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ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON MOTION, THE, UH, WORK SESSION FOR 5 17 21.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, PLEASE AND GENTLEMEN, AT SOME POINT DURING THE, UH, WORK SESSION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE I DO, PERHAPS WE SHOULD GO DOWN THE, THE AGENDA LIST, SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF ORDER.
WE'RE GONNA PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO, UH, PEOPLE IN, SO RIGHT AFTER WE DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, AT OUR REGULAR MEETING, WE'LL, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KAREN HOPE.
UH, SHE IS GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO REQUEST A FRIEND, SUPPORT PEOPLE IN ALL THEIR WORK.
THEN WE GO ON TO THE LV AESTHETICS, UH, ING PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN.
UH, NOW THAT'S AT MILES STRIP AND MCKINLEY, YOU KNOW, THE OLD PIZZA HUT LOCATION.
AND, UH, UH, SO THAT IS A, UH, REQUEST TO TAKE IT TO C TWO.
UH, WE HAVE A CITIZEN WHO CAN'T WITH A, WHO SEND EMAIL OVER, UH, REQUESTING THAT WE CONSIDER, UH, ADEQUATE FENCING TO OFFER SERVICE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENCES BEHIND THE BUSINESS PROPERTY, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY A WORTHY THING TO CONSIDER.
THEN WE'VE GOT A NEW, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE MEMBER AT BIG TREE.
WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PRE PRIOR PRIOR MEETING.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S KAREN'S MOTION.
UH, WE'LL CONSIDER POLICE PROMOTIONS AND AGENCIES THERE, THE LIEUTENANT TO CAPTAIN, AND THEN SOMEBODY ONTO THE LIEUTENANTS, UH, UH, VACANT POSITION.
AND THEN HIRING TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSAL.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, MARTY DENKI WITH, UH, UH, PERSONAL ACTION FORMS THAT I SIGNED REGARDING, UH, OUR RECREATION PROGRAM.
THOSE FOLKS ARE ALL CONTAINED ON TWO SHEETS THERE.
NOW, A NUMBER 10, I WANNA PASS THIS OUT TO YOU, TO YOU LADIES, JOE.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT RESOLUTION AND WITH A WHOLE NEW, SO LEMME JUST GET, UH, I THOUGHT THAT, THAT I TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE CONCISE WITH, UH, 10.
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OH, YOU DO HAVE ONE THAT, RIGHT? OKAY.I'LL GET TO BETWEEN THE, THE END OF OUR WORK SESSION AND THE PUBLIC SESSION, I'LL GO UPSTAIRS AND MAKE A COPIES.
SO THAT YOU UNDER KNOW WHAT THIS IS THERE, FOLKS.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH NEW WAVE ENERGY SINCE 2013.
SO THE CONTRACT, UH, COMES UP FOR RENEWAL, UH, IN JULY.
THERE'S A MEMO FROM, UH, MARK WALLING TO, UH, WALTER RUTH AND, UH, TO JAMIE REGARDING, UH, THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, IF WE WANT TO GO OUT AND TEST THE MARKET, UH, FOR AN RFP FOR NEW ELECTRICITY PROVIDER.
IN THE INTERIM, WE WOULD, UH, SIGN ON WITH THE ERIE COUNTY CONSORTIUM, UH, DIRECT AT THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PREPARE THE RFP.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE.
SO THIS WOULD SUBSTITUTE FOR THE EXISTING NUMBER 10 IN WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF MAKING THE CHANGE, UM, IN THAT TIMEFRAME WHERE WE'RE DOING WELL.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, THE CONTRACT AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS FOR, FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
SO, YEAH, SO IT AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS IF WE DON'T SERVE NOTICE TO TERMINATE.
SO ANYWAY, UH, NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE NEW WAY.
CAN'T SUBMIT A PROPOSAL PURSUANT TO THE RFP AND WIND UP BACK IN THE CATBIRD SEAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD WORK OUT TOO.
AND THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO JUST EXTEND IT FOR THAT CREATIVE TIME DURING THE RFP.
UH, HAVEN'T TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT IT.
THEY WORKED, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANY MODIFICATIONS ON THEIR PRICING, SO WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD MAYBE CONSIDER A DIFFERENT PRICE.
ERIE, WE'RE ALSO ALREADY USING THE ERIE COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR THE OTHER PORTION, UM, OF OUR ELECTRIC SERVICES.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE THE ONE CONTRACT ONE.
THIS PROPOSAL WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION MM-HMM
UM, THAT ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN SWITCHED.
NUWAVE HAD NOT BEEN SWITCHED BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
NUMBER 10, NUMBER 11 IS THE FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION, UH, PROGRAM.
WE ALREADY, UH, HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS THE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE LOCAL LAW.
WE HAVE TO SEND THIS NOT ONLY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BUT WE'VE GOTTA SEND IT TO FEMA.
KATHY, I'VE GOT ALL, ALL THE MATERIAL, OR TARA HAS UPSTAIRS.
SO WE SEND IT BY A STATE CERTAIN TO, UH, FEMA AS WELL.
UH, MARK LONG, I THINK DID SOME RESEARCH ON THAT, AND HE'S, HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE TIMELINE AS WELL.
UH, THE TWIN WILLOW PIPE THING IS, UH, KA IS, UH, SUGGESTED THAT, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO GIVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT TO DO FOR PHASE TWO OF THE STORM OF, OF THE STORM SEWER DRAINAGE ISSUE, WE NEED TO GET A COMPANY THAT CAN DO AN EXTENDED, UH, DO EXTENDED PHOTOGRAPHY WORK OF ONE OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, PIPE.
AND SO THIS SUGGESTION IS, IS THAT THE COMPANY THAT WAS DOWN THERE TO DO THE RESEARCH WITH US CAME AND I JOINED IT.
UH, ONE OF THE COMPANY PROVIDERS WERE MANAGERS, UH, THAT WE AWARD THEM, BUT WE PAY THEM $2,500 TO DO THE SURVEY VIA A CAMERA.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT HERE IN HOUSE TO DO IT OURSELVES.
JIM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD ON THAT WAS ACCOUNT NUMBER.
WELL, WE CAN MAYBE COME UP WITH ONE.
NO, I DON'T SEE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER HERE, PAM.
UM, YEAH, IT JUST, UH, SAM, CAN YOU HELP US OUT HERE? UH, NUMBER 12.
UM, AND NOW TWIN WILLOW, IS THAT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ON USING DEBT FUNDING FOR? NO.
OR JUST OUT OF OUR NORMAL? WE WERE FUNDING THAT OUT OF OUR OPERATING FUND.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I HAVE THAT NUMBER.
UM, ALSO TOO, THEN, KENNY, I KNOW YOU AND I EXCHANGED
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EMAILS.THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE COVERED PER PROPERTY.
AND MRS. WE RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, THEY'RE BOTH ON THE WALL AND, UH, EVIDENTLY, I, I, SHE SAYS IT WAS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS P AND G, BUT, UH, LAST FALL, UH, HIGHWAY DID SOME REMEDIAL WORK TO, UH, THE SINKHOLE ON HER PROPERTY, SOME RIP WRAP, PLACED DOWN SOME METAL GRADING AND SO FORTH.
SHE WANTS THAT REMOVED AND GRASS SEED, UH, PLANTED SO THAT HER YARD CAN BE RESTORED IN THE SUMMER.
UH, SO TED GACY HAD SAID TO ME THAT IT WAS THE CONTRACTOR THAT DID IT.
SHE SAYS, NO, AND D AND G SAYS THIS AND THAT.
SO WOULD YOU, YOU'RE GONNA CHECK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SEE WHAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO SAY? CORRECT.
I DON'T, NOTHING IN THE PAPERWORK THE CONTRACTOR SENT ME SAID ANYTHING ABOUT DOING ANY SURFACE RESTORATION IN THAT AREA.
I, I DON'T, UNDER THE IMPRESSION THEY DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE LAWNS, BUT I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR WAITING FOR HIS REPLY, AND I'M GOING TO STEP OUT AND PUT MY EYES ON IT AGAIN TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SO THAT IF WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING SOME KIND OF RESTORATION, THEN I KNOW WHAT'S
YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE HER, UH, HIGH AND DRY THINKING THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, CARE ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
SOMETIMES WE CAN ALSO GET THE COUNTY TO HELP WITH TELEVISING AND EVEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO BRING THIS SIZE OF DRAINAGE PIPES.
WE HAD TO GO TO A THIRD PARTY CONTRACT.
UH, THAT'S A PRELUDE TO CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE THIS SEASON.
UH, TWO, I SAY COUNTY ALSO TOO.
WE'VE GOT, AND WALTER, YOU AND I MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY ON THE THIRSTON AVENUE PROJECT, WHICH IS A, THAT'S PART OF OUR BOND RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE TWO, TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THERE, UH, UH, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE NEED TO SECURE EASEMENTS TO DO SOME DRAINAGE WORK ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY TO FINISH IT OFF.
THEY'RE BETWEEN WHERE THE PAPER STREET ENDS AND THE CREEK BEGINS.
SO I, I GUESS I CAN GET WITH YOU AND CAM, AS LONG AS YOU GET IT DONE THIS SUMMER, THESE FOLKS WILL BE, I SUPPOSE I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH, FOR THAT OH.
SO I THINK THAT'S STILL BEING FLUSHED OUT IS GONNA HAPPEN.
I'LL CALL MR. NIK BACK AND TELL HIM YOU GUYS ARE DISCUSSING THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, REMEMBER LAST YEAR, YOU REMEMBER THIS MY, UH, WE, WE DID THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF DOLPHIN.
WE DO THE NORTH SIDE LAST YEAR OR SIDEWALK, AND THE MORE DIFFICULT PORTION ACROSS THE STREET, THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT THIS SUMMER.
SO LAST YEAR, CAMBY, WE WERE BATTLING, UH, HALLOWEEN AND NOVEMBER STORMS AND ALL THAT TO GET IT DONE PURSUANT TO OUR PROMISE.
UH, SO I'LL TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
MAYBE WE CAN GET THE WORK STARTED THIS SUMMER.
IT'S LONGER AND IT'S MORE COMPLICATED, BUT WE SAID WE'D DO IT.
SO IF WE SAID WE'D DO IT, WE GOTTA DO IT.
I HAVE THAT ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR YOU IF YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M SORRY, YOU SORRY, GO AHEAD.
NOW THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, PERTAINS TO THE CREATION OF AN ENTIRELY NEW COMMITTEE, UH, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT OUR SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN KEEN TO DO IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO.
SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS ESTABLISHES JUNE THE SEVENTH AS A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LOCAL LAW, WHICH IS ATTACHED.
AND WE GOTTA MAKE, LOOK AT IT.
WE MADE A MISTAKE THAT THIS WAS TAKEN FROM THE RESOLUTION DOWN THE DOWN OF GRAND ISLAND.
SO WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE RICH HERITAGE OF AS MUCH AS, UM, THE NEXT ONE IS THE CLOCK TOWER.
UM, THE RESOLUTION, UH, PROVIDES FOR, UH, THE, UH, AWARD TO GO TO A CONTRACT THAT GOES TO URBAN ENGINEERS.
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NOT NECESSARILY THE LOWEST OF THE LOW BIDDERS.THERE, THERE ARE FIVE COMPANIES THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS.
I DON'T KNOW A HECK OF A LOT ABOUT ENGINEERING, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, TOM MARIO DOES.
AND WE INDEPENDENTLY LOOKED AT 'EM AND I WROTE DOWN MY, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BEST.
HE WROTE DOWN WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS BEST.
I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU FOLKS THAT IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK, UH, I'LL DEFER TO TOM, BUT YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.
SO THAT'S THE GIST OF NUMBER 14.
WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR END GOAL WITH, UH, WITH
UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE IS TO FIX THE FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH IT AND AROUND IT SO THAT IT WON'T FALL INTO, UH, OR BE A HAZARD TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS OR CARS THAT ARE PARKED IN A FACILITY WITHOUT SOME REMEDIAL WATER BEING DONE.
THAT FOUNDATION IS PRETTY WEAK.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THAT AREA, THEY COULD SAY, PRESERVE THE POWER THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND, UH, UH, GET A STUDY DONE AS TO, UH, WHAT CONTRACTOR WE SHOULD FOR THE REPAIRS.
SO A QUESTION I'LL BRING UP ON THIS IS, UH, CAN WE GET QUOTES TO REBUILD IT WITH THE BUILDING AND REBUILD IT WITHOUT THE BUILDING? BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT IF THEY'RE GONNA BE RESTRUCTURING THIS TO KEEP THAT BUILDING, IT'S GONNA PROBABLY A LOT MORE MONEY THAN JUST FIX WITHOUT ABOUT THAT.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR RFP WAS DRAWN WITH THE PREMISE BEING THAT TO REPAIR THE CLOCK TOWER SIDEWALK WAS TO PRESERVE THE PROTECT THE CLOCK TOWER.
SO IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT, WELL, WE GOTTA LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO GO FORWARD WITHOUT A TEL, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH.
SO I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
NOW WE'RE IF AND IF WE DON'T MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON, UH, ON AN ENGINEERING STUDY, TAKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS, WE'LL BE INTO THE FALL AND THE WINTER.
AND THIS CLOCK TOWER WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE STATE OF DISPAIR.
MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO WELL, I, THIS IS AFTER THAT PART YOU CAN ASK.
YOU CAN ASK JOHN AND TAMMY, UH, HOW EXPENSIVE IT WOULD BE TO JUST DO THE WORK IF THERE WAS NO POWER THERE HYPOTHETICALLY, AS OPPOSED TO DOING THE WORK NECESSARY TO THE POWER.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN SCOPE OR COST IT WOULD BE.
KIM, YOU ANY THOUGHTS HERE? MY THOUGHT WOULD BE ONCE YOU'VE GOT THIS ENGINEERING FIRM, UM, LINED UP AND YOU HAVE AN INITIAL KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM, I WOULD ASK THEM IF THEY COULD INCORPORATE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY, RP WAS SET UP WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO PRELIMINARY WORK.
AND THEN GIVE A COUPLE CONTENT PLANS TO THE THREE.
SO YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, COULD ONE OF THOSE CONTENT PLANS INCLUDE CLOCK TOWER, AND THEN WOULD THE TOWN THEN WANT IT DEMOL? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN WITH CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT COULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT THEN WE'LL MAKE THE AWARD AND, AND THEN TALK TO THE CONTRACTORS.
THERE'S SUCH A, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE, THE DIFFERENCE AND WHAT WERE, WHAT WERE THE DECIDING FACTORS FOR URBAN ENGINEER? WELL, THEY HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, THEY REALLY DONE THIS KIND OF WORK, AND I GUESS IT, THE ENGINEERING FROM WHAT TOM EXPLAINED TO ME, REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO DEAL WITH, UH, WATER CURRENTS AND THE WAVES AND SO FORTH.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCE THINKING TO MYSELF, WE'RE DO THIS.
I THOUGHT BETTER TO HAVE, MAKE SURE WE, WE, WE KNOW THAT NATURE OF THIS TOM, WHAT DO YOU SAY? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO.
THEY, BY FAR THE MOST EXPERIENCED, UH, BUILDING, UH, LAKEFRONT WALLS GO.
ANYWAY, THAT'S NUMBER 1415 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE SOLAR PERMIT,
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UM, STANDARD, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION, THE PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, SOLAR, SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS THAT'S ATTACHED.ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? AND THEN, UH, WE'VE GOT THE VAN, THE, UH, SENIOR, UH, SERVICES DEPARTMENT VAN, UH, PURSUANT TO, UH, THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $181,000.
SO WE'RE THOUSAND THREE 30 ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 180 1.
SIX 50 PURSUANT TO THAT WAS THE TOTAL OF GRANT.
ANYTHING ELSE? TOWN DRAINAGE STUDY.
UH, NUMBER 17, THE SUGGESTION WAS TO GO TO CPL.
WE HAD, UH, VERY NICE WOMAN FROM ACTED AS OUR ADVISOR.
SO, UH, THIS IS ND C, UH, YOU ALL TO PROPOSAL.
WENDELL AND OF COURSE, ARE, UH, UH, EXPERTS IN ENGINEERING PLANNING.
SO, UH, BARBARA WHO SAT IN MM-HMM
TO ME, I SAW, AND VERY SIMILAR, UH, WITH THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.
UM, AND HOW THEN, UH, I LOOKED AT TWO AND I SAID, WELL, SO THAT WAS WHAT MADE MY CHOICE, UH, CPLI THOUGHT PAGE FOR THE SCOPE MM-HMM
AND THE CONCERN BROUGHT UP DURING THAT MEETING IS THAT WE WOULD HIRE THEM AND THEN THEY WOULD BACK CHARGE US OR UP CHARGES FOR DOING ALL THE OTHER FUNCTIONS.
SO I HAVE A CONCERN WITH GOING THAT ROUTE BECAUSE WE WANNA DO THIS ONE AND HAVE IT DONE.
AND NOT GET NICKEL FOR EVERYTHING COVERED EVERYTH.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING WHY WE HAVE WELL TO YOU WANNA GIVE THEM YOUR RATIONALE AND I'LL GIVE MINE.
WELL, THERE'S, UH, CLOSE TO $40,000 DIFFERENCE IN I CONSIDERED THE, UH, TOP THREE ENGINEERS ALL PRETTY CLOSE.
I WAS IMPRESSED MIKE BY THE, UH, FACT THAT THAT, UH, CPL GOT SUCH A GLOWING REPORT FROM THE TOWN OF EVANS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
I RESPECT WITH THE SUPERVISOR OUT THERE.
I THINK SHE'S A STRAIGHT SHOOTER AND SHE SEEMED TO BE PRETTY SOLID ON THAT.
SO THAT TIPPED ME A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THAT.
I CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCOPE LAID OUT WELL.
I, THEY, THEY WEREN'T AS DETAILED AS, UH, WENDELL AND UH, UH, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND WENDELL AND GH HD CAN BE MORE DETAILED BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO, UH, BEING BID OR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS ON THIS, THEY ALSO ARE OUR STANDARD, UH, FIRMS FOR GIVING US DAYDAY EXPERTISE.
AND I ALSO WAS CONCERNED THAT THAT INSIDER'S HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE GAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO POLICE THEMSELVES WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, AND I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THAT'S A HEALTHY CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THEM US TO BE IN.
AND I CAME DOWN ON THE END AFTER TALKING TO TOM, I CAME DOWN ON THE END THINKING THAT CP WAS THE ONE GOES FREE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, PEOPLE HAVE D OF OPINION, AND THAT'S OKAY.
I THINK THE COMPANY THERE AND SOMEWHAT STOCK INTO WHAT HER OPINION WAS SINCE WE DID BOTHER TO, TO BRING HER IN AND, AND ASK HER A LOOK.
AND SHE HAS MORE KNOWLEDGE PROBABLY THAN ANOTHER, THAN I WOULD HERE.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE SPECIFICALLY WHAT SHE SAW, WHAT SHE WAS PREFERRING THE ONE COMPANY AND SHE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT
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WE'RE POSSIBLY SELECTING.I, I GUESS I WOULD WANNA HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, I KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE FULL SCOPE OF THIS, THAT WE REALLY GET WHAT WE WANTED.
UM, THAT INCLUDES ALL PARTS THAT WE LAID OUT AND, AND TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
SO I DO HAVE CONCERN, UH, THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT WE INTENDED FROM BEGINNING THIS JOURNEY STUDY WOULD ACCOMPLISH FOR.
WELL, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M, I'M SATISFIED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO GO ALONG WITH CPL.
IF YOU FOLKS DISAGREE WITH ME, THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY YOUR COOPERATIVE.
UH, BUSINESS PARK REZONING GOOD.
UH, HAMBURG BUSINESS PARK REZONING.
UH, THIS IS OF COURSE THE CAR WASH ON RILEY.
AND THIS IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO REESTABLISH, UH, THE TOWN BOARD AS THE LEAD SEEKER, UH, AGENCY THAT DESIGNATION AND TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT OF THE RESOLUTION PASSED IN OH SIX, WHICH PRECLUDED CERTAIN C TWO USES, SPECIFICALLY CAR WASHES.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THERE'LL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THIS USE SHALL BE PERMITTED.
BUT IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE TERM CAR WASHES, IT ALLOWS A DECISION ON THE MERITS.
CAR WASH TO STAY REMAINS AS AN EXCLUSION.
AND THIS PROJECT DIES, UH, ON THE BIN.
SO THAT'S THE, THE DIFFICULTY OR THE ESSENCE OF, UH, LET'S SEE.
OH, SEAN CONLEY, YOU WERE THE, YOU WERE INVOLVED, UH, ON THIS ONE.
SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU.
WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE GOLF COURSE, UH, THE MAIN ISSUE OF CONCERN IS IRRIGATION TALKED ABOUT IT FOR AT LEAST A DECADE.
AND, UH, SO I THINK WE'VE ALL AGREED IT'S A TIME TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT.
WE HAVE THE MONEY EARMARKED IN THE BOND.
UH, WE INTERVIEWED, UH, THE FIRMS, CAMMY, UH, MYSELF, JIMMY BRENT, UH, FROM THE GOLF COURSE, UH, HEAD SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS SOME INPUT FROM PAT RYAN.
AND, UH, BOTH FIRMS WE FELT COMFORTABLE COULD DO THE JOB.
UM, AND THERE COULD BE AN ARGUMENT MADE, UH, TO BOTH AS TO THEIR SKILLSET.
UH, BUT THEY BOTH HAVE EXPERIENCE.
THEY BOTH HAVE, UM, BIG, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, FIRMS AND TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THE COUNTRY.
AND, UH, BUT
AND, UH, THE ULTIMATE PRICE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT IT.
IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY FOR SURE, BUT IN THE RANGE OF 50 TO POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS A HUNDRED THOUSAND LESS WITH, UH, DU AND KING, UH, STANEK DIDN'T, UH, PROVIDE A FULL QUOTE.
THEY JUST PUT IT, UH, AN ESTIMATE AS TO SOME OF THE DESIGN AND BIDDING FEES.
UM, AND WE WENT BACK TO 'EM AND, AND ASKED THEM, BE IT SPECIFIC, IT AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO, BUT REGARDLESS, THEY WERE HIRED EITHER WAY.
UH, SO WE FELT COM UH, COMFORTABLE TO GO WITH, UH, A COMPANY.
BUT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL, THEY'VE GOT, I BELIEVE NATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND, UM, AT A LOWER COST.
AND BOTH DID ONSITE INSPECTION.
SO JIMMY WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH 'EM, EXPLAIN THE SITUATION, WHAT WE NEEDED, UH, TO BE FIXED.
AND THEY BOTH FELT VERY CONFIDENT.
THEY GAVE US SOME REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
NOW, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HERE THE BASIS FOR THE MOTION, UH, WHEN DEALING WITH, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT FOR DEAL WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND SOME OUTSIDE PARTIES, THE DISCUSSION OF FINANCIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY FOR CONTRACT PUBLIC UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES COULD THE TOWNS, UH, COMPETITIVE POSITION POSITION.
THAT'S THE STREETWIDE AUDIT PHASE CONTRACT AND THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND NIKE, NIKE CENTER, UH, ASPECTS OF IT.
AND WE'RE ABOUT TO, WITHIN 30 DAYS GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE OPERATIONAL PHASE.
UH, THIS MORNING THERE WAS A MEETING, UH, IN OUR CONFERENCE
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ROOM UPSTAIRS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROMUH, THEY MET WITH WALTER AND SAM AND TOM LARDO.
I COULDN'T BE THERE, BUT WALTER SAM AND TO, UH, BRIEFED ME AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER.
SO I THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE BENEFIT OF THEIR ANALYSIS, UH, AS WE LOOK TO GO FORWARD TO THE PERFORMANCE CONTRACT, WHICH IS GONNA BE EXECUTED.
SO ON THAT BASIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TAKE A EXECUTIVE SESSION THERE.
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THE PEOPLE WALK AROUNDUH, I'M STILL READING IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, IS IT FOR EVERYONE OR JUST VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS? PROBABLY 10 MILLION BETTER.
WE'RE BACK AT OUR WORK SESSION SESSION.
UH, YOU WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, THE PRESENTATION? UH, SURE.
UH, JASON IS, UH, IS HERE TO GIVE US A, UH, PRESENTATION ON, UM, THE ENERGY, UH, ASPECTS OF, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WESTERN YORK AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN.
UH, KAREN AND I HAD HAD A, A WEBINAR WITH HIM AND, UH, FELT IT STRONG ENOUGH OP, UH, OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO HAVE HIM HERE.
EVERY, EVERYBODY, UH, KAREN? YEAH.
SO I MET WITH JASON, UH, LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC, JUST TALK ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITIES.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THE PROGRAM AS FAR AS A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE, ARE TAKING THESE HIGH IN IMPACT ACTIONS, UM, TO BE DESIGNATED AS A CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY.
AND ONCE DESIGNATED, WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT GRANT FUNDING.
UM, A LOT OF OTHER ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND SINCE WE'RE ALREADY TAKING SOME OF THOSE STEPS OF THE LD LIGHTING AND SOME OTHER INITIATIVES, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME FOR HIM TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF, OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE HIGH IMPACT ACTION THAT IS THE UNIFIED SOLAR PERMIT.
SO WE'LL LAY OUT THE PROGRAM AND LET YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
HE WORKS FOR UV REGIONAL INSTITUTE, UM, AND IS AVAILABLE TO ALL TOWNS TO JUST CONSULT WITH AND, AND KIND OF SHOW THEM SOME OF THE STUFF, BECOMING A CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY, AND THEN WHAT SORT OF ADVANTAGES YOU HAVE ONCE YOU BECOME, AND NO, IT'S JUST, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN SOME OF THE ACTIONS AND THEN ONCE WE'RE CERTIFIED, WE'LL BE WE'LL ELIGIBLE FOR A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
I DID HAVE A BIG LONG PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT TO AN OVERVIEW FOR THE SAKE TIME AND
UM, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION AS, UH, WAS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JASON KKI.
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CLEAN ENERGY COORDINATOR WITH UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO REGIONAL INSTITUTE.UM, AND WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
UH, WHAT BRINGS ME INTO THIS SPACE IS REALLY, UH, THE UNIVERSITY'S WORK, UH, IN THE ONE WEEK TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE ONE REGION FORWARD PLAN.
IT WAS A COMMUNITY BASED PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN 2013 AND 2014 TO REALLY IDENTIFY, UM, A WAY TO MOVE THE REGION FORWARD, UH, AND, AND ACROSS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, ELEMENTS OF, OF OUR SOCIETY, UH, TRANSPORTATION, LAND USE, HOUSING, UH, FOOD ACCESS AND CLEAN ENERGY AND, AND, UH, CLIMATE RESILIENCY.
SO THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME TO THIS SPACE, UH, TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME REGIONAL GOALS AND SOME STATE GOALS RELATED TO CLEAN ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS A ERTA PROGRAM THAT CAN ESSENTIALLY, UM, HELP THE TOWN, UH, MEASURE AND REDUCE YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
AND JUST TO REALLY, UM, CREATE WAYS TO MAKE, UM, THE TOWN, UH, MOVE TOWARDS, UH, NEWER TECHNOLOGY.
LIKE YOU GUYS WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT LED STREET LIGHTING, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGH IMPACT ACTIONS HERE, RIGHT? LED STREET LIGHTS.
UM, THE UNIFIED SOLAR PERMIT, UH, IS ANOTHER ONE ON HERE.
UM, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, UPGRADING YOUR FACILITIES AND ULTIMATELY REALLY REDUCING YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION SO YOU CAN SAVE MONEY ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE, ON YOUR BUDGET, RIGHT? 'CAUSE UH, ALL OF THESE ENERGY PROJECTS HAVE, UM, DOLLAR SAVINGS AS WELL.
SO ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM REALLY DOES FOCUS ON ENERGY SAVING THINGS, UH, FOR THE TOWN, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT ACTUALLY REDUCING, UH, DOLLARS SPENT TOO.
UM, THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN OUR REGION THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
SO THE UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES.
AND SO TODAY WE HAVE 14, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST FOUR ACTIONS OUT OF THE, THE NUMBER OF ACTIONS THAT, UH, I SHOWED EARLIER.
UH, THERE'S NINE OTHERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, AND THEN WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHERS, INCLUDING YOURSELVES, ORCHARD PARK, LANCASTER, UM, THAT FALLS NIAGARA COUNTY.
AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A POINTS-BASED SYSTEM.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S REALLY, UH, DESIGNED TO, UH, HELP MEASURE TRACK AND REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, BUT ALSO TO HELP BRING GRANT FUNDING THAT CAN SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF WORK MOVING FORWARD.
SO THERE'S POINTS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE ACTIONS ON, ON THE SHEET HERE.
THIS OUTLINES WHAT ALL THE HIGH IMPACT ACTIONS ARE, AND EACH OF THE ACTIONS HAS LIKE POINTS, UH, RELATED TO THEM.
UH, THEN THERE'S OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH TAKING SPECIFIC ACTIONS WITHIN THE PROGRAM, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, PROJECT GRANTS FOR POINTS.
SO AS YOU ACCUMULATE POINTS, YOU BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS AND FUNDING BASED ON THE POINTS.
AND SO THAT'S ON THE BACKSIDE.
UH, SO WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING FOR FUNDING CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
UH, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S FOUR, UH, IT'S 14 HIGH IMPACT ACTIONS.
UH, I DO, I DON'T WANT TO REALLY KIND OF DIG INTO THE DETAILS OF ALL OF 'EM, BUT I DO WANNA JUST KIND OF GIVE THE, THE MORE MAYBE BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN LIKE MAYBE FEEL SOME QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH HERE.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL START WITH SOME WHAT ARE, WHAT WE CONSIDER SHORT TERM ACTIONS.
THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY BE COMPLETED BY PASSING LEGISLATION OR HAVING YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ATTEND THE DAY LONG TRAINING.
UH, AND SO THOSE ACTIONS ARE ENERGY BENCHMARKING TO REALLY, UH, COMMIT TO TRACKING YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN YOUR MUNICIPAL FACILITY.
AND THEN SHARING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION DATA WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, BASED ON GREENHOUSE IONS.
UH, THE UNIFIED SOLAR PERMIT THAT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE WORK SESSION INCLUDE THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, COMMITTING SMALL, SMALL SCALE SOLAR ARRAY.
UM, AND IT'S, IT ALSO KIND PAIRS UP WITH, UH, THE SOLAR.
UM, NEW YORK STRETCH ENERGY CODE IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, ANOTHER HIGH IMPACT ACTIONS IS A, THIS IS ONE OF THE ACTIONS, I'M JUST GONNA FLIP THROUGH IT HERE, UH, REAL QUICK.
UH, NEW YORK STRETCH ENERGY CODE, UH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UH, ENERGY CODES ARE ON A FOUR YEAR CYCLE.
SO EVERY FOUR YEARS, UH, A NEW ENERGY CODE BECOMES THE, THE LAW BASE CODE WAS JUST, UH, ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2020.
AND WHEN THE BASE CODE, UH, WAS ADOPTED, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPED FROM THE 2016 STRETCH CODE.
UH, NOW THERE'S, UH, THE NEW VERSION OF THE NEW YORK STRETCH, OF THE 2020 STRETCH CODE.
IT'LL ESSENTIALLY BECOME THE BASE CODE IN FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF THAT CODE
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CYCLE.UH, AND SO NYSERDA IS OFFERING $50,000 FOR MUNICIPALITIES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, UH, ADOPTING NEW YORK STRETCH, UH, BASICALLY THREE YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STRICT OF AN, OF AN ENERGY CODE.
THIS IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY YOU'D WANT YOUR ENGINEERING AND YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, AND KINDA GIVE YOU SOME BEST, BEST ADVICE FOR HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK IN IN TOWN.
BUT, UM, OUR ROLE IS REALLY JUST TO KINDA LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE WE OFFER ALSO SOME TRAINING FOR, FOR, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
NOW, UH, COMPLETION OF FOUR OF THESE, UH, ACTIONS WOULD BRING IN ALSO, UH, 5,000 GRANT.
AND SO, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, UH, SOME INITIAL KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE LED STREET LIGHTING WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.
UH, THAT COULD ACTUALLY COUNT FOR TWO.
IF YOU DID A DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTING, UM, THE UNIFIED SOLAR PERMIT WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE.
AND THEN ENERGY BENCHMARKING, UH, COULD BE, COULD BE AFFORD, BUT THERE COULD BE OTHERS HERE.
UM, THE NEXT KINDA RANGE OF, OF ACTIONS IS, IS KINDA THAT MEDIUM TERM.
SO THESE ARE, UH, LIKE THREE TO NINE MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT.
THEY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE STAFF TIME THAN THOSE OTHER INITIAL, UM, HIGH IMPACT ACTIONS.
AND, UH, THERE'S USUALLY SOME GRANTS OR SOME, UH, SOME PROGRAMS THAT COULD HELP OFFSET THE COST OF, OF, OF TAKING SOME OF THESE ACTIONS.
SO, UM, BRIEFLY CLEAN FLEETS IS ABOUT, UH, UPGRADING YOUR, YOUR VEHICLES.
SO CONSIDERING ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UH, INSTALLING CHARGING STATIONS, UM, UPGRADING YOUR FLEETS, REALLY MOVING TOWARDS ELECTRIC ELECTRIC, UH, THERE'S GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DO TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT, UM, THESE PROJECTS TEND TO HAVE PRETTY BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK AND BIG, UH, PAYBACK.
AS FAR AS, UH, THE LED STREET LENDING PROJECT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GUESS THAT, UM, ONCE YOU DO THAT PROJECT, IT'LL PROBABLY PAY ITSELF OFF WITH SAVINGS OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH HOW MUCH COSTS.
AND SO, UM, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, THINGS LIKE CLEAN ENERGY UPGRADES.
SO TAKING THAT WHOLE CONCEPT OF IMPROVING THE TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION, UH, TO SAVE YOU MONEY IN YOUR BUDGETS, UH, IF YOU DID LED STREET LIGHTING OR TOOK THE CONCEPT OF LED STREET LIGHTING AND APPLIED IT TO YOUR FACILITIES AND UPGRADED ALL YOUR LIGHTING IN YOUR FACILITIES, YOU WOULD SEE A SIMILAR SAVINGS.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE SAVING ENERGY.
AND WITH ALL THAT ENERGY SAVINGS COMES DOLLAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH.
SO EVERY KILOWATT HOUR THAT YOU SAVE IS A DOLLAR SAVING IN THE BUDGET.
UM, AND OUR ROLE IN, IN ALL THIS AND ALL THE PROGRAM, UM, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP THINGS LIKE POINTS AND, AND TAKING THESE ACTIONS.
OUR ROLE AT UBRI IS TO SUPPORT MUNICIPALITIES TO HELP DO THIS WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO MUNICIPALITIES DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR NEED AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS TO KIND OF DO THIS.
AND SO OUR ROLE IS BASICALLY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS, THIS PROCESS IF YOU DECIDE TO GO THROUGH IT.
UH, NONE OF THE, NONE OF THE PROGRAM ACTIONS ARE MANDATORY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL BASICALLY, UH, DESIGNED TO BE, UH, LIKE A MENU ITEM OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND CONSIDER TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
SO, UH, THE LAST ONE IN THIS IS LIKE MEDIUM TERM IS CALLED CLEAN HEATING AND COOLING.
SO IT'S INCORPORATING THINGS LIKE THIS SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE, UH, AS CLEAN HEATING UNIT INTO YOUR FACILITY.
SO CONFIRMING, UH, YOUR MAIN HEATING SYSTEM AWAY FROM GAS TOWARDS ELECTRIC, UH, AND HAVING THAT BASICALLY AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE PUBLIC.
SOME PLACES HAVE DONE THIS AT LIKE PARKS OR YOU KNOW, THE BEACH.
IF YOU HAVE LIKE A, A SNACK SHACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR A BUILDING THAT RUNS ON PROPANE OR FUEL OIL, THESE MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THEY PAY BACK A LOT QUICKER.
IF I MAY, WE HAVE THIS AT OUR SENIOR CENTER, IT'S NOT WORKING OUT SO GOOD RIGHT NOW.
WAS IT A CONVERSION FROM FUEL OIL PROPANE, OR WAS IT NATURAL GAS BRAND NEW BUILDING? MM-HMM
THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT, MIKE.
AND A GOOD, UH, THING I THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THIS TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING AT SUCH A FAST RATE LEVEL THAT YES, WE WANNA BE ON THE LEADING EDGE AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS, UH, NOT ONLY IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY IN THE LONG TERM.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THESE UTILIZATION BECAUSE, UH, NOT EVERY HAS ELECTRIC CARS THAT'S GONNA USE THE CHARGING STATION NOW.
UM, NOT EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY COMPANY IS GOING TO BE EQUIPPED ON HOW TO, UM,
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YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE TECHNOLOGY IN SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE.UM, BUT I THINK WE WANNA BE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND ALSO FISCALLY SOUND, WHICH THIS PROGRAM REALLY TO ME RANK RANG A BELL WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN GENERAL, THE TOWN, WHICH IS TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN SAVE MONEY, WHERE IT CAN BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT.
AND THIS IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND, UH, FISCAL, UH, EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE COSTS.
BUT WE HAVE TO GO INTO IT KNOWING THERE'S ROAD BUMPS, THERE'S OBSTACLES, IT'S NOT ALL IRONED OUT.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S INCENTIVES.
SO I THINK THAT'S LIKELY WHY, UH, THEY'RE INCENTIVES AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND, BUT A LOT OF TAKING THAT EXTRA RISK OR TAKING THAT FIRST INITIATIVE HAS GOTTA COME FROM A BIGGER ENTITY LIKE, LIKE THE GOVERNMENT.
I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE LEAD HERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, KNOWING WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, SOME PICKUPS ALONG THE WAY.
WELL, AND I THINK, LIKE JASON SAID, WHEN YOU SAID, LOOK AT AS MENU ITEMS, MAYBE NOT EVERYTHING'S GONNA WORK FOR OUR TOWN.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS BEING ON THE LEADING EDGE, BUT ANOTHER PART IS JOINING MUNICIPALITIES.
THERE'S BEEN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LIKE US WHO HAVE REALIZED $250,000, UM, AND THAT WE DO KNOW THAT IN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS, THERE ARE GONNA BE A DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT'S GOING TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SO WHEN I STARTED TALKING TO JASON, I'M LOOKING AT THIS INITIATIVE, UM, OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE AND THE FREE RESOURCE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GUIDE US AND WHAT MANUAL ITEMS MIGHT WORK FOR US AND WHAT'S, WITH EACH STEPPING STONE, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME FINANCIAL REWARD TO IT SO THAT WE CAN BUILD ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK AT SOME POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND I THINK IT'S COMING PROBABLY RATHER THAN LATER.
SO IF WE KIND OF TAKE THESE STEPPING STONE OF SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE'RE ALREADY DOING, SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF LOW HANGING BRIDGE THAT WORK FOR US, YOU KNOW, HAVING A UNIFIED SOLAR PERMIT, THE ENERGY BENCHMARKING, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME THINGS AREN'T GONNA WORK FOR US, BUT I THINK THAT EVERYTH COMMUNITY IS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZED WAY FOR US TO HAVE A CHECKLIST OF WHAT WE WANNA DO AND, AND MAYBE REALIZE, LIKE I SAID, SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL INSIDE AND BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY IF YOU, HAVE YOU JOINED INTO THIS PROGRAM, YOU SAID, AND LET'S SAY IN FOUR YEARS TO CHANGE THE CODES AND ARE YOU OBLIGATED TO, IS IT REVOCABLE? SO EVERY FOUR YEARS, YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO COMMIT TO ADOPT TO USING THE UNIFORM CODE AS IT IS.
SO WHEN YOU, IF YOU ADOPT THE, THE ENERGY CODE, YOU'RE COMMITTING TO DO THAT UNTIL THE NEXT CODE CYCLE.
SO WHEN THE NEXT CODE CYCLE COMES AROUND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY WITH THE UNIT, THE STRETCH CODE, BUT YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO.
BUT THE OTHER, UH, AND SO THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU ADOPT STRETCH CODE NOW, FOR INSTANCE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD DO THAT, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S AN OPTION.
UM, IF YOU DID THAT NOW WHEN IT CAME TO THE 2024 CODE AND THE NEW CODE CAME OUT, YOU WOULD ALREADY BE FUNCTIONING AT THAT BASE CODE BECAUSE THE STRETCH CODE TURNS INTO THE BASE CODE IN THE NEXT CODE CYCLE.
SO ADOPTING NEW YORK STRETCH 2020 DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THE STRETCH CODE FOR ETERNITY.
IT'S JUST FOR THAT CODE CYCLE.
SO YOU CAN RECALL, LET'S SAY 2020, YOU GO IN 2024, THEY THROW A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF IN THERE.
YOU'RE LIKE, I'M NOT GOING WITH THIS.
AND THE BASE CODE AND THE BASE, UH, THE BASE CODE, YOU ALREADY HAVE TO COMMIT THAT EVERY, EVERY FEW YEARS THE STRETCH BECOMES THE BASE.
AND SO LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE NEW YORK STRETCH WHEN IN FOUR YEARS YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THE 2024 STRETCH CODE, YOU WOULD JUST BE AT THE 2024 BASE CODE, WHICH IS NOW THE 2020 STRETCH CODE, WHY THERE'S $50,000 ATTACHED.
SO LET'S SAY YOU DECIDE YOU OPT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, DO YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK
I, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, LIKE, IF, IF WE WERE, IF YOU REALLY WERE CONSIDERING THAT, I WOULD GET GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY, UH, IT, IT'S A PROGRAM.
AND SO THERE'S RULES AND BASICALLY I WOULD JUST LOOK INTO THE RULE BOOK AND, UH, MY, I HAVE WEEKLY CONTACTS WITH MY SERVER STUFF.
SO MY ROLE IS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, IS SIGN QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR YOU SO THAT YOU COULD MAKE AN DECISION ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF.
AND HOW, SO WE JUST, FOR THE TOWN AND OUR FACILITIES, WELL, THIS DOES NOT IMPOSE ANYTHING I THEY CHOOSE TO ONTO BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
YEAH, I WAS JUST, UH, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE IS SOME, UH, THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY FACING THINGS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER, BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
UM, SO IF YOU CHOSE, SO THE ENERGY BENCHMARK FOR
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EXAMPLE, THAT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES.IT'S ANY BUILDING THAT YOU OWN, IT'S A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR LARGE, AND THEN GETTING THE GAS AND ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION IN THERE.
AND THEN, UH, IT DOES SOME BUILDING MODELING SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION ESTIMATES BASED ON YOUR CONSUMPTION.
AND THEN YOU REPORT THAT TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE YOU POSTED ON THE WEBSITE SCHOOLS BUSINESS.
NO, AND BASICALLY WE HAVE THE DESIGNATION OR MUCH, WE'RE NOT MAKING A COMMITMENT TO FINANCIALLY BEING RECOGNIZED AS WE DO AS FEW OR AS MANY AS WE WANT, WE FEEL IS RIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT I KNOW A LOT TIME AND RESOURCE AND PROBABLY SHARE ALL OF THE PRESENTATION WITH JOHN, BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT BROKEN DOWN TO HOW YOU CAN BUILD OFF OF IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE COULD STOP JUST BEING COMMUNITY GRANT GUIDELINES, STIPULATIONS THAT
SO THE STIPULATION FROM NYSERDA, BECAUSE NYSERDA, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW NYSERDA IS NEW YORK STATE'S ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
AND ESSENTIALLY THEY RUN PROGRAMMING FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO IF THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU GRANT FUNDING, THEY WANT IT TO BE TOWARDS ADDITIONAL LIKE SUSTAINABILITY FOR CLEAN ENERGY TYPE OF WORK.
UM, THEY HAVE LIKE PRE-APPROVED PROJECTS, UH, LIKE ONE OF THEM IS AN LED LIKE STREET LIGHTING.
SO IF YOU WANTED, YOU GOT MONEY TO PUT IT TOWARDS YOUR LIGHTING PROJECT, YOU COULD INSTALL VEHICLE CHARGERS, YOU COULD PURCHASE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, YOU COULD MAKE BUILDING UPGRADES, DO LIGHTING UPGRADES TO YOUR FACILITIES.
SO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM, YOU COULD BASICALLY USE THAT GRANT FUNDING FOR.
UM, AND THEN IT, IT KIND OF GETS EXPANDED TO, I I WILL STOP, THIS WILL BE MY LAST SLIDE, I PROMISE.
UM, BUT THESE ARE ALL COMMUNITY FACING.
SO LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN TYPES.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO A CAMPAIGN TO LIKE GET YOUR RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR, UH, COMMUNITY SOLAR OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT THEIR HOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A $15,000 GRANT IF YOU WERE TO GET 25 RESIDENTS TO DO THAT.
UH, THERE'S, UH, CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES, THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF FRAMEWORK FROM THE DEC.
THEY RELEASE, UH, A CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION EVERY YEAR THAT HAS A LOT OF GRANTS THAT SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF WORK.
UM, AND SO THE CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AND THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, OUR TEAM AT UBRI SUPPORTS BOTH OF THESE.
AND SO THESE ARE, THERE ARE SOME MORE LIKE COMMUNITY FACING.
SO IF YOU HAD LIKE A CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD OR RESIDENTS THAT WERE JUST KIND INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF STUFF THAT, THAT YOU WANTED TO KIND OF BE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND KIND OF HELP YOU ADVISE YOU ABOUT HOW TO KIND OF MOVE SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES FORWARD.
THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES IS A GOOD KIND OF PROGRAM FOR THAT.
BUT, UH, I'M GONNA KIND OF WRAP IT UP HERE BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT ARE TRYING TO MOVE, MOVE THINGS ALONG THROUGH THE BOARDS.
UM, AND SO, UH, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER, UH, THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION.
SO YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT, UM, RENEWING YOUR ENERGY CONTRACT.
I, UH, AND SO THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MOVE TOWARDS A THIRD PARTY FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.
SO THAT WOULD BE, LIKE, THAT WOULD BE A BIG PROCESS TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND THE THIRD PARTY TO KIND OF BE, CHOOSE A THIRD PARTY ENERGY SUPPLIER FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALBANY CHOOSES OUR SUPPLIER, RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE NYSEG BECAUSE ALBANY SAYS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE NYSEG IN OUR TERRITORY.
WE CAN CHOOSE THE SAME WAY THAT THE TOWN'S CHOOSING TO GO WITH OUR, WE'VE HAD GOOD ENERGY TO GO WITH SOMEBODY LIKE THAT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ALLOW RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY CHOICE.
'CAUSE IT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE SAY IN THE PROCESS.
AND THEN A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLES IS ABOUT PURCHASING RECS, WHICH IS JUST REALLY DIFFICULT.
SO I REALLY USUALLY DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THIS VERY MUCH 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A BIG MARKET FOR THIS.
AND THEY SORT, NYER DOES A LOT OF, UH, SERTA DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH AND SO THEY TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A QUICK KINDA LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF A POTENTIAL PATHWAY TO THOSE FOUR HIGH IMPACT ACTIONS YOU CAN COMPLETE THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY GET YOU THAT $5,000 GRANT.
YOU COULD DECIDE TO JUST GET THE DESIGNATION AND, AND STOP THERE.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DO OTHER THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS OR, UH, CLEAN ENERGY UPGRADES, THOSE ARE OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT COULD ESSENTIALLY GET YOU TO THE POINTS TO GET SOME OF THIS LARGER GRANT FUNDING.
SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALREADY DO ON, I LIST CLEAN ENERGY UPGRADES HERE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A, UH, YOUR THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER GETS A PORTION, IF NOT ALL OF THE ENERGY FROM RENEWABLES.
AND SO THAT COUNTS TOWARDS, UH, UH, TRYING TO GET A 10% GREENHOUSE GAS
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EMISSION REDUCTION.UM, SO THAT WOULD COUNT THERE.
AND SO ALL THESE THINGS COLLECTIVELY WOULD DIG TO ROUGHLY $35,000 IN GRANT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, PASSING SOME LEGISLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, MY CONTACT INFORMATION'S ON HERE AND SO IS HOW ALL THE GRANT STUFF WORKS.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH ME VIA EMAIL, UM, I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO COME BACK TO MORE, MORE MEETINGS AND KIND OF TALK SOME OF THIS STUFF THROUGH, BECAUSE IT CAN BE COMPLICATED.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I'M REALLY HERE TO KIND OF SUPPORT THE TOWN, UH, IN, IN YOUR WORK.
KIND OF JUST WRAP UP HERE AND, AND ASK IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER LIKE, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFORMATION I'VE PRESENTED OR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.
I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF REALLY KIND OF QUICK, SO.
WE DELAYED YOUR PRESENTATION WITH OUR, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU, THAT'S, NO, THERE'S BUSINESS YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, SO APPRECIATE WE CAN GET, WE CAN GET A COPY OF THIS.
YEAH, IT, WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND I HAVE A COUPLE, UH, REPORTS BACK THERE TO SHOW HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE THIS TOO.
SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE OF YOU BEFORE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, I GUESS YES SIR, EVERYBODY UP AT THE NEXT MEETING.
IT'S SOME TIME READY TO GO HERE, LADIES AND YOU.
UH, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE FOLLOW THE SUPERVISOR? SHAW? HERE.
COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, ALLEGIANCE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INVOLVE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A MOTION, MOTION TO CONVENE THE FOR 21.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND, MR. ALL FAVOR, BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, UH, BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I WANT TO, UH, ASK YOU JUST TO, FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
DEAR CLERK PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AND THANK YOU KATHY, AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WE, UH, EXTEND OUR PROFOUND SYMPATHY.
I KNOW YOUR SISTER HAD BEEN SICK FOR A LONG TIME, SO IF WILL, UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MATTER OUT OF ORDER, UM, AS A PRESENTATION TODAY.
UH, CAN PEOPLE INCORPORATE? SO KAREN, IF I MAY TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU GO.
THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FOLKS YOU WANT US AL TO SEE YOU, SEE YOU? HOW ARE YOU FROM YOU? I EXCITED TO HAVE ATS AND, UH, SOME OF OUR INDIVIDUALS AND STAFF FROM OUR GROUP HOME AT HAMBURG BAY.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEOPLE INC.
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PEOPLE INC.THEIR FIRST FACILITY HERE IN HAMBURG MANY YEARS AGO.
AND SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO PRESENT.
UM, SO WE WANNA CONGRATULATE PEOPLE INC.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE PROMOTE THE WELCOMING COMMUNITY HERE IN HAMBURG AND WE WORK HARD TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, THAT THAT WE ALL THRIVE.
AND SO WE SUPPLY GERMAN HERE MISSION AS A BOARD AND, AND AS PEOPLE INC.
UM, AND SO I'LL REACH A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS PEOPLE INC IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FAMILIES AND OLDER ADULTS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE GREATER ROCHESTER REGION.
AND WHEREAS IN 1970, A SMALL GROUP OF PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS JOINED TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND FORMED WHAT WOULD GROW TO BECOME PEOPLE INC.
AND WHEREAS OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE INC EXPANDED ITS MISSION AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT EVEN MORE PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, OLDER ADULTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO LIVE, WORK AND THRIVE, TO BE INDEPENDENT, TO HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND SAFE HOUSING, ALL WHILE PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND FULFILLING EXPERIENCES.
WHEREAS PEOPLE INC, HAS BECOME ONE OF THE REGION'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS HAVING A SIGNIFICANTLY ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND CONTRIBUTES TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IT ANNUAL, WHEREAS PEOPLE INC OPENED ITS FIRST HOME IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN 1985, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WITH OPEN ARMS WORKED WITH PEOPLE INC.
ON THEIR FIRST INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT IN 1992 AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH PARK AND SOLES ROAD.
WHEREAS PEOPLE INC CURRENTLY HAS 14 PROGRAMS SERVING PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND TWO INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING SITES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, SERVING HUNDREDS OF TENANTS AT IRIS AND ELM SENIOR HOUSING ON SOULS ROAD.
AND WHEREAS OUT OF PEOPLE INC'S 20 INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING SITES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, THEIR HAMBURG LOCATIONS ARE THEIR MOST POPULAR.
WHEREAS PEOPLE INC HAS 96 EMPLOYEES RESIDE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND 73 QUEENS WORK IN THE TOWN, WHEREAS PEOPLE INC COMMENCE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND ITS DECADES LONG COMMITMENT TO FAIR HOUSING.
NOW THEREFORE BE A RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES AND CONGRATULATES PEOPLE INC.
ON ITS GOLDEN JUBILEE TO THANK 'EM FOR BEING A TRAILBLAZER AND ARE VITAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECTOR AND TO WISH THEM SUCCESS FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS AND BEYOND.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ABSOLUTELY HELPING US HOME HERE.
JACK QUINN INTRODUCING US TO THE, THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME WE WON'T MENTION THAT PROJECT.
AND JACK US HERE AND JOSEPH, EVERYTHING THAT THE CHRIS HALL, JOHN FARRELL, HAYES, ITS ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
WE'LL LOT OF YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE, WE HAVE SOME TOO HERE.
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NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA BEING RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD PROVES THE BUILDINGS OF GROUNDS DEPARTMENT PURCHASE A ONE NEW 2022 FORD F 3 54 PLUS FOUR PICKUP TRUCK FROM WEST FORD OFF THE NEW YORK STATE BID LIST IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,544 AND 68 CENTS.FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT 1640 0.221 AT 7:00 PM AND AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
IF YOU, UH, IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT OR RAISE A QUESTION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CONTEXT.
IN 1986, THE LAND BETWEEN BIG TREE AND ROUTE 20, WHICH IS NOW INTERSECTED BY THE CUT THROUGH ROAD RILEY BOULEVARD WAS RESOLVED.
UH, MCKINLEY AND MILES, THE PIZZA HU OPERATION, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, I'M SORRY, IS TO DETERMINE THE REZONING OF THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT TO LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
THE PIZZA HUT IS ABANDONED, AS YOU KNOW, AND THIS PROPOSAL IS TO BUILD THE HEALTH AND FITNESS SPA AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
I'VE GOT ONE, I GOT ONE COMMENT TODAY BY, BY EMAIL WHERE A NEIGHBOR WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FENCING BETWEEN THIS COMMERCIAL USAGE AND THEIR, HER STREET WAS SUFFICIENTLY HIGH ENOUGH AND A SUFFICIENT QUALITY SO AS TO HAVE A POSITIVE AESTHETIC EFFECT AS WELL AS TO MAINTAIN PRIVACY.
SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER PROJECT, BUT I'M SORRY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MILES MCKINLEY? YES, SARAH, IF I COULD JUST EXPLAIN THE, THE, UM, APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.
BUT I ASKED THEM TO TELL ME IN A FEW WORDS WHAT THEY WOULD DO AT THIS WELLNESS CENTER BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS THE WELLNESS CENTER AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE AND HEALTHCARE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO THERE.
THE BUILDING, UM, IS THE
BEHIND THE PIZZA IS GOOD, BUT THE PLANNING BOARD ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF IT'S
YOU KNOW, SARAH, THERE WERE COMPLAINTS IN, IN PAST YEARS ABOUT THE PIZZA HUT AND, UH, REFUSE BEING STREWN ABOUT AND NOT ADEQUATE, UH, UH, UH, GARBAGE CANS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE A USE THAT'S MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT OR RAISE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
YEAH, MR. SHAW, I, UH, ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT, UH, BEHIND THE, ESSENTIALLY IT'S, UH, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO 10 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY LINE.
PETRI HERE HELPED ME OUT AND, UH, GOD PROPERTY TIMELY CLEANED.
I WAS GETTING LITTER AND LIGHT.
I JUST HOPE THIS GREW PROPERLY.
I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO GET APPROVED.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT NECESSARILY.
I JUST HOPE THEY HAVE THE PROPER FENCING LIKE MY NEIGHBOR DID.
MAYBE A BER SOME SORT OF BERM, RAISE IT UP, PROPER LANDSCAPING.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY TO A STANDARD.
YOU KNOW, THAT I SENT SOME PICTURES OVER TO THE PLANNING BOARD, ALSO TO MR.
IF IT WAS ANYBODY ELSE, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN FINED HEAVILY, I'M SURE, FOR THE DEBRIS AND LACK OF MAINTENANCE THAT WAS DONE TO THAT PROPERTY.
UM, ALSO, IS THERE A DRAINAGE PLAN OF
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THIS NEW SET PROPERTY THAT SITS RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED OR WHERE THAT WILL GO, SO I CAN EXPLAIN THAT.NO, THERE'S NOT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE LAND ISN'T PROPERLY ZONED.
IF THE TOWN BOARD RE ZONES IT, IF THE WHOLE SITE PLAN PLANNING BOARD, THAT'S WHEN THE DRAINAGE, LANDSCAPING, ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE ISSUES.
I CAN GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU WANT SO I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THE P BECAUSE YOU'RE THE MOST, I I'M, I'M THE, THE VOICE OF ALL MY NEIGHBORS AL SO YOU'LL HAVE A, YOU WILL HAVE A, SO THE PROBLEM IS EVERY TIME I TRY TO MAKE A COMMENT TO YOU GUYS, I'M NEVER ALLOWED TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT OR SOME OTHER, THERE'S TOO MANY POLITICS.
MR. PET'S BEEN THE ONLY ONE TO HELP ME OUT.
MR. SHAI HAVE TALKED TO HIM, BUT HE KNOW NOTHING HAS GOTTEN DONE WITH THAT PROPERTY.
BUT, WELL, AS FAR AS THE REZONING IS CONCERNED, NOW IS THE TIME, OF COURSE, THAT YOU
YOU DO HAVE, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PUBLIC DOESN'T LIKE THE RULE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DID.
WE DIDN'T, WELL, SOMEBODY, THEY, I IT'S THE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THAT'S OKAY AT, YEAH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOESN'T, UH, YOU DON'T SERVE THE PEOPLE VERY WELL.
YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON TO SERVE THIS, THIS WELL.
BUT DOES ANYBODY EVEN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PROPERTY VALUES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD HE TAUGHT IS VACANT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW STRUCTURE.
BUT THERE SHOULD ALSO DEFINITELY BE SOME MANDATES BEFORE THIS PROPERTY GETS AUTHORIZED WHEN WE OWN TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO EVERYTHING IS DONE AND GET DONE THREE MONTH IN A ROW.
WELL, WITH REZONING YOU CAN ESTABLISH A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE REZONING AND THE SITE PLAN THAT SARAH POINTS OUT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND THE SITE PLAN WILL HAVE TO SPECIFY ELEVATIONS FIRM, THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF FENCING.
NOW YOU'VE GOT SOME, YOU'VE GOT SOME METAL AND WOOD, UH, FENCING THAT REALLY LOOKS TACKY.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME PRIVACY FENCING, VINYL FENCING WOULD BE IDEAL THAT, UH, THAT COULD REALLY PROVIDE A SITE BARRIER AND A SOUND BARRIER, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO JOIN THE BUSINESS.
AND I'M, I'M THE LOUDEST GUY THAT HAS EVEN HAD CONCERNS.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU GUYS PROVE IT, WHICH YOU PROBABLY WILL, YOU SHOULD INSTILL THOSE RESTRICTIONS.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD CAN'T TRY TO PLAY POLITICS TO WHY MY PROPERTY VALUE HAS DECREASED AND WHY I KEEP PAYING TAXES AT A HIGH RATE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S MY CONCERN.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT OR, OR RAISE A QUESTION? NO.
WELL, IN THAT CASE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT.
SO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TO YOU IN TERMS OF, UM, I'M GLAD MIKE WAS ABLE TO, UH, BE OF ASSISTANCE TO YOU.
UM, BUT IF YOU GET THE IMPRESSION THAT BETH, KAREN, MYSELF, OR JIM WOULD NOT BE ACCOMMODATING TO REQUEST, OR, UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, GIVEN OR NOTIFICATION, THAT'S WHAT THIS MEETING'S ABOUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO YOURSELF, YOUR NEIGHBORS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE.
I THINK WE'VE MADE IT REAL CLEAR WHENEVER THAT MCKINLEY MALL AREA COMES UP WITH THE INCENTIVE, WE WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, OR IF THERE'S ISSUES THAT YOU FEEL ARE NEGATIVE, UM, LET US KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THEM, BUT WE'D BE CERTAINLY, I THINK ALL OF US WOULD BE HAPPY TO, TO HELP.
SO ON HOW'S WEBSITE, MR. PETRI KIND OF RUNS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? YOU OVERSEE MY LIAISON.
THAT, THAT'S WHY YOU RECEIVED MY EMAIL AFTER THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T HEAR MY COMMENT.
THAT'S WHO ARE YOU SAYING WHEN YOU SAY THEY WHO YOU HAVE PLANNING BOARD.
I, I EMAILED MY COMMENT AFTER FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT OR WHATEVER SELF-IMPOSED GUIDELINE THE PLANNING BOARD HAS.
IT'S, UH, THREE MEN IN THE ROOM MENTALITY.
FIVE PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT GOES ON IN THE TOWN AT THIS PLANNING BOARD.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE TAXPAYER.
THEY JUST DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
RARELY DO THEY EVER LISTEN TO A CONCERN.
I'VE WATCHED MORE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS OVER CHICK-FIL-A AND MANY OTHER TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO WANNA LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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IT GOES HERE, GOES THERE, GOES WHEREVER IT WANTS TO GO.BUT YOU GUYS ARE THE DECISION MAKERS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND IMPOSE THESE THINGS.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD HAS TO FOLLOW WHATEVER YOU GUYS DO.
IT MAY BE, UH, APPARENT NOW, AND, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS WITH THE SITE PLAN.
BUT ONE, THE BUILDING WILL BE CLOSER TO MCKINLEY AS OPPOSED TO YOUR STREET.
IT'LL BE A LARGER, UH, DISTANCE AS A BUFFER.
AND SECONDLY, YOU WON'T HAVE THE POP, THE PIZZA, THE, THE CONSUMABLE STUFF.
SO HOPEFULLY THE QUESTION OF LITTER AND DISRESPECT, THE PROPERTY RIGHTS WILL BE MINIMIZED.
THE ONE LAST THING IS, SARAH DID SAY THAT PROPERTY WAS GONNA BE, ACCORDING TO THIS COMMAND, 33 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY LINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GONE OUT THERE WITH A LEDGER TO SEE WHERE MY FENCE LINE IS.
THE BACK FENCE THAT I TECHNICALLY DON'T OWN, WHICH IS PIZZA HUS 33 FEET OUT.
THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE 33 FEET OFF MY PARKING.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEY HAVE THE WORLD'S NARROWEST BUILDING OF COUNTY.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, CAN I SAY, SO YOUR CONCERNS ARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LOCATION IN THE PROPERTY LINE, THE DRAINAGE AND THE AESTHETICS AS FAR AS A BERM OR SOME TYPE OF LANDSCAPING FENCE, THOSE, THOSE ARE YOUR CONCERNS.
THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE.
THEY, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I GOT.
I GET LITTER ON MY PROPERTY EVERY DAY.
I, I KNOW THEY DID A DECENT JOB CLEANING UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DIRTY, I GUESS, BUT LITTER COMES FROM EVERYWHERE THAT THE LANDSCAPER TOLD ME.
HE IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE ONCE A WEEK.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IT, IT IS A MESS.
HE SAID HE WAS OUT OF TRASH BAGS.
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, GOING TO HOME DEPOT IS 30 SECONDS AWAY.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN SPEND $800,000 ON THAT PROPERTY.
THEY CAN CERTAINLY MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY.
AND THE PICTURES I SENT OVER TO MR. PETRI, IF THERE WAS ANY RESIDENCE, SOMEBODY WOULD'VE BEEN CITED FINE.
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF THINGS, I'M SURE DONE.
I WAS HAPPY IT WAS AT LEAST A TWO WEEK TURNAROUND, BUT IT'S STILL VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO ME.
MY NEIGHBORS, MY NEIGHBORS AREN'T NEARLY AS LOUD AS ME.
AT LEAST ONE OF THEM DID EMAIL IN ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BUT THERE'S JUST A, A LACK OF CARE ON THIS PROPERTY ALTOGETHER.
IF, IF I CAN JUST TO ADDRESS, 'CAUSE IT DID TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET THERE.
LIKE WHEN YOU SENT, LIKE THEY SENT IT I, I, YEAH, HERE AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCEDURE THEN, BECAUSE IT'S IN TRANSITION, OWNERSHIP AND EVERYTHING.
THERE WERE SOME DIFFICULTIES AND, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS RESOLVED.
AND THEN YOU SENT THE NEXT ONE AND I CAME DOWN AND, AND THEY WENT OUT AGAIN AND ROGER WENT THROUGH AND, AND THEY GOT IT.
SO IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AND, UH, IT'S TOUGH ON YOUR CORNER ANYWAY BECAUSE THE WIND BLOWS EVERYTHING.
YOU'RE NOT TORONTO STILL THERE? I AM.
SO YOU'RE NEXT TO HIM? YEAH, IN TORONTO ONLY MR. YOU'RE IN TORONTO.
YOU, YOU'RE IN THE WIND ZONE, SO YOU'RE GOING YEAH, YOU NEED, OKAY.
THAT'S WHY THEY SHOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OR EIGHT FOOT HIGH FENCE AT LEAST MAYBE EVEN 10 ON TOP OF THAT ALONG WITH OUR RIGHT.
I MADE A MOTION TO, UH, CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ALRIGHT, MR. CONLEY'S ON SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOLLOWING, BIG TREE, VOLUNTEER FARM REQUIREMENTS COMPANY INCORPORATED.
UH, CHLOE RU RUS HUNEY, UH, 22 WINDRIDGE HAMBURG, NEW YORK.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGN BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WAS HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FOLLOWS.
5 3 20 21 EXECUTIVE SESSION AND 5 3 20 21 TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOVE TO NUMBER EIGHT, PROMOTIONS
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AND HIRING RESULT OF THE TOWN BOARD.APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN PROMOTING NICHOLAS YALI.
THE VACANT POSITION OF POLICE CAPTAIN EFFECTIVE MAY 18TH, 2021.
MR. YALI IS CURRENTLY ON THE POLICE CAPTAIN EXAM LIST NUMBER 75 DASH 8 2 8.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN B THREE 20.
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN PROMOTING JONATHAN CROSS THE VACANT POSITION OF POLICE LIEUTENANT EFFECTIVE MAY 18TH, 2021.
MR. CROSS IS CURRENTLY ON THE POLICE LIEUTENANT EXAM LIST NUMBER 77 9 10.
SALARY IS 46 66 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN B THREE TWO FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND HIRING BULLER AND KELSEY EVER TO THE VACANT POSITIONS OF POLICE OFFICER PROBATIONARY EFFECTIVE JUNE 20TH, 2021.
THIS APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND POLYGRAPH TESTING.
EACH CANDIDATE IS ON THE POLICE OFFICER EXAM LIST.
SALARY IS 26 37 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN B3.
SO, UH, ALL THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY MY SAYING.
CHIEF, DO YOU WANT INTRODUCE THE UH, PLEASE WELCOME NICK.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD STUFF YOU'RE GONNA DO ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE.
ALRIGHT, YOU RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION HIRING PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND CEDAR SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LIST, IT'S PRIMARILY, UM, REHIRES FOR THE, UH,
JUST A SECONDED THAT RE MOTION, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
ANYBODY? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS CONT LET ME, OH, I'M SORRY.
I GOT A NEW RESOLUTION IN PLACE IN THAT MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 IN ITS ENTIRETY, UH, AND TO, UH, REPLACE IT WITH THE RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION AND AS FOLLOWS, THIS IS NOW A MOTION TO AMEND IT WITH THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE.
THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN
THAT'S THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO AMEND? A SECOND TO AMEND? SECOND TO AMEND IS MR. RE ON THE QUESTION IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US AS AMENDED.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND, MR. CONLEY'S ON THE SECOND AND THE QUESTION.
YOU HAVE THE, UH, AMENDED RESOLUTION YOU HAVE? YES.
THANK THIS IS, UH, NUMBER 11, UH, A NOTICE OF ADOPTION FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER ONE OF THE YEAR, 2021 OF HAMBURG COUNTY NEW YORK NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN THAT AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING TRULY HELD IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, WITH LAW THE TOWN, UH, BOARD OF SAID TOWN ON THE
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FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, 2021, ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING LOCAL LAW TO WITH LOCAL LAW NUMBER ONE OF THE YEAR, 2021, CHAPTER 115 ENTITLED FLOOD DAMAGE PROTECTION AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS, BEING ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF NEW YORK WITH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS CHAPTER 1 0 1 OF THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE FOREGOING LOCAL LAW TO TAKE OFFENSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PROPER FILING, INCLUDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.THE LOCAL LAW SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THIS, UH, THIS NOTICE OF ADOPTION, BUT IT'S THE FAILURE TO DO SO DOESN'T, ISN'T FATAL.
UH, SO I HAVE A RESOLUTION TO, UH, MAKE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE NOTICE OF ADOPTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND, MS. FERRELL, THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW, UH, THIS WILL BE THE, THE LOCAL LAW WILL BE SENT TO FEMA, UH, MARK WALL.
YOU KNOW, THE TIME CONSTRAINTS ON THAT.
SO, WE'LL IT ACTUALLY, FEMA ALREADY ALREADY APPROVED THIS IN APRIL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SOONER, AS SOON AS UH, THE BOARD APPROVED IT, I SAID, I DON'T DUNNO THAT THEY HAVE THE, THE, THE FORMAL QUARTER OF THE TOWN BOARD, BUT IN ANY EVENT, SEND THAT TO YOU.
YOU CAN SEND IT TO THEM IF YOU
WHEREAS THERE ARE TWO LARGE STORM SEWER PIPES ALONG THE LAKE SHORE IN THE TWIN WILLOW RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS COMMITTED TO AIDING THE RESIDENTS AND SET ASIDE FUNDING OF WORK AT TOWN AT TWIN WILLOWS, AND WHEREAS THE 54 INCH PIPE IS CAUSING SINK HOLES THROUGHOUT THE AREA, BUT THE INTERIOR CONDITION IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS REQUIRED.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MET WITH A LOCAL CONTRACTOR TO ESTABLISH A SCOPE OF WORK FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE 50 OR FOUR INCH PIPE, AND THE CONTRACTOR UNITED SURVEY INC.
PROVIDED THE ATTACHED PROPOSAL, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT UNITED SURVEY INC.
IS AUTHORIZED TO COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION WORK OF THE 54 INCH PIPE AT TWIN WILLOW AS OUTLINED AT A COST OF $2,500.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A NINE.
I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE RESOLUTION OF THE THANK YOU, UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PROPOSES TO CREATE A VOLUNTARY ADVISORY BOARD TO KNOWN AS QUOTE, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD END.
AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD IS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE NATURAL BEAUTY, RICH HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF HAMBURG.
AND IT'S, AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT LOCAL LAW, BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER NINE OF 2021, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERE TO AND BE A FURTHER RESULT.
THE BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HUNDRED NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON JUNE THE SEVENTH, 2021.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? SECOND MS. ON SECOND THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR RESOLUTION THANK ALL RIGHT.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF
SO THAT WILL WITHSTAND FUTURE STORMS. THIS PLAN WOULD ALSO NEED APPROVAL OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AND THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
WHEREAS THE TOWN RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING FIVE PROPOSALS BY CLARK 88,000 7 25 URBAN ENGINEERS, 74,505.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT AFTER A THOROUGH REVIEW OF ALL THE PROPOSALS, THE TOWN BOARD DECIDED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO REPAIR THE CLOCK TOWER SIDEWALK, AN ADJACENT AREA TO URBAN ENGINEERS BASED UPON ITS
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EXPERIENCE, COST, AND SCOPE OF SERVICES.IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT RESOLUTION? SECOND.
SECOND IS KAREN HOPE, UH, ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE RESOLUTION IS NOT WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CURRENTLY REQUIRES RESIDENCE TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS PURSUANT TO THE TOWN OF CODE SECTION AND THE TOWN OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS ADVISED THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM PROCESS IS CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ZONING CODE AND PERMITTING PRACTICES.
WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SUPPORTS THE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN HAMBURG THAT THE TOWN HEREBY FULLY AND FORMALLY ADOPT THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED SOLAR PERMIT PROCESS FOR NEW YORK SUN SOLAR POWERING NEW YORK AND INCORPORATES THE TOWN SOLAR INSTALLATION FEE SCHEDULE.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AND REGULAR SECTION DO CONVENE THE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZING DIRECT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE SUCH OTHER ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS HAS MADE REQUIRED TO RESOLUTIONS HEARING.
MOTION FUNDS FOR DAN GRANT, THE HAMMER SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED THE NEW YORK STATE DOT 5 3 1 0 TRANSPORTATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $181,650.
SO THE PURCHASE OF THREE NEW VANS.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S MATCHING RESPONSIBILITY IS 20%, WHICH EQUATES TO 36,330 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN AUTHORIZED THE TRANSFER OF PEACE FUNDS FROM CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT A 1 9 9 0 PERIOD 4 1 9 TO ACCOUNTS A PERIOD 7 6 7 7 2 4 4 0 OR $20,330 AND A 7 3 1 0 PERIOD 4 4 0 16,000.
COPY, UH, MR. P HE'S ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURGERS RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM SIX COMPANIES TO UNDERTAKE THE TOWN WIDE STORM SEWER DRAINAGE DEAL WITH THE REMEDIATION RESTRUCTURING OF THE TOWN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO A BOND RESOLUTION ADOPTED DECEMBER, 2020, THE TOWN YEAR MARKED 130,000 FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE STUDY AND THE RECEIPT OF A REPORT FURTHER TOWN BOARD ACTION.
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO A SUBSEQUENT TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION, THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO REVIEW THE ENGINEERING PROPOSALS AND ALSO SECURED THE BENEFIT OF EXPERT ADVICE FROM CERTIFIED PUBLIC ENGINEER AND THE HOPE OF PROVIDING AND A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR AN ULTIMATE CONTRACT TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOREGONE.
AND WHEREAS THE COMMITTEE NARROWED THE CHOICES FROM SIX PROPOSALS TO THREE, WHICH INCLUDED THE PROPOSAL OF G-H-D-L-L-C IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,700 WENDELL, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 28,800 AND CPL IN THE AMOUNT OF 87,400 NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AFTER THE, UH, CONDUCT OF INTERVIEWS AND THE REVIEW OF PROPOSALS AND IS HEREBY DETERMINED THAT THE TOWN OF SHALL OFFER A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY CPL TO THAT COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT RESOLUTION? SECOND, MR. CONLEY'S ON THE SECOND I THE QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
GET THE ON FIRST THREE A'S, UH, THAT'S MR. SHAW, MR. AND MS. OPPOSED FERRELL AND COUNCILMAN PET THE MOTION.
THE RESOLUTION IS CARRIED BY THREE TWO MAJORITY, UH, MR. PETRI, WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REZONED THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE HAMBURG BUSINESS PARK ON MAY 22ND SIX.
AND INCLUDED CONDITIONS IN THE RESTRICTED CERTAIN WHERE JS E PROPOSED USED IN THE HAMBURG BUSINESS PART THAT IS RESTRICTED UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE REZONING CAR WASH.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE CONDITIONS OF THE REZONING TO WHEREAS THE
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BUSINESS PART INVOLVED A GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND FINDINGS THAT INCLUDED THE SAME RESTRICTIONS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AT THE TOWN OF TOWN HEREBY SCHEDULES A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 7TH, 2021.REGARDING THIS REQUEST TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS OF THE REZONING APPROVED IN THOUSAND SIX.
WE HAD FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF BOARD WOULD LIKE TO REESTABLISH ITSELF AS LEAD AGENCY AND AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE MAILING.
SO, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND, I'M GONNA MAKE A, A SLIGHT AMENDMENT HERE TO OFFER A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY.
WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST RESOLVE.
IT INDICATES THAT THERE'LL BE A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 7TH, 2021.
I'LL AMEND THAT TO SAY THAT IT'LL BE HELD AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL AT THE GENERAL MEETING ON THAT DATE AT 7:00 PM UH, THAT'S THE MOTION TO AMEND.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT? SECOND, MR. CONLEY ON THE SECOND AS AMENDED.
WITH RESPECT TO THE AMENDMENT.
A, THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED THEN, UH, UH, MR. PETRI MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? SECOND.
IT IS CARRIE KATHY, SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'LL JUST ADD THERE.
THAT, THAT THE AMENDMENT IS 7:00 PM AT THE HAMMER TOWN HALL.
18 MILE CREEK GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION PROJECT CONSULTANT SELECTION.
WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2021, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ISSUED AN RFP FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO STUDY AND DESIGN MODIFICATIONS TO THE 18 MILE CREEK GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
AND WHEREAS THE FOLLOWING TWO FIRMS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS BY MARCH 31ST, 2021 DEADLINE, THE FIRST DUBOIS AND KING WERE $50,656, THE SECOND STANTEC FOR $49,650 PLUS 60,000 TO 95,000 ESTIMATED DESIGN AND BID FEES.
AND WHEREAS ON TOWN, COUNCILMAN CONNOLLY, THE TOWN ENGINEER AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GOLF COURSE REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND EVALUATED THE PROPOSALS AND PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION FOR NOW.
THEREFORE, IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACCEPTS THE RECOMMENDATION AND AWARDS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO DUIS AND KING.
SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
FOUR IN FAVOR AND ONE ABSTENTION, MS. HOPE? AYE.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT? UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS, WHEN I LOOK INTO THE COMPANY, ALTHOUGH THERE ISN'T, UM, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY FROM THE COMPANY.
THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO SHARES MY LAST NAME AND I DON'T WANNA HAVE A OKAY.
HOWEVER, UH, FOUR IN FAVOR AND ONE ABSTENTION.
KATHY, UH, THE LAST ITEM, THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, BOARD CASH DISBURSEMENTS, UH, THE TOTAL OPERATING FUNDS, UH, DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE ENDING 5 17 20 TO 29,295 AND 49 40 5 CENTS.
THE TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $1,030,954 AND 57 CENTS.
I MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT AND FILE IT ACCORDINGLY.
SECOND, UH, MS. MS ON THE SECOND, UM, THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGN BY SAYING, AYE.
NOW WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, MR. WALTER IS HERE TO REPORT, SIR, NOTHING TO REPORT.
ALRIGHT THEN, MR. MC, HOW'S IT GOING FOR OUR SAFETY, UH, UH, SEMINAR COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
WE HAVE A MEETING THIS THURSDAY WITH THE SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS.
UH, THE QUESTIONNAIRE OR THE, THE TRAINING, UH, MODULE OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING IS OUT.
I CHECKED WITH THE, UH, PERSONNEL OFFICE WHERE WE HAD 23 RESPONSES SO FAR.
UM, SO WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HOUSE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS THAT CAN LOG ON AND DO BEFORE WE CAN START DOING THAT TRAINING OUT FIELD.
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SUPERVISOR PERSON, UH, THOSE THAT ARE MORE INHOUSE TO, TO, UH, UH,CAN I HELP YOU IN ANY WAY ON THAT? UM, A MEMO MAYBE? UM, ALRIGHT.
UH, IT TAKES NO MORE THAN AN HOUR TO DO IT NIGHT.
SHOULD WE TALK TOMORROW? MAYBE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND I'LL SEND, PUT THE TRAINING AWAY.
I'LL SEND A MEMO LAW TO THE, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, ALRIGHT.
TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO, UH, TO GET ON BOARD.
MS. COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL CAME UP WITH SOME MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING YEAH.
AND I, I THINK I COPIED YOU IN ON THAT INFORMATION.
SO ACTUALLY I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP TONIGHT.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
WHAT DO YOU, BECAUSE THEIR GRANT OR THEIR CONTRACT AND THEIR GRANT, THOSE RENEW IN SEPTEMBER, SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN GUARANTEE THAT, THAT FREE ELEMENT.
I THINK, DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING AFFIRMATIVE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD? OTHER THAN I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO, UM, PAUL, WE'LL TALK IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND WE'LL TALK WITH PETE WALSH.
WE COME HERE AND I THINK A RESOLUTION IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND PAUL, WILL YOU WITH ME TOMORROW, THEN WE'LL SEND A MEMO OFF.
MR. IS YEAR ROUND, BUT, UH, ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WE PLAN ON HAVING LIFEGUARDS AVAILABLE.
UM, THE WATER IS STILL VERY COLD, SO IF IT IS BELOW 60, WE PROBABLY WON'T LET PEOPLE IN THE WATER BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF HYPOTHERMIA, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DECIDE, UH, WITH AN OBVIOUSLY, UH, ON THE DAY OFF, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, IT'LL KICK OFF OUR, OUR SUMMER SEASON AT TOWN PARK AND WE HAD OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON EVER LAST SUMMER, SO WE HOPE TO BE OKAY.
UM, HOW ABOUT, UH, AND THOMAS, ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED? UH, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. UM, UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, SUPERVISOR, YOU SIGNED THE LAKE AVENUE CROSSWALK CONTRACT, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO WE SENT THE COPY OVER TO THE, UH, CONTRACTOR.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA START SUBMITTING CHAPERONE FOR MATERIALS WITHIN A DAY OR TWO SO THAT ENGINEER CAN BE APPROVED AND THEY'D LIKE TO BE IN CONSTRUCTION WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS, IT IS TIME FOR THE TOWN TO SUBMIT THE ANNUAL STORMWATER REPORT TO THE DEC ON THEIR STORMWATER PROGRAM.
UH, THE DEC PROVIDES A BASICALLY A 50 PAGE SORT OF FORM FILL IN, UM, THE STORMWATER COALITION, WHICH THE TOWN IS A MEMBER OF, UM, FILLS IN THEIR ACTIVITIES.
UM, MYSELF, YOUR TOWN, UH, AS WELL AS SOME INPUT FROM HIGHWAY.
YOU FILL OUT THE REST OF THE REPORT.
IT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, SO THAT'S THIS DISCUSSION HERE.
IT'S THE SAME EXACT FORMAT THAT THE TOWN HAS HAD TO REPORT ON FOR, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING ON SIX YEARS NOW.
UM, SO IF YOU'VE SEEN IT IN THE PAST, IT'S VERY SIMILAR, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEE IT IF YOU'D LIKE.
AFTER THIS MEETING, WE HAVE
UM, AND THEN WE, THERE'S A SHEET THAT YOU HAVE TO SIGN SUPERVISOR, SO WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.
AND THEN THE TOWN POSTS THE, UH, REPORT TO THE WEBSITE.
I PROVIDE A COPY TO THE TOWN CLERK.
WE KEEP A COPY IN ENGINEERING.
THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME AND LOOK AT IT.
IT, IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE LEGALLY AVAILABLE PUBLIC FOR ANY REASON.
AND THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, TOM, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT? NO.
KOWSKI, HOW ARE THINGS GOING? IT'S BEEN BUSY.
UH, BUSINESS IS USUALLY GETTING A LOT OF CALLS AND, UH, WE'VE ALSO NOTICED AN UPTICK IN, UM, I WOULD SAY A SPIKE IN THE PHYSICAL INCIDENCES.
UM, SEEMS TO BE AN INCREASE IN STRANGULATION AND, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT.
I'VE ALSO NOTICED THANKS TO THE CHIEFS OF THE GREAT DEPARTMENT OFFICERS GO OUTTA THEIR WAY TO CALL ME AND GIVE ME A HEADS UP ON CALLS TO REACH OUT TO THE CLIENTS IMMEDIATELY, UM, OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A GOOD REFLECTION OF THE RESPONSE.
WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THEY KNOW, GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
WE HAVE, AGAIN, STILL, WE HAVE NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE CALLING AND GETTING HELP.
WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING IN TO ASK ABOUT GETTING ORDERS OF PROTECTION.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING UP AND ASKING IF THEY DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH FAMILY COURT, UM, THEIR OPTIONS THROUGH SUPREME COURT FOR THOSE GETTING DIVORCES.
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UM, IT'S A, IT'S A KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GETTING.SO WE'RE JUST VERY
WE'RE HOPING ALL THESE KIND OF, UH, CHANGES IN TERMS OF WITH THE CDC GUIDELINES AND SUCH THAT THAT WILL BRING SOME OPENING UP, MORE OPENING AND EXPANDING MORE AND WE'LL SEE MORE MOVEMENT WITH THE COURT CLIENTS REALLY WANNA SEE MORE MOVEMENT WITH THE CASES.
OKAY, CHIEF, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK I'LL REPORT? OKAY, WELL I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE THINGS WITH YOU LATER IN THE WEEK.
YOU GONNA BE AROUND THURSDAY, FRIDAY? I'LL BE AROUND LEAVING THURSDAY FOR MYRLE BEACH.
WELL I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH YOU ON THE ROAD.
WE'LL TRY, TRY TO GET TOGETHER ON WEDNESDAY.
MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING TOMORROW WE'LL TALK.
KATHY, HOW ABOUT YOU? I JUST WANNA THANK THE TOWN BOARD FOR OPENING MEETING
UH, JENNIFER, HOW ABOUT YOU? NOTHING TO REPORT.
DO WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, UH, UH, OUT IN THE CYBER LAB, DO WE? NO, WE DON'T.
WELL, WELL THAT CASE, UH, I'LL THROW IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, ANYBODY CARE TO SPEAK AT ANY TOPIC? YES, PAT.
HEY DEB, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD.
PRETTY SOON I'M GONNA WA MY OWN NAME PLATE.
I'M WITH CSA, ANOTHER RELATIONS SPECIALIST ASSIGNED TO BOTH HAMMER, WHITE COLLAR AND BLUE COLLAR HERE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UH, I SENT CORRESPONDENCE TO MR. SHAW THIS AFTERNOON.
I DUNNO IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT OR NOT.
I'M HAPPY TO READ IT ALOUD NOW.
THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS EASIER.
YOU CAN GIVE US A GIST OF WHAT WELL, COMPLAINTS CSCA FILED A GRIEVANCE IN THE BLUE COLLAR UNIT.
UH, LAST YEAR, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS OCTOBER, UH, OF, OR NO, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS IN THE, THE LATE SUMMER OF, UH, 2020, UM, REGARDING OUTSOURCING OF THE CSEA BLUE COLLAR BARGAINING UNIT WORK IN REGARDS TO ROTATING JOBS.
UH, THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TED CASEY, CONTRACTED OUR BARGAINING UNIT WORK TO
WE FILED CLASS ACTION GRIEVANCE.
GRIEVANCE WAS HEARD, UH, AS STEP TWO FOLLOWING THAT STEP TWO DECISION, UH, MR. SEAN, I MET, UH, TO TRY AND REACH A ASYLUM AGREEMENT, UH, WITHOUT GOING, HAVING THE EXPENSE, UH, OF GOING TO ARBITRATION.
AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF THE HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CONTRACTING OUT, UM, FOR THE WORK OF PAVING THE, THE ACTUAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S CALLED A PAVER.
UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO IN ORDER TO DO A ROAD JOB, THEY NEED TO CONTACT OUT THE PAVER.
THE PAVER COMES WITH AN OPERATOR.
'CAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GIVE EVERY TOWN THEIR EQUIPMENT WITHOUT HAVING THEIR MAN IN THE SEAT AND KNOWING THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS BEING RUN PROPERLY AND SAFELY, ET CETERA.
THE REST OF THE WORK ON MOST ROAD JOBS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME, UM, TRUCKS IN VERY LARGE JOBS, ARE DONE BY OUR BARGAINING UNIT.
UM, OUR EMPLOYEES DO THE REST OF THE WORK WHEN THE REST OF THE EQUIPMENT PROVIDE ALL THE MANPOWER.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, THAT WE WOULD AGREE TO BASICALLY DRAW BOUNDARIES AROUND THAT, THAT PROJECT LAST YEAR AND SAYING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE AN EROSION OF THE BARGAINING UNIT WORK AND WE WOULD NOT SEEK, UM, WAGE BACK WAGES FOR THAT WORK.
SO WE, WE HAD THAT MUTUAL AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING.
UH, AND THEN HERE WE ARE AGAIN THIS YEAR COMING DOWN THE SAME PATH ALL OVER AGAIN.
MR. CASEY IS AGAIN CONTRACTING OUR, OUR BARGAINING UNIT WORK.
HE'S WORKING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
THE QUIMBEE ROAD PROJECT, I PERSONALLY DROVE DOWN THAT STREET WHILE THE PROJECT WAS GOING ON AND ASKED EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO THEY WORKED FOR, INCLUDING THE FLAG MAT.
NONE OF THEM WERE MY GUYS, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
WE CONTRACTED OUT ALL OF THE WORK.
SO CSEA DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION IN RESOLVING THESE MATTERS
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THROUGH AGREEMENTS, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WHEN THEY'RE, HE'S JUST GONNA DO IT AGAIN.SO WE HAVE ANOTHER GRIEVANCE FILED, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MEET OVER IT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE APPETITE TO SETTLE IN THE SAME MANNER THAT WE SAW WITH THE LAST ONE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A REPEAT OFFENDER EVERY SINGLE TIME AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND IT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY COST THE TOWN MORE.
IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ARBITRATION AND WE GET A BACK PAY AWARD FOR THAT, YOU'RE GONNA PAY THE CONTRACTOR AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY CSCA MEMBERS TWICE.
SO I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL PERSON FERRELL, YOU ARE LABOR THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
UM, HE'S VIOLATING THE CONTRACT.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND MR. CASEY AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND HEAD OF THAT DEPARTMENT.
I'M HIS LIAISON MR. ARTICULATE THAT MORE, BUT I, I'M NOT HIS SUPERVISOR.
SO I DO DISCUSS WITH MR. CASEY HIS NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND STIPULATIONS ARE.
I SUGGEST TO HIM FREQUENTLY THAT HE USE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HIM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PERSONNEL, OUR HR SPECIALIST, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO WHO HE HAS TO, BUT I CANNOT, I DO NOT CONTROL MR. CASEY BECAUSE I'M NOT HIS SUPERVISOR.
WELL, I WOULD IMPLORE THIS BOARD TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN, UH, TO TRY AND GET THESE, THIS, THESE ACTIONS CEASED.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, C FT IS NOT GONNA HAVE AN APP CONTINUED APPETITE FOR SETTLING THE RESOLUTION, DRAWING DISCERNIBLE BOUNDARIES AROUND IT AND SAYING, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS YOUR BARGAINING UNIT WORKING AND WE WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
AND THEN THE NEXT SEASON HE'S DOING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE KATHY A COPY OF THE LETTER FOR THE RECORD.
AND, AND WE'RE SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RESOLVE THE MATTER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, I'M GONNA MEET WITH YOU ON WEDNESDAY.
DISCUSS, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS LAST YEAR'S, UH, STEP DUE DETERMINATION.
WE'LL LOOK TO FASHION IF WE CAN, FOR THE BOARD'S ULTIMATE APPROVAL, A GLOBAL SETTLEMENT THAT WILL DEAL WITH, UH, THE PROSPECTIVE ISSUES.
THAT'S THE ISSUES GOING FORWARD ON THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION.
BY THE TIME WE RESOLVE, THAT MAY BE TOO LATE TO IMPACT SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BEGUN THIS SEASON.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU WEDNESDAY AND DISCUSS HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS.
WHAT GUIDELINES SITUATION AND AND HOW THOSE ARTICULATED.
WELL, THE CONTRACT, THE CON CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE CONTRACT COMPELS MANAGEMENT TO USE PEOPLE WITHIN THE BARGAINING UNIT UNLESS THERE IS SOME EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE IMMEDIATE RESORT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
WHAT'S THE OTHER CONDITION? IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARILY, OH, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL RIGHT.
AVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE PAVER, THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE TOMMY HANDBOOK DOESN'T POSSESS.
SO YOU CAN'T DO A ROAD JOB WITHOUT THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO THEREFORE THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY, HISTORICALLY, ALWAYS RENTED THE PAPER THAT IT COMES WITH THE OPERATOR.
AND, AND THE REST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY OUR FOLKS WHO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE SKILLS AND ABILITY TO DO SO.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE HAMMER PILOT DEPARTMENT WITH THIS PERSONNEL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT SOUND LIKE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT TO THE STEP TWO THEORY, UM, WELL, IT'S A CLASS ACTION GRIEVANCE, SO IT CAME RIGHT TO ME.
WE HAD MR. CASEY THERE AND SOMEBODY ELSE IN HIS DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE HAD UNION REPRESENTATIVES.
I HAD HEARD THE TESTIMONY AND THEN RESERVE DECISION, A DECISION.
MY DECISION WAS THAT, UH, I UPHELD CASEY'S POSITION ON THIS BECAUSE IN PAST CIRCUMSTANCES I HAD FELT THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN CONTRACTED OUT IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WITHOUT A UNION GRIEVANCE.
AND THEREFORE THE ACQUIESCENCE IN PAST CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOWED HIM TO GET AWAY OR DO IT AGAIN ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE LAST SUMMER, YOU FOLKS TOOK STRONG ISSUE WITH ME.
WHICH LED THEM TO DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO AVOID ARBITRATION AND COME TO A MEETING OF MINDS ON THE STEP TWO DETERMINATION.
AND WHAT WAS THAT? WE HAVEN'T COME TO THE MEETING OF MINDS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT.
SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU WOULD LIKE ME AS LIAISON ON TO COMMUNICATE TO MR. CASEY?
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I HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, UH, BY DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME OTHER COMMUNICATION, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA DO GOOD WITH HIM.
UH, BUT YOU CERTAINLY CAN SAY AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT GONNA LISTEN TO ME.
BUT, UH, I GUESS THE BENEFIT POTENTIAL ACROSS THE TOP.
THE POTENTIAL IS, IS THAT, UH, UH, IF WE GO TO AN ARBITRATION, THERE'S A BACKPAY AWARD.
THIS, THIS PING IS GONNA COST US A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WE ANTICIPATE COST.
WE'RE DEPRIVING THE WORKERS OF OVERTIME, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL TO DO MEANINGFUL WORK.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE A UNION FOR, TO PROTECT THOSE RIGHTS.
I THINK THE NOTHING CAN BE SIMPLE.
WE HAVE
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAID.
UH, WE HAVE CONTRACTS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE BOARD, I THINK THE MESSAGE IS, IS SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THE EMPLOYEES THE WAY, UH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.
AND, UM, AND HELP AVOID COSTING THE TOWN A LOT MORE MONEY IN LEGAL COSTS, TIME, EFFORT.
AND YOU'VE GOT THE EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, ARE HAVING THE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE, UM, THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, SPREADS.
AND IT REALLY, I FEEL, CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO GETTING THE BEST PRODUCT FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO I, I THINK, UH, ONCE SOMEONE DISAGREES THAT YOU MESSAGE THE BOARD AND BEEN PREVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK PART OF THE IS YOU SAID WHEN YOU ARTICULATED THE SITUATION PREVIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. CASEY IS CLEAR ON THAT.
I MIGHT HAVE SUGGESTED THAT OUR NEXT MEETING MEETING NEEDS TO MEET WITH US.
HE, HE, HE'S CERTAINLY WELCOME TO COME, UH, TO THE JUNE 7TH MEETING.
AND THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS THOUGH, THE MUCH MORE OF THE PAPERWORK WILL BE DONE, UH, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T COME TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS SO, UH, CAN'T TALK USUALLY ON ESCORT, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM, UH, CERTAINLY SEND THEM AN EMAIL TOO TO SAY THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS FEEL STRONGLY WE SHOULD GIVE THE BARGAIN UNIT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS WORK.
I WOULD ALSO QUESTION THE MOTIVATIONS FOR NOT USING THE EMPLOYEES.
THEY, THEY, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT THE HIGHWAY DOES ALL SUMMER ALONG, THEY FIX ROADES.
AND, AND SO WHY THIS YEAR, THE NEED TO OUTSOURCE ALL OF THAT WORK, WHAT ARE THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE SUDDEN NEED TO CONTRACT OUT ROAD WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR I'M SURE 30, 50 YEARS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BY THE
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT HAS NOT EVER BEEN CONTRACTED AS, SO THERE AGAIN, I, THE, I THINK THE CONFUSION, UH, DURING THE, THE FIRST GRIEVANCE MEETING, UH, WITH MR. SHAW WAS THAT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE, THE TOWN HAS ENLISTED CONTRACTORS TO DO PART CERTAIN DUTIES WITHIN A ROAD JOB.
UH, MR. MR. CASEY LED, UH, LED THE MR. CHACHA BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.
THEY ALWAYS CONTRACT OUT DUTIES THAT WE CANNOT DO, EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO.
AND HE CONTRACTED OUT EVERYTHING AND SAID, WELL, WE ALWAYS DO THIS RIGHT? AND, AND CAN SHOW PREVIOUS CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN CONTRACTORS FOR CERTAIN DUTIES.
AND HE PAINTED THAT WITH A VERY BROAD BRUSH SAYING HE CONTACT OUT THIS WORK ALL THE TIME.
SO WOULD THAT ALSO BE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE'D BE THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WHEN HE'S NOW DOING CRACK SEAL, IS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE CONTRACTED OUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T DO THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
OR YOU DO DO THAT IN HOUSE? I BELIEVE SO.
AND I STILL HAVE TO WORK IN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU, YOU HAD THE EQUIPMENT DO THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING
SO THAT'S, AND SEE THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUIDELINES OF THAT CLARIFICATION.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO OUR BEST ON WEDNESDAY.
UH, PERHAPS WE CAN SEND THE BOARD EMAIL TO 'EM.
ANYBODY ELSE? LADIES AND JENS? YES.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M, HOW ABOUT YOURSELF? GOOD, THANKS.
I'LL MAKE THIS SO BRIEF BECAUSE IT'S SO LATE.
UM, I'M SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF
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THE FLYERS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN RESIDENCE MAILBOXES, MAILBOXES? NO.THAT WILL TELL YOU ALL THE ROADS AND SCRAN THAT NEED TO BE PAID.
YOU GOTTA PUT A FLAG OR IN THE DOOR.
WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES HE DO WITH THOSE? THEY'RE GOING IN THE MAILBOXES OF RESIDENTS.
ONLY THE, THE POST OFFICE CAN PUT MAIL IN AND THE RESIDENT CAN TAKE MAIL OUT.
DID YOU CONTACT THE POST, THE REGIONAL POST? WE'LL TALK TO HIM.
THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD YOU? YES.
UM, ALSO BEING THAT TED'S NOT HERE, AND MS.
I NEED YOU TO ASK TED, WHY DID HE PURCHASE 36 $100 ROLL OR 100 STAMP ROLLS FOR THE TUNE OF 96 $1,960 BACK ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2020, 36 ROLLS.
100 STAMPS IN EACH STAMPS POSTAGE STAMPS.
FOR WHAT? I NEED TO KNOW THAT QUESTION.
WELL HAVE YOU, IS THE UNION ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT? DOES ANYBODY ELSE? HE DOESN'T RESPOND.
HE DOES NOT RESPOND TO ANYTHING.
ALSO, WE HAVE A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT IS TED'S ASSISTANT.
I BELIEVE CI JOYCE HAS BEEN BEING PAID FOR WELL OVER, NOT TO SHOW UP FOR HIS JOB.
JOYCE IS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
I I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST AN OFFICE WORKER CLERK.
I REALLY, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HE KNOWS.
OVER A YEAR, THIS HAS TO STOP.
I HAVE A PART-TIME SECRETARY THAT SITS UP THERE.
WHY CAN'T SHE GET PAID TO SIT AT HOME AND DO NOTHING? SHE GETS TO WATCH ALL THIS.
YOU KNOW, BEY, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? NOT AT ALL.
I WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AGAINST TE WELL, I GUESS SO.
WOULDN'T THERE BE A PROCEDURE TO FILE SOMETHING HUMAN RESOURCES ON THAT? LET IT START GOING DOWN THE STEPS THAT WAY.
HE GETS CALLED AND HE HAS TO RESPOND AND THEN EVERYBODY LOOKS AT OKAY.
DOESN'T, HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES HE HAVE IN THE OFFICE? UM, HE'S GOT HIS SON.
WHO ELSE IS HE? AND HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE MR. JOYCE THERE.
AND THEN WHO ELSE IS IT? UM, WE HAVE A PART, UH, PEGGY, I BELIEVE HER NAME IS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PART-TIME WOMAN.
I DON'T GO UP THERE BECAUSE I, I DON'T GO UP THERE.
SO YOU GOT SCHUMANNS FULL-TIME? YES.
HIS SON AND BARON AND THIS FELLOW JOYCE ALL OFFICE STAFF.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY NOT ANOTHER STAFFING PROBLEM.
UM, FOR ONCE OF THESE, I REALLY JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT TO SHOW UP.
MY GUYS USED TO LOVE THEIR JOBS.
THEY DON'T LOVE THEIR JOBS ANYMORE.
WE ARE CRUMBLING, ABSOLUTELY CRUMBLING IN FRONT OF THIS TOWN BECAUSE OF ONE INDIVIDUAL.
I PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO MY JOB.
I EXPECT EVERYBODY TO DO THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO WORKERS.
LEMME TELL YOU, WHEN THEY'RE TREATED RIGHT, THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE WORLD AND THEN SO MM-HMM
BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING TREATED FAIRLY.
AND THIS IS WHERE MS. FARRELL, I REALLY NEED YOU TO HELP THEM.
BUT I ALSO NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. CASEY.
AND AGAIN, HE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I UNDERSTAND AS THE REASON I'M NOT A SUPERVISOR.
I CANNOT FORCE HIM TO DO ANYTHING.
BUT CAN THE EMPLOYEES COME TO YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
I'VE HAD EMPLOYEES COME TO ME AND I DIRECT THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE DIRECTED.
THEY, THEY CALLED ME MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.
I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO HAVE THEM CALL ME AND I WILL PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH WHO THEY NEED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH.
WHETHER IT'S THE HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER OR WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING ELSE I'M GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS WHEN TIME DECIDES TO SHOW UP.
SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO ASK THE BOARD, BUT PAYING A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, I'M, I'M HAVING A REAL HARD TIME WITH THAT.
WELL, I, UH, ALL THE VIDEO, HONESTLY, I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT EARLIER.
I, UH, PULL IT NOW AND YOU CAN SEE THE LAST 30 DAYS, TED HAS TO PICK THIS INDIVIDUAL UP BECAUSE HE CANNOT DRIVE THAT.
HIS ONLY MEANS TO AND FROM WORK.
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HE'S NOT THERE.HE WAS THERE TODAY, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WANDERING AROUND THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT, QUESTIONING WHY OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN THE WINDOWS OF THEIR VEHICLES.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE HEARING NOTHING? ACTUALLY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
ACTUALLY, COME ON, ON HEELS THAT, UM, I HAD ASKED MR. CASEY FOR A BABY PLAN.
UH, AND THAT CAME OUT OUR DISCUSSION BECAUSE HE HAS ASKED FOR, UH, BACK HOW HE GETS ACCESS TO THE MONEY THAT HAS, UH, COME FROM THE BOND THAT WAS $3,000.
THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR SOME STRIKING THAT WAS TO OCCUR ON SEVERAL ROADS.
HE WAS INTENDING TO DO SOME INTENDED USE, UH, MONEY FROM THAT BOND.
SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH SO THAT THAT BOND ISSUANCE, THAT P MONEY CAN BE TO, WELL, I REMEMBER CORRECTLY BACK IN THE FALL, WE INDICATED TO HIM THAT HE COULDN'T APPROPRIATE THE BONDAGE, UH, IN DEBT TO THE EXPENSE 300,000 ON ANY PROJECT UNLESS HE GOT, UH, A REPORT TO US AS TO WHAT HIS PLAN WAS.
HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY GROUP.
AND WE HAD TO GIVE OUR AUTHORIZATION.
NOW, I KNOW WE WANTED TO USE BOND MONEY FOR A PROJECT LAST WEEK, SAM, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR SENT A MEMO OUT THAT HE COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE HE COMPLY THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS A PREDICATE TO THE AWARDING THE BOND.
SO, SO THAT'S THE ANSWER, RIGHT? SO HE HAS SENT THAT INFORMATION.
I'LL FORWARD IT TO THE BOARD, PLEASE.
LEMME KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WELL, YOU GOTTA PUT IT IN WRITING.
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IT, UH, AND APPROVE IT.
AND THEN THEREFORE HE NEEDS TO BE AT THAT NEXT MEETING.
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA WAS, WASN'T IT THE HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO APPROVE THE PLAN TRAFFIC SAFETY I ADVISORY GROUP.
NOW I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIM AND THEY GAVE SOME, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THE MONEY FOR, UH, SOME FOR, UH, ROADS LIKE PAVING, SOME FOR ADDITIONAL CRACK CEILING.
THEY DID GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WE PUT THEM IN THERE AS THE FINAL.
UM, UH, I THOUGHT THEY HAD TO GIVE.
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A MEMORANDUM, WHICH TELLS US WHAT CASEY'S RECOMMEND CASEY WANTS TO DO, AND WHETHER OR NOT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO HAS BEEN RUN BY THAT COMMITTEE, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WHETHER THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH IT.
AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT, DEBATE IT, AND MAYBE IF HE'S HERE, WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM.
I'LL FORWARD YOU THE INFORMATION TO, OKAY.
UH, I SENT A MEMO OUT TO THE B AND G GUYS, UH, TO GET, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF TOM OR OR
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO THOUGH.
I'LL GET A HOLD OF MR. RYAN TOMORROW AND ASK HIM WHERE WE'RE AT.
FOR THAT ABATEMENT ALREADY, RIGHT? THEY WERE HAVING A GET ADDITIONAL.
YEAH, WE WANTED TO GET MORE OF ONE QUOTE, BUT I'LL CHECK.
I'LL CHECK WITH HIM, UH, WITH RYAN
IT'D BE NICE TO GET THIS PROJECT UP.
THEN WE GOTTA SIT DOWN WITH THE, UH, WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND RECONSIDER WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE OVERALL PLAN.
YES, CAM, UM, I'VE SEEN THAT ONE QUOTE THAT CHRIS HALL DID OBTAIN MM-HMM.
A WHILE BACK, SO I KNOW IT DOES.
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EMAIL.UM, I WOULD JUST VERIFY THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, LIKE SUBMITTAL DATE OR, OR GOOD UNTIL DATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SOMETIMES THOSE QUOTES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR 30 OR SIX.
AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S QUITE OLD AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I'LL CHECK WITH RYAN TOMORROW.
I, ANY ADVICE, I'LL GIVE YOU A ADVICE, BUT, UH, UH, I WANNA SEE IF I CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.
AND SU WE HAVEN'T SIGNED IT, UH, WITH SUTTON FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, THE WORK IS BEING RECONSIDERED.
WE, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, TAKING ANY PLAN, WE'RE UNDER TAKING ANY PLANS THAT I NEEDED THE CONTRACT, BUT THE, THE WORK IS BEING RECONSIDERED AND SUTTON WANTED MONEY UP FRONT
SO IT IS LIKE, UH, A LAWYER WITH A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT, YOU KNOW, GET THE MONEY UP FRONT.
WE'RE NOT,
UH, SO WE WANTED TO STRAIGHTEN UP THAT AND A FEW OTHER TERMS IN THE CONTRACT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT, UH, UNUSUAL.
SO, BUT I, I BETTER GET MOVING ON THAT ONE TOMORROW.
UM, PLEASE, TO THOSE WHO SPOKE ABOUT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, I KNOW TED DID SUBMIT TO ME THE LIST TODAY ROAD.
HE IS INTENDING TO HAVE PAID THIS PAVING SYSTEM SEASON, SOMETHING I'VE ASKED FOR EVERY YEAR.
UH, I WILL ASK HIM FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH ROAD, WHAT IS HIS INTENTION AS FAR AS WHETHER, UH, FOR CONTRACTING OUT OR NOT, WHAT STAFF HE'S USING.
UH, AND FOR A FURTHER BREAKDOWN, UM, THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE JOB AND WHAT HIS INTENTION IS BECAUSE HE GAVE ME A LIST OF THE ROAD OF THE DISTANCE INVOLVED, THE RATINGS ON THE ROAD.
BUT I'LL GO BACK AND ASK HIM TO DETAIL FOR EACH WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE ON CONTRACTING SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AS A GUIDELINE ALSO WHAT, WHAT HE'S INTENDING AT THIS POINT.
WILL, WILL MR. HAW HAVE THAT BEFORE MY MEETING WITH HIM ON WEDNESDAY? I WILL MAKE THE REQUEST FOR, I WILL REQUEST THAT TOMORROW MORNING.
AND I'LL LET MR. ANO ON WEDNESDAY IF I, IF I HEARD, I'LL CC YOU IN THE DIFFERENT REQUEST.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU GOT? YEAH, I'LL, YOU GUYS, WE'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH UNLESS YOU WANT NO, I'LL KEEP YOU.
I JUST WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BEACH.
UH, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING LAST WEEK WITH ALL THE SHAREHOLDERS, UH, AT THE BEACH, UH, AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO ANY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ANY INPUT, I THINK WE WERE REALLY, WE HAD A MEETING LAST, UH, YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN THE PLANET TO HAVE ONE IN THE SPRING, UH, TO KIND OF EVALUATE HOW, UH, OR TO PREPARE AND, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE ON BOARD FOR WHEN WE OPEN AND THEN ONE IN THE FALL WHERE WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE, THE SUMMER AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS FOR THE NEXT.
UM, SO ONE OF THE CONCLUSIONS IS THE OFFICER WORKED VERY WELL.
UH, SO POLICE TRASH, UH, WAS ABLE TO, UM, SECURE OFFICER O'BRIEN AGAIN.
UM, THE LOCKLEY, UH, HOMER'S ASSOCIATION, UM, WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR, FOR US TO DO THAT.
UM, AND UH, SO ANY INPUT THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE HELPED US IMPROVE IT.
UH, BUT IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, SO I JUST UPDATE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ADJOURN A SOMETHING.