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IS THAT TO GO? HOLD ON FOR ONE SECOND.
WE ARE LIVE, WE ARE LIVE ON FACEBOOK.
LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE'S FROZEN ON MY SCREEN.
I CAN SEE PEOPLE TOO, RIGHT? I'M, I'M GOOD EXCEPT FOR GOOD.
IS THE SUPERVISOR STILL WITH US? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'RE ALL, IF YOU'RE ALL LISTENING TO ME, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, START TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE AGENDA AND OTHER ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA.
UM, SO FOR SOME REASON, I'M NOT COMING THROUGH.
JUST KINDA WAVE INTO THE SCREEN AND I'LL, UH, I'LL CALL FOR TECH A TECHNICAL BAILOUT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I KNOW YOU WERE DISCUSSING WHILE I WAS OFF AIR, THE MEMO THAT SAMANTHA JUST HANDED TO US, UH, 10 OR 15 MINUTES AGO.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO, UNLESS THERE'S SOME BETTER IDEA, IS MAKE DO AS BEST WE CAN THIS WEEK BY, UH, UH, GETTING KIM AN UPGRADE AND MAYBE, I'M SORRY.
AND, UH, SEEING IF WE CAN'T GET, UH, OUR CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY IN ENGINEERING TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN WE'LL COME TO A PERMANENT RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF MAKING A COMPREHENSIVE DECISION ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
THINK SOUNDS IN THE SHORT TERM.
WE'VE ONLY GOT A LIMP THROUGH FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS UNTIL WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT MAKES SOME SENSE.
JIM, YOU USE A LIMPING JOKE FOR MY DEPARTMENT,
SECONDLY, WE HAD AN INTERESTING WEEKEND.
UM, THERE'S A, A PRIVATE ROAD.
WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM IN HAMBURG, FOUR PRIVATE ROADS.
UH, UH, ONE OF THEM IS TWIN WILLOWS, WHICH IS IN WANAKA OFF, UH, OFF OF ROUTE FIVE.
AND, UH, UH, I WAS, UH, NOTIFIED BY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DARREN SMITH ON, UH, FRIDAY THAT, UH, THERE WAS A WATERLINE BREAK, UH, AT, AT TWIN WILLOWS.
AND THAT, UH, WATER WAS, UH, WAS GUSHING OUT, UH, ONTO THE, UH, CIRCULAR ROAD THERE.
UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ALSO CALLED ME JUST AFTER, UH, MR. SMITH CALLED, UH, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, DID NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT OR THE EXPERTISE TO REPLACE THE WATERLINE.
ACCORDING TO DARREN, I TOOK A WALK DOWN THERE ON, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT 5 30, 6 O'CLOCK TO MEET SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
AND, UH, THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE WATER.
I INDICATED TO 'EM THAT ON MONDAY I TALKED WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME HELP DOWN THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SATURDAY, UH, AT ABOUT NOON, TWO OF THE NEIGHBORS CALLED, AND, UH, I WAS DOWN THERE
THE LEAK BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED, AND WATER THROUGHOUT THE STREET AND FRONT YARDS WAS ANKLE DEEP.
SO WE GOT AN EMERGENCY, UH, CONTRACTOR DOWN THERE TO MAKE THE WATERLINE REPAIR.
IT WAS DONE IN ABOUT THREE HOURS ON SATURDAY.
UH, AND, UH, E AND R CONSTRUCTION DID A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB.
AND, UH, ON SUNDAY, UH, WE WERE JUST LEFT WITH THE RESIDUE OF SOME MUD ON THE ROADS AND IN THE FRONT LAWNS.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, PRIVATE ROADS ARE NOT SERVICED FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES, UH, ARE NOT HANDLED BY ERIE COUNTY WATER.
THERE WAS A CONTRACT THAT THE TOWN ENTERED INTO 10 YEARS AGO, UH, WITH ERIE COUNTY WATER.
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UH, HOWEVER, UNDER THE TERMS OF THAT CONTRACT, THE TOWN RETAINED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING REPAIRS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, IRONICALLY.SO, DARREN SMITH HAD EMAILED THE CONTRACT TO ME ON FRIDAY, AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE GO OUT AND SPEND SOME MONEY ON SATURDAY.
SO I JUST THINK YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
UH, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, BUT, UM, WE HAD SOME RATHER INTERESTING TIMES DOWN THERE, UH, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
UH, ALSO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND, AND PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU WANNA MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR, UH, OR, UH, POSE ANY QUESTIONS OR CRITIQUES.
UH, TONIGHT WE HAD A COUPLE THINGS ON, ON THE AGENDA, THE ASSESSMENT BOARD OF REVIEW.
RUSSELL STEIN'S, A MEMBER RUSSELL MOVED OUTTA HAMBURG.
HE'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING VALUE, VALUABLE MEMBER.
UH, BRIAN WALINSKI, UH, OUR DEPUTY CLERK EXPRESSED INTEREST, UH, UH, IN THE POSITION.
I ASKED HIM TO TALK WITH DAN STANFORD.
HE DID, DAN RECOMMENDED HIM AFTER THEIR CONVERSATION.
SO I, I MADE A, A LATE ADDITION TO THE, UH, AGENDA SO THAT WE COULD, UH, CONSIDER HIM.
SECONDLY, KATHY RKI INFORMED ME THAT, UH, THERE WAS A VACANCY ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT MEMBER LEFT THE COMMITTEE OR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT ANYWAY, THERE WAS A VACANCY.
SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS TOM BROWN, JIM TOM BROWN'S TERM EXPIRED.
ALL RIGHT? AND, UH, SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, I CALLED MARYANNE DUNN, AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE, HER HUSBAND, LINDSEY DUNN'S, A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, AND HE'S AGREED TO SERVE ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS, I SUPPOSE.
THE THIRD, THE FOURTH, FOURTH THING IN ADDITION TO THE WATER BREAK AND, UH, UH, THE OTHER STUFF, THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WOULD BE THE RULES OF ORDER ONLY TO LISTEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MIGHT MAKE.
I DON'T KNOW, HONESTLY, THAT WE COULD, WE COULD EASILY SURVIVE WITHOUT RULES OR, OR, OR RELY ON THE ONE PAGE OUTLINE THAT'S 60, UH, 61 YEARS OLD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, OUR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN PRETTY SMOOTHLY RUN.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT HAVE HAD SOME BUMPS AND, UH, ROUGH SPOTS.
UH, BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY INSTITUTION.
UH, NOT WITHSTANDING THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN OPERATING USING THESE RULES FOR MANY YEARS AS A YOUNGER ATTORNEY.
I WAS A PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, AND SO I BECAME SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH ROBERT'S RULES.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A SYNOPSIS OF ROBERT'S RULES AS IT WOULD PERTAIN TO US.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR CRITIQUES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FIRE AWAY.
IS EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? I'M OKAY WITH IT.
WELL, ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR, UH, ACTION TONIGHT.
UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? UH, ANYTHING THAT'S PRESSING IN YOUR MIND? NO, JIM, I DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON SALES TAX IF THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR IT.
UM, SO I WAS JUST GIVEN THE FOURTH QUARTER SALES TAX CHECKS FOR 2020 TODAY, OBVIOUSLY TWO OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS, UM, ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS ARE SALES TAX AND MORTGAGE TAX AND HOW THEY WOULD BE AFFECTED BY COVID.
UM, I WILL BE SENDING ALL OF YOU OUT FURTHER INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY DID EXCEED THE BUDGET AMOUNT IN TOTAL FOR 2020.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT FACING, UH, UH, THE DEFICIT.
WE WERE WORRIED WE WOULD BE FACING.
UM, IT'S ABOUT A 2% DECREASE IS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH IN 2020 DUE TO COVID.
OH, THAT'S, HEY, THAT'S REFRESHING.
THE, UM, THE, THE ONLY THING I, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY DOWNSIDE
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OF THIS IS THAT THE, THE EFFECT OF COVID WAS DEFINITELY WORSE THAN 2%, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES TO THE SALES TAX, UM, TAX ON INTERNET PURCHASES, THAT REALLY MUST HAVE OFFSET IT.SO IN THE FUTURE, IT SHOULD BE VERY GOOD NEWS FOR US.
WE COULD ALL USE A LITTLE GOOD NEWS.
ANYTHING ELSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT IS OFF THE AGENDA? YEAH, IF I COULD BRING SOMETHING UP VERY QUICK.
A LOT OF THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A TOUGH TIME RECRUITING, ESPECIALLY IN, UH, TIMES LIKE NOW THEY CAN'T DO THEIR RECRUITING DRIVES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING LINKED IN ON THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WEBSITE OR MAYBE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FACEBOOK PAGE.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN HELP PROMOTE? YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I LIKE IT.
I WOULD SUGGEST, I WAS THINKING IF I MAY, UM, MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOMETHING OUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND MAYBE PUT SOMETHING THROUGH WITH A CONTACT OR A FACEBOOK CONTACT FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN.
JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE, BUT TO GET IT OUT THERE TO TRY AND HELP.
AND IF YOU WANT, I CAN TRY AND PUT TOGETHER, I'M SORRY, IF YOU WANT, I CAN TRY AND PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF EVERYBODY WAS GOOD WITH THAT.
WELL, THAT, YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SOMETIME THIS WEEK WOULD BE GOOD.
SEND IT ON OVER AND WE'LL POST IT ON THE WEBSITE AND ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE, THAT'S, I THINK WE'VE GOTTA HELP ALL THE, YOU KNOW, IN ANY WAY WE CAN.
HOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE, FOLKS? OKAY.
WELL, LET'S GO TO NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S BETH FARRELL ON THE FEE WAIVER.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S, UH, ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BETH, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS THAT IS PUT INTO THE REORG, UH, EVERY YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I THINK SO.
UH, NUMBER FIVE IS MIKE PEACHY.
THIS IS THE STANDARD THING EVERY YEAR ON THE WORK DAYS FOR APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, KAREN, YOU'VE GOT THE MOTION ON, UH, THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, THE HAMBURG SUN, SO THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
STOP ME IF I'M GO, IF I'M, UH, OUTTA LINE OR I'M GOING TOO QUICKLY OR NOT QUICK ENOUGH.
UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY, OH, THIS IS ON, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, SERVICE AND PAYROLL.
THIS IS STANDARD FORM STUFF TOO THAT I'VE GOTTA EXECUTE THAT, UH, ALYSSA WORKS ON FOR ME.
UH, SEAN CONLEY, THAT'S YOUR MOTION.
NOW, NUMBER EIGHT, UH, THE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A STANDARD DEAL WE DO EVERY YEAR ON KATHY RUB, SINSKI'S RENEWAL UNDER THE HEALTH LAW.
UH, ALSO, UH, THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BOND, UH, WE GET, UH, WE ALL GET BONDED TO, TO ENSURE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE PROTECT US AGAINST GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR DISHONESTY.
UM, THAT'S A MILLION DOLLARS PER OCCURRENCE DEDUCTIBLE OF $25,000.
AND THAT'S SPECIFIED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER NINE.
MIKE, THAT IS JUST, AS YOU KNOW, UH, LISTING ALL THE BANKS HERE LOCALLY THAT WE CAN USE, GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE DEPOSITS IN THESE VARIOUS BRANCH BANKS.
SO THAT LOOKS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME.
UH, THE TOWN CONTROLLER DESIGNATION, UH, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE DID THIS LAST YEAR TOO.
UH, THE RESOLVE IS THAT SAMANTHA TAR SINSKI, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE BE GIVEN THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN CONTROLLER LIMITED TO PRESERVING THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF VOUCHER AUTHORIZATION FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING ONE ONE TO 12 31 21.
ANY COMMENTS? THIS IS STANDARD BECAUSE OTHERWISE
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WE WOULD'VE TO COME AND SIGN EVERYTHING.THIS IS JUST A, FOR THE NEW YORK STATE AUDIT.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PASSED ANNUALLY SINCE BEFORE I WAS HERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T PROVIDE THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE ON IT, BUT BASED ON ALL OF THE CHANGES TO THE KVS CLOUD THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE IN 2021, THIS MAY BE ABLE TO COME OFF NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE.
UH, NUMBER 12, BETH, THAT'S JUST THE DEPOSITORIES, UH, FOR, UH, BANK DEPOSITS IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, M AND T CITIZENS BANK, CHASE, BANK OF AMERICA, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S AN ANNUAL, THAT'S AN ANNUAL DESIGNATION AS WELL.
KAREN, UH, EVERYBODY GETS 50 CENTS A MILE IF YOU'RE DRIVING A TOWN, UH, YOUR OWN CAR ON TOWN BUSINESS.
THAT IS, THAT, THAT HASN'T CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR IN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
THERE'S A, A PERSONAL ACTION FORM ONE GENTLEMAN, HA IS, UH, UH, FURLOUGHED MR. GARY NELSON, PART-TIME LABORER AS OF NOVEMBER THE 23RD, 2020.
I THINK GARY WAS AT THE GOLF COURSE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SEAN.
SEAN CONLEY'S NEXT ON TEMPORARY TOWN INVESTMENTS.
UH, SEAN, YOU, I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS, UH, UH, THIS IS A RENEWAL OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AS WELL.
AND THEN, KAREN, THE WHY THE JUDGES NEED SPECIAL AUTHORITY FROM US TO HIRE COURT STENOGRAPHERS, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LINE IN THE BUDGET FOR THEM TO DO IT, BUT IN ANY EVENT, THEY OBVIOUSLY NEED THAT AUTHORITY TO MAKE IT, TO HIRE COURTS STENOGRAPHERS FOR HEARINGS AND TRIALS, ET CETERA.
THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
THAT'S KATHY, CATHERINE HILLMAN.
THAT'S FOR A YEAR'S TERM, YES.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE SAME THING AS LAST YEAR.
THIS $80 PER DIEM PAY, UH, FOR THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OF THE WOODLAWN SEWER DISTRICT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
THESE FOLKS, UH, HAVE AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND WE COMPENSATE FOR THE WORK THEY UNDERTAKE.
UH, CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD.
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE EVIDENTLY WHO ARE RESIGNING.
JEFFREY VOGEL AND MELANIE HAMILTON.
MIKE MOSEY HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO FILL THE VACANCY OF VOGEL.
THERE IS NO, UH, OTHER, UM, APPOINTMENT TO THE SECOND VACANCY, UH, PERTAINING TO MELANIE HAMILTON.
SO, UH, WE CAN, IF YOU WANT TO, WE CAN, WE CAN DEAL WITH THE SECOND VAC VACANCY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE, OR WE CAN LEAVE IT VACANT UNTIL WE GET SOMEBODY WHO'S SINCERELY INTERESTED IN GETTING ON BOARD.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE THERE, FOLKS? UM, I, I CAN'T GO ALONG WITH MIKE MOSEY ON THIS.
IF YOU GUYS GOT THREE VOTES, GO AHEAD AND I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY TO FILL IN.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND PERSON AS WE SPEAK TONIGHT, RIGHT? WELL, I, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR MOSEY AND I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE TO FILL HIS SPOT OR MELANIE'S SPOT.
MIGHT I SUGGEST THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO MARK? I CAN REACH OUT TO MARK, UM, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, UM, AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYBODY ELSE.
MIGHT I SUGGEST THAT WE WAIT AND WE WAIT TO HEAR FROM MARK AND WE PUT THROUGH THE APPOINTMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AND ASK HIM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S, UM, A GUIDELINE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW FOR THE APPOINTMENTS.
SO IF HE COULD PROVIDE US WITH THAT, WHAT THE COMPOSITION OF THEIR GROUP IS, AND MAYBE WHO THE TWO ARE GOING TO BE AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'LL PUT IT UNTIL NEXT MONDAY.
I WILL ADJOURN THE MOTION, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TAKE, LAY IT ON THE TABLE.
THIS INFORMATION I GIVE, I DID RECEIVE FROM MARK.
SO MARK, MARK IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR MICHAEL MOSEY.
UH, WELL, WHATEVER THE BOARD'S PLEASURE IS, IF THERE'S A, I'M ASSUMING IT CAME MARK, IF YOU GUYS HEAR ME.
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THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR THAT VACANCY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALSO POST AND, AND GAUGE SOME INTEREST? UM, SURE.BETH SAID, AND THEN DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, IF THAT'S THE CASE, UM, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE CAN POST IT, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
UH, MAYBE I'LL TALK WITH JENNY TOMORROW ABOUT DOING THAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHETHER WE ACT ON MOSEY TONIGHT OR WE ACT ON TWO AT THE SAME TIME NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU WANT TO TABLE THIS FOR NOW? I'M GONNA MAKE A, UM, MOTION TO TABLE THAT AT THE TIME.
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OFFICER, UH, THIS GOES TRADITIONALLY HAS GONE TO THE DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, SO WE APPOINTED, UM, LAST YEAR.
WE'LL, UH, APPOINT HIM ONE MORE TIME.
THE, I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY CHANGES ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, THAT'S BETH FARRELL'S THE LIAISON THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? THERE WAS JUST A FEW ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE, UM, I BELIEVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF TOWN.
BUT OTHERWISE THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RETURNING.
IS THAT BOARD FIXED BY A-A-A-A-A NUMBER CERTAIN OR IS IT A FLEXIBLE AMORPHOUS THING? I BELIEVE IT'S FLEXIBLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A SET NUMBER.
SO WE'LL APPROVE THESE FOLKS AND YOU CAN TALK WITH KATE TO SEE IF OTHER OTHERS MAY BE INTERESTED.
THAT'S SOMETIMES SOME FRESH BLOOD IS A GOOD THING.
IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT AT SEVERAL OF THE RECENT MEETINGS AND MEMBERS HAVE BEEN MAKING SUGGESTIONS FOR A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE OF ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.
UH, KAREN, YOU'RE LISTED ON THE NEXT ONE.
THIS IS A STANDARD DEAL UNDER THE HIGHWAY LAW, WHICH WE DO, UH, EVERY YEAR.
WE, UH, DESIGNATE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT MAY BE EXPENDED PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTION OF OUR BUDGET FOR 2021 AS IT RELATES TO THE TOWN LANE MILES.
THE LANE MILES ARE LISTED AT 319.96 AND THE AMOUNT IS 5,974,000 7 95 THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, UH, TO DESIGNATE THAT AND FIX IT.
IR RESOLUTELY UNDER, UH, 2 84 OF THE LAW.
MICHAEL, WE DID THIS LAST YEAR.
WE DID IT THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PURCHASES BEING MADE THAT ARE RELATIVELY, UH, WELL, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, THAT, THAT ARE NOT MAJOR MAJOR CAPITAL ITEMS. UH, WE GIVE, UH, LEEWAY TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT UNDER 1 42 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW TO MAKE PURCHASES WITHOUT GETTING BOARD SIGN OFF OR BOARD APPROVAL UP TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,000 AS OPPOSED TO 1000.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING EVERY YEAR.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
UH, OUT OF TOWN MEALS, UH, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET IN A DRIVE THROUGH
SO ANYBODY GOING TO NEW YORK CITY ON BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE STUCK AT MCDONALD'S.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, ISN'T IT? YES.
UM, NOW THE NEXT ONE IS THE PURCHASE ORDER.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE AUTHORIZED SIGNERS FOR PURCHASE ORDERS AND VOUCHERS IN EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
YOU NOTICE THAT THE DEPARTMENT THEN AUTHORIZED AND THEN YOU GOT SOMEBODY TO ACT IN CASE THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT AVAILABLE.
BUT LOOK AT, AS YOU GO DOWN HERE, I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION PLANNING BOARD AUTHORIZED GUY SHAW.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT SHOULD BE BILL CLARK, MAYBE SHAW IN HIS ABSENCE.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY WALTER ROOF? DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT? OR PERHAPS SARAH DEJA DAN IS LISTING IN, SHE MAY KNOW.
KIM, I IF I COULD ALSO AFTER THEM SPEAK AS WELL.
DO YOU GUYS, UH, JIM? I DID NOT.
ON THE PLANNING BOARD, THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN SIGN VOUCHERS AND PURCHASE ORDERS, UH,
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MAKE, MAKE, UH, CERTAIN BUDGET TRANSFERS AND IT SAYS, UH, AUTHORIZED TO SHAW.AND THEN THERE'S NOBODY IN SHAW'S ABSENCE.
SHOULD I BE, I I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THE PRINCIPAL ON THAT, DO I? WELL, IT CAN'T BE ME 'CAUSE I'M NOT A TOWN EMPLOYEE.
UM, ALL ABOUT COULD BE ROGER ABOUT.
WELL, ROGER COULD BE, OR SURE, SURE.
BILL CLARK COULD WELL CHAIR THE BOARD.
I WOULD'VE MEANT BILL CLARK TO MAKE BILL CLARK THE GUY WITH SHAW, UH, UH, IN A SECOND SPOT.
I WOULD THINK THAT SOUNDS FINE.
LOOK AT, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, SAM.
ON TRAFFIC SAFETY, WE'VE GOT, UH, KATE HILLMAN.
WE NEED A PINCH HITTER FOR KATE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS THE LIAISON IF YOU'D LIKE.
BETH FERRELL'S ON IN CASE KATE IS UNAVAILABLE.
AND THEN, UH, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE WE'VE GOT.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER ONE THAT CAME TO MY MIND.
UH, THAT, THAT DOESN'T, UH, MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME EITHER.
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS I'M THE RIGHT ONE THERE.
SO WE'LL JUST PUT DOWN BETH FARRELL ON TRAFFIC SAFETY AND BILL CLARK AND MO SHAW TO SECOND PLACE ON THE, UH, ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
ANYTHING ELSE? SAM, CAN THIS IS SAM.
CAN I, SO, UM, IS BILL CLARK, DO WE, IS HE PAID A STIPEND FOR HIS SERVICES? YES.
AND IS HE IN THE BUILDING REGULARLY? BECAUSE I, THIS IS WHY WITH PLANNING, UM, SPECIFICALLY WE'VE HAD VOUCHER AND VENDOR PROBLEMS WHERE VENDORS LIKE DON'T KNOW WHO TO SUBMIT THEIR VOUCHERS TO AND THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THEM NOT TO BE PAID TIMELY.
SO JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BILL CLARK IS HERE.
UM, THAT, THAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
I THINK ROGER WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
I WOULD BE FINE WITH HIM BEING SECONDARY'S ON PLANNING.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, UM, LIKE ON HERE, IT'S PLANNING AND THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF ALL VOUCHERS FOR PLANNING SERVICES.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
WHOEVER MADE IT, LET'S MAKE ROGER GIBSON THE MAIN GUY BECAUSE HE DEALS WITH, WITH, WITH THESE THINGS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN I DO.
AND, UH, JIM, IF ROGER'S UNAVAILABLE, I'LL GO IN, UH, IN HIS ABSENCE, BUT RIGHT.
JUST REMEMBER THE, THE TROUBLE THAT WE HAD WITH ROGER SIGNING MY VOUCHERS THIS YEAR.
IF THAT'S WHERE SAM IS GOING, I THINK YOU NEED, CAN I PROPOSE THAT WE JUST HAVE TWO LINES, ONE THAT IS PLANNING AND HAS TWO SIGNERS, AND THEN ONE COULD BE THE PLANNING BOARD.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VOUCHERS THE PLANNING BOARD EVEN HAS.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANNING BOARD VOUCHERS.
REALLY? I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE MANY.
I'M ONLY FAMILIAR WITH HOW URGENT THOSE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ONES ARE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT SAM AND, UH, AND SARAH, SARAH I UNDER, I KNOW THE DIFFICULTIES THAT, THAT YOU ENCOUNTERED.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, AUTHORIZED SIGNER IS ROGER AND THEN SHAW'S IN HIS ABSENCE.
UH, ROGER CAN DEAL WITH ALL OF THE VOUCHERS AND PURCHASE ORDERS AS IT RELATES TO PLANNING AND CONSULTATION WITH YOU AS IT RELATES TO REVIEWING YOUR BILLING.
AND, UH, DREW RILEY'S THAT BY CONTRACT, UH, THAT WILL APPROVE NEXT WEEK FOR YOU, DREW AND THE OTHER, UH, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
THE TERMS OF VOUCHER REVIEW AND SUBMISSION ARE GOVERNED BY THE CONTRACT.
SO I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT SO WELL THE POLICE CHAPLAIN, UH, FATHER ROSS, SYRACUSE.
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THE VETERANS COMMITTEE.UH, MR. CONLEY, HOW YOU DOING? LOOKS GOOD.
IT'S, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, SAME AS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
UH, ALL, ALL ONE YEAR TERMS. OKAY.
I THINK, UH, THE MILITARY LEAVE POLICY, THAT'S THE SAME AS, AS IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE, UH, THREE OF US GOT HERE.
THEN SEAN AND KAREN COME ON, THAT'S, UH, THAT SEEMS TO BE A STANDARD SITUATION EVERY YEAR.
UH, THE BINGO INSPECTORS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY BINGO OUTLETS ANYMORE, BUT THESE ARE THE SAME FOLKS WHO WERE ON LAST YEAR, I THINK DEBBIE ANO AND STACY MARUSI.
WE HAVE FOUR BINGOS IN THE TOWN.
UH, WE HAVE TO, UH, APPOINT THE CHAIR.
THE CURRENT CHAIR IS BRAD REPINSKI.
HE SERVES, UH, ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
UH, HE'S A MEMBER, WHICH IS NOT A YEAR'S TERM, BUT A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS AS CHAIR.
AND THEN MICHELLE PARKER, WHO WAS APPOINTED LAST YEAR, SERVES ON A YEARLY BASIS AS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD.
ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT? HEARING? NONE.
HAMBURG SEAWAY TRAIL ADVISORY BOARD THAT I THINK IS THE SAME.
BETH FERRELL'S MAKING THE MOTION.
UH, PLANNING BOARD CHAIR IS BILL CLARK.
UM, AND BILL'S TERM IS, UH, UP, UH, SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPOINT BILL TO A, TO A ANOTHER SEVEN YEAR TERM AND TO MAKE HIM THE CHAIR AND THEN TO APPOINT JENNIFER LESI, THE ATTORNEYS, THE ATTORNEY FOR THIS BOARD, LIKE THE ZONING BOARD SERVES ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
UM, TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
IF WE NEED TO SIGN A PAF FORM RIGHT AWAY DURING THE WEEK OR BETWEEN BI BIWEEKLY MEETINGS, THEY GIVE ME THE AUTHORITY UNDER OUR POLICIES TO DO THAT.
PUT SOMEBODY ON RIGHT AWAY, GET THAT PERSON CLEARED THROUGH PERSONNEL, AND THEN THE BOARD HAS TO RATIFY, UH, THE APPOINTMENT AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING.
AND WE DO OCCASIONALLY RUN INTO THAT EMERGENCY SITUATION.
SUPERVISOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, UH, THAT'S FILED PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW EVERY YEAR, THANKS TO ALYSSA AND SAM AND ALL THE FOLKS FOR MAKING MY REPORT A LOT EASIER THAN IT, THAN IT OTHERWISE WOULD BE.
SO THAT'S THAT PURCHASE OF VEHICLES.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF REORG STUFF, BUT, UH, THESE GUYS WANT TO GET, OUR POLICE BROTHERS WANT TO GET TWO FORD FUSIONS.
KAREN FROM WEST, HER FORD PURSUANT TO THE BID WEST, HER WAS THE ONLY BIDDER, AND THE, AND THE PURCHASE IS COMING FROM DRUG FORFEITURE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS OKAY TO ME.
ANYBODY GOT ANY PROBLEMS FAR AWAY.
NOW, ALSO TOO, UH, THE TOWN, WE DID AUTHORIZE IN OUR, IN OUR ADOPTION OF OUR BUDGET NUMBER 37, WE DID AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ONE NEW TAHOE.
UH, THAT'S THE BIG TICKET ITEM.
AND THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PURCHASE.
WHY IT OCCURS AT THIS MEETING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH IT.
SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.
UH, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
NOW, SEAN KARATE DOES A GREAT JOB.
HE IS A, HE IS THE, UH, COORDINATOR.
UH, WE GOT A DEPUTY COORDINATOR VACANCY.
WE COULD HAVE A TOWN BOARD MEMBER, WE COULD HAVE A, UH, AN EMPLOYEE, WE COULD HAVE A CITIZEN FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? UM, NOT DI NOT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT QUESTION, BUT, UH, ONE THING I DID NOTICE IS IN THE PAST, OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN ON THE LIST.
AND SO I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT BE,
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BE THERE.I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PERSON TO HAVE, BE PART OF THIS TEAM.
WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE HAD DARREN SMITH ON FOR TWO YEARS.
YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM ON OR MOVE DARREN AND PUT CASEY IN HIS PLACE? UH, WELL, I'M, I'M AMENABLE TO HAVING BOTH ACTUALLY THAT WAY, GIVEN THE NATURE OF HOW THEY BOTH CAN BE PULLED AWAY TO THINGS AT A TIME, IT MEANS AT LEAST THERE'D BE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT.
JIM, CAN I ALSO BRING UP ANOTHER POINT FOR CONSIDERATION? OF COURSE.
UM, SO WITH THE CARES MONEY, I THINK THIS IS A MORE VITAL RESOLUTION THAN EVER JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN, I GUESS, UH, A LACK OF, OF CLARITY SOMETIMES AS TO, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN THE PROCESS.
UM, AND KIND OF WHAT FALLS HERE VERSUS ON THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE APPOINTED SAM
I DUNNO IF THAT WAS THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
NO, LISTEN, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I, I UNDERSTAND AND I TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU FOLKS.
UM, SO WE RELY IN, IN OUR ARENA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE A VAST NUMBER OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT WE DRAW ON.
AND I KNOW LIKE SCOTT LY SET FROM THE THROUGH AUTHORITY, HE WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WELL, YOU'RE ON TRAFFIC SAFETY.
AND SO WE PULL FROM SO MANY DEPARTMENTS AND, AND, AND MR. CASEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS NAME FELL OUT, BUT, UM, HE WAS IN THE PAST.
AND WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO IS DO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND THEN ONE OF THE FOREMAN MM-HMM
UM, SO THAT WAS THE, UM, FORMAT THAT I TOOK.
AND BEING THAT YOU'RE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR, YOU'RE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE TOWN, THAT WAS THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO LIKE, GO TO, LET'S SAY, PERSONNEL FOR A CERTAIN SITUATION OR BUILDING INSPECTION IS REPRESENTED BECAUSE LIKE ONE OF OUR MANY, UM, OUR HIGH PRIORITY, UH, INSTANCES OR OUR HAZARDS IS WEATHER RELATED.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REPRESENTED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN NAME EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOWN, BUT THAT WOULDN'T DO US ANY GOOD.
SO WHEN WE RELY ON THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, I THINK IT'S BEST TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THEN THAT ADMINISTRATOR WILL HAS A TEAM OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SUCH AS, UM, SAM, THAT YOU WOULD, UM, REFERENCE.
SO I DON'T WANNA GET, YOU KNOW, DOWN IN THE WEEDS OF, YOU KNOW, NAMING 15, 18 PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD RELY ON.
UM, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO IDENTIFY KEY PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT I SEE ON THE, ON THE LIST.
DO YOU, ARE YOU SUGGESTING SEAN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO APPOINT SOMEBODY FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NO, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIST BECAUSE I HAD FORWARDED TO KATHY, I THOUGHT HE WAS OUT LAST YEAR.
YEAH, TED WAS ON IT LAST YEAR.
AND RO I WANNA SAY ROGER WAS, SO LET ME, LEMME JUST TAKE A LOOK AND SEE.
AT THE, SEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR DEPUTY COORDINATOR? I'D LIKE TO TALK TO, UM, THE SUPERVISOR ABOUT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE.
BUT YEAH, I, I WILL, IT'S JUST, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PRIORITIZE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT FILLING THAT VACANCY IS, IS HUGELY IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST RUSH INTO IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH WITH, WITH NICK NEY TO, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, WE GET SOMEBODY THAT COULD STICK IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, IS QUALIFIED TO SCHOOL.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING KIND OF POSITION.
AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK TO HAVE A TOWN EMPLOYEE AS WELL.
SO, SEAN, LET ME ASK YOU THIS THEN, UH, IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS TOO.
DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO MAYBE TABLE THIS TILL NEXT MONDAY THEN? YEAH, IF THERE'S NO HARM IN THAT, I MEAN, I, I CAN, I'M JUST GETTING TO LOOK AT IT NOW.
I JUST GOT IT ONLINE, SO, UM, ALRIGHT.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM DONE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
'CAUSE I THINK I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT THE, I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, UM, THE TOWN CHIEFS MEETING, THEY ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON IT AS THE FIRE COORDINATOR.
SO I USUALLY END UP MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS WITH THE, WITH THE FIRE CHIEFS MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE FIRE CHIEF'S REPRESENTATIVE.
SO IF, UM, YEAH, IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, OUTTA LINE, THEN I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING AFTER TO, I DON'T HAVE A, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A VERY STRONG OBJECTION,
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I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LETTING IT GO.YEAH, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, HOW EXPENDITURES THIS? OH, WE'VE DONE THAT.
WELL, LISTEN, THIS IS THE SAME RESOLUTION AS WE HAD BEFORE, ISN'T IT? NO, THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I'M SORRY, KAREN, I APOLOGIZE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, UNDER 2 84, I THINK.
I'M JUST READING IT THROUGH TO MAKE SURE IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT ALMOST IS WORDED THE SAME, BUT, ALRIGHT, KAREN, WE GOT THAT ONE COVERED.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA DO HERE, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW, HE COMES TO THE MEETINGS, I THOUGHT HE WAS ON, UH, HE'S A VERY IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE HOOVER BEACH COMMUNITY.
HANK KLEINFELTER, AN ENGINEER, UH, WHO'S WORKING ON THE REVETMENTS, UH, GRANT THROUGH FEMA.
I WAS GOING TO AMEND THIS AND ADD HIS NAME TO IT.
UH, EVERYBODY ELSE IS PRETTY GOOD.
KAREN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YEP.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
KLEINFELD'S A PRETTY INVOLVED GUY.
NOW WE'VE GOT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THE COORDINATOR IS VACANT HAW, CASEY GIBSON, DEKE NUTTON AND SO ON.
UH, WHO WANTS TO BE THE COORDINATOR? WELL, THAT ORIGINALLY WAS KATE, AND THEN SHE CLAIMS THAT SHE, UM, MENTIONED TO YOU, MR. SHAW AND TO KAREN THAT SHE NO LONGER HAS TIME TO DO THAT.
UH, HOW OFTEN CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YEAH, PLEASE.
UM, A LOT OF, I THINK WHAT COMES UP, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I'M LOOKING LIKE WITH THE FACT THAT JOE KLEY IS THERE FROM OSCA AND, AND CHUCK AND I, I THINK, UH, A LOT THAT'S GOING TO COME UP WITH THIS HAS TO DO WITH TRAINING AND WITH SOME OF THE TRANSITION THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW WITH THE UPGRADE TO PAYCHECK AND THE FACT THAT THE NEXT STEP WILL BE SOME OF THE INTRODUCTION OF TRAINING COMPONENTS THROUGH THAT, THROUGH PAYCHEX, AND IT'S GOING THROUGH ALYSSA AND ALYSSA'S BEEN ALREADY, UH, INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AND IS INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD THE DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY THAT WE, THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMEWHAT CENTRALIZED.
SO IT'S, UM, SO WE, IT'S SYSTEMATIC AND WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.
UH, SO MAYBE SHE WOULD BE THE LOGICAL PERSON TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK WITH THIS, INCLUDING A LOT OF THOSE TRAINING COMPONENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MECHANISM THROUGH PAYCHEX AND THROUGH HER OFFICE FOR MONITORING THAT AND FOR ACTUALLY, UM, BEING ABLE TO LIST WHAT EVERYONE IN EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ET CETERA, MAYBE GOING FORWARD THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A GOOD THING TO PUT IN PLACE AND HAVE HER OVERSEE SO THAT AS THAT COMPONENT IS ADDED, IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT SEAMLESS.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OKAY WITH ME.
UM, I REMEMBER KATE HILLMAN INDICATED THAT TIME WAS DIFFICULT FOR HER.
I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT SHE WAS, UH, NOT GOING TO, DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD.
BUT, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THIS GROUP GETS TOGETHER, UH, OR WHAT THEIR WORK ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN.
UH, IF, IF ALYSSA STRAUSS IS LISTING IN ALYSSA, UH, IF YOU ARE, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, GIVE US A SIGN.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS, SO, BUT I COULD TAKE IT ON.
WELL, YOU, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT I KNOW IN THE PAST, UM, WHAT KATE DID IN THAT CAPACITY DID ENTAIL A STIPEND.
WOULD OUR INTENTION THEN BE TO AWARD THAT STIPEND TO ALYSSA FOR TAKING ON? BECAUSE I THINK TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH THIS TRAINING AND THE TRAINING COMPONENT AND THE OTHER PIECES OF THIS ARE IMPORTANT, AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO STREAMLINE THIS THROUGH ALYSSA'S OFFICE.
SO I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY OUTSTANDING QUESTION THEN IS WOULD THAT STIPEND SWITCH TO HER? WELL, UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR WHICH WE DON'T HAVE, NOT TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL RATHER SUDDEN, RIGHT? UH, UH, SAM, DO YOU RECOLLECT OFFHAND WHAT THE STIPEND WAS FOR KATE HILLMAN?
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UM, I DO NOT OFFHAND, BUT THAT IS, UM, ALYSSA HANDLES THE SALARY AND WAGE NOW, SO SHE SHOULD ACTUALLY, IF ANYBODY HAS THE ANSWER ON, ON HAND, MAYBE IT'S ON OUR EXHIBIT ATTACHED TO THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA.UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS
I, I I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE NUMBERS CORRECT.
RIGHT? AND I WANT TO, AND I WANT TO TALK TO HILLMAN.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE ALYSSA STRAUSS BE THE COORDINATOR, WHAT THE AMOUNT OF THE STIPEND SHOULD BE.
UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TALK TO HER ABOUT WHETHER SHE'S GOT THE TIME TO REALLY DO ALL OF THIS.
WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON IT, I THINK.
WANT ME TO TABLE IT? YOU DON'T, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO TELL ME.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DEPUTY, UH, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT.
THIS IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
BIWEEKLY PAY, UH, PAID EVERY TWO WEEKS, $173, WHICH AMOUNTS TO, UH, UH, $86 AND SOME ODD CENTS A WEEK, I GUESS.
THEN THE NEXT ONE WE'VE GOT, UH, BROTHER
THESE FELLAS, RYAN AND NOAC GET THE, THEY GOT THIS STIPEND LAST YEAR, AND, UH, SO IT'S THE SAME, IT'S A REPEAT PERFORMANCE FOR 2021 FOR THEM.
UH, THE YOUTH BOARD, OH, I'M SORRY, I MISSED ONE.
SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD, THAT'S BETH FERRELL.
IS THAT THE SAME GROUP, BETH? YES, IT IS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY
YOUTH BOARD, WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE THERE.
TRACY MAYER, AMY RUTH, AND COLLEEN KANEY.
THEY WERE ON LAST YEAR, I THINK, TOO.
THEY'RE CONTINUING AND THEY'VE ALL DONE A GREAT JOB.
RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND MATEO, PAT MCENANY, UH, TOM RYAN AND JOHN MCFALL.
THE ONLY, UH, CORRECTION ON THIS IS PAT MCKINNEY, UH, HAS ASKED TO DO WITHDRAWN.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN PAT'S PLACE? WE TALKED ABOUT SOMEBODY, SEAN, DIDN'T WE? UM, WE, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN MIND, BUT WE HAVEN'T FORMALLY ASKED AND WE, I JUST FOUND OUT, UH, TODAY THAT PAT IS GONNA, UH, WITHDRAW.
SO AGAIN, I THINK, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THESE THREE NAMES AND THEN, UH, IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO REPLACE, UM, THEN WE CAN ADD THEM.
WITH ME MAC AND ANNIE, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING, DUDE, IF YOU COULD REMOVE HIM.
HEY, UH, ON THE PUBLIC, UH, LI LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UM, BRIAN BOTH, UH, WAS VERY KEEN ON GETTING, UH, DR.
UH, SCHREIBER INVOLVED, AND DR.
SCHREIBER IS PRETTY INTERESTED IN SERVING, SO IT LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT MATCH.
SO I, UH, I TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD PUT IT FORWARD TONIGHT.
KAREN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YES.
UH, THE DRUG FREE COALITION, UH, I THINK THESE NAMES ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? I THINK, I THINK SO.
I GOT, I GOT A LIST FROM MARK MALKI AND HE HAD FOUR, I THINK THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN OFF FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THE REST ARE, ARE THE, THE SAME, THE REST MM-HMM
WELL, THIS LIST AS SUBMITTED UNDER THIS RESOLUTION, IS THIS AN ACCURATE RENDITION OF THE GROUP? YES, IT IS.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS GROUP.
UM, ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, SEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'VE GOTTA ADD, UH, BOB MCDONALD TO THAT GROUP, SO WE'D HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO AMEND THAT MOTION.
UH, BETH, YOU'RE THE MOVING PARTY.
UM, SO THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON LAST YEAR AND SOMEHOW DIDN'T GET ON THIS YEAR, UH, IS ROBERT MCDONALD, MC CAPITAL D-O-N-N-E-L-L-I BELIEVE, YES.
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OKAY.UH, SEAN, NUMBER 50 IS THE, UH, THE RECREATION FEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK I, I WANNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO THIS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S UNLIKE SOME OF THESE THAT ARE KIND OF THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD TO REALLY THINK THROUGH THE FEES THAT, UH, WERE BEING CHARGED, UH, ESPECIALLY IN SOME CASES IN LIGHT OF THE YEAR THAT WE HAD WITH COVID.
AND, UH, SO WE'VE GOT SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE FAIRLY MINOR, UM, BUT THEY'RE NOTEWORTHY.
UM, IN TERMS OF INCREASING, UH, SOME OF THE FEES SLIGHTLY IN A LOT OF CASES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SOLD OUT, THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE WAIT LISTS, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GET BIGGER, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COSTING MORE MONEY.
UM, AND TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS, UM, WE'VE INCREASED SLIGHTLY SOME OF THE FEES.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT WE, WE INTENTIONALLY HAVE RAISED THE NON-RESIDENT FEES MORE THAN THE RESIDENT FEES.
UH, IN REALITY, THERE'S NOT A TON OF NON-RESIDENT PARTICIPANTS.
UM, BUT WE JUST THOUGHT THAT IN SOME CASES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RESIDENT RATE AND THE NON-RESIDENT RATE, UM, WASN'T THAT DRAMATIC.
AND WE REALLY FEEL THAT THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, UH, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THE RESIDENTS RECEIVE A DISCOUNT.
AND, UH, THE ONE AREA WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A COMPROMISE WAS THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANNA THINK THAT THROUGH, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND SO, UH, IN THE RESOLUTION, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT IN OUR JANUARY MEETING, UM, BETWEEN THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT, UM MM-HMM
WE CAN COME TO A, A CONSENSUS.
WE REALLY WANNA STRATEGICALLY MAXIMIZE OUR REVENUE, UM, WHILE NOT TURNING AWAY PEOPLE AND, AND NOT HAVING IT, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT VERY COST EFFECTIVE.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T COME TO A CONCLUSION.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO, UM, HAVE EVERYBODY KIND OF PUT ON THEIR THINKING CAP CAPS AGAIN, UM, REVISIT SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION IN JANUARY AND, AND WE ANTICIPATE IN, WELL IN, IN ADVANCE OF THE SEASON, UM, HAVING THAT FINALIZED.
ANY COMMENTS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, FEE RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, 51, THIS IS THE PART-TIME AND SEASONAL WAGE SCHEDULE.
I THINK THAT IT IS ACCURATE AS BEST I CAN TELL.
UM, SPENT A LITTLE TIME REVIEWING IT SOME LENGTH TODAY.
SO, UH, THERE'S NO MOVING PARTY.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOWN THERE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
I THINK, I THINK THIS IS ACCURATE, KAREN.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL PUT THAT ONE IN YOUR LAP.
NOW THE, UH, 52 IS THE SALARY AND WAGE, UH, SCHEDULE FOR THE REGULAR FULL-TIME PEOPLE.
UH, KATHY, THERE IS A, UH, A CORRECT TWO CORRECTIONS, I'M TOLD, UH, SEAN KARATE'S, UH, BASE WAGE IS INCORRECT.
SO IT SAYS, UM, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE APPOINTED IN PLACES, SOME OLDER FOLKS THAT THEY'RE STILL ON THIS LIST.
UH, ONE IS THE ZONING BOARD ATTORNEY, MICHELLE PARKER'S NAME THERE INSTEAD OF UH, UH, TAMMY HARBOLD.
THOSE WILL ALL BE CORRECTIONS THAT ALYSSA WILL HAVE TO MAKE.
WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION THEN, KATHY OR ALYSSA, SHOULD WE APPROVE THIS SUBJECT TO ALYSSA'S AMENDMENTS? WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? YEAH, WE'VE DONE IT THAT WAY IN THE PAST.
JIM, COULD I JUST, UH, OFFER THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE, THE SALARY AND WAGE? YOU'RE FINE WITH ME.
UM, SO THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE ALYSSA AND I WERE HERE NEVER MATCHED EXACTLY AS CHANGES ARE MADE FROM WHEN WE GET THE SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE COMPILED IN AUGUST WHEN WE PASS IT NOVEMBER 20TH
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MM-HMMAND THEN THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHANGING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ENTIRELY.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I WAS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IS JUST THAT THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF THE PERSON IS GOING TO GET A PAYCHECK, THAT IT'S CORRECT.
SO I THINK THIS CAN BE PASSED AS IS.
UM, AND THEN IT CAN BE, WE CAN CHANGE IT HOW WE HAVE BEEN IN PAST YEARS, WHICH IS ANYTIME THERE'S A RATE AND PAY CHANGE, ALYSSA SUBMITS THOSE AS NEW RESOLUTIONS.
UH, ALYSSA, HOW DO YOU, UH, ARE YOU IN SYNC WITH WHAT SAM IS SUGGESTING? I YEAH, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
YOU OKAY? YEAH, SO I MEAN, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IT'S UPDATED EVERY TIME SOMEONE NEW IS HIRED OR APPOINTED.
SO IT DOES, IT'S A CHANGING DOCUMENT AND IT CHANGES IN THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO PART-TIME PEOPLE AND ALL OF THAT.
WELL, WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE BY, UH, OUR PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, UH, DURING THE, DURING, UH, THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
NOW WE'VE GOT, UM, UH, THE ASSESSMENT BOARD OF REVIEW.
THERE'S A RESOLUTION TO, UH, APPROVE BRIAN WALINSKI ON THAT.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, WE'VE GOT MARY ANN DUNN, UH, TO FILL THE VACANCY OF THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, IS NO LONGER WITH US.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? I'M FINE.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST THING IS THE, UH, UH, LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR, UH, THE CALENDAR YEAR, DEPARTMENTAL AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.
I'M GOING TO EMAIL THEM TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER TOMORROW.
UH, EXCEPT, UH, LAST YEAR WE MADE A DEAL, UH, KAREN OAK AND SEAN CONLEY AND MYSELF, THAT I WOULD EXERCISE SOME, UH, FORCEFUL LEADERSHIP AND PICK A DEPUTY SUPERVISOR.
SO I RESORTED TO, UH, FLIPPING A COIN AND KAREN HOPE WON.
SO SHE GOT TO BE THE DEPUTY AND I SAID, WELL, IF YOU WON IN THE FIRST YEAR, WE'LL MAKE SEAN THE DEPUTY IN THE SECOND YEAR.
SO I'LL EMAIL IT TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, UH, EFFECTIVE TOMORROW.
I GUESS, FOLKS, I GUESS THAT'S IT.
UM, HOW ABOUT OUR, OUR FRIENDS? ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? ANY OTHER BUSINESS WE SHOULD KICK AROUND? JIM, I JUST DO HAVE ONE MORE CHANGE, UM, TO RESOLUTION 43.
UH, IT'S JUST AN ACCOUNT CODE.
UH, HANG ON SAM, LEMME GET TO THAT.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS STIPENDS.
OH, WHAT'S THE ACCOUNT CODE CHANGE THERE, SAM? IT SHOULD, INSTEAD OF READING A 71 40 POINT 100, IT SHOULD READ, UH, 0.103.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL ASK SEAN CONLEY TO AMEND THAT AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE THERE FOLKS? ALRIGHT, IT'S ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO SEVEN.
HOW ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS? ANYBODY, UH, WANNA BRING ANYTHING UP? WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING, ANYBODY BEFORE WE GET THE REGULAR SHOW ON THE ROAD? JIM, THIS IS PAT RYAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, PAT, JIM.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THE BUDGET AND I DON'T SEE THE MAINTENANCE WORKER THAT, UM, THE UNION WON THE GRIEVANCE ON.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE FOUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET.
WELL, I, I I'M NOT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MEAN ON THE SALARY AND WAGE
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SCHEDULE.YOU DON'T SEE IT THERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN PAT? YEAH.
FOR THE, UM, PLAYGROUND RECREATION CENTERS, A 7 1 4 0 HAS ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES ON IT.
AND IN DECEMBER, THE UNION ONE, A GRIEVANCE TO ADD A MAINTENANCE POSITION TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD GO INTO 2021 BUDGET THAT WOULD BE ADDED.
I THINK SO, UH, I, UH, I WOULD SAY THIS TO YOU, UH, WE'RE WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT THE SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE AS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS TO BE ADDRESSED BY ALYSSA STRAUSS.
UH, MY SUGGESTION PAT MIGHT BE, UH, IS TO, IS TO EMAIL OR CALL ME TOMORROW WE'LL NETWORK WITH ALYSSA AND I, I'M JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T REMEMBER, UH, THE RESOLUTION OF THAT GRIEVANCE, BUT MY POINT IS, IF WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE PERSON TO PUT THERE AT THE BEACH, UH, WE WILL REFLECT THAT IN THE SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULES BY IDENTIFYING THAT POSITION.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS? NATA.
OKAY, JIM, I WAS JUST WONDERING BEFORE YOU START THE MEETING, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR JERRY BALDELLI.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, WE SHOULD, UH, SAY A FEW KIND THINGS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THOSE FOLKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR EACH OF THEM.
UH, WE LOST, UH, TWO STELLAR CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S FOR SURE.
THANKS SO MUCH, KATHY, FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, I GOTTA TELL YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING THIS TO YOU ABOUT JERRY BALDELLI.
UH, I'VE KNOWN JERRY FOR 60 YEARS WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN
JERRY HAD JUST FINISHED HIS BACHELOR'S AND HE WAS GETTING READY TO SUBSTITUTE TEACH IN FRONTIER, AND HIS MOTHER AND MINE WERE
SO MY MOTHER SAID, JERRY, YOU'VE GOTTA HELP OUT MY SON WHO WAS HEADING WITH ALGEBRA.
SO EVERY TUESDAY, EVERY TUESDAY FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, JERRY CAME OVER AFTER SCHOOL AND SAT WITH ME TO GO OVER THE ALGEBRA.
AND HE SAID TO MY MOTHER, AFTER ABOUT SIX WEEKS, MR. SHAW, IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ALGEBRA, HE DOESN'T STUDY
SO JERRY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
WE GOT, WE REMAINED FRIENDS THROUGH MY COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL YEARS.
AND, UH, BOY, HE WAS TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS GUY.
WELL, WE GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES TO GO, HUH? YEAH.
YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE IT FOR YOU? NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
HEY, HEY, WALTER, ARE YOU THERE? WALTER RUTH? YEP, I'M HERE.
HEY, WALTER, ON THAT, UH, TWIN WILLOWS WATER, WATER MAINE WATERLINE.
WE'VE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM DOWN ON WEST ARNOLD, AS YOU KNOW.
AND THESE LINES ARE ANCIENT TWO INCH LINES ACCORDING TO YEAH.
SO, UH, THE WEST ARNOLD FOLKS ARE AFTER US TO, UH, REPLACE THE LINE, BRING IT UP TO, UH, ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY STANDARDS, UM, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH WATER PRESSURE FROM ONE OF THE HYDRANTS AT THE FRONT OF THIS ROAD
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TO REACH TWO, THREE, OR FOUR HOMES IN THE BACK IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE.AND, UH, UH, UH, I'VE, I'VE MET WITH THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I TOOK, UH, TOM LARDO WITH ME ON ONE OCCASION.
AND, UH, SO WE'VE GOT SOME, WE'VE GOT SOME THINKING TO DO ABOUT THESE PRIVATE ROADS AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO, RIGHT.
UH, AS WE MOVE INTO THE, INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, WE, WE'VE GOT 19TH CENTURY, UH, ROADS, YOU KNOW.
OR WATER, UH, LINES, I SHOULD SAY.
A, A QUESTION ON THOSE WITH, UH, US HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM, WHO ULTIMATELY PAYS FOR THAT? WOULDN'T IT HAVE TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THAT SERVICE WOULD HAVE TO BE CHARGED FOR THAT? I, I, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE TRUE.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN THE IKA WATER AREA, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE STILL GETTING BILLED FOR THE BOND THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR ERIE TO TAKE, TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS, LET ERIE COUNTY WATER TAKE OVER.
THAT THAT WAS TRUE IN BLAZEDALE TOO.
UM, SO I, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.
WALTER, DO YOU HAVE A, AN INSIGHT ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
I KNOW WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT WITH ERIE COUNTY THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN AND UPGRADE THOSE UH, AREAS, BUT I DON'T, THERE'S GOTTA BE MORE CONTEXT TO THAT AGREEMENT THAN WHAT'S IN WHAT WE HAVE.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE WATER AUTHORITY TO SEE IF THEY HAVE MORE DOCUMENTATION AND SEE IF WE CAN LOOK FOR OUR HISTORICAL RECORDS TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
I I WOULD THINK THAT THE PEOPLE IN ON THOSE LINES WOULD HAVE TO FOOT THE COST FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TAKE MONEY FROM, YOU KNOW, OTHER TAXPAYER ACCOUNTS TO FAVOR THAT.
NO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY PAY THIS BILL AND WHETHER WE CAN APPORTION IT BACK, UH, TO, UH, TO TWIN WILLOWS IS, IS HARD TO SAY.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, DIFFICULTIES I KNOW, UH, OUTTA WEST ARNOLD WAS, UH, ACCORDING FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A PRIVATE ROAD, THE TOWN DID SOME, SOME, UH, ROAD CONTOURING AND, UH, IT WAS PICKED UP ON THE DB FUND, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME.
WE WILL HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT, I GUESS.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE TOWN CLERK, UH, KATHY, UH, KY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE SUPERVISOR SHAW HERE.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN HOKE HERE.
COUNCILMAN PETRI HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, UH, WILL, I'LL LEAD YOU IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, JUSTICE INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, THE TOWN CLERK, UH, REMINDED US DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR TWO WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN AND GREAT CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO PASSED AWAY IN THIS BRIEF NEW YEAR.
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OF COURSE, IS JERRY BALDELLI, A LONGSTANDING TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR AND INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, THE FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.HE WAS A COMMUNITY MINDED GENTLEMAN WHO WAS BELOVED BY STUDENTS, FELLOW TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING INTO CONTACT WITH HIM.
SO, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS MEMORY.
ALSO, SADLY, TO REPORT WE LOST, UH, ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC FIRE VOLUNTEERS, LEADERS OF HAMBURG, WHO HAD SERVED IN JUST ABOUT EVERY LEADERSHIP CAPACITY WITH THE LAKEVIEW VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
AND THROUGHOUT THE TOWN ON FIRE MATIC ISSUES.
MR. JOHN WICKER PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY, UH, THIS WEEKEND, AND, UH, HE WAS A DYNAMIC FELLOW WHO DEVOTED ALL OF HIS FREE TIME TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE FIRE COMPANY, TOWN OF HAMBURG FIRE SERVICES TOWN WIDE, AND OF COURSE TO HIS WONDERFUL FAMILY.
UH, WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR JOHN, JOHN WICKER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UH, WITH YOUR PERMISSION ONTO THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS.
UM, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOES APPROVE RULES OF ORDER EACH YEAR TO GOVERN THE CONDUCT AND MANNER IN WHICH TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE GOVERNED AND OPERATED.
AND WHEREAS THE RULES OF ORDER CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WERE DRAWN FROM THE REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING HELD IN 1959, AND WHEREAS THOSE RULES OF ORDER ARE CRYPTIC AND AMBIGUOUS, LEAVING MUCH TO THE DISCRETION OF THE SUPERVISOR.
AND WHEREAS FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, THE TOWN BOARD HAS LOOSELY FOLLOWED AND ADHERED TO A PROPOSED DRAFT OF RULES OF ORDER THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD HAS GROWN FAMILIAR WITH.
AND WHEREAS PROVIDING CLEAR AND CODIFIED SET OF RULES OF ORDER FOR THE IMMEDIATE USE OF THE BOARD AS WELL AS FOR FUTURE USE, WILL PROVIDE CONTINUITY AND A MODERN APPROACH TO GUIDE THE CONDUCT OF MEMBERS AND THE OPERATION OF TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
WHEREAS THE DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR AN UPDATED AND MODERN SET OF RULES OF ORDER IS ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION.
THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE ATTACHED RULES OF ORDER FOR USE BY THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE PROPOSED RULES OF ORDER BE PUT INTO USE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR APPROVAL AND BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OPERATE UNDER AND FOLLOW THE PROPO ABOVE RULES OF ORDER FOR THE 21 20 21 TERM UNLESS OTHERWISE AMENDED BY THE BY TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION AND RESOLVE THAT THE RULES OF ORDER BE PROVIDED TO THE HAMBURG TOWN CLERK TO ENSURE THEIR AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC PERUSAL AND POSTERITY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE MOTION IS? THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
UH, NUMBER FOUR, BETH FERRELL.
I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE MUTE THERE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND WHERE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTERS HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN IN BOTH VILLAGES AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE ANY AND ALL FEES FOR ITS HOUSING PROGRAMS, THUS MAKING SAID PROGRAMS MORE AFFORDABLE TO ITS CLIENTS NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ANY AND ALL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE WAIVED.
AND B, IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A, THIS WAIVER
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OF FEES SHALL INCLUDE ANY AND ALL BUILDING PERMIT FEES, RECREATION FEES, SEWER AND PLUMBING PERMIT FEES, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER APPLICABLE FEES OR CHARGES DUE THROUGH NORMAL BUSINESS OF THE TOWN.AND B, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES WAIVED SHALL BE UTILIZED AS A MATCH CREDIT FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOM BOARD HEREBY ESTABLISHES THE FOLLOWING AS A STANDARD WORKDAY FOR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING DAYS WORKED REPORTABLE TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL FALL UNDER SUPERVISOR COUNCILMAN, TOWN CLERK, SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS TOWN JUSTICES FIVE DAY WORK WEEK, SIX HOURS PER DAY APPOINTED OFFICIALS WOULD FALL INTO TOWN.
ATTORNEY, DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEYS ASSESSOR, PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEMBERS FIVE DAY WORK WEEK, SIX HOURS PER DAY.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND.
SECOND BY MS. FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
KAREN, RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD DESIGNATES THE HAMBURG SUN AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR THE YEAR 2021 WITH THE OPTION TO TERMINATE WITH A 30 DAY NOTICE BY EITHER PARTY.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
MOTION IS CARRIED RESOLVED AT THE TOWN BOARD NAMED SUPERVISOR JAMES SHAW AS APPOINTING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PER SECTION TWO OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SIGNS, APPOINTMENT FORMS AND PERSONNEL CHANGES SUBMITTED TO HIS OFFICE CERTIFIES THAT THE CIVIL DIVISION PAYROLL IS ACCURATE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CIVIL SERVICE LAW CANVASES ELIGIBLE LISTS AND PERFORMS THE FUNCTIONS RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW SIGNS PO DASH ONE M FORMS, REPORTING APPOINTMENTS, TERMINATIONS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL CHANGES TO ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL.
SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
RESOLVE THAT KATHY REPINSKI TOWN CLERK BE APPOINTED REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR DISTRICT NUMBER 1 4 6 5 TOWN OF HAMBURG AND BRIAN WALINSKI, DEPUTY REGISTRAR FOR THE TERM JANUARY 1ST, 2021 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
WHEREAS SECTION 4 1 2 4 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW REFERS TO COMPENSATION BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT KATHY RUSKI SHALL BE PAID A TOTAL OF $3,662.
THE COMBINED DISTRICTS OF HAMBURG ARE 1 4 6 5 FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGES OF BLAZEDALE AND HAMBURG IS PROVIDED UNDER THE LAW.
ALL FEES COLLECTED BY THE REGISTRAR IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES SHALL BE PROPERTY OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
THE FEES COLLECTED AS REVENUE TO THE TOWN SHALL BE ENTERED IN REVENUES ACCOUNT A 2 5 9 0 0.9.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ALRIGHT ON THE QUESTION.
UH, RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE FORM AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE TRAVELERS, ST.
PAUL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY AND FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE BOND EFFECTIVE 12 15 0 9 COVERING ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHILE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR DUTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SUPERVISOR, THE TOWN JUSTICES, THE TOWN CLERK, AND THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT WITH A LIMIT OF $1 MILLION PER LOSS OVER A DEDUCTIBLE OF $25,000 EACH OCCURRENCE, EXCESS COVERAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF 750,000 IS PROVIDED FOR THE TOWN CLERK AND THE DEPUTY TOWN CLERK.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
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AYE.WHEREAS SECTION WHERE SECTION 64 OF TOWN LAW REQUIRES THE TOWN BOARD TO DESIGNATE THE BANKS OF TRUST COMPANIES IN WHICH THE SUPERVISOR TOWN CLERK, TOWN JUSTICE AND FINANCE OFFICE MANAGER SHALL DEPOSIT ALL MONIES COMING INTO THEIR HANDS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICES.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FUNDS FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BE DEPOSITED IN ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BANKS, BANK OF AMERICA, MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS, NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WA, WILMINGTON TRUST ALL THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, BLAZEDALE BUFFALO BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL OF THE SAID BANKS ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE DEPOSITORIES FOR THE FUNDS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE FOLLOWING WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPERVISOR AND THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF PROCESSING VOUCHERS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
AND WHEREAS THE COMPUTER NETWORK, WHICH IS USED TO PROCESS SID VOUCHERS, IS LOCATED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND IT HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROCESS PAYMENT OF SAID VOUCHERS.
AND WHEREAS THE STATE REGULATIONS MANDATE THAT SAID VOUCHERS BE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN CLERK OR THE TOWN CONTROLLER.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT SAMANTHA TAR SINSKI, THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, BE GIVEN THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN CONTROLLER LIMITED TO PRESERVING THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF VOUCHER AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING 1 1 21 AND ENDING ON 12 31 21.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING, THAT THE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, AND MBIA CLASS TO BE DESIGNATED DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THEY ARE HEREBY REQUESTED, AUTHORIZED, AND DIRECTED TO HONOR CHECKS, DRAFTS, OR OTHER ORDERS OF PAYMENT ON MONEY DRAWN IN THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, INCLUDING THOSE PAYABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORDER OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHOSE NAME OR NAMES APPEAR THEREON AS SIGNER OR SIGNEES THEREOF WHEN HEARING OR PURPORTING TO BEAR THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, JAMES M. SHAW AND THE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WILMINGTON TRUST AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HONOR AND TO CHARGE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR SUCH CHECKS, DRAFTS, OR OTHER, REGARDLESS OF BY WHOM OR BY WHAT MEANS THE ACTUAL OR PURPORTED SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURES THEREON MAY HAVE BEEN OFFERED THERETO IF SUCH SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURES RESEMBLE THE FACSIMILE SPECIMENS DULY CERTIFIED TWO OR FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WILMINGTON TRUST, AND BY THE SECRETARY OR OTHER OFFICER OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SO MOVED THERE A SECOND TO THAT PLEASE.
SECOND IS MR. PEACHY ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESULT TOWN BOARD APPROVE A MILEAGE RENT FOR TOWN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2021 AT 50 CENTS PER MILE FOR OFFICIAL TOWN BUSINESS.
THE TOM BOARD APPROVES THE TERMINATION OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE FROM THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, MR. GARY NELSON, TERMINATION DATE 11 23 20.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
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SECOND TO MR. CONLEY.OTHER QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE AYE.
BE RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY DEPOSIT OR INVEST TOWN MONIES NOT REQUIRED FOR IMMEDIATE EXPENDITURE AND SPECIAL TIME DEPOSITS, ACCOUNTS OR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS ISSUED BY A BANK OR TRUST COMPANY LOCATED AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECOND IS MS. HOKE ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN JUSTICES BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY COURT STENOGRAPHERS IF AND WHEN NECESSARY.
MS. CAR SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
UM, THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT IS COORDINATOR OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $12,000.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 3 6 3 0 0.102.
CATHERINE HILLMAN IS THE APPOINTMENT SO MOVED.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF $80 PER DAY FOR EACH COMMISSIONER OF THE WOODLAWN SEWER DISTRICT FOR EACH DAY ACTUALLY SPENT IN SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT SUCH COMMISSIONER FILED WITH THE TECH CLERK OFFICIAL UNDERTAKING BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000.
I'LL SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
NUMBER 19, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS RESOLUTION.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
UH, ACTUALLY A MOTION TO TABLE IS NOT AMENDABLE OR DEBATABLE.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IT'LL BE TABLED TO OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE 1 11 21.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOM BOARD APPROVE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OFFICER FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON 1 1 21 AND ENDING ON 12 31 21.
MARK WALLING THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND QUESTION.
UH, RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
CATHERINE HILLMAN AS COORDINATOR CHAIRMAN PATRICK BABST.
PAT RYAN, EUGENE PAULINI, MICHAEL BENNETT, LINDSEY DUNN, JOHN MCKENDRY, JAMES WALTER RICH AND CAROL GILLETTE.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVE THAT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2 84 OF THE FAMILY LAW, THE TOWN BOARD AGREES THAT MONEY'S LOBBED AND COLLECTED FOR THE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS SHALL BE EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS.
THE SUM OF $5,974,795 MAY BE EXPENDED FOR GENERAL REPAIRS UPON 319.96 LANE MILES OF TOWN HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING CULVERTS AND BRIDGES HAVING A SPAN OF, OF LESS THAN FIVE FEET AND BOARDWALKS OR THE RENEWAL THEREOF, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD EXECUTES IN, DUPLICATE THE AGREEMENT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY MONIES PURSUANT TO ANY ALLOCATION THAT APPEARS IN THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
WHEREAS SECTION 1 42 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW REQUIRES THE TOWN BOARD TO APPROVE ALLS OF EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND OTHER I IMPLEMENTS UTILIZED FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
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IN EXCESS OF $1,000 PER YEAR.WHEREAS SECTION 1 0 3 OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW REQUIRES PUBLIC BIDDING FOR PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT IN EXCESS OF $20,000.
WHEREAS THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG MAKES NUMEROUS PURCHASES FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
WHEREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 42 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, IT IS DESIRABLE FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TO PURCHASE SET EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS IN EXCESS OF $1,000.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE TOWN BOARD AND WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINE THREE OF THE FISCAL POLICIES, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS TO BE USED FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION SNOWPLOWS OR OTHER DEVICES FOR THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND HIGHWAYS IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $5,000.
RESOLVED THAT REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT OF TOWN MEAL EXPENSES WILL BE AT A MAXIMUM OF $40 PER DAY UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVE IF THE TOWN BOARD MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN REJUVENATION COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
LAURA HAHN, PAT RYAN, BARBARA DOLE, THOMAS MOSES SR.
THERESA MCCLUSKEY, DEBORAH YOUNG, LYNN EVANS, VICKI ANNA, DONNA GAVIN, PAULA AK.
KIM FINLEY, KATHY REPINSKI, DOROTHY MCNALLY, DEBORAH YERKEY, KAREN ROGERS, DARLENE, UH, GLASER, JOHN BLOODY AND BILL MAYER.
UH, I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER, UH, NUMBER 26 PURCHASE ORDER AUTHORIZED SIGNER.
IS THERE A SECOND TO A MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS A RESOLUTION? SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, NOW THAT IT'S BEFORE US, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, TWO AMENDMENTS TO IT AS IT RELATES TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
AUTHORIZED SIGNER WILL BE ROGER GIBSON, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT HEAD.
AND THEN I, AS THE SUPERVISOR WILL SIGN IN ROGER'S
UH, WE WILL HAVE JIM SHAW SIGNED FOR THE TIME BEING AS THE AUTHORIZED SIGNER AND, UH, WE'LL PUT DOWN, I THOUGHT IT, I'M NOT SURE WHO I DID.
IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WAS BETH FERRELL AS, UH, THE SIGNER IN MY ABSENCE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE AMENDMENT.
I APOLOGIZE AS TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.
IT'S CATHERINE HILLMAN, WHO IS THE AUTHORIZED SIGNER, AND BETH FARRELL, WHO IS AUTHORIZED IN HER ABSENCE.
SO THERE ARE THREE AMENDMENTS.
I MOVE THAT THE AMENDMENTS BE APPROVED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
NOW THE MOTION IS AMENDED BEFORE US FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
IT RESOLVED AT A TOWN BOARD APPOINT FATHER ROSS SYRACUSE AS POLICE CHAPLAIN TO A ONE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 SECOND.
SECOND IS, UH, IS MS. FARRELL ON QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE VETERANS COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021
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AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.NEW YORK STATE REP EC VETS REP, KATHY REPINSKI, SHARON STEWART, DENNIS CHAPMAN, CAROL INMAN, DEREK PERRY, TOM SITZ, SITZ, UH, PETER BUNTING, JOSEPH SDO, LAURA LUKOWSKI, BRIAN SITZ, NINA DEMING, ART VANDER BUSCH.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD RENEWS ITS MILITARY LEAVE POLICY.
THE POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY THE FIRST, 2021 TILL 12 31 20 21.
UH, MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING BINGO INSPECTORS FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS BRAD RUBINS CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON JANUARY THE FIRST 2021 AND ENDING 12 31, 20 21.
AND MICHELLE PARKER ATTORNEY FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON 1 1 21 AND ENDING ON 12 31 21.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
UH, BETH FERRELL, I THINK YOU'RE UP WITH THE HAMBURG SEAWAY TRAIL.
AM I RIGHT? WHAT'S NEXT? AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BETH FERRELL, UH, THE HAMBURG SEAWAY TRAIL ADVISORY BOARD.
SORRY, I JUST LOST YOU FOR A MOMENT THERE.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE HAMBURG CUA TRAIL VISITOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
LYNN GAYER BRAUN, PATTY AHE, BRANSTEIN, GAYER BRAUN, SARAH MCDONALD, MATT KLER, ANDREA BOBCAT, BABCOCK, BRIANNA T, CINDY CERONI, DICK CRANDALL, NICOLE FOW, LIZ REKA, MEGAN FERRELL, STEVEN HOKE.
SECOND IS, UH, MR. PETRI, YOU HAVE THE QUESTION.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD WILLIAM CLARK CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY THE 13TH.
SHOULD BE JANUARY THE FIRST 2021 AND ENDING 12 31 20 21.
AND FOR MR. WILLIAM CLARK FOR A SEVEN YEAR TERM, COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING ON 12 31 20 27, ALONG WITH JENNIFER PSI ATTORNEY FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON, I GUESS IT WOULD BE, UH, ONE, ONE, OH, I, I, I'LL, I'M SORRY, I'LL READ 'EM THE WAY THEY WERE.
1 13, 20 21 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 APPLIES ALSO TO, UH, MR. CLARK 2021.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND? ALL IN THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, JIM? I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE A QUICK COMMENT HERE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, WILLIAM CLARK'S LEADERSHIP, HIS FAIRNESS, UM, AND HIS DEDICATION THAT WE SAW DURING THE LAST TERM, UH, WHEN HE WAS CHAIRING THIS, THIS COMMITTEE WITH THE ASPHALT, UH, SITUATION THAT WAS HAPPENING.
IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, UH, TIME FOR THE TOWN AND FOR THAT PARTICULAR, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND I, I JUST FEEL LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, RENEWING HIM, UH, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE
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HE SHOWED, UM, HOW VALUABLE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE KEY PEOPLE IN THESE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO, TO SEE THAT, UH, HE, HE WILL BE, UH, ON FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS, UH, AS WELL AS JENNIFER, UM, FOR THE, UH, THE ATTORNEY THIS YEAR.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SETTING.
RESOLVED THAT SUPERVISOR JAMES M. SHAW IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PROPERLY SUBMITTED FORMS FOR HIRING TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO BE CONFORMED CONFIRMED AT THE NEXT IMMEDIATE TOWN BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING HIRING.
IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE SUPERVISOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR FILING ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 29 DASH 10 A OF THE TOWN LAW.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL NEW AND UNUSED 2024 FUSION VEHICLES TO THE LOAN BIDDER OF POLICE BID NUMBER SIX DASH 2020 TO WEST HER FORD, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF $18,486 AND 43 CENTS PER VEHICLE MINUS THE TRADES OF TWO 2008 FORD EXPLORERS.
$5,500 AND ONE CHEVY THREE STOCK VAN $2,500 FOR A TOTAL OF 28,000 SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO EIGHTY SIX.
MONEY IS AVAILABLE ON ACCOUNT B3 ASSET FOR SO MOVED.
I'LL SECOND THAT ON THE QUESTION.
AUTHORIZE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR ONE NEW AND UNUSED 2021 CHEVY TAHOE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.202.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, ITEM NUMBER 38, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT BALANCE OF, UH, MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR 2021, GIVEN THAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO LAY THIS RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING SET FOR 1 11 21.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO THAT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2 84 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, THE TOWN BOARD AGREES THAT MONEY'S LEVIED AND COLLECTED FOR THE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS SHALL BE EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS.
THE SUM $5,974,795 MAY BE EXPENDED FOR GENERAL REPAIRS UPON 319.96 LANE MILES HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING
UH, FOLKS, I, UH, IF YOU REFER BACK TO YOUR NOTE TO RESOLUTION 22, UNLESS I AM, UH, IN NEED OF, UH, STRONGER BIFOCALS, I THINK THIS IS THE SAME RESOLUTION WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED.
YEAH, IT MAY, IT MAY WELL BE A, A DUPLICATE.
SO IN THAT CASE, IN THAT CASE, A MOVE THAT WE DISPENSE WITH, UH, FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 39 AND, UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE'LL MOVE TO 40 SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE.
RESOLVED THE FOLLOWING, BE APPOINTED TO THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021
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AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.JOE
RICH, RICH CLARK, ELIZABETH O'DONNELL, ANTHONY MUSCARELLA, LYNN RUDNICK, DENISE ANO, JOANNE CARROLL, PETER WESTMAN, LARRY KANO, TOM CUNNINGHAM.
LINDA IS GLEN NICKI, NICOLE ALCO, BILL CLARK, MARK MALKI.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITION OF HANK FEIN FELDER, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I'LL SECOND THAT ON THE QUESTION PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WITH REGARDS NUMBER 41, UH, KATHY AND, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE COORDINATOR OF THAT COMMITTEE, UH, IS FOR 2020, IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE.
UH, THE MEMBERS, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE ARE DESIGNATED BELOW.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO, UH, ALYSSA STRAUS.
BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, UH, THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE, TALK WITH OUR, UH, UH, WITH SEAN CROTTY AND DETERMINE WHAT STIPEND, UH, OR WHAT SALARY, IF ANY, SHOULD BE APPROPRIATED.
THEREFORE, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 41 UNTIL 1 11 21.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING IS CONFIRMED APPOINTED TO SERVE AS THE FIRST DEPUTY TO THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT IN THE INDICATED DEPARTMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE.
DARREN SMITH, HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT $173 AND 8 CENTS.
SECOND IS KAREN HOKE ON THE QUESTION.
ALL FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 AS FILED.
PATRICK RYAN, $7,000 YEARLY STIPEND RICK NOAC.
4,500 YEARLY STIPEND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND BUDGETED FOR AN ACCOUNT.
I'LL SECOND THAT, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
THERESA DUBY, ANDREA MAXIK, STEPHANIE BAXTER, SHIRLEY ANZALONE, PATRICIA LEC, AMY MCKNIGHT, CINDY HAN MANKO.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE YOUTH BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, BEGINNING ON 1 1 21 AND ENDING ON 12 31 23.
COLLEEN KANEY, AMY, RUTH, TRACY, MAYOR.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAY AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING DECEMBER 21ST.
WE HAVE AND DI TO JOHN MCFALL.
UH, IS THIS A TWO YEAR TERM OR TWO YEAR TERM? TWO YEAR TERM.
SO ISN'T THAT A YEAH, THAT'S TWO YEAR.
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE IS ON THAT? THAT'S TWO YEARS.WELL, NO, THAT'LL BE ALL OF 21.
WE WANNA MAKE IT TO 22 AND IF IT'S WRONG, WE'LL FIX IT NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL AMEND IT LIKE, UH, TO MAKE IT, UH, 1220.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? SECOND.
NOW THE MOTION IS AMENDED THAT MR. PETRI SUBMITTED.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT, UH, THOSE THREE NAMES WILL ALL IN FAVOR FOR TWO YEAR TERM 2022.
PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
A VACANCY HAS BEEN CREATED ON THE HANDBOOK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.
AND WHEREAS TO FILL THE VACANCY IN THE HAMBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL TO THE HAMBURG HOME BOARD DR.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2021, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 TO THE HAMBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, DR.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAMBURG SOUTH TOWNS DRUG FREE COMMUNITY COALITION FOR 2021.
MARK POLUSKI, NICOLE DEKA, ANN GIL, HUEY, GIL HUEY, JOE GUNNING, JACKIE SULLIVAN, SALLY ICK.
REBECCA BARNELL, LINDA SENSE, JOHN BENNETT, SHANNON THURSTON.
ELIZABETH FARRELL, BRIDGET SCHLEMMER, COLLEEN KGA, ROBERT LARDO.
THOMAS ADAMS. JENNIFER ROBERTSON.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
BRYCE LINK, SEAN CONNOLLY, MARK MANUEL, MICHAEL WELSH, JAMES SHAW, SAMANTHA TARIN, AND ADDING THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE, UH, TO ADD ROBERT MCDONALD.
OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT QUESTION.
MR. CONLEY FEE REC, UH, RECREATION FEE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHEREAS THE FULL-TIME STAFF TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD ANNUALLY CONDUCTS A REVIEW OF ALL CHARGES AND FEES AND PROGRAMS, LEAGUES, RENTALS, CLASSES, CLINICS, ET CETERA, ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTERED AND OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEREAS A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CHANGES TO SAID FEES TOOK PLACE AMONG AFOREMENTIONED PARTIES DURING THE WANING DAYS OF 2020, AND WHEREAS AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, A CONSENSUS ON CHANGES TO THE GOLF COURSE FEES COULD NOT BE REACHED.
AND THE DEPARTMENT AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN IN JANUARY TO FINISH THIS DISCUSSION AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD LATER IN THE MONTH.
AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT AND RAB ARE RECOMMENDING ALL OTHER PROGRAM MEMBERSHIP OR RENTAL FEES FROM OUR MENU OF OFFERINGS NOT ADDRESSED HEREIN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 2021.
AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT AND RAB DID DETERMINE THAT A MODEST INCREASE OF FEES CHARGES TO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS OFFERED IS JUSTIFIED AND WARRANTED
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BASED ON CURRENT MARKET TRENDS, COST INCREASES, AND OTHER DETERMINING FACTORS.AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT AND THE R-A-B-R-A-B HAVE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, THE MODIFICATIONS AS FOLLOWS, ICE ARENA, RESIDENT ICE RENTALS, INCLUDING HHHA FROM $195 PER HOUR TO $200 PER HOUR.
NON-RESIDENT ICE RENTALS FROM $210 PER HOUR TO $220 PER HOUR DAY CAMP NON-RESIDENT CA DAY CAMP FROM $170 PER WEEK TO $175 PER WEEK.
TOWN TAUGHT PRESCHOOL RESIDENT FROM $9 PER DAY TO $10 PER DAY.
NON-RESIDENT FROM $12 PER DAY TO $14 PER DAY BASKETBALL CLINIC RESIDENTS FROM $45 TO $70 OR $60 PER SESSION, WHICH IS SIX CLASSES.
NON-RESIDENT, WHICH IS A NEW CATEGORY, $70 PER SESSION.
BOWLING ROCKS, RESIDENTS FROM $45 TO $50 PER SESSION, WHICH IS SIX CLASSES.
NON-RESIDENT, WHICH IS A NEW CATEGORY, $70 PER SESSION FLAG FOOTBALL RESIDENTS FROM $70 PER SE PER SEASON TO $90 PER SEASON.
NON-RESIDENTS, WHICH IS A NEW CATEGORY, $100 PER SEASON.
RESIDENT BEACH PARKING PERMITS GENERAL PUBLIC FROM $20 TO $25 ANNUALLY, SENIOR CITIZENS FROM $10 TO $13 ANNUALLY NOW BE NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSED BY THE FULL-TIME STAFF OF THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AS CONTAINED AND ENUMERATED ABOVE.
UH, SECOND IS, UH, PETRI, ONE QUESTION.
PART-TIME AND SEASONAL WAGE SCHEDULE RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE LISTING OF PART-TIME AND SEASONAL WORKERS AS SET FORTH IN THE 2021 SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE ATTACHED.
SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE 2021 SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ATTACHED.
SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
I WOULD SIMPLY SEND THAT, UH, MICHAEL TO, UH, TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR BASED ON CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PERSONNEL, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD, ALYSSA STRAUS.
THAT'S THE, I'LL SECOND THAT, I'LL SECOND THAT AMENDMENT.
NOW THE MOTION THAT MR. PETRI READ AS AMENDED HAS BEEN MOVED.
THE MOTION AS AMENDED IS CARRIED.
UH, WE WANT TO OFFER A A, A SPECIAL THANKS TO RUSS GROENE, WHO HAS SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS A DILIGENT MEMBER ON THE ASSESSMENT BOARD OF REVIEW.
HE HAS MOVED OUT OF TOWN AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, WE'LL HAVE TO VACATE HIS POSITION, MAKE A MOTION THAT MR. BRIAN WALINSKI BE APPOINTED TO IN HIS STEAD FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TERM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WITH REGARD TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A VACANCY AS WELL, UH, WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE YEAR.
AND, UH, AS RESULT OF THAT, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY MOVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MARYANNE DUNN TO THE VACANT POSITION ON THE TOWN ETHICS COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
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UH, IS THERE ANYTHING, UH, ELSE THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO ADDRESS? UH, BEFORE I OPEN UP, UH, THE MEETING TO COMMENTS OR, UH, POINTS OF INTEREST, DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL SAY TO YOU, IF I MAY, WE HAVE FOUR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE TO BE EXECUTED.THEY ARE NOT READY FOR YOUR RATIFICATION, UH, OR AUTHORIZATION FOR ME TO SIGN THEM.
UH, THAT'S WITH REGARD TO OUR GRANT WRITER, OUR PLANNING ASSISTANT OR CONSULTANT, SARAH DE JARAN, OUR PLANNING CONSULTING FIRM, WENDELL, AND OUR DRUG, UH, TESTING COMPANY, UH, THE NAME OF WHICH ESCAPES ME ONSITE.
ONSITE DRUG TESTING WILL HAVE THOSE ALREADY.
THEY'RE ALL BEEN NEGOTIATED AND FINALLY RESOLVED OVER THE WEEKEND.
SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE READY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS THURSDAY FOR ACTION NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
ALSO, ONE LAST THING FOR ME, UH, I'M GONNA SEND OUT TOMORROW, UH, AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, AND IT DEALS WITH THE, UH, THE BOND RESOLUTIONS THAT WE ADOPTED.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EIGHT, EIGHT PROJECTS.
YOU CAN BREAK 'EM DOWN INTO, INTO THE, INTO THE VARIOUS PROJECTS, LED BEING THE BIGGEST, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, THE NIKE CENTER.
SO WHAT I DID IS I, I, I MADE AN OUTLINE AND APPOINTED COORDINATORS FOR EACH OF THESE EIGHT PROJECTS.
AND, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE LED LIGHTING, I'VE GOT TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT COORDINATORS TO HANDLE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET IT OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND GET YOUR, AND I'VE GOT BOARD MEMBERS ACTING AS LIAISONS TO THESE EIGHT, UH, EIGHT GROUPS.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET ALL OF YOU TO INPUT ON THAT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S FOLLOW THROUGH IS A KEY IMPORTANCE TO GET THIS DONE.
THE MONEY, THE MONEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED ON THE BOND.
AND, UH, WHILE WE'RE ONLY PAYING INTEREST ONLY IN THE FIRST YEAR, WE WANNA START GETTING THESE PROJECTS GOING SO WE CAN OFFSET THE, UH, THE COST ON THE AMORTIZATION.
SO I'LL GET THAT OUT FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW.
CAN I ALSO ADD SOMETHING? PLEASE DO.
UH, THIS IS SAM FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS YOU ALL PROBABLY NOTICED, WE DID NOT HAVE AN AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD, BUT OBVIOUSLY I ALREADY DETAILED TO THE TOWN BOARD, UM, THE STAFFING ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO SINCE EVERY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE ON THIS CALL, IF THERE'S ANY URGENT, UM, CHECKS THAT DO NEED TO BE RELEASED THIS WEEK THAT WE'VE ALREADY PRINTED, UH, THEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
AND THEN ANY VOUCHERS, UM, THAT WEREN'T PROCESSED BEFORE THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY, THOSE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO OUT UNTIL, UM, AT LEAST MONDAY, THE NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CARE TO OFFER ANY, ANY, UH, INFORMATION OR, UH, MAKE ANY POINTS, POINTS OF INTEREST? OKAY.
UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS THEN, UH, BRIDGET, UH, LAVELL AND THE COURTS.
ARE YOU WITH US, BRIDGET? YES, I AM.
WHAT'S NEW OVER THERE, BRIDGET? UM, NOT MUCH.
UM, WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO ARRAIGNMENTS FOR CASES IN WHICH, UM, THE DA'S OFFICE SEEM ESSENTIAL.
SO WE WILL HAVE ONE DAY THIS WEEK AND ONE DAY NEXT WEEK.
UM, BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN WE CAN RESUME COURT FUNCTION FUNCTIONS AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, HASN'T IT? WOW.
WE'VE HEARD, OH, WE'RE STILL DOING ALL THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE MAIL.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION.
AND GIVE OUR THANKS TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HELP OUT THERE TOO.
THE COURT CLERKS ARE, ARE TERRIFIC PEOPLE.
WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU'RE WELCOME.
HOW ABOUT ALYSSA AND PERSONNEL, ALYSSA STRAUSS, ANYTHING FROM YOU? HI.
I'M JUST WORKING ON ALL THE YEAR END STUFF AND, UM, UPDATING RATES AND
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR.HOW ABOUT JENNIFER IN IT? ANYTHING GOING ON JENNIFER, THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT? NOTHING TO REPORT.
UH, ROGER GIBSON AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, HOW ABOUT TOM LARDO IN ENGINEERING? ANYTHING? TOM, TOM, CAMMY GILL.
ARE YOU THERE BY ANY CHANCE? ALRIGHT, UM, PAT, UH, UH, PAT IN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, ANYTHING FROM YOU THERE, MR. RYAN? I KNOW HE WAS WITH US EARLIER.
UH, HOW ABOUT CHRIS HOLLAND? COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? ANYTHING FROM YOU? ALRIGHT, THIS IS MOVING QUICKLY.
UH, KEVIN TRASK OR PETE EZ IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YES.
JUST REAL QUICK, WE HAVE SEVERAL RETIREMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO WE ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING, UH, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE NOTE OF EVERYBODY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE FLYER.
NORMALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A BLOOD DRIVE AND UM, THEY HAVE THE VAN THAT COMES UP IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, UM, THE CONNECT LIFE VAN.
SO THEY WEREN'T GONNA DO IT THIS YEAR, SO MY ROTARY PICKED UP THE DATE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO USE.
SO NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 13TH FROM 10 TO TWO, THERE'LL BE A BLOOD MOBILE IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, UM, BLOOD, IT'LL BE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, OR I THINK YOU COULD EVEN JUST SHOW UP THAT DAY AND DONATE THE BLOOD.
AND I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO GAVE ME ALL THEIR INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VERY DETAILED MEETING AND IT COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TRYING TO GET ANSWERS.
SO I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT COOPERATED WITH ME AND WE WON'T MENTION WHO DIDN'T COOPERATE.
UH, DAN STANFORD IN ASSESSING SIR, I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO, I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.
UH, MR. KARATE, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? SEAN COTTY.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM HIM DURING THE WEEK.
UH, TED CASEY AND HIGHWAY, ARE YOU HERE? NO.
KATE HELLMAN IN TRAFFIC SAFETY.
UH, WALTER RUTH IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
WALTER, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TOO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THIS WEEKEND.
UH, SARAH DEJA, DAN, ANYTHING GOING ON WITH YOU, SARAH, THAT YOU WANNA TELL US ABOUT? HE WAS HERE EARLIER.
I THINK I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT I'LL SECOND MYSELF.
I'LL SEND OUT A MEMO TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE FORMAL SESSION.
IT'S VERY HARD FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UH, GETTING THIS ON A LIVE STREAM ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT, UH, WE CAN GET SOME COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC, IF ANY MEMBERS WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, NOW IS THE TIME TO TRY AND DO THAT.
WELL, ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CARE TO DISCUSS THAT WE HAVE NOT DEALT WITH TONIGHT? WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUSY MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, TOO.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.