along Cayuga Heights Road to the Town. There is still a chance that the State Department of Transportation (DOT) will relax regulations to make Route 34, the Village of Lansing's choice for the route, affordable. Village Mayor Don Hartill has presented a traffic study to the DOT recommending that trucks detour along Triphammer Road and cars along Cayuga Heights Road.
 Lansing's Sewer Committee
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