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OKAY.UH, TARA GREENBERG, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING TODAY IS, UH, JUNE 11TH AT SIX 20, UH, UH, 2:00 PM AND, UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE OPEN, UM, PORTION OF THE MEETING IS EXPANSION OF THE C A C MEMBERSHIP.
UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING WITH, UM, THE C WE'RE GONNA INVITE THE C A C TO, UM, A MEETING.
AND, UH, THE C A C RECOMMENDED THAT, UM, THE EXPANSION BE NOT 11 MEMBERS, BUT NINE MEMBERS.
AND WE HAVE TWO QUALIFIED, UM, ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN, UM, IN SERVING.
AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD MEET AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THE CONFIRMATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I'M GONNA ATTEND THE C A C MEETING THIS WEEK.
SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
INVITE THEM TO OUR, UH, WORK SESSION THE FOLLOWING WEEK, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WRAP IT UP THEN.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOWN SUPERVISOR.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, JUST TO GO BACK TO THE DATE, UH, YOU SAID TODAY WAS JUNE 11TH? IT'S MAY 11TH.
BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ACCURATE FOR THE RECORD.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND, UM, I, I, THAT'S FINE.
SO CAN WE TABLE, TABLE THE CAC UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING? CORRECT.
SO WE, NOW THE NEXT ITEM ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA IS THE AGENDA REVIEW.
SO THE, UH, WE, WE STILL NEED ANOTHER, I BELIEVE, MOMENT OF SILENCE ADDED TO THIS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE NUMBERS ON, UH, COVID VICTIMS KEEPS RISING.
UM, IT'LL BE UPDATED SHORTLY BEFORE THE MEETING.
I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU.
I NOTICED THAT LLOYD COURT DOES NOT MENTIONED HIS FAMILY.
HE HAD THREE DEATHS IN HIS FAMILY DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND, UM, I THINK I HAD SENT SOMETHING INTO THE SUPERVISOR OR FOR IT TO BE POSTED ON THERE.
AND I, I THINK IT, IT'S NOT NICE THAT HIS NAME IS NOT ON THERE.
WELL, YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ME SAY THERE'S ONE MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
OH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S, THAT'S IT.
AND LINNIE, I'M WORKING ON THAT.
I'LL GET TO, TO JONI, UH, TOMORROW MORNING.
ALSO, UH, CLEO, OLIVER LOST TWO SISTERS, UH, IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF, UM, AND IN MEMORY OF HER SISTERS.
YOUR ELLA PRIZER, UH, TOLD US ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THAT YOU WANNA DO.
DO WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS, PAUL? YEAH, THAT'S IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE OF HOW LONG EACH ONE TAKES? LIKE FIVE MINUTES? I TELL 'EM FIVE, SIX MINUTES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS.
DON'T WE NORMALLY DO THAT AT, AT, AT THE BEGINNING? UH, YEAH, WE SHOULD PUT THAT ON THE BEGINNING.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION ON THE F MOORE SEWER DISTRICT.
UH, INSTEAD WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS REOPENING THE HEARING AND SCHEDULING IT FOR THE, OR ACTUALLY SCHEDULING IT FOR THE MAY 26TH SO THAT, UH, WE CAN HEAR MORE COMMENTS.
AND ON THIS AGENDA, I'D PUT THAT THE BENMORE SEWER DISTRICTS IN THE VICINITY OF 6 0 1 DO CHERRY ROAD.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE ANYONE WHO IS WONDERING WHERE THAT IS, DOES IT, DOES IT NEAR THEIR HOME.
IT GIVES THEM AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT SEW DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS WHEN SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS,
WELL, I'M REACHING OUT TO SUPERVISOR FINANCE AND THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE MATCH FOR THESE GRANTS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS GRANT HELP US, IT HELPS THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN THAT INSTEAD OF PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR A PROJECT, WE ONLY PAY 50% OF THE PROJECT.
SO I'M ASKING YOU KINDLY TO GIVE US THE MATCH.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT MUCH IN THE YEAR 2022.
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IN THE YEAR 2022, UM, WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR GARRETT SIDEWALKS $250, $250,000 FOR SIDEWALKS.AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR 250,000 MATCH.
UM, GUARD HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON THE PROPOSAL FOR THE SIDEWALK, AND THE COUNTY IS MOST IMPRESSED WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS, UM, ASKING FOR $34,000 FOR THEIR MITE SMART PARK.
JERRY BURNS FOR HIS POCAN HILL PARK UPGRADE.
HE'S ASKING FOR 154,000, AND THAT'S IN THE YEAR 2023.
AND, UM, RICH FARM IS ASKING FOR $250,000 IN THE YEAR 2023.
AND THAT'S FOR THE LLOYDS BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY WORTHY.
AND FRANCIS, YOU ARE AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS, AND KEN JONES AND SUPERVISOR FINER EVEN SHOWED UP AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE NEED YOU TO AGREE TO GIVE US THE MATCH.
TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU'LL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION FOR THE YEAR 2022.
WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR $284,000, AND THEN FOR THE YEAR 2023, 404,000.
SO, UM, ALTOGETHER THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $1,376,000, AND THE TOWN IS ONLY ASKING FOR 288,000.
UM, GARRETT, DO YOU WANNA INTERJECT AT ALL AND SAY ANYTHING? YEAH, I WILL MAKE A, UH, FULL PRESENTATION ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECT TOMORROW EVENING, BUT IN SHORT, THE SIDEWALK PROJECT IS FOR NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, AND IT WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY NORTH WASHINGTON, UH, HOUSING COMPLEX.
SO, UH, IT'S A SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WILL SPAN, UH, ESSENTIALLY FROM, UH, FOUR CORNERS UP NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE TO, UM, WESTCHESTER SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER.
SO, GREAT PROJECT, UH, THE TOWN BOARD'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UM, ALSO, UM, WE HAVE TERRANCE WHO WILL SPEAK TOMORROW NIGHT, JERRY BURNS AND RICH FUND FROM D P W.
OUR NONPROFITS WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING, BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HELP THEM WITH ANY FUNDING.
WE JUST WANNA SUPPORT THEM BY PASSING A RESOLUTION.
WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FANTASTIC PROJECTS.
I WANNA THANK SUPERVISOR FINA AND THE BOARD FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MENTION THE PROJECT AND ASK FOR THE MATCH.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS IN ADVANCE.
IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT, I'D HAVE TO CHECK, BUT WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN INSTANTANEOUSLY VOTING ON THE RESOLUTIONS.
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? YES.
UM, NORMALLY, NORMALLY WE'VE, UM, NORMALLY JUST LET ME FINISH.
NORMALLY WE DON'T VOTE THE SAME NIGHT AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
'CAUSE IT REALLY MEANS YOU REALLY HAVEN'T GIVEN MUCH CONSIDERATION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT MAY NOT BE FAVORABLE.
YOU JUST DECIDED TO APPROVE THEM.
UM, I DID SOME RESEARCH 'CAUSE I HAD ASKED JOAN TO PUT THE RESOLUTIONS UNDERNEATH THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SHE SAID IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE THAT WAY.
I WENT BACK A COUPLE YEARS AND THERE WERE NORMALLY POSTS DID IN THE PAST, UNDERNEATH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE RESOLUTIONS WERE LISTED THERE.
I THINK THE PAST TWO TIMES WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE JUST LEFT, UM, UNDER THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS.
BUT NORMALLY IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ALWAYS VOTED THE SAME NIGHT ON THE RESOLUTION.
UM, I HAVE COPIES THAT I CAN SHOW YOU.
UM, SUPER, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN.
SO WHEN WILL THESE BE FILED? WHEN, WHEN IS, WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING, WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING THEM IN AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS ON JUNE 25TH.
THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE SUBMITTING THEM ON OR BEFORE JUNE 25TH.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION.
THE RESOLUTION IS PART OF THE APPLICATION PACKAGE ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING THE NOTES FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT HAS TO BE INCLUDED.
THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IS PART OF THE APPLICATION PACKAGE, AND IT'S THE REQUIREMENT.
WE'VE ALWAYS PASSED THE RESOLUTIONS THAT NIGHT.
AND, UM, I'M ABLE TO PULL SOME UP AND SHOW YOU MAYBE TOMORROW IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE HARM IN US FOLLOWING OUR NORMAL PROCESS OF HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN VOTING ON THE 26TH OF MAY? WELL, A MONTH IN ADVANCE OF WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SUBMIT THEM SO THAT IT'S NOT AN INSTANTANEOUS PUBLIC HEARING AND PASSING IT.
BUT, UM, I REALLY, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU.
WE'VE ALWAYS PASSED THE RESOLUTION THE SAME NIGHT AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
FRANCIS, IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE RESOLUTION, THEY'RE STAMPED THE SAME NIGHT.
THERE'S A D THERE'S A DIFFERENT SCENARIO IF SOMEBODY COMES UP TOMORROW NIGHT AND SAY THEY WANNA APPLY, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING TWO WEEKS LATER TO GET THEIR APPLICATION ON BOARD.
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NORMALLY IT'S DONE THE SAME NIGHT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO MONTHS.IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT A LAST MINUTE SITUATION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE APPLICATIONS AND WE, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR LIKE TWO MONTHS.
I DON'T MEAN TO SEE, I DON'T MEAN TO PRESSURE YOU, I'M NOT PRESSURING YOU, BUT IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALWAYS, UM, APPROVED THE RESOLUTION THE SAME NIGHT.
GARRETT, DO YOU REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE HARM IN US DOING THIS ON THE 26TH WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO FILE THE APPLICATION A MONTH LATER? THERE'S NO HARM INVOLVED IN IT, BUT IT'S JUST THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN WHERE WE WAIT A MONTH TO DO THE RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
GRANT IS ALWAYS DONE THE SAME, SAME NIGHT.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO HOLD IT OVER, THAT'S FINE.
LET ME, LET ME ASK A, A COMPROMISE IDEA.
UM, UH, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS IF WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY? UM, BECAUSE I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, FRANCIS' CONCERN IS, UM, THAT IF WE HAVE A HEARING AND, UH, PEOPLE MAKE A, A COMMENT AND WE VOTE ON IT THE SAME NIGHT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT LISTENING.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE WAIT A WEEK, UM, AND HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, THERE'S ONLY A ONE WEEK DELAY.
AND THEN WE COULD REFLECT ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ADVANTAGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DOING IT EARLIER, UM, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WAITING SAY TWO WEEKS WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SEEKING GRANTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MORE, UM, UM, THE EARLIER WE, WE GET THIS, THE, THE MORE TIME, UH, WINS AND GEORGE, GINA AND, UH, LLOYD COURT HAVE, UH, TO LOBBY THIS, THE, THE COUNTY TO APPROVE THESE, UM, THESE GRANTS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY GREAT, UH, YOU KNOW, GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UM, IN FACT, UM, THE NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, UH, SIDEWALK IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET C D B G FUNDS, UM, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE TOTALLY FUNDED BY THE TOWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME UP WITH A CREATIVE IDEA THAT'S GONNA SAVE THE TAXPAYERS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY AND STILL GET THE SIDEWALK.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THESE ARE FANTASTIC PROJECTS AND WE WANT THEM, UH, IT'S JUST, THERE'S A PROCESS.
AND IF IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY IN THE PAST, THAT SHOULD NOT MAKE A PRECEDENT GOING FORWARD.
SO CAN WE JUST DO IT A WEEK
COULD WE, COULD WE, COULD WE CALL A SPECIAL MEETING A WEEK FROM TUESDAY? UM, WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY ANYWAY, AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE MUCH CONTROVERSY OVER THIS.
WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET ME ASK, DOES ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER WANNA WEIGH IN ON, ON WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR VOTE, YOU KNOW, UH, TOMORROW, UM, SUPERVISOR FIRE, I'M GONNA RESPECT YOUR DECISION AND FRANCE'S DECISION, BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.
IT WAS NEVER DONE WRONG IN THE PAST.
THERE WAS ONE, NO, THERE WAS ONE INCIDENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED, BUT THAT WAS OUT OF THE NORM.
BUT IN 2005, 2008, TWO TH ALL THOSE YEARS, EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY.
I JUST WANNA ASK THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PREFERENCE.
DO YOU WANNA VOTE TOMORROW? DO YOU WANNA, UM, UM, UM, UH, HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT TWO WEEKS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? JUST, JUST ONE OTHER CONSIDERATION IS IF A LETTER OF SUPPORT COMES IN, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK, IT'S, IT'S A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT'S IN ADVANCE OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPROVAL OF THE GRANT APPLICATION.
I I THINK THAT BENEFIT AS WELL, SOMEONE'S MICROPHONE IS ON.
BUT WINNIE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS A QUESTION PRESENTED TO YOU AS TO WOULD THERE BE ANY HARM IN WAITING? MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE TO HAVING, UM, APPROVAL BY THE TOWN BOARD VIA A VOTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? AND WHAT WOULD THAT ADVANTAGE BE? I THINK GARRETT JUST SPOKE TO ONE.
THE ADVANTAGE IS BASICALLY THAT YOU COULD LOBBY FOR IT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UH, THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, BUDGETED OUTSIDE FORCES.
SO THE EARLIER WE HAVE IT, THE MORE FORCEFUL WE COULD BE IN ADVOCATING FOR, UM, FOR THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE GRANTS.
COUNT DOESN'T HAVE UNLIMITED, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS FOR THIS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY, YES, THERE'S ADVANTAGES, BUT IT'S NOT BEING FILED FOR A
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MONTH.IT'S NOT BEING, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE THING IS IT'S NOT LIKE IF WE DON'T GET THIS IN, LIKE MANY OF THESE ARE, IF WE DON'T GET THIS IN BY FRIDAY, WE LOSE THE GRANT.
WE'RE BEING TOLD WE'RE HAVING A HEARING.
AND, AND IF THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADVANTAGE TO VOTING THE SAME NIGHT AT A PUBLIC HEARING, THE APPLICANTS WILL ALWAYS TELL US THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE, PLEASE VOTE TONIGHT.
AND WE SAY, NO, THAT'S NOT OUR POLICY.
WE DON'T VOTE THE SAME NIGHT AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT STANDARDS AND THAT'S A STANDARD.
NOW, IF IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A PRIOR YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T DONE.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T WANNA SAY MORE.
I MEAN, I, I MAY JUST DECIDE TO HOLD THEM OVER AND THAT WOULD HOLD IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD END IT.
BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY'RE GO, THESE ARE GONNA BE SAT ON FOR A MONTH, BUT WE HAVE TO VOTE THIS TOMORROW.
IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ON.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE MEMBERS,
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU, THERE'S REASONABLE PEOPLE COULD HAVE DIFF COULD DIFFER AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A VIEW, YOU HAVE A VIEW AND WE HAVE, UM, THREE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, AND I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY THINK.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
I I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM FOLLOWING THE REGULAR COURSE THAT WE'VE FOLLOWED IN THE PAST.
NOW, IF THAT IS AS WINSOME DESCRIBES, YOU KNOW, WE VOTE THE SAME NIGHT.
IF IT'S AS FRANCIS DESCRIBES, OKAY, WHATEVER THE REGULAR COURSE THAT WE'VE DONE WITH, WITH THESE C D B G GRANTS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO GOING FORWARD.
GINA OR DIANA, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? AND I, I JUST THINK THAT WHAT, UH, FRANCIS IS SAYING IS THAT WE, THAT, UH, YES, IT HAS BEEN DONE THAT WAY BEFORE, BUT OUR GENERAL PROCESS FOR, FOR RESOLUTIONS IS NOT TO DO THAT.
AND GINA, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
I JUST THINK WE JUST SHOULD FOLLOW WHATEVER THE WRITTEN PROCESS IS.
WELL, THE PROCESS IS, WINSOME SAID IS THAT WE USUALLY HAVE IN THE PAST QUOTA THE SAME NIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS A QUESTION, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME, SOME QUESTIONS.
LIKE, I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, LISTEN, I FULLY SUPPORT THE, THE GRANTS BEING PASSED, WIN SOME.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CHANGING THINGS, THAT WE, WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS.
SO, AND SO I, I GUESS, I GUESS TO THE QUESTION, AND I DON'T EVEN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER ANSWERED, WAS IF WE, IF WE, IF WE HOLD, IF WE VOTE ON IT IN, ON A SPECIAL MEETING, WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE? WHY WOULD BE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEND IT OUT UNTIL JUNE 26TH.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO, WHAT WILL BE, IS THERE AN URGENCY HERE? I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION IS REALLY, THERE ISN'T THE ONLY URGENCY IS NO, I WAS TALKING NO, I WAS ASKING WHEN SOME, THE URGENCY, PAUL, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO COLLECT IN THE PACKAGES.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TO GIVE TO OUR NONPROFITS, LIKE THE RESOLUTION, THAT NONPROFIT RESOLUTION, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COPY OF IT.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE TRANSCRIPT FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S WHY THE PUBLIC HEARING IS DONE SO EARLY, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, SOMETIME THERE'S A BIG DELAY TO GET THAT, UM, PUBLIC HEARING TRANSFERRED.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS THE DEADLINE IS JUNE 25TH, YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK BEFORE, YOU CAN'T WAIT UNTIL JUNE 25TH.
IT'S AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY THE SAME DAY.
YOU HAVE TO GET IT INTO THE COUNTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WE COULD WAIT A WEEK ON IT.
UH, IT'S JUST THAT I'M GONNA PROVE TO YOU, I WILL PULL THE RECORDS AND SHOW YOU THAT.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS APPROVED THEM ON THE SAME NIGHT.
UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT FRANCIS IS SAYING AND I RESPECT WHAT HE'S SAYING, AND THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME PEOPLE COME AND POSE A PROBLEM TOMORROW NIGHT AND JUST, AND THEN YOU CAN'T PASS THE RESOLUTION.
SO I MEAN, I WILL, I'LL MAKE THE DECISION.
WE CAN WAIT A WEEK ON THE RESOLUTIONS.
I, I THINK THE ISSUE WINSOME REALLY IS THAT THE, AND WHAT WE WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS GENERAL PROCESS FOR THE TOWN BOARD.
THE FACT THAT IT WAS DONE BEFORE DIDN'T MEAN THAT IT WAS WRONG.
IT'S THAT WE NOW HAVE A PROCESS SO THAT WHOEVER COMES TO PUBLIC HEARING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S BEING SAID IS THEN BEING PROCESSED BY THE BOARD BEFORE WE VOTE.
AND SO FRANCIS IS JUST SAYING WE NEED TO BE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND, AND I, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE WAS ASKING YOU WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE, UH, DETRIMENT IS.
AND, AND, AND I THINK WHAT I UNDER, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU COULD WAIT THE WEEK.
SO DIANA YES, I, WHEN I KNOW I'M RIGHT,
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I KNOW I'M RIGHT.I STARTED TO PULL SOME RECORDS BECAUSE INITIALLY I HAD WANTED ALL THOSE RELU RESOLUTIONS TO BE LISTED ON UNDERNEATH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE COPIES OF PAST DOCUMENTS THAT WAS DONE DURING ALFREDO'S TIME, DURING EILEEN'S TIME, DURING MARSHA'S TIME WHERE IT WAS DONE THAT WAY.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE OF MODERNIZATION, BUT I KNOW I'M RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ABLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT WRONG IN THE, WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS A RE A REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE GRANT.
FOR YOU TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, YOU HAVE TO GIVE A TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING, EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, THINGS INVOLVED YOU HAVE TO DO THE NEWSPAPER, THE AFFIDAVIT THAT'S IN THE NEWSPAPER, THEY REQUIRE ALL THESE THINGS.
EVEN THE MEETINGS WHICH GARED SO KINDLY, UM, RECORDED.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM COPIES OF THE MEETINGS.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF INVOLVED, AND YOU HAVE TO COLLECT ALL THESE THINGS.
IT WON'T HURT EVERY WAIT A WEEK.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT FRANCIS IS SAYING BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS WHO WILL COME OUT AND THEY'LL CRITICIZE AND THEY'LL FIGHT AGAINST THE PROJECT AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE IT.
SO IT'LL GIVE TIME TO CLEAR UP ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
BUT IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE VOTING THE SAME NIGHT.
IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS WRONG, BUT WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, IT'S NOT A REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SAYING IT'S WRONG WHEN SOMEWHERE THAT IT WAS WRONG.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M WILLING TO, TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, OKAY, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
I APPRECIATE WE CAN WAIT, LET, LET ME JUST COMMENT ABOUT, OR, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE TRANSCRIPT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET FOR APPROXIMATELY A WEEK ANYWAY, THE TRANSCRIPT, YOU GETTING THE TRANSCRIPT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT, WHETHER OR NOT WE VOTE AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING, THAT TRANSCRIPT IS STILL GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU.
BUT IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT.
NORMALLY WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WE LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN, LOOK AT PUBLIC HEARINGS, AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN.
AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THIS, THEY CAN PUT IT IN, WE CAN MAKE IT PART OF OUR RECORD.
WE COULD INCLUDE IT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THIS IS SUPPORTED BY SO AND SO, SO AND SO, SO AND SO AND SO AND SO, AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE RESOLUTION.
AND SO THEN WHEN WE DO VOTE AT A MEETING, WE'RE VOTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE SAYING WHAT THEIR SUPPORT IS.
SO AS FAR AS A TRANSCRIPT IS CONCERNED, AS PART OF NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER, THE NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AS FAR AS HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THERE IS NO ISSUE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT FOR US TO NIGHTLY VOTE.
IT'S FOR US HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT NOTICE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ALL OF THE PAPERWORK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US VOTING AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING BECAUSE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY, I'M GONNA SEND YOU LATER ON A COPY OF A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD.
UM, ONE THAT, THAT ONE THAT I HAD SCANNED IN.
NORMALLY I DON'T BOTHER TO SCAN THEM IN, IN THERE.
AT THAT MEETING YOU VOTED ON THE RESOLUTIONS.
THAT SAME PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.
YOU VOTED ON IT RIGHT THERE IN THE DOCUMENT.
AND I'M GONNA PULL IT UP AND I'LL SEND IT THAT IT WAS VOTED ON.
THOSE PHS WERE VOTED ON THAT NIGHT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I AGREE WITH YOU, FRANCIS.
I, I HAVE JUST ONE OTHER COMPROMISE IDEA, PROBABLY THERE WON'T BE COM.
UH, YEAH, EVERYBODY CAN SEE A GREAT PROPOSAL, GREAT PROPOSALS.
SO ONE, ONE OPTION WOULD BE IF NOBODY COMES OUT AGAINST IT TOMORROW, UM, THEN, THEN BASICALLY WE COULD VOTE AND GIVE, UH, WHEN SOME OF THE EXTRA TIME, IF THERE'S A, A LARGE CONTROVERSY OR WHATEVER, THEN WE HOLD IT OVER.
UM, AND THEN WE REFLECT ON IT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF NOBODY, I, I DOUBT THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA FIND FAULT WITH THESE, UM, WITH, WITH THESE GRANTS.
AND IF I'M WRONG, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT FRANCIS SAYS.
IF I'M, IF WHEN SOMEONE IS RIGHT AND EVERYBODY'S SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS, GIVE HER THE EXTRA TIME, UH, THEN SHE COULD, UH, REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY.
WE COULD LOBBY, WE COULD MAKE SURE WE GET THE GRANTS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE SOONER WE GET THESE GRANTS, THE BETTER.
I MEAN, WHEN SOMEONE'S DONE A, LIKE AN AMA TO SAY AN AMAZING JOB AS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS, SOME, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GOT THIS, THE OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD SIDEWALK THAT WAS A C D B D GRANT, IT'S DONE.
AND LOOK HOW MUCH JOY AND HOW MUCH, UM, UM, HOW MUCH OF AN ENHANCEMENT IT'S, IT'S BEEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I SORT OF, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A COMPROMISE IDEA.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME ANY, THE SIDEWALKS AREN'T GONNA COME ANY SOONER IF THE APPLICATION'S GONNA BE FILED AT THE END
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OF JUNE, WHETHER OR NOT WE KNOW THIS WEEK ORSO THIS WAY IT'S A LITTLE LESS STRESSFUL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF THEY, UM, IF IF THERE'S NOT A CONFLICT, YOU KNOW, LET HER GIVE HER THE TIME.
IF THERE'S NO CONFLICT, THEN GIVE HER A, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HOLD IT OVER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REFLECT ON THE COMMENTS AND MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY.
SUPERVISOR, FINER, I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
WHEN I WRITE MY RESOLUTION, FRANCIS SPENDS TIME AND WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE FIXED, HE FIX IT FOR ME.
I AM NOT GOING TO CHALLENGE FRANCIS.
IF FRANCIS WANTS TO HOLD IT OVER, I WILL AGREE WITH HIM BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER GIVEN ME BAD ADVICE.
HE HAS ALWAYS GIVEN GOOD ADVICE.
SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO FRANCIS.
WHATEVER FRANCIS WANTS US, I'LL DO.
WE WELCOME, UH, ZOE, THEN WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE'RE APPOINTING, UH, CLAIRE UTI TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS.
UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, TOM BOARD RESOLUTIONS.
ANYONE WANNA SPEAK TO DB ONE? YEAH, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT.
SO THERE'S THE COWA PARK DISTRICT, WHICH IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT, MEANING THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THAT DISTRICT ARE TAXED A LITTLE BIT EXTRA AND NOBODY ELSE'S, UH, FOR A CERTAIN, UM, IMPROVEMENT.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UM, SOME PROPERTY IN THE COXWELL PARK DISTRICT.
I BELIEVE IT'S AT THE CORNER OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND LEY ROAD.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA DO A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT AT THAT AREA, AND IN EXCHANGE FOR USING THAT PROPERTY, THEY'RE GIVING THE DISTRICT $21,275.
I'VE SPOKEN TO AMY FOOT, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE COXWELL PARK DISTRICT.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THE MONEY, WHICH IS GIVEN TO THE TOWN.
AND, UM, THE TOWN CONTROLLER, UH, DISPENSES IT AFTER CONSULTATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DISTRICT AND, AND JERRY BYRNE USUALLY.
AND THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAUL TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO GET 21,275 BUCKS.
UH, USUALLY WHEN THERE'S PARKLAND MOVED LIKE THAT, YOU NEED, UH, APPROVAL OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE A STATE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DON'T NEED THAT OR THEY HAVE IT? YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T SEE THE PARKLAND ISSUE.
I'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEFER TO JERRY WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW
IS IT, IS IT PARK? SO IS IT PARK LAND? IS IT, IS IT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE.
WHETHER'S A DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARK DISTRICT AND PARKLAND.
I DON'T KNOW IF JERRY OR JOE ARE, IS ON.
SO JERRY WOULD KNOW WHETHER THERE'S A DIFFERENTIATION.
THERE WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING, IF YOU REMEMBER JUST LIKE ONE FOOT AND IT CREATED A WHOLE BIG HU A HULLABALOO JUST FOR, FOR THE STREET, AND WE NEEDED THE, THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS SOMETHING.
I MEAN, IT'S COMING FROM THE STATE, THE REPORT.
IT'S, YEAH, I, I COULD JUMP IN.
YEAH, I, I WAS JUST OUTSIDE DOING WORK WHILE YOU GUYS WERE TALKING.
UM, IT IS ON PARKLAND, BUT I THINK IT'S ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN EXCEPTION.
UH, MAYBE WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE STATE ON IT.
BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, UH, AWARE OF ALL THIS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND, AND, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ALIENATION THAT YOU HAVE TO SWAP OUT.
IT'S REALLY EASEMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC GOOD ON THE STREET.
SO, KNOW, IS IT JUST, IT'S JUST AN EASEMENT, JERRY, BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT THE US TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AND GIVE THE SUPERVISOR PERMISSION TO DO SOMETHING THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
UH, UH, TIM, IS THIS AN EASEMENT? THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE BUY THE LAND FROM US.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO UTILIZE IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S FIND OUT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW MORNING, AND WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND
YEAH, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA CONTACT THE, UH, NEW YORK STATE PARKS TO USUALLY THE BIG INTERPRETER OF ALIENATION OF PARKLAND.
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UH, TIM AND I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND THE STATE D O T JUST TO POSE THIS QUESTION AND THEN LET THEM DO THE RESEARCH AND COME BACK TO US TO MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT OR NOT.SO THIS IS THE CORNER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, CORRECT? YES.
AND TB TWO, TIM, YOU WANNA COMMENT ABOUT THAT? OH, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
SO, UM, THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE, UH, JEROME MOORE ROAD, UH, LITIGATION THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ALL, UM, FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, NOTE THE HIGHLIGHTED LANGUAGE THAT BECAUSE THE LAWSUIT IS STILL PENDING, THE TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN ADVISED BY COUNSEL THAT IT SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT THE LAWSUIT OR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS UNTIL AFTER THE COURT HAS DISMISSED THE CASE, OR THERE'S A STIPULATION OF DISCONTINUANCE.
SO THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN PUBLIC TONIGHT, AND WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT AT THE MEETING TOMORROW.
AND YOU WANNA DISCUSS THE A I G SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE POSTED SOON? YES.
WELL, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING THAT EITHER, BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE, UM, UH, THE JUDGE HASN'T, UH, YOU RULED ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE CONSISTENT AND NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING.
PAUL, YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING THE A I G SETTLEMENT HA HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED, SO THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T POSTED.
THE S AND R SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN POSTED, BUT THE A I G THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING SOME MINOR.
THE, THE, THE, UH, THE ATTORNEY IS MAKING A, A MINOR CHANGE, AND I, I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE THAT TONIGHT.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING, TIM? YES.
NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF IT, JUST, UH, WHEN IT'S GONNA BE POSTED.
WE HAVE, UH, LAND REC, UH, NEW, UH, RETENTION SCHEDULE THAT, UH, CAME OUT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADOPTING THAT.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, THIS NEW RETENTION SCHEDULE, CONSOLIDATES AND REVISES, UM, RECORDS RETENTION AND DISPOSITION SCHEDULES, C TWO MU ONE, M ONE DASH ONE, AND ED DASH ONE.
SO THIS COMBINES ALL OTHER RETENTION SCHEDULES THAT HAVE EXISTED PRIOR TO NOW.
SO I WILL BE SENDING OUT, UM, A THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THIS ON, UH, TOMORROW'S, UM, AGENDA.
I'LL BE SENDING OUT THE INTRODUCTORY PAGES OF THE NEW RETENTION SCHEDULE TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND THAT, UH, THIS, WHAT I'M SENDING TO YOU INCLUDES CONTACT INFORMATION AND WEBSITE FOR, UH, UH, GOING INTO THE SYSTEM AND FINDING THE RETENTION SCHEDULES THAT PERTAINS SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR DEPARTMENTS.
THIS DID SAY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR.
SO I, I REMOVE THE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE ANYTHING FROM JANUARY ONE ON WOULD FALL UNDER, UNDER THIS, UH, NEW REGULATION.
TB FOUR WAS HELD OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE THEY WANTED US TO HAVE PARKING SIGNS AND THEN ONE STREAK DIDN'T.
HAS THAT BEEN WORKED OUT? UH, KEN, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN WORKED OUT? UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN WORKED OUT.
UM, UM, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, WITHOUT ANY OF THE, THAT, THAT WE DISCUSSED WITHOUT THE CHANGE THAT WAS PROPOSED.
SO I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE THEN THE FINAL, UM, THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL, UH, VERSION.
UM, BUT I HONESTLY CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAD A, I I, I WAS NOT AT A MEETING WHERE IT WAS DISCUSSED AND A DEFINITIVE RESOLUTION WAS COME TO, YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
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AS YOU MENTIONED, KEN, THE RESOLUTION THAT COVERED THEM TO, UM, TO KIND OF TAKE THOSE RESTRICTIONS OUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.I THINK I SPOKE TO THE CHIEF, AND THE CHIEF HAD CONFIRMED THAT AS WELL.
WHO DID HE CONFIRM IT WITH? I'M NOT SURE.
I KNOW HE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE.
I THINK, UM, I, I CAN'T REALLY SAY WHO FOR SURE WAS INVOLVED, BUT HE'LL BE AT THE MEETING TOMORROW SO HE CAN EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A RESOLUTION INVOLVING TRAFFIC OR STREET SIGNS RELATED TO, UH, PARKING WITHOUT THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WEIGHING IN AND, AND HAVING IT ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.
AND A PREVIOUS VERSION, AT LEAST, AT LEAST THE LATEST VERSION I SAW.
SO I WOULD LIKE ACTUALLY THE POLICE CHIEF TO WEIGH IN.
OBVIOUSLY, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE IS IF ALL THE OTHER STREETS HAVE RESTRICTIONS AND ONE STREET DOES NOT, EVERYONE'S GONNA PARK ON THAT STREET.
AND I HOPE THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THAT.
AND PACIFIC ASSOCIATION HAS DISCUSSED THAT.
I, I'M, I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS DISCUSSED IT, BUT I, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU KNOW.
SO WE HAVE CONTINUED, UH, LITIGATION MATTERS.
OUTSIDE COUNSEL, A PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM, A HUNDRED DOLLARS MEANS IT'S A MAILBOX YES.
TWO TAX CERTS, THREE TAX CERTS.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE REOPENING.
WE'RE SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING TO REOPEN THE F MOORE SEWER DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO THAT.
THIS IS WHERE TOMORROW, AND I WILL AMEND THIS, I GUESS, TO BE NINE MEMBERS.
OH, NO, WE'RE GOING TO, KEN, HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS? YOU WANT TO PULL THIS? I, I, I'M WONDERING, CAN WE GO FROM SEVEN MEMBERS TO NINE MEMBERS? UM, AND THIS WAY WE COULD STILL SCHEDULE THE, UH, SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING WE'RE JUST CHANGING.
NO, I, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD JUST WAIT.
I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT WITH THE C A C AS A GROUP.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE, AND WE'RE NOT ALL SPEAKING TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE C A C SEPARATELY.
SO, UM, YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD HOLD IT OVER TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
THIS RESOLUTION SOUNDS VERY SIM SIMILAR.
JOAN, IS THIS SIMILAR, THE CLOSING OF, UH, DON ROAD? DIDN'T WE JUST DO ONE JUST LIKE THIS? I THINK WE DID ONE CLOSE TO IT, BUT THAT IS A SEPARATE ONE THAT WAS ADDED THERE.
I'LL CHECK, I'LL CHECK THE LAST AGENDA.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SPECIAL MEETING WE JUST HAD, RIGHT? YEAH.
MATTER OF FACT, I, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD A RAIN DATE.
IT'S POSSIBLE IF THIS IS THE ONE, IF THIS WAS THE ONE FOR THIS PAST SATURDAY, IT DID RAIN AND THEY, THEY DID NOT HOLD THEIR EVENT, SO ALWAYS GO DOWN A RAIN DATE.
PLEASE RECALL, REGENERON MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND WALKED YOU THROUGH THEIR, UH, ASPIRATIONS TO DO THE INFILL BUILDING ON WHAT'S KNOWN AS PARCEL D.
UH, SO WHAT THEY PRESENTED WAS A 207,000 SQUARE FOOT R AND D BUILDING TO REPLACE A PRIOR APPROVED BUILDING THAT WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE APPLICANT'S BEEN WORKING HARD AND THEY'VE, UH, SUBMITTED A FORMAL APPLICATION.
IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF AND AT PRESENT, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD KICKSTART THE PROCESS, HAVE THE TOWN BOARD DECLARE LEAD AGENCY INTENT AND REFER THIS APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE INNER RING, 207,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING RELATED PARKING AND CONNECTIONS TO THE PARKING AND CONNECTIONS, UH, TO THE BUILDING.
AND ALSO A CONNECTION I SHOULD ADD, UM, THAT THEY'VE NOW, UH, CREATE, THEY'RE PROPOSING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH WOULD CONNECT
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TO THE ALREADY APPROVED 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET ON THE, UM, UH, THE OUTER, UH, RING THAT WAS APPROVED ON, ON THEIR ADJACENT LANDS IN THE P E D DISTRICT.AND CD TWO IS ALSO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF REGENERON.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS A REQUEST, UH, THROUGH AMENDED SITE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY PARKING ON THE PLANNED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AND WHAT THEY SEEK TO DO IS HAVE A CONTRACTOR YARD THAT WOULD BE TEMPORARY.
THERE WOULD BE 150 PARKING SPACES FOR WORKERS.
UM, AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED UNDER CD ONE, UH, TO FACILITATE THAT 207,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, THEY WILL BE DISPLACING A LOT OF PARKING, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION.
SO REALLY, THIS IS A COMPLIMENTING, UH, PROJECT THAT WILL FACILITATE THE PROJECT THAT WAS DESCRIBED UNDER CD ONE.
SO SAME, SAME, SAME PROCESS THERE, UH, UH, DECLARE LEAD AGENCY INTENT AND ALSO REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND THEN CD THREE, I, I HAD WALKED US THROUGH EARLIER AND, UH, I WILL HAVE MAPS AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TOMORROW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UH, THERE'S ONE BUDGET TRANSFER.
IT'S ACTUALLY TWO BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS ONE BUDGET TRANSFER.
THE MONEY HAS TO GO SOMEPLACE, AND THEN THEY RECEIVED IT.
I BELIEVE IT'S A, UH, $10,000 NUMBER.
WE'LL HAVE IT, UH, UP ON THE WEBSITE.
SO THESE ARE THE, UH, RESOLUTIONS THAT WINSOME WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
YES, FRANCIS, EACH OF EACH OF THE C B G G GRANTS.
UM, THAT'S MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM RACHEL FROM THE ROCKEFELLER TRUMP ADVISORS.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE LIKE DONATIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR GETTING THEM.
WE'RE APPOINTING TWO POLICE OFFICERS.
I, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS, BUT, UH, OR THE CHIEF IS NOT HERE.
IT, IT'S, IT'S KOBE, ISN'T IT? I'M HERE, RIGHT.
UH, SO YOU HAVE CASES WHERE THERE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ARE INVOLVED, AND NOW THOSE CASES HAVE BEEN CLOSED, AND YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THOSE, THOSE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF, UH, THE CHIEF AND THE STAFF CAPTAIN WERE WORKING ON, I WASN'T INVOLVED.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY TO WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
I, UH, UNFORTUNATELY YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FOR HIM TOMORROW NIGHT TO EXPLAIN BETTER.
I'M NOT, YEAH, I, I'M WELL AWARE OF THIS PROCESS.
SO THE, UH, UH, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, YOU CAN'T JUST OBVIOUSLY GET, GET RID OF THEM.
THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW A PAPER TRAIL, AND THEY HAVE TO GO FROM A PERSON THAT, OR AN ENTITY THAT HAS A CONTROL SUBSTANCE LICENSE TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS CONTROL, SUBSTANCE LICENSE, CRADLE TO GRAVE, SO TO SPEAK.
AND SO WE NEED TO RETAIN THIS COMPANY TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE, THOSE DRUGS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATING AND HAVE BEEN USED AS EVIDENCE AND DISPOSE OF THEM IN A MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH, UM, THE D E A AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UH, REGULATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
IS THE COMMISSIONER HERE? I AM
HOW IS, HOW IS EVERYBODY? SO THE FIRST ONE IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE, UH, TOWN SUPERVISOR TO, UH, EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ARC FOR THE LOWEST BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER.
WE DO HAVE TO VERIFY, UH, WHAT PERIOD THEY WORKED IN THERE DUE TO THE COVID.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON WITH THE CENTER.
BUT THIS IS FOR THE ARC, UH, PROGRAM.
THE, UH, THE SECOND IS, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC PLUCK, UH, EXCUSE ME, CIVIC PLUS, THIS IS FOR THE C CLICK FIX.
THIS IS, UH, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $12,000.
THIS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT GOES ON A WEBSITE.
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THEIR PHONE, AND AS THEY SEE THINGS,
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UH, THAT ARE ISSUES EITHER ON THE ROAD OR FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT IN THE PARKS, THEY COULD NOTIFY US AND, UH, BE ADDRESSED THEM.PW THREE, UH, MY ERA, WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD A PROPO.
WE HAD TWO PROPOSALS FOR THE POLICE FEMALE LOCKER ROOM.
UM, AND THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONS PUT IN, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE PUT THE WRONG PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
SO THE ACTUAL TRUE COST IS THE $62,222 AND 46 CENTS.
THAT'S FOR THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM.
THAT'S WHAT THE GORDIAN CONTRACT.
SO THIS, THIS RAISED A CONSIDERABLE CONCERN.
UH, SO I SPOKE TO THE, BECAUSE IN THE VERY PREVIOUS, THE, THE IMMEDIATE PRE, UH, PRIOR MEETING, WE APPROVED THIS, THIS, UH, CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPING, UH, BUILDING THE LOCKER ROOM, WHICH OF COURSE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
AND THEN HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN THREE WEEKS LATER, HAVING A, A CHANGE ORDER, A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE ORDER PERCENTAGE WISE.
AND APPARENTLY WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO, SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED WAS THE 62,222 NUMBER, AND NOT THE 51,000 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, NUMBER THAT WE VOTED ON.
SO IT WAS A, WHEN RICH SAYS IT WAS A MISTAKE, IT WAS A MISTAKE IN PUTTING FORWARD A, A BID ON A PROJECT THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO, INSTEAD OF THE, THE, THE, UH, PROJECT THAT WOULD MORE APPROPRIATELY SOLVE THEIR NEEDS.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT, HAVING A CHANGE ORDER, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER GIVING A CONTRACT OUT TO, UH, A COMPANY, UM, IT, IT, THERE'S, THERE'S NO THERE, THERE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT WAS A, IT'S A LEGITIMATE, UH, BID.
IT'S NOT, UH, AN INFLATED NUMBER BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE IT.
AND SO THEY CAN JUST CHARGE US ANYTHING THEY WANT FOR A CHANGE ORDER.
THIS IS THE BID THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT THEY BID ON.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE TAGGING OFF OF WHITE PLAINS AS BIDS, WHICH WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO.
WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
SO PW FOUR IS THE, THE LAST OF THE AGREEMENTS WITH ARCATA FOR THE TRANSMISSION MAIN.
UH, DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THERE WERE DELAYS DUE TO ROCK, UM, SOME ADDITIONS OF WORK, UM, AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IN A WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN CONNECTING TWO PUMP STATIONS, THIS IS, UH, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $49,600.
AND THIS IS FOR THE ARCADE GROUP AND THE OVERSIGHT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THAT VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT.
UH, AND HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, ARE THEY JUST TRYING TO HIT US UP FOR $50,000? 49,600 SOUNDS SO MUCH LESS THAN $50,000.
ARE THEY HITTING US UP FOR AN ADDITIONAL $50,000? OBVIOUSLY, THE MAIN DIDN'T GET ANY LONGER.
EVERYBODY KNEW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM, WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
UH, BUT AS IT'LL STATE IN THE RESOLUTION, THEY, ONCE YOU START DIGGING INTO THE GROUND, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HIT.
AND SO THIS PROJECT TOOK MANY DAYS LONGER.
DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY DAYS LONGER IT WAS? I THINK IT WAS, UH, I THINK IT'S, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK IT'S THREE MONTHS, THREE MONTHS LONGER THAN IT WAS EXPECTED TO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE IMPEDIMENTS THAT THEY FOUND ONCE THEY STARTED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE TRENCH TO PUT THIS PIPE.
SO IT CERTAINLY SEEMS LEGITIMATE.
THAT'S OUR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
UM, WE, UM, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM, UM, MRS. PEREIRA.
UH, TIM, ARE YOU HERE, TIM? YES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING, WE PROMISED SOME, UM, UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM A DECISION ON, UH, THE ISSUE OF, UH, LATE, UH, TAX PAYMENTS.
AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO IT, UH, TODAY AND YOU KNOW, TODAY, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLING MY OFFICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM, UM, ANY, ANY BREAKS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD GET BACK TO PEOPLE AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UM, WE COULD MAKE A DECISION.
ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA, UM, UH, REDUCE THE PENALTIES? UM, UH, ARE WE GONNA WORK OUT A PAYMENT
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PLAN? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA DO ANYTHING, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTLY? I THINK KEN SAID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS ALSO? YEAH, I SEE KEN THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS.I THINK THAT'S THE REAL CONCERN.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
AND I THINK THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE PROCESS AND NOTIFICATION AND, AND I GUESS THE FAIRNESS OF, UM, THE, THAT ARE IMPOSED IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, COMPLY BY THE DATE IN THIS PARTICULAR HEALTH CLIMATE IN PARTICULAR.
I MEAN, I, I DEFINITELY THINK WE, I'M SORRY, DIANA, I APOLOGIZE.
THIS IS MELANIE, UH,
UH, WHILE IT IS CERTAINLY A PANDEMIC YEAR, AND WE WOULD ALL EXPECT, UM, A BIT MORE OF A, A FLEXIBILITY, UH, THE SITUATION THAT IS AT HAND WITH MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS IS THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, ABOUT OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 2020 SCHOOL TAX BILL, WHETHER THAT WAS THE ISSUE OF THE TOWN OR THE POSTAL SERVICE OR NOT, UH, THOSE NOTIFICATIONS WERE NEVER RECEIVED, UH, BY MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEREFORE WE SUDDENLY WERE PENALIZED FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, UH, WHEN WE WERE UNKNOWINGLY, YOU KNOW, DELINQUENT IN THAT STATUS.
SO IT'S NOT A PAYMENT PLAN ISSUE, IT'S NOT A CONCERN OF ANY OF THAT NATURE.
IT IS REALLY THE FACT THAT WE'VE DONE NOTHING, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT WE HAVE FOR YEARS, UH, YEARS PAST, AND SUDDENLY WE'RE BEING CHARGED MORE FROM THE TOWN FOR, FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
JUDITH OR PAUL, CAN I ALSO SPEAK OR? SURE.
I'VE BEEN IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG FOR LAST 18 YEARS, UH, PREVIOUSLY HARD STILL NOW IN AMONT, NEVER BEEN DELINQUENT BY IN A SINGLE DAY, AND I THINK, WOULD IT BE A POST POSTAL ISSUE OR WE NEVER RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION? I MEAN, I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO PAUL IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT SOMEBODY COULD HAVE JUST, UM, SENT A REMINDER OR, I MEAN, HAVING A 10% PENALTY ON IT, SCHOOL TAX, UH, IT IS QUITE A LOT OF MONEY FOR US, ESPECIALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 12 TO 14 MONTHS.
AND IF THERE IS EVER PROVISION, UM, DURING THIS PANDEMIC, I MEAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN ADVANTAGE AND, AND AGAIN, LOOK AT OUR TRACK RECORD.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PAYMENT PLAN.
IT IS A SINCERE REQUEST TO THE TOWN.
IF THERE IS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME, UH, FOREGO THIS TYPE OF PENALTY FOR US, AND, UH, ALONG THE STATE, WE'VE NEVER, UH, WAIVED IT IN THE PAST.
DOES THE TOWN BOARD HAVE SOME DISCRETION ON THIS? WELL, THE LAW STATES THAT, UM, INTEREST AND PENALTIES CAN ONLY BE WAIVED IF THE TOWN BOARD CONCLUDES IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YES, WE, WE HAVEN'T WAIVED INTEREST IN PENALTIES IN THE PAST UNLESS IT'S BEEN CONNECTED WITH, UM, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, AT LEAST IN, IN MY TENURE.
WELL, PANDEMIC, UH, ISSUES, INCLUDING THE POSTAL ISSUES ARE PROBABLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
I WOULD SAY THE LAST PANDEMIC WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, AND I'M SURE MELANIE CAN ASSURE WE WON'T BE DELINQUENT IN FUTURE.
SO IT IS OUR SENSORY REQUEST IF, UH, AS A RESULT OF PANDEMIC, AGAIN, I CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF US POSTAL SERVICE, WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY REGULAR, UH, IN OUR TOWN.
UH, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN BETTER, UH, NEVERTHELESS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
BUT, UH, THERE MAY BE A NOTIFICATION ISSUE FROM THE TOWN.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A BLAME GAME TO ANYONE.
IT'S ONLY OUR REQUEST THAT IF THERE IS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, FOREGO ONE, ONE OF THE ISSUES, AND THERE ARE MANY, IS THAT THE SECOND NOTIFICATION IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
THE THE, WHEN YOU GET THE, WHEN YOU GET THE BILL IN SEPTEMBER, I ASSUME YOU PAID THE FIRST HALF, BUT WHEN YOU GET THAT, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE'S A SECOND HALF THAT'S DUE, THAT'S THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.
NOW, WE DO SEND OUT A SECOND NOTIFICATION AS A COURTESY, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, IT'S NOT A JUSTIFICATION
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FOR IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT THE PENALTY, WHICH IS NOT, WE DON'T SET THAT RATE THAT'S SET BY THE STATE.UH, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT REASON FOR US TO WAIVE IT.
AND FRANKLY, IT'S A VERY TOUGH STANDARD TO SAY THAT WAIVING IT, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
BECAUSE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THAT TOWN, OF COURSE, IS TO DO WHAT IS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ENCOURAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PEOPLE TO PAY ON TIME.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
BUT LEMME LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANY COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS, UM, WHERE IT WOULD BE LESS ONEROUS? UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE HAVEN'T PAID, THE TOWN HAS TO UPFRONT THE MONEY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S PAID OR NOT.
WE'RE LIKE A COLLECTION AGENT.
SO IF YOU DON'T PAY, UH, THEN THE TOWN, UH, LOSES THE, THE MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THEM A CHECK, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY, I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF ONE IDEA, BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, THE PANDEMIC, IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THE PENALTIES IN THIS CASE, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, END THIS WAY, EITHER THE PEOPLE WHO HAD PAID ON TIME ARE, UM,
BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT, I THINK THERE'S AN IMPORTANT FACT HERE.
I THINK THE SITUATION, I, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE.
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT IT IS A COURTESY FOR THE SECOND NOTIFICATION, BUT IT IS A PRECEDENT THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR, FOR 18 YEARS, UM, THAT THE SECOND NOTIFICATION HAS COME.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE TOWN WANTED FOR WHATEVER REASON, TO, UH, ELIMINATE THAT COURTESY NOTIFICATION, I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY WARRANTED WITH NOTIFICATION.
UH, AND SO TO WE, WE DIDN'T ELIMINATE IT.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE ELIMINATED IT.
I, I THINK MAYBE THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IT IS TRUE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE SINCE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, UM, CHANGED, UH, THE LEADERSHIP THERE, SUBSTANTIAL, UM, SUBSTANTIAL, UM, UM, THOSE CHANGES HAD A SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT ON THE POSTAL SERVICE.
SO I, I AM SENSITIVE TO THAT ISSUE.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION REALLY JUST IS, IS IT FAIR THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE BEING ASKED TO BEAR A VERY SIGNIFICANT BURDEN FOR THAT? AND I THINK THAT'S JUST WHERE YOU LOOK AT, AS JUDE SAID, SORT OF TRACK RECORD AND EXPECTATIONS.
UM, IF THERE WAS A CHANGE TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T WANNA RELY ON THE POSTAL SERVICE MOVING FORWARD, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO NOTIFY PEOPLE TO SAY, THIS IS OF YOUR OWN VOLITION, HERE ARE THE STATED DUE DATES ONCE A YEAR, HERE'S THE STATED AMOUNT, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE, BUT I THINK TO JUST SAY WITHOUT NOTIFICATION, THAT SECOND NOTIFICATION THAT COMES EVERY YEAR, IT HAS COME EVERY YEAR FOR YEARS TO COME, ISN'T GOING TO BE, UM, PRESENT AND WE'RE GONNA PENALIZE YOU FOR IT.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE, THE UNFAIRNESS ARISES.
WELL, THE SECOND NOTIFICATION WAS SENT OUT.
WE DIDN'T CANCEL, WE DIDN'T CANCEL IT COMPLETELY.
OUR ORDINARY BUSINESS PRACTICE COMPLETELY.
UH, BUT IT'S STILL A COURTESY, IT'S STILL A COURTESY FOR US TO HAVE DONE THAT.
BUT WHY WOULD WE AND WE DID DO IT.
YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION IS WE CANCELED GIVING OUT THAT SECOND NOTICE.
AND BECAUSE THAT WAS PAST PRACTICE, UH, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT NOTICE THAT WE WEREN'T CANCELING IT, BUT WE DIDN'T CANCEL IT.
I JUST, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BE PENALIZED FOR THE INEFFECTIVE SORT OF DELIVERY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AGAIN, NOT THE TOWN'S FAULT, BUT CERTAINLY THE POSTAL SERVICE, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, A MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLDS SORT OF INSTANCE WHERE THIS OCCURRED.
SEVERAL LEGISLATION HAVE BEEN RELAXED DUE TO PANDEMIC.
COULD THAT BE ONE REASON? I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, WELL, LAST YEAR I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
UH, LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR THEY GAVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY AND EVERY TIME THEY GAVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT, OF POSTPONING OR DELAYING PAYMENT.
THEY DIDN'T DO THAT THIS YEAR.
RIGHT? LAST YEAR, THE STATE LEGISLATE, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING, UM, A WA UH, WAIVER OF PENALTIES, WHICH WE APPROVED.
UM, AND THE COUNTY ALSO, UH, DID THE SAME THING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE APPROVED, BUT THAT WAS ONLY FOR THE TOWN PORTION OF THE TAXES.
THIS YEAR, THERE'S NO AUTHORITY BY THE STATE.
HOWEVER, AS TIM SAID, IF WE SAY IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE TOWN, THEN UM, WE HAVE SOME LIST TO SAY.
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THIS IS, THIS IS REFERRING TO THE 2020 SCHOOL TAXES.THERE WAS NO EXTENSION OF THE 2020 SCHOOL TAXES.
THE PAUL WAS, PAUL WAS COMMENTING ABOUT THE, UH, FLEXIBILITY MADE IN 2020.
AND THESE ARE REFERRING TO 2020 SCHOOL TAXES.
YOU PAID 2019, RIGHT? 2021 IN JANUARY YOU PAID 2020.
THEY, THEY COULD, THEY WERE, I I I ASSUME THAT THEY WERE DUE IN 2020.
THE PAYMENT, WELL, JUST SO THAT WE DON'T GET MIXED UP WITH YEARS HERE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT IN SEPTEMBER OF YOUR SCHOOL BILL.
HOWEVER, THEY GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY OF PAYING HALF AND GIVING YOU WITHOUT PENALTY THAT PERIOD UNTIL JANUARY TO PAY THE SECOND HALF.
THE REASON WHY IT'S SUCH A LARGE NUMBER IN JANUARY IS BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY ALL ALREADY, THE STATE ALREADY GAVE YOU THAT GRACE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY WHERE YOU DID NOT MAKE THAT OTHER HALF PAYMENT.
WHEN YOU GET TO JANUARY AND YOU THEN GO OVER BY ONE DAY, YOU WOULD THEN GET HIT WITH A PENALTY GOING BACK TO SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS WORKED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE AS A COURTESY SEND OUT A SECOND NOTICE.
AND, BUT, BUT THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WE, WE CAN'T TAKE ON THE UNITED STATES POPAL SERVICES, UM, INABILITY TO GET A MAIL.
I I'M, I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU.
I I DON'T WANNA TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE EITHER, BUT I MEAN, I'M BEING ASKED TO IN THIS SITUATION.
YEAH, I, I HAVE A, UM, TO SPEAK AT ANOTHER MEETING FOR 10 MINUTES AND SO I HAVE TO, UM, LEAVE NOW FOR A FEW MINUTES.
UM, BUT I'LL BE, I'LL BE BACK IN ABOUT 10, 15 MINUTES.
WANNA, UM, SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD SUPPORT SOME SORT OF, UM, REDU REDUCTION IN THE PENALTY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE COULD ALSO WRITE TO THE, I MEAN, THE GOVERNOR IS NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER ARE DOING IT.
I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE, THE PENALTY IS, IS REALLY EXCESSIVE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE PAID LIKE A, A DAY LATE AND THEY'RE BEING CHARGED, UM, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXORBITANT EXTRA, UM, YOU KNOW, PENALTIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S UNFAIR AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO HAVING A REDUCTION, UM, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS WOULD NOT PIT THE PE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE PAID ON TIME, SO IF WE REDUCE THE PENALTIES BUT DID NOT, UM, DID NOT ELIMINATE THE PENALTIES, UM, THEY STILL WOULD BE AT AN ADVANTAGE FOR PAYING ON TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, BUT YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SHOULD MAKE A DECISION BY BEFORE THEN OF THE MONTH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED FOR THIS.
WELL, BEFORE YOU LEAVE PAUL, WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I, I MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE, THE RESIDENTS ON THE CALL TO, TO AT SOME POINT, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA RESOLVE, COULD, COULD WE MAKE LIKE A DECISION BY LIKE NEXT WEEK? AND IT COULD BE ONE, ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ONE YES NO.
AND THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE HOLDING.
WE COULD JUST MAKE A DECISION.
AND IS IT, IS IT A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AS TO SORT OF HOW THAT VOTING GOES AND SORT OF, HOW IS THAT, HOW IS THAT RECORDED? GENERALLY? WE, WE, WE COULD DO IT AT AN OPEN MEETING.
I'M GONNA RUN BECAUSE I, AND THEN I'LL BE BACK IN 10 MINUTES.
I MAKE, I MADE THE MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO OBTAIN ATTORNEY CLIENT UPDATES ON OUTSTANDING LEGAL ISSUES AND DISCUSS PANDEMIC AND NON PANDEMIC RELATED PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES.
AND WE WON'T BE COMING BACK TONIGHT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE TIME.