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UH, MEETING.WE'LL START WITH A SPECIAL MEETING.
IT'S, UM, TODAY IT'S ALMOST 5 5 20, UM, TUESDAY, JULY 19TH.
BUT, UH, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO, RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, OPEN THE MEETING.
UM, JUDITH, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL YOU HAVE? OKAY.
HERE, COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL FIRE.
HERE, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON PRESENT AND COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN PRESENT.
AND WE'LL TRY, UH, KEEPING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCHEDULE WITH 10 MINUTE, UH, KEEPING EVERYTHING TO 10 MINUTES.
SO THE FIRST OH, UH, APPOINTMENT OF, UH, ANDRE, UH, GOLDSON TO THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
UM, AND, UH, IT WOULD BE NICE IF HE COMES TO A REGULAR BOARD MEETING JUST TO INTRODUCE, SO, RIGHT.
WE DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS AT A SPECIAL MEETING AND A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION, UM, IN A PROGRAM.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
UM, DO YOU THOUGH, UM, YOU NEED TO VOTE BOTH.
WE DID YOU NEED TO VOTE
AND, UM, SOMEBODY ASKED WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BIDS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT GREAT, SO THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME.
THEY WOULD'VE THE OPTION OF, UM, PROJECTING EVERYTHING AND CONTINUING TO PULL, I GUESS Y YEAH.
WELL, AND THEY, AND THEY PLAN ON USING THE LOWEST BIDDER AS PER THE CONTRACT.
AND, UM, THEY, THEY SHOULD BE OPENING TOMORROW AS LONG AS THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, HAVE ACCEPTED THE RESOLUTION AS WELL.
IF WE COULD PUT HIM ON, COULD WE, UH, HEAR FROM DAN WALSH AS HE COULD EXPLAIN IT TO THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS.
UH, THAT'S BASICALLY CORRECT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEKING THE LOWEST BID.
UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO BENCHMARKING AGAINST, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, THE ESCO OFFERINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WE'VE ACCUMULATED ALL THOSE AND IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING THAT, UH, COMES IN THAT, THAT SAME, UH, UNIVERSE, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO REBID THIS.
UM, AND WE DID ALLOW FOR, UM, AN EXTENSION OF THE, THE BIDDING WINDOW AND A, AND A MODIFICATION OF THE START TIME.
WE HOPE IT'S NOT, BUT HOW, HOW MANY COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THIS? UH, YOU'LL MAKE 24, WHICH COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RENEWING IT.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE WERE 29 AT ONE POINT.
YEAH, THERE'S 29 IN IN TOTAL, BUT THERE'S 24 IN THIS BID GROUPING.
WE HAVE YONKERS AS A SEPARATE, UH, AGGREGATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE EC COMMUNITIES, WHICH ARE FIVE MUNICIPALITIES AS OF NOW.
AND, UM, YORKTOWN IS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL FOR, WHICH WOULD ADD TO THAT.
BUT SO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT PARTICIPATED IS CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE? THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE'S 24 THAT WE CONTINUE IN THIS CONED AGGREGATION.
AND HOW LONG WILL THIS, JUST AGAIN, FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, HOW LONG, YOU KNOW, WILL DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE CONTRACT WOULD BE FOR? WE ARE SOLICITING MULTIPLE TERMS AS WE ALWAYS DO, JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S A, A PARTICULAR SWEET SPOT IN TERMS OF WHAT DELIVERS THE BEST VALUE.
SO IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO THREE YEARS.
THEN YOU'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, DO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR AND PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH, UM, UH, WITH MONTHLY COMPARISONS SO PEOPLE COULD OPT OUT IF THEY ARE NOT PLEASED WITH THE RATES.
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FEATURE.
REMAINS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE, THE PROGRAM THAT YOU DO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND WE'LL KEEP PEOPLE UPDATED AND THEY, THEY CAN
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OPT OUT OR THEY COULD SWITCH TO THE, THE, THE STANDARD IF THAT'S A BETTER PLACE FOR 'EM TO BE.UH, WE'RE READY TO HELP ANYBODY WITH THAT.
AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND TAKING THIS, UH, TAKING THIS UP.
YOU WANNA MOVE TO CLOSE THE SPECIAL MEETING? I MOVE TO CLOSE THE SPECIAL MEETING.
SO NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, TASHI.