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SO JIM, WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS THE, OH, OKAY.
AND THEN YOU READ, AND THEN IT'S A TABLE, AND THEN THERE'S A FURTHER RESOLVE, AND THEN IT'S THE OTHER TABLE, UHHUH.
BUT WE'RE AMENDING IT TO THESE NUMBERS, NOT THESE ONES.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA READ OUT EVERY LINE.
NO, I MEANT FOR WHERE AS PLEASE DON'T READ OUT EVERY LINE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME TO CONVENE THE, UH, WORK SESSION OF OUR REGULAR MEETING, 7, 6, 20.
AND MAKE THAT MOTION TO CONVENE.
RILEY WANTS TO COME OUT AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SOLAR ENERGY LAW, UH, AND SOME ITEMS ON THE, UH, PLANNING REPORT THAT HE SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
SO WE'LL INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDS WHEN HE'S DUE TO BE HERE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OFF THE TOPIC OF THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU FOLKS HAVE SOME THINGS DISCUSS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT'S WHAT OUR WORK SESSION IS FOR.
SO ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING OR BRING ANYTHING UP? UM, I HAD SOMETHING TO BRING UP THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO, UH, I DESIRE TO TRY AND FIND MONEY AND SAVE MONEY.
UH, I'M GOING BACK TO, UM,
AND TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ONLY ONE.
UH, WALTER CAN GIVE YOU A, UH, UH, A BETTER ANSWER ON MARK WALLING, BUT I WANT TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S AMAZING.
THIS CONTRACTOR CAME IN, I BELIEVE IN 2015.
WE STILL HAVE A LAWSUIT WITH THE CONTRACTOR HE REPLACED.
DID YOU KNOW THAT? FROM 20 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, WE CLAIM HE OWES US MONEY.
WE TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH THIS GUY AND BRING ON THE NEW GUY IN 2014.
UH, WE CLAIM THAT THIS GUY OWES US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
HE IS GOT AN OFFSET OF SAYING THAT WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACT WITH HIM IN 24 WEEKS, WE PROMISED TO GIVE A SHARE OF PARKING REVENUE FOR ALL SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS 4TH OF JULY.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO ALSO, OH, HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO SEVERAL THINGS.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY HIS SHARE OF UTILITIES.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO PAY, UH, UH, A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS PROFITS AND ON AND ON.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIS ATTORNEY AND WE'VE GOT THE FIRST VENDOR IN A LAWSUIT.
SO THIS WHOLE THING IS SCREWED UP.
WALTER, CAN YOU SHARE ANY MORE ON I DON'T HAVE THAT.
YEAH, WOULD YOU? THAT'D BE GREAT.
WHY DON'T WE DO THAT FOR THE 20TH? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT BOTH, BOTH VENDORS FROM THE GET GO.
WE WEREN'T COLLECTING, UH, UTILITIES FROM THE FIRST VENDOR AND THEN WE SCREWED UP ON THIS VENDOR AND THEN IT GOT WORSE AS IT WENT ALONG.
AND OF COURSE, HIS ARGUMENT IS, WELL, YOU GUYS MADE A FORTUNE WITH ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS, PARKING, PARTICULARLY THE FOURTH, THEREFORE YOU OWE ME MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT CONSERVATIVELY.
AND WE GOTTA OFFSET THAT AGAINST WHAT HE OWES, WHAT WE OWE HIM.
AND THEN I REMEMBER THIS, THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED WITH A CORPORATION AND NO PERSONAL GUARANTEES.
THAT'S A, I SHOCKED HOW WE ALLOWED HIM, LIKE HE'S SUPPOSED TO PAY BY HIS CONTRACT BY MAY 15TH, HALF BID.
AND THEN, AND THEN HE PAID NOTHING.
HOW DO WE LET HIM GET GOING? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.
WELL, ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK.
BELIEVE ME, THE WHOLE THING FROM, FROM THE TIME WE STARTED TO THE TIME WE ENDED THIS THING HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE.
UH, OKAY, WELL WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE OFF THE AGENDA? OKAY, WELL, WE'LL GO TO THE AGENDA.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GIVE OUR FRIEND DETECTIVE, UH, SCOTT KINO A SENDOFF, UH, UH, AS HE RETIRES OUTSTANDING SERVANT.
UH, WE'VE GOT TO HEAR FROM DREW A LITTLE BIT.
HE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, UH, SOLAR ENERGY LAW.
AND THEN MARK BALLING IS HERE.
HE DID THE, HE DID THE DRAFTING WORK WITH DREW.
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HOLD ON ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE UNTIL BOTH OF THESE FELLOWS ARE HERE, THAT'D BE FINE.UH, WE GOT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE BROKER, RFP.
NOW THIS IS, I TALKED OVER WITH SAM AND I TALKED OVER WITH WALTER.
THIS IS KIND OF MY, UH, NOTION.
UH, WE'VE HAD THE CURRENT VENDOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
BANNER IS A TERRIFIC COMPANY, NO DISRESPECT, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S TIME WE TOOK A LOOK AT COMPETITIVE PLANS AND PRICING, PARTICULARLY GIVEN OUR, OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
ALRIGHT, SO LET ME TURN TO NUMBER SEVEN.
SO THE RFP IS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AND UH, WALTER, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPANIES WE WANNA SEND THAT TO, I GUESS.
WALTER OF, UH, YES, SOME COMPANIES HAVE, HAVE REQUESTED TO BE NOTIFIED, OTHERS HAVE NOT, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OUT THERE.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER SEVEN, IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THIS RPI HAVE TO ASK, I'LL HAVE TO REFER THAT TO WALTER.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON THAT.
UH, NOW THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A PROPOSED HIRE.
WE HAVE A GENERAL HIRING FREEZE EXCEPT IN A CIRCUMSTANCE OF EMERGENCY.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD A PAYROLL CLERK SINCE JACKIE, UH, WAS HIRED BY CARL MORGAN IN JANUARY TO BE, UH, HIS SECRETARY.
SO ALYSSA STRAUSS HAS BEEN HANDLING PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL CLERK RESPONSIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY HERSELF.
UH, WE ARE, UH, A PERSON FROM A CIVIL SERVICE LIST WHO WAS INTERVIEWED AND APPEARS TO BE SAMANTHA.
UM, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT THIS PERSON A LITTLE BIT, UH, SINCE SHE WILL BE WORKING IN, IN ESSENCE, SHE'S WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF YOU OR ALYSSA? UH, ALYSSA DIRECTLY.
SO, UM, HER NAME IS HERE OR TERRY, SHE'S OUT HERE WITH US TONIGHT OVER HERE.
IF ANY OF YOU WANTED TO MEET HER.
I, TERRY, UM, I HAVE DISTRIBUTED HER RESUME TO ALL OF YOU.
SHE CURRENTLY IS AT NEW CHARLOTTE AVENUE SCHOOL, SO WE'RE KIND OF ONE OF OUR OWN FOR COME HERE.
BUT I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR OFFICE WITH HER SKILLSET THAT SHE HAS.
UM, SHE KIND OF DOES A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN HER CURRENT POSITION AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A NEED WITH THE HANDLE OF BENEFITS AND GETTING EVERYBODY PAID WITH PAYROLL THAT, UM, SHE'S MUCH NEEDED IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SHE IS HERE.
UM, AND ALSO WE DID CANVAS THE CIVIL SERVICE LIST FOR THIS POSITION.
UM, WE ORIGINALLY CANVASED, UM, BUT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW.
I THINK WE ENDED UP CANVASSING OVER 20 PEOPLE ON THE LIST.
UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND FOLLOWED EVERYTHING AS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.
UM, AND I ALSO HAVE HER NAME AND HER RATE, UM, HERE FOR YOU TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION.
UH, WE HAD ADVERTISED THE POSITION AT 42,000 TO 47,000 WAS THE RANGE.
UM, SHE HAS AGREED TO WORK HERE FOR $44,000 PER YEAR, WHICH COMES TO $20 AND 99 CENTS PER HOUR SINCE IT IS AN HOURLY POSITION, NOT A SALARY POSITION.
UH, IN COMPARISON, JUST TO GIVE ALL OF YOU AN IDEA, UM, JACKIE, WHO LEFT HER OFFICE, IT WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING.
I THINK SHE WAS WITH US A FEW DAYS AND WENT OVER TO THE COURTS.
UM, SHE WAS MAKING ABOUT $55,000 WHEN SHE LEFT THE POSITION.
SO WE ARE REALLY REALIZING A SAVINGS THERE AS WELL AS THE SAVINGS FROM NOT HAVING SOMEONE IN POSITION.
AND YEAH, I KIND OF CONSIDER THIS AS AN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCE.
I'VE BEEN SCOLDING MELISSA ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME HELP, UH, IN HERE TO HANDLE
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ALL THIS STUFF BACKED UP.IT'S NOT DISRESPECT TO HER, YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING MM-HMM
AND, UH, IT'S A VERY DEMANDING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH EMPLOYEES AND RETIREE BENEFITS AND WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE.
AND, UH, AND I THINK WE OUGHTA MAYBE CONSIDER, UH, CREATING ALYSSA AS A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH TERRY AND HER DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE STILL HAVEN'T LEGALLY STILL UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT THEORY.
AND I THINK, UM, THE IDEA AND THE VISION WHEN WE HAD STARTED RESHAPING THE ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM,
UM, SO THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED DOWN THE ROAD, UM, AT ANY TIME REALLY.
HOW ARE YOU SPELLING YOUR NAME? UH, THERESA.
AND THE LAST NAME IS HERE, GIER.
UM, AND THIS IS, UM, SHE WILL ACTUALLY START WORK, UM, ON JULY 21ST.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THIS EFFECTIVE, UM, AS OF TOMORROW.
SO THAT THE BACKGROUND, JENNIFER, ARE WE LOUD ENOUGH FOR YOU? YES.
THE NEXT ITEM HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS, UH, MR. CONLEY'S, HE AND I HAD TALKED TO MARTY.
I SENT MARTY A MEMO ON A COPY OF ALL OF YOU.
UM, WE DID AGREE AT A BOARD MEETING AND ADOPTED A RESOLUTION AS OF SIX.
UM, AND SO I DISCUSSED IT WITH MARTY ON THE SECOND AND SEAN CONLEY SENT OUT THE MEMO.
SEAN, I GUESS YOU, YOU OKAY TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION? YES.
THESE DOLPHIN STRUCTURES AND ARTS AND CRAFTS, THE DRAW, BUT WE'VE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HIRING, UM, AND WHAT AND THE UNCERTAINTY WE HAVE OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, SENSE.
UH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S OUR POSITION ON THAT ONE.
UH, WE REGARD, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE NUMBER IS KAREN HO KAREN, UM, I TALKED TO, I KNOW YOU DID WITH BRIDGET, RIGHT? SO BRIDGET HAD ON HER COURT OFFICERS RESIGNED, UH, BEFORE, UM, SO THAT WAS A VEGAS BEGIN HOLDING COURT, UM, POSITION.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT, THEY GET NO FRINGES AND YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A COURT OFFICER PRESENT OR OCA WHENEVER THERE'S COURT SESSION.
IT'S MANDATORY THING MONEY, THE KIND OF A MANDATORY THING.
IT IS A MANDATORY AMOUNT MONEY, UH, AND NOT HAVING THE SECOND COURT OFFICE.
OKAY, NUMBER ONE, UH, THIS ONE IS, IS A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE CHIEF I AND MR.
WE'RE SIMPLY GOING TO TRY TO RESHUFFLE THE DECK TO PUT 10 OFFICERS ON FOUR PATROLS, DEAL WITH TWO DETECTIVE SERGEANTS.
WE HAVE ONE LESS, WE HAVE ONE LESS, UH, DETECTIVE AND TWO LESS COMMAND OFFICERS.
AND I TOLD THE CHIEF WE MAY, AGAIN, THAT'S DEBATABLE.
WE MAY COME BUDGET TIME, UH, HAVE TO LOOK AT WHETHER WE CAN HOLD ON TO ALL OF OUR PATROL OFFICERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DOWN THE ROAD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT I'VE GOT? BUT AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA, SO THE COMMAND STRUCTURES GOING NUMBERS MM-HMM
HE THOUGHT THAT THIS STRUCTURE THAT HE PUT FORWARD HERE NOT ONLY MAKES SENSE NOW,
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BUT IT ALSO PROBABLY IS THE BEST FRAMEWORK GOING FORWARD.NOT GOOD FINANCIAL SCENARIO IN THE NEXT BUDGET HERE.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHERE THE ANTICIPATED RETIREMENTS ARE, THAT THIS REALLY SETS IT UP FROM BEING AS RESPONSIVE.
WE NOT WITH MORE ANTICIP RETIREMENTS IN AROUND THE FIRST YEAR, WE MAY NOT FILL MULTIPLE POSITIONS.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL ALL CONSIDERED DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT.
NOW SOME OTHER GOOD NEWS IN THE SENSE THAT HE SAVES SOME MONEY AND MONEY ON, ON THE, UH, PAYROLL CLERK.
HE GETS A NEW YORK STATE PENSION NOW SO MUCH AND STILL KEEP HIS PENSION.
SO WE WERE PAYING 52,000 A YEAR, A THOUSAND A WEEK THAT HE WAS FORMALLY, HE'S AGREED TO GO FORWARD AND IT'S REALLY ON A MONTH TO, FOR 39,000.
UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE STORY CONTRACT.
IT'S LIKE HAVING A AGREEMENT WITH ATTORNEY IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE, UH, CHARGE NO METER DAYS.
NOTICE YOU THE FOLLOW TO DISCHARGE FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
IS INSURANCE A CONCERN? I KNOW WE
UH, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND AMENDED RESOLUTIONS.
IF YOU REMEMBER ON JUNE THE SIXTH, TWO WEEKS AGO, NOT JUNE THE SIXTH, UH, AGREED THAT
ESSENTIAL OPERATION SAYS, SHOULD I DISAGREE WITH YOU, YOU'RE BEING UNREASONABLE.
UH, I HAVE TO THEN CANVAS THE TOWN BOARD.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WIDOW RULE THERE, SOME LID ON, UH, PURCHASING THAT IS REALLY, THAT WHICH IS DESIRABLE LONG AS THERE, WELL THIS, THIS ONE IS, IS A REZONING, UM, ON SOUTHWEST.
OH, THAT WAS ON, YEAH, THIS ONE.
THIS IS THE BURKE DEVELOPMENT, ISN'T IT? ALRIGHT, PENDING.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR AMENDMENT, WALTER TO UH, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S REQUEST FOR, UH, AMENDMENT.
IT SAYS 90.3 REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER SECTION AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
UH, HALFWAY DOWN WHERE IT SAYS AMEN.
CHAPTER 90, DEAD TREE BY 90.3 REPLACING AS FOLLOWS.
YOU WANNA ADD IT? YOU WANNA REPLACE IT AS AND 93, THAT WAS, I SPOKE TO ROGER GIBSON, THAT'S WHAT HE HAD BECAUSE THIS EVENT CUT DOWN BOTH THE BULK OF THIS BEEN DISCOVERED FOR PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE OF COVID.
WE'VE ADDED MORE THINGS TO THIS.
BEFORE THAT TO READ THE PROPOSED,
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THIS IS THE ONE ITHIS IS GONNA SEND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEM, UH, THIS IS, UH, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE TO LAW FIRM.
WALTER, YOU HAVE DONE, I'VE READ SUBMISSION TO THE FOUR FIRMS THAT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT OR NOT.
GIVE US YOUR WE FOUR DIFFERENT FIRMS. ALL FIRMS ARE OWN LOAN FIRMS. NICHE AREA TOON COUNCIL.
THEY
THE A LS LAWSUIT OBVIOUSLY DONE A VERY PROFESSIONAL JOB.
THE CONTACT PERSON FOR THE BOND COUNCIL MILES CAME OUT TO THE, SAY FOUR MONTHS AGO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND TALKED TO THE, THAT COMMITTEE ABOUT THE BONDING PROCESS AND WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED.
IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND I THINK THERE'S A VERY GOOD COMFORT LEVEL.
EXPERIENCED THE TABLE TWO WORKING AT THE, I'M HOPING.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE QUESTION ANYTHING THERE? I'M SURE RESOLUTION VOTE ON TONIGHT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE SOONER WEG BOND COUNCIL SOONER EVERYBODY.
UH, THIS IS THE ONE, UH, WHERE I JUST SAY AN AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANT, THE ONLY ANY ENTITY WHICH REQUIRES THE TOWN TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDING AS A PART OF ITS GRANT.
WE GET SOME GRANTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING BY PRIVATE ENTITY OR THE STATE OR SOME DIVISION OF THE STATE.
UH, WHICH IS, BUT IF 25 INCH SHARE 50 50 MATCH, IT'S ONLY THE BOARD THAT SHOULD MAKE THOSE
YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THESE ARE GRANTS AND DONATIONS, THIS IS, UH, MONEY, BUT IT'S CONTAIN, UH, IN DESIGNATIONS FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS.
A FUNDS OR B FUNDS, DEPENDING ON THE ORIGIN OF HERE IN THIS, IN THE DONATION GRANTS IS $42 AND 42 CENTS.
THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, RECOVERY SALES RENTALS.
UH, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT THERE IS 68,000 5 5 4 2.
SO THESE ARE, THESE TWO ITEMS ARE VERY GOOD NEWS SINCE ABOUT $130,000 AND CHANGE.
SO THAT'S ALL, ALL TO THE GOOD.
CAN I JUST ADD SOMETHING? PLEASE DO.
UM, SO THESE ARE VERY ROUTINE IN NATURE.
WE DO THEM FROM TIME TO TIME ONCE WE HAVE, UH, ENOUGH OF A VOLUME.
SO THEY'RE NOT ON EVERY MEETING.
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GRANTS AND DONATIONS, WHEN A GRANT OR DONATION IS GIVEN, WE HAVE TO USE IT FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT THAT WOULD SET FORTH WHEN THE MONEY WAS GIVEN.UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE IN THE MATTER WITH THE FIRST RESOLUTION OTHER THAN REJECTING THE MONEY, WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T WANNA DO WITH, UM, REASON AND SALES OF EQUIPMENT.
THESE ARE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IF THERE WAS SOME INSURANCE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF LIKE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR A VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED OR VARIOUS ITEMS YOU CAN READ ON HERE.
NOW THESE ONES, THE DEPARTMENTS ARE TELLING US WHAT THEY CAN NOW USE THAT MONEY.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE MOVING FORWARD, UM, THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENSES OVER $2,000, WE MIGHT WANNA DECIDE IF NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO REINVEST WHEN SOMETHING LIKE IS BASED ON RESTRICTIONS.
OKAY? BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TAKING EXPOUND MONEY, WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY AND WE HOPE WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY EARMARKED INTO SUSPEND.
NOW THE NEXT ONE HERE, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE PARKING VIOLATIONS AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL EXISTING LOCAL FIVE DASH EIGHT AND THEN 180 8 0.21.
I'LL ASK MARK WILLING TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY ON THIS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE REVISING IT.
IT TURNS OUT BEING BEHIND THE TIMES ANOTHER TIME THAT IS A NEED TO INCREASE IT.
AND, UM, IT'S, WE HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY POSSIBLE TO OUR BUDGET.
SO THIS, THIS ACTUALLY CREATES MORE UNIFORMITY SO THAT THE, THE FINES FOR, UM, FIRST OFFENSE FOR PARKING ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN WOULD BE, UH, $50 AND THEN $80 FOR A SECOND OFFENSE.
HUNDRED $20 FOR A THIRD OFFENSE.
IT'S NOT A REASONABLE AMOUNT, FRANKLY, MONEY.
SO THIS WOULD RAISE, THERE'S ONLY $10 GOLD.
HUH? YOU MENTIONED THAT AT THE EARLY YOU BEEN CHARGING 20, UH, AND THE CODE SECTION SAID 10.
SO, UM, PEOPLE TOLD ME TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT THAT AND I'M JUST SERIOUS TODAY OR SECOND VIOLATION TERM MORE THAN THIS ONE.
WELL, AMHERST HAS A LITTLE MORE OF A, UH, PROFESSIONAL CLIENTELE.
AND HE CAN ONLY MAXIMUM CLIENTS.
WE ACTUALLY NOW LOOK, YEAH, THE JUDGE, JUDGE SAYS, OH GEE, CHARLIE, I KNEW HIS AUNT.
AND, UH, INSTEAD OF 50 KILLED, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S, SEAN WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THERE, FRIEND? YEAH, SO WHEN I READ THE LANGUAGE AND IT SAID NOT EXCEEDING, UM, IT CONCERNED ME BECAUSE I THINK GOING 10 TO 50 IS MORE THAN REASONABLE.
IT, IT'S ALMOST, IN MY OPINION, MAY EVEN BE A STARTING POINT AS TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
HAVE THE TIME TO COMPARE IT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
UM, SO IS IT POSSIBLE PUT IN THE LANGUAGE $50 NOT, NOT EXCEEDING FROM NOW? FRANKLY, EVEN IF YOU DO THAT JUDGE COULD, COULD, UH, TRY TO, UM, GIVE IT LESS AMOUNT.
WHAT I THINK THE JUDGE HAS TO HAVE SOME DISCRETION TO WHAT THE FINE IS CASE CASES THAT YOU CAN AUTOMATICALLY SAY THE TAX, I THINK HE HAS HAVE SOME LEEWAY ON OR CASE BY CASE, ALTHOUGH YOU COULD PUT A FOUR, YOU COULD PUT A FLOOR OF SAY, NOT LESS THAN 30 OR NOT LESS THAN 40 AND NOT MORE THAN 50 VIOLATION.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO SAY NOT LESS SEAN, WHAT IF YOU WERE TO SAY FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, NOT LESS THAN 40 AND NOT EXCEEDING 60 AND FOR THE SECOND ONE, UH, NOT LESS THAN, UH, UH, 80, BUT NOT EXCEEDING A HUNDRED.
AND FOR THE THIRD ONE, NOT LESS THAN UH, ONE 20, BUT NOT EXCEEDING ONE 40.
I MEAN I INITIALLY, WHEN YOU SAID THAT, I WAS THINKING THAT'S TO EXCEED, UH, 49, NO HIGHER THAN 50.
UM,
AND THERE'S A GOOD EXPLANATION.
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I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE STILL HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.UM, BUT I DO THINK A RANGE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, UH, LOGIC BEHIND THAT.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY CAN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, CONSIDER AMENDING THIS WHAT YOU, WHICH IS FINE.
I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH RAISING THE NUMBERS AS LONG AS YOU LEASE THE LEEWAY FOR THE JUDGE TO MAKE A DISCRETIONARY CALL.
YEAH, I THINK 40 60 FOR DEFENSE FOR INSTANCE, PRETTY MUCH PUT US AROUND 50 OR MORE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOHN? IS THAT ALRIGHT WITH YOU? UM, YEAH, I MEAN I WOULD SUGGEST THIS SUGGESTION 40 TO 60, 90 TO 1 10, 1 40 TO ONE 60.
WHICH IF YOU WENT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, BE 50.
DO YOU GUYS MIND MAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? THAT'S FINE.
WELL, I THINK WE CAN READ THE MOTION TO AND THEN AMEND IT.
WHY NOT TONIGHT IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY, THIS ONE HIM TO ADDRESS THE ALL VIOLATIONS OR IS OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS, IT ADDRESSES ALL PARKING VIOLATIONS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
OVERNIGHT PARKING TOO CLOSE TO THE CORNER.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY TOW VEHICLES, YOU GOTTA POST A SIGN BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
BUT THIS, I MEAN THE BASIC PROBLEM IS OUGHT BE ABLE TO ATE.
SOMEBODY COMES TO THE COURT AND EVERYBODY THOSE ABLE ABOUT THAT SITUATION.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THIS ALL CAME ABOUT WAS THE BEACH THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE PARKING WITHOUT STICKERS H THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
AND THEN THE SECTION IS IN THE SECOND.
WHEREAS IT COVERS, UH, FAILURE TO DISPLAY A STICKER.
SO WE, IF YOU WANNA DO 40 TO 60
NOT 40 TO $60 FOR WITH A, A MINIMUM OF, UH, YOU WANT ME TO PUT NOT TO EXCEED 60? I THINK SO.
NOT TO EXCEED 60, THAT 90 70 TO 1 90, 90 TO ONE 10 WAS IT? RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF HAMBURGERS EVER BEEN SENT TO THE
I KNOW HOW THE, SO I SEAN, IF YOU WANT, OH, EXCUSE ME, I'M THE GUY THAT'S, WELL, WE'LL AMEND THEN SEAN.
RIGHT? AND THEN, UH, WE'LL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO FROM THERE.
NOW SAM, WE'VE GOT THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO COME.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, HANDOUTS FOR US.
SO THAT WERE, I CHECKED THE AGENDA THAT WAS, AND IT WAS UPDATED WITH THE RESOLUTION.
I DIDN'T GET IT WHEN WE LEFT ON THURSDAY.
NOW SAM, YOU WANT ME TO READ THIS RESOLUTION? ANY EXTRA COPIES HERE? WE'RE COMING DOWN THAT WAY SOME.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DID YOU GUYS SHEET? THERE'S THESE ONES AS WELL.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE A DOUBLED PAGE AND THEN, UH, THIS ONE.
SO ESSENTIALLY RATHER THE CALL, OH, OKAY.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS PAGE, THE LANDSCAPE PAGE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AT THE, UH, DISCUSS.
UM, AND THEN AFTER FEEDBACK FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THERE'S ONE BOX HIGHLIGHTED ON HERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE I MADE FROM WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE POLICE ALREADY HAVE A VEHICLE ON ORDER WITH
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HOW THE TIMING WORKS.UM, SO THIS IS THE FIRST, UM, RESOLVED, WHICH IS THE BOARD, UM, DESIGNATED CUT.
AND THEN ON THE WORK THAT I DID WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT LAST COURIER INSTRUCTIONS TO PUT THEIR
I AM STILL WORKING WITH, UM, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO CAN RESET 10% THRESHOLD WITH RECREATION ENG, HIGHWAY AND POLICE.
THOSE ARE WHERE WE REALLY HAVE MEANINGFUL JUST
BUT EVERYONE WAS VERY ACTIVE, UM, AND TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY COULD.
UM, IN SOME CASES GIVING BACK MORE THAN THE 10%.
UM, MARTY FROM RECREATION, HE DID A GREAT JOB.
WE'VE STARTED DISCUSSIONS, UM, AND HE HAS MUCH MORE THAN 10% ON HERE SINCE OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ARE NOT OCCURRING.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP WORKING WITH THE LARGER DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO WORK WITH THE LARGER DEPARTMENTS.
THE EFFECT OF ALL OF THESE, UM, BULK SHEETS IS, UM, A BUDGET REDUCTION OF ONE, A LITTLE OVER $1.2 MILLION.
UM, ACROSS OUR, UH, OUR GENERAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS PART TOWN AND HIGHWAY.
UM, AND AT THE TOP OF THE LANDSCAPE SHEET, WHICH I ALL THE OTHER DAY, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF ALMOST 2.7 MILLION.
UM, SO THIS IS A GREAT START BASED ON THE ACTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS TAKEN SO FAR, WE STILL HAVE A REMAINING DEFICIT OF ALMOST 1.5 MILLION PROJECTED.
SO THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST STEPS AND WE'RE GONNA BE THE HONE IN ON THIS MORE.
UM, SO AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THE 20TH, UM, I WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE MOST RECENT BUDGET MONITORING REPORTS.
THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF START THIS CUTTING PROCESS AGAIN FOR, UM, FOR AUGUST.
HEY SAM, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF? NUMBER 23 MM-HMM
ON THE FRONT SIDE WITH THE WAREHOUSES ITSELF, THAT'S WHAT WE CAME TO, UH, WITH OUR INITIAL WORK IN MIND TO REACH THOSE DEDUCTIONS OF 744,724.
NOW, AM I RIGHT, THE BACKSIDE THAT IS WHAT UP ON THE OUTSIDE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS? AM I RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEN THE BACKSIDE ON THE INITIAL, UM, RESOLUTION GOES ONTO ANOTHER PAYCHECK.
THERE'S A LOT THAT DEPARTMENT, SO WE'RE AMENDING THE RESOLUTION TO BE THESE NEW SHEETS, WHICH I WILL GET A COPY KATHY IF YOU NEED THEM.
UM, BUT THESE ARE, SO THE ACTUAL SCHEDULES ARE AMENDED, BUT YOUR WORDING ON YOUR ORIGINAL IS STILL CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST ONE RECOGNIZES THAT AS BOARD CUTS.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS RECOGNIZES DEPARTMENTAL.
CAN CHIEF TRASK WANTS TO CHIME IN IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, THE AMOUNT, I DO NOT KNOW THE AMOUNT OFF HAND FOR BEING REINSTATED, YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHERE I CAN GET THAT IN FOR THAT AMOUNT.
UM, TO YOU, WHAT WE HAD DONE SINCE LITIGATION WAS ONGOING LAST YEAR, WE HAD ENCUMBERED FUNDS THE UNTIL THAT POSITION.
SO WE HAD SAVED THAT FUNDING LAST YEAR AND THEN WE HAD ENCUMBERED THAT MONEY.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT OFFSET A LARGE, SO IT'S GONNA COME OUT AS A PAYROLL THEN? YES.
AND IT COMES FROM THE PAYROLL LINES? YES.
UM, WAS THERE B AND G EMPLOYEE LAID OFF? EMPLOYEE LAID OFF? I DON'T THINK SO.
OH, HE, HE, HE RESIGNED A PART-TIME SUMMER HEALTH COLLINS? NO, NO, I WASN'T, NO PROBATION AS A PROBATIONARY CLINIC.
YEAH, HE WAS APPOINTED, BUT HE WAS, HE WAS THEN LAID OFF WHEN POLOWSKI CAME BACK.
SO HE WAS APPOINTED ABOUT, OH, I WOULD SAY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BEFORE PAWLOWSKI CAME BACK, I THINK.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE CONTRACT? IT WAS PROBATIONARY.
SO THEN THE CONTRACT, UH, CALLED TIMERS TO BE LAID OFF WAS NOT INVOLVED.
PARDON? IT WAS NOT INVOLVED BECAUSE IT WAS PROBATIONARY.
SO HE HAD, HIS SIX MONTHS HAD NOT EXPIRED.
HE HAD BEEN HIRED ORIGINALLY AS PART AS A FULL-TIME TEMPORARY MM-HMM
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AFTER THAT THEY APPOINTED FULLTIME SIX PROBATION AND HE WAS STILL WITHIN THAT, THAT I THINK WOULD'VE EXPIRED, UH, IN AUGUST.SO THAT CONTRACT PROVISION, YEAH, I THINK HE WENT OUT IN MAY.
NOW, UH, THE CHIEF, WE'LL THANK THE CHIEF BRIEFLY THEN WE, WE WANNA HEAR, DREW'S GOT A REPORT TO SHARE WITH US.
HEY, I WAS TRYING TO, UH, I WAS TRYING TO TALK THERE DURING YOUR PARKING VIOLATION RESOLUTION.
UM, I AHEAD, BRIDGET IS THERE, BUT CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF BRIDGET IS THERE, BUT I'M LOOKING, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION.
NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE PARKING TICKETS? IS THERE AN ENVELOPE THAT THE, UH, CHECK OR, UH, WHATEVER, UH, MONEY CAN BE PUT INTO AND MAILED IN WITH A PLEA OF GUILTY AFTER 10 DAYS? THAT USUALLY THE FINE DOUBLES NOW I SEE IN HERE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR SECOND AND THIRD OFFENSES.
I DON'T IF THEY HAVE A MECHANISM TO KEEP TRACK OF SECOND AND THIRD OFFENSES, I'M NOT SURE THEY DO.
I UH, UH, I DON'T THINK THEY DO.
WE BETTER FIND OUT BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF IT, THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING IT IN HERE CHIEF.
AND LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL GET, YOU'LL GET PEOPLE TO MAIL THE MONEY IN.
THERE'S NO REASON TO GO TO COURT FOR IT.
BUT THEN IF THEY WANT TO CONTEST IT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD GO BEFORE A JUDGE.
OR IF IT WENT PAST 10 DAYS, THEN THAT WOULD DOUBLE THE FINE.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS EITHER.
UH,
SO YOU WOULD'VE DEFINITIVE NUMBER THERE AND THEN AGAIN YOU YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE AMOUNT THERE AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST, THEY WOULD JUST WRITE THE CHECK AND SEND IT IN.
IF THEY WANTED TO CONTEST IT, THEN OF COURSE THEY WOULD TALK TO THE PROSECUTOR AND, AND THEN THE JUDGE THANK YOU.
WHY THE FRIAR STATUTE HAD, UH, NOT EXCEEDING AMOUNT THAT WAY.
BUT IF I'M GETTING A TICKET SAYS MY FINE IS NOT EXCEEDING $50 AND, AND MY SLIP, I PLEAD GUILTY BY MAIL.
WHAT DO I SEND IN, UH, SOMETHING NOT EXCEEDING 50.
RIGHT? THERE'S A, YEAH, THERE'S A FINE SCHEDULE RIGHT ON THE TICKET AND YOU JUST MARK THE BOX AND, AND WRITE THE CHECK AND SEND IT IN SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
SO IF IT'S SAY $20, THEY, IT SAYS PLEA PLEAD GUILTY, PAY $20 AND THEN IT'S, IT'S RESOLVED.
OR YOU COULD PLEAD NOT GUILTY AND THEN THEY, AND THEN THEY SCHEDULE SOME KIND OF UH, UH, PROSECUTOR MEETING.
SO COULD WE HAVE A RANGE ON OUR ACTUAL LAW THAT WE ARE ADOPTING, BUT THEN ON THE ENVELOPES, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE PRE-PRINTED.
WE COULD HAVE JUST, IT COULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RANGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS THE AMOUNT THAT THEY JUST PAY WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY CAN COME IN AND RISK IT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SAY UH.
UH, WHAT DO YOU SAY? UH, WELL I WOULD SUGGEST I'LL REACH OUT TO TOMORROW TO MODIFY THE CURRENT RESOLUTION THAT IF IT IS SO THAT THE TIME NEXT HEARING THE HEARING DATE, WE CAN INTRODUCE THOSE MODIFICATIONS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE FLAG THE, AS POSSIBLE SOMEONE CONTESTED, JUST WANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY.
SO THE LANGUAGE WILL ADJUST, WILL BE ALTERED AT THE, WHEN APPROPRIATE TIME TO ADJUST THE LINE.
WE'LL MAKE THE, WE'LL MAKE THE AMENDMENTS TONIGHT, UH, THAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA MAKE AND THEN OKAY.
WE'LL WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SAYS THEY CAN TRACK FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
BUT YOU'LL NEED TO LOOK AT THE PARKING NOTICE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CHECK.
ESPECIALLY OUT AT THE, UH, BEACH.
IF YOU DON'T, PEOPLE NOT HAVING TO PAY MORE THE SECOND AND THIRD.
YEAH, WELL WITH THIS FINE THOUGH, THERE'S A REAL DISINCENTIVE, UH, TO PARK AT THE BEACH BECAUSE,
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UH, GETTING THE STICKERS A LOT, UH, A LOT CHEAPER TO PAY EVEN ON THE FIRST OFFENSE.JIM? ALSO WE COULD POSSIBLY, UM, YOU COULD HAVE THE FEE SCHEDULE ON THE TICKET THAT SAYS WHICH OFFENSE OF YOURS.
IT'S, AND IF THEY INCORRECTLY MAIL IN THE WRONG PAYMENT, IF BRIDGET HAS THE MECHANISM, THEN WE COULD SEND OUT A BILL FOR THE REMAINDER THAT THEY OWE.
WELL, ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S TALK IT OVER.
LET'S, YEAH, I'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU WAL.
UH, AND DREW, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? IS SORRY? YEP.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH, UH, UH, REPORT? ANY COMMENTS ON SOLAR ENERGY? WELL, UM, YOU'RE JUST GONNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME COMMENT FROM PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOSTLY GONNA DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE.
WE HAVE TIER ONE, TIER TWO, AND TIER THREE SOLAR.
WE FOLLOW THE STATE'S SOLAR LAW BUT ADD SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UM, TIER ONE WILL BE DONE BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
THOSE ARE ROOF MOUNTED, THE STANDARD ROOF MOUNTED ONES IN BUILDING INTEGRATED SYSTEMS. TIER TWO WILL BE GROUND MOUNTED BUT ONLY UP TO 2000 SQUARE FEET.
THOSE WILL REQUIRE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND ONLY ALLOWED IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
AND THEN TIER THREE ARE YOUR BIG SOLAR ARRAYS AND THOSE ARE ALLOWED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT ONLY IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN.
AND WE HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE FOR THOSE.
THE COUNTY HAS ALSO PROVIDED US COMMENT TODAY, UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AFTER YOU RECEIVE ALL THE COMMENTS.
WE'LL HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT DECIDE IF YOU WANNA MAKE ANY REVISIONS TO THE ACTUAL PROPOSED LAW.
I WOULD SUGGEST SOME MINOR REVISIONS BUT NOT ANYTHING LARGE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF A SYNOPSIS FOR THAT.
I DO WANT TO TAKE YOU, IF YOU GOT MY REPORT, I DO HAVE TO GET INPUT TONIGHT.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS CONTACTED US ABOUT THAT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WE DID AT THE TOWN BEACH.
UM, WE DID A STUDY REPORT BACK IN 2018.
UH, EPA HAS CALLED THEM AND ASKED IF ANY IF IF THERE'S ANY LOCAL PROJECTS THEY HAVE LEFTOVER MONEY AND THEY WANT TO KNOW IF LOCAL PROJECTS ARE READY TO GO.
SO I WOULD LIKE THE TO KNOW IF THE TOWN BOARD IS A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANT, THEY WILL PAY FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, 220, 220 $5,000 THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT.
THE COUNTY HAS TO HEAR, HEAR BACK FROM US.
I'M SORRY, I HAD HANDOUTS AND EVERYTHING FOR TONIGHT.
I HEAR BA IF WE'RE IN STILL INTERESTED IN GOING AFTER THAT PROJECT, I CAN EMAIL EVERYBODY THE REPORT TOMORROW AND YOU CAN TAKE, TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THE STUDY WE DID, I'M SORRY.
I THINK SOME OF US REMEMBER IT VAGUELY SEAN AND KAREN HERE, BUT UM, IF YOU EMAIL IT TAMARA, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD ASSUME GO AHEAD.
AND IT'S A PROJECT THAT, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT NECESSARY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE ONLY THING YOU'LL CONSIDER AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR TOWN ENGINEER IS AT THE TIME WHEN WE DID THE STUDY, UM, MIKE QUINN WAS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE COMBINING IT WITH OTHER WORK THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO DOWN THERE TO GET TO COST EFFICIENCIES.
SO CAMMIE WILL HAVE TO PULL IT OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF, AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY TO DO YOUR PORTION OF IT, BUT THEY'LL PAY FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STUDY THAT, THAT THAT THE DESIGN THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL I'LL TAKE IT AS YOU'RE INTERESTED, BUT I'LL SEND THE REPORT OUT TOMORROW AND PLEASE ANY OF THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
BUT THE COUNTY NEEDED A QUICK RESPONSE TO SAY IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN THE MONIES.
HEY DREW, UH, THAT'S GOT A POINT GETTING TOGETHER WITH YOU.
I KNOW WE HAD, YOU HAVE REQUESTED FOR A WHILE, UM, A TIME TO MEET WITH THE BOARD REGARDING, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WE WANTED TO SET THE DATE FOR THAT AT ONE OF THE NEXT MEETINGS.
DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR WHICH BOARD MEETING OR WHICH WORK SESSION YOU WOULD LIKE TIME AT AT, DO YOU HAVE A DATE SUPERVISOR THAT WOULD WORK BEST? UM, I ASSUME A MONDAY NIGHT COMING UP BOARD MEETING OR I DON'T KNOW.
THE NEXT MEETING IS THE 20TH AND
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THEN WE'VE GOT AFTER THE 20TH.I THINK IT'S AUGUST THE THIRD.
IS IT THE MONDAY THE THIRD YOU THINK OF 8 3 20 THERE DREW FIVE 30.
YEAH, IF WE COULD DO FIVE 30, I'LL LEAVE ABOUT A HALF HOUR, 45 MINUTES OF THE BOARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TOPICS WE NEED DIRECTION ON THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS COMING UP.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT MEETING, IT SOUNDS LIKE ON AUGUST 3RD AT FIVE 30.
AND DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE RESOLUTIONS FOR TONIGHT OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SOLAR LAW? I HAD A QUESTION.
I I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS, UH, THAT, UH, PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, UH, HAVE SENT OUT.
UH, I HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT TIER TWO GROUND MOUNTED UNITS, UH, NOT BEING APPROPRIATE FOR R ONE OR R TWO ZONES.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR THINKING ON THAT? WELL, WE WENT AROUND AND ROUND ON THAT.
UM, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T PUT THEM ON THEIR ROOTS AND THEY LIKE TO DO GROUND MOUNT AND TYPICALLY THEY'RE SMALL UNITS.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, 50, 80 SQUARE FEET.
WE ALLOW UP TO 2000 SQUARE FEET.
OBVIOUSLY A 2000 SQUARE FOOT SOLAR ARRAY IS NOT GONNA PIT FIT ON AN R ONE LOT, A TYPICAL R ONE LOT.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS IF WE EXCLUDE R ONE LOTS, THERE'S SOME R ONE LOTS THAT ARE ONE TWO ACRES IN SIZE AND THEY WOULD BE PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE FOR SOLAR PANELS.
SO AS LONG AS THEY CAN MEET THE SETBACKS AND WE HAVE PRETTY STRICT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE TO TIGHTEN IT UP, THE SUGGESTION WAS TO HAVE 30 FOOT SETBACKS.
WELL IF YOU HAVE YOUR NORMAL 60 FOOT LOT IN AN R ONE ZONE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT A, A GROUND MOUNTED SYSTEM IN ANY WAY BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU DO 30 FOOT SETBACK FROM EACH SIDE YARD YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE NO ROOM TO PUT IN A SOLAR ARRAY.
SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A BIGGER LOT, YOU'RE NOT PUTTING A SOLAR ARRAY ON A 60 FOOT LOT.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
BUT WE TRY TO COMPROMISE BECAUSE NOT ALL R ONE LOTS ARE R ONE SIZE, SOME ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
AND WHY ARE WE PRECLUDING THEM FROM HAVING TO, TO DEAL WITH PUT IN SOLAR? OKAY, WELL THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND BY THE WAY, IF CHRIS HOLD'S ON THE LINE, THERE'S A NEW NYSERDA PROGRAM OUT TO HELP PEOPLE DEVELOP IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE HAPPENING IN, IN YOUR, UM, LOW INCOME AREAS AND IN AND HELPING PEOPLE GET SOLAR WHO, WHO CAN'T USUALLY AFFORD SOLAR.
UM, THERE ARE SOME GRANT MONIES AVAILABLE AND IF CHRIS IS, CHRIS CAN CONTACT ME TOMORROW.
I CAN GET HIM THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
UM, PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT.
THERE'S A LOT IN THERE ON SOLAR AND WHATEVER, BUT JUST TAKE THE INPUT TONIGHT AND THEN I'LL MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
WE CAN DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH ANY CHANGES TO THE SOLAR LAW.
SOLAR IS VERY EVOLVING RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE IN SOLAR.
UM, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE NEW LARGER PROJECTS UNDER THE NEW LAW, THE 93 C OR WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, THAT NEW LAW IS GONNA GO INTO PLACE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY BIG SOLAR ARRAYS AND THEY TAKE AWAY LOCAL JURISDICTION, SO YOU HAVE NO SAY OVER THOSE GOING IN.
HEY DREW, CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION? UH, THERE? YEP.
A UH, UH, I THINK A TIER THREE PROPOSAL AS IT RELATED TO FIRST STREET IN WOODLAWN NEAR THE GATE FIVE, UH, UH, SPECIALTY CROP STEEL.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THAT IS? UM, I'VE HEARD RUMORS OF IT.
UM, THERE ARE SOLAR PROJECTS GOING IN, IN THE CITY OF LACKAWANNA ON THE OLD BETHLEHEM STEEL SITE IF THAT.
UH, BUT THERE ARE PROPOSALS IN THE TOWN.
THERE'S ALSO PROPOSALS TO DO BATTERY STORAGE UNITS AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO A BATTERY STORAGE LAW.
BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ONES GOING INTO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG YET, BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INCENTIVES FOR ANY BROWNFIELD'S PROPERTIES TO PUT SOLAR PANELS ON THEM.
YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS MONTY, UH, SOLAR, BUT I I YEAH, THAT, THAT SITE, THAT SITE, THAT SITE IS AN INTERESTING SITE.
THAT'S AN RIGHT, THAT'S AN OLD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.
AND I'D HAVE TO SHOW THE TOWN BOARD WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT.
WE DID GET A LETTER CONCERNING THAT.
WE TOLD 'EM FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A PILOT FOR THAT.
AND THEN SECONDLY WE TOLD THEM THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE TOWN UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE HAVE A NEW LAW IN THE BOOKS.
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OKAY.I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN FACE TO FACE WITH THE TOWN BOARD AFTER YOU GET ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND WE'LL MAKE DECISIONS ON SOLAR BECAUSE SOLAR IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
OKAY, SAMANTHA, BEFORE YOU LEAVE US, I JUST WANNA ASK, MAKE SURE.
SO LET ME SHOW YOU THIS PAGE AND THIS PAGE THAT THERE'S A SECOND PAGE HERE.
OKAY, SO, SO CROSS OUT THIS ONE.
SO IS THIS THE ONE? THIS IS TABLE TWO.
TABLE TWO AND IT'S FRONT AND BACK.
YOU'RE GONNA CROSS THIS ONE OUT.
ALRIGHT, SO, AND THEN THIS IS TABLE ONE.
AND THEN HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF YOU GUYS DOWN HERE THAT FAIR ENOUGH.
AND THEN YOU'LL STILL DO THE WORDING.
SO SAM, I GUESS LET ME LET GET THE TOTALS RIGHT.
THE TOTAL REDUCTIONS, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUNDS WERE BOTH TO 960,000, 8 22 6 CENTS.
RIGHT? THEN THERE'S A PART TOWN FUND AND THE HIGHWAY FUND.
THE INCLUDES THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE PART TOWN FUND IS A HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THREE AND THE HIGHWAY FUND REDUCTION IS 122,000 BY 5 3 5, YEAH.
OKAY, I GOT YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
UB FOR TWO 22,000, THE UH, THE 100,000 FOR THE BRIDGE? YES, BECAUSE, UM, THOUSAND DOLLARS, JIM, I'LL ANSWER THAT.
UM, SO THAT DA FUND THAT HAS, THAT MONEY CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED ANYWHERE.
SO YOU, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH, WE'RE NOT SPENDING THAT MONEY ALREADY.
WE HAVEN'T SPENT THAT MONEY IN PAST YEARS.
IT BUILDS A FUND BALANCE IN CASE, UM, THE BRIDGE IT WAS CREATED FOR HAS A FUTURE PROBLEM THAT WILL BE COSTLY.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO BUDGET EFFECT OF DOING THAT.
IT'S A TOTALLY SEPARATE FUND THAN YOUR DB HIGHWAY FUND WHERE YOU'RE OPERATING OUT OF.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS, IT WAS TAKEN OUT.
ALTHOUGH I THINK DURING, UM, BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, BECAUSE THE D FUND, WHICH IS WHERE THIS KIND OF SPACE AS THE A FUND, THE A AND DA GO TOGETHER GO TOGETHER, THAT POTENTIALLY REDUCING, UM, THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WE BUDGET THERE.
WHILE IT WOULDN'T AFFECT, IT WOULD JUST BE A DECREASE IN THAT FUND'S RATE.
IT WOULD HELP THE SAME A FUND TAX BASE THAT, UH, MIGHT BE IN A, A, A DEFICIT SPOT BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA DISCUSS ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS? YEAH, YEAH, I GUESS WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WITH YOUR PERMISSION THEN, I'M GONNA, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS OUR PERSONNEL MATTERS, WHICH RESULT FROM EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS RELATING TO TOWN WIDE POLICIES, UH, UH, AFFECTING, UH, VARIOUS FORMS OF HARASS SO AS TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS AND OR COMPLAINANTS.
UH, THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL, UH, UNDERTAKING.
WE'LL HEAR A REPORT FROM THE ATTORNEYS ON THAT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THEN ON THAT BASIS TO LINK TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? MR. COUNTY ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.