* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING. 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] JULY 27TH AT FOUR 30, UH, PM THIS IS, UH, THE WORK SESSION. UM, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, THE FOIL APPEAL, UH, WILL BE POSTPONED. AND THE MAYFAIR ACRE CIVIC SIGNAGE, MR. FIOR WANTED TO SPEAK. UH, WE COULD REACH OUT TO HIM. THAT WILL ALSO BE, UM, UH, POSTPONED. AND, UM, I, UM, WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, HAVE, WE ORDER OUR LAWN SIGNS FOR TAX REMINDERS, UM, THAT WE COULD START IN SEPTE IN SEPTEMBER. UM, AND CHIEF, YES, IF WE ORDERED ONE SIGNS, JUST SAYING TEXT REMINDERS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, UH, I MEAN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SIGN SIGNAGE FOR THE PARKING THAT WE PLACE ALL OVER. WOULD WE BE, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SIGNS THEY'VE ORDERED? I'LL CHECK. I WANT TO SAY ONE 50 SIGNS THEY'VE ORDERED. RIGHT. UM, WOULD, WOULD IT MAKE, IF WE DID THAT, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE THAT AND ALSO WITH THE VILLAGES, DO YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, HOW, UH, MEAN EACH OF, I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE. I MEAN, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE POLICE OR D P W THAT WOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WOULD BEST BE SITUATED AND HOW MANY THEY NEED. WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. YOU COULD, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND HAVE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON IF YOU WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT, THE SIGNS WITH, WITH THE DECEMBER, UM, YOU, THE SNOW PARKING. THE SNOW PARKING, SO YOU KNOW WHERE THE BEST LOCATIONS ARE. WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE FOR THE POLICE TO, I MEAN, IT ONLY TAKES LIKE A, A COUPLE, WE CAN PUT THEM OUT, NO ISSUE, BUT THE DESIGN AND THE ORDERING NO, THE, THE WORDING, THE WORDING THAT'S MM-HMM. , THE WORDING, THE WORDING SHOULD PROBABLY LIST ALL THREE TAX DATES, SO THAT WAY THE SIGNS WILL BE RELEVANT THROUGHOUT THE, OF THE, YOU KNOW, IN PERPETUITY. I MEAN, OR, OR YOU COULD JUST LEAVE IT AND JUST ACTUALLY, WELL, YOU DON'T WANNA SAY TAXES ARE DUE AGAIN. FEDERAL. OKAY. WELL, TOWN TAXES DUE TOWN AND SCHOOL TAXES ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 30TH. JANUARY 30TH AND APRIL 30TH. PEOPLE WILL NEED TO KNOW, I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING TAXES LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ASSOCIATION WITH, AND TO BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TOWN SCHOOL TAXES AND FEDERAL TAXES. YOU KNOW, WHOEVER YOU WANT US TO WORK WITH, WE'LL WORK WITH TO GET IT DONE. OKAY. UM, IN TERMS OF WHO WOULD WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE, THE WORDING, PUT SOME IDEAS OUT THERE? DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE SIGN. UM, THE DURABILITY OF THEM, THEY'RE NOT VERY DURABLE THEN THEY'RE DESIGNED YEAR AFTER YEAR. OKAY. WE GENERALLY ORDER THE ONES THAT ARE REUSABLE. IT DOUBLES THE COST. I'M THE, THE COST BY HAVING SEPARATE DESIGNS FOR SCHOOL, WHICH IS, UM, SEPTEMBER AND JANUARY VERSUS . IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORKABLE. RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE TO ORDER THIS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY QUICKLY. SO, UM, WE SHOULD ALSO PROMOTE OUR WEBSITE, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TAX INFORMATION MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU GET IN A, A MAILING IS ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD RAMP UP. IT'S VERY EASY. IT'S ONLY SEVERAL CLICKS AND YOU'RE INTO A TAX BILL. MATTER OF FACT, YOUR TAX BILLS FOR THE, SINCE 2012. SO IF THERE'S A PLACE ON THE, ON THE SIGN FOR THE LINK TO GET TO YOUR, THEIR TAX BILLS, THEN OKAY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BILL. SO, ALL RIGHT. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT. WHY DON'T WE PUT THAT ON FOR NEXT WEEK AGAIN? OKAY. WHY DON'T, UH, WE COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WORDING THAT EVERYBODY COULD LIVE WITH HIM. THEN NEXT WEEK WE COULD FINALIZE IT AND THEN WE COULD ORDER IT. UM, I, SO I GUESS NEXT WOULD BE, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WELL, LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION. UM, RIGHT. 'CAUSE WE DID A AGENDA REVIEW, UH, LAST WEEK, CORRECT? WE DID. OKAY. [00:05:01] SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WITH THE FOIL APPEAL FOR MR. KIMMEL, UM, CAN TIM, CAN YOU BRING THE, UH, MICROPHONE CLOSER? I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WITH RESPECT TO THE FOIL APPEAL FOR MR. KIMMEL. UM, IT WAS TECHNICALLY, UH, THE 10TH DAY. UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE HE WAS NOTIFIED. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE SHOULD ADJOURN IT TILL, UH, NEXT WEEK, I GUESS, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, I GUESS IS THAT AUGUST 3RD? I THINK IT'S THE THIRD. AND IS, UM, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. WE ARE MEETING ON THE THIRD, CORRECT? RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, DOES THAT SATISFY THE STATUTE OR SHOULD WE WELL, I'M TRYING TO DISCUSS IT AND HOLD OVER HERE. I'M TRYING TO GET HIS CONSENT TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY HE'S NOT HERE AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR, BUT THERE IS A TIME, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD AND TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE HIS SCHEDULE. OR SHOULD WE OPEN THE HEARING AND LEAVE IT OPEN FOR NEXT JEEP WEEK? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. I, I THINK WE'RE FINE. I THINK WE'RE FINE. WELL, THE STATUTE DOES SAY THAT THE APPLICANT IS ENTITLED TO A RESPONSE BY THE 10TH BUSINESS DAY. MM-HMM. FOLLOWING THE APPEAL. MM-HMM. . SO I MEAN, THE RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE RESPONSE IS, HE'S GOTTA BE INFORMED OF, OF SOMETHING. RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO GIVE MR. KIMMEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BECAUSE THAT'S THE TOWN BOARD'S POLICY. OKAY. AND I DON'T THINK WE ARE, WE ARE VIOLATING THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE FINE GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S IT. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM, OR, UH, ONE ISSUE IS TO DISCUSS, UH, UH, WAIVING OR REDUCING THE TAX PENALTIES. AND TIM, WHAT, DO YOU HAVE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THAT? RIGHT. OKAY. YES. UM, AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S A, UH, A PERSONNEL ITEM INVOLVING, UM, A PARTICULAR TOWN EMPLOYEE OR PARTICULAR TOWN EMPLOYEES. I'M NOT SURE, BUT AT LEAST ONE. RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I HAVE NOTHING. UH, I, I DO HAVE ANOTHER LEGAL ISSUE. DO WE HAVE CONTRACT DISCUSSIONS? WE CAN HAVE A CONTRACT DISCUSSION INVOLVING A PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN A PARTICULAR VILLAGE. OKAY. ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? I MAKE THE MOTION. NOW, WILL YOU BE RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION BECAUSE YOU HAVE TAX PENALTIES ON IN OPEN SESSION, OR WILL YOU NOT BE DOING THAT? WELL, WE HAVE A VOTE. SO THERE'S A RESOLUTION? NO, THE VOTE IS IN THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, NOT THE WORK SESSION. RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE'LL BE BACK IS THE REGULAR MEETING. YES. YES. WHICH WILL START AT SEVEN 30. PENALTIES ARE GOING OKAY. YES, THE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO IT. OKAY. OKAY. CAN YOU SECOND? YES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND WHERE WILL YOU BE HAVING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? WILL IT BE HERE? YOU COULD DO IT HERE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.