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TO TOWN BOARD MEETING.UH, TODAY IS OCTOBER 20TH AT SIX 11, UH, PM AND, UH, WE HAVE A SHORT OPEN MEETING.
AND, UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, UM, UM, SOME PERSONAL MATTERS AND, UH, BUDGET MATTERS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
FIRST ITEM, I WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF, UM, UH, THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC IS THE POLICE AND, UH, AND COURTHOUSE.
AND I GOT AN EMAIL FROM, UM, UH, A RESIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I THOUGHT IT MADE SOME SENSE.
WE ALL REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO, UM, HAVE A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN THE COURTHOUSE, BUT TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING, UM, AT BOTH THE POLICE LEVELS AND THE COURTHOUSE LEVEL.
UH, THE COURT'S DOING MORE ZOOM, UM, YOU KNOW, HEARINGS.
UM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION BY A RESIDENT WAS FOR THE TOWN BOARD, UM, TO HIRE, UM, TO CONDUCT A, AN INDEPENDENT, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS REALISTICALLY GONNA BE THE LONG-TERM NEEDS OF, UM, BOTH THE COURT AND POLICE AND, AND BASING IT ON TECHNOLOGY CHANGES.
AND IF THE COURTS ARE GONNA BE DOING MORE REMOTE, UH, HEARINGS AND MEETINGS EVEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC, HOW IS THAT GONNA CHANGE YOUR SP SPACE NEEDS? IF THE POLICE ARE USING MORE TECHNOLOGY, HOW IS THAT GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE AN IMPACT? AND I THINK THAT IF WE DID THIS NOW, THEN WHEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON THE POLICE AND, UM, AND COURT, YOU KNOW, HOUSE, NOBODY COULD SAY, WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE BOARD WOULD BE RECEPTIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF WE SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND EXPLORING ALL THE OPTIONS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, ANY ACTION WE ULTIMATELY TAKE.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR, UH, A NEW HOME FOR THE COURT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXACTLY THAT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, UH, LOTHROP, UH, THAT DID THE STUDY, UH, WITH REFERENCE TO THE SPACE, UM, BEFORE WE STARTED, UH, TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT PHYSICAL, UH, UH, PLANS.
AND WE ARE NOW, UM, WITH C B R E GOING TO DO, UM, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS GOING TO SPEC, UH, THE BUILD OUT SPACE FOR BOTH THE COURT AND, AND THE POLICE.
UM, WE TALKED TODAY IN OUR REGULAR BIWEEKLY MEETING, UM, ABOUT, UM, WHETHER WE THOUGHT THE COURT WAS GONNA BE MORE VIRTUAL AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE SPACE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, PEOPLE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SPACE IS TAKEN UP BY STORAGE OF DOCUMENTS, UM, AND WE FOUND OUT, UH, FROM ANEW THAT, UH, O C A REQUIRES DOCUMENTS TO BE KEPT, YOU KNOW, FOR 25 YEARS.
SO WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO, UH, BE KEEPING SOME PAPER DOCUMENTS.
SO WE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TOTALLY GET RID OF ALL OF THAT SPACE AT ONCE.
YOU KNOW, WE MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE AT SOME POINT BECAUSE WE STOP HAVING TO KEEP SO MANY DOCUMENTS.
BUT SO FAR, AT LEAST FOR THE COURT, UM, THAT'S HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT.
BUT TO, TO ANSWER THE CONSTITUENTS QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING EXACTLY THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, AS FOLLOW UP BEFORE, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON THOUGH, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING NOW, BY THE TIME THIS BUILDING IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE BUILDING, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY A ZOOM ROOM, WHAT? RIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS CONSTANTLY IMPROVING.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT STUDY DONE RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT'S THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR WHAT WILL, UH, GO INTO A BUILDING IN A NUMBER OF YEARS FROM NOW.
SO I THINK THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT IS, IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, UM, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, PIGEONHOLING US INTO ANY PARTICULAR, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
UM, THAT EVEN, EVEN WHEN WE PLAN FOR WHEN WE'RE ABOUT TO OPEN, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE OUTTA DATE.
SO THE SOONER THE, THE CLOSER TO THAT OPENING THAT WE ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BUILDING SO THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE, UH, FUTURE HOLDS, IT'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT WITHOUT TAKING DOWN WALLS LATER IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER, WHATEVER WIRES.
IF THERE ARE WIRES, IT MAY ALL BE WIRELESS FOR ALL WE KNOW.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS
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JUST AS A, I SPOKE TO TIM AND AS A FOLLOW UP TO, UM, THE DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK ON, UM, THE, UH, THE DRAG RACING, UM, YOU KNOW, I SUGGESTED TO TIM THAT MAYBE WE COULD MAKE, TWEAK THE LAW A LITTLE BIT.UM, SO THE FIRST OFFENSE WOULD HAVE SAY VEHICLES AND, UH, FORFEITURE FOR, UM, SAY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, A SECOND OFFENSE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AFTER, UH, SAY A THIRD OFFENSE, THEN WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE VE, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE, UH, THE VEHICLE.
SO, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF WE PUT THAT IN THE LAW, WOULD ENHANCE OUR CHANCES OF HAVING IT SUSTAINED BY, UM, BY A COURTS IF IT'S CHALLENGED.
HAVE WE DONE THE RESEARCH NECESSARY TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S LEGAL TO DO THIS AT ALL? PARTICULARLY ON STATE ROADS? UH, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THE DRAG RACING IS OCCURRING, TIM? YEAH.
WE'RE STILL EXPLORING THAT, BUT WE'LL KNOW BY, UH, THURSDAY BEFORE WE'RE READY TO POST, UH, A REVISED LOCAL LAW, BUT YONKERS AND, UH, WHY PLAINS ARE ENFORCING IT ON STATE ROADS, THEIR CITIES.
THE, THE CITIES ARE DOING IT RIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY CAN DO IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT TOWNS COULD DO IT.
HIS HISTORICALLY WE'RE A LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE THERE.
WELL, WE COULD, IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO, UH, PASS THE RESOLUTION ASKING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE THE LAW.
BUT IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS 'CAUSE WE WE'RE RAISING PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS.
NOW IF WE CAN DO IT, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW IN ADVANCE OF HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING WHETHER OR NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS LEGAL.
NEXT, UM, IS I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR, UM, WHAT ARE THE ITEMS, UH, PERSONNEL, UM, UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION ALSO THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING WITH SOME RESIDENTS, UM, VIA ZOOM, UH, THURSDAY AT 5:00 PM UH, IN, UM, IN IRVING 10 RELATING TO THE IRVINGTON, UM, UH, CELL, UH, SITES.
AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE, UM, INVITED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE.
AND WE'LL SEND YOU A LI TIM WILL SEND YOU THE LINK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THAT, TO THAT MEETING.
THE ANTENNA BOARD IS GOING TO INVITE THE RESIDENTS TO A MEETING THE FOLLOWING WEEK IF THEY CAN MAKE IT.
'CAUSE APPARENTLY YOU CONTACTED, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE ANTENNA BOARD TODAY.
THERE'S, THERE'S THEIR, UH, SCHEDULING CONFLICT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA INVITE WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANTENNA BOARD AND THE PROCESS THAT GOES INTO, UH, CITING THE POLLS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHOLE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION.
UH, THEY'D BE, UH, HAPPY TO GU DISCUSS THAT, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PICK A TIME, BUT IT'D PROBABLY BE ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO PAUL, I KNOW YOU HAVE, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION INVOLVING PERSONAL ITEMS OF PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN INTERVIEW OF A PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME SAFETY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, A REOPENING OF TOWN HALL FOR EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT ARE THEY GONNA BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION OR ARE THEY A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION? OR, AND ALSO YOU HAVE SOME BUDGETARY, UH, PERSONNEL ITEMS. SO, AND YOU KNOW, I, EXCUSE ME.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FOUR OF US FROM THE NATURE CENTER.
KATHY, YOU'RE INCLUDED IN THAT, RIGHT.
SO I GUESS WE'LL BE PUTTING SOME PEOPLE IN WAITING ROOMS, AND I GUESS THOSE PEOPLE WOULD WANNA KNOW, ARE THEY FIRST, ARE THEY SECOND? AND WHEN CAN THEY ANTICIPATE, UH, MEETING WITH THE TOWN BOARD? OKAY.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THE, THE INTERVIEW FOR THE APPOINTMENT FIRST, BECAUSE THAT ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THE NATURE CENTER SECOND.
WELL, THE APPOINTMENTS, THE, THE PERSON FOR THE APPOINTMENT'S NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SEVEN 30.
SO THEN WE COULD HAVE THE NATURE CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, TIM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY IS RECOMMENDING BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN COVID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY, UM,
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BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I DID GET A MEMO FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE YESTERDAY.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO WORK FROM HOME.
I, I SENT EVERYBODY, UH, THE MEMO YESTERDAY FROM THE COUNTY, UH, EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR IT THOUGH.
SO THE NATURE CENTER IS FIRST AND THEN, UH, SHOULD WE ALL GO TO THE WAITING ROOM OR DO YOU WANNA SEND ANOTHER LINK? HOW, HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT? UH, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THE RIGHT WAITING ROOM.
WHAT I SAW FROM THE COUNTY, IT SAYS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REDUCE PERSONNEL.
UH, IS THAT INTERPRETED AS PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME OR THEY WERE GOING TO REDUCE PERSONNEL? I, I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT.
I THINK THAT'S PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE, UH, LAYING OFF PEOPLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, COUNCIL SHEEN, DID YOU WANT TO UTILIZE A BREAKOUT ROOM FOR TOWN STAFF OR, UH, SOMETHING ELSE, OR JUST A STANDARD WAITING ROOM? UH, I COULD CREATE A VAGUE, UH, I CAN CREATE ONE, BUT THE LAST TIME I DID THAT, THE
BUT I, I, I COULD DO A BREAKOUT ROOM IF YOU WISH.
UH, DID WE HAVE A MOTION IN, UH, WE MOTION PAUL MADE A MOTION.
SO I'M GONNA STOP THE RECORDING.