* Indicates planners attendance at meeting

Attendance:	Member:	County:		Attendance:	Member:	County:
	Mark Fitzimmons	Albany		*	Keith Zimmerman	St. Lawrence
	H. Keir Dirlam	Allegany			Lawrence S. Benton	Saratoga
	Rita Petkash	Broome			Ray Gillen	Schenectady
	Thomas Livak	Cattaraugus			Terry, Alicia	Schoharie
*	Steve Lynch	Cayuga			Danielle Hautaniemi	Schuyler
	Rose Wightman	Chautauqua			Glenn Cooke	Seneca
	Randy J. Olthof	Chemung			Gregory P. Heffner	Steuben
	Donna Jones	Chenango			Thomas Isles	Suffolk
	Brown, Rodney	Clinton			William Pammer, Jr.	Sullivan
	Vosburg, Roland	Columbia		*	Elaine Jardine	Tioga
*	Dineen, Dan	Cortland			Edward Marx	Tompkins
	Nicole Franzese	Delaware			Jennifer Schwartz	Ulster
	Roger P. Akeley	Dutchess			Tatich, Patricia	Warren
	Drew Eszak	Erie			Mark Galough	Washington
	Vic Putman	Essex			Sharon Lilla	Wayne
	James N. Feeley	Franklin			Gerard Mulligan	Westchester
	James E. Mraz	Fulton			Richard Tindell	Wyoming
	James Duval	Genesee			Chris Wilson	Yates
*	Hart, Warren	Greene		*	Michael Long	APA Upstate NY
	William Osborne	Hamilton
	Bruce D. Armstrong	Jefferson
	Jessica Jenack	Lewis
	David Woods	Livingston
	Jack Miller	Madison
	Paul Johnson	Monroe
	Doug Greene	Montgomery
	Patricia Bourne	Nassau
	Ferraro, Sam	Niagra
	John R. Kent	Oneida
	Karen B. Kitney	Onondaga
*	Hughes, Kris	Ontario
	David, Church	Orange
	Wayne Hale	Orleans
	Brian Frazier	Oswego
*	Bliss, Terry	Otsego
	John Lynch	Putnam
	Vanderheide, Linda	Rensselaer
	James Cymore	Rockland

 

• 1. Call to Order and Introductions - Meeting called to order at 10:30 AM by President Hart.
• 2. Approval of Agenda - Approved by consensus as written.
• 3. Approval of Minutes of September 21, 2007. Change all Vice President to President-Elect. Moved by S. Lynch and Seconded by D. Dineen. Unanimously carried.
• 4. Reports, Updates, Discussion
• a. Website - E. Jardine proceeded through a live demonstration of the new website. She showed the open part of the website for the benefit of M. Long. Then she demonstrated the functions available to only CPD's as a registered user. She demonstrated job posting, the forum, posting documents to the repository, adding events to the calendar, and lastly the e-mail function. Several questions were recorded to address with the web consultant, the biggest of which is how to select multiple or all CPD's to for e-mail distribution. President Hart recorded a list of links to add to the website and it was also decided that thumbnails would not be necessary for the repository documents. Another question is the appropriate location for newsletters - should they be under a category in the repository or on the homepage under Latest News - to be switched back from Jobs. It was also decided that the map on the homepage should display the NYSACPD regional boundaries. E. Jardine will research this and pass the info to the web consultant. E. Jardine will also contact the website consultant next week to go over all questions.

Action Item - Warren Hart will request that the Regional Vice Presidents contact counties in their region who have not provided a county profile, to submit them as soon as possible.

• b. Rural Resources Commission, Land Use Advisory Committee - K. Hughes - This committee has not met and the next meeting will be at January NYSAC Conference. No new bills have been introduced. Upon S. Lynch's request, K. Hughes and W. Hart explained the function of LUAC.
• c. NYSAC Economic Development, Environmental and Rural Affairs Committee - K. Hughes stated that he had gotten a letter from this Committee appointing him as a county representative from Ontario County. President Hart then made a motion to approve this position as also the representative from the NYSACPD. E. Jardine seconded. All voted in favor and unanimously carried. Additionally, A. Terry provided a written report stating that this Committee met during the September NYSAC Conference and will meet again at the January NYSAC Conference. The existing 5 bills have been passed by the committee and approved by the full NYSAC Board - no new ones have been discussed. NYSACPD still holds a seat on this committee after the December appointments.
• d. NYS DEC Water Management Advisory Committee - see Linda VonDerHeide's written report.

 

• 5. New Business
• a. Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Vice Presidency vacancy - The search continues but K. Hughes will function in this position until a replacement is found.
• b. By-laws update - President Hart will post latest version of the by-laws on the CPD website for all to review and verify. E. Jardine pointed out that President Hart had distributed the by-laws at the December 2006 meeting in Binghamton. So CPD's can also look in their files of that meeting.

Discussion turned to counties who have not yet paid their 2007 dues (President Hard listed 10 counties), NYPF administration of this, and the new NYPF Director, Ron Brandt.  It was decided that CPD's next to a county who has not paid dues should call them to inquire.

 

• 6. Organizational Issues
• a. Treasurer's Report - Treasurer Jardine distributed report and reported account Balances of the savings, checking and CD accounts. Once the $3,000 withdrawal from the CD occurs during the grace period next week and after final payment to s-go for website development, the savings balance will be around $5,000. Motion to approve the Treasurer's report - moved by K. Hughes and seconded by D. Dineen. Unanimously carried.
• b. Nomination of CPD to the APA Upstate NY Chapter Exec Board, NYSACPD Officer - M. Long stated that the e-mail from Mike Kayes is basically accurate - that the position was originally created as a generic county planner's position as a portfolio format, where there would be two to three representatives. K. Hughes then stated the concern was that the position should be filled by someone who is currently a practicing planner. Mike Long agreed with this. Additionally he stated he was sure the Exec Board would have no problem appointing a representative from the NYSACPD. K. Hughes then stated that E. Jardine has expressed interest in this position. President Hart then asked for a motion to nominate E. Jardine to this position on the APA Upstate NY Chapter Exec Board - moved by K. Hughes and seconded by D. Dineen. Unanimously carried.
• c. Planning Directors' Roundtable - Discussion first ensued on potential legislative issues to address in the future. Then a very brief roundtable occurred since time was running short with reports from St. Lawrence, Cayuga, Otsego and Ontario counties. Detailed reports are on file.
• d. Upcoming Meeting Schedule - next meeting will be the date of the luncheon at the January 28 - 30 NYSAC Conference at the Desmond Hotel. The May 2008 meeting will be held in Jefferson County.

 

• 7. Adjournment - Adjourned at approximately 2:15PM by consensus.

Respectfully Submitted December 17th, 2007 by Elaine D. Jardine, Secretary/Treasurer.