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UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING.UH, THIS IS THE WORK SESSION MARCH 5TH, UM, AND IT'S ABOUT FIVE 40.
UM, AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM IN THE OPEN MEETINGS IS, UM, JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION THIS WEEK RELATING TO ASKING, UH, ALL THE NEED TO
WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING.
UH, TODAY IS, UH, TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, UM, ABOUT FIVE 40.
SORRY FOR, UH, THE, UH, SLIGHT DELAY AND STARTING TIME.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD, UM, WANTS TO ISSUE ANY, UH, STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD, UH, RELATING TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WE APPROVE LAST WEEK RELATING TO THE HOME RULE REQUEST TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR AN AMENDMENT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAW RELATING TO, UH, INCORPORATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO, BUT YOU KNOW, I, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT, SHOULD WE POST IT ON THE WEBSITE OR SHOULD WE NOT POST IT ON THE WEBSITE? YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY UP TO WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO.
WELL AT, AT A MINIMUM, WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO ALBANY.
I, I, I WROTE TO
NO, THAT'S ONLY AFTER THE BILL IS INTRODUCED.
SO WE NEED TO ASK OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO INTRODUCE THE BILL THEN.
THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, POST THIS, YOU KNOW, ON THE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE, YOU KNOW, WEBSITE AND ASK PEOPLE, UM, AND GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, COMMENT OR DO WE WRITE TO THE LEGISLATORS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS? I WOULD SUGGEST YOU WRITE TO THE LEGISLATORS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SO WE STILL NEED TO, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO WRITE, WE STILL HAVE TO WRITE, UM, WE STILL HAVE TO WRITE SOMETHING TOO.
WE HAVE TO WRITE A BLURBAGE ON THAT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WORKING ON SOMETHING.
WILL YOU BE WRITING, WILL YOU BE WRITING A LETTER OF SUPPORT? WE VOTED ON IT.
WE VOTED ON IT ALREADY WAS ALREADY ADOPTED.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT, HOW DO WE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW DO WE GET OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO INTRODUCE THE BILL SO THAT WE CAN THEN OFFICIALLY DO THE HOME RULE REQUEST? HERE WE'RE AUTHORIZING A HOME RULE REQUEST.
BUT, UM, BUT SHOULDN'T IT BE LETTER FROM SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY? WELL, THE, THE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE WANT.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PREFER, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THE LEGISLATION WAS JUST APPROVED AND YOU KNOW, BY ALBANY.
SO I'M NOT THAT HOPEFUL THAT THE HOME RULE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, APPROVED.
I THINK THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AMENDMENTS AS WE GO, GO ALONG, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS I, AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT I JUST DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING A SUCCESSFUL, UM, WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT WE ARE, WE WOULD BE SORT OF SECOND GUESSING OURSELVES.
IF WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS, THEN WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH IT.
SO YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING FORWARD.
I SUPPORT SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES MAKE A STATEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
SO, SO THEN WE SHOULD SHARE THIS WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO THEN, SO SHOULD WE BASICALLY JUST POSTS THE RESOLUTION IN ITS ENTIRETY OR DOES THE BOARD WANT TO ISSUE LIKE A STATEMENT? UH, THAT WOULD BASICALLY EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT STATEMENT, EX EXPLAINING THE RE THE REASONS I, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN.
I SORT OF FELT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS WORKED ON, UH, COOPERATIVELY.
SO WHO WANTS TO DO A DRAFT AND THEN WE COULD CIRCULATE IT? WELL, IT'S SORT OF SELF-EXPLANATORY, CAN'T WE POST? YEAH, BUT IT'S IN WAREHOUSES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO THE WAREHOUSE KIND.
SO JUST LIKE A BRIEF, A BRIEF OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT IS IN THE MINUTES.
I MEAN IT'S IN, IN OUR, IT'S POSTED AS AN ADDENDUM TO OUR BOARD MEETING.
YEAH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON, IT'S ON AGENDA QUICK AGENDA QUICK.
WE ARE STILL, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL HIGHLIGHT AND SUMMARIZE
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SO PEOPLE CANNOT HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS.AND YOU DID ISSUE A STATEMENT WHEN THE CHAPTER AMENDMENT WAS INTRODUCED BEFORE IT WAS PASSED, WHY YOU DISAGREED AND POSTED THAT TO THE WEBSITE.
SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME LANGUAGE FROM THAT AS WELL.
OH, I TO, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE REASONING FOR PASSING SOME MORE REQUEST.
WE SAY THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
THIS IS DO THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE COULD DO A FOLLOW UP TO, AS A FOLLOW UP TO OUR, AS A FOLLOW UP PREVIOUS.
DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK? MAYBE AT THE SAME TIME WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE MARCH 20TH MEETING.
BUT THAT MAKES SOME, THAT, THAT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MARCH 20TH.
I SAY THE MARCH 20TH WAS PERFECT.
DO YOU WANNA ANNOUNCE WHAT THE MARCH T DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT? THAT'S WHY CRC BE PRESENTING THEIR, UH OH, FINDING THE FINDINGS.
SO MAYBE THE LEAD WHICH WILL BE HERE AT TOWN HALL AT WHAT TIME? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THEY'RE LEAVING US TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE AT SEVEN OR SEVEN 30.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE.
IS SEVEN ENOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO GET HOME FROM THE CITY AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT? I KNOW WE DO SEVEN 30.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO DEVIATE FROM ANYTHING THAT WE NORMALLY DO, BUT WE HAVE SEVEN 30 BOARD USED TO BE EIGHT O'CLOCK.
YEAH, NOW I THINK IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT SEVEN TO AT SEVEN O'CLOCK TIME.
DO WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON FOR THAT'S NOT, THAT'S JUST NO, IT'S NOT A TOWN BOARD MEETING.
SO LET'S DO IT AT SEVEN IF WE CAN.
KEEP THAT SEVEN O'CLOCK THAT I'VE BEEN TELLING
SO MAYBE, UM, IF WE ISSUE A STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, IF WE ISSUE A STATEMENT, SHOULD SAY, UM, CGR IS GONNA BE COMPLETING THEIR, STU IS GONNA BE DOING A PUBLIC PRESENTATION ON THE STUDY RELATING TO INCORPORATION.
IT'S GONNA BE SEVEN O'CLOCK ON MARCH 20TH, UM, AT THE TOWN BOARD.
AND THEN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE TOWN BOARD MEETING ON, UM, FEBRUARY 28TH.
I, I WOULD MAKE THEM TWO SEPARATE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WHAT CGR IS DOING IS DIFFERENT THAN, THAN WHAT THIS IS.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE CGR IS HAS ANYTHING WITH THIS.
SO THEN YOU AGREE, THAT'S FINE.
DO YOU, WOULD YOU WANT, YOU SAID YOU WOULD, YOU WANT ME TO ASK KRISTA, SINCE SHE'S HAS JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE, TO, TO TAKE THIS AND MAKE IT INTO A, A STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD AND THEN SEND IT TO EVERYBODY AND THEN THAT'D BE PERFECT.
EVERYBODY GOES, APPROVAL GOES, OR YOU CAN GIVE IT TO JOY AND SHE'LL TURN IT INTO 10 WORDS.
I WAS GIVING YOU A COMPLIMENT.
I KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU TOOK THAT LONG.
SHE'S ABOUT TO MAKE SOME OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TOO.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK OUT, LISTEN IT CRAZY.
WE'LL WRITE THAT UP AND THEN SHE'LL SEND IT TO EVERYBODY.
NOW YOU NEED A MOTION, A MOTION GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.