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IT IS, UH, FEBRUARY 23RD, 22ND, UH, FEBRUARY 22ND AT, UH, 4 54.AND UH, THIS IS OUR WORK SESSION OF THE TOWN BOARD.
AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS AGENDA REVIEW.
SO, UH, JUDITH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR AFRICAN, UM, AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
THE REGENERON, THIS IS THE LAST ITEM FOR REGENERON BEFORE I BELIEVE.
SO THEY COULD GO BUILD, IT'S BASICALLY FOR THEM TO BUILD PARKING SPACES FOR THEIR WORKERS SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD RIGHT.
AND THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD OVER AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
AND WE HAVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET HEARING.
AND THAT WAS NOTICED FOR THIS MEETING, UH, AT A PRIOR MEETING.
ANY OTHER ITEMS ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, P W THREE.
I THINK BRIAN, UH, RICHARD IS ON RIGHT, MA'AM.
YEAH, I ADDED TOW THREE IS THE REPLACEMENT TO MONTHLY WATER BILLING.
'CAUSE THAT WASN'T IN THERE BEFORE.
IS, COULD YOU GO OVER THE REASONS FOR GOING TO MONTHLY WATER BILLING AND IS THAT WHAT'S COSTING $124,000 IS TO GO TO MONTHLY WATER BUILDING? IT'S THE SOFTWARE.
SO WE CURRENTLY USE S C A, UM, WHICH THE TOWN IS MOVING AWAY FROM.
UM, I, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN BOUGHT UP BY OTHER COMPANIES.
I KNOW THE TAX OFFICE USED TO USE THEM.
THIS, UH, TYLER IS THE SYSTEM THAT, UH, THE FINANCIAL OFFICE, THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE USES.
SO IT'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY DO.
AS YOU REMEMBER THE, UH, THERE'S A BUNCH OF MANDATES PUT ON US.
ONE OF 'EM IS, IS THE MONTHLY BILLING.
YOU KNOW, THE INTENT WITH THE MONTHLY BILLING IS THAT PEOPLE, IT, IT WILL SAVE WATER, IT'LL BE CHECKED ON MORE.
BUT THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT IS, UH, RICH, WE'D LIKE YOU TO, WE'D LIKE YOU TO BE CONVENIENT, BUT COULD YOU SIT FORWARD,
I MEAN, I, WE'D LIKE YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE, BUT COULD YOU SIT FORWARD TO THE MICRO? I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THIS WAS AN INC, A DONNELLY INCLUDED THIS IN THE OPERATIONAL PORTION OF THE BUDGET.
SO IT IS FUNDED FOR, UH, AND WE ARE QUITE CERTAIN THAT THIS IS GONNA HELP US TREMENDOUSLY MOVING FORWARD.
HAS THERE BEEN ANYBODY LOOKED AT WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO TO THE WATER, THE COST OF WATER FOR, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS OR POOLS OR THINGS LIKE THAT NOW GOING MONTHLY? IT'S NOT SPREAD OVER THREE MONTHS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EACH INDIVIDUAL MONTH.
AND IS THAT, IS THAT INCREASE THE WAY THAT IT, WE RECOUPED THE $125,000 THAT IT COST TO DO THIS? WELL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA MU MUCH MORE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA REALLY RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH THEY SPEND IN EACH MONTH.
WE GET, OR PAUL GETS AND, AND FOR EM OFF US, UH, ISSUES ALL THE TIME ABOUT PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GET A BILL AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, BY WATERING YOUR LAWN, YOU'RE USING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER.
SO QUITE CERTAINLY YES, THIS WILL HELP.
UH, THAT, MY MY POINT THOUGH IS, IS THAT, UH, IF YOU HAVE YOU JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT USING A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
JUNE IS GONNA BE YOUR BIG MONTH FOR USING IT, BUT NOW IT'S GONNA BE SPREAD OVER THREE MONTHS AND WHAT PUTS YOU INTO THE HIGHER WATER CATEGORY, RIGHT? YOU MAY NOT ACHIEVE THAT BY HAVING QUARTERLY BILLING, BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT WITH AS IF YOU ARE A VERY HIGH WATER USER, UH, IN JUNE.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO BE UPFRONT WITH PEOPLE THAT, BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST BASICALLY PUT IN AS LET'S UPDATE OUR SOFTWARE SO WE CAN DO MONTHLY BILLING, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE INTENT IS DOING MONTHLY BILLING AND THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THAT, UH, FOR SOME PEOPLE.
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AND, UH, I, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES OF WHY, WHY THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASEUM, BUT IS IS THIS REALLY BEING DONE AS A MONEY GENERATING, UH, PROJECT? NO, I, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND I, AGAIN, WE ARE, THERE'S CERTAIN MANDATES THAT ARE PUT ON US.
THIS IS ONE OF 'EM FROM THE D E C, SO I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, INCREASES IN, IN SOME RESPECTS.
UM, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY DIG INTO THAT FOR YOU.
I, I, I JUST, I, WE JUST NEED TO LIKE WE DO ON EVERYTHING ELSE WHERE IF THERE'S, UH, A FINANCIAL IMPACT WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE UPFRONT AS OPPOSED TO PASSING IT AND THEN, AND THEN FINDING OUT LATER ON.
WE'LL DEFINITELY GET YOU THAT ANSWER IN DETAILS.
UM, I HAVE, ARE YOU FINISHED FRANCIS? SORRY.
UM, I, I'M WONDERING, IT IS A BIT OUT OF SYNC, BUT UM, WE WERE ASKED TO, UM, PUT A RESO ON THIS WEEK FOR CHILDCARE, WHICH I SENT TO EVERYBODY AND IT'S AFTER FRIDAY.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY AFFECTS THE STATE BUDGET AND IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING THAT EDGE.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE, I DON'T HAVE LIKE ANY PROBLEM DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BOARD WANTS.
AND YOU CIRCULATED THAT TO THE BOARD? I THINK
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT.
WELL, THE OTHER OPTION IS WE CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT WEEK, NEXT TUESDAY IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD PREFER, BUT THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD COMPORT WITH OUR LITTLE SOAP.
ISN'T THE BUD, WHEN DOES THE BUDGET? ISN'T THE BUDGET APRIL? WELL, THEY, THE APRIL 1ST.
AND YOU KNOW, MOST THE BUDGET IS PRETTY LOCKED IN EXCEPT AROUND NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES.
I WOULD SAY BY THE NINTH, I WOULD HOPE BY THE NINTH.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, SO YOU MEAN THE 9TH OF MARCH.
I MEAN IDEALLY IT'S BEST TO DO IT AT A, YOU KNOW, ON A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, BUT, UH, IF, IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO THE NINTH.
A SPECIAL MEETING AS A, AS A HONOR, ANOTHER THING WE COULD ALWAYS DO IS WE COULD, UM, HAVE LIKE A RESOLUTION AND IT COULD BE, SAY, CO-SPONSORED BY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WE COULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS, AND THEN WE COULD PUT, HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT WEEK AND WE COULD CONTACT, UH, OUR STATE ASSEMBLYMEN AND SENATORS AND SAY EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY, YOU KNOW, CO-AUTHORED THIS AND YOU KNOW, WE HOPE TO PASS IT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
IT'S THE SAME, IT'S, WE THE SAME.
IT'S JUST A WAY OF GETTING AROUND THE, I DON'T WANT TO GET AROUND IT THOUGH.
IF WE CO-SPONSOR IT THEN THEY'LL KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S FOR IT, BUT I WANNA READ IT FIRST.
I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T GIVE US A LOT OF NOTICE.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEVER A GOOD THING, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIKE TO READ AND SEE WHAT, IF THERE ARE ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
AND I DID MAKE SOME CALLS, SO I'LL GO INTO THAT BEFORE.
ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T THINK SO.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIRD ON EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR, FOR PERSONNEL, CONTRACTUAL, I GUESS ISSUES.
YOU ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, LEGAL BOARD ISSUES AND MM-HMM.
WE'RE INTERVIEWING, UH, PEOPLE FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES.
AND WE WON'T BE COMING BACK THIS EVENING.