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RECORDING IN[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1500 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings]
PROGRESS.UM, WELCOME TARA GREENBERG TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.
TODAY IS JULY 25TH AND IT'S, UH, 5 22.
AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, THE OPEN MEETING, UM, UH, ODDSLY, E M S VOLUNTEERS AMENDING SERVICE PERIOD FOR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF RELIEF.
THANK YOU VERY MS. COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON UP.
YOU CAN, RIGHT? SO NO NEED SHE IS.
LEMME SEE IF I CAN DISPLAY HER.
YES, I, SO, UM, MY NAME IS STEVEN GREENFELD.
I'M A RESIDENT OF ARDSLEY AND I'M THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR ARDSLEY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS.
I'M ALSO THE MOST RECENT, UH, CAPTAIN.
MY TERM IS CAPTAIN EXPIRED IN JUNE.
UH, SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR 10 YEARS NOW, AND I WAS, I'VE BEEN AN OFFICER IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR SIX OF THOSE 10 YEARS, UM, WHERE ANDY AND I, ANDY DIGO AGAIN, UH, I'M ANDY DIGO.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF PEC FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I'M ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, DEPUTY MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF ARTSY, AND WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TOGETHER, SO PLEASE CONTINUE.
SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN CHANGING THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF TENURE OF VOL OF VOLUNTEER.
FIRST RESPONDER NEEDS TO HAVE FOR, THAT'S CURRENTLY AT FIVE YEARS DOWN TO TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RELIEF, UH, THAT, UH, UM, MANY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, VOLUNTEERISM IS A STRUGGLING ENTITY, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THAT MAKE UP A STRONG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UH, NEW YORK STATE'S, UH, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES HAS HAD QUITE A BIT OF TROUBLE RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS.
E M S ALONE HAS LOST 44% OF ITS EMTS AND PARAMEDICS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DO IT AS A CAREER, IT DOESN'T PAY PARTICULARLY WELL.
IS THAT NATIONWIDE, OR IS THAT, THAT'S JUST NEW YORK STATE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR HARDLEY? UH, HARDLEY, UH, THEY HAVE THE BEST, UH, COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, HARLEY'S A BIT OF AN ENIGMA BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE GROWN OUR RANKS, UH, AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR RANKS.
BUT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IN, UH, DOBBS FERRY, UM, UH, TARRYTOWN, UH, IRVINGTON HAVE NOT ONLY MOSTLY ABANDONED THE VOLUNTEER MODEL, BUT HAVE GONE TO PAID AND GONE TO PAID
BUT THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT, UH, UH, PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ARDSLEY AND HASTINGS, UH, THAT ARE STILL FULLY VOLUNTEER, ARE NEEDING TO SERVICE THEIR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE ATTRACTING AND RETAINING STAFF.
SO, ARE YOU HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN EACH OF THE VILLAGES? NO, I'M HERE SPEAKING ONLY ON BEHALF OF ARDSLEY E M S AND ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND BY, UH, EXTENSION THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, UH, LEY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, HASTINGS E M S AND HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE FULLY VOLUNTEER.
SO YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HASTINGS? UM, NO, I DID REACH OUT TO THEM AND TELL THEM I WAS TALKING TO YOU.
UM, SO YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF LEY.
I, I'M HERE REPRESENTING ONLY LEY, WHICH IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT I'M PART OF.
UM, ARDSLEY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF RECRUITING.
WE USE THE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE COUNTY HERO PROGRAM, UH, WHERE, UH, THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING, UH, TUITION RE UH, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, OR PEOPLE WITH, UH, UH, OUTSTANDING COLLEGE LOANS WHO VOLUNTEER AND SERVE AT LEAST A YEAR, UH, WITH AN ORGANIZATION.
THEY CAN THEN, UH, APPLY FOR TUITION, UH, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER, AND WE'VE MADE QUITE A BIT OF USE OF THAT.
WE ACTUALLY WENT TO MERCY COLLEGE.
WE RECRUITED HEAVILY AT MERCY COLLEGE.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO SCHOOL LOCALLY, AND THEY COME AND THEY VOLUNTEER FOR A YEAR.
THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, AND WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT EIGHT VOLUNTEERS INTO AVAC IN ORDER TO, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY THE TARGET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH.
UH, THE TARGET AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH ARE THE YOUNG FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY, PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO LIVE IN ARDSLEY FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.
OR, YOU KNOW, GREENBURG FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS MAKE USE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILT.
AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THOSE STUDENTS' PARENTS ARE THE TARGET THAT WE WANT TO GET.
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AND TRAIN THEM AND GET THEM TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AT AS AQ AND IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STAY WITH US FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS, IF NOT LONGER.A LOT OF OUR, SO THE REASON, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ORLEY IS SO SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE YOU USED, YOU HAVE A VERY VIBRANT, UH, STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
UH, BUT LET'S SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
WOULD YOUR ENROLLMENT OF VOLUNTEERS STILL BE HIGH OR WOULD NOT BE THAT CORRECT? IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE.
WE WOULD PROBABLY LOSE ABOUT 15% OF OUR RESPONDERS.
SO YOU WOULD'VE BEEN THEN IN TROUBLE WITH THAT IF YOU HAD NO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO USE, UH, STUDENTS, YOU WOULD BE ALSO IN TROUBLE, LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES, NOT AS BAD AS THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE HAPPY.
'CAUSE WE WOULD BE ASKING AN AWFUL LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
UH, A AS OF NOW WE DO BETWEEN 750 AND 800 EMERGENCY RESPONSES A YEAR.
HOW, IN TERMS OF THE COST, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKING TWO YEARS RATHER THAN FIVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS, UH, WOULD YOU HAVE LIKE ANY ESTIMATE WHAT THAT WOULD BE? WELL, FOR AS A, WE TYPICALLY RECRUIT, UH, FOUR TO FIVE NEW HOMEOWNERS A YEAR.
UH, AND THAT WOULD QUALIFY WHEN THEIR, WHEN THEIR TENURE IS UP, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT LEAVE, I DON'T KNOW ON AN AVERAGE BASIS WHAT EACH HOMEOWNER'S VALUE IS, BUT, UH, THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS, IT REDUCES THEIR TAX ASSESSMENT BY THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT BY 10%.
THE PROGRAM IS ONLY OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS.
SO, UH, YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PROPERTY IN THE VILLAGE OR IN THE, IN THE TOWN.
I, YOU'RE BASICALLY TALKING, UM, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID YOU GOTTA BE PROPERTY OWNER TO BE ON THE VOLUNTEER? NO, YOU HAVE TO BE A PROPERTY PROPERTY OWNER TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THE TOWNS TO DO, WOULD IT BE JUST THE TOWN PORTION OF THE TAXES OR LEYS ALREADY ADOPTED THIS FOR THE VILLAGE? SO THIS WOULD BE JUST THE TOWN PORTION OF THE TAXES? YES.
WHICH WOULD BE BASICALLY INSIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE TOWN PORTIONS ONLY 2% OF THE TOTAL.
UH, UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, PAUL, BECAUSE, UH, WE SERVICE NOT JUST THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ARDSLEY AND WE RECRUIT WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO PART OF OUR RESPONSE AREA, UH, OUR FULLY GREENBURG RESIDENTS AND NOT VILLAGE RESIDENTS.
SO, SO IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THE, THE BOUNDARY OF THE AMBULANCE CAR? YES.
SO, AND YOU SAID THE VILLAGE OF LEY WENT ALONG WITH THIS VILLAGE, ADOPTED IT AT THEIR LAST MEETING LAST MONTH.
UH, THE VILLAGE OF DOBS FERRY HAS ALSO ADOPTED IT.
UH, AND UH, UH, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS, I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME ADOPTED THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY ADOPTED IT AT THE FIVE YEAR MARK, NOT THE TWO YEAR MARK.
WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY ADOPTED IT AT THE FIVE YEAR MARK.
SOME VILLAGES HADN'T ADOPTED IT AT ALL.
UH UH, SO HASTINGS HAS NOW ADOPTED IT, AND I THINK IT'S AT THE FIVE YEAR MARK, WHICH VILLAGE DID NOT ADOPT THE FIVE YEARS.
UH, WELL, UNTIL RECENTLY I DON'T THINK HASTINGS HAD, AND, UM, ARDSLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL, UH, SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO ADOPTED IT AT THE FIVE YEAR AND AFTER, NOW THAT WE'VE MET WITH THE VILLAGE, AND NOW WE'RE MEETING WITH YOUR BOARD, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA APPROACH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GET, SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO CHANGE FROM FIVE YEARS TO TWO YEARS.
'CAUSE EACH TAXING ENTITY HAS TO ADOPT US UNTIL 2025.
WHEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAW BECOMES MANDATED, UH, FOR ALL TAXING ENTITIES.
SO IT CAN'T BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS EVERYONE ADOPTS IT.
BECAUSE, UH, IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN EVERY ENTITY ADOPTS IT.
HOW CAN IT BE EFFECTIVE IF EVERY ENTITY DOESN'T ADOPT IT? IF SOME ARE FILED AND SOME ARE TWO BECAUSE ONLY THE PORTION OF THE TAXES, IT WOULD BE PEOPLE PAY, THEY COULD GET RELIEF FOR THE TOWN PORTION OF THE TAXES, BUT NOT FOR THE SCHOOL PORTION OF THE TAXES.
THE VETERANS, IT CAN BE BROKEN UP THAT WAY IN THAT FASHION.
SO HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SINCE IT, IF IT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE'S AREAS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WHERE IT'S ARLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE PAYING PAID FIRE TAXES AND PAID AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THEY WOULD NOW BE ALSO PAYING FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO THERE IS AN AREA WHERE, UH, IT, IT IS A GREENBERG POLICE RESPONSE AND IT'S PAID FIRE RESPONSE, BUT IT'S OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THAT RESPONSE, HOW THAT WORKS WITH THEIR TAXES TO GREENBERG, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THERE'S, BUT WE SERVICE, UH, IN FACT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ST.
ANDREW'S, UH, OVER IN, YOU KNOW, HASTINGS AREA AND ALL THE WAY UP, UH, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS WHITE PLAINS.
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HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE WHETHER OUR ASSESSOR AND, UM, G I S HOW THAT, HOW THAT WOULD WORK.HOW MANY CURRENT VOLUNTEERS DO YOU HAVE? UM, IT VARIES MONTH TO MONTH, A LITTLE BIT.
WAIT, WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAVE SEVEN 50 TO 800 CALLS, IS THAT INCLUDING THE FIRE OR IS IT SOLELY NO, THAT'S JUST US.
IT JUST, JUST, JUST THE AMBULANCE.
THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TYPICALLY DOES ANOTHER, UH, TWO 50 ISH, UH, ON AN ANALYZE BASIS.
NOW, IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GROWING YOUR RANKS, WHY DO YOU NEED THE FURTHER INCENTIVE OF DROPPING IT FROM FIVE YEARS TO TWO YEARS? BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING OUR RANKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSIENT.
AND FOR THIS TO BE SUSTAINABLE, WE NEED TO MOVE BACK TO GETTING PEOPLE THAT WE CAN TRAIN AND WHO WILL STAY WITH US FOR A, A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S VERY TAXING ON OUR LEADERSHIP TO PERPETUALLY TRAIN NEW VOLUNTEERS.
REMEMBER THIS, EVERYONE'S A VOLUNTEER.
WE'RE COMING IN, WE'RE DOING OUR OWN TRAINING TO KEEP OUR SKILLS UP.
WE'RE RECRUITING PEOPLE, WE'RE TRAINING NEW PEOPLE.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET A STEADY GROUP OF, UH, YOU KNOW, 40 TO 50 PEOPLE THAT WE CAN RELY ON THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A WHILE, AND THAT, UH, ARE ARE GONNA BE THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO TAKE, UH, A MERCY COLLEGE STUDENT WHO'S NEVER RIDDEN ON AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, GET THEM QUALIFIED TO RIDE THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLE, AND THEN BY THE TIME YOU FINALLY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEM, THEY'RE GRADUATING AND, UH, MOVING ON TO, UH, THEIR LIVES.
HOW WOULD CHANGING TO TWO YEARS MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE TRANSIENT? UH, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULD, UH, GIVE US A RECRUITING TOOL TO GO AFTER THE, UM, ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY HAVE RECENTLY MOVED IN, WHO'VE NEVER DONE THIS TYPE OF WORK BEFORE, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING ON LIVING THERE FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS WHILE THEIR KIDS GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO IT'S A, IT, IT'S A RETENTION TOOL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT JUST JOINED.
AND IT'S A RECRUITING TOOL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T DECIDED TO JOIN ME.
SO THEN, AND TO USE YOUR EXAMPLE OF MERCY COLLEGE STUDENTS, THEN YOU'D BE LESS INCLINED TO TAKE MERCY COLLEGE STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANSIENCE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M NOT QUITE CLEAR ON THAT.
I WOULDN'T, I WE WOULDN'T TURN VOLUNTEERS AWAY.
UH, AND WE CERTAINLY FIND VALUE IN TRAINING EVERYONE WITH THESE SKILLS, WHICH ARE LIFE SKILLS, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE TARGET THAT WE REALLY WANT, AND THEY WOULDN'T JOIN US IF IT WASN'T FOR THE HERO PROGRAM.
THAT'S ANOTHER INCENTIVE THAT BROUGHT IT THEN TO US.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY, UH, SUCCESSFUL.
COULD YOU PROVIDE US SOME INFORMATION REGARDING, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME IN IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT PROGRAM VERSUS THE NEW OWNERS? UM, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING AFTER THE COLLEGE KIDS, UH, RATHER THAN A PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION, SOMETHING DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR TUITION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP THEM AROUND.
UM, WE'RE UP AGAINST A VERY HARD STOP THOUGH AT 5 45.
I, I GOT STARTED MY, I HAVE TWINS AND TODAY'S THEIR BIRTHDAY, SO I HAVE TO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM.
BUT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH.
SO
WE HAVE A HARD FIVE
RIGHT? UM, SO IF, IF SHE GIVES BIRTH, THEN UH, YOU COULD CHARGE US.
MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE, AND THEN YOU COULD GET BACK TO US AS HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH DOES WOULD IT COST TO HAVE A PERSON ON THE PAYROLL? BECAUSE THE THING IS, IF YOU LOOK AT DOING THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER THAN, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET FIVE PEOPLE, IT'S STILL MUCH CHEAPER THAN HAVING AN EMPLOYEE.
UM, MOST, MOST OF OUR COM, MOST OF THE OTHER AGENCIES AROUND ARE PAYING BETWEEN 17 AND $19 AN HOUR FOR AN E M T.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE, UH, TO FULLY STAFF 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WOULD BE A HAVE TO DO THE MATH, BUT IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO, BUT IT'S ALSO AN AMAZING, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE HASSLE IN MANAGING THOSE FOLKS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY PER DIEM.
THEY TYPICALLY WORK TWO OR THREE JOBS BECAUSE WHO CAN SURVIVE ON, YOU KNOW, 17, $19 AN HOUR? AND, UH, SO EVEN IN THE PER DIEM RANKS, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY RECRUITING, CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE THAT MM-HMM.
SINCE 1962, ASVAB HAS BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT
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VOLUNTEER AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK, YOU KNOW, SIX OR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS, WHEN I JOINED THE CALL VOLUME WAS CLOSER TO 500 IN THE LAST DECADE.UH, AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERS WHO STOOD UP IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID, UH, AND, UH, PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK AND THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK.
YOU KNOW, I, I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, I WOULD GO HOME AFTER A CALL DURING COVID AND MY WIFE WOULD'VE PUT A CHAIR IN THE GARAGE AND I'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET UNDRESSED IN THE GARAGE AND CARRY EVERYTHING RIGHT INTO THE LAUNDRY AND JUMP IN THE SHOWER AND NOT TOUCH ANYTHING.
SO, WE'LL REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A BIG EXPENSE TO THE TOWN.
UH, THERE ARE NOT ALL THAT MANY FULLY VOLUNTEER AGENCIES LEFT IN THE RIVER DOWNS, BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A HUNDRED PERCENT VOLUNTEER, THIS WOULD BE AN AMAZING RE RECRUITING TOOL.
JUST LIKE THE HERO PROGRAM HAS BEEN.
THE HERO PROGRAM DOESN'T, HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER, BUT IT, NO PUN INTENDED, LITERALLY
BUT IT, IT DOESN'T TARGET THE TARGET AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN.
SO THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RELIEF DOES TARGET THOSE FOLKS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET.
UM, AND ALL WE'RE REALLY ASKING YOU TO DO IS ACCELERATE IT BY ONE YEAR BEFORE IT BECOMES MANDATED BY THE CHANGE IN THE STATE LAW.
SO THE STATE LAW IS GOING MAKE IT.
ALRIGHT, PAUL, THERE'S NO OPTION PAUL, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN IN SIX MINUTES.
BUT WE STILL HAVE AN AGENDA REVIEW, PAUL.
SO YEAH, SO IF, AND TO SOME SUMMARIZE, YOU COLLECT DATA, GET BACK TO US, WE'LL COLLECT DATA ON OUR, FOR EXAMPLE, DO FER, HAS IT WORKED IN DOB FERRY? SO DOB, I I NOT, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
'CAUSE WE REALLY, I I I WANNA BE VERY RESPECTFUL OF HER.
WE SAID WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE SHUT DOWN AT 5 45.
OTHERWISE WE WEREN'T GONNA HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT.
BUT WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU'RE THE ONLY TOPIC ON THE AGENDA OTHER THAN OTHER THAN AGENDA OTHER THAN OUR AGENDA REVIEW.
IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN YOU'LL GET LEAVE EVEN FASTER.
I'LL GIVE, I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO SPARE
I TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR TWINS AND YOU'LL BE OUT OF HERE LIKE A FLASH
SO WHEN COULD WE HAVE AN ANSWER BY, IF WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES LIKE A TIMETABLE TO GET, WELL, LET'S GENERATE WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE HAVE THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO ANSWER BECAUSE IT WAS AN ABBREVIATED SESSION, YOU KNOW, BACK AND LET'S COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH AND WE'LL SET THAT UP.
I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME AND SIT WITH YOU AGAIN IF YOU WANT US TO SIT WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ALSO.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADD ALEX? NO, ACTUALLY, UM, SHE AND I COMMUNICATED, SHE'S GONNA WRITE A STATEMENT AND I'LL READ IT.
AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THE, THE BOARD HAS DONE IS THEY'RE COLLECTING MONEY FOR A BENCH TO DEDICATE TO HIM.
AND AT THAT DEDICATION SHE CAN COME SAY SOMETHING.
THERE WAS, UM, SOMEONE, UM, FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, UM, I EMAILED JOAN, UH, LAST NIGHT.
UM, THERE WAS SOMEBODY
AND THEN THERE'S A HUNDRED, UH, YEAR OLD, UM, IN ELMSFORD.
WINSOME MENTIONED, UM, TWO PEOPLE WINS.
WINSOME HIIN MALCOLM WHO PASSED AWAY ON JULY 14TH.
WAS THAT A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? UM, MOTHER OF LONGTIME GREENBERG RESIDENT JEAN BREWSTER AND HER HUSBAND ROGER BREWSTER.
SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A STANDARD, RIGHT? IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN GREENBURG.
WELL, ELSTER IS GREENBERG, NO, NO, NO.
THIS IS THE MOTHER OF SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN GREENBURG.
THIS IS, UM, NO, WHAT IS THE A HUNDRED YEAR OLD? YEAH, THE, HER NAME IS, UM, NO, I FORGET THE NAME.
WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATION? UH, IT'S JENNIFER GLEN'S, UH, GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVES A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
UH, SHE LIVED IN ELMSFORD FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
YOU SAID YOU EMAILED THAT? UH, YEAH, YEAH, I EMAILED IT TO, UH, JOAN LAST NIGHT.
I'LL EMAIL IT TO THE BOARD AND SHE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HER GRANDMOTHER.
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OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.OKAY, PAUL, WHICH, WHICH ONE IS THAT? UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ISABELLE VILAR? NO, THIS IS UH, UH, UH, JENNIFER GLEN'S GRANDMOTHER.
WHEN'S AND SO THERE WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO BARBARA PERRY.
UM, THERE WILL BE SOME PICTURES UP ON THE, ON THE SCREEN AND UM, THERE WILL BE A TRIBUTE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
THERE'S A VERY SLIGHT GRAMMATICAL ERROR.
IT'S, UM, AUTHORIZING RETENTION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS, NOT TOWNS MATTERS.
I DON'T FEEL BAD POINTING THAT OUT SINCE THAT'S ONE OF MY RESOLUTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO TB THREE.
UM, THAT'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA A FEW TIMES AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S MADE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE ANTENNA BOARD AND SO FORTH.
AND ALSO WE GOT A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TODAY OR DOCUMENTATION ON SCREEN.
UH, NO, IT'S ON, UH, PR TWO AND PR THREE, THE AGREEMENT.
HAVE YOU READ THAT AGREEMENT? I HAVE READ THE AGREEMENT, YES.
WE TRIED TO SEND THAT EARLIER, BUT AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON JUNE 28TH AND WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION SEVERAL, UM, OF THE CONSTITUENTS CAME OUT AND GAVE THEIR A CONCERN.
SO WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO, BUT YES, I HAVE, I HAVE READ THAT AGREEMENT.
AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT,
I GUESS YOU FOUND SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH IT.
WE'LL WE CAN DISCUSS THAT SO THAT WE COULD DECIDE AFTER EVERYBODY HAS TAKEN, HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE FROM, SINCE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ARE NOT QUITE LONG, THEY'RE ABOUT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE POINTS THAT WERE MADE THAT NIGHT THAT WE THEN ADDRESSED WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
AND I CAN REDLINE IT ALSO FOR YOUR REVIEW SO YOU COULD PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT WAS CHANGED.
'CAUSE SEVERAL PLACES THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT IT TALKS ABOUT IS APPROVED BY THE TOWN.
UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED AS TO WHAT THE TOWN IS.
IT CAN'T BE SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING TO ONE OF US, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE, YOU, YOU KNOW, FROM PRIOR CONTRACTS WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, THERE SHOULD BE NO AMBIGUITY AS TO WHAT THE TOWN MEANS.
AND SECONDLY IT TALKS ABOUT AUTHORIZING AGENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE TOWN.
AND THAT SHOULD JUST CLEARLY STATE THE SUPERVISOR.
THE SUPERVISOR SHOULD BE SIGNING ALL THE CONTRACTS.
AND THE REL WAS THERE FOR THE SUPERVISOR TAX.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST
ALL RIGHT, WELL SHUTTING DOWN.
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION, PAUL, TO CLOSE.
LEMME JUST GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I JUST WANNA JUST TAKE ONE SECOND.
YOU HAVE TO BE DETAIL ORIENTED.
BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ALSO BE CO COURTEOUS TO JANELLE.
YEAH, BUT I'M JUST SAYING ALL RIGHT.
MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
FOR WHAT PURPOSES? UH, PERSONNEL, UH, AND LEGAL MATTERS.
AND WE WON'T BE COMING BACK TODAY.