Oct 14, 2026 Town Board- Regular

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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YOU GOT A GREAT WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS OCTOBER 14TH, AND, UM, SORRY THAT WE'RE STARTING 20 MINUTES, UH, YOU KNOW, LATE, BUT WE'LL START WITH THE 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. AND WE HAVE A MOMENT OF

[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Bob Kimmel, former editor of the Hudson Independent, whose first issue appeared in February 2006 In memory of Andrea (Andy) DiJusto, a dedicated and cherished lifelong pillar of the Ardsley community, He was the former Village Trustee and Deputy Mayor, who committed years of public service to the town he loved. His profound dedication to his neighbors was further demonstrated through his extensive, long-term service as a member of the Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps. A familiar and deeply respected presence, Andy's life and roles truly reflected his enduring devotion to his home community. In memory of Reverend Lamont S. Granby, a cherished Elmsford resident, devoted pastor of First Baptist Church of Bronxville, and the director of Granby's Funeral Services in the Bronx. Through his steadfast faith, compassionate leadership and unwavering commitment to serving others, he gave generously of himself to his community and beyond, offering comfort, guidance, hope and support to countless families and individuals. We extend our deepest condolences to his beloved wife, Felita, the entire Granby family, brothers of Phi Beta Sigma, Inc Fraternity, members of the First Baptist Church, and all who knew and loved him. May the faith he shared, the kindness he offered, and the lives he touched remain a lasting blessing to all those who mourn his passing. Reverend Granby's legacy of love, service, and compassion will continue to live on in the hearts of those he touched. 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.]

AND WHO KNEW? GO AHEAD. THIS PAST SUNDAY, I HAD A GREAT PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE CEREMONY CELEBRATING REVEREND LAMONT S GRANT, 15TH HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARY. AS THE ESTEEMED REVEREND OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HE SERVES AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PASTOR IN THE CHURCH'S 160 YEARS. DURING THE SERVICE, WE HEARD A READING FROM JEREMIAH 315, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU SHEPHERDS AFTER MY OWN HEART, WHO WILL LEAD YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. REVEREND GRANBY IS ONE OF THOSE SHEPHERDS. HE HAS LED HIS FLOCK AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING. FOR THESE 15 YEARS. HE IS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE BRONX AND WESTCHESTER COMMUNITIES, AND HAS BEEN A ROLE MODEL FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH A STEADY GUIDING PRESENCE.

HE IS THE DYNAMIC LEADER OF THE 47TH PRECINCT CLERGY COALITION, BRINGING TOGETHER FAITH LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE NORTH BRONX AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE MANY WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING CLAIMING TO BE LEADERS, IT IS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE A TRUE COMMUNITY LEADER, REVEREND LAMONT GRANBY. HE IS TO MANY MORE YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF WESTCHESTER AND THE BRONX. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I YIELD BACK MY TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE DEPRIVED OF THOSE MANY YEARS. BUT THAT SPEECH GOES INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOREVERMORE. SO? SO, REVEREND GRANBY WILL BE REMEMBERED IN THE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE FOREVER. THANK YOU. GREAT. NEXT. UM, WILL HAVE A MEMORY, A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE BECOME VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE

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[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]

HERE. COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN, PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT.

TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN. MR. JOE DANKO.

PRESENT. GREAT. SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE

[ PRESENTATIONS (Maximum only 10 minutes each) Hispanic Heritage Celebration]

THANKS. GOOD EVENING. TOWN BOARD MEMBERS. UH, TOWN CLERK LISA MARIE NIRO. WELCOME, EVERYONE. TONIGHT, AS WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE, UH, GENERATIONS OF GENERATIONS OF HISPANICS AND LATINOS WHOSE HARD WORK, TALENT AND DEDICATION CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA. AND OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY. I LEARN THAT, UH, IN 1968. PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ESTABLISHED ONE WEEK CELEBRATION FOR THE CELEBRATION THAT WE ALL ARE GATHERING TONIGHT. 20 YEARS LATER, IN 1988, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN EXTENDED THE CELEBRATION FOR 30 DAYS. AND IN 1989, PRESIDENT GEORGE H. BUSH OFFICIALLY DECLARED HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH. FOR 30 DAYS TO. SO THAT'S THE HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT STAGES FROM WHAT THIS WHAT TODAY'S CELEBRATION WENT THROUGH. TONIGHT. WE ALSO, UM, GREET ROOTS AND CULTURE OF OUR FRATERNAL COUNTRIES, ARGENTINA, ECUADOR, CUBA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CHILE, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, URUGUAY, PARAGUAY, MEXICO, PANAMA, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA, COLOMBIA. HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, URUGUAY, PARAGUAY, VENEZUELA. Y NUESTRA VILLA ISLA DEL ENCANTO. WHO IS GOING TO BE HONORING TONIGHT? SO LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR PUERTO RICAN FAMILY WHO IS JOINING US TONIGHT. PUERTO RICO IDENTITY IS SHAPED BY INDIGENOUS TAINO ROOTS, AFRICAN HERITAGE AND SPANISH INFLUENCE. THE ISLAND NAME BORINQUEN MEANS LAND OF THE VALIANT AND NOBLE LORD.

AFRICAN TRADITIONS LIKE THE BOMBA MUSIC PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE. BROUGHT IN 1513. PUERTO RICO HAS PRODUCED INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS STARS IN MUSIC, FILM, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SPECIAL

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MELIA. A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO OUR TOWN COUNCIL. FRANCIS CHEN, HIS WIFE MILLIE, AUDITION. SO. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, DO A SPECIAL SALUTE TO JUDGE OLIVIA RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. WE ARE HONORING. JUDGE WALTER RIVERA.

WE HAVE TWO GUESTS WHO ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE THE ABOUT THEIR LIFE, ABOUT THEIR THE WORK THAT HE HAS COMPLETED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING NOW. OUR FIRST SPEAKER, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS GREENBURG TOWN JUSTICE HONORABLE LEAH RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING, TOWN BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO I'M. SURE THAT.

UM. MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR HONOREE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE IS A GREAT. FRIEND TO SO MANY IN, UM, GREENBERG. UM, JUDGE RIVERA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY. UM, HE WENT TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AS AN UNDERGRAD AND TO LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BUT HE HAS CALLED GREENBERG HOME SINCE 1991. UH, AND HE HAS BEEN A A VITAL AND INVESTED MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY EVER SINCE. HE RAISED HIS FAMILY HERE AND HAS CONTINUALLY WORKED TO GIVE BACK, UM, JUDGE RIVERA'S CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN GREENBERG BEGAN WHEN HE BECAME VOLUNTEER COUNSEL FOR THE GREENBERG ETHICS BOARD. UM, AND AFTER A FEW YEARS, HE JOINED THE ETHICS BOARD HIMSELF. IN 2011. UH, HE WAS ELECTED TO BE THE FIRST LATINO JUSTICE OF THE GREENBERG TOWN COURT. I'M THE SECOND. UM, AT THE TIME, HE AND HIS CODE JUDGES, JUDGES BRATHWAITE AND GORDON OLIVER WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RESTORE THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST IN OUR TOWN COURT, WHICH AROUND THAT TIME HAD BECOME THE SUBJECT OF SOME BAD PRESS. WE'LL SAY. UH, HE WAS RE-ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM IN 2015, AND, UH, HE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY UNTIL THEN. GOVERNOR CUOMO APPOINTED HIM TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS IN 2017. HE SAT IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS UNTIL GOVERNOR HOCHUL APPOINTED HIM TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN 2025, WHERE HE NOW SITS, UM, HERE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. UM, SO JUDGE RIVERA HAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUND. UH, HE'S COMMITTED HIMSELF TO PUBLIC SERVICE, EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE, TO THE RULE OF LAW.

ALL VERY COMMENDABLE. UM, BUT WHAT MAKES JUDGE RIVERA INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND TRULY SETS HIM APART AND ESPECIALLY WORTHY OF TODAY'S HONOR IS HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO LIFTING OTHERS UP. UM, MY OWN PATHWAY TO SERVING AS GREENBERG TOWN JUDGE WAS THROUGH JUDGE RIVERA. UH, HIS EXTRAORDINARY WIFE, ISABEL FIGUEROA, UH, INTRODUCED US WHEN SHE, UM, LEARNED OF MY INTEREST IN PURSUING THE POST. AND JUDGE RIVERA SPENT SO MUCH TIME GUIDING ME THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MENTORING ME. SOMEONE HE BARELY KNEW JUST DUE TO HIS GENEROUS SPIRIT. UM. I WORK PART TIME IN HIS CHAMBERS AND SUPREME COURT. UM, UH, AS HIS COURT ATTORNEY. SO I SEE THE FOLKS WHO VISIT HIM IN HIS CHAMBERS. UM, AND THE FOLKS WHO CONTACT HIM TO MEET FOR LUNCH OR INVITE HIM TO THEIR SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH HE INVARIABLY ATTENDS. THERE ARE SO MANY FORMER INTERNS, FORMER MENTEES, UH, FORMER STUDENTS, FORMER AND

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SO IT IS MY VERY DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE, UM, JUDGE RIVERA.

THANK YOU. LET'S WELCOME OUR SECOND SPEAKER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISPANIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION, MR. PETER RIVERA. GOOD EVENING. DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY, AND MY FELLOW GUESTS. UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE HUDSON VALLEY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, A TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY, REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICANS TO OUR NATION. WE HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE BROKEN BARRIERS, OPEN DOORS, AND STRENGTHENED OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE. TODAY, WE HAVE THE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE SUCH INDIVIDUAL, HONORABLE JUSTICE WALTER RIVERA. JUDGE RIVERA IS A RESPECTED JURIST, A TRAILBLAZER IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, AND PERHAPS JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, A MENTOR WHOSE INFLUENCES REACHES FAR BEYOND THE COURTROOM. JUSTICE RIVERA'S CAREER REMINDS US THAT THE TRUE MEASURE OF PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH FOR OURSELVES, BUT ALSO WHAT WE MAKE POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS. THROUGHOUT HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, JUSTICE RIVERA HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE RULE OF LAW. HIS PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY HAS INCLUDED SERVICE AS AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NEW YORK STATE PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTICE, AND JUDICIAL SERVICE AS TOWN JUSTICE IN GREENBURG. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF CLAIMS IN 2017, AND NOW SERVES AS A CERTIFICATED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN WESTCHESTER SUPREME COURT. HIS EXPERIENCE ACROSS THESE ROLES REFLECTS A CAREER DEVOTED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES ENTRUSTED TO THOSE WHO SERVE THE PUBLIC. BUT JUST AS RIVERA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT FOR ANOTHER REASON, THEY REPRESENT PROGRESS IN THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT OUR JUDICIARY REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. YOU'RE ALL VERY AWARE THAT HE BECAME THE FIRST PUERTO RICAN HISPANIC TOWN JUSTICE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN 2011, BUT THIS WAS MORE THAN A PERSONAL MILESTONE. IT WAS A HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY, AND A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT REPRESENTATION MATTERS. WHEN INDIVIDUALS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES ENTER POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP.

THEY EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE. THEY BECOME EXAMPLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY NEVER BEFORE HAVE SEEN SOMEONE WHO SHARES THEIR BACKGROUND. OCCUPYING THAT POSITION. AND YET, WHILE WE CELEBRATE JUSTICE RIVERA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE BENCH, WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT DIMENSION OF HIS LEGACY HIS COMMITMENT TO MENTORSHIP, A SUCCESSFUL LEGAL CAREER REQUIRES INTELLIGENCE, DISCIPLINE, AND PERSEVERANCE, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES GUIDANCE.

IT REQUIRES SOMEONE WILLING TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, OFFER ENCOURAGEMENT, PROVIDE HONEST ADVICE, AND HELP ANOTHER PERSON NAVIGATE A PROFESSION THAT CAN SOMETIMES SEEM DIFFICULT TO ENTER. JUSTICE RIVERA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATORS AS A ROLE MODEL AND MENTOR TO LATINO ATTORNEYS AND ASPIRING MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY. HIS SERVICE AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE ELIZABETH HOBBS SCHOOL OF LAW AT PACE UNIVERSITY, HIS LEADERSHIP WITH THE LATINO JUDGES ASSOCIATION, AND HIS ROLE AS A CO-FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE HUDSON VALLEY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION, REFLECT HIS COMMITMENT TO LEGAL EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY. THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE AND ENGAGEMENT, HE HAS HELPED LAW STUDENTS AND YOUNG ATTORNEYS UNDERSTAND THAT A LEGAL EDUCATION IS NOT SIMPLY A PATHWAY TO A PROFESSION, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, TO LEAD, AND TO MAKE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

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THAT ADVICE THAT HELPS A LAW STUDENT FIND DIRECTION, AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT INSPIRES SOMEONE TO PURSUE A POSITION THEY ONCE BELIEVED WAS BEYOND THEIR REACH. THAT IS THE ENDURING POWER OF MENTORSHIP. ONE PERSON'S INVESTMENT IN ANOTHER CAN INFLUENCE GENERATIONS. JUSTICE RIVERA'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE IS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. OUR CELEBRATION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT REMEMBERING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, IT'S ALSO ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. LEVEL, I OFFER MY SINCERE GRATITUDE. JUST AS RIVERA, YOU'VE ALWAYS YOU'VE ALWAYS OFFERED ME SAGE ADVICE IN MY CAREER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, YOU GUIDED ME TOWARD WORKING FOR THE COURTS, AND YOU STEERED ME TOWARD JOINING THE HUDSON VALLEY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION. SO IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ADVANCE REPRESENTATION IN THE JUDICIARY, FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, AND FOR DEMONSTRATING THAT PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES AN EVEN GREATER MEANING WHEN IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING OTHERS. SO, DURING THIS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE CELEBRATE NOT ONLY THE MILESTONES YOU HAVE ACHIEVED, BUT ALSO THE POSSIBILITIES YOU HAVE HELPED CREATE FOR OTHERS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR HONOREE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY TO PUERTO RICAN PARENTS. GREW UP IN THE HELL'S KITCHEN NEIGHBORHOOD OF MANHATTAN. HE ATTENDED THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNTIL THE NINTH GRADE, WHEN HE WAS ELECTED AS A BETTER CHANCE SCHOLAR WITH EARNING HIM A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND BOARDING SCHOOL AT THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY IN BYFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. HE GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN 1976 AND OBTAINED HIS GED, SORRY, J.D., FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL IN 1979. THROUGH HIS LEGAL CAREER, OUR ONLY HAS REMAINED PASSIONATE ABOUT MENTORING COUNTLESS HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND LAW STUDENTS THAT ASPIRE TO JOIN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. HE ALSO MENTORS LAWYERS THAT AIM TO BECOME JUDGES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME OUR HONOREE, THE HONORABLE JUDGE WALTER RIVERA. ALL RISE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THE JUDGE IS IN THE HOUSE. YOU MAY BE SEATED. WOW. I'M SO MOVED BY THE REMARKS THAT I FORGOT TO BRING A TISSUE, BECAUSE I GOT A BIT TEARY EYED. BUT LET ME SAY THAT IT IS A DISTINCT HONOR TO JOIN IN THIS, UH, PROGRAM TODAY. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR FEINER. ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNCIL, AND EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY. UM, THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS UNIDOS SOMO MAS, WHICH MEANS TOGETHER WE ARE MORE. THIS THEME IS NOT MERELY ASPIRATIONAL. IT REFLECTS AN ESSENTIAL TRUTH ABOUT OUR COLLECTIVE PURPOSE. BECAUSE ONLY THROUGH UNITY BORN OF MUTUAL RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATION. DO WE FULFILL OUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AS RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT TOWN OF GREENBERG, TO MAKE IT A MORE VIBRANT AND STRONGER COMMUNITY? I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING MARIA PORTILLA FOR BESTOWING UPON ME AND NOMINATING ME FOR THIS RECOGNITION, AND FOR HER KIND REMARKS AND HER MANY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP. I WANT TO THANK JUDGE LEO RODRIGUEZ AND ATTORNEY PILAR RIVERA FOR THEIR VERY WARM AND KIND REMARKS. I AM SO GLAD AND HONORED THAT I HAVE BORNE WITNESS TO THE

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2025. BRINGING MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER AND ADVOCATE FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. HER APPOINTMENT AND SUBSEQUENT ELECTION REFLECTS OUR TOWN'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSE REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION FOUND WITHIN OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. AS THE MEMBER, AS THE NUMBERS OF HISPANICS, UH, GROW IN GREENBURG AND THEY ARE GROWING, WE MAY 1ST DAY SEE HISPANICS IN THE OTHER BRANCHES OF TOWN GOVERNMENT. SO FAR, WE'VE HAD TWO IN THE JUDICIARY, NONE IN THE TOWN COUNCIL THAT I'M AWARE OF AND CERTAINLY NONE AS TOWN SUPERVISOR. SO MAYBE THAT DAY WILL ONE DAY COME. THE HUDSON VALLEY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION, WHICH YOU HEARD AS PRESIDENT PETER RIVERA, UH, PLAYS A MEANINGFUL AND IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND, OF COURSE, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. HISPANIC ATTORNEYS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS AND PROVIDING NEEDED LEGAL SERVICES IN A RANGE OF PRACTICE AREAS. THE HUDSON VALLEY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH OTHER BAR ASSOCIATION PARTNERS WITH THE COURTS TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND RECENTLY HELD AN HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAM IN THE COURTHOUSE IN WHITE PLAINS AND CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO ACKNOWLEDGING PETER RIVERA AND JUDGE RODRIGUEZ, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HERE TODAY THE PRESENCE OF MY FAMILY, SONIA WITH MY WIFE ISABEL, WHO'S MY RIGHT HAND AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY DAUGHTER, DOCTOR AYANNA RIVERA RODRIGUEZ, WHO WENT TO A SCHOOL HERE IN GREENBERG AT HAMILTON, UH, AND IS THE DIRECTOR OF ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. UH, HER SON, MY GRANDSON, SAMMY.

SAMMY, GAVE A BIG WAVE TO GRANDPA. MY YOUNGER SON, MARCELO RIVERA FIGUEROA, WHO IS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AT CORNELL LAW SCHOOL. AND MY SISTER, RETIRED TEACHER ANNA RIVERA. SO THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS COULD NOT BE HERE. AND MAYBE WATCHING. I SEND YOU MY LOVE AND THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MEMBERS OF MY FRATERNITY, OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, UH, BETA ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER. THEY CAME OUT HERE TODAY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, BROTHERS. AND OF COURSE, I WANT TO THANK THE HUDSON VALLEY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY. AND THE MEMBERS THAT.

ARE HERE AND EACH OF YOU. UH, THAT I KNOW OR WOULD LIKE TO GET TO KNOW, UH, MY PARENTS. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND. MY PARENTS. THEIR NAMES ARE MARCELINO AND ANA MARIA RIVERA. THEY CAME TO NEW YORK CITY FROM PUERTO RICO AND SPOKE VERY LIMITED ENGLISH. I DON'T RECALL EVER HEARING THEM SPEAK ENGLISH, I DON'T THINK. I THINK MY FATHER COULD GET BY WITH SOME BASICS. UM, BUT HE INSISTED AT HOME THAT I SPEAK IN SPANISH AND ONLY IN SPANISH.

AND IF I REVERTED TO ENGLISH, HE WOULD SCOLD ME. AND THAT SERVED ME WELL, BECAUSE I AM BILINGUAL. UM, THEY HAD LIMITED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THEY CAME WITH MAYBE FIFTH EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION. UH, THEY WORKED, UH, LOW PAYING JOBS.

UH, FACTORIES. MY MOTHER WAS A CHAMBERMAID AT THE YWCA. IN MANHATTAN. AND. BUT THEY THEY KNEW THAT THE TICKET FOR SUCCESS WAS EDUCATION. AND THEY PUSHED MY SISTER AND ME TO EXCEL AT SCHOOL. IF I GOTTA BE. MY FATHER, WITH HIS LIMITED ENGLISH, WILL BE THERE SPEAKING TO THE TEACHER. WHAT'S HE DOING WRONG? AND SCOLDING ME. AND HE. HE HELD ME TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD BECAUSE THEY WANTED A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

AS ANY OTHER IMMIGRANT AND PUERTO RICANS, ALTHOUGH U.S.

CITIZENS SINCE 1917, THROUGH THE JONES ACT, THOSE WHO CAME, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE YEARS AS MY PARENTS FACE EXPERIENCES

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AND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER. AND AS I'M IN THE GOLDEN YEARS OF MY JUDGESHIP, I DO BELIEVE IN PAYING FORWARD BECAUSE I FEEL I'VE BEEN BLESSED AND IS MY OBLIGATION TO PAY FORWARD ALL THOSE BLESSINGS AND MAKE SURE I'M NOT THE LAST ONE.

YES. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HAPPY TO SEE A JUDGE. UH, RODRIGUEZ HERE. BUT I WANT TO SEE MORE, AND WE'LL KEEP PUSHING. SO WE SEE IN THIS TOWN THAT THE HISPANIC POPULATION IS GROWING. I DID SOME RESEARCH. THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU QUICK FACTS SAYS THAT 17.9% OF GREENBERG'S POPULATION IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATINO. AND YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SEE MORE AND MORE HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESSES, HISPANIC HOMEOWNERS AND THESE RESIDENTS ARE DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FABRIC OF GREENBERG. THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO GREENBERG SCHOOLS, AND THESE ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS. BY HAVING THIS PROGRAM, THE TOWN RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT COMMUNITY. BUT I WOULD HUMBLY REQUEST AND ENCOURAGE YOU, THE TOWN, STARTING PERHAPS NEXT YEAR, TO MAKE THIS MONTH THE PROGRAM A STANDALONE PROGRAM SO THAT YOU GIVE IT MORE TIME FOR A PROGRAM TO REFLECT A ROBUST CULTURAL ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITY. PERHAPS SOME MUSIC, SOME ENTERTAINMENT, MORE SPEAKERS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. I ALSO SHE DIDN'T ASK ME TO SAY THIS, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT MARIA, PORTILLA DOES A SINGULAR, EXCELLENT JOB FOR THE TOWN BEING THE LIAISON, AS A SUPERVISOR SAID TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, LET'S RECOGNIZE. HER AGAIN.

AND SHE DOES THIS AS A VOLUNTEER. I WOULD HOPE.

THAT ONE DAY THERE'D BE A STAFF POSITION FOR SOMEONE LIKE THAT.

NOW, SHE DIDN'T ASK ME TO SAY THAT, BUT I'LL SAY IT THAT THAT DESERVES A PAID STAFF FULL TIME POSITION IN THIS TOWN SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE SOMEONE HERE, THAT THEY CAN TALK TO REGULARLY. SHE COMES HERE ON HER OWN TIME AS A VOLUNTEER, AND THAT'S COMMENDABLE. BUT THAT PROGRAM THAT SHE STARTED HAS TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED. AND MY HUMBLE OPINION. SO AS WE. OBSERVED THIS.

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, LET US. REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND UPLIFTING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO RESIDENTS IN GREENBERG, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HERITAGE THAT WE BRING ENRICHES OUR CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, STRENGTHENS OUR INSTITUTIONS, AND FORTIFIES THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CIVIC LIFE. AND ONE MORE THING I'LL SAY. SINCE YOU'RE RECOGNIZING PUERTO.

RICO. IS THAT PUERTO RICANS HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE RAINBOW PEOPLE. WHY IS THAT? THE RAINBOW PEOPLE? AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR DNA IS A MIXTURE OF EUROPEAN, AFRICAN AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS. AND I DID

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TOGETHER WE ARE MORE. THANK YOU.

AGAIN. HONORING THE VIBRANT TRADITIONS AND LASTING IMPACT OF HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS. THE OFFICE OF HISPANIC AFFAIRS HAS CREATED THE OUTSTANDING IMMIGRANT AWARD. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES, VALIDATES, MOTIVATES, AND REWARDS THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS MADE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, TONIGHT THIS AWARD GOES TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE WALTER RIVERA.

I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS A PENDING PROCLAMATION THAT IS PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BY THE TOWN BOARD, BUT THE GREENBURG TOWN BOARD. OKAY, FOLKS, EVERYTHING DOES SET FOR TODAY. PLEASE SERVE. REFRESHMENTS ARE GOING TO BE SERVED. YOU ALL ARE WELCOME. GOOD NIGHT.

WAIT WAIT. WAIT WAIT.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. NOT SO LONG. THE WAIT.

NO. OH, OKAY. SO, UM, IT SAYS, UH, TODAY, IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL HERITAGE, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY BY THE HONORABLE WALTER RIVERA. THE CITIZENS OF GREENBERG, JUSTICE RIVERA CONTRIBUTED LOCALLY ON THE TOWN BOARD OF ETHICS. UM, IN 2011, HE RAN FOR A TOWN JUSTICE AND WAS ELECTED TWICE TO ONE OF THE BUSIEST TOWN COURTS IN THE STATE, SERVING AS THE FIRST HISPANIC JUSTICE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TOWN COURT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. WHEREAS COLUMBIA ALUMNI FROM THE FOUNDATION FOUNDATIONAL CLASSES OF COLOR AS WELL AS SUBSEQUENT CLASSES. NO. JUSTICE RIVERA, AS A TIRELESS MENTOR AND FRIEND TO THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY, JUSTICE RIVERA HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVE IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY TO ASSIST LOCAL LAW SCHOOL APPLICANTS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS GAIN ACCESS TO LAW SCHOOL AND IN ADDITION TO MANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. JUSTICE RIVERA HAS REMAINED A PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE ABOUT MENTORING COUNTLESS HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND LAW STUDENTS THAT ASPIRE TO JOIN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. HE ALSO MENTORS LAWYERS WHO ASPIRE TO BECOME JUDGES. AND WHEREAS JUSTICE RIVERA IS ALSO A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN RESIDING WITH HIS WIFE, ISABEL FIGUEROA, ESQUIRE, AND IS THE PROUD PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN JULIAN RIVERA, AYANNA RIVERA RODRIGUEZ, AND MARCELA RIVERA FIGUEROA. AND HE'S A PROUD GRANDPARENT OF FOUR AND RECENTLY BECAME A GREAT GRANDFATHER. NOW BE RESOLVED.

THE TOWN OF GREENBERG HONORS JUSTICE RIVERA'S SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WE PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE DURING THIS IMPORTANT MONTH, AND WE'VE SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH. WE SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE.

YES. TERRENCE, COULD YOU SHUT OFF THE PROJECTOR? CAMERA. JUST TAKE THE PICTURE UP. HOW ABOUT THERE? TAKE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT. LET'S START IN THE MIDDLE HERE. RIGHT. DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE IT AWAY

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WELL DESERVED. YES. HEY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE

[ TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT LIGHTNING ROUND (for anyone who can’t stay for the regular Public Comment session)]

STATEMENT ON INDEMNIFICATION. IS THAT OKAY? BEFORE PEOPLE.

OH, YEAH. THERE. YES.

UM, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE, UH, WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HALLOWEEN. UM, AND, UM, JUST. READ THE ENTIRE STATEMENT.

I'M GOING TO. YEAH, THE ENTIRE CITY.

I AM. YES.

UM. QUIET DOWN A LITTLE BIT. JUST GIVE IT A MINUTE. OKAY. PERFECT. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY WHO'S MADE MODIFICATIONS TO, UH, THE HALLOWEEN, UH, UM, UH, STREET CLOSINGS. AND I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'RE NOT CANCELING HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR. SO.

YES. SO WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. AT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. LET SOME PEOPLE COME IN. I THINK YOU SHOULD. WE SHOULD.

REINTRODUCE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER? I'LL JUST I'LL READ ALL STATEMENT. IS THERE ANOTHER PRESENTATION LIKE. NO. OKAY. OH, THIS MUST BE ABOUT HALLOWEEN.

GOOD. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? NO, I DEFINITELY HALLOWEEN. OH, OKAY. OKAY.

I WOULD IMAGINE. GOT IT.

OH, THERE'S THAT TOO. YES YES YES YES YES. RIGHT.

FOR, UH, COMMENT. BUT. YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK AT A HEARING, BUT ONLY REFERRING TO WHAT THE HEARING IS ABOUT. AND THERE'S THE CHECKPOINT THERE. OKAY, GOOD.

SO JUST TO REITERATE WHAT SUPERVISOR FEINER WAS SAYING.

UM, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CLOSURES OF STREETS FOR HALLOWEEN GATHERINGS THIS YEAR. AND THE TOWN HAD PUT TOGETHER AN INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE, WHICH.

IS PRETTY COMMON. PRACTICE IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. HOWEVER, WE WERE PUTTING IT IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE'VE MADE MODIFICATIONS BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK. SO I WILL READ A STATEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY THAT WAS POSTED EARLIER TODAY. AND JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK. AND LEADING UP TO THIS POINT. SO IT STATES THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD SUPPORTS STREET CLOSURES THAT ARE SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS, HALLOWEEN EVENTS BRING FUN TO THOSE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. THE TOWN BOARD HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS NOT ALLOWED ON A ROAD. WE AUTHORIZE BEING CLOSED SO PEDESTRIANS MAY SAFELY WALK ON THE ROADWAY. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL RISKS WITH THE CLOSURE OF STREETS USING TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT BARRICADES WITHOUT POLICE PRESENCE, POTENTIALLY EXPOSING PEDESTRIANS TO UNANTICIPATED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND A ROADWAY THOUGHT TO BE CLOSED, WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE REPEATEDLY OCCURRED. BASED ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CONCERNS. THE TOWN ATTORNEY MYSELF CREATED AN INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE TO ENCOURAGE EVENT ORGANIZERS TO BETTER PROTECT PEOPLE WALKING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND LIMIT THE TOWN'S LIABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE EVENTS. IN NO WAY DOES THE TOWN BOARD WISH TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS OCCURRING WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE EVENTS SHOULD OCCUR WITH CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE. WHILE THE TOWN PREFERS THAT THESE EVENTS WERE ALSO ENSURED BY THE ORGANIZERS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE AND THUS WILL NOT MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT. I INFORM THE TOWN BOARD THAT INDEMNIFICATION MUST BE REQUIRED AND IS COMMON PRACTICE WITHIN OTHER

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CLOSE QUOTES. THE TOWN BOARD CANNOT IGNORE THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY. THE REVISED INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE MAKES IT CLEAR THE CONCERN BEING ADDRESSED IS SOLELY DUE TO PREVENTING THE VEHICULAR USE OF STREETS CLOSE TO PROVIDE SAFE PEDESTRIAN USE OF THE ROADWAY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CONCERN HAS BEEN ABOUT THE ISSUANCE OF POLICE BARRICADES FOR STREET CLOSINGS, WITHOUT THE POLICE BEING PRESENT TO ENFORCE TO ENFORCE THEIR USE. AND MY CONCERN WAS BASED ON THE INCREASED LIABILITY FOR THE TOWN, FOR UNMONITORED BARRICADES. I BELIEVE THAT CHANGING THE INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE SPECIFICALLY SPELLED THAT OUT. HOPEFULLY MEETS EVERYONE'S DEMAND, SATISFIES ALL DEMANDS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS OCCURRING AT THIS POINT. UM, HAVING THE EVENT ORGANIZER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE CLOSED STREET ADDRESSES THE THE CONCERNS OF BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MYSELF. I HEARD CONCERNS AND THE TOWN BOARD HEARD CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS SINCE OUR WORK SESSION, THAT IT WASN'T CLEAR, AND WE HOPED THAT PUTTING IT THIS WAY MAKES IT CLEAR BOTH THIS HALLOWEEN AND THEN FUTURE HALLOWEENS AND THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR FESTIVITIES AND HAVE FUN, BUT ALSO BE SAFE AS WELL. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IF THERE'S SOMEBODY GETS INJURED, GOD FORBID, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL STILL COULD BRING LEGAL ACTIONS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE TOWN CANNOT WAIVE ALL OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO ITS RESIDENTS JUST BECAUSE THIS INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE WAS SIGNED. SO WHAT WE ARE, THOUGH, REQUIRING IS THAT THE RESIDENTS, THE PEOPLE, THE REQUESTERS SPECIFICALLY WHO SIGNED THE DOCUMENTATION WITH THE TOWN'S CLERK'S OFFICE AND SIGNED THIS DOCUMENTATION, ENSURE THAT THEY STAY AT THE BARRICADE. IN SHORT, A BARRICADE IS NOT BEING MOVED.

UM, WE ALSO HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND ALL THE NOTICE YOU CAN GIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS BEFOREHAND SO THEY KNOW WHEN THEY COULD GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS SO THAT THERE'S NO SURPRISE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. UM, WE ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMEND, IF YOU DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT ANOTHER RESIDENT IS GIVING YOU AN ISSUE ABOUT THOSE BARRICADES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF IT'S JUST SOMEONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BARRICADE ITSELF. I WOULD SUGGEST CALLING THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE. IF IT'S SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE BARRICADES AND TO DRIVE PAST THOSE BARRICADES. I WOULD SUGGEST CALLING THE EMERGENCY LINE AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE YOU NEED SOMEONE THERE IMMEDIATELY.

BUT THE TOWN CAN'T SUE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR SPONSORING THIS, FOR SPONSORING A STREET CLOSURE OR A HALLOWEEN EVENT. RIGHT. I DON'T THINK THE TOWN WILL HAVE ANY. RIGHT.

SO. SO BASICALLY.

WITH THAT. NOW. RIGHT. SO SO BASICALLY, THERE'S NO, UH, COST TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WANTS TO HAVE A STREET CLOSURE, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. UH, THERE'S NO, UM, UH, THERE'S REALLY NO, THERE'S NOTHING NEGATIVE IN TERMS OF THE ASSOCIATION THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING, UH, HALLOWEEN STREET CLOSURE.

I DON'T SEE THE NEGATIVITY. EACH PERSON WHO SIGNS THIS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECLARATION FOR THEMSELVES. BUT WE AGAIN, WE TRIED TO FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND TO NOT DECREASE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS, BUT ALSO TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE TOWN. BY HAVING THIS INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE AS WELL. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK FOR EVERYONE WHO REACHED OUT WITH THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAD.

AND THIS APPLIES TO ALL, UH, STREET CLOSURES, NOT ONLY HALLOWEEN, BUT EVERY STREET CLOSURE, WHETHER IT'S, UM, CHRISTMAS CAROLS OR. THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING AND THAT'S FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO DECIDE.

YES. RIGHT. SO WHY DON'T WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SEE

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YEAH. AND JUST TO CONFIRM, THE LIGHTNING TWO MINUTE ROUND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ON THE TOPIC I JUST SPOKE ABOUT. YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT ANY TOPIC YOU WISH. AND WE DO HAVE A LIST. I THINK THAT THE CLERK WILL READ. AND JUST A REMINDER, THE SUPERVISOR ALREADY SAID IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE EITHER THE TWO MINUTE ROUND WHICH OCCURS NOW, OR TO FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS, WHICH WILL OCCUR AFTER ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS LATER TONIGHT.

AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION IS, UM, WE HAVE A PROCEDURE THAT NO MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD WILL INTERRUPT OR SPEAK UNTIL THE END OF THE LIGHTNING ROD. SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OR THE TOWN ATTORNEY, THERE'LL BE NO RESPONSES UNTIL AFTER EVERYBODY SPEAKS AT THIS ROUND.

BECAUSE IN THE PAST, WE, THE WE GOT OFF TRACK. SO WE WON'T DO THAT. OKAY. SO YOU COULD CALL PEOPLE IN THE ORDER.

LORI BUFFALO. MY NAME IS LORI DUVALL. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FEINER AND THE TOWN BOARD. THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT OLD ARMY ROAD TONIGHT, I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. I HAVE TWO CLOSE FRIENDS WHO LIVE ON THAT STREET. OR. LORI, CAN. YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SPEAK INTO THE. I'M SURE MY TIME'S GOING, THOUGH. OKAY. UM, CAN I GET THAT BACK? YES. THANK YOU. GOOD. SO, SHOULD I START ALL OVER? NO NO NO NO NO.

I'VE BEEN THERE. OKAY.

UM, I HAVE TWO FRIENDS WHO OWN HOMES ON THAT STREET, AND WE LOOKED AT FLOODING RISKS. AND THE TREES, UM, AND EVEN DID SOME SAFETY DRIVE BYS AROUND THE BLIND CURVE. HOWEVER, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, SO I HOPE YOUR VOICES GET HEARD. I WATCHED THE BUDGET, UM, WORK SESSION, AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CUTS. RESIDENTS HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TOWN BOARD THAT TAXES WILL BE GOING UP, LARGELY DUE TO THAT $34 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED PROPERTY TAXES. UM, SO WHERE DO WE STAND IS THE DECEMBER 2ND PROPERTY TAX AUCTION STILL OCCURRING? AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT RECEIVE BIDS? OF THE 587 DELINQUENT PROPERTIES? ON HOW MANY OF THOSE DOES THE TOWN OWN LIENS? UM, WHAT IS THE LEGAL COUNSEL BILLING FOR THIS WORK? IS THERE A CONTRACT AND A CAP FOR SALARIED POSITIONS THAT DID NOT GET FILLED? DOES THAT GO TO THE FUND BALANCE? AND WHO DECIDES HOW THAT IS SPENT? AND FOR THE 26 CAPITAL BUDGET, HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPENT? SO HERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS. POST ON THE GREENBURG WEBSITE. THE AUCTIONS AND LIEN STATUS. UM, COMPARE IN-HOUSE LEGAL SPECIALISTS HIRING SOMEONE LIKE THAT, OR A PART TIME HELP FOR THE OUTSIDE FIRM. UM, AND LAST REPORT, THE UNSPENT MONEY IS BEFORE, UM, PUTTING OUT THE 27 BUDGET. UH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AND VERY TRANSPARENT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SANDRA, NANCY CHAFFEE. GOOD EVENING. SUPERVISOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SANDRA NAM CHAFFEE. I GREW UP IN EDGEMONT. I'M RAISING TWO CHILDREN THERE, AND I'M A LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. ON OCTOBER 1ST, A FIRE CLOSED EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL. OUR STUDENTS WALKED OUT TO THE FIELD BY THE TRACK AND WAITED THERE FOR TWO HOURS. THOSE TWO HOURS WERE SPENT BETWEEN THE WOODS. BETWEEN THEM, WERE THE WOODS AND CENTRAL AVENUE PROTECTING THEM. A PLAN BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD CLEAR CUT 88 TREES IN THOSE WOODS ON ZERO OLD ARMY ROAD. STUDENTS AND PARENTS OF EDGEMONT WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? THIS IS WHO THOSE WOODS PROTECT. THEY SEE THE BEAUTY OF IT EVERY DAY. THEY WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH WHATEVER YOU DECIDE. THESE WOODS STAND NEXT TO TWO HISTORIC PROPERTIES NEXT TO THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. ONE IS A TAVERN FROM THE 1700S, AND THE OTHER IS A CEMETERY THAT IS THE RESTING PLACE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S FOUNDING FAMILIES.

ALL ALONG THE ROAD, THE CONTINENTAL ARMY ONCE TRAVELED.

ONCE THE TREES ARE CUT, NO PERMIT, NO REPLANTING PLAN CAN EVER BRING THEM BACK. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY QUESTION. CUTTING INTO A STEEP, ROCKY SLOPE BESIDE A SCHOOL

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EVEN AFTER 20 YEARS, JUST TO REPLACE AND REPLANT THESE FEWER SMALL REPLACEMENT TREES IN PLAN, THEY WILL NEVER BE AS FULL AS THE WOODS THAT WE HAVE NOW. BUT HERE IS THE HOPE OF PART. THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FIGHT. THE LAND IS CURRENTLY ASSESSED AT ABOUT $107,000, AND NEW YORK STATE CAN PAY UP TO HALF TO TURN LAND LIKE THIS AT ITS VALUE AND ITS WORTH, INTO A PUBLIC WOODLAND PARK. THIS IS A PROBLEM. A TOWN LIKE YOURSELF, LIKE US HERE, CAN ACTUALLY SOLVE. SO TONIGHT WE ASK FOR ACTION TO THIS BOARD. PLEASE DIRECT STAFF TO OPEN A CONVERSATION WITH. THE OWNER. I HAVE TO HOLD YOU TO THE TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WANT TO HAND YOUR SPEECH TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S ON THE LIST, I WILL. THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU. I WILL DEFER TO MY HUSBAND HERE.

SIENA. CHAFFEE. ADA HARRIS. GOOD EVENING, MR. WEINER AND TOWN BOARD. MY NAME IS ADA HARRIS, AND I LIVE ON ROBIN HILL ROAD. MY NAME IS SIENA TROPHY AND I LIVE ON CENTRAL PARK AVENUE. FOR FIVE YEARS, I LIVED ACROSS FROM THESE WOODS TONIGHT TO HELP YOU SEE THE BEAUTY WE SEE IN THEM. WE WILL READ AN EXCERPT FROM A BOOK BY DOCTOR SEUSS CALLED THE LORAX.

AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT, WE HEARD A LOUD WHACK FROM OUTSIDE. IN THE FIELDS CAME A SICKENING SMACK OF AN AXE ON A TREE. THEN WE HEARD THE TREE FALL. THE VERY LAST TRUFFULA TREE OF THEM ALL. NO MORE TREES, NO MORE NEEDS, NO MORE WORK TO BE DONE. NOW ALL THAT WAS LEFT BENEATH THE BAD SMELLING SKY WAS MY BIG EMPTY FACTORY. THE LORAX AND I, THE LORAX SAID NOTHING. JUST GAVE ME A GLANCE. JUST GAVE ME A VERY SAD, SAD, BACKWARD GLANCE AS HE LIFTED HIMSELF BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE GRIM LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN HE HOISTED HIMSELF AND TOOK LEAVE OF THIS PLACE THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SMOG, WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE AND ALL THAT THE LORAX LEFT HERE IN THIS MESS WAS A SMALL PILE OF ROCKS WITH ONE WORD. UNLESS, WHATEVER THAT MEANT, WILL. I JUST COULDN'T GUESS. THAT WAS LONG, LONG AGO. BUT EACH DAY SINCE THAT DAY, I'VE SAT HERE AND WORRIED AND WORRIED AWAY THROUGH THE YEARS WHEN MY BUILDINGS HAVE FALLEN APART. I'VE WORRIED ABOUT IT WITH ALL OF MY HEART. BUT NOW, SAYS THE ONCE LER, NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, THE WORD OF THE LORAX SEEMS PERFECTLY CLEAR. UNLESS SOMEONE LIKE YOU CARES A WHOLE AWFUL LOT, NOTHING IS GOING TO GET BETTER. IT'S NOT SO. CATCH CALLS THE ONCE LER. HE LET SOMETHING FALL. IT'S A TRUFFULA SEED. IT'S THE LAST ONE OF ALL. YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE LAST OF THE TRUFFULA SEEDS. AND TRUFFULA TREES ARE WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS. PLANT A NEW TRUFFULA, TREAT IT WITH CARE.

GIVE IT CLEAN WATER AND FEED IT FRESH AIR. GROW A FOREST.

PROTECT IT FROM AXES. THE HACK. THEN THE LORAX AND ALL OF HIS FRIENDS MAY COME BACK. THANK YOU.

HUDSON CHAFEE. HELLO. MY NAME IS HUDSON CHAFFEE. I'M TEN YEARS OLD. I'M ON FIFTH GRADE. TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE WOODPECKERS I SAW WHEN I LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THESE WOODS. THESE ARE THREE TYPES OF WOODPECKERS. FIRST, THE RED BELLIED WOODPECKER, THE RED BELLIED WOODPECKER HAS AN INTERESTING FEET. HAVE TWO TOES POINTING FORWARD AND TWO TOES POINTING BACKWARDS. THEY STASH NUTS AND SEEDS AND FENCES AND CRACKS IN THE BARK TO EAT LATER IN THE YEAR. THEY DO NOT MIGRATE AND THEY STAY IN THEIR TERRITORIES DURING THE WINTER. NEXT IS THE DOWNY WOODPECKER.

THEY TAKE MANY DAYS TO MAKE A HOLE IN THE TREE TO LIVE IN.

SOMETIMES THEY DRUM TO SCARE AWAY RIVALS. THE HOLES ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE PREY THAT THE DOWNY WOODPECKERS ARE EATING. FINALLY, THE PILEATED WOODPECKER, THE PILEATED WOODPECKER IS THE LARGEST WOODPECKER IN NORTH AMERICA. IT WRAPS ITS TONGUE AROUND ITS SKULL TO STOP VIBRATIONS. ALSO, IT USES ITS TAIL TO HELP BALANCE WHILE ITS PECKING.

THOSE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE WOODPECKERS THAT LIVE IN THESE WOODS. SINCE THE BIRDS LIVED THERE, I WANT A PARK FOR EVERYONE INSTEAD OF A HOUSE FOR JUST A FEW PEOPLE. IF THERE ARE WOODS, THEN OTHER PEOPLE GET TO SEE WHAT PICKERS DO. CHARLES HARRIS.

MY NAME IS CHARLES HARRIS. I'M HERE WITH MY TWO KIDS, SEVENTH

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LUCAS JAFFE. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FISCHER. MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. FELLOW RESIDENTS. SO, TO FINISH WHAT SANDRA WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE REQUESTS WE HAVE REALLY PURSUING A WIN WIN HERE. THIS IS NOT ANTI DEVELOPMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTIES GET SOMETHING REALLY GOOD OUT OF THIS. SO THE DEVELOPER DESERVES SOMETHING FOR THAT LAND. THE LANDOWNER THE SCHOOL DESERVES A GREAT VIEW. THE TOWN DESERVES A PARK ALONG WITH RESIDENTS. NEW YORK STATE HAS FUNDS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE KINDS OF PURCHASES TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT WOODED LOTS LIKE THIS IN PERPETUITY. SANDRA MENTIONED IT DOESN'T COST A LOT. ONLY $107,000 FOR THE LAND. THAT'S THE LAND VALUE THAT THE TOWN IS ASSISTED AT. IN FACT, THE OWNER IN COURT DOCUMENTS WRITES THAT THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS ONLY $10,000. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE BOARD TO TALK, TO OPEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT A FAIR PURCHASE PRICE AND LOOK INTO THAT STATE GRANT THAT CAN EVEN MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. INVITE THE EDGEMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN THIS AND FOR THE PLANNING BOARD. THE REASONS WE WANT TO EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT JUST WRITTEN COMMENT, BUT A CHANCE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE HEARD AT THIS PODIUM, IS THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN IN THE SUMMER WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT. THAT'S WHEN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS HAPPENED. AND WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT, YOU GET LESS PEOPLE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. THE MAILING ADDRESSES THAT WE SAW IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD WERE NOT EXTENSIVE. THERE WERE ONLY LESS THAN A DOZEN. IT LOOKED LIKE I LIVED ACROSS FROM THIS LOCATION FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I ALSO STARTED THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I'VE INTERACTED WITH THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR ANALYSIS IS FROM 2024. SO WE ASK THAT AN UPDATED ONE BE DONE. THE VEGETATION HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT THE REQUIRED SIGHT LINES WHICH MAKE THIS BLIND CURVE DRIVEWAY VERY DANGEROUS.

THE VEGETATION HAS GROWN SINCE THE ANALYSIS WAS DONE. ALSO, THE SIGHTLINES MUST BE DONE ON THE ACTUAL SPEEDS THAT PEOPLE DRIVE, NOT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. IN THE LAST FEW SECONDS.

LET'S SEE THIS WOODS THROUGH THEIR EYES.

THANK YOU. HUGH, DID YOU WISH TWO MINUTES OR WAIT FOR THE HEARING? I WANT YOU.

OF COURSE. YOU DIDN'T FORGET ME THIS WEEK.

THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. WELCOME. MY PLEASURE.

HUGH SCHWARTZ, FORMER CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD. THIS IS A DIFFICULT THING FOR THIS BOARD BECAUSE IT REALLY ISN'T YOUR JURISDICTION. IT'S REALLY THE JURISDICTION OF THE PLANNING BOARD. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PROCESS ITSELF WAS SERIOUSLY FLAWED, AND WHICH SHOULD BE A CONCERN OF THIS BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, THIS THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 2023, IS A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION WAS BEFORE THE BOARD WHEN I WAS ON CHAIR. AND, WE DISCOURAGED THE PROCESS. THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME NEVER HEARD BACK FROM MR. GANDHI. UM, AND I WOULD ASSUME

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IT WASN'T. IT STILL HOLDS A PB NUMBER FROM 2023. THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTS. UM, I'M NOT SURE. NOTICES PROPER, PROPER WHATEVER MAILING LIST THEY USE, THEY NOTICE THEM IN 23. THE PEOPLE WITHIN 500FT. NOW IN 2026 ARE LIKELY NOT THE SAME PEOPLE. SO THAT'S ONE CONCERN. TWO, THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONCERN. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DISCUSSED THIS ABOUT IN AUGUST OF 2024 WHEN MR. PINE WAS PUT ON THE PLANNING BOARD ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS A PRESIDENT OF THE ACC. AT THE TIME, HE WAS PROMISED HE WAS GOING TO RESIGN FROM THE ACC. HE NEVER DID, AND HE DIDN'T RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THIS PROJECT. THAT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE THE ACC CAN'T REPRESENT THESE PEOPLE AND A PART IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY NORMALLY WOULD DO. UM, THIRD, AND I'LL GIVE YOU THIS, UH, MR. PYNE RELEASED A OPINION ON THIS PROJECT ON FACEBOOK LAST WEEK. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG THING TO DO. IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE 30 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND. THE PLANNING BOARD. YOU NEVER. WHEN A PROJECT IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION, RELEASE A PUBLIC OPINION LIKE THAT. AND HE DID. AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS THIS IS FLAWED, WHICH IS WHY IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND BE REOPENED. THANK YOU VERY.

MUCH. MARY BOWDEN.

THANKS. IF WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVE RIGHT NOW, I JUST ASK YOU BE AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE ON YOUR WAY OUT. WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE SPEAKERS TO GO, AND IF YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE IT A MOMENT. THANKS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. I THINK YOU CAN BEGIN, MARI.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MURRAY BOWDEN.

I'D LIKE TO. SENSITIZE YOU TO.

HOW PEOPLE. ARE TAKING CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE THESE DAYS. IN A WAYS THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED. WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AND SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, NOTICE HOW MANY TIMES SOMEBODY'S GOING IN THE OPERATION. THE OTHER DIRECTION WILL FLASH THEIR LIGHTS, STOP AND LET YOU PULL IN. NOTICE HOW MANY TIMES WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, SOMEBODY WILL STOP, FLASH THEIR LIGHTS, AND SO YOU CAN GET OUT SAFELY. THERE'S A REALIZATION THAT WE'RE ALL TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS. IT'S A LOT TO SAY TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT.

ALL OF YOU NOTICE AS WELL. WE'RE TAKING EACH OTHER, TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. SO JUST I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS I'LL GET TO. THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBOR. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. WE NEED TO SURVIVE. WE NEED TO DO THINGS IN A BETTER WAY, IN A MORE FRIENDLY WAY. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS ERICA BAGCHI, REPORTING FROM FAIRVIEW.

SO I'LL JUST MAKE IT VERY QUICK ABOUT THE SEVERE REPAIR. WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT WITH TRANSPARENCY. AND IT SHOULD BE REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC. I CAN TELL IT THAT THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN COUNCIL HAVE MADE MISTAKES. NOW, FAILURE IS THE PILLAR OF SUCCESS. SO LET'S NOT REPEAT WHAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. OR $2 MILLION GONE INTO THE STINKY SEWER. NOW TALKING ABOUT HALLOWEEN THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 31ST, THE EVE OF ALL SAINTS DAY, COMMONLY CELEBRATED BY CHILDREN WHO DRESS IN COSTUME AND GO DOOR TO DOOR ASKING FOR CANDY. THEY SAY OUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT HALLOWEEN IS DRESSING UP A HALLOWEEN PARTY. AS COMMUNITY LEADERS VOTE, THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PERSONALLY BE WILLING TO SIGN AN INDEMNIFICATION. IN THIS SCENARIO, TEMPORARY CLOSING STREETS TO TRAFFIC GIVES CHILDREN MORE ROOM TO TRICK OR TREAT, PLAY AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. PARENTS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN

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HALLOWEEN OFFERED A TRICK OR A TREAT. WE AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN SHOULD TREAT EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT GOOD TO KEEP TRICKING PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND LET GO OUR EGO ON ONE MYSTIC MAGIC NIGHT, JACK O LANTERN GLOWING BRIGHT KIDS WITH BAGS OF CANDY, SWEET ROOM, DOOR TO DOOR AND STREET TO STREET. SO THERE IS HALLOWEEN. THERE IS NEW YEAR'S ARE SO MANY. AND OF COURSE, 4TH OF JULY. UH, SO WE NEED TO RESPECT THESE HOLIDAYS AND MAKE IT IN THE BEST AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FORMER TOWN CLERK JUDITH BEVILLE. OKAY, SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IF IF YOU GOOGLE THE QUESTION, DOES THE TOWN CLERK WARRANT BEING. REFERRED TO.

AS HONORABLE FORMER TOWN CLERK, THE THE ANSWER WILL BE YES. IT IS AN AMERICAN STANDARD TO REFER TO FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS HONORABLE. SO I SAY TO YOU, I AM HONORABLE.

JUDITH BEVILLE GREENBURG, TOWN CLERK. JANUARY JANUARY 2008.

TILL DECEMBER 2023. SO DURING MY TENURE FOR 15 YEARS, I WAS, I HAVE TO SAY, RESPONSIBLE FOR ENCOURAGING CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS TO COME FORWARD AND PUT IN THEIR REQUESTS FOR HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND CLOSING OFF STREETS FOR THEIR THEIR BLOCK PARTIES.

UM, IT REALLY BECAME AN INCREASE AFTER, YOU KNOW, COVID AND, AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SAFER WAY TO HAVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GO TRICK OR TREATING. AND SO I AM JUST REALLY APPALLED AT THIS. UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHARGING CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, INSURANCE OR INDEMNIFICATION FOR ALLOWING THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE HALLOWEEN PARTIES. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE JUST GOOGLE, IF YOU'RE JUST GOOGLE BARRIERS FOR, FOR FOR, UM, POLICE, YOU'LL COME UP WITH RAPID DEPLOYMENT, CERTIFIED STOPPING POWER, KINDS OF BARRIERS. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS THAT ARE OUT HERE. LET'S LOOK AT HOW TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT TO, TO, UM, FOR FOR SAFETY RATHER THAN IMPOSING ON RESIDENTS THE BURDEN OF HAVING TO PAY FOR UM, INSURANCE POLICIES. I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE CIVIC ENGAGED AND MORE, UH, CUSTOMER FRIENDLY.

ABOUT. CHERYL KNOPE. JEREMY HOPWOOD.

HI. GOOD EVENING. UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, JEREMY HOPWOOD. UH, HASTINGS ON HUDSON. AND I AM HERE AGAIN THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY LAW FOR 58 A11 THAT ALLOWS FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR FULLY DISABLED VETERANS WHO ARE FULLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. AND I KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HABER, FOR RESPONDING LAST WEEK POSITIVELY, SAYING THAT YOU ARE LEANING IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. UH, SO THE QUESTION I ASK TONIGHT IS, WHAT IS OUR NEXT STEP AND HOW DO WE GET FROM BEING INTERESTED IN THIS AND WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS? AND A REMINDER THAT THE COUNTY HAS PASSED THIS, UH, SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGES, UH, WITHIN THE TOWN ARE ALSO CONSIDERING THIS. AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. SO I, UH, POSE THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET THIS ON AN AGENDA? UH, HOW DO WE GET THIS TO A VOTE? AND HOW DO WE MOVE THIS FORWARD? UH, A REMINDER THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR 100% FULLY DISABLED VETERANS AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE, WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCES. SO THESE ARE OLDER,

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MARISSA GOLDBERG. GOOD EVENING, TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS MARISSA GOLDBERG, AND I'M HERE REGARDING THE STREET CLOSURES FOR HALLOWEEN. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID, THAT THE POLICE HAVE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN, AND I CAN'T REALLY TELL IF THERE'S STILL ANY ROOM FOR NEGOTIATING THIS INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE, BUT THE SITUATION IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE. A PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET FOR THE SEEGER WOODS HALLOWEEN CLOSING. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN CLOSED, UM, FOR THE PAST SIX HALLOWEENS. THE CLOSED AREA WAS ALREADY DECREASED DUE TO A LACK OF POLICE AREAS FOR THE TOWN, WHICH WAS ALREADY A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT AND WAS NOT TOLD TO US UNTIL MUCH AFTER THE PERMITS WERE ALREADY SUBMITTED.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORT. WE DON'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR ONE NEIGHBOR TO BE IN CHARGE OF ALL BARRIERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT REALLY JUST SEEMS UNFEASIBLE. THE JOYCE ROAD ITSELF IS A LONG SECTION. THERE'S OTHER CLOSED OFF AREAS UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BY HOWARD PLACE. SO TO ASK FOR ONE PERSON TO BE IN CHARGE OF THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT COULD WORK. THANK YOU.

AMY BAMBERGER. HI. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. UM, I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE HALLOWEEN CLOSURES.

UM, SO WE ACTUALLY APPLIED BACK IN JULY OF JULY 13TH, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT, ACTUALLY, WE'RE WAITING TONIGHT TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE STILL GETTING OUR STREET CLOSURE. UM, WE APPLIED BACK IN JULY. WE WERE TOLD CONSTANTLY TO PUT IT OFF. THEN WE GOT AN EMAIL SAYING IT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH. THEN WE GOT ANOTHER EMAIL SAYING THAT IF WE DID NOT BUY THE INSURANCE BY THIS EVENING, YOU WOULD NOT APPROVE US, WHICH WE THEN WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT. I COULD SHOW YOU THE EMAILS AND SO WE SPENT TWO OVER ALMOST $300 ON CLOSING THE STREET, WHICH WE ARE NOW OUT, WHICH IS GOING TO COME OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT THE FAMILIES THAT WE ALL PUT TOGETHER TO DO THE STREET CLOSURES. WE'VE DONE THIS FOR SIX YEARS AND IT IS SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS FORWARD TO. ALL THE RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO, PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. WE NORMALLY DO THIS. WE ALERT PEOPLE AND OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND US IN THE STREETS. WE CLOSE TWO WEEKS PRIOR. OUR EVENT IS NEXT WEEK AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE CLOSING. WE HAVE.

HAD ABSOLUTELY NO TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS AND WE ARE OVERLY PREPARED. NORMALLY WE. HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP BEFORE OCTOBER HITS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALERTING PEOPLE. AND MAYBE BECAUSE I WAS OUT OR I AM A DAUGHTER OF A POLICE OFFICER, WE SET UP OUR EVENT IN THE CENTER OF TWO DIFFERENT STREETS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT AWAY FROM THE BARRIERS. WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE THAT EVEN THOUGH BARRIERS ARE UP, THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS SAFE. ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS, MAYBE PUT IN THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING NEAR THE BARRIER OR SOMETHING ELSE. I GREW UP RIGHT IN ARDSLEY. I GREW UP IN HARTSDALE, AND WE USED TO RUN AROUND THE STREETS ON HALLOWEEN, AND THE CARS WOULD DRIVE BY AND YOU'D HAVE THE EGG MOBILE FLYING BY YOU AND THROWING EGGS. I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT A THING ANYMORE. AND OUR KIDS ARE SAFER WITH THE STREETS CLOSED FOR ALL OF IT. BUT ALSO, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I'M GOING TO GET MY MONEY BACK THAT I JUST SPENT ON THIS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY THIS OFFICE OR THE TOWN HALL TO CLOSE IT AND PAY FOR IT. OH I'M. DONE.

THANK YOU. WHAT IS YOUR. LOCATION? OKAY. DEEDEE, TROY.

GOOD EVENING. TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FEINER AND THE REST OF YOU WONDERFUL BOARD MEMBERS. I AM HERE ON TWO SEPARATE TOPICS THAT ARE UNRELATED. ONE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE PROJECT. RESIDENTS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY. WE DESERVE PUBLIC

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ANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE HOME ACT? UM, IT'S REGARDING MARIJUANA AND PUBLIC SPACES, AND THE HOME ACT CAN BE APPLIED TO GREENBURG. YONKERS APPLIED IT WHERE YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES. AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO APPLY THAT. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. DAVID SLOAN.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO.

HI. THANK YOU FOR ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE A SOLUTION TO THE HALLOWEEN STREET CLOSING. I FEEL IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH INAPPROPRIATE TO REQUIRE THE ORGANIZERS TO BE HELD PUBLICLY. PRIVATELY, PERSONALLY LIABLE.

UH, ALSO, IF YOU'RE HOLDING ORGANIZERS LIABLE. DOES THAT INDEMNIFY THE TOWN'S INSURANCE POLICY? UH, NOW, BACK TO EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. THE CONTRACT FOR THE EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIR.

I'M SORRY. EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIR HAS STILL NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. I'M SURE THE TOWN BOARD IS NOT THAT INCOMPETENT TO ALLOW CONTRACTOR CARTE BLANCHE TO MAKE UP WHATEVER PRICES HE WANTS TO COLLECT. PLEASE SHOW GREENBURG RESIDENTS THE CONTRACT. THAT MUST BE A CONTRACT. UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A CONTRACT TO TWO YEARS AND OVER $2 MILLION DURING THIS EMERGENCY TO FINALLY FIND A SOLUTION TO REPAIR THE SEWER BREAK. RESIDENTS OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE HAVE REPEATEDLY REQUESTED AND ORDERED FOR THIS MISMANAGED PROJECT. IF YOU'RE NOT HIDING INTENTIONAL FRAUD, YOU SHOULDN'T BE OPPOSING THE AUDIT REQUEST. FINALLY, I COMMEND JEREMY HOPWOOD FOR ADVOCATING FOR OUR DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR CAROL ALLEN. GOOD EVENING. FOR DOZENS OF YEARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE FUNCTIONS THAT REQUIRED STREET CLOSURES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT INCIDENTS HAS PROVOKED THE TOWN TO NOW START ASKING FOR INDEMNIFICATION BY THE RESIDENTS. WHAT LIABILITY WILL REST ON THE ORGANIZERS WHO SIGN THESE FORMS? YOU ARE ASKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PERFORM A FUNCTION BASICALLY LIKE POLICING, CONTROLLING TRAFFIC. I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU WANT US TO START DOING THAT. IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, YOU DON'T NEED TO FIX IT. RIGHT? SIDNEY COLLINS. GOOD EVENING.

SUPERVISOR, PIONEER AND BOARD. I'M COMING ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC. I'M COMING. AND I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE ABOUT THE BUSES AT TD. AND I KNOW THEY'RE IN THE WORK, BUT.

AND EVERYTHING TAKES TIME. BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS OR IF IT'S STILL I KNOW IT HAS STILL HAS TO STILL BE IN THE WORK, BUT THOSE BUSES, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OR THEY'RE NOT SUITABLE FOR SENIORS TO RIDE OR THE KIDS TO RIDE. I MEAN, YOU KEEP PATCHING THEM UP, PATCHING THEM UP, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A NEW BUS COMING, BUT WHEN IS IT COMING? CHRISTMAS COMING. WE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS. ABOUT THESE BUSES, NOT ONLY THE BUS BUT THE MANY BUSES THAT THEY HAVE. ALSO, THEY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THOSE BUSES BEEN IN EXISTENCE DOWN THERE SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO MY AGE, BUT I AM A SENIOR NOW. PRAISE GOD, THANK GOD FOR THAT. BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THOSE BUSES. AND I KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE, AND THEY ARE IN THE WAKES, BUT WHEN THAT'S. THAT'S IT.

ANDREA REED. SAID, I. OKAY, OKAY.

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UM, MY NAME IS ANDREA REED, AND I AM THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE FAIRVIEW AREA DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADERS AND A PROUD HOMEOWNER IN THE FAIRVIEW AREA. AS A RESIDENT, UH, FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE SCAFFOLD BEING TAKEN DOWN ON MANHATTAN AVENUE. UH, AFTER FOUR YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE SECOND SIDE OF THE MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL. UM, ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO, AN AGREEMENT FOR TWO MURAL WALLS WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN IN LITIGATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I AM ASKING WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE. I AM AWARE THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS FOR BOTH SIDES TO BE COMPLETED, YET ONLY ONE SIDE REMAINS COMPLETED. UH, IS THERE A PLAN FOR THE SECOND SIDE TO BE COMPLETED? IF SO, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? ALSO, THERE WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE QR CODES TO IDENTIFY EACH PERSON ON THE ON EACH WALL. AGAIN, WHAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UM, BEFORE I GO TO THE, UM, ZOOM, ZOOM SPEAKERS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR FIVE MINUTES THAT WANTED TO CHANGE IT TO TWO MINUTES? HOW LONG? OKAY. UM, AMY. HECTOR. TERRENCE.

HI. HOW ARE YOU? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES. GREAT. NOW THAT I'VE SAID HELLO, I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN BECAUSE I HAVE A PRESENTATION. UM, TO SHARE. UM, AND I'LL JUST ASK. I DID SEND THIS AROUND PRIOR TO THIS EVENING, SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE IT, BUT MY NAME IS AMY POLLAN. I LIVE AT 19 COTSWOLD WAY, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A WATER BILL THAT I RECEIVED. UM, FOR $18,000, A LITTLE OVER $18,000. I RECEIVED THIS WATER BILL IN DECEMBER OF 25. UM, AND I HAVE SINCE RECEIVING THIS WATER BILL, ATTEMPTED TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT THE REASON WAS FOR IT AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO RESOLVE IT. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE GREENBURG WATER DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, THEY BELIEVE THAT MY WATER METER WAS MALFUNCTIONING FROM FEBRUARY 22ND TO TO THE FALL OF 25. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS. WE WERE BEING BILLED REGULARLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND PAYING OUR BILLS ON TIME. UM, WE FOUND THIS OUT AFTER WE WERE CONTACTED TO REPAIR OUR METER. WE LET THEM INTO OUR HOUSE TO DO SO, AND THEN WE RECEIVED THIS BILL. UM, THAT BILL, WHICH IS FOR $18,000, UM, IT FAR EXCEEDS OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL BILL THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE WE'VE MOVED INTO THE HOUSE, BUT SPECIFICALLY, I PROVIDED HERE THE AVERAGE BILL OF A LITTLE OVER $3,000 FROM 22 TO 2024. UM, SINCE THIS OCCURRED, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT ON THIS ISSUE.

WE HAVE SENT LETTERS, WE HAVE EMAILED, WE HAVE CALLED. I'VE PERSONALLY GONE TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE, ANY SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE. I JUST I SEE MY TIME IS GOING. SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU IF YOU LOOK AT MY AVERAGE BILLS, THIS IS MY CONSUMPTION PER YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR THE THE AMOUNT WE PAID, UM, IN 2026, WHICH IS NOW AFTER IT HAS BEEN FIXED, IS ROUGHLY CONSISTENT WITH THE WITH THE ESTIMATED BILLS THAT

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OKAY. DO YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. HAVE MY PRESENTATION.

I DO, YES. OKAY. AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I PROVIDED SOME THOUGHTS ON THE RESOLUTION AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SOMEONE ENGAGING WITH ME. OKAY.

THAT'S EVERYONE. THAT'S IT.

UM. THIS BOARD. MIND IF I GO FIRST TO CLARIFY SOME SOME COMMENTS? UM, I'LL JUST GO IN ORDER. UM, THE DECEMBER 2ND AUCTION IS STILL OCCURRING. INFO WILL BE POSTED ABOUT THAT SOON. UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT SOLD ON THAT DECEMBER 2ND AUCTION WILL BE RELISTED AT A LATER TIME. HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING SELLS, BUT CAN'T CAN'T BE SURE. SO THEY WILL BE REALISTIC. IF THAT'S THE CASE. UM, ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE TREES. WE WILL SHARE YOUR COMMENTS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD. OF COURSE THE CHAIR IS HERE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THE OTHER MEMBERS GET THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL, UM, I DO WANT TO REITERATE SOME ITEMS I SAID EARLIER ABOUT, UM, HALLOWEEN STREET CLOSURES. THE TOWN IS NOT CHARGING RESIDENTS AND INSURANCE POLICIES ARE NOT BEING REQUIRED. I UNDERSTAND ONE PERSON SAID THEY DID GET THE INSURANCE. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS THE PREFERRED METHOD.

AND IF I WAS HOLDING A STREET CLOSURE, I WOULD WANT THAT INSURANCE. BUT WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.

UM, IF YOU NOTICE, THE INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE ASKS, NOT ONLY THE REQUESTER TO LOOK AT THE BARRICADES, BUT OR THEIR DESIGNEES. SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ONE PERSON IF IT'S A LARGER AREA, TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ALL BARRICADES, BUT JUST TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT OTHERS CAN ASSIST, UM, WITH THAT, WITH THAT REVIEW, IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR FULLY DISABLED VETERANS, THE ASSESSOR IS COMING IN VERY SOON TO DISCUSS NOT ONLY THAT PROPOSED EXEMPTION, BUT OTHER EXEMPTIONS AS WELL, TO PRESENT THEM ALL TO THE TOWN BOARD TO SEE WHICH WILL BE PUT INTO OUR TOWN CODE.

AND THAT PROCESS WOULD BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON ANY AMENDMENTS TO OUR TOWN CODE, CLOSING THAT HEARING, LEAVING THE RECORD OPEN FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THEN ENACTING, ONCE THE LAW IS SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS FOR THAT LAW AND SEVERAL OTHER EXEMPTIONS AS WELL. I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR THE CONTRACT FOR EAST HARTSDALE.

AVENUE SO. I COULD SHARE THAT THAT THAT HAS BEEN SHARED ON MANY OCCASIONS. IT WAS SHARED IN COURT PROCESS AS WELL. I I'LL GET YOUR EMAIL AFTERWARDS. I THINK I HAVE IT ALREADY, BUT YEAH, NO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. UM. YOU CAN GET TO THAT ONE TOO.

YEAH, IT WAS POSTED. IT WAS APPROVED VIA A RESOLUTION. IT WAS POSTED BY THE TOWN BOARD VOTED ON, BUT I COULD SHARE IT TO MAKE IT EASIER ACCESS, UM, BUSES. I DON'T KNOW THE TIME FRAME FOR THAT. I WILL ASK THE COMMISSIONER OF TDCJ. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HERE HAS ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

THE BUSES. ARE IN..

IT TAKES TIME FOR THE BUSES THAT WERE PURCHASED TO BE REHABBED. FOR THE SENIORS, FOR THEM TO BE THERE FOR THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, SO THAT THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT. BUT WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO BUSES, NEW BUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED AND THAT ARE PART OF ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING. SO IT DOES TAKE TIME AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPATIENCE, BUT IT WILL BE A BETTER EXPERIENCE.

THE MANUFACTURING I THINK, IS A LENGTHY PROCESS OF.

MAKING THEM UP ALTOGETHER. SO I THERE.

ON ORDER, CORRECT? YEAH. THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING OUTFITTED. RIGHT, RIGHT.

YEAH. AND AND MY FINAL NOTE WAS THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER PLANS FOR THE MURAL AT THIS TIME. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO RESPOND TO ANY, UM, ANY OF THE COMMENTS MADE DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING? I'M INTERESTED IN.

FINDING OUT. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T SEE THE BILL. THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH REGARD TO NOT SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES.

PARDON ME. PAUL.

MATT. HOME ACT. OKAY. IS THAT A NEW YORK STATE? OKAY.

YEAH. THAT'S INTERESTING TO. UH.

DESIGNATING NON-SMOKING. ZONES IN PUBLIC AREAS. SURE. AND YONKERS REQUIRED. OKAY. YEAH. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE IN. FAVOR OF THAT. YEAH, YEAH.

THANK YOU. UM. AS FAR.

AS THE BARRIER LIABILITY. TO RESPOND TO CAROL.

ALLEN'S REQUEST, IT WAS REALLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE POLICE FORCE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MONITOR THE BARRIERS..

AND VERY. OFTEN PEOPLE JUST IGNORE THEM.

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SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF IT TO TO JUST ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. OR ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THE HOME ACT THAT INVOLVES A YONKERS AND MARIJUANA NOT BEING ALLOWED. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT YET.

WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT. I'M NOT AWARE OF IT EITHER, BUT WE'RE ALREADY ON IT, SO WE'LL PROVIDE A MEMO TO THE BOARD. THANKS.

SO REGARDING THE WOODS, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A WEBSITE THAT WAS CREATED, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE MEANS OF FIGHTING THE WOODS PROJECT IS TO COME TO TOWN HALL THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MEANING TODAY, AND MAKE YOUR CASE TO THE TOWN BOARD. BUT WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER THAT. NONE AT ALL. AND SOMEBODY SAID, SEND IT BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD. IT NEVER LEFT THE PLANNING BOARD. SO GETTING UP AND SAYING DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO US. UM, IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE AN ETHICS CODE WHERE WE CAN'T TRY TO INFLUENCE PLANNING OR ZONING BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO WHOEVER DID THAT, THEY REALLY ARE DIRECTING THE ATTENTION TO THE WRONG BOARD. UH, REGARDING SEEKER WOODS AREA SEEKER HOMES IS THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION THERE, BUT IT'S A SECTION OF OF JOYCE ROAD. BUT THERE ARE OTHER STREET CLOSURES THAT ARE REQUESTED IN THAT AREA. NO ONE IS ASKING THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO DO THE AREA AROUND JOYCE ROAD TO INDEMNIFY SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NO, NO CONTROL OVER BY THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS, EVEN IN THE SAME CIVIC ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, I THINK THERE'S 550 HOMES AND DIFFERENT AREAS HAVE IT ON DIFFERENT DAYS. AND SO FORTH. SO WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO SOMEHOW BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH. UM. LET'S SEE. I THINK THE TOWN ATTORNEY ADDRESSED, UM.

YEAH. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE WATER BILL. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE WATER BILL WAS ESTIMATED FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT, UM, WERE ACCRUING, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT WAS AN ACTUAL READING. SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. UM, BUT I'LL ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THAT MYSELF. AND, UH. I THINK I'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.

OH, AND REGARDING SPECIFIC INCIDENCES, THE POLICE CHIEF AND I EXPERIENCED SOMEBODY PULLING OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY WITHIN THE BARRICADES, PULLED OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY, DIDN'T EVEN OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN IN THE STREET. AND WHEN PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION AND SLOW THEM DOWN, THEY SPED UP. AND OTHER SITUATIONS, THE MORE COMMON SITUATION AS PEOPLE COME HOME, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE BLOCK PARTY IS OVER. THEY MOVE THE BARRICADES AND THEY JUST DRIVE UP AND GO A LITTLE BIT SLOW SO PEOPLE WILL GET OUT OF THEIR WAY, AND THEN THEY PULL INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY. SO I

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ALSO I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

THERE WAS BASICALLY, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED AND THE TOWN WAS. TRYING AND THE TOWN CLERK..

I DISRUPT YOU SO YOU DON'T. INTERRUPT ME.

OKAY. SO I GET SOME FACTS.

THE FACT IS THAT BASICALLY, INITIALLY, UM, RESIDENTS COMPLAINED BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO REQUIRE THE INSURANCE TO BE PAID FOR BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR NEIGHBORS WHO WANT TO HAVE THE CLOSURE OF, OF OF STREETS FOR HALLOWEEN. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION. PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TOWN CANCELING HALLOWEEN AND BEING SCROOGE'S AND AND DISCOURAGING FUN ACTIVITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE VERY UPSET. TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN DECIDED TO BACK OFF OF THAT RIDICULOUS PLAN. UH, THEN THERE WAS AN INDEMNIFICATION. INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT WAS ALSO RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE DISCOURAGED PEOPLE FROM HAVING THE THE BLOCK PARTIES. SO TODAY THEY CAME UP WITH A THIRD, YOU KNOW, VERSION. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MY FEELING IS SINCE THE TOWN HAS CHANGED THE POLICY, UM, AFTER, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FACT, BUT BUT BEFORE, AFTER, AFTER PEOPLE STARTED PAYING FOR IT. I FEEL THAT THE TOWN SHOULD SAY TO PEOPLE, WE MADE A MISTAKE.

WE'RE GOING TO ABSORB THE COST OF THE INSURANCE THAT YOU PAID FOR, THIS. I THINK TEN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT TO HAVE BLOCK PARTIES AND RATHER THAN AT THIS POINT REQUIRE INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS TO BE SIGNED, I THINK THE SIMPLER APPROACH WOULD BE FOR THE TOWN TO PAY FOR THE INSURANCE FOR EACH OF THE ASSOCIATIONS, AND THEN HAVE A SIMPLE FORM SAYING, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORGANIZING THIS PROMISE TO TRY GETTING VOLUNTEERS, UH, TO HAVE PEOPLE NEAR THE BARRICADES THAT COULD GIVE UM, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD TELL PEOPLE WHO THE, UH, GIVE PEOPLE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. I'VE GONE TO MOST OF THESE THESE BLOCK PARTIES FOR YEARS, HAVE NEVER SEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, USUALLY DURING, UM, YOU KNOW, HALLOWEEN, I SPENT HOURS JUST WALKING ON EVERY STREET OFF JOYCE ROAD. AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS I'VE EVER GONE TO. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, THAT OVER 1000 PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ATTEND, UM, IT'S SAFE. UH, SOME OF THE HOMES ARE LIKE MUSEUMS WITH AMAZING DECORATIONS. I THINK THAT WHAT THE TOWN'S DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY DISCOURAGING FUN. AND THIS.

TOWN. AND WE'RE MAKING WE'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT A QUALITY OF LIFE. THEY WANT TO ENJOY, UH, THESE EVENTS.

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A CAR? NOBODY KNOW THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT TO HAVE FUN.

WE ALL WANT TO ENJOY HALLOWEEN. WE REALLY WANT.

TO FOCUS ON SAFETY. FOCUS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE..

BECAUSE LET ME KNOW. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THERE. YOU HAVE.

THOSE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT.

GIVING EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE THE ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES.

DO YOU. WANT TO STAY ON.

THE TOPIC? WELL, NO. LET ME SAY I.

DON'T INTERRUPT YOU AND YOU BETTER NOT INTERRUPT ME.

OKAY. SO SO LET ME. YOU ALWAYS INTERRUPT, BUT SO LET ME SAY, YOU KNOW, MY FEELING IS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND NOT EAST HARTSDALE ON HALLOWEEN. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THE TOWN ABSORB 100% OF THE INSURANCE COST. IT WOULD BE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EVERYTHING. AND AND THEN WORK WITH A NEIGHBOR. THIS IS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE HALLOWEEN. WORK WITH THOSE THAT WANT TO DO THE HALLOWEEN, UM, EVENTS SO WE CAN HAVE A REALLY GOOD EFFORT. SECOND ISSUE THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE SILVERMANE BREAK. AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH DEEDEE. WE ALL RECOGNIZE IT'S THERE'S NOBODY WHO DISAGREES WITH US. WE THREW OUT OVER $2 MILLION, UM, FOR OVER TWO YEARS ON, UH, TEMPORARY REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT NEEDED. UM, AND, UM, AND WE NEED TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE. UH, WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH A FORENSIC AUDIT OF OUR FINANCIALS. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BY SOMEBODY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOWN TELLING US WHAT DID WE DO? RIGHT? WHAT DID WE DO WRONG? THE BEHAVIOR OF ALL TOWN OFFICIALS, UM, IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF THIS, UM, AND WE ALSO NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH THE REPAIRS ARE QUESTIONING. UM, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, YOU SCHWARTZ MENTIONED TO ME A FEW DAYS AGO, ARE WE PAYING EMERGENCY CONTRACT COSTS OR ARE WE PAYING WHICH EMERGENCY COSTS? IF WE'RE HIRING TO DO WORK, ARE WE PAYING THE GOING RATE OR ARE WE PAYING A RATE THAT IS OVER THE TYPICAL RATE BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY. BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LACK OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING, FRANCIS SAID. THIS WAS, I THINK IN THE SUMMER WE HAVE TO DO THIS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE WANT THE WORK TO BE DONE BY BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I REMEMBER THAT YOU KNOW THOSE WORDS WELL. RIGHT NOW IT'S OCTOBER AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY IF THE WORK GETS DONE IN JANUARY. SO THIS IS NOT AND, YOU KNOW, SO THE THING IS, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS ON ON THIS. AND I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH ANSWERS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE WORK HAS TO GET DONE. YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT IT'S GETTING DONE. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS. YESTERDAY WAS A DISASTER BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STUCK. MY WIFE WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY MY WIFE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR 40 MINUTES, OVER 40 MINUTES. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WENT WITH FRANK, MARINA MORABITO, WHO IS WORKING VERY, VERY HARD ON TRYING TO COME UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE REPAIRS DONE AND IS WORKING HIS HEAD OFF. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE DONE, THAT COULD MAKE THE STREET SAFER. BUT YESTERDAY, WHEN WE WERE THERE WITH STEVE GOLDBERG, I SAW THREE CARS, UH, CROSSING THE BLINKING CROSSWALK LIGHT. UM, SO I'M, LIKE, HYSTERICAL BECAUSE I BASICALLY FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE THE AREA SAFER. AND WE'VE HAD FATALITIES ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. UH, WHEN THE WHEN THE STREET WASN'T CLOSED. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO DO MUCH MORE, UH, AS A BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST CHANCE OF MINIMIZING THE POSSIBILITY OF A PEDESTRIAN, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING HIT WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING. IT'S GOING TO GET DARK DURING RUSH HOUR. UM, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S GOING TO GET MORE DANGEROUS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NIGHTMARES OVER BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I, I KNEW MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM PEDESTRIAN RELATED ACCIDENTS, AND WE THIS THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE THE HALLOWEEN, UH, THE EFFORTS TO DISCOURAGE HALLOWEEN. UM, UH UH, UH, BLOCK PARTIES. AND THE FINAL THING THAT I WANT TO TWO OF THE THINGS THE OLD ARMY ROAD, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE'VE IN THE PAST, WHEN I WAS, UH, FIRST ELECTED TOWN

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SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.

AND THAT IS THAT WE WERE NOT TRYING TO DISCOURAGE HALLOWEEN PARTIES. THAT WAS PATENTLY WRONG. WE DID NOT AGREE TO THAT, THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE INSURANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. MOSTLY WE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY FACTORS AT THE REQUEST OF THE POLICE CHIEF. SO I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ON YOUR PART. SUPERVISOR. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, BUT NO ONE WAS TRYING TO DISCOURAGE HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND NO ONE WAS TRYING TO IMPOSE, UM, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. WE WERE HAVING A BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT RATHER THAN ACTUALLY IMPOSING IT. MOSTLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY.

I THINK. THAT THERE.

WAS A REQUIREMENT. I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS.

NO, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU PROJECTED BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE DECISION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE ALLOWED.

BUT THAT WAS NOT A DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD.

SO WHEN THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AND, AND UM, AND ACTUALLY MISS BAMBERGER, BEN BAMBERGER. OKAY. UM, I DID FIND AN EMAIL.

CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? EMAIL? YES. OKAY.

THAT WAS ADDRESSING THE INSURANCE INFORMATION, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE. SO THE RESPONSIBILITY WHERE WHERE WE WERE WITH THE INDEMNITY THERE. AGAIN, YOU HEARD HER, UH, DURING HER SPEECH WHERE SHE SAID, WHY IS ONE PERSON? AND THEN IT WAS SUGGESTED AN AND THEN THAT IS WHERE THE INSURANCE CAME FROM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, THIS IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. AND IT WAS A DISCUSSION. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT CAME IN BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED TO BE RESPONSIBLE SOLELY. SO THAT'S. WHERE IT WAS A DISCUSSION, NOT A DECISION. YEAH, BUT WE MADE HER PAY. WE MADE HER BUY THE INSURANCE. SO THAT TO ME IS A POLICY DECISION. SO SO THE THING IS WE, UH, SHE CALLED ME VERY UPSET THAT. ARE.

WE GOING TO DO THIS BACK AND FORTH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU INTERRUPTED YOU, YOU SAID, DON'T INTERRUPT.

WELL, YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH BECAUSE.

SO LET'S, LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRUTH INSURANCE. NOT BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS TOLD SHE HAD TO. THAT'S BASICALLY.

NO, NO, NO. I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING. IT WAS TO WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WAS. AND WE ARE ALL OF THIS IS IN GOOD FAITH TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CHILDREN, OUR ADULTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATE IN THESE, UM, BUT THESE ARE NOT ALL ACTUAL PARTIES. THESE ARE REALLY JUST TRICK OR TREATING. AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THIS IS MY OPINION. TRICK OR TREATING IS A PUBLIC ACTIVITY. I PERSONALLY

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WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS NOT HAVING A PARTY, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS WHEN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS TOGETHER AND COMES OUT INTO THE STREET, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IT'S NOT THE SAME AS JUST GOING OUT TRICK OR TREATING. BUT THAT'S WHY WE WOULD NEED BARRICADES, BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE THROWING, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THROWING. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, THOUGH. NO THEY'RE NOT. NO THEY'RE NOT.

THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THEN BECAUSE.

OH NO, I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE. JUST. YOU HAVEN'T TRUE. I YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE ARE LOTS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREET THAT. THAT HAS AND THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE LOOK AT THAT. A PARADE IS AN EVENT. A BLOCK PARTY IS AN EVENT. TRICK OR TREATING DOES NOT HAPPEN. BUT IT'S NOT TRICK OR TREATING.

IT IS BASICALLY A HALLOWEEN PARTY. THAT'S HOW I PERCEIVED IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING. FOR MOST OF MY TENURE SUPERVISOR, I USED TO GO WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, THE POLICE CHIEFS AROUND THE TOWN, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF VANDALISM ON HALLOWEEN BEFORE WE HAD THESE STREET CLOSURES. WE HAD FIRES, WE HAD VIOLENCE. WE HAD A POLICE BUS. UM, A LOT OF OVERTIME FOR FOR THE POLICE. I REMEMBER ONCE WE HAD A POLICE BUS AND THEY BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, STARTED LOCKING UP ALL THESE TEENAGERS WHO WERE, UH, UH, GUILTY OF, UH, SOME VANDALISM PRANKS OR WHATEVER.

THERE WAS ONCE A FIRE, I REMEMBER. SO WHAT THE REASON I I'M SO, SO SUPPORTIVE OF THESE BLOCK PARTIES IS I PERSONALLY OBSERVED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE IT. UM, AND I FEEL THESE, UH, BLOCK PARTIES OR STREET CLOSURES MAKE IT MUCH SAFER. SO, UM, SO IN RECENT YEARS, UM, SINCE THEY STARTED, WE HAVEN'T HAD, LIKE, PRACTICALLY ANY INSTANCES, INSTANCES, UH, UM, AND AGAIN, WE USED WHEN I WAS IN THE CAR WITH THE CHIEF YEARS AGO, IT WAS LIKE EVERY COUPLE SECONDS THERE WAS THERE WAS A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE IN THE TOWN, UM, AND WOULD GO FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. UH, SO I SO I REALLY AM VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW THAT IF WE DISCONTINUE IT, UM, OR THERE'S FEWER OF THEM, I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING MORE EXAMPLES OF PRANKS AND, UH, POTENTIAL VIOLENCE, FIRES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE, UH, OR EVEN FIGHTS AMONG KIDS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I REMEMBER JOHN TOPEKA USED TO SAY TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A HALLOWEEN EVENT AND IT'S A NICE DAY, IF IT'S WARM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND IT'S COLD AND RAINY, THERE WON'T BE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. BUT THAT WAS LUCK. SO. SO I REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO URGE MORE COMMUNITIES, MORE NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO THIS, NOT LESS..

SO NOBODY EVER SAID WE WANTED TO CANCEL HALLOWEEN. BUT SUPERVISOR, YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED THAT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FACTS. NO ONE SAID WE'RE CANCELING.

PLEASE, NO CALLING OUT. PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE. TO TELL US.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING DOOR TO DOOR, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK CITY, INCLUDING ITS BOROUGHS, WITHOUT CLOSING THE ROADS AND GOING TRICK OR TREATING. SO TRICK OR TREATING CAN OCCUR ANYTIME ANYONE WANTS TO DO IT. YOU, THE KIDS GET A BAG AND THEY GO KNOCKING ON DOORS WITH THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN, WITH THEM GOING DOOR TO DOOR HERE, HEAR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HAVING A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO FILL

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AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT AGAIN, ARE SO WELL KNOWN FOR HAVING REALLY GOOD TREATS. THEY DRAW PEOPLE FROM OTHER AREAS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE STREET. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT THE TOWN BOARD, AS SUPERVISOR FEINER PUT OUT IN HIS JOB LIST, THE TOWN BOARD WANTS TO. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT THE POLICE CHIEF WHOSE PURPOSE HIS JOB IS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

AND WHEN HE TELLS US TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN HANDLING THESE STREET CLOSURES BECAUSE HE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DROPPING OFF POLICE BARRICADES.

AND THEN NOT KNOWING, ARE THEY GOING UP? ARE THEY STAYING UP? AND THEN HOPE FOR THE BEST AT THE END OF THE NIGHT? AND AS SUPERVISOR FEINER WAS GOING AROUND, I GUESS YEARS AGO, AND PEOPLE WERE PUTTING HOUSES ON FIRE AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE CRIME COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN ON ONE NIGHT, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY POLICING THAT WE HAVE NOW, WHERE POLICE OFFICERS KNOW THE NEIGHBORS BETTER. I KNOW WHEN I DROVE OR DROVE AROUND WITH POLICE OFFICERS ON ON HALLOWEEN, IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW A POLICE OFFICER WOULD DRIVE BY SOMEBODY, ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND STARTED TALKING TO SOME, SOME TEENAGER, AND HE WOULD GET OUT OF HIS CAR AND HE'D SAY, HEY, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND SMACKED HIS POCKETS. AND OF COURSE, THE TEENAGER DIDN'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE EGGS IN THOSE POCKETS. SO THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE POLICE OFFICERS KNEW THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE EVERY ROAD ON HALLOWEEN TO PREVENT THINGS FROM HAPPENING.

WE CAN BE MORE SELECTIVE THAN WE COULD BE SMART ABOUT.

IT. BUT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS SOMETHING REGARDING HAVING THE PROJECT DONE BY THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TOLD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER.

WHO CAN ANTICIPATE THE UNBELIEVABLE CAMPAIGN OF THE SUPERVISOR? NO BIG CONTRACT, NO BIG CONTRACT, NO BIG CONTRACT.

HE GETS HE GETS THE WESTCHESTER CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL OR WHATEVER IT IS TO FILE A LAWSUIT. NOW YOU'RE SCARING OFF THE PEOPLE, BRINGING SUPPLIES, ORDERING SUPPLIES. YOU YOU THEN HAVE THEM FILE AN APPEAL AND THEY WIN AN EMERGENCY APPEAL BECAUSE THEY LOST AT THE LOWER LEVEL WITH OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, WHICH MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE SAID WE SHOULD NOT USE HIM. WE HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD ATTORNEY ON THEIR SIDE. AND THE TOWN COUNCIL SAID, AND THE SUPERVISOR AGREED WITH THAT. THE TOWN COUNCIL SAID, NO, WE WANT JOE DANKO TO TO TO DEFEND US. AND HE WON IN THE LOWER COURT. HE WON ON APPEAL. AND THEN THEY WITHDREW THEIR LAWSUIT. BUT ALL OF THAT TOOK TIME AWAY FROM THE PROJECT. AND IT ALSO TOOK TIME BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ORDERING THE SUPPLIES, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GOING TO TURN OUT. AND THEN, REMARKABLY, VERIZON TOOK LONGER TO MOVE THEIR UTILITY THAN CANNOT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I WOULD NEVER BET THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT. NO, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP CALLING OUT? PLEASE STOP HAVING. YOU TRY TO CONTROL.

YOURSELF WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING.

SO THERE'S REASONS WHY THERE'S DELAY. DID WE KNOW THAT THE THE WATER PIPE, THE THERE'S A WATER INFILTRATION INTO THE PIT, AND IT MAY BE FROM A COUNTY WATER TRUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. NO, WE FOUND THAT OUT. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S THERE'S REASONS WHY THERE'S DELAY, BUT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES. WE HAVE A WATER DEPARTMENT THAT WENT OUT ON VETERANS DAY AT NIGHT, UNBEKNOWNST TO EVERYONE, AND STARTED TO DO WORK, AND WE HAD TO SHUT THAT DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY THAT HAPPENED.

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I'M SORRY. UM, AND. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

[ To consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Tarrytown for Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Glenville Fire Protection District for the years 2024 ]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. UH. UH.

CONTRACT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR THE AREA, UH, KNOWN AS THE GREENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION. DISTRICT.

OKAY. ABOUT TEN MINUTES.

YOU LOOK. AT ME LIKE I'M.

SAYING SOMETHING. I'M NOT. I'M LOOKING AT.

OH, OKAY. UH, AND THIS IS FOR THE YEAR 2024. SO THESE SERVICES HAVE ALREADY, UH, HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. UM, WE DIDN'T GET THE BILLS FOR THIS UNTIL LATE LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AND I GIVE GREAT CREDIT TO OUR TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN ATTORNEY ARE OUR COMPTROLLER. THE VILLAGE'S, UM, AUDITOR. UM. UH, ACCOUNTANT. OR.

YEAH, ACCOUNTANT. AND THE MAYOR WAS.

MAYOR BROWN WAS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DOING THIS. I WAS SITTING IN AT THE MEETINGS AS WELL TO GET THIS THING DONE, AND IT'S FINALLY DONE. FINALLY.

YES, EXACTLY. IT'S GREAT. AND THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAD THE.

ADMINISTRATOR LABELING. SO HERE WE ARE NOW, BEING ABLE TO FINALLY, WITH A CONTRACT THAT EVERYONE AGREES WITH, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THE PAYMENT. IN THIS CASE, IT'S $321,571.51. THE REASON WHY WE HAVE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACTS IS BECAUSE THERE'S AREAS OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE THREE CAREER FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR COMBINATION FIRE DEPARTMENTS FAIRVIEW, GREENVILLE AND HARTSDALE. THEY'RE NOT COVERED BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE AREA'S COVERED.

CORRECT THE DISTANCE? YEAH. ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? ARE WE VOTING STILL A LIST? WHAT I'M SAYING IS STILL A LIST.

AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC.. NOW IT'S HERE.

TO TO CLARIFY. YES, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR AND MARY KNOWS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH IS FIVE MINUTES FOR ANY TOPIC WILL COME LATER TONIGHT. THIS IS FIVE MINUTES.

FOR THIS. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLY. YES, I.

KNOW JUST. MAKING COMMENTS ON.

THIS. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

MY NAME IS MARY BOWDEN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HARTSDALE. THIS IS JUST PART OF AN ENORMOUS CHANGE THAT WAS VISIBLE TONIGHT. WE'RE MOVING IN TO A WORLD THAT HAS MANY UNKNOWNS, FROM A WORLD THAT WE THOUGHT WE KNEW ABOUT. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE PAY. MANY PEOPLE IN OUR AREA PAY AS MUCH FOR FIRE PROTECTION AS WE PAY FOR THE REST OF ALL, THE TOWN SERVICES. IT'S RIDICULOUS. THOSE FIRE DISTRICTS WERE SET UP WHEN THERE WERE HORSE AND WAGONS, AND WE SET A FIREHOUSE SO THAT PEOPLE COULD CLOSE THEIR DOORS AND THEIR BUSINESS AND RUN AND DO THE FIRE. NOBODY CAN CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS TODAY.

NOBODY WORKS NEAR THE FIREHOUSE. THAT'S CHANGED. BUT THE SYSTEM HASN'T CHANGED. HASN'T CHANGED. I WAS SITTING IN DOBBS FERRY ONE DAY HAVING ICE CREAM, AND I SAW A CAR COMING BY WITH A BLUE LIGHT FLASHING IN THE FRONT.

OBVIOUSLY A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN. THREE MINUTES LATER, THE FIRE TRUCK CAME OUT, GOING TO A FIRE. THAT SYSTEM IS OUTDATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. TODAY. YOU CAN ASK, WHERE SHOULD WE PUT A FIREHOUSE? JUST THE FACT THAT THE FIRE ENGINES ARE RED. IS AN OXYMORON. THE SAFEST FIRE ENGINE IS LIME GREEN. SO WHY ARE THEY RED? BECAUSE WE. ALWAYS HAD THEM RED AND WE ALWAYS HAD THE FIREHOUSE. I SPOKEN ON THIS PROJECT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. YOU WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH IT COST

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GOT. A CAMERA. WHEN SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING WRONG, THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF IT. THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. INFORMATION IS WIDELY AVAILABLE.

YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT.OU SITT' DEALING WITH A COMMUNITY THAT'S CHANGING RAPIDLY. HALLOWEEN WAS GENERATED BY BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY. IT WAS NEVER THIS. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE USED TO GO.

AROUND TRICK OR TREATING, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS TODAY.

BUSINESSES CONVERTED IT TO A MONEY MAKING HOLIDAY. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING AND CREATING THIS PARTY SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TALK TO EACH OTHER. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE NEED TODAY? PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER. WHAT I SAID BEFORE. SO THE REAL PROBLEM IS TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION OR WHATEVER, TO HAVE WHERE FIREHOUSES NEED TO BE. AND A COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHEN IT WAS A BUILDING FIRE IN A GARAGE IN WHITE PLAINS, THE EQUIPMENT CAME FROM YONKERS BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIALIZED TO DEAL WITH THAT FIRE. IT'S NOT DO WE PAY SOMEBODY ELSE TO COVER IT? IT'S ALL NEEDS TO BE COMBINED. DO WE NEED FIVE FIRE CHIEFS AND THEIR PENSIONS? AND THE COST? YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT HERE, A LITTLE BIT THERE IN A BUDGET. AND YOU'VE GOT FIVE FIRE CHIEFS, 5 OR 10 ASSISTANT CHIEFS. THE CARS, THE PENSIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS OUT THERE MAKING THE HOUSES SAFER.

AND NOBODY STOPPED TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION. I DON'T ENVY YOUR POSITION. SITTING AT THE HIGHEST UP THERE. YOU GOT A REALLY TOUGH JOB. HE EVERYBODY'S WATCHING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'LL BE BACK. THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE, AND I GET ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES TO CONTINUE THIS, BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FINANCIALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT THE TOWN FACES. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT? AND YOU WANT TO.

WATER. OKAY. UM.

OKAY. SURE. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? SURE.

HI. THIS WILL BE RELATIVELY SHORT. UH, I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SPECIFIC. PLEASE. I'M SORRY. DAVID SLOAN. I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE MEN ARE TERRIFIC. UH, I HAVE A VERY BIG ISSUE. THEY HAVE A FIREFIGHTER SITTING AT THE DISPATCHER DESK. NOT REALLY SITTING THERE, BUT TO BE DISPATCHER AND NOT GO OUT ON FIRE CALLS. UH, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE WASTE OF MONEY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE 4 OR 5 FIREFIGHTERS FOR ONE SHIFT FOR EACH TRUCK. AND NOW YOU'RE WASTING IT WITH SOMEBODY SITTING THERE DISPATCHING. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF EACH OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES IT, BUT I KNOW THAT FAIRVIEW DOES. SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THE OTHERS DO. I'M NOT SAYING TO FIRE ANYBODY, BUT PUT THEM ON A TRUCK. EITHER LET 60 CONTROL OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH THEM. THEY SAY, WELL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO DISPATCH FIRE TRUCKS. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT BEING THE CASE. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, WE HAVE A BIG FIRE THAT'S 60 CONTROL. MANAGE THAT WITH THE MUTUAL AID. BUT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPENSE. IT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN TO THAT FIRE FIREHOUSE. AND AGAIN, EVEN THE DISPATCHERS. IF YOU HAD A DISABLED FIREFIGHTER, I CAN UNDERSTAND ALMOST. BUT AGAIN, THAT EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

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HUGH SCHWARTZ. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE GREENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT.

SO I WANT TO WISH ANYBODY A HAPPY HALLOWEEN AT THIS TIME.

UM. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY. THERE ACTUALLY WAS A STUDY DONE IN GREENBURG TO COMBINE THE FIRE DISTRICTS. AND I THINK, MR. SHEENA, YOU REMEMBER THAT THAT AND MR. FARNER DOES THE ISSUE, I THINK, AT THE TIME. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS CLEAR IS IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IF WE COMBINE THEM. I LOVE I LIVE IN EDGEMONT. I LOVE OUR FIRE DISTRICT. THEY SAY THEY LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE AND I THINK THEY'RE FANTASTIC. THERE WOULD BE A OVERALL COST SAVINGS. HOWEVER, BY COMBINING THE FACILITIES FOR SURE. I MEAN, THERE IS SOME MUTUAL AID.

THE ISSUE, HOWEVER, AND AS WE COME ON THE CUSP OF MAYBE OUR INCORPORATION ISSUE AGAIN WITH EDGEMONT IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS A DISPARITY IN HOW IT WOULD BE TAXES WOULD BE ALLOCATED, EDGEMONT WOULD END UP ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZING, UH, FAIRVIEW AND HARTSDALE BECAUSE OF THE THEIR THE HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES. AND AT THAT TIME, WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING. I THINK IT'S ONE THAT ENDED UP BEING A WASH, AS I RECALL ABOUT A WASH. SO WHAT WAS THE ADVANTAGE FOR EDGEMONT TO COMBINED? COMBINED THE FIRE DISTRICTS? THAT WAS THE ISSUE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT THE FIRE DISTRICTS COULD BE TAXED, BECAUSE MURRAY IS 100% RIGHT. IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO COMBINE THOSE SERVICES, IT WOULD SAVE THE TAXPAYER A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S ABOUT 9 TO 10% OF OUR TOTAL TAX BILL IS JUST THE FIRE DISTRICT. BUT TO DO IT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TAXES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EDGEMONT IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT UNLESS THEY GET SOME KIND OF ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND AS I RECALL FROM THE LAST STUDY, THEY WOULDN'T. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

IT'S FUNNY. THIS IS A SPECIFIC.

IT'S CALLED. THE HOME RULE, NOT THE WHOLE..

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

SORRY. NO PROBLEM. A LOT OF THINGS.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I.

, UH, NEXT. CAN I JUST QUICKLY POINT OUT THAT COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON SIGNED ON VIA ZOOM AND IS NOW PRESENT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[ To consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Tarrytown for Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Glenville Fire Protection District for the years 2025]

YOU OFF TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENSBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENSBURG. RESIDENTS OF THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2025. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE. SO THIS IS A CONTRACT INVOLVING THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN AND THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NEAR THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN FOR THE AREA KNOWN AS THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. IT'S A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN. A FIRE COMPANY IN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN. AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO AN AREA OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA NOT PROTECTED BY FIRE. FAIRVIEW, GREENVILLE, OR HARTSDALE. THE CONTRACT FOR 2025, UH, IS $313,078 AND $0.34. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF PEOPLE COULD LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO AN ACTUAL CONTRACT. UM, INVOLVING A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA KNOWN AS THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. FOR 2025.

FOR 2025. MARY BOWDEN.

[02:20:05]

AND SO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. FRANCIS, THIS IS ABOUT THE 14TH TIME TONIGHT THAT YOU'VE TRIED TO STOP ANYBODY FROM SPEAKING.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. AND I KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED.

NOBODY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT YOU HAVE CONTINUOUSLY TRIED TO STEER THE CONVERSATION THE WAY YOU WANTED IT. IT'S TIME YOU RECOGNIZED THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY IT IN THE WAY THEY'RE USED TO, AND NOT YOUR RULES.

THIS TOWN HAS FUNCTIONED UNDER SHEEHAN'S RULE, THEORETICALLY, FOR TOO MANY YEARS. YOU'VE PICKED ON ME UNCONSCIONABLY TOO MANY TIMES, AND IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I CALL YOU ON SAYING THINGS THAT WERE ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. YOU'RE NOT A TRUTH TELLER. THE RECORD WILL.

SO CAN YOU STOP.? SO IT'S TIME..

CAN YOU PLEASE. YEAH.

WHEN WE STARTED. BEFORE. BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. REMEMBER WHAT I. SAID I.

DO. OKAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. UH, WHERE'S THE GENTLEMAN? POLICE OFFICER? I THINK THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE ME AWAY BECAUSE I'M SAYING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T AGREE WITH ME.

I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO PLEASE STICK TO THE RECORD. SO OUR STENOGRAPHER HAS A COMPLETE RECORD OF THIS HEARING. PLEASE.

I GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH THE STENOGRAPHER.

GREAT. SHE KNOWS I TELL THE TRUTH BECAUSE SHE HEARS IT EVERYWHERE ELSE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT? ROBERT. RONNIE 154 REUNION ROAD, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK. FORGIVE THE IGNORANCE $313 FOR AN ALL VOLUNTEER FORCE. I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT FURTHER FOR HIM? UNKNOWN. WHAT'S THAT PAYING? THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD YOU SAID.

I KNOW. FOR WHAT? FILET MIGNON. ARE YOU SAYING? THAT'S WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS. FIREFIGHTERS FOR? TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.

SO IT'S A VOLUNTEER. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE SINCE YOU'VE GOT YOUR.

FIVE MINUTES? SO IT'S A VOLUNTEER FORCE, BUT THEY'RE GETTING PAID. NO. THE MOST OF THE ALL THE VILLAGES AND PARTS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG ARE SERVED BY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THEY DON'T HAVE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AND IN THE VILLAGES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS AND THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED, AND THEY WORK DAY AND NIGHT, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS. UM, UM, AND THEY PROVIDE A FANTASTIC SERVICE. AND THE EXPENSE THEY'RE NOT PAID FIREFIGHTERS. RIGHT.

BUT BUT THEY DO HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

THEY HAVE THE FIREHOUSES THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND THE EXPENSES RELATED. TO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, EVEN IF THEY GET A MEAL HERE OR THERE, UH, IT'S SO MUCH CHEAPER IF YOU COMPARE FAIRVIEW, HARTSDALE AND, UM, AND THE GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ANY OF THE PAY, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, IT'S LIKE IT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLE. UM, AND EVEN IF THEY GET FILET MIGNON, IT'S WORTH IT BECAUSE IT'S BETTER THAN THE THEY IT'S I THINK, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE PAYING MAYBE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE IN THE, IN THE VILLAGES AND IN THE IF YOU LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED AND IN THE VILLAGES, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER. I COULD GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN BECAUSE I HAVE A BREAKDOWN FOR YOU. IF YOU EMAIL ME. IT'S IT'S REALLY PRETTY INTERESTING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT WITH TARRYTOWN? I DO WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD, SINCE I WAS PERSONALLY ATTACKED BY MR. BARRY. VOTE AGAIN. I'LL LEAVE IT TO ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT THE RECORD AND SEE HOW MANY TIMES I ACTUALLY SPOKE TONIGHT, AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT COMES ANYWHERE NEAR THE NUMBER. HE SAID. THAT I INTERRUPTED PEOPLE AND STEERED THE COMMITTEE. THE DISCUSSION ANY OTHER WAY. THAT JUST DID NOT HAPPEN. MAYBE IN HIS MIND, BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN. BUT HE LIKES TO ATTACK ME. UH, IT GOES BACK TO THE HISTORY OF THE ANTENNA BOARD. UH, WHEN HE WAS ON IT AND THEN HE WASN'T. AND I'M SORRY, BUT THE FACTS OF THE FACTS. WELL, YOU HAVE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.

UNTIL AFTER SECOND. OKAY.

HI. WE'RE FOLLOWING. UH, THE THIRD HEARING TO

[ To consider a Local Law creating Chapter 385 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled "Official Town Seal"]

[02:25:02]

CAN JUST. WALK IN HERE.

SAY YOU'RE. ON.

MEETING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LIZ GARRITY. I AM HERE TONIGHT.

IN MY CAPACITY IS DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED CHAPTER 385. THE PROPOSED OFFICIAL TOWN SEAL AND LOCAL LAW WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW CHAPTER OF THE TOWN CODE AND WILL FORMALLY RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S OFFICIAL SEAL. THE SEAL WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 1955 AND HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF THE TOWN'S IDENTITY. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY. THE PROPOSED LAW ESTABLISHES THE OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE SEAL, IDENTIFIES THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH IT MAY BE USED FOR TOWN BUSINESS, AND ADDRESSES UNAUTHORIZED USE THAT COULD CREATE THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT A COMMUNICATION ORGANIZATION OR ACTIVITY IS SPONSORED OR ENDORSED BY THE TOWN. THE LEGISLATION ALSO ESTABLISHES ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE TOWN'S OFFICIAL EMBLEM, AND ENSURES THAT THE PUBLIC CAN DISTINGUISH AUTHORIZED TOWN COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMMUNICATIONS THAT JUST MERELY APPEAR TO REPRESENT THE TOWN.

I'M INTRODUCING THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TONIGHT FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY? I'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

I'M IN FAVOR OF THE NEW DESIGNATION. IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED. GREENBERG IS VERY SPECIAL. I'M INVOLVED IN THE HOW SPECIAL IT IS, AND I WANT TO REMIND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT. THE GREENBERG'S EMAIL ADDRESS IS GREENBERG, NY.COM. I BOUGHT THAT EMAIL SOME YEARS AGO WHEN THE TOWN WAS PAYING SOMEBODY ELSE, AND I GAVE IT TO THE TOWN FOR A FEE OF $1. YOU WOULD TRY TO CHANGE THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO GREENBERG SOMETHING.

GOV. AND IT DIDN'T WORK. AND YOU STILL USING THE ONE THAT I GAVE TO THE TOWN YOU'RE USING? WE'RE USING GREENBERG NY.GOV.

YEAH. CAN YOU THAT'S MINE.

THAT'S. IT. GOV.

GOV. I DON'T SEE IT OUT THERE.

WE USE IT ALL THE TIME. CAN YOU PLEASE THE FOCUS ON THE ISSUE AT HAND WHICH IS THE TOWN SEAL. I CONGRATULATE GREENBERG'S WORKFORCE IS TREMENDOUS. THEY'RE HELPFUL ALL OVER AND I COMMEND THE ENTHUSIASM THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN HAVE. AND KEEPING IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS GREENBERG IS IN THE TOWN'S BEST INTEREST. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. ANYBODY ELSE KNOW THAT? I'D LIKE TO MOVE? THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

[ In the Matter of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Consolidated Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York at an Estimated Maximum Cost of $13,100,000 (original $6,500,000 plus increase of $6,600,000)]

ORIGINAL $6,500,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE OPEN THE HEARING, PLUS AN INCREASE OF 6,600,000.

WE HAVE A SECOND. DO WE. HAVE VOTE? MR.. COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN. I SECOND.

I SAID, DID YOU HAVE TO SAY, OH, YOU DID. IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY. WE WE NEED A VOTE.

NOW. I. ALL IN FAVOR? I. IS ANYONE HERE TO PRESENT THIS? UM. NO. UM, I WILL I COULD DO THAT. UM. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS PROJECT, UH, ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED AT A PRICE OF 6.5 MILLION, HAS INCREASED, AS THE SUPERVISOR WAS SAYING, BY AN AMOUNT OF 6,600,000, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 13,100,000. UM, OUR INTERIM TOWN ENGINEER HAD PROVIDED A BONDING LETTER WHICH DESCRIBED THE COST AND FINANCING THE PROJECT SCOPE.

THE ENGINEERING RESPONSIBILITY AND THE SECRET DETERMINATION.

THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TYPE TWO ACTION, WHICH MEANS IT DOES NOT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. AND, UM, THIS WOULD INCLUDE, UH, PERMANENT SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM, UM, INCLUDING THE REHABILITATION OF

[02:30:02]

ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS? ISN'T THIS HELD OVER TO OCTOBER 28TH? AS THE SAYS ON THE AGENDA? NO, THAT'S THE NEXT HEARING.

THAT'S ONE ELM. UM.

YOU SCHWARTZ. ADD.

606,600,000. OH, WHY ARE YOU MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION? YEAH.

WE CAN'T IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION. THIS IS FUN.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. HUGH SCHWARTZ.

I SIGNED UP. GUYS, DO YOU WANT TO SIGN UP? AND AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER WHO'S TRYING TO TAKE A COMPLETE RECORD. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE SIGN UP AND COME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU.

HUGH SCHWARTZ. EDGEMONT AGAIN. UM, AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYBODY. UM.

MY, ONLY MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA. I DIDN'T SEE ANY DESCRIPTION OF IT. UM, I WAS I WASN'T SURE IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO BE THAT PIPELINE THAT WE'RE GOING ACROSS THE SPRING BACK OVER TO NORWOOD ROAD TO CONNECT THE WATER, BECAUSE IT WAS NO DESCRIPTION. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS WAS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTED.

IT SEEMS TO ME THIS I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE US TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE SO WE DON'T HAVE A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON HARTSDALE AVENUE. I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF THAT. I AM CONCERNED, THOUGH, WHEN WE HAD AN ESTIMATE OF $6.5 MILLION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DOUBLES AND THERE'S NO EXPLANATION FOR IT BEFORE THE PUBLIC. AND I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, MR. MAYOR OR SOMEBODY BE PRESENT AT THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING TO JUST DESCRIBE IT TO THE PUBLIC AND KEEP KEEP THE HEARING OPEN. THAT'S ALL I WOULD ASK TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY.

MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? DAVID SLOANE I HAVE A.

LIST. I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DRINKING SO MUCH WATER. I MISSED HALF OF WHAT YOU TOLD US ABOUT, BUT I HEARD 600,000 OR 6 MONTHS. SORRY, 6 MILLION MORE.

CAN YOU TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE? I'M SORRY. UH, I JUST MY EARS POPPED WHEN YOU SAID 6 MILLION MORE, AND THIS AGAIN, GOES TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS NO LONGER AN EMERGENCY. AFTER THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO, IT WAS NO LONGER AN EMERGENCY. IT'S NOT TRUE. I KNOW. I MEAN, LOOK IN THE DICTIONARY. WHAT? THE WORD EMERGENCY. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE PHONE.

THERE'S A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND AN EMERGENCY. THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND WHEN. THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M. JUST.

SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S WHEN THERE'S A TORNADO OR A HURRICANE, A COMMUNITY CAN LIVE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR AN, YOU KNOW, AN UNIMAGINABLE AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN NOT RESOLVED, BUT HAS BEEN MEDIATED, IS NOT RECTIFIED. BUT YOU PUT THE PUMPS IN AND IT'S STATUS QUO. NOW IS THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ALL RIGHT. NO. OKAY. WE CAN'T.

GO BACK. I'M SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. SO EVERY TIME.

WE DO.. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT WE SEEM TO BE IN BED WITH THIS CONTRACTOR, MAYBE A WONDERFUL CONTRACT. I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT NOW TO THROW AN EXTRA $6 MILLION INTO THIS PROJECT IS UNCONSCIONABLE. UM, THERE OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAPPEN, SUCH AS THE VALVES. POSSIBLY THE VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. THEY HAD TO DO A COUPLE NIGHTS OF CONSTRUCTION TO FIX THE VALVE. OF COURSE, THINGS WILL HAPPEN, BUT THE EXTRA TIME IT MAY HAVE TAKEN FOR VERIZON OR, UH, TO MOVE THEIR UTILITIES THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE COST ANY EXTRA MONEY. SO I DON'T I THINK EVERY DOLLAR THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CHARGE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT CAREFULLY. ALSO, I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE BROUGHT UP ARE WE WHAT RATE ARE WE PAYING? ARE WE PAYING A NIGHT RATE OR WEEKEND RATE? UH, WE SHOULD BE PAYING A GOING RATE. AND THERE IS A UNION GOING RATE. AND AGAIN, WITHOUT THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT SEEING THE $6 MILLION ADDITIONAL WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING FOR. UH, AND I'M NOT QUALIFIED, I PRESUME THIS FRANK BELLO, WHATEVER HIS NAME IS. MORABITO.

THANK YOU. MORE LIBIDO WOULD BE A LOT MORE QUALIFIED. UH, TO LOOK AT IT, BUT $6 MILLION MORE ON TOP OF A RIDICULOUSLY HIGH

[02:35:01]

GOT IT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN YOU CAN GO TO THE.

MIKE HERE. OKAY. SO I HAVE.

A TEXT. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY DISGUST. THIS IS WHY I CAME HERE TONIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY. THE NUMBER KEEPS GROWING. IT'S DESPICABLE. AND WHO'S FUNDING IT? YOU YOU YOU YOU WHO'S FUNDING IT? IT'S THE PEOPLE OF GREENBERG, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. AND WE HAVE NO ANSWERS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. I'VE ASKED FOR DISCLOSURE. I'VE ASKED FOR, UH, A SEPARATE. YEAH. NO, NOT A SEPARATE CONTRACT. I WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK OVER THIS AND SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING. WHAT WAS IT PAID FOR? IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT YOU ALL SHOULD BE ON BOARD WITH THIS. WHY AREN'T YOU ON BOARD WITH US KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEN YOU SAY WE DO. WE? WE SHOWED YOU A CONTRACT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING. YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING. THEN YOU USE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY TACTIC, WHICH IS IS INTERESTING. I'M CONCERNED THAT IN GREENBERG, THE TOWN BOARD APPEARS TO BE USING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS A SHORTCUT TO JUSTIFY DECISIONS AND EXPAND AUTHORITY WITHOUT ENOUGH TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC DISCUSSION OR CLEAR LIMITS. AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION SHOULD BE TEMPORARY. OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SITUATION. LONG TERM, THAT IS UNFAIR. AND IT'S ILLEGAL.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY. ELSE. WELCOME.

THAT'S EVERYONE. I JUST HAD A QUESTION TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY.

OH. I HAVE SOME ANSWERS.

I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE, SHERRY. YOU YOU.

YOU CHEAT, YOU CHEW IT. SORRY.

SO I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. AND THIS ONE JUST KIND OF STRUCK ME AS I'VE LEARNED HOW THINGS HAPPEN. A PROJECT RUNNING MORE THAN DOUBLE OVER, AND THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING. I MEAN, I'M USED TO. YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS FROM THE NOLES ARE HERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, THEY GET UP AND THEY DO A LITTLE SHEBANG AND DANCE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WHY ISN'T THERE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHY THIS IS DOUBLE OVER BUDGET? THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE AGENDA, WE'RE ALWAYS APPROVING LINE ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AT EVERY BOARD MEETING. AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS INSIST ON AT EVERY AGENDA, WE SHOULD INSIST ON A LINE, ITEM, ITEM OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS SPENT ON THIS CONTRACT UNTIL IT'S BASICALLY DONE. SO THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE THE VALVE. THIS IS WHAT IT'S COSTING. AND THIS IS THE HOURLY RATE. YOU KNOW, WE CHARGE. SO THIS WAY WE COULD BASICALLY COME. THEN RESIDENTS COULD COMPARE THE COST THAT WE'RE PAYING WITH THE COST. IF WE HAD BID THIS OUT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE HAD. UM, SO, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT WE'RE NOT BEING AS TRANSPARENT. YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IT'S THAT THE COST IS IS SKYROCKETING. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WAY BACK IN JULY, WHEN I WROTE TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER, UM, ORIGINALLY AND COMPLAINED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OH, YOU'LL SEE, IT'S GOING TO GO UP AND UP AND UP AND UP. IF YOU DON'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPER OVERSIGHT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CLOSE THE HEARING TODAY, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD INVITE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER AND MURANO TO, ATTEND, YOU KNOW, TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING, AND THEY COULD EXPLAIN LINE BY LINE BY LINE, AND THEY COULD TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT'S GOING ON? THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WRONG. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, IS NOT APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH INFORMATION, UH, WHERE I COULD SAY TO RESIDENTS, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING REAL VALUE FOR EVERY PENNY THAT'S BEING, UH, BEING SPENT.

AND THAT'S WHY I, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DEE DEE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT, UM, INVESTIGATION OR AUDIT ON WHAT HAPPENED, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD EVEN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY. YES. UM, YEAH. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POSSIBLY SAVE MILLIONS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, OF, OF DOLLARS. AND AT SOME POINT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO CRITICIZE

[02:40:03]

I AGREE. OKAY. I THINK COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN.

RIGHT. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, WE POST, OH, HOW'S THAT? HOW SAM IS.

I TO FIND THAT SHOCKING THAT YOU ARE HAVING A HEARING WITH SO LITTLE EXPLANATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING THROWN AT THE PUBLIC. BUT, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY GOES NOT ONLY TO THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, BUT THE EVERYDAY EXPENSES THAT YOU THROW AT US ON YOUR RESOLUTIONS. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THE TEMPORARY INTERIM ENGINEER YOU HIRED WAS ON A RESOLUTION WHICH SAYS WE'RE HIRING THEM, BUT THERE WAS NO INFORMATION AS TO HOW MANY HOURS HE'S BEING PAID AND AT WHAT RATE PER HOUR HE'S BEING PAID ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, TOWN BOARD THREE PAYING MR. TOOMEY ANOTHER $50,000 NOW FOR $450,000. APART FROM SOMETHING THAT YOU COULDN'T HIDE THAT WHEN THE TOWN COUNCIL WAS REPRESENTED BY MR. TOOMEY IN THE BOARD OF ETHICS, APPROXIMATELY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 120 AND $150,000 WAS SPENT FOR THEIR DEFENSE. FINE. BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS THE OVER $300,000 THAT'S STILL GOING OUT THE WINDOW WITH NOT EVEN THE BROADEST EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT'S GOING FOR. I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO TELL ME NAMES, BUT I'D LIKE SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC AS TO WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING. TV FOR THE OVERFLOW PARKING LEASE. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A NEED TO PUT THE EXTRA POLICE VEHICLE SOMEWHERE. CAN YOU PLEASE FOCUS ON THE ISSUE AT HAND. FOR.

THE ISSUE ON HAND IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY AND NOT TELLING THE PUBLIC WHY, AND I'M BACKING THAT UP WITH ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION, EVEN CURRENT. AS OF TONIGHT. SO ON TV FOUR, YOU ARE LEASING PARKING SPACES FOR THE SECOND YEAR ON A LEASE, WHICH IS APPARENTLY IS MONTH TO MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S NO EXPIRATION DATE ON IT. THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE POLICE. SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THE $65,000 WE'RE PAYING IN RENT EACH YEAR FOR THESE PARKING SPACES MAKES ANY SENSE ON CR ONE DANCE INSTRUCTION AT THEODORE YOUNG, $160 PER STUDENT. BUT THERE IS NO INFORMATION AS TO HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE ENROLLED, SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CAP IS ON ALL THESE STUDENTS. TUITIONS ARE BEING PAID. OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE ONE AND TWO.

IS ANYTHING RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S RELATED TO THE IDEA THAT IN THIS PUBLIC HITTING, YOU'RE SPENDING OVER $6.5 MILLION AT THE PUBLIC, HAS ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT. AND I'M SHOWING A HISTORY OF HOW THE TOWN BOARD TREATS THIS KIND OF INFORMATION WHEN IT SAYS WE'RE TRANSPARENT, WHEN YOU'RE NOT. AND MR. MURRAY MIGHT WANT TO ADD THIS IS NUMBER 15. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO IS EVERYBODY NOW SPOKEN. SO I DON'T GET ACCUSED OF INTERRUPTING ANYBODY. UM.

WAIT. DETROIT. I ALREADY SMOKED SHERRY.

OKAY. UM, THIS IS JUST REGARDING THE HEARING ON THE, UM, SEWER. CORRECT. RIGHT.

OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE SEWER, MA'AM? YES. YOU CAN COME UP. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PLEASE? YOU. GOOD EVENING. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE, UM. HELLO, EVERYBODY. TOWN BOARD. EVERYONE. UM, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO DO SOMETHING SO SIMPLE. MR. MORABITO LOOKS OVER BECAUSE HE'S THE EYES AND EARS OF SPENDING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, AND IT IS PAINFULLY OBVIOUS THAT IF SOMETHING DOUBLED IN COST AND THERE'S NO DESCRIPTION, NO LINE BY LINE DESCRIPTION, THE PUBLIC WILL GET CURIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY AND WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. WHY SHOULD ANYONE STAND BEHIND

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IT'S IT'S HOUSEKEEPING. IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WE REALLY DO NEED THAT THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND UH, THAT'S WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDS REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE A COMPANY FEELS LIKE THEY CAN PULL THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF, UM, ALL OF US, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE THE TOWN IS TRANSPARENT, WE POSTED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AND INCLUDING THE LETTER FROM BOND COUNSEL. IT IS NOT A DOUBLING OF THE COST. IT IS ROLLING IN A SHORT TERM BOND. ANTICIPATION. NOTE INTO THIS BONDING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW FOR THE SEWER DISTRICT TO GET A BETTER RATE. AND SO I'LL READ IT TO YOU. IF YOU CLICKED ON THE LINK FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, IT'D BE BONDS OF THE TOWN ARE PROPOSED TO BE AUTHORIZED, AND THE AMOUNT OF $13,100,000, WHICH WILL BE USED TO REDEEM THE TOWN'S OUTSTANDING $6,500,000 BOND. ANTICIPATION. NOTE RIGHT, A BAND WHICH PROVIDED SHORT TERM FINANCING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AN INTERIM SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM VIA BYPASS PUMPING AND PUMPING PIPING IN THE HARTSDALE AREA AND OTHER SEWER REHABILITATION WORK, AND TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $6,600,000 FINANCING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE REHABILITATION OF 100 EAST ARCHDALE AVENUE. TARGETING CURED IN PLACE PIPE REHABILITATION, CORRECTION OF A SLIDE AND OTHER STRUCTURE DEFICIENCIES, REPLACEMENT OF STRUCTURAL DEFICIENT SEWER SEGMENTS, MANHOLE REPLACEMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND ANY INCIDENTAL RELATED EXPENSES, AND ALSO ROLLED INTO THIS WHICH IS NOT MORANO IS REALIGNING THE PIPES ALONG EAST ARCHDALE AVENUE. THAT WAS SET UP THIS AFTERNOON.

FRANCIS AND I COULD GO ON THE AGENDA ITEM. HONESTLY, IT WAS NOT. IT WASN'T THERE. AND WHY? WAIT, WAIT, WE CAN'T DO THIS. WE CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN.

THE WRONG. AND TEN. WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER.

WE WANT THEM IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. OH, YOU. YES, I AM AGAINST THEM FOR FIVE. THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH. YEAH.

IT WAS UP THIS AFTERNOON. WE COULD WE WE CAN TELL FROM THE LOOK. WELL THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE TO PUT IF THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT'S UP THE SAME DAY A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE. NO THAT'S NOT. LISTEN, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN YOUR APOSTLE. I'M TELLING.

YOU, THIS. IS MY APOSTLE.

RECORD. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THIS WAS POSTED BEFORE.

TODAY. WE'RE BOTH JEWISH. WE DON'T HAVE APOSTLE. WOW.

SO SO SO SO SO SO. NO, BUT SO LET ME SAY SOMETHING. THE THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THE THING IS, IF WE HAD THE COMMISSIONER, MR. MORANO, EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, WHAT THE COSTS ARE, UM, EACH WEEK, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE US, WELL, HOW MUCH THEY SPEND, HOW MUCH THEY'RE CHARGING, UH, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MAY TURN OUT THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OH, THIS IS REALLY THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. OR IT MAY TURN OUT THAT WE'LL FIND OUT THAT WE'RE OVERPAYING. BUT THE THING IS, I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. IS THIS LIKE A BLANK CHECK THAT THEY COULD SPEND AS MUCH AS THEY WANT? UM, YEAH.

UH, IS THERE WHAT TYPE OF OVERSIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW A LOT, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION JOBS, MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION JOBS ALWAYS GOT CRITICIZED. SO WE WE SHOULD TIGHTEN UP. UM, AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT WITH A LOT OF SCRUTINY, UM, WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE WE BLEW IT FOR TWO YEARS BY OVERSPENDING BY $2 MILLION. SO IT'S NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PERFECT RECORD ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE MR. MORABITO BECAME COMMISSIONER, WE WERE THROWING OUT. WE THREW OUT OVER $2 MILLION. HE FOUND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS, CAME UP WITH A

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CAN I JUST GET SOME CLARITY HERE? UM, I'M. FROM WHAT I'M.

I'M UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS. IT'S A BOND ISSUE. THIS IS NOT THE. THIS IS ABOUT A BOND ISSUE, NOT THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUE. I JUST DON'T WANT TO MIX APPLES.

AND ORANGES. I JUST.

WANT TO MAKE. THE COMPTROLLER DECIDING HOW BEST TO MANAGE OUR MONEY. BUT HOW MUCH HAVE.

WE SPENT. AS OF TODAY? HOW MUCH HAVE WE.? THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, THOUGH, PAUL. AT LEAST LET'S DISCUSS WHAT THIS WHAT THIS PROPOSAL IS ABOUT. YOU KNOW, THERE THERE CAN THERE'S. I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT. I'M NOT I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR, FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO COME TALK TO US. I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS PROPOSED ABOUT BONDING BY OUR COMPTROLLER. AND THAT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. SO LET'S STICK WITH THIS.

I DON'T I DISAGREE BECAUSE BECAUSE BASICALLY WE'RE WE'RE.

TALKING I AM VERBAL. AND I WAS ASKED IF I CAN BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT HERE, BUT I THINK IT IS I THINK IT'S DISAPPOINTING AS IT HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS, IS THAT THE SUPERVISOR HAS ACCESS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS.

IF THERE'S A CONCERN WITH SPENDING, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, AND THEN YOU CAN REPORT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, SINCE YOU THINK IT'S A CONCERN FOR YOU. SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU WOULD NOT DO THAT BECAUSE IT GIVES THIS FALSE NARRATIVE AS TO WHERE NOT WATCHING THE SPENDING. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT YOU, AS BEING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS AND YOU WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING SPENT, WHAT IS BEING BONDED, AND WHAT IS NOT. SO I THINK I THINK IT IS A IT DOES A DISSERVICE TO GIVE A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE BUILDING AND YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE COST IS AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS PROJECT. SO I FEEL LIKE I, I'M IT'S DISAPPOINTING AGAIN THAT YOU'RE GIVEN THIS FALSE NARRATIVE TO RESIDENTS AND TO CONSTITUENTS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE NO CLUE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

YES, WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE EAST HARTSDALE COMPLETED RIGHT NOW.

IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT IT HAPPENS THAT LONG, BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT. WE TRY OUR BEST TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT ON THE LIST TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AS TO HOW THE PROJECT IS GOING ALONG. WE CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE CAN'T MAKE IT UP.

OKAY. LET ME.

TELL YOU THIS I I'M NOT DONE. WE CAN'T MAKE IT UP. BUT WE CAN DO IS TELL YOU EXACTLY EVERY TIME THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

SOMETIMES THINGS ARE SCHEDULED AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHO DOES CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. UNDERSTAND HOW SCHEDULING GOES.

BUT I THINK IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING. WHEN YOU SIT HERE AND YOU SAY YOU DON'T KNOW THE FUNDING, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BEING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND YOU SIT AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE CONCESSIONS. WHEN YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU DO. OKAY, LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF THIS HEARING IS PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS AND THEN IT JOGS YOUR MIND, AND THEN YOU LEARN FROM THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAKE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSIONER TO GIVE US AN ITEM IZATION OF EVERY, UH, EXPENDITURE SINCE THEY STARTED THIS SINCE, SAY, JULY. UM, FROM JULY TO NOW AND THEN, UM, WE COULD DISCUSS THE ITEM IZATION.

I KNOW. HE WENT ON, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE, UH, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, BETTER IN TERMS OF REVIEWING BUDGETS AND FUNDING THAN I AM, COULD COME UP AND HELP ME DECIDE. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, WHY WE WANT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KNOW THE HOURLY RATES, UH. THE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SAID THAT AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO STICK WITH THIS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE COMMENTARY LATER. BUT LET'S JUST LET'S JUST LET LET LET PLEASE. SHE. YOU KNOW, SHE WAS HERE TILL 1:00 IN THE MORNING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. LET'S STICK WITH THIS SO WE CAN FINISH THE PUBLIC.

AS PART OF THE SAME THING. BECAUSE THIS IS.

ABOUT. THIS ONE.

THING IT'S ABOUT. YEAH, BUT THE THING IS, HOW CAN YOU BOND WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST? SO THE THING IS, I'D LIKE TO GET LIKE, I, I'D LIKE TO GET DOLLAR BY DOLLAR AMOUNT. HOW MUCH SPENT, WHAT DO THEY THINK THE OTHER COSTS ARE? UM, AND DO ITEM IZATION. AND THEN IF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO COMPARE PRICES, UH, THEN THEY'LL KNOW THAT THEIR SCRUTINY AND OVERSIGHT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT WILL TURN OUT, EVERYBODY WILL SAY, OH, WE'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. OR MAYBE THEY'LL SAY, SUPERVISOR.

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NO, BUT THIS. IS GREAT. THIS WAS A GREAT MEETING BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THIS MEETING AND THIS HEARING, NOW I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT OF BEFORE. AND THAT'S WHY THESE MEETINGS ARE VALUABLE.

AND THE TOWN BOARD GETS THESE AGENDAS BEFORE THE WEEKEND. AND AND THEN WE HAD AGENDA REVIEW YESTERDAY. AND SUPERVISOR, IF YOU HAD ANY ISSUES ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO, UM, HAVE RAISED IT. UH, WE COULD ADJOURN THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING TO GIVE TIME. UM, FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. BUT THEN WE WILL BE VOTING ON IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET FORWARD WITH BONDING. TO ME, IT'S A BIT OF A DELAY TACTIC BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T GET PAID ON THIS PROJECT. AND UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY TO PAY THEM. WHAT ARE THEY GETTING? RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF.

THIS IS TO DO THE BOND SO THAT THEY CAN GET PAID FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. AND THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS THE PIPES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR TWO YEARS ROLLED INTO AND THE COST OF THE PROJECT UP UNTIL FRANK MORABITO ROLLED INTO THE WORK THAT'S GOING SINCE THEN. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED, BECAUSE THE COMPTROLLER DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO REMOVE THE, UH, BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE. UM, TO, UH, TO, UH, ROLL IT INTO THIS OVERALL REGULAR BONDING, UH, TO SAVE MONEY. AND NOW IT'S GOING TO DELAY. MAYBE THE PROJECT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO WORK AND NOT GET PAID. WELL, YOU COULD WE COULD PAY FROM, UH, FROM THE OPERATING. BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE SURPLUS, UH, UNIFORMS. AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD ASK THE COMPTROLLER IF WE COULD BORROW, UH, AND THEN PAY IT BACK WHEN THE BOND IS DONE. SHE SHE IS TRYING TO SIGN ON NOW. I'VE BEEN WRITING TO HER TO TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. YOU MIGHT GIVE IT A MINUTE. I DON'T MEAN IT'S IMMEDIATE, BUT. NOT YET.

NO. THIS IS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO NOTE THIS, BUT THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT ROUND. THAT WILL BE NEXT.

YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER OPTION. WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR HER IS, UM, WE COULD, UM, UH, HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.

IT'S ONLY A COUPLE DAYS, YOU KNOW, FROM NOW. AND WE COULD ASK, UH, THE COMMISSIONER, THE COMPTROLLER AND MURANO TO ATTEND AND GIVE A, YOU KNOW, AND A PUBLICLY GIVE US AN ACCOUNTING, UH, A DOLLAR BY DOLLAR, UM, EXPENDITURE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH OF FOR EVERYTHING. AND THEN AFTER WE MEET WITH THEM, UH, THEN WE COULD, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THERE'S ONLY IT'S NOT A LONG DELAY. IT'S ONLY A FEW DAYS. THAT'S GOOD. FRANCIS EXPLANATION IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE, BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ITEMIZED. RIGHT. THAT'S JUST VERY HELPFUL, MR. SHEENA. FINE.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO A FIVE MINUTE TO GET IT OUT, AND I'M WAITING THAT STAY IN ORDER. JERRY HERE.

OKAY. OKAY.

OH. SHE'S ON.

I, I HAVE BEEN ACTING AS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN. WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE AGENDA DOWN TO A TEE. WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST HERE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE THIS. SO WE GET TO THE FINAL. THE TOWN CONTROLLER IS ON.

OKAY. HELLO.

HELLO, HELLO. GOOD. HI. I'M JUST JOINING. SO I AND I. WASN'T WATCHING. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? RIGHT. SO THE CONCERN I HAD WHEN WE SPOKE OF ROLLING IN THE, THE TEMPORARY BOND, UH, INTO THIS, UH, MAKING IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS SOME PEOPLE SAID

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OKAY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I EVEN READ FROM THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER. SO PART OF IT'S THE FOR THE SEWER BREAK AND PART OF IT AS LONG TERM.

YEAH. YEAH. THE INITIAL PART IS FOR THE SEWER BREAK. UM, THE BYPASSING THE PUMPING THE PIPING, UH, TO GET THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL. AND I'M, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TERMS. UM, AND THEN THE, THE SECOND HALF IS THE ACTUAL REPAIRS.

RIGHT. SO I WAS I WANTED TO SPEAK BEFORE EACH PERSON GOT UP AND SAID THAT IT WAS DOUBLING THE COST. BUT OUR RULES SAY WE CAN'T SPEAK UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SPOKEN. AND THAT'S WHAT LED. TO THIS. WHAT? YOU SAID. IT'S THE SEWER BREAK AND THE REPAIRS. I'M JUST SORT OF CONFUSED AS WHAT ISN'T THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN.. BECAUSE ONE IS ONE IS THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THEY HAD TO STOP THE SANITARY SEWER FLOW. SO THERE HAD TO BE A BYPASS PUMPING PUT IN PLACE WHERE I BELIEVE WE RENT THAT EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN PIPING HAD TO PUT IN. WE PUT IN AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INTRICACIES OF THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE INITIAL BORROWING THAT WAS WAS PUT IN PLACE. NOW THE BORROWING THAT'S TAKING PLACE NOW, UM, IS FOR THE ACTUAL REPAIRS.

SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED THAT, THAT, UH, TEMPORARY BORROWING? YES, YES.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ADDING INTO THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE CURRENT WORK GOING FORWARD, WHAT WE ALREADY APPROVED.

SO THE TOTAL. YEAH. SO THE ACTUAL THE ACTUAL REPAIRS ARE WHAT FRANK SAID. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAD TO BE FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE REPAIRS BEING IN PLACE. SO THIS WAS THE TOTAL PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 13 MILLION. IS THAT IT? YES. WHICH I THINK IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL 20 SOMETHING MILLION THAT.

WE HAVE. LET ME ASK A QUESTION. IS THERE A CHANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROVIDE YOUR OFFICE COULD PROVIDE US WITH AN ITEM IZATION OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DOLLAR, YOU KNOW, AN OPTIMIZATION OF ALL SPENDING ON THIS FROM JULY TO NOW. UM, BECAUSE THIS WAY WE COULD THEN WE COULD, UH, SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY ON SO FAR AND HOW MUCH IT'S COST AND JUST THE BILLS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WILL WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY COULD, UH, REVIEW. WELL, I CAN PROVIDE A PARTIAL PICTURE SO I CAN LOOK LIKE A, UM, PART OF IT'S IN THE SS FUND AND THE SEWER FUND, THE PUMPING, THE LABOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUMPING. AND THAT PIPING IS IN THE.

SE. IS THERE IS THERE A WAY.

THAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS IN THE H FUND? BUT I CAN IN THE H FUND, I CAN PROVIDE SOME WHAT'S IN THE LEDGER FOR THE PROJECT. SO FAR. BUT THERE'S OTHER PIECES OF THAT. I'M SURE THAT THERE THERE ARE INVOICES UNDER REVIEW. UM, AND IN

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I. WOULDN'T SAY I WOULD BE.

AT. TO MAYBE RESPOND.

YEAH. KNOW. BUT SHE MIGHT HAVE.

BECAUSE I BASICALLY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SHARE WITH THE PUT IT ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC EVERY PENNY THAT'S SPENT AND HAVE AN ITEM IZATION. SO THIS WAY THERE COULD BE PUBLIC. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT DEMANDS PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND OVERSIGHT. AND THIS IS WHY NOBODY COULD SAY WE'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE OVERSPENDING OR UNDER SPENDING, BUT JUST TELL EVERYBODY WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO GET SOME SORT OF, UH, WORK ORDER. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON. AND WHILE WE PLAN TO SPEND MONEY ON AND ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. YEAH.

THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPERATIVE THIS GOES THROUGH TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WILL HOLD UP THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. IF IT DOESN'T.

RIGHT. IF WE DON'T BOND, WE CAN'T PAY FOR THE PROJECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

RIGHT. BUT THIS IS ALL RIGHT. SO SO SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THAT. AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL BE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WE'LL WE'LL POST IT ON THE WEBSITE. UNLESS ANYBODY ON THE BOARD DISAGREES WITH THAT APPROACH.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION. BUT WE NEED TO PAY THE VENDORS THE C COMPILE UH, COMPANY. IT'S NOT MORANO GETTING $3 MILLION. IT'S THE PERSON THAT'S PUTTING IN ALL THOSE PILES. AND TO STABILIZE THE BUILDING. SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE INTO WINTER WITH THAT TO HAPPEN. AND THEN PEOPLE GET UP AND COMPLAIN, HEY, HOW COME IT'S TAKING SO LONG? SO I, I, I SUPPORT YOU GETTING THE DATA, WHATEVER YOU WANT. IF IT'S AVAILABLE. WE DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A WRITTEN CONTRACT THAT SAYS $5.5 MILLION. I BELIEVE IT IS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES EXTRA MONEY IN ORDER TO RELY ON PIPES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT BE AN EMERGENCY. AND AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S ROLLED IN HERE. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT'S GOT A LIFE OF ITS OWN BECAUSE I COULDN'T EXPLAIN THAT. BUT, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IF WE GET THE ATOMIZATION THEN AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS TODAY. SO THIS. IS.

VERY WELL THE ITEM IS, IS GOOD, BUT WE DO HAVE TO WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE ONGOING WORK.

SO I THINK THE SUGGESTION IS TO CLOSE THE HEARING TONIGHT, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN AND TO PROVIDE THE ATOMIZATION. EFFORT RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. STARTING NEXT WEEK.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I MIGHT NOT HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF THAT. I WILL PROVIDE WHAT I CAN FROM THE LEDGER, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE A FULL PAGE.

NO, BUT WE'LL GET FROM FRANK AND WE'LL GET FROM THE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL GET, UH, EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S BEEN SPENT AND WE'LL, WE'LL RELEASE IT TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE'LL GET AS MUCH INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE ON HOW HOW MUCH EVERYTHING IS COSTING US. AND I THINK THEN THEN. YEAH. AND I'M NOT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE I'M NOT OBJECTING. UH, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE WASTING MONEY OR THAT WE'RE OVERSPENDING OR UNDER SPENDING. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN COMMENT ON IT AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. AS BILLS COME IN AND THEY GET PAID, THEY'LL SHOW UP ON A LEDGER. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT FOR THE COMPTROLLER TO PROVIDE THAT.

THIS IS GREAT. UM, CAN WE CLOSE. THE HEARING? SO I, I SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING TONIGHT. I MEAN, WE ARE WE'RE NOT GOING TO. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE MEETING TONIGHT. SO WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR A SECOND ROUND.

AND I UNDERSTAND MISTER BURRY WOULD LET BEAUDOIN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK HOPEFULLY ABOUT THE SEWER PROJECT OR THE BONDING RATHER.. 17.

ARE WE DOING SECOND. ROUND RIGHT. YES.

THAT WAS 17. FRANCIS. RIGHT.

THAT WAS 17. FRANCIS.

YEAH, SURE. MY NAME IS MURRAY.

BOWDEN. TO MAKE.

IT CLEAR, THIS. PROJECT IS GOING TO COST. $13 MILLION. ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL CHARGE HERE AND THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SORT OF OBSCURES THE FACT THAT THIS 13 MILLION PLUS OR MINUS A HALF A MILLION REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. BUT NOBODY OUT THERE HAS SAID THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $13 MILLION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR VARIOUS BONDS, THINGS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NOT THE ISSUE. THE REAL ISSUE IS THIS GOT VERY EXPENSIVE. WHY DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? THIS HISTORY? THE PROJECT HAS TO BE SOLVED NOW.

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WITH. HAS TO BE. AND SO THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. BUT I JUST THE REASON I SAID THAT AND YOU CAN AGREE AS AN ENGINEER THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND I WANT TO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT I GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A FINITE NUMBER BECAUSE THINGS DO HAPPEN. USUALLY ANY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT HAS SOME CONTINGENCY THAT THEY HAVE TO BUILD IN. JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND.

THAT THAT'S REALLY. AT THIS.

POINT. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO OH, YOU YOU. HAVE MORE DON MURRAY.

AT THIS POINT, EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'S GOING TO BE OVERSIGHT IN MANY WAYS. THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED. AND IT'S CLEAR AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH JOB WITH A LOT OF UNEXPECTEDNESS. THEY'RE EXPECTED OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHE'S ANSWERING HIM. HE'S ANSWERING BACK AND FORTH THE RULE. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.

UNTIL THEY'RE FINISHED, MA'AM? YOU'RE CORRECT.

I APOLOGIZE, RIGHT? I CAN GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHATEVER I'M TRYING. OKAY? CAN WE UNDERSTAND THE NEXT SPEAKER? JESUS. EVERYBODY GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT. EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE TOPIC. DO I.

WALK UP. THERE AND.

JUST SAY, OKAY, WE UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE? JESUS, NO. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. DO YOU DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON, UM, ROUND TWO? YES.

COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU EXPECT TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME ON THIS, SO THAT SHE'LL KNOW? DAVE. DAVID I THINK SO. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES.

OKAY. I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS THIS, UM.

FRANCIS. THANK YOU. WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

IT REALLY WAS. I LEARNED SOMETHING, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M GOING TO QUOTE. CAN YOU STOP THE CLOCK WHEN SOMEBODY IS INTERRUPTING ME? THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANT TO QUOTE WHAT THE THE, UH, AGENDA SAID AND THE MATTER OF THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES ON THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER DISTRICT. MIDTOWN, GREENBERG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF $13.1 MILLION.

ORIGINAL 6.5 PLUS INCREASE OF 6.6. IF THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A DOUBLE OF THE COST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES. I DID TAKE A FEW ENGLISH COURSES IN MY LIFETIME WHEN I'M NOT BEING AN APOSTLE. I ACTUALLY AM A WRITER, SO, UH, I, I CAN READ AND THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. SO IF THIS IS INCORRECT, THE PROBLEM IS THAT AGENDA THAT MAKES PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND IT. TO BE QUITE CLEAR, UM, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ARITHMETIC HOW WE GOT TO THE 13 MILLION, BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT 2 MILLION THAT WAS SPENT, UM, EARLY ON FOR REASONS THAT WE NOW THAT FRANK, THANK GOD, ACTUALLY FOUND A BETTER SOLUTION. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE 6.5 MILLION CAME FROM TO BEGIN WITH. OKAY. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE EXPLAINED AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HOLDS THIS UP. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS ANTICIPATION BOND, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE UNLESS YOU'VE RUN OUT OF THAT MONEY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY THEM OUT OF THAT. OKAY, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS TOWN BOARD, I THINK WAS $5 MILLION, RIGHT? I THINK IT WAS FIVE. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMPARISON TO WHAT WHAT WAS SPENT AT THE TIME THAT YOU APPROVED THE RESOLUTION FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE PERMANENT REPAIR AND HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST THAT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN UNREASONABLE THING TO ASK. IN FACT, YOU GUYS AND GINA, I'M SORRY, BUT PAUL ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF. YOU'RE ALL VOTING ON IT. WE PAY YOU TO VOTE ON THIS STUFF, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWERS TO IT.

FRANCIS, YOU DO OKAY, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD ON THIS BOARD HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND IT AND NOT TO ABDICATE IT TO ALL THE. MR. FEINER. OKAY. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR BEFORE THE MEETING. THANKS.

NEXT SPEAKER WAS MR. SHALOM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE

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IT'S BASED ON THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS WAS WHICH WAS A PRICE PER UNIT. THAT'S THE WAY THE BIDDING WORKS.

SO WHAT? UH, I WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, UM, TIME AND MATERIAL COSTS, ESSENTIALLY. BUT IT'S BASED ON A PER UNIT BASIS, SO IT MIGHT BE AN HOUR OR BASED ON THE TYPE OF MATERIAL BEING USED. SO IF THEY SPEND $100 OR ALLOWED A BILL 110, WHICH IS TOTALLY NORMAL FOR ANY COMPANY, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION. NOT A I'M SORRY, NOT AN ISSUE. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A PROJECTION AS TO WHAT THE PROJECT WILL COST, OR IT IS NO INCENTIVE TO FINISH IT.

SO YES. SO TO CLARIFY FOR SPECIFICALLY THE EAST HARTSDALE SEWER REPAIR, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE OTHER WORK, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THE TOWN COULD SPEND IS BASED ON THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE TOWN BOARD. AND THE LAST ONE WAS THAT ONE I READ THAT TOOK ME LIKE 18 MINUTES TO READ OUT LOUD THAT MEETING. SO THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THE TOWN COULD SPEND AT THIS POINT. AND IF IT DOES EXCEED THAT COST, WHICH HOPEFULLY IT IS NOT, IT CAN ONLY BE DONE VIA APPROVAL BY A DULY ADOPTED TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION, WHICH IS POSTED TO FURTHER INCREASE THE COST. SO THAT RESOLUTION WAS FOR 13.

MILLION QUESTIONS AT THE END. THAT'S THE RULE. DON'T ANSWER.

I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO HELP THE PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOOD. TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.

WELL, I STILL HAVE I STILL HAVE MY TIME. I HAVE FIVE.

YOUR OUTBURSTS DON'T HELP WITH TIMING EITHER.

I'M TALKING. OKAY. JUST BACK AND FORTH.

UH, I THINK THAT, TO BE HONEST, THIS MEETING HAS BEEN LESS COMBATIVE THAN MOST MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PURPOSE. UH, I LIVE ON BEEN LIVING ON EAST STILL AVENUE FOR 43 YEARS. I REMEMBER ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WE HAD THE SEWER LINES REALIGNED. WHY ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN? YOU CAN ANSWER AFTER THIS COMMENT. UM, WE WERE TOLD ORIGINALLY THAT 2ND JULY THE COST FOR MAINTAINING FOR PROVIDING THE PUMPING AND REROUTING THAT THE TOTAL COST FOR THE TWO YEARS WAS APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION. AND NOW IT SEEMS THAT THAT'S 5 OR $6 MILLION. SO AGAIN, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UH, AN ACCOUNTING FOR IT. UM. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT, UH, MISS JACKSON IS THE LIAISON FOR DPW, I THINK SHE SHOULD BE, UH, THE PERSON THAT IS BRINGING THE COMMISSIONER HERE, AND SHE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ALL THESE SPREADSHEETS AND EVERYTHING AND THE CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UH, SINCE SHE IS THE LIAISON. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

KYLE SEEMS. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE RULES, UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, IF A SPEAKER INSISTS ON AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER, SHOULD AN ANSWER BE PROVIDED, THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE SPEAKER'S FIVE MINUTE ALLOCATION. UM, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST DOING. THANK YOU. CHAIR.

WELL I'M CONFUSED. WERE THERE EVER RESOLUTIONS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND 13 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT? ALL THESE THINGS.

BUT WHAT BOTHERS ME MOST IS, AGAIN, TRANSPARENCY. FRANCIS, YOU SAID THAT PAUL HAD THE AGENDA OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE COULD HAVE ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT TIME. WHY DIDN'T THE PUBLIC HAVE THE AGENDA UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAY FOR THAT MATTER? I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE AN AGENDA FOR OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING, LIVE, THE PUBLIC DID. WE DON'T HAVE TIME AT OUR LEISURE OR WHATEVER JUST TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. WHEN YOU DECIDE TO POST THE BACKUP INFORMATION ON A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST MINUTE. AS FOR THE FINANCING, I'M AGAIN CONFUSED BECAUSE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THIS PROJECT COULD HAVE BEEN FINANCED IS WE HAVE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS

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THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A CONTINGENCY FUND IS FOR THINGS THAT YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE. IF WE HADN'T DIMINISHED IT, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE MONEY, AND THOSE SALARIES WOULD BE PAID, NOT REQUIRING A BOND. ANTICIPATION NOTE TO BE ISSUED, AS THAT'S THE SOURCE OF PAYMENT IN LIEU OF HAVING THE CASH ON HAND. ANYBODY ELSE.

HOLD ON? UM.

DD I AFTER THIS? OH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. WELL, THIS IS.

YOUR THIS IS YOUR ROUND TWO. UM, MY.

QUESTION IS, WHY DID YOU ALL WAIT UNTIL 10 P.M. TO DISCUSS THIS ONE? IT'S LIKE EMPTY. THAT'S MY QUESTION.

WE'RE FOLLOWING AN AGENDA AND A HEARING.

WELL, IT'S. BEEN UP.

TOP OF THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. IT'S VERY.

IMPORTANT. OKAY. UM. ANYWAY.

DO YOU WANT A ROUND TWO? NO. UM.

LAUREN CANTOR? NO, AND LAST ONE, MURRAY BEAUDOIN. DO YOU WANT A ROUND TWO? YOU ALREADY. HAD IT.

YEAH. UM, I THINK LIZ IS ON THE CLARIFY SOME SOME ITEMS. SO WHEN WE GET THE ITEM IZATION, COULD WE BASICALLY ASK FOR COMPLETE ITEM IZATION FROM DAY ONE? SINCE THE SEWER BREAK. UH, TO TO NOW, BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS JUST RAISED, YOU KNOW, DID WE SPEND ORIGINALLY 2 MILLION OR 5 MILLION? AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I STILL THINK WE SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT, UH, AUDITOR LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND GIVE US, UM, THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THEIR, THEIR REVIEW, THEIR ANALYSIS. BECAUSE THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A PROFESSIONAL FIRM, JUST LIKE THE FORENSIC AUDIT, THEY CAME UP WITH REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS. AND IT'S DEFINITELY HELPED THE TOWN. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF THE BOARD WOULD, UH, WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. WE WANT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND WHAT WENT WRONG.

AND, AND, UH, GIVE PEOPLE THE FACTS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE IT, EVEN IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THE TOWN MADE MISTAKES, PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. WHEN YOU SAY, THIS IS WHAT WHAT WE DID WRONG, AND THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED FROM. MR. SUPERVISOR LIZ.

YES. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN. UH, HENDRICKS, IF I CAN JUST HAVE TWO SECONDS. SURE. UM. SO. YES, SUPERVISOR.

TO THOSE WHO ARE IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE. YES. COMMUNICATION WITH ME AND THE COMPTROLLER. UM, TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE WHAT'S ON THE LEDGER TO WHAT HAS COME IN. AS THINGS COME IN, WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT ON THAT. SO. BUT WE WILL ONLY POST WHAT HAS COME IN AND WHAT WE CAN PAY.

RIGHT. REGARDING THE AGENDA AND WHY DOESN'T THE PUBLIC GET TO SEE IT ON FRIDAY? WHEN WE DO, THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S MISSING, WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE SO THAT WHEN IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC, IT'S NOT A ROLLING AGENDA THAT WE KEEP ADDING TO. SO YOU LOOK AT IT AND WE WERE OBJECTED. WE HAD OBJECTIONS AND THE PAST.

AND I AGREED WITH THEM. WHEREAS ONCE THEY LOOK AT THE AGENDA, THEY DON'T GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN BEFORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE ADDED MORE RESOLUTIONS.

SO ONCE WE PUBLISH IT, THAT'S THE AGENDA.

BUT MAYBE WHILE WE SHOULD DO, UM, IS WE SHOULD HAVE WE SHOULD PUT DRIFT AND RELEASE IT ON LIKE FRIDAY. JUST LIKE WE RELEASE EVERYTHING ON FRIDAY. I SAY DRIFT SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

AND WE COULD SAY BY MONDAY WE'LL HAVE A FINAL VERSION AND THEN NOBODY COULD CRITICIZE US FOR KEEPING THINGS QUIET, BECAUSE PEOPLE SOMETIMES DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AT THAT, ON A WEEKEND, THEY'LL SAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE CAN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING BECAUSE THE AGENDA IS NOT. IT GENERALLY GETS PUBLISHED ON THE WEEKEND, BUT THIS APPLIES TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, EVEN.

NO LATER AND LATER IN RECENT IN RECENT MEETINGS.

UH, THE, UH, THE TOWN COUNCIL LIAISON AND I WERE WORKING ON SUNDAY ON DEALING WITH RESOLUTIONS. THERE WERE MANY, MANY, MANY RESOLUTIONS THAT NEEDED WORK. COULD NOT DO THAT ON MONDAY BECAUSE IT WAS A HOLIDAY. AND SO THE ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED ON TUESDAY. SO THIS THIS WAS A FAIRLY UNIQUE SITUATION. BUT THE AGENDA SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED BY ONE PERSON ON THE BOARD. IT SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY ALL OF US. AND I. FEEL THAT I REALLY FEEL THAT ON. FRIDAY WE SHOULD RELEASE EVERYTHING.. RIGHT. UM, AND PAUL, YOU'RE

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PAUL, DON'T INTERRUPT ME. YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND. HOLLY AND I SITTING TOGETHER FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU SEE AN AGENDA, IT'S NOT EMBARRASSING.

YOU HAVE AN OPEN INVITATION. I ATTEND THE FRIDAY LAND USE MEETINGS. THE AGENDA IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. NO WE DON'T. YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU WOULD VIOLATE THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. OKAY. WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER.

UM, WE'RE GOING A LITTLE OFF TOPIC ANYWAY, RIGHT. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE. I THINK LIZ WANTED TO CLARIFY A FEW ITEMS. UNLESS YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UM, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I THINK I CAN PROVIDE SOME CLARITY BECAUSE I'VE LISTENED TO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR REALLY COMING OUT AND SPEAKING. UM, BUT TONIGHT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS THE BONDING LETTER THAT IS CLARIFYING THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE EMERGENCY REPAIR, WHICH IS UNDER THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT, AND A LARGER PROJECT, WHICH IS THE REALIGNING OF THE OF THE FAILING SEWER PIPE THAT IS ALSO BEHIND STARBUCKS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 120 EAST HARTSDALE.

THROUGHOUT THAT PIPE, UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE BELLIES, UM, THAT HAVE TO BE REPAIRED, THAT PUMPING, THAT KIMBERLY AND MULTIPLE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED DURING THOSE REPAIRS AND WILL BE LINING THE RE LINING PROJECT IS NOT PART OF MARINO'S PROJECT. THAT IS GOING TO BE SEPARATELY BID. THAT IS SO THIS WHILE IT SAYS 13 MILLION, THIS IS NOT THE PROJECT THAT IS THE REPAIR IN FRONT OF EAST HARTSDALE. THAT IS ONE COMPONENT OF IT, BUT IT IS NOT THE WHOLE BONDING. UM, FOR THAT ONE REPAIR, IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE RE LINING, WHICH IS UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER DISTRICT. SO ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY. SO THERE'S OTHER PIPES THAT NEED TO BE LINED. THOSE MONIES WILL ALSO BE USED. UM, CAN BE USED FOR THAT. SO IT'S TOWN WIDE. IT'S NOT JUST EAST HARTSDALE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE THAT PUT THAT AS A PRIORITY. UM, IN THE TOWN'S MIND THAT THIS PIPE NEEDS TO REALLY BE LOOKED AT. IF IT FAILED AT THIS POINT, WE STARTED CONTINUING LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS. UM, SO IT IS A HOLISTIC AND A REPAIR OF THE ENTIRE LINE. 122 DOWN AND YOU'RE CORRECT. I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. SLOANE THAT SPOKE. UM, THERE WAS A REALIGNING PROJECT THAT WAS DONE, BUT IT ENDED AT 120 TO THE TRAIN STATION. SO THERE'S TWO LENGTHS OF PIPE.

THE AREA THAT'S BROKEN IN FRONT OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE UP TO THE TRAIN STATION IS GOING TO BE REALIGNED SEPARATELY. BID THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED IN THIS BONDING LETTER. AND THEN THE REPAIRS THAT MURANO IS DOING UNDER THE EMERGENCY REPAIR WITH THE SECANT PILES THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THAT'S ALSO IN THERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. I HOPE IT DID. UM, AND THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S EXCELLENT.

AND THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER. CAN I ASK ONE.

QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING? THIS IS EXCELLENT REPORT.

UM, SO IF I, IF I UNDERSTOOD IT BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN KIMBERLY STARTED TALKING, UM, SO BOTH WERE PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE GET A TO MAKE THE LARGER POOL OF MONEY BECAUSE WE GET A BETTER RATE BONDING THE LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY, RATHER THAN HAVING THEM SEPARATED. AM I CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU, LIZ. THAT WAS VERY GOOD EXPLANATION. YEAH. IT WAS EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. PAUL, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

GOOD. UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?

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JAYLEN COPELAND. THIS IS THE FIVE MINUTES PORTION. YES. SHE GO FOR ME. UH, THANK YOU. A. THANK YOU, BARBARA. THANK YOU. OKAY.

CHERYL. JOSEPH. I BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE BOARD FOR OVER TEN PLUS YEARS. THE BUSINESS AT 111 NORTH GOODWIN AVENUE AND PAYNE STREET.

IS IN VIOLATION OF ITS VARIANCE, WHICH.

ALLOWED THE BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN 1968. A PART OF

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THE SUPERVISOR HAS, UM, FORWARDED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS.

THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ANSWER. AND MAYBE ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN TIMES. DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE COME AND AND VIEWED THE AREA. BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT TIME. AT THAT CORNER BECAUSE THE BUSINESS HAS, UH, TAKEN OVER THE BLOCK. THE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PARK. WHEN THE CHURCH, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ELM STREET, HAVE SERVICES, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE TO PARK. PART TWO OF MY DISCUSSION IS.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LACK OF PATROLLING OF GREENSBURG POLICE IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE NOTHING BUT JUNK CARS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER A HALF A DOZEN YEARS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, A NEW PROBLEM HAS ARISE. THERE'S A BUSINESS, A CLEANING BUSINESS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NINE. A BEHIND THAT GAS STATION. THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE ABSOLUTELY TURNED NORTHLAND AVENUE AND PAYNE STREET INTO A PARKING LOT. THEY WERE PARKING IN CHELMSFORD THAT GREENBERG IS AT ENDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK. THE VILLAGE OF ELM STREET IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET. THE VILLAGE OF ELMS FORT HAS MOVED THOSE CARS OUT OF OUR PARKING, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF NORTH LAWN AVENUE.

UH, AND, AND WHITE PLAINS. BUT NOW THEY'RE ALL CLUSTERED AT THE TOP OF WHITE PLAINS AVENUE AND PAYNE STREET. SO I HAVE LEFT HERE MANY TIMES WITH, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO FORGE YOUR EMAIL. I'M NOT SENDING ANOTHER EMAIL. IF YOU GOOGLE MY EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU'LL FIND DOZENS OF EMAILS ON THIS MATTER.

DEPARTMENT HEADS, THE POLICE CHIEF TOPEKA. I THINK THAT WAS HIS NAME BACK IN THE DAY. HE HAS BEEN THERE TO VISIT AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT ACTIONABLE ACTIONS WILL YOU TAKE REGARDING CLEANING UP THE TOP OF NORTH LAWN AVENUE AND PAYNE STREET? THANK YOU.

JAYLEN COPELAND, HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS BEFORE? FROM SOMEBODY THAT RECOMMENDS SHE SAID. JAYLEN COPELAND UH, ONE FAIRWAY CIRCLE. UH. SO I WANT TO BRING UP A PROJECT IN THE TOWN. IT'S AN ACTIVE PROJECT. UH, UM, AND THE PUBLIC HASN'T GOTTEN MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN QUITE A WHILE. THREE YEARS, TO BE EXACT. TALKING ABOUT THE SPORTS LINE PROJECT AT AVE JOE, WE SIGNED THOSE CONTRACTS THREE YEARS AGO. CORRECT? APPROXIMATELY. APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, THE THE OUTSIDE COMPANY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR OF THIS PROJECT. SO WE HAVE SIGNED CONTRACTS

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THERE'S BEEN NOTHING PUBLISHED ABOUT IT. IT HASN'T COME UP AT A BOARD MEETING. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMENTS BY ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT IT. IT IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST PROJECT AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THIS TOWN. UM, IF ANY OF YOU GO UP TO THAT LOT ON A ON A WARM SUMMER DAY, ESPECIALLY THE WEEKEND. TAKE A LOOK. WHAT'S IN THE PARKING LOT? YOU'LL SEE VOLVOS, PEUGEOT'S, BMW, MERCEDES. WHEN WE OBTAIN THAT PARK IN THE 70S, YOU WOULD SEE DODGE'S PLYMOUTH'S FORDS. THAT THAT PARK IS WHAT'S KEEPING THIS TOWN AFLOAT. CERTAINLY NOT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE TOWN SERVICES ARE GREAT. THE TOWN EMPLOYEES ARE GREAT. THAT'S A GIVEN. BUT THAT PART IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT PARK IN THIS TOWN. SO WHY? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING IS VERY TROUBLING. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. YOU CAN ANSWER ME NOW IF YOU IF THAT'S PROPER. BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S SOME ISSUES BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE, UH, THE, THE OUTSIDE COMPANY. THOSE HAVE TO BE VISIBLE. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS WHETHER THOSE ARE WORTHY THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED. IF THEY'RE TRYING TO, IF THEY'RE CHANGING, IF THIS IS A BAIT AND SWITCH, WE CAN CANCEL THE CONTRACTS AND GO OUT TO BID AGAIN. I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO DO THAT. I'M NOT SOLD ON THIS, ON THESE PEOPLE, BUT THE PUBLIC CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISION ABOUT THAT IF THEY HAVE NO INFORMATION. HOW CAN YOU GO TWO YEARS ON A $12 MILLION PROJECT AND SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT? THAT'S INSANE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS NOW, I.

I STILL HAVE TIME ON THE CLOCK, SO I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN.

OKAY, I'M LIAISON TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. I WILL I YOUR YOUR COMMENTS ARE DULY NOTED. I WILL WRITE A REPORT AND I WILL POST IT. UM, I WOULD PARDON ME. PUBLICLY.

PUBLICLY. I'LL POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE. OKAY. OKAY.

UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AND BRINGING THE VENDOR IN HERE WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

WELL, LET ME LET ME POST ON IT TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED. AND THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THE DISCUSSION. YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS. WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER HAVING, UM, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THIS PROJECT OF, UH, INTEREST TO THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAN'T GET IT DONE. WELL.

IT'S COMPLICATED, AND I WILL EXPLAIN THAT THE WHOLE THING IN IN THE LETTER TO YOU AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A COMMITTEE THAT IS THE, THE PARKS BOARD. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WELL. WE'RE DOING A REPORT.

OKAY. I'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT THIS BOARD, NOT ONLY YOU, ELLEN, ALL OF YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT IN SOME FORM.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT VERY DEEPLY. SO HAS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO IS THE TOWN ATTORNEY. UH, AND I'M SURE COUNCILWOMAN HENDRIX WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE ON THIS. THIS. AND I THINK YOU MIGHT EVEN BE PLEASED. OKAY. AND ALSO, PICKLER, IF YOU LIKE. UH, THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN ON FRIDAY. THEY GOT THEIR TEMPORARY CFO. I HEARD ABOUT THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

SO IT'S SO. HECTOR.

I CAN READ YOUR MIND. I BET YOU I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. OH. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR ALL THE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I GUESS I CAN FIT IT IN SOMEWHERE THERE. THE WALK IS ACTUALLY LONGER SUNDAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

HECTOR. AND AS SUPERVISOR FEINER.

SAID ABOUT THE NOLES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NOLES APPLICATION PROCESS, MY WIFE AND I HAVE REPEATEDLY UNCOVERED SIGNIFICANT INACCURACIES AND MISLEADING INFORMATION IN THE APPLICANT'S SUBMISSIONS. IT'S BECOME SOMETHING OF A RUNNING JOKE, AND IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF THE CONSEQUENCES WEREN'T SO

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I PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH A COPY EARLIER. I HOPE ENOUGH OF YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PAUSE, ADDRESS AND ADDRESS THESE UNRESOLVED ISSUES AND TO PLEASE RECONSIDER BEFORE PROCEEDING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. THIS IS SHERRY. I DON'T. FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

DO YOU. HAVE STOCK AND.

PAPER? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ARE YOU READY? NOW? THIS TO US.

I CAN'T, ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T REALIZE. SOMEBODY DID. I NEED TO. GOOD EVENING. THE NOLES.

PROPOSED NEGATIVE SECRET DECLARATION. FAILS TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA AND JUSTIFY OUR 30 ZONING.

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OUR NEIGHBORS JOINED OUR PROTEST PETITION, AND VALMONT RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO CALLED FOR OUR 40. FINALLY, I WANT THE RECORD TO BE CLEAR. MY COMMENTS ON THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA AND OUR 40 WERE RAISED IN WRITING. DURING THE WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD, AND MY ATTORNEYS AND I WILL CAREFULLY REVIEW TONIGHT'S ACTIONS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS BOARD TO POSTPONE THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND ALL OUR 30 ZONING UNTIL THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA HAS BEEN MEANINGFULLY EVALUATED AND OUR 40 SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION SHOULD BE THE CONCLUSION OF A MEANINGFUL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, NOT A SHORTCUT AROUND ONE. THANK YOU.

GOOD TIME. YEAH. ROBERT.

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AND, UH, GOT TO REALLY GET TO KNOW IT. WELL, UM, ALOMAR IS CONSIDERING HIRING ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER TO DO A PRE POST TEST ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ESTIMATIONS, THE THE THE NUMBERS THAT THE KNOLLS AND THEIR ATTORNEY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LANGLEY, UM, HAVE INDICATED, UH, WILL WILL WITHSTAND THE TEST OF TIME. AND IF THE STORM RUNOFF INCREASES OR DOESN'T IMPROVE AS THEY. SO, UH, ELOQUENTLY LIKE TO SAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, A WHOLE NOTHER DISCUSSION WITH THEM. UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 3 MILLION IN OUR RESERVE. WE CAN DEFINITELY HIRE AN ATTORNEY.

AND, UH, AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. UH, I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT, UH, THE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THE MEETING FOUR HOURS AGO WERE DISCUSSING, UH, MANY OF THE SAME THEMES, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY OR LACK THEREOF. UM, AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE MENTION THAT IN AN EMAIL DATED 929 FROM AMANDA MAGA. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL HER. NO APPROVAL IS DEPUTY DEPUTY ATTORNEY. OH, I, I WAS CUT OFF IN MY EMAIL. NO APPROVAL IS PROPOSED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UH, THE CASE IS AT SECRET STAGE AND HAS A PENDING APPEAL TO BE HEARD. FIRST, THE TOWN'S VIOLATIONS AGAINST BETHEL NULL SHALL BE ADDRESSED BEFORE AN APPROVAL IS ISSUED.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND SPEAKING WITH THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STORMWATER THAT LEAVES THE BETHEL KNOLLS SITE BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY CODE AND IMPROVEMENT TO EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP, THAT NO APPROVALS ARE TO BE ISSUED UNTIL EVERYTHING IS FULLY SATISFIED IN TERMS OF VIOLATIONS. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW OTHER THINGS. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE BEFORE ME LIVED ON STEVENS, ASK YOURSELF, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THIS PROJECT? I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. SO I YOU KNOW, IT'S TO ME, IT'S, UM, IT'S REPREHENSIBLE. IT'S I'M EMBARRASSED FOR YOU THAT YOU HAVE RESIDENTS HERE THAT HAVE THEIR DAY JOBS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE FINDING INACCURATE INACCURACIES IN THE AFFIDAVITS AND APPLICATIONS. OKAY. AND THAT IF THEY DIDN'T FIND IT, YOU GUYS WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. I MEAN, WHERE DOES THE DUE DILIGENCE. RIGHT. THERE'S NO THERE'S NONE OF IT HERE. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS ARE BENDING YOUR KNEE FOR THE FOR THE NOLES. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LAWS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GOVERN. UM, IN MY TIME, I HAVE LEFT. I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK. I SEE THE GENTLEMAN'S NO LONGER HERE WITH US. I'VE DIVIDED THE BULK OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, ASSISTING THE TRANSITION OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS FROM THEIR TIME AND SERVICE TO THE CIVILIAN WORLD. AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, CONTRARY THE PUBLIC OPINION, MOST VETERANS, UH, NOT MOST, BUT MANY OF THE VETERANS WHO ARE 100% DEEMED DISABLED, SERVICE CONNECTED. I'VE SERVED AS A DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CERTIFYING OFFICIAL. I KNOW ABOUT THIS DISABILITY RATINGS. MANY OF THEM ARE FROM THE GWA CAMPAIGNS. AND DURING FREEDOM AND IRAQI FREEDOM, THEY'RE NOT VIETNAM ERA VETS. ALL RIGHT. UH, SOME OF THEM ARE AS YOUNG AS 30 YEARS OF AGE, AND THEY'RE 100% DISABLED, AND THEY'RE WORKING. I HAVE A BUDDY OF MINE WHO'S A MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GOLDMAN SACHS MAKES $700,000 A YEAR. HE LIVES IN BERGEN COUNTY. HE'S 100% DISABLED. HE DOESN'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY. YOU CAN WORK WHEN YOU'RE 100% DISABLED.

SO I KNOW IT'S A CATCHY TO JUST, LIKE HERE, 100% DISABLED, TAX EXEMPT, BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY DIG INTO IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS BEFORE YOU MAKE A SERVICE MEMBERS. AND LISTEN. I HAVE A LOT OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR VETERANS RIGHT THERE. LIBERATING. HOPEFULLY MY COUNTRY NOW, MY MY MY PARENTS. OH MY RIGHT. I RAN FROM IRAN, AS THEY SAY. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE IN THE $35 MILLION HOLE. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TAX EXEMPT FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE VETERANS ARE JUST ONE OF SEVERAL, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO MORE FOLKS, THE STRAIN IS GOING TO INCREASE. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE FORECLOSURES, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CYCLE JUST REPEAT ITSELF, RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS TAXES BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE HERE. SO THAT'S YOU THINK HARD AND LONG AND THAT'S YOU KNOW WHAT. IT MEANS.

[03:55:03]

OKAY. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES. UH, JANICE. JANICE.

SHE LEFT. SHE LEFT.

LORRAINE CANTOR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS RACE, BUT I COULD TELL YOU I WAS AT WCC A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I HAD TO SIT TO FOIL TRAFFIC LIGHT ROTATIONS RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE THIS IS GOING. AND ALL THAT KEPT GOING TO MY MIND IS THAT NOT ONLY DO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOUSES HAVE TO WORK, PAY THE TAXES, PAY THE INSURANCE, AND DEAL WITH ALL THESE FLOODS THAT COME THE THOUGHT OF TREES BEING REMOVED AND THE GROUND BEING, BEING REDISTRIBUTED AND PROMISES MADE AND PROMISES BROKEN AND VIOLATIONS FROM A COMPANY THAT REALLY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT RESIDENTS. YOU GUYS ARE THE EYES AND EARS AND THE PASSION AND THE REASON WHY THEY COME AND APPEAL TO YOU. BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU WILL, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND IT'S BEYOND ALL OF THE STUFF THAT THAT WAS MENTIONED. AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MISSED, IT'S IT'S LIKE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS LIKE IT'S YOU GET IT UP THERE AND THEN YOU COULD TAKE IT BACK DOWN. THESE PEOPLE HAVE A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, HOMES THAT ARE THEIR THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THEIR INVESTMENT AND AND YOU GUYS ARE THE STEWARDS. AND I WOULDN'T SIT OVER THERE SNORING, STICKING THIS OUT FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO. I AM A RESIDENT. I'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1993 AND AND YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS NEED TO STAND UP FOR EACH OTHER EVEN THOUGH THERE AREN'T THAT MANY HERE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE. KNOW THAT ONCE THINGS ARE CHANGED, ONCE THEY COME IN AND DO THEIR THING, THE RESIDENTS ARE STUCK WITH IT.

AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT. THE FACT IS THAT THEY'RE STUCK WITH IT, AND I TRUST EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION TO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I COULD NEVER DO THIS. I JUST COULD NOT STAY UP LIKE TOWARD MIDNIGHT DOING ALL THIS. GOD BLESS YOU. DYLAN PINE.

IN MY LAST. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO DO YOU WANT TO GO BEFORE OR AFTER? HOW ABOUT.

HOW I SIGNED UP FIRST? I COULD PULL UP.

LIZ'S LAST EMAIL. NOW. OH, YEAH.

WE WOULDN'T LET. IT CONTINUE.

YEAH. AND THANK YOU, DYLAN, FOR BEING SO BRIEF. PERSONALLY, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S A NEW GENERATION OF RESIDENTS COMING FORWARD.

OKAY, UM, YOU KNOW WHY I CAME HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO VEER AWAY FROM THAT AND SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT. BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. DANKO A QUESTION. IS ANY OF THE TOOMEY MONEY GOING TOWARDS A SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE? SEXUAL? OKAY. UM, YEAH. WHAT CASE ARE YOUR FRIENDS? YOU HAVE A LOT OF THEM. THERE'S NO SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

OKAY, THEN THE ANSWER IS NO. OKAY, OKAY.

THAT'S YOUR. DIDN'T YOU FOIL THE BILLS AND GET EXACTLY WHAT TOOMEY WORKS ON? NO, I DIDN'T.

I GOT. HIM IN TARION. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S IT'S ALMOST 1130. I'M FORGETTING THE ROLLS. YEAH, WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT TIME. I GOT INVOICES, BUT NO EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT'S FOR. I STILL CAN'T EVEN DETERMINE WHETHER HE CHARGES THE TOWN FOR MONEY, FOR TIME SPENT COMING HERE FROM LONG ISLAND AND RETURNING HOME AT 100, $300 AN HOUR. I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING TO KNOW. IF WE CAN FIND THAT OUT. UM, ONCE UPON A TIME, A TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, DEPARTMENT HEADS HAD TO SIT HERE JUST IN CASE THEY WERE NEEDED. WE NO LONGER DO THAT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD RETURN TO AT LEAST ONE MEETING A MONTH WHEN THEY'RE PHYSICALLY PRESENT. NOT ON ZOOM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THINGS. AS MR. MORABITO, I'M TOLD THAT YOU'VE TRIED TO GET MR. MORABITO TO

[04:00:04]

I THINK HE WAS HERE YESTERDAY. HE WAS HERE YESTERDAY.

HE WAS HERE FOR THE BUDGET. NOT FOR ANY OF HIS ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE, NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE. OKAY. HOWEVER, THIS GENTLEMAN RAISED SOMETHING THAT I'VE RAISED UP TO YOU PEOPLE BEFORE IN MANY EMAILS, AND IT CONCERNS WHAT IS GOING ON AT VETERAN PARK REGARDING SPORT, TIME, ENTERTAINMENT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CONTRACT AS I REMEMBER IT, TOWN HASN'T RECEIVED A NICKEL YET. I'M NOT EVEN SURE THEY HAVE ANY MONEY DOWN, BUT THEY DO HAVE A 30 YEAR OPTION TO BE THERE, WHICH ALSO KEEPS ANYONE ELSE OUT OF THERE SHOULD THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THAT LOCATION. BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE A PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WAS QUOTED TONIGHT. THIS UNLIKE ANY OTHER ADVISORY BOARD THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, MEETS ABSOLUTE SECRECY. IT'S 14 TO 18 MEMBERS.

HOW MANY ATTEND? I DON'T KNOW. THE MEETINGS ARE NOT BROADCAST.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE THEY'RE EVEN HELD A VETERAN PARK ANYMORE.

WHETHER IT'S ENTIRELY ON ZOOM. BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT HELD A TOWN HALL. THERE IS NO RECOGNITION OF THEIR MEETINGS ONCE A MONTH ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. AGENDAS AND MEETING MINUTES. SO THEREFORE THE PUBLIC REALLY HAS NO INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THIS BOARD MEETS. ALSO, ON THAT SAME WEBSITE PAGE ARE THE MEETING MINUTES. THERE IS NO MEETING MINUTES FOR THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD. NOW. I'VE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT'S HARD TO COMPUTE. PARKS AND RECREATION OCCUPIES PLACES IN BOTH THE A AND B BUDGETS, BUT I'M SURE THAT I WOULDN'T BE THAT FAR OFF IF I SAID THAT THEY SPEND IN EXCESS OF $6 MILLION OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS ANNUALLY, PROBABLY MORE. SO HOW DOES THIS DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO EXIST WITHOUT HOLDING ITS MEETINGS IN PUBLIC? THE ISSUES WITH SPORT TIME ARE HUGE, AND THE $250,000 RENT YEAR ONE, AFTER THEY HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY LOOKS QUITE DISTANT TO ME. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS BOARD OUGHT TO TAKE A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AT VETERAN PARK, AND WITH SPORT TIME ONE OF THE WORST CONTRACTS I'VE EVER SEEN, THIS TOWN PUT THE SIGNATURE TO.

AND, MR. DANKO, I BELIEVE YOU WERE THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME.

SO THE PROBLEM IS, WE DON'T. WE SHOULDN'T LET THESE BOARDS OPERATE IN SECRECY. WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY HERE, BUT AT LEAST YOU HOLD MEETINGS. THE AGENDAS MAY NOT COME AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM, BUT WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY AGENDAS FROM THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD. WE DON'T RECEIVE MEETING NOTICES, AND WE DON'T RECEIVE MINUTES OF THEIR MEETINGS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ENFORCE IF YOU HAVE THE HEART AND DESIRE TO DO SO. YOU TALK ABOUT BUDGETS. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TAXPAYERS MONEY. IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO PLEASE TAXPAYERS FOR WHAT THEY DO DO, BUT WHAT THEY DON'T DO IS WHAT BURKE BOTHERS ME. DILLON PINE.

ALL RIGHT. UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, SUPERVISOR FEINER, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. I AM DILLON PINE, AND I'M SPEAKING THIS EVENING AS CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD. UM, THIS EVENING, YOU KNOW, HOURS AGO, WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS REGARDING, UH, ZERO OLD ARMY ROAD. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TOWN STAFF HAS ALSO RECEIVED MANY LETTERS REGARDING THIS PLANNING BOARD CASE. PB 2317 UH, WHICH IS RELATED TO A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. AS PLANNING BOARD CHAIR, I CONSULTED WITH TOWN STAFF, INCLUDING C.D. AND C, COUNSEL TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND VARIOUS INVOLVED TOWN DEPARTMENTS REGARDING THE CONCERNS RAISED. TOWN STAFF ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE POINTS RAISED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND INVOLVED AGENCIES TO APPROPRIATELY REVIEW TO THE CONCERNS OF EDGEMONT RESIDENTS. TOWN STAFF HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH INITIAL ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE POINTS THAT I'M ABLE TO ADDRESS AT THIS TIME. OF THE 88 TREES PROPOSED REMOVAL, THE APPLICANT, CERTIFIED ARBORIST IDENTIFIED 25 AS INVASIVE SPECIES. SIX IS PRESENTING

[04:05:02]

TYPE TWO ACTIONS HAVE BEEN PREDETERMINED BY NEW YORK STATE TO NOT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND REQUIRE NO FURTHER REVIEW. THE MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION WERE REVIEWED BY STAFF AND INVOLVED IN INTERESTED AGENCIES. THERE HAS BEEN CHANGES TO THE PLANS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE TOWN'S REVIEW. BASED UPON COMMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS SUGGESTED BY STAFF, AND INVOLVED INTERESTED AGENCIES. ORIGINALLY, APPLICANT PROPOSED THREE HOMES PURSUANT TO A SUBDIVISION, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. AFTER INITIAL CONCERNS RAISED AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 6TH OF 2023, THE APPLICANT REDUCED THE SCOPE OF ITS PROJECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE PLANNING BOARD, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO INSTALL AND RECORD A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OVER A PORTION OF THE WOODED AREA ON ITS ABUTTING PROPERTY TO THE GREENVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH. THE APPLICANT CEMETERY. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO AGREED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING BOARD, TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED, UM, TO SATISFY THE TOWN'S TREE REMOVAL PERMIT CRITERIA. UM, IN REVIEWING THE APPLICATION, THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A BLIND CURVE ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE AND WAS SATISFIED WITH THE PROVIDED SITE DISTANCES. THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER IS CONDUCTING A SECONDARY REVIEW OF THE CONCERNS RAISED REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACTION. ACCESS CURVE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES STAGING WITH STAFF UM. ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT STATEMENTS AT THE JULY 2026 PLANNING BOARD MEETING, THE APPLICANT CONTACTED AND SPOKE WITH NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THOSE REQUIRED PERMITS WILL BE CONDITIONED OR COULD WOULD BE CONDITIONED IF APPROVED PURSUANT OF THE TOWN CODE, THE APPLICANT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO BLAST AND THERE ARE AND UH, UNLESS THEY ARE UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY USE LABOR AND MACHINES TO REMOVE ROCK ON THE SITE, ANY BLASTING OR ROCK CHIPPING IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 140 OF THE TOWN CODE AND THE TOWN NOISE ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 380. THE SUGGESTION TO CONDITION ANY PERMITS ISSUED ON REQUIRING EXCLUSIONS OF THE HEADSTONES, THE HOUSE AND STONE WALLS WITHIN THE VIBRATION LIMITS AND MONITORING WILL BE REVIEWED BY TOWN STAFF AND ITS BLASTING EXPERT IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE, THE PLANNING BOARD COULD INCLUDE APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS IN ITS DECISION REGARDING THE INCLUSION OF HEADSTONES, THE HOUSE AND ITS STONE WALLS WITHIN THE VIBRATION LIMITS, AND MONITORING TOWN STAFF AND ITS BLASTING EXPERT REVIEW THE PROPOSED ACTIONS TO CONFIRM WHETHER CHIPPING WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, NOT REQUIRING BLASTING, AND DETERMINE WHAT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BEYOND THE CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE APPROPRIATELY. GENERALLY, THE BLASTING SURVEY AND PLANS ARE REVIEWED WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTING BUILDING PERMITS. CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO STAGE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND PERMITTED PERMIT ISSUED WITH RESTRICT WOULD RESTRICT STAGING AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ALONG OLD ARMY ROAD. UM. AS A FINAL NOTE, NOTHING PROHIBITS THE PARTIES INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE PROPERTY UH, AS IT IS FROM APPROPRIATELY ENGAGING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER SELLING IT. AN INTERESTED PARTIES TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY AND ITS CURRENT STATE. TOWN STAFF INDICATED THAT THEY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS, AND WILL REVIEW AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND OTHER INVOLVED DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND I'LL SUBMIT MY FULL STATEMENT TO TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO.

MOVE? ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TALK? YEAH.

OKAY. UM. OKAY, BOYS AND COMMISSIONER, REAPPOINTMENT OF TIMOTHY HAYES TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS. LIKE, DO.

AND HOLD. THAT OVER.

JOE SUGGESTED WE. HOLD OVER WHAT? I SUGGEST YOU HOLD THAT OVER UNTIL OCTOBER 28TH MEETING.

[ AS 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing compensation for Board of Assessment Review members for 2026, not to exceed a total amount of $6,300]

MEMBERS FOR 2026 NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL AMOUNT OF UM, SIX THREE $6,300. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, I'M, UM.

[ TB 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution ratifying a Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 1000 AFSCME, AFL-CIO to recognize, incorporate and include the title of Water Treatment Plant Operator 1B in the current Agreement]

[04:10:01]

[ TB 2 - 10/14/2026 Resolution ratifying a Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 1000 AFSCME, AFL-CIO to recognize, incorporate and include a title of Water and Sewer Maintenance Worker Grade 1 in the current Agreement]

TV2 RESOLUTION RATIFYING A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. UM, TO RECOGNIZE, INCORPORATE AND INCLUDE A TITLE OF WATER AND SEWER MAINTENANCE, WATER GRADE ONE AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT LIKE THAT..

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I I'M GONNA

[ TB 3 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of The Law Office of Vincent Toomey as Special Counsel to address town matters concerning personnel related issues for an additional amount of $50,000; $450,000 in total]

OH. YEAH, IT.

IS. IT'S ALL THE END OF THE YEAR.

YEAH, YEAH, UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S RIGHT. TV, TV THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW. OFFICE OF VINCENT TOOMEY, A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS CONCERNING PERSONNEL RELATED ISSUES FOR AN ADDITIONALT OF $50,000, $450,000 IN TOTAL. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? I, I.

[ TB 4 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a First Amendment to a Lease Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and M & S Properties II, LLC, to lease the property located at 200 Tarrytown Road, White Plains, New York, to provide for overflow parking of the Town of Greenburgh police vehicles and equipment]

POLICE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

[ TB 5 - 10/14/2026 Resolution adopting a Local Law creating a new Chapter 239 entitled, "Property Maintenance and Nuisance Abatement" in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

[ TB 6 - 10/14/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh establishing a Heritage and Harmony Committee to foster unity and mutual understanding among individuals of diverse ethnic, cultural, religious and generational backgrounds]

[ AT 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving the retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Scott Edwards and Lynette Edwards v. he Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]

[ AT 2 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving the retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Richard Carbonaro and Donna Carbonaro v. the Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to the previously approved exceed $25,000]

[ AT 3 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Jessica Rollins v. Michael Cookingham, the Greenburgh Police Department and Town of Greenburgh for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $125,000 in total]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. 84 A

[ AT 4 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Kirk Beckford v. Town of Greenburgh, et. al, for an additional amount not to exceed $25,000, $75,000 in total]

SECOND. I'M IN FAVOR.

[ AT 5 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Manya C. Bouteneff v. Kangs Nails and Spa Inc., Daniel J. Zonan DDS, P.C., 100 North Central Realty LLC, Wedgewood Professional Center, Inc., and the Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $75,000 in total ]

YEAH. I'M JUST WONDERING. WHAT CHEAPER IT'S CHEAPER TO USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL BECAUSE WHEN YOU HIRE INSIDE COUNSEL, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR ANNUAL HEALTH BENEFITS AS WELL.

I PROVIDED THAT ANALYSIS TO THE BOARD.

YEAH. BECAUSE I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE IF IT'S 75, 75, 125, 25.

WAIT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MARK'S GOING BACK TO MORE STUFFY? YEAH.

MORE STUFFY OR STUFFY? UH, YEAH. NO, IT ENDS UP BEING, UM,

[04:15:02]

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[ AT 6 - 10/14/2026 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 $4,099±; the County’s share is $22,720±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $5,168±; the Irvington Union Free School District‘s share is $177,305±. Refunds from all sources total $209,291±]

[ AT 7 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 72-75 Main Street LLC for property located at 72 Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $220±; the County’s share is $1,642±; the North Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $241±; the Dobbs Ferry School District’s share is $10,562±. Refunds from all sources total $12,665±]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

[ AT 8 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Apex Apartments Property Owners LLC for property located at 290 East Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,378±; the County’s share is $20,148±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,086±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $113,221±. Refunds from all sources total $140,833± ]

AUTHORIZING TAX AREA SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER. APEX APEX APARTMENT PROPERTY OWNERS. UH REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES. TOTAL ONE 40,140 833. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR I

[ AT 9 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner River Property Management, LLC for property located at 12 W. Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $636±; the County’s share is $4,088±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $810±; the Elmsford Union Free School District share is $25,873±. Refunds from all sources total $31,406±]

RIVER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12 WEST MAIN STREET. REFUNDS FROM WALL. SOURCES TOTAL 31,406. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL IN. FAVOR?

[ AT 10 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing an agreement with WestCop to provide social services to the Town of Greenburgh for calendar year 2026, at a cost not to exceed $16,837 plus up to $400 reimbursement for meal delivery mileage expenses documented to the satisfaction of the Town Comptroller]

THE IN THIS CONTRACT IS TILL THE END OF.

THE CONTRACT, TILL THE. END OF THE FUNCTION IN THE TOWN. UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

YEAH. WE WERE TOLD. YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? I WE HAVE A SECOND.

ONE HAS A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU.

[ CL 1 - 10/14/2026 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) Eastway, south of Northern Road; (5) Northway and Southway; (6) Westway, between Northway and Joyce Road; all closings being located in the unincorporated area, on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM , for area residents to hold their Annual Halloween event ]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[ CL 2 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing closing (1) Hadden Road, between Chedworth Road and Kempster Road; (2) Kempster Road and Chedworth Road, between Hadden Road and Cotswold Way; (3) Cotswold Way, between Kempster Road and Chedworth Road, on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 5:00 PM until 7:30 PM for the residents to hold their Annual Halloween event]

COTSWOLD WAY, BETWEEN KEMPSTER ROAD AND CHEDWORTH ROAD. ALSO ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I SEE ALL THREE,

[ CL 3 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing closing (1) Sheridan Road, between Glendale Road and Evandale Road; (2) Evandale Road, Ferndale Road and Glendale Road, all between Sheridan Road and Moorland Drive; (3) Moorland Drive, between Glendale Road and Evandale Road, on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM for the Edgemont Community Council to hold their Annual Halloween event]

THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? I SEE YOU ALL FOR

[ CL 4 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing closing South Road between Hillside Avenue and Lincoln Place, on Sunday, October 25, 2026, from 1:00 PM until 9:00 PM, for the Parkway Gardens Social Action Committee to hold its Annual Halloween Parade]

IT GOES ALL DAY. IT'S IT'S THEY THEY HAVEN'T GONE ONGOING. SO THEY HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT GOES ALL DAY. AND WHAT GOES ALL.

DAY. CONTINUOUSLY. WHAT ABOUT SO.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? PEOPLE COME. OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT DO A HUGE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE DOING TRICK OR TREATING? THEY'RE DOING A PARADE. WHAT? THEY DO BOTH. THEY DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. THEY HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT COME OUT, RESIDENTS COME OUT, PUT UP TABLES. THEY THEY WELCOME THE CHILDREN. THEY WELCOME FAMILIES COME IN. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL. IT'S JUST A LONG TIME FOR CARS TO BE NOT ON, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THE ROAD..

[04:20:02]

THAT THEY CAN PARK ON THE SIDE STREETS. AND NORTH ROAD IS LEFT OPEN. SO SAY THAT AGAIN.

THEY CAN PARK ON THE SIDE STREETS AND NORTH ROAD IS LEFT OVER. OKAY. AND.

COUNCILWOMAN HABER, I HAVE BOTH. THEIR AGREEMENT AND THEIR INSURANCE. GREAT.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELL, THEY DON'T NEED INSURANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T. OKAY.

THEY HAVE TO. HAVE IT.

THAT'S FINE. WE DO HAVE IT. OKAY.

GOOD. I HOPE.

I, I HOPE WE PAY. REIMBURSEMENT. RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT. UM, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ CL 5 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing permission to close (1) Edgemont Road between Round Hill Road and Barclay Road; (2) Barclay Road between Edgemont Place and Roxbury Road; (3) Roxbury Road between Barclay Road and Edgemont Road; (4) Edgemont Road between Roxbury Road and Edgemont Place, on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM for the Edgemont Community Council to hold its Annual Halloween Parade]

ALL IN. FAVOR?

[ CL 6 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing closing Standish Place between Joyce Road and Farm Road, on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 3:00 PM until 10:00 PM, for the residents to hold their block party]

[ CL 7 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing closing Arden Drive between Huntley Drive and Standish Place, on Saturday, October, 24, 2026, from 3:00 PM until 10:00 PM, for the residents to hold their block party]

AND THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONE. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT APPROVALS, RIGHT? WELL, IN FAVOR.

FOR YOU. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE 10 P.M..

CORRECT? OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR.

SECOND. YEAH.

I FAVOR I. OKAY. RESOLUTION EIGHT

[ CL 8 - 10/14/2026 Resolution ratifying the of closing Brook Lane East at the intersection of Old Colony Road to the dead end, on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 4:00 PM until 11:00 PM for the residents to hold their neighborhood block party]

THAT WAS ON OCTOBER 3RD. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? I.

[ CL 9 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing closing N. Hampton Drive between S. Manor Drive to the dead end of N. Hampton Drive, on Sunday, October 18, 2026, from 11:00 AM until 6:00 PM for the residents to hold their neighborhood block party]

UNTIL 6 P.M.. UM, FOR RESIDENTS TO TELL THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN WE GO BACK TO CL EIGHT? OCTOBER 3RD HAS PASSED. YES, I KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE RATIFYING IT. OKAY.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE DO ON THE WEEKEND SO THAT WE DON'T PUT IT OUT, THAT PEOPLE CRITICIZE US. RIGHT?

[ CL 10 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing permission to close Shaw Lane between Eiler Lane and 10 Shaw Lane, on Friday, November 06, 2026 (no rain date), from 4:30 PM until 10:00 PM, for the residents of Shaw Lane to hold a block party]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

[ CL 11 - 10/14/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for October 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM to consider a local law amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh to reflect updated regulations of the Hartsdale Public Parking District in the off-street parking areas]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

UM. UH, CD1 RESOLUTION ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR

[ CD 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution issuing a negative declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to a site plan and related applications of Loop Road Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned affiliate of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”), located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown), designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.71-6-2.2 [Case No. TB 26-03]]

[ CD 2 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving, with conditions, a site plan and tree removal permit application by Loop Road Holdings LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”), for property located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown), designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.71-6-2.2 [Case No. TB 26-03]]

FAVOR? HI. UM, C2 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF SITE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS BY LOUP ROAD HOLDINGS, WHOLLY OWNED AFFILIATE OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 555 SAWMILL RIVER. UM UM UH ROAD, DESIGNATED ON THE TAX MAP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS PARCEL. UM UH UH D UH 77162 UH POINT TWO. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR.

I. RESOLUTION, UM, ISSUING A

[ CD 3 - 10/14/2026 Resolution issuing a negative declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to an action which consists of the adoption of a Zoning Map amendment related to 55 Grasslands Road, PO Valhalla (Parcel ID: 7.221-98-11) from an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District designation to the R-30 One-Family Residence District [Case No. TB 25-05]]

WHAT? NO, NO, NO. THREE CITY THREE.

READ IT. PLEASE. SEE THE, UH, UH, LET ME JUST SAY THIS IS, UH, IS THIS THE KNOLLS? THIS ONE? IS THIS. NO.

THEN I'M GONNA, UH, HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE EMAIL. I I'M NOT

[04:25:04]

EVEN CD3 RESOLUTION ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENSBURG WITH RESPECT TO AN ACTION WHICH CONSISTS OF THE ADOPTION OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, LED IT TO 55 GRASSLANDS ROAD POST OFFICE BOX, A POST OFFICE, VALHALLA, NEW YORK PARCEL ID 7.2219811 FROM AN EXISTING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION TO THE AR 31 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT CASE NUMBER TB 2501, AS AMENDED. IS THERE A SECOND? I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

SINCE THIS COMMENT. IS AMENDED.

ZERO FIVE. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I SORT OF THINK THAT, UH, THIS IS A LOST OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND I FEEL THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE REZONING IT FOR ASSISTED LIVING OR INDEPENDENT LIVING, I THINK THAT, UM, THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES TO AT LEAST, UM, YOU KNOW, HIRED SOME DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY OF BECAUSE THESE FACILITIES ARE SO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN, INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES AND ALL OF THESE AND THIS ORGANIZATION, THE NOLES IS NOT PAYING A PENNY IN TAXES. AND AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT CHEAP.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE MINIMUM, WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO, UM, UM, CREATE HOUSING, UH, HIGHER, UH, DEVELOPMENTALLY, SOME DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED WHO I THINK INTERACT NICELY WITH WITH THE ELDERLY. AND ALSO, I THINK WE SHOULD IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING CREATING A, YOU KNOW, MORE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY, WE SHOULD MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. THOSE ARE SEPARATE ISSUES FROM THIS. I THINK THIS COULD. HAVE BEEN PART OF IT. BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT.

ALSO IS YOUR PROPOSAL. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO IF YOUR PROPOSAL ONLY TO HIRE THOSE WITH DISABILITIES OR YOUR PROPOSALS TO AFFORDABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERYONE. WELL, NO, NO, MY I WAS I GOT OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY COMMENT. SORRY PEOPLE. THERE'S A DISADVANTAGE. THERE'S A LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT ONLY JUST FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, BUT THERE'S ACROSS THE BOARD. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LOCAL EMPLOYER OR A LOCAL BUSINESS TO HIRE LOCAL LOCAL EMPLOYEES OR LOCAL RESIDENTS, THEN IT SHOULD BE ACROSS THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW.

I KNOW. THERE'S A CHALLENGE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYONE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT HERE, IT ALL THE TIME WHEN I JUST WANT TO FINISH, WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE DAIS OR COME TO THE PODIUM TO SAY, WE ALLOW ALL THESE COMPANIES, ALL THESE, THESE BUSINESSES TO COME IN HERE AND THEY'RE NOT HIRING LOCAL EMPLOYEES. I CAN'T I DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO, TO TO CONFIRM THAT. BUT SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON YOUR STATEMENT, SUPERVISOR. ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WISH THEY CAN OPEN UP EMPLOYEES TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, OR JUST THOSE WITH DISABILITIES? OKAY, BUT.

IT CAN BE SEPARATE. THOSE CAN BE BOTH IMPORTANT AND SEPARATE KINDS OF, UH, DISTINCTIONS. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS.

IS ABOUT. WE'RE REZONING IT TO A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT, JUST LIKE THE NEIGHBORING VILLAGE.

OKAY. WELL, I WOULD.

I WOULD LIKE. SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

OKAY, LET ME LET ME SAY WHAT I BASICALLY AM RECOMMENDING. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, ROCHELLE ROSENBERG FOR YEARS ON THIS. I FEEL IF THERE'S GOING TO BE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST A COUPLE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THE KNOLLS I FEEL. BUT LET ME JUST SAY, I HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPRESS MYSELF. I KNOW. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? NO. I KNOW.

I HAVE. WE AGREE THAT IT'S.

A GOOD IDEA. SO I WANT TO I WANT ZONING CHANGE.

THIS IS A VOTE RIGHT NOW. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IS WE SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE NO.

I'D LIKE TO. MOTION TO MOVE THE QUESTION.

OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU YOU KNOW, YOU EVERYBODY TALKS WHEN THEY WANT. AND THEN WHEN I TALK, YOU.

SHUT ME. OH I DON'T. LIKE THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS? I HAVE A SECOND MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND ON IT. ALL IN FAVOR? I KNOW.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. NOW, NOW YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE MOTION ITSELF, RIGHT? SO NO YOU DID. THERE WAS A SECOND. THERE WAS NOT A VOTE THAT.

THAT WAS CORRECT. THAT VOTE WAS JUST TO END THE BILL. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THEN THE

[04:30:01]

RIGHT. IT WAS.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. SHEEHAN.

SECOND BY. UH.

COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON. OKAY.

SO NOW WE NEED. A VOTE. WE NEED A MOTION.

THAT WAS THAT. I KNOW, OKAY? AND WE. HAVE ONE.

THAT'S 4 TO. 1. 4 TO.

1 FOR CD3. GOT THE VOTE IS 4. TO 1. COPY.

[ CD 4 - 10/14/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh amending the Zoning Map of the town of Greenburgh related to 55 Grasslands Road, PO Valhalla (Parcel ID: 7.221-98-11) from an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District designation to the R-30 One-Family Residence District [Case No. TB 25-05]]

A SECOND? AS AMENDED? ALL IN FAVOR?

[ CD 5 - 10/14/2026 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency for an amended site plan and related applications of RLIF East 2 LLC (“1-3 Warehouse Lane Applicant”), for property located at 1-3 Warehouse Lane (P.O. Elmsford), and referring the amended site plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation [TB 26-05]]

NO. I VOTED.

NO, YOU. VOTED NO.

NOT ABSTAIN. NO.

NO. THAT WAS THE SAME FOR CD3. THE VOTE WAS NO. YOU'RE RIGHT.

CORRECT. UH, CD FIVE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATION OF OUR F EAST TWO, LLC. ONE THREE WAREHOUSE LANE APPLICANT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE THREE WAREHOUSE LANE, PONSFORD, AND REFERRING THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. UM. SEE OUR ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR.

TOWN HELD. OVER 66.

IS HELD OVER. I'M SORRY.

[ CR 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with Steffi Nossen School of Dance to provide youth ballet classes at the Theodore D. Young Community Center from September 2026 through May 2027]

I THINK OF. A MOTION.

I'D LIKE. TO MOVE.

YEAH, WELL, IN FAVOR OF. I, I, I, I.

[ CO 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2026 budget transfers]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I SEE CO2

[ CO 2 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing the use of the Town Council's sundry line for the 2026 Employee Appreciation Barbecue]

[ CO 3 - 10/14/2026 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the Consolidated Sewer Fund and Capital Fund for the East Hartsdale Sewer Main]

ZERO THREE APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER FUND. CAPITAL FUND FOR EAST HARTSDALE. UM, AVENUE. UM, UM, SEWER, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, MAIN I THINK I'M.

GOING TO. I'M SORRY. SUPERVISOR. CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THAT SO IT'S CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.

UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER FUND AND CAPITAL FUND FOR THE EAST HARTSDALE, UM, YOU KNOW, SEWER MAIN I. I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION RIGHT.

NOW. RIGHT. UH. YEAH. 303 RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER FUND AND CAPITAL FUND FOR THE EAST HARTSDALE SEWER MAIN. IT IS A COMPTROLLER'S RESOLUTION. UH, MOVING THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR. TO MOVE IT? I'M ABSTAINING. UM, IN FAVOR? I. OKAY, PO. UH, ONE RESOLUTION

[ PO 1 - 10/14/2026 Resolution authorizing the police department to go out to mini-bid for the purchase of Dodge Durango marked police pursuit vehicles]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. I'M IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

UM, RESOLUTION. UH, P.W., UH. I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD EVER.

JUST. IT'S HELD. OVER POY P1. PO2 IS. YEAH, I KNOW. THAT ON THE PREVIOUS ONE, I DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT I ASKED FOR, AND I WAS HOPING TO GET IT. I'LL STILL VOTE FOR IT, BUT I DO EXPECT THEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING. OKAY. FOR WHICH ONE? EARLIER AT LEAST I DIDN'T SEE IT. BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF CRAZINESS GOING ON TODAY. FOR FOR.

SORRY, FRANCIS. FOR WHICH ONE? THE FORD, UH, DODGE.

[04:35:01]

I APOLOGIZE. P1 IS BEING HELD. HAS BEEN PULLED. OKAY. THAT'S BEING PULLED UP.

[ PW 2 - 10/14/2026 Resolution awarding a Professional Services Agreement for the North Washington Avenue sidewalk connection to Creighton Manning Engineering & Surveying, PLLC as the best qualified and most responsible proposer for an amount not to exceed $64,600]

ARE. YEAH. OKAY. UH, THEN I WILL SUPPORT IT. UM, THANK YOU.

UH. DO YOU WANT.

TO. CALL P.W. TWO? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND ONE IN FAVOR. I, UM, P.W., UH, THREE AWARDING

[ PW 3 - 10/14/2026 Resolution awarding the contract for the Greenburgh Police Department HVAC Improvements to Noam HVACR, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for an amount not to exceed $78,562.52 ]

YOU NEED A MOTION. YOU NEED A MOTION.

ROLL IN FAVOR?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.