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TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION TODAY IS, UH, FEBRUARY 17TH AT FIVE 40.AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS CHANGES TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD BYLAWS.
SO WAIT, AND WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? I THINK I BETTER TURN THIS OFF TOO.
I'M THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, THE BYLAWS WERE SET IN 1976, AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN ADVISED IN 1979, AND AGAIN, I THINK EARLY IN THE YEAR, TWO TH UH, THE YEAR EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
UM, AND LOOKING OVER THE BYLAWS, WE HAVE AN 18 MEMBER BOARD THAT ARE, UM, UH, RE-UPPED EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE THOSE TO THREE YEAR TERMS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THREE SETS OF SIX, UM, BEING RE-UPPED EVERY YEAR.
SO IT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UM, PUT LESS PRESSURE ON THIS BOARD TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY RE-INTERVIEW WITH EVERYBODY, AND ALSO ON THOSE VOLUNTEERS NOT TO HAVE TO COME BACK AS OFTEN.
SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BYLAWS, I MADE A FEW OTHER CHANGES.
I HAD SOME, UH, INPUT FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN THAT I ALSO ADDED.
UM, AND WE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN WE WERE REFERRING TO RESIDENTS, WE WEREN'T CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE UNINCORPORATED RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT I GAVE TO YOU TODAY IS THE CHANGES, AND THEN AFTER THE FIRST THREE PAGES, YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL COPY.
OH, AND, AND YOU FAILED TO MENTION THAT THIS WAS WHOLLY SUPPORTED BY THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSITION, UM, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING THIS YEAR IF THIS IS APPROVED.
SO NINE OF THE, UM, THE, UM, SEATS THAT ARE UP THIS YEAR WILL BE, UH, RE-UP THIS YEAR.
SIX OF THEM WILL HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS. THREE OF THEM WILL HAVE TWO YEAR TERMS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WILL ALSO DO SIX.
UM, THAT WILL HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS AND THREE THAT WILL HAVE ONE YEAR TERMS. AND AFTER THAT IT WILL THEN BE 6 6 6 AFTER THAT.
AND I HAVE A, A LAYOUT THAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH YOU LATER IF YOU ACTUALLY WANTED THE DETAILS OF THAT.
BUT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT SEVERAL TIMES WITH AI, WHICH WAS INCORRECT.
I LOOKED AT IT, I DIDN'T LIKE IT, AND I ACTUALLY DID IT BY HAND AFTER THAT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO SHARED, LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, ELLEN HAS SAID THAT WE SHARED THIS WITH OUR BOARD.
THERE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS TRANSITION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. AND THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I, IT IS IN THE NAME, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONG, I DOUBT IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS CARDS WITH, UM, GREENBERG ADVISORY BOARD OF THE PARK GREENBERG, UH, GREENBERG'S, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OF RECREATION.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW IT AS THE GREENBERG PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD.
YOU COULD SAVE YOURSELF A FEW WORDS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW ME, I JUST LIKE TO BE TERSE
I WASN'T, IT'S LIKE TAKING OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT, BASICALLY.
SO YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE TO RENAME IT THE GREENBERG PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
AND I WILL MAKE ALL THOSE CHANGES.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WILL BE ANYTHING.
WHAT I WILL DO, I AND YOU, IN LOOKING AT THESE RULES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE, UM, THEY DID, THEY DO GIVE THE, THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE BYLAWS TO THE ADVISORY BOARD THEMSELVES.
BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUCH A LARGE CHANGE THAT I THOUGHT IT SHOULD COME BEFORE THIS BOARD.
BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THAT NAME, JUST, AND GIVE THEM A VOTE ON IT AND WE COULD MOVE FORWARD, NOT HAVE TO COME BACK HERE AGAIN.
AND WHENEVER IT SAYS COMMISSIONER OF RECREATION MM-HMM
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE THAT TO PARKS AND RECREATION LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE HEADING.
UM, I GUESS ONE INTERESTING CHANGE WAS SECTION FIVE DISCUSSING THE QUORUM CHANGE.
SO THERE WAS A, UH, SPECIFIC QUORUM OF SEVEN ORIGINALLY.
AND, UM, I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT CAME FROM ORIGINALLY, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL BOARD WAS 14 MEMBERS.
UM, BUT EVEN THAT, EVEN, SO, YEAH, EVEN SO THAT WOULDN'T, UH, FOLLOW, UH, ROBERT'S RULES.
ROBERT'S RULES WOULD BE 18 MEMBERS.
IF ALL SEATS ARE FILLED, IT WOULD BE 10.
AND, UM, WE WOULD RATHER JUST ROLL BACK TO THE ROBERTS RULES AT THIS POINT.
SO THERE, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE, WE'VE
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GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS, UM, THAT LAST LINE IS LIKE, UH, CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE OTHERS.SO THAT LAST SENTENCE, THE OFFICIAL VOTE WILL BE A MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AT A GIVEN MEETING.
I WOULD JUST NEED, WELL, YOU COULD LEAVE IT THERE, BUT JUST I WOULD, I WOULD PREFACE IT WITH PROVIDED A QUORUM AS PRESENT.
BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WOULDN'T BE OFFICIAL VOTE.
AND I, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS AND
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT.
WELL, AT ONE POINT IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND THEN EXACTLY.
THAT CHANGED TO THE PARKS AND REC.
SO THAT'S, WE JUST HAVE TO UPDATE THIS.
I, LISTEN, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I WAS READING THROUGH ROBERT'S RULES AND I I CAME ACROSS A FEW THINGS THAT I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF, WHICH IS THAT, UM, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT TO APPROVE MINUTES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BEEN AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO NOW I DO DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT, WELL, I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE APPROVING THAT DIDN'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND STILL DO IT.
YOU'RE APPROVING THE, THE, THE FORM OF THE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE, UH, CONTENT.
WELL, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE, WELL, IT SHOULD BE THE CONTENT, RIGHT,
I KNOW, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT.
PRESUMABLY YOU'VE BROUGHT YOURSELF UP TO DATE AND YOU'VE HEARD WHATEVER.
AND AN 18 MEMBER BOARD, IF WE ONLY HAVE, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE 15 MEMBERS PRESENT, THEN OUR QUORUM IS LOWERED.
THAT MEAN IF YOU HAVE 15 MEMBERS SEAT, WE ONLY HAVE 15 MEMBERS SEATED AT THIS TIME.
SO OUR QUORUM IS NOT SET WOULD BE RIGHT.
SO, WELL, IT IT'S OF WHO WAS PRESENT? NO, IT'S IF YOU HAVE NO SEATS, IF YOU HAVE THREE OPEN SEATS, THEN YOUR QUORUM IS DIFFERENT.
YOU'D BE EIGHT FOR THE 15 EIGHT.
BUT IF YOU, BUT ISN'T THE QUORUM BASED ON WHO IS PRESENT? YES, YES, YES, YES.
BUT SO THE QUORUM IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT ARE FILLED.
SO WE HAVE THREE 15 AND NOW YOU HAVE A QUORUM WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE QUORUM VOTING SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT, THAT'S RIGHT, YES.
UM, MY WIFE IS AN ATTORNEY AND SHE CORRECTS ME ON EVERYTHING I GET WRONG,
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION? AND YOU SAY YES DEAR, RIGHT,
YOU WANT A HAPPY MARRIAGE? YOU SHOULD.
CASE SHE'S WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? I DO NOT.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REACH OUT.
I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU EITHER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, BUT IF IT'S TONIGHT, LOOK AT IT TOMORROW.
UH, THERE'S A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, BY, UH, THE VILLAGE BARLEY TO PETITION THE US GOVERNMENT TO END ICE AND CBP ABUSES.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THE BOARD WOULD, UM, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PASS A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.
UH, YOU ALL HAVE COPIES, UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF THE BOARD WOULD BE INCLINED TO JOIN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, UM, AND APPROVE, WELL, YOU SAID LEY, BUT IT'S MORE THAN LEY.
LEY MAYBE HAS HASTINGS ONE OTHER.
AND IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT TOWN OF GREENBERG REQUESTS THAT OUR FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS CONSIDER, UH, SUPPORTING ACTION TO HAVE THEM ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED.
UH, UM, IT BASICALLY SAYS, BELIEVES THAT DEPLOYMENT OF US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ICE, AND US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AGENTS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, HAVE RESULTED IN TACTICS THAT HAVE INCLUDED EXCESSIVE AND EVEN DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BELIEVES THAT THESE TACTICS AND PRACTICES BY ICE AND CBP HAVE VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IN SOME CASES ARE ABUSIVE.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BELIEVES THAT THESE ABUSIVE TACTICS AND PRACTICES BY ICE AND CBP ARE DETRIMENTAL TO APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONTRARY TO BEST PRACTICES.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BELIEVES THAT THESE ABUSIVE, UH, TACTICS, TACTICS AND PRACTICES BY ICE AND CBP HAVE RESULTED IN THE KILLING OF CITIZENS AND THREATENED THE PEACE AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS.
WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE OF THESE ABUSIVE TACTICS AND PRACTICE, UH, PRACTICES, THE CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF ICE AND CBP AGENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS THROUGH THREATENING THE LIVE, LIVE, SAFETY, AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF SUCH COMMUNITIES NOW BE, BE RESOLVED THEN IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS AND TO SAFEGUARD THE PEACE AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, WE HEREBY
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PETITION THE US GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES BY TAKING THE FOLLOWING STEPS, CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF TACTICS AND PRACTICES EMPLOYED BY ICE AND CBP ADOPT PROCEDURES TO PREVENT ABUSIVE TACTICS AND PRACTICES BY ICE AND CBP, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF MORE RIGOROUS AND ENHANCED TRAINING TO INSTRUCT ICE AND CBP AGENTS TO RESPECT CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE USE OF APPROPRIATE AND MEASURED RESPONSES, CONSIDER REFORM OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE, UH, A FOR MENTIONED ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.AND WONDERING IF THE BOARD WOULD BE INCLINED TO, UH, PASS THAT TYPE OF, RE THAT RESOLUTION.
HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO WITHIN THE LAW? UH, BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT WE COULD, UH, CALL IN THE POLICE? UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OTHER VILLAGES HAVE ASKED.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE, THEY, IT MAY BE ASKED, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS THE, UM, IT NECESSARILY FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF OUR LOCAL LAWS AND WHAT OUR LOCAL POLICE HAVE IN THEIR PURVIEW TO DO AND NOT TO DO.
I MEAN, SHOULD WE, UH, THEN ASK THE POLICE? I THINK WE SHOULD SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND HAVE HIM READ THE INFORMATION, READ THE, THE READ THE INFORMATION.
I THINK ELLEN U PROVIDED US SOME INFORMATION THAT SCARSDALE HAS PROVIDED YOU, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TRANSACTION HAPPENED, BUT THAT WAS AN ARTICLE.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE, THE PROPOSED PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ASK FOR SOME FEEDBACK AND ANY OTHERS THAT WE THINK THAT SHOULD YEAH.
WELL, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE TODAY IN THE, IN SCARSDALE 1 0 5 8 3, ABOUT LOCAL CITIZENS WHO REQUESTED SOMETHING SIMILAR OF SCARSDALE AND MAYOR JUSTIN ARIS RESPONDED, UM, I CAN READ HIS RESPONSES.
AND I'M SORRY, PAUL, I THOUGHT I MADE ENOUGH COPIES AND OH, HERE IT'S, YEAH.
AND, AND I THINK THAT IT'S WORTH MAKING NOTE AND FOR US TO BE, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AWARE OF, OF THAT.
AND WHAT HE SAYS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONG, HE SAID, UM, HE SAID, KEEPING SCARSDALE POLICIES, LOCAL RESIDENTS SPOKE ABOUT PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY FROM CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY.
ON THAT POINT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE DO TODAY.
SCARS NE SCARSDALE HAS NOT ENTERED INTO A FEDERAL 2 87 G AGREEMENT.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE GREENBERG HAS EITHER.
AND OUR OFFICERS ARE NOT EMPOWERED TO ACT AS IMMIGRATION AGENTS.
OUR DEPARTMENT'S FOCUS IN IS LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY.
SCARSDALE DOES NOT HOLD OR DETAIN INDIVIDUALS FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION PURPOSES BASED ON ADMINISTRATIVE PAPERWORK ALONE.
AS A MATTER OF DEPARTMENT POLICY AND LONGSTANDING PRACTICE DETENTION DOES NOT OCCUR ABSENT A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR A CRIMINAL MATTER WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.
CONSISTENT WITH LEGAL GUIDANCE FROM NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL.
UM, THESE PRACTICES ENSURE THAT LOCAL RESOURCES ARE USED FOR LOCAL SAFETY, WHAT A VILLAGE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
AND I THINK THIS IS APPLICABLE ALSO, RESIDENTS ALSO URGE THE VILLAGE TO ADOPT OR CODIFY PROPOSALS CURRENTLY BEING DEBATED IN ALBANY, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK STATE BIDENS ACT PROPOSAL AND THE SENSITIVE LOCATION PROTECTION ACT.
THESE ARE SERIOUS POLICY QUESTIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOT QUESTIONS.
A VILLAGE CAN SETTLE BY LOCAL LAW.
A MUNICIPALITY CANNOT CREATE A NEW STATE CAUSE OF ACTION ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO SUE FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
THAT AUTHORITY RESTS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, YOU MENTIONED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
LIKEWISE, THE VILLAGE CANNOT ENACT A LOCAL RULE THAT OVERRIDES FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OR SETS BINDING STATE WR STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.
IF WE ATTEMPTED TO DO SO, IT WOULD LIKELY BE PREEMPTED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW AND COULD EXPOSE TAXPAYERS TO UNNECESSARY LITIGATION MOVING FORWARD AS YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
OUR JOB IS TO KEEP SCARSDALE SAFE, TO KEEP, YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE GREENBERG FOR MOST OF THIS, UM, TO KEEP OUR POLICE FOCUSED ON LOCAL POLICING AND TO FOLLOW THE LAW AS IT EXISTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED IN ALBANY AND SPEAK UP WHEN STATE ACTIONS AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVES WITH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
THE VILLAGE REMAINS IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARTNERS AS IT DOES THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, AT THE COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
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BELIEVE CONSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING POLICY.SO I THINK THAT THAT, UM, MAYOR ARREST MAKES SOME VERY GOOD POINTS THAT WE CAN TAKE GOOD COUNSEL FROM.
AND AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON SUGGESTED WE SHOULD SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR STARTERS BEFORE WE CONSIDER TAKING ANY ACTION.
WHATSOEVER THEY HAVE OUR TOWN.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, JUST TO ADD AND HAVE OUR TOWN NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU, BUT JUST ALSO HAVE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AND WE MIGHT EVEN, WE MIGHT EVEN, UM, ACCEPT HAVING THE DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY AS NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE OFFICE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE CERTAINLY THE CHIEF AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY IN THIS DISCUSSION.
I'M, THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS I, OF THE THREE BULLET POINTS THAT ARE SUGGESTED AS SORT OF ACTION ITEMS, THE FIRST TWO REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH, UM, TAKING, UH, ANYTHING ACTUALLY THAT, THAT THE MAYOR OF SCARSDALE REFERENCED.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS AGAINST INAPPROPRIATE OR UNLAWFUL ICE TACTICS, WHICH HAPPENS, HAS HAPPENED.
UM, SO I, BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
AND, UM, I THINK I HAD MENTIONED THAT I HAD REACHED OUT THROUGH THE, OUR HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO NEIGHBORS LINK.
'CAUSE THEY DO A WEBINAR ON THIS AND HOW TO PROTECT, I MEAN, MUNICIPALITIES PROTECT THEMSELVES BEST AGAINST ICE AND IN THE CURRENT SITUATION AND BE, I THINK A GOOD THING, A EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR US TO DO THAT WEBINAR.
SO THE WEBINAR, I'M SORRY, CAN I JUST CLARITY MM-HMM
SO THE WEBINAR IS FOR WHO? IS IT FOR RESIDENTS OR IS IT FOR, IT'S FOR MUNICIPALITIES.
IF, IF THE TOWN BOARD DECIDES TO GO FORTH WITH THE RESOLUTION AFTER WE GET AN OPINION FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE POLICE CHIEF, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT YOU, SCHWARTZ CAME UP WITH, UM, A VERY INTERESTING, UM, UH, PROPOSAL.
HE FEELS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE, UM, UM, KEPT OUT OF OUR ELECTIONS.
ICE HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT IT WILL DETAIN ANYONE THEY FEEL MAY BE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE OF COLOR, ARE THE PRIMARY TARGETS.
HAVING A FEDERAL PRESENCE AT THE POLLS IS LIKELY TO SUPPRESS VOTER TURNOUT AMONG THOSE GROUPS WHO TRADITIONALLY, UH, LEAN DEMOCRATIC.
AND, UM, YOU, UM, SCHWARTZ, THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD IN GREENBURG, IS RECOMMENDING A LOCAL LAW, UH, THAT IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ASK THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS LEGISLATION, PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SIMPLY STATE THE FOLLOWING ONLY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, CITY, TOWN VILLAGE POLICE WILL BE ALLOWED WITHIN 2000 FEET OF THE POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY.
IF ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NECESSARY, IT WILL BE WITH THE APPROVAL AND DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR.
AND, UM, UH, YOU ALREADY GO THROUGH WOULD NOT GO THROUGH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THOUGH.
WELL, WELL, IT WOULD GO, IT'S STATE.
EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN, UM, ELECTORAL LAWS AND PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS IT AS IT RELATES TO, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A RESTRICTION FOR ADVERTISEMENT IT.
SO WAS THAT FALL UNDER POLITICING? WILL THAT FALL UNDER THAT SAME, IS IT, 'CAUSE IT, WAS IT 200 FEET? 300 FEET, 100, 100 FEET FOR ANY MATERIALS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY BEING MOST DEFINITELY BEING CONSIDERED AT A, A FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL IN TERMS OF HOW THAT CAN IMPACT OUR ELECTIONS.
EVEN ON A HUNDRED FEET, UM, A MASK MASKED ICE AGENT STANDING AROUND CAN BE FRIGHTENING.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MUST BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
BOARD OF ELECTIONS, NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS, IS BUT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS DOESN'T DO, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE WAY OF, LET'S SAY IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS HERE WHO WERE BEING TARGETED, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME IN AND, YOU KNOW.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S ON, WHAT'S THEIR LAWS AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
SO, SO I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTION STANDPOINT.
AND THEN AGAIN, THIS ALL BOILS DOWN TO TWO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF BECAUSE HE HAS THE INFORMATION.
HE HAS, HE HAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT CAN AND CANNOT DO, JUST BEING IN THAT ROLE AND TALKING TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER POLICE CHIEFS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WELL, AND YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU KNOW, IT, IT SAYS, IT'S FINE TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PERMIT THEM, BUT IT'S THE,
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OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE AT THE FRONT LINE, WHAT IS IT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO? WHAT ARE THEIR CONSTRAINTS? SO THEY'RE, WHAT CAN THEY DO? RIGHT, EXACTLY.AND WHAT CAN THEY DO, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEIR CONSTRAINTS ARE.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, BEFORE WE, THAT'S THE CONCRETE ASPECT OF IT.
THIS IS ABOUT THE MESSAGING OUT FROM ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT WE WON'T TOLERATE THIS KIND OF, IT, IT'S, IT'S BOTH, BOTH THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT THE MESSAGING NEEDS TO BE INFORMED.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT POINT IS.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, UH, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES ISSUE STATEMENTS OF POSITION ON ISSUES.
SO THIS ISN'T A STATEMENT OF POSITION.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION PETITIONING THE GOVERNMENT TO END EEN CB RB.
WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IONS ISSUE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A SEPARATES SEPARATE ONE.
AND BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING IS, UM, IF THE TOWN BOARD COULD PASS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING, UH, YOU SCHWARTZ'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND ASKING THE STATE LEGISLATURE SAYING, WE BASICALLY WOULD LIKE THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO SEE IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD LEGALLY BE DONE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ENFORCEMENT POWERS WOULD BE GIVEN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I DON'T REALLY, IT, IT REALLY, IF THIS GOVERNOR AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BANNING THIS, UH, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATURE TO COME UP WITH THE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, ME, MECHANISMS. SO THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, ANY, YOU KNOW, VICE IS 150 FEET AWAY FROM THE POLES.
WE FEEL THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, THIS IS IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO, UM, OVERSEE.
SO THIS LAW SUPPOSED TO BE A HOME RULE? NO, THIS WOULD BE, THIS IS PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IMPACT THE WHOLE STATE.
SO WHY WOULD, WHY SIGNING ON, SO WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH, WITH, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND HAVE THAT NO, WE'RE JUST ENDORSING US.
AND THE OTHER WOULD, WELL, LET ME JUST, I JUST YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WHY WON'T WE HAVE A PHONE CALL AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND ASK THEM THE QUESTION, WHAT CAN BE DONE OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROPOSED LAW YEAH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME INSIGHT ON THAT.
TRUST ME, THEY'VE ALL CON THAT IT WAS NOT ORIGINAL, WHICH IT'S BEEN DONE ALREADY, I'M SURE.
BUT NO, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE THAT'S A CONVERSATION EXACTLY WITH OUR STATE, UH, LEGISLATORS TO SEE WHAT CAN, WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE.
I WASN'T SURE IF THE RECOMMENDATION OR THE REQUEST, UM, WASN'T FOR A HOME RULE.
BUT I, I WOULD, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO A, A CITIZEN OF, OF GOOD STANDING, HAVING AN IDEA, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND A GOOD, AND A REALLY IMPORTANT CONCERN THAT I, WHAT I'M SAYING, AND WHAT I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON WAS SAYING IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, IS MOWER THAN LIKELY ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED, UM, ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE FIND OUT IN, IN SUPPORT OF WHAT COUNCILMAN JACKSON SAID, WE FIND OUT WHAT IS IN PROCESS NOW BEFORE WE JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION.
DID YOU READ THE EMAIL THOUGH, THAT HE SENT THAT? WHO, WHO? SCHWARTZ SENT.
DID YOU READ THE EMAIL? I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT HE READ.
SO I GOT BACK VERY LATE LAST NIGHT.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S MORE CONTEXT.
IF YOU ACTUALLY READ WHAT HE PROPOSED AND HOW HE CAME TO IT, THERE'S MORE CONTEXT THAN HIM JUST LIKE COMING UP WITH AN IDEA.
NO, I, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THERE'S NOT, I'M SUGGESTING THAT, THAT WHATEVER THE SUPPORTIVE ARGUMENTS AND CONTEXT OF HIS STATEMENT THAT PAUL J THAT THE SUPERVISOR JUST READ, THERE IS I'M SURE SOME ASPECT, IF NOT ALL, AND PERHAPS MORE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, WE SHOULD AND, AND JUST IMMEDIATELY SAY, OKAY, LET'S PASS A RESOLUTION TO REOR, SEND A LETTER TO REQUEST THIS.
LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE WE, WE GO OFF THINGS.
BUT THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
NO, THEY'RE NOT TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
THEY ARE, THIS IS WHAT WAS PASSED BY THE TWO VILLAGES.
FUCHS SCHWARZ'S PROPOSALS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IN BOTH CASES, THEY, THEY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT MORE CAREFULLY ON WHATEVER LEVEL FIRST WITH OUR, WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, WITH OUR LAW DEPARTMENT, THEN WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
I THINK WE'RE, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES, I DID.
UM, WE'RE PETITIONING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, WHO'S THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
I MEAN, IT SOUNDS GREAT AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TAKING YOUR POSITION, BUT IT SAYS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT
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INVESTIGATE.IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SHOULD DO A STUDY.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE STREETS, BUT WE'RE ASKING TO DO A STUDY, UH, THE SECOND ONE, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHO DOES THAT STUDY? SO IF YOU SEND IT TO CONGRESS, YOU SEND IT TO THE PRESIDENT TO SEND IT TO OUR LOCAL, YOU KNOW, UH, US SENATOR AND CONGRESSMAN.
EVERYONE'S GOTTA SAY, WELL, THE OTHER PERSON MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY MEAN THE OTHER PERSON.
AND THE SECOND ONE SAYS, ADOPT PROCEDURES TO PREVENT, WHO HAS TO ADOPT THAT? RIGHT.
WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, AND THEN THE THIRD BULLET TALKS ABOUT RESTRUCTURING OF A FOUR MENTIONED ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
IF YOU MEAN ICE, AND IF YOU MEAN CBP, WHY DON'T YOU SAY THAT? WHY? WELL, THAT'S JUST A LANGUAGE THING.
IT'S MORE THAN A LANGUAGE THING.
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE US GOVERNMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES IN THE US GOVERNMENT.
BUT THEY ONLY MENTIONED THESE TWO.
I I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING US TO, UM, APPROVE, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, RESOLUTION WOULDN'T CARE IF IT'S AMENDED.
THEY, IT'S BASICALLY THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR, YOU KNOW, CONCERN ABOUT THE WAY ICE, UH, AND CVP HAVE BEEN TREATING, UH, FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
AND, UM, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE ABUSES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND WOULD LIKE THAT TO END.
AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO NOT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PROTEST, UM, AND EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT.
NO, BUT THE THING IS, I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY, IF WASN'T DONE WANNA CHANGE THE WORDING, THAT'S OKAY.
AND THE SECOND, WHEREAS IT SAYS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BELIEVES THESE TACTICS AND PRACTICES BY ICE AND CBP HAVE VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTE RIGHTS, UH, RIGHTS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
DO WE KNOW THAT IS THE CASE FOR OUR RESIDENTS? WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO TAKE A RESOLUTION THAT WE PASS AND SAY, PROVE IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
NOW WE COULD SAY WE SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPEN.
WE, WE OPPOSE WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
BUT I DON'T WANNA SAY SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW TO BE TRUE.
WELL, IF YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT.
BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, IF A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SPEAK OUT AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES, EVEN IF THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION IS DIFFERENT, IT'S SENDING A MESSAGE TO, UM, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND, UM, AND THE WHITE HOUSE AND PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONCERNS.
SO IT DOESN'T, SO TO ME THE WORDING IS, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO RE-EDIT IT, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE WITH ME.
I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS, EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR US ALL, UM, IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THAT IS PUTTING IT MILDLY.
I THINK THAT PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THOUGH FROM THE BOARD SHOULD BE AS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND RESEARCHED AND, AND THE, THE PARTNERS COMMUNICATED WITH BEFORE WE DO THAT.
AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE ADVOCATING NOT TO DO SOMETHING.
WE'RE JUST ADVOCATING TO MAKE IT BETTER.
THAT'S ALSO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE AGENDA, WAS RESOLUTION PETITIONING THE US GOVERNMENT TO END ICE AND CBP.
NOW I ADDED THE WORD ABUSES TO THE END OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHY IT APPEARS
BECAUSE, BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO SAY WE WANT TO END THEM, IT WOULD BE LIKE THOSE THAT SAY, OH, YOU WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE? YOU WANT TO DEFUND BORDER PATROLS.
WE'RE ASKING THAT THE ABUSES STOP MM-HMM
AND ANOTHER, WHEREAS CLAUSE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BELIEVES BECAUSE OF THESE ABUSIVE TACTICS AND PRACTICES, THE CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF ICE AND EBP IN OUR COMMUNITIES, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DEPLOYED HERE.
SO WE, WE, I JUST WANT ACCURACY AND WHATEVER WE PASS YEAH.
THIS, UH, REQUEST THE, I GOT, I GOT, UM, A EMAIL FROM GARY MALONE, UM, AND HE BASICALLY SENT ME THE EMAIL FEBRUARY 11TH SAYING, UH, LAST NIGHT, DOS FERRY VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOINED THE LEY AND HASTINGS BOARD AND APPROVING A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION.
AND, UM, THE RESOLUTION HE SENT ME, WHICH I GUESS, UH, IS THIS THE MODIFIED OR IS THIS, THIS IS THE DOPPS FERRY RESOLUTION.
UM, UH, ACCORDING TIM, BUT AGAIN, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE, SAY THE ONE TOWN OF GREENBERG, THIS IS WHAT HE SAID, UH, HERE IS A DOS
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FERRY RESOLUTION.UM, SO IT SAID SHARE, IT SAYS TOWN OF GREENBERG GREENBERG.
IT DOESN'T SAY DOS FERRY, IT SAYS THIS WAS BEEN, WELL, IT WAS PROBABLY, UM, THEY PROBABLY, MAYBE THEY TOOK OUT DOBBS FERRY AND PUT TOWN OF GREENBERG.
NO, I'M SAYING MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE.
THEY WERE GIVING US LIKE A TEMPLATE OR SOMETHING, LIKE THEY WERE SENDING IT TO US TO PERSONALIZE IT FOR US, WHATEVER.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK TO EVERYBODY, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I'M EVERYBODY, THE EMAIL THAT GARY MALONE, UM, YOU KNOW, SENT, SENT ME.
UM, SO, UM, YOU ALL HAVE, SHOULD HAVE IT NOW.
AND AGAIN, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND THEN WE HAVE THE, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN SORT OF JUST TO GET SOME INSIGHT ONTO FROM OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND REGARDING DEALING WITH, JUST HAVING LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AT OUR POLLING PLACES.
BUT I, ALL OF US HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH OUR STATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES.
AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WHAT WE REALLY THINK WE WANT IS TO ASK THEM HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH IT? AS OPPOSED TO JUST PASSING SOMETHING AND SENDING IT ALONG.
IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT I'D RATHER HEAR FROM THEM AS TO WHAT IS IT THAT THEY NEED FROM US TO HELP US PASS WHATEVER WE THINK SHOULD BE HAPPENING AT THE POLLS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, INVITE, UH, ANDREA STEWART COUSINS AND MARY JANESKY TO PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM, UM, AT, SINCE THERE'LL BE IN ALBANY, UM, AT, AT A WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK, UH, EVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND TELL US IF THEY THINK THAT A RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD PASS WOULD HAVE ANY, UH, RELATING TO BOTH ITEMS WOULD WOULDN BE, PROBABLY WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLLOW TO WHAT YOU SAID.
I THINK YOU NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC REGARDING WHAT PART OF NEW YORK ELECTION LAW AND OR OTHER GUIDANCE MATERIALS MAYBE THE NEW YORK CITY CAN OFFER.
I THINK INITIALLY A PHONE CALL ELECTION.
AND THERE'S PROTECTIONS BOTH AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL, BUT PERHAPS IT'S AN ELABORATION AND THEIR LAW DEPARTMENT MIGHT NEED TO WEIGH IN ON, ON SOMETHING BEFORE, BEFOREHAND.
LIKE CURRENTLY YOU CAN'T USE THREAT FORCE VIOLENCE OR INTIMIDATION PER THE NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAW.
UM, BUT TO FLESH THAT OUT FURTHER REGARDING, UM, STATIONING OF OFFICERS, ET CETERA, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
SO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT LAST SURE.
FIRST, WELL, I DON'T, OH, I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, SO, OKAY, SO YOU HAD THE CONVERSATION.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THE CONVERSATION.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE PUT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHAT OUR PLAN WAS RIGHT.
FOR WELL, WE HAD TO PIVOT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO NOW, SO NOW I THINK WE HAVE A PLAN NOW.
SO I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION OF HAVING OUR, WELL OUR EVENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SEVEN O'CLOCK ON THE 25TH.
WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD BACK UP.
SO, COUNCILWOMAN HABER IS REFERRING TO THE BLACK HISTORY EVENT THAT WE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S BLACK HISTORY EVENT THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH AT 7:00 PM RIGHT.
UM, WHAT WE REALIZE IS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER EVENT, SAME TIME AT THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY, UM, BEING HOSTED AS WELL.
AND WE, WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS HAVE COMPETING EVENTS.
UM, THIS IS A POIGNANT TIME THAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA CELEBRATE.
UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, IS HAVING AN EVENT HIGHLIGHTING TWO, UM, AFRICAN AMERICANS, ONE WHO, UH, PAID FOR HIS SEAT AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE CONVERSATION JUST TALKING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE BEING, UM, BEATEN AT A LUNCH COUNTER.
SO, UM, AND I THINK THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES AND THAT WE JUST REALLY NEED TO HEAR AND, AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR, UM, FROM THESE TWO GENTLEMEN.
SO AN ADDITIONAL, UM, THE GREENBERG MUSEUM, THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM, IS ALSO HAVING AN EVENT, UM, DISPLAYING THE BANNERS IF I'M, IF I'M PROPOSED BANNERS, THE PROPOSED BANNERS MM-HMM
THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO TO, UM, TO COMMEMORATE RESIDENTS.
TO, TO COMMEMORATE, UM, THOSE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO, AND AGAIN, AS I SAID DARRELL, I DON'T WANNA HAVE COMPETING EVENTS.
UM, COUNCILMAN HABER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF, OF THE MUSEUM.
AND I BELIEVE, AND I'LL JUST TURN THAT OFF 'CAUSE YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
SO BEING THAT, AS YOU SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE, OUR EVENT HAS TO START AT SEVEN BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR MEETING AT SEVEN 30 MM-HMM
UM, THEIR EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO START AT SEVEN.
UM, IT WAS SUGGESTED IN OUR CONVERSATION THAT THEY COULD PERHAPS PUT THEIR, UH, PUSH FORWARD, THE TIME OF THEIR START, YOU KNOW, STARTING THE EVENT IS FRIDAY.
THEY JUST, NO, NICOLE, IT'S, IT'S UPDATE.
IT'S THE 25TH, WHICH IS WHY WE DIDN'T
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THINK WE HAD A CONFLICT.IT WAS, THEY IT WAS, IT WAS A MISTAKE.
THEY LEARNED EVERY, THERE WAS A MISTAKE ON THE PART.
SO, SO THAT WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS INCORRECT.
SO THE CORRECT DATE FOR BOTH EVENTS IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH.
SO THE SUGGESTION WAS, AS I SAID THAT, THAT WAY PEOPLE COULD COME TO OUR EVENT FIRST FOR THE HALF AN HOUR MM-HMM
AND THEN GO OVER TO THE GREENBERG LIBRARY.
I MEAN, WE AS A TOWN BOARD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT RESIDENTS CAN VOTE AND THEY JUST MAKE IT EARLIER.
SO, UH, SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE, SO EARLIER THAN NO, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE CA LIKE IT'S BEING CATERED AND THE WHOLE THING.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A SHORT, YOU KNOW, THEY'D HAVE TO START AT, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE 30.
I, SO I THOUGHT, I GUESS SO I MISUNDERSTOOD MM-HMM
OUR CONVERSATION FROM EARLIER.
SO I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT THEY WERE GONNA START LATER.
AND THEN, SO AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE, SO WE WOULD HAVE, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR, IT DIDN'T COME COURSE CLEAR TO ME.
SO, SO THE TOWN, THE EVENT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE TOWN TOWN BOARDS EVENT WILL BE FEBRUARY THE 25TH AT 7:00 PM CORRECT.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OR RIGHT AFTER THAT EVENT, THEN YOU WILL GO OVER TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S, SO THEY WOULD START THE EVENT AT WHAT TIME? AT 7 45 ISH.
SO AGAIN, BUT THAT HAS TO BE, SO THAT WAS SUGGESTED, RIGHT? THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THEIR BOARD AND THEN TO THAT, THAT'S WHY I WANNA BE CLEAR TO, OKAY.
SO IF, SO, SO LET ME JUST SAY, LEMME LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
SO IF WE CANNOT, IF WE CANNOT, AND AGAIN, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE COMPETING EVENTS, I WILL, I WILL SUGGEST TO THE BOARD HERE THAT WE PIVOT AND WE CAN MOVE THE EVENT TO THE FIRST WEEK, TO THE FIRST TOWN BOARD MEETING.
SAY OUR YOU MEAN OUR EVENT? OUR EVENT, YES.
WE CAN MOVE OUR EVENT TO THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH.
UM, THIS WAY WE CAN DO MORE MARKETING.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL, I WANNA BE AT BOTH EVENTS.
THE FEEL THEY CAN DO BOTH EVENTS.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN BOTH AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHY I JUST FEEL LIKE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT US MOVING OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.
LET, WHICH IS ALWAYS IN FAVOR.
I, JOHAN, I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL.
JOHAN ASKED ME TO POST SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE, A FLYER, WHICH WE DID THIS MORNING.
AND YOU KNOW, AND BASICALLY I TOLD, UH, JOE TO POST EVERYTHING THAT WAS GIVEN.
IT SAYS FREE EVENT, LIVE MUSIC, REFRESHMENTS, BLOCK HISTORY, MONTH RECEPTION.
UH, JOIN US FOR AN EVENING CELEBRATING GREENBURG'S BLOCK HISTORY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, DOORS ARE OPEN AT 6:30 PM WITH LIVE MUSIC FEATURING GUITAR GUITARIST AARON BROWN.
DIDN'T FINISH THIS FRIDAY AT SIX 30.
NO, PAUL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT EVENT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK, THIS WEEK, THIS FRIDAY'S EVENT IS AT THE T-D-Y-C-C, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S THE OPENING OF THE, OF THE MUSEUM.
THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EVENT.
FROM THE BANNER DISPLAY THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE 25TH.
SO THERE, SO THERE'S AN EVENT THIS FRIDAY AT 7:00 PM CORRECT.
SO THAT'S STILL SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I DON'T, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.
DON'T WANNA, IF THEY'RE WATCHING THIS, THAT THAT MEETING'S BEEN, CAN THAT EVENT'S BEEN CANCELED? THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
SO THE NEXT, UH, THING IS, UM, WE FRIDAY WHAT DAY THIS FRIDAY THE 20TH.
FRIDAY THE 20TH IS THE EVENT AT T-D-Y-C-C THAT PAUL JUST READ ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON WEDNESDAY THE 25TH IS THE LIBRARY EVENT.
NO, NOW I BASICALLY INVITED TO INDICATED TO TOM BOYER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, AND THAT'S SO, SO THAT'S MY POINT.
SO, SO AGAIN, AND THIS IS, SO MY APOLOGIES.
I WAS ABOUT TO SEND OUT THE FLYER BECAUSE WE HAD A PROGRAM ALREADY, UM, ALREADY SET.
AND THEN, UM, PAUL HAD THE INTERVIEW WITH MR. BOYER AND WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO AGAIN AND INVITED HIM.
SO MR. BOYER HAD A, HAS A VERY EX, HAS A VERY INTERESTING STORY THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR IN ADDITION TO MR. DOYLE.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE COMBINE THE TWO INTERVIEWS AND, AND, UM, KEN COUNCILMAN, FORMER COUNCILMAN, UH, KEN JONES WOULD DO THE MODERATING.
SO LEE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE STORIES OF BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN.
SO THIS IS WHY I HAD TO PULL BACK ON THE FLYER AND THEN I HAD TO PIVOT.
SO THEN THIS ALL CAME UP AND THEN I TRAVELED.
I JUST WANNA HAVE, I, I PROMISE YOU, I JUST WANNA HAVE, I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, TO HAVE THE TOWN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY AND REALLY THOUGHT
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THAT IT WAS SAFE TO HAVE OUR EVENT AS SCHEDULED ON THE 25TH, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NO FLYER AND GOOD THING I DIDN'T SEND IT OUT.UM, I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE THAT.
I'D RATHER JUST ENSURE THAT WE, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE TO ATTEND.
I WANT TO, I WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE BOTH EVENTS.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, WITH THESE TWO GENTLEMEN, BUT THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO GO TO BOTH.
SO THAT NOW, SO NOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT SIX 30, SO NO, I DIDN'T SAY SIX 30.
I HEARD, I HEARD, I HEARD SIX 30 ASKED WHETHER THEY EVENTS.
BUT THAT, THAT WAS A QUESTION, NOT A STATEMENT.
SO THERE WAS NO SIX NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY WOULD DO THEIR AF ME EXPLAIN IT.
WHEN OUR WORK MEETING, OUR MEETING MEETING IS GOING ON, THEY WILL DO THEIR EVENT.
SO PEOPLE CAN COME TO OUR, OUR PRE OUR CELEBRATION FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN 30 AND THEN THEY CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR THEIR CELEBRATION WHILE WE DO OUR MEETING.
AND WE COULD ALSO SAY, UH, I COULD, LIKE MR. BOYER TOLD ME THAT HE'S INVITING HIS FAMILY TO THE MEETING A WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY.
SO HE IS VERY, UH, PLEASED THAT HE'S FINALLY BEING RECOGNIZED.
SO, SO IF WE BASICALLY, I COULD REACH OUT AND SAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, TO BOTH WE'RE GONNA START EXACTLY ON TIME.
THAT'S, YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING THAT, HOLD ON, LET ME JUST FINISH REALLY QUICKLY.
AND SO, AND DON'T GET AN IMPRESSION THAT, SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
SO WE'RE ALREADY HANDLING THAT PART.
ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. BOY.
I ALREADY TALKED TO HIM AND TELL HIM WHAT TIME HE NEEDS TO BE THERE.
WE'RE ALREADY HANDLING THAT IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO NOT TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL, YOU DON'T, 'CAUSE WE'RE HANDLING THAT P SEVEN AGAIN, EVERYONE MM-HMM
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR EVENT.
AND AGAIN, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE TO HAVE THESE TWO GENTLEMEN COME AND TELL THEIR STORY.
BUT WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO IS HAVE ANY CONFLICTS MM-HMM
SO THIS IS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I'M NOT, AND THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD BY THE WAY THAT WE ARE JUST TRYING TO ALL WORK TOGETHER, HAVE A CONVERSATION TOGETHER.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AND WE CAN WORK IT OUT.
YOU KNOW, SO IF, I'M NOT SURE WHEN, UM, IT'S VERY SOON WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GET BACK TO YOU AS REGARDS WITH REGARDS TO THE DATE.
SO HOPEFULLY ONCE THAT CONVERSATION HAS HAD MM-HMM
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT DATE.
SO I'M PRAYING THAT IF THEY'RE ABLE, AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE FOOD AND EVERYTHING.
ONCE THEY COME HERE, SIT AND LISTEN TO THE FIRESIDE CHAT WITH THESE TWO GENTLEMEN AND THEN GO OVER AND LOOK AT THE DISPLAY OF THE BANNERS FOR BLACK HISTORY, UM, AND HAVE DINNER.
WHAT TIME IS THE LIBRARY EVENT? UNTIL THEY HAVE TO BE OUT BY EIGHT 15.
BUT THERE ISN'T A BIG PROGRAM.
I WAS TOLD IT'S RELATIVELY SHORT.
IT'S MOSTLY DISPLAY AND A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THESE BANNERS THAT WILL THEN BE HUNG AS WAS PROPOSED BY KEN JONES WHEN HE MET WITH US.
SO WHY DON'T WE START BEFORE SEVEN SO THAT IF THINGS GO LONG HERE, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE PEOPLE TO GET OVER THERE LATE AND HAVE TO YELL BY EIGHT 50.
SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SAID NO, I WAS SAYING WHY DON'T WE DO IT EARLIER? WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
NO, I WAS SAYING, WHY DON'T WE START EARLIER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT BECAUSE WE KNOW THINGS GO LONG.
SO THEN CAN WE, SO THEN MAY I ASK THE BOARD IF WE CAN DO, IF WE CAN START AT SIX 30.
I WAS GONNA SAY 6 45, BUT OKAY.
SIX 30, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OH, IF YOU STAY SIX 30 AT SIX 40, NO WE'RE GONNA, WE NO, SERIOUSLY CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN WE AGREE THAT WE START AT SIX 30? THAT MEANS WE GO HOWEVER LONG, AT LEAST AGAIN, IT DOESN'T IMPEDE ON THE EVENT AT THE LIBRARY.
SO EVERYONE'S ABLE TO, AND IF IT QUICK, MAYBE WE CAN RUN OVER THERE TOO.
THE PROBLEM WITH STARTING AT SIX 30 IS THAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO LATER IN MEETINGS.
SO IT'S REALLY GOOD YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE GETTING, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY ARE USED TO WATCHING A MEETING.
IT'S A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BEFORE THE MEETING.
IT, IT'S BLACK HISTORY MEETING WILL START SEVEN 30.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA MISS 30 EARLY.
THE REGULAR MEETING STARTS AT SIX 30 BECAUSE WE WANT THE PRESENTATION TO BE PART OF THE REGULAR MEETING.
ALRIGHT, LET'S HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.
BUT THE ACTUAL WORK OF THE MEETING, HOWEVER, IF WE START AT SIX 30, BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH THE PLEDGE AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, IT'S REALLY ABOUT 6 45 WHERE WE'LL START THE PRESENTATIONS, WHICH GIVES THEM 45 MINUTES.
I THINK IT'S, AND FACE IT, WE NEVER START ON TIME.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, IF YOU WANNA START LIKE 6 45, 15 MINUTES.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THIS IS, THIS ISN'T GONNA GO ON FOR UH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
I THINK IT, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE AT A PLAN HERE.
I THINK IF WE, AGAIN, IN REALITY, LET'S JUST BE REAL.
BY THE TIME WE GET EVERYBODY GATHERED, EVERYBODY UP TO THE DAY.
THAT'S A 15 MINUTES RIGHT THERE.
SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO
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IT.WE HAVE, UM, THE AGENDA CHANGE.
SO DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY TO HAVE THE MEETING START AT SIX 30? WE DO, BECAUSE IT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR RULES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING PROCESS.
WE NEED TO POST NOTICE, YOU KNOW, AND NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A, IT'S A WEEK, IT'S A WEEK OUT.
SO THAT, THERE ACTUALLY SHOULD BE A MO MOTION ACTUALLY TO SUSPEND OUR RULES BECAUSE OUR RULES WE JUST ADOPTED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
SO I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND OUR RULES FOR THE START TIME OF OUR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH MEETING TO AMEND THAT RULE TO OF THE START TIME TO SIX 32ND.
NO, NO, I JUST, THIS IS GREAT.
I SAW THAT, UH, PAUL, THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON ANOTHER TOPIC.
I SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE THAT FOR THE NEXT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT PRESENTATION? YOU, YOU PUT, YOU PUT IT ON THERE? NO, THAT WAS MR. BOYER I THINK.
NO, THAT WAS, THAT'S AT ANOTHER MEETING.
SO THERE, THERE ARE NO OTHER PRESENTATIONS.
SHE CAN COME TO PRINT PRESENT ON THE, THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST, JUST AS, AS A RECAP, SO EVERYONE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO WE JUST VOTED TO HAVE OUR FEBRUARY 25TH MEETING TO BEGIN AT SIX 30.
THIS SAID, WE, WE WILL HAVE OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO START AT 7:00 PM WE WILL NOW START AT 6:30 PM WITH THE MEETING WAS START AT 6:30 PM UM, WE EXPECTED THE, UM, THE EVENT TO PROBABLY START ABOUT 6 45 AFTER WE DO OUR, UM, NORMAL BUSINESS TO BEFORE OUR PRESENTATIONS.
SO AGAIN, WE WILL GET SOMETHING OUT.
SO JOY, YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE HERE, BUT I WANNA GET SOMETHING OUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST A TICKER ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT, UM, WEDNESDAY'S MEETING STARTING AT SIX 30.
I THINK WE CAN GET THAT OUT NOW.
BUT THEN JUST MAKE SURE, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A FLYER ON THE WEBSITE THE, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'LL GET NOW THAT WE, THE THING I DIDN'T PUT, NOW THAT WE ARE ON, SO WE'RE ON BOARD TWO PRESENTATIONS, I MEAN TWO, UH, WE HAVE TWO GUESTS COMING TO SPEAK AND WE'RE STARTING THIS AT SEVEN AT SIX 30.
ONE LAST THING, JOY, IF, IF THEY DO NOT RESPOND POSITIVELY, THEN WE WOULD NOT START IT AT SIX 30.
NO, I THINK NO, I, NO, WE STILL DOING IT.
NO, WE STILL DO AT SIX 30 ONCE WE POSTED WE, WE CAN'T, I, WE DOING AT SIX 30 KEEP TRA I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE CONFUSING TO TALK CHANGE BACK.
HONESTLY, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE.
I THINK ANYTHING I, I DON'T, I I'M, I DON'T SEE, AND I HOPE THAT THERE IS NOT AN ISSUE.
I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST PIVOT.
WE, YOU KNOW, THINGS SIGNALS CROSSED.
WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY GOOD WAY TO, UM, END, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH BOTH PRESENTATIONS.
AND AND SINCE WE'RE DOING THAT, I THINK THAT SHOULD LAY YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT STARTING SIX 30.
SOONER YOU GET I DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATIONS.
THE BETTER DON'T IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO, I'LL TALK TO YOU LATE.
OKAY, SO YES, SO JOY YES MA'AM.
THE HISTORY MONTH? NO, I JUST SAID WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T HAVE, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, SO WE WANT TO ADJUST, GET THAT CONVERSATION GOING.
SO I'VE BEEN HAVING THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD.
SO LET ME BRING THEM OUT TO THE TABLE.
SO WHAT I WAS THINKING, WHICH IS WHAT, I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH COUNCILWOMAN HABER TO SEE WHAT DATE WE WANT TO DO THE BLACK, I MEAN THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENT.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, WE, WE WERE THINKING MAYBE WE'D DO IT AT THE MARCH READY 25TH MEETING
AND WE, UM, HAVE A PROGRAM, I I WANT US PROPOSE A SUGGEST.
SO I HAVE SOMEONE IN MY MIND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.
I THINK THAT EITHER WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE HERE 'CAUSE WE SHOULD BE A SURPRISE.
AND HOW DO YOU WANNA GO ABOUT DOING THAT? DO YOU WANT TO PUT A COUPLE OF NAMES? SUGGEST A FEW NAMES.
SO I THINK WE CAN DETERMINE WHO WE WANNA, WHO WE WOULD, UM, HIGHLIGHT LIKE HOW, WHO BUT HOW MANY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT TWO IS GOOD BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HALF AN HOUR AND WHEN YOU DO MORE, IT SORT OF DILUTES IT.
BUT BECAUSE THEN WE WANNA COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING AND YEAH.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE ALSO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE POSTHUMOUSLY, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WAY BACK BECAUSE IT IS ALSO THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BECOMING A NATION.
AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE WOMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THAT WHO NEED TO BE CELEBRATED ALSO.
SO THAT IS WOMEN'S HISTORY AS WELL.
DO WE WANNA ASK RESIDENTS FOR NOMINATIONS? BECAUSE, AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE LIKE A, A,
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A COMMITTEE THAT THE BOARD COULD BE PART OF.I DON'T KNOW THE WAY TO GET THAT INVOLVED.
WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN OVERLOOKED.
UH, AND, UM, AND WELL, WE, WE WELCOME SUGGESTIONS, WELCOME SUGGESTIONS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WRITE US AT TOWN BOARD@GREENBURGNY.GOV.
SO WE PROBABLY JUST PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE COME UP WHEN WE DID OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS AND IT JUST COME UP NOW AND I'M THINKING ABOUT IT NOW THAT WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM COMING UP SHOULD WE THINK TO HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, LIKE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE HAVE, UM, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UM, JUNETEENTH WILL BE COMING UP.
WELL THAT'LL BE SOMETHING SEPARATE.
ANY ONES, MAYBE WE START AT SIX 30.
SO WE ARE GONNA GO ON TO THE NEXT OTHER AN EXCEPTION BECAUSE OF THE, BUT THERE IS, I'M SORRY, MAKING AN EXCEPTION BECAUSE OF THE YEAH, WE GOTTA TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE NO HALF AN HOUR.
WE JUST ADOPTED NO PROBLEMS. THIS IS WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
SO I THINK, I THINK WHERE WE AT? SO ARE WE OKAY WITH MAR I MEAN, YEAH, MARCH 25TH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH AS OUR DATE.
SO WE WANNA GET THAT OUT THERE TOO.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UM, AT 7:00 PM MM-HMM
AND THEN AGAIN, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS AS, AS FAR AS UM, WHO WOULD WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD TAKE SUGGESTIONS.
YOU CAN SEND THAT OVER TO TOWN BOARD@GREENBURGNY.GOV AND, AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE, UM, NO MORE THAN, NO MORE THAN THREE WOMEN.
AND, AND IF PLEASE FEEL FREE, WE MAY NOT, WE MIGHT NOT TAKE YOUR SUGGESTION THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S, OH, I, WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE BANK FOR NEXT YEAR AND, AND PLEASE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD PLEASE SUBMIT A BIO AS WELL SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK, YOU KNOW, SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY SEND A NAME AND MAYBE LIKE, WE MAY NOT KNOW, WE'LL BE HAPPY IF WE CAN JUST HAVE A BIO AND, AND WHAT THEY HAVE AND PRESUMABLY SOMEONE WE'VE NOT YET HONORED BEFORE.
SO THAT'S LIKE FIRST YEAH, SHE WOULD LIKE TO AND IF WE HAVE ALREADY THEN WE'LL LET LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN HONORED AND WE CAN DIRECT YOU TO WHEN.
AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND AMANDA, UM, BECAUSE UM, THIS IS LIKE THE BEST WORK SESSION WE'VE HAD, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN TOWN SUPERVISOR.
THIS IS DIAL DEMOCRACY AT ITS BEST.
EVERYBODY RESPECTED EACH OTHER'S OPINION.
I CAN'T TAKE THE CREDIT THOUGH.
SO IN LIGHT OF IT BEING WOMEN'S HISTORY COMING OUT, I THINK THAT
YOU MIGHT, UH, BE THE HONORARY FOR YOU, UH, WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH BECAUSE YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB TODAY.
SO, UH, AND WE APPLAUD THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
'CAUSE HE HAS HIS PRIORITIES CORRECT.
NOW WHAT'S THAT DAUGHTER? AND IF HE'S CELEBRATING HIS DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.
IF YOU WANNA SAVE IT, WE WOULD ALSO, SO THIS, WE WILL, WE WILL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT, UM, FOR NEXT, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
BUT WE DO WANT TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE HONORABLE REGGIE.
I MEAN REVEREND JESSE JACKSON, UM, UH, OF HIS PASSING.
UM, WE LOST A GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS, A, UH, ADVOCATE AND UM, A LEADER BY WRIGHT.
UM, SO WE DO WANT TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND TO ALL THAT HE HAS AFFECTED HIMSELF.
AND LIKEWISE, UM, FORMER CONGRESSMAN OTTINGER, WE'VE LOST, WE JUST LOST AS WELL AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
HE WAS A, A GREAT CONGRESSMAN.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO, UM, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.