Dec 13, 2023 Town Board- Regular

AND, UM, NOW, UM, UM, BEFORE, UH, THE, UM, UH, INTERIM, UH, TOWN CLERK, UM, UH, DOES THE ROLL CALL, UH, WE HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN.

THIS IS, UH, SO YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND AND YOU COULD SAY, AYE.

LEWIS BELTRAN.

LEWIS BELTRAN, UM, SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL, UM, ASSUME THE DUTIES THAT I WILL ASSUME THE DUTIES, UH, INTERIM TOWN CLERK FOR TONIGHT'S, I'M INTERIM TOWN CLERKS FOR TONIGHT'S, AND I'M DE AND, UH, AND YOU'LL ASSUME THE DUTIES OF, UH, UH, DURING THE TOWN BOARD MEETING AND ASSUME THE, UH, DUTIES TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE COUNTY OF WESTERN STEWART.

TOWN OF GREENBURG.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

IF ANYBODY CRITICIZES US, UH, DOESN'T NEVERMIND.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE, UH, SLIP SHEETS FOR THE BUDGET NOW, RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

UH, IT'S OUR HONOR.

UH, WE'RE JUST TAKING DO ONE ITEM OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE, UM, ROLL CALL.

THE DUST TEACHER IN THE UNITED STATES.

CALLED TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.

SO WE HAVE ONE ALSO WALKING IN THE BUILDING TOO.

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN.

GINA JACKSON, PRESENT.

COUNCIL COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEHAN, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DKO, PRESENT.

GREAT.

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WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE THE BEST SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER IN NEW YORK STATE IN THIS ROOM.

SO, SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN SOCIAL STUDIES, THEY SHOULD GO TO MOVE TO, UH, UH, HARTSDALE, UH, OR FAIRVIEW.

AND, UM, AND TRY, UH, TAKING A CLASS THAT MANDEL, UH, HOLLAND, UH, YOU KNOW, TEACHES.

UM, MANDEL HOLLAND

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IS AN ESTEEMED EDUCATOR.

HE'S BEEN A VERY DEDICATED, UM, TEACHER AT WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE WAS HONORED AS A 200 2023 NEW YORK STATE HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR THROUGH THE PRESTIGIOUS GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

UM, I'M JEALOUS, BY THE WAY, AS YOU SHOULD .

UH, WE'RE, UH, MANDEL HOLLAND HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT, PASSION FOR EDUCATING YOUNG MINDS.

HE'S USED HIS CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS THAT HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON THE STUDENTS OF WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

UM, OUR COMMUNITY EXPRESSES OUR PROFOUND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR TIRELESS DEDICATION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS OF NUMEROUS, UH, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS.

AND, UM, WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE INFLUENCE AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE.

UM, YOU JUST HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE MAJOR IMPACT YOU'VE, YOU'VE HAD ON MANY, MANY LIVES.

YOU WERE NOMINATED, UH, BY, FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD BY, YOU KNOW, A STUDENT, UM, WHO BASICALLY WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR HIM, THAT HE ON HIS OWN NOMINATED YOU FOR THIS AWARD.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE IF I WOULD BE ON IT, I'D HAVE TO WRITE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR MYSELF, .

UM, SO, UM, TRUE BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WOULD DO IT FOR, BUT, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, NOMINATED YOU.

SO I REALLY, UM, REALLY AM IN AWE.

AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE THE TOWN BOARD.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST UNANIMOUS VOTE WE'VE HAD ALL YEAR.

UH, THE TOWN BOARD.

WE TRUE, WE DECLARED TODAY 13TH, UH, DECEMBER 13TH AS MANDEL HOLLAND.

AND, UM, AND WE REALLY, UM, WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER IN THE BACK, SO IF YOU EVER GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU'LL BE ARRESTED.

SO, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

YOU WANT SPEAK OVER, TAKE A PICTURE.

SO, SIR, CAN WE GET A PICTURE OF THE, OF WOOD? AND I, I COULD SAY ON THE RECORD, I HOPE IT'S BEING RECORDED, THAT SHE WOULD, SHE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH ME, BUT SHE WAS YOUNGER THAN ME.

SHE WAS MUCH YOUNGER THAN ME, AND I PRETTY MUCH KEPT HER OUT OF TROUBLE, SO.

AWESOME.

IS IT TRUE YOU'RE GOING TO ADMINISTER A 10 QUESTION HISTORY TEST OF THE SUPERVISOR? ? NO, NOT TODAY.

NOT AMANDA HOLIDAY.

ACTUALLY, UH, YOU COULD ASK ME ANYTHING.

I HAVE MY CHAT, .

WOW, THIS IS GREAT.

OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU.

THIS IS, UH, THIS WAS UNEXPECTED.

UM, UH, THE, THE STUDENT, I, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STUDENT WHO NOMINATED ME FOR THIS AWARD.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIS MOM, LIKE NOT 10 MINUTES AGO.

WOW.

AND, UM, AND I, I RECALLED THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER ASKING HER WHETHER HE WAS ENJOYING THE CLASS, BECAUSE HE HADN'T SAID FIVE WORDS TO ME.

SO I, I WASN'T SURE.

I WAS LIKE, WELL, IS HE GETTING IT? I MEAN, I KNEW HE WAS OKAY 'CAUSE HE'S, HE'S POUNDING AROUND WITH HIS FRIENDS, BUT HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO ME.

AND HIS MOM SAID, NO, HE REALLY LIKES YOUR CLASS.

THAT'S JUST HOW HE IS.

AND I THINK I HAD FIVE SENTENCES WITH THIS KID IN, IN, IN TWO YEARS WHEN I TAUGHT HIM.

OH, WOW.

BUT, UH, SO I WAS FLOWN AWAY WHEN, WHEN THIS CAME DOWN TO PIKE.

UM, SO YOU HAVE TO SEND IN SOME STUFF FOR IT.

AND I ALMOST DIDN'T DO IT.

AND THE PRINCIPAL, MATT SMITH, SAID, NO, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

SO, UM, THIS IS ALL KIND OF UNEXPECTED.

UM, UH, PEOPLE ASK ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE KEY TO THIS? I HAVE NO IDEA.

EXCEPT FOR YOU HAVE TO LOVE YOUR

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KIDS BECAUSE THIS JOB IS WAY TOO HARD TO DO.

WELL IF YOU DON'T LOVE THE KIDS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, SO, SO, UH, I WANT TO, UH, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER'S HERE.

MY, MY, MY UNION PRESIDENT'S HERE, JAMES BELL, MY FRATERNITY BROTHER, AND THE MAN WHO BROUGHT ME TO THIS DISTRICT, SAM WASHINGTON'S THE ONE, HE'S THE ONE WHO LITERALLY WALKED MY RESUME INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND SAID, THIS IS THE GUY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, ETHEL WILLIAMS, WHO HELPED ME BE THE SECOND MOTHER TO MY KID WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL TOGETHER.

GOING TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR KID.

THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S A THING.

UH, AND LORI LUONGO, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR 40 YEARS, UM, JUST LIKE I'VE KNOWN GINA.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD.

HE SAID HE KNEW ME FOR 40 YEARS.

I'M NOT 40 , BUT I I, I DO HAVE TO, I WOULD BE REMISS MANDELA IF I JUST DIDN'T SAY THIS.

THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WAS ALL A TESTAMENT OF WHO YOU HAVE BEEN SINCE WE'VE GREW UP TOGETHER.

AND YOUR PASSION IN WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN TO, NOT ONLY TO ME AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO ALL OUR FRIENDS.

WE HAVE THE NEW ELECTED, UM, TOWN CLERK WHO'S A PART OF WOODLANDS AS WELL, AND THE WOODLANDS FAMILY.

AND IT JUST SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE TESTAMENT THAT THE YOUNG WOMAN OR YOUNG MAN, YOUNG MAN, YOUNG MAN, DIDN'T SAY FIVE WORDS, BUT THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAD ON HIM.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S AMAZING.

GO TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

SO I AM, YOU KNOW, I'M SO OVERJOYED, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS JUST, IS SUCH TRUE TESTAMENT TO TRULY WHO YOU WERE, WHO YOU ARE, WHO YOU HAVE BEEN.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, YOU SO MUCH.

WOODLANDS.

ALRIGHT, GO BACK SCHOOL.

AND HE BABYSITTED FOR YOU RIGHT WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? UH, I DON'T, I WOULDN'T SAY HE'S THAT OLD , BUT, BUT IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY A FAMILY.

IT'S GREAT.

UH, GOOD.

NEXT, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS IS GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, HER, HER, UH, UH, TRIP TO, UH, ISRAEL WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.

JUST WAIT A MOMENT, JUST GIVE US A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE ROOM CLEARS OUT STUFF.

ALRIGHT.

I WAS GONNA DO A WOODLANDS ROLL CALL 'CAUSE IT WAS JUST SO , SO EXCITED.

87.

THAT'S GREAT, ELLEN.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

SO, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL HAD ASKED THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO, UM, TO BE THE, TO BE THE LEAD ELECTED OFFICIAL IN A TRIP TO ISRAEL AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO, A NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE INVITED TO ATTEND.

AND I WAS HONORED TO BE AMONG THEM WHO KNEW THAT OCTOBER 7TH WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.

IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOUR, IT WAS GOING TO BE EDUCATIONAL.

UM, IT TURNED INTO A SUPPORT MISSION.

BUT LET ME FIRST SET THE GROUNDWORK OVER THANKSGIVING.

I WAS VISITING MY COUSIN AND HIS 100 AND 1-YEAR-OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW, WHO SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ AND THE DEATH MARCH.

AND SHE WAS, IF SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WHO SCARLETT O'HARA IS, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, THE MOVIE GONE WITH THE WIND.

SHE WAS ALWAYS SAYING, I'LL WORRY ABOUT IT TOMORROW.

YOU KNOW, AND SHE SOLDIER HER ON THROUGH.

AND, AND LILY, LILY REMINDED ME OF HER BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS DID.

I REMEMBER PREPARING A PASSOVER DINNER WITH HER AND HER TELLING ME ABOUT THE MARCH IN A SLEEVELESS SUMMER DRESS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER WITH NO UNDERWEAR.

IT WAS COLD, BUT SHE SURVIVED.

SHE SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT THERE, BECAUSE I SPOKE SEVERAL LANGUAGES, THEY, THEY GAVE, LET ME TAKE A SHOWER AND GAVE ME SOME CLOTHES TO WEAR.

WELL, WHEN I SAW HER THIS THANKSGIVING, SHE PULLED ME ASIDE AND SHE SAID, ARE YOU, I YOU'RE GOING TO ISRAEL? AND I SAID, YES.

AND THE TEAR ROLLED DOWN HER CHEEK.

THIS WAS SO UNLIKE WILLIE.

AND SHE SAID TO ME, ARE YOU GOING TO YAD BACHA, WHICH IS THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN ISRAEL? AND I SAID, YES.

SHE SAID,

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I WAS THERE WHEN THEY LED FOUR AND 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AND PILED THEM INTO BOXCAR TO GO TO THE OVENS.

AND BY NOW, THE TWO OF US HAD TEARS ROLLING DOWN OUR CHEEKS.

I LEFT TWO DAYS LATER FOR ISRAEL THE FIRST DAY WE VISITED FAR ASA ONE OF THE WORST HITS, HIT KIBBUTZ IN ISRAEL, RIGHT NEAR THE BORDER OF GAZA.

NOW, THAT AREA, THE, THE SETTLEMENTS WERE OF THE VERY LEFT PEACE PEACENIKS.

THEY, THEY CALLED THEMSELVES AND THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE PALESTINIANS.

THEY WERE, THEY, THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT TWO STATE SOLUTION, AS MOST ISRAELIS ARE.

AND YET THEY WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED THEIR CHILDREN HERE.

AND I'VE ALREADY SAID THINGS THAT MAYBE WERE HARD FOR YOU TO HEAR, SO I APOLOGIZE.

THERE WERE CHILDREN THERE.

THE HORROR OF THAT VISIT AND SEEING THE HATE BEHIND IT WAS LIFE CHANGING FOR ME.

THERE WERE OTHER THINGS.

WE MET PARENTS OF HOSTAGES.

WE SAW THE SPIRIT OF THE ISRAELIS AND HOW THEY RALLIED TO HELP THE SOLDIERS.

THEY, THEY HAD DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND THEY PUT TOGETHER BABY FORMULA AND, AND THINGS FOR THE 250 OR 300,000 ISRAELIS WHO HAD TO EVACUATE, UH, FOUND HOMES FOR THEM, FOUND COUNSELING FOR THEM, UH, THE HOSTAGE PARENTS.

I I, I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MY HEART BREAKS FOR THEM.

AND MIND YOU, MY HEART BREAKS.

AND EVERY ONE OF THE ISRAELIS I SPOKE TO, THEIR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, NOT ONLY FOR THE, THE ISRAELI WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG MEN AND OLD MEN AND WOMEN, BUT FOR THE PALESTINIANS, BECAUSE HAMAS HOLDS THEM HOSTAGE TOO.

AND I CAME BACK, THERE WERE OTHER EXPERIENCES.

I CAME BACK, I ARRIVED ON THURSDAY MORNING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THURSDAY EVENING I WENT TO A MEETING AND WE STOOD UP TO SAY THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.

MY HEART WAS BREAKING.

I, I COULD BARELY GET THE WORDS OUT BECAUSE I LOVE MY COUNTRY.

AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH, HOW LUCKY WE ARE IN THIS DEMOCRACY, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO PRESERVE IT.

AND I THOUGHT OF THE ISRAELIS TOO, AND THE SPIRIT AND THE PASSION, AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY, BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THEY FEEL, FEEL SAFE AND FEEL AT HOME.

AND YET EVERY DAY THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ROCKETS.

I WAS THERE DURING A CEASEFIRE, AND WHEN WE VISITED THE KIBBUTZ NEAR GAZA, WE HEARD THIS BANG.

AND WE FELT THE REPERCUSSION.

AND IT WAS A ROCKET FIRE FROM GAZA.

IT WAS INTERCEPTED BY THE IRON DOME.

AND WE LEARNED THINGS LIKE THE 9,000 ROCKETS IN THE LAST YEAR THAT HAMAS, HAMAS HAD LAUNCHED, THAT WOULD'VE KILLED 35 TO 40,000 ISRAELIS.

HAMAS WANTS TO DESTROY ISRAEL.

THAT'S THEIR ONLY GOAL.

AND THEY'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE PALESTINIAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

HOW HORRIBLE IS THAT? SO I, I SHARED SOME, THERE'S MORE, AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT TO ME IF THEY WANT TO HEAR MORE.

BUT I HOPE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THE MEDIA HAS, HAS PRESENTED A STORY.

WE SEE THE HORROR THAT IS GAZA, AND THERE'S NO CLEAR ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN THEY BROKE A CEASEFIRE FROM 2006? HOW DO YOU RESPOND? HOW DO YOU LET THEM DO WHAT HAPPENED? BUT HOW DO YOU NOT HURT THESE INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND MEN? AND THERE'S JUST IS NO REAL ANSWER.

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AND I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE, THE MEDIA HAS PORTRAYED, UM, THINGS THAT AREN'T QUITE ACCURATE.

LIKE ISRAELIS DEPRIVING GAZA OF WATER AND POWER.

AND YET, ISRAEL SUPPLIES ONLY 12% OF THE WATER, NATIVE PERCENT OF THE, THE, THE POWER WHICH IS DIVERTED.

ALL OF IT THAT THEY DO GET IS DIVERTED BY HAMAS FOR THEIR TUNNELS AND, AND, AND TO KEEP THEIR SOLDIERS IN GOOD SHAPE.

SO THIS IS A TERRORIST GROUP.

UM, IT'S VERY HARD TO CONSIDER CEASEFIRE WHEN THEY ARE STILL HOLDING 150 HOSTAGES.

BUT WE CAN ONLY PRAY.

WE PRAY, WE PRAY AND HOPE FOR THE ISRAELIS AND FOR THE PALESTINIANS, AND THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN COME OUT OF THIS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANNA TALK TO ME SOME MORE, I'M HERE AT EHENDRIX@GREENBERGNY.COM.

JUST WRITE TO ME.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

WE ALSO, UH, TONIGHT ARE RECOGNIZING, UM, BERNARDO LUCIANO, THE OWNER OF CENTRAL TURF AND IRRIGATION SUPPLY, HEADQUARTERED IN ELMSFORD FOR THE SECOND YEAR, UM, IN A ROW.

UH, BECAUSE HE AND HIS, UM, COMPANY, UH, HIS DAUGHTER AMILIA, UH, CILLO, UM, AND OVER 40 STAFF MEMBERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY DONATED 1000 MEALS THAT, THAT 1000 MEALS, UM, TO THOSE MOST IN NEED ON THANKSGIVING DAY.

UH, THE LOCATION AS IT WAS A YEAR AGO WAS, UH, THE GREENBERG, UM, UM, HEALTH CENTER, UM, ON NORWOOD ROAD.

AND, UM, UH, THEY ORGANIZED AN AMAZING, UM, EFFORT WHERE, UM, THEY FED PEOPLE AND WENT VERY, VERY SMOOTHLY.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHO HELPED OUT TO MAKE THIS GIANT UNDERTAKING SUCCESSFUL.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATED, BUT ALSO LIKE TO THANK DEC, CHICO AND SUNS THE DELI.

THEY PREPARE THE MEALS, THEY DONATED DESSERTS, DRINKS, AND FRUIT.

UM, GUESTS WERE WELCOMED BY A BALLOON ARCH FROM AMY BAUER OF CHASING DREAMS AND DECORATIONS AND CARDS.

UM, WERE MADE BY, UM, UH, STUDENTS AT THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE YMCA, UM, TEENS AND ARDSLEY GIRL SCOUT TROOP 2, 9, 3 7.

THEY SPENT HOURS THAT DAY HANGING UP ART.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO LUCKY BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, EMPLOYEES IN THE TOWN WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME, UM, WITHOUT RECOGNITION.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, UM, OUR POLICE LIEUTENANTS, UM, NEVER SAID TO THE TOWN BOARD, UH, OR NEVER SAID TO ME BEFORE, I'M GONNA VOLUNTEER.

UM, NICK REON, WHO WAS THE FORMER TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER, HE AND HIS CHILDREN DONATED THEIR TIME, UH, WITHOUT ANY RECOGNITION, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T BRAG ABOUT IT, THEY JUST DID IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HELP.

UM, AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS HOW LUCKY WE ARE BECAUSE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE TOWN, THEY'RE NOT JUST EMPLOYEES.

THEY REALLY ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING A GREAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A GREAT TOWN.

SO NICK REON IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THAT TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE, MY ASSISTANT, UM, KRISTA MATSON, UM, ALSO, UM, SPENT A LOT OF TIME ORGANIZING, UH, THE EVENT.

YOU KNOW, HAVING A THOUSAND MEALS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT GOES TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IS NO EASY, UM, A FEAT.

IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.

THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SKILLS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY SHE WAS FIGURING OUT HOW MANY TICKETS TO GIVE TO THIS CHURCH OR THAT CHURCH, OR THAT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID, UM, WHICH I THINK WAS REALLY GREAT, IS, UM, UH, SOME OF THE MEALS WERE GIVEN TO THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE STAYING IN WHITE PLAINS AND IN ARDSLEY, AND JUST SEEING, UM, THEIR FACES.

UM, UM, THEY WERE SO GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE, UM, FOR A DELICIOUS, YOU

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KNOW, MEAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, I SAW THEM COME OFF THE BUS AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK, UM, THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR, YOU KNOW, TREATING THE MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH, WITH RESPECT.

UM, KRISTA'S, UM, CHILDREN, UM, WHO ARE HERE IN THE FRONT ROW, UM, SECOND ROW, UH, ALSO, UM, HELPED OUT A LOT AND DONATED, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIME.

SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH, UM, YOU LIVE IN, UM, MOUNT PLEASANT IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, YOU REALLY, YOU SHOULD BE HONORARY GREENBERG RESIDENTS.

UM, BUT, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU.

SO I HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES.

I'LL JUST GO DOWN AND THEN PRESENT THE CERTIFICATES AND, UH, AND PROCLAMATION.

BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT, UH, MAKES GREENBERG SUCH A GREAT PLACE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE WHO GOES TO OUR MEETINGS PRACTICALLY AT EVERY MEETING, WE'RE ALWAYS RECOGNIZING, UM, STUDENTS.

WE'RE RECOGNIZING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO GIVE SO MUCH.

AND I REMEMBER BEFORE I LIVED IN GREENBURG WHEN I WAS IN LIKE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I SAID MY GOAL IN LIFE WAS TO MOVE TO GREENBURG.

AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCENERY, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE.

'CAUSE I FEEL AS, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THIS FROM SINCE I'VE BEEN LIKE 10 YEARS OLD OR, OR WHATEVER.

I FEEL THERE'S NO COMMUNITY ANYWHERE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AS SO TERRIFIC AS THEY ARE IN GREENBERG.

UM, SO, UM, THE FIRST PROCLAMATION GOES TO BERNARDO, LUCIANO AND HIS DAUGHTER CAM, UH, ILLA.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE, THANK YOU.

I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN AMAZING.

WE'VE GOTTEN SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY.

UM, AND THE, THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS IT TAKES ONE EMAIL AND KRISTA WOULD KNOW IT TAKES ONE EMAIL, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS IN MOTION.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY MOVES.

LIKE, IT'S, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

I'VE BEEN IN GREENBURG FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW, AND I'M NOT LEAVING ANYTIME SOON.

SO, , TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR COMPANY.

SO WE SELL IRRIGATION PRODUCTS, UM, OUTDOOR HARDSCAPES, UH, SO FERTILIZER, ICE MELT, SALT, ALL THAT STUFF.

ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

AND YOU LOCATED IN ELMSFORD? ELMSFORD, YEP.

WE'RE IN ELMSFORD RIGHT NEXT TO WENDY'S.

, YOU'LL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO BUILDINGS IN ELMSFORD.

ONE IS A WAREHOUSE AND ONE IS OUR CORPORATE OFFICE.

SO, YEAH.

GREAT.

SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WE VERY HAPPY TO DO THIS FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANNA HELP THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO BITE DINNER AT THANKSGIVING.

SO WE WILL BE, CONTINUE THIS AS LONG AS WE CAN.

WE, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU LET US DO IT BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, EVERYBODY THAT COULD USE IT NEED IT.

AND I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT YOU ALSO HAVE THE REPUTATION OF BEING ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK, UM, BECAUSE THEY TREAT NOT ONLY, UM, PEOPLE GREAT ON THANKSGIVING.

THIS IS A COMPANY THAT TREATS PEOPLE GREAT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR.

SO IF YOU WANNA WORK FOR A GREAT COMPANY WHEN THERE'S OPENINGS, THIS IS THE COMPANY.

UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE WAY YOU TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES IS THE WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SAYS SOMETHING GREAT ABOUT YOU.

SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND REALLY ROLE MODELS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

NOW I HAVE, THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR, FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.

THAT'S YOU GAVE HIM SOME WARMTH ON YEAH.

I'LL HOLIDAY.

LET ME, YEAH.

COULD JUST, UH, KAY WHITE, I'M JUST GONNA CALL NAMES.

GOOD.

PERFECT.

DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YOU DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, RIGHT? UM, ADEL WHITE.

OH, DID I? I, UM, ALESSIA SLO.

THAT'S MY GIRL.

SO WE HAVE ALESSIA JULIA, CHARLIE PEARLMAN, MADISON RESON.

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AND WE ALSO ARE REALLY LUCKY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME AMAZING GIRL SCOUTS HERE AND THEY'RE FUTURE LEADERS.

AND ANYONE WHO BASICALLY, UM, IS FAILING DOWN IN THE DUMPS BECAUSE YOU READ ALL THESE NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT, UH, THE WAY PEOPLE ARE IN THE WORLD.

IT'S REALLY, WHEN YOU SEE THE GIRL SCOUTS AND THE QUALITY OF OUR YOUTH IN THIS TOWN, YOU FEEL OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE THERE WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GIVING BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M GONNA CALL YOUR NAMES AND YOU COULD, UH, MAKE, UH, UP TO LIKE A HALF HOUR SPEECH EACH.

UM, EMMA DOYLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY WHY, UH, YOU FELT GOOD ABOUT DOING THIS? UM, 'CAUSE LIKE, I WANNA HELP LIKE PEOPLE OUT.

AND KAREN LI LI.

AND WHY DID YOU LIKE TO DO THIS? UM, I WANTED TO, YOU NEED TO BE CLOSER TO MICROPHONE.

OH, I WANTED TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AS WE DO.

AND HOW OLD ARE YOU? 11.

11.

AND LE LEY YET? OKAY.

UH, NOELLE DO MELO.

UM, UM, I WANTED TO HELP THE PEOPLE LIKE IN NEED KIND OF.

AND, UM, I WANTED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY WHEN, UM, THEY NEEDED IT MOST.

SIENNA NAPO ANO.

UM, THE REASON I WANT TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AS WE DO.

AND IT'S A GIFT THAT WE HAVE.

THE STUFF THAT WE DO HAVE THAT IS FANTASTIC.

IF I USE THAT QUOTE AND GET A PULITZER PRIZE, IT'S A SECRET THAT I LIFTED.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE PEOPLE.

UH, AVI GTA.

I'M SORRY.

I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

MADISON KIM? UH, MIA KING.

AND JOSEPHINE.

TINA, THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE PLACE THAT GAVE ME SO MUCH.

THIS IS WHERE I STARTED AND IT BUILT ME TO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

THAT'S WHY I WANNA HELP THIS PLACE SO MUCH.

LEMME GIVE YOU THE, UH, WE HAVE A FUTURE SUPERVISOR FOR SURE.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE JUST ONE VOTE OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, UM, AN APPOINTMENT TO MAKE OF, OF ASIA SPARKS AS AN ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, UH, 2024.

[ Appointment of Aisha Sparks, as Alternate, to the Planning Board, for a term to expire December 31, 2024]

AND, UM, UH, SINCE THE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS GO ON SO LONG, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO STAY HERE TOO LONG, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, APPOINT, UH, HER AS AN ASIA SPARKS AS ALTERNATE TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.

WE'LL, WE SEE WE TRIED.

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HE TRIED TO BE HE.

WE ALL SECONDED.

WE ALL SECONDED? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? IT'S CUSTOMARY TO KEEP IT UNDER 30 MINUTES.

MM-HMM.

FIRST I WANNA SAY ALL GLORY TO GOD WHO GUIDES MY STEPS.

AMEN.

UM, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN JONES.

COUNCILWOMAN FINER ALL OF THE, I MEAN, COUNCILMAN FINER, I MEAN, TOWN SUPERVISOR, FINER.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, ALL OF THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

I WANNA THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANNA THANK HUGH SCHWARTZ AND JOHANN SNAGS FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT IS PART OF THE ACCESSIBLE VIABLE LIVING COMMITTEE.

UM, WE ARE HEADED TO SET SOME GOOD TARGETS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE TOWN, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR CONFIDENCE IN ME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AND VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

AND I THANK YOU.

OH, ONE LAST THING.

THANK YOU TO MY HUSBAND AND MY CHILDREN, BECAUSE I HAVE TO DEDICATE SOME TIME FOR THIS, AND THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE, SO THANK YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

I JUST WANNA MENTION WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, TWO SWEARING IN CEREMONIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UM, LET'S SEE NEXT ON THE LIST, UM, WE, UM, YOU KNOW,

[ SCHOOL SWEARING IN CEREMONIES FOR NEWLY ELECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS]

UM, SEE LISA NIRO HERE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND, UM, LEWIS, EVEN THOUGH HE TOOK THE OATH AS INTERIM, HE'S NOT GETTING TOO COMFORTABLE.

SO, UM, UM, UH, SINCE HE'S ONLY, UH, HAS A JOB FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO.

UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HOPE YOU'LL HAVE A REALLY FANTASTIC, UH, 10 YEAR AS, UH, AS TOWN CLERK.

THANK.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON, UM, ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

UM, NEXT, UH,

[ To continue to consider the 2024 Preliminary Budget (Click the link to the left or at the top of the GreenburghNY.com homepage.) Click here to see "Slip sheets" to the budget (changes to the proposed budget after it was published in October. To be in compliance with N.Y. Town Law Section 108 deadlines, this will be the last public hearing on the 2024 budget.]

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK, UM, ROBERTA TO COME UP AND DISCUSS SOME, CAN YOU MOVE TO OPEN THE HEARING? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.

SECOND.

AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE THE, UH, REVISED, UH, SLIP SHEETS.

THEY'RE UP ON THE COUNTER UP HERE.

THEY'RE ALSO OUT FRONT AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE OUT FRONT NOW? YES.

OKAY, GOOD.

AND THEY'RE ALSO ONLINE IN THE CASE.

ANYONE'S ONLINE WATCHING, RIGHT? WELL, THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE WE PUT IT UP ONLINE, SO THIS IS, BUT I WILL SPELL OUT WHICH ONES ARE DIFFERENT, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST.

JUST DON'T, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEARCH TOO MUCH.

THERE'S A CHANGE IN, UH, BUILDING PERMIT FEES.

YEP.

ERIC, THANK YOU.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE I FUND.

JUST BRING THE MIC CLOSER TO YOU AND TELL US WHAT PAGE THAT'S ON, PLEASE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

IS THAT GOOD? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO START WITH THE I FUND, WHICH IS ON PAGE FIVE.

AND THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THE I FUND GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING THE ALLOCATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHEN I SAY THESE CHANGES.

SO THE CHANGES IN THE I FUND ARE AN ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSITION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

THERE ARE UPDATED, I FUND ALLOCATIONS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE I FUND.

THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THE NIGHT SHIP RATES, WHICH WE HAD TO INCORPORATE.

AND THERE WAS IN ADDITION TO THE WORKERS' COMP COMP RATE THAT WAS FACTORED INTO THAT.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO ALL THESE VARIOUS OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO PAGE ONE, STARTING WITH, IN THE BEGINNING IT'S, IT'S THE, AT THE TOWN COURT, AND THERE IS AN ADDITION TO THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR SALARY, AN INCREASE OF $10,000.

UM, THE UPDATED FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE I FUNDS, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT IT'S THE ALLOCATION, IF THAT'S OKAY, RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS.

THE NEXT CHANGE IS WITHIN THE SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET.

WE ARE TAKING OUT THE CONSULTING LINE OF $150,000 AND WE'RE MOVING IT TO THE CONTINGENCY LINE UNTIL IT'S

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WORKED OUT.

HOW, HOW THAT'S GONNA FLUSH OUT.

THE NEXT THING IS, IS THEY MOVE THE SUMMER INTERN LINE, THE 25,000, THEY MOVED IT TO THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WAS REDUCED TO 15,000.

THEN IT'S A BUNCH OF IPHONE ALLOCATIONS.

UM, THE TOWN, THIS TOWN CLERK, THAT'S THE END, THE 15,000 THAT'S COMING IN.

THE NEXT ONE IS IN THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S DEPARTMENT.

IT'S AN INCREASE FOR THE SALARY FOR A PARALEGAL OF 5,911.

THEN THEY ARE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY FOR $130,000.

THEN IT'S I FUND ALLOCATIONS.

WE GO DOWN CONTINGENCY, IT'S INCREASED BY THE 150,000 THAT CAME FROM THE SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET.

THEN THERE'S I FUND ALLOCATIONS.

AND THEN IN A 70 20, WHICH IS THE RECREATION ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, IT IS INCREASED FROM MINIMUM WAGE OF 4,165.

THEN IT'S AN I FUND ALLOCATION, THE NICE SHIP RATE INCREASE AND THE WORKERS' COMP INCREASE THAT GOES TO THE EIGHT FUND.

IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT ALL THE INSURANCE INSURANCES, UH, HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND THAT'S ALL REFLECTED IN HERE? YES.

THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED IN HERE.

SO NOW WE GO TO THE BEEF ON, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF UPDATED ALL IPHONE ALLOCATION.

THE INSURANCE EXPENSE IS UPDATED FOR THE PREMIUM.

THAT'S ON PAGE TWO.

I'M JUST GOING DOWN NOW.

NEXT THING IS, IS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE'VE GOT A SALARY INCREASE FOR THE BUILDING INSPECTOR OF $15,723.

WE'VE GOT A STIPEND INCREASE FOR THE DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR OF 24,142.

WE'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL OFFICE ASSISTANT THAT WAS REQUESTED OF 54,651 AND $20,000 TO COMPLETE THE PERMIT SCANNING PROJECT.

THEN IT'S A BUNCH OF IPHONE ALLOCATIONS IN RECREATION ADMIN PART-TIME SEASONAL HAS INCREASED BY $15,000.

THE NIGHT SHIP INCREASE, THE WORKERS' COMP INCREASE.

AND THEN THE TRANSFER TO THE D FRONT IN THE L PHONE IS BASICALLY JUST FUNDING THOSE, THOSE FUNDS.

NOW WE'RE GONNA, OH, SO THEN THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE IS NOW CHANGED BY 110,696.

THE USE OF IT, AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS ONLINE.

YOU'VE GOT THE BUILDING PERMITS WE'RE INCREASING FOR 2.2 0.5 MILLION.

AND THEN THE, UM, OH, I DIDN'T WRITE, UH, SORRY.

IT WAS, UM, OTHER BUILDING PERMITS.

I FORGET WHICH LINES THEY WERE.

WAIT, BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND.

I CAN TELL YOU.

UM, NO, IT'S NOT HERE.

SORRY.

IT IS 60.

IT'S PLUMBING PERMITS AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS PERMITS, WHICH ARE EACH REDUCED BY, WHERE AM I $75,000.

SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES FROM WHAT WAS ONLINE.

OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME AS WHAT WAS ONLINE.

NOW WE CONTINUE ON, WELL BEFORE YOU GO ON THE LINE, UM, B 36 20, UH, IT SAYS STIPEND INCREASE FOR THE DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR.

WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GONNA BE A STIPEND OR BUILT INTO A TITLE OF DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR.

SO THAT STILL HAS TO BE WORKED OUT.

SO MAYBE IN THE INTERIM, WE JUST TAKE OUT THE WORD STIPEND AND IT'S AN INCREASE OF ONE, ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

AND THIS IS THE NUTRITION AND IT'S THE FUND ALLOCATION, THE NICE SHIP INCREASE AND THE WORKERS' COMP INCREASE CONTINUE DOWN TO HIGHWAY.

UM, OKAY, SO THAT WAS THE B FUND.

MM-HMM.

I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT.

SO NOW WE CONTINUE ON TO THE RISK RETENTION FUND, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE WORKERS' COMP FUND THAT GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

UM, IN THE TOWN ENTIRE, IT WAS INCREASED BY 67,000 IN TOWN OUTSIDE, 293,000 SEWER 3000 HIGHWAY 27,000 NUTRITION INCREASED BY 3000, BROOK BY A THOUSAND WATER DEPARTMENT, 20,000, THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, 31,000 AND THE LIBRARY BY 16,000.

AND WE CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.

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IT'S THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE INSURANCE PREMIUM, THE AL THE IPHONE ALLOCATION, THE NIGHT SHIP RATE INCREASE, AND THE WORKERS' COMP INCREASE WATER.

IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THINGS.

IT'S THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE PREMIUM, THE NIGHT SHIP, THE WORKERS' COMP AND THE ALLOCATION.

AND THEN THE G FUND THEIR CHANGES BECAUSE F THE F FUND FUNDS THE G FUND.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LINE IS.

THEN WE CONTINUE ON, IT'S THE UPDATED PREMIUM, THE WORKERS' COMP RATE, THE I FUND, WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE LIBRARY FUND.

IT'S THE UPDATED PREMIUM, THE I FUND ALLOCATION, THE NIGHT SHIP RATE INCREASE AND THE WORKER'S COMP INCREASE.

AND THEN WE GO DOWN TO THE LAST PAGE, WHICH IS THE SEWER DISTRICT.

SAME THING, THE UPDATED PREMIUM, THE ALLOCATION, THE NIGHT SHIFT, AND THE WORKERS' COMP RATE.

AND THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES.

GOOD.

I, I HAVE SOMETHING I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE, UH, FOR THE RECORD TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THREE FIVE VOTES ON THE TOWN BOARD.

AND ANY DECISION THE TOWN BOARD MAKES ON THE BUDGET REQUIRES, UH, THREE VOTES.

WHILE I AGREE WITH, UH, MANY ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET AND INTEND TO VOTE FOR THE BUDGET ON, ON MONDAY, UH, THERE ARE, UM, CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH THESE, UH, UH, PROPOSALS.

UM, I AGREE WITH THE TOWN BOARD THAT SOME SUPERVISORY SALARY LEVELS ARE NOT IN, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE AND COULD BE CHANGED.

UM, THEY'RE OUT OF LINE WITH SIMILAR POSITIONS WITHIN OTHER WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES.

BUT I ALSO FEEL VERY, VERY STRONGLY THAT PRIOR TO INCREASING SALARIES, WE NEED TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF MODEL, WHICH IS EQUITABLE TO ALL.

WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP SUCH A MODEL, WHICH COULD CONSIDER FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OPERATING IN CAPITAL BUDGET SIZE, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND TENURE AT THAT POSITION.

IN ADDITION, CONSIDERATION CAN BE GIVEN TO THE QUALITY OF WORK AND LEVEL OF COST SAVINGS, INNOVATIONS AND STAFF FUNCTIONING.

UNTIL THIS OCCURS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH, UM, SALARY INCREASES UNLESS WE HAVE SOME MODEL TO JUSTIFY OUR ACTIONS.

AND I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST ALL THE SALARY INCREASE PROPOSALS OTHER THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, COST OF LIVING.

UH, AND THE TIMING FOR ANY SALARY INCREASES, UH, FOR, UM, SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT, UM, AND STAFF IS A SENSITIVE SUBJECT AS A TOWN BOARD NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF INCREASING THESE SALARIES SOME DRAMATICALLY JUST PRIOR TO NEGOTIATING UPCOMING UNION CONTRACTS.

IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME TO GIVE MAJOR INCREASES TO SOME EMPLOYEES WHEN WE'RE STILL BARGAINING, UH, FOR CONTRACTS BECAUSE THE UNIONS ARE GONNA FA BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS WHEN I WAS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR, I'VE SEEN THIS, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME ELECTED OFFICIALS START GIVING SALARY INCREASES, EVERYONE IN THE UNION'S GONNA SAY, IF AN EMPLOYEE COULD GET $15,000 OR 20 OR 30,000 MORE, WHY SHOULDN'T THEY BE ABLE TO GET IT? SO I THINK IT'S GONNA MESS UP OUR, UM, UH, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS SINCE THE BOARD HAS MADE IT KNOWN THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO GIVING SOME EMPLOYEES INCREASES.

OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE APPROACHED ME ALSO ASKING FOR INCREASES.

SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THAT ONCE YOU OPEN THE DOOR, AND IF IT'S NOT A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCESS AND YOU'RE GIVING IT TO YOUR FRIENDS OR JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, UM, BASICALLY IT SETS, UH, IT SETS A PRECEDENT AND IT CREATES MAJOR, MAJOR MORALE PROBLEMS AMONG EMPLOYEES ALL OVER THE TOWN.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF INTERESTING BECAUSE, UH, WHEN WE HAD DEPARTMENT, UH, MEETINGS, WHEN WE HAD BUDGET, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS EARLIER, IT WAS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, PUBLIC WORKS, THE ENGINEERS, UM, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN'T, UM, HIRE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SALARY LEVELS.

BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU JUST HEARD, IT INCLUDES SALARY INCREASES FOR MANAGEMENT, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SALARY INCREASES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MONTHS AGO, THE ENGINEERS IN THE TOWN THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED, UH, UH, IN THE, IN THE AMENDMENTS,

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THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE SLIP SHEETS WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING, UH, INSPECTOR AND THE DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR.

ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE ASSISTANCE? YOU KNOW, THE RANK AND FILE? NO, THOSE, THOSE ARE NEGOTIATED POSITIONS THOUGH, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE.

SO IF WE WANT TO INCREASE THE SALARIES, SALARIES, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY NEED BECAUSE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE ENGINEER'S OFFICE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T HIRE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN'T FIND PEOPLE AT THOSE SALARIES THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITY FIRST BEFORE WE GIVE THE HIGHER LEVEL PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, SALARIES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS POSITION AND MAY BE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE NEEDED.

BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ARE WE, IT USED TO BE THAT THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS HAD THE JOB.

SO YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE, COMMISSIONER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS.

NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMISSIONER, A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, AND A SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS.

YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS, UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT EDGEMONT IS CONSIDERING BREAKING AWAY AND INCORPORATING, UM, THE GOVERNOR RIGHT NOW HAS ON HER DESK, UH, PROPOSED LEGISLATION DEALING WITH INCORPORATION.

UM, NOW IF EDGEMONT DOES BREAK AWAY, IT'S GONNA HAVE A MAJOR, MAJOR IMPACT ON UNINCORPORATED, YOU KNOW, GREENBERG ON EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE TOWN.

WE AN I ANTICIPATE, UH, BASED ON MY ANALYSIS AND INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS, THAT THE TOWN WILL LOSE A MINIMUM OF $8 MILLION A YEAR IN, UM, IN REVENUE IF MONT, YOU KNOW, BREAKS AWAY.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S FISCALLY PRUDENT FOR THE TOWN TO INCREASE SALARIES OVER THE, THE MANAGEMENT TO INCREASE STAFF WHEN WE MAY HAVE A SHORTFALL OF $8 MILLION A YEAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BECAUSE IF THEY FILE A PETITION AND IT'S ACCURATE, YOU COULD HAVE INCORPORATION HAPPEN IN 2000 AND, UM, AND 20, UM, 24.

UM, SO WE COULD BASICALLY BE IN A CRISIS SITUATION, UM, IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

AND I FEEL THAT EVERY TIME WE'RE ADDING AND ADDING AND ADDING, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A DIFF POTENTIAL DIFFICULTIES, I THINK WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TO WAIT, UM, UM, BE BECAUSE THERE COULD BE DRASTIC, UH, STAFF CUTTING, YOU KNOW, MEASURES.

AND I WANT TO, UH, IF THEY DO, GOD FORBID, BREAK AWAY, I WANT TO HAVE THE EASIEST AND SMOOTHEST TRANSITION.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT THE TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE YEARS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST TODAY LEARNED THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UH, FEES ARE GONNA GO UP BY 8 MILLION, OVER $8 MILLION IN 2024.

UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE NOTHING.

UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD, BUT NOW IT'S MORE THAN EIGHT, $8 MILLION.

WE'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS HAVE THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE NOW FROM REGENERON AND FROM OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES.

I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBABLY TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS OF A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE, BUT THEN IT'S GONNA DRY UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY LIKE REGENERON DOING MASSIVE, YOU KNOW, REBUILDING AROUND THE TOWN.

AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I THINK, UH, AND ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS IS WE BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE LIVING ON, UM, ON REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THESE ONE SHOTS.

UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO WORK HARD TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE SALARY INCREASES.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ALL THE ADDITIONAL STAFF BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE THAT MONEY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M DEFINITELY OPEN-MINDED.

IF I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY URGE THE BOARD TO REJECT ALL THE INCREASES, TO REJECT ALL THE NEW POSITIONS, WE COULD PUT IT IN CONTINGENCY.

WE COULD THINK IT OUT CLEARLY AND, YOU KNOW, DO IT RESPONSIBLY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP AN OPEN MIND, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT IF WE, IF THE PROCESS WAS BETTER, WE COULD DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE TOWN LONG TERM.

AND THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I I

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CAN'T SETTLE THROUGH ALL THAT WITHOUT COMMENTING.

SUPERVISOR FINER, DID YOU PUT INTO YOUR BUDGET $150,000 TO HELP YOU BE A SUPERVISOR IN A NEW POSITION? $150,000? YES.

YOU DID.

DID YOU INCREASE THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM BY 50% IN YOUR BUDGET? YES.

YOU DID.

SO WHEN YOU SAY WE SHOULDN'T ADD NEW POSITIONS, YOU PROPOSED ONE NOW? YES, WE MOVED THAT TO HAVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION LATER ON BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THAT PERSON IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF A SUPERVISOR.

WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT SIZING SOME OF THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU SAY WE SHOULD HAVE A MODEL.

YOU'VE BEEN A SUPERVISOR FOR 30 YEARS.

YOU COULD HAVE DEVELOPED THAT MODEL ANYTIME ALONG THOSE 30 YEARS.

WE ARE IN A CRISIS MODE WITH OUR STAFF.

WE ARE LOSING STAFF, THEY'RE BEING POACHED.

AND SOME, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE POACHED.

THEY JUST WANT TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT MAKES NO SENSE TO STAY HERE WHERE THE TOP SALARY IS, THE BOTTOM SALARY, WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING.

SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND YOU CAN DO ALL THE STUDIES YOU WANT, BUT YOU HAD 30 YEARS TO DO THAT STUDY.

YOU HAD 30 YEARS TO MAKE IT SO THAT THE SALARIES THAT WE ARE PAYING, SOME OF OUR PEOPLE ARE SO OUT OF WHACK THAT WE ARE IN SERIOUS, SERIOUS, UH, UH, UH, RISK OF LOSING OUR ENTIRE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE DETAILS HERE, BUT THE ENTIRE E UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, NOW YOU SAY, WHY DIDN'T WE PUT MONEY IN FOR THAT? THEY'RE UNION POSITIONS.

THEY HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, I GOT A GOTCHA HERE.

YOU'RE DOING ADMINISTRATORS, WE INTEND TO RIGHTSIZE THESE OTHER POSITIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE IF WE LOSE OUR PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO COST EVEN MORE THE SALARY WE HAVE TO PUT OUT IN ORDER TO ATTRACT OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OR WHEREVER WHERE THEY'RE MAKING MORE MONEY OR HIGHER CONSULTANTS OR HIGHER CONSULTANTS, WHICH COST EVEN MORE.

SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF REGARDING HOW, KNOWING THESE ARE ONE SHOTS TERM THAT I KEEP USING.

THESE ARE ONE SHOTS FROM REGENERON.

HOW CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE THE WORKLOAD, WHICH CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH EXISTING STAFF SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE? AND THEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN, WHICH WE ALL, ALL FIVE SAID, WOW, THAT REALLY SOUNDS TERRIFIC.

NOW WE HAVE TO FLUSH IT OUT AND WE HAVE TO DO MORE WORK ABOUT DOING IT.

BUT THERE IS A COST TO DOING THAT.

BUT YOU GET IT BACK IN EFFICIENCIES AND BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE WORKLOAD BETTER.

FOR EXAMPLE, ANYBODY WHO HAS BUILT A HOUSE OR HAD ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION DONE ON YOUR HOUSE KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE TO GO TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING.

YOU MIGHT NEED A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT.

YOU GOTTA GO OVER TO ENGINEERING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET A STREET OPENING PERMIT.

WE MAY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE INSPECTORS GOING OUT AND DOING LITTLE PIECES.

SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THAT ONE INSPECTOR CAN GO OUT AND DO MULTIPLE JOBS BECAUSE THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO DO THIS AS BUILDING INSPECTORS RATHER THAN HAVE ONE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, A VERY SPECIALIZED PERSON GOING OUT LOOKING ONLY AT THIS.

THEY CAN SEE THE OTHER ISSUES, BUT THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE TOO.

WHO PROPOSED THAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHO PROPOSED THAT? OR STAN WHO PROPOSED THAT? OKAY, .

SO THAT IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'RE LIAISONS TO THESE DEPARTMENTS BRING TO THE TABLE, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR INTERESTS, WHO WHEN YOU CALL, THEY RESPOND.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT HOW THEIR SANITATION IS PICKED UP.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE DPW, WE HAVE PARKS, ALL THE ALL, UH, I'M GONNA LEAVE OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEPARTMENTS, BUT THEY'RE ALL, WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE REALLY TOP NOTCH DEPARTMENTS AND MANAGEMENT, THE MANAGEMENT CAN'T KEEP EMPLOYEES.

MANAGEMENT IS USELESS UNLESS WE HAVE

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THE STAFF TO DO THE WORK.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

AND WE COULD KEEP SAYING, NO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PUT MONEY TOWARDS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

LET'S NOT PAY STAFF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DETERMINED.

BUT SOME OF US ON THIS BOARD THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, CORRECTED.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HR ISSUES, SERIOUS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.

YOU KNOW, SO MANY DEMANDS ON HR, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO IT'S EASY TO SAY, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE BUDGET THAT DOES, THE BUDGET DOESN'T WORK WELL THAT WAY.

YOU EITHER VOTE THE BUDGET UP OR YOU VOTE THE BUDGET DOWN.

AND THE SUPERVISOR HAS MADE HIS POSITION VERY CLEAR THAT HE DOESN'T SUPPORT SOME OF THE INCREASES THAT ARE IN HERE, BUT WE CAN JUSTIFY EVERY ONE OF THEM.

UM, BUT IT'S DISINGENUOUS, PAUL, FOR YOU TO SAY, I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY POSITIONS.

AND YOU PUT INTO YOUR BUDGET AND EVERYBODY COULD SEE THE ORIGINAL SLIP SHEETS YOU PUT INTO YOUR BUDGET TO PAY SOMEBODY $150,000 TO HELP YOU BE SUPERVISOR.

OKAY, WELL, LET ME JUST, AND I I HAVE A QUESTION TOO.

IF, AS YOU SAY, WE ARE GOING, WE, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO IT? IF WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE DOING DOUBLE DUTY ALREADY, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO FIND THE TIME AT A SALARY THAT HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED TO HAVE PARITY WITH OTHERS IN, IN LIKE COMMUNITIES? HOW, HOW, HOW WOULD YOU EXPECT THEM TO FEEL? UH, LET ME, IF THEY'RE DISRESPECTED THAT WAY, IF THEY'RE UNDERPAID AND THEY'RE ASKED TO DO MORE WORK ALREADY AND THEY'RE ASKED TO DO MORE WORK, HOW, HOW SMART IS THAT? WE, WE ARE THAT, THAT'S PENNYWISE POUND FOOLISH.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE.

IF YOU ASK ME.

WELL, BASICALLY, UH, SO, SO WAIT A MINUTE.

I, I, YOU KNOW, YOU STATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US IF EDGEMONT INCORPORATES? WELL, IT'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD INCORPORATE, BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATION TO HOLD THE REST OF THE TOWN HOSTAGE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO ENABLE THE TOWN TO DEAL WITH THAT INCORPORATION.

AND IF THEY DO INCORPORATE, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT HAPPENS.

BUT IF THEY DON'T, WE CAN'T ALLOW THE TOWN TO, TO STAFF AND MANAGEMENT TO DWINDLE TO SUCH A LEVEL THAT IT CAN'T FUNCTION WITH THE NON-COMPETITIVE SALARIES.

WE'VE HANDICAPPED THE TOWN, HARDWORKING MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ARE POACHED OR LEAVE.

WE, LAST NIGHT DISCUSSED AND THE TOWN BOARD HAS COMMITTED TO AN OVERALL SALARY REVIEW IN THE NEW YEAR TO ADDRESS THE SALARY AND EQUITIES ACROSS THE BOARD.

NO ONE REALLY, EXCEPT YOU, HAS SUGGESTED GIVING FRIENDS OR PET PROJECTS MORE MONEY.

YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY RESENT THAT YOU ACTUALLY SAID THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR FRIENDS MORE MONEY.

THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK THAT GOES FOR ALL OF US.

UM, AND INSULTING.

THAT'S, IT'S INSULTING, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AFTER 30 YEARS IN OFFICE NOW YOU SUGGEST COMING UP WITH A FIVE YEAR PLAN, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS SUGGESTING, I BELIEVE THAT WAS COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON'S IDEA LAST NIGHT ACTUALLY, AND SOMETHING THAT SHE'S BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES BEFORE.

BUT THE THING IS, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE WAITED AND, AND PIECEMEALED FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS FOLLOWING YOUR GUIDE, AND NOW THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOTTEN US, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW TO CHANGE THE COURSE.

OKAY? UM, WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE COME, WE'VE COME TO THIS POINT OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVERY YEAR.

SOMETHING'S GOTTA CHANGE, RIGHT? SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE AND NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT DONE.

OKAY? LET ME SAY, WELL, BEFORE YOU GO ON, 'CAUSE YOU HAD YOUR MOMENT, UM, WHAT EVERYONE DOES NOT SEE IS THE PHONE CALLS THAT WE EACH GIVE FROM EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS COMPLAINING AND ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE THEY ARE DROWNING.

WE ARE LOSING STAFF LEFT AND RIGHT.

AS I'VE MENTIONED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS A SILVER SERVICE PLAN.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE THAT WE HIRE, IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE MANAGEMENT CATEGORY, THAT THEY ARE COMING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM LIST.

IF THEY ARE NOT ON THAT CIVIL EXAM LIST, WE CAN'T HIRE THEM.

THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT.

SO FOR THE LAST FOUR

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YEARS, WHEN PEOPLE THINK THAT I'VE BEEN VERY QUIET AND HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING, IT'S THE, IT'S THE FRUSTRATION AND THE, THE DISRESPECT THAT I HAVE WATCHED THE SUPERVISOR GIVE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS BY DENYING THEM WHAT THEY NEED.

AND I'M NOT FARFETCHED FROM THAT BECAUSE WE, WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, I'VE, I'VE, I'M SITTING HERE WITH TEXTS AND I'M RECEIVING TEXTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS NOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO, EVERY YOU, YOU KEEP PUTTING ON THIS, YOU KEEP PUTTING THIS EXTRA WORK ON AND, AND HAVING US DEAL WITH THINGS THAT ARE NOT OUR ISSUES, THAT ARE PRIVATE ISSUES.

AND YOU'RE EXPECTING OUR STAFF TO, TO HANDLE THAT WITHOUT REALLY ADDRESSING WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO THIS IS GREAT THAT YOU GAVE THIS GREAT SPEECH ABOUT WHAT, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.

BUT THE REALITY AND THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT THIS TOWN IS DROWNING.

EVERYONE.

THIS TOWN IS DROWNING.

HE'S, HE'S TOOK, HE'S TAKEN PRIDE THAT WE HAVE NOT, AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A TAX INCREASE, BUT WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE WITH OUR SALARIES.

AND THIS IS WHY OUR STAFF IS LEAVING EVERY DAY.

I HAVE TO, WELL, NOT EVERY DAY 'CAUSE SHE WON'T TAKE MY CALL EVERY DAY, , BUT I'M, I'M SPEAKING OUR COMFORT THROAT BECAUSE SHE'S BUSY BECAUSE SHE'S BUSY.

AND THEN SHE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR ME FUSSING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO RIGHT SIZE OUR EMPLOYEES? BECAUSE WITHOUT OUR EMPLOYEES, WE, WE WON'T EXIST.

THE THE SERVICES, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE.

SO IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS IT AS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK UP AND YOU'RE GONNA SAY, WHAT HAPPENED? SO THE, THE, THE GREAT, THE GREAT, THIS IS THE BEST TOWN TO LIVE IN, AND WE ARE THIS ALL THAT'S GONNA GO AWAY AND THE REALITY'S GOING TO BE, WE ARE NOT, BECAUSE WE ARE CHALLENGED.

WE ARE CHALLENGED.

SO I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU WANNA GIVE A REBUTTAL, BUT I JUST WISH THAT YOU SPEAK IN TRUTH BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO REALLY SPEAK IN TRUTH.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE EARNING SALARIES THAT, THAT ARE A GIFT OF SORTS.

I I HAVE TO COMMEND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS, OUTSIDE OF OUR WEEKLY WORK SESSIONS, SPEAKING TO STAFF AND TRYING TO HELP AND BE TRYING TO BE THERE FOR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.

AND THEY WORK VERY HARD AND, AND I AM GRATEFUL.

SO THANK YOU.

I'M SO GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THIS TEAM TWO YEARS AGO.

AND I'M TRYING TO DO MY PART TOO.

BUT WE ARE ALL WORKING, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP PROBLEM SOLVE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU TOO, SUPERVISOR.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TOWN THAT WE ALL LOVE IS FUNCTIONING AT TOP AT, AT ITS AT ITS TOP CAPABILITY.

AND WE, WE CAN'T LET THE WHEELS FALL OFF THE BUS BASED ON A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS AND, AND GIVING PEOPLE RAISES TO, TO GIVE THEM COMPARABLE SALARIES.

IT'S, THIS IS NOT PLAYING FAVORITISM.

AND, AND IT'S VERY HURTFUL FOR YOU TO SUGGEST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE OUR FRIENDS HELP.

WE ALL ARE LIAISONS TO VARIOUS OF, OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND AS LIAISONS, WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THEM NOT AS FRIENDS, BUT AS, AS ADVOCATES AND LIAISONS TO HELP MAKE THIS TOWN FUNCTION WELL.

OKAY? LET ME JUST SAY A FEW THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK THE TOWN IS FINANCIALLY AND BE AT SHAPE.

I, I MONITOR, UH, THE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION THAT RESIDENTS HAVE TO, UH, THE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THEY HAVE.

AND PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH, UH, THE RESPONSIVENESS OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THE TOWN IS WELL RUN, UM, RUN EFFICIENTLY AND, UH, THERE'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SATISFACTION AMONG RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE SERVICES ARE, ARE DELIVERED.

THE REASON WHY I WANTED, I INCLUDED IN MY BUDGET, THE $150,000 FOR AN OPERATIONS PERSON IS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF MONITORING HOW SPENDING, YOU KNOW, OCCURS.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

UM, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, WE WOULD ESTIMATE, UH, $4 MILLION IN BUILDING

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PERMIT FEES AROUND 4 MILLION.

WE GOT $16 MILLION, UH, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S INACCURATE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED THREE WEEKS AGO AT, AT A BUDGET DISCUSSION, WE WERE TOLD BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY EXPECTED NO ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

THIS TODAY, A COUPLE HOURS AGO WE WERE TOLD IT WAS GONNA BE $8 MILLION FROM ZERO WENT UP TO $8 MILLION.

DID YOU ASK THE QUESTION ADDITIONAL REVENUE? YOU ASK THE QUESTION? NO, BECAUSE WE HAD SOMEBODY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT COMMENTED THE MEETING AND SAID, I GUARANTEE YOU I DID ALL THESE CHARTS.

THERE'S GONNA BE NO ADDITIONAL REVENUE YOU COULD WATCH THE WORK SESSION.

AND BASICALLY WE GOT OVER 8 MILLION.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WAY WE'RE PROJECTING.

WHEN WE, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, UH, THE ANALYSIS WE'VE HAD IN TERMS OF FUND BALANCE, THERE'S YEARS WHERE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, USING ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY AND FUND BALANCE, AND PEOPLE AT THE BUDGET HEARINGS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT WE'RE DIPPING INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT TURNS OUT THAT WE HAVE MORE FUND BALANCE THAN, UH, THAN, THAN WE STARTED OUT WITH.

SO OUR PROJECTIONS ARE NOT ACCURATE.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO COULD HELP ME, UM, ANALYZE ALL THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND, UM, AND BASICALLY GIVE US MU WEEKLY OR MONTHLY, UM, ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE ARE AT ANY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CAPITAL BUDGETS AS AN EXAMPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE DO THESE CAPITAL BUDGETS AND WE SPEND ALL THIS, WE APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR ALL THE, UH, ALL THESE DOLLARS, BUT SOME OF THE DOLLARS NEVER GET SPENT.

I'D LIKE TO FIND, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO COULD HELP ME MONITOR ALL THE CAPITAL BUDGETS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE ON TARGET.

AND WE HAVE WORK PLANS FOR EVERY SINGLE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET INITIATIVE.

SO THINGS DON'T FALL, UH, BY THE, BY THE WAYSIDE.

UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITIES, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, HE HAS AN OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, TOWN OF RAMAPO, ALSO A VERY LARGE TOWN IN ROCKLAND, AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, UH, VAST COMMUNITIES ALL OVER.

UH, THIS IS GIGANTIC, A VERY BIG TOWN WITH A LOT OF SERVICES.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DOLLAR IS BEING USED EFFICIENTLY, LIKE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ANALYZING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOWN.

UM, AND BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT HAS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT THE PROGRAM IS, UH, CUT AND REPLACED WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BETTER, BETTER USED.

SO I THINK THE OPERATIONS PERSON WOULD, WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE THE TOWN MONEY AND ENABLE US TO BE MORE, MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT AGAIN, I SHOULD SAY I RESPECT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY.

I, THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, AND IF THERE'S THREE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME, THAT'S FINE.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD, I COULD LIVE WITH, UH, WITH ANYTHING, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, REC THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDS AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.

UH, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WANTS TO DO WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST AND WHAT THEY THINK HAS THE BEST POTENTIAL, UH, TO GIVE THE TOWN THE BEST LONG GOVERNMENT LONG TERM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY OWN, UM, YOU KNOW, MY OWN, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MY OWN GOALS.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF OVERSEEING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, IF THERE'S PROBLEMS IN A DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY, IF WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING ENGINEERS OR, UM, OR, UH, ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTORS, I'D LIKE TO SPEND MORE TIME AND HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE ABILITY OF DOING THAT TO, UH, TO, TO BASICALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE REAL REASONS ARE, WHY THERE'S PROBLEMS, AND, UM, AND SEE IF THEY COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE IT.

UH, IF EDGEMONT DOES INCORPORATE, UH, I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED A LOT OF, UH, WORK IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, TRANSITION TO MAKE THE TRANSITION AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

IF, UM, IF, UM, UM, IF WHEN WE LOSE THE, ALL THE EXTRA REVENUE FROM REGENERON IN TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING, WE NEED TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR TRANSITION.

HOWEVER, YEAH, WE'RE RIGHT NOW, WE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE IT, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THE ONE SHOTS.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THIS EXTRA REVENUE.

SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THREE YEARS FOR, FROM NOW IN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW WHEN IT DRIES UP, WE'VE ALREADY ADDED STAFF.

WE'VE INCREASED, UH, SALARIES.

WE HAVE THESE RECURRING EXPENSES.

UM, SO IF IT DRIES UP, ARE WE GONNA BE HAVING A MAJOR TAX HIKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW, OR ARE WE GONNA BE FIRING PEOPLE? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER NOT NOT DO THAT.

SO, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIKE LONG TERM, AND AGAIN, I SHOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET WILL BE FINE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

WE COULD AFFORD THIS FOR THIS YEAR AND WE COULD AFFORD IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY RESPONSIBLE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT

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HOW IS THIS GONNA IMPACT THE TOWN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, SIX YEARS FROM NOW, SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANNA DO.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY OWN MY OWN THOUGHTS.

AND AGAIN, I RESPECT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD AND YOUR RIGHT TO DISAGREE WITH ME.

BUT I, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD.

IN THE FIELD TO MONITOR THAT.

SO I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU PRIVATELY, SO I'LL SAY IT TO YOU PUBLICLY, WHILE THIS OTHER PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO BRING IN AT $150,000 IS MAKING SURE THAT THE TOWN IS RUN PROPERLY.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING? I'LL BE DOING, MAKING SURE I'LL BE ASSIGNING THE, THE PERSON UP, UH, JOBS THAT I, THAT I FEEL ARE NEEDED.

UM, I, UH, BASICALLY WILL BE, UM, DOING A BETTER JOB OF MAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF, UH, I, I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION WHERE WE ARE AT ANY GIVEN POINT.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CRISIS A WEEK BEFORE THE BUDGET.

YOU WANNA KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE EVERY MONTH OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THE YEAR.

SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, IF THERE, IF THEY'RE SOMETIMES IN GOVERNMENT, YOU GET CRISISES AT THE LAST MINUTE.

AND, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE CRISISES.

SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT BY HAVING A, YOU KNOW, MORE OVERSIGHT AND MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL ENABLE THE BOARD TO DO A BETTER JOB WHERE WE COULD BASICALLY ACT QUICKER SO WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS.

SO I'M LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT IT WOULD ENABLE US TO DO A MUCH BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGER BETTER JOB.

I THINK THAT GETTING THE BUDGET SO LATE MAKES IT HARD FOR US TO WEIGH IN FOR EVERYBODY, BUT BE, BE THAT AS IT MAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THESE RESIDENTS ARE HERE TO GIVE US THEIR IMPRESSIONS, THEIR OPINIONS, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL THE TALKING.

SO I SUGGEST THAT, UM, WE LET THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK, THE RESIDENTS WHO WANNA SPEAK, SPEAK, THANK YOU EVAN, RIGHT? AND THE DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR IS, IS NOW ON ZOOM.

UM, I COULD, I, I DO WANNA JUST ADDRESS, 'CAUSE IT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH THE SUPERVISOR.

RECENTLY, THERE WAS A $4 MILLION PROJECTION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES LAST YEAR, AND REGENERON CAME IN WITH ABOUT $15 MILLION.

THAT'S BECAUSE REGENERON REGENERON, THEY HAD BEEN TELLING US THEY WERE GONNA COME IN AND START BUILDING FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PUT INTO A BUDGET BASED ON SPECULATION.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO BUDGET.

SO SHE HAS A SPREADSHEET THAT IS ACCURATE BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN TOLD TO HER AND REACHING OUT AND SPENDING TIME TALKING TO THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS AND KNOWING FROM BEING IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY ARE AS APPROACHING GETTING A BUILDING PERMIT THIS MORNING, SHE WAS NOTIFIED WHEN SHE REACHED OUT BECAUSE, LET ME START OFF, UNLIKE IN THE PAST WHEN A $4 MILLION BUILDING PERMIT CAME IN, OR A $5 MILLION BUILDING PERMIT CAME IN, THAT WAS $5 MILLION TO THE TOWN.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

BUILDING PERMIT FEES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, TO COVER INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE SAFELY.

HOW ARE WE DOING IT? NOW, ON A BUILDING LIKE REGENERON, WHICH IS EXTREMELY SPECIALIZED, WE HIRE OUTSIDE INSPECTORS, UH, WELL TRAINED IN HANDLING SCIENTIFIC LABS.

NONE OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS ARE TRAINED IN WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DRAINAGE IS IT SUPPOSED TO HAVE? WHAT KIND OF NEUTRALIZATION TANKS ARE IT SUPPOSED TO? IS IT SUPPOSED TO HAVE WE HIRE PEOPLE NOW THAT'S GONNA COST US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR? NOW YOU MIGHT SAY, WOW, THAT'S A LOT.

YES, BUT YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM REGENERON, RIGHT? $16 MILLION IN BUILDING PERMIT FEES.

AND YES, A GOOD AMOUNT OF THAT'S GOING TO GO TO MAKING SURE THEY BUILD THAT BUILDING SAFELY.

AND IT'S NOT PIE IN THE SKY, HEY, WE'RE WASTING MONEY.

THE COMPANIES THAT WE'RE USING ARE COMING BACK WITH REAL COLLECT UH, CORRECTIONS TO THE ENGINEERS THAT ARE SUBMITTING THE PLANS THROUGH REGENERON.

AND SO WE NEED THOSE INSPECTIONS.

THEY HAVE FIVE BUILDINGS GOING UP SIMULTANEOUSLY.

OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT CAN'T INSPECT FIVE, UH, THROUGHOUT A VERY LARGE AREA.

UH, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER.

IT'S A VERY LARGE PARCEL.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE THAT WE RETAIN EXPERTS

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SO WHEN YOU HEAR A $16 MILLION BUILDING PERMIT FEE AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE UNION SAYING, OH, WE'RE GETTING THIS MONEY, WE'RE ALSO PAYING A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF THAT BUILDING PERMIT FEE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

YOU KNOW, GOING AND GET, BUILDING A HOUSE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A CASH COW FOR A TOWN.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO COVER THE INSPECTIONS AND THE SALARIES AND SO FORTH OF THOSE DOING THOSE INSPECTIONS.

SO HOW DID THAT $12 MILLION DIFFERENCE COME UP? REGENERON AND REGENERON CAN DO THIS.

DECIDED THIS IS THE YEAR WE'RE GONNA BUILD.

AND IT WAS AFTER OUR BUDGET CAME OUT YESTERDAY.

WE, THIS MORNING ACTUALLY, WE FOUND OUT LIZ, THE DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR, FOUND OUT THAT FROM REGENERON, THEY'VE DECIDED TODAY THEY'RE GONNA MOVE THEIR 2025 CONSTRUCTION TO 2024.

THE PROJECT'S GOING TO COST IN, IN OTHER WORDS, THE ACTUAL COST OF THE BUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $400 MILLION.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

IT'S GONNA BE A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING PERMIT.

WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT BECAUSE THEY DECIDED, AND IT'S THEIR BUSINESS THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, PHARMACEUTICALS NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU ACT QUICKLY OR YOU LOSE IT TO SOME OTHER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY.

WHAT, WHAT THEY INTENDED TO BUILD IN 2025 IS NOW COMING IN IN 2024.

WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

SO WE ARE LIVING WITH ONE SHOTS.

SO WHAT I ASKED THE SUPERVISOR WAS, OKAY, SO YOU GOT $12 MILLION MORE.

DID THAT GO TO THE COURTHOUSE? YOU KNOW, AS A NO, IT WENT TO OPERATING EXPENSES.

SO IT MEANS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S AT LEAST IN PART, USING MONIES THAT ARE ONE SHOTS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES.

THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

BUT TO MAKE US FUNCTION AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH THEY DESERVE, AND FRANKLY THEY DEMAND, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE STAFF AND KEEP THE STAFF TO DO THAT JOB.

SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW I'M GONNA BRING IN SOMEBODY FOR $150,000 AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A BETTER PROJECTION.

NOBODY'S DOING A BETTER PROJECTION THAN OUR DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR, BUT IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON DATA, RIGHT? IF YOU HEARD THE WORK SESSIONS PRIOR, THE COUNCIL OBJECTED TO A $5 MILLION INCREASE OVER HER NUMBERS, WHICH WAS BASED ON A SPREADSHEET AND ANALYSIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING TO BACK IT UP.

NOW, BECAUSE OF THIS MORNING AND THEY'VE MADE THEIR CHANGE, WE CAN SAY THAT THERE'S $8 MILLION MORE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

SO IN THE SHEETS, INITIALLY IT WAS ABOUT $19 MILLION COMING OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

THAT NUMBER'S GONNA DROP.

AND IT MAY CHANGE, IT MAY CHANGE AGAIN SLIGHTLY BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.

IT'S THIS IS, THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.

AND IF WE DIDN'T GET THAT, THAT $8 MILLION NEXT YEAR WOULD BE REALLY TOUGH.

REALLY TOUGH.

AND SO WE DO HAVE TO PLAN, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS WITHOUT THE ONE SHOTS? AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A RESTRUCTURING HASN'T BEEN DONE, AT LEAST, AT LEAST AS I, AS FAR AS I KNOW, , I'VE NEVER HEARD IT BEING DONE.

AND I'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1994, A RESTRUCTURING OF HOW WE OPERATE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, TO DO MORE WITH LIFTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE LESS, BUT THERE'S MORE TO DO.

WELL, WHEN YOU SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST MADE THEIR DECISION TODAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THIS WORK NEXT YEAR, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE BECAUSE I, UH, I, UM, GOT AN EMAIL.

I GOT AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I SPOKE TO PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH REGENERON.

I SENT THE BOARD LETTERS AN EMAIL FROM, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET AT LEAST FIVE.

WE'RE GONNA, THEY ESTIMATED 5 MILLION, THEY PUT IT IN WRITING 5 MILLION.

THEY, YOU KNOW, THE, EVEN THE $8 MILLION MAY BE AN UNDERESTIMATE.

UM, SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD US A LONG TIME AGO, LAST MONTH, UH, THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO THE WORK.

EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.

AND I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT IF I, I, I FELT, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WANTS TO SPEAK, RIGHT? BUT EVERY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD WERE SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN THE $5 MILLION SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE

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IT.

I, I SAID, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT.

AND DID YOU SAY THAT IN A WORK SESSION? PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK IT'S NINE O'CLOCK.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

WHAT THE PEOPLE SPEAK.

OKAY, SO GOOD.

WHO'S WHO, I'M SORRY.

EVERYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PLEASE.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HAL SAMIS.

IT'S LUCKY THAT WE GET TO SEE A SHOW THAT SHOULD BE ON BROADWAY FOR NOTHING.

BECAUSE WHAT WE WATCHED TONIGHT SO FAR IS A SHOW.

THERE ARE FIVE VOTES THERE.

AND AS MR. FINER POINTED OUT, IT'S EITHER FOR THE BUDGET AS IT IS OR YOU'RE AGAINST IT.

SO MR. FINER HAS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED HIS ROLE AS THE GUY WHO WANTS TO SAVE EVERYBODY MONEY.

TAXES ARE GOING UP, LET'S NOT SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.

THAT'S MR. FINE'S PART.

AND THE TOWN COUNCIL THERE IS TO OPPOSE THAT POSITION.

THE PROBLEM FOR ME WITH THE BUDGET IS NOT THESE INDIVIDUAL LINES BECAUSE THEY CHANGE, THEY CHANGE 10 MINUTES AFTER THE INK DRIES.

THIS BOOK IS BASICALLY TWO SECTIONS.

ONE AT THE VERY BEGINNING IS A SUMMARY OF THE A AND THE B BUDGET.

AND THEN THE REST OF THE BOOK IS SUPPOSEDLY BACKING THAT UP.

BUT IT'S NOT.

ALL THESE NUMBERS ARE PHONY.

WE'RE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES.

ON PAGE 85 IS THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE REVENUE LINES OF THE TOWN.

AND THAT PAGE 85 HAS BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES.

AND THERE YOU'LL SEE IN 2022 $8,161,714.

IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK YOU'LL SEE 7,717,000.

THE NEXT LINE ON BUILDING PERMITS ON PAGE 85 IS 2023.

AGAIN, 4,500,000 REVISED BY THE WAY, ON THE FRONT OF THE BOOK.

THAT'S 4,867,000.

NEXT LINE ON PAGE 85, REVISED 4,500,000.

AND THEN WE SEE OCTOBER 31ST, $15,584,000.

WELL, MR. FINER, YOU ARE THE TOWN'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

YOU HAVE PUT OUT WHAT IS THE TENTATIVE, UH, BOOK.

THIS IS YOUR BUDGET.

WHY IF THE TOWN KNOWS ON OCTOBER 31ST THAT AT LEAST, AND ROBERTA SAID THAT THEY BANKED IT, WHY DO WE KNOW ON PAGE 85, 15,584,000, BUT IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK, WE SEE AN ENTIRELY MUCH LOWER NUMBER.

WHEN THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED OCTOBER 31ST, BY LAW YOU ALREADY KNEW WHAT THE BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES WERE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

I'M USING THAT SPECIFIC BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

BUT MOST OF THE OTHER LINES IN THE BOOK, SAME STORY, ODDLY ENOUGH, ALSO NEXT TO THE BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES IS PLUMBING PERMITS.

THAT'S NOT IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK, BUT 2022 377,460 BUDGETED FOR 2000, UH 23 100,000.

REVISED 100,000.

OCTOBER 31ST, 255,592.

AND THEN FOR THE YEAR ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR 240,000.

SO PER PLUMBING PERMITS WENT DOWN IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEAR NO BEARING TO ACCURACY.

AND IF YOU WANNA CHANGE 'EM, YOU HAVE THOSE LINES CALLED CONTINGENCY AND BUDGET TRANSFERS, WHICH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ALTER ANYTHING YOU'VE SEEN HERE.

WHAT THE TOWN BOARD IS NOT TALKING ABOUT DEALING ONLY WITH THIS STUFF IS THE THINGS IT SHOULD BE DOING IN A BUDGET.

WE TALKED WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD US THEY NEEDED $6,000 MORE FOR THIS.

THEY NEEDED $15,000.

YOU SPEND 40 MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION ON THAT CHUMP CHANGE AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE IS $103 MILLION BUDGET FOR 2024.

WHAT

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YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WAS WE HAVE THREE CAMPS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THEODORE YOUNG AND THE POLICE.

WE ARE VERY BIG ABOUT TALKING FIRE DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION, WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

BUT WHAT YOU AS A TOWN BOARD CAN CONTROL IS CONSOLIDATING OUR CAMPS.

WE HAVE A POLICE STATION COURTHOUSE, WHICH EVERY TIME IT COMES UP YOU SAY IT'S A NECESSITY, WE HAVE TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY.

AND YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MONEY ASIDE FOR THAT.

AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO VETERAN PARK.

I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE A SECOND.

THERE WILL BE A SECOND.

FIVE MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY, WHAT'D YOU SAY? THERE WILL BE A SECOND ROUND.

ACCORDING TO THE RULES, MARY BODEN, I GUESS I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY FRIENDS TONIGHT.

WHAT I ORIGINALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT WAS OUT THE WINDOW PAUL, YOU DON'T NEED AN ASSISTANT.

THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE EASILY.

YOU DON'T ADD SUPERVISORY ANYWHERE, BUT YOU DO PAY THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR YOU MORE MONEY.

AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THINGS LIKE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, IT'S OVER.

THERE ARE NO SUCH THING AS VOLUNTEER FIREMEN.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE.

YOU PAY AS MUCH FOR FIRE AS YOU PAY FOR THE REST OF EVERYTHING IN THE TOWN.

AND YES, YOU HAVE PROBLEMS CHANGING IT.

I'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT CHANGES TODAY.

THE CLIMATE SUMMIT IN ABU DHABI OR WHEREVER IT WAS ENDED AND THEY ADMITTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT FOSSIL FUELS ARE GOING AWAY, THEY FLUBBED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S ON A TABLE.

IT WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAUDI OIL COMPANY AND HE HAD TO SWALLOW IT BECAUSE FOSSIL FUELS ARE GONE.

IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE YET OUR PROBLEMS SOLVE THEM.

GET OUT THERE AND COMBINE IT.

'CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY USED TO CLOSE THE STORE AND RUN OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THE FIRE.

NOBODY WORKS THERE ANYMORE.

NOBODY CAN CLOSE THEIR STORE AND RUN TO THE FIRE.

THEY'RE ALL PAID.

SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL COMBINE THEM.

AND THE SOONER YOU DO IT, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES HERE BEFORE, BUT IT'S BECOME REALLY URGENT AT THIS POINT.

I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE UH, PROPOSAL BY PUBLIC WORKS TO PUT, UH, BY THESE UH, ARROWS THAT GO LEFT AND RIGHT AND IT SAYS ONLY, SORRY GUYS, THAT'S OVER HALF.

THE ONES DON'T SAY ONLY IT'S OUTDATED SEACOR ROAD.

YOU USE THEM.

WHY DOES IT SAY ONLY BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DID IT THAT WAY.

ALL YOU NEED IS THE ARROW.

THE ARROW TELLS HER EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.

CHANGE IT.

SO I WAS GONNA COME IN HERE AND SAY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT PUT IN THEIR BUDGET TO BUY GLUE ON ARROWS.

YOU USE A LINE STRIPER STATE OF NEW YORK DOES IT AND ALL THE HIGHWAYS HAS A ARROW DONE WITH A LINE STRIPER.

YOU CAN DO THAT FOR LEFT AND RIGHTS TOO.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY ONLY BECAUSE RIGHT HERE ON SEACOR ROAD, HARTSDALE AVENUE WEST HARTSDALE DOESN'T SAY ONLY SOMEBODY TAUGHT ME YEARS AGO.

SAFETY IS CONSISTENCY.

THEY MADE THOSE PLANS.

MM, 30, 50 YEARS AGO.

THE FEUDAL ERA IS FUTILE.

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED ENORMOUSLY.

WHAT YOU READ ABOUT IN OUR PAPERS DOESN'T TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.

GO READ THE PAPERS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.

GERMANY IS NOT BUILDING CARS WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES ANYMORE.

VOLKSWAGEN IS OPENING A NEW PLANT IN CHINA TO BUILD ELECTRIC CARS 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T BUILD 'EM FAST ENOUGH.

IN EUROPE, PAUL, YOU DON'T NEED AN ASSISTANT.

NOBODY HIRES AN ASSISTANT AT THAT LEVEL.

ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE LIKE THAT.

I HAD A ISSUE WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I WAS THERE,

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WELL RUN.

BUT THEY NEED TO KEEP THE STAFF THEY HAVE AND YOU NEED TO PAY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THERE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY 'CAUSE THEY ARE BEING GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO YOU GOT A BIG PROBLEM COMBINING FIRE DISTRICTS AND YEAH, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

UNFORTUNATELY MY MIND DOESN'T WORK THE WAY IT USED TO AND I'M MAKING MISTAKES.

BUT I HAVE DISCOVERED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THINGS WRONG FOR A LONG TIME.

I PUT MY WIFE'S CAR IN A GARAGE IN THE WINTERTIME TO MAKE IT EASY.

AND I GOT A CAR WITH A ROOF RACK.

I CAN'T GET SNOW OFF NOW.

SO THIS YEAR I'M PUTTING MY CAR WITH A ROOF RACK IN A GARAGE AND HER CAR, WHICH I'M COVERING WITH A TARP AND YOU JUST PULL IT OFF AWAY.

HOW DID I MISS THAT FOR 50 YEARS? I GET A SECOND SHOT AT IT.

YES, YOU LATER ON AFTER EVERYONE ELSE'S TURNED THIRD, UM, SPEAKER WILL BE ERIC ZINGER.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, MY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOCUSED ON TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY.

TONIGHT MY COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE MORE SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE BUDGET.

BUT BEFORE I GO AHEAD, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM AGAIN SO DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF PUBLICITY ABOUT THIS HEARING.

YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ME SAY THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE TOWN BOARD, THE ANNUAL BUDGET, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HOLD SINCE THE NOVEMBER 20TH PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS HELD 24 DAYS AGO, THERE HAVE BEEN 16 NOTICES THAT WENT OUT IN THE GB LIST.

WE HAD NOTICES ABOUT AN ICE CREAM STORE OPENING PARIS BAGUETTE, OPENING A ROTARY PAVING.

WE EVEN HAD AN EMAIL ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING TONIGHT AT THIS HEARING THAT MR. HOLLAND WOULD BE HONORED BUT NOT A SINGLE MENTION OF THE BUDGET FROM ANYONE ON THIS TOWN BOARD.

NO TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

THIS IS THE ROLE OF THE TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL.

YOU ARE THE CEO OF THIS TOWN.

YOU SAY THAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROPOSED POSITION WOULD BE TO OVERSEE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, PROVIDE FISCAL INFORMATION, BOTH OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL.

THOSE ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW.

THE ROLE OF THE SUPERVISOR IS TO KEEP THE TOWN BOARD INFORMED CONCERNING TOWN AFFAIRS AND OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE TOWN, AND MAKE SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AS SEEM DESIRABLE.

THE JOB OF THE SUPERVISOR IS NOT TO HAND OUT CERTIFICATES TO GIRL SCOUTS OR LIVE STREAM YOUR ATTENDANCE AT TOWN EVENTS.

THE JOB OF THE SUPERVISOR IS TO BE THE, THE CEO OF A TOWN WITH $130 MILLION PLUS BUDGET.

NOW I KNOW YOU WOULD MUCH RATHER BE DOING THOSE OTHER THINGS.

I KNOW YOU AREN'T VERY GOOD AT THE OTHER PART.

8 MILLION IN LOST REVENUE TO EDGEMONT.

EVERYONE UNIVERSALLY AGREES THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 18 MILLION.

AND BY EVERYONE I EVEN MEAN YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE QUOTED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYING IT WAS 17 MILLION.

SO YOU WANNA DO THOSE MAN ABOUT TOWN THINGS.

YOU WANT TO HAND OUT CERTIFICATES TO PEOPLE AT TOWN HALL.

GREAT, GO AHEAD.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT AT THE EXPENSE OF BEING THE FISCAL STEWARD OF THE TOWN TONIGHT.

YOU SAID I'D LIKE TO OR I'M GOING TO A DOZEN OR MORE TIMES UP THERE.

YOU'VE BEEN THE SUPERVISOR FOR 30 YEARS AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR MANY YEARS ASKING FOR A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

NOT RECENTLY.

THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.

YOUR WORDS TONIGHT ABOUT FIVE-YEAR PLANS AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING RING HOLLOW.

THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET HAS US DRAWING DOWN 11.

THIS IS 11 OR 19 MILLION OF THE $36 MILLION FUND BALANCE IN THE TOV BUDGET.

THE REASON THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S FUND BALANCE DRAWDOWNS HAVEN'T BEEN ACCURATE IS BECAUSE OF POOR FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP.

POOR FISCAL PLANNING.

PAUL, YOU PUT PROPOSALS IN LIKE THE POLICE AND COURTHOUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THEY AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU'RE THE FISCAL LEADER OF THE TOWN.

IF THE PROJECTIONS AREN'T ACCURATE, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.

I WANNA TOUCH ON TOWN CAMP.

I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED REVENUE INCREASES IN PARK AND RECREATION THAT ARE TIED BACK TO THE INCREASE IN FEE FOR CAMPS.

AND I SAY THIS AS A PARENT WITH TWO KIDS WHO ATTENDED AND PLAN TO ATTEND THIS YEAR'S SUMMER TOWN CAMP.

TOWN CAMPS ARE BY FAR THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF, UH, SENDING YOUR KIDS TO CAMP COSTING ON AVERAGE LESS THAN 25% OF PRIVATE CAMPS IN THE AREA.

EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS TO FAMILIES.

BUT ANY CONCERN THAT THIS DECREASED DEMAND FOR TOWN CAMP CAN BE EASILY DISMISSED.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO HOW TO MAKE UP THAT EXTRA $80, I SUGGEST OPTING OUT OF THE TOWN ESCO, WHICH THIS BOARD OPTED YOU INTO WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT AND IS PROBABLY COSTING YOU 50 TO $60 EVERY MONTH IN HIGHER ELECTRICITY BILLS.

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I WANNA CLOSE ON THIS.

IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT AFTER THIS BUDGET IS PASSED, THAT AN EMAIL TO THE GB LIST AND LETTERS TO CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS GO OUT THAT HIGHLIGHT THE 6% INCREASE IN THE TAX LEVY.

I HOPE MY REPEATED REQUEST THERE WILL BE HEARD TAXES ARE GOING UP 4% IN THE TOWN WIDE BUDGET AND 6% IN THE TOV BUDGET, NOT THE ZERO TAX RATE INCREASE AND 1.7% TAX RATE THAT THE SUPERVISOR HAS TRUMPETED IN HIS COMMUNICATION.

AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT MESSAGE SHOULD EXCLUDE ANY MENTION OF THE TAX RATE THERE.

ANY MENTION OF THE TAX RATE WOULD BE SUPERFLUOUS AND WOULD ONLY BE INCLUDED TO DELIBERATELY CONFUSE RESIDENTS AND MAKE THEM THINK TAXES AREN'T GOING UP AS MUCH AS THEY ARE.

MY ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2024 BUDGET INCREASED BY 10%, GOING FROM 477,000 TO 526,000 TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT REFERENCES THE TAX RATE IS COMPLETELY USELESS.

I HOPE THIS TOWN BOARD TAKES THEIR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO TOWN SERIOUSLY RECOGNIZES THAT IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPART CORRECT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION AS TO THE TAX INCREASES THAT RESIDENTS WILL SEE.

AND AFTER THE BUDGET PASSES, COMMUNICATES THAT INFORMATION TO ALL RESIDENTS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION LEADERS.

FRANCIS, YOU WERE CORRECT ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS.

NEXT, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANNA SPEAK FOR THE FIRST TIME? UH, LEMME JUST CHECK.

THEY HAVE NOBODY ON ZOOM TO SPEAK.

SECOND ROUND.

SECOND ROUND SECOND HAL, SAM.

THAT'S FAIR.

SO WHERE I LEFT OFF WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SOLVING IS THAT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TOWN PARK, VETERAN PARK.

WE HAVE SWIMMING POOLS, WE HAVE TENNIS COURTS THERE, WE HAVE PICKLEBALL, WE HAVE A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.

AND BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AFTER ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'VE OPERATED THIS.

PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION BUT PAY TAXES, HAVE NO ABILITY TO USE IT.

WHY IS THAT? CERTAINLY ENOUGH MONEY HAS FLOWED THROUGH TOWN BUDGETS TO AFFORD THE TOWN THE OPPORTUNITY, WHICH OPERATES SEVERAL BUSES OUT OF THE PARKS AND OUT OF THE THEODORE YOUNG TO PROVIDE THAT.

I THREW THAT IN AS A CONDITION IN THE TENNIS CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD SUB SUBSIDIZE IT.

BUT GOING BACK TO THE IMMEDIATE BUDGET, WHY IS IT DIFFERENT ON THE INTERIOR PAGES? FROM WHAT APPEARS AT THE PAGES AT THE FRONT, THE ONE THAT IF ANYONE LOOKS AT MOST APTT TO SEE, AREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO MATCH? WHEN YOU HAVE A BUDGET THAT'S DUE OCTOBER 31ST AND YOU'VE ALREADY BANKED $15 MILLION MORE THAN YOU EVER EXPECTED TO HAVE, WHY DOESN'T THAT APPEAR CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET BOOK? WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, MYSTERIOUS LINES WHERE WE LEARN THAT WE'RE PAYING MORE IN INSURANCE? WELL, MAYBE THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS RAISING THE MONEY OR RAISING OUR FEES, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'VE COME BEFORE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WITH A LOT OF CLAIMS, $250,000 OF COVERAGE WHERE THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST 250,000.

THEY WANNA RAISE IT TO 500,000.

WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY BETTER AT OUR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ARE GENERATING THESE CLAIMS IN COURT.

UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE ORIGINALLY I EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT LINE ITEMS, BUT WHEN I WENT THROUGH THIS BUDGET, WHEN I WATCHED THE HERE THE PUBLIC WORK SESSIONS, IT BECAME VERY DISCOURAGING BECAUSE NONE OF THAT MATTERS.

WHATEVER IT IS TODAY, IT'LL BE DIFFERENT TOMORROW.

SO WHY ARE WE WASTING TIME TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS? THE CONCEPT HERE THAT YOU SHOULD BE FOLLOWING IS THE TOWN BUDGET SHOULD BE A CLEAR AND ACCURATE DOCUMENT ON EVERY ONE OF ITS PAGES.

AND IT'S NOT.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE ENTIRE PROBLEM WITH THE TOWN.

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LET ME SEE IF I CAN EXPLAIN IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

BUILDING PERMITS ARE NOT INCOME.

PART OF IT GOES TO THE PROCESS OF RUNNING THE OFFICE, BUT LET'S SAY 60% OF IT IS TO WHAT NEED.

WHAT THE BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRES THAT THE JOB BE DONE CORRECTLY.

SO IF YOU THINK BUILDING PERMITS ARE INCOME, THEY'RE NOT ONLY PART OF THEM, MAYBE 20, 30% RUNS THE OFFICE SO THAT YOU HAVE A STAFF TO DO THIS.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING PERMIT IS TO SEE THAT THE JOB IS DONE.

SO TO EVEN THINK OF BUILDING PERMITS AS INCOME DISTORTS THE WHOLE PICTURE, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO HIRE SPECIALIZED PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THE JOB IS DONE RIGHT.

SO ALL OF THAT INCOME, WHICH IS NOT INCOME, GOES OUT TO SEEING THE JOB IS DONE RIGHT.

AND YES, THEY'RE BRINGING IT IN FASTER BECAUSE THE COMPETITION FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD IS INCREASING REALLY, REALLY FAST.

THE WORK IS BEING DONE IN OTHER PLACES.

ARE THEY BEING PAID FAIRLY? WE DON'T KNOW , BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO PAY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCED AND WORKING HERE A CORRECT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

MONEY BECAUSE THEY WILL LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

AND TO HIRE THEM, COMPETITION IS GREAT.

WE NEED TO RETAIN THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE.

AND YOU HAVE TO STOP TALKING ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS AS INCOME.

IT'S NOT INCOME.

IT'S GOTTA BE ANOTHER WAY OF DESCRIBING IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

THE WORLD CHANGED IN RADICAL, RADICAL WAYS.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION AND MOST PEOPLE TO CHANGE THOSE KIDS THAT WERE HERE TODAY.

YOU WANT TECH SUPPORT.

WELL, GRANDPA SAYS, WELL, I HAVE TO WAIT.

THE KIDS COME HOME FROM HIGH SCHOOL SO HE CAN HELP ME FIX MY COMPUTER.

MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MY GREAT-GRANDCHILD GENERATION, THEY'RE DOING IT ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY.

CABLE TELEVISION IS DOWN TO TUBES.

THEY DON'T USE CABLE.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN INDUSTRY THAT'S GOING BUST.

THEY'RE GETTING APPS AND THEY WATCH WHAT THEY WANT ON AN APP AND IT'S CHEAPER.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CABLE INDUSTRY'S ALL COLLAPSING.

THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU COPE WITH SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER? THE STUDIOS, NETFLIX IS THE MAKING THE MOVIES.

THEY'RE NOT A STUDIO.

INDEPENDENTS ARE MAKING 'EM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH LITTLE HANDHELD CAMERAS.

YOU'VE GOT A REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT PROPOSITION GOING FORWARD.

YOU HAVE TO RECREATE THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT.

AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S EASY, IT'S NOT JUST, LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.

IT'S NOT PLEASANT, BUT IT CAN CONTINUE.

THE OLD ORDER IS GOING.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GO QUIETLY.

THEY'RE MAKING NOISE.

WE'RE FLYING DRONES AND AND WHY ARE WE BUILDING AIRPLANES WITH PEOPLE IN THEM? WE'RE FLYING DRONES QUITE SUCCESSFULLY ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YET THEY'RE BUILDING WARSHIPS.

THAT'S FOR A WAR THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO GOT THE JOBS AND THE STEEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE THEIR JOB BY FAMILY CLEAN CLOTHES FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

SO I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

OUR FAMILY LOST OUR, LOST OUR FAMILY BUSINESS.

DON'T TELL ME WHAT, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE YOUR JOB.

YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS THAT YOUR FAMILY'S BEEN IN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ONLY 99 YEARS WE'RE DOING IT.

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I DON'T ENVY YOU YOUR JOB.

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT.

OUR THIRD SPEAKER ERIC SINGER.

SEE THE GRID? YOU SEE HIS GRID? MM-HMM, .

GOOD EVENING.

I WANNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET THAT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE, UH, MOST RECENT WORK SESSION.

AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CONSOLIDATED ARRAIGNMENT, UH, PROPOSAL THAT'S GOING ON COUNTYWIDE AND, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET REGARDING EXPENSES, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY NOTED THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PICK UP ALL IF NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE COST THERE.

WHY? TO WHAT BENEFIT TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? WE'RE ALREADY SUBSIDIZING THE COUNTY HEAVILY WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT REASSESSED VALUES WHERE WE PAY FAR MORE THAN OUR PROPORTIONAL SHARE BECAUSE OF OUR DILIGENCE IN, YOU KNOW, UM, ASSESSING, UH, PROPERTIES AT MARKET RATE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

BUT DOES RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT, UM, OVERALLOCATION OF COUNTY FINANCING TAX REVENUE TO GREENBERG THAN IT DOES FOR THE REMAINING OF WHAT? WHY ARE WE PICKING THIS UP? WHY WAS THE ANSWER NOT IMMEDIATELY? NO, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT.

YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE IMMINENTLY REPLACED.

I'VE SEEN AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR ITERATIONS OF THE POLICE CHIEF AND TOWN JUSTICES COME UP HERE AND TELL US THAT THAT BUILDING NEEDS TO GO, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PICKING UP THE TAB TO REHABILITATE, REDO THE LOBBY SO THAT THE COUNTY CAN HOLD THEIR ARRAIGNMENTS THERE.

YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, ELLEN, AT THE WORK SESSION.

YOU GUYS SAID THAT WE WOULD BE PICKING UP NO, NO, WE DIDN'T.

WE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

WE DID NOT SAY THAT.

YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.

NO, NO, WE SAID THE OPPOSITE.

THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

THERE.

THERE WILL BE NO COST TO GREENBURG TAXPAYERS.

THE COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO PICKING UP THE COST FOR THE CONSOLIDATED ARRAIGNMENT PART.

IF IN FACT IT DOES BECOME A REALITY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IT AND IT IS A STATE IT, THE, THE THE CAP BE STATE, NOT, NOT COUNTY, BUT THE COUNTY OWNS.

I I WILL ADMITTEDLY GO BACK AND RE-WATCH THAT.

I THOUGHT I JUMP, I I JUMPED OUTTA MY SEAT WHEN I HEARD THAT WE WERE PAYING FOR THAT.

NO, I HOPE AND CONTINUE AND HOPE THAT, I HOPE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ON BOARD.

ELLEN AND KEN.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.

WE SHOULD, WE ALL ARE.

OUR COPS SHOULD ALSO NOT BE THE ONES STAFFING THAT.

BECAUSE IF THEY ARE DOING OVERTIME FOR US, THE ONLY REASON THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS WOULD'VE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT IS BECAUSE IT'S OUR FACILITY AND THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR FACILITY AND THEY PREFER TO DO IT THEMSELVES IF IT GETS DONE AT ALL.

BUT THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE PAID FOR TAKING AWAY FROM HIS TIME.

WE COULD SAY ALL THIS AFTER.

I'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THE IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE BEING CORRECTED, SO THANK YOU.

I DO IT FOR EVERYONE.

PLEASE KNOW, CHANGE THAT ALL THE TIME, HUH? THANK YOU.

UM, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HAVING GREENBURG PD STAFF THESE, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE'RE NOT PICKING UP THE TAB THAT'S OVERTIME THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, IS GOING TO DETRACT FROM OUR ABILITY TO PULL THOSE OFFICERS FOR OTHER OVERTIME NEEDS THAT WE NEED BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR OFFICERS ARE CLOCKING IN OVERTIME.

SO IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A NOT A DIRECT DOLLAR COST, BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S STAFFING, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING, WHATEVER IT IS WE SHOULD, THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD BE DOING IS CHARGING BUILDING PERMIT REVENUE FEE.

OKAY? IF THEY WANNA DO SOME CHANGES TO THAT, LET'S MAKE SURE THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE PERMIT REVENUES.

SO I WILL GO BACK AND RE-WATCH THAT IF THAT'S TRULY THE CASE WHERE WE'RE NOT PICKING UP THE TAB.

I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AT ONE POINT YOU'RE GONNA FIND ON THE TAPE THAT WE SAID WE WOULD NOT PAY ANYTHING TOWARDS THIS COURT.

AND THEN I SAID WE'LL PAY OUR SHARE BECAUSE IF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE PAYING INTO IT, IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE DON'T PAY THAT SHARE.

BUT WE SAID IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, WE ARE NOT PICKING UP THE COST FOR THE COUNTY BECAUSE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THINK WE ARE A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE IT .

SO, SO I THINK I I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.

ANYBODY ELSE? OUR FOURTH SPEAKER.

CLIFTON ABRAMS. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M TIRED.

I'M TALKING LOUD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, UM, I'M LISTENING AND I'M LIKE SAYING, WOW, YOU KNOW, ME AND PAUL GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT IT DON'T ONLY TAKE THREE VOTES TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, UM, SISTER, SINCE NOBODY ELSE GONNA TALK ABOUT FAIRVIEW, I GUESS I NEED TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT FAIRVIEW.

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NOW I KNOW PAUL BEEN OVER 37 YEARS.

I WAS LOOKING UP FRANCIS, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS.

LIKE PLEASE DON'T GIMME NO FEEDBACK.

SO I MIGHT SAY FRANCIS, 20 YEARS.

PAUL, 30 YEARS.

10, 12.

WHY IS IT JUST PAUL? BECAUSE IT ONLY TAKE THREE VOTES TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

OR, OR IF PAUL GOT THE POWER TO MAKE HIS OWN DECISION.

'CAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT'D TAKE THREE VOTES TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

I MIGHT BE WRONG.

SO WHAT I'M REALLY COMING UP HERE FOR, 'CAUSE I'M HEARING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT 150,000 GIVING THESE PEOPLE ALL THESE RAISES THREE YEARS AGO.

THE BOARD, BECAUSE I'M REALLY NOT TALKING TO THE BOARD.

I'M TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO'S WATCHING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO LOOK AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE LATER DON'T KNOW NOTHING ANYWAY.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PINOCCHIOS UP THERE.

SO, AND THEIR NOSE SHOULD BE GROWING LONG.

SO ANYWAY, THEY PROMISED TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS $15,000.

ELLEN SAY, OH CLIFF, YOU GOTTA GET A 5 0 1 C3.

OH YOU GOTTA GET THIS INSURANCE OR THAT INSURANCE.

I GOT EVERYTHING THEY ASKED ME TO GET.

WE TALKING ABOUT $15,000.

THEY COULD FIND IT.

THEY FOUND 87,000 FOR A JOINT.

WHEN SHE LEFT OUT OF THE, UM, CLERK, THEY FOUND THAT MONEY.

WE TALKING ABOUT 15,000.

RIGHT? EXACTLY.

ELLEN TELLS ME, OH, I'M ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I'M ALL ABOUT THE YOUTH, RIGHT? SO PAUL TELLS ME, OH CLIFF, YOU GOTTA GET GEORGE LATIMER TO MATCH OUR 15,000.

I GET GEORGIA MASTER 15,000.

THEY NEVER PUBLICLY SAID.

BUT I SAID TO PAUL AFTER THE MEETING WAS, I SAID, PAUL, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT 15 OH ON THE BOARD DECIDED THAT WE ON THE RIGHT OUT OF THE BUDGET, OH, ELLEN'S CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS, THE BOARD POLICE BE CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS.

THESE ARE YOUTH FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAIRVIEW AREA.

THEY'RE CHARGING ME A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SESSION TO USE A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR KIDS WHO'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, I, THEY ASKED ME TO GET ALL THESE UMBRELLA ASSURANCE, ALL THESE ASSURANCE.

I GET EVERYTHING.

NOW THE COUNTY SEE, BECAUSE GEORGE LATIMER AND KEN JENKINS, THEY, THEY STAND UP PEOPLE, RIGHT? THEY, THEY, WHEN THEY SAY SOMETHING, THEY FOLLOW THROUGH.

THEY GAVE ME THE MONEY ANYWAY.

AND THE TOWN HERE TRIED TO SEND AN EMAIL TO THEM SAYING THAT, OH, WE AIN'T WORKING WITH CLIFFS NO MORE.

SO THEY THOUGHT THAT BY THEM SENDING THAT EMAIL THAT THEY WAS GONNA JUMP OUT.

BUT GUESS WHAT? NOW AIN'T DID.

THEY GAVE ME THE MONEY, THEY GAVE ME NO MONEY UP FRONT WITHOUT, WITHOUT ME HAVING TO SPEND NOTHING.

'CAUSE REALLY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MATCH THE MONEY THAT THESE GUYS, THE PINOCCHIOS UP THERE, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO AIN'T GOT AN HONEST BONE IN THEIR HEART.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY TALK IT, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY ALL THESE THINGS.

THEY GOT ALL THIS MONEY.

AT LEAST PAUL WILL BE HONEST, WHETHER ME AND PAUL AGREE OR NOT.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE PAUL KNOW WE, WE ALWAYS DISAGREE, BUT WE DO TALK.

BUT IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT THEY SAID IN THE ASTRO, I, I EVEN GOT, I GOT THE EMAILS AND I GOT THE VIDEO CLIP WHEN THEY SAID THEY WAS GONNA PUT THE MONEY TO THE ESCROW ACCOUNT, DID IT FROM AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO, OH, YOU GONNA GET A 5 0 1 C3? I CALLED GINA, I SAID, GINA, YOU AIN'T GONNA SUPPORT THE, UM, FAIR.

MY MY YOUTH GROUP.

NOW IT'S MY, I KNOW MY, I, HEY LISTEN, I'M AN ACTIVIST.

I FIGHT FOR MY COMMUNITY, BUT ONE THING GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY MAKE A PROMISE OF DOING SOMETHING FOR YOUTH, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT.

AND PLEASE, I DON'T WANT NO FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL.

I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR HOW Y'ALL GET DOWN.

AND I JUST LIKE TO THANK GEORGE LATIMER AND KEN JENKINS FOR COMING THROUGH SO OUR KIDS COULD GO DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH THEY OVERSEE AND THEY CHARGE ME A HUNDRED DOLLARS EVERY SESSION.

SO A QUARTER OF MY MONEY GO TO THE, UM, THE, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE RENTAL, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT TOWN BOARD SHOULD, UH, WAIVE THE, UH, THE THE RENTAL BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOUR PROGRAMS AND I, I KNOW THAT YOU DO

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GOOD FOR, UM, FOR A LOT OF, UM, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM.

AND I, I FEEL THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IS A FACILITY THAT SHOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING FROM THE HEART AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HELP YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE TOWN TO BE CHARGING RENT.

AND I, I THINK AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD BE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING WAIVING THE, THE RENTAL FREE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS IN THE TOWN, UM, WHO MEET AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE DON'T CHARGE THEM RENT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

IT'S NOT TRUE.

THEY PAY TO USE THOSE.

ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

PAUL, LET'S KEEP TALKING.

IT'S NOT, NO, I CAN'T WAIT.

THIS IS YOUR LAST WEEK.

I'VE ASKED, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN IT MIGHT NOT ONLY BE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT COULD BE THE LIBRARY OR WHATEVER.

THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD PROGRAMS IN THE TOWN AND I'VE SUGGESTED THAT THEY WAIVE THE RENT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, TO ME, THIS BUILDING, THE LIBRARY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE MULTIP, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE TOWN GOV BOARD'S BUILDING, IT'S THE COMMUNITIES BUILDING.

AND I FEEL THAT IF THE COMMUNITY, IF PEOPLE WANT TO USE BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND THEY BASICALLY DOING IT FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYBODY, THEN I DON'T FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO CHARGE, UH, RENT.

THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING.

RIGHT? AND AGAIN, IF I, IF THREE PEOPLE DISAGREE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FEELING, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY GIVES ME ONCE A MONTH THEY PAY FOR THE SPEAKERS AND EVERYTHING.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET? LEMME JUST CHECK NOW.

SO PAUL, WHY DON'T YOU, OKAY, NEXT, CLOSE THE HEARING.

I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND MADE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

RIGHT? AND WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON THE BUDGET ON MONDAY, RIGHT? YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION.

I MAKE THE MOTION SECOND.

TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? YOU'RE DONE.

ANYBODY WANT

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ARE YOUR FINGERS SORE? OH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY COMMENT.

ANTONIO SPOTA.

ANTONIO SPATA.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ALTERNATE SIDE.

PARKING.

CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? 'CAUSE WE CAN BARELY HEAR.

OH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ALTERNATE SIDE.

PARKING IN FAIRVIEW BY MANHATTAN STREET, OAK, OAKLEY STREET AND THEM AREAS RIGHT THERE.

SO THERE'S NO SIGNS OF REGULATION THAT TALKS ABOUT SNOW.

UH, SNOW EMERGENCY.

SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT, I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE WAS TELLING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME PARKING THE CARS IN THE STREET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA HAVE A A, AN EXEMPTION RIGHT? TO PARK IN THE STREET.

AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATION OF WHATEVER THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE.

AND SO THEY HAVE TO PARK LIKE FIVE OR 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE THEY LIVE AT.

AND THEY JUST PUT MORE HARDSHIP ON THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE, IN THAT COMMUNITY.

SO FAIRVIEW, WHERE MANHATTAN STREET IS AT, THAT'S LIKE A, UM, A LOW INCOME AREA WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MANHATTAN 90 MANHATTAN A HUNDRED, 133.

SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO PARK THEIR CARS IN THE STREET AND JUST LIKE SOME PEOPLE THAT'S LIVING IN THE HOUSES THERE, THEY MIGHT HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT THAT'S ONLY FOR ONE CAR AND THEY GOTTA HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA HAVE THREE, TWO OTHER CARS THAT GOTTA BE PUT IN THE STREET.

SO NOW THEY HAVE TO AN EXEMPTION, BUT IF THEY DON'T MEET THOSE EXEMPTIONS NOW PEOPLE GOTTA PARK THEIR CARS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE I COULD SET LIKE SOME KIND OF SOLUTION OR REGULATIONS WHERE IT'S LIKE AN ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING FOR SNOW DAYS WHERE LIKE MAYBE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IN CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THE STREET ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET LIKE THEY DO IN LIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITIES, LIKE THE BRONX AND YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE ELSE.

SO LIKE SOMETIMES LIKE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAYS, AND IF IT'S SNOWED ON A MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THEN ALL THE CARS ARE ON, MAYBE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET.

AND THEN THE RIGHT SIDE, THE, THE CLEANER COULD COME AND CLEAN, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME FROM A CERTAIN, CERTAIN TIME YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR CAR BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE SO THE CLEANERS CAN COME BACK AND CLEAN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A BEST SOLUTION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT'S, THAT TALKS ABOUT SNOW DAY, UM, EMERGENCY.

IT'S NOTHING OUT THERE.

AND I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW, WHEN IT SNOWS, IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY PEOPLE COULD PARK WHEN IT ACTUALLY IS PROJECTED TO SNOW, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET BECAUSE THE PLOW, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE SNOW TRUCKS ARE GONNA BE ON THE STREET, BUT YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME IT DOESN'T SNOW THAT OFTEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FEELING IS THAT, UM, WITH PUBLIC WORKS,

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YOU KNOW, IT MAY MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE SNOWS.

I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SANITATION WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS WHEN SNOW IS NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED, BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN TO IRIS ALMOST LIKE EVERY DAY, RIGHT? FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.

SOMETIMES YOU KNOW MORE.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE HAVING A LEGITIMATE, LIKE YOURSELF HAVE A LEGITIMATE CON UH, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM.

YOU CAN'T FIND PARKING.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, THAT EVERY TENANT WHO LIVES AT A HUNDRED MANHATTAN, 33 OAK, UM, A 90 MANHATTAN SHOULD BE TREATED JUST LIKE I WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED AND EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED.

I, I JUST WISH WE COULD COME UP WITH, UM, UM, AN OPTION FOR DAYS THAT SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

YOU KNOW, AND I SHOULD MENTION LAST WEEK WE, WE WAIVED, UM, ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY THERE ARE NO PARKING, YOU KNOW, BIN BECAUSE WE SAID IT WASN'T GONNA SNOW.

YOU KNOW? AND I JUST FEEL, ESPECIALLY ON MANHATTAN AVENUE, WHY CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING SORT OF LIKE, LIKE THAT SINCE THERE IS A LEGITIMATE, YOU KNOW, PARKING PROBLEM.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IRIS IS GONNA SPEAK AFTER, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, TENANTS AND YOU KNOW, I I I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW, THE TOWN BOARD, UM, AND MYSELF, UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD WORK OUT AND FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF WAY OF, OF HELPING YOU.

YEAH, I HOPE SO TOO.

'CAUSE UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I LOOK AT IS THAT I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE THE PARKING REGULATIONS WHERE PEOPLE COULD PARK THERE LIKE NOW, 'CAUSE IT STARTED FROM DECEMBER 1ST TO MARCH 15TH, RIGHT? UH, DURING THOSE DAYS, AND I MEAN, THAT MONTH YOU HAVE TO PARK THERE FROM, UH, FROM 7 0 1 TO 1:00 AM RIGHT? BUT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GOTTA WORK EARLY.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GOTTA WORK, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT GETS HOME LATE.

LIKE, LET'S SAY THEY GET HOME AT SEVEN OR SIX, SO THEY GOTTA WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND TRY TO MOVE THEIR CARS AT ONE O'CLOCK BECAUSE AT ONE O'CLOCK YOU GOTTA MOVE YOUR CARS TO SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SO WHERE THEY GONNA, WHERE THEY GONNA PUT THEIR CARS? THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT.

I MEAN, AT 1:00 AM THAT'S KIND OF LATE.

I MEAN, PEOPLE BE SLEEPING, PEOPLE GOTTA GO TO WORK.

IT'S INCONVENIENT.

MAYBE IF Y'ALL DID IT DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE NIGHT IT'S INCONVENIENT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GOTTA WORK BECAUSE THEY GOT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE DAY THAT THEY GOTTA, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH.

AND SO I WAS JUST SAYING, OH, OKAY, MY TIME IS UP.

CAN I JUST ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, ARE WE HAVING A WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY? THANKS.

NO.

SO MONDAY'S THE LAST MEETING? YES.

SO COULD WE, UM, ON THE FIRST, UH, WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, UM, THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO INVITE THE POLICE CHIEF, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SOME RESIDENTS, UH, TO MEET WITH US AND SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH, UM, UM, SOME COMPROMISE IDEAS FROM MANHATTAN AVENUE? 'CAUSE AGAIN, I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR, UM, FOR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, A MONTH.

AND I, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE STREET.

BUT IF SNOW'S NOT ANTICIPATED, I FEEL THAT WE COULD GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO TRY HELPING THE RESIDENTS SOLVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLVE THE, SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THIS BE ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA AND SEE IF WE COULD WORK OUT SOMETHING AND UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND WE COULD USE DIGITAL BOARDS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF LET'S SAY, UH, YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT SNOW IS PROJECTED, BUT IF, IF, UH, IF, UM, SNOW IS PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT SOME, USE A DIGITAL BOARD AND SAY NO PARKING TODAY AND THEN ON THE, AND THIS WAY, UM, UH, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LIVES JUST, WE PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF A HUNDRED MANHATTAN AVENUE OR WHATEVER.

AND TO ME, THAT WOULD SOLVE THE, THE WHOLE PROBLEM.

AND THEN WE WOULD TELL THE POLICE NOT TO TICKET, UM, ON THE OTHER DAYS AND THEN NOBODY WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM.

OKAY? I MEAN, DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? WE, WE COULD ASK JOAN TO THANK YOU TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE DID NOT WAIVE THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOING TO SNOW BECAUSE IT WASN'T GONNA SNOW YESTERDAY.

AND WE DIDN'T WAVE THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

WE WAIVED THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THERE WAS A, UM, A FORECAST OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN COMING DOWN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR CARS FLOODED FROM THE RAINWATER.

HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE

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SNOW.

ALRIGHT? ALRIGHT.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY.

BYE-BYE.

AND WE HOPE TO, UH, SEE YOU MORE OFTEN.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF REALLY GREAT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF, YOU EXPRESSING YOURSELF, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR, IS TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW, WHO ARE, UH, CONCERNED OF LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.

AND AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, I I REALLY HOPE TO SEE YOU MORE OFTEN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR TOWN.

WELL, MAYBE YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

YOU MAY DECIDE TO RUN FOR OFFICE ONE DAY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S NEXT, BUT THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY REALLY IS ABOUT AND YOU SORT OF REPRESENT THE BEST OF DEMOCRACY, LETTING US KNOW WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING WHILE WE'RE DOING RIGHT OR WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU TO BE VOTING FOR A SALARY INCREASE FOR THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR WHEN YOU MIGHT YOURSELF BE APPEARING IN THOSE COURTS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, HAL SAMIS LEWIS IS GREAT, AND I'M SURE HE'LL DO FINE IN HIS JOB, BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EXISTING, UH, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK? IS SHE STILL WORKING FOR THE TOWN? DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT HER POSITION? OKAY, UM, WE DON'T WANNA PAY TOP DOLLAR TO OUR EMPLOYEES TO KEEP THEM IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

THAT'S A THEME THAT WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE WORK SESSIONS.

WE ARE PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR SOMEONE.

MR. FINE'S, CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY, SHE WAS HIRED FOR I THINK AROUND $83,000.

SIX MONTHS LATER SHE WAS GIVEN A RAISE.

HIS PREVIOUS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY WHO RETIRED WAS PAID $27,000 TO TRAIN HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY.

AND NOW IN THE 2000, UH, 24 BUDGET, SHE'S EARNING 92,000.

I DOUBT THAT SHE'LL BE JUMPING SHIP VERY SOON.

UM, SENT OUT AN EMAIL ABOUT AN ART SHOW IN HARTSDALE AT BRESSER PARK.

THAT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DETAILED, A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO IT, CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE, GETTING EVERYBODY IN LINE IN PLACE.

SO THERE'D BE NO PROBLEMS. IT WAS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME SCENARIO THAT YOU DID FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET.

WAS IT? SAME PERIOD OF TIME KOBE CAME TO YOU IN OCTOBER.

SO HOW COME THERE'S A DIFFERENCE? AND, AND BY THE WAY, I GUESS ART SHOWS BELONG IN HARTSDALE AND FOOD MARKETS BELONG IN FAIRVIEW.

UM, ELLEN, VERY INTERESTING SPEECH THAT YOU GAVE AT THE BEGINNING.

DOES AUGUST 6TH AND AUGUST 9TH AS DATES MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.

WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS NOT REALLY TAKING A POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW, BUT I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT.

AUGUST 6TH, THE UNITED STATES DROPPED AN ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA, AND AUGUST 9TH THEY DROPPED AN ATOMIC BOMB ON NAGASAKI.

THE THEORY BEHIND DOING IT WAS TO END THE WAR AND SAVE LIVES.

AND ON AUGUST 15TH, JAPAN SURRENDERED.

SO WHEN WE READ ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ISRAEL AND THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, WHICH HAMAS IS HIDING BEHIND, DO WE EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT THE UNITED STATES HAS DONE IN, IN ITS HISTORY? ANOTHER DATE I WOULD THROW OUT TO YOU IS JULY 21ST, 2023.

AND THAT WAS THE US PREMIER OF OPPENHEIMER, A VERY POPULAR MOVIE AND WELL DONE.

BUT NO ONE THINKS ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF ISRAEL, DO THEY? GINA, YOU LIVE WITH YOUR MOTHER.

I'VE ASKED YOU, DID YOU EVER FIND OUT WHO, WHAT SHE, WHO SHE'S BUYING ELECTRICITY FROM? CON ED.

CON ED, OKAY.

UM, SHE KNOWS WHY I'M ASKING AS DO THE REST OF THE BOARD.

KEN, YOU'RE GOING OUT ON A, ON A HIGH POINT, YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING A LOT DURING THE WORK SESSIONS, BUT I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT I'M VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOARD OF ETHICS.

SO YOU MAY BE THE LIAISON TO THE COURTS, BUT I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WHEN I SEE THAT YOU WILL STILL BE A LAWYER, YOU'RE EMPLOYED AS SUCH, YOU MAY EVEN GO AND HAVE PRIVATE PRACTICE.

IT SEEMS INAPPROPRIATE THEN FOR

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AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU RECUSE YOURSELF FROM ANY VOTE ON THAT.

AND FRANCIS, YOU'RE FIGHTING AWAY.

WE'LL HOPE WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, YOUR YEARS WRAP UP, .

WHO'S NEXT? WHO'S NEXT? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MURRAY BODEN WAS JUST TO ADD DYLAN'S NAME TO BOTHER.

YEAH, JUST PUT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY PUT IT DOWN THERE.

WHY YOU JUST DIDN'T GET UP.

HE MOVED UP CLOSER.

SO WE BE WHATCHA TRYING TO SAY? SORRY.

AMERICA, YOU GOT A NEW HAIRCUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, NO, IT'S MARY'S TIME.

JUST I, I TRIED TO BE CONSPICUOUS AND SIT IN THE BACK.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING I MADE A MISTAKE BECAUSE I NEED TO READ LIPS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I MOVED OVER THERE.

THE FUNCTION OF THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE SITTING HERE IS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD DISCIPLINE SOMEBODY.

YOU SHOULD HIRE SOMEBODY, YOU SHOULD OVERSEE THE FUNCTION OF THE TOWN.

IT IS NOT THE FUNCTION OF THIS BOARD TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN TOWN.

YOU'RE NOT THE TOWN ENGINEER, YOU'RE NOT THE TOWN BUILDING INSPECTOR AND FRANCIS.

YOU CAN'T BE THE TOWN ZUMBA PERSON.

NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE THIS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IF YOU ARE OVERSIGHT, YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE.

YOU HAVE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS A HOST, BUT YOU CAN'T BE TECHNICALLY AND UH, THIS BOARD'S GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

YOU HIRE AND YOU FIRE.

THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT ON YOU.

WHEN YOU ARE ZOOM HOST, YOU HAVE TECHNICAL PEOPLE HERE AND MANY, MANY OTHER ORG OTHER PARTS OF OUR, OUR BROADCAST.

AND GARRETT IS GOOD AND AARON IS GOOD AND EVERY DOES IT.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A BOARD OF OVERSIGHT TO HIRE AND FIRE, YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE.

THAT'S A TOUGHIE.

YOU'RE CHANGING WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

AND, AND IT GOES TO THE THOUGHT THAT MANY OF THE PROCEDURES THAT HAVE GONE ON HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS HAVE TO CHANGE.

I CHALLENGED HIRING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AT THE SUPERVISORY LEVEL.

EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION IS REDUCING THEIR STAFF AT THE MANAGERIAL LEVEL.

YOU READ IT EVERY DAY.

INSURANCE COMPANIES, CONSULTING COMPANIES, THEY'RE REDUCING.

GOLDMAN SACHS, YOU NAME IT, THEY'RE, BECAUSE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET SO QUICKLY AND IN SUCH VOLUME THAT IT'S EASY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LESS STAFF.

GOLDMAN SACHS MADE 30% LESS PARTNERS THIS YEAR THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.

AND THAT'S REPLICATED RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SORT OF REINVENT YOURSELVES, FELLAS, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT YOU'RE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT WORLD.

THE WORLD THAT EXISTED 2, 3, 5 YEARS AGO DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SUPERVISE.

THERE WERE THINGS THAT YOU SAID TODAY, FRANCIS, THAT WERE RIGHT ON.

SPOT ON.

I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU WHAT? .

I'M SORRY.

I KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

YOU, IT'S NOT A JOKE, FRANCIS.

WHEN YOU WERE SPOT ON ABOUT DESCRIBING ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF, I, I CAN'T KEEP THAT STUFF IN MY HEAD.

YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT

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THAT.

UH, EXPENDING MONEY ON THE INCOME, BUT THIS TIME YOU HAVE TO CHANGE AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME.

I TRIED TO SIT BACK THERE AND BE OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THEN I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE ALL SAYING.

'CAUSE I HAD TO SEE YOU LIPS.

IT'S NOT EASY GETTING OLD.

NOT AT ALL.

AND I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY I CAN WALK.

AND I USED TO COME IN HERE WITH AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR.

I GOT A MEDICAL TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE THERAPY, WHATEVER IT WAS.

IT WASN'T ONE PERSON.

IT WAS A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE ALL ADDING A LITTLE PIECE TO IT.

I WISH YOU WELL.

I, WHATEVER YOUR HOLIDAY IS, GOOD LUCK WITH IT AND I DON'T ENVY YOU ONE BIT WITH THE NEXT YEAR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU.

THANK YOU, MARY.

HAPPY HOLIDAY.

HAVE VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY HOLIDAYS.

AND GINA, DON'T TAKE HIS, HIS COMMENT ABOUT GETTING OLDER PERSONALLY.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHE JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, UH, TWO DAYS AGO.

HE DIDN'T MEAN YOU.

NO, IT'S OKAY.

ERIC, OUR NEXT WEEK, ERIC ZINGER.

, WORRY ABOUT YOUR, YOUR 80TH BIRTHDAY'S COMING.

, UH, ELLEN, AND I ENJOYED HEARING YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR RECENT TRIP TO ISRAEL.

I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US AND I HOPE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE.

I'M GONNA PREFACE MY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT BY SAYING THAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY SOME VERY DISTURBING THINGS.

I'M NOT AN ANTISEMITE, I'M ANTI TERMITE.

HITLER WAS A VERY GREAT MAN.

THE JEWS HAVE BEEN SO BAD AT POLITICS.

THEY LOST HALF THEIR POPULATION IN THE HOLOCAUST.

ISRAEL HAS NO PERMANENT HOME IN OUR HOLY LAND.

WE KNOW THAT MANY ISRAELIS WERE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NINE 11 ATTACKS, BUT QUICKLY RELEASED AND SENT TO ISRAEL.

WE KNOW THAT AN ISRAELI FILM CREW DRESSED AS ARABS WERE FILMING THE TWIN TOWERS.

AND WE KNOW THAT MANY JEWS RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE NOT TO COME TO WORK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

AND THE CHRISTIAN W RIGHT WITH YOUR BLINDNESS TO THAT WICKED STATE OF ISRAEL, HOW CAN IT BE THAT THE HOLY LAND, YOU HAVE GAY PARADES AND WANTED TO PERMIT TO HAVE A GAY PARADE IN JERUSALEM WHEN NO PROPHET EVER SANCTIONED THAT BEHAVIOR.

HOW CAN THAT BE ISRAEL? HOW CAN THAT BE JERUSALEM? AS I SAID OVER 20 YEARS AGO, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE FOR ISRAEL BECAUSE THERE CAN BE NO PEACE AS LONG AS THAT PEACE IS BASED ON LYING, STEALING MURDER, AND USING GOD'S NAME TO SHIELD A WICKED UNJUST PRACTICE.

THEY CALL THEM TERRORISTS.

I CALL THEM FREEDOM FIGHTERS.

NOW, THOSE ARE NOT MY COMMENTS.

THOSE ARE COMMENTS OF LOUIS FARRAKHAN WHO IS HONORED BY THIS TOWN BOARD WITH A MURAL OF HIS LIKENESS IN MANHATTAN AVENUE.

AND I FIND THAT DISGUSTING AS A JEW, AS A RESIDENT, AS A DEMOCRAT, AS A PERSON, AS A HUMAN BEING, THE FACT THAT HE'S BEING HONORED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS, OUR TOWN BOARD, AND OUR GOVERNMENT MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE.

I DON'T CARE IF IT COSTS US SOME LEGAL BATTLES, PAINT OVER THE MURAL, FIGHT IT OUT IN COURTS.

THE FACT THAT THIS MURAL HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO STAY UP AS LONG AS IT HAS IS DISGUSTING.

IT DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT WE STAND FOR IN GREENBURG.

AND ANYONE ON THAT TOWN BOARD WHO DISAGREES WITH ME SHOULD SAY SO RIGHT NOW.

I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEANCE ON THAT.

SO FOR ALL IN AGREEANCE, LET'S TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY SO THAT ONE OF THE MOST VILE ANTISEMITES IN AMERICAN HISTORY IS NOT HONORED BY THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN CLEAVER BOWEN, HOW OLD YOU ARE IN INDIRA? UH, DIVA.

SORRY.

GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE LAST COMMENT.

INDIRA.

OH, SORRY, .

I WANNA COMMENT ON THE LAST COMMENT, BUT I HAVE SOMETHING, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE IMPORTANT THAT I PROMISED A GENTLEMAN I WOULD COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT TODAY.

UM, ON NOVEMBER 10TH, I WAS ASKED TO ASSIST A GENTLEMAN WHO SAID HE WAS ILLEGALLY LOCKED OUT FROM HIS APARTMENT, FROM AN APARTMENT HE WAS STAYING AT, AT, UH, 33 OAK STREET.

UM, I SAID, WELL, DID YOU GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? HE SAID HE DID.

AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF GOING TO THE POLICE FOR HELP, WHICH YOU'RE TOLD TO DO IN A CASE LIKE THAT, THE POLICE OFFICER WENT BACK AND TYPED UP A TRESPASS NOTICE AND

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GAVE TO HIM.

UM, HE WENT TO COURT, UM, TO PROTEST THE LEGAL LOCKOUT AND WAS TOLD THAT FOR HIM TO GO TO THE APARTMENT AND GET HIS BELONGINGS, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE ESCORTED BY POLICE.

UM, WHY THIS IS TROUBLING TO ME IS HE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, UM, AS A CARETAKER FOR HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG, UM, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES THAT LIVED IN THE FAIRGROUNDS.

AND FOR THIS GENTLEMAN TO BE DISPLACED LIKE AN ANIMAL, BASICALLY, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AWARE, BUT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE LEASE, IF YOU OCCUPY AN APARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS, YOU HAVE TO GO TO COURT.

IT'S A HOLDOVER.

EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO THEIR DAY IN COURT AND THE COURT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE LANDLORD DENIED HIM THAT.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE HE WENT BACK THREE TO FOUR TIMES TO REMOVE HIS BELONGINGS WITH POLICE.

UM, TWO YEARS OF BELONGINGS FROM THE HOUSE.

UM, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF TOWN WORKS IN ACCORDANCE OR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE LANDLORD TO STAND BY WHEN SOMEONE IS ILLEGALLY LOCKED OUT AND NOT INVESTIGATING TO FIND OUT, DO YOU LIVE THERE? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? AND IT'S UPHOLDING AN ILLEGAL LOCKOUT.

UM, A LOT OF US ARE BEING DISPLACED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S NO LONGER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I FIND THAT, UM, CORONERS ARE BEING CUT AND PEOPLE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHILE ILLEGAL STUFF ARE BEING DONE IN ORDER TO GET US OUT TO MAKE WAY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, REGULAR PAYING TENANTS TO FORCE PEOPLE OUT OF SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S ADORABLE.

I MEAN, THIS GENTLEMAN IS A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG WHO WAS DISPLACED FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS AND PUT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE DENIED A LAWFUL COURT DATE AND DENIED THE ALLOWANCE TO STAY IN THE APARTMENT WHILE THAT COURT DATE WAS GOING ON, BUT WAS INSTEAD LOCKED OUT ON THE STREET AND KEPT AWAY FROM HIS BELONGINGS FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND HAD TO GO BACK WITH THE POLICE OFFICER TO GET THOSE, UM, BELONGINGS.

UM, I WENT TO COURT WITH HIM.

UM, I WENT TO WESTCHESTER COURT.

THEY SENT ME TO GREENBURG COURT TO APPEAL IT.

AND YOUR COURT CLERK, UH, KNEW TWO TIMES, SAID, OH NO, HE CAN'T COME HERE.

IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER, KIND OF RUDE, IT'S OVER.

WENT TO WESTCHESTER TWO TIMES.

THEY SAID, NO, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO GREENBURG.

IT CAN BE APPEALED.

WESTCHESTER HAD TO TELL GREENBURG COURT HOW TO DO THEIR JOB AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO APPEAL IT, BUT THE JUDGE, THE SAME JUDGE AGAIN, DENIED IT.

THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE WHERE SOMEBODY'S GIVEN A RUNAROUND, A CITIZEN, A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE RUNAROUND.

I LET HIM KNOW THE LANDLORD HAS A RIGHT.

MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT YOU THERE, BUT YOU STILL ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR DAY LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON AS A PRIVATE LANDLORD IN GREENBURG, WE CAN'T GO AND DO THAT.

WE WOULD BE THREATENED WITH A FINE OR IMPRISONMENT IF WE ILLEGALLY LOCK SOMEBODY OUT.

THE POLICE SHOULDN'T BE ASSISTING THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG HOUSING GROUP WITH THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THEY SHOULD REALLY TAKE THE SIDE AND DO THE RESEARCH AND TRY TO FIND OUT IF THIS GENTLEMAN DID INDEED LIVE THERE AND TREAT HIM WITH SOME RESPECT.

HE'S DISABLED.

UM, HE HAS A BRAIN INJURY.

HE TALKS LIKE HE OR MAY APPEAR THAT HE'S ON DRUGS, BUT HE'S NOT.

I ASSURE YOU, HE HAS A BRAIN INJURY, HE'S DISABLED, AND THEY TREATED HIM LIKE A DOG.

IT WAS KIND OF HEARTBREAKING.

UM, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SHOULD KNOW THE LAW AND THEY SHOULD BE UPHOLDING IT REGARDLESS OF WHO THE LANDLORD IS.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN OUR TOWN.

UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, GREENBERG COULD BE LIABLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF THE POLICE ISN'T UPHOLDING THE LAWS CAPTAIN, WOULD YOU, UH, BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

RIGHT? MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE CAPTAIN IN THE BACK.

UH, CLIFTON ABRAMS. IT'S NOT HERE.

UH, OUR LAST SPEAKER WOULD BE DYLAN.

NO, .

COME ON.

YOU, YOU'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON IN.

ARE YOU SORRY, 30 SECONDS.

HONESTLY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE MURAL AS A, MY ONLY A PROPOSITION IS TO THAT INDIVIDUAL'S

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PRESENCE.

THE REST OF THE MURAL IS GREAT.

THANK AND I FULLY SUPPORT.

THANK YOU ERIC.

AND THE TOWN BOARD DID NOT AUTHORIZE THAT IMAGE TO BE ON THE WALL.

RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS.

UM, NEXT WE'LL BE NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK.

WE'RE DOING RESOLUTIONS.

ALL THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT ARE IN FINAL FORM AND WON'T BE AMENDED.

UH, TB ONE

[ TB 1 - 12/13/2023 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]

UM, CROWN CASTLE USA, UM, AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR STC FIVE, EXTENDING THE 10 YEAR OPTION TO THE EXISTING CELLULAR ANTENNA LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF AN ADDITIONAL 600 SQUARE FEET LICENSE AREAS TO CONTINUE CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SERVICES OF FACILITIES LOCATED AT THE TOWN HIGHWAY GARAGE ON OLD SPRAYING ROAD.

[ TB 2 – 12/13/2023 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]

THE TOWN SUPERVISOR 10.

ENTER ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 WITH THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS, UH, FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT A REQUEST NOT TO EXCEED 3 45 2 49.

RELEASE OF TRUST AND AGENCY PARKLAND FUNDS FOR MASTER PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE 14.1 ACRE PARK.

[ TB 3 – 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the release of Trust and Agency Parkland Funds for Master Planning for the Future 14.1 Acre Park that borders East Rumbrook Park]

THE BOARD IS EAST BROOK.

RETENTION OF, UM, WHITMAN OSTERMAN AND HANNAH, A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TEXAS SARI MATTERS.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ AT 1 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as Special Counsel for tax certiorari matters at a cost not to exceed $25,000, total cost of $175,000 which includes the fees and expenses previously billed by Lewis and Greer PC]

REQUEST NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.

TOTAL COST IS 175,000.

[ AT 2 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Mary Denham for property located at 74 Lincoln Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $68±; the County’s share is $471±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $88±; the Hastings on Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $3,297±. Refunds from all sources total $3,924±]

TAX SETTLEMENT.

PETITIONER, I I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ONE BECAUSE I KNOW THE PERSON.

MARY DENIM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 74 LINCOLN AVENUE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 3009 24.

TERTIARY NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HUGS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE 11 UH, SOUTH CENTRAL, UM, AVENUE, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 35 7 34.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN TAX

[ AT 3 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Capitol Distributors, LLC for property located at 111 So. Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $6,896±; the County’s share is $3,807±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $506±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $6,308±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $259±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $17,959±. Refunds from all sources total $35,734±]

[ AT 4 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioners Bethel Holdings, LLC and JJHS, LLC for property located at 19-21-23 Cedar Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,745±; the County’s share is $10,403±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $1,628±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $67,774±. Refunds from all sources total $81,549±]

AUTHORIZING, UM, TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMAN WITH PETITIONER BETHEL HOLDING, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 81 5 4 9 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.

TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMAN WITH PETITIONER HARTSDALE LANDCORP TOTAL AMOUNT, UM, 20,769.

[ AT 5 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hartsdale Land Corp. for property located at 74 South Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,993±; the County’s share is $2,183±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $307±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $3,706±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $150±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $10,429±. Refunds from all sources total $20,769±]

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND FAVOR? AYE.

A AYE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ AT 6 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner PLJ Management LLC for property located at 55 Valley Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $221±; the County’s share is $1,643±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $226±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $9,443±. Refunds from all sources total $11,533±]

AYE DO WE DO THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

TAX CARY SETTLEMENT WITH P LJ MANAGEMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 55 VALLEY AVENUE.

TOTAL AMOUNT REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 11,533.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER LUIGI FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 T HUNDREDS LAND AND 4 43 FOR BROADWAY.

[ AT 7 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Luigi DePaola for property located at 10 Tiernans Land and 443 Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $855±; the County’s share is $6,344±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $937±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $41,702±. Refunds from all sources total $49,839±]

TOTAL AMOUNT IS 49 8 39.

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

OF THE TOWN BOARD SETTLING, UM, UH, PUBLIC SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 10TH, UH, TO CONSIDER EXTENSION OF SOMO VALLEY COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN.

[ CL 1 - 12/13/2023 Order of the Town Board setting a Public Hearing on January 10, 2024, at 7:30 PM, to consider the extension of the Saw Mill Valley County Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh]

DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER, UM, AN ACTION INVOLVING HIS ZONING TAX AMENDMENT RELATING TO EXCESS.

[ CD 1 - 12/13/2023 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]

I'M GONNA HOLD THAT OVER TILL TO, UH, MONDAY.

C WHY WE, WE FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE WORK SESSION YESTERDAY.

THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BEAN BROOK TO BE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER FOR AN ACTION RELATING TO FEDERAL AND A PROJECT KNOWN AS EAST WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND WEST HARTILL AVENUE.

UM, RESOLUTION DECLARING

[ CD 2 - 12/13/2023 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency with respect to SEQRA for an action related to a federal-aid project known as the East-West Hartsdale Avenue Transportation Improvement Project which involves the design and construction of various transportation improvements along portions of East Hartsdale Avenue and West Hartsdale Avenue [TB 22-09]]

OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF TWO 2024 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, UM, RELATING TO SIDEWALK AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND I APPROVING THE SERVICES OF A KRF FOR TECHNICAL APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 10,000.

[ CD 3 - 12/13/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh (1) supporting the submission of two 2024 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) applications related to sidewalk and related infrastructure projects; and (2) approving the services of AKRF, Inc. (“AKRF”) for technical application assistance for an amount not to exceed $10,000]

RESOLUTION AWARDING ARCHITECTURE,

[ CD 4 - 12/13/2023 Resolution awarding architect design and related supplemental services to Stephen Tilly Architect in connection with an ongoing restoration project for Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters located at 425 Ridge Road, P.O. Hartsdale, for an amount not to exceed $270,941]

UH, DESIGN AND RELATED SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES TO STEVEN TILLEY IN CONNECTION WITH, UM, AN ONGOING RESTORATION PROJECT, UH, FOR ODELL HOUSE, UM, NOT TO EXCEED 2 79 41.

SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE.

UM, AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023.

UM, RESOLUTION,

[ CO 1 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfers]

BUDGET TRANSFERS.

KNOW, WE, WE HAVE SET FOR YEARS THAT WE WERE GONNA DO RFPS FOR AUDITORS.

UM, UH, FOR,

[ CO 2 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the approval of PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP as the auditors for fiscal year 2023 and 2024 at a cost of $95,500 and $99,500]

UH, IS ROBERTA? YES.

UM, FOR, WE WERE TALKING YESTERDAY ABOUT, UM, DOING A ONE YEAR, UM, UM, AUDIT AND DOING, UM, DOING, UM, AN RFP.

UM, YOU

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SO COULD WE DO IT FOR JUST ONE YEAR? WELL, WE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS, A CONTRACT, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND WE AGREED LAST NIGHT WE WERE GONNA DO TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS.

NO, I'M, I'M ASKING, WE HAVEN'T APPROVED ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S A RESOLUTION.

WE, BUT WE ALL AGREED THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T SIGNED A CONTRACT.

WE HAVEN'T APPROVED A CONTRACT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

THE POINT IS THAT WE AGREED ON TWO YEARS, NOT ONE.

RIGHT.

WE DID, WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND WE CAN'T AMEND IT NOW.

WELL, YOU COULD ALWAYS AMEND IT UNTIL IT'S APPROVED.

AMEND SAID.

YOU JUST SAID WE CAN'T, THAT WAS YOUR RULE.

NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, UH, THEN CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE HOLD IT OVER AND THEN, UH, WE COULD ALWAYS REVISE A CONTRACT FOR ON MONDAY AND MAKE IT ONE YEAR, BUT I DON'T WANT DO, WE DON'T WANNA DO IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO YOU DON'T MAKE THE MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

UH, RELU, I MAKE A MOTION RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES, LLP AS THE AUDIT IS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2023 AND 2024 AT A COST OF NINETY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

JUST FOR, JUST FOR DISCUSSION, JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW, MY POSITION, I WAS ALWAYS ADVISED THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AUDITORS EVERY PERIODICALLY YOU SHOULD CHANGE IT, CHANGE THEM OR DO AN RFP.

WE'VE HAD THE SAME AUDITORS FOR PROBABLY OVER 25 YEARS, MAYBE CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING AN RFP, SEEING WHAT'S OUT THERE GIVING OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A CHANCE.

AND THEN, UH, AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT AN OFFICE, WE DID AN RFP AND WE GOT VERY GOOD PRICES, MUCH LESS.

AND THEN, UH, BENNETT KASON CAME IN WITH A MUCH MORE FAVORABLE, YOU KNOW, PRICE FOR, BECAUSE THEY WANTED OUR BUSINESS.

SO I FEEL THAT IF WE DID AN RFP, UH, AT THE MINIMUM WE WOULD GET THEM TO PROBABLY LOWER THEIR, THEIR PRICES AND WOULD SAVE SOME MONEY.

THAT'S MY PERSONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, FEELING.

SO I WILL VOTE NO, I'LL ABSTAIN BECAUSE I BUT FOR THE PAUL PAUL, HOW ABOUT WE, WE AMEND THIS TO STATE THAT AT THE END OF THIS TERM WE WILL DO AN RFP.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE SAID THAT WE'VE SAID THAT FOR YEARS AND WE'VE NEVER DONE IT TO THAT LAST NIGHT, WE, BUT WE, WE SAID WE AGREED TO THAT LETTER.

NO, HOLD ON.

PAUL, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

WE AGREED YESTERDAY THE FULL BOARD AGREED YESTERDAY THAT WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THIS CONTRACT AND THE NEXT WE WILL PUT OUT A RFP AFTER THE TWO YEARS.

BUT WE AGREED ON THAT.

SO THEN CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION JUST MS. SPIRIT OF, UH, UH, COOPERATION.

WHY DON'T WE, UH, DO THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU SAID THAT WOULD DI DIRECT THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE TO DO AN RFP THE NEXT TIME IT GOES ON.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID'S FINE.

OH, WELL WE JUST SAID THAT.

NO, I SAID NO, YOU JUST SAID I SAID THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

YOU JUST ASKED.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I, I SAID WE PROCEED.

I WILL SUPPORT IT.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON, ON THAT WITH THE AMENDMENT? THE MOTION WAS MADE.

OH, OKAY.

THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT BEING I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.

I REALIZED THAT I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT ALL IN FAVOR.

WHO SECONDED IT? YEAH.

NO ONE, NO ONE SECONDED IT.

RIGHT.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE SECOND FIRST AND THEN HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

BUT WHO, WHO WANTS TO SECOND THAT? NO IN FAVOR.

WILL YOU NEED A SECOND? SOMEONE NEEDS A SECOND.

ARE YOU SECOND? ALRIGHT.

APPROVAL OF AMENDED TO PERFORM ACTUARIAL SERVICES REQUIRED BY GASB 75 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND 2024 AT A COST OF 10,500 FOR EACH YEAR.

[ CO 3 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing approval of Milliman, Inc. to perform Actuarial Services required by GASB 75 for fiscal year 2023 and 2024 at a cost of $10,500 for each year]

A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CN NUTRITION FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 FOR CDBG CV GRANT FOR NEW CARES FOR PENCE DEMIC MEALS FOR AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND 200,000 IN TOTAL.

RESOLUTION APPROVING

[ CO 4 - 12/13/2023 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the CN Nutrition Fund for fiscal year 2023 for a CDBG-CV Grant under CARES for Pandemic Meals for an additional $100,000, $200,000 in total]

BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE CM FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 FOR NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANT FOR 1 98 6 6 9.

RESOLUTION APPROVING A

[ CO 5 - 12/13/2023 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the CN Fund for fiscal year 2023 for a Nutrition Program Grant for $198,669]

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

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION

[ PH 1 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the execution of a Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG -CV) First Amendment of the contract with the County of Westchester and the Town of Greenburgh for a Pandemic Weekend Meals Program in the Town of Greenburgh]

OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CURRENT, UH, VIRUS, UH, VIRUS.

FIRST, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR A PANDEMIC WEEKEND MEALS PROGRAM IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO REIMBURSE THE TOWNS 16 1 4 7 FOR SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.

[ PH 2 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an Inter Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the Town of Greenburgh and Westchester County to reimburse the Town $16,147 for the Summer Youth Employment Program at the Theodore D. Young Community Center for the period of July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023]

HE HAD A YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO BID FOR SIX, UH, CUMMINS, UH, DIESEL EMERGENCY STANDBY, UH, GENERATORS.

[ PO 1 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to go to bid for six (6) Cummins Diesel Emergency Stand-By Generators]

JUSTIN COCHRAN, UM, UH, BRADLEY FENNEL, KEVIN LUCIANO AND GERALD TENENBAUM AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS.

RESOLUTION APPOINTING

[ PO 2 - 12/13/2023 Resolution appointing Justin Cochrane, Bradley Fennell, Kevin Luciano, and Gerald Tenenbaum as Entry-Level Police Officers]

TREATMENT CHEMICALS TO LOIS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR 2024.

[ PW 1 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the award of bids for Water Treatment Chemicals to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]

AWARD BID OF WATER

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BID FOR CHEMICAL SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES TO THOMAS ENGLISH AND ASSOCIATES FOR 2024.

[ PW 2 - 12/13/2023 Resolution awarding bid for Chemical Systems Maintenance & Repair Services to Thomas English & Associates for 2024]

AUTHORIZING AWARD FOR A BID FOR WATER MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2024.

[ PW 3 - 12/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the award of bid for Water Materials and Supplies to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]