Local officials expected at the meeting include Friedland, Board of Supervisors chair Andrew Boyar, Thompson supervisor Anthony Cellini, and Casino Advisory Board members Marvin Rappaport, Michael Davidoff, Gerry Skoda and Eileen Casey, Friedland said. Friedland is also a member of the advisory board.
The purpose of the conference is to explain "the positive impact of the Oneida Nation's proposed casino on the Village of Monticello and Sullivan County," Friedland said.
Village trustees turned down Friedland's request to drive a village car to the meeting. Trustee Gary Sommers pointed out Friedland will attend as a member of the advisory committee, but with no authority to contract on behalf of the village. For that reason, Sommers asserted, Friedland should not be permitted to drive an official vehicle.
The village board unanimously supported the Oneida plan in a resolution approved in March.
"They're busting my chops," said Friedland, explaining why the board wouldn't allow him to take a car, which will otherwise sit idle in the village parking lot. He said he will either submit a mileage claim at thirty cents a mile, or car-pool with other officials.
Board members voted 3-2 to waive a state statutory requirement for the deputy clerk and deputy treasurer to reside in the village. The issue will be reviewed again in April 1996, according to the measure.
Marco Bocanumenth, Donzella Ford and Harvey Weinberg were appointed to the Human Rights Commission. Bocanumenth will serve until January 1996; Weinberg and Ford until January 1997.
Weinberg reported on his recent "Carnival 95" in Monticello, telling the board he lost over $2000 on the event.
Replacing David Rosenberg who recently resigned from the Zoning Board of Appeals, the board approved acting manager George Panchyshyn's appointment of Frank Bastone.
In response to a question by trustee Evelyn Vandermark about the status of arrangements for sensitivity training offered free of charge by U.S. Department of Justice community relations representative Fletcher H. Graves, Panchyshyn claimed he has been unable to reach Graves by telephone.
At a July 20 meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- which was attended by Panchyshyn and three village board members -- Graves announced he would provide the training, but it would have to be requested in writing.
Panchyshyn said he will continue to try to call Graves by phone. Graves has reportedly set up an office at Thompson Town Hall, with assistance from Cellini.