* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] SO, WELCOME TO [ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1525 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: HCancro@GreenburghNY.com https://greenburghny.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings] OUR TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION. TODAY'S, UH, MARCH, UH, FOURTH AT 5:39 PM AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM WAS, UH, THE CREATION OF THE SIDEWALK, UH, DISTRICT. AND, UM, WAS RICH GOING TO BE HERE? OTHERWISE, YOU'VE BEEN COMING HERE EVERY WEEK FOR THIS. AND, UH, UH, HE WANTS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE POSTPONING IT AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE. I'M JUST HERE TO LISTEN. I'M NOT HERE TO PARTICIPATE. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, I AS, AS RICH, HE PARTICIPATING BY ZOOM, OR DID YOU, DID YOU SET IT UP? INVITE HIM TO, NO, UH, I THOUGHT WE, IS THERE A CHANCE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY STAFF HAVE REALLY MOVED FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIDEWALK DISTRICT UNTIL WE KNOW FROM THE TOWN BOARD THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT. SO, I, I DOUBT RICH KNEW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THIS MEETING. THAT'S, LET ME MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. UM, WE'VE BEEN OVER THE YEARS, UM, FIXING SIDEWALKS, UH, FOR DECADES. SO, IN EDGEMONT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE THE BRICK SIDEWALKS IN THE TOWN, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY, AFTER 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS, YOU START, UH, NOT BEING EVEN IN THE TOWN HAS ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, REPLACED THEM. UM, ON ARDSLEY ROAD, HEADING TO, UM, THE SCARSDALE TRAIN STATION, THERE'S A VERY STEEP, UM, HILL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MY CAR HAS SKIDDED ON ARDSLEY ROAD MANY TIMES BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE GREAT TIRES. BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S ALSO THE, THE STREET, NOT THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? NO, BUT THE THING IS, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, UH, YEARS AGO WE WEREN'T, WE, RESIDENTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEARING THE SNOW AND THE LAWS THEY HAVE OFF THE SIDEWALK FROM THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? THE LAWS, THEY HAVE 24 HOURS TO DO SO, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO IF IT SNOWS AND SLIPPERY OR ICY SOMEBODY, MOST PEOPLE WILL WALK ON THE ROAD. UM, AND IT'S REALLY VERY DANGEROUS. SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT THE TOWN SHOULD, UM, UM, EITHER CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH IS MAINTAINING THE SIDEWALKS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT REPAVING IT, OR ON SOME ROADS HEADING TO, UH, TRAIN STATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE PAIN STREET, UH, WHICH IS HEADING TOWARDS A MAJOR, UH, YOU KNOW, 1 1 19, SOME RIVER ROAD OR, UH, UH, ODDSLY ROAD, UH, RELATING THAT GOES TO THE SCARSDALE TRAIN STATION. I JUST THINK IT'S SAFER FOR THE TOWN TO DO THE WORK. WELL, ON SOME MAIN ROADS, YOU MIGHT HAVE A POINT THERE. AND I THINK MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT ARE THOSE ROADS, PER SE, THOSE SIDEWALKS PER SE. UM, I, I, I THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ARE OTHERWISE, WE ARE ASSUMING A HUGE COST, AND WE'RE ASSUMING LIABILITY, UM, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING AND SOMETHING SOMEONE FALLS, EVEN IF THEY JUST TRIP OVER A PEBBLE, WE'RE STILL LIABLE BECAUSE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT. UM, I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I, I DO SEE YOUR POINT FOR ARTS LEADING IN A FEW, AND I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A STUDY OF WHAT ROADS THEY, THEY WOULD BE, THAT'S FINE. AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS BASED ON THAT. SO BASICALLY, UH, YOUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE IF THERE'S A HANDFUL OF ROADS AND BASICALLY THERE'S EXTREME EXTRA CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WOULD SAY IN THESE INSTANCES, THE TOWN WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO DO THE WORK ON THE OTHER ONES. UH, SO IS THAT THE CREATION OF A SIDEWALK DIS DISTRICT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SAYING NO, THE SIDEWALK DISTRICT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO BASICALLY FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A ROAD, A SIDEWALK IS CRACKING MM-HMM . UM, YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD A HOMEOWNER HAVE TO FIX A SIDEWALK AT THEIR EXPENSE, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE BENEFITING. SO I SORT OF FEEL IF THERE'S A SIDE, LIKE, BUT THAT'S THE LAW THROUGHOUT THE, THE WHOLE TOWN AND THE VILLAGES AS WELL. YEAH. BUT YEAH, IT'S A LAW THROUGH PRETTY GENERALLY. I MEAN, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT TOO. I MEAN, AS A FORMER HOMEOWNER, I WOULD'VE LOVED THAT, BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE. BUT LIKE FOR THE VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FIXING THE SIDEWALKS. SO NOT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS, YOU KNOW, THAT POLICY MM-HMM . AND, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF FEEL WE'VE BEEN, UM, DOING A LOT OF WORK IN TERMS OF ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS AROUND THE TOWN, AND I FEEL IF PEOPLE KNEW THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT, THEY, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT HARDER TO PERSUADE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO LIVE NEXT TO A SIDEWALK TO AGREE TO HAVING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME. RIGHT. BUT THE TOPIC IS A CREATION OF A SIDEWALK DISTRICT. SO HOW, HOW ARE WE DEFINING THAT AND WHAT ARE WE SAYING YOU, YOU'RE MAYBE THE SIDEWALK [00:05:01] DISTRICT COULD, I'M JUST THROWING OUT WITH MY MAY IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POSSIBLY CREATE SIDEWALK DISTRICTS BY NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU COULD MAYBE HAVE A, I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD HAVE A SIDEWALK DISTRICT FOR THE WHOLE TOWN AND THEN JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK, YOU COULD DO IT EITHER WAY, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH TOWN LAW PROTOCOL, WHICH INVOLVES PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR EACH DISTRICT CREATED. RIGHT. BUT COULD, BUT LET'S SAY WE, ARE YOU THINKING OF IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENTS IN EACH SIDEWALK DISTRICT CREATED, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, CONTRIBUTING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, RIGHT? FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE SIDEWALKS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? SO LIKE, WHEN I'M RIDING AROUND ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT, WHEN I'M RIDING AROUND AND I SEE A CRACKED SIDEWALK, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE ON ALEY ROAD THAT'S BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY FOR LIKE SIX YEARS. IT'S A, IT'S, PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN ALEY ROAD AFTER LINWOOD I INTERSECTION OF LINWOOD, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO CONES, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN, AND YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION, IT'S SO EASY THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA FALL. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S POINTING THE FINGERS AT SOMEBODY ELSE. AND ANOTHER, WELL, WHO, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR REPAIR? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SITE. IT'S A COUNTY, UH, SORRY, . I'M SORRY. . OKAY. WE'RE CELEBRATING. RIGHT. . I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING. UM, NO, I, I THINK THAT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S POINTING FINGERS AT DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT'S DEFINITELY A DANGER. A DANGER. AND I'M NOT LOOKING AT LIABILITY ISSUES. I'M LOOKING AT SAFETY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY CONCERN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BASICALLY, UM, ASK RICH TO COME IN AND THANK YOU. YES. I, I WOULD SUGGEST ASKING COMMISSIONER FOND TO REVIEW WHAT THAT ENTAILS FOR DPW STAFF. MM-HMM . AND ALSO ASSESSOR MCCARTHY, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT THAT WOULD COST EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE TOWN WOULD CONTRACT FOR WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY WHEN THIS, WHEN IT'S WHEN SNOWING, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE CARE OF IT IF, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER OURSELVES. RIGHT. BUT, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT I YEAH. ALL ROLLS INTO THE ADDITIONAL COST IS WHAT I WAS SAYING, THE COST FOR THE MANPOWER, MAN, WOMAN POWER, AND THE COST BEING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND THEN THE COST AND THE COST OF THE ADDED INSURANCE. NO, I UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO FACTOR ALL THAT IN AND TO SEE THEN HOW THE ASSESSOR COULD, WOULD COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF FORMULA, RIGHT? YEAH. OR, OR EVEN FOR NEXT YEAR, MAYBE JUST I'M SAYING MORE IMMEDIATELY, MAYBE TAKE SOME SIDEWALKS AND BASICALLY SAY, YOU, THIS IS GONNA, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN IS GONNA CONTINUE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR. I MEAN, THE RED BRICK SIDEWALKS AND EDGEMONT, THAT'S REALLY HISTORIC BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY COMMUN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS HAD THE RED BRICK SIDEWALKS. AND IF WE DON'T DO IT, PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, MAY DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO, UH, MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY, THEY MAY PUT AN ASPHALT SIDEWALKS OR, OR WHATEVER, WHICH WILL CHEAPEN THE LOOK OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY CHANGE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES. WELL, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THAT, BUT I THINK, AND, AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT, UM, WHAT COUNCILMAN SHEEN AND COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON HAVE TO SAY AS WELL. . WELL, I, I, I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE, UH, FOR HAVING, I DON'T KNOW, A SIDEWALK DISTRICT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TOTAL INEQUALITY IN WHAT WE'RE DOING REGARDING SIDEWALKS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TOWN PERSONNEL PLOWING SOME SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF HOMES AND NOT OTHERS. AND SO WE, WE NEED TO EITHER DO THEM ALL OR DO NONE OF THEM, BUT I THINK IT MAKES SENSE, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING WE DON'T REALLY WANT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR TOWN REASONS, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A WAY THAT THE, THE, THE TOWN COULD ALSO, UH, DO THOSE SIDEWALKS AS FAR AS PLOWING 'EM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT REPAIRING OR NOT REPAIRING, BUT, UM, I JUST THINK IF WE WANT TO MAKE THE TOWN LIVABLE, YOU KNOW, ON A MAJOR ROAD, AND WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IS ON HEAVILY USED ROADS AS DEFINED IN OUR CODE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND SEARCH WHICH ONES THEY ARE. THEY'RE ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN OUR CODE, WHICH WOULD ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE ONES THAT WERE ALREADY PLOWING WITH TOWN PERSONNEL, UM, ON THOSE, WHEN THE TRUCKS ARE COMING DOWN. [00:10:01] 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WIDER ROADS. THEY'RE MOVING AN AWFUL LOT OF SNOW ONTO THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THE HOMEOWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING IT. AND BECAUSE BENNY SIDEWALKS GO RIGHT TO THE CURB, THERE ISN'T GRASS STRIP. AND THEN THE SIDEWALK, UH, THERE'S NO REAL PLACE TO PUT IT, EXCEPT THEY'RE PUTTING ALL THOSE CHEMICALS ONTO THEIR OWN PROPERTY ON THEIR OWN GRASS. UM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT, THAT, ALL THAT, ALL THAT, THAT'S THE SPAN OF, YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO OR FOUR LANES IS GOING ONTO A SIDEWALK THAT A HOMEOWNER IS THEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEHOW MOVING AND ON THOSE BIG ROADS. UM, I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. OKAY. WELL, WE, WE COULD DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, RIGHT? AGREED. OKAY. UM, UH, NEXT, UH, THE STATUS OF WESTCHESTER POWER POSTCARD, UM, AROUND THE, ARE YOU ABLE TO FIND THE DECEMBER NUMBERS DIDN'T GET BACK TO ME RELATED TO THE DECEMBER. OKAY. BUT, UH, THEY'RE COMING IN, UH, TOMORROW HAVE WORRY. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE, THE ESCO RATES ARE GONNA BE LOWER THAN THE CONED RACE. AGAIN, WESTCHESTER POWER, NOT ESCO, WESTCHESTER POWER ESCO. SO MY, NOT ESCO RIGHT. THE WESTCHESTER POWER. RIGHT. SO, SO MY, MY FAILING IS THAT, UM, WHY DON'T WE PUT THIS ON FOR DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK OKAY. AND SEE IF THE, IF THE CONED RATES ARE HIGHER, OR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE SURE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. GREAT. UM, I DO WANNA MAKE A SUGGESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON. THIS IS COUNCILMAN JACKSON. UM, I STILL THINK EVEN THOUGH THAT WE SAID THAT THERE WAS A CONSISTENT RATE OF THREE MONTHS, HOW IT WOULD, WE WOULD SIT ON A POSTCARD. I STILL THINK BECAUSE WE HAD THOSE TWO PRIOR MONTHS THAT WERE HIGHER, I STILL FEEL A POSTCARD SHOULD BE SENT, SHOULD BE SET. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOES IN THE RECORD. RIGHT. I MEAN, THE ONLY THING IS THAT WHEN WE MET WITH NOAM RAMSON, WE SAID IT WAS GONNA BE THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. RIGHT. AND I ALSO FEEL THAT IF THE, IF, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING A POSTCARD AND, UM, AND WE HAVE THREE MONTHS WHERE CONED RATES ARE, UH, ARE LOWER, IT WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SENDING OUT A POSTCARD WHEN, UH, THEIR RATES ARE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER. RIGHT NOW, THE CONSUMERS ARE BENEFITING FROM THE ES SCOPE. RIGHT. AND, AND I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT OVER THE, UM, NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. I AGREE. ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCILWOMAN GINA, UM, YOU KNOW, JACKSON IS SUGGESTING MAYBE WE MIGHT, IF THE RATES CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE TO THE ESCO SUBSCRIBERS, WE MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO KNOW 'EM AND SAY, WHY DON'T WE DO LIKE A REPORT TO RESIDENTS AND SAY, DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS MM-HMM . UH, YOU'VE DONE REALLY GREAT, WE'VE DONE REALLY GREAT. HOWEVER, LAST YEAR THE RATES WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, FAVORABLE. RIGHT. AND, UH, WE JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU ANYTHING, BUT RIGHT. BUT REPORTING THE POSITIVE AS WELL AS THE NEGATIVE IS A GOOD IDEA. RIGHT. YOU COULD DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS VARIABLE. AND THAT'S THE POINT. SINCE THERE ISN'T REAL CONTROL, SINCE IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE, THE COST OF, UM, POWER IS ON THE MARKET JUST LIKE THE COST OF GAS AND THAT IT IS PUBLICLY TRADED. SO, UM, IT WILL GO UP AND DOWN AND SOMETIMES ONE WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER. AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THAT BUSINESS. I MEAN, IT'S ALSO POSITIVE, BUT UNDERSTOOD. I JUST WANTED TO SAY UNDERSTOOD. BUT WE ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, ABOUT WESTCHESTER POWER. SO I JUST THINK AS A COURTESY, SINCE WE SAID THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OR THE THREE MONTHS, THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THEM SOME, WE SHOULD COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THEM OF WHAT THE RATES ARE. UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WERE TWO MONTHS OF, UM, AT THE LOWER RATES AND THEN THE ONE MONTH OF THE I A, BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD, BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT, THAT WE SHOULD JUST COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND ADVISE ON WHETHER IT WAS, WHETHER IT'S A POSTCARD OR YOU DO IT THROUGH THE GV LIST. BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION GOING OUT TO RESIDENTS ADVISING HIM OF WHERE THE RATES ARE FALLING. YEAH. I'LL SPEAK TO NOAM. I SPOKE TO NOAM LAST WEEK, AND HE WANTS TO ACT, ACTUALLY START NEGOTIATING ANOTHER CONTRACT CONTRACT BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT RIGHT NOW THE ESCOS ARE IN, WE'RE FAVORABLE, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL LOCK IN A BETTER PRICE. RIGHT? YEAH. I HAVE CONVERS, SO IF HE DOES THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM TOO, MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR LIKE NEXT MONTH. UM, AND IF, AND THIS WAY IF WE HAVE SAY, THREE MONTHS WHERE VESCO RATES ARE LOWER MM-HMM . UM, THEN CONED, WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THAT, AND THEN WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD AND THE BAD. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, THAT'S, SO MAYBE WE, WE [00:15:01] SHOULD PUT THIS ON FOR LIKE THE APRIL MEETING. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? GOOD. MM-HMM . OKAY. NEXT, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF REVIEW ON APPROVAL PROCESS OF MINUTES OF TOWN BOARD MEETINGS. WAS THAT? YES. SO, SO OUR TOWN CLERK HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY TAKING MINUTES AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND REALLY PROPER PROTOCOLS THAT FOR US TO REVIEW THEM AND TO APPROVE THEM AT THE MEETINGS, WHICH WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A WHILE AGO, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED. SO WE'D LIKE TO START THAT. RIGHT? YES. NOW YOU MENTIONED YOU PUT IT IN A, I DON'T HAVE ANY EMAILS ABOUT IT, BUT YOU PUT IT IN A FILE, UM, WHAT IT'S PUT INTO, UH, AGENDA QUICK. SO THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY, LEGALLY I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT POSTED BY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE MEETING. RIGHT. BUT THE ONLY ISSUE IS OUR TRANSCRIPTION IS ABOUT A MONTH TO TWO BEHIND. AND LEGALLY, I'M SUPPOSED TO PUT THE EXACT TRANSCRIPT FROM ANY PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE MINUTES IN THE MINUTES. YEAH. SO, WHERE I LITERALLY DID NOT GET ANY OF THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THE LAST YEAR MM-HMM . UNTIL JANUARY. SO MOVING FORWARD, AND I, I WANNA SAY SHE'S PROBABLY UP TO DECEMBER, IF NOT JANUARY, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LAST. BUT, UM, SO IT, WHEN YOU GO ONLINE, YOU'LL SEE NOW IT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEARING, THEN IT SAYS TRANSCRIPT, YOU KNOW, FORTHWITH FORTHCOMING MM-HMM . UM, TRANSCRIPT, YOU KNOW, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS, YOU KNOW, SIGNED AND, UH, UPLOADED BUT NOT APPROVED. WELL, SO IT'S TECHNICALLY, WELL, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT HAVING IT ON AGENDA QUICK WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AGENDA QUICK, BECAUSE, SO IF WE CAN, IF YOU CAN EMAIL THEM TO US, I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT, WELL, ACTUALLY, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT WHEN WE GET THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING, FOR THE BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE THE MINUTES ATTACHED AND WE CAN REVIEW THEM TOGETHER FROM PREVIOUS, RIGHT. FROM THE PREVIOUS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A LOT OF TIME ALL OF US SITTING HERE AND NO, NO, NO. I MEAN, EMAILED YES. YEAH. AHEAD OF TIME. YES, EXACTLY. AND YES. 'CAUSE YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. HOLLY'S GONNA START EMAILING THE AGENDA AS WELL IN THE PACKET. YEAH. OKAY. CAN I JUST POINT OUT, OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AGAIN PLEASE? I THINK IT'D BE BETTER IF WE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A WRITTEN POLICY IS A PROCESS RATHER THAN US TRYING TO WING IT. SURE. WE CAN DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THOSE WATCHING THAT ACCORDING TO THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THERE DOES NOT NEED TO BE AN OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. I THINK WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HABER IS REFERRING TO AS BEST PRACTICE, AS OPPOSED TO YES. WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WHICH, WHICH I THINK IT WOULD BE A FIRST WITH TOWN BOARDS. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN RIVER, YES. AT LEAST SINCE 1994. IT'S FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING. AND, AND I THINK, DO YOU WANNA JUST QUICKLY RESPOND TO, UM, UM, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON'S QUESTION? JUST QUICKLY GO OVER THAT PROCESS AGAIN? NO, NO. WE JUST SAID THAT WE YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT BEING IN WRITING. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL, YEAH, WE, WE HAVE A REALLY TIGHT SCHEDULE TODAY. YEAH. WE'LL CIRCULATE SOMETHING AND WE CAN, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THANKS, . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. AND AUTHORIZING THE OF THE WOMAN'S MONTH CELEBRATION, UM, UH, MARCH 26TH, IT'S GONNA BE MARCH 26TH AT, UM, AT SEVEN 30. AND, UM, I GUESS WHAT DETAILS TO GO, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE YEAH. DETAILS IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. RIGHT. OKAY. THE NEXT ISSUE WAS, UM, AND IT, SHORTLY AFTER RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE, UM, UH, WE PUT, UH, FLAGS ON EAST DALE AVENUE AND THE TOWN HALL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN CONFERRING WITH, UM, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE, FROM UKRAINE. UM, WE HAVE A, I THINK THE SECOND LARGEST UKRAINIAN POPULATION IN WESTCHESTER. AND, UH, PEOPLE WERE ASKING IF WE COULD PUT A, YOU KNOW, A UKRAINIAN FLAG AT TOWN HALL FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME MM-HMM . SAY, TILL THE END OF, YOU KNOW, THE MONTH. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING FOR SOLIDARITY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD, WOULD AGREE TO. I, WE DID GET SOME PUSHBACK FROM SOME RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, WHEN POSTING THE IDEA ON THE, UM, FACEBOOK AND ON NEXTDOOR, AND PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT IF WE'RE INDIFFERENT TO, UM, UH, UH, FREEDOMS BEING TAKEN AWAY SOONER OR LATER, IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, UH, FOR US TO EXPRESS OUR, OUR FEELINGS [00:20:01] YEAH. AND LEADERS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE EXPRESSING THE SAME FEELINGS AS WELL. SO. YEAH. UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, UM, DO WE WANT TO, UH, PUT IT UP, UH, AT THE TOWN HALL AND EAST DALE AVENUE? OR JUST THE TOWN HALL? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PREFERENCE OF THE BOARD? WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID BOTH? WE DID BOTH. WE DID BOTH. OKAY. UM, AND, UM, IF THE, UH, UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO DO SOME SORT OF, LIKE, LITTLE BIT OF A CEREMONY HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE, THE OPTIONS THAT I COULD THINK OF WOULD BE, UM, YOU WE'RE MEETING WITH AN ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UH, LATER THIS WEEK, UM, EITHER BEFORE OR, OR AFTER, OR, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEKEND. AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK, YOU KNOW, THE CONGRESSMAN IF, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD WANT WELL, I THINK THAT, UM, WE, IF IF WE'RE HAVING A BOARD, UH, A WORK SESSION OR A BOARD MEETING, SPECIAL MEETING, A SPECIAL MEETING TO DO A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, I GUESS WE HAVE TO MEANS WAITING A WEEK. BUT, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR IT. SO HOW WOULD WE, WHAT WOULD BE THE OTHER MECHANISM FOR THAT? WELL, I WAS JUST SORT OF THINKING, UM, INVITING THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY BASICALLY TO, RIGHT. BUT NO, WE UNDERSTAND YOU JUST ORGANIZE SOMETHING, WHAT YOU WANNA DO. JUST HOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? A VIGIL? IT WOULD BE BASICALLY, UM, LIKE A VIGIL WHERE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE BASICALLY SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINIAN, UH, PEOPLE. YEAH. OR YEAH. A SOLIDARITY, UH, SOLIDARITY GATHERING. RIGHT. AND I COULD, I COULD TELL THEM THAT WE COULD, AND I COULD ASK THEM TO COME UP WITH A, A DATE AND TIME THAT WORKS FOR THEM. WE HAVE FOR THURSDAY ALSO. YEAH. YEAH. YOU'D RATHER DO IT THUR, RIGHT? OKAY. YES. UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU WANNA WEIGH IN ON THIS? WHICH THURSDAY ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THIS? THURSDAY? I, I DON'T KNOW. I WON'T, I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THERE. I WON'T BE PRESENT. I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE. WHAT ABOUT DOING IT NEXT, NEXT TUESDAY? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. SO TUESDAY, NO, I, THERE'S NO WAY TO GET HERE BEFORE FIVE. NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT DOING IT AT, RIGHT. STARTING THE WORK DOING OH, OKAY. DOING SOMETHING LIKE TWO. ALL RIGHT. FIVE. I'M SAYING IF WE'RE ALL HERE, WE DO FIVE 30, UH, TUESDAY, AND THEN WE COULD PUT UP THE FLAG BEFORE, BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE A CEREMONIAL THING ON TUESDAY. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL, I'LL TELL THEM. GOOD WITH THAT. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? YEAH. OKAY. HOW ABOUT YOU COUNCILMAN SHEEN? OR ACTUALLY, IF WE HAVE THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON, SO, NO, WE COULD DO IT AT THE BEGINNING. WE COULD START THE MEETING AT 7:00 PM UH, INSTEAD OF SEVEN 30, BUT WE COULD DO THE FLAG RAISING AND THEN DO, WHILE WE HAVE HERE, I MEAN, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE DARK THEN, SO WE'RE GONNA BE OUTSIDE. WE PROBABLY WANNA BE WHEN, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LIGHT. TUESDAY. TUESDAY. MAKE MOVING OUR CLOCKS. OKAY. THIS WEEK, IS IT THIS WEEK? SO MAYBE THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT WE COULD DO IT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORK SESSION. YEAH, GOOD IDEA. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THE YES, TUESDAY, THE, UH, 11TH. SO TUESDAY CEREMONY FIVE 15. FIVE 30, WHATEVER. WE'LL SAY FIVE. YEAH. SHOULD WE SAY FIVE 30? SO SINCE EVERYBODY GETS HERE FIVE 30 ANYWAY. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT IT BEGINS AT FIVE 30 MM-HMM . YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PERFECT. GOOD. OKAY. UH, GOOD SUNSET IS AT 5 58. OH, GREAT. 6 58 THAT NIGHT. OH, WOW. 6 58 GIVES US A LOT OF, OH, OKAY. OH, THAT'S GREAT. SO THAT'S GREAT. GREAT. FIVE 30. YEAH, IT WAS ACTUALLY LIGHT WHEN I WALKED OUT TODAY, WHICH WAS, I THINK THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, AND, UM, OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING FOR THE YEAH, THE, THE CONGRESSMAN, UM, THE MAYOR OF YONKERS, UM, SENATOR SHELLEY MAYOR, UM, ASSEMBLY WOMAN, MARY JANESKY, WERE ALL AT THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH, NOT THIS PAST SUNDAY, BUT THE SUNDAY BEFORE TO SHOW SOLIDARITY. AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MADE A VERY STRONG STATEMENT, AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TOO. AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS THE UKRAINIAN FLAG UP IN THE MEDIA ROOM. OH, THAT'S GREAT. GOOD? MM-HMM . OKAY. BOARD. TERRIFIC. MAKE A MOTION. I'M A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS. TURN TO VIEW POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT, HARTSDALE, PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT BOARD, AND GREENBURG HOUSING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PENDING, PROPOSED AND CURRENT LITIGATION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.