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UH, GOOD EVENING.

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UH, EVERYBODY.

TODAY'S,

[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1500 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings]

UH, TOWN BOARD MEET, UH, WORK SESSION AND SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY, UH, SECOND.

IT'S, UH, SIX 20.

SORRY, THAT, UH, WE ARE, UM, STARTING A LITTLE, UH, LATE.

SO THE FIRST, UM, ITEM IS, UH, THE LEAF BLOWER LAW.

AND WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS, UM, UH, THE LEGISLATION AND SETTING A HEARING FOR, UH, THE LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO, UH, UH, WE HAD A PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, RESOLUTION, UM, PROPOSED, UH, LOCAL LAW.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION TODAY TO SEE, UM, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOARDS, UM, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS, UH, OR WHATEVER, AND WE COULD HAVE THE HEARING, OR IF IT SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT AS PROPOSED.

AND THEREFORE, THE PUBLIC, WELL, I, I, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH, WITH THE PROVISIONS OF BEING LOCAL LAW, UH, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAKES IT IN SEPARATE CHAPTER, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK OF , YOU SHOULD THINK OF BOYS.

AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO KEEP IT IN THE NOISE CHAPTER.

ALSO, BECAUSE THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE NOISE CHAPTER, WHICH BASICALLY MAKES IT SO THAT YOU CAN'T USE THE GAS LEAFBLOWER ANYMORE IN JOHN GREENBERG BASED ON RESEARCH THAT THE C C BOARD, UH, NONE OF THEM COMPLY WITH OUR ORDINANCE, HAVING IT ALL IN THE SAME CHAPTER.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND SO IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S, WE SAY IT'S OKAY IN ONE CHAPTER, BUT THEN IT'S NOT OKAY IN ANOTHER TO USE A GAS POWERED MEAT BLOWER DURING THE FALL, IN THE SPRING CLEANUP PERIOD.

SO, FRANCIS, UH, WE AGREED, AND IF YOU HAVE A, IT'S IN, IT'S IN AN EMAIL.

IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO FIND DECEMBER THE 15TH, BUT WE, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THE TOWN BOARD UP HEARING FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, WERE TO ADOPT, UH, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, UH, WHAT THE CSE RECOMMENDED, THAT THERE BE A, UH, A CONANT AMENDMENT TO 3 87, UH, UH, ARROW THAT SAYS, JUST TO CLEAR, CLARIFY THE POINT, THE CORRECT POINT THAT YOU JUST MADE.

IT JUST SAYS, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THIS, UH, SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO USES OF BLOWERS PERMITTED BY WHAT WE HAD DRAFTED, PERMITTED BY THE BLOWER LAW, CHAPTER X, X, X.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU PUT IT INTO THE NOISE ORDINANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD TAKE SOME RULES, BUT SIMPLY ARE PROVIDED.

HOWEVER, UM, UH, AT THE END OF, UH, UH, UH, UH, SEVEN L UH, THAT THAT'S, THAT JUST SAYS PROVIDED OF, UH, UH, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO BELOW AS PERMITTED.

SO THERE'S NO ISSUE THERE.

ANYONE, UH, THAT'S USUALLY IT DURING THE CLEANUP PERIODS, UH, WILL BE VIOLATING, UH, ANY LAW.

SO THAT, THAT ADDRESSING THE, UH, INCONSISTENCY OF THE TWO CHAPTERS, IT JUST, WHY, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE CHAPTER THEN? PEOPLE THINK IT, IT, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T DEALER CHOICE WHATEVER YOU WANT.

TRANSIT ABSOLUTELY DOES.

AND IF YOU WANNA GET THE, THIS IS IN, UH, DECEMBER 15TH EMAIL, UM, IF YOU WANT TO, I'LL, I'LL JUST RESEND IT TO YOU.

IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE THIRD PARAGRAPH AT THE END.

I CAN RESEND THAT TO YOU AFTER THE END OF, UH, AT, AT THE END OF THIS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT CAN BE FREESTANDING.

IT CAN BE, CAN IT TO, UH, WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANY ISSUES IN TERMS OF NOISE, WELL, THERE WASN'T ANY GASOLINE BLOWER THAT WOULD MEET THE, UM, TOWN STANDARDS.

BASICALLY, ALMOST ALL OF THE ELECTRIC BLOWERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

SO ONLY FIVE.

ONLY FIVE DIDN'T, FIVE DIDN'T.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON SEEM TO THINK THE PROBLEM ISN'T WITH THE ELECTRIC BLOWERS AS WELL.

AND IT IS, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT EMPHASIZING THAT POINT IS THAT I DIDN'T WANT IT TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT THE, UH, THEY COULD USE LEAF BLOWERS PERMIT TO USE LEAFBLOWER DURING THE FALL, SPRING CLEAN PERIOD AS THE THING CURRENTLY BLEEDS.

BECAUSE THE RESEARCH WAS A VERY GOOD RESEARCH BY THE C C SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO MEAT FILLERS AND THERE WERE FOUR MODELS OR FIVE MODELS THERE.

FOUR, BUT I GUESS FIVE

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MODELS OF ELECTRIC HAPPEN EITHER.

SO IT'S REALLY SAYING YOU CAN USE THEM WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAVE ONE OF THOSE FIVE PROBLEMS. RIGHT.

SO I THINK WITH MIKE'S SUGGESTION, WE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND THEN AS MIKE LIKES TO SAY, THE ENFORCEMENT IS BASED ON A CALENDAR.

OKAY.

I I, I'LL RESEND THIS TO YOU.

NO ONE DISAGREES WITH YOU, FRANCIS, UH, SO SECRETARY AND I DON'T, SO, UH, I'LL SEND THIS TO YOU AND TAKE IT WELL, YOU, YOU PUTTING THE CHAIN IN THE SAME CHAPTER.

HAVE TO DO A, A LITTLE WORDSMITHING TAKE YOU, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE UP TO 30 SECONDS TO DO IT ALL THAN, SO THAT'S GREAT.

SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO UNDER.

I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU DO THE PUBLIC HEARING, UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LOVE END.

IT'S ABOUT 55 45 IN THE PUBLIC, AND I THINK WE CAN DEBATE WHICH ONE IS THE 55.

SO , I AGREE.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO THAT'S GOOD.

SO THEN THIS, UH, WE FIGURED THIS MEETING, THIS PERSON MEETING IS GONNA TAKE THREE HOURS.

SO WE JUST SAY THREE HOURS.

SO MIKE, IF YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WAS A RED TEST, THE TREE LAW.

YEAH, RIGHT.

, WHICH BY THE WAY, UH, GARRETT SUPPLEMENT THIS.

WE GOT COMPLIMENTS THAT WE, BUT THE TOWN GOT COMPLIMENTS WHEN THE TREE LAW, UM, FROM AN APPLICANT THAT IS, UH, HAS UM, UM, GOT ABOUT HOW MANY TREES THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN 90 SOMETHING YARD OR SOMETHING, UH, IN, UH, UH, IN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.

THEY, THEY, THEY WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF, OF, OF THE TREE LAW.

AND THEY MADE, UH, UM, ONE MINOR SUGGESTION, WHICH, UH, UH, WE'LL INCO WILL INCORPORATE INTO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, INTO THE, INTO THE PROCESS.

MR. IS A GREAT AND, UH, SEND ME A MESSAGE SETTING UP TURN.

IT'S OKAY, , THEN IT'S LIKE COMING DOWN FROM, YOU KNOW, MOUNT SINAI, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT PLACE UNSEEN.

THAT'S ALL GOOD.

DID, DID, WE DIDN'T SCHEDULE THE HEARING, DID WE? NO, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, THE NEXT MEETING I THINK WE HAD AND WE, THE CONTINUATION OF THE BATTERIES WE DO FOR END OF FEBRUARY, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

ELWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

ALWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, RIGHT.

UM, SO WHAT, WHEN DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? IS IT THE 20, YOU WANT TO DO THIS ON THE 24TH OR YOU WANNA FLIP THIS TO MARCH, UH, EARLY MARCH? UM, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.

WELL, IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

'CAUSE WE BUILT IN, I FORGET WHAT IT WAS.

I THINK WE BUILT IN THE 60 DAY, UM, PHASE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I CAN CHECK IT.

I THINK WE BUILT IN A 60 DAY PHASE IN, AND WE'RE GONNA IMMEDIATELY GO INTO THE SPRING CLEANUP.

SO IF IT'S EASIER FOR YOU TO SCHEDULE, CERTAINLY TERRY AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM.

UM, PROBLEM IF YOU WANNA PUT IT ON FOR EARLY MARCH, IF THAT, SO, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW WHAT, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YEAH.

LET, LET'S SAY WE PUT IT ON FOR EARLY MARCH AND LET'S SAY, UH, THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMES UP WITH LIKE AN ANALYSIS SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE BASICALLY ASK PEOPLE, UM, TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS BETWEEN NOW AND, AND MARCH.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, IT COULD ACTUALLY JUST LIKE WE DID WITH, UM, RIE, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS OR SOME OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, YOU COULD THEN, UH, YOU HAVE LIKE A MONTH TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE TO, UH, TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOT LIKE A REAL RADICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, IDEA, POSSIBLY TWEAK IT.

THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE HEARING, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ARE GONNA BE, UM, WE'LL HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A MONTH WHERE WE COULD

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TWEAK IT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK.

THAT'S FINE.

WE HAVE, UH, IT WAS A 30 DAY PHASE AND WE'LL ALSO TAKE, TAKE 30 DAYS AFTER FILING WITH THE STATE.

UM, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT INTO, UM, A, UH, 10 WEEK, UH, CLEAN SPOON CLEANUP.

SO, UH, IN PRACTICAL EFFECT, UH, IN LAW DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT TILL THE SUMMER.

SO IF IT'S EASIER TO DO IT EARLY MARCH, THAT'S FINE AND WE CAN, WE'LL CERTAINLY WE CAN SEND YOU A ONE PAGER.

PAUL, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, PUBLICIZE THIS, DO WHAT YOU JUST, YOU SAID WE CAN EASILY SEND YOU A ONE PAGER.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FOR THE BOARD? YEAH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT WOULD BE MARCH, UH, THAT WOULD BE MARCH, UH, 10TH, 10 10, IS THAT RIGHT? YOU SECOND MEETING'S ON THE 10TH OF MARCH OR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.

OKAY, THANKS JERRY.

SO, SO IT'S, SO IT'S OKAY.

SEVEN.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE ALL SET.

THAT'S GREAT.

SO, UH, SO MIKE, YOU'LL GET ME SOMETHING THAT I COULD POST ON THE WEBSITE.

YEAH, YEAH.

TURN UP A PERSONAL, BE A ONE PAGER AND, OKAY.

TERRIFIC.

THANK YOU.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

UM, GOOD.

UM, NEXT, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK, YOU KNOW, RICH, UH, UH, PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THE COMMINGLE.

SO TOMORROW THE COMMINGLE WILL BE, UH, PICKED UP.

IS THAT THE PHONE? YES, YES.

THEY, THEY WILL DEFINITELY BE PICKED UP TOMORROW.

AND THEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE WILL BE THERE, BE, UH, PAPER RECYCLING THIS WEEK FOR THE AREAS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE, UH, THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY ROUTES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SO WE'LL JUST MONDAY AND TUESDAY ARE THE THURSDAY, FRIDAY GARBAGE PICKUPS AS PER USUAL.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT'LL BE MISSED WILL BE THE PAPER FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

OKAY.

SO THERE'S NO PAPER THIS WEEK, THERE'S PAPER FOR THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ROUTES AS THE SCHEDULE.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SO RICH, I JUST WANT TO, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE'S NO GARBAGE PICKUP FOR NO, NO.

THERE, THERE ABSOLUTELY IS.

WE CANCELED SANITATION SERVICES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO THE REST, THE REST OF THE WEEK REMAINS THE SAME.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

, HOW ARE YOU? JUDAS? FINE, NICK, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANKS.

OKAY, WELL WHAT'S NEXT? OH, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, THE BOARD IF THEY HAD ANY, UM, UM, THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROTON DISTRICT? UH, YOU BROUGHT UP, UM, A COUPLE, UM, WEEKS AGO, UM, UH, ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO, UH, CHANGE THE RULES, UM, TO, UM, ALLOW, UM, NON-PROPERTY OWNERS TO, UM, TO SERVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ISSUE WAS EXPANDING THE BOARD TO UH, UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE PEOPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE PARKING DISTRICT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE COULD HAVE A COMMUTER AND UM, UM, A LOCAL MERCHANT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY GETTING, I FEEL IT'S AN IMPORTANT BOARD AND I FEEL THAT, UM, MORE OVERSIGHT IS ALWAYS HEALTHY, BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD NEED A WHOLE RULE AND, UH, I WOULD THEN ASK THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING TO, UM, PASS A HOME RULE.

AND IT COULD BE ONE OR BOTH IDEAS.

ONE ISSUE, WHICH I FIND JUST VERY PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE IS THE PROPERTY, UM, OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.

UM, THE OTHER ISSUE, YOU KNOW, IT'S

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MORE JUST A, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY PHILOSOPHY.

SHOULD WE HAVE A THREE MEMBER BOARD OR A FIVE MEMBER BOARD? YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.

I GAVE YOU MY FEEDBACK.

YOU WERE FOR IT, RIGHT? I SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO SPEAK.

YOU DIDN'T .

ALRIGHT, SO YOU WANNA DISCUSS THAT? ALRIGHT, THAT WOULD BE A TOPIC FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER OPEN SESSION ITEM? UH, WELL, SPECIAL MEETING.

I, UH, TIM, CAN I JUST MENTION ONE 30 SECONDS THING, AND KEN MAY WANT TO JOIN ME ON THIS.

UH, KEN AND I, YOU KNOW, LEARNED TODAY THAT BOTH HOUSES OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATURE HAVE MADE THE, UM, UH, FOOD ACT, UH, THE EXCESS FOOD ACT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

UH, IT'LL BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR WITHIN A WEEK, AND IT MAY BE, INSTEAD OF HAVING WAITED TO WAIT SIX MONTHS, UM, THE EXCESS FOOD ACT WILL BE, UH, EFFECTIVE SOMETIME, UH, UM, AS SOON AS THE GOVERNMENT SIGNS IT, WHICH WILL BE, WHICH WILL BE SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY.

KEN DID HAPPEN TODAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, SO YOU SAID YES, THAT DID HAPPEN.

THAT DID HAPPEN TODAY.

WE FOUND OUT THIS MORNING, KIM AND I ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE NEW YORK CITY AND THE WESTCHESTER FOOD BANKS AND, UH, UM, UM, AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET A LOT OF FOOD.

UH, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED NEED IT ARE GONNA GET A LOT OF FOOD A LOT QUICKER.

YOU TOO, TO BE COMMENDED FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB YOU'VE DONE ON THIS.

I REALLY DO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

WELL, IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE C A C, THE TOWN BOARD, THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL PITCHED IN, UH, TO GET IT DONE.

E EVERYBODY BUT THE GOVERNOR, , WE SIGNED THE LAW END EVENTUALLY, BUT THE, THE TAIL OF THE LAST TWO DAYS IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE DONE ON.

ZOOM TO SOME TAPE, GOOD VENTURE.

WELL THEN SOMEBODY SAY, UH, THAT IF YOU WANT SEE A LAW, IT'S, IT'S LIKE SAUSAGE YEAH, .

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS WE GOT IT AND NOW WE HAVE TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTATION.

YEP.

YEP.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, TOMORROW NIGHT, UM, WE'RE HAVING AT 6:00 PM UM, A ZOOM, UM, UM, CAROL ALLEN, UM, IS ORGANIZING, UM, A ZOOM, UM, TRAINING SESSION FOR THE COVID ANGELS.

AND, UM, WE HAVE PROBABLY OVER 180, UH, VOLUNTEERS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLING, UM, UM, 3000, UM, SENIOR CITIZENS.

AND, UM, THEY'RE DOING JUST LIKE A UNBELIEVABLE JOB OF ORGANIZING.

THEY HAVE TEAM LEADERS.

THEY'RE USING GOOGLE, UH, YOU KNOW, DOCS.

UM, THEY'RE, UM, UH, HAVING FOLLOW UP, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAINING PEOPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BY TIME THE COVID, UM, VACCINES BECOME MORE PLENTIFUL.

UM, EVERY SENIOR IN GREENBERG WILL HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A, A GREAT CHANCE OF, UH, GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE VACCINE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK HER AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND HER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR, UH, FOR WORKING SO HARD.

SO SHOULD WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, PAUL? UM, AS THE BOARD PREPARES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF, UM, THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED REGARDING, UM, THE TOWN CLERK, UH, PLEASE CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE.

THANK YOU.

I WAS, UH, I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO WITH THE BOARD, UM, JUST TO GO OVER MY DEPARTMENT QUICKLY.

OKAY.

JUST TAKE ME A MINUTE OR TWO.

THE EXECUTIVE

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SESSION, RIGHT? YEAH, DEFINITELY.

YES, DEFINITELY THAT TERRANCE JACKSON HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO ADDRESS ALSO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, I SURE ALL AT ONE TIME AND BACK FOR DISCUSSION, YOUR HONOR, I JUST, ANYTIME ANYBODY SAYS SO YOU, SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YEAH, YEAH, JUST RIGHT BEFORE, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SNOW REMOVAL.

I, I REALLY GOT VERY, VERY FEW, UM, COMPLAINTS, ACTUALLY NO COMPLAINTS.

UM, AND I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB.

THEY WORKED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, AND, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS WERE IN GREAT SHAPE TODAY.

PAUL, CAN I JUST JUMP IN FOR A SECOND? UM, I, IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO USE FOR A REAL SNOW STORM, THE NEW VENT TRACK, UH, SNOWBLOWER.

AND THAT IS, HAS MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS, BUT, UH, WE USE THAT MAINLY FOR THE SIDEWALKS.

AND, UH, IT WAS WORKED 24 7 THE WHOLE TIME.

UH, IT DID BREAK DOWN THIS A THIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE PART HAS TO BE, UH, REPLACED RIGHT AWAY.

BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT REALLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN, IT WAS A BIG INVESTMENT, BUT BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF, OF TRYING TO CLEAR UP THE SIDEWALKS WITH THAT, I THINK IT REALLY PAID, UH, DIVIDENDS, UH, ON THIS LAST, UH, SNOWSTORM.

AND, UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT POSSIBLY, UH, PUTTING IN THE FUTURE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, TO BUY ANOTHER ONE.

IT WAS A, JUST A GREAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

I, I DON'T KNOW, RICH IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, BUT, UH OH YEAH, I HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING.

I, I I, I WAS DOWN AT EAST HARVILLE YESTERDAY, UH, WELL LAST NIGHT.

AND, UH, UNBELIEVABLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S OUT THERE REALLY IS.

BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT WAS A GREAT INVESTMENT, JERRY.

YEP.

YEP.

AND, AND I JUST WANNA THANK MY PARTS DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THE HIGHWAY GUYS THAT WORK.

'CAUSE UH, THEY REALLY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND, UH, THEY WORKED FULL NIGHT, FOUR HOURS SLEEP, UH, LAST NIGHT BACK ON THE, UH, UH, ON THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AGAIN.

SO, UH, UH, KUDOS TO ALL OF THEM.

AND I, I THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.

YEAH.

HIGHWAY AND SANITATION.

THE, THE GUYS THAT ARE THERE NOW ARE STILL GOING.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT ONE MORE, UH, RUNDOWN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

THINK THEY'RE MORE 46TH HOUR.

WOW.

YEAH.

THE, THE GUYS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

YOU KNOW, THE WORLDS, THE SIDEWALKS, EVERYTHING.

UM, THEY, THEY DESERVE EVERY ONE OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE KUDOS ABSOLUTELY.

BESTOWED UPON THEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

OUT LATER.

PLEASE DO, RICH.

PLEASE DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND GREAT JOB TO YOU TOO.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING .

YOU HAD TO COORDINATE ALL THAT STUFF AND BILL PAUL'S CALLS.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

, THAT'S A LOT.

GREAT JOB.

ITS THE CHIEF ON GREAT JOB TO HIM TOO AS WELL.

I SPOKE TO HIM AS WELL.

HE WAS.

SO WE ALL RIGHT.

GOODNIGHT.

ALL GOODNIGHT.

BE WELL SAFE.

BE SAFE.

ALRIGHT EVERYONE.

GOODNIGHT.

DID WE, DID WE VOTE ON THAT MOTION? I DON'T THINK YOU DO.

DO YOU HAVE LET HIM GO.

LET HIM GO.

.

UM, AND CONTRACTS.

YEP.

ALL IN FAVOR? DID MAKE A MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR?

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AYE.

AYE, AYE.

HORRIBLE.

.

OKAY.

NO, JUDITH, SHE PROBABLY NEED EVEN GET THAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL LET HER KNOW.

PAUL MADE THE MOTION SECOND.

I SECONDED.

OKAY, GOT IT.

GREAT.

SO I'M GONNA PAUSE.