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SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE SPECIAL MEETING.I THINK TODAY IS NOVEMBER 16TH.
TODAY IS, UM, NOVEMBER 16TH, 5:00 PM AND, UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE TOWN CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL KLEER HERE.
COUNCILMAN KEN JONES? PRESENT.
I MEAN, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN.
OH, THAT'S WHAT SHE JUST SAID.
I'VE GOT SOME KIND OF AN INFECTION, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA SHARE IT WITH OH BOY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU NOT SHARING.
I THINK YOU'D APPRECIATE THAT WE NEED A MOTION FORGIVING, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.
SHOULD WE, UM, DO WE NEED A PSS, A RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING, YOU KNOW, DIANA TO VOTE, UH, REMOTELY? NO.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THIS.
SO WE'RE, UH, MAKING A MOTION, UM, TO OPEN THE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING.
AND FIRST, UH, UH, WE ACCEPT WITH REGRET THE RESIGNATION OF POLICE CHIEF, UH, CHRIS MCINERNEY, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST, 2021.
I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, UH, THANK, UH, THE CHIEF FOR HIS YEARS OF, UH, DEDICATED SERVICE, HARD WORK, UM, MANY OF THE INNOVATIONS, UM, UH, YOU BROUGHT TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE REALLY WISH YOU, UH, GREAT SUCCESS AND, YOU KNOW, GREAT LUCK AND WE'LL ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE, UH, DONE, UH, TO KEEP OUR CRIME RATE, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW.
IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING, YOU'RE WELCOME TO HERE.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINDER.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OVER THE YEARS FROM, FROM THE TIME I WAS APPOINTED IN 1995 TO THE TIME I WAS PROMOTED TO EVERY RANK TO THE TIME THAT I, UH, WAS PROMOTED CHIEF AND THEN RETIRED AND CAME BACK AND WAS REAPPOINTED.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE.
IT'S A GREAT DEPARTMENT AND IT'S, IT'S ASSURING TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A TOP-NOTCH PROFESSIONAL IN GEORGE LONGWORTH COMING AND, AND SERVING AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF UNTIL THE FINAL, UH, DECISION IS MADE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITY AND EVERYTHING THAT THE TOWN HAS GIVEN ME OVER THE YEARS.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS DEFINITELY, SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY POLICE HERE, THIS IS DEFINITELY THE SAFEST, UH, UH, LOCATION IN, UH, THE UNITED STATES STATES.
DON'T PUT THAT OUT THERE, UM, LEAST PHYSICALLY.
PEOPLE SAY, LOOK IN TO SEE WHAT MICROPHONE.
UM, AND NEXT, UH, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, APPOINTING GEORGE LONGWORTH AS, UM, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT, EFFECTIVE, UH, DECEMBER 1ST, UH, 2021.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE, UH, WE, UM, APPOINT, UM, UM, GEORGE AS, UM, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF.
AND, UM, HIS POSITION WILL, HE'LL REMAIN UNTIL THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THE RESULTS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS ARE, UM, ARE GIVEN.
UH, WE'RE, UH, AND IT HAS TO BE THE TOP RIGHT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A SHEET, WELL, AS SOON AS THE LEASE, RIGHT.
WE ANTICIPATE PROBABLY MAY OR JUNE SOME SOMEWHERE IN THAT, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT TIME, UH, UNIT PERIOD.
UM, WE HAVE OPENED UP THE, UM, THE EXAMS TO, UH, LIEUTENANTS, UM, AND TO, UM, TO CAPTAINS.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE GREAT TO HAVE, UM, SOMEBODY LIKE GEORGE, UM, WHO HAS, UM, UM, A LOT OF, UM, THE RES WHO HAS EXPERIENCE AS A INNOVATIVE, UH, CHIEF, UM, IN DUFFS FERRY, AND ALSO, UM, WAS AN EXCELLENT, UM, COMMISSIONER OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
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THE COUNTY.AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, HE'LL DO A GREAT JOB.
AND JUST SPEAKING PERSONALLY, WHEN I, UM, UH, SHORTLY AFTER I BECAME, UM, TOWN SUPERVISOR, UH, I HAVE AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN, UM, WHO, UM, WAS AUTISTIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER, UH, GIVING HIM THE TIME OF DAY.
UM, AND, UM, UH, THE YOUNG MAN EVENTUALLY BECAME A POLICE OFFICER IN WASHINGTON DC AND I WAS REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE, UM, AT THAT TIME, GEORGE GAVE, UM, A YOUNG MAN WHO MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN A CHANCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LEARN POLICING, TO LEARN, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME, UM, A DISABILITY AND HAVE A PRODUCTIVE, SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED GEORGE AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, EXPER, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE.
SO, GEORGE, WELL, WELL, YOUR COMMENTS WERE SUPPOSED TO, UH, FOLLOW A SECOND, SO I'LL SECOND, I'LL SECOND YOUR, YOUR, UH, MOTION AND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE PRESENT THIS EVENING.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY, AND ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING ALONGSIDE THE FINE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ENJOY AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION AS A VERY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND I'M HOPING I CAN MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT NICER BEFORE I LEAVE.
UM, AND WE'LL, UH, WE'LL KEEP THE, THE WHEEL STEADY UNTIL A PERMANENT CHIEF IS CHOSEN.
AND MAYOR JIM, ARE YOU JOINED BY ANYONE HERE TODAY?
UH, PATRICIA, IS THAT, YOUR HONOR? SMALL WAVE.
UM, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, SOME FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST ARE PRESENT.
UH, AND, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE REARRANGING YOUR, YOUR OWN PROFESSION, UH, TO DO THIS.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO BORROW HIM FOR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS OR SO.
UH, WE'LL GIVE HIM BACK
OKAY, SO NOW, UM, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO DIANA.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, BEFORE YOU CLOSE, PAUL, UH, YOU MOVE TO OPEN WHO? SECOND OPENING THE, I BELIEVE I DID THE MEETING.