* 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. [00:00:02] MORNING IN PROGRESS. WELCOME TO OUR GREENBERG TOWN BOARD MEETING. IT'S APRIL 9TH. AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, FOR JOINING US. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TURNOUTS WE'VE EVER HAD AT A MEETING, AND I WONDER WHY WE'RE THE TALLEST, TALLEST TURNOUTS, TOO FALCONS. UM, SO, UM, [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] FIRST WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN MEMORY. OH, I'M PLEDGE PANCE PLEDGE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. THANK YOU. UM, [ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Phyllis Brown, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, educator, and community leader, who passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, at the age of 94. She moved to Greenburgh in 1964 in search of better schools and resumed her teaching career in the Greenburgh School District. Phyllis had a special gift for making everyone feel loved and valued, leaving a profound impact on all who knew her and her legacy of love, service and dedication to family and community will live on in all those who were fortunate enough to know her. In memory of Geraldine "Geri" Shapiro, wife, mother and grandmother who passed away on March 29, 2025 at the age of 83. A former 48-year resident of Hartsdale and Edgemont, Geri returned to Manhattan with her husband, Herb, where they have lived for the last 5 years. Geri's volunteerism and community service as Edgemont's P.T.A. President, among other things, led her to volunteer for Hillary Clinton when she first ran for Senator. She was subsequently hired to work for Sen. Clinton until her term as Secretary of State began and continued in her role for Sen. Gillibrand. Geri delighted in mentoring and teaching others and will be remembered with love and respect by many. In memory of those around the world who have perished as victims of war, disease and natural disaster. Our hearts are with all who needlessly suffer] UH, IN MEMORY OF PHYLLIS BROWN, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER EDUCATOR AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MARCH 30TH, AT THE AGE OF 94, SHE MOVED TO GREENBURG IN 1964 IN SEARCH OF BETTER SCHOOLS AND RESUMED HER TEACHING CAREER IN THE GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. PHYLLIS HAD A SPECIAL GIFT FOR MAKING EVERYONE FEEL LOVED AND VALUED, LEADING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ALL WHO KNEW HER AND HER LEGACY OF LOVE, SERVICE, AND DEDICATION TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. AND, UM, THOSE OF US WHO KNOW, UM, WHO KNEW HER, KNOW THAT, UM, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO, UH, TO KNOW HER. AND ALSO IN MEMORY OF, UH, GERALDINE JERRY SHAPIRO. SHE WAS A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER. SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 29TH AT THE AGE OF 83. SHE, UH, LIVED IN HARTSDALE AND EDGEMONT FOR 48 YEARS. SHE RETURNED TO MANHATTAN WITH HER HUSBAND, HERB, AND THEY LIVED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER AND WAS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND INVOLVED WITH THE EDGEMONT PTA. UM, SHE WAS PRESENT AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR HILLARY CLINTON. WHEN SHE FIRST RAN FOR SENATOR, SHE WAS HIRED TO WORK FOR SENATOR CLINTON UNDER, UM, UNTIL HER TERM AS SECRETARY OF STATE BEGAN AND CONTINUED IN HER ROLE FOR SENATOR GILLIBRAND. JERRY DELIGHTED IN MENTORING AND TEACHING OTHERS AND WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT BY MANY. AND I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT OVER THE YEARS, UM, ANYTIME I HAD A FEDERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINT, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE WORKED FOR, UM, BOTH SENATOR, UH, CLINTON AND, AND RE I ALWAYS CONTACTED JERRY AND, UM, I THINK LIKE 99.9% OF THE TIME, SHE WAS ABLE TO, UM, RESOLVE THE COMPLAINT QUICKLY. SHE ALWAYS RETURNED PHONE CALLS AND SO EFFICIENT, SUCH A BIG LOSS TO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE SHE DID SO MUCH. AND YES, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF JERRY'S MENTEES. I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR JERRY. UM, SHE WAS, I DON'T THINK SHE MADE IT TO FIVE FEET . SHE SHE WAS A PINT SIZE PERSON WITH A HUGE PERSONALITY, AND SHE CARED SO MUCH ABOUT PEOPLE. AND SHE, RIGHT UP TO THE END, SHE WAS MENTORING STAFFERS IN SENATOR JILL BRAND'S OFFICE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO CROSSED HER PATH. SHE WAS ALWAYS FREE WITH ADVICE AND VERY SAGE ADVICE AT HER MEMORIAL. HER, HER GRANDCHILDREN JUST PAINTED SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF HER AND WHAT A GREAT ROLE MODEL SHE WAS FOR THEM. SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH IMPACT SHE HAD ON SO MANY. SO FAREWELL, JERRY, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING ADVICE WHEREVER YOU ARE FOR WHAT A POWERHOUSE. UH, AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO PERISHES VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE, AND NATURAL DISASTER. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH ALL WHO SUFFER. NEEDLESSLY. NEEDLESSLY. THANK YOU. AND NOW, UM, ON SHIRT WATER. LET'S PUT ON OUR SHIRTS. . [ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk] WE CAN DO IT. OKAY. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THE ROLL CALL WHILE THEY'RE PUTTING ON THEIR SHIRTS, PLEASE. MY ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR, PAUL FINER. HERE. COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHIAM. PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS PRESENT. AND OUR TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO. PRESENT. SORRY. NO, YOU WANT ME TO DO IT IF THAT'S, YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, UM, WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING FIRST AND THEN I'LL INTRODUCE GINA. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, THE WOODLANDS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR PUTTING GREENBERG [00:05:01] ON THE MAP. UM, BEFORE, UH, BEFORE, UH, THEY BECAME THE SECOND BEST TEAM IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK. IF I SAID I'M THE GREENBERG TOWN SUPERVISOR, PEOPLE WOULD SAY WE ARE. AND I'D SAY, OH, HARTSDALE OR EDGEMONT OR FAIRVIEW. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW. NOW I SAY WOODLANDS AND NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO, UM, I JUST WANNA, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE TEAM FOR MAKING US PROUD AND, UM, PUTTING GREENBERG ON THE MAP. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM MEMBERS FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR PERSISTENCE, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION, AND, YOU KNOW, SHOWING US THAT HARD WORK, YOU KNOW, PAYS, PAYS OFF. SO YOU REALLY INSPIRATIONS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, SOME OF YOU, UH, WHEN YOU GRADUATE A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'LL BE SUPERSTARS. SUPERSTARS. SO, UH, SO SUPERSTARS, YOU'LL BE EVEN MORE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. YOU'LL SUPERSTAR NATIONAL SUPERSTARS. UM, SO, [ PRESENTATIONS Honoring the Woodlands Boys Basketball Team on a great accomplishment: the 2nd best team in NYS Hajeong Lee - Turning recycled plastics into jewelry] UH, AGAIN, G GINA WAS SO EXCITED. UM, SHE'S A CHEERLEADER, HONORARY CHEERLEADER FOR, UH, THE FALCONS. GIVE US AN FI THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO GET UP THERE AND DO A CHEER. THAT RIGHT? NO, NO, I HAVEN'T CHEERED SINCE I WAS YAY HIGH. AND THEN I SEE ONE OF THE CHEERLEADER COACHES OVER HERE, MS. RAVEN OVER HERE. SO SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ME OUT THERE. . OH MY GOD. CAN YOU TELL HOW EXCITED I AM? MATTER OF FACT, CAN I TURN THE DAYS THIS WAY? SURE. I WANT, I WANNA SEE THE PEOPLE, THE THINGS THAT WE TELL THE PUBLIC NOT TO DO. YEP. GO AHEAD. UHHUH, , GO AHEAD. I'M BREAKING OUR OWN RULES. HOW EXCITED IT IS TO STAND HERE THIS MOMENT AND TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH. I SEE COMMISSIONER TERRANCE JACKSON, WHO'S A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. SHOUT OUT AGES. I SEE MY CLASSMATE OVER HERE. I'M, I'M, I'M DRAWING THE BLANK. 'CAUSE I'M JUST VERY EXCITED RIGHT NOW. DOUGIE. SEE? ALL RIGHT, CLASSMATE OVER HERE. I SEE SOME PEOPLE OVER HERE. YOUR SON'S GONNA NORFOLK STATE. I JUST LEARNED. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. SO WHILE WE HERE, WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, WHO HAS DONE AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB AS MAKING GREENBERG WHO'S ALREADY ON THE MAP, BUT GREENBERG ON THE MAP EVEN BIGGER AND CAN BECAME THE SECOND IN THE STATE, CAN WE SAY? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO TO THE COACHES, AS I SAID EARLIER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THESE YOUNG MEN. I KNOW THAT THESE YOUNG MEN, WE ARE GOING TO SEE GREAT THINGS OUT OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DID SUCH HARD WORK. THEIR TENACITY ON THAT COURT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT YOU ARE. I'M JUST GONNA, 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA ASK ME TO MOVE THE MEETING ON, BUT WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT. SO I AM PROUD. LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON SO I CAN SEE. I AM PROUD TO REAL TO GIVE OUT THESE CERTIFICATES AND REALLY JUST HONOR JUST SOME AMAZING MEN. THE FIRST ONE I'M GONNA START WITH IS JAMESON STEVENS. SO I AM GOING TO READ WHAT THE CERTIFICATE SAYS, AND IT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF ALL OF THE OTHER CERTIFICATES. SO AFTER THAT, STAND RIGHT HERE AND I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU. WE GONNA LINE YOU. OKAY. SO , OKAY, PAUSE. I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS THIS TALL . OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. TOWN OF GREENBURG, CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT. THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO JAMESON STEVENS OF WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM, AND THE RECOGNITION OF HIS EXCEPTIONAL TEAMWORK. AND THIS IS ALL OF YOUR EXCEPTIONAL TEAMWORK, DEDICATION, AND HARD WORK, CULMINATING IN THE VICTORIA SEASON AS SECTION ONE, CLASS B CHAMPIONS, NEW YORK STATE CLASS B REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND NEW YORK STATE CLASS B STATE SEMI-FINALISTS. COME ON ONE MORE TIME, ONE MORE TIME. MADE THIS ACHIEVEMENT SERVE AS A REMINDER AS WE OF YOUR COLLECTIVE SUCCESS. AND YOU CELEBRATE THIS ON APRIL 9TH, BUT YOU CELEBRATE THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 'CAUSE THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR YOU OF ONE OF MANY. I'M GONNA SAY ONE OF MANY. AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SAY, I'M SO EXCITED TO REALLY RECOGNIZE YOU. SO JAMESON, MY YOUNGEST, DON'T GO NOWHERE. DON'T WORRY. MILES. GRANT ANOTHER YOUNG MAN WHO I'VE WATCHED GROW UP. WHO WAS THIS TALL? OH MY GOD. WHO IS HE? OH, OKAY. I I I'M TRYING MILES. LOOK. OH MY BABE, LOOK AT YOU. OH MY GOD. MESSIAH CAMPBELL. COME ON, SAI, WHERE ARE YOU? HE DIDN'T COME. OKAY, NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES. WE ALSO ISAIAH NICHOLSON. ISAIAH. [00:10:11] OKAY, I'M GONNA PUT MY GLASSES ON. BENNO BENOL BENIT NOSE. WHOA. THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES. MY YOU ARE WELCOME. WILDON BELCHER. SEE THE, OH, I JUST SEEN YOU. THE OTHER, YOU DRIVING EVERYTHING. UH OH. THESE KIDS GREW UP WITH MY SON. OH MY GOODNESS. NOAH TURBIN. ALRIGHT, JAMES JONES. IS THIS MY NEPHEW? THIS IS MY NEPHEW. MATTHEW. YOU ARE TRULY A JONES. AARON. WOODBURY AARON, YES. Y'ALL WALKING LIKE TRUE BALL PLAYERS. ALL RIGHT. , JADEN, GASTON, JADEN, NEVA, TURBIN. YOU LOOK A LITTLE FAMILIAR TO THE . MAXWELL ABRAHAMS, RIGHT? MATT, LOOK AT THESE. FUTURE NBR STARS. FUTURE N-B-N-B-A. I LOVE IT. JARED VEZ. I SAID, LISTEN, I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU SEE ME CALL YOU THE STANDS AND IT'S WRONG, YOU KNOW, IT'S ME. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT THE SEBASTIAN BENES. COME ON. AND YOU WALKED DOWN LIKE YOU JUST WON A CHAMPION. YOU WAS LIKE, Y'ALL SEE ME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU. OH, OKAY. I, I, I, OKAY, I, OKAY. AND JUST A SECOND, I'M GONNA STEP ASIDE AND ALLOW THE GREATEST COACH IN HARTSDALE, WHICH IS IN GREENBURG. GIVE US SOME COMPELLING WORDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M JOHN RAPPAPORT, COACH, HEAD COACH OF THESE FELLAS. GREAT TIME. WE HAD, WE HAD ABOUT 60 PRACTICES, EIGHT SCRIMMAGES. AND OUR RECORD THIS YEAR WAS 24 AND THREE. WE, WE KICKED IT UP. SO THIS IS TWO STRAIGHT YEARS. WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEW YORK STATE. FINAL FOUR THIS YEAR WE WERE FINALISTS. SO WE WENT FURTHER THIS YEAR. OKAY? AND, AND NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA KEEP GOING, RIGHT? KEEP GOING, BRING IT HOME. SO WE ARE 45 AND EIGHT. THE LAST TWO YEARS. COME ON. 45 AND EIGHT. THAT'S ALL TO THEM. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PLAY. I WANNA THANK MY ASSISTANT COACH, JOHN GELLE AND MR. MCCOY OVER THERE. MIKE MCCOY AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MIKE MCCOY IS HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO WE DEFEATED, THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE DEFEATED THE GREENBERG TOWNS OF ELMSFORD, ALEXANDER HAMILTON TWICE. THIS HERE. DOBBS FERRY TWICE. OKAY. GREENBURG NORTH CASTLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PART OF THIS LAFELL TWICE. WE KNOW THEY'RE IN HARTSDALE AND HASTINGS IN THE PLAYOFFS. 60 TO 23. SO WE TOOK CARE OF YOUR OTHER TOWNS OF VILLAGES. OKAY? I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAD TWO ALL SECTION PLAYERS HERE, AARON BEARING JAMESON, STEVENS, GIVE A HAND FOR THAT. AND TWO ADDITIONAL ALL LEAGUE PLAYERS. MAXWELL, ABRAHAMS AND NVA BIN. I WANNA SAY ALSO NVA AND HIS BROTHER NOAH WORK AT THEODORE YOUNG CENTER. I COULDN'T GET THEM SOMETIMES TO PRACTICE. THAT'S HOW DEDICATED THEY WERE TO GOING TO WORK. SO WE KEPT THEM AND WE SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING, DO YOUR WORK AND WE'LL WORK IT OUT WITH PRACTICE. SO I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR FINER THE BOARD AND HAVING YOUR SON, GINA WITH KEY [00:15:01] COME UP, , GET UP HERE, THIS IS OUR MANAGER. GO IN THERE. GET OVER THERE. GET OVER THERE. I WANNA THANK THE PARENTS. WE HAD A GREAT SET OF PARENTS. APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. AND THEY KNOW THE GAME. ONE THING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL. SO I GREW UP IN EAST CHESTER. WE USED TO PLAY WOODLANDS AND IT WAS NOT EASY, UH, TO DO THAT. AND SO, YES, WE PUT GREENBERG ON THE MAT. WE PUT WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL ON THE MAT, OKAY? AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK NEXT YEAR EVEN STRONGER. SO COME TO A GAME. WE WANNA SEE PAUL AT A GAME AND ALL THE BOARD OF THE GAME. OKAY? YOU'RE GONNA COME TO A GAME NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DID I FORGET ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TERRANCE, COULD YOU PUT UP THE SCREEN AND SHUT OFF THE PROJECTORS SO THEY COULD, WE COULD TAKE SOME DECENT PICTURES. OH, SORRY. OKAY. SO IF I CAN HAVE THE BOARD AND ALL, EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF THESE YOUNG MEN, COME STILL CLAP. GET THE CAPTAINS IN THE MIDDLE. JAMESON STEVENS, AND THEN MR. UM, MAXWELL AND MR. AARON MAXWELL. YOU GOTTA PUT THAT SHIRT ON. TAKE THAT JACKET OFF. COME ON. I GOTTA COACH THESE KIDS THOUGH. NOTICE. THAT'S RIGHT. I DUNNO. WHERE STAND CAN YOU SET, CAN YOU SET THE PLAY UP COACH PLEASE? , A LOT OF PLAYS. TWO ROADS, TWO INTERSPERSED. CAP ON. IT'S TOO WIDE. TOO WIDE. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA ASK WHO CAME TO A GAME THIS YEAR? RAISE YOUR HAND. WHOA. LOVE IT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. LET'S COME, LET'S TIGHTEN BOARD IN HERE. GET MY GUYS IN HERE. I'LL THE BACK GUYS. EVERYBODY IN COACHES. EVERYBODY. ALRIGHT. CAN WE SAY CHAMPIONS? CHAMPION. HOLD ON. DAVID, DID YOU WANT SAY ANYTHING FROM THE YEAH. OH YES, DAVID, PLEASE FEEL FREE. WANT ME TAKE PICTURES REAL? ON BEHALF OF THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT. YOU PLAY YOUR SEASON, YOU WIN A LOT, YOU GO TO THE COUNTY CENTER, YOU WIN AND YOU'RE THE SECTION ONE CHAMPIONS. THEN YOU GO TO YORKTOWN AND BINGHAMTON AND YOU WIN SOME MORE AND YOU'RE THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONS. THEN YOU'RE IN THE FINAL FOUR, IT'S BINGHAMTON AGAIN. AND THE FIRST DAY YOU WIN AND YOU'RE A STATE FINALIST. AND THE NEXT DAY YOU PLAY AGAIN AND IT'S A CHAMPIONSHIP AND YOU LOSE BY ABOUT FIVE POINTS. AND YOU FEEL TERRIBLE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. AND THEN YOU REALIZE THAT WHILE YOU DIDN'T GET TO THE TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST, YOU'RE AT ABOUT 24,000 FEET AND YOU'VE CLIMBED A LONG WAY UP TO THE SECTIONAL AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. YOU HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. WE REALIZE IT TOO. AND WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. GO FALCONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH KAREN. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU CHAMPIONS ABOUT THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTION BEFORE EVERYBODY, UH, BELIEVE THAT, UH, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THEY SAID IF YOU'RE NUMBER TWO, IT MEANS YOU TRY HARDER. THERE'S A BIG, REMEMBER THE COMMERCIAL. SO NEXT YEAR YOU'LL BE NUMBER ONE. YEAH, I WAS, WHEN [00:20:01] MY SON WAS LITTLE, HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND I LOVED HIM. 'CAUSE THOSE BASEBALL GAMES WERE SO WRONG. BUT THE BASKETBALL GAMES WERE ALL ACTION. OH MY GOD. AND HE WAS, HE WAS A PITCHER. I WAS NOT BIG. THIS IS ONLY CHILDREN. I DON'T LIKE ADULTS. I JUST LIKE WATCHING MY KIDS PLAY. MADELINE ACTUALLY, IF SHE HAD VISION, I WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER. SHE POINT THE ARMS WELL, WAS YES. RIGHT. BUT HER THE GROUND, SHE COULD NOT GET IT. IT WAS NOT, NOT FOR HER. ALL RIGHT, WAIT TILL, WAIT TILL THEY, HELLO. I WANT TO THANK CHRISTINA AND WAIT TILL THEY CLEAR OUT. TIFFANY ALSO, WHERE YOU GOING? WHY WAS HE AN ACTOR? I'M NOT JUST DOING ALRIGHT. GOODNIGHT GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. GOOD. ALRIGHT. GONNA GET THEM ALL OUT. IT'S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST SEE EVERYBODY. ALRIGHT, WE'RE JUST WAITING LIKE ONE SECOND JUST TO CLEAR OUT, JUST SO YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER JACKSON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY, PERFECT. SO WE COULD START, WE COULD START THE MEETING AGAIN. UM, AND, UM, WE JUST, UM, CELEBRATED, UM, AN EXCEPTIONAL, UM, BASKETBALL TEAM. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCEPTIONAL LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I'M VERY HONORED. UH, WE'RE HONORED TO, UM, HONORED HA YOUNG LEE, UH, FOR CREATING THE KIDS UPCYCLING CLUB. UM, PLASTIC WASTE, UH, REDUCTION. IT'S A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT CREATES THEMSELVES PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC WITH ALL PROFITS DONATED TO THE OCEAN CLEANUP AND NON-PROFIT CLEARING WASTE FROM OUR OCEANS AND RIVERS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HER WORK, UH, WILL INSPIRE OTHERS, UM, TO WORK HARD TO SAVE OUR PLANET. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE AND MAYBE YOU COULD, UM, SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT, UM, UH, THE KIDS UPCYCLING CLUB AND WHY IT'S SO TERRIFIC. UH, THIS IS ALSO MY COFOUNDER CAN YOU MY LOVE? CAN YOU GO TO THE MIC? 'CAUSE WE WANNA EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOU. AND YOU CAN PULL THE MIC DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE. THERE YOU GO. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CERTIFICATE HONOR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER, ELLA JIGO, WHO CREATED THIS PROJECT. UM, WE BOTH CREATED THIS PROJECT TOGETHER IN OUR, UM, HIGH SCHOOL AND HASTINGS, AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HER. UM, AND WE'LL HAVE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE ALSO. YES. YEAH. UM, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, JUST TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DID. YEAH, WE'RE INTERESTED. UM, WE STARTED KIDS UP CYCLING CLUB AS A WAY TO GET RID OF PLASTIC POLLUTION IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THROUGH WINNING VARIOUS GRANTS AND MONEY TO CONTINUE OUR PROJECT, WE ARE ABLE TO RECYCLE, UM, OVER 1,500 BOTTLE CAPS AND DONATE OVER $3,000 TO THE OCEAN CLEANUP. I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, COMBAT CLIMATE POLLUTION IN OUR WORLD THROUGH UPCYCLING, WHICH TAKES, UH, OLD MATERIALS, MAKES THEM INTO NEW PRODUCTS THAT, UM, BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT. MM-HMM . THANK [00:25:01] YOU. COULD YOU JUST MENTION, UH, THE GRANT THAT YOU GOT, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS GRANTS STUDENTS COULD GET. YEAH. LAST YEAR WE WON THE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION PHILANTHROPIES BLOOMBERG GRANT, WHICH WAS ALLOTTED TO OUR TOWN TO HELP YOUTH ENGAGE IN CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS. IT GAVE US, UH, $2,275 TO, UH, START OUR PROJECT KIDS UP CYCLING CLUB. THAT'S GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? WHAT YEAR ARE YOU IN BOTH OF YOU? ARE YOU IN THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR? WE'RE SOPHOMORES. SOPHOMORES. SOPHOMORES. GREAT. DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU. IT'S BEEN, UM, A REAL PLEASURE AND HONOR GETTING TO DO THIS. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WIN THE GRANT TO DO THIS, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH OF US. YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH. YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. [ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS Liaison Reports (Councilwoman Joy Haber, Councilwoman Ellen Hendrickx, Councilwoman Gina Jackson, Councilman Francis Sheehan) GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Most recently, on November 21, 2024, Moody's reaffirmed the Town of Greenburgh earned Moody's highest rating (Aaa) and Standard & Poors also reaffirmed the Town again earned Standard & Poors highest rating (AAA). Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Lisa Maria Nero, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607. TownClerk@GreenburghNY.com Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ] UH, NEXT, UH, ON THE LIST WE'LL HAVE, UH, LIAISON REPORTS, UM, COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO REPORT FROM THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY AS THE LIAISON. UH, THERE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, KEY INITIATIVES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, FOR 2024 THAT THEY WANTED ME TO HIGHLIGHT. UH, IN TERMS OF RECOGNITION AND PERFORMANCE, THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM, UH, WAS AWARDED THE HIGH PERFORMER STATUS FOR 2024, REFLECTING VERY EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY COMPLETED THE DOMESTIC HOT WATER UPGRADES IN 2024. UH, NEW PLAYGROUNDS ON MAPLE STREET AND OAK STREET ARE SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2025 OF THIS SPRING OF THIS YEAR, AND HAVE BEEN, UH, IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE OPEN IN TIME FOR THE KIDS TO REALLY ENJOY IT. WITH THE GOOD WEATHER, UH, THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY HAD A CLEAN AUDIT REPORT FOR 2024 DEMON DEMONSTRATING TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND, UH, FUNDING FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY WERE AWARDED 58, UH, FIVE, SORRY, 582,000 FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ENHANCING COMMUNITY PROJECTS. UM, THEY HAVE FULL OCCUPANCY OF THE MANHATTAN AVENUE SENIOR APARTMENTS, UM, AND BEAUTIFUL. YES, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND, UH, VERY WELL KEPT. UH, AND THAT'S IT REALLY FOR NOW. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HENDRICKS. OKAY. WELL, I AM LIAISON TO THE NATURE CENTER IN GREENBURG, AND WE HAVE A VIDEO HERE TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL HAVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN. SO ROLL AWAY, TERRANCE. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1975 WHEN THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG GOT TOGETHER TO SAVE THE PROPERTY HERE IN THE HALL OF FAITH. THE VISION WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS PROPERTY WOULD REMAIN OPEN SPACE AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER. TODAY, WE'RE STILL EDUCATING. WE'RE STILL A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO EXPLORE AND CREATE MEMORIES. WE'RE STILL A REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE. 50 YEARS LATER, WE STAND PROUDLY WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO EDUCATE FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS AND BEYOND. I THINK WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION IS THAT WE'RE A VERY SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE. THERE'S TWO REASONS WHY I'VE STAYED HERE FOR 17 YEARS. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH AND THE WORK THAT WE DO. AND THIS ORGANIZATION DRAWS REALLY AMAZING PEOPLE AND IT'S WORKFORCE FORCE. WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, I RAN THE STORY TIME PROGRAM. THIS WAS IN 2008. AND I HAD THIS, THIS GROUP OF STORY TIME MOMS AND DADS WHO BRING THEIR KIDS. AND SO I FORMED A PRETTY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THOSE MOMS AT THAT TIME, JUST RECENTLY, I SAW ONE OF THOSE MOMS, AGAIN, HER DAUGHTER IS NOW ABOUT TO GRADUATE COLLEGE STUDYING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. ONE OF MY CAMP COUNSELORS IS NOW MY MANAGER, GREG, WHICH IS PRETTY POINT'S A FULL CIRCLE. I WAS 11 WHEN I CAME TO CAMP HERE, STARTED VOLUNTEERING IN 2019. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE NATURE CENTER FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE ORGANIZATION. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO COME HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK TO CARE FOR OUR ANIMALS, BUT ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. IT'S FUN AS A PARENT TO GET TO SEE YOU, LIKE, GROW AND DEVELOP AND TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS TOO. WHAT I LOVE IS, I LOVE THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE ANIMALS AND TALK ABOUT THINGS [00:30:01] THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO KIND OF EXPLORE THOSE KIND OF THINGS. MY HOPE IS THAT ALL THAT WE'VE BUILT OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS IS THE FOUNDATION FOR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT US, MORE STUDENTS TO COME TO OUR PROPERTY, AS WELL AS MORE FAMILIES TO CREATE FOREVER MEMORIES. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO CELEBRATE OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE'VE GOT GREAT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. WE'LL STILL HAVE STORY TIME, WE'LL STILL HAVE ENGAGING CURRICULUM FOR CHILDREN TO COME AND BE EDUCATED HERE. BUT SOME OF OUR MORE EXCITING THINGS ARE PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AND A NEW WELCOME CENTER WHERE FOLKS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH US AS SOON AS THEY ENTER THE NATURE CENTER PROPERTY. WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU JOIN US IN THIS NEXT CHAPTER AT THE NATURE CENTER. I REALLY DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYMORE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT? . THAT'S GREAT. AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JACKSON. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WHEN WE STARTED THESE REPORTS, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR, I'M THE LIAISON, I WOULD SAY, FOR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I AM EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS COME TO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH REGARDS TO RECYCLING. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR STAFF DOES. SO, TERENCE, IF YOU COULD RUN THE VIDEO, PLEASE. SO IT, IT GETS A LITTLE DANGEROUS WHEN YOU GOTTA CROSS OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE 2, 3, 4, 5 TRIPS INSTEAD OF BREAKING THE STUFF DOWN, AND YOU CAN JUST CARRY IT IN ONE BOX. ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US IS LIKE, TIE UP THE BOXES INSTEAD OF LEAVING US STACK THE LOOSE. BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY GET IT RIGHT. OTHERS, THEY DON'T. THE TIME ADDS UP AND WE GOT A LONG DAY, WE GOT PAPER, WE HAVE YARD WASTE, ACTIVE, 700, 800 HOUSES. THEN IT ADDS UP, TAKES A LITTLE WHILE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE LIKE A BIG STOP. PEOPLE DON'T TIE THEIR BOXES, THEY DON'T BREAK THEIR BOXES DOWN LIKE A TRUCK, LIKE THIS F*****G FILM. SO, AS MENTIONED AT THE END OF THE VIDEO, YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON HOW TO RE DO YOUR RECYCLING ON OUR WEBSITE. BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT TONIGHT, TONIGHT WE'RE, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, EMPLOYEES. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FULL OF YOUR HARD WORK. WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. GREAT. I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE, UH, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLDING YOUR, THE BOXES BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE JUST LEAVE THE BOXES INTACT AND IT MAKES THE, MAKES IT MUCH HARDER FOR, UH, FOR THE CREWS. IF, IF, UH, YOU BREAK UP THE BOXES, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MUCH MORE, UH, QUICKER. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND WOULD, WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I THINK REALLY HAS TO, WE HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE, AND I'LL TRY DOING A BETTER JOB OF REMINDING PEOPLE IN THE COMMON ONE. UH, COUNCILMAN SHEAN, UH, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT MINE, DPW HAS A PICTURE OF A HOUSE, A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE, AND YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY LEFT EVERY BOX INTACT, UNBROKEN DOWN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT, STACKED UP. WE'RE NOT GONNA SHOW THAT HOUSE TONIGHT, BUT PLEASE DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T BREAK DOWN YOUR BOXES, IT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO THROW IT INTO THE TRUCK. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AND NOT GO BACK, EMPTY THE TRUCK, BRING IT BACK AGAIN. I ACTUALLY TAKE QUITE A BIT OF PRIDE IN HOW MUCH I CAN FIT INTO A BOX WITH, UH, WITH THE CARDBOARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, [00:35:01] AND, UM, PLEASE, IT'S SO, SO IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST STACK ONE BOX INTO ANOTHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND ALSO BE MINDFUL OF IT'S A VERY HEAVY RAIN IF YOU COULD PUT IT OUT IN THE MORNING INSTEAD OF THE NIGHT. SO WHEN THEY PICK IT UP, IT DOESN'T ALL FALL APART. UH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. UH, I'M LIAISON TO A NUMBER OF BOARDS AND, AND DEPARTMENTS, BUT TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ZONING BOARD. UM, MOST OF YOU ARE UNAWARE, BUT ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ZONING BOARD DECISIONS WAS RENDERED LAST, UH, MARCH. UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, 13TH. AND THAT IS THAT OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE CONDITIONS THAT THE ZONING BOARD, THE PLANNING BOARD, AND THE TOWN BOARD AND OTHER BOARDS PUT ON APPROVALS WITHOUT THEM RENDERING THAT. IT TOOK ALMOST TWO YEARS BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THERE WAS AN, IT WAS AN APPEAL OF THE BILLING INSPECTOR DOING THAT AND THEM RENDERING THAT DECISION. BUT NEVERTHELESS, DECISION CAME DOWN FROM THE ZONING BOARD THAT YES, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO ENFORCE CONDITIONS THAT WE PLACE ON IT. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE, WHEN WE DO OUR APPROVALS AND WE SAY TO THE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT WE HAVE THESE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, THEN WE'RE JUST BLOWING SMOKE. BECAUSE IF THEY COULDN'T ENFORCE IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE PUT ON PAPER. BUT NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, THAT CAME UP IN A, UM, ZONING BOARD CASE. THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO CASES WHERE THEY STALE INDUSTRIES, UM, IN THE ELMSFORD AREA OF UNINCORPORATED, UH, GREENBERG. AND THEY WERE AP UH, OPERATING OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT WITH OUR NEW BUILDING IN INSPECTOR AND DE DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR, THEY SOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY HAD TO GO TO THE ZONING BOARD. BUT IN THE PROCESS, THEY SAID, YOU ARE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO ENFORCE THESE SPECIAL PERMIT CONDITIONS. AND THAT LED US ONTO A JOURNEY FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS ON THE ZONING BOARD. UM, AND OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS WERE, UH, HIRED. IT WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. BUT NOW WE ARE HOPING THAT, THAT THAT COMPANY, UH, WILL BE ACTING IN COMPLIANCE. UH, THE TOWN DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR, THE ZONING BOARD WAS ASKING FOR. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD IS THAT ANY SOIL THEY SELL TO RESIDENTS IS TESTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT CONTAMINATED. UM, THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT ON THAT. UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UM, THE ZONING BOARD DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. I CAN'T INFLUENCE THE ZONING BOARD. I CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE THE DECISION IS MADE, BUT OUR ETHICS CODE DOESN'T ALLOW ME OR ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER, UH, TO INFLUENCE THE ZONING BOARD OR PLANNING BOARD IN THEIR DECISIONS. BUT IT IS AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DECISION IN THAT THERE WAS A, BASICALLY A CHALLENGE TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ENFORCING CONDITIONS. AND THE ZONING BOARD SAID THE BUILDING INSPECTOR COULDN'T DO THAT. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT OTHER, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER, UH, OTHER, UH, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES ON ANOTHER NIGHT. UH, BUT TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, AND THIS, THIS IS ALL DONE, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR MEETINGS. THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT. GOOD. AND I JUST WANNA MENTION JUST A FEW THINGS. ONE IS WE'RE HAVING A GREENBERG ARTIST AND CRAFTS MARKET AT PRESSA PARK, UM, SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM 11, UH, TO, UH, 4:00 PM UM, THE RAIN DATE IS APRIL, UH, 27TH. AND, UH, MY ASSISTANT KRISTIN MATSON HAS BEEN ORGANIZING IT. UH, WE THINK WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 50 ARTISTS. UM, UM, LAST YEAR THERE WERE LESS. AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER, THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE ON THIS. UM, SO IF YOU LIKE ART, UM, IT'S A NICE EVENT. AND THEN ON SATURDAY, MAY 17TH, THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP, UM, IS, UM, SPONSORING AS THEY DID, UH, LAST YEAR, UM, ALONG WITH THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER REPAIR CAFE. AND, UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD, UM, OVER A HUNDRED, UM, RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE REPAIRS, UM, AT THE THEATER, YOUNG COM IMMUNITY CENTER. UM, THAT'S SATURDAY, MAY, MAY 17TH. AND IT COULD BE FROM BICYCLES TO JEWELRY, TO CLOTHES [00:40:01] TO COMPUTERS. UM, YOU JUST GO THERE AND THERE'S VOLUNTEERS WHO, UM, WILL REPAIR, WILL REPAIR PRACTICALLY ANYTHING FURNITURE. UM, IT WAS SO GREAT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL FREE. UM, SO THIS IS A WAY YOU COULD SAVE MONEY, BUT IT ALSO IS COMMUNITY AT ITS AT ITS BEST. AND FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP HAS REALLY DONE A AMAZING JOB, UM, ORGANIZING A LOT OF INITIATIVES. THIS, THEY DID THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE PSO. WE REALLY OH, WELL, A GREAT DEAL OF THANKS, UH, TO THEM. AND THEN, UM, I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M WORKING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, TRYING TO REVITALIZE, UH, THE STREET. THERE'S A BUNCH OF VACANCIES AND WE HAVE A SMALL COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING, UM, HARD TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS OF, OF HELPING THE STREET GET REVITALIZED. SO IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE A, A MORE DETAILED PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL PRESENT TO THE TOWN, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BOARD. AND THAT'S BASICALLY MY REPORT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE OTHER THING. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I'VE, I'VE, I ALMOST FORGOT, UH, YOU KNOW, GAR, UH, DOREEN LIPSON ASKED US WITH THE A DU LEGISLATION TO SEND OUT A MAILING, AND GARRETT'S BEEN WORKING ON, UH, A DRAFT, A DRAFT MAILING THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD, WOULD SEND OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINK CAROL ALLEN AT THE LAST, AT OUR LAST MEETING MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A RESTRICTIVE A DU LEGISLATIVE LAW OR WE COULD HAVE A LESS RESTRICTIVE, YOU KNOW, LAW FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, AND YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF WOULD MAKE SENSE IF WE'RE SENDING OUT A MAILING TO MAKE IT A QUESTIONNAIRE AND GIVE, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES THE PLUSES AND MINUSES. UM, BOTH. I THINK THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION FOR OUR WORK SESSION. NO, NO. I'M GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S RIGHT. NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA JUST SAY. I, I, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, ARE WE GONNA PUT IT ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK? YEAH. COULD WE DO THAT AND THEN ASK GARRA TO LET'S DO THAT. HOLD OFF SENDING THE MAILING UNTIL WE COULD DISCUSS IT. LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. PERFECT. COLLABORATION IS GREAT. CONVERSATION IS GOOD. AND I JUST, I WAS REMISS IN ACTUALLY MY REPORT FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND NOT COMMENDING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THEIR VERY THOROUGH WORK. THEIR MEETINGS ARE EXTREMELY WELL RUN. THEY, THEY, UH, COVER, UH, ALL THE DETAILS. UH, THEY ARE VERY RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER. THE, I COMMEND COMMISSIONER PRESTON FOR SETTING THE RIGHT TONE AND, AND RAJU ABRAMS FOR RUNNING A VERY TIGHT SHIP WITH ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY MANAGE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. SO DO I CHIME INTO , THE NATURE CENTER STAFF? IT'S WONDERFUL. YOU SAW WHAT THEY DID. AND, UM, BUT THE BOARD TOO IS, IS REALLY AMAZING. UM, THEY, UH, REALLY CARE AND WORK REALLY HARD AND THEY'RE PLANNING REALLY HARD. SO DO COME FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND ENJOY WHAT THEY WILL HAVE TO SHOW AND SURPRISE US WITH. I'LL JUST SAY THIS SINCE WE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS GREAT STAFF COMES FROM GREAT LEADERSHIP. THAT'S IT. AHEAD. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT. UH, WE HAVE, UM, [ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.] LET'S SEE. THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO, UM, ANYONE WANNA SPEAK TODAY? LET, UH, DEPUTY CLERK, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARY BODA. LET OUT HIS CASE. LOOK AT HIM. IT IS BEEN QUITE AN EDUCATION WATCHING WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT. THINGS CHANGED REALLY, REALLY FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. IT'S TIME FOR YOU ALL TO GET NEW MICROPHONES EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND. THAT WAY WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. THESE ARE OUTDATED. I ASKED FOR A HANDHELD MIC TONIGHT. DIDN'T GET IT. EVEN WHEN PAUL WAS SITTING THERE JUST A MINUTE AGO AND HE TURNED TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY OVER THERE, HE LOST THE MIC. THESE MICS ARE OUTDATED. TIME TO GET NEW ONES. THE SPEED AT WHICH THINGS GET ACCOMPLISHED THESE DAYS HAS REDUCED TO DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES. I'LL BE MEETING WITH RICH FA, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS. WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT WHAT'S IN GREENBURG AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT SAFER, RICH AND I AND HIS TEAM, BECAUSE HE TAKES A TEAM TO DO THIS. GONNA LOOK AND SEE, WHAT DID WE MISS? [00:45:02] WELL, WE MISSED GREENBERG MISSED THAT HARDLY BRIDGE THERE. THAT TOOK FOUR YEARS TO FIX AND IS GONNA BE FIXED DEFINITELY QUICKLY. NOW, EACH OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE TOWN NEED TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS THAT WE'VE DO IT FASTER, BETTER. LIKE WHAT YOU SHOWED TONIGHT, YOU SHOWED WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE DOING AND MAKING IT BETTER FASTER. I'VE STOOD HERE FOR MANY YEARS SAYING, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? THAT THING YOU HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I WAS ASTOUNDED AT THE REPORTS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND WHO YOU OVERSEE. THAT WAS GREAT. YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION. ALL OF THOSE THINGS I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, NOT NECESSARILY ARE GOING AHEAD, BUT THERE IS ONE THING I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT. I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS EXPERIENCED DEMENTIA. MANY PEOPLE IN MANY FAMILIES HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEMENTIA AND THEY ARE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO I SPEAK ABOUT IT, SPEAKING ABOUT IT PERMITS ME TO BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY. AND IT, IT ENCOURAGES OTHER PEOPLE TO GAUGE WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO SEE HOW THEY CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT'S NOT A BAD THING. IF YOU WORK AT IT, YOU CAN SLOW IT DOWN. YOU CAN'T STOP IT. I'LL KEEP COMING HERE AND HELPING OTHER PEOPLE AS YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. MY JOB RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE TALKING ABOUT DEMENTIA IN THE FAMILY, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT HONESTLY AND FREELY. THANKS. THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM THAT REPAIR SHOP AND HELP YOU FIX THAT NEXT WEEK. . I COULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT I'VE DONE WITHOUT THE HELP OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'M NOT THAT SMART, BUT I, LISTEN, THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. THANK YOU. I'M NOT COMING AFTER YOU TONIGHT. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. WILL YOU TALK TO HUGE? WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT . UH, BUT THE ONE THING YOU GOTTA DO IS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO TEACH 'EM HOW TO USE A HANDHELD BIKE BECAUSE ALL FUTURE LEADERS NEED TO DO IT. AND EACH OF YOU SHOULD GET RID OF THIS MIC AND HAVE ONE CLIPPED ON YOUR SIDE. THE MICS ARE SO GOOD AND YOU MIGHT EVEN WANT TO HAVE ONES THAT WALK AROUND. SO IT'S NOT ME. THIS IS A VERY CHANGED BOARD IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR THE WAY YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD. I'LL KEEP COMING AS LONG AS I CAN. AND WHEN I MAKE A MISTAKE, PLEASE CORRECT ME 'CAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SHORT TERM THINGS. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPEAK SPOKE. ONLY POSITIVE. IF YOU MIGHT AS WELL GIVE US ANOTHER FIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU YOU SO MUCH. THANK MARY. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A LITTLE HUMOR. YEAH. STUCK ON. ALRIGHT THERE. OKAY. IT HAS TO RESTART THE CLOCK. OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS OUR FORMER TALK CLERK, JUDITH BEVILLE. GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M THE HONORABLE J BEVILLE. AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THIS EVENING MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THAT I WATCHED YESTERDAY'S WORK SESSION AND, UM, LISTENED TO A PRESENTATION BY THE CURRENT TOWN CLERK ABOUT, UM, MINUTES. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF INACCURACIES AND A LOT OF FALSE STATEMENTS IN WHAT WAS PRESENTED. UH, I JUST WANNA START OUT BY, BY ALSO GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY TENURE AS TOWN CLERK IN 2008, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER SAID TO ME, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THE MEETINGS RECORDED, VIDEOTAPED, AND RECORDED. THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST MUNICIPALITIES [00:50:01] IN WESTCHESTER TO RECORD THEIR WORK SESSIONS AND TOWN BOARD MEETINGS. AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, MY THEN DEPUTY CLERK AND I WENT TO ME AND WE OBSERVED, UM, A DEMONSTRATION OF SOFTWARE, UH, ON RECORDING, UM, MEETING STREAMING MEETINGS AND UM, UH, AGENDA MINUTES MANAGEMENT. SO WE, WE KNEW THAT COUNCILMAN SHEEN WAS VERY PROGRESSIVE WITH RESPECT TO TECHNOLOGY. AND SO WE WENT TO HIM AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE AND INTRODUCED HIM TO IT. AND THEN HE INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT TO THE BOARD AND GOT TOTAL BUY-IN LEADING AGAIN, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. WE BECAME THE FIRST TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE IN WESTCHESTER, IN WESTCHESTER TO PURCHASE AGENDA MINUTES MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. AND WE NEEDED COUNCILMAN SHEEN'S SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT SOFTWARE WAS NOT AND IS NOT CHEAP. WE HAVE BEEN, THE TOWN HAS BEEN USING THAT. SO PAST 17, I'M SORRY, THE PAST 15 YEARS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND ARCHIVED AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND ACCESSIBILITY TO EVERYONE IN THE TOWN WHO WISHES TO ACCESS MEETINGS, MINUTES AND, UM, UH, INFORMATION. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT RECORDS OF OUR MEETINGS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO BE RECORDED AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. I TOOK PERSONAL OFFENSE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE YESTERDAY 'CAUSE THEY WERE DISPARAGING REMARKS AND THEY WERE INACCURATE. I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DEPUTY TOWN CLERK LEWIS BELTRAN HAS, I SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY. HE SAID, JUDITH, EVER SINCE C-O-V-I-D-I HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING AND DIGITIZING THE MINUTES OF OUR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS. SO I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT EVERY MEETING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF EVERY MEETING SINCE 2008 HAS BEEN TELEVISED AND STREAMED AND RECORDS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. LET ME SEE, WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY? OH, FRANCIS, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY IN THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL PROCESS. THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD BE REACTIVATED AND IT SHOULD MEET AT LEAST TWICE ANNUALLY. THE CLERK YESTERDAY SAID THAT SHE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING MINUTES OF 2002 FOUR. SHE IS, SHE WAS THE CLERK ALL OF LAST YEAR. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. THAT'S OUR THIRD SPEAKER WILL BE SIDNEY COLLINS. GOOD EVENING, SIDNEY COLLINS HERE. GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY TO THE BOARD, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW YOU RECOGNIZE THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO, BECAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF MY BIG ISSUES IF THE WOODLANDS BASKETBALL TEAM DIDN'T GET RECOGNIZED. BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, GINA. SO, BUT I WANT TO SAY TO THE BOARD IN GENERAL, BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZE ALL THE KIDS FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO WITHIN THIS TOWN IN GREENBURG. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT, HOW YOU [00:55:01] RECOGNIZE 'EM, AND IT'S A GOOD THING. UM, MY SECOND THING, I'M GONNA BE VERY QUICK TONIGHT IS, UM, THATS FERRY ROAD. I KNOW THE PIPES HAVE BEEN LAID DOWN. ONE SIDE IS NICE AND SMOOTH GOING UP. COMING DOWN IS SO, IS IT IN THE WORKS THAT THAT'S GONNA BE REPAID SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE THAT'S TERRIBLE. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL BASICALLY I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. COULD YOU MENTION IT AGAIN? THANK YOU. UH, THE AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAVED, THAT'S VERY ROAD I, I SPOKE TO. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS A STATE ROAD RATHER THAN A TOWN ROAD. OH. AND UM, AND BASICALLY I'VE WRITTEN TO, UH, ANDREA STEWART COUSINS ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UH, MKI. YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THE STATE IS THEY JUST DON'T ALLOCATE THE MONEY. UH, SO WHO DO WE NEED TO? BUT IT'S PART OF A PROJECT. IT'S A PROJECT. IT'S A PROJECT, IT'S PROJECT THAT'S ONGOING. IT'S ON. AND THAT THEY'RE, AND AND SOON AS THEY COMPLETE THE PROJECT, THEY WILL BE RESURFACING NO, THE, THE, THE STATE D-O-T-I-I-I-I REACHED OUT TO THEM LAST WEEK. THE STATE DOT HAS NOT, UM, FUNDED, UH, THE, UH, THE SUR RESURFACING OF DOPPS FERRY ROAD. THIS IS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A SECTION CLOSER TO, UH, THE WHOLE FAIRVIEW. YEAH, THE WHOLE DOT FERRY ROAD. THE FAIRVIEW, THE FAIRVIEW FIREHOUSE. THERE HAVE NO ROAD GOING UP TO DALE. THE WHOLE THING. THEY, THIS, I, I I SENT NUMEROUS EMAILS AND LETTERS. THE STATE HASN'T FUNDED IT. AND BASICALLY THIS YEAR THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING NORWOOD ROAD. UM, THEY'RE GONNA REPAVE THAT STARTING IN MAY. RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE FINISHING, UH, CENTRAL AVENUE, BUT THE STATE NEVER ADEQUATELY FUNDS, UH, THE ROADS THAT THEY OWN. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS, UH, FOR, FOR YEARS, UH, WHEN JUDITH, UH, WAS THE TOWN CLERK. WE, WE HAD INTERNS AND WE, WE ORGANIZED PETITION DRIVES, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF ROAD MAINTENANCE. IN FACT, UM, WE ALMOST ORGANIZED A, A PROTEST. AND THEN THE STATE PROMISED TO REPAVE HILLSIDE, THE SAME THING WITH THEARY ROAD. WE HAVE TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE STATE TO, UM, TO FUND THE, THE ROAD REPAVING AND TO DO IT THIS YEAR. AND NOT TO KEEP DELAYING AND DELAYING AND DELAYING, I MEAN, EVEN NORWOOD ROAD, THEY, THEY COMMITTED TO FUNDING THE ROAD AND REPAVING IT THREE YEARS AGO. IT'S FINALLY GONNA GET DONE. YOU KNOW, NOW THE, THE STATE IS DOING A HORRIBLE JOB OF MAINTAINING ROADS THAT THEY OWN. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, AND AGAIN, I WAS THINKING OF ORGANIZING AN ONLINE PETITION AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING MORE PRESSURE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I, THIS WEEK I WROTE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR LETTERS TO THE, TO STATE OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE STATE, WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE REALLY ON THAT ROAD? CAN ANYTHING YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO? UH, SENATOR COUSINS, ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHAMSKY, UH, LANCE MCMILLON, WHO IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE STATE, DOT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SENATOR COUSINS'S OFFICE AND MARY JAMES SHAMSKY, YOU, THEY'RE TRYING, BUT SO FAR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANNA JUST DO SOME CLARIFICATION PLEASE. SO THE DOPPS FERRY PROJECT IS, IS AS I MENTIONED, A CON EDISON PROJECT, AND THEY WILL BE REDOING THAT RE PAVEMENT. BUT CON BUT SYDNEY, TO YOUR POINT, PART OF THAT PROJECT IS ALSO GONNA INCLUDE SIDEWALKS. OKAY. SO THAT'S, SO WE PROBABLY BE A LITTLE DELAYED. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FIX THE ROAD TO THEN COME DESTROY THE ROAD AGAINST PUT THE, TO PUT THE, UM, SIDEWALKS IN. ARE ARE YOU SO SORRY. I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE YIELDING YOUR TIME TO MR. BOIN. 'CAUSE MR. BOWDEN ALREADY HAD FIVE FULL MINUTES. OKAY. I'M TALKING TO CINDY. WE'RE TALKING TO, UM, UM, SO CINDY, MR. BOAN, YOU WANT SIT UNTIL WE'RE DONE? DON'T, DON'T JOKE. WE DON'T YIELD TIME. OKAY. SO I JUST, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLARIFIED. SO JUST, AND I WILL SAY, AS THE SUPERVISOR MENTIONED, YES, DABURY ROAD IS OWNED BY THE STATE MM-HMM . HOWEVER, IT IS A CONED PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THAT, ON THAT ROAD, AND THAT THEY WILL BE DOING THE REPAVING OF IT. IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE HAVING NEW SIDEWALKS THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS CLEAR ON THAT. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. YEAH, BUT THERE'S, I THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWER, MR. YOU KNOW, SIR, I'M JUST LOOKING ON MY NOTES THERE. BASICALLY, IT'S TWO SECTIONS OF DO ROAD ONE IS THE SECTION NEAR, UH, METROPOLIS. THAT'S THAT THEY'RE DOING CONED WORK. THE OTHER PORTION IS CLOSER TO WHERE THE FAIRVIEW FIREHOUSE IS, ALL THE WAY, UH, CLOSER TO, UM, SOMO RIVER ROAD. THAT IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY BAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN LETTERS FROM THE STATE SAYING, UH, UH, IT'S NOT BEING, UH, IT'S NOT BEING, UM, UH, REPAVED. I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SUSAN TOLKIN FROM SENATOR COUSIN'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, TIMES. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT, IT, IT IS VERY [01:00:01] FRUSTRATING, BUT IT'S NOT SENATOR COUSIN'S FAULT, AND IT'S NOT MARY JANE SHAMSKY'S FAULT. IT'S THE FACT THAT THE STATE, UM, BASICALLY IS NOT GIVING THIS, UH, THE ALLEGED, THE STATE IS NOT GIVING ADEQUATE FUNDING TO THE STATE DOT TO MAINTAIN THE ROADS THAT, THAT THEY OWN AND THEY HAVEN'T FOR, FOR MANY, MANY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU SIDNEY. MR. BODEN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU DID HAVE YOUR FIVE FOUR I, THIS IS NOT A FORUM THAT ANYBODY CAN COME UP TO. THIS IS ABOUT SAVING GREENBERG. IF THESE PEOPLE CAN'T DO THEIR JOB, FIRE THEM AND HIRE SOMEBODY. OKAY. I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. ON MARCH 11TH, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, WHY DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE SITS DOWN IF YOU WANNA RESPOND, SUPERVISOR, I WANNA JUST RESPOND STOP, PLEASE. AND WAIT, LET'S HAVE, HAVE ORDER. MR. BODEN, COULD YOU JUST SIT DOWN AND YOU HAD YOUR TURN? MARY, YOU SIT DOWN. SO CAN AND THE SUPERVISOR WILL RESPOND. I'M LOST. WHAT'S HAPPENING? YOU'VE HAD YOUR TURN. SIR, PLEASE SIT DOWN. YOU'VE HAD YOUR TURN. THANK YOU, MARY. WE TRYING TO, HE WAS SO COMPLIMENTARY. WE COULD GIVE HIM A LECTURE, BUT IF WE DO, BUT IT DOESN'T BY YOUR EXTRA, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE SAID IF THEY CAN'T DO IT JOBS FIRE HIM AND HIRE SOMEBODY. WE HIRED YOU. THANK YOU. I, I JUST WANT THANK YOU FOR YOUR, I JUST WANT WAIT, PLEASE. OKAY. WELL, LEMME JUST SAY, I WANNA JUST READ AN EMAIL I GOT FROM LANCE MCMILLAN, WHO'S A REGIONAL DIRECTOR, HUDSON VALLEY FOR THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON MARCH 11TH OF THIS YEAR. HERE ARE SOME UPDATES TO THE PROJECTS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, ROUTE A HUNDRED NORWOOD ROAD. UH, THE PROJECT WAS LET IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, IT'S GONNA BE THE REPAVING IS STARTING IN MAY. ROUTE A HUNDRED B DOPPS FERRY ROAD, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PAVED, BUT THE LOCATION DOES NOT CURRENTLY APPEAR ON OUR PROGRAM. WE ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON A DESIGN AND ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE FUNDING. SO BASICALLY THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW TO REPAVE THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD, ALTHOUGH WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE ADDED, UH, TO THE BUDGET AND HOPEFULLY THE WORK COULD BE DONE NEXT YEAR. BUT IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TRYING, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT GONNA GET, IT'S NOT GETTING DONE. AND EVEN WHEN THE STATE GETS THE FUNDING, IT TAKES THEM A LONG TIME TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT. SOMETIMES IT'S OVER A YEAR BECAUSE NORWOOD ROAD, WE GOT THE FUNDING LIKE THREE YEARS AGO. UM, SO I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT. AND IN, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE TO HONORING, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS. I JUST WANNA MENTION SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NICE. UM, YESTERDAY I GOT AN EMAIL, UM, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UM, UH, WE RECOGNIZED A FOURTH GRADER AT THE SEA E UH, SCHOOL. UM, AND HE DID A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON WHY, UM, UH, UH, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT LITTER WITH HIS SISTER, WHO'S, I THINK EVEN YOUNGER THAN A FOURTH GRADER AT THAT TIME. AND YESTERDAY I GOT AN EMAIL HE WANTS TO APPLY TO BE AN INTERN. HE'S NOW IN 11TH GRADER, UM, IN, UM, IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND, UM, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU RECOGNIZE A STUDENT WHO MIGHT BE A THIRD GRADER OR A FOURTH GRADER AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, THIS IS REALLY CUTE. YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT IT HAS AN IMPACT. BUT WITH HIM, THAT POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IS MOTIVATING HIM TO GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE AND MAYBE INTO, UH, GOVERNMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY TOTALLY EXCITED THAT NOW HE WANTS TO BE AN INTERN. UM, OKAY. THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL WE HAVE ORDER YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE UP. OKAY. DING. ARE WE READY? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE THE AGENDA. UH, APPOINTMENT [ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Donna Batwin-Chonigman to the Antenna Review Board for a term to expire December 31, 2029 Appointment of Ryan Levenson to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board as a student liaison for a term to expire December 31, 2026 Re-appointment of Michael Marino to the Park and Recreation Advisory Board for a term to expire December 31, 2026 Appointment of Carl Riobo to the Historic Landmark and Preservation Board for a term to expire December 31, 2026 Appointment of Dr. Carol Allen to the Greenburgh Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for a term to expire December 31, 2029] OF DONNA BATMAN SHAMAN TO THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. APPOINTMENT OF RYAN LEVINSON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AS A STUDENT LIAISON FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UM, REAPPOINTMENT, AND IF I AM PRONOUNCING HIS NAME WRONG, YOU COULD ARREST ME OF MIKE MARINO TO THE PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. HE'S IN THE HE'S IN THE BACK. HE'S IN THE BACK. THANK, HE'S HIDING BACK THERE. THANK YOU FOR SERVICE. HE'S IN THE BACK. HE'S IN DISGUISE. YES. HE'S WAITING TO COME UP AND GIVE A FIVE MINUTE SPEECH ABOUT HOW MUCH HE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. NOPE. GREAT. UH, APPOINTMENT OF CARL THE OBO. WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T. SECOND ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE THANK YOU APPOINTMENT OF CARL REBO TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK AND PRESERVATION BOARD FOR A TERM TO THE EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. APPOINTMENT OF DR. CAROL ALLEN TO THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS [01:05:01] FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR. AYE. AYE. [ TB 1 - 04/09/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the continued retention of Cozen O’Connor for the review and evaluation of a petition filed for the purposes of village incorporation for an additional $50,000;$150,000 in total] UM, TB ONE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF COZEN O'CONNOR FOR THE REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF A PETITION FOLLOWED FOR THE PURPOSES OF VILLAGE INCORPORATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 150,000 IN TOTAL. I'LL MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. UH, TB TWO IS HELD OVER 81 [ AT- 1 – 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 10/25C by Jose V. Morocho for an amount not to exceed $11,501.65] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE NUMBER 10 25 C BY JOSE MORCHO FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 11,000 501 65. I'D LIKE 65 CENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [ AT 2 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Sprain Brook Holding Corp. d/b/a Sprain Brook Manor Rehab, LLC for property located at 77 Jackson Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $51,775±; the County’s share is $25,768±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,544±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $192,550 ±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $34,011±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $1,903±. Refunds from all sources total $310,550±] AYE. A T TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER, UM, SPRAIN BROOK HOLDING CORK, UM, AND, UH, SPRAIN BROOK MANOR REHAB LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 77 JACKSON AVENUE TOTAL FROM ALL SOURCES $310,550. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND. SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, A [ AT 3 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Scarsdale Country Estates Owners Inc. for property located on Campus Place and Sentry Place. The Town’s share of the refund is $9,024±; the County’s share is $4,294±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $791±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $33,238 ±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $5,860±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $323±. Refunds from all sources total $53,530±] T THREE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT OF PETITIONER SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATE'S OWNERS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON CAMPUS PLACE AND SENT PLACE, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 53,530. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR. A AYE, UM, UH, A [ AT 4 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Fairmont Ardsley LLC for property located at 18 Fairmont Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $26±; the County’s share is $166±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $34±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $1,279±. Refunds from all sources total $1,506±] FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX ARI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER FAIRMONT LEY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 18 FAIRMONT AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 1000 5 0 6. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A [ AT 5 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hastings Center Realty LLC for property located at 560-564 Warburton Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $72±; the County’s share is $454±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $94±; the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $3,344±. Refunds from all sources total $3,963±] AYE. 85 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HASTINGS CENTER REALTY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 65 64 WARTON AVENUE. UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 3 9 6 3 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. [ AT 6 - 04/09/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Sergeant Michael Cookingham in the matter of Jessica Rollins v. Michael Cookingham, Greenburgh Police Department and Town of Greenburgh for an amount not to exceed $75,000; 125,000 in total] AYE. A T SIX RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS TY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE OFFICER SERGEANT, UH, MICHAEL, UH, HAM IN THE MATTER OF JESSICA ROLANDS VERSUS MICHAEL INGHAM. A COOKING HEAD. COOKING HEAD. I'M SORRY. UM, UM, AND THE AMOUNT IS, UM, UH, 75,000 A HUNDRED. 25,000 IN TOTAL. SECOND. I MEAN FIRST, I MEAN, WHO'S ON THIRD I POINT. OKAY. DID YOU SECOND? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, IS THAT A SECOND? GINA'S A SECOND? YES, THAT'S MY SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. TO MOVE IT WE'RE HOLDING OVER 18 SEVEN. OKAY. UM, A UH, [ CO 1 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2025 budget transfers] CCO ONE. CO ONE, UM, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2025 FIVE. BUDGET TRANSFERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. [ CO 2 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2024 budget transfer] AYE. CO2 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2024. BUDGET TRANSFER. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, [ CO 3 - 4/09/2025 Resolution retaining Munistat as Financial Advisors for the Period January 1, 2025, Through December 31, 2025] CO THREE RESOLUTION RETAINING UNI STAT AS FINANCIAL ADVISORS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. [ CO 4 - 4/09/2025 Resolution approving a budget transfer of $8,000,000 from the Town Outside unrestricted fund balance to the reserve for Building Inspections account to cover, in part, Building Department related expenses in subsequent years for multi-year projects] UH, CO FOUR RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET TRANSFER OF, UM, $8 MILLION FROM THE TOWN OUTSIDE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE TO THE RESERVE FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS AMOUNT TO COVER AND PART BUILDING DEPARTMENT RELATED EXPENSES AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS FROM MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [ PR 1 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for t-shirts and miscellaneous items for 2025, at a total cost for all bid items not to exceed $59,484.94] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOIS RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR T-SHIRTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FOR 2025. UM, AT A TOTAL COST OF ALL BID ITEMS NOT TO EXCEED 59,484 94 CENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [ PR 2 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for 2025 pool chemicals and supplies for a total cost for all items bid not to exceed $84,146.00] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR POOL 2025 POOL CHEMICALS AND, UM, AND SUPPLIES FOR TOTAL COST OF ALL ITEMS NOT TO EXCEED 84,146. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. PR [ PR 3 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder or New York State contract approved vendor, whichever is lowest cost per item meeting specification, for athletic supplies for 2025,at a total cost for all items bid, not to exceed $37,557.57] THREE RESOLUTION AWARDING, UH, AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOIS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, UM, OF NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT APPROVED VENDOR, WHICHEVER IS LOIS. COST PER ITEM MEETING SPECIFICATION FOR ATHLETIC SUPPLIES FOR 2025 AT A TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS. BIDS NOT TO EXCEED 37 5 5 7 50 7 CENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. [ PR 4 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, New England Property Maintenance, Inc and Ramos & V. Tree Service to provide for the pruning and/or removal of trees deemed unsafe in various town parks by the Department of Parks and Recreation’s arborist at a cost not to exceed $55,000] AYE. PR FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER NEW ENGLAND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN CORP AND RAMOS VERSUS TREE SERVICE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRUNING AND REMOVAL OF TREES, DEEMED THEM SAFE IN VARIOUS TOWN PARKS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONS ARBORISTS THAT IT COST NOT TO EXCEED 55,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [ PH 1 - 04/09/2025 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $40,000 from the Lanza Family Foundation for the Greenburgh Police Department Summer Youth Camp Program, the police camp] RESOLUTION. ACCEPTING A GRANT. P ONE FOUR PH ONE ONE, UH, RESOLUTION. [01:10:01] ACCEPTING GRANT, YOU ALMOST MADE IT TO WELL, HE WAS TOLD GREAT COOKING WITH GAS AND THE AMOUNT OF 40,000 FROM THE LANDS OF FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. SUMMER YOUTH CAMP, UH, FOR THE POLICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. [ PO 1 - 04/09/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution PO-1 -- 07/10/2024 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Radio License Agreement "MRRS" with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority] AYE. PO ONE RESOLUTION FOR SENDING RESOLUTION PO ONE. UM, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPER BOWL? NO, NO, NO, NO. UH, RESENDING RESOLUTION DO ONE FROM JULY 10TH, 21, 24. OKAY. AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A RADIO LICENSE AGREEMENT. MRRS WITH, UH, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, [ PO 2 - 04/09/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution PO-2 -- 07/10/2024 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Radio License Agreement "TRACs" with Westchester County ] RES, UH, PO TWO RESOLUTION RESCINDING PO 2 7 10 2024 AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A RADIO LICENSE AGREEMENT TRACS WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ANY SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? YEAH, I SAID SO IN FAVOR. AYE. [ PW 1 - 04/09/2025 Resolution authorizing the award of bids for the Bureau of Equipment Repair Materials & Supplies to the lowest responsible bidder for 2025] PW ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF BIDS FOR THE BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT REPAIR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR 2025. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE AND [ PW 2 - 04/09/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution PW-1 -- 10/09/2024 and re-authorizing an Inter-Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Irvington for the use of a portion of the Village of Irvington Sanitary Sewer System] PW TWO. UM, RESOLUTION, RESCINDING RESOLUTION PW 1 10 0 9 TO 2024 AND REAUTHORIZING AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT IMA BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON FOR USE OF A PORTION OF THE VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. LIKE TO MOVE? THAT WILL ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? 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.