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30.UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SESSION, UH, TO ORDER ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. TOM HARDING IS HERE TO GIVE US THE BENEFIT OF A SHORT PRESENTATION.
SO, SIR, THE MICROPHONE THERE IS ALL YOURS, UH,
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I HAVE A FEW, UH, HANDOUTS.UH, I SIX, SO CAN I SHARE THEM WITH YOU WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH? THIS IS A SHORT PRESENTATION.
UH, SO WE WORK, MY NAME IS TOM HARDY.
I LIVE HERE IN, UH, THE BUFFALO AREA, AND I AM A, WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST OF CERTAIN TYPES.
I'M, UH, MY BACKGROUND IS IN, UH, BUSINESS AND, UH, I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH A, AND REGARDING AN ORGANIZATION CALLED COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION.
WE CAME IN HERE, UH, AND SPOKE WITH SAMANTHA, UH, ABOUT IN APRIL.
SO WE WON CCA PROGRAMS FOR TOWNS, CITIES, AND VILLAGES IN NEW YORK STATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NYSERDA AND REGULATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
SO THE CITY IS BASICALLY, AS YOU'LL SEE AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS, THE THEORY OF A CCA IS, YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF, OKAY? THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
BUT WE ARE A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
SO MOST CITIES AND TOWNS AND VILLAGES, MUNICIPALITIES BRING ON AN ADMINISTRATOR LIKE OURSELVES TO DO THE WORK.
THIS IS A RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM WHERE EVERY RESIDENT AND EVERY SMALL BUSINESS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS THE OPTION NOW OF GETTING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE AND IN A RENEWABLE WAY.
OKAY? AND IT'S A, IT'S EITHER SOLAR, WIND, GEOTHERMAL, OR HYDRO.
WE JUST GOT A CONTRACT, BASICALLY, ROCHESTER JUST SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROGRAM PROGRAM, AND THERE WAS ABOUT OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE IN NEW YORK THAT WORKED WITH OUR GROUP.
SO, WHEN I DID RESEARCH, AS I WAS TELLING SAM HERE, UH, BACK IN APRIL, I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON, UH, ON THIS PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA, RHODE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.
AND, UH, I REALIZED THIS PROGRAM IS NOT HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
AND I FELT THAT A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, UH, IS A GOOD WAY OF GOING, OKAY? IT SAVES A TIME, IT SAVES A TOWN, A LOT OF ENERGY, A LOT OF EFFORT, AND IT DOESN'T COST THE TOWN ANYTHING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY NYSERDA, AND IT'S REGULATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND IT'S ENCOURAGED AND BACKED BY NEW YORK STATE.
THE BIG THING IS, IS THAT ALL THESE OTHER STATES HAVE THIS PROGRAM, SO PEOPLE ARE PAYING LESS FOR THEIR ELECTRICITY, WHICH IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE TOWN OF AMBER.
YOU WOULD PAY LESS FOR THEIR ELECTRICITY.
IT WOULD BE RENEWABLE, A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE AND SMALL BUSINESSES, ANY RESIDENT, ANY RENTER, LOW INCOME, WHICH WAS MY BIG FOCUS ON THIS.
I MET WITH A, UH, A MEETING IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, AND, UH, I'M GONNA GET INTO COMMUNITY SOLAR, WHICH IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, BUT THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS WHATSOEVER.
UH, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, RENTERS, MIDDLE INCOME.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
THEY CAN STAY WITH NYSEG OR NATIONAL GRID.
I THINK KIND OF, UH, AMBER IS SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, EG AND NATIONAL GRID.
ALL OF THOSE UTILITIES WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHEN YOU GET A UTILITY BILL, YOU HAVE A SUPPLY SIDE, YOU HAVE A DISTRIBUTION SIDE WHERE THE, UH, UTILITIES REALLY MAKE THEIR MONEY IS, UH, ON THE DISTRIBUTION.
THIS WOULD REPLACE THE SUPPLY SIDE WITH A RENEWABLE OPTION, AND THAT WOULD BE A BIDDING PROCESS.
NOW, MY BACKGROUND IS IN COMMODITY TRADING.
SO, UH, UH, WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN THIS, I SAID, THIS IS A PERFECT SETUP TO BRING LOW RATES INTO COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
WHAT WE DO IS WE GO OUT AND WE BID.
WE BRING IN ESCOS ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES, AND THESE ARE ALL VETTED BY THE STATE, VETTED BY US, AND THEY SUPPLY, THEY BID ON THE BUSINESS.
SO THEY WOULD BID ON EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS HERE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, HOWEVER
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MANY PEOPLE IT WOULD BE.AND BECAUSE OF THESE TOWNS AND CITIES HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE, UH, THE BIDDING PROCESS GETS, GETS QUITE GOOD BECAUSE THE RATES GO DOWN.
EVERYBODY WANTS THIS BUSINESS, NOT JUST HERE.
WE'RE MEETING WITH NIAGARA FALLS TOMORROW, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE TOWN OF AMHERST.
NEXT WEEK WE'RE MEETING WITH THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA, AND EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, TALKING TO THE CITY OF BUFFALO ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THE, UH, CURRENT ELECTIONS.
UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO.
SO THE THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, THE TOWN HAS TO, UH, AND I CAN GET MORE DETAILS FOR YOU, AND I WILL, BECAUSE I'M AN ACTIVIST HERE WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE DETAILS, A LITTLE BIT SHADY, UH, BUT A MUNICIPAL LAW HAS TO BE FORMED THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS WORK.
YOU WOULD BRING US ON BOARD OR OTHER PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS.
I THINK IT'S THE BEST TOOL IS THE BEST.
THAT'S WHY I'VE ALIGNED MYSELF WITH TOOL.
BUT THE, THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR WOULD DO THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, WOULD DO THE EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY AS A, AS A, UH, UH, 800 NUMBER FOR A TOLL FREE LINE.
ANY COMMUNITY RESIDENT CAN CALL AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
UH, WE MEET IN FRONT OF THE TOWN HALL AND, AND SPEAK ABOUT IT.
UM, AND, UH, BASICALLY IT IS A, THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO A, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A MUNICIPAL LAW.
AND YOU ARE NOT COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AT ALL.
THESE PROGRAMS TAKE ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO GO THROUGH.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF POUND OF HAMMER SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY WANNA DO THIS, THAT'S YOUR OPTION.
EVERYBODY OPTS INTO THE PROGRAM.
EVERY RESIDENT OPTS IN, EVERY RESIDENT SIGNS UP.
SO THEY'RE ALL SIGNED UP AUTOMATICALLY.
THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM OF OPTING OUT.
THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM OF NOT DOING IT, OKAY? WHICH IS A HUGE, A HUGE, BIG, GREAT PERSONAL CHOICE.
UH, LEMME JUST GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
UH, THE VISION, UH, IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS, IT'S ALL CLEAN ENERGY.
UH, WE'RE REGULATED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, WHICH IS, UH, REALLY WHY I CAME ON BOARD, BECAUSE IT GIVES THE RESIDENTS THAT SECURITY.
AND THESE ARE CONTRACTS THAT STABILIZE THE ELECTRIC RATE FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY VOLATILE.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM SEG OR NATIONAL GRID.
THIS LOCKS IN THE SUPPLY RATE FOR TWO YEARS.
SO WE DO THE OUTREACH, WE DO THE EDUCATION AND, UH, THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING, WHICH IS WHY.
AND THEN WE GET PAID THROUGH THE ESCO.
SO THE TAXPAYERS AREN'T PAYING ANYTHING.
THE TOWN ISN'T PAYING ANYTHING.
THE TAXPAYERS ARE NOT OBLIGATED, AND THE TOWN IS NOT OBLIGATED.
SO THIS PROCESS COULD GO THROUGH 8, 9, 10 MONTHS, WHICH IS WHAT I LIKE.
AND, UM, AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS, THE TOWN COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE, WE, WE'VE CHANGED OUR PRIORITIES.
THERE'S NO COST TO THE TOWN WHATSOEVER FOR THIS.
IT'S JUST AT THE OBJECTIVE HERE IS CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY SMALL BUSINESS, AND ACTUALLY TOWN BUILDINGS, CERTAIN TOWN BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS WOULD BE, UH, IF THEY HAVE A METER ON THEM.
BUT, UH, YOU'D BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THE SECOND PART OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING.
SO YOU'RE GONNA, IT'S VERY, BASICALLY IT'S A GUARANTEED LOWER ELECTRIC RATE FOR EVERY CITIZEN.
THE SECOND PART IS JUST STARTED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WHEN WE MET WITH SAMANTHA AND HER GROUP.
THIS WASN'T EVEN PART OF THE PROGRAM, BUT IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY SOLAR.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF COMMUNITY SOLAR.
IT'S, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING CONTACTED BY IT.
BUT WE ARE, THIS, THIS GROUP, THIS JUUL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR IS THE ONLY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR RIGHT NOW THAT'S ALLOWED TO OFFER COMMUNITY SOLAR.
SO THAT'S A ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT.
SO EVERY SINGLE TAXPAYER THAT HAS A HOME OR A RENTER HERE, WE'LL BE GETTING A DISCOUNTED RATE ON TOP OF THAT COMMUNITY.
SOLAR IS LAYERED INTO IT, BUT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT.
SO WE CAN SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS IN MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL.
YOU KNOW, I CAN BRING MORE DATA TO YOU, BUT THAT'S A, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL THROUGH NYSERDA.
NYSERDA WORKS WITH US, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.
WE WERE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THEM HERE TODAY TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE PART OF OUR, PART OF THIS WHOLE THING.
SO THEY KNOW US AND THEY KNOW THE OTHER PROGRAM
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ADMINISTRATOR.SO YOU COULD CHOOSE JUUL AND YOU COULD CHOOSE ANY OF THE OTHER ONES, BUT WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT CLOSELY.
I HAPPEN TO THINK JUUL IS THE BEST, BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER ONES IN NEW YORK STATE.
THERE'S NO TOWN THAT DOES IT THEMSELVES, BECAUSE USUALLY IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF OUTREACH, LIKE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO WE GO OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY, JOEL JEWEL HAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM IN THAT REGARD.
AND THEY JUST, AS I SAID, UH, FINISHED, ROCHESTER JUST SIGNED UP WITH JEWEL.
SO WHEN ROCHESTER DID IT, I KNEW THEY WERE WORKING ON THIS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
I SAID, UH, I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED WITH JUUL BECAUSE THEY HAD A, FROM A BUSINESS BACKGROUND, THEY HAVE A STRONGEST TESTIMONIALS IN NEW YORK STATE.
AND GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY HERE.
THAT'S BASICALLY THE HOME RULE AUTHORITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT THE TOWN WOULD'VE TO DO.
AND THAT DOESN'T COMMIT YOU TO DOING THIS PROJECT.
IT JUST ALLOWS US, UH, TO WORK THROUGH THE REGULATORY COMMISSION BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE TOWN OF
THAT HOME RULE IS, UH, IS IMPLEMENTED.
THE MAP SHOWS YOU ALL THE TOWNS AND CITIES THAT ARE DOING IT IN NEW YORK, WHICH IS THE OTHER REASON THAT I PERSONALLY GOT INVOLVED IN IT.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I SAW WESTERN NEW YORK.
THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TOWN THAT WOULD SIGN UP FOR TOWN MEMBER.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY SOLAR TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITY SOLAR.
AND WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.
WE CAN BRING IN SERTA, WE CAN BRING REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER TOWNS WE CAN CHAT WITH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TESTIMONIALS RIGHT IN ROCHESTER, MONROE COUNTY THAT ARE DOING IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANY CONFUSION, AS I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE WITH MY EXPLANATION, BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT, UH, THE MAIN THING THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS GROWING FAST.
AND FOR COMMUNITY SOLAR PARK, THERE IS ENOUGH SOLAR RIGHT NOW FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO GO FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SO BUFFALO SIGNS UP, NIAGARA FALLS SIGNS UP.
THIS IS A, UH, THERE'S A LIMITED SUPPLY.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE SHORT TERM THAT'S GOING ON LONG TERM.
MORE SOLAR FIELDS ARE BEING BUILT.
THERE'S ONE COUPLE, I THINK THERE'S ONE POTENTIALLY GOING UP BY CAMP ROAD AND
AND, UH, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD TIE INTO THE COMMUNITY, SOLAR COMMUNITY.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? UH, AND, AND I, I COULD FOLLOW THIS UP WITH, UH, WITH A LOT MORE DETAIL, UH, BUT THAT GIVES YOU THE OUTLINE.
I, SO YOU SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS SOUNDS REALLY GOOD ALL TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAVE MONEY.
WHY DON'T PEOPLE WANNA OPT OUT? THEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS PEOPLE ARE OPTING OUT.
'CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T LIKE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
THEY WANNA WORK, THEY WANT CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, TO HAVE A NATIONAL GRID DO IT.
THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A EC DO IT.
AND, UH, THEY DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS.
AND, UH, WE LEAVE THAT OPTION OPEN.
NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE OPTING OUT, BUT WE HAVE TO LEAVE THAT OPTION OPEN.
AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR WHY THEY WOULD.
I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S, UH, IT COULD BE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS, UH, WHICH IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN HERE.
THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU.
IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE KNOW I DON'T WANNA CHANGE.
AND SO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SAID, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPT OUT IF THEY DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY PART OF IT FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT WE HAVE TO LEAVE THAT, THAT FREEDOM AND THAT FLEXIBILITY OPEN.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU OPT IN WITH SOLAR POWER, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO SOLAR POWER, YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO NATIONAL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED BY THE UTILITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE BILL DOESN'T CHANGE.
THEY'RE STILL GONNA GET THE NATIONAL, UH, NATIONAL GRID OR THE EC BILL THAT, AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT BILL IS GONNA BE A ONE LINE ITEM SAYING, YOU ARE NOW GETTING RENEWABLE ENERGY.
OKAY? AND THESE, THESE CREDITS APPLY AND IT WILL SHOW THE DISCOUNT.
BUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, WHICH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING HAPPENING BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S REGULATED BY THE STATE, IT'S REGULATED BY PUBLIC SERVICE.
SOME STATES IT'S ALL UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL, OKAY? AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY HAVE A LOW RATE TO COME IN ON THE FIRST MONTH, AND THEN THAT RATE CHANGES.
THIS RATE IS LOCKED IN FOR TWO YEARS.
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SO IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN, NATIONAL GRID, EG.OF COURSE, NOTHING CHANGES AS FAR AS THE DELIVERY.
IF THERE'S LIONS DOWN, WE CALL NATIONAL GRID, THERE'S, UH, ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS. YOU STILL, YOU STILL CALL THE UTILITY.
THEY WANT BE SOMEONE WHO HOPS IN AND GROUP
SO YOU COULD GO, YOU COULD GO IN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO GO IN 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
SOMEBODY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T WANNA MAKE A CHANGE.
BUT THEN THREE MONTHS LATER SAY, HEY, MY NEIGHBORS ARE DOING IT.
I'M GONNA GET DISCOUNT THINKING, OPT IN.
OR THEY CAN OPT OUT IN SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT REMEMBER, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE OF OPTING IN.
BUT THE KEY TO THIS, AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT IS EVERYBODY IS IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN BID THIS OUT TO THESE ESCOS.
WE SAY, LOOK AT, THERE'S SO MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURGERS.
YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY 5% ARE GONNA OPT OUT FOR SOME REASON.
YOU KNOW, AND USUALLY IT'S NOT THAT HIGH.
THAT'S WHAT GETS THE ESCOS TO COME IN AND BID AGAINST THIS.
'CAUSE THEY WANT THIS BUSINESS.
BEFORE YOU OPT THEM IN, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE NOTICE OF THAT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THIS.
WE ARE REGULATED BY THAT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE SAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA GIVE EVERYBODY NOTICE.
SO IT'S JUST NOT A PRIVATE COMPANY COMING IN HERE AND SAY, JUST TRUST US.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE THESE REGULATIONS, WHICH AGAIN, IS WHY I'M INVOLVED IN IT.
ONCE THE, ONCE THE GIVEN, IS THERE SOME, UH, AVAILABILITY IN THAT NOTICE FOR PEOPLE TO GET BACK TO CERTAIN EMAIL? UH, YEAH.
THEN YOU HAVE A MONTH, OR IT'S A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO YOU.
BUT WE CONTINUALLY, UH, HAVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY BIG THINGS IS SENIOR CITIZENS.
THEY'RE CONFUSED, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, I, I SAID THIS IS, THIS HAS GOTTA BE, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY, UH, A, A CLEAR STREAM OF, OF MESSAGING HAS TO GO TO THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S A, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE DO VERY WELL.
SO, UH, BUT THAT'S A BIG CONCERN.
UH, AND, AND A BIG IMPORTANT EXPLANATION, MARK, IS, IS DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MIGHT GET CONFUSED AND, UH, YEAH.
IT, IT, IT'S A, UH, IT'S A PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHY THE TESTIMONIALS ARE GOOD.
THAT'S WHY ROCHESTER, WHEN ROCHESTER SIGNED UP, UM, THAT TOLD ME SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GENEVA.
IT'S, UH, UH, CITIES MORE, MORE THAT SIZE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF, IF HAMMER, FOR EXAMPLE, GENEVA SIGNED UP, WHAT JUUL AND THEIR PARTNERS ARE DOING IS THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE A, UH, A GARDEN WALK, UH, A BICYCLE WALK OR A BICYCLE, UH, A PATHWAY THAT GOES AROUND THE LAKE.
AND, UH, I THINK, UH, BECAUSE THEY SIGNED UP, JUUL GAVE THEM $15,000 TOWARD THAT.
OKAY? UH, SO THERE'S MONEY THAT COMES BACK TO THE TOWN, UH, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IF IT'S, IF IT'S USED IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
AND, UH, THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY NEGATIVES EXCEPT, UH, THE TOWN HAS TO, TO, UH, PUT THAT LAW INTO EFFECT.
AND THEN THE TOWN, THE TOWN HAS THE OPTION OF WATCHING THE WHOLE PROCESS.
WATCH HOW JUUL OR WHATEVER PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR YOU DO, CHOOSE AND WATCH, YOU KNOW, WATCH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE KEEP THE TOWN INFORMED OF HOW WE'RE DOING THIS OUTREACH.
AND, UH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS AT, UH, PITTSBURGH, UH, DID NOT GET THAT LOWER RATE.
SO THEY WAITED A MONTH, AND THEN WE CAME BACK FOR ANOTHER BID, AND THEY DID GET BELOW LATER, YOU KNOW? SO THINGS LIKE THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT IT'S LOCKED IN FOR A YEAR TO TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT LENDS A LOT OF SECURITY.
PECO BIDDING PROCESS, HOW OFTEN THAT'S DONE? GOOD QUESTION.
I'LL FIND OUT HOW OFTEN IT'S DONE.
BUT WE GO OUT FOR A BID AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, OKAY? AFTER WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH THE TOWN AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET THE RATE DOWN TO HERE.
WE BID, THERE'S A VETTED S CODE GROUP, OKAY.
THAT IS VETTED BY THE STATE AND JUUL THAT WE WORK WITH IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THERE MAY BE FIVE OR SIX ESCOS THAT WILL DELIVER A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY.
MANY DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE, THOSE ESCOS WOULD NOT BE A PART OF IT.
AND WHETHER WE GO WITH YOU OR ANOTHER ADMINISTRATOR, THEY WOULD DO THAT.
THE SAME FIVE SIX ESCOS? NO, NO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY THAT DO IT.
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OTHER ONES.I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.
UH, BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT FOR SURE.
TOM, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON LIKE A PERCENTAGE OR COST SAVINGS THAT, LIKE AN AVERAGE WHEN IS GO THROUGH? I I'LL GET YOU THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA, UH, I, I KNOW WITH, WITH, UH, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COMMUNITY SOLAR, AND THIS, THIS IS WHY I, I WAS AT THAT, I WAS AT AN ACTIVIST MEETING DOWN AT THE CRANE LIBRARY DOWNTOWN BUFFALO, AND THEY'RE SELLING COMMUNITY SOLAR.
I SAID, I STOOD UP, I SAID, COMMUNITY SOLAR, THEY SAID, YOU'RE GONNA GET A 10% DISCOUNT ON YOUR ELECTRICITY IF YOU GO THE SOLAR.
AND FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE ONLY IF YOU PASS A CREDIT CHECK GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH EACH SOLAR.
SO IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE FOR LOW INCOME.
AT THAT TIME, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND IS LIKE THE EAST SIDE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
RIGHT? BUT THE 10% DISCOUNT THAT THEY WERE SAYING IS REALLY NOT TRUE.
YOU'RE GETTING A 10% DISCOUNT, MAYBE A 10% DISCOUNT, MAYBE NOT, BUT IT IS ONLY COMING OFF THE SUPPLY SIDE.
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET A DIS A DISCOUNT ON THE DISTRIBUTION SIDE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE, UH, THE UTILITIES MAKE THEIR MONEY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR BILL, IF IT'S $80 FOR DISTRIBUTION AND $30 FOR SUPPLY, THAT DISCOUNT WILL COME UP WITH SUPPLY SIDE.
AND THAT, THAT SOMETIMES COMMUNITY SOLAR DOES NOT MAKE CLEAR THIS, AND JUUL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO THIS.
NOW JUUL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN OFFER THIS STATEWIDE, UH, IS A GOOD PROGRAM TO LOOK AT.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON THAT FOR SURE.
AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT INVESTMENT THAT YOU HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN WE HAD SPOKE BEFORE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS ALSO A NICER OF HIGH IMPACT ACTION, WHICH WOULD HELP THE TOWN WITH OTHER FUNDING RIGHT.
SO THAT, THAT IS, UH, I, I'LL GET THE SPECIFICS FOR YOU, BUT I THINK LED LIGHTING THE 600 POINTS, CCA IS THE MOST POWERFUL SERTA PROGRAM YOU COULD DO FOR THE TOWN.
YOU INDICATED THAT THE RATE WOULD BE FROZEN FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS.
WHAT DETERMINES WHETHER IT'S ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN? NO, NO, IT WOULD BE ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
BUT I DON'T WANNA, I, I, I HAVE SEEN SOME PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, LOCKED IN FOR ONE YEAR, AND THE, IT WOULD BE, YOU'D GO IN FRONT OF THE TOWN AND THEY WOULD, UH, MAKE A DECISION WHETHER IT WAS OKAY OR NOT.
BUT, UH, I'LL, I'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
WHAT MAKES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE OR TWO YEARS? IT'S TYPICALLY BEEN TWO YEARS, BUT, UH, I DID SEE SOME, UH, IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.
THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WERE ONE YEAR, BUT THOSE WERE, UH, DONE A WHILE AGO.
BUT I'LL FIND THAT OUT FOR SURE.
AND I'M GUESSING IT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH LIKE, THE BIDS THAT ARE RECEIVED.
THE COMPANY ONLY OFFERS ONE YEAR AT THAT RATE.
SO IT'S A LOW BID AND IT'S LOCKED IN FOR A YEAR.
WE USUALLY JUMP ON THAT AND OFFER TO THE TOWN.
AND IF THE TOWN FEELS THAT THEY WANT A TWO YEAR BID, WE GO BACK.
AND SO IT'S, UH, IT, IT IS DEFINITELY FROM A NICE SERVICE STANDPOINT, UH, UH, A, A BIG, AND I, I THINK IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL THING A CITIZEN DO RIGHT NOW.
IT, IT'S, IT'S PAIN FREE FOR THE TOWN.
UH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING IS IN MUNICIPAL LAW, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN COMMIT YOU.
THAT JUST, UH, ALLOWS US TO WORK OR FOR, WE CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF.
FOR, UH, YOU'VE GIVEN US A, A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF HOW IT WORKS.
UH, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA UNDERSTAND ALL THE NUANCES TONIGHT, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT YOUR EMAIL PHONE NUMBER AND WE'LL CONTACT YOU INFORMATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I ENJOYED WHAT A GREAT GROUP, REALLY.
OH, YOU'RE VERY NICE TO, I HEARD SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT HAMBURG
UH, WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, WE GOT, UH, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, UH, OR I COULD SKIP AROUND.
BETH, IF YOU WANNA TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE, THEN WE'LL TALK AROUND.
SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE NOT REALLY ANY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION, BUT, UH, YOU WANNA START WITH THAT? WE CAN.
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LAST, UH, MEETING FOR SUBMITTING AN INITIAL APPLICATION.AND THEN WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO SUBMIT THE FULL APPLICATION.
AND THIS IS PART OF THAT PROCESS THAT, UM, THE LAST MEETING WE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO CONDUCT THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND CLOSE THAT SO THAT THE FULL APPLICATION CAN BE SUBMITTED BY AUGUST 27TH.
JOHN, DO YOU WANNA COMMENT FURTHER? THIS IS, AND THIS IS FOR THE, UM, THE CARES ACT FUNDING THAT WOULD PROVIDE GRANTS TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WOULD BE PROCESS SET UP THROUGH H GREAT HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE PROCESS WOULD BE ADVERTISED THROUGH THE HDC, THROUGH SEAN AND, AND HIS GROUP AND, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES WITH EMPLOYEES UNDER 25.
UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS AND THERE ARE CONDITIONS, UH, WITH THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A FULL APPLICATION BY THE SEVENTH.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN BY WAY OF EMAIL OR ONE, WE HAVE ONE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE FORWARD TO US.
ANYTHING ELSE, JOHN, THAT ADD? NO, WE GOT IT.
YEAH, JUST, IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER TOGETHER TO, UH, GO THROUGH THIS APPLICATION PROCESS AND THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS AND THEN WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO BE PROVIDED IN OUR, IN OUR BUSINESS C.
ANYTHING ELSE? YOU, SO, NUMBER EIGHT, THAT WE, THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE MEETING, THAT'S THE YES.
SO YOU'RE SAYING TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE SUCH WE CAN, BECAUSE THE APPLICATION IS ON THE 27TH.
AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIT, IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE LAST MEETING.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRIOR THIS MEETING, SUBMIT COMMENTS THEY RECEIVE ALONG.
ON NUMBER NINE, WE'VE GOT A RESOLUTION FOR, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FIELD DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEARINGS ON CG FUNDING.
THEY PROVIDE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND TIMES SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS PLE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
ANYTHING, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS YOU WANNA MAKE? ANYBODY ELSE? BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE? UH, ALRIGHT, WELL, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE BIG ITEMS AGENDA, UH, THE, UH, ANALYSIS.
I TRIED TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON BOTH THE EFFORTS IN.
SO WE LISTENED TO A LOT OF ARGUMENTS AND WE'VE ALL SUFFERED THROUGH A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, STUDY AND CONVERSATION.
SO WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU THINK? I GOT RESOLUTION 14 AND I GOT 14 A IN CASE YOU DON'T LIKE 14.
ANYBODY WANT KICK IT OFF? HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UH, HAVE YOU FOUND ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE THREE ORIGINALS WAS THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL FOR ALL OF US, IS THAT PART OF THE
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AUDIT ON THE INTERIOR TOLD, UH, BY, UH, IS THAT THEY FINISH THE INTERNAL AUDIT, HAVEN'TWE ONLY HAVE A STREET CONTRACT, UH, FOR BOTH COMPANIES.
ANYTHING, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR INSIGHTS IN, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, COST BY COST, YOU KNOW, ITEMS, THE TOTAL, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE TOTAL COST WITH, UM, POWER AUTHORITY IS 4,140,000.
THAT BASICALLY THE ESTIMATE ALL IN, THAT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT, SEAN, THAT'S THE ESTIMATE OF, SO SIDE BY SIDE THERE, THE COST FOR TANK WAS 2 MILLION 5 63 26.
THAT'S, SO WHAT I DID WAS I ADDED IN PERFORMANCE FOR THE, FOR 93,384, RIGHT? AND THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE 500,000 AND ADDED THOSE TOGETHER TO GET THE COMPARABLE ALL IN COST.
AM I MISSING ANYTHING? UH, WELL THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT THERE, THERE ALSO, THERE'S THE, UH, UH, THE COST FOR, UH, WASTE DISPOSAL DISCONNECT SERVICE, UH, THAT'S THERE ALSO.
UM, SO, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR TANK IS UNO'S, UH, SUBMISSION SO FAR WAS AN ESTIMATE.
ESTIMATE FOR LIGHTING AND DECORATIVE LIGHTING.
WE HAVE 1200 DECORATIVE WHITES NOW IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK TANGO'S PROJECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS COUPLE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, HELP THEM WITH RFPS, GET COMPANIES TO IN, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
THEY HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR THE INSTALLATION COST WITH THE CAVEAT THAT COME IN.
YEAH, THAT'S, UM, WELL, UM, 4.1, UH, 404 1 40 NEW YORK.
UH, SO THE DIFFERENCE 967 5 90.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE BOTTOM LINE NET, UH, COST ESTIMATE, 6.2 TO 6.1, WHICH IS THE SECOND BULLET POINT, THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY, UH, 146,000.
SO THAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE IS WHERE'S THE, WHERE THE GAP.
WELL, YOU'VE ALSO GOTTA REMEMBER IF WE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT A HARD NUMBER FROM, UH,
IT IS A GOOD, IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN DETECT WHEN THERE ARE WEIGHING DIFFICULTIES, UH, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AT A PARTICULAR HOME.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
THIS DIGITAL SYSTEM, WE DO EVENTUALLY GO 5G, BUT THAT'S A $726,000 ART COST.
UH, OUR FRIENDS, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S UP THE, UM, MAINTENANCE COSTS AT ALL DOWN THE ROAD.
DOES ANYBODY CONSIDER OR THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A SYSTEM, UM, AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LIKE THAT,
BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE A DIGITAL SYSTEM AND WE OWN THE SYSTEM, WE NEED SOME PRETTY HIGHLY TRAINED FOLKS WHO COME ON BOARD AS W2 CONSULTANTS TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THE
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EXPERTISE.I THINK DURING, WHEN MICHAEL WAS GETTING THEIR PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE THAT THEY SET THAT HAVING THAT MONITORING MECHANISM IN PLACE MEANS THAT THEY HANDLE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND WITH EVERYTHING, AND IT DOES MAKE THE PROCESS SIMPLER.
THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE SIGNAL FROM A LIKE WILL TELL THE TOWN TO SOME DEGREE WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
MAYBE BUYING THE PERSON WHO GOES AND FIX IT, GIVING THAT INFORMATION MAYBE SAVES, RIGHT? WE JUST HOW MUCH? WELL, LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW, LIFE GOES ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE CHEVY'S GOING, WELL, YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY A MERCEDES.
UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER INTERESTING THING TO ME WAS THAT, UH, UH, TANKO DIDN'T INCLUDE THE WIRING LOSS AND UH, WE HAVE, BUT THAT IS 130,000.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TANKO GOES.
HOW THEY GONNA COMPUTE THAT? ANOTHER THING THAT ME, BUT I READ IT, TELL CLAIMS WE GOT 5,000 5, 180 8.
WHO DO YOU THINK, ARE THESE PARKING LOTS MAYBE, OR, UH, I, I WOULD THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S THAT, UH, KINKO HAD SEVERAL LIGHTS THAT THEY ASKED IF THEY WERE OLD LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY FALL ON LIKE DRIVEWAYS MORE THAN REALLY PUBLIC STREET.
UM, SO I'M THINKING THAT THAT'S WHAT KO IS INCLUDED.
THAT DIFFERENCE, THOSE 200 LIGHTS ARE, THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TOWN OWNED LIGHTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN YOUR RIGHT OF WAY OR MAYBE MORE IN SOME OF YOUR TOWN PROPERTY DRIVEWAYS UP.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? UH, I KNOW A BIG QUESTION ALSO WAS THE ABILITY OF THE COMPANY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ONCE THE LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED, SUMMER TOO BRIGHT, ET CETERA.
YOU CLARIFY FOR EACH COMPANY WHETHER DATA IS INCLUDED AND THEY HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
WELL, THAT CAPABILITY IS OFFERED IN THAT GOES OUT, ACTUALLY ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL YOUR LIGHT LEVEL.
SO YOU FIND THAT PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CALL UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR STREET LIGHTS ARE NEVER BRIGHT ENOUGH, IT'S STILL UNSAFE.
OR THE OPPOSITE WHERE SOMEONE LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO A STREET LIGHT SAYS IT SHINES RIGHT INTO MY LIVING ROOM.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY ADJUST THE LIGHT OR SPECIAL EVENTS OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE TO YOU, NOT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE OPTION.
IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THAT ACTUAL SEVEN.
YOU WOULD BASICALLY HAVE A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND YOU COULD TELL IT TO OR, OR, UM, INCREASE THE LIGHTING.
HERE'S ANOTHER THING ABOUT IT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT, UH, YOU ASSIGN THE, THE GRIEVANCE THAT TRIGGER A FOUR, SIX MONTH PROCESS BEFORE WE GET, UH, PSC APPROVAL.
THAT'S GONNA TAKE US INTO A NEW YEAR, JANUARY.
SO, UH, THE COMPANY THAT WE CONTRACT WITH, HOPEFULLY AUGUST, UH, AND NEW PREPARATORY HOPEFULLY BE READY TO GO IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2022.
THE WEATHER IS GONNA BE SO BAD IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, IT'S NOT REALISTIC.
UH, THE POINT I'M MAKING IS GETTING AN RFP FOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS OR FIRMS TO JOINT VENTURE.
A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IS GONNA BE ANOTHER TWO OR THREE MONTH PROCESS AT BEST.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A MONTH, ASSUMING THAT IT'S ON THE STREET FOR 30 DAYS.
PLUS TIME TO REVIEW, TIME TO EXECUTE CONTRACT, GET INSURANCE, THEY'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT YOU.
WELL, BUT THEN, THEN I GUESS WE WENT TO APRIL, MAY, JUNE OF 2022.
THESE COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PARTS MATERIALS, THEY'RE PULLING THIS COSTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 ACTUALLY GO BACK.
HOW LIKELY IS IT BASED ON INFLATION? I ASSUME PRICE WILL GO UP 2022 TALK.
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BOTH, BOTH OF THEM ARE HOPING THAT THERE'S, RIGHT, BUT YOU DUNNO FOR SURE.ASSET MANAGEMENT, HOW LONG, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T GIVEN ANYTHING ON HOW MUCH, HOW LONG THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF LAST, HOW LONG THEY LAST OR, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD END UP PROBABLY UNDER YOUR MAINTENANCE, UH, FAILURE SOMETIMES THAT I WOULD ASSUME THE PROGRAM WOULD SEND YOU SIMILAR AND YOU HAVE TO SEND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR OUT TO LOOK AT THE
WE, WE HAVE GOOD LUCK WITH SOME SYSTEMS NOWADAYS AND OTHERS, UH, DON'T WORK QUITE AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE COULD SEE IF, IF THEY HAVE ANY INFORMATION.
BUT I DUNNO IF THEY HAVE ANY LOCAL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE LONG ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FIVE PLUS YEARS, YOU KNOW, A WARRANTY OR SOMETHING.
A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT GONNA BE THAT CONVERSATION.
I KNOW DID, THEY OFTEN DID TOO.
UM, I I HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE OTHER ONES, BUT I THINK FOLKS HAVE PROBABLY THE LARGER CITIES, AGAIN WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE LIGHTING ISSUES TO DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HAVING SYSTEM MONITOR MAKES THEIR MAINTENANCE
WE BUY ON ONE FOR THIS PROJECT EVENT THAT THIS PROJECT, UH, UH, COMES IN UNDER 5 6, 5 8 GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE BONDAGE, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH SURPLUS? WHAT CAN WE DO? CORRECT.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM, FOR LED PURPOSES, WHICH WE WOULD BE TO RUN BY THE BOND COUNCIL THAT, UM, ISSUE IT.
UM, OTHERWISE WE ARE GOING TO START PAYING THAT BACK.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT'S GONNA BE A LARGE AMOUNT, BUT WE POSSIBLY HAVE LEFT OVER IN THIS INSTANCE.
SO REALLY ONCE WE HIT THAT FIRST PAYBACK PERIOD, WE CAN TECHNICALLY JUST USE IT TO PAY BACK A PORTION OF THE DEBT THAT'S OUT THERE.
WELL, I WOULD ASSUME, WELL THE REASON I ASKED YOU IS I WAS ASSUMING THAT IF WE WANTED TO GO ALONG WITH THE DIGITAL OPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM YEAH, I MEAN IT'S INCLUDED DIRECTLY IN, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE OPPOSING PROPOSAL THAT WAS RECEIVED.
SO I SEE NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T USE THIS FOR OR POSSIBLY ANY, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT DECISIONS ARE MADE IN REGARDS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STREET.
UM, ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THAT
THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.
UH, BUT IN ANY EVENT PREPARED RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT THE, THE ONLY NOTE ON THAT IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDING, SO ON OR NOT DON'T HAVE A PURCHASE, A SIX MONTH PURCHASING.
THIS IS, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE UNDULY CRIPPLED BY THE FACT THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY START WORK ON BUILDING LIGHTING OR OTHER THINGS WHILE YOU AWAIT THE STREET PROCESS.
I GET WELL ANYBODY WHAT YOU THINKING HERE FOLKS?
THAT'S INCLUDING THE SEVEN 26,000, THE TOTAL ALL IN FOR THE ACTUAL 7 26 6 MILLION, TWO 46,000 BACK OUT TO 7 26, WHICH
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IS MOVING TANGO THEN, UH, UH, WHATEVER, 5.5 AND THEN YOU GOT, UH, UH, DECORATIVE LIGHTS AND THE, SO I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE THAT.I SAW A REFERENCE TO THE
I DIDN'T SEE A REFERENCE TO THE CONTRACT.
I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT THAT IS TRUE.
WALTER, I DON'T THINK SAID ANYTHING NO.
MIGHT HAVE IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, BUT I DON'T HAVE PROPOSAL.
I KNOW, AND THERE'S SO MANY VERSION EG OFFERED EG REBATE IS REFERENCED PROPOSAL.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT A NATIONAL GRID YOU THAT I DIDN'T SEE.
OBVIOUSLY WE REBATE WHETHER WE A B YEAH.
THE ONE CONCERN THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, I KNOW IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE WENT THROUGH THIS, THAT THE REAL COST SAVINGS WAS THAT, THAT THEY SEE, UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST, UM, USING THE ED LIGHTS IS ON THE MAINTENANCE PORTION OF THIS.
SO, UM, IF WE HAVE MADE, OR THE BOARD HAS MADE THE DECISION TO GO FORWARD WITH PURCHASING THE ASSET, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE UPFRONT COST IF WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THAT DEBT ON IN ORDER TO SEE THE COST SAVINGS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE DISCOUNTED HOW VITAL IT IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING NYPA DIRECTLY HANDLE THAT FOR US, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BE A KIND, A CONTINUING DISCUSSION, WE'RE ALWAYS IN, WELL YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE NIPA SAYS IN PROPOSAL, LOOK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTACT MAINTENANCE COMPANY THAT WE GO AND WE'LL HELP SET YOU UP WITH THE ONE MAINTENANCE SERVICE, UH, ON THE OTHER.
SO THEY'RE SAYING, WE'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE, WE'VE GOT THE CONTACTS WITH THE COMPANIES, WE CAN HELP YOU MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH COMPANY CONTRACT ON THE OTHER END THAT, UH, THEY CAN MANAGE A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR US.
THEY WOULDN'T DO THE ACTUAL REPAIRS.
WE FIND THE LADDERS TO DO ALL THAT, MANAGE IT FOR US TO THE EXTENT OF $61,000 PER YEAR, AT LEAST IN THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS.
BUT WE NEED TO WORK WITH LOCAL CONTRACTORS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GET SOME RESOURCE TO GIVE US ADVICE AS TO THE, UH, CONTRACTOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST MORE FULL SERVICE WITH THE NYPA ROUTE WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS IN PLACE AND WE COULD CHOOSE SOME OF THE FOR THAT.
WELL, THEY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I THINK IS IMPRESSIVE
THEY PERFORM A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN MAJOR, UH, CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE STATE.
UH, THEY THEREFORE CAN UTILIZE THEIR NOT-FOR-PROFIT STATUS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF GETTING US, UH, CONTRACTORS TO DO INSTALLATION, CONTRACTORS TO DO THE MAINTENANCE AND PERHAPS SAVE US A LOT OF AGGRAVATION ON THE SPINNING OF OUR WHEELS OR EXPENSE AND TRYING TO LOCATE COMPETENT CONTRACTORS OURSELVES.
THAT'S NOT TO BE, UH, THAT THAT FACTOR IS NOT TO BE DIMINISHED IN MY MM-HMM
SO YES, SO NYCO WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL US IF YOU WERE GETTING A GOOD MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, UH, GOOD PRICE BECAUSE THEY'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH OTHER MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AREAS.
THERE'S ALSO DEFERRED OPTION AND THAT IS TO SOUND LIKE THEIR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT CO, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS DO YOUR OWN RRP AND SPEAK YOUR OWN CONTRACTOR WITH YOUR CHOICE AND SEE IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
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AN OPTION.AND THEN KO, OF COURSE, THE
SO THAT IS A SEPARATE ITEM TO MAKE DISCUSSION, SEPARATE CONTRACT.
YOU HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THAT.
I THINK THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL SAID THAT THEY WOULD, UH, SET UP, YOU KNOW, WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE COULD REPORT OUTAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY WOULD MANAGE THAT SYSTEM.
AGAIN, IT DOES A QUESTION OF WHAT THE, I JUST WANNA KIND OF WALK THROUGH MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'VE GOT THE OPTION NOW AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, AT ANOTHER ONE.
UM, BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW CONCERNS ON IT.
THE FIRST IS, IT'S SHOCKING TO ME THAT THIS COMPANY, UM, DOES, DOES THIS IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAS A PRESENCE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, CALLING THEMSELVES EXPERTS IN TERMS OF LED YEAH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO EVEN EVEN ME COMING ON THE BOARD.
AND IT WAS A VERY PUBLIC RPI WOULD IMAGINE WITHIN THE LE WORLD, AND THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT ANY PROPOSAL TO ME.
AND I ASKED THAT, I TALKED TO TANK WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY DIDN'T THEY, AND THEY SAID EVERY TIME THEY'VE BEEN IN A COMPETITIVE BID, NYPA IS OVERBID BID.
AND ANY OF THE JOBS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN, THEY'VE ALWAYS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE, UM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR BID IS LOWER THAN NIGHT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED IS THAT, UH, IS A NON, SOME CAN SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE SEEN AS A NEGATIVE.
FIRST OFF, NONPROFITS STILL HAVE TO MAKE MONEY.
THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY STAFF, THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY OVERHEAD, THEY STILL HAVE TO MAKE ENOUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO RUN THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO SOMETIMES NONPROFITS, UH, MAY SOUND GOOD BECAUSE THE, AND AND WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT MAKING A PROFIT.
UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES NONPROFITS REALLY AREN'T THE MOST EFFICIENT ORGANIZATIONS AS, AS I'M SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
TO ME, MAINTENANCE, IF WE HAVE BRAND NEW STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE TOP QUALITY, YOU KNOW, LED, STATE OF THE ART, I DON'T THINK IT IS A, SHOULD BE A HUGE CONCERN AT THIS STAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO WITH MAINTENANCE OR WHAT THE COST WITH THE MAINTENANCE IS, BECAUSE I DON'T IMAGINE THERE'S GONNA BE ALL THAT MUCH MAINTENANCE.
I CERTAINLY DON'T EXPECT OR HOPE THAT THERE ARE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE SEE OF 61,000 PER YEAR, I WOULD MUCH RATHER SAVE THAT MONEY, DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND WAIT AND SEE IF WE ACTUALLY NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY THROUGH THAT MAINTENANCE THAT WE CAN'T DO IT INTERNALLY.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD, TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKELY FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
WE CAN SAVE ALL THAT MONEY IN THE MEANTIME.
AND THEN WHEN WE START NEEDING REPAIRS, WE CAN SHOP OUT THE MARKETPLACE JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH, WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND TRY TO GET, FIND OUT WHAT THE BEST DEALS IS.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I'VE HEARD WITH, WITH PANKO IS THEY'RE A CALIFORNIA BASED COMPANY, AND THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE AS WELL.
UM, SO I, I TALKED TO THEM, I CALLED 'EM ABOUT THAT, AND, UH, THEY REASSURED THAT IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE DIDN'T THE INITIAL RRP, BUT 70% OF THEIR BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY DONE IN THE NORTHEAST AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
SO TO THINK THAT A CALIFORNIA BASED COMPANY IS WINNING ALL THESE BIDS IN NEW YORK STATE, CONNECTICUT, FROM JERSEY, UM, NEW ENGLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, UH, FOR 15 YEARS, UH, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS WITHOUT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO DO WELL, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE FAIRLY REASSURING TO US.
UM, AND EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE THE COST ANALYSIS, UH, THEY'VE NEVER NOT BEEN THE, UH, THE CHEAPEST OPTION.
AND AGAIN, NOT TO SAY THAT WE WANNA GO THE CHEAPEST, BUT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK ALL FOUR COMPANIES WE'VE LOOKED AT CAN DO THE JOB, UM, THE, THE THE THREE INITIAL BIDS AS WELL AS NOW, UH,
BUT WHEN CONSISTENTLY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALL THE BIDS HAVE COME AT TANGO BEING THE LOWEST COST.
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INDICATION THAT THEY CAN'T GET THE JOB DONE.UM, IT, IT LEADS ME TO FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE TO STAY WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, SAVE US, SAVE US MONEY, KEEP THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE WORKING WITH 'EM, THEY KNOW, KNOW OUR, OUR OPERATION WELL RIGHT NOW.
ANYBODY ELSE? UM, I, I GUESS I DIRECT IT SEEMS TO BE BASED ON, I THINK CLEAR, UM, BUT THEN PROCESS, PROCESS, IT SEEMS, LOOKING AT, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE DOCUMENT PROPOSAL.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MORE OF, UM, SEEMS LIKE THE
AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE ALSO LEANING IN THE DIRECTION OF GOING WITH THE, UM,
I THINK WE'LL END UP A YEAR FROM NOW, UM, BEING IN POSITION WHERE WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S COMPLETE AND WE'RE REALIZING SAVINGS POTENTIAL.
YEAH, I, UH, MY PART, I PROBABLY TIP MY HEAD SUFFICIENT TO THIS POINT, BUT I, I'VE BEEN LESS THE BEST WITH, UH, THEY'RE AUDIT FAR TOO LONG, COVID DIFFICULTIES.
BUT THIS IS A CUTTING EDGE COMPANY BASED ON THE WEST COAST.
THEY'VE MAKE FOUR WAYS INTO THE EAST, BUT THEIR CUSTOMER BASE NOT, THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED A CONTRACT IN NEW YORK STATE.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH GENEVA, VILLE, AND
THOSE THREE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, SLIGHTLY LARGER POPULATION.
THE HAND HAS IN SYRACUSE, ALBANY, ROCHESTER, DOWNTOWN RWANDA, AND THEY CURRENTLY WORKING WITH BUFFALO.
THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, HANK DID CONTRARY TO THEIR UH, UH, BROCHURE WAS THEY DID A, UH, THEY DID A LED ANALYSIS.
SO I THINK CLEARLY THE EXPERIENCE, UH, RESIDES FAILED TO INCLUDE CONTRACT.
SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE, UH, THEY DID NOT, UH, INITIALLY INDICATE THE COST OF THE TAG SYSTEM.
UH, CERTAINLY A NEW CONCEPT OF WHAT THE COSTS OR SCOPE OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND WOULD BE.
WE ALSO PROPOSED TO GET THE PROJECT DONE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS LATER THAN, UH, THE
UH, ADDITIONALLY IT DID NOT INCLUDE ANTICIPATED WIRING COSTS, USED DISCONNECT COSTS DIDN'T INCLUDE, UH, WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS ALONG WITH SECURITY.
UH, BOND
AS I LOOK AT THEIR CONTRACT STILL, UH, THEY BEHIND SCHEDULE ON THE AUDIT AS IT RELATES TO THE BUILDINGS.
THEY BEGAN THEIR AUDIT PROCESS ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, STILL ALL COMPLETE.
NOW THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WE DO.
AND ONE MORE QUARTERBACKS UNFORTUNATELY ABOUT WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, ALL OUR, BUT WE'VE ALL DONE OUR BEST.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
UH, AND I JUST THINK HAVING
MAYBE I'M JUST A OLD FASHIONED GUY.
UH, IT'S HARD TO BEAT FACE TO FACE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSIONS.
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I THINK WE WE'RE EASILY ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT.THAT'S MY, I DO RESPECT EVERYBODY OPINIONS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE WHEN WE GET TO THE, WE GET TO THE BOARD MEETING, TAKE A VOTE AND WHATEVER IT IS, WE'LL STAND BEHIND EACH OTHER.
WE'LL SUPPORT IT AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
UM, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND THERE OTHER ITEMS YOU WANNA DISCUSS OFF THE AGENDA.
I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH A PASS.
WE HAVE TIME, UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, A BIG DEAL AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, HUH? THE FIRST, UH, GOVERNOR FROM MARY COUNTY SINCE CLEVELAND.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A RESIGNATION IN THE TOWN COURT STAFF.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO THERE IS AMEND THAT NUMBER FOUR BECAUSE I DIDN'T, I MISTOOK THE LETTER.
8 27 21 AND I GOT THE APPOINTMENT COMING DOWN HERE, KAREN, IMMEDIATE.
SO, UH, THE WOMAN IN QUESTION ATTORNEY APPOINTMENT WILL BE, UH, EFFECTIVE UNITED STATE.
STATE, UH, SEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL? I KNOW WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HO THERE? NO, THAT'S THE STANDARD.
UH, ALL, UH, WELL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WHAT WE DO ON NUMBER EIGHT.
NUMBER NINE, OF COURSE YOU POINTED OUT IS OUR STANDARD CG OFFER.
UH, SEAN, WE GOT THE ICE, RF CAME BACK AND WE'VE GOT A COMPANY THAT WE CAN SIGN ON FOR THE GOLF COURSE TOO, RIGHT? JUST, UH, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY.
UH, UH, THE LED DETERMINATION, UH, UH, CAMMY, THAT IS THE REQUEST DURING THE CHANGEOVER.
YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE STUFF WITH NICE NATIONAL GRID, IF THERE ARE, UH, DEAD LIGHTS, UH, THEY'LL REPLACE THEM WITH LED, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT JUST NIAG, I HEAR BACK FROM NATIONAL GRID, NATIONAL GRID IS STILL CURRENTLY REPLACING THE NON LED LIGHTS.
UH, SAG IS NO LONGER DOING THAT.
SO THEY PUT IN LE LIGHTS GOING FORWARD.
SO LIGHT BREAKS TOMORROW AND I SAID, WANTS TO PUT IN AN, ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NATIONAL GRID? WHY, WHY WOULD THEY NOT BE TO DO THAT? THAT'S NOT THEIR CURRENT POLICY.
IN FACT, I SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO US TO REQUEST THAT WE DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF VALUE YOU LIKE.
THIS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT.
IT'S WHAT THEY CALL THE COLOR TEMPERATURE OF THE LIGHT, WHICH IS USUALLY ON A CERTAIN, CERTAIN COLORED SCALE FROM, UH, LOOSE WHITES TO YELLOWS.
NO, I GUESS IT, IT DETERMINES BRIGHTNESS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME CAN BE A LITTLE OBNOXIOUSLY BRIGHT.
UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS 3000, UH, CALVIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND, UH, YOU TOWN, I GUESS I WOULD SAY VERSUS LARGER HIGHWAYS AND SOMETHING WHERE SAFETY AND SPEED.
UM, LEMME SEE, WE'VE GOT, WELL WE'VE GOT TWO NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
KAREN, ONE'S A TRANSFER, THEN WE'VE GOT AN OFFICER GOING, UH, REGULAR FORCE TO BECOME A DETECTIVE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, ALL OF US, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THEY ARE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT, THAT'S THE LEAST SACRIFICE.
UH, THEN NOW THE COLLAR TO HELP OUT, WE STARTED NEGOTIATING THIS THING, UH, MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO.
UH, AND THEN WE PICKED UP NEGOTIATIONS BACK IN THE SPRING.
UH, THE INTERESTING, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE CHANGES AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.
UH, STEP ONE, YOU RESOLVE THE GRIEVANCE AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD LEVEL.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY, YOU'RE HAPPY WITH NOT GO TO THE SUPERVISOR FOR STEP TWO.
IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH HIM, WHICH IS VERY LIKELY,
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YOU, YOU GO TO ARBITRATION.SO, UH, NOW, BUT A NEW STEP IS, UH, WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS AFTER, UH, THE STEP TWO, UH, THE MATTER CAN BE REFERRED TO MEDIATION AT NO COST TO THE TOWN OR THE UNION.
A MEDIATOR TRIES TO FACILITATE A RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, UH, TO AVOID THE COSTS OF ARBITRATION.
I THINK THAT MAKES SOME SENSE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO LEAST PAY FOR THAT, UH, PERSONAL LEAVE.
UH, WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS, CHUCK, I THINK, AM I CORRECT, NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED, UH, AFTER JULY 1ST GET ONE PERSONAL LEAD DAY.
BUT IF YOU'RE HIRED IN A CALENDAR YEAR FROM UH, JANUARY ONE TO JUNE 30TH, YOU CAN GET, UH, TWO LEAD DAYS.
NOW ON THE PAY, UH, WELL THIS, THIS AGREEMENT RAN OUT, UH, UH, SOME TIME AGO, UH, UH, AT THE END OF DECEMBER OF 2019.
SO RETROACTIVE 1% FOR 2020 1.5 TO 2021, AND THEN 2%, 2, 2, 4, AND FIVE.
UH, LET ME SAY TO YOU THAT I, I FELT MYSELF THAT THE WHITE COLLAR BARGAIN UNION HISTORICALLY HAS NOT DONE AS WELL AS THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE BLUE COLLAR.
I LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND OFTENTIMES WITHOUT, WITHOUT BEING DISPARAGING TO WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE BLUES, A LOT OF TIMES THE WHITES HAVE REQUIRE MORE TRAINING, MORE EXPERTISE, MORE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE.
SO I PUT THAT INTO, UH, ALSO TOO, UH, I WONDERED ABOUT THE, OF GOING UP TO THE END OF 2020.
WELL, WHAT THE HECK? WE WE'RE GONNA JUST NEGOTIATE A COUPLE YEARS.
I'M GETTING THE HELL OUTTA HERE SEPARATE.
SO, UH, I DON'T WANNA STICK SUCCESSOR TOWARDS WITH THIS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT 2% OVERALL AND THE 1, 1 1 AND 1.5 WAS REASON.
SO IT TOOK US SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET TO THAT STATE.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF AGREEMENT THE UNION AGREED TO IT AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH.
SO NOW IT, WELL, UH, NOT MUCH.
UH, CHUCK, WHAT DID WE GET? UH, OH, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, THE DEATH BENEFIT, BASICALLY CONTRACT MEDIATION, ARBITRATION.
THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT MORE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY CONCESSION AND OTHER AS FAR AS CONTRACT, LITTLE SPARSE, IT'S TOUGH.
LIKE TELL FOLKS OVERALL 3, 4, 5 COLLAR THE POLICE ARE GETTING AND OF COURSE THE, YEAH, THEY, EVERY, EVERY CONTRACTS ABOUT 10%.
IS THERE A DATE THAT WE'RE CALCULATING THE RETROACTIVE
WHAT IS THERE, LIKE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE IN RATES AND THEN ISSUE THE BACK? OKAY, PERSONNEL.
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YEAH.WELL I PROBABLY WOULDN'T APPROVED BY THE BOARD, SIGNED BY ME THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH MODIFIES THE STANDARD CONTRACT.
WE WOULDN'T WANNA DO THAT UNTIL WE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR.
THERE'LL HAVE TO BE A CHANGE OVER IN ALL OF THOSE RATES IN, IN THE CASE SYSTEM IS DONE.
AND THEN ALSO THE POPULATION RATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADJUSTED ONCE THEY RUN ANOTHER PAYROLL.
SO YOU DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH EXECUTING THIS NO LOGISTIC.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE, I THINK MOST OF THE WORK ALREADY DONE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES.
WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE BOARD I GOT AND, AND ALSO 1% RETROACTIVE.
THEY WANTED MORE UPFRONT, EARLY, ESSENTIALLY SMALLER RATE INCREASE BACK TO 2020 RETROACTIVE.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CONCESS WE NOT, SO WILL WE GET THAT IN A LUMP SUM GENERALLY IN TERMS OF THE CASH FLOW? NO.
WE'LL, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE TIMING WITH THE CREATION OF THE 2022 BUDGET DOCUMENTS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY TRIP CALLS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THIS ACTUALLY THEN RECEIVING PAYMENT, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THAT AND IT STILL FLOWS THROUGH.
HISTORICALLY IT'S FLOW THROUGH THE PAYCHECK SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S NOT WITH A VOUCHER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAY EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND JUST TO NOTE TOO, THE, UH, LONGEVITY NOVEMBER.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE YOU GO ON THAT AND JUST, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE AGENDA, UH, AGENDA.
I WANNA ASK YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS BE ON THIS TOO.
AND ALSO ESPECIALLY YOU PAUL, I THINK THREE OR FOUR, JUST A LITTLE TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO THIS BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, WE'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR MAJOR TRAFFIC CONCERNS I REGARDING LAKE AVENUE CROSS AND THE DELAYS ON THAT.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT THERE MUCH WE CAN DO, BUT IF YOU GO, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN LAKE AVENUE, COMING FROM, UH, MCKINLEY OVER THE FREEWAY, SLIGHT
THERE PROBABLY SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DARK STREET BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, THESE CARS COMING DOWN 35 40 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE COMING INTO A, UH, A CROSSWALK THAT THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE.
AND WHAT I CAN SEE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT, I TOOK A RIDE YESTERDAY COMING UP, THE BEGINNING OF COMING BACK DOWN.
SO THAT'S A, THAT THING IS DISAPPOINTING.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THE OTHER TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT OUR DT DON'T SEEM TO, BUT FOLKS WHO HAS COMPLAINED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ABOUT TRAFFIC BY THE POWER
I MEAN, YOU CAN, YOU TURN AGAINST THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSSIA PM AND IT'S A WHITE KNUCKLE EXPERIENCE.
UH, AND THERE'S SOME ARGUMENT TO BE MADE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW CLA FOR SOME LIGHT, UH, ON 20, YOU WORK GARDENS, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ONE ON ON SOUTH, YOU'VE GOT ONE ON CAPE, YOU'VE GOT ONE WHERE THE W'S UH, UH, EXIT IS, YOU'VE GOT ONE DOWN THE STREET A LITTLE FURTHER WHERE, UM, THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IS BEFORE
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WE GET TO, UH, UH, THE FOSTERBUT THESE ROADS ARE NOT SO MUCH INTERSTATE FREEWAYS OR HIGHWAYS AS THEY WERE 50, 60 YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE NOW MAIN THOROUGHFARES WITHIN THE DENSITY POPULATED COMMUNITY.
THE MORE ANALOGOUS THE DOUBLE AROUND THAN THEY WORK, THAN THEY ARE TO UH, UH, AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.
THAT'S WHAT THE TWO WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
SO I I, PAUL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WE DO ABOUT THAT STUFF, BUT IT, IT'S, I THINK WE GOTTA A BOARD ALONG WITH YOU.
WE'VE GOTTA REALLY DO SOME DRUM READING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET OUR FRIENDS DOT HAVE A CHANGE OF POLICY.
IN FACT, THERE'S ONE MORE THING.
STUDY RESOLUTION PASSED STUDY, UH, TWO, TWO, UH, NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT UH, UH, AMAZON FACILITY.
THERE'S GOING BE VANS OF TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING OUTTA THAT OLD PLACE, MORE SO THAN YOU PROBABLY GETTING OUT OUT OF FEDEX.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE JEFFREY BOULEVARD FOLKS.
SO THE QUESTION'S GOTTA BE, I KNOW THERE'S DIVISIONS WITH THE TRAFFIC 60.
WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT? UH, SHOULD WE VE OFF, UH, BAYVIEW AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND TURN IT INTO A GREEN SPACE SO THAT THE UH, AMAZON FOLKS AND THE, UH, FEDEX FOLKS ARE FORCED ONTO ROOF FIVE TO THE 1 79, TO THE TWO, UH, JEFFREY BOULEVARD MAYBE FORCED SOMEHOW BACK INTO THE 1 79 TO THE SOUTH PARK INTERCHANGING THE TWO, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY.
YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN THERE IS SOME DEBATE.
THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY, THAT'S WHY MEETING YOU REFERENC, WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE AREA TRAFFIC STUDY AGAIN, NOW I KNOW A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS COMPLETED AND, AND THAT TO US AT THE TIME WHEN AMAZON WAS GOING THERE, THEIR PROCESS.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT, THAT TRACK STUDY INTO, UM, WHAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT.
DO YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT STUDY CAN, CAN HELP INCLUDE YOU BETWEEN, WELL, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT IS SUFFICIENT OR IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED UPON.
AH, AND THAT'S WHY WE, THE SOLUTION MEETING AGO, SO THAT IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE PUT TOGETHER INFORMATION PROCESS, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN TO THOSE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLAINING NOW ABOUT THE TRUCK ALREADY FEDEX AND OF COURSE THE JEFFREY BOULEVARD FOLKS.
AND THEN SO WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT WILL BE CHANGING IN THAT AREA.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK, PAUL, IF YOU WANNA ADD, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS CONVERSATION AT THE LAST SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, SO IF YOU WANNA, I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS HOW YEAH.
AND I, UM, BUT CROSSWALK, WELL, I HOPE SO.
I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT THEY, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING DOWN THERE.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE LEARNING MOTIVES, ONE OF THE, RIGHT NOW, UH, ALL IT'S THERE IS THE DAN CROSS.
I MEAN, IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE BAIT.
THE SENIOR CITIZEN FEELS SECURE AND WALKS ACROSS THE STREET WITH TWO PARALLEL LINES AND GETS WHACKED.
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? THERE'S GOTTA BE SIGNS NOT UP YET.
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RELATIVELY NEW.THE, THE LAKE AVENUE THING GOES BACK DECEMBER OF 2019.
SO PAUL, THAT CAN GO ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR SEPTEMBER, I THINK IT'S 10TH BE, UM, THE LAKE AVENUE.
SO THEY TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE THE MEMBERS ARE GREAT ABOUT GOING OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, DOING A SITE VISIT AND THEY CAN, I'M SURE THEY'D BE PREPARED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED PRIOR TO THAT CROSSING TO ENSURE SAFETY.
NO, THERE IS IN EITHER DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, THE WARNING THAT A, YOU'RE APPROACHING A CROSSWALK.
THERE IS A SIGN THAT GO IN ON EACH SIDE AND THEN THE ACTUAL LIGHT CROSSWALK FAR AS PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SAFELY PUT TO IDENTIFY THAT WE CROSSWALK, WE PUT THEM UP THERE, THAT'S OUR CROSS.
I YOU COME OVER, UH, THE AND YOU COME DOWN, THEY'RE ON AN ANGLE AND YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE THE LINES, YOU DON'T SEE THE CROSSWALK, YOU DON'T SEE THE SIDEWALKS COMING IN.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT BUILT UP ON THE SIDE TO SHOW, HEY, THIS IS A CROSS UP AND I KNOW THE LIGHT'S NOT THERE AND I KNOW IT'S NOT COMPLETE AN AWFUL LOT MORE SIGNAGE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
I'M LOOKING FOR IT MY WHOLE LIFE I COME OVER, I CAN'T EVEN SEE LAWRENCE BECAUSE NAME AND PEOPLE GENERALLY TEND TO COME, I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THE SIGNS IN TAKE A, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST.
THERE ARE, I, I KNOW THERE ARE LITTLE LIGHTS, CONNECTIONS PUT INTO ROADWAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THAT INSTALLED SO FAR BECAUSE THINK IT CONCERN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE HAD SOME OPTIONS I WOULD'VE TO RESEARCH INTO IT AND SEE ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT CURRENTLY LINED UP.
SO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK TOGETHER.
IS THAT A COUNTY? COUNTY? OKAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA INSTALL LIGHTS AND ALL THESE THINGS AND THE COUNTY GONNA TAKE ANYTHING.
ISN'T THAT GERMAN RAILROAD DON'T HAVE MONEY TO MAINTAIN ALL THESE RAILROAD? I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE MESSING AROUND WITH OUR, THE DRUGS AND AREN'T OURS AND SOUTHWEST IS NOT OUR EITHER.
AND THE STATE WOULD DO THE STATE UNDERWRITES HOWARD ROAD IN SOUTHWEST.
DON'T UNDERWRITE THAT WITH THE UH, RIGHT STATE.
NO, BUT WITH THE COUNTY SITUATION, LIKE LAKEWOOD, THE WAY THE COUNTY LAW IS WRITTEN IS THAT, UH, WE REQUEST THE COUNTY TO DO A TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY.
WE FILED, WE DID THAT AFTER, UH, IN DECEMBER OF 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO PEOPLE HIT THERE.
ONE PERSON IN THE FALL OF 2019 DIED COMING FROM THAT SENIOR CITIZEN, UH, BUILDING ON THE, ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF, UH, LAKE.
SO ANYWAY, THE COUNTY DOES THE STUDY AND THEY SAY, YEAH, WE WARN, WE THINK THAT IT MERITS A CROSSWALK.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY, CONVERGING THE SIDEWALK.
WE HAD TROUBLE GETTING, UH, PERMISSION TO REDO SOME OF THE SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE DOLLAR GENERAL JERKED US AROUND.
AND SO FINALLY, UH, THEY APPROVE IT AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA PUT IT OUT TO CONTRACT.
WE SAID, GEEZ, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE GOT TWO BIDS THIS TIME AND WE MADE THREE GRAND ON THE DEAL, BUT WE LOST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, I THINK HAVING THE CROSSWALK PEOPLE HAVE, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CROSS IS A GREAT IDEA.
BUT THE WAY THAT WE, UH, SHOW THOSE CROSS AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, THE ONE THING I LIKE SPECIFIC, THEY HAD IT SET UP, YOU COULDN'T MISS IT.
IT WAS A CROSSWALK AND I JUST THERE AND THE WAY THEY DO THE ROAD AND THE WAY THEY HAVE IT SET UP AND YOU, BUT THAT'S ACROSS.
SOMEONE'S SITTING IN THAT, THAT'S OBVIOUS.
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SECOND, SECOND IT RIGHT THIS SIDE.UH, EVEN IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, NEW YORK, UH, DRIVING THROUGH THERE, UH, TOWN FAIRLY SIMILAR IN SIZE MEAN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU HAVE TO, WHERE THE CROSSWALK UP WALKS ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT.
AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES YOU DRIVE THROUGH, UH, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH VILLAGE OR OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN.
AND PEOPLE OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT IT'S A CROSSWALK.
SO I THINK IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SUCH A WALKABLE COMMUNITY AND WE GREAT STRIDES.
THAT'S, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY ADDRESSED ELSEWHERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT SOULS ROAD, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT
I WAS IN REPRESENTING A CLIENT BACK IN THE NINETIES, FIVE SIX.
AND HE HAD SOME PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE AND THERE WAS A BIG, BIG MEETING AT CONNECTICUT.
SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE TWIN PEACE BRIDGE OR A SUPER STICK.
THAT DEBATE WENT ON INTERNALLY.
SO WE'RE AT THE MEETING AT A PACKED PLACE.
THIS LITTLE OLD GUY HAD TO BE IN HIS EIGHTIES.
LITTLE GUY CIE WAS STEALING SOME QUESTION HAD FROM THE BRIDGE AUTHORITY.
PEOPLE FROM THE BRIDGE AUTHORITY, LITTLE LITTLE GUY SAYS TO MAYOR, WHERE, WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS BRIDGE WOULD BE FELT IF IT WAS BUILT TO CHICAGO? GOES, WHAT BUILT IN CHICAGO? WHATCHA TALKING ABOUT? HE GOES, YEAH, WHERE DO YOU THINK IT'D BE BUILT? GUY GOES, WHOEVER MARRIED.
ARE WE READY TO GO AT SEVEN? YES SIR.
FOLKS WILL CONVENE THE MEETING AT SEVEN AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, NEW HIRES TO MAKE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE MOTIONS AND THEN, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS.
UH, CAPTAIN EZ WILL MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS AND UH, WE'LL SNAP THE PICTURE AND AWAY WE GO.
YOU WANNA HOW YOU WANT? SEVEN SEVEN, THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S RISE FOR THE PGI, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDI WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 15 ON THE AGENDA, UH,
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AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KAREN HOPE, WHO WAS THE LIAISON FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.RESOLVED TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN AUTHORIZING THE LATERAL TRANSFER OF SAMUEL J LEY.
THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2021, AN HOURLY RATE OF 29 46.
STEP ONE, DISAPPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS TO EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND POLYGRAPH.
CUSTOM FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN B3.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THE TOWN BOARD OF PROOF, THE RECOMMENDATION CHIEF OF POLICE IN HIRING ANDREW.
MENTOR TO THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2021 AT AN HOURLY RATE OF 26 37.
THIS APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND POLYGRAPH TESTING, AS WELL AS THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PHASE TWO OF THE POLICE ACADEMY.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN COUNT B 3 1, 2, 0 0.10.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FIRST ME.
ALRIGHT, LET US APPROVE THIS MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, THEY'RE BOTH, UH, RESIDENTS AND ANDREW, HE PUT HIMSELF THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY.
ONE, WE'LL BE FINISHING UP TWO THE ACADEMY COUNTY AND THEN MOVE ON.
HIS F PROGRAM UH, COMES TO US FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
UH, POLICE CAME FROM NEED TO TRANSFER AND YOU CAN START RIGHT AWAY SO YOU LOOK RIGHT AWAY.
RE WE'LL TAKE OR TAKE ANY PICTURE THAT FAMILY MEMBERS WANNA TAKE.
BOARD THE RECOMMENDATION CHIEF POLICE IN PROMOTING THE POSITION OF DETECTIVE SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2021 IS CURRENTLY ON DETECTIVE CIVIL SERVICE LIST NUMBER 79 DASH SALARY PER HOUR AND ARE AVAILABLE IN B12.
UH, JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY WELL DESERVING UH, PROMOTION TO, UH, JASON NAP.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR 20 YEARS AT LEAST, SO, UH, HE'S BEEN ONE OF OUR HARDEST PATROLMEN.
HE HAD TAKEN A CASE AND FINISH IT BEGINNING END.
I COULDN'T BE MORE, UH, PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THIS PROMOTION AS A ANOTHER CLOSE OF MINE.
ALSO AND GENTLEMEN, WANNA BRING UP OUR NEW HIRES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
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THANK YOU.UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA.
I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALRIGHT ON THE AMENDMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE GOODBYE BY SAYING AYE.
THE RESOLUTION HAS RESULT OF THE HANDBOOK ON BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND COLUMNS.
7 26 20 21 BOARD WORK SESSION.
UH, I'M GONNA DEFER NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING, UH, OUR HOMETOWN, UH, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO WOULD SEVERAL WILL BE THE NEXT 50 GOVERNOR OF THE STATE.
I'M GONNA ALLOW MY COLLEAGUE, UH, KAREN HOPE SINCE HER DAD WAS SUPERVISOR WHEN HAD LOCAL STARTED
PREPARING US HISTORY TOMORROW.
UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN HAMBURG HAS BEEN BLESSED TO BE THE HOMETOWN WITH MANY FAVORITE SONS AND DAUGHTERS THROUGHOUT ITS LONG HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS WE'RE PROUD AND HAPPY TO REFER TO KATHY
AND WHEREAS KATHY'S DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE COUPLED WITH HER CAN DO SPIRIT AND MEDICATION, THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, MARK AS A TRULY OUTSTANDING LEADER IN WHO WE CAN TAKE A FULL MEASURE OF BIPARTISAN PRIDE.
AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY GIANTS OF AMERICAN, THE ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, ADMIRAL HARRIMAN, NELSON ROCKEFELLER, AND MARIO CUOMO BEEN WITH YOU WHO ARE IN THE COMPANY WITH OUR INCOMING
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED WITH THE BOARD EXTEND ITS FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES THAT SHE, SHES UPON RETURN AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG BOARD AND THE PEOPLE OF HAMBURG ARE COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY EXTENDING AGAIN FRIENDSHIP, BUT WORKING WITH GOVERNOR HO AS SHE ADDRESSES THE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT ARE FACING SO WELL, UH, I'LL SECOND THAT.
A MAD CLERK, I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU THAT, UH, KAREN JUST READ.
WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO NAIL THAT TO THE EXECUTIVE MANSION? OKAY.
REPLACED HER DAD WAS SUPERVISOR, 1994 THEN BECAME
ALRIGHT, WELL ONE, UM, THERE IS ALL THAT THE ED TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RESIGNATION OF ANGELICA HOPE CLERK TO JUSTICE GERALD P BORMAN EFFECTIVE AUGUST 27TH, 2021.
SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION, ALL FAVOR, AYE MOTIONS HERE.
APPOINTMENT OF COURT CLERK WHEREAS THAT UPON THE RESIGNATION OF THE COURT CLERK ASSIGNED TO CROWN JUSTICE GERALD FOREMAN, A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF THE COURT CLERK EXISTS NOW THEREFORE BE A RESULT OF THE HAMMER BOARD ON RECOMMENDATION JUSTICE FOREMAN NEARBY APPOINTS RAYMOND TO THE OFFICE OF THE COURT CLERK ASSIGNED TO JUSTICE GERALD GOMAN, EFFECTIVE OH, 2021.
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UH, WELL WE CAN SAY EFFECTIVE UPON THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION, AS KAREN MENTION, SAM LEMME ASK YOU THIS AND WALTER, UM, THE APPOINTMENT THAT SHE'S COMING IN TOMORROW.PAPERWORK, THE APPOINTMENT CAN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER THERE'S VACANCY.
SO THE RETIREMENT IS ON THE 27TH.
SO THE WAY THIS READ ISN'T GONNA BE OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YOU UNDERSTAND JUST KEEPING IT THE SAME OR PUTTING, KEEPING IT THE SAME.
MAKE, UM, YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE FINE.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT MOTION BE MADE.
I'LL SECOND IT, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
MOTION WHERE THE COUNTY HAMBURG ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED THE REQUIRED FIRE PROTECTION ALONG BU LANE DETERMINE AN ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANT TO REQUIRE ALONG BUSH LANE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH NEW YORK STATE FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THEREFORE IT DISSOLVE THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY TO INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANT BETWEEN HOUSE NUMBERS 2 4 2 7 AND 2 4 2 9 BU LANE, AND THAT THE COUNTY HAMBURG AGREE TO PAY THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, THE ANNUAL DIRECT SERVICE HYDRANT AGENCY OR THIS HYDRANT AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE TWO CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
RESOLUTION IS A ADOPTED NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD MONDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 2021, BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM IN HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 2061 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK.
THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
GRANT COVID-19 CBBG CCB PROGRAM FOR 2021.
THE CBBG PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL OCR AND WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS APPROXIMATELY $60 MILLION UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF IN ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT TO HELP COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO SAFELY REOPEN AND RESTART THEIR LOCAL ECONOMIES IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 AND HEARING WILL PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CD PROGRAM AND WILL ALLOW FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP ALTERNATE PROPOSALS AND OBTAIN ABUSE OF CITIZENS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ON A POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL TO PROVIDE GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR, AND RECOVER FROM COVID-19.
THE HEARING IS BEING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 7 0 0.486.
SUBPART ONE OF THE CFR AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974.
AS AMENDED, THE LOCATION PERIOD IS ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR COURSES WITH DISABILITIES.
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ALL IN FAVOR, PAA AYE RESOLUTION.
ALRIGHT, NOW, I, I THINK WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS QUESTION TO THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
UH, THIS IS A NOTICE TO OPEN FOR, UH, TWO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE, UH, ISSUE THAT JUST RELATED IN HER READER.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENT? YES, GO AHEAD.
JOHN DOYLE WITH THE I A GO AHEAD.
UH, JUST THAT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN, UH, SURFACING IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS PROGRAM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MC FARRO SHAW MEMBER VERA HAS SENATOR RYAN'S OFFICE FOR,
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FOR GETTING US TO THE POINT WE'RE TODAY.UM, THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM CARE.
SO THIS IS NOT, UH, GOING TO TAKE A, UM, A PORTION OF FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE TOWN.
SO THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY FUNDING THAT BEEN, UH, PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED OR SUPPORTED.
SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND AS COUNCIL, UH, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN EXPLAINED, THIS WILL BE BUSINESSES 25 OR FEWER THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND THAT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THE OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, DEPLOY THESE FUNDS TO ADDRESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT SUPPORT CUSTOMER AND STAFF SAFETY AND IMPROVE BUSINESS RESILIENT RESILIENCY RELATED TO FUTURE OCCURRENCES OF THE VIR VIRUS OR OTHER DISASTERS.
UM, USES MAY INCLUDE NEW EQUIPMENT OR FIXTURES TO GUIDE SOCIAL DISTANCING TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND IMPLEMENT POST COVID BUSINESS PRACTICES, BUT WORKING CAPITAL, WORKING CAPITAL TO RESUME OPERATIONS.
FOLLOWING THE BUSINESS CLOSURE.
UM, ASSISTANCE TO LARGER BUSINESSES WILL BE SUBJECT TO DEMONSTRATION OF NEED AND THE IMPACT ON THE REMAINING SMALL BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNITY NOT RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.
SO THIS WILL BE AN APPLICATION FOR $400,000 FOR GRANTS BETWEEN 10,030 $5,000, UH, BASED ON THE BUSINESSES.
SEAN, DO YOU HAVE THE RESIDENT'S NAME OF COURSE, WHERE YOU'VE RECEIVED ONE PIECE OF CORRESPONDENCE, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM? LEMME SEE.
WELL JUST TELL US WHAT THE G IT WAS A, UH, UH, A PERSON IN FAVOR OF, OF PROGRAM AND THE RESIDENT'S NAME WAS MARIE PAT, PAZ YC HI.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DID SEE THAT.
RIGHT? SHE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO APPLY.
UH, ALRIGHT, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THERE A SECOND FOR THAT.
I'LL TURN IT BACK TO FOR THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.
WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK? GRANT, CDBG PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL OCR AND IT HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS APPROXIMATELY 60 MILLION UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT TO HELP COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO SAFELY REOPEN AND RESTART THEIR LOCAL ECONOMIES IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19.
AND WHEREAS THE TODD OF HAMBURG HAS IDENTIFIED CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED NEEDS WITHIN THE, DIRECTLY RELATING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE PROJECT.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE HC, IT INTENDS TO ASSIST BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR UP TO $500,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL CARES ACT FUNDS TO FINANCE THE PROJECT COSTS.
AND WHERE IS THE HD C'S FACILITATING THE PROJECT AND REQUESTED THAT THE PROVIDE THE OC CARES ACT FUNDING TO THE HDC AS A GRANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING GRANTS ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESSES AND MICRO ENTERPRISES AND WHEREAS THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IN FORM OF SAFER BUSINESSES, NEW INVESTMENT AND NEW OR RESTORE EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AND WHERE THE TOWN IS HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING TO OBTAIN CITIZENS VIEWS REGARDING THE CDBG CARES ACT PROGRAM AS ADMINISTERED BY OCR IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
NOW THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION OF UP TO $500,000 ON THE BEHALF OF THE TIME TO THE OCR TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
AND THE, A FURTHER RESULT OF THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE OCR AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OCR GRANT, INCLUDING ENTERING INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT FOR DHTC, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OCR GRANT.
ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPLICABLE BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND BE A FURTHER RESULT OF THE TOWN SUPERVISORS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE CERTIFYING OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROJECT ASSEMBLY.
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TO SPEAK ON THAT QUESTION? ALRIGHT, UH, ALL PLEASE SAY AYE.WE TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING 2022 CDG YEAR, THE DEVELOPMENT THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MUST HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO SEEK CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND INPUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED WITH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS.
SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2021, 5:00 PM AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021, 5:00 PM AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
OCTOBER 4TH, 2021, 4:00 PM HAMBURG, EXCUSE ME, HAMBURG VILLAGE HALL, OCTOBER 4TH, 2021, 5:00 PM AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL AND OCTOBER 28TH, 2021, 5:30 PM DALE VILLAGE HALL.
THE FURTHER THE RESOLVE THAT NOTICE OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE OFFICIAL TOWN NEWSPAPER.
SECOND, KAREN ON SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
THE TOWN BOARD ACCEPT OPPOSED, SUBMITTED BY SEVEN K UNLIMITED INK WITH THE OPERATION OF HAMBURG TOWN ICE ARENA PRO SHOP SNACK BAR CONCESSION IN THE FALL, WINTER SEASONS MID-SEPTEMBER THROUGH MID FOR THE YEARS 2021, 2022, 2022 2023, AND AN OPTION FOR YEAR 2023 TO 2024 SEVEN K UNLIMITED HAS BEEN A TRUSTED PARTNER IN THIS CAPACITY FOR MANY YEARS.
THE SEVEN K UNLIMITED PROPOSAL OFFERS TWO PAYMENTS ANNUALLY, TOTALING $5,000 FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT.
NO OTHER PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED.
I'LL SECOND THAT, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
THANK RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOLLOWING VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, TAYLOR GEO.
49 5 DALE AVENUE, BLA, NEW YORK 1 4 2 1 9 AND TOM SOHO.
3 6 3 8 JULY LANE AVENUE, YORK 1 4 0 7 5.
A SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR A AYE, THE RESOLUTION SECURITY.
TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE REQUEST FOR ALCOHOL WAIVERS FILING SEPTEMBER, 2021, TAYLOR ROAD PARK RENTALS.
NINE, NINE SEPTEMBER 3RD, FOURTH, FIFTH, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16TH, 17TH, 18TH, 19TH, 24TH, 25TH, 26TH, 28TH.
SECOND IS THIS, UH, ANYONE ON QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
RESOLUTION IS WHERE THE TOWN HAMMER IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING THE TOWN STREET FROM THE LOCAL UTILITIES SAG AND NATIONAL GRID.
AND WHEREAS DURING THE THIS PROCESS, THE UTILITIES CONTINUE TO CONDUCT MAINTENANCE RELATED TO THE TOWN STREET LIGHTS UNDER THEIR OWNERSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THE UTILITIES CURRENT REPLACE ANY STREET LIGHT FIXTURES THAT ARE MALFUNCTIONING OR DAMAGED WITH AN LED FIXTURE.
AND WHEREAS THE UTILITIES REQUIRE THE TOWN BOARD TO DETERMINE THE COLOR TEMPERATURE OF THE LED FIXTURE IN WHICH TO SEE INSTALLED WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAM, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TOWN ENGINEER, THE TOWN OF HAM TOWN BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT 3000 VIN LED LIGHT FIXTURES SHALL BE INSTALLED AS NEEDED FOR REPLACEMENT STREET LIGHTS.
FIVE UTILITY SECOND ON THE QUESTION ANYWAY.
RESOLUTION IS WHEREAS PURSUANT TO THE TOWN'S ADOPTION OF THE BOND RESOLUTION TO SECURE FUNDING THE CONVERSION OF AND ASSETS THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND WHEREAS UPON COMPLETION AUDIT WALL STREET RIGHT EXCLUSIVE ASSETS BUILDING AND THE TOWNS RECREATION CENTER, THE TOWN IS NOW PREPARED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE ED CONVERSION PROCESS.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THE INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE INSTALLATION.
WALL SPEED LIGHTS UPGRADE THE NEW YORK STATE POWER AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO ITS PROPOSAL FROM THE PRICE
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SET FORTH IN ITS SUFFICIENT OF 7 26 21, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PURCHASE PRICE FROMUPGRADE PROJECT COSTS 4,140,000 LET HOLDS CONTRACTS, INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONAL ALLOWANCES AND 10% CONTINGENT OPTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT.
COST OF ADDITIONAL $726,000 ALLOWS FOR EASIER MAINTENANCE.
THE TOTAL POSSI POSSIBLE TOTAL WOULD BE $6,246,000.
THAT'S THE RESOLUTION TO A SECOND FOR THAT.
SECOND IS MS. HOL ON THE QUESTION IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NA NA UH, THREE AYES MR. CONLEY AND, UH, MR.
UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION EIGHT GLOBAL 1000, ASK THE A-F-L-C-I-O TOWN OF HAMBURG WHITE COLLAR UNIT HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS CSEA ARE PARTIES TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT HEREAFTER CALLED CDA, WHICH EXPIRED ON 12 31 19.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN AND THE CSEA ENGAGED COLLECTIVE TARGETING TO NEGOTIATE SUCCESSOR CDA COVERING THE TERMS CONDITIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE CS IN THE TOWN.
AND WHEREAS SUPERVISOR JAMES SHAW HAS NEGOTIATED, SETTLE UPON THE CSS AGREEMENT DATED 6 24 21, SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF CS APPROVAL BY THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD.
AND WHEREAS THE CSCA IS NOTIFIED THE TOWN THAT ITS MEMBERSHIP HAS RATIFY THE AGREEMENT, AND WHEREAS SUPERVISOR SHAW IS COMMENDING THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVAL AND RATIFIED SAID TENANT AGREEMENT NOW BEING RESOLVED WITH THE THE TOWN BOARD.
HERES THEUM AT THE TOWN OF ARD.
CSC, A WHITE COLLAR UNIT DATED FOR FIVE YEARS AND THE DATED 1 20 20 TO, UH, 12 31 25 IS FULLY SET OUT TO BE ATTACHED TENDER AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A MEMORANDUM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. CHER ON THE QUESTION? ANYBODY? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
AYE THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
UH, NOW I THINK WE HAVE THE, UH, FINANCIALS RECEIVE FILE.
UH, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT FOR CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBJECT TO OUR TOTAL OPERATING DISBURSEMENTS 1 250 $1,695 AND 81 CENTS.
THE TOTAL CASH DISPERSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT.
SAME FIGURE 1 250 $1,695 AND 81 CENTS.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE THIS REPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE WITH US, UH, MR. GENKE, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL US? NO REPORT.
ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT PAT? RYAN? ANYTHING? PAT? NOTHING.
UH, UH, CAPTAIN ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEF, ANYTHING TO TELL US? NOTHING TODAY.
UH, HOW ABOUT, UH, CAMMI? UH, ARE YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, MR. RO, ANYTHING, UH, YOU CAN TELL US? UH, JUST THAT TOM AND I ARE GOING GO, UH, AVENUE, UH, WEDNESDAY MORNING AS FAR AS A DRAINAGE? WELL, THOSE BLACK PEOPLE.
SAMANTHA, ANYTHING FROM FINANCE? I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIST.
UM, SO ONE OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FIRST PAYMENT FOR OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, FUNDS.
SO WE RECEIVED ABOUT $5,769,000.
SO THAT IS FINALLY IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE RECEIVING THE OTHER HALF OF THAT NEXT YEAR.
I'M ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF RECONCILING THE MILLION DOLLARS
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IN CARES ACT FUNDING WITH OUR GRANT WRITERS AS WELL AS OUR AUDITORS.RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE, WE ARE UNDERSPENT, UM, ON THAT, AT LEAST WHAT WE APPLIED FOR.
SO THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY ON OTHER ELIGIBLE EXPENSES WE PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY HEARD.
UM, ALSO BUDGET PROCESS IS ONGOING.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE DOCUMENTS FROM DEPARTMENTS WAS ON FRIDAY.
I'VE RECEIVED MOST OF THOSE SO FAR.
BANKS AUDIT IS ALSO PROGRESSING PRETTY QUICKLY SINCE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ALSO A CONCERN OF YOURS.
UM, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK AMANDA LYLE FOR HER SERVICE FOR THE SHORT TIME THAT WE HAD HER.
SHE WILL BE, UH, GREAT IN THIS, YOUR HONOR.
UH, WE'LL MAKE SPECIAL, UH, SAM WITH REGARD TO THE CARE ACT, WE UNDERSPENT OUR ESTIMATED ALL BY 900 ODD THOUSAND.
WE'VE UNDERSPENT IT BY ABOUT 100,000.
NOW YOU GO BACK AND RECONCILE FROM THE DEPARTMENTS WHETHER THERE ARE CARES EXPENDITURES THAT YOU, YOU FOR, UH, PURPOSE OF REVIEW, RIGHT? MM-HMM
IF WE ARE STILL SHORT AND WE HAVEN'T EXPENDED ALL THE NEW ALIGNED TOO LATE, THE CARES ACT SPENDING GOING FORWARD.
NO, WE HAVEN'T UNTIL 1231 OF THIS YEAR THEY EXTENDED THAT DEADLINE.
UM, BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME EXPENSES THAT WE INCURRED THAT WEREN'T COVERED UNDER FEMA.
SO BASICALLY ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IS COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY SINCE BASICALLY RIGHT NOW OUR APPLICATION JUST WOULDN'T MATCH WHAT WE INITIALLY APPLIED FOR.
SO IT'S JUST A, JUST A MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THAT.
BUT THERE'S, I DON'T ANTICIPATE, I HOPE THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE US.
GUESS WE CAN SPEND THEM ON PURPOSES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ACT.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT EVEN THOUGH WE, WE THOUGHT WE DIDN'T DO.
AND I THINK IT'S, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS LIKE THAT WHEN WE HAD LIKE THE TOWN BUILDING, LIKE THAT'S HOW I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A DECENT EXPENSE.
THERE ARE PROBABLY EXPENSES THAT WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED THAT JUST WEREN'T IN THAT APPLICATION BECAUSE IT WAS DUE I BELIEVE AROUND SEPTEMBER OR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, RIGHT IN THERE.
SO I'M CONFIDENT, UM, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO AT LEAST IDENTIFY OTHER EXPENSES THAT MAYBE HELP OUT OUR FUND BALANCE INSTEAD OF INCURRING NEW.
BUT EITHER WAY WE, IT WASN'T OUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR AT LEAST MILLION DOLLARS.
YES, IT WAS ABOUT 1 MILLION, $40,000.
THEY DIDN'T TELL US WHAT WE LIKE, THEY DIDN'T DENY ANYTHING.
SO THEN IT WAS UP TO US TO DETERMINE WHAT OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, WE KIND OF WANTED TO, TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT SCORE IN ORDER TO ONLY SPEND THE MILLION DOLLARS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS THAT CHANGED THIS, AT LEAST THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR IS THE NEW YORK STATE UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE HAD TO PUT A LOT OF ESTIMATES IN FOR THOSE ITEMS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING.
WE APPLIED IN OCTOBER AND WE WERE JUST SEEING HOW OUR BILLS WERE INCREASING.
BUT THEN WITH NEW YORK STATE COVERING THAT, UM, UNDER THEIR PORTION OF FUNDING THAT I MATTER ALONE, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE LARGEST GLARING ONE THAT I KNOW OF.
BUT, UM, I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO NOW ASKING THEM, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL OTHER VARIANCES THAT I'M PAYING, SO I'VE NOT GOTTEN A SIGNIFICANT SOMETHING LIKE BE THAT.
UM, YES CASE NO, LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OR IN THE CASE OF THE STATE.
ANYTHING FROM
AND, UH, MR. HOW YOU MEMBERS? ANY REPORTS? TWO QUICK THINGS.
JUST THAT THE, UM, THE TAP AND DRA APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PREPARED AND THOSE WILL GO UP IN SEPTEMBER.
MORE INFORMATION NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE'LL BE OBSERVING THE 20TH THIS WEEK OF NINE 11.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST SEAN HAS DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, A TERRIFIC ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IN OUR TOWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE.
WELL, WE, WE, WE HAD A, WE HAD, WE GOT A SPEECH LAST YEAR SCHEDULED AT, WE'RE AT THE SAME POINT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT, SO THAT OPEN? YEAH.
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FACEBOOK PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.WELL, ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GONNA TRY, UH, TO GET INTO, I GOT A LOT OF PROPOSALS, HOW WE CAN SPEND THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS.
5.68, WHATEVER WAS THAT'S IN AN BEARING ACCOUNT, CORRECT.
THE TRANSMIT SAVINGS ACCOUNT MAKE FEW POINTS ON ONE.
SO ANYWAY, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF PROPOSALS, SO I WANTED TO PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER FOR THE BOARD.
I THINK WE GOTTA HAVE, UH, EITHER A SPECIAL MEETING OR WHATEVER WE WANNA DO AND THEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
I WAS HOPING THAT WE'D COME SOME UNDERSTANDING SOME SOMETHING SOLID AROUND THE TIME WE GOT THE BUDGET IN 2022 THAT WE COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN BY THEN.
UH, AS TO WHAT PROGRAMS WE WOULD TRY TO FUND UNDER THIS FIRST PART, SUBJECTION.
UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.