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PAUL.WELCOME TO, UM, OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING.
UH, TODAY IS, UH, UH, MONDAY, AUGUST 4TH, AND IT'S, UH, 5 39.
FIRST IS LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE LULA PROGRAM.
IT'S PROBABLY DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FOR.
STANDS FOR THE LAND USE LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND IT'S RUN THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY FLOOD RESILIENCE NETWORK.
AND I BELIEVE IT OCCURS AT PACE LAW SCHOOL.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD HAVE ATTENDED IN THE PAST AND SAID IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM, UM, THAT THEY LEARNED A LOT WHILE ATTENDING.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
UM, AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS.
ANY WANNA OBJECT TO IT? AND JUST THE TYPE NO OBJECTION TO LINE.
HOLLY, I KNOW YOU DID, YOU DID THIS, DID YOU CREATE THE, THE LETTER? TAKE CREDIT.
I KNOW I PURPOSELY AM NOT, BUT I DID NOT.
YEAH, BUT YOU, THIS IS THIS, IT SHOULD BE TOWN COUNCIL, NOT JUST COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL.
BUT THE, THE WAY YOU SET IT UP, I LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE BEST
DO YOU NEED TO REALLY SAY TOWN BOARD? JUST PUT THE NAMES.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY, IT'S, IT'S FINE.
WELL, I THINK WE JUST REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT, ON THE CONTENT FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND THEN WE CAN YEAH, WE CAN FIDDLE WITH THE FORMATTING.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S MOM AND APPLE PIE.
UM, SO JUST, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S ALSO LIKE, ARE, ARE WE ACTUALLY REVIEWING OTHER KINDS OF TRAININGS FOR LIKE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBERS? UM, PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE, THE FACT THAT THE PLANNING BOARD IS RELATIVELY NEW AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES LOOK INTO INITIATIVES AND, UH, WAYS TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO BOTH NEW MEMBERS AND PAST MEMBERS AS WELL.
SO DID WE TALK ABOUT, AND I KNOW I MENTIONED IT TO YOU AND HOLLY, DID WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING ON UPCOMING EVENTS? SO WE CAN JUST NOTE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING PLANNED? THAT WAS, I'M SORRY, THAT WAS FOR THE WORK SESSION.
THAT WAS FOR THE WORK SESSION.
SO NO, WHAT I'M, SO WHAT I'M REFERRING TO, SO WE HAVE THE STREET NAMING FOR CLEO OLIVER, RIGHT? I THOUGHT, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD MEETING ON THE SEVENTH ON THE, ON THE 10TH.
COULD WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THERE UPCOMING AND TO SHOW THE TIME YES.
DO YOU SEE, YOU SEE ANNOUNCEMENT? LEMME SEE IT.
AM I MISSING ANNOUNCEMENTS? OH, RIGHT HERE.
SO I, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD A LINE RIGHT INTO HERE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND WE'RE DOING OUR LIAISON REPORTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
DOES SOMEBODY HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT ED DOYLE THAN HE LED THE TEAMSTER? YOU KNOW, I WORKED WITH HIM AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST AMAZING.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WILL YOU BE SAYING MORE, MORE, I'M SURE THERE'S MORE TO HIS LIFE THAN I, I COULD, UH, WE COULD EXPAND LIKE THE YEARS FLESH THAT OUT.
WHAT, HOW MANY, HOW MANY YEARS? YEAH.
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SEARCH, YOU'LL FIND AN OBITUARY JUST TO, AND FOR THE OTHER ONE, DEBORAH LAWSON TOO.THE SAME FOR, UH, DEBORAH LAWSON.
SHE WAS MORE THAN JUST THE RIGHT.
SHE'S, SHE PROBABLY SPAN, SHE'S MORE THAN A WIFE.
I THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT NO, NO.
I THINK THE SUPERVISOR KNOWS WE'RE JUST GONNA EXPAND BOTH OF THEM.
RIGHT? I, I, I DON'T REALLY, I HAVEN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH DEBORAH, YOU KNOW, LAWSON, I'M SURE THERE'S AN OBITUARY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH HER MUCH.
SO THE THING IS, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE COULD, COULD WRITE SOMETHING UP ABOUT HER, BUT WE COULD JUST, YOU COULD JUST PULL UP FROM OBITUARY.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE READING, YEAH.
IF YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING THE MOMENTS OF SILENCE, THEN MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR OFFICE COULD PULL THAT UP AND JUST PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE FOR THAT.
AND TO FRANCIS'S POINT, JUST IDENTIFYING HER AS THE WIFE OF THE LATE HENRY LAWSON, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF HER BIO, BUT JUST AS THE DESCRIPTIVE IN THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
DIDN'T BLAKE COME LAST TIME ALONG MY, NO, THAT WAS AN APPOINTMENT FOR ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.
HE'S ON THE POLICE ADVISEMENT.
FOR TB ONE, UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SEEKING PROPOSALS FROM FIRMS TO PROVIDE FORENSIC AUDIT SERVICES TO EXAMINE FINANCIAL RECORDS, INCLUDING BANK STATEMENTS, JOURNAL ENTRIES, GENERAL LEDGER, AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY ANY IRREGULARITIES, DISCREPANCIES AND OR DEVIATIONS FROM BEST ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES FOR THE YEAR 2020 TO 2023.
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOOD.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, OVERSIGHT AND, AND CHECKS.
BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD EXPAND IT TO, UH, UM, TO GO FROM 2020 TO 2024 BECAUSE THIS WAY WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE 2 20 24 BUDGET.
SO YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO HAVE 2025.
I THINK I SHOULD GO FOR THE YEARS 2020 TO 2000 TO THE END OF 2024.
YOU KNOW, AND THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BASICALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, COMPARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY WE COULD CATCH ANY MISTAKES THAT POSSIBLY WE'RE MAKING NOW, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY, BUT I FEEL THAT IF WE'RE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UH, A FORENSIC AUDIT, WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, GO UP TO THE END OF 2024.
SO WE COULD BASICALLY, UM, ISSUE THE RFP AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS WAY WE WERE BASICALLY NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THINGS THAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO, BUT, UH, BUT OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FINANCIAL, UM, APPROACH, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY IT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUT THAT WAY BECAUSE CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM 2024 AREN'T YET COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY COULD DO, I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THE CAPITAL.
THEY COULD LOOK AT, THIS IS NOT ONLY CAPITAL, THIS IS BASICALLY ANYTHING FINANCIAL
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE TIME, UH, LINE IN TERMS OF PRODUCING THE REPORT WOULD BE? UH, WE DON'T, BUT WE THINK IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS.
I DON'T WANT TO EXPAND IT TOO, TOO MUCH.
UM, AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WANNA GO BACK EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA TAKE IT EVEN LONGER AND LONGER AND LONGER.
I THINK WE'LL GET A GOOD PICTURE FROM THESE FOUR YEARS.
I MEAN, FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
WELL, I, I FEEL WE SHOULD DO 2020 TO 2024 BECAUSE THIS WAY, UH, THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IN 2020 WE MADE ALL THESE MISTAKES.
2024, NOW WE HAVE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TEAM AND LUCK HOW THERE'S BEEN IMPROVEMENTS.
OR THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL, UM, SOME PROBLEMS AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO CORRECT IT.
IF THIS IS NOT TO, UH, POINT FINGERS OR BLAME, WHAT WE'RE, THE GOAL IS, IS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS OF, UM, RE UM, EXAMINING THE WAY THE TOWN IS OPERATING AND LOOK FOR WAYS OF MAKING THE TOWN MORE EFFICIENT.
SHOULD WE HAVE THE COMP CONTROLLER WEIGH IN ON THE TIME PERIOD? SHE DID.
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AND, AND, AND I THINK TO, TO, UM, ATTORNEY KO'S POINT, UHHUH THAT NO, WHAT, WHAT DOES, UH, LISA SAY THAT WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE MR. AND PARLIAMENTARIAN AND PARLIAMENTARIAN, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA COMPLETE YET, THEN IT SEEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT.SO IT'S NOT BUT MAY I FINISH MY SENTENCE? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A FAIR ASSESSMENT.
WE CAN GET, WE CAN REQUEST HAVING A SECONDARY STUDY AFTER WE'VE GOT THAT GOTTEN THAT ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS AND MAYBE FROM MAYBE 24, 25 TO IN, WE DO ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
TWO, I, WE SHOULD DO THIS, WE SHOULD DO THIS ANNUALLY.
SO I THINK IF WE, AND, AND MY APOLOGIES, BUT I THINK IF WE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMPTROLLER WHO JUST HAVE GONE THROUGH AN AUDIT, THEN WE SHOULD LEAN ON THE COMP ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPTROLLER.
I MEAN, SHE'S BEEN THROUGH THE AUDIT.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO LOOK AT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T PUT SO MUCH ON THERE AND WE MISS WE MISS ANYTHING.
SO I THINK THAT, I THINK THE TIMING, THE TIME IS ON SPOT IS SPOT ON.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD AGAIN, GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPTROLLER.
THE, THE, THE REASON I DISAGREE IS, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB AS A TOWN BOARD IS TO OVERSEE THE SPENDING OF THE TOWN.
AND IF THERE'S BASICALLY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING CURRENTLY THAT, UH, THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
UH, WE SHOULD CA WE COULD CATCH IT IF IT'S A YY YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE, IF THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE, IF THEY CAN'T DO AS COMPREHENSIVE AN ANALYSIS, UH, FOR 2024 AS THEY DO IN 2020, 21, 20 22, 23, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THE THING IS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS AND SOME POINTS, UH, THAT COULD HELP US, UH, DURING THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I, I REMEMBER WHEN MY, YOU KNOW, FATHER WAS ALIVE AND HE LOOKED AT THE BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, HE, HE ALWAYS FOUND, YOU KNOW, LITTLE MISTAKES AND DISCREPANC, BUT THEN WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES.
NO, BUT I'M SAYING DOESN'T EQUIVALENT.
NO, BUT I'M SAYING THIS IS MORE, I, I SORT OF FEEL THAT WHAT I WANNA DO IS I WANT TO HAVE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, UM, ALL CURRENT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THE, YOU DOUBT HER THAT WE DON'T WANT TO, TO DO THAT.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE 2024 IN THERE.
THEY'RE STILL GOING BACK WITH COMMENTS ON IT.
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, OR IT, THE, WHETHER IT'S INTENTIONAL OR NOT, IS TO DELAY US.
NO, 'CAUSE THE 2024 AUDIT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED YET.
THEY'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH COMMENTS.
I BASICALLY, AND TO PUT OUT AN RFPI THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC INITIATIVE.
AND I THINK I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT WE SHOULD BE EXAMINING EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN AND BASICALLY LOOKING, UM, ANNUAL LOOKING, DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, REVIEWS.
WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
WE'RE JUST NOT FAR, WE'RE JUST NOT FAR AWAY ENOUGH FROM 2024 TO, FOR THIS TIP TO MAKE IT RELEVANT AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT.
TERRYTOWN ROAD IS THE FORMER NURSERY NEXT TO THE POND.
AND THE POLICE WILL BE USING IT FOR PARKING PURPOSES, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR.
THE TERM, UH, WILL END UPON A ONE MONTH NOTIFICATION FROM EITHER PARTY.
I, UM, WAS IN TOUCH WITH GARRA TODAY AND HE INDICATED THAT WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, AND THE STATE.
AND, UH, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, UH, TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE STUDY.
UM, THAT, UH, THAT THE TOWN IS COMMENCING RELATING TO POLICE AND COURTHOUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDS.
SO THAT COULD SAVE THE TOWN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THE STATE WAS OPEN TO GIVING US THE FUNDS.
WE, WE HAD THAT MEETING, WHAT WAS IT, ABOUT A MONTH AGO? YES.
SO HOLLY, YOU WERE GONNA TELL US ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH.
UM, COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? PLEASE? BRING IT TO YOU.
YES, WE HAVE, UM, THE NORTH ELMSFORD.
YEAH, THAT'S MEAN WAS TRYING TO BE MEAN.
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WAS ONLY H OUT NORTH ELMSFORD.WEST ELMSFORD WERE HELD OVER, SO THERE'D BE HELD ON THE, UH, 10.
THERE'S ALSO, YEAH, I I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DO THESE THINGS AS PRO FORMA, RENEWING THESE THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE REGENERON AS BIG AS IT IS AND WE HAVE FAIL, UH, AND WE KNOW WHAT HAP HAPPENED AT MONTROSE, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF A DISCUSSION.
'CAUSE THERE'S NEVER ANY DISCUSSION AT THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS AS TO THE FEASIBILITY OF THEM HANDLING THE BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
AND I, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE 'EM A HEADS UP IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT ADDRESSED.
WOULD WE WANT SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THEM TO COME? IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT I'M ALMOST THINKING THAT WE NEED SOME KIND OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY OR SOMETHING THAT, UM, IT'S JUST THAT BIG.
WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE ENORMOUS CONSEQUENCES SURE.
JUST SAYING THAT'S A GOOD ASSESSMENT.
UM, DID YOU WANNA FINISH? SO WE JUST HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE 10TH AND THEN ONE FOR THE, UM, CHANGING TO, UM, A DU LAW.
AND THEN WE'RE WANTING TO DO THE FILM INCREASE IN THE FILM FEES AS WELL.
THAT'S GONNA TAKE AT LEAST AN HOUR.
BESIDES, UH, A DU IS WHAT I'M ASSUMING THE FIRE WILL BE QUICK.
SO WE PUT THE, THEY TYPICALLY ARE, WE'LL DO THE A DU FIRST, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMMENT THAT, UM, WE HAVE A VERY LONG PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT GOES LATE INTO THE NIGHT.
SO AS, AS COUNCIL AID, HOLLY JUST MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE FOUR, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
UH, WHAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE A DU ONE FIRST.
SO, BUT SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE A DU HEARING, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT FIRST, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE SEVEN.
BECAUSE WE HAD SAID THAT THE TAXATION WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE LAW WOULD ALSO BE HELD OVER UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE WHO ON VACATION TO COME BACK.
AND DO WE WANNA PUT THAT ONE TO THE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER, UM, MEETING? CAN WE DO THAT? WE'VE KICKED THAT.
I THINK WE, WE'VE YEAH, THERE MIGHT, IS THERE A TIME? OKAY.
IT'S NOT TIME BARRED, BUT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD.
THE ASSESSOR DOES WANT TO ENACT, ACTUALLY PUT THAT ONE FIRST.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT COME OUT FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE PROBABLY NOT STAYING FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
SO LET'S, SO THEN LET'S COME BACK TO, UM, THE LIAISON REPORTS.
SO WE, BECAUSE THAT IS A CHUNK OF TIME AND WE JUST MENTIONED THAT WE, OH, THAT'S, NO.
SO FOR SEPTEMBER SEC 10TH, WE WON'T HAVE LIAISON REPORTS.
AND ALSO, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU'RE MAKING COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT NIGHT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
'CAUSE THE, OR THEY SHOULD SUBMIT THE COMMENTS IN WRITING SHOULD MAKE THE COMMENTS TO THE TOWN CLERK.
SO WE WE'RE GONNA KEEP ANNOUNCING THAT, BUT JUST EVERYONE, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT SEPTEMBER 10TH IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY NIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, CONCERNS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING, UM, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU EMAIL THEM IN.
YOU CAN EMAIL THEM TO OUR TOWN CLERK MM-HMM
JUST AS, OR DRINK PLENTY OF COFFEE.
UM, IS IT, ARE WE DONE WITH THIS? I HAVE ONE.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION AS, JUST AS AN ASIDE TO THE CO2, UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE LAWNS OF FAMILY FOUNDATION, 5,000 FOR THE, UH, SUMMER INTERNS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A, AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
I'VE BEEN, UH, UPDATING PEOPLE ON, UH, SO MAYBE AT THE, AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION WE CAN HAVE LIKE A REPORT ON HOW IT WENT, HOW MANY STUDENTS, ALL THAT, ALL THAT INFORMATION.
NOT HAVING THE STUDENTS COME SPEAK.
DAPHNE LUCIANA, WHO, UH, HAS OVERSEEN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN MY OFFICE, SHE'S GONNA BE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE RECOGNIZING SHE WAS LIKE THE BEST INTERN THAT I'VE EVER HAD TOMORROW.
YOU MEAN WEDNESDAY? UH, WEDNESDAY.
SHE WAS THE BEST INTERN THAT I'VE EVER HAD.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THOUGH.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT A REVIEW.
A SUMMARY OF THE, OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
DO, DO WE WANNA HAVE THAT? SURE.
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AND WHAT IS THAT SUMMARY GOING TO IN ENTAIL THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT TOGETHER? IMAGINE SUMMARY BETWEEN THE SUPERVISOR AND THE TOWN CLERK.SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO, WE WANT KNOW IT'S A TOWN CLERK'S, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM, BUT I, WHAT DID EACH INTERN DO? RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNS THAT YEAH.
WHAT WERE THE ROLES, THE ROLES THEY FULFILLED, THE NUMBER WHO PARTICIPATED? UM, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF PERSPECTIVE ON PROS AND CONS THIS YEAR, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, MAYBE DEPARTMENT HEADS WANNA WEIGH IN ON HOW IT WORKED FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
FROM IN MY OFFICE IT WAS THE BEST.
I KNOW, AND YOU'VE SAID, AND THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S SOME OTHER, SO ARE WE, SO ARE YOU, NEVERMIND.
SO, UH, JOE, DO YOU WANNA GIVE US A SUMMARY? THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, THE CLIMATE CHANGE RELIEF ACT.
SO TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE, WHEN A RESIDENT, UH, RECEIVES A REDUCTION IN THEIR ASSESSMENT FOR THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, IT IS GETTING A REDUCTION MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT THE RAIL PROPERTY TAX LAW ALLOWS.
THIS CURRENT LAW, IT WAS PASSED BY THE STATE AND IT ALLOWS, UH, OPT-INS BY EACH MUNICIPALITY.
AND IF THERE IS A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY OR A STATE EMER OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, UH, FROM JANUARY 21ST, 2020 UNTIL TODAY, IT ALLOWS A RETRO EXEMPTION FROM TAXES.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT, UM, HARM TO YOUR HOME.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST A 50% REDUCTION IN YOUR ASSESSMENT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR FLOODINGS OR, OR ANY STORM THAT REALLY DEVASTATED SOMEONE'S HOME.
UM, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO GET AN EXEMPTION ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THAT EXEMPTION WOULD BE FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE INCIDENT, OR 90 DAYS OF THE PASSING OF THE LAW IF THE INCIDENT HAPPENED BEFORE THE LAW WAS PASSED.
AND WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THEY COULD GET? IT'S A $10,000 REDUCTION FOR A SPECIFIC YEAR.
IF THE, IF IT'S PROVEN THAT THE PERSON IS OWED MORE THAN $10,000, IT CAN BE PUSHED TO THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
AND IT COULD BE, YOU COULD SAY $10,000 OF WHAT? $10,000 OF TAXES? TOWN TAXES.
SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE VILLAGES WILL HAVE TO PASS THEIR OWN LAWS AS WELL FOR REFUNDS FOR THOSE TAXES.
AND, AND IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL DISTRICTS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION AS WELL AND FIXED AMOUNT.
AND IT CAN CONTINUE FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS.
WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN FOR ONLY TOWN TAXES.
BUT EACH OF THE OTHER, UM, TAXING JURISDICTIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHATEVER CRITERIA THEY SEE FIT IN TERMS OF MINIMUM DAMAGE DONE TO THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS MAXIMUM AMOUNTS REFUNDED.
SO THERE'S A SUNSET PROVISION AND YOU SAID UP TO FOUR YEARS? NO, THAT THE FOUR YEAR REQUIREMENT IS ONLY IF YOU ARE RECEIVING REFUNDS, IT COULD EXTEND OUT TO FOUR YEARS.
I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING FOR ANY PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SO BASICALLY, IF THERE'D BE LIKE A FLOOD TODAY AND THEN A MONTH FROM NOW THERE'D BE ANOTHER FLOOD.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IF THERE'S A $5 MILLION HOME AND THEY'RE DEEMED UNINHABITABLE AND THEY CAN'T LIVE THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEY MAY BE OWED 10, 20, $30,000 IN TAXES.
THIS IS AN EXTREME SCENARIO THAT I DON'T ENVISION HAPPENING.
UM, THERE IS NO SUNSET PROVISION ON THIS LAW.
AND WHENEVER THERE'S ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FLOODING RECENTLY.
UM, IF SOMEONE'S HOME IS DAMAGED AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE 90 DAYS TO FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION WITH THE ASSESSOR.
THIS IS SUCH A BRAND NEW LAW THAT I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT, IF TAXATION HAS A FORM PUT TOGETHER YET.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND THEY'LL SHARE IT WITH THE ASSESSOR AND SHE'S BOUND BY THAT FORM.
AND THE LAW WILL ALSO SAY ALL THE, UM, EVIDENCE THAT SHOULD, SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE ASSESSOR WHEN IT'S COMPILED.
THIS LAW WAS, WE SPELL IT OUT, UM, INTRODUCED, UM, IN THE LEGISLATURE, SENATOR COUSINS AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHAMSKY, UM, YOU KNOW, SPONSORED IT AT THE REQUEST OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND EDIE MCCARTHY.
AND YOU, UM, WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN YES, THANK YOU.
AND, UH, PREPARING THE LEGISLATION AND YOU REALLY IS, UH, IS FANTASTIC BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE AFTER THE STORM WERE UPSET THAT THEY LOST SO MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGES.
AND THIS GIVES, UH, THE RESIDENTS WHO REALLY SUFFERED A LOT OF HARDSHIPS, UM, RELIEF.
SO IF, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL SUFFER DAMAGES BELOW THE 50% THRESHOLD, IF YOU HAVE THAT DAMAGE OF AS OF THE TAXABLE STATUS STATE ON A YEARLY BASIS,
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WHICH IS MAY 1ST, YOU CAN STILL APPLY TO HAVE YOUR TAXES REDUCED FOR THAT GIVEN YEAR.IT'S NOT LIKE YOU MISS OUT ON ANY POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN YOUR TAXES.
YOU JUST WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE 50% THRESHOLD TO MOVE RETROACTIVELY AND TO, UH, FOR THIS EXACT LAW TO APPLY TO YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
I JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, I SPOKE TO ASSEMBLY.
I, UH, WAS IN TOUCH WITH ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UH, PAULINE'S, UH, OFFICE.
UH, THERE'S A YOUNG GIRL, UH, UH, STUDENT, A RECENT GRADUATE OF SCARSDALE HIGH SCHOOL WHO WAS, UM, UH, GOING TO COURT FOR, UH, A RENEWAL OF A VISA APPLICATION.
AND UM, AND SHE WAS ARRESTED, UH, BY ICE, UH, LAST WEEK.
UM, UM, APP PAULINE, UM, IS ORGANIZING, UM, A RALLY AT CHASE PARK IN, UM, IN SCARSDALE AT 5:00 PM ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THURSDAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY DISGUSTING WHAT ICE IS DOING AND THE DEPRIVING PEOPLE OF, UH, DUE PROCESS RIGHTS AND ERODING OUR CONSTITUTION.
WELL THE PERSON ACTUALLY WAS ON A VALID VISA.
IT WAS AN R TWO VISA, UH, BECAUSE SHE WAS THE, SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF A MINISTER.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE JUST GOING DOWN TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THAT VALID VISA, WHICH EXPIRES IN DECEMBER AND SHE WAS DETAINED AND, UM, NOT SO SURE WE KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
RIGHT? WE DO SOUTH, IT WAS ON JULY THE 21ST, RIGHT? WE DO, I THINK IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED WHERE SHE IS.
IS IT DOWN SOUTH? OH, SHE'S NOT LOCAL ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY OFFENSIVE TO BE CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS VISA.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION? I'M GONNA MAKE THE NO MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOUR FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UM, DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.
ALL IN FAVOR BEFORE WE DO THAT? IS SOMETHING HAPPENING TOMORROW NIGHT? WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS, I WAS WAITING FOR TO CLOSE OUT.
SO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT? WELL, ONCE YOU CLOSE THE MEETING, YOU, THERE'S NO, PLEASE DO.
SO EVERYONE TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE BOARDS, UM, WE HAVE NATIONAL COP, NATIONAL COP NIGHT OUT.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE HERE STARTING AT 5:00 PM HERE AT TOWN HALL.
IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE NASHVILLE, THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UM, SO PLEASE COME OUT, SUPPORT OUR GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PM 6:00 PM SIX 5:00 PM NO NATIONAL COP NIGHT OUT.
IT'S JUST NIGHT OUT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT USED TO BE NATIONAL COP NIGHT.
IT MIGHT BE THAT NOW, BUT IT USED TO BE.
SO I'M GONNA STAND BY MY WORDS IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO CORRECT ME.
SO IT STARTS AT 6:00 PM EVERYONE, SO PLEASE.
WHERE, WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE? OKAY, SO IT STARTS AT 6:00 PM EVERYONE HERE AT TOWN HALL, UM, RIGHT HERE ON OUR CAMPUS HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, THE POLICE OFFICERS RAFFLE OFF BICYCLES BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, SUPPLIES, INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS.
SO PLEASE, UM, WE WILL NOT BE HERE HAVING OUR WORK SESSION, BUT WE WILL BE, UM, WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AT NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT.
WILL THAT BE FOOD? AND THERE WILL BE FOOD.
SO MAYBE I SHOULD TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN SHEEN SO HE CAN CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC SERVICE.
I THINK WE'RE CLOSING IT OUT NOW AND WE WILL SEE EVERYONE FOR OUR ONE TO, WE HAVE TO VOTE.
SO JUSTIN, AND WE WILL SEE EVERYONE AT THIS WEDNESDAY FOR OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING STARTING AT SEVEN 30.
OKAY, NOW WE CAN WHO SECOND THIS? IT WAS EVERYONE IN FAVOR? AYE.