Dec 18, 2023 Town Board- Regular

AND JUDA, WOULD YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? YES.

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.

HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DKO.

AND, UH, TODAY'S THE LAST MEETING OF, UH, OF THE YEAR, AND WE'RE VERY, UH, GRATEFUL TO, UH, COUNCILMAN KEN JONES FOR HAVING SERVED THE TOWN FOR, UH, FOR 12 YEARS.

GREAT.

UM, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JOY HABER, WHO'S A COUNCILWOMAN ELECT.

SHE'S .

UM,

[ PRESENTATIONS]

YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB AND YOU'VE, UH, DEVOTED THOUSANDS OF HOURS AND YOU REALLY HAVE MADE GREENBERG A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.

UM, YOU SERVED AS LIAISON TO THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY.

YOU HELPED, UH, THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY OBTAIN APPROVALS FOR, UH, NEW STATE OF THE ART AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND TO RENOVATE, UH, OLDER EXISTING UNITS AND TO OBTAIN FUNDING TO PROVIDE BROADBAND, UM, INTERNET SERVICES, UH, TO RESIDENTS, WHICH IS GREATLY, UM, APPRECIATED.

UM, DURING, UH, YOUR TENURE AS A BOARD MEMBER, UH, YOU WORKED, UH, DILIGENTLY TO HELP THE PARKING DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE, UH, THE PARK, A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T PARKING, AND THE PARKING DISTRICT DOESN'T GET, UM, REVENUE FROM THE TOWN.

IT'S BASED ON USERS, AND YOU HELP THE DISTRICT COME UP WITH A PLAN.

SO THEY SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT THEM TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO.

UM, YOU WORKED VERY HARD TO IMPROVE, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

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YOU SECURED FUNDING AND APPROVAL FOR ALMOST 12 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS AROUND THE TOWN.

MANY BUILT WITH FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AND, UH, AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.

AND WITHOUT YOUR EFFORTS, UM, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

UM, YOU, UH, TRIED, UH, HELPING THE TOWN, UH, MANAGE GOVERNMENT BETTER, UH, BY INSISTING ON, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD EVALUATIONS AND A REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH, UM, HAS MADE THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT MORE, MORE EFFICIENT.

UH, YOU'VE USED YOUR SKILLS AND TALENTS, HELPING THE TOWN OBTAIN HELP FROM ALBANY AND WASHINGTON WHEN WE NEEDED ASSISTANCE.

AND YOU ALSO, UM, ENHANCED PLAYGROUNDS AND OUR PARKS AND INITIATED NEW PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

YOU ALSO, UM, WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE TOWN IDENTIFY BLOCK GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AS LIAISON TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY BOARD.

UM, IN ADDITION TO YOU MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU WORKED, UH, HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COURT SYSTEM IS WELL RUN AND YOU PUSHED FOR THE FIRST APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICE CHIEF IN, IN GREENBURG HISTORY.

UM, DURING YOUR TENURE, UH, GREENBERG, UM, WAS NAMED THE NINTH BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES BY FORTUNE MAGAZINE AND THE EIGHTH BEST LOCALITY IN THE NORTHEAST BY MONEY MAGAZINE AND THE BOND AGENCIES, EVERYONE GAVE GREENBERG AAA BOND RATING, THE HIGHEST RATING ANY MUNICIPALITY COULD OBTAIN RATING THAT 98% OF THE COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE.

SO, UH, I THINK THOSE ARE JUST LIKE A FEW OF YOU, MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT DOESN'T DO JUSTICE BECAUSE YOU DID A LOT MORE.

BUT, UH, THE TOWN BOARD WE'RE, UH, HONORING, UM, UH, TODAY AS KEN JONES DAY IN GREENBURG.

AND SINCE IT'S A HOLIDAY, WE COULD ALL LEAVE NOW BEFORE .

WE'RE NOT DONE.

YOU DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GONNA BE GOOD.

YEAH, WE ARE NOT DONE.

WE'RE NOT DONE.

PAUL.

BEFORE YOU GIVE THAT 30 MINUTE SPEECH, , PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME WITH YOU, BUT WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS.

I REMEMBER WALKING, GOING DOOR TO DOOR FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND YOU SAID, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND I SAID, STICK WITH ME KIDS.

, NOW YOU TURN THE TABLES ON ME WHEN I JOIN THE BOARD, AND I WILL REALLY MISS YOU.

IT'LL BE, WE WELCOME JOY, BUT WE'LL MISS YOU.

AND I AM NOT GONNA TAKE UP ALL THE TIME BECAUSE MY FRIENDS HERE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY.

OH, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY , BUT I, I, I WILL SAY, KEN, IT WAS TRULY A PLEASURE TO WORK ALONGSIDE, ALONGSIDE OF YOU FOR THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SEE THINGS THAT I PROBABLY DID NOT WANNA SEE.

AND I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN YOUR EYES A LITTLE WIDER AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING AND, AND, AND SHOWING ME SOME THINGS.

ALSO, ALSO, JUST THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, JUST YOUR SUPPORT DURING THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

UM, JANINE STILL OWES ME A WINE GLASS .

UM, SO I KNOW SHE'S LISTENING, SO I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

BUT I WANNA WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF DE AND I.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.

MM-HMM.

SO, I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT THE PARK.

OH, THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING COULD MAKE KEN HAPPIER THAN JANUARY 1ST.

2024.

WE HAVE SEEN HIS SMILE DRY, UH, WIDEN EACH DAY AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO JANUARY 1ST, 2024, FOUR.

UH, THE THING THAT YOU DON'T GET TO SEE ABOUT KEN, SOMETIMES YOU DO.

'CAUSE HE CAN BE EXTREMELY BLUNT WHEN HE WANTS TO AND GET A POINT ACROSS.

BUT, UH, WHEN WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS THAT GO ON UNTIL 10, 10 30, 11.

MIDNIGHT, UH, WHAT'S THAT? 11 O'CLOCK? MIDNIGHT.

MIDNIGHT, WHATEVER.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

12 ONE.

HE WILL, HE WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE HE IS BLUNT AND TO THE POINT AND, UH, SHARE, SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS WISDOM.

UH, THOUGH WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A FIVE MEMBER BOARD.

SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING SO LONG, WE KNOW IT'S NOT SO LONG BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY AGREED TO COME BACK AND, UH, I WON'T SAY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING .

AND BUT WE, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING LIKE, WE HAVE NOT WORKED TO BUILD CONSENSUS.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE US COME OUT HERE AND IT'S, I I I, I, THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG.

IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BEHIND THE SCENES AND KEN WAS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW,

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HE'S GOING TO BE ON GASHA LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE.

WE'RE NOT PAYING .

THAT'S, UH, HE IS, HE HAS, OKAY, I'M GONNA DISCLOSE THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD.

I KEEP TRYING.

YOU KEEP TRYING.

UM, BUT WE WE'RE, WE'RE IT, YOU CAN HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT WE HAVE JOY COMING IN.

AND UH, AND WE WILL BE AND WE WILL BE ROASTING HER AT SOME POINT.

AT SOME POINT.

ON THE BOARD OR OFF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT NIGHT.

SO KEN, SO THERE'S SOMETHING FOR YOU OH MY, YES.

FROM ALL OF US ON THE BOARD.

AND FROM THE TOWN BECAUSE YOU ARE UNIVERSALLY LOVED.

AW.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FRAMED .

WE'RE NOT GOOD AT FRAME .

ALRIGHT.

WOW.

JOY, DO YOU SHARE? WANTS TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE GOT? SO ONCE YOU SHOW, UM, SO I, I I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK SOMEBODY, ANDREA, WILL YOU DO US A FAVOR? I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON.

KNOW THAT YOU STAND IN FRONT OF ME.

CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE IF WE ALL STAND DOWN AND WE CAN HOLD PROCLAMATION SO WE CAN GET THAT LAST FINAL PHOTO TOGETHER AS A, AS A, DO YOU WANNA TAKE IT OUT OF THERE? DO YOU WANNA LEAVE IT IN THERE? IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

IT, WHEN I TELL, I DUNNO, LOOKING BACK, WOW.

COME OUT GREAT.

JOE, HAVE YOU FAMILIARIZED YOURSELF? NO.

HE COME ZOOMING IN.

I WORKED HARD FOR THIS.

JUST LEAVE YOUR, HAVE A LICENSE.

1212 WALK AWAY OFF INTO THE SUN.

[ TB 4 - 12/18/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh naming the Multipurpose Center at Anthony F. Veteran Park the Gerard J. Byrne Center, and authorizing an appropriate ceremony be planned and scheduled accordingly]

ON, UM, ON THE AGENDA.

I WAS SORT OF THINKING, UH, WHILE I WAS DRIVING HERE, UH, LAST WEEK I WAS AT THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AND I SAW A LITTLE CRACK ON, UH, THE SAILING.

AND I SAID, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? UM, WHEN, UM, JERRY LEAVES, UM, JERRY, WHO, JERRY BYRNE, WHEN, WHEN HE LEAVES, UH, I SAID, HE'S DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THE MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER AND ALL OUR FACILITIES ARE, UH, OUR CLEAN, UH, WELL MAINTAINED.

UM, SO, UM, SINCE JERRY IS LEAVING, UH, AS COMMISSIONER PARKS, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WE ALL THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT CENTER, UH, STAYS CLEAN, WELL MAINTAINED, WELL, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T FALL APART.

UM, SO WE FIGURED THE BEST WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS IS TO NAME THE BUILDING FOR, FOR JERRY.

UM, SO, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RENAME THE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.

I NEED TO TAKE THE RESOLUTION.

RIGHT.

AND I'LL, LET ME JUST READ THE, WELL, T FOUR TV FOUR IS WHAT WE HAVE TO TB FOUR FOUR TB FOUR FOUR TB FOUR.

UH, NAMING THE MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, THE JERRY BURN CENTER, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CEREMONY TO BE PLANNED AND SCHEDULED ACCORDINGLY.

AND, UM, IT SAYS THERE UNDER SECTION FOUR, THAT WAS A MOTION, RIGHT? THAT WAS MOTION MAKING.

MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION SECOND.

UH, 37, UH, YEARS, FULL-TIME FOR THE TOWN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

SO, UH, SO JUST, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S THE GERARD J BURNS.

SO JERRY HAS SERVED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION FROM JULY, UH, 1986 TO, UH, MARCH, 1989.

AND THEN WAS PROMOTED TO COMMISSIONER PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UH, SERVING FROM MARCH 8TH, 1989 TO THE PRESENT WITH OVER,

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CAN'T KEEP A JOB.

SO HE'S RETIRING AFTER A 44, UH, YEAR CAREER.

UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN GREENBURG.

HE ATTENDED ARDSLEY SCHOOLS.

HE WAS A SEASONAL WORKER FOR, UH, ONE SUMMER WITH A, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS PUBLIC WORKS, AND TWO SUMMERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

HE ATTENDED EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FROM 1974 TO 1982, EARNING BOTH HIS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREE IN PARKS AND RECREATION ADMINISTRATION.

JERRY, PRIOR TO RETURNING TO GREENBERG IN 1986, WORKED FOR THE MUNDANE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT AND CHAMPAIGN, UM, PARK DISTRICT, OBTAINING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC RECREATION, PROGRAMMING, ADMINISTRATION, AND CONSERVATION.

I WAS JUST SAYING CHAMPAGNE PARK DISTRICT.

WE HAVE A BEING ON ALCOHOL HERE.

UH, BUT SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT OUR PARK.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT THOUGH, .

WHEREAS, UH, UH, AND JERRY BYRNE, UH, SERVED AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

HE WAS INVOLVED IN PLANNING, PROMOTING, AND ADMINISTERING A COMPREHENSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED 45 PARKS, FOUR PARK PRESERVES, 30 TENNIS COURTS, SIX MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELDS, SEVEN OUTDOOR POOLS, A CRICKET PITCH, AND 10 PICKLEBALL COURTS.

AND PARTRIDGE, I WHEN, UH, JERRY, UH, FIRST TOOK OFFICE, UH, THE TOWN HAD ONLY 233 ACRES OF PARKLAND.

NOW WE HAVE 634 ACRES OF PARKLAND, UM, INCLUDING BOB GOLD, PARKLET EAST IRVINGTON PARK PRESERVE, GLENVILLE WOODS, HARTSBURG PRESERVE, AND TAXI RIDGE PARK PRESERVE.

AND JERRY WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE TOWN TO ACQUIRE, UH, ALL THOSE, UH, PARKS.

UM, HE ADVOCATED FOR AND PERSUADED THE TOWN BOARD IN 1998 TO BUILD THE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK MULTIPURPOSE CENTER USING TOWN PARKLAND, UH, FUNDS.

AND THAT CENTER OPENED IN 2000.

HE SERVED AS LIAISON TO THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION, THE, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER, AND OTHER SERVICE ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND HE ALSO WORKED WITH TOWN OFFICIALS, RESIDENTS AND STAFF, UH, IMPROVING, UH, PROGRAMMING FOR TENNIS, CRICKET.

UH, WE WERE THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN WESTCHESTER TO HAVE A CRICKET FIELD, UM, PICKLEBALL.

AND HE DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS SENIOR EVENTS, CELEBRATE GREENBERG'S, SPOOKTOBER FEST, AND BREAKFAST WITH SANTA.

HE OVERSAW NUMEROUS CAPITAL, UM, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS SUCH AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, BALL FIELDS, INTERACTIVE SPRAY PADS AND POOLS, UH, DOG PARK, ARCHERY RANGE, PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND A PRICKED PITCH.

AND I JUST THOUGHT, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN PUT THIS IN, UH, THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION WENT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHERE EVERYBODY SAID WE WOULD NEED TO SPEND LIKE $9 MILLION ON, ON GETTING A NEW POOL.

AND JERRY UH, WAS TRYING TO, UH, HELP US SAVE MONEY.

SO WE PUT A LINER AND FOR LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE SAVED LIKE ALMOST $9 MILLION.

UH, SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY THAT, UH, HE PROVI PROVIDED US, UM, WITH.

SO, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD ON OCTOBER 4TH RECOMMENDED THAT WE NAME, UM, THE, UH, THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, THE JERRY BURNS CENTER.

AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED BY BOARD MEMBERS AND THE TOWN BOARD ALSO UNANIMOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AGREED.

I THINK THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE AGREED TO ALL YEAR.

UM, SO, UH, UH, BUT, BUT SO, UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, SERVICE AND WELCOME YOU AS A VOLUNTEER.

COME ON UP.

SOMETHING.

WE COULD SAY SOMETHING.

YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING FIRST? YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING FIRST? YEAH.

YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL HERE.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I'M VERY HUMBLE WITH BEING BESTOWED DISHONOR.

UM, HAVING BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, THIS IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? IS IT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WELL? UH, IN, IN, UH, JULY OF 1986, MY WIFE SUSAN, WHO'S HERE NOW, UH, I TOLD HER WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO GREENBURG FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.

I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE MIDWEST.

WELL, 37 AND A HALF

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YOU DID NOT GONE ANYWHERE.

I COULD NOT HAVE, UH, DONE WHAT I'VE DONE WITHOUT HER.

SHE WAS A, UH, FULL-TIME MOM.

I MEAN, SHE WAS A MOTHER RAISING HER TWO CHILDREN.

SHE WAS A FULL-TIME JOURNALIST DURING THIS WHOLE TIME.

WHENEVER I HAD A MAJOR PAPER TO WRITE OR SOMETHING TO COME, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN MY EDITOR.

AND WITHOUT HER, I COULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS.

ALONG WITH THE GREAT BOARDS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS, UH, THE ADVISORY BOARD, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, AND OUR OUTSTANDING STAFF.

'CAUSE THEY HAVE JUST, UH, BEEN TREMENDOUS.

UH, UM, I, I LOOK BACK AND I'VE, I'VE HAD SERVED UNDER TWO SUPERVISORS AND 15 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I'VE HAD 17 BOSSES OVER THE YEARS.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THEY'VE ALWAYS TREATED ME WELL.

AND I HOPE I GAIN THE RESPECT FROM THEM BY ALWAYS PROVIDING QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, I'M SURE AT A LATER DATE, UH, WE CAN HAVE A FORMAL CEREMONY OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S JUST A, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

UM, I LEAVE KNOWING THIS DEPARTMENT IS IN GREAT HANDS.

WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STAFF.

MY MANAGEMENT TEAM, ESPECIALLY JOEL, LA CASEY, NOELLE BROCCOLI, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM, THEY'RE JUST FANTASTIC.

UM, ALONG WITH OUR FULL-TIME WORKERS.

IT'S AMAZING.

I'M LEAVING AT THE SAME TIME.

AND WE, AND WE HONORED HER, UH, LAST MONDAY NIGHT.

WE HAVE JANET LEFKOWITZ HERE WHO, LARRY AND, UH, JANET MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1964.

AND THEY'RE ANOTHER PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH AND GIVEN THEIR TIME, UNSELFISHLY, , YOU CAN TELL MY WIFE'S A JOURNALIST.

AND, AND JANET, YOU KNOW, HAD SERVICE, YOU KNOW, FOR 40 YEARS AND IT'S JUST AMAZING.

SHE IS JUST THE THINGS WE'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

WITHOUT HER, UH, IT JUST WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

AND, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER TONIGHT, UH, WITH THE SPORT TIME AGREEMENT.

BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK THE BOARD.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT RUN AND I, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

YOU DIDN'T GET AWAY QUICK ENOUGH.

DID YOU SPELL YOUR NAME FOR YES.

DID.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

WE'LL GET SUE FIRST.

JOE, TAKE THE LENS CAP OFF.

YOU GOT A MILLION, YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

WE HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT HIM.

OH, OKAY.

WHERE DO WE BEGIN? WE DON'T, NO .

IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE 45 MINUTES.

45 MINUTES.

WHO WANTS TO START? I'LL START.

OH, YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES, JERRY, JERRY, JERRY.

OH, JESUS.

I SAID AT THE, THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? THE, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, UM, NIGHT THAT, UH, I WOULD WAIT TILL TODAY AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS GONNA ROAST YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT FEELING A HUNDRED PERCENT.

SO I'M NOT REALLY GONNA DO THAT.

I'M JUST GONNA TELL THE TRUTH.

THE TRUTH IS THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE WE HAVE IS BECAUSE JERRY IS ABSOLUTELY RELENTLESS WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND REC.

THERE IS NOTHING HE WILL NOT DO TO PROMOTE PARKS AND REC.

I'LL GIVE YOU A RECENT EXAMPLE.

THERE'S THIS INDOOR OUTDOOR FACILITY CALLED SPORT TIME.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF YOU IN, UH, PARKS AND REC.

AND WE ALL WERE HOPING TO HAVE THIS VERY DENSE,

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COMPLEX CONTRACT.

TWO OF THEM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, DONE SO THAT WE COULD CELEBRATE IT WITH THE RETIREMENT OF, NOT WITH THE WORD CELEBRATING A RETIREMENT.

NOW I REALIZE HOW THAT SOUNDS, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT JERRY REALLY WANTED AFTER SO MANY YEARS, ALMOST A DECADE, DEALING WITH HAD WE PUT UP THE BUBBLE AND FACED WITH LITIGATION AND THEN HAVING TO GET STATE LEGISLATION.

HE WEATHERED ALL OF THAT.

AND IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO DECEMBER 31ST.

AND THERE WERE STILL VERY SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING UP TO FRIDAY OR SATURDAY.

RIGHT? WELL, LET ME GO BACK ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT CONTRACT REC SOMEWHAT RELATED TO PARKS AND REC THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO HAVE INFORMATION FROM.

BUT, AND YOU MAY NEVER ADMIT THIS, BUT WHEN WE ASKED YOU FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THAT OTHER PROJECT, YOU DIDN'T QUITE HAVE TIME.

THOSE OF US ON THE OTHER SIDE REALIZED YOU WANTED US TO FOCUS SOLELY ON SPORTS TIME.

AND SO WE DID.

BUT YOU STILL EVENTUALLY GAVE US THE INFORMATION ABOUT, I DON'T WANNA SAY WHAT THE PROJECT WAS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ON DOBS FERRY ROAD, AND IT USED TO BE A GOLF COURSE, BUT I DON'T WANNA SAY WHAT IT IS.

BUT THAT WOULD'VE BOGGED US DOWN TREMENDOUSLY.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON JERRY, IS.

WE'RE GOING TO GET BOTH DONE.

SPORTS TIME.

WE PROBABLY ACCELERATED BY SIX MONTHS OF WHAT A NORMAL APPROVAL WOULD BE.

BUT THAT'S JERRY.

ANOTHER THING ABOUT JERRY IS HE IS THE ULTIMATE POLITICIAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS TO INVITE THE TOWN BOARD TO PARKS WHEN RIGHT BEFORE THE, WHAT BUDGET IS APPROVED, THE BUDGET IS APPROVED.

AND SHOW US EXPONENTIAL NUMBER OF SLIDES ABOUT WHAT HAS GONE ON IN THE LAST 300 YEARS OF THE PARK SYSTEM.

NO, ACTUALLY JUST ONE YEAR.

I THINK THE MOST WAS ABOUT 200 SLIDES.

IT STARTED WHEN HE WAS BORN .

AND OF COURSE I WAS ACCUSED OF HECKLING AFTER A WHILE.

AND THEN JOE LUC CASEY, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY JOE LUC CASEY IS GOING TO, UH, WELL, I GUESS I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE THAT YET.

, UH, BUT JOE, LUC CASEY IS, JOE DECIDED, HEY, HE'S MY BOSS, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE ALL THOSE SLIDES AND PUT IT INTO A VIDEO AND IT'S GONNA BE TIMED OUT THREE SECONDS PER SLIDE, AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS THING IN ABOUT SIX SECONDS.

RIGHT? VERY EFFICIENT.

BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF CONVINCING THE BOARD RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET.

SO I COULDN'T FAULT HIM AT ALL.

AND I'M REALLY SURPRISED OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVEN'T DONE THAT AS WELL.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PARKS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OPEN SPACE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE PARKS AND REC AND J UH, JOE, LUC CASEY WITH THE DRONE, AND THEY CREATED THESE VERY SERENE, UH, VIDEOS GOING THROUGH HARTSBURG WHEN WE WERE ALL PANICKING FROM THE, FROM THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE DYING AND WE'RE LOSING PEOPLE, THEY CREATED, UH, VIDEOS OF REMINDING US WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THE PARK WITH NOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD.

THAT'S JERRY BYRNE, THAT'S THE PARKS AND REC.

AND SO JERRY, I'M NOT GONNA ROAST YOU, I'M JUST GOING TO REVEAL YOUR SECRETS AS TO HOW YOU GOT THINGS DONE.

UH, AND I HOPE YOU'RE NOT A STRANGER.

AND WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THE ROLE THAT YOUR WIFE PLAYED IN SO MANY WAYS.

AND NOW WHEN YOU SAY, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE AT TOWN HALL, SHE'LL KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.

TRUE .

I WISH YOU WELL.

THANKS, JOE.

I KNOW WHEN THE SAME EVENT THAT, UM, WE WAS, I GUESS LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, THE TIME IS LIKE THIS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

UM, I WILL SAY I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS LAST FOUR YEARS THAT YOU HAVE REALLY SOLD MY VISION AND GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY, YOU KNOW, DOING THE SUMMER FESTIVALS AND BRINGING JUNETEENTH TO GREENBURG.

AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, YOU SEPARATE AWAY, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE ALONG MY

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SIDE.

YOU CALLED ME WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING OR MAKING SURE THAT THAT BOX WAS CHECKED.

MM-HMM.

AND YOU WERE RIGHT THERE.

AND I TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

I APPRECIATE YOU REALLY TAKING YOUR PASSION UP FOR THE LOVER PARKS AND WHEREVER THAT PARK IS LOCATED, YOU HAVE GIVEN EACH AND EVERY PARK THE SAME ATTENTION TO THAT PARK.

AND I SO, SO APPRECIATIVE TO YOU.

UM, I PROMISED YOUR WIFE THAT WE WILL BE ENROLLING YOU IN THE NEXT CLASS.

IT'S A THREE MONTH CLASS WHILE SHE'S AWAY ON THE BEACH, A THREE MONTH CLASS TO WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO KEEP UP THAT SPIRIT OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED.

BUT WITH ALL JOKES ASIDE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I KNOW THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA COME BEHIND YOU AND FILL THEM WOULD DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.

AND AS ONE OF MY CLOSE GIRLFRIENDS SAYS TO ME IS, THEY WILL, THEY WILL ROCK THE CASH BAR.

ROCK THE CASH BAR, RIGHT? ROCK THE CASH BAR.

BUT I JUST WANNA WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY, A TEXT AWAY.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE WATCHING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SAME PASSION THAT YOU HAVE AND PUT INTO THE PARK SYSTEM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, I HAD, I, I SHOWED YOU BY FIVE YEARS, I HAD YOU DONE IN 32 YEARS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 37 YEARS.

MY AGE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING, LISA, MY AGE, UM, .

BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU TRULY HAVE GIVEN TO GREENBERG, BECAUSE CLEARLY IF ANYONE WAS TO ANYONE, WAS TO SEE ANY OF OUR PARKS AND, AND TO THE CONTRACT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN SHIAM MENTIONED WITH REGARDS TO SPORTS TIME AND ALL OF THE ENERGY AND THE LONG NIGHTS AND HOURS SPENT TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS CONTRACT WAS WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS RIGHT.

YOU WERE DRIVING FORCEMENT THAT AND WE SUPPORTED EVERYTHING.

'CAUSE WE WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH THAT WHOLE SPIRIT.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK AND IF WE'RE PUTTING ALL JOKES ASIDE, YOU'RE INVITED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE INTER REVIEW BOARD THAT'S RESIDENT.

OH.

SO, UH, 12 YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN THIS JOURNEY, UH, ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES I HAD WAS GETTING A CALL FROM, UH, JERRY, UH, WHO WANTED TO TAKE ME ON A TOUR OF ALL THE TOWNS PARKS.

UM, I DON'T THINK HE KNEW AT THAT TIME, UH, WHAT AN AVID PARK FAN MY WIFE AND I ARE.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID THE MOST DURING OUR COURTSHIP WAS TAKE LONG HIKES IN THE WOODS WHERE, UH, I DISCLOSED FAR TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO THE WOMAN WHO WOULD BE MY FURTHER MY FUTURE WIFE .

UM, BUT THAT'S THE WAY WALKS ARE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNING WITH NATURE, UH, JUST HOLDING HANDS AND, AND WIND WALKING DOWN THE WINDING TRAILS UNDERNEATH THE TREES AND LOOKING INTO THE GORGES AND SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS.

IT HAS A WAY OF SOOTHING A PERSON AND MAKING A PERSON, UM, COMMUNE WITH THEMSELVES IN ADDITION WHILE THEY'RE COMMUNING WITH NATURE.

SO, UH, I WENT WITH JERRY ON A TOUR OF ALL 600 ACRES OF PARKLAND, AND I REALIZED, YOU KNOW, THE DIVERSITY OF PARKLAND, I MEAN, FROM BOB GOLD TO TAX RIDGE, TO GLENDALE WOODS, TO HARTS BROOKE.

EACH LOCATION IS SEPARATE AND SPECIAL UNTO ITSELF.

AND I REALLY GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT, KNEW THAT, FELT THAT, AND WANTED EVERYONE TO ENJOY THAT.

AND I FELT AFTER THAT TOUR, THAT BEING ELECTED TO THE TOWN BOARD WAS ALL WORTH IT.

JUST FROM THAT ONE EXPERIENCE.

IF I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, I NOW KNEW WHERE ALL THE PARKS WERE, HOW TO GET THERE.

AND SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN IN THE MALL.

I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME IN THE MALL AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU, JERRY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU DID A WONDERFUL THING.

WELL, BEFORE I THANK JERRY, I HAVE TO THANK SUSAN.

YOU LOANED HIM TO US FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

AND INSTEAD OF US PAYING YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT FEE FOR HIS LOAN, HE'S PAYING THE TOWN BACK WITH IMPLEMENTING SPORTS TIME BECAUSE HE LOVES PARKS SO MUCH.

HE, HE REALLY WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN NOT ONLY AS A JEWEL, BUT BECAUSE OF THE, THE MONIES THAT IT WILL HELP TO FIX UP THE PARKS AND MAINTAIN PARKS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, AND IT IS A GIFT.

SO YOU BETTER STAY IN TOUCH.

IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU FOR THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I'LL MISS YOU A LOT.

I I'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR SUCCESSOR, BUT I WILL MISS YOU,

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UM, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE HAD A, JERRY THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT HAD A STAFF RETREAT JUST THIS PAST WEEK, AND HE'S LOVED BY HIS STAFF.

HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE CAN BE TOUGH, BUT HE IS SO RESPECTED AND THERE'S SUCH A WARM, WONDERFUL FEELING.

IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO HAS LED FOR SO LONG BE SO REVERED.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SURPRISE.

IT'S REALLY NO SURPRISE.

AND I DID THAT PART TOUR TOO, AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

GREENBERG IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE PARKS, YOU REALLY SHOULD BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.

AND THEY'RE SO VARIED AND SOME OF THE TERRAIN IS VERY EASY AND SOOTHING, AND SOME OF IT IS MORE RUGGED AND CHALLENGING.

YOU HAVE IT ALL.

AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR GROWING THE PARK SO THAT WE COULD HAVE IT ALL.

JERRY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

YEAH, I JUST FORGOT ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION.

ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT I LEARNED IS, UM, AND THIS IS A GOOD LESSON FOR EVERY NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL, IS, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A TEMPTATION WHEN YOU'RE IN OFFICE TO GET RID OF EVERYBODY WHO WORKED FOR YOUR PREDECESSOR.

AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY I GOT ELECTED, UM, I WAS ALL EXCITED BECAUSE I SAID, I'M TOWN SUPERVISOR.

I COULD FIRE EVERYBODY.

UH, 'CAUSE I WAS PRETTY RUTHLESS.

UH, UH, SO I CALLED IN, YOU KNOW, JERRY AND, UH, WE MET AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT SAYING, TIM, NICE MEETING YOU.

UH, SORRY.

UM, UH, BUT JERRY WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TOWN THAT I DECIDED, UM, UH, THAT IT WAS WORTH GIVING HIM, YOU KNOW, A CHANCE.

UM, SO I TOLD HIM TO BE ON PROBATION FOR LIKE 30 YEARS OR SOMETHING, BUT I I I TOLD HIM TO BE AND UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD GIVE IT A TRY.

AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS THAT I'VE EVER MADE BECAUSE JERRY HAS, UM, CONSTANTLY, UH, WORKED HARD TO, EVERY YEAR THERE'S BEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM.

HE'S NEVER BEEN JADED.

UH, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN INNOVATIONS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S BEEN NEW PROGRAMS, UM, EVEN AFTER YOU ANNOUNCED YOU WERE PLANNING TO STEP DOWN.

YOU'VE WORKED HARDER THE PAST YEAR THAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS.

YOU KNOW, YOU WORK DAY, NIGHT, WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, HOLIDAYS.

YOU REALLY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

AND YOUR SERVICE IS REALLY, UH, TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED.

AND GREENBURG WILL NOT BE AS GOOD A PLACE, UH, WITH YOU WITHOUT YOU AS, UM, COMMISSIONER.

COULD I JUST, UH, STATE THAT IN LOOKING OVER PR ONE AND ALSO THE PROCLAMATION, THERE'S NO MENTION OF SPORT TIME IN THERE.

SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE AMEND PR ONE, UH, TO INCLUDE THE WORK THAT JERRY HAS DONE TO MAKE SPORTS TIME.

WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT YET, BUT BIG SPORTS TIME REALITY.

I WOULD EVEN SUGGEST MODIFYING THE PROCLAMATION TO OCCLUDE IT AS WELL.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE, PARTICULARLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH EFFORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BEFORE YOU DO RETIRE, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, UH, TO DO THAT.

AND I MAKE THAT MOTION.

I SECOND.

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF COLORADO, AND MANY MORE.

FINALLY, UM, TODAY'S, UM, UH, JUDITH, UH, JUDITH VILLA'S, UH, LAST, UH, MEETING AS GREENBURG TOWN CLERK.

AND JUDITH HAS SERVED FOR 15 YEARS.

AND DURING HER TENURE WAS RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS AND NEEDS OF RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.

SHE SERVED AS RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER MAINTAINED MEETING MINUTES OF THE TOWN BOARD, PERFORMED MERIT CEREMONIES, ADMINISTERED OATHS OF OFFICE, ISSUED LICENSES AND PERMITS PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, AND SUPERVISED ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT REMAINED UNDER HER PURVIEW.

IN 2008, JUDITH COORDINATED RENOVATIONS OF THE NINE 11 MEMORIAL WALL ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

AND IN 2010, SHE ORGANIZED THE FIRST TOWN OF GREENBURG'S VETERAN APPRECIATION BARBECUE, AND WAS A COORDINATOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

FOR 15 YEARS, SHE COORDINATE COORDINATED THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GREENER GREENBURG SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, IN WHICH CLOSE TO 500 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HAVE INTERACTED WITH NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER NEW YORK STATE LIEUTENANT, UH, FIRST LADY MATILDA CUOMO,

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JUDITH COORDINATED THE TOWN'S ANNUAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TRIBUTES FOR 15 YEARS, HONORING COUNTLESS WOMEN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS.

SHE ALSO ORGANIZED THE ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS AT TOWN HALL DURING HER TENURE AND COORDINATED SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING FUNDRAISING EVENTS AT TOWN HALL AND COLLABORATION WITH THE AIA FOUNDATION TO ASSIST, UM, DISASTER, UH, VICTIMS IN JAPAN AND HAITI.

SHE ESTABLISHED A 400 YEAR PROJECT, A COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE TO INCREASE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND AWARENESS REGARDING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY OVER THE PAST FOUR CENTURIES, AND COORDINATED WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND HISTORIANS, THE GREENBURG AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC, UH, ALLIANCE, PRODUCING A HARD COPY COFFEE TABLE BOOK, DOCUMENTING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE TOWN.

SHE BROUGHT TO THE TOWN'S ATTENTION, SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN HISTORY, SUCH AS DR.

OLIVIA H****R, SURVIVOR OF THE TULSA BRACE MASSACRE, AND THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE IN ACTIVE DUTY.

AND THE US COAST GUARD, THE TOWN HONOR DR.

H****R, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS WHOM JUDITH INTRODUCED, UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD WITH COMMEMORATIVE, UH, STREET SIGNS.

SHE INCREASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT TOWN HALL AND FACILITATED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE, RESULTING IN INCREASED OPEN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VIDEO ACCESS TO TOWN BOARD MEETINGS VIA CABLE ACCESS, TV, AND STREAMING CAPABILITIES.

UM, SHE ALSO UPGRADED TECHNOLOGY TO CONSOLIDATE, SIMPLIFY, AND EX EXPEDIATE ACCESS TO TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, AGENDAS, AND MINUTES.

IMPLEMENTED AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, IMPROVING RESPONSES TO FOIL REQUESTS AND RECEIVE GRANTS AND REGIONAL AWARDS.

SO ON BEHI OF, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO REALLY THANK JUDITH FOR, UH, HER HARD WORK, HER DEDICATED SERVICE, AND THE MAJOR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOWN AND FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT HER 15 YEAR TENURE.

I'D JUST LIKE TO, I COULDN'T FIND IT , SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

PAUL.

PAUL, PLEASE STAND HERE WITH ME.

UM, THANK YOU, PAUL FOR THE RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU, TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU IN CREATING UNPRECEDENTED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

TO MAKE THE POLITICAL PROCESS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND REPRESENTATIVE, I'M PROUD OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE THOSE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACKNOWLEDGED, AS WELL AS TRANSFORMING THE CLERK'S OFFICE INTO ONE THAT HAS INCREASED OPEN GOVERNMENT MAKING AND MAKING TOWN HALL MORE ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS.

I ALSO WISH TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE RESIDENTS SUCH AS PAT WEEMS, CLIFF ABRAMS, ALENE SUBER, MICHELLE BROWN, COLBY JENKINS, ELLA PRIZER, DOREEN LIPSON, HAL SAMIS, MARY BODEN, HUGH SCHWARTZ, AND MANY MORE FOR HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND KEEPING LOCAL GOVERNMENT HONEST AS WELL AS FOR THEIR ROLE IN EXPANDING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

MY JOURNEY BEGAN IN 2007 WITH A PHONE CALL FROM PAUL FINER ASKING ME TO BE A PART OF HIS TEAM.

I WAS HONORED THEN, AND I REMAIN HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BROUGHT TO THIS TOWN 32 YEARS PLUS OF EXPERIENCE IN COUNTY WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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AND HA AND NOT BEING SHY AT ALL ABOUT CALLING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ASK FOR WHATEVER HE NEEDED.

I ADMIRE PAUL FOR HIS INTEGRITY.

HE KEEPS TOWN GOVERNMENT INTEGRAL.

WITHOUT HIM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE INTEGRITY, WHERE HONESTY, AND WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY WOULD BE TRUE STORY.

AND I HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY AS AN ELECTED FISH OFFICIAL AND AS A GOVERNMENT LEADER IN THIS ROLE OF TOWN CLERK, I'VE GROWN IN MY ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION, OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN, OF, OF APPRECIATING THE SERVICES AND THE GIFTS THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE AND BRING TO THE TABLE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK PAUL AND OUR FORMER TOWN ATTORNEY, TIM LEWIS, FOR TEAMING WITH ME, WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING ABOUT AN UNPRECEDENTED NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS TOWN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, A SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT STARTED OUT WITH FEWER THAN 10 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO JUST UNDER 50.

OVER THE PAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS, THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS INTRODUCED YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND SOME FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES.

THEY LED A MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE POTHOLES ON STATE ROADS.

THEY ALSO LED A MOVEMENT TO REACH OUT TO OUR TOWN, UM, TO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO INCREASE THE TIME OF THE TIME PERIOD OF ACCESS TO FREE BUSING, PUBLIC BUSING IN THIS COUNTY.

AND OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE, GEORGE LATIMER ADMITTED TO ME, JUDITH, YOUR INTERNS HAD AN IMPACT ON MY DECISION.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK YOU PAUL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU, TO, I WANT TO THANK FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN FUTURE.

SO I, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, JUDITH, UM, FOR HIGHLIGHTING OUR SHARED PASSION FOR GREENBERG HISTORY, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN PARTICULAR, UH, FOR INCORPORATING CULTURE INTO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND INTERNSHIPS, UH, AND BRINGING A CERTAIN JOIR DE VIV AND STYLISH VOIR FAIR TO TOWN HALL CON.

THANK YOU, KEN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE TERM, ON SEVERAL TERMS. WELL-SERVED, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE HONEST AND SINCERE AND FROM YOUR HEART.

RECOGNIZE, UM, UM, JANET LEFKOWITZ, UM, WHO'S, UH, RETIRING, UH, TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL, BUT I CAN'T SAY WHAT, UH, NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT, UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OH, AND I JUST WANNA

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UM, AND, UM, AND JANET AND HER HUSBAND, UM, DID SO MUCH FOR THE TOWN.

I WAS THINKING IF WE HAD TO NAME LIKE ONE COUPLE THAT DID THE MOST FOR THE TOWN, UM, AS A, AS A COUPLE, IT'S, UM, THE LEFKOWITZ IS BECAUSE, UH, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, UH, BEING, UH, BEING PURCHASED, AND ALSO FOR OUR TENNIS PROGRAMS. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVE INTO GREENBURG, IT'S REALLY THE RECREATION AND THE, THE, THE BIGGEST ASSET WE HAVE IS VETERAN TOWN PARK.

SO PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW, THE SECOND ROW

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HERE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE IN GREENBERG ARE HAPPY.

AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UH, DEDICATED SERVICE AND, UM, AND YOU REALLY ARE, ARE COMMUNITY TREASURERS AND DESERVE OUR APPRECIATION.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME LISA NERO, WHO'S, UM, OUR, THE NEWLY ELECTED TOWN CLERK, UH, WHO WAS NOT RECOGNIZED EARLIER.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, UH, NEXT I WANTED TO, UH, ASK ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT.

UM, UM, IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN, AND SINCE WE ALREADY DECLARED TODAY, UH, CAN, UH, JONES SAY, UH, YOU COULD HONOR HIM BY NOT TALKING? RIGHT? GOOD.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING? YES.

UM, THERE GOES, I, I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, ADD TO MY COMMENTS.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THIS TOWN, MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK THAT THEY WERE, ARE TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUALS, FANTASTIC INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE, AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT EXEMPLARY, STELLAR, AND EXCELLENT WORK BY EACH AND EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN.

MY COLLEAGUES, PUBLIC

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COMMENT.

HUGH SCHWARTZ.

OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY.

JUST FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CONGRATULATE ALL THREE OF YOU.

I'VE WORKED WITH YOU FOR 15, 20 YEARS, MAYBE LONGER I THINK.

AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH JERRY AND WITH KEN AND WITH JUDITH ALL THAT TIME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ONE THING ABOUT KEN, WHICH PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW, HE'S ALSO AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE ACCESSIBLE VIABLE LIVING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, UH, HOPEFULLY HAS A LAW BEING REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD THIS EVENING, I'M HOPING.

UM, AND, UH, HIS HELP HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE ON THAT BOARD, AS HAS EILEEN'S WHO'S BEEN SHOWING UP REGULARLY TO HELP US WITH THAT BOARD.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE REASON FOR ME, UH, UP HERE TONIGHT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THAT, THOUGH IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN ALBANY WITH OUR SENATOR STEWART COUSINS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT $200,000 OR SO HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR SOME SORT OF STUDY OBJECTIVE UNKNOWN, UH, TO, TO, UH, DEAL WITH THE INCORPORATION ISSUE.

UM, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT THAN IT IS.

UM, NO FAULT TO THIS BOARD.

I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY IN THIS BOARD FOR THIS 'CAUSE IT ISN'T YOUR DOING, UH, FOR SURE.

BUT THAT MONEY SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, WHICH IS TO REWRITE THE LAW AND NOT TO BE USED TO EVALUATE EDGEMONT IMPACT ON GREENBERG.

THAT IS SEPARATE, THAT IS IN THE KUFI LAW.

IT IS IN, UH, STEWART COUSIN'S LAW.

AND THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PETITIONERS, NOT THE STATE PE STATE TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR THAT.

UM, I'VE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST A RECOMMENDATION FOR SELECTION OF CONSULTANTS.

THE CONSULTANT THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN, AS IN MY VIEW, DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO WRITE, TO HELP WRITE ANY NEW LAW.

IN FACT, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT.

THEY ARE BASICALLY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND THAT'S IT.

UM, SO I WOULD VERY MUCH, I PLAN TO WRITE MY OWN LETTER, UH, TO, TO, UH, STEWART COUSINS, SENATOR STEWART COUSINS TOMORROW ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TOWN BOARD ALSO FIGHT THIS A LITTLE HARDER BECAUSE, UM, WE DO NEED A NEW LAW.

IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF ISSUES WITH THE LAW, AND AS WE KNOW, AND IT'S PUT OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR IN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PO POSITION WHEN THE PETITIONS COME FORWARD BECAUSE HE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE TOWN, YET HE STILL HAS TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY OF RULING ON THE LAW.

MAKES NO SENSE.

WE HAVE TO PUBLISH KIDS ON THE LIST ACCORDING TO THE LAW, BUT WHY DO WE NEED KIDS ON IN THE LAW AT ALL AS PART, PART OF THAT, THOSE WILL ALL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.

AND MORE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS ALL OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON INCORPORATION BECAUSE WE'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL AFFECTED, NOT JUST EDGEMONT.

UM, SO I REALLY HOPE SOMEBODY WILL GO BACK, TALK TO SENATOR COUSINS, ASK HER WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS LAW IS SUPPOSED TO BE, I MEAN, OF THIS COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND PUBLISH THAT FOR A COMMENT BEFORE ANYBODY'S ENGAGED.

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YOU, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO STATE WHERE YOU LIVE.

OH, YES.

I, I DO LIVE IN EDGEMONT AND THERE'S A MISTAKE MADE.

IT'S KIND OF, UH, LIKE A LOT OF THE FALSE EQUIVALENTS THESE DAYS, PEOPLE SEEM TO USE THE EDGEMONT CORPORATION COMMITTEE SYNONYMOUS WITH EDGEMONT.

IT'S LIKE SAYING HAMAS AND LEBANESE ARE THE SAME.

PE UH, THE, THE, UH, PALESTINIANS, PALESTINIANS ARE THE SAME PEOPLE.

THEY'RE NOT.

AND I DON'T MEAN THAT DEROGATORY TO THE C IIC, I JUST MEAN IT'S A FALSE EQUIVALENT.

OKAY? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE AND SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE IN THE EIC SIDE WHO REALLY MEAN WELL AND REALLY BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THAT'S FINE.

THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT.

BUT THEY DON'T REPRESENT EDGEMONT.

THEY NEVER HAVE RES REPRESENTED EDGEMONT AND SHOULDN'T HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR EDGEMONT IN ALBANY.

AND I, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SIDNEY COLLINS, SHOULD WE CLAP AS YOU WALK DOWN THE OFFICE? SHOULD WE HAVE THE SPECIAL CHAIR IN THE HOUSE? SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO KEN, TO JERRY, AND TO JUDITH.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU IN YOUR ENDEAVORS, WHATEVER YOU PURSUE.

I, UM, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE, A LOT OF 'EM GOT ANSWERED, SO I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ASK THEM.

BUT I DO WANNA, I, THIS ISN'T THE BUDGET HEARING YET, SY THIS IS RIGHT.

IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS JUST PUBLIC.

THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

AH, IF YOU WANNA HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS.

I ALRIGHT.

ALL MY QUESTIONS, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

EVERYBODY, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS JUST TAKE 12 YEARS AND HE STILL HASN'T FIGURED IT OUT.

THERE IT IS.

ALRIGHT, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW I HAD ASKED ABOUT, ON THE PAGE, ON PAGE TWO WHERE IT HAD SAID COMMUNITY CENTER.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT I FOUND OUT IS T-D-Y-C-C YOU WANNA RESET THE CLOCK TO GIVE HER A FULL NO, BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE LONG.

UM, AND IT'S ONLY, THE ONLY OTHER THING I JUST, I JUST WANTED A LITTLE CLARITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN GIVE IT TO ME OR SHE CAN GIVE IT TO ME, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ENTAILS THE RADIO COMMUNICATION IN THAT BUDGET.

ROBERTA? YES.

COME ON UP.

YEAH, IT'S YOUR TIME.

DID YOU, NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT.

I JUST WANTED SOME CLARITY ON THAT.

OKAY, SO, OKAY.

THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HANDLES ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

AND IT'S A LOT OF LIKE EMERGENCY BACKUP SYSTEMS WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.

IT'S A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PART PARTS OF THE TOWN.

IT IS WITHIN THE I FUND, WHICH GET GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR.

THANKS FOR THE CLARITY.

AND, AND JUST ROBERTA, JUST TELL HER WHAT DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDES.

SO JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE A CLEAR PICTURE SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OH, WHICH THAT THE I FUND GETS ALLOCATED TO WHICH? THE RADIO.

THE RADIO, THE RADIO COMMUNICATION.

ANY DEPARTMENT THAT USE RADIO I 30 20 IS THE DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT, BUT WHAT DEPARTMENTS UTILIZES THE RADIO COMMUNICATION? SO LIKE THE POLICE PUBLIC.

YEAH, IT GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO EACH OTHERS.

SO WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE HERE.

SO WE'VE GOT THE COURT, WE'VE GOT CENTRAL SERVICES, WHICH IS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING, WHICH IS, UM, MIS, TRAFFIC CONTROL, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, THE DAYCARE, UM, YOU'D BE BETTER OFF SAYING WHICH ONES DON'T USE IT.

POLICE, UM, SAFETY BUILDING, STREET LIGHTING, RECREATION ADMIN.

CONTINUE.

GO AHEAD, AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CHANGES.

THE COMMUNITY CENTER SANITATION, WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? LET ME CONTINUE THERE.

NO, THERE'S OTHER ONES.

THE HIGHWAY FUND, THE CONSOLIDATED WATER FUND, PUBLIC WORKS ADMIN, UM, EQUIPMENT REPAIR BUREAU, THE LIBRARY WATER ADMINISTRATION.

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BUT THERE ARE OTHER ALLEGATIONS.

YOU TO BE CLEAR.

EVERYONE HAVE A HAPPY AND BLESSED HOLIDAY.

MARY, HAPPY.

BUT WE MAY SEE IT IN COURT SOMEDAY, BUT YOU'RE UNWILLING TO CONCEDE THAT THERE'S ANY DEPTH BEHIND THAT.

EVERYBODY HOUSE, SAM CALL? NO, I THINK IT'S WITHDRAWAL.

THANK YOU JUDITH.

BUT, UM, I HAVE TO CORRECT YOU.

I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, UH, HOLD ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT WILL INCLUDE THROUGH TONIGHT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY CLUB.

YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO ANTHONY VETERAN PARK OVER ITS ENTIRE EXISTENCE.

THAT MEANS SENIORS, STUDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE CARS ARE UNABLE TO GET THERE.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF AFTER ALL.

SO WHEN WE HAVE A FABULOUS LEASE WITH THE QUOTATION MARKS AROUND FABULOUS FOR ANTHONY VETERANS PARKS, TENNIS COURTS PAYING RENT OR A FEE AS THEY WOULD HAVE HAVE IT, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE BUS SERVICE FROM FAIRVIEW THROUGH HARTSDALE THROUGH EDGEMONT TO ANTHONY VETERAN PARK AND BACK.

BUT THE TOWN BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'VE SUGGESTED TO THEM THAT THE TENANT SPORT TIME, WHICH WOULD BE TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TOO, IF MORE PEOPLE COULD GET OVER TO THAT AREA, WOULD BE COMMITTED TO SPONSOR SUCH PUBLIC BUS SERVICE.

BUT THE TOWN BOARD DOES NOT WANNA HOLD OUT FOR THAT.

TRUE.

THERE'S MONEY COMING INTO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE'S NO OBLIGATION AS THERE'S BEEN NO OBLIGATION FOR ALL THESE YEARS TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

SO I HAVE NO REASON TO ASSUME THAT THE TOWN AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT GET THE PROCEEDS THAT THERE EVER WILL BE.

BUS SERVICE.

HERE'S A LEASE FOR 15 YEARS WITH THREE RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS.

AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OPTIONS ONLY ON BEHALF OF SPORT TIME.

THIS IS NOT COMMON IN LONG-TERM LEASES.

BOTH SIDES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW.

THE LEASE THAT'S PROPOSED IS ASSUMED TO BE FOR ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, BUT THERE IS A SECTION OF THE LEASE, WHICH IS ARGUABLE, AND THE TOWN BOARD'S ATTORNEY, POUND ATTORNEY DANKO, AND FOUR TIMES ATTORNEY FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE LANGUAGE AS IT READS.

BUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, I PUT SOME CALLS IN TO TWO ATTORNEYS KNOWN TO THIS TOWN FOR THEIR OPINION AND THEY CONSIDER THE LANGUAGE RATHER VAGUE.

AND IT'S ON PAGE 13 OF THE INDOOR LEASE UNDER THE SECTION CALLED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE.

THE OUTDOOR LEASE.

NOT WITHSTANDING THIS LEASE IS EXCLUSIVE TO LESSEE SPORT TIME AND SPORT TIME SPECIFICALLY AGREES NOT TO LET OR GRANT ANY OTHER PARTY THE USE OF THE PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE THAT ARE THE SAME AS OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH IN THIS LEASE.

SO SOMEONE ELSE CAN'T COME ALONG AND OCCUPY VETERAN PARK DOING THE SAME THING.

BUT THE NEXT SENTENCE, FURTHERMORE, THE TOWN SHALL NOT GRANT TO ANY THIRD PARTY A LEASE OR LICENSE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES THE SAME AS OR SIMILAR TO THOSE PROVIDED BY THE LESSEE.

FOUR TIME PURSUANT TO THIS LEASE, AN ANTHONY VETERAN PARK OR IN SECOR WOODS PARK, THERE ARE OTHER TENNIS COURTS OPERATED BY PARKS AND RECREATION SPORT TIME ISN'T PAYING RENT ON THESE OTHER PARKS.

AND YET IT WANTS TO UH, SEE, SET UP A SITUATION WHERE COMPETITION CANNOT EXIST.

THE TOWN CANNOT, FOR EXAMPLE, LEASE TO A TENANT SUCH AS AT RUM BOOK PARK,

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SO WE HAVE A SITUATION BECAUSE THE TOWN BOARD FEELS EXCITED ABOUT 30 YEARS FROM NOW, THE LEASE RENT FOR THE INDOOR PROPERTY WILL BE 933,370 3000 FOR THE OUTDOOR FACILITIES.

THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN AND THINK ABOUT THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE USING A SPORT TIMES FACILITY.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FORWARD UPWARDS OF $250 AN HOUR FOR EACH PLAYER ON THE TENNIS COURTS.

MARY BOIN, THE REASON I SIT UP IN FRONT IS BECAUSE I DON'T HEAR AS, I DON'T HEAR AS WELL AS I USED TO.

AND SEEING YOUR LIPS IS AIDS ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SOME OF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER RUSH LIMBAUGH WHO SAID DITTO.

YOU SAID ENOUGH TONIGHT ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE I AGREE WITH AND THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN AROUND LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT JAMAS UP HERE AND HE SAID, HOW COME I CAN'T PARK MY CAR ON THE STREET? 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET EVERYBODY IN.

AND IT STARTED ME TO THINK, AND I WENT AND I RESEARCHED IT AND ON, ON, ON THIS, UH, PROGRAM TONIGHT.

CD ONE IS ABOUT ACCESSORY DRILLING UNIT, LOCAL LAW, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

WHICH MEANS IF YOU HAVE AN ACCELERATE, UH, AN EXTRA UNIT THERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY LIVING THERE PROBABLY WITH A CAR.

AND THEN I WENT BACK AND I READ THE PERMIT FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING IT APP.

IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY EVERYBODY SHOULDN'T HAVE AN OVERNIGHT PERMIT TO PARK ON A STREET.

THEY DO IT ALL.

SUMMER WORKS FOR US.

THE REASON TO HAVE A PAID PERMIT IS TO RE MA TO MAKE YOU RESPONSIBLE AND UNDERSTAND CAR.

YOU HAVE TO.

SO IF YOU GOT A BUNCH OF CARS THERE, YOU TAKE A COUPLE OF THEM UP TO THE PARKING GARAGE, PUT 'EM UPSTAIRS, SOMEBODY DRIVES YOU HOME AND YOU ARE OFF THE STREET.

THE GENTLEMAN WHO ASKED, I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE, IT'S THERE.

YOU MAY WANNA REVISE IT.

YOU'VE, YOU'VE CHANGED THE LAW TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK, YOU SAID, BECAUSE IT'S RAINING, WE DE IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA ENFORCE IT.

BUT I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THAT PERMIT.

IT SHOULD BE PAID FOR.

IT MAKES THEM RESPONSIBLE TO KNOW AND LOOK IT UP AND CONTROL IT.

AND IF THE TOWN DOES, AND IF THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH HANGING PERMITS, WELL JUST PUT A PIECE OF PAPER OUT THERE ON A WINDSHIELD TEMPORARILY.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET MORE PERMITS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND AS THE WORLD CHANGED, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CHANGING.

I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CHANGING.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME HOW COME I'M WALKING AND I DON'T HAVE A WHEELCHAIR TO SEE.

I HAVE A TEAM, EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTES TO HELPING ME.

SOME WHAT? MY MIND ISN'T WORKING SO WELL THESE DAYS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

AND I HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE.

BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE.

CD ONE, ACCESSORY UNIT, ANOTHER CAR.

THERE'S NO ROOM IN THE DRIVEWAY.

SO GIVE EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS ONE, YOU PROBABLY WANNA PUT AN ADDRESS ON IT, NO LICENSE PLATE, WHOEVER HAPPENS TO BE NEEDING IT THAT DAY, LIMITED TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT GOES.

YOU GOT A VERY COMPETENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO ARRANGE IT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LAWS THAT HUGH, YOU WERE RIGHT, YOU WERE RIGHT WHEN YOU SAID THE LAWS HAVE TO BE UPDATED IN A LOT.

A LOT OF PLACES HUGH AND I HAVE DISAGREED ABOUT, I HAVE THIS OVER TIME, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

NO, IT'S, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU.

I CAN LOOK AT YOU.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU AND I, WE'VE DISAGREED ABOUT A NUMBER OF ITEMS, BUT I LOOK AT THEM DIFFERENTLY NOW.

HE LOOKED AT THEM DIFFERENTLY.

NOW

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WE HAVE TO, HE HAVE TO WRITE THE BUILDING CODE ESSENTIALLY FROM SCRATCH.

WE NEED NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE LISTENED TO MY ERRORS OVER THE TIME.

AND I APOLOGIZED FOR, UH, THINGS THAT I SAID.

I SAID THEM AT THE TIME.

I SAID 'EM, I THOUGHT THEY WERE RIGHT.

I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THEY WERE VASTLY, VASTLY WRONG.

AND I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO I HAVE SAID THE WRONG THING TO.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO'VE HELPED ME LEARN THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

AND I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND EXCITING NEW YEAR BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND YOU ARE GONNA HELP MAKE IT BETTER FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND YOURS.

SO PROUD WHEN I LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR CAMPS.

THANK YOU MARY, AND A HEALTHY ONE TOO.

HAPPY HOLIDAY.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MURRAY.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

MURRAY, HAPPY HOLIDAY.

GREAT.

CHERRY BYRNE, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? GERARD BYRNE ABOUT TO BE RETIRED.

THE, THE FIRST, I, I THINK I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SHARE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, ABOUT THE SPORT TIME LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER.

IT QUITE FRANKLY STARTED WITH JANET AND I SITTING IN MY OFFICE TALKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR TENNIS COURTS.

UM, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN HER BABY.

AND, AND, AND SHE TAKES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THIS.

IT'S NOT ME.

THIS HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT ALONG WITH THE BOARD AND I GET TO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT.

AND, AND, AND WE REALIZED WE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL 19 FACIL, 19 TENNIS COURT FACILITY AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS WE MOVE, YOU KNOW, FORWARD TO MAINTAIN THAT? AND I AM CONVINCED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WE'RE BRINGING A, A QUALITY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK THE BEST IN THE NORTHEAST WITH SPORT TIME.

THEY'RE GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, PARTNERS WITH US IN THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALLOWING OUR RESIDENTS FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET DISCOUNTS FOR OUR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S GONNA BE OVER, I THINK $250,000 A YEAR, $240,000 A YEAR FOR SCHOLAR, FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

UM, THE MONEY THAT WE GENERATE, WE'RE GONNA PUT BACK INTO OUR PARKS.

OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO PUT IT INTO THE TENNIS COURTS AND WE'RE GONNA INTO ALL OF THE PARKS, CORRECT, INTO ALL THE PARKS, THE GREENBERG PARKS.

BUT IN PARTICULAR, AT FIRST, ONE OF THE GOALS.

AND IT'S REALLY GONNA BE, UH, JOEY CASEY'S AND STAFF'S, YOU KNOW, DECISION.

BUT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE, WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

IT, IT, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.

BUT, UM, SECRET, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT IN 2007.

LARRY LEFKOWITZ IS HERE, WAS HUGE IN GETTING THE TEMPLATE OF THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE TOGETHER.

WE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS TO, TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

UH, FRANCIS AND PAUL WERE THERE WHEN WE APPROVED IT IN 2007.

THEN OF COURSE THERE WAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST US.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD DEFEND IT, BUT WE REALIZED WE COULDN'T.

SO, SPORT TIME, YOU KNOW, PULLED OUT.

WE WENT TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

WE HAD A HOME RULE.

LEGISLATION CHANGED, WHICH HAS REALLY BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR US.

AND, UH, IN, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY GOING OVER THIS.

WE HAD IT READY ON, ON JULY 24TH.

UM, BUT I, I NEED TO THANK THE, UH, SELECTION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, UH, LARRY AND JANET LEFKOWITZ.

WE HAD ERIC ZINGER, WE HAD IRENE KITZ, DOREEN LIPSON, BRIAN SIMMONS, UM, ALONG WITH, UM, WHO AM I LEAVING OUT? UH, JOE LACA.

UM, ELLEN HEN HENDRICKS WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.

UH, AND WE HAD JOE DANKO INVOLVED, AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND WE APPROVED IT.

AND THEN, QUITE FRANKLY, FRANCIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD SINCE JULY 24, 6 TO REALLY TIGHTEN THIS UP.

AND EVERY CHANGE WE MADE IN THIS AGREEMENT WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN.

AND, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF IT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

BUT LET THE SECOND PART, AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

BUT THE SECOND THING I TAKE AMAGE OF IS TO ACCUSE THAT ANTHONY AT VETERAN PARK IS FOR WHITE PEOPLE ONLY.

WHEN I CAME IN HERE 1986, THE PERCEPTION OF OUR PARKS WAS IT WAS WHITE ONLY.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF VALIDITY TO THAT.

TRUE.

BUT WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD IN THESE 37 YEARS THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF.

AND IN PARTICULAR, WHEN WE HAD THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT WAS THAT THERE WAS A PERCEPTION PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WHITE PARK.

PAUL, TO HIS CREDIT, MADE US HAVE JOINT NEWSLETTERS WITH THE, UH, THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND US, WE HAD A SENIOR NEWSLETTER PUT TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE TAKEN STRIDES THAT I AM

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IT IS A REFLECTION OF OUR MIDDLE INCOME COMMUNITY HERE.

WE HAVE LOW MIDDLE CLUB AND AFFLUENT, BUT IT'S REALLY A MIDDLE INCOME COMMUNITY.

AND I AM SO PROUD OF THAT.

SO FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT IT'S THAT I DISAGREE, THERE'S ALWAYS WORK THAT CAN BE IMPROVED.

AND, AND, AND TO, TO WORK WITH THIS BOARD AND THE PREVIOUS BOARDS THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF.

SO THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MICHELLE BROWN IS ON ZOOM.

OH, OH OH, I'M SORRY.

CLIFF.

CLIFF, YOU DID.

YOU CAME UP AND ASKED CLIFF ABRAMS. WE DO.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU WERE WAITING TO SPEAK AND I WILL ADD YOU TO THE LIST.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO JERRY AND JUDY AND EVEN KEN.

UM, JERRY, I'M GONNA TAKE A MINUTE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BECAUSE I GOT SOMETHING I REALLY GOTTA TALK ABOUT REAL SERIOUS.

BUT I WORKED IT WELL WITH YOU, MAN, AND I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.

YOU KNOW, YOU A FAIR GUY.

YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT FOR THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD MY YOUTH GROUP AND THE CENTER DIDN'T WANT IT NO MORE.

I CAME TO PARKS AND REC AND WE DID A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM THAT, THAT WAS OUTSTANDING.

AND ME, YOU AND WAYNE AND JOE, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, MAN.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE RETIRED.

IT'S ABOUT TIME THOUGH.

JUDITH.

YEAH, JUDITH.

UM, WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU KNOW, YOU ARE A COMMUNITY PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE COMMUNITY LOVE YOU.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW? WELL, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ON, WHO CARES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT YOU AND THEY KNOW THAT YOU WAS FOR THE PEOPLE.

OKAY? SO I WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND I SAID WHAT I NEEDED TO SAY ABOUT MY YOUTH PROGRAM, WHICH JERRY KNOW THAT I DO VERY WELL.

AND, UM, I LEAVE AND I LOOK AT THE FILM AND ERIC Z'S UP HERE, AND ERIC ZINGER SAID HE GOTTA SAY SOME STUFF THAT AIN'T GOING TO SOUND TOO GOOD.

AND IT DIDN'T.

HE WENT AND QUOTED FROM THE MINISTER, THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN AND ERIC PUT SOME RESPECT ON THAT MAN NAME TO SING WAY.

YOU WANT ME TO RESPECT A RABBI OR A PASTOR.

IT'S THE HONORABLE LEWIS FARRAKHAN.

HE NEVER MURDERED NOBODY.

HE GOT A HUNDRED MILLION FOLLOWERS.

HE NEVER TOLD THEM ONCE TO ATTACK ANY JEWISH PEOPLE.

HE NEVER ONCE TOLD 'EM TO MURDER ANYBODY.

HE SAYS SOME WORDS AND THEN YOU GOING TO QUOTE SOME WORDS THAT YOU WAS ALL WRONG.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL OUTTA CONTENT, YOU KNOW? AND, AND, AND, AND DISCUSS ME THAT THERE WAS SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS PEOPLE THAT WAS HERE AFTER HE GOT UP HERE.

AND FIRST OF ALL, HE DON'T LIVE IN FAIRVIEW.

IN CASE Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, FAIRVIEW IS 76% AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLASH BLACK, IN CASE Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ON A SENSOR.

IT'S A BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN, IT'S A WHITE EUROPEAN.

I SEE NOWHERE WHERE IT SAY JEWISH TO CHECK OUT.

I MIGHT BE WRONG.

NOT A RACE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A RACE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST, THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.

SO ANYWAY, THE MORAL IS A PROTEST MURDER THAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2020 WHEN A MAN GOT MURDERED.

AND IT'S ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT AFRICAN PROTESTS.

SO THE FIRST WAR WAS ALL ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

THE FIRST WAR WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO IS A HISTORY ABOUT OUR HISTORY.

BLACKS IN AMERICA, BECAUSE AMERICA HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST AMAZED ME THAT Y'ALL ALLOW THIS GUY TO COME UP HERE, YOU KNOW, AND SAY THAT, GO AHEAD AND, UM, WE NEED TO GO GET LAWSUIT.

WE GET SUED.

SO WHAT? HEY, BLACK FOLKS SPEND PAY TAXES TOO.

, HE KILLING ME TO SAY TAXES LIKE BLACKS DON'T PAY TAXES.

FAIRVIEW IS 76%

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AFRICAN AMERICAN.

SO YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF TAXES OUTTA FAIRVIEW.

AND THEN HE SAY TO THE BOARD, IS ANYBODY HERE DISAGREE WITH ME? AND THEY SAY SILENCE.

AND OF COURSE THEY HAD TO, THEY COULDN'T , THEY COULDN'T SAY NOTHING.

BUT, UM, Y'ALL JUST GOT IT ALL WRONG.

MINISTER FARRAKHAN, THAT MADE SO MANY BLACK FAMILIES RUNG THEIR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER.

DRUG ADDICTS, MURDERERS, THEY, AND THE REASON WHY THEY DON'T WANT US TO LISTEN TO MINISTER FARRAKHAN, BECAUSE HE'S ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND RESPECT.

AND ANYTIME YOU SEE THEM MUSLIM BROTHERS, THEY GOT THEIR BOW TIES ON, THEY DRESS RIGHT, AND THEY'RE RESPECTFUL, AND THEY'RE ABOUT DISCIPLINE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY NEED.

WE NEED SOME DISCIPLINE SO OUR KIDS WON'T BE OUT THERE DOING THE THINGS THEY DOING, BUT WE ARE SO AFRAID OF WHAT ANOTHER, WHAT, WHAT JEWISH PEOPLE ALL MIGHT SAY.

SO WE DON'T, I MESS WITH FAR BECAUSE THE FARAH IS LIKE THE BOOGIE MAN.

THIS MAN AIN'T HARM NOBODY.

HE AIN'T MURDER NOBODY.

HE SAYS SOME WORDS STICKS AND STONE ANDRICK YOUR BONES, BUT THEY WILL EVER HURT YOU.

MICHELLE, MICHELLE BROWN, AND THANK YOU CLIFF FOR YOUR KIND WORDS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO ME.

OKAY? HI, GOOD EVENING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE, PLEASE.

OH, GREAT.

HI, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY AND TO YOU, TO YOU.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

TO THANK YOU TO, UM, KEN AND JUDITH.

UM, WOW.

SORRY TO SEE YOU GUYS GO, BUT YOU HAVE A GREAT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU.

AND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, YOU'RE GONNA DO.

SO I WISH YOU BOTH WELL.

UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, I WATCHED THE MEETING LAST WEEK MYSELF, AND IT WAS A LITTLE OFFENSIVE.

UM, NOT REALLY A LOT OFFENSIVE, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW WHAT MANY JEWISH PEOPLE THINK ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.

MM-HMM.

SO A LITTLE OFFENSIVE THOUGH.

BUT, UM, I WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S ROOM FOR MUSLIM IN, IN GREENBURG, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AS ALL PUT OUT THERE, THE CENSUS DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE REPRESENTING THEM AS IF THEY'RE THEIR OWN NATIONALITY.

WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THEN.

MUSLIMS, LET'S TO LOOK AT THEM THAT WAY BECAUSE HE'S A MUSLIM.

THE HONORABLE MINISTER FARRAKHAN IS A MUSLIM, AND AS JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE THINGS THAT THEY SAID THAT ARE RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I LISTENED TO WHAT ELLEN SAID LAST WEEK WHERE SHE REFERRED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT HER COUSIN AND A HUNDRED YEAR OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW AND OFFICER WISDOM.

AND SHE REFERENCED GONE WITH THE WIND.

WELL, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED FOR BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS A WHITEWASH AND SLAVERY.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT SHE'S RACIST? I DON'T KNOW.

SHE KNOWS THAT YOU HAD A RABBI ISRAEL'S SHARDI, AND EXCUSE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE NAMES, HE WAS THE CHIEF RABBI Y JOSEPH TALKS ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN THE STREETS OF AMERICA WHOSE PARENTS ARE WHITE, THEN CALLS THE BLACK SON OF A WHITE COUPLE A MONKEY.

NOW HE'S THE CHIEF ARDI 1986, HE'S A RABBI IN ISRAEL.

HE'S DEAD.

AND HE USES THE SLANG WHO TO DESCRIBE BLACK PEOPLE, WHICH IS WIDELY CONSIDERED RACIAL SLUR IN ISRAEL.

I MEAN, IS HE RACIST? I DON'T KNOW.

AND HE SAID HE GOT THAT FROM THE TALMUD.

HE WAS QUOTING THE TALMUD.

SO, I MEAN, DOES THAT MEAN, ELLEN, YOU GOTTA GET DOWN, STEP DOWN.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT HE HAS TO BE STEPPED DOWN FROM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE THROW STONES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

YOU CAN SE SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE BAD JEWS THAT YOU SAY ARE BAD.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME TO SEPARATE MYSELF FROM MY HISTORY.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT.

I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT.

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HAD DR.

H****R, SHE LIVED IN , A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

SHE'S A SURVIVOR OF AN ATROCITY THAT HAPPENED TO BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

I MEAN, I AM TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT HOW JEWS ARE OFFENDED.

YOU DON'T EVEN, YOU'RE NOT EVEN FROM HERE.

BLACK PEOPLE'S BLOOD IS HERE.

SLAVERY IS AN ATROCITY THAT WAS NOT RECORDED.

IT WAS A GENOCIDE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE HERE IN AMERICA, PERIOD.

AND I'M TIRED OF CARING ABOUT ALL THAT HAPPENS TO JEWISH PEOPLE.

LIKE, HOW DO YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO ME? I, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MURAL THAT HAS A MAN IN OUR HISTORY, BUT I CAN HEAR ABOUT WHAT HITLER DID AND HE DIDN'T DO, AND HE DIDN'T DO FROM YOUR OWN JEWISH MOUSE.

I SAY IF I SAY I'M A ANTI-SEMITIC, I MEAN, COME ON.

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

AND I SAY AGAIN, ARE MUSLIMS WELCOME IN GREENBURG? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST TAKING FARRAKHAN DOWN, YOU'RE REPRESENTING MUSLIMS IN GREENBURG WHO HAVE NOT HEARD STAND UP THERE AND TELL YOU TO TAKE 'EM OFF THE WALL.

I MEAN, EVEN THERE WAS A, A LAWSUIT IN GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2019 FROM A TURKEY PER A PERSON PERSON FROM TURKEY WHO WAS MUSLIM, WHO SAID HE WAS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

SO MY POINT I'M MAKING IS YOU GUYS AGAIN, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME THAT WANTS TO PARK, THAT'S, THAT IS A, YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE UP.

THANK YOU FOR TIME.

OKAY, WELL, I'M SORRY TO THANK YOU.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

AND I STAND WITH PALESTINE.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST OFFENSIVE SPEECH I'VE HEARD IN ALL MY TIME ON THE TOWN BOARD.

TB ONE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ADOPTING THE 2024 PRELIMINARY BUDGET AS MODIFIED BY THE SLIP SHEET CHANGES AGREED TO BY THE TOWN BOARD TO BE CALLED UPON ADOPTION AND ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

YOU WANNA MOVE THE AGENDA FOR NO, I WOULD ALSO AGREE.

IT WAS VERY OFFENSIVE AND WE ALL HAVE TO, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND LIVE TOGETHER AND, UH, RESPECT EACH OTHER.

AND YOU KNOW, WE IN GREENBURG HAVE ALWAYS, UH, WELCOMED PEOPLE OF EVERY ETHNICITY AND RACE.

UM, AND WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WILL, UM, MOVING THE AGENDA.

TB ONE, UH, EVERY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IS IN FINAL.

ALL THE RESOLUTIONS ARE IN FINAL FORM.

AND, UH, THE RESOLUTIONS WILL BE STAMPED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

[ TB 1 – 12/18/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh adopting the 2024 Preliminary Budget as modified by "slip sheet" changes agreed to by the Town Board, to be called, upon adoption, the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2024]

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WOULD THE, I'LL SECOND THAT AND ASK THE, UH, CONTROLLER TO COME UP AND PUT THE RATE INCREASE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT, UH, IN PARTICULAR PUT THE LEVY INCREASE.

SO THERE WERE NO CHANGES SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING REMAINED THE SAME.

SO THAT BEING SAID, THE BUDGET CALLS FOR A 0.5 0.53% TAX RATE DECREASE IN THE TOWN ENTIRE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND IN THE TOWN OUTSIDE, I'M SORRY, AND THE TOWN OUTSIDE, A 1.98% RATE DECREASE INCREASE IN THE UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG VILLAGE.

THE THE 2024 BUDGET INCLUDES A $7.4 MILLION.

CAN I ASK QUESTION? WHAT'S THE TAX LEVY FOR? BOTH.

SO IT'S THE LEVY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONCENTRATING ON AND THAT'S WHAT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS BUDGET.

SO THE TAX LEVY IN THE TOWN ENTIRE IS 10 MILLION 180 2, 447.

AND THE TAX LEVY IN TOWN OUTSIDE IS 62,000,900 2318.

THE, UM, PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE LEVEE IS 4.09%.

THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE TOWN OUTSIDE LEVY IS 6.28%.

NOW WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TAX CAP.

YES, BUT IT'S THE LEVY THAT PEOPLE FEEL.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S, WHEN YOU SEE LETTERS THAT ARE, YOU RECEIVE AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE TAX RATE INCREASE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TAX RATE INCREASE CAN DECREASE, BUT YOU'RE PAYING MORE IN TAXES.

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ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? UH, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA MENTION ONE THING.

UM, UH, I BASICALLY AM VOTING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BUDGET, BUT I WANT TO AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT I DISAGREE WITH, UH, THE BOARD IN TERMS OF, UH, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD IN TERMS OF, UM, SOME OF THE SALARY INCREASES THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN, UM, INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET.

BUT 99% OF THE BUDGET I AGREE WITH.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU AGREE WITH 99% OF IT AND YOU DISAGREE WITH 1%, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH VOTING FOR THE BUDGET.

SO I'M VOTING FOR IT, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MY CONTINUED OBJECTIONS.

I REALLY FEEL THAT THE SALARY INCREASES SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AFTER THE UNION CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT IN, IN MY OPINION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S RIGHT TO DISAGREE.

THAT'S DEMOCRACY.

AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE WORK SESSION, WHERE WE HAD A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, THAT THE REST OF THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO, UM, TO BASICALLY DO A REORGANIZATION OF OUR STAFF TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.

UM, SUPERVISOR OPPOSED THAT.

UH, BUT HE DID PROPOSE HAVING $150,000 PERSON ADDED TO HIS DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO HELP HIM BE A SUPERVISOR.

UH, WE MOVED THAT OUT OF THERE.

SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT WE'RE ADDING POSITIONS WHEN YOU WERE, UH, SEEKING TO ADD ONE YOURSELF, YOU ALSO SOUGHT A 50% INCREASE IN THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, BUT OPPOSED INCREASES FOR SALARIES FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD A SALARY INCREASE IN QUITE A PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, OKAY, LET'S, UH, MOVE ON.

UM, RESOLUTION, UM, RESIDENT CALL EVERYBODY.

UH, YOU DIDN'T CALL FOR A VOTE ON TP ONE, YOU MOVED IT FRANCE A SECOND, BUT THERE WAS NOT ANY.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RETENTION OF LIBERTY CAPITAL ADVISORS TO CONDUCT AN ABID AUCTION FOR THE DISPOSITION OF FORMALLY FORECLOSED TOWN.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

DO THAT

[ TB 2 - 12/18/2023 Resolution authorizing the retention of Liberty Capital Advisors, LLC to conduct an abutters' auction for the disposition of formerly foreclosed Town-owned properties at no additional out-of-pocket cost to the Town]

O OWNED, UH, PROPERTIES AT NO ADDITIONAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS TO THE TOWN.

THREE IS BEING, UH, HELD OVER TB FOUR RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD THAT'S BEEN APPROVED

[ TB 3 - 12/18/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh requiring the letter template and a copy of the recipients' mailing labels for all incidental bulk mailings paid for by the Town be filed with the Town Clerk and available for public inspection (to be held over to January 10, 2024 Meeting)]

[ TB 5 - 12/18/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh (1) thanking Town Clerk Judith Beville for her service as Registrar of Vital Statistics until December 31, 2023, and (2) appointing, effective January 1, 2024, Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero as the Registrar of Vital Statistics, who shall appoint a Deputy Registrar willing to accept such appointment and serve in the Registrar’s absence, effective January 1, 2024]

RESOLUTION, UH, TB FIVE, UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THANKING TOWN CLERK JUDITH BEVILLE FOR A SERVICE AS REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

APPOINTING EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024.

TOWN CLERK LISA MARIA NERO AS REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS WHO SHALL APPOINT THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH APPOINTMENT IN SERVING TO SERVE AT, UH, IN THE REGISTRAR'S ABSENCE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024.

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE.

UM, RESIDENT, CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

LISA PAUL.

PAUL, DID YOU VOTE? DID YOU CALL FOR A VOTE ON TB FOUR? WE DID THAT THE BEGINNING MEETING.

EARLIER MEETING.

WE DID THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

WHO SECOND? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHO SECOND IT WAS FRANCIS, IT WAS ME.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MPB APPRAISALS TO BE RETAINED, UH, TO TIMELY FOR PERIOD, UH, TRIAL APPRAISAL FOR EACH OF THE 20 PROPERTIES SCHEDULED FOR SMALL CLAIMS ASSESSMENT REVIEW PROCEEDINGS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,500.

[ AS 1 - 12/18/2023 Resolution authorizing MPB Appraisals to be retained to timely prepare a trial appraisal for each of the 20 properties scheduled for Small Claims Assessment Review (SCAR) proceedings, for an amount not to exceed $5,500]

THE RETENTION OF KEN PITCOCK AND, AND THE LAW FIRM OF, UM, UH, MA STUFFY ALFONSO FAY AND PITCOCK TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT MATTER OF LEONARD MACK AND TOWN OF GREENBURG ET AL FOR THE MOUNTAIN I'LL TO EXCEED 25,000.

RESOLUTION APPROVING

[ AT 1 – 12/18/2023 Resolution approving the retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq., and the Law Firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh Police Department In the Matter of Leonard Mack v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $25,000]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THERE.

SECOND.

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RETENTION OF THOMAS FREDDY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE.

[ AT 2 – 12/18/2023 Resolution approving the retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police; Lt. John Schachinger, Detective R. Wyland, Police Officer Allan Williams, Detective Joseph Santagate, Lt. Raphael Garafano, Detective Robert J. Sharpe, Detective Gerard Holley, and Peter Sauter In the Matter of Leonard Mack v. Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $25,000]

LIEUTENANT JOHN, UH, UH, SHAER OF DETECTIVE RWE AND POLICE OFFICER ALLEN WILLIAMS, DETECTIVE JOSEPH SANGATE, UH, LIEUTENANT RALPH, UH, GARAFFO, DETECTIVE ROBERT SHARP.

DETECTIVE GERARD HOLLY AND PETER SODER IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD MACK VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.

THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER FOR AN ACTION INVOLVING A ZONING TAX AMENDMENT RELATED TO A PROPOSED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LOCAL LAW, AND REFERRING THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2 85 64 OF THE TOWN ZONING ORDINANCE.

RESOLUTION DECLARING

[ CD 1 - 12/18/2023 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]

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

RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR REHABILITATION OF THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY FRONT ENTRANCE VESTIBULE, UH, PROJECT TO FILLER AND DEANGELO FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3000, INCREASING THE AMOUNT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED 50 3050.

[ LB 1 – 12/18/2023 Resolution approving an Amended Professional Services Agreement for Architectural Services for the Rehabilitation of the Greenburgh Public Library Front Entrance Vestibule Project to Fuller and D’Angelo P.C., for an additional amount not to exceed $3,000, increasing the total amount not to exceed $53,050]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SPORTING SPORT TIME CLUBS TO OPERATE THE SEASONAL INDOOR TENNIS FACILITY LOCATED AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK.

[ PR 1 - 12/18/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a lease agreement with Sportime Clubs, LLC to operate a Seasonal Indoor Tennis Facility located at Anthony F. Veteran Park]

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SPORT TIME CLUBS TO OPERATE A SEASONAL OUTDOOR TENNIS FACILITY LOCATED AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK.

UM,

[ PR 2 - 12/18/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a lease agreement with Sportime Clubs, LLC to operate a Seasonal Outdoor Tennis Facility located at Anthony F. Veteran Park]

THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OH, WERE YOU WAITING FOR THAT ? LONG TIME.

OH, SO YOU APPROVE.

OH, OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

REALLY HAD NO IDEA YOU'D APPROVE FOR THAT.

UM, RELU,

[ PW 1 - 12/18/2023 Resolution awarding bids for Bureau of Equipment Repair Materials and Supplies to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]

THAT WOULD, THAT'S A BIG DEAL RESOLUTION.

AWARDING BITS FOR, UH, BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT REPAIR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2024.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF, OF MICHAEL BRODER AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

[ PW 2 - 12/18/2023 Resolution authorizing the extension of Michael Broder as a consultant to assist the Department of Public Works for calendar year 2024, for an amount not to exceed $35,000]

THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 35,000.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COURTHOUSE CHILLER AND CONDENSER REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR MOUNT KISCO MECHANICAL SERVICE, UH, CORP.

[ PW 3 - 12/18/2023 Resolution approving Change Order #2 for the Town of Greenburgh Court House chiller and condenser replacement project to Mt.Kisco Mechanical Service Corp., for an additional amount not to exceed $24,970 ]

FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 24 AND NINE 70.

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS UPGRADES PROJECT TO MOUNT KISCO MECHANICAL SERVICE CORP FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 67 60 6,000 7 72.

APPROVING

[ PW 4 - 12/18/2023 Resolution approving Change Order #1 for the Town of Greenburgh Theodore D. Young Community Center (TDYCC) Heating and Cooling System Upgrades Project to Mt. Kisco Mechanical Service Corp., for an additional amount not to exceed $66,772]

AMENDMENT I RENEWAL OF THE SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR WASTE AND RECYCLING COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM WITH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 11,000 959 59.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ PW 5 - 12/18/2023 Resolution authorizing amendment and renewal of the Shared Services Agreement for Waste & Recycling Communications Platform with Sustainable Westchester for an amount not to exceed $11,959.59]