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IN PROGRESS.UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD, OUR WORK SESSION.
TODAY'S, UH, MAY 6TH AT, UM, AFTER FIVE 30.
AND, UH, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM IS, UH, WEST COPP DISCUSSION OF SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
OH, HERE WE HAVE SOMEONE ON ZOOM.
AMANDA, CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND, UM, AND COULD YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WEST CUP, UH, PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH, UM, OUR OFFICE IN THEORE D YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WE PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS THE FOOD PANTRY, EVICTION PREVENTION FOR, UM, HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE EVICTED, UM, ENERGY SHARE TO HELP HOUSEHOLDS PAY THEIR CON EDISON BILLS.
UM, ALSO, UM, WE ALSO DO PROM DRESSES AND PROM ATTIRE FOR SENIORS, OR SOMETIMES JUNIORS GOING TO THE PROM TO HELP THEM OUT.
WE ALSO GIVE, UM, WE DID A COAT DRIVE.
WE GAVE OUT COATS FOR THE WINTER.
WE ALSO DO, UM, UM, FURNITURE SHARE REFERRALS TO HELP PEOPLE GET FURNITURE FOR THEIR, THEIR APARTMENTS.
WE ALSO DO, UM, WE JUST DO A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT STUFF.
WELL, WHAT DON'T YOU DO?
WE ALSO DO, UM, THANKSGIVING BASKETS WITH THE HELP OF REGENERON AND REGENERON, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF FAIRVIEW GREENBURG, AND ALSO THE TURKEY BRIGA BRIGADE.
UM, WE GIVE OUT THANKSGIVING BASKETS TO FAMILIES.
WE DO, UM, TOYS FOR, FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
THE, UM, DECEMBER HOLIDAYS, UM, THROUGH THE EMPLOYEES OF REGENERON.
UM, I THINK I COVERED MOST OF IT.
WE ALSO DO MANY REFERRALS TO, UM, FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT.
WE DO REFERRALS TO, UM, KIDS' CLOSET, ALSO FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR CLOTHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T HAVE IT.
HOW MANY, UH, PEOPLE DO YOU SERVE? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOOD PANTRY, AND HOW, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE THE FOOD PANTRY? YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND WE HAVE, WE DO A DISTRIBUTION EVERY WEEK, EVERY THURSDAY.
WE SERVICE OVER 150 FAMILIES EVERY THURSDAY.
AND IS, IS IT AT THE, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, OR DO YOU, UM, WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES WHO ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND PICK UP THEIR FOOD THEMSELVES.
AND WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH, UM, THE, THE, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE SENIOR PROGRAM, TINA DINKINS.
SHE HAS VOLUNTEERS WHO DELIVER FOOD TO A LOT OF THE SENIORS.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 88 SENIORS THAT WE DELIVER FOOD TO EVERY THURSDAY.
SO APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY DO YOU THINK, HOW MANY RESIDENTS DO YOU THINK YOU SERVE AS A WHOLE FOR THE YEAR? FOR THE YEAR, WE SERVICE OVER 500 FAMILIES.
AND IT COULD BE ON ANY CAPACITY, ANY ONE OF THOSE CAPACITIES THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
AND, UM, AMANDA, WOULD YOU GIVE US A, A THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WEST COP AND, AND THE ORGANIZATION SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT HOW SUPPORTED YOU ARE, AS WELL AS BEING SUPPORTIVE? MM-HMM
WESTCO IS, UM, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE IS LOCATED IN ELMSFORD.
WE HAVE 12 CAP OFFICES THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER, TWO IN ROCKLAND, ONE IN PUTNAM.
WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN EASTCHESTER, UM, NEW ROCHELLE, MOUNT VERNON, PEEKSKILL,
UM, THE CAP OFFICES, WE ALL DO SIMILAR.
UM, WE GIVE SIMILAR ASSISTANCE TO CLIENTS.
WE ALSO, WESTCO ALSO HAS EARLY CHILDHOOD, UM, DEPARTMENT WHERE, UM, THEY HAVE DAYCARE CENTERS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE WHERE, UM, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, UM, ANY TYPE OF ABUSE.
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WE HAVE, UM, THERAPISTS AND WE CAN REFER CLIENTS THERE.ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE A WEATHERIZATION DEPARTMENT THAT HELPS, UM, LOW INCOME AND SENIORS WEATHERIZE THEIR, UM, HOMES TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON, UM, UTILITIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS THAT WE REFER CLIENTS TO WHO ARE VETERANS WHO ARE MAYBE HOMELESS.
IT COULD BE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD OR SHELTER OR JUST MENTAL HEALTH, UM, ISSUES THAT THEY MAY, MAY BE EXPERIENCING.
UM, WEST COP ALSO HAS SEVERAL SHELTERS THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER.
WE HAVE ONE ON THE CAMPUS OF, UM, GRASSLANDS.
WE HAVE ONE IN NEW ROCHELLE, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE IN MOUNT VERNON.
COULD YOU MAYBE, DO YOU HAVE LIKE ANY PAMPHLETS AND JUST SAY, THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD DO, UH, IF YOU NEED THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN HAND OUT? YEAH, BECAUSE LIKE TODAY, MAYBE A HALF HOUR AGO, AN ELDERLY MAN CAME TO MY OFFICE AND, UM, HE BASICALLY, UM, IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS APARTMENT.
HE BASICALLY CAN'T AFFORD A DOCTOR, AND HE'S DISABLED.
AND HE BASICALLY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU GET A PARATRANSIT? BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE, HE CAN'T GET A DOCTOR'S NOTE.
SO I'M WONDERING IF I COULD, UH, IF I COULD BASICALLY LIKE, REFER SOMEBODY LIKE HIM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO YOU, I, I REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF THE AGING, 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE, IT'S LIKE, HE WAS LIKE A MESS, YOU KNOW? HE BASICALLY, I HAD TO DRIVE HIM TO A BUS STOP BECAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS BARELY ABLE TO WALK HERE AND THEN NEEDED A RIDE BACK.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP HIM WHERE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY LIKE HIM WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD GET HIM FOOD STAMPS.
YOU KNOW, HE'S GETTING, HE SELL HIM SECTION EIGHT, BUT HE REALLY NEEDS LIKE A SOCIAL WORKER AND SOMEBODY WHO COULD HELP.
AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOUR OFFICE COULD DO? WELL, WE COULD REFER HIM TO SERVICES, YES.
SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD, MAYBE, LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE HEALTH CENTER? WOULDN'T THE HEALTH HEALTH CENTER BE ABLE TO HELP GET A DOCTOR'S DONE? UH, YEAH.
I'M GONNA TRY, UH, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THEM ALSO.
UM, I JUST SPOKE TO HIM LIKE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THIS MEETING, SO YEAH.
DID YOU SEND HIM OVER TO THE HEALTH CENTER? THE ONLY ONE THEN I CALLED JOE.
I WAS TYPING UP, SO I WAS TYPING MY, UH, UH, EMAILS.
BUT I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THE HEALTH CENTER.
I HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO.
I'M GONNA SPEAK TO MARIA AYA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS SOCIAL WORK, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, HE DEFINITELY NEEDS A LOT OF HELP.
SO, AMANDA, DO YOU COLLABORATE AND CROSS REFER TO OTHER AGENCIES? RIGHT? YEAH.
SEE THIS, THIS IS WHERE I WAS GOING BEFORE.
WHAT, WHAT DON'T YOU DO?
WELL, THE PARTNERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP REALLY WORKS AND IT REALLY HELPS.
SO WE PARTNER WITH, UM, WESTCHESTER RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND WHITE PLAINS.
WE PARTNER WITH, UM, UNITED WAY.
WE PARTNER WITH THE OFFICE OF THE AGING.
WE PARTNER WITH, UM, OUR LOCAL DSS OFFICES AND ALSO THE, UM, THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT, UM, OFFICE IN BOTH WHITE PLAINS AND MOUNT VERNON.
BUT AGAIN, IF YOU COULD JUST LIKE, EMAIL US AND THEN JUST SAY LIKE A PAMPHLET, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND THEN WE COULD, YEAH, PAMPHLETS OR FLYERS, WE CAN JUST HAVE THEM RIGHT OUT HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK IN OFF THE STREET WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW THE SERVICES PROVIDED.
AMANDA, DO YOU, AMANDA, DOES WESTCO STILL HAVE THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM? YES, THEY DO.
SO ARE YOUR CLIENTELE SOLELY THE UNINCORPORATED AREA? DO YOU SERVE THE ENTIRE TOWN OF GREENBURG? UM, WE SERVICE THE ENTIRE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH, UM, ALL OF OUR PRO, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. THERE ARE CERTAIN PROGRAMS SUCH AS ENERGY SHARE THAT WE SERVICE ALL OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
SO WHAT'S WHAT'S PENDING IS A RESOLUTION, OBVIOUSLY FOR 16,000 AND, AND CHANGE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS PRIOR YEARS.
UH, IS THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT AGREEMENT, UH, THE ACTUAL ONES THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PRO? YES.
THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING ADDED.
EVERYTHING IS, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE IT SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THERE, YOU'VE, YOU'RE PROVIDING YES.
EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THERE, WE'RE PROVIDING, I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE DURING COVID THAT WE HAD TO CHANGE SOME THINGS BECAUSE SOME THINGS JUST WEREN'T AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROM DRESSES, THERE WAS NO PROMS GOING ON DURING
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COVID.SO WE REMOVED THAT, BUT IT'S BACK NOW.
SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE PAMPHLETS AND DISTRIBUTING AND THEN WORKING WITH YOU.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MANAGING THE OFFICE?
THAT WAS YESTERDAY, WASN'T IT? MM-HMM
SHE DOES A MO SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
OKAY, NEXT ON THE LIST IS, IT SAYS LOBBYIST RETAINER.
SO LAST YEAR, WILLETT PUBLIC AFFAIRS BEGAN REPRESENTING THE TOWN.
UH, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE, UH, PUTTING UP A PENDING RESOLUTION FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.
BUT I DID WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT THE, IT WAS, UM, PROPOSED THAT THE PRICE WOULD INCREASE BY A FEE OF $500 PER MONTH AS LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR, UH, YEAR, THEY'RE PROPOSING $6,000 A MONTH.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT FOR THE TOWN OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING, UH, RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON A FEW ITEMS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE HELPED WITH THE, UH, AMENDED LAW FOR EDGEMONT CORPORATION, SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR ITEMS. SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY FEEDBACK, ANY ISSUES WITH UPDATING THAT AMOUNT TO $6,000 PER MONTH, WHICH SEEMS FAIR AND REASONABLE COMPARED TO OTHER RETAINERS.
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUE WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.
IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK WHAT WE WERE PAYING THE PRIOR LOBBYIST AND, AND WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH MORE THAT, UH, THEY'RE GIVING US BILL ALERTS, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE VERY HELPFUL.
SO I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLED? NO, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION, I BELIEVE, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I CAN MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND ASK CHIEF POWELL AND SERGEANT FONTELLA, BECAUSE I SPOKE TO, UH, MARY JANESKY ON SUNDAY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS MENTIONING THIS, THE NEED FOR, UM, SPEED CAMERAS, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE LIKELIHOOD AS THE STATE WOULD ONLY DO IT IF, UM, THEY SAW THAT WE MADE PROGRESS ON THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO WITH THE SPEED CAMERAS UNTIL WE AC ACTUALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING.
FRANKLY, I THINK THAT'S JUST A BOGUS EXCUSE.
THEY'RE, THEY, THEY SERVE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PURPOSES, AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CAMERAS, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
I'M JUST, MA I'M JUST REPORTING.
I, I, I, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING YOU ARE MAKING A FOCUS.
IT'S JUST USE, I THINK THE STATE CAN, YOU KNOW, WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.
WE COULD, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SPEED CAMERAS AND, YOU KNOW, BUY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, UH, NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PLACES.
HAVE I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SLOWED DOWN IN DOING THAT, JUST JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY INSTALLED.
I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING MAYBE, UM, FOR NEXT WEEK, YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT WEEK'S WORK SESSION, MAYBE WE COULD INVITE THE CHIEF, UM, UM, AND, UM, AND WE CAN INVITE ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHAMSKY BY ZOOM OR THROUGH HER OFFICE, UM, TO MAYBE WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, THE NOISE CAMERA WITH, WITH THE, UH, RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND WHERE WE ARE, UM, WITH THE, AND THEN WE COULD DISCUSS THE SPEED CAMERAS AND WE COULD DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BOTH, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE'S GONNA, BEFORE YOU BLINK, THEY'RE GONNA BE RECESS.
SO THEIR SESSION, THEIR RECESS BEGINS IN JUNE, THE SECOND WEEK IN JUNE.
I THINK EVEN, EVEN WITH THE, I THINK SO, SO JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AWARE, THEY, THE DEADLINE FOR THE STATE BUDGET IS APRIL 1ST.
THEY'VE GONE WELL BEYOND THAT.
THEY HAVE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE THIS WEEK, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT A LOT NEXT WEEK.
AND, UM, AND NONETHELESS, THEY HAVE THAT RECESS IN JUNE, AND THEN THEY START AGAIN IN JANUARY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT WORKING, THEY'RE IN DISTRICT, BUT ANY BILLS THAT, UH, THAT ARE TO BE PROPOSED DO NOT HAPPEN UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
SO, SO COULD WE PUT THE SPEED CAMERAS AND THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ON THE WORK SESSION FOR NEXT WEEK AND JUST UPDATES BY WHAT DATE? FINE.
AND WE MIGHT AS WELL, UH, ASK PERRY OR CHER IF HE COULD JOIN US, SO THIS WAY WE COULD, HE'S ALREADY PLANNING ON BEING HERE LA NEXT WEEK.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO SHOW THAT THEY'RE NOT UP, BUT WHAT PROGRESS WE HAD,
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YOU KNOW, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES WILL FEEL LIKE THAT IT'S TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE UP DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS GETTING THE VOTE.WELL, IF WE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TAKEN ALL THESE ACTIONS AND NOW WE'RE READY TO GO FOR BID.
AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU GO TO BID, IT TAKES TIME TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MIGHT AS WELL ALSO TALK ABOUT FOLLOWING UP ON THE OLD ARMY.
UH, UH, NOT, I'M SORRY, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ON LEY ROAD.
UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE BLINKING LIGHT THAT'S GONNA BE REPLACED.
WE SHOULD GET AN UPDATE ON FORT HILL ROAD.
PACKAGING REDUCTION AND RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT.
ARE WE SKIPPING, ARE WE SKIPPING THE TOWN WEBSITE? THE TOWN WEBSITE? OH, THE TOWN WEBSITE.
I GUESS THE CONVERSION CONVERSION IS, IS PETER SUPPOSED TO BE COMING FOR THAT? I THOUGHT PETER WAS LISTED HERE.
IS HE ON THE CALL? IT WAS ON, IT WAS IN THE EMAIL.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND MAYBE IT'LL SHOW UP BY THEN.
SO, AS YOU SAID, PACKAGING REDUCTION IN RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT.
SO WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION LAST TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T PASS IT AGAIN, BUT RIGHT.
UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS AN OBJECTION.
AND THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE LEGISLATION? YES.
WHICH, BUT AS BARELY MADE IT LAST YEAR, IT MADE, IT JUST MISSED.
IT ALMOST MADE IT REINTRODUCED.
DO YOU WANNA SUMMARIZE IT OR ANYBODY WANNA JUST SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE KEY PROVISIONS IN IT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING US TV? WELL,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T OVERDO THE PACKAGING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
PACKAGING AND NON-RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, WHICH POLLUTE OUR ENVIRONMENT, UM, ARE PROBLEMATIC.
AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE, THE PACKAGING.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN IT SOUNDS BECAUSE MANUFACTURERS ARE OUT OF STATE.
THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT, BUT, ALRIGHT.
AND HERE IS, AND WE'LL HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA.
I I WILL SUBMIT A NEW RESOLUTION SH SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL JUST UPDATED FROM LAST YEAR.
THAT SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A HEAVY LIFT.
THAT, THAT MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, YOU TO CHANGE THE BILL NUMBERS AS WELL,
THE BILL NUMBER FOR SENATE IS S 1 4 6 4.
AND FOR THE ASSEMBLY IT IS A 1 7 4 9.
YOU AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TOMORROW NOW
WELL, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANNA, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANNA LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S AND COMPARE IT TO THIS YEAR'S
MY NAME IS PETER AS I AM THE MANAGER OF MISI HERE AT SANTA GREENBERG.
AND TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHANGING OUR DEFAULT ADDRESS TO.GOV FROM.COM.
SO IT WOULD STILL BE GREENBERG NY.GOV WOULD BE THE NEW, UH, UH, UH, SUFFIX.
UM, AND I JUST, I WROTE DOWN SOMETHING JUST SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO REFER TO, BUT PRETTY MUCH IT IS, IT IS DONE FOR TWO REASONS.
THE, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANAGES.GOV ADDRESSES.
THAT MEANS THAT IT WILL NEVER EXPIRE AND NOBODY CAN EVER TAKE IT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US.
AND THAT DOES HAPPEN TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, USURP OUR ADDRESS.
THE OTHER REASON IS IT GIVES US MORE CREDIBILITY AS AN ORGANIZATION WHEN YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS IS COMING FROM.GOV AGAIN, UH, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN GET.GOV GOT CAN GET.GOV.
UM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A HUGE, UH, IMPROVEMENT FOR THE JUST A GENERAL LOOK AND, AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, FEEL FOR THESE ADDRESSES THAT THEY'RE COMING FROM AN ELECTED OR OR TOWN OFFICIAL.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S ALSO MORE SECURE.
BASICALLY BECAUSE THAT ADDRESS IS REGISTERED AND CAN'T
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BE TAKEN OVER BY SOMEBODY ELSE.AND, AND, UH, YOU INDICATED THAT IF PEOPLE, UM, EMAIL, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, I'VE BEEN PROMOTING MY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR LIKE YEAR OR SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST USED TO, SO IT WAS JUST WILL BE, THERE'S NO TIMELINE IN TERMS WHEN RIGHT.
YOU WILL, WE WILL STILL MAINTAIN THE.COM ADDRESS IN PERPETUITY.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN SOMEBODY SENDS YOU AN EMAIL TO THE.COM ADDRESS, IT WILL GET TO YOU, YOU'LL REPLY TO THEM, BUT IT WILL REPLY TO BE USING YOUR.GOV ADDRESS, SO AS TIME GOES ON, RIGHT, IT WILL, IT WILL CHANGE OVER.
RIGHT NOW, OUR WEBSITE IS.COM.
UM, YOU, IT ALSO IS VALID TO TYPE.GOV, BUT NOW IT WILL SAY.GOV WHEN WE, WE GO THERE ONCE WE MAKE THIS CHANGE.
THE OTHER IS THIS, I BELIEVE IT, IT'S MANDATED BY LAW.
RIGHT? THAT, UM, ONLY FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.
THE OTHER THING IS, LIKE, I I, WE USED TO HAVE LIKE A OTHER WEBSITE THAT I THOUGHT WAS MUCH EASIER TO NAVIGATE.
THE SEARCH ENGINE WAS, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, MUCH BETTER.
LIKE WHEN I'M TRYING TO LOOK UP, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, IT'S, IT IS LIKE, DOESN'T EVEN COMPARE TO THE ONE WE HAD SAY 10 YEARS AGO.
I, AND I'M WONDERING IF THE TIME HAS COME TO, UH, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WHOLE GREENBURG WEBSITE AND MAKE IT MORE FREELY.
AS PART OF OUR CONSTRUCT BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE GET OFF TOPIC, THE WAY THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS WHERE WE HAVE.GOV N.COM, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE THE CONVERSION SEEMS TO BE BACKWARDS IN THAT WHEN WE SEND OUT SOMETHING FROM GOV AND THEY RESPOND TO US, WE GET BACK A COMP AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? IF YOU SEND IT OUT.GOV, RIGHT.
JOE AND I DID A LITTLE TEST LAST WEEK.
UHHUH
HOW THAT WORKED? IF I JUST TRIED GREENBERG NY.GOV HIT SUBMIT AND THEN IT REDIRECTED ME TO GREENBERG NY.COM.
SO I THINK IF COUNCILMAN CHIN, ARE YOU ASKING, SHOULD IT BE REDIRECTED THE OTHER WAY? RIGHT.
IT TRIED TO GO TO GREENBERG NY.COM.
IT REDIRECTS YOU TO GREENBERG AND WHY.GOV TO DO THAT TRANSITION NOW, SAME THING WITH EMAILS AS WELL.
AND EVERYTHING, EVERY ONE OF OUR EMAILS SHOULD HAVE THAT.
WE ARE SWITCHING AWAY FROM.COM TO.GOV.
SO THEY SHOULD BE USING.GOV AS WELL.
I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE IT IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UH, CONTACT LIST IS.COM.
BUT WE NEED PEOPLE TO START TO TRANSITION THAT OVER.
UH, THE COUNTY DID THIS FAIRLY SUCCESSFULLY WHERE THEY, THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE THERE BE NO, THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY OBSERVED.COM FOR A YEAR.
AND THEN, BUT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS OVER A YEAR, BUT IT'S, WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING ANYWHERE.
I'M WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME TO DO IT.
UM, WE HAVE ALL THE, UH, NECESSARY, UM, PRE PREREQUISITE DONE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO TELL ME TO DO IT.
WELL, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT, UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, THAT IT'S, TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A FINITE END TO THE.COM.
IT COULD BE A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD OR TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF OUR EMAILS MAKE A NOTE.
SOMETHING THAT, THAT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A DISCLAIMER ABOUT THE, UH, E-BLAST.
RIGHT NOW WE COULD EITHER ADD ANOTHER ONE TO IT OR, UM, OR REPLACE IT.
UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUE ABOUT KEEPING THE.COM WAS HIS SUPERVISOR FINER, HAD SOME ISSUES, WAS UNSURE ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WOULD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS.COM ADDRESS WOULD, WOULD STILL WORK AND, AND THE RESUME.
WELL, HE'S USING, I I MEAN PEOPLE, IF, YEAH.
I NOT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM NOW BECAUSE IF PEOPLE, I'D USE THE DO GOV, YOU KNOW, THE, THE.GOV, UM, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY GET USED TO IT, BUT RIGHT.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO AUTOMATICALLY WILL SAY.COM PEOPLE FINE R GREENBERG NY.COM.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GET THOSE EMAILS AND I WON'T.
SO YOU CHANGE YOUR LITERATURE, YOU NEED TO CHANGE, UPDATE YOUR LITERATURE AS WELL.
SO ANY LITERATURE, ANY LITERATURE THAT YOU HAVE, YOU NEED TO CHANGE.
AND BUSINESS CARDS PROBABLY WILL TAKE EVERYTHING.
RIGHT? SO WHAT I SUGGEST IS THAT ANYTHING THAT COMES IN TO GREENBERG.COM GET CONVERTED TO GREENBACK.GOV BEFORE IT GETS TO US.
AND THEN ANYTHING WE SEND OUT ONLY GOES OUT AS GOV GOV.
AND THAT'S, IF, IF THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, LITTLE BY LITTLE THEY'LL REALIZE THEY KEEP GETTING SOMETHING BACK.
AND THEN IF THEY REPLY TO US, IT'LL BE GOV.
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RIGHT NOW IT'S A HODGEPODGE AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT'S MORE SECURE.S NO HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.
THE ISSUE IS PEOPLE HAVE THESE, UM, UH, NICKNAME LISTS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN YOU START TYPING IT POPS UP.
THOSE WE, NOBODY CAN CHANGE, UH, AUTOMATICALLY.
IT'S A VERY MANUAL PROCESS IN TERMS OF WE STICK IN THERE FOREVER IN TERMS OF THE WEBSITE.
IF WE WANT TO REVAMP IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS? YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE MOVING ON WEBPAGE, A WEB DESIGNER TO DO IT.
'CAUSE IT'S, WELL, WE HAVE WITHIN OUR CONTRACT THE ABILITY EVERY FOUR YEARS TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE TO HAVE A REDESIGN.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO JOE LUCAS ABOUT IT.
WE ARE IN KIND OF DECIDING WHAT WAY TO GO.
THEY HAVE SOME TEMPLATES THAT WE WANNA BRING TO YOU.
WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT YET.
DO THEY, DO THEY CHARGE FOR THAT? WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN? WE'RE IN FOUR.
SO, SO WOULD WE, WHEN IT MAKE SENSE TO, WOULD THEY SHOW UP AT A WORK SESSION OR DO WE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE THINGS? SHOULD WE ALL IDENTIFY PROBLEMS WITH THE WEBSITE? NO, I THINK I, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU AND JOEGON, JOE LA CASEY IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS, ONCE YOU BRING THAT TO US, WE CAN COME BACK WITH OUR COMMENTS, THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SEE ON THAT WEBSITE.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A TEST WEBSITE UP.
SO THE, THE PUBLIC WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND SAY, HEY, I LIKE THIS, OR I DON'T LIKE THIS.
OR THE SEARCH STILL DOESN'T WORK THE WAY TO ME.
THE SEARCH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
SO, SO, SO HE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THE, ALL THE SEARCHES IS RIGHT.
BUT I THINK SO JUST YOURSELF AND JOE IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT, WE ARE, WE'RE, WELL, WE'RE THE TOWN REPRESENTATIVE.
THEY DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR, UH, ONGOING CONTRACT.
AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO US AND THEN WE TAKE IT AND COME BACK TO YOU AND GIVE YOU HOWEVER MANY DESIGNS AND FEEL APPROPRIATE.
SO THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE IS HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SEE WHAT THEY WANNA SEE ON THAT, ON THEIR PAGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ALL INFORMATION.
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING, IT SHOULD BE UNIFORM, 'CAUSE I, WE GO TO EACH PAGE IS IT'S LIKE A HUB PROJECT, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAGES, WHICH IS NOT UNIFORMED.
THERE'S A, AND ACTUALLY THE WEBSITE IS QUITE DEEP, UH, IF YOU REALLY GET INTO IT.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME GETTING INTO THOSE DIFFERENT PARTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, A BOT, UH, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND WE LIKED THE IDEA OF IT, BUT THE BOT THAT THIS COMPANY, THAT COMPANY WE HAVE USES DOES, ISN'T ABLE TO READ OUR, OUR TOWN LAWS.
SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
UM, THEY'RE CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A BOT IS AND HOW IT WORKS? YEAH.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY SEEN THEM A HUNDRED TIMES IN THE, IN THE LOWER, TYPICALLY IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.
IT'S A, A AI, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A, UH, A LITTLE ROBOT THAT YOU CAN TALK TO OR YOU SEEMINGLY TALK TO.
SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY MAKE 'EM OUT TO BE LIKE LITTLE CARTOON PEOPLE AND THEY SAY, MY NAME IS PETER, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU.
AND BASICALLY YOU DO A LITTLE SEARCH AND IT COMES BACK WITH, WITH FREQUENTLY A ASKED, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT GREEN, UH, EXCUSE ME, GREENWICH, BECAUSE UH, THE COMPANY THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH, UM, RECOMMENDED THEM.
AND THE ONE THING YOU GUYS WERE WORKING AT THE TIME WAS THE, UH, LEAF BLOWER.
SO I TYPED IN LEAF BLOWER, THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR LEAF BLOWER LAW.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY KIND OF TOOK A SHORTCUT AND THEY ACTUALLY CREATED A WEBPAGE WITH THEIR LEAFBLOWER LEAF BLOWER LAW ON IT.
NOT FROM THEIR, THEY ALSO USE E CODE 360 LIKE WE DO.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT UNTIL WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS INDEXED AND THAT'S THAT WHOLE, UH, SET OF LAWS.
UH, DO I NEED A RESOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD OR SHOULD WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? JUDGE? I THINK YOU NEED A, IT SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH A RESOLUTION.
YEAH, WE COULD DRAFT RESOLUTION.
WE JUST PUT IT ON FOR NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.
WE SAID THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR IT WOULD BE THE DEFAULT, AND THAT WAS IN WRITING, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE DID DO A RESOLUTION.
JUST SO YOU FEEL THEN, THEN WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS, UH, NO, IT'S FINE.
AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW BY PUTTING A RESOLUTION ON AND WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE IT WHEN WE'RE PASSING IT.
SO NOW JOE HAS SOMETHING TO DO TOMORROW.
RIGHT NOW THAT WE, NOW THAT THE CLERK MADE IT EASIER FOR YOU ON THE OTHER, SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE OPEN MEETING? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
THEN I MOVE, THAT WOULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS, LEADING TO DEPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE, SUSPENSION, DISMISSAL OR REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR PERSON OR CORPORATION.
AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PENDING PROPOSED AND CURRENT LITIGATION.
BUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY VOTE, JOE, YOU SHOULD MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE ARE AQUA, THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT IN THE PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE BUILDING.
WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TOWN CODE
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AND STATE LAW SINCE WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE IN PERSON AT A DUALLY NOTED PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE WORK SESSION.COUNCILMAN SHEEN IS ON ZOOM, UH, ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH TOWN CODE AND STATE LAW.
AND CAN I JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, THAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS GOING TO HOLD A FORUM WITH FOUR OTHER ATTORNEY GENERALS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LOOK IT UP.
IT'S FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT SUNY WCC RIGHT HERE.
AND, UM, YOU CAN REGISTER TO ATTEND AT AG.NY.GOV/COMMUNITY IMPACT DASH HEARING.
I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT FLYER GETS ON THE WEBSITE TOMORROW MORNING.
CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? UM, COULD, IF WE ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND THAT'S CONTRACTUAL AND LEGAL, COULD WE JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, THAT AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD GONNA BE DISCUSSING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I MEAN, IT, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SESSION LAWS BECAUSE THERE'S LEGAL MATTERS THAT'S ACCURATE? YES.