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UH, WELCOME TO OUR GREENBERG TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.UH, TODAY IS JULY 8TH AND IT'S, UH, ABOUT 5:40 PM AND THE FIRST ITEM I'M THE OPEN MEETING PORTION IS, UM, A REQUEST BY RIVER ARTS TO, UM, UH, DO WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE RIVER VILLAGES ARE DOING AND, UH, PROVIDE THEM WITH A $2,500.
UM, YOU KNOW, GRANT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG WHO, UM, BENEFIT FROM THEIR PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE LOTS OF ARTS PROGRAMS. UM, THEY ALWAYS POST IT ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS.
WELL, IT'S ONE THING SUPPORTING, BUT YOU, WHAT DO WE PUT MONEY TO IT? YEAH.
NO, I, I FEEL WE SHOULD PUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MONEY INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT, UM, THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO, UH, RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG AND THE ENTIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWN.
AND THIS WOULD BE IN THE A BUDGET RATHER THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE B BUDGET, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SOME PROGRAM THAT, UM, IS HELPING.
WELL, DOES, DOES IT SUPPORT THE, SORRY, DOES IT SUPPORT THE TOWN JUST IN SO FAR AS THEY DO NOT ACCEPT MUSICIANS AND ART? LOOK, LET ME, LET ME START AGAIN.
I'VE ATTENDED RIVER ARTS PROGRAMS FOR YEARS IN THE VILLAGES IN THE RIVER TOWNS, AND I THINK THERE, IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
HOWEVER, THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT ENTERTAIN HAVING GREENBERG RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE.
UNINCORPORATED, YOU MEAN UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE ONLY THE VILLAGES FOR NOW, BUT THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER IT IN THE FUTURE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT IT IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT IS MORE INCLUSIVE OF OUR, OF, OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN.
SO, PAUL, DID YOU RECEIVE SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY THAT THEY NOW ARE ALLOWING UNINCORPORATED RESIDENTS TO BE A PART OF THEM? I, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING SINCE THE LAST, YOU KNOW, EMAIL.
I MEAN, BASICALLY NOTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT IT, UNINCORPORATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I COULD DO IF THE BOARD BASICALLY IS OPEN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDING THEM IS I COULD BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WRITE, WRITE TO THEM SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE 2026, UH, BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN, UM, APPROVED, YOU KNOW, YET.
AND, UM, IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO INCLUDE ARTISTS FROM UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG, UM, AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, TRULY AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY, THEN I WOULD, THEN WE WOULD INCLUDE IT IN, UH, THE 2026 BUDGET.
THAT WAS MY OTHER THING, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MONIES ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET.
SO FOR 2026, IF IT IS MORE INCLUSIVE, I'M FULLY ON BOARD WITH THAT.
IF YOU COULD MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET PROCESS, I, I THOUGHT WE HAD ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THIS IN THE EMAIL CHAIN, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SUPPORTIVE.
IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, UNINCORPORATED RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE AS ARTISTS.
THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT I REQUESTED.
WE STOOD, DIDN'T GET IT, SO NO, WE DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO IT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SOLUTION, BUT RIGHT.
THAT'S GOOD DISCUSSION OF THE HARRIET TUBMAN BOTHER.
SO THIS IS A REQUEST THAT, UM, UH, AN ORGANIZATION, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, MADE TO US, YOU KNOW, MONTHS AGO, UM, TO SUPPORT THE HARRIET TUBMAN.
BY, BY WAY, I GUESS ALL THE VILLAGES, UM, HAVE SUPPORTED IT.
UM, SOME BOARD MEMBERS INDICATED THAT BECAUSE, UM, HAVE ALL THE VILLAGES ALL SIX, I, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ALL SIX, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE LAST UPDATE THAT THEY HAVE, WE WERE THE LAST INCORPORATED, I BELIEVE I SAID, I BELIEVE, I'M NOT SURE.
'CAUSE REMEMBER WHEN THE MEETING LAST WEEK? I, IF I MAY, BECAUSE GOING BACK LIKE SIX MONTHS AGO WHEN THEY FIRST APPROACHED US, UM, I GOT INTO A CONVERSATION WITH, I THINK VICKI FLOOD IS HER NAME, UH, A EMAIL CONVERSATION.
AND I, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE FROM THE MAP THAT, AND, AND TERRANCE, CAN YOU PUT THE MAP UP UP PLEASE? IT'S UP.
IT LOOKED LIKE FROM THE MAP THAT THE BY WAY DOES NOT GO THROUGH ANY PART OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG.
AND SHE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT AND SHE VERIFIED THAT FOR ME.
AND SO I SAID, WELL, IN THAT CASE, WE CAN'T PASS A RESOLUTION PER SE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE BYWAY IN LOCATING SIGNAGE, BUT IT'S EVENTS.
AND ALL THOSE EVENTS WOULD BE CENTERED AROUND THE HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, BYWAY RAILROAD BYWAY MM-HMM
AND, UM, AND THAT WOULD BE IN THE VILLAGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN A SIMILAR FASHION, OUR
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WITH NO ONE'S WITH NO SPECIFIED AMOUNTS OR EVENTS OR ANYTHING, FIRST OF ALL, IN WHAT KIND OF MONIES WE'D HAVE TO HAVE PROBABLY INTERM MUNICIPAL AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF THE VILLAGES AS IT AS THEY STAGED EVENTS.SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY BE SUPPORTABLE.
AND SO I SAID WE WOULD FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR JUST SUPPORT.
WELL, IF YOU, IF YOU READ ON THEIR, UM, ON THEIR WEBSITE MM-HMM
WHAT THEY, WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, IT'S, THEY SAY THEY, IT INDICATES THAT THEY WANT PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW YORK CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS KIND OF OPEN-ENDED.
SO, UM, AND, AND I'M, I THINK THERE WAS SOME REFERENCE TO HAVING HISTORICAL EVENTS.
IT'S ALL REALLY WONDERFUL, OF COURSE, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T PERTAIN TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF THE VILLAGES.
IF THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING IN THEIR VILLAGES, WE CAN'T MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
SO THEY WERE OKAY WITH US WRITING A LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH IS EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE WE, PAUL, HAVE YOU READ THIS LETTER THOUGH? FIRST, I, UH, THE LETTER IS FINE EITHER TO ME, BUT THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, UM, WE AS A TOWN BOARD REPRESENT BOTH THE VILLAGES AND UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG MM-HMM
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WHEN WE ARE ACTING AS A TOWN BOARD, WE'RE NOT THE TOWN BOARD FOR UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG ONLY.
I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WE REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF THE, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY.
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS HAVE THE TOWN BOARD SAY TO THE VILLAGES, LISTEN, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BUT, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT IT OR NOT, BUT WE'RE GONNA SAY THIS BYWAY SHOULD GO IN.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE BYWAY, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VILLAGES WHO WERE AFFECTED BY IT, NOT US, UH, BOUGHT INTO IT AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
AND SOME ARE STILL PENDING ACCORDING TO THE CHART.
I DON'T HAVE, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH, WITH THAT.
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT IF EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE STATE IS DOING A RESOLUTION, UM, EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE STATE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS ARE DOING THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE BYWAY GOING THROUGH IT.
SO, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE OUR, OUR CRAZY STRUCTURE OF HAVING VILLAGES WITHIN THE TOWN, AND THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THEY MADE THAT REQUEST.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M SORRY.
WHO, WHO'S IS THIS? WELL, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT TOO.
IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LETTER OR RESOLUTION IS BASICALLY THEY'RE STILL GONNA READ IT NO MATTER WHAT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
BUT I JUST SORT OF FEEL FROM JUST A PROCEDURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD HAVE, IF WE WANTED TO DO A RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION IS NOT A LOCAL LAW RESOLUTION IS, IS BASICALLY HAS THE SAME, UH, STATUS AS, UM, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE STRONGER BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A VOTE AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING.
BUT, BUT IT WAS REQUESTED WHEN I WENT TO THE, WHEN I WENT TO THE INFO SESSION LAST WEEK, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
THAT WHAT THEY NEED IS A RESOLUTION FROM THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT THEY NEED.
SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FROM US IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
AND I KNOW ALAN, YOU AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, WITH THOMAS, YOU HAD CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS, I FORGOT HIS LAST NAME FROM TERRYTOWN.
TERRYTOWN TRUSTEE WITH THOMAS WAS, YEAH, I JUST WENT BLANKING HIS NAME BECAUSE YOU CAN, I APOLOGIZE, THOMAS.
BUT, SO IN SPEAKING WITH HIM, YOU KNOW, HE ADVISED US AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY NEED A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
NOW RESOLUTION FALLS UNDER THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
WHAT WITH REFERENCE TO THIS CHART? YEAH, IT DOES SAY RESOLUTION.
I SPOKE TO THOMAS, IT'S THOMAS MITCHELL.
I SPOKE TO THOMAS ABOUT THAT AND I SAID, WHEN HE SENT THAT TO ME THE OTHER NIGHT, SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND I SAID, THOMAS, WE'RE NOT SIGNING A RESOLUTION THOUGH.
AND HE SAID, LET ME CHECK WITH THE ORGANIZERS.
AND HE CHECKED AND HE SAID, IT'S OKAY.
UM, IT'S JUST NOT CORRECTED HERE.
SO IT SHOULD SAY PENDING LETTER OR, CORRECT.
OTHER THAN COURTLAND, MOUNT PLEASANT AND SLEEPY HOLLOW.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S UP TO DATE, BUT IF YOU, I SEND ALONG FOR ALL OF US TO READ, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE DISPATCH MM-HMM
THAT NAMED, UH, HASTINGS DOBBS FERRY, IRVINGTON AS HAVING SIGNED, AND I THINK HE WAS ARTS.
BUT THEN I REV, I REVIEWED TART TOWN.
I MADE SURE, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I'D HEARD THAT TARRYTOWN HAD, AND THEY'VE ALSO SIGNED A
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RESOLUTION.AND THOMAS MITCHELL IS A TRUSTEE AND SIGNED A LETTER.
NO, THEY SIGNED A RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S GOING THROUGH THEIR VILLAGES.
SO THEN WHAT GINA WAS SAYING IS THAT IT NEEDS A COUNTY RESOLUTION AND VILLAGE RESOLUTIONS WHERE IT PASSES THROUGH.
SO WHERE IT SAID BEFORE, LIKE, UH, COURTLAND, SO WHERE IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A RESOLUTION, IT GOES THROUGH THOSE TOWNS AS WELL.
BUT IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SO WE JUST UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.
IT GOES THROUGH THE VILLAGES WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND BY THE TIME THIS ACTUALLY GOT A LIFE, UH, AND US LEARNING HOW MANY VILLAGES ACTUALLY PASSED RESOLUTIONS, IT WAS TOO LATE FOR US TO PUT A RESOLUTION ON THIS AGENDA.
WE'RE NOT MEETING UNTIL AUGUST.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WANT THIS BY FRIDAY.
SO WE HAVE SOME EVIDENCE AND, AND JUST FOR, FOR RESIDENTS TO KNOW, IT'S, IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
IT'S A MARKER TO TO, TO COMMEMORATE THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
AND THERE IS A WEBSITE AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AND GET PLENTY OF INFORMATION.
IS THAT THE ORIGINAL? THAT'S NOT THE ORIGINAL.
THE LETTER IS VERY SUPPORTIVE.
HERE'S, HERE'S A RESOLUTION NOT DOING THAT.
DID YOU LOOK AT THAT INSURANCE CLAUSE? I DID.
UH, WHICH NUMBER IS THAT? UM, UNDER PRESENTATIONS.
IT SHOULD SAY UNDER RECOGNIZING PR FIVE, THE TWO, THE PR THREE EMAILED YOU YOUNG LADIES COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS S AND I WOULD JUST CAP YOUTH POETRY FINAL IS JUST, JUST, AND WE SAID WE WERE TABLING OUR, OUR LIAISON REPORT.
DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT? OH, WE, THAT'S ALL YOU BOTH SAID.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS LAST WEEK.
'CAUSE WE, WE HAD PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE, AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THAT YEAH.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? THAT'S A GOOD POINT,
I DON'T, SO SINCE WE'RE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING, DID YOU WANT TO HOLD ON THE LIAISON REPORTS OR NO, I THINK, I THINK IT'S, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT A COUPLE.
WE NEED TO HAVE, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE A PROCESS, MAYBE WE DO LIAISON REPORTS EITHER ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE ONE OF TAKE A SECOND, SECOND MONTH MEETING IN A MONTH.
OR MAYBE WHEN THERE'S NOT MUCH ON THE AGENDA OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE GET IN A ROUTINE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S, WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE CONSISTENT.
SO, WELL WHAT IF WE KEPT TOLD EVERYBODY TO KEEP THEIR, UH, LIAISON REPORTS TO NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES OR THREE MINUTES? BECAUSE BASICALLY THIS WAY EVERY, AT EVERY MEETING IT WOULD BE SHORT, SWEET.
AND BASICALLY IT PRETTY MUCH IS.
I THINK WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE ISSUE LAST WEEK AT THE LAST MEETING WAS BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE LENGTHY BECAUSE OF THE AD REVIEW HEARING, BUT NOW WE'VE, AND IT WILL BE TOMORROW AS WELL.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT SHORTER IF THAT'S MAYBE DEPENDING ON THE HEARING.
SO MAYBE WE HAVE, I THINK IF WE, YES.
SO ARE WE GONNA STILL HAVE IT EVERY TOWN BOARD MEETING? DEPENDING ON HEARINGS? WE COULD HAVE IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A LENGTHY PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST HAVE IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST DO IT AND TELL EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD JUST TO KEEP IT TO TWO MINUTES.
SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST BE MINDFUL OF HOW LONG OUR MEETINGS ARE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT IS THE RESPONSES OR THAT'S THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM RESIDENTS THAT THE MEANS ARE TOO LONG.
I MEAN, ALL OF YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
'CAUSE I'M KNOWN FOR MY TERSENESS.
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STILL STANDING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.SO LET'S, LET'S BRING IT ON BACK PLEASE.
EVERYONE ALL SO, WELL I FIRST, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT, I, I, AGAIN, WE DID YOU LAUGH TOO? YES.
I WOULD TRY TO SAY NO, BUT THERE'S TAPE.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WENT TILL 1130 WHEN WE HAD, SO MAYBE I UNDERST I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I, AGAIN, WE, SO THAT'S WHY MM-HMM
THE SUGGESTION I'M MAKING IS MAYBE, PERHAPS WE DO MAYBE THE FOURTH OR WHAT DEPENDING, OR MAYBE DO, DEPENDING ON PUBLIC HEARINGS.
BUT WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
SO PEOPLE WHEN THEY, DEPENDING ON THE HEARING OR WE'LL HAVE IT MM-HMM
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, HOW WE NOTE THAT.
SO IF PEOPLE HAVE THE EXPECTATION, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WELL, IT'S GONNA COME OFF RIGHT AWAY.
AND WHATEVER'S UP ON THE WEBSITE, YOU NO ONE, NO ONE REALLY.
THIS IS JUST PULLED OFF THE WEBSITE.
SO AFTER THIS MEETING WE'LL PULL, WE'LL PULL IT, WE JUST PULL, WE'LL JUST PULL, WE'LL PULL THE WE IF WE'RE GONNA PULL IT.
BUT WE COULD HAVE A DISCLAIMER, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER ITEMS ON, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING.
SO THAT DOES IT SEEM LIKE, SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST NOT DOING IT RANDOM.
SO DID WE MAKE A DECISION IF WE DON'T IT THIS WEEK, I THINK WE SHOULD PULL IT THIS WEEK.
I THINK SO YOU THINK THEY, WHAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY THE SAME THING THAT THEY SAID BEFORE? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, SO, AND WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S A LOT ON HERE, BUT, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING THEM.
I JUST THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR THERE IS, I'M GOING TO NOW, UM, WELL WE WE'RE HAVING A MEETING IN AUGUST AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST AND WE WILL COMMIT TO HAVING THE REPORTS IN AUGUST.
IS THAT OKAY? FLY WITH EVERYONE.
I JUST, I JUST, WELL, WE SHOULD REALLY DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE GET INTO SOME SORT OF RHYTHM SO PEOPLE YEAH, NO, THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT LOOKING AT THE, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS.
ARE THEY EACH 10 MINUTES? THAT'S FIVE MINUTES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA, NO, I JUST, YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO, AND THEN, ALRIGHT.
DO WE HAVE, HOW MANY, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? TWO SO FAR.
HOW MANY LETTERS HAVE WE GOTTEN? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? DO YOU, HOW MANY LETTERS? NO, I HAVE ONLY SEEN TWO.
THAT'S THAT COMING TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
I GOT AN EMAIL FROM, UH, ARTHUR KAHAN.
ABOUT THE ACCESSORIES, UH, DWELLING UNITS.
AND HE ASKED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD, UH, WOULD READ HIS, UH, EMAIL.
HE, I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT 20 MINUTES AGO.
DID HE SEND IT TO PUBLIC? NO, HE SENT IT TO ME.
DID? NO, HE CAN'T READ IT UNLESS YOU SEND IT TO US.
DID YOU SHARE IT WITH US? NO, THEN I, I, I FORWARDED IT TO YOU.
BUT, UM, I, HE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HE HAD, AND I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE ANSWER WAS.
UM, IF, IF SOMEBODY PUTS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ON THE, IN THE BACKYARD, THERE'S A TAX AS ON, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR RENTAL? THE, THE, UH, INTERESTING QUESTION.
SO YOU SHOULD MENTION, PUT IT IN THE RECORD TOMORROW.
NO, BECAUSE I'M JUST SAYING THAT IS HE GONNA PUT, BUT NO, BUT PAUL, PAUL SAID HE, DIDN'T HE GET SOMETHING? WHERE DID IT GO TO? WHERE DID THE QUESTION GO TO? SO WE CAN CAPTURE THAT IN, THAT WAS FROM, IN A PUBLIC, THAT WAS MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM YESTERDAY.
DID YOU SEND IT TO JOE WITH NO, I JUST, UH, I JUST WELL, YOU JUST SAID THE LETTER.
I'M NOT SURE A QUESTION FOR US, IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE ASSESSMENT.
FOR THE ASSESSOR AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT.
I MEAN, THE ASSESSMENT'S GONNA BE BASED ON WHATEVER IT CAUSED TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
SO MY GUT FEELING IS IT WOULD BE ASSESSED AS RESIDENTIAL RATHER THAN AS, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL.
WELL, WE SHOULD LET THE ASSESSOR GIVE US THE CORRECT ANSWER ON THAT BEFORE WE SAME THING.
IT, LET ME JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, OKAY.
UM, AND THAT'S A QUESTION THAT DID NOT COME UP IN THAT LAW HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IS, WILL IT BE ASSESSED? AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ASSESSED.
BUT HOW'S IT GOING? THE QUESTION IS, IS IT GONNA BE ASSESSED? CORRECT.
HE, HE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSED CONCERNS BECAUSE HE SAID THAT, UM, WAIT, WHAT? LEMME JUST SAY, UM, THE ESTATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, UM, WAIT, WHAT WAS IT? UH, THERE'S A PENDING BILL IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD PROVIDE TAX EXEMPTIONS
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ON ANY INCREASE IN VALUE TO THE PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONS OF AN A DU.UM, AND HE'S CONCERNED THAT, UM, THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE WILL, WILL PASS, WILL PASS THAT.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT BILL AND DO YOU KNOW WHO SPONSORED IT AND HOW MANY SPONSORS? AND I TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT DIDN'T GET THROUGH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GET THROUGH, BUT HE SAID IT'S A DEMOCRATIC BILL AND IT'S A DEMOCRATIC, UH, LEGISLATION THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ANYTHING.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WENT, WHAT'S THE BILL SUPPOSED TO DO? DID HE GIVE YOU THE NUMBER? UH, YEAH, HE, IT'S NOT, AND YOU KNOW, IN THE EMAIL, BUT IT SAYS YOU, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THERE'S A PENDING BILL IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD PROVIDE TAX EXEMPTIONS ON ANY INCREASE IN VALUE TO THE PROPERTY.
BUT DID HE GIVE YOU A BILL NUMBER? YEAH, HE DID GIVE THE BILL.
WHAT IS IT? I I DON'T HAVE IT HERE.
HE GAVE IT TO ME WHEN I WAS, BUT HE'S COMING TOMORROW.
IT'LL GO INTO RECORD, OKAY? MM-HMM
HE CAN, CAN MAKE COMMENTS IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHAT THE BILL NUMBER IS SO WE CAN BE PREPARED CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT THERE'D BE NO MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT, WHICH MEANS EVERYBODY ELSE PICKS UP THE COURT.
NO, HE'S, HE'S CALLED ME LIKE A FEW TIMES THIS WEEK VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY CONCERNED.
BUT I TOLD HIM TO COME TO THE HEARING.
BUT LET, LET US KNOW WHAT THAT BILL NUMBER IS.
THAT WELL, IT'S GOING NOWHERE THIS YEAR, RIGHT? NO, IT'S, YES.
SESSION'S OVER, RIGHT? YES, I HAVE THAT.
WELL, IF IT WENT GOT THROUGH SESSION, THEN IT HAS, THE GOVERNOR HASN'T TOLD DECEMBER 31ST SIGN IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CHECK IT.
I JUST ASKED HER IF SHE'S PASSING AND SINCE THIS, THE A DU LAW'S GONNA SUNSET.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF IT'S REINTRODUCED NEXT YEAR IN THE NEXT SESSION, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS WITHIN THAT JUROR.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE, UH, SUGGESTIONS IN TERMS OF AMENDING THE LEGISLATION? I PUT THAT IN THE EMAIL, RIGHT? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF, SHOULD WE BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WELL, IS THIS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW? THAT'S THE PUBLIC, THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TOMORROW.
IT WON'T BE PART OF THE HEARING.
IF YOU ANNOUNCE IT TONIGHT, IF YOU SAY IT TOMORROW, IT BECOMES PART OF THE TRANSCRIPT.
I WASN'T SURE HOW WE WERE GOING TO APPROACH ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK.
I JUST SENT IT IN AN EMAIL AS GARRETT HAD SUGGESTED.
SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A TIME IN THE MEETING WHERE WE WELL, WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YEAH, OF COURSE.
NO, SO NO, I AM GONNA ABSTAIN ON A T ONE RELATING TO THE LABOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
CAN YOU RETENTION? JUST CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ONE ASSUME HIGH, BUT THAT'S MY FEELING.
I, I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER DO IT IN HOUSE.
THE LABOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING.
WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD HANDLE IT? THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR THE CONTROLLER OR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, WE HIRING MORE PEOPLE ON TO HANDLE IT.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD THERE A BIT SHORT STAFFED ALREADY WITH THE RESULTS SO FAR.
SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY OWN GUT FEELING.
YOU'RE NOT WELL, CAN WE HEAR WHY YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED? WELL, CONTRACTS, WE HAVEN'T SETTLED THE PBA CONTRACTS AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON AND ON AND ON, BUT THAT'S NEGOTIATION.
BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD DOWN BOARD'S FAULT IF IT'S $250,000.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE, WHY DON'T WE WAIT TILL WE GET OUR LEGAL UPDATES AND, YOU KNOW, TO, BUT YOU BLAME IT.
SO YOU'RE OPPOSED TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
I, I'M, I ON, ON, ON THIS MATTER, I THINK, UH, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE GOTTEN PRETTY MUCH THE SAME RESULTS OR MAYBE AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN LESS EXPENSIVE.
'CAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA THINK ABOUT IT.
FIRST OF ALL, NEGOTIATIONS DO TAKE A LONG TIME, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE TO HIRE STAFF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
AND UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE,
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WHAT IS IT? THE CHALLENGES? YES.SO I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT WE'RE THROWING OUT MONEY.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S HEAR OUR, WE CAN, SO YOU, YOU, HE CAME HAVING US VOTE ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REPRESENT YOU AND THE PETITION AGAINST EDGE BONDS IN CORPORATION.
ARE WE GONNA NOT DO THAT ANYMORE? 'CAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND WE CAN DO THAT IN-HOUSE? WELL, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MY FAILING IS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT, UH, AS A CASE, YOU KNOW, BY CASE, YOU KNOW, BASIS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE RESULTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, I KNOW THE PBA IS UPSET.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, UH, OF COURSE THE EMPLOYEES ARE UPSET.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, YOU KNOW, SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST SAT DOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SETTLED, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WITHOUT, WITHOUT LABOR OUTSIDE LABOR COUNCIL.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, GREAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN HOUSE WHO ARE GOOD WITH NUMBERS AND GOOD WITH BUDGETS.
AND I THINK AT THE, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO JUST SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE AND YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD GUARANTEE WOULD BET MONEY THAT THE LAST ONE YOU WERE INVOLVED AND WE HAD KIMBERLY INVOLVED AND, UM, JOE, MYSELF, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY ON THE BOARD.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS RESOLVED QUICKER.
AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER FOR MORALE OF THE, WE, WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEEN RESOLVED.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO IT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I'M, I'M NOT ARGUING YOU.
I'M, YOU CAN JUST, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
SO I'M NOT GONNA A COMMENT THIS.
NOPE, THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL, BUT, OKAY.
SO WE ARE, WE, UM, EVERYTHING SO
THEY'RE ON HERE FOR REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
FAIL IS THE, THE ONE THAT THE MM-HMM
SOIL, THAT'S GOOD ROCK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
A LOT OF RESOLUTIONS REGARDING, HE STARTS AT 11.
SO BASICALLY PW THREE IS ASKING FOR ALTERNATIVES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER RFP IF THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FOLLOWING UP ON THE, THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON DURING THE PAST YEAR.
TECHNICALLY THE OTHER RESOLUTION WILL NOT BE AN RFP.
IT'S A, IT'S A GO TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT DESIGN PACKAGE.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
HOPE TO GET THAT ON THE AUGUST MEETING IF POSSIBLE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA GO TO BID, UM, HAS TO BE DONE BY THE TOWN BOARD OR COULD WE JUST, UH, ASK, AUTHORIZE YOU TO PURSUE THAT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE JUST AUTHORIZING AN RF, I, IT, IT'S A POLICY DETERMINATION THAT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE TOWN BOARD.
THE ONLY REASON NOT, THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE WORK HAS TO BE DONE AND HAVING LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS EXTRA DELAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE TO BASICALLY HAVE
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THE TIME.I, I THINK IF THE RESOLUTION IS READY, IT WILL BE READY RIGHT BEFORE THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE READY OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
AND THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE WEEK DELAY.
BUT IF THEY CAN'T, THEY DON'T WANNA RUSH IT EITHER.
AND IT MAY NOT BE READY BY RIGHT.
THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING, OR I BELIEVE IT'S THE SIXTH.
IT MIGHT BE READY BY ITS FIRST SEPTEMBER MEETING.
BUT I'LL CHECK IN WITH ENGINEERING ON THAT.
AND I JUST HAVE THIS POLICY, I'VE HAD IT SINCE 2006 THAT IF THERE'S AN RFP THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT IT.
WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD, EVERYBODY WAS DOING RFPS AND RFPS AND RFPS AND FRANKLY, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BIDDING, THEY HAD NO GUARANTEE WHATSOEVER OR ASSURANCE THAT THE TOWN EVEN SUPPORTED IT.
SO THEY JUST THREW OUT REALLY HIGH NUMBERS.
BECAUSE, HEY, IF I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL GET IT.
WAIT ON WON'T, WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING COMPETITIVE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, HEY, NOW WHEN WE GO OUT TO BID, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT THE WORK DONE.
AS OPPOSED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS, NOT CRITICIZING DEPARTMENT HEADS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, HEY, THIS IS A NICE WISHLIST FOR ME TO DO MM-HMM
AND SO WE'VE HAD IT EVER SINCE 2006 AND WE'RE GONNA DO AN RFP, WE PUT HER ON THE AGENDA AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OUT TO RFP REFER TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD SUPPORTING THE WORK.
WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO'S GONNA DO IT.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COULD SAY THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ARE WE READY FOR MOTION? READY FOR A MOTION WITH ME? MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SOMETHING'S COMING OFF THE AGENDA.
UM, THE LIAISON REPORT? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'M, UH, DID YOU TAKE IT OFF ALREADY? WHAT? HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
DID YOU SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT, HOLD ON.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION, LISA, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TOMORROW THAT YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE LISTS, LIKE THE ONE FOR THE A DU AND JUST A REGULAR ONE.
JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T, JUST IN CASE HEADING WAS SO, SO THEY'LL GET CONFUSED, IMPACTFUL, BUT I'LL TELL YOU LATER.
NO CONVERS, WE ALREADY COMMUNICATIONS APPROVED
WE DON'T NEED, THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY, UH, APPROVED WHAT WE WERE ASKING TO APPROVE.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, IT HAS TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS TO SIGN MM-HMM
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, THE RESIDENTS WERE UNAWARE THAT WHEN WE SAID A DU, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS, THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT DURING PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
IT JUST MAKES IT CLEANER FOR YOU AND THEN TO US, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A LIST OF, IN CASE WE NEED TO VERIFY WHO GAVE A COMMENT SO WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A BACKUP TOO.
I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE WE GO, GO, I JUST WANNA ASK JOE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, DELAYING THAT, UH, UH, THAT HEARING IN TERMS OF, UH, THE CLIMATE YES.
THE, I I'M CONFIDENT IT WILL BE ON THE AUGUST MEETING, I NEEDED TO RECONVENE WITH THE ASSESSOR WHO IS, WHO IS BACK.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
THERE WERE JUST A FEW ITEMS THAT WE HAD TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
IT WAS NOT READY BY LAST WEEK.
UM, AND I JUST FELT THAT IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO PUT SOMETHING ON WHEN I KNOW IT'S NOT IN FINAL FORM.
AND RESIDENTS ARE COMING OUT AND SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT I'M, I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL BE READY FOR THE AUGUST 8TH.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY, UM, GONNA AUTHORIZE THE ASSESSOR TO REDUCE THE TAXES, PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY A HURRICANE I, IDA OR OTHER HURRICANE.
A, A MAJOR OR LOCAL DISASTER AS DECLARED BY EITHER SUPERVISOR FINER OR GOVERNOR HOLLE, OR POTENTIALLY EVEN PRESIDENT AS WELL.
IF IT COMES TO THAT, AND THIS IS RETROACTIVE, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY, IF YOU CAN EITHER HAVE IT MOVE FORWARD, BUT THE WAY WE'RE PREPARING IT, PRESENTING IT, IT WOULD BE RETROACTIVE TO 2020.
SO THE, SO BASICALLY THE DELAY HAS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENCE.
WELL, THIS ALSO, SO THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED, IT WOULD MAINLY BE PEOPLE ON BABBITT COURT, UH, PEOPLE ON WARREN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AND UH, FULTON PARK.
THOSE ARE THE CLARENDON ROAD, THE TROUBLESOME BROOK, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE MAJORS.
AND EACH APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT PROPER PROOF TO SHOW THAT THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES TO THEIR PROPERTY.
I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO, RIGHT BEFORE
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THE BOARD MEETING SOMEBODY, THERE WAS A HOUSE FIRE, UH, AN APARTMENT OF FIRE, UM, IN HARTSDALE.UM, AND, UM, DO YOU KNOW A FEW DAYS LAST WEEK, THERE'S SOMEBODY, AND YOU KNOW, THE, HIS, HE LIVES IN A CO-OP.
UM, AND I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY, IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANY, UM, COUNTY OR STATE GRANTS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY? YOU KNOW, HE BASICALLY HAS HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE, BUT IT DOESN'T COVER IT AND DOESN'T COVER FIRE.
HE SAID, HE SAID HE GETS HIS GEICO, GEICO COVERS LIKE $8,000 PER OH, I SAW, I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT GUY THAT WAS ON NEXT DOOR, WASN'T IT? YEAH.
SO YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING, BUT IF HE SENDS AN INQUIRY IN, WE COULD LOOK INTO IT.
YEAH, I I ASKED HIM TO, UH, HE'S YOU SOMEBODY, HE HAD A CO-OP.
HE HAS A CO-OP IN HARTSDALE OR A FREESTANDING, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? CO-OP.
OKAY, SO THERE'S AN ELECTRICAL, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, A RESIDENT IN PARKDALE.
NOW HE IS GONNA BE FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS.
AND UH, HE'S ASKING FOR MONEY.
HAS HE REACHED OUT TO RED CROSS HOMEOWNER? SO DID, DID YOU GO TO RED CROSS AND OTHER, THE OTHER STATE, UM, AGENCIES THAT HAVE, I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, RESOURCES.
I WAS JUST ASKING IF PEOPLE HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT I COULD PURSUE.
THE ONE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS IT, IT'S AN INSURANCE ISSUE THAT THEY WON'T PAY FOR IT OR THEY WON'T COVER IT.
IS THAT, DID I HEAR CORRECTLY? USUALLY BY THE TIME THEY PAY, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, UH, A LONG TIME AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
AND UM, AND HE ALSO, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN SMALL BUSINESS LOANS OR YOU KNOW, THAT HE COULD, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES MAY ABLE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING.
AND THE, UM, THERE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THAT IS ONE WAY TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AND THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATE WHY AN INSURANCE COMPANY DOES NOT PAY THEIR CLAIMS. OH, BUT IS THERE ANOTHER RE IS THERE ANOTHER RESOURCE? IS THERE ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR THEM TO GET FUNDING? I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S TO, WELL, ACTUALLY WAS WERE THEY NOT CLAIM PAYING THE, I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW, BUT IN THIS CASE, WERE THEY NOT PAYING THEIR CLAIMS OR THEY WERE JUST GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME FOR IT TO PROCESS? YEAH, IT JUST HAPPENED.
SO IT SAYS TAKE THEM, TAKE A LONG TIME TO PROCESS.
SO YEAH, SO I THINK YOUR INFORMATION IS GOOD.
NOT NECESSARILY APPLICABLE TO THIS.
ONLY REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN AN INSURANCE COMPANY SENDS OUT THEIR, UM, INSPECTOR, INSPECTOR, UM, THEY GIVE THE LOWEST, ABSOLUTELY LOWEST AMOUNT TO COVER.
SO WHEN YOU CALL, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, IT IS IMMEDIATE, I'M TALKING WITHIN 48 HOURS THAT YOU ARE GETTING THEM TO INVESTIGATE WHY THEY ARE NOT GIVING YOU THE FULL AMOUNT ON A CLAIM.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, UM, AND I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THIS IS HOW I USED TO, UM, GUIDE ALL OF MY PATIENTS THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT PAYING AND YOU'RE, YOU, YOU'RE PAID UP, YOU HAVE PAID, MADE ALL YOUR PREMIUMS MM-HMM
THAT IS YOUR, UM, RESOLUTION FOR GETTING THE CLAIM PAID FULLY.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE ON THAT IS, AND TO THE BOTH TO THE BOTH OF YOU.
SO IF HE HAS, SO HE GOT HIS ASSESSMENT, HE JUST CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF IT.
HE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA BE IN A HOTEL FOR SIX MONTHS AND, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT HE, HE'S JUDGING, UH, JUDGING THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME THROUGH IN TIME WITH MONIES, BUT HE HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN REJECTED YET OR HAS HE BEEN PUT OFF OR REJECTED.
SO, BUT IN ANY CASE, MAYBE LISA.
MAYBE SHE CAN HELP YOU WITH MM-HMM.
SO DID WE CLOSE OUT YET? WE HAVE, UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UM, WE, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.