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UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.
UH, TODAY IS MARCH 8TH, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, UM, PURCHASE ORDERS FROM, UH, PETE ELLI, OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
PETE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO PURCHASE ORDERS THAT ARE IN QUESTION OR OVER THE $2,000 LIMIT.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE GREENBURG POLICE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR NINE SETS OF FIBER OPTIC SCOPES.
UM, THEY HAVEN'T BOUGHT 'EM IN THE PAST.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT $4,104.
YEAH, THAT THEY, THEY DID THEIR PRICING.
THEY WANT TO GET IT FROM LIFE ASSIST, UM, WHICH IS A, UH, ONE OF OUR VENDORS THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST.
IT'S TOTAL CONTRACT? UH, NO, IT'S, UH, THEY DID THREE, THREE PLACES.
AND THE TOTAL WAS FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS.
THAT'S NOT AN EACH, THAT'S A TOTAL.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR NINE SETS OF SCOPES.
SO JUST, JUST, JUST SO WE'RE JUST CLEAR.
SO THE NINE SETS TOTAL COST IS 4,100 $104.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? NO.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
FOURTH GENERATION, IT'S FOR THEIR, THEIR NEW WATER SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN AND METERING.
UH, THEY DID DO THEIR THREE PRICING, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE WERE ACTUALLY FOUR AND THEY ALL CAME BACK WITH THE SAME NUMBER, $879 EACH.
UM, SO THEY, THEY WERE, UH, OUT OF THE FOUR WE TOOK THE, THE, THE ONE THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY VERIZON, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO ONTO OUR WIRELESS NETWORK.
UH, AND OUR WIRELESS NETWORK IS THROUGH VERIZON.
SO WE, UM, I TALKED TO ANDREW, AND ANDREW SAID THAT CONNECT SOLUTIONS GROUP IS ONE THAT'S SUGGESTED BY VERIZON.
THE PRICE IS THE SAME, NO MATTER, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR VENDORS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF APPLE SAYS THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO CHARGE OR WHAT, BUT THEY ALL CAME BACK WITH THE SAME PRICE, 8 79.
SO WE BUY THEM, WE GET THEM IN.
HOW DO YOU TRACK THEM? EXCUSE ME.
HOW DO YOU TRACK THEM? THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, PORTABLE IPADS THAT ARE ON OUR INVENTORY.
WE'RE GONNA HANDLE THOSE THE SAME AS WE DO THE PHONES.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ON THE WIRELESS NETWORK AND THEY'RE ON OUR WIRELESS ACCOUNT.
UH, IF FOR SOME REASON, UH, ONE COMES UP LOST, WE'LL KNOW WHO EXACTLY WHO IT IS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL NUMBERS.
SO THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL APPLE ID.
HOW IS THAT? SO EACH EMPLOYEES, THEY ALL HAVE A APPLE ID FOR EACH EMPLOYEE? OR WOULD IT BE THE TOWN? IT WOULD BE THE TOWN.
WHICH IPAD? YEAH, BUT IT COMES UNDER THE, THE TOWN ACCOUNT.
BUT THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE AND THEN YOU JUST ASSIGN IT.
SO THEN IF A PERSON LEAVES, YOU CAN REASSIGN THAT TO SOMEONE ELSE? YES.
I JUST WANTED, IT'S THE SAME AS A CELL PHONE.
MATTER OF FACT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, IPADS BEING USED IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE TREE SERVICE WE HAVE IN THE TREES.
AND THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR THE LAST, OH, I GUESS OVER A YEAR.
UH, AND THEY'RE ON THE WIRELESS NETWORK.
AND THEN THEY HAVE ALL THE INVENTORY TAGS AND STUFF ON IT, SO WE CAN, UH, I DON'T IF THEY PUT INVENTORY TAGS ON 'EM, UH, I'M, I'M SURE THEY DID.
UH, BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
WELL, WOULDN'T WOULDN'T WE HAVE, YEAH, WE HAVE A RECORD OF WHO HAS IT.
WOULDN'T INVENTORY TAGS COME OUT OF YOUR DEPARTMENT THOUGH? NO.
THEY, THEY USED TO COME OUT OF PURCHASING, BUT NOW THEY COME OUT OF, UM, FIXED ASSETS, WHICH IS ROBERTA'S AREA.
I KNOW THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD GIVEN LAPTOPS TO SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE WORKING FROM HOME, AND PARTICULARLY IN MY OFFICE.
DID WE RETRIEVE THOSE OR DO THEY STILL HAVE THOSE LAPTOPS? THAT I DON'T KNOW.
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SOME OF THEM WOULD'VE BEEN BROUGHT BACK.UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE DECIDED TO PURCHASE THEM.
BUT IF YOU'VE, IF THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE FLOATING ABOUT, COULDN'T WE USE THEM AND REPURPOSE THEM INSTEAD OF PURCHASING NEW? SURE.
CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT, TIM? YEAH.
I JUST KNOW ABOUT MY OFFICE, BUT RIGHT FROM YOUR OFFICE.
BUT, BUT WE SAID, BUT IS IT IPADS OR, OR LAPTOPS? THAT, THOSE ARE LAPTOPS.
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS LAPTOPS.
OH, BUT FOR, BUT FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR IPADS.
'CAUSE I JUST DON'T WHAT THE WATER SYSTEM IS THAT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE, TO WORK WITH THE, WHATEVER THE SYSTEM THEY'RE USING.
'CAUSE IS IT FOR BILLING OR IS IT MONITORING THE SYSTEM? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA USE IT FOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S METER READ OR, UH, BILLING.
WE HAVE RICHARD FA, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS.
WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR THREE APPLE.
UH, THE IPADS, THESE ARE GONNA BE FOR THE FOREMAN, UH, IN THE FIELD.
UM, CURRENTLY WE USE PAPER FOR VALVE TIES AND, UH, CONNECTIONS.
WHEN THEY'RE IN THE FIELD, THEY WILL LOOK THROUGH BOOKS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
THE, THE, THE, THE, AS THE YOUNGER GROUP COMES IN, THEY'RE MORE, UH, TECH SAVVY.
SO NOW EVERYTHING HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ONLINE.
UM, THESE ARE GONNA BE ASSIGNED TO THE FOREMAN.
THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK A LAPTOP IS THE RIGHT APPLICATION HERE 'CAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY WORK.
BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET MORE ADVANCED TO DETECT THIS IS GONNA BE CRITICAL.
IT'S GONNA HELP THE WAY WE DO WORK.
AND A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, WHEN WE HAD THE FLOOD DOWN AT THE YARD, THEY LOST A LOT OF THE MATERIAL THAT WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR WHERE THE PROCESS OF SCANNING IT.
SO WE CAN GET THE SYSTEMS NOW, BUT I COULD ASSURE YOU THE FOREMAN WILL BE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
UM, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, THE INVENTORY TAGS AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER SOME TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT BEING DONE.
AND I JUST DON'T WANNA KEEP ORDERING THINGS AND THEY GO INTO THE ETHER.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME I SAW AN EMPLOYEE THIS.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND THEY CAN WORK FASTER.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD'S HEADED, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH WHAT THEY DO.
YOU KNOW, AS WE GET, UH, MORE INVOLVED IN MAPPING WITH A WATER SYSTEM AND WE GO FURTHER INTO THE G I S, IT'S JUST GONNA CARRY ON.
DIGITALIZATION IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I FEEL WE SHOULD BE USING TECHNOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF, UH, BEING RESPONSIVE.
AND THIS WILL MAKE YOUR DEPARTMENT DO WE EVEN A BETTER JOB.
MY POINT WAS TRACKING THE, THE ASSETS THAT WE'RE USING FOR TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING DONE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT SWITCHED OVER FROM PURCHASING, UH, TO, UH, THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
I WOULD THINK I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT YEARS AGO.
WE USED TO HAVE INVENTORY TAGS AND UH, WE WOULD SEND THEM OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS.
BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WHY NOT? WHY NOT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IF THE CONTROLLER'S GONNA KEEP TRACK OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULDN'T TELL YOU NOW, BUT WHEN YOU SAY WE HAVEN'T PUT 'EM OUT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE QUESTION IS WHY.
RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STATING A FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T MAINTAINED INVENTORY OF WHAT THE TOWN ASSETS THAT THAT'S ASSETS ARE.
BUT THE QUESTION IS WHY? I MEAN, IT WAS TAKEN FROM OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO BY, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER, UH, EXACTLY WHO THE CONTROLLER WAS AT THE TIME.
UM, IT WAS BEFORE BART AND BEFORE HIS PREDECESSOR.
WELL, WELL, IT'S PARDON THE POND, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO TRACK IT DOWN.
PETE, YOU WANTED GARRETT FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T, YOU ASKED ME TO CALL GARRETT.
THAT'S WHEN YOU SAID CALL HIM.
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NEED, WE NEED YOU BE ON STANDBY.UM, LAST WEEK WE DISCUSSED THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PORTAL MM-HMM.
UH, I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY ON THAT.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, UH, DAVID, UH, REGINA FROM T D Y C C HAD CALLED ME ON IT, AND I GAVE HIM THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY CAN OPEN THEIR OWN PORTAL AND, AND UHHUH CHECK INFORMATION.
BECAUSE IT, IT IS A GOOD SITE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE MAY BE SOME KIND OF IPAD, YOU KNOW, SOME QU WHERE THERE ARE PURCHASES IN LARGE QUANTITY WHERE YOU COULD AVAIL YOURSELF OF THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, IT MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE HERE, BUT CERTAINLY FOR OTHER THINGS WHERE YOU CAN AVAIL YOUR US OF QUANTITY, PURCHASE PRICES AND THINGS THAT ARE YEAH, WE, WE COULD CHECK IT.
UM, WELL, LIKE I SAID, WITH, WITH APPLE, IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER WHO YOU TALK TO, IT'S THE SAME PRICE.
UM, SO I, I I GUESS THEY HAVE A, UH, AN INTERNAL PRICING AGREEMENT WITH EVERYBODY.
THIS IS THE PRICE AND THAT'S IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE AGENDA REVIEW.
UM, SO THE ORIGINAL AGENDA THAT WENT OUT HAD A P O ONE, UH, ADDING A, UM, DEFINITION OF COMPACT CARS FROM THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE THE, THE TERM COMPACT CARS IS USED IN THE CODE, BUT IT'S NOT DEFINED.
SO THEY WANT TO ADD A DEFINITION.
PO ONE HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND IN IT'S PLACED, THERE'S A CO A CO THREE, UM, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING IN ORDER TO ADD THE DEFINITION, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE YOU CAN ADD A DEFINITION TO THE CODE.
IT CAN'T BE DONE BY RESOLUTION.
SO ONE RESOLUTION WAS SWAPPED FOR THE OTHER.
WE SHOULD ALSO PUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TRIBUTE TO LAVERNE CLARK SHOULD BE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THAT, THAT SHOULD GO UP THERE.
SHE'S SO IN HER PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP.
HOW OLD WAS SHE? HOW OLD WAS SHE? THAT OLD? SHE WASN'T YOUNG.
RIGHT? SHE WOULD HAVE TURNED 76 IN APRIL.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, YOU KNOW, I MET WITH THE PEOPLE AT SPRINGWOOD AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T REALLY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REPAVING PART OF THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, PUTTING MONEY IN FOR THAT.
BUT I I, I DEFINITELY WOULD OPPOSE, UH, EXTENDING THE ROAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT IT, IT MAKES NO SENSE IN MY OPINION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST AM WONDERING IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WANT TO ADD FUNDING TO THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, EARMARKING, YOU KNOW, INDICATING IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY THAT IT'S EARMARKED FOR THIS STREET.
YOU KNOW, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD, UM, HAVE A SITE VISIT WITH RESIDENTS ON SPRINGWOOD.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF YOU SAY IT, YOU'LL REALIZE THAT IT REALLY MAKES NO SENSE.
SO I KNOW THIS IS A LITIGATION, POTENTIAL LITIGATION MATTER.
DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST KIND OF THROW IT OUT THERE? WELL, PEOPLE, IT'S NOT LITIGATION YET.
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE ASKING ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS FROM PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FROM BOTH SIDES.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING? YEAH.
SPRINGWOOD, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING SPRINGWOOD? THIS IS THE ROAD, UM, THAT'S IN LARGELY A PORTION OF IT, AND A PORTION OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET MAKES NO MENTION OF THIS.
BUT PAUL SENT AN EMAIL TO THE NEIGHBORS ON THAT STREET STATING THAT AS HE PUT IT, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD,
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NOT, NOT THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS, THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, HAD MADE CERTAIN DECISIONS.UM, THAT'S, NONE OF THAT IS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR LAST WEEK THAT THE MONEY IS, CAN BE USED FOR ANY STREET AS WE DO IT ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN.
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE, WE TARGET A PARTICULAR STREET, WE DO IT.
AND MAYBE THERE'S OBSTRUCTIONS, MAYBE THERE'S WHAT? WE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO WE JUST, WE DON'T, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH LEADS TO, FRANKLY, THE EMAIL THAT YOU SENT TO THE NEIGHBOR.
WELL, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WANTED TO, YOU THOUGHT THAT IF WE ADDED THE FI YOU KNOW, THE 500,000 THAT ODD, I, I DON'T WANT GET INTO, I UNDERSTAND PAUL.
IF YOU CAN'T SAY ONE THING TO US AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN PUT OUT AN EMAIL THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
WELL, YOU CAN, BUT YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULDN'T.
AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS BY YOU INITIATING THE CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON THAT STREET, YOU'RE
IT'S, IT'S CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF ANGST.
AND YES, YOU WENT OUT AND HAD A SITE VISIT, BUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET DOES NOT INDICATE ANY PARTICULAR STREET.
WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE IN CASE WE NEED IT, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA NEED IT.
BUT IF WE NEED IT, WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A START.
I TOOK PICTURES OF SPRINGWOOD AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, I TOOK VIDEOS.
THERE'S, THIS IS NOT A 500 THOU, YOU KNOW, IF WE EXTEND THE ROAD, IT'S PROBABLY PAUL I, THAT THE 500,000 WASN'T PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR SPRINGWOOD.
THE 500,000 IS PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR ANY OLD STREET.
AND THAT WE MIGHT NEED SOMETHING IN CASE WE NEEDED IT.
THEN, THEN THERE'S NO PROBLEM.
UM, UH, ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IS BEING ADJOURNED AT THE, UH, APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THAT'S THE, UH, HACKLEY SCHOOL.
I THINK THEY'RE, I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING THE EXTENSION OF THE WATER DISTRICT PART OF IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THE APPLICANT INDEED REQUESTED TO BE ADJOURNED FROM THE AMENDED SITE PLAN HEARING, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, THE UPDATE IS THAT THE APPLICANT IS ALSO, UH, FORMALLY, UH, REMOVING THEIR WATER PETITION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SO, UM, IN REVIEWING THE SITE LAYOUT AND THE SITE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, THERE WERE SOME ASPECTS OF THE WATER DISTRICT THAT, UM, LET'S JUST SAY DID NOT MAKE SENSE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND FOR THE WATER DISTRICT, UH, FOR THE LONG TERM.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WORK WITH THE VILLAGE OF EL, UH, VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.
AND THEY WILL BE PROPOSING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WATER MITIGATION.
IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE VILLAGE, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THE, THE RESULT'S GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT YES, THE, THE, THE PETITION WILL BE WITHDRAWN.
THE REQUEST HAS COME IN, UH, JUST, JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, LAST WEEK IT WAS R MINUS TWO WEEKS.
ARE WE NOW DOWN TO R MINUS ONE WEEK? R BEING RAZOR
WE SHOULD SPECIFY THE HEARING IS SOLELY FOR THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.
AND I'LL BE SURE TO, UH, OKAY.
AND A CLEAN SHAVEN, OR SHOULD WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA?
THEN I'LL HONOR WHATEVER VOTES TAKE.
AND ON, UH, UH, PW ONE, UH, THE RESOLUTION IMPROVING TYLER TECHNOLOGIES SALES QUOTATION, THAT WAS LISTED LAST WEEK AS, UH, OR LAST MEETING AS GETTING THE UTILITY BUILDING.
SO BILLING SOFTWARE AND CONVERTING TO MONTHLY BUILDING.
UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE JUST GETTING THE SOFTWARE AND, UH, WHAT DECISION GETS MADE REGARDING MONTHLY BUILDING BILLING, UM, WILL BE MADE AFTER THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AN EDUCATION PROGRAM, I GUESS, OR SOMETHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE GONNA GET HIT WITH ENORMOUS BILLS IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT, UM, WE NEED TO GET THE SOFTWARE IN FIRST IN ORDER, UH, FOR US TO EVEN HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF,
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UH, DOING THE BILLING.AND THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING NOW DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS ONE.
RICH, YOU HAD, I HAD A QUESTION.
UH, YOU HAD SENT, YOU HAD SENT ME A BID REGARDING ANOTHER COMPANY THAT WAS, UH, ANDY DONNELLY, THE WATER SUPERINTENDENT.
HE HAD LOOKED AT THAT COMPANY, UH, THEY WERE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
UM, DID THEY COME BACK WITH A NUMBER? IT WAS PER BILL.
OH, IT WAS PER BILL, RIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS VERY, IT WAS SO MUCH MORE MONEY.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE CURRENT SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE IS THEY'VE BEEN BOUGHT OUT.
THE SUPPORT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING IS, IS, UH, NO LONGER WITH THE COMPANY.
UM, AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE AND THE SOFTWARE.
THEY CURRENTLY, I HAD A QUESTION, RICH.
UM, UH, JUST, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, SOME PEOPLE HAD COMPLAINED THAT THE WEBSITE, UM, THE EASE LINE PAYING WATER BOWLS WAS DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD JUST LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, THE REASONS FOR THAT.
SO THE EASE ONLINE PROGRAM WAS DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS.
THAT'S THE TROUBLE WHEN YOU HAVE A NAME LIKE THAT.
SO I KNOW THAT DURING THE, UM, BUDGET PROCESS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT THE CONSISTENCY WITH, BRING THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER.
OH, I KNOW DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE NAMES AND LABELS OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND I STILL SEE THAT IT'S LISTED AS DEAR DOG YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER INSTEAD OF THE COMMUNITY, DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE, WE PROBABLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATE THAT SO IT'S CONSISTENT.
SHOULD SAY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WELL, IT DOESN'T SAY DEPARTMENT, IT JUST SAYS COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
EVEN THOUGH SOME TAKE THAT AS WE NO LONGER HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE'S NO REASON TO REPEAT THOSE THINGS, FRANCIS.
I KNOW, BUT IT, IT'S, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT YES, WE DO.
IT'S, IT'S JUST NAME VERSUS BUILDING.
IT'S NOT A MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TYPE OF THING.
SO, NO, YOU GO BACK TO THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA.
UM, SO THE, UH, PARKING DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS, SO, UM, JUST BY WAY OF AN UPDATE, UM, STEPHANIE CROW IS BACK AT THE PARKING DISTRICT.
UM, THE, UM, THEY, UH, HAD ASKED FOR, UH, WELL, I'LL START AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, WE NEED TO REAPPOINT THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, NOW ALL OF THEIR TERMS HAVE EXPIRED.
UM, LINDA LEE, THEY'RE GOING, THEY, THEY, UH, LINDA LEE ATTENDED A MEETING.
UM, SHE STILL WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED TO COMMISSIONER.
THEY WOULD STILL LIKE HER TO BE APPOINTED A COMMISSIONER.
CAN WE INTERVIEW EVERYONE? BE, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, ASK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE PARK, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE INCLINED TO AT LEAST STUDY WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE PARKING THAT WE SHOULD ASK THE STATE TO ABOLISH THE DISTRICT.
BECAUSE I FEEL THERE'S SO MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LOSING SIGNIFICANT MONEY AND I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'VE LOST, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TOWN IF THEY GO DEFAULT.
YEAH, I MENTIONED THAT TO BILL.
AND HE'S GONNA SEND ME DATES TO SCHEDULE A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO I'M WAITING TO GET THOSE DATES FROM HIM, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD REAPPOINT THEM AND THEN APPOINT THE NEW ONE.
I'D LIKE TO REALLY MEET WITH THEM BEFORE WE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, TO ME THERE'S, THERE'S CONCERNS.
I'M NOT SAYING I HAVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THE DISTRICT IS IN SERIOUS DANGER OF GOING BANKRUPT.
BUT THE, BUT THE, BUT, AND I DON'T WANNA APPOINT THEM BEFORE I, I FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
YOU KNOW, I, I FAILED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARKING DISTRICT ISN'T CRISIS.
I MEAN, AND IT'S NOT THEIR, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT THEIR FAULT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FACT WITH THE PANDEMIC, THERE'S
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A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S PARKING HABITS HAVE CHANGED.THE TOWN HAS TO GUARANTEE, YOU KNOW, THE BONDS.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE, THE REVENUE.
AND I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE FINANCE, FINANCIAL HEALTH OF, OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE IDEA OF THE TOWN TAKING OVER DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY GONNA, UM, FILL THE SPOTS? HOW ARE THEY GONNA MAKE UP THEIR REVENUE? UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES.
AND, BUT, SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF MEETING WITH THEM, RIGHT.
TO DISCUSS THAT BEFORE WE, WE REAPPOINT THEM.
WE, BECAUSE IF THEY COME UP WITH, IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, IF THEY COME UP WITH NO PLAN, THEN WE MAY NOT WANT TO REAPPOINT THEM.
YOU KNOW, I WHY, BUT THEN WHY, WHY HAVE WE HAD THEM INTERVIEW LINDA LEE AND GO THROUGH ALL THE SHENANIGANS IF WE'RE NOT GONNA ACQUAINT THEM? YOU KNOW, MY FAILING IS THAT, UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M CRITICAL OF ANY OF THE MEMBER, YOU KNOW, OF ANY OF THEM, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEIR VISION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO AND HAVE A, A, A DISCUSSION.
MEANWHILE, THEY, THERE'S TWO MEMBERS WHO ARE HOLDOVERS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN HOLDOVERS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A, SINCE DECEMBER OF 2021 FOR A WHILE, UH, TWO MONTHS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD HOLDOVERS IN THE PAST.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, I, THIS I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH, WITH THEM, WITH STEPHANIE CROW.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND BASICALLY COME UP WITH A JOINT PLAN.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE TOWN'S NOT GONNA HAVE FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY, THEY GO, WHAT HAPPENS IF IN 18 MONTHS OR SO THEY, THEY CAN'T MAKE THEIR BILLS? YOU KNOW? BUT HOW IS THAT DEPENDENT ON WHO WE, WHY? WHY ARE WE, WHY ARE WE HINGING ONE THING ON ANOTHER, LIKE WHY, WHAT IS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T BECAUSE REAPPLY THEM AND STILL HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE, I WANNA KNOW IF I, I WANT TO SEE IF BEFORE I APPOINT SOMEBODY, I WANNA KNOW THAT I SHARE THEIR VISION.
UM, WE MET WITH GARRETT THE OTHER DAY ON MARCH 3RD, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA BE ONGOING AT THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
UM, AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO, TO, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED, UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE PARKING DISTRICT.
UM, I SAW THAT WE SENT THEM SOME THINGS TODAY.
IS THAT EVERYTHING, GARRETT? OR ARE THERE ADDITIONAL THINGS? YES, IT IS EVERYTHING.
AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE THERE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S, AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A PROPOSAL.
SO, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE, THE TOWN BOARD AGENDA TOMORROW FOR A, UH, REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
IT'S AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION WHERE THE GOLF COURSE SEEKS TO PUT A, UH, UH, A DOME OVER ITS EXISTING TENNIS COURTS, UPDATE SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS AND PUT SOME NETTING IN FOR SAFETY PURPOSES TO, UM, COLLECT STRAY GOLF BALLS.
SO, UM, YES, I, I, I SENT THAT LINK TO THE, UM, PARKING DISTRICT TODAY, AND NOW THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE PLANS.
UM, THE PLANS ARE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AND, UM, THE APPLICANT'S GOING TO BE APPEARING BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD, TOWN BOARD PLANNING BOARD OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS.
SO IT'S A PROPOSAL AT THIS POINT THAT THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIKE WINDOWS, UH, WOULD BE IMPACT VISUALLY IMPACTED BY THE NET SIDE.
ARE THEY GONNA ALL BE NOTIFIED? YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD COMPLAINTS.
I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SORT OF LIKE THE IDEA.
PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED, COMPLAINED OVER THE YEARS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BALLS HITTING THEIR CARS AND DAMAGING THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT'S NICE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PARKING DISTRICT, THAT THE GOLF CLUB, YOU KNOW, CLUB WANTS TO DO SOMETHING IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE NETS, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE VISUAL IMPACTS.
AND I JUST FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE, NO, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOTIFIED.
SO WE ACTUALLY ASKED THE APPLICANT TO DO OUTREACH IN ADVANCE OF SUBMITTING A FORMAL APPLICATION.
AND THEY DID THAT WITH, UM, MANY OF THE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, BUILDINGS ALONG EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
UM, THEY, THEY COORDINATED THROUGH, UH, CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE.
THE MAILING FOR ANY PUBLIC HEARING IS ROBUST.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE WHOLE GOLF COURSE, SO THAT, THAT WILL HAPPEN.
AND, UM, YES, UH, VIEW SHEDS ARE IMPORTANT AND, UH, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE BUBBLE, THEY'VE TAKEN PICTURES FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS AND SUPERIMPOSED WHAT THE BUBBLE WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, FORTUNATELY, THE, THE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS ARE SORT OF TUCKED, UH, BEHIND THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
SO FROM A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE THAT THAT HELPS.
UM, BUT YES, SO THE DOCUMENTATION I IS, IS COMPREHENSIVE FOR THIS APPLICATION.
AND, UH, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF HOW, HOW MANY, UH, BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY WOULD BE IMPACTED VISUALLY.
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I MEAN, FROM THE NETTING, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S POLES AND THE NETTING.I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THAT IT BLENDS IN AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT TOO HIGH.
SO IN CONNECTION WITH THE TREES THAT ARE IN THE AREA, UM, IT'S TOUGH TO SAY RIGHT NOW OFFHAND IF YOU, BECAUSE MAYBE YOU KNOW, A FEW, BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS A SAFETY PROJECT.
THEY'RE PUTTING THIS NETTING UP, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE GIVING OUT THE MASKS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, YOU KNOW, I, I PUT, UM, LIKE A POSTER, THE SIGN, UM, ON THE WINDOW OF THE LOBBY, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS YOU'RE ENTERING THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, JUST SAID, PLEASE BE ADVISED, THE TOWN BOARD'S GONNA BE GIVING OUT MASKS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I SCOTCH TAPED IT TO THE DOOR, AND THIS WAY WE'LL HAVE A HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE OR 80 EASTDALE.
AND I FEEL IF WE DID THAT AND YOU DID EVERYTHING ELSE AND NOBODY COULD COMPLAIN THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING NOTICE.
SO LIKE IF YOU SAY ZONING BOARD MEETING, PLANNING, BOARD MEETING, TOWN BOARD MEETING, WHATEVER IT IS, IF YOU JUST GET THE DATES, THEN, THEN AT LEAST WE'RE GOING THE EXTRA MILE.
AND THEN WE, WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM TO, TO REINFORCE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, UH, OUTREACH MECHANISMS. BUT I, I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY PROACTIVE.
'CAUSE I HAVE, WE HAVE LETTERS IN HAND FROM SOME OF THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, UM, STATING, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT IN THE LOOP.
UH, CERTAINLY RUN, RUN, UH, RUNOFF IS, IS A MAJOR CONCERN.
SO, UH, WE WILL KEEP THEM, UH, NOTIFIED.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT, FOR THE, OKAY.
NEXT, UH, THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX EXTENDER, UH, TOM ANTE'S OFFICE SAID WE HAVE TO DO A HOME RULE, UH, REQUEST FOR THAT TO EXTEND IT, CORRECT? YEAH.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN $4.4 MILLION OUT OF IT.
UH, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I SAW AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT IT WAS EXTENDED.
I WAS, AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT WITHOUT US DOING A HOME RULE.
SO NOW THEY WANT US TO DO THE HOME RULE.
I NEVER, I HAD HEARD, UM, WHEN I SPOKE TO TOM THERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, HE SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, EXTEND IT.
BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO WHO IS HIS CONTACT? AND SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF, UM, MAKING SURE WE DO ALL THE PROPER FORMS. SO DO THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA THEN.
SO THEN, UM, MAKING MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OH, BEFORE YOU DO IT, I JUST, IS JUDY COMING BACK? JUDITH COMING BACK? I THINK SO.
I, I, I NEED THE, UH, THE ACTUAL REQUEST FOR SEAL ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY I, I CAN FIX THESE THINGS UP, BUT I CAN'T MAKE SENSE OUT OF WHAT STREETS ARE ACTUALLY BEING CLOSED HERE BECAUSE IT'S TALKING ABOUT STREETS IN SCARSDALE AND SCRE STREETS IN HARTSDALE.
AND SO WE, I JUST, I JUST NEED THE, UM, THE ACTUAL REQUEST FROM THE COLORS FROM CANCER COMMITTEE AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, TOMORROW'S MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, IT'S THE NORMAL PROCESS OF ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
WE'LL SEND IN SOMETHING, UM, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PUBLIC HEARING PARTICIPANTS.
DO THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF, UM, ZOOMING IN OR ARE THEY EXPECT, WHAT'S OUR, OUR PROTOCOL WITH RESPECT TO THAT? NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED THIS FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE GIVING, UH, TESTIMONY, LET'S SAY, WELL, NOT TESTIMONY, BUT APPLICANTS WHO APPEAR BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD.
WELL, THE EO FROM THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT, IS NOT ENDED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
BUT THAT'S, THAT STILL WOULDN'T APPLY TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT APPLIES TO US, THE VOTERS, THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WELL, IT'S, IT APPLIES TO OPEN HAVING MEETINGS VIRTUALLY, RIGHT? NO, AS LONG AS WE ARE PRESENT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO ZOOM FOREVER FOR THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S OUR OPTION, NOT THEIRS.
BUT WHAT THE, WHAT IT SAYS IS THE PUBLIC BODY CAN, UH, BUT PRIOR TO THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, A PUBLIC BODY HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR IF THEY'RE GONNA BE REMOTELY TO PUT IT IN THE NOTICE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CONDITIONS
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REGARDING THAT.UH, BUT THE PUBLIC COULD ALWAYS COME IN, JUST LIKE THEY WERE, WE HAD DIALED DEMOCRACY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO DIAL IN AND, AND TALK TO US.
UH, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
LET'S SAY ONE OF US IS SICK IF THEY DON'T EXTEND IT, OR EVEN BETTER ACTUALLY CHANGE THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME PROVISION FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT CAPABLE OF, OF MAKING IT TO THE MEETING.
UH, WE, THE BOARD HAS TO BE PRESENT, UM, BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SET UP TO ALLOW, UH, WE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL NOT COMFORTABLE COMING BACK IN ORDER TO COME IN BY, BY ZOOM.
AND WE COULD DISCUSS THAT AS A BOARD AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A GOOD THING OR BAD THING.
I JUST DON'T THINK ZOOM'S GOING AWAY,
SO, AND IT'S CERTAINLY GREAT FOR THE DISABLED, IT'S CERTAINLY A LOT BETTER THAN DIAL DEMOCRACY, WHETHER YOU'RE JUST TALKING ON A PHONE, RIGHT.
AND SO YOU GET TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE AND SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH LIFTING THE, LIFTING THE MANDATE AND HAVING THE PUBLIC COME BACK, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UH, NOW
THE SEATS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE WINDOW, UH, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FOR EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WEARING MASKS IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
AND, UM, I'M SORRY FOR PEOPLE EXCLUSIVELY WEARING MASKS AND THE, THE SEATS AWAY FROM THE WINDOW TOWARDS THE WALL, UH, THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOR PEOPLE ARE MASKED OR UNMASKED, DOESN'T MATTER.
PEOPLE THAT COME WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT MASKED.
UH, SO THAT'S A A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ACTUALLY PAUL'S IDEA LAST WEEK.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY IT OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MARK BAIL IS, IF A BOARD MEMBER'S NOT FEELING GOOD, EVEN IF THE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW ZOOM PARTICIPATION, IF A BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, IT COULD, YOU KNOW, AND THE VOTE DOESN'T LEGALLY COUNT.
YOU KNOW, THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT FAILING GREAT OR THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND YOU KNOW, WORKING, THEY COULD STILL PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE THERE COULD BE LIKE AN INDICATION, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON WAS PRESENT AND WOULD HAVE VOTED YES OR WOULD HAVE VOTED NO.
THAT'S SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
SO I THINK THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST A LOT THE WATER PERTAINS TO QUORUMS AND WHO CAN VOTE.
ZOOM IS ALWAYS PERMITTED, BUT YOU NEED A QUORUM TO VOTE UNLESS YOU, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT FRANCIS MENTIONED, WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A REMOTE LOCATION AND OPEN UP THAT LOCATION TO PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE.
BUT IT'S A QUORUM REQUIREMENT, NOT A ZOOM REALLY.
SO IF A BOARD MEMBER ISN'T FEELING GREAT, BUT I THINK THEN THE BOARD MEMBER IF THEY'RE PARTICIPATING, HAS TO LIST THEIR HOME ADDRESS.
NO, I'M WHERE YOU, THE LIST WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE PARTICIPATING FROM ISN'T THAT YOU HAVE TO DO MORE THAN THAT WHERE YOU'RE PARTICIPATING FROM.
UNLESS THEY CHANGE THE LEGISLATION.
NOT ONLY DO THAT TO LIST THE WHOLE NEW DESK, YOU HAVE TO INVITE PEOPLE IN IF THEY KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA GET EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, SICK.
SO THE THING IS, I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AT THE BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING TO DISCLOSE.
NO, LEMME JUST SAY WITHOUT HAVING TO DISCLOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UH, THE LOCATION OF, THEY DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THAT.
BUT THEIR VOTE WOULD NOT COUNT.
BUT THE THING IS, THEY COULD SAY, LIKE, I COULD SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, UM, I WOULD VOTE FOR THE REGENERON EXTENSION IF I WAS ABLE TO VOTE.
AND THEN THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, JUDITH COULD, YOU KNOW, INDICATE THAT.
SO THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR VOTES ARE UNANIMOUS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ILLEGAL? I DON'T FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING YOUR COMMENTS WITHOUT REALLY SUGGESTING HOW YOU WOULD VOTE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY, I, I THINK THAT MY FAILING IS, IF IT DOESN'T COUNT, IT DOESN'T, FIRST OF ALL DOESN'T COUNT.
99% OF THE VOTES ARE UNANIMOUS.
THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL THAT YOU KNOW, ARE REALLY NOT.
SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S EVEN LIKE A CONTROVERSY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW A BOARD MEMBER WOULD HAVE VOTED HOW THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO, AND IT PROBABLY IS NOT GONNA INFLUENCE THE DECISION, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S FOUR TO ONE OR 3, 2, 2 OR IN ONE PERSON'S OUT, JUST AS LONG AS IT'S LEGALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT PART, WE'D EXPLORE THAT.
I'M LIKE, I'M SURE IT WOULD COMPLY.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING IS WHAT YOU'RE
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BASICALLY SAYING, BUT YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN SOME WAY.SO THAT'S, THAT'S MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER.
RIGHT? YOU CAN'T, I'M THINK YOU COULD, I'M POSITIVE YOU COULD DO THAT.
I MEAN, WITH FRANCIS, WE, YOU, YOU, WE, YOU PARTICIPATED IN ZOOM, SKYPE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO, SO YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO WHY DOES, WHY WOULDN'T A VOTE ON ZOOM COUNT? IT IS A RECORD OF THE VOTE.
WHY WOULDN'T IT COUNT? 'CAUSE THE STATE, 'CAUSE THE LAW I THINK WANTS PEOPLE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT WHEN THEY VOTE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER.
THAT'S JUST, AND THE ABSENCE OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER.
WITH THE EMERGENCY ORDER MM-HMM.
WELL, WITH THE CURRENT EMERGENCY ORDER, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE VIDEO.
YOU COULD JUST HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL.
WHICH TRUE I THINK GOES TOO FAR.
DOTH, I WANT ON C O ONE, COULD YOU SEND ME THE REQUEST FOR THE COLORS AGAINST, UH, CANCER COMMITTEE FOR NO, UM, THE ROUTE THAT IT SENT.
SO THEY PROBABLY SENT YOU AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF YOU COULD JUST FORWARD THAT TO ME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO WHAT WAS IT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LIKE AGAINST CANCER? WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FRANCIS? WHATEVER THEIR REQUEST WAS IN ORDER TO DO THE STREET CLOSING.
THEY, THEY OBVIOUSLY WROTE AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROUTE THAT GOES FROM HERE TO THERE.
THEY SHOW A MAP OF THE ROUTE, THEY MIGHT, ALRIGHT, I THOUGHT WE DID THIS BEFORE.
THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED.
ALSO, IT'S THE FIRST ANNUAL RUN.
I SUFFER FROM A, UH, GOOD MEMORY.
SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ANNUAL CANCER RUN.
DID YOU CLOSED STREETS IN SCARSDALE
THEY JUST SAY THEY'RE IN SCARSDALE.
NO, MAYBE THEY CHANGED THE ROUTE.
THEY'RE JUST, BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO SCARSDALE POST OFFICE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE STREETS WERE IN SCARSDALE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE NO, I MEAN, I MEAN THAT'S, MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED IT FIRST ANNUAL.
IT WOULDN'T BE THE, SO WE DEFINITELY, WE DEFINITELY PASSED SOMETHING.
'CAUSE IT JUST POPPED UP, UM, MARCH 27TH, 2019.
STAMPED, APPROVED RESOLUTION, UH, THE 2019 COLORS AGAINST CANCER.
SO YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND TIME HERE IN TOWN.
IT'S A MAJOR EVENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSING A LOT OF STREETS.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY'RE DOING IT HERE IN THE TOWN? UH, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THE SECOND TIME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT UNTIL I CHECK MORE RESOLUTIONS.
IT'S THE SECOND, FIRST ANNUAL
WELL, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T DO IT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THAT'S PROBABLY MADE THAT, I'M GONNA SAY.
THEY DIDN'T DO IT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BUT MY GUESS IS THOSE, THAT'S THE ROUTE, THE ONE THAT'S IN THIS RESOLUTION.
PAUL, YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WOULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES.
DEALING WITH, UH, UH, LEGAL ADVICE, CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL.
UM, AND FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, SOME PERSONNEL ISSUES INVOLVING PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE CONTROLLER HAS A FEW AND, UM, IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
AND THERE'S, UM, ALSO SOME LEGAL ADVICE WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR, UH, LITIGATION MATTER THAT CAME UP IN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THERE'S AN ARBITRATION SCHEDULED FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE LEGAL ISSUES, UM, SURROUNDING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S A, A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS COMING UP, WHICH I'D LIKE TO REALLY ADDRESS
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SOME POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE TOWN BOARD.AND WE WON'T BE COMING BACK THIS EVENING.