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UH, WE'RE BACK INTO OUR WORK SESSION.
WE'VE MADE A MOTION TO, UH, EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE OR TWO MORE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
THEN WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA QUICKLY.
BETH, FAR, I WANTED TO BRING UP A COUPLE POINTS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, A WHILE BACK, A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF CGI REDID ALL OF OUR TOWN'S, UH, VIDEOS.
THEY CONTACTED US RECENTLY ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM.
UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEIR PRESENTATION ALONG WITH KAREN, AND THEN ACTUALLY MIKE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION ALSO.
UH, THEIR NEW PROJECT INVOLVES OFFERING, UH, BANNERS THAT WOULD BE ON THE DIFFERENT POLLS THROUGHOUT TOWN, UH, FOR, AND IT WOULD BE FREE.
IT'S SOMEWHAT THE SAME AS THE, THE VIDEOS WHERE THE SERVICE FOR THE TOWN WOULD BE FREE.
UH, I HAD THOUGHT OF KAREN WITH WHAT SHE HAS STARTED WORKING ON WITH THE COALITION, UH, DIVERSITY COALITION, IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
UH, BECAUSE ONE OF, THEY OFFERED A FEW DIFFERENT TITLES OF THE TYPES OF BANNERS THAT THE TOWN COULD DEVELOP.
IT COULD BE BANNERS TO WORK, UH, ON SOME MESSAGING, UH, REGARDING AWARENESS AND DIVERSITY.
IT COULD ALSO BE REGARDING THANKING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, GIVEN WHAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO THEY HAD QUITE A FEW INTERESTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE FREE BANNERS AND MESSAGING AROUND, AROUND THE TOWN.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, KAREN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO CHANGE OUT THOSE BANNERS AND YOU KNOW, THEM HELPING WITH THE DESIGN.
UM, AND THEY'D ALL BE INVISIBLE PLACES, SELECTED CORRIDORS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S FANTASTIC.
IT THEY PAY FOR THE HARDWARE FREE RESOURCE.
YEAH, THEY, THEY FIX IT THE TELEPHONE POLES? YES.
THEY, UH, PAY FOR THE HARDWARE.
THEY PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION.
IF WE CHOOSE TO HAVE OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TEAM, UH, DO IT INSTEAD BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S OTHER BANNERS THAT ARE UP.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR VETERANS BANNERS.
THEN WHAT THEY DO IS THEY REIMBURSE THE TOWN, THEY APPLY A COST TO IT, AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY WRITE A CHECK AND SEND US A CHECK.
WHO DO WE PICK THE, DOES THE BOARD PICK THE MESSAGE? DO WE DELEGATE TO SOMEBODY AS TO WHAT WE WANNA DO OR, IT'S UP, UP TO US.
SO WE COULD WORK WITH SOME OF, UH, KAREN AND I COULD WORK WITH SOME OF THE GROUPS, THE COALITION, WE CAN BRING THE IDEAS BACK, WE CAN BRAINSTORM WITH, UH, THE FIVE OF US, SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE GET TO DEVELOP THE DESIGNS, ET CETERA.
IT WOULD INVOLVE, SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO SIGN A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THEM.
AND, UM, YOU WOULD SIGN THAT AS YOU DID LAST TIME AND THEN, YEAH, WE WOULD BE KIND OF QUEUED UP THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH US.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM ANY ARTWORK RIGHT AWAY.
WE CAN THEN WORK ON THAT WHENEVER WE'RE READY.
THEN THEY WOULD START THE PRODUCTION.
WE MIGHT NEED A FORMAL RESOLUTION WHILE WE'RE READY TO GO, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, FOLKS? THAT'S GREAT.
AND I THINK THEY SAID IT'S FOR THREE YEARS.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY, SO LIKE THE FIRST YEAR YOU HAVE 25 BANNERS AND YOU CAN CHOOSE DIFFERENT ONES THE SECOND YEAR, THIS, YOU KNOW, NEEDS CHANGE, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO DO THEY DESIGNATE THE ROADS? IS IT THE MAIN HIGHWAYS, LIKE SOUTH PARK ROUTE 20 AND THAT KIND OF THING? WE GET TO DESIGNATE THAT.
THEY DO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT THEY'LL COME IN AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT A MAP, UH, A GIS MAP AND THEY'LL MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'LL WORK WITH US ON DESIGNING THAT PLOT MAP ALSO.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OFFERED TO THE BUSINESSES THEN TOO.
BUSINESSES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO PURCHASE, UH, MESSAGING THAT THEY WOULD WANT OR TO REINFORCE SOME OF THE MESSAGING THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE A, A, SOME COHESIVE THEMES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
I CAUGHT THE TAIL END OF THE MEETING WHEN I CAME IN AND I SUGGESTED, UH, MAYBE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THIS YEAR THEIR RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN IS MID-APRIL EVERY YEAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN PUT UP BANNERS MAYBE FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WHAT'S NEXT? THE NEXT IS, UH, SEVERAL TIMES I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE BOARD REGARDING THE HR SUITE AND, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEEDS, UH, INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM ONBOARDING FOR, FOR EMPLOYEES TO EXIT, UH,
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CHECKLISTS THAT WOULD MAKE JENNIFER'S JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA.EASIER, EASIER JOB DESCRIPTIONS, TRAINING, WHICH IS HUGE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COMPONENT AVAILABLE TO TRACK THE TRAINING AND BE ABLE TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE IN WHAT TRAINING WE WANT TO BE OFFERED.
SO WE HAD DONE RESEARCH WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES.
UH, WE ALSO HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SAM ABOUT, UH, SHORT-TERM AND SOME LONG-TERM VISION REGARDING EVEN OUR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE.
AND IN LOOKING AT ALL OF IT, WE WANT TO BE AS EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE THOUGHT, UH, WE DO DO SOME WORK WITH PAYCHEX, SO WE WANTED TO, UH, OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD AVAILABLE.
AND WE HAD A, A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH, UH, JOHN FROM PAYCHEX.
AND ACTUALLY THERE WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT, AND I'M GONNA LET ALYSSA, SHE PASSED SOMETHING OUT TO THE BOARD.
I'M GONNA LET ALYSSA COMMENT FURTHER ON THAT.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT WILL POSITION US TO THEN BE ABLE TO MORE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS SOME OF OUR OTHER NEEDS.
AND AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED AS WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS.
THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
SO CURRENTLY WE USE PAYCHEX PREVIEW, UH, THEIR PREVIEW PLATFORM RIGHT NOW FOR OUR PAYROLL.
UM, PAYCHEX CONTACT US CONTACTED US ABOUT A POTENTIAL FREE UPGRADE TO THEIR FLEX PROGRAM.
UM, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG IN MODULES IN THE FUTURE TO BE FULLY INTEGRATED.
SO COMING IN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME AREAS IN OUR SOFTWARE THAT I THINK NEED IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND THINGS THAT IT'S EASY WITH THIS FREE UPGRADE SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO OUR, THE WHOLE
WE DO A LOT OF MANUAL CHANGES RIGHT NOW WITH APPROVALS, GL CODING, EACH PAYROLL.
SO JUST BEING ABLE TO LOWER THOSE MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS I FEEL LIKE WILL JUST DECREASE LIABILITY FOR THE TOWN.
UM, THE NEW FREE UPGRADE GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN ADDITIONAL REPORTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN EXCEL.
SO EASY, EASIER TO WORK WITH THAN PDF DF.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A INCLUDED EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE CAME FORWARD SAYING THAT THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE, IF THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOG IN TO SEE THEIR PAYROLL INFORMATION AND MAKE CHANGES THEMSELVES.
AND JUST, UH, THE FUNCTIONALITY ASPECT OF IT.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY, SAVING TIME WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH A TON OF EVANS LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY IMPLEMENTED IT AND IT WAS DEFINITELY, YOU COULD SEE HOW MUCH TIME THEY WERE ALREADY SAVING, SO BE GOOD.
SO, UM, JUST LOOKING AT AREAS SUCH AS, LIKE I SAID, ACCRUAL, BEING ABLE TO TRACK CHANGES WITHIN EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY DO DIFFERENT POSITIONS RATES, WHETHER THEY'RE MEETING LIKE AN 18 MONTH STEP.
UM, THE REPORTING ASPECT, BEING ABLE TO RUN REPORTS IN EXCEL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW WE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST IS JUST BEING ABLE TO, UM, TRACK TIME E EASIER, UM, ONE OF THE MODULES AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN THEN PURCHASE AFTER WE DO THE FREE UPGRADE.
IT IS A TIME TRACKING SYSTEM WHERE WE COULD USE TIME CLOCKS AND UM, LOWER RELIABILITY THERE.
UM, TIME TRACKING THAT BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT THE TRAINING.
SO THEY OFFER A MAJORITY OF THE NECESSARY TRAINING SUCH AS SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING, BLOOD WORK, PATHOGEN TRAINING AT UM, AT NO COST TO THE TOWN.
SO, AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY OTHER TRADINGS.
UH, EVEN WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE LIST, THERE WERE TRAININGS SUCH AS OSHA, STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH I KNOW THE TOWN WOULD BENEFIT FROM.
SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE UPGRADE ITS ITSELF IS FREE, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH AND DO AN AUDIT OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE OF THE TIME'S BEST.
IS THERE ANY INCREASED COST TO ONGOING SERVICING OF THE SYSTEM BY PAYCHEX? UM, FOR THE FREE UPGRADE TO THE FLEX PROGRAM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A OKAY, WELL WE NEED TO KNOW THAT.
IT SAYS THERE'S NO PRICE INCREASE TO UPGRADE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE SERVICEABILITY? THEY'VE BEEN TELLING US ABOUT, THEY'VE OFFERED THIS FREE UPGRADE TO THE FLEX SYSTEM, UM, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE LIKE PAYCHEX'S NEWEST SYSTEM THAT THEY USE AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS ONTO THIS NEW SYSTEM FOR MORE EFFICIENCY.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP IN THIS, AND RIGHT NOW WITH THE TRANSITION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT TIME TO, UM, HAVE
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ALYSSA AND THEN TERRY, OUR NEW HIRE.UM, WE HAVE THE STAFFING FINALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, I KNOW, UM, AND AS SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, LIKE OUR TIME CLOCK STOPPED FUNCTIONING LAST YEAR, SO IF WE GET THIS FIRST PIECE OF IT DONE, UM, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE LATE NEXT YEAR, WE HOPE THAT THEN WE CAN START EVALUATING ONCE THIS PART IS DONE, WHAT OTHER SYSTEMS AT A COST INCREASE WOULD BENEFIT THE TOWN.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF JUST REDUNDANCIES, YOU KNOW, UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE FILLING OUT THEIR OWN TIME SHEETS AND THEN SUBMITTING 'EM, YOU KNOW, SENDING THEM IN OFFICE MAIL TO THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT TO THEN BE INPUT INTO A COMPUTER.
IF WE WANT, YOU KNOW, IF A GOAL IN THE FUTURE IS TO GET TIME CLOCKS AGAIN, WHICH I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT LAST YEAR AT LEAST, IT PROBABLY WAS, PAYCHEX HAS OPTIONS, LIKE ALYSSA SAID, UM, FOR LIKE A RENTAL OF THE MACHINE.
SO WE NEVER HAVE THIS EVENT WHERE OUR TIME CLOCKS GO DOWN AND WE DON'T WANNA REINVEST INTO THE NEW COST.
AND THEN ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS WOULD TALK TO EACH OTHER AND CREATE EFFICIENCIES BECAUSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE MANUALLY TYPING IN THE PAYROLLS.
THEY WOULD JUST BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THE BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY THAT EVENTUALLY ONCE WE DO THIS FIRST STEP, WE CAN THEN AS A GROUP START EVALUATING WHAT OTHER TOOLS WE MIGHT WANNA USE.
AND JENNIFER HAS ALREADY, UM, SPOKEN TO MEMBERS IN THE PROCESS OF SPEAKING TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO OTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING WITH OUR NEW SYSTEMS WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE SEAMLESS IN THAT REGARD ALSO.
WELL MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, ALYSSA, IS TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION FOR THE END OF THE MONTH AND THEN WE CAN DEBATE IT TO FURTHER IN THE MEANTIME.
I JUST, YEAH, WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT NEEDED DID SINCE THERE'S NO COST INVOLVED, DID YOU RESOLUTION? WELL, I THINK WE NEED A RESOLUTION, UH, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME COSTS DOWN THE ROAD IF WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK WE NEED A RESOLUTION TO, UH, TO, UH, CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
DOES THIS LOCK US IN FOR THEM TO BE OUR PROVIDER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD? NO.
AND IS IT AN AD HOC OR ARE WE ON A ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, THREE YEAR COMMITMENT WITH PAYCHEX FOR OUR PAYROLL? DO YOU KNOW HOW IT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UH, A CERTAIN LENGTH CONTRACT WITH THEM.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT PRINT AND MAIL AND, AND HANDLE ALL OF OUR DIRECT DEPOSITS AND ACTUALLY PROCESS OUR PAYROLL.
UM, SO IF WE WERE EVER TO MAKE A CHANGE WITH THAT, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GIVE THEM PLENTY OF NOTICE BECAUSE WE IN TURN WOULD BE WORKING WITH A NEW SOFTWARE ANYWAYS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT, IT'S GETTING PEOPLE PAID.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CONCERN THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA IN, IN SUPER SPEED HERE.
UM,
LET ME GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH IT THIS WAY.
THE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL REQUEST NUMBER FIVE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE COVERED BY ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S NOT IN VIOLATION OF THE POLICY WE ADOPTED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
NUMBER SIX IS A POLICE VEHICLE THAT AGAIN, IS COMING FROM A FEDERAL ASSET.
FORFEITURE LAW POLICE RETAIN CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, UH, FROM THE SALE OF ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN FORFEITED AS A RESULT OF FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS.
SO THAT DOESN'T, UH, JEOPARDIZE, UH, OUR POLICY REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF NEW EQUIPMENT OR NEW VEHICLES.
SO I GUESS THAT'S OKAY, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS AN OBJECTION WITH, WE DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE MEETING.
BUT THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THAT.
UH, KATHY, THE PAF COVERS A, UH, UH, TERMINATION, A TERMINATION OF SOMEBODY IN YOUR OFFICE A PART-TIME WHO'S NO LONGER NEEDED.
UH, SEAN, THE A DS MEAL CONTRACT WITH FEED MORE WESTERN NEW YORK, THAT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, YOU SEE NO PROBLEMS THERE? NOPE.
UH, ON THE PARKING VIOLATIONS, UH, LET ME ASK MARK WALTER, THIS RESOLUTION, THE WAY IT READS IT, IT HAS UP TO $50 UP TO THIS.
DID WE DECIDE THAT WE WOULD LEAVE FOR THE, UH, THE JUDGE BROADER A DISCRETION AND NOT PUT BEGINNING OF THIS AND ENDING AT THIS? WELL, I, I THINK THE BOARD WANTED TO POINT YOU TALKED ABOUT A RANGE, SO IT'S THE MINIMUM AND THE MAXIMUM AS FAR AS THE TICKET ITSELF.
RECEIVED THE TICKET SAYS THEY HAVE AMOUNT DOLLARS.
I THINK WE'RE LEAVING THAT UP TO THE COURT TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION.
SO THEY CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION WITHIN THAT RANGE AS TO WHAT, BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION JUST READS $1 AMOUNT.
IT HAS A, DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH IN THE LOW.
WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU RESOLUTION NUMBER NINE.
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LOW.ARE WE GONNA DO ANYTHING WE HAD MENTIONED HAVING ON THE TICKETS, THE PRICES SO THAT THEY CAN JUST BE MAILED IN.
I THOUGHT POSSIBLY THAT'S THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION SO THEY CAN DECIDE THE AMOUNT AND THEN IT'LL BE PRINTED.
THE JUDGE WILL DO THAT, BUT, BUT OUR NUMBER NINE DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR A HIGH LOW.
AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS A HIGH.
SO I THINK WHAT WE GOTTA DO GUYS, IS TABLE THIS TO ENABLE US TO DRAFT IT CORRECTLY.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? THAT'S FINE.
JUDGE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, EVERYBODY? YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL WAIT TILL OUR NEXT MEETING ON THAT ONE.
UH, REGARDING, UH, UH, LET'S SEE, UM, THE SOLAR FACILITIES, UH, LOCAL LAW MARK YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, UH, AS DID DREW, IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN A POSITION TO APPROVE THAT TONIGHT THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
I SAW THEY'VE ALL BEEN MADE MM-HMM
THE ONLY ONE THAT PROBABLY MUCH DISCUSSION WAS THE ONE ABOUT THE, THE TIER TWO GROUND MOUNTED SYSTEMS. MM-HMM
AND, AND, UH, THE BOARD, UH, SEEMED TO ME THERE WAS A CONSENSUS THAT, THAT THAT WOULD, UM, THOSE WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN, UM, RA ABOVE TWO ACRES AND THEN MM-HMM
AND PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO THE ZONING BOARD FOR USE VARIANCE, I GUESS, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE'RE OKAY TO GO WITH THAT.
UH, SO THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS FINE AND THEN THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE LOCAL LAW IS FINE.
BETH, WE'VE GOT THE STOP SIGNS ON CARLY'S COURT, JUNO, AND THERE'S A NO DUMPING WITH THAT LONG TERM PROBLEM ON EAST HIGHLAND.
SO 13 THOUGH I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO BETTER REFLECT, UM, THE PROCESS TO GETTING TO THIS POINT FOR THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
AND THEN, UH, DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THE AMENDMENT NOW? NO, YOU CAN DO IT AT THE REGULAR MEETING, I GUESS.
WE'RE GOING TO WITHDRAW WITHDRAW AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT DOES NEED TO GO TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FIRST FOR MAJORITY VOTE.
SO, WE'LL THAT WILL BE COMING BACK.
THEY HAVE HAD DISCUSSION, BUT THEY NEED, LAST TIME THEY DID NOT HAVE A MAJORITY THERE TO TAKE THE VOTE.
SO WE DO NEED TO TAKE THAT, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING AND COME BACK ON THE 31ST.
SO JUNO DRIVE, WE'LL WITHDRAW.
AND INSTEAD OF TABLE IT WILL WITHDRAW.
AND THEN, UH, 15, WE ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT THERE AGAIN TO REFLECT WHAT THE PROCESS HAD BEEN FROM THE MAJORITY VOTE FROM THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
SO IT'S JUST, UH, AN AMENDMENT ON THE WORDING.
UH, KAREN, WE'RE OKAY ON THE JOINT ERIE COUNTY ANTI-STIGMA COALITION I GUESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
NUMBER 17 AND 18 CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BIT.
LET ME ASK YOU FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WITH ME.
UH, I GOT THE SENSE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT THESE ARE WORDED EXACTLY THE SAME.
AM I RIGHT OR WRONG? UH, HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
IT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
BUT THE NEXT ONE SAYS HE'S AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THESE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AS WELL.
ISN'T THAT A, A DUPLICATE OF THE, OF 1718, A DUPLICATE OF 17.
WHAT DO YOU THINK GUYS? UH, IF IT IS, WE'LL MOVE ON 17 AND DELETE 18.
BUT IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING CORRECTLY, THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN THERE.
18 IS A NEGATIVE DECLARATION, 17 IS NOT.
SO THERE'S A NEGATIVE DECK HERE ON 18, HUH? ALRIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, I DIDN'T WRITE THOSE.
BUT IN YOUR, WHENEVER YOU ADOPT THE LAW YEAH.
YOUR FIRST RESOLUTION IS NECK DEC, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOUR SECOND RESOLUTION HAS TO REFER TO THE FACT IT'S LAW THAT YOU HAVE ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
ALRIGHT? SO THE FACT, SO JUDGE SHOULD SAY, HAVING ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION ONE AND NOT SIGNED, YOU ALREADY DID THE NEG DECLARATION, RIGHT? YOU AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN IT.
THE SECOND RESOLUTION IS TO ADOPT THE LAW, BUT PART OF THE, WHEREAS IS, WHEREAS YOU ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS A REQUIREMENT IN ANY LOCAL LAW ADOPTION.
ALL RIGHT? UM, SO, SO WE GOTTA DO 18 FIRST.
I THINK THE, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORDED THE SAME WAY.
SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS MAKE 17, UH, 'CAUSE THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS IN THE FIRST RESOLVE ON 17 AND IN THE, THE FIRST RESOLVE ON 18, HE'S GONNA FIX IT.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE ON WHILE HE'S FIXING.
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OKAY.UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, THE CODE AMENDMENTS NUMBER 19.
ANYBODY GOT QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? IS EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT ON THAT? YEP.
ALRIGHT, BECAUSE THEN THEY ATTACH ALL OF THE CODE SECTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 20TH OF JULY.
NOW THE NEXT ONE IS TO LOOK AT THE DOLPHIN.
UH, THIS IS NUMBER 20, UH, THE SIDEWALK EXTENSION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DOLPHIN.
REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, ON THAT STREET, THE SIDEWALKS END ABOUT 60, 70 YARDS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF BEDFORD.
THE SOUTH SIDE IS A LITTLE MORE PROBLEMATIC AND EXPENSIVE THAN THE NORTH SIDE.
UH, WE HAD IN, I HAD INDICATED TO THE RESIDENT WHEN I SAW HIM THAT, UH, FINANCIALLY, I'M NOT SURE WE COULD AFFORD TO DO BOTH THIS YEAR, BUT WE WOULD DO THE ONE THAT, UH, UH, WAS MORE IMMINENT IN TERMS OF NEED AND LESS EXPENSIVE.
SO, AND, AND THEN, UH, THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TED CASEY, INDICATED THAT HE COULD DO THAT.
WHAT? MIKE BROUGHT UP THE BILL, THE GROUNDS POSSIBILITY.
IF HE CAN'T DO IT, UH, WE'LL HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.
BUT THAT'S THE RESOLUTION THERE.
IS THAT ALRIGHT WITH EVERYBODY JEN? YES MA'AM.
UM, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? WELL, SAM, THAT'S WHAT WE PAY YOU FOR TO TELL US
I THINK WE'RE HOPING THAT ONE OF OUR PEOPLE DO IT WELL.
WELL THAT WOULD SAY WE CAN HAVE THE RESOLUTION JUST IN CASE.
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S HOPE IT'S ALL RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, NOW THE NEXT ONE'S A LITTLE TRICKY.
THIS IS THE HOOVER BEACH MIDSHORE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
WELL, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE ON IT IS THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO SELL IT TO THEM.
ARE WE LEGALLY ALLOWED? AND, AND THEY'RE, AND IT MIGHT BE RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S THE HOMEOWNER'S, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA SELL PUBLIC LAND, WE CAN'T JUST PICK AND CHOOSE.
RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO PUT IT OUT IS THAT'S RIGHT.
WHERE ARE WE AT? WELL, HERE'S, YEAH, HERE'S THE DEAL.
UH, YOU, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
OWNS ALL THE LOTS IN THAT SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? AND THEY CLAIM THEY'VE GOT THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO GET IT FROM US.
WE, WE FEMA TRANSFERRED IT TO THE TOWN IN 1987 WITH A LOT OF DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND BY THE WAY, LET ME HAND THOSE OUT TO YOU.
WE GOT, WE GOT IT WASN'T WITH THE PACKAGE.
SO ANYWAY, MIKE, IF THEY HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT, THEN THEY GET IT.
OR THE FAIR MARKET VIDEO, HOWEVER IT SAYS IN THE RESOLUTION IN THE EVENT.
THEY SAY THEY DO, THEY'VE GOT SOME MINUTES SOMEWHERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S LEGAL.
SO WE GIVE 'EM 20 DAYS TO COME UP WITH VERIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN THE EVENT THEY CAN'T DO THAT BY THE 23RD OF AUGUST, THEN WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO, UH, ISSUE, UH, TO HOLD A PUBLIC AUCTION.
WE CAN'T LIST IT WITH A REALTOR.
'CAUSE THE SET THE VALUE IS SO SMALL THAT NO REALTOR WOULD, UH, WOULD REALLY WANT TO DO IT.
ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S SEE WHAT FOUR SEVEN.
OKAY, THE RETIREMENT INCENTIVE IS THE, IS THE BIG ONE ON NUMBER 22.
YOU FOLKS WANT TO KICK THAT AROUND? YOU CAN DO IT NOW OR AT THE REGULAR MEETING TOO.
I HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED THIS WEEK, SO I'M OKAY.
LISTEN, I HOPE WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO, THIS IS PURELY VOLUNTARY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO ACCEPT THE INCENTIVE, BUT IF THEY DO, THEY DO.
AND TO THE EXTENT WHETHER IT'S ONE OR 12 PEOPLE, WE'LL SAVE SOME MONEY.
IT'S A COST CONTAINMENT MEASURE AND UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL RESULT IN SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO DECIDE AS A BOARD DO IF SOMEONE RETIRES, DO WE REPLACE THAT PERSON, THAT POSITION? OR DO WE REMAIN VACANT BY ATTRITION? IN EITHER EVENT, WE SAVE, WE SAVE MONEY.
OBVIOUSLY IN THE LATTER EVENT WE SAVE MORE.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END.
SO WHY DON'T I MAKE A MOTION THEN THAT WE BEGIN THE, UH, THE MEETING.
IF THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WANT TO COME IN, WE'LL BRING 'EM IN.
DID YOU GET THIS ONE? YES, SIR.
DO YOU WANT ME TO PASS THESE TWO A WHILE? YEAH, YOU MISSED ONE.
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THANK YOU.WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER, FOLKS.
HOW ARE YOU SIR? HAVE A SEAT WITH SEAT OF HONOR RIGHT HERE.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE HAM TOWN BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND TO DO THAT? SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IF YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO, UH, UH, ISSUE THE ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK, SUPERVISOR SHAW HERE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'D BE KIND ENOUGH TO RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ONE THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD TO, UH, ENTERTAIN.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND MR. LOCKWOOD, UH, IN PARTICULAR, OUR SINCERE THANKS TO YOU, THE PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS HARRY LOCKWOOD HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND LOCK LOCKWOOD'S GREENHOUSES ON CLARK STREET IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR DECADES.
AND WHEREAS THE LOCKWOOD FARM WAS FOUNDED IN 1914 AS A FAMILY FARM AND A ROADSIDE STAND AND HAS GROWN OVER 106 CONTINUOUS YEARS TO BE AN OUTSTANDING GARDEN CENTER THAT EMPLOYS 40 PEOPLE DURING WESTERN NEW YORK'S TRADITIONAL GARDENING, GARDENING SEASON.
AND WHEREAS HARRY LOCKWOOD IS THE THIRD OF FIVE CONTINUOUS GENERATIONS OF LOCKWOOD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE MAINTAINED THIS BUSINESS AND PROVO PRESIDED OVER ITS GROWTH AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.
AND WHEREAS HARRY LOCKWOOD HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A GIFTED BUSINESS LEADER, BUT A COMMUNITY SERVANT TO THE PEOPLE OF HAMBURG, A GRADUATE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE, HE HAS IMPARTED HIS KNOWLEDGE AS A DIRECTOR OF, OF THE ERIE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, THE BUFFALO WANING ASSOCIATION, THE CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ERIE COUNTY AND THE ERIE COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
AND WHEREAS HARRY LOCKWOOD IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT HAMBURG FOR HIS GENEROSITY, HIS KINDNESS, AND HIS PERSISTENT DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS FRIEND AND BENEFACTOR TO MANY COMMUNITY ORG GROUPS AND AGENCIES, PRINCIPALLY SPARKS A HOPE RECOVERY SUPPORT CENTER.
AND WHEREAS HIS FAMILY DESCRIBES HARRY AS THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO FILLS NEEDS WHEREVER HE SEES THEM WITH HIS WISDOM AND CAN DO SPIRIT NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.
WE ON THE TOWN BOARD WISH THAT HARRY LOCKWOOD ENJOYS HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY THAT COMMEMORATES A LIFE WELL LIVED AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD JOINS HARRY'S FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN WISHING HIM CONTINUED GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT WE DECLARE HIS BIRTHDAY, AUGUST THE 10TH, 2020, TO BE DESIGNATED AS HARRY LOCKWOOD DAY IN HAMBURG TO HONOR HIS COMMUNITY SERVICES, HIS GENEROSITY, HIS BUSINESS ACUMEN, AND DEVOTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF HAMBURG.
I AM GONNA SIGN THIS PROCLAMATION, HARRY AND GIVE IT TO YOU WITH OUR BEST WISHES.
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BERT.ALRIGHT, CAN I HAVE A COUPLE WORDS? SURE CAN.
WE WERE, MY GRANDFATHER CAME TO MY DAD, THEY WERE FARMING IN SOUTH BUFFALO AND UH, IN 1914 AND THEY SAID TO MY DAD, HE SAID, CLANCE, IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP FARMING, WE GOTTA MOVE OUT INTO THE COUNTRY.
SO HAMBURG, NEW YORK WAS OUT IN THE COUNTRY IN 1914 AND SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP HERE.
I SPENT MY 70 BY 90 YEARS ON CLA STREET, THE HOMESTEAD IS THERE APARTMENT.
I GOT MARRIED AND LIVING IN A GARAGE APARTMENT NEXT DOOR.
WE BUILT A HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF THE FARM.
SO ALL THE FARTHER I MOVED IN 90 YEARS, THE ROOTS ARE STUCK IN.
SO WE'VE BEEN BLESSED, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH, UH, I HAVE A LOVELY BRIDE OF 62 YEARS AND I'VE GOT FOUR KIDS, UH, THREE OF 'EM ARE HERE AND WE GOT 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND A FEW OF THEM ARE HERE.
AND I SAW TWO OF THE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN COME IN TOO.
SO THERE THEY ARE, RIGHT THERE.
TWO OF THE FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
ANYWAY,
OKAY, UM, LET ME TURN TO, UH, KAREN HOKE, I THINK YES, RESOLVE THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FOLLOWS.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MR. PEACH'S ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED POLICE OFFICER CORY KOWALSKI TO ATTEND THE F-M-S-C-A FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS PART OF A-C-M-V-E TRAINING IN ALBANY, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 27TH TO OCTOBER 2ND, 2020, NO COST FOR THE REGISTRATION.
FIVE NIGHTS LODGING AT $49, UM, SIX DAYS, MEALS AT $40 AND TOLLS FOR A TOTAL OF 535.
USE OF UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION IS REQUESTED, MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN OUR ACCOUNT.
B 3 1, 2 0.23 AND B 4 3 58 THE ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT.
ALL IN FAVOR A AYE NEXT ITEM RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR A 2019 NEW AND UNUSED UNMARKED DODGE CARAVAN.
MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 4 3 5 8, THE ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? MAY I SAY ON THE QUESTION? THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS DEAL WITH FUNDING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FORFEITURE FUND WHEN THERE ARE FEDERAL DRUG ARRESTS AND ASSETS ARE SO PURSUANT TO STATUTE, UH, OUR POLICE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES, UH, A PERCENTAGE OF THE ULTIMATE SALE AND, UH, THESE PURCHASES ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET AND THEREFORE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EARLIER RESOLUTIONS WE ADOPTED THIS YEAR.
UH, THEREFORE, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
THEY RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION OF PERSONNEL FOR THE TOWN OF CLERKS OFFICE AS FOLLOWS.
SO MOVE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
A DS MEAL CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH BE MORE WESTERN NEW YORK BE IT RESOLVED THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES REQUEST THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF VENDOR CONTRACT FOR MEALS SERVED AT THE ADULT DAY CENTER BY FEED MOORE, WESTERN
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NEW YORK.THIS EXTENSION WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 5 26 20 THROUGH 5 25 21.
THE PRICE PER MEAL FOR THIS TIME PERIOD IS ATTACHED.
FURTHERMORE, FEED MORE WEST NEW YORK HAS SENT AN UPDATED CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE AND IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND FILED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
ALRIGHT, MS. FERROWS ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION, ALL FAVOR, AYE.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS A BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TILE BOARD HEREBY REMOVES FROM THE TABLE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER SEVEN ENTITLED THE SOLAR ENERGY LAW FROM THE TOWN BOARD MEETING MINUTES OF 7 20 20.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
DID WE SKIP ONE AND OH, I'M SORRY.
IF I MISSED ONE, I'LL GO BACK.
YEAH, WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING, UH, VIOLATIONS, UH, THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE LOCAL, THE LOCAL LAW, WE HAVE SOME CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE IN THE SUBSTANCE OF THAT RESOLUTION AS WE DISCUSSED.
THEREFORE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE CONSIDERATION OF THAT UNTIL OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
SECOND, THAT MOTION MR. PETRI? I THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
NOW ON THE ONE YOU JUST APPROVED, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE RESOLUTION, UH, NUMBER SEVEN FROM THE MEETING OF 7 20 20 OFF THE TABLE.
AND THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS TO DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THE SOLAR FACILITIES LAW, WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOES NOT HAVE A LOCAL LAW THAT REGULATES THE SIGHTING OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE TOWN.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAD DRAFTED A SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM LAW AND THAT DRAFT LAW WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD.
AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART SIX 17 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, KNOWN AS SEEKER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS CONDUCTED A COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THESE CODE REVISIONS AND IS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE SECRET LEAD AGENCY.
AND WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD REGARDING THESE CODE AMENDMENTS ON 7 6 20 AND COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM TOWN DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND ERIE COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ADOPT THESE REVISIONS BY ENACTING TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS A SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION WAS ISSUED, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT SEEKER DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE ORDINANCES WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND THEREFORE ISSUES THE ATTACHED SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SIX 17 POINT 17 OF THE SEEKER REGULATIONS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM PARTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE, WHICH WILL ACT AS A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THAT REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS BE COMPLETED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT RESOLUTION? SECOND.
SECOND IS MS. FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
MOTIONS CARRIED NOW FOR, UH, THE ENACT, THE CONTEMPLATED ENACTMENT OF THE LAW ITSELF, WHEREAS THIS SOLAR ENERGY LAW IS ADOPTED TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BY CREATING REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES AND INTENT.
ONE, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SAFE, ABUNDANT, RENEWABLE AND NON-POLLUTING ENERGY RESOURCE.
TWO, TO DECREASE THE COST OF ELECTRICITY TO THE OWNERS, TO THE OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
THREE, TO INVEST IN A LOCALLY GENERATED SOURCE OF ENERGY TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO THE EXTENT REASONABLY PRACTICAL BY FURTHERING THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. FOUR, TO PROVIDE TAX REVENUES AND OTHER BENEFITS TO THE TOWN AND ITS RESIDENTS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS FROM THE SOLAR PROJECT.
FIVE, TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES SUCH AS IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL
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LANDS, FORESTS, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER PROTECTED RESOURCES.THE USE OF SMALL SCALE ON-FARM SOURCES OF ALTERNATIVE TO ENERGY GENERATION IS BENEFICIAL TO LOCAL FARMERS, ALLOWING THEM THE ABILITY TO CUT UTILITY COSTS AND OR SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME.
TO PROTECT ADJOINING SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS BY MITIGATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM LARGE SCALE SOLAR INSTALLATIONS SEVEN TO EIGHT IN THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY EIGHT, TO CREATE ZONING REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WHEREAS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THIS LOCAL LAW SHALL APPLY TO ALL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS PERMITTED, INSTALLED, OR MODIFIED IN THE TOWN AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS LOCAL LAW, EXCLUDING GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
WHEREAS THIS LOCAL LAW SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING WITH THE NEW YORK SECRETARY OF STATE AND WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON JULY THE SIXTH, 2020 FOR DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER THREE OF 2020 WAS HAD NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER THREE OF 2020 ENACTED BE ENACTED TO ADOPT SOLAR ENERGY.
LOCAL LAW IS HEREBY, UH, IS HEREBY ADOPTED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
OKAY, MS. HOKE ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
UH, BETH FERRELL, UH, FOR NUMBER 13, I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT FOR CONSIDERATION, WHEREAS THE SHERWOOD MEADOWS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED OFF HOWARD ROAD AND THE DEVELOPER RYAN HOLMES HAS BEEN CHARGED BY THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR TWO STOP SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND WHEREAS ONE STOP SIGN WAS INSTALLED IN 2019 ON CARLY'S COURT AND LOGAN LANE AND A SECOND STOP SIGN IS REQUIRED AT THE OTHER END OF CARLY'S COURT AT LOGAN LANE AND THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT OF A SECOND STOP SIGN ON CARLY LANE AND LOGAN LANE WITHIN THE SHERWOOD MEADOWS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT OF A SECOND STOP SIGN ON CARLY'S COURT IN LOGAN LANG WITHIN THE SHERWOOD MEADOWS HOUSING DEPARTMENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT DB 500 HUNDRED 10.0205 SIGNS AND SIGNALS.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO, TO UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE US.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? SECOND MR. PET'S ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, NOW THE MOTION, THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED BY YOUR RECENT APPROVAL.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.
I SHOULD SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
SO THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, UH, JUST RECENTLY, UH, MOTION MADE SECOND MADE ON THE QUESTION.
ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THIS, UH, RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME.
IT DOES NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD AND A MAJORITY VOTE ON THEIR PART BEFORE WE BRING IT BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR ON THE MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE RESOLUTION.
I ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR THIS RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION OF A NO PARKING SIGN AND A NO DUMPING SIGN ON EAST HIGHLAND PARKWAY OFF MCKINLEY PARKWAY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT OF A NO PARKING SIGN AND A NO DUMPING SIGN AT THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF EAST HIGHLAND PARKWAY.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT DB 5 1 1 0 0.0205 SIGNS AND SIGNALS.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION BEFORE US.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS KAREN HOPE ON THE QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, SO THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED NOW THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? MOTION TO APPROVE MR. PETRI? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO JOIN THE ERIE COUNTY ANTI-STIGMA COALITION, WHEREAS ACCORDING
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TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH, NEARLY ONE IN FIVE US ADULTS LIVES WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS WHICH INCLUDES MEMBERS OF OUR ACTIVE MILITARY, THEIR FAMILIES AND VETERANS.AND WHEREAS ONLY ONE OUT OF TWO PEOPLE WITH A SERIOUS FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS SEEK TREATMENT FOR THEIR MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND WHEREAS STIGMA AND FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION KEEP MANY WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FROM SEEKING HEALTH AND WHEREAS GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IS CRITICAL TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR BUSINESSES, WHEREAS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHEREAS A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS CAN CHANGE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PARTNER WITH THE ERIE COUNTY ANTI-STIGMA COALITION IN MEMBERSHIP AND COMMIT TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR EMPLOYEES, IN INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL ILLNESS, REDUCING STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTING APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES FOR ALL PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
ALRIGHT, MS. FERRELLS ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
THIS IS A, A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF A LOCAL LAW WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS DRAFT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES, RESTORATION OF A DAMAGED NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE, LAPSE ZONING, BOARD OF APPEALS VARIANCES, SWIMMING POOL DEFINITIONS AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND SETBACK OF MONUMENT SIGNS, THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIED ARE ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART SIX 17 OF THE IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, SEEKER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS CONDUCTED A COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THESE CODE REVISIONS AND HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A SEEKER LEAD AGENCY.
NO OBJECTIONS RECEIVED AND WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD REGARDING THESE CODE AMENDMENTS ON 7 20 20 AND COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM TOWN DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND ERIE COUNTY, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT SEEKER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN HAMBURG OF CODE OF ORDINANCES WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND THEREFORE ISSUES THE ATTACHED SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SIX 17.7 OF THE SEEKER REGULATIONS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORMS PARTS ONE AND TWO, WHICH WILL ACT AS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS ARE TO BE COMPLETED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND MR. PETRI? ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION, ANYBODY ALL IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION SAY AYE? AYE.
NOW WITH REGARD TO UH, THE NEXT ONE, LEMME SEE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT WITH REGARD TO NUMBER 18, UH, THE AMENDMENT WILL BE TO THE TITLE 18 SHOULD READ THE IN THE TITLE CODE AMENDMENTS ADOPTION AS OPPOSED TO CODE AMENDMENTS SEEKER ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST, UH, RESOLVED CLAUSE, THE IT SHOULD BE A WHEREAS CLAUSE WHEREAS, UH, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT SEEKER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE OF ORDINANCES WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND HAVE AND HAS ISSUED A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SIX 17.7 OF THE SECRET RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ADOPTS THE REVISIONS, UH, AS PROPOSED IN THE FOREGOING LOCAL LAW.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND
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MR. CONLEY, THANK YOU ON THE QUESTION.ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE AMENDMENT.
NOW THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, UH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO ADOPTING? THE RESOLUTION IS AMENDED.
SECOND, KAREN HOPE THANK YOU ON THE QUESTION.
UM, NUMBER 19, WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHEREAS DRAFT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES, THE RESTORATION OF DAMAGED NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES, LAPSE OF ZONING BOARD, UH, OF APPEALS VARIANCES, SWIMMING POOL DEF, UH, DEFINITIONS AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND SETBACK OF MONUMENT SIGNS.
AND WHEREAS THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON 7 20 20, WHEREAS CODE AMENDMENTS WERE REF TO THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 39 AND WHEREAS THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD ACTING AS SECRET LEAD AGENCY AS IS ISSUED A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION, WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO AN ACT OF LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS, BEING ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WE WORKED AT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD OF AMENDS, THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS, COPIES OF THE AMENDMENTS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION, MADE A PART THEREOF NOW THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED.
THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD OF AMENDS LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 OF THE YEAR, 1986 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION OF THE TOWN CODE AS REFERENCED TO ABOVE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND MR. PETRI? UH, THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
THE RESOLUTION OF THE DOUBT THANK.
WHEREAS IN R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IN THE BEFORD COMMUNITY OF HAMBURG CHARACTERIZED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON DOLPHIN LANE WAS CONSTRUCTED APPROXIMATELY THREE DECADES AGO IN THE CONTEXT OF A PLANNED SUBDIVISION.
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO TOWN CODE SIDEWALKS WERE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THIS BEDFORD COMMUNITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF DOLPHIN, APPROXIMATELY 70 YARDS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF DOLPHIN AND BEDFORD DRIVE.
AND WHEREAS THIS OVERSIGHT HAS RESULTED IN THE ABRUPT TERMINATION OF SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF DOLPHIN, CREATING NOT ONLY AN INCONVENIENCE BUT A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN WHO INHABIT THIS COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES GHD ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS TO DRAW SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE COMPLETION OF A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF DOLPHIN LANE FROM THE POINT WHERE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ENDS TO THE TERMINUS OF THE STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF DOLPHIN AND BEFORD AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK PURSUANT TO THE ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS SHALL BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BE COMPLETED PRESUMABLY BY THE HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2020.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND MR. PET ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOOK TITLE TO A VACANT LOT KNOWN AS 1 54 INSURED ZONED R ONE IN 1987 FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FEMA, AND WHEREAS IN THE DEED TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP FROM FEMA TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE TRANSFEROR ENUMERATED A NUMBER OF DEED RESTRICTIONS WHICH RUN WITH THE LAND.
AND WHEREAS THE LOT COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1 51 MIDSHORE DRIVE AND MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED DEED IS UNDEVELOPED AND CANNOT BE DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE CURRENT ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO ITS SEA WALL DURING A HALLOWEEN STORM OF 2019, AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE HOVER BEACH COMMUNITY IT'S HOVER BEACH INC PERIOD HAVE INFORMED THE TOWN THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE SEA WALL MAY WELL HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT UPON THE INTEGRITY OF ADJOINING RESIDENCES, THEREBY COMPROMISING IT.
AND WHEREAS FEMA HAS ACQUIESCED IN THE TOWN'S REQUEST TO HAVE THE STORM DAMAGE ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THE FEMA APPLICATION MADE BY THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR FEDERAL, FOR FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DAMAGED SEA WALL.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS AND THE TOWN'S BUILDING AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT HAVE INSPECTED 1 51 MADE SURE AND HAVE CONCLUDED THAT A SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING FIRM WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN EVALUATION AS TO THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE
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WHICH HAS OCCURRED TO THE SEA WALL AND DEVELOP A PLAN FOR ITS REMEDIATION ALONG WITH AN ESTIMATION AS TO THE OVERALL COST FOR DOING SO, WHICH IN TURN MAY BE REIMBURSED BY FEMA TO THE EXTENT OF 75% OF THE TOTAL COST.AND WHEREAS HOOVER BEACH, INC.
ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN PURCHASING THIS PARTICULAR LOT FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHEREAS THE TOWN IS CON CONTRACTED FOR REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL WITH A FAIR MARKET VALUE OF 1 51 MIDSHORE, THE APPRAISAL IS ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURGER AGREES TO AFFORD HOOVER BEACH INC.
AN EXCLUSIVE OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THAT CORPORATION'S DEMONSTRATION OF ITS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO PURCHASE ANY AND ALL LOTS WITHIN THE HOOVER BEACH SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT SET OPTION SHALL BE EXTENDED TO HOOVER BEACH, INC.
FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS IN THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THE HOOVER, THAT HOOVER BEACH INC.
CANNOT DEMONSTRATE ITS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO PURCHASE WITHIN THE FORGOING TIME PERIOD OF THE TOWN SHALL CONDUCT AN AUCTION OF THE PROPERTY AS SOON THEREAFTER IS MAYBE POSSIBLE TO FACILITATE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY FOR ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE CONSISTENT WITH THAT WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE FOREGOING APPRAISAL.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
UM, MR. PEACHY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION IS ADOPTED.
UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ITS EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY LONGSTANDING EMPLOYEES MAKING A DAILY BASIS TO THE WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF HAMBURG AND WHEREAS THE TON OF HAMBURG IS MAKING EFFORTS TO CLOSE A POTENTIAL $2.6 MILLION BUDGET GAP CAJUN BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE RESULTING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN THAT HAS EMERGED FROM IT AND WHEREAS THE TOWN APPRECIATES THAT LONGSTANDING EMPLOYEES LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR RETIREMENT, SOME DEGREE OF ANXIETY GIVEN THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES THAT NOW CONFRONT US ALL AND WHEREAS THE TOWN DESIRES TO AFFORD TO ITS LONGSTANDING EMPLOYEES AND INCENTIVE TO FACILITATE EACH EMPLOYEE'S DECISION AS TO WHETHER HE OR SHE SHOULD RETIRE NOW AS OPPOSED TO LATER.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT ALL TOWN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE WHITE COLLAR OR BLUE COLLAR BARGAINING UNITS OF THE CSEA AS WELL AS MANAGERIAL CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE TOWN'S EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAN ANY PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE WHO IS 55 YEARS OF AGE AND HAS 20 OR MORE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHO HAS PARTICIPATED FOR THAT DURATION.
AND THE NEW YORK STATE LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEMS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RETIREMENT INCENTIVE AS FOLLOWS, A A $12,000 PRE-TAX PAYMENT TO BE PAID TO THE PROSPECTIVE RETIREE ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER THE 15TH, 2020, WHICH IS CONTINGENT UPON THE EMPLOYEE'S EXECUTION OF AN IRREVOCABLE RETIREMENT LETTER DATED ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS OR HER RETIREMENT TO OCCUR ON THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020.
ALTERNATIVE B, IN THAT ALTERNATIVE, THE GIVEN EMPLOYEE WHO SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND DOES IN FACT RETIRE ON TEN ONE TWENTY MAY CHOOSE TO RECEIVE THREE EQUAL RETIREMENT PAYMENT INSTALLMENTS OF $6,000 ON 10 15 20 WITH A SUB WITH SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS OF 6,000 EACH TO BE MADE ON 10 15 20 21 AND 10 15 20 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE FOREGOING PAYMENTS AS A RETIREMENT INCENTIVE SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUPPLEMENTAL W2 WAGES SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE WITHHOLDINGS AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED IN ANY PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL DULY ACKNOWLEDGED ACCRUALS TO BE PAID TO HIM OR HER UPON RETIREMENT OVER AND ABOVE THE PAYMENT OF THE FOREGOING INCENTIVE.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT UPON THE EXECUTION OF THE EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT LETTER DESIGNATING THE PAYMENT ALTERNATIVE THAT HE OR SHE WISHES TO RECEIVE BEING FILED WITH THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, SUCH DECLARATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE NON REVOCABLE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MS. FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A AYE A AYE THE
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RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.UH, KATHY, DO YOU HAVE THE, UH OH HERE IT IS.
THIS IS A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AS OF 8 3 20 TOTAL OPERATING FUND DISPERSEMENTS FOR THIS PERIOD AMOUNTS TO $340,980 AND 4 CENTS.
THE TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT ARE $1,175,780 AND 60 CENTS.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR THE TOM BOARD TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT AND FILE IT ACCORDINGLY.
ANYBODY SECOND? MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU HEARD FROM, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE PRESENT? WE'LL START WITH RICK.
NOTHING THAT I REPORT AT THIS TIME.
AND MARTY DEN, ANYTHING NEW YOU WANT TO ADD? UH, I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, THE, UH, PLAYGROUND PURCHASES WE BOUGHT ON GRANT LAST YEAR ARE STALL INSTALLED STARTING NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO.
UM, AND, UH, FEED HAMBURG HASHTAG FEED HAMPER, UH, IS MOVING FROM THE UH, BAPTIST CHURCH OVER TO THE IRIS HOUSING.
WE HAVE, UH, SOME OFFICE SPACE THERE THAT THEY WILL USE.
UH, AND THAT FEED HAMPER PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES FOOD AND GOODS, UH, TO NEED PEOPLE.
UH, THAT HAS BEGUN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID CRISIS.
UM, LAST, UH, CATEGORY IS GRANT MONEY'S COMING IN YOUR COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU FROM THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION, DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, AND WE RECENTLY HAD A SECOND OF THREE MINI BUSES, UH, DELIVERED, UH, FROM OUR 53 10 TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
OKAY, UH, NOW LET'S GO TO WALTER.
UH, AND, AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, LET'S GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS AS BEST I CAN REMEMBER THEM.
UM, TO, TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, I GAVE YOU ALL THE BUDGET MONITORING REPORT THROUGH JUNE.
THERE'S ALSO A FILE WITH KATHY, THE TOWN CLERK, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, UM, AT THE AUGUST 31ST MEETING.
UM, MYSELF AND DR, THEY WILL BE HERE, UM, TO GO THROUGH A BIT MORE OF A FURTHER REVIEW, UM, THROUGH JULY OF WHERE WE STAND DUE TO COVID-19.
UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'LL ALSO MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO HELP WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THOSE REPORTS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, BUDGET MONITORING DOC OR, UH, THE BUDGET REQUEST DOCUMENTS FOR 2021 ON GOING OUT TO DEPARTMENTS THIS WEEK TO GET THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN I'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU ALL AT OUR SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY IN REGARDS TO THE POTENTIAL DEATH ISSUANCE.
UH, HOW ABOUT IT, UH, JENNIFER? IT CAN'T BE HERE, BUT ANYTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING TO REPORT.
ANYTHING, UH, ANYBODY FROM THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HERE ON THE LINE? NO.
HOW ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? ANYBODY HERE? JENNIFER, ARE YOU WITH US? TRAFFIC SAFETY? KIM, ARE YOU WITH US? KIM? UH, COURT? YEAH, I'M HERE.
UH, HOW ABOUT COURTS? ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.
THEY'RE PLAYING, UH, WITH REGARD, WITH REGARD TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
ROGER, ARE YOU WITH US? YES, I AM.
JIM, I, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.
UH, HOW ABOUT, UH, UH, YOU NEED DEVELOPMENT? YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, WHAT'S NEXT? YOU GOT A LIST THERE, PLEASE? OH YEAH.
OUR CHIEF, KEVIN TRASK, ARE YOU WITH US.
WHAT'S GOING ON, SIR? I NOT, I SAW, I CAUGHT THE, UM, THE WORK SESSION HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF OUR, UH, OUR, UH, THINGS ON
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THE AGENDA THERE.WELL, WE ADOPTED THEM WITHOUT DEBATE, SO WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE, WE TAPPED INTO THE FORFEITURE FUNDS.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE IS WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO USE THAT ASSET FORFEITURE MONEY TO ABSORB AND BUFFER, UH, SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THAT PERIODICALLY WITH THINGS, UH, IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING WILL BE, UH, UTILIZING, UH, NO TAX BURDEN AT ALL TO THE, UH, HAMBURG TAXPAYERS.
UH, WHO ELSE WE GOT WHAT WE MISSING? PLANNING, PLANNING.
HOW ABOUT DAN? ARE YOU HERE? DAN STANFORD ASSESSING? WE SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER.
I THINK HE INDICATED EARLIER THAT HE WASN'T GONNA BE HERE.
ANYTHING TO TELL US, SIR? UH, I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON ANY, THE EXEMPTIONS OUT VERY EARLY THIS YEAR TO SPREAD OUT THE, THE RESPONSES TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN AT THE SAME TIME.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD EFFORTS.
HOW ABOUT THAT? WE GOT CAMMY JARRELL HERE, OR, UH, MR. LARDO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, CAMMI, YOU'RE HERE.
ANYTHING YOU REPORT? UM, JUST THAT WE ARE, AS THE BOARD IS AWARE FROM THE LAST MEETING, WE'RE WORKING ON THE TH AND DRAINAGE DESIGN.
UM, I'M EXPECTING TO HAVE SOMETHING, UH, WITHIN A DAY OR TWO TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD AT HIGHWAY IN REGARDS TO THAT.
THERE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A FEW CHALLENGES IN WORKING WITH THE ELEVATIONS OUT THERE, UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
THE PEOPLE OVER THERE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
ANYTHING ELSE, CAMMY? UM, JUST THAT I'M REACHING OUT TO A RESIDENT FROM, UH, FAIRWAY COURT WHO IS LOOKING, WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE ALONG, UM, THAT ROADWAY.
AND I'M GONNA SET A FIELD VISIT WITH THEM AS SOON AS I HEAR BACK FROM MA.
HEY, UH, CAMMY, WE HAD THAT SPECIAL MEETING ON, UH, UH, THURSDAY AT FIVE 30 TO DISCUSS, UH, UH, POTENTIAL BOND PROJECTS.
WOULD YOU MIND ATTENDING THAT? IF YOU CAN, WE MIGHT WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT CERTAIN DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
PARDON ME? I CAN ATTEND THAT MEETING.
UH, WHAT ELSE WE GOT THERE, MA'AM? SEAN KARATE.
HE'S PROBABLY BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THREE HOURS.
SEAN, WHAT ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU WITH US? UH, YEAH, I'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY, BUT, UH, UM, EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
I'M JUST GETTING CAUGHT FROM SOME TIME OFF AND, UH, WELL, GOOD.
WE ADDRESSED THE 1 51 MIDSHORE.
UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SEAN IN THIS RESOLUTION.
ANYBODY ELSE? I MISS ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS OUT THERE THAT WE'VE MISSED THAT WANT SAY SOMETHING.
OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WILL OPEN UP TO THE FLOOR.
ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YES MA'AM.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU FOR THE SENIORS OF THIS TOWN THIS EVENING.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY'D LIKE TO THANK THIS WHOLE TOWN BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE BUDGET AND HANDLING THIS PANDEMIC.
THEY DO ABOVE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY CAN'T EVEN COME OUT TO COME HERE.
BUT, UM, THEY ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE SOMEONE IN HERE PLEASE THINKS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEM, FOR THEIR SACRIFICES AND WHATNOT TO KEEP THIS BUDGET DOWN.
THEIR BIGGEST FEAR RIGHT NOW, UM, ABOVE, THEY CAN'T COME OUT.
AND THE DAY TO DAY THINGS THAT POP UP FOR THE SENIORS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET THEIR GROCERIES.
ONE OF THIS ONE CAN'T AFFORD TO ORDER ONLINE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE ARE FACING A TAX INCREASE ON THE HOMES.
AND WE HAVE SENIORS IN THIS TOWN WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOMES.
SOME HAVE THEIR MORTGAGES PAID OFF, SOME DON'T WHATNOT.
MANY ELEMENTS GO INTO THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO PAY GLASSES, DEMO, ET CETERA.
AND THEY'RE FACING, LOSING THEIR HOMES WITH THESE INCREASES.
SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A PROGRAM? CAN YOU FIGURE SOMETHING OUT
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FOR THESE PEOPLE WHEN THIS TECH TAX INCREASE COMES? EXCUSE ME.I MEAN, I, WELL AT MY WIT'S END, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE ALL THE LITTLE THINGS FOR THEM.
LIKE, OKAY, THEY CAN'T GET TO THE STORE AND GET THEIR GROCERIES.
THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE POPPING UP.
YOU DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I, AND, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT OR IN
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I DO APPRECIATE IT.
BUT I MEAN, I, I REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS SITUATION.
THEY'RE AFRAID IN GENERAL, IN LIFE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I CAN RESPOND TO YOU THIS WAY AND, AND IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO SPEAK, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
UM, OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE TRIED TO ENACT A NUMBER OF MEASURES THAT WOULD RESTRICT TOWN SPENDING SO AS TO CLOSE THE DEFICIT.
WE'VE, WE'VE SAVED APPROXIMATELY 300,000 SO FAR ON OUR OPERATING DEFICIT.
WE'RE NOT WELL, NO, NO, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA HIT YOU WITH A BIG FAT TAX INCREASE.
I'M WELL AWARE OF THE SUFFERING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEM THOUGH, SIR.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING.
WE CAN CRY BECAUSE I JUST LEFT ONE'S HOUSE.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HOLD DOWN SPENDING AND MINIMIZE THE ADVERSE TAX IMPACT.
THE, THE PROBLEMS AND THE SCOPE OF IT.
CAN I ADD JUST ONE MORE THING? YES.
I KNOW IT'S JUST A, I KNOW IT'S JUST A SMALL THING, BUT MARTY WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT FEED HAMBURG AND I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT TO REACH OUT TO SENIORS.
SO MAYBE LINKING THEM UP SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE MORE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S BRINGING FOOD.
I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'RE DELIVERING MEALS TO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY, THEY'RE VERY AND DIGNITY.
THEY, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT IF WE TRY TO GIVE THEM, THEY LOOK AT AS CHARITY.
AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAS THEIR OWN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THIS, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M THAT GENERATION IS, THEY HAVE DIGNITY AND PRIDE.
A LOT OF THEM WORKED HARDER THAN WHOEVER WORK IN OUR WHOLE LIVES.
AND THEY MADE A FRACTION OF WHAT WE DID WITH NOTHING.
AND THIS COUNTRY DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE SENIORS.
WELL, WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THEN SECOND BOARD FROM THE BOARD.
YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I APOLOGIZE.
LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN ALL BEN PEARLS ON THE MOTION.