Nov 20, 2023 Town Board- Regular

COUNCILMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN ELECT JOY HABER AND TOWN CLERK ELECT, LISA NIRO ARE, ARE HERE.

SO, WELCOME AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.

UM, NEXT ROLL CALL.

ROLL

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

CALL.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL.

JUDITH, YES.

TOWN SUPERVISOR PRO FINER HERE.

PRESENT, COUNCILMAN GINA JACKSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO PRESENT.

GREAT.

UM,

[ PRESENTATIONS Presentation of Certificates to Greenburgh Landscape Angels - State Coordinator/Leader Noah Seifer, Coordinators Joey Belarge & Joe Siegal, John Guerrero, Surby Julka, Ethan Kaplan, Fintan McGorty, Tai Nakamura, Zach Phillips, Alex Shapiro, Ryan Tucker Juliana Lemin, Edgemont High School 10th Grader who currently has an Art Exhibit at Town Hall]

THE NEXT, UH, ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS, UM, RECOGNIZING SOME AMAZING, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, DONE SO MUCH FOR, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE A PROGRAM, THE GREENBERG LANDSCAPE ANGELS, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM.

AND THAT PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY THE GREENBERG SUMMER, UM, INTERNS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

UH, JUDITH BEVILLE AND MYSELF, UH, HAVE BEEN COORDINATORS OF, UH, THE SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM.

AND, UH, AND THEY HAD SUCH A GOOD EXPERIENCE TWO YEARS AGO, SOME OF THE INTERNS SAID, WE WANT TO DO MORE AFTER THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS OVER.

SO THEY DECIDED TO ORGANIZE.

UH, WE, WE'VE HAD A SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM FOR OVER 30 YEARS, BUT THEY DECIDED TO ORGANIZE A LANDSCAPE, UM, ANGELS PROGRAM WHERE, UM, VOLUNTEER, UM, THE LANDSCAPE ANGELS DONATE THEIR TIME.

AND, UM, THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENT, UM, FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED RESIDENTS.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY AMAZING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, IF YOU READ THE NEWSPAPER, WHEN YOU READ THE NEWSPAPERS OR WATCH TV, THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY IN THE WORLD.

AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GET PRETTY DEPRESSED ABOUT HUMANITY.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THEY, UH, REPRESENT, UH, THE FUTURE AND MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY ARE GIVING, YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, START BY ASKING, UM, NOAH, UH, XAVIER, IF HE COULD, UH, COME UP AND JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE PROGRAM AND THEN WE COULD PRESENT CERTIFICATES.

AND YOU ALSO TOOK A, A, A YOUTUBE VIDEO, WHICH WE'RE GONNA, UM, WHICH WE'RE GONNA SHOW.

I'M WONDERING, UM, TERRENCE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SHOW IT'S ONLY, UM, A FIVE HOUR VIDEO? NO, IT'S ONLY A, A ONE ONE MINUTE VIDEO.

UM, TERRENCE, COULD WE JUST SHOW THE VIDEO AND THEN WE COULD HEAR FROM NOAH TERRANCE IF YOU, IF YOU STOP SHARING, AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO THE SHARE SCREEN, JUST DO THE, UH, OPTIMIZE AUDIO AND THEN SHARE IT AGAIN.

TWO MINUTES.

IT'S ON THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

HE HASN'T SLEPT IN PROBABLY, UH, SEVEN DAYS.

NO.

THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

NO, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT WHILE, WHILE WE'RE WATCHING? YEAH, SURE.

UM, SO, I MEAN, SUPERVISOR FINER, OH,

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UH, PUT IT PERFECTLY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

TOUGH PARENTS TO FRANCIS MM-HMM.

BECAUSE OF THE, WE'RE GETTING REPEAT, IS IT? OKAY, THERE WE GO.

UM, SO SUPERVISOR REFINERY PUT IT PERFECTLY, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, PRETTY DEPRESSING AND HARD STUFF TO HEAR IN THE NEWS.

SO JUST DOING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS MOWING A LAWN, OR AS YOU GUYS SAW, UM, RAKING LEAVES AND JUST CLEANING UP THE PROPERTIES, UM, OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAN'T DO IT FOR THEMSELVES.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A SIMPLE WAY TO GIVE BACK AND JUST PUT SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES AND HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND YOU'RE ALSO GONNA BE INVOLVED AS, UH, A LEADING EFFORT, THE SNOW ANGELS, UH, PROGRAM? YEAH, SO I MEAN, IN A SIMILAR, SIMILAR KIND OF WAY.

SO FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, OLDER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T, UM, SHOVEL THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS, UM, AND THEY'RE SNOWED IN, UH, ON SNOW DAYS, UM, WE'RE THERE TO, YOU KNOW, LET THEM, LET THEM LEAVE THEIR HOUSE AND GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS THAT THEY HAD TO GET TO, AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO SNOW.

UM, AND WE WERE THERE TO DIG THEM OUT AND LET THEM GO.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SNOW ANGELS? UH, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR LEADING.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN IN, I'VE BEEN IN IT FOR TWO YEARS.

UM, THE LEADERS LAST YEAR, UH, GOT ME INVOLVED AND I'M SO GLAD THEY DID.

AND ARE YOU HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, OR ARE WE GETTING A NICE RESPONSE? SO, I MEAN, WITH LANDSCAPING, IT'S, IT'S A LESS, UM, LESS KNOWN, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR LESS TIME, SO THERE'S BEEN LESS VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.

UM, SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE FOR LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS SNOW AN, UH, THE SNOW ANGELS, BUT WE, WE HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.

THAT'S GREAT.

THIS IS THE, GONNA BE THE 32ND YEAR THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD THIS SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM AND IT, ONCE THE RETURN, FIRST I RAN IT, AND THEN IT WASN'T THAT GREAT.

AND THEN I RETURNED IT OVER TO, UH, THE STUDENT ORGANIZERS AND IT REALLY GOT TO BE A MUCH BETTER, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM, MUCH MORE ORGANIZED.

AND, UM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU.

SO I'LL GO DOWN AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY THE CERTIFICATES AND LEMME JUST, UM, YEAH.

SO FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, TO, UH, JOIN AND VOLUNTEER AS WELL, UM, WE HAVE ON, UH, THE EDGEMONT FAMILIES FACEBOOK GROUP AND THE, UH, LEY AND IRVINGTON.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, LINKS TO A GOOGLE FORM AND ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, UH, LINKS TO A GOOGLE FORM TO SIGN UP AND PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WAS THINKING WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, NOT ONLY, UH, DO YOU DESERVE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BEST COLLEGES, BUT YOU ALSO DESERVE SCHOLARSHIPS.

UH, SO, UH, WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING, UH, TO, UH, YOUR COLLEGES OR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEES, UH, I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MENTION HOW LUCKY WE ARE IN THE TOWN TO HAVE YOU AND OTHER, UH, UH, LANDSCAPE ANGELS AND SNOW ANGELS AND HOW FORTUNATE, UH, THE COLLEGES WOULD BE, UM, IF THEY, UM, IF THEY SELECT YOU.

IN FACT, ANY COLLEGE THAT DOESN'T SELECT YOU, THEY'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE.

SO THIS IS NOAH.

UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND JOE SIEGEL.

JOEY, DO YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I THINK NOAH, I DID HERE, JOHN.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH, JOEY ARD.

OH, HE WASN'T HERE TODAY.

I'LL TAKE IT FOR HIM.

UH, TROY MILLINGS.

UH, I THINK WE ONLY HAVE THREE MORE.

IF A LOT OF PEOPLE VISIT, I'LL GET THESE TO THEM.

RASHED AL, UH, JOHN GIRO.

JOHN, YOU COULD SEE THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL GROUP.

ALEX SHAPIRO.

IF NOT, THE CHECKS IN THE MAIL.

JOIE.

JOE SIEGEL, AGAIN, ETHAN KAPLAN, UH, SEBE, UH, ULKA.

RYAN TUCKER.

TY NAKAMURA VINCENT.

AND THAT'S A GREAT, NO, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, NO.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, PAUL, ZACH.

EXACTLY.

OH, THERE IS, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

THEN I'LL HAVE TO GET, I'LL GET YOU THE, I'LL GET ZACH.

UM, COME.

ZACH, COME ON UP.

THANK YOU, ZACH.

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WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOUR, UH, UM, TOMORROW.

ZACH, TELL US WHO NAME.

WELL, I THINK ZACH WAS, WASN'T ZACH ONE OF OUR INTERNS? ZACH, WERE YOU ONE WHO WAS, WHO WAS ONE OF THE INTERNS? WELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER ZACH, HE USED TO LEAD THIS.

OH, OKAY.

BUT, BUT WERE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INTERNS.

I WAS NOT.

I DIDN'T INTERN.

BUT STILL, THIS SPEAKS TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INTEGRITY OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO RISE UP TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING REPRESENTING FUTURE LEADERS.

THAT IS THE THEME OF OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

AND, AND WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, WHAT I REALLY WAS EXCITED ABOUT IS WE HAD THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND THEY SPENT SIX MONTHS, SIX WEEKS, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

AND THEN THE STUDENTS CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA ON THEIR OWN.

UM, AND IT REALLY SHOWS LEADERSHIP, UM, AND INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY.

UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ZACH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I THINK NO, I GOT IT.

OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND ZACH, WE'LL GET YOU THE CERTIFICATE.

UM, I JUST WANNA ALSO, UM, UH, NOW, UM, INTRODUCE YOU TO, UM, A YOUNG WOMAN, UH, JULIANA LEMON.

UM, IF YOU, UH, GO AROUND TOWN HALL, UM, AND, UM, YOU JUST ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK.

UH, YOU COULD, UH, ENJOY HER, UH, ARTWORK THAT'S DISPLAYED AT THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL, UH, YOU KNOW, GALLERY.

UM, THIS IS HER FIRST SOLO EXHIBIT.

UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE READING AND SEEING A LOT MORE OF HER BECAUSE, UH, YOU'RE LIKE A PICASSO JUNIOR.

UM, UH, UH, SO, UM, YOU REALLY, UM, UH, YOUR WORK IS JUST AMAZING.

I LIKE THE VARIETY.

UM, AND PEOPLE COULD JUST GO OUTSIDE IN THE HALL AND, AND SEE YOUR WORK OF ART, AND WE CREATED A YOUTUBE VIDEO.

SO IF, UH, FOR PEOPLE AT HOME, THEY COULD SEE THE ARTWORK ON, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, MR. PAUL FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? COME A LITTLE CLOSER.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME'S JOANNA.

WE, AS FINER SAID, AND I'M IN 10TH GRADE AT EDGEMONT RECENTLY.

MY FIRST SOLO ARTS EXHIBITION, AS HE SAID, WAS OPENED AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL.

AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FOR MY FAMILY AND FOR, UM, MS. SARAH BLA WHITE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL, WHO REALLY RECOGNIZED MY TALENT AND HARD WORK AND GAVE ME THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT MY ARTS ARTWORK AT THE STUDENT GALLERY AT THE TOWN HOME.

AND, UM, MY DREAM IS TO BECOME AN ARCHITECT.

I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN ARTS SINCE I WAS REALLY YOUNG, AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND IMPROVING.

AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THAT I THINK IT CAN REALLY SUPPORT MY GOALS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, GUYS.

I JUST REALLY WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN GREENBURG IS WE HAVE SO MUCH TALENT AMONG, UH, STUDENTS.

AND AT MANY OF OUR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, WE TRY RECOGNIZING, UM, STUDENTS LIKE YOU AND THE LANDSCAPE ANGELS AND THE SNOW ANGELS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY MOVE TO GREENBURG FOR THE SCHOOLS.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT THE TOWN COULD DO AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO IS TO COMPLIMENT, UM, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BY HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO, TO DO THIS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY AN INSPIRATION.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, WHEN I SEE YOUR WORK AT THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, I I'LL REMEMBER THAT I WAS HERE GIVING YOU THE CERTIFICATE.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

SO THANK YOU.

[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]

OH, JUDITH, YES.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, TOWN CLERK COMMENTS, UH, AT THE NOVEMBER 8TH TOWN BOARD MEETING, ELECTED AND REELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR VOTES

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AND SUPPORT.

UH, I AM TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO THANK, UM, THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME IN, UH, ON NOVEMBER 7TH, AS WELL AS WHO HAVE VOTED AND SUPPORTED ME, UM, THROUGHOUT THE 15 YEARS OF MY TENURE.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME ON THE BALLOT.

UM, THERE'S EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTION, AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT COMING FORWARD, INCLUDING EVIDENCE OF A SIGNED STATEMENT BY A WITNESS WHO HAS STATED THAT HE WAS COERCED INTO SIGNING A STATEMENT AGAINST MY PETITION RESIDENTS.

YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU ONCE AGAIN, WHO SUPPORTED ME, I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, UM, ON, UH, THE, UH, PRELIMINARY, UH, BUDGET.

UH, NEXT

[ To consider the 2024 Preliminary Budget (Click the link to the left or at the top of the GreenburghNY.com homepage.)]

ROBERTA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE BOARD TOWN BOARD MEMBERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE BUDGET IS DESIGNED TO RESPONSIBLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND IS A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN IMPROVING TOWN SERVICES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF OUR RESOURCES.

SOME RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE PROVIDE THE TAX LEVY INCREASE IN ADDITION TO THE TAX RATE CHANGES.

THE TAX LEVY IS THE TOTAL FUNDING NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET, IRRESPECTIVE OF INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS IN PROPERTY VALUES.

IT IS VALUABLE TO PROVIDE BOTH FIGURES TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET'S EFFECTS.

THIS ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO SEE BOTH THE IMPACT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL OBLIGA TAX OBLIGATIONS, BUT ALSO THE COLLECTIVE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE BUDGET CALLS FOR A 0.53% TAX, DECREASED IN TOWN AND TIRE WITH TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF 25.6 MILLION AND A 1.98% TAX RATE INCREASE IN THE UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG WITH TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF 103.9 MILLION.

BASED ON THE SEPTEMBER, 2023 TAX ROLL ASSESSED VALUES, THE TAX LEVY IN THE TOWN ENTIRE INCREASED BY 4.09%, AND THE TOWN OUTSIDE INCREASED BY 6.28%.

THE 2024 BUDGET INCLUDES A 6.8 MILLION IN TOWN TIRE AND 12.2 MILLION IN TOWN OUTSIDE USE OF FUND BALANCE, AND STILL REMAINS WITHIN THE FUND BALANCE POLICY ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN.

THE BUDGET INTENDS TO MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS ON TOWN SERVICES.

THE FACT THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS REMAINED UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE TAX CAP SINCE INCEPTION REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGES POSED BY THE LIMITED WIGGLE ROOM IN THE SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET THIS YEAR REQUIRE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO STAY WITHIN THE TAX CAP.

I'D LIKE TO THANK PAUL FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND HARD WORK BUDGET PREPARATION IS A TEAM EFFORT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SUBMIT BUDGET REQUESTS AND TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MEET THE TOWN'S PRIORITIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HEADLINE FIGURE IS DELIBERATELY MISLEADING.

THANK YOU BOTH.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? MY PHONE? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

HELLO, ERIC ZINGER.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M NOT HERE TO DO WHAT I USUALLY DO AT THESE HEARINGS, WHICH IS TALK ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC SPENDING ITEMS OR BUDGET LINES TONIGHT.

UH, IF THERE IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, MAYBE I WILL GET TO THAT.

BUT TONIGHT I WANNA TALK ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC ON THE BUDGET, TRUTH, TRANSPARENCY, AND INTEGRITY.

THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAVE ALL RECENTLY RECEIVED PAUL FINDER'S EMAIL AND BUDGET MESSAGE TRUMPETING A TOWN WIDE TAX RATE DECREASE AND A SLIGHT 1.7% TAX RATE INCREASE TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

WE ALL KNOW THAT COSTS ARE INCREASING EVERYWHERE AND INFLATION IS HITTING US FROM ALL SIDES.

SO A SMALL 1.7% INCREASE SEEMS GREAT.

AND BEFORE I EVEN BOTHER EXPLAINING WHY, I KNOW THAT AT LEAST SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT

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QUOTE TO ME, THE TAX RATE INCREASE IS ALMOST IRRELEVANT TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING OUTTA THEIR POCKET.

IT'S THE LEVY INCREASE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY.

THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE FROM COUNCILMAN SHEEN AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.

THE COMMENTS FROM OUR CONTROLLER, ROBERTA ROMANO.

TONIGHT IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THE TAX LEVY HAS BEEN MENTIONED AT ANY DISCUSSION OF THE TOWN BUDGET.

THE PROPOSED TAX LEVY IS GOING UP FROM 68.98 MILLION TO 73.1, A 5.97% TOTAL INCREASE, 4% INCREASE FOR TOWN WIDE, AND 6.28% FOR TOV.

98% OF TOV RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE WITHIN 1% OF A 6% INCREASE IN THEIR TAXES, A TINY PERCENTAGE WILL RECEIVE INCREASES MORE THAN THAT, AND AN EVEN SMALLER PERCENTAGE, LESS THAN 1% OF PROBABLY 1%, AND GOING THROUGH THE ROLLS.

I COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE EXAMPLE OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR TOWN WIDE BUDGET, WHO WOULD RECEIVE A TAX DECREASE TO SEND AN EMAIL BLAST TO VOTERS IMPLYING TOWN WIDE TAXES ARE GOING DOWN AND TOV TAXES GOING UP, ONLY 1.7% IS ON PAR WITH TRUMP IN ITS INTEGRITY.

IN RESPONSE TO MY COMMENTS, OUR SUPERVISOR WILL SAY, SOME PEOPLE WILL SEE A DECREASE.

SOME PEOPLE WILL SEE AN INCREASE.

99% OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE A 6% INCREASE BECAUSE MAYBE 50 HOMES OUT OF THE ENTIRE 90,000 POP PERSON POPULATION MAY SEE SOMETHING EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THE SUPERVISOR IS SAYING HE FEELS.

THAT'S THE HEADLINE THE RESIDENT SHOULD SEE.

AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS TOWN BOARD KNOWS THIS BECAUSE WE HAD THE EXACT SAME CONVERSATION LAST YEAR WHEN THE TAX LEVY STAYED FLAT AND THE SUPERVISOR TRUMPETED MASSIVE TAX DECREASES.

THE SUPERVISOR'S MESSAGE IS ALSO DELIBERATELY MISLEADING FOR OTHER REASONS.

IT CONFLATES HIS TAX RATE INCREASE WITH THE TAX LEVY QUOTE THIS YEAR.

I AM PROPOSING TO THE TOWN BOARD THAT WE ENACT BUDGETS, WHICH WILL RAISE TAXES BY 1.7% FOR THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN, AND A DECREASE FOR TOWN AND TIRE CONTINUES ON JULY 13TH, 20, UH, 23.

NEW YORK STATE CONTROLLER DI NAPOLI STATED THAT ALLOWABLE TAX LEVY GROWTH WILL BE LIMITED TO 2%.

THE INCREASES I'M PROPOSING ARE FAR BELOW THE 6% INFLATION RATE CALCULATED BY THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

THE TAX LEVY INCREASE THAT HE'S PROPOSING IS 6.25% LESS THAN ONE 10TH OF 1% LOWER THAN THE ALLOWABLE LIMIT.

WE ARE UNDER THE PROPOSED TAX CAP WITH THIS YEAR'S AFTER ADJUSTMENTS ALLOWS IN A 6% LEVY INCREASE BY LESS THAN $1,000, WE'RE INCREASING THE LEVY BY 4.1 MILLION, AND WE'RE UNDER THE CAP BY LESS THAN AK.

NOW I'M MORE OF A MATH GUY THAN AN ENGLISH GUY, BUT CALLING THAT FAR BELOW THE TAX CAP IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE.

SO HERE'S MY PROBLEM WITH ALL THIS.

EVERYONE'S AWARE IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSIONS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING MY EMAILS.

WE HAD THIS EXACT SAME CONVERSATION LAST YEAR, BUT NO UPDATE HAS BEEN GIVEN.

AFTER ALL THIS WENT OUT.

A LETTER WENT OUT, SENT OUT TO ALL CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, TRUMPETING THE MISLEADING INFORMATION, NO MENTION OF THE TAX LEVY.

AND LET ME REMIND YOU THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE COMMUNICATION FROM THE TOWN THAT REFERENCES THE TAX LEVY INCREASE WHAT MOST PEOPLE EXPECT TO PAY.

IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET LETTER, IT'S NOT ON THE TOWN BOARD WEBSITE, IT'S NOT ON ANY G LIST POST.

IT ISN'T ANYWHERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

TODAY, WE GOT ONE EMAIL FROM THE JB LIST GB LIST ABOUT FROM THE SLICE OF HISTORY, INTERNS, NO PROMOTION ABOUT THE BUDGET, NO ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING, NOTHING.

AND IT ISN'T JUST ON THE SUPERVISOR.

THE TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SILENT FOR THE ENTIRE THREE WEEK PERIOD FROM WHICH THE BUDGET HAS BEEN RELEASED, NOT A SINGLE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ACTUAL TAX INCREASE THAT HAS HAPPENING.

NOT A REMINDER ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND FRANKLY, LOOK, I'M JUST BEING HONEST, I DON'T EXPECT ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE SUPERVISOR.

BUT SOME OF YOU ON THE TOWN BOARD, I WOULD HOPE HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD ABOUT HONEST COMMUNICATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, SO FAR I'VE BEEN PROVEN WRONG.

YOU'VE HIDDEN SILENTLY BEHIND THE SUPERVISOR'S LIES.

I HOPE THAT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU SEND IN THE COMING WEEKS SHOWS THAT YOU DO CARE.

I WANNA KNOW IF I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

I HAVE NO FURTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS.

OH, MARY BOWDEN, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MY NAME IS BARRY BODEN, AND I TEND TO MAKE MISTAKES.

SO WHEN I DO, I'M I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN SAVING, SAVING MONEY AND SAFETY.

UH, THIS IS THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT SHOULD BE PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES.

YOU WOULD'VE SAVED HALF THE

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PAPER.

SMALL ITEM CLIMATE CHANGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES IS THEY'RE PUTTING ARROWS AND LINES ON THE ROAD FOR LANES THAT CHANGE.

AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT HAS TO BE.

UM, SO I MET WITH, UH, SOMEBODY PUBLIC WORKS TODAY.

AND I SAID, THE ARROWS THAT YOU PUT ON THERE DON'T HAVE TO BE, THEY USED TO SPRAY 'EM WITH A STENCIL.

NOW THEY GLUE 'EM DOWN.

YOU CAN TAKE A LINE STRIPER AND MAKE THE ARROW WITH A LINE STRIPER.

NOW, CAN YOU DO THAT LEGALLY? EVERY EXIT ON A SAWMILL PARKWAY, AND A SPRING PARKWAY HAS AN ARROW MADE WITH THAT MACHINE THAT MAKES A STRAIGHT LINE SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN THE OTHER.

SO WHY CAN'T WE MAKE THE ARROWS THE SAME WAY? WELL, BECAUSE WE NEVER DID IT.

WE ALWAYS DID IT THE OTHER WAY.

AND THE OTHER THING IT SAYS, IT SAYS ONLY, ONLY SOME OF ALL PLACES.

YOU COME DOWN HERE AND IT SAYS ONLY, AND IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DOES IT SAY ONLY WE NEED SEE THE ARROW.

WE KNOW WHAT THE ARROW MEANS.

BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 50 YEARS.

DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.

I'M LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE REPETITIVELY AND WE SHOULD STOP DOING THEM.

YOU GOT THE WORD ONLY THERE.

WHAT INFORMATION DOES THAT GIVE THE DRIVER? WE SEE THE ARROW.

WE'RE NOT STUPID.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF THE ARROW GOES TO THE LEFT AT THE PEDAL, LANE'S GONNA GO TO THE LEFT.

DOES THE STATE, NEW YORK STATE DOT DO IT RIGHT? NO.

IF YOU GO OUT RIGHT IN FRONT HERE, WHEN YOU HAVE TWO HOUR LANES GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, THE LINE THAT GOES BETWEEN THEM IS A DOTTED LINE.

THE LAST PART BEING SOLID.

I ORDER NO, I DESIGNED IT WITH THREE OTHER PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON.

THEY DON'T USE IT.

NOW, WHICH OF THE LAWS DO YOU GET TO, UM, ENFORCE THE ONES THAT YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR THE ONES THAT I SAY AND YOU SAY, HEY MURRAY, IT'S THREE MINUTES TO STOP'S.

TIME TO STOP BECAUSE YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW.

HMM.

WELL, THAT'S MY JACKET OUT THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, I WEAR THIS REFLECTIVE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE ME, BUT YOU ARE REQUIRED EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON A RIGHT OF WAY TO WEAR A REFLECTIVE, A GARMENT, THAT'S THE LAW.

NOW, IF YOU CHOOSE TO BREAK THE LAW, WHY DON'T I GET THE CHOICE TO BREAK THE LAW TOO? I MEAN, YOU CAN BREAK THE LAW, YOU CHOOSE, AND I CAN'T BREAK THE LAW THAT I CHOOSE.

THAT'S CRAZY.

IF I GOTTA OBEY THE LAW.

SO DO YOU.

SO EVERY TIME YOU'RE OUT ON THE ROAD, YOU WEAR ONE OF THOSE REFLECTIVE GARMENTS ALL THE TIME.

YOU WONDER ABOUT WHY PEOPLE GET ABUSED BY STATE TROOPERS.

THEY'RE NOT STATE TROOPERS, THEY'RE STATE POLICE.

YOU GO TO A WEBSITE OF THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE, IT SAYS NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS.

ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR, IT SAYS STATE TROOPER INSTEAD OF STATE POLICE.

I CAN'T MAKE HIM CHANGE.

TROOPER HAS A PEJA.

I MEAN, IT'S, I'M IN CHARGE.

WHEN YOU GO TO AN ACCIDENT, EVERYBODY HAS ON ONE OF THOSE REFLECTIVE VESTS, EXCEPT THE POLICE, THE STATE POLICE DON'T WEAR 'EM BECAUSE WE ARE SPECIAL.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW I'M A STATE POLICEMAN, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS TROOPER ON THE CAR, WHICH IS NOT.

SO THEY'RE STATE POLICE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY THE POLICE, BUT AS LONG AS YOU LET THEM WALK AROUND WITHOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WEAR 'EM, THEY'RE GONNA BE I'M IN CHARGE.

WHEN YOU GO TO A SCHOOL CROSSING, YOU GOT A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD STANDS UP THERE, HOLDS A STOP PADDLE, EVERYBODY STOPS.

RIGHT? YOU GO OVER HERE WHERE THE STATE POLI WHERE POLICE OFFICERS, NO, I'M GONNA BREAK THE LAW.

JUST LIKE YOU BREAK THE LAW.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I'M SORRY, BUT I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ASKING YOU ABOUT A PARTICULAR THING, ANOTHER SPEAKER, AND YOU DIDN'T BOTHER ANSWERING ME.

NO.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT RIGHT NOW,

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YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW WHEN YOU START FOLLOWING THE LAW.

SO WILL I.

THIS IS NOT A TO IT.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT, MARY? COME ON MARY.

YEAH, MARY, MARY, MARY, THANK YOU FOR DAVID.

MARY, I LISTEN TO YOU.

YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE THE NEXT GENERATION.

IF YOU ASK ME TO SIT DOWN, HE'S NOT TALKING TO ME.

, THANK YOU, MARY.

THANK YOU MARY.

YOU KNOW WHY? GO AHEAD.

I, I JUST WANT, MARY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I RECEIVED A COMMENT FROM A RESIDENT SAYING THAT, UM, IT IS SO RUDE THAT WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN SPEAKS, BOARD MEMBERS ARE SITTING UP HERE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES.

SO THE PUBLIC REALIZES THE RUDENESS.

I I, I'M SORRY.

IT WAS JUST ACKNOWLEDGED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT, IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES WHILE YOU'RE TALKING.

IT IS RUDE.

IT IS DISRESPECTFUL.

IF YOU, IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE TAPE OF THE BOARD MEETING AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY, THE FIRST THING I SAID WHEN I GOT UP THERE WAS EVERYBODY TAKE THEIR PHONE OR WHATEVER THEY GOT IN FRONT OF IT AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.

I'M HERE FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND NOT FOR YOU TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.

WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE TO BE HERE IN PERSON.

I, I'M DEFINITELY A BIG BELIEVER OF IT.

JUST LET YOU KNOW.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK ON THE BUDGET? UH, JANICE.

KIRK HILL.

YOU ALSO GET A SECOND ROUND.

OH, AM I NEXT? YES.

YOU MAY WANNA SPELL YOUR NAME FOR OUR STENOGRAPHER.

JANICE.

UH, MY LAST NAME IS K-I-R-K-E-L.

UH, YEAH, I JUST, I, I GOT HERE JUST IN TIME, UH, TO HEAR ERIC ZINGER, UM, TALK ABOUT WHAT I SAW AS THE MAIN TOPIC OF THIS MEETING.

UH, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, UM, WITH REGARD TO WHAT HE SAID, I DROVE UP AND I WAS LOOKING AT THIS ROOM AND I THOUGHT, THERE'S NOBODY HERE.

AND I WAS ALMOST READY TO TURN AROUND AND GO HOME.

AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION OF THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND THE REST OF THE TOWN BOARD TO THE TOWN TO EVEN KNOW THAT THIS MEETING, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, WAS EVEN GOING ON.

I MEAN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT'S IN NO WAY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOWN.

SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT HE SAID.

EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS WE GET THE, THE ONE COMMUNICATION WE DO GET USUALLY SAYS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, YOUR TAXES WILL EITHER GO DOWN OR WILL GO UP JUST SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF A CHANGE IN THE TAX RATE.

OF COURSE, THIS IS FALSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ASSESSMENT GOES UP.

SO EVEN IF THE TAX RATE GOES UP JUST SLIGHTLY OR EVEN GOES DOWN, PEOPLE END UP PAYING MORE TAXES.

AND THAT'S MAINLY, THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN.

THEY'RE ONLY INTERESTED IN THEIR BILL.

THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THE RATE.

I ALSO, UH, SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO, UH, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I WAS READING THIS IN THE ART BULLETIN.

UH, IT'S AN INTEREST OF MINE TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN ON OLDER PEOPLE.

AND SINCE I WILL BE 65 ON FRIDAY, I WILL OFFICIALLY BE OLDER PEOPLE.

AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE SEVERAL STATES, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, OF COURSE, NOT ONE OF THEM OR CONNECTICUT, THAT ALLOW SENIOR CITIZENS TO DO VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THEIR MUNICIPALITY IN EXCHANGE FOR HAVING THEIR TAXES REDUCED.

UH, ARE ANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH ANY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS? HAVE ANY OF YOU EVEN HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS? YOU HAVE? YEAH.

IN FACT, UH, I WAS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UM, I PUSHED THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE THE LAW TO, UH, LET PEOPLE WORK OFF THEIR, UH, TAXES.

IN FACT, CNN.

UM, AND THE TODAY SHOW, UH, THEY DID, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE NATIONAL WORK HITS.

UH, THEY, UM, THEY PROFILE THAT EFFORT.

THE STATE NEVER AUTHORIZED IT.

UH, THIS STARTED, UH, NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IN CONNECTICUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE PROGRAM.

THE, THE PROBLEM IS, UM, FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WOULD HAVE, IT WOULD REALLY, THE ONLY WAY I FEEL THAT IT COULD REALLY WORK IS IF IT WOULD BE LIKE TAX FREE.

UH, YOU KNOW, INCOME AND THE STATE NEVER, UH, AUTHORIZE A TAX FREE, UM, YOU KNOW, ASPECT.

IN FACT, EVEN WHEN I WAS IN, I THINK COLLEGE, I WENT TO, UM, ALBANY, UM, AT THAT TIME TO ASK THE STATE TO, UM, ALLOW US TO DO WHAT CONNECTICUT WAS DOING,

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IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S CALLED WORK FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR TAX WORK OFF YOUR TAXES.

AND IT WOULD ENABLE THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME PAYING THEIR TAXES TO DO VOLUNTEER WORK, NOT VOLUNTEER WORK TO DO SOME SORT OF, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, SERVICE AND BE ABLE TO, IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF PAYING OFF THEIR, THEIR TAXES.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.

ADVOCATED, UH, PUSHED FOR IT.

AND I WOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR IT.

UH, CONNECTICUT IS NOT LISTED AMONG THE STATES THAT HAVE THIS COLORADO, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WASHINGTON.

THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES THAT STARTED THIS, UH, PROBABLY IN THE 1980, EARLY 1980S.

UH, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN THE LATE SEVENTIES.

UM, I'M JUST GOOGLING AND THE PROGRAM NO LONGER EXISTS IN CONNECTICUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.

I, I'M NOT SURE I WAS REALLY TRYING, I'M JUST LOOKING.

I KNOW THAT CONNECT, IT WAS ONE, ONE TOWN IN CONNECTICUT.

UM, UM, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I BASICALLY, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF CONNECTICUT STILL, YOU KNOW, STILL HAS IT.

THIS GOT LIKE NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN CONNECTICUT HAD STARTED IT.

UM, AND I JUST THINK IT'S A, I I JUST THINK IT'S A REALLY, UH, FANTASTIC INITIATIVE.

WELL, I MEAN, IT NOT ONLY REDUCES PEOPLE'S TAXES, BUT, UH, OLDER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE, UH, NEEDING TO DO VOLUNTEER WORK, UH, THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO PEOPLE IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AND IF IT INVOLVES MAKING MONEY, OF COURSE THERE IS THE TAX ISSUE.

BUT THAT COULD BE ANOTHER BENEFIT OF IT.

I WILL, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW THAT UP, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BUT I, I, I WORKED REALLY, YOU KNOW, HARD, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY TIMES OVER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.

BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED WITH IT IN ALL OF NOTHING.

BECAUSE IT NEED, IT NEEDS A STATE, IT NEEDS STATE LEGISLATION AND, UM, UM, AND THE STATE NEVER AUTHORIZED US TO WAIVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TAXES YOU WOULD GET.

WELL, THE FIVE MINUTES.

THE FIVE MINUTES, OKAY.

WELL, I'M, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, UH, YEAH, LEMME JUST ASK MARINA TO SPEAK.

RIGHT? BUT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR GETS TO SPEAK, UH, WITHOUT, AND THE TOWN SUPERVISOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH HIS SENTENCE WITHOUT BEING RUDELY INTERRUPTED.

YEAH, I THINK SO TOO.

I'M JUST LOOKING.

I'LL TRY FINDING, I'LL EMAIL YOU IF I FIND IT.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS HEARING? ANYBODY WANT A SECOND ROUND? YES.

THIS WAS FEBRUARY 27TH, 1983.

ERIC ZINGER.

AND I, OH, BY THE WAY, I, I FOUND SOMETHING THAT SAYS WORK FOR TEXAS ALBANY TO, UH, WEIGH A SCARSDALE PLAN.

PAUL FINDER.

I, UH, I, I STARTED WORKING ON THIS AS A , A POLITICAL ACTIVIST, SUGGESTED THE WORK FOR TEXAS IDEA IN 1981.

AND HE ASKED THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR A BILL ALLOWING, UM, THE SYSTEM, UM, THE SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

AND THE, THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE A, A WHOLE, SORRY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 1983.

AND I WORKED ON IT AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY TIMES.

BUT I'LL WORK ON IT AGAIN.

NOTHING.

COME WITH IT HERE, ERIC.

THANK YOU, ERIC Z.

SO I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC HEARING WHERE I'VE EVER USED THE SECOND FIVE MINUTES, UH, OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUDGET HEARINGS.

BUT IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER FELT A NEED TO GET UP HERE A SECOND TIME, ONCE A YEAR.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING YOU HOLD EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS WHERE WE DECIDE AND GET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SPEND ALL OF THOSE TAX DOLLARS THAT EVERYONE LIKES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, $130 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT'S IN SPENDING.

AND AGAIN, I I, I REALLY JUST HAVE TO HARP ON THE FACT THAT THERE WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY NO COMMUNICATION FROM ANYONE ON THE TOWN BOARD ABOUT THIS.

BUDGET IT, PAUL, YOU DONE.

BUDGET WITH NO DESCRIPTION WHATSOEVER.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOT A SINGLE NOTICE OUT TO THE GB LIST.

NOT A SINGLE EMAIL TO THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SAYING, HEY, WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

NOT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER, THE RIVERTOWN ENTRANCE.

NOT A SINGLE PERSON UP THERE MADE ANY EFFORT WHATSOEVER TO GET PEOPLE OUT HERE TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ONLY HAVE SO FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A PRIORITY.

I WANNA NOW TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET INFORMATION.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT POINTS THAT NEED TO BE CLARIFIED.

THE FIRST IS 5.162 MILLION FOR CONTINGENCY FUND.

THAT'S A DOUBLING OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR THERE.

THAT'S 5% OF THE TOV

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IS IT FOR THE POLICE COURTHOUSE, WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2024.

THERE IS NOT A CHANCE THAT HAPPENS.

AND THEN I WANNA ALSO CALL THE ATTENTION, UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE FUND BALANCE ITEMS. BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK IN THE BUDGET SUMMARY SECTION, IT SAYS THAT THE 2023 POUND BUDGET HAD AN APPROPRIATED FA FUND BALANCE OF $10.8 MILLION.

BUT WHEN I LOOK IN THE EXHIBIT B STATEMENT OF FUND BALANCES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FUND BALANCE WENT UP BY $6.3 MILLION.

SO IF THE FUND BALANCE WENT UP BY $6.3 MILLION AND WE HAD ANTICIPATED IT TO GO DOWN BY 10, WHAT HAPPENED? IS IT NECESSARY TO BE RAISING TAXES AS MUCH AS WE ARE WHEN THE FUND BALANCE IS INCREASING? MAYBE NOT SAYING IT ISN'T, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING $12.2 MILLION OUT OF THAT FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR.

WE PLAN TO SPEND 10 LAST YEAR, BUT SOMEHOW IT WENT UP SIX AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING TO APPROPRIATE $12.2 MILLION.

SO I THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE FACING A TAX INCREASE, A TAX LEVY INCREASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS, WHICH I'LL GIVE THE SUPERVISOR CREDIT FOR, IT WAS MY IDEA WHEN I CAMPAIGNED FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND I SAID I WOULDN'T RUN, UH, VOTE FOR A BUDGET THAT WOULD RAISE THE TAX LEVY IN MY ENTIRE TIME IN TOWN COUNCIL.

BUT I'M GLAD THE SUPERVISOR THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

BUT I THINK MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN WE'RE HAVING THAT FIRST TAX LEVY INCREASE IS DUE WHEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SPENDING $12.2 MILLION OUTTA THE FUND BALANCE, IS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENING? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT IS FOR A POLICE COURTHOUSE THAT WE ALL KNOW IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2024? I MEAN, PLEASE TELL ME THERE'S NO ONE THAT THINKS THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN 2024, RIGHT? 2034 IS A MORE LIKELY CHANCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR IS THE ONE WHO PRESENTS THE BUDGET.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND DELIVERING IT TO THE TOWN BOARD.

BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU UP THERE IS SWORN AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE OFFICE AND ARE RESPONSIBLE AND PAID A SALARY TO THE CITIZENS.

AND FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET IS RECEIVING THE ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS.

I MEAN, IT REALLY SEEMED AT THE LAST WORK SESSION THAT SOME OF YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH WAS JUST INCREDULOUS TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M NOT EMPLOYED BY THE TOWN BOARD IN ANY CAPACITY.

AND THE MINUTE IT CAME OUT, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING WE HAVE ALL YEAR.

THE ATTENDANCE IS ABYSMAL.

I THINK IT'S PARTIALLY INTENTIONAL.

I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK THIS TOWN BOARD THE, TO THINK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU HAVE IS THE CUSTODIANSHIP OF OUR MONEY AND THE SAFETY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

OKAY? AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY, INTENSITY, AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE DESERVE BETTER.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE BETTER.

I GENERALLY DO THINK, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT OTHERWISE.

SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MOMENT.

I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY LIKELY HAVE MAYBE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, OR IT'S NOT GONNA BE A APPROVED TONIGHT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE OF GREENBERG ARE RECEIVING ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACTS TO THEIR TAXES IS GOING TO BE.

MAKING SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THE TAX LEVY.

MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T GIVE EXAMPLES WHERE THE ASSESSMENT DOES NOT CHANGE FROM 2023 TO 24, WHICH DOES NOT EXIST FOR ALL BUT A HANDFUL OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT IS INDICATIVE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, RELATABLE TO THE GENERAL POPULATION OF THE TOWN.

RIGHT FROM RIGHT AFTER, AFTER WE PASSED THE BUDGET, UNTIL HE PUTS OUT AN OCTOBER 30 BUDGET TO DECIDE WHAT HE'S PUTTING INTO THAT BUDGET.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

UH, UNLIKE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN PRIOR YEARS, UH, THIS, THIS YEAR, THE SUPERVISOR DID NOT SHARE THE BUDGET WITH, UH, THE TOWN COUNCIL IN ADVANCE.

IN THE, IN THE PAST WE WORKED ON IT.

SO THERE WAS NO SURPRISES WHEN IT CAME TO OCTOBER 30TH.

WE SAW THE BUDGET.

WHEN YOU SAW THE BUDGET, UH, WE SAW THE BUDGET MESSAGE.

WHEN YOU SAW THE BUDGET MESSAGE, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS IN ADVANCE.

HE SAID, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING THE BUDGET, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

IT IS THE SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET AT THIS POINT.

WE HAVE ASKED DEPARTMENT HEADS TO COME TO OUR WORK SESSION STARTING TOMORROW AND TELL US WHAT IS IT THAT YOU REQUESTED? 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WHAT IS THE END RESULT AFTER CUTS WERE MADE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS BELIEVE IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR WORKFORCE.

WE'RE GOING TO START TO HEAR THAT TOMORROW.

THAT WAS AT THE TOWN COUNCIL'S REQUEST, THAT THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL BE APPEARING AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT FOR VERY FEW WEEKS REMAINING.

UH, TO DO THIS SUPERVISOR HAS ALL YEAR,

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TOWN BOY GETS WEEKS RIGHT TO DEAL WITH THIS.

UH, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY BENEFICIAL WHEN WE DID IT TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY HE DECIDED TO DO IT THIS YEAR.

UH, REGARDING, UM, REFLECTIVE VESTS, UM, MARY, YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME WHEN YOU SAID THAT, BUT I DON'T GO OUT IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE WITHOUT A REFLECTIVE VEST TO ANYBODY WHO SEES ME.

THEY KNOW THAT I HAVE THAT REFLECTIVE VEST ON.

UH, YOU LOOKED AT ME GUARDING CELL PHONES, I WASN'T LOOKING AT MY CELL PHONE.

I HAVE A COMPUTER IN FRONT OF ME.

I CAN ASSURE YOU I'M NOT PLAYING SOLITAIRE.

ALRIGHT? UM, AND SO, UH, THERE'S A VERY VALID POINT THAT THINGS DON'T GO OUT ON THE GB LIST EXCEPT IF THE SUPERVISOR WANTS IT TO GO OUT.

AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THAT.

UM, THE SUPERVISOR CAN'T BE THE ONLY PERSON THE PUBLIC HEARS FROM ON ANY PARTICULAR ISSUE, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, IS WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO, UH, ASK FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND SO FORTH.

SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO DO BETTER IN GETTING INFORMATION OUT.

AND THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN'T DO LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, IS DEFER ANYTHING THAT GOES OUT GOES THROUGH THE SUPERVISOR.

SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC HEARS FROM ALL OF US, AND IT'S NOT SUPERVISOR FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD, THIS NAMELESS, UNIDENTIFIED TOWN BOARD, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I TAKE YOUR CRITICISM, YOU KNOW, TO HEART REGARDING WE SHOULD HAVE PUT SOMETHING OUT ABOUT THE BUDGET.

UH, WE HOPE WITH HAVING THE PUBLIC, THE, UH, WORK SESSIONS, UM, HAVING, HEARING FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE VERY INFORMATIVE.

'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ASKED FOR AND WAS CUT OR BY HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA LEARN THAT WE MAY BE LEARNING IT AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE LEARNING IT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN COME UP TO SPEED FAIRLY QUICK.

UH, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

NORMALLY WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND ROUND IF WE'RE GONNA HOLD IT OVER, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BUDGETS OF, UH, HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO WE HAD A SECOND ROUND, WE'LL HAVE A SECOND ROUND AT THE NEXT ONE.

EVEN IF WE HOLD IT OVER THERE UNTIL A FOLLOWING MEETING, THE ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET BY DECEMBER 20TH.

WE CAN HAVE AS MANY MEETINGS AS WE NEED TO, UH, UP TO DECEMBER 20TH.

UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE TO STOP HAVING HEARINGS ON THE 15TH AND THEN ADOPT IT BY THE 20TH.

SO THERE ARE SOME TIMELINES THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE BY.

UH, BUT WE'RE GOTTA MAKE IT WORK.

AND, AND I JUST WANNA CORRECT A FEW THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, EVERY MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO POST ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT ON THE G LIST ANYTIME THEY WANT.

AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS, UH, THAT'S BEEN A POLICY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD.

SO I, ALTHOUGH I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT MYSELF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.

ANY BOARD, THERE'S, THERE'S ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO WANTS TO DISAGREE OR COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVES, ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT, UH, TO POST ANYTHING THEY WANT ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE.

SECOND OF ALL, UM, BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED, A WEEK BEFORE I CALLED EACH, I SENT EMAILS TO EACH BOARD MEMBER AND I, I EVEN CALLED YOU FRANCIS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING WITH OUR AUDITORS.

UM, ELLEN HENDRICKS SHOWED UP AT IT.

UM, SHE WAS THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SHOWED UP.

UM, AND UM, AND BASICALLY I SAID WE WERE PREPARING A, A PROPOSED BUDGET AND I WANTED TO, UM, UM, HAVE THE TOWN BOARD INPUT BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS RELEASED, UM, UH, AND GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO MEET WITH AUDITORS.

I CALLED YOU, YOU SAID YOU WERE BUSY, SO YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO SHOW UP.

THAT WAS BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS RELEASED.

ELLEN DID SHOW UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU WEREN'T INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, IT'S NOT TRUE.

UM, SO I'M LOOKING FOR IT.

THIS BUDGET IS, UH, ULTIMATELY IT'S THE TOWN.

YOU KNOW, I DID MY BEST JOB.

I CAME UP WITH A BUDGET THAT I THINK, UM, WORKS FOR THE TOWN.

ULTIMATELY, THE TOWN BOARD HAS THE, THE RIGHT AND THE PREROGATIVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES YOU WANT.

IF YOU THINK THE TAXES ARE TOO HIGH, YOU COULD LOWER IT.

IF YOU THINK THAT YOU WANT TO RAISE THE TAXES MORE, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, RAISE IT BY LAW.

IT'S NOW THE BOARD, UH, IN ITS TIES, UH, YOU KNOW, CHOICE.

BUT, UM, I DEFINITELY, UM, UM, UH, INVITED BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE, UM,

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YOU KNOW, IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE PROCESS.

AND IF A BOARD MEMBER DECIDES THAT THEY DON'T WANNA PARTICIPATE BEFORE THE BUDGET'S RELEASED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT IZING YOU MADE A CHOICE THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN I PROPOSE MY, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, UM, UM, AFTER THE TOWN, BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, UM, I WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL ADVERTISE ON THE WEBSITE, UH, THE, THE HEARING, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE AND WILL ALSO, UM, UM, GIVE, UH, RESIDENTS INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX LEVY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANY INFORMATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, BUT THE THING IS, I WILL, UM, BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, AND USUALLY THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS, YOU KNOW, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BETTER ATTENDED, BETTER ATTENDED, AND THE FIRST, BECAUSE THE BOARD, UM, PROBABLY WILL BE MAKING SOME CHANGES.

WE'LL, WE'LL PUBLICIZE THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

THE TAX LEVY AFTER THE CHANGES ARE, UM, ARE RECOMMENDED AND THE, THE TAX RATE AFTER, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER, UH, THE CHANGES ARE MADE, UM, OR PROPOSED.

AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, TO COMMENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE PROCESS WILL BE A GOOD PROCESS AND I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY WILL WORK TOGETHER HAVING THE BEST BUDGET FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TOWN.

ARE YOU DONE? I'M DONE.

TO THANK YOU ELLEN, FOR ABLE TO REPRESENT US.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT WAS THAT MEETING ABOUT THAT YOU WANTED THE INPUT FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS? IT'S BECAUSE YOU WERE IN A PANIC AND YOU CALLED AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING BECAUSE YOU HAD TO CUT, YOU THOUGHT THE DEPARTMENTS BY 10%.

IT WAS A, IT WAS AN URGENCY.

ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS HAD TO SHOW UP AND DETERMINE HOW THEY COULD CUT THEIR BUDGETS BY 10%.

AND THEN STAFF AT THAT MEETING SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PANIC IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN MY BUDGET.

AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT GOES BACK INTO FUND BALANCE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF IN YOUR HEAD AS TO, OH, I GUESS THERE ISN'T A PROBLEM.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE DEALING WITH FINANCES HERE IN THE TOWN.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M URGING YOU TO BRING IN NOT A WEEK IN ADVANCE.

NOT WHEN YOU THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FIRE IN THE HOUSE AND YOU HAVE TO CUT EVERY DEPARTMENT, POLICE SANITATION, EVERY DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET.

EVERY YEAR THERE'S MONEY'S NOT SPENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, MONEY'S NOT SPENT.

GO BACK INTO THE BUN BALANCE THAT WAS NOT BEING ACCOUNTED FOR.

WHEN YOU GOT THE STAFF ALL RILED UP AND THEY HAD TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH CUTS.

AND IT WAS STAFF, NON-FINANCIAL STAFF WHO CAME UP AND SAID, THERE'S SOMETHING NOT RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT MEETING WAS OVER.

IT'S OKAY.

I GUESS WE'RE OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S THE MEETING I DIDN'T GO TO BECAUSE THAT'S THE MEETING I KNEW COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE CORRECT.

OKAY, WELL I'M NOT GONNA DIGNIFY PERSONAL ATTACKS AND WELL, I COULD SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE AS A BOARD, WE AS A BOARD HAVE TO START WORKING TOGETHER AND PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I'M NOT GONNA RESPOND TO IT.

SO I DON'T SEE WHERE THE PERSONAL ATTACKS, OH, YOU HAD YOUR TIME.

OH, OKAY.

AND I SAT QUIET.

I DON'T SEE WHERE THE PERSONAL ATTACKS CAME AT, BUT JUST AS FRANCIS SAID, JUST AS ERIC ZINGER SAID, WE HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL AND TRANSPARENT.

YOU CALLED IT EMERGENCY MEETING.

I CAN'T JUST LEAVE MY JOB AND COME TO EMERGENCY MEETING AND THEN TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS AN EMERGENCY.

BUT WHAT I'VE ASKED YOU NUMEROUS TIMES, NOT IN PUBLIC, IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WHEN I EMAIL YOU OR ANY OTHER TIME TO SAY, PLEASE, CAN WE GIVE US, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS RESPONSIBILITIES AND NOT CREATE CONTROVERSIES OR CRISES THAT ARE NOT ACTUAL CRISES? GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AND LET US HAVE A CONVERSATION.

THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT FULLY VETTED BEFORE AN ANSWER IS GIVEN.

OR BEFORE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND DISCUSS AS A BOARD, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

SO TO SIT HERE AND SAY, WELL, THE TOWN BOARD HAD ENOUGH TIME, WE DIDN'T.

AND WE EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU PRIOR TO YOU, UM, RELEASING THE BUDGET.

SO, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T CARE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SHOW UP TO AN EMERGENCY MEETING THAT HAPPENED, WHAT, TWO AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE YOU WANTED TO HAVE THE MEETING.

HOW WAS THAT FAIR, KEN, WERE YOU ABLE TO COME OUTTA COURT AND ATTEND THIS MEETING? NO.

WERE YOU ABLE TO COME OUTTA CLASS AND ATTEND THIS MEETING? NO.

AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING

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AND THAT'S A TEAM BECAUSE WE, AT LEAST WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER TO REPRESENT US.

SO PLEASE STOP MISLEADING EVERYBODY TO SAY THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT CARESS ABOUT THE TOWN BECAUSE ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE DOES CARE ABOUT THE TOWN.

BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, AS YOU SAY, TOMORROW NIGHT.

AS, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEAN MENTIONED, WE ARE HAVING A WORK SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, EACH AND EVERY, UH, OUR, UH, FOUR O' O'CLOCK, FIVE O FIVE O'CLOCK O'CLOCK.

WE'RE STARTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

IT WILL BE, UM, ALSO LIVE.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO IS LISTENING TONIGHT TO PLEASE COME OUT AND LISTEN TO OUR WORK SESSION.

WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF, UH, BUILDINGS COMING IN TO TALK.

AS EVERYONE MENTIONED, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME.

WE ARE IN A CRISIS.

WE ARE CHALLENGED OUR, WE ARE CH BEEN CHALLENGED.

WE REALLY ARE.

SO THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND YES, JUST AS COUNCILMAN FR JUST AS HOW COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE TO DO A DO HAVE TO DO MUCH BETTER IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC.

I SPEND PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF HOUR ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH MR. ZINGER TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND, AND THE CHANGES THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE AND APOLOGIZE FOR ME FALLING DOWN.

I CAN ADMIT WHEN I HAVE FAILED AND I HAVE FOUGHT AND I HAVE FALLEN, BUT THIS IS WHERE I NEED TO IMPROVE AND THIS IS WHY I WILL IMPROVE.

AND THIS IS WHY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALWAYS CALL ME OUT AND TELL ME THAT I NEED TO IMPROVE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, WHEN IT'S IN, WHEN IT'S RIGHT, AND THE TRUTH IS THERE.

THE TRUTH.

SO PLEASE, EVERYONE, I ENCOURAGE YOU, PLEASE COME OUT AS COUNCILMAN SHEEN SAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING BUDGET HEARINGS UNTIL WE HA WE HEAR FROM EVERYONE, EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AND WHAT WAS CUT SO WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES TOGETHER.

I DID HE ADJOURN THIS TO THE 13TH OF DECEMBER? ADJOURN.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO ADJOURN, UM, THIS HEARING TO THE 13TH OF DECEMBER.

ALL IN FAVOR A AYE AS THIS, AS THIS VOTE IS TAKEN, UM, I HAVE TO JUST SAY THIS TO THE PUBLIC.

HAVING BEEN TOWN CLERK FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, I HAVE OBSERVED AND HAVE WITNESSED THE FAITH AND THE TRUST THAT 90,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAVE HAD IN OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER, WITH RESPECT TO HIS POSITION AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

I HOPE THAT MOST PEOPLE OF HIGH INTELLIGENCE WILL CONSIDER WHAT THEY HAVE JUST WITNESSED AS GROSSLY APPROPRIATE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO CHALLENGE THE TOWN'S SUPERVISOR'S KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND REPUTATION OF HAVING BROUGHT THIS TOWN TO A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF NUMBER ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FOR MEMBERS OF A TOWN BOARD TO SPEAK IN THIS MANNER ABOUT A TOWN SUPERVISOR, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WHO FOR 30 YEARS HAS APPLIED HIS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE WITH REGARDS TO FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS TOWN.

ANYBODY ALSO, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE, THE, THE E LIST.

THE E LIST, YEAH.

IS THE ONE WHO GOT PAUL INTO USING EMAIL, RIGHT? AND I, I, I TRULY AM PLEASED THAT WE DO HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND EXCELLENCE FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING SINCE 1987 YEARS BEFORE BOTH.

I'M TALKING ABOUT FACTS.

YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS AS TO WHO LAUGHS OUT LOUD, WHO SCREAMS, WHO HOLLERS, UM, WHO ACTS LIKE A BUFFOON.

THE E LIST WAS CREATED BY PAUL FINER.

NOBODY ELSE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING A LIST OF OVER 3000 RESIDENTS GB LIST TO COMMUNICATE THE GB LIST, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, THE GB LIST, THE G LIST, GB LIST.

NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT OF CREATING THAT LIST.

IT WAS CREATED BY PAUL FINER ALFREDA.

DID IT? I THOUGHT SO.

SO ALFREDA WILLIAMS, THE FORMER TOWN CLERK,

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I WAS SUPERVISOR.

SO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GETTING IT EACH YEAR IS NOT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

IT JUST MEANS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, THE TOWN HAS BEEN GETTING THAT BECAUSE OF ITS FINANCIAL REPORTING SINCE 1987.

AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE.

PAUL HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED, INITIATED, GENERATED, INITIATED, AND MAINTAINED THE GB LIST.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S.

THIS IS FACTUAL INFORMATION.

GOOD LEARNING.

OKAY, GOOD LEARNING.

THIS IS VERY GOOD LEARNING, RIGHT? LIFELONG LEARNING IS WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING.

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND ALSO, PAUL, LET'S, SO PEOPLE WANNA HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TOWN.

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ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT.

MURRAY BODIN, ERIC ZINGER.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, ROBERTA.

THANK YOU ROBERTA.

ROBERTA.

MURRAY, YOU'RE USING YOUR PHONE.

LAURIE, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, THAT WAS FUNNY.

YOU HAVE TO LAUGH.

COME ON.

HAD TO GO WITH IT.

THE PROBLEM IS, I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAID BECAUSE I WASN'T.

I WENT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT.

UH, I'M STILL MURRAY.

BOTH MARY, I HAD TO GO TO A BUILDING APARTMENT THIS MORNING.

THREE YEARS AGO, OUR CAST IRON BOILER BROKE AND WE HAD TO SWITCH OVER TO SUPPOSEDLY CON EDISON, BUT THEY CUT US OFF.

AND SO WE WENT TO PROPANE.

AND IN THE PROCESS THERE WAS, I, I WENT TO GET AN INSURANCE POLICY THIS WEEK AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT OFF OF A CERTAIN TO THE CLARIFY VERIFICATION.

OKAY? SO I WENT UP TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I SPOKE TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONER, THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND, AND I SAT THERE WHILE HE WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING AND FOUND THE PAPERS AND SHOWED ME THE PICTURES OF MY GARAGE WITH THE TANK AND WITHOUT THE TANK AND GOT DONE.

THEN I, I WAS EASY.

I, I ASKED THEM TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY DID IT.

AND WHILE I WAS THERE, I WENT OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS AND I ASKED ABOUT THESE STRIPES AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND HOW TO SAVE MONEY.

AND, AND I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH, UH, BRIAN AND HE RAISED SOME QUESTIONS, WHICH I WILL ANSWER BECAUSE THERE'S TIME BEFORE IT GETS HERE.

JOE, I ASKED YOU A QUESTION THE OTHER DAY.

I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER, SIR, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? BECAUSE I WAS AT THE ZONING BOARD THE OTHER DAY AND THE CONSTRUCTION HAS HAD A PROBLEM FOR MONTHS.

AND ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS SIT DOWN AT A TABLE ALTOGETHER AND SOLVE IT.

AND I COULD SEE ON THE FACES OF THE BOARD AND THERE'S A VIDEO OF IT.

AND THE BOARD WANTED TO KNOW, WHY IS THIS GOING ON ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER MONTH? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIT DOWN TWO PEOPLE ACROSS THE TABLE AND GET THE WORDS RIGHT AND YOU DIDN'T.

SO I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE THE PROPER ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG OR WE SHOULD FIND THE NEW ONE.

'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING THE JOB.

I, THAT'S, I HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK MY OPINION.

THE JOB WAS NOT DONE.

THE BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD WAS FURIOUS THAT THIS WENT ON ANOTHER MONTH.

THE INFORMATION WAS ALL THERE.

THEY HAD TO SIT DOWN AND GET THE WORDS STRAIGHT.

IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE POSTPONED.

AND SO I RAISED THE QUESTION, I ASKED YOU A QUESTION ABOUT A CERTAIN THING AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER EITHER.

NOW I WENT UP TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE EXCELLENT.

I WENT TO PUBLIC WORKS.

THEY WERE EXCELLENT.

I GO TO YOU NOTHING.

WE DESERVE TO GET AN ANSWER TO OUR QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE RELEVANT.

AND THIS IS RELEVANT.

SO IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION IN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, THEN THIS BOARD SHOULD LOOK FOR A NEW TOWN ATTORNEY.

I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH BUILDINGS TODAY.

THEY SOLVED A PROBLEM.

THERE WAS AN ERROR MADE SOMEWHERE.

SOMEBODY FORGOT TO SIGN OFF OR CHECK SOMETHING OFF.

THEY SOLVED IT.

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BRIAN, AND I DID NOT AGREE ABOUT THE LINES IN THE WORD ONLY.

IT'S PLENTY OF TIME.

HE PUT OUT A PROPOSAL, I'LL GO FIND THE INFORMATION.

YOU'RE BUILDING A SIDEWALK ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE DOESN'T BELONG A SIDEWALK.

IT SHOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE ROADWAY SHARED BETWEEN BICYCLE RIDERS AND IT SHOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES.

AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A SIDEWALK BECAUSE THE TRUCKS CAN'T GET OFF THE ROAD.

PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID.

PEOPLE ARE SHARING.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE HELP ME IN MY LIFE.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP EVERYBODY ELSE.

YOU NEED A SHARED AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR ROADWAY SO TRUCKS CAN PULL OFF.

PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID.

THEY CAN LOOK AROUND AND THEY SAY, I CAN WAIT WHILE THE PIZZA GUY DROPS HIS PIZZA OFF.

OR THE UPS GUY, EVERYBODY'S DELIVERING TODAY.

YOU CAN'T GET OFF THE ROAD WHEN THERE'S A CURB.

IT IS TO BE A SIDEWALK EX OR ROADWAY EXTENSION ON BOTH SIDES.

GOT ANOTHER MINUTE.

YOU GOT A CROSSWALK AND YOU GOT A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD AND A COOL CROSSING GUARD'S GOT A JACKET LIKE THAT ON THERE AND HE HOLDS UP A GUARD GUARD HOLDS UP.

EVERYBODY STOPS.

YOU GO ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, YOU GOT A POLICE CAR WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS ON THE TOP AND A POLICEMAN STANDING UP THERE WITH HIS HAND LIKE THIS, AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SEE HIS HAND.

IS IT ANY SAFER THAN THE CROSSING GUARD WHO STANDS THERE LIKE THAT WITH HIS JACKET ON? AND EVERYBODY STOPS.

IS IT SAFER BECAUSE THE POLICE CARS GOT THOSE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON THE TOP THAT BLIND EVERYBODY.

AND WHEN THE OFFICER STANDS UP THERE WITH THE HAND UP LIKE THIS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW, SEE HIS HAND IN BACK OF THE LIGHT SHINING IN OUR EYES.

SAFETY? YEAH, TWO SETS OF RULES.

THE CROSSING GUARD CAN USE A STOP, STOP PADDLE, BUT THE POLICE OFFICER USES THE HAND.

YOU CAN'T SEE WITH LIGHTS THERE THAT'S SO BRIGHT.

THEY BLIND YOU IN RESPECT TO THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT.

AND I'D I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

SURE.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I WAS, YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE OFF.

OH YEAH.

OTHER PEOPLE STOOD UP HERE WHILE THEY WERE TALKING.

I I CAN STAND UP HERE.

DO WAS SENT, I WAS SENT, I WATCHED WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE.

MURRAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO.

NO, IT'S, I WAS SENT AN EMAIL FROM THIS RESIDENT ON FRIDAY MORNING.

IT IS NOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND I'M ASKED WHY I DIDN'T SOLVE AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED LEGAL MATTER THAT HAS SPENT THE TOWN HUNDREDS OF HOURS SO FAR TO RESOLVE.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT MYSELF AND STAFF HAVE THE CORRECT TEAM IN PLACE TO RESOLVE THIS.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY TWO ATTORNEYS, SO I WON'T HERE TONIGHT SPEAK ON THE MERITS OF THE ISSUE, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO HAVE IT RESOLVED.

AND THIS IS AN ISSUE ABOUT 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD JUST SIT AT THE TABLE IN RESOLVED IN ONE SITTING.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND I AM CONFIDENT WE'LL HAVE A SOLID RESULT FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM.

WHO'S NEXT? ERIC ZINGER.

SORRY.

ERIC ZINGER.

GOOD EVENING TOWN BOARD.

UH, I WANNA START BY THANKING THE SUPERVISOR AND THE TOWN BOARD FOR THEIR STRONG, UH, WORDS OF SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE RECENT, UH, AWFUL TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED.

UM, I, IT IS APPRECIATED.

WESTCHESTER OBVIOUSLY HAS A VERY LARGE JEWISH COMMUNITY, GREENBURG AS WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR STRONG WORDS OF SUPPORT.

UM, I'M GONNA BOUNCE AROUND A LITTLE BIT ON THE BUDGET.

I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IF IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED.

I KNOW WE APPROPRIATED $2 MILLION FOR JUDGMENTS AND CLAIMS IN 2023, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING.

I KNOW WE'RE AT 1.2 MILLION FOR 2024, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT WAS, UM, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

UM, THE TIF DISTRICT, MY FAVORITE TOPIC ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE TIF DISTRICT LONGER THAN ME IS, UH, UM, ELLA PRIZE.

ELLA, THANK YOU.

I WAS ABOUT TO FORGET HER NAME AND I WAS GONNA FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT IT, BUT ELLA PRIZER WE'RE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ISSUE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, BACK, I THINK IN MAY, SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN BOARD KIND OF CAME TO AN AGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT TO DO THERE.

IT'S NOVEMBER.

I KNOW THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT MOVE SLOWLY, BUT PERHAPS AN UPDATE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT REGARD WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I'M SURE WE COULD USE THAT MONEY BACK IN THE REGULAR BUDGET, JUST LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS.

SO,

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UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE IN 2024.

UM, A REQUEST OR SPECIFIC KIND OF, UH, QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE AGENDAS IN GENERAL.

I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE COMMENTS THAT I HAD ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW TONIGHT WE'RE APPROPRIATING OR HOLDING A RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 IN THE CRYSTAL LINE STEIN LAWSUIT, UH, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THAT PARTICULAR ATTORNEY UP TO 500 K.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE WHEN WE DO THOSE RESOLUTIONS TO NOTE THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL LAWSUIT.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE KRISTA STEIN LAWSUIT, I THINK WE HAVE FIVE SEPARATE ATTORNEYS.

SO IF IT'S 500 K FOR ONE, WE'RE PROBABLY NEARING A MILLION.

YOU KNOW, THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE POINT OF SAYING HOW MUCH TOTAL HAS BEEN SPENT, I THINK THAT'S A RECENT ADDITION AND THAT ON THAT LAWYER, AND THAT'S BEEN A REALLY HELPFUL FIGURE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIG THROUGH.

I THINK IF WE COULD CONTINUE WITH THAT AND JUST NOTE, UM, THE FULL AMOUNT ACTUALLY SPENT ON THAT LAWSUIT ACROSS ALL LAWYERS, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST INFORMATIVE WAY OF JUST KIND OF KNOWING, HEY, HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE SPENT SO FAR ON THIS NOTICE? UM, AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, UM, THIS HASN'T COME UP RECENTLY.

I REALLY HOPE IT DOESN'T COME UP AGAIN.

IT PROBABLY WILL, BUT I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LEAF BLOWERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE A TOWN ORDINANCE FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I ALWAYS SAY IS THAT WE SHOULDN'T PASS LAWS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE, RIGHT? IT JUST TAKES DOWN WATERS DOWN THE, YOU KNOW, RESPECT THE, YOU KNOW, INTEGRITY, ALL THE THINGS SHOULDN'T PASS, LAWS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE.

SO I KNOW WE'VE HAD DOZENS, I THINK OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ABOUT LEAF BLOWERS.

WHO WANTS TO GUESS HOW MANY FINES THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ISSUED FOR VIOLATING THE NORS AUDIENCE IN 2021 AND 2022? ANYONE WANT TO GUESS? NO.

WELL, THE ANSWER IS ZERO, ZERO, NOT ONE.

SO WE HAVE HAD DOZENS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ABOUT ENHANCING THE NOR ORDINANCE FOR NO PRACTICAL PURPOSE WHATSOEVER.

IT IS ONLY GONNA RESULT IN FI YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FILE THE, THE RULES GETTING CHARGED BY THEIR MORE, BY THEIR LANDSCAPERS WHO ARE STILL PROBABLY GONNA USE GATE BLOWERS ANYWAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THE POINT OF THIS TOWN BOARD IS AND WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING US ARE, WITH THE LIMITED TIME THAT EVERYONE HAS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND 2024 FOCUSING ON IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE GETTING THAT 300 K BACK IN FROM THE TIF DISTRICT AND NOT ON THINGS THAT FORGIVE ME, LEAF BLOWER, YOU KNOW, UM, HATERS, BUT DON'T REALLY MATTER.

WITH LEAF BLOWERS, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT CAN BE OPERATED AT ONE PARTICULAR TIME, RIGHT? AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS THE ONE THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER, BUT IT WAS BILLED AS NOT REALLY A LEAF BLOWER LAW.

ZERO.

NOT ONE.

I HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

JOE, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK BECAUSE, UM, I HAD, UH, FOLLOWED UP ON THE TIF DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

AND JOE, YOU SUGGESTED THAT I, UH, NOT PURSUE IT, SAYING THERE WERE SOME, UM, SOME REASONS WHY, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN, UM, YEAH, TO THE PUBLIC WHY WE DID NOT, UH, MOVE, WE DID NOT, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THE TIF DISTRICT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAD AGREED TO IN JANUARY.

YEAH, SO I, I DIDN'T SAY NOT TO PURSUE IT.

I SAID THAT, UM, BOTH THE ASSESSOR, EDIE MCCARTHY AND I WERE GATHERING MORE INFORMATION AND I THINK IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRUDENT TO MOVE ON THIS BUDGET BEFORE HAVING ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION BEFORE US.

WE'RE STILL COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION AND PLAN ON PRESENTING IT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD SO YOU CAN MAKE A FACTUAL DETERMINATION WITH ALL THE SUBSTANCE, UM, BEHIND THAT DECISION.

I HOPE TO HAVE THAT TO YOU SOON, AND I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE SHORTLY, UM, ONCE I SPEAK FURTHER WITH THE ASSESSOR SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED ON THAT.

WOULD THAT, IS THERE, I GUESS THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LOCAL LAW IF, IF WE MAKE THE CHANGES, SO WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THIS BUDGET, WE WOULD'VE TO, IT WOULD NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR THIS BUDGET, THAT'S CORRECT.

RIGHT, BUT IF WE MAKE THE CHANGES, SAY IN JANUARY OR IN FEBRUARY, UH, COULD IT IMPACT THE REVENUES, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR? I'M SAYING IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY, THAT THE BOARD COULD BENEFIT FROM DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS ERIC HAS SAID, FOR FOR YEARS, UM, THE TIF DISTRICT REVENUES COULD BENEFIT UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, AND THIS IS A WAY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE TAXES.

THIS IS A WAY OF REDUCING THE, THE, THE TAX IMPACTS.

AND THAT'S WHY I, I REALLY WANTED TO PURSUE WHAT WE HAD IN CONCEPT AGREE TOO.

I WOULD SUGGEST I COLLECT MORE DATA BEFORE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION AND POSSIBLY GETTING PEOPLE'S HOPES UP WHEN IT NOT, MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE.

AND REGARDING THE, UH, LEAF BLOWERS, UH, THIS IS AGAIN HOW TOWN COUNCIL HAS TO, UM, BE MORE PROACTIVE IN GETTING INFORMATION.

WE DID PASS SOMETHING THAT DEALS

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IT'S A NOISE ORDINANCE LAW AND NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, RIGHT? I PROB PROBABLY IF I ASKED OF MY OWN FAMILY, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REAL LEAF BLOWER LAW.

BUT IT DID LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MACHINES THAT COULD BE USED ON A PROPERTY DEPENDING ON SIZE AT ANY ONE TIME.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD ADVERTISE THAT ONE THIS YEAR AND GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO COUNT, RIGHT? I, I'VE SHOWN PICTURES OF SEVEN LEAF BLOWERS BEING USED ON ONE TIME ON A PROPERTY.

UH, THAT'S NOISE.

WHETHER YOU WANT TO CALL IT A LEAF BLOWER, UM, LAW OR NOT, IT'S A LEAF BLOWER LAW.

AND, BUT, UH, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

SO I'D HOPE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO SOME ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT THAT THIS COMING YEAR.

AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I MADE WAS TO USE THE DIGITAL, UH, UH, BOARDS TO ADVERTISE THE, THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SEE THESE DIGITAL BOARDS WITH MESSAGES AND, UH, I KNOW SCARSDALE, THE VILLAGE OF S SCARSDALE ON FENNEMORE ROAD, UM, UH, NEAR THE POLICE AND FIREHOUSE, THEY'VE BEEN EFFECTIVELY USING NEAR DIGITAL BOARDS TO ADVERTISE, UH, THEIR LEAF.

UH, YOU KNOW, BLOWER, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW IT, UH, UH, OVER, YOU KNOW, OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, IF WE REALLY WANT TO, UM, GET PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH ALL LAW, THE EASIEST WAY OF DOING IT IS WHILE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, UM, TO HAVE THE DIGITAL BOARDS UP WITH, WITH MESSAGES ABOUT THE LAWS AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY COULD DO.

IF A LAWYER IS NOT BEING ENFORCED, UH, THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD START GETTING, UH, SOME ENFORCEMENT.

SO I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M, UH, I MEAN WE, WE, UM, DISCUSSED LAST YEAR THAT WE WERE GONNA WAIT UNTIL THE NEW TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER IS, UH, SWORN INTO OFFICE BEFORE WE REVISIT, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE.

BUT I, I FEEL THAT, UM, IF WE, I FEEL THE NOISE LAW HAS BEEN A FAIL.

THE AMENDED LAW HAS BEEN A FAILURE BECAUSE AS ERIC SAID, IT HASN'T BEEN ENFORCED.

AND I FEEL THAT IF WE ADOPT A LAW, WE SHOULD GIVE IT OUR BEST EFFORT.

AND YOU, IF WE USE THE DIGITAL BOARDS, AT LEAST WE'RE TRYING.

THAT'S NOT WHAT ERIC SAID.

ERIC'S, I BELIEVE SAID IN 2021 AND 2022 THERE WAS ZERO VIOLATIONS BECAUSE NOBODY, THIS, THIS BECAME, WE PUT THIS LAW INTO A, UH, EFFECT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S APPLES AND ORANGES AS TO COMPARING THE LAW THAT JOE PUT TOGETHER, UH, TOWN ATTORNEY PUT TOGETHER AND, UH, SOMETHING FROM 2021 AND 2022.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? ALRIGHT, YOU CAN MOVE THE AGENDA, PAUL.

OKAY, GOOD.

OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE BUILDING, UM, INSPECTED TO REMOVE, UH, THE UNSAFE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 55 CUMMINGS AVENUE BY MEANS OF DEMOLITION AND TO ASSESS ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THIS SECTION AGAINST THE LAND PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 4 0 3, STATE OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UM, ORDER

[ TB 1 - 11/20/2023 Order of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Building Inspector to remove the unsafe structure(s) located at 55 Cummings Avenue (PO White Plains, NY) (Parcel ID 7.280-117-1) by means of demolition and to assess all costs and expenses incurred by this action against the land, pursuant to Section 340-3C of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE CANCELLATION OF PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON PROPERTY OWNED BY HOLY SPIRIT ASSOCIATIONS TOWNS, UM, TAX ROLLS AT ZERO BROADWAY SECTION 1 2 6 OH V 1 34, LOT SEVEN.

[ TB 2 - 11/20/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the cancellation of penalties and interest on property owned by Holy Spirit Association and designated on the Town's tax rolls as 0 Broadway, Section 1.260, Bock 134, Lot 7]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR

[ TB 3 – 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 with the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for Fire Protection Services to the Donald Park Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $345,249]

TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, WITH, UH, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 345,249.

THAT ONE'S HELD OVER TO THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.

A AYE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ TB 4 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Amended License Agreement with Global Signal Acquisitions III LLC, d/b/a Crown Castle USA Inc. (as attorney-in-fact for STC Five LLC), extending the ten year option to the existing Cellular Antenna License Agreement for use of an additional six hundred square feet license area to continue cellular communication services at facilities located at the Town Highway Garage on Old Sprain Road (Held over to December 13, 2023 Town Board meeting)]

UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE

[ AT 1 - 11/20/2023 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, $500,000 in total]

CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON, UM, ELZER, MOSCOWITZ, EDELMAN AND DICKER TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND REQUEST GREENBURG POLICE, UH, PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF, UM, UH, KRISTEN STEIN VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.

UH, $500,000 IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT, IS THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS SPENT, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ATTORNEY RIGHT? SPENT ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR ATTORNEY, RIGHT? YES.

AYE UH, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, JOE INSURANCE IS PAYING, UH, INSURANCE IS PAYING THE MOST RECENT BILLS.

WE REACHED OUR SELF-INSURED, INSURED RETENTION QUITE A WHILE AGO ON THIS

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CASE, SO YES.

UH, WHILE INSURANCE IS PAYING, THE TOWN PUTS THE MONEY UP FRONT AND THEN WE'RE REIMBURSED AND WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP TO ENSURE WE KEEP GETTING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ALL EXPENSES.

UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT

[ AT 2 – 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of third-party litigation indemnification related Litigation, File No.: 53/22L by High Point of Hartsdale Community Association, Inc., and Stillman Management Realty Corp, for an amount not to exceed $30,000]

OF THIRD PARTY LITIGATION.

INDEMNIFICATION RELATED LITIGATION FILE NUMBER 53 2 2 L BY HIGH PLAINTIFF HARTSDALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND STILLMAN MANAGEMENT REALTY CORP FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.

AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HARTSDALE PROPERTIES.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 3 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hartsdale Properties LLC f/k/a Taylor Properties LLC for property located at 10-16 N. Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $2,213±; the County’s share is $1,228±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $165±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $82±; Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $2,027±; the Greenburgh Central School District No. 7’s share is $5,744±. Refunds from all sources total $11,459±]

UH, TAYLOR PROPERTIES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 16 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE.

THE TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND IS 2000, UH, IS 2 2 1 3 PLUS THE COUNTY SHARE IS 1 2 2 8.

THE BRONX, UM, VALLEY SEWER DISTRICT SHARE IS 1 65.

THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER, UH, DISTRICT SHARE IS 82 HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT.

SHE IS 2027 GREEN THOUSAND 27 GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SHARE 5 7 4 4 REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES.

11,459 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OUT SECOND APPROXIMATE.

OKAY, PAUL, THAT HAS GREENBERG NUMBER SEVEN.

SEVEN AND THAT'S NOT, DO YOU WANT TO HOLD THIS OVER AND REVOTE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING SO IT'S CORRECT.

WE COULD HOLD IT OVER.

UM, SO, SO WE HAVE TO RETRACT, UH, RETRACT THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO I HAVE TO RETRACT THE, UM, MY SECOND BECAUSE IT, IT SAYS GREENBERG CENTRAL SEVEN AND NOT GREENBERG CENTRAL.

RIGHT.

SO WE'RE HOLDING OVER PER THE SUPERVISOR.

RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE ALSO AT FOUR FIVE AND SIX.

SO I, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE WERE ACTUALLY CORRECTED ON THE RESOLUTIONS.

JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE I WOULD, I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED THOSE ON THE RESOLUTIONS.

SO ARE WE HOLDING THOSE OVER OR NO? NO, HE'S CHECKING.

IS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THEY AREN'T CHANGED.

I MAY HAVE CORRECTED ON THE RESOLUTIONS THEMSELVES.

AT FOUR LOOKS LIKE IT DOES SAY GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT FOUR, CORRECT? YEAH, I'M FAIRLY SURE I CAUGHT THOSE.

SO I THINK IT'S THE RESOLUTION.

SO IT'S JUST THE AGENDA THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CORRECTION.

SO WE NO LONGER HAVE TO HOLD OVER AT THREE.

NO WE DON'T.

NO.

SO, SO WE HAVE TO RE-VOTE IT.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, AT THREE THAT'S THE RESOLUTION.

UM, AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HARTSDALE PROPERTIES.

UM, UH, THE AMOUNT FROM ALL SOURCES 11,000 405 9 LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 1 1 1 1 SOUTH CENTRAL LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE ONE, UM, ONE SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE.

AT FOUR

[ AT 4 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 111 So. Central, LLC for property located at 111 S. Central Park Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $6,663±; the County’s share is $3,570±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $555±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $253±; Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $6,375±; the Greenburgh Central School District No. 7’s share is $17,560±. Refunds from all sources total $34,977±]

THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS UH, 34,977.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SGE RA SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER THE FAMILY L-P-M-C-V-S ALBANY.

[ AT 5 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Thiele Family LP and CVS Albany, LLC # 10503-01 for property located at 20 Tarrytown Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $60,517±; the County’s share is $34,029±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,504±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $2,164±; Fairview Fire District’s share is $47,973±; the Greenburgh Central School District No. 7’s share is $158,115±. Refunds from all sources total $307,302±]

UM, UM, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 20 TARRYTOWN ROAD, TOTAL AMOUNT IS 307,302.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX LER SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER JP MORGAN CHASE BANK FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THREE SOUTH CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.

A AYE, UH,

[ AT 6 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for property locaed at 3 South Central Park Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $4,338±; the County’s share is $2,403±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $325±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $158±; Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $4,008±; the Greenburgh Central School District No. 7’s share is $11,316±. Refunds from all sources total $22,548±]

UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES.

UH, TOTAL 22,000, UH, 5 5 4 8.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARKWAY HOMES CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS HELD A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AT THE CIRCLE, WHICH IS A SMALL TRIANGULAR ISLAND, UH, SURROUNDED BY PARKWAY HOMES ROAD ON THE NORTH STONE AVENUE ON THE WEST AND ETHERTON ROAD ON THE EAST.

[ CL 1 – 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing (1) the Parkway Homes Civic Association to hold a Christmas Tree Lighting at “the Circle,” which is a small triangular island surrounded by Parkway Homes Road on the north, Stone Avenue on the west, and Ethelton Road on the east; and (2) closing to vehicular traffic the westerly and easterly roads abutting the island from Parkway Homes Road to the intersection of Stone Avenue, Washington Street and Ethelton Road while allowing traffic to freely flow to/from the Bronx River Parkway along Parkway Homes Road and Maryton Road (SEE MAP BELOW), on Sunday, December 2, 2023 (rain date: December 3, 2023), from 3:00 pm to 7:00pm, provided the organizer(s) of the event agree to and comply with standard conditions as specified in the approval letter accompanying an adopted copy of this resolution that is forwarded by the Town Clerk to the event organizer(s), as well as comply with any site-specific safety-related conditions imposed by the Fire Chief having jurisdiction or the Chief of Police]

AND CLOSING TO VEHICLE, UH, TRAFFIC, THE WESTERLY AND EASTERLY ROADS ABUTTING THE ISLAND FROM PARKWAY HOMES ROAD TO INTERSECTION OF STONEY AVENUE, WASHINGTON STREET AND ETHERTON ROAD, WHILE ALLOWING TRAFFIC TO FREELY FLOW TO AND FROM THE BRONX PARKWAY ALONG PARKWAY HOMES ROAD AND MARITON MARITON ROAD ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.

UH, RAIN DATE DECEMBER 3RD FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

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OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, NORTH HORIZON.

RESOLUTION

[ CL 2 - 11/20/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing closing Edgemont Road, from Round Hill Road to the Triangle at Edgemont Place, on Sunday, December 3, 2023, from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Tree Lighting at Crane’s Pond]

CLOSING OF EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ROUND HILL ROAD, UH, TO THE TRIANGLE AT EDGEMONT PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3RD FROM 5:30 PM TO 7:30 PM FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

TELL THE TREE LIGHTING AT CRANE'S POND.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

[ CL 3 - 11/20/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing closing Edgemont Road, from Round Hill Road to the Triangle at Edgemont Place, on Thursday, December 7, 2023, from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Menorah Lighting at Crane’s Pond]

AUTHORIZED CLOSING OF EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ROUND HOLE ROAD TO THE TRIANGLE AT EDGEMONT PLACE.

UM, ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FROM FOURTH TO SIXTH FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO THE MANU LIGHTING AT CRANE POND.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING CLOSING EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ROUND HILL ROAD TO THE TRIANGLE AT EDGEMONT PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24TH FROM FOUR 30 TO 6:30 PM FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TOLD THAT CHRISTMAS TREE CAROLING AT CRANES POND.

[ CL 4 - 11/20/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing closing Edgemont Road, from Round Hill Road to the Triangle at Edgemont Place, on Sunday, December 24, 2023, from 4:30 PM until 6:30 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Christmas Eve Caroling at Crane’s Pond]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

RESOLUTION AND DYLAN GETS AN ASSIST ON THOSE LAST THREE.

RESOLUTION GRANTING A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF A PRIOR AMENDED SITE PLAN, APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION BY BMRR ASLEY PARK FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT FOUR TEN FOUR SIXTY SOMIL RIVER ROAD.

[ CD 1 - 11/20/2023 Resolution granting a one year extension of a prior amended site plan approval of an application by BMR Ardsley Park LLC, for property located at 410-460 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Ardsley, NY)]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN.

[ CD 2 - 11/20/2023 Resolution (1) declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency with respect to SEQRA for an action involving a Zoning Text Amendment related to a proposed Accessory Dwelling Unit Local Law; and (2) referring the Amendment to the Planning Board for a report and recommendation in accordance with the requirements of Section 285-64 of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance]

WE NEED TO HOLD THAT OVER 'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S AN ERROR IN THE RESOLUTION.

UM, AND, UM, I, IN THE LOCAL ORDER RESOLUTION

[ CO 1 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2023 budget transfers]

AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023, BUDGET TRANSFERS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE TWO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

[ PO 1 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to purchase two Emergency Medical Services Ambulances]

AMBULANCES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO, UH, TO BID FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BE USED IN 2024.

[ PO 2 - 11/20/2023 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to go to bid for medical supplies to be used in 2024 ]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE, READ, ADJOURN SECOND.