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HI, WELCOME TARA TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.UH, TODAY IS UM, NOVEMBER 18TH, AND, UM, UH, THE, WE'RE GONNA FIRST START WITH AGENDA REVIEW.
I 9:44 PM WE'RE GONNA DIS THIS DECEMBER MEETING WILL BE THE 10TH ON THE 17TH.
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE AGREED TO? YES.
UM, MAYBE MAKE A NOTE OF STARTING AT SEVEN FOR, FOR MONDAY, STARTING AT, IT DOES SAY THAT ON THE FRONT OF YES, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT OUT LOUD FOR THE, UH, OP THE, UH, OPENING TIME OF 7:00 PM ON THE, UH, 24TH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE PUERTORICAN, UH, FLAG RAISING CEREMONY.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE POLICE TO SET UP THE LIGHTS ALREADY? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, I'LL, I SPOKE TO RICH FINE YOU ABOUT THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS, NOT THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SPOTLIGHTS FROM THE POLICE SO THAT FOR THE FLAG RAYS FOR THE FLAG RINGS SO WE CAN SEE IT FLAG NOT OUT IN THE DARK.
SO THIS CALL, IT'S MONDAY, THE, THIS IS, NO, SORRY, WEDNESDAY THE 17TH WEDNESDAY DATE.
WHAT'S THE WEDNESDAY DATE? SEVEN.
HOLLY, WHAT IS THAT SEVEN? IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE 17TH HERE.
IN FAIRNESS, WE DON'T USUALLY TURN TURNAROUND AN AGENDA THE SAME DAY.
SO IF, UM, OVER HERE IT SAYS TO CONSIDER THE 2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UH, DISCUSSIONS ON THE BUDGET.
SO IS WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE, UH, GOING OVER THE BUDGET? THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION, WHAT AM I PRESENTING? OH, YEAH.
WELL, THERE ISN'T TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO GO OVER IT.
THEN SHOULD WE WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
BETWEEN NOW AND WE HAVE TO START THE BUDGET HEARING.
BUT YOU CAN DISCUSS IN A WORK SESSION AFTER A HEARING ALREADY OPENS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS BEFORE THE HEARING OPENS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START GETTING IN FRONT OF WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT, WE DID THAT IN THE PAST.
WE WOULD, UH, HAVE, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 10TH OF THE BUDGET AND THEN AFTER THE 10TH OF THE BUDGET, UM, THEN THE BOARD LIKE SAY THE FOLLOWING WEEK WOULD, YOU KNOW, GO OVER WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID AND MAKE SOME CHANGES.
AND MAKE SOME CHANGES BEFORE THE DECEMBER 10TH BUDGET.
SO IT SHOULD REALLY THE, I SHOULD SAY, TO CONSIDER THE 2026, UH, TENTATIVE BUDGET, WHICH IS NOT PRELIMINARY.
SAY, DOES THE LAW SAY WE HAVE TO START THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET DISCUSSION? I DON'T THINK SO.
WE'VE NEVER DONE IT THAT BEFORE.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT MOST OF THE TIME.
UM, JOE, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
RIGHT? I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY, JOE.
WE USUALLY PUT PRELIMINARY BUDGET ON HERE AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PARTICULAR PERSON WHO LIVES IN ELMSFORD, UH, UM, SAY HOW COULD YOU HAVE A PRELIMINARY BUDGET WHEN YOU HAVEN'T HAD SLIP SHEETS? SO, RIGHT.
SO WE, IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS BASICALLY HAD THE DISCUSSION AFTER, UH, THE FIRST HEARING.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO THE DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET AND OPEN SESSION.
SO I FEEL THAT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT IF YOU WANNA LEAVE IT AS PRELIMINARY, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE'VE PUT IT AS PRELIMINARY IN IT DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT THEN WE'RE MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF TOWN WATER AWAY, WE
SO THEN, SO THEN MAYBE, UM, NEXT, UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE A WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY? SO AFTER THE, YOU MEAN AFTER THE BOARD MEETING? YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT I, MY QUESTION WAS ALSO WHAT YEAH, IT'S FINE WITH ME.
NO, THAT OR THAT WAS FOR NO, I ASKED, THAT WAS OUR QUESTION.
SO THEN WE SHOULD, UH, WE, WE'LL HAVE WE, WHY DON'T WE THEN NEXT TUESDAY, UM, GO OVER THE, THE BUDGET AND WE'LL HAVE HER HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE OTHER TWO BOARD MEMBERS HERE AS WELL, IF EVERYONE'S AVAILABLE.
OKAY, LET'S, WITH THE FORECLOSURES OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANOTHER $25,000 UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE BEEN DOING WORK, THEY
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HAVE BEEN DOING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.THEY'LL BE PROVIDING YOU AN UPDATE.
UM, JUST WHEN, WHEN, UH, WHEN WILL WE HAVE UPDATE ONE UPDATE, UH, TONIGHT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, AND JUST FOR POSTING, UM, PURPOSES, SO THE BOARD MEETING IS THE 24TH, UM, AND THEN THE WORK SESSION IS THE 25TH.
IS THERE A REASON? I'M JUST ASKING REASON WHY IT WOULD BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF IT'S LEGAL ADVICE ON, ON THE FORECLOSURE CASES.
UM, YOU HAD STATED THAT YOU WANTED, UM, AN UPDATE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
DID YOU ALSO WANNA DISCUSS THAT THAT NIGHT? OR YOU ONLY WANNA KEEP IT TO BUDGETS? IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE HAVE.
WHAT, WHAT IS WHAT, WHAT IS THE FEELING, THE GENERAL FEELING, THOUGH? WE DO HAVE, I THINK YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ANSWER.
SO CL FOUR AND CL FIVE, I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO TIME FOR US TO DO ANY BACKGROUND ON ANY OF THIS STUFF.
UH, IT'S EXTENDING THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT, BUT ARE THESE HOUSES SIDE BY SIDE? DO WE KNOW? I'D HAVE TO GET YOU THAT ANSWER.
I, I'M NOT THE ATTORNEY WORKING ON THAT, BUT I'LL NOTIFY YOU, WHICH AS SOON AS I KNOW CL FOUR AND FIVE, FOUR AND FIVE.
IS IT, IS IT BASICALLY TWO EXTENSIONS OFF OF THE, OF, OFF THE MAIN TRUNK OR IS IT ONE COMING OFF AND GOING TO TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES? WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, SO JUST FOR, UM, UH, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, ALL THE CLS UH, WILL NOW BE HANDLED BY MY OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'M LOOKING AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE.
NO OTHER PRESENTATIONS BESIDES THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG RAISING CEREMONY? NO.
AND UM, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, AFTER THE FLAG RAISING AND THAT PRESENTATION, THEN THE MEETING WILL START AT SEVEN 30, CORRECT? NOT BEFORE THEN.
YESTERDAY WHEN, UM, I WAS AT, UM, THE RETIREMENT EVENT FOR MAYOR
AND I THOUGHT WE SHOULD GIVE THEM PROCLAMATIONS AND THANK THEM FOR, UM, THEIR HARD WORK AND SERVICES.
AND I THOUGHT WOULD DO THAT AT THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING OR THE 17TH.
WHAT? OR THE 17TH, WHATEVER THEY CAN MAKE.
I'M, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A VERY NICE, UH, IDEA.
AND, UM, EVEN IF FOR SOME REASON IT HAD TO GO INTO THE NEW YEAR, WE COULD STILL YEAH.
UH, SIEGEL, SIEGEL, CA AND SIEGEL.
SO IN THE 10TH WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TO OVERRIDE TAX CAP.
YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, RO ILLA.
YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN HIM 20 YEARS.
ANYTHING ELSE? THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY NO AUDIO.
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I DIDN'T HEAR THE OH, THAT'S RIGHT.WE WENT DIDN SAY WE'RE RECORDING HIS IT, I HEAR IT IN MY ROOM, BUT AL WAS CALLING REPEATEDLY, SO I'M GUESSING THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND, UM, I HAVE A RECORDING OF IT.
EITHER WAY I COULD HAVE SWORE, BUT IT, IT SHOULD'VE I HEARD IT.
NOPE, I HEARD IT BECAUSE HE SAID LET US START AND THEN I SAID 5 44.
I KNOW THAT I DID, I HEARD THE, IT SAID BEGIN RECORDING, BUT DID YOU HEAR, I REMEMBER HEARING THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
HE SHOULD HAVE IT RECORDED EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING.
I SHOULD MAKE SURE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
AND THEN, AND THE OTHER BACKUP AND I'LL, I'LL UPDATE IT, BUT OKAY.
IT'S UNNECESSARY CON SOMETHING'S A MONTH.
WE'RE GOTTA BE BLAMED FOR SOMETHING, I'M SURE.
UM, SO COUNCILMAN SHE'S FAULT I SEE IT.
BECAUSE I WASN'T THE ONE DOING IT.
OH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT C3.
SORRY, YOU MENTIONED CCF THREE.
THIS WAS I THINK THE BEST TOWN BOY.
WELL, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE AND THE HISTORY OF MY CAREER.
I WENT DOWN, DO THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE ORDER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE ORDER OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WELL, NOT FOR THIS MEETING ACTUALLY.
SO WE'RE UM, ON THE 10TH WE HAVE THE TAX CAP.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE ON THE 10TH? A ADUS.
OH, THAT'S, IT IS ALL IN THE 10 MM-HMM
SO MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE BEST TIME TO DO WELL, UNLESS WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
TO DO THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE OH, UNLESS WE START EARLIER.
WE COULD START EARLIER I THINK.
YEAH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER MEETINGS OR WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE GONNA START EARLIER ON THE 10TH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, IF WE CONFIRM THEIR ATTENDANCE.
SO WHO'S REACHING OUT TO THEM? I, I AM, WELL, YOU COULD REACH US
SO IS REGARDLESS WE'RE STARTING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK OR DEPENDING ON IF THEY SHOW UP, NO.
DEPENDING ON IF THEY SHOW UP, WHO, WHO'S SHOWING UP? THE MAYORS.
THAT SHOULD TAKE A HALF HOUR, SHOULD IT? YEAH.
THAT FLAG RAISING NOT GONNA TAKE.
SO I MAKE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.