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IS FIVE 30 ON THE BUTTON.IS IT CLOSE ENOUGH? WELL, UH, WHY DON'T WE MAKE A MOTION TO CONVENE THE WORK SESSION FOR 6 21 21 TO ORDER? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
SHALL WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, NEED OF JUSTICE FOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA.
UH, AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD, BUT I SHOULD TELL YOU JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE, THERE IS A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.
I NOT TE THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED TO SELL AT MCKINLEY MALL TO A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OUT OF GREAT NECK, NEW YORK.
THAT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HAS FORMED A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, MCKINLEY MALL PROPERTIES, LLC.
THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE MALL WAS 8.5 MILLION.
IT'S A CASH DEAL WITHOUT ANY CONTINGENCIES, SUCH AS BANK FINANCING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY LIKE AT ANY SALE, UH, TAXES AND OTHER EXPENSES WILL BE PRORATED TO THE DATE OF CLOSING.
UH, THE RECEIVER OF THE MALL HAD THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE COURT ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FORECLOSURE ACTION IN JULY OF 2018 TO, UH, LIST AND SELL THEM ALL WITH THE COURT'S APPROVAL.
THE COURT GAVE ITS APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THE RECEIVER, UH, SIGNED A LISTING AGREEMENT WITH A NATIONAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM.
AND, UH, I WAS INFORMED FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, THAT, UH, THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RECEIVER AND THE BUYER WAS ALSO APPROVED BY THE BANK THAT HOLDS THE MORTGAGE.
SO WHAT HAS TO NOW HAPPEN IS THE RECEIVER AND THE BANK HAVE FILED A JOINT MOTION TO THE NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
IT CAN'T BE SOLD ABSENT THE JUDGE'S APPROVAL.
SO THE JUDGE HAS TO REVIEW THE PETITION OR THE MOTION AND THE SUPPORTING PAPERWORK FROM THE RECEIVER, MR. MENNO OUT OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND, UH, REVIEW THE BANK'S WILLINGNESS IN, ITS IN ITS PAPERWORK TO ACCEPT THAT PRICE IN LIEU OF THE FULL AMOUNT OF DELINQUENCIES DUE AND OWING ON THE MORTGAGE.
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THE BANK AND THE RECEIVER ARE, ARE IN SYNC.I'VE TALKED WITH OUR ATTORNEY.
HE'S THE ONE THAT INFORMED ME FRIDAY NIGHT.
I TALKED WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND, UH, I TOLD HIM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS.
I SAID, BUT I WOULD TALK WITH THE TOWN BOARD TONIGHT ABOUT IT AT OUR WORK SESSION AND GET SOME OF THE TOWN BOARD FEEDBACK AND EVEN FEEDBACK FROM, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE PUBLIC.
I MEAN, OUR, OUR CON I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE WANT THEM ALL TO BE PURCHASED BY A DEVELOPER WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, CREATIVITY, AND DEEP POCKETS.
UH, SO WE CAN MOVE THIS VALUABLE ASSET TO THE NEXT CHAPTER IN ITS LIFE.
UH, THIS PROPERTY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS IN ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE COMMERCIAL STRIPS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF ERIE COUNTY, WHERE AN HOUR AWAY FROM A MILLION PEOPLE IN POPULATION, OUR TOWN APPROXIMATES 60,000 PLUS IN POPULATION.
WE'RE THE LEAD TOWN OF THE SOUTH TOWNS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PRIVATELY HELD COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
SO GETTING THE RIGHT BUYER IS IMPORTANT, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT ACTION, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN OFFER OUR OPINIONS, WE CAN OFFER OUR HOPES AND ANY CONCERNS WE HAVE TO THE IAS JUDGE, THE JUDGE TO WHOM THE CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED.
BUT QUITE HONESTLY, IF THE BANK AND THE RECEIVER ARE IN SYNC, THE JUDGE IS PROBABLY GONNA APPROVE THE SALE.
UH, SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE STORY AS I GOT IT, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND, UH, YOU PROBABLY HEARD IT, UH, UH, TODAY.
UH, I THOUGHT AS A COURTESY, I WOULD INFORM THE HAMBURG SUN BEFORE THE MEETING, AND THEN THE SUN MUST HAVE POSTED IT BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE, UH, RADIO STATIONS AND TV STATIONS CALLING.
THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A FRONT PAGE INTEREST TO MEDIA OUTLETS FOR A LONG TIME.
ANY COMMENTS, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, UH, THAT YOU WANT ME TO PASS ON TO RAY FINK? WELL, I THINK REALISTICALLY WE HAVE LIMITED SAY IN THE
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF LAND TO THE TOWN THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR SAY COLLECTIVELY, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR IDEAL, UH, TENANTS, UH, USAGE, UH, IN TERMS WOULD BE.
UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVELY FOR YEARS NOW, UH, CITING THE NEED TO OPEN IT UP IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE REUSE USAGE, UH, JUST PAST THE INCENTIVES.
SO FOR US NOT TO, TO KEEP PUSHING THIS, UH, AS MUCH AS WE CAN, KNOWING IT'S LIMITED IN THE POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS, I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH, UM, TO HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD IN THE PROCESS.
IN MY OPINION, I MEAN, SINCE THE BANK AND THE COURT ARE GONNA GO ALONG WITH IT, YOU SAY IT'S BASICALLY A DUMB DEAL.
WELL, I THINK THE BANK AND THE RECEIVER ARE, ARE THEY JOINED TOGETHER TO PETITION THE COURT FOR A COURT ORDER? YEAH.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE JUDGE IS GONNA GRANT THEIR ORDER.
THAT'S A, BUT, BUT I DO THINK THAT HAM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEGAL STANDING.
UH, WE'RE LIKE A FRIEND OF THE COURT.
UH, THEY'LL LISTEN TO OUR OPINIONS, BUT, UH, UH, THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOES.
WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE A LAWYER TO DO, IN MY OPINION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE SALE GOES THROUGH, TRY AND GET IT THROUGH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THE NEW OWNER CAN GET MOVING RIGHT AWAY AND GET SOME IDEAS GOING AND, UH, MAYBE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT INCENTIVE ZONING THAT WE PUT THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, THING.
WELL, ONE THING, ONE THING, THERE'S ONE ENCOURAGING THING, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WEREN'T TOO ENCOURAGING.
THE ONE ENCOURAGING THING WAS IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, UH, THE, UH, THE BUYER HAD TO PUT DOWN A 25% NON-REFUNDABLE CASH DEPOSIT, 2 MILLION A CHANGE.
SO PRETTY SINCERE ABOUT GOING FORWARD WITH A DEAL IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PUTTING THAT UP AND, AND IF YOU GO SOUTH, YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK.
ON THE OTHER HAND, UH, I'M JUST HOPING THIS ISN'T A, THIS DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WAS FORMED.
MCKINLEY MALL PROPERTIES, LLC, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, PLEASE.
THIS DEVELOPER HAS OTHER LLCS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
HE'S HAD SOMEWHAT OF A SPOTTY HISTORY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, A CHECKERED HISTORY.
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I'M CONCERNED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S NO GOOD IN MY OPINION.IT'S NO GOOD, IN MY OPINION, IF THE NEW OWNER COMES IN, DISCOUNTS THE RENTAL SPACE AND STARTS FISHING IN EXISTING COMMERCIAL TERRITORIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OR WITHIN THE SOUTH TOWNS TO, UH, POACH OTHER PROSPECTIVE TENANTS, THAT KIND OF, THAT KIND OF DEFEATS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF, UH, OF REINVENTING THEM ALL.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.
AND, AND THEN, UH, WE SHOULD INVITE HIM TO A MEETING.
WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE.
I KNOW THAT THE SOUTH TOWNS, UH, CHAMBER WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
THEY SAID TO ME A MONTH OR SO AGO AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, HOSTING THE NEW OWNER AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAN OR CAN'T BE DONE.
I THINK IF THEY WENT ALONG, LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT IN CLARENCE WITH THE MALL THERE, THEY'RE KIND OF MAKING IT A VILLAGE AND TERRIFIC.
CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING, 'CAUSE THERE'S A TON OF ROOM BACK THERE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO UP ON YOUR BIKE AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT AND GO IN STOREFRONTS OR GO INTO A BIGGER AREA.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY A IMAGINATION AND DEEP POCKETS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
HAVE THEY GIVEN ANY INDICATION ON WHAT THEIR INTENT IS? NO.
UH, THE, REMEMBER NOW THE SALE HAS BEEN THE, THE AGREEMENT'S BEEN SIGNED.
SO THE PURCHASE DEAL IS SIGNED.
IT'S CONTINGENT ON COURT APPROVAL.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ESCROW AGENT HAS RECEIVED THE DEPOSIT.
UM, SO THERE'S NO INDICATION OF WHAT THIS DEVELOPER WOULD DO.
UM, I SUPPOSE IF THE DEAL CLOSES, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING HE WOULD WANNA DO IS COME AND SEE US ABOUT INCENTIVES AND MM-HMM
UH, UH, AND ASSESSMENTS AND THIS AND THAT.
I MEAN, SO HE IS GONNA FIND A PATH TO US.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO REACH OUT TO HIM SOONER, AS OPPOSED TO LATER, AND TRY TO GET A DIALOGUE GOING.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL TO ANY GREAT EXTENT WHAT HE OR HIS COMPANY WILL DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE IN THE, IN THE PAST? DO THEY HAVE A WELL, I, UM, WE DID A, WE DID A GOOGLE SEARCH ON 'EM.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISTRESSED PROPERTIES THAT, UH, HIS COMPANIES HAVE NOT HANDLED TOO WELL.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISAPPOINTED MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, HIS TRACK REC RECORD, ACCORDING TO, UH, THE MANAGER OF HUNT REAL ESTATE, WHO USED TO WORK FOR, UH, THE MALL AS THE MALL MANAGER.
I, THE GENTLEMAN SAYING JUST ESCAPES ME.
HE, UH, HE INDICATED TO ME, HE CALLED UP TO, TO INQUIRE ABOUT IT.
HE INDICATED TO ME THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER WAS A, A RETAIL LANDLORD PRIMARILY.
SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH RETAIL? THERE AREN'T ANY BIG BOX STORES THAT ARE COMING IN.
THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO? I DON'T, THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE, I, I THINK FIRST OFF, WE HAVE TO REACH OUT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WORK AS CLOSE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
WELCOME THEM, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW WE, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH 'EM COLLECTIVELY.
IDA, UM, SOUTH TOWNS CHAMBER, ANY BUSINESS GROUP THAT CAN, CAN HELP, UH, LEND A HAND MM-HMM
HOWEVER, I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO BE, UH, REALISTIC OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER, UH, MALL SITUATIONS.
EVEN IF YOU LOOK IN AMHERST, YOU KNOW, SINATRA BOUGHT THE PROPERTY YEAH.
ONLY TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, YEARS LATER, I BELIEVE TURNED TO JAMAL WHO BOUGHT IT FROM 'EM.
SO WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC THAT, UH, THIS COULD BE MORE OF A, UH, AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY AS OPPOSED TO A SERIOUS LONG TERM.
UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP, LONG LASTING, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I THINK WE, WE DON'T WANNA BE TOO NAIVE GOING INTO THIS AS WELL, BUT I AGREE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ESTABLISH THAT COLLABORATIVE MM-HMM
UH, PARTNERSHIP AS, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, AND MM-HMM
IN TURN, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GUIDE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION OR, UM, EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS OR LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, THE MUNICIPALITY IS KEENLY, UM, INTERESTED IN WHAT, WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE AND, YOU KNOW, ON, ON BEHALF OF OUR TOWN.
I ASKED, I ASKED RAY, UH, TO, UH, TO THINK OF, I, I, I PINPOINTED SOME OF MY CONCERNS, WHICH ARE THE SAME AS YOURS.
I TOLD HIM I'D CALL HIM TOMORROW.
I SAID TO HIM, I, I WANT YOU TO GET A MEMO IN BEFORE THE JUDGE AND THE RECEIVER TO READ IT, OF COURSE.
AND, AND, UH, AND THIS DEVELOPER'S, ATTORNEYS WILL, WILL READ IT AS WELL AS TO WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE AND, UH, OUR FEARS, UH, TO BE QUITE BLUNT.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S OUT THERE.
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COLAO, UH, APPROVES THE SALE, UH, THE MOTION IS RETURNABLE, I THINK ON THE 25TH OF JUNE.SO, UH, WE'LL, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, IF IT'S APPROVED, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THIS, UH, DEVELOPER AND, UH, UH, I'VE GOT AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND A PHONE NUMBER FOR HIM.
SO WE'LL TRY TO INVITE 'EM UP AND TELL 'EM WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC, WE'LL GO TO OTHER STUFF.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, BUT YOU GOT IT FOR A GOOD PRICE.
8.5 MILLION IS THE, THE OVERALL ASSESSED VALUATION IS 10,000,860, 70, 60,000, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY.
UM, IF WE STAY OFF THE AGENDA, WE GOT, JENNIFER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A MEMORANDUM ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GONNA BE RECOUPED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
WE'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT RESCUE PLAN APPLICATION IN PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND JULY THE NINTH.
BUT, UH, IN ANY EVENT, UH, SEAN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? OR JENNIFER, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, NOW THAT YOU GOT OUR ATTENTION? SURE.
SO, I DID MEET WITH THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND HAVE GOTTEN A RESPONSE, AND NOT IN PERSON, UM, BUT I SPOKE WITH, WITH ALMOST EVERYONE, AND THEY'RE ALL ON BOARD, UM, WITH WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THIS MEMO.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WE WERE GOING, WE WENT IN ONE DIRECTION, UH, WITH THE THANK CLIENTS AS THE HARDWARE REPLACEMENT OF OUR CURRENT TOWERS.
BUT, UM, DUE TO NEW NEW YORK STATE MANDATES FOR THE POLICE, UM, COVID HAPPENED AND THEN KIND OF THIS UNCERTAINTY OF, OF WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THIN CLIENTS WERE NO LONGER THE BEST SOLUTION.
SO, UM, IT'S BEING PROPOSED THAT, UH, WE GO WITH MORE OF A TOWER OPTION FOR THE COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS.
UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, DISCUSSED BACK IN 2018, 19 WHEN THIS WHOLE PROJECT STARTED.
UM, SO SINCE JULY OF, OR JUNE OF LAST YEAR MM-HMM
UM, AND MOST RECENTLY THIS YEAR, JUST GOING THROUGH EACH DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, THERE IS SOME HARDWARE THAT'S IN DISPATCH, UM, THAT'S CRITICAL FOR THE COMMUNICATION FOR THE RADIOS AND FOR, UM, 9 1 1 RECORDINGS, UM, WITH TALKING WITH AMANDA MM-HMM
WITH THE NEW POLICY FOR TRAINING EMPLOYEES, UM, AND THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH TRAINING THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN WORKSTATIONS FOR HIGHWAY, UH, B AND G, WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE BEST THAT THE OUTSIDE LOCATIONS HAVE A SPECIFIED TRAINING WORKSTATION.
UM, SO THAT WAS BUILT INTO THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WORKPLACE WORKSTATION FOR THESE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN, UM, EITHER BEFORE SHIFT OR DURING OUR LUNCH OR HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, UM, YOU KNOW, TELLS 'EM THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE TRAINING.
THEY'VE GOT A, A PLACE TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE IS IN THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
SO AFTER DISCUSSING IT WITH AMANDA, THAT PROBABLY THE EASIEST AND BEST WAY TO DO IT WOULD BE TO HAVE EACH OUTSIDE LOCATION HAVE ITS OWN TRAINING WORKSTATION.
SO THAT WAS ALSO BUILT INTO THIS.
UM, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COST WOULD BE $186,752 92 CENTS.
UM, WE WERE FULLY REFUNDED FOR THE THIN CLIENTS, WHICH IS WHAT'S LISTED AS THE CREDIT FOR $55,930 AND 50 CENTS.
AND THEN BETWEEN POS THAT I'VE, I'VE KEPT OVER THE YEARS.
UM, SO THE FIRST PO FOR 20,000, UM, THAT, AND THE SECOND PO WAS MONEY THAT ORIGINALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR UPGRADES THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR.
BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE COVERED THROUGH THE CARES ACT, UM MM-HMM
THOSE POS WEREN'T SPENT SO THEY CAN BE APPLIED TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE WERE FUNDS FROM 2019 FOR THE $41,589 THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER OR CARRIED OVER, UM, TO BE USED AS WELL AS THE IT EQUIPMENT THAT I SOLD THROUGH THE ERIE COUNTY BED, WHERE WE, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING A CHECK IN JULY FOR THE $1,345 AND 40 CENTS AFTER ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS REPLACED.
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UM, WOULD LIKE TO, AGAIN, THEN DO THE ITS AT DISPOSAL WITH THE SAME WAY WE DID WITH THE, THE EQUIPMENT PREVIOUSLY, UM, TO TRY TO GAIN REVENUE BACK FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN SELL TO PUT TOWARDS THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE.SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS OF NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT $67,344 AND 26 CENTS.
WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO STUDY AND CONSIDER.
UH, THERE'S NO RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE GOTTA KICK AROUND.
BETH AND SEAN, YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU FOLKS THINK? YES, GO AHEAD, JENNIFER.
SORRY, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF WE WERE TO ORDER TODAY, THE EQUIPMENT'S GONNA TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 19 WEEKS TO EVEN RECEIVE IT IF IT WAS ORDERED, LIKE I SAID TODAY.
UM, BUT I WAS NOTIFIED THAT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, UH, ESPECIALLY THE SWITCH, UM, THE PRICES ARE GOING UP AS SOON AS JULY 1ST.
SO JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE PRICE MAY CHANGE, IF WE DON'T DECIDE TO PURCHASE, WE CAN'T DO IT TONIGHT.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT A RESOLUTION, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE, I UNDERSTAND.
UH, BUT IN ANY EVENT, UH, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION.
AND BESIDES, IT'S A BIG CHUNK TO BITE OFF IN, IN, IN 20 MINUTES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES SOME DEBATE AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, SEAN OR SEAN OR BETH TO THIS? WELL, I TALKED TO JENNY ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, IN TERMS OF OUR TECHNOLOGY WITH THE TOWN, IT'S REALLY BEEN A DECADE OF VERY LITTLE REINVESTMENT, VERY LITTLE UPGRADES.
AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE TECHNOLOGY IS, IS CHANGING SO FAST, SO RAPIDLY, THE NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY COVID HIGHLIGHTED THAT, UM, WE'RE OVERDUE IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, FROM MY ANALYSIS IN TALKING TO JENNY IN TERMS OF GETTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATED, UM, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE WIFI IN THE, THE BUILDING, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN A PRETTY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN TERMS OF, UH, IMPROVING THE, THE TOWN'S, UH, COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS A HUGE, A HUGE HELP IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND THE NET COST AFTER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REFUNDED 55,000 IS 130,000.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT MOST BUSINESSES OR OPERATIONS THE SIZE OF THE TOWN WOULD, WOULD SPEND IN A DECADE TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY, UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT BREAKING THE BANK.
UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE, THE REVENUE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M WEARING THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN, THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT REVENUE FROM SOME OF THE COMPUTER, UH, THAT WE RESOLD.
SO WE DECIDED TO RESELL IT AS OPPOSED TO SCRAPPING IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH THE NEXT SET.
UM, SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO SAVE MONEY TO BE EFFICIENT WITH MONEY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME, WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, UM, OPERATING ON A 10-YEAR-OLD MACHINE COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, A, A ONE TO A 3-YEAR-OLD MACHINE IN TERMS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF WHAT YOU CAN DO IS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT I, I FEEL THAT WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE REALLY HAVE TO ACT ON IT.
AND THERE'S A CERTAIN POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD ALSO SEE SOME OF THIS REIMBURSED, UM, THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE STIMULUS MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE WOULD DO IT REGARDLESS BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY, IN MY OPINION ANYWAY.
UM, BUT KNOWING THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AND SOMETHING WE COULD HOPEFULLY, UH, ACHIEVE ON, ON SOME OF THE COSTS, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE.
AS A MEMBER OF THE IT COMMITTEE, I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO THE OTHER, THE OTHER MEMBERS AND WORKED WITH, WITH JENNY AS SHE'S PROCEEDED THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT, THAT SEAN JUST SUMMARIZED IT ALSO, THESE IMPROVEMENTS ALSO HELP TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S IMPROVEMENTS IN FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN OUR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
WE JUST NEED FOR OUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE STRONG SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE OTHER GOALS ALSO.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, JENNIFER.
YOU NOTICE IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH ON PAGE ONE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AND AGREED THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS DETECTIVE BUREAU POSITIONS AND DETERMINED ESSENTIAL POSITIONS.
WOULD HAVE THEIR CURRENT DESKTOPS REPLACED WITH, UH, HP FOUR 40 LAPTOPS? WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR THAT? SO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WERE, THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE A WORK AT HOME POLICY.
UM, BUT NOT KNOWING WHERE THE FUTURE IS GOING AND
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OR IF WE WERE TO EVER HAVE A, ANOTHER PANDEMIC, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HAVE A DESKTOP WORKSTATION AND A LAPTOP, THE LAPTOP AND DOCKING STATION WOULD BE ONE OF ONE OF THE SAME UHHUHUM, AND WITH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, DETECTIVE BUREAU, THEY WORK SO MUCH OUT IN THE FIELD THAT WE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR ACTUAL COMPUTER WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO REPORTS.
UM, AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO OUT ON THE ROAD.
ANYTHING ELSE, FOLKS ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
UH, LET ME ASK THIS, JENNIFER, AND, AND AMANDA, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE TIME CLOCKS? WE PURCHASED THESE THINGS QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
WHAT, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING? THEY'RE STILL IN THE CORNER OF MY OFFICE.
UM, BUT I'M MEETING WITH CAT SOME THURSDAY AND WITH JENNY, AND WE'RE GONNA START KIND OF, AND I TALKED TO CHUCK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TODAY AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA STRUGGLE WITH IT OUT AND WITH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I TALKED TO TED CASEY TOO, AND HE SAID HE IS READY TO ROLL IT OUT IN HIS DEPARTMENT.
SO AS SOON AS I CAN PLUG HIM IN AND GET HIM, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE STILL EXISTING, LIKE IN HIGHWAY, THERE'S LIKE A FINGER ONE THAT'S STILL THERE.
THAT SHOULD BE LIKE A SWAP, EVEN SWAP.
BUT AT B AND D WE HAVE TO LIKE, MOVE A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF AROUND.
BUT, BUT WHERE YOUR CURRENT ONE IS, THERE'S NO, UM, COMPUTER, THERE'S NOT A COMPUTER LINE RIGHT THERE, SO WE NEED IT.
SO THAT'S THE ONE I GOT OVER THERE.
WELL, LET, GIVE US A MEMO OR A TIME TO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AS TO WHEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS AND WHAT SOME OF THE HURDLES MIGHT BE.
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE AND IT'S PREFERABLE TO HAVE, UH, UPDATED TIME CLOCKS AS OPPOSED TO DEPENDING UPON EMPLOYEES SIGNING IN OR SIGNING OUT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR, FOR ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY.
IT, IT'S, WE BOUGHT THESE FOR THAT PURPOSE, SO WE GOTTA GOTTA IMPLEMENT IT.
LET ME KNOW, UH, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN PUT THIS INTO PLACE.
UH, WHAT ELSE? WE WANNA DISCUSS OFF THE AGENDA? ANYTHING? I DID, UM, GIVE EVERYONE A COPY OF A RESOLUTION THAT I WOULD LIKE CONSIDERED AS A LATE RESOLUTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOND ISSUANCE FOR THE ADDITIONAL PAVING, AND THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED, UM, THE TWO QUOTES PLUS, UH, THE ACCOUNT NUMBER THAT WAS NEEDED.
AND WE JUST GOT THAT INFORMATION ON THE ACCOUNT NUMBER TODAY.
SO THAT'S THE, WAS THE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION I WAS WAITING FOR.
SO I PUT IT TOGETHER, UM, PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH THE TWO, UH, QUOTES ON THE PROJECT.
WE NOW HAVE THE NUMBER FROM SAM.
AND SO IT'S JUST UP TO EVERYONE WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THIS, UH, THIS EVENING.
I DID SPEAK WITH KAREN REGARDING SOME OF THE, UM, CHALLENGES FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND, AND BUSINESSES IN TERMS OF PAVING.
AND WE'RE AT THAT POINT IN THE SEASON WHERE SCHEDULING CAN BE DIFFICULT, UM, TO GO OVER THIS PROJECT.
IT, UH, CAME OUT OF CONCERNS AND THINGS THAT WERE ADDRESSED THROUGH TRAFFIC SAFETY ON BROMPTON AND ON SMITH.
AT THE SAME TIME, SMITH AND BROMPTON WERE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THAT GROUP OF ROADS THAT THE HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD SAID WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO DO MAINTENANCE, MORE MAINTENANCE ORIENTED PROGRAMS. UM, YOU KNOW THAT THE PAVING PLAN SHOULD BE SOME OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MILL AND FILL, IT SHOULD BE SOME OF THE, THE, THE MAINTENANCE TO EXTEND THE LIFE.
THERE SHOULD BE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO THIS, THESE PROJECTS WERE DEEMED TO BE, UM, APPROPRIATE IN THAT REGARD.
AND ALSO THEY WERE GOING TO NEED QUITE A BIT OF STRIPING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OUT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
SO IT SEEMED LOGICAL TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, USING A NOVA CHIPP PROCESS FOR THEM NOW AND THEN TO DO THE REQUIRED, UM, STRIPING AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU ALSO HEAR, HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD DID NOTICE THAT THERE WERE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES, SOME ALLER ALLIGATOR, THEY CALLED IT, UM, REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
SO IN THERE, THAT'S WHAT THE 10,000 IS FOR, IS FOR THAT REPAIR.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE PAVING WOULD BE DONE SO THAT THE LIFE OF THE ROADS, AGAIN WOULD BE PROLONGED.
AND THEN THE STRIPING WOULD BE, UM, THE LAST STEP.
SO, UH, KATE HILLMAN, OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR, PUT TOGETHER THE QUOTE ON THE STRIPING AND WENT OVER THAT WITH, UH, MR. CASEY.
MR. CASEY DID GET THE, UH, QUOTE FOR THE NOVA CHIP PART OF THE PROJECT OFF THE COUNTY CONTRACT.
AND I DID CONFER WITH KAREN REGARDING THAT.
AND SO IT APPEARS THAT ALL OF THAT IS IN LINE.
SO IT'S, UM, WE HAVE ALL THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION.
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HAVE THE ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE.WASN'T, UH, IT HASN'T, THE WORK THAT, UH, IS COVERED BY THE $195,173 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE ON SMITH DROPS, HASN'T IT? NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY DONE.
DIDN'T WE SAY AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE WOULD OKAY IT THROUGH THE BOND ISSUANCE, EVEN THOUGH, UH, WE DIDN'T GET A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
I THINK THOSE ARE DIFFERENT STREETS.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE SMITH AND BROMPTON.
NO, WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT SMITH AND BROMPTON AT THE LAST MEETING, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE 195,173.
UH, THERE WAS NOT THE CONDITIONS PROCEEDING TO ISSUING IT FROM THE BOND WE'RE NOT MET, BUT WE SAID THE HECK WITH IT, LET'S DO IT.
WE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THE NUMBERS AND WE NEEDED TO GET THE ACCOUNT NUMBER.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING? WHAT'S, 'CAUSE I JUST GOT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER TODAY, SO THAT'S WHY I PUT IT TOGETHER, LEAVING IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE'S, UH, CONSIDERATION.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, I MEAN, IT IS A LATE RESOLUTION.
IT'S, UH, WHAT'S THE HARM IN WAITING TILL THE NEXT MEETING WHEN IT'S, WELL, THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
I ACTUALLY, UM, CONFERRED WITH KAREN ABOUT, SINCE SHE HAS SOME ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCHEDULING, ET CETERA WITH PAVING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA OFFER YOU.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, AND DEFINITELY PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULING OUT TOWARDS THE FALL AS IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS CLOSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO DEFINITELY IF THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANNA ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR, THE SOONER THE BETTER.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO REFER BACK TO THE EMAIL.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS AN EMAIL ABOUT, UM, SMITH THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEK.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT THE STRAP IN.
THERE WAS A RESIDENT CONCERNS BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING WHEN IS THIS? OKAY.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS THE SAME ONE THAT WE'D SEEN.
WELL, YEAH, AND ALL THE CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW ARE BOOKED OUT VERY FAR.
SO IF WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE, WE SHOULD GET A CALL.
I, I STILL THINK, UH, NO QUESTION WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS DONE BY THE FILING DEADLINE.
THAT'S BALONEY AND IT'S NOT INNOCUOUS, IT'S NOT MOTHERHOOD AND APPLE PIE.
THIS IS JUST THE TYPICAL STUFF THAT GOES ON ALL THE TIME WITH THIS DEPARTMENT.
NEVER ON TIME, ALWAYS BENDING THE RULES.
I'M NOT GONNA BE THE SOLE NEGATIVE BULLET.
WHAT WERE, JUST SO I KNOW, WHAT WERE THE, WHAT WERE THE HOLDUPS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES.
WAS IT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER AND GETTING THE, WELL, WE HAD THE QUOTES.
WE ALREADY ACTUALLY HAD THOSE NUMBERS.
THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THEM ON HAND AT THE LAST MEETING.
BUT WHAT WAS HOLDING US UP WAS THE ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR THE, THE BOND.
AND SO WE JUST, AND THE UNDERLYING, THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM THOUGH AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE BOND RESOLUTION.
THE BOND RESOLUTION THAT WE ADOPTED LAST YEAR REQUIRED THAT THE, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MAKE A REPORT WITH CASEY TO US A REPORT IN ADVANCE AND THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE DETERMINATION.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST MEETING WAS 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING, WE GOT NO REPORT EXCEPT A QUOTE THAT THIS IS WHAT, UH, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THOUGHT THEY HADN'T MET.
AND, UH, UH, IT, IT WAS CLEARLY OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE BOND RESOLUTION, BUT WE LET IT GO AND SAID, OKAY, FINE, FINE.
THERE'S NO POINT IN MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS, THESE ROADS HAVE TO BE ATTENDED TO MM-HMM
BUT IT, IT'S THE SAME OLD STUFF ALL THE TIME.
I, I, I MEAN I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT AS WELL BECAUSE HERE WE HAVE A QUOTE THAT JENNY PUT TOGETHER.
SHE WENT THROUGH A COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS.
THERE'S HOW MANY MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE? SIX MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE.
HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE ON THE HIGHWAY ADVISOR? WE HAD FOUR.
WE'VE GOT NO REPORT FROM THESE TWO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FORMAL COURT REPORT FROM LIKE THAT WE WERE REQUEST NOTHING IN WRITING.
I CONVEYED THE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.
MY POINT IS WE'RE SAYING NO TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN THE TECHNOLOGY 'CAUSE IT WAS A LATE RESOLUTION, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE WAY THE RULES ARE AND THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, BUT WHY WOULD WE, YOU KNOW, TELL JENNY WE CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, LATE AND THEN TURN AROUND WHEN THIS IS ALSO LATE.
WELL, THIS WAS PREPARED, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THOUGH, THIS WAS ALL PREPARED EXCEPT FOR THE ACCOUNT NUMBER AND IT WAS THE ACCOUNT NUMBER.
BUT WE FILED RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT ACCOUNT NUMBERS BEFORE AND HAVE GOTTEN ACCOUNT NUMBERS FROM SAMANTHA BLANK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SUCH A GOOD EXCUSE.
SO THAT'S PART OF, BUT AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY BEND.
MY ISSUE HERE THOUGH IS, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS HAVE ASKED US, OKAY, IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEND $2 MILLION ON A BOND, LET'S DO IT.
RIGHT? LET'S FOLLOW THE RULES, LET'S MAKE SURE EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S BEING SPENT MM-HMM
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THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED AND UH, ACCOUNTED FOR.AND I JUST DON'T GET THE FEELING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A $200,000, UH, PROJECT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HAS NOT BEEN FOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL DOCUMENTATION AND IT'S A LATE RESOLUTION.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT DOING JUSTICE TO THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN ALL THE OTHER AREAS.
WELL, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN HAPPENING BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH AT TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR MONTHS ON END IN DISCUSSION.
IT WENT THROUGH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING THE UPDATES HERE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
I HAVE MY NOTES GOING BACK ON THE STRIPING FROM, UM, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, PROBABLY FOR THE LAST NINE, NINE MONTHS.
UM, TED CASEY HAS CONFERRED WITH, WITH, UH, CATHERINE HELLERMAN.
SO THERE HAS BEEN, THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
HELLERMAN HAS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, WITH THE BOND RESOLUTION.
WITH THE STRIPING, WELL, THE STRIPING MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE BE A PART OF WHAT THE BOND RESOLUTION WAS ALL ABOUT STRIP THOUGH.
BUT THAT MAY COME FROM REGULAR BUDGETED FUNDS.
THE BOND RESOLUTION TALKED ABOUT PAVING DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT FUNCTION THAN STRIPING.
BUT A ROAD IS TYPICALLY STRIPED AT.
WOULD IT BE BE REASONABLE TO HAVE THE HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD WRITE THEIR FORMAL RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO GO WITH THE RESOLUTION PUT? IF YOU'D RATHER NOT TAKE IT FROM ME, I CAN HAVE THEM WRITE IT UP.
I'M SAYING WOULD THAT BE AGREEABLE? THAT WOULD BE AGREEABLE WOULD BE, WELL, AGAIN, IT DELAYS IT AND, AND I, I GUESS IF I THOUGHT THAT IT WASN'T GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH COMING FROM THEM, I, OR FROM ME, I WOULD'VE HAD THEM WRITE DOWN.
I MEAN, THEY WROTE IT AND SENT IT TO ME.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU.
BUT I THINK WE'RE UP AGAINST THE SAME CHALLENGES, LIKE YOU SAID WITH WITH JENNY'S PROPOSAL TOO.
UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE UP AGAINST THE SAME DEADLINE HERE.
PRICES ARE GONNA BE GOING ON COME JULY.
UM, PRICES WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE BUNCH OF THINGS RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYER MM-HMM
AND AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE EMAILS WE GOT FROM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT SMITH.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE BALANCING QUITE A FEW THINGS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE AT ON SMITH WANNA KNOW WHY IT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND OBJECTIVES OTHER THAN MARK ETTE.
WHAT, WHAT RESIDENT ON SMITH IS, IS, UH, AN EMAIL COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, KATE WOULD PROBABLY KNOW THAT, UH, ORIGINATING FROM THE ORIGIN, FROM THE CONCERNS ORIGINALLY.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS FOR THE CONSIDERATION HERE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S WHATEVER ANYBODY WANTS.
AND I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, UH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO JENNIFER, WE TALKED AT, WHAT, FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY, JENNIFER? YOU CAME IN TO SEE ME.
THREE O'CLOCK, ONE O'CLOCK, WHATEVER IT WAS TODAY.
I MEAN, IT'S AN AWFUL LOT TO THINK ABOUT AND BITE OFF, UH, IN ONE, IN ONE SETTING WITH A COUPLE HOURS TO THE DEADLINE.
THIS THING CAME IN, UH, I DIDN'T SEE THIS UNTIL NOW, BUT YOUR MEMO ABOUT DISCUSSING THIS CAME IN ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING WITH THE QUOTES.
I, I KNOW THINK THE QUOTES USED, YOU HAD THEM AND COULD I KNOW, I HEAR YOU.
AND I TOLD JENNY ON FRIDAY OR LAST WEEK WHEN WE TALKED, THEY SAID BRING IT UP TO THE WORK SESSION.
THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN RUSH A A A LAST MINUTE RESOLUTION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO THE COMMITTEE.
LET'S MAKE IT ADD, DOCUMENT IT.
AND THAT WOULD NO, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME ANSWER HERE.
I WOULD'VE GIVEN HIM IF WE HADN'T ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ON MANY OTHER OCCASIONS.
SO I BROUGHT IT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
IF YOU WANNA WAIT TWO WEEKS, THEN IF THAT'S WHAT THE GROUP WANTS TO DO, THEN I'M INCLINED TO WAIT.
AND HOW MANY ARE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD NOW? DID YOU SAY? ONE FROM FOUR TO TWO? THEY COULD PROBABLY PUT SOMETHING, YES.
THE OTHER OPTION THAT I HAD MENTIONED IS, UH, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WAS THAT SINCE HE HASN'T COMPLETED ALL OF HIS PAVING FOR THE YEAR, IF HE HAS THE MONEY IN HIS REGULAR ACCOUNT, HE COULD STILL COMMIT TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT WITHOUT THE USE OF THE BOND FUNDS YET.
THE, THE, THE MONEY'S GONNA, THE MONEY IS FUNGIBLE.
UH, THE BOND MONEY WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR.
SO WILL HIS BUDGET, UH, OF 1 MILLION, SOME ODD BUCKS SPENT THIS YEAR, UH, EVENTUALLY IT'S ALL GONNA GO.
SO THAT'S WHY I WASN'T TOO UPSET LAST TIME.
BUT SURE, CERTAINLY HE CAN FUND IT NOW OUT OF, UH, OUT OF BUDGETED FUNDS AND WON'T DELAY HIS WORK, WON'T DELAY THE PROJECT AND GET THE BOND REIMBURSEMENT, UH, WHEN HE FILES A TIMELY RESOLUTION WITH SOME KIND OF MEMO FROM THE COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S A FOURSOME OR TWOSOME.
NOW, THAT COMMITTEE THOUGH, WILL BE CHARGED WITH EVALUATING OTHER PROJECTS WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY EVALUATED THIS ONE.
BUT THAT I'M, I WILL JUST, THAT'S BEFORE THEM.
THAT THAT'S PART OF THE, THAT'S PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT, UH, THAT SOLD US ON THE BOND ISSUANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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UH, YOU WANT TO GO ANYTHING ELSE OFF THE AGENDA? YOU WANNA GO TO THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT.UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW ABOUT LOOKING AT 16 THROUGH 2019 RATHER, UH, UH, ANA AESTHETICS? THERE'S A NEGATIVE DECK AT 16 RESOLUTION, AND THEN AA AESTHETICS, APPROVAL RESOLUTION.
THAT'S THE REZONING ON THE, ON MCKINLEY AND MILE STRIP FROM, UH, A R TWO TO A C ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S WHERE THEY PROPOSED TO KNOCK DOWN THE BACON PIZZA HUT BUILDING AND BUILD A, UH, A SPA AND HEALTHCARE CENTER ON THE PROPERTY.
ANYBODY HAVE A DIFFICULTY WITH THAT ONE? I SUPPORT IT.
HOW ABOUT, UH, DATTO? THAT'S THE BERKS.
THEY WANT TO DO A PUD ON ROUTE 20, UH, BETWEEN CLOVER BANK? I, I THINK BETWEEN ROGERS AND IS IT DALE? YES.
ROGERS AND DALE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT OLD, UH, UH, MINIATURE GOLF COURSE.
ANY, OBVIOUSLY MORE TRAFFIC ON 20, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? THERE WASN'T MUCH DISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, I DON'T THINK, RIGHT? NO, NO.
AND THIS WAS KIND OF PLANNED ALL ALONG REALLY? YEAH.
I THINK IT WAS, UH, MIKE T PIZZA THAT WAS THE HOLD UP PROPERTY THERE FOR THE DRIVER AS, BUT ANYWAY.
I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL? ANYBODY GOT SOME CONCERNS HERE? I'M GOOD.
UH, WELL, UH, GOING UP TO THE TOP AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN, KAREN.
I, THE THIRD QUARTER MEETING FOLKS IS THERE, WE GOT THAT SET UP FOR, LET'S SEE, WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING HERE? JULY.
YEAH, THE FOURTH IS A HOLIDAY.
EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? I MAY HAVE A CONFLICT ON THIS 13TH, BUT, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE.
I MAY, MAY, I MAY BE OUT OF TOWN ON.
WELL, WE'LL TELL YOU, WE'LL TELL YOUR PARTNERS AT THE FIRM TO KEEP YOU IN TOWN.
YEAH, I'M GONNA BE GOLFING ON THE 23RD
UH, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE GOT HERE.
OH, UH, MARY KEEBLER AND KARSKI TO THE LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
UM, AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS.
OH, THIS IS A CORRECTION ON THE, ON WHAT WAS PUT INTO THE LAST MEETING.
SO WE ADVISE THAT AND ENTER THIS.
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, WELL, THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN REALLY ACTIVE IN TRYING TO GET THIS THING OFF THE GROUND.
UH, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SIX SEVEN, NO ADVERSE COMMENTARY.
THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, UNLIKE THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, IT DOESN'T MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION.
THEY ADVISE US AND TELL US WHAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO.
UH, AND, UH, JOE KILLIAN AND SOME OF THE FOLKS ON THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE ARE COMING UP WITH A LIST OF NAMES TO GET TO US.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO ME AND I'M GONNA SHARE 'EM WITH YOU.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PICK NINE MEMBERS.
YOU GOTTA HAVE TWO REALTORS, AN ARCHITECT, AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY TO ACT AS KIND OF A UN OFFICIO, UNOFFICIAL, EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD, BECAUSE HE'S GOTTA HELP THEM WITH SOME OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
NOW HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A NICE THING.
UH, AND NEXT WE'VE GOT, OH, THANK.
HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
UH, KAREN, THIS IS YOUR DEAL HERE.
JUST REAPPOINTMENTS A COUPLE NEW ADD-ONS.
IS THIS IS GONNA BE A COMMITTEE WE'RE GONNA APPOINT MEMBERS TO ON THE FIRST, UH, UH, AT THE REORGANIZATION MEETING EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD STARTED ON THE FIRST, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO FOLLOW OR ON JULY 1ST.
SO WE HAD FOLLOWED UP WITH THAT, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY MOVE IT TO, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
ALRIGHT, WELL, IT'S OKAY, I GUESS NOW.
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MAKE SENSE TO AMEND IT TO BE JANUARY ONE IF IT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE, UH, OR ARE OTHER ONES THAT GO? YEAH, I GUESS SO.WHAT DO YOU THINK, KAREN? YOU YOU WANT TO TRY TO DO THAT FOR JANUARY ONE TO JAN? WELL, WE'LL DO IT JULY ONE TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN THEREAFTER STARTING ON JANUARY ONE.
WOULD THAT BE A GOOD THING? YEP.
SO WE'LL GO JULY 1ST TO 1231 AND THEN WELL, WE'LL REAPPOINT ON, ON, UH, IN THE REORGANIZATION MEETING IN 2022.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? SOUNDS GOOD.
THIS, UH, OH, THIS IS A REFUND OF, UH, $50.
UH, TO CAPTAIN YALI, UM, FOR TRAINING IN COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT? NOPE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT AN INTERN FROM, UH, FROM HILBERT, UH, THAT WILL COME OVER HERE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP OUT FOR COLLEGE CREDITS, I GUESS.
B AND G DEPARTMENT WANTS TO TRADE IN A CLUB CAR, CUB CAR, A CARRY CAR, LIKE A GOLF CART, I GUESS, AND BUY A NEW ONE.
AND THEY GIVE YOU THE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.
I GUESS THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT ONE? OKAY.
UH, WALTER, COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE HELP INSIGHT INTO 13? THIS IS THE, UH, UH, OMNI UNDERWRITING MANAGERS LLC UH, CONTRACT.
THEY HELP MANAGE ALL THE CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THEY INTERVIEW PEOPLE WHEN NECESSARY.
THEY ASSIST WITH OUR ATTORNEYS.
THEY COORDINATE WITH EVANS MANAGER MM-HMM
AS WELL AS OUR ACCESS CARRIER.
THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED AT LEAST FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS WITH THE TOWN.
AND THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
SO I THINK, UH, I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND I I I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
THEY'RE LIKE OUR INVESTIGATIVE FORCE.
IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, RIGHT? YES.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THIS? I, I GET THE IDEA, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOING RATE IS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THIS IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF REASONABILITY.
I THINK IT'S, THEY, IT'S, IT'S AN INCREASE OVER THEIR TIME, THEIR PRICE FROM THE LAST CONTRACT, BUT THEIR TIME THAT THEY'VE SPENT ON HAMBURG IS MORE THAN DOUBLE.
UH, SEAN, YOU GOT SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE 18 MILE CREEK CONCESSION STAND, HUH? FINALLY.
FINALLY GET A HOT DOG AND A DRINK, UH, AT THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, HOPEFULLY, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET, UM, A LOT OF PROPOSALS OR ANY PROPOSAL FOR THAT MATTER IN TERMS OF THE, UM, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO RUN THE CONCESSIONS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS FAIRLY UNDERSTANDABLE CONSIDERING THE TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AT THE TIME, THE UNPREDICTABILITY, UH, OF WHERE COVID WAS AT.
UH, BUT FORTUNATELY, UH, LONG BO LONG BOARDS HAS REACHED OUT.
THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING THE BEACH CONCESSIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO THEY'RE ALREADY A TRUSTED PARTNER OF THE TOWN.
AND, UH, MARTY AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.
UM, SO THE RESOLUTION IS TO ALLOW, UH, THEM TO BE THE, UH, THE, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO NEGOTIATE A FINAL AGREEMENT, BE JUST FOR THIS YEAR TO RUN THE 18 MILE GOLF COURSE CONCESSION STAND.
UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, SUMMER HEALTH AND THE, UH, REC DEPARTMENT, I GUESS, RIGHT? YES.
SO, UM, VAN DRIVERS RECREATION, UH, LIFEGUARD, UH, TYPICAL PART-TIME, UH, SOUR POSITIONS.
UH, AND NOW WE'RE ON TO ALVIN AESTHETICS.
THIS IS THE, UH, NEGATIVE DECLARATION NUMBER 16 AND NUMBER 17 IS THE, UH, UH, APPROVAL OF THE REZONING, UH, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND C ONE TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT C ONE FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AT MCKINLEY AND MILES STRIP.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, UH, UH, THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION ON, ON THE BURKE PROJECT, THE PUD ON
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ROUTE 20, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, TOTALING 182.AND THEN, UH, NUMBER 19 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE REZONING FROM C ONE LOCAL RETAIL TO THE PUD PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
SO FOR THE THREE TAXABLE PARCELS.
NOW, BROTHER CONLEY, YOU GOTTA EXPLAIN THIS ONE TO US.
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? SO, SINCE I'VE BEEN THE LIAISON, AS I KNOW EVERYONE COULD PROBABLY RELATE, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, REQUESTED ADDITIONAL, UH, HELP IN PARTICULAR, UM, WITH THE GIS SYSTEM.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT, AT SEVERAL MEETINGS IN THE PAST.
JENNY HAD OFFERED AT SOME POINT TO, TO ASSIST WITH HER BACKGROUND.
UM, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF, UH, PROVIDING THEM ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
AND AT THIS POINT WITH, UH, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE, THE SUMMER, THE, THE BUSY SEASON OF CONSTRUCTION AND, UM, AND WORK, THERE'S CERTAINLY A NEED.
IN ADDITION, IN YEARS PAST THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, UH, USED TO DO WHAT'S CALLED S-W-P-P-P INSPECTIONS, UH, THEY'RE NO LONGER DOING THAT.
AND SO NOW IT FALLS ON THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL, UM, ASSISTANCE TO DO THAT.
SO BETWEEN THESE TWO, WE'VE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF, OF 19 HOURS.
IT'S, IT'S VERY PART-TIME IN NATURE.
BOTH POSITIONS WE'VE GOT SET FOR NO TO GO NO LONGER THAN EIGHT WEEKS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A FAIRLY LIMITED, UH, TIME PERIOD, A LIMITED, UM, AMOUNT OF EXTRA EXPENSE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DON'T DO THE INSPECTIONS, THE FINES WOULD OUTWEIGH THE COST OF, OF HIRING.
UM, AND WE ALSO ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THE WORK BEFORE MR. LARDO HAD BEEN WITH THE TOWN, I BELIEVE 25 PLUS YEARS.
SO HE HAS EXPERIENCE, HE HAS KNOWLEDGE AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET HIM AT THE SAME RATE, UM, THAT HE'S USED 42 YEARS.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, HE GETS HIS DUE.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WITH 42 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UM, AT, UH, THE SAME RATE THAT HE USED IN 2018 WITHOUT BENEFITS.
SO I FEEL, UH, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, UH, THIS IS, IS MONEY WELL SPENT, UH, FOR A NEED THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND IT IS AT THE POINT WHERE, UH, REALLY NEEDS TO GET ADDRESSED.
WHERE, UM, WHERE ARE THESE FUNDS GONNA COME FROM TO PAY FOR, YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR NO ACCOUNT NUMBER HERE.
SO THE ACCOUNT THAT IF THEY'RE WORKING UNDER THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY SHOULD COME FROM IS A 1440 0.102.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO FUNDS IN THAT ACCOUNT AT THIS TIME.
UM, SO THE ONE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD MAKE OFFHAND, I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WAS A MISCALCULATION WITH OUR SAFETY INSPECTION BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT ROGER HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD BEFORE.
UM, SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A COST OF ABOUT $20,000, IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THAT AMOUNT, I WOULD RECOMMEND POSSIBLY TRANSFERRING IT FROM THERE.
ROGER'S GOT SOME CLAIM ON, UH, SPEND THAT MONEY 20,000 ON VEHICLES.
YEAH, I KNOW HE'S NOT GONNA BE HAPPY.
UM, WELL, ALRIGHT, NOW COARD USED TO WORK IN THE, HE'S THE SAME GUY, WAS THE WORKING CREW CHIEF IN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RETIRED.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE, EITHER BOB OR CAMMY IF YOU GUYS WANNA SPEAK ON THIS SINCE YOU KNOW EVEN MORE DETAILS.
IN TERMS OF THE NEED WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT COVER.
SO THE, THE TOWN HAS, UH, A STORM WATER PERMIT PERMIT FOR, FROM THE STATE EPA THAT COVERS THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT BELONGS THE TOWN.
UM, ALL THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL COLLEAGUES HAVE THAT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, UH, ALONG WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT, WE, WHICH WE RECENTLY SUBMITTED.
UM, BUT THERE'S ITEMS THAT THE TOWN IS FALLING BEHIND ON.
UM, SO THERE ANYWHERE THE STORM SYSTEM OUTFALLS HAS TO BE INSPECTED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, THERE'S, I BELIEVE OVER 300 LOCATIONS AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INSPECTED IN THREE YEARS.
THERE ARE SELF-ASSESSMENTS FOR THE TOWN BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE EVERY THREE YEARS AND NONE HAVE BEEN DONE IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'VE BEEN REACHED OUT, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE RECEIVED CONTACT FROM THE EPA SAYING, HOW DOES THE TOWN PLAN TO CATCH UP ON THIS PROGRAM AS YOU'RE FALLING BEHIND? SO THIS WAS OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION TO GET THESE ITEMS DONE, IS FOR A PART-TIME WORKER WHO CAN GET TRAINING FROM, FOR FREE
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FROM THE LOCAL STORMWATER COALITION THAT THE TOWN WAS A MEMBER OF AND GO OUT AND DO THESE INSPECTIONS.SO THAT WOULD BE THE PART THAT'S, UH, FOR JASON COLORED? THAT'S JASON'S PART.
AND SO HOW DID WE GET THREE TO FIVE YEARS BEHIND? JUST A THOUGHT? WELL, SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE DONE BY ENGINEERING SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THEN THEY WERE DONE BY HIGHWAY FOR A FEW YEARS.
AND THEN MY LAST CORRESPONDENCE WAS HIGHWAY WAS THAT THEY DON'T DO THEM ANYMORE.
UH, STORM WATER IS AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ISSUE.
UM, SO, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE STAFF OF ONLY TWO PEOPLE MM-HMM
AND, UM, LIKE THE, A LOT OF THESE INSPECTIONS HAVE TO BE DONE IN GOOD WEATHER.
SO, WHICH IS THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND DOING INSPECTIONS.
SO NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS INTO THE ENG ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR SURE.
SO WHILE WE'RE TRAINING JASON, WE WANNA TRAIN, UH, BOB AS WELL FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SO THAT HE CAN DO THESE THINGS IN SMALL AMOUNTS OVER AGAIN, THESE THREE YEAR PERIODS AND FIVE YEAR PERIODS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THESE, SHOULD WE ENOUGH THAT HE CAN DO IT REASONABLY OVER TIME.
BUT FIRST WE NEED TO CATCH UP ON THE THINGS THAT HAVE FALLEN BEHIND THE LAST YEARS.
HOW FAR BEHIND ARE WE? WELL, UH, THE TOWN HAS OVER 300 OUTFALLS AND I THINK THEY WERE LAST DONE IN 2017.
ABOUT A HUNDRED WERE, WERE DONE BACK THEN, I BELIEVE.
OR 360 PERHAPS IT WAS THE NUMBER, HAVE TO GET THE EXACT NUMBER AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO 20% PER YEAR.
HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING IN 18, 19 AND 20? NOPE.
WILL, WILL THIS HAVE ANY TYPE OF AN IMPACT ON OR BE IMPACTED BY THE TOM WIDE DRAINAGE STUDY? NO.
SO IT'S NOT NEEDED AS A PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR THAT OR NO, NO.
THE O THERE IS MAPPING OF THE OUTFALL, WHICH I'M SURE THE ENGINEER THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE MIGRAINES WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
UM, BUT THESE INSPECTIONS ARE, ARE A SEPARATE ITEM.
IT SAYS IN HERE ALSO, YOU, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT TIMELINE ON.
ARE WE HOPING TO KEEP THEM ON, ON A ON CALL BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MAYBE NEXT YEAR, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP UP ON THIS WORK? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO? NO.
WELL, THE STORMWATER PORTION, OUR HOPE IS THAT ONCE, UH, ONCE BOB IS TRAINED, HE CAN DO IT HERE AND THERE AND WE'LL NEVER HAVE, WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO BRING IN A, A PART-TIMER JUST TO, TO DO THE WORK THAT IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE DONE AS PART OF THE REGULAR OPERATION OF ENGINEERING.
SO WE DON'T EXPECT TO NEED HIM.
ADDITIONALLY AFTER, UM, THE EIGHT WEEKS, UH, FOR RICK, I, THAT'S GIS WE'RE FOUR, HE'S GONNA TRAIN BOB TOO.
HE'S GONNA TRAIN BOB AS WELL TO TRY TO LEARN THE CHANCE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT TOO WILL BE ABLE TO BE KEPT UP ON MORE REGULARLY AS OPPOSED TO BEING DOES COLLAR NEED TRAINING OR DOES HE, FROM HIS DAYS IN HIGHWAY, IS HE SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED ALREADY TO TRAIN BOB AS HE GOES ALONG? NO, HE, HE NEEDS, HE HAS, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, DOES HE HAVE DONE ANY INSPECTIONS IN THE PAST? HE HAS.
HOW HE HAD GUYS DOING IT WHEN HE WAS IN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT HE KNOWS THE PROTOCOL, HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, COLOR.
WELL, THE INTENT WAS THAT THE, THE WOMAN WHO RUNS THE WESTERN NEW YORK STORMWATER COALITION WILL COME IN FOR A COUPLE HOURS FOR FREE, DO THE FIRST INSPECTIONS WITH HIM, MAKE SURE HE IS THE RIGHT PAPERWORK, MAKE SURE HE'S, HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SO FOR HIM, IT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE OF A REFRESHER, BUT THEN IN THE SAME, AT THE SAME TIME, SHE CAN THEN TRAIN BOB WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
I TALKED TO HER THURSDAY, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO HE, HE WILL BE UPDATED.
AS FAR AS THE GISI KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION IN THE PAST EVEN AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT JENNY CAN DO.
ARE WE, UM, DOES ONE WAY MAKE MORE SENSE THAN ANOTHER, UM, FOR WHAT GETS UPDATED IN GISI KNOW YOU HAVE ALSO THE TRAINING IN GIS OR IS IT, DOES IT JUST MAKE MORE SENSE TO BRING RICK ON? I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE THE, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE I WOULD, I WOULD DEFER BACK TO, TO BOB ON THAT TERMS. WELL, HE, HE SET IT UP BEFORE AND IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE HE RETIRED.
SO, UH, THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE IT AND UH, TRAIN BOB SO WE CAN BE KEPT UP TO DATE IN THE FUTURE.
CAN, CAN JANE KINER ALSO BE TRAINED WITH BOB? 'CAUSE JANE CAPABLE OF LEARNING THIS HERSELF SO THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT SOLELY ON ONE PERSON TO BE, UH, WELL, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THIS WOULD BE UPDATING, UM, YOU KNOW, WATERLINE SANITARY LINES.
AND ALL THAT UHHUH, SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERMS. I SEE.
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I GET YA.AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'M GENERALLY VERY HESITANT ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE EACH DEPARTMENT AT THE START OF THE YEAR, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEY'RE BUDGETING ACCORDINGLY.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE PRETTY MUCH PUT A FREEZE ON THE BUDGETING AND THEY HAD CONCERNS AND THEY HAD ISSUES AND THEY BROUGHT THEM TO MY ATTENTION.
UM, AND SO IT WASN'T A SURPRISE TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE EVEN FURTHER BEHIND A YEAR LATER IN TERMS OF, OF THESE, UH, NEEDS.
AND, UH, AT THIS POINT I, I THINK THE, THE PROBLEM IS BIG ENOUGH AND THE COST IS TO SOLVE IT, WHICH AGAIN, WE ESTIMATED AT UNDER $20,000, UM, WITH THE POSITION WE'RE IN NOW, WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MONEY WELL SPENT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE CAN GET THESE PEOPLE.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING PRESSURE AND THE POTENTIAL FINES IF WE DON'T, UM, IF WE DON'T GET CAUGHT UP.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY IN SOME CASES BEHIND.
AND WE HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA PULL THE MONEY FROM TO PAY FOR IT.
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON EMAILS AND WE WERE REQUESTING THAT NUMBER, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE IN HERE.
SO, UH, I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE WE DID MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A NUMBER IN THERE, UH, BEFORE TONIGHT.
SO THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE OVERLOOKED.
SAM, YOU DON'T SEE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFER FROM UH, NO.
IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO JUST INSERT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU AGAIN, AND THEN ADD A LINE THAT STATES THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE ONE ACCOUNT TO THE OTHER.
AND I WOULD SAY $20,000 AS THE MAXIMUM.
SO THIS IS COMING FROM BUILDING INSPECTIONS, RIGHT? BUDGET.
IS HE OKAY WITH THIS? HAS ANYONE SPOKE TO ROGER ABOUT IT? RIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW, I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA BE HAPPY.
WELL, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I KNOW CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO HAS A, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS, THEY'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH PERMITS AND AGAIN, WITH EVERYTHING OPENING UP, I KNOW THEY HAVE REACHED OUT REGARDING THEIR STAFFING CONCERNS AND THEY, THEY'RE BEING VERY PROACTIVE.
THEY'RE NOT WAITING TO LIVE WAY BEHIND, WHICH I APPLAUD THEM FOR DOING THAT.
THEY'RE SAYING IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS NOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A DEFINITE DOMINO EFFECT AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR TOWN AND EVEN WITH OUR BUILDERS, WITH OUR DEVELOPERS, ET CETERA.
SO, IN REGARDS TO THIS AMOUNT, BETH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT $120,000, WHICH, UM, WAS IN THERE FROM A SALARY AND WAGE ISSUE.
UH, WE'VE TRIED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF, SO IT'S IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT THAT HE HAD EVER REQUESTED.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE ALL KNOWINGLY A, UM, YOU KNOW, ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
SO HE'S NOT COUNT, HE WASN'T COUNTING ON THIS MONEY.
THIS IS NO, THIS IS FOUND MONEY FOR LACK OF FOUND MONEY, FOR LACK OF A WELL, HE WAS ASKING ME, WELL, YEAH, NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
HE SAID, JIM, GUESS WHAT? LOOK AT ALL THIS IN MY PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
I SAID, ROGER, IT'S NOT THERE.
SO I WAS, I SAID, SOME MISTAKE COUNTING ERROR.
HE SAID, WELL, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OLD VEHICLES, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THEM OLD VEHICLES AND TRADE 'EM, WE COULD USE THIS MONEY TO UPGRADE OUR FLEET.
SO I SAID, ROGER, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
AND THEN WHENEVER HE CALLED ME, I PRETENDED I WAS HIDING UNDER THE DESK.
SO, ANYWAY, UH, YEAH, HE'S NOT GONNA BE HAPPY, SAM.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S, UM, IT'S ALSO IN A PERSONNEL LINE, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, HE CAN'T SPEND IT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
I KEEP OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, TO DISCUSS WHAT THE USE BE BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT ANYWAY.
WHEN WE COME TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE REALLY GOTTA TAKE, IN FAIRNESS TO ROGER, WE REALLY GOTTA TAKE A LOOK AT THE FLEET OF, OF, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE ALL 10, 12, 14 YEARS OF AGE.
AND I WOULDN'T HAVE SUGGESTED IF I WASN'T CONFIDENT WITH ALL OF THE VARIOUS CARES ACT MONEY AND COVID RELIEF THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN OKAY.
THAT THERE ARE REMEDIES THAT CAN BE MADE FOR THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
AND MAYBE ROGER CAN ALSO GIVE US HIS THOUGHTS REGARDING SOME OF THE STAFFING CONCERNS THAT HE HAS.
AND, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SINCE WE, HE, HE COULD USE MORE HELP BECAUSE THIS FRIEND A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
AND THIS IS ONE, THIS AMOUNT IS ONE SIX OF THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S IN THERE, UHHUH.
SO HE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH IF HE NEEDS TO BE PROACTIVE AGAINST.
SO MAYBE EVEN MAYBE ADDRESSING IT IN THE SAME WAY THAT ENGINEERING IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.
UM, IF HE COULD PREPARE SOMETHING FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK.
YOU, YOU CAN'T USE THE MON THIS A CARES MONEY, UH, TO FINANCE THIS POSITION.
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I GUESS WHAT, UM, WHAT DO WE SAY THE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT? IT'S NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT COVID RELATED OR ANYTHING.RATHER THAN MAYBE THE BACKLOG WAS WE MIGHT GET REAL, WELL WE MIGHT, THAT MIGHT COME IN WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY.
WE GOT A LOT TO DO ON THIS MM-HMM
11.4 BID AND WE GOTTA DO IT BY JULY THE NINTH.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT A LOT OF EMAILS TO YOU GUYS AND, AND EVEN THOUGH THE NEXT MEETING IS JULY THE 12TH, WE MAY HAVE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO MEET A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
SO, UH, AND I, THERE, THERE, THERE IS SOME HOPE THAT YOU COULD GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION BECAUSE STORM WATER DRAINAGE IS A BIG PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
SO, AND REALLY ALL TONIGHT THAT WE NEED IS A MECHANISM FOR FUNDING THE LINE LEGALLY.
BUT I AGREE WITH BETH 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM THE MM-HMM
PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF PERMITS AND HOUSING AND BUILDING AND THE PENT UP DEMAND, UH, THEY'RE SWAMPED AND UH, JUST LIKE THE ENGINEERING.
SO I THINK DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR IF WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN, UH, PULL IT OFF WITH A REASONABLE REQUEST MM-HMM
WHICH I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNDER 20,000 WOULD BE HERE AND IT COULD BE SIMILAR THERE MM-HMM
UH, AND THEN AGAIN WE READDRESS THE ISSUES IN THE BUDGET TO SEE WHAT HAS TO BE DONE GOING FORWARD.
AND IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IF HE'S HEALTHY IS UH, IS GETTING ONE OF OUR OLD CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE BACK PART-TIME MM-HMM
THAT WOULD BE IDEAL IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY EXPERIENCE AND THEY CAN COME IN.
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GET HERE TOMORROW.
UM, SO I WILL, UH, STOP IN AND TALK TO ROGER.
UH, THE LAST ITEM I GUESS WAIT IS, OH, THIS IS A SKATE PARK.
YOU GOT A, WE GOT A GRANT, UH, APPLICATION RALPH WILSON AND THEN, UM, $110,000 TO THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, THIS WOULD BE THE, THE GRANT THAT WE GOT THAT 250.
THEN THE, THE MATCHING PART OF IT, THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION WOULD TAKE CARE OF QUITE A BIT OF THAT, THE MATCHING PORTION.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS.
THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP VERY QUICK.
WE HAVE A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO SUBMIT THIS.
UM, AND IT WOULD RESULT IN $110,000 IN FUNDING TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.
SOMETHING INTERESTING I SAW, BECAUSE I SAW RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE MCKINLEY MALL THING IS THE COUNTY ANNOUNCED WHAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING DOING WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE MONEY.
UH, AND THEY HAD IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THE STORM WATER, WHICH WE KNEW DRAINAGE, BUT THEY HAD THAT THEY WERE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO THEIR PLAYGROUNDS AND FROM READING THAT FIRST MEMO DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD DO THAT, IN MY OPINION.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF YOU COULD PUT MONEY INTO YOUR PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH THAT RESCUE ACT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HELP, HELP THIS ALONG? IT COULD.
SO TOO IS UPGRADING A LOT OF PLAYGROUNDS TO IT.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT THOUGH.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY A NEW GOVERNMENT'S COMING OUT WITH SOME NEW THINGS THEYRE GOING DO, IT'S PRETTY DAMN CONFUSING.
BUT IT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN A PIECE OF PAPER WE HAD THAT SAID YOU COULD SPEND ON THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
WHO DO WE, WHO DON'T WE HAVE SORTING THROUGH THAT HUNDRED SIX? ALTHOUGH I'M, WE'RE GETTING OFF TRACK NOW.
BUT WHO DO WE HAVE SORT THROUGH THAT? I BELIEVE IT'S 162 PAGE.
DOCUMENT ME AND SAM CAN I SUGGEST, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES IN THE TOWN WHO MIGHT BE HELPFUL, WHO ARE USED TO, AND ONE WOULD BE, BECAUSE I KNOW IN JUST LISTENING TO HIM TALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND, AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES, ET CETERA.
AND THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING GRANT WRITING, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S, HE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAS A VERY, A HIGH LEVEL OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE, UM, WITH SOME OF THAT DOCUMENTATION ET IT.
I'LL CALL HIM TOMORROW AND TELL HIM YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND IF HE'S ANGRY I'LL TELL HIM YOU BROUGHT IT UP
YOU MAY WANNA KNOW IF HE CAN GET IN ON THE PART-TIME.
WANNA KNOW IF THE PART, I DON'T THINK IT'S PART OF HIS ORIGINAL.
WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF, UM, GETTING A LOT OF BLOOD FROM THAT STOVE.
IT'S A LITTLE FAR AFIELD FROM MR. RIGHT.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH IT BECAUSE YES, IT WOULD BE GOOD IDEA.
I THINK ALL OF THE PROJECTS HE'S WORKING ON AND WITH TAP AND CFA OPENING UP AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS, I THINK EVEN THAT CONTINUITY OF HAVING, UM, HIS EYES ON THE PROJECTS AND THEY FEED INTO A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HAVE COME OUT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING YEAH.
OR OTHER THINGS THAT SAM, I'LL CALL HIM TOMORROW AND YOU AND I GOTTA TALK LATER
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IN THE WEEK ABOUT, UH, GETTING OUR APPLICATION DONE AT TIME.AND I TALK WITH HIM FREQUENTLY, NORMALLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO BRING UP.
WELL, YOU CAN BRING IT UP, BUT I'LL TELL HIM THAT, THAT, THAT WE'VE UNOFFICIALLY YEAH.
DECIDED THAT WE'D LIKE TO ENLIST HIM FOR SOME HELP.
AND AS BETH POINTS OUT, IT MAY BE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF HIS VOUCHERS LATELY, BUT IT MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF HIS RETAINER.
WE MAY HAVE TO, IT'S DEFINITELY OUTSIDE.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT FROM THE RESCUE FUNDS AS WELL.
AND EVEN JUST FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT, I THINK HAVING HIM IS INCREDIBLY USEFUL.
UM, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO OTHER DIRECTORS OF FINANCE AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE A.
UM, BUT REALLY FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT, I'VE ALREADY BEEN GOING THROUGH THE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION FOR THE FIRST MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE.
SO, UM, WEEDING THROUGH ALL OF THIS FOR $11 MILLION, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HE COULD DEFINITELY USE HIS ASSISTANCE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A THAT'S A LOT GOOD.
WE MIGHT NEED TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD REMUNERATE HIM FOR YEAH.
SO THAT WE ALSO KEEP IT SOMEWHAT SEPARATE FROM THE GRANT WRITING HE'S DOING AGAIN.
AND WE HAVE THAT WITH OTHER GRANTS AS WELL THAT HE STILL DOES SOME MAINTENANCE WORK ON AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM TOMORROW AND, AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW SAM MM-HMM
SO THE 300,000, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE ONE YEAR TO GET, GET THE TWO 50, SO THE 300 KICKS IN.
UM, NO, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE LONGER THAN A YEAR.
WHY DO I THINK THAT THAT'S, LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
WELL IT SAYS HERE PER SECOND, WHEREAS PER PROGRAM GUIDELINES, RECIPIENTS OF THE MATCHING FUNDS HAVE ONE YEAR TO RAISE FUNDS.
THAT'S A LOT OF FUNDRAISING IN ONE YEAR.
IT IS, BUT THAT'S WHY THIS ONE 10 IS THIS GRANT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL.
SO LET'S SAY THAT IT MAY VERY WELL OPEN THE DOOR TO SOME OTHER THINGS THEN TOO.
LET'S SAY YOU GET THE ONE 10 AND LET'S JUST SAY THEY RAISE 40, I DON'T KNOW.
SO YOU GOT ONE 50, THEN THEY WOULD MATCH ONE 50 OR THEY DOUBLE IT SO IT IT'S UP TWO, THEY CAN RAISE 10 AND GET MATCH 10.
AND IS IT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR IF THEY FALL? YES.
SO IF EVERYTHING ELSE IS 200, THEY WOULD DO 200.
I MEAN OF COURSE YOU WANNA TRY TO OPTIMIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY IF WE CAN USE THAT MONEY MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WE CAN, BUT IF, IF, IF WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND SAY, SAY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL ON THIS ONE 10, LET'S JUST SAY THEY GET 40, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN USE MONEY OUT OF THIS PLAN TO, TO GET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT MATCH, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.
WELL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT DATE IS AND WE CAN KIND OF MM-HMM.
EVERY QUARTER AS WE GET CLOSER AND THEN MAYBE, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE, WE GO IDENTIFY.
'CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER FOUNDATIONS EVEN IN HAMBURG THAT YES.
AND THAT'S WHERE MARK WILL BE KEY ALSO, BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE GAME PLAN AND HE'S ALREADY LOOKING FOR THOSE.
I THINK GETTING HIM INVOLVED WOULD BE A BIG HELP BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE DEADLINE.
DO WE HAVE A TOTAL PROJECTED COST OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT? WELL THE TWO 50 AND THEN IF THEY MATCH TWO 50, IT WOULD BE, THEY WOULD DO IT AT THAT AMOUNT.
THEY WOULD TAILOR THE PROJECT SOMEWHAT TO WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER IS.
SO YOU CAN GO A LITTLE MORE ELABORATE.
JUST TO GIVE AS A SIDE NOTE, UM, I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE SKI PARKS AND STUFF 'CAUSE MY KIDS ALL DO 'EM AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE WHERE WE GO TO RACE.
AND UH, IT'S QUITE POPULAR AND IT'S A A, IT DRAWS PRETTY WELL OUR, OUR RACE.
THAT WAS JUST AT THE NIKE BASE LAST WEEK WAS THE BIGGEST ONE EVER.
YOU HAD PEOPLE HERE FROM, UH, CONNECTICUT.
MY, MY SON RACED EVERYBODY BUT FROM NEW YORK, THEY WERE FROM EVERY STATE.
OTHER THAN THAT, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE NIKE BASE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE.
AND IT, THE SKATEBOARD IS, AND THE SCOOTERS AND THE BIKES ON THOSE PARKS IS STARTING TO COME ALONG WITH IT.
AND I THINK THIS FITS REALLY NICELY WITH THE PLAN THAT MIKE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR OUR, OUR PLAYGROUNDS WHEN HE TOOK A LOOK AND, AND THE IDEA WAS TO CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT AT SOME TO HAVE SOME, HAVE A HAVE A PARTICULAR THEME.
SO AGAIN, THIS REALLY, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE TOP LOTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN AT DIFFERENT, UM, PLAYGROUNDS.
THEN THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE FEATURE AT THIS PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
DO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGNATED PLAYGROUND FOR THIS YET, DO WE? WELL, IT, IT'S, YEAH.
THEIR THOUGHTS ARE, UM, OFF OF ELECTRIC AVENUE.
IT'S BASICALLY, UH, YOU MEAN IN, IN THE NEAR THE CAR AREA? IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM THE SCRANTON.
YOU TURN ON ELECTRIC, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT AND UH, SPACE.
IT'S KIND OF JUST THREE FIELDS THAT ARE USED TO THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONES CONSIDERED, BUT IT WAS FELT THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST AOUS.
ANYTHING ELSE, LADIES AND GENTS?
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OKAY.I HAVE, UH, AN ITEM, UH, ON CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH REQUIRES A, AN ANALYSIS OF OUR, UH, POSITION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND, UH, SOME FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT IS PROBABLY BEST KEPT, UH, SILENT, UH, IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR FINANCIAL POSITION WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF ENTERING INTO.
SO IT'LL ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
WE'RE COMING UP CLOSE TO SEVEN, SO I'D MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, AND IF THERE'S A SECOND, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL RUN UPSTAIRS TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
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I GONNA GRAB THOSE TWO.WE'LL START IN JUST A MOMENT FOLKS.
MARTY, WE GOT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
HOW ABOUT THAT? WELL, THANKS FOR THE POLICE AND EVERYBODY.
THE REC PEOPLE WERE WONDERFUL.
AND THE, UH, THE WEATHER WAS KIND OF ON OUR SIDE SATURDAY, SO BOY, I'LL TELL YOU MARTY, I WAS DOWN THERE SUNDAY AND, UH, THE BEACHES FROM THE CITY ALL, ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, OUT TO THE IKA WATERWORKS WERE LOADED WITH PEOPLE SITTING IN CHAIRS AND THEN, AND WATCHING AS BEST THEY COULD.
THE SHOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WASN'T A GREAT VIEW FROM, FROM OUR BEACH.
IT WAS HARD, BUT, BUT THERE, BUT THEY DID, THEY DID SOME MANEUVERS THAT YOU COULD PICK UP PRETTY WELL FROM OUR BEACH.
UH, YEAH, IT WAS REALLY PRETTY NEAT AND WE HAD A LOT OF BOATERS, BUT THEY GOT THROUGH IT.
SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE, WITH THE WALLEYE CLUB.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? SUPERVISOR SHAW? HERE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I A MOTION TO CONVENE THE REGULAR, THE MEETING FOR 6 21 21 TO ORDER.
CAN WE, UH, UH, STAND UP FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO THE AGENDA.
SO I'LL GO TO KAREN HULK FIRST, HOW'S THAT RESOLVE? THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD THAT'S HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FOLLOWS.
JUNE 7TH, 2021, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD EXEC EXECUTIVE SESSION JUNE 7TH, 2021, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION AND JUNE 7TH, 2021, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING.
UH, RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2021.
JULY 12TH, JULY 26TH, AUGUST 9TH, THE 23RD, SEPTEMBER 13TH AND SEPTEMBER THE 27TH.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL MEETINGS WILL BEGIN WITH A WORK SESSION STARTING AT 5:30 PM UH, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM IS THERE A SECOND TO THE SCHEDULE? SECOND.
SECOND IS BETH FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
UH, RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO COMMENCE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AS FOLLOWED.
UH, MACY KILER, UH, 55 14 COACHMAN'S LANE IN HAMBURG AND NIKOLAI KARSKI.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON 6 7 21 TO DELETE THE
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AUDIT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE IT WITH THE FOLLOWING TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED.IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
THE AUDIT, UH, TOTAL OPERATING FUNDS FOR JUNE 7TH, 2021 SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPERATING FUND DISBURSEMENTS $1,328,763 81 CENTS.
AND THAT FIGURE IS THE SAME FOR THE TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS, WHICH WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE AUDIT AS OF SIX SEVEN.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HA PROPOSES TO CREATE A VOLUNTEER ADVISORY BOARD TO BE KNOWN AS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD IS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE NATURAL BEAUTY, RICH HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF HAMBURG AND ITS PEOPLE AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS THE, AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER NINE FOR THE YEAR 2021 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSAL ON THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL, UH, AT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE AT 7:00 PM ON 6 7 21.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER ONE NINE OF 2021 IS HEREBY ADOPTED.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ONE SECOND.
SECOND IS MS. FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, KAREN, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, THE JUNE 30TH TO DECEMBER 31ST.
ALRIGHT, AND THE MOTION TO AMEND IS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
A AYE BU FORESTS KAREN IS THE MOTION AS AMENDED RESOLVE AT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD? MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR ONE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JULY 1ST AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 MAX DONATELLI CARLY STORY, AMY BDE, JANE BOBSINE STEIN RACHEL LEWIS, LAURA AL BATI, DAWN LEKI, KATHERINE HILLMAN GUAN AND AMY JTE BLOOM.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SHALL APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER KAREN HOKE AT THE TOWN BOARD LIAISON ALONG WITH HAMBURG POLICE OFFICER TO BE DESIGNATED BY POLICE CHIEF KEVIN TRASK ON OR BEFORE JULY 1ST, 2021 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD FORMALLY INVITES THE MAYORS OF THE VILLAGES OF HAMBURG AND BLAZEDALE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS LIAISON MEMBERS SO MOVED.
SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR THE RESOLUTION IS CARRIED.
UH, WHEREAS GET OR DONE CONSTRUCTION PAID FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO REROOF A SHED AT 49 AT 42 94 QUIMBEE DRIVE AMBER NEW YORK, WHEREAS THE STRUCTURE THAT IS BEING RE-ROOFED DOES NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT GET OR DONE CONSTRUCTION BE ISSUED A REFUND FOR PERMIT NUMBER 2021 DASH 0 0 5 9 0.
UH, THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE WAS $50.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND? ALRIGHT, UH, ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A AYE.
WHEREAS DURING THE TOWN BOARD MEETING OF MAY 3RD, 2021, RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT, POLICE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL REQUEST WAS AMENDED AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED AS AMENDED TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF REQUESTS FOR OUT OF AREA TRAVEL FOR TRAINING OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND RECOGNITION OF THE IMPROVED FINANCIAL OUTLOOK OF THE TOWN IN CONTRAST TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF 2020 IN WHICH TOWN REVENUES WERE THREATENED BY CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CAUSING THE TOWN BOARD TO RESTRICT TOWN WIDE TRAVEL TRAINING OR SEMINAR SEMINARS UNLESS OF AN URGENT NATURE RESOLVE.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED CAPTAIN NICHOLAS EGLE TO ATTEND THE F-B-I-L-E-E-D-A MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS COURSE AT CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING COURSE IN COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA FROM JULY 19TH, 2021 TO JULY 23RD, 2021.
REGISTRATION IS $695, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FIVE NIGHTS ARE 715 AND 95 CENTS.
MEALS FOR FIVE DAYS ARE 200 FOR A TOTAL COST OF $1,610 AND 95 CENTS.
USE OF AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION IS REQUESTED AND MONEY'S AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.0492 SEMINARS.
SECOND, UH, IS MS. FERRELL, UH, ON THE QUESTION? ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED MARISSA MEYER STUDENT AT BERT COLLEGE TO COMPLETE AN INTERNSHIP IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT NO COST TO THE TOWN.
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SECOND.SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE PURCHASE OF ONE USED 2019.
CUB CAR CARRY ALL GOLF CART WITH A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF $7,160 AFTER TRADE-IN OF A 2009 CUB CAR CARRY.
ALL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 67 81 0.201 IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN POLICY.
UH, THE B AND G DEPARTMENT GIVES A JUSTIFICATION, UH, FOR THIS PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE ARE UPGRADING THE CURRENT CUB CARRY CUB CAR CARRY ALL, WHICH, WHICH IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD.
THE EQUIPMENT IS USED AT THE SENIOR CENTER FOR GROUND MAINTENANCE AS PER B AND G POLICY.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP EQUIPMENT UPDATED TO MAINTAIN SAFETY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND GET THE MOST VALUE OUT OF TRADE-INS.
THANK YOU FOR THE JUSTIFICATION.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI HAVE THE QUESTION.
RESOLUTION IS CARRIED BEING RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RENEW THE PRESENT THIRD PARTY CLAIM ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT WITH OMNI UNDERWRITING MANAGERS L-L-C-D-B-A FUTURE COMP FORMERLY KEY BANK INSURANCE FOR THE TOWN'S GENERAL LIABILITY, AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY AND POLICE LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY AND DISPATCHERS LIABILITY FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS FROM 7 1 21 TO JUNE THE 30TH, 2024.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND ON THE QUESTION? ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
YOU RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD ALLOW THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO NEGOTIATE A FINAL AGREEMENT TO OPERATE THE 18 MILE CREEK GOLF COURSE CONCESSION STAND.
NO OTHER PROPO PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED.
LONG LOG BOARDS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME TRUSTED PARTNER IN THE OPERATION OF THE HAMBURG BEACH CONCESSION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLUTION IS CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, AS PER THE ATTACHMENT.
ALRIGHT ON THE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE SUMMER HIREES, ANYONE ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ALANA AESTHETICS TO ZO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 34 97 MCKINLEY PARKWAY FROM OUR TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, UH, ATTACHED DISTRICT AND C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TWO C ONE AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ACT SEEKER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND IS CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.
NOW THEREFORE, BEING RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THAT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUED AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REFORM.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND IS MR. PETRI, UH, ON THE QUESTION? ANYONE ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
RESOLUTION IS CARRIED NOW FOR THE REZONING COMPONENT WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ELANA AESTHETICS TO REONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 34 97 MCKINLEY PARKWAY FROM OUR TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ATTACHED DISTRICT AND C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO C ONE.
AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND FOUND MERIT IN THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, UH, WHEREAS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD REVIEWED THE REZONING REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED ON 4 21 21 THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST BE APPROVED AND WHEREAS THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON 5 17 21 AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
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AND HAS ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE REZONING IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY ZONES THE PARTIALS IDENTIFIED BELOW FROM R TWO AND C ONE TO C ONE, UH, AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS, TO AMEND LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 OF THE YEAR, 1986 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE ZONING MAP WHEREBY THE ZONING IS CHANGED FROM OUR TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO C ONE FOR THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY SBL NUMBER 1 15 1 POINT 19 DASH ONE DASH 16.1.
SECOND IS KAREN HOKE, UH, THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE RESOLUTION IS CARRIED WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HEAVEN RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM DETO DEVELOPMENT LLC TO REZONE PORTIONS OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 54 86 AND 54 72 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD AS WELL AS 55 0 2 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, SBL NUMBERS 180 2 0.09 DASH 2 180 2 0.51 DASH 18 AND 180 2 0.05 DASH ONE DASH 19 FROM C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PUD, WHICH IS PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT CONSISTING OF 182 UNITS.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS REZONING REQUEST TO THE TOWN BOARD AT ITS MEETING ON MARCH 3RD, 2021.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, SEEKER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND IS CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THAT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUED AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT RESOLUTION? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
A RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED NOW FOR THE REZONING ASPECT WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM DATA OF DEVELOPMENT LLC TO REZONE PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 54 86 AND 54 72 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD AS WELL AS 55 0 2 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD.
THE SBL NUMBER IS 180 9 0.0 9 2 180 2 0.0 5 1 18 AND 180 2 0.051 FROM C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT CONSISTENTLY OF 182 UNITS.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS REZONING REQUEST TO THE TOWN BOARD, WHEREAS THE THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON JUNE 7TH, 2021 AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT A PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAS ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE REZONING IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY REZONES THE PARCELS IDENTIFIED BELOW FROM C ONE TO PUD BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS, TO AMEND LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 OF THE YEAR, 1986 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE ZONING MAP WHEREBY THE ZONING IS CHANGED FROM C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PUD PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED BY SPL 180 2 0.9 DASH 1 2 180 2 0.0 5 1 18 AND 180 2 0.05 DASH ONE 19.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND MR. PETRIS? ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION? ANYONE ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
A MOTION IS CARRIE SAM, BEFORE I BEGIN THE NEXT ONE, DO YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR YEP.
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1440 0.102 AND FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM ACCOUNT A 36 20 0.100 IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.NOW, I WANTED TO PUT IN THE MOTION THAT IT WOULD WOULDN'T EXCEED $20,000, UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT 20,000.
HOW DO WE, HOW SHOULD WE WORD THAT OR, OR DOES IT NOT MATTER? I THINK, UM, AS LONG AS IT'S THERE, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE APPROVED UP TO $20,000 IF YOU WANT TO, IT'S ALREADY BEING AMENDED.
IF YOU WANTED TO ADD A LINE STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOPE IS THAT THE COST IS LESS THAN THAT, YOU CAN, BUT, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO NUMBER 20, UM, TO ADD A LINE THAT SAYS, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $20,000.
ALRIGHT, THIS THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION, SAY AYE.
OKAY, THOU THE MOTION IS AMENDED.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TEMPORARY PART-TIME HIRING OF RICHARD J LARDO TO THE POSITION OF PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT WITHIN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO BRING UP TO DATE THE DEPARTMENT'S GIS MR. LARGO'S APPOINTMENT IS EFFECTIVE JUNE 22ND, 2021 WITH A PART-TIME RATE OF $35 AND 59 CENTS PER HOUR NOT TO EXCEED 19 HOURS PER WEEK.
THAT IS THE SAME RATE USED IN 2018 FOR THAT POSITION.
VIA FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES A TEMPORARY PART-TIME HIRING OF JASON COARD TO ASSIST WITH THE W-S-W-P-P-P INSPECTIONS WITHIN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS RELINQUISHED MR. COWARD'S APPOINTMENT IS EFFECTIVE JUNE 22ND, 2021, WITH A PART-TIME RATE OF $32 AND 43 CENTS PER HOUR NOT TO EXCEED 19 HOURS PER WEEK.
THAT IS THE SAME RATE USED IN 2018 FOR THAT POSITION.
THE TOTAL FUNDS ARE TO NOT EXCEED $20,000 FUNDING TO BE PAID FROM ACCOUNT A 1 4 4 0 2 FROM ACCOUNT A 3 6 2 1 0.
I'LL SECOND THAT, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
ANYONE ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE.
OKAY, WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECENTLY RECEIVED A $300,000 BUILD BUILT TO PLAY SKATE PARK GRANT THROUGH THE RALPH C. WILSON JUNIOR FOUNDATION WITH THIS EFFORT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SKATE PARK BEING LED BY LOCAL ADVOCATE TIM KERICK AND A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND WHERE PER THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES RECIPIENTS OF THE MATCHING GRANT HAVE ONE YEAR TO RAISE FUNDS UP TO A TOTAL OF $250,000.
AND WHEREAS THE BUILT TO PLACE SKATE PARK GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES MATCHING FUNDS FOR UP TO 250,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SKATE PARKS WITHIN THE FOUNDATION'S ELIGIBLE AREA, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 FOR EACH GRANT RECIPIENT FOR PROCESS AND DESIGN FEATURES THAT MINIMIZES THE SKATE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
AND WHEREAS THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ESD HAS $150 MILLION OF CAPITAL GRANT FUNDING FROM THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAPTER CAPITAL FUND, AVAILABLE FOR THE STATE'S REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INITIATIVE THROUGH THE CFA, WHICH HELPS DRIVE REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NEW YORK STATE IN COOPERATION WITH 10 REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT ESD TO POTENTIALLY SECURE APPROXIMATELY $110,000 IN FUNDING TO BE USED TOWARDS THE $250,000 MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR THE BILL TWO PLACE GATE PARK GRANT.
AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT APPLICATION, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG NEEDS TO ADDRESS SEEKER AND TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND WISHES TO AUTHORIZE WENDELL THE TOWN'S PLANNING CONSULTANT TO IMMEDIATELY PREPARE AN EAF.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AUTHORIZES, EECG CONSULTING LLC, TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE GRANT APPLICATION TO ESD AND FOR WENDELL TO PREPARE THE SEEKER MATERIALS FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SKATE PARK PROJECT.
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ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.UH, MADAM CLERK, I DROPPED BY AUDIT FIGURES ON THE FLOOR.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THEM MAKE ME DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
UH, A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS, UH, FOR MONDAY, UH, 6 21 21.
THE TOTAL OPERATING FUND DISBURSEMENTS AMOUNTED TO $593,962 AND 24 CENTS.
THE TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT AMOUNT TO 3,000,013, UH, THOUSAND $884 AND 60 CENTS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UH, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE WITH US, UH, FOR ANY, UH, REPORTS OR COMMENTS, UH, ANY OF THEM MAY CARE TO MAKE.
UH, WALTER, HOW ABOUT WE START WITH FEL LEGAL? NOTHING'S YOUR REPORT.
UH, JUST A COUPLE MINOR ITEMS. UH, I RECEIVED, UH, ON FRIDAY, THE VIDEO AND INSPECTION REPORT FOR TWIN WILLOW, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THAT INFORMATION IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AND SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE.
UM, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW ONCE, ONCE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW.
UM, ALSO THE LAKE AVENUE CROSSWALK, IF ANYONE HAS DRIVEN BY, YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALKS ARE IN.
UM, THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE ACTUAL FLASHING CROSSWALK, UM, APPARATUS TO COME IN, WHICH TAKES A FEW WEEKS.
WE'RE CHECKING WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND AS SOON AS IT COMES IN, THEY WILL PUT IN THE FINAL SIGNS AND GET EVERYTHING CONNECTED.
UM, SO THAT, THAT CROSSFIRE WILL BE BACK, UH, THAT THAT'LL BE THE END OF IT.
THEN ONCE WE GET THAT IN, THAT'S DONE.
UM, AND THEN WALTER AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, AGREEMENT WITH THE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION STUDY WITH THE QUA KING.
UH, WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT TODAY AND, UH, HAVE ASKED THEM TO SEND IN, SIGNED HARD COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THEIR INSURANCE CERTIFICATE.
AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT MM-HMM
WE'LL BE SENDING IT TO YOU SUPERVISOR FOR SIGNATURE.
OKAY, PAT RYAN, ABILITY TO GROUND NOTHING TO REPORT.
UH, MR. DEKE, HOW ABOUT YOU, SIR? UH, ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, OUR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS OPEN UP.
WE HAVE, UH, A SLATE, UH, THAT, UM, OFFERS, UH, DAY CAMP AND MM-HMM
UH, BASKETBALL LEAGUES AND, UH, PERFORMING ARTS, BOWLING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO, UH, THE, UH, LIFTED RESTRICTIONS LOOKS LIKE WE'LL, WE'LL BE GOING AT FULL FORCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON ALREADY AND ADDING THE YOUTH PROGRAMS NEXT WEEK, I WANNA THANK B AND G FOR THE WORK ON SOME RECENT PROJECTS, UM, AT THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER, JIM FLOOR AND, UM, UH, VOLLEYBALL, UH, COURT OVER AT THE, UH, BEACH.
OKAY, MARTY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND HOW ABOUT, UH, KATHY REPINSKI, THE CLERK? NO REPORT.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING YOU WANNA BRING UP THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY DISCUSSED? I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY, UM, LEMME KNOW THAT THE CONSERVATION BOARD WAS ABLE TO MEET FACE-TO-FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO THAT WAS, UH, EXCITING LAST WEEK.
UH, THE MAIN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WAS THE CEA, SO WE WENT, UH, WORD BY WORD, LINE BY LINE, TAKING THE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND TRYING OUR BEST TO ADAPT THAT, UM, AS BEST WE COULD.
SO, UH, I REACHED OUT TO DREW TODAY TO GET THE, THE WORD DOCUMENT THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE WITH, UH, THE, THE NEW LANGUAGE.
AND, UH, I'LL CIRCULATE THAT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE BOARD, UH, WITH THE, THE, AND THE CONSERVATION BOARD IN HOPES THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, IF WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WE CAN, UH, START THE PROCESS OF ENACTING THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
UM, MARTY, ANY UPDATE ON, I KNOW THE POOL WAS, WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD BE A THERAPEUTIC POLL.
WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD BE OPEN JUNE 7TH.
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTIES.
I KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF B AND G ARE WORKING VERY HARD YES.
IN THAT EFFORT, BUT ANY UPDATE, UM, THERE'S ONE ISSUE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, AND THAT IS, UM, THE RAILINGS HAVE RUSTED OUT AND THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED.
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AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THEY'RE ON THE WAY.WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE, AND WE'RE HOPING EVERY DAY THEY SHOW UP.
ONCE THEY'RE INSTALLED, WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
QUICK, JUST QUICK, UM, I KNOW I THINK THE LAST TIME I, I INQUIRED IT, THE MIXED USE, UH, THE PROPOSED MIXED USE, UM, LAW HAD GONE FROM BILL CLARK TO CODE REVIEW AND I THINK THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS.
CODE REVIEW HAD HAD SENT IT BACK TO BILL.
WHERE, WHERE DO WE SEE, UH, I WAS AT THE MOST RECENT CODE REVIEW MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY.
UH, WE DID NOT SEND ANYTHING BACK TO BILL ON, ON THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
I'LL CHECK WITH, UM, UH, DREW WASN'T THERE? SARAH WAS, I'LL CHECK WITH SARAH.
UH, BUT WE DID NOT, WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT THAT WASN'T ONE OF THEM.
WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING GOING ON THAT THOUGH.
AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER, UM, UH, COMMENT, BUT THANK YOU TO PAT.
IF YOU WOULD EXTEND THANKS TO LOUIE AT THE BEACH.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO GO AND LOOK AT THE RAMP THAT WAS COMPLETED AT THE BEACH, UH, FOR A DA COMPLIANCE.
UM, CHRIS HALL, ALSO THANKS TO CHRIS HALL, UM, AND THE STAFF THAT HE WORKED WITH.
MARTY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I THINK THIS IS, UM, AN IMPORTANT, UH, JOB PROJECT THAT WAS, THAT WAS COMPLETED AND IT LOOKS TERRIFIC AND WE JUST WANNA GET THE WORD OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT IS A BIG PROJECT THAT IS DONE THAT WILL ADD ACCESSIBILITY FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY CAN USE OUR BEAUTIFUL BEACH AND THAT, UH, THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE, UH, BATHROOM FACILITIES ALSO.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED ALONG THE WAY TO MAKE THAT, UH, POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WE WANNA JUST GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE SO WE KNOW THAT THAT IS THERE AND WILL FACILITATE THEIR USE OF, OF, UM, OUR BEAUTIFUL GEM OF A BEACH.
ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST HAD ONE THING.
SO, UM, CAMIE, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU IN REGARDS TO THE MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICT, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK.
WE, WE, UH, HAD A, UM, A SURVEY OR A INVESTIGATION OF THEIR SEWER.
UH, I KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THAT.
UH, HAS IT GONE ANYWHERE FROM THERE? IT'S GONE TO THE DC.
UM, THEY REVIEW IT AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO THE TOWN WITH, UM, WITH A DISCUSSION ON A CONSENT ORDER AND, AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HOLD UNTIL THEY FINISH THEIR REVIEW, WHICH SOMETIMES TAKES SIX MONTHS OR MORE.
SO IT'S STILL IN, IN, STILL IN THERE, THEIR HANDS.
AND THEN FROM THERE ON, THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE AUDIENCE, GENTLEMEN AND LADY OF THE AUDIENCE, ANY, ANYTHING FROM YOU FOLKS? ANYTHING YOU WANNA DISCUSS? NO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.