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Herkimer, N.Y. —
The Herkimer village board discussed plans to deal with parking issues on Steele Street during a meeting Monday.
Police Chief Joseph Malone said the intersection of South Washington and Steele streets should be posted to keep motorists from parking too close to the corner.
The village board would have to enact an ordinance prohibiting parking within 20 feet of the crosswalk. “No parking here to corner” signs would then be posted.
He said motorists park their cars right up to the intersection, making it difficult to make turns onto Steele Street. People who work nearby park on the street although a parking lot is available to them, according to village officials.
The same problem exists at the intersection of Steele and South Main streets.
Village Attorney Nicholas Macri asked that Malone or Department of Public Works Superintendent Peter Macri meet with him so he can draft a local ordinance dealing with the issue.
Peter Macri said after the meeting the congestion makes it difficult for a plow or any vehicle to make a turn onto Steele Street at these intersections.
Nuisance alarms
Attorney Macri reported he had received a check for $2,175 for the village following a meeting with attorney James Franchi and Kevin Crosley of the Herkimer Area Resource Center to discuss nuisance calls from the agency.
The village adopted a local law in 2010 that charges a fine when emergency crews respond repeatedly to alarms that are preventable, such as repeated fire calls due to a faulty smoke alarm, but the fines had not been paid.
Trustee Harold Stoffolano said the village had agreed to accept half the amount the village had billed other agencies and had discussed doing the same with HARC.
Trustee Katherine Nichols wanted to know if an agreement had been reached with HARC before the payment was accepted to ensure the payment covers past incidents and not those that may happen in the future.
Stoffolano said some of the calls are reportedly due to the sensitivity of the alarms in HARC buildings. If this is a problem, he said, the agency should go back to the alarm company and have it corrected.
Many of the calls to these buildings are police calls, according to Trustee Anthony Brindisi. If the police department receives a call about an alarm at one of these buildings, two or three police officers may be tied up for a period of time waiting for a key holder to arrive. “If there’s an open door, they have to go in and clear the building,” he added. Some of the time, there was no key holder available, keeping the officers tied up for an even longer period of time.
Stoffolano said HARC now has someone to contact who will come immediately if there is a problem.
The Herkimer village board discussed plans to deal with parking issues on Steele Street during a meeting Monday.
Police Chief Joseph Malone said the intersection of South Washington and Steele streets should be posted to keep motorists from parking too close to the corner.
The village board would have to enact an ordinance prohibiting parking within 20 feet of the crosswalk. “No parking here to corner” signs would then be posted.
He said motorists park their cars right up to the intersection, making it difficult to make turns onto Steele Street. People who work nearby park on the street although a parking lot is available to them, according to village officials.
The same problem exists at the intersection of Steele and South Main streets.
Village Attorney Nicholas Macri asked that Malone or Department of Public Works Superintendent Peter Macri meet with him so he can draft a local ordinance dealing with the issue.
Peter Macri said after the meeting the congestion makes it difficult for a plow or any vehicle to make a turn onto Steele Street at these intersections.
Nuisance alarms
Attorney Macri reported he had received a check for $2,175 for the village following a meeting with attorney James Franchi and Kevin Crosley of the Herkimer Area Resource Center to discuss nuisance calls from the agency.
The village adopted a local law in 2010 that charges a fine when emergency crews respond repeatedly to alarms that are preventable, such as repeated fire calls due to a faulty smoke alarm, but the fines had not been paid.
Trustee Harold Stoffolano said the village had agreed to accept half the amount the village had billed other agencies and had discussed doing the same with HARC.
Trustee Katherine Nichols wanted to know if an agreement had been reached with HARC before the payment was accepted to ensure the payment covers past incidents and not those that may happen in the future.
Stoffolano said some of the calls are reportedly due to the sensitivity of the alarms in HARC buildings. If this is a problem, he said, the agency should go back to the alarm company and have it corrected.
Many of the calls to these buildings are police calls, according to Trustee Anthony Brindisi. If the police department receives a call about an alarm at one of these buildings, two or three police officers may be tied up for a period of time waiting for a key holder to arrive. “If there’s an open door, they have to go in and clear the building,” he added. Some of the time, there was no key holder available, keeping the officers tied up for an even longer period of time.
Stoffolano said HARC now has someone to contact who will come immediately if there is a problem.
