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WELCOME TARA TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.TODAY IS MAY 14TH AT UH, FIVE, UH, 36, 6.
A LITTLE LATE, BUT BETTER LATE THAN EVER.
SO WE'LL START WITH, UM, THE FIRST ITEM, UM, SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER MEMBERSHIP DUES.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER.
WHAT DO THEY DO FOR US? THEY DO A LOT.
YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY, UM, UM, PROMOTE SOLAR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ENERGY.
THEY, THEY ARE A LEADING VOICE FOR, UH, EN THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND THEY HAVE MANY, MANY PROGRAMS THAT MUNICIPALITIES AND INDIVIDUALS COULD, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE.
OH, I KNOW THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS, BY US APPROVING THIS, IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE EXTENDING A CONTRACT RIGHT.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO THAT WITH THAT TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, NOLAN BRESSON IS LIKE AN OUTSTANDING LEADER OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, AND I THINK HE'S GONNA BRING THE ORGANIZATION TO, UH, NEXT LEVEL NEW HEIGHTS.
I, I DO WISH, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, THEY SHOULD DO MORE IN HELPING RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO PUT SOLAR ON THEIR HOMES AS TO WHICH ONES ARE THE LEGITIMATE COMPANIES, WHICH ONES ARE NOT.
'CAUSE THEY KNOW, RIGHT? I, I, I, THEY PEOPLE ALWAYS, UH, REACH OUT TO ME, I'D SAY PRACTICALLY EVERY WEEK.
UH, AND I ALWAYS FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, AND THEY GET BACK TO PEOPLE USUALLY WITHIN MINUTES.
HAVE THEY PROVIDED YOU A LIST? SO SINCE YOU ARE BEING CONTACTED QUITE OFTEN AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED, ARE THEY THE SAME PAUL OR SUPERVISOR? HERE'S A LIST FOR YOU, YOU CAN PASS ALONG.
WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE ONE SIZE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IT FITS ALL.
SO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS, UH, THEY USUALLY CALL, CALL, YOU KNOW, CALL THEM BACK.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY GET ON THE PHONE AND THEY, THEY ANSWER THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'RE VERY WELL INFORMED AND THEY KNOW DOWN TO THE MINUTIAE, RIGHT.
THE WHATEVER QUESTION MIGHT BE ASKED THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ANSWER OR THEY'LL RESEARCH IT AND MAKE SURE THEY GET THE PROPER ANSWER FOR THEM.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE HAVING INTERACTED WITH THEM PERSONALLY.
UM, BUT I'M HOPING THAT IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
WELL, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL FOLLOW IT UP AND I'LL, I'LL SUGGEST, UH, THAT THEY GIVE, GIVE US SORT OF LIKE A, A HANDOUT, UH, WITH ANSWERING SOME EASY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW TO GO ABOUT SOLARIZING YOUR HOME AND, MM-HMM.
SO I'M GONNA, I'LL DO THAT AND I'LL COPY REPORT.
AND SOME COMPANIES MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE THAT THEY'LL BE THERE AROUND IN FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S ABOUT 10 OR 12 COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING THESE THINGS, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW, UM, ARE THEY OVERSELLING? ARE THEY UNDERSELLING? YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A SALE OF APPROVAL, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD.
I MEAN, IF THEY WOULD, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
NOW, CAN WE PUT A LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE SO WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING TO TAKE, PEOPLE CAN FIND ON THEIR WEBSITE A LINK TO THEM IF THEY'RE NOT.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE A LINK TO SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK JOE.
WE GOT TWO GREAT IDEAS IN FIVE MINUTES.
SO AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL ISSUE ON HERE IS, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO BEING, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR, THEIR EFFORTS TO, UH, PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DECREASE USES OF, UH, FOSSIL FUELS.
AND THE, THE DUES, I THINK ARE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPROVING.
WE'LL BE APPROVING AT THE NEXT MEETING.
OH, WHAT WE WILL BE APPROVING.
IF WE NEED A RESOLUTION, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
NEXT, UH, WE'LL GO OVER, THIS IS THE SECOND AND THE SERIES OF CAPITAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED.
AND, UM, I GUESS WE WILL START WITH, UH, THE LIBRARY.
WELL, WELL THAT'S ALL PART OF THE, OKAY.
WE'RE ALL, WE'RE HERE AS A TEAM.
SO I'M GONNA, RICH HAS, HAS THE INFORMATION.
WHY DON'T YOU PULL UP A CHAIR AND THE THREE OF YOU CAN SIT DOWN, NEED ONE MORE CHAIR
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AND JUST BE SURE TO WHEN ONE OR THE OTHER SPEAKS, MAKE SURE ONE OF YOU HAS, WHOEVER IT IS WHO'S SPEAKING, HAS A MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU AND THAT IT'S ON.YOU COULD DO AS JAYNA 'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T REALLY NEED, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH OVERWHELMING AND RESPECT YOU? DOES EVERYONE ELSE HAVE ONE? YEAH.
AM I EVEN I WOULD'VE SHARED MINE.
OKAY, MR UH, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU COULD JUST TURN YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE.
AND JUST PULL IT CLOSE TO YOU SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU.
AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE.
THANK, MY NAME IS, UH, RICHARD CALLON.
I'M THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE TOWN OF STANDS FOR.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY FATHER'S NAME.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS, UM, BUILDING OWNERS OR, UH, THE LIBRARY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE BUILDINGS IN TOWN.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS HOLISTICALLY.
UH, JUST WENT OFF THE FRONT SITE LAST YEAR.
UH, GINA HAD KIND OF DIRECTED US TO GET A STUDY DONE OF THE HVAC AND ALL THE MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
THE BOARD APPROVED THAT STUDY SOME MONTHS BACK.
THE BUDGET ITEMS THAT ARE IN HERE, AND YOU'LL SEE MORE NEXT WEEK, ARE BASED OFF THAT STUDY.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT COUNCILMAN, SHE, SOME MONTHS WHEN WE WERE HAVING ALL THE ROOF LEAKS SUGGESTED YOU NOTICED YOU WERE GINA.
GOD, GINA AND HE IS COUNCILMAN SHE ALL ALRIGHT.
CHILDREN, LET'S, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, I WOULD BE COUNCILMAN JACKSON, BUT AT SOME POINT.
YOU'RE SO FAMILIAR WITH YOUR LIAISON.
WE ARE ALSO, WE, THERE'S MONEY IN LAST YEAR'S CAPITAL.
WE ARE GETTING A STUDY DONE OF THE ROOFS.
SO, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS AS WE GO THROUGH.
IT'LL BECOME MORE EVIDENT WHY WE DID THAT.
SO IN RESPECT TO THE LIBRARY BUILDING, UH, THERE IS $900,000 ESTIMATED FOR WORK THAT THE CONSULTING ENGINEER HAS SPELLED OUT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THEIR BUILDING.
BUT THEY'RE NOT FIGURE, THEY'RE NOT NUMBERS ON THESE? NO NUMBERS ON HERE? NO, IT'S JUST THE FIRST ONE.
YOU SEE, UH, EIGHT IT SAYS, UH, ELECTRICAL AND HVC UPGRADES FOR THE LIBRARY BUILDING.
IT SAYS THAT'S WHAT, NO, IT'S HERE.
THE POLICE WILL GO OVER WHEN THE POLICE GET HERE.
AND THEY ARE HERE ARE THE POLICE ARE HERE.
NOW YOU HAVE TO BEHAVE YOURSELF.
SO THE NEXT THREE ARE, ARE THOSE HANDCUFFS? NO, I'M TALKING BASICALLY, UH, AN UMBRELLA OVER THE TOWN.
SO WE HAD MIS, UM, TRISTAN SOARS GO AROUND AND LOOK AT ALL THE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR SECURITY UPGRADES.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN OUR BUILDINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND IT'S REALLY HEIGHTENED EVERYBODY'S SENSITIVITY.
SO THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE CAMPUSES AND THE ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK IS $800,000.
AND THAT AGAIN, IS AN UMBRELLA OVER THE ENTIRE TOWN.
THAT'S THE FIRST SHEET IN THE STABLE GROUP.
HOW WITH BOTH THE LIBRARY AND UM, YOU KNOW, AND UM, THE MIS AND THE SECURITY, UM, WHAT PERCENT OF THE WORK WILL GET DONE SAY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS? BECAUSE I WAS SPEAKING TO, UH, OUR CONTROLLER, YOU KNOW, EARLIER TODAY.
AND WE WERE TALKING, UM, ABOUT NEXT YEAR MOVING THE CAPITAL BUDGET, STARTING AT SAY IN JAN, YOU KNOW, DOING IT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT'LL BE DONE AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
SO I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT'S REALLY COSTLY, COULD SOME OF THE REQUESTS BE DEFERRED TO, UH, UH, THE 2025, UH, UNIT KNOW BUDGET? AND WE ARE DOING THAT.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WITH THIS WORK.
UM, BUT AT YOUR SUGGESTION, AND KIMBERLY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT WITH US, VERY HELPFUL.
REALLY COMES UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
KIMBERLY, THAT'S CONTROLLER KIMBERLY TOO.
THE THING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU A WOMAN WITH YOUR FIRST NAME, BUT YOU DRESSED THE MAN WITH HIS, AREN'T
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YOU GLAD YOU CAME? YEAH, IT'S EVERY DAY.SO THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU AT, AT, UH, PAUL'S REQUEST, HE ASKED US TO KIND OF SPLIT UP THE CAPITAL.
SO, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU AGAIN, FRANK MODO AND LIZ GARRITY HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP WITH THE DPW AND I.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DEFER IS EQUIPMENT.
AND YOU CAN AND YOU CAN JUST WHATEVER WE CAN.
SO HE'S REALLY GOT A HANDLE ON THAT END OF IT.
THAT BEING FRANK HAS A HANDLE ON IT.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DEFERRING THERE AND IT BREAKS, HE FIXES IT.
I'M ABOUT TO REALLY GO SOMEWHERE LEFT TOO NOW.
SO THE ONES THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU NOW ARE VERY MUCH PRIORITIES.
THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NUTS AND BOLTS PROJECTS.
THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NO FEEL GOOD AND WATCH THE TIMETABLE.
UH, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THESE WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY WE'D HAVE TO GET RUNNING ON THESE.
AND AGAIN, AFTER WE GOT THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE CENTER, THE LIBRARY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THE TOP THREE, AT LEAST WITH THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET GOING.
SO YOU WOULD, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, WOULD YOU FEEL GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE BIDDING PROCESS LIKE NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME? WOULD IT BE DONE? I WOULD SURE.
THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT IS, IS PART OF FIXING THAT FENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I SAW THAT YOU SEE ON SPRINGFIELD PARKWAY? IS THAT AT SOME POINT GOING TO GET REPAIRED? YES.
DID I KEEP CALLING YOU ABOUT YES.
AND THAT WOULD BE GINA
JUST TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, JUST QUICKLY, RIGHT.
DRAWING ENGINEERING DRAWINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ONCE CONTRACTED AND THEN BID AND THEN WHATEVER PERMITS ARE NEEDED.
SO, AND THEN THE COST OF THE, AND THEN ALSO DELIVERY OF MATERIALS AND THEN THE COST OF THE, THE THEN THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE LABOR.
SO THAT ALL CAN BE DONE, YOU FEEL IN A YEAR.
THERE ARE LONG LEAD ITEMS, FOR INSTANCE, UH, ONE THAT I DIDN'T BRING TONIGHT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK, IS ALSO RECREATION.
SO WE'VE GOT A TEMPORARY CHOSE SET UP DOWN THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG LEAD ITEM TO GET IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN NOW.
IT PROBABLY WON'T GET INSTALLED RIGHT AWAY 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE SO LONG TO GET IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT ORDERED SO THAT IT'S AT LEAST IN THE, WHEN YOU SAY LEAD, WHEN YOU SAY LEAD TIME, YEAH.
APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MONTHS WERE YOU LOOKING? SIX MONTHS ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, WE ORDERED A JET TRUCK TWO YEARS AGO AND IT'S STILL NOT HERE.
IT'S, EVERYTHING HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME.
THE ONLY, UH, YOU KNOW, REQUEST OUR, I MADE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RICHARD BOBBY, YOU KNOW, HAS EVERY, I JUST SPOKE TO HIM TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT WE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HE HAS, HE'S 103 YEARS OLD FOR PEOPLE.
UH, BUT HE WAS A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT.
HE SAID, WE REALLY NEED, UM, UH, WORK, YOU KNOW, PLANS FOR EVERYTHING SO WE COULD, SO THE BOARD COULD BASICALLY TRACK, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE AND IF SOMETHING'S FALLING OFF THE RADAR, WE WOULD BASICALLY BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE REALLY NOT DOING AS GOOD A JOB AS WE COULD IN TERMS OF MONITORING.
SO WHAT I'M WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS IF WE COULD, UM, WHEN WE FINALIZE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, IF WE COULD PUT IN LIKE A WORK, A WORK PLAN WHERE BASICALLY WE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU MAY SAY IT MAY TAKE TWO YEARS, OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, THEN EVERYBODY AND WE, AND WE COULD PROVIDE LIKE A TIMELINE, THEN I THINK IT WILL JUST MAKE IT EASIER TO, FOR ALL OF US TO TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
AND IN TERMS OF THAT TIMELINE, WHEN WILL PAYMENT HAVE TO BE MADE OR PARTIAL PAYMENT? DO WE PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN WHEN YOU ORDER AND THEN THE BALANCE PAID ONCE IT'S BEEN DELIVERED? LOOK, I'M SAYING, LET'S SAY WE APPROVE THE BUDGET AT THE END OF JUNE AND BY TIME, LET'S SAY IT TAKES YOU TILL I'M JUST THROWING OUT.
IT TAKES TILL SEPTEMBER UNTIL, UH, WE HAVE THE BOND SALES AND YOU KNOW, WE GET THE BOND RATING AND ALL THAT.
THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS.
SO YOU COULD SAY IT COULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY IT TAKES TWO MONTHS FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS, THEN IT TAKES OR WHATEVER TO REVIEW THE BIDS.
AND SO THEN IF YOU JUST, AND THEN YOU COULD SAY, WE, WE HOPE TO BREAK GROUND AND MORE IN MARCH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IF OR, AND GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE EXTRA LEEWAY.
UM, AND, AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE COULD FOLLOW THROUGH
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AND WE, WE DID THOSE BREAKDOWNS.THE LAST CAPITAL, THE ONE STRUGGLE THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING, I KNOW THE BOARD'S VERY AWARE OF IT, IS ENGINEERS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY.
SO WE GOT ONE ENGINEER STARTING FRIDAY.
WE HOPE TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE STARTING IN TWO WEEKS.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S ONE MORE THAT'S LOOKING START AT THE END OF AUGUST, BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S VERY, SO WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD.
THAT WOULD BE THE FULL COMPLIMENT.
MY FEELING IS I DON'T WANT LIKE OVERBURDEN, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GETTING TWO PEOPLE YOU STARTED NOW, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM TIME TO YOU TO GET UP TO SPEED AND PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS GONNA BE TOO OVERWHELMING.
ALL THESE PROJECTS, UH, THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT COULD BE DEFERRED TO JAN, YOU KNOW, TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT, UH, I'M NOT SAYING THESE ITEMS, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I WON'T BE THERE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE'RE GONNA PUT OFF.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN'T OKAY.
YOU'RE MAKING CHRISTINA VERY NERVOUS.
THERE'S, THERE'S LIBRARY DIRECTOR, THERE'S PREP THAT CAN ALSO BE DONE PRIOR TO THIS.
THINGS THAT WE CAN GET READY AND HAVE IN PLACE IMMEDIATELY WHEN BY THE TIME YOU GUYS SAY YES TO ALL THIS, THAT, THOSE PE THOSE PLACES, THOSE THINGS, THAT'S FINE.
AND THAT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK CLOSER TOGETHER.
AND AGAIN, WE GOT AN ENGINEERING STUDY THAT WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE BUILDING.
THEY HAVE ITEMIZED, THERE'S ACCOUNT, WE HAVE THE NAME OF EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE, THE, THE PRIORITY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME WITH THE ROOFS.
UM, YOU HAD STATED EARLIER THAT THE, UM, YOU SAID THE PRIORITIES WERE TO BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY.
YOU SAID THE CENTER OF THE LIBRARY.
AND WHAT WAS THE THIRD ENTITY? THE CENTER, THE LIBRARY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLEASE.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE COURT? THE COURT ROOF IS, UH, AARON HAYWARD, OUR, ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS HAD THE ROOF SURVEYED THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
THAT WAS, I'M, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING TO KIND OF KEEP IT WITHIN.
BUT THAT BUILDING ALSO WITH THE, UH, RFP THAT GARRETT KAIN PUT OUT WITH CAPTAIN VALENTINE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE SOME OTHER WORK GOING ON.
WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY KEEP TO THE CORE OF THE BUILDINGS.
SO, AND I THINK, WE'LL, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM THE CAPTAIN AND CHIEF LATER.
THERE'S PROBABLY MORE TO LOOK AT THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW THESE ARE THE TOP THREE.
I'M, IT WAS AN INTERESTING ANSWER.
SO LET'S BACK, I'M SO CONFUSED.
SO THE COURTHOUSE IS NOT PART OF THE POLICE.
WE'RE SEPARATING THAT WHEN, WHAT'S THE WORK GOING TO BE DONE? ESPECIALLY THEIR H-V-C-H-V-A-C-C THAT IS NOT AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST.
HAVE YOU SAT IN THAT COURTROOM? YEAH.
AND THIS IS LIKE THE SECOND YEAR, THIRD YEAR.
SO THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED NOW.
OH, IS DO WE STILL HAVE THE PORTABLE UNIT OUTSIDE? NO, THAT'S MAKING A LOUD NOISE FOR THE TEMPORARY UNIT.
SO YOU'RE NOT NOW THAT UNIT'S AT PARKS AND REC.
BECAUSE IT, THESE CHILLERS ARE A VERY LONG LEAD ITEM.
I MA YOU'VE TELLING US THAT LAST YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE THE CHILL, YOU GOT THE CHILLER AND YOU INSTALLED IT AND I'LL, AND NOW IT'S ALL HOOKED UP TO THE CHILLER SO THAT IT'S INTERNAL NOW.
AND THEY'RE NOT BLOWING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW FROM I THOUGHT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOILER.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE THERE AT AN EVENT, THAT'S DONE, THAT'S DONE.
AND IT WAS LOUD ALREADY COULD.
THAT'S 'CAUSE WE, YEAH, THAT WAS, AND THE PA SYSTEM FIXED AS AIR CONDITION.
NO, AND IT WAS AGAIN, AFTER THE COVID, A LOT OF THESE THINGS, THE LEAD TIME FOR A LOT OF THESE UNIT.
THE, THERE WAS A LOT OF LONG LEAD ON.
SO I HAVE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF HIGH PRIORITIES, SO THE SECURITY UPGRADES, IMPROVEMENTS, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE HAD HAD SOME INCIDENTS, BUT THOSE ARE SORT OF RANDOM.
ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG CHUNK.
UM, ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD PROTECT THE CAMPUS WITHOUT ALL THE HIGH TECH STUFF? WELL, THAT'S NOT JUST THE LIBRARY.
RIGHT? SO THEY WENT AND SURVEYED ALL THE BUILDINGS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HERE, A LITTLE BIT THERE.
AND, AND CAN, CAN YOU JUST, I KNOW QUICKLY GO THROUGH WHAT THAT I WAS GONNA SAY IT WAS WHAT'S INCLUDED.
CAMERAS, THERE'S ACCESS POINTS WITH KEY, YOU KNOW, THE SWIPES, RIGHT? UM, BLUE LIGHT, BLUE LIGHT SYSTEMS WARNING SYSTEMS. YES.
ALL THAT FIRE ALARM, BLUE LIGHT.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST ONE BUILDING, IT'S LIGHT.
THIS IS ALL, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY IN THE BUILDING.
UM, SO THE POLICE KNOW, OR PEOPLE
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WHO ARE COMING TO BUILDING KNOW THAT THERE'S AN EMERGENCY HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING.THE CAPTAIN MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT BETTER.
BUT IT BASICALLY IS A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WARNS MM-HMM.
DO YOU KNOW IF, ARE THE LIBRARIES HAVE THE BLUE LIGHTS ALSO? THEY HAVE THEM ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WESTCHESTER WELL, WE HAVE TO EVALUATE ALL THESE THINGS.
BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE'RE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO THEY WILL BE COMING, YOU KNOW, I DOUBT.
I THINK, I THINK YOU'VE JUST BEEN, I THINK YOU'VE JUST BEEN DEMOTED TO FRANCIS.
I, I KNOW WE HAD THE POLICE WAITING, SO IT JUST GO.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS, AGAIN, ROOFING PROJECTS.
THERE'S, UH, 2 MILLION IN THERE.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE ROOF AREAS, A TOWN HALL, LIBRARY COURT, DPW YARD, T-D-Y-C-C.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD ROOF.
AND THERE IS A STUDY THAT'S GONNA BE ONGOING TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE'S FIRST.
BUT THESE ARE THE HIGH PRIORITY AND THEY'RE ACTIVELY LEAKING.
IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, UM, COULD WE GET LIKE AN ITEMIZATION OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, UM, THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS? BECAUSE WE MAY WANT TO, WE MAY SAY, OH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL FEEL IS AN EMERGENCY SHOULD BE DONE.
ANOTHER THING MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, COULD WAIT.
BUT IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY DURING THE YEAR, DO YOU HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE MID-YEAR? WELL, I'M SAYING THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT WE COULD SAY, OH, WE THINK THIS WILL REALLY IMPROVE SAFETY, WE CAN PRIORITIZE.
WOULD THE SOLAR WORK THAT WE MAY BE DOING HERE AT TOWN HALL, WOULD THAT HAVE TO COINCIDE WITH FIXING THE ROOF IN TIME? WELL, THE SOLAR'S OUT THERE.
WELL, SOME, SOME OF IT NOT DOING ANY ON THE ROOF.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE JUST THE PANEL.
JUST THE, JUST THE CANOPIES PARKING.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO BOTH.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH SPACE UP THERE, BECAUSE ACTUALLY UP THERE IS SOME.
BUT MOST OF THAT IS RELATIVELY NEW.
IT'S, IT'S NOT THE, THE SLOPE PARTS OF THE ROOF.
THERE ARE FLAT AREAS UP THERE THAT WE HAVE EQUIPMENT ON.
IT'S NOT THE, THE GREEN ROOF YOU SEE TOP.
UM, LED LIGHTING UPGRADES, AGAIN FOR VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
I KNOW LIBRARY'S ONE THAT'S BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS.
WE PUT $50,000 ONTO THAT TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM GOING.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF LED REPLACEMENTS.
THIS WOULD JUST CONTINUE THAT.
AND THAT'S WORKING WITH GRANTS TO CREATE, I AM VERY SURE THAT THE WOMAN NEXT TO ME,
I GOT A THOUSAND PROFESSOR RIGHT NOW.
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU CAME? WE CALLED JOAN THE PROFESSOR, BY THE WAY.
I I CAN'T REPRESENT YOU IN THIS CLAIM.
SO, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT JUST REAL QUICK, OBVIOUSLY.
SO, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE, WHY IS THE POLICE DOWN? UM, CAPTAIN, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP TO THE TABLE PLEASE.
YOU WANNA WAIT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO PETER, SO PETER'S IS IN HERE.
NO, PETER'S IS SEPARATE FROM THIS.
SO PETER, WELL THAT WAS NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT NOW OR ANY ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO THE PUBLIC AS WE ARE? WELL, AGAIN, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY WITH NO, I KNOW THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, COLBY.
UH, AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING NEWS.
THREE ENGINEERS FOR SOME MONTHS.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A REAL TEAM EFFORT.
UM, AND I, I REALLY WANT TO THANK LIZ GARRITY AND FRANK MOTO AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THEY, FRANK HAS COME IN AND JUST, HE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES ON THINGS.
AND LIZ BEHIND IN TOWN HALL, LIKE I AM, UH, JUST BEEN UNBELIEVABLE WITH RESEARCH SPREADSHEET, EVERYTHING WE'VE THAT'S GREAT.
AND I, THAT'S CAN'T SAY HIM LOT.
HOW'S THE JUNIPER HILL SIDEWALK COMING? IT
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STARTED, SO THAT'S ONGOING.IT LOOKS LIKE GARRETT'S HILLSIDE AVENUE SIDEWALK IS COMING CLOSE TO AN END.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
AND THE SIDEWALK ON JUNIPER HILL, WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT'LL BE OVER? IT'S PROBABLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY.
IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY GOOD CONTRACTOR.
UM, AND THE CHIEF IS JOGGING UP.
UM, SO I, THIS WAS THE, WHAT I TEXTED THE POTHOLES.
NO, I, I NEED, I NEED TO RESPOND.
THERE'S ONE RESIDENT ON UNA HALL ROAD THAT KEEPS GIVING US A HARD TIME.
WE MEETING NOW BECAUSE I, I'M, WE'RE LITERALLY WAITING FOR YOU.
WE, WE DIDN'T WANNA START WITHOUT YOU.
PETER HAS, SO PETER'S NOT LEAVING RIGHT? PETER, I'LL BE RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, NO, WE CAN START THE MEETING NOW.
JUST WAIT, COME WAIT FOR THE RECORDING TO BE STARTED.
I BASICALLY THOUGHT PETER WAS IN BETWEEN NO, JUST NO, I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE CAPTAIN.
HE TOLD US THAT YOU WERE BEING LATE.
HOW IS EVERYONE? VERY WELL TIME.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE VERY GOOD WITH THAT.
CHIEF AND THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT? YOU GOT THAT.
I, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU SAYS WHO.
ALRIGHT, LET'S PULL IT ALL TOGETHER EVERYONE.
SO THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS, IS A REQUEST FOR THE POLICE.
THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE HVAC, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING.
EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE BUILDING.
YOU DIDN'T SAY BATHROOM, WHICH IS ON FACILITY.
SO BATHROOM DOES THAT, DID I SPELL THAT OUT IN PARTICULAR?
YOU'RE JUST BEING POLITE AND YES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS AND THAT I KNOW THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT NEED REALLY NEED ATTENTION.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD FOCUS ON.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STUDY.
WHICH WE MET THIS PAST WEEK ON.
AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO GET DONE.
WE'RE PUTTING SOME PACKAGES TOGETHER, BUT THESE ARE REAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE IN THAT BUILDING.
THERE IS ALSO A, UH, A WALL OUTSIDE THAT'S FAILED.
NOW THAT'S IN THE, A FUND THAT EXISTS.
WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY GET THAT MOVING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS NOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME STAFF.
WHAT KIND OF A DA IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE SOME PARTS OF THE BUILDING, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
THERE ARE, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS WE COULD DO WITH, WITH, UH, ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS IS LIFTS IS THERE'S DEFINITELY WHERE IT COULD BE.
I, I'M JUST GONNA BACKTRACK A SECOND.
ALTHOUGH SHE'S THE, THE LIBRARIAN, UM, DIRECT LIBRARY DIRECTOR HAS LEFT.
SPEAKING OF WALLS, THE, YES, THERE'S, SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE WALLS.
IS THAT INCLUDED? WE HAVE THE WALL AT THE YARD.
WE HAVE TWO AREAS AT THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WALL.
SO THOSE ARE ALL GONNA BE HANDLED AT ONCE.
IS IN THIS BUDGET THAT CAN'T WAIT.
SOME OF THE MAYOR IS IN THE VILLAGES ONE, UH, US TO ADVISE THEM BEFORE WE PUT ANYTHING IN THE A BUDGET AND WHAT'S GOING IN.
WHY WOULD THIS BE AN, A BUDGET ITEM? UH, RATHER THAN AN UNINCORPORATED, YOU KNOW, GREENBERG, THIS IS THE COURT.
THE AND AND HOW MUCH AGAIN, IS JUST THE WALL WE'RE WORKING.
WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR FUNDING.
THE FUNDING'S IN OUR, IT'S IN THERE NOW.
I JUST DON'T WANT THE VILLAGES TO SAY THAT I'M MISLED THEM BY SAYING, OH, WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND THEN THEY'LL BE SURPRISED.
NO, THERE'S NO SURPRISES THERE.
UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE POLICE, UH, HEADQUARTERS, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF GETTING LIKE GRANTS FROM EITHER THE FEDERAL OR, YOU KNOW, THE STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM, UH, BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, IT'S AN IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND I FEEL THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A, A LOGICAL ASK.
YOU KNOW, WHERE I THINK WE COULD GET, MAYBE THE WILLITS GROUP CAN HELP US IDENTIFY THEM.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN WHO'S ELECTED LIKES TO GIVE MONEY TO THE POLICE.
YOU HAVE STUFF TOO, RIGHT? BEFORE WE UH, YES, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE ARE OVERLAPPING.
SO WHICH IS PART, AND WE'RE GOING INTO OURS.
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THE THING.FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOINT.
SO PETER, THIS ONE, 'CAUSE WE DID, WE DID SKIP YOU.
I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME.
SO THEY CAN GO IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE YOU OH YEAH, YEAH.
SO CHIEF, YOU WANT TO CONTINUE, RICH.
COMMISSIONER, ARE WE GONNA SEGUE NOW? WE'RE MOVING OFF THIS ONE.
ARE YOU DONE? NOW LOOK AT THIS.
GET ME LIKE A LITTLE MORE DETAILS IN TERMS OF THE, YOU'D LIKE EXACTLY WHAT THE POLICE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE AND THEN I CAN SEE IF I COULD TRY GETTING SOME GRANTS FOR THAT.
DO YOU WANNA MOVE OVER? DON'T WORRY.
SO NOW WITH THE CHIEF, WE CAN BE NICE.
UM, SO START WITH THE FIRST ITEM PLEASE.
YOU MIGHT WANNA PULL THE MICROPHONE.
AND YOU MIGHT WANNA PULL YOUR MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOU.
WELL, CHIEF, CHIEF, THE MICROPHONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAD IN IS, UM, ONE CRISIS NEGOTIATIONS VEHICLE, UM, UPGRADE.
WE HAVE A 2010 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK, UM, FOR THE CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.
BUT, UH, PROJECT INCLUDES UPGRADING AND RETROFITTING THAT VEHICLE.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING A 2001 FORD AMBULANCE.
THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF ITS LIFE AND SERVICE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE PURPOSE.
I NEED YOU TO PULL IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE CAN, SORRY, I, I DON'T WANNA SIT HERE AND READ THE PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO SIT HERE AND READ THE PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION.
JUST A QUICK SUMMARY, LIKE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW SO PEOPLE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS.
SO CURRENTLY THE CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM UTILIZES A 2001 FORD AMBULANCE CONVERTED TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR EQUIPMENT, RADIOS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DEESCALATION DEVICES.
THE CURRENT VEHICLE IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD, FREQUENTLY OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. UPGRADING AND RETROFITTING A 2010 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK THAT FORMERLY, THAT WAS FORMERLY USED BY THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CIVIL DEFENSE WOULD INCREASE THE T MOBILITY TO RAPIDLY RESPOND AND DEESCALATE HIGH RISK SITUATIONS SUCH AS HOSTAGE SITUATIONS AND PERSONS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
CNT WORKS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ASSIGNED TO THE GREENBERG BRANCH OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S PROJECT ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
UM, WHICH IS ALSO THE, INCLUDES THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
AN UPGRADE TO THE CNT RESPONSE VEHICLE WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO SAVE LIVES.
SO THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM ALSO COVERS WHITE PLAINS.
YOU HAVE THE MCRT AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.
BUT THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, YOU KNOW, IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHERE WE MAY UTILIZE BOTH.
SO, BUT JUST SO I WASN'T MISUNDERSTANDING YOU, HOW OFTEN DOES THAT VEHICLE, IS THERE NECESSITY FOR THAT VEHICLE? WE HAVE USED IT NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND WE DO UTILIZE OUR CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.
YOU KNOW, EVERY CALL OUT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE, BUT IT, IT'S INSURANCE, IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT ALLOWS US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO AVOID MORE VIOLENT APPROACHES TO RESOLVE SITUATIONS.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT, DEPENDING ON USAGE, IF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SHARED BY MUNICIPALITIES, FOR INSTANCE, AND WHITE PLAINS BEING THE, THE LOGICAL ONE AT LEAST FOR THE CRISIS RESPONSE.
BUT THAT'S A QUESTION, NOT A STATE.
SO IF I MAY, THE, THE CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM IS THE NEW NAME OF THE FORMER HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION TEAM.
SO THAT TEAM WAS CALLED OUT WITH OUR SWAT TEAM TO HELP NEGOTIATE PEACEFUL SURRENDERS OF BARRICADED INDIVIDUALS AND HOSTAGE SITUATIONS.
SO THAT, THAT TEAM AND THE VILLAGES AS WELL, WHICH COVERS, COVERS THE VILLAGES AS WELL.
SO WELL, YES, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING YOU ALSO.
THAT'S 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT WITHIN A DAY OR A WEEK.
SO THAT, THAT'S, I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME ECONOMY OF SCALE.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO MENTIONING THAT SINCE IT BASICALLY COULD BE USED AROUND THE WHOLE REGION, NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY IN GREENBURG OR THE VILLAGES, MAYBE THIS IS A COURSE THAT EITHER THE COUNTY OR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES COULD SHARE.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE AN INTER MUNICIPAL KIND OF THING.
THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE, UM, WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE THIS VEHICLE IF NECESSARY.
IT'S USED, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, THE INCORPORATED VILLAGES, WHITE PLAINS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR OWN SPECIAL UNITS.
SO WE MIGHT UTILIZE AND EQUIPMENT THE SAME EQUIPMENT.
WE MIGHT UTILIZE THIS, YOU KNOW, IN ARDSLEY OR IN DOBBS FERRY.
BUT, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZING IT IN WHITE PLAINS.
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THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ASKING.SO INTER MUNICIPAL, IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE MUNICIPALITY 'CAUSE IT'S TOWN, IT'S TOWN WIDE TOWN TIRE.
AND DOES IT REQUIRE, I GUESS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS TOWN WIDE TOWN TIRE, BUT COULDN'T, ISN'T IT IMAGINABLE THAT, THAT IT COULD BE AN, YOU KNOW, SHARED WITH ACCOUNT.
I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DOES IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT SITTING HERE WITH THE NUMBER.
SO I WON'T TRY TO FORMULATE A NUMBER.
AT THE SAME TIME, OVER THE YEARS, WE DO USE OUR CRISIS NEGOTIATORS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO HAVING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE.
NO, JUST TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO SHARE.
AND THE OTHER VEHICLE IS 23 YEARS OLD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE TRY NOT TO REPLACE THINGS UNTIL WE HAVE TO REPLACE THINGS.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE.
WE NOT QUESTION THAT WE'RE ASKING NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO BE EDUCATED ON WHAT, WHAT THESE USES ARE.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, I'M JUST THROWING UP BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SORT OF AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET SORT OF LIKE SOME DOCUMENTATION, JUST HOW MANY TIMES THE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN USED, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ARE WE USING IT THREE TIMES A YEAR? ARE WE USING IT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC.
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, THAT IS NEEDED.
SO, SO, UH, AND IF YOU, IF YOU AMORTIZE OVER 20 YEARS, THE $51,000, THAT REALLY DOESN'T AMOUNT TOO MUCH IN, IN THE BIG PICTURE.
AND IF WE ARE, IF IT IS TOWN WIDE, THE TOWN ENTIRE, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT, IT HAS MORE USAGE THAT WAY.
PLAINS HAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE.
I JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE UTILIZE FOR, I THINK THE COUNTY HAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT LET'S FACE IT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL SHOULD HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN OUR KITCHEN.
THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A FIRE DOESN'T MEAN YOU THROW IT OUT WHEN YOU NEED IT.
AND WE HAD A SITUATION IN ALEY WHERE WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A VEHICLE TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS WAS SHOT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO WHEN YOU NEED IT, YOU NEED IT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A, A MAJOR, MAJOR COST TO HAVE IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SHARING IT AMONG SIX VILLAGES AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.
THAT'S A LOT OF SHARING JUST RIGHT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ASKING QUESTIONS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE SAYING.
THE ONLY THING THAT I SORT OF FEEL IS THAT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SEE ALL THESE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING, THEY FEEL THAT THE, THAT THE BOARD IS BEING REALLY CAREFUL AND HAS EXPLANATIONS.
I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE, UM, A SENSE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT.
YOU KNOW, IF I, YOU KNOW, IT'S INSURANCE, SOME OF THESE VEHICLES, EVEN IF IT'S NOT USED A LOT, THAT'S, THAT'S VALID.
BUT THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, IF WE TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THESE VEHICLES MAY BE, MAY NOT BE USED A LOT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS NECESSARY BECAUSE WHEN YOU NEED IT, WE WANT TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE.
THAT'S A LEGITIMATE, YOU KNOW.
UM, JOE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THIS.
THANK, THANK YOU TO THE OFFICERS.
OFFICER CLEARY AND I BELIEVE OFFICER CARUSO.
WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE RESCUER RESCUE DOG? EXCUSE ME? WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE RESCUED, UM, OFFICER CLEARY.
MY DOG GOT OUT OF HIS YARD AND THEY HANDLED HIM WITH CARE.
I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE AND I LET THE CHIEF KNOW AND I LET SERGEANT FONTAN ELLIS KNOW AS WELL.
AND DID JUST BY THE WAY, ALSO MAKES SENSE TO CHIP YOUR PET, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE PHONE CALL.
CHECK THE MICROCHIP WITH THAT RINGING ENDORSEMENT FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.
UH, ONE OF WHICH IS FROM, UM, 2014 WITH HIGH MILEAGE.
UM, I'M GONNA EDIT THIS 'CAUSE I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE THE PAPER COPY.
WE WERE ABLE TO STAFF ANOTHER ANIMAL WARDEN, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE THREE ANIMAL WARDENS.
UM, AND WE NEED TO REPLACE THE HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLE AND, UM, THE ESTIMATED
JUST WANNA MENTION, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE HAD ADDED ANOTHER WARDEN BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN ONE OF THE VILLAGES, THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS OVER THE
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YEARS WITH A, A RABID COYOTE OR EVEN A RABID RACCOON AND WHATEVER.AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO CALL 'CAUSE THE WAS ON VACATION.
SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S COVERAGE.
'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS DOES COME UP.
THEY ACTUALLY STAY BUSY, WHETHER YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWN OR THE VILLAGES.
UM, AND IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR, YOU DON'T JUST USE IT ONCE A YEAR AND YOUR ONE SEE YEAR IS UP WITH IF THEY'RE OH NO, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE DOGS AND A LOT MORE CALLS.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST, UM, MAINTENANCE OF OPERATIONS WITH THIS.
THE VEHICLES GET OLD, THEY GET HIGH MILEAGE, THEY BREAK DOWN.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED THEIR OWN VEHICLES AND RESPOND TO CALLS.
DO YOU NEED TWO? ALL OF YOU TOOK THE QUESTION.
YES, BECAUSE, BECAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, THREE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND ESSENTIALLY ONLY ONE VEHICLE THAT WE ARE CERTAIN IS GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL FOR MUCH LONGER.
TWO FOR THREE SOUNDS REASONABLE.
THEY OVERLAP SHIFTS, SO MM-HMM.
BOTH VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THE EXISTING VEHICLES, UM, ONE HAS HIGH MILEAGE.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER ONE? IT'S, IT'S UP THERE IN MILEAGE TOO, AND IT'S GONNA SERVE AS LIKE THE SPARE BACKUP.
OFFICER CASTRO WAS THE OTHER OFFICER WHO HELPED.
I HAVE TO GIVE HER HER CREDIT.
I, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT WE HONOR WALLY
WHERE'S WALLY? WHERE'S WALLY
WE NEED TO PURCHASE 17 MOTOROLA, A PX 4,000 PORTABLE RADIOS, SPEAKER, MICROPHONES AND BATTERIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR FULL-TIME EMS PERSONNEL.
AND THIS IS NECESSARY DUE TO, UM, INCREASED STAFFING OF OUR EMS STAFF.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT TOO.
NOW I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY WAS DOING A PROJECT AND THEY WERE DOING A TEST THING OVER SEVERAL YEARS, BUT I THINK IT STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT, UH, RADIOS AND PUTTING IT ON ON THE SYSTEM.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? YES.
SO IS THIS BECAUSE HE'S MY RESIDENT EXPERT, WHICH IS WHY HE'S HERE.
SO CAPTAIN, IS THIS SOMETHING, THIS IS SEPARATE AND, AND APART FROM THAT, AND WILL THEY BE ABLE TO INTERACT ONCE THE COUNTIES ARE IN PLACE? YES.
THEY WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE COUNTY'S NEW SYSTEM.
WE ARE GETTING MOBILE RADIOS FOR THE VEHICLES FROM THE COUNTY.
UH, BUT THE PORTABLE RADIOS WE NEED TO REPLACE.
AND THE POLICE RADIO, THEY'VE BEEN ISSUED POLICE RADIOS OVER THE YEARS, AND AS WE'VE BEEN REPLACING POLICE OFFICERS AND AND RADIOS AS THEY BREAK, UM, WE NEED TO REPLACE, UH, THE EMS RADIO.
SO IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT.
AND, AND JUST FOR THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE, OR THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE SYSTEMS THAT DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER AND THAT CREATES A REAL PROBLEM IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL, UM, WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS OPEN AMONG THE, THE BROAD, BROADER COUNTY.
WE ALSO NEED, UM, A NEW A LS AMBULANCE.
THE PURCHASE OF THIS NEW AMBULANCE WILL REPLACE AN AGING UNIT, UH, LATE IN 2026 DUE TO THE DELAYED BILL, TIME OF AMBULANCES, COMMODITY DELAYS, AND CHASSIS MANUFACTURER SHUTDOWNS.
THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE ORDERED NOW, SO IT WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY IN 2026.
THE PRICE INCREASE ON A NEW ORDER.
THE BUILD OUT ON THE, UM, I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP BEFORE.
SO, UM, BUT ALSO THE PRICE INCREASE ON A NEW ORDER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE 25 TO 27% A YEAR.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE ONE, THEY'RE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO LOCATE AND, AND GET THEM SERVICEABLE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE ONE AT A GOOD PRICE AND WE CAN GET IT ON ORDER, YOU KNOW, THE AMBULANCES WE HAVE, WHETHER JUST THE HIGH MILES, GOD FORBID, AN ACCIDENT.
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OF OPERATIONS.THEY CAN BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S, THIS IS WHERE I THINK THINK YOU CAN CERTAINLY GET GRANTS, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, STATE, BUT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
AND ALL THESE ARE GONNA GO OUT TO BID ANYWAY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE COULD, WE HAVE A LITTLE LEAD TIME NOW.
SO WE COULD PUT IF UH, OUR CURRENT AMBULANCES, UM, THAT ARE ON ORDER, ARE ON THE NASSAU COUNTY CONTRACT, UM, WE SPEC EVERYTHING OUT.
THEY HAVE THE SAME CONTRACT, SO THEY'RE ON ORDER.
WE'RE HOPING THE END OF JUNE, THE AMBULANCE, UH, WILL, WILL ARRIVE.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR THE ONE WE NEED TO REPLACE TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO GET HERE.
I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CONTROLLER.
WHEN WE COME UP WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET, AND LET'S SAY WE'RE GONNA TRY GETTING, YOU KNOW, GRANTS, COULD WE SORT OF LIKE BE MORE GENERAL AND JUST SAY LIKE, UH, VEHICLES AND THEN NOT BE AS SPECIFIC AND THEN IT GIVES US A LEEWAY, UH, TO SPEND IT ON OTHER VEHICLES, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER VEHICLES IF WE HAPPEN TO GET A GRANT? YOU MEAN GENERALIZING THE RESOLUTION? YEAH, I'M TELLING, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE CAPITAL, THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS IF YOU'RE VERY SPECIFIC AND YOU DON'T SPEND IT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM, THEN THE MONEY, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT IF WE, IF WE HAD SOMETHING JUST SAY VEHICLES AND IT TURNS OUT WE GET STATE OR FEDERAL GRANTS, UH, THEN WE COULD USE THE MONEY FOR, YOU KNOW, OTHER VEHICLES.
IT DOESN'T EVEN, I, I MIGHT JUST BE MAKING THIS UP, BUT I HAVE AN ADJUNCT QUESTION WITH THAT, WHICH IS IF YOU DON'T SPECIFY THAT IT'S A SPECIFIC EMERGENCY VEHICLE, MAYBE THE GRANTING WOULDN'T BE QUITE SO EASY.
BUT NO, I'M SAYING I MIGHT BE WRONG.
I WOULD, WE WOULD APPLY FOR THE GRANTS.
FOR THE EMERGENCY, FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES, BUT, AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHEN THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS PROPOSED, WE COULD SAY, UM, VEHICLES OR YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE TO EVEN SPECIFY THAT AS POLICE VEHICLES.
YOU KNOW, IF, BECAUSE AGAIN, MAYBE WE'LL GET, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY AND YOU HAVE TO SAY WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS TOGETHER, LIKE A CAPITAL PROJECT SCHEDULE, UM, THAT'S BUDGETED, AND THEN ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES.
AND MAYBE YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE CURRENT YEAR THAT YOU'RE APPROVING AND THEN TWO YEARS OUT.
AND HOW MU WHAT, WHAT WE WERE TALKING WITH VEHICLES, HOW MUCH IS A AND HOW MUCH IS B IN THE, WITH REGARDS TO THE AMBULANCE? ALL OF THEM, THIS AMBULANCE WOULD BE IN THE, IN THE A LINE.
IT WAS, UM, DISCUSSED PRIOR OR EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD BUY ONE AMBULANCE FROM THE, A LINE FROM MUTUAL AID $350,000.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE WALL AND THAT THOSE WERE THE TWO A ITEMS. WELL, YOU NEED, DO YOU NEED THE RADIOS NOW? THE CNT VEHICLE AS WELL? THE, UH, THE UPGRADE FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS VEHICLE, THE ANIMAL CONTROL VANS, THE PORTABLE RADIOS, AND THE AMBULANCE WOULD BE A LINE INCLUDING THE DPW REPAIR TO THE WALL, WHICH IS ALREADY FUNDED.
AND YOU'LL HAVE A BREAKOUT OF THAT.
SO THAT THE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT SHARE WITH THE MAYORS.
THERE'S A VERSUS D ON THIS PAGE.
THAT'S WHAT THE A 31 23 TELLS.
UM, PROJECT TITLE MPLS RADIO NETWORK ENHANCEMENT ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING AND PLS NETWORK EQUIPMENT TO BE USED WITH EXISTING MICROWAVE RADIO BACKBONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TWO-WAY RADIO NETWORK, AS WELL AS THE TOWN WIDE INTEROPERABILITY RADIO SYSTEM CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED AS PART OF AN ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECT.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE EXISTING MICROWAVE NETWORK ALSO SERVES AS THE BACKBONE TO THE TOWN'S CURRENT LOW BAND RADIO SYSTEM AND, AND WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE BACKBONE FOR THE TOWN'S PLANNED DPW RADIO SYSTEM REPLACEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MPLS NETWORK WAS DESIGNED FOR ANTICIPATED USE TO CARRY SECURITY FEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SUCH AS WITH THE WATER TOWERS WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.
UM, ALL THAT, AND I'M GONNA HAVE THE CAPTAIN JUMP IN IF I DON'T GET IT OUTRIGHT RIGHT, DUE TO POWER OUTAGES, CERTAIN
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WEATHER EMERGENCIES, THINGS THAT HAPPEN, THE MICROWAVE SYSTEM THAT WE USE FOR OUR RADIO TRANSMISSIONS, PORTIONS OF IT AT TIME CAN GO DOWN.THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A HARDWIRED SYSTEM THAT WILL BACK UP THE ENTIRE THING.
SO IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF CATASTROPHIC LOSS, WE CAN STILL OPERATE.
AND AGAIN, AS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS E MS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS AND PLAN FOR BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE WAY THIS IS BEING DONE IS, UM, IT'S ALSO GOING TO SERVE AS THE, UH, REPLACEMENT RADIO SYSTEM FOR DPW.
AND UM, THIS IS WHERE I MIGHT NEED YOU.
THERE ARE ALSO OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS WHERE THERE'S A BENEFIT FOR THEM THROUGH HAVING THIS SYSTEM.
AND MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK, UM, TWO QUESTIONS OR ARE YOU DONE? I'M SORRY, I'LL STOP THERE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS WILL INTERFACE WITH THE, WITH THE EMERGENCY YES.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A WIRES DOWN FIRE YOU WANT RIGHT.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN THAT INTEROPERABILITY.
AND, UM, LET ME SEE IF I REMEMBER MY SECOND.
ARE YOU PAYING FOR, IS THE ALLOCATION STRICTLY FOR THE COST OF THE, UM, HARDWARE? THE HARDWARE, THANK YOU.
THE HARDWARE, OR IS IT, ARE WE PAYING SOME KIND OF YEARLY FEE FOR THE SOFTWARE AND THAT PORTION? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ON THE, IT'S NOT SOFTWARE.
THIS IS THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT.
THERE MAY BE, UM, PHONE EXPENSE, PHONE CABLE.
BUT THAT'S ALSO A HARD, THAT'S ALSO A HARD EXPENSE.
NOT, NOT A, A YEARLY FEE FOR THIS SERVICE.
SO YOU BASICALLY LOOKING FOR IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH OUR MICROWAVE SYSTEM, YOU HAVE A, A HARDWIRED SYSTEM AS A BACKUP.
BUT IT COULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, A TREE COMING DOWN AND TAKING OUT THE HARDWARE SYSTEM.
THEN YOU HAVE THE MICROWAVE SYSTEM.
PURCHASE OF A NEW WATCHGUARD SERVER FOR ALL OF, UM, OUR POLICE VEHICLES, INCLUDING, UH, NEW ADDITIONS PLUS ACCESS POINTS AND NETWORKING COMPONENTS.
WATCHGUARD IS THE COMPANY THAT WE USE FOR THE, UM, IN-VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE PURCHASE NEW VEHICLES, REPLACE VEHICLES, WE'VE HAD, UM, WE'VE HAD WATCHGUARD FOR SOME NUMBER OF YEARS.
DON'T ASK ME HOW MANY, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, THE, WE ACTUALLY NEED THIS UPGRADE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD IT
I WAS THINKING AT LEAST A DECADE.
DO YOU KNOW NOW? AND WE SURE THAT, UH, THIS SYSTEM'S FIVE, ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SO THE SERVER AND THE ACCESS POINTS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THAT COMMUNICATE ALL THE DATA THAT COMES IN EVERY DAY.
IT'S, SO WE'RE LOCKED INTO WATCHGUARD BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
THIS IS WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE PARKING LOT, IT UPLOADS THE DATA WITHOUT THE OFFICER DOING ANYTHING.
IT, IT WORKS REALLY WELL FOR US.
OH, YOU MEAN WHEN YOU DRIVE IN A PARKING LOT, YOU CAN TELL OH, YOU DRIVE.
ANYTHING THAT JUST GETS THE DATA WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUMAN INTERACTION.
YOU KNOW, HANDLING IT AND IT JUST GETS UPLOADED IS TERRIFIC.
BUT THE BODY CAMERAS, YOU STILL HAVE TO PUT IT INTO THE DEVICE FOR IT TO UPLOAD INTO THE SERVER.
IN OUR, UM, CONTRACT WITH AXON, WE'RE SCHEDULED, UH, NEXT YEAR TO UPGRADE TO THEIR, THEIR NEWEST BODY CAMERA, WHICH WILL BE LTE.
SO IT'LL BE UPGRADE, IT'LL BE UPLOADING TO THE SECURE EVIDENCE SITE.
AUTOMATICALLY OVER THE NETWORK.
SO WHILE THEY'RE, WHILE THEY'RE STILL OUT IN PATROL AND THEY'RE DONE RECORDING, IT'LL START TO ACTUALLY HELP.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL WITH THE DOCKING, THE CAMERAS DOCKING SHIFT DOING THING AND EVERYTHING GOES UP SEAMLESSLY.
NEXT IS FOUR 2024 MARKED POLICE UTILITY VEHICLES.
AND THERE WAS AN END AND 3 20, 24 UNMARKED STAFF
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SLASH ADMINISTRATION VEHICLES AND ALSO EQUIPMENT FOR EACH VEHICLE.AND, SORRY, THE TWO MARKED VEHICLES WILL REPLACE THE TWO POLICE PARAMEDIC UNITS THAT HAVE MODERATELY HIGH MILEAGE.
THE REMAINING TWO MARKED VEHICLES WILL, WILL REPLACE TWO OF THE SECTOR PATROL VEHICLES, ALSO WITH MODERATELY HIGH MILEAGE AND OFTEN IN NEED OF REPAIR.
THE THREE UNMARKED VEHICLES WILL BE USED TO REPLACE THREE HIGH MILEAGE IN AGING STAFF SERVICES.
REPLACEMENT OF THESE VEHICLES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT IS FOLLOWED AFTER, UH, THE VEHICLES ARE RETIRED FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT, THEY GO DOWN TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE? YES.
SO IN THE ANSWER TO, YOU KNOW, SOME RESIDENTS SAY, WHY DON'T WE SAY LEASE THE VEHICLES? IT'S MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE BECAUSE WE, SOME OF OUR VEHICLES ARE LIKE 30, 20 FROM THE 1970S PRACTICALLY, OR 19 EIGHT, YOU KNOW, TIME.
BUT YOU HAVE MILEAGE ON THEM THOUGH, RIGHT? TIME.
WE, WE, THEY'RE, THE MILEAGE WOULD PROBABLY BE AN ISSUE.
MEMORY VEHICLES ARE BEING OPERATED 24 HOURS A DAY.
SO THE OFFICERS CHANGE, BUT THEY EXCHANGE VEHICLES, THEY GO BACK OUT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLES THAT YOU KNOW ARE UNDER CONSTANT USE.
AND ALSO EVEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICERS ARE ON CALLS, DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF CALL, ACCIDENT SCENE, THE VEHICLE MAY STILL BE RUNNING EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT ACCUMULATING MILES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UM, THE TOWN DOES A GREAT JOB OF HELPING US MAINTAIN OUR FLEET, BUT JUST POLICE VEHICLES, THEY GET WORN OUT AND RUN DOWN.
DO YOU KNOW ANY COMMUNITY, OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE SAY IN WESTCHESTER THAT, UH, LEASE, UH, POLICE VEHICLES OR EVERYBODY BUYS IT? I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE A LEASE FOR IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE MILES THAT THEY'RE GONNA QUEUE.
IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE REALLY OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE THEN.
UM, AND IS THIS ON THE SAME CON THE CONTRACT WITH NASSAU COUNTY OR IS IT ON ANOTHER CONTRACT? THE, THE, THE AMBULANCES ARE WITH NASSAU COUNTY.
UM, WE DO HAVE CONTRACT PRICING FOR THE VEHICLES.
WE, WE USUALLY PIGGYBACK ONTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEW YORK STATE CONTRACTS OR COUNTY CONTRACTS FOR OKAY.
WE'RE NOT BUYING THESE THINGS FROM NASSAU COUNTY.
NASSAU COUNTY WENT OUT TO BID AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE THEIR BID ON THE AMBULANCE.
THE, THE, THIS IS OFTEN DONE WHERE INTER MUNICIPAL, UM, PURCHASES ARE MADE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY OF SCALE MEANS THAT THEY'LL BE LESS EXPENSIVE.
SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING QUESTION WESTCHESTER.
WHAT'S BEING DONE? WESTCHESTER COUNTY IS A VERY GOOD CONTRACT.
UM, ON POLICE VEHICLES, THEY DO.
SO MOST OF WE'RE USUALLY PURCHASING OFF THEIR CONTRACTS.
ANY OF THEM? ELECTRIC
I, ONE MORE ACTUALLY, UH, TWO MORE, TWO MORE THINGS.
ONE MORE VEHICLE, TWO MORE THINGS.
UH, ONE MULTI-USE PASSENGER TRANSPORT VAN WITH EQUIPMENT.
UM, THE MULTI-USE PASSENGER TRANSPORT VAN WILL REPLACE THE AGING 2008 VAN CURRENTLY IN USE.
THIS VEHICLE IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS AND EVENTS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION OF THE YOUTH, CAMPERS, THE POLICE, EXPLORERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS OTHER TOWN EMPLOYEES.
REPLACEMENT OF THIS VEHICLE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FOLLOWED.
HOW MANY SEATS? HOW MANY SEATS? THE LAST ONE WAS 15.
SO IT DOESN'T TRANSPORT PRISONERS? NO, IT'S NOT FOR PRISONERS.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE VEHICLE FOR THAT.
WE USE IT FOR POLICE PROGRAMS, BUT WE CAN ALSO USE IT FOR POLICE EMERGENCIES FOR, AND IT'S REALLY MULTIPURPOSE MORE FROM JUST GETTING PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B OR OFFICERS POINT A TO POINT B.
BUT, UM, THE VEHICLE THAT'S REPLACING AGAIN IS, YOU KNOW, SOME 2008.
AND HOW MUCH MILE, HOW MANY MILES IT HAS.
I DIDN'T JOT THAT IN, BUT I PROMISE I WILL NEXT YEAR.
OH, I PROMISE YOU'LL THIS YEAR.
AND DOES IT HAVE ANY, THAT'S WHY A JOKE WITH YOU.
AND THEN PUBLIC'S A DIFFERENT, SEEING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF ALL OF US HERE TODAY.
WE'RE ALL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I GUESS IT'S ALL YOU.
SO YOUR HAPPY PILLS, UHOH, TWO LIGHT TOWER GENERATORS.
UH, LIGHT TOWERS ARE USED TO PROVIDE.
SORRY, BEFORE YOU GO ON, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JACKSON INTERRUPTED THE, UH,
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YOU ALSO GET US ANY, YOU KNOW, REPAIR, FREQUENT REPAIR? I, I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED TO REPLACE IT, BUT JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME BACKUP AS TO DOES THE REPAIR SHOP SAY THAT WE HAVE TO REPAIR? YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE REPAIR SHOP TO SAY, DEFINITELY GET THAT FOR YOU.I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GET THAT FOR US, BUT, OKAY.
CHIEF CAPTAIN, IF YOU WANNA PROCEED, PLEASE.
LAST ITEMS ARE TWO LIGHT TOWER GENERATORS.
LIGHT TOWERS ARE USED TO PROVIDE NEEDED ILLUMINATION DURING TOWN EVENTS SUCH AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, T-D-Y-C-C, HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL, THE KIWANIS CARNIVAL, AS WELL AS OTHER GATHERINGS.
LIGHT TOWERS ARE ALSO USED DURING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS.
AND WE MAY USE THEM AT OTHER OUTDOOR NIGHTTIME INVESTIGATION SCENES IF NECESSARY.
PRESENTLY, WE HAVE ONE WORKING LIGHT TOWER.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE FOUND THAT TYPICALLY THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ILLUMINATION.
SO WE MAY HAVE A REASON TO UTILIZE THE ONE HAVING TWO.
IT'S JUST, IT ALLOWS US TO PUT MORE LIGHT ON THE SCENE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO VERSUS HAVING TO DELAY UNTIL DAYBREAK.
UM, AND ALSO THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF NEEDING MORE THAN ONE AT ONE TIME AND THEY'RE UTILIZED FOR TOWN FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCIES.
DO YOU KNOW IF THESE, YOU HAVE ONE AND YOU WANT TO GET AN ADDITIONAL ONE? YOU'RE GETTING, YOU WANNA GET TWO? WE HAVE ONE AND WE'D LIKE TO GET TWO.
YOU HAVE THREE TOTAL OF THREE TOTAL.
ARE THESE LED OR WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE OVER HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIMES WHERE THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE, YOU WANNA ILLUMINATE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S CAPABLE OF PLUGGING IN MULTIPLE CELL PHONES AND, AND THINGS THAT
BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY LARGE EVENT GOING ON, RIGHT? SO, SO LET'S SAY THERE'D BE A HURRICANE AND YOU HAVE SAY, OUTAGE.
I MEAN, WE HAD SAY OUTAGES SAY IN EDGEMONT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO YOU COULD THEN, AND YOU'VE HAD SOME IN HARTSDALE IN FAIRVIEW.
YOU COULD BASICALLY TAKE THESE AND PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE ABILITY OF CHARGING, UH, POTENTIALLY, BUT IT WOULD BE GEARED MORE TOWARDS ILLUMINATING, UM, HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS FOR SAFETY.
THEY'RE LIGHTS FULL, NOT GENERATORS.
BUT YOU CAN PLUG IN, PULL OFF SOME POWER FOR THEM FOR TO CHARGE SHE PHONES.
SO DO THESE HAVE A GENERATOR OR THEY HAVE A A BATTERY? IT IS A GENERATOR THAT POWERS THE LIGHT TOWER.
SO YOU CAN USE IT FOR, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLUG IT IN.
NO, BECAUSE I WAS SORT OF THINKING THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAD, WE'VE HAD OUTAGES THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR LIKE THREE, FOUR, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD UNDERSTAND FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS OR WHATEVER THAT TYPE, IT'S NOT THAT TYPE OF LIGHT.
HE'S ASKING IF THE GENERATORS HAVE MULTI USE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WOULD IT, IT'S REALLY A LIGHT.
WE DO HAVE GENERATORS THAT LIKE, IF WE NEEDED RIGHT POWER, UH, ON, IN A LARGE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE, WE COULD PROBABLY SET SOMETHING UP IF WE HAD TO.
UM, MOST LIKELY WOULDN'T USE THE LIGHT TOWER TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT IF THERE WAS NO POWER AND IT WAS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND WE COULD LIGHT UP THAT AREA.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST, I JUST REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE HURRICANES.
UM, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE ON LIFE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD, THEY NEEDED OXYGEN.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I CALLED CONED AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO WAIT ONLINE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE REALLY VERY UPSETTING BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL OXYGEN, YOU KNOW, TANKS.
LET'S SAY THERE WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY.
ARE YOU ABLE TO USE THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT? AND WOULD WE BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY IF CLIENT CAN, TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO WHAT A LIGHT TOWER WAS? I'M NOT SURE WE, WE COULD YOU USE THAT FOR THAT? WE ANSWERED THAT.
WE RESPOND AND CHECK ON PEOPLE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO USE HELP THEM.
THIS IS A LIGHT TOWER POLE THAT GOES UP WITH A, IS TRANSPORT THEM TO WHERE THEY COULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THEIR OXYGEN AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES SAFELY.
IT'S THE LIGHT TOWER'S NOT REALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
I GET YOU'RE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT TRUTH IS, IF WE WERE CALLED, WE'D RESPOND.
WE'D ASSESS THEM AND IF NECESSARY WE WOULD TRANSPORT THEM BECAUSE WE'RE A POLICE AND EMS AGENCY.
BUT NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, I REMEMBER SHOULDN'T BE CONTACTING CON ED SO THEY GET ON A LIST.
CONED CON, THIS WAS A PROBLEM WHERE CONNA DIDN'T HELP, WASN'T RESPONSIBLE.
WELL, WERE THEY ON CONED LIST? THEY WERE ON THE CONED LIST.
YEAH, BUT WELL, PAUL'S SAYING IS THERE, DO WE HAVE CAPABILITY, WHICH THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE DO, BUT NOT WITH THE LIGHT TOWER AND
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THE GENERATORS HAVE ANYONE IN DISTRESS.AND THEN, AND THEN EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I GOT THE, UH, THE HEALTH CENTER TO LET THEM STAY THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, I REMEMBER THE PER THE FAMILY, UH, WAS VERY, VERY STRESSED.
THE PERSON HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WIFE WAS IN TEARS AND, YOU KNOW, I, I REACHED OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YEAH, I PROBABLY EMAILED YOU A MILLION TIMES ALSO.
YOU, UM, IT NICE PETER, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF YEAH, NO, I GET IT.
BUT, BUT A LIGHT TOWER, JUST WHAT WE USE FOR THAT.
IT COULD BE A BACKUP GENERATOR, BUT WE CAN'T GET, THERE'S ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF GENERATORS.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS IF SOMEBODY NEEDS OXYGEN AND THE OXYGEN IS NOT WORKING, BECAUSE THERE'S NO POWER, THEY WILL BRING THEM TO, TO WHERE THERE IS, TO WHETHER THERE SOMEPLACE WHERE I THINK THAT THIS IS GREAT.
WOULD'VE MADE SENSE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BACKUP GENERATOR, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A GOOD IDEA.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE FOR THE TOWN TO HAVE LIKE ONE OR TWO, YOU KNOW, BACKUP OR SOME PORTABLE BACKUP GENERATORS THAT IF THERE'S LIKE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WE COULD BASICALLY, UM, UH, USE, UH, TO HELP FAMILIES THAT ARE IN DISTRESS? WE DO HAVE THEM HAVE, THAT'S RICH MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE COMMISSIONER, DPW COMMISSIONER MENTIONED IT BEFORE AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE OPEN UP THE LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE OPENED UP THE NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT, I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR INDIVIDUALS, NOT FOR NOT FOR THE TOWN.
TO TAKE TO SOMEONE'S HOME THAT NEEDED IT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IF THERE'S SOMEBODY I'M TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF OKAY.
AND YOU GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH GENERATORS.
BECAUSE IF THEY GET MISUSED, YOU'RE MAKING A SITUATION SO MUCH WORSE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL TURN IT ON INSIDE A HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S ON LIFE SUPPORT, IT'S THE SOMETIMES AND LET'S SAY WE'RE UNABLE TO FIND, UM, YOU KNOW, A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD GO, WHERE MAYBE THEY TO GO HOSPITAL.
RIGHT? I I, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN FOR THIS.
YOU CAN'T PUT A GENERATOR INSIDE A HOUSE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A GENERATOR BACKFILL A HOUSE IF IT'S NOT PREPARED FOR THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BACKFILL THE HOUSE USING THE DRYER OUTLET.
SO YEAH, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT GENERATORS, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR EMS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VERY GOOD.
SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE A LIFE, UM, THREATENING CONDITION.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT.
CHIEF THANK I JUST WANTED TO JUST GO OVER WHAT YOU SAID.
UM, THE, UM, THAT THE TWO LIGHT TOWER GENERATORS WOULD BE EITHER USED FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, YOU SAID KIWANIS CARNIVAL.
THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES, RIGHT? WE DO USE THEM FOR TOWN EVENTS.
I WASN'T TRYING TO LIMIT THEM TO SPECIFIC TOWN EVENTS.
TOWN EVENTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO BE SUFFICIENT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, POLICE EMERGENCIES, CRIME SCENES, ACCIDENTS.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE, I JUST WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THAT THERE ARE MULTI, YOU KNOW, PURPOSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE MADE IT THROUGH THE OTHER ONE, BUT YOURS WAS VERY GOOD.
I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S GONNA TELL RICH.
GOOD EVERYONE, HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL.
SHE WAS NEXT DOOR FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
SO SOMETHING DOESN'T COMPUTE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ORDER YOU'RE IN.
UM, SO I, I DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, I HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST BEING A PC AND LAPTOP RE REFRESH RIGHT NOW.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, PCS AND LAPTOPS ARE PAID FOR OR, UH, UH, THEY'RE ACQUIRED BY THEIR HOME DEPARTMENT.
WE WANNA CONSOLIDATE THAT, CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO BEING IT MIS NOT CONTROLLING IT, BUT MANAGING IT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, RIGHT NOW WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A COMPUTER THAT DON'T WORK VERY WELL OR THAT'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS IT COULD BE.
IF WE KEEP THESE DEVICES ON A RECURRING REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE MUCH BETTER, UM, PRO PRODUCTIVITY TO THAT.
THE BASIC, THE GENERAL RULE IS EVERY FIVE YEARS, UM, WE'RE NOT HORRIBLE HERE, BUT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMPUTERS, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAMES, HOW DIDN'T PUT THE NUMBERS, DID THEY? UH, NO.
THERE'S ABOUT A HUNDRED COMPUTERS RIGHT NOW.
A HUNDRED, 120 COMPUTERS THAT FALL INTO OVER FIVE YEARS OLD.
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UM, SO, UH, WE, WE JUST REALLY WANNA BE PROACTIVE.WE KNOW PEOPLE NEED THEIR COMPUTERS TO DO THEIR WORK.
WE KNOW THAT IF A COMPUTER'S A PROBLEM, IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THEM DOING THEIR WORK.
AND, AND WE WANT TO BE, UH, PROACTIVE.
NOW YOU'VE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE A ABOUT A HUNDRED THAT FALL WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME.
HOW MANY WITHIN FIVE YEARS? HOW, HOW MANY, YEAH, HOW MANY COMPUTERS ALTOGETHER? WE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 374 LAPTOPS AND ACTUAL COMPUTERS, PLUS CELL PHONES ON TOP OF THAT AND, AND A FEW OTHER DEVICES.
SO ARE, ARE WE TALKING, SO WHEN WE'RE DOING A REPLACEMENT, ARE WE TALKING THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE UNIT MEANING, OH, YOU GONNA DO, CAN I GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT WE USE AT WORK.
SO WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT NOW, DOCUMENT STATION.
THE DOCUMENT STATION, AND THEN YOU JUST PLUG UP.
AND THEN MOST PEOPLE RIGHT NOW HAVE THE, THE BOX RIGHT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN, UH, LOOKING INTO IS GOING TO AN ALL IN ONE DEVICE.
UM, THIS WAY THERE'S A LOT LESS WIRES.
UM, IT IS MUCH MORE FENG SHUI.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.
UM, IT, IT'S, THEY, THEIR, THEIR QUALITY HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THERE'S BEEN A COMPLAINT THAT, WELL, WHAT IF THE MONITOR BREAKS? NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE RUINING THE OTHER PART.
OR WHAT IF THE CPU THEY DON'T BREAK VERY MUCH ANYMORE? THEY, IT IS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE.
I LIKE IT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY WIRES.
I, I I THINK IT'S, UH, THE RIGHT SIZE.
THERE ARE 23 INCH MONITOR, WHICH IS A FAIRLY LARGE SIZE MONITOR.
AND THEN FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A SECOND MONITOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S A SECOND 23 INCH MONITOR THAT SHOULD WORK OUT VERY WELL.
UM, AND THOSE MONITORS, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO USE, YOU KNOW, AS YOUR SECOND MONITOR IF YOU, IF YOU GOT A REPLACEMENT BC THE MONITOR WOULD STAY AND THAT BE YOUR SECOND IF YOU SO WANT TO DAB ONE.
I WAS THINKING, I WAS LIKE, SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD GUYS, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD.
AND NUMBER TWO ON MY LIST IS, UM, IT'S NOT AS LADDER.
SOME JOKES
IT'S OUR INTERCONNECTION SWITCHES.
IT'S THE SWITCHES THAT CONNECT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS TOGETHER AS WELL AS PARTS OF THIS BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN HIT THE, UH, THE CORE SWITCH, WHICH HITS US, SENDS US OUT TO THE INTERNET.
UM, THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS, IS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT IS CRITICAL TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF THAT THING BREAKS, NOTHING WORKS.
AND I, WHEN I MEAN NOTHING, I MEAN NOTHING.
UM, SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE STAY AHEAD OF THAT, UM, AND, AND GET THAT REPLACED.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANNA REPLACE IT? WELL, IT'S HOW MUCH DO YOU, HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU LOSE IF THAT THING BREAKS BY DAY? AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A DAY AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN GO OUT TO BEST BUY AND GET A REPLACEMENT PART.
WE WORK WITH A, UH, UH, AN INTEGRATOR OR CONSULTANT HIGH LINK, WHICH WE'VE WORKED WITH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, TO, UH, CONFIGURE IT.
UM, AND I THINK IT IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
I DON'T WANNA BE HERE WHEN IT BREAKS.
UM, THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE, AND I'M SORRY, THE SECOND PRIORITY, ALTHOUGH IT'S A PET PROJECT, IT'S A DIGITAL ROADWAY, DIGITAL SIGN, I THINK IT'S ANOTHER PIECE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TO OUR RESIDENTS.
IF YOU LOOK ALL AROUND TOWN, THEY'RE HARD TO GET AWAY FROM.
UM, OH, PAUL IS VERY BIG ON THEM.
WELL, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THEM.
UM, I'VE BEEN, AND ACTUALLY THE TOWN I LIVE IN JUST PUT A COUPLE OF 'EM UP.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN ME MEET TALKING WITH THEM BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE VENDORS THEY CHOSES, UM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A QUALITY THAT I THINK IS NECESSARY FOR GOING BY A SIGN AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT ALL THE WAYS WE COMMUNICATE, WHETHER IT BE EMAIL THAT NOBODY READS OR FACEBOOK POSTS THAT NOBODY SEES OR, OR ALL THESE THINGS.
AND I TELL YOU, I WORK WITH CABLE ACCESS AND I'M SO DISAPPOINTED WHEN I SEE THEY DO THIS AMAZING WORK AND IT HAD 37 VIEWS.
AND PROBABLY THREE, FOUR OF THEM WERE IN THIS BUILDING.
SO I, I JUST THINK, UH, THE, AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE BEST THING SINCE FLESH BREAD, BUT IT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT PIE THAT ALLOWS US TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR, WITH OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD.
I COULD SEE ONE AT THE LIBRARY, I COULD SEE ONE AT DPW AND, AND I'M NOT, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE WRITING OUT SOLILOQUIES, BUT WE ARE GONNA SAY, WELL, ONE TAXES ARE DUE, UH, THE POOL IS OPEN.
NO, THERE'S BASICALLY ROAD CLOSURES.
UH, IF THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY, UH, CONED DOING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CON ED'S DOING WORK ON CENTRAL AVENUE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD USE ANOTHER ROAD OR, UH, A TREE IS DOWN ON PIPELINE
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ROAD.UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, I THINK THIS COULD BE REALLY USEFUL.
I, I HAD SUGGESTED, UM, IN YONKERS, THEY HAVE NOW AT THAT NEW MOVIE THEATER, THEY HAVE A BIG DIGITAL BOARD.
UM, AND I THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE ONE OUTSIDE TOWN HALL, ANOTHER ONE OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY, AND MAYBE A THIRD ONE OUTSIDE THE NATURE CENTER.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE HIGH, UH, TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, ROADS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED REALLY A THE SECONDARY DISPLAY.
WHAT, FOR EVENTS NATURE CENTER'S, NOT A HIGH TRAFFIC ROAD.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CENTRAL AVENUE INTERSECTION ROAD NATURE CENTER.
BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL THAT THOSE ARE THREE, THE, THOSE ARE THREE AREAS THAT PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE PASSING BY.
SO ARE YOU ASKING THAT, UM, THAT PETER CHECK ON THAT GET SOME PRICING? YEAH, IN FACT, I SPOKE TO THE, UH, THE CHIEF AND I SPOKE TO RICHARD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I, I DEFINITELY FEEL THIS IS LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT.
HOW MUCH IS THE ROAD DISPLAY AND HOW MUCH IS THE LOBBY DISPLAY? REALLY THE INTERNAL ONE IS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A WAY TO CHECK WHAT'S ON THAT ROADWAY SIGN.
YOU CAN TAKE A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE ROADSIDE, THE ROADSIDE SIGN IS 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING TO BUY IT.
AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ONE FRAME OR TWO FRAMES.
THAT'S WHY PROBABLY THAT'S, YOU KEEP THE MESSAGE SIMPLE.
WELL, YOU KEEP IT SIMPLE AS WELL AS WHEN YOU GET IN THE BUILDING IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN FOR US ALSO TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, THIS IS GOING AROUND, WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, I'LL PUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL ON IT, MAYBE AND, OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE OTHER KINDS OF MESSAGE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NO, BUT LIKE I, I SPOKE TO, UH, UM, SERGEANT, UH, FONTELLA AND I SPOKE TO, UH, RICHARD THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING THE REPAIR CAFE, UH, AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND I SAID, COULD YOU USE THE DIGITAL ONE OF THE BOARDS TO BASICALLY ADVISE PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE COULD GET FREE REPAIRS A SATURDAY? SO THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THAT, DOING THAT.
AND WE DID IT FOR THE ARTS, UH, FAIR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS GOOD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE COULD USE IT FOR EVEN REMINDING PEOPLE TO PAY THE TAXES.
AND WE'VE USED, YOU DO, AND THESE ARE A LITTLE PANTSER THAN THE POLICE ONES.
YOU WANT TO, I MEAN THE, THE CABLE ACCESS FOLKS WOULD BE DOING THE DESIGN OF THEM AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOMETHING AS PLEASING AS WELL AS HOW DO THEY GET PROGRAMMED.
UM, THERE'S A SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH IT THAT ALLOWS IT TO, UH, TO BE, DO THE ARTISTIC WORK AS WELL AS TIMING.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SET ONE UP TO SAY, OKAY, IT'S GONNA PLAY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, YOU COULD SET ONE UP.
SO IT ONLY RUNS BETWEEN, DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ACTUAL DEVICE? NO.
WHAT THERE'LL BE DEPENDS WHAT WE WANT.
THEY COULD BE EITHER WIFI OR THEY CAN BE CELLULAR.
AND YOU BUY THE LIFETIME CELLULAR SERVICE UPFRONT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A, A MONTHLY CHARGE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS.
BUT HOW MUCH IS THAT THE LIFETIME SERVICE FEE? I DON'T KNOW.
SO ARE YOU TALKING NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
PAUL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF THESE OR THERE, THERE'S A REQUEST FOR TWO? NO, IT'S PRIORITY TWO.
I THINK I PRIORITY TWO FOR ONE ITEM.
SO, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE ONES, WHICH ARE A LITTLE MORE RUDIMENTARY THEN.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS COULD, THIS IS, THIS IS MORE EXPENSIVE, SO.
YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S JUST REALLY THE MESSAGE.
I DON'T CARE REALLY ABOUT THE COLOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO PROMOTE, GET THE WORD OUT.
UH, I DO TURN AROUND AND I'LL RESEND IT AROUND ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD LOOK.
IT WOULD FIT INTO OUR ARCHITECTURE HERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO CUT SOMEWHERE, OF COURSE WHAT ONE WAY TO CUT WOULD BE TO GO BACK TO THIS POLICE VERSION.
I COULD STAND OUTSIDE WITH SOME SIGNS, YOU KNOW.
BUT THE POLICE CHIEF HAS ALSO RAISED SOME CONCERNS.
NOW YOU HAVE COLOR DISPLAY THAT'S SPLASHING, WHATEVER, BUT IT'S DISTRACTING.
AND IT'S DISTRACTING FOR THE DRIVERS.
SO WE HAVE TO GET HIS APPROVAL AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, FIRST PRIORITY, AND THIS IS LIKE, UH, PRIORITY ONE A OR WHATEVER, THERE'S NOTHING HIGHER THAN THIS TO ME, IS TIME AND ATTENDANCE.
ONE IS KRONOS, WHICH WE USE RIGHT NOW, IS, UM, OUR PLATFORM IS GOING END OF LIFE, THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
AFTER THAT, THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO CHARGE US $50,000 A YEAR FOR THE, UH, USE OF THE SOFTWARE PERIOD.
$50,000 A YEAR, WHICH I THINK IS OUTRAGEOUS.
UH, AND THAT'S IN, AND ON TOP OF THAT THERE'S OTHER FEES SUCH AS THE IMPLEMENTATION AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING TO OTHER VENDORS, UH, ONE OF WHICH
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IS OUR FRIENDS AT TYLER AND EUNICE.UM, THEIR PRODUCT IS, UH, ONLY $27,000 A YEAR, WHICH I STILL THINK IS A LUDICROUS, BUT MM-HMM.
AND, UM, BUT THE, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE MUCH MORE.
UM, BUT STILL, IT WOULD SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE YEARS AS WE MOVE ON.
BUT PART TWO IS WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH OUR TIME AND ATTENDANCE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
UM, M-I-S-I-T PRINTS CHECKS OUT.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS OUT, UM, I WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER SICK DAY AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF I HAD ANY SICK DAYS LEFT.
BUT TRY, I CAN BECAUSE I'M IN IT, BUT THE TYPICAL PERSON CANNOT ELECTRONICALLY FIGURE OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY SICK DAYS.
OH, YOU DON'T HAVE A LEAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? NO.
REALLY? WHEN THEY, I THOUGHT WE WERE MOVING TO HAVING IT ACTUALLY PRINTED ON YOUR STUB.
YOU DON'T GET, YOU GET A STUB, BUT YOU GET THE STUB ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO.
IF YOU WANNA CHECK, IF YOU WANNA CHECK ON, YOU KNOW, SICK THAT DAY, RIGHT.
WHAT'S THAT? OH, BUT IT SHOULD TELL YOU HOW MANY SICK DAYS ARE ALLOWED.
WHAT IF YOU LEFT THAT PAPER AT WORK, THE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO, TO GO ONTO A WEBSITE, PROPOSE THAT THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT IF THEY DON'T CHECK THEIR COMPUTER.
YOU CAN GO TO A WEBSITE ON YOUR PHONE FROM HOME PORTAL OR SOMETHING.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE NO LONGER PRINT CHECK STUBS, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE NOT NECESSARY COST.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE, WHICH WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM, BUT WE'D HAVE TO GET OVER, IS ACTUALLY PRINTING CHECKS.
UM, IT'S A HUGE BURDEN TO MY, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, BECAUSE IF KURT IS OUR PRIMARY PERSON WHO DOES IT, IF HE'S OUT THAT DAY, NICK DOES IT.
IF HE'S OUT THERE, THE BOTH OF 'EM ARE OUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO IT IS A HUGE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I KNOW THE COUNTY, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO NOW, SAID THEY'RE NO LONGER PRINTING PAYROLL CHECKS.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE HERE.
ARE YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYROLL CHECKS? YES.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SECOND CHECKS, LIKE OVERTIME, MOSTLY THE POLICE AND, AND, AND, UH, THOSE FOLKS.
UM, AND THEY LIKE IT BECAUSE IT SEPARATES THEIR INCOME TO DIFFERENT STREAMS. UM, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T THINK WE DOING SECOND CHECKS.
WHY DID THAT START? I'M OPPOSED TO IT, BUT IT'S A PRACTICE THAT'S IN PLACE.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO STOP DOING THAT PROBABLY IS HAVE AN IDENTIFIER SO THAT THEY CAN SEGREGATE.
THEY CAN, THEY JUST DON'T LIKE, I MEAN IF YOU'RE, IF IT GOES ALL COMPUTER GENERATED, THEN IT CAN HAVE AN IDENTIFIER THAT WOULD HELP THEM MAKE THAT ONE 2D THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT DEPOSITS.
AND WITH AN IDENTIFIERS TO WHICH IT IS FOR YEAH.
ONE IS HIGHER IF IT'S A PAYCHECK AND THEN ONE, ONE IS, WELL, ONE IS A CONSISTENT AMOUNT AND ONE WOULD BE VARIABLE.
THERE'S SOME, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T LIKE THE PAPER TRAIL OF IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST DON'T WANT, THEY JUST WANT SEPARATE ACCOUNTS KIND OF THING.
BUT I THINK IN OUR BEST INTEREST AS A TOWN, AS A MUNICIPALITY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE THIS SINGLE POINT TOGETHER.
THAT COULD REALLY MESS US UP IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
UM, AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW WE DON'T DO ANY KIND OF PA WE, WE DO PAPER TRACKING OF TIME OFF, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.
UM, WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM COMP TIME.
IT'S NOT RECORDED ON YOUR PAY STUB.
UM, CORONAS DOES ALL THIS STUFF.
UM, THEY DID A, PARDON THE PHRASE, WHAM BAM, THANK YOU MA'AM.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME BACK.
THEY'LL BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BACK FOR LIKE $400 AN HOUR.
AND THEY DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB.
DON'T THEY HAVE TO COME BACK? WELL AFTER, AFTER, AFTER ALL THIS TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONTRACT SAID BACK THEN.
TREMENDOUS FEATURES THAT WERE NOT USED.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BENEFIT THAT MUNI GIVES US IS IT'S ONE SYSTEM.
AND WE FOUND THAT WITH, UH, EMPLOYEE AND I'M SORRY, UTILITY BILLING.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S HAD PROBLEMS, IT'S REALLY ENABLED THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO DO A LOT MORE NOW THAT IT'S ALL, I'M HOPING THE SAME THING FOR, FOR PAYROLL AND MM-HMM.
BENEFITS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS USING ONE SYSTEM WILL, WILL REALLY, AND UNI HAS AN HRS IS? YES.
AND YOU DO WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS? ARE YOU IN FAVOR? WE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION.
I MEAN, IT'S EUNICE OR A DP CAN DO THAT WHERE FOLKS CAN LOG IN, THEY CAN USE AN APP, THEY CAN SEE THEIR PAYCHECK, THEY'LL GET A NOTIFICATION.
UM, THEY CAN LOOK UP THEIR, ANY PAID TIME OFF BALANCES CAN TRACK COMP TIME.
UM, I MEAN WE CAN JUST ABOUT RUN ANY REPORT FROM THEM ON THAT.
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THE WAY TO GO.AND THEN, THEN LAST YOU HAVE CHECK THE UNION CONTRACTS JUST TO MAKE SURE.
WELL THAT'S, YEAH, THERE'S, UM, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT PAPER, UH, CHECKS WERE REQUIRED BY UNION CONTRACT.
I WAS TOLD, I BELIEVE MR. DANKO TOLD ME NO, BUT IF YOU COULD DOUBLE CHECK, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UM, WE HAVE A, A NUMBER OF SMALL SWITCHES.
SO BASICALLY NETWORK EQUIPMENT, UM, IN REMOTE SITES, THEY'RE GETTING INTO, UH, LIVE, BUT THEY CAN'T BE, I GUESS THE RIGHT WORD IS SEEN BY US.
THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE JUST DEVICES OUT THERE.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY CAN'T CONTROL 'EM.
WE'D HAVE TO GO THERE TO, TO CONTROL 'EM.
UM, THESE SMALL DEVICES COULD BE REPLACED AT A MINIMAL COST AND WE'D, WE'D BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM, REBOOT THEM, TROUBLESHOOT THEM, DO WHATEVER EASIER, RATHER THAN HAVING 'EM DRIVE OUT THERE.
SO YOU SAID OUT OF ALL OF THESE, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, TIME AND ATTENDANCE.
NUMBER TWO IS THAT INTERCONNECTION? EVERYTHING ELSE CAN MM-HMM.
UM, YOU SAID THAT THE, UM, THE NOTICE BOARD, UH, WOULD SERVE FOR DIFFERENT MESSAGES.
UM, YOU SAID IT WOULD GO ALONG WITH OUR, UM, CONSTRUCT.
UH, WHERE WERE YOU THINKING OF PLACING THE UNIT? UM, MY THOUGHT WAS IT WOULD BE ON THE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT TOWN HALL, IT'D BE THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, IT WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH PERPENDICULAR TO THE EXISTING BRICK WALL.
UM, THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HILLSIDE, BOTH DIRECTIONS AS WELL AS YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM.
AND IT'D HAVE OUR LITTLE LOGO ON IT.
IT WOULD BE PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED, NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE THE SIGNS THE POLICE HAVE THAT ARE JUST KIND OF ON WHEELS.
SO WE'RE NOT SAYING YES OR NO TO ANYTHING.
AND, UH, WE MAY NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TIME, PAUL.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANYTHING THAT I COULD GIVE PEOPLE HINTS ON WHILE WE'RE, I THINK IT'S SPELLED OUT APPROPRIATELY ON THE, ON THE PAGE.
UM, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UH, DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON, YOU KNOW, IN VARIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, MATTERS.