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YEAH, I GOT ONE MINUTE THE WITCHING, BUT I CAN'T SEE MYSELF.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONVENE THE WORK SESSION OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD FOR 5 18 20 TO ORDER.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND? ALRIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT, UH, DREW RILEY, I THINK WHO'S CALLING IN WHO WANTS YEP.
DREW WANTS TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
SO, DREW, WHY DON'T I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
YOU WANT TO START WITH THE SOLAR LAW AND THE BATTERY STORAGE LAW? YEAH, SURE.
I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GO FORWARD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CREATED, UH, MARK WALLING AND I HAVE WORKED ON, WE TOOK THE WORK THAT STARTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, SOME INPUT FROM, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS TOWN ATTORNEY AND BASICALLY USED THE NYSERDA, UH, DRAFT LAW TO COME UP WITH A TOWN OF HAMBURG, UH, LAW FOR BATTERIES.
WE DID THE TIER ONE, TIER TWO, AND TIER THREE, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
TIER ONE ARE YOUR ROOFTOP PANELS THAT ARE ALLOWED EVERYWHERE IN THE TOWN, UH, BY BUILDING PERMIT.
AS LONG AS THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA.
ROGER'S GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH, TYPICALLY THEY HAVE A SAMPLE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, ROGER, IF YOU NEED ONE FOR, FOR THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THEN.
TIER TWO ARE, UH, YOUR GROUND MOUNT OF SYSTEMS UP TO 2000 SQUARE FEET, AND THEY GENERATE NO MORE THAN 110% OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMED ON SITE.
IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN'T PUT A SOLAR, I CAN'T PUT A GROUND MOUNT OF SYSTEM TO JUST SELL POWER THROUGH THE GRID.
UH, BASICALLY I HAVE TO REC SIZE IT FOR WHAT MY USE IS ON MY PROPERTY.
SO, UH, TIER TWO SYSTEMS, UH, THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
TIER TWO SYSTEMS, AGAIN, ARE ALLOWED, UH, IN THE TOWN, BUT, BUT THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF A, OF A, UM, SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
UH, AND IT HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR THOSE.
UM, AND THEN TIER THREE IS YOUR BIG, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR UTILITY GRADE OR ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MEET TIER ONE OR TIER TWO, AND THOSE REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
AND THOSE ARE ONLY, AND THIS IS, THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR THE TOWN.
EACH TOWN HAS DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
THREE, THREE ARE ONLY ALLOWED, UH, IN THE RA DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LARGE ENOUGH ACREAGES OF LAND.
I'VE SEEN NOW PROBABLY OVER 50 APPLICATIONS FOR THESE TYPE OF SYSTEMS, AND THEY'RE GONNA RANGE FROM ANYWHERE FROM SMALL I'VE SEEN IS A, IS A 15 ACRE OR 20 ACRE SITE ALL THE WAY UP TO A, WELL, FROM A NORMAL ONE 70 TO A HUNDRED ACRE SITE.
I DON'T THINK THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS GONNA GET THE UTILITY.
THE REAL BIG ONES, LIKE I'M WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THOUSAND ACRE AND 1500 ACRE AND 2,500 ACRES OF SOLAR FARMS. UM, THOSE AREN'T BEING TARGETED IN HAMBURG BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE LARGE ENOUGH TRACTS OF LAND, OR THE VALUE OF LAND IS TOO HIGH, BUT YOU WILL GET THE OTHER SIZE ONES, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO WE'VE SET UP THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR HOW YOU WILL GO ABOUT, UH, IF YOU WANT TO PUT SOLAR, UH, UH, SYSTEM IN THE TOWER HAMBURG, UM, I'M SUGGESTING WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON, I'VE GOT SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.
I HAVE UPDATED THE LAW A LITTLE BIT BASED UPON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RAISED PREVIOUSLY TO MARK.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, GLARE.
AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT COMES UP ALL THE TIME WITH SOLAR PANELS.
I'VE ADDED, JUST TO CLARIFY, I HAVEN'T CHANGED THE LAW, BUT I'VE CLARIFIED THE FACT THAT FOR, UH, FOR TIER ONE, YOU HAVE TO PROVE TO ROGER THAT, THAT THEY ARE GLARE FREE AND THEY HAVE ANTI-GLARE COATING ON THEM.
AND THE TIER TWO, SAME THING, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF IT, OF THAT YOU, THAT YOU ARE, UH, UH, HAVE ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATINGS AND THAT THE, THE SYSTEM DOESN'T GLARE.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, 99% OF SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED IN WESTERN NEW YORK ARE GLARE FREE SOLAR PANELS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ONES THAT GO BY THE AIR BASE AND WHATEVER.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALMOST PITCH BLACK IF YOU'VE RIDDEN BY THE ONES THAT UV OR ANY OTHER PLACES AND WHATEVER.
UM, THEY'VE GOT, THEY GOT THAT CORE REPUTATION BECAUSE YEARS AGO THERE WAS SOME CHEAP IMPORTS FROM OVERSEAS THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN ANTI REFLECTION ON THEM, AND THEY DID DID GLARE, BUT THEY, THEY
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NOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE, MAKE THEM PROVIDE PROOF OF THAT.SO FOR ALL LEVELS OF, OF THE SYSTEM.
ALSO CLARIFY, IT WAS A VERY GOOD QUESTION RAISED ABOUT FOR TIER TWO SYSTEM, WHICH THESE ARE THE 2000 SQUARE FOOT.
IF I HAVE A A A, YOU KNOW, A LOT AND I WANNA PUT A 2000 SQUARE FOOT SYSTEM IN MY BACKYARD, OF COURSE, IF THAT IS THE SIZE I NEED FOR MY HOUSE, FOR MY OR MY BUSINESS.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, CAN THEY JUST REMOVE ALL THE TREES ON THE SITE? AND THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
WELL, I'VE, I'VE ADDED A NUMBER 10 TO THAT, WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF DESIGN OF TIER TWO SYSTEMS SHALL MINIMIZE STREAM REMOVAL AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 2 43.
TREE MANAGEMENT OF THE TAM TOWN CODE.
THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE ALREADY SAYS THAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO REMOVE TREES ASSOCIATED WITH A SITE PLAN APPLICATION, YOU HAVE TO MINIMIZE THOSE TREE LOSSES.
IF YOU DO MORE THAN SIX, THEN YOU HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO DO THAT.
AND IT HAS TO BE GOOD JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE USING THAT SECTION OF LAW THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
SO, UM, FOR THE LARGER SYSTEMS ARE REAL BIG, THE TIER THREE SYSTEMS, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE ABOUT TREE REMOVAL AND ABOUT MINIMIZING LOSS.
THEY'RE USUALLY LOOKING FOR VERY FLAT, UH, MOSTLY AGRICULTURAL LAND OR LAND THAT DOESN'T HAVE TREES ON IT BECAUSE IT'S A BIG COST TO THEM TO REMOVE THE TREES.
SO THE LAW CONTAINS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW.
ONE OF THE MORE UNIQUE THINGS, BUT IT'S BEING USED MORE BY COMMUNITIES THESE DAYS, IS THAT, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT FOR THE LARGER SYSTEM.
SO IF SOMEONE IS PROPOSING TO DO A LARGER SYSTEM IN THE TOWN, WE'RE ASKING FOR A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT.
AND WHY THAT'S DONE IS THEY STILL FALL UNDER THE PILOT LAW.
THE TOWN HAS NOT, UH, OPTED OUT OF, OF, UH, THE STATE'S, UH, UM, NON-TAXABLE PROPERTY BEING, UH, INSTALLATIONS BEING SOLAR.
BUT YOU CAN NEGOTIATE A PILOT.
SO WHENEVER YOU GET A NOTICE ABOUT ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS, YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT YOU WANNA DO A PILOT.
BUT WHY WE PUT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT IN THERE TOO, BECAUSE WE'VE NOTICED THE FACT THAT TYPICALLY WITH PILOTS, MOST OF THE MONEY, NOT THAT IT'S A BAD THING, BUT MOST OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COUNTY AND THE TOWNS GET VERY LITTLE OUT OF THAT PILOT.
WITH THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT, YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS OUT OF, OUT OF THE, UH, OUT OF THE PROPOSALS FOR THE LARGER SYSTEMS. UH, THAT'S KIND OF A QUICK BACKGROUND AND A COMPANION LAW WE PUT TOGETHER WAS A BATTERY STORAGE LAW, WHICH WE SEE THAT HAPPENING A LOT.
THEY'RE NOT ONLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOLAR OR WIND PROJECTS WHERE THEY PUT IN BATTERY STORAGE, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON LARGER PROJECTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING, AND ROGER'S GONE TO THE TRAINING SYSTEM, IT'S NEW IN THE CODES NOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA USE BATTERY STORAGE INSTEAD OF GENERATORS.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE STANDARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANNA PUT BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE SET 'EM INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
TYPICAL SMALL SCALE BATTERY STORAGE.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PUT IN, IN A SMALL BUSINESS OR A HOUSE, THEY CAN DO THAT UNDER, UNDER THE LAWS OF, OF THE TOWN.
BUT THE LARGER SYSTEMS ARE GONNA BE DEFINITELY, AND THAT WAS A COMMENT THAT EVERYBODY THAT I GOT FROM THE TOWN BOARD IS THAT, AND IF I HEARD IT CORRECTLY, THAT WHY WOULD WE ALLOW THESE LARGER BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS? SO I DID CHANGE THE LAW TO SAY THAT THEY'RE PROHIBITED FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH IS THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT THESE TYPE OF LARGER BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND I, I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR EITHER, UH, AND A RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT WE'LL JUST RESTRICT IT AND THEY'LL ONLY BE USED IN THE, IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS OF THE TOWN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A QUICK SYNOPSIS.
I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THOSE LAWS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU BE HEARING, WE HAVE FOR THE EIGHTH, WE SAID WE ON MAY THE 11TH CAN JOIN US ON THE, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA HAND OUT THE WHOLE ALL THE LAWS, BUT I'LL HAVE A HANDOUT AND IN THE PUBLIC NOTICE AS WE TOLD THEM, IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND, AND AT THE TOWN HALL.
AND, AND TYPICALLY I'VE BEEN THROUGH DOZENS OF THESE ALREADY.
YOU WILL GET SOME GROUPS SAYING THAT THE LAW IS SOME GROUPS SAYING THE LAW IS NOT STRICT ENOUGH.
UM, YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT.
THE TOWN BOARD WILL FIND, PROVIDE FINAL DIRECTION TO ME AND TO MARK IN, IN FINALIZING THE LAW.
WE'RE ALSO SENDING IT TO THE, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A SECRET COORDINATOR VIEW AS A TYPE ONE ACTION.
WE'RE CHANGING ALLOWABLE USES IN THE TOWN, SO WE'RE SENDING IT TO COMMUNITIES AND ALL THE AGENCIES.
WE'RE ALSO REFERRING IT TO THE COUNTY.
SO YOU'LL GET COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, OTHER STATE AGENCIES.
SO WITH ALL THAT, THEN YOU'LL MAKE YOUR FINAL DECISION ON THE LAW.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR, NO, UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR DREW ON A SEPARATE PROJECT.
DREW, IN REGARDS TO THE SOUTH CREEK, UH, PROJECT THAT YOU PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, UH, LAST MEETING
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DID MY EMAIL RESPONSE.AND, AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IT, AND I'VE TOLD THE APPLICANT THIS, AND HE KNOWS, THEY KNOW THIS, THAT BASICALLY THE TOWN HAS NO OPEN DEVELOPMENT AREA AT ALL.
THIS WOULD BE A SPECIFIC ACTOR BY THE TOWN BOARD.
IF THE TOWN BOARD DOESN'T, HAS ANY CONCERNS WITH IT, THEY WON'T EVEN ENTERTAIN IT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT AN OPEN DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND MATTER FACT, I SAID, I THINK THE TOWN'S ONLY DONE ONCE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
SO YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF INVESTIGATING THE SITE AND DETERMINING WHETHER THIS MAKES EVEN SENSE TO EVEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, CALLING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, AND TRYING TO ESTABLISH AN OPEN DEVELOPMENT AREA.
IT'S AN INTERESTING SECTION OF TOWN LAW, THAT'S WHY I SENT IT TO YOU.
AND MATTER OF FACT, I JUST GOT AN YEAH.
EMAIL FROM CHRIS WOOD ASKING IF I HAVE TALKED TO THE TOWN BOARD YET.
SO I WILL TELL HIM FOR NOW THE TOWN BOARD'S DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE INVESTIGATION.
BUT FOR NOW, THE TOWN BOARD HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF AN OPEN DEVELOPMENT AREA IN THAT, IN THAT PART OF THE TOWN.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'LL JUST RAISE THAT.
THERE ARE CONCERNS AT THIS POINT.
JUST GO, I, I EMAILED YOU, I DIDN'T E EMAIL THE WHOLE BOARD.
UM, I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND UH MM-HMM
THE FIRST THING IS IT'S VILLAGE OF HAMBURG'S, UH, FIRE PROTECTION ZONE.
SO THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN, UH, SECOND, BUT YOU HAVE TO INVOLVE THEM, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA WANT HYDRANT THERE, BUT LET THEM DETERMINE IT.
THERE IS A HYDRANT UP THE STREET, BUT IT'S UP THE STREET AND ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, PART WOULD BE IS NEIGHBORS, UH, I THINK WE HAVE ASK THE NEIGHBORS WHAT THEY THINK.
OH YEAH, DEFINITELY NEIGHBORS.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST ISSUES THAT ARE ALWAYS BROUGHT UP ON THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES.
THE BIGGEST ONE ALWAYS IS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
IF YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW SOMEONE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE HOUSE ON A, A PRIVATE DRIVE, DRIVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY THAT THIS IS SAFE AND WE WILL ABLE TO SAFELY, YOU KNOW, SERVICE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE HOUSES THAT EXIST.
AND USUALLY YOU ONLY GET A MAXIMUM OF THREE.
AND EVEN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ON, ON A PARTICULAR DRIVEWAY AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT.
I'LL TELL 'EM RIGHT NOW, WE, WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING IT, BUT WE'RE DOING MORE.
UH, IF YOU WANT, I CAN REACH OUT TO THE, TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'LL HAVE TO SEND SOMETHING AND SAY, IS THIS SOMETHING OF CONCERN TO YOU? OR IF YOU GUYS WANNA FIND OUT MORE BEFORE WE EVEN, WHY WOULD WE EVEN START THIS PROCESS? AND IT IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEARINGS CREATING AN ACTUAL LOCAL LAW THAT ALLOWS THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY TO BE AN OPEN DEVELOPMENT AREA.
SO, I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE PRETTY GOOD REASONING.
AND MAYBE I'LL ASK CHRIS WOOD TO PROVIDE HIS EXPLANATION OF WHY HE THINKS THE APPLICANT THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WHY HE THINKS IT'S GOOD FOR THE TOWN.
UM, I'VE, I'VE SEEN IT IN, IN SOME COMMUNITIES BECAUSE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE LONG, UH, DEPTH LOTS WHERE THEY HAVE THE OLD FARM LOTS AND THERE'S ONLY A SMALL BIT OF FRONT END COUNTER CLEARANCE HAS A BUNCH OF THEM, ET CETERA.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE USUALLY BUILT WITH VERY GOOD ROUTE, VERY GOOD DRIVEWAYS.
THEY'RE USUALLY BUILT WITH AGREEMENTS SO THAT THE, THE DRIVEWAYS ARE MAINTAINED AND PLOWED ALL THE TIME, ET CETERA.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PRIVATE ROAD, BUT NOT TO A PRIVATE ROAD LEVEL.
IF THEY DO A PRIVATE ROAD, WE MAKE THEM BUILT AS A TOWN STANDARDS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO.
HE WANTS TO DO A PRIVATE DRIVE.
SO, AND IT'S FUNNY, THEY, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN? I SAID IT'S KIND OF FUNNY WHERE THEY HAVE THE DRIVEWAY NEAR THE TRACK, BUT RIGHT.
AND ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING, IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH, UH, ADDING, UH, YOU KNOW, UP THREE MORE PROPERTIES INTO THAT SYSTEM, RIGHT? CORRECT.
LIKE I SAID, I WILL RELAY CHRIS WHAT IS KNOWING THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION NOW.
THERE'S BEEN NO OFFICIAL APPLICATION TO THE TOWN OR REQUEST OR WHATEVER.
HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE TOWN BOARD'S FEELINGS ON THE ISSUE BEFORE THEY EVEN TRIED TO GO DOWN THAT PATH.
SO I'LL BASICALLY SAY, LOOK, THE TOWN BOARD'S NOT MAKING A DECISION, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA WRITE A LETTER TO THE TOWN BOARD STATING WHY YOU THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR THE TOWN AND, AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS MAY BE THE TOWN.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I, I MEAN, I HAD AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU HAD, IF YOU CAN DREW, MAYBE SEND THE, UH, THAT INFORMATION TO THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR COMMENT AND START IT FROM THERE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY, THEY, YOU NEED SIGN OFF FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU WOULD'VE TO SAY, HEY, WE UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF THIS AND WE BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
ANYTHING ELSE, LADIES? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S COMING UP IN PLANNING? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE FINISHED THE A L OS OFF SCOPING DOCUMENT.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE FROM THE APPLICANTS YET.
THE BALL'S IN THEIR COURT AT THIS POINT,
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IF THEY'RE GONNA SUBMIT A DRAFT IMPACT STATEMENT, WHAT'S THEIR TIME CONSTRAINT? UH, DREW, THEY, THEY CAN TAKE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD.THERE IS NO TIMEFRAME FOR THEM SUBMITTING A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT TO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE DONE AN IMPACT STATEMENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCOPING DOCUMENT.
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IS THEY SUBMIT A DRAFT IMPACT STATEMENT, WE DETERMINE DID THEY DO WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO.
IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO, THEN WE RETURN THE DOCUMENT TO, TO THEM AS INCOMPLETE, NOTING ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE INCOMPLETE IN THAT APP, IN THAT DEIS.
SO IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME CALLS FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED.
I MEAN, THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, COULD BE SIX MONTHS, COULD BE 12 MONTHS, COULD BE 18 MONTHS, COULD BE 24 MONTHS.
NOT THAT WE WANT TO HEAR THAT, BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THOSE TIMEFRAMES.
AND YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY LAST REPORT.
LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED ME TO UPDATE YOU ON.
I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO UPDATE YOU ON.
I'M, I'M GETTING USED TO ATTENDING A LOT OF TOWN BOARD MEETINGS BY PHONE OR BY ZOOM
WE MAY BE BACK ON THE EIGHTH OF, UH, JUNE.
THINGS ARE, ARE TRENDING A LOT BETTER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE, SO YEAH.
SO, ALRIGHT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.
UH, FOLKS, MAY I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS OR OTHER THINGS, I HAD SENT OUT A, A MEMO TO YOU.
SOME OF YOU RESPONDED AND I DID A LITTLE SUMMARY THIS AFTERNOON TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE 28,500 MASKS IN OUR EVIDENCE LOCKUP AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, UH, READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
I GAVE YOU A PROPOSED OUTLINE FOR A DISTRIBUTION PLAN, UH, YOU, YOU HAD LAST WEEK.
SO YOU HAD COMMENTED AND MADE SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
SO I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT WE SHOULD ADD OR DELETE FROM THAT LIST I SENT TODAY.
AND WHETHER YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE NUMBER ALLOCATION AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A COMMITTEE TO GET THESE, UH, UH, THESE ITEMS DISTRIBUTED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
I, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD LIST.
THE SUGGESTIONS WERE FANTASTIC.
I THINK PRIMARILY GETTING THEM DISTRIBUTED.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MENTIONED USING THE REC CENTER AS KIND OF A CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION AND COORDINATING, UH, WITH THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT A QUANTITY TO DISTRIBUTE.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
UH, ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE, UH, THEY HAD SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNTY SUGGESTED 6,000 FOR THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, 2000 FOR THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY OUR ULTIMATE DETERMINATION.
DOES THAT SEEM LIKE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER FOR EACH VILLAGE? WE CAN CALL THE, I THINK THAT'S OKAY.
UH, FEED HAMBURG INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY COULD TAKE 5,000 MASKS AND, UH, AND DISTRIBUTE THEM.
I THEN, I THEN ALSO SUGGESTED TO YOU SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS, THAT WE HOLD MAYBE 4,000 BACK.
UH, GOD FORBID THERE IS A SPIKE OR A RECURRENCE OF THE VIRUS IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME, UH, MASKS IN A HURRY.
UM, KAREN, YOU HAD SUGGESTED THIS AND I, AND I TALKED TO, UH, MARTY DEKE, HE THOUGHT IT WAS DOABLE, WHERE WE SET UP A TENT AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON ROUTE 20 AND RILEY.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REC EMPLOYEES A COUPLE OF HOURS A DAY, AND THEN TWO OR THREE EXTENDED HOURS ON SATURDAYS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO DISTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD DRIVE THROUGH AND PICK THEM UP A DRIVE THROUGH AND PICK UP.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT IN A DRIVE THROUGH FASHION.
HE LIKED, HE THOUGHT HE LIKED YOUR IDEA AND HE THOUGHT THAT WAS DOABLE.
ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, UH, FOR THE DISTRIBUTION FOLKS? JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THOUGHTS.
UM, THE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT DISTRIBUTING THROUGH FEED HAMBURG.
WHAT ABOUT ALSO OFFERING TO FEED MORE WHO DISTRIBUTES TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE TOWN AND, UH, MAKE OFFERING IT TO THEM, UH, IN CASE THERE'S SOMEONE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE STARTING TO GET
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BACK OUT TO SOME OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS, ET CETERA.AND IF THEY HAD, HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACCESS TO A MASK IN ANOTHER WAY, SAME THING WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER SENIOR, UH, CENTER AREAS, OUR CREEK BEND, ET CETERA.
I KNOW THEY DELIVER THERE, BUT YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET AND AT SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
JUST ONE OTHER, UM, QUICK THOUGHT WAS I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'VE PROBABLY HAVE ACCESS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT IF WE REACHED OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CASE THERE'S A NEED THERE.
UH, I JUST, UH, I I STAYED AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 'CAUSE I, I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, WHAT, UH, THEIR NEED WOULD BE, HOW WE WOULD GET IT TO THEM OR TO WHOM THEY WOULD DISTRIBUTE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT, UH, STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE NOT THERE.
BUT, UH, FEED MORE, UH, FEED MORE IS AN EXCELLENT ADDITION.
SO IN, IN, IN ADDITION TO FEED HAMBURG, HOW MANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, UH, INCLINATION AS TO HOW MANY WE SHOULD WATCH TO FEED MORE? I'M, I'M NOT SURE, BUT ANDREA IS IN CHARGE OF THAT PROGRAM.
SHE IS ON OUR SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD, AND I'M SURE I COULD GET A NUMBER FOR YOU.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A LARGE NUMBER.
I KNOW THAT THE NEEDS DID INCREASE DURING THIS SITUATION.
THEY WERE DELIVERING, UM, TO AN INCREASED NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHO COULD NOT GET OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, I I'M SURE IT WOULD BE UNDER A THOUSAND AND PROBABLY EVEN LESS THAN THAT.
IT WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE A FEW HUNDRED GIVEN ON THE ROOTS THAT, THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK A LOT OF THOSE SENIORS ARE GONNA JUST START, UM, GOING TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, GETTING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW TO, TO GET PPE.
AND IF YOU'RE TALKING, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THIS IS KATE, UM, HILLMAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STEVE MOORE, WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE MEALS ON WHEELS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS OF WHO'S GETTING FOOD DELIVERED IN OUR AREA RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE COULD JUST RESERVE THAT NUMBER AND GET IT TO THEM.
UM, I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING DISTRIBUTIONS, DRIVE UP DISTRIBUTIONS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE CITY, AND, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
SO MAYBE EVEN ASKING THE DISTRICT IF THEY WANNA DO LIKE ONE OR TWO DRIVE UP EVENTS AT ONE OR TWO OF THE SCHOOLS, UM, AND BASE THE TOTAL NUMBERS OFF OF WHAT IS DISTRIBUTED IN ONE DAY AND THEN JUST KIND OF EXTRAPOLATE FROM THERE.
UM, WELL HERE'S, HERE'S THEN HERE'S THE PITCH.
UM, UH, I WILL, UH, I WILL ADD FEED MORE AND WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU, BETH, AS TO A NUMBER YOU THINK, UH, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THEIR NEEDS.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE TOMORROW WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING WHO MAY HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS FOR SPECIFIC, UH, DISTRIBUTORS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA GET A COMMITTEE IN PLACE TO MAKE THE DROPS AND WE NEED, UH, WORK WITH MARTY TO GET, UH, SOME PART-TIMERS IN PLACE, UH, AT THE SENIOR CENTER FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
SO I'LL WAIT TOMORROW TO HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE WITH SOME ADDITIONS, AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO GET A COMMITTEE TOGETHER OF TWO OR THREE PEOPLE TO DELIVER TO THE VARIOUS PLACES.
THAT SOUND LIKE A PLAN AS FAR AS THE, UH, GENERAL DISTRIBUTION.
HOW, HOW SOON DO WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP IF WE SET UP OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER? UM, WELL, I DON'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ASK MARTY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT, UH, UH, COMING BACK TO WORK NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO I, I'M THINKING, UH, KAREN, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING NEXT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND INTO THAT, THAT, UH, LAST WEEKEND.
SO THAT WE GET THIS PROGRAM, THAT DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM UP AND GOING, UH, AFTER THAT.
SO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I GUESS, UH, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED BY THE LACK OF PERSONNEL AT THIS STAGE, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE SITTING ON THESE THINGS.
WE GOTTA GET 'EM OUT, DO SOME GOOD.
WELL, AND I JUST HAD ONE MORE SUGGESTION, WHICH I HADN'T ADDED BEFORE, BUT PERHAPS, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING FOR THEIR BEACH STICKERS AND BOAT LAUNCH.
PERHAPS WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT A SMALL STOCKPILE THERE TO DISTRIBUTE WHILE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR STICKERS.
YEAH, LET MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
THIS IS MARTY, I'M ON THE CALL.
OH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU MARTY, AS IF YOU WEREN'T HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE, UM, I HAVE PART-TIME STAFF THAT, UM, ARE READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO START WORK AGAIN.
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YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE REOPEN.UM, WE MIGHT NEED A DAY OR TWO TO GET READY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, I'LL HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN HANDLE THIS, THIS, UM, THIS TASK.
AND, AND I THINK KAREN'S, UH, NOTE ABOUT HAVING THEM AVAILABLE AT THE WINDOW AT THE FITNESS CENTER TOO, UH, IS A GOOD SUGGESTION BECAUSE OVER THE WEEKEND, UM, WE SOLD, UH, BEACH STICKERS AND BOAT LAUNCH, UH, TOTALING $6,000 WORTH OF BUSINESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NICE WEATHER IS THERE, PEOPLE ARE OUT MM-HMM
MARTY CAN, THEN MAYBE WHAT I'LL DO IS REACH OUT TO YOU TO, UH, UH, WE'LL GIVE THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ANYBODY ELSE A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTORS OF MASKS, ENTITIES OR INDIVIDUALS.
BUT THEN I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, UH, PROBABLY WEDNESDAY AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE A PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION AND WE'LL MAKE A PLAN FOR A DRIVE THROUGH, UH, AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND IF WE CAN GET IT STARTED AS EARLY AS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, THIS WEEKEND, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THAT, THAT, YEAH, IT SHOULD NOT BE A COMPLICATED PROCESS AND I KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE EAGER TO GET BACK AT IT.
EVERYBODY, WE'VE ALSO, ONE LAST, ONE LAST THOUGHT.
WE, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE KEPT A CERTAIN NUMBER FOR EMPLOYEES AT TOWN HALL AND ALSO FOR IN RESERVE FOR THE FUTURE.
DO WE HAVE SOME SET ASIDE FOR TOWN HALL, UH, WHEN WE OPEN UP, UM, RESIDENT SERVICES AND, AND THEY COME IN AND, AND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT HAVE A MASS THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM ONE SO THEY CAN STILL GO ABOUT DOING THEIR TOWN HALL BUSINESS? YEAH, IT'S IN THE MEMO THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IN A MOMENT.
AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP SOME HERE FOR REGULAR DISTRIBUTION TO, UH, UH, VISITORS, VENDORS, UH, AND, AND EVEN SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO COME TO WORK AND SAY, GEE, I FORGOT MY MASK AT HOME.
YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING, RIGHT? YES.
UM, OKAY, THAT'S, SO YOU FOLKS LET ME KNOW TOMORROW AND THEN WEDNESDAY, UH, WE'LL GET THE DISTRIBUTION PLAN UP AND RUNNING.
AND THEN MARTY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR COMING FORWARD.
IF, UH, IF I COULD BRING SOMETHING FORWARD WITH MARTY, IF WE'RE SET ON THAT SUBJECT.
UM, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, UH, UM, PARKING AT HAMBURG TOWN BEACH AS FAR AS, UH, PEOPLE HAVING THEIR STICKERS AND ENFORCEMENT? CAN YOU ELABORATE? UM, THE STICKERS HAVE BEEN SOLD BY THE CLERK FOR, UM, A FEW WEEKS.
UM, WE BEGAN SELLING THEM OUT OF THE FITNESS CENTER, UH, WINDOW ON FRIDAY AND ALL DAY WEEKEND AND, AND FROM HERE ON OUT.
UM, I THINK THE ENFORCEMENT QUESTION IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE CHIEF SHOULD ANSWER.
I'M NOT SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, IF, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY IMMEDIATELY OR THEY'RE WAITING.
BUT LIKE I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID QUITE A BIT OF BUSINESS, SO PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS AND WANT TO GET A STICKER HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT GETTING ONE.
WE, UH, CHIEF, I'LL BRING YOU IN, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, IN RESPONSE TO MIKE PET'S QUESTION, WE DO HAVE THAT PART-TIME SECURITY OFFICER THAT WE HIRED 20 HOURS A WEEK TO WORK AT THE BEACH AND INSPECT THE CARS AS THEY COME INTO THE ENTRANCEWAY OFF OF ROUTE FIVE.
UM, SO WE'VE GOTTA TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT PERSON ON BOARD TO START, UH, HIS WORK.
UH, CHIEF, UH, WE HOPE TO OPEN THE BEACH FOR FULLY SNACK BARS SWIMMING, UH, ON THE WEEKEND OF JO OF JUNE THE SIXTH.
UH, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE SECURITY GUARD CHIEF? YOU WITH US? WELL, WE BETTER FIND OUT BECAUSE WE PROMISED THE RESIDENTS LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW WE, UH, UH, THE CHIEF AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HIRING THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO IF WE HAVEN'T DONE SO, WE GOTTA GET A PAF FORM IN AND GET THAT PERSON ON BOARD AND RATIFIED AFTER THE FACT THAT OUR JUNE 8TH MEETING.
BUT RESIDENTS ARE GONNA START COMPLAINING, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT ON THERE.
THE, THE SECURITY GUARD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING, UM, WHAT'S THE ROLE AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT? HOW, HOW HAS THIS BEEN HANDLED BEFORE IS HOW, HOW DO THEY ENFORCE THE, UH, NON-ST STICKERED VEHICLES? HOW HAS IT BEEN DEALT WITH IN THE PAST? WELL, WE HAVEN'T, KAREN, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SECURITY PERSON DOWN THERE IN MANY, MANY YEARS, SO I DON'T
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HAVE, IF, IF SOMEONE HAS SOME, UH, SOME BASIS IN HISTORY, PLEASE CHIME IN.BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST SUMMER DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE, WE THOUGHT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE THERE DURING PEAK HOURS.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE OF HAVING SOMEBODY THERE, UH, EIGHT HOURS A DAY AND WORKING OVERTIME ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THIS PERSON IS TO CHECK, UH, THE, THE, UH, TIRES AS THEY COME IN.
AND IF INDEED THE PERSON DOESN'T HAVE A STICKER, WE DIRECT THEM TO, TO VEER RIGHT TOWARDS THE FITNESS CENTER WHERE THEY CAN PAY THEIR FEE, GET THEIR STICKER, AND STAY AT THE BEACH.
IF THEY DON'T, WE HAVE TO DIRECT THEM TO LEAVE.
IF THEY DON'T LEAVE OR THEY GIVE US A TOUGH TIME.
THIS SECURITY OFFICER, I BELIEVE THE CHIEF TR WILL SAY, HAS THE ABILITY TO WRITE A TRAFFIC SUMMONS.
IF THEY WERE CAPABLE OF ISSUING TICKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MIGHT BE, I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
UM, IN THE PAST, IN THE PAST, UM, WHEN WE DID HAVE A SECURITY GUARD AT HAMBURG TOWN PARK, IT WAS A B AND G STAFF MEMBER WHO WAS ON A, A GOLF CART, BUT THEY REALLY HAD NO AUTHORITY.
REALLY WHAT THEY DID IS THEY LOOKED AT CARS WITHOUT STICKERS, WROTE DOWN THE LICENSE PLATE AND CALLED THE COPS.
UM, THAT USUALLY GOT PEOPLE TO LEAVE.
UM, BUT LAST YEAR, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SECURITY GUARD AT TOWN PARK, BUT WE DID HAVE ONE AT WOODLAWN, AND I THINK THAT'S WHO THE CHIEF IS BRINGING BACK.
UM, VERY, VERY HELPFUL AT, UM, AT, UH, WOODLAWN BEACH AS FAR AS CONTROLLING ANY, UH, BAD BEHAVIOR, ET CETERA.
UM, I DON'T THINK HE WAS WITH THE HAMBURG FORCE, BUT HE IS A RETIRED COP AND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
SO I THINK IF HE GETS, IF HE'S THE GUY WHO COMES BACK, WE'RE GONNA BE IN GREAT SHAPE.
AND IF HE'S AUTHORIZED TO WRITE TICKETS, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, A BIG RELIEF FROM, FROM THE COPS HAVING TO COME DOWN ALL THE TIME.
WE WANNA SPARE, UH, THOSE, THOSE REPEATED CALLS.
UH, AND IF WE CAN GET IT DONE, UH, WITH THE SECURITY, UH, PERSON, THAT THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.
THAT'S WHAT THE CHIEF AND I HAD DISCUSSED.
AND, AND I, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE AGREED ON THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS AT WOODLAWN BEACH, BUT I, I KNOW TALKING WITH PEOPLE, UH, THAT EVERYONE FELT THAT THAT PERSON DID A VERY GOOD JOB FOR US.
WELL LET ME, LET ME DIRECT YOU TO ANOTHER AREA IF I CAN.
YOU ALSO GOT TO, UH, WELL, LET'S SEE.
WE, WE MET LAST MONDAY ON THE 11TH.
AND, UH, PRIOR TO THAT, UH, ON THE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD A, UH, COVID-19, UH, POLICY C AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AFTER OUR MEETING, UH, UH, WE DISCUSSED CERTAIN PROTOCOLS ON MAY THE 11TH AFTER OUR MAY THE 11TH MEETING, UH, THERE WAS A TOWN, UH, MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ME, UH, MELISSA, UH, GOT HER DRAFT POLICY OUT TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND WE ASKED THEM TO RESPOND WITH THEIR SUGGESTED REVISIONS, UH, BY LAST WEDNESDAY, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, THE 13TH.
SO I BELIEVE, UH, ALYSSA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ON THE 14TH OR THE 15TH, YOUR POLICY MEMO WAS MAILED TO EVERY TOWN EMPLOYEE.
ARE YOU WITH US, ALYSSA? YES, I AM.
UM, IT ACTUALLY, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH DUMP IT IN THE PAYROLL CHECKS.
SO IT WAS MAILED TODAY? TODAY, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
NOW, ALYSSA, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SEAN CRO AND, UH, WE REVIEWED A LOT OF DOCUMENTS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, UH, MEMO THAT TED CASEY HAD SENT TO THE BOARD.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, I'VE TALKED WITH JENNIFER ROBERTSON OVER THE WEEKEND, AND, UH, WE CAME UP WITH A MEMO THAT I SENT TO THE TALENT BOARD TODAY, WHICH INCLUDES A MEMO FROM ME ON THE COVER PAGE.
HE DRAFTS LETTER TO DEAR FELLOW EMPLOYEES AND FRIENDS FOR ME, AND THEN, UH, A BREAKDOWN ON THE TEMPERATURE SCREENING PROCEDURES FOR ALL TOWN FACILITIES.
SO I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT.
OUR GOAL IS TO OPEN UP ON MAY THE SIXTH.
UH, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS THINK THAT THEY CAN DO IT.
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WE'VE GOT THE TESTING, UH, PROCEDURES PRETTY WELL DOWN, AND, UH, IT'S A PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYEES BE SCREENED.UH, ALL GUESTS, INVITEES VENDORS TO BE SCREENED.
THEY WILL COME TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE TOWN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, UH, BY APPOINTMENT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ALL THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE OUR PERSONNEL, UH, WILL HAVE SCREENERS IN THE TOWN HALL.
UM, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE SELF SCREENING, UH, STATIONS IN SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
AND, UH, WE THINK WE'RE READY TO GO ON THE 26TH.
SO WHAT DO YOU FOLKS, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? IT, IT SEEMED, UH, LIKE EVERYTHING WAS COVERED TO ME.
I THINK, I THINK WE'VE, UH, THANKS TO THE STAFF, MIKE, WE HAVE HAD DO A LOT OF WORK ON IT AND, UH, WE CONSIDERED A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, UH, MEMOS, CDC, THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW TOWNS THAT IS GOING TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT OF OFFERING SCREENING TESTS IN EVERY TOWN FACILITY WHERE THERE ARE EMPLOYEES OR WHERE THE PUBLIC COMES IN TO DO BUSINESS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY BIG COMMITMENT ON OUR PART.
ANYBODY ELSE WITH SOME COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? I, FANTASTIC JOB.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BASES ARE COVERED.
I THINK AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES, WE MAY HAVE TO AMEND THINGS, BUT WE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND, AND I THINK IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR WHAT THE PLAN IS.
THE ONLY THING THAT POPPED UP FOR ME IS 'CAUSE SOMEBODY CONTACTED ME, IS GETTING THE COMMUNICATION TO SOME OF THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT MEET IN TOWN HALL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING THEM BACK.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT PROTOCOL'S GONNA BE SOME OF THE MEETING IN EVENINGS.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S, MAYBE KATHY COULD COM COMMUNICATE WITH THEM OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING THEM BACK IN JUNE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD MEETINGS THERE, OR IF WE'RE GONNA DISCOURAGE THEM BEING ON JUNE.
ON JUNE THE FOURTH, I BELIEVE, UH, THE ZONING BOARD WILL MEET IN REAL TIME.
UH, THEY HAVE NOT MET, UH, IN APRIL OR MAY VIRTUALLY.
SO THEY WILL MEET IN REAL TIME, UH, TO DISCUSS THEIR AGENDA.
UH, THE PLANNING BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, HAS MET, UH, UM, VIRTUALLY, UH, THEY SHOULD BE READY TO GO BACK WITH REGULAR, UH, SESSIONS, LIVE SESSIONS AFTER MAY THE 26TH.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE READY TO DO BUSINESS WITH OUR VARIOUS BOARDS STATUTORY AND, UH, AD HOC, UH, AFTER THE 26TH OF MAY.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE ANTICIPATION.
NOW, WE CAN'T TEST PEOPLE AT NIGHT WHO COME TO MEETINGS.
UH, WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE, UH, MASKS IF WE HAVE TO.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL, AND WE'LL DO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HAVE APPROPRIATE POSTING OF SIGNS SO YOU ONLY CAN COME INTO THIS BUILDING, UH, AT THE HANDICAPPED ENTRANCE SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE TRY AND FUNNEL EVERYBODY IN.
SO YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEBATE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, UH, UH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE COMMITTEE, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO JUMP INTO THE DEEP END OF THE POOL AND SEE IF THIS, THIS WORKS OUT.
UM, SO KAREN MAY, MAYBE IT'S WORTH, UM, PUTTING OUT A MEMO WITH A POLICY FOR THOSE COMMITTEES THAT, UM, JUST GIVES GOOD GUIDANCE CONSIDERING THAT THEY'RE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NOT NECESSARILY ALL STAFF WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED TO SET UP CHAIRS AND TABLES WITH DISTANCE AND, YOU KNOW, ENFORCE MASKS AND, AND THOSE PRACTICES IN THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
YEAH, SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT I'M THINKING.
JUST SOME OF THE ONES THAT I'M LIAISON TO.
UM, I HAD TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT FROM VIOLENCE ADVISORY BOARD AND SHE WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHEN THEY COULD GET BACK IN.
AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE FORWARDING THEM SOME OF THE INFORMATION OR WHEN THEY CAN START SCHEDULING USING THOSE SPACES.
ALYSSA DID I, I HAPPY TO DRAFT A POLICY ON THAT WITH OR WITH ALYSSA.
JUST FOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMITTEES.
I DUNNO WHO, UH, WHO IS WHO, WHO, WHO WE SPEAKING? THAT'S KATE HEMAN.
YOU GOTTA IDENTIFY YOURSELF, KATE.
UH, WELL LISTEN, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY GOOD IF YOU COULD GET SOME TO BY THE END OF
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THE WEEK, UH, THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT, UH, TO THANK YOU TO YOU.AND EVERYBODY'S MEMO, WHICH IS, UH, IN DRAFT FORM CAN BE PRINTED UP THE, UH, ME THE LETTER I SHOULD SAY.
AND, UH, THE MEMO CAN BE PRINTED UP AND WE'LL GET A MAILING OUT TO THE BO TO EVERYBODY, EVERY EMPLOYEE, HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT, UH, WE'LL DO IT, WE CAN DO IT ELECTRONICALLY, UH, DO IT BY REGULAR MAIL SO THAT WE'RE READY TO GO NEXT A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.
IS THAT WITH YOU FOLKS? YEAH, MY ONLY THOUGHT ON THAT, JIM, WOULD BE TO DO IT ALL ELECTRONICALLY AND, UH, JUST, UH, IN THE EMAIL.
ANYBODY THAT WANTED A PAPER COPY, UH, COULD JUST REQUEST IT.
WELL, THE ONLY, THAT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY, THE TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, EMAIL ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES WHO'VE IDENTIFIED THEIR HOME E EMAIL ADDRESS.
UH, ALYSSA, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT? I DON'T.
UM, SO OUR EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THEM ARE ISSUED TOWN EMAIL ADDRESSES, BUT THERE'S A, I WOULD SAY A GOOD MAJORITY, JENNY MIGHT HAVE MORE INSIGHT THAT DON'T, AND WE DON'T KEEP, UM, LIKE PERSONAL EMAILS.
SO WHAT I, WHEN I SENT OUT THE, UM, ORIGINAL RESPONSE POLICY AND PROCEDURE TODAY IS I PREPARED LABELS BASED ON LAST PAYROLL MM-HMM
SO IT WOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH TIME, IT WOULD JUST BE STUFFING ENVELOPES.
THAT WOULD BE TIME, THERE WOULD BE THE COST FOR, OR THE EXPENSE FOR HOSTAGE.
BUT I'M NOT, I'M ALSO NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO RETURN TO WORK AND
I I THINK IT'S A REIMBURSABLE EXPENSE UNDER THE FEMA COVID-19 PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A LONG TIME IN IN THE COMING, BUT AT LEAST THAT'LL, IT'LL COME BACK TO US.
THE EXTENT THAT 75% IS, IS A GOOD THING TO KNOW.
JUST TO BE SURE WE'RE PROACTIVE AND WE'RE COVERING EVERYBODY IF WE MAY HAVE TO GO WITH A REGULAR MAIL PROGRAM, I THINK THAT, THAT, I THINK IT'LL, IT CAN ALSO DEPEND ON DEPARTMENT HEADS AND COMMITTEE HEADS.
I MEAN, I KNOW FOR THE TRAFFIC SAFETY WE, EVERYBODY'S GOT AN EMAIL SO I CAN, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE, SO MAYBE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE WERE SAYING BEFORE, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND COMMITTEE HEADS WILL KNOW WHO NEEDS WHAT.
UH, LISTEN, LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION IN OUR, IN OUR GENERAL MAILING THAT, UH, UH, WENT OUT TODAY, IT WENT TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, DOES IT GO TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR VARIOUS BOARDS AS WELL OR NO, THE MAILING ONE TO THE, BOTH THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD, BECAUSE THEY'RE PAID EMPLOYEES.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEES WHO ARE UNPAID, THEY DIDN'T.
WELL SEAN, MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS GET, UM, UH, MEMOS TO THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEES, THE NON, UH, BOARDS THAT ARE NON-PAYING VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND UH, UH, GET THE MESSAGE OUT THROUGH THE CHAIRS OF THOSE COMMITTEES, UH, ELECTRONICALLY.
UH, WE DO HAVE ADDRESS MAILING ADDRESSES FOR THESE FOLKS.
IF WE'VE GOTTA DO IT, WE'VE GOTTA DO IT, I GUESS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FINE FOR THIS CASE, BUT AGAIN, I KIND OF, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE REALIZE TECHNOLOGY GIVES IMPORTANT, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE AN EMAIL CONTACT EVERYONE.
UM, SO MAYBE IT'LL TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS TO GATHER ALL THAT.
UH, AND THEN FOR THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT ENABLE US TO GET THINGS OUT QUICKER, FASTER, MORE WITH LESS SUCCESS.
WE SHOULD ANNOUNCE TO YOU AS WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT WE MET THIS MORNING WITH, UH, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, UH, MARTY DEDICATED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, WE HAVE A TENTATIVE OPENING OF THE BEACH FULL SCALE OPENING, UH, LONG BOARDS, UH, AND SWIMMING COMPETITIVELY, UH, FOR JUNE THE SIXTH SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOL IN PLACE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
YEAH, PAT RYAN, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OUR, UH, B AND G STAFF BACK ON THE 26TH.
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OF COURSE JIMMY BRAND HAD INDICATED HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO OPERATE THE COURSE PHYSICALLY WITHOUT, UH, SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL AND THAT THAT HELD US BACK.SO THE RE DESIGNATED REOPENING DATE, UH, WILL BE ON 29TH OF MAY.
AM I CORRECT THERE BUDDY? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SO WITH A GOOD DEAL OF LUCK, UH, BY 26TH OUR FACILITIES WILL BE OPEN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLAN, UH, SEAN AND MARTY HOW MANY OF OUR, AS TO HOW MANY OF OUR SOUTHERN SUMMER PROGRAMS CAN GO FORWARD, UH, HOW MANY MAY HAVE TO BE CANCELED.
UM, SO THERE YOU'RE UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, UM, UH, MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATIONS? I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO THE LAKEVIEW FOLKS, UH, OUR MEETING ABOUT WEEKS AGO.
UM, NONE OF THE VETERANS POSTS ARE GONNA DO ANY OF THE, UM, THEIR NORMAL CELEBRATIONS.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO 5 27, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN LEGION, UM, THE AMVETS IN BLAZE CELL AND I KNOW 1419 AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR NORMAL CEREMONIES.
I HAVE ORDERED ALL THE WREATHS THAT I NORMALLY SEND TO THEM TO STILL HAVE THOSE DELIVERED BECAUSE WE STILL WANNA HONOR, YOU KNOW, THE DECEASED VETERANS.
BUT, UM, THEY, THEY WANNA DO SERVICES AT A LATER DATE.
YEAH, I DIDN'T SPEAK WITH MAYOR MOSES, BUT I I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE VILLAGE CELEBRATIONS ARE CURTAILED AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY INFO ON THAT? WELL, THAT, THAT PARADE IS RUN BY 5 27 AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT.
THE, THE, THE LAKEVIEW VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IS GONNA HAVE A VERY, VERY RESTRICTED CEREMONY AT THE FLAG AND THE, AND THE MONUMENT THERE ON LAKEVIEW ROAD, THERE WON'T BE THE EXTENSIVE, UH, PARADE THAT WE'VE HAD IN YEARS PAST.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT ON THIS ON THE WORK SESSION, UH, STUFF.
WHAT ABOUT YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA HIT DISCUSS? UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UH, THE RESOLUTION OF RAY PAWLOWSKI.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? I'D LIKE TO, UH, PUT HIM ON THE AGENDA TO PUT HIM BACK TO WORK.
UH, I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO DO THAT, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION IN PLACE.
THE ARBITRATOR'S DETERMINATION SAID RESTORE HIM TO HIS POSITION IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WAIT TILL JUNE THE EIGHTH.
UH, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS, MIKE, IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WR WROTE SOMETHING UP OR YOU DO IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, WHEREVER YOU WANNA GO, I DO IT OFF I HAD AT THE END OF, UH, THE, THE PRE-FILED RESOLUTION.
ANYTHING ELSE HERE, LADIES AND JETS? QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW ALYSSA HAD, UM, BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION ON THE BAMBOO, UH, HR SUITE.
I DON'T KNOW WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, SHE'S BEEN DOING, UH, SO MUCH, UH, REGARDING THE POLICY, ET CETERA.
I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN SOME INDICATION THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING READY, UH, INFORMATION WISE FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW, ALYSSA, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THAT? YEAH, I CAN TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY.
SO AND SO, SO YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
SO, UM, THE, THE BAMBOO HR IS A SOFTWARE THAT I'VE BEEN, UM, RESEARCHING.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO ME BY THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, UM, SOME SORT OF PERFORMANCE MONITORING FOR BRINGING BACK EMPLOYEES, UM, EACH SEASON.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIKE ARE SPECIALIZED IN LIKE A BASKETBALL CAMP, THEN IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO A LIST AND KIND OF BE ABLE TO PICK FROM A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW ARE QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB, FOR A REHIRE FOR THE NEXT SEASON.
UM, SO I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH BAMBOO HR TO SEE WHAT OTHER BENEFITS, UM, IT WOULD HAVE FOR THE TOWN.
AND THEIR SOFTWARE ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF BENEFITS WHERE, UM, THE TOWN MAYBE COULD USE SOME UPDATING OR, UM, ADDITIONAL CONTROL.
SO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY, UM, MENTIONED TO ME THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IS THEY HAVE A REALLY STRONG ONBOARDING AND OFFBOARDING PASS, LIKE PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT IS INCLUDED.
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THAT EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ABLE TO DO ALL THEIR PAPERWORK ONLINE AND IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE STORED ONLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO, UM, HAVE PAPER COPIES AND IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE CONVENIENT.UM, JUST FOR TRACKING PURPOSES.
UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN REPORTS TO SEE WHO IS ON WHAT THINGS THEY NEED IF THEY NEED TO FILL OUT NEW PAPERWORK, LIKE TAX FORMS OR IF POLICIES NEED TO BE SIGNED.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS HIRED, UM, I WORKED WITH JENNY TO PUT TOGETHER LIKE AN OFFBOARDING, UM, DOCUMENT WHERE WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THINGS WERE BEING RETURNED WHEN SOMEONE, UM, EITHER RETIRES OR WE WORK FROM THE TOWN AND ITEMS SUCH AS THAT.
SO THOSE ARE TWO REALLY COOL OPTIONS WHERE IT WOULD JUST SEEM TO LIKE CUT DOWN ON TIME AND INCREASE EFFICIENCIES FOR THE TOWN.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP THIS YEAR IS THE TRACKING OF TRAINING.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE CERTIFY THAT THEY'VE HAD TRAININGS THAT ARE NECESSARY OR THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THEIR JOBS.
UM, AND THIS, THAT WAS KIND OF A COOL ASPECT BECAUSE IT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED BY DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN REALLY BREAK IT DOWN AND MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE RECEIVING THE TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED AND ACTUALLY SIGNING OFF AND EITHER COMPLETING A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO PROVE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND CERTIFY THAT, CERTIFY THAT UM, THEY ARE QUALIFIED
UM, ALSO THERE'S, THERE WAS OPTIONS ON TRACKING ACCIDENTS, WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR EITHER WORKERS' COMP OR, UM, OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, SOMETHING THAT I AM WANNA WORK ON IN THE FUTURE IS BETTER ACCRUAL TRACKING.
UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF COOL TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND JUST MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BEING TRACKED CORRECTLY.
UM, SOME OTHER THINGS, I KNOW WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, GETTING EMAILS, CONTACTS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT COULD BE ALL MANAGED IN THERE MM-HMM
SO JUST HAVING MORE EMPLOYEE INTERACTION AND ACTUALLY GIVING THEM HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN ON AND BE A LIVE PART IF THINGS CHANGE WOULD BE, UM, DEFINITELY MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE TOWN.
AND ALSO LIKE, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THIS WASN'T BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD IN THE END SAVE A LOT OF THE TOWN, THE TOWN A LOT OF TIME AND INCREASE CONTROL AND UM, THE SOFTWARE IS CHARGED MONTHLY AND ALSO IS A FACTORED IN BY EMPLOYEE COUNT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE MM-HMM
THAT COULD SAVE MONEY TOO BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN IF ON OUR OFF SEASONS WE'RE TERMINATING THE PEOPLE OR TURNING THEM OFF IN THE SYSTEM, THEN IT'S NOT A HUGE CHUNK THAT THE TOWN WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR TOO.
LEMME ASK YOU, UH, JENNIFER ROBERTSON, WE, WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH, UH, THE ENTIRE AGENDA, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONTROVERSY HERE OR THERE AREN'T A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES THAT REQUIRE EXTENSIVE DEBATE, BUT JENNIFER, YOU HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL REGARDING THE ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, THAT EMAIL CAME THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, ITEM 13, IS IT SECURITY UPGRADE? UH, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT YOUR THINKING IS THERE? SO I WAS TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE SECURITY PROCESS OF HOW WE HANDLE OUR IT CLOSETS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR TOWN FACILITIES.
AND ONE OF THE IDEAS WAS TO HAVE ALL THE LOCKS CHANGED SO THAT, UH, THE IT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SPARE KEY WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE POLICE SO THAT, THAT OUR NETWORK IS SECURE.
UM, AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE BUILDINGS, THE ONLY, UH, DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOCKED IT, UM, CLOSET IS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT AFTER ORIGINALLY I HAD, UH, PROPOSED HAVING THE DOOR REPLACED AS THE CLOSET HAS TWO BI-FOLD DOORS AND IT'S NOT SECURE.
UM, BUT AFTER DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH INTO IT, IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE DOOR BE REFRAMED, UM, INCREASING THE INITIAL COST OF THAT PROJECT.
UH, SO UNDER THE FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS THAT THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY, UM, EXPERIENCING AS WELL AS WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE FUTURE, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS TO HAVE, UM,
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THE VENDOR THAT I HAD, UH, STATED IN THE RESOLUTION, UM, PUT A HESP LOCK ON THAT BI-FOLD DOOR SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE THAT CLOSET SECURED.IS THERE ANY WAY OUR B AND D UH, WORKERS DO THIS WORK INSTEAD OF SUBBING IT OUT? UM, I DID ASK AND I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS WEEK, OR I'M SORRY, LAST WEEK AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T ANYONE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT JOB, JOB PUTTING LOCKS ON THE DOOR.
NO, NOT THE LOCKS, THE, UM, REFRAMING OF THE DOOR.
YOU NEED A CARPENTER FOR THAT, YOU MEAN? YES.
NOBODY IN HOUSE HIGHWAY OR B AND G CAN'T DO THAT.
IS PAT RYAN HERE? JIM? MM-HMM
I I TALKED TO DARREN SMITH AND HE HAD, HE, UH, DARREN SMITH SAID THEY DO HAVE GUYS THAT WERE ABLE TO DO THAT OVER THERE.
UM, I'VE ACTUALLY, I'VE ALSO, FOR MY FOREMAN, WE DO NOT HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DOING CARPENTRY WORK.
I WAS THINKING THAT IF THERE'S A DESIRE, AS COUNCILMAN PETRI MENTIONED, THAT IT WOULD BE DONE BY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
WELL, YOUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GUYS REMODELED YOUR OFFICE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THERE'S PLENTY OF GUYS THAT CAN DO THE JOB OVER THERE.
UM, THE BOER GROUNDS DEPARTMENT IS NEVER REALLY ONE, HANG ON A SECOND.
BUILDING GROUNDS DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER WENT OVER TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, HAS DONE THE WORK THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WORKERS TO DO IT THERE AND THEY WOULDN'T WANT US GOING OVER THERE DOING THEIR WORK ANYMORE THAN WE WANT THEM COMING OVER HERE AND DOING OUR WORK.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, I'M, AGAIN, I'M UNAWARE OF ANYONE THAT CAN DO THE WORK OVER HERE.
UH, AS THE, AS THE HEAD OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH FOLKS FROM B AND G WITH THE SKILLSET AND ASSUMPTION THAT THEY HAVE TIME.
I'M, THAT'S UP TO YOU, PAT, THAT UH, THEY ARE CAPABLE TO DO THE WORK AND, UM, I, I, I CERTAINLY HAVE NO ISSUE WITH AND THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT IT BE DONE INTERNALLY.
AND THAT HOW IT DEPARTMENT REMODELED YOUR OFFICE.
SO THEY, THEY'RE VERY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT JOB.
LET ME, LET ME SAY THIS THOUGH.
IF THE OFFICE THAT I AM IN WAS REMODELED, IT WAS DONE PRIOR TO ME AND I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT.
ALRIGHT, WELL LOOK IT, UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET THIS DONE IN-HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND CONTRACTING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GREAT TO SAVE MONEY IF WE CAN DO IT.
SO LET ME ASK YOU BOTH THIS QUESTION, UH, WOULD YOU EACH BE KIND ENOUGH TO, UH, WALK WITH, UH, DARREN SMITH, EVIDENTLY, UH, HAD SAID SOMETHING TO PAT RYAN ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO DO IT.
ED, WOULD YOU MIND TALKING WITH YOUR GUYS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THERE THAT, UH, HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? UH, JIM, I, I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IS FOCUSED ON TAKING CARE OF THE ROADS.
THAT'S OUR PRIORITY, THAT'S OUR CHARGE.
UM, OF THE OPINION THAT BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THE TOWN'S BUILDINGS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I DISAGREE WITH IS HAVING THE LOCKS PUT ON BY EITHER HIGHWAY OR BG.
UM, A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT I SPOKE WITH IN REGARDS TO THE IT SECURITY, THEY DO HAVE THE LOCKS PUT ON, UM, BY A CONTRACTOR SO THAT THEY, SO THAT THE TOWN CAN ASSURE THAT THOSE CLOSETS, UM, THERE, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL KEYS LINGERING OUT THERE, UH, WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES.
WELL, JENNIFER, IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA CONSTRUCT A NEW DOORFRAME AND, AND HANG A NEW DOOR, UH, INTERIM DEPARTMENT SECURITY, I'M SORRY, YOU CUT UP AND I OUT AND I COULDN'T HEAR YOU JENNIFER, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE GOT A CONTRACT, UH, TO GET THIS DONE AND GIVEN THE FURTHER FACT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE AN AGREEMENT, UH, UH, AS TO WHICH DEPARTMENT IS CAPABLE OR WILLING TO DO THIS, WHAT IS THE OTHER, WHAT IS THE OTHER SPEED ALTERNATIVE WE CAN LOOK TO TO SECURE THE, UH, THE SPACE OVER THERE.
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UM, WE WOULD GO WITH THE SAME, UM, VENDOR THAT I LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION, UM, TO PUT THE LOCKS ON ALL THE DOORS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT IS AT HIGHWAY.UM, JUST SO THAT I CAN ASSURE THAT ALL OF THOSE DOORS ARE LOCKED AND THERE IS ONLY TWO SETS OF KEYS.
TWO FOR IT STAFF, AND THEN ONE ADDITIONAL ONE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES THAT WOULD BE LOCKED UP IN A LOCKBOX WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, CAN WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT THEN, RATHER THAN WASTE A LOT OF TIME ON, ON, UH, UH, AND MONEY ON A BIGGER PROJECT.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU, JENNIFER? YES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK.
UM, UH, IF A CLERK WOULD CALL THE ROLE, UH, FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OR IN BUSINESS SUPERVISOR SHAW HERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'D BE KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE A MOMENT.
UH, WE'LL RECITE THE MY ALLEGIANCE THROUGH THE FLAG.
UNITED STATES OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOCUS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INDI LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW LET'S, LET'S TURN TO THE AGENDA ITSELF.
BETH FERRELL'S UP FIRST BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING CDBG PROJECTS FOR THE 2020 PROGRAM YEAR AS APPROVED WITHIN THE 2020 FINAL ACTION PLAN TO HUD 2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING $418,975 PROGRAM PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION, $33,975 HAMBURG INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY $80,000, VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE INFRASTRUCTURE, HELEN AVENUE, 60,000 DIRECT HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE, 50,000 FAIR HOUSING, HOUSING COUNSELING, 25,000 HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM, 20,000 AND REMOVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS 150,000.
IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND.
SECOND IS, UH, MR. PETRICH QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR, JIM? JIM, THIS IS TED.
UH, REGARDING THE, UM, ALLOCATION FOR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, IT SAYS 80,000.
THE, UH, THE PAST BUDGET FOR 2020 NOTES IT AS 85,000.
JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE, UH, DISCREPANCY.
SEE, CHRIS, ARE YOU HERE ON THE, IN THE MEETING? YES, I AM.
CHRIS, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT? YEAH, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT THROUGH.
UM, WHEN WE GOT OUR FINAL ALLOCATIONS FROM HUD, EVERYTHING CHANGES WHENEVER WE GET THE FINAL AMOUNT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET THE GRANT AND SO WE HAD TO, UH, ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
DID THEY, UM, COULD I ASK JUST A MINUTE, TED, PLEASE.
TED, IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS A QUESTION, UH, WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOTION, ADDRESS IT TO ME.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY? I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, IF YOU COULD ASK CHRIS, UH, WAS THE, DID, WAS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT REDUCTION FROM WHAT WE ANTICIPATED? IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE HIGHWAY LINE? I DON'T THINK WE KNOW.
CHRIS, ARE YOU THERE, CHRIS? YEAH.
WHAT THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE 2020 IS, IS A GUESS.
BACK IN JULY AND AUGUST, WE DIDN'T GET OUR ALLOCATION UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING HOME PROJECTS FOR THE 2020 PROGRAM YEAR AS APPROVED WITHIN THE 2020 FINAL ACTION PLAN TWO HUD 2020 HOME FUNDS, TOWN COUNTY CONSORTIUM, $155,208 ADMINISTRATION $15,521.
HOUSING RENOVATION GRANTS $116,406 AND CHDO $23,281.
UH, I'LL SECOND THAT ON THE QUESTION, ALEXANDER.
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AYE AYE, GO AHEAD.AREAS THE VILLAGE OF BLAZE BLAZEDALE HAS ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO ORDER TO RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE TOWNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF BLAZE, DELL WILL RECEIVE $60,000 FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S 2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION ON HELEN AVENUE WITHIN A HUD TARGET TARGET AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF BLAZE DELL.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS.
SECOND, UH, MR. CONLEY, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
NUMBER SIX, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE $80,000 IN ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORK WITHIN HUD TARGET AREAS, UTILIZING THE TOWN'S 2020 CDBG FUNDS.
SECOND IS KAREN ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS JURISDICTION AND OVERSIGHT OVER THE TOWNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT SAID, FUNDS ARE UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND WHEREAS A PORTION OF THE TOWN'S FEDERAL CDBG FUNDING HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, SPECIFICALLY FOR JOB CREATION, JOB RETENTION ACTIVITIES PER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS OF THE FEDERAL CDBG PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS UTILIZED THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS A SUB-RECIPIENT TO COMPLETE JOB CREATION, JOB RETENTION ACTIVITIES FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE AND ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR USE OF THE TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM INCOME FUNDS FOR THE TIMEFRAME APRIL 1ST, 2020 THROUGH, UH, AND TWO APRIL 31ST, 2021, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ITS MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THE CDBG FUNDS GRANTED TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? TODAY? SECOND.
UH, MR. CONLEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT ONE.
UH, I'M, I'M THE QUESTION, UH, FAVOR, AYE.
UH, NUMBER EIGHT IS B AND G BEING RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE HIRING AND TERMINATION OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS A PERSONAL ACTION FORM WHICH IS ATTACHED INDICATING THE NUMBER OF
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE HIRINGS AND THE TERMINATIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE PAF.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
I THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, NUMBER NINE IS MR.
I'LL SECOND THAT, UM, ON THE QUESTION.
UH, KAREN, YOU GOT THE NEXT ONE? YEP.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH ERIE COUNTY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.
THE AGREEMENT OUTLINES TERMS FOR A $2,000 GRANT AWARDED TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG YOUTH BUREAU FOR ITS YOUTH COURT PROGRAM.
SECOND IS MS. FER, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
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THANK YOU.NUMBER ONE, BOAT LAUNCH DAY PERMIT TO BE INCREASED FROM $20 TO $25 IN 2020.
SECONDLY, SECOND BOAT, SAME HOUSEHOLD FEE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $40 TO $50 IN 2020.
THESE CHANGES WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND, MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, UH, MR. CONLEY, BE, IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD EXCEPT THE PROPOSED SUBMITTED BY LONG BURNS LONG BOARDS FOR THE HAMBURG BEACH CONCESSION FOR THE SUMMER SEASON OF 2020 2021, 2022, AND FOR AN OPTION REMAINING IN 2004 24 SEASON.
THE HAMBURG BEACH CONCESSION INCLUDES OPERATION OF THE SNACK BAR ON THE PREMISE AND A WATER SPORTS RENTAL OWNED BY LONGBOARDS.
IN ADDITION, LONGBOARDS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAN AND HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS IN COOPERATION WITH THE HAMBURG RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
LONGBOARDS WILL PAY A FEE OF $500 PER MONTH, 5% OF THE GROSS ON WATER SPORT RENTALS.
NO OTHER PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WAS MADE TO THE PUBLIC.
LONGBOARDS HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING PARTNER AND HAS BROUGHT GREAT QUALITY AND ENHANCED SERVICE TO THE BEACH CONCESSION OPERATIONS.
ON THE QUESTION, UM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
AND MAYBE I, MAYBE I MISSED THAT.
I WAS WONDERING IF THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, SUBMITTING SOMETHING TO US IN REGARDS TO THEIR WORK STRATEGY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SAME AS THE OTHER BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING THINGS DURING THE COVID CRISIS AND NCES, THEY GAVE US AN AWFUL LOT OF MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION, BUT THEY DID NOT, WE DID NOT GET ANY SPECIFIC TO THE COVID, UH, 19 SITUATION.
UH, SEAN, MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, TALK WITH MARTY DEKE ABOUT, UH, UH, THAT WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO RUNS LAW BOARDS.
TALK WITH HER AND SEE IF SHE HAS SOME OUTLINE SHE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO MARTY.
IS THAT OKAY, KAREN? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, KAREN.
AND, UM, MARTY AND I CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH REACHING OUT TO HER TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S AWARE OF ALL THE PO THE TOWN POLICIES THAT WE'RE, UH, APPROVING AND, UH, THAT, THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERYTHING.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, THE IT SECURITY UPGRADE 13.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE IS I'M GONNA DELETE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, WHICH IS, UH, NUMBER THREE BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION IN THE WORK SESSION.
AND I'M GOING TO EDIT THE SECOND PART OF, UH, WHEREAS NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS IN REGARDS TO, UH, PURCHASE, UH, PURCHASING A NEW INSTALLATION OF A DOOR.
THAT WAY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED AND, UH, LET, UM, US LET, LET LET THE DEPARTMENTS INTERNALLY WORK OUT, UH, GETTING, UH, THE DOOR REPLACEMENT, UH, INTERNALLY.
ALRIGHT, WELL I THINK THAT'S THE MOTION.
HOW GOT A SECOND TO BRING THIS, UH, ITEM BEFORE US RATHER THAN READ IT.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION, SEAN? ALRIGHT.
UH, MAY I JUST SUPERSEDE YOU WITH A SUGGESTION? WE MAKE A MOTION JUST TO BRING THIS TO THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AND CLARIFICATION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO DO THAT? SECOND.
MS. FARRELL'S ON THE SECOND TO DO THAT.
NOW, NOW LET'S BEFORE US NOW LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS.
SEAN, UH, AND JENNIFER, UH, DID YOU INDICATE TO US THAT YOU THOUGHT ESSENTIALLY YOU JUST CONTRACT WITH CWJ LOCK AND GO FORWARD AND REPLACE, UM, UH, LOCKS WITHOUT REPLACING THE DOOR ITSELF? AM I GETTING YOU WRONG OR AM I GETTING IT ACCURATELY? NO, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO GIVEN SEAN'S, UH, SUGGEST REVISIONS, UM, I GATHER THAT WE ARE DEFERRING THE
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QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OR THE BG DEPARTMENT SHOULD BUILD A NEW DOOR FRAME AND BUILD A NEW DRAWER.THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PUSH DOWN THE ROAD.
WE DON'T WANNA SPEND THE MONEY ON THAT NOW.
UM, SO IS THIS RESOLUTION, JENNIFER, UH, THAT SEAN PREPARED, IS THIS ALRIGHT TO BE ACCEPTED AS IS UNDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT SEAN HAD RECOMMENDED? YES.
SO SEAN, I, I'LL LET YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO AMEND THIS.
IT'S BEFORE US, SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE A SPECIFIC AMENDMENT THERE, MY FRIEND, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.
SO THE AMENDMENT IS TO DELETE NUMBER THREE, WHICH STATES, WHEREAS A MORE SECURE DOOR IS NEEDED AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WHERE NETWORK STRUCTURE IS HOUSED.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE DELETED IF YOU TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST WHERE, UH, OR I SHOULD SAY, UM, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED CONTRACTING WITH CWJ LOCK AND KEY TO REPLACE THE NETWORK CLOSET LOCKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $583 AND THE REST OF THAT WOULD BE DELETED.
SO YOU, WE WOULD BE STOPPING IT WITH FIVE $83 PERIOD AND THAT ENDS THE RESOLUTION? THAT'S CORRECT.
THOSE, ARE YOU MOVED THEN TO HAVE THIS RESOLUTION AMENDED SHOWN TO THAT EFFECT? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THOUGH? WE DO.
UM, UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION SECOND AS AMENDMENT SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? I'M SORRY, SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT.
ALRIGHT, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTIONS TO AMEND ARE NOT DEBATABLE.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'VE GOT THE AMENDED MOTION BEFORE US.
UH, WE CAN MOVE IF YOU CAN, SEAN, TO APPROVE IT AND WE CAN THEN, UH, WELL BEFORE WE DO THAT, MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK SAM TAKI IF SHE'S HERE, IF WE'VE GOT A FUND ACCOUNT FROM WHICH WE CAN, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, THE MONEY SOURCE.
SAM, ARE YOU WITH US? THERE'S NO ONE FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HERE TONIGHT.
UM, DOES ANYBODY, UH, ALYSSA, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, INSIGHT INTO UH, UH, A FUNDING SOURCE? OR JENNIFER, DO YOU? JIM, THIS IS JENNIFER.
UM, I HAD PLANNED ON PAYING FOR THE LOCKS THEMSELVES BECAUSE THAT IS A REQUEST THAT CAME FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT.
THE REASON WHY THAT I LEFT THE ACCOUNTS TO BE, OR THE FUNDS TO BE DETERMINED WAS BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE HOW THE DOOR, UM, REFRAMING AND THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THE DOOR WAS GOING TO BE HANDLED.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT, UH, ACCOUNT WAS LEFT BLANK FOR THE MOMENT.
WELL, CAN WE DO THIS THEN? UH, YOU, YOU CAN'T GIVE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AN ACCOUNT REFERENCE, CAN YOU JEN? I CAN'T ACTUALLY.
ALRIGHT, SEAN, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UH, WE'LL JUST, UH, MAKE AN ADDITIONAL WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ANOTHER AMENDMENT PROCESS, UH, SINCE IT'S SUCH A PERFUNCTORY THING AND IDENTIFY THE ACCOUNT AS A 1690 0.423.
SO NOW THE AMENDMENT'S BEEN APPROVED, THE MOTION IS AMENDED IS BEFORE US.
SEAN, DO YOU MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT, PLEASE? SECOND.
OKAY, MS. FARRELL, ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MR. PETRI ACCORDANCE WITH ARBITRATION, BE IT RAYMOND PAWLOWSKI TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO WORK IN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IMMEDIATELY AND FOR FULL RESTORATION OF HIS BACK PAY AND BENEFITS.
UH, AND THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NOW LET ME ALSO GIVE YOU THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS, UM, TOTAL OPERATING FUND DISBURSEMENTS FOR MONDAY, MAY 18TH, 2020 $115,724 75 CENTS.
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TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR 60,007 $7 AND 30 CENTS.AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LEVEL OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS GREATLY DIMINISHED.
THE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING A AYE AYE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO TURN TO OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, BRIDGET LA IN OUR COURTS.
ARE YOU WITH US BRIDGET? BRIDGET ISN'T WITH US, BUT I DID SPEAK TO HER EARLIER TODAY AND SHE JUST GAVE A BRIEF UPDATE, UM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN STARTING THE 26TH REGULARLY FOR CLERICAL CATCHUP.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION.
THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULING CASES AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SEND OUT FINE NOTICES, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE OFFICE 26TH.
UH, KAREN, UH, SAM FROM FINANCE IS NOT WITH US.
UH, UH, UH, KIM, ANA EVIDENTLY IS NOT HERE EITHER, SO NO REPORT THERE.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM YOU ON, ON REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA DISCUSS WITH US? NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, UM, JENNIFER, AND IT, ANYTHING ELSE YOU CARE TO BRING UP AS WE WE DO RETURN BACK TO WORK? UM, I THINK THE ISSUE OF CONTINUING THE LIVE STREAMING FOR OUR RESIDENTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER, UM, RESEARCHING AND SEEING WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE WE CAN PROVIDE THEM MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I WILL BE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT WHEN I HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, HOW ABOUT, UH, ROGER IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.