[Call To Order]
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CAN YOU CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MY FIRST PLEDGE FIRST.
SPOKEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS NIGHT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT FROM THE FOUNDING OF THIS NATION, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE CAME FROM YOU, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS OUR BLOOD THAT IS SHED TO PRESERVE AND TO KEEP THOSE RIGHTS. WE ASK YOUR PROTECTION, YOUR SAFETY, YOUR COMFORT UPON ALL THE FAMILIES WHO MOURN THEIR LOVED ONES. WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR LIVES WELL LIVED. FOR ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT NATION.
AND WE ASK THIS ALL IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. BEFORE. AND THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF POST 527 WHO'VE PASSED OVER, PASSED AWAY SINCE OUR LAST VETERANS DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, AL MYERS.
MIKE FRAWLEY. JOHN FRITSCHE. SAM VERNON. CHARLIE RAYFORD. ROBERT ALFIERI. EDWARD PINSKY. DON LUDWIN, DANIEL HENRY, PAST COMMANDER SID BAILEY, PAST COMMANDER RUSS MONNIN, STEVEN PALUCH. EUGENE. MAMMOSER, KURT. NICHTER, DAVID. KLEIN, JIM. CONWALL, GEORGE. JENNY. SENIOR, ROBERT. KRANTZ. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE OUR DECEASED MEMBERS FROM VFW POST 1419 STEVE RATCHUK. CHARLES RAYFORD, GARY GEAR. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND ALL THOSE WHO LEFT BEFORE US. REST IN PEACE. AMEN.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. ROLL CALL. OKAY. HAVE THE ROLL CALL BY THE
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CLERK, PLEASE. ROLL CALL. OH. OKAY. SORRY. OKAY. SUPERVISOR RYBCZYNSKI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUGALSKI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. COMERFORD. PRESENT. COUNCIL[4.3. Military Appreciation Month in May and Support of Veterans’ Organizations]
MEMBER. FARRELL. LORENZ. PRESENT. ALL PRESENT. SUPERVISOR. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THE MILITARY APPRECIATION? YES, PLEASE. WHEREAS NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH IS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY TO HONOR AND THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE US ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS IT IS A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS, EXPRESS GRATITUDE, AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, INCLUDING VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS, THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN LEGION, VFW, AMVETS, AND DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA, TO NAME SEVERAL. AS A REPRESENTATION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZES MAY AS NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH AND HONORS ALL CURRENT SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS. FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK OUT AND JOIN VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY DURING THE MONTH OF JULY TO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT, PROUD HISTORY OF MILITARY AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS. SO MOVED UNANIMOUS. SECOND ON THE QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME DOING IT, THAT WE HAD THE MEMBERS COME IN. FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE MANY OF THE CEREMONIES THAT ARE HAPPENING MEMORIAL WEEKEND. SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BRING THE LEGION POST AND VFW TO US TO ANNOUNCE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE PASSED IN THE PAST YEAR AND MAKE RECOGNITION SO WE COULD PAY HOMAGE TO OUR FALLEN HEROES. SO THAT'S IT. THANKS.ALL IN FAVOR? A UNANIMOUS SECOND. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU WANT THE STATEMENT? THE STATEMENT.
THE WESTERN. ON THE EVENING OF MAY 12TH, 2025, THE UNTHINKABLE OCCURRED ON WEST LANE IN OUR TOWN. THE LAKE VIEW COMMUNITY AND BEYOND SHOOK AS THE RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION THAT WOULD CLAIM THE LIFE OF ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, JOANN PEASE, AND CRITICALLY INJURE HER HUSBAND, JOHN PEASE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE PEASE FAMILY. AS THEY MOURN. WE SEND YOU OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES AS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SO MANY TIMES FOLLOWING A TRAGEDY SUCH AS THIS, OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND PULLED TOGETHER.
IN PARTICULAR, WE COMMEND LAKEVIEW FIREFIGHTERS JEFFREY LEWIS AND BRUCE OLIVER, LAKESHORE ASSISTANT CHIEF CHAD WITTKOWSKI AND TOWN OF HAMBURG POLICE OFFICER GARRETT HILLMAN FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY ACTIONS RESCUING MR. PEASE. ONCE AGAIN, WE FIND OURSELVES GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION, RESPONSIVENESS AND STEADFASTNESS OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR EMERGENCY DISPATCH, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES THAT RESPONDED, LAKEVIEW, LAKESHORE, WOODLAWN, NEWTON ABBOT, HAMBURG, BIG TREE ARMOR, SCRANTON, EVANS CENTER, HIGHLAND, NORTH, EVANS, EDEN, ORCHARD PARK EAST EDEN LAKE, ERIE BEACH, NORTH BOSTON AND BUFFALO FIRE COLLAPSE TEAM. THESE MEN AND WOMEN TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE BY RISKING IT ALL.
AND YOUR COMMUNITY IS VERY APPRECIATIVE. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THOSE POLICE AND FIREMEN WHO WHO SUSTAINED INJURIES ARE NOW DOING OKAY. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ERIE COUNTY FIRE, NEW YORK STATE FIRE, AND ANY OTHERS WE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING AND FOLLOWING THIS EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, WE HAVE THE MEETING THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS
[3. Minutes of Previous Meeting]
MEETING. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025 TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING. SO MOVED[00:10:03]
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRY. CARRY. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CLERK. READ THE[4.1. Notice of Public Hearing Cable Franchise Renewal-Verizon]
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE APPROVAL OF CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN VERIZON NEW YORK, INC. AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 19TH, 2025 AT 7 P.M. LOCAL TIME, OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS TIME PERMITS.REGARDING THE PROPOSED RENEWAL OF THE CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND VERIZON NEW YORK, INC, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 14075. A COPY OF CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT THE HAMBURG TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, AND THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AT W-W-W.
TOWN OF HAMBURG, NY.GOV. AT SUCH PUBLIC HEARING, ALL PERSONS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. WRITTEN AND ORAL STATEMENTS WILL BE TAKEN AT THAT TIME. TIME LIMITATIONS MAY BE IMPOSED FOR EACH ORAL STATEMENT AS NECESSARY. BY ORDER OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DATED APRIL 27TH 22ND, 2025. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HERE? ANY WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO BE HEARD ON THIS? NO. ALRIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. WHEREAS IN 1963, PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY DESIGNATED. I WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION. I BELIEVE I GET TO ACTUALLY READ THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU MAKE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND READ IT. WHEREAS IN 1963, PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MAY AS THE NATIONAL OLDER AMERICANS MONTH TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE A COMMUNITY THAT IS THAT IS OUR AGING POPULATION. AND WHERE IS THE LANDMARK OF OLDER AMERICANS? ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON IN 1965 AS PART OF THE UNITED STATES WAR ON POVERTY. AND WHERE IS THE OLDER AMERICAN ACT? FUNDING HAS IMPROVED AND WELL BEING OF HAMBURG SENIOR CITIZENS BY ALLOWING THEM TO LEAD FULL, DIGNIFIED LIVES INDEPENDENTLY, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY WHILE SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND AVOIDANCE OF COSTLY NURSING HOME AND INSTITUTIONALIZED CARE. AND WHEREAS 21.2% OF HAMBURG'S POPULATION IS OVER THE AGE OF 65, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BENEFITED FROM OLDER AMERICANS ACT PROGRAMS INCLUDING MEALS ON WHEELS, SENIOR CENTER LUNCHES, LONG TERM LONG TERM CARE, OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM, HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES, MEDICARE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING, ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION AND SENIOR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HHS HAS INDICATED MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE ELIMINATED IN THE NEXT FEDERAL BUDGET. AND WHEREAS THE BUDGET CUTS TOTALING $1,521,932 IN FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ERIE COUNTY WILL DEVASTATE THOSE VITAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. SENIOR SERVICES. THESE CUTS HAVE A SEVERE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF SENIORS LIVING IN HAMBURG, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH AND FULLY SUPPORTS CONTINUING THESE LIFE SAVING AND LIFE CHANGING PROGRAMS FOR OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS, AND STANDS FIRMLY AGAINST THE PROPOSED CUTS, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO BE SENT TO CONGRESSMAN NICK LANGWORTHY, SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER AND THEIR LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICES, AS WELL AS THEIR OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SO MOVED. TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT. IT'S GOT TO BE SECONDED. THE AMENDMENT, YOU DIDN'T GET A SECOND, SO I THOUGHT I'D OFFER AN AMENDMENT. OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND ON THE RESOLUTION. DIES DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND. AND THERE WAS A SECOND. AND THERE CAN BE FURTHER DISCUSSION WHICH COULD INCLUDE THE OFFERING OF THE SECOND. SECOND AMENDMENT. OKAY.
SECOND. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT RESOLUTION. NO, I THINK YOU CAN SECOND OFFER THAT AT THE END. THAT RIGHT NOW IS NOT A TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF WE COULD ALLOW THE BOARD TO CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA, THE PREPRINTED AGENDA AND THE TOWN BUSINESS, THERE'LL BE A TIME LATER IN THE MEETING FOR COMMENT. MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, WE ALREADY READ THAT
[4.4. Recreation Advisory Board Appointment]
14.5. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, I THINK BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPOINTS GENE HOMAN TO THE HAMBURG RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. FRANK, YOUR[00:15:06]
MIC'S NOT ON. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY TO FILL A VACANCY. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?[4.5. Out of Town Travel Request-POLICE-Marine Law Enforcement Training]
AYE. OUT OF TOWN. TRAVEL REQUEST FOR THE POLICE MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. WHEREAS THE MARINE SERVICES BUREAU IS OFFERING THE SPRING 2025 MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LAKE GEORGE, NEW YORK FROM MONDAY, MAY 12TH TO FRIDAY, MAY 16TH. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, OFFICERS NEED HIM TO ATTEND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND THAT THE TOWN WILL AUTHORIZE THE USE OF AN UNMARKED VEHICLE. MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY FUEL EXPENSES IN B3120 .0403. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OUT OF TOWN. TRAVEL REQUEST[4.6. Out of Town Travel Request – POLICE-Homicide Seminar]
POLICE HOMICIDE SEMINAR. WHERE IS 37TH ANNUAL COLONEL HENRY F WILLIAM HOMICIDE SEMINAR, HOSTED BY NEW YORK STATE POLICE, IS BEING HELD IN ALBANY, NEW YORK AT CROWNE PLAZA, ALBANY. THE DESMOND HOTEL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2025 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2025. WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL HOMICIDE SEMINAR PROVIDES INVESTIGATION AND DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE HOMICIDES WITH THE FINEST AND MOST UP TO DATE TRAINING. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED DETECTIVE NICHOLAS BOROWSKI, DETECTIVE TIMMY COLLINS AND DETECTIVE JASON NAPPO TO ATTEND THE TRAINING SEMINAR WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES AS LISTED. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE USE OF AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION. MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND B3120 .492 SEMINARS DEPARTMENT TRAINING. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. SENIOR TYPE CLERK IS[4.7. Senior Clerk Typist - Justice Court (Zdon)]
CLERK TYPIST. JUSTICE FOR COURTS BE RESOLVED. THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF TOWN JUSTICE GERALD P GORMAN AND TOWN JUSTICE CARL W. LET ME TRY GORMAN AND. TOWN JUSTICE CARL MORGAN. ALL. BRIDGET LAVELLE, COURT ADMINISTRATOR, HIRE LISA ZAHN TO THE POSITION OF SENIOR CLERK TYPIST WITH SMART START DATE OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2025. SALARY AS LISTED ONE HOUR PER HOUR. FUNDS AVAILABLE IN COUNT A1110 .0100 PERSONAL SERVICES, SO MOVED SECOND FAVOR.[4.8. Budget Adjustment/Transfer – Dept. of Youth, Recreation, & Senior Services]
HARRY I'LL READ THE NEXT ONE. AND THERE IS AN AMENDMENT THAT TO THE BUDGET CODE THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. WHEREAS A CHECK FOR $470 WAS RECEIVED FROM AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL AS PAYMENT FOR THE SALE OF OLD FITNESS EQUIPMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 2025 TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE LINES FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE PAYMENT. INCREASE A 0.2665 SALE OF EQUIPMENT AND INCREASE A 0.7180.0206 RECREATION EQUIPMENT. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL[4.9. Town of Hamburg Community Center Temporary Location]
IN FAVOR? AYE. THERE'S ALSO A BUDGET LINE AMENDMENT TO NUMBER NINE, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS TO VACATE THEIR CURRENT COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING BY JUNE 30TH, 2025. AND WHEREAS A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE. SO THERE'S A NEED TO LEASE A TEMPORARY LOCATION TO HOUSE STAFF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THE YOUTH, RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS, ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS AGREED TO LEASE A PORTION OF THE SOUTH CAMPUS FOR $6,655 PER MONTH TO HOUSE STAFF, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THE YOUTH, RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND ANY POTENTIAL MOU OR AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE FOR ANY WORK COMPLETED BY THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, STAFF MEMBERS OR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIME FRAME OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UPON APPROVAL BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND INSURANCE CONSULTANTS. FUNDS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT H11 9.7020.0478.RECREATION ADMINISTRATION LEASES SENIOR CENTER SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE CARRIED. ALL
[4.10.Agreement - Frontier Central School District]
RIGHT. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CURRENTLY HAS A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR UTILIZATION OF PROPERTY AT 4540 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD THE FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE AGREED TO MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE SECOND[00:20:02]
AMENDMENT FOR THE LEASE, AND IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE WITH ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME FRAMES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THAT ONE.OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVER PROGRAM RESOLVED. TOWN
[4.11.Taylor Road Alcohol Waiver Request]
BOARD AUTHORIZE THE APPROVAL OF ALCOHOL WAIVERS FOR JUNE 2025 AT TAYLOR ROAD CABIN RENTALS AS LISTED. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. ALMOST 2312. YEAH. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF[4.12.Resolution to Approve Cable franchise Agreement with Verizon New York Inc]
HAMBURG, THE TOWN, IS A FRANCHISING AUTHORITY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE SIX OF THE COMMUNICATION ACT, AND IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT ONE OR MORE NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11 OF THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED 16, CHAPTER EIGHT, PARTS 890.60 THROUGH 899 OF THE OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS AMENDED. COLLECTIVELY, THE CABLE LAWS AND WHERE IS THE TOWN GRANTED VERIZON NEW YORK AND COMPANY, A CORPORATION DULY ORGANIZED UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE FRANCHISE EFFECTIVE AS OF JUNE 9TH, 2018. A NON-EXCLUSIVE INITIAL FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN, EXTEND AND OPERATE A CABLE SYSTEM IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS. THE INITIAL FRANCHISE AND WHERE IS THE FRANCHISEE HAS OPERATED CABLE SYSTEM. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INITIAL FRANCHISE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE ON ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES CONSISTING OF A FIBER TO THE PREMISES TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK IN THE FRANCHISE AREA, WHICH ALSO TRANSMITS NON CABLE SERVICES PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE SECTION 27 OF THE NEW YORK STATE TRANSPORTATION CORPORATIONS LAWS, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED TWO OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT, WHICH NON CABLE SERVICES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CABLE LAW OR TITLE SIX OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT. AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, THE TOWN UNDERTOOK A PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT SHOULD RENEW THE INITIAL FRANCHISE IN THE TERMS FOR WHICH A RENEWAL. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN HAS EXAMINED THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF FRANCHISEE AND IS DETERMINED THAT FRANCHISEE IS AND HAS BEEN IN MATERIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE INITIAL FRANCHISE AND APPLICABLE LAW.AND WHEREAS THE TOWN HAS EXAMINED THE PAST QUALITY OF THE FRANCHISEES SERVICE. EXCUSE ME, INCLUDING SIGNAL QUALITY, RESPONSE TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND BILLING PRACTICES, AND HAS DETERMINED THAT FRANCHISEES PRACTICE HAS BEEN REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WHERE IS THE TOWN HAS EXAMINED THE FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ABILITY OF THE FRANCHISEE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE PROPOSED RENEWAL AGREEMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN IS DETERMINED THAT THE FRANCHISEES PROPOSAL IS REASONABLE TO MEET THE FUTURE CABLE RELATED COMMUNITY NEEDS AND INTERESTS, AND WHEREAS THE TOWN DETERMINED THAT FRANCHISEES CABLE SYSTEM IS ADEQUATE AND FEASIBLE IN FULL PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS, AFFORDING DUE PROCESS TO ALL PARTIES, AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, THE FRANCHISEE SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN'S PROPOSAL TO RENEW THE FRANCHISE TO OPERATE A CABLE SYSTEM IN THE FRANCHISE AREA, AND WHEREAS, FOLLOWING GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES, LOCAL FRANCHISE AUTHORITY AND FRANCHISEE HAVE AGREED ON THE TERMS FOR RENEWAL FRANCHISE UNDER WHICH FRANCHISEE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE ITS CABLE SYSTEMS IN THE FRANCHISE AREA. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN HAS DETERMINED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CABLE LAW, THE FRANCHISE COMPLIES WITH NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION'S FRANCHISE STANDARDS AND THE GRANT OF A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO FRANCHISEE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THEREFORE AND WHEREAS A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING AFFORDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THOSE INTERESTED PARTIES TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WAS HELD BEFORE THE TOWN ON MAY 19TH, 2025, AND WHEREAS THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED, HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A TYPE TWO ACTION PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, WHICH REGULATIONS? WHICH REGULATIONS STATE THAT TYPE TWO ACTIONS WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT? NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD DETERMINES THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC TO AWARD THE FRANCHISE RENEWAL AGREEMENT TO THE FRANCHISEE. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO THE FRANCHISE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH VERIZON NEW YORK AND TO EXECUTE ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE GRANTING OF THE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. SECOND. SECOND.
SUPERVISOR JENSEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. NELSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CONOVER. YES. COUNCIL
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MEMBER. LAUREN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. WANT ME TO[4.13.Engineering Out-Of-Town Training - Stormwater]
CONTINUE? YES. WHERE IS THE TOWN'S SPD'S PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SYSTEM.STORM SEWER SYSTEM REQUIRES THAT STAFF IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CONDUCT REGULAR INSPECTION OF CONSTRUCTION SITES THAT ARE UNDER STATE PERMITS FOR STORMWATER DISCHARGES. AND WHEREAS TOWN STAFF MUST RECEIVE THIS TRAINING EVERY THREE YEARS IN BOTH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS ARE DUE TO RECEIVE THIS TRAINING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND WHEREAS THE WESTERN NEW YORK STORMWATER COALITION IS OFFERING DECK ENDORSED TRAINING CLASS ON CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION FREE FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL FOR ROBERT HAGUE AND HUNTER GRAD TO ATTEND THIS TRAINING IN CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2025. THE USE OF A TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED, SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR? I CARRY ICE RINK CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE
[4.14.Ice Rink Phase 4-Construction Assistance]
WHEREAS THE AMENDMENT. FRANK, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE. YOU COULD READ THAT ONE THAT IT'S OKAY WITH ME THAT MR. SHEA PROVIDED US WITH A FEW OF THESE BUDGET CODE AMENDMENTS. NO PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE THEM. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE ON THE TECHNICAL AND DESIGN ASPECTS OF THE HAMBURG ICE RINK RENOVATION PHASE FOUR PROJECT. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THE HIRING OF PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS EXPERIENCED AND LICENSED IN GENERAL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO PERFORM THIS TASK. AND WHEREAS, DONATO ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTS PC HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE WITH A TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $40,600 FOR SPECIFIC TASKS LISTED AND AS NEEDED. SERVICES WHEN REQUESTED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE MAY 6TH, 2025 PROPOSAL FROM DONATO ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE PC FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM FUND BALANCE, A0000 .9090 TO H TWO, PENDING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM BOND ISSUANCE. MR. SHEA, DID I GET THAT CORRECT? EXCUSE ME. SURE. H OKAY. H11 1.1440.0440 PENDING REIMBURSEMENT FROM BOND ISSUANCE. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL[4.15.Ice Arena Phase 4 - Electrical Award]
IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. WE HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET CODE AMENDMENT ON THE NEXT ONE. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE HAMBURG ICE RINK, ARENA, LOCKER ROOM AND INTERIOR RENOVATIONS PHASE FOR ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION AND RECEIVED NO BIDS. AND WHEREAS THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY CONTACTED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS TO OBTAIN PRICING ON THE PROJECT, AND WHEREAS, THE PRICING RECEIVED HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER WHO DETERMINED THAT INDUSTRIAL POWER AND LIGHTING CORPORATION IS A QUALIFIED AND RESPONSIBLE FIRM, AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO THEM. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACT FOR THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO INDUSTRIAL POWER AND LIGHTING CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $118,700 FOR THE BASE BID AND THE ALTERNATE THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THEIR FIRM AND ISSUE THE NOTICE OF AWARD AND NOTICE TO PROCEED AS THE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES. FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM FUND BALANCE A .0000.9090 TO H .111.7185.0303, PENDING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM BOND ISSUANCE. SO MOVED. SECOND, I JUST LIKE TO THANK CAMI FOR GOING OUT THERE AND LOOKING SINCE ALL OUR ELECTRICIANS OUT THERE WORKING ON THE STADIUM, I WOULD ON THE QUESTION, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF THE IBEW REPRESENTATIVES INDICATING THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS BID. THIS WAS A UNION INDIVIDUAL WHO'S A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN AND HAD SOME CONFUSION WITH THE PROCESS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE AND MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN YOU RECEIVE A CALL FROM A UNION OFFICIAL THAT THIS WAS A PROCESS. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO LAY ANY BLAME, BUT I'D SAY WE TABLE IT AND SEE THAT THIS WAS BID OUT THE PROPER WAY BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT THAT IT WAS. SO I'M MAKING A MOTION. RIGHT. JUST BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION. WE DID[00:30:01]
BID IT OUT ORIGINALLY, AND I AGREE WITH YOU. WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, GIVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS BID OUT COMPLETELY THE FIRST TIME AND THERE WERE NO RESPONSES. AND THEN THERE WERE ADDITIONAL QUOTES THAT WERE GOTTEN, I BELIEVE. MR. KOZUB, I ASKED AND YOU SAID THAT I GOOGLED THE THING I RESEARCHED AND THEY THEY DO BELONG TO THE IBEW. SO THIS IS AN IBEW FIRM BECAUSE WE WANTED TO I AGREE WITH YOU, FRANK. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THE CASE. AND MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT DELAYING IT WOULD BE AND CAMMIE'S NOT HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE ON A VERY TIGHT TIME FRAME BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT. AND SO MY CONCERN WOULD BE NOT KNOWING WHAT IMPLICATIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE BY DELAYING IT AGAIN. BUT I AGREE WITH YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IT BEING A UNION COMPANY. AND NO, THAT WASN'T WHAT I WHAT I SAID MY SO I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH WHAT I'M ASKING. I'M ASKING THAT THIS VOTE BE DELAYED BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY PERSON, COMPANY OR ENTITY THAT WANTED TO BID ON THIS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON IT. I WAS TOLD BY A IBEW OFFICIAL THAT THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THE TOWN. I WANT TO INVESTIGATE THAT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FAIR AS A TOWN. TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT BID, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WAITING TWO WEEKS WILL KILL THE PROJECT. SO MY AMENDMENT IS AS FOLLOWS. I'M ASKING THAT OR I'M ASKING YOU TO TABLE THIS. I WANT THIS TO BE TABLED BECAUSE. AND IF CAMI WERE HERE AND I COULD ASK HER QUESTIONS, THEN I WOULD. HOMESICK. BUT YOU COULD HAVE CALLED HER AT ANY POINT. LEAD UP TO THIS. I WANT THIS TO BE A I. ABSOLUTELY. BUT, MISS COMERFORD, I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING. WE DON'T DO THINGS IN BACK DOOR ROOMS. WE PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. BUT I DO CALL FOR. I. I DO CALL AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EXPERTS PRIOR TO SITTING HERE MAKING A DECISION. OF COURSE YOU DO. AND AS DO I. SO ANYWAY, LOOK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT. MY, MY. MY BID THIS OUT. DID THIS GO THROUGH YOUR OFFICE TO BID OUT? NO, NO, THIS WENT THROUGH THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL BID. WHEN WE BID THIS UP, WELL, EVERYTHING GOES OUT THROUGH ENGINEERING, I MEAN, AND THEN IT GOES TO. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SEND IT TO YOUR OFFICE FOR THE NOTICE GOES OUT WITH THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF LEGAL. AND I MEAN, IT WAS WELL, OKAY. IT WAS A FULL BID. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BRAD. THERE WAS A FULL BID, MEANING THAT THERE WAS A NOTICE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DESIGNATED TOWN NEWSPAPERS. IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. AND THAT NOTICE HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF DATES BEFORE THE BIDS ARE OPENED. SO THAT DID OCCUR, BUT THERE WERE NO BIDDERS IN RESPONSE TO THAT INITIAL ADVERTISEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. RACZYNSKI? I BELIEVE THAT'S THE. YES. SO THEN AFTER THAT, IT INDICATED IN THE RESOLUTION, I BELIEVE AND UNFORTUNATELY, MISS GERALD'S NOT HERE TO COMMENT FURTHER OR TAKE QUESTIONS, BUT MISS GERALD ENGAGED IN A ALTERNATIVE APPROACH WHICH IS RECOGNIZED WHEREBY SHE. WHEREBY SHE THEN PURSUES AND TRIES TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYBODY WHO MAY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAVE NOT SUBMITTED A BID OR WAS UNAWARE, AND THAT SHE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH A NUMBER. I THINK IT WAS SIX OR SO, BUT SHE DID SAY THAT SHE REACHED A NUMBER OF THEM, WAS THRILLED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO REACH THEM, BECAUSE SHE'S TRYING TO KEEP THIS PROCESS ON TRACK FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM WERE INTERESTED. AND THEN SHE THEN OFFERED THIS AMENDMENT OR, SORRY, THIS RESOLUTION IS THE LOW BIDDER OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS NOT BID I MY I GUESS YOU CAN MY COLLEAGUES CAN CAN TAKE ME AT MY WORD OR THEY CAN OR THEY CAN NOT VOTE FOR IT. BUT I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE UNION THEY SAID THEY WANTED THEY HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY KNEW THEY WERE ACTUALLY SURPRISED WAS A CONVERSATION I HAD THAT NO ONE HAD BID ON IT. AND THAT ALONG WITH MAYBE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HAD SAID, MR. KOZUB, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SURPRISING BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK BEING PERFORMED AT THE STADIUM, IS THAT A LOT OF THE TRADESPEOPLE ARE BUSY, AND MAYBE IT JUST WASN'T WORTH THEIR WHILE. BUT MY THOUGHT IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER WANTS TO POTENTIALLY BID ON IT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THEY VERY WELL MAY HAVE SINCE MY CONVERSATION, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW FROM WHAT MISS GERALD PASSED ALONG. AND SHE'S NOT HERE. AND YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT A NUMBER OF THE TRADES ARE BEING DRAINED FOR THE STADIUM PROJECT.SO MY PROPOSAL IS TO TABLE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS AND SEE THAT, MAKE SURE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BID ON IT GET A CHANCE TO BID ON IT AND RUN THAT DOWN. THAT'S MY. SO CAN I PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING, MR. BUKOWSKI. SURE IS IT TAKES TWO WEEKS TO GO FOR THE
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NEXT MEETING. THEN YOU HAVE TO GO ANOTHER, WHAT, TEN DAYS OR SO FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS AND THEN PUT IT INTO THE PAPER, AND THEN THEY GET A RESPONSE BACK, AND THEN THEY COME BACK IN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE THING. SO THEREFORE I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING YOUR AMENDMENT. JOSH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD STEP OUT, CALL MR. RALPH, FIND OUT AND GET CLARIFICATION FROM MR. BUKOWSKI HERE. IF DELAYING IT TWO WEEKS IS GOING TO CREATE A HARDSHIP FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION FOR FRANK OF WHAT IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE TIMELINE, AND THEN WE CAN PUT IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL VOTE ON IT AT THE END. AND CAMI, PLEASE, AND CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION FROM FRANK? FRANK, IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THIS TO BE REBID, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN THE ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS INTEREST COULD GET THEIR INFORMATION TO MISS GERALD? CORRECT? WHAT IF THIS COMPANY GETS SUCKED INTO THE STADIUM PROJECT AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICITY? WELL, I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN ACTUALLY, IS BECAUSE THE OR THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT THE IT'S NOT EVEN THE TIMELINE, BUT WE HAVE STATED HERE WHAT THEIR RESPONSE TO IT WAS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE PUT A BID OUT. WE HAD NO RESPONSES. WE SOUGHT ADDITIONAL QUOTES OR CAMI SOUGHT. MISS GERALD SOUGHT ADDITIONAL QUOTES. SHE ALSO FROM INDIVIDUALS DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. YES, RIGHT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. AND SO MY ONLY FRANK, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. BUT MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IT'S ALREADY NOW BEEN PUBLICIZED.WHAT THIS COMPANY RESPONDED. AND THAT COULD VERY WELL TAINT THE SITUATION. ALSO. I MEAN, MY PROPOSAL, IT'S VERY CLEAR I, I HEARD FROM THE IBEW THAT THEY HAD FIRST OF ALL, THEY WERE SURPRISED THAT NO ONE BID ON IT AND THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE TOWN. I JUST TEXTED THE INDIVIDUAL AND ASKED, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? CAN YOU TEXT THAT TO US? THAT'S WHAT THE PERSON WHO CONTACTED YOU, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THE PERSON WHO CONTACTED ME THAT WHO WAS ASKING ABOUT IT? WAS IT FOR A FIRM OR FOR? HE WORKS WITH THE IBEW.
HE'S A UNION OFFICIAL. HE ASKED ME IF THIS WAS PUT OUT TO BID AND IT WAS RIGHT. IT AND HE KNEW IT WAS PUT OUT TO BID, WAS SURPRISED THAT NO ONE BID IT, AND THEN SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO GET SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED. AND I WANTED TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENED. THAT'S ALL. NOT NOT ANYTHING UNIQUE. SO THAT'S MY AMENDMENT. DID YOU WANT AND, MISS COMERFORD, YOU WANT US TO WAIT TO VOTE ON THIS AT THE END? I'M FINE VOTING. BUT IF WE WANT TO GIVE FRANK THE COURTESY OF GETTING THAT ANSWER SO THAT HE CAN VOTE A CLEAR CONSCIENCE AT THE END, THAT'S FINE TOO. SURE, I'M FINE WITH PUTTING IT AT THE END AND SEE IF WE HEAR BACK.
[4.16.Community Senior Center Advertisement for Bid]
OKAY? OKAY. THE NEXT ONE. AND THERE'S. LET'S SEE. NUMBER 16, WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS PROPOSED, HAS PROGRESSED A PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER AT TOWN RECREATION PROPERTY, 2982 LAKEVIEW ROAD. AND WHEREAS CARMINA WOODS DESIGN IS PREPARED, CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, DRAWINGS AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE PUBLICLY BID AND FOR THE PROJECT TO BE PUBLICLY BID, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS ENTITLED TOWN OF HAMBURG COMMUNITY CENTER.COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER PROJECT 202503G. OR P PROJECT BID DOCUMENTS. IT WILL BE READY FOR VIEWING ON JUNE 2ND, 2025, AND THE NOTICE WILL BE PUBLISHED ON JUNE 6TH, 2025. SEALED SEPARATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL. TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 14075 AND SAID BID WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2025, IN CONFERENCE ROOM SEVEN A BE DOWNSTAIRS AT 11:30 A.M. MAILED BIDS SHOULD BE SENT TO TOWN OF HAMBURG, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK. 14075. CLEARLY MARKED ATTENTION.
TOWN CLERK BIDDING CLOSED. TOWN OF HAMBURG COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER PROJECT G, E OR P FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM FUND BALANCE A .0000.0909 TO H11 9.7020.0440 PENDING BOND ISSUANCE. SO MOVED. SECOND ON THE QUESTION. JUST WONDERING WHEN WE CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PROJECT. I DON'T THINK IT EVER GOT CHANGED. AND ALL OUR PREVIOUS STUFF, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
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LISTED AS COMMUNITY CENTER. JUST MAKING SURE FOR CLARITY SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD LONGITUDINAL HISTORY. I WAS ON A PHONE CONVERSATION AND I BELIEVE OUR GRANT WRITER SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THEY SHOULD ALL BE INCLUDED WOULD HELP US WITH OUR FUNDING. THAT WAS ONE ONE SUGGESTION, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYWHERE ALONG THE WAY THAT I EVER THOUGHT THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE FOR SENIORS. NO, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT FOR SENIORS. SENIORS ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LISTED IN OUR BOARD AGENDAS AS A COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT. AND I JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT MUDDYING THE RECORD AND THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR RECORD OF THE PROJECT GOING THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. AND JUST THE NAME CHANGE IS NEW TO ME, THAT'S ALL.I THINK I'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO IT AS THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER OR SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHATEVER. BUT SENIOR WAS ALWAYS IN THERE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR ON THE QUESTION. SO THIS IS JUST FOR BIDS. WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO ACCEPTING A BID. WE'RE JUST CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. PUBLISHING IT. CORRECT. FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR I, HARRY, RESOLVE
[4.17.Big Tree Volunteer Fire Co. New Members- Carusso, Pusateri and Stonier]
THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO ADD TO THE RANKS OF MEMBERSHIP INDIVIDUALS AS FOLLOWS SAMUEL CARUSO, JEFFREY PUSATERI, RALPH STONIER. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WHEREAS IN 2023, THE ERIE COUNTY[4.18.Lake Avenue Corridor Plan]
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING ANNOUNCED THE AVAILABILITY OF A TOTAL OF $350,000 FOR MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND UPDATING MUNICIPAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND UNDERTAKING PLANNING AND RELATED STUDIES FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.AND WHEREAS, THE INTENT OF THESE FUNDS WAS TO ADDRESS EMERGING ISSUES COMPREHENSIVELY PLANNED FOR MUNICIPALITIES, AND TO CONDUCT THE PLANNING NECESSARY TO BETTER ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A 20,000 AWARD, $20,000 AWARD FROM ERIE COUNTY WITH A $20,000 MATCH FROM THE TOWN TO COMMISSION A CORRIDOR PLAN FOR LAKE AVENUE TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND STREET VIABILITY FOR SOUTH PARK AVENUE TWO MCKINLEY PARKWAY. AND WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SELECTED GO BIKE BUFFALO AS THE CONSULTANT TO LEAD THE PROJECT, AND WHEREAS THIS PROJECT IS IN DIRECT CONTINUITY WITH THE ACTIVE MOBILITY ACTION PLAN AND GO BIKE BUFFALO HAS FULFILLED THEIR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND PROVIDED A REPORT FOR THE LAKE AVENUE CORRIDOR PROJECT. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS READ AND REVIEWED ALL THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE REPORT, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ACCEPTS THE LAKE AVENUE LONG TERM VISION REPORT PLAN BY GO BIKE BUFFALO. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE THE FINAL MATERIALS TO BE SENT TO ERIE COUNTY TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT. ONCE RECEIVED, GRANT REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS TO BE RECORDED IN H1 00.3902.0511. STATE AID PLANNING SERVICES WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO H1 00.3630.440.5015 I'M SORRY 511. SO MOVED SECOND SECOND ON THE QUESTION, CAN I GET A COPY OF THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THE AGENDA? I HAVE MR. SHEA. MR. SHEA PROVIDED THOSE TO ME AS I WAS WALKING IN, SO I'M. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRY. FORMATION OF IDLEWOOD
[4.19.Formation of Idlewood Water Distribution District]
WATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT. WHERE IS IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION? LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, COUNTY OF ERIE, NEW YORK STATE. CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT HOMES LOCATED IN THE LOOP FORMED BY WEST ARNOLD DRIVE AND WHEREAS WATER SYSTEM SERVING IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION WAS CONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTED IN 1950S AND CONSISTS OF EIGHT INCH DISTRIBUTION MAIN WITH TWO EIGHT INCH BRANCHES, 5/8 WATER SERVICE AND TWO FIRE HYDRANTS. WHEREAS BASED ON ITS AGE AND INCREASING NUMBER OF LEAKS AND HAVING ONLY TWO FIRE HYDRANTS, THE EXISTING IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS NEARING THE END OF ITS USEFULNESS. LIFE AND ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE RELIABLE POTABLE WATER AND FIRE SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS COULD BECOME COMPROMISED. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS DETERMINED THAT THE UPGRADES OF IDLEWILD SUBDIVISION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY STANDARD, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDED STANDARDS OF WATER WORKS WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION, AND WHEREAS ARTICLE 12 OF NEW YORK'S TOWN LAW AUTHORIZES THE TOWN BOARD TO ESTABLISH IMPROVED DISTRICTS, INCLUDING WATER SUPPLY DISTRICTS, WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 OF THE TOWN LAW, DESIRES TO[00:45:06]
ESTABLISH THE IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION WATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT IN THE TOWN, FACILITATE THE PROVIDING THE RESIDENTS WITH THE DISTRICT WITH SAFE AND ADEQUATE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.AND WHEREAS THE RESOLUTION DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 FOR THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTED NUMEROUS NEWSOM AND CLARK ENGINEERING TO COMPETE ENGINEERS AND DULY LICENSED THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO PREPARE GENERAL MAP PLAN REPORT THE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOWN LAW 209 C TO SUPPORT AND ESTABLISH OF THE DISTRICT MAP PLAN IN REPORT. AND WHEREAS THE ENGINEER HAS PREPARED AND DELIVERED THE MAP PLAN AND REPORT FOR THE WATER DISTRICT FORMATION IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION OF THE TOWN OF MAY 13TH, 2025. AND WHEREAS THE LAW 209 C REQUIRES THE MAP PLAN REPORT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK AND ABLE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, AND WHEREAS, THE FORMATION DISTRICT WILL REQUIRE THE TOWN COMPLY WITH NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS IN SIX NYC, RR PART 617 SEEKER. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS THE MAP, PLAN AND REPORT BE FILED WITH THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION. JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR MR. FARRELL THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING, OR IS THERE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INPUT OF RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE IMPACTED, OR THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY IS LARGE, BECAUSE CREATING OF A DISTRICT DOES HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPLICATION FOR THEM. I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT IT'S IN BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE AND WE'RE DOING AN IMPROVEMENT. BUT YES, YES, THE ANSWER IS YES. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND ASK QUESTIONS AND HEARING DISCUSSION AND RECEIVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE FORMATION OF THIS DISTRICT AND THE WATER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE MAP PLAN REPORT TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. ACTUALLY PROBABLY YEARS, NOT MONTHS IN TERMS OF THE ENGINEERING AND REVIEW OF THE SITUATION THERE AND THE REPORTING ON THE STATUS OF THIS WATER LINE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FORMING OF THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A THE REPAIRS THAT ARE DEEMED NECESSARY. AND SO FAR THE BOARD HAS CONTINUED TO VOTE TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT. CORRECT. BUT WHEN WILL THE PUBLIC HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR INPUT? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE BECAUSE IT'S THE VERY. THIS IS THE EARLIER PHASES OF THE STEPS THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED TO FORM A DISTRICT, BUT THE AND THE DATE WILL BE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND IT WILL BE A YES PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE ADVERTISED IN THE PAPERS. YES. CAN YOU WALK BACK FROM THAT POINT, SAY WE FIND OUT SOMETHING IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SAY THE PUBLIC BRINGS TO LIGHT SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK OF BECAUSE WE DON'T LIVE THERE AND WE'RE RELYING ON THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR INPUT IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. CAN THE BOARD AT THAT POINT SAY STOP OR IS IT TOO LATE? WE'VE GONE TOO FAR. BOARD COULD STOP AT ANY TIME, DOES NOT HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS.
THERE'S NO THERE'S NOTHING THAT MANDATES THE BOARD TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN COMERFORD ON THIS. I, I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE LAWYER WE TALKED TO EARLIER, AND I HAD AND EVERYONE DID HAVE A LOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND HE OFFERED HIS SAID HE WAS GOING TO EMAIL ME. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF PREDATED MY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS ON, ON THE BOARD AND I, I PERSONALLY WOULD WANT TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS. I KNOW SOME OF THEM TALKED BEFORE. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD WAS WE HAD A LAWYER CAME FROM WEST ARNOLD THAT THREATENED TO SUE THE TOWN BECAUSE THAT SPECIFIC REPRESENTING ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS DID NOT WANT THIS. SO I WOULD WANT MORE INPUT. AND I HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ASKED THE LAWYER, AND THIS IS NOTHING SECRET, I MEAN, IT'S A QUESTION I HAVE THAT'S PUBLIC. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS BESIDES FORM A DISTRICT, FORMING A SPECIAL DISTRICT? AND THE ANSWER FROM THE LAWYER WAS YES. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I, I HAVEN'T FINISHED ACTUALLY. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE LAWYER, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE PUBLIC, MEANING I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE LAWYER COME HERE RIGHT IN, IN FOR THE WHOLE TOWN AND, AND ASK HIM BECAUSE HE KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO. YOU
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KNOW, I'M A LAWYER, BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND HOW THAT WORKS. AND THAT'S MY OPINION. SO I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT TABLING THIS MOTION UNTIL WE GET, I THINK, THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. WELL, FRANK, THIS THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS ONLY TO ACCEPT THE MAP PLAN AND REPORT AND HAVE IT FILED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE. IT ACTUALLY WILL FACILITATE THE ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO INSPECT ALL THAT INFORMATION. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MECHANISM TO MAKE THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS THE MAP PLAN AND REPORT WHICH THE LAWYER WE CONFERRED WITH IT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP BECAUSE IT SAYS IT'S TO BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK AND BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT, THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND SO IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE US TO ANYTHING. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THAT PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT STEP. THAT'S A STEP IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO, IS TO CREATE A SPECIAL DISTRICT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS. AND THE LAWYER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK BESIDES JUST CREATING. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT UNTIL WE FILE THIS REPORT. IF I COULD, IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP. I MEAN, THAT'S MY OPINION. THE LAWSUIT THAT THE LAWYER THAT WAS BEFORE THIS BOARD, BEFORE THE PEOPLE HERE WAS SUING ABOUT THE ROADWAY. CORRECT. HE JUST DIDN'T WANT HE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BECOME A TOWN ROAD. HE WANTED TO KEEP IT AS A PRIVATE ROAD. SO FOR A PRIVATE ROAD, THE TOWN REALLY DOES NOT HAVE TO THE WATER MAIN. SO THEREFORE THAT WOULD PUT THE BURDEN ON ALL THE TAXPAYERS OF HAMBURG VERSUS CREATING THE. THIS, MR. AUERBACH WAS THE ATTORNEY AND HE DID REPRESENT AT LEAST ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVES IN THAT SUBDIVISION, AND HIS POSITION WAS ACTUALLY RELATED TO SPECIFICALLY HIS CLIENT'S POSITION, RATHER, WAS THAT THEY OPPOSED THE TOWN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ANY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A ROAD THERE. SO IT WASN'T REALLY HIS TOWN. HIS CLIENT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS EXPRESSED BY MR. AUERBACH, WAS THAT HIS CLIENT SUPPORTS THE FORMATION OF A DISTRICT. NOW, MR. PAGOWSKY, YOU'RE CORRECT.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS STILL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, AND THIS STEP IS REALLY FOLLOWS THE FACT THAT THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY SAID, WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY AND HAVE THE ENGINEERS GO OUT AND PREPARE A MAP PLAN REPORT, AND THIS WOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION. THIS IS IN NO WAY DETERMINES THE WAY WE MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE, AS MR. SHAYWITZ INDICATED DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS THERE, THERE CERTAINLY THERE ARE WAYS JUST IN GENERAL SPEAKING. THERE ARE WAYS THAT CAN THIS COULD BE COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED INITIALLY. NOW IT DOES NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH, BUT CERTAINLY THIS RESOLUTION IN NO WAY DICTATES OR MANDATES THAT THE BOARD WILL FOLLOW UP. ONE OF THOSE, THE A PARTICULAR PATH. IT JUST SAYS THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING THE MAP REPORT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ENGINEERS TO COMPLETE, AND NOW SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC. WELL, COULDN'T COULDN'T WE HAVE A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE AND ASK THE RESIDENTS THERE? WILL THERE ABSOLUTELY. FOR US, FOR THE TOWN BOARD, I DIDN'T FINISH, SO COULD WE HAVE INVITE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, INVITE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON WEST ARNOLD AND ASK THEM, DO YOU WANT THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WANT? RATHER THAN US TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? CAN WE DO THAT? THE TOWN BOARD'S PREROGATIVE? IT CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT THERE. THERE IS REQUIRED BY LAW FOR THE TOWN TO PROCEED IN THIS FASHION. THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO OF COURSE, THERE CAN BE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSES. THE BOARD COULD ALSO INVITE CERTAINLY HAS TO FORMALLY PUBLISH A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT CERTAINLY COULD ALSO INVITE ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY THE WEST ARNOLD RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE ALL EXPRESSED UNANIMITY IN SAYING THAT THEY WOULD THEY DESIRE TO HAVE THE WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED. DID THE ATTORNEY ALSO SAY EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD? AND THEN THEY SIGNED OFF ON ALL OF ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED AND THIS IS THIS WAS VETTING DONE MANY MONTHS AGO IN PRIOR YEAR, HAVE EXPRESSED TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHO HAS REVIEWED THEIR DEEDS AND OTHER THINGS IN THE POSSIBILITY OF EASEMENTS IF A ROAD WENT FORWARD, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A ROAD, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WATER LINE, BUT THEY REVIEW THAT WITH THEM. AND THERE WAS UNANIMITY. AND THAT MEANS THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE AND OWNS LAND THERE WANTED TO HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE WATER LINE COMPLETED. I'M NOT SAYING I'M PLEASE NOTE THAT I'M NOT GOING AS FAR AS SAYING THAT THEY THEY INDICATED ANY PREFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY OF WHETHER WE SHOULD USE A DISTRICT OR OTHERWISE, BUT THEY ALL WANT THE WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS TO BE COMPLETED IN THE TOWN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY THIS ENGINEERING WORK WAS DONE
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AND THE TOWN BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. SO KATHY WOULD CALL FOR THAT. IS THAT ON? DID YOU MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE? I'M MAKING A MOTION TO TABLE BECAUSE I, I JUST WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM THE PEOPLE. I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO PUT INTO PERPETUITY, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO I KNOW IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, BUT THAT'S MY MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS. BUT WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. ROGOWSKI'S MOTION TO AMEND OR SORRY TO TABLE? MOTION TO TABLE.HAS THERE BEEN A SECOND? I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE YET I DON'T THINK BUT MR. I DEFER TO MR. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR MR. MOTION TO TABLE. NO I KNOW NO I I'D LIKE TO GET THIS INFORMATION INTO THE PUBLIC'S HANDS SO THEY'RE WELL EDUCATED WHEN THEY COME TO THE PUBLIC MEETING WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHAT CAN WE TAKE UP. SO WE ALREADY MADE A MOTION. THERE WAS ALREADY A MOTION ON THE FIRST RESOLUTION, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. AND THERE WAS A SECOND, A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A WAIT? WAIT, WHAT WAS THE VOTE, MR. LIPINSKI? IT WAS THE MOTION TO AMEND. MOTION TO TABLE TO TABLE FAILED 3 TO 2. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WOULD MOVE AHEAD TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. IMPROPER. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OPPOSED. OPPOSED FOR AND NOT NECESSARILY TO THE CONCEPT, BUT I'M OPPOSED BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE OWE IT TO THE CITIZENS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAN I HAD. JUST FOR THE RECORD, IS CLEAR. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING TO OUR ATTORNEY, AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS AND EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE BESIDES CREATING NECESSARILY MORE, MORE GOVERNMENT. AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED FOR THE ATTORNEY ALSO SAID THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED. SO RIGHT TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN BE INFORMED. AND YOU GOT IT. I EXPRESS MY REASON SINCE THIS WILL NOW BE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, CAN YOU PLEASE FORWARD A COPY OF IT TO MYSELF? I DID NOT GET THE ORIGINAL. BE
[4.20.Chapter 280 Various Zoning Amendments Referral to Town Board]
HAPPY TO THANK YOU. SURE. I CAN READ NUMBER 2020. WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS THE AND SPECIFIES LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED VARIOUS REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 280 BASED ON ISSUES RAISED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND HAS SENT THESE SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO BEGIN THE ADOPTION PROCESS. AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT THE LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS. BE IT ENACTED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD. AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS. FULL CAP COPIES ATTACHED. THE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE TO CHAPTER 280. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. ARTICLE 3035 REQUIREMENTS OF OFF STREET PARKING SPACES. CHAPTER 280 REGARDING MIXED USE DISTRICT AMENDING PERMITTED USES. AMEND CHAPTER 280 REGARDING ADULT USE CANNABIS BY AMENDING SECTION TWO 8422. DEFINITIONS. PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULT USE CANNABIS RETAIL DISPENSARIES ALSO REMOVE THE SOUTHERN HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT IN ITS ENTIRETY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY ENTERTAINS THESE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDMENTS AND AUTHORIZES THE REFERRAL OF THESE PROPOSED LAW AMENDMENTS TO ERIE COUNTY INTO THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, AND SETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 16TH, 2025 AT 7 P.M. IN THE COURTROOM AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.[4.21.South Park Corridor Multimodal Revitalization Project - Design Firm Selection]
WHERE'S THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE SOUTH PARK QUARTER. MULTIMODAL REVITALIZATION REVITALIZATION PROJECT. WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN WAS CONTACTED BY MULTIPLE FIRMS OF NEW YORK STATE'S LOCAL DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT LIST FOR THE DESIGN PORTION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS. AND WHEREAS THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS AND REVIEWED THEIR TOP THREE CANDIDATES, AND WHEREAS, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THE TOWN BOARD SELECT BARTON AND LOGAN FOR THE PROJECT NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY SELECT, AS LISTED FOR THE HAMBURG SOUTH PARK QUARTER MULTIMODAL REVITALIZATION PROJECT AND AUTHORIZES THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO BEGIN DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF THE WORK AND BUDGET SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?[4.22.TSAB -No Parking Sign Recommendation]
AYE. YES. A BE NO PARKING SIGN RECOMMENDATION, WHEREAS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD[01:00:07]
HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS OF CARS PARKING ON THE CURVE ON DICKENS ROAD IN OLD MILESTRIP ROAD, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD REVIEWED ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED AND VOTED AND RECOMMENDATIONS NO PARKING AT ANY TIME. SIGNS BE INSTALLED IN DICKENS ROAD, EXTENDING NO PARKING ZONE ON OLD MILE STRIP APPROXIMATELY 200FT AROUND THE CURVE, AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE INSTALLATION OF NO PARKING ANYTIME SIGN AND INSTALLATION INSTALLING. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR SHALL GENERATE THE REQUIRED WORK ORDER FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. FUNDS AVAILABLE IN COUNT DB 5110.0205.SO MOVED. SECOND, MR. GIACOMINI, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR ANYTHING? ANYTHING. SO WE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS DICKENS PLAYING THAT THE PARKING ON THE 90 DEGREE TURN AROUND. SO WE DID WE WENT TO LOOK AT IT AND. CONTINUED RESOLUTION. YOU WANT ME TO SEND LETTERS TO THE NEIGHBORS OR. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO SEND SOMETHING OUT, JUST SAYING THAT THESE SIGNS WILL BE THERE. SO THEY SO THEY THEY ARE AWARE JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE 4 OR 5 HOUSES THAT ARE RIGHT THER.
AND THEN THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE THERE AND THEY'RE AWARE THERE'S ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. HARRY GREGG, THIS NEXT ONE I HAS ANOTHER BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, BUT I'LL PASS IT DOWN SO YOU CAN READ IT IF YOU'D LIKE, WITH THE, WITH THE AMENDMENT FROM MR. SHEA. THANK YOU. YES WE ARE.
[4.23.Milestrip Road Bridge Construction Administration/Inspection Services]
YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO. YES. WHERE'S THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? ENGAGE DONATO ASSOCIATES, ENGINEERING ARCHITECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. FULL TIME INSPECTION OF MILESTRIP ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT. AND WHEREAS THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION HAS SURPASSED THE ORIGINAL DURATION AND WORK IS NOT COMPLETE. SO ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FROM DE DONATO ASSOCIATES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST DATED MAY 14TH, 2025 FROM DE DONATO ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE PC, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $117,820.05 FOR UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS OF SERVICES. FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM FUND BALANCE. DELTA ALPHA 0000.0909 TO DELTA ALPHA 5120.456.301. SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION. DAN, ARE YOU GOING TO GO AHEAD? NO. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS PROJECT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO. AND IT YOU KNOW, CAME. HE'S NOT REALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THEY TALK TO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS MAY BE ONE THAT WE WANT TO TABLE UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION AS A BOARD, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER RELATED ISSUES, AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK FOR THE COMPANY WOULD BE. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK FOR US. THAT'S NOT AT ALL THE ISSUE, BUT THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX THIS IS PART OF A VERY COMPLEX SITUATION THAT I THINK WARRANTS FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION BEFORE WE AUTHORIZE THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDING, I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION TO TABLE.THAT'S WHAT IT IS, AREN'T THEY? THE CURRENT ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT. AND THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS NOT WITH THEM. IT IS WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S PUTTING IT IN. NO YOU'RE CORRECT. THAT'S WHY I SAID THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THIS COMPANY. MY CONCERN. THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT FANTASTIC WITH THIS SITUATION. THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT. BUT MY CONCERN IS THE WAY THIS RELATES TO ANOTHER SITUATION. I THINK THERE COULD BE IMPLICATIONS AND I THINK IT WARRANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD BEFORE WE AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE. IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE ANOTHER SITUATION WITH THE QUESTION DE DONATO, OR WITH THE CONTRACTOR WORKING UNDERNEATH DE DONATO RIGHT NOW, I, I THINK THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT AND OUR ROUTE GOING FORWARD BEFORE WE WOULD AUTHORIZE THIS EXPENDITURE. AGAIN, NO IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THIS COMPANY. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ANY ISSUE WITH THIS COMPANY. IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS FOR WORK RELATED TO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I THINK WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, AND IT COULD IMPACT WHETHER WE ACTUALLY EXECUTE THIS EXPENDITURE. AS STATED, I BELIEVE THIS BRIDGE THOUGH NEEDS TO BE REOPENED. THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT. BUT THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, LIKE I SAID THIS, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMPLEX SITUATION. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ONE UNDERNEATH THEM. WELL, BUT SOMETIMES BUT ALSO OUR
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EXPECTATIONS REGARDING ABOUT WHAT WE WILL BE GETTING AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE SITUATION WITH THE COMPANY ON THE PROJECT. I THINK IT JUST WARRANTS FURTHER CONVERSATION BY THE BOARD. SO IF WE TABLE THIS THOUGH, WHO IS SUPERVISING THE PROJECT IN THE MEANTIME, I WELL THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT. WE SHOULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THIS MEETING. I MEAN, IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. WE HAD A PRETTY FULL AGENDA BEFORE THE MEETING. THAT IS, I KNOW WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE AFTERWARDS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS CONTRACT IS SUPPOSED TO START. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SIGN IT. WELL, IT SAID MAY 14TH, WHICH IS IN THE PAST, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CONTRACT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED AND STARTED TOMORROW SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WORKING. AND WE'RE NOT AT A WORK STOPPAGE. WELL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS. PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY, THE TOWN BOARD CAN GO AND DISCUSS THIS MATTER FURTHER, BUT PREVIOUSLY THE PROJECT HAD STOPPED AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO MISS CHERYL IN TERMS OF WHETHER THERE WAS EVER A RESTART. YET PART OF THAT, OF COURSE, WAS DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WINTER WEATHER, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW ANY CONSTRUCTION. BUT PART OF IT WAS FOR OTHER REASONS. AND SO THE STORY SHOULD REMAIN A DISCUSSION BETWEEN. MISS GERALD AND IF WE REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION FROM GERALD ON THE STATUS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, AS A BOARD, GO INTO EXECUTIVE FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, AS WE'VE DONE ON SIMILAR MATTERS TO SO WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION? AS IT RELATES? IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT'S FORMALLY IN LITIGATION, AND I DO NOT SEE AT THIS POINT THAT THERE'S AN EXCEPTION TO THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE PROPER BASIS FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT DOES NOT ENGENDER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, DOES NOT ENGENDER A CURRENTLY PENDING LITIGATION, IT DOES NOT ENGENDER A PERSONNEL MATTER. AND OTHER EXCEPTIONS ARE RECOGNIZED BY STATUTE. AND THEREFORE I HESITATE. THE BOARD ALWAYS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ITS COUNSEL ON ANY MATTER OUTSIDE OF AN OPEN AND OPEN MEETING THAT HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, AS IT HAS DONE SO, AND WILL CERTAINLY DO IN THE FUTURE.OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS, WE COULD DO A CLIENT ATTORNEY. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. WE HAVE A SECOND. SO WE VOTE ON THE TABLE MOTION TO TABLE FIRST. SO THERE WAS MOVED BY BETH AND SECONDED BY FRANK.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. I SAID YES. YEAH I'D SAY I HAVE. IT'S SO IT'S TABLED IS IT.
EVERYONE SAID AYE. RIGHT. I MEAN I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HINDER ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE STILL GOT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THERE WORKING. SO WE'RE. NO WE DON'T LIKE THEY DID.
DONATO NEEDS TO BE RELATIVE TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE THOUGH. WE HAVE THREE. VOTES TO TABLE. SO I MOTION TO END DISCUSSION. IT'S BEEN TABLED. SO OKAY. WHEREAS 2025 SS FOUR A IS
[4.24.Town of Hamburg Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Application]
A GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO SUPPORT PLANNING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEHAVIORAL AND OPERATIONAL INITIATIVES TO PREVENT FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON ROADS AND STREETS INVOLVING ALL ROADWAY USERS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MOTORISTS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATORS. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE SAFETY FOR MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, AND WHEREAS, THE PROPOSED HAMBURG WATERFRONT MULTIMODAL REVITALIZATION PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON MULTIMODAL ENHANCEMENTS, TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY ALONG LAKESHORE ROUTE, LAKESHORE ROAD, ROUTE FIVE FROM HAMBURG BEACH TO THE LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL CENTER.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE ECG CONSULTING TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO THE 20% MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL DESIGNATE EEG CONSULTING TO MANAGE THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION DO WE KNOW, SINCE WE ARE COMMITTING TO A 20% GRANT MATCH, WHAT THE ESTIMATED COST IS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD? NOT COMPLETELY, BECAUSE THE APPLICATION HASN'T BEEN PREPARED. THIS WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD BY HIGHWAY
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SUPERINTENDENT AT HUGHES AND HAD SOME VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS. WE'VE PUT THAT TOGETHER. IT IS.IT COULD BE SUBSTANTIAL, AS WE'VE SEEN WITH MANY OF OUR IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE THE CLARK AND MCKINLEY PROJECT, LIKE THE PROJECT ON SOUTH PARK AVENUE THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE. AND SO THERE COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE TOWN. THAT'S MY CONCERN. OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE 20% VERSUS 100%. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS COME FORTH OUT OF SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE TOWN. ALSO, THIS IS ALSO A GRANT THAT BY THE TIME WE FOUND OUT WHETHER WE WERE AWARDED THIS, THIS FUNDING AND IT WAS WORKED ON, WE WOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO PREPARE IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THE FUNDING FOR THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IT IS. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING. BUT THAT SHOULD NOT STOP US FROM PURSUING IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. I'M LIKE SOUTH PARK AVENUE AND CLARK AND MCKINLEY. I'M I'M ALL FOR THE IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. IT'S JUST AT A CERTAIN POINT, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH MONEY IN THE PURSE. RIGHT. AND WE CANNOT KEEP COMMITTING TO THESE BIG MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS. THIS ONE, I'M ALL FOR IT, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING. I HAVE I HAVE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THIS THAT I THINK CAN I FINISH ACTUALLY CAN THIS IS THE COMMITMENT HERE IS TO SUBMIT THE GRANT APPLICATION. THE WHAT IF THEY COME BACK AND TELL US, WELL, $5 MILLION PROJECT WAS GOING TO FINISH. IF I COULD FINISH THE PROJECT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AROUND 3 TO 5 MILLION. YOU'RE RIGHT. SO THE TOWNS PART COULD BE UP MILLION DOLLARS IF I COULD FINISH THE PROJECT COULD POSSIBLY BE UP TO THAT AMOUNT. IT WOULD INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAYS THAT OTHERWISE MISTER HUGHES MAY BE FUNDING OUT OF HIS HIGHWAY BUDGET. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, THERE WOULD BE AMPLE YEARS FOR US TO PREPARE FOR THIS AND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY FOR IT. IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH BY MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA, AND IT WAS DEEMED TO BE A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS WORTHWHILE BRINGING FORTH TO THIS BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE THERE IS A DEADLINE.
THERE'S A DEADLINE FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT COMING UP, AND WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THE RESOLUTIONS FORTH SO THEY CAN BE DISCUSSED. AND DIRECTLY TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THE NEED FOR BEING PROACTIVE REGARDING PLANNING FOR THE FUNDING OF THESE PROJECTS, AND WOULD BE DOING SUCH FOR THIS PROJECT. TO YOUR POINT, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS THE COST, AND YOU STATED YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE COST AND THEN IN YOUR SPIEL YOU SPECIFICALLY STATED AS AN IDEA 3 TO 5 MILLION. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I JUST WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR SPENDING. WE CAN'T. I LOVE THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER GRANTS. I LOVE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND GETTING THE MONEY. BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, WE'VE HAD MR. SHEA IN HERE SEVERAL TIMES TELLING US WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVEREXTEND AND OVERPROMISE HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO SPEND. AGAIN, THIS ISN'T FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 OR FISCAL YEAR 2026. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO KICK THE PROBLEM DOWN TO MY CHILDREN EITHER. I HAVE. OKAY, SO WAIT, IF I MAY, I HAVE A I HAVE A PROPOSAL, I, I AGREE, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I HAVE I AM PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT AND SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT. I DO AGREE WITH MEGAN COMERFORD. THIS IS WHAT WHAT POLITICIANS OR ECONOMISTS OR ACCOUNTANTS REFER TO AS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. SO THE WAY THAT I READ THIS RESOLUTION IS IT COMMITS THE TOWN TO 20%, WHICH WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE AMOUNT. HOWEVER, WE CAN MAKE A SIMPLE AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT I THINK SATISFIES BOTH SIDES OF THIS. SO I PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH WHERE IT SAYS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL. AND I PROPOSE WE ADD THE LANGUAGE. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL, SUBJECT TO TOWN BOARD APPROVAL. SO WE ADD THE WORDS RIGHT AFTER WILL, SUBJECT TO TOWN BOARD APPROVAL, COMMIT TO THE APPROPRIATE MATCH. SO WE WOULD ADD THE WORDS, WE WOULD DELETE 20% AND THEN PLACE OF 20%. WE WOULD SAY APPROPRIATE MATCH. SO THE NEW LANGUAGE WOULD READ IN TOTALITY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL, SUBJECT TO TOWN BOARD APPROVAL, COMMIT TO THE APPROPRIATE MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND AS LISTED,
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THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY IF IT'S LIKE $10 MILLION AND WE DON'T WANT TO COMMIT $2 MILLION.BUT WE KNOW I DID NOT FINISH. I AGREE WITH YOU. SO I, I THINK THAT PUTS US IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THIS IS WRITTEN AND I SEE MR. MAHONEY HERE, WHO'S NEGOTIATED A LOT OF CONTRACTS, IS COMMITTING US TO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW. AND AS A PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, I THINK I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT. AS MISS COMERFORD SAID, OUR KIDS TO THIS OR OUR OR OR US TO SOMETHING THAT AND I AGREE, IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO SPEND MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE AS AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID, ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME. THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES, IS BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING WE CAN'T AFFORD. SO MY PROPOSAL IS TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION. AS I HAD STATED, FRANK, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THE AMENDMENT. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS WAS BY NO MEANS A BLANK CHECK FOR ANYONE.
AND AS YOU ALSO CAN SEE, THERE WERE NO NAMES ON THESE, SO WE WERE JUST TAKING TURNS READING THEM. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, THESE GRANTS ARE NEVER A BLANK CHECK, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR THEM TO BE TALKED ABOUT. SO LET'S NOT MISCHARACTERIZE THIS EFFORT EITHER, BUT TO SATISFY EVERYONE. BY ALL MEANS, LET'S MAKE THAT AMENDMENT SURE AND ADD THAT VERBIAGE IN THERE. I BELIEVE IT GRANTS SIMILAR TO THIS WAS KICKED AWAY BY THE SAME BOARD. THE CLERK AND MCKINLEY PROJECT. THAT'S BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT IT. WE'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT ME ASKING HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST. THAT WAS WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT APPROACHING US.
THEY'RE NOT DICTATING TO US. WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR MONEY TO HELP US PAY FOR SOMETHING. WE'RE ON OUR OWN CHOICE. WE WOULD PAY THE 20%. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SAY THIS IS UNMADE.
UNMANDATED. WHEN WE'RE MANDATING WE WANT THE MONEY AND THEN YOU. I MEAN, YOU GUYS SAY YOU'RE IN FAVOR, YOU WANT TO DO THIS, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST I JUST THINK THAT THIS LANGUAGE PROTECTS US. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
AND I SAY, LET ME REREAD THE LAST PARAGRAPH WITH YOUR AMENDMENT. SO YOU MADE THE AMENDMENT. YEAH, I SECOND THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? I SO I'LL REREAD THE IT'LL BE THE SAME RESOLUTION WITH BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL SUBJECT TO FURTHER TOWN BOARD APPROVAL, COMMIT TO THE 20% MATCH REQUIRED AND COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH AS WRITTEN. SO MOVED MAKES SECOND AS SO MOVED. I'M SORRY, SO MOVED AS AMENDED. SECOND. WELL, YOU SAID 20%. I THOUGHT THAT MR. BIEGALSKI STRUCK THE 20% AND PUT APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE. I'M SORRY. APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE. NO, THE MATCH IS DICTATED BY THE GRANT. SO THE 20% HAS TO BE IN THERE. NO, BUT I THINK I THINK IT GIVES US SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
NO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT YOU CAN ONLY YOU'RE ASKING THIS IS A GOVERNMENT GRANT AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK I THINK WE USE THE WORD APPROPRIATE MATCH, BECAUSE IF IT'S 20%, THEN IT IS WHAT IT IS. NO, BUT YOU COULD SAY IS A 20% MATCH UP TO YOU COULD PUT A LIMIT. I THINK I, I THINK MY RESOLUTION LOOK I IT'S MY AMENDMENT AND I WANTED TO SAY APPROPRIATE MATCH AND I DON'T WANT IT TO SAY 20%. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO UNFORTUNATELY, MR. HUGHES, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RESCIND THIS BECAUSE IT'S A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. WE DON'T DICTATE THE 20%. WHAT DOES YOUR BROTHER HAVE TO SAY, MR. MISTER? MR. FARRELL, IS THIS MISTER APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE? SO, MR. HUGHES, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THE QUESTIONS ARE VERY VALID AND APPROPRIATE. BUT THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS. AND SO THERE IS DISCUSSION ON BY THE BOARD AND AMONG THE BOARD ON EACH OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE HEARD AND DISCUSSED AND THEN VOTED ON OR TABLED. SO, MR. HUGHES, I, I'M THE BOARD IS FREE TO VOTE AN AMENDMENT. I THINK I BELIEVE I HAVEN'T LOOKED CLOSELY AT THIS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT SOME GRANT REQUIRE CERTAIN LANGUAGE, A SPECIFIC PERCENT OF A MATCH. THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON. AGAIN, I'M NOT A GRANT EXPERT, BUT I OTHER THAN THAT THE BOARD CAN DO AS IT SEES FIT AS ITS PREROGATIVE. I THINK MISS FARRELL'S COMMENTING THAT IT MAY EXCLUDE IT FROM BEING CONSIDERED IF WE WERE TO JUST THAT WAY, BUT YOU CAN UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY, THOUGH, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THE GRANT. AGENCY? THIS IS THROUGH MR. SIR. SO MR. IT'S A TIGER GRANT. MR. HUGHES, IF IN LIEU OF NOT HAVING ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW THE RESOLUTION UNLESS YOU CAN SUBSTANTIATE THAT IT IS AN 80 OVER 20 WHICH I IT'S AN 8020
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GRANT. WE DON'T WE DON'T DICTATE. SO EVERY PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO TAP PROGRAM FOR EXAMPLE IS DIFFERENT THAN A DASNY, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, A NATIONAL GRANT. AND THEY ALL COME WITH DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE AS RICH AS A 50. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION AND I'M SAYING WHAT IS WRONG WITH SAYING APPROPRIATE MATCH? WHY IS THAT A PROBLEM? BECAUSE THEY DICTATE, RIGHT? THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY PUT IT OUT TED OR I'M SORRY ED. TED. WHOA, WHOA. BUT I HAVE NO I HAVE NO, NO LEGAL OPINION FROM ANYONE SAYING THAT IF MY LANGUAGE WILL MAKE THIS. NO, YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYBODY'S LEGAL OPINION. I ASKED MR. MISTER. MR. FARRELL, IF THIS GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE IT AND IT'S 5000 100,000 OR $600,000, DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT WHEN THEY GIVE IT TO US? OF COURSE NOT. THERE'S IF THERE'S A MATCH, IF THERE'S A MATCH REQUIRED AND THE TOWN DOESN'T MAKE THE MATCH, THEN THEY DON'T GET THE MONEY. OF COURSE. OKAY. AND IT'S 20%. THE GRANT CALLS FOR 20%. SO I'LL WITHDRAW THE.YOU'RE WITHDRAWING YOUR SECOND FOR THE. I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS A GRANT THAT'S DICTATED BY THE GOVERNING AGENCY. AND WHEN THEY SAY, THEY SAY WE HAVE A GRANT FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPLY, IF YOU GET THE GRANT, YOU HAVE TO PAY 20%.
DIFFERENT GRANTS HAVE DIFFERENT STIPULATIONS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AN 8020. SO GIVEN THAT YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE 20% AND THAT LANGUAGE. KNOW THAT I, I, I AM I'M. SO I WITHDRAW THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW. THERE PARLIAMENTARIAN. WHAT DO WE GOT GOING ON HERE I WITHDRAW IT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE OR I'M SORRY TO AMEND. THE MOTION IS WITHDRAWN. WELL THE SECOND WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE MOTION TO AMEND AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE WAS WITHDRAWN. SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE AN OPEN VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT WITH THE CHANGE IN THE 20%, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. IT WON'T. AND I DISAGREE WITH YOUR LEGAL ANALYSIS. AND I DIDN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM MR. FARRELL ABOUT IT. SO CAN WE BRING BACK THE MOTION TO PASS THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN? YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. YES. OKAY. I MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN. YES. HOLD ON. I GOTTA WRITE ALL THIS DOWN. SO, DAN, YOU'RE BRINGING IT BACK AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED? YES. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S TOO PRICEY, DON'T TAKE IT. YOU GOT THAT OPTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KOSA. SECOND. OKAY, THEY HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. I'M NOT I DIDN'T I'M NOT IN FAVOR. OKAY, OKAY. 4 TO 1, FOUR ONE THEN. YEP. THANK
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YOU. ANY RESOLVE? THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES TERMINATION OF HIRING OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES OF BUILDINGS GROUNDS AS LISTED. SOME OF SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. BE IT RESOLVED, THE[4.26.Approve PAF for Finance & Administration Department]
TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE ATTACHED FINANCE ADMINISTRATION. DEPARTMENT OF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN 1430.102 AND A1310 .102. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE.[4.27. PAF - Youth, Recreation & Senior Services]
CARRIED A YOUTH RECREATION. SENIOR SERVICES. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS LISTED. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL FAVOR I. 48. PAGE 62. YEAH. I'VE GOT. SORRY. SHE'S GOT IT. I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE NEWSLETTER. OKAY. DO YOU[4.28.Town of Hamburg Community Senior Center SEQR Neg Dec Resolution]
WANT ME TO READ IT EITHER. I THOUGHT EITHER ONE. WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? IS PROPOSING A TOWN COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER TO BE LOCATED AT 2982 LAKE VIEW ROAD. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS HIRED A CONSULTANT, CARMINA WOULD DESIGN WHO HAS COMPLETED PLANS AND PROVIDED OTHER APPLICABLE MATERIALS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE SEEKER PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWN COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER TO BE LOCATED AT 2982 LAKE VIEW ROAD AND WHERE IS PURSUANT TO PART 617 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT, STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT. SEEKER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD CONDUCTED A COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL SEEKER REVIEW FOR THIS ACTION TO BE ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS SEEKER LEAD AGENCY, AND WHEREAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART 617 OF THE
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IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE NINE, STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT SEQRA OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS REVIEWED PART ONE OF THE FIAF AND CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM COUNTY AND NEW YORK STATE AGENCIES, AND HAS COMPLETED PART TWO AND THREE OF THE FIAF REVIEWED THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 617.7 OF SEEKER, AND DOCUMENTED THEIR ANALYSIS IN AN EXPANDED PART THREE DOCUMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS. THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ESTABLISHES ITSELF AS LEAD AGENCY AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, SEQUA HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED TOWN OF HAMBURG COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER PROJECT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND THEREFORE ISSUES A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 617.7 OF THE SEEKER REGULATIONS. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE, WHICH WILL ACT AS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION, AND THAT THESE MATERIALS BE PLACED IN THE TOWN FILES. SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR EITHER KEN OR JOSH. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN STATED EARLIER THAT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CALLED THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER, BUT THE EAF IN THE SEEKER DOCUMENTS HAVE IT LISTED AS THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY CENTER. IS THAT GOING TO PRESENT DIFFICULTIES WHEN FILING VARIOUS LEVELS OF PAPERWORK THROUGHOUT THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE NAME, OR IT'S NOT CONSISTENTLY BEING CALLED THE SAME THING SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL ADDRESS LIKE PARCEL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO THIS, DOESN'T IT SAY 2982 LAKEVIEW ROAD? NOT ON THE DOCUMENTATION. THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DOCUMENTATION DOESN'T. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING CLEAR, BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS GOING INTO ERIE COUNTY AND DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. YOU WANT TO AMEND IT, PUT THE ADDRESS ON THE FRONT PAGE. BUT NO, IT'S ON THE EAF AND IT'S ON THE SEEKER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A HEADACHE LATER, CALLING IT DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE PROJECT. IT HAS PRESENTED A PROBLEM IN PAST PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE HAD PARCELS AND NAMES AND THE NAMES AREN'T CONSISTENT. I WOULD I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DEFER TO OUR PLANNING CONSULTANT, JOSH. QUESTION. NO, I WAS JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THERE. THE RESOLUTION. WE CAN CHANGE ON THAT AT THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT. THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH KEEPING. THANK YOU.SAID OKAY, PERFECT. I JUST I KNOW IN PAST INSTANCES PLANNING BOARD IT HAS CREATED ISSUES WHEN IT'S CALLED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. TYPICALLY THE ISSUE MIGHT ARISE WHEN THERE'S SOME DISPARITY OR MISNOMER OR AMENDMENT OR SUBDIVISION THAT WOULD RESULT IN DIFFERENT SPELLS. OR MAYBE THERE'S ALTERNATE ADDRESSES HERE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY SUPPLEMENT IF IN TERMS OF JUST A NAMING, YOU COULD MODIFY. AND IT HAPPENS MANY TIMES WE REFER TO PROJECTS BY 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT NAMES, BECOME COLLOQUIAL REFERENCES SO TO SPEAK. SO THIS IS I WOULDN'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM IF THE TOWN BOARD WANTS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT GOING FORWARD, IT CAN PASS A RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT TO CHANGE THAT ON THE DOCUMENT. THE E, THE F OKAY. THANK YOU. JOSH OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. CARRIED. OKAY OKAY. GOING BACK TO FOR THAT OTHER ICE ARENA. PAGE 15. OH I DID HEAR FROM THE IBEW AND IT THE GENTLEMAN DID SPEAK WITH CAMI.
SO I'M SATISFIED THAT THAT I GUESS AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, IT WAS NOT INITIALLY BID BUT THEN THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATIONS. SO WHEN PEOPLE HAD CONTACTED ME, I SAID, I SUGGESTED THEY REACH OUT TO CAMI. THEY DID. AND SO I'M I'M COMFORTABLE WITH VOTING AND WE TOOK CARE OF THAT SO WE CAN TAKE WE STILL GOTTA VOTE ON NO, WE GOTTA VOTE ON IT. WE TABLED IT TO THE END. SO WE GET CLARIFICATION FROM JOSH. OKAY. SO HE COULD GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE IBT. VOTING ON THE ICE ARENA PHASE FOUR ELECTRICAL AWARD TO THE INDUSTRIAL POWER AND LIGHTING CORPORATION IPL. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO BRING BACK A LATE RESOLUTION. SECOND, SECOND. NATIONAL OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. WHEREAS IN 1963, PRESIDENT JOHN
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AMERICANS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT L.B. JOHNSON IN 1965 AS A PART OF THE UNITED STATES WAR ON POVERTY, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THE NATIONAL ELDER MONTH. OLDER AMERICAN MONTH, SO MOVED. SO WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY. YES.I'M NOT INTO GETTING INTO THE POLITICAL STUFF THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN ON HERE. SO THAT WAS THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T GET A SECOND. SO DID YOU. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT.
DID FRANK MAKE THE SECOND? YES, I SECOND OKAY. BUT THEN I GET AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE QUESTION. WE HAVE SPENT THE PAST 18 MONTHS LISTENING TO EXPERTS, LISTENING TO RESIDENTS TOUT THE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE AMAZING THINGS WE DO FOR OUR SENIORS.
AND WE HAVE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN HOW THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ABSOLUTELY CHANGED THEIR LIVES AND IMPROVED THEIR LIVES FOR THE BETTER. THIS IS NOT POLITICAL BECAUSE IT IS COMPLETELY BIPARTISAN. I AM SENDING IT TO EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL DECISION MAKER THAT IS REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO KNOW HOW MUCH OUR SENIORS RELY ON THIS, HOW MUCH OUR SENIORS UTILIZE THE SERVICES. THEY RELY ON IT SO MUCH THAT WE HAVE NOW CHANGED THE NAME OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER. THIS IS HOW STRONGLY WE BELIEVE IN THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAMING FOR OUR SENIORS. THIS IS NOT POLITICAL. THIS IS ME STANDING BY THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 18 MONTHS TELLING ME HOW IMPORTANT THESE PROGRAMS ARE TO THEM AND IS THERE. THERE'S NOTHING. IF I ONLY SENT IT TO ONE POLITICAL PARTY, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. I SENT IT TO THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE. I SENT IT TO OUR OTHER SENATE REPRESENTATIVE, AND I SENT IT TO OUR CONGRESSMAN IN THE AREA. WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY MONTH OR EVERY EVERY MONTH OR SOMETHING, WE DON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON, I DON'T KNOW IF THESE PERCENTAGES. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE RIGHT. THEY JUST PASSED SOMETHING. IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE HOUSE. SO WOULD I. HAVE I BROUGHT ANYTHING TO YOU THAT IS INCORRECT IN THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNTS OR IN NUMBERS? THAT'S NOT MY STYLE. I ABSOLUTELY PUT THIS FORWARD AS A BIPARTISAN TO SEND IT TO EVERY FEDERAL DECISION MAKER IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT OUR SENIORS NEED, AND IF THEY'RE CUTTING FUNDING OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVING IT TO ILLEGAL ALIENS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? SO, SO I, I'M JUST SAYING THEY'RE MAKING CUTS, THEY'RE MAKING CUTS. AND IF THEY'RE MAKING CUTS, THEY'RE PROBABLY MAKING THEM FOR A GOOD REASON. EVERYBODY WANTS TO CUT TAXES. EVERYBODY WANTS TO EVERYBODY THAT ORDER PLEASE.
THEY'RE NOT. 100%. GIVE ME A BREAK. ILLEGAL, UNDOCUMENTED. CALL THEM WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. KATHY. OH, MY GOD, THEY'RE NOT POLITICAL. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. SENIORS THAT NEED SERVICES. OKAY. RIGHT. YES. I'M A SENIOR, I GET IT. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT MY BOARD WON'T STAND WITH ME AFTER WE'VE SEEN 18 MONTHS OF DOCUMENTATION. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. AND IT'S CLEAR YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BE CALLED A COMMUNITY CENTER AND NOT A SENIOR CENTER. THAT WAS. OH, NO, THAT WAS THAT'S. THAT WAS THE ONE PERSON UP. NO. YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN. THAT WAS ONE PERSON THAT TOOK THE WORD SENIOR OUT OF IT. JACKIE, WE ADDED THE WORD SENIOR BACK IN TO YOUR VERY POINT. WE ADDED IT BACK INTO THE TITLE FOR THEIR PROGRAM. SO I VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ME. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE JUST SAID. SO I YOU JUST HEARD THE COUNCIL WENT UP HERE ARGUING ABOUT WHY WE PUT SENIOR IN THERE. ONE PERSON WAS, ARE WE GOING TO CAN WE ARGUE ABOUT ONE THING AT A TIME? I'M SORRY. OKAY. CAN I HAVE THE VOTE, PLEASE? WE HAVE THE VOTE AGAIN.
YES. DO YOU WANT TO DO. YEAH. WE'RE VOTING ON HIS RESOLUTION. SO IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING.
WE'RE DESIGNATING AS I UNDERSTAND IT TO STAND. DAN, WE HAVE LEFT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. THE SECOND PARAGRAPH. THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, THE SEVENTH PARAGRAPH. AND THAT IS IT. SO WE'RE RECOGNIZING MAY. YES, AS NATIONAL AMERICAN MONTH AMERICANS. BUT WE ARE NOW ASKING OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS IN ANY WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OR TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT SENIORS IN THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY BY CUTTING THE FUNDING. BUT SO JUST THE FIRST, SECOND AND SEVENTH PARAGRAPH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE PUT OUT THERE. OKAY. SO DID WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT SECOND? YES, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE I, I'LL NEVER NOT VOTE FOR THE SENIORS OKAY. CARRIED. OKAY. YOU HAVE ANOTHER
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LATE RESOLUTION KATHY. NO. THIS ONE. YEAH. DID YOU HAVE THAT. YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? YES. NO PROBLEMO. OKAY. GRASS CUTTING ANNUAL CONTRACT. FIRST ASK IF YOU CAN BRING FORWARD A LATE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS SECTION 75 OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE. FRANK, WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T ENTERTAIN IT UNTIL YOU JUST SAY I MAKE A MOTION. PRESENT THE LATE RESOLUTION READ BY MR. FRANK BIEGALSKI. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. WHEREAS SECTION 75 OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE SECTION 182 TWO OF THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, CODE SECTION 95 OF THE VILLAGE OF GLAISDALE CODE PROHIBIT WEEDS, GRASS AND OTHER RANK. VEGETATION OF HEIGHT MORE THAN 12IN ON AVERAGE, OR ANY OTHER ACCUMULATION OF DEAD WEEDS, GRASS OR BRUSH. WHEREAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN, WE ARE SEEKING BIDS FOR 2025. TOWN GRASS AND WEED CUTTING CONTRACT.WHEREAS THE PUBLIC BID WAS HELD MAY 12TH AT 11 A.M. AND BIDS WERE OPEN AND READ ALOUD, WHEREAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THIS PROJECT IS GREENER DAYS LLC. HAVING SUBMITTED PRICING FOR INITIAL CLEANUP OF A TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT VACANT LOT OF $90.
BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH GREENER DAYS LLC AND ISSUE A NOTICE OF AWARD AND NOTICE TO PROCEED FUNDS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER A3620 .0469 SAFETY INSPECTION. CLEANUP. PROPERTY. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR CARRIED. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR. WHAT ABOUT DO YOU HAVE THE. OH I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I GUESS THE FIRST ONE. I DIDN'T CASH DISBURSEMENTS THE ARPA FUNDS $49,946.21. AND THE REGULAR CASH DISBURSEMENTS 1,019,007 3521. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
YES. THAT'S DONE. SECOND. OKAY. SO THAT'S DONE NOW. COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR. OH AND AFTER.
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COME UP TO THE MIC THOUGH DENNIS. YEAH, MY COMMENT IS TO MR. PODOLSKI. I WOULD ASK YOU THE NEXT TIME YOU COME TO A MEETING AND THERE'S A GRANT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU TO READ IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T DICTATE THE TERMS OF THE GRANT. IF THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO ASK US FOR MATCHING. WE DON'T NEGOTIATE THAT HERE. WE WOULD HAVE LED THE GRANT. YOU WOULD REALIZE THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE. I WOULD I WOULD COMMENT ON THAT.AND HAVING NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS, FOR ALL I CAN SAY IS I PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT THAT I BELIEVE AS I SIT HERE AS A FIDUCIARY. TO TAKE AWAY THE 20%. NO, I SAID APPROPRIATE AMOUNT. AND WELL, THAT GIVES THAT'S CALLED THAT CALLS A DEBATE. NO, THAT CALLS WIGGLE ROOM. AND MY INTERPRETATION AND IF I WERE ADVISING THE WAY THAT I SOMETIMES APPROACH THIS IS THE WAY I WOULD ADVISE THE CLIENT, IF I WERE ADVISING THE TOWN, I WOULD LEAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
AND NO ONE, NOT MR. FARRELL, NOT HIS SISTER, WERE ABLE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT THAT I MADE WOULD INVALIDATE THE GRANT. THAT WAS AN OPINION THEY HAD. MY OPINION IS WHAT I PROPOSED AS AN AMENDMENT WOULD WOULD ALLOW A GRANT TO GO FORWARD. AND IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE UNDER AUTHORITY, YOU'RE NOT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION IS YOU AGREE TO THE 20%. IF YOU DON'T AGREE TO THE 20%, THEY DON'T. BUT THAT WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE TOWN APPROVAL. AND IF YOU CAN SHOW ME SOME AUTHORITY, I'LL TAKE YOUR ADVICE. BUT I AGREE. I AGREE WITH YOU. BUT WHAT? YOU SAY TO BE DETERMINED, IT'S ALREADY DETERMINED, I SAID. I DID NOT SAY DETERMINED. I SAID APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE. I SAID APPROPRIATE. 20% ON THAT GRANT IS ALREADY APPROPRIATE. WELL, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO DISAGREE.
GIVING YOU THE MONEY. IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, THEN DON'T TAKE IT. BUT IT'S THEIR RIGHT. IF THEY'RE GIVING YOU 80% TO ASK FOR 20, THEY'RE GIVING YOU 90 TO ASK FOR TEN. BUT IT'S THEIR MONEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND I ARE TALKING THE SAME THING, AND I WANTED TO PROTECT THE TOWN, AND I STAND BY MY VOTE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I ADVISE THE CLIENT. I WOULD NEVER JUST LIKE
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I WOULD NEVER ADVISE YOU IF I REPRESENTED YOU TO ISSUE A BLANK CHECK WITHOUT HAVING THE ABILITY FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO HAVE SOME AUTHORITY THAT COULD RAISE TAXES FOR PEOPLE AS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. SO I STAND BY MY VOTE. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, IF THAT GRANT COMES BACK FOR 30 MILLION AND YOU HAVE TO PAY 20% OF THAT NOT TO NOT AS THAT RESOLUTION WAS, WAS DRAFTED, IN MY OPINION.IN MY OPINION, IT SAID THE TOWN BOARD WAS COMMITTING TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I MISS MAHONEY.
MAHONEY, I'M I APOLOGIZE, MISS COMERFORD. I THERE'S A LAWYER I KNOW MEGAN MAHONEY I'M DEALING WITH. BUT MISS, I MISSPOKE. MISS, MISS, MISS COMERFORD HAD RAISED AN ISSUE AND I AGREED WITH HER. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY OPINION. SO I RESPECT YOUR OPINION. I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE HAD ALL THIS PROCESS GOING ON FOR, FOR BIDS AND SO ON. AND YOU HEARD FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM A UNION AND YOU WANTED TO STOP THE WHOLE PROCESS. WHEN THEY HAD THE BIDS WENT OUT, THEY HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BID. SOMEBODY CALLS YOU AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE WHOLE SYSTEM. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. NO. THEY WERE THIS PERSON REPRESENTS YOU WANTED A TABLE. I WANTED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE, AND I AND I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AND I AND I INVESTIGATED THAT. IF I GET A CONCERN FROM A CITIZEN OF THE TOWN, IT'S MY DUTY. I TAKE IT SERIOUSLY TO INVESTIGATE THAT. AND THE INDIVIDUAL INDICATED THAT THEY DID SPEAK TO THE ENGINEER AND IT WENT FORWARD. DON'T YOU THINK THEY SHOULD DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE? I THINK MAYBE YOU SHOULD RUN FOR COUNCIL. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THEY HAD ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE BIDS WHEN THEY WENT OUT.
THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. SO FOR US TO HOLD UP A PROJECT HERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M NOT SAYING WHETHER THEY'RE RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, IT'S THEY GOT TO DO. THESE CONTRACTORS GOT TO START DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND NOT LETTING ON THIS BOARD TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? OH YEAH. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO THE MIC. YEAH. YEAH. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. I'M JOAN COLLINS, I'M A PEDIATRICIAN IN TOWN. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN ISSUE. MY DAD MOVED OUR FAMILY HERE IN 1960.
MY MOM, IT WAS THEN SEVEN KIDS, AND IT ENDED UP BEING NINE KIDS THAT GREW UP HERE IN HAMBURG.
DAD CAME HERE TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AT UB. OVER THE NEXT MANY YEARS, HE TRANSITIONED FROM BEING AN INTERNIST AND AN ARTHRITIS SPECIALIST TO DOING RESEARCH IN AMYLOID AND ALZHEIMER'S. HE THEN REALIZED THAT ONE OF THE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE WORLD OF MEDICINE WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPECIALISTS IN THE MEDICAL WORLD IN GERIATRICS, SO HE ACTUALLY STARTED A GERIATRICS PROGRAM IN GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO, WHICH WAS A RESPONSE TO A CALL THAT WENT OUT FROM THE VA LOOKING FOR TRAINING FOR GERIATRICIANS. SO HE TRAINED MANY FELLOWS. WHEN YOU'RE A GERONTOLOGIST, I'M A PEDIATRICIAN, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT A GERONTOLOGIST EXCEPT FOR WATCHING MY DAD IN ACTION.
HE WORKED IN MY OFFICE AT SOME POINT WHEN I WAS VISITING THE KIDS. HE WAS BUSY SEEING SOME OF THE OLD FOLKS THERE IN MY OFFICE. BEING A GERONTOLOGIST IS DIFFERENT THAN BEING THOSE KINDS OF DOCTORS. IT REQUIRES YOU TO FOCUS ON THE MOST HUMAN PART OF MEDICINE, NOT SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR CLIENT'S STORIES, THEIR STRUGGLES, THEIR CAREERS, THEIR HOBBIES, THEIR FAMILIES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOALS IS TO KEEP THEM OUT. OUT. TO KEEP THEM INDEPENDENT IN THEIR OWN HOME, THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT EVENTS THAT WILL END THEM UP IN HOSPITALS OR LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. WHEN THEY ARE INPATIENT, YOU NEED TO GET THEM HOME AS SOON AS YOU CAN. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? THE GERIATRICIAN DOES NOT HAVE AN AUTHORITATIVE ROLE, AS MANY DOCTORS DO, BUT THEY'RE COLLABORATORS. THEY'RE MEMBERS OF A TEAM. THEY'RE PERHAPS CASE COORDINATORS. THAT TEAM IS THE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO SUFFER WITH THE WITH THE COMING CUTS THAT ARE BEING ADVISED IN WASHINGTON FOR TO CARE FOR AN OLDER PERSON, YOUR TEAM NEEDS TO HAVE BE HOME BASED, NEIGHBORHOOD BASED, COMMUNITY BASED. YOU NEED TO HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, OMBUDSMEN TO HELP WITH INSURANCE ISSUES, HEALTH ISSUES, HEALTH CARE ISSUES, RETIREMENT. YOU NEED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. YES, YOU NEED NURSING HOMES, HOME CARE AGENCIES, RETRAINING PROGRAMS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, JUST THE PROGRAMS. THESE BUDGET CHANGES ARE THREATENING TO DO AWAY WITH. THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND THEIR AND
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THEIR FAMILIES OF SUPPORT NEED. THE THREATENED BUDGET CUTS I MY CALCULATIONS I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AS BEST I COULD. THE THREATENED BUDGET CUT MORE THAN 1,500,000, OR WOULD WORTH OF SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY LOCALLY, AND WOULD DESTROY WHAT MY FATHER AND ALL OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SO MANY TEAM MEMBERS HAVE FOCUSED ON. IN THE LAST STARTING BACK IN THE 1960S, ALL THE WORK, FOR INSTANCE, OF A GROUP CALLED THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE, THE INSTITUTES OF AGING, WHICH STARTED HERE IN BUFFALO AND WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN AN AWARD BY BY REAGAN. ALL OF THOSE WILL BE DESTROYED. 21% OF OUR POPULATION IS IN THIS AGE GROUP. THEY HAVE CARED FOR US. WE NEED TO CARE FOR THEM. I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION IN WHOLE AND STAND STRONGLY AGAINST THESE BUDGET CUTS. MY PARENTS LIVED, SUPPORTED AND CARED FOR IN THIS COMMUNITY UNTIL THEY WERE 98 AND 100. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE CASE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SORT OF COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS SENIOR CITIZENS TO FEEL VALUED, TREASURED, IMPORTANT, AND TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU. THANK. AND ANYBODY ELSE. THAT'S FINE. FIRST, I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, SO I WILL SPEAK FAST, BUT I WILL JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT INSTEAD OF ARGUING IN FRONT OF ALL OF US, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET TOGETHER BEFORE THE MEETING AND LIKE HAVE A PLANNING MEETING.PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACKIE ANGELA. I LIVE ON ARROWOOD DRIVE IN THE TOWN. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO RECOGNIZE MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. AS NOTED, 21.2% OF THE POPULATION OF HAMBURG IS OVER THE AGE OF 65. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL FOR 2026 FEDERAL BUDGET PROPOSES A COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF A PROGRAM CALLED STOPPING ELDERLY ACCIDENTS, DEATHS AND INJURY INITIATIVE. IT IS A PROGRAM CREATED BY THE CDC'S INJURY CENTER THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO TREAT OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF FALLING OR WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST.
FALLS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF INJURY AND INJURY DEATH IN THIS AGE GROUP, AND APPROXIMATELY 36 MILLION FALLS ARE REPORTED EACH YEAR, RESULTING IN MORE THAN 30,000 DEATHS. EVERY 20 MINUTES.
AN OLDER AMERICAN DIES FROM A FALL IN THE UNITED STATES. MEANING WHILE THIS LOVELY MEETING HAS BEEN GOING ON, SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED. YOU MAY ASK WHY I COME TO A TOWN BOARD TO TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU REALLY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT, BECAUSE I HAVE ATTENDED MULTIPLE TOWN TELE TOWN HALLS HELD BY CONGRESSMAN LANGWORTHY, AND THESE ARE THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS. THEY TAKE NINE CALLS AND I'VE NEVER BEEN I'VE GIVEN MY NAME. I'VE GIVEN VERY REASONABLE QUESTIONS, NEVER BEEN CALLED ON. CORRESPONDENCES FROM HIM ARE ANSWERED WITH FORM LETTERS. AND THEN HE IS VERY CONDESCENDING. HE CLAIMS WE ARE FEAR MONGERING AND THAT IT'S ALL THEATRICS WHEN IT REALLY IS IN THE BILL. I READ THE BILL THIS AFTERNOON IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. THIS BILL WILL BE PASSED BY MEMORIAL DAY. IF NOBODY DOES ANYTHING. AS A TOWN, WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR OLDER RESIDENTS AND DEMAND THAT PROGRAMS THAT PREVENT DEATH AND DISABILITY AND MAINTAIN A VIBRANT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WILL NOT BE ELIMINATED. AND THAT IS WHY WE NEEDED THE RESOLUTION TO BE PASSED IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM. AND I STILL SAY NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL IN THIS WORLD. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YES. RIGHT. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN KING. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE BOARD THAT YOU HID FROM TAKING A STANCE ON ACTUALLY SUPPORTING SENIORS WITH FUNDING AND NOT JUST SAYING. DO YOU WANT ME TO START OVER? MY NAME IS KATHLEEN KING. OKAY. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE BOARD FOR NOT TAKING A STANCE ON ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING AND THE IMPORTANT PART OF SUPPORTING SENIORS, AND NOT JUST THE FLUFF IN PARTICULAR. SUPERVISOR, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF HAMBURG DEPENDS ON OUR SENIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES BEING SUPPORTED. AS A PHYSICIAN, ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH IS SUICIDE, AND A MAIN FACTOR IN SUICIDE IS SOCIAL ISOLATION. THE SENSE THAT NO ONE CARES OR THAT I'M USELESS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. LAST YEAR, TWO OF MY FAVORITE OLD GUYS TOOK
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THEIR LIFE, ONE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, WHO HE WAS CARING FOR BECAUSE HE HAD DEMENTIA. SORRY, LITTLE EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A BURDEN AND ONE DIDN'T WANT TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED. IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ISOLATED, AND THAT THEIR TIME WHEN THEY'RE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF THEIR LIFE CAN BE ENHANCED. A PERSON KNOWING THAT HE MADE SOMEBODY LAUGH AT A PROGRAM, AT HIS, YOU KNOW, THE SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM OR A PERSON, YOU KNOW, PLAYING CARDS WITH FRIENDS AT A LUNCH AT AT THEIR DAYCARE PROGRAM. THAT'S SUICIDE PREVENTION. IT SEEMS LIKE I'M TALKING IN EXTREMES, BUT I'M NOT. IT'S IT IS THE REALITY. THESE MEN WEREN'T REALLY DEPRESSED. THEY WERE GRIEVING. AND IT WAS A LOGICAL CHOICE. I WANT YOU TO PREVENT MORE LOGICAL CHOICES, AND I WANT YOU TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS NOT JUST WITH FLUFF, BUT WITH ACTUAL ACTION. IT'S INEXPENSIVE AND IT'S HUMANE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? HI, MY NAME IS BRENDA MCCABE, AND I LIVE IN IRIS APARTMENTS, AND I AM COMING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO EXPRESS WHAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE FEELING IN BOTH ELM AND IRIS. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, THOSE ARE SUBSIDIZED, FUNDED HOUSING. MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THERE, THE MAJORITY ARE DEPENDENT ON MEDICAID, SNAP, HEAP, MEDICARE, AND ALSO MONEY FROM HUD. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE REALLY THEY'RE AFRAID. THEY ARE AFRAID TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. YOU KNOW, PRICES ARE GOING UP ON EVERYTHING. THE RENT'S GONE UP, THE UTILITIES HAVE GONE UP, AND THE RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME. SO A LOT OF THEM HAVE SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IF ALL OF THIS FUNDING GETS CUT OFF IN THIS BUDGET? ARE WE GOING TO BECOME HOMELESS? AND WHAT WILL THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DO FOR US IF WE BECOME HOMELESS? SO THAT'S MY QUESTION TO YOU. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING, A FAIL SAFE IF THIS DOES HAPPEN BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER REACH MR. LANGWORTHY TO TELL HIM OUR OUR CONCERNS, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG CONCERN CONSIDERING THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING US ON THESE ISSUES. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN IF THIS REALLY DOES HAPPEN? BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY LIVING IN THAT AREA WITH EMPTY REFRIGERATORS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THEM, I LUCKILY DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT MANY OF THEM DO SO. AND I DO WANT YOU TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND TAKING OUT LIKE THE REALLY THE MEAT OF IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO.TALK TO THEM SO THEY CAN HEAR US. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CALL IT POLITICAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR HEART IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO STAND BEHIND.
SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO SENIORS AND MEAN SO MUCH TO SENIORS ON A BUDGET.
AND I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU. WE'VE YOU MEAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? JUST BRIEFLY. I KNOW I'VE MISSED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE TAN. DAN BERARDUCCI, HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? ARE WE HAVING FUN? I WANT THE POPCORN CONCESSION HERE. I ONLY HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION. THE SOUTHERN OVERLAY DISTRICT. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF REMOVING IT WERE. I KNOW I MISSED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. MAYBE YOU COULD QUICKLY UPDATE ME ON THAT. JOSH? ONE QUESTION. SOUTHERN OVERLAY DISTRICT. WHAT'S THE
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RAMIFICATIONS OF REMOVING IT? I SEE, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION. I DIDN'T MEAN TO REFER PUBLIC HEARING, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T HERE REMOVING THE SOUTHERN. JOSH, CAN YOU JUST COME UP AND DO IT ON THE MIC? BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO'S STREAMING CAN'T HEAR IT. JOSH THAT'S PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 16TH, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, MR. BERARDUCCI UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IT DIDN'T PASS. THOSE THINGS DIDN'T PASS. WHAT WE PASSED TONIGHT WAS A RESOLUTION TO BRING IT TO PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 16TH. CAN YOU STILL GIVE ME A LITTLE. YES. ABSOLUTELY. SURE. YES. SO OUT OF CODE REVIEW, WHICH IS WHERE WE MEET A MEETING ABOUT LOCAL LAWS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. WE NOTICED THAT THE SOUTHERN HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT IS IN THE TOWN CODE, BUT IT WAS REPEALED BECAUSE WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE SOUTHEASTERN HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO REMOVING THE SOUTHERN ONE IS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY REPEALED IT, BUT WE'VE NEVER REMOVED IT FROM TOWN CODE. SO IT'S A MINOR REVISION.UNDERSTOOD. IS THIS GOING TO BE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR ARE WE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED OUT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE THAT'S IT THEN. THANKS, DAN. THAT'S IT. ALWAYS GOOD QUESTIONS OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE. NOPE. OKAY THEN. REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO HAS ANY REPORT. THAT'S THE
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LAST ONE DOWN THERE. NONE. ZERO. HI. CHIEF MEETING. SO FIRST OF ALL, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THE HAMBURG LEG OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TORCH RUN ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH AT 12 P.M. AT THE TOWN HALL. ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH, 2025. OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 5834 WEST LANE, WHERE THEY OBSERVED A LARGE DEBRIS FIELD AND A HOME THAT COMPLETELY EXPLODED.OFFICER GARRETT HILEMAN WAS THE FIRST OFFICER ON THE SCENE, AND AFTER ASSESSING THE SCENE AND NOTIFYING DISPATCH, HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE HOMEOWNER, JOHN PEASE, AND WITH ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, MR. PEASE WAS EXTRICATED AND TRANSPORTED TO E-C-M-C. SADLY, THE OTHER PERSON IN THE HOME, JOHN PEASE, DID NOT SURVIVE. OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHY GO OUT TO THE PEASE FAMILY. I WANT TO PUBLICLY COMMEND AND RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF NOT ONLY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT EVERY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR DISPATCH CENTER, BUFFALO FIRE AND EVERY COUNTY AND STATE AGENCY THAT ASSISTED THAT NIGHT AND INTO THE NEXT MORNING. THIS EXPLOSION NOT ONLY AFFECTED FIVE EIGHT, THREE FOUR WEST LANE, BUT SEVERAL HOUSES AND FAMILIES ON WEST LANE AND DIANA LANE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES OF ALL THESE FIRST RESPONDERS, BECAUSE WHEN THEY RESPOND TO THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, THEIR LOVED ONES ARE HOME WORRYING ABOUT THEM AND WAITING FOR THEM TO RETURN SAFELY. I AM AWARE THAT NATIONAL FUEL RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. TO BE CLEAR, NATIONAL FUEL EXAMINES THE GAS DELIVERY SERVICE IN THE AREA THAT LEADS UP TO THE HOUSE, AND THEY FOUND THAT TO BE IN ORDER. OUR FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION AND NATURAL GAS HAS NOT BEEN RULED OUT AS A CAUSE. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND MAY TAKE UP TO MONTHS TO COMPLETE. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS INTENTIONAL OR CRIMINAL. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PHONE CALLS, TEXTS AND MESSAGES SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS AND THANKING THE DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HUGHES AT HUGHES? GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TOWN BOARD FOR PASSING THE RESOLUTION TO WORK ON THE GRANT. I'M GOING TO BE HERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO TRY TO FIND FUNDING FOR OUR ROADS, FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. THAT'S MY GOAL, IS TO MAKE HAMBURG ROADS THE BEST ROADS IN ERIE COUNTY. AND THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF MY GOALS. THANK YOU. START OFF BRUSH PICKUP FOR IN ZONE THREE THIS MONTH OR THIS WEEK. LARGE TRASH PICKUP. PLEASE HAVE IT OUT OUT OUT TO THE ROAD. ANY ISSUES PLEASE CALL MY OFFICE AND MY STAFF WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT TO TRY TO GET IT RESOLVED. REMEMBER, FREE MULCH IS ON ITS WAY. AND ALSO, I
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HAD A COUPLE LOAVES OF COMPOST THAT WAS DONATED BY EDEN I'M SORRY BY WEST SENECA. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY FREE COMPOST ALSO. SO I WILL START ADVERTISING THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE GOLF COURSE TO TRY TO IMPROVE IT. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR OUR GOLF COURSE THE BEST IN ERIE COUNTY. WE'RE WORKING ON OSBORNE PLAYGROUND SO WE CAN HAVE THE GRAND OPENING COMING UP. ALSO, THE FARMER'S PART PIRATE RECYCLABLE WAS MOVED OUT FROM THE SENIOR CENTER OUT TO MY FACILITY ON LAKEVIEW ROAD. WE'RE MAKING A BIN FOR IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE WELL MARKED SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO USE IT. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.THANK YOU. DOES DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT ZONE THEY'RE IN? YES. YEAH WE ARE YEAH IT'S THE ZONES GO BY THE WEEKS. SO WE PRETTY MUCH GOT ALL THROUGH ALL THE ADVERTISING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO ZONE ONE WILL BE WEEK ONE OBVIOUSLY ZONE TWO AND THEN ZONE. SO WE'RE IN THE THIRD WEEK NOW. SO THE HOUSEHOLD OWNERS THEY THEY KNOW THEY'RE IN ZONE. YEP. WE. YEP. THERE'S A MAP.
THAT'D BE IF YOU MOVE INTO THE TOWN OR YOU MOVE IT A LOT. SO YES IT'S JUST ASKING ANY ANY ANY ISSUES. YOU CAN CALL MY OFFICE. MY STAFF WILL HELP YOU OUT. YEP. IT'S ALL OVER. THANK YOU. WHY'D YOU PUT ME IN FOUR AND A HALF? OKAY, JILL, I JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE, THE COUPLE WERE PARTICIPANTS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY UPSET AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME SOME STRUGGLES WHEN THEY CAME BACK IN. SO THE DISTRICT WAS WONDERFUL ENOUGH TO SEND PEOPLE OVER RIGHT AWAY DURING THE DAY TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR, TO ASSIST THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE TO SEE THAT EVERY DAY, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN EASILY FORGET OR PUSH ASIDE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR IS JUST LOOKING TO MAKE SOME SORT OF CONNECTION IN REGARD TO THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE CENTER. AND WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP WITH THAT. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO KEEP TABS ON THE FAMILY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LET ANYONE KNOW OF ANY FURTHER HELP THAT THEY NEED OR THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM. AND THEN ONE LAST THING. JUST THE BEACH WILL BE OPENING UP THIS SATURDAY. I WILL PREFACE THAT WITH THE BEACH WILL BE OPEN, THE WATER WILL NOT DUE TO IT STILL BEING BELOW THE FREEZING POINT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN TO FRONTIER AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR EVERYONE PULLING TOGETHER AND REALLY HELPING THIS FAMILY AND THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY, ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING ON GARBAGE THERE? MR. BOB? BOB. HI BOB MAHONEY. ANYWAYS, OTHER GARBAGE. WE GOT TWO BIDS IN. WE HAVE THE NO AGREEMENT AS YET. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK AND THINGS TO DO AND PROCESSING WHAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THE PAYMENTS OF IT FOR THE TOWN OR HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK. OUR GOAL DATE IS JANUARY 1ST OF 2026. MY SUGGESTION IS, WHOEVER YOU HAVE NOW, THAT SHOULD BE WHO YOU KEEP FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE STILL HAVE TO SIT DOWN. AS COUNSEL HAS INDICATED, LAST MEETING TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RECYCLING, THE BULK AND THE DAY TO DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. SO JUST WE'RE AT THE LAST STEP, BUT STILL ANOTHER PROCESS THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM
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AMERICAN LEGION 527 AND VFW POST 1419 FOR COMING IN TODAY. ALSO, ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE REMEMBER MEMORIAL DAY. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OBSERVANCES THAT ARE GOING AROUND TOWN, SO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE PART IN ONE OF THOSE. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. OKAY? AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY TATTERED FLAGS, THE CLERK'S OFFICE COLLECTS THOSE SO THEY'RE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY AND REPORT[Additional Item 4]
TO THE BOARD, MR. BUKOWSKI. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. AS EVERYONE. WE DID ACKNOWLEDGE MEMORIAL DAY HERE, AND I WOULD REMEMBER ALL OF OUR LOST SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT PEOPLE AND SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE MADE TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY FREE.SO WE'LL ALL BE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. AND THE BOARD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE VETERANS HERE TODAY AS WE HAD THEM LAST YEAR. IT WAS MOVED MY HEART WHEN THEY
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WERE RINGING THE BELL OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE CHIEF. HE I DID WHEN I READ ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND TALKED TO RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN LAKEVIEW, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IS AND I AND I CALLED THE CHIEF, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, NOT CONGRATULATE, BUT COMMEND, I GUESS IS THE WORD IS OFFICER GARRETT HILLMAN AND ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS AS THE CHIEF SAID, MY FAMILY AND I WERE OUT TO DINNER WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENED. AND MY SON HAS FRIENDS THAT LIVE ON THE STREET. AND HE SAID HIS FRIEND HAD TEXTED HIM AND SAID, 11 YEAR OLD BOY, THERE WAS JUST AN EARTHQUAKE, AS YOU KNOW. AND THAT'S HOW PROFOUND THAT THAT WAS, IS THAT HIS FRIEND THOUGHT THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. BUT I'M SO PROUD OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THE FIREMEN THAT THAT RESCUED. THERE WAS NO HESITATION FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND THERE WERE SOME INJURIES. SO I'M PROUD OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW THEY THEY HANDLED THAT. AND WHEN YOU YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE ARGUE HERE AND I WOULDN'T SAY ARGUE WE DISAGREE OR WHATEVER WE DO ON THE BOARD. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR IT'S FOR A GREATER PURPOSE.WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I NECESSARILY TAKE THEM PERSONAL. WE'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT WAYS TRYING TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST FOR THE TOWN. AND SOME PEOPLE MAY DISAGREE. AND I WELCOME THOSE DISAGREEMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT ALLOWS US TO DO. BUT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BACKYARD, IT KIND OF PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, LIKE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE CITIZENS THAT CAME.
I DO WISH. YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN LANGWORTHY WOULD BE BE MORE RESPONSIVE. THOSE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANY OBVIOUSLY SAY BUT YOU HAVE INFLUENCE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOBBY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL FOR APPROPRIATE FUNDING. SO PARDON ME. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ACT ON IT. WELL, I'M GOING TO BE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, BUT I'LL BE I'LL BE CONVEYING YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS WHEN I, WHEN I TALK TO THEM, I WILL. SO. THANK YOU. HEY, DAN. YEAH. EVERY TOWN, MUNICIPALITY, CITY, STATE, COUNTY, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE CUTS TO SAVE TAX DOLLARS AND SAVE CUTTINGS. SO I MEAN OUT OF I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE BUDGET IS CUTTING A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, A MILLION AND A HALF. I YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW THAT'S GOING TO DAMAGE OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S UP TO THE POWERS THAT BE. THEY GET THE MONEY TO DECIDE WHERE THEY SPEND IT AND HOW THEY SPEND IT. AND. YES, THAT'S AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO I, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE MEMORIAL DAY AND AS A NEW LIAISON FOR EQUITY INCLUSION. GAY PRIDE MONTH STARTS JUNE 1ST. LOSING THEIR JOB. SO. OKAY, MEGAN. OKAY, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK FRONTIER. I KNOW JILL AND I SPOKE EARLY AFTER THE TRAGEDY IN LAKEVIEW, AND FRONTIER WAS EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE. AND THEIR FIRST RESPONSE TO HER WHEN SHE CALLED WAS, HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT DO YOU NEED? SO A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO CHRIS AND CHRIS THUMANN, WHO PICKED UP THE PHONE AND ANSWERED WITH, HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT DO YOU NEED? THEY REALIZE THAT THOSE IMPACTED AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER, ARE THE GRANDPARENTS OF CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOLS. THOSE ARE NEIGHBORS OF CHILDREN. THAT FRONTIER EDUCATES, AND I AM PROUD TO BE A FRONTIER EMPLOYEE WHEN THEY REACT IN THAT MANNER. SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN THINGS, AND I KNOW THERE ARE PICNICS AND WONDERFUL THINGS AND FUN PARADES, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT THE DAY IS ABOUT. IT'S MORE THAN HOT DOGS. IT'S MORE THAN SPARKLERS AND S'MORES. IT'S SOMEBODY WHO MADE AN INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE THAT YOU COULD HAVE THAT MOMENT WITH YOUR FAMILY. AND SO I KNOW MY CHILDREN, BEYOND PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE, WILL BE DRESSED IN THEIR BOY SCOUT BEST AND IN THEIR FINEST OUTFITS, AND THEY WILL BE AT HILLCREST CEMETERY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TAUGHT OUR KIDS TO DO. YOU TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CLEAN A GRAVE. YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON MONDAY, YOU GO CLEAN. ON SUNDAY, YOU TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND YOU TAKE CARE OF SOMEBODY ELSE WHO CAN'T DO IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. SO I
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ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FIND A WAY TO REMEMBER THAT. TAKE CARE OF YVETTE AND HELP THE VETS FAMILY DURING THIS WEEKEND, BECAUSE WHILE IT IS HOT DOGS AND PICNICS, IT'S ALSO A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN FINALLY. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT STAND BY OUR SENIORS AFTER LISTENING TO 18 MONTHS OF SENIOR CITIZENS COMING IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY, FAMILIES COMING IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TELLING ME WHAT AN IMPACT THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER AND THE PROGRAMING HAS ON THEIR FAMILY, EXPLAINING TO ME NOT JUST THE VALUE OF THE BILLIARDS TABLE, BUT THE CONVERSATION. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE JOY OF THE 50S DINER UNTIL I WAS THERE ONE AFTERNOON AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, AND I SAW IT FIRSTHAND, AND I SAW THE IMPACT OF THE DIFFERENCE THAT THE CARD CLUB MAKES AND OF THE FITNESS CENTER. AND IT WAS FOR 18 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE HERE TELLING US HOW MUCH THEY RELY ON THIS CENTER. SO I DO NOT TYPICALLY GET POLITICAL. I DO NOT TYPICALLY TRY TO BRING FEDERAL ISSUES TO LIGHT IN TOWN HALL, BUT WHEN IT IS GOING TO IMPACT US BY $1.5 MILLION, AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED AS A COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FILL THOSE GAPS. IF THEY'RE CLOSED, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MEET THAT NEED FOR OUR SENIORS, BECAUSE I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND LET OUR SENIORS SUFFER. I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND LEAVE OUR SENIORS AND SAY, WELL, IT WAS CUT. NO, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT. WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. YOU HAVE MADE IT LOUD AND CLEAR FOR 18 MONTHS. THERE IS NO WAY COUNCIL MEMBER LORENZ AND I HAVE SPENT UNHEALTHY AMOUNTS OF TIME TALKING, ARGUING, DISAGREEING, BRAINSTORMING HOW TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY, TO THEN IN THE SAME BREATH, SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO STAND BY MY SENIORS. THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT. ARE YOU DONE? I'M DONE.OKAY. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST REPEAT WHAT ALL OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID. SO MANY, SO MANY THINGS THAT JUST HIGHLIGHT THE ONGOING, EVERYDAY NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ONGOING, EVERYDAY WAYS IN WHICH WE PULL TOGETHER AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S WHAT WE SAW TODAY WITH OUR VETERANS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AND OUR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO I ECHO THEIR SENTIMENTS ABOUT VETERANS DAY. I'M SORRY ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY AND THE VETERANS THAT WERE HERE FOR THE PROGRAM AND ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR FALLEN BRETHREN, WHETHER IT BE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE FOR PRIDE MONTH THAT'S COMING UP IN JUNE, WHETHER IT BE FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK OF SO MANY OF OUR COMMITTEES, SUCH AS, I HAD ANOTHER GENTLE REMINDER TO MAKE SURE THAT I ONE LAST TIME TOLD THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR TINY TOWN WIDE CLEANUP THAT IS STILL GOING ON, AND YOU CAN CONTACT THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE.
WHETHER IT'S THE STATEMENT THAT THE TOWN BOARD MADE AT THE BEGINNING. AND THEN OUR CHIEF TALKED FURTHER ABOUT THAT SITUATION THAT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY, AND IT WAS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR DISPATCH, OUR POLICE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS. AND IT'S AND IT WASN'T IT'S NOT JUST I MEAN, THAT BROUGHT IT. SO TO LIGHT WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION ON MAY 12TH. BUT SITUATIONS LIKE THAT OF DIFFERENT MAGNITUDE, DIFFERENT IMPACT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT ON MAY 12TH, BUT SIGNIFICANT THINGS HAPPEN TO INDIVIDUALS EVERY DAY. AND IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND THE COMPASSION AND THE STEADFAST FASTNESS OF OUR OF OUR POLICE, OUR DISPATCH, OUR FIRE COMPANIES AND OTHERS, PEOPLE ON COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHO EVEN THOUGH AS AS ONE ALREADY ALLUDED TO, WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE GO ABOUT THIS, THAT WE ALL SHARE THE SAME COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, YES, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE MAY WANT TO GO ABOUT BRINGING LIGHT TO A TOPIC, BUT I DO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS ENTIRE BOARD IS DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY, AS I KNOW EACH ONE OF YOU ARE DEDICATED TO EACH OTHER. AND WHILE WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE GET THERE, WE HAVE MANY COMMONALITIES ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE PULL TOGETHER, AND HOW WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AS THEY THEY ARISE. I THINK AGAIN ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, AND WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS FOR PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE COMING UP ON JUNE 14TH AT NOON AT OSBORN AND AT 2:00 FOR
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AT THE SKATE PARK. THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING OUR, OUR THAT PROGRAM IS, IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY. AND THE WORD SENIOR IS IMPORTANT. AND I FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD SENIOR WAS PUT BACK ON THAT BUILDING BECAUSE IT DID MEAN SOMETHING. SO AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT GETTING THAT SUPPORT OR MAYBE HOW WE WANT TO ENLIST THAT SUPPORT. BUT ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD DO ADVOCATE ON A DAILY, DAILY BASIS IN THEIR WAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND SO, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN SAID BY THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN, THE WAYS IN WHICH WE EXPRESS OUR VIEWPOINTS ULTIMATELY COME TOGETHER THE WAY AND REST ASSURED AND KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING EVERY DAY FOR EACH OTHER. AND I SOMETIMES THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY. YOU KNOW, WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE WORK FOR EACH OTHER AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. AND WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT POSITIVITY THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE. AND SO WE THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE AND FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS. KNOW THAT WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE, MAYBE NOT ALWAYS IN THE SAME WAY, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE AND THAT WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, I'D LIKE TO THANK TELL THE CHIEF WHAT A[Additional Item 5]
GREAT JOB YOUR PEOPLE DID, ESPECIALLY CAPTAIN BAKER, WHO I KNOW WAS THROWN INTO THAT SITUATION. BUT HE HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND TOOK THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND DEALT WITH THE PRESS. ALSO, GREG HEILMAN, WHO HELPED TO GET MISTER PEASE OUT OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT ANY PROTECTIVE GEAR ON AT ALL. SO THE NEXT DAY WAS OUT THERE WITH CAPTAIN BAKER, AND HE WAS EXPLAINING THE WHOLE SITUATION, AND IT JUST WAS PHENOMENAL WHAT HE DID AND ALL THE FIRE COMPANIES THAT CAME TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER. IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THE COOPERATION. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE YOUR DEPARTMENT CAN BE. COMMENDED. AND ALSO THE, THE FIREMEN TOO. SO IF YOU RELAY THAT TO ME, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. SO WE CAN ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ANY EMOTION. WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR DISCUSSION ON A VARIETY OF LITIGATION PERSONNEL. AND. AND WHAT? AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUES. RIGHT. OKAY. MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.