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UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.

TODAY IS AUGUST,

[ 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]

UH, 15TH AT FIVE 15.

HEY, PAUL, CAN YOU HOLD THE MIC? YOU SOUND A LITTLE THIS, UH, AUGUST 15TH AT FIVE 15.

AND I GUESS THE FIRST ITEM IS ELECTRIC VEHICLE UNIT GRANT.

YEAH.

AND COUNSEL MEMBER SHEEN IS ATTENDING TONIGHT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND TOWN CODE, AND THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT AT TOWN HALL RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT.

SO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE GRANT, UM, GARETH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A REPORT ON THAT? GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES.

SO, UM, IN SHORT, UH, THE, THE TOWN GREENBERG IS A CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY, UM, BY NYSERDA, AND THAT'S BY VIRTUE OF A LOT OF THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN, UH, IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY.

AND AS SUCH, WE ARE ENTITLED TO PERIODIC, UH, REWARDS.

AND, UM, AS EXAMPLE IN 2022, UH, THE TOWN, UH, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY SOLAR AND WHAT'S CALLED A GRID REWARDS PROGRAM.

AND, UM, BY VIRTUE OF THAT, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WAS ENTITLED TO A $30,000 CASH AWARD FROM NYSERDA.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THAT WITH THE TOWN BOARD SUPPORT.

AND, UH, WHAT THOSE FUNDS WERE USED FOR WAS TO PURCHASE AN EV, A CHEVY BOLT VEHICLE.

AND WITH THE PURCHASE OF THAT VEHICLE, THE TOWNS THEN, UH, REFUNDED THROUGH MY SERVICE.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE TOWN JUST FRONTED THAT 30,000, UM, AND WE THINK OF IT AS A NOM MATCH GRANT.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A FORECAST OF WHEN THE ACTUAL, UH, AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE.

UM, IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT OUR ERDA REP WILL PROACTIVELY JUST EMAIL, UH, MATT AND MYSELF AND SAY, GREENBERG, UH, YOU'VE DONE SOME MORE STEPS AND YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ANOTHER AWARD.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO, OR I SHOULD SAY, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO.

UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE, UM, LEARNED THAT WE WERE, HAD THE AVAILABILITY TO GET A $45,000 CAT GOAT, UH, UH, CASH GRANT FROM NYSERDA, NO MATCH.

AND, UM, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

AND THIS WAS BY VIRTUE OF A CLEAN HEATING AND COOLING CAMPAIGN THAT THE TOWN, UH, PARTICIPATED IN.

UM, SO THE INTENT OF THAT $45,000 IS TO OBTAIN ANOTHER VEHICLE, UM, AND REALLY JUST TURN THAT OVER TO, UH, COMMISSIONER FAWN AND D P W AND, AND HAVE IT USED AS, AS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS NEED.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 30,000 TO 45,000.

AND THEN, UM, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING TO, UH, PURCHASE SOME LEVEL TWO CHARGERS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE TOWN FLEET, UM, AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS SUCH AS, UH, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, PERHAPS THE SECOND YEAR OF TOWN HALL AND THE HIGHWAY GARAGE.

SO, UM, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, BUT, UH, WHEN I INDICATED THAT, UM, THIS KIND OF AROSE MID-YEAR, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I PUT INTO THE BUDGET.

SO, UM, AT PRESENT, I'M HERE TO, UH, APPEAL TO THE BOARD TO, UH, GET SUPPORT TO GO FORTH AND, UM, EXECUTE THE GRANT AND, AND PURCHASE THE VEHICLE.

AND, UH, BEING MINDFUL OF THE, UH, PROCEDURE.

UM, WHAT I INTEND TO DO PER, UH, PURSUANT TO DIRECTION FROM ROBERTA IS PUT A RESOLUTION UP FOR THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.

UM, REALLY, UM, SOLIDIFIES EVERYTHING I'M SAYING TODAY AND REALLY FORMALIZES, UH, YOUR SUPPORT.

SO, UM, I THINK REALLY ROBERTO WAS JUST LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN BOARD WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU RECEPTIVE TO THAT RESOLUTION ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AND, UM, REALLY JUST LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER EV CARD FOR THE TOWN FLEET AND, UH, NO TAXPAYER DOLLAR.

OKAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I AGREE.

ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DENNIS , WHICH ONE, ONE DOWN, WE'LL PREPARE THAT, UM, THAT SOLUTION, UH, WE WILL, UM, PREPARE THAT OF THE CD AND C DEPARTMENT AND, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY SEND THAT DOWN TO, UH, ROBERTA, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS EVERYTHING SHE'S LOOKING FOR.

AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL RUN IT BY LEGAL AND, UH, WE'LL DO THAT BEFORE YOU GUYS SEE IT.

WELL, WHILE YOU ARE ON, ON, UH, THE LINE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UM, STAY ON.

SHOULD WE DO THE SCREEN OUT OF ORDER? AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY YOU COULD, UM, JUST EXPLAIN IT AND IF ANYBODY ON THE BOARD, UM, HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

SURE.

I'M SORRY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT OTHER TOPIC.

I'M GONNA TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE AGENDA NOW.

OH, IS THE SCREEN, I THOUGHT THAT, UM, WAS THAT YOURS OR NO, THAT'S NOT GARY.

OH, NO.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S NOT GARY.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

UM, OKAY, NEXT.

UM, I HAVE, UH, AARON, CONSULTANT FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT.

I SPOKE TO BRIAN, WE SHOULD REALLY WAIT FOR RICH FUND FOR THAT.

I SORT OF FAILED THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FLOODING AND, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY OF DOING IT ALL IN-HOUSE.

I FEEL WE SHOULD HIRE A,

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A SPECIALIST.

UM, UH, IT'S VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT I, I THINK THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD MEET NEXT, A SPECIALIST, A SPECIALIST FOR WRITER, A GRANT WRITER.

THAT'S, I'M A TECHNICAL GRANT WRITER.

OKAY.

BUT YOU HAVE, AND WHAT, WHEN YOU SAY VERY EXPENSIVE, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHEN I SPOKE TO BRIAN, HE INDICATED THAT, UH, THEY HAD DONE A R F P AND, UM, THEY WANTED LIKE $6,000, I THINK $6,000 A MONTH, UH, AS A RETAINER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT'S CORRECT.

ANYTHING MM-HMM.

.

AND THEN THEY BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TOO EXPENSIVE.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE COULD GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING SPEAK CLOSER.

YEAH.

IF, UH, WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT.

WELL, HAVING JUST ATTENDED THE, UM, THE STATE PUT ON A SYMPOSIUM, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH NYSERDA AND OTHER AGENCIES TODAY TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT, THE, THE $4.2 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT, AND HOW THE MONIES WERE APPLIED.

THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE PASSED.

AND I, AND I MADE SURE THAT, UH, BRIAN ATTENDED, UH, BRIAN AND GARRETT WERE THERE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT ALONE, BUT IN ADDITION, THERE ARE FEDERAL MONIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT AND, AND OTHER MONIES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL STATE MONIES.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE.

UM, DO WE HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME, A YEAR'S CONTRACT AT $6,000 A MONTH? OR IS IT A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU KNOW, HE'S, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T RECALL THE TERM.

I DON'T THINK WE GOT TO THAT POINT YET.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE OTHER COMPANIES ALSO.

WE COULD DO, I THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE IT.

I THINK WE SHOULD PUT AN R F P TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT BRIAN AND RICH HAS ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS, AND THEN WE COULD REALLY COME TOGETHER AND SIT AROUND AND SEE ALL WHAT WE WANT THIS PERSON TO DO.

SO I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE PREMATURE, SO WHY DON'T WE JUST WAIT TO RICH AND, AND, UH, BRIAN GET BACK OR WHEN WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT ON, UH, RICHARD BACK? I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, AND THEN ONCE WE'RE READY TO PUT IT ON AN AGENDA, WE CAN.

OKAY.

YEAH.

ONCE, ONCE BRIAN RICH COME TO US WITH YES.

THEIR WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T GET A LOBBYIST THAT IT WAS JUST TRYING TO DO A COOKIE CUTTER THAT THEY DO FOR EVERY MUNICIPALITIES.

AND WE'RE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE MORE PERSON COMPETING ON THE SAME FUNDS WITH THE SAME ARGUMENT.

UH, SO WE NEED SOME, SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO, THEY, A SPECIALIST WOULD BE A SPECIALIST FOR US, AS OPPOSED TO A GENERALIST WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING FOR BOTH AS .

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET SELECTED, WE GET SELECTED, BUT THERE'S THE ARGUMENT, UH, DON'T DIFFER.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD COME TO A FEE ARRANGEMENT WHERE IT'S CONTINGENT BASED ON THE ACTUAL DOLLARS WE GET BACK AS OPPOSED TO PAYING A CERTAIN AMOUNT ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS AS WELL.

MM-HMM.

.

RIGHT.

AND THERE MAY BE OTHER, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER COMPANIES.

I MEAN, WE GOT A LOT OF MONEY.

WHAT, WHAT WAS LIKE 14 MILLION FOR THE RUM BOOK, YOU KNOW, WATER TANK OR 12 MILLION SOMETHING.

IT WAS A LOT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, BUT MOST OF THE GRANTS DOWN STAFF.

YEAH.

YEAH.

MOST OF THE GRANTS WE'VE GOTTEN HAVE BEEN LIKE A MILLION HERE OR A MILLION THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT HASN'T BEEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON BY NOT HAVING, I DON'T ANY ONE PERSON THAT'S DEDICATED TO DOING THAT.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST FURTHER EXPLORE THAT.

SO WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

IF I COULD ALSO JUST ONE, UH, CONSIDERATION, I THROW IN THE MIX AND, UH, DEFINITELY WE'LL BRING THIS UP WITH RICH AND BRIAN.

MM-HMM.

ALSO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A LOWER TIER OF SUPPORT, WHICH IS, UM, A CONSULTANT THAT SAYS, HEY, GREENBERG, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THESE CATEGORIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, STORM WATER, UH, TRA TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

YOU KNOW, SORT OF JUST KNOWING WHAT GRANTS ARE OUT THERE AND NOT MISSING 'EM SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF 'EM IS, IS HALF THE BATTLE.

BECAUSE IF I KNOW THAT THERE'S A VERY TECHNICAL GRANT OUT THERE THAT, AND I KNOW WHAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UM, GET AS A TOWN FOR THAT GRANT, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WRITE IT.

MAYBE THAT CONSULTANT MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO WRITE IT, BUT ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS THAT THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE AND THEN IT CAN FIX THE BRIDGE.

I CAN THEN GO OUT TO OUR NETWORK OF, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN HELP US WRITE THAT GRANT.

SO IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME CONSULTANT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A SMALL FEE THAT THEY COULD CHARGE US, YOU KNOW, PER MONTH.

UM, IT'S JUST TO SAY, HEY, GREENBERG, HERE ARE THE SIX GRANTS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ARE OUT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK INTO.

SO IT COULD BE A LOW COST AND HIGHLY INFORMATIVE.

UH, SO WE DON'T, SO NONE SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS, SORT OF THAT'S IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.

MM-HMM.

WE ALL SHOULD BE AROUND THE TABLE

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MAKING THAT OUT.

SO WE, OKAY.

UH, NEXT, ALSO, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT GARRETT SAID IS A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS A GRANT THAT'S DONE IN TWO WEEKS, AND THIS IS NO EXAGGERATION, GARRETT, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, STAY HERE OVERNIGHT TO MEET THAT DEADLINE.

AND BY HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE GARRETT'S TALKING ABOUT IS TO GIVE US A HEADS UP AS SOON AS SOMEBODY COMES OUT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, WE HAVE SO MUCH, UH, TALENT IN, IN OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT IF WE HAVE THE TIME.

THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S GENERALLY VERY SHORT NOTICE.

NOW, SOMETIMES THESE GRANTS ARE SHORT NOTICE TO FIND A VERY NATURE, UH, UH, LIKE THE APPROACH.

AND IF WE NEED ONE, THEN WE GET TECHNICAL STUFF.

YEAH.

OKAY.

GOOD.

NEXT, UM, WE HAVE THE FIRST RESPONDER, UH, TAX RELIEF.

THEY'RE NOT COMING TILL SIX.

UM, UH, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY? SURE.

SO WITH THE HELP OF PETER, WHO'S OUR M I S DIRECTOR FOR THOSE WATCHING, BASICALLY AN IT DIRECTOR, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY WHERE GETTING CLOSE TO FINALIZING IT.

UM, I, WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT WAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAYBE FIRST SHARE IT WITH OUR M I S COMMITTEE THAT IS NOW MEETING MONTHLY.

I KNOW WE'RE REVIEWING SOME OTHER THINGS TOO.

UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME INSIGHT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY THAN I AM AS WELL TOO, AND MAYBE MAKE SOME EDITS TO IT.

SO THIS SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE TWOFOLD.

IT'S THE EMPLOYEE'S USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND OFFICIAL TOWN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTS USE OF THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT WILL BE REMOVED.

SO IT'S KIND OF BOTH LOOKING AT THE BEHAVIOR OF EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.

IT WILL, THE FIRST DRAFT WILL BE DONE SHORTLY.

UM, DO YOU WANNA SEE IT FIRST? DO YOU WANT IT TO GO TO THE M I S COMMITTEE FIRST? UH, HOW DO YOU WANT THE PROCESS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD? WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO, UM, SHARE IT ON THE E LIST AND GET PUBLIC COMMENTS? BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AND JUST SAYING THIS IS A, A FIRST.

I, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE.

I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL TO GET FURTHER ALONG IN FINALIZING IT BEFORE PUTTING IT OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.

I THINK YOU COULD SHARE IT OUT TO BOTH AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT SAME TIME AT YEAH, THE SAME TIME.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN FILTER BACK OUR COMMENTS TO YOU FOR THE COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THE, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, UM, UM, FORTUNE MAGAZINE, UM, UM, MONEY, YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE GREENBERG VERY HIGH, UM, RATINGS.

AND, UM, CELIA NOVO, UM, NOVA, UH, SUGGESTED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA THAT WE PUT SIGNAGE LIKE ON EAST DALE AVENUE, UH, SOME COMMUNITIES SAYING LIKE, GREENBURG NINTH BEST FAMILY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES MONEY, FORTUNE MAGAZINE, MONEY MAGAZINE, EIGHTH, BEST PLACE TO PUT IT ALONGSIDE THE BANNERS ALONGSIDE, UM, EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, NEAR, NEAR THE TRAIN STATION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, I THINK IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL PROUD THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN A COMMUNITY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHETHER MAY I ASK WHY WE'RE JUST LIMITED IT TO HARTSDALE AND WHY WE NOT, WHY WE'RE NOT DOING IT AROUND GREENBURG.

WE COULD DO IT HIGHLIGHTING GREENBERG, WE DO IT, WE COULD DO IT ANYWHERE.

BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT, I KNOW WE, THAT WE HAVE THE BANNERS ON, UH, THE POLES ON EAST DALE AVENUE.

IF WE COULD PUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, ON MANHATTAN AVENUE, IF WE COULD PUT IT ON, UH, CENTRAL AVENUE'S, A ONE 19 A STATE ROAD.

SO WE WOULD NEED PERMISSION FROM THE STATE.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, TO ME, WE SHOULD PUT IT AS, AS, YOU KNOW, IN AS MANY LOCATIONS AS WE, AS WE CAN.

BUT, UM, BUT I JUST THOUGHT EAST TAR STILL AVENUE WOULD BE EASY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, THE POLLS AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE SOME BALANCE.

WE ALSO HAVE RIGHT OUT HERE, OUR TOWN HALL, WE DON'T HAVE A HIGHLIGHT TOWN.

WE COULD, WE COULD DO TOWN, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF ANYBODY WOULD HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO US.

UM, YOU KNOW, ORDERING IT.

I COULD WORK WITH GARY.

I GET, I'D LIKE TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY AND WHERE AND HOW MUCH.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THAT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY KIND OF COMMITMENT.

AND CERTAINLY, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO PLAN ONE OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL.

I THINK THAT'S THE LIBRARY.

THERE'S SO MANY SIGNIFICANT AREAS, PLACES THAT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE LIMITED RIGHT.

TO THAT THESE ARE STILL EVIDENCE.

THERE SHOULD BE A, UM, A PLAN, YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE PROPOSITION.

AGAIN,

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SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS TO FIGURE OUT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, AND IF YOU WANNA JUST GIVE US THE COST SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE COST FOR RIGHT.

AND THEN WE CAN GENERATE IT.

YEAH, RIGHT UP THE COST.

RE HOW MUCH IS GONNA, YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UH, IS GAR, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE WERE SELECTED THE NINTH FASTEST FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I MEAN, I, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING UP, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO DEFEND IT, YOU KNOW, DID CREW APPLY FOR THIS? WHO SAID TO MONEY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DIDN'T APPLY? IT WAS ALGORITHMS, UH, THAT THEY USED.

AND, UH, AND, UM, FORTUNE MAGAZINE, YOU KNOW, POSTED THEIR CRITERIA WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED IT BOTH FORTUNE AND MONEY, YOU KNOW, NO COMMUNITY SAYS WE'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ACCEPTED.

YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT BY, YOU KNOW, READING THEIR MAGAZINE.

HMM.

INTERESTING.

IT'S NOT, UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME THEY DID IT WAS MONEY MAGAZINE.

I THINK IT WAS 2008 OR 2009.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WAS AGAIN, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS SORT OF INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU HAD NICHE FORTUNE AND MONEY MAGAZINE ALL DOING, UH, HIGH RATINGS ABOUT GREENBERG, UM, ALL IN THE SAME YEAR, AND NONE OF IT WAS SOLICITED.

SO NOBODY APPLIED FOR THIS OR SAID, HEY, CONSIDER .

NO, IT WAS JUST ALL DONE WITH, UH, COMPUTER ANALYSIS.

YEAH.

I, UM, I, UM, LEARNED ABOUT THE FORTUNE ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE, IN FACT, WE ALL DID.

THEY SAID, SEND US SOME PHOTOS.

THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK WE HAD A WEEK TO LIKE, LESS THAN A WEEK TO SEND THEM A COUPLE PHOTOS.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SUGGESTED YOU RESPONDED.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO JOE TO COME UP WITH SOME PHOTOS USING THE DRONE, USING THE ON THE DRONE WAS ALWAYS NICE PHOTOS.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, I JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT SOMETHING UP, WE CAN DEFEND IT AND BECAUSE NOW THE PRESSURE'S GONNA BE ON NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE ARE STAYING THOSE RANKINGS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT MOVE UP OR WHATEVER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE FLAGS DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS GONNA BE WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, IF WE INDICATE 2023, DO THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR? DO THEY DO THESE RANKING RANKINGS EVERY YEAR? THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST SAY WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED, YOU KNOW, AND 2023 NEXT YEAR DON'T, IT'S INTERESTING.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, FROM THE MONEY MAGAZINE, IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY DID IT.

I WONDER IF THEY KEEP CHANGING THE, THE LOCALITIES, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH YEAR OR SOMETHING.

THAT COULD BE, BUT IF AS LONG AS WE INDICATE THE YEAR THAT WE WERE THE, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST IN 2023.

YEAH.

AND WE CAN WE ASPIRE TO, OKAY.

HOLD YES.

SUPERVISOR D OKAY, GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, IT'S JUST, UH, WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT I, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS AN EMAIL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AS TO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND, AND THEN PAUL SAID, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

AND NOW I HEAR PEOPLE ARE INVITED ABOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T, UH, ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ISSUES LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN COVERED BY THE GREENBURG POLICE, AMBULANCE SERVICE, UM, WILL THEY HAVE TO PAY MORE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A CERTAIN EXCEPTION.

CERTAIN MEAN, THERE'S DETAILS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.

I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S LONGEST.

SO THERE, THERE'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AGENDA POSTED ONLINE THAT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAN THE ONES IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.

IN FIRST RESPONDER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WAS SCHEDULED FOR FIVE 15, SO I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE WAS ACTUALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WHAT WAS IN THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT WITH THE LINK FOR ZOOM WAS HOT OFF THE PRESS AT ABOUT FOUR 30.

SO YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS PRINTED PRIOR TO, AND I THINK I SAW HER EMAIL THAT SAID REVIVE AGENDA.

YES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REVISION WAS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET IN AND THE DOOR, THE THE DOORS ARE LOCKED.

BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, WE GET, SEEK INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FROM THE ASSESS OFFICE AND, UH, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AS OPPOSED TO COMING IN AND HEARING, YOU KNOW, A CONCLUSION.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY FOR THAT.

OKAY.

UM, THE SCREEN, UM,

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YOU KNOW, FRANCIS, YOUR EMAIL, I SAW YOUR EMAIL.

DID YOU GET A, YOU DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE YET, DID YOU? OH, I, WELL, I DEFINITELY DID.

UH OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I GUESS HE JUST EMAILED ME BACK.

SO, AS YOU NOTICED IN WHAT I PUT TOGETHER, THAT PACKET GOT PUT TOGETHER.

WE DID GET A LOT MORE DATA THE LAST TIME WE WERE THINKING ABOUT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD, AND IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, YOU WERE READY TO, AND WE WEREN'T GETTING INFORMATION.

SO I SENT HIM THE PACKET THAT HAD THE EMAILS WITH HIS NAME ON IT.

HE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION TO CHUCK NIA, AND THEN CHUCK PROVIDED IT TO US.

AND, UH, WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT HE DOESN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

I GUESS MAYBE HE GOT PROMOTED OR WHATEVER, BUT HE THEN FOLDED IT TO THE PERSON WHO HAD HIS POSITION TO GIVE US THE DATA.

SO I WOULD ASSUME BY THE TIME THE PUBLIC HEARING COMES UP THAT UH, WE WOULD'VE THAT DATA.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SUGGESTING WE DO IS, YOU KNOW, ON THE 13TH SCHEDULE PUBLIC THE HEARING, AND THAT GIVES THEM TIME TO DO THE, UH, GETTING OF THE DATA SO THAT WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY THAT IT'S BASED ON, YOU KNOW, SOME IMPACT ANALYSIS AS OPPOSED TO, YES, IT'S JUST A GREAT IDEA, LET'S DO IT.

AND ALSO, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION, NOR SHOULD THAT IMPRESSION BE GIVEN BY ANYBODY, THAT IF YOU HAVE A HASSLE, UM, UNDER $50,000, YOU ARE GOING TO BE QUALIFIED BY THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT OFFERED BY TOWN, BUT BY THIS PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

YOU HAVE TO BE IN A RENT CONTROL, UM, A UNIT, AND IT HAS TO BE UNDER THE, UH, TENANT PROTECTION ACT.

UM, UH, AND SO THOSE CAPTAIN JUMPED TO A BUNCH OF HOOPS.

WE ALSO HAD A QUESTION FROM A RESIDENT REGARDING CO-OPS, AND I CALLED THAT QUESTION TO THEM AS WELL BECAUSE IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER IN ADVANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO I EXPECT THAT, THAT BY THE TIME THE 13 ROLLS AROUND THAT WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING.

SO I THINK, I THINK WE'RE IN, I THINK WE'RE IN MUCH BETTER PLACE.

UM, AND I, AND AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR EMAILS, WE CAN'T SEARCH BACK MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF YEARS, SO I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE ARCHIVES TO PULL OUT THAT DATA FROM 2014, 2016 AND 2017.

UM, BUT SADLY, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD PLACE.

OKAY.

THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE.

OKAY.

LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? UM, FOR THE OPEN MEETING, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY, UH, TO PUT ON THE AGENDA WAS FINISH UNIQUE AIR PRO AIR PURIFIER.

OH, RIGHT.

WE HAVE MR. HALL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? HELLO? HI, MR. DO, HOW ARE YOU? I'M, I'M FINE.

UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

CAN YOU PULL THIS CLOSER TO YOU AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS WELL? ? UM, OKAY, THANKS.

JUST PULL THE WHOLE THING CLOSER TO YOU.

YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

THANKS.

YEAH.

SEE, THAT'S THE DISADVANTAGE OF GROWING UP ON A FARM AND NOT USED TO TECHNOLOGY.

.

YES.

MY NAME IS GEORGE HALL.

I, UH, AM WITH A COMPANY CALLED COXIE CONSULTANTS.

UH, IT'S A, A FINNISH AMERICAN COMPANY, AND WE REPRESENT, UH, SOME OF THE BEST TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD.

THE PRODUCT THAT, UH, AS IF YOU LOOK OVER TO YOUR LEFT, IT IS, IS CALLED UNIQUE AIR PRO.

UH, THIS PRODUCT WAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FINISHED MILITARY.

AND THE REASON THAT THE MILITARY GOT INVOLVED, AS YOU PERHAPS KNOW, FINLAND BORDERS, RUSSIA AND RUSSIA USED POISON GAS LIKE SIREN, UH, UH, ON INDIVIDUALS.

AND THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT WANTED, UH, AN AIR PURIFIER THAT WOULD, UH, ELIMINATE INSIDE SIREN.

AND THIS WAS IN DEVELOPMENT FROM 12 YEARS AGO.

UM, LEMME JUST SAY THAT FINLAND HAVE VERY RIGOROUS STANDARDS, UH, AND, AND OVER THE YEARS THIS HAVE EVOLVED INTO, I CAN SAY WITHOUT QUESTION, THE VERY BEST PORTABLE AIR PURIFIER IN THE WORLD

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IS NOT SIMPLY A CLAIM.

BECAUSE I REPRESENT THE PRODUCT IN AMERICA, THERE IS, UH, DOCUMENTATION, IT HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTIES.

AND WHEN YOU HAND OVER YOUR PRODUCT FOR IT TO BE EVALUATED, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THE END RESULT.

THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT HAVE A HEAD TO HEAD COMPETITOR.

UH, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO, UH, REPRESENT A, A PRODUCT OF ITS NATURE.

UH, ABOUT FIVE WEEKS AGO, PLUS I BROUGHT THAT UNIT, UH, HERE, AND IT WAS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

I CAME BACK ABOUT THREE DAYS LATER, AND THE, UH, MAINTENANCE GUY, I THINK HIS NAME IS JUAN, UH, HE SAID TO ME IN THE LOBBY, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT HERE TO GET THE UNIT BACK, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THERE ALREADY ALREADY FIGHTING OVER WHERE IT IS GOING NEXT.

UH, HE SAID, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I EXPERIENCED MYSELF, HE SAID THE NEXT DAY HE WALKED INTO THE BUILDING APARTMENT, HE OPENED THE DOOR, HE WALKED IN, AND ALL HE SMELLED WAS FRESH AIR.

THIS ONE UNIT WILL COVER ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 100 SQUARE METERS, A HUNDRED SQUARE METERS, BECAUSE WE DON'T USUALLY USE METERS TOO MUCH IN AMERICA.

WE USE SQUARE FEET AND SO FORTH.

IT, IT, IT'S MORE THAN THE SIZE OF A, A LEGAL BASKETBALL COURT.

UH, IF YOU LEAVE THIS UNIT ON AND YOU COME IN TOMORROW MORNING AS SOON, AND IF ALL THE DOORS ARE CLOSED, YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN AIR QUALITY.

THIS IS SCIENTIFICALLY DOCUMENTED THAT IT WILL, IT'S THE ONLY UNIT IN THE WORLD THAT WILL REMOVE GASES, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIRUSES, INCLUDING CORONAVIRUS AND SO FORTH.

IT IS BEEN TESTED BY THIRD PARTY AGENCIES.

THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT MAKE CLAIMS AND THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY TELL YOU.

THEY NEVER GONNA PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTATION.

WITH THIS, THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE.

DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION FOR, ON THE WEBSITE? ON THE WEBSITE? I WILL GIVE YOU A CARD ON THE WEBSITE.

UH, OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ON THE WEBSITE.

OKAY.

ONE, TAKE THIS.

YES, THANK YOU.

ON THE WEBSITE, IT, IT, IT, IT GIVES YOU, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.

THERE'S ONE VIDEO THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS DONE.

IT WAS PRODUCED BY C B SS NEWS LAST YEAR, 2022.

UM, AND I ALSO HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE REFERENCE LIST.

THERE ARE ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN OR MORE HOSPITALS IN FINLAND THAT USE THIS EVEN IN NEONATAL, UH, IN VARIOUS LOUNGES FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES AND SO FORTH.

IN GERMANY, THEY USE IT AS WELL.

UH, THESE ARE NOT JUST SIMPLY MANUFACTURED TO IMPRESS EVERYTHING CAN BE VALIDATED.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOCUMENTATION, HOW COULD YOU DOCUMENT WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CLEAN AREA, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF DATA STUDIES IT, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, IT IS ON THE WEBSITE.

THE MUNICIPALITIES INVOLVED.

UH, HAVE, HAS OTH HAVE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES SIGNED ON TO DISCUSSING THE UNIT? WELL, UH, GREENBERG, UH, IS THE FIRST MANILA MUNICIPALITY THAT WE HAVE APPROACHED IN THE US.

OKAY.

UM, SO HOW DID, HOW DID IT GET INTO THE BUILDING PROPERTY? YOU SAID YOU CAME INTO THE BUILDING AND IT WAS IN, I, I I HOW DID INTO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, DID THEY BUY IT? NO, NO.

IT, IT IS TO, TO TEST AND EVALUATE BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, PRODUCT THAT I HAD INTRODUCED TO RICH AND I, I MENTIONED TO HIM ABOUT THIS.

AND, UH, UH, WE AGREED THAT I WILL BRING A UNIT AT NO OBLIGATION, NO COST, AND, UH, IT WAS PUT IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A, A EXCELLENT AREA BECAUSE IT'S AN OPEN AREA AND IT'S CLOSED.

SO IS WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF, IT MAKES AN IMPRESSION.

I CAN JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSONAL INFORMATION.

I HAVE SLEEP BEFORE, BEFORE YOU DO THAT? YEAH.

OKAY.

I COULD CORRECT SOMETHING.

ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAD TO SHUT IT OFF BECAUSE IT HAD A SMELL LIKE OLD FISH AND THEY STOPPED USING IT? UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

NO ONE COMMUNICATED THAT TO ME.

FROM WHOM DID YOU GET IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF LIKE, UH, ANY PEOPLE WORKING IN THE OFFICE THAT THIS WAS GREAT AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING OVER PUTTING IN SOMEPLACE ELSE.

BUT THIS IS, I'M ALSO NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOU BEING HERE? UH, I UNDERSTAND YOU REPRESENT A PRODUCT, BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOWN CREEK DIRECTOR? OKAY, I WILL EXPLAIN THAT.

FIRST OF ALL,

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I GOT THE OKAY FROM RICH F YOUR D P W, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, HE SELECTED THE, THE MOST APPROPRIATE AREA WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

UM, UH, THE FIRST PERSON THAT GAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK WAS THE MAINTENANCE GUY.

I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS JUAN.

I ALSO, UH, TALKED WITH, UH, ONE LADY THAT WORKS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO GET HER FEEDBACK.

WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN GETTING PERSONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE EXPERIENCE.

SO, UH, IT HAS BEEN POSITIVE.

AND, AND THAT IS IN CON THAT IS, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHERS U WHEN THEY UTILIZE THIS, THEY GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

SO, UH, THIS, REGARDING THIS FISH MAIL AND SO FORTH, I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT.

THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED, UH, TO ME.

UH, WHAT I ALSO KNOW IS THAT IN FINLAND, WHEN THEY, UH, SEVERAL TIMES WHEN A HOSPITAL UNIT IS, UH, BEING RENOVATED, THEY HAVE UTILIZED THIS AIR PURIFIER TO, TO GET CLEAN AIR FROM THE, UH, THE PARTICLES THAT COME FROM THE CONSTRUCTION AREA.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE, WHEN WE HAD THE WORST DAYS, THE, THE THREE WORST DAYS WITH THE CANADIAN SMOKE, I'VE HAD ASTHMA FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

SO I'M VERY SENSITIVE WHEN SOMETHING AFFECTS ME.

I CLOSED THE WIN.

I HAVE THIS UNIT IN MY LIVING ROOM, AND, UH, I CLOSED ALL THE WINDOWS.

ONE HOUR LATER I WALKED, I, I WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR, CAME BACK INSIDE, AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SMILE, BECAUSE ALL I SMELL WAS FRESH AIR.

AND FROM THROUGHOUT THIS DURATION, WHEN I LEFT TO GO OUT TO A BUSINESS MEETING AND I HAD MY MASK ON, I FELT THE EFFECTS.

BUT, UH, THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK, NOT IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT IN FINLAND AND IN GERMANY, AND I CAN SAY THAT, UH, THE STANDARDS ARE VERY STRINGENT.

TO GET A UNIT INTO A HOSPITAL IN FINLAND, IN GERMANY IS VERY TOUGH.

NOW, SO DO YOU HAVE, IS UNIQUE AIR THE MANUFACTURER, OR IS THAT THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT? YEAH, THEY'RE ALSO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THAT'S THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT.

OKAY.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY PRODUCT THAT THEY HAVE.

UH, THEY, THEY'RE, THIS IS THE PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE MARKETING RIGHT NOW.

LATER ON, THEY'RE GONNA COME WITH A SMALLER UNIT FOR A SMALLER AREA, LACK OF, LET'S SAY, IF YOU WANNA USE IT IN A BEDROOM.

YEAH.

I MEAN, 'CAUSE THE WEBSITE IS IS YOUR COMPANY'S SITE AS A MARKETING YES.

CONSULTING COMPANY.

YES.

SO, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UNIQUE AIR.

WE CAN, UH, IF WE CAN PROCEED WITH AN UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT, UH, EITHER A, THE CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE EITHER VIA, UH, ZOOM OR MICROSOFT, UH, UM, TEAMS. BUT HOW DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE MA THE COMPANY AND THE VIABILITY OF THE COMPANY ITSELF WAS, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN WHATEVER IS ON THE WEBSITE, IF YOU, UH, UH, THE, THE COMPANY INFORMATION IS, IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE MANUFACTURER.

I, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR.

WHAT, WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG HAS RELATED TO THIS PRODUCT? IF YOU HAVE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT SHOWS THAT IT DOES FANTASTIC STUFF.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE MARKETING? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? AND I, AND I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU'RE SAYING, SO THAT A RICH BOND, THE COMMISSIONER OF P B W WOULD JUST HATE SOMETHING AND PUT IT INTO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

BUT SETTING THAT ASIDE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FROM US? THAT YOU ARE SITTING AT THAT TABLE? WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU TAKE A PRODUCT.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE PRODUCTS, BUT PEOPLE DON'T COME TO A DOWN BOARD WORK SESSION AND PROMOTE THE PRODUCT AND WANT SOMETHING.

I DON'T, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WORK? YOU, YOU HAVE ASKED MULTIPLE QUESTIONS.

LET'S START WITH THE FIRST ONE.

UH, THE UNIT GOT INTO THE BUILDING APARTMENT, UH, BECAUSE RICH FN, UH, A AGREED THAT THAT IS WHERE THE UNIT WILL BE PLACED.

WHEN YOU REACHED OUT

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TO RICH FN, OR DID HE SEE IT ON CCB S OR NO, I, I OR SOMETHING.

I WAS MEETING WITH RICH FN IN REGARD TO ANOTHER PRODUCT.

OKAY.

AND, AND WHILE I WAS MEETING WITH HIM IN PERSON, I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE, THIS PRODUCT UNIQUE ERROR, AND HE SAID THAT THE, THE MOST SUITABLE PLACE TO TEST, I WANTED THE PRODUCT TO BE EVALUATED HERE.

I, UH, WHEN IT COME TO SCIENCE, UH, IT IS A, IT IS A FACT THAT, UH, A A PERCENTAGE OF, UH, INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY DOCUMENTED IS NOT TRUE AT ALL.

SO, YEAH.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO PURCHASE UNIQUE AIR FOR THIS FACILITY? ARE YOU LOOKING NO, I, I WILL.

WHAT IS THE GOAL? I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY HOW THE UNIT GOT TO BE INTO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE, UH, YOU MADE A STATEMENT WHERE YOU SAID YOU FRANKLY DON'T BELIEVE, UH, THAT'S A PRETTY, UH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, UH, AN, UH, AN AC AN ACCUSATION AGAINST MY INTEGRITY.

I, I STATED TO YOU A FACT AND, AND INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING WHAT I EXPLAINED TO YOU, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU CAME WITH WHAT I INTERPRET AS A, UH, A TRACK OF MY INTEGRITY.

CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? UM, UH, SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO LOOK, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ONLY HAS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE MM-HMM.

, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO A TEST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SAY LIKE THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, SAY THE GYM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU GETTING A, YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE BASICALLY ASKED PEOPLE IF THEY NOTICED A DIFFERENCE.

YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT IF YOU WANT GET MORE, BUT WHAT, WHAT I THINK THAT, UM, THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN WAS ASKING, AND, AND WHAT I WAS BACKING UP WAS WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? OKAY.

JUST BECAUSE WE GOTTA WRAP THIS UP.

WE HAVE OKAY, YES.

WHAT, WHAT I WANTED TO DO, UH, UH, IF THE PRODUCT MEET WITH APPROVAL IN REGARD TO EXPERIENCING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PRODUCT, THEN IF WE CAN GET COOPERATION WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, IF THEY WOULD AGREE TO, UH, DO A MEDIA EVENT WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HAD POSITIVE EXPERIENCES TO SHARE THAT, THEN THE UNIT WILL BE THEN DONATED TO THE TOWN WITHOUT ANY COST.

SO ALL, ALL, ALL, ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO DO JUST BE, DO LIKE A PILOT EXPERIMENT.

YEAH.

AND, AND TO GET FEEDBACK AND, AND, AND SHARE THAT WITH THE MEDIA.

LIKE, LIKE I'M THINKING, LIKE IF YOU GO TO THE GYM, SAY AT THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, AND PEOPLE ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL AND SMELLY AND YOU KNOW, SWEATING.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE LIKE A BEFORE AND AFTER, AND THIS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SAY TO ALL THE, UH, PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, AND THEN AFTER THEY EXPERIENCE, THEY SAY, OH, THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.

THIS IS GREAT.

OR THEY COULD SAY, I, I SEE NOT NO DIFFERENCE.

THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL PLAY WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL PLAY.

WE COULD HAVE LIKE A LITTLE CARD AND, UH, AND THEN WE'LL HELP YOU DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCT IS REALLY, UH, APPRECIATED BY PEOPLE.

AND IF IT, AND IF IT IS, THEN YOU KNOW, MORE COMMUNITIES WOULD, WOULD POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WELL, LET, LET, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION? I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD, CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT MR. HALL'S LOOKING FOR.

AND, UM, AND, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD WITHOUT RICH HERE.

WHEN, WHEN, WHEN RICH FUND GETS BACK, HE'S, HE'S NOT IN RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN, WE CAN CARRY ON THE CONVERSATION.

OKAY.

DOES THAT WORK? JUST EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH RICH BOND.

YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT HOW LONG AGO DO YOU KNOW HIM OR THAT'S WHY I, I, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

I IF YOU SAY THAT IT IS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, GO TO BRIDGE BOND.

OKAY.

MAYBE RICH V TOLD YOU TO PUT IN THE BUILDING PART.

HOW DID YOU COME TO KNOW RICH BOND AS THE COMMISSIONER AND WOULD ENTERTAIN SOMETHING LIKE THIS? DIDN'T I REFER YOU EMAILED ME.

YES, YES, YES.

AND THAT HE, UH, MR. HALL EMAILED ME, AND THEN I REFERRED THE EMAIL TO, UH, RICH FOND, RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, PRODUCT.

SO THEN I SAID, WHY DON'T WE REFER TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS MORE EXPERTISE THAN ME? AND THEN RICH MET WITH YOU, AND THAT'S,

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THAT WAS IT.

THERE'S NO, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO YOU ALSO HAD, UM, UM, A PRODUCT THAT YOU WERE, UH, ENCOURAGING.

AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE DID SOMETHING, I THINK SIMILAR.

YES.

MY RECOLLECTION, YES.

ALRIGHT, SO IT'S NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS, RICH VAUGHN DID THAT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERVISOR.

IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH RICH VAUGHN, AND HE TOLD YOU NO, I, I DO NOT HAVE A RE THERE ARE ISSUES WITH ACCEPTING DONATIONS.

AND YOU SAY THERE'S NO COST.

NO, I, I HAS A COST TO IT RIGHT THERE.

SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT.

WE ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT, MAYBE IT WAS A CLEANING ISSUE OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT I SPOKE TO THEM PERSONALLY AND I WAS UP THERE, UH, IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND, UM, IT WAS OFF.

AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO TURN IT OFF BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE SNOW.

THERE COULD BE AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT BEFORE I WOULD SIGN ON TO SOME KIND OF LEAD EVENT, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE EXPLAINED THAT, YOU KNOW, AND YES, MAYBE YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF SALARY, GAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IN THE SHORT TIME THAT IT WAS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UM, THERE WAS AN ISSUE.

NOW, IT MAY BE UNIQUE, IT MAY NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT I THINK WE, WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO SPEAK WITH OUR COUNSEL IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOWN TO BE DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

UH, AS I STATED, UM, I WAS NOT MADE AWARE.

I LEFT MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

I EMPHASIZED THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION OR CONCERN, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

NO ONE CONTACTED ME WITH ANY CONCERN.

SO WHAT YOU ARE SHARING NOW IS NEWS TO ME.

WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, WE CAN, WHEN WHEN RICH FOND GETS BACK, WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO YOU APPLICATION TAKE.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HALL.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU MR. HALL.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE? NOT IN, UM, NOT DURING WORK SESSION, BUT I THINK WE HAVE WORK SESSION, EXECUTIVE SESSION, EXECUTIVE SESSION, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DID YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

JUST, I I DO HAVE A ONE MINUTE HILLSIDE AVENUE SIDEWALK UPDATE.

I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN BOARD.

IS THAT OKAY? SURE.

OKAY, GREAT.

ALWAYS GOOD.

ALRIGHT.

UM, BECAUSE I DO HAVE AN UPDATE THAT'S JUST GOOD NEWS.

UM, WE MET THIS MONDAY OF THIS WEEK WITH, UH, CONEDISON, THE SIDEWALK CONTRACTOR AND, UM, D O T WAS PRESENT AND WE HAD SORT OF A RELAUNCH OF THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND, UM, ALL VERIFIED THAT NEXT WEEK THAT PROJECT WILL COMMENCE.

SO, UM, AWESOME.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT WE ARE, UM, THERE IS A PATH FORWARD AND THE PROJECT WILL COMMENCE STARTING NEXT WEEK AND SHOULD BE CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S ABOUT A FIVE MONTH PROJECT, RIGHT? THAT'S GREAT.

UM, YES, MINIMUM.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY.

TOWN SUPERVISOR.

I HAVE SOME, UM, UH, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE SOME REQUESTS FOR STREET CLOSINGS AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME FOIL APPEALS.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING AT ANY TIME IN AUGUST PRIOR TO EPTEMBER.

I BELIEVE THERES ONLY ONE 13TH MEETING.

I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE OPEN FOIL APPEAL AT THIS POINT.

OKAY.

SO MY QUESTION REMAINS, WILL THERE BE A SPECIAL MEETING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? STREET CLOSING REQUEST AND, UM, FOIL APPEALS, ONE OF THE STREET CLOSINGS.

THERE IS A STREET CLOSING REQUEST FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH.

I, AND I KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE HANDLED AT THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.

UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO, UM, RESPECT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR A DECISION FROM THE TOWN BOARD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY PROCEED WITH THEIR PLANS.

AND I THINK THAT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE RESIDENTS, UM, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A, UM, A RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

NORMALLY THERE ARE BOARD MEETINGS SCHEDULED, ONE IN JULY AND ONE IN AUGUST.

AND THIS YEAR THERE, THERE ARE NO MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN AUGUST, WEDNESDAY, WE HAD TWO IN JULY.

SO WHY DON'T WE JUST DO A SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, THE STREET CLOSINGS AT THE NEXT WORK

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SESSION.

BECAUSE MY, I FEEL THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NEVER CONTROVERSIAL.

IT, UM, AND THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THE CIVIC LEADERS DESERVE TIME TO PLAN.

EXCELLENT QUORUM, EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.

UM, OUT CONSIDERATION FOR RESIDENTS.

WELL, IN PERSONAL ISSUE, WE GOTTA SEE WITH FRANCIS, WE DISCUSS THAT A SECOND SESSION, THE STREET CLOSING, THE STREET CLOSING WAS IN AT THE END OF AUGUST.

I WOULD SEE THE NEED.

FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE THE NEED.

SOMETIMES PACIFIC ASSOCIATIONS, THEY GIVE US A REQUEST FOR A STREET CLOSING WITH LESS THAN A WEEK NOTICE AND THEY STILL MANAGED OUT.

OKAY.

THE ONLY, THE ONLY, ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY IS THAT IF LIKE SOMEBODY IS ORGANIZING AN EVENT AND THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO PLAN, THEY'LL DO A BETTER JOB.

BECAUSE I'VE GONE TO SOME STREET CLOSINGS WHERE THERE'S BEEN 10 PEOPLE AND I'VE GONE TO SOME STREET CLOSINGS WITH A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

ABSOLUTELY.

OR, OR MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

SO I THINK THAT IF, UM, IF WE KNOW IT'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL, NOBODY REALLY CARESS, UM, NOBODY'S GONNA, WE KNOW NOBODY'S GONNA OBJECT.

CAN I ASK, ASK A QUESTION, PAUL, TELL ME THE LAST TIME, PAUL, TELL ME THE LAST TIME.

WE HAVE DENIED SHE CLOSING.

WE NEVER DID.

EXACTLY.

BUT WE CAN, I CAN'T SAY, CAN I SAY BUT COULD I SAY TO LIKE A CIVIC ASSOCIATION? OH, LET'S SAY THEY SAY, OH, WE WANT TO CLOSE, UH, WORTHINGTON ROAD AND I'M JUST THROWING OUT A STREET AND I SAY, OH, WE ARE NOT GRANTED, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE VOTING ON IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, BUT I'M SURE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE LESS INCLINED TO ACTUALLY WORK ON IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A FIRM COMMITMENT.

'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T, UNDER PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT OKAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY DON'T TRUST ME, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE IN OUR, THAT, UH, THEY MAY THINK THAT WE'RE EXAGGERATING OR BEING TOO OPTIMISTIC.

THIS IS AN INVENTED CONTROVERSY.

THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CON CONTROVERSY.

THIS IS NOT ALL I'M SAYING.

ALL I'M SAYING TO YOU IS LET'S, LET'S FORWARD TO US THE STREET CLOSING REQUEST.

WE'LL SEE IF IT'S THE STANDARD ROUTINE REQUEST THAT'S ASKED FOR EVERY YEAR, UM, IF YOU KNOW IT SOMETHING LIKE THEY'RE HAVING RELAY RATES AND CLOSE FIVE OR SIX STREETS AND WE, WE REFER TO THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS SOME CONTROVERSY TO IT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS, THEN I WOULD SAY YES.

UH, IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR A STREET CLOSING IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER WHEN WE'RE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13TH.

WELL, YES, THAT, THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME DELIVERY.

BUT SO FORWARD TO US THE DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THE STREET CLOSING.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ISSUE OF DOING THAT.

IT'S JUST, IF IT'S, IF IT CAN WAIT UNTIL THE 13TH WHEN IT'S THE OFFICIAL MEETING AND IT'S PUBLISHED AND EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND READ OUT THE AGENDAS AS OPPOSED TO A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S DONE IN, YOU KNOW, A WORK SESSION.

UH, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE, UNLESS THERE'S AN URGENCY, THESE TYPES OF RESOLUTIONS, MORE REGULAR ACCOUNT , THAT'S MY POSITION.

AND IN ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, THIS IS NOT AN INVENTED CONTROVERSY, WHATEVER THAT IS INTENDED TO MEAN.

UM, IT IS JUST, UM, UM, AN AN EFFORT TO, UM, ASSURE THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A REQUEST WELL AND A MONTH IN ADVANCE THAT THEY MAY PROCEED WITH THEIR PLANS, EVEN THOUGH THE BOARD DOES NOT INTEND TO MEET UNTIL THE 13TH TO PROVIDE A FORMAL APPROVAL, APPROVAL OF THE STREET CLOSING AS WELL AS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, THIS IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, UM, CONCERN AND RESPECT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO BECAUSE THEY ARE TEXTING, THEY, THEY ARE SENDING EMAILS TO THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE ASKING, UM, WHEN DO WE GET APPROVAL? CAN WE PROCEED WITH OUR PLANS? AND IN ALL DUE RESPECT TO THEM, UM, AS PER, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEHAN, UM, HE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVER, UM, TURN DOWN REQUESTS FOR STREET CLOSURES.

SO THEREFORE THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH RESPONDING TO SUCH REQUESTS AS THE BOARD WILL NOT, UM, DISAPPROVE YOUR REQUESTS, THEREFORE YOU MAY PROCEED WITH YOUR PLANS.

THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.

THEY, THEY, THEY ARE AS THEY ARE ASKING.

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THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S NOTHING ABSURD ABOUT CAN WE NOT HAVE AN ARGUMENT HERE? PLEASE EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME.

NO, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REGULAR MEETING.

AN ARGUMENT IS NOT ABOUT AN ARGUMENT.

THIS IS IN THE ARGUMENT AND PRECEDENT IN THE, IN THE INTEREST.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I AM GOING TO FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING.

IN THE INTEREST OF, WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP YOUR VOICE? NO.

IN THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ASKING CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS? OKAY.

CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION IN THE INTEREST? THANK YOU TOWN ATTORNEY IN THE INTEREST HE HAS TO MAKE A SUGGESTION EXCUSE HE DIDN'T ASK, TELL YOU TO DO.

PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT ME.

YES.

IN THE INTEREST OF, IN THE, WHY DON'T WE COLLECT IN THE INTEREST OF THE EVENTS, THE RESIDENTS IN THE INTEREST, I BROUGHT THIS UP.

IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

I BROUGHT, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

LET ATTORNEY SPEAK.

PLEASE DO NOT BE RUDE.

DO NOT BE RUDE.

RUDE.

DO NOT BE RUDE.

IN THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS, I BROUGHT THIS UP JUST TO ASK IF THE CLERK'S OFFICE MAY INFORM RESIDENTS THAT THEY MAY PROCEED.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

WITH THEIR PLANS.

I THINK WE SHOULD COLLECT WITH, I THINK WE SHOULD COLLECT THE LIST OF EVENTS AND THEN DECIDE IF A SPECIAL MEETING IS A AVAIL IS ALLOWED.

IS THAT'S WHY I, AND IF WE HAVE QUORUM SUPERVISOR AND ASK, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR, I COULD NOT HEAR WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAID.

WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME SPEAK ASKED? NO, NO.

I AM NOT, WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'LL HAVE QUORUM.

I INITIATED, I HAVE A GOOD SUGGESTION.

I INITIATED THIS WHOLE, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THIS WHOLE QUESTION.

I, I BROUGHT FORWARD THIS QUESTION AS THE TOWN CLERK BECAUSE STREET CLOSURES ARE REQUESTED THROUGH MY OFFICE.

I, FIRST OF ALL, I ADDRESSED THE TOWN SUPER.

I ADDRESSED THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND I ASKED THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IF THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING TO RE TO ADDRESS THE REQUESTS OF THE RESIDENTS.

I DON'T THINK THAT ALL THIS HOOP LAW WAS NECESSARY.

OKAY, SO ONE IS NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED AND, AND WE ARE NOT SURE IF WE'LL HAVE QUORUM OR NOT, BUT I JUST HAVE A CO A COMPROMISE IDEA.

SURE.

A COMPROMISE IDEA COULD BE IF WE KNOW THAT WE'VE NEVER REJECTED A STREET CLOSING EVER, WE NEVER, BUT LEMME JUST SAY WE'RE CHANGING PROCESS PROCEDURE.

WELL JUST LET PROCEDURE NO.

WOULD I THEN BE ABLE, I'M JUST SAYING I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE IDEA.

I'M SAYING WOULD I BE ABLE TO THEN SAY TO RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THAT THERE'S DUE DILIGENCE.

HAVE THEY COULD GO, WE, WE WERE DOING THIS AS A PROFORMA.

YOU'RE BEING RUDE, RUDE.

WE'RE AUTHOR.

NO, WE'RE AUTHORIZING THIS.

WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON THE SEPTEMBER 13TH AGENDA.

UM, BUT IN THE PAST WE'VE NEVER REJECTED ANY STREET CLOSING.

AND, AND, AND, AND WE FOLLOW THAT BY SAYING, BUT YOURS MAY BE THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO EVALUATE STREET CLOSING.

THERE'S A REASON WE DO THIS WAS FIRST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SAFETY INVOLVED.

WE HAVE HAD STREET CLOSING REQUESTS WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN REVIEWING IT PRIOR TO US APPROVING IT AND SAID, YOU NEED TO MODIFY IT BECAUSE YOU ARE BLOCKING OFF ACCESS, COMPLETE ACCESS TO ONE SECTION OF THE TOWN.

SO TO SAY, YEAH, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CLERK JUST WANTS TO MAKE THIS EASY AND SAY, OKAY, ANYTIME WHEN YOU WANT A STREET CLOSING, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED.

I NEVER SAID THAT.

WHAT I SAID WAS, IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT SEPTEMBER 30TH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY WANT THEIR STREET CLOSING, WHERE HAVING A MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18, THEY CAN BE ASSURED IF JUDITH ACTUALLY SENDS US EMAILS ON THIS REQUEST, ALONG WITH THE EMAILS THAT SAID, I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA PROCEED WITH THE BLACK PARTY OR WHATEVER IT IS, UNLESS I KNOW IN AUGUST.

I DOUBT IF THOSE EMAILS EXIST.

BUT IF THEY DO AS SHE SAYS, THEN VOTE IT TO US AND WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

BUT THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AND THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

AND SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER IS NOT A REASON TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

IT'S JUST NOT FRANCIS.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PUSH DOWN, A SPECIAL MEETING FRANCIS, YOU MAY, EXCUSE ME, FRANCIS, YOU MAY DOUBT UNTIL THE END OF TIME, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS SENT OUT OR PREVIOUSLY A PRIOR NOTICE.

ONCE WE FIRST RECEIVED THIS REQUEST, IT WAS SENT TO THE TOWN BOARD AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

READ YOUR EMAIL.

MY ONLY REQUEST IS OUT.

MY REQUEST IS OUT OF RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTS, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND THE UM, RESIDENTS WHO ARE ORGANIZING

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SUCH EVENTS.

THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 13TH TO RECEIVE AN APPROVAL FOR A STREET CLOSING REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED SEVERAL WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

MY ONLY REQUEST IS WILL THERE BE A SPECIAL MEETING? WE, I'M SHORT THIS, IF NOT, OKAY, LISTEN, TOWN ATTORNEY, WAIT.

WE E HEARD YOU SEVERAL TIMES.

JUDITH, WHY YOU LET, YOU'RE INTERRUPTING.

THIS IS NOT YOUR MEETING.

YOU'RE INTERRUPTING AND YOU MAY NOT BE RUDE TO ME, SO PLEASE BE QUIET BEING RUDE TO EVERYBODY.

MY MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS THIS HEARD OUTTA ANSWERED OUT OF RESPECT, OUT RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTS.

AGAIN, I REPEAT OUT OF RESPECT TO OUR RESIDENTS, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PROCEDURE THAT DOES NOT KEEP THEM WAITING, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR REQUESTS ALREADY PRIOR TO, TO THIS TIME.

WE NEED IF YOU COULD RECIRCULATE TO GIVE THEM THAT REQUEST RESPONSE AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF WE NEED A SPECIAL NEED TO GIVE THEM A RESPONSE.

SO WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE PUT IT ON? THANK YOU PAUL.

PAUL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST ASSEMBLE THOSE.

THANK YOU, PAUL'S.

WE KEEPING PEOPLE KEEPING, KEEPING PEOPLE WAITING IS HOSTILE.

I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE PEOPLE WAITING IS SUPERVISOR OVER, BUT NO ONE'S FIGHTING.

KEEPING, KEEPING PEOPLE WAITING IS HOSTILITY.

I WISH AND WE REALLY SHOULD NOT BE.

I WISH THE CLERK WOULD STOP MAKING IT SOUND LIKE WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS C WE ABSOLUTELY DO.

SO LET US PLEASE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SUPERVISOR.

KEEPING PEOPLE WAITING IS HOSTILE.

OKAY.

SO WE IT'S HOSTILE SUPERVISOR.

YOU ARE BEING HOSTILE.

SECOND, YOU'RE BEING HOSTILE.

TOWN BOARD MEMBERS ARE BEING HOSTILE.

SECOND VOTE.

WE HAVE A SECOND ON AN OPEN DOOR.

OKAY, LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHTY.

VERY GOOD.

YOU'RE BEING HOSTILE AND NOW YOU'RE.