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YOU ALREADY OPEN IT? HIT THE GAVEL.CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER THE WORK SESSION OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD.
WE'LL BEGIN AT ANY MINUTE NOW, RIGHT? YEAH.
ROLL THE, WELL THE CLERK ISN'T HERE, BUT EVERYONE'S HERE EXCEPT SUPERVISOR RUSKI.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN, FAR PRESENT.
AND SO I GUESS WE CAN, THERE'S, OH, OKAY.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE LIFE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL I MAKE THE MOTION TO GO INTO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS, UM, NEGOTIATIONS, POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND PERSONNEL ISSUES, UM, RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF INDIVIDUALS.
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MEMBER BE LOREN.I TO THE P UNITED STATES AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC SAVES WOMEN JUSTICE FOR ALL RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ IT? JOSH, HOW ARE YOU? PLEASE STATE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD AS JANUARY 13TH, 2025, PURSU TO THE HOME OF LAW.
UH, PROPOSAL OF OUGHT BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER ONE SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOW FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO SECOND ZONING CODE TO REZO 0.79 ACRE LOT AT ZERO.
RILEY BOULEVARD, SBL NUMBER 1 7 1 20 0 5 DASH ONE C TWO GENERAL RG U ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT, AND THEREFORE CONCERNED THE STATUTE, THE PROVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME WILL ALLOW TOWN BOARD HONOR HAMBURG WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, TWO FIVE, 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME, AT WHICH TIME ALL PARTIES MAY BE HEARD.
CAN ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS FOCAL LAW? YES.
CAN WE ASK WHAT IT WHAT THEY WANT DO? JOSH? JOSH, DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER OR DO YOU WANT THE APPLICANT WHO I BELIEVE IS HERE TO ANSWER? OH, OKAY.
THE APPLICANT CAN ANSWER THAT.
HOW, HOW ARE WE'RE DOING IS IT'S AN OPEN LOT LAND.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE BUILDING, UM, THIS COMMERCIAL BUILDING ESSENTIALLY THAT I'M MOVING MY BUSINESS INTO.
SO, UM, THE BOTTOM FLOOR IS GONNA BE MOSTLY MY
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BUSINESS THAT I'M CURRENTLY RUNNING OUT OVER ON CAMP ROAD.UM, WE'RE MOVING IT OVER THERE.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, AN ADDITIONAL 1300 SQUARE FOOT, IT'S GONNA BE A, GONNA BE A COMMERCIAL UNIT ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
AND THEN FOUR UNITS ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE SECOND FLOOR WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL.
AND YOU APPEARED BEFORE US BEFORE I REMEMBER.
WHAT THE, THIS BUSINESS MARGARET FOR CLARIFICATION, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE, UM, MAIN STREET ICE CREAM IS IN THE VILLAGE? YES.
AND THERE'S A BOUTIQUE BEHIND THEM AND THEN THERE'S RESIDENTIAL ON TOP APARTMENTS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANNA PUT IN.
AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT OWNS A FITNESS GROUP.
SO THE EXACT SAME KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER IS BUSINESS, RIGHT? BUSINESSES ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN SMALL APARTMENT ABOVE ON THE ABOVE THAT ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO TWO STORY MM-HMM
TWO STORY BUILDING, NOT TWO STORY SMALL BUSINESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OH, LOANS, PLEASE.
FRANK MAKES A MOTION TO CLOSE.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS.
REGULAR TOM BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024.
SHIP TRAINING PROGRAM WEARS NEW YORK STATE CERTIFIED WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM.
N-Y-S-C-A-T-P IS STATE REGISTERED AND REGULATED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND HAS APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR IN ACCORDANCE TO ARTICLE 23 OF THE NEW YORK LABOR LAW.
AND WHEREAS HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO COMPANIES WITH CERTIFIED N-Y-S-C-A-T-P TO PROJECTS OWNED BY THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, OR CONTRACTS IN WHICH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SHALL BE RENOVATION, DEMOLITION, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING FOR, UM, ANY BUILDING FACILITY, PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF ANY KIND WITH THE VALUE OF EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD ELECTS TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR A TOWN PROJECT IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE BASIS OF BEST VALUE PURSUANT TO THE TOWN HAMBURG'S BEST VALUE BIDDING LAW.
A BIDDER'S PROOF AT THE TIME OF BID SUBMISSION THAT IS MAINTAINED BY N-Y-S-C-A-T-P MAY BE ONE OF THE NON-PRICE FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE THE BEST VALUE OFFER AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A FORMATION OF CONSIDERATION OF THE BIDDER'S MAINTENANCE OF, UH, N-Y-C-S-C-A-T-P MAKE COMMENCE WITH BIDS REQUESTING OF DATED JULY 1ST, 2025 AND THEREAFTER.
AND SUCH CONSIDERATION SHALL BE CITED AND BID SPECIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE.
SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
I HAVE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS.
THIS IS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO US AS A LOCAL LAW.
AND WITH THE LOCAL LAW, THERE WAS MORE CONSEQUENCE WHEN THE APPRENTICES WERE ON A CONTRACT AND THEN NOT ACTUALLY UTILIZED ON THE CONTRACT.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THAT IS NO LONGER IN THERE.
IT IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE IT AS A ONE OF THE MANY CRITERIA WE CAN USE IN BEST VALUE WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING IT.
SO I HAVE CONCERN THAT IF AN APPLICANT BRINGS FORWARD AND SAYS THEY'RE GONNA BRING IN APPRENTICES AND THEN THEY DO NOT, WE HAVE NO RECOURSE OTHER THAN TO SAY WE'RE DISAPPOINTED IN YOU.
UM, I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENCOURAGE APPRENTICESHIP IN THE UNIONS TO BUILD THE TRADE.
I'M NOT SURE THIS IS GONNA RESOLVE THAT.
I ALSO, THE MILLION DOLLAR BID LEVEL OR THE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT LEVEL, YOU WANNA AMEND THE BID AMOUNT.
I, I WANNA, I AM AMEND THAT, BUT AT THE WHOLE THING, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE THIS OTHER THAN TO SAY, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU.
IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T STICK TO THEIR WORD, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GONNA STICK TO THEIR WORD, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANNA PUT FORTH RESOLUTIONS OR
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POLICIES THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT.IT WOULD JUST BE THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS IS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT FULLY COMFORTABLE.
I'M NOT SURE BASED ON OUR TOWN CODE, THAT WE CAN DO BEST VALUE WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACTS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION.
WE CAN DO IT WHEN IT COMES TO PRODUCTS AND WE CAN DO IT REGARDING SERVICES.
I'M NOT SURE THE WAY OUR TOWN CODE IS ESTABLISHED THAT WE CAN DO IT FOR CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
AND SO WE MAY BE CONTRADICTING OURSELVES IN CREATING A PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A RESOLUTION OUTTA LAW.
AND THERE'S ALSO ALREADY A LAW IN HAMBURG, IF YOU READ, UM, THAT, UM, BUT THE LAW HAMMERS ALREADY HAS A LAW REGARDING, UH, BIDDING OUT.
SOMETIMES I FOUND IN GOVERNMENT A HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO LOAF.
UM, THERE WAS NOBODY THAT I TALKED TO THAT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING US IN A SITUATION THAT WOULD, UH, POSSIBLY HARM THE TOWN IN IN SOME SITUATIONS.
SO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA DRAFT UP A LOCAL LAW AND BRING IT BEFORE US, GO AHEAD.
WELL, WE ALREADY HAD A OPEN COMMENT ON THE LOCAL LAW THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US AND THERE WASN'T AN APPETITE FOR IT.
AND I DON'T THINK APPRENTICES ARE GONNA COST.
I MEAN, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, I'VE HAD APPRENTICES IN MY CLASSROOM FOR 20 YEARS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S COST THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MONEY FOR US TO TRAIN.
RIGHT? AND, AND THEY DON'T HAVE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE TEACHERS OR ASSISTANTS.
THEY START 'EM OFF IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU HAVE STUDENT TRAINING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS ANYBODY THAT BIDS ON A PROJECT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL GIVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO THOSE WHO OFFER THE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING.
I THINK THERE'S A, A MULTIPLE OF WAYS THAT WE CAN SHOW SUPPORTIVE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS ONE WAY, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE AND IT CLEARLY STATES, UM, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT IMPORTANCE.
I KNOW THAT IN MANY OF THE, THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT RECEIVE FUNDING JUST SO THAT, THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE DO HAVE OTHER MECHANISMS WHERE WE'RE ALREADY, UM, SHOWING THAT SUPPORT, WHICH IS I THINK VERY IMPORTANT.
IN FACT, IRONICALLY, UM, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS THE OTHER DAY, I KNOW THAT WE HAD TWO THAT CAME INTO THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE FOR THAT HAD TO BE SIGNED OFF ON.
ONE WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE STATE.
THE OTHER ONE WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND WE HAD TO VERIFY FOR THEM THAT WE HAD USED, UM, COMPANIES THAT DID MEET THE, UM, STANDARD THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED FOR.
SO WE FREQUENTLY WILL HAVE THINGS LIKE AN MWBE, UM, REQUIREMENT THAT WE MUCH MUST MEET.
AND IN THESE PARTICULAR TWO PROJECTS, WE HAD AN APPRENTICESHIP, UM, QUALIFICATION OR, UM, STANDARD THAT HAD TO BE MET AND WE HAD TO ACTUALLY, THE SUPERVISOR HAD TO SIGN OFF ON THAT.
SO BY NO MEANS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, UH, NOT SUPPORTING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. I THINK THOSE MECHANISMS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY EVEN EVEN THERE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY GIVE US A PERCENTAGE AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM THAT THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTRACT WAS FULFILLED BY AN NWBE OR YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE APPRENTICESHIP.
UM, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S NOT MECHANISMS ALREADY IN PLACE.
UM, AND I THOSE ARE ONES WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND ERIE COUNTY, THE ONE WAS FOR AN ERIE COUNTY PROJECT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HESITATION THEN FOR US TO STAND ALONGSIDE THEM AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT OF APPRENTICESHIP.
SO WHY ARE WE RELYING ON THE STATE, THE COUNTY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE THE LEAD'S ALREADY IN PLACE.
RIGHT? BUT IF WE PUT FORWARD A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GONNA SPEND A MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, I THINK WE SHOULD STAND ALONGSIDE THE COUNCIL STATE.
WELL, I, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING WITH THIS, WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CITING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, WE'RE ALSO INCITING THAT THE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE'RE SUPPORTING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. AND I THINK A LOT MORE RESEARCH BEFORE WE WENT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, UM, WAS MY, WAS MY CONCERN.
SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A POSITIVE AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING, I DO BELIEVE IT'S A POSITIVE AND MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO THAT WAS MY, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY THINKING ABOUT MY SUPPORT OF THIS, OF THIS RESOLUTION.
I THINK THIS IS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I LIKE APPRENTICESHIPS, BUT I DON'T WANNA MAKE MYSELF UNCOMFORTABLE TO SUPPORT THEM.
I PROJECTS THAT SUPPORTED THEM.
WHICH IS WHY WE SIGNED OFF ON THE ONES WE ALREADY DID.
SO WE HAVE A, A RESOLUTION AND
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A SECOND.THAT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE GETTING
WHEREAS, AND THERE IS, UM, A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO NUMBER SIX.
THERE WAS A TYPO ON NUMBER SIX.
WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM CORY TIGER TO RESUME A 0.9 ACRE PARCEL AT 6 7 2 2 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, SVL 1 9 4 0 0, UH, DASH FOUR AND A 2.9 ACRE PARCEL TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST SBL NUMBER 1 9 4 0.14 DASH ONE DASH FOUR NINE, WHICH HE PLANS ON MERGING FROM RA, AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
AND WHERE IS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAD CONS, EXCUSE ME, HAD CONCERNS FOUND ENOUGH MERIT IN THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO SEND IT TO THE TOWN BOARD TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY ENTERTAINS THIS REZONING REQUEST AND REFERS THE APPLICATION REZONING TO C TWO, TO THE PLANNING BOARD BOARD'S REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ACT AS LEAD AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CON REVIEW ACT, CCRA AND HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE MAILINGS AND TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED COUNTY REFERRAL.
SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
UM, I RECALL TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WE WEREN'T GOING ENTERTAIN ANY REZONING REQUESTS FOR SIX MONTHS.
THAT WAS A, A, A, UH, UH, COUNCIL PERSON, FAR LORENZEN PUT FORTH.
THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR REZONINGS TO, UM, JOSH, HELP ME, I'M JUST BLANK THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO THAT RESOLUTION WAS FOR SPECIFICALLY REZONINGS TO NC, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OR R THREE OR R THREE.
DO DO WE KNOW, I MEAN, AND I I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE LOCATION, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ON SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD OUT IF YOU'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FROM, UH, AMELLE ROAD, LIKE BE GOING FURTHER, UM, I GUESS SOUTH FOR LACK OF A, A BETTER TERM OR, UM, WEST, UM, WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT? UH, HE WANTS TO TURN HIS OR PUT A POLE BARN UP FOR STORAGE PURPOSES AND THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT DEBT, HE'S IN AN RA HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO STUFF.
JOSH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT APPROVING IT.
IT'S BASICALLY JUST LEADING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT HE'S ENTITLED TO AS AN APPLICANT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE POINT SO THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND, AND SO WE CAN GET COMMENT, ET CETERA.
RIGHT? THIS IS LIKE THE START OF THE PROCESS.
THIS IS STARTING SECRET AND SAYING IT'S THE POINT.
AND AFTER ALL THOSE ARE COMPLETED, THEN IT COMES BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR TERMINATION ON THE RE ZONING REQUEST.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND.
BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER BEACH CLEANUP.
WHEREAS BUFFALO, NIAGARA WATERKEEPER INC.
DESIRES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR VOLUNTEER BEACH AND WATERFRONT CLEANUP EVENTS AT HAMBURG TOWN PARK TO CONDUCT THE ANNUAL SPRING SWEEP TO BE HELD ON APRIL 26TH, 2025.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENT.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD PROVIDES AN APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EVENTS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AT THE TOWN HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, BUT THE BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPERS INC.
AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES TRAVEL REQUEST.
WHERE IS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER RECREATION PARK SOCIETY THAT'S HOLDING A ONE DAY REGIONAL CONFERENCE COVERING PLAYGROUND SAFETY MARKETING, CUSTOMER SERVICE LEADERSHIP, YOUTH PROGRAMMING, BEST PRACTICE IN AMHERSTS, NEW YORK ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.
RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES JILL GORMAN KING, DIRECTOR OF
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RECREATION, NICOLEBUDGET ADJUSTMENT TRANSFER DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES WEARS A GRANT FOR $10,000 WAS RECEIVED FROM ERIE COUNTY BUREAU TO BE USED FOR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN 2024.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IN 2024 TO, UH, TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE LINE.
TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT INCREASE A 3 6 6 1 YOUTH BUREAU INCREASE A 7 3 1 0 0.440 CONTRACTUAL CUSTODIAL.
POLICE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IS OFFERING AN ADVANCE SRO COURSE IN SCHNECKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA FROM MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 2025 TO WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, 2025.
AND WHEREAS THE NA SRO COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WORKING IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND PREPARES PARTICIPANTS TO BECOME MORE COLLABORATIVE AND INTEGRAL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES SRO OFFICER ANDY HOTWATER AND SRO OFFICER ANDREW LARS, TO ATTEND THE N-A-S-R-O ADVANCED SRO TRAINING WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES AS LISTED TOTAL AS 2050 $5 AND 88 CENTS VIA FURTHER RESOLVED THE TOM BOARD AUTHORIZED THE USE OF AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND BE 31 24 9 2 SEMINARS DEPARTMENT TRAINING.
UM, THAT SUPERVISOR, WE, UH, GIVE NUMBER 10 CASE TIME? THEY MAY HAVE BEEN, BUT OH YEAH, THEY'RE OUTTA ORDER.
SO TIME IS, WE JUST DID 11, SO YEAH, WE DID 11.
NO, THEY'RE OUTTA TOWN TRAVEL.
UM, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF FAIR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ACTIVE SWAT UNIT AND WHERE THE 2025 N-Y-T-O-A TACTICAL OPS NATIONAL OR, OR NORTH TACTICAL TRADING CONFERENCE AND EXPO 2025 IS BEING HELD MONDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2025 THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2025 IN VERONA, NEW YORK.
AND WE ARE AS THE N-Y-T-O-A TAX OP CONFERENCES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL ANNUAL TRAINING SESSIONS FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING HIGH QUALITY TRAINING, INTERACTIVE TRADE SHOWS, AND UNPARALLELED NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES TO EQUIP LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WITH THE LATEST KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PREPAREDNESS FOR EVER EVOLVING CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES OFFICER MATTHEW SHERRY, OFFICER KEVIN SULLIVAN, TO ATTEND THE 2025 N-Y-T-O-A TACTICAL TRAINING CONFERENCE AND EXPO WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES.
AND AS LISTED TOTAL, $2,229 AND 98 CENTS BE FURTHER RESOLVED.
THE TOM BOARD AUTHORIZED THE USE OF AN UNMARKED VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION MONEY AVAILABLE AND BE 3 1 2 0 0.492 SEVENS.
STAFF MEMBER CREDIT, UH, SERVICE CREDIT AMENDMENT, WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11 A OF THE NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW HERE TO THE LAW, ELIGIBLE VOTING RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG APPROVED A REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH A SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM.
PROACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, FIGHTER FIREFIGHTER MEMBERS OF THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC.
HERE INTO IS THE, THE FIRE COMPANY AFFECTED JULY 1ST, 1991, WHERE THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HERE AND AFTER
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THE BOARD IS THE PROGRAM SPONSOR AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC.SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM HERETO KNOWN AS THE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS AN AUDIT OF THE LOEP SERVICE AWARD RECORD DETERMINED THAT WHEN MRS. BRAD FEAR LEFT THE PROGRAM, SHE DID HAVE FIVE YEARS OF PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT, THEREFORE VESTING HER IN THE LOS, A PROGRAM.
UPON REJOINING THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, SHE DID HAVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF EARNED SERVICE CREDITS TO BE REINSTATED IN THE PLAN, THE FIVE YEAR EARNED CREDIT.
THE FIRM RETAINED BY THE TOWN TO ASSIST WITH ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM HAS AFFIRMED THE FIRE COMPANY AND THE BOARD THAT THE OFFICE OF NEW YORK STATE CONTROLLER HAS BEEN AUDITING SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM POINTS SYSTEMS NOW BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE, THE ADDITION OF MRS. JORDAN BRON INTO THE EP PROGRAM AND HER SERVICE CREDIT INFORMATION TO BE ADJUSTED AS NEEDED.
PAF YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE HIRING AND TERMINATIONS OF PERSONNEL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH THAT'S RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES AS LISTED.
HAMBURG TRAILS 2025 BE RESOLVED.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPOINTS THE FOLLOWING TO THE HAMBURG TRAILS COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2025.
KATHERINE WALSH, DAN ROSATI, MIKE OR KIM BORK? UM, I'M THE LIAISON AND MIKE GI.
TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVER REQUEST BE RESOLVED? THAT HAM TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE ALCOHOL WAIVER FOR FEBRUARY, 2025.
TAYLOR ROAD CABIN RENTALS AS FOLLOWED.
SO THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE NEWTON ABBOTT FIRE COMPANY TO ADD THEIR RANKS OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, LUCAS BANDERA.
PASSED THEIR NAME AND THE LAST ONE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? YES.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A NEW SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND WHEREAS THIS NEW SITE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPANDED SERVICES NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED WITH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, WOULD LIKE TO ACT AS LEAD AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT.
CCRA AND HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE THE APPROPRIATE MAILINGS AND TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED COUNTY REFERRAL.
UM, AUTO CASH DISBURSEMENTS ARPA FUNDS $10,967 AND 86 CENTS.
AND AUTO CASH CASH DISBURSEMENTS $1,000,662 $426 AND 44 CENTS.
AND BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR DU POST.
I'M MATT KENT, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR FAIR CONTRACTING.
MAYBE THE FOURTH TIME I'VE COME UP AND SPOKE BEFORE THIS BODY REGARDING THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED HAMBURG, UH, TOWN APPRENTICESHIP LAW.
UH, I THINK I'M, UH, EXPRESSING A LITTLE BIT OF SURPRISE, UH, GIVEN ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD THUS FAR, UH, FROM PUBLIC COMMENTARY, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD, UH, HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MUCH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO DESCRIBE WHERE THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE UNDERLYING LAW.
BUT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTARY FROM
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HAMBURG RESIDENTS, FROM LOCAL LABOR LEADERS, UH, ENGAGING CONSTRUCTIVELY AND POSITIVELY IN SUPPORT OF A REASONABLE COMMON SENSE APPRENTICESHIP LAW THAT IS TRIED AND TESTED ACROSS ERIE COUNTY.THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COZA PASSED INTO LAW 15 YEARS AGO.
SO, UH, 19 YEARS AGO, COUNCIL MEMBER COZA PASSED AN APPRENTICESHIP LAW IN THE TIME IN THE, IN ERIE COUNTY REQUIRING CONTRACTORS ON PROJECTS OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND NOT JUST PARTICIPATE.
ALSO EMPLOY APPRENTICES, CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WORKERS TO GAIN A TOE HOLDING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, GET TRAINED, DEVELOP SKILLS, GET FAMILY SUSTAINING WAGES TO CREATE A CAREER, AND THEN ALSO GET SAFETY SO THAT YOU HAVE SAFER JOB SITES.
THIS HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED NOT TO LEAD TO INCREASED PROJECT COSTS, NOT TO DECREASE NUMBER OF BIDDERS.
UH, I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS WELL EDUCATED ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT REGISTERED APPRENTICES ARE BY LAW THE CHEAPEST EMPLOYABLE WORKFORCE ON A PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND THE SAFER FOR JOB SITES LEAD TO LOWER INSURANCE COSTS FOR BIDDERS, HENCE A, UH, WIN-WIN AS WE WOULD SAY, AND SOMETHING THAT CREATES BLUE COLLAR NON-COLLEGE CAREER PATHWAYS THAT EVERYONE SAYS THEY WANT TO BE DOING.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ERIE, FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO TAKE WHAT'S WORKING IN ERIE COUNTY AND BRING IT TO THE TOWN'S PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO LEVERAGE THE TOWN TOWN CONTRACTS TO PERPETUATE THIS SYSTEM AND CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE SAW AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AMONGST THE MANY SPEAKERS TO HAMBURG RESIDENT WHO CREDITED HIS APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE ABILITY TO BUY A HOUSE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO SETTLE DOWN AND START A FAMILY AND RAISE THAT FAMILY IN HAMBURG.
WAS THERE ANY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BOARD? MAJORITY THERE WAS NOT.
WE JUST SAT AND THEN EVERYONE WENT HOME AND IT SEEMED THAT, UH, DECISIONS WERE THEN MADE TO GUT THIS THING ENTIRELY.
SO NOW WHAT WE HAVE, WITHOUT ANY COLLABORATION, NO INPUT, NO FEEDBACK, NO DIALOGUE, THE DOLLAR THRESHOLD IS SWITCHED FROM A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO A MILLION DOLLARS, THEN WE HAVE ENTIRELY ELIMINATED THE ENTIRE APPRENTICE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
THEN FURTHER AS, UH, AS, UH, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD DESCRIBED, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT, NOT EVEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO SAY YOU HAVE TO NOT JUST BELONG TO A PROGRAM.
YOU HAVE TO EMPLOY APPRENTICES ON THE CONSTRUCTION JOB SO YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM.
AND THEN THAT CREATES ZERO OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY APPRENTICE ON THESE JOBS.
SO MISSING FROM THIS RESOLUTION IS ANYTHING SAYING, AND APPRENTICES WILL GET WORK AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS A RESULT OF THIS.
BUT THEN WE SAW
AND WHEN I SPOKE TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BETH, UH, FERRELL WARRENS LAST WEEK, I SAID, I GOTTA BE HONEST, I'M QUITE UNFAMILIAR WITH A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT THE TOWN HAS LET OUT THAT UTILIZES BEST VALUE.
AND I SAID, I, THAT COULD BE MY LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT IT WAS NOVEL TO ME.
SO I ASKED MY COUNSEL TO GO LOOK AT THE TOWN CODE AND THEN MY COUNSEL LET ME KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN HAS A BEST VALUE CONTRACTING STANDARD THAT CITES TO STATE FINANCE LAW 1 63.
AND IT IS SPECIFIC FOR PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND SERVICE CONTRACTS.
DOES IT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BEST VALUE IS ALLOWABLE UNDER TOWN LAW? BECAUSE STATE FINANCE LAW DOESN'T INCLUDE PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION AS A APPROPRIATE USE OF BEST VALUE, BUT WORDING.
SO WHAT I AM LEFT WITH HERE IS THINKING THE TOWN BOARD WAS GIVEN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM ORGANIZED LABOR SAYING THIS IS A COMMON SENSE REASONABLE VEHICLE, BUT WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT APPEAR LIKE WE'RE NOT ENGAGING WITH IT.
SO WHAT IF WE PASS SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY MEANINGLESS AND THEN IT SAYS APPRENTICESHIP AND WE CAN CALL THIS DONE AND DUSTED.
IT APPEARS THAT WAS THE INTENT.
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PRESUMABLY THERE WOULD'VE BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK AND DIALOGUE TO WORK TOWARDS A RESOLUTION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN CHAMPIONING THIS.BUT SINCE THERE WASN'T, I'M GONNA ASSUME THE INTENT WAS JUST TO PASS SOMETHING THAT SAID APPRENTICESHIP AND, UH, HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THIS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN AN OUTCRY, I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE WESTERN NEW YORK AREA LABOR FEDERATION, THE A-F-L-C-I-O, UH, THE DOZENS OF LOCAL LABOR LEADERS AND MEMBERS AND, UH,
WE HAVE RULES FOR THREE MINUTES AND IT'S BEEN OVER SIX MINUTES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON.
I THINK YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE VOTE AND THAT'S OKAY.
SO IS BEST VALUE, ANYONE KNOW? CAN WE DO THAT ON CONSTRUCTION? IT'S NOT A QUESTION.
IT'S A QUESTION I POSED YOU ON FRIDAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MR. DU? I'M SORRY.
HEY, YOU, YOU GET SOONER OR LATER IT'S, IT'S A LONG ONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
LET'S SO QUICKLY SPEAKING FOR THE UNITED TAXPAYERS OF HAMBURG, WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, LWRP AND THE SHORELINE COMMITTEES.
WE'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE COMMITTEES COLLABORATE, HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
WHICH ONE EE WE'RE KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF UNCLEAR WHO HAS THE, WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DECIDING WHAT, WHAT REZONING IS GOING TO OCCUR, WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR? UH, WE HAVE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT CRITERIA.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THOSE BOARDS AND HOW WE DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE.
AND FRANKLY, THERE'S A LITTLE CONCERN THAT ALL RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE WHERE THIS IS CONCERNED.
THIS HAS BECOME A MATTER OF CONCERN FOR US BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS, THE WAY THINGS HAVE TURNED OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO THIS IS BECOMING VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE TO HAVE A RESPONSE FOR THAT.
UH, I BELIEVE I HAVE A CONTACT PERSON RIGHT HERE.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU COME UP AND, UH, I'M A MEMBER OF THE HAVE TAXPAYER ASSOCIATION.
UM, THAT REQUEST CAME NOT FROM ME SPECIFICALLY, NOT THE SECRETARY OF YOUR ORGANIZATION.
SO I GET THE MEETING MINUTES AND I MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THINGS THAT ARE RAISED DURING OUR MEETINGS TO, UM, COME TO THE PROPER FORUM THROUGH THE PREP CHANNEL, WHICH IS NORMALLY, UH, FOUND HONING AS A SPOKESPERSON FOR OUR TECH PAYER COMMITTEE OVERALL.
UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO TODAY.
SO THAT CONCERN CAME FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
DO YOU WANNA BE THE CONTACT PERSON OR SHOULD WE HAVE MR. MAYER BE THE CONTACT PERSON? OH YEAH, MR. MAYOR WOULD BE CONTACT.
WELL, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WILLIAM MAYER WILL BE OUR CONTACT PERSON AS FAR THANK FOR AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE'LL TRY TO GET AN EMAIL OUT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE.
MR. MR. MAYOR OR MR. MAHONEY IS THE PRESIDENT.
MR. MAYOR WILL BE THE CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
OKAY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT.
AND MR. MAHONEY, UH, HE IS OUR SPOKESPERSON.
SO HE FEELS PUBLIC SPEAKING AND HE COMES TO ALL THE MEETINGS.
SO HE WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BRING ANYTHING THAT OUR TAXPAYER GROUP AGREES SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD.
IF WE HAVE ENOUGH INTEREST AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD, IT'S RELEVANT THAT HE WOULD BRING IT UP.
SO IT'S, UM, JOE BILLING IS THE CHAIRMAN.
LET'S PUT TOGETHER AN EMAIL SO WE CAN SEND IT TO EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL BUILDING.
THEY KNOW WHO WE'RE TALKING THAT WE'LL EMAIL, WE'LL EMAIL ADDRESSES.
I JUST WANNA GET THIS COMMUNICATION GOING BETWEEN THE TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE AND THE TOWN COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IMPORTANT TO US.
NOW SPEAKING, JUST AS A CITIZEN, I WANNA SAY THIS, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDER ANY AND ALL REZONING REQUESTS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S GOT, WHAT'S GOING ON.
I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE NOW NECK AND NECK WITH AMHERST FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF RENTERS IN OUR, IN THE TOWN, SECOND RING SUBURB, AMHERST AND HAMBURG ARE MILES AHEAD.
EVERYBODY ELSE, NOBODY EVEN COMES CLOSE.
JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TURNING THE TOWN INTO.
NOW WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS CONSUMMATE BALS BAG'S RESOLUTION TO, TO HAVE A MORATORIUM STILL STILL CARRIES WEIGHT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE CAN LEGALLY DO THIS, AND I WILL HEAR, I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT OUR TOWN, UH, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL IS, HAS, HAS BEEN LOOKING
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AT THIS.WE'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT COULD HOLD WATER AND WHAT KEEP, I DON'T WANNA END UP WITH A, LIKE WE HAVE A $385,000 BILL TO KEY BAIL ASPHALT OUT.
I DON'T, I HOPE WE WOULDN'T SEE ANYTHING RESEMBLING THAT.
IT PROBABLY WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL GOING ON.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE ACTUALLY LOST, UM, WE, WHAT HAPPENED IS THE APPLICANT WON.
SO THE DECISION, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT.
NOW, MY THOUGHT WAS, AND I, AGAIN, I WAS OUTSPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I HAD THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD GET A DIFFERENT LAW FIRM TO LOOK AT IT THAN THE ONE THAT LOST THE CASE FOR US.
BUT WE STUCK WITH THE, UH, EXISTING LAW FIRM.
WELL, THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE HISTORY OF IT THAT, THAT MUCH CERTAIN, THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YEAH, BUT EVERYONE WAS REAPP APPEALED THAT THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD, THAT THANK, THANK APPEAL.
AS I, AS I'VE SAID IN PUBLIC BEFORE, THE, WE ARE PERFECTING AN APPEAL OF THE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT WAS RENDERED BY THE JUSTICE ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE TO HEAR THIS ARTICLE 78 PETITION.
AND IT WILL BE DECIDED AFTER THE APPEAL IS PERFECTED IN THE FOURTH DEPARTMENT OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION, WHICH IS A FIVE JUDGE PANEL THAT APPEAL ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.
AND A MOTION TO RENEW TO THE COURT WILL BE PART OF THE, THE APPEAL THAT IS HEARD BY THE APPELLATE DIVISION.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE TOWN WILL PROBABLY NOT COMMENT FURTHER BECAUSE IT'S A LITIGATION MATTER.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, JUST EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND FROM TIME TO TIME, WE RECEIVE REPORTS FROM DEFENSE COUNSEL ON THE MATTERS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE TOWN BOARD AND OF COURSE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN, THE OUTCOME OF THAT LITIGATION.
AND WE AS A BOARD, UH, LOOK AT THIS ALL THE TIME AND WE CAN'T GET INTO IT 'CAUSE IT'S IN LITIGATION, BUT WE TALK TO OUR LAWYERS AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ASPHALT PLAN HERE.
AND IF WE HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY, WE WILL.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS US TO DO.
I WOULD LASTLY AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN COMERFORD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE APPRENTICES.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A, AN APPRENTICESHIP LAW WITH A LITTLE MORE TEETH.
AND HAVING SPENT 40 YEARS IN SKILLED TRADES AND THEN HELD, HELD, MAKING A HELD UNION OFFICE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE YEARS, UH, I WOULD ONLY SAY IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, IN REGARDS TO TAKING CARE OF AND, AND EMPLOYING OUR UNION PEOPLE AND GETTING OUR APPRENTICES TO WORK.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY CRITICAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME RIGHT NOW, FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE RETIRING FROM THE SKILLED TRAITS FOR TAKE THEIR PLACE AND, AND ENCOURAGING THIS BRINGING, HEY, I WORKED AS A BLUE COLLAR GUY ON MY LIFE AND, AND I, I, I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
NOR DO I SAY, NOR DO I HAVE ANY SHAME FOR IT.
SO I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE HEY, THAT WAS THE PATHWAY FOR ME TO HOME OWNERSHIP AND A RETIREMENT THAT I'M PROBABLY WON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DOG FOOD AND DRUGS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT BRINGS, IT BRINGS BETTER MONEY THAN, THAN SERVICE, THAN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY JOBS DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.
ANYBODY ELSE FROM CHERYL? I WANNA TALK.
ANYBODY WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? WE'RE UP.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU, I, I JUST GOT IT.
JUST WANNA STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.
UM, ANDRE MAYS WITH, UH, TREATMENT WORKERS.
I JUST KIND OF WANNA REITERATE, UM, WHAT WAS, WHAT PREVIOUSLY SAID ABOUT THIS? UM, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF ON IT, BUT, UH, YEAH, THERE'S, AS, AS SOMEBODY WHO WENT THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, IS, UH, NOW PROUD FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN, HAPPILY MARRIED, UM, VERY WELL, DESPITE NOT HAVING A, UH, COLLEGE DEGREE.
I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, AN APPRENTICESHIP, UH, LAW WITH TEETH IN IT.
AND, UH, ONE THAT DOES NOT, OBVIOUSLY AS COUNCIL MEMBER ERFORD DOES AS WELL.
AND, UH, I AM, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE 7,000 A-F-L-C-I-O MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN HAMBURG ARE WELL AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
I LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.
I WAS LISTENING TO THE MEETING ONLINE.
WE KIND OF FELT MORE TO COME HERE AFTER THAT UNION VOTE.
UM, UNIONS AND ESPECIALLY THESE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ARE A DIRECT TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
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OWN A CAR, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, GO OUT AND SHOP IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND NOT TO, I MEAN, TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO SAY IT DOESN'T HAVE TEETH, I THINK IS, IS FRANKLY AN INSULT.
IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT DOES NOTHING.
BUT TO MY READING OF IT, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH LABOR UNIONS, WORKING FOR A STATE LEGISLATOR AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND I'VE SEEN THE POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT THESE JOBS HAVE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEM AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY WORK.
IT'S, I MEAN, AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT JUST COMES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. BEING ABLE TO, LIKE I SAID, PURCHASE HOME OR MAKE ANY TYPE OF JUST PURCHASING THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE NOT CONTINUING TO EXPAND HOUSING AND LOSING OUR STATUS AS A PRO HOUSING COMMUNITY, I KNOW THE VILLAGE HAS IT AND THE TOWN IS LOOKING TO GET IT.
WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE IN, BECAUSE IF WE DO THAT AND WE START LOSING OUR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION FUND ACCESS AND ALL THOSE OTHER STATE PROGRAMS COME ALONG WITH BEING A PRO FUND OR PRO HOUSING COMMUNITY, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY DAMAGING HERE.
SO WE SHOULD BE DOING ANYTHING WE CAN TO HELP BRING MORE PEOPLE WORKING INTO THE TOWN, GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE PIPELINE FOR UNIONS WHERE WE ARE LOSING PEOPLE TO RETIREMENT AND NOT FILLING THOSE POSITIONS AGAIN.
WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK HAVING A STRONG PROGRAM LIKE THAT IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
I'M A UNION MEMBER AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WESTERN AIR AREA LABOR FEDERATION.
UM, I HOPE EVERYONE GOT MY EMAILS TODAY.
UH, FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE, UH, WANTED TO OPEN THEM AND HEAR FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS, UH, I'M GONNA READ THE LETTER, UH, THAT I HELPED HUNDREDS OF UNION MEMBERS WRITE TO YOU TODAY.
DEAR HAMBURG TOWN COUNCIL, I WRITE TO YOU AS A SUPPORTER OF APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE GUTTED WORTHLESS RESOLUTION BEING CONSIDERED BY THE TOWN BOARD AT ITS MEETING TODAY.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS RESOLUTION ELIMINATE ALL APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS AND ONLY QUOTE UNQUOTE GIVE CONSIDERATION TO WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR BIDS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS, BUT IT IGNORES THE REALITY THAT FOR YEARS, ERIE COUNTY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE EXPANDED REQUIREMENTS FOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS LEADING TO STRONGER LOCAL ECONOMIES, SAFER WORK SITES, AND BETTER WAGES FOR SKILLED TRADES WORKERS.
WE KNOW THESE LAWS LEAD TO LIFELONG CAREERS AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOUR JOB IS TO WORK HARD FOR HARDWORKING PEOPLE, UH, THAT CALL THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THEIR HOME.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 7,000 UNION MEMBERS THAT CALL HAMBURG HOME AND ALMOST DOUBLE THAT IN THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
UH, JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW 14 FROM LAST YEAR REGARDING APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, AND SHOW US THAT YOU BELIEVE IN BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
I'M A SENIOR ANALYST WITH THE D FOUNDATION UNDER CONTRACTING YFFC.
UH, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT AFTER THIS, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE, MATT KENT, DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION, HE ASKED, HE STARTED ASKING IT, BUT TO THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE, HAS THERE AN BEEN ANY PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT AWARDED UNDER BEST VALUE? YES.
UH, WHEN WE, AFTER THIS MEETING, WILL, CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE? BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE VERY CONFUSED WITH IF BEST VALUE COULD BE EVEN IMPLEMENTED ON PUBLIC WORK CONTRACTS.
AND PERHAPS EVEN ENCOURAGING TO HEAR NOW THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR CONTRACT.
AND WE WERE ADVOCATING, UH, PROPOSED PRACTICE LAW TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WHICH ALIGNS VERY SIMILAR TO LEGISLATION IN AIR COUNTY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
THESE LOCAL LAWS HAVE EXPANDED APPRENTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXPAYER, TAXPAYER FUNDED PROJECTS TO HELP INVEST IN THE LOCAL WORK WORKFORCE.
THESE INITIATIVES PROVIDE APPRENTICES, WHETHER THEY ARE RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OR ADULTS LOOKING TO TRANS TRANSITION OUT OF THEIR CURRENT CAREER TO A VIABLE CAREER PATHWAY THAT DOESN'T LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
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DEBT OR SUFFOCATING DEBT.THIS ALSO BENEFITS OUR VETERANS.
I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE VETERANS ON THIS, ON THIS BOARD.
YOU CAN'T THROW ROCK WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT FINDING ONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS CHOSEN TO WEAKEN THAT LAW.
THE APPRENTICE LAW, RESULTING IN A RESOLUTION THAT FAILS TO DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN THE LOCAL WORKFORCE.
I GENUINELY HOPE THIS DECISION CAN BE CHALKED UP TO A MISUNDERSTANDING AND THAT IT WILL BE RECONSIDERED.
I URGE THE TOWN BOARD TO NOT JUST TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING WORKING FAMILIES, BUT TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION BY REVISITING WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AND MAYBE IMPLEMENTING THAT.
UM, MAYBE JUST APPOINTED PROCEDURE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, IN EARLY JANUARY, THIS RESOLUTION, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION CAME BEFORE THE BOARD, THEN THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH THERE WAS A BIG DEMONSTRATION OF SUPPORT FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT RESOLUTION? UM, I MEAN, IT WAS VERY WIDELY SUPPORTED.
WAS THAT RESOLUTION THEN DEFEATED? WAS IT AMENDED? WAS IT CHANGED? DID IT DISAPPEAR? AND THIS NEW RESOLUTION, WHY IS THAT NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD ON THE ORIGINAL? THE OTHER ONE WAS A LOCAL LAW.
I'M SORRY, THE OTHER ONE WAS A LOCAL LAW.
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? IT DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES TO GO.
THAT'S WHAT, SO WE WENT WITH THE RESOLUTION.
WAS I, I DON'T RECALL THERE BEING A VOTE TAKEN.
THE ONE THAT WAS PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, JANUARY 27TH.
IF THERE'S NO ONE TO SUPPORT IT, THEN THERE'S NO LAW TO BE PUT FORWARD.
ON JANUARY 27TH, THIS ROOM WAS FILLED WITH SUPPORTERS? YES.
CORRECT? THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT RESOLUTION? THE LOCAL LAW IS SITTING IN A DESK SOMEWHERE AND IT WAS AMENDED BY THIS LOCAL LAW.
SO THIS RESOLUTION WAS SUPPORTED OR S UH, SUPPLANTED THE PAST, UH, LOCAL LAW PROPOSAL? YES.
UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
AGAIN, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER C****R FRUIT SAID.
I BELIEVE IT'S VERY SHORTSIGHTED OF US NOT TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE YOUNGER PEOPLE COMING UP IN OUR, OUR DEPLETING WORK WORKFORCE IN THE TOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER, COUNCILMAN.
CAN I HAVE, UH, REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT POLICE? MATT UNDER REPORT? MR. SHE I'LL THE RECORD FOR COMMENTS.
JENNY
I ALSO QUICKLY, I'LL TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE LWRP AND THE SHORELINE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THERE ALSO WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE ZONINGS.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE PART OF MY JOB IS TO HELP TRY TO EDUCATE FOR THE LWRP AND THE SHORELINE COMMITTEE.
BOTH ARE RECOGNIZED BOARDS BY THE TOWN BOARD.
SO MEMBERSHIP IS ED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHO REVIEWS WHAT AND WHO LOOKS AT WHAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE WATERFRONT.
UH, THE LWRP COMMITTEE CURRENTLY IS THE COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS PROJECTS FOR A COASTAL CONSISTENCY IN THE WATERFRONT.
THE SHORELINE COMMITTEE STILL HAS A FUNCTION.
THEY JUST DON'T SPECIFICALLY REVIEW PROJECTS WITHIN THE LWRP.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT THE LWRP REVIEWS REZONINGS, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
REZONINGS ONLY COME TO THE TOWN BOARD OR THEY COME FROM CODE REVIEW.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY REZONINGS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ANY REZONING HAS TO COME TO THE TOWN BOARD, GET TOWN BOARD APPROVAL.
IT GOES TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION.
SO I THINK THERE'S THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT REZONING IS GONNA RUBBER STAMP.
SO I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
EVERY REZONING GOES THROUGH DUE PROCESS.
IT HAS TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THIS BOARD DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF REVIEWING IT BEFORE MAKING THE DECISION.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, NOT ONLY FOR THE LWP, BUT ALSO FOR REZO.
UM, SEE, WHO AM I MISSING WITH MYSELF? OH, DON, JILL.
UM, WE HAVE ON FEBRUARY 12TH, HEATH REGISTRATIONS FROM 11 TO TWO AND ROCK AND ROBIN FROM TWO TO THREE.
WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL, UH, MONDAY PRESIDENT'S SKATE FROM 1130 TO
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1250.AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR GRANDPARENTS' DAY, UM, ON WEDNESDAY, I BELIEVE IT IS THE 19TH, AT ONE 30 TO THREE.
UM, YOU COULD COME AND ICE CREAM GAMES.
UM, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A GRANDPARENT.
YOU CAN JUST BRING ANYBODY, ANY YOUNG KID THAT YOU, THAT'S IT.
AND THE ASSESSOR ASKED ME TO, UM, ANNOUNCE THAT ON MARCH 1ST IS THE DEADLINE FOR ANY EXEMPTION PAPERWORK TO GET IN BY THEN IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR NEXT YEAR.
TOP CLERK'S OFFICE, AETNA, I'M SORRY, THE AND THE CLERK.
UM, TAX BILLS ARE, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUT.
UM, IT'S GOT A LOT OF, UH, UM, THE COLLECTION, UH, IN PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT, UH, THE LAST DATE FOR THE, UH, PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHOUT PENALTIES, FEBRUARY 18TH.
UH, SO YOU GOT A COUPLE EXTRA DAYS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE HOLIDAY, BUT FEBRUARY 18TH IS, UH, LAST DAY TO PAY WITHOUT PENALTY.
NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN? NO, IT'S FROM THE REPORT AND THE BOARD REPORT TO THE BOARD.
YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? YEAH.
JUST, UM, THANK YOU JOSH FOR CLARIFYING SOME OF THAT.
AND JUST ONE ADDITIONAL POINT I KNOW FROM BEING INVOLVED BOTH WITH THE LWRP AND THE SHORELINE, ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LWRP COMMITTEE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE SHORELINE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? UM, I KNOW THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION AND DEBATE THIS EVENING ABOUT THE, UH, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
I'VE STATED IN THE PAST THAT I, UM, SUPPORT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. UM, I DID NOT FEEL THAT THE LAW AS THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN WAS WHAT WE WERE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO.
RIGHT NOW, I'M A OVER 40 YEAR MEMBER OF THE UNION.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN UNIONS.
I BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
AND I STILL STAND BY THE FACT THAT THAT WAS POSITIVE.
AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO AS A TOWN AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE HAVE CAN BE APPROACHING THINGS FOR THE FUTURE.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE AS OPPOSED TO THINKING, UM, IN THE PAST.
AND, UM, AND WE DID, I DID AT LEAST, UH, CONSULT WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT, UH, THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF IT, UH, WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD SUPPORT IT.
I MADE THE COMMENT BEFORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING IT THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED AND, UH, RECEIVED IN THE REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE.
UM, AND AGAIN, I FEEL IT'S A POSITIVE STEP.
IT'S LOOKING FORWARD AND I LOOK, UM, FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE, UH, CAN INCORPORATE THINGS, UM, IN THE FUTURE THROUGH THE MEASURE THAT WE'VE TAKEN WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
HEY, THERE'S A COUPLE EVENTS COMING UP AT THE LIBRARY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
UM, THERE IS A BLOOD DRIVE FROM THE VILLAGE LIBRARY, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE SO TECH SAVVY, THE LAKE SHORE LIBRARY IS NOW OFFERING, UH, ONCE A MONTH.
IT'S, THE FIRST ONE'S GONNA BE ON FEBRUARY 12TH TECH LAB AND IT STARTS AT ONE O'CLOCK WHERE THEY WILL COME IN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TEENAGER AT HOME WHO WILL WILLINGLY ROLL THEIR EYES AND SHOW YOU HOW TO FIX YOUR TECH PROBLEMS, LIKE I STILL LOVINGLY DO, I SUGGEST CHECKING THAT OUT.
ALSO, THE HANDBOOK VILLAGE LIBRARY IS GONNA BE OPENING UP THEIR HISTORICAL, UM, MURALS, AND THOSE ARE GONNA OPEN MARCH 1ST TO THE PUBLIC.
SO I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO AVAIL YOURSELF WITH OPPORTUNITY.
GO GET A NEW BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY, GET IT ON THEIR, UH, WINTER READING CHALLENGE, AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THE FANTASTIC ART THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE VILLAGE.
UM, YEAH, JUST WANTED TO HAPPY VALENTINE'S EVERYONE.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO, UH, HARRY STEWART JR.
ONE OF THE LAST TO TKI AIRMAN WHO DIED AT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTRY, UH, TRY TO GET A JOB AS A PILOT.
AND BECAUSE OF HIS COLLAR, HE COULDN'T GET A JOB AND FURTHERS HIS EDUCATION AND ENDED UP BEING A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATURAL GAS, UH, PIPELINE COMPANY.
ANYWAYS, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, YOU KNOW, BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.
OKAY, UH, BRIEFLY, I I WOULD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE, UM, BLACK LABOR LEADERS OF ALL TIME, A PHILIP RANDOLPH WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, UM, INSPIRING THE, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
HE WAS A PULLMAN CARR, UH, WORKER THAT HAD ORGANIZED, UH, A UNION WAS A VERY FORWARD THINKER AS FAR AS, UH, ALL, ALL AMERICAN HISTORY GOES.
AND I AM ALSO A, UM, FORMER UNION, UH, WORKER.
UM, THIS WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE LAW THAT
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LABOR HAD, UM, WANTED.AND IT WASN'T INTRODUCED AS A LAW, BUT IT WAS A RESOLUTION.
NO ONE ON THIS BOARD DID INTRODUCE SUCH, SUCH A LAW.
I I'M LOOKING AT IT, BUT I ALSO, I JUST WANNA BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY, EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE FROM THE TOWN.
BUT WITH, WITH, WITH THAT, UM, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING WITH MY REPORT.
UM, I, I DO, UM, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS.
I STILL WOULD LIKE MORE SUPPORT, UH, FOR MY PREVIOUS, UH, LOCAL LAW, WHICH WAS, WOULD PUT A STOP FOR AT LEAST TEMPORARILY THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN FOR MULTI-UNIT, UM, FACILITIES.
AND ANYONE THAT SUPPORTS THAT, CALL ME AND CALL YOUR, CALL YOUR, UH, OTH OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT THAT.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY REPORT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTO AS, AS, AS MR. COMAN SAID, A BIG PART OF, OF OUR HISTORY.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.