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THAT WAS A FANTASTIC CELEBRATION.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE OVERALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of retired Greenburgh Police Officer Gary Farmer, who was raised in Elmsford and graduated Alexander Hamilton High School in 1985. Gary Farmer became Police Officer Farmer on May 30, 1995. He spent much of his career assigned to the Community Police Unit. He received numerous awards and commendations during his career, before retiring on September 19, 2012. He also obtained a degree in Organizational Management from Manhattan College in 2012. Gary Farmer operated his own family business RSF Building Maintenance for over twenty years, worked for Archbishop Stepinac High School as an Assistant Coach and put his all into his most important role, father to his son John. Gary was hardworking, loyal, and could be well intentioned, but painfully honest. He was friendly, caring, supportive, and true to himself. He was the type of individual that touched the lives of many and will be missed by many far too soon. In memory of Anna Thaxton who passed away on Friday. She was a longtime resident of the Town and a beloved Physical Education teacher with the Greenburgh Central School District for many years until her retirement. In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's invasion and relentless intentional targeted bombing of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, train stations, schools and children centers, deliberating targeting utilities used by civilians to leave them without electricity and heat through the brutal winter weather, with mass graves being found after invaded areas have been retaken, all in Russia's effort to destroy Ukraine and its people, who are forced to fight for their land, their freedom, and general democratic principles. May they rest in peace and peace be restored to Ukraine]
AND WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.UM, IN MEMORY OF RETIRED GREENBURG, POLICE OFFICER GARY FARMER, HE WAS RAISED IN ELMSFORD.
HE GRADUATED ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1985.
UM, GARY BECAME A POLICE OFFICER, UM, ON MAY 30TH, 1995.
HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER ASSIGNED TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE UNIT.
HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS DURING HIS CAREER BEFORE RETIRING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2012, HE OBTAINED A DEGREE IN ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT FROM MANHATTAN COLLEGE IN 2012 AND OPERATED HIS OWN FAMILY BUSINESS, R SS F, BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
WORKED FOR ARCHBISHOP STEF, NICK HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ASSISTANT COACH, AND PUT HIS ALL INTO THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE, FATHER TO HIS SON JOHN.
GARY WAS HARDWORKING, LOYAL, AND COULD BE WELL INTENTIONED, BUT VERY HONEST.
HE WAS FRIENDLY, CARING, SUPPORTIVE, AND TRUE TO HIMSELF.
AND HE WAS REALLY THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL THAT TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY.
AND HE'LL BE MISSED BY MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE MOURN HIS PASSING, AND WE ALSO MOURN THE PASSING OF ANNA THAXTON, WHO PASSED AWAY ON GREEN, UH, ON FRIDAY.
SHE WAS A LONGTIME TEACHER, UM, UH, A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN, A BELOVED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER WITH A GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HER RETIREMENT.
AND SHE ALSO WILL BE ENORMOUSLY ON THIS.
AND IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE THAT WERE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND RELENTLESS, INTENTIONAL TARGETED BOMBING OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATION SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS, DELIBERATING TARGETINGS UTILITIES USED BY CIVILIANS TO LEAVE THEM WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT THROUGH THE BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER WITH MASS GRAVES BEING FOUND AFTER INVADED.
ALL IN RUSSIA'S EFFORT TO DESTROY UKRAINE.
AND AS PEOPLE WHO ARE FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR LAND, THEIR FREEDOM AND GENERAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
MAY THE REST IN PEACE AND PEACE BE RESTORED, UM, TO THE UKRAINE.
AND, UM, UH, NOW, UM, WE CAN CONTINUE.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
OH, ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.AND IS IT APPROPRIATE TO INTERIM? OKAY.
COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON ON ZOOM.
[ PRESENTATIONS 7:00 PM - Honoring Women’s History Month (20 Minutes) Proclamation for Jacqueline (Jackie) Harris Young 7:20 PM - Honoring Ann & Andy Child Care Center 50th Anniversary - Cheryl Anstett (10 Minutes)]
YOU.WHAT A WONDERFUL INTERMISSION THAT WAS.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE RESUME OUR PROGRAM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TWO WOMEN WHO EMPOWERED ME, INSPIRED, AND ENCOURAGED ME IN MY LIFE.
MY MOTHER, ETHEL BURKHARDT BEVILLE, AND MY SISTER JACQUELINE LYNN BEVILLE.
AND MY SISTER JANE DENISE BRAIL AS WELL.
ARE YOU THERE, GARRETT? YES, I AM.
MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, GRATEFUL WILL BE THIS, UH, SONG.
ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE BEEN THROUGH SOME THINGS? WELL, YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU WERE GONNA GET THROUGH AND SOMEHOW YOU DID, YOU KNOW? AND SO, AMEN.
I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE YEARS WHERE MY HELP COMES FROM, AND SO I FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO START OUT SAYING THANK, THANK YOU,
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AND SAY THANK YOU IN EVERYTHING GOOD AND BAD.I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA COME OUT, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME.
I COULD SING IN ACAPELLA IF I HAVE TO.
YOU'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING, RIGHT? NO, NOT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE IT ON MY, I HAVE TO JUST CLICK THE, UH, SOUND OPTION FOR THE SHARE SCREEN.
I, I HAVE TO DO WHAT COUNCILMAN SHEHAN INDICATED THERE.
I THINK I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND TAKE PART IN THIS.
I DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SING THAT MUCH, AND JUDITH ALWAYS GIVES ME A CHANCE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS YOU GET OLDER.
COUNCIL MAC SHEHAN, I'M SORRY.
UM, WHEN I HIT SHARE SCREEN, UM, TO ENABLE THE AUDIO, THERE'S, I'M, I'M NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
UH, IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER, IT'LL SAY OPTIMIZE SOUND, AND THEN THERE'S A BUTTON NEXT TO IT YOU HAVE TO CLICK AS WELL.
UM, LIKE THE CARROT NEXT TO THE MICROPHONE OR NOT? WELL, UH, HE KNOWS HOW HE KNOWS THAT SONG.
UM, EITHER THAT OR WHEN YOU LET SHARE A SCREEN, IT'S NOT THE CARROT NEXT TO THE MICROPHONE.
MY MUSICIAN IS PLAY FOR HER WHEN YOU OH, OKAY.
IF YOU, IF YOU ARE THE CARROT NEXT TO SHARE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, AND THEN GO TO SHARE.
SO HERE'S WHERE I'M STRUGGLING.
I'M JUST, I NOT SEEING, UH, OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT LIVE WITH A, A KEYBOARD IS OH, SHARE, SHARE SOUND, I BELIEVE.
WAS THAT WORKING? I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE I COULD GO
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BECAUSE I'M GRATEFUL.SO GRATEFUL JUST TO IT IS GRATEFULNESS.
GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL, GRATEFULNESS IS FLOWING FROM MY HEART.
GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL, GRATEFULNESS IS FLOWING FROM MY HEART.
GRATEFUL IS FLOWING FROM MY HEART.
GRATEFUL FROM ARE THE THANK YOU.
PLEASE, PLEASE INTRODUCE THE PIANISTS FROM CHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO ENRICH OUR PROGRAM.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME UP TO THE FRONT SO PEOPLE ON TV COULD GET A CLOSER LOOK.
SO THIS IS THE LARGEST TURNOUT, UH, OF OUT OF TOWN BOARD MEETING WE'VE HAD WHEN PEOPLE WEREN'T YELLING AT US IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN.
AS WE CONTINUE OUR TRIBUTE TO WOMEN IN OUR TOWN, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN BY PRESENTING CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION TO WOMEN WHO SERVE ON OUR TOWN'S, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND I WILL BEGIN AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT IT'S LIKE THE ALPHABET GOT TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
SO, PATRICIA WEEMS IS PAT WEEMS HERE?
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HI, PAT.NOW PAT, WE'RE GONNA, YOU COME FORWARD.
PAT, PAT SAID, WHEN I TOLD PAT WE WERE GOING, WHEN I TOLD PAT.
SO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TOWN SUPERVISOR POLL, FINER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLEN HENDRICKS, GINA JACKSON, KEN JONES, FRANCIS SHEEN, AND GREENBERG TOWN CLERK JUDITH A BEVELL, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION HEREBY HONORS PATRICIA WILLIAMS FOR HER COMMITMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, DEDICATION, VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP IN HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, STATE OF NEW YORK.
A RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ON THIS 22ND DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR 2023.
PAT GETS THREE SECONDS
I WANTED TO SAY BRIEFLY THAT, UM, WE ARE IN A TIME OF DISTRESS WHEN DEMOCRACY IS ON TRIAL.
MY GRAND, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN 1890.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR ANCESTORS, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU ARE AND WHICH PART OF THE TIME YOU COME INTO, AND THIS IS FOR THE CAUCASIAN PEOPLE HERE TOO.
LIFE HAS NOT BEEN A CRYSTAL SHARE FOR YOU EITHER.
EVERYBODY HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS OF THE, UM, DESCENT.
I'M NOW, UM, BLACK INDIGENOUS AMERICAN.
AND I WANT US TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF DISCRIMINATION GOING ON IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BUT I KNOW WE CAN RISE ABOVE IT.
WE WILL NOT TAKE IT SITTING DOWN.
AND WE WILL, I WILL ALWAYS SPEAK OUT ON OUR BEHALF.
SO I WANT TO ANSWER PAUL FINE WHEN HE STATED
BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE UKRAINIANS THAT TOLD BLACK PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE UKRAINIANS WHO TOLD THE MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN IN LINE ON THE BUS, AND IT WAS ZERO DEGREES TO GO TO THE END OF THE LINE.
SO I WANT US TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ISSUE IS NOT THAT WE DISLIKE OR HATE ANYBODY.
WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TAUGHT TO DO THAT.
SO THEREFORE, BE OF GOOD COURAGE.
AND REMEMBER THAT WE WILL SEE TO IT ONE DAY WHEN WE ALL CAN STAND TOGETHER AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND KNOW THAT IT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU ARE ALSO, PAT WINGS IS ALSO RECIPIENT OF PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR TOWN OF GREENBURG PAT.
WHEREAS PAM, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS ENTIRE PROCLAMATION, THANK YOU.
BUT I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT
AND I'VE KNOWN HER FOR MANY YEARS AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SHE ATTENDED VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, A WELL-KNOWN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE, WAS A STUDENT LEADER AND FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S RIFLE TEAM.
NOW HERE'S, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT YOU KNOW.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION, PAT JOINED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, THE CARDIOGRAPHIC DIVISION, WHERE HER NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE INSIDE COVER OF EVERY MAP MADE BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1966 TO 1968 IN THE YEAR 6, 19 68, THE YEAR THAT DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED, SHE JOINED THE NATIONAL HEAD START SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON, RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING ALL HEAD START PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE AND THEIR PROGRAMMING.
AND FOLLOWING THE CIVIL RIGHTS RIOTS OF THE LATE SIXTIES, SHE JOINED THE WORK AND CENTER PROGRAM.
GOVERNMENT FUNDED AND AFFILIATED
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WITH FORD FOUNDATION TO ASSIST WITH WORKFORCE READINESS.IN THE SIXTIES, PAT MOVED TO VENEZUELA, WHERE SHE HELPED POLITICAL, HELPED POLITICAL CONVENTIONS, CREATE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL HEADS OF STATE.
SHE WAS ALSO A DELEGATE, WESTCHESTER DELEGATE TO THE MIDTERMS CONVENTION DURING JIMMY CARTER'S ADMINISTRATION, AND A REPRESENTATIVE TO NEW YORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
SHE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVIST AND POLITICAL ACTION PERSON HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR MANY YEARS, ACTIVE WITH THE N A A C P MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER INTERDENOMINATIONAL FELLOWSHIP CHOIR THAT TRAVELED TO SOUTH AFRICA, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO ASK FOR NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE.
UM, AND WITH HER GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, PAT ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERE IN TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UH, THE EVERY PROCLAMATION, IT WILL SAY AT THE BOTTOM, THE TOWN BOARD, ALONG WITH TOWN CLERK JUDITH BEVILLE, ACKNOWLEDGE, ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS PATRICIA WEEMS WITH MUCH APPRECIATION FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVISM, ADVOCACY, DEDICATION, AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND DECLARES THAT THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH HAS BEEN DECLARED PAT PATRICIA WEEMS DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
OKAY, SO, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT TON BACK THERE, THE PIANIST.
HE'S ALSO IN THE WESTCHESTER INTERDENOMINATIONAL FELLOWSHIP CHOIR, AND HE IS A DYNAMIC TENANT.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE NINE THERE, THERE ARE ABOUT 64 RECIPIENTS OF CERTIFICATES AND NINE RECIPIENTS OF THE PROCLAMATIONS.
NOW, I, I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER WAY TO, TO ASSIGN THE, THE DAYS, THE, UM, THE DAY TO HONOR THE PERSON.
AND SO I TOOK EACH, I TOOK THE NAMES AND PUT 'EM IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
AND SO, STARTING WITH TONIGHT, I BELIEVE TONIGHT, EDDIE MAY BARNES WAS THE FIRST, WAS THE B A R N S.
SO FROM BARNES TO WEEMS, NOW YOUNG, JACKIE YOUNG WAS THE LAST ONE IN THAT LINE.
HOWEVER, MY HEART WANTED TO GIVE HER A SUNDAY AS A DAY OF HER NAME WITH HER NAME.
AND THERE'S THE LAST DAY, UH, OF, OF SUN OF SUN.
THE LAST SUNDAY IN MARCH IS THIS SUNDAY.
SO WE, WE KIND OF JUMPED OUT OF ORDER A LITTLE BIT WITH JACKIE'S DAY.
BUT, UM, ALL OF THE OTHER DAYS ARE, ARE IN ORDER THROUGHOUT FROM THIS, FROM TONIGHT UNTIL MARCH 31ST.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT HONOR CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION GOES TO DIANE BERLEY.
IS DIANE HERE TONIGHT? OKAY, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND.
THERESA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? OKAY.
COURSE THIS IS KIND OF A SHOUT OUT FOR THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN CONCERNED WITH, AND I WANNA SHARE WITH ANYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THAT AND JOINING US, UM, IN KEEPING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND NATURE OF GREENBURG THE WAY IT IS.
MY FAMILY'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE 1930S, AND WE REALLY WANNA KEEP GREENBURG GREEN.
SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE REACH OUT.
WE'D BE INTERESTED IN HAVING YOU JOIN US.
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VICKY'S HERE.HI, EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, DEDICATION, VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP IN HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
PORTIA, CLAIRE P I KNOW CLAIRE IS HERE.
BOARD OF ETHICS, AUXILIARY POLICE, FRIENDS OF THE GREENBERG LIBRARY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AMI PATEL, HELENE OR MATH.
AND OSHA IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I KNOW SHE IS ON ZOOM.
AND, UM, WE JUST WANT TO GIVE, UH, MADELINE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
THE HISTORIC WALMART COMMITTEE MADE.
MADELINE, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? MADELINE HEADS UP THE COMMITTEE.
UM, IF WE ARE A, WE'RE MEMBERS OF A CIVIC ASSOCIATION OR ANYONE, ANY RESIDENT OF TOWN, UM, WANTS TO, UM, UH, DECLARE A HOUSE OR A BUILDING, A LANDMARK, THEN YOU PRESENT YOUR PROPOSAL TO MADELINE, OSHA, AND SHE HAS BEEN AN EXPERT AT THIS, LEADING THIS, UM, INITIATIVE FOR MANY YEARS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENBURG AND HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENBURG.
I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, ABOUT THE UNIQUE HISTORY OF GREENBURG, AND I WORK WITH A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, FEEL THE SAME AS I DO.
SANDRA, ADA, CAROLYN, MCNAIR, LIO NOR ANGELICA MARS.
DONNA, IF I DIDN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, PLEASE SAY, OH, GREAT.
LIPSON, CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THAT YOU BRING TO THE TOWN.
THE COUNCIL OF GREENBURG CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS REALLY DESERVES BIG SHOUT OUT.
I STARTED SITTING IN ONE OF THESE SEATS, I GUESS IT WAS IN 2010 WHEN MY COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED IN THE FRANK'S NURSERY DEBACLE, AS I CALL IT.
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GOT OURSELVES GOING THROUGH THE COUNCIL WHO GAVE US ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE SUPPORT.THEN WE STARTED LYNETTE BASS AND MYSELF.
WE STARTED OUR OWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, THE WORTHINGTON WINDER CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND WE'VE BEEN GOING STRONG FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
WE THEN WORKED ON GETTING, UH, THE CHELSEA, THE GREENBERG NURSING, UM, FACILITY, PUT INTO THE FRANKS NURSERY.
AND MY COMMUNITY WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, WHERE THEY WANTED TO PUT IN TOWNHOUSES, AND WE WANTED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY THE WAY IT IS.
AND WE WANTED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THE TOWN LISTENED TO US AND GAVE US WHAT WE WANTED AND WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THAT AREA.
AND AT THAT TIME, I ALSO JOINED THE, UH, THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD.
THEY ARE A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOWN.
JERRY BYRNE AND JOE LUCCHESE, HIS ASSISTANT, ARE WONDERFUL ADVOCATES FOR MAKING SURE THAT RECREATION IS GIVEN TO ALL PARTS OF THE TOWN.
WHETHER IT'S A LITTLE PLAYGROUND FOR AN EAST IRVINGTON AREA, OR PUTTING IN STUFF FOR THE, THE BIG POOL, THE, THE VETERANS PARK POOL, OR EVEN JUST FOR THE SENIORS.
IT'S BEEN A DELIGHT COMING HERE, WORKING WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
MAYBE NOT FOR THEM, FOR ME, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW,
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND A DEMOCRACY FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK OUT.
NO, GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS PERFECT.
AND WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE DOREEN TO TELL US WHAT SHE THINKS WE'RE DOING RIGHT AND WRONG.
WE NEED ALL OF YOUR INPUT, AND WE WELCOME ALL OF YOUR INPUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I COULD THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND THEN DOREEN STARTS YELLING AT US, AND I'LL GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND I'LL REFLECT ON IT, AND A COUPLE MONTHS LATER I'LL SAY, GOSH, SHE WAS RIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THE MORE INPUT WE HAVE AND THE MORE FEEDBACK WE HAVE, THE BETTER WE CAN MAKE OUR TOWN.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF AT EVERY BOARD MEETING, EVERYBODY HERE WOULD SHOW UP AND LOOK AT OUR RESOLUTIONS, TELL US WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION, YEARS AGO, UM, WE, THERE WAS A WHOLE CONTROVERSY IN THE TOWN ABOUT ANTENNAS, AND CATHERINE SHOWED UP AT A BOARD MEETING, SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE ANTENNAS, AND, UH, WE APPOINTED HER, UH, TO HEAD UP THE ENTIRE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, AND SHE BECAME THE HEAD OF IT.
SHE'S STILL THE HEAD OF IT, BUT BECAUSE OF HER EFFORTS, UM, AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE, WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH CON AS, AS MUCH CONTROVERSY AS OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD.
'CAUSE SHE HELPED COME UP WITH A LAW.
SHE HAS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINIZING ALL THE APPLICATIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT CITIZEN ACTIVISM ACCOMPLISHES.
SO I THINK CATHERINE THINKS THAT SHE'S BEEN SENTENCED THAT BOARD AS OPPOSED TO APPOINTED TO HER.
AND SHE GOT AS MANY PEOPLE TO THE BOARD MEETING AS WE HAVE TODAY.
BUT EVERYBODY WAS YELLING AT US AT THAT TIME.
SO WE SAID WE HAVE TO CREATE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THIS.
SO LET THAT BE ONE OF YOUR TAKEAWAYS THIS EVENING, THAT IF YOU COME TO A TOWN BOARD MEETING AND SPEAK UP ON AN ISSUE, PAUL JUST MAY MAKE YOU THE LEADER OF THAT PARTICULAR, OF A COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ISSUE.
CHRISTIE, I KNOW CHRISTIE IS HERE.
AND CHRISTIE, PLEASE, IF I'M NOT PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, PLEASE PRONOUNCE IT WHEN YOU COME UP TO RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE.
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NO.AND I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WALLA HUNTER BECAUSE SHE WAS, UH, WHEN I WAS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR, SHE WAS, UH, THE ASSISTANT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND, UM, THIS WAS WAY, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
AND I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO KNEW HOW TO, UH, UH, OVERCOME GOVERNMENT LOOPHOLES AS AS EFFICIENTLY AS SHE DID.
I'LL NEVER FORGET, THERE WAS ONCE A WOMAN WHO, UM, UH, WANTED HELP GETTING, UH, UH, HELP WITH HER, UM, UM, GETTING HELP SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO INTO A NURSING HOME.
UM, AND, UM, AND, UM, SHE KNEW, YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T SAY NO, SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SAY NO.
SO THERE WAS NOBODY WHO DID CONSTITUENT SERVICE BETTER, BETTER THAN HER THAT I'VE EVER MET IN MY, MY LIFE.
AND SHE'S CONFIDENT AND AMAZING PERSON.
JANICE GRIFFIN, PRESIDENT OF OUR GREENBERG WHITE CHAPTER NAACP ANN GORDON GOODMAN, FORMER CHAIRPERSON OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
UM, SHOUT OUT TO THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR CURRENT CHAIR, LANE COBB, AND TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
OUR, OUR NEW CHAIRPERSON OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
NANCY'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT SHE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE INVITE.
BARBARA TATA, SHAUNA KINSON, ARMENIA, CIO, CINDY COLLINS, LOUISE RICCO, CORA, CARRIE, LORRAINE.
KORI, UH, WE JUST, UH, WE JUST, UH, SKIPPED OVER CO.
CARRIE CO CARRIE IS ALSO ON THAT ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD AND HAS IT BEEN SINCE 1996? CORA LEE BURTON.
LEE BURTON EVE, BUNTING SMITH, MARSHA BREWSTER, FAYE BRANCH, SARAH BRACY WHITE, OUR CULTURE AND ARTS COORDINATOR FOR THE TOWN.
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LET'S HEAR CAROL ALLEN OVER YOUR SHYNESS.I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO GET THIS.
BRIDGET ALBERS AND LYDIA AT EBOLA.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT COMPLETES OUR LIST OF, OKAY.
THAT COMPLETES OUR LIST OF CERTIFICATES TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS AND, AND COMMITTEES.
SO THIS PROGRAM, THIS RECOGNITION PROGRAM IS ANNUAL.
AND A FEW MONTHS AGO, SITTING WITH TWO DEAR FRIENDS WHO I GREW UP WITH HAVING DINNER AND REMINISCING ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN LIFE.
I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS PERSON HAS GIVEN TO CHILDREN THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AS A TEACHER, AS A COUNSELOR, AS A ROLE MODEL, AS A MOTIVATOR.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE JUST INSPIRED ME TO INCLUDE YOU IN OUR PROGRAM OF HONORING WOMEN.
I LIFELONG RESIDENT OF PARKWAY HOMES, TOWN OF GREENBURG AND DAUGHTER, AS WELL AS SISTER OF A DISTINGUISHED OF DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECTS IN GREENBURG, HENRY LIJA.
HER FATHER WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS IN THE HILLSIDE PLAZA, RIGHT HERE AT THE CORNER OF, OF HILLSIDE AND TARRYTOWN ROAD.
AND HER SISTER, LT LAJAN IS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE TOWN'S MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK.
RENEE ATTENDED VAL HALLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UPON GRADUATION ATTENDED DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY, ONE OF THE HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S FROM DELAWARE STATE, A MASTER'S FROM BANK STREET COLLEGE FOR EDUCATION, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MASTER'S DEGREE FROM LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY IN COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT.
I WILL NOT READ THIS ENTIRE PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO CHOCK FULL OF RENEE'S LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO GIVE BACK TO OTHERS.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OVER HER MANY YEARS, FOUR DECADES NOW, AS A TEACHER AND COUNSELOR AT VALHALLA IN VALHALLA, SHE HAS HELPED TO COACH AND ENCOURAGE OVER 1500 CHILDREN TO ATTEND COLLEGE.
AND WHILE THEY'RE THERE, SHE MAKES HERSELF AVAILABLE AS A MENTOR AND COACH AND GUIDANCE COUNSELOR TO SUPPORT THEIR EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS THEY JOURNEY THROUGH THEIR YEARS IN COLLEGE.
SHE IS A PHENOMENAL WOMAN, AN AFFILIATE WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS, CHARTER MEMBER OF PATO OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, REPRESENTED BY THE SORORITY SISTERS SITTING HERE, AND I'M ONE AS WELL.
UM, SHE HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR YEARS AS A LEADER WITH THE DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL PANHELLENIC COUNCIL, WHICH REPRESENTS THE DIVINE NINE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER OF BLACK SCHOLARS OF WESTCHESTER CHAIRPERSON COMMUNITY ORGANI, OR A CHAIRPERSON OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CARROTS.
A LONGTIME MEMBER CARROTS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY.
RESOLVED THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, ALONG WITH TOWN CLARK, JUDITH BEVILLE ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS RENEE LAJAN, WITH MUCH APPRECIATION
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FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVISM, ADVOCACY, DEDICATION, AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.AND DECLARE THAT MONDAY, MARCH 27TH, RENEE D DAY IN GREENBERG, YOU, I'M SPEECHLESS.
I I NEVER HAD A DAY NAMED AFTER ME.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I AM TRULY, TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND TO HAVE MY VILLAGE SUPPORT ME THROUGH OVER 40 YEARS.
MY SORORITY SISTERS PIETA OMEGA, CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED SERVE THE WHITE PLAINS GREENBURG ELMSFORD COMMUNITIES.
AND MY DARLING SISTERS OF CARRIES INC.
PLEASE STAND SO YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED TO KNOW THAT I HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM.
AND MY DEAR FRIEND JUDITH, I HAVE KNOWN FOR ALL, ALL OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CARROTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THESE FLOWERS TO OUR LEADER AND OUR GUIDANCE.
BORN IN BARTOW, FLORIDA, WHERE SHE GRADUATED AS A SALUTATORIAN OF HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS.
SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING FROM DILLARD UNIVERSITY, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AND CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE EARNED HER MASTER'S IN NURSING ADMINISTRATION AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.
EDDIE MAY BARNES MOVED TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS SHE CAME STRUTTING UP HERE
AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY LONG PROCLAMATION.
EDDIE MAY MOVE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN 1975 WITH HER HUSBAND WILLIAM BARNES, NOW DECEASED.
HOWEVER, A FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER WITH THE ORIGINAL HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS AND THEIR DAUGHTER WENDY, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TOWN, EDDIE MANN, HER FAMILY RESIDED FOR 20 YEARS IN THE SKY METAL SECTION OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.
EDDIE MAE IS KNOWN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS AS A GREENBURG COUNCILWOMAN FOR FOUR TERMS FROM 1992 TO 2007, AND CONCURRENTLY IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD.
SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS AS DIRECTOR OF NURSING OF RYE HOSPITAL CENTER, A POSITION SHE SO APTLY HELD FOR 32 YEARS.
RETIRING IN 2012 IN GOVERNMENT, EDDIE MAYE HELD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST RE REGISTERED NURSE OF COLOR ELECTED TO THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY AS COUNCILWOMAN.
SHE GAINED THE REPUTATION OF BEING A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE BY CONSISTENTLY CONSIDERING THE POINTS OF VIEW OF HER CONSTITUENTS WHEN MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECTED THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
EDDIE MAE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION, WHICH TO THIS DAY CONTINUES TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS AND ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS GREENBURG DEPUTY SUPERVISOR IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SUPERVISOR.
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HER 16 YEARS, SHE FAITHFULLY SERVED AS LIAISON TO THE GREENBERG HOUSING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THEORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, WESTCOTT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HARTSDALE, PARKING DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD.RIGHT NOW, SHE INITIATED AND PROMOTED THE RENAMING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN HONOR OF THE LATE THEODORE D.
YOUNG, MANY OTHER CREDITS BEHIND HER NAME.
EDDIE MAY IS ALSO A MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
SO NOW BEARD RESOLVE THE TOWN OF TOWN BOARD ALONG WITH TOWN CLERK VILLE.
ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR EDDIE MAY BARNES, WITH MUCH APPRECIATION FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVISM, ADVOCACY, DEDICATION, AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN.
AND DECLARE THAT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22ND.
TODAY IS EDDIE, YOUR NAME CAME FIRST.
AND I CAN STAND UP HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, BUT I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SO MANY PEOPLE AND I CAME HERE FOR ONE YEAR.
AND UH, AND STILL ON THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD.
AND, UH, MY FRIEND HERE, WE CAME TOGETHER BACK IN 1961.
EDDIE MAYE, UH, BARNES ALSO, UH, UM, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE POLICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP, UH, WHICH, UH, IS ONE OF, UH, THE BEST, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS ANY COMMUNITY HAS RELATING TO POLICE.
YOUTH INTERACTION IS STILL ON A MODEL, NOT ONLY FOR WESTCHESTER, BUT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY POLICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMPS I THINK AROUND.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF EDDIE MAY BARNES THAT WE HAVE IT.
AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY.
LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND MEMBER OF CHRIST TEMPLE, G I P H C CHURCH, FAIRVIEW GREENBURG FOR OVER 40 YEARS, CURRENTLY SERVING AS SECRETARY TO BISHOP WILBERT G PRESTON.
AND IN THE FOLLOWING MINISTRIES, CHRIST TEMPLE CHOIR, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER BIBLE STUDY.
AND IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES WITHIN HER CHURCH COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE MOBILE FOOD MINISTRY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME NAOMI BEAMAN.
NAOMI ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND OF 48 YEARS, BOTH WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM I B M, WHERE IN THE 1960S, I B M WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR COMPANIES TO HIRE AFRICAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
AS SUCH, NAOMI AND HER HUSBAND WERE PART OF A PIONEER MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO BREAK THROUGH THE GLASS DOORS AND GLASS CEILINGS OF CORPORATE AMERICA.
WHEREAS THROUGH HER COMMUNITY SERVICE, NAOMI WAS A MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLUB OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN.
SHE WAS RECENTLY AWARDED DURING THEIR FOUNDER DAY CELEBRATION WITH THEIR COMMUNITY HERO AWARD FOR HER WORK DURING THE C OVID 19 HEALTH CRISIS, TO REGISTER SENIORS AND RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR VACCINATIONS.
NAOMI REMAINS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEVOTED TO GIVING BACK.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THURSDAY, MARCH 23RD.
OH, THAT'S TOMORROW HAS BEEN DECLARED NAOMI A BEMAN DAY IN THE TOWN OF SPRING.
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CONGRATULATIONS.I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE RECOGNITION AND BEING INCLUDED WITH SUCH, UM, VERY IMPORTANT WOMEN.
A SMALL FISH IN A SEA OF LARGE, UH, FISH OF WOMEN.
I SAY, GOD BLESS YOU, AND THANK GOD AND THANK ALL OF, UH, CHRIST TEMPLE FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR BEING HERE TO ENCOURAGE ME.
LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SHE HAS ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, ENTREPRENEUR, AND EVENTS PLANNER, CONSIDERED A SELFLESS GIVER AS SHE HAS TIRELESSLY DEVOTED HER TIME TO ASSISTING WITH AND NOW ORGANIZING THE BREAKFAST FOR SENIORS.
AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD AT THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SHE WAS ALSO FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CATERER OF TASTY TUESDAYS, ALONG WITH OTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTER.
COLBY JENKINS HAS SERVED THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS THE RELAY FOR LIFE AMBASSADOR IN 2022.
SHE FOUNDED AND LAUNCHED THE FIRST FAIRVIEW GREENBERG FARMER'S MARKET FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING FRESH PRODUCE AND FARM GROWN PRODUCTS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN IN AN INITIATIVE THAT WILL CONTINUE IN 2023.
AS SUCH, INITIATIVE SERVES TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER OTHERS TO LAUNCH ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, BEARD RESOLVED THAT FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH, HAS BEEN DECLARED HOLY JENKINS DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENWAY.
AND THE LAST, THE LAST PARAGRAPH MEANS ALL OF THE OTHERS THAT PAUL COUNSEL COUNT AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALONG WITH JUDITH, THE BILL TOWN CLERK, ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR COLBY WITH MUCH APPRECIATION FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE, ACTIVISM, ADVOCACY, DEDICATION, AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST FOR WHO WARM MY BLESSINGS FLOW.
UM, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET CUTE TONIGHT AND PUT ON SOME HEELS THAT DIDN'T WORK GOOD WITH THIS KINGDOM.
I WANT TO THANK THIS TOWN BOARD.
I WANT TO THANK JUDI FOR BILL, FOR THIS HONOR.
IT'S ALL GOOD 'CAUSE IT'S ALL GOD.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT LET THE THINGS YOU DO SPEAK FOR YOUR SPEAK FOR YOU.
I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO MY FAMILY WHO HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME.
MY TEAM, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE HERE THAT HAVE PUSHED FORTH THE INITIATIVES THAT I TRIED TO GET DONE HERE IN THIS TOWN, THE SENIOR BREAKFAST.
AND WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH TWO DAYS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG? OH, THIS THE SAME DAY I GOT.
SO I'M, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL, UM, FOR JUST, OH, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS.
I CAME HERE BY WAY OF FOSTER CARE.
UM, AT THE AGE OF 14 YEARS OLD, I WAS ADOPTED BY A WOMAN IN ELFORD.
AND, UM, NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS, EXCUSE ME, NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS WOULD I HAVE EX KNOWN THAT COMING HERE AS A FOSTER CHILD, THAT I WOULD LATER ON COME BACK TO GREENBURG WITH MY OWN FAMILY AND WANT TO BE A PART ENHANCING THE COMMUNITY.
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I CAME HERE WITH A, WITH A SITUATION.AND, AND I JUST BLESSED GOD FOR MY FOSTER MOTHER, WHO IS NO LONGER HERE FROM ELMSFORD MARY BAKER.
I THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS INSTILLED IN ME IN MY LIFE.
AND THIS AWARD ACTUALLY GOES TO HER.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL AND I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S HERE.
UM, AND JUST THE FACT THAT THE, I'M, I'M JUST SO OVERWHELMED BY THIS PROCLAMATION.
I REALLY, REALLY AM BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN IN MY HEALING PROCESS TRYING TO GET MYSELF BETTER AND, AND, AND FEEL BETTER.
AND EVERYBODY HAS JUMPED IN TO HELP ME WITH ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES AND TO MAKE SURE NONE OF THEM DIED.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON EVERY INITIATIVE THAT I HAVE PUT FORTH, EVEN THE FARMER'S MARKET, EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY THAT HAS STEPPED IN TO SAY KOBE, EVEN THOUGH YOU GOING THROUGH, WE GOT YOU.
UM, SHAW, SOME OF THEM ARE HERE.
I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL, TASHA, CHARLENE, ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE STEPPED UP.
I'M JUST VERY, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL.
I'M HUMBLED BY THIS AND I JUST WANT TO LET SEAN KNOW, WATCH OUT 'CAUSE I'M JUST GETTING STARTED.
AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO, UM, TO JUST BRING FORTH INITIATIVES THAT I FEEL THAT IS GOING TO HELP ENHANCE THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
SO I THANK YOU TOWN BOARD AND I THANK YOU JUDI VILLE FOR SALUTED BEING FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
I JUST THINK IT'S, I, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU WERE A, A FOSTER CHILD, BUT I THINK THAT YOU'RE SUCH AN INSPIRATION BECAUSE YOU'VE SHOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'VE OVERCOME OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES.
AND SINCE I'VE KNOWN YOU, YOU'VE CONTINUED TO, UH, LIVE A LIFE WHERE YOUR GOAL IN LIFE HAS BEEN TO HELP OTHERS AND, AND TO GIVE BACK.
SO YOU REALLY, IN THIS
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY, UH, A REAL COMMUNITY ASSET AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THE TOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE FOSTER KIDS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE UP ON, UM, ON CHILDREN WHO DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE PARENTS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANNA CREATE HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY.
BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
SHE MOVED TO GREENBURG IN 1995 WHERE SHE BOUGHT HER HOME, WORKED FOR I B M AND NOW SHARES HER HOME WITH HER HUSBAND, SETH SIEGEL, WHOM SHE CONSIDERS HER CHIEF PARTNER IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES.
FROM GARDENING TO SINGING WITH A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN GROUP.
SUSAN MEKI WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND SHE SENT HER HUSBAND, HER CHIEF PARTNER HERE TO RECEIVE HER PROCLAMATION IN HER PLACE.
SUSAN REVIVED AND TRANSFORMED THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
DURING HER TENURE AS PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING ABOUT MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF AN AGING WATER, MAINE ON GREENVALE CIRCLE, A SIDEWALK ON FAIR STREET TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND PEDESTRIANS.
AND SHE ALSO ENGAGED RESIDENTS IN BIENNIAL BARBECUES, WELCOMING NEW RESIDENTS AND AN EARTH DAY CLEANUP ALONG THE GOLF COURSE ON, ON, UH, FAIR STREET.
IN ADDITION, SHE ORGANIZED A MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO NEW RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT HER 10 YEARS AS PRESIDENT, SHE ENCOURAGED AND EMPOWERED S ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS TO MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS AND REMEDIES TO MAJOR PROBLEMS, INCLUDING STORM DRAINAGE ON, ON JU HILL, RESULTING IN NEW CURBS AND A SIDEWALK LEADING TO THE LEE F JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SHE ALSO LOBBIED THE TOWN TO DEMOLISH
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DARYL DARREL HOUSE ON TERRAMAR STREET, CLEAN UP THE LOT, RESULTING IN CLOSING IN, IN A PARKING LOT ON THE BACK STREET.DURING HER TENURE AS PRESENT, SUE CREATED A QUARTERLY NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTING MAJOR EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS A WEBSITE AND FLYERS HAND DELIVERED BY A NETWORK OF BLOCK CAPTAINS.
SHE JUST, AS I SAID, TRANSFORMED THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, BE IT RESOLVED THAT ON TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH, THE TOWN HAS DECLARED THAT DAY.
SUSAN SS MARY LAKI DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I MEAN, SUE IS, WOULD BE REALLY TOUCHED BY THIS AND GREATLY HONORED BY IT.
SHE, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S, SHE'S SINGING THE LEAD SOPRANO ROLE TONIGHT IN A GILBERT SULLIVAN OPERETTA.
BUT IS JUNI HILL IN THE HOUSE? YES.
JUNIPER HILL WAS ALREADY ONE TERRIFIC COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE SUE CREDIT FOR MAKING IT WHAT IT IS TODAY, BUT I WILL GIVE HER CREDIT FOR THE 10 YEARS IN WHICH SHE'S PRESIDENT OF THIS POSITION FOR MAINTAINING IT AND KEEPING IT THE KIND OF LOVING AND A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT IT IS.
AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED, SHE DID BECAUSE OF THE HELP OF BOARD MEMBERS SHE HAD AND OTHER RESIDENTS THAT SHE HAD THAT WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND SO THIS, THIS AWARD ALSO GOES TO ALL OF THOSE, IES HELPS YOU FOR THOSE 10 YEARS.
AND SHE'S REALLY BEEN SUCH A ROLE MODEL.
I, WHEN I FIRST MET HER, SHE SAID, WE NEED A SIDEWALK ON JUNIPER HILL ROAD, AND NOTHING, UH, HAPPENED.
AND THEN SHE SAID, A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, WE NEED A SIDEWALK, AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND THEN SHE SAID, SHE NEVER GAVE UP.
WE GOT A SIDEWALK ON FAIR STREET, AND AT THE END OF, UH, THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SIDEWALK, UM, ON, ON JUNIPER HILL.
AND IT WAS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SIDEWALK BECAUSE, UM, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD, THAT THERE'D BE A LOT OF OPPOSITION, BUT SHE ORGANIZED IT AN EFFORT SHE NEVER GAVE UP.
AND, UM, AND THIS IS GONNA BE AN, AN ENORMOUS QUALITY OF LIFE, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, CHILDREN ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK TO THE LEE JACKSON SCHOOL, UH, SAFELY.
AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF HER, HER EFFORTS.
AND SHE WOULD NOT LET US SAY NO.
UM, AND IF WE SAID NO, SHE WOULD BE BACK THE NEXT DAY.
AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE, THIS WAS, I'D SAY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT SIDEWALKS, UM, THAT WE EVER BUILT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS SUCH A DIFFICULT ENGINEERING, UM, ISSUES AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH.
BUT I'M LIKE SO GRATEFUL TO HER FOR, UH, FOR REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF, UH, MANY, MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWN.
SHE MADE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER AS EVERYBODY WILL THE OTHER HONOREES, YOU KNOW, HAVE.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS MANNY ARE ISIS MANNY IS HERE WITH US.
RAISED IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI.
GRADUATED FROM, SHE GRADUATED FROM XI'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, A PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, AND ONE OF THE LARGEST HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FOURTH LARGEST IN MISSISSIPPI IN TERMS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
ALENE SUBER RELOCATED TO NEW YORK AND ATTENDED FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN NEW YORK CITY.
SHE LATER BECAME A RESIDENT IN PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, WHERE SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING IN VARIOUS INITIATIVES.
RECOGNIZED BY NEWS 12 WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT HER HOMETOWN.
ASLINE WAS, UH, INTERVIEWED BY NEWS 12 HERE IN WESTCHESTER, WHERE SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL HER STORY
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AND TO BE FEATURED AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN HER HOMETOWN.SHE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.
IN AUGUST OF 2021, WHEN HURRICANE IDA IMPACTED THE NEW YORK METROPA ME METROPOLITAN AREA NEWS 12 REACHED OUT TO ALENE TO REVISIT HER STORY HAVING BEEN A, UM, CONNECTED TO AND A RESIDENT OF THE BILOXI MISSISSIPPI AREA WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT AS WELL.
THROUGH HER COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, SHE HAS WORKED ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING THOSE OF HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, AND COUNTY, FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE ROBERT ASTORINO.
IN A MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ASLINE SPEARHEADED A COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING FOR FORMER TOWN RESIDENT ANDRE LEON TALLEY, INTERNATIONAL FASHION JOURNALIST STYLIST, CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF VOGUE MAGAZINE, AS ITS FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE CREATIVE DIRECTOR.
THEN IT'S THEN THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR AT LARGE.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR SUPPORTING EMERGING DESIGNERS AND ADVOCATING FOR DIVERSITY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
ASLINE HAS REMAINED INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH HER VOLUNTEER AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES, INSPIRING AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO GIVE BACK.
NOW BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DECLARES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH, 2023, ALENE SUBER DAY IN GREENBURG.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BOY.
UM, Y'ALL DON'T KNOW HURRICANE KATRINA TOOK MY FAMILY.
AND YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE THEN, GOD JUST TOLD ME WHAT TO DO.
I GIVE HONOR TO GOD AND I GIVE HONOR TO EVERYBODY.
I, AS YOU KNOW, AS A LEADER, I TALK TO GOD AND I ASK GOD, WHAT CAN I DO? WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT MY BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I GOT ON MY KNEES BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND NOBODY.
AND IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, I AM A LEGEND.
I'M A LEGEND IN MY HOMETOWN BECAUSE I MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI.
AND WHEN I GO HOME, PEOPLE LOOK AT ME AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU HAVE DONE, WHICH Y'ALL DON'T KNOW CHRISTMAS TIME.
I GO TO WALMART AND I SURPRISE AND I GIVE, PAY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT NEEDS CLOTHES.
ALRIGHT? I DO THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
GO TO MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MOTHER, MY AUNT KATHY, ALL MY FRIENDS IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, AND JUST GO TO MY LOVELY HUSBAND AS ROCK OBAMA SAY, I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU.
AND SO I HAVE GOT A CHANCE TO SHOW LOVE TO EVERYBODY.
AND ONE THING I LEARNED WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAY, GOD GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM, WHO, WHO LOOK AT YOU.
YOU HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH AND YOU STAND TALL BECAUSE EVERYBODY AIN'T GOING TO LOVE YOU.
EVERYBODY AIN'T GONNA LIKE YOU, BUT IT SOMEBODY GOING TO TELL SOMETHING GOOD LOVING ABOUT YOU.
AND I LOVE TO BE KIND BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAME FROM THE SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALITY.
NOW I GOT IN GREENBURG AND I LOVE GREENBURG AND I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLES AND I'M MEETING A LOT OF MORE PEOPLES AND I'M GOING TO DO NICE THINGS FOR GREENBURG.
I'M GOING TO ROCK, AS THEY SAY.
FREDA JACKSON SAID, ROCK ME BABY.
WE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GREEN BIRD.
WHOEVER GET ON, WE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE GONNA STAND TALL AND WE GIVE HONOR TO GINA.
GINA, WE LOVE YOU, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU GOING COME OUT FOR IT AND YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING.
AND WE GOING GIVE HONOR TO EVERYBODY.
WE GOING GET OUT THERE, WE GOING VOTE AND WE GOING TO STAND TALL OR WE ARE WOMEN.
AND LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA SAID, WE GOT THE POWER BABY.
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THAT'S OKAY.THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OH, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL LOVE.
LONG TIME RESIDENT, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SHE EARNED A BA DEGREE IN HISTORY FROM QUEENS COLLEGE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING FROM TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
ALFREDA WILLIAMS MOVED TO GREENBURG IN 1974.
HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER INCLUDES THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT WITH MAJOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER AND COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER.
SHE'S ACTIVE IN HER COMMUNITY AND HAS SERVED ON THE GREENBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
P T A WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER IS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS.
FORMER PARLIAMENTARIAN AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBERG CHAPTER, A LIFE MEMBER AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE WHITE PLAINS, N A A C P A, PAUL HARRIS, FELLOW OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE HEART CELL GREENBERG CLUB OF THE HEART CELL GREENBERG CLUB, A MEMBER OF THE BLACK DEMOCRATS OF WESTCHESTER, A FORMER MEMBER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WESTCHESTER TOWN AND CITY CLERKS ASSOCIATION.
ALFREDA WILLIAMS BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE ELECTED GREENBERG TOWN CLERK.
AND HOLDING THAT POST, 2007 AMONG HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHILE SERVING IN GREENBERG, WAS PRESERVING GREEN SPACE AND WILDLIFE.
ESTABLISHING THE ARCHIVAL AND RECORD CENTER HERE AT TOWN HALL AND OBTAINING THE TOWN'S FIRST DESIGNATED HISTORIC SITE, THE GREENBURG PARKS, I'M SORRY, THE GORDON PARKS FORMER RESIDENCE IN PARKWAY GARDENS.
ALL RIGHT, AS A FIFTH TERM LEGISLATOR, UM, ALFREDA, WHO IS NOW RETIRED FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS.
SHE REPRESENTED LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT EIGHT, ENCOMPASSING THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF SLEEPING HOLLOW, TARRYTOWN ELMSFORD, NORTHERN GREENBURG, AND PARTS OF THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS.
SHE SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR SIX YEARS THROUGH DECEMBER, 2015, FIGHTING HARD FOR CHILDCARE, FUNDING AND SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES.
AND SHE PASSED THE SOURCE OF INCOME LAW AS WELL AS THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW FOR WESTCHESTER RESIDENTS.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD, ALONG WITH TOWN CLERK YOUTHVILLE, ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR ALFREDA WILLIAMS WITH MUCH APPRECIATION FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVISM, ADVOCACY, DEDICATION, AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
DECLARE FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST, 2023.
ALFREDA A WILLIAMS DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND HERE TO ACCEPT'S PROCLAMATION IS OJ PRESIDENT OF THE CHAPTER OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL EVENING.
UM, ON BEHALF OF HONORABLE ALFREDA WILLIAMS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, SHE WANTED ME TO JUST CONVEY TO YOU THAT SHE'S ELATED ABOUT THIS AWARD, AND THAT TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SERVE AS YOUR TOWN CLERK WAS A HONOR.
AND AS SHE THANKED YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT, AND YOUR LOVE THROUGH HER TENURE AS TOWN CLERK.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE HONORABLE ALFREDA WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.
ALFREDA ALSO SERVED AS VICE CHAIR OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS HELD BY HER TRUSTEE, UM, FRIEND AND ASSISTANT THERESA TANA, WHO'S HERE TO HONOR HER AS WELL.
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
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SHE ENJOYED A CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR IN THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 34 YEARS, SERVING AS A TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, AND DEPUTY C E O FOR EMPOWERMENT SCHOOLS.JACQUELINE IN PARENTHESES, JACKIE HARRIS YOUNG, AFTER, AFTER 34 YEARS IN EDUCATION, DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO SPEND MORE TIME PURSUING OTHER PASSIONS.
AND SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH GOOD FOR GIRLS INCORPORATED AFFILIATED UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2010, JACKIE HAS SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THIS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING ORGANIZATION FOR GIRLS AGES NINE THROUGH 18.
JACKIE BELIEVES IN THE PHRASE BY THE ESTEEMED SISTER ALMA JOHN.
EACH ONE TEACH ONE, AND THAT WHEN YOUNG GIRLS ARE EXPOSED TO A VARIETY OF POSITIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND GRANTED SOME AUTONOMY IN HELPING TO DEVELOP THOSE EXPERIENCES, THEY WILL BECOME RESPONSIBLE, CONFIDENT ADULTS WHO FEARLESSLY PURSUE THEIR DREAMS, PASSIONS, AND ULTIMATELY ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS.
JACKIE ALSO ENJOYS WORKING WITH EDUCATIONAL LEADERS, GUIDING THEM AS THEY ALIGN THE WORK THEY DO WITH THEIR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS.
SHE IS CURRENTLY A LEADERSHIP COACH WITH STAR FACTOR COACHING AS SHE STATES, STATES.
EACH OF THE ROLES I'VE SERVED HAS GIVEN ME THE INSIGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES EDUCATORS FACE AT ALL LEVELS.
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT COACHING IS THAT IT PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR TEACHERS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES AND DELVE DEEPER INTO HOW THEIR PERSONALITIES AND ACTIONS IMPACT THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE AROUND THEM.
JACKIE LOVES DANCING AND IN MANY FORMS, ESPECIALLY PRAISE AFRICAN AND JAZZ DANCE, AND HAS TAUGHT AND PERFORM WITH SEVERAL GROUPS.
SHE IS THE PRAISE DANCE LEADER WITH THE ANGELS OF PRAISE DANCE, COLLABORATION, COLLABORATIVE AT HER PLACE OF WORSHIP UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HEALTH AND FITNESS MINISTRY.
HER, HER BEST FRIEND AND SOULMATE HUSBAND, LARRY YOUNG, IS A CONSTANT SUPPORT NOW BEARD RESOLVED, NOW BEARD.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG DECLARES SUNDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2023.
JACQUELINE HARRIS, YOUNG DAY IN GREENBERG.
JACKIE, BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, JACKIE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I CAN HEAR YOU BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING.
UM, I JUST, I HAVE TO CHIME IN.
I, WHEN THE CALL WENT OUT TO ASK WHAT, UH, WHO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE FOR GREENBERG'S, UH, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON WHO I'VE WATCHED ALL THIS TIME AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN GREENBURG.
AND IT JUST GAVE ME GREAT PLEASURE JUST TO REALLY RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY IN GOOD FOR GIRLS.
UM, I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO THE YOUNG WOMEN ON SATURDAY AND JUST TO SEE THEM LIGHT UP WHEN THEY MENTION YOUR NAME IS JUST AMAZING.
IT'S A TESTAMENT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, UM, FOR THESE YOUNG WOMEN.
SO I KNOW THE TOWN CLERK HAD GIVEN YOU ASSIGNED YOU A DAY, BUT I ASSIGNED YOU A DAY
SO I ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I HAVE CREATED FOR YOU, UM, WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
SO I JUST WANNA RE RE UH, READ THE RESOLVE CLAUSE.
AND SO IT GOES NOW THERE IT'D BE RESOLVED THAT I COUNCILMAN GINA JACKSON AND THE ENTIRE TOWN BOARD FOR HER LONG TIME, DEDICATION TO EDUCATING, FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND THE FOCUS ON PROVIDING POSITIVE EXPERIENCES
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FOR GIRLS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, BEING SERVING AS A ROLE MODEL, DOING HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MARCH 22ND, 2023 AS JACQUELINE HARRIS YOUNG DAY AND DIRECT THAT THE TEXT ON THIS PROCLAMATION BE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR ALL THE GOOD, FOR ALL THE GOOD WE'LL DO FOREVER, NOW KNOWN FOR OUR ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR HER SERVICE, AND COMMITTED TO, WE RECOGNIZE THE STATE DURING HISTORY MONTH.SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU JACK, ALL THE TAKE THEM.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
AND AS BEFORE AND AS YOU ARE SPEAKING, I JUST WANNA SAY, I'M GONNA, AS YOU ARE SPEAKING, JUST I NO, YOU SPEAK FIRST AND THEN I JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOUR OTHER HONORARIES.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON AND TO CLERK TOWN, CLERK JUDITH LAVILLE, AND TO THE TOWN BOARD.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
UM, WE DON'T LOOK LIKE WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
SO I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT WE'RE GOING, WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH, BUT I'M HERE AND I'M HAPPY AND I'M THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL.
I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE OTHER WOMEN WHO RECEIVE AWARDS TONIGHT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
I AM HUMBLED, I'M GRATEFUL BY THIS AND I HOPE I CONTINUE TO, UM, MAKE YOU PROUD.
OH, ONE OTHER THING, I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO GET A, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, LORI STEVENS, WHO IS THE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF GOOD FOR GIRLS.
SHE GAVE ME THE PLATFORM TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I ENJOY DOING AND THAT'S WORKING WITH YOUNG LADIES.
IF ANYONE OUT HERE DECIDES THEY WANNA BECOME A MENTOR OR WORK WITH THE PROGRAM IN ANY WAY, WE ARE AVAILABLE.
OUR GIRLS NEED MENTORS, SO COME ON OUT, CHECK US OUT, AND I PROMISE YOU YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME.
ONE MORE NOTABLE RESIDENT OF GREENBERG.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO, EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? I APOLOGIZE.
UM, ONE MORE I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO LISA MARIA NIRO.
UM, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DOES RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LONGTIME RESIDENT LISA MARIA NIRO DURING THIS WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH FOR THE EXAMPLE SHE SETS BY HER COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS THROUGH THE EXPERTISE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO NO EXCUSES, TASK COMPLETION, HER SOCIAL AND COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATION SKILLS, HER MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, AND SOON TO BE COMPLETED DOCTORATE ARE ALL THINGS TO BE ADMIRED.
THIS WAS AN, AN AMAZING AWARD TO RECEIVE.
UM, JUST TO BE A PROUD 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF GREENBERG IS, UM, UH, JUST THE FACT THAT I CAN RAISE MY SON HERE AND JUST BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE TOWN BOARD FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
AND I JUST, THIS IS JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING, UH, SURPRISE AND I'M SO HUMBLED BY IT.
I, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SO INSPIRED.
I'M INSPIRED, INSPIRED BY EACH OF YOU, BY OUR COMMUNITY, BY THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WOMEN BRING TO OUR TOWN.
I'M, I'M JUST SO INSPIRED EACH YEAR TO COORDINATE THIS PROGRAM AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT, FOR PARTICIPATING.
UM, I WANT TO JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS FROM TWO OF MY FAVORITE POEMS. PHENOMENAL WOMAN THAT IS US.
JUST BEFORE, JUST BEFORE EVERYONE, PLEASE CLOSE OUT.
JUST BEFORE, UM, EVERYONE LEAVES, UM, AGAIN,
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I APOLOGIZE THAT I CANNOT BE IN PERSON.I'M ACTUALLY TRAVELING FOR BUSINESS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PHENOMENAL WOMEN AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, IT IS JUST AN AWESOME TO BE PART OF THE TOWN, UM, AND SITTING IN THE ROLE THAT I SIT IN AND THE SHOULDERS THAT I STAND ON.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
I SEE SO MANY PHENOMENAL PEOPLE.
I'M JUST SO ANNOYED THAT I AM NOT IN PERSON WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE TOWN AND ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
SO PLEASE CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AND DON'T STOP 'CAUSE WE NEED YOU.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN.
I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW MANY OF YOU, AND I'M REALLY HONORED BY HAVING MET YOU AND WORKED WITH THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND REALLY SHOWN WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TOWN GREENBURG IS AND WHAT WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE HAVE LIVING IN THIS TOWN.
BEFORE WE LEAVE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THANK AND WE SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WOMEN WHO SHARED THEIR CREATIVE TALENTS AND GIFTS WITH US THIS EVENING THROUGH POETRY AND SONG.
I DON'T SEE AJ, I THINK SHE HAD TO LEAVE, BUT LET'S GIVE AJ ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
LET'S GIVE JANICE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
ARE YOU GONNA CLOSE OUT WITH A SONG? YES, YES.
YOU MAY HAVE TO DO THE ACAPELLA 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF, IF GARRETT IS GOING TO BE, AND SO, AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE, UM, DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE TOWN WHO REALLY WERE, UH, HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER, UM, BY OFFERING THEIR, THEIR ASSISTANCE AND THEIR EXPERTISE.
UM, DEPART GARRETT'S, UH, DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, UM, AS WELL AS THE TOWN SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE HELPED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PROCLAMATIONS.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, PAUL FINER, WHO GAVE ME THE IDEA OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING ALL OF OUR FEMALE VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, JUNE, CAN WE ALSO, UH, WE HAVE A, A PROCLAMATION FOR ANN AND, UH, ANN AND ANDY CHILDCARE.
DO YOU, YOU HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION? UH, YEAH.
SO WHY DON'T WE, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF, UH, UH, BEHIND SCHEDULE.
UM, UM, AND I WANTED TO, UH, DO YOU HAVE THE PROCLAMATION? IS IT IN THAT WHITE FOLDER? IT'S IN THAT WHITE FOLDER.
THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE PODIUM.
NO, IT'S IN, COULD YOU GET THE COMMISSION? YEAH.
AND THEN WE, WE'LL CALL ON YOU IN TWO MINUTES.
SO, IN CLOSING, IN CLOSING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU QUIETLY, UM, IF YOU'RE LEAVING, PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY.
AS, AS JANICE IS GOING TO BRING US TO CLOSURE HERE WITH ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SONG.
THANK YOU, JANICE AND JUDITH, YOU'LL GET THE CONFIRMATION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE.
UH, CHERYL, WE'RE GONNA BE HONORING YOU IN LIKE TWO MINUTES WHEN EVERYONE'S GONE.
SHE SAID, CAN YOU TURN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT? CAN'T HEAR IT.
WHY DON'T WE DO IT? WE'RE GONNA LIKE NOT, SHE'S JUST GETTING THE PROCLAMATION.
THIS WAS NOT ON, NONE OF THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA.
NONE OF THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA.
WE, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE AGENDA YESTERDAY, NONE OF THIS WAS ON IT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TOLD YOU TO COME WHEN WE DID.
IF YOU LOOK INTO YOUR HEART, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF WHO YOU, IF YOU, YOUR SOUL AND THE STORY
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THAT YOU KNOW WILL MELT AWAY.AND THEN A HERO COMES ALONG WITH THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON, AND YOU CAST YOUR FEARS ASIDE AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN SURVIVE.
WHEN YOU FEEL THAT HOPE IS GONE, LOOK INSIDE YOU AND BE STRONG, AND YOU FINALLY SEE THE TRUTH THAT A HERO LIES IN YOU.
WE, WE NOW YOU HAVE A GORGEOUS VOICE.
UH, WE NOW WANT RECOGNIZE, UM, ANN AND ANDY CHILDCARE CENTER.
IT SERVES, UH, CHILDREN TWO MONTHS TO 12 YEARS OF AGE AND IS OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONALITY, OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.
IF WE JUST HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT STILL ARE RECEIVING A RECOGNITION.
IF YOU MOVE OUTSIDE TO THE LOBBY, PLEASE.
THIS IS THE LAST, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR THE DAY.
UM, UH, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE ANN AND ANDY CHILDCARE CENTER.
IT SERVES CHILDREN TWO MONTHS TO 12 YEARS OF AGE, UM, AND IS OPEN TO CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONALITY, OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.
THE CENTER IS OPEN YEAR ROUND AND AIMS TO OFFER FLEXIBLE, AFFORDABLE SCHEDULES OF WORKING PARENTS.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN GREENBERG IN 1973.
ANN AND ANDY IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL CAMP THAT IS FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BY DEBORAH ASURIAN, CHERYL ANSETT, AND ANNA FCI.
THE PROGRAM STARTED IN THE HOME OF ANNA FCI WITH 15 CHILDREN, AND HAS GROWN TO THE PRESENT DAY ENROLLMENT OF OVER 200 FAMILIES AT THE BEAUTIFUL GREENBURG CAMPUS THAT MOVED 1983.
IAN AND ANDY IS ON AN AMAZING CENTER.
EACH CHILD IS CONSIDERED FIRST AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEN AS A MEMBER OF A GROUP.
THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF CHILDREN ARE ADDRESSED WITH THE HELP OF REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARENTS ON A GROUP LEVEL.
THE CHILD IS A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY WHICH OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL GROWTH WHILE PROVIDING A STRUCTURE IN WHICH TO FIND SECURITY AND SAFETY REGULARLY PLANNED GROUP ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NATURAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AT PLAY.
THE STAFF IS, UH, CAREFULLY TRAINED TO PROMOTE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND TO KEEP A BALANCED ROUTINE THAT HELPS CHILDREN THRIVE IN.
AND ANDY IS LICENSED BY THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHILDCARE COUNCIL OF WESTCHESTER.
SO ON THIS, UM, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, WE CELEBRATE ANOTHER COMMENDABLE YEAR OF THE ANNAN, ANDY CARING EXPERTLY FOR OUR MOST PRECIOUS TOWN RESOURCE, OUR CHILDREN.
AND WE'RE DECLARING TODAY, MARCH 22ND, AS ANN AND ANDY CHILDCARE CENTER DAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, INVITE CHERYL ANSTEAD, UM, TO SAY, IF YOU WOULD, THANK YOU, CHERYL.
ANN AND ANDY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION.
UH, MY MOM IS 95 YEARS OLD, AND, UH, I'M SURE SHE'S GONNA BE VERY PROUD, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ALONG WITH MY SISTER.
AND ANDY HAS BEEN IN FOUR LOCATIONS IN GREENBURG, AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO STAY IN GREENBURG BECAUSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TA TYPE OF TOWN THAT IT IS.
UH, WE ALSO WANT, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT I'M HAPPY THAT THE CHELSEA IS IN GREENBURG BECAUSE I HAVE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT I ESTABLISHED, UH, MANY YEARS AGO TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO SEE THE SENIORS.
WE CALL THEM GRANDMAS AND GRANDPAS IN OUR INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM.
AND, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PROGRAM, BUT WE ALL BENEFIT FROM IT.
AND NOW WE ALSO GO TO BRIGHTVIEW, WHICH I THINK MIGHT BE IN GREENBURG AS WELL.
SO I'M HAPPY FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL SERVICES THAT GREENBURG AFFORDS THE, UH, RESIDENTS.
AND ANN MINDY'S PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF IT.
AND YOU'VE REALLY MADE OUR COMMUNITY A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LIKE SO GRATEFUL, UH, TO YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR,
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UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR TOWN.AND I JUST CONTINUE, UM, FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER, UH, A HUNDRED YEARS AT LEAST.
I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION, UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, CHILDREN, UH, NEWBORNS IN THE TOWN, AND I WANTED TO ORGANIZE, UM, UM, A DIAPER DASH, UH, FOR NEW CRAWLERS, UH, AND FOR, UM, UM, AND FOR, UH, SMALL CHILDREN.
AND WE WOULD HAVE LIKE A, A RACE, UM, WHERE, UM, YEAH, AND I SORT OF, I WAS MENTIONING BECAUSE MY, UH, NIECE IS GIVING, UH, BIRTH IN A MONTH.
UH, BUT SHE LIVES IN BROOKLYN.
AND I, I WAS TALKING TO HER ABOUT ORGANIZING, UM, LIKE A, A, A RACE FOR CRAWLERS.
AND I THOUGHT THAT, UM, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A, A, A GRANDCHILD WHO COULD COMPETE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT, UM, I HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANDCHILDREN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS.
BUT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT, UM, UH, SINCE FOR THE CRAWLERS, UM, IF, UM, SOMEBODY ENTERS, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE JUST A PARTICIPATION AWARD.
SO, UH, SO THEY DON'T GET DISCOURAGED IF THEY DON'T COME IN FIRST, BUT MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HELPING US, UH, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZE IT.
SO, IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE, UH, WE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET, UH, FROM, FROM THE ANSET AND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THEY THEN MOVED OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD THE KIDS AND THE GRANDKIDS, BUT, UH, UH, IT WAS AMAZING WHEN YOU'D HEAR IT'S, YOU KNOW, SNOW IS COMING, YOU WOULD STILL SEE THEM LEAVING THEIR HOUSE AND GOING OUT.
THEY HAVE A FIRST CLASS OPERATION.
YOU CAN'T MISS IT IF YOU PASS BY IT.
UM, BECAUSE JUST WHEN YOU PASS IT, YOU COULD JUST SEE HOW FUN IT IS FOR THE CHILDREN WHO WANT TO GO THERE.
THEY WANT TO GET UP AND GO, AND THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED IF THERE'S A SNOW DAY AND THERE IS NO SCHOOL AND THERE IS NO, AND AN ANDY'S, UH, YOU'RE A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU GOT THE ACT DOWN.
AND, UH, AND I, I HOPE THAT OTHERS ACTUALLY, UH, UH, RECOGNIZE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO DO.
AND YOU'VE EXPANDED QUITE A BIT TO MEET THE NEED.
WE TWO ACRES WAS REQUIRED AT THE TIME IN 1973 IN GREENBURG.
WE HAVE 25 SPACES AND, UH, YEAH, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, UH, AND THEY SAY THE FIRST 50 YEARS ARE THE ROUGHEST, SO, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
UH, YOU CAN'T EVEN, YOU CAN'T MAKE FUN OF THAT.
I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG.
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NOW HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.ANYBODY LIKE TO, UH, COMMENT ON ANYTHING? UH, NO.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRIEFLY THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT WE HAD EARLIER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ACKNOWLEDGED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HOW WONDERFUL OUR TOWN IS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT OUR TOWN MIGHT SUFFER SOME SEVERE DAMAGE IF THE EDGEMONT SECTION OF TOWN WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BREAKING AWAY FROM OUR TOWN BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE UPON OUR TAX BASE.
UH, OUR SAVING GREENBERG COALITION IS WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY AND GET CHANGE IN STATE LEGISLATION SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE TOWN WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE, SHOULD THERE BE A REFERENDUM ON INCORPORATION.
AND I WANTED TO ASK THE TOWN BOARD TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE SO THAT WE ALL WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
I'LL SHARE YOUR LETTER WITH, UH, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YEAH.
UM, DO YOU WANNA PUT THE CLOCK ON, MA'AM? CLERK? YES.
CAN YOU HOLD ON A MOMENT, NANNY? THE MIC IS ON.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TOWN CLERK TO PUT THE TIMER ON.
UH, I DON'T THINK I'M, MIGHT BE FIVE MINUTES, BUT
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OKAY, HERE WE GO.HI, UM, MY NAME IS MANNY ESIS.
I'M THE, UH, CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIPER CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND, UM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, SUE, UH, UH,
IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT YEARS FOR US.
UM, AND I GOTTA SAY THAT, UH, NOT ONLY IS SHE AN INSPIRATION TO US, I THINK SHE HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO HOW COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER.
AND I APPRECIATE WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE'S DONE.
I WISH SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I THANK YOU FOR, FOR HAVING EVENTS LIKE THIS.
IT MAKES ME PROUD, PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE GREENBERG GREENBERG COMMUNITY TO SEE, UH, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND, AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES FOR ITSELF.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN BOARD AND THE SUPERVISOR ARE THE LEADERS POLITICALLY AND LEGISLATIVELY, BUT WITHOUT A COMMUNITY SUPPORT, UH, THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, THAT HAPPENED IN THE, IN GREENBURG, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE AS DYNAMIC AND AS, AS AMAZING AS I FEEL BY LIVING HERE.
UH, I SEE I ONLY NEEDED
THAT'S PRETTY, THANK YOU, MANNY.
YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGREE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING, THIS MEETING WAS REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AMAZING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY IN THE WORLD.
AND, UM, AND WE READ ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENTS DON'T FUNCTION AND EVERYBODY HATES EACH OTHER.
AND IT WAS SORT OF NICE TO SEE, UM, UH, THE FACES BEHIND, UM, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO REALLY HAVE MADE A COMMUNITY AS AS GREAT AS, AS IT IS.
AND GREENBERG WOULD NOT BE GREENBERG WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WE ARE IN A TODAY.
SO I REALLY, UH, THOUGHT OF ALL THE MEETINGS THAT I'VE ATTENDED SINCE I'VE BEEN SUPERVISOR.
UM, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS AWARD CEREMONY TO ME WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS I'VE EVER, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ATTENDED.
AND THERE'S SO MANY OTHERS THAT ALSO DESERVE RECOGNITION.
YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND BASICALLY THEY STAY BEHIND THE SCENES AND IT'S NICE TO RECOGNIZE 'EM.
I I WOULD JUST ASK THOUGH, IF YOU KNEW ABOUT ALL THE PRESENTATIONS YESTERDAY WHEN WE SAID, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH? YOU DIDN'T SAY 20.
I I, I WASN'T AWARE OF HOW LONG THE PROGRAM WAS GONNA BE.
WASN'T AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, I I, I FEEL WHEN I SAW ALL THE PEOPLE SMILING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, HOW GRATEFUL THE HONOREES WERE FOR BEING HONORED, YOU KNOW, I FELT, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS GONNA BE AS LONG A PROGRAM, I FEEL THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY, UH, YOU KNOW, WORTH IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO PEOPLE AND, AND, AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN WHO DESERVE THANKS.
AND I DO AGREE, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GONNA BE HONORED RIGHT AFTER THAT WERE WALKING OUT THE DOOR AND WE HAD TO ENCOURAGE 'EM TO COME BACK.
'CAUSE IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER WE TOLD THEM THEY WERE GONNA BE HONORED.
WE, WE SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THEM AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCES.
COULD, DOING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? SPEAK? I WANNA SAY, CAN SOMEONE HEAR ME? GINA? I JUST WANNA THINK, I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A SEPARATE DAY SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR TIME AND WE CAN ALL CELEBRATE WITH EACH ONE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
SO INSTEAD OF TAKING IT FROM THE TOWN BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM HONORING ALL THE EFFORTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY GIVES TO THE TOWN.
I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL TIME.
SO, BUT I THINK THIS WAS, I THINK IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT.
'CAUSE WE, WE HAVE SUCH PHENOMENAL WOMEN AND, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT DOES SUCH GREAT WORK IN GREENBURG.
AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HONOR THEM, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL DAY.
SO I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.
THAT'S UP TO OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.
CAN YOU BE BRIEF THOUGH, PLEASE? YEAH, VERY BRIEF.
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THIS MANUAL, WE, AGAIN, I, I, I, I FEEL, UH, TALKING TO THE MICROPHONE, I, I FEEL, UH, THAT I HAVE MISSED, UM, ONE PERSON WHEN I THANK THE TOM BOARD.UM, THE, THE PERSON THAT I FEEL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THIS DAY AS LONG AS IT COULD WAS, BUT AS, UH, MR. FINER POINTED OUT JOYOUSLY LONG IS JUDITH.
WILL THANK YOU FOR BEING INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS DAY HAPPEN.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I TO THANK THE TOWN BOARD.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? YES.
YOU KNOW, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENING.
YOU KNOW, UM, THANK YOU CLIFF.
I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS I CAME UP HERE.
YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT WAS 2021 OR 2022.
PAUL, YOU PUT INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT $15,000 FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR WALLS.
SO I THOUGHT WHEN YOU PITCHED SOMETHING IN THE ESCROW ACCOUNT THAT IT SITS THERE UNTIL YOU KNOW IT, IT NEED TO BE DONE.
THEN I CAN REMEMBER I SAID TO ELLEN HENDRICKS, I SAID, WELL, I'M WAITING ON MY 5 0 1 C THREE AND UM, IT'S COMING AND WE SHOULD GET THIS DONE IN 2022.
AND ELLEN SAID, DON'T WORRY CLIFF.
'CAUSE THE MONEY'S GONNA ALWAYS BE THERE.
BUT SHE DID, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN BECAUSE AT THE TIME, NO, THIS IS AFTER YOU CAME, IT WAS ON THE BOARD THIS TIME.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.
IT'S REALLY NOT TALKING TO Y'ALL.
YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IT FOR A MINUTE THREE.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, PAUL DID THIS BEFORE YOU CAME ON, RIGHT? AND HE ADMITS THAT HE DONE IT.
AND I CAN REMEMBER GINA JACKSON, I SAID TO GINA, I SAID, HEY GINA, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING TO TERRENCE JACKSON TO TRY TO GET ME TO BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND HE SAID, WELL, I GOTTA MAKE SURE THE BOARD APPROVE IT.
AND UM, I SAID, GINA, WELL YOU SUPPORTING IT.
SHE SAID, OH CLIFF, WE ALREADY VOTED FOR THAT.
THEN ELLEN, YOU CAME ABOARD AND Y'ALL SAID, YOU SAID I NEED A L L C OR A 5 0 1 C THREE.
EITHER I DIDN'T AGREE TO IT, BUT I SAID, OKAY.
AND EVERYBODY KNEW I WAS WORKING ON THIS.
AND ELLEN YOU KNEW 'CAUSE YOU KNEW TIM LEWIS PUT IT TOGETHER FOR ME.
SO AT THE TOWN'S EXPENSE, RIGHT? NO, HE TOLD ME HE WAS, HE PICKED THE MONEY UP.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T USE YOUR MONEY, BUT THAT'S EITHER HERE OR THERE.
THE POINT IS, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO MAKE A POINT, OKAY? SO I SAID ELLEN, HEY, IT'S 2022, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, OKAY IT, BECAUSE 2023 COMING AND I READ THIS LETTER LAST TIME, I AIN'T GOT THAT MUCH TIME, SO I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.
BUT THIS IS FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER WHO MATCHED THE 15,000.
AND HE SAID HE GOT INTO 2022 PLUS THE 2023 BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO GET DOCUMENTS, WHICH I GOT A MONTH AGO THAT I GAVE TO JOE.
AND I SAID, JOE, CAN YOU TALK TO THE BOARD, LET 'EM KNOW I GOT THIS 5 0 1 C THREE.
AND, AND THEN LAST WEEK WHEN I BRING IT UP TO YOU, YOU SAY, I JUST EMAILED YOU.
THEY ASKED WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? AND PAUL, YOU KNOW ALSO THAT I ASKED TO BE ON A WORK SESSION AND IT WAS SAID TO ME, NOBODY EVER GOT BACK TO ME.
THEN I SAID TO JOAN, CAN YOU PUT ME ON A WORK SESSION? THEN I HEARD THAT Y'ALL TALKED
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ABOUT IT ON A CLOSED PART OF THE WORK SESSION WITHOUT ME BEING THERE TO PRESENT MY SIDE.AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE LIKE, I AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEM BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT, BUT Y'ALL ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHO YOU LIKE AND WHO YOU DON'T LIKE.
THE POINT IS, I HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, PAUL PUT $15,000 IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT AND IT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WHEN NEEDED.
I GOT ALL THE DOCUMENTS Y'ALL ASKED ME TO GET.
AND NOW PAUL TOLD ME, I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE IT IS 'CAUSE MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT, HOW TRUE IT IS.
BUT HE SAID YOU VOTED NOT TO PUT IT INTO THE 2023 BUDGET.
CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING ON THAT, ELLEN, BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME YOU WAS ABOUT THE YOUTH BEFORE YOU CAME ON AS A BOARD MEMBER.
THE MONEY THAT, THAT THE BOARD ALLOCATED, I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND IT WENT INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT.
THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD THAT, BUT, UM, I, BEYOND THAT, I, BECAUSE I WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND I HELPED YOU TREMENDOUSLY THERE TO WHETHER YOU ARE AWARE OR NOT, I'M NOT AWARE.
I WELL, I'M AWARE THAT GEORGE VLADIMIR TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD TO EXCUSE YOURSELF WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
SO THEREFORE I AM NOT COMMENTING.
BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I'VE RECUSED MYSELF FROM THIS DISCUSSION SO THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICT.
AND IT DOESN'T CREATE CONFUSION.
BUT YOU THE ONE THAT SAID THAT I NEEDED A 5 0 1 C THREE AND AN L L C C COURSE.
SO PAUL, SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS? THAT YOU PUT IT IN THERE? IS IT SUPPOSED TO STILL BE THERE FOR ME? OKAY.
WELL LET ME JUST MENTION THERE'S NO ESCROW ACCOUNTS BECAUSE BASICALLY, UH, BUDGETS ARE APPROVED EACH YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF THE MONEY ISN'T SPENT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REAUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN BOARD AT THE END, YOU KNOW, AT DURING THE BUDGET TIME.
SO IF SOMETHING WAS APPROPRIATED FOR 2022 AT THE END OF 2022, THE MONEY, THERE'S NO MONEY THERE.
IT HAS TO BE IN THE 2023 BUDGET.
SO IF IT WASN'T IN THE 2023 BUDGET, THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR 2023.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY THE TOWN, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF AT THIS.
WE DON'T ALWAYS SPEND ALL THE MONEY.
THAT'S PAUL SAY THIS LAST STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL FOUND $85,000 AND A PERSON THAT HAVE BENEFITS IN A MATTER OF NO TIME.
YOU TELL ME THAT FOR 15,000 THAT Y'ALL CAN'T DO FOR THE YOUTH OF GREENBURY, THE TOWN BOARD WOULD HAVE TO PASS OR PUT IT IN A BUDGET.
CAN YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? WELL, THE TOWN BOARD HAS TO DISCUSS THE TOWN AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTS IN OCTOBER AND NOT IN, UH, NOT AND CAN I BE ON A WORK SESSION? ELISE, WHEN YOU'RE DISCUSSED, CAN I BE ON A WORK SESSION? KEN, HOW YOU FEEL? YOU GETTING READY TO LEAVE HERE? YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? I TOLD YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN, RIGHT? THAT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A TEAM PLAYER.
SO I, I JUST DON'T SUPPORT IT.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PERSONALLY AGAINST YOU, NOTHING AGAINST THE KIDS, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT A TEAM PLAYER.
WHAT'S A TEAM PLAYER? WHAT'S A TEAM PLAYER? SOMEONE WHO PLAYS NICELY IN THE SANDBOX WITH OTHERS AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S YOU, SO I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT YOU.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S FAIR.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE DISCUSSION AT A LATER TIME SINCE WE'RE WELL BEYOND FIVE MINUTES WORK SESSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
[ TB 1 - 3/22/2023 Resolution supporting Bill 5181 pending in the New York State Senate making it unlawful to discharge radioactive agents into the Hudson River]
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING, UM, UH, BILL 5 1 8 1 PENDING THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE, MAKING IT A LAWFUL TO DISCHARGE RADIOACTIVE AGENTS INTO THE HUDSON RIVER.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME.
LET'S DO IT AS AMENDED UNLESS YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WE HAD AT THE WORK SESSION.
I SENT, I SENT AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY.
I COULD READ THAT AND WELL, WELL, HE'S LOOKING FOR THAT.
I, I'VE BEEN ASKED BY AN ENVIRONMENTALIST TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
UM, HALTECH, THE COMPANY DECOMMISSIONING INDIAN POINT, STATED THAT THEY PLAN TO DISCHARGE 1 MILLION GALLONS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER FROM THE SPENT FUEL POOLS INTO THE HUDSON RIVER.
THIS SUMMER, A RESOLUTION WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY BOTH WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF PEEKSKILL, THE TOWN OF CROON HUDSON.
[02:00:01]
IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, A CHANGE.ORG PETITION HAS OVER 420,000 SIGNATURES OPPOSING THIS PLAN.THERE IS GROWING PUBLIC CONCERN AND OUTRAGE ABOUT THIS PLAN.
STATE SENATOR PETER HARUM, AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER DANA LEAVEN, INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO PREVENT DUMPING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS INTO WATER BODIES IN NEW YORK STATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION OPPOSING HOLD TEXT'S PLANT TO DUMP RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN THE HUDSON RIVER.
SO THE, THE RESOLUTION SAYS, UH, AS AMENDED IN THE THEREFORE CLAUSE.
SO THE RESOLUTION NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE LAW ITSELF, BUT ALSO ASKS THAT THE BILL INCLUDE OR ADD THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN AN, IN AN INJUNCTION BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE STATE DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AND ANY MUNICIPALITY WHOSE RESIDENCE OR ENVIRONMENT IS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE BILL IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, IT'S MONETARY FINES FOR WHOEVER DUMPED THIS, UH, WASTE.
BUT THE, BUT THE RESOLUTION IS MEANT TO ADD THAT ONE ADDITIONAL PROVISION.
I SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING AS AMENDED, WHICH IS A LITTLE PUT IN THAT CLAUSE, WHY DON'T WE JUST ADD THAT CLAUSE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDED IT.
IT IS EARLIER IN AWARE AS CLAUSE THAT THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.
CLAUSE THOUGH WAREHOUSES DON'T MEAN ANYTHING.
SO I, I HAD SUGGESTED MAYBE PUTTING PER, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO CHANGE THE WORDS AS AMENDED TO PREFERABLY WITH THE ADDITIONS AS DETAILED ABOVE.
BUT WE COULD ACTUALLY SPELL OUT THE DETAILS AS WELL SO THAT WAY YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE LAW AS IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN OR IF THE AMENDMENT IS MADE, YOU'RE SUPPORTING WITH THE AMENDMENT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT AMENDS MAY, MAY, AND SOMETIMES IT'S POISON PILLS, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T WANT THAT.
SO WITH, WITH, SO, SO THEN I WOULD MOVE IT AS AMENDED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT AMENDMENT GOTCHA,
UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF TILE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERMIT DATA ENTRY AND FAIL COLLECTION NOT TO EXCEED PAUL PAUL.
NO, I THINK FRANCIS YOU MOVED IT RIGHT? I DIDN'T MOVE IT.
I THINK ALAN SHOULD SECOND IT SECOND.
[ AS 1 – 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing the use of Tyler Technologies for permit data entry and field collection, not to exceed $25,000, for the June 2023 Tentative Assessment Roll]
AUTHORIZING USE OF TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERMIT DATA ENTRY AND FAILED COLLECTION NOT TO EXCEED 25,000 FOR JUNE, 2023.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AS AMENDED.
AS AMENDED THE SAME SECOND ION THAT WE YESTERDAY HERE.
[ AT 1 - 3/22/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of the firm of Piscionere & Nemarow, P.C., to represent requested Greenburgh Police personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed an additional $50,000, $200,000 in total]
RESOLUTION OF PROVEN THE CONTINUED RETAIN RETENTION OF THE FIRM OF, UM, PI CONE ERROR AND NERO TO REPRESENT REQUESTED GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN MATTER OF KRISTEN, KRISTEN STEIN, UH, VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $50,000.[ AT 2 - 3/22/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh Police personnel in the Matter of Kristin Stein v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $300,000 in total]
OF APPROVING THE CONDITION, CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON, UH, ELZER, UH, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN AND DICKER TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND REQUESTED GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN, UH, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.[ CL 1 – 3/22/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for April 12, 2023, at 7:30 PM, to consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Elmsford to provide Fire Protection Services to residents of the West Elmsford Fire Protection District, for the year 2023]
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 12TH AT SEVEN 30 TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND VILLAGE OFFORD TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE WEST ELM STREET FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR OF 2023.[ CL 2 – 3/22/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for April 12, 2023, at 7:30 PM, to consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Elmsford to provide Fire Protection Services to residents of the North Elmsford Fire Protection District, for the year 2023]
SCHEDULING, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 12TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN A GREEN WE'RE IN VILLAGE OF ELM STREET TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH ELMSFORD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2023.[ CD 1 - 3/22/2023 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Section 285-29.2 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled, “HC Hartsdale Center,” as it relates to the composition of Hartsdale Contextual Review Committee]
ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 2 85 29 2 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED H E HARTSDALE CENTER AS IT RELATES TO THE COMPOSITION OF DALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.JANE, I WOULD SAY AYE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NOT SECOND ANYTHING.
I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NOT SECOND ANY OF THE MOTIONS THIS EVENING.
[ CD 2 - 3/22/2023 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to an Amended Site Plan and all related applications by Prospero Nursery located at 1120 Knollwood Road (P.O. White Plains, NY) (TB 22-19)]
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND ALL RELATED APPLICATIONS BY PRES NURSERY LOCATED AT 1120 NOEL WOOD[02:05:01]
ROAD.[ CD 3 - 3/22/2023 Resolution approving, with conditions, an Amended Site Plan Application by Prospero Nursery, for property located at 1120 Knollwood Road (P.O. White Plains, NY) (TB 22-19)]
WITH CONDITIONS AND AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY PRES NURSERY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1120 NOEL WOOD ROAD.[ CD 4 - 3/22/2023 Resolution (1) authorizing the submittal of a Downtown Improvement Grant (DIG) Pilot Program Application (Four Corners Redevelopment Plan initiative-related) to Westchester County, New York; and (2) confirming the Town of Greenburgh’s commitment to cooperate with the program should the Town’s application be approved]
AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT GRAND PILOT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN INITIATIVE RELATED TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.CONFIRMING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S COMMITMENT TO COOPERATE WITH THE PROGRAM SHOULD THE TOWN'S APPLICATION BE APPROVED.
[ CD 5 - 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing a short-term lease of the Town-owned property on West Hartsdale Avenue to a NYSDOT contractor for the purposes of staging construction equipment for the duration of a transportation improvement project at Four Corners]
A SHORT TERM LEASE OF THE TOWN, UM, OWNED PROPERTY ON WEST TAR HILL AVENUE TO NEW YORK STATE D O T CONTRACTOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF STAGING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR THE DURATION OF A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT FOUR CORNERS.[ CO 1 - 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2022 budget transfers]
FISCAL YEAR 2022.[ CO 2 - 3/22/2023 Resolution amending the 2022 operating budget of the Tax Increment Finance District by increasing the appropriation for Judgment & Claims and Tax Adjustment Items and increasing the Appropriation of Fund Balance]
UH, 2022 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE FOR THE TAX IMPLEMENT FINANCE DISTRICT BE INCREASED THE APPROPRIATION FOR JUDGMENT OF CLAIMS AND TAX ADJUSTMENT ITEMS AND INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUND BALANCE.[ CO 3 - 3/22/2023 Resolution amending the 2022 Operating Budget of the Special Districts (S Fund) by increasing the appropriation for Maintenance of Systems and increasing the Appropriated Fund Balance]
2022 OPERATING BUDGET, THE SPECIAL DISTRICT SUCCESS FUND BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS AND INCREASING THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE.[ CO 4 - 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfer]
FISCAL YEAR 2023.[ PR 1 - 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for T-shirts and Miscellaneous Supplies for 2023, at a total cost for all items bid not to exceed $39,675.60]
TO LOIS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR T-SHIRTS AND MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES, UH, FOR 2023 AT A TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS NOT TO EXCEED 39,000 675 60.[ PR 2 - 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing award to lowest bidder or NYS contract approved vendor, whichever is lowest cost per item meeting specification, for athletic supplies for 2023 at a total costs for all items bid not to exceed $38,454.35]
TO LOWEST BIDDER, UH, UH, OR A NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT APPROVED VENDOR, WHICHEVER IS LOWER.LOWEST COST PER ITEM MEETING SPECIFICATION FOR ATHLETIC SUPPLIES FOR 2023 AT THE TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS NOT TO EXCEED 38,000 454 35.
[ PO 1 - 3/22/2023 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to upgrade the Police Department 911 Communications Center]
AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UPGRADE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NINE 11 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE, RE ADJOURN SECOND AND EVERYBODY SECOND.