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TOWN BOARD MEETING.TODAY IS, UH, MARCH 2ND AT SIX 11, UH, PM AND, UM, WE WILL START WITH A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PERSONNEL DISCUSSIONS.
AND PAUL, THIS IS AN ESTIMATED TIME OF AN HOUR.
EVERY, EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THAT.
ROSE OF THE TOWN BOARD AND SUPERVISOR.
UH, I'M HERE THIS EVENING, UM, ON BEHALF OF FRANKLIN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
UH, AND I'M HERE, UH, FROM, UH, J M C.
WE ARE, UH, SITE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, AND I'M A, A PROJECT MANAGER AND, UH, PROFESSIONAL PLANNER WITH, UH, J M C.
SO, UM, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF A
UH, THE WORD PROPOSED CONSISTENTLY SAW CONCRETE VAULTS IN THE GROUND, KNOWN AS LAWN CRIPS, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR FUTURE GROUND BURIALS.
NOW DO THE, UH, UNDULATING TOPOGRAPHY IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA OF THE PROPERTY.
A SERIES OF RETAINING WALLS ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE DESIGN, AND A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT WILL BE STOPPED FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
UH, A DETAILED LANDSCAPING PLAN IS PROPOSED TO COMPLETELY, MAINLY, AND PERMANENTLY SCREEN THE WALLS AND THE PROJECT AREA FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH.
AND SOME TRIM REMOVAL IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACTION.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS CONSIDERED THE NEW
UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO, UH, SHARE MY SCREEN AND SHOW, UH, A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS TO, UH, BETTER DESCRIBE THE PROJECT HERE.
CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN? YES.
SO, JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, UH, EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH FRANK CEMETERY, LOCATED ALONG SEQUEL ROAD.
UH, YOU, IT'S A 64 ACRE, UH, LONG, RECTANGULAR PROPERTY, UH, CONTAINS, UH, GROUND BURIALS GOING BACK, UH, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
UH, AND THREE, UH, EXISTING MAUSOLEUM STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR OUR PROPOSED ACTION IS REALLY IN THE CENTRAL NORTHERN LOCATION OF THE, THE PROPERTY.
AND PRESUMING A LITTLE BIT HERE, UH, THIS IS A, UH, APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE, UH, PIECE OF, UH, LAND, UH, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN, UH, UTILIZED FOR, UH, ANY LAND BURIALS IN THE PAST.
AND, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, AS THEIR, UH, UH, LAND IS SLOWLY, UH, BEING USED UP FOR THAT PURPOSE, UH, THEY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING THIS AREA FOR, UH, FUTURE BURIALS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, ALL SURROUNDING, UH, THIS AREA.
THERE ARE EXISTING, UH, GROUND BURIALS, AND, UH, WE'LL NOTE THAT THE PROPERTY SLOPES, UH, GRADUALLY FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST.
AND, UH, THIS EXISTING ROADWAY ALSO, UH, UH, DROPS DOWN AS YOU TRAVEL TO THE WEST.
UH, WE ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE HERE.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO NORTH, WHICH IS, UH, FOREST BOULEVARD.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, MOST OF THE, UH, AREA IS, UH, EXISTING ON, UH, BUT SOME OF IT CONTAINS, UM, SOME TREES THAT ARE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, MANY OF THESE TREES WERE PLANTED IN THE NINETIES, AND THEY'VE BEEN, UH, AROUND POOR HEALTH.
AND, UH, THEIR, THE PURPOSES THAT THEY WERE USED FOR, FOR SCREENING, UM, IS, UH, REALLY NO LONGER, UH, UH, IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE UNDERSTORY HAS, UH, KIND OF DIED OUT AS IT'S GOTTEN SHADED.
THIS, UH, THIS IS A, UH, A PROPOSED RENDERING OF, UH, WHAT WE'D, UH, LIKE TO, UH, HAVE INSTALLED HERE.
UH, THE ORIENTATION OF THIS PLAN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHERE THE
UH, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE, UH, PAGE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, EXISTING ROADWAY ON THE BOTTOM HERE.
AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, IN THE DARK GREEN WOULD BE THE AREA OF, UH, WORK.
AND, UH, PREDOMINANTLY WE HAVE, UH, LONG CRIPS.
AND, UH, THIS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE LOWER SECTION ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
AND IN THE UPPER SECTION ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE, WE SAW THERE'S A SERIES OF RETAINS HERE, THE NORTH SOUTH WALL, WHICH CREATES, UH, A GREEN CHANGE BETWEEN THE LOWER AREA AND THE UPPER AREA.
AND AN EAST, WEST WALL, WHICH IS SET BACK APPROXIMATELY SIX TO NINE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE,
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UH, PROVIDES THE, UH, THE GREEN CHANGE, UM, ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE.UH, WE HAVE, UH, PROPERTY LAID OUT, UM, RYP HERE FOR GROUND BARRELS.
UM, A THE RETAINING WALLS, UM, THERE ARE, UM, WHAT CALL NON ENCRYPT STATES, UH, FOR FAMILY, UH, UH, BARREL PLOTS.
AND, UH, INTERSPERSED IN THERE IS, UH, CREMATION STATES FOR, UH, EXTREME CREMATION, UM, AND TERMS. AND THEN THERE'S, UH, SOME COMMON BEARINGS UP HERE, WHICH ARE ALSO OUTDOOR, UH, CREMATION, UH, REMAIN, UM, UH, MONUMENTS.
UM, WE'LL SEE THAT, UH, THERE'S EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING PROPOSED, UH, BOTH IN THE INTERIOR SITE TO COMPLIMENT THE, UH, STONE, UH, VIDEO RETAINING WALLS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO, UH,
UM, TO, UH, JUST GIVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THIS WOULD LOOK IN REAL LIFE.
UH, WE'VE PREPARED SOME VISUAL RENDERS TO THE
SO THIS IS LOOKING OF TOWARDS THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.
UH, YOU SEE HERE THAT THE, UH, WE REQUIRE A A A D A COMPLIANT RAMP TO, UH, TO GET EQUIPMENT UP IN TENNIS, LOWER AREA.
UM, AND IN THE FUTURE WHEN, UH, THE GROUND RAILS ARE COMPLETELY POPULATED.
UM, THIS, SO THIS PREVIOUS PAVER AREA WILL BE RETURNED.
THIS WILL BE RETURNED TO, UM, A, UH, UH, A LOWER, UM, SURFACE, WHICH IS, UH, REINFORCED WITH A, UH, GEOGRID.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR THE FIRST PHASE, THEY NEED TO, UH, GET, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT UP IN HERE TO DO, UH, THE EXCAVATIONS YOU BE BRINGING IN FILL.
UH, YES, THEY WILL BE FILL REQUIRED, UH, TO LEVEL OFF THESE AREAS.
THE, THE EXISTENCE SLOPE ACROSS THIS AREA, UH, GETS UP TO AS MUCH AS 18%.
AND THAT'S NOT SUITABLE TO INSTALL THESE CONCRETE, UH,
AND IT'S ALSO, IT'S NOT IDEAL FOR, UM, BURIAL CEREMONIES 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WALKING UP INTO THIS AREA.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSER TO A FIVE TO 8% SLOPE.
UM, SO THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE OLDER SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AS WELL FOR THESE, UM, THESE AGREEMENTS.
SO THE NORTHERN LINE WHERE THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, WILL YOU BE BUILDING UP THAT AREA SO THAT YOU CAN THEN HAVE, UH, DEPTH TO GO DOWN AND PUT THE CASKET IN THE GROUND? UH, ARE, ARE YOU STAYING AT THE EXISTING ELEVATION THERE? NO, THAT IS CORRECT.
THERE WILL BE A SNAKE IN CONDITION, UH, FROM EAST TO WEST THAT WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE WALL BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE WALL TO THE SOUTH OF THE WALL.
BUT THE AREA WAS STILL GRADUALLY SLOPED, UH, DOWN TO THE WEST AND MOVE THIS WALL HERE.
IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR, UM, WILL BE ABOUT FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT AT THE, UH, THE END OF THE I, THE STENT OF THE AREA.
UM, WE CAN SEE
AND THIS VIEW IS LOOKING TO THE EAST, UM, WITH THE PROPOSED INSTINCT GOING ALONG THE, UH, NORTHERN, UH, PROPERTY LINE.
WHEN YOU SAY PRIMARILY ROUND BURIALS, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? WELL, THERE'S THREE TYPES OF, UH, UH, OPTIONS HERE.
THERE'S THE, UH, LONG CORRECT ESTATES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WITH THE MONUMENT MEMORIAL BENCH FOR AFFECTION.
UH, THIS ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE PURCHASED, UH, FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX, UH, DEPENDING UPON FAMILY'S NEEDS FOR, UH, THE DESIRES TO HAVE, UH, UH, A FAMILY ESTATE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE THIS, UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE.
THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED A CREATION ESTATE, WHERE IT'S STILL OUTDOORS, BUT, UH, IT'S A SMALL AREA WHICH, UH, YOU INSURE, UH, EARNS IN GROUND.
THIS IS JUST A, UH, A LEVEL VIEW OF, UH, WHAT, UH,
AND THEN, UH, COURSE RETURNING EVERYTHING ALONG AFTER INSTALLATION.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'D BE USING TO FILL? IT WOULD BE THE LONG FIX ARE INSTALLED BASED ON, ON A, UM, UH, APPROVED SUBGRADE.
SO IT'S A COMPACTED CRUSHING SUBGRADE.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S A MINIMUM, UH, 18 INCHES OF, UH, SELECT TOP STONE BACK FILL, WHICH THEN BE IMMEDIATELY SOD AND RETURN TO A LONG CONDITION.
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OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.UM, WE ARE, UM, HERE TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION FOR MURDER, UH, OF CYCLING FOR THIS.
UM, WE THINK THAT THE, THERE'S A MINIMUM NATURE OF A CYCLING COMPONENT HERE ASSOCIATED HERE.
AND THIS IS MAINLY, UH, A CONTINUATION OF A LONG ESTABLISHED USE HERE ON THE CEMETERY PROPERTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SECTION OF TOWN CODE, WHICH I'LL BRIEFLY STATE, UH, CHAPTER, UH, 2 25 63, UM, THAT SAYS, UPON A FINDING BY THE I RECRUITING AGENCY THAT, UH, DURING A PARTICULAR CHARACTER OR RELATED NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR CHANGE USE, UM, UH, THE SOLUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OR FOUND SITE PLAN, OR CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE INFORMATION ONLY REQUIRED RESPONDENT
UH, THE APPROVAL AGENCY, UH, MAY REMAIN SUCH ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHERE THE OPINION OF THE AGENCY SUCH WAY WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, THESE AND GENERAL WELFARE COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO THAT END, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME LAND USE BOARD APPROVALS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS THAT, UH, ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROPOSED, PROPOSED ACTION.
UH, FRANK, UH, WILL SINK IN STEEP SLOPES PERMIT AND A REMOVAL PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD IN ADDITION TO A STONE MANAGEMENT CONTROL PERMIT FROM A ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IN ADDITION TO A BUILDING PERMIT, UM, UH, FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE RETAININGS.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SUBMIT THAT, UH, THE PROPOSED ACTION IS THE NATURE THAT ONLY INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE OF THE, UH, 64 ACRE WELDING PARCEL.
AND THERE'S NO CHANGE OF USE, UM, FACT, FIRST LINE PURPOSE OF THIS TYPE, UH, OVER 40 YEARS AGO.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING SO, UH, EVER SINCE, UH, UH, WHEN THEY'VE OPENED UP NEW AREAS OF THE PROPERTY, TOOK GROUND BARRELS AS THE METER ARISES, AND
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST CLOSE, UM, I, I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, WE THINK THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE WAIVER, UH, PROVISION CODE IS THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY CONTRACT USE IN GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO MEET THIS NEED FOR, UM, UH, A REGIONAL, UM, AEROSPACE, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TIME ESPECIALLY.
AND, AND WE FINISH GOING FORWARD.
SO, UM, BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE THE TIMELINE TO CONSIDER.
WE SITE PLAN, IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, UH, PLANNING BOARD AND, UH,
WELL, CAROL, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS? UH, THERE, THERE'S, UH, AN IDENTIFIED LAND USE APPROVAL, WHICH WOULD BE THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, WHICH WOULD ENTAIL, UH, A FULL MAILING TO THE NEIGHBORS IN CONNECTION WITH THAT PROJECT IN THE, IN THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, APPROVAL PROCESS, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, UM, THAT IF THE APPLICANT'S OPEN TO IT, UH, WE WOULD COORDINATE THROUGH THE LOCAL CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UM, JUST AN OUTREACH JUST TO, UH, DO SOME OUTREACH.
MAYBE WE CAN TARGET, UM, NEIGHBORS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE VICINITY OF THIS PORTION OF THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT, GET AN UNDERSTANDING WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE, UH, ANY STORMWATER ISSUES IN THE AREA.
UM, JUST ADVISE RESIDENTS OF WHAT THAT VISUAL IMPACT WOULD LOOK AT PARTICULARLY.
AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE TO THE NORTH.
AND, UM, AND, AND, AND IF THE APPLICANT'S, UH, OPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN COULD HELP FACILITATE THROUGH ZOOM AND, AND CONDUCT THAT TYPE OF MEETING, WHICH WE KNOW WE GENERALLY ALWAYS ENCOURAGE ALL APPLICANTS TO, UH, DO SOME OUTREACH THERE.
UM, AND, UH, MAYBE CHECK BACK AND, AND LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT OUTREACH WENT.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HELP THE TOWN BOARD, UH, BE INFORMED REGARDING THE NATURE OF THE SITE PLAN REQUEST.
WELL, YOU DID A, YOU DID A VERY NICE JOB LAYING OUT WHAT IT IS YOU INTEND TO DO.
AND, UM, I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE NORTHERN, NORTHERN BOUNDARY, DEPENDING ON IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S ON THE CEMETERY PROPERTY STAYS ON THE CEMETERY PROPERTY, UH, AND DOESN'T REACH OUT ONTO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, BUDDING NEIGHBORS, I'M SURE DOING THAT.
AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST THAT FIRST LAUNCH, THAT WOULD BE MY, MY MAJOR CONCERN IF THERE IS, IF THERE IS A CONCERN.
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I MUTED? NO, NO, I AGREE WITH YOU.WHAT WAS THAT BILL? I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH ON THIS.
SO THAT IS, IS DEFINITELY CONSIDERING THE DESIGN.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH JAMESON'S, UH, LOCAL, UH, ENGINEERING PLANNERS, UH, THIS SPECIFIC SITE PLAN, UM, WAS DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY, UH, A COMPANY CALLED
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASICALLY THEIR ONLY, UM, BUSINESS IS, UM, CEMETERY DESIGN AND LAYOUT.
UM, SO THEY HAVE FULLY ENGINEERED, UM, DRAWINGS READY TO GO, UH, WHEN THE TIME'S RIGHT TO, UH, FILE THEM.
AND I SHOWED ALL OF THOSE, UH, DRAIN, UM, ANCY CALCULATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS, UH, ARE CONSIDERED AND INCORPORATED INTO THEIR PLANS.
YOU'RE JUST SEEING A PRETTY PICTURE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, DETAILED DRAWINGS THAT IT, UH, YEAH, OF COURSE.
AND WE WOULDN'T REALLY MAKE A DECISION BASED ON PRETTY PICTURES.
UM, HOW MANY INTERNMENTS WOULD THERE BE IN ANY OF THE THREE FORMS THAT YOU MENTIONED? UM,
THERE'S 18 CREMATION STATES, AND THERE'S THREE, UH, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS A, UH,
AND HOW MANY COULD YOU STORE? UH, WITHIN CONDOM? IT'S HERE IF YOU'RE STILL HERE.
THEY ARE THOSE GRAY OR BEIGE STRUCTURES HERE.
YOU SEE LARGE STRUCTURES AND S ESSENTIALLY THE SIZE OF A, OF A GROUND ROOM AND ENC BE ENCLOSED AND HAVE THESE, UH, SS.
AND, AND, UH, MR.
AND, UM, WE, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD WITH, UH, RESULTS OF THOSE OUTREACH.
I'D LIKE TO CONNECT WITH YOU EITHER TOMORROW OR FRIDAY ON THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I DID SPEAK TO REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FOR THE TEACHERS OF WHICH THERE ARE THREE.
AND THEY MENTIONED, UM, SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS, AND SOME OF THEM INVOLVED, UM, PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING PARTICULAR PEOPLE AND OTHER TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WOULD BEST BE HELD IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THEY WOULD REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD, UM, TO WAIT TILL THEM AND, UH, I ASSUME MEETING PRETTY NICELY.
SO I THINK, UH, WE HAVE SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK, UH, FIRE CHIEF MOON IS, UH, ABOUT TO SIGN IN IF THERE'S NOT ALREADY NEED.
AND THE LETTER OF ETHICS, UH, I I, ALL THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT THE JAMES, THE FILING PERIOD FROM 30 DAYS TO 10 DAYS, AND TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S AUTOMATIC THAT IT GETS PUBLISHED ON THE WEB RATHER THAN HAVE SOME KIND OF APPROVAL IF SOMEBODY FAILS TO FILE IT.
SO I THINK ALL WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IS TO AGREE THAT OUR NEXT, THE NEXT ON BOARD MEETING, WE WILL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? YES.
DID YOU WANNA GO OVER THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU SENT? BECAUSE, UH, FRANKLY WE GOT IT ABOUT QUARTER TO FIVE OR SO.
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SCREEN, FRANCIS, OR DID YOU WANT, UH, THE CHIEF TO DO THAT? NO, THE CHIEF COULD DO IT.I DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY, UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, I THINK YOU SENT IT TO US.
MAKE IS THE CONTROLLER OUT? YES.
IT WOULD BE CHALLENGE TO MAKE THIS, UH, SO THEY CAN SEE ON CABLE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, TOWER LADDER SEVEN EIGHT'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR APRIL, 2019 TO MARCH 30TH, 2020.
AND THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE FOR APRIL 1ST, 2020 TO MARCH 31ST, 2021.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT YEAR END IS NOT DONE.
SO LOOKING AT THIS ONE, UM, ON THE TOP COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE HOW OUR, HOW THE COMPANY GETS MONEY, UM, THE FUND DRIVE, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, A FUND LETTER THAT GETS SENT OUT, AND THEN ALL THE MONIES ARE COLLECTED.
AND THEN IN MARCH THEY DIVIDE BY SIX AND THEY GET, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUES THEM TO, UH, THE COMPANIES, ALSO THE GLENVILLE MONEY.
GLENVILLE INN, AS YOU'LL SEE, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, $18,000 WAS WHAT ACTUALLY WE RECEIVED IN 2019 WAS TWO PAYMENTS, I BELIEVE, FOR 17 AND 18.
UM, AND THEN THE 2% MONEY, THE $9,000 WHICH WAS ESTIMATED, AND THEN ACTUALLY THE 2% THEY RECEIVED 17 3 1 7, 26.
SO THAT'S HOW THE COMPANIES GET MONEY IN THE BLUE, THE, THEY'RE AT BLUE, UH, BUT THE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE MONIES THAT ARE EXPENDED FROM THE 2% MONIES.
AND THE OTHER ITEMS ARE THE MONIES EXPENDED FROM THE MONIES THAT WE GET FROM GLENVILLE AND THE MONIES THAT WE GET FROM FUND DRIVE.
SO KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, SENIOR PARTY CAPTAIN'S FARM, JANITOR HOUSE COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND.
UM, SO YEAH, HOUSE COMMITTEE DOING CHRISTMAS PARTIES FOR KIDS, LADIES, SUNSHINE FUN, WHICH IS IF SOMEONE'S SICK OR, UM, HOSPITAL RIDDEN, UH, THEY GET, WE GIVE THEM EITHER FLOWERS OR DONATION, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEY WANT.
UM, SOME YEARS WHEN A CHIEF IS IN, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO FUND FOR THE DEPARTMENT GOING TO THESE EVENTS, NOT JUST, UM, ONE OR TWO DELEGATES, WELL, THEN YOU'RE FIXED.
CAUSE CABLE, INTERNET PHONE, BOTTLED WATER CHIEF SWEARING IN PARTY, WHICH IF YOU LOOK IN 2019 20, THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT COLUMN.
BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT COLUMN, BECAUSE THAT'S THE YEAR THAT I WOULD'VE BEEN IN AS CHIEF, BUT IT WASN'T EXPENDED BECAUSE WE HAD NO SWEARING IN PARTIES OR INSPECTION DINNERS OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT.
SO THE NEXT PAGE THAT, UM, SO THAT'S WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SWITCHED CHIEFS? IS THAT IT? YEAH.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THE FIRST, WHEN YOU'RE THE ACTUAL CHIEF, AND LIKE WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM SECOND ASSISTANT TO FIRST, FIRST TO CHIEF, WHEN YOU GRADUATE TO CHIEF, USUALLY YOUR COMPANY IS THE ONE THAT FUNDS THE SWEARING IN PARTY THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE THE CHIEF.
NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
SO THEN NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT APRIL 20 TO MARCH 31ST, 2021, WHICH IS NOT COMPLETE YET.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CALENDAR YEAR RUNS FROM APRIL TO APRIL ONE TO MARCH 31.
SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE NOT FULLY EXPENDED YET.
THE MONIES THAT COME IN ARE FUND DRIVE 2%, AND LENDO MONEY, THE MONIES THAT GO OUT, THE 2% MONIES, UM, THOSE ARE EXPENDED EXPENDITURES THAT CAN ONLY BE EXPENDED, UH, TO THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE.
IT CAN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, BE A BENEFIT JUST TOWARDS ONE MEMBER OF THE COMPANY HAS TO BE TOWARDS
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THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE.AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SAME LINE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, UH, SENIOR PARTY CAPTAIN'S FIRM, JANITOR HOUSE COMMITTEE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SIX, UM, COMPANIES.
AND THEY ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR SHEETS.
I WASN'T ABLE TO OBTAIN A SHEET FROM EVERYONE, UH, SUCH, YOU KNOW, SHORTER NOTICE.
BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD, I, UH, AS I SPOKE WITH, UH, THE, THE TOWN ATTORNEY GOING FORWARD TOWARDS NEXT YEAR, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE EVEN MORE SPECIFIC THAN THIS.
BUT THIS IS JUST KIND A GENERAL BREAKDOWN FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR, SO THE HIGHLIGHTED ONES ARE WHAT, AGAIN, THAT'S EXPENDITURES FROM THE 2% RUN.
SO ON THE TOP OF THE SHEET, 2% IN IS HIGHLIGHTED, AND THEN WHATEVER WAS EXPENDED WITH THAT MON IS HIGHLIGHTED.
BECAUSE THAT, THOSE ARE, AGAIN, EXPENSES THAT NEED TO BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMPANY.
THAT'S JUST HOW THE 2% LAW IS WRITTEN.
UM, AND AT THE END OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR, UM, LIKE I SAID, IN THE GENERAL MEETING, WE SUBMIT A FORM TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW YORK THAT SHOWS WHAT WE RECEIVED AS 2% MONEY, AND THEN WHAT WE EXPENDED OUT AS 2% MONEY.
SO ROBERTA, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU TO ASK YOU TO MAKE A POSITION ON THIS THING, BUT I'M SURE YOU DATA THAT JAKE CAN WORK WITH
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THE, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BIO DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK THAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE EXTREMELY DEDICATED.
I THINK THEY, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT VALUE FOR, UH, FOR, FOR THE DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN GREAT VALUE.
SO I HAVEN'T HAD THE SAME CONCERNS THAT, THAT JEFF SCHO HAS HAD, BECAUSE I BASICALLY FAILED THAT ON.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, I FEEL WE'RE WE'RE GETTING MORE THAN OUR MONEY'S WORTH.
HOWEVER, UM, IF THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SET UP, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND WORK WITH THE VILLAGE, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, NOT GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE WANNA SAY THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, UH, WILL FUND.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UH, THESE ARE, UM, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT THAT WE THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD WORK WITH BRIAN AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE VILLAGE AND COME UP WITH CRITERIA I'M SURE GOING FORWARD, THAT WE'LL ALL WORK TOGETHER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CONTROLS AND ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS DO BETTER.
WE COULD ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER GIVE PEOPLE EVEN MORE VALUE FOR, FOR THE DOLLAR.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, MY, MY THOUGHTS, BUT I REALLY WOULDN'T WANNA HOLD IT.
I, I REALLY FEEL IT WRONG TO HOLD IT UP.
WELL, THE BOARD'S ALREADY APPROVED IT, IT'S STILL SUBJECT TO THE CONTROLLER, RIGHT.
UH, FINDING THAT THERE'S ARTICLE DOCUMENTATION.
SO THE TOWN BOARDS ALREADY ASKED ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, THE CONTROLLER AND THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD SAY EXACTLY YOU WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
UH, WHILE WE THINK THAT WE, WHAT LIMITS WHAT'S ON LIMITS.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DISTRICT AND OTHER FIRE DISTRICTS AND THINK EVERYBODY AT THE END OF THE DAY WILL, WILL FULFILL THE TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, GOOD VALUE.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT FROM MY STANDPOINT, I FEEL THE FI THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS JUST FANTASTIC.
I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.
I MEAN, YOU SAY THAT EACH TIME, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
NO, I'M SAYING SOME WAYS, IN SOME WAYS IT'S THE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, SAYING, YOU KNOW, GO AND, UM, COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, AND THEY WANT, UH, PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO UH, UH, TAKE OVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS MISTAKE FOR THE TOWN AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I REALLY, UM, VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO.
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AND YOU, AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE THE BEST.GET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH GREAT VALUE FROM THE VOLUNTEERS THAT YEAH, THEY NO DISPUTE OVER THAT.
WE, WE, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING.
SOMEBODY RAISED SOMETHING, WE CAN'T IGNORE IT.
IT HAPPENED ON, I, LEMME FINISH MY THOUGHT.
RIGHT? LEMME FINISH MY THOUGHT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE THE REST OF US DON'T CARE.
PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, YOU ARE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO YOURSELF.
WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A DIFFERENT VILLAGE.
WE RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW WAS SOMETHING CALCULATED.
WE, WE ASKED THE VILLAGE TO PROVIDE DATA.
THAT WAS THE END OF THE ISSUE.
WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING HERE.
THAT WAS AN ISSUE RAISED ABOUT THE CALCULATION.
IT, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT, BUT DATA'S NOT BEING PRESENTED.
THE CONTROLLER WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT WE'RE DONE.
UM, I I JUST, WE GOT THIS AT A QUARTER TO FIVE TODAY AND I WAS ALREADY SETTING UP THE MEETING CONTROLLER.
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN FAIRNESS TO THOSE, IN FAIRNESS TO THE CONTROLLER
UM, AND SHOULD AT LEAST LET HER GO OVER IT.
AND IT WAS GREAT THAT THE CHIEF WAS HERE BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO PUT CONTEXT TO THE, TO THE SPREADSHEETS.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY VERY HELPFUL.
UM, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, AFTER THE LAST MEETING THAT WE WERE ON, I FORWARDED ALL THAT INFORMATION TO, UM, GARRETT, GARRETT TO CAME AND HE WAS GONNA GET IT OUT TO YOU.
SO THAT WAS THE DAY, THE NIGHT OF THE LAST MEETING, ACTUALLY, WHILE WE WERE STILL IN THE MEETING, I FORWARDED IT OUT TO HIM.
UM, I, THIS, I THOUGHT AT THAT POINT IT WAS GIVEN TO EVERYBODY, BUT THEN I GOT THE EMAIL FROM TIM THIS AFTERNOON ASKING FOR AN EMAIL VERSION OF IT, WHICH I THEN SENT OUT.
SO YOU SENT THIS TO GARRETT AT THE LAST MEETING? YEP.
WELL, THIS LIKE TEXT FRANCIS AS OPPOSED TO YOU OH.
REALIZED THAT, KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, HE, HE HAD JUST SAID THAT HE WOULD GET IT OUT TO YOU.
THAT'S WHY I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYBODY HAD EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED.
SO YOU PROVIDED FOR, FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
ARE ARE THE OTHER FIVE GOING TO DO THAT ALSO? I JUST GAVE MINE AS AN EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR.
THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME.
UM, I, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE, THE SPECIFICS FROM EACH COMPANY TREASURER.
NO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE FEAR OF RELEASING THEIR DOCUMENTS ONLINE.
UM, THEY WANNA BE COMPELLED TO RELEASE THEIR DOCUMENTS, WHEREAS I, I THINK WE'RE BEING VERY TRANSPARENT HERE AND SHOWING YOU MM-HMM.
UM, SO I WELL, WE, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I, AND I, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT I JUST, IT'S NEW FOR ME BECAUSE SITTING IN THE CHAIR IS NOT FOR ME.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S, IT'S ALL OUT THERE, BUT JUST SITTING IN THE CHAIR AND ACTUALLY GOING OVER AND LOOKING AT IT, IT'S WHERE IT'S KIND OF FRESHED MY EYES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ASK ANYONE FOR DISCLOSURES AND THEY'RE ALWAYS WEARY ABOUT IT.
UM, NOW THE, THE LAST, THE ONLY TIME WE BROUGHT IT UP TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WAS AT OUR THIRD TUESDAY OF FEBRUARY'S BOARD OF FIRE WARDENS MEETING, WHERE WE READ THE LETTER THAT, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER SENT TO ALL THE, UM, FIRE DISTRICTS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME DEPARTMENT WIDE.
EVERYBODY HEARD THAT THE TOWN WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY THEIR GUARD GOES UP AND, OH, WHY DO THEY NEED OUR INFORMATION? DA, BUT I I, I SCRAPED THIS TOGETHER AS FAST AS I COULD FOR YOU GUYS JUST TO GET YOU A GREAT IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
SO THE SUPERVISOR SENT YOU A LETTER STATING THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION SUPERVISOR SENT, UH, UM, THE, ALL THE VILLAGES IN THE BATTALION IN BATTALION 14, THAT, THAT HAVE AN UNINCORPORATED FIRE DISTRICT, UM, A LETTER SAYING IT WAS GONNA BE COMING UP AT THE BOARD MEETING.
WELL, I'D APPRECIATE A COPY OF THAT LETTER.
THAT'S, I I, I BASICALLY TELL, UM, THAT THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED BECAUSE I, AS I, I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDING ON THE
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FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACTS OUT WILL RESULT IN, UM, IN THE END OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM.AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND I, I BASICALLY FEEL THAT, UM, THAT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE, GIVE US THE BEST VALUE, UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS.
AND I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, MY JOB, UM, IS TO ADVISE, UM, UM, EITHER THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THERE CAN BE TROUBLE DOWN, YOU KNOW, KNOW DOWN THE LINE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST THE TOWN HAS NEVER, UM, ENTERTAINED EITHER BIDDING.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT WOULD, TO ME IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE.
THE BIDDING, BIDDING, YOU KNOW, A, A PAID FIRE DISTRICT COULD UNDERBID ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
AND IF WE LOSE THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE PAID FIRE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S FAIRVIEW OR GREENVILLE OR HARSDALE UNDERBID, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT HAPPENED IS PEOPLE MIGHT SAVE MONEY ONE YEAR AND A COUPLE YEARS LATER, THE, THE TAXES WOULD WOULD SKYROCKET.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY CAN'T SEE HOW A PAID FIRE DISTRICT, UH, SERVICES COULD BE CHEAPER, UH, FOR RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED BLOOMBERG THEN AND ALL VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU, NONE OF THAT IS RELEVANT TO THIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING BIDDING, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT YOUR SITUATION, YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE NOT UNNECESSARILY ALARMING THE FIRE COMPANIES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ENTERTAINING BIDDING.
YOU'RE NOT, IT CAME UP FROM AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WHO SPOKE AT HEARINGS THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, THEY WERE BID I, IN MY LETTER, I DIDN'T SAY TOWN BOARD WANTS TO BID.
I SAID, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO WANTED, WHO ARE ADVOCATING, BIDDING, AND YOU COULD LISTEN TO ANY OF THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED PUBLICLY, BUT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I FEEL I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALERT PEOPLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING UP AND NOBODY TAKES IT SERIOUSLY.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, AND THEN IT STARTS CATCHING, UM, YOU KNOW, TENSION AND, AND MORE PEOPLE WILL SAY, OH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND FOR THIS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I ALSO THINK THAT THE VOLUNTEERS, THEY KNOW THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE, UH, THEY'LL SHOW UP AT CALLS, MIDNIGHT, HOLIDAYS, WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, I WANT, I WANNA KEEP IT AS AS IT IS, AND AGAIN, NOT PUT HIS CARD.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN ANYTHING THAT'S SAID THAT WAS CRITICAL OF ANYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT UNNECESSARILY ALARMING THE FIRE COMPANIES, THE VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND IF THEY GET SOMETHING FROM THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN, IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE COULD BE BIDDING, IT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE HAD TO BE AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I NEVER CONSIDERING, I NEVER, THAT'S PAUL BRIAN.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WOULD HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT SAYS, IT'S WHAT THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD SAY.
BUT ANYWAY, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THE LETTER THAT THAT WENT OUT.
I I HAVE THE LETTER, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PUTTING, SHARING IT TO MY SCREEN.
I CAN JUST, CAN YOU JUST READ IT? SURE.
FEBRUARY 3RD, 2021 TO THE FIRE CHIEFS OF TERRYTOWN, ELMSFORD, DOBBS, HASTINGS IRVING AND LEY, PLEASE, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IT'S THE NEXT MEETING OF GREENBURG TOWN BOARD ON JANUARY 27.
JEFF SHERWIN ASKED THE TOWN BOARD TO BID FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACTS.
YOU WOULD LIKE THE TOWN TO PROVIDE THE PAID FIRE DISTRICTS WITH THE ABILITY TO LOWBALL A BID, WHICH IN MY OPINION, COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LOSSES TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR PRECIOUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO SURVIVE LONG TERM.
I URGE YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING, WHICH IS STREAMED ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.
I BELIEVE ANOTHER CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT SEVEN 30, AND WOULD WELCOME YOUR RESPONSES.
I BELIEVE THAT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS PROVIDE RESIDENCE WITH EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY ACTION THAT WOULD UNDERMINE ANY OF OUR VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS.
AND HE CC'D THEIR VILLAGE BOARDS AND TRUSTEES FOR KERRYTOWN, ELMSFORD, DOBBS HASTINGS, OR IRVINGTON AND ARTS.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT LETTER.
WELL, WE'D LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE TOWN BOARD AS WELL.
WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LETTER.
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OKAY.SO ON THE LINE, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, UH, WE SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK THAT'S WHY PROBABLY TWO DAYS.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I SEE, UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT THIS, I'M SORRY, MR. SHE, WHAT WAS THAT? I SAID, UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT US TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CODE CHANGE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARY.
I MEAN, THAT'S UP TO YOU FOLKS.
NO, IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU CHANGE THE CODE, YOU'RE OUT THERE.
IT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CHANGE THE CODE.
SO WE TOOK CARE OF IT RATHER THAN, UH, BOTHER YOU.
AND BESIDES, WE HAVE A REALLY TIGHT SCHEDULE TONIGHT.
SO THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR YOU, FOR YOU, IS TO HAVE THE CODE CHANGED.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO KICK IN THE PROCESS STARTING NEXT WEEK.
IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN ORDER TO DO THE CODE CHANGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, APPRECIATE IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT THAT WAY.
UM, JUST ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
UH, JUST AS I, I MENTIONED A SUGGESTION TO MR. LEWIS, UM, JUST WHEN YOU DO THE, IN JANUARY, 2022, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PAYMENT FOR YEAR 2021, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST IN PARENTHESES OR ADD ONE EXTRA LINE AND SAY, UM, TO THIS IS TO PAY FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND, WHICH IS IN ESSENCE THE FUNDS OF THIS SIX INCORPORATED COMPANIES OF TARRYTOWN.
AND PLEASE PROVIDE WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE THAT WE TRIED TO GET YOU TONIGHT.
BUT I KNOW IT'S ONLY A ONE SIXTH VERSION OF IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING FORWARD THAT THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
I DON'T SEE IT EVER BEING AN ISSUE FOR THERE TO BE A TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE THE MONIES ARE GOING.
AND I THINK IF EVERYBODY WERE TO LOOK AT THIS, THEY'D REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
NOW WE'RE RECOUPING FOR THOSE YEARS, SINCE THE SERVICES WERE ALREADY RENDERED, AND WE'RE GONNA BE BEHIND THAT BALL EACH YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE GOING BACK AND THE FUNDS WILL STAY IN AND RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
AS YOU KNOW, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT MADE THIS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS IS THAT THE, THE 4 1 4 LINE, UM, WAS ABOVE THE TOTAL.
SO, BUT, UH, AND I TOOK THE POSITION FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT IF, IF THE 4 1 4 LINE HAS, YOU KNOW, EXPENSES FOR MATIC PURPOSES, THEN IT'S PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE TO PUT IT ABOVE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T WANNA ITEMIZE ALL OF THIS STUFF THERE.
WE COULD ALWAYS JUST HAVE IT ATTACHED AS AN ATTACHMENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION WAS RAISED, YOU KNOW, WE ADDRESSED, WE ADDRESSED THE QUESTION, AND THAT'S, AND THEN MOVE ON.
WE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS BEING CONCERNED ABOUT, IS THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND ON AN AUDIT, I WENT OUTTA AUDITORS, UH,
AND SO THAT'S WHY, JUST LIKE IN THE OTHER VILLAGE WHERE WE, WE TENDED AROUND AND PASSED THE CONTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE GOAL HERE AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT TOPIC.
WHAT IS OUR NEXT TOPIC? RESOURCES OR PROCESSES?
SO I, I'VE MET SO FAR WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THE, UH, POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, BOARD OF ADVISORS LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, GOING TO, UH, SUBMIT TO THEM, ALTHOUGH THAT WE WANT TO, WE ARE SOLICITING, UH, THEIR GOALS AND COMMENTS ON THE, UH, PERFORMANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT, WAYS IN WHICH, UH, IT COULD PERFORM BETTER.
UH, AND QUESTIONS, UH, INCORPORATING THOSE GOALS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ASK, UH, TO THE CANDIDATES.
UH, I'VE LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, WE WILL SHARE WITH THEM, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE COMMISSIONER POSITION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JOB DESCRIPTION, UH, PROGRAMMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES
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FOR 2019 AND 2020 SINCE 2020 IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE YEAR IN TERMS OF REGULAR PROGRAMMING, BUT IT WAS AN EXEMPLARY YEAR WITH RESPECT TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, MUCH OF WHICH WILL CONTINUE IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE REGULAR PROGRAMMING THAT IS RUN FROM THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THAT WE WILL ALSO, UH, GIVE TO THEM, UH, THE, UH, THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE CHOOSE FOR THEM TO, UH, RANK AND GET BACK TO US IN TWO WEEKS.UH, MY INTENTION IS TO DO THAT, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY TO THIS MEETING, UH, EITHER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING.
SO THEY WOULD'VE TWO WEEKS FROM, UH, TOMORROW IN ORDER TO, UH, TURN THAT AROUND TO US.
UH, AND THAT IS BASICALLY, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO LET THE TOWN BOARD KNOW AND SEE IF THE TOWN BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
THE ONLY, UH, QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD COME UP WITH, I CAN OUTLINE SOME OF THE GOAL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, QUESTIONS FOR, UM, UM, BEFORE WE SELECT THE COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, FINE TUNING SOME OF THE GOALS.
UH, SO WHEN WE, UH, RIGHT BEFORE, AND MAYBE SHARE THAT WITH, UH, ALL THE PARTIES THAT YOU'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, AND MAYBE WE SOLICITED, YOU KNOW, THEIR, AS TO WHAT TYPE OF, UH, COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FOR COMMISSIONER, WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE THE COMMISSIONER? UM, YOU DO, AND THIS WAY WHEN WE HAVE THE INTERVIEWS, UM, WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BASICALLY HIGHLIGHT, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA, THERE'LL BE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE EXPECT.
MY INTENTION IS, MY, MY INTENTION IS TO DO JUST THAT, IS TO WHEN, AS THOSE GOALS COME IN FROM THOSE THREE, UH, COMMITTEES, UH, CONDENSE THEM AND, UH, DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD CAN REVIEW FURTHER CONDENSE.
UM, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR.
WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING YOU, I KNOW YOU'RE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
UM, I'M ALSO WONDERING IF IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO, UM, UM, DO, MAYBE YOU COULD PREPARE, SAY LIKE A E LIST, UH, ADVISORY THAT WE COULD POST ON THE WEB UNTIL THE TOWN IS EMBARKED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW BEGINNING OF THE, UH, A NEW COMMISSIONER ON THE, UH, IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE'VE SOLICITED FEEDBACK AS TO, UM, THE GOALS AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE FOR, UM, FOR A NEW COMMISSIONER.
UH, IF YOU, IF THERE'S OTHER THING, OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF, PLEASE ADVISE.
AND THEN WE COULD, UM, SEND, UM, YOU KNOW, SEND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS AND GOAL STATEMENTS, NOT ONLY TO, UM, TO THE BY PARTIES, BUT POSSIBLY TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONER, OUR CANDIDATES AND ASK HOW THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT THESE, UM, THESE INITIATIVES.
YEAH, WELL, THAT'S, WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING, SO I, I PRETTY MUCH THINK THAT'D BE FINE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, WE HAVE A WEALTH OF RESOURCES AND INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE, UM, FORMER, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS, BARBARA PERRY, UH, EVEN IN THE ACTING COMMISSIONER, VALERIE WHITEHEAD, UM, UM, HOLTON WHITE AND OTHER HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
DONALD BROWN, UM, JAMES ROBINSON.
AND I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT THEY MIGHT BE A, YOU KNOW, A, A RESOURCE NOT NECESSARILY IN TERMS OF, OF, UM, UM, INTERVIEWING THE CANDIDATES, BUT THEN MAYBE A RESOURCE JUST IN TERMS OF ASKING, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, THE FUTURE OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ANY LEADER CAN USE GOING FORWARD.
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ANYONE ELSE? NEXT IS, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WHAT'S THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TOPICS? ALRIGHT, SO I DO SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE WITH THE, UM, THE VILLAGE OF TOWN, TOWN AS IT PERTAINS TO THEIR, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.AND TO SEE A FEW PEOPLE LINE FOR THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, THE TEAMS DOING TALK OF THAT ALLUDED EARLIER, I THINK THEY'LL BE COMING ALONG AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE ONE TYPE SESSION, SECOND
AND WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TONIGHT.