SYRACUSE - Several ordinances and resolutions were presented to the Syracuse Town Council Tuesday on issues such as taxicabs, a juvenile curfew and an Economic Development Income Tax capital improvement plan.

EDIT is a tax on income that is to be used soley for capital improvement.

Town manager Brian Redshaw told the council the EDIT resolution requires a plan for at least two years and "we have to do this to be eligible for EDIT funds."

The capital improvement plan is divided into three sections, Redshaw told the council.

Section one reads that there is a need for sewer and water improvements in the 2000 annexation area south of Bowser Road, for a total estimated cost of $188,000. EDIT funds in 2001 are expected to generate $176,676 for Syracuse, leaving the town to pay only $11,324 for its share.

Section two identifies the need for road improvements in the second phase of the Ind. 13 project in the Wawasee Village for an estimated total cost of $2.3 million. EDIT funds for 2002 will generate $157,186 and the town hopes to receive $2 million in state assistance. Highway funds will pay $142,814.

The last section deals with the need for water system improvements, involving both radio telemetry and an elevated storage tank, for an estimated total cost of $690,000. The town will pay $432,814 from bond proceeds and will acquire $157,186 from EDIT.

"The EDIT money is to be used for economic development. That's the whole purpose behind it," said Redshaw.

Councilwoman Barbara Carwile requested sections two and three be reversed because there has been no decision made on the Ind. 13 project yet and they may have trouble getting $2 million from the state by 2002.

The resolution was approved with the years for sections two and three being reversed.

The town council gave the first reading of the juvenile curfew ordinance. There will be more discussion and possibly approval of the ordinance at December's regular meeting.

"This," said Redshaw, "is patterned after Auburn's and meets the court test."

Town attorney Mike Reed said section III of the proposed ordinance makes it compliant with federal court rulings. The federal case struck down curfew laws, Reed said, because they didn't allow for such things as exercising First Amendment rights.

Under the Syracuse curfew law, it would be a violation for a teen-agers age 15 to 17 to be in a public place between 1 and 5 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays; after 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays; or before 5 a.m. Mondays through Fridays. A child age 15 or younger is in violation of curfew if they are in a public place after 11 p.m. or before 5 a.m. on any day.

Exceptions under section III include if a minor is: with a parent, guardian or designated adult; on an errand at the direction of the minor's parent, guardian or designated adult without any detour or stop; in a vehicle involved in interstate travel; engaged in an employment activity; involved in an emergency; on the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor didn't complain; attending an official school, political, religious or other recreational activity; exercising First Amendment rights; or is married, had been married or is legally emancipated.

Penalties for the first offense is $50, $100 for the second, $250 for the third and $500 for the fourth offense and each offense thereafter.

The ordinance requiring permits for taxicabs was approved without comment.

Town council members are Paul Stoelting, Barbara Carwile, Bill Hane and Carol Koble.

They meet at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month in the town hall. [[In-content Ad]]