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UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.
IT'S FEBRUARY 27TH AFTER FIVE 15.
AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE AGENDA REVIEW.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ANY ITEMS OF THE AGENDA? SO, OH MY GOD, I CAN'T, LEMME SEE THE, SO I SAW THE EMAILS BACK AND FORTH FOR, SO WHEN ARE WE GONNA DO THE, UM, THE RECOGNITION OF THE YOUNG LADIES? BECAUSE I PUT IN ONE AND YOU HAD ONE.
YEAH, I THOUGHT WE'D DO IT IN MORE.
YOU USE, UH, I SAID THAT WE SHOULD, OR THE BOARD SAID THAT WE SHOULD TRY LIMITING PRESENTATIONS TO ABOUT TWO.
SO, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT TYLER USON AND BILL GREENWALT, WE WERE GONNA DO DURING THE SNOWSTORM AND WE HAD THE GIRL SCOUT CENTENNIAL ALREADY, YOU KNOW, PLANNED.
SO I FIGURED WE'D KEEP IT TO THOSE.
ANOTHER ONES WE'RE DO IN MARCH.
WE GOT, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FIRST ONE IN MARCH FOR THE, UM, RECOGNITION FOR THE YOUNG, SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE YOUNG GIRLS WHO WAS AWARDED AT THE AFRICAN MEN OF WESTCHESTER.
SO WE HAVE TWO GREENBERG RESIDENTS.
YOU HAVE ONE FROM VALHALLA ACTUALLY AND ONE FROM WOODLANDS.
I MEAN, TOP OF THEIR CLASS TOP.
SO WE ALL, WE ALL WITNESSED IT.
UM, SO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM AS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT'S ON, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST, FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH.
SO I JUST CHECKED AND I GOT AN EMAIL.
WE, THE GIRL SCOUT WOULD LIKE THAT INSTEAD.
ARE THEY GONNA COME ON APRIL 10TH? APRIL 10TH.
OH, SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT? NO, NO.
SO WE COULD HAVE DONE, UH, I CANCELED LIKE TWO SO WELL NO, THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE BILL, BILL HAS A LONG STORY TO TELL NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A LOT OF
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY DIPLOMATIC FOR ME ANYWAY, I THINK NO, IT GOOD.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE HAVE, WELL, PUBLIC HEARINGS NO ONE NEED.
UM, CAN YOU MAKE IT A, YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR MIC IN, PLEASE.
I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC WHEN YOU ARE, UM, ADDRESSING DURING THE WORK SESSION AND DURING THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AFTER WE, I, AFTER WE HAD TO TURN MIC, ABSOLUTELY TURN IT ON.
KIND LOSE THAT POWER IN THERE, BUT UNDERSTOOD.
I'M SOUNDING LIKE MR. NERO RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S
THE GIRL SCOUTS MET THIS AFTERNOON, BUT BECAUSE I TOLD THEM THAT WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BUY QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND MANY, SEVERAL OF THEM, SEVEN OF THEM ARE GETTING SILVER AWARDS.
SO, UM, AND I MENTIONED THAT WE JUST HAVE IT AT FOUR, FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THE SAME NIGHT AND, UH, THEY, THEY WEREN'T PREPARED ANYWAY.
SO LET'S NOT SCHEDULE TOO MUCH ON APRIL 10TH.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS CHECKED AND I HAVEN'T, UM, THAT THERE IS, UM, A SOLAR ENERGY LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED IN AT STATE AND I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD SEE WHAT THE STATUS.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID, SAID, I THOUGHT YOU SAID CELLULAR.
SO I'M TALKING TOO CLOSELY TO THE MIC.
I THINK IN AN EFFORT,
UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED, WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BEFORE PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA AND SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, THAT CAN IMPACT US.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, MR. ATTORNEY, IF YOU HAVE, SO I, I AM NOT PERSONALLY WORKING ON THIS LAW, BUT WE TYPICALLY DO LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LAWS AND TO ENSURE THAT EITHER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SAME STANDARDS OR IF THEY'RE A HIGHER LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAN US, THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, OVERSTEPPING OUR BOUNDS.
SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU WERE TO KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA, SETTING THE HEARING FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AND IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN DO A THOROUGH REVIEW AND SEND A NOTE TO THE BOARD IF IT COULD BE HELD OVER, AND THEN WE CAN RE-NOTICE IT AT THAT TIME IF NECESSARY.
AND THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR, IF THE STATE ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING AND WHO KNOWS IF THEY WILL.
WE HAVE GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL DECEMBER TO SIGN IT AND MEAN MEANWHILE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A NEED FOR HAVING SOLAR.
BUT WE, WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF THERE IS AN AMEND, WELL THEY MAY AMEND IT, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT IT IS
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AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SUPERSEDED ULTIMATELY THAT'S FINE, BUT, OR IF WE HAVE TO AMEND IT AT THAT TIME, FINE.BUT AT LEAST WE'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
IS THERE A DRAFT? IS THERE A BILL INTRODUCED? YES, THERE'S A BILL INTRODUCED.
I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO IT MYSELF.
GARRETT'S DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON THAT.
WAIT, SO COULD YOU JUST SUMMARIZE AGAIN WHAT, HOW WE'RE GONNA HAND HANDLE THAT? I'M SORRY.
SAID WHAT? THIS WHOLE SOLAR HEARING.
HEARING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE HEARING ON THE LOCAL ORDER.
CAN YOU ELABORATE? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T, THERE WAS NO, NO LINK WHEN I LOOKED THIS WEEKEND.
OH, DO YOU WANNA GO? SO I WANTED TO DISCUSS TB ONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
SOUNDS SAME THING WITH CD ONE.
DO WE KNOW IF THE POLICE OFFICER IS SHOWING UP? IS THERE A CEREMONY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? I CAN FIND OUT.
NO, THEY, THEY USUALLY HAVE SEPARATE CEREMONIES OUT.
UM, I'LL FIND OUT FOR HIM BECAUSE I KNOW SOME TERMS THEY CLOSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SOMETIMES WE APPOINT AND THEY DO IT LIKE A MEETING LATER.
I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO COLBY TO THE CHIEF BECAUSE I THINK WE DID SOMEBODY ELSE AND YOU HAVEN'T INTRODUCED THEM HERE.
WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF WE DO IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND ALL LIMITING IT, THIS IS QUICK.
THIS IS ONE PERSON TO COME UP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
LET THAT HAPPEN FOR THEIR FAMILY.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD THAT THE PUBLIC GETS TO SEE THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE APPOINTED.
DID I MISS A NOTE? BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHICH ONE? I'M SO SORRY.
WELL, YOU CAN'T GIVE AN OATH UNTIL WE APPOINT.
SO IS THAT BASICALLY IT
AT LEAST AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
THE MOMENT OF SILENCE IS JUST A PARAGRAPH ISSUE GOING ON THERE.
SO YOU WANT A MOTION, YOU WANT THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE TO BE SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, SUMMARIZED A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, SUMMARIZED JOY SUMMARIZED REALLY LONG.
DIDN'T WE SAY WE WANTED TO, UH, HAVE SHORTER? WE DID.
JOY WROTE, WE CAN'T GET SHORTER THAN THAT.
ARE YOU TALKING IN MEMORY OF HENRY HENRY HOWARD DRAFT TO MAKE IT SHORTER? YEAH.
SO IS THAT MEANT TO BE, OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
SO THERE'S A, OH, THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING SHORTER? YES.
NO, ALL WE COULD DO IS WE COULD DO IT COULD
THE MEANING COULD BE A SHORTER VERSION.
AND THEN IT COULD BE, YOU COULD WRITE IT OFF FOR YEAH.
FOR THE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PEOPLE READING IT, THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING BIGGER.
THIS WAY AND THEN, BUT YOU CAN GIVE HIM A SMALL PARAGRAPH FOR HIM TO READ.
THIS WAY WE'LL GIVE WILL HIS FULL HOUR.
SO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO GO, UH, INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.