Reading the minutes - "one of the most absurd MOU's he's ever read"

From the Village of Brockort board meeting minutes of 11/27/12

Consideration of proposed MOU from Brockport Fire District re vehicle & facilities use & snowplowing –

→ Trustee Blair moved, Trustee Blackman seconded to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign theMOU with the Brockport Fire District re vehicle and facilities use and snowplowing.

Discussion:
Trustee Blair said this is one of the most absurd MOU’s he’s ever read. It is 9 pages and seems to imply a trade of that the Village snowplow the 3 properties now owned by the Brockport Fire District for the occasional use of a van and a meeting room. He said to his knowledge in his 3 and a half years,the FD van has been used twice and the basement of the Market Street fire hall hasn’t been used at all.

Trustee Andrews said it has a lot of stipulations and time notices for use of the van or meeting room reserving 30 days in advance.

Trustee Blair said he can’t believe the FD paid their attorney to draw this up. He asked Village Attorney Leni what his role was in this MOU and how much time the Village can expect to be billed.

Attorney Leni said he made numerous revisions and the use of the Market Street fire hall basement for occasional training and as the Village’s Emergency Operations Center was mentioned in a conversation with Clerk Morelli. He had her reach out to the Village’s insurance broker as to coverage.

Trustee Blair said the 12 parking spaces in the Market Street lot were retained for municipal parking but it was not contingent on the Village plowing. There is no municipal parking at the other 2 fire halls within the Village. Trustee Blair commented that the Fire District apparently did not make plans for snow plowing what are now their properties. Snow plowing of Fire District properties should come from Fire District tax dollars, not municipal tax dollars.

Call to question:

Unanimously opposed 5/0.