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UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN, UH, BOARD
AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION OF, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, 2023, UH, BUDGET.
AND CHRISTINA WILL TELL US HOW WE COULD HAVE A LARGER TAX ION.
AND CHRISTINA IS, UH, REPRESENTING THE GREENBERG LIBRARY.
WELL, COUNTING ON YOUR CHRISTINA CUT IS GOOD AS WELL.
CONSIDERING THAT AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, UM, WHAT I'VE ENTERED, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO GO OVER EACH LINE.
HOW DOES THIS KIND OF WORK? OR DO I GO OVER JUST YOUR LIBRARY BUDGET? BASICALLY, THE LIBRARY BOARD, UM, BASICALLY COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANT FOR THE LINES.
SO, UH, SO THE THING IS A REALITY IS THE BIG PICTURE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE LINES.
BUT THERE'S, THE CONTROL IS PRETTY MUCH HERE BASED ON, ON HOW WE FILLED IT IN.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TO BRING COPIES.
AND SO SHOULD I HAVE MADE COPIES? I GOT TO NOTE WIND OF THIS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING FLEXIBLE.
SO I'M GONNA, I CAN MAKE PHOTOCOPIES IF YOU CAN MAKE SOME PHOTOCOPIES JUSTLY PRUDENT YOU ARE, THAT YOU DON'T, DON'T SPEND A LOT MONEY ON.
JOE, DID YOU MAKE COPIES FOR I FIGURED YOU'D ALL HAVE YOUR BUDGET WITH YOU.
I DON'T HAVE MY, OKAY, SO MEANWHILE, LET'S GO WITH THE BIGGER, THE ONE THAT, THAT'S THAT, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE IN TROUBLE NOW.
DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE COPIES OF IT? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
YOU WANNA DO THAT? WHICH ONE? THIS HERE IS, YOU WANNA PRESENT THIS HERE IS A, IS JUST A SNAPSHOT AND MORE OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE LINES.
SO THIS MAY BE EASIER TO LOOK AT WHATEVER THAN THIS.
WHATEVER YOU GONNA REFER TO, IT'D BE HELPFUL.
AND I HAVE MY BOOK, RIGHT? I LEFT IT IN THE CAR.
'CAUSE I, THERE'S AN EXTRA BOOK ON A DAY SINCE WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON SPEAK ON THE, THE, UH, THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE OKAY BECAUSE PAUL, THANK YOU.
AND I CAN USE THE, THE ONE I HAVE A PHOTOCOPY OF THE, AND IF YOU THAT PUT THIS NEXT TO JOE'S.
WHAT PAGE DO YOU REMEMBER? IT IS ONE 30.
SO EVEN THOUGH PAUL IS RIGHT ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE LIBRARY APPROPRIATION GOING TO THE LIBRARY, WE STILL BREAK IT DOWN PRETTY CLEARLY.
AND THIS IS HOW WE SPEND THE BUDGET AND SPEND THE MONEY.
THERE'S ONLY A, A SLIGHT INCREASE FOR SALARIES, BUT AGAIN, SALARIES, MY SALARY LINE IS PRETTY STANDARD.
UH, THAT IS, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE.
UM, ACCRUED TIME DID GO UP A A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
PEOPLE, UH, COUPLE THE SALARIES GOING UP BASICALLY BY THE SAME AMOUNT EVERYBODY ELSE IS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK THE ONLY CHANGE, I, I DID PUT A, I PUT ABOUT A THOUSAND, ALMOST $2,000 MORE INTO PART-TIME AGAIN TO COVER ANY OF THAT EXTRA.
BUT BASICALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE RUNNING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY.
WE RAN LAST, WE RAN, WE WERE RUNNING THIS YEAR.
UM, FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, OTHER EQUIPMENT.
HERE'S A PLACE THAT I DID BUMP UP A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'VE BEEN GIVING US $18,000 A YEAR FOR PROGRAMMING.
UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO OUR PROGRAMMING LINE.
THEY'VE HAD A BIT OF A ROUGH TWO YEARS AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US AS MUCH AS THEY HAD IN THE PAST.
I'VE ASKED FOR A $7,000 INCREASE IN THE PROGRAMMING THIS MONTH ALONE IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD OVER 110 PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY.
SO A LOT OF PROGRAMMING IS HAPPENING.
THE FRIENDS DO COVER A SIGNIFICANT PORTION.
I'M ASKING THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT THIS YEAR ALSO, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'VE RAISED IN THE LAST YEAR.
SO THEY OFFSET A GOOD PORTION OF THAT.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE MM-HMM.
MIKE IS AN AMPLE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE AMOUNT IN SAVINGS.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO TAKE THE 7,000 FROM, UH, THE FUND BALANCE? BECAUSE THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE, YOUR FUND BALANCE? UM, YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT DON'T WE WANNA TRY TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM, I MEAN WE'RE ONLY DOING MORE EACH YEAR.
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YEAH, NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST THROWING IN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY IF WE WANT TO KEEP AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TAX REDUCTION THAT WAS PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF THERE'S, IF THE LIBRARY HAS LIKE A SAVINGS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE COULD TAKE IT FROM THE SAVINGS.YOU STILL WILL BE GETTING THE PROGRAM YOU THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM AND IT WON'T COME FROM ADDITIONAL TAX ISN'T, DIDN'T I WAS GONNA SAY ISN'T COMING IN $230,000 IS COMING OUTTA THE FUND BALANCE.
NO, NO, I DON'T, I'M JUST, I'M JUST READING.
OKAY THEN I MESSED, UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GO.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY MORE MONEY.
WHAT'S STATED HERE GONNA JANELLE TO A RACE? I NEVER SAID IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIO VISUAL AIDS, UH, BOOKS, SUPPLIES, UH, PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS, UM, ONLINE ACCESS CHARGES.
SO THE OTHER INCREASE THAT YOU SEE FROM THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO, WHAT'S THE LINE HERE? IT'S ALREADY BUILT IN HERE.
UM, IS THE, UH, ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
WE ARE DOING LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH, UM, OUR ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
UH, PEOPLE ARE BORROWING OUR EBOOKS.
WE HAVE OVER, WE KNOW ABOUT ALMOST 6,000 PEOPLE BORROWING EBOOKS A MONTH.
UM, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
AND EBOOKS ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT CHEAP.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE BUYING BOOKS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A DISCOUNT ON BOOKS, UM, FOR A CERTAIN PRICE.
THE AVERAGE EBOOK IS 50, IS $50 AN EBOOK? I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT CHEAP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING, THAT'S THAT LINE THERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT EXCEPT THE, UH, ELECTRIC EXPENSE BECAUSE WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE'RE ALREADY OVER BUDGET FOR ELECTRICITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST THE WAY OF IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I PUT ANOTHER 40,000 IN THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST LINE WAS THE CONTINGENCY THEN, UM, UH, NO, I'M SORRY.
THE CONTINGENCY FUND I THINK WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT I, UH, PUT SOME EXTRA MONEY IN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CONTRACT, I WASN'T SURE WHAT, HOW THAT WORKED.
I, UH, PACKED PRIOR BUDGETS THAT I'VE WORKED ON, YOU'VE ALWAYS, UH, HONORED THE LAST YEAR'S CONTRACT.
THAT'S NOT HOW THEY DO IT HERE IN GREENBURG.
SO IT'S A FLAT INCREASE, BUT ONCE THAT CONTRACT GETS GETS APPROVED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE UP THAT AMOUNT.
WHICH CONTRACT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIL, UH, THE UNION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PREDICT.
I TRIED TO PREDICT BASED ON MY STAFF MM-HMM.
SO I, I PUT SOME EXTRA MONEY IN THERE.
NOT SURE IF THE CONTRACT WILL REQUIRE, I HAVE NO IDEA.
THE CONTRACT CONTRACT WILL GET, REQUIRE.
WE'LL GET DONE THIS YEAR OR WE'LL REQUIRE IT EVEN, I'M NOT SURE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I THINK THE LAST THING THAT I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT THOUGH I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY BOARD WAS, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CAPITAL BUDGET WILL BE APPROVED AT SOME POINT NEXT YEAR.
THE ARCHITECT HAS ALREADY CALLED ME FOR THE PROJECT FOR THE, UH, RECONSTRUCT THE, UH, RENOVATION FOR THE VESTIBULE.
AND HE WANTS TO GET STARTED IN JANUARY.
SO SINCE THE FUND BALANCE IS PRETTY, HE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY HEALTHY.
HOW MUCH IS THE FUND BALANCE NOW, ACCORDING TO YOUR SHEET? 1.2 MILLION.
SO WE'RE ALREADY TAKING 230, UM, WHICH WILL COME JUST TO HELP THIS BUDGET.
BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER 50 TO BE ADDED TO START THE PROCESS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT DID ROBERTA, WHAT, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A FUND BALANCE TO THE LIBRARY, WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, YOU KNOW, FISCALLY PRUDENT, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO LIKE ZERO, BUT YOU WANT LESS PRICE.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE LIKE A DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY FOR FUND BALANCE, BUT DO WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY FOR THE LIBRARY? LIBRARY? NO, WE DON'T.
IF WE, IF WE USE THE SAME STANDARDS MM-HMM.
AND DO WE HAVE, HOW MUCH LIKE WIGGLE ROOM DO WE HAVE? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
MAYBE YOU COULD DO THAT BECAUSE I, I SORT OF FEEL THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY, WE SHOULD BASICALLY BE, YOU KNOW, SAY THE LIBRARY'S FUND BALANCE SHOULD BE, SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE SAME AS THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAVE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAN WE'RE BASICALLY BEING CONSISTENT.
CHRISTINE I THINK HAS A POTENTIAL, YOU SHOULD NEVER REALLY HAVE MORE THAN 500,000 IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.
IT REALLY SPEAKING LIKE IT, THAT, THAT TO ME IS I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HAVE KNOWN FROM THE PAST, YOU DO WANNA HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE IF
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YOUR ROOF LEAKS OR, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I'M COMING FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARY, SO I'M HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MONEY IN THERE FOR PROJECTS LIKE WE'RE DOING FOR THIS FIXING OF THE CANOPY.THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM.
UM, IN, IN A, IN A, IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WASN'T ATTACHED TO THE TOWN.
IN THIS REGARD, YOU GUYS OWN THIS BUILDING IN THE PAST, LIKE I SAID, THE LIBRARY OWNED THE BUILDING.
SO WE WOULD TAKE THAT, THAT FUND BALANCE WOULD REALLY HELP WITH FUTURE PROJECTS.
BUT THAT'S THAT THIS IS REALLY A GREAT SUGGESTION THAT YOU HAVE BASICALLY UPFRONTING UH, THE FUNDS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF WANT, I'M JUST THROWING OUT, I'M SORRY I'M TALKING TOO MUCH, BUT I'M JUST, UM, WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE MONEY, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST LENDING IT, IF WE SAY WE'RE GONNA JUST TAKE IT FROM THE FUND BALANCE AND YOU KNOW, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BORROW THAT PART IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WITH INTEREST RATES GOING UP, THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME.
WELL, AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER GONNA BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M INCLUDED IN THAT, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT THE CAPITAL, I DO HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, THAT THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GO FOR A SECOND GRANT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I'VE, AND I CAN'T ANNOUNCE WHAT THAT IS 'CAUSE IT HAS NOT OFFICIALLY BEEN PROMISED YET, BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING.
BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO DO THE PROJECT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY ONCE WE GET REIMBURSED FROM THE GRANT FUNDS, THEN REALLY YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A SMALL PORTION OF THE, OF THE BIGGER ASK.
THAT WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SO IN, IN COVERING AND YOU SIGNED THE LETTER AND COVERING, SO, SO THAT WHEN THE APPLICATION WENT OUT FOR THE GRANT, THERE WAS AN ASSURANCE THAT THE WORK, WE COULD PROCEED WHATEVER THE GRANT AMOUNT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT.
I QUITE SO HOW MUCH IS THAT WHOLE COST GONNA BE? THE WHOLE COST? BOTH PARTS.
DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, UH, THAT WE COULD APPLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET FUNDING? WELL, WE CAN ASK ABOUT THAT.
I'M JUST THROWING OUT, YOU KNOW, WELL THE LIBRARY, YOU CAN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN DOUBLE DIP WITH THE ASK THOUGH, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE GETTING, I'M GETTING A LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AID THROUGH NEW YORK STATE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL MONEY BEING PASSED THROUGH THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S A PIE, $34 MILLION AND IT, DEPENDING ON THE ASKS OF ALL THE LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK STATE, THAT'S HOW WHAT YOU GET, EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE SOMETHING.
BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS BASED ON HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE ASK IS THIS A MATCH OR IS IT JUST AN OUTRIGHT IT'S AN OUTRIGHT IT'S PERCENT.
THERE'S CONCEIVABLY, IF THERE IS, IF THEY GIVE US ONLY 400,000, COULD WE THEN APPLY FOR 400,000, WHATEVER THE MATCH WOULD BE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S 25 OR 50 50, UH, 25, 75 OR 50 50 OR WHATEVER IT IS, SOMETHING I HAVE TO INVESTIGATE.
'CAUSE I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
MY, MY, MY PROCESS IS TO KEEP WITHIN THE TIMELINE AND THE CONSTRICTION OF WHAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE SET UP AND ADHERE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE I FILL IN ANY BLANKS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S BEING REVIEWED AND I'D ALREADY HAD SENT, GET SENT BACK TO ME BASED ON, OKAY, YOU DID, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, BLAH, BLAH BLAH.
AND SO I, I'VE SENT IT AND IT'S NOW GONE ONTO THE NEXT REVIEWER.
SO WE'D HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS.
NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AMOUNT BEFORE WE COULD DO THAT AND, BUT IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT'S BEEN AWARDED AND IF YOU FIND OUT THEN WE CAN PROCEED AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY GRANTS AVAILABLE.
ANY, YEAH, I'M JUST THINKING FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN MONDAY JONES.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVING OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, MY GUT FEELING IS THAT SOME COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE NOT GONNA BE AS, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVE.
AND IF WE GET MAKE THE REQUESTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, WE MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE GRANTS ON THIS THOUGH.
WE WE ARE, IT WOULD BE TRICKY NOW BY YEAH, NO, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AT THIS POINT, THE PORTION THAT FOR THE, THE, THE GRANT DOES NOT COVER ANY OF THE ARCHITECT'S FEES.
SO BASICALLY WHATEVER THE ARCHITECT NEEDS TO DO NEXT.
SO THE 800,000 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ARCHITECTURE.
BUT THE GRANT DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT, INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE UM, THAT PIECE IS TO BE DONE FIRST.
SO THE NEXT STEP OF COURSE IS THE R F P PROCESS AND THE REST AND, AND THAT WHOLE SHEBANG, WHICH I HAVE TO WORK WITH BRIAN AND D P W AND, AND THAT, RIGHT.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE, THE OTHER ASK I'M JUST SAYING IS ABOUT TAKING ANOTHER 50, PUTTING IT FROM THE FUND BALANCE AND PUTTING IT INTO THIS BUDGET TO START WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK THE, THE BIT OF A QUESTION THOUGH IS IT REALLY NEEDS TO GO TO BRIAN BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT'S DOING THE D P W IS REALLY DOING THE PROJECT.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS.
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT SHOULD GO TO BRIAN? HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS TO, HE'S BEEN YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PAYMENT, THE FUNDING, THE FUND LIKE YEAH, ROBERTA, I MEAN WITH THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND STUFF RIGHT.TO MAKE THAT, I'M SURE ROBERTO, I'M NOT WITH THE LIBRARY AND THEM GOING FOR THE GRANT.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF WE CAN BE MIXING THE FUNDS.
SO WE GET TO LOOK INTO ALL THAT MAGIC BRIAN IS ON.
OH, OH, HE, IT'S AMAZING HOW THAT WORKS.
SO THAT'S WHERE, UH, CHRISTINA AND MYSELF HAVE TO BE IN COMMUNICATION.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING WE WERE INTENDING TO, UH, REQUEST IN OUR UPCOMING CAPITAL BUDGET.
I'VE ALREADY, THEY'VE SEEN THE BUDGET AND THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THE, UH, TRANSFER OF THE, THE FUND BALANCE INTO, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO, UM, A MOTION AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING, WHICH I WILL MAKE HAPPEN.
IT ACTUALLY IS UNDER THEIR PURVIEW TO MAKE THAT TRANSFER, EVEN THOUGH OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THE TRANSFER, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO MAKE THAT, THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
SO, UM, AND THEY'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE IDEA OF THE 50,000 AN EXTRA 50,000.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THIS TRANSFER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS 2022 MONEY.
WELL, IT'S IN THE, IT'S THE, IT'S THE FUND BALANCE 20 OR THE 20.
IT'S 20 IS WHAT'S IN YOUR 2023 FUND BALANCE HERE.
BUT YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE A BUDGET THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
A TRANSFER AND A BUDGET THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
WELL, THAT, THAT SHOWS WHAT'S IN MY FUND BALANCE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE THE FUND BALANCE IS A FUND BALANCE IS CONTINUING.
THE FUND BALANCE IS UH, A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING WAS 2 22 OR 23.
WELL IT DOES BECAUSE IF WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE DOING A TRANSFER OF MONIES FROM THE 2023 BUDGET THAT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED YET, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THE FUND BALANCE IS THE FUND BALANCE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE APPROVING ANYTHING UNTIL WE, UH, THIS IS ALL FOR THE 23 BUDGET.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL BEEN APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME.
AND HERE'S THE ACTUAL 2022 BUDGET.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU HAD TO DO SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY HAS TO, ANY, ANY TRANSFERS, LINE TRANSFERS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE LIBRARY BUDGET, THE LIBRARY BOARD.
AND WHEN WILL THAT HAPPEN? DECEMBER THEY'LL APPROVE IT, BUT THE FUNDS WON'T BE TRANSFERRED UNTIL 2021.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE APPROVING AND CONTINGENT ON IT HAPPENING.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF, IF THERE, IF THERE'S FUND BALANCE, AND LET'S SAY YOU NEED THE MONEY NOW, YOU KNOW, THE FUND, THE MONEY AND THE FUND BALANCE IS STILL FUND BALANCE.
SO IF YOU NEED THE MONEY NOW AND IF YOU AND AN EXTRA MONTH IS GONNA HELP YOU, WE COULD MAKE A, I THINK WE CAN MAKE A BUDGET TRANSFER FOR 2022 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT DON'T NEED UNTIL JANUARY ANYWAY.
SO THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT.
I DON'T NEED THIS PARTICULAR, I'M NOT STARTING WITH THE ARCHITECT UNTIL JANUARY AND WE HAVE, BRIAN AND I STILL HAVE TO DISCUSS A WHOLE LOT OF WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
WELL I THINK JUST THE INTENT IS TO PUT FOR BOTH DESIGN AND AND CONSTRUCTION IN, FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2023.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF FINALIZE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS BEFORE WE MAKE THE FORMAL UH, REQUEST.
HAVE A GREAT, HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING ABOUT THANKSGIVING TOO.
CHRISTINA, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION THAT'S YES.
UM, YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH, WITH THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LIBRARIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE BECOMING MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH REGARDS TO, UM, REACHING OUT TO THE VARIOUS CULTURES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UM, YOU HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF WHO IS ABLE TO SIT AND PLOT OUT PROGRAMS FOR, FOR VARIOUS MONTHS THAT RELATE TO THE, THE, UM, UH, MOSAIC OF CULTURES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT IT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S TO DO READINGS, EVEN IF IT'S TO, TO SPONSOR LECTURES REPRESENTING THE, THE DIFFERENT CULTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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IS YOUR THINKING ON THAT? HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING AT OUR DO YOU, ARE YOU SUBSCRIBED TO OUR NEWSLETTER? OOH,WE HONESTLY, YOU HAVE TO SEE, YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW MANY, NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAD HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT.
ONE, THEY, THAT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL, EXCELLENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE, UM, THERE WAS A PANEL ON THE, UH, ANTISEMITISM IN THE MM-HMM.
SO LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HITTING THAT.
AND WE DO HAVE A COMMITTEE BY THE WAY THAT'S, THAT'S ADDRESSING OH, EXCELLENT.
IN THE LIBRARY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMMING IS BALANCED.
IT'S VERY, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE FOR THAT ALSO
SO THERE'S A COMMITTEE FOR EACH, EACH AREA OF THE LIBRARY MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF, I'M GLAD ELLEN AND GINA HAVE BEEN GREAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY CAN'T GET TO THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME NIGHT AS, AS THIS SESSION.
SO WE KIND OF DISCUSS A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NECESSARY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT YOU'RE GIVEN THIS MONEY TO THE LIBRARY AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
WE DEFINITELY FIGURE HARD WORK.
THE CASE IS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO WHAT THE TOWN WANTS.
IS THERE, UH, A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, TO DISCUSS PERSONAL MATTERS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE? WELL BEFORE YOU GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, PAUL, I JUST WANT TO, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
IS SOMEONE GONNA SECOND, SECOND.
BEFORE YOU VOTE, AYE, TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE MAY BE, UH, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A REQUEST FOR A STREET CLOSING FOR TWO DATES IN DECEMBER.
ONE DATE IS BEFORE THE DECEMBER 14TH MEETING AND THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHERS THAT COME IN.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE THAT ARE ROUTINE WITH SUCH AS THESE, IF WE, UH, SEND, IF THE OFFICE SENDS OUT A REMINDER ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO TELL THEM YOU TYPICALLY HAVE SUCH AND SUCH AN ANNUAL EVENT, UH, COULD YOU PUT IN A REQUEST IF YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO IT THIS YEAR SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THESE SITUATIONS.
MOST OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD AT DOING IT.
IT'S JUST THAT THIS JUST HAPPENED TO COME IN RIGHT AFTER WE HAD A, A TOWN BOARD MEETING.
WELL FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY, UM, THESE REQUESTS WERE FOR A FIRST, UH, ANNUAL EVENT.
AND WHEN AND WHEN COMMUNITIES MAKE REQUESTS SUCH AS THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND UM, JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THEIR DATES AND THEIR STREET CLOSINGS.
MY POINT IS YES, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO DO IT.
UM, BUT THERE COULD BE MORE PROACTIVE ACTIVITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE REQUESTS COME IN MORE TIMELY BY REACHING OUT TO THE DIFFERENCE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENT.
CAN I JUST ASK A, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION MOTION? CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS? I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING, UH, JOE, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE IF WE BASICALLY PASSED A, A LAW THAT BASICALLY AUTHORIZED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, UNLE TO CLOSE THE STREETS WITHOUT A TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, RESOLUTION? UM, UNLESS TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, VOTE TO DISAGREE BECAUSE ON, WE'VE NEVER REJECTED ANY REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BOARD MADE SUGGESTION.
THAT'S NOT, WHY DON'T WE JUST, WHY DON'T WE JUST POST ON THE WEBSITE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS STREET CLOSERS, PLEASE GIVE US A MONTH'S NOTICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HAVE THAT JUST YEAH, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, A LOT OF THEM FORGET BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL COMING FROM CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.
THERE'S A LIST OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.
BUT THEY, PEOPLE FORGET BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY, THEY'RE NOT PAID AND THEY FORGET.
AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT, THAT TO ME, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A REQUEST AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD SAY, FINE, THEY COULD THEN THE POLICE COULD NOTIFY US.
AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE, SPEND TIME GOING OVER SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A WASTE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.
IT'S NOT THE SHOULD NOT ISSUE ISSUE.
IT REALLY SHOULD NOT DIS IT SHOULD NOT BE ISSUE.
IT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.
THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
AND IT REALLY IS, IS IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S OBNOXIOUS TO MAKE IT AN ISSUE.
I WITHDRAW MY REQUEST FOR THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE.
LETS GO, LET'S, LET'S, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE T CLERK'S OFFICE.
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YOU HAVE A LIST OF CIVIC TO SEND OUT A NOTICE.THIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO IMPOSE A RULE THAT IS RESTRICTIVE AND CONTROLLING.
AND IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF US DOING RESOLUTION.
WE SHOULD HAVE OUR, WE SHOULD ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS THE FLEXIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO COME TOGETHER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND SAY, OH WOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME CAROLING ON DECEMBER 24TH.
LET'S REQUEST A STREET CLOSING.
IT, IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS FEEL THAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY.
THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, THEY KEEP CHANGING.
NOT BE A MEETING, IT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE OFFICE.
AND DURING THESE RESOLUTIONS, NOT JUST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE HAD MODIFICATIONS OF REQUESTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE CIVIC ASSOCIATION TRYING TO HAVE A, A UH, PRE AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME FOR FRANCIS SHEEN SUGGESTED THE CROWN THANKSGIVING.
LET'S MAKE THIS TO, EXCUSE ME FOR FRANCIS.
SHE TO SUGGEST THAT THE, AND I'LL NOT SPEAK OVER YOU BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROFESSIONAL, BUT FRANCIS, SHE, TO SUGGEST THAT THE FIRST OFFICE DOES NOT DO ANY WORK IS OBNOXIOUS AND IT'S IGNORANT.
IT, IT IS OUT A SPACE OF IGNORANCE.
ALL I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT WE RESIDENTS RIGHTS TO REQUEST A CLOSING.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL HAPPY HOLIDAYS.