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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER THAT INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN RUN IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME FOLKS, UH, THAT, THAT WE'VE ASKED TO BE HERE.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH THOSE FOLKS.
I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE ITEMS THAT I WANTED JUST TO BRING THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO.
UM, UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS WE HAD, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR SOME, SOME GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.
AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, UH, SOME GRANT MONIES THAT BECAME AVAILABLE AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND WE, UH, NEEDED TO SPRING INTO ACTION REALLY QUICKLY.
SO I TALKED TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN LOOKING FOR, UH, SOME FUNDS IS TO REDO OUR FRONT ENTRANCE TO MEET A DA REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND, AND CHRIS HALL IS HERE AND CAN SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT PROJECT WITH US.
YEAH, WELL, WE ARE ALREADY ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
UH, WE HAD AN ARCHITECT, WE GET HIRED BACK IN LATE 2019, CARRIED OVER TO 2020.
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ARCHITECT WORK.WE'RE GONNA TRY AND HAVE A, A LIFT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT STAIRS AREA AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF STAIRS WILL STAY CENTRALIZED.
UH, DOORS THAT OPEN UP AUTOMATICALLY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME INTO THE LOBBY, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE KATHY'S ENTRANCE, TOWN CLERK'S ENTRANCE TO GO RIGHT TO THE LEFT THERE, THE DOORS AS WELL.
HARD OF THIS PLAN TO ALSO DO TAX AND ASSESSING SO THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE.
AND ALSO THE, UH, DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOMS NEED TO BE, UH, FULLY ACCESSIBLE AS WELL.
IT'S ALL PART OF THAT PROJECT.
WE DID ADD SOME, UH, COMMITTEE MOUNTAIN BLOCK GRANT MONEY WE'RE GONNA USE FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS GONNA COVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY THE, ALRIGHT, WHAT ELSE? TWO PROCESS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A CHANGE ORDER WITH THE, UH, THE ARCHITECT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
HE'S ALREADY DONE PRELIMINARY WORK HERE.
HE IS, BEEN ON HERE A COUPLE TIMES DOING DRAWINGS, ET CETERA.
CHRIS, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE LIKE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE? BONDS? WE HAVE SOME, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND RIGHT NOW, UM, DEPENDING ON SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW.
UM, FORWARD THIS, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH DRAWINGS AND GO OUT THE GRID IN THE SPRING.
I KNOW THAT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE DREW RILEY HERE AND HE'S GOT A BUNCH OF THINGS FOR US.
WE'RE, WE'LL TRY AND GET THROUGH THE, THE AGENDA REAL QUICK FIRST, AND THEN I HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES AS WELL TO BRING UP.
UH, SO TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APPRO PREVIOUS MINUTES.
THIS HAS BEEN, UH, RETIREMENT WEEK IN HAMBURG.
UH, TOM LARDO, JOY BROWN, LAURIE GEL, TOM PARTRIDGE, ALL, ALL RETIRED, UH, LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK.
SO WE HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS FOR THEM.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR SOME VOLUNTEER FIRE ADDITIONS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION HERE TO DESIGNATE MYSELF AS THE DELEGATE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWN'S ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD VIRTUALLY.
UH, AND WE DID NEED A DE OR AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE.
AND, UH, WE PUT YOU DOWN, MEGAN, FOR, UH, FOR ALTERNATE IF I'M NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
BUT IT'S VIRTUAL SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL ON YOU.
UM, SOME PERSONAL ACTION FORMS FROM TAX DEPARTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ISSUES? UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME MOVEMENT IN, I BELIEVE THE, UM, BUILDING AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE, UM, UH, SOME PURCHASING IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
OH, AND AGAIN, UM, COUNCILMAN FARRELL WILL NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT.
THESE ARE HER RESOLUTIONS THAT, THAT I'M NAMING HERE.
SO, UM, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE TURNS PUTTING HER RESOLUTION FORWARD.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SH THE FARRELL'S LOST, UH, KEN FARRELL, BETH'S FATHER, UM, ON SATURDAY, UH, POLICE INTERNSHIP, UH, VEHICLE PURCHASE.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT? UM, I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT AND A REPLACEMENT, UH, WITH THE ONE FOR THE EXPLORERS AND THE AMENDED VERSION, I THINK EVERYBODY SAW THAT THROUGH EMAIL.
UH, JUST INCLUDES THE TRADE-IN VALUES OF THE VEHICLES.
SOME MORE PERSONNEL ACTION IN HIGHWAY.
UM, WE'RE ALSO FORTUNATE TO HAVE TOM LARDO WHO DID RETIRE, UH, AT THE READY TO COME BACK AND SERVE IN A PART-TIME CAPACITY DURING THE, THE TRANSITION AS WE FILL HIS POSITION.
AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, FOR OUR, OUR ENGINEER AND SOME RECREATION, UH, PERSONNEL MOVES, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, PLAN OF CORRECTION, A CORRECTIVE ACTION
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PLAN FOR OUR CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS OPERATED OUT OF THE ADULT DAY PROGRAM.UM, AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE, OUR PLANNING CONSULTING CONTRACT.
UM, AND AS I SAID, DREW IS HERE AND HE'S GONNA BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY.
UM, WELL, SINCE MINE IS, UH, RELATIVELY QUICK, I HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS, UH, TO PARTNER WITH HAMBURG MOVES, UH, WHICH IS A, A GROUP THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON, ON CONNECTING COM COMMUNITIES, UH, WALKABILITY, BIKEABILITY TRAILS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND RECENTLY, UM, I BELIEVE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS BEFORE, SEAN, RIGHT? UH, SENATOR SEAN RYAN, UH, HAS PROVIDED SOME FUNDING TO THE TOWN TO RETAIN, UH, A CONSULTANT IN GO BIKE, UH, GO BIKE BUFFALO.
UH, AND GOBI IS GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE TOWN, WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND WITH TOWN CITIZENS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORS AND DESTINATIONS, UM, AND DO SOME PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND, UH, WORK WITH THE PUBLIC TO, TO, UM, DO SOME ACTUAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD THEN, UH, PROVE TO BE A, UH, A WAY TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE, UM, SOME PROJECTS AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR YOU.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING THAT CONTRACT.
THE FUNDS FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UH, BY THE STATE SENATE.
UH, AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS, UH, WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO, TO YOU, DREW, IF YOU'RE READY.
UH, MARK'S AWARE, BC JUST CAME OUT WITH A GRANTS FOR, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, UH, FOR PURCHASING, UH, UH, OPEN SPACE CARS, IMPROVING PARTS OR WHATEVER.
WE CAN GRANT UP TO $300,000 AND IT'S ONLY A 10% MATCH.
SO I'M SURE MARK, UH, LET MARK KNOW HE'S AWARE OF IT, BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD CONSIDER THAT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT OTHER SPACES IN THE TOWN TOO.
YOU HAVE A PLAN TO LOOK AT, UH, PRESERVING SOME OPEN SPACES TOWN.
YOU HAVE ON RENEW 20 FOR THAT IN YOUR, UH, HEAD OUTSIDE.
I HAVE MY, MY ZONING REPORT, MY CLIENT DEPARTMENT REPORT.
AS THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, I GIVE IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AS I SAY IN THAT REPORT AS FAR OF THE CONTRACT.
GUYS, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT IN THOSE REPORTS.
HOW YOU WOULD LIKE IT REPORTED TO YOU TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THINGS.
HOW I CAN CHANGE HOW I DO STUFF.
I WORK FOR YOU AND I WORK FOR THE PLANNING BOARD.
TELL ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT I CAN DO TO DO THINGS BETTER WITH, FOR THE TOWN.
SO JUST LEMME KNOW, I DID A REPORT HERE TONIGHT.
I TYPICALLY INCLUDE THE REZONING ACTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE THE BOARD BECAUSE THOSE ARE ULTIMATELY YOUR DECISION.
THERE'S ABOUT, OH, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN OF THOSE PRESENTLY BEFORE THE BOARD.
I GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS AND THEN I UPDATE, REVIEW AND THEN I TALK ABOUT ANY ACTIONS THAT HAD BEFORE THE TOWN, NO ACTIONS BEFORE.
UM, SO PART OF THAT I DO ON A YEARLY BASIS.
I ALSO GIVE YOU, I GIVE YOU KIND OF A, A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WAS DONE IN 20, IN 2021 THAT'S IN THAT PACKET.
ALSO SMALLER PACKET THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU.
AND THEN ALSO I DO IT EVERY YEAR FOR LAST 20.
I GIVE YOU KIND OF A HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF WENDELL'S WORK OVER THAT LAST YEARS OF HOW WE BROUGHT ABOUT HOW WE DO THE WORK FOR THE TOWN AND THE CHANGES.
A LOT OF CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE LAST 28 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL 10.
ALL I COULD BE HAPPY TO REPORT ON IS YOU STILL SPEND LESS MONEY 28 YEARS LATER THAN YOU DID AT THE TIME WHEN I TOOK OVER TOWN PLANNING SERVICES.
SO I APPLAUD TOWN FOR THAT, TRYING TO MANAGE THOSE SERVICES AND KEEP THEM IN LINE WITH WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
THE OTHER PACKET I HAVE FOR YOU, BECAUSE I'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ONE, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR OTHER PACKET IS.
JUST SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOME MAJOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT PACKET INCLUDES.
FIRST OF ALL, I GAVE YOU A COPY OF UPTODATE ZONING MAP.
WE WILL BE DELIVERING THROUGH ZONING MAPS FOR THE FRONT CONCEPT ROOM.
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MOUNTED AREAS, YOU'VE GIVEN SOME TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT ZONING MAP REPORT, BUT ALSO ON YOUR WEBSITE.SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE LOOKING AT HARD COPIES.
THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECT WE WORKED ON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE.
I'M HERE TO ALSO, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT PUTTING THAT TO A TOP OF PRIORITY.
AS YOU KNOW, INTERCHANGE CHAINS THERE, THERE'S ALL THESE LANDS THAT ARE GONNA BE SOLD BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THEY PRESENTLY HAVE NO ZONING ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH A ZONING FOR THOSE LANDS.
AND YOUR PACKET IS, WE WORKED ON THAT.
WE CAME UP WITH A DRAFT KIND OF OUTLINE OF A NEW CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE ZONING DISTRICT WHERE YOU CAN CREATE WHAT YOU ENVISION FOR THAT AREA.
I ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT REPORT THAT YOU TALK TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD, ON THE ONE MAJOR SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS NEW ZONING DISTRICT, MAYBE DUE FOR THAT WHOLE AREA, INCLUDING THE OLD TRUCK PLAZA AND OTHER VACANT PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THAT AREA.
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD CONSIDER.
BUT IF SOMETHING STARTED NEVER FINISHED, IT'S GOING TO BE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE CONTRACT.
SO TAKE A LOOK AND UPDATE YOURSELF ON ON THAT ISSUE.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IN THERE IS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE DID A, THE TOWN DID A RETAIL, MORE EMPLOYMENT AT THE TIME PLAZAS BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE ACCOUNT OF VACANT SPACE.
GIVEN YOUR, THERE'S A REPORT FROM THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UH, A LOT OF TOWNS ARE LOOKING INTO THAT ISSUE AND IS THERE THINGS YOU CAN PROACTIVELY DO TO, TO CHANGE THINGS IN THE TOWN TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE PLAZAS? I'M SURE THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY WERE 2, 2, 2 AND A HALF YEARS AGO, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT TOWN COULD DO TO HELP WITH THAT? WHETHER THAT'S TAX INCENTIVES, GREAT, AND YOU'VE DONE SOME TAX INCENTIVES LAST YEAR WHERE YOU DID A 45 B PROGRAM.
YOU REALIZE YOU CAN, YOU CAN PICK TARGETED AREAS.
I THROWING A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN DO IN, IN, UH, ADVANCED OR UH, 45 B PROGRAMS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY INDUCE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WHERE YOU THINK THEY'RE POLITE.
UM, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.
ALSO IN THAT PACKET ARE SOME OF THE, UM, UH, CODE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON BY THE CODE COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
ONES THAT HAVE BEEN TABLED AND WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE TOWN BOARD IN EARLY 2021 SAYING, THESE ARE CODE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN TABLED.
DO YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE THEM AND WORK ON THOSE? THEY COULD BE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND WHATEVER TO DO THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE WAS, UH, COMING UP WITH A UM, MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD CAME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION, BUT THE TOWN BOARD'S NEVER DONE WITH IS THAT SOMETHING REALLY YOU WANT TO FINISH AND WORK ON AND DO A MIXED TWO ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE TOWN.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, I I REFER TO IT AS AN OUTDATED 2019 MEMO, BUT I'LL STAND BEFORE YOU AGAIN AND TELL YOU YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR APPLICATION FEES FOR PLANNING AND ZONING WORK IN VISIT TOWN.
UH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE RANGE.
YOU'RE BEGINNING TO GET TO THE MIDDLE BOTTOM RANGE OR WHATEVER THE PHILOSOPHIES ARE.
DEVELOPMENT AT LEAST FROM ACROSS THE ACCOUNT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF.
SO APPLICATION FEES SHOULD, SHOULD IN GENERAL MATCH WHAT IT COSTS THE TOWN TO PROCESS THAT.
THOSE COSTS ARE, YOU HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE A PLANNING BOARD, YOU HAVE COSTS AND WHATEVER.
IF YOU ADD UP THOSE COSTS EACH YEAR, WHAT YOU GET IN FEES SHOULD IN GENERAL COVER THOSE COSTS.
SOME YEARS THEY MAY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, SOME YEARS THEY MAY BE SLIGHTLY LESS.
YOU ARE NOT COVERING YOUR COSTS RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE THE FEES I DON'T THINK HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN FIVE PLUS YEARS.
UM, THAT ALSO HELPS IN BALANCING YOUR BUDGET.
SO THAT IN GENERAL IS MY REPORT.
MY BIG ASK OF YOU AND I, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ME TONIGHT, IS IF YOU RENEW MY CONTRACT, PLEASE PROVIDE ME COMMENTS ON HOW I CAN SERVE THE TOWN BOARD AND HOW I CAN SERVE THE PLANNING BOARD BETTER.
I HAVE 2, 250 PLUS DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AT MY COMPANY THAT CAN PROVIDE YOU ADVICE ON A LOT OF THINGS UNDER THAT CONTRACT FROM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TO SUSTAINABILITY PEOPLE TO WHATEVER YOU NEED, WE CAN HELP.
SO AGAIN, YOUR RETAINER GIVES YOU A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WORK THAT I CAN COME BEFORE YOU AND SAY ON TOWN BOARD BEING LIKE TONIGHT, HEY, THERE'S A CAN AVAILABLE THIS TOWN DOING THIS OR THIS IS A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.
SO PLEASE UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES.
THAT'S MY REPORT UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET INTO SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S IN MY, IN MY PLANNING REPORT.
THERE'S NOTHING, YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF OUTSTANDING ZONING ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME TOUGH REZONING ISSUES.
AND THERE'S SOME I KNOW THAT ARE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AGAIN, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE HIT WITH A BUNCH OF REZONINGS.
WE SEE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK THAT PEOPLE SEE THE ECONOMY CHANGING AND DIRECTION CHANGING.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT REZONING PROPERTY AND MAKING CHANGES TO IT.
SO YOU, I THINK WITH OR WITHOUT THE CONFERENCE LINE UPDATE'S GONNA HELP THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE TO CHANGE THINGS.
UH, I HAD A QUESTION ON YOUR REPORTS.
IT WAS THE PROPOSED INCENTIVE ZONING, UH, FOR MCKINLEY MALL SITE.
UH, IT SEEMED ODD TO ME THAT UH, IT WAS DECLINED BY BENDERSON.
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AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.I THINK YOU SHOULD SIT DOWN WITH BENDERSON AND TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALIZED THAT BENDERSON HAD SAY, CONTROL OVER THE OUT PARCELS THROUGH THEIR CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE WALL PROPERTY, THEY DON'T OWN THE OUT PARCELS, BUT I GUESS THEY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT CAN GO IN THOSE OUT PARCELS.
I GUESS WE FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY.
NO ONE KNEW THAT THAT WAS A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN, I BELIEVE
AND MOST LARGE RETAILERS TEND TO DO THAT.
IF THEY BUY SOMETHING AND SOMEONE ELSE OWNS PROPERTY AROUND 'EM, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GONNA PUT COMPETITION IN NEXT TO THEM.
WE FOUND THAT THE HARD WAY THERE THAT UH, PROBABLY WANNA SIT DOWN WITH VENDORS IN AND DISCUSS THAT ISSUE.
WELL THERE'S TWO OTHER ADDITIONAL POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE AND ONE IS, UM, HAVE WE REACHED OUT OR CAN WE REACH OUT NOW TO THE NEW MALL OWNER SINCE UH, THE ZONING INCENTIVE ZONING WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO THEM AND THERE'S STILL PARCELS THAT THAT COMPANY MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UM, THAT ARE NON VENDORS.
SUPERVISOR SHAW WAS TAKING A LEAD ON KEEPING CONTACT, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE RECEIVERSHIP.
HE WAS KEEPING CONTACT WITH US.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO SET SOMETHING UP, MAYBE BRING, AGAIN, IT'S IN RECEIVERSHIP, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A JUDGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU CAN DEAL WITH.
THERE ARE NO REALLY CURRENT MALL OWNERS.
UH, IT'S IN RECEIVERSHIP IS MY UNDERSTANDING EXCEPT FOR THE, SOME OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY OTHER ENTITIES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE HAD, I I I HAVEN'T BEEN IN TOUCH AT ALL WITH THEM WITH THE MALL PROPERTY.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS REGARDLESS WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, BENDERSON CAN BEAT UP, ANDERSON OWNS A PIECE OF THE MALL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE MALL, THEY HAD SOME AGREEMENT, LIKE THEY TYPICALLY DO, HEY, WE WANNA HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER WHAT GOES ON AROUND US.
BUT DO THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE ENTIRE MALL? NO.
JUST THE PORTIONS OF THE MALL.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE PORTIONS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER LOOKING AT NO, IT SOUNDS LIKE THROUGH THIS CONTRACT THEY MAY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE WHOLE MALL AND THE SITE BY BEING ABLE TO MIX DEALS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
YEAH, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN TOWN WAS NOT PRIVY TO THOSE, THAT THAT SALE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN WHEN THEY PURCHASED PART OF THEM.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR AGREEMENT THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN CONTROL WHO GOES ON PROPERTY THAT THEY DON'T OWN SURROUNDING THEM.
ALRIGHT, WELL I THINK IT'D BE WORTH US, YOU KNOW, FURTHER CLARIFYING, UM, A AS WELL AS WHAT THE DECI WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE IN TERMS OF NOT WANTING AN AUTO RIGHT, UH, SALES LEADERSHIP.
BECAUSE ON NUMBER E RIGHT, WE'VE GOT THE EXACT SAME UH, THING THAT'S BEFORE THE PUBLIC FROM WEST HER, RIGHT? THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN A MILE.
AND SO IF THERE'S A CONCERN IN THAT PART OF TOWN OR THAT AREA THAT, UH, BENDERSON HAS, WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT SO THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE WEST HER APPLICATION, UH, WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
GOODMAN OR DIFFERENT BENDERSON WILL HAVE NO SAY ON THAT.
UM, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF SAY ON THAT, HOW YOU CONSTRUCT.
UM, I EVEN PUT IN MY MEMO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND IT'S A GREAT COOPERATION EFFORT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS GET CAREFUL SAYING THIS, IF THE BILL STADIUM IS REBUILDING ORCHARD PARK AND THE AREA THEY'RE SHOWING TO THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY SHOULD BE GET TOGETHER WITH LORD PARK OF HAMBURG AND TALK ABOUT HOW THAT FUTURE AREA SHOULD DEVELOP IF YOU BUILD A NEW STADIUM IN THAT LOCATION, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A GROUP THAT HAS COME TO THE, TO THE, TO THE AREA SAYING, HEY, WE, WE'VE DONE THESE STUDIES FOR LARGE, UH, NFL STADIUMS, WE NEED TO DO THAT STUDY AND LOOK AT HOW YOU MAY WANNA DEVELOP AROUND THAT, AROUND THAT FACILITY.
SO THAT, THAT BE SOMETHING THAT GOES IN THAT, IN THAT CONFERENCE AND PLAN.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW THE VIEWS OF ANYBODY OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF HAMBURGER, WHAT THEY ENVISIONED FOR THAT AREA.
I MEAN, YOU GIVE A LOT OF DIFFICULT PLANNING ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP WITH CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE PROPERTIES COMING FOR SALE, LARGE THINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE, AS I SAY IN MY MEMO, IT'S GONNA BE AN INTERESTING YEAR FROM THE BOARD.
OTHER QUESTIONS? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
WE, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE FIRST QUESTION IS YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH BENDERSON AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT IS, WHAT DO YOU DON'T WANT AND WANNA SEE? AND IS, DOES THAT MATCH THE VISION OF WHAT THE TOWNS AND HEAD TOWNS HEAD GAVE YOU? A GREAT LEEWAY.
YOU CAN ALLOW PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING IN THERE, BUT LET'S FIND OUT WHAT MEDICINE HAS THE RIGHT TO MIX AND SAY, HEY, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE? AND COME TO JOINT AGREEMENT THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
WHERE YOU, WE GET SOMETHING GOING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ANDERSON SAYS, WHAT WE DON'T WANT THAT DONE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT IN MEETINGS ON, ON, ON THIS TO, TO HAVE IT MIXED AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE, UH, IS KIND OF AN INEFFICIENT USE OF OF, OF THIS.
I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO I WASN'T AWARE THAT I ASKED
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ABOUT WHAT THE STATUS WAS.THE NEGOTIATION OF, OF, OF THEIR UH, KIND OF HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT SENATE.
GOTTA SIT DOWN WITH ANDERSON'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON TOWN.
IT COULD SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, WHAT WHATCHA DOING AND CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT MY CONTRACTED SERVICES? I KNOW I, IT'S ONE OF THE LAST AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING YOUR OBJECTIVE.
I I I DID WANNA ASK, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FEES IN COMPARISONS TO OTHER TOWNS, DO YOU, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD OUTLINE THOSE? I CAN GIVE YOU THAT.
WE DO THAT FOR A LOT OF WORK FOR EVERY ONCE A WHILE ON THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
GO AROUND AND LOOK WHAT THE COMMUNITIES AROUND YOU CHARGE.
HOW DOES THAT CONTAINER, BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS WHAT IT COST.
YOU REMEMBER THE STATE WHEN YOU SET FEES, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TO MAKE MONEY.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COVER YOUR COSTS.
I CAN TELL YOU IN 2019, I'M SURE SAYING 2020 21 SPENDING TWO, THREE TIMES WHAT YOU'RE COLLECTING IN FEES.
AND I KNOW THE TOWN CLERK, ADJUSTER FEES, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ADJUSTER FEES, WE JUST HAVEN'T TOUCHED THOSE PLANNING APPLICATION FEES.
LEMME TELL YOU, THEY'RE NOT HIGH.
THERE'S, THERE'S AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN OR OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MUCH GREATER TWO, THREE TIMES FEES THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND YOU DO IT VERY EFFICIENTLY.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE A HALF MILLION DOLLAR DEPARTMENT RUNNING SOMETHING OR OTHER.
YOU HAVE VERY EFFICIENT BUT YOUR COSTS AREN'T BEING COVERED.
I'M SURE TOWN CLERK OR OR LOOKED AT THE ACCOUNTING, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THIS IS WHAT IT COST.
THE TOWN WE HAD AT THE COST AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT, IT'S EASY TO PICK UP FROM YOUR BUDGET.
WHAT FEES CAME IN IN 2021 FOR APPLICATION REZONING, SITE PLAN, SPECIALTIES, DEPARTMENTS, ET CETERA.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A PERFECT TIMING 'CAUSE WE DID HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICATE APPLICANTS, UM, IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU CAN GET US THAT INFORMATION, I THINK WE COULD REVISIT THE FEES.
I CAN WORK WITH THE TOWN TO FIND OUT, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOUR COSTS WERE, WHAT YOUR, UM, WHAT YOU'VE COLLECTED.
AND I GET AN IDEA AND I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES CHARGE.
GENERALLY YOUR SIZE, PICK SOME MORE RURAL COMMUNITY.
IT'S GONNA BE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CLASS A, TYPICALLY 50,000 PEOPLE OR GREATER.
UH, THOSE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT THAT, THAT I, I THINK COMPARABLE FEES TO WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE.
NOT SAYING YOU, BUT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE WAY OUT.
OKAY, THE BOARD WANT ME TO, I'LL STICK AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE SESSION TO SIT, STICK AROUND FOR THE MEETING.
YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING ON JUST, JUST YOUR CONTRACT.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
UH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING? KAREN, MIKE, SEAN? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I KNOW, UM, I'LL HAVE MORE A REPORT HOPEFULLY THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I SET UP A MEETING I INCLUDED YOU ON WITH, UM, JASON KSKY FROM UB REGIONAL INSTITUTE.
HE HAD COME AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD LAST YEAR, UM, ABOUT SOME INITIATIVES, UM, TO BECOME A CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT MONEY OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE JUST BY UM, SOME SIMPLE EFFORTS.
SO I KNOW BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ENGINEERING, THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE DID AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT JASON CAN BRING YOU UP TO SPEED AND LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT ITEMS TO GET US ON THE MAP AS A CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN HOPEFULLY SEE SOME FINANCIAL REWARD FROM THAT TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN A CLEANER INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO REPORT NEXT WEEK, BUT JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR AND UM, GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU TOO.
'CAUSE THEY HAD COME AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD WITH, UM, THE POWERPOINT, SO THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE ARE, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, ICE ARENA, WE'VE GOT, UM, WE'VE NARROWED DOWN FROM OUR ORIGINAL RFP THREE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS AND WE'RE STARTING THIS FRIDAY WITH THE FIRST INTERVIEWS.
UH, WE FORMED A ESSENTIALLY A, A SMALL SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WILL, UM, HAVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE COACHES, THE PARENTS, THE PLAYERS, UH, THE HAMBURG HAWKS ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE, UH, RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND UH, OF COURSE THE TOWN.
SO WE'RE, UH, OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN, UH, PICK A FIRM SOMETIME HOPEFULLY WITHIN UH, A SHORT PERIOD.
ANYTHING MIKE? NO, NOTHING TO REPORT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WAS I HAVE AN UPDATED COPY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.
THIS IS ALSO UP ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, SO, UH, WE CAN GO OVER THIS, UH, REAL
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QUICKLY.UH, SUPERVISOR HOPE, UH, THIS IS DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FINANCE, LEGAL AND PERSONNEL COUNSEL OF FARRELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY AND COURTS COUNCIL, CONLEY REC, SENIORS AND YOUTH IT ENGINEERING, ASSESSING COUNCIL, HOPE, POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLANNING, COUNCIL CU FORD BUILDING INSPECTION, ZONING AND CLERK LIAISON, ASSIGNMENT SUPERVISOR HO CODE REVISION COMMITTEE, SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE, PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS, VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, VETERANS COMMITTEE.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE VETERANS, RIGHT? SURE, YES.
OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT UP TO DATE, BUT THE WEBSITE MAY BE.
UH, COUNCIL FERRELL HANDBOOK, SOUTH TOWNS DRUG FREE COALITION.
SENIOR SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, TOWN REJUVENATION COMMITTEE, YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD, TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, COUNCIL, CONLEY, CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD, DISABILITY BOARD, SEAWAY TRAIL COMMITTEE, TOM WIDE, DRAINAGE REC ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL, HOKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY BOARD, POLICE REFORM AND REINVENTION COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE, HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION PLANNING AND VETERANS, VETERANS LISTED TWICE.
COUNCIL C*M FOR AGRICULTURAL BOARD ENERGY CONSERVATION OR UNION BOARD RAILROAD COMMITTEE, HISTORIAN AND LIBRARY BOARD.
UM, DO, DO WE TYPICALLY HEAR FROM, FROM MANY GIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USUALLY AT THE END, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S HERE.
SO TARA COMMUNICATED WITH CLERK, THE PF THAT WAS SUBMITTED, BUT HER DEPARTMENT SALARIES WEREN'T UPDATED.
UM, THIS WAS THE BUDGET THAT, UH, UH, SUPERVISOR HAW PUT IN, BUT THEIR FINAL BUDGET HAD AN INCREASE IN THE RATE, SO I CORRECTED THAT FOR UP AT 16 INSTEAD.
ANYTHING ELSE, TARA? IT ED? UH, WE GOT UH, STORM, LITTLE BIT OF STORM TONIGHT.
I HAVE TRUCK OUT TILL, UH, TILL HOPEFULLY THREE HOURS IN THE MORNING.
WHO KNOWS? SO UHS IT, SNOW ALL.
THANKS PAT B AND G THE REPORT.
ALRIGHT KENNY, UH, JUST THAT WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK TODAY IN THE WACO WATER THIS YEAR.
UH, SO BOB GOT CONTRACT THROUGHOUT AND AS OF ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK THEY WERE STILL OUT THERE.
SO, UH, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE BEYOND THAT, BUT IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S A THREE AND A HALF OR SO.
WATER LINE THAT IS ONE OF THE FEW, UH, SORT OF SMALL WATER LINES THAT AIR COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY DID NOT TAKE OVER WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THE CHILD'S WATER SYSTEMS. SO THE TOWN STILL HAS, UH, OBLIGATION TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THOSE SMALL WATER LINES.
UH, SO I'LL UPDATE YOU GUYS AS I GET MORE INFORMATION.
CHRIS, WE HAVE AN RFP OUT RIGHT NOW FOR LEGAL EVICTION SERVICES.
IT'S EVERY THREE YEARS YOU DO THIS.
IT OPENS UP ON FEBRUARY 18TH, SO TALK THAT MORNING.
WE'LL BE OPENING UP RIGHT BEFORE THE BOARD AFTER THAT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
DO WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YEP.
MOTION ADJOURNED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
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SUPERVISOR HOPE HERE.AND IF YOU WOULD ALL JOIN ME IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE STRONG.
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN GO RIGHT TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BERG RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS.
NOVEMBER 29TH, 2021, WORK SESSION.
REGULAR MEETING IN DECEMBER 27TH, 2021.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M.
ABSTAIN, UH, FROM COUNCILMAN CULLINGFORD OPPOSED CARRIED, UH, PROCLAMATION OR RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR.
WHEREAS THOMAS LARDO HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHERE HE HAS SERVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR 30 YEARS WITH DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEREAS DURING THIS TIME SERVING, HE SUCCESSFULLY GREW FROM A DRAFTSMAN TO A SENIOR ENGINEERING ASSISTANT TO A PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT.
AND FINALLY IS HEADED THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEREAS THOMAS HAS DEMONSTRATED UNIQUE DEDICATION AND HAS EARNED A LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ISSUES THIS PROCLAMATION TO OUR COWORKER AND FRIEND.
IN APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICE IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I'VE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF HIM BE AFFIXES 20 JANUARY, 2022.
UH, AND UH, WE'D ENTERTAIN AN UNANIMOUS SECOND.
UH, WHEREAS JOY BROWN HAS SERVED THE TON OF HAMBURG WITH DEDICATION THROUGHOUT HER TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.
AND WHEREAS JOY HAS PLACED THE INTEREST OF TOWN GOVERNMENT AND HAMBURG HIGHWAY AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, DEPARTMENTS CONSISTENTLY HAD OF HER OWN NEEDS AND PRIORITIES CREATING AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL TOWN EMPLOYEES TO EMULATE.
AND WHEREAS AS A LABORER FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, SHE HAS OFFICIALLY DEALT WITH ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE MAINTENANCE AND WELLBEING OF TOWN PROPERTY AND THE HAMBURG RESIDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND WHEREAS JOY HAS WON THE RESPECT AND ARE IN THE FRIENDSHIP OF FELLOW EMPLOYEES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MANNER IN WHICH SHE INTERACTS WITH OTHERS ON A DAY TO DAY.
AND WHEREAS ALL WHO WORK WITH HER SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE DURING HER TENURE, PLOWING THE STREETS, OR TENDING TO THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SHE CREATED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN MB TOWN BOARD EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS AS JOY BROWN UPON HER RETIREMENT, SHE HAD FURTHER RESOLVED THAT JOY BROWN HAS OUR UNANIMOUS THANKS FOR A JOB.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
WHEREAS LORI GEL HAS SERVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WITH DISTINCTION THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF HER EMPLOYMENT AS BOTH A SENIOR CLERK TYPIST AND A SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEREAS LARRY LORI GEL HAS DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT RESPECT FOR HAMBURG TAXPAYERS AND HAS ALWAYS EXPRESSED FRIENDLINESS AND PROFESSIONALISM WITH HER FELLOW WORKERS.
AND WHEREAS HER LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND HONORABLE SERVICES JUSTIFIABLY EARNED HER THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HER COWORKERS.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE SERVED BY LORI ALE FOR 20 YEARS NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD COMMENDS AND THANKS LORI GEL FOR HER DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WISHES HER WELL AS SHE ENJOYS LORI LAND.
WHERE THE WINE IS PLENTIFUL, THE TOWN BOARD EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES TO HER AND ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK.
ONE MORE RETIREMENT PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES THE RETIREMENT OF A DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER AND PUBLIC SERVANT THOMAS P PARTRIDGE.
AND WHERE THOMAS HAS SERVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER.
AND WHEREAS THOMAS HAS EARNED HIS RESPECT OF HIS FELLOW FIRST RESPONDERS, RESPONDERS FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THE SCRANTON AND NEWTON ABBOTT FIRE COMPANIES, HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AS FIRE COORDINATOR AND ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, HIS SERVICE THE DOWN OF HAMBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM AS DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGER AND FOR YEARS TRAINING OTHERS TO STEP UP AND FILL THEIR BOOTS AS A NEW YORK STATE FIRE SERVICE INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE.
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RESOLVED TOWN OF HAMBURG AND TOM'S MANY FRIENDS THROUGHOUT EMERGENCY SERVICES WISH HIM AND BETH THE HAPPIEST OF TIMES, A LONG AND HEALTHY RETIREMENT SPENT WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED TO OUR FRIEND AND LEADER, THOMAS PARTRIDGE.IT RESOLVED THAT THE RY TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
ADD TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, MATTHEW FARCI, MEMBER WITH RESTRICTIONS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED CARRIED RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, IS HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO ADD TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
THE INDIVIDUAL HAS FILED JACOB EDWARD SCHWAB.
THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY PRESIDENT JASON NEWELL SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL LIAISON BETWEEN THE FIRE COMPANY AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ANY AND ALL MONIES, CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER MATTERS BE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE FIRE COMPANY FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO HIM.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
RESOLVED THAT SUPERVISOR RANDALL HOKE.
HE DESIGNATED AS A DELEGATE TO RE REPRESENT AND VOTE ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AT THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AT THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
AND THAT TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER MEGAN CUMBER BE DESIGNATED THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G FOR ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE PERSONNEL ACTION FORM PAF AS DETAILED IN THE ATTACHED PAF.
UM, SHOULD BE NOTED THAT CLERK KY DID GIVE US AN AMENDED PAF.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU SECONDED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
WE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE HIRING AND TERMINATION OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, UH, NAMES AS LISTED ON THE ATTACHMENT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
WHEREAS THE BUILDING'S GROUND DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO PURCHASE ONE NEW TREE LIFT AND HAS RECEIVED THREE QUOTES.
SUN FIRST EQUIPMENT $109,992 SKYWORKS EQUIPMENT SALES $190,470 AND ALTECH $227,275 B IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF ONE NEW TREE LIFT FROM SUN FIRST EQUIPMENT FOR THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF $109,992 AFTER THE $30,000 DOWN PAYMENT IN 2022 FOR YEARLY PAYMENTS OF $21,746 AND 90 CENTS BEGINNING IN 2023.
FUNDS A AVAILABLE IN A 0.7 1 4 0 2 0 1 4.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINDLY.
WHERE IS THE HIGHWAY? DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS THE BUDGET FOR STREET SIGNS AND WHERE IS BUILDINGS GROUNDS WILL BE PERFORMING THE WORK BE IT RESOLVED AT THE HIGHWAY.
BUDGET LINE DB 5 1 1 0 2 0 5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 BE TRANSFERRED TO ACCOUNT A 3 3 2 0 5 2.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SEAN CARNA STUDENT AT HOLBERT COLLEGE TO COMPLETE AN INTERNSHIP IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT NO COST TO THE TOWN.
SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SECOND CU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE NEW AND UNUSED 2021 DODGE CHARGER.
ALL WHEEL DRIVE FROM JOE CONE'S CHRYSLER COMPLEX FOR THE PRICE OF $32,600.
WHEREAS THE REQUEST TO ADVERTISE RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT BID ONE DASH 2022 IN THE DECEMBER 13TH, 2021 TOWN BOARD MEETING RECEIVED NO RETURN BIDS.
AND WHEREAS DODGE HAS HALTED THE PRODUCTION OF ALL 2022 DODGE MODELS RESULTING IN UNAVAILABILITY TO PLACE ORDERS AND OR PURCHASING, WHEREAS A NEW AND UNUSED 2021 DODGE CHARGER ALL-WHEEL DRIVE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN A LOT OF JOSEPH CO'S
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CHRYSLER COMPLEX FOR IMMEDIATE PURCHASE.WHEREAS THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF $15,500 FOR A 2020 DODGE CHARGER NUMBER 34 WILL BE APPLIED AGAINST A PURCHASE FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF $17,100.
THE FUNDS FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.202.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
OPPOSED? UM, I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE NEXT, UM, THE NEXT ITEM AND REPLACE IT WITH THE REVISED VERSION THAT HAD BEEN SENT OUT.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE FIVE NEW AND UNUSED 2022 FORD UTILITY POLICE INTERCEPTOR EXPLORERS FOR THE BID PRICE OF $36,000 PER UNIT FOR THE GRAND TOTAL OF $180,000.
WHEREAS THE REQUEST TO ADVERTISE RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT FROM BID TWO FROM DECEMBER 13TH, 2021 TOWN BOARD MEETING RECEIVED NO RETURN BIDS.
AND WHEREAS WE REQUEST TO PIGGYBACK ON BID 7 8 7 7 PREPARED FOR THE TOWN OF EVANS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AWARDED TO DELACEY FORD INCORPORATED IN ALMA, NEW YORK.
AND WHEREAS THE TRADE-IN VALUES OF CAR 18 $8,500 CAR 28,000 CAR 23 $8,000, CAR 26 $8,000 AND CAR 28 $8,000 WILL BE APPLIED AGAINST THESE PURCHASES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT DUE OF $139,500.
THE FUNDS FOR THESE VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.22 MOTOR VEHICLES.
SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ERFORD.
WHERE THE TON OF HAMBURG CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTERS HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF BOTH VILLAGES AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS REQUESTED, THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, WE ANY AND ALL FEES FOR CLIENTS OF ITS HOUSING PROGRAMS, THUS MAKING SAID PROGRAMS MORE AFFORDABLE AND WHEREAS ANY FEES WAIVED SHALL BE UTILIZED AS A MATCH CREDIT FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT ANY AND ALL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE PERMANENTLY WA MADE WAIVED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR LARGE TRASH REMOVAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGES OF HAMBURG AND BLAZEDALE INSIDE CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS TO PROVIDE TRASH PICKUP SERVICES.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TERMINATION OF TIMOTHY JOYCE IN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS THOMAS LARDO, PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS RETIRED AS OF 1 21 22.
AND WHEREAS THE POSITION HAS BEEN POSTED AND APPLICANTS NEED TO BE INTERVIEWED AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE UNDERSTAFFED, BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TEMPORARY PART-TIME HIRING OF THOMAS LARDO TO THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER ASSISTANT WITHIN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
MR. LARGO'S EFFECTIVE DATE IS 2 1 22 FOR THE PART-TIME RATE OF $38 AND 34 CENTS FOR MAXIMUM HOURS OF 19 HOURS PER WEEK, FUNDING WILL BE PAID WITHIN A 1 4 4 0 2.
SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER FOR ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WHEREAS AT THE JANUARY 7TH, 2019 TUB BOARD MEETING, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AWARDED A TWO AND A HALF YEAR CONTRACT WITH GHD CONSULTING SERVICES INC.
FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THIS CONTRACT, THE TOWN AND GHD ARE DESIROUS OF EXTENDING THE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR PERIOD.
AND WHEREAS GHD IN THE TOWN OF NEGOTIATED FEE FOR 2022 SERVICES UP TO THE AMOUNT OF $85,600 WITH THE FEE FOR 2023 AND 2024 TO BE NEGOTIATED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2023 AND 2024 BUDGETS RESPECTIVELY.
AND WHEREAS FUNDS FOR THE 2022 CONTRACT ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 0.1 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND TERMINATING ON THE DATE OF THE FIRST TOWN BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY, 2025 TO PROVIDE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
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SECOND.SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINDLY.
OPPOSED? CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS PER THE ATTACHMENT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
IT RESOLVED THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES REQUEST THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE CHILD AN ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED BY THE ADULT DAY SERVICES PROGRAM.
SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER COME FOR ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED TO WENDELL, WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS SCHEDULED TO ENTER A MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH WENDELL.
DREW RILEY FOR COMPREHENSIVE TOWN PLANNING SERVICES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2022.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT UPON REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN WENDELL AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE TOWN BOARD ACCEPTS THE TERMS OF SAID CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZE ITS SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE SAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN ACCEPT THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED 1 24 20 22 FOR A TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED OF $1,875,465 AND 83 CENTS.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW OPEN, UH, IT UP TO BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
ANYBODY HERE TO ADDRESS THE TOWN BOARD FROM THE PUBLIC? YOU FEEL FREE TO STEP RIGHT UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
UM, I HAD READ IN THE
AND THEY WERE GONNA HAVE A STUDY AND, UM, MAINLY DRIVE OFF SOUTH PARK, UH, RIGHT BY PEGASUS.
WE HAVE MAJOR, MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING IN THE BACKYARD MAJOR.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST 43 YEARS.
AND IN 1983, THE TOWN DID GO IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTIES AND CLEAR OUT THAT DITCH OR CREEK OR WHATEVER, AND THEN THE WATER WAS FLOWING WHEN WE, IT WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND OUR PROPERTY CAN'T EVEN BE USED.
UM, THEY EVEN DON'T HAVE LEAF PICKUPS, SO WE TAKE THE LEAVES IN THE BACK AND THE PART OF OUR PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE TO JUST PUT THEM THERE AND COMPOST THEM, WE CAN'T EVEN WALK BACK THERE.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ICE SKATING PONDS IN THE BACKYARDS AND IT'S ALL THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, UH, STARTING FROM THE CORNER AND I THINK GOING DOWN TO THE END OF THE ROAD, THERE'S ANOTHER CREEK THAT COMES IN FROM THAT AREA.
AND I JUST REALLY THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO THE TOWN BOARD'S ATTENTION.
UH, YES, THERE IS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UM, AND I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT, TOTAL AMOUNT WAS.
SOME OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE, BY THE PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD, BUT THERE REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, UH, THAT LEFT.
I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE TOWN IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TOWN WIDE DRAINAGE STUDY.
UM, SO I'M, I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL BE, UH, REACHING OUT TO MEMBERS FROM, FROM, UH, RESIDENTS, FROM FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, CAMMY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, THAT YOU CAN SHARE, UH, ON THAT AT THIS TIME? UM, NO, I'M JUST MAKING A NOTE OF THE LOCATION SO THAT I CAN BE SURE TO MENTION IT TO THE, THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED FOR THE KIND WIDE RANGE STUDY.
WE'VE TRIED TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC TARGET AREAS AND STREETS AND CODE AND IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN JUST LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT THIS, THIS DITCH OR CHANNEL THAT COULD BE JUST CLEANED OUT.
UH, WE CAN LOOK AT THE SITUATION TO SEE IF, IF THERE'S ANY OPTIONS FOR THE TALENT THERE.
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IS HE NOTATED HIS STATESO I DUNNO HOW THAT ENTER INTO IT.
UM, BUT I DID SPEAK TO BOB IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA LOOK INTO IT AS WELL.
UM, WELL I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH OUR, WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
I OFFER YOU MY, MY BUSINESS CARD.
IF YOU, IF YOU, UH, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF YOU COULD EMAIL, UM, YOUR CONCERNS TO THAT AS WELL.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMAIN ON, IN THE, THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE AGENDA AS WELL.
SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO ON BOARD MEETING AND, AND BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
YOU WANT ME TO EMAIL SOMETHING OR? YES.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN CONTACT WITH YOU.
MARYANNE WAS ASKING AND W-I-S-N-I-E-W-S-K.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO DEPARTMENT HEADS? OKAY.
WE'LL START BACK OVER HERE WITH ED HIGHWAY.
UH, UH, NO REPORT THEN THAT FALLS OUT.
NOTHING TO REPORT ALL MARTY, UH, JUST ONE ITEM SUPERVISOR AND THAT IS THAT, UH, FOR HERMAN, A 27 YEAR EMPLOYEE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT IS FINISHING UP THIS WEEK.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR HIM AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO STOP BY AND WISH IT WELL, FRIDAY WILL BE HIS LAST DAY.
I NOTHING FOR, I THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP WORKING WITH, UH, THE THANK YOU CHIEF TRASK REPORT.
UH, REPORTS FROM THE BOARD COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING THINGS WE'RE PLANNING THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, WORKING ON AN EVENT THIS SUMMER WITH THE VETERANS COMMITTEE.
I'LL BE UPDATING EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A VIRTUAL TOUR PLANNED FOR THE AMBER COALITION FOR EQUITY INCLUSION.
SO I WILL, I'LL GET EVERYBODY THAT INFORMATION.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK.
UH, I WOULD JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE TOWNS VOLUNTEERS AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT HELPED OUT TO DISTRIBUTE THE 95 MASKS AND, UH, COVID TEST KITS.
IT WAS A VERY FRIGID DAY, BUT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT BY ALL.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYBODY PITCHING IN.
UM, MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR HO HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE AG BOARD ON JANUARY 12TH, AND WE GOT A FANTASTIC INTRODUCTION OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE AG BOARD'S BEEN PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THAT BOARD GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VERY MANY RETIREES.
WE WILL MISS THEIR PRESENCE AROUND TOM HALL, BUT I'M SURE THEY WILL ENJOY THE RETIREMENT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONTO, UM, UH, SOME OF WHAT, WHAT MEG SAID.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE CELEBRATED LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK FOR RETIREMENTS.
UH, TOM DALE, JOY BROWN, LAURIE AGLE, AND TOM PARTRIDGE.
AMONG THESE FOUR EMPLOYEES, THEY HAVE A COMBINED, UH, 102 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TOWN.
SO THIS IS A GREAT DEAL OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AS YOU, IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RESOLUTION, SOME OF THEM HAVE AGREED TO STAY ON PART-TIME TO ADVISE US DURING THE TRANSITION.
UM, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT PRACTICE IN TOWN GOVERNMENT, UH, WHEN I WAS AN EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE HERE PREVIOUSLY.
UM, THAT THAT WASN'T THE PRACTICE, BUT TO PROVIDE THAT CONTINUITY AND SERVICE, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRUCIAL.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THESE, UH, THESE RETIREMENT CELEBRATIONS THIS PAST WEEK.
UM, AND I HAVE TO GIVE, UH, UH, UH, GREAT, UH, ACCOLADES TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY UNIT WHO REALLY KNOW HOW TO SHOW OFF, SHOW OFF A, AN EMPLOYEE.
UM, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMMUNITY WAS HERE TO SHOW OFF, UH, MR. MR. PARTRIDGE.
UM, AND I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS HIS, HIS FINAL CALL, UH, TO OUR, TO OUR FIRST DEDICATED FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY GENERALLY TO THE EMPLOYEES
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OF HAMBURG, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, ALL THE WAY TO TO OUR CLEANERS.THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE FIRST THREE WEEKS FOR ME, REALLY A SEAMLESS TRANSITION, MAKING SURE THAT MYSELF AS WELL AS MY SPECIAL ASSISTANT, MICHELLE DOHERTY, HAVE THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PATIENCE IN ANSWERING OUR MANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GREAT, GREAT FIRST, UH, FEW WEEKS WITH YOU ALL HERE IN HAMBURG, SO THANK YOU.
UM, SUPERVISOR, UM, JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE MASKS.
SO I HAVE THEM IN MY DEPARTMENT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND PICK THEM UP.
SO ANY ANYBODY FROM FROM THE PUBLIC YEAH.
UM, MARTY'S PEOPLE BROUGHT 'EM OVER AND, UM, WE HANDING 'EM OUT.
UM, ALL RIGHT, THEN WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO.
OPPOSED? CARRIE MEETING, ADJOURN.