* 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. OUR TOWN BOARD, UH, [00:00:01] MEETING, UM, TODAY [ 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] IS JANUARY 25TH AT ALMOST 5:00 PM WE'RE HAVING SOME, UH, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR, UM, UM, ACCESS, UM, STUDIO. SO THIS MEETING IS ONLY, UH, BEING STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBINAR, UM, AND WILL NOT BE ON TV LIVE, BUT WE, WE WILL REPLAY, UM, PLAY IT, YOU KNOW, LATER ON. SO, UH, THE FIRST THING I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK IF WE COULD DISCUSS WOULD BE, UM, THE MASK MANDATES IN PUBLIC SESSION. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE STATE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S DIRECTIVES, UM, DID NOT COMPLY WITH, UM, WITH THE LAW. I THINK THE MAJOR REASON WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE. UM, MY READING OF THE OPINION IS THAT, UM, A MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE ABLE TO REQUIRE MASKS, UM, IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SO NOT RELYING ON THE GOVERNOR'S MANDATE, BUT BUT ON OUR OWN, UH, DIRECTIVE. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, THE TOWN BOARD IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PASS A RESOLUTION, UM, OR ISSUE A DIRECTIVE TO, UM, ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, THAT THE MASK POLICY THAT WE'VE HAD IN EFFECT IS GONNA CONTINUE. I SUPPORT THAT. I SUPPORT THAT. OKAY. I, I DO, BUT MY SUGGESTION IS THAT THE STATE IS APPEALING IT AND WELL, THE, WELL THE APPEAL ONCE IT'S ACCEPTED, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE TOMORROW, UM, WOULD BE, WOULD BE A STAY ON THAT ORDER UNTIL IT'S SORTED OUT. SO IT GIVES, YOU DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANNA RUSH IT OR IF YOU WANNA, IF IT'S FASTER TO DO AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, PUT IT INTO PLACE FOR A DAY OR TWO UNTIL WE HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, I'M JUST THINKING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BASICALLY ON THE SAME PAGE. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION AMONG EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS, AND I FEEL THAT IF WE, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE A STATEMENT SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A DECISION IN THE STATE SUPREME COURT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE'S GONNA APPEAL. UM, BUT EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE APPEALED EFFECT EFFECTIVE, RIGHT. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, UH, THE MASS POLICY, YOU KNOW, REMAINS IF THE, IF THE, UH, IF THE, IF THERE'S AN EMPLOYEE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO PUT ON A MASK, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW MORNING AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN DIRECTIVE. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR CURRENT. FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH. IT'S JUST CONTINUING IT. FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A THING. YEAH. I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE A MORE RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE THAN STATES ANYWAY. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS, UM, THE AGENDA REVIEW. DO WE HAVE TO, I COULD JUST, I COULD SEND SOMETHING TO ALL THE EMPLOYEE SEND TO ME, ALTHOUGH, RIGHT. WE ANTICIPATED THE, THE, UH, THE COURTS WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, WILL ISSUE A STAY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE TOWN POLICY CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES AND REQUIRE SURE. YOU KNOW, THE ONE SENTENCING IS NOT A REAL, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK PEOPLE WANT THEM. YES. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. I MEAN, WE, WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL GETTING SICK FROM THIS. YEAH. I, I'M NOT OBJECTING AT ALL. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. PERFECT. GOOD. SO, UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, THE AGENDA REVIEW. LET'S SEE. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT, WITH AGENDA. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. NEITHER DO I. OKAY. SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIKE PROGRAM AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, TOMORROW'S MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FIRE CHIEFS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BOB, DAN, JUST GIVE A, PROBABLY LIKE A HALF HOUR OR LESS, UM, EITHER DISCUSSION ON, UH, SAFETY TIPS, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE MEETING AND THAT'S THE ONLY PRESENTATION WE HAVE. SOUNDS GOOD. AREN'T WE MEETING AT FIVE TO DISCUSS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD EVALUATIONS? [00:05:05] I JUST, I JUST GOT MINES TODAY, SO I PROBABLY NEED TO REVIEW MINE. SO THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA REVIEW THEM TOGETHER TOMORROW AT FIVE. I COULD DO THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD. THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S FINE. I MEAN, SO WHAT'D YOU SAY, ALAN? WHAT DID, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE AS WELL. YEAH, I, I AGREE. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS, YEAH. YEAH. ARE THEY IN THE OFFICE? IS THAT WHERE THEY ARE? THEY'RE IN JONES' OFFICE. IN JONES' OFFICE. OKAY. YOU THINK WE'LL GET THROUGH ALL OF 'EM FROM BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN MORE THAN IF WE DON'T MM-HMM. ? MM-HMM. , I MEAN, I, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO. OKAY. WE CAN'T GO EXACTLY UP TO SEVEN BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GET PREPARED FOR THE, FOR THE MEETING. AND IT STARTS AT SEVEN, SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE 6 45 MM-HMM. . OKAY. RIGHT. AND THIS, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON PAUL, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THE PRESENTATION, THE FIRE SAFETY PRESENTATION, IS IT BLASTED ON THE FRONT WEBSITE? UH, YEAH, SO, SO THEY'LL SEE IT NOT WHEN, NOT WHEN YOU GOTTA TIFYING THE MEETING, THE MEETING NOTICE OR THE AGENDA, BUT ON THE FRONT WEBSITE AS A THING TO SAY TOMORROW NIGHT, WE ARE HAVING A PRIVACY SAFETY EVENT. OKAY. I DID THAT IN THE MORNING, EARLY IN THE MORNING. RIGHT. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO ON THE WEBSITE AND CHECK TO LOOK AND SEE, BECAUSE AS SOON AS SOMEBODY COMES ON, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT. AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA DO A BLAST TOMORROW MORNING, UH, ABOUT LIKE A, LIKE A, LIKE A JUST THE EMAIL BLAST JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I DID THAT, I DID THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, YES. UH, THIS MORNING, THE EMAIL I WOULD DO, I, I, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST DO ANOTHER ONE TO TOMORROW JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE IF PEOPLE MISSED THE ONE FROM YESTERDAY, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. MM-HMM. GOOD IDEA. IS TOMORROW GONNA BE ON ZOOM OR ARE WE GONNA BE AT TOWN HALL? IT'S, UH, JANELLE WILL PROBABLY, JANELLE WILL PROBABLY TEXT US, RIGHT. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AND IT'S, IT'S A COMPLICATION, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S NO AUDIO, UM, BUT THEY THINK, THEY THINK THEY'LL HAVE IT READY BY TOMORROW NIGHT TOWN HALL. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT A DEFINITIVE WORD. THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE PERFECT TOMORROW NIGHT. THERE'LL BE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES WITH AUDIO OR ANYTHING ELSE. YAY, JANELLE. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, JANELLE. YEAH, , I MAY HAVE OVERPLAYED THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT. OH, DID YOU? OH, DON'T DO. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT. NO, GOD, DON'T, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP HOPE ALIVE. WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP HOPE ALIVE. YOU SAID FRANCIS, YOU SET HER UP, JANELLE, YOU DID. SURE THAT HE OWES IT. IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE FINE. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, SURGE, THE POWER SURGE THAT WE HAD THE OTHER DAY, PAUL? YEAH. I'M SORRY. I SEE, I SEE. I'M LOOKING ON THE WEBSITE. I SEE WHERE YOU HAVE NEWS AND TOWN BOARDS REPORTS MAYBE RIGHT ABOVE THAT SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST. 'CAUSE IF YOU SEND SOMETHING OUT TOMORROW, OTHER UPDATES ON THE GB LIST, THAT'S GONNA GET PUSHED DOWN AND THAT'S GONNA GET MISSED. OKAY. SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY, IF WE, YOU SEE WHERE IT HAS C O UPDATES, VACCINE UPDATES, RIGHT? BETWEEN THAT, THAT, UM, LINK AND WHERE IT SAYS NEWS AND TOWNS BOARD REPORTS, IF YOU PUT SOMETHING RIGHT THERE, THAT'D BE REALLY GOOD. SO IN CASE SOMEONE COMES ONTO THE, ONTO THE WEBSITE, THEY'LL SEE THAT AS SOON AS THEY CLICK ON THE FRONT PAGE. I'LL HAVE TO ASK JOE LUCCHESE TO DO THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT FOLKS. FOLKS, I JUST PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I TURN OFF MY PHONE IF I'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CONNECTION. SO IF YOU LOSE ME, I'LL BE ON IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. OKAY. LET'S, SO AM I HERE? I'M STILL HERE. ARE WE STILL, SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? ARE WE, ARE WE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ARE WE DOING, ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE AGENDA? I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD WITH THE AGENDA. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL SET. YOU'RE ALL SET, PAUL? YEAH, I'M SET. NO PROBLEM. OH, FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET. UM, [00:10:01] UH, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, DONE WITH IT. UM, AND, UM, I MEAN, THERE STILL COULD BE SOME DEPARTMENT HEADS MAY WANNA MAKE SOME CHANGES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BOARD COULD, COULD LAND UP, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AFTER IT'S SUBMITTED. YOU KNOW, MY FEELING IS THAT SINCE ROBERTA, MYSELF, KRISTA, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE BASICALLY HAVE IT PRETTY MUCH IN FINAL FORM, THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, RELEASE IT AND THEN, UM, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE AMENDMENTS LATER ON, YOU COULD, I MEAN, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS? BECAUSE WE, WE DO, WE DO HAVE ON THE, UH, CALENDAR, UH, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. BUT WE HAD DISCUSSED INSTEAD OF DOING IT ON FEBRUARY 9TH, THAT WE DO IT TWO WEEKS LATER THAN THAT. SO IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. NO, I DON'T MIND. UM, NO, I'M RIGHT. I'M, I'M SUGGESTING, LET'S SAY, UM, WE RELEASE IT TOMORROW, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, AND THEN IF, AND THEN BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD HAVE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 9TH, AND WE COULD ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE COULD ALWAYS EXTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THEN WE COULD ALWAYS HOPEFULLY MAKE A DECISION, UM, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. ALL RIGHT. I WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT IF YOU WANNA DO IT THAT WAY. YEAH. OR YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OR IT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF MAR YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD. NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL PLAN AND GET COMMENTS BACK TO YOU, SAY, FOR NEXT TUESDAY, WE COULD DO THAT, WHATEVER WE PREFER. AND THEN WE, THEN WE ACTUALLY SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY. AND, UH, YEAH, I JUST SAW, UH, PROBABLY A TERRIBLE TIME TO GO TO BID ON CARS. YOU KNOW, I ALSO, YOU'RE RIGHT, I, I ALSO, UH, SAW ON THE TENTATIVE BUDGET THE SCHEDULING OF THE HEARING. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I, I CHANGED. NO, I UNDERSTAND. NO, THAT WAS A MISTAKE. IT REALLY SHOULD BE THE PUSHBACK TWO WEEKS. YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. SO DO WE WANNA, UM, UM, MAYBE TOMORROW JUST SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY, JUST SO I YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE DATE FROM FEBRUARY 9TH, UH, TO TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT. AND THEN, UH, THAT'S FINE. RIGHT. WE CAN DO THAT. MATT. UM, SO DAN FRANCIS, I'M SORRY, DENNIS. UM, IT DO, I'VE GOTTA TRY TO SIGN ON WITH MY, WITH MY OFFICE LAPTOP AND, UM, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS WORKING ON OUR DESKTOP. OKAY. UM, SO I, MAYBE YOU NEED, DO YOU NEED TO SEND ME THE LINK TO MY OFFICE? IS THAT THE WAY IT WOULD WORK THE BEST? HOWEVER YOU PREFER. IF YOU ACTUALLY, UM, SO IT'S NOT GOING OUT LIVE OR, UM, WHERE YOU WANT ME TO SEND IT, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, UH, TEXT IT TO ME AS TO WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO? UM, YEAH, JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I WOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP IF IT HAS MY, IF I FORWARD IT TO MYSELF, YOU CAN TELL ME. RIGHT. SO WHY DON'T WE GET INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, I'LL TEXT TO YOU THEN WHAT ADDRESS TO SEND IT TO. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'D BE GOOD. OKAY, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, NEXT, OKAY, NOW I THINK WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOUR, THE DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONTRACTUAL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES, UH, POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND GETTING LEGAL ADVICE ON SEVERAL MATTERS. RIGHT. PAUL, BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT VOTE, UM, YOU, UH, MENTIONED THE AGENDA REVIEW, UM, A A VERY, A VERY WELL-KNOWN, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UM, UNIVERSALLY WELL-KNOWN, GLOBALLY WELL KNOWN, INCLUDE THAT WAY. ANDRE LEON TALLEY, HE WAS A RESIDENT OF TOWN GREENBERG, AND, UM, HE WAS VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY AND, UM, BROKE, UM, MANY BARRIERS. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MENTION, UH, UH, DO A BRIEF TRIBUTE TO HIM TOMORROW, UH, ON THE AGENDA. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE AGENDA, UM, THE, UH, EDIT IT TO ADD A TRIBUTE TO ANDRE LEON TALLEY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. MY WIFE SUGGESTED THAT TO ME, UH, IN THE MORNING. UM, I THINK I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. [00:15:01] UM, LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING. UH, SO THE NEW YORK MASK MANDATE IS BACK IN EFFECT. THE JUDGE DID GRANT A STAY. YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEND A MEMO OUT TO THAT EFFECT, AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD WITH, WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU WANNA HANDLE IT, BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT. OKAY, PERFECT. PAUL, I'LL WRITE UP THE, OKAY. OKAY. DID YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ANDRE JUDITH? I CERTAINLY DID. I KNEW ANDRE, HE WAS A FRIEND AND HE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER TO OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HERE AT TOWN HALL. AH, THAT'S VERY SAD. WHAT, WHEN WAS HE, WHAT, WHAT PART OF TOWN DID HE LIVE IN? UH, HE WAS ON WORTHINGTON ROAD. YEAH, I THINK 70 WORTHINGTON. UH, WHAT, WHAT, UH, DO YOU HAVE, UM, A VIDEO OF WHEN HE, WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE INTERNS? I'M PRETTY SURE WE DO BECAUSE, UH, GENERAL HAS IT IN THE ARCHIVES BECAUSE MAYBE, UH, WHILE WE COULD DO IS, UH, WE COULD, UH, HAVE A LINK TO, UH, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PRESENT, YOU KNOW, THAT PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS, UH, WHAT A ENORMOUS, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY STUDENT IN INTERNS, YOU KNOW, GET, UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE. OKAY, GREAT. I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, AND EVEN I'M JUST SUGGESTING IF, UH, DURING THE THING, MAYBE YOU COULD WORK WITH, UH, JANELLE, MAYBE THERE'S, UM, LIKE A THREE MINUTE OR A TWO MINUTE, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY SHORT, UM, EXCERPT OF, UM, OF HIM SPEAKING. OKAY. I'M PRETTY SURE WE RECORDED THAT. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. OKAY. I TOLD MY WIFE THAT ANDRE NEVER GAVE ME ANY FASHION ADVICE. . YOU THINK? TELL HER DO A SECOND. THAT WASN'T, IT WAS THAT, THAT WAS, UM, THAT'S SECOND. AYE. AYE, AYE, AYE. GOODNIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY. GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT. * 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.