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UH, WORK SESSION.AND, UH, FIRST, UM, ITEM IS A ZOOM ITEM, UM, A ZOOM DISCUSSION WITH JOHN EMRICH OF THE MARAM GROUP, AND HE WILL TELL US SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIES WE'VE HAD, UM, IN ALBANY, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH HIM.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL REALLY START WITH TWO OF THE, THE BIGGEST ONES, UM, AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW.
UM, AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I THINK WILL PROBABLY BECOME CLEARER WHEN THE GOVERNOR, UH, RELEASES HER BUDGET IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, SHE DID JUST LAST WEEK, UH, DO HER STATE OF THE STATE, WHICH GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK, BUT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS.
AND WHEN THE BUDGET BILLS COME OUT, UM, THAT IS WHERE POTENTIAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TOWN AS YOU EMBARK ON A 2023 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, I THINK WILL BECOME CLEAR.
BUT KIND OF THE TWO BIGGEST, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UM, I THINK THAT THE TOWN HAD THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SEASON, UM, CALENDAR YEAR 2022.
UM, WE HAD RECOMMENDED AT THE MORAN GROUP YOUR, UH, APPLICATION AND, AND PROCEED, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH A $5 MILLION GRANT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, FOR SIDEWALKS, UM, THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, THAT ALLOWS YOU GUYS TO BUILD THE KIND OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UH, I DO THINK WITH SOME OF THE PROSPECTS ON THE HORIZON, THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL GIVE ME SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM YOUR RESIDENTS AND, AND PEOPLE IN GREENBURG IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DONE.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, POT OF MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ALLUDED TO IN HER STATE OF THE STATE THAT COULD EITHER ENHANCE THAT INITIAL GRANT OR POTENTIALLY BUILD, UM, OR DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT PIECE, WHICH I KNOW WE HAVE ALL COLLECTIVELY BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, FOR WORKING AT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, IS THE CONDO CO-OP LEGISLATION.
YOU ALL HAD A VERY SPECIFIC, UH, ISSUE.
UM, THERE WAS A STATEWIDE BILL TO ADDRESS IT.
UM, YOUR LOCAL, UH, LEADERS, SENATOR STEWART COUSINS, AND NOW FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN, UM, ATI, WORKING WITH THEM, PASSED A BILL.
UM, GOT IT THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
UH, SHE SIGNED IT IN, UH, DECEMBER, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, UH, WAS A NICE HOLIDAY PRESENT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF HARD WORK, IT WAS INITIALLY SOMETHING AS MOST OF YOU REMEMBER, CERTAINLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHEEN, UH, WITH, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN GIFF.
WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND, UH, REALIZING THE SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT YOU GUYS HAD AND THE BEST WAY TO GET IT PASSED WAS NARROWING IT TOWARDS THE TOWN.
I THINK WE COULD STILL WORK ON THE LARGER ISSUE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT PASSED FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, DID I THINK, RAISE A LOT OF EYEBROWS AND HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, TAKE NOTE, IF YOU WILL, UM, IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
SO GREENBERG, UH, AND CERTAINLY MYSELF, MAY BE ASKED BY OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE, UM, HOW WE GOT IT DONE AND WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO GET IT DONE, UH, BECAUSE I DO STILL THINK THE STATEWIDE BILL WOULD BENEFIT YOU GUYS AS WELL.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT PASSED ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.
SO THOSE WERE THE TWO KIND OF BIGGEST ISSUES.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION, UM, WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR, UM, ON 2023 ON FLOOD MITIGATION, UM, AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UM, AND FUNDING FOR THAT, WHICH I THINK IS POSSIBLE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT, UH, PROGRAM.
I THINK IT WAS JULY, MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, EARLY, UH, AUGUST.
UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA WORK TOWARDS SOME OF THE, THOSE, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR RATHER ROBUST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UM, IN 23, BUT ANXIOUS TO TAKE, TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ON 22 AND, AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE MAY BE FOR 23.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD CONTROL IS, UH, IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR PRIORITY, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALKS.
UM, UH, THE ONE STRETCH, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE GETTING WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND DOPPS FERRY ROAD, UH, THE ONE STRETCH THAT WE DON'T HAVE IS FROM ACME.
IT'S A SUPERMARKET TO, UH, THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER.
AND IF WE HAD THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, UH, FROM EAST HEART DAILY AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO ONE 19, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, UM, BE WALKABLE.
UH, THE, THE HEALTH CENTER IS USED BY, UM, UM, MANY IMMIGRANTS AND, UH, LOWER,
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UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY LOW INCOME.UM, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK, AND YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE HEALTH CENTER, WALK TO THE HEALTH CENTER, YOU KNOW, WALK ON THE STREET, UM, IT'S DANGEROUS.
UH, THEY WALK WITH THEIR STROLLERS, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE CARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST A SMALL LITTLE STRETCH, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHERE THE AC I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHERE ACME IS TO THE HEALTH CENTER.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HEADING TOWARDS THE LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S ONE, ONE INITIATIVE.
UH, THE EAST IRVINGTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UM, HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR A SIDEWALK ON TAXI ROAD, UM, UH, WHICH IS, UM, SOME, WE HAVE, UM, TWO PARKS, UH, A PARK THAT, UM, WE JUST PUT A NEW PLAYGROUND THERE AND, UH, THE EAST IRVINGTON, UH, THE TEXAS ROAD, UH, UM, SORT OF LIKE NATURE CENTER, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, SO THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A SIDEWALK FOR, FOR YEARS, AND WE JUST GOT $120,000, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, AVALON, UH, TO BUILD A SIDEWALK IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, TO ON PAR ON PARTS OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE STILL LOOKING AT DOING THINGS WITH THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND THE COURTHOUSE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS FOR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HELP US ADDRESS THE POLICE AND AND COURTHOUSE ISSUES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT IS THE CONDITION OF THE STATE ROADS.
UH, YOU HAVE NORWOOD ROAD, UH, WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF POTHOLES AND CRATERS.
YOU HAVE CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, WHICH IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF, UM, UH, REPAVING.
YOU HAVE PARTS OF DUFFS FERRY ROAD THAT ARE, UM, IN DESPERATE NEED, YOU KNOW, SENATOR COUSINS AND ASSEMBLYMAN ANTE, AND NOW ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UH, MARY JANESKY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DEFINITELY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE, THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
IT'S NOT ANY OF THEIR FAULT, YOU KNOW, I THINK FORMER GOVERNOR CUOMO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DIDN'T ADDRESS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NOW WE'RE IN A CATCH UP MODE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SO I, I KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUPPORT, UH, SENATOR COUSINS, UM, LAST YEAR SHE GOT US F YOU KNOW, $4 MILLION, UH, TO REPAVE, UM, UH, SOME RIVER ROAD IN, IN ELMSFORD, BUT, YOU KNOW, NORWOOD ROAD IS HORRIBLE AND, UM, AND CENTRAL AVENUE.
SO I, I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE GOT, IF YOU COULD GET THE FLOOD CONTROL, CENTRAL AVENUE, NORWOOD ROAD, DOVES PRAIRIE ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, DONE A COUPLE SIDEWALKS, INTERNS YEAH, 1 19, 19 HAS SOME BIG HOLES IN YEAH.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE STATE TO DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.
SO IF WE COULD TAKE LIKE ONE OR TWO MAJOR ROADS A YEAR, UH, THEN I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMETHING DONE.
YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STATE D O T, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY REALLY ARE TRYING, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THE STAFF.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, EVERY TIME WE CALL THEM, THEY'RE TRYING, THEY GET BACK TO US.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGISLATORS ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, HELPFUL.
SO I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING YOU COULD DO TO PROD WOULD BE GREAT.
AND IF I MAY, IN ADDITION, ON CENTRAL AVENUE, BEFORE ANY PAVING IS DONE, THERE ARE, UM, A NUMBER OF CULVERTS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR AND THAT ARE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BRIMMING WITH DEBRIS, SO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE FUNDING.
BUT IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY PAVING THAT HAS TO BE DONE, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE FIRST.
THE, THE CULVERTS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AND, UH, CLEARED.
AND THAT WILL HELP WITH THE FLOODING AS WELL.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WILL ALSO, UM, PREPARE FOR YOU ALL KIND OF A SUMMARY.
LIKE I SAID, DEVIL IN THE DETAILS, IN TWO WEEKS, WHEN THE GOVERNOR FEBRUARY 1ST, SHE'S SCHEDULED TO RELEASE HER BUDGET.
UM, THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT POTS OF FUNDING AND ALLOCATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR AND FLOOD MITIGATION, AND KIND OF ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT WOULD PRESENT ITSELF TO A TOWN LIKE GREENBURG.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO SUMMARIZE AND THEN WE'LL, UH, BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN ON, ON HOW TO GO AFTER THOSE DOLLARS.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS, UH, THIS IS NOT, I KNOW YOUR OFFICE AND THEAM GROUP BASICALLY FOCUSES ON STATE, THE STATE, BUT I'VE NOTICED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN MAN, ER JONES AND CONGRESSMAN, UH, BOWMAN'S, UM, UH, ANNUAL REPORT,
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YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES WERE GETTING LIKE 14, $15 MILLION.THEY WERE GETTING A, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A MILLION FROM CONGRESSMAN JONES.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT, UH, THE TOWN, IN ADDITION TO HIRING YOU TO DO THE STATE THAT WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY WHO COULD HELP US GET, YOU KNOW, UH, MORE FEDERAL GRANTS? BECAUSE I, I JUST FEEL THAT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS OR THE COURT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THERE'S PROBABLY MONEY OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD HAVE ANY ADVICE ON THAT.
I, I MEAN, YEAH, I, I CERTAINLY THINK IT'S HELPFUL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS HAVE ME KIND OF ON THE GROUND HERE IN ALBANY, I'M TALKING TO YOU TONIGHT FROM ALBANY, UM, OUR OFFICES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL, UM, I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT FIRM.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU HAVE A SENATE NOW, UH, WHERE THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER COMES FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UH, WHICH IS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL PERCH.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE A HOUSE MINORITY LEADER WHO COMES FROM NEW YORK, UM, WHICH IS HELPFUL.
UM, AND IDENTIFYING SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, JUST LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT NEXT WEEK WHEN THE STATE BUDGET IS RELEASED BY THE GOVERNOR, UM, COULD POTENTIALLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUBBLE SOMETIMES WHERE ONLY THOSE OF US THAT DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN ALBANY, IN WASHINGTON, UM, KIND OF KNOW WHERE, WHERE THE POCKETS OF DOLLARS ARE.
SO I, I DO THINK IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HELPFUL TO YOU GUYS.
NO, JEAN HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PUSHING FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I KNOW THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO CREATE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WOULD THERE BE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE TOWN IS INTERESTED, I KNOW THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING MORE ON SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER UNITS ON MAPLE AVENUE.
UM, WOULD THERE BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FUNDING, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE GETTING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES.
I MEAN, SHE, AGAIN, VERY KIND OF BIG PICTURE FROM A MACRO LEVEL LAST WEEK DURING HER STATE OF THE STATE, UM, HOUSING WAS THE MAIN FOCUS.
UM, SHE DIDN'T NECESSARILY ASSIGN DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO THE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS.
UM, A FEW HERE AND THERE, SHE MENTIONED 250 MILLION, UM, A, A $250 MILLION POT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UM, KIND OF UNCLEAR UNTIL, AGAIN, IN TWO WEEKS WHEN SHE ACTUALLY RELEASES THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS.
BUT I DO THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, ONE THING THAT I CAUTIONED THE TOWN AGAINST LAST YEAR, UM, THAT, AGAIN, DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, BUT WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IT IS SHE HAS BEEN, UM, SHE DID ALLUDE TO EXPEDITING CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE, PRIMARILY IN NEW YORK CITY, CUTTING RED TAPE AND BEING ABLE TO USURP SOME OF THAT LOCAL CONTROL OR AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING.
IT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO COME OUT CHARGING AGAINST, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU ALL WILL WANNA REALLY READ THAT LANGUAGE AND ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS AREN'T ABLE TO BE BUILT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT FROM THE TOWN.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY, I SHOULD MENTION, WANT TO CAVEAT TO THAT, ESPECIALLY AROUND TRANSIT HUBS, RIGHT? TRAIN STOPS, BUS, UH, SHELTERS.
UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT I'LL CERTAINLY BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR YOU ALL AND WE'LL SHARE THAT LANGUAGE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IN SHORT, YES, I DO THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, THAT ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING AND CREATING MORE HOUSING IN NEW YORK STATE'S HOUSING STOCK.
IN ADDITION THOUGH, I I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, COME UP AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AND EXISTING HOUSING THAT BECAUSE THE, THE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MAINTAINED AS WELL AS THEY COULD BE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING.
SO CREATING MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING HOUSING, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.
AND THAT'S FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, LIKE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC.
JUST MAKING SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
YOU KNOW, THE STATE, UH, FUNDED HOUSING OBVIOUSLY.
WHAT ABOUT CHILDCARE? UH, WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE LOIS BRONZE, UH, CHILDREN'S CENTER, AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S, UM, ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THE LOWEST BRONX CHILDREN'S CENTER IS NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UM, THAT WE COULD OR THEY COULD APPLY FOR?
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YEAH, I MEAN, SHE MENTIONED, UM, A, A PORTION OF CHILDCARE AND, AND, AND CREATING NEW POTS OF FUNDING FOR THAT.UM, I THINK THOSE, AGAIN, THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE DETAILS WHEN SHE PRODUCES HER, UH, HER ACTUAL BUDGET DOCUMENT AND SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY HAVE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AND APPLY FOR SOME OF THAT FUNDING.
SO I, UM, I TOOK NOTE OF THAT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN AREA THAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE, OR YOU ALL HAVEN'T PRIORITIZED FOR ME, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ADD CHILDCARE TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE LIST OF, OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU ALL.
WE PASSED A RESOLUTION SOME MONTHS AGO ABOUT MORE MONIES AND BETTER FUNDING FOR CHILDCARE AND CHILDCARE WORKERS PRIMARILY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, I THINK IT WAS A BRIDGEPORT PORT BILL, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN I HAD DIDN'T TRACK IT TO SEE WHERE THAT WENT.
I, BUT SHE'S OBVIOUSLY, THE GOVERNOR'S OBVIOUSLY BEING RESPONSIVE TO NOT JUST OUR RESOLUTION BECAUSE THERE, IT WAS A, A BIG PUSH TO INCREASE THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT ANY MONEY THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE TO US TO HELP US WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS WE REALLY NEED TO WAIT UNTIL SHE ACTUALLY RELEASES HER BUDGET FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
I MEAN, CONCEPTUALLY, EVERY ITEM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TOUCHED ON TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE POTS OF FUNDING THERE, BUT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT IN, IN TWO WEEKS WHEN SHE RELEASES THOSE BUDGET BILLS, IT'LL BECOME A LOT CLEARER.
SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION AFTER THAT.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY A WRITTEN SUMMARY AS WELL.
SO THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOUR.
SO ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, PUTTING CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE IS, UM, IS BASICALLY FOR THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, IS FOR THE SAME AMOUNT AS LAST YEAR.
CORRECT? WE DISCUSS THAT IN EXECUTIVE, WE DISCUSS THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE.
HOLD, HOLD ON A SECOND, JOHN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IF WE LOSE YOU, UM, FRANCIS KNOWS WHAT TO DO,
SO PAUL, FOR THE REASONS OF, OF, UH, PERSONAL, LEGAL, CONTRACTUAL
UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS AND TO, UH, DISCUSS A, UH, UPCOMING CONTRACT, UM, WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, JOHN EMRICH, UH, FOR SERVICES FOR 20 13 20 23, 4, UH, 20 23, 3, 3.
WELL, JOHN WOULD ACCEPT ANYTHING, RIGHT? ALSO, RIGHT?
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.