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WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF PLEDGE OF TO THE FLAG UNITED, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC, WHICH ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE ROUTINE JUSTICE FORUM.
FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE VIEWING FROM FACEBOOK.
UM, THIS IS OUR WORK SESSION, UH, WHICH WE TYPICALLY HAVE BEFORE OUR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
UH, TONIGHT WE ARE GONNA USE THE WORK SESSION TIME, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR, UH, AN OPENING ON OUR PLANNING BOARD.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ON A PERSONNEL MATTER.
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WE'RE STILL GOING AND YOU GUYS NEED TO GET HOME AND DO SOME HOMEWORK, FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD.UH, HOPEFULLY YOU ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF YOU WANNA STAY FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, WE SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT EIGHT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AFTER.
FEEL FREE TO STAY, ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO, UH, THE MEETING AND WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LL RUN PRESENT.
AND, UH, LEAVE THE PLEDGE AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.
WHEREAS THE STATE REQUIRES CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, AND WHEREAS THE POSITION REQUIRES CONTINUATION CREDITS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION, AND WHEREAS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER BUILDING OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION EDUCATION COMMITTEES ARE HOLDING A CONFERENCE ON JANUARY 23RD TO THE 25TH OF 2023, LOCATED THE HYATT REGENCY, THE TWO FOUNTAIN PLAZA, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED JEFFREY PEC TO REGISTER AND ATTEND THE TRAINING, THE COST OF THE COURSE IN ANNUAL DUES NOT TO EXCEED $315 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 3 6 2 0 0 4 9 2 TRAINING IN SEMINAR.
MAY COUNCIL MEMBER COME FOR A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
RESOLVED THAT TOM BOARD APPROVES THE FORM INSUFFICIENCY OF THE TRAVELERS.
PAUL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY AND FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE BOND EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15TH, 2009, COVERING ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHILE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR DUTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SUPERVISOR TOWN JUSTICES TO TOWN CLERK, AND THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT.
WITH A LIMIT OF $1 MILLION PER LOSS OVER A DEDUCTIBLE OF $25,000 EACH OCCURRENCE.
EXCESS COVERAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 IS PROVIDED FOR THE TOWN CLERK AND DEPUTY TOWN CLERK.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER C****R FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KA.
OPPOSED, CARRIED RESOLVED FOR THE TOWN BOARD NAMED SUPERVISOR RANDALL.
A HOPE AS APPOINTING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PER SECTION TWO OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SIGNS, APPOINTMENT FORMS AND PERSONNEL CHANGES SUBMITTED TO HIS OFFICE.
CERTIFIES THAT THE CIVIL DIVISION PAYROLL IS ACCURATE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CIVIL SERVICE LAW CANVAS'S ELIGIBLE LIST AND PERFORMS THE FUNCTIONS RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
SIGNS PO ONE M FORMS REPORTING APPOINTMENTS, TERMINATIONS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL CHANGES TO ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
RESOLVED THAT SUPERVISOR RANDALL AHO IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PROPERLY SUBMITTED FORMS FOR HIRING TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO BE CONFIRMED AT THE NEXT IMMEDIATE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EARL LOREN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONNEY.
WHEREIN SECTION 64, THE TOWN LAW REQUIRES THE TOWN BOARD TO DESIGNATE THE BANKS OR TRUST COMPANIES IN WHICH A SUPERVISOR, TOWN, CLERK, TOWN JUSTICE AND FINANCE OFFICE MANAGER SHALL DEPOSIT ALL MONIES COMING INTO THEIR HANDS FAVOR VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICES.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FUNDS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BE DEPOSITED IN ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BANKS, BANK OF AMERICA, MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY.
KEYBANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WILMINGTON TRUST NY PASS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, BLAZEDALE, AND BUFFALO.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL THE SAID BANKS ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AS REPOSITORIES FOR THE FUNDS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE.
RESOLVING THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE FOLLOWING THAT THE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, NY PASS AND MDIA CLASS, THE DESIGNATED DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THEY'RE HEREBY REQUESTED, AUTHORIZED, AND DIRECTED TO HONOR CHECKS, DRAFTS, AND OTHER ORDERS OF PAYMENT ON MONEY DRAWN IN THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, INCLUDING THOSE PAYABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORDER OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHOSE NAME OR NAMES APPEAR THEREIN AS SIGNER OR SIGNERS THEREOF WHEN BEARING OR PURPORTING TO BEAR THE FAC.
SIMILARLY SIGNATURE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, RANDALL HOPE AND THE
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MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WILMINGTON TRUST AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HONOR AND TO CHARGE THE TOWN OF HAMMER FOR SUCH CHECKS, DRAFTS, AND OR OTHER, REGARDLESS OF BY WHOM OR BY WHAT MEANS THE ACTUAL OR PURPORTED SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURES THEREIN MAY HAVE BEEN AFFIXED THERETO IF SUCH SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURES RESEMBLED THE FACSIMILE SPECIMENS.DULY CERTIFIED TO BE TO OR FILE FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA.
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK NY PASS, WILMINGTON TRUST AND BY THE SECRETARY OR OTHER OFFICER OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
BRIELLE, THE SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY DEPOSIT OR INVEST TOWN MONIES NOT REQUIRED FOR IMMEDIATE EXPENDITURE IN SPECIAL TIME DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ISSUED BY A BANK OR TRUST COMPANY LOCATED IN, AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL LORENZ.
OPPOSED? CARRIED RESULT THAT TOWN BOARD HEREBY ESTABLISHES THE IS A STANDARD WORKDAY FOR ELECTED AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICIALS WITH SOLE FOCUS DETERMINING DAY'S WORK REPORTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE LOCAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SUPERVISOR COUNCILMAN TOM CLERK, SUPERINTENDENT HIGHWAYS, TOWN JUSTICES FIVE DAY WORK WEEK, SIX HOUR DAY APPOINTED OFFICIALS, TOWN ATTORNEY, DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEYS ASSESSOR PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEMBERS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARREN.
RESOLVE THE TOWN JUSTICES BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY COURT STENOGRAPHERS IF NECESSARY.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOAX.
SECOND BY BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M FOR ALL IN FAVORS.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD DESIGNATES THE HAMBURG SON OR THE BUFFALO NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR THE YEAR 2023 WITH THE OPTION TO TERMINATE WITH A 30 DAY NOTICE BY EITHER PARTY.
RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF $80 A DAY FOR EACH COMMISSIONER OF THE WOODLAWN SEWER DISTRICT FOR EACH DAY.
ACTUALLY SPEND THE SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT AND THAT EACH COMMISSIONER FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK AND OFFICIAL UNDERTAKING BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE A MILEAGE RATE FOR TOWN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2023 AT THE CURRENT FEDERAL RATE OF 62 AND A HALF CENTS PER MILE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE I'LL OFFER A SECOND.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE FOLLOWING WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPERVISOR AND TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF PROCESSING VOUCHERS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
AND WHEREAS THE COMPUTER NETWORK WHICH IS USED TO PROCESS SAID VOUCHERS, IS LOCATED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND IT HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO PROCESS PAYMENT OF SAID VOUCHERS AND WHEREAS THE STATE REGULATIONS MANDATE THAT THE SAID VOUCHERS BE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN CLERK OR TOWN COMPTROLLER NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT PATRICK SHEA FINANCE DIRECTOR BE GIVEN THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF TOWN CONTROLLER LIMITED TO PRESERVING THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF VOUCHER AUTHORIZATION FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO CALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING AYE.
ALL THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
MARK LAPORT GUARD, LOW LEONA ROCKWOOD NICHOLAS, LORD TOM OMI, KIM PROFF, AMY LENDELL.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OFFICER FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023
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AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
JENNIFER BUNIA, PATRICIA LEC, AMY MCKNIGHT AND STEPHANIE BAXTER.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LAUREN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK.
PLEASE RESOLVED THAT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 284 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, THE TOWN BOARD AGREES THAT MONEY'S LEVIED AND COLLECTED FOR THE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS SHALL BE EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS.
THE SUM OF 6,232,588 MAY BE EXPENDED FOR GENERAL REPAIRS UPON 300.2 LANE MILE OR 320.0 LANE MILES OF TOWN HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SOLACE, CULVERTS, AND BRIDGES HAVING A SPAN OF LESS THAN FIVE FEET IN BOARD BOX OR THE RENEWAL THEREOF.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD EXECUTES AND DUPLICATE THE AGREEMENT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY MONIES PURSUANT TO ANY ALLOCATION THAT APPEARS IN THE 2023 ADOPT BUDGET.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THE I SOLE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED CARRIED RESULT THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT OF TOWN MEAL EXPENSES WILL BE A MAXIMUM $50 PER DIEM UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOWN.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
COORDINATOR PAUL MCQUILLAN, LIAISON BETH FARRELL LORENZ MEMBERS MIKE BENNETT, LINDSEY DUNN, JAMES WAL TRICK JEAN PALINI.
PATRICK BEST PAPS, UH, JOHN MCHENRY.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FA LAUREN.
KATHY KY TOM CLARK BE APPOINTED REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR DISTRICT 1,465 TOWN OF HAMBURG AND JILL SLEDZ DEPUTY REGISTER FOR THE TERM OF JANUARY 1ST, 2023 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
WHEREAS SECTION 4 1 2 4 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW REFERS TO COMPENSATION VIA FURTHER RESULTS THAT KATHY URCHINS SHALL BE PAID A TOTAL OF $4,000.
DISTRICTS OF HAMBURG ARE 1 4 6 5 FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGES OF BLAZEDALE AND HAMBURG AS PROVIDED UNDER THE LAW ALL FEES COLLECTED BY THE REGISTRAR IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS HER DUTIES SHALL BE THE PROPERTY OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
THE FEES COLLECTED IS REVENUE TO THE TOWN SHALL BE ENTERED IN REVENUE ACCOUNT A 2 5 9 0 0.9.
SOMEONE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMING THIRD.
WE AS PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETING LAWS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURGERS REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR HARBORING AND EUTHANIZING DOGS WHICH MAY BE PICKED UP DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF DUTIES OF THE HAMBURG DOG CONTROL OFFICER, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A DOG SHELTERING LEASE WITH EDEN VETERINARY CLINIC PLLC FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1ST, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWABLE EXTENSIONS AND WHERE IS THE TERM THAT DOG SHELTERING LEASE HAVE NOW EXPIRED NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HANDBOOK ENTER INTO A DOG SHELTER AND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE EDEN VETERINARY CLINIC PLLC FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWABLE EXTENSIONS BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SUPERVISOR HOPE IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE TIME HAMBURG.
COMING FOR A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
THESE ALL HAMBURG APPROVED THE FOLLOWING TO THE HAMBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR 2023 AS LISTED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
OPPOSED? CARRIED RESULT OF THE TOWN BOARD.
MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN REJUVENATION COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
UM, LAURA HCAT, RYAN, BARBARA DOLE, TOM MOSES, SENIOR THERESA MCCLUSKEY, SHANNON DKI, DEBORAH YOUNG.
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PAULA KIM FINLEY KY.SECOND MOTION MCC COUNCIL MEMBER HOST SECOND BY COUNCILMAN C*****G.
WE'RE A SECTION 1 42 OF THE HIGHWAY.
LAW REQUIRES THE TOWNS BOARD TO APPROVE ALL PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS UTILIZED FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE IN EXCESS OF $1,000 PER YEAR.
AND WE'RE A SECTION ONE THREE OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW REQUIRES PUBLIC BIDDING FOR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT IN EXCESS OF $20,000.
AND WHEREAS THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT DOWN
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 42, THE HIGHWAY LAW IS DESIRABLE FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO AUTHORIZE HIGHWAY SUPER TO PURCHASE SET EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS IN EXCESS OF $1,000.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE TOWN BOARD AND WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINE THREE OF THE FISCAL POLICIES, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS TO BE USED FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION, SNOW PLOWS OR OTHER DEVICES FOR THE RENEWABLE OF SNOW FROM HIGHWAYS AND IS SOME NOT TO EXCEED $5,000.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RESOLVE THAT THE FOLLOWING IS CONFIRMED.
APPOINTED TO SERVE AS THE FIRST DEPUTY TO THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT IN THE INDICATED DEPARTMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE.
DARREN SMITH, HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT $4,500 ANNUAL STIPEND.
MOTION MAY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL LOREN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER.
OPPOSED? CARRIE HERE RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD.
APPROVE THE HIRING OF GAIL CAPASSO AS GAIL MAYRON OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO I'LL OFFER A SECOND.
IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION OF THE FILING EMPLOYEES AND BGS SO MOVED.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HALL.
THAT TOWN BOARD APPROVES THAT BUILDINGS GROUNDS DEPARTMENT TRANSFER.
$3,315 FROM SB 2 25 TO ACCOUNT A 7 4 1 4 3 TO PAY ATTICA PACKAGE COMPANY INCORPORATED FOR DISTILLATION OF MATTING FOR THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT THE NIKE BASE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FER WILL RUN SO IN FAVORS, SAY AYE.
BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, AS PER THE ATTACHMENT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.
WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 15, 15TH, 2022 FOR DISCUSSION, PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER FIVE OF 2022 RELATIVE TO INCREASING THE INCOME LIMITS OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS' PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AND WHEREAS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW FIVE OF 2022 WOULD INCREASE THE ANNUAL INCOME LIMITS PURSUANT TO HAMBURG TOWN CODE SECTION 2 3 5 ENTITLED TAXATION SPECIFICALLY SECTION 2 35 0.2.
CONDITIONS OF EXEMPTION TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ADOPT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THIS LAW SHALL TAKE EFFECT MARCH 1ST, 2023.
SO AS TO EFFECT THE 2024 TAX BILL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER REZ ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.
YOU RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OR THE TOWN HAMBURG AUTHORIZES THE HIRING OF MARJORIE CHAPMAN TO THE POSITION OF BOOKKEEPER TO THE SUPERVISOR IN ANNUAL RATE OF $42,000 STARTING JANUARY 9TH.
2023 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A 1220 0.0 100 SO MOVE SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, MARJORIE IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT.
MARJORIE, IF YOU'D SAY HELLO TO FOLKS THIS IS MARJORIE YOU'LL DEPARTMENT HEAD
THIS IS JOHN CLARK IS AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS ENTITLED CLOCK TOWER, RETAINING WALL AND REPAIR TO ADJACENT AREAS.
SEALED SEPARATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT AMBER TOWN HALL TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5 NO LATER THAN 11:00 AM ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023.
AND SAID BID WILL THEN BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD.
PROJECT NUMBER 2023 DASH ZERO ONE RETAINING WALL AND REPAIRED TO ADJACENT AREAS.
MAIL BIDS SHOULD BE SENT TO TOWN OF HAMBURG.
ATTENTION TOWN CLERK BID AND CLOSE 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK.
1 4 0 7 5 FOR ALL BIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SEALED ENVELOPES BEARING ON THE OUTSIDE THE NAME OF THE BIDDER.
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NAME AND NUMBER OF THE PROJECT FOR BID IS BEING SUBSTITUTED FOR NOTICE TO BIDDERS IF SENT BY MAIL, REGISTERED PREFERRED OR DELIVERY SERVICE THE SEALED ENVELOPE ENDING THE BID MARKED AS DIRECTED ABOVE MUST BE ENCLO IN ANOTHER ENVELOPE ADDRESSED AS SPECIFIED HEREIN ONLY THOSE BIDS ON THE HAND OF THE OWNER AVAILABLE TO BE READ AT THE SPECIFIED TIME AND DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED.DO NOT FORGET TO MARK CLOCK TOWER BID AND SEND TO THE ATTENTION TOWN CLERK.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
HE RESOLVED THAT TOWN BOARD APPOINT FATHER ROSS SYRACUSE AS POLICE CHAPMAN TO A ONE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
MOTION TO MAKE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE NEXT RESOLUTION TO REMOVE THE NAMES TOM AND BRIAN DEVIC.
THEY HAVE RESIGNED SINCE FOR THE VETERANS COMMITTEE SO THE RESOLUTION WILL READ AS RESULT OF THE TOWN BOARD OF APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE VETERANS COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
NEW YORK STATE REPRESENTATIVE ERIE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE KATHY KINSKI, SHARON STEWART, DENNIS CHAPMAN, DEREK PERRY, NINA DEMING.
GEORGE KENNEDY, RJ STO, BOROUGH ART VANDER BUSCH.
SO MUCH SECOND MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER HO.
SECOND MOVE BY COUNCILMAN LAUREN.
OPPOSED, CARRIED, RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD MILITARY LEAVE POLICY.
THE POLICY BE REFLECTIVE, EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
OPPOSED CARRIED R RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT OF PAUL MCCLELLAN AS COORDINATOR OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER, 2030 FIRST.
ACTUALLY I HAVE AN AMENDMENT HERE FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $12,360 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. MCCLELLAN AS THE COORDINATOR OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY BOARD FOR ONE, UH, ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 WITH AN ANNUAL AMOUNT.
AND AGAIN THIS IS AMENDED, UH, TO $5,150.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 7 1 4 OH 0.102.
MOTION MAKE COUNCIL MEMBER S SECOND, SECOND MAY.
COUNCILMAN COUNTY IN FAVORS AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING DEPUTIES OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 PATRICK RYAN.
7,000 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN BUDGETED IN ACCOUNT.
A 7 1 4 0 1 0 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNT SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOW RESOL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
APPROVE THE LISTING OF PART-TIME AND SEASONAL WORKERS EXCEPT FORTH IN 2023.
SALARY OF WAGE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ATTACHED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
OPPOSED? CARRIED ALL THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING BINGO INSPECTORS FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
DEPUTY VA AND GREGORY MCCLURE.
A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PO.
THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
UM, SO WE JUST WENT A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER, BUT WE WILL, UH, WE'LL DOUBLE BACK TO, TO 41.
THIS IS A SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE.
UM, THIS SCHEDULE, UH, WELL I'LL READ THE FIRST AND WE CAN GET TO THE, THE AMENDMENT RESULT.
THE HENRY TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE 2023 SALIENT WAGE SCHEDULE, WHICH WAS ATTACHED, APPROVED AS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR BASED ON CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AS DETERMINED BY THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR.
AND WE HAVE UNDER, SO THERE IS A SECTION ON THE SELLING WASTE SCHEDULE, WHICH, UH, HAS THE NAME OF BRIAN WALINSKI FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.
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UH, YES.PAGE 55 IN THE FIRST SECTION, UH, THAT SHOULD READ PAUL MCQUEEN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED KY DID WE HAVE IS 42 SQUARED? I I DON'T REMEMBER IF I INTERRUPTED BEFORE WE VOTED OR NOT.
UH, RESOLVED THAT THE HAMPER TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FILING APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
BRAD BOBINSKI CHAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
MICHELLE PARKER, ATTORNEY FOR ONE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FILING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD WILLIAM CLARK CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 13TH, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
CYNTHIA RACKLIN MEMBER FOR SEVEN YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2029.
AND JENNIFER LESI ATTORNEY FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 13TH, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMON.
SOUTH TOWN'S DRUG FREE COMMUNITY COALITION FOR 2023.
MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAMBURG SOUTH TOWNS DRUG FREE COMMUNITY COALITION FOR 2023.
NAMES ARE LISTED IN THE ATTACHMENT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HALL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL EVENTS, UH, FAVORITES SAY AYE.
POST CARRIED RESULT OF THE TOM BOARD CONFIRMS THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PURCHASE ORDERS, TOWN VOUCHERS, REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AND OR BUDGET TRANSFERS.
PAYROLL INPUT SHEETS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS LIST IS ATTACHED.
SECOND MOTION MAY COUNCILMAN C*M.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
TOM ZIMMERMAN, JIM LORENZ, ANDREA KER, TOM PEMBERTON AND MATEO.
SECOND MOTION OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER
APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE TERM OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.
2023 COORDINATORS PAUL MCQUILLAN, RANDALL HOPE.
PAT RYAN FROM BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
TRACY HANEY FROM WHITE COLLAR KEN ESTONIA, ED HUGHES, LISA POPE, NICK GALLEY AND JILL FOREMAN KING.
THE TOWN BOARD APPOINTS THE FOLLOWING.
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION FOR LWRP AS FOLLOWS.
LWRP, VOTING MEMBERS SUPERVISOR HOKE.
LAUREN, BILL CLARK, HANK KLEIN FEL LA ON FIRE CHIEF OR TBD.
COMING FOR A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FER.
APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE YOUTH BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.
BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
UH, JAMES TATER, DAVE SMK, HOLLY TRASK, TREVOR SEALANDER, EVAN SAMPSON, OWEN RIGGS AND RYAN CLINDA.
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UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THIS JUST THOSE THAT ARE UP FOR THIS THREE YEAR SO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERY 'CAUSE I KNOW WE ARE MISSING QUITE A FEW NAMES.UM, KATHY, THE NEW ONES RIGHT? THAT THAT'S ALL YOU PUT ON WAS THE NEW ONES.
THAT'S WHY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLEAR ON THAT.
NOT THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE PROBABLY THE REST OF THAT.
COUNCILMAN FELLOW AROUND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU FOR ALL IN FAVORS.
THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING FOR THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2020, 23 AND ENDED DECEMBER 31ST.
RANDY HO THAT LORENZ, MARKUS, BILL CLARK, JOE KILLIAN, LAURA HAN PAUL THE WALL.
JAMES TATER LYNN, NICK LEON ROCKWOOD, SAM KO, HANK KLEINFELTER, BOB LARDO, DAVE WOLFING, BILL MAYER, KIM FINLEY, DANIEL KEEFE, NICOLE FRIEDENBERG, ELIZABETH O'DONNELL, MARGARET VAN ARSDALE, CYNTHIA BROCKMAN.
DENISE ANO, AUDREY ALALA, PATTY WATSON, DONNA GANZER, RON KITZ, PAUL ENGLER AND GLORIA ENGLER.
SO SECOND MOTION MAY COUNCIL MEMBER HO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FAIR LOREN.
WHEREAS THE TO HAMBURG COURT'S OFFICE IS A FULL SERVICE PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITY OFFERING ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART PASSPORT PHOTOS FOR INCLUSION AND PASSPORT APPLICATIONS.
AND WHEREAS IN ORDER TO DO SO, THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS INVESTED COUNTLESS HOURS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INITIAL AND ANNUAL TRAINING FOR ACCEPTANCE AGENTS PREPARATION OF PASSPORT APPLICATIONS, BOTH NEW AND RENEWALS CAMERA PRINTER FILM.
AND WHEREAS ADDITIONAL TIME AND EFFORT AND DOLLARS WERE EXPENDED TO CREATE AN ADEQUATE SPACE FOR PROPER TAKING OF PHOTOS, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF AN ADDITIONAL LIGHTING FIXTURE AND BACKDROP.
AND WHEREAS A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARGES LEVIED BY STORES OF THE PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES FOR PHOTOS WAS CONDUCTED.
AND WHEREAS THE ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE WAS CHARGING FAR LESS THAN THE OTHER OPTIONS TO PURCHASE A PASSPORT PHOTO.
AND WHEREAS THE AVAILABILITY OF PHOTOS IN A CLERK'S OFFICE ALSO PROVIDES A CONVENIENT, QUICK AND COST EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR THOSE SEEKING PHOTOS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THE US PASSPORT PHOTOS SUCH AS FOR PISTOL PERMITS, PASSPORT RENEWALS, PASSPORT FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND REPLACEMENT PASSPORT PHOTOS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PICTURE TAKEN ELSEWHERE AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD THEM REJECTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND WEARS DESPITE RISING COSTS FOR OPERATION MAINTENANCE, WORKERS COMPENSATION AND MATERIALS AND THE PURCHASE OF ALL NEW PHOTO EQUIPMENT INCLUDING COMPUTER, PRINTER AND CAMERA.
AND THE PRICE CHARGE FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE 2016.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD RECOGNIZES THE GREAT VALUE PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITY PHOTOS AND PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITY IN TOWN HALL NDF.
FURTHER RESULT THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY SET THE NEW PHO PRICE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE IS $17 PER PHOTO.
THE RESULT THAT THE CHANGE IN PRICE SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE OF THE SWEATER SOLUTION.
MOTION TO MAKE COUNCIL MEMBER COME FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY ON FAVOR SAY AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TIME HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE HAMBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO REAPPOINT TO ANOTHER FIVE YEAR TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.
THE INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS CATHERINE A. LEE SOMO SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RECOVER.
I'D ELECTED A MOTION FOR A LATE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE HIRING OF A PART-TIME PARALEGAL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC CONNEY.
A OPPOSED, CARRIED BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD SENATOR BA TO APPROVE THE HIRING OF CINDY COLLINS, THE POSITION OF PART-TIME SENIOR PARALEGAL AT $35 97 CENTS PER HOUR OR $35,000 ANNUALLY.
FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A 1420 0.002.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FEDERAL RENT.
OPPOSED? CARRIED THE RESULT THAT WE APPROVE THE TO BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED JANUARY 9TH, 2023.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
ALRIGHT, THAT WRAPS UP OUR AGENDA FOR THE REORGANIZATION MEETING AND THAT OPENS THINGS UP TO, UH, BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
IF ANYBODY CAME HERE TO SPEAK TO THE MB TOWN BOARD, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE, PLEASE TRY AND KEEP IT AROUND THREE MINUTES OR SO AND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DIRECTLY.
I'M JOE FROM WOOD
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BOARD HAS BEEN AWARE, BUT WITHIN THE LAST MONTH
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AND A HALF, THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN INTO LAW ALLOW, ALLOWING MUNICIPALITIES TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN FIRST AID RESPONDERS A 10% TAX CUT.HAVE YOU BEEN AWARE OF THAT, SIR? NO.
IT IS SECTION 4 66 DASH A OUTTA THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
LIKE I SAID, IT WENT THROUGH BOTH HOUSE STATE HOUSES UNANIMOUS VOTE ON IT, AND THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN IN LAW, LIKE I SAID, WITHIN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE ON ME.
UM, WOULD THIS BOARD BE WILLING TO START LOOKING INTO IT? AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICE IS DWINDLING.
WE NEED EVERY, EACH AND EVERY CHANCE TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO HELP US OUT.
THIS HOPEFULLY BE IN ONE AVENUE.
YES, WE DO HAVE THE LOW SAT PROGRAM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOW WE ARE IN THE NOW GENERATION WHERE THEY WANT EVERYTHING NOW.
THIS IS ONE OF THE NOW ITEMS. IF WE COULD HAVE THIS BOARD, PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AND HELP US.
AND THIS IS HOPEFULLY BEING WATER.
THERE'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING MAY I APPROACH.
I SAID STATED THIS HERE IS A COPY I JUST PRINTED OFF TODAY.
THIS HERE IS THE ORIGINAL LAW THAT WENT THROUGH BOTH HOUSES TO BE PASSED TO ALLOW US TO RECEIVE THAT 10% TAX CUT ON OUR TAX BILLS.
I WILL SHARE THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE TOWN BOARD AS WELL AS WITH THE, THE TOWN CLERK AND, UM, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.
OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION I HAVE, WHAT IS THE UPDATE ON THE BRIDGE ON OLD MILE STRIP? IT CUTS INTO SOME OF OUR RESPONSE TIMES FOR SOME OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE BLAZEDALE AREA.
UM, THERE WAS A NICE CUT THROUGH FOR ME.
NOW I EITHER GOTTA GO TO LAKE GAVIN OR SIT TWO CYCLES ON THE LIGHT OR I GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY AROUND TO 1 79 AND COME IN THE BACK WAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE FOLKS SITTING UP HERE, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF GUYS SITTING OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP YOU.
CAN YOU WANNA HANDLE THAT ONE? SO WE, UH, GPI DID A BRIDGE ASSESSMENT ON IT.
I HAVE THAT DEPARTMENT OFFICE.
I ACTUALLY WROTE AN RFP THAT WAS GONNA TELL THE BOARD ABOUT TONIGHT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO GET THAT REPAIRED.
UM, I DID ONE ON ONSITE VISIT WITH AN ENGINEER.
SO THE, THE WHEELS ARE TURNING.
WE HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW THE BEST WAY TO REPAIR IT AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT.
SO THAT'S, IT'S THE WHEELS ARE TURNING, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA TURN SLOW ON THIS SO WE
BUT LOOK, I KNOW THERE'S A GOOD GAME OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND IT USED TO BE EASY, NICE AND EASY.
CUT ACROSS CODER, MAKE THE RIGHT, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH ANY LIGHTS.
SO THERE'S NO WAY IT CAN BE OPEN TEMPORARILY.
EVEN HALF IT, IT'S, IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW AT 11 O'CLOCK HERE ON THAT ALSO BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY ENGINEERING AND, UH, AND THE, UH, ARCHITECT ALSO ENGINEERING MEETING FOR MARIJUANA.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR, OUR HEADS IN OUR, OUR WALLETS WRAPPED AROUND FIRST, UM, BEFORE WE TALK TIMELINES, I I THINK BOTH THESE GUYS ARE HESITANT TO GIVE A TIMELINE UNTIL WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING AND WHAT EXACTLY IS GONNA GO IN, INTO REPAIR.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO, TO HAVING THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
AND AS SOON AS WE DO, WE'LL BE SURE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS FROM THE FOUR? ALRIGHT, SO THEN WE WILL GO TO, UH, REPORT.
I A TAXPAYER AND I'M EMPLOYEE FOR THE TOWN OF, I JUST GONNA KIND OF SIX, HAVE SOME PAPERS TO KIND OF JUMBLE THROUGH.
I WAS KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS, UH, I WORK IN THE MECHANIC DEPARTMENT AND UH, WORK HAND TO HAND WITH OUR BUDGET.
AND WHEN I STARTED LOOKING THROUGH THE OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TOOK, WE TOOK A, UH, I THINK IT WAS A 20, WE TOOK A 22% LOSS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND I WAS KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET SAYING, OH,
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LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS DID.EVERYONE PROBABLY TOOK A LOSS SINCE THEY'RE TRYING TO RESTRUCTURE THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
BUT AS I GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, I START REALIZING LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS GOT VERY, VERY HEFTY INCREASES, ASSESSING 42% PERSONNEL, 51%.
I MEAN, THESE AREN'T LITTLE NUMBERS.
WE JUST HAD TWO BIG SNOWSTORMS. WE HAD THE SEVEN FOOTER, WE HAD THE BLIZZARD.
I AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ARE IN CHARGE OF ORDERING EQUIPMENT.
THEY CUT OUR BUDGET SO SEVERELY IF WE WANT AN ORDER A SNOWBLOWER FOR ANOTHER ONE OF OUR OTHER BIG TRACKERS.
I COULDN'T, THEY COULDN'T DO IT.
PEOPLE ARE YELLING AT US BECAUSE WE CAN'T CLEAR THE STREETS, WE CAN'T DO OUR JOBS, BUT YOU CUT OUR BUDGETS AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT I LIKE, I DON'T GET IT.
I I, I'VE TALKED TO YOU GUYS BEFORE THIS BEFORE COMING TO A PUBLIC MEETING AND SAYING THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK.
THIS CUTTING OUR BUDGETS SO SEVERELY WHERE WE CAN'T ORDER EQUIPMENT.
I GET WELL WE CAN JUST SUBMIT IT AND SEE IF IT'LL PASS.
WELL DOES ANYONE, DO YOU GET THAT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YEAH, WE NEED TO GET A NEW PATROL CAR.
WE NEED TO GET SOME MORE, UM, BODY ARMOR.
WELL YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT BUDGET.
JUST, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT IT FOR BOARD APPROVAL AND WE'LL SEE IF IT PASSES.
LIKE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT HAPPENS THEN ANY OTHER BUDGET.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING IF LIKE MY HANDS ARE TIED.
LIKE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY'S LOOKING AT US GOING, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? WHY CAN'T YOU CLEAR THE ROADS? YOU KNOW, THE NIKE BASE TRACTOR WAS ONE OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT CLEARED AMAZON ROAD FOR ROUTE 20 TO ROUTE FIVE.
IT WASN'T A PERFECT LANE, BUT IT WAS A SINGLE PASS.
I WANTED TO GET ANOTHER SNOWBOARDER FOR, UH, TOWN PARKS TRACTOR AND OUR VEHICLE BUDGET IS NOW JUST A LEASE BUDGET.
AND I START GOING THROUGH AND I SEE ASSESSING STILL HAS THEIR VEHICLE BUDGET BUILDING INSPECTION STILL HAS PART OF THEIR BUDGET.
FROM WHAT I WAS UNDERSTOOD, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THOSE BUDGETS CUTS TOO.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON? EVERYTHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE REALLY ONLY TOOK PLACE FOR US.
AND I EVEN LOOKED AT THE HIGHWAY BUDGET, THEY CUT LIKE 30, YOU GUYS CUT 30,000 FROM THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
LIKE HAS ANYONE ELSE BUYING THINGS IN THIS WORLD? EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP LIKE 50% AND THEY'RE CUTTING BUDGET.
BRAKE PADS HAVE GONE UP DRUMS. LIKE I, WE HAD A LOADER TIRE GO OUT WAS $4,000 FOR A ONE LOADER TIRE.
WE HAVE THREE TIRES THAT ARE GONNA BE REPLACING THIS YEAR.
AND I GOT A A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE INTO OUR BUDGET IF WE HAVE TO GET THREE LOADERS TIRES LIKE THAT.
OUR UN UNANTICIPATED REPAIR ACCOUNT JUST WIPED OUT.
LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOWN COURT'S DOING, WHETHER THEY JUST DON'T THINK BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IS A WORTHY DEPARTMENT FOR FUNDING.
BUT IT'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING TO COME TO WORK.
LOOK AT MY BUDGET GOING, AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH PEANUTS? LIKE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT IS EXPENSIVE.
I JUST, I I GOT TO A POINT WHERE I WAS FED UP AND I NEEDED TO COME HERE AND JUST EXPRESS EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE I DON'T, NOT EVERYONE HEARS MY VOICE.
SOME DO, BUT NOT EVERYONE HEARS MY VOICE SAYING THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK.
WHY, WHY DID OUR VEHICLE BUDGET GET CUT BUT SOMEONE ELSE'S VEHICLE BUDGET DIDN'T GET CUT? I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT THAT HAPPENED.
I WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT FOR LEASING AND ENGINEERING, BILLING, INSPECTION, EVERYONE WAS GONNA BE LEASING THEIR VEHICLE, BUDGETS WERE GONNA BE GONE.
AND I LOOKED AT OUR BUDGET, WE'RE THE ONLY ONE, I MEAN EVEN THE OTHER EQUIPMENT IN PAT RYAN'S, WE WENT FROM 50 TO $20,000, A 60% DECREASE.
WE USED TO GET TRACTORS AND ATTACHMENTS WITH THAT MONEY LIKE THAT, THAT, I MEAN, ONE, ONE A BIG SNOWBLOWER IS $20,000 ON STATE BID.
SO THAT MEANS OUR BUDGET'S GONE JANUARY 1ST WHEN WE BUY THAT SNOWBLOWER AND THEN WHAT WE DO FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOUR CONCERNS TO THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, YOU STATED THAT YOU'RE HERE AS A TAXPAYER.
IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE YOU'RE HERE AS, AS AN EMPLOYEE.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THERE WAS, ARE YOU FINISHED? THERE WAS OTHER THINGS THAT WERE ON THE TAXPAYER BASIS THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
CERTAIN BUDGET LINES WHERE IT HAD, UM, UH, 8, 13, 40 WAS TITLED BUDGET AND IT WENT, IT WENT FROM 7,500 TO 1250, 12,500.
I MEAN, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY IS THAT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT THAT BUDGET IS.
WHAT'S THAT FOR? WITHOUT HAVING THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF ME, I REALLY CAN'T ADDRESS THAT.
I MEAN, ALL IT SAYS IS, ALL IT SAYS IS BUDGET AND IT HAS, YOU KNOW, POKE AS THE DEPARTMENT THING AND IT JUST SAYS BUDGET.
IS THAT LIKE A STIPEND FOR DOING THE BUDGET? YES.
SO ON TOP OF YOUR NORMAL SALARY, YOU'RE GETTING 12,500 FOR DOING LIKE WHAT'S USUALLY IMPLIED FOR THE SUPERVISOR OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS HAPPENED? IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS HAPPENED.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, BEN? UM, WHAT WAS ONE OF THEIR BUDGET THING? I WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS? I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A CONT CONTINGENT CONTINGENT ACCOUNT IS.
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ACCOUNTS IS A, IS IS A POT OF MONEY SET ASIDE FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES.A BUDGET IS A PLAN, A BUDGET IS, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE AT YOUR HOUSE A RAINY DAY FUND.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE POT OF EXTRA MONEY IN CASE THE HEATER GOES OR IN CASE YOU NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.
THOSE ARE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNTS.
I JUST KNOW THERE WAS A WHOLE NEW CONTINGENT ACCOUNT SET UP THIS YEAR THAT WAS NEVER CREATED.
LIKE THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS LAST YEAR THAT WENT FROM 80,000 TO 20,000, WHICH WOULD SEEM LIKE A MODEST, A PRETTY, A NORMAL INCREASE GIVEN OUR ECONOMY.
BUT THEN THERE WAS A NEW ONE, WHICH I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS JUST SET UP, YOU KNOW, WHERE I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT MONEY COULD HAVE WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE OR STAYED IN VEHICLE, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE BUDGETS OR WHEREVER.
SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONTINGENT ACCOUNT THING, BUT, UM, ARE YOU FINISHED? YEAH.
SO AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS HAD, UH, SOME ROUGH YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETING, UH, IN, IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
SO THERE WERE SOME VERY SERIOUS, UH, INEFFICIENCIES AND DISCREPANCIES THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS THIS YEAR.
THE BUDGET THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT FORTH, UH, IS A BUDGET THAT THIS BOARD IS VERY PROUD OF.
IT'S A BUDGET THAT HAS A 0% TAX RATE INCREASE.
IT'S A BUDGET WHERE WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR WANTS.
IT'S A BUDGET WHERE WE TALKED TO MANY EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE DUG DOWN INTO THE EMPLOYEE LEVEL.
WE WENT TO YOUR SHOP, WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH YOU AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF A LEASING PROGRAM FOR OUR VEHICLES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR VEHICLES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS ARE RIGHT ON.
THERE'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF MONEY TO BUY MORE NEWER VEHICLES THAT WILL NEED LESS REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
SO WITHOUT GETTING INTO AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT BUDGETING FOR TOWN GOVERNMENTS, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT.
UM, I'M CONFIDENT IN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.
WE ALSO DO HAVE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNTS.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS UNEXPECTED AND WE DO HAVE EQUIPMENT NEEDS THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS.
WE ALSO, UH, HAVE SOME OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, SOME OTHER FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO WHILE YOU ARE CHERRY PICKING SOME ELEMENTS OF THE BUDGET TO SHARE AT A PUBLIC MEETING, UM, WE NEED TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AND AND ORANGES TO ORANGES.
I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM OUR TOWN EMPLOYEES ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND POSITIONS.
AND BEFORE EACH STORM I'VE GONE TO OUR MECHANICS AND I'VE SAID, HOW MANY PLOWS DO WE HAVE? THE ANSWER WAS 14.
14 PLOWS READY TO GO OUT ON THOSE ROADS.
AND WHEN I ASK OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, HOW MANY CREWS DO WE HAVE READY TO GO OUT? HIS ANSWER IS NOT AS HIGH AS 14.
EACH SNOW EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN NOVEMBER AND MOST RECENTLY IN DECEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BODIES TO PUT IN THE TRUCKS TO GET THE ROADS PLOWED.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES ON THE BOOKS? ABSOLUTELY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO RESPOND TO THE CALL DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO COME PLOW OUR ROADS AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND WHILE SOME FOLKS MAY HOPE TO, TO SCORE POINTS AND IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND SAY THAT WE WOULD'VE DONE BETTER IN A SNOWSTORM IF WE DID HIRE EXTRA PEOPLE, THOSE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE COME IN THIS LAST BUDGET.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE 2023 BUDGET.
BUT I STAND BY THIS BOARD'S CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND IF AND WHEN YOU COME INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD.
YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD'S GONNA HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE TOWN BOARD, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP OUR ROADS SAFE.
I'VE ASKED OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, I'VE ASKED OUR BUILDING GROUNDS DEPARTMENT STAFF, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT? AND EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY SAY SOMETHING ELSE ON FACEBOOK, WHEN I'M SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM THEM, THEY AGREE 14 PLOWS IS ENOUGH TO PLOW THE ENTIRE TOWN.
SO I STAND BEHIND THIS BOARD'S FINANCIAL EQUIP FI FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO OUR DEPARTMENTS.
AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR OUR ROAD SAFE, CLEAN AND CLEAR PROVIDED THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE WILLING TO STEP UP WHEN WE NEED THEM.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS FROM
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THE FLOOR THAT WILL, UH, BRING US TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS? WE'LL START ALL THE WAY OVER ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.UH, WE JUST SUBMITTED OUR 2023, UH, DRAFT ACTION PLAN TO HUD, UH, FOR A GUESSTIMATE AMOUNT OF $435,000.
WE WON'T GET OUR FINAL AMOUNT UNTIL THE BUDGET'S ACTUALLY PASSED OUT.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 25TH AT SIX 30 IN ALLOW YOU A TOWN HALL FOR THAT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR INCOMING REPORTS AND CHARGES, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, ANONYMOUS AND SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW HAVE PROVIDED THEIR INFORMATION, UH, INQUIRING ABOUT, UH, ORDERS OF PROTECTION SUCH WITH THE INCOMING STORMS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN AT HOME
ALSO, UH, WE'VE BEEN INVITED AS A OFFICE TO PARTICIPATE IN A RECENT, AN UPCOMING, UH, EVENT THAT THE VILLAGE ENGAGE IS, UH, SPONSORING CALL, UH, THE PANEL FORWARD INFORMATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SAFETY, UM, IN JANUARY 18TH FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM THAT'S IT.
UH, NOW THAT WE'RE INTO 2023, OBVIOUSLY WE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SEVERAL GOALS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE.
I JUST MENTIONED TWO OF 'EM TODAY.
ONE IS WE'VE BEGUN THE PROCESS BECOMING AS A NURSE STATE ACCREDITED POLICE AGENCY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A HEAVY LIFT, BUT WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT.
AND MY ANTICIPATED DATE FOR US TO SUBMIT THAT TO UH, VCGS IS GOING TO BE AUGUST.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, BY AUGUST OR BEFORE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, AT THE END OF 2022, WE HAD OUR GRANT WRITER, UH, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR, UH, BODY CAMERAS ON A GRANT.
AND SO THAT SOUNDS PROMISING AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT COMES TO TUITION IN 2020.
WE'RE WORKING ON A BUNCH OF THINGS IN ENGINEERING.
I HAVE, UM, A LETTER DRAFTED THAT WE SENT TO THE BOARD AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SPEAK ON IT AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION ABOUT THE MOUNT, UM, MOUNT VERNON CENT SEWER PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO DO AN AUTHORIZATION TO DO SOME TELEVISION OF SEWER NETWORK SO WE CAN WORK ON GETTING THOSE SEWERS REPAIRED AND CONSOLIDATED.
UM, I DRAFTED RFPS AND HAD, UH, CONVERSATIONS IN ONSITE VISITS, UH, FOR THE WEST ARNOLD WATERLINE, UH, DOING A REPLACEMENT UP THERE FOR ALL THE OLD LEAKY MAIN THAT THE TOWN OWNS.
UH, COLUMBIA AVENUE, STORM SEWER REHABILITATION.
THERE'S A, A STORM IN THAT HIT HIS, UH, BRINGING DEBRIS IN AND CLOGGING.
WE NEED TO DO SOME LEGAL WORK AT AN EASEMENT FOR THAT.
UM, AND HAVE, HAVE SOME, UH, STORM SEW WORK, UH, REHABILITATED.
AND THEN, UH, AS THIS GENTLEMAN TALKED ABOUT THE MASTER PROB BRIDGE AT, I DID DO AN OUTSIDE VISIT WITH AN ENGINEER AND, AND REVIEW THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE BY A CONSULTING ENGINEER AND THE BRIDGES IN POOR SHAPE.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OPTIONS AND GET SOME, UH, INFORMATION FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES.
IT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT AND SOME, SOME REPAIR WORK THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON GETTING THE DRAINAGE FIXED TO WHERE THE LITTLE LOOP FOOTBALL AND THE UPPER ROGERS AND IT'S GOT A CRUSH PIPE AND, UM, I'M HAVING A LITTLE, UH, EXTRA LIKE, UH, HYDROLOGY STUDY BECAUSE THE BEDSIDE SITE BEEN DEVELOPED BEYOND WHAT THE ORIGINAL STORM DRAINAGE WAS DESIGNED FOR.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAYBE INCREASE SOME CAPACITIES AND TRY TO GET THEM WORKING PROPERLY.
ALRIGHT, I TALK REAL FAST, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR, UH, FULL-TIME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRAINED TO INSTRUCT FOR STATE CPR.
UM, WE BECOME A, UM, WE'RE AFFILIATED WITH THE RED CROSS.
WE'LL BE HOPING TO BECOME AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
WE'VE OFFERED IT OUT TO ALL DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE WILL COME AND TRAIN YOU, UH, FREE OF CHARGE.
WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO HAVE A COUPLE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, TO OFFER IT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND ALL OF THE COST TO THEM WOULD BE, UM, THEIR CARDS AT THE END.
WE ARE ALSO ALL FULL-TIME STAFF AND IF YOU BE PART-TIME STAFF TOMORROW WE'LL BE ATTENDING, UM, MENTAL HEALTH FOR STATE TRAINING WITH THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG RECREATION.
UM, HAMBURG HIGH THROUGH HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SOME, SOME NEAT THINGS IN 2023.
WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING BACK, UH, BREAK CLUBS, UM, FEBRUARY BREAK, SPRING BREAK FOR WHEN KIDS ARE OFF TO SCHOOL.
UM, THEY'LL NOW BE FULL DAYS INSTEAD OF HALF DAYS TO KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ALIGN IT MORE WITH WORKING PARENTS.
UM, AND THEN ONE FUN THING THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS SPEED MEETING.
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SPEED DATING.
UM, AND AT THE CENTER ANYBODY CAN COME TO IT.
UM, A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE HEARD IS AFTER COVID, PEOPLE HAVE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME MEETING PEOPLE OR JUST CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE.
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SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND FOR TWO MINUTES AT A TIME THEY CAN INTERACT WITH SOMEONE.AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, UH, TALK WITH 'EM.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME TALKING POINTS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T NORMALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, USED TO THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER REALLY GREAT THINGS GOING ON, SO PLEASE COME AND CHECK IT OUT.
WE'RE WORKING ON AN RFP FOR NEW PAYROLL HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM PROVIDER.
IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, UM, FOR EMPLOYEES.
THE HEALTH INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE LETTER SHOULD BE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
HOPEFULLY OUR NEW PROVIDER HAS, UM, THINGS HAVE SMOOTHED OUT WITH OUR, OUR PROCESS.
IT, THERE WAS A ROCKY START WITH GETTING OUR, OUR CARDS A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE OF ALL THE STORMS, BUT THEY'VE, UH, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THEIRS BY NOW.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE LETTER, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE GETTING TO US PRETTY SOON.
UM, IF YOU'RE EAGER FOR W TWOS, YOU CAN GO ONLINE THROUGH PAYCHECKS AND DOWNLOAD THEM.
OTHERWISE THEY'LL BE IN THE MAIL AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND AS FAR AS VACANCIES, WE ARE STILL ON THE HUNT FOR GENERAL CREW CHIEF AND ASSISTANT PLANNER, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW.
UH, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW RESUMES FOR BOTH OF THEM, SO, UM, WE'LL BE WRAPPING THAT UP AND GETTING STARTED ON
CAMERON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? UH, I JUST WANNA MENTION TWO MINOR THINGS.
JUST, UM, THE FIRST OF THE, UH, TOWN OWNED STREET LIGHTS.
I HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO LED FIXTURES, UH, AS WE WORK ON THE FINALIZING THE PURCHASES FROM THE LOCAL UTILITIES FOR THE REMAINING STREETLIGHTS AND TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM ON THAT PROJECT.
AND ALSO JUST THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE CLOCK TOWER RETAINING WALL FINALLY GOING OUT TO BID.
IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG, UH, PERMIT PROCESS TO GET ALL THE AGENCIES TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS, IS GOING TO BE HAPPY TO SEE THE REPAIRS TO THAT STORM DAMAGE, UH, TO COME THIS YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO THE TOWN BOARD, TO, UH, NEGOTIATE WITH, UH, CSEA ABOUT, UH, CHRISTMAS EVE, UH, BUDDIES THAT DID HELP AND, UH, GIVE YOU SOME GUYS OUT.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I WANNA THANK MY GUYS FOR COMING OUT CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY, UM, TO, UH, TO THE PLOW OF STREETS.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME ISSUES STILL.
WE'RE WORKING 'EM OUT AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THE ISSUES ARE GONNA BE BEHIND US AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND NOT HAVE TO, UH, DEAL WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE PICKING UP CHRISTMAS TREES, BRUSH FROM THIS LAST STORM.
STILL STORM'S STILL GONNA BE OUT UNTIL IT'S ALL COMPLETELY DONE.
UM, WE'RE STARTING TO, UH, ACTUALLY GO OUT AND FIX IN A LOT OF THE LAWN DAMAGE AND STUFF 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ON THAT.
UM, AND ALSO WITH THE MAILBOXES AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEING KNOCKED DOWN AND, UH, WE'RE STILL REMOVING SNOW FROM ALL THE, UM, CUL SACS AND DEAD ENDS.
AND DID GET DOWN TO HOOVER BEACH AND WE STARTED CLEANING THAT UP.
UH, THERE'S SOME CALLS TODAY ABOUT A DUMPSTER AND STUFF.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING IT OUT WITH THEM TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF, UH, THEIR ISSUE WITH THAT ALSO.
UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, UH, AFTER A LOT OF, UH, FITS AND STARTS THE CLARK AVENUE MCKINLEY PARKWAY, UH, INTERSECTION PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
MCKINLEY PARKWAY AND UH, MARK AVENUE CROSSWALK IS MOVING FORWARD.
FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND QUARTERBACK ELEMENTARY, WE'RE WORKING ON SIDEWALK PROJECTS THERE AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO UPDATE THE TOWN SPEED LIMIT IN THE, UH, THE TOWN CODE.
AND WE'RE RECEIVING POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM STADIUM NEIGHBORS REGARDING PARKING IN THE STADIUM, UH, AREAS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WOODY'S, UH, THE TOWN BOARD ASKED US TO, TO DO AN INVESTIGATION AFTER THE SUMMER SEASON.
UH, HAMBURG POLICE REPORTED NO PROBLEMS IN WOOD AND THE ORDER WOOD WAS VERY HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING IT TURNED OUT.
SO THANK YOU TO THE TOWN COURT FOR EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
UH, LEGAL, NOTHING HERE, COURT, AND WE WILL GO TO CLERK.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO PICK UP THE COUNTY, COUNTY BILLS AND THOSE WILL BE OUT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
SORRY, FINANCE HELPING TO REPORT AND WE'LL GO TO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD.
IT IT, SORRY, JEFF IN THE CORNER.
OH, THE ONLY THING I CAN REPORT
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IS GREAT LAKE SECURITY WAS IN THE BUILDING TODAY, UPDATING THE FOB SYSTEM AND THEY'LL BE BACK TOMORROW TO HOPEFULLY FINISH UP.UM, IT IS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S APPRECIATION DAY, AND I DO NOT WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK CHIEF EZ AND HIS TEAM.
UM, HE GOT HIS START LESS THAN A YEAR IN THE NEW POSITION, AND IT'S JUST, I'VE, I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE, WITH THE TEAMWORK.
UM, IN MY OTHER PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BE PART OF THE RESPONSE WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
UM, AND SO I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND I CONTINUE TO BE PROUD OF BEING THE LIAISON, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE RESIDENT.
PAMPER YOUR TEAM'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
UM, YOU'RE DOING GREAT STUFF AND YOU'VE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF LEADERS THERE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAPPY TO HEAR IT EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR THEIR ROLE IN, IN, IN THE STORM.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS IN THIS POSITION, I DIDN'T REALIZE, UH, THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS PLAY IN THESE WEATHER EVENTS.
IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST GETTING THE ROADS CLEAR.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH, WITH THE CHIEF, WITH MR. HUGHES, WITH SEAN RABY, UM, IN, IN OUR MAKESHIFT EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO STREAMLINE COMMUNICATION AND WE SAW SOME, SOME MUCH BETTER RESULTS WITH THIS STORM THAN THE STORM THAT WE HAD IN NOVEMBER.
I HAD DOZENS OF CALLS AFTER THE NOVEMBER STORM, UH, THAT WERE MOSTLY COMPLAINTS.
UH, THIS STORM, I HAD ABOUT THREE OR FOUR COMPLAINTS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HAD THREE RESIDENTS CALL TO SAY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS AS, AS A CALLING, THAT VALUE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT SHOW UP EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BILLS GAME OR SHOW UP EVEN THOUGH IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE TO THE TEAM THAT WORKS IN, IN DISPATCH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GLUE THAT KEEPS EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
THEY NEED TO TALK TO ED, THEY NEED TO TALK TO CHIEF.
THEY NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A, A CULTURE OF TEAMWORK IN THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, WHERE THEY, THEY SHOW UP NO MATTER WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
THEY KNOW WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER, THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE AND THEY HAVE A NICE KITCHEN BACK THERE TOO,
UM, THIS STORM BROUGHT HAVOC AND, AND DISASTER AND DEATH TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE A GREAT, GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES, BUT I THINK WHAT WHAT REALLY, UH, KEPT PEOPLE FROM SUCCUMBING TO THIS BLIZZARD, UH, AND AND MEETING THEIR DEMISE WAS THE EFFORTS OF OUR, OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE FOLKS, THEY'RE THERE WHEN THE POLICE CAN'T BE THERE.
THEY'RE THERE WHEN THE DISPATCH DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE ON THE GROUND.
WE HAD CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TO TALK TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEFS TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS, WHAT ARE THEY SEEING, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM? AND OUR VOLUNTEERER FIRE DEPARTMENTS STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY DURING THE STORM AND HAMBURG GOES, YOU A BIG THANK YOU.
AND, AND, AND WE DO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMMITTED TO BEING HERE IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING SOME FOLKS IN, IN THE HIGHWAY AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT FOR THE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOWED UP DURING THE BILLS GAME, SHOWED UP, CHRISTMAS EVE SHOWED UP CHRISTMAS DAY.
I DO BELIEVE, AS I SAID BEFORE THAT, THAT WE HAD IMPROVED COMMUNICATION DURING THIS LAST STORM, NOT JUST AMONG TOWN DEPARTMENTS, BUT WITH COUNTY AND STAKE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT WE NEEDED EARLY ON.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES AND PUT THEM INTO PLAY.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, IMPROVE OUR, OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
AND YES, OF COURSE WE STILL HAVE, UH, ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, UH, BUT I'M OPTIMISTIC, UM, AFTER SEEING, UH, THE IMPROVEMENT IN JUST A COUPLE, COUPLE SHORT MONTHS.
UM, YOUTH REC IN SENIOR SERVICES, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE NEW CLUBS, UM, SEEING YOUR, YOUR COFFEE WITH THE DIRECTOR.
UM, THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN GIVE
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THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT OUR PROGRAMMING IS, UM, THE BETTER THAT PROGRAMMING WILL BE.SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON, ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT OUR HOURS ARE, WHAT OUR PROGRAMMING ARE, WHAT THE RULES ARE WITH.
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR THAT'S VERY OPEN AND, UH, I, I ESPECIALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ON THE BOARDS FOR OUR YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES.
I, I HESITATE TO, TO ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME, SOME GREAT BOARDS.
BUT THESE BOARDS HAD SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES AHEAD OF THEM THIS YEAR.
THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL TO THE TOWN BOARD AS A WHOLE AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALSO INFORMING OUR, OUR PROGRAMMING AND WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO, UM, OUR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT MENTIONED THE, UH, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, UH, DIRECTOR, GENERAL CREW CHIEF IS THE, THE TECHNICAL TITLE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A TITLE THAT WAS HELD BY THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, TOM GIL MARTIN, WHEN WE HAD A DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
UM, SOMEBODY BROUGHT TO THE, TO, TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT A NEW DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IS GOING TO BRING IN THE MOST, UH, MODERN TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATIVE WAYS OF THINKING AND MANAGING OUR DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN MOVE OUT OF AN OUTDATED MODEL OF OPERATION AND MOVE INTO EFFICIENCY, MOVE INTO PROGRAMS AND MODELS, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO SAVE MONEY AND PERHAPS MAY EVEN REFLECT NEGATIVELY ON THE BUDGET, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN INCREASE SERVICES.
SO, UM, I MENTIONED THAT, UH, JUST TO, WE DO HAVE ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT'S 18 RESUMES.
UM, AND TARA AND I ARE GONNA BE SITTING DOWN THIS WEEK TO KIND OF SORT THROUGH WHO MIGHT BE QUALIFIED AND WHO MAY NOT BE QUALIFIED.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT APPLYING, UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO SO.
THE MORE FOLKS THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM, THE BETTER THE RESULT WILL BE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE FLOOR BEFORE WE CLOSE? THEN? I WILL ACTUALLY, JUST ONE QUICK THING BECAUSE I DID GET A FEW, UM, UH, PEOPLE WERE TEXTING ME TODAY.
SO, UM, MAYBE JILL CAN PROVIDE JUST AN UPDATE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH, UH, THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE THERAPEUTIC POOL.
UM, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY, UM, A FIRE AT THE THERAPEUTIC POOL.
SO IT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, ST.
WE ARE IN HOPING THAT BY WEDNESDAY, UM, WE'LL HAVE AN AGREEMENT HASHED OUT.
WE'RE HOPING BY TOMORROW WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING SET AND THEN WEDNESDAY WE CAN START PROGRAMMING THE TIMES AND UM, THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY OFFERED, THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO FOR A SENIOR WHO HAS A QUESTION, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO? WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING FOR THEM TO DO OR WHERE SHOULD THEY LOOK OR WHO SHOULD THEY CONTACT? UM, IT WILL BE OUT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
IT WILL BE OUT ON THE WEBSITE.
WE ARE GONNA CALL, IF THEY'RE A PARTICIPANT OF THE PROGRAM, WE WILL BE EMAILING AND CALLING EVERY SINGLE PARTICIPANT TO INFORM 'EM OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, WE DIDN'T WANNA DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM PERSONALLY IF THEY'RE ALREADY ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS. OKAY, GREAT.
THAT SERVICE IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY OF OUR, OUR SENIOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
ALRIGHT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
OPPOSED? CARRIED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YEAH, WE DO NEED TO TALK, RIGHT? YES, YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT MATTER CONCERNING UH, POTENTIAL.