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CALL THE, UH, WORK SESSION TO ORDER JOIN ME UNITED STATES FEW ITEMS TO DISCUSS IN THE WORK SESSION.
UH, CHIEF DYNE IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT HIS PROPOSED POLICE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM, UH, HEATHER FROM WENDELL ON, UH, GIS OVERVIEW IS SOME OTHER, UH, MATTERS OF BUSINESS TO DISCUSS REGARDING, UH, SEPTIC SYSTEM OUT AT HIGHWAY.
AND, UH, CONSULTANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RETAIN, UH, FOR THE PLANNING BOARD AS WELL AS UPDATES FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND WITH A COUPLE ISSUES TO DISCUSS, UH, AT SOME POINT THIS EVENING, WE'LL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON A PERSONNEL RELATED ISSUE AS WELL AS POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
UH, BUT WE'LL START, UH, FIRST WITH CHIEF
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
SO THE FIRST SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE, THE CURRENT STAFFING.
WHEN CHIEF TRASK LEFT, THIS IS HOW THE DEPARTMENT WAS, UH, CONFIGURED.
SO WE HAVE FOUR PLATOONS, TWO DAY SHIFT PLATOONS AND TWO NIGHT SHIFT PLATOONS.
AND ON THOSE SHIFTS THERE WERE 10 PATROL OFFICERS ON A 10 ON B.
UH, THERE USED TO BE 10 ON C, BUT SINCE THEN, LARS HAS BECOME A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, SO I'LL JUST MENTION THAT A LITTLE LATER ON.
AND THEN WE HAD NINE ON THE D PATROL.
WE HAD TWO OFFICERS ASSIGNED OUTSIDE OF THAT.
ONE WAS OFFICER HOGAN, WHO WAS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, AND THEN OFFICER KOWALSKI WHO WAS DOING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ENFORCEMENT.
IN THE DETECTIVE BUREAU, WE HAD EIGHT DETECTIVES AND TWO NARCOTICS OFFICERS.
AND AS FAR AS THE COMMAND STAFF WENT, SIX LIEUTENANTS SUPERVISING THE ROAD.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THREE CAPTAINS AND ONE CHIEF.
AND THEN CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO PROBATIONARY OFFICERS, ONE THAT'S IN FIELD TRAINING RIGHT NOW AND ONE THAT'S IN THE ACADEMY.
SO THAT'S THE WAY THE PREVIOUS CHIEF HAD THINGS SET UP.
UM, HIS OPINION PHILOSOPHY ON HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD LOOK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MINE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING ONE IS RIGHT OR WRONG, IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
SO THE WAY I SEE THINGS HAPPENING IS TO NOT HAVE 10 PATROLMEN ON EACH PLATOON.
UM, MY THINKING BEHIND THAT IS THIS.
WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF SIX OFFICERS THAT PATROL THE STREETS.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAD EIGHT OFFICERS ON A PLATOON, OR 10 OR 12, WHEN THE MINIMUM IS SIX, A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL JUST TAKE OFF, TAKE VACATION DAYS, TAKE OVERTIME, AND YOU'RE AT SIX PEOPLE WORKING.
NOW, THAT'S NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU'RE JUST ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO BE OFF.
SO WHAT I PROPOSED IS TAKING A PERSON OFF EACH OF ONE OF THOSE PLATOONS AND GIVING THEM ANCILLARY DUTIES OR POSITIONS THAT WE USED TO HAVE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU SEE THE REVISED STAFFING, WHAT WE DID, WE INCREASED OR ADDED THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE OFFICER HOGAN, WHO WAS IN, UH, FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE JUST RECENTLY APPOINTED, UH, ANDREW LIARS TO BE THE SECOND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE TOWN CAME TO AN ARRANGEMENT WITH FRONTIER, WHERE THEY, UM, ARE OBVIOUSLY GONNA SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME, WHICH IS A NICE SAVINGS TO THE TOWN.
PLUS THEY GET TWO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH IN MY OPINION, THEY, THEY TRULY DO NEED IN TODAY'S, UH, TIMES.
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WE GOT THOSE TWO POSITIONS.THEN WE USED TO HAVE OFFICERS THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO TASK FORCE, TASK FORCES.
UH, OFFICER BULLARD USED TO BELONG OR WAS ASSIGNED TO THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE DEA, WHICH HE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NOT ONLY THE FEDERAL SIDE OF THINGS, BUT ALSO ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE MEMBERS IN THE TASK FORCE.
ONE BENEFIT OF BEING IN THE TASK FORCE IS NOT ONLY THE NETWORKING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND BRING RESOURCES TO THE TOWN TO ASSIST OUR NARCOTICS OFFICERS, BUT THERE WERE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS THAT USED TO COME IN FROM HIM BEING THERE.
AND SO THAT'S A NICE, UM, ALTHOUGH NOT THE PRIMARY REASON, BUT IT IS A NICE BENEFIT TO START BUILDING UP OUR ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DEPLETING THEM AND NOT PUTTING ANYTHING IN THERE.
NOW, THE OTHER ONE IS OFFICER HORRIGAN, WHO HAS BEEN A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR NINE YEARS AT FRONTIER.
HE DOES A VERY NICE JOB THERE.
HOWEVER, MY OPINION, I THINK THERE IS A SHELF LIFE FOR A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, AND NINE YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
AND SO WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OFFICER HORRIGAN AND ASSIGN HIM TO THIS NEW FBI TASK FORCE THAT IS TARGETING DRUGS AND GUNS COMING IN FROM CANADA THROUGH BUFFALO.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO USING THE FEDEX, UM, WAREHOUSE THAT'S HERE IN HAMBURG.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING PACKAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE.
SO NOW DETE OR, UH, CAPTAIN LAVELL IS IN CHARGE OF EVIDENCE WHEN THEY FIND SOMETHING DRUGS OR, OR WHATEVER THERE, THEY CALL USMAN GOES, PICKS IT UP, BRINGS IT TO CAPTAIN LAVELL, AND HE PUTS IT INTO EVIDENCE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT ENDS.
SO I THINK NOW WITH HAVING SOMEONE ON THAT TASK FORCE AND REALLY LOOKING INTO THOSE THINGS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND WHERE THESE PACKAGES ARE SUPPOSED TO GO OR WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN FRONTIER ASKED TO HAVE ANOTHER SRO, WE HAD TWO REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES.
UM, OFFICER LARS AND OFFICER HOTWATER INTERVIEWED FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THAT POSITION.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE ASKED OFFICERS, HEY, WHO WANTS TO BE AN SRO? YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CRICKETS.
NO ONE REALLY KIND OF STEPPED UP.
SO TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GET OFFICER HORRIGAN INTO SOMETHING AND THEN TO HAVE OFFICER HOTWATER SLIDE INTO THAT POSITION.
SO WE HAVE ASKED THE DEA AND THE FBI TASK FORCE IF THEY DO HAVE POSITIONS.
AND SO WE DO HAVE THE PROCESS GOING WHERE IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THOSE MOVES, AND THAT THAT'S AT NO COST TO THE TOWN.
AND AGAIN, THE FBI TASK FORCE, THAT IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE ASSET FORFEITURE MONEY WOULD COME IN IF THEY WERE TO SEIZE, YOU KNOW, CONTRABAND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS COMMAND STAFF, AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE, IF NOT FOUR CAPTAINS.
THERE WAS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF AND THERE WERE EIGHT LIEUTENANTS THAT WORKED.
NOW SINCE THEN, WE'VE CHANGED THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS.
SO SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT WE WENT FROM HAVING SEVEN LIEUTENANTS TWO YEARS AGO TO SIX, AND IN MY OPINION, SIX LIEUTENANTS TRYING TO SUPERVISE THE ALMOST LITTLE LESS THAN 40 PEOPLE, RIGHT? 38, 36 PEOPLE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY, UM, I ASKED IF WE COULD NOT ONLY REPLACE THE LIEUTENANT THAT'S GONNA BE PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN TONIGHT, BUT TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LIEUTENANT TO HELP WITH THE SUPERVISION.
HALF OF OUR PATROL FORCE ON THE ROAD HAS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE.
SO WE HAVE A VERY YOUNG, THEY DO A GREAT JOB, BUT AS FAR AS THE EXPERIENCE GOES, IT'S NOT THERE.
AND SO WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, WHO DO THEY ASK? I'D RATHER HAVE THEM ASK A LIEUTENANT, A SUPERVISOR THAN TO ASK THEIR PARTNER WHO HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME ON AS THEM.
SO I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE THAT EXTRA LIEUTENANT TO SUPERVISE, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN, AND THEN THE THREE CAPTAINS AND THE ONE CHIEF AND THE PROBATIONARY OFFICER AS YOU SEE THERE.
UM, SO WHAT I PROPOSED TONIGHT WAS SINCE I BECAME CHIEF, THAT MEANS THE CAPTAIN'S POSITION WAS OPEN.
AND SO LIEUTENANT AARON, WHO HAS 24 YEARS ON THE JOB, UM, KIND OF WAS AN EASY CHOICE, WAS EASY CHOICE FOR US.
AND THEN WE HAD, UH, THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT OUR, UH, OFFICER
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KRON MILLER, AND DETECTIVE SERGEANT POZ, THE DETECTIVE SERGEANT POZ, HAS 14 YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT, SIX YEARS IN THE DETECTIVE BUREAU.AND OFFICER KRONER HAS 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
SO I THINK THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE FANTASTIC AT, UH, BEING LIEUTENANTS.
AND THEN SINCE DETECTIVE SERGEANT POZ IS GOING TO BECOME A LIEUTENANT THAT LEFT AN OPENING IN THE DETECTIVE BUREAU WHERE NARCOTICS OFFICER BOROWSKI, UM, AND THAT AGAIN, THE DETECTIVE PHYSICIANS NOW ARE CIVIL SERVICE, SO WE HAVE TO GO BY, BY THE LIST.
UH, HE WAS IN THE TOP THREE, HE'S BEEN DOING NARCOTICS AND NOW SAW A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO GO INTO THE DETECTIVE BUREAU TO WORK ON OTHER INVESTIGATIONS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEN THERE'S AN OPENING IN NARCOTICS.
SO WE ACTUALLY ARE HAVING, UH, INTERVIEWS ON THURSDAY.
WE WANTED TO TRY AND JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION WITH, WITH THAT, UH, JOB.
THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS, I THINK MORALE IS GOING TO BE INCREASED WITH THE ABILITY FOR OFFICERS TO HAVE A PLACE TO ASPIRE TO, WHETHER IT'S LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE NARCOTICS, A TASK FORCE.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO, WELL, WE, WE ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE ON PATROL, AND YOU'RE GONNA DIRECT TRAFFIC AT CAMP IN 20 FOR 20 YEARS, AND THEN YOU CAN RETIRE.
SO AT LEAST THERE'S, THERE'S AVENUES FOR ADVANCEMENT, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? SO THE, THE MOVE FROM 38 TO TO 35, UM, I THINK IN THE PAST IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO, UH, FEEL LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH BOOTS ON THE GROUND OFFICERS.
UH, MY CONCERN WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE DECREASING AT THREE.
UM, IS THAT ALL SET BY THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STILL HAS THE 62 FULL STAFF? YES.
UH, NOT A CONCERN, NO, BECAUSE THESE TWO PROBATIONARY OFFICERS ON THE BOTTOM ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PLATOON.
SO TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, ONCE THEY'RE OFF PROBATION, WE'LL IMMEDIATELY GO INTO A PLATOON.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, INSTEAD OF 10 ON A PLATOON, IT'LL BE NINE.
AND THEN OFFICER KOWALSKI TOO, WHO'S DOING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND IF WE, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S ON, ON COMP, AND SO SINCE LER WAS, UM, PROMOTED, THAT PLATOON IS MISSING ANOTHER PERSON.
SO IF IN THE INTERIM, OFFICER KOWALSKI'S GOING TO JUMP INTO THAT EIGHT PLATOON TO SUPPLEMENT THAT.
SO AS FAR AS THE, THE NUMBERS AND THE RANKS, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO, YOU KNOW, GO BELOW EIGHT.
UH, JUST CURIOUS ON THE NARCOTICS OVER TIME, HAS THAT INCREASED, DECREASED, OR STAYED THE SAME, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH SOME OF THE LOOSENING OF SOME OF THE RULES AROUND NARCOTICS? I WOULD SAY THIS, IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT NOW WHERE THE NARCOTICS GUYS, WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, WOULD GO OUT AND MAKE BUYS.
I MEAN, THEY STILL DO, BUT THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT.
THEY WOULD GO TO EVANS AND THEY WOULD THEN BUY AND DO UNDERCOVER BUYS AT EVANS, AND EVANS WOULD COME HERE AND THEY WOULD DO THAT.
THERE'S STILL SOME OF THAT GOING ON, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THEIR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE NOW SHIFTED TOWARDS OVERDOSES AND OVERDOSE DEATHS.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE OF THOSE THAN WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED.
SO WILL THE REDUCTION ON THE PLATOONS HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY POLICE SINCE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, BEEN SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT?
MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I IMPLEMENTED WAS WE ARE SENDING OFFICERS TO ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL AT ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, UM, AT FRONTIER.
UM, I JUST WAS AT GLOVER BANK FRIDAY MORNING TO SEE HOW IT LOOKED, HOW IT WAS GOING.
UM, SO SCHOOLS ARE VERY HAPPY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PARENTS ARE VERY HAPPY, THE OFFICERS, UM, ARE ACTUALLY ENJOYING IT.
SO, NO, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY PRIMARY, UM, ONE OF MY PRIMARY, I DON'T WANNA SAY CONCERNS, BUT THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO, TO FOCUS ON IS THE COMMUNITY AND DOING THINGS FOR THEM, NOT GONNA HAVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THEM AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU HAD MENTIONED THIS, BUT THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, UH, THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A PRETTY BIG PART OF THE OPERATION.
UM, AND NOW THAT'S IN THE NEW ALIGNMENT.
ARE WE NO LONGER GONNA FOCUS ON THAT? ARE WE STILL GONNA HAVE THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TARGET, YOU KNOW, TARGETS? GOOD QUESTION.
SO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT WAS ONE, OBVIOUSLY SAFETY, BECAUSE THAT IS TARGETING THE BIG TRACTOR TRAILERS AND, AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING
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THROUGH THE TOWN.SO THAT, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY FIRST AND FOREMOST.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT ALL THE SUMMONSES AND TICKETS THAT HE WOULD WRITE WOULD GET AND GARNISH BIG, BIG FINES IN THE COURT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY TRUE OR HAPPENING.
SO THE SAFETY PART OF IT'S STILL IMPORTANT AND I'D LIKE TO TRY AND KEEP THAT.
UM, BUT IF WE NEED HIM TO KIND OF MOVE A LITTLE BIT AT TIMES, THEN WE, WE HAVE THAT, UM, FLEXIBILITY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT, BUT JUST USE HIM TO SUPPLEMENT THAT ONE PLATOON AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AND THEN PUT HIM BACK DOING THAT.
AND OVERALL, THE COST, IN FACT, OH ZERO ZERO, MATTER OF FACT, BECAUSE OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH FRONTIER NOW, I MEAN THE, THE TOWN'S BUDGET HAS DECREASED BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING MORE FOR OUR TWO OFFICERS.
SO, SO NOW THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COST WITH THAT EXTRA LIEUTENANT, BUT IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PATROLMAN'S PAYING A LIEUTENANT'S PAYING, BUT THE, THE SAVINGS THAT WE GOT FROM FRONTIER FAR OUTWEIGH WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL COST IS GONNA BE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS CHIEF.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE HEATHER.
MR. WENDELL, UM, I ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVEN'T MET MOST OF YOU.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN WITH WENDELL FOR 14 YEARS.
JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON ME.
UM, MY HOPE GOING FORWARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME FOR ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE GI IS YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
I LEFT A CARD, UM, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE SO YOU CAN HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT BASICALLY WHAT I DO AT WENDELL, UM, WE SERVICE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
UM, MOSTLY ERIE, NIAGARA ORLEANS, GENESEE COUNTIES WITH, UM, ASSET MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR.
UM, BUT WE HOST 3G IS APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY FOR THE TOWN.
UM, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS UP HERE ON THE SLIDE.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC GIS SITE.
SO BASICALLY THAT IS A SITE THAT ANYONE CAN ACCESS.
THE LINK IS ON THE TOWN'S WEBPAGE FOR FOLKS TO, UH, BASICALLY SEARCH FOR PARCEL INFORMATION, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, WETLANDS, FLOODPLAINS ZONING, UM, REALLY ANY OF THE DATA THAT THE TOWN WOULD MANAGE THAT IS, UM, NON-CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TOWN WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTS.
UM, CONVERSELY WE HAVE A STAFF GIS SITE THAT IS WHAT HOUSES YOUR CRITICAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WITH LIMIT, WHICH IS WHY I KIND OF WANNA COME TODAY AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THOUGHT ON GIS GOING FORWARD.
BUT THAT TOWN SITE HAS, UM, SOME WATER RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION, STREET LIGHTING, ZONING, PARCEL INFORMATION, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE THIRD APPLICATION THAT WE HOST IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TOWNS BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO TIM WILLARD AND THE FOLKS THERE USE OUR BUILDING PERMIT, GIS UH, SYSTEM TO MANAGE ALL OF THEIR BUILDING PERMITS, COMPLAINTS, FIRE INSPECTIONS, ET CETERA.
SO EVERYTHING IS GOING THROUGH THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S A VERY HEAVILY USED AND PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST COMPLICATED GIS APPLICATIONS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE SITES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE FIRST CONTRACT THERE, I WON'T READ THE NUMBERS OFF.
AND THEN THE SECOND CONTRACT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS FAR AS OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS FOR THE PUBLIC AND STAFF GIS APPLICATIONS, RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO IS HOSTING OF THE SITE ONLY.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A, A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST WEEK IN REGARDS TO WHO'S UPDATING DATA, UH, WHAT WENDELL ACTUALLY DOES AS FAR AS THESE SITES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KIND OF GO OVER IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
SO AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC AND STAFF SITES, THE ONLY, UM, CONTRACT ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS THE HOSTING FEE.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS WENDELL IS HOSTING THESE GIS APPLICATIONS AND ALL OF YOUR DATA ON OUR SERVERS, ALL WITH OUR, OUR, OUR ESRI, OUR GIS SOFTWARE.
UM, WE DO PERFORM SOME BASE LAYER UPDATES, WHICH INCLUDE PARCELS, PARCEL LINE WORK FROM THE COUNTY ONCE A YEAR.
UM, WETLAND INFORMATION, ANYTIME THE DEC OR THE US FISH WILDLIFE SERVICE FOR FEDERAL WETLANDS UPDATES INFORMATION, WE UPDATE THAT ON THE SITE AS WELL.
UM, THAT INFORMATION IS UPDATED EVERY FOUR TO FIVE
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YEARS FROM NEW YORK STATE.UM, WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE OF IN 2021 APRIL FOR NEW IMAGERY.
SO THAT'S UP ON THE SITE AS WELL.
AND THEN ROADS, UM, SO UNDER THIS AGREEMENT CURRENTLY, UM, THE TOWN IS WHO PROVIDES US WITH UPDATES TO ZONING CHANGES, UM, AND ANY OTHER DATA STREETLIGHTS, ET CETERA.
I KNOW I RECENTLY JUST GOT AN UPDATE OF INFORMATION FROM
HE TYPICALLY COMES BACK, UM, SPORADICALLY AND HE WILL, HE'LL SEND UPDATES TO THE DATA.
UM, BUT ASIDE FROM HIM SENDING THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, SO AS FAR AS ANY OTHER, UM, DATA THAT'S TOWN BASED CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT, UM, UNDER THIS CONTRACT TOO, AND, AND JENNY MAY BE UNAWARE OF THIS AS WELL, WE ACTUALLY, UM, ARE PROVIDING A SERVICE OF DATA, THE SAME PUBLIC DATA TO THE, UM, TOWNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT FEEDING THEIR PROGRAM CALLED TMI.
SO THEY'RE GETTING THE SAME UPDATED PARCELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC SITE.
SO THEY HAVE THAT SERVICE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR THIRD APPLICATION, WHICH IS THE BUILDING, UM, PERMIT, GIS APPLICATION.
THIS ONE RUNS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
UM, YES, WE ARE, UM, HOSTING THE SITE, BUT WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING, WE BASICALLY HAVE AN OPEN RETAINER.
UM, $6,275 IS TIME AND EXPENSE.
SO WE ONLY CHARGE THAT IF WE ARE ASKED TO DO ANY WORK BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AND BY WORK WE KIND OF MEAN, UM, IT COULD BE APPLICATION ENHANCEMENT, NEW TOOL DEVELOPMENT, UH, REPORTS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE SITE TO BASICALLY MAINSTREAM INFORMATION THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT NEEDS.
SO WE HAVE A GIS SUPPORT SERVICE ITEM FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY PARCEL UPDATES, ET CETERA, AND IT HASN'T BEEN ASKED FOR PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, JUST TO GIVE A A LITTLE QUICK OVERVIEW OF THOSE TWO SITES AND WHAT ROLE WE CURRENTLY PLAY.
SO POTENTIAL FUTURE, UM, OF THE TOWN'S GIS, UM, I WAS SPEAKING WITH JENNY FROM IT A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THIS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TOWN DOES SEE A NEED, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE GIS DATA TO BE UPDATED MORE OFTEN THAN WHEN RICK GARO WAS ABLE TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE THE UPDATES.
UM, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES FOR THE TOWN.
WE DO THAT FOR SEVERAL OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL, IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE IN HOUSE THAT'S DEDICATED TO GIS OR, OR HAS THAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE KIND LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE IS, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT WOULD ALLOW WENDELL TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF PARCEL SUBDIVISION UPDATES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE TOWN IS CERTAINLY GROWING SUBDIVISION WISE, AND KEEPING THAT INFORMATION UP TO DATE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO FOR, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY AS A POSSIBILITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH FOR GIS IS ARC GIS ONLINE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE A ROBUST GIS IN REGARDS TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA.
SO REALLY, ALL OF THESE ASSETS THAT THE TOWN CURRENTLY MANAGES AND MAINTAINS LIKELY IS IN PAPER FORMAT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THE IDEA WITH RRC GIS ONLINE IS THAT IT'S GIVING THE CAPABILITY OF THE TOWN, SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY, TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND START GPS LOCATING THEIR ASSETS.
SO WHETHER IT'S DITCHING, UM, TREE INVENTORY, IT COULD BE, UM, HYDRANTS, WATER VALVES, UM, HOUSE SERVICE, SHUTOFFS, UM, EASEMENTS OF ANY SORT.
SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS KIND OF SITTING OUT THERE AND, AND AVAILABLE TO PUT INTO A GIS AND MAKE IT REALLY MANAGEABLE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN WILL HAVE ACCESS TO, LITERALLY IMMEDIATELY.
HOW MANY HYDRANTS DO WE HAVE? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE COST OF REPLACEMENT FOR THESE WATER LINES IN THE TOWN? SO THIS INFORMATION IS MEANT TO BE COLLECTED.
AND RIGHT NOW, UM, I'D SAY THAT THE, THE TOWN HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS FAR AS GIS TO DO IT, UM, WITH SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO IT.
UM, BUT IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT MORE BENEFICIAL IF WE START INVOLVING OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE TOWN AS FAR AS GI S IS CONCERNED.
SO I PUT TOGETHER A, ABOUT A SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO TO KIND OF SHOW YOU A DEMO OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY, UM, THAT'S BEEN UTILIZING OUR CHASE ONLINE AS FAR AS COLLECTING DATA IN THE FIELD.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE INTERNET DOWN HERE WAS A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE, SO I FIGURED I'LL PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO AND NOT CHANCE IT, IT NOT WORKING IF I COME IN TO DO A LIVE DEMO.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD, UM, AND SHOW YOU THE TOWN OF.
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SO HERE WE HAVE THE TON OF HEARTLAND.SO HERE WE HAVE THE TON OF HEARTLAND'S ARC, GIS ONLINE.
SO THEIR ONE PAGE, WHENEVER THEY LOG IN, THEY'LL SEE ALL OF THEIR APPLICATIONS HERE.
IF THEY WERE NOT LOGGED IN, THE ONLY APPLICATION THEY'D SEE WOULD BE THEIR PUBLIC GIS, UM, MAP HERE.
THIS SAME MAP IS ALSO LINKED DIRECTLY ON THEIR HOME PAGE, UM, FOR RESIDENTS TO ACCESS WHENEVER THEY NEED TO.
SO RTS ONLINE, UM, REALLY HAS QUITE A FEW, UM, FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES TO IT, WHICH I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY HERE.
UM, SO OTHER APPLICATIONS AT THE TOWN OF HEARTLAND HAVE, UM, THEY ONLY HAVE ARCH GS ONLINE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CUSTOM GIS APPLICATIONS LIKE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOES, UM, WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE.
EVERY MUNICIPALITY IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN HOW THEY OPERATE.
SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE, UM, GIS DATA THAT THE TOWN HAS BEEN MANAGING AND MAINTAINING SPECIFICALLY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THEIR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE GIS DATA THAT THEY'VE BEEN GPS LOCATING OUT THE FIELD.
UM, HERE YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A, A SLEW OF DATA THAT HAS, IS SITTING IN THIS APPLICATION FROM PHOTOS, UM, POINTS OF INTEREST, WATER REPAIRS, CURB SOFT VALVES, FITTINGS, HYDRANT VALVES, HYDRANTS, WATER MAINS, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A WHOLE SLEW OF INFORMATION HERE.
BASICALLY ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT THEY MANAGE AND MAINTAIN AT THE TOWN.
SO IN HERE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD, UM, AND ZOOM IN ANY LOCATION AND PULL INFORMATION UP AND REALLY KIND OF SEE HOW ALL OF THESE ASSETS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, UM, ALL BEING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
SO HERE WE HAVE, UM, CURVE BOX VALVES.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLICK RIGHT ON THIS SPECIFIC CURVE BOX VALVE.
AND THEY'VE ENTERED IN ALL THIS INFORMATION WHEN THEY WERE OUT GPS LOCATING THE DATA.
WHAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT, UM, THIS INFORMATION IS THAT WE CAN ATTACH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TO ANY OF THE ASSETS THAT WE COLLECT OUT IN THE FIELD.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR CURVE BOX VALVE, YES, IT'S GREAT HAVING THIS POINT LOCATION, UM, BUT HAVING A PHOTO MAKES THE DATA EVEN RICHER.
SO WE CAN COME IN HERE AND GET A GREAT IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE THAT CURVE BOX VALVE IS.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DITCH HERE, THERE IS A CONE, WHICH THEY'VE, UM, PLACED OVER EVERY CURVE BOX VALVE WHEN THEY WERE TAKING PHOTOS, BECAUSE THOSE VALVES, OF COURSE ARE FLUSH, UM, OR BURIED IN THE GROUND.
UM, SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THAT INFORMATION, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER REALLY FANTASTIC THING IS, IS, IS THIS ENVIRONMENT AND GIS IN GENERAL IS MEANT FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT.
SO HAVING THOSE PHOTOS ARE GREAT, BUT THEN YOU CAN ALSO ATTACH ALL OF YOUR RECORD DRAWINGS TO ANY OF THE FEATURES.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS SCENARIO, WE HAVE OUR WATER MAINS, UM, AND WE'VE ATTACHED ALL THE RECORD DRAWINGS TO EACH CORRESPONDING WATER MAIN THAT THEY, UH, RELATE TO.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN OPEN UP THIS RECORD DRAWING AND HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION LITERALLY WITHIN SECONDS.
SO INSTEAD OF GOING BACK INTO A FILING CABINET AND PULLING THOSE HARD COPY DRAWINGS OUT, WE NO LONGER NEED TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION RIGHT HERE WITHIN A COUPLE CLICKS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, THAT SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE MOBILE APP OUT IN THE FIELD FOR USERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN BACK TO THE SHOP AND GRAB THAT INFORMATION.
SO BEFORE I SHOW THAT MOBILE APP, I DO WANNA, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AS WELL, UM, JUST TO SHOW SOME OF THAT OTHER, UM, INFORMATION THAT'S ALSO MANAGED IN HERE, UM, FOR THEIR HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY'VE BEEN MANAGING ALL THEIR SIGNS, ROADWAY, CULVERTS, DRIVEWAY, CULVERTS, DITCHING, UM, EASEMENTS, WHICH HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT INVALUABLE TOOL FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ZOOM IN HERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE WE'VE GOT SOME DRAINAGE EASEMENTS HERE.
SO WHEN THE GUYS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON ANY OF THESE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND ACTUALLY ACCESS THAT ORIGINAL DRAINAGE EASEMENT DOCUMENT.
THEY NEED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE EXTENT OF IT ARE AND WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS SIGNS.
SO ALL THE, UH, ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR SIGN, ALONG WITH A PHOTO OF IT.
AND THEN WHAT'S REALLY GREAT IS ALL OF THE DRAINAGE DITCHING.
UM, I BELIEVE THE TOWN IS ALMOST COMPLETE, BUT THEY'VE GONE IN AND GPS LOCATED ALL THEIR DRAINAGE, UH, DITCHES.
SO THEY HAD A, A FOUR-WHEELER AND BASICALLY STARTED GPS LOCATING AT THE UPSTREAM POINT, DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE ARROWS ARE CORRESPONDING TO FLOW DIRECTION.
SO NOW THEY HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
ONCE THEY'RE READY, THEY CAN START TRACKING ALL OF THEIR DATE, LAST MODE, AND LAST MAINTENANCE DATES.
ONCE THOSE DATES ARE FILLED IN HERE, WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A COLOR CODED
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SYSTEM THAT WILL LET USERS KNOW THAT THIS DITCH WAS LAST MOVED WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, ET CETERA.SO THAT'S ALSO A REALLY GREAT OVERVIEW, KIND OF SEEING WHAT TYPE OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN WHEN.
SO THAT'S THE DESKTOP PORTION OF RGIS ONLINE.
UM, IT OFFERS, OF COURSE, WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT, THE ABILITY TO GPS LOCATE DATA, WHICH IS REALLY THE STAPLE OF ARC GIS ONLINE, IS BEING ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND COLLECT THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN THEN MANAGE AND MAINTAIN IT, UM, IN THE DESKTOP AND ON THE COURSE, REFERENCE IT OUT IN THE FIELD WHENEVER WE NEED TO.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP MY IPHONE RIGHT NOW.
SO HERE WE HAVE A FIELD MAPS APP, THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE, I'M GONNA OPEN THAT UP.
THIS IS THE TOWN OF PARKLAND'S GPS APPLICATIONS.
NOW WE JUST WENT OVER THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, DESKTOP APPS.
THOSE SAME APPS ARE AVAILABLE HERE IN OUR MOBILE DEVICE.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD IN THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE APP, I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN MY GPS ON.
SO YOU CAN SEE I'M ACTUALLY RIGHT AT OUR WENDELL OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'LL SEE MY ACCURACY IS EXTREMELY POOR UP HERE.
I'M NOT CONNECTED TO ANY EXTERNAL GPS RECEIVER.
ONCE I AM, WE'LL SEE THAT DOWN BELOW THREE FEET ACCURACY.
UM, WHICH IS ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO SEE THAT WE NEVER COLLECT DATA OUT IN THE FIELD WITH JUST A SMART DEVICE ALONE.
WE REALLY NEED THAT EXTERNAL GPS RECEIVER TO GIVE US SOME VERY GREAT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION.
SPECIFICALLY, IF WE'RE OUT COLLECTING WATER VALVES, WE NEED TO HAVE MUCH BETTER ACCURACY THAN IN THIS EXAMPLE, 114 FEET, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE WATER VALVES ARE TWO, THREE FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ZOOM OUT, AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE TELLING PARTLAND DATA, WHICH IS THE SAME EXACT DATA THAT WE JUST ACCESSED, UM, ON THE DESKTOP.
SO I CAN COME IN HERE AND CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THE ASSETS.
SO FOR
SAME THING WITH THE, UM, WATERLINE DRAWINGS.
IF I NEED TO ACCESS THOSE, ACCESS THOSE OUT IN THE FIELD TOO, I CAN GO AHEAD AND SEE ALL THE INFORMATION.
I CAN ALSO UPDATE IT IF ANYTHING'S CHANGED ALL AROUND THE FIELD IF I WANT TO, OR I CAN JUST ACCESS THOSE DRAWINGS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WAS A SOMEWHAT INTERESTING QUICK VIEW OF, UM, THE GPS PORTION OF IT.
SO MY, MY HOPE AND MY VISION FOR THE TOWN IS THAT, UM, WE START KIND OF MOVING, USING THE DIS FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A STAFF, UH, DEDICATION PART TWO WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND OF COURSE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, UM, WOULD HAVE SOMEONE ON THEIR STAFF THAT IS BASICALLY GONNA KIND OF RUN WITH COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION.
AND, UH, THE HOPE IS, OF COURSE, TO SIT DOWN WITH BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND SHOW THEM SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE CAPABILITIES WITH THE SYSTEM.
UM, BUT THAT IS ULTIMATELY THE VISION.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY I KIND OF EXPLAINED THE CONTRACT SITUATION, UM, WITH OUR CURRENT GIS CONTRACTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE THREE SITES.
UM, BUT I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR ANY OF YOUR THOUGHTS OR IDEAS ON WHAT WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE INVENTORY.
UM, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT WHAT TO INVENTORY ALL THE TREES IN THE TOWN? YES.
UH, WHAT THE COST WOULD BE, HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S AN INSURANCE BENEFIT, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANCILLARY BENEFITS OF JUST DOING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE? UM, SO I, I WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE BENEFITS AS FAR AS INSURANCE GOES.
UM, MY, MY PORTION AS FAR AS DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, DATA COLLECTION IS, IS REALLY ON THE GIS SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH A COUPLE MUNICIPALITIES AND MANAGED THEIR DATA COLLECTION FOR TREE GRANTS THAT THEY RECEIVED.
UM, SPECIFICALLY CHIEF DAGA IS ONE OF THEM IN THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT WE DID THAT WITH.
UM, AND THEY, THEY WENT FULL, FULL, UH, INVENTORY.
THEY HAD AN ARBORIST ON STAFF AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK AT THE TIME THEY HAD RECEIVED THE DEC GRANT, UM, TO CONDUCT THAT WORK.
UM, AS FAR AS PRICING, I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE PRICING FOR THAT.
UM, I GUESS SOME MORE QUESTIONS WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THOUGH IS WOULD SOMEONE FROM YOUR STAFF BE COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION? WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR WENDELL TO BE DOING THAT FOR YOU? UM, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF IDEAS AND, AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FIRST BEFORE I CAN KIND OF FORMALLY PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRICE FOR IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE COULD CERTAINLY SET THE TOWN UP TO COLLECT THEIR OWN INVENTORY.
UM, IDEALLY YOU WANT AN ARBORIST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TREES AND SPECIES AND GENUSES ALL HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO WHEN, UM, SO SOMEONE SAID THAT YOU CAN COLLECT LIKE THE, THE SIGN INFORMATION.
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YES.YOU KNOW, UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS.
UM, I KNOW ON GUIDE RAIL INVENTORY, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS BEING PROACTIVE FOR ANY LITIGATION YES.
UM, AND YOU KIND OF CUSTOMIZE IT TO YOUR NEED, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WANT TO INVENTORY.
UM, SO NOW IF, IF THE TOWN CONTRACTS WITH WENDELL TO DO THOSE SERVICES, IS ALL OF THAT, I MEAN, IS ALL OF THAT INCLUDED? UM, KIND OF HOW DOES THE VENUE WORK AS FAR AS WHAT YOU, YOU WANT EMPLOYED AND WHAT YOU DON'T WANNA
SO I THINK USUALLY RIGHT FROM THE STARTING GATE, EVERYONE IS EXTREMELY EXCITED AND PROACTIVE TO DO IT, BUT THEN THEY REALIZE IT'S, OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
I MEAN, EVEN TO GO OUT AND DO WATER VALVES, THAT'S A, THAT'S A FULL SUMMER LONG, UM, PROJECT FOR SURE.
PROBABLY WITH A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
UM, SO AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WANNA COLLECT, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF UP TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I, IF WE'RE TALKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, I ALWAYS WILL TELL, UM, MUNICIPALITIES, WE START WITH WATER VALVES FIRST BECAUSE THOSE ARE IMPERATIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO THEN GO TO THE NEXT STAGE AND START DIGITIZING WATER LINES IN.
SO WE THEN LOOK AT THE WATER RECORD DRAWINGS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AND YOUR INVENTORY.
AND OF COURSE THOSE ALREADY GPS LOCATED WATER VALVES ARE WHAT WE THEN SNAP THE WATERAID TO.
UM, IN CONJUNCTION, WE THEN WOULD WANNA SAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SCAN ALL THOSE WATER DRAWINGS IN, BECAUSE HAVING THEM IN A PAPER FORMAT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE TOWN HAS RIGHT NOW, IF THEY'RE SCANNED IN ELECTRONICALLY OR THEY'RE JUST PAPER LOGGING THEY WORK WITH, THEY'RE JUST PAPER.
UM, AND A LOT ONLY HAVE ONE SET.
UM, WE JUST GOT DONE DOING THIS EXACT SAME PROJECT WITH THE TOWN OF WILSON.
SO WE TOOK, THEY HAD 170 WATER RECORD DRAWINGS, WE SCANNED THEM IN AT WENDELL.
UM, THEY HAD ALREADY GONE OUT AND GPS LOCATED ALL THEIR WATER VALVES.
AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH AND DIGITIZED AND THEN ATTACHED THOSE DRAWINGS JUST THE SAME WAY THAT YOU SAW HEARTLANDS ATTACHED THOSE DRAWINGS RIGHT TO EACH SEGMENT THAT THEY CORRESPOND WITH.
SO IT'S UP TO YOU AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WANNA START WITH FIRST.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, I GENERALLY GO WITH KIND OF THE SCENARIO I JUST GAVE.
UM, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT DOING TREES, UM, ALSO ANOTHER REALLY GREAT ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES USUALLY TALK ABOUT INVENTORY INCREASE OR COURSE LIABILITY ALSO.
UM, SO THAT'S, I MEAN, I'M, I, I WORK DIRECTLY AS FAR AS WHOEVER IT IS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL SIT DOWN AS FAR AS WHAT ATTRIBUTES OF INFORMATION ARE TO BE COLLECTED.
THOSE TEMPLATES ARE NOT THE SAME FOR OUR MUNICIPALITY.
THEY CALL IT CURVE BOX VALVE, A CURVE STOP VALVE, OR A, YOU KNOW, WATER STOP.
IT'S, THEY'RE ALL VERY DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT THEN WE GO THROUGH TERM ATTRIBUTES, UM, AND THEN WE CREATE THE LAYER.
AND THEN IF THE, THE TOWN IS THE ONE COLLECTING THE DATA, WHICH ECONOMIC ECONOMICALLY IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR SOMEONE ON THE TOWN STAFF TO DO THAT, SPECIFICALLY IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING, THEY HOPEFULLY KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS AS FAR AS CURVE BOX BELTS, REGULAR MAIN BELTS, ET CETERA.
SO THEY'RE MOST EFFECTIVE AT BEING OUT IN THE FIELD COLLECTING THE DATA.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE A MATTER OF DO THEY HAVE TIME TO DO THAT? AND OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN SPRING AND FALL ARE THE PEAK SEASONS FOR COLLECTING DATA NO ONE WANTS TO DO IN THE WINTERTIME.
BUT THAT'S ALSO THE SAME TIME THAT THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE BUSY.
SO, AND WE'VE USED INTERNS, UM, NIC CAMBRIA, THEY JUST GOT DONE COLLECTING ALL THEIR CURVE BOX SELVES.
UM, THEY'RE STILL ABOUT 25 TO 30 SHY AND WE JUST, THEY CANNOT LOCATE THEM AT ALL.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA WORK ON FINISHING THOSE.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IF SOMEONE'S GOT A WATER BREAK IN THEIR HOUSE OR SOMETHING.
UM, BUT THEY, WE, WE FOUND AN INTERN FOR THEM FROM BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE, AND THEY WERE THERE THE WHOLE SUMMER WORKING ALONG WITH ONE OF THEIR, THEIR WATER DEPARTMENT GUYS.
IS THERE A LAYER FOR HIGHWAY, UH, PAVING, ROAD PAVING AND MAINTENANCE? UM, WE'VE DONE IT WITH THE TOWN OF PORTER, YES.
AND IT WOULD, UM, ALLOW FOR THE MORE REGULAR UPDATING OF THE ZONING MAP.
WELL, I MEAN, I WORK RIGHT NEXT TO DREW RILEY, SO ANYTIME THERE'S AN, UH, YOU KNOW, AMENDED ZONING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IDEALLY HE'D PROVIDE ME THAT DOCUMENTATION.
AND WHAT I WOULD START DOING IS THAT RESOLUTION WOULD GET THEN ATTACHED RIGHT TO THAT ZONE IN THE GIS AND IF YOU GUYS DECIDE IN THE FUTURE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, RJS ONLINE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD ACCESS JUST THE SAME WAY WE OPEN THOSE PICTURES UP OR THE WATER DRAWINGS, YOU COULD THEN GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THAT, THAT RESOLUTION AND NOT HAVE TO GO BACK.
THE FILING CABINETS FOR IT ONCE IT'S SET UP IS, ISN'T THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT, UM, INITIALLY ONE WOULD BE MORE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BUT IF THE TOWN CHOSE TO OVER YEARS AS,
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UH, MORE STAFF BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS, ET CETERA, THAT WE COULD TAKE OVER THE PROCESS MORE IN OUR GIS ONLINE? YES, THAT ENVIRONMENT, UM, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED, UM, WITH LIMITED CAPACITY, BUT, UM, THEY CAN GO IN AND UPDATE THE DATA THEMSELVES.UM, I WILL SAY ON THE CURRENT SETUP, UM, WE ARE THE ONES THAT BASICALLY MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THAT DATA IS SITTING RIGHT ON OUR SERVER.
AND WE HAVE CUSTOM SITES, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE EDITING FUNCTIONALITY BUILT IN.
UM, OUR GIS ONLINE IS A NECESSITY.
IF YOU WANT TO GO AND START GPS LOCATING DATA IN THE FIELD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT, UM, IN ORDER FOR DATA COLLECTION TO OCCUR IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT ENVIRONMENT, OF COURSE, THOUGH, COMES WITH THE ABILITY, UM, IT'S SUPER SCALABLE.
UM, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS CAN SEE CERTAIN LAYERS OF DATA, OTHERS CAN'T.
IF WE CHOOSE, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS CAN EDIT CERTAIN DATA OR CERTAIN FIELDS OF INFORMATION FOR A LAYER, OTHERS CAN'T.
UM, THE ONLY, UH, NEGATIVE IF I, IF I CAN, IN BETWEEN THE TWO ENVIRONMENTS IS RIGHT NOW WITH WENDELL'S CUSTOM SITES, WE DON'T CHARGE PER USER.
SO YOU COULD HAVE 300 FOLKS WITH THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL LOGINS ACCESSING THE STAFF SITE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS JUST A BUILDING DEPARTMENT ACCESSING THAT.
UM, BUT YOU COULD HAVE AS MANY USERS WE DON'T CHARGE PER USER.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY RGS ONLINE, THEY, THEY CHARGE PER USER.
SO EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS TO HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE CREDENTIALS TO GET IN.
AND IDEALLY YOU WANT THEM TO ANYWAYS.
UM, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A KIND OF A PRICE RANGE.
A VIEWER, SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY GONNA GO IN AND LOOK AT THE DATA, MAYBE LOOK AT THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER PERSON PER YEAR.
SO YOU COULD SAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HEY HEATHER, WE DON'T WANT THIS PERSON IN HERE ANYMORE.
WE WOULD TAKE THEM OFF THE SUBSCRIPTION AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS.
UM, SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO BE ACCESSING THE GIS ON THEIR PHONE, UM, AS I WAS SHOWING ON MINE, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE JUST VIEWING DATA AND THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS OUT IN THE FIELD, OR THEY'RE PHYSICALLY GPS LOCATING INFORMATION AND UPDATING, MAYBE A HYDRANT'S BEEN REMOVED OUTTA THE SYSTEM, THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY WANNA REMOVE IT.
THEY COULD GO IN AND, AND DO THAT.
UM, THAT PERSON IS A $350 PER YEAR USER SEAT.
UM, NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE IT.
UM, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY YOUR GUYS AND YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND PROBABLY YOUR HIGHWAYS, SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S AN EDITOR SEAT THAT'S KIND OF YOUR IN-BETWEEN, THAT'S A PERSON WHO'S NOT GONNA BE OUT IN THE FIELD, BUT THEY'RE GONNA, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD IN ALL YOUR EASEMENTS, NOW YOU WANNA GET EVERY EASEMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN THE TOWN, YOU WANNA DIGITIZE IT, YOU WANNA PUT IT IN THE GIS LIKE HEARTLAND DID.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE SITTING AT THEIR DESK EDITING AND ADDING THAT STUFF IN.
SO YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THREE TIERS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THE TOWN ASSETS.
ARE THE COUNTY AND STATE ASSETS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT? UM, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, LIKE, WELL, OUTSIDE OF THAT MUNICIPALITY, THE IMAGERY IS AVAILABLE FOR LITERALLY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS FAR AS OUR GISL LINE IS CONCERNED.
UM, WE DON'T CONTRACT TYPICALLY OUTSIDE OF, OF A MUNICIPALITY IN TERMS OF, UH, ESRI.
THEY ONLY, THEY DON'T DO SHARED SERVICES.
SO IF YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL GIVE YOU NEWSTEAD IN AKRON, OBVIOUSLY AKRON'S IN NEWSTEAD, THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT SHARED SERVICES.
UNFORTUNATELY, ESRI DOESN'T OPERATE THAT WAY.
THEY WON'T LET TWO COMMUNITIES SHARED GIS.
UM, AS SILLY AS THAT SOUNDS, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE THING YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS ANY EXTRA DATA, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO SAY, HEY HEATHER, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR ALL OF NEW YORK STATE IN OUR MAP, I CAN GET THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM NEW YORK STATE EASY ENOUGH TO PUT IN THERE.
BUT AS FAR AS HYDRANTS OR WATER LINES OR ANY OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT, YEAH, RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, YOU'RE NOT GONNA REALLY SEE THAT OUTSIDE UNLESS YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITY THAT WANTS TO SHARE THAT DATA AND THEN WE CAN LOAD IT INTO THE GIS FOR YOU.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO CURRENTLY DO FOR DISPATCH.
SO GOLDEN EDEN, BOSTON, UM, THEY DO TYPICALLY SHARE, UM, SOME OF THEIR WATER FEATURES, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO DISPATCH FIRE TRUCKS AND IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORDERING TOWNS.
UM, BUT JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT HEATHER WAS SAYING, THE RJS ONLINE IS NICE 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE DATA COLLECTION IS IN REAL TIME.
SO WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEES OR WE HIRE INTERNS OVER THE SUMMER.
UM, WE CAN HAVE STAFF HERE THAT CAN MONITOR THEIR, THEIR ACTUAL LOCATION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING.
WE HAVE SHOWN THE PATH WHERE PEOPLE JUST
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FIND A PARK BENCH AND TAKE A NAP, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY MONITOR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK IS GETTING DONE.UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE ATTRIBUTE TABLES IN REGARDS TO POINTS OR LINES OR FEATURES THAT ARE IN THE MAPS, IT'S BASICALLY AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
SO WE CAN ADD ANYTHING THAT WE WANT FIELD INFORMATION AS TIME GOES ON.
UM, AND IT DOES SERVE AS A WAY FOR THE TOWN TO BUDGET.
UM, AT HUGHES AND I HAVE TALKED MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT HIGHWAY AND ABOUT PAVING AND ABOUT G PING, GP SING, UM, POTHOLES.
AND THEN IT ALLOWS ED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE FEATURES AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HIS 1, 3, 5 YEAR PLAN AS FAR AS PAVING OR DITCHES OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY NEEDS TO DO TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THOSE, THOSE, UM, ASPECTS OF, OF THE TOWN.
UM, AND THERE IS A LOT OF ANALYTICAL ASPECTS.
SO BEING ABLE TO USE GIS IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WAYS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO FORECAST BUDGETS AND, AND MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO THE TOWN MEANS.
UM, TUNNEL LOCKPORT, UM, WE, WE HAPPEN TO BE THEIR ENGINEER, BUT WE ALSO DO GIS FOR THEM.
UM, BUT WE DOCUMENT ALL OF THEIR WATER MAIN BREAKS.
SO EVERY YEAR, UM, ROCK BALLOON FROM OUR OFFICE, LET'S SAY I, I NEED A HOTSPOT MA, SO I'LL TAKE ALL THE BREAKS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN FOR THIS YEAR, AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
UM, AND CREATE A HOTSPOT MAP BASICALLY SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE ALL YOUR, YOUR AREAS WHERE YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE WATER MAIN BREAKS, YOU GUYS NEED TO START LOOKING AT REPAIRING THESE FOR REPLACING THE LINES THINGS.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT OFTEN FOR THE
THE COUNTY USES THEM ALL THE TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, DOING MAPS THAT SHOW WHERE WE HAVE HIGH, LET'S SAY OPIOID OVERDOSES OR CRIME RATES, UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK IN OVER THE YEARS DATA IS COLLECTED TO SEE IF THERE'S A PATTERN, UM, YOU KNOW, IF OFFICERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO THE RIGHT LOCATIONS AS FAR AS DISTRICTS, THE CITY DOES THAT.
UM, AND IT, I WENT TO COLLEGE AND DID A STUDY ACTUALLY ON, ON PLACING OFFICERS, BUT YOU WILL SEE A SHIFT IF YOU START MAPPING THAT DATA AND YOU START MOVING YOUR OFFICERS AROUND, YOU WILL SEE THE CRIME RATE OVER TIME.
UM, SO I MEAN, THAT'S JUST CHIEF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT.
I KNOW THAT THE ERIE COUNTY CRIME ANALYSIS CENTER OFFERS SOME OF THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT DIRECTION THE TOWN GOES IN, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A RESOURCE THAT COULD HELP YOUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UM, I CAN BASICALLY SEE GIS USEFUL IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE TOWN.
UM, AND I DO THINK IT'S AN MESSAGE THAT WE DO WELL WORTH LOOKING INTO.
WE ACTUALLY, WE MADE THE ERIE COUNTY ENVISION CRIMINAL JUSTICE GIS FOR DOCUMENTING ALL THEIR LIVE PRODUCTS AND
UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TON OF POTENTIAL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT, IT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FUNDING THE TOWN DECIDES TO, TO PUSH TOWARD IT.
UM, BUT THEN OF COURSE, STAFF, STAFF IS PROBABLY ALWAYS THE BIGGEST HURDLE, UM, IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS AS FAR AS THEM SEEING THE BENEFIT.
AND IT, IT'S TIME CONSUMING INITIALLY, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE ALL THAT DATA IN THERE, LIKE HEARTLAND DOES, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOW A QUICK, I'M GONNA PULL OPEN MY APP AND SEE WHAT I'VE GOT HERE.
THEY HAVE NEW, NEW GUYS COME ON.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT SEAMLESS, BUT IT'S PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO SEAMLESS WHEN YOU GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THIS.
AND USUALLY THOSE NEW GUYS ARE GETTING VIEW ONLY ON THEIR PHONES.
UM, BUT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RELY ON SOMEONE WHO'S RETIRING, THAT JUST WANTS TO GET THE HECK OUT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON A TONE OF THIS SIZE? YES.
WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED MAN HOURS DID IT TAKE TO INITIALLY SET UP THE GIS SYSTEM? WELL, YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE ONE SET UP.
UM, IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS START, UM, BRINGING IN SOME NEWER TECHNOLOGY AS FAR AS THE GPS COMPONENT.
UM, YOU ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING.
YOU ALREADY HAVE A, A PRETTY ROBUST DATABASE.
IT'S JUST THE DATA THAT IS NOT ASSET RELATED NECESSARILY.
UM, WE DID GET STREETLIGHTS THAT CAME IN AND WE, I KNOW THAT THE WENDELL'S BEEN WORKING ON THE STREETLIGHT CONVERSION, UM, FOR THE TOWN, BUT WE JUST GOT, UM, A STREETLIGHT LAYER FROM RICK RECENTLY, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT.
SO IT'S KINDA ASIDE FROM THE LOCATIONS OF 'EM, THERE'S, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT COULD BE IN THERE.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY MASSAGING AND IT'S REALLY GETTING A COUPLE LAYERS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY ACQUIRING OUR GS ONLINE, SETTING IT UP, UM, WHICH WE'VE DONE SO MUCH.
PLUS YOU ALREADY HAVE A GS DATABASE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'D BE REALLY SITTING DOWN WITH THE TWO DEPARTMENTS,
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UM, WHETHER THEY'RE EACH GONNA GET THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, IPAD OR SMARTPHONE OR WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA BE A DEDICATED DEVICE, UM, AND A GPS UNIT FOR EACH OF THEM AND LETTING THEM GO OUT.WE CREATE, USUALLY I START WITH ONE OR TWO LAYERS.
UM, WE PUT THOSE IN THERE AND WE LET THEM GO FOR THE SUMMER.
AND OF COURSE I'M USUALLY CHECKING, UM, RIGHT NOW CAMBRIA, I HAVEN'T SET UP WITH THEM WHERE I SEND THEM A GPS STATUS UPDATE EMAIL EVERY WEEK.
AND I'M ALSO INCLUDING THE TWO GUYS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD COLLECTING DATA JUST TO KEEP THEM ON THEIR TOES, BASICALLY.
UM, AND THEY'VE INSISTED THAT THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THE SUPERVISOR WANTS TO STAY ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY OUT THERE UTILIZING THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE THAT THEY PURCHASED.
SO TWO LAYERS AND THEN WE START OUT AND BASICALLY SEE WHAT TYPE OF DEDICATION IS BEING PUT IN FOR THE SUMMER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, AND, UH, GO FROM THERE.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE A, A SOLID BASE.
IT'S JUST ALL YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY WHAT I WOULD ENVISION BEING IN THE GIS AT THIS POINT.
INSTEAD OF JUST YOUR ZONING, JUST THE, YOU KNOW, DATA THAT OTHER AGENCIES CREATE.
WE HAVE IN THERE NOW, IT'S GETTING ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
AND THE OTHER BIGGEST THING IS JUST MAINTAINING IT.
AND I, THAT'S BEEN OUR BIGGEST HURDLE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS THAT WE HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION FOR US AND PUTTING THIS SYSTEM, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEHIND TRYING TO MAKE SURE AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS BEHIND AND, YOU KNOW, DISPATCH IS BEHIND WITH, WITH THEIR STUFF.
UM, SO JUST HAVING, IF WE'RE GONNA INVEST AND PUT THE MONEY INTO GOING FORWARD WITH GIS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT STAFF MOVING FORWARD TO MAINTAIN IT SO THAT WE DON'T GET BEHIND.
UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE CONS, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE ZONING MAPS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY UTILIZING THAT HAVE BEEN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS BEHIND.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT IN INVESTING IN IT IF WE'RE NOT GONNA KEEP UP WITH IT AND HEATHER'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT STAFF TO, TO MAINTAIN IT MOVING FORWARD, UM, TO ME AND JUST SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
ANYTHING ELSE? I, UH, WE UTILIZE GS GIS EVERY DAY.
UM, YEAH, OUR, I I ENVIRONMENT.
AND I TWO FORM USE IT EVERY DAY, UM, BECAUSE WE GET SAFE AND THEY HAVE, THEY PROBABLY GO, PROBABLY GO THROUGH IT AT LEAST 10 TO 15 TIMES.
SO, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS 'CAUSE I KNEW THIS WAS COMING, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THE DATA, GETTING READY TO PUT IN WHEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I DID THE TREES, SO EVERY, WE BOTH POUND THE FOUR ZONES, SO EVERY ZONE WE HAVE TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ARE BAD.
WE KNOW, WE KNOW LOT 'EM ALREADY BEFORE.
UM, AND THE DITCH ARE GOING, FINISHING, DOING ALL THE DITCHES, ALL THE, THE ROADS ARE RATED FROM ONE TO SIZE, SO THAT'S ALL GONNA BE PUT IN.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TON OF DATA THAT'S GONNA GO IN.
SO WHEN I'M READY, WHEN, WHEN VR OR WHEN GO UP AND RUNNING, SO RIGHT.
I SAID I, SO I GUESS WE USE IT EVERY DAY.
SO IT, IT'S DEFINITELY AN ASSET.
I WENT ON, BOUGHT TWO TABLETS FOR, UM, INFORM, THEY GO ON THE ROAD AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THINGS AND LOOK THINGS UP ON THE ROAD, BACK AND FORTH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE, YOU CAN CALL OR EMAIL ME ANYTIME.
ALRIGHT, UNDER ITEMS, UM, OTHER DISCUSSION, YOU WILL SEE THAT RESOLUTION 23 IS A BIG REJECTION, UM, OF THE STAND APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT PROJECT.
THIS IS OUT AT THE, UH, HIGHWAY AND LIKE YOU SITE, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE, UH, SYSTEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION.
WE HAD A BID COME IN AT, UH, MUCH MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED AND THERE WERE SOME, UH, PARTS OF THE, OF THE BID THAT, THAT WERE INCOMPLETE.
SO WE'RE GONNA FORMALLY REJECT THAT BID TONIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN CONSULTING WITH AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING DOWN SOME OF THE COSTS AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL FITTERS, UH, AND A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR, WHICH WOULD MAKE, MAKE THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO, TO DIFFERENT FIRMS. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR CONSULTANTS FOR THE PLANNING BORROWER TO REVIEW THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UH, DOCUMENT, UH, FROM A AI ASPHALT, A ASPHALT, UH, FROM EA ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A LATE RESOLUTION AND THAT IS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND THEN A GHD RESO LATE RESOLUTION,
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UH, THAT I WILL, UM, READ, UH, FOR THE, FOR TRAFFIC STUDY.I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO RESOLUTIONS SIX 16 THROUGH 19.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THOSE ARE ALL, UH, UH, ON OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT CHIEF DIAZ HAD MENTIONED.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE THOSE EARLIER IN THE AGENDA.
WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE APPROVE MINUTES IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, MEETING, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THE, THE FOURTH ACTION ITEM ON AN AGENDA, UH, BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE, UH, FAMILY AND OTHER SUPPORTERS OF THE OFFICERS RECEIVING PROMOTIONS HERE TONIGHT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM IN AND OUT.
UM, I DO HAVE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, TWO ITEMS THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE UP IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D BE HAPPY.
OH, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, GIVE A FORWARD TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BOARD THAT HAVE ANY REPORTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANNA REPORT ON THE, UH, GOLF COURSE, UH, CAMMIE AND, UH, MYSELF AS WELL AS THE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM.
WE CONSULTED, UH, HAD A MEETING, UM, RECENTLY TO GET AN UPDATE AND EVERYTHING IS, UH, COMPLETED.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY WAITING ON THE DEC AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UM, TO GIVE US A FINAL APPROVAL.
SO, UM, I HAD INSTRUCTED, UH, CAMMY AND THE ENGINEERS TO BE PREPARED SO THAT WHEN THAT OCCURS, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN IT, WHEN IT WILL OCCUR, UM, THAT WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UH, WE CAN GET THAT, UM, PROJECT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IDEALLY, UM, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IN TIME FOR NEXT, NEXT YEAR'S GOLF, GOLF SEASON, OUR, UM, THE TOWN'S APPLICANT, DRI IN NEW YORK FORWARD APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE VILLAGE AND BLADE BELT DID GO IN AND DID DEADLINE LAST WEEK.
THAT'S, UM, EXCITING AND, UH, I THINK WE, WE PRESENTED A VERY STRONG APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION, VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK A RELEVANT, UM, PROJECT.
SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER INFORMATION AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT ALSO THE, UH, SAFE REPS TO SCHOOL
NOTHING, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT EITHER AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD, UM, JUST LIKE TO SHARE AN ARTICLE THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ON, ON A COUPLE OF OUR COMMITTEES.
UM, AND THIS IS AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE BUFFALO NEWS YESTERDAY ON THE BYLINE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER, EMILY BADGER.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO A STARTER HOME, THERE'S NO PROFIT IN IT, IS THE TITLE.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, UH, THE FACT THAT, UH, CURRENTLY ABOUT 8% OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY ARE 1400 SQUARE FEET OR LESS COMPARED TO ABOUT 70% OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BUILT IN THE 1940S.
IT'S A MAJOR SHIFT AND THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF, OF THAT SHIFT ON, ON THE HOUSING MARKET.
UM, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS RELEVANT TO MANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TAKE A MATTERS RELATED TO SECOND PERSONNEL AND PENDING LITIGATION.
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COUNCILMAN CADLEY HERE.ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TODAY FOLKS, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE A COUPLE ITEMS AROUND ON THE AGENDA.
UH, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE MORE ELBOW ROOM HERE AND GET BOTH A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING, UH, RESOLUTIONS 16, 17, 18, AND 19.
ALL IN REGARDS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, 16 THROUGH 19 ARE GONNA GO, UM, AFTER RESOLUTION THREE AND THEN AFTER 16 THROUGH 19 WE'RE GONNA GO WITH RESOLUTION FIVE, UH, WHICH SHOULD BE A QUICK, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO WITH RESOLUTION FOUR, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOM BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN PROMOTING OFFICER DANIEL KRONMILLER TO THE VACANT POSITION OF LIEUTENANT EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022.
OFFICER DANIEL KRONMILLER IS CURRENTLY ON THE POLICE LIEUTENANT FIRST LINE SUPERVISOR CIVIL SERVICE LIST.
SALARY IS 48 54 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 1 0.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
OPPOSED? GARY RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN PROMOTING DETECTIVE SERGEANT ROBERT PODS TO THE VACANT POSITION OF LIEUTENANT EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022.
DETECTIVE SERGEANT ROBERT POZ IS CURRENTLY ON THE POLICE LIEUTENANT FIRST LINE SUPERVISOR CIVIL SERVICE LIST.
SALARY IS 48 54 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.10.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY ALL IN FAVORS A AYE.
OPPOSED CARRIED RESOLVE THE TOWN BOARD.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND PROMOTING LIEUTENANT TODD ETT, THE VACANT POSITION OF CAPTAIN EFFECTIVE
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022.LIEUTENANT TODD ETT IS CURRENTLY IN THE POLICE CAPTAIN.
SECOND LINE SUPERVISOR NUMBER TWO, CIVIL SERVICE LIST.
SALARY 59 38 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.100 SOMO MOTION.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND.
OPPOSED GARY AND RESOLVE OF THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR CHIEF OF POLICE AND PROMOTING NICHOLAS BROWSKI TO THE VACANT POSITION OF DETECTIVE EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022.
NICHOLAS BROWSKI IS CURRENTLY ON THE DETECTIVE CIVIL SERVICE LIST.
EXAM NUMBER 71 DASH 2 0 5 SALARY IS 47 57 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.100.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE OFFICERS AND CHIEF ES THE FRONT OF THE ROOM SO THAT AND YOU WANT A PICTURE FIRST? YEAH, I'LL DO A QUICK PICTURE IF YOU GUYS CHIEF YOU.
SO I COULD SPEND 15 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT EACH OF THEIR SKILLS, ABILITIES AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, 14, 15, 23 YEARS HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
BUT YOU GOT A LOT TO GET THROUGH.
SO IF YOU WANNA ASK THEM ABOUT THAT AFTER I'M THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
WELL, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, WHEN YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF 62 PEOPLE AND THERE'S ONLY A FEW PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR, OR DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT PEOPLE WANT, EVERYONE STANDING UP HERE HAS BEEN PASSED OVER AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER AND MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN ONE TIME.
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THESE OFFICERS, UH, WEREN'T DISGRUNTLED WHEN THEY WERE PASSED OVER.
THEY CONGRATULATED THE PERSON THAT DID GET THE JOB, GOT THE POSITION AND THEY KEPT WORKING EVEN HARDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY WHEN YOU GET EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS GOING YOUR WAY TO BE POSITIVE AND UPBEAT, BUT WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, THAT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER TO GET UP AND FIGHT EVEN HARDER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THESE MEN HAVE DONE.
THEY HAVE, UH, ADVANCED THE GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN ROLE MODELS FOR THE OTHER OFFICERS AND SO WE PROMOTE 'EM NOT BASED ON THE TEST SCORE, BUT BASED ON THEIR CHARACTER AND THEIR POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
SO I'D LIKE YOU TO JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATING CAPTAIN TODD.
OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CLERK
WE'RE GONNA GO WITH PUBLIC, UH, NUMBER FIVE FOR READ THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NOTICE, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERES BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
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SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW.NUMBER 10 19 86, CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS.
FOR OF AMENDMENT SAYS ZONING PROPERTY IMPLICATED AT 34 49 G CREEK ROAD FROM C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO UNSEEN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL GENERAL RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED BY SBL NUMBER 1 5 9 1 9 DASH ONE.
THEREFORE PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES OF PROVISIONS CRIMINAL KATH, I'LL READ THIS NICE AND LOUD.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE WAS BEEN PRESENTED THE TOWN BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 8 20 22.
IT SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 19 86, CHAPTER TWO 80 IN ENTITLED ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO SAID ZONING CODE FOR PROPERTY LOC LOCATED AT 34 49 BIG TREE ROAD FROM Z TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL GENERAL RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED BY SBL NUMBER 1 59 9 DASH 1 1 1.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE, WHILE ON THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME, AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
DOES ANYBODY, UH, WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE REZONING ON BIG TREE ROW HEARING? NO COMMENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION OPPOSED? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
PLEASE TAKE NOTES THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO TOWN BOARD ON AUGUST 15TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 7 20 22 SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 19 86, CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS FOR THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO SAID ZONING CODE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE WEST SIDE OF RILEY BOULEVARD FROM C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL GENERAL RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED BY SBL NUMBER 1 7 1 DASH FIVE DASH ONE DASH THREE ONE.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE, WHILE THE TOWN BOARD AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 26 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME, AT WHICH TIME ALL INTEREST PERSONS MAY BE HEARD, A PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022.
HOWEVER, AFTER PUBLIC INPUT, THE
WE HAVE A LIST OF SEEKERS, MR. SUPERVISOR, I HAVE TWO PIECE CORRESPONDENCE AT LEAST THAT I WAS GIVEN, UM, AGAINST MS. REZONING.
UM, ONE FROM BRANDI HOLLAND AND THE OTHER ONE FROM DIANE AND TOM BOWEN.
AND, UH, MR. PASS, NECK SUPERVISOR MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD, UH, AT THE PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD MEETING FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT, UH, MY DAUGHTER SPOKE ON MY BEHALF BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN.
UH, IN ADDITION, UM, SINCE SHE SPOKE, I CAME UP WITH SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO CONSIDER WITH REGARDS TO THIS REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THERE ARE FIVE PIECES OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED SPECIFICALLY FOR APARTMENTS THAT ARE ALL VACANT, THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT.
UM, I DROVE THEM ALL OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY'RE ALL STILL VACANT OR WOODED PARCELS, SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED TO REZONE MORE LAND FOR APARTMENTS.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, I WAS SPEAKING TO, UM, SOMEONE IN MY SUBDIVISION OF MR. TOM POST WHOSE LAND, UH, THE ERIE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT EASEMENT RUNS THROUGH THAT RUNS FROM BEHIND, UH, BIGTREE SCHOOL, THE FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL, UM, THE, UH, NURSING HOME NEXT DOOR.
AND AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR,
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HE HAS RAW SEWAGE POURING OUT OF THE, UM, SEWERS BEHIND HIS HOUSE BECAUSE IT, AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE THEY'VE REACHED CAPACITY.UH, THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL PUT THAT MUCH MORE OF A STRAIN ON THE SEWER SYSTEM.
AND HE WANTED ME TO BRING THAT UP TO YOUR, UH, ATTENTION.
UM, NOW THEY'RE SAYING AT THIS POINT THAT THEY'RE THINKING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE 400 CARS A DAY FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND GOING FORWARD, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING, AS YOU KNOW, IS REDISTRICTING ALL THIS FOR APARTMENTS, NOT JUST THIS PIECE UP HERE.
SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, MR. BURKE WILL SELL THIS OFF FOR EVEN MORE APARTMENTS.
NOW THIS IS GOING TO HAVE 80 APARTMENTS.
IF YOU CAN HAVE 80 HERE, YOU CAN HAVE AT LEAST 80 ON THIS PIECE 'CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY LARGER.
UM, THE FACT THAT ALL THESE APARTMENTS ARE BEING PUT ON THIS END OF TOWN, IT'S VERY UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN THIS ONE SQUARE MILE AREA.
AS MY DAUGHTER PREVIOUSLY SAID, UH, THERE ARE 1,318 UNITS, LET ME SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN.
1,318 UNITS WITHIN A ONE SQUARE MILE AREA OF OUR HOUSE.
UH, IN ADDITION, AT THE LAST PLANNING BOARD MEETING, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE FORMER FELICIAN, UH, OF SISTERS OF ST.
FRANCIS, UM, SITE THERE ARE GOING TO BE 125 SENIOR UNITS AND 136 MARKET RATE UNITS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 261 UNITS, AGAIN, WITHIN A ONE SQUARE MILE RADIUS OF THE RESIDENCE.
UM, RILEY STREET WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL ON IT.
UH, THE CHILDREN WHO WITH THESE BEING FAMILY FRIENDLY HOMES, UH, WOULD HAVE TO STAND AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY AND RILEY STREET TO BE PICKED UP BY THE BUS BECAUSE THE BUS WILL NOT ENTER THE AREA BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO TURN RADIUS TO BRING THE BUSES THROUGH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UM, SO I FEEL THAT'S A COMPLETELY UNSAFE CONDITION FOR CHILDREN TO BE STANDING AT THE CORNER OF RILEY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER.
IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN RILEY IN THE WINTER, IT CAN BECOME VERY SLIPPERY AND VERY ICY AT THIS POINT.
THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGED AREAS OF PAVEMENT.
UM, IT'S BEEN A ROAD NOW FOR 15 YEARS AND ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S BEEN DONE TO IT.
UM, RILEY WAS NOT MADE TO BE A HIGH DENSITY ROAD.
UM, THAT'S WHY IT WAS ZONED THE WAY IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
UM, ONE BIG FACTOR THAT I THINK THAT THE TOWN BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOWEVER, UH, BIGTREE ELEMENTARY CURRENTLY IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. THEIR CLASSROOMS ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY BY PUTTING IN THESE APARTMENTS HERE.
IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN 80 UNITS, YOU HAVE TO ASSUME 'CAUSE THEY'RE FAMILY UNITS, THAT MINIMUM THERE COULD BE A MINIMUM OF 80 CHILDREN NOW HAVING TO GO TO BIGTREE AT THAT POINT.
FRONTIER SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO REDISTRICT.
IF YOU THINK THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE MAD ABOUT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GONNA REDISTRICT THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF BIGTREE TO BLAZEDALE OR OUT OF BIGTREE TO CLOVER BANK, YOU THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE MAD.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.
SO I REALLY THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS REQUEST.
AGAIN, AS MY DAUGHTER STATED PREVIOUSLY, THIS LAND HAS BEEN VACANT THROUGH ALL THE YEARS.
TRACTOR SUPPLY HAS BEEN BUILT THERE, MERIDIA HAS BEEN BUILT THERE.
NOW THE CAR WASH HAS BEEN BUILT THERE, WHICH WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
AND AGAIN, I ALSO WAS AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING BOARD MEETING AND THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING IN SELF STORAGE IN AN AREA ON THIS, WHICH I WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO BECAUSE IT IS A LOW USE, UH, TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, MR. BURKE, AND IN ALL THE YEARS THAT THIS HAS BEEN EMPTY, HAS NEVER BUILT A SPEC BUILDING, HAS NEVER BUILT A, AN, A SMALL OFFICE BUILDING TO TRY TO FILL IT IN THIS AREA.
HE'S WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE IT OFF HIS HANDS.
AND NOW HE HAS THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WANTS TO TAKE IT OFF HIS HANDS.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE HE WANTS THIS LAND JUST TAKEN OFF HIS HANDS.
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THANK YOU MR. ACK.AND, UH, I, I FELT, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REMINDER TO FOLKS, UM, PLEASE TRY AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO ABOUT THREE MINUTES OR SO AND, AND PLEASE ADDRESS THE BOARD DIRECTLY AS MR. EK DID.
UH, MR. BROWN, WILLIAM BROWN, THE, THE BOARD MADE MY COMMENTS AND WHAT MY WIFE STATED.
SO WE ALONG, I'M SORRY, WE CAN SPEED THINGS GO ALONG.
MY WIFE WILL TALK AND GIVE HER HER THOUGHTS.
SO
I LIVE RIGHT ON BIG TREE AND TOWERS AND FOR THEM TO PUT APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE THERE WAS TWO SCHOOLS AND A PDA PEDIATRIC BINDER RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THE CONGESTION IS GONNA BE HORRENDOUS.
AND FOR THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, THE BUS DRIVERS, THE PARENTS THAT HAVE TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS, ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR AREA, YOU WANT TO TAKE, THERE'S SO MANY APARTMENTS BEING BUILT IN THIS AREA, IT'S GETTING RIDICULOUS.
THERE IS A LOT, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, THERE'S FIVE OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY CAN GO.
THEY'RE PUTTING, UM, PEOPLE INC RIGHT OVER BY ROCKERS ROAD.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, HOW MANY MORE PARTMENT COMPLEXES DO YOU HAVE, HAVE AND
AND FOR THE SCHOOLS AND THE CONDUCTION, YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF THE CHILDREN.
YOU GOTTA START THINKING OF THE CHILDREN AND THE SIDEWALKS ALONG BABY SHOULD BE THERE.
WE'VE GOTTA START PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.
THEY'RE OUR FUTURE AND WE DON'T.
UM, WHAT ABOUT AMAZON? THEY, THEY SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GIVING 'EM TAX BREAKS.
THERE, THERE'S A GLITCH RIGHT THERE.
YOU HAVE TO START HEARING THE PEOPLE AND START DOING SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE AND PROTECTING AND DOING SIDEWALKS.
AND, UM, THERE SHOULD BE SAFETY AND EVERY SINGLE, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND I THINK SOME OF THIS MONEY SHOULD BE ELEVATED
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY NOW, BUT WHY PUT SOMETHING IN THE AREA? IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE A, IT'S GONNA BE, WE, WE CAN HAVE, AND ALSO THERE'S MORE REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS COMING IN.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE STANDING AT WALMART BEGGING WHAT? OUR TOWN BROWN.
MR. BROWN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I'M FINE.
UM, AND JULIE, ER, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I SPOKE LAST TIME AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, BRING UP THE TRAFFIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY UP AT THE CORNER WHILE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION OR IF YOURSELVES, IF YOU WENT UP TO THE CORNER AND SAT THERE AND WATCHED THE TRAFFIC OR TRIED TO GET DOWN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BACK.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING YOU SHOULD EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU WANNA ADD MORE TRAFFIC TO THE RUSH HOUR UP THERE AND AS WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND UM, ALSO AGAIN, BACK IN 2019 WHEN A SIMILAR PROJECT WAS PROPOSED, IT WAS TURNED DOWN AND THAT WAS FOR LOW ON LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THAT LOOKS REALLY BAD ON THE TOWN TO DECLINE A PROJECT FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND TO LET OTHER MORE AFFLUENT PEOPLE COME IN.
SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN.
CHRIS HALL, I'M REPRESENTING THE BIG CHIEF VOLUNTEER PARK COMPANY AND THE CHIEF THERE.
I'D JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE GO THROUGH JUST ON A DAILY BASIS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON PACE TO ANSWER ABOUT 1800 CALLS THIS YEAR.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT 32 PEOPLE IN A FIRE COMPANY THAT ARE ANSWERING CALLS AND 1800 CALLS, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
IF YOU DO THE MATH ADDING ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE ADD SOS IN SOUTH PARK THERE AND IT'S ANOTHER 200 PLUS UNITS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 1600 PLUS UNITS AFTER THAT'S BUILT.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
I WISH THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD WOULD INCLUDE US FOR SOME OF THE PLANNING.
SO WE COULD OFFER WHAT ASSISTANCE WE COULD AS FAR AS MAKING SURE WE COULD ANSWER THESE CALLS TIMELY AND APPROPRIATELY.
I REALLY VICTORY'S AGAINST US.
THE PARK COMPANY'S AGAINST US.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO BUILD NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
GET PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LIVE IN THIS TOWN
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AND ONLY HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THIS TOWN SO THEY CAN BE PART OF MEMBERSHIP AND MAYBE EVEN ONE DAY APARTMENT.THAT COMPLETES THE LIST THAT I HAVE OF FOLKS THAT INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
I ADDRESSED THE BOARD LAST MEETING AND I MENTIONED THE HUNT SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 1500 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ABOUT 500 ELEMENTARY BIG.
UH, AND I MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES ON DURING SCHOOL DAYS.
THERE ARE ALSO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES GOING ON AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 39 SPORT TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
THERE'S CROSS COUNTRY THAT HAS BOYS AND GIRLS VARSITY.
THERE'S FOOTBALL THAT HAS BOYS VARSITY, JV AND FRESHMEN.
THERE'S SOCCER THAT HAS BOYS, GIRLS VARSITY AND JV.
THERE'S SWIMMING THAT HAS BOYS, GIRLS VARSITY.
THERE'S VOLLEYBALL THAT HAS BOYS, GIRLS VARSITY AND JV CHEERLEADING THAT HAS GIRLS VARSITY AND JV WRESTLING THAT HAS BOYS VARSITY, INDOOR TRACK, BOYS, GIRLS VARSITY AND JV SOFTBALL, GIRLS, VARSITY JV, BASEBALL BOYS, VARSITY, JV, FRESHMAN, OUTDOOR TRACK, BOYS, GIRLS VARSITY LACROSSE, BOY, GIRLS VARSITY, JV, GYMNASTICS, GIRLS, VARSITY BASKETBALL, BOY GIRL, VARSITY, JV.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S VARIOUS ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS GOING ON IN THE EVENING AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
THERE ARE STUDENT CLUBS, PLAYS, MUSICAL AND BAND.
THERE'S OPEN HOUSE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO AT BIG ELEMENTARY AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
AND TRAFFIC ALSO IS GENERATED BY VISITING SCHOOLS AND AT SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS JUST GONNA COMPOUND WHAT GOES ON DURING THE DAY.
THESE ARE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITIES.
SO THE TRAFFIC IS JUST HORRENDOUS NOW.
AND ADDING THIS COMPLEX IS JUST GONNA MAKE IT WORSE.
MY NAME IS JOHN BERG AND I LIVE ON UH, SALISBURY LANE FALL.
I WAS HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
UM, FROM RILEY TO BIG TREE TO UH,
UM, THIS IS CONCERNING THE SENIOR CENTER.
UH, THERE'S 90 PARKING SPACES, 20 STAFF MEMBERS EQUALS 40 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC VOLUME FITNESS ROOM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM 60 TO SEVEN SENIORS A DAY.
THAT'S 130 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC VOLUME, UH, FITNESS ROOM.
OKAY, UH, NUTRITION PROGRAM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NOON 50 SENIORS.
UM, PICKLEBALL MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY, 20 TO 25.
VEHICLE TRAFFIC VOLUME PER SESSION.
THREE SENIOR CLUBS AT FOUR TIMES A MONTH.
SIX A A RP CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH 30TH.
SENIORS DAY 50 TO 60 VEHICLES MIND DANCING AT FOUR TIMES PER MONTH.
30 TO 35 PER SESSION AT 60 TO SEVEN VEHICLE.
UH, AND THAT'S STRENGTHENING TWO DAYS PER WEEK.
STRENGTH AND STABILITY, TWO DAYS PER WEEK, 30 SESSION, 60 VEHICLES.
ALSO YOGA, TOTAL FITNESS CLASSES, CARDIO LIFE CLASSES, ACE CLASSES, BRIDGE AND SILVERSNEAKERS CLASSES.
THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
THERE ARE ALSO 15 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FROM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
ACTIVITY EVERY DAY, ALL MONTH LONG PEAK HOURS, 10 TO TWO COULD USE MORE PARKING PLACES.
SOME VEHICLES ARE OFTEN PARKED ON THE SIDE OF RILEY ROAD AS WELL AS ON
DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM RILEY ON THE SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD.
DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS SITUATION IN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM BAYVIEW ROAD ONTO SOUTH PARK AVENUE.
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ALSO, SENIORS LEAVING CENTER WHO DO, WHO WANT TO GO NORTH ON SOUTH PARK HAVE CUT THROUGH BERKELEY SUBDIVISION, GO RIGHT ONTO BIG TREE, THEN USE ROUNDABOUT AT SOUTH PARK TO GO NORTH ON SOUTH PARK.SO THIS IS JUST AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WHEN I MENTIONED THE LAST MEETING ABOUT HOW MANY LOCAL PEOPLE, HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT THIS SHOULDN'T BE BUILT.
THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE PER DAY.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK FEATHER EMILY, PASTOR NECK.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE TRAFFIC IS EVERYBODY'S TOP ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND AS I'M SURE THAT MS. COMERFORD CAN ATTEST TO, UM, GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, IS IT, I CAN'T EVEN DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS FOR IT BECAUSE THIS MORNING I AM NOW CURRENTLY AN ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR AT MEDI UNIVERSITY AND WE HAD A COLLEGE FAIR AT FRONTIER THIS MORNING.
AND KNOWING THE TRAFFIC AROUND THERE, BECAUSE I ONLY LIVE AROUND THE CORNER, I GOT THERE AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING TO MAKE SURE I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PARK, GET IN THE SCHOOL SET UP.
WE HAD EIGHT COLLEGES THAT WE'RE 15 MINUTES LATE THIS MORNING, EIGHT COLLEGES THAT STUDENTS COULDN'T SEE FOR 15 MINUTES AND ARE IMPACTING THEIR FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
THEY WERE LATE BECAUSE THEY WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO SOUTH PARK.
UM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN TO THE SCHOOL LATELY, BUT THE BUSES DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THE TRAFFIC LOSS.
THEY TURN WHEN THEY WANNA TURN, THEY STOP TO LET EACH OTHER IN.
I MYSELF HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY A BUS THREE TIMES IN MY CAR.
I HAVE SPOKE ABOUT THAT AS WELL 'CAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE HAPPENED ON FRONTIER PROPERTY.
I HAVE SPOKEN AT THE HAM AT THE FRONTIER FORD AS WELL.
UM, BUT EVEN OUTSIDE THEY DON'T STOP COMING FROM RILEY ONTO BAYVIEW AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES GONNA BE.
SO THAT'S ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, UM, WHAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A FIRE AND YOU'RE IN A HOUSE FIRE, YOU'RE IMPACTING ONE FAMILY.
YES, IT'S A VERY BIG IMPACT AND IT'S DEPENDING ON THE HOUSE SIZE, SQUARE FOOTAGE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO GET THERE.
AND IF THERE'S A FIRE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU'RE NOT, NOT ONLY IMPACTING ONE FAMILY, YOU'RE IM, YOU'RE IMPACTING MANY FAMILIES.
WHETHER IT'S A COUPLE THAT ARE SURROUNDING BELOW, ABOVE OR POTENTIALLY THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A LOT HARDER TO STOP THAN A HOUSE FIRE.
KNOWING FROM SOMEBODY THAT LIVED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, IT'S, IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
SO I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT AS WELL.
ANYONE HERE THAT DID NOT SPEAK LAST TIME THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? YES.
UH, MY NAME IS ROCHELLE ROSSER, UM, 43 82 BABY.
IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO.
THERE'S THIS NEIGHBORHOOD APP CALLED NEXT DOOR AND WHOEVER PUT ON THERE THAT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING.
IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, MY CHILDREN ARE ONE IN FOUR.
I PURCHASED IT, NOT COMPLETELY BASED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THAT WAS A DEFINITE FACTOR.
MY CHILD IS GOING TO START KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR.
MY ASK IS, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BUILD A BIGGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA CREATE MORE CLASSROOMS, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA CREATE, HIRE MORE TEACHERS, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.
DON'T MAKE MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD START SCHOOL THIS WAY IN A CLASSROOM OF 32 KIDS.
SO AS A MOM, AS A HAND IN THE BACK, MY NAME IS SUE, SOMEONE OF WHO I'VE KNOWN ELEMENTARY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT 40 TO YEARS AGO.
THERE WAS NOT MUCH DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD
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OVER THE LAST GEORGIA YEARS.THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND US.
WE HAVE BAKER ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE THE NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LOTS OF NICE NEIGHBORS FAMILIES.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY ADDING HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, THE BIG TREE, ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN COACHES ON THE, UH, THE SOFTBALL FIELD THAT THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL USE AND IT ENCROACHES ON OUR SENIOR SHIPS IN THEIR SENIORS, UH, CENTER.
THE DEVELOPER WALK THE LAND KNOWING FULL WELL WHERE, WHAT WAS ZONED FOR.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES OR NO? I'M I'M ASKING A QUESTION.
WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT READY TO GAUGE IN CONVERSATION.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE WHATEVER THOUGHTS YOU HAVE TO SHARE.
UM, SO WHEN I'M ASKING YOU AS OUR ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL, WE PLACE OUR TRUST AND FAITH IN YOU TO ALLOW FOR OUR BEST INTEREST.
I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HERE BELIEVES THAT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBOR, THE FABRIC OF THE PLACE WHERE WE LIVE, WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU VOTE.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HER ANN BERKELEY PLACE? VERY.
THE ONE THING THAT TRULY CONCERNS ME EVERY, WHEN IN PARTICULAR IT'S THE CHILDREN IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME FROM ONE BEEN DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST SIDEWALKS THEN CONSIDER.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH, SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT EDEMA IF THEY JUST CUT THROUGH THE, AND I THOUGHT THAT'D BE INTERESTING.
I WONDER WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT SNOWS AND WE GOT A FIVE YEAR, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR ME TO SEE CHILDREN EXPOSED TO AN
UH, I'VE HEARD OR WE'VE ALL HEARD ALL OF THE NEGATIVES, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE AT THIS APARTMENT, UM, WEST END.
AND I'M SURE WE COULD ALL ADD TO THAT.
MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GAIN OR WHAT WOULD WE GAIN BY ALLOWING THIS? I CAN'T THINK OF ONE ITEM THAT WOULD BE TO OUR BENEFIT TO HAVE THIS ANYBODY ELSE ONCE GOING TWICE.
WE MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MEMBER FERRELL.
I OPPOSED, CARRIED NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN THE TOWN BOARD AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022 CONCERNING THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW.
A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW WOULD AUTHORIZE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD, AND HAMBURG ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL TO CONDUCT ITS MEETINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE VIDEO CONFERENCING PROVISION, THE PUBLIC OFFICER'S LAW, SUBSECTION 1 0 3 DASH A AND THE VIDEO CONFERENCING POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE AND PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THEFOR LAW AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON THE 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022.
AT WHICH TIME ALL PERSONS INTERESTED MAY BE HEARD.
ANYBODY WISHING TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW ON VIDEO CONFERENCING GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OPPOSED GARY BE RESOLVED THE TOWN
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BOARD TO AUTHORIZE NEWLY HIRED PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, ASSISTANT HUNTER GRAD TO SIGN PURCHASE ORDERS TOWN VOUCHERS, REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL BUDGET TRANSFERS AND PAYROLL INPUT SHEET FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN HIS ABSENCE.SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
APPALLED GARY, THE RESULT OF DOWN BOARD OF PROOF OF TERMINATION HIRING THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN THE BUILDINGS IN THE GROUND DEPARTMENT AS LISTED.
WHEREAS PROJECTS LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND FUNDS NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING BUDGET TRANSFERS AS LISTED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
RESOLVED THAT THE ONBOARD APPROVED THE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL FOR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, ED HUGHES AND SCOTT BOROUGH TO ATTEND THE NEW YORK STATE HIGHWAY AND PUBLIC WORKS EXPO ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2022 AT THE EXPO CENTER.
NEW YORK STATE FAIRGROUNDS, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
THERE IS NO FEE FOR REGISTRATION USE OF A TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED AND $40 MEAL ALLOWANCE FOR EACH ATTENDEE.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO IN FAVOR.
WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? RECEIVE A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FROM AL ASPHALT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ASPHALT PLAN OF 56 90 CAMP ROAD AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REVIEW ACT, THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE SUBMITTED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND WHEREAS HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF EA ENTERING ANY SCIENCE OF TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED TO ASSIST WITH THE REVIEW OF THE DEIS REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND AIR NOISE, ODOR, LIGHT AND HUMAN HEALTH.
AND WE AS EA ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSAL, PERFORM THIS REVIEW AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $6,300, THEREFORE BE A RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES EA ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
TO PROCEED WITH PERFORMING THE ABOVE SERVICES.
WE HAVE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH EA ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SUPERVISOR.
HOPE TO SIGN THE KALOS HEALTH INC.
PARTICIPATING PROVIDER AGREEMENT ADDENDUM ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ADULT DAYCARE CENTER, THE ADDENDUM IS TO UPDATE THE CODES USED FOR BILLING PURPOSES ON COVERED SERVICES, WHETHER FOR HALF DAY OR FULL DAY PARTICIPATION.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
DO YOU RESOLVE THE TOWN BOARD? APPROVE THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS PER THE ATTACHMENT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED IN RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER ROSEANNE M MADRICH.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES THE RETURNMENT OF A DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER AND PUBLIC SERVANT RIDGE.
AND WHEREAS ROSEANNE HAS SERVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 21 YEARS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER.
AND WHEREAS DURING THIS TIME SERVING, SHE HAS WON THE FRIENDSHIP OF HER FELLOW EMPLOYEES DUE TO HER WORK ETHIC, HER SENSE OF HUMOR AND GENERAL GOOD NATURE.
AND WHEREAS ROSEANNE HAS CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATED KINDNESS, EMPATHY, AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE TO HER COWORKERS AND THE PUBLIC SHE SERVED.
WHEREAS ROSEANNE HAS DEMONSTRATED PRIDE IN HER WORK, UNIQUE DEDICATION AND HAS EARNED A LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
AND WHEREAS ROSEANNE'S DEDICATION AND WORK ETHIC WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO HER CHILDREN.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED A TON OF HAMBURG AND ROSEANNE'S MANY FRIENDS THROUGHOUT EMERGENCY SERVICES, WHICH HER AND HOWARD, THE HAPPIEST OF TIMES, A LONG AND HEALTHY RETIREMENT SPENT WITH THEIR FAMILIES SUPPORTING HER BELOVED BUFFALO BILLS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THE TO OUR FRIEND OF FELLOW PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER, ROSEANNE M MADRICH.
WE SAY THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE A SECOND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER APPAREL OFFERED THE UNANIM A SECOND.
OPPOSED? GARY? THE RESULT OF THE TOWN BOARD CREW.
THE RECOMMENDATION, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND HIRING JESSICA KOFF TO THE POSITION OF CROSSING GUARD PART-TIME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022 WITH A PART-TIME RATE OF $14 AN HOUR AND NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HOURS A DAY.
ONE ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.102.
SECOND MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KER.
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WHEREAS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL LOCATED AT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 IS IN NEED OF A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.AND WHEREAS THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS TO BE PURCHASED INSTALLED BY GREAT LAKES BUILDING SYSTEMS, A-N-Y-S-O-G-S CONTRACT NUMBER PT 6 8 8 4.
NOW B RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $98,400 FUNDS ARE GONNA BE TRANSFERRED FROM CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT A 1 9 9 0 4 9 TO A 1 6 9 0 4 6 6 FIRE PREVENTION ACCOUNT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.
OPPOSED? WHEREAS GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 B AND 1 22 B AND IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW PROVIDES THAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEFINED IN SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW MAY FIX A SCHEDULE OF EASE OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER AUTHORIZES THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY MAY PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF, OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW PROVIDES THAT IF THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO FIX THE SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICES OR SERVICES AND SEEK PARTICIPATION IN AND REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY SHALL ADHERE TO ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, ENROLLMENT AND BILLING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SUB-SERVICES PRIOR TO RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WHEREAS LAW FURTHER PROVIDES OR A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE WHICH ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SERVICE SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE TO PROVIDE SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE IN THAT SUCH CONTRACT SHALL AT A MINIMUM ESTABLISHED FEES FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE MEANS BY WHICH THAT PROVIDER WILL BE REIMBURSED WHEN THE AMBULANCE SERVICES BILLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES A WHERE AND EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE DRIVING SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH FUND AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 SLASH B FOUR, WHICH DOES NOT ISSUE A BILL THREAT SERVICES AND WHICH REQUEST AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT INTERCEPT FROM ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THE UNDERSTAND SERVICE IN AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR RURAL AREA BY ANY LAW REGULATION IN THE STATE OR THAT IS LOCATED IN RURAL CENSUS TRACT OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA AND DETERMINED UNDER THE MOST RECENT GOLDSMITH MODIFICATION SHALL PAY THE AMBULANCE OR PROVIDING THE A LS INTERCEPT ON A LS RURAL INTERCEPT BE AT RATES NEGOTIATE BETWEEN THE PROVIDERS OF SET SERVICES AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES THAT IN THE APPLICANT OF ANY AGREED UPON RATES.
SERVICE RECEIVING SUCH A LS INTERCEPT SHALL PAY THE SERVICE PROVIDING THE A LS INTERCEPT FOR SUCH SERVICES AS THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY CHARGE, WHICH SHALL NOT BE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE INCLUDING EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICES FINDING SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B FOUR TO FIX A SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES MAY APPLY SUCH FEES AND CHARGES ONLY WITHIN SUCH SERVICE PRIMARY RESPONSE TERRITORIES SIGNED IN EVIDENCE BY VALID AMBULANCE SERVICE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HOW PURSUANT TO SECTION 3005 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW PROVIDES FURTHER THAN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TO DEFINE IN SECTION 3001 OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B FOUR SHALL NOT DIRECTLY ISSUE A BILL FOR IT SERVICES TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS DON AMBERG HAS HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY INTENSE CONTINUED EXERCISING AUTHORITY CONFERRED TO IT BY LAW, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER ENVIRON COMPANY INC.
TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES INCLUDING BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE SERVICES HEREAFTER COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS AMBULANCE SERVICES WITHIN ITS PRIMARY TERRITORY DEFINED BY PUBLIC HEALTH LAW 3001 AND IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING MUTUAL AID OUTSIDE OF ITS PRIMARY TERRITORY.
AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AFTER DUE DELIBERATION FINDS US IN THE BEST INTEREST OF TOWN OF HAMBURG TO AUTHORIZE FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES BIG THREE VOLUNTARY FIRE COMPANY AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND THESE RESOLUTIONS NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED DOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY AUTHORIZES FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AN AMBULANCE SERVICE BY BIG THREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND IS PROVIDED FOR BY THESE RESOLUTIONS AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED SHALL BE COLLECTED AND USED BY BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANYS DEEMS
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APPROPRIATE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AND OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE DER AND CONDITIONS OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW 180 4 AND IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SHALL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE REVENUE RECOVERY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AND SHALL UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY BILLING AND REVENUE RECOVERY AGENT OR AGENTS APPOINTED BY THE VICTORY VOLUNTEER PLAYER COMPANY FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
AND THERE IS SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BIG THREE VOLUNTEER BY COMPANY MAY IN ITS DISCRETION FIND APPROPRIATE AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS SUCH REVENUE RECOVERY BY THE VICTORY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE SHALL UTILIZE THE RATE OF SERVICES ATTACHED TO THESE RESOLUTIONS AS SCHEDULE A, WHICH THE BOARD MAY AMEND IN THIS DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT COMMENCING 12:01 AM ON JULY 8TH, 2022 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED WITH A PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES OR FOR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICES, THE BOARD HEREBY SETS A MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATE TO BE PAID FOR ANY SUCH A LS OR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE TOWN OR EXPIRED DEPARTMENT SHALL BE REIMBURSED TO LESSER THE MEDICAID OR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES AND EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SUCH A LS INTERCEPT SERVICE FOR SUCH SERVICE.
AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT IT SHALL AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY AND AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEMS WITH THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WITH THE TOWN WA ANY COPAY DUE FROM ANY RESIDENT OF THE TOWN AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT ALL REVENUE COVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AUTHORIZATION AND THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL BE DEPOSITED AND SEGREGATED FROM OTHER BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FUNDS AND USED FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY METALS AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AS A BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MADE PROPERLY DETERMINED IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT IT SHALL NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY TOWN PERSONNEL OR ITS AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THE TOWN BILLING AND SERVICE AGENCY ISSUE A BILL FOR ITS SERVICES TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 4 E AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE.
WHERE AS THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022 FOR DISCUSSION PUBLIC HONOR CONCERNING ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 6 20 22.
AND WHERE IS THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 6 20 22 WILL AMEND CHAPTER 31 OF THE TOWN, HAMBURG TOWN CO RENAME THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND EXPAND THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ADOPT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS LOCAL LAW SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A BID FOR CONTRACT NUMBER EIGHT SANKO TO REPLACEMENT PROJECT FROM KE CORP OF $950,000 AND WHEREAS THE BID DID NOT MEET THE PUBLISHED BID REQUIREMENTS, THEREFORE BID RESOLVED WITH DOWN BOARD OF TOWN MEMBERS REJECT EQUIPMENT CORP.
BID FOR JUDGMENT NUMBER EIGHT AND FILTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER A LATE RESOLUTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO.
WHERE THE TOWN OF BERG RECEIVE A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FROM AL ASPHALT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ASPHALT PLAN IN 56 9 CAMP ROAD AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, THE HAMRICK PLANNING BOARD IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE SUBMITTED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND WHEREAS THE HAMRICK PLANNING BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENLIST THE SERVICE TO THE GHC TO ASSIST WITH THE REVIEW OF THE DEIS REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT IN TRAFFIC AND WHERE GHD HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO PERFORM THIS REVIEW AND IT COST NOT TO EXCEED $4,725.
THEREFORE, WE HAD RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZED THE GHC HAS RECEIVED WITH PERFORMING THE ABOVE SERVICES, WE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH GHC FOR THE ABOVE SERVICES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
AND, UM, I TO, UH, SO FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED IS SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2022.
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TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $1,650,397 AND 74 CENTS.SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
UH, IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR COMMENTARY FROM THE FLOOR, JUST AS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANYBODY'S WISHING TO BE HEARD, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AROUND THREE MINUTES OR SO.
UH, AND DIRECT 'EM DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING HERE.
UH, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR DOING SUCH A, BEEN A FINE JOB.
WENT VERY SMOOTHLY AND WE SEEM TO BE VERY WELL ORGANIZED WORKING TOGETHER.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING BE HEARD? ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH IT.
UH, TELL MY DRAINAGE STUDY FOR, UH, SCHEDULING A REVIEW MEETING, GO OVER THAT DRAFT REPORT AND, UH, KEEP MOVING IT FORWARD.
UM, WE GOT, WE'LL GO WITH YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES.
UH, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS UP IN THE REPORT HIGHWAY.
UH, YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, RECAP A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
UM, WE'VE PAID 17 ROADS SO FAR.
UM, WE'VE, UH, BEEN INVOLVED IN TAKING SEVEN, NINE TREES DOWN BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OUR OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.
UM, STORM SEWERS, WE PUT IN THREE SIX JOBS SO FAR TO REPLACE, UH, STORM SEWERS, UM, AND THE RECEIVERS.
UM, THE SO FAR REMODELED THAT SAVED THE TOWN ABOUT $40,000.
UM, PAINTING AND DOING THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR OWN BARN SO FAR.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE GUYS BEHIND ME.
UM, AND, UM, UH, WE SOLD, UM, ALL OUR OLD VEHICLES.
WE MADE A PROFIT OF ABOUT $159,000, JUST RETURNED AROUND AND WE BOUGHT THREE NEW VEHICLES, UH, FOR FLEET.
AND WE JUST FINISHING UP A LOT OF OUR STORM STUFF, ESPECIALLY DOWN ON COLUMBIA AVENUE.
UM, I GOT SOME GOOD, UH, FEEDBACK FROM IT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, THAT JUST SO, UH, WAS GOING ON.
REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, BUT SINCE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, JUST A PUBLIC SERVICE NOW THAT WE HAVE FOLKS NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS TOWN THAT WILL COME FOUND WITH THE VEHICLE THAT ARE OPEN AND THEN THEY STEAL WHAT'S INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
VEHICLE INSTALLING BECAUSE PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR KEYS INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
SO I ENCOURAGE INSIDE BRUNS VEHICLE.
AND WE'LL GO WITH REPORTS, PLEASE.
I'M GONNA BREAK THAT CHAIN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND THEY ARE RAMPING UP FOR WHAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE A QUIET SEASON THAT WILL BE COMING SHORTLY, BUT THEY ARE, THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE, UH, DOING A NOMANS JOB, TAKING CARE OF SO MANY THINGS THROUGHOUT OUR TALK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM THIS EVENING.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK CHRIS HALL AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, OFFICE AND HIS STAFF BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE QUIET HEROES THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN.
UM, THEY REALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
HE HAS QUITE AN AGGRESSIVE, UH, SCHEDULE EVERY FALL, SPRING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WHICH IS WHY WE SOMETIMES DON'T SEE HIM HERE.
SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHRIS HALL AND HIS DEPARTMENT ALSO.
AND THEN JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE'LL BE, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMING OUT, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT COMP PLAN MEETING, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC TO GAIN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND GIVE SOME INPUT ON OCTOBER 19TH
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HERE AT TOWN HALL, STARTING AT, I BELIEVE FIVE 30.BUT THERE WILL BE INFORMATION, UM, AVAILABLE IN THE SUN AND ON THE WEBSITE AS AS MORE DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE.
AND, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS TO REPORT ON.
UM, I WILL BE HOSTING A FOOD AND A HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES DRIVE WITH OUR NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, JOHN RIVERA.
THIS WILL TAKE PLACE IN SUPPORT OF FEED HAMBURG ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH AT 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM DROP OFF LOCATION AT THE IRIS HOUSING COMPLEX.
UH, FEED HAMBURG HAS A SHORTAGE OF SOME MUCH NEEDED ITEMS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR NON EXPIRED FLU, THE ONLY OF COURSE BREAKFAST ITEMS, CANNED GOODS, DINNER ITEMS, SPAGHETTI SAUCE, PASTA, MAC AND CHEESE SNACK ITEMS, HYGIENE ITEMS LIKE SHAMPOO, SILK DEODORANT, TOOTHPASTE, AND IMPORT PAPER, PRODUCT PAPER TOWEL, TISSUES, ET CETERA.
I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO REPORT, UM, THAT UH, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE UH, TOWN BUDGET PROCESS IS UNDERWAY AND REALLY THE FIRST FORMAL STEP OF THAT IS THE, WHAT WE CALL THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET OR THE SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET.
AND THAT'S DUE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY.
WE ARE ON TRACK TO SUBMIT THAT BUDGET ON TIME.
IT MAY BE AT 4:00 PM ON FRIDAY, BUT CLERK STI HAS ASSURED US THAT SHE'LL BE THERE WAITING FOR US.
UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UM, OUR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR PAT SHEA, AS WELL AS, UH, KIM SANA FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, AND GETTING THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR THEIR PATIENTS IN, UH, WHAT IS MY FIRST TOWN BUDGET PROCESS, AS WELL AS PAT'S FIRST TOWN BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, WE'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO WEEKS HOLDING MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS, UH, WERE PRETTY QUICK.
OTHER MEETINGS WEREN'T SO QUICK, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.
UM, AND, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SUBMISSION ON FRIDAY.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AS A BOARD TO COME UP WITH THE FINAL BUDGET THAT WILL BE ADOPTED IN, UH, HOPEFULLY EARLY NOVEMBER IF WE PLAY OUR
UH, ONE MORE SHOT AT PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYBODY'S WISHING TO BE HEARD.
ALRIGHT THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE TWO ISSUES.
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO.
UH, ONE IN REGARDS TO A PERSONNEL MATTER THE OTHER IN REGARDS TO, UH, POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONFER.