* 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. [ 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] [00:00:03] IN PROGRESS. WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION. THIS TODAY IS, UH, MARCH 11TH. THIS IS MICHAEL ON. AND, UM, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, ISSUES THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS TO DEAL WITH. BUT THE FIRST, UH, ITEM IS WE WANT TO SHOW, UM, OUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE UKRAINIAN, UM, UH, COMMUNITY. UM, WE ALL BELIEVE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD BELIEVE THAT UKRAINE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T LOOK THE OTHER WAY. UH, WE CANNOT BE, UM, INDIFFERENT. UM, IF YOU, IF UKRAINE, IF IT'S FORCED TO GIVE UP LAND FOR TEMPORARY PEACE IN, YOU KNOW, MY OPINION, PUTIN'S INVASION WILL BE, UH, LEGITIMIZED. UM, AND, UH, PUTIN AND RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE IN TIME TRYING TO TAKE MORE AND MORE LAND, AND OUR DEMOCRACIES WILL BE, UM, ERODED. YOU KNOW, I WAS, UH, LISTENING TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, AND, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, I THINK I, AT SOME POINT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S RUSSIA, UKRAINE, IT COULD BE EUROPE, AND AT SOME POINT IT COULD BE, UH, OUR OWN FREEDOMS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. UM, SO I'M VERY, VERY NERVOUS THAT A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE AT UKRAINE'S EXPENSE WILL RESULT IN, UM, MOTIVATING RUSSIA TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, UH, GO AFTER UKRAINE AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. AND OTHER, UH, DEMOCRACIES IN, IN EUROPE. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST AM PLEASED THAT THE TOWN BOARD, UM, RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF, OF UKRAINE. WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL THAT GREENBURG IS, UH, THE SECOND LARGEST UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WESTCHESTER, AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US, UH, KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN THE UKRAINE. AND WE PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY. UM, IN THE FUTURE AT PETA, UH, DUE TO, UM, WE WILL. AND, UM, WE'LL SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, UH, BRIEF FLAG RAISING CEREMONY. THANK YOU. MICROPHONE, CAN YOU PLEASE USE A MICROPHONE? SURE. AND FOR TELEVISION PURPOSES, PROBABLY IF YOU GO TO PODIUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINER. I'D LIKE TO OPEN WITH A STATEMENT FROM THE UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF WESTCHESTER BRANCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PETER DUDA. I AM THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE, WESTCHESTER BRANCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR GATHERING HERE TONIGHT. WE STAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE. WE COME TOGETHER TO HONOR TO REMEMBER, TO HONOR AND TO REAFFIRM OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST THE BRUTAL AGGRESSION OF TERRORIST RUSSIA. THIS WAR IS NOT JUST A BATTLE FOR TERRITORY. IT IS A, IT IS A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND THE VERY RIGHT TO EXIST. PLEASE LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO GREENBURG TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER AND THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD FOR THEIR STEADFAST AND ONGOING SUPPORT OF UKRAINE. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS UNJUST WAR, THEY HAVE STOOD WITH US, NOT JUST IN WORDS, BUT IN ACTIONS. THEIR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND THEIR ADVOCACY FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE REMIND US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS STRUGGLE. THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COMPASSION SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT EVEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THAT WE CAN USE OUR VOICES TO STAND AGAINST TYRANNY, AND THAT WE CAN EXTEND A HAND TO THOSE IN NEED. TONIGHT, AS WE GATHER TO RAISE UKRAINE'S FLAG AND HOLD UKRAINE IN OUR HEARTS, LET US ALSO HOLD ONTO HOPE. THE HOPE THAT JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL, THAT UKRAINE WILL TRIUMPH AND THAT PEACE WILL RETURN TO ITS LAND, SLAVO. AND NOW, UM, I'VE GOT A FEW WORDS. IT'S MORE THAN A FEW, AND I MAY, I MIGHT JUST WING THIS. UM, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO, I WASN'T, I THOUGHT THE NEWS 12 WOULD BE HERE. AND I WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND A FEW THINGS. UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, AND I I SAY THIS, I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT THE, THE FAVORITE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I DID VOTE FOR HIM, AND I SUPPORT MUCH OF WHAT HE'S DOING. BUT I ALSO SUPPORTED PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND I CONTINUE TO ROOT FOR ALL OF OUR PRESIDENTS AND THE USA AS A WHOLE AND THE WHOLE WORLD. WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THE WORLD. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND ESPECIALLY ALL OF YOU TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR THIS IS, HAS [00:05:01] BECOME AN ISSUE. UM, THE OLD SAYING ABOUT, UH, OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS, UH, WORTH A POUND OF CURE. BACK IN 2014, WHEN THE FIRST, UH, TANKS SHOWED UP ON, UH, EASTERN UKRAINE, IF SOMEBODY STOOD UP AND SAID, GET THEM OUTTA HERE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT FESTERED AND FESTERED, AND HERE WE ARE. NOW, WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. UKRAINE IS THE PIVOT POINT FOR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, ZELENSKY IS TRYING. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS TRYING TO START WORLD WAR III. NOW. I HATE TO TELL HIM, BUT WORLD WAR III HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW. AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS TRYING TO STOP WORLD WAR III FROM BECOMING WORLD WAR FOREVER. BECAUSE IF RUSSIA GRABS UKRAINE AND GRABS CRIMEA AND STARTS BUILDING A BASE AND STARTS EXPORTING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPORTING ALL THESE YEARS, THIS IS FOREVER. SO THE BATTLE OF UKRAINE IS NOW FEW FACTS ABOUT WHY UKRAINE IS FIGHTING SO FIERCELY. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THE, THE STORY OF THE DUMAR, BUT I CALL IT THE GREATEST FAKE NEWS STORY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE WALTER DURANTE WORKING FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES IN 32 33, REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS IN UKRAINE. AND MEANWHILE, THE RUSSIANS WERE STARVING 6 MILLION PEOPLE TO DEATH. AND THOSE PEOPLE, AND IT GOT TO THE POINT THERE WAS NO BIRDS, THERE WAS NO FARM ANIMALS LEFT. AND SOME OF 'EM WERE EATING THEIR DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS. AND THIS IS THE RUSSIANS DOING IT PRIMARILY TO UKRAINIANS. UM, I PRINTED A SMALL MAP OF WHERE THE WHOLE OF THE MORGUE TOOK PLACE. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS GONNA SHOW ON TELEVISION, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALMOST ALL UKRAINIAN. 6 MILLION PEOPLE MURDERED. NEXT, NEXT STORY. AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLY WATER IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE DO HAVE A SURVIVOR OF THE GERMAN NAZI AND RUSSIAN COMMUNIST ATTACK ON POLAND AND WHAT THE AFTERMATH WAS. DR. MARIA K CHU IS IN THE ROOM HERE WITH US. AND I SENT HER LIFE STORY. THANK GOD THAT SHE PUBLISHED IT WITH THE HELP OF HER DAUGHTERS. SHE PUBLISHED IT. I GAVE IT TO CONGRESSMAN, UH, LAMER AND LOLER. AND I HOPE FOR A BIPO BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO SEND THAT AROUND TO CONGRESS BECAUSE IT TELLS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE RUSSIANS OCCUPIED WHAT WAS THEN EASTERN POLAND. THEY CAME IN AND THEY WERE EVICTING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SENDING THEM TO SIBERIA. THE COX ORDERS WERE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE 'CAUSE THEY HAD BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES, EARNED MONEY. MOTHER GOT HOMESICK, THEY MOVED BACK, THEY HAD MONEY. THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE. NOW THEY WERE WEALTHY. AND WE DON'T WANT WEALTHY PEOPLE IN A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. SO JUST BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THEY MADE IT OUT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T. AND A LOT OF 'EM WENT TO SIBERIA AND OTHER PLACES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO 'EM. WHEN WORLD WAR II STARTED AND THE RUSSIANS STARTED RETREATING. THEY WERE SLAUGHTERING UKRAINIANS AS THEY RETREATED IN THE BOOKS THAT I READ. THEY CALLED IT SCORCHED EARTH POLICY, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE SCORCHED FLESH. AND WHEN WE WENT WITH MY WIFE TO VISIT HER FAMILY IN , THEY TOOK US TO A MASS GRAVE IN THAT TOWN. IN THE KOOR STORY, KOOR CHU FAMILY STORY. THEY HAD MASS GRAVES IN THEIR TOWN. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ANYWHERE, BUT THIS IS WHY UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING. AND THIS IS WHY I WAS HOPING NEWS 12 WOULD PUBLISH IF YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF BAD STUFF GOING ON. RUSSIANS, I SLAUGHTERED JUST PEOPLE KNOW THESE THINGS. 20,000 POLISH LEADERS WERE TAKEN TO THE COTTON FOREST, KILLED JUST SLAUGHTERED. RUSSIA ATTACKED FINLAND. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSAND FINS DIED PROTECTING THEIR TERRITORY. BUT THEY TOOK LAND FROM THE FINS, AND THEY STILL HOLD IT. THEY TOOK APIA FROM GEORGIA, SOUTH TOYA. THEY STILL HAVE TROOPS IN MOLDOVA. WHY? WHEN IS THIS GONNA STOP? IT HAS TO STOP. RUSSIA DESTROYED WHOLE CITIES IN SYRIA OVER, THEY'VE OVERTHROWN GOVERNMENTS [00:10:01] IN NORTH AFRICA. THEY KILLED BLACK AFRICAN MINERS WHO REFUSE TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS IN CENTRAL AFRICA. THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CUBA, WHOSE ECONOMY IS SO BAD. THE LIGHTS, THEY COULDN'T KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. WHAT'S THE POINT? WHY GET WHY ALIVE WITH RUSSIA? WHY EVEN LISTEN TO THEM? MY WIFE AND I WENT FOR A HONEYMOON IN VENEZUELA. WE'RE NOT CRAZY. BUT BOTH OF US HAD BEEN TO HAWAII, SO WE SAID, LET'S PICK SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 1987. VENEZUELA WAS A DECENT COUNTRY, DECENT PEOPLE. FOOD WAS GOOD, PRICES WERE GOOD. WE WEREN'T AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE. AND NOW EVERYBODY'S RUNNING AWAY FROM THERE AGAIN. RUSSIAN INFLUENCE. AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE, YOU, ALL OF US HAVE WATCHED ON TELEVISION DESTRUCTION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, HOTELS, CHURCHES, RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE. ONCE THEY, THE RUSSIANS HEARD THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE GATHERING, THE FAMILY WAS GONNA BE GATHERING TO HAVE A DINNER TOGETHER, TO, IN MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN SOLDIER IN THEIR FAMILY, THEY BOMBED THAT TO KILL 'EM. AND NOW, NOW THEY'RE BOMBING. THEY SENT THE SECOND VESSEL TO THESE SITES TO KILL THE FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THIS IS NOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR. WE NEED TO STAND UP TO THIS. THEY'RE RIGHT IN OUR FACES WITH ALL OF THIS IS VISIBLE, AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF IT. WE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF IT. UKRAINIANS ARE NOT. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHEN THIS WAR STARTED, 2014 IS THE DATE THAT THAT'S PUSHED OUT THERE INITIALLY, BUT IT ACTUALLY STARTED SOONER THAN THAT. IT STARTED IN JULY OF 2012 WHEN PUTIN BANNED UKRAINIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN RUSSIA. THERE USED TO BE THE UKRAINIAN WORLD. CONGRESS USED TO HAVE BRANCHES. THEY COME, THEY WE'RE AFFILIATED WITH THE UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE COMES UNDER THE US CONGRESS COMMITTEE, AND THEN THERE'S A WORLD CONGRESS. PUTIN BANNED ALL OF IT. THAT WAS HIS FIRST STEP. HE'S GONNA START. HE, HE WAS MAKING SURE UKRAINIANS COULDN'T GET TOGETHER TO STOP HIM TO DOING WHAT HE'S DOING. AND THEN, UH, AFTER PRESIDENT YANUKOVICH, WHO WAS PUTIN'S PUPPET, STARTED KILLING UKRAINIAN PROTESTORS. AND HE FLED TO RUSSIA. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, HE TOOK THE WHOLE BUDGET WITH HIM. THE WHOLE BUDGET WENT TO RUSSIA. AND YOU THINK RUSSIA DIDN'T KNOW THAT. NOW, PUTIN AT THAT POINT KNEW HE HAD TO ACT QUICKLY. THE UKRAINIAN ARMY COULDN'T FIGHT 'CAUSE THEY HAD ALMOST NO AMMUNITION. THEY HAD NOTHING TO FIGHT WITH AN ARMY AND NOTHING TO BUY AMMUNITION WITH. SO PUTIN LOST HIS PUPPET IN UKRAINE. HE STILL HAS PUPPETS IN BELARUS, GEORGIA, SLOVAKIA, AND HUNGARY. AND SOMEHOW HE HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO CONTROL ELECTIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS OFTEN STATED THAT PUTIN WOULD NOT HAVE STARTED THIS WAR IF HE WAS IN OFFICE. SO I HAVE, I HAVE TO RAISE A QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE WITH SUPPOSEDLY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, MAYBE IT WAS STOLEN BY PUTIN. MAYBE HE'S THE ONE THAT DOCKED THE MACHINES, OR HE DID SOMETHING. I KNOW. NO, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR A STOLEN ELECTIONS. I'M NOT, NOT A BIG FAN OF IT EITHER. BUT IF IT WAS STOLEN, MAYBE PUTIN DID IT. BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD A GOOD EXPLANATION. THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS WEIRD WAS THE BLOWING UP OF THAT 18 T BUILDING IN NASHVILLE THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO USE TO ANALYZE THESE MACHINES. THERE'S SOME STRANGER DID IT. BUT THAT'S A DECLARATION OF MY PART. MY WISH FOR ALL OF THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, MY WISH IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING A JUST PIECE FOR UKRAINE. I WISH, I WISH JOE BIDEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I WISH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I WANT AMERICA TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I WANT DEMOCRACY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND I, AND I WANT A PIECE THAT DOESN'T LEAVE RUSSIA WITH A LARGER CONTROL OF THE WORLD WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY. 'CAUSE UKRAINE FEEDS A GOOD PORTION OF AFRICA [00:15:01] AND IT FEEDS A GOOD PORTION OF ASIA. I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE RARE EARTH MINERALS, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE A GREATER ABILITY TO EXPORT THEIR EVIL AROUND THE WORLD. AND I HOPE THROUGH ALL THESE NEGOTIATIONS, IF THEY'RE NOT DONE WELL, THAT I HOPE WE DON'T BRING ANOTHER AFGHANISTAN TO, TO THE US BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO THAT IF IT'S DONE NOT DONE PROPERLY. OR IT COULD BE A SECOND KOREA WITH ARM TWO ARMIES FACING EACH OTHER FOR DECADES. THAT COULD HAPPEN. WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE, OKAY. UH, UM, YEP, I GET IT. THAT'S, THIS IS WHY I SAY I GET CARRIED AWAY. LET ME, LET ME, UH, FINISH QUICKLY. UM, I WANNA STOP CALLING ZELENSKY A DICTATOR. UH, HE, HE HASN'T KILLED HIS OPPOSITION. I AM PROUD OF HIM. AND I WANT TO RESTORE, WHICH I THINK JUST HAPPENED IN THE NEWS, RESTORE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES. I ALSO HAVE A FEW IDEAS, WHICH I'M GONNA JUST SHARE QUICKLY. THERE'S A, A SEAT IN THE UN THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE SOVIET UNION. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE AS A MINIMUM SHARED WITH UKRAINE. 'CAUSE UKRAINE WAS PART OF THAT. AND UKRAINE SUFFERED MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UKRAINE BE ABLE TO TRY AND GET THESE PEOPLE BACK THERE. WERE SENT AN EXILE, AND WE CAN BRING THEM BACK TO UKRAINE AND EXCHANGE THEM FOR THE RUSSIANS THAT THE RUSSIANS PLANTED IN UKRAINE. SO, IT'S AN EVEN EXCHANGE. IT'S NOT A, I DON'T WANT TO KILL ANYBODY. IF YOU NOTICE, I'M NOT PROPOSING KILLING, BUT I JUST LIKE TO SEE US WITH A GOOD SOLUTION THAT KEEPS UKRAINE WHOLE. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. GOD BLESS AMERICA. SLAVO. SO NOW WE'LL JUST GO OUTSIDE FOR A BRIEF, UH, UH, FLAG RAISING CEREMONY. THEN. YOU READY? [00:23:23] YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UM, WE READY? LET'S SEE TO START. OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO NOW, UH, WE'LL START THE, UH, REGULAR WORK SESSION. THE FIRST THING IS, UH, DEDICATION FOR THE DRISCOLLS, UM, UH, AT THE STATION, UM, AT THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION. I SENT EVERYBODY SOME POSSIBLE DATES, UH, AND TIMES, UM, THAT WOULD BE CONVENIENT. AND I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF WE COULD AGREE ON A DEDICATION DATE AND TIME. I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK MY WORK SCHEDULE SO I CAN GET BACK TO JOHN. OKAY. SO WE COULD, WE COULD DO IT. UH, YOU KNOW, I, I EMAILED THAT IN TIMES. ARE THESE THE PROPOSED DATES RIGHT HERE? THE TABLE? YEAH. APRIL 16TH. 15TH OR 14TH, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT TIME? WHATEVER TIME DOWN. I PUT DOWN TIMES THAT I COULD MAKE IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER, OTHER MENTION OF TIMES. NO, I'M SAYING WHATEVER TIME YOU CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE. I GOTTA SEE WHAT DAY. YOU KNOW, I, I, IT'S MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY. NO, I'D RATHER, I'D WANNA WORK WITH YOU. I DEFINITELY, I DEFINITELY CAN'T DO TUESDAY AND EVERYBODY ELSE TUESDAY. WE, WE JUST HAVE TO, WE JUST HAVE TO COME UP WITH LIKE A DATE AND TIME AND THEN WE COULD PUBLICIZE IT. WHAT WOULD YOU WANT? IS THIS GONNA BE IN THE EVENING? UH, WELL THIS IS, UM, FOR PETE O RUSHING. FRANCIS, ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THE, GINA WANTS TO KNOW IF IT'S IN THE EVENING. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THE EVENING? NO, I ASKED. YEAH, I, I HAD MENTIONED ONE OF THEM BEING AT, YOU KNOW, FIVE 30 OR SO, SO THAT WE MIGHT EVEN GET COMMUTERS IN. MIGHT WANT, COULD, UM, BE PART OF THIS? WELL, IT CAN'T BE TUESDAY. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION. WEDNESDAY WOULD [00:25:01] PROBABLY BE THE 16TH. YEP. IS THAT WEDNESDAY THE 16TH? WEDNESDAY THE 16TH? MM-HMM . AFTER FIVE WOULD, DO YOU WANNA SAY WEDNESDAY THE 16TH AT FIVE 30. OKAY. RIGHT NOW IT WORK. DOES THAT RIGHT NOW IT WORKS. JUST PUT IT IN AS A TENTATIVELY. TENTATIVELY IT WORKS. OKAY. WHAT DAY DID HE PICK IN THE 16TH? WEDNESDAY THE 16TH AT FIVE 30. I HAVE CHECK THE EMAIL ACCIDENT. SO, SO APRIL, SHOULD WE FINALIZE IT NEXT WEEK? I'M SORRY, IT'S APRIL. NOT, YEAH, APRIL. SO DO YOU WANT TO FINALIZE IT NEXT WEEK AND WE'LL PUT IT ON THE, I CAN PUT IT ON THERE, BUT AGAIN, IT DEPENDS. WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL CONFIRM IT NEXT WEEK AND THEN, THEN WE COULD START PUBLICIZING IT AFTER NEXT WEEK. OKAY. THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL ASK, UH, THE DRISCOLLS IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. AND, OKAY. NEXT, UM, UH, NAMI HAD ASKED FOR, UM, A DISCOUNT FOR THE SHOW MOBILE. UM, AND, UM, I SPOKE TO JOE AND DO YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THOUGHTS YOU HAD, THEY WANT TO RENT THE SHOW MOBILE, AND I GUESS YOUR CONCERN IS THAT IT'S CREATES A PRECEDENT. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN AS WELL, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY A MUNICIPALITY'S SUPPOSED TO BE RECEIVING THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS OR SERVICES. EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS FIRST. SURE. SO, UH, IS THIS ON? YES. SO THE SHOW MOBILE IS RENTED OUT TO MUNICIPALITIES AND ALSO TO NONPROFITS ON A REGULAR BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE SEVERAL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS? UH, IT'S THE SHOW MOBILES THE MOBILE STAGE. OKAY. AND THE COUNTY HAS ONE. WE HAVE ONE, SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THEM. MM-HMM . UM, WE RENT THAT OUT. IT TAKES TWO, UM, OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO OPEN AND CLOSE IT. AND OUR, I THINK WE'RE CHARGING, I THINK WE'RE NOW $1,200. UM, WE ALREADY HAVE RENTED IT OR SET IT ASIDE FOR OTHER NONPROFITS. I JUST WANT DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A BREAK, WE SHOULD GIVE A BREAK TO EVERY NONPROFIT. 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL GREAT CAUSES. MAKE A WISH. CYSTIC FIBROSIS. UM, MUNICIPALITIES NOT SO MUCH, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY NONPROFITS. HOW IS NAMI DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS? PAUL, WHAT, HOW IS NAMI DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS? IT'S NOT REALLY DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST ASKED FOR, THEY ASKED FOR A DISCOUNT. HOW MUCH OF A DISCOUNT, WHATEVER WE COULD GIVE THEM. THEY'LL TAKE, THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY IT. BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOME NONPROFITS PROBABLY ARE NOT RENTING FROM US BECAUSE OF THE PRICE. AND IF WE WERE TO LOWER THE PRICE FOR EVERYONE, WE MIGHT END UP WITH A LOT MORE THAT ARE ASKING FOR IT ALSO. I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT, BUT I DO, I MEAN, WE HAVE ALSO TWO, TWO SHOW MOBILES. WE HAVE ONE SHOW MOBILE. I THOUGHT WE DIDN'T, WE HAVE TWO AT ONE POINT A LONG TIME AGO. OH, I THOUGHT WE STILL OKAY. WE SOLD THE OTHER ONE. OKAY. UH, I MEAN, I, UH, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, I, WE'D HAVE TO DO ACROSS THE BOARD NON-PROFIT DISCOUNT. I CAN JUST DO ONE. WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY SET THIS UP FOR THE YEAR. UM, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS IN AT THIS POINT. RIGHT. I JUST THOUGHT PERHAPS IF THIS IS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO GREAT CAUSES THAT ARE NOT NON-PROFIT. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE START? WHERE DO WE END? I, I I, I AGREE, FRANCIS. WELL, IF ANYTHING WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD REVISIT NEXT YEAR, WE CAN'T DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. OKAY. SO THEN WE, UH, THEN THE ANSWER IS WE WON'T DO IT FOR THE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT DO. OKAY. I DON'T THINK THEY EXPECTED US TO ACTUALLY DO THE DISCOUNT, BUT AS THEY PUT INTO THE INBOUND, THEY HAD TO ASK. RIGHT. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I WORK. THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND. DOESN'T HURT TO ASK FOR ANYTHING. AND IT'S A GOOD CAUSE. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE. BUT IT'S, UM, IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON, BUT COUNCILWOMAN HABER MADE A GOOD POINT. GOOD. OKAY. NEXT. SO DID THE TOWN ATTORNEY. YES. OKAY. NEXT. WE ARE ACTUALLY THREE MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. UM, SO I JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, UH, I, UH, ASKED THAT WE DISCUSS SIGNAGE AROUND TOWN PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND OPPOSING DISCRIMINATION. AND I HAD AN IDEA THAT I WANTED TO SUGGEST, UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD. AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, TO, UM, FOR THE TOWN BOARD, UM, TO SPONSOR AN ART CONTEST IN THE SCHOOLS. UM, AND BASICALLY, UM, ASK, UH, CHILDREN TO COME UP WITH, UH, POSTERS. AND WE WOULD CHANGE IT EVERY YEAR, UM, HIGHLIGHTING, UM, OUR COMMITMENT TO BLACK LIVES, UM, FIGHTING ASIAN DISCRIMINATION, UM, FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE L-G-T-B-L-G, UH, BTQ COMMUNITY, UH, FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE HISPANIC, THE ASIAN, THE CHINESE INDIAN COMMUNITY. AND WHAT I THOUGHT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD PUT THE SIGNS, UM, UH, THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMITMENT, [00:30:01] UM, TO DIVERSITY AND OPPOSING DISCRIMINATION, UM, OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL AND, UM, AT, UH, KEY LOCATIONS AROUND THE TOWN OF ENTRANCES TO THE TOWN. BECAUSE THIS WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL WELCOME AND APPRECIATED. AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, UH, APPRECIATE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND BACKGROUNDS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING, I COULD ORGANIZE, UM, THE CONTEST IF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE BOARD WOULD BASICALLY, UH, WHILE WE WOULD DO, WE COULD FORM LIKE A COMMITTEE. WE COULD WORK WITH SARAH BRACY WHITE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR OFFICE. WE COULD SET UP A, A PANEL THAT WOULD, UH, LOOK AT THE POSTERS AND EVERY YEAR WE WOULD CHANGE THE POSTERS. AND THIS IS A WAY, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR, UM, FOR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE, UH, DIVERSITY AND A MORE INCLUSIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY. SO WHAT KIND OF POSTERS DO THEY HAVE TO WITHSTAND WEATHER? AND NO, THEY WOULD, THEY, THEY WOULD COME UP WITH A DESIGN AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD THEN FIGURE OUT A WAY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, REPRINTING IT. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PUBLICIZING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT IT IN THE TALENT ACTIVITIES BROCHURE. WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO OUR BEST TO PROMOTE IT. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO NICE, UH, TO DO SO TO DO SOMETHING WHERE CHILDREN ARE BASICALLY INVOLVED IN, IN THE PROCESS TO FIGHT HATRED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND RACISM AND ANTISEMITISM AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS COULD BE A REAL POSITIVE LEARNING PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY. YEP. AND MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME REALLY NICE POSTERS. WHAT AGE ARE YOU THINKING FOR THE SCHOOL? UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A POSTER. WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, GRADE SCHOOL. WE COULD HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE COULD HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL. WE COULD, WE, WE COULD HAVE THREE SEPARATE ONES. AND YEAH, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND, THEY'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, POSTERS AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, UM, LOOK AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WAY OF BEING A PERMANENT PRESENCE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS. OKAY. BOARD. THAT'S GOOD. SO THEN I'LL START, I'LL SPEAK. WE NEED, I THINK WE NEED TO PLAN ABOUT, I THINK, I THINK I, I'LL COME UP WITH PROPOSAL. MM-HMM . NO, I'LL ASK YOU GOTTA WRITE A PROPOSAL. YOU'RE GONNA WRITE A PROPOSAL. I'LL ASK KRISTEN TO WRITE A I'LL ASK MY ASSISTANT TO, UH, HELP ME COME UP WITH A, A PROPOSAL. IF YOU COULD JUST WRITE A PROPOSAL THAT I, I JUST THINK THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS, AND I LOVE WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSION. IT IS JUST, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY COULD BE PRESENTED TO US, US SO WE CAN DIGEST IT AND THEN HAVE A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WELL. WELL, THAT'S, BUT YOU ARE, YOU, YOU ALREADY, SO THERE'S A CONCEPT RIGHT NOW. YOU PROPOSE, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IN THE FUTURE, WE, WE GET INTO THESE SITUATIONS ALL THE TIME THAT YOU PROPOSE THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TIME, YOU DON'T PROPOSE A TO US. SO WE CAN DIGEST IT AND HAVE A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. WHERE I WORK, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS. IF THERE'S IDEAS, WE SIT, WE TALK ABOUT IT, THEN WE COME AND TALK TO, TO EACH OTHER ABOUT IT. BUT IF YOU WANNA PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER, PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER AND SEND IT AROUND TO THE, TO THE BOARD. OKAY. SO WE CAN ALL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY. JUST IN THE FUTURE, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE IDEAS, CAN WE KNOW ABOUT 'EM FIRST? NO. WELL, I DID. I DID. I ACTUALLY JUST SAID NO, NO, I'M NOT, I'M THE SUPERVISOR HAS MENTIONED THIS ONE BEFORE. OKAY. BUT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE. I'M TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL. I, MY COMMENTS WERE JUST TO BE IN GENERAL. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT. UM, UM, UH, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ROY BROOK AND THE WESTCHESTER, UM, MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS. AND, UM, UM, I SENT EVERYBODY YESTERDAY A VIDEO, UH, UH, A YOUTUBE VIDEO, UH, WITH, UH, THE ATTORNEY, UM, WHO, UM, UH, THE UNI WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, UM, WOULD LIKE TO CONTRACT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT THEY'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO DO, UH, EACH COMMUNITY, UM, TO BASICALLY COMMIT TO $5,000. UM, UM, AND THEY WOULD HIRE AN ATTORNEY WHO, WHO SPECIALIZES IN UTILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, RATES WHO WOULD BASICALLY, UM, UH, FIGHT, UM, THE INCREASES. AND ALSO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY. I WAS LI WATCHING, UH, THE VIDEO, UH, YESTERDAY. IT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, CONED IS PROPOSING EXCESSIVE, YOU KNOW, RATE HIKES. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PSE IS GONNA BE DOING IS THEY'RE GONNA BE DECIDING HOW THE RATE HIKES ARE DIVVIED UP. SO, UH, YOU COULD HAVE, UH, NEW YORK CITY, UM, THEY HAVE A BIG PRESENCE BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. WESTCHESTER IN THE PAST HAS NOT HAD IT. SO THIS LAWYER, UH, WOULD BASICALLY BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP US, UM, FIGURE OUT A WAY OF GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY. I THINK THAT THERE'S ABOUT 10 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. WHICH COMMUNITIES ARE THOSE ONE? [00:35:01] I, UH, WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, UM, UH, ONE IS IRV, I KNOW, I THINK IRVINGTON, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SIGNED ON. UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST PROBABLY WILL BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAXIMUM OF, IF THEY GET 20 COMMUNITIES, IT'S $5,000. IF WE GET MORE THAN 20 COMMUNITIES, IT'S LESS THAN 5,000. BUT EVERYBODY'S RATES ARE NOW, IT'S LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR CONED. SO, SO THE THING IS, IF, IF THIS INDIVIDUAL IS, IS ABLE TO HELP US SAVE SOMETHING, CAN CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN, THE, WHAT HIS APPROACH IS, WILL BE, HE BASICALLY WILL BE, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, THE COMMUNITIES, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WELL, NO, NO, NO. I UNDERSTAND THAT PART. ELLEN. ELLEN, CAN I JUST, I'M SORRY. COUNCILWOMAN. UM, HENDRICKS, WE HAVE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE JEWEL WILLIAMS WHO REPRESENT US. CAN YOU COME AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME MORE INSIGHT WITH REGARDS TO WHAT PAUL'S REFERRING TO? THANK YOU. RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAIN, THE MAIN THING IS THAT, UM, THE WESTCHESTER, THIS CAME FROM THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT, UM, THEY'RE ASKING EVERY COMMUNITY IN WESTCHESTER TO SIGN ONTO THIS. I UNDERSTOOD. I WAS, I WASN'T ASKING THAT. I WAS ASKING WHAT THE, THE ATTORNEY WAS, WHAT HIS APPROACH WOULD BE, BUT PERHAPS LEGISLATOR WILLIAMS JOHNSON HAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, SINCE GOOD EVENING. YES. IT'S, UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO THE TABLE. UH, SO PULP, THE, UH, PUBLIC UTILITY LAW PROJECT HAS FILED A SUIT, UM, AGAINST THE RATE INCREASES OF CON EDISON. UM, THIS ATTORNEY IS JOINING IN WITH THAT LAWSUIT, BUT PULP IS, UM, ENCOURAGING MUNICIPALITIES TO JOIN. THE BETTER, THE MORE, THE MORE INCREASED NUMBERS, THE BETTER. UM, SO ANY, ANY MUNICIPALITY CAN JOIN INTO THEIR LAWSUIT WITHOUT, IT DOES NOT COST TO JOIN IN. UH, THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS JUST PASSED, UH, AN ACT LAST NIGHT TO JOIN IN, UH, DESIGNATED A APPOINT PERSON. THE, THE MAIN THING IS TO HAVE SOMEONE AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH THEM IN HOPES OF, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S BILLS ARE ALREADY RIDICULOUS. AND THEIR, UH, PROPOSED INCREASE IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST. AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE, OF WHY THE CURRENT RATES ARE SO HIGH. UH, SO ANYONE CAN JOIN THE LAWSUIT AND YOU, AND YOU DESIGNATE YOUR POINT PERSON TO BE AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE. THIS LAWYER IS APPROACHING MUNICIPALITIES AND THE, UH, MUNICIPAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GIVING A RATE OF, UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ESTIMATING AT LEAST 20 MINUTES OF PENALTIES JOIN IN, WHICH WOULD DIV DIVVY UP THE COST APPROXIMATELY $5,000 EACH. BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE PART OF PULPS LAWSUIT. YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE A POINT PERSON, A DESIGNATED PERSON TO BE AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLES AS PART OF THE SUIT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, YOU'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, POPE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND OUR RATES KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP, AND THE DELIVERY CHARGES ARE, ARE REALLY EXCESSIVE. AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, IF ALL OF WESTCHESTER WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, IF MANY COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER WOULD RETAIN THE SERVICES OF, UH, AN ATTORNEY WHO SPECIALIZES IN, UM, IN UTILITY EFFORTS, AND THEY, AND THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL GIVES THE TOWN BOARD, UH, AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES PERIODIC, UH, REPORTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND COMMENTS. UM, AND, UM, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND SOME OTHER INITIATIVES, UM, I THINK THAT THE AVERAGE, UH, WESTCHESTER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE GREENBERG RESIDENT WILL SAVE MORE THAN $5,000 OVER THE THREE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT. I'M, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, IF, IF, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE, THE LEGISLATOR SAID THAT THERE, WE WOULD GET THE SAME KIND OF SERVICE PLUS A SEAT AT THE TABLE IF WE JOINED IN THIS CONSORTIUM. CORRECT. OKAY. RATHER THAN PAYING MONIES INTO THIS ATTORNEY, I, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE IS A, A GREAT ATTORNEY. I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME FOR SURE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE PART [00:40:01] OF THIS CONSORTIUM AND RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, HOW WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT? I THINK THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS GONNA BE, UM, I THINK KEEPING, I THINK THIS PERSON HAS, YOU KNOW, MORE EXPERIENCE. HE'S MORE EXPERIENCE. I'M WAS WAS ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE. I THINK IT'S A ADDITIONAL, WAS THERE A RESUME EXPERIENCE? NO, I'M NOT, NO. PAUL, JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WAS I, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT. SO WAS IT PAUL, CHRIS? SORRY, PAUL, PLEASE, IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGEST SUGGESTION WAS FAVOR, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CREDENTIALS OF THE ATTORNEY. I MEAN, I'M, I WOULD BET MY BOTTOM DOLLAR THAT HE HAS A PROPOSAL PACKAGE THAT HE'S ISSUED TO NOT OVER THE, UH, MUNICIPAL OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION, BUT WILLING TO SHARE WITH YOU. WHY DON'T YOU ASK FOR THAT? AND PULP WAS WILLING TO COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THEIR PROPOSAL AND HOW THEY WOULD REPRESENT AND THE BENEFITS OF YOU ADJOINING. SO DID MAKE SUGGESTION, WHY DON'T WE GET BOTH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL OF THE COUNTIES PLANNING TO USE, AND WHY DON'T WE INVITE THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION TO, UM, HAVE, UM, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. I SAID THE ATTORNEY THAT'S PITCHING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND PULP NO, I'M SAYING THAT'S RIGHT. NO, I DIDN'T SAY THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE DON'T HAVE, I'VE SAID THE, UH, THE ATTORNEY YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, THAT'S PITCHING TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND PULP WHO HAS A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON WHY, UH, JOINING WITH THEM WOULD BENEFIT AND WHETHER AND THE PROS AND CONS OR THE DIFFERENCE OF HAVING A HIRED ATTORNEY OR NOT. DID THE LEG EXCUSE, AND I UNDERSTAND PAUL IS EXCUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE ATTORNEYS. SURE. DID THE LEGISLATURE ALSO VET THIS PARTICULAR ATTORNEY? NO, THE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATOR HAS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. RIGHT. BUT WE'VE DESIGNATED OUR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELIJAH'S TITLE IS, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY DIRECTOR AS OUR POINT PERSON. AND, UM, SO REPRESENT THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR, THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY WILL BE THE BOARD'S POINT PERSON. OKAY. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE COUNTY, THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION HAS ASKED THEIR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT BEFORE END OF, YOU KNOW, MARCH. I ALSO, IF WE WANNA PARTICIPATE, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH US, WOULD IT MAKE ANY SENSE, UH, FOR UM, US AT THE NEXT, FIRST OF ALL, I SENT YOU THE, THE, UH, YOUTUBE, UH, DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT. UH, I SENT IT LAST NIGHT. UH, I SENT IT TO, UH, EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD. UH, THERE WAS A 45 MINUTE PRESENTATION FROM THE LAWYER, UH, EXPLAINING WHAT HE WOULD, I WATCHED IT. YEAH. UH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW BECAUSE WHEN I'M OUT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, EVERY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET WITH THE CONED RATE HIKES MM-HMM . AND THEY'RE UPSET WITH THE DELIVERY CHARGES. AND THEY BASICALLY, UH, ARE UPSET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T PLANNED, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A CRISIS FOR FOR MANY PEOPLE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UM, UH, THAT YOU, ME, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I'VE FOR YEARS COMPLAINED ABOUT CON ED RATES, BUT I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT UTILITY, YOU KNOW, UTILITY LAWS. AND, UM, AND THE THING IS, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THE RALLY THAT SHELLY MAYER HAD, AND YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS WE'RE AGAINST CON ED. IT'S MOTHERHOOD AND APPLE PIE BEING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, CON ED. THE QUESTION IS, HOW COULD WE BE MOST EFFECTIVE? AND, YOU KNOW, MY FAILING IS THAT, UM, IF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE'RE A MEMBER OF, IF THEY'RE RECOMMENDING USING THIS INDIVIDUAL AND WE BASICALLY, UM, PARTICIPATE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, AND IT MAYBE WE HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTING LOWER RATES. IF WE DON'T PARTICIPATE, WE'RE GONNA ALL SAY WE'RE AGAINST CONED RATES HIKES AND A YEAR FROM RATES ENOUGH, I DON'T THINK EITHER SUPPORT THEM OR NOTHING. THINK WE SUPPORT BOTH. WE COULD DO BOTH. WELL, LET'S, LET'S HAVE A BETTER, BUT FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION, WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA AND A PRESENTATION. YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE TOD THIS PRESENTATION. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, THAT HE'S A GOOD ATTORNEY IF, IF MOMOA IS SUPPORTING IT. BUT LET'S ALSO SEE WHAT THE OTHER ONE IS. THAT'S FINE. AND MAYBE SUPPORTING, MAYBE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND IT MAKES SENSE. BUT WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE SIGNING ON FOR. I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THAT. SO WHY DON'T I, UM, ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH, COULD YOU SEND US, YOU KNOW, UH, COULD YOU SURE. ENCOURAGE THAT AND I, I WANT TO, UM, LAWYER TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING BY ZOOM FOR NEXT WEEK, PAUL. YEAH. THEY'LL, THEY'LL ALL BE, THAT'S HOW THEY PRESENT IT TO US. I'M SURE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO FINE VIRTUALLY TO YOU. THAT'S FINE. UM, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR ONE OR THE OTHER. I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAVE DONE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE [00:45:01] IS, UM, I THINK EVERYONE THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO JOIN IN BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU GET COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE I'VE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ON OUR, YOU KNOW, EACH OF OUR OWN BILLS ARE RIDICULOUS. UM, SO I I I THINK IT'S JUST HOW YOU DECIDE TO JOIN IN. UM, ONE THING I DO, A COUPLE THINGS I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS THAT THE PROPOSED RATES, UH, CONED HAS INDICATED IS BECAUSE OF THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, UPDATES NEEDED. BUT IF YOU READ THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE RATES DO NOT BENEFIT WESTCHESTER COUNTY. THEY'RE NOT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. UM, THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE, UM, RECENT OR CURRENT INCREASES AND PROPOSED ONES IS BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY NEEDS OF THESE BIG ENERGY, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, PLANTS FOR, UH, CRYPTO AND, AND THE LIKE. AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT MANY IF, IF ANY, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND. AND I HEAR AND SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST LIKE YOU, IF WE HADN'T SHUT DOWN INDIAN POINT AND WE WOULDN'T BE EXPERIENCING THE RATES, BUT IT'S NOT, UM, THE ACTUAL ENERGY AS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR BILL, IT'S THE DELIVERY CHARGE THAT'S, UH, INSANE. SO JUST KEEP ALL OF THAT IN MIND AND YEAH, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH PAUL. THANK YOU. THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I'LL, I COULD INVITE THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ATTORNEY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD ALSO MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. THAT, I THINK THAT'S, IF YOU CAN, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IS IF WE, I THINK IT'S RIDE BOOK YEAH. BOOK THAT STARTED THIS. RIGHT. SO IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT IS THEIR PROPOSED RETAINER AGREEMENT FOR THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IF THEY DON'T GET 20 PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE, THEY KNOW WHAT IT WON'T HAPPEN. SO IT WON'T GO OVER 5,000. THAT IS THE, I SAW AN EMAIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT. UNFORTUNATELY IN THE VIDEO, SOMEBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S $5,000 AT A MINIMUM, BUT, UH, IT'S CLEAR FROM THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION THAT 500,000 AT, UH, 50, UH, $5,000 AT MAXIMUM. UM, AND MAYBE WE DO BOTH. UH, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE NEED INFORMATION. AND ONE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE GETTING FOUR, $5,000? AND, AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IF BOTH ARE MAKING A PRESENTATION THE SAME NIGHT, THAT COULD BE A VERY LONG MEETING. SO LIKE TO HAVE SOME IDEA OF HOW LONG THEY EXPECT THE PRESENTATION TO BE. WELL, WHEN, WHEN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND BY, BY THE END OF THE, BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. DOESN'T GIVE A LOT OF TIME. BUT, BUT THE THING IS, UM, I SENT EVERYBODY, UH, THE VIDEO, EVERYBODY SAID 45. WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT, BUT SO WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE WHAT YOU SAID, HAVE PRESENTATIONS, HAVE THEM COME AND MAKE PRESENTATIONS. SO WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING. WE HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS, ACTUALLY. WE HAVE THE 18TH AND THE 25TH. SO WE TALKING ABOUT WORK, WE COULD HAVE COME WORK SESSION WEEK AND ONE THE OTHER AND WORK SESSION OR, OR WHAT WE COULD DO IS, UH, SINCE EVERYBODY COULD WATCH THE VIDEO, THE YOUTUBE THAT, WELL, THAT'S FOR US, BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE HAVING THE PRESENTATION I POSTED ON THE 10 WEBSITE ALSO. SO THAT 45 MINUTES IS A LONG TIME. SO IF WE CAN, UM, I, I THINK WE GIVE EACH, EACH ONE OF THEM FIVE 20 MINUTES, MAKE A PRESENTATION. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT TAKE US LONG TO TELL US WHAT THEIR APPROACH IS GONNA BE. IT WAS ABOUT WHEN THEY, WHEN PAUL PRESENTED TO US, IT WAS ABOUT 40 MINUTES WITH THE Q AND A AS WELL. OKAY. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO REALLY OVEREMPHASIZE IS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENCY BEING AWARE THE, THAT WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO, UH, SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS ADVOCATING FOR AN IN-PERSON ONE. SO FAR, THERE ARE TWO VIRTUAL ONES SCHEDULED ON APRIL 8TH, TWO SESSIONS ON APRIL 8TH AND TWO SESSIONS ON APRIL 9TH. SO EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHER NEEDS TO SIGN UP AND MAKE COMMENT AND MAKE AND ADVOCATE AND WHAT THEY OFTEN VOICES HEARD. AND WHAT THEY OFTEN DO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IF IF WE WERE TO SEND A JOINT LETTER, THEY WILL READ THEM. AND ALSO AREN'T ELECTED OFFICIALS GIVEN SOME PREFERENCE IN TERMS OF TIMING? I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. I BELIEVE SO. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THESE HEARINGS IS EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD'S GONNA BE AGAINST THE RATE HIKES. UH, AND YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT. SO THE, THE HEARINGS [00:50:01] BY ITSELF, IT'S MORE FOR SHOW, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SAYING WE'RE AGAINST IT, AND EVERYBODY WILL CHEER AND SAY, WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS. BUT THE, THE, THE WAY OF DEFEATING, UH, OR MAKING PROGRESS IS TO BE IN THE NEGOTIATING, YOU KNOW, TABLE, UH, TO BASICALLY, UM, FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, UM, I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT YOU NEED TO COVER ALL YOUR BASES AND HAVE A TWO STRONG APPROACH. NO, WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING. BUT I'M SAYING MM-HMM . HAVING, UH, AN EXPERT COULD HELP US, UM, GET THE BEST POSSIBLE DEAL. YOU KNOW, WHEN, AND FRANCIS, WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THE VIDEO, I THINK, UH, THERE WAS A, A COMMENT WHERE, UH, SOMETIMES NEW YORK CITY, THEY'RE AT THE TABLE AND SOMETIMES THEY GET BETTER DEALS THAN, THAN WESTCHESTER BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE A FORCE. SO WHEN THE PSC IS ALLOCATING THE RATE HIKES, THEY MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, WESTCHESTER IS GONNA PAY, BE PAYING MORE THAN, UM, THAN NORMALLY WE WOULD BE PAYING IF WE HAD A, A GOOD ADVOCATE ON OUR SIDE. SO THEY, THEY STILL MAY GET THE, THE SAME DOLLARS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GIVE OUR AREA, WELL, LET'S NOT PROJECT. AND, AND UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT IN THE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE, THE STORMS, THE, SOME, SEVERAL OF THE HURRICANES, UM, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE COLLABORATED ON, IN THE UNITED WESTCHESTER AND SOME OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, THERE WAS A LOT OF REPRESENTATION. AND THEY DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS, CREATED A REPORT, WENT TO THE PSC WITH A REPORT, AND THAT, AND IT, THEY, THE, THE JOINT GROUP WAS SUCCESSFUL IN, UM, THE PSC, UM, PENALIZING CONED AND SOME OF THE OTHER UTILITIES. WELL, IT WASN'T SO MUCH VERIZON, BUT CONED AND IT WENT UP IN, IN NORTHERN WESTCHESTER. NO. SO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, WHATEVER WAY WE DO IT. SO IT SHOULD BE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T SAY, OH, WE WERE SU THE COUNTY WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE ERROR RATES ARE SO HIGH THAT NOBODY COULD SAY WE WON BECAUSE WE LOST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DEFINITELY LOST BECAUSE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE RATES ARE EXCESSIVE. THE DELIVERY CHARGES ARE OBSCENE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE PAYING A THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, A MONTH, PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT. AND I SORT OF FEEL FOR $5,000, UM, MAXIMUM. WELL LET, LET'S, LET'S ASSESS THE PRESENTATIONS WHEN WE SEE THEM REPRESENT, HOW ABOUT THAT? EFFECTIVELY OUR RESIDENTS. WE, WE, WE HAVE A PLAN, SO, OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. WELL, GOOD. SO WE'LL HAVE THE MEETING NEXT WEEK AND I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW IT UP. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LEGISLATOR. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LEGISLATOR. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, ANY OTHER THINGS YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US? LIKE FLOOD RELIEF MONEY? WELL, ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD STICK WITH OUR I KNOW, BUT WE, A FEW MINUTES. WE DO. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD. THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING. I COULD SAY, JUST SAY THAT UPDATE YOU THAT, UM, BOTH DAVID, UH, LEGISLATOR, DAVID, AND MEMORIAL AND MYSELF WERE ABLE TO ADVOCATE AND HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S $35 MILLION ADDED TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR, UH, FLOOD RELIEF PROJECTS, BOTH ON THE, UM, SAWMILL, RIVERSIDE AND THE BRONX. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THAT'S GREAT. SEE THAT? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S NEWS OF THE DAY. , ANY OTHER GOOD NEWS? UM, JUST A LOT OF GOOD NEWS. WE, UM, FUNDED ALL THE NONPROFITS IN THE AREA, UH, THIS YEAR. UH, THANKFULLY THE BUDGET ALLOWED FOR THAT. NOT SURE. I, I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, NOT SURE ABOUT NEXT YEAR CONSIDERING, UM, FEDERAL AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SOON TO BE APPROVED STATE BUDGET, BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THE COUNTY HAS, DOES HAVE A NICE CUSHION, A RESERVE FUND. NOT SURE IT WOULD, UH, SUSTAIN FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY AND DRAW FROM IT. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LEGISLATOR WILLIAMS JOHNSON IS THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND SHE WORKS REALLY HARD AND REALLY IS RESPONS VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALSO MAKING THAT BUDGET HAPPEN. WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET THE FUNDS FOR THE SAWMILL OR THE BRONX RIVER? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW LONG IS SUPPOSED, I KNOW THAT DEAN TARU IS WORKING ON, UM, THE REMEDIATION PLAN. SO I'LL, UH, CHECK WITH HIM AND CIRCLE BACK TO YOU. OKAY. WHO, SORRY, WHO WAS WORKING ON THAT? DEAN OLI. HE'S THE NEW NO, I KNOW WHO HE IS. OKAY. HE'LL SAY HE'S THE, HE'S THE FLOOD CZAR FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING. YOU BROUGHT HIM HERE. YEAH, HE WAS. YEAH. AND WHILE YOU'RE HERE, UH, THE MY BIGGEST BEEF IS DON'T SAY LIKE THAT OLD, OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD , UH, THE, WHEN I'M BIKING FROM THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY UP OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD, THERE'S NO CROSSWALK. AND I'VE, I KEEP SEEING PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING. MOST PEOPLE WALK. UH, BUT IT REALLY IS LIKE SUPER DANGEROUS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF, [00:55:01] UM, PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION, UM, LOOKED INTO THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR FINDINGS, BUT I'LL, UH, CHECK SOME. THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT BECAUSE OF WHERE THE, THE LOCATION OF THE CROSSWALK WOULD BE. YEAH. IT COULD BE. I'LL GET THE SEND COULD BE LIKE THE NORTH SIDE, BUT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS DANGEROUS. THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN YOU'RE GOING ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE PATH, UM, UH, WHAT'S THAT STREET? YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S, IT'S NOT FISHER. IT'S, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE STREET NEAR OLD TAR TOWN ROAD. IT'S ON THE WHITE PLAIN SIDE. MM-HMM . UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CARS ARE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BRIDGE. AND, UM, AND THEN THE, THE BIKE PATH IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CROSSES. AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A NO LEFT, NO RIGHT TURN ON RED. UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE WRITTEN TO THE COUNTY BEFORE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CARS SOMETIMES JUST AUTOMATICALLY MAKE A, YOU KNOW, A RIGHT. AND THEY MAY NOT, NOT SEE A BICYCLIST OR A PEDESTRIAN OR A JOGGER MM-HMM . AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF THEY HAD A NO RIGHT TURN ON RED, THEN UH, IT COULD AVOID AN ACCIDENT. SEND ME THAT EXACT LOCATION. YEAH. IT'S JUST THAT THE, IF YOU JUST GO, JUST SEND IT TO, IT'S WHERE THE BIKE CAP IS, RIGHT? WHERE THE OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD. YEAH, YEAH. WELL, I CAN'T PICTURE WHERE THAT IS EXACTLY. BATTLE AVENUE. MAYBE IT'S BATTLE. YEAH. UNLESS WE, WHERE THE BRONX RIVER, WHERE THE BRIDGE? THERE'S A BRIDGE. WHAT BRIDGE ISN'T THAT CLOSE? THEY RECONSTRUCTED. THEY THEY CLOSED IT LAST YEAR AND THEN THEY, THEY, AND THEN THEY YOU MEAN GOING BATTLE ONE 19 GOING INTO TURN OR TO MAIN STREET? YEAH. NO, NO, IT'S GO. NO, IT'S GOING CHATTER. IT GOES RIGHT TO OLD TAR TOWN ROAD. UH, I WILL SAY, I, UM, A COUPLE OF REPS FROM THE, UH, BATTLE HILL, UH, CIVIC ASSOCIATION POINTED OUT SOME CROSSWORK CROSSWALK AND SIGNAGE ISSUES. AND, UH, I DID MEET WITH ASSEMBLYMAN AND CHRIS, UH, BUR ON THAT, AND HIS OFFICE IS WORKING ON IT. SO I WILL DOUBLE, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND, UH OKAY. GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK MADAM LEGISLATOR. MADAM LEGISLATOR. YES, MA'AM. UM, YOU WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE, I'LL ALSO SHARE TOMORROW DURING TOWN CLERK MINUTES, YOUR ANNUAL, UH, WOMEN'S MONTH, UH, CELEBRATION ON, UH, THE 30TH AT GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY. YES. ONE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON, AND WE HOPE EVERYONE CAN COME. WE'RE HONORING, I GET THIS RIGHT. UH, ELIZABETH EL MONTE, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE PLAINS YOUTH BUREAU, GREENBERG'S OWN MONIQUE, UH, GATSON FROM THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, CYNTHIA, YOU, YOU HAVE A, YOU DID A GREAT CYNTHIA, CYNTHIA HOOD, UH, WHO HAILS FROM ELMSFORD, FIRST AFRICAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE SERGEANT AND PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE AND DR. DR UH, AUDREY BRUTUS, WHO, UH, UH, FORMERLY OF THE TARRYTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND YOU CAME UP WITH A, A GREAT INITIATIVE, UH, YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE SPONSORING SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY WITH, UH, A FORMER OFFICIAL FROM, UH, UH, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S, UH, OFFICE, UH, WHO LIVES IN GREENBURG. YES. ASHA NAS, ASHA CASTLEBERRY. UM, SHE WROTE A BOOK ON NATIONAL SECURITY. AND SO, UM, UH, WE HAD, UM, I SET UP TO HAVE THE LIBRARY, UH, JUST FOR AN EVENING TO JUST GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR WOMEN'S, UM, MONTH. AND SO WE ARE JUST DOING A, A BOOK DISCUSSION. NICE. WHEN IS IT? YEAH, I LOVE IT. NEXT WEDNESDAY FROM SIX UNTIL NINE. I MEAN, SIX TO EIGHT. EXCUSE ME. WHO? GOD, . VERY NICE FLYER YOU CAME UP WITH. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. PLEASE GIVE TO MOM, PLEASE, AISHA. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT, UH, A DU, UH, MAILING NOTICE. IS GARRETT COMING DOWN FOR THAT? IS GARRETT GOING TO GARRETT? I THINK WAS, UM, I SAW HIM AS I WAS COMING IN. HE, HE'S PROBABLY AVAILABLE. I, I THINK, I THINK THE COMMISSIONER HAD STATED THAT NEXT WEEK HE WOULD PUT ON THE A DU FOR THE WORK SESSION. OKAY. UM, THAT IS MARCH 18TH, STARTING AT FIVE 30. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THAT WEDNESDAY IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, SO WHAT'S THE MAILING NOTICE? WHAT'S THE MAILING? I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR HOLD. I DID WE HAVE COMMISSION. FRANCIS WANTED TO SEND THAT. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S BEFORE THEM. YOU KNOW, WE GO WAY OUT OF OUR WAY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINANCE RATES VERSUS ESCROW AND ALL THE IS ON. UM, BUT I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT, I I, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY, ANYBODY, UM, AFTER WE PASS IT TO SAY, WHY DIDN'T WE LET, WHY DIDN'T WE LET THEM KNOW? SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF A MAILING. I DON'T HAVE TO THINK IT HAS TO BE TOM WIDE, BECAUSE IT DOES ONLY AFFECTS THE, UM, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. AND SO I'M SURE THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN PAIR DOWN EVEN ACROSS BY WHO WE MAIL TO. GARRETT, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? JUST, WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, A MAILING AND [01:00:01] WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH, UH, ANTHONY FABRIZIO, THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND ABSOLUTELY FOCUS ON ONE FAMILY, UH, RESIDENCE DISTRICTS. AND, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS I'M THINKING WE'LL DIRECT THEM TO CALL, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, GO BEYOND LETTING RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING. BUT I KNOW THAT THE SUPERVISOR, FOR INSTANCE, HAS HAD, UH, PRIOR WORK SESSIONS AND MEETINGS MADE INTO YOUTUBES, SO WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT OUT AS AN INFORMATIONAL, UM, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE SOME OF THE EARLIER PRESENTATIONS, WHICH DO GO INTO MORE DETAIL. UM, I, I DO ADMIT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS EACH SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC HEARING HAPPENS, UM, I TEND TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT LESS INFORMATION JUST SO THAT I'M NOT REPEATING EVERYTHING I SAID, UH, FOR THIS STENOGRAPHER PRIOR. UM, BUT NONETHELESS, WE'LL, WE'LL COORDINATE A MAILING, UM, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I JUST HEARD. AND, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO RESIDENTS. UH, ONE OTHER WAY OF, UH, ADDRESSING THIS IS, UM, UH, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM NOLAN BRANSON AND HE WANTS TO ACCELERATE THE RENEWAL OF SUSTAIN THE, THE ESCO AND, UM, AND MAY, AND THEY ORIGINALLY SAID SUSTAIN SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER POWER. WESTCHESTER POWER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. RIGHT. BUT THEY WANT TO, UH, AND WE COULD HAVE MAYBE ASKED THEM SINCE THEY WERE GONNA SEND OUT A MAILING ANYWAY, IF, IF WE COULD HAVE, UM, DONE SORT OF A COMBINED, YOU KNOW, MAILING AND TALKED ABOUT YOU'RE ASKING JUST MIXING. YOU'RE MIXING. NO, I'M JUST SAYING WE COULD, WE COULD, YOU CAN'T, THEY WON'T DO THAT. THEY'RE NOT MAYBE, UH, THEY DO WANT US TO ACCELERATE. IF WE WANT TO PUT OUT A MAILING, THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO LET US DO THAT . OKAY. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK. WELL, I'M TRYING TO THINK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M THINKING . I'M SORRY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. JUST UH, UH, NO, BRANSON IS FROM WESTCHESTER POWER AND THEN SUSTAINABLE. HE'S SUSTAINABLE WEST. HE'S THE HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER. GOT IT. AND WE USE WESTCHESTER POWER FOR OUR POWER SOURCE. GOTCHA. OKAY. NEXT AGENDA. BUT ALSO THE MAILING SHADE DELINEATE THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADUS BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO GET ALL, GET MERGED TOGETHER, MAYBE EVEN WITH A GRAPHIC. YES. AGREED. AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GET TO WORK ON THIS RIGHT AWAY AND I'LL SEND A SAMPLE OF THE LETTER TO THE TOWN BOARD TOMORROW. GREAT. GREAT. THANK, THANK YOU. RIGHT. ANOTHER THING THAT, THANK YOU. ANOTHER THING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IS WE COULD HAVE, UM, UH, DONE LIKE A QUESTIONNAIRE, UM, AND PUT IT AT THE LIBRARY, UM, AND, UH, PUT IT AT THE TOWN HALL, PUT IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS IN PARKS AND UH, AND UM, AND AT T-D-Y-C-C AND THEN BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, GO TO ALL THESE BUILDINGS, IF THEY SAW A QUESTIONNAIRE, UM, AND WE TELL THEM THIS BECAUSE YOUR CONCERN IS IT WOULD ADUS IMPACT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, HOMES. AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A CHANGE IN THE, THE ZONING. IF WE, IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, AND HAD THE FLYERS ALL OVER, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE, UM, ABLE TO GET A, A GOOD SENSE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD BASICALLY, LIKE CAROL, UM, ALAN WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, SHE'S CONCERNED THAT THE LEGISLATION DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WANT SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S TOO RESTRICTIVE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . IT'S TOO RESTRICTIVE. SO WE COULD GIVE, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES. MM-HMM . I'M SORRY. UH, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, NOTIFYING AND AGAIN, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE DE DELINEATING BETWEEN DELINE DELINEATING, THANK YOU. DELINEATING BETWEEN THE THREE. UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IN ADDITION TO, UH, WOULD IT REQUIRE A LEGAL NOTICE IN AS AS OPPOSED TO A MAILING OR IN ADDITION, EXCUSE ME, TO A MAILING? UM, THAT WOULD HELP TO GET THE, UM, UH, THE WORD OUT AND TO UH, INFORM THE RESIDENTS. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO REALLY READS THE LEGAL NOTICES. YEAH. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE A, WELL, WE ASKED THE TIME ATTORNEY, BUT I DON'T SEE NO A NEED FOR A LEGAL NOTICE FOR US TO INFORM PUBLIC ABOUT A MEETING THAT WILL BE LEGALLY NOTICED. MEANING THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S CORRECT. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WHAT WAS THAT JOE? YOU DON'T NEED TO, WAS THERE A BAD CONNECTION? YOU DON'T NEED TO. IT'S FINE. WE CAN MOVE ON. I DIDN'T QUITE MAKE OUT WHAT YOU SAID. OKAY. AGENDA REVIEW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAIT, WE HAD SUPERVISOR WAIT, LIKE TO MOVE THAT? WAIT, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING ON THE AGENDA BEFORE. WEREN'T WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MINUTES? MADAM CLERK? UM, DID YOU WANNA PULL THAT? IT'S NOT ON HERE. NO. COUNCILMAN? UM, SHE HAD ASKED ME TO MOVE IT TO A ANOTHER. OH, OKAY. THAT'S FINE. UM, 'CAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO EMAIL YOU. THAT'S FINE. UM, THE DRAFT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. AGENDA REVIEW, PAUL. OKAY. I'M JUST SITTING. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'RE [01:05:01] JUST LOOK AT IT. THIS A SHORT AGENDA. THAT MEANS IT'S GONNA BE A LONG MEETING. ISN'T THAT THE WAY THE COUNTY WORKS? WHEN YOU THINK THAT, WHEN YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE LONG, IT'S SHORT AND WHEN YOU THINK IT'S SHORT, IT'S LONG. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN, WELL, WE DO HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, RIGHT? SO NEVER KNOW. MM-HMM . OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'M STILL READING. OH, SORRY. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME THE, THE AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED, BUT JOE, THERE ARE I THINK TWO RESOLUTIONS ON THERE THAT, UM, MORRIS DUFFY, WHATEVER IT IS, UM, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ALLOCATING ANOTHER $25,000 TO PAY. YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE SWITCH SWITCHING HIM FROM ONE CASE TO ANOTHER AND RELYING ON THAT PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED $25,000. IS THAT CORRECT? NO. IS THAT A T ONE WITH GRAY ROCK? UM, A A T ONE. THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO LAWSUITS INVOLVING GRAY ROCK ASSOCIATES, LLC. YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY, UH, POINTED MORRIS STUFFY TO REPRESENT US IN THAT CASE. SO THIS IS ADDING HIM TO THE SECOND CASE AS WELL, WHICH ARE RELATED AND HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAP. RIGHT. BUT THE, AS THE THING READS IT IS USING IT, WE'RE NOT ALLOCATED ANOTHER $25,000. IT'S STILL THE $25,000 THAT HE WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, HE WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR. YES. NOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE WITHIN THE 25,000 AND IF THEY GO BEYOND THAT, WE WILL SUBMIT ANOTHER RESOLUTION, ASKING FOR A FURTHER AUTHORIZATION. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THAT BEING THE CASE I THINK WHAT THE RESOLUTION SHOULD READ. 'CAUSE IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IF, SO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THEY LIKE TO ADD UP THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENDING ON OUTSIDE PEOPLE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UH, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE MIGHT, UM, ADD TO A ONE AND A T TWO FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 25,000. OKAY. UM, PH ONE. DO WE NEED SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT? THE OPERATION CROSSROADS PROGRAM? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT IT IS? WELL, IF WE SHOULD HAVE MORE EXPLANATION. I THINK, MIKE, THIS IS A YEARLY, THIS IS A YEARLY THING. IT'S OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. BUT FOR RIGHT. FOR THE PUBLIC. I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION. RIGHT. IT IS A GOOD, IT IS, IT IS A GOOD, UM, QUESTION. THE FACT THAT WE APPROVED THESE IN THE PAST DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, THE JOY IS NEW, HAVE INFORMATION FOR WHAT THAT ACTUALLY INVOLVES, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT'S IN AN ATTACHMENT. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. SO CAN WE AUGMENT THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH ANOTHER LINE? UH, UH, I THINK, I THINK WHAT REALLY, WELL WE WOULDN'T PUT IT IN, I DON'T THINK PRINTED AGENDA BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT IT WAS, WE'RE ADOPTING THE, UM, ATTACHED INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF RE BIRD AND LET'S JUST ACCOUNT PEOPLE CROSS WORDS. SO IT GUIDES THE, THE VIEWER TO READ THE ATTACHMENT. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT IN THE ACTUAL HEADING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ATTACHING THE AGREEMENT TO THE AGENDA. WELL, BUT WE COULD SIMPLY RESOLUTION. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. UM, BUT CAN WE JUST DEFINE OPERATION CROSSROADS PROGRAM IN HERE WITH A COUPLE WORDS? UM, UM, IF I CAN, SO, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY. I'M, SO, I, GO AHEAD. I JUST, I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. SO YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PROGRAM IS. IS THAT WHAT CLEAR? I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLEAR. YEAH. I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLEAR. NOT JUST FOR ME FOR, YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO THAT IN THE HEADING THOUGH, BECAUSE, UH, THE DESCRIPTION IS, UH, POSITIVE YOUTH PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CREATED TO OFFER A CONSTRUCTIVE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH HANGING OUT ON THE STREETS. TOO YOUNG TO WORK. ALL RIGHT. I'LL, I'LL WORK ON SOME LANGUAGE THEN. . I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN. [01:10:01] ALRIGHT. SO IT'S A YOUTH PROGRAM. YEAH. WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU WANNA PUT YOUTH PROGRAM? YEAH. AND MAYBE AS SIMPLE AS THAT. MM-HMM . OKAY. OR MAYBE A COUPLE MORE WORDS. . OKAY. IF I MAY MM-HMM . I MAY ADD. UM, OPERATION, OPERATION CROSSROADS WAS CREATED, UM, AFTER THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YOUTH WERE HIRED AS COUNSELORS. MM-HMM . THEY OFFERED OPERATIONS, UH, CROSSROADS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO, UH, GIVE STUDENTS A, UM, A WORKING SUMMER. MM-HMM . AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, PARTICIPANTS OF CROSSROADS. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. I MEAN, WE COULD EVEN DO AN ASTERISK, WHATEVER. I JUST THINK IT'S JUST SEEMS VAGUE . IT'S, IT IS PAID FOR BY WAY. SISTER COPY. MM-HMM . THAT'S ALL. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. AND I MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS, AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PENDING PROPOSED AND CURRENT LITIGATION. SECOND 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.