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          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          TODAY IS, UH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH, AND IT'S 7 36. 
          AND WE'LL START WITH THE 
          [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
P OF ALLEGIANCE, PGI ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          CAN YOU REMAIN STAND, PLEASE? SURE. 
          AND 
          [ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Dawn Cancro, sister of Town Council Aide Holly Cancro, passed away suddenly on May 2, 2025. Dawn attended Greenburgh Central 7 schools, graduating from Woodlands High School. Since high school, she was always passionate about childcare and worked at several daycare centers and schools 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]
WE HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF, UH, MOMENTS OF SILENCE. 
          UM, IN MEMORY OF DAWN KRA, SISTER OF TOWN, COUNCIL AIDE HOLLY  PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON MAY 2ND, DOING, UM, ATTENDED GREENBURG CENTRAL SEVEN SCHOOLS, GRADUATED FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT CHILDCARE AND WORKED AT SEVERAL, SEVERAL DAYCARE CENTERS AND SCHOOLS. 
          AND, UM, HER SISTER, UM, HOLLY , WORKS FOR THE TOWN BOARD AND, UM, IS JUST A WONDERFUL, UH, PERSON. 
          VERY, VERY HARDWORKING, UM, VERY DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKES HER. 
          YOU KNOW, SHE HAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAS ONLY FRIENDS, AND WE REALLY, UH, FEEL SO HORRIBLY ABOUT HER LOSS, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE'S SUCH A NICE PERSON AND DOESN'T DESERVE THIS TRAGEDY. 
          UM, AND A MEMORY OF THE, WHAT WHAT, WHAT MAKES IT PARTICULARLY TRAGIC IS THAT THEY WERE AWAY ON VACATION TOGETHER, AND SHE PASSED A DAY BEFORE THEY WERE TO COME BACK. 
          YES. 
          AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PERISHED AS VIC. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN SHANNON WAS SAYING, UM, WE JUST WANT TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE OF DAWN KROW. 
          SHE WAS A DEAR FRIEND AND A SHINING LIGHT. 
          I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RECONNECTING WITH DAWN JUST DAYS BEFORE HER TRIP TO, TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 
          AND IT'S THESE MOMENTS THAT ARE NOW TREASURED MORE THAN EVER. 
          WE, WE REMINISCED ABOUT OUR DAYS AT WOODLANDS, THE CLASS OF 86 SHARING LAUGHS ABOUT FRIENDS LIKE NORA MCCAL, DAWN MCCABE, DOROTHY SHEA, AND DARLENE FRANKLIN. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUN, THE MEMORIES, AND THE SIMPLE JOY OF BEING TOGETHER. 
          SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT HER TRIP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RELAXATION AND THE NEW ADVENTURES. 
          AND WE PROMISED TO GET TOGETHER WHEN SHE RETURNED, JUST FOR MORE VISITS AND MORE LAUGHTER AND MORE MOMENTS. 
          DAWN WAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. 
          SHE WAS KIND AND JOYFUL AND FULL OF LIFE. 
          AND HER WARMTH AND HER FRIENDSHIP TOUCHED US ALL. 
          AND ALTHOUGH SHE'S GONE, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE HER LOVE AND HER LAUGHTER TO CONTINUE. 
          AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HOLLY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PARISHES, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE, AND NATURAL DISASTER. 
          OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THOSE WHO SUFFER, UH, NEEDLESSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, 
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WE, UM, NOW WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL. 
          GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR. 
          FINER HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN SHEEN. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN JACKSON. 
          COUNCILMAN JACKSON. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ASKED ME. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          ARE YOU HERE? I'M HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, GREAT. 
          SHE'S HERE. 
           COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT AND OUR TOWN ATTORNEY. 
          AND, UM, LOT GOING ON PRESENT. 
          ARIAN PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU . 
          MR. JOE DANKO. 
          YOUR, UM, NEXT, 
          [ PRESENTATIONS Proclamation to 2025 Edgemont Community Council Silver Bowl recipient Pamela Borgeson Montgomery Messiah Jackson-Alberich, Woodland's High School Senior - celebrating his inclusion to the Congressional Art Competition at the Neuburger Museum May 25, 2025 Danielle Lobl, Master's school junior, and Adara Levy, Master's school sophomore, Teen Workshop (5 minutes) "It is student led, offering a space to educate and empower teens to take ownership over their digital lives and reduce mental health risks.  She is focusing on responsible use of digital activism as it has shown to increase hate, divisiveness and harm mental health if used without awareness.   Students will learn to reflect on their social media engagement and digital habits while learning how to become more intentional with what they post/share/like." My Brothers' Keeper Toy Drive (10 minutes)]
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE HONORING, UH, PAMELA GOON, MONTGOMERY, AND FRANCIS, YOU HAVE THE PROCLAMATION? YES, I DO. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE WANNA BE LONELY UP HERE. 
          . 
          YES. 
          CAN WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? 
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SO WE WERE AT THE APRIL 30TH, UH, EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE COULD NOT GIVE YOU A PROCLAMATION AT THAT TIME BECAUSE TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS WEREN'T THERE TO SIGN IT. 
          AND SO WE ARE NOW GIVING IT TO YOU TODAY. 
          I WAS THINKING OF DEDICATING APRIL 30TH AND MAKING IT A TOWN OF GREENBERG DAY, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S NOT GREAT, BUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE DID THAT ALREADY. 
          UM, SO WE ARE, UM, GIVING YOU THIS PROCLAMATION, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE IT. 
           UH, BUDGETS ARE TIGHT  AND OUR PRINTER, UH, WHICH WE ARE WAITING FOR A NEW ONE TO COME IN. 
          UH, SKIPPED A LITTLE SPOT OVER HERE, BUT WE DID WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU. 
          IT DOESN'T LIKE THE RAZ, IT DOESN'T LIKE THE RAZ. 
          IT DOESN'T LIKE THE W AND THE WAREHOUSES. 
          RIGHT? SO WE WILL DROP OFF ONE AT YOUR HOUSE. 
          UM, EVERYTHING ELSE IT LOOKS NICE EXCEPT EXACT. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FUSER DIDN'T WORK IN JUST ONE SPOT. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE SO HONORED. 
          WE ARE SO HONORED. 
          AND WE WERE THAT NIGHT, UM, BECAUSE WE LEARNED A LOT ALSO ABOUT YOU THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION, I'LL READ THE, UH, THE RESOLVE CLAUSE. 
          BUT WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT PAMELA WAS THAT, AND SOME PEOPLE, I USE THE TERM 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD IT FOR MYSELF, A HELIUM HAND. 
          WHAT IS A HELIUM HAND? DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING? AND PAMELA'S HAND GOES UP . 
          AND THAT IS WHAT SHE IS KNOWN FOR. 
          UH, DYLAN PINE IS HERE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE EDGE BOND COMMUNITY COUNCIL. 
          HE WAS, UH, THE MC FOR THE FESTIVITIES THAT NIGHT. 
          UH, AND WE HEARD SO MANY STORIES ABOUT HOW YOU TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES, WHETHER IT WAS THE GIRL SCOUTS OR IT WAS THE SCHOOL OR BEING VICE PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT, WHATEVER IT WAS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR BACKGROUND AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING TO COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND STILL HAVING A PRACTICE AND VOLUNTEERING AND VOLUNTEERING AND VOLUNTEERING. 
          SO WHAT TOOK TIME IN COMING UP WITH THIS PROCLAMATION WAS TRYING TO FIT WHAT WE NEEDED TO FIT ON THE PROCLAMATION AND STILL MAKE IT READABLE AND FRANKLY HAD TO GIVE UP. 
          SO THIS IS JUST SOME OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. 
          THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY PUT DOWN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, PARTICULARLY WHAT WE HEARD THAT NIGHT, UH, ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE, UH, BASICALLY NOT JUST VOLUNTEERED, BUT ACCOMPLISHED AND MADE SURE THAT WHATEVER YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR HAD MEANING, AND THEN YOU TAKING THAT AND GETTING RESULTS. 
          AND THAT'S A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. 
          AND THAT'S YOU. 
          SO THE RESOLVE CLAUSE SAYS THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, HEREBY PROCLAIMS MAY 14TH AS PAMELA BOGEN IN MONTGOMERY DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AND DIRECTS THE TEXT OF THIS PROCLAMATION TO BE CARRIED OUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE TOWN FOR ALL PEOPLE OF GOODWILL TO FOREVER KNOW AND RESPECT AND APPRECIATE, UH, UH, RESPECT AND APPRECIATE, AND WHAT THE APPRECIATION IS OF THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN FOR YOUR SELFLESS, UH, VOLUNTEERISM AND SEEMINGLY ENDLESS WILLINGNESS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SIGNED BY QUALIFIER JOY HABER, GINA JACKSON, ELLEN HENDRICK, AND MYSELF. 
          AND I ALSO FOUND A TYPO, SO WE'LL FIX THAT TOO. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? I'M A LITTLE SHORTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, WELL, I WASN'T ACTUALLY EXPECTING TO SAY ANYTHING. 
          UH, I AM GONNA SAY, I'M GLAD YOU'RE FIXING THE TYPOS AND THE WS BECAUSE AS A LAWYER, I REALLY DON'T LIKE TYPOS. 
          WS AREN'T A TYPO. 
          IT'S JUST IT DIDN'T PRINT THEM. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THAT EVEN MORE, I NEED MY WEAR AS CLAUSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU EAGLE EYE FOR EDITING . 
          EXACTLY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          UM, BUT 
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REALLY I HAVE TO SAY THAT VOLUNTEERING AT EDGE BOND HAS BEEN REALLY A JOY FOR ME AND REALLY A PLEASURE. 
          AND, UM, I THINK I MAY HAVE GOTTEN MORE OUT OF IT THAN THE PEOPLE OF MONT DID. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S HARD TO SAY. 
          BUT, UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, UH, TO VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, FOR YOUR COUNTRY, FOR WHATEVER YOU FIND MEANINGFUL, BECAUSE THAT REALLY, UM, WILL BRING MEANING TO YOUR OWN LIFE. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO IS DO IS AS COUNCIL, WHEN COUNCILMAN SHE AND NOTED THERE'S SO MUCH THAT, THAT SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED, THAT IT IS MIND BOGGLING AND HER ENCOURAGEMENT TO VOLUNTEER, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE, YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE DO IN, IN, IN EFFECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND YOU THINK YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. 
          WELL, IF YOU THINK ABOUT A HIGH POWERED ATTORNEY WHO VOLUNTEERED AS MUCH AS SHE DID, YOU FIND THE TIME. 
          YOU MAKE THE TIME. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID. 
          AND SHE CHANGED A LOT OF LIVES BECAUSE OF IT. 
          SO SHE'S A ROLE MODEL FOR US ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE, ASK A BUSY PERSON BECAUSE THEY'LL GET IT DONE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          DILIN, DO YOU WANT, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIND SOMEHOW TO GET YOU TO A MICROPHONE HERE. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EMAILS YOU SEND ME. 
          SO WHEN YOU AGREE WITH ME AND DISAGREE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND, UH, AND A DEMOCRACY. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO AGREE AND DISAGREE WITH POLICIES MADE BY, BY PEOPLE IN PUBLIC, UH, OFFICE. 
          AND WE ALL BENEFIT FROM YOUR ADVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, TWO STUDENTS FROM MASTER SCHOOL, DANIELLE LOBEL AND ADARA, UH, LEVY. 
          AND, UM, THEY ORGANIZED TODAY A TEEN, UH, WORKSHOP. 
          IT WAS A STUDENT LED EFFORT, UM, AND THEY BASICALLY WERE INVOLVED IN AN EFFORT THAT EMPOWERS TEENS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OVER THEIR DIGITAL LIVES AND REDUCE MENTAL HEALTH RISKS. 
          UM, AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP AND BASICALLY TELL US A LITTLE FOR A FEW MINUTES, UM, WHAT, UH, THEIR PROGRAM WAS ABOUT TODAY AND ABOUT THE CLINTON, UH, FOUNDATION INITIATIVE. 
          COME LADIES, JUST PUT THE MIC TOWARDS YOU SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          UM, ONE SECOND. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HI, I'M DANIELLE. 
          AND I'M MADARA. 
          AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING THE HER STORY MENTORSHIP WORKSHOP THAT WE JUST RAN. 
          SO WHAT IS HER STORY? HER STORY? MENTORSHIP WORKSHOPS ARE PEER LED. 
          IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT TEAMED UP WITH THE CLINTON FOUNDATION WITH THE MISSION TO STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT THE MENTAL WELLNESS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS. 
          WE PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT HELP TEENS BUILD POSITIVE AND SELF-IDENTITY THROUGH THE DISCOVERY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENTIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA USE. 
          THE HASHTAG FOR ME WORKSHOP OFFERS A SPACE FOR TEENS TO REFLECT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT AND DIGITAL HABITS WHILE LEARNING HOW TO BECOME MORE INTENTIONAL WITH THEIR SCREEN TIME. 
          UM, SO I'M A MASTER SCHOOL JUNIOR RESEARCHING SOCIAL MEDIA, THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND MY RESEARCH LED ME TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, AND I'M A SOPHOMORE. 
          WE BOTH GO TO THE MASTER SCHOOL, UM, AND WE'RE MEMBERS OF THE TEEN ORGANIZATION ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE ARE TRAINING TO BE STUDENT MENTORS AND WORKSHOP LEADERS. 
          WE GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE TEENAGE GIRLS ARE ESPECIALLY EXPOSED TO TOXIC ENVIRONMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOST OF US GO THROUGH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. 
          IT'S AN UNDOUBTABLE FACT THAT 
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SOCIAL MEDIA IS EXTREMELY PREVALENT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, AND IT'S JUST UNREALISTIC TO ASK TEENAGE GIRLS NOT TO USE IT. 
          WE JOINED HER STORY TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO ACTUALLY MAKE CHANGE AND USE IT IN A HEALTHIER WAYS. 
          A KEY ASPECT OF HER STORY IS THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LECTURE, WE'RE ALSO TEENAGE GIRLS. 
          AND CREATING A BOND BETWEEN YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS WHILE UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA USE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE JUST ASKED THE GIRL GIRLS IN THE WORKSHOP TO REFLECT ON. 
          WE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF CONTENT COULD YOU SEE? COULD YOU CREATE THAT HIGHLIGHTS YOUR STRENGTHS AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU? UM, AND THIS PACKET IS GIVEN TO EVERY GIRL THAT'S IN THE WORKSHOP, AND IT KIND OF JUST LIKE HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRICULUM AND THE KEY ASPECTS OF IT. 
          I CAN THANK YOU. 
          SO AFTER COMPLETING THE HASHTAG FOR ME WORKSHOPS, 98% OF TEENS SURVEYED HAD A BETTER SENSE OF HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACTS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          97.5% OF TEENS SURVEYED HAD A BETTER SENSE OF HOW TO DEVELOP A MORE MEANINGFUL AND OR POSITIVE EXPERIENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AFTER COMPLETING THE WORKSHOPS 21 DAYS AFTER COMPLETING THE WORKSHOPS, 80% OF TEENS SURVEYED SAID THAT THEY WERE STILL ACTIVELY MAKING CHANGES TO HAVE A MORE MEANINGFUL CONNECTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND WE JUST DID IT IN THE OTHER ROOM, AND WE THINK IT WENT REALLY WELL. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY FUN FOR US AND FUN TO TALK TO THE GIRLS. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENS IN 21 DAYS AFTER YOU'VE SPOKEN TO THEM AGAIN. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR EFFORTS AND FOR ORGANIZING THE FORUM AND FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF, UH, UH, YOUNG, UH, GIRLS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT THEY'LL REMEMBER FOR, UH, MANY YEARS TO COME AND IT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOR THE BETTER, UM, FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SO IMPORTANT. 
          GREAT. 
          JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UM, PAMELA, CAN YOU COME BACK UP? CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. 
          WELL, I WAS, I WAS JUST THINKING, I WAS JUST TRYING TO TEXT YOU AS A MATTER OF FACT. 
          UM, WHY DON'T WE HEAR FROM THE WALL, THEN WE'LL PULL THE SCREEN UP AND WE'LL GET A NICE BACK AND WE GET ALL THE PICTURES AT ONE TIME. 
          THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO STAY A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. 
          YES, TERRANCE, WE'RE READY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO, IS TO TEXT YOU PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THOSE ARE VALUES, BUT LOOKING UP FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT'S A VALUE. 
          THE IDEA, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. 
          I AM MY SISTER'S KEEPER. 
          THAT'S THE VALUE IT GIVES ME. 
          GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU. 
          EIGHT AMAZING MEN. 
          THAT'S PART OF MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. 
          I JUST WANNA ROUND APPLAUSE. 
          THEY'RE AMAZING. 
          AS YOU NOTICE IN THE VIDEO, BARACK OBAMA MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF 
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BEING SOMEONE'S KEEPER. 
          AND IN HIS DEVELOPMENT OF MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL MENTORING ORGANIZATION, IT RESULTS IN AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN, RIGHT? I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THE WOMEN, BUT I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT THESE. 
          UM, EIGHT MEN. 
          SO THESE EIGHT MEN HERE, EVERYONE, OKAY, YOU GAVE ME EIGHT. 
          SOMEBODY'S MISSING SOMEBODY'S, OH, OKAY. 
          COME ON, COME ON, MR. GAINES. 
          LET ME, . 
          SO THESE GENTLEMEN, I WILL SAY ALL OF THEM HONOR ROLL STUDENTS, ALL OF THEM HAS BEEN PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION SINCE THE THIRD GRADE. 
          AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE HEADING OFF TO A FOUR YEAR IN UNIVERSITY. 
          AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE WHO GOT THE FULL SCHOLARSHIP, DIDN'T SOMEONE GET A FULL SCHOLARSHIP ON FOOTBALL OR SOMETHING? AND, AND, AND YOU SEE HOW HUMBLE THESE GENTLEMEN ARE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO, LET ME JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T SEE, WELL, SO LEMME PUT OUT MY GLASSES AND I HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR YOU BECAUSE WHICH PERSONAL FOR ME IS THAT EACH AND ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN IN MY CAR, THEY HAVE BEEN IN MY HOME, THEY HAVE PLAYED WITH MY SON. 
          AND JUST TO SEE HOW YOU ARE JUST, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF YOU. 
          SO I'M, I'M, I HAD AN EMOTIONAL DAY TODAY, SO I'LL, I'LL KEEP MY TEARS TO GRADUATION, BUT WE WILL BE CRYING ON GRADUATION. 
          UM, AND PARENTS, AGAIN, I SAID IT EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING START. 
          THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BECAUSE THESE MEN WOULD NOT BE WHERE THEY ARE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU. 
          SO YOU NEED TO GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          SO FOR MY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, UM, I WANNA JUST SAY THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO, AND I'LL DO YOU JAMESON, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MY FIRST ONE UP HERE OF MY BROTHER'S KEEPER AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATION TO GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I LEFT THAT BIG PART OUT. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS, THAT'S WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS ABOUT. 
          NOT ONLY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WILL BE HERE ALL NIGHT, BUT THE N PLAN, I'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT AND LIST OF ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN BACK TO. 
          AND THERE'S NEVER A TIME THAT THEY'VE EVER SAID NO. 
          SO I'LL CONTINUE. 
          UM, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATION TO GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY IS A VITAL STEP IN SHAPING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR BOTH YOURSELF AND THOSE AROUND YOU, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED. 
          WE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CELEBRATES YOU ON THIS DAY, THE 14TH DAY OF MAY 20, THE 14TH DAY, MAY, 2025 FOR YOUR POSITIVE IMPACT. 
          AND AGAIN, I CONGRATULATE YOU. 
          SO JAMESON, COME ON UP. 
          YES, YOU HAVE TO STAND. 
          YES, JAMESON, COME ON UP. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I'M PROUD OF YOU. 
          WE'RE TAKING A PICTURE SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE THEODORE FORBES. 
          COME ON UP. 
          Y'ALL CAN'T BE LAZY ON ME NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ETHAN LOCKE. 
          Y'ALL OUGHT TO TOO GROWN. 
          HERE YOU GO. 
          ETHAN TRAC AND TOUM. 
          YES. 
          AND MESSIAH CAMPBELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY ALL USED TO BE SHORTER THAN ME. 
          . 
          I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE MENTORS WHO GUIDE THESE YOUNG MEN. 
          AND I WILL START WITH ANTONIO WARHOL MOON. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, KYLE CORNELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THE INFAMOUS MR. ANTHONY GAINES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO BEF BEFORE, BEFORE GA MR. GAINES, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU STEP OFF, UM, WE HAVE SOME MORE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE TO YOU REALLY QUICKLY. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN THE MIC OVER TO MR. GAINES. 
          YOU JUST DROPPED, SO GO, GO THE MIC. 
          I'M TOO TALL. 
          . 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          AND THANK YOU TOWN BOARD, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR INVITING US HERE. 
          IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THESE YOUNG MEN. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG MEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 
          THEY'VE 
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COMPLETED OVER 75 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND NEW YORK CITY DOING SEVERAL PROJECTS. 
          AND WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR TONIGHT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. 
          IN DECEMBER, THEY, UM, FACILITATED A TOY DRIVE FOR THE GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THEY COLLECTED OVER 118 TOYS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO, TO GIVE TO STUDENTS THAT WERE IN NEED. 
          SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU PRESENTED THEM WITH CERTIFICATES. 
          UM, AND I WILL READ THEM TO YOU. 
          AND I KNOW THE KNICKS PLAN IS . 
          I'LL TRY TO BE FAST. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, GENEROSITY, AND COMPASSION, IN SUPPORT OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 2024 ANNUAL TOY DRIVE ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2024. 
          THIS FIRST CERTIFICATE GOES, HE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE UP. 
          MR. JAMESON STEVENS. 
          ALRIGHT, THE SECOND CERTIFICATE WILL GO TO MR. ETHAN LOCKE. 
          MY GUY, MR. REON. 
          MR. THEODORE FORBES. 
          LET'S SEE, IT'S THIS ONE. 
          MR. MESSIAH CAMPBELL. 
          MS. KYLE CORNELL AND MR. MOON GOT HIS CERTIFICATE AT ANOTHER CEREMONY EARLIER WHEN WE WERE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. 
          BUT MR. ANTONIO WAL HALL MOON, WHO'S ONE OF THE MVK MENTORS WHO, UM, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          I SEE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER MVK YOUNG MAN HERE WHO GRADUATED SOME YEARS AGO, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE NOW. 
          HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COHORTS. 
          SO YOU CAN STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR HAND TOO, PLEASE. 
          SO, THANK YOU MR. FINER FOR ALSO PARTNERING WITH US FOR THIS PROGRAM WHEN WE STARTED IT IN 2016. 
          WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR NINTH YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE EXCITING THINGS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OH WAIT, UM, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, THE YOUNG MEN ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU BOOK BAGS IN HONOR OF YOU ACKNOWLEDGING US. 
          SO WE WANNA SAY A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND THANK YOU. 
          SO GUYS, THEY'RE GONNA HAND YOU BOOK BAGS. 
          IF I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, I HAVE MORE IN THE CAR. 
          CAN WE TAKE PICTURES OF THIS? I STILL HAVE ONE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          TAKE SIT. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE ONE MORE. 
          THAT'S NOT A BOOK, BUT THAT'S A BACKPACK. 
          THAT'S VERY NICE. 
          IF THERE ARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M NOT A BOARD MEMBER, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK, WE'LL GET DOUBLE ONE. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          AND MR. GAINES, I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADOPTING. 
          YEAH. 
          NOBODY CAN LEAVE. 
          . 
          I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADOPTING DARIUS. 
          HE'S BEEN TRAVELING WITH YOU GUYS AND JUST THE AMAZING WORK YOU DID. 
          AND ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND ONE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT THE BOYS, UM, YOUNG MEN, EXCUSE ME, UH, WAS WHEN THEY, UH, CAME TO, UH, BAILEY. 
          AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW MANY OF YOUR, UH, YOUNG MEN WERE THERE TO READ TO THE FOURTH, THE FIFTH, AND THE SIXTH GRADERS. 
          AND THEY JUST DID IT MAGNIFICENTLY. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR, AND YOUR MENTORSHIP. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TO MISS LWANGA, RIGHT? LORI WILL LWANGA. 
          YEAH. 
          SHE'S ANOTHER MENTOR. 
          VERY, VERY ESTEEMED TEACHER AT WILLS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          YEAH. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST WAIT A MOMENT, TWO SECONDS, ANOTHER PRESENTATION. 
          BUT Y'ALL CAN SIT DOWN. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T REALIZE TODAY'S THEME WAS A COMMUNITY GIVE BACK AND, AND VOLUNTEERISM . 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, WOODLANDS REALLY HAS QUITE A CROP OF EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS. 
          AND WE ARE HERE ALSO TO CELEBRATE MESSIAH JACKSON ALRIDGE MESSIAH. 
          NOT ONLY IS HE A STELLAR STUDENT, BUT HE HAS A VERY KEEN EYE. 
          I, AND AS 
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HE WAS WALKING ALONG WITH HIS CAMERA, HE SAW A GREAT PHOTOGRAPH. 
          DID YOU BRING HIM? YES. 
          COME MOM, COME. 
           AND HIS TEACHER MISS YOU. 
          OH, TEACHER, SORRY. 
          ENCOURAGED HIM TO ENTER IT IN CONGRESSIONAL. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TO LET EVERYBODY SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE DONE. 
          YES. 
          AND IN THE CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION, WHICH IS AN ART COMPETI COMPETITION, THAT THE, THAT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT CONGRESS PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN HOST EVERY YEAR. 
          AND HE WAS ONE OF 29 ENTRANTS AND THEY HAD AN ART SHOW AT THE NEUBERGER MUSEUM. 
          IF NO ONE HAS BEEN TO THE NEWBERGER MUSEUM, YOU SHOULD GO. 
          IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. 
          AND IT, IT REALLY SHOWED BEAUTIFULLY. 
          HE HAS A VERY KEEN EYE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 
          AND, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEWBERGER WAS REALLY STRUCK BY IT AND REALLY MADE A POINT OF POINT SAYING TO ME THAT IT WAS REALLY TERRIFIC. 
          SO I, I'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE HE'S THEN OFF TO COLLEGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JACKIE, FOR ENCOURAGING. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          I DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH. 
          SO, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MS. HENDRICKS AND THANK YOU TO MS. NEWBIE FOR THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND, UM, UM, BEFORE, UH, I ENTERED, UH, MS. NEWBIE'S CLASS THIS SEPTEMBER, I REALLY SAW PHOTOGRAPHY AS MORE OF A, LIKE A ARTIFICIAL, OR NOT ARTIFICIAL, EXCUSE ME, AS A, LIKE A SURFACE LEVEL ART. 
          I DIDN'T REALLY VIEW IT AS AN ART, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          BUT MS. NEWBY ENCOURAGED ME TO LOOK BEYOND THE, UM, JUST TO LOOK BEYOND WHAT'S JUST ON THE, UH, PAGE AND LOOK TO THE STORY THAT THE, UM, PHOTO IS TELLING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO THANK HER. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UH, MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, UH, WAS LISTENING TO YOU BEFORE I WAS THINKING OF, UM, ANOTHER GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER WHO LIVED, UH, IN GREENBURG GORDON PARKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, MAYBE YOU'LL BE, UH, THE FUTURE GORDON PARKS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED MY CAREER, I USED TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND I ALWAYS KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND HE WAS VERY MODEST. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A REALLY NICE, UH, WARM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HUMAN BEING. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT THIS AWARD THAT YOU GOT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. 
          AND, UM, ONE DAY WE'LL ALL PUT ON OUR RESUME THAT WE WERE IN THE SAME, UH, ROOM AS YOU WERE. 
          AND THIS WILL BE, SPEAKING OF PHOTOS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS SINCE YOU'RE STILL STANDING, WOULD YOU GIVE US A MOMENT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? OH, JACKIE. 
          YES. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY HE'S BEING VERY MODEST THIS EVENING, BUT HE'S VERY ARTICULATE AND HE HAD MUCH MEANING BEHIND THIS PHOTO. 
          AND HE, WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT THE DEPTH AS HE WAS SPEAKING TO, WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT THE DEPTH THAT HE INTENDS IN HIS PHOTOGRAPHY, THAT'S WHERE HE HAS REALLY SHINE. 
          HE JUST KEEPS SHINING AND SHINING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HIM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ARTISTS AND STUDENTS OF EXCELLENCE SHINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COULD YOU MENTION AGAIN WHAT COLLEGE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO? I'M GONNA ATTEND HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
          THIS HOWARD? YES, IT WORKED HOWARD. 
          I WASN'T SURE WE SAID HARVARD. 
          THAT'S GREAT FUN FACT. 
          HOWARD UNIVERSITY JUST, UH, GRADUATED ITS LARGEST, UH, GRADUATION CLASS IN HISTORY. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER 1300 STUDENTS. 
          UH, WE SHOULD ALSO ASK SARAH BRACY WHITE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO EXHIBIT SOME OF YOUR, UM, OTHER, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE, AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WILL INSPIRE OTHER, UM, STUDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, WHO AND PARENTS TO ALSO, UH, CONSIDER PHOTOGRAPHY AND, AND ART. 
          SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH YOUR PICTURE. 
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YOU WANT ME TO TURN IT? WE THANK YOU. 
          YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I'M SO PROUD. 
          YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVERYONE TAKE YES. 
          WHAT FUNNY AS HELL THOUGH. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          OH, THAT'S YOURS. 
          OH, NO PROBLEM. 
          FIVE. 
          THIS PICTURE REAL QUICK. 
          OH, SURE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK, SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE HER. 
          FRANCIS, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUT A TITLE FOR ME. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          DID YOU TAKE THIS? WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT YOU LOOKING FOR? UM, COUNCILWOMAN? YEAH, I GOT THANK YOU. 
          A MIDDLE SWITCH ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE GOTTA RESUME OUR MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE RESUMING OUR MEETING. 
          UM, BEFORE, UH, WE, WE, BEFORE WE GO ONTO, UH, THE, THE REST OF THE MEETING, I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEBODY IN THE BACK, UM, WHO WAS KEEPING US SAFE. 
          UH, MIKE MARINO, UM, BECAUSE MIKE'S SON JUST, UH, HAD A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT 
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ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          MIKE, YOU JUST WANNA COME UP AND TELL US HOW BRILLIANT YOUR SON IS AND, UH, UH, HIS, UH, BIG SCHOLARSHIP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF, UH, PROUD OF HIM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, KNOW YOUR FAMILY AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND YOUR SON HAS DONE FOR THE TOWN. 
          YES. 
          UH, JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY, HE GRADUATED FROM PENN STATE WITH HONORS AND HE GOT A FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR THEIR GRADUATE PROGRAM AT PENN STATE. 
          AND HE'S STUDYING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. 
          I SAY MY SON'S A ROCKET SCIENTIST NOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATS. 
          YOUR DAD IN THIS WORLD. 
          YES. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          GREAT JOB, DAD. 
          AND WHAT AND WHAT SCHOOL DID HE GO HIGH SCHOOL? DID HE GO TO HAMILTON? ALEXANDER HAMILTON. 
          NICE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT TO GIVE, UH, WOOD HAMILTON, NOT EQUAL TIME TO WOODLAND SOME TIME, BUT THANK YOU. 
          BUT IT REALLY SHOWS THAT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS FROM HAMILTON, FROM, UH, WOODLANDS REALLY ACCOMPLISH A LOT. 
          AND WE HAVE A REALLY AMAZING, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          NEXT, UM, WE HAVE, 
          [ 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 ]
UM, LIAISON REPORTS. 
          IS EVERYBODY PREPARED FOR THEIR LIAISON REPORTS? NOT PARTICULARLY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I CAN START. 
          WAIT, ARE YOU GOOD? DID YOU SEE HIS LIA LIAISON REPORT?  THE DIX PLANE? OKAY, SO I HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 
          UH, WE HAD, UH, A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR THE BARBARA WATSON PERRY, UH, MEMORIAL EXTENSION ON MARCH 27TH. 
          AND THE PIECE OF ART THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THAT HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH WONDERFUL FEEDBACK. 
          PEOPLE COME OFF THE ELEVATOR, THEY LOOK AT IT, THEY ARE SO IMPRESSED. 
          AND, UH, THEY REALLY DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH CREATING THAT IN, IN HER MEMORY. 
          UH, THE ANNUAL A A RP VOLUNTEER TAX PREPARATION TOOK PLACE, AND I'M GONNA SAY THEY HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE. 
          469 RETURNS WERE FILED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THEIR HELP. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE SERVICE, UH, AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US EVERY YEAR. 
          MY MOTHER USES THAT SERVICE, SO, YEAH. 
          YES, THAT'S GREAT. 
          UH, THEY HAD A MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION. 
          UH, THEY HAD 175 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNDER THE WEATHER, SO I COULD NOT ATTEND, BUT I HEARD IT WAS GREAT. 
          UM, SUMMER CAMP IS STARTING ON JUNE 30TH AND ENDS ON AUGUST 8TH, AND THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR COUNSELOR APPLICATIONS. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, SO FAR 150 CAMPUS REGISTERED, 125 STAFF APPLICATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE ONLY, THEY HAVE 120 SPOTS TO FILL, SO THEY NEED MORE APPLICATIONS. 
          SO YOUNG PEOPLE COME OUT AND APPLY FOR THOSE JOBS. 
          IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE SUMMER WORKING WITH KIDS AND OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. 
          AND I WAS A CAMP COUNSELOR FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND I LOVE DOING IT. 
          SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SPEND YOUR SUMMER. 
          UM, I ALSO, JUST TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR, THE FAMILY DAY OF JAZZ AT THE WILLIAM L. CARTER PAVILION IS AUGUST 9TH THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME. 
          I HAVE GONE THE PAST FEW YEARS AND REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF AND HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR NOW, SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT MUSIC, A LOT OF FUN. 
          HOPEFULLY IT WON'T RAIN. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THEY HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT, UH, A A SUBSTANTIAL GRANT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THEIR MUCH NEEDED HYBRID BUS. 
          UH, THIS WILL HELP TO TRANSPORT SENIORS AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACTIVITIES, UH, HERE IN MANHATTAN AND BEYOND. 
          UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE, THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT BUS BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT BUS VERY BADLY. 
          UH, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN HAYWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY 1 51. 
          I REGISTERED DARIUS TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          VERY GOOD. 
          . 
          UM, GO AHEAD, GINA. 
          DO YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? OKAY. 
          , YOU DON'T HAVE TO. 
          UM, TERRANCE, YOU'RE ON. 
          OKAY. 
          I NEED HERE, I'M TITLE AS A CARETAKER. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 19 YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, ABOVE MAINTENANCE IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT BASICALLY IN TOUCH 
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WITH EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          EVERYTHING FROM CUTTING LAWNS TO INSTALLING CAMERAS, INSTALLING FLOORS, AND WE DO IT ALL. 
          MY FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB, I NEVER DO THE SAME THING. 
          IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO. 
          SO MANY BUILDINGS. 
          WE TAKE CARE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY CENTER, RECREATION. 
          WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. 
          AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO. 
          FROM THE LITTLEST THING TO THE BIGGEST THING, I AM DEFINITELY A PEOPLE PERSON. 
          YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LOVES ME. 
          YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE TAXPAYERS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WORK, WE WORK WITH EACH OTHER. 
          I TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT I DO, AND I LET MY WORK SHOW FOR ITSELF. 
          I TRY MY HARDEST TO MAKE IT LOOK AS PROFESSIONAL AS I CAN. 
          MY KIDS MOTIVATE ME. 
          THE JOB HAS PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. 
          IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, . 
          SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY OF OUR GREAT EMPLOYEES WHO REALLY JUST TAKE THIS JOB SO SERIOUSLY AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY, AND WE HAVE SUCH TALENTED EMPLOYEES HERE, AND THIS IS WHY WE LOOK TO TRY TO DO A LOT OF WORK IN-HOUSE. 
          WE DO TRY, BUT, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A RESULT OF IT. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO, TO DANNY, WE HAVE, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD DEPARTMENT WORKS. 
          WE HAD RECYCLING EVENT. 
          IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 
          WE'RE OUT THERE  ALL MORNING, ALL AF ALL AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 2:00 PM UM, WE TOOK IN 10 BOXES OF E-WASTE, TWO YARDS OF TWO 30 YARDS OF DUMPSTERS OF SCRAP METAL, 10 CONTAINERS OF TEXTILES, ONE PILOT OF BOOKS, 2 26 YARD CONTAINERS OF BULK GARBAGE, ONE PILOT OF BATTERIES, 32 BINS OF SHREDDED PAPER. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY 320 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. 
          SO WE SAY THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, AND THANK YOU TO THE GENTLEMEN WHO ARE OUT THERE ON SATURDAY. 
          WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD FOR THE TOWN TO BEGIN. 
          ITS CURBING AND ALL AND ASPHALT RESURFACING PROJECTS OVER THE COMING WEEKS. 
          THESE EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WARM WEATHER. 
          UM, AND WE ARE HOPING THIS WILL DEFINITELY IMPROVE OUR ROAD QUALITY AND OUR SAFETY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO WORK IN ENHANCING ON OUR TOWN'S RAILWAYS AS A PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN, AND, UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ALSO ASKED ME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SHANNON. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY FANCY VIDEO, NOT ME. 
          UH, BUT I DO WANT TO REPORT THAT, UM, LIAISON TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS, UH, UH, BOARDS AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WORK VERY CAREFULLY TOGETHER AND COOPERATIVELY TOGETHER. 
          UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT, UM, A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE REVISION OF OUR, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. 
          UH, IT IS, UH, NOTHING IS FINAL UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND MAKE REVISIONS. 
          UH, WE EXPECT THAT TO BE ROLLED OUT SOMETIME IN JUNE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE THE MORE YOU WORK ON SOMETHING, THE MORE YOU FIND THAT THERE'S AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CODE. 
          AND SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. 
          SO STAFF, UH, IS, IS, UM, MEETING, AND THIS IS NOT SEXY. 
          IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ADVERTISE. 
          IT'S JUST DOING THE GRUNT WORK IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT OUR STAFF DOES EVERY DAY, UH, FROM OUR TOWN ATTORNEY TO 
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THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UH, THE ASSESSOR, UM, WHEN THAT'S A, A FACTOR IN THAT ENGINEERING, DPW, UM, ARBORIST, , FORESTER, UH, EVERYBODY PLAYS A ROLE. 
          AND, UM, AND, UH, IT'S, UM, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, THAT, UH, IS LONG OVERDUE. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EAST DALE AVENUE, AND THAT IS, UH, A MAJOR CONCERN. 
          UH, WE NEVER ANTICIPATED A SEWER PIPE UNDERNEATH AN APARTMENT BUILDING, WHOEVER, UM, THOUGHT OF THAT DESIGN MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. 
          UM, UH, WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE NOW, AND SO WE, UH, KEEP DOING, UM, INVESTIG INVESTIGATORY WORK. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT. 
          SO AT THE SAME TIME, SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, SOME INFORMATION COMING ABOUT OUT ABOUT THAT, UM, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE THE ASSESSOR WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU THINK YOUR TAXES ARE TOO HIGH, . 
          AND, UH, WE'RE COMING UP AT THE, THAT POT IN TIME WHEN, UH, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU THINK THAT THE AMOUNT THAT'S ON THAT, UH, STATEMENT THAT YOU GET IN THE MAIL IS NOT WHAT YOU CAN SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR, UH, THAT'S THE TIME TO GRIEVE. 
          OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE HUMANS. 
          WHEN YOU WANNA SELL THE HOUSE, YOUR HOUSE IS PRISTINE AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. 
          AND WHEN YOU COME INTO THE TOWN ASSESSOR, THERE'S NOTHING RIGHT WITH IT. 
          UM, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN IS PROBABLY CORRECT. 
          AND SO WE, YEARS AGO, NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, WE WENT TO FULL VALUE ASSESSMENT SO THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAID ON YOUR BILL, BECAUSE BEFORE YOUR HOUSE MAY BE WORTH $600,000, BUT AT AN ASSESSMENT OF 18,000, WHAT'S THAT? WELL, YOU USE AN EQUALIZATION RATE. 
          WHAT'S THAT? WE MADE IT CLEAN EASIER NOW THAN THE NUMBER THAT'S ON YOUR BILL. 
          UH, YOUR ASSESSMENT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE THE TOWN BELIEVES YOU CAN SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR. 
          IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, UM, COME IN AND SPEAK TO THE ASSESSOR. 
          I HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR SIX SOLICITATIONS TELLING ME I COULD LOWER MY TAXES BY SIX DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHO HAVE PROBABLY NEVER SEEN MY HOUSE, BUT IS SENDING THEM OUT. 
          ANYWAY, I SUGGEST BEFORE YOU GIVE MONEY TO ANY COMPANY, YOU COME IN AND SPEAK TO THE ASSESSOR AND THE ASSESSMENT AS ASSESSOR, UM, ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEY WILL HELP YOU. 
          THEY ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY. 
          THEY WILL ACTUALLY DO ANYONE, ANYONE TRY TO PROVE ME WRONG. 
          THEY WILL TRY TO HELP YOU. 
          THEY'LL SHOW YOU COMPARABLES AND THEY CAN EASILY PULL THAT UP. 
          AND IF YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT, THEN PICK ONE OF THE SIX COMPANIES THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          ONE'S FROM FLORIDA . 
          OH, WOW. 
          . 
          SO THIS IS GONNA BE A BANNER YEAR FOR THESE BULK REASSESSMENT THINGS. 
          AND FRANKLY, MANY TIMES THEY ALL GET THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO THE JOB THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND, AND FIGHTING FOR YOU. 
          BUT ANYWAY, UM, UH, I'M SURE I'LL, I'M SURE I'LL GET A LOVE NOTE ON MY PHONE IN A FEW MINUTES FROM THE ASSESSOR . 
          UH, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, MORE NEXT TIME. 
          ELLEN, IT WAS REALLY A PLEASURE TO, UM, LOOK AT MY PHONE THIS MORNING AND SEE A HEADLINE POP UP ABOUT THE ODELL EMBO HOUSE. 
          SO FOR ANYBODY WHO'S TRAVELED, GONE NEXT OR ACROSS THE STREET, ACTUALLY RIGHT ON RIDGE ROAD AND FARM OLD FARM LANE, UM, FROM THE SAXON WOODS PARK IS THE, THE EMBO, UM, ODELL ROSHAMBO HOUSE. 
          IF, IF YOU WENT BY A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN A HOUSE IN SUCH DISREPAIR THAT IF, IF A STRONG WIND BLEW, IT WOULD BLOW DOWN. 
          UM, BEFORE I BECAME A A, A COUNCIL PERSON, I WAS ASKED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I SAID, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M HONORED, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW VERY 
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MUCH ABOUT HISTORY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, I BECAME LIAISON AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH. 
          JUST I, I'VE CREPT WALKED MY WAY INTO HISTORY, AND THIS IS A, A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE. 
          UM, AND KUDOS TO THE BOARD THAT PROCEEDED ME MEMBERS HERE, UM, WHO AGREED TO PURCHASE THE HOUSE WITH THE INDEFATIGABLE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES OF SUSAN SEALE AND HER HUSBAND DAVID, AND A WHOLE GROUP OF REALLY DEDICATED HISTORIANS. 
          SO IF YOU DRIVE BY NOW, YOU SEE A HOUSE THAT'S GOTTEN FRESH WINDOWS AND SHINGLES, AND AS WE APPROACH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY, IT WILL BECOME A MUSEUM SO THAT YOU TOO CAN WALK THROUGH HISTORY. 
          SO PLEASE GO BY, TAKE A LOOK, DRIVE BY, AND, AND IN ANTICIPATION AND WATCH THE PROGRESS. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT OPENS UP AS A MUSEUM, WE'LL WELCOME YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST A FEW THINGS, UH, UH, THIS SATURDAY FROM, UM, 11 TO TWO, THE, THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP IS ORGANIZING THEIR THIRD, UH, REPAIR CAFE AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND YOU COULD GET A LOT OF THINGS REPAIRED FOR FREE. 
          UM, AND THERE'S REPAIR FIXERS, UH, UH, WHO SPEND THEIR TIME FIXING, UM, COMPUTERS, UM, FURNITURE, JEWELRY, BICYCLES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS. 
          WE HAD THIS, UM, TWICE LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO SATURDAY IS THE DAY YOU COULD GET SOMETHING, UH, FOR FREE. 
          UM, I ALSO STARTING A SPRING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, COMING, UM, YOU KNOW, WEEK AND I'M GONNA BE ASSIGNING, UM, THE STUDENTS, IT'S ONLY USUALLY A SIX WEEK, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM. 
          BUT THEY'RE GONNA GO, UM, DOOR TO SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE GOING, UM, DOOR TO DOOR, UM, HELP, UH, REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND UPDATING OUR, UM, UH, WEBSITE. 
          WE HAVE, WE SET UP A WEBSITE A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE LIST, UH, VACANT STOREFRONTS. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA UPDATE, UH, THAT THEY'RE GONNA ALSO, UM, TRY FINDING OUT, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE NEEDS ARE OF, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHAT THE TOWN COULD DO, UH, TO HELP. 
          UH, WE STARTED A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 
          AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE, UM, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, UH, UH, TO JOIN. 
          ONE OF THE THOUGHTS, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD WAS, UM, JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN HONORING STUDENTS AND EXCEPTIONAL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THE TOWN SHOULD ALSO, UH, HONOR A BUSINESS OF THE MONTH. 
          UM, BECAUSE MANY, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN, THE SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY GIVE BACK, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, THE GIRL SCOUTS, THE BOY SCOUTS, UH, CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES, THEY ALWAYS ARE ASKING SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR DONATIONS. 
          AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GIVING BACK AND THEY USUALLY DON'T GET A LOT OF RECOGNITION FOR IT, BUT IT'S STILL COSTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S COST THEM EVERY TIME THEY'RE MAKING A DONATION. 
          AND IT'S HARD FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TO SAY NO. 
          AND I THINK WE SHOULD SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT HELP. 
          SO I, UH, EARLIER TONIGHT, I, I MET WITH, UM, SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THEY HAD A, A FUNCTION, A FUNCTION AT CROSSROAD SHOPPING CENTER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE BUSINESS OF THE MONTH INITIATIVE. 
          WE'RE ALSO, UM, FINDING THAT A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HAVING, UM, UM, PROBLEMS WITH, UM, PARKING AND JOY AND I ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON, UM, TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME, UH, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT SOME OF THE, UH, THE LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES, UM, AND LANDLORDS ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ARE EXPERIENCING. 
          UM, UM, PLEASE, IN, IN HARTSDALE, IN HARTSDALE SPECIFICALLY. 
          UH, YEAH, I'M PLEASED, UM, THAT, UM, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE WILL BE REPAVED IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, IF YOU GO DOWN EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE IS SORT OF THE GATEWAY, UH, TO, UM, UM, THE TOWN. 
          AND IT REALLY HAS A LOT OF POTHOLES. 
          AND EVEN THE CROSSWALKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT SMOOTH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE REPAVING, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT. 
          I'M ALSO, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A SYSTEM WHERE, UM, THE HARTSDALE PARKING DISTRICT, UM, AND SOME OF THE LOCAL MERCHANTS ARE GONNA PROMOTE 
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A CONCEPT WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET MAYBE ONE HOUR, PARDON, UH, THE, THE HEALTH CLUB ALREADY, UH, REIMBURSES PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST HOUR. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE THOUGHT IN TERMS OF THE RECYCLING SCHEDULE DAY EVENT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY FANTASTIC, UM, YOU KNOW, EVENT, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, AS YOU SAID, 320 PARTICIPANTS, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          NOT EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN READS THE TOWN WEBSITE. 
          NOT EVERYBODY, UH, LOOKS AT OUR, UM, UH, THE DIGITAL BOARDS OR GETS ALL THE ROBOCALLS. 
          SO ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO PUT, UH, THE RECYCLING DAY ON THE SANITATION CALENDAR, WHICH EVERYBODY GETS, AND MOST PEOPLE PUT ON THE REFRIGERATORS. 
          SO IF EVERY, EVERY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET IT, IF IT WOULD SAY, UH, RECYCLING DAY IS, UM, BEING HELD APRIL 29TH, 2026, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING E-WASTE PICKUP, UH, IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, HAVING BULK PICKUP DROP OFF POINTS. 
          AND WE PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR. 
          THEN WHEN PEOPLE, THEN EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN WOULD BASICALLY SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND I THINK IF WE DID THAT, INSTEAD OF HAVING 320 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE THIS WEEK, I THINK WE WOULD'VE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP WAS SO EXCITED. 
          THE STAFF WAS LIKE, AMAZING. 
          THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST WEREN'T AWARE OF IT. 
          AND WE, I THINK WE NEED TO TRY FIGURING OUT WAYS OF, UH, COMMUNICATING SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST TO, UH, AS AN UPDATE, THE REPAIR CAFE, I BELIEVE HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. 
          THIS NO, THE, THE REPAIR CAFE. 
          UH, THAT'S THE UPDATE I GOT TODAY. 
          UH, THAT'S INSIDE THE REPAIR CAFE. 
          I, I DIDN'T GET THAT. 
          I DIDN'T, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER TOLD ME, SO NO, I, THAT WAS GONNA BE INSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PUBLICIZING IT, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE A, A BIG, WE'LL NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK. 
          OKAY, WELL, I'LL SPEAK TO YOU. 
          AND NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT THAT, BUT IT AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE INSIDE. 
          IT WAS INSIDE, MOST OF IT WAS INSIDE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, SO I'LL, I'LL CHECK WITH JOHAN. 
          UM, BUT NEXT, WELL, BEFORE WE GO ON, THE ASSESSOR IS ACTUALLY DIDN'T BOTHER TO TEXT. 
          SHE'S IN THE BACK AND I'M SURE SHE WANTS TO COME UP AND THANK ME AND EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE WHEN IS GRIEVANCE DAY. 
          SURE. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM ASSESSOR. 
          , I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE, THE NEXT PLANE. 
          I KNOW. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS THOUGH. 
          I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANKS FOR HAVING ME UP HERE. 
          JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE, AS NEW ASSESSED VALUES FOR 2025 WILL BE PUBLISHED ON JUNE 1ST. 
          THEY'RE PUBLISHED ON JUNE 1ST EVERY YEAR. 
          THE LETTERS WILL GO OUT, UH, MAY 30TH, AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO PREPARE THEM. 
          UM, THEY'RE DUE IN THE MAIL NO LONGER THAN 10 DAYS BEFORE GRIEVANCE DAY, SO WE'LL GET THEM OUT THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE. 
          GRIEVANCE DAY IS ALWAYS THE THIRD TUESDAY IN JUNE. 
          WE HAVE, I'M TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT HERE, BUT WHATEVER, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE MAIL. 
          SO PERIODICALLY WE WILL GET PHONE CALLS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT GET THEIR MAIL, THEY DID NOT GET THE ASSESSMENT CHANGE NOTICES, AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE, BECAUSE IT IS PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UH, THE LETTERS GO OUT JUNE 1ST. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEVEN PHONE LINES IN MY OFFICE. 
          FEEL FREE TO CALL IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH ONTO THE WEBSITE OR IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR LETTER CALL. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP. 
          WE ARE STARTING TO MEET WITH TAXPAYERS WHILE WE MEET WITH TAXPAYERS ALL YEAR. 
          BUT, UM, THE BIG BULK OF IT IS STARTING IN ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF. 
          AND WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE THIRD MONDAY IN JUNE. 
          THE THIRD TUESDAY IN JUNE IS GRIEVANCE DAY. 
          AND WE WILL MEET TAXPAYERS UP UNTIL THE THIRD MONDAY. 
          SO, AND DO THEY NEED AN APPOINTMENT? YES. 
          IN, IN THAT WINDOW THEY DO BECAUSE WE'VE JUST, WE WERE REALLY INUNDATED WITH MEETING WITH TAXPAYERS. 
          UH, WE DO NOT MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THE SIX LETTERS THAT YOU GOT THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, WE MEET WITH HOMEOWNERS AND, UM, 
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WE ASK THAT THEY CALL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT STARTING NEXT WEEK, THAT THE CALENDAR WILL BE OPEN. 
          AND WE HISTORICALLY, PROBABLY OVER THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE MET WITH ABOUT 900 IN A THREE WEEK PERIOD. 
          SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE APOLOGIZE THAT WE CAN'T SPEND HOURS WITH OUR TAXPAYERS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, DENY ANYBODY THAT ABILITY TO MEET WITH US. 
          AND THERE IS FOUR NOW IN THE OFFICE THAT ARE MEETING WITH THE TAXPAYERS. 
          SO IT, IT'S WORKING OUT. 
          AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. 
          AND WHAT WE SUGGEST, UM, WHAT WE STRONGLY SUGGEST IS BRING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO, TO, FOR YOUR CLAIM. 
          IF YOU FEEL THE PROPERTY IS OVER ASSESSED, MOST PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND SAY THEIR TAXES ARE TOO HIGH, EVERYBODY'S TAXES ARE TOO HIGH. 
          I GET THAT PART. 
          WHAT MY OBLIGATION IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALUE REFLECTS THE MARKET VALUE. 
          WHAT, LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT YOU CAN, 'CAUSE I WAS LISTENING, BY THE WAY, WHAT YOU CAN SELL YOUR HOME FOR. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T FEEL THAT THAT VALUE IS PROPER, THEN BRING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. 
          THAT BEING SAID, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS EITHER, UM, A CURRENT MARKET ANALYSIS FROM A REALTOR THAT'S FREE, PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR HOME. 
          IF YOU THINK IT'S NOT IN AS GOOD CONDITION AS I THINK IT'S IN, YOU LIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, SO BRING IN, BRING IN INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHS, BRING IN A LETTER, SOMETHING EXPLAINING WHY YOU FEEL THE ASSESSMENT IS INACCURATE. 
          SO, UM, HOW ABOUT COMPARABLE SALES? AND WE HAVE ALSO, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE AN APPRAISER. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S UM, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND $500 NOT NECESSARY. 
          UH, THERE ARE, WE HAVE A MAP ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          YOU CAN PULL UP SALES, YOU CAN GET SALES FROM REALTORS. 
          UM, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TAKE ANYTHING TO HELP YOU, HELP US. 
          THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD HAVING A SCRIPT. 
          THAT WAS GOOD. 
          I KNOW, RIGHT? . 
          AND THE BEST NUMBER TO REACH YOU AT IS 9 1 4. 
          I WASN'T GIVING THAT OUT. 
          LISA , YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER IS, YEAH,  HERE, HOLD ON A SECOND. 
          WOW. 
          UM, THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE OFFICE IS 9 1 4 9 8 9 1 5 2 0. 
          PLEASE DON'T TELL THEM THAT I GAVE THAT OUT IN PUBLIC , YOU DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA KNOW. 
          YES. 
          IT COULD BE FOUND ON YOUR WEBSITE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          AND THE WEBSITE IS VERY, VERY, UH, INFORMATIVE ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU FEEL YOUR ASSESSMENT IS, IS INACCURATE. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE, UM, DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF GRIEVANCE PROCESS OF WHAT YOU SHOULD SUBMIT, HOW YOU GO ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE A LAWYER. 
          THAT'S A MISCONCEPTION. 
          YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HIRE THESE REPRESENTATIVES THAT SOME OF THEM ARE FROM FLORIDA. 
          UM, THAT IS ALSO A MISCONCEPTION. 
          SO THIS IS MY JOB, THIS IS OUR SERVICE. 
          THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR COMING IN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THERE IS, UNFORTUNATELY, I HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THERE IS A CHARGE, IF A REPRESENTATIVE IS HIRED, IT IS 50% OF THE TAX SAVINGS. 
          WOW. 
          SO IF I REDUCE YOUR ASSESSMENT AND I REDUCE YOUR ASSESSMENT AND YOUR TAX SAVINGS IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOU OWE THEM $500. 
          THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. 
          TO SOME, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO OTHERS. 
          SURE. 
          SO PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT AWARE. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING THE, UH, CONTRACTS ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILMAN JAN? NO, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO THE RECYCLING. 
          UM, SO WE SET THE DATE, I JUST CONFIRMED THIS WITH OUR COMMISSIONER. 
          WE SET THE DATE, DATE BASED ON THE DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS. 
          BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UM, NEXT TIME THIS YEAR, THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A FULL-TIME RECYCLING LOCATION. 
          SO WE HAVE PLANS IN THE WORKS TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER FARM. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING, HEARING NEXT, UH, TO CONSIDER LOCAL LAW AMENDING, I JUST WANTED TO THANK CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE NUMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, BUT YOU DO UNDERSTAND 
          [ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
THAT THERE'S TOWN CLERK COMMENTS NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, VERY, VERY QUICK. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED AND STARTED INTERVIEWING FOR THE, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG IN INTERN SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          AND ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE UNDER TOWN CLERK. 
          AND YOU WILL FIND IT ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT SAYS, UH, UH, INTERNSHIP, SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, MR. SUPERVISOR, I ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE A, UM, A STUDENT FOR YOUR EARLY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE SHE CANNOT BE WITH US DURING JULY, SO I'M SURE YOU'D BE ABLE TO UTILIZE HER 
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TALENTS, UM, IN EITHER MAY OR JUNE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, SERVICES PROVIDED IN MY OFFICE, LITERALLY EVERY DAY, EVERYONE IS THANKING ME SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE NOTARY IN OUR OFFICE. 
          UM, WE'VE TAKEN A HEAVY LOAD OFF OF THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WITH, UH, THE BANK BEING RELOCATED TO CROSSROADS, UM, UH, CROSSROADS, UH, SHOPPING CENTER. 
          UH, THEY WERE LIKE, WHERE DO WE GO NOW? AND THEN THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY SEE NOTARY ON MY DOOR AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS ASK, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, A FRIEND TOLD US, WE SAW IT ON THE WEBSITE, WE CAME IN TO PAY OUR TAXES. 
          AND, UM, AND WE SAW THAT YOU HAD A NOTARY, UM, SERVICE. 
          AND EVERY DAY I ATTRIBUTE ME GETTING MY NOTARY LICENSE TO COUNCILMAN SHEEN, WHO INSISTED YOU MUST HAVE YOUR NOTARY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA THANK HIM PUBLICLY BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN MY NOTARY HAD HE HAD, HAD HE NOT ENCOURAGED ME. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THAT SOUNDED LIKE A VOLUNTOLD MOMENT. 
          , I'D LIKE TO, YOU READY? I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR NOTARIZING A LOT OF DOCUMENTS. 
          . 
          I'VE SAVED A LOT OF 25 CENTS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FEES. 
          THANKS TO YOU. 
          WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HERE READY TO HAVE THE COMMENTS. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO MOVE ON. 
          LISA, 
          [  To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 "Taxation" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance members]
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40 TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS MEMBERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING. 
          SECOND. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          IN FAVOR. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          A? YES. 
          THE, UM, THE FIRST, UM, ACTUALLY DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT? ABOUT, ABOUT THE HEARING? WELL, I CAN, I CAN JUST BRIEFLY SAY THAT THIS HEARING HAS BEEN HEARD SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. 
          UM, STATE LAW SAYS THAT THE LAW HAS TO BE ON THE DESKS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN DAYS. 
          REALLY EIGHT DAYS, BECAUSE SUNDAY DOESN'T COUNT. 
          AND BEFORE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, WE DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING FINELY TUNED, SO WE DECIDED TO PULL IT FROM THE AGENDA AND WORK ON IT FURTHER. 
          UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE REVIEWED IT SINCE IT'S BEEN POSTED THIS WEEKEND, THERE IS A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION ON HOW THE 10% SERVICE REQUIREMENT WILL BE CALCULATED. 
          LAST TIME IT WAS A BLANKET GENERAL STATEMENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU MUST HAVE 10% OF SERVICE CALLS. 
          NOW IT GOES INTO MUCH FURTHER DETAIL TO SHOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, UM, TO SATISFY THAT REQUEST. 
          AND ALSO WHAT WAS REMOVED WAS, UM, ALLOWING AN EXEMPTION WHEN THE SERVICE IS FOR A NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITY. 
          NOW IT'S DRAFTED THAT IT MUST OCCUR WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. 
          I, I'D JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS. 
          I SPOKE TODAY TO THE CAPTAIN AT THE, OF THE RADLEY, UH, VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS. 
          UM, HE LIVES IN DUFFS FERRY, BUT HE'S BEEN SERVING, UH, THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD. 
          AND HE'S BEEN SERVING UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN AN EXEMPTION BECAUSE THE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW, UM, EXCUSE ME, I THINK HE WAS, HE HE SERVES IN ORLEY. 
          HE, HE, HE SERVED, HE LIVES IN DOBS FERRY AND SERVES IN ORLEY. 
          IN ORLEY. 
          RIGHT. 
          HE LIVES IN DOS FERRY. 
          HE SERVES IN ORLEY, BUT THE ORLEY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COURT ALSO SERVES UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG. 
          AND I, I JUST FEEL THAT, UH, HE'S BEEN DENIED THE EXEMPTION BECAUSE HE LIVES IN, UM, IN DUFFS FERRY, BUT HE SERVES ARDSLEY AND HE SERVES UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS AS A CAPTAIN, AS THE HEAD OF THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HE'S GONNA BE DENIED, UM, A TAX BREAK FROM THE TOWN. 
          AND I THINK IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY WRONG. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, THE LEGISLATION IS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HE HEARS SOMEBODY WHO'S DONATING HIS TIME, HE'S USED TO THE TAX BREAKS AND I THINK HE SHOULD CONTINUE TO, UH, TO GET IT. 
          HE ALSO, SIR, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO DENY, UM, DO'S VERY RESIDENT WHO IS HELPING AND DONATING HIS TIME DAY, EVENING, AND WEEKEND. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TO DENY SOMEBODY, UM, A TAX BREAK. 
          AND IT'S GONNA MAKE IT VERY, VERY HARD FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, TO SURVIVE. 
          THE ALEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PROBABLY THE BEST VOLUNTEER FIRE AMONG THE BEST VOLUNTEER 
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AMBULANCE COURTS ANYWHERE. 
          UH, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTIVE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A MEMBERSHIP. 
          UH, THEY HAVE A, A, A GREAT VOLUNTEER, UH, FORCE. 
          AND I JUST THINK THAT THE TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF GETTING HIM THE TAX EXEMPTION THAT HE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO, THAT HE'S GOTTEN FOR DECADES, FOR YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ARE WE HAVING COMMENT FROM THE OTHER TOWN BOARD MEMBERS OR NO, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          NO, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING HEARING. 
          NO, BUT ANYBODY BUT I, I, I'M CITIZEN GONNA WAIT, WE'RE NO. 
          SO WE'RE, I THINK OUR POLICY IS TO WAIT UNTIL RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN AND THEN WE CAN COMMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WILL WAIT UNTIL RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S THE PROCESS. 
          CORRECT. 
          LISA? WE HAVE MR. MURRAY BODEN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 
          FIRE DISTRICTS WERE DESIGNED 200 YEARS AGO IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. 
          EVERY FIRE DISTRICT I GO THROUGH IS LOOKING FOR VIOLENT FIREMEN. 
          WE HAVE ONE POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE FIVE FIRE CHIEFS, WE HAVE FIVE DEPUTIES. 
          WE HAVE OVERLAPPING IT'S TIME TO COMBINE THE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO ONE DISTRICT WITH ONE CHIEF AND MUTUAL AID. 
          SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, DESIGNED FIVE, 200 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY USED HORSE AND WIG AND, AND THEY PUT THE FIREHOUSES CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          IT'S TIME TO CHANGE . 
          MOST OF US PAY AS MUCH PAY FOR FIRE PROTECTION AS MUCH AS WE PAY TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO. 
          PARKS, POLICE, YOU NAME IT. 
          THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO PAY AS MUCH FOR FIRE PROTECTION AS THERE IS TO PAY FOR EVERY OTHER TOWN SERVICE. 
          NOBODY HAS BEEN WILLING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND IT'S COSTING. 
          YOU WORRY ABOUT A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS HERE AND A FEW THOU IN THE, IN THE GENERAL BUDGETS. 
          THE BIG MONEY IS NOT COMBINING DISTRICTS. 
          THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR HORSE AND WAGONS SO THAT YOU COULD GET THERE QUICKLY. 
          TODAY IT'S DIFFERENT. 
          AT WHAT POINT DO YOU FINALLY HAVE ONE FIRE CHIEF INSTEAD OF FIVE, ONE ASSISTANT CHIEF INSTEAD OF FIVE CLOSE. 
          UNNECESSARY FIREHOUSES FOR DUPLICATION BECAUSE THERE'S SERVICES FROM THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE. 
          I CAN'T GET THE CORRECT. 
          I HAVE A LITTLE EARLY DEMENTIA AND I CAN'T ALWAYS FIND THE WORDS I NEED. 
          MUTUAL ASSISTANCE FROM EVERYWHERE IS COMMON TODAY. 
          WE'VE GOT FIRE PROTECTION FROM OTHER DISTRICTS FOR AREAS OF OUR TOWN THAT CAN'T BE REACHED EASILY. 
          EMS EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE COMBINING WITH EACH OTHER AND COVERING EACH OTHER, BUT THE FIRE DISTRICTS AND COMBINING 'EM INTO ONE WITH ONE CHIEF AND DISTRIBUTING THE HOUSES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD. 
          NOBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO ATTACK TO DISCUSS IT UNTIL NOW. 
          IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW LONG I'M GOING TO BE AROUND HERE SUGGESTING THESE IDEAS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LONG. 
          I'LL BE 92 IN A MONTH. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, I KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I'M FAILING AND WHO I HAVE TO ASK WHAT'S YOUR NAME? IT'S EMBARRASSING, BUT I DO IT BECAUSE SITTING BACK HERE IS SOMEBODY I KNOW FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 
          I HAD TO ASK HIM HIS NAME. 
          SO IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY GOING FORWARD TO FINALLY, FINALLY COMBINE THE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO ONE AND RATIONALIZE IT INTO A SYSTEM THAT COVERS EVERYBODY AT PROBABLY HALF THE COST. 
          I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 
          NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE FIRE PROTECTION COSTS 
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VIRTUALLY THE SAME AS THE ENTIRE TOWN BUDGET. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE NEED TO SAVE IT, ESPECIALLY NOW. 
          SO IT'S UP TO YOU TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND GO FORWARD WITH IT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MANY PEOPLE IN TOWN OF GREENBURG WHO'VE GIVEN ME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS IS NOT A SECRET, BUT EVERYBODY IS AFRAID TO SPEAK UP 'CAUSE THEY'LL LOSE THEIR JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAL SAMUS, KANSAS INVESTIGATIVE INVESTIGATIVE, AND I THINK I SAW THE SAME THING. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S, CAN WE MOVE ON PLEASE? THE CLOCK STARTED. 
          OKAY. 
          THE CLOCK HAS STARTED. 
          FRANKLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THIS LAW. 
          YOU'RE GONNA PASS IT ANYWAY, BUT IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. 
          IF THE BASIC, AND IF IT'S EMANATING FROM NEW YORK STATE DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL AND YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHAT NEW YORK STATE TELLS YOU, FINE. 
          BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY UNDER HOME RULE EXCEPTION TO CHANGE IT. 
          IF YOU SO REQUEST UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE REASON WHY THIS LAW IS PASSED IS TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERISM. 
          LET'S EXAMINE EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES IN TERMS OF DOLLARS TO THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. 
          THE VALUE OF THE EXEMPTION IN THE VILLAGE RANGES FROM $5 AND 22 CENTS TO $86 AND 32 CENTS. 
          THAT CERTAINLY IS A GOOD REASON TO GIVE UP ALL YOUR FREE TIME TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS. 
          AND IN THE UNINCORPORATED SECTION OF TOWN, IT'S $127 AND 1 CENTS TO $713 AND 69 CENTS. 
          BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          AND ODDLY ENOUGH, THE VILLAGES VERSUS UNINCORPORATED, IT'S THE VILLAGES THAT SERVE VOLUNTEERS. 
          MOSTLY THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS IN THE UNINCORPORATED SECTION, BUT NOT TO THE GREAT EXTENT BECAUSE THEY ARE PAID FIRE DISTRICTS, WHEREAS THE VILLAGES ARE ALL VOLUNTEER DISTRICTS. 
          SO THE BASIC PREMISE BEHIND THIS LAW MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. 
          THEN WE DEAL WITH WHAT THE LAW ACTUALLY OFFERS AND TO WHO IT OFFERS IT. 
          WELL, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO QUALIFY, BUT WHAT YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH IS THE FACT THAT IF YOU ARE A RENTER OR LIVE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HOME AND ARE A VOLUNTEER, YOU GET NOTHING. 
          IT DOESN'T DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS SOMEWHAT DISCRIMINATORY AND UNFAIR BECAUSE IT'S NOT BASED UPON YOUR SERVICES PROVIDED. 
          IT'S BASED UPON THE FACT THAT YOU OWN REAL PROPERTY AND THOSE THAT OWN REAL PROPERTY OF A HIGHER VALUE GET A BETTER BENEFIT THAN THOSE THAT OWN REAL PROPERTY OF A LESSER VALUE. 
          WHAT'S THE FAIRNESS IN THAT? IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG YOU SERVED, EITHER YOU ON THE TOWN BOARD, AND I DON'T, I'M NOT PICKING ON PEOPLE BY THIS, BUT FRANCIS HAS BEEN THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, AND JOY IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. 
          AND BOTH OF THEM ARE PAID EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          YET, WHEN YOU'RE VOTING ON A LAW, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'RE GIVING EVERYONE WHO HAS A HIGHER VALUED HOME A BETTER BREAK THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOWER VALUE HOME. 
          SO REALLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE IN A FAIR MANNER, IS MAKING IT A FIXED RATE AND MAYBE WOULD STEP UPS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE. 
          FINALLY, THE DICTIONARY DEFINES A VOLUNTEER AS TO SOMEONE WHO DOES CHARITABLE AND HELPFUL WORK WITHOUT PAY. 
          SO HERE YOU ARE TAKING PEOPLE WHO ARE WANNA SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS, GIVING THEM SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY. 
          I WOULD SAY THE AVERAGE TAKE HOME OF DOLLARS FOR ANYONE WHO'S SERVING UNDER THIS LAW IS PROBABLY AROUND $67. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT 
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REALLY ACCOMPLISHES THE TASK OR IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED AS A RECRUITMENT FOR, FOR VISION THAT PEOPLE WILL RUN. 
          OH, LOOK, IF I WORK WEEKENDS, SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, DAYS, NIGHTS, WHATEVER, I'M GONNA GET $67 A YEAR. 
          NOR DO I THINK IT INTERESTED THE PERSON WHO IS GETTING $5 AND 24 CENTS A YEAR. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS, SINCE THERE'S LITTLE TIME HERE FIRST IS IF I CHOOSE TO, ARE WE HAVING A SECOND ROUND SINCE YOU'RE CLOSING THE HEARING? NO MORE SPEAKERS. 
          WELL, THE RULES ARE THAT IF WE CLOSE THE HEARING THAT WE ARE, WE GIVE A SECOND ROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I DID WANT TO, OR DO WE HAVE TO DO THE SECOND ROUND BEFORE? RIGHT. 
          DOES EVERYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THE SECOND ROUND? I I THINK EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN. 
          NO, HAL DOES. 
          HAL ? NO. 
          REALLY WHAT I'M GONNA SAY FROM THE PODIUM IS I'D LIKE SOMEONE RESPOND. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR HIM. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT I'M GONNA SAY FROM THE LECTERN, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME RESPONSE FROM YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE SPRINGING ON YOU TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          YOU'VE HEARD THIS FOR A LONG TIME NOW, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR REACTIONS BECAUSE IT'S YOU WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE. 
          DOES ANYONE WANT TO RESPOND? I WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE SUPERVISOR'S COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT A PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH A PARTICULAR, UH, RESPONDER WHO LIVES IN THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS FERRY WHO VOLUNTEERS IN ARTS LANE, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. 
          SO IN, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE FEELING THAT THAT PERSON SHOULD RECEIVE, UH, THE, THE TAX BENEFIT. 
          HOWEVER, WHAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO RECEIVE IS THE TAX BENEFIT AT THE VILLAGE LEVEL, NOT AT THE TOWN LEVEL BECAUSE THEY PAY SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF THEIR TAXES TO THE TOWN. 
          IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL IF THE VILLAGES DECIDE TO PASS THAT PART OF THE LEGISLATION, WHICH IS ABOUT THE ABUTTING COMMUNITIES BEING ABLE TO HAVE RE YOU KNOW, YOU. 
          SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT THAT PERSON AND THE $5 THAT THAT PERSON MIGHT, YOU KNOW, NOT BE RECEIVING BECAUSE OF THIS LAW. 
          I THINK IT'S UPON REALLY UPON THE VILLAGES WHERE THE TAXES ARE MUCH HIGHER IN TERMS OF THEIR, SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT MR. SAMS IS TALKING ABOUT. 
          THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HAVING AN ISSUE MAY BE LIKE THIS PARTICULAR RESIDENT SHOULD GO TO THEIR VILLAGE GOVERNMENTS AND UH, PLEA FOR THAT. 
          RIGHT? BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT THE TOWN OFFERED THE EXEMPTION, WHICH IS AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW, UH, THEN BASICALLY, UM, IT WOULD MOTIVATE ALL THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO DO, UH, THE SAME. 
          AND TO ME, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE VOLUNTEER, UH, COMPANIES, BOTH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE AMBULANCE COMPANY, I THINK THE VOLUNTEERS ARE JUST TERRIFIC. 
          AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE UNDER, I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT TERRIFIC, IT'S NOT SIGN OF JUDGMENT. 
          I'M JUST TELLING, I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY OWN. 
          I JUST FEEL THEY'RE UNDERAPPRECIATED BY THEY PEOPLE ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GETTING LARGE SALARIES WHEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT. 
          AND I BA WHEN THEY BASICALLY ARE DOING THEY DON'T GET SALARIES. 
          YEAH, THEY DON'T. 
          NO, I'M SAYING THEY'RE NOT. 
          AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF THE STATE, UH, AUTHORIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE, UH, TAX BREAKS, I FEEL THAT IT WOULD HELP US MAINTAIN HEALTHY AND VIBRANT AND ACTIVE, UH, VOLUNTEER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, , CAN I BREAK IN HERE WHILE THERE'S TWO MINUTES REMAINING? SURE. 
          JOE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO ANYTHING THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP. 
          NO. 
          AND AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WAS ASKING YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT. 
          I CAN RESPOND TO SOMETHING YOU ASKED. 
          WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT TONIGHT. 
          WELL, YOU'RE GONNA BE VOTING IN SEVEN DAYS AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE TESTIMONY ALREADY. 
          SO NOTHING COMING IN I CAN'T RESPOND TO DIRECTLY TO ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THIS LAW IS LUDICROUS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DISCRIMINATORY. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          IT'S ON RECORD. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU HOW   BOB STEIN DID ONCE TOO. 
           SOMEBODY WHO IS RENTING, WHO IS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE. 
          THE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE GETS A BENEFIT FROM THIS LAW. 
          THE PERSON WHO'S RENTING DOES NOT. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT BEFORE US. 
          THAT'S THE STATE LEGISLATORS PASS THIS. 
          NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HELP WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S HARD TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. 
          AND SO THIS IS AN 
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INCENTIVE TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          RIGHT? WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY'S IN DOBBS FERRY AND NOT DECIDED TO, TO SERVE DOBBS FERRY AND THEY WANT TO SERVE IN OLEY AND THEY WANT THE TAX BREAK FROM THE PEOPLE IN DOBBS FERRY. 
          UM, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 
          BUT WHAT'S BEFORE US? AND I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          IT'S NOT FAIR. 
          TWO PEOPLE OWN DIFFERENT HOMES AND DEPENDING ON HOW EXPENSIVE YOUR HOME IS, YOU GET, YOU GET COMPENSATED DIFFERENTLY. 
          I THINK THAT'S WRONG. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATORS WERE THINKING, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIX. 
          ALL WE CAN DO IS GIVE AN INCENTIVE TO TRY AND GET PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          FRANCIS CAN HAVE THE LAST 15 SECONDS HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEEK HOME RULE EXCEPTION TO REWRITE THE LAW AS IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN. 
          ONE THAT IS FAIR. 
          AND THE FINAL POINT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PAID FOR FIRE DISTRICTS ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING THE NICKELS AND DIMES TOWARDS THOSE WHO LIVE IN VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICTS. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 
          YOU CAN CHANGE IT MR. BOW IF YOU WANT TO. 
          ALRIGHT, SECOND ROUND. 
          MR. BOW. 
          I GUESS WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CONCEPT OF HOW VOLUNTEER FIRE AND VOLUNTEER EVERYTHING ORIGINATED WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE 50 ODD YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS AN INCIDENT AND THEY NEED TO VOLUNTEER THE PEOPLE IN LEY STORES CAME OUT, PUT THE KEY IN THE DOOR AND LOCKED THE DOOR, RAN UP THE HILL, GOT A FIRE ENGINE THAT FOUGHT THE FIRE. 
          THERE ISN'T ANYBODY IN GREENBERG, IN ARDSLEY, GREENBERG OR ANYWHERE THAT CAN CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS AND BECOME A VOLUNTEER. 
          ANYTHING ANYMORE. 
          SO THE CONCEPT OF VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE NEEDS TO BE CONVERTED TO A PAID DEPOSITION BECAUSE AS I DRIVE AROUND, JUST NOT WESTCHESTER, BUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT, THERE ARE SIGNS EVERYWHERE. 
          WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. 
          PEOPLE DON'T WORK LOCALLY ANYMORE. 
          THEY TAKE THE TRAIN, THEY GO TO AN OFFICE, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO RUN UP THE STREET AND GRAB THE FIRE ENGINE. 
          SOME MASSIVE CHANGE IN THINKING HOW WE RUN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE ARE TRAINING PEOPLE TO BE COMPUTER, WE TECHNICIANS, WE FORGOT TO TRAIN THE ELECTRICIANS. 
          AND WITH PLUMBERS AND THE PEOPLE LIKE THAT, DEFINITELY NOT. 
          WE NEED TO SERVICE PEOPLE WHO ARE SKILLED AND BEING TAUGHT AS SKILLED. 
          AND THE CHANGING OF GOVERNMENT'S THINKING ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT IS RUN, UNFORTUNATELY IS FACING US RIGHT NOW ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          HOW DO WE ORGANIZE GOVERNMENT? WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENT? HOW HAVE THEY CHANGED OVER THE LAST 5, 10, 100 YEARS? HOW IS THE USE OF RESOURCES BEING ADDRESSED? WHO GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE RESOURCES AND OF VARIOUS LABORS INVOLVED? THIS IS BEING DISCUSSED NOT ONLY IN WASHINGTON, BUT ON A NATIONAL SCALE. 
          TODAY'S PAPER, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE CONFERENCE IN DAVOS THAT WAS SO FAMOUS FOR BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY FRAUD, FRAUDULENT. 
          AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IN MY EMAILS, TRUST NOTHING. 
          I SAY, GO CHECK IT OUT YOURSELF. 
          THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO BELIEVE ANYTHING I SAY, BUT YOU DO HAVE A COMPUTER WHERE YOU CAN CHECK IT YOURSELF, THEN YOU'LL KNOW AND BE CAREFUL. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          I GET IT EVERY DAY. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT ASSESSMENTS AND HOW THEY'RE COMING. 
          MR. BOWDEN, I'M SORRY TO CUT IN, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMON MORE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS LAW THAT'S AT ISSUE TONIGHT? THE COMMENT IS ABOUT HOW YOU ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, HOW YOU ADDRESS THEM AS IN A GLOBAL WAY. 
          THIS IS ONE SMALL PART OF A GLOBAL ISSUE. 
          YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THIS FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES ITSELF TODAY AND IT'S WITHIN THAT CONCEPT. 
          IS MY DISCUSSION 
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SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT? IT'S NOT SPECIFIC. 
          IT'S A GLOBAL ISSUE COVERING MANY, MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE TAKING YOUR TIME TO LISTEN AND I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER AND HAVE ALWAYS LIVED. 
          ONE WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AS IT HAS. 
          ANYONE ELSE WANT A SECOND ROUND? YOU WANNA SPEAK? I JUST LIKE IT UP HERE SO MUCH. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS I DO NOT VOICE AN OPINION. 
          I IMPLEMENT POLICY. 
          I WANNA PUT THAT ON THE RECORD FIRST. 
          THERE IS A CREDIT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO EITHER DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS EXEMPTION OR CHOOSE NOT TO GET THIS EXEMPTION. 
          THERE IS A TAX CREDIT ON YOUR INCOME TAX RETURN. 
          IT'S $200. 
          OKAY? WHATEVER IT IS. 
          IT IS, IT'S, IT IS $200. 
          YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH. 
          YOU CAN EITHER DO THE TAX CREDIT OR YOU CAN GET THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. 
          SO THAT'S, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR RENTERS AND WHOMEVER. 
          AS FAR AS, AND NO DISRESPECT INTENDED TO ANYBODY THAT HAS SPOKEN, UM, THE TAX DOLLAR SAVINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT, WERE ONLY TOWN TAXES. 
          THERE ARE THE SIX VILLAGES HAVE ADOPTED THE LEGISLATION IN VARYING LEVELS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ADOPTED, I'LL ACCEPT ONE SO FAR, UM, THE NEW LEGISLATION AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, THE 10TH SCHOOL OF DISTRICT, UM, IN VARYING LEVELS. 
          SO THE, LIKE I SAID, THE DOLLARS THAT WERE MENTIONED TONIGHT WERE ONLY TOWN TAX DOLLARS. 
          THERE IS SCHOOL VILLAGE COUNTY, THE COUNTY'S ALREADY ADOPTED IT. 
          SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. 
          MY OFFICE ADMINISTERING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND SIX VILLAGES AND 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. 
          SO MY APOLOGIES UPFRONT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE ON YOUR FIREMAN'S EXEMPTION, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTERS, APOLOGIES. 
          AND IT, AND THE AMBULANCE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT WAS ALL I WANTED TO SAY AND, AND WHATEVER WE END UP DOING, WHATEVER WE, THE TOWN BOARD DECIDES TO VOTE ON WILL BE ADMINISTERED NEXT YEAR IN 2026 FOR 2027 PROPERTY TAXES. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, YOU HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOTION, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          [  To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 "Taxation" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to real property tax exemptions for residents whose homes were affected by major or local disasters subject to the Climate Change Property Tax Assessment Relief Act (To be rescheduled to May 28, 2025 Meeting)]
CAN I JUST QUICKLY POINT OUT, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS FOR POINTING THIS OUT, THAT THE NEXT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS INITIALLY SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RELIEF ACT IS ACTUALLY RESCHEDULED TO THE JUNE 25TH MEETING JUNE 5TH. 
          THE AGENDA IS, UH, PRINTED THE WRONG DATE AS OF MAY 28TH. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY BEING HEARD ON JUNE 25TH. 
          [ 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.]
OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CAN WE HAVE ANDY LAU? THANKS. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          UH, IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE. 
          UM, I, UH, KNOW ALL OF YOU WELL FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HATS I WEAR IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT HERE I'M SPEAKING TO YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. 
          AND THAT IS AS A CONCERNED, UH, RESIDENT AND CITIZEN OF BOTH GREENBERG AND LEY, UM, UH, FOR THE LAST ALMOST 33 YEARS, WHICH I KNOW IS HARD TO IMAGINE GIVEN HOW YOUNG I LOOK. 
          BUT, UM, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU JUST GUYS BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PROPERTY, THE DPW GARAGE AT TWO 20, UH, HEATHERDALE AVENUE, AND WANTED TO ASK FOR, UH, YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING THE VILLAGE GET, OBTAIN SOME RELIEF IN SOME OF THE LATE FEES AND PENALTIES INCURRED ON THIS, UH, TAX. 
          UH, I THANK THE TOWN SUPERVISOR FOR BEING, UM, FOR HIS VOICE OF SUPPORT. 
          I ALSO THANK TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER JOY HABER FOR HER, UM, EFFORTS AS WELL IN GOOD FAITH TO, UH, MEDIATE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. 
          YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE NOW THAT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE VILLAGE PURCHASED IN 2017 AND, UH, THERE WAS NO DISCLOSURE OF ANY TAX BILLING, UH, AT THE TIME. 
          SO, UM, THE VILLAGE DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT IT HAD OWED THE TAX IS MY UNDERSTANDING UNTIL AROUND LAST YEAR. 
          AND OUR MAYOR, NANCY KABUL, ACTED IN VERY GOOD FAITH TO, UM, REACH OUT TO THE TOWN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE IT. 
          AND IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT SHE, UM, WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND MEET WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE, UM, AT THE WORK SESSION. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S 
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IMPORTANT AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL THAT, UM, WE DON'T CONFLATE IT WITH A RESIDENTIAL TAX. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S, UM, THAT THE BURDEN WOULD UNFAIRLY FALL ON LARGELY THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE ALREADY VERY, UM, OVERTAXED. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD OPEN THE FLOOD GATES FOR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC, UM, UH, MUNICIPAL, UH, EXAMPLE. 
          SO, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ARDSLEY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, UH, GREENBERG, WHERE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR UNDERSTANDS THAT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK IF WE COULD, UM, SORT OF WORK IN A COOPERATIVE SPIRIT, UM, TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF RELIEF, UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, BENEFICIAL TO BOTH THE VILLAGE, UH, AND THE TOWN. 
          SO I THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JAY LEON. 
          GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          UH, SO MY NAME'S JAY LEON. 
          I'M A FORMER MAYOR OF ARDSLEY AND I WANNA SPEAK ON THE SAME ISSUE THAT ANDY DID. 
          UH, FIRST LET ME SAY, I SPEND MY TIME THESE DAYS WRITING BRIEFS AND MOTIONS, AND I DON'T DO MUCH PUBLIC SPEAKING THESE DAYS, SO, UH, IF I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT, UH, GREAT INTERACTIONS. 
          RARE, BUT GOOD WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE HERE. 
          AND IN FACT, I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO VOTED TO TAKE LEYS ASSESSING, UH, DEPARTMENT AND HAND IT OVER TO GREENBERG BECAUSE I FELT THAT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. 
          SO I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING PERSONAL, UH, AND I ONLY MEAN THE UTMOST RESPECT. 
          BUT I'VE TALKED TO, UH, SOME OF YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO BRING UP, UH, A COUPLE OF POINTS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON WHO WAS ON THE VILLAGE BOARD, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE SEVEN YEAR PERIOD OR SOME OF IT THAT KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE UNTIL APRIL, 2024. 
          AND WHAT I AM TOLD, AND THESE ARE THE FACTS, THAT INVOICES WERE SENT OUT TO THE VILLAGE, WHICH INCIDENTALLY IS A EXEMPT PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THEY PAID ALL THE TAXES THAT HAD, WERE OUTSTANDING FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER, UH, AT THE CLOSING IN 2017. 
          THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE TAXES THAT WERE NOT YET DUE, AND THEY DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT AGAIN UNTIL APRIL, 2024. 
          AND WHY WOULD THEY BE LOOKING FOR IT IN A VACUUM, UH, AS AN EXEMPT PROPERTY OWNER? THEY, THEY DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY MORE TAX THAT WAS OWED. 
          SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE ADVOCATING, INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUE, UH, ANDY, IS THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF, UH, COOPERATION, THAT EVERYBODY SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND. 
          UH, LET'S TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT BLAME, GET TOGETHER IN A ROOM AND NEGOTIATE A FAIR SETTLEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ADVOCATING. 
          THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY HAS SAID, WE MADE MISTAKES AND WE'RE WILLING TO OWN THOSE MISTAKES. 
          BUT WHEN I TALK TO TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, THEY SAY WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES. 
          SO, UH, LET ME BRIEFLY TELL YOU THE TIMELINE AND OUTLINE THAT FIRST OF ALL, INVOICES WENT OUT WITH THE TAXES, UH, EARLY ON IN THIS, AND IT HAD THE WRONG ADDRESS. 
          ALL OF 'EM HAD THE WRONG ADDRESS. 
          AND IN FACT, OUR MAYOR LOOKED AT THE TAX ROLL TODAY AND IT HAD THE SAME WRONG ADDRESS ON THE TAX ROLL. 
          SO THEY NEVER GOT THEM. 
          SECOND OF ALL, I HEAR THAT THERE WERE PHONE CALLS MADE TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER AT THE TIME, UH, TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT THE VILLAGE MANAGER, WHO IS, UH, NO LONGER WITH LEY, BUT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENCED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, APPARENTLY DIDN'T TELL THE VILLAGE BOARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          I FIND THAT, UM, IMPLAUSIBLE, BUT IF I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT, I WILL. 
          BUT I DO KNOW THAT SINCE 2001, WHEN SHE LEFT, THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE UNTIL APRIL, 2024 WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET INFORMATION AND SOMETIMES EMAILS, THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING, WEREN'T ANSWERED FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS, AND THEN ASKED FOR AMOUNTS, AND AMOUNTS DIDN'T COME IN. 
          AND THEN THE AMOUNT DID COME IN AND IT WAS WRONG. 
          THEY SAID, THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. 
          AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT DOESN'T CARRY THE ENTIRE, 
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UH, UH, AMOUNT. 
          SO, UH, THE POINT IS MISTAKES WERE MADE ALL AROUND. 
          I THINK THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THE MISTAKES THEY MADE HERE. 
          GET INTO A ROOM WITH THE VILLAGE OF LEY, CLOSE THE DOOR, AND AN HOUR LATER COME OUT WITH A SETTLEMENT THAT'S FAIR TO EVERYBODY. 
          AND NOW I WILL RESPECTFULLY WAIVE MY FINAL 30 SECONDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREA REED. 
          GOOD NIGHT. 
          GOOD NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, TOWN ATTORNEY DANKO AND TOWN CLERK NERO. 
          FORGIVE MY VOICE,  HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, SO MY APOLOGIES. 
          MY NAME IS ANDREA REED AND, UH, I'M A RESIDENT AT THE IN FAIRVIEW. 
          UM, I'M JUST HERE TO DOUBLE BACK ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES AND TO ASK, UM, AN ADDITIONAL, UM, FIRST, HAVE YOU SCHEDULED THE STREET RENAMING FOR WE JUST, YES, MRS. OLIVER? NOT YET. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT ON FAIRVIEW RECEIVING BIKE LANES? OKAY, WITH THE INCREASE OF GRUBHUB, UBER EATS, DOOR DASH, UM, TRAFFIC IS GETTING HORRIBLE AND IT'S NOT EVEN, IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVERS, BUT IT'S ALSO DANGEROUS FOR THE CYCLISTS AS WELL. 
          AND IT'S GETTING WORSE EVERY, IT TAKES ME SEVEN MINUTES TO GET TO WORK. 
          IT'S NOW TAKING ME 20 AND I JUST WORK IN WHITE PLAINS. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST WORK ON THAT OR THINK ABOUT IT OR PUT IT ON THE TABLE OR DISCUSS IT, THAT'S FINE. 
          COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING? BIKE LANES. 
          OH, BIKE LANES. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S BIKE FOR ALL THE DELIVERY BICYCLISTS? YES. 
          YOU MEAN LIKE RIGHT BIKE LANES, PAINTED BLINDS, RIGHT. 
          BIKE. 
          THAT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          YES. 
          WHEN I'M STANDING, WHEN I'M PARKED OR NOT PARKED, BUT IN FRONT OF A, A STREETLIGHT AND I HAVE A BIKE IN FRONT OF ME AND IT TAKES THEM A FEW MINUTES JUST TO GET GOING, THAT JUST DELAYS A LOT OF THINGS. 
          AND ESPECIALLY AT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU HAVE THE BUSES AND THE SCHOOL BUSES AND YOU HAVE OTHER TRAFFIC. 
          THAT'S JUST A LOT. 
          ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HILLSIDE AVENUE? I'M TALKING NO, ONE 19. 
          YEAH, ONE 19 HILLSIDE. 
          ALL OF IT, UM, BIKE LANES ARE NECESSARY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THOSE WERE MY DOUBLE BACKS, IF I CAN USE THAT WORD, . 
          AND, UM, FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE NEW BLINKING STOP SIGN. 
          YES. 
          ON MANHATTAN AVENUE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, SO THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH IT. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          WHEN I SAW THOSE LIGHTS, I WAS LIKE, YES, BUT IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON A LOT OF HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, LIKE PERHAPS OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF, UM, BUSY. 
          UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS OVER THERE AS WELL, AND THE SIDEWALK GOES, BUT SO FAR THAT WOULD REALLY, REALLY HELP, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF THOSE AREAS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S HARD SOMETIMES GETTING OUT THOSE SIDE STREETS. 
          SO THOSE WERE MY THREE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND PIKE LANES WILL PROBABLY BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S IN PROGRESS, AS KNOWN AS COMPLETE STREETS. 
          UM, AND WHEN OUR COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION GETS BACK, UM, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THERE IS A WHOLE PLAN FOR ONE 19. 
          ACTUALLY, THERE IS A PLAN FOR ONE 19. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          HOW FAR IT GOES. 
          IT BASICALLY GOES FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY TRAIL TO THE MARICO BRIDGE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE APPLYING FOR A GRAND FOUR. 
          BUT, UH, WE NOW, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ELIMINATING A LOT OF FUNDING. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, THAT GRANT. 
          UM, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE BIKE LANES ON ONE 19, BECAUSE I HAVE BICYCLE EVERY DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, A BI, A BIKE LANE, SAY ON ONE 19, UH, THAT'S NOT PROTECTED. 
          COULD BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BARRIER BETWEEN THE BICYCLES AND THE, UM, AND THE, THE, THE VEHICLES. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, BICYCLE FATALITIES. 
          UM, ON ONE 19. 
          THERE'S A WHITE BICYCLE, UH, NEAR THE APPLE FARM. 
          YOU 
          [01:50:01]
KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED IT WAS ON THE CORNER. 
          THAT WAS A BICYCLIST WHO, WHO WAS VERY ACTIVE, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY PROBABLY SEVEN, EIGHT YEAR, 10 YEARS AGO. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I KEEP IT'S A PARTICULARLY BAD SPOT. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I ALSO, PART OF THE ISSUE IS, IS THE FACT THAT THE DELIVERY PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BICYCLES, THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING ANY OF THE TRAFFIC LAWS AT ALL. 
          TRUE. 
          I AGREE. 
          SO EVEN IF WE PUT IN THE BIKE LANE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD STAY IN THE BIKE LANE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STOP AT THE RED LIGHT THAT THEY, THEY DON'T FOLLOW IT. 
          THEY GO, YOU TURN YOUR HEAD AND THERE'S A YES, THERE'S A BICYCLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. 
          IT'S VERY SCARY. 
          YES. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE VERY ALERT. 
          YES. 
          BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT VERY WELL. 
          BUT I, I BICYCLE TO WORK, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK, YOU KNOW, HERE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I REALLY GET SO UPSET ABOUT, UM, IS THE LACK OF A CROSSWALK FROM THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY, A BIKE PATH, UH, TO OLD TARRYTOWN, UH, ROAD BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BIKE PATH AND THEN YOU BASICALLY OLD TERRY, THERE'S NO CROSSWALK THAT, UH, IT'S LIKE THE ONLY PLACE ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CROSSWALK. 
          AND THAT'S RIGHT NEAR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WIND OVER MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, WOODS, UH, WOODLANDS HILLS, UM, OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY TO, UM, UH, HAVE A CROSSWALK. 
          UH, BECAUSE WHEN I BIKE THERE, I SEE A FEW TIMES A WEEK AT LEAST A FEW OTHER PEOPLE BIKING OR, YOU KNOW, OR, OR CROSSING THE STREET. 
          IT IS SO, IT'S REALLY SO DANGEROUS. 
          AND EVERY, THE PROBLEM WITH THESE SAFETY THINGS IS EVERYBODY WAITS UNTIL SOMEBODY DIES. 
          AND THEN AFTER SOMEBODY DIES, THEN WE SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. 
          THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A TRAGEDY THERE AT SOME POINT. 
          AND WE MIGHT AS WELL BE PROACTIVE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO ON OLD TAROT TOWN ROAD, YOU SEE CROSSES BECAUSE 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER, THERE WERE TWO PEDESTRIANS WHO DIED. 
          THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN WHO DIED, UH, UH, GOING TO THE NORTH WHITE PLAINS TRAIN STATION A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, UH, I THINK FISHER, I JUST FIND IT VERY SCARY, THE WHOLE THING. 
          IT IS. 
          AND I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THIS, BECAUSE NOW I'M REALLY MOTIVATED TO WORK ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE COULD BE MORE ENFORCEMENT FROM, UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THE BICYCLIST, DELIVERY PEOPLE, WHATEVER, WHO ARE VIOLATING THOSE TRAFFIC LAWS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD BRING UP WITH THE CHIEF, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES. 
          WE GOT, WE GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MURRAY BOWDEN. 
          SORRY THAT I'M EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. 
          YEAH, I KNOW. 
          BUT YOU SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL OF, OKAY. 
          I'M RESPECTFUL FOR EVERYBODY. 
          I'M RESPECTFUL BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO LIVE. 
          I'M HOPING YOU'RE GONNA PICK THOSE UP. 
          WHAT IS THAT MR. BOWEN? THAT'S LITERALLY MR. FRANCIS. 
          WHAT? I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. 
          NO, THAT'S WHAT IS THIS, THE EARLIER PART OF THE MEETING TODAY ENCOURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ACTIVISTS. 
          THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT, THE, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS AN ACTIVIST 50 YEARS AGO AND STARTED THE BIKE LANES ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. 
          YEAH, I KNOW. 
          PAUL FINER STARTED WHEN HE WAS A CHILD WORKING WITH AL AL BEO, AND NOW WE HAVE BIKE LANES ALL OVER AND THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. 
          MR. SO YOUNG, YOUNG PE WHAT DO WHO, WHO IS INTERRUPTING ME? WHY, WHY DID YOU DROP ALL OF YOUR ON THINGS ON THE FLOOR? I'LL EXPLAIN IF YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS INTERESTED IN SAFETY. 
          YOU'VE GIVEN OUT MANY, MANY. 
          SO YOU MADE A TRIP HAZARD. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU DID? I'M SORRY? YOU MADE A TRIP HAZARD BY TALKING ABOUT SAFETY. 
          YEAH. 
          WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? STOP THE CLOCK. 
          BECAUSE HE'S TAKING MY TIME. 
          YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE SPEAKING AFTER DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE PART OF YOUR TIME AND CLEAN UP. 
          I'LL CLEAN IT UP. 
          I'LL VOLUNTEER TO CLEAN IT UP. 
          OKAY. 
          PAUL, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, NO, WE, AFTER HE SPEAKS, I THINK HE HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK. 
          NOBODY, THERE'S NOT ABSOLUTELY HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK. 
          HE DOESN'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DUMP THINGS. 
          NO, BUT I WON'T, WON'T HAVE. 
          PERSONALLY, I OFFERED A HAZARD. 
          I OFFERED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HUNDREDS OF THESE BANDS FOR AT NIGHT TO PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE SEEN. 
          I CAN'T STOP NEXT TO SOMEBODY AND GIVE THEM AN ARMAND BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID. 
          WHO AM I? THEY HAVE TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY SOMEBODY IN AN OFFICIAL CAR. 
          SO I WENT TO THE CHIEF AND I BOUGHT THESE AND I WANTED TO GIVE THEM TO HIM. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU GIVE IT TO HIM. 
          YOU THROW 'EM ON THE FLOOR, FLOOR, YOU THEM ON THE FLOOR. 
          FRANCIS, I HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT TILL I FINISH THE FLOOR. 
          YOU CERTAINLY FLOOR. 
          YOU CAN FINISH THINGS ON THE FLOOR. 
          YOU CAN CONTRAST. 
          YOU UNDERSTAND HOW INAPPROPRIATE THAT IS. 
          [01:55:01]
DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW INAPPROPRIATE IT'S FOR YOU TO THROW THINGS ON THE FLOOR IN A PUBLIC ROOM ASSEMBLY? IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUT. 
          IT IS REQUIRED. 
          JO, JOE, THAT YOU ACCEPT MY GIFT TO THE TOWN OFFICIALLY. 
          I DON'T, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THAT OFFICIALLY. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THAT EXTREMELY DISRESPECTFUL AND DISRUPTIVE TO THIS. 
          HOW DO YOU GET A RESOLUTION FOR ME TO BE? I DIDN'T WANT MY NAME CONNECTED TO THIS. 
          I DIDN'T WANT MY NAME ON THESE. 
          I WANTED THEM TO BE GIVEN OUT BY THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM AT NIGHT BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY SAID I HAD TO COME HERE AND HAVE YOU ACCEPT THE, THE GIFT IN SOME WAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 
          YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          THIS IS NOT THE WAY THE BAG BEING HANDED TO HIM WOULD'VE BEEN A NICE GESTURE. 
          DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT DO IS? GIVE US THE BAG. 
          WHY WOULD, I'M NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU JUST THREW EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR. 
          JUST GIVE US THE BAG. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MARY, THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE BACKPACKS HERE TODAY, THEY DIDN'T THROW 'EM ON THE FLOOR AND SAY PICK 'EM UP. 
          HEY, THIS IS FOR YOU. 
          YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DO THAT IN THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, BUT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO DO IT HERE. 
          WHY IS THAT? AND THEN THE SUPERVISOR SAID, I'LL PICK IT UP LATER. 
          ENCOURAGING THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR. 
          WELL, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE POSITIVE IS EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING THIS IS NOW GOING TO THINK REFLECTORS. 
          AND IF YOU GO, OH YEAH, NO, NO, I'M SAYING NO, NO, I'M SAYING NO AND I'M SAYING THAT'S RIGHT. 
          NO, AND I'M SAYING ACTUALLY WE'VE GIVEN OUT THOUSANDS OF REFLECTORS, BUT YOU GAVE AMOUNT TO THE PEOPLE AND THAT WAS THE KIND OF YOUR IDEA RIGHT. 
          IN THE STREETS AT NIGHT WHERE THERE NEEDED. 
          BUT WHEN I'M, WHEN I'M DRIVING AT NIGHT, I SEE PEOPLE ON SCOOTERS THAT ARE WEARING ALL BLACK OUTFITS AND PRACTICE TO DO WITH WHAT JUST HAPPENED. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I ACTUALLY SOMETIMES STOP PEOPLE AND I I GIVE IT OUT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          NO, BUT I'M SAYING IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE HERE. 
          THIS IS, SO IF SOMEBODY COMES HERE AND SPILLS MILK ON THE FLOOR AND SAYS, I THINK YOU SHOULD DRINK MORE MILK. 
          YOU THINK THAT'S RESPECTFUL, THAT'S GONNA REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DRINK MILK. 
          LEMME SAY AND RESPECT OF MURRAY'S AT SOME POINT, THERE'S GOTTA BE DECOR AT OUR BOARD. 
          MURRAY WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THE TOWN TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REFLECTORS AS A RESULT. 
          AND THIS WAS MAYBE OVER, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO AS A RESULT OF MURRAY'S EFFORTS. 
          RIGHT? THE TOWN HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTING REFLECTORS IN THE LOBBY FOR, FOR YEARS ONLY IN, IN TOWN. 
          ONLY BECAUSE NOT OUT ON THE STREET HAPPENED TO ON THE NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I'M SAYING YOU SAYING NO, BUT I'M SAYING AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES IT TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THIS IS THE BEHAVIOR YOU'RE SAYING IT'S GONNA GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT REFLECTORS. 
          WHAT DOES IT TELL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING AND SEEING IN A PUBLIC, PUBLIC ASSEMBLY PLACE THAT HE'S THROWING THINGS ON THE FLOOR AND THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. 
          THAT IS NOT A GIFT, THAT'S A TANTRUM. 
          THAT ACCEPTABLE. 
          THAT IS UNACCEPT. 
          MR. BOWDEN. 
          MR. BOWDEN, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOUR INTENT TO BE, TO SAVE PEOPLE IS A GOOD ONE. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PICK UP THE MESS THAT YOU MADE ON THE FLOOR, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT DIMINISHES YOUR INTENT. 
          RIGHT? AND THE MESSAGE I, I OFFERED TO PICK IT UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING. 
          GO PICK IT UP. 
          NO, I'LL PICK IT UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING AFTER WE DO EVERYTHING NOW WE'VE GOT IN MEETING BEFORE IT WAS AFTER THEY GAVE US NO, WE HAVE THE HAZARD. 
          WE HAVE THE HAZARD POINT. 
          YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA HELP HIM. 
          WE'RE WAIT, WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OH, GO. 
          WE'LL WAIT, PLEASE. 
          YOU SAID KEEP YOUR WORD AND SET. 
          OH BOY. 
          I DON'T, I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT'S FUNNY. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S FUNNY AT ALL. 
          I DON'T SAY I DON'T SEE WHAT'S FUNNY AT ALL. 
          IT'S DISRESPECTFUL. 
          WE VERY DISRESPECTFUL. 
          WE SAW OUR YOUTH AT THEIR BEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA CONDONE THIS AND YOU CONDONE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. 
          YOU SAW A GENTLEMAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          YOU SAW LADIES ACTING APPROPRIATELY. 
          NO ONE CAME IN AND HAD A BAG AND THEN TURNED IT OVER DELIBERATELY TO DUMP THINGS ON THE FLOOR IN A PUBLIC ASSEMBLY PLACE. 
          THIS IS THE LIGHTS GO OUT, THERE'S A BLACKOUT AND YOU NOW HAVE OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE FLOOR TRYING TO PROMOTE SAFETY WITH THE REFLECTORS AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING A HAZARD. 
          IT'S WRONG. 
          THE GIMMICKS HAVE TO STOP. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYBE YOU EDIT . 
          I CARE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT TERENCE. 
          I HOW NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT BROWN? SO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 
          THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH 
          [02:00:01]
RIDICULOUS. 
          THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T COME WHEN, WHENEVER THEY'RE, UH, FINISHED. 
          UH, MR. HAL SAMUEL GOODNIGHT. 
          FEEL BETTER, ANDREA? YEAH. 
          YOU WANT LOZENGES? NO. 
          DID I? OKAY. 
          WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH OUR, YEP. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S GO NEXT. 
          VERY THANK YOU . 
          YEAH, DON'T DROP IT. 
          OH. 
          OH. 
          THIS BY THE WAY, IS WHAT I SENT YOU PEOPLE TODAY AS HEADED PUBLIC HEARING ON CHAPTER FOUR 40 TAXATION THE CODE OF TOWN OF GREENBURG. 
          I EXPECT IT WILL END UP IN THE WRITTEN RECORD ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS? YOU ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR THAT ON THE WRITTEN RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WELL, IF I JUST MAILED IT IN AND AT ANY TIME SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE. 
          RIGHT? BUT THE DIRECTIONS SAY THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EMAIL IT TO TOWN CLERK BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          DID I NOT INCLUDE? I SEE YOUR NAME TOWN CLERK HERE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO THEY'LL BE PART OF THE RECORD FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON GREENBERG NEW YORK.GOV? I'VE SENT EMAILS UNDER THAT. 
          THEY ALL COME BACK. 
          IS IT UP AND OPERATING? NOT, IT'S NOT, IT SHOULDN'T COME BACK. 
          IF YOU SEND SOMETHING TO P FINER GREENBERG NY.GOV, IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO COM. 
          I CHANGED IMMEDIATELY AFTER WORKING THE SESSION, ALL MY CONTACTS TO GOV AND NOW, BECAUSE IT AUTOMATICALLY, IT BOUNCE BACK, DROPS DOWN BACK. 
          IT DID BOUNCE BACK. 
          I HAVE TO, IT'S CUT ALL BOUNCING BACK. 
          I HAVE TO MANUALLY TYPE IN. 
          YEAH, THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. 
          SO WE'LL FIX THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT, UH, MR. REMIND, MR. FINER, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ALONG HERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO REMIND MR. FINER WHAT YOU TOLD PAMELA MONTGOMERY, HOW YOU LOVE TO RECEIVE CRITICAL EMAILS, HOW VITAL AND DEMOCRATIC THEY ARE. 
          YOU CAN CELEBRATE ME IN THAT RESPECT AS WELL. 
          I DO . 
          OKAY. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          ALSO, NOW I SIT HERE AND I WATCH HOW YOU ALWAYS ARE ALL SELLING. 
          WHAT A GREAT JOB EVERYONE IS DOING IN TOWN. 
          HOWEVER, I HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY AND THIS IS ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I'VE EMAILED ALL OF YOU BEFORE. 
          AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE TWICE, TWO WEEKS AGO ON CENTRAL AVENUE, WHEN I APPROACHED THE BUS STOP TO TAKE A BUS, I NOTICED THE BLINKING LIGHT ON CENTRAL AVENUE. 
          THE YELLOW LIGHT WAS BLINKING. 
          THE GREEN AND RED DID NOT APPEAR. 
          THE CROSS STREETS, HARVARD DRIVE AND NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE WERE FUNCTIONING GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW. 
          I WATCHED FOR 20 MINUTES UNTIL THE BUS CAME THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO CROSS WERE ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES. 
          THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CROSS STREETS WERE FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THEY WERE IN DANGER TOO BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC ON CENTRAL AVENUE WAS CONTINUOUS BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY A YELLOW BLINKING LIGHT, WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE SEEN BY THOSE PEOPLE FROM THE CROSS STREETS. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE MY PHONE WITH ME. 
          I STOPPED SOMEONE WHO WAS WALKING BY AND ASKED THEM TO CALL THE POLICE. 
          AND WHEN HE DID THAT, HE DID PUT IT ON SPEAKERPHONE AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS, WE'RE AWARE OF THAT ALREADY. 
          WE'VE CONTACTED THE STATE POLICE. 
          CENTRAL AVENUE IS A STATE ROAD, BUT THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE HERE, INVOLVED THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR ACCIDENTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WAS GOING ON BEFORE I ARRIVED OR HOW LONG IT SURVIVED AFTER I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYONE FIXING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT THE POLICE REFUSED. 
          THE GREENBERG POLICE REFUSED TO SEND UNITS OVER THERE. 
          IN FACT, AS I WAS WALKING THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AHEAD OF ME CROSSING CENTRAL AVENUE WAS A POLICE CAR UNIT HEADING NORTH. 
          SO IF THE SPARTAN WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THE SITUATION, THEY COULD HAVE CONTACTED THE NEAREST LOCAL UNIT, WHICH WAS ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER A MILE AWAY AT THAT TIME, AND TELL THEM TO RETURN TO THAT AREA AND DO SOMETHING. 
          MEANWHILE, FURTHER SOUTH ON CENTRAL AVENUE ARE THREE POLICE UNITS WITH POLICE CARS COLLECTING TRACKING TRAFFIC FROM THE INSIDE OF THEIR CARS. 
          FOR CON ED, NO ONE HAS RESPONDED TO ME. 
          YOU AS A CLOWN BOARD ARE THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. 
          THE POLICE CHIEF HAS NOT RESPONDED TO ME IN TWO EMAILS. 
          THIS IS A SITUATION WHICH REPRESENTS A DERELICTION OF DUTY. 
          [02:05:02]
I CAN'T BELIEVE A POLICE DISPATCHER WHOSE JOB IS TO RE RE FORWARD ALL THIS KIND OF INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY OFFICERS ON PATROL TELLING IT. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR THE POLICE, STATE POLICE TO COME. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS IS. 
          THE TERRIBLE JOB DONE BY THE DISPATCHER AND EVEN WORSE IS THAT NO ONE IS RESPONDING TO MY BRINGING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          NOW YOU CAN REMAIN SILENT. 
          NO MORE SPEAKERS. 
          [  Appointment of Blake Feinstein as student liaison to the Police Community Advisory Comission for a term to expire December 31, 2026]
OKAY, SO NOW WE GO TO THE BOARD MEETINGS, UM, APPOINTMENT OF BLAKE FEINSTEIN AS STUDENT LIAISON TO THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD TB ONE, 
          [  TB 1 - 5/14/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a professional services agreement with Willett Public Affairs, LLC to continue providing legislative and strategic counsel before the legislative, executive and administrative branches of New York State Government, for a period of twelve (12) months, May 1, 2025, To April 30, 2026]
UH, OF TB ONE, UM, UH, TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TENOR TO HER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILL PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE AND STRATEGIC, UM, COUNCIL BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, BRANCHES OF NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. 
          MAY 1ST, 2025 TO APRIL 30TH, 2026. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  TB 2 - 5/14/2025 Resolution of theTown Board of the Town of Greenburgh in support for the New York State Assembly and Senate to pass a strong Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S.1464/A.1749) and expand the State’s Bottle Bill (A.6543/S.2351)    ]
AYE. 
          AYE. 
          TB TWO RELU RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE IT TO PSA STRONG, UH, PACKAGING REDUCTION IN, UH, RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT AND EXPAND THE STATE'S BATTLE BILL. 
          UM, 8 6 5 4 3 AND S 2 3 5 1. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  TB 3 - 5/14/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution TB-5 -- 3/26/2025 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one-year contract commencing January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 with the Village of Tarrytown for Fire Protection Services to the Glenville Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $293,169]
UM, UH, TB THREE. 
          UM, RE RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION TB FIVE. 
          UM, UH, AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPER. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          3 26. 
          2 3 26 20 25, 2025 AND AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR 10 HERE UNTIL ONE YEAR CONTRACT, UM, COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THREE, UH, THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 WITH THE VILLAGE OF TAR TOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES THROUGH THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT ACROSS NA TOE 2 93 1 6 9. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  AT 1 – 5/14/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq., and the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh In The Matter of Noreen Whitty v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $75,000 in total]
AYE. 
          UM, UH, A T ONE, UM, UM, RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION OF KENNETH PITCOCK, ESQUIRE AND THE LAW FIRM OF MA STUFFY SSO BAILEY AND PITCOCK TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN THE MATTER OF NOREEN WITTY VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBERG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,075,000 IN TOTAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  AT 2 – 5/14/2025 Resolution approving the retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh In The Matter of Richard Zakrzewski and Barbara Zakrzewski As Trustees v. Town of Greenburgh for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
AYE. 
          UM, A T TWO RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RETENTION OF A LAW FIRM OF MA DUFFY ALONSO LEY AND PITCOCK TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND THE MATTER OF RICHARD. 
          ZACH, UM, RUKI AND BARBARA ZACH KKI AS TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF UH, V VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          [  AT 3 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 570 Taxter Holdings LLC for property located at 570 Taxter Road.  The Town’s share of the refund is $35,418±; the County’s share is $17,094±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $3,679±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $110,564±; the N. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $3,646±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $1,261±. Refunds from all sources total $171,662±]
UM, 83 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT. 
          PETITIONER FIVE 70. 
          UH, TAX HOLDINGS LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 70 TEXT ROW. 
          THE TOWN UH, SHARE OF THE REFUND IS 35,418. 
          COUNTY SHARE IS 17,094. 
          SO MILL VALLEY SEWER DISTRICT SHARE IS 3 6 7 9 ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 6 6 IS ON HUNDRED 10,000 5 64 NORTH ELMSFORD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SHARES 3 6 4 6 CONSOLIDATED SEWARD, UH, DISTRICT SHARES 1002 61 REFUNDS FROM WOOL SOURCES ONE A HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE SIX SIX $2. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  AT 4 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 90 Saw Mill River Road LLC for property located at 90 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $276±; the County’s share is $2,022±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $300±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $12,125±.  Refunds from all sources total $14,723±]
A T FOUR RESOLUTION ORDERS HORIZON TAX ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITION 90 SOMO RIVER ROAD FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN 90 SOMO RIVER ROAD REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 14,000 702 3. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  AT 5 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Saw Mill River Hospitality LLC for property located at 540 Saw Mill River Road.  The Town’s share of the refund is $93,415±; the County’s share is $47,270±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $9,197±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $300,270±; the N. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $9,969±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $3,395±. Refunds from all sources total $463,515±]
AYE. 
          UH, 85 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ON SOMO RIVER HOSPITALITY, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 40 SOMO RIVER ROAD. 
          UM, UH, ALL REFUND REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 4 63 5 1 5. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          [  AT 6 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 375 Executive LLC for property located at 375 Executive Boulevard. The Town’s share of the refund is $43,550±; the County’s share is $21,222±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,546±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $136,944±; the N. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $4,489±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $1,558±. Refunds from all sources total $212,308±]
A T SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TI RA SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 3 75 EXECUTIVE LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 3 75 EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD. 
          UM, UH, REFUNDS FROM WELL SOURCES, UH, TOTAL 2012 3 0 8. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  AT 7 – 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of the Law Office of Vincent Toomey as Special Counsel to address town matters concerning personnel-related issues for an additional amount of $50,000; $200,000 in total]
UH, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM 87. 
          DOES ANYONE WANT TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION? RESO, UH, 87 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT TUBY AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS CONCERNING PERSONNEL RELATED ISSUES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 200,000 IN TOTAL. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          I ABSTAIN ABSTENTION. 
          THANK 
          [  AT 8 – 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as special counsel for tax certiorari matters at a cost not to exceed an additional $50,000, $375,000 in total]
YOU. 
          UH, AT EIGHT, UH, 
          [02:10:01]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WOODMAN OSTERMAN AND HANNAH, A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TAX TERTIARY MATTERS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 THREE 75,000 IN, UH, IN TOTAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  AT 9 – 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as special counsel for foreclosure proceedings at a cost not to exceed an additional amount of $25,000; $50,000 in total]
AYE. 
          UM, 18 NINE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTINUED RE, UH, RETENTION OF WHITMAN OSTERMAN AND HANNAH, UH, SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AT REQUEST NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 25,050,000 TOTAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE, 
          [  BD 1 – 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Board to designate a Fire Lane at the exit from Hartsdale Public Parking Authority’s parking site a garage to East Hartsdale Avenue]
UM, UH, BD ONE, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN BOARD TO DESIGNATE A FIRE LANE AT THE EXIT, UH, OF THE HARTSDALE PARKING AUTHORITIES PARKING DISTRICT, GARAGE PARKING SITE AT PARKING SITE, A GARAGE TO EAST ELLI AVENUE. 
          I'D LIKE MOVE TO SITE A I BELIEVE. 
          YES. 
          SITE A I'M SORRY. 
          A YEAH. 
          ARRIVED AT EAST. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  CL 1 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing permission to close a portion of Mercer Avenue in Hartsdale, between the intersection of Lakeview Avenue and Mercer Avenue to 84 Mercer Avenue, on Saturday, June 14, 2025 (Rain Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025), from 3:00 pm until 9:00 pm for the neighborhood to hold a block party]
AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          C ONE RESOLUTION AUTHOR ARISING PERMISSION TO CLOSE A PORTION OF MERCER AVENUE BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE VIEW AVENUE AND MERCER AVENUE AT 85 MERCER AVENUE ON SATURDAY JUNE 14TH. 
          UH, RAIN DATE JUNE 21ST FROM THREE UNTIL 9:00 PM FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HOLD A BLOCK PARTY. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? 
          [  CD 1 - 5/14/2025 Resolution awarding the contract for the Hillside Avenue Sidewalk Project (PIN 8762.81) to Morano Brothers Corporation, the lowest bidder, for an amount not to exceed $1,567,944.35]
AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, CD ONE RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE HILLSIDE AVENUE SIDEWALK PROJECT TO MURANO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BROTHER IS, UH, CORPORATION THE LOWER LOWEST, UM, UNIT BIDDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1 MILLION, UM, FIVE, UH, 6, 7 9, 4 4 AND 35 CENTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CD 2 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the implementation, and funding in the first instance 100% of the federal-aid eligible costs, of a transportation federal-aid project known as the Dobbs Ferry Road sidewalk, and appropriating funds therefore]
UH, RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING FOR THE FIRST INSTANCE, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL AID ELIGIBLE COSTS A TRANS A TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AID PROJECT KNOWN AS DOPPS FERRY ROAD, UM, SIDEWALK AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS THERE. 
          UH, FOUR. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. 
          SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          YAY. 
          UM, UH, CD THREE. 
          [  CD 3 - 5/14/2025 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency for a site plan and related applications of BMR-Ardsley Park LLC (“BMR-Ardsley Park”), located at 410-460 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Elmsford) [TB 24-01]]
CD THREE. 
          CD THREE. 
          UH, RESOLUTION, UH, DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR A SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATIONS OF BMR LEY PARK, LOCATED FOUR TEN FOUR SIXTY SOMO RIVER ROAD. 
          PO ELMSFORD. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  CO 1 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2025 budget transfers]
AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, CO ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          BUDGET TRANSFERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 2 - 5/14/2025 Resolution approving Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Transfer in the amount of $1,000,000 from the Town Entire (A) Fund Balance into the Capital Projects Fund to cover renovation to the Greenburgh Town Court & Police HQ]
CO2, UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          BUDGET TRANSFERS IN THE AMOUNT OF A MILLION FROM THE TOWN ENTIRE EIGHT FUND BALANCE INTO THE CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS FUND TO COVER RENOVATIONS OF THE TOWN. 
          OBJECT TO, TO THE TOWN COURT, COURT COURT, TOWN COURT ONLY. 
          ONLY THE TOWN COURT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 
          [  CO 3 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $350,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of various improvements to Town Parks and Recreational Areas, in and for said town]
CO UH, THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF THREE 50,000, UH, BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UH, TO PAY, UH, THE COST OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO TOWN PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS AND THEN SET AND FOR SET TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, 
          [  CO 4 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $608,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of replacement police or passenger vehicles in and for said town]
CO FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF 608,000 IN DOLLARS IN BONDS, UM, TO PAY THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT POLICE OR PASSENGER VEHICLES AND IN SAID TOWN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 5 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $225,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of implementation of cloud-based hosting for Munis, in and for said town]
CO FIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $225,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PAY THE CAUSE OF INCLINATION OF CLOUD-BASED HOSTING, UH, FROM UNISON INSTEAD OF THE TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 6 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $350,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the acquisition of an ambulance, in and for said town]
C OH SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $350,000 IN BONDS, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO PAY THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION OF AN AMBULANCE AND AND TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [  CO 7 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $60,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay a portion of the $300,000 estimated maximum cost of planning and design for construction of a new sidewalk and related improvement on Knollwood Road, in and for said town]
AYE. 
          C SEVEN RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $60,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN WESTCHESTER TO PAY A PORTION OF THE 300,000 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SIDEWALK AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS ON NORWOOD ROAD AND IN, UM, FOR SAID TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, SAY SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 8 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $315,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the acquisition of equipment and vehicles and various improvements to town facilities, in and for said town]
UH, CO EIGHT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $315,000 IN BONDS, UH, TO PAY FOR THE COST OF ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES AND VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO TOWN FACILITIES IN INFRA TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          [  CO 9 - 5/14/2025 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of $1,500,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of various drainage improvements, in and for said town]
AYE. 
          RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,500,000 BONDS, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY FOR THE COST OF VARIOUS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN FRAT TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          [  CO 10 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $500,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the acquisition and implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping to map the town's drainage infrastructure, in and for said Town]
AYE. 
          AYE. 
          CO 10 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE QUEST OF THE ACQUISITION AND IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, UH, 
          [02:15:01]
VIA GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, UM, MAPPING TO MAP THE TOWN'S DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRA TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? 
          [  CO 11 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $100,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay for a pavement analysis study to evaluate town roads, in and for said town]
AYE. 
          AYE. 
          CO 11 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BONDS, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK TO PAY FOR THE PAVEMENT ANALYSIS STUDY TO EVALUATE TOWN ROADS, AND THEN FOR TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 12 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $4,000,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the construction or reconstruction of various town sidewalks and curbs, in and for said town ]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $4 MILLION BONDS, UH, FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY FOR THE COST OF, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OR RECONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS TOWN SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND THEN SET TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          UH, RESOLUTION 
          [  CO 13 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $5,500,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the reconstruction of various town roads, in and for said town]
CCO 13 OF, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $5 MILLION, $500,000 OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, TO PAY THE COST OF RECONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS, UM, RHODES, UM, IN AND FOR A SET TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 14 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $210,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of vehicles and equipment for construction and maintenance purposes, in and for said town]
C OH 14 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $210,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY, UH, THE QUEST OF THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PURPOSES. 
          AND THEN FOR SET TOWN, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 15 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $68,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay a portion of the $340,000 estimated maximum cost of planning and design for construction of a new sidewalk and related improvements on Old Army Road, in and for said town]
CO 15 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $68,000 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PAY A PORTION OF, OF THE $340,000 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SIDEWALK AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SIGN OLD ARMY ROAD AND, AND FOR SAID 10. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 
          [  CO 16 - 5/14/2025 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the Town Outside Budget to reflect the acceptance of a $90,000 DASNY grant]
UH, CO 16 RESOLUTION APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OUTSIDE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE ACCEPTANCE OF $90,000. 
          DOUS E GRANT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING 
          [  PR 1 - 5/14/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks and Recreation to execute a contract with Spark Business Academy, Inc., to conduct after-school programs with an emphasis on finance conditioned on the direct costs being covered by registration fees]
PR ONE PO ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH SPARK, UH, BUSINESS ACADEMY TO CONDUCT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FINANCE CONDITIONED ON THE DIRECT COSTS BEING COVERED BY REGISTRATION FEES. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND, 
          [  PO 1 - 5/14/2025 Resolution promoting Police Officers James Conn and Justin Flynn to Detective]
UH, THE FINALLY PO ONE RESOLUTION PROMOTING POLICE OFFICERS JAMES CONN AND JUSTIN FLYNN. 
          DETECTIVE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, IN RESPONSE TO JOY'S, UH, COMMENTS, I EMAILED JOHANN SNAGS AND, UM, HE SAID, UM, THAT THEY HAVE NOT, UH, MADE A DECISION TO CANCEL. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT INDOOR, UH, CONTINGENCY, UM, FOR THE REPAIR CAFE ON SATURDAY FOR THE REPAIR CAFE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AT THIS POINT IT'S ON, UH, LAST YEAR MOST OF IT WAS INDOORS. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I MAY MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR?
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