* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [00:00:03] WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING. TODAY'S, UH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, UH, 24TH, SHORTLY AFTER, UH, EIGHT 30, UH, PM AND, UM, WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF, WE WILL START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. UH, MOMENT [ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Robert Breen, father of Parks Superintendent Bobby Breen In memory of Susan Zeiger, who served as a Greenburgh Town Hall volunteer for over 16 years In memory of Jacqueline Kittrell Tynes, the first black librarian of the Greenburgh Public Library, retiring with over 25 years of service. She was also the co-founder of the MLK Library in White Plains. 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. In memory of those whose lives have been lost due to gun violence, and in recognition of their loss to their families and their communities.] OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF ROBERT GREEN, FATHER OF CLARK, SUPERINTENDENT BOBBY BRE, IN MEMORY OF SUSAN ZIEGER, WHO SERVED AS GREENBURG TOWN HALL VOLUNTEER FOR OVER 16 YEARS. UM, IN MEMORY OF JACQUELINE KITTRELL TINES, THE FIRST BLACK LIBRARIAN OF THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY, RETIRING WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE WAS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING LIBRARY IN WHITE PLAINS. AND A MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF WAR DISEASE, A NATURAL DISASTER. HER HEARTS ARE WITH THOSE WHO NEEDLESSLY SUFFER, AND, UM, IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR LOSS, UM, TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. SO [ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero] NOW WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR. FINER HERE. COUNCILMAN SHAN. PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN HABER. PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN. MR. JOE DANKO. PRESENT. UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, SHAHAN YOU WANNA MAKE, I'M GONNA POSTPONE THAT. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH IT TODAY. OKAY. OKAY. UH, LIAISON REPORTS. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. OKAY. UH, OKAY. SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, TOWN CLERK C**S. ANOTHER TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. UM, PUBLIC [ To consider the Matter of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Hartsdale Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York at an Estimated Maximum Cost of $6,500,000] HEARINGS. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, UH, TO CONSIDER THE MATTER OF AN INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES OF THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY AT AN ESTIMATED, UH, NO, WE DO THAT AFTER ESTIMATED COST OF MAXIMUM COST OF $6,500,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. YOU OPENING, YOU OPENING THE HEARING. OPENING THE HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. I WILL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. UM, SO THE TOWN BOARD HAD ASKED, UH, CHRIS ARD, WHO IS THE DEPUTY TOWN ENGINEER, UH, DUALLY LICENSED WITH THE STATE TO PREPARE A MAP PLAN AND ESTIMATE OF COST, WHICH WAS DATED AUGUST 1ST, 2025. AND IT WAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 0 2 B OF TOWN LAW RELATING TO THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES OF THE TOWN'S HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT. THAT DISTRICT IS ENTIRELY CONTAINED WITHIN THE TOWN, AND THIS WOULD CONSIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, INCLUDING REHABILITATION, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND OR INSTALLATION OF A NEW SANITARY SEWER PIPING AND MANHOLES. A PLAN AND ESTIMATE OF COSTS ARE ON FILE AND OFFICE AT A TOWN CLERK WHERE THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PROPOSED TO BE EXPENDED FOR THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENT, AS SUPERVISOR SAID IN HIS MOTION IS $6.5 MILLION. WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE ALLOCATED AND CHARGED TO THE COST OF VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES OF THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT AND SHALL BE BORN BY THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT. THAT COST, UH, WILL BE ANNUALLY APPORTIONED, LEVIED AND COLLECTED IN THE DISTRICT IN A MATTER PROVIDED BY LAW IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS WHEN THEY BECOME DUE. THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CCRA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RE REVIEW ACT TYPE TWO ACTION, UH, WHICH MEANS IT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND, UM, THE CAPITAL PROJECT, UM, AS I SAID, TYPE TWO. SO THERE WAS NO FURTHER, UH, DETERMINATION, UH, ON THAT PORTION AS IF IT WOULD BE TYPE ONE. AND I'LL OPEN IT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED PLAN. [00:05:01] ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK THEN? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. NEXT HEARING [ To consider the Matter of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Consolidated Water District in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York at an Estimated Maximum Cost of $3,647,117.81] TO CONSIDER THE MATTER OF INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES OF THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF, UM, GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST 3 MILLION 604 7 1 1 7 80 1 CENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. HE HAS TO OPEN THE MEETING. HAVE TO, I THOUGHT HE WAS OPEN AT THAT. HE JUST SAID IT TO SAY MOTION TO OPEN. MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SO, AGAIN, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OH, SHOOT, BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE. IT'S SIMILAR TO THE LAST HEARING. UM, THE TOWN BOARD ASKED CHRIS GERARDO, WHO IS THE DEPUTY ENGINEER AND A MEMBER OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND AN ENGINEER DULY LICENSED IN NEW YORK TO PREPARE A PLAN, UH, MAP AND ESTIMATE OF COST DATED AUGUST 4TH, 2025, PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 0 2 B OF TOWN LAW RELATING TO THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES OF THE TOWN'S CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS ENTIRELY CONTAINED WITHIN THE TOWN. THIS WOULD RELATE TO THE INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WITH A PRIORITY IN THE GREENVILLE AND NORWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THERE WITH WHICH MAP PLAN AND ESTIMATE HAVE BEEN ON FILE AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS $3,647,171 AND 81 CENTS, 17 $17 AND 81 CENTS. I'LL REPEAT THAT. $3,647,000 100 AND SE, EXCUSE ME, $3,647,117 AND 81 CENTS. I WILL TYPE THAT OUT FOR YOU AS WELL. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. UM, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE ALLOCATED AND CHARGED AS THE COST OF VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES OF THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT AND BORN BY THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT? AND AGAIN, THAT COST SHALL BE ANNUALLY APPORTIONED, LEVIED, AND COLLECTED IN THE DISTRICT, IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ONSET BONDS AS THE AMOUNTS BECOME DUE. THIS WAS ALSO CONSIDERED A TYPE TWO SECRET ACTION, WHICH MEANS THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS HEARING THEN? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. GREAT. OKAY, THEN NEXT TWO, UH, THREE HEARINGS ARE BEING HELD OVER. SO [ PUBLIC COMMENT Advanced 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 have 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 4 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.] NOW WE'LL BEGIN, UH, THE PUBLIC PORTION, PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MEETING. SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. AND BEFORE THE SPEAKERS ARE CALLED, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN FIVE MINUTES. THERE'S ONLY ONE ROUND. THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM. THAT WILL START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU RESIDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, BRIAN LATON THE LAST, REALIZE THAT THIS FIRST, SORRY. OKAY, YOU CAN BEGIN. OH. UM, THANK YOU. UH, I'VE LIVED IN GREENBURG FOR SIX YEARS NOW. CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? OH, SORRY. YEAH. BRIAN LATTON, 27 OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, UH, RIGHT UP THE STREET, ACTUALLY. SO, UM, LIVED HERE FOR, UH, SIX YEARS, UH, AND EARLY ON, YOU KNOW, ENJOYED ALL THE AMENITIES OF GREENBERG AND EVERYTHING AROUND, UH, BUT OH YEAH, YOU CAN GO. OKAY. UH, BUT WAS, UH, OVER THE YEARS HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF LACK OF MAINTENANCE. UH, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT BUILDING THINGS AND CREATING NEW INITIATIVES, BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING THE MAINTENANCE GOING ON FOR THEM. UM, PARKS HAVE A LOOSE MOWING SCHEDULE. THE WESTCHESTER RECYCLE WRAP RIGHT APP SEEMS TO HAVE JUST STOPPED WORKING. UM, ROADS SEEM TO GET PAVED AT RANDOM, AND HAVING SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND PAUL AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE VIA EMAIL, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A CADENCE TO ANYTHING, UM, SO MUCH AS JUST IT NEEDS TO GET DONE. SO WE DO IT, UM, WE HAVE LIKE $7 MILLION ALLOCATED TO ROAD MAINTENANCE. UH, IT'S LIKE 466 HOMES IN GREENBURG, AND I DOUBT WE'D FIND 466 PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THE ROADS ARE WELL MAINTAINED. UM, IT'S JUST HARD TO SEE. UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE A SCHEDULE DEVELOPED FOR A LOT OF THESE ACTIVITIES. A PUBLIC SCHEDULE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KEPT ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, NOT JUST KIND OF WEEKLY OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. [00:10:01] UM, MORE OF A LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING. UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU SEE POTHOLES ON YOUR STREET AND YOU THINK, OH, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA PAVE THIS ROAD. BY THE TIME IT ACTUALLY DOES GET PAVED, YOU'RE SO OVER IT THAT IT, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF LIKE, OH YEAH, THE TOWN DOES REGULARLY MAINTAIN THIS, BUT I'VE BEEN SO UPSET ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG. HAVING SOME BOTH DIRECTION OF THE TOWN KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. THE, UH, AND THE TOWN KNOWS WHAT'S A PROBLEM, UH, ALLOWS IT TO KIND OF LIKE, OH, THEY'RE PAVING IT THIS YEAR. OKAY. WELL, I CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, SO IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE IS LIKE, WELL, IT'S GETTING PAVED THIS WEEK, NOT REALLY MUCH NOTICE OR DOCUMENTATION. SO, UH, I THINK GREENBERG DESERVES TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW AND, UH, KNOW HOW AND WHEN OUR TOWN IS BEING MAINTAINED. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. COULD, ARE YOU SAYING YOUR STREET NEEDS TO BE PAVED? NOT ANYMORE, BUT, UH, BUT IT WAS IN DISREPAIR FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF ROADS THAT I TRAVEL, UH, THAT I'VE NOTICED HAVE GONE A LONG TIME WITH, UH, NOT THE MAINTENANCE THEY SHOULD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRIS LINDER. SLENDER. HELLO EVERYONE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. JUST GIMME A SECOND. GET MY ACT TOGETHER OVER HERE. READY WHEN YOU ARE READY. COOL. CAN WE RESET THAT TO FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE I HAVEN'T START SPEAKING. CAN WE JUST DO IT QUICKLY AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD AND FELLOW RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A SOLEMN DUTY TO HONOR CHARLIE KIRK, THE FOUNDER OF TURNING POINT USA, WHOSE LIFE WAS TAKEN SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025. AND TO THE, AND TO ADDRESS A PROFOUND FAILURE THAT DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION. THIS TOWN BUILT ON THE PROMISE OF EQUAL JUSTICE HAS STRAYED INTO A TROUBLING BREACH OF THAT IDEAL. THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD'S DECISION TO ERECT A TAXPAYER FUNDED BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN BEARING THE DIVISIVE SLOGAN, ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER IS A CONTINUOUS FUEL TO A DANGEROUS FIRE CAUSING A POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER AND ENCOURAGES EVEN MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE WHEN OUR PRESIDENT CALLED FOR THE FLAGS TO BE LOWERED TO HALF-MAST. IN HIS MEMORY, THIS BOARD STOOD APART, REFUSING TO JOIN A NATION IN MOURNING, A REFUSAL THAT ECHOES LOUDER THAN WORDS. YOUR BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOLUTION. INSTITUTIONALIZING THIS STANCE THROUGH SCIENCE AND MURALS IS A MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PROMOTE A RACIST PARTISAN AGENDA. EVEN MORE SADLY, THE WESTCHESTER GOP HAS ABANDONED ITS POST SEEDING THIS GROUND TO SUCH OVERREACH, LEAVING THE PEOPLE OF GREENBURG TO DEFEND, DEFEND FOR THEMSELVES. BUT I AM NOT SILENT. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE SUBMITTED A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, CHARGING THIS BOARD WITH VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND THE VOTER RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 AND THE EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT. YOUR ACTIONS MISUSING PUBLIC RESOURCES, DISMISSING CITIZEN OBJECTION OBJECTIONS AND REJECTING NEUTRALITY ARE LAID BARE. BEFORE THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN, CHARLIE KIRK, STOOD FOR THE FREEDOMS THIS COUNTRY HOLDS DEAR, CUT DOWN BY THE DIVISION OF YOUR POLICIES HAVE NURTURED. I CALLED UPON YOU NOW TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. NOPE. NOT DOING IT. NOT DOING IT. SORRY. NO, I WILL NOT. I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO. YOU SAID WE'LL JOIN YOU. AND I SAID, SILENCE. AND I SAID, NO. WE WILL STAND BY DECISION. I'M TALKING TO THE REST OF THE TOWN. THAT'S FINE. I'M SORRY. I'M, IT'S NOT YOUR TURN. NO, WE CAN'T BE TALKING TO JUST, IT'S NOT YOUR TURN. THIS IS MY TIME. CAN CAN WE PLEASE? I HAVE CIVILITY IN THE WANT. 10 SECONDS BACK ON THE BOARD. HE GETS A MOMENT OF SILENCE. HOW LONG IS A MOMENT OF SILENCE ON THE CLOCK? IT'S DONE. DONE AS LONG AS I WANT IT TO BE. OH, NO, IT'S, NO, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T. YOU GET YOUR FIVE MINUTES. THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE IS [00:15:01] TO REFLECT ON HIS SACRIFICE, ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS, AND ON THE UNITY WE OWE TO OUR PEOPLE. PLEASE SCAN THIS QR CODE DISPLAYED HERE, OR VISIT GREENBERG CORRUPTION.COM TO DOWNLOAD OR REVIEW A COPY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT. THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION. REMOVE ALL BLM SIGNS AND MURALS AND THE RESOLUTION. ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLAGS DISHONOR AND UPHOLD THE IMPARTIALITY OF OUR LAWS THAT THEY DEMAND. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOW HOLDS YOUR CONDUCT UNDER REVIEW. AND THE PEOPLE OF GREENBURG DESERVES A GOVERNMENT THAT REFLECTS THEIR WILL. LET US HONOR CHARLIE'S LEGACY WITH COURAGE AND INTEGRITY. AND HOW ABOUT US? YOU HAVE HONESTY WITH THIS BOARD. THERE IS NO HONESTY. MAYBE WITH PAUL. THAT'S THE ONLY HONEST PERSON. OKAY. CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE PLEASE NOT HAVE IT BACK AND FORTH RIGHT NOW? I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE'S COMMENTING DURING MY TIME. ARE YOU, ARE I'M DONE SPEAKING OR ARE YOU STILL SPEAKING? I'M STILL SPEAKING. YOU'RE FREE TO CONTINUE SPEAK SPEAKING. WELL, I WANT MY TIME BACK. I'LL GIVE YOU 10 SECONDS BACK. I WANT 15 SECONDS BACK. 15 GO. IT'S LIKE DEALING WITH CHILDREN IN THIS PLACE. I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT. CAN YOU, CAN YOU? OKAY. CAN WE PLEASE STOP HAVING A BACK AND FORTH AND LET HIS TIME GO, PLEASE. THIS IS MY TIME. IT'S YOUR TIME. STOP. STOP THE CLOCK. LISA. I WANT 20 SECONDS. I WANT 45. BACK ON THAT CLOCK. YOU'LL GET 15 BACK. IT. SHE STARTED TALKING AT 45 SECONDS. UH, WHY DON'T WE JUST, YOU COULD JUST CONTINUE AND THEN WE'LL, OKAY. MOVE ON. I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. OKAY. YOU GUYS WERE INTERRUPTING ME DURING THE MOMENT OF SILENCE. THAT WAS OKAY. RIGHT? CAN YOU PLEASE CONTINUE? 45 SECONDS BACK ON THE FOX. YOU GOT 30 SECONDS. GO AHEAD. IT STARTED. I HAVE TO SEE IT. RESTART IT 'CAUSE I CAN'T, I CAN'T LOOK AT IT NOW WITH 10 SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. THE REALITY IS ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMING VERY SOON AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO SEE THIS COMPLAINT. YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS TO GIVE TO THE PUBLIC AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW JOY, WHERE IS THE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN TO YOU? YOU DON'T CALL ME JOY BEATRICE. OKAY. BEAT CALL ME COUNCIL. YOU USED TO USE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER FUNDS FOR AN ETHICS COMPLAINT. MM-HMM . YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. WE'RE ON TO YOU TO BRING, AND I'LL SAY THAT THE, THE STATEMENT, ALL LIVES CANNOT MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER IS IN ALL INCLUSIVE STATEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN. TERRANCE, CAN WE HAVE THE, UM, TEMPORARY MIC PLEASE? I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AMERICA. HAVE A GOOD ONE. I SHOULD. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER? MAYOR. I'M TRYING TO GET THANK YOU. PATRICIA WEEMS. YES. NO, PATRICIA. GOOD TO SPEAK. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. UM, BOTTOM LINE. GOOD NIGHT. I CAME IN BECAUSE, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON, UM, ISSUES FOR DR. H****R AND I DIDN'T KNOW SOMEBODY CALLED ME LIKE A HALF AN HOUR EARLIER TODAY THAT IT WAS GONNA BE AT EIGHT 30. I DIDN'T MIND YOU MOVING IT TO EIGHT 30, BUT THE NOTIFICATION IS TOO SHORT. ARE YOU MOVING THIS O OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR DR. H****R? I WANT YOU TO, THERE IS NO DISCUSSION ON DR. HOOK. THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON DR. H****R. THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING ON DR. H****R? NO. NO. OKAY. THEN, UM, YOU CAN COMMENT. SURE. UM, I WOULD RATHER COMMENT WHEN OR MORE PEOPLE ARE HERE AND, UM, TO SAY THAT I HAVE A QUESTION. WAIT, DID Y'ALL VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO REMOVE DR. HOOKER'S, UM, NOTES? NO. IT IS NOT BEING REMOVED. IT'S NOT BEING REMOVED. IT, NO. OH. BUT IT MAY AS WELL BE REMOVED BECAUSE WAY YOU HAVE IT DONE. I DID DRIVE BY TO LOOK AT IT AND I, IT'S, IT'S A WORK IN PROCESS. THAT'S NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT. BUT THAT'S NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT. IT'S NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT. UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU WHEN THE, TELL YOU WHEN THE PRODUCT IS FINAL SO YOU CAN VIEW IT. BUT IT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE ARE GIVING DR. HOOP ALL DUE BACK IS KEEP FIVE MINUTES GOING. UM, OKAY. BUT I'M SAYING BASICALLY I GOT A NOTE FROM, UM, WARNER ON THE SCHOOL BOARD STATING THAT THEY WERE GONNA PUT IT UP. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING UP AT, UM, WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS THE, UM, THE, UM, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, RIGHT? NO, SHE WASN'T A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. NOT AT WOODLANDS. WHERE WE THE ONLY PLACE SHE HAD A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. SHE RETIRED, SHE RETIRED AT LEE JACKSON. SHE RETIRED AT LEE JACKSON. SHE SPENT MANY YEARS AT LEE JACKSON. HOW MANY SHE, HOW MANY YEARS RETIRED? 15. AND WAS STATED TWO DECADES. TWO DECADES. 20 YEARS. WHAT? OKAY. UM, ARE YOGA, UM, CAN WE HAVE A MEETING ON DR. H****R? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE HER [00:20:01] HOUSE GO TO BE ONE THAT IS HISTORICAL. UM, DID Y YOU TO HER FAMILY INFORMATION? HAVE Y'ALL GOTTEN THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED YOU? NOBODY GAVE YOU, NOBODY CAME TO YOUR OFFICE AND LEFT? UM, NO. THEY COULDN'T. COULD THEY, UH, INFORMATION FOR ALL OF THE, UM, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES WHO RECEIVED AN EMAIL? IT WAS DISTRIBUTED. YES. OH, YOU DID GET 'EM? MM-HMM . OKAY. GOOD. AND Y'ALL READ THEM? SURE. ALRIGHT. NOW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE, UM, DR. HOOKER'S HOME HISTORICAL, UH, RAIDERS RADI, UM, RADI? WE'RE NOT THE ARCHITECT. THE, I BEG YOUR PARDON. WE HAVE A HISTORICAL REVIEW BOARD, SO THAT CAN BE PRESENTED TO THAT BOARD TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. BUT I, WE COULD TALK TO THE FAMILY. WE COULD TALK TO THE FAMILY AS WELL. BUT, UM, THAT IS NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT. BUT WE COULD TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND SHARE IT WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE. AND IF YOU WOULD TALK TO THE FAMILY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ACTUALLY, SHE WAS THE END OF HER FAMILY LINE? NO, SHE HAS A, SHE HAS A NIECE? NO, SHE DOES. YEAH, SHE DOES. YEAH, SHE DOES . WELL, I'M NOT GOING THERE. OKAY. SHE HAS A NIECE. MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAVE IT AND I'M GONNA CALL AND ASK AND SEE IF, UM, OTHER PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AND TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE HERE. THEY AREN'T HERE. AND, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK, UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE SO IT WOULDN'T BE JUST MY OPINION. DID YOU WANT JUST, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, MS. WILLIAMS, WE, WE ARE VERY AWARE AND RESPECTFUL OF DR. HOOKER'S LEGACY, AND THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INTO THE NEW SIGNAGE THAT'S COMING UP. UM, BUT ACTUALLY, I, I, I, UM, I THINK THAT SHE DESERVES MORE ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE TO STATE THAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND TOO MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE THE CRITERIA THAT SHE HAS THE ACADEMIA AND, UM, KNOWN BY, I WAS SURPRISED, BUT QUITE A FEW OF THE PRESIDENTS, AND I DON'T MEAN OBAMA. JUST OBAMA. SO NO ONE'S DISAGREEING WITH YOU, HUH? NO ONE IS DISAGREEING WITH YOU. RIGHT. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. SO I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT THAT ON YOUR AGENDA AND I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO AND I'LL FIND, UM, THE DENISE. OKAY. WAS IT DENISE? SHE HAS NIECE DENISE. I'LL FIND IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GONNA TELL YOU TO TAKE IT. FORMER CLERK JUDITH A VILLE. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M HONORABLE JUDITH BEVILLE, TOWN CLERK, 2008 TO 2023. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF A STREET SIGNAGE, UH, HONORING OR RECOGNIZING DR. OLIVIA J H****R, WHICH WAS PLACED AT THE CORNER, ORIGINALLY PLACED AT THE CORNER OF JUNIPER HILL ROAD AND FAIR STREET, UH, SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HER PASSING IN 2018. AND A RECENT SIGNAGE HONORING THE MEMORY OF MILLIE O SHEHAN TWO HIGH PROFILE, DEARLY BELOVED, WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY REGARDED WOMEN IN OUR TOWN. THE SIGNS CURRENTLY REPRESENT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, AT EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT. DOCTOR OLIVIA J HOOKERS, UH, NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY, AND LOCAL. AND MILLY OCEANIAN LOCAL WITH REGARDS TO THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO, UM, CHILDREN IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND, UH, MAINLY CHILDREN WITH, WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENT, UH, DISABILITIES. MY POINT IS THAT RECENT SIGNAGE THAT HAS BEEN POSTED, UM, IN HONOR AND DULY HONOR DUE HONOR OF MIL OCEAN REPRESENTS A STARK CONTRAST TO THE IMAGE OF THE SIGNAGE THAT REPRESENTS DR. OLIVIA J H****R. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AND MY REQUEST TO THE BOARD AS A FORMER, UM, ELECTED OFFICIAL, IS THAT THERE BE SOME STANDARD OF [00:25:01] EQUALITY AND EQUITY WITH REGARDS TO THE PRESENTATION OF SIGNAGE THAT REPRESENTS, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, WHO YOU KNOW FOR WHOM SIGNAGE IS POSTED. COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNAGE IS A POST-IT IS POSTED, UH, CURRENTLY. THE THERE IS NOT THAT EQUALITY OR EQUITY IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE SIGNAGE. EITHER THE SIGNAGE REPRESENT OR BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF THE ORIGINAL SIGNAGE OF DR. OLIVIA J H****R, OR THE SIGNAGE OF BOTH WOMEN. BE CONSISTENT WITH THE IMAGE AND PRESENTATION OF THE SIGNAGE OF MILLIE O SHEHAN. ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO REALIZE THAT, UM, BY, UH, ASSIGNING A COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME TO SOMEONE WHO DID NOT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THAT PERSON IS BEING RECOGNIZED ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENCE. SO GOING FORWARD IN THE TOWN, UH, IT IT, IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS OPEN CRITERIA FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE RECOGNIZED AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, SORT OF ARBITRARILY OR BASED ON AN A, UM, YOU KNOW, A SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA OF RECOGNITION. I AM ASKING THIS TOWN BOARD TO COME UP WITH A STANDARD OF CRITERIA THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST, BUT A STANDARD OF CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNS. AND THAT THAT STANDARD ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FACT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL LIVED, HAS, HAS LIVED IN, OR CURRENTLY LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR WHICH A STREET SIGN WILL BE DESIGNATED THAT PERSON'S NAME. AND AT THE END OF THE NAME, THE WORD WAY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN, UM, JUNIPER HILL, THE ORIGINAL SIGN WAS FOR DR. H****R WAS NAMED DR. OLIVIA J H****R WAY HERE AT TAR TARRYTOWN ROAD, IT'S ATLANTIC STAR WAY. A STANDARD SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. ONE OF CONSISTENCY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WELCOME. I'M SO SORRY. I DON'T KNOW. PET ANI ANDY PETRAN. SORRY, I COULD NOT READ YOUR HANDWRITING. I APOLOGIZE MY NAME. YOU'LL CLARIFY WHEN YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. AND YOU COULD RAISE THE MIC AS WELL. OF COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT MR. FINE. INVITED ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT HE KNOWS ABOUT, UH, YOUR NAME, SIR. YOUR NAME. ANDRE PETRANKO. I'M FROM ONE 40 NORTH HILLY AVENUE IN DALE. UH, YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND IT FINALLY 'CAUSE IT'S THE SECOND COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITIONS. UH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE HEALY AVENUE USED TO BE ONE ROAD ALL THE WAY NORTH AND SOUTH UNTIL OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, HE'S NO, NO LONGER WITH US, UNFORTUNATELY, COMPLAINT, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC ROAD, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO COME IN BEHIND MY BUILDING, BEHIND MY HOUSE TO, TO SMOKE MARIA AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO IT WAS BLOCKED. ALL OF A SUDDEN. WE HAVE A NORTH HILLY AND SOUTH HILLY. I'M ASSUMING THAT, THAT BEFORE IT WAS ONE HILLY, IT WAS A PUBLIC ROAD BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL, UH, FIRE HYDRANTS RIGHT IN FRONT. MY LEAD HOUSE IN NORTH HILLY, BEHIND HILLY IN THE SOUTH, HILLY, ALL OF A SUDDEN NORTH HILLY, WHICH IS GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK, CENTRAL PARK, PART OF IT HAS BEEN FIXED AND IS A BEAUTIFUL, UH, BLACK, UH, SURFACE ON IT. AND, UH, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT [00:30:01] HAPPENED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE TOWN HAS MADE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CIVIL ASSOCIATION TO PAVE THE SMALL, PRIVATE, PRIVATE PORTION OF NORTH HILLY ALONG THE TOWN PORTION BETWEEN MARY AND PARKLAND, OUR PROPERTY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE ARE MONEY TO FIX ONE OF THE PARTS OF NORTH HA BECAUSE ASSOCIATION ASK YOU TO, NOT ONLY THAT, YOU NEED ONLY HALF OF IT BECAUSE LEFT HAND IS PART OF THE PARK, WHICH MEANS IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY UNDER HALF, NINE FEET. IT'S STILL DIRT ROAD. AND IT ALWAYS USED TO BE DIRT ROAD. NOBODY WILL EVER USE IT. SO IT WAS TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY, OF OUR MONEY. YOU DID THE SAME ON THE HILLY SOUTH. YOU FIXED TOP OF A SOUTH HILL AVENUE, WHICH WAS PERFECT, PERFECT CONDITIONS. AND THERE WAS ALSO BLACKTOP. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T SEE ALL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL THESE ROADS WILL BE DONE, EXCEPT HERE IN NORTH BEACH IS EXTREMELY HAZARD, HAZARDOUS. THERE ARE BIG PARKING HOLES, AND YOUR PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT, IS LEAVING ALL THE DEBRIS ON IT, ALL THE WATER COMING ON OUR ROAD, DAMAGING IT. THERE ARE LOTS OF LEAVES, LOTS OF SMALL TREES AND BUSHES. AND IN THE PAST, UH, IT WAS FIVE, SEVEN YEARS AGO, UH, MR. FINE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO HAVE FEW OUR POTHOLES FIXED. AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, TOWN WAS COMING BY AND WAS CLEANING THE ROAD. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STOPPED. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT WAS THE DECISION OF YOUR TOWN ATTORNEY, YOUR TOWN ATTORNEY, WHO'S FORBIDDEN TO FIX AND REPAIR OUR PART OF HILL NORTH? BECAUSE IT'S SO HAZARDOUS, NOBODY WILL BE COMING THERE ANYMORE. I'M SURPRISED THE MALE, MALE GUYS ARE STILL COMING IN BECAUSE POTHOLES ARE THIS BIG. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FEW DAYS AGO I FOUND ONE OF MY TIRES TOTALLY EMPTY BECAUSE OF THAT. WE ARE GONNA NEED, UH, ALL, ALL, ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COME HOME. FIREMAN WOULDN'T COME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, , I HAD A PETITION OF ONE OF ONE OF THE STUDENTS, WHICH IT SAYS EXACTLY HE WAS CONCERNED, RESIDENT OF MARION AVENUE, RESIGNING 11TH GRADY OR LETFORD SCHOOL OF HARSDALE. HE, HE WAS SAYING THAT ON JULY 18TH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDING TO A HOUSE FIRE WERE FORCED TO DETOUR DUE TO THE UNSAFE STATE OF THE ROAD. AND, UH, IF IT HAPPENS, KEEPS HAPPENING, SOME OF US ARE GOING TO BURN, SOME OF US WILL LOSE THEIR OWN CARS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SO UNREPAIRABLE. NOBODY GIVES A DAMN. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT AND WHEN WAS THE DECISION DECISION MADE OR ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT NOBODY'S CLEANING THE ROAD? NOBODY GIVES A DEMO ABOUT THE POTHOLES AND IT'S ALSO QUITE WIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT, BECAUSE IT WAS A NARROW, IT WAS, UH, I HAVE A METAL, I HAVE A PLAN HERE. I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW WIDE IT IS. SOMETIMES IT'S A WIDER THAN MARIANA AVENUE OR WIDER THAN THE, THE, THE CORNER, THE OR THE DEPENDENT WHO WAS M MADE. SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHO IS THE OWNER. YOU KEEP TELLING US IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD. NOBODY EVER, EVER, I'VE BEEN EXCHANGING WITH MR. MR FINE EMAILS FOR THREE YEARS NOW. THEY WERE THERE. THEY SAW IT, THEY SAW ALL THE WATER COMING ON OUR ROAD AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. CAN YOU SUBMIT THAT YOUR, YOUR THANK YOU. I MARK UP ALSO EXACTLY HOW WINE IS WHO WAS REFERRED YOU. CAN YOU KEEP IT? YEAH. SEE, I WAS LOOKING IT UP HERE. . YEAH. UM, ALL IN THERE. OKAY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET A, OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK THE COMMISSIONER HAS INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, UH, WORK ON PRIVATE ROADS. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THERE IS A PORTION OF HEALY THAT IS PUBLIC, WHICH WE ARE ALLOWED TO PAVE AND MAINTAIN. AND THERE'S A PORTION OF HEALY, WHICH IS PRIVATE, WHICH WE ARE LEGALLY NOT ABLE TO PAVE OR MAINTAIN DOING. SO WOULD BE TAKING PUBLIC FUNDS AND USING THEM FOR PRIVATE GAIN, WHICH IS CLEARLY ILLEGAL. UM, WE DO HAVE A LOCAL HIGHWAY INVENTORY LIST THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE REVIEWED AT AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION TO BE VOTED ON BY THE TOWN BOARD, UM, AND A RESOLUTION AT A PUBLIC MEETING COMING UP SOON. SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY CLARIFIED WITH RESIDENTS ON HEALY WHERE THAT LINE ENDS AND WHERE THAT BEGINS. BUT IT WILL BE MADE OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC SOMETIME SOON, PROBABLY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. BUT A PRIVATE ROAD IS, I JUST PAUSE THAT PART OF THE NORTH LY GOING SOUTH HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONLY [00:35:01] HALFWAY BECAUSE HALF OF IT BELONGS TO THE PARK, WHICH MEANS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE 70 IS STILL THE ROAD. IT WAS A DIRT ROAD FOR LAST 15 YEARS FOR GOD SAKE. WHY DID YOU WASTE MONEY? IT WAS TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY BECAUSE NOBODY'S USING IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, AMBER. I I JUST WANNA MENTION ONE OTHER THING, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PRIVATE ROADS, UM, THE PRIVATE ROAD IS SORT OF LIKE A DRIVEWAY. UH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REPAVE SOMEBODY'S DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THERE'S A POTHOLE ON IT. AND IF, IF THE, NOW THERE'S A STATE LAW, AND THE TOWN BASICALLY WOULD SAY IF NEIGHBORS WANT THE TOWN TO TAKE OVER A ROAD, THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT TO US IN A GOOD CONDITION IN THE, TO MEET THE TOWN STANDARDS. AND THEN IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF IT'S REPAVED ONCE AND MEETS THE TOWN STANDARDS, THEN THE TOWN COULD SAY, WE'LL TAKE OVER THE ROAD AND THEN WE'LL REPAVE IT IN THE FUTURE. ISN'T THAT THE, THE TOWN BOARD DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE DONATED ROADS? YES. RIGHT. BUT IT HAS TO BE GIVEN TO US IN THE STANDARDS THAT RIGHT. WHICH IS TYPICALLY 26 FEET IN WIDTH, UM, PAVED. I'M NOT AN EXPERT. UM, I'M SURE SOMEONE FROM DPW COULD GIVE MORE OVER 26 FEET. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOUR FIVE MINUTES IS DONE SO WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH, WITH OKAY. THANK YOU. COMING. THANK YOU, SIR. SIR, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO COMBAT. HI, GOOD EVENING. I'M AMBER JENKINS. YES, WELCOME. I'M AMBER JENKINS. I ACTUALLY SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LEGAL SERVICES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY. I HAVE DONE SO FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. I AM ACTUALLY A LONGSTANDING RESIDENT OF FAIRVIEW. AND, UM, ACTUALLY I WAS TRAFFICKED HUMAN TRAFFICKED AT 15 YEARS OLD, WHICH WAS A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO. AND I HAD TO LEAVE MY SAFE HAVEN IN GREENBURG, UM, TO CREATE SAFETY FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. THEY ARE ALSO LONG STANDING MEMBERS OF GREENBERG. UM, THE FAMILY ATLANTIC STAR IS MY FAMILY. AND I FOUND, UH, MYSELF TO BE A, PRETTY MUCH, ALMOST A FUGITIVE IN MY PLACE OF, UH, OF, OF SAFETY, UH, FOR YEARS. AND I HAVE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO RETURN AND ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO, UM, ALSO MAY SUFFER, UH, SORT OF THE SAME, UH, KIND OF PATH. UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, PRIORITIZING ARTS WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND IN THE COMMUNITY. GREENBERG REALLY IS A, IS IS A JEWEL. AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THE, UM, SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE HAD COME OUT OF GREENBERG. I I ACTUALLY JUST PRIORITIZE BEING HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS THE IMPORTANCE TO YOU OF, UM, YOUR CONTINUED, UM, ENTHUSIASM, UH, FOR THE PROGRAMS OF THE, THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY, THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, EVEN MY, MY, MY LOVE FOR, EVEN WHEN WE USED TO HAVE JAZZ AT THE PARK, WE WOULD HAVE AFRICAN DANCE. THESE WERE THINGS THAT, UM, REALLY KIND OF CRAFTED THE PATH FOR ME. UM, GROWING UP, I WASN'T ABLE TO READ AS A YOUNG, AS A YOUNG GIRL. AND I, I DIDN'T LEARN TO READ EVEN GROWING IN, UM, GREENBURG SCHOOLS. I WASN'T ABLE TO, I WASN'T COMPLETELY LITERATE UNTIL I WAS IN MY OLDER TEENS. AND I, I WAS HAVING CHILDREN OF MY OWN. UM, BUT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE COUNSELORS THAT WERE VERY INVOLVED AT THE GREENBERG CENTER AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR ONE, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOUND WHEN I WAS TRAFFICKED AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, TO SUSTAIN WHAT CAME WITH THAT. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE, ALL YOUR DILIGENCE OVER THE YEARS AND HOW YOU HAVE PRIORITIZED THE ARTS. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO, IN THE FUTURE, VERY NEAR FUTURE, GET VERY INVOLVED WITH YOU AND MAYBE, UM, SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE SO WE CAN EMPOWER SOME OF THE LONGSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT AREN'T ABLE TO GO INTO THE MARKETPLACE. THE DESIRE IS TO REALLY GET YOUNG, INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS ENGAGED. UM, PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOSING HOPE AND THEY DON'T REALLY THINK THAT, UM, THE LEADERSHIP IS, IS AS INVOLVED AS THEY ONCE WERE. AND I'M HERE TO TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT RIGHT. , I KNOW YOU GUYS REALLY, UM, ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. AND IN ANY WAY I CAN HELP. I JUST WANNA BE EDUCATED IN HOW TO DO. SO [00:40:01] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE WELCOME YOUR INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU. THERE IS A SPEAKER, UH, ONLINE WHO, UH, EMAILED IN SO CUTE WHO EMAILED ZOOM IN. HE E UH, HE EMAILED TOWN CLERK. THERE IS NOT, HE'S NOT, THERE'S NO ONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OH, OKAY. UM, OKAY. NO, NO, NO, NO. UM, UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR, UM, AN EMAIL TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD AND, UH, UH, OUR RULES DO NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD UNLESS THE PERSON IS HERE. SO, BUT WE WILL, BUT IT WAS SENT TO US AND WE CAN READ. IT'S PART OF READ IT. WHAT? NO, NO, NO. IT WAS SENT TO US. SO WE'VE ALREADY READ IT. YES. THANK YOU. NO MORE SPEAKERS. ARE WE ALLOWED TO LIKE, DO LIKE A TWO, SOME SUMMARY? UM, IF WE CAN'T READ THE, THE LETTER JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT, THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND IT GOES AGAINST WHAT WE, THE PROCESS. YEAH, I, I JUST WAS CURIOUS, UH, SORRY. SO CAN CAN WE MOVE THE IN IT'S IN YOUR EMAIL. I DO WANNA RESPOND TO THE, UH, SINCE NOBODY ELSE IS OKAY. IF YOU WANNA RESPOND REGARDING THE, UH, STREET SIGN ISSUE. SO THE TWO SPEAKERS WHO SPOKE BEFORE, AS IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE STREET SIGN, UH, THEY WERE BOTH INCLUDED ON AN EMAIL THAT I HAD SENT, UH, THAT GOES LIKE THIS. AN UPDATE, UH, BELOW I WROTE ALL FOUR SIGNS WILL BE ON ONE NEW POLL AND LOOK BETTER THAN EVER AS INTENDED. THAT WILL HAPPEN. I HAD INTENDED, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ME LAST TUESDAY EVENING, THAT WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY WIFE'S DEATH. DEATH, THE NEW POLL AND CORRECTED SIGNS WOULD OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY. YESTERDAY, MONDAY THE 22ND, DR. HOOKER'S SIGN WAS TO BE ENLARGED TO THE NEW HONORARY STREET SIGN STANDARD. THERE IS A STANDARD AND THE MILLIE ORTIZ SIGN WITH WORDING WAS GOING TO BE CORRECTED. IT'S, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD HER REFERRED TO AS MILLIE OCEAN IN MY LIFE. MILLIE ORTIZ SHEEN SIGN WORDING WAS TO BE CORRECTED TO MAKE IT AN ACTUAL STREET SIGN, MILLIE ORTIZ AND WAY THEY HAD LEFT OFF THE WAY, OTHERWISE IT WAS JUST A NAME SIGN INSTEAD OF A STREET SIGN AS CALLED FOR IN THE RESOLUTION OF APPROVING IT. TODAY, I LEARNED THAT THE MORE ROBUST PERMANENT POLE WAS OBTAINED AND INSTALLED, AND ALL FOUR EXISTING SIGNS WERE INSTALLED ON IT. MILLIE'S INCORRECTLY WORDED SIGN AND DR. HOOKER'S SIGN THAT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE NEW HONORARY STREET SIGN SIZE STANDARD WERE INSTALLED BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE SIGN WON'T BE RETURNING FROM VACATION UNTIL NEXT MONDAY. MEANING NEXT MONDAY. UH, I PUT IN PARENTHESES, WE NEED MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO MAKE STREET SIGNS, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO THAT. I AM NOW TOLD THAT THE LOOK BETTER THAN EVER WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. I BELIEVE STAFF HAVING HEARD MY OBJECTION TO THE TEMPORARY RELOC RELOCATION OF DR. HOOKER'S SIGN LAST TUESDAY EVENING, BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T FIT FOUR POLES ON THE EXISTING, UH, FOUR SIGNS ON THE EXISTING POLE BECAUSE IT WAS RUSTED OUT AT THE BOTTOM AND THE POLE COULDN'T HANDLE IT. SO THEY RELOCATED THE SIGNS TEMPORARILY BECAUSE OF THE POLE NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE FOUR SIGNS. I BELIEVE STAFF, HAVING HEARD MY OBJECTION TO THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF DR. HOOKER'S SIGN LAST TUESDAY EVENING, WANTED TO MOVE IT AS QUICK BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS SOON AS THE ORDERED ROBUST POLE WAS OBTAINED, EVEN THOUGH THAT MEANT USING THE EXISTING SIGNS. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN ADVANCE OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE EXISTING HONORARY SIGNS ON THE NEW POLL. STAFF WILL STILL MAKE IT LOOK BETTER THAN EVER AS PROMISED. REGRETTABLY DELAYED ONE WEEK AND THE SPEAKERS BEFORE RECEIVED THAT EMAIL AND STILL MADE THE COMMENTS THEY MADE THIS EVENING. AND I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO, UH, UM, THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, SILENCE, UM, UM, RELATING TO YOU, MR. MR. KIRK. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I MEAN SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS HAVE, UM, UH, HALF STAFF, UM, UM, CEREMONY, UH, IN MEMORY OF EVERY, UH, VICTIM OF, UH, MASS SHOOTINGS, UH, POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS. BECAUSE EVERY LIFE THAT IS TAKEN BY GUN VIOLENCE IS, IS A HORROR. AND, UM, I FEEL THAT IF WE, UH, HAVE HALF STAFF [00:45:01] CEREMONY, UH, IT WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE NEED. UM, IT WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT GUN VIOLENCE AGAINST ANYBODY. UH, NO, WHETHER WE AGREE WITH 'EM POLITICALLY OR NOT. BUT WE ALSO, I THINK AS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A TOWN SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE APPALLED BY PRACTICALLY THE DAILY, UH, MASS SHOOTINGS. UH, LAST WEEK I THINK THERE WERE SOME POLICE OFFICERS, UM, IN PHILADELPHIA WHO WERE, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TODAY, THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING SOMEWHERE. EVERY DAY THERE'S SHOOTINGS AND, AND THE FLAG SHOULD BE AT HALF STAFF AND THEIR MEMORIES AS WELL. SO I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE COULD ORGANIZE A, A CEREMONY AND MAYBE PUSH FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF OTHER COMMUNITIES WOULD DO THE SAME THING, MAYBE IT WOULD PUSH FOR, UM, REASONABLE GUN SAFETY, UH, YOU KNOW, LAWS. THAT'S IN MY, OKAY, SO I'D LIKE TO RESPOND AS WELL. WE HAD, AS OUR LAST MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND I'LL READ IT IN CASE ANYONE DIDN'T HEAR IT, IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE AND IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR LOSS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, WE STATED THAT TONIGHT. YET IT WAS FELT NECESSARY FOR SOMEONE TO COME TO THE AUDIENCE, REITERATE IT IN A VERY, UM, IN THEIR OWN WAY AND CALL FOR THEIR OWN MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'M NOT SURE THAT RESIDENTS CAN CALL FOR THEIR OWN MOMENT OF SILENCE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE ON THAT, BUT WE HAD ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT, I THINK, IN A VERY RESPECTFUL WAY. AND TO BE CALLED OUT ON THAT AND THEN HAVE THAT ALIGNED WITH SOME, UM, BUDGETARY ISSUES IS VERY INAPPROPRIATE. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND I JUST HAVE ONE. NO, NO. I COULD SAY WHATEVER WROTE BEFORE. YES. UM, YES. LAST JUNE, UM, LEGISLATOR MELISSA HORTON WAS GUNNED DOWN IN HER HOME IN MINNESOTA ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND. UH, THEY WERE MURDERED. THERE WERE TWO OTHER PEOPLE ALSO TARGETED AND, AND INJURED AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS, AND I'M IN, IN AGREEMENT THAT IT IS DEPLORABLE. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE THIS, THIS, UM, HALF STAFF. UH, AND WE ALL AGREED TO HAVE OUR FLAGS LOWERED FOR HALF STAFF TO, FOR THE HORMAN'S, FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WERE GUNNED DOWN AS THEY SAT IN PRAYER. AND FOR ALL THE OTHERS WHOM WE HAVE LOST IN INCREASING NUMBERS OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS. AND IT IS DEPLORABLE NOT JUST FOR CHARLIE, KIRK, KIRK AND WE TO, TO SINGLE HIM OUT AS IF HE WERE THE ONLY VICTIM. IT'S AWFUL THAT HE WAS SHOT DOWN. NO ONE SHOULD EVER BE MURDERED. GUN VIOLENCE IS A TERRIBLE THING. AND MAYBE WE COULD ORGANIZE LIKE A DAY, UH, MAYBE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING RIGHT BEFORE TO A HALF STAFF CEREMONY AND MEMORY OF EVERY VICTIM OF, UM, OF GUN VIOLENCE, UH, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND I JUST WANTED ANOTHER IDEA THAT I THOUGHT OF, UM, THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE SENSE. YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY I WAS WATCHING JIMMY KIMMEL, I'M SURE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DID, YOU KNOW AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EROSION OF DEMOCRACY AND THE EROSION OF, UH, FREE SPEECH. AND I THOUGHT THAT, AND I'M GONNA RE-ASK THE TOWN BOARD IF WE COULD DISCUSS THIS AT A WORK SESSION. IF WE COULD DESIGNATE, SAY, THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN HALL, UM, IN, IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. UM, AND BASICALLY HONOR, UH, SOME OF THE CIVIC ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE APPEARED AT TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AND HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CRITICAL OF US AT TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD ELLA PRIZER, UH, YOU'VE HAD MURRAY BODEN, UH, YOU'VE HAD HAL SAMAMI. UH, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO, UH, THEY SHOW UP AT BOARD MEETINGS. WE MAY NOT LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT THE THING IS, THEY WORK REALLY HARD. THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES. AND IN CONTRAST TO WASHINGTON, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO SHUT PEOPLE UP, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD SAY WE WELCOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS. AND IF WE TURN THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN HALL AS SORT OF LIKE AN AREA THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE HARD WORK OF OUR CRITICS AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO PEOPLE FOR SHOWING UP AT BOARD MEETINGS AND SAYING THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE AS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, THEY'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY MAY BE CRITICAL, BUT IF WE SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE, UH, CONTRAST TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE. AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE [00:50:01] THAT GREENBERG STANDS UP AND SAYS, WE'RE NOT GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA FIGHT REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY AND KEEP OUR FIRST AMENDMENT. SO ELLEN, I'D JUST LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN HA, UH, HENDRICKS HENDRICKS. AND IT WAS A H UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR SUGGESTION OF HAVING AN EVENT. SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT, WELL NOT REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE TALK ABOUT, UM, GUN VIOLENCE I THINK WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT GREENBURG AND BEING ONE GREENBURG, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THE VILLAGES INCLUDED AS WELL. SO IT'S AN INCLUSIVE, UM, EVENT WITH TOWN OF GREENBURG THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AND, AND REALLY, UM, MAKE THAT FORWARD. SO I THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD RESPECTFULLY GO AND REACH OUT TO THE VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE MAYORS, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. GREAT IDEA. AND IF I MAY CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO, UM, THE, THE NAMING OF THE STREET, AND THIS WOULD SUGGEST, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, UM, THAT A STREET NAME SHOULD ONLY BE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE IF THEY LIVED IN THAT AREA. AND I THINK THAT IT NEGATES THE CONTRIBUTION THAT MILLI ORTIZ SHEIN GAVE TO THE CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ALL THE EDUCATORS AT THE LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL, UM, WHICH IS WHERE THE SIGNAGE IS. AND, AND SO EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW HOW MUCH SHE HELPED THAT COMMUNITY, THE CHILDREN, THE TEACHERS, THE PARENTS, AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVED HER. SO IT WAS VERY FITTING THAT THAT STREET SIGN IS THERE. NO, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. I FEEL THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MILLI, SHE AND DID A LOT FOR, UH, THE STUDENTS AND I FEEL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE. WE'VE ALSO RECOGNIZED REVERENDS, UM, AND, UH, AND HAD STREET NAMINGS, UH, FOR THEM. AND IT WAS BASED ON THEIR COMMITMENT TO, UH, THE CONGREGATIONS AND THE CHURCHES, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE MEMBERS OF. SO I, I THINK AS LONG AS, UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, CONNECTION TO EITHER THE STREET OR WHAT THEY DID, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY, I THINK, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY APPROPRIATE, UH, LOCATION. UH, NEXT. ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? NO, THEN [ Appointment of Joy Thaler to the Greenburgh Human Rights Advisory Committee for a term to expire December 31, 2026] WE'LL GO TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENT OF, UH, JOY THALER TO THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, TB [ TB 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 with the Village of Elmsford for Fire Protection Services to the West Elmsford Fire Protection District, for an amount not to exceed $329,250.73] ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TEN TEN TWO ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, WITH THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE WEST ELMSFORD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $329,250 AND 73 CENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [ TB 2 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 with the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for Fire Protection Services to the Donald Park Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $344, 937] T TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, WITH THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 344,937. WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UM, I JUST HAD [ TB 3 - 9/24/2025 Resolution retaining the Law Office of Vincent Toomey as Special Counsel to address Town matters concerning personnel-related issues, for an additional amount of $50,000; $300,000 in total] A QUESTION. FORT THREE. I DON'T WANT TO, UH, HAVE MY NAME ON THE CHECK. SO COULD WE DESIGNATE, UM, ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO SIGN THE CHECK? ABSOLUTELY. I BELIEVE THAT ACCORDING TO TOWN LAW, IT IS THE SUPERVISOR'S DUTY TO SIGN THE CHECKS, UM, REVIEWED IT WITH THE COMPTROLLER AND IT SAYS, SUPERVISOR SHALL SIGN THE CHECKS AND WHEN THERE, WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, DUALLY SIGNED THE COMPTROLLER SIGNS AS WELL. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DISCRETION ON THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE SO, NO. OKAY. WELL, I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST IT. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'VE INDICATED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE NO REASON TO SPEND MONEY ON A, WE NEED A MOTION ON THE TABLE. JUST NEED A DISCUSS RIGHT HERE. SO LET ME MAKE THE MOTION. TB THREE RESOLUTION OF, OF RETAINING THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT TOY AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS CONCERNING PERSONNEL RELATED ISSUES FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $50,000, $300,000 IN TOTAL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL NOW YOU COULD HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION, PAUL. OKAY. YOUR, I BASICALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS THE BIGGEST WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ON MR. TOOMEY, UH, CASE RELATING TO THE ETHICS. UM, UH, YOU MATTERS. THE ETHICS BOARD HAS ABSOLUTELY NO POWER TO, UM, SANCTION, UH, ANYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD TO IMPOSE PENALTIES, UH, OR, UH, TO SEEK THEIR REMOVAL OR, UH, RESIGNATION. THEY HAVE ZERO POWER TO DO ANYTHING. THEY COULD JUST MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, [00:55:01] ALSO, UM, THE, ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT MR. TOOMEY IS MAKING IS THAT THE BOARD IS, UM, IMMUNE FROM THE ETHICS, YOU KNOW, CHARGES. SO, UM, IT'S NOT BASED ON MERITS, IT'S BASICALLY BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU SHOULD BE, UM, YOU IMMUNE FROM ANY, UH, ANY ETHICS, YOU KNOW, VIOLATIONS. SO I THINK THAT SINCE THERE, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW, TO ME IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO SPEND OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A LEGAL, AN ATTORNEY, UH, WHEN THERE'S, IF HE WINS OR LOSES, IT'S THE SAME THING. THERE'S GONNA BE NO IMPACT TO THE TOWN, NO IMPACT TO ANY, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD MEMBER. AND, YOU KNOW, I I ALSO CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, WHY THE BILLS ARE SO HIGH, UH, YOU KNOW, SPENDING, IF IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE IN THE SIX FIGURES. UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HE COULD HAVE JUST TOLD BOARD MEMBERS WHAT TO SAY. COULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, OF REPRESENTATION. I THINK, I THINK WE'RE MO YOU KNOW, HE'S BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE GIVING HIM CHARITY, THE, THE, THE ATTORNEY. UM, AND, UH, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN BASICALLY THERE'S NO POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYERS. IS THERE NO IMPACT OF THE ETHICS BOARD THEN? WHY DID THE COMPLAINANTS BRING A CHARGE TO THE ETHICS BOARD? IF THAT, IF ALL YOU SAY IS TRUE, ALSO, UH, THE ATTORNEY IS NOT SAYING THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS IMMUNE FROM THE ETHICS CODE. WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT THERE'S LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY WEAPONIZE OUR VOTE YES OR NO, THAT WE HAVE ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW ON ANY LEGISLATION. WHAT'S THAT? ON ANY LEGISLATION. ON ANY LEGISLATION. UM, AND SO THE REASON WHY THE BILLS ARE RUNNING UP IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO YOU SUPPORT HAVE MANAGED TO DRAG THIS OUT FOR OVER A YEAR. MM-HMM . EVERY TIME THERE'S A HEARING, HE HAS TO SHOW UP. AND LET'S BE CLEAR, WE DID NOT WANT TO USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL. WE WANTED TO USE THE TOWN ATTORNEY. WE WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH USING THE TOWN ATTORNEY, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO YOU SUPPORT DECIDED THAT HEY, WE MIGHT CALL THE TOWN ATTORNEY AS A WITNESS. SO NOW YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR TOWN ATTORNEY. SO WE WERE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, NO OTHER CHOICE. YOU ON THEIR OTHER HAND, ON THE VERY NEXT RESOLUTION HAD A CHOICE. YOU HAD A CHOICE TO USE THE TOWN ATTORNEY WHO HAS DONE REMARKABLE WORK, BY THE WAY, ON THAT PARTICULAR CASE THAT'S COMING UP ON THE NEXT RESOLUTION, YOU HAD A CHOICE OF USING THE TOWN ATTORNEY, YOU CHOSE NOT TO INSTEAD THIS $200,000 FOR YOUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP ON THE VERY NEXT RESOLUTION. SO WHEN YOU KEEP REPEATING THE SAME THING, IT'S THREE MEETINGS IN A ROW NOW, MAYBE FOUR THAT YOU'VE REPEATED EXACTLY WHAT YOUR, YOUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE THIS COMPLAINT, UH, HAVE SAID IN WRITING. AND THEN YOU PARROT IT HERE. I'M HOPING, I'M HOPING THAT THERE'LL BE AN END TO THIS SOON, BECAUSE THERE IS AN IMPACT OF HAVING SOMETHING BEFORE THE ETHICS BOARD. AND THEY KNOW IT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GETTING DRAGGED OUT, IS BECAUSE THEY COULD SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHARGE BEFORE THEM, BEFORE THE ETHICS BOARD THAT HAS POWER, THAT HAS WEIGHT, AND YOU DISMISS IT. MAYBE YOUR REPUTATION DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH TO YOU, BUT FOR THOSE OF THE REST OF US ON THIS BOARD, IT MATTERS TO US. AND WHEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO WEAPONIZE THE ETHICS BOARD, WE TAKE OFFENSE. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. IF THE ETHICS BOARD WOULD SAY THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS VIOLATED THE ETHICS CODE AND SHOULD BE FINED, WILL YOU ACCEPT THEIR RECOMMENDATION? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POWER ONLY TO RECOMMEND NOT TO ACTUALLY SANCTION, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. SO I'M SAYING, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ABIDE BY ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY'RE MAKING? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA ABIDE BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN WE'RE WASTING MONEY. IF YOU ARE GONNA ABIDE BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN UH, THEN YOU'RE GIVEN, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU WANT AN ATTORNEY TO, UH, FIGHT FOR YOU. BUT I DON'T, MY GUT FEELING IS THAT THE BOARD WILL SAY, IF THE ETHICS BOARD SAYS, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, THERE SHOULD BE PENALTIES IMPOSED BECAUSE YOU [01:00:01] VIOLATED ETHICS LAW. I, MY GUESS IS THAT NOBODY'S GONNA COMPLY WITH IT VIA RECOMMENDATION. BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG. I, I, YOU KNOW, IF I, I I THINK IT, I FIND IT RATHER, UM, YOU WANNA KEEP GOING. I FIND IT REMARKABLE, PAUL, WHEN YOU HAD TWO RECENT ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST YOU, YOU DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT IF THEY FIND AGAINST YOU THAT HEY, FINES COULD BE IMPOSED AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY IT. YOU NEVER SAID THAT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU DIDN'T USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL BECAUSE YOU USED THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY BEFORE THE ETHICS BOARD WAS ABLE TO GET YOU OFF ON TWO CHARGES. ONE DEALING WITH YOU WANTING TO TAKE DEMOCRACY NOW OFF THE AIR WHILE YOU NOW TALK ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND, AND ANOTHER ONE, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS AT THIS POINT. WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER TODAY, FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST ALL BOARD MEMBERS IN REGARDS TO ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER. OH, RIGHT ABOUT THE, UH, BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY, LET ME USE THE TERM, GOT YOU OFF. SO THERE WAS NO CHARGES THAT WERE FILED AGAINST YOU, BUT DURING THAT PROCESS, THAT ENTIRE PROCESS, YOU DIDN'T SAY, HEY, ETHICS BOARD, IF YOU FIND AGAINST ME, FINE ME AND I'LL HAVE TO PAY IT. NOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US. THERE HAS TO BE A STANDARD AND THAT STANDARD IS THE CODE WE'RE GONNA ABIDE BY THE CODE. WELL, LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING. I THINK IT'S RATHER IRONIC THAT YOU WHO ARE SO SENSITIVE TO EVERY NEGATIVE REMARK THAT IS MADE HERE, WHEN WHETHER IT'S IN PUBLIC COMMENT OR OTHER, AND WHO FEELS THAT YOU'RE BEING ATTACKED CAN BE SO GLIB ABOUT TWO THINGS CAN BE SO GLIB ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOARD BEING VILIFIED AND BEING, HAVING A NEGATIVE, UM, A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR REPUTATIONS. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE, THE HIGHFALUTIN SPEECH YOU GAVE ABOUT FREE SPEECH . SO I THINK THAT THE IRONY HERE IS VERY RICH. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IN TERMS OF THE SYN, THE DEMOCRACY, NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT ETHICS ISSUE, UM, BASICALLY, UH, THE ISSUE WAS, UM, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC ACCESS TV SHOWS SHOULD BE SYNDICATED. AND WE'VE BEEN BROADCAST BROADCASTING ON PUBLIC ACCESS, A SYNDICATED, UM, SHOW THAT'S NOT PRODUCED, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY. AND I HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE, AND THIS WAS, UM, THAT IT, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER A YEAR AGO, RIGHT AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH, UM, YOU KNOW, INCIDENT IN, IN ISRAEL, I SUGGESTED THAT, UH, AN ANTI, UM, ISRAEL SHOW THAT IS PRODUCED, UM, NATIONALLY AND SHOWN ON TV STATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR BECAUSE IT SYNDICATED. I ALSO INDICATED THAT ANYONE WHO DISAGREED, YOU KNOW, WITH ISRAEL OR AGREES WITH ISRAEL, WHATEVER THEY SAY, IF THEY LIVE LOCALLY, SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN SHOW AND TO AIR ANYTHING THAT THEY THEY WANT, BECAUSE THAT'S FREE SPEECH. HOW LONG WAS THAT SHOW ON THE AIR BEFORE SOMEONE A A CONSTITUENT BROUGHT IT UP WHEN DECADES? UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS TV SHOWS, UH, THAT WE PRODUCE LOCALLY. AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF AIRTIME, I MEAN WE, WE, UH, TERRANCE BROSNAN, UM, AND BEFORE THAT JANELLE WALLACE, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME PRODUCING MANY, MANY SHOWS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD AND THEY'RE ALL LOCAL. AND I FEEL THAT PUBLIC ACCESS TV SHOULD ONLY BE LOCAL ORIGINATED SHOWS. THAT'S MY OWN FAILING. SO IT WASN'T BASED ON, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONTENT IT WAS BASED ON. MM-HMM. BUT THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE, WAS IT? THAT WAS THE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE WERE, WE, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TV THAT WE HAD HAS A LOT OF SHOWS AND THOSE SHOWS HAVE BEEN ON FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS JUST THE ONE SHOW THAT WAS AN ISSUE FOR GLEN GLENDORA. DID YOU EVER, GLENDORA HAS BEEN ON TV SINCE VACUUM TUBE. TUBE, UH, TVS HAVE YOU EVER OBJECTED TO HER? SHE'S NOT LOCAL. YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT, THAT'S NOT A SYNDICATED SHOW. I I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SHE PLAYS THEM EVERYWHERE. WELL, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD. PUBLIC ACCESS SHOULD BE ONLY LOCAL. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA SAY ONE THING BEFORE WE CONCLUDE AND MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA. YES, WE MOVE ON. ONE LAST THING. WHY HAVE YOU NOT CORRECTED THE, UM, THE AS ASSERTION THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE, UH, INVOICES FROM VINCE TO ME? YOU HAVE THEM. I HAVEN'T [01:05:01] YOU HAVE NOT CORRECTED ANY EMAILS THAT SAY OTHERWISE? NO, I HAVEN'T. I YOU HAVE NOT CORRECTED ANY EMAILS THAT SAY OTHERWISE. SO FOR THE RECORD, YOU SHOULD TELL EVERYONE THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE INVOICES. YEAH, I, I, OKAY, THAT'S ALL. WE HAVE IT. ALRIGHT, SO THE MOVE IN A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. TB FOUR. OH, NO, NO, I'M SAYING NO, I'M SORRY. I, I'M VOTING. NO, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. NOTED. MR. SUPER TB [ TB 4 - 9/24/2025 Resolution retaining Cozen O’Connor to assist Supervisor Feiner with his review and evaluation of a petition filed for the purposes of Village Incorporation, for an additional amount of $50,000; $200,000 in total] FOUR GO AHEAD. TB FOUR FOUR TB FOUR RESOLUTION PERTAINING COUSIN, UH, OCONNOR TO ASSIST SUPERVISOR FINE WITH HIS REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF A PETITION FILED FOR THE PURPOSES OF VILLAGE AND CORPORATION FOR AN AMOUNT, UM, OF 50,000, $200,000 IN TOTAL. AND JUST IN, UM, IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN'S, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS. UH, THE REASON, UM, I RECOMMENDED AND THE WHOLE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AGREE TO FUND, UH, THIS ATTORNEY IS BECAUSE IF WE LOSE THE CASE AND EDGEMONT INCORPORATES, UH, THE TOWN'S GONNA LOSE MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, IT COULD BE UP TO 19 MILLION, EVEN, EVEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE, UM, UM, IN REVENUE. AND IT WILL, WOULD BE TOTALLY DEVASTATING TO, UH, RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG AND TO THE TOWN GOVERNMENT. SO IF WE DON'T HIRE AN EXPERT WHO BASICALLY UNDERSTANDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF LAW AND SPECIALIZES IN IT, UM, WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF LOSING. UM, AND THE TOWN WOULD BE DEVASTATED. IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING. THERE YOU GO AGAIN. DIDN'T WE? YOU GO AND WE SUPPORT TRYING TO MAKE THE REST OF THE BOARD LOOK BAD WHEN WE HAD THE POINT WAS THAT WE HAVE A TOWN ATTORNEY WHO COULD HAVE DONE THE WORK AND THE, THAT THE CHOICE THAT YOU MADE WAS TO GO OUTSIDE AND GO TO AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, PAUL, WE DID SUPPORT YOU HAVING THIS OUTSIDE COUNSEL UNTIL YOUR RECENT REVELATION THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE USING ONE, RIGHT? I'M USING, AGAIN, THERE'S A HYPOTHESIS ARE VERY GREAT IF WE, IF WE LOSE A CASE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AND, AND, AND THEN TB THREE WE'RE USING OUTSIDE COUNSEL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO, WE DIDN'T, THERE'S NO RISK TO ANYBODY. THERE IS RISK, RISK, RISK TO OUR STANDING AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. BUT, BUT ANYWAY. PAUL PUT, PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE. I MAKE THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. RESOLUTION [ TB 5 - 09/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an inter-municipal agreement with the Village of Tarrytown to allocate the local excise tax associated with the sale of adult-use cannabis products in the Village of Tarrytown in the Town of Greenburgh] AUTHORIZED THE TOWN SUPERVISOR INTO TB FIVE, TB FIVE, AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF TAR TOWN TO ALLOCATE THE LOCAL EXCISE TAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE OF ADULT USE CANNABIS PRODUCTS IN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A [ AT 1 - 09/24/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with Petitioner H. Rodgin Cohen and Barbara Cohen for property located at 29 Matthiessen Park. The Town’s share of the refund is $956±; the County’s share is $6,355±; the North Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $1,197±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $45,753. Refunds from all sources total $54,261±. ] T ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER H ROD RODIN COHEN, AND BARBARA COHEN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 29 MATHESON PARK REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL OF 54,261. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AT TWO RESOLUTION [ AT 2 - 09/24/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Rubicon RA Tarrytown, LLC for property located at 49 E. Sunnyside Lane. The Town’s share of the refund is $7,264±; the County’s share is $48,070±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $8,889±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $340,986±, the Sheldon Brook Drainage District’s share is $117,706±. Refunds from all sources total $522,915±] AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER RUBICON RA TARRYTOWN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 49 EAST SUNNY SUNNYSIDE LANE REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL $522,915. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. 83 [ AT 3 - 09/24/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner French Brook Old Sprain LLC for property located at 10 Old Sprain Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $423±; the County’s share is $205±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $43±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $1,615±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $399±; the Consolidated Sewer MTCE. District’s share is $14±. Refunds from all sources total $2,698±. ] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER FRENCH BROOK, OLD SPRAIN LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 OLD SPRAIN ROAD, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL $2,698. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. RESOLUTION AUTHOR, UH, [ AT 4 - 09/24/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 9 North Goodwin LLC for property located at 9 N Goodwin Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $136±; the County’s share is $837±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $184±; the Elmsford Union Free School District share is $5,477±. Refunds from all sources total $6,634±. ] A T FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER NINE NORTH GOODWIN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT NINE NORTH GOODWIN AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 6,000 6 34. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ACL [ CL 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Salem Road between Normandy Road and Mayfair Way, on Saturday, September 27, 2025 (Rain Date: September 28, 2025), from 12:00 PM until 7:00 PM, for the Mayfair-Knollwood Civic Association to hold its annual block party] ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING SALEM ROAD BETWEEN NORMANDY ROAD AND MAYFAIR WAY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2025 FOR THE BLOCK PARTY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A AYE. UH, C UH, [ CL 2 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing closing (1) Joyce Road west of Sherbrooke Road to Joyce Road’s dead end, (2) Arden Road, Sinclair Place and Huntley Drive, (3) Standish Place, Alden Place and Darwood Place, all between Joyce Road and Farm Road, (4) Kenneth Road between Sherbrooke Road and Darwood Place; (5) Howard Place, Southern Road and Byway, (6) Eastern Road and Eastway, both south of Northern Road, (7) Northway and Southway and (8) Westway between Northway and Joyce Road on Friday, October 31, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM for area residents to hold a Halloween event] TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF JOYCE ROAD, WEST OF SHERBROOK ROAD TO JOYCE ROAD, DEAD END, ARDEN ROAD, SINCLAIR PLACE, AND A HUNTLEY DRIVE, STANDARD PLACE. AIDEN ALDEN PLACE AND DARWIN PLACE. ALL BETWEEN JOYCE ROAD AND FARM ROAD. KENNETH ROAD BETWEEN SHERBROOK ROAD AND DARWIN PLACE. HOWARD PLACE, SOUTH SOUTHERN ROAD AND BWAY EASTON ROAD AND EASTWAY, BOTH SOUTH OF NORTHERN ROAD, NORTHWAY AND SOUTHWAY AND WESTWAY BETWEEN NORTHWAY AND JOYCE ROAD. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER, UH, 31ST 2025 FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM 9:00 PM [01:10:01] I'M SORRY. IT'S FOR AREA RESIDENTS TO HOLD A HALLOWEEN EVENT. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. CD ONE. AND THAT USUALLY IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENT. THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY STREETS BEING CLOSED. RIGHT. UH, CD [ CD 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution (1) accepting a $200,000 award in connection with a Community Development Block Grant administered by Westchester County for construction funding for the Dobbs Ferry Road Sidewalk Project; and (2) authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a related contract] ONE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A $200,000 AWARD IN CONNECTION WITH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADMINISTERED BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE DUFFS FERRY ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A RELATED CONTRACT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. CD TWO, [ CD 2 - 9/24/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh referring an amended site plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation with respect to an application submitted by Metropolis Country Club (“Metropolis”), as it relates to an existing golf course located at 289 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains, NY)[TB 25-09] ] UH, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REFERRING AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB AS IT RELATES TO AN EXISTING GOLF COURSE LOCATED AT 2 89. DO ROAD I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, C ONE RESOLUTION [ CR 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $10,000 grant from the Westchester County Board of Legislators to help support the programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center and their Evergreen Program] ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, A $10,000 GRANT FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AT THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEIR EVERGREEN PROGRAM. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. CO ONE, UH, [ CO 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authoring Fiscal Year 2025 budget transfers] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UM, FISCAL YEAR 2025. BUDGET TRANSFER. WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PO [ PO 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a new Mutual Aid and Rapid Response plan with the County of Westchester for police departments in Westchester County] ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A NEW MUTUAL AID AND RAPID RESPONSE PLAN WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR FLEE DEPARTMENTS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, PO TWO [ PO 2 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to go to bid for the upfit of two Ford transit cargo vans] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO BID FOR, UH, THE UPFIT OF TWO, UH, FOUR TRANSIT CARGO VANS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A AYE. PW [ PW 1 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a license agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the owners of 107 East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York 10530 for vibration monitoring and condition assessment inspections in connection with a sewer main relocation project located at 100 East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York 10530] ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE OWNERS OF 107 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, FOR VIBRATION MONITORING AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT INSPECTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SEWER MAINE RELOCATION PROJECT LOCATED AT A HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, PW UH, TWO [ PW 2 - 9/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a license agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and 111-119 Hartsdale Corporation for vibration monitoring and condition assessment inspections in connection with a sewer main relocation project located at 100 East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York 10530] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND 1 11 1 19 HARTSDALE CORP FOR VIBRATION MONITORING AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT INSPECTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH A SEWER MAIN RELOCATION PROJECT LOCATED AT A HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, PW THREE, [ PW 3 - 9/24/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution PW-1-7/09/2025 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an amended sewer main easement agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Central Westchester Tenants Corporation regarding the relocation of a sewer main on the real property located at 100 East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York 10530] UH, RESOLUTION RESCINDING PW 1 79 2025 AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED SEWER MAINE EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND CENTRAL WESTCHESTER TENANTS CORP REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF THE SEWER MAINE ON THE REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED AT A HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE HARTSDALE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. FINALLY, RELU [ PW 4 - 9/24/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution PW-2 - 7/09/2025 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an amended sewer easement agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and 120 East Hartsdale Corporation regarding the relocation of a sewer main adjacent to the real property located at 120 East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York 10530] PW, UH, FOUR RESOLUTION, RESCINDING RESOLUTION PW TWO AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED, UM, SEWER EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND 120 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF OSU MAIN ADJACENT TO THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 120 EAST TOWARDS DI AVENUE, HARTSDALE, NEW YORK. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. YOU ADJOURN? UH, ON PW THREE AND PW FOUR, IT WAS RESCINDING RESOLUTION PW ONE, UH, FOR P LET ME DO IT AGAIN. FOR PW THREE, IT WAS RESCINDING RESOLUTION PW ONE FROM THE JULY 9TH, 2025 MEETING. WE'RE NOT RESCINDING THE ONE THAT WE JUST PASSED ABOVE. AND FOR PW FOUR, WE'RE RESCINDING THE PW TWO RESOLUTION FROM JULY 9TH. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT RESCINDING THE PW TWO THAT'S ON THIS AGENDA. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND YEAH, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA BE RECALLING HISTORY WHERE, UH, THE, UH, LOIS BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER IS HAVING, UH, DAYCARE CENTER IS HAVING, UM, UH, THEY'RE DEDICATING A PLAYGROUND FOR JUNE CASTLEBERRY. AND JUNE BERRY IS A HISTORIC FIGURE IN THE TOWN BECAUSE SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, THE FIRST DAYCARE CENTER, UM, IN THE AREA, I THINK IN, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. UH, UH, SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN, UH, WAS WORKING AT, UH, SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH UNION BAPTIST, UH, IN A CHURCH. AND, UM, AND BASICALLY, UM, CAME UP WITH A CONCEPT AND LOBBIED FOR, UM, UH, CHILDCARE, UH, CENTER, WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS AND IS USED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HAS BENEFITED MANY, MANY, UH, CHILDREN, UM, AND, AND, AND FAMILIES. SO I'M LIKE THRILLED THAT, UH, UH, SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I, LEONARD, EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN HER FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS, I KEEP SAYING THEY SHOULD NAME SOMETHING FOR YOU. SO I'M SO THRILLED THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING. SO THAT'S TOMORROW AT 10 O'CLOCK AT THE LOWEST BRONZE UH, DAYCARE CENTER LOCATED ON MANHATTAN AVENUE. UM, AND [01:15:01] IF YOU CAN JUST WRITE IN THE, THE PLAYGROUND. SO THIS IS VERY EXCITED. ALSO HAS A RIGHT BEHIND, RIGHT. SHE ALSO HAS A PLAQUE, UM, HANGING IN THE LO BRONZE, UM, DAYCARE CENTER. ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING HER GREAT WORK AND HER AND HER WORK THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, VERY EXCITED THAT NOW IN ADDITION TO THE PLAQUE, NOW SHE'S GETTING A PLAYGROUND NAMED AFTER HER. GREAT. GOOD. SO I MOVE THAT WAY. ADJOURNED. SECOND. GOOD. THANKS. ALL IN FAVOR, FAVOR? AYE. RECORDING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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