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OKAY. EVERYBODY READY? CAN I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? START WITH THE ROLL CALL FROM THE
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CLERK, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR RACZYNSKI, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. NELSON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. PERRY. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. POSEY. I'M HERE. PRESENT. OKAY.AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG. 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. OKAY, SO WE'RE SKIPPING THE MINUTES. FOR ME TO READ THE
[4.4. Police-New Hire Driscoll]
PROCLAMATION. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE POLICE OFFICERS FIRST. OKAY. TRACY'S NOT HERE ANYWAY.ALL RIGHT. SO START WITH 4-4, FOUR, FOUR. MR. SUPERVISOR. OKAY. ITEM 4.4. POLICE. NEW HIRE. DRISCOLL. WHEREAS THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN OPENING FOR A POLICE OFFICER.
AND A CANDIDATE IS AVAILABLE ON THE POLICE OFFICER RESIDENCY EXAM LIST. NUMBER 89434010. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF CHIEF OF POLICE TO APPOINT CURTIS DRISCOLL TO THE FULL TIME POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER, PROBATIONARY EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JULY 13TH, 2025. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND POLYGRAPH TESTS. BE IT RESOLVED, THE SALARY IS 29.96 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B3120 .10. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 4.5
[4.5. Police-New Hire Lakeman]
POLICE NEW HIRE LAKEMAN. WHEREAS THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN OPENING FOR A POLICE OFFICER AND A CANDIDATE IS AVAILABLE IN THE POLICE OFFICER RESIDENCY EXAM LIST, NUMBER 89434010. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO APPOINT VICTORIA LAKEMAN TO THE FULL TIME POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER, PROBATIONARY, EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JULY 13TH, 2025. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND POLYGRAPH TESTING. BE IT RESOLVED, THE SALARY IS 2996 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B312 0.100. MOTION APPROVED. UNANIMOUS. SECOND. SURE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR? YES. HI. HI. YAY! 4.6 POLICE NEW HIRE. FUSCO. WHEREAS THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IS[4.6. Police-New Hire Fusco]
OPENING FOR A POLICE OFFICER AND CANDIDATE IS AVAILABLE IN THE POLICE OFFICER RESIDENT EXAM LIST, 89434010. AND NOW FOR THEIR BEER. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO APPOINT MADELINE FUSCO TO THE FULL TIME POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER, PROBATIONARY, EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JULY 13TH, 2025. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE APPOINTMENT OF PRECONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL POLYGRAPH TESTING. BE IT RESOLVED, THE SALARY IS 29.96 AN HOUR. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B312 0.100. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY.[4.7. Police-New Hire Waldman]
4.7 POLICE. NEW HIRE. WALDMAN. WHEREAS THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AN OPENING FOR POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATE AS AVAILABLE IN THE POLICE OFFICER RESIDENCY EXAM LIST 89434010.AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES RECOMMENDATION TO CHIEF OF POLICE TO APPOINT MATTHEW WALDMAN TO THE FULL TIME POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER, PROBATIONARY, EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JULY 13TH, 2025. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THE APPOINTMENT SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL POLYGRAPH TESTING. BE IT RESOLVED, THE SALARY IS 29.96 PER HOUR AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT. BE 3120.10. MOTION APPROVED. UNANIMOUS. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND LET'S THROW. UNANIMOUS SECOND FOR MR. DISTRICT TO THE FIRST. THE FIRST ONE. YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY, CHIEF. IF WE COULD JUST HAVE THE FOUR CANDIDATES COME ON UP.
MATTHEW, CURTIS, VICTORIA AND MADELINE, PLEASE. AND FAMILY AND CAMERAS. FAMILY AND CAMERAS AND CAMERAS. COME ON UP. TAKE YOUR PICTURES. IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES. FAMILY, PLEASE COME FORWARD. WELCOME. YOU CAN JUST STAND BACK HERE. YEAH. WE COULD. CONGRATULATE.
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CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.THANK YOU FOR ASKING. HOPEFULLY. JUST A COUPLE WORDS. I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR MAKING THESE PROMOTIONS TODAY, BECAUSE HIRING THEM NOW IS GOING TO HELP OUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY. WHEN WE HAVE OUR RETIREMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES. IT WAS A TOUGH TASK. TO GET THIS FAR. THE HARD WORK IS NOT OVER YET. ON JULY 28TH, WE'LL BE GOING TO THE POLICE ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE SOME MORE HARD WORK, TRAINING AND EFFORT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM COMING INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR PROGRAM. AND EVENTUALLY IN A YEAR, BEING FULLY OPERATIONAL POLICE OFFICERS. SO I'D LIKE CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
SO HAPPY TO. TAKE THIS. CONGRATULATIONS. THEY TEACH A HUMAN DIMENSION AND ATTITUDE. THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. THANK YOU MISS. AND THAT'S ALL. THEY TAUGHT ME TO.
TAKE CARE. 30 MINUTES EARLY. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S SOMETHING I COULDN'T GET OUT OF TODAY. I DON'T WANT TO SIT AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW. NO. JILL'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR.
RIGHT? JILL'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION. IS THAT ON THE AGENDA? NO, NO. AN AWARD? NO AWARD. AWARD FOR. HER HELPER& FROM THE HAMBURG RECREATION FOUNDATION. YEAH. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL HER UP. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR HER COME UP? YEAH. SO EVERYBODY GOES OUT. JILL, COME
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UP. JUST LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OUT. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. JUST LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD. THEY GAVE US FIVE MINUTES. I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS. AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF TRANSITION IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS. AND LUCKILY, IT'S GOING VERY WELL. AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY RECEIVING A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM NOT ONLY TOWN INDIVIDUALS, BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE REALLY COULDN'T DO MANY OF THE THINGS WE DO WITHOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND NOT ONLY THEM COMING TO US AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEN TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES TO ASSIST US WITH, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THEN CONTINUING TO HELP AND MAINTAIN. AND THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR TODAY THAT REALLY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO BEAUTIFY A SPACE AND REALLY BRING A COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER ARE AARON VOGEL AND DOREEN MEAD FROM THE OSBORNE? OSBORNE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE YOU CALL YOURSELVES. SO IF YOU LADIES WOULD LIKE TO COME[00:10:05]
FORWARD, PLEASE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, AARON AND DOREEN CAME BEFORE THE BOARD MADE A FORMAL PRESENTATION REQUESTING BECAUSE THEIR PARK HAD FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR. THEY MADE A PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY REALISTIC ABOUT THE NEEDS. THEY REALLY WORKED.AND THEN ONCE THEY GOT IT, THEY DIDN'T STOP. JUST THIS PAST, I THINK TWO MONTHS AGO, THEY HELD A CLEANUP AT THE PARK. THEY HAVE DONE EVENTS AT THE PARK. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN PROBABLY A 200% INCREASE IN THE ACTIVITY AT THAT PARK, ALL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING AND TO CONTINUE IT. SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO DO THAT. SO THE DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO START SOMETHING CALLED THE HAMBURGER HELPER AWARD, AND IT'S HAMBURGER WITH A CAPITAL R, SO THERE'S NO ENTITLEMENT INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SORT. SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT AARON AND DOREEN. WITH AARON WITH OUR FIRST HAMBURGER HELPER AWARD, AARON AND DOREEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND BOARD, WE'D LOVE IF YOU WOULD BE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE, PLEASE? WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT. OBVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, APPROVING EVERYTHING AND HELPING US OUT. BUT WE'RE HOPING MORE COMMUNITIES GET INVOLVED LIKE THIS. CONGRATULATIONS. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ENJOY YOUR MEAL. THANK YOU. WITH INFLATION RACKING UP. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. NOW I'M HUNGRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. EVERYBODY.
CHEESEBURGER. CHEESEBURGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. JESUS. I KNOW, I KNOW. I WAS REALLY GOOD. YEAH. WE WANTED TO. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, THOUGH. OH, I GOT THE EMAIL BEFORE THE TO GET GRANTS FOR THE REST OF IT. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD.
YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HERE. THANK YOU. SO RETRACES EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE. ALL RIGHT. I JUST SAW. OKAY. READY? PROCLAMATION CONGRATULATING
[4.1. Proclamation Congratulating Tracey Haffner-Haney on her Retirement]
TRACY HAFNER HANEY ON HER RETIREMENT. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES THE RETIREMENT OF TRACY HAFNER HANEY AFTER 36 YEARS AS DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, LOYAL EMPLOYEE WHO ALWAYS HAD THE BEST INTEREST OF HER COWORKERS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AT HEART. AND WHEREAS, SHE HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, WITH HER IMPECCABLE RECORD KEEPING AND HER TIRELESS HOURS OF LOGGING THOUSANDS OF PERMITS. AND WHEREAS SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO WOULD GREET THE RESIDENTS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, ETC. AS THEY ENTERED THE BUILDING INSPECTION OFFICE, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE COUNTER. AND WHEREAS SHE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DEALING WITH WINTER STORMS, AS SHE WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF TOWN RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, TRACY WAS THE WHITE COLLAR UNION PRESIDENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, WHERE SHE ALWAYS HAD THE BEST INTERESTS OF HER FELLOW EMPLOYEES, AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD THANKS TRACY FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WISHES HER WELL AS SHE ENJOYS HER RETIREMENT, TRAVELING TO AMISH COUNTRY WITH HER HUSBAND ED, GOING ON VACATIONS, TAKING CARE OF HER DOG KAHLUA. FAMILY TIME, NOT GETTING CONSTANTLY LOST IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT OUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE TRACY HEFNER. HEFNER. HANEY, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE AND A SECOND UNANIMOUS MOTION TO APPROVE. UNANIMOUS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. AND SO CONTINUE ON. PARDON? TRACY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. AM I GOING
[4.2. Increase Fines for Violation of The Parking Permit Ordinance]
RIGHT TO 4.2? YES. INCREASES FINES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PARKING PERMIT ORDINANCE.WHEREAS THE TOWN OF TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, HAS ADOPTED A PROVISION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH TOOK EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1963. AND WHEREAS THE PROVISION REQUIRED ALL HAMBURG RESIDENTS TO PURCHASE A PERMIT TO VISIT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BEACH, AND WHEREAS THIS ORDINANCE ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER 73 STATES, VIOLATION OF ANY SECTION OF THIS
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CHAPTER SHALL BE DECLARED AN OFFENSE AND SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $50 OR TEN DAYS IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH. AND WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN REPORTED, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THAT THE RECENT NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 100 A WEEK, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DEEMS IT NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE FEES TO DETER FURTHER VIOLATIONS. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD SEES FIT TO INCREASE THE FEES FROM THE CURRENT $50 TO $300 PER VIOLATION. THAT THIS INCREASE BECOMES EFFECTIVE JULY 8TH, 2025 AT 12:01 A.M. SECOND, I NEED A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. $300. I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT $100. UP TO $300. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE. WELL. SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE 300 TO 100? YES. OH, WAIT, I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE 50 TO 100. NO, NO, THEY CHANGED IT FROM $350 TO 300. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. SO I JUST SAID I'D MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT, TO MAKE IT $100 TO $300 MAX. DAN, ARE WE ABLE TO IS THERE ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF BECAUSE THIS IS A TOWN ORDINANCE, IS THERE A PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS TO BE ABLE TO. WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT HERE. YOU'RE DOING IT FROM 50 TO 300. WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE IT 100 INSTEAD OF 300? NO, I'M NOT I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH TAKING IT FROM 50 TO 100. WHAT I'M SAYING IS JUST IN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESOLUTION, IS THERE ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH? BECAUSE THIS THE FEE IS ACTUALLY THROUGH A TOWN ORDINANCE CHANGES THE CODE, IT CHANGES THE CODE. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW THE CORRECT PROCESS IF TO DO THIS, IF THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE REST OF THE REQUIRED PROCESS. YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE. WE CAN HAVE THE PROCESS TO BE VOTED ON FOR YOU. PUT IT IN THE CODE THOUGH. YES OF COURSE, YES OF COURSE, BUT THERE MAY BE A NEED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT'S AN ORDINANCE AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THAT.AND WE'LL HAVE THE TOWN PROSECUTOR LOOK AT IT. NOW, MY THOUGHT, I KNOW THIS CAME UP WITH THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE CONTRACT THAT WITH THE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING AND I GUESS WE COULD DISAGREE AS, AS I KNOW YOU'RE A LAWYER, BUT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE CODE. WE'RE CHANGING THE AMOUNTS. AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED. AND I'VE BEEN RECEIVING CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS AND ALSO FROM OUR STAFF, INDICATING THAT PEOPLE ARE FREQUENTLY DISOBEYING OUR LAWS OF THE TOWN, THAT THEY JUST COME CAUSE TROUBLE AT THE BEACH. NOT EVERYONE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE PERMITS AND THEY'RE DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR STAFF. SO AS A DETERRENT, I THOUGHT WE WOULD RAISE IT. AND THIS IS WHY I HAD SUBMITTED THIS RESOLUTION TO $300. AND I WOULD ACTUALLY EVEN ASK, AND WE CAN DO THAT SEPARATELY OFFLINE, BUT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TOW VIOLATORS. IT HAPPENS IN PRIVATE PARKING LOTS DOWNTOWN. I HAVE AN OFFICE DOWNTOWN, AND IF PEOPLE PARK ILLEGALLY, THEY PUT A BOOT ON THEM AND THEY'RE TOWED. THAT WOULD BE WITHIN OUR RIGHTS TO DO THAT. AND THEY COULD EVEN BE ISSUED IN MY INTERPRETATION OF THE PENAL LAW. THEY COULD BE ISSUED SUMMONS FOR TRESPASS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED TO BE THERE. SO THOSE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO, BECAUSE I THINK IF WORD GETS OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING AND THEY'RE ABUSING OUR OUR TOWN PARK, THAT THERE SHOULD BE RAMIFICATIONS FOR DOING SO. SO I WOULD STAND BY THE $300, BUT IF IT FAILS, I'LL SECOND YOUR. A SECOND. SO. OH OKAY. SO I WOULD I WOULD SECOND THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE $100, AS YOU SAID MR. KOZUB, WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE GOING FROM 50 TO 100. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RIGHT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO ENACT THIS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST. CHIEF, ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS? ARE WE ABLE TO DO IT BY RESOLUTION? DO WE NEED TO GO ACTUALLY CHANGE OUR CODE? CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE? DO YOU WANT ME TO LEGAL? I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN. MY OPINION IS. AND I INTRODUCED THIS RESOLUTION I BELIEVE IN SOMETIMES ON THIS BOARD I THINK WE CAN OVERANALYZE THINGS. AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS, ONLY SOLUTIONS. AND I'M TRYING TO CREATE A SOLUTION AND I'M ASKING MY MEMBERS TO VOTE WITH ME AND SUPPORT THIS. I DO NOT FEEL, AND ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT I HAD JUST READ EARLIER FROM MR. FARRELL AND SOME OTHER MATTERS, THIS IS NOT A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE CODE. WE'RE CHANGING THE AMOUNTS. I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY. DO YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME THIS WAS WAS UPDATED? I KNOW THE LAST BOARD HADN'T DONE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS IT NOW. SO
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FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OR HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE CHANGING. THIS IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ELECTED TO DO. AND I'M GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM THE CITIZENS AND THEY WANT TO SEE ACTION FROM THIS BOARD. SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO APPROVE IT. AND IF WE'RE WRONG, SOMEONE COULD TAKE US TO COURT. THEY CAN SUE US.THEY CAN DECLARE IT IMPROPER. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE ANALYSIS PARALYSIS. I'D LIKE TO GET THIS DONE. WE'VE ALL BEEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS TOO, AND I KNOW WE'VE TAKEN OTHER MEASURES, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE MEASURES THERE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO THE SITUATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AND WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO THERE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IS, IS CORRECT. I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF MR. COSBY'S AMOUNT THAT HE PUT FORWARD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, I BELIEVE, WEIGHED IN TODAY, SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO THIS WILL IMPACT WEIGH IN SO THAT WE HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE EFFECT OF OUR ACTIONS STAY IN PLACE AND DO WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO. IF I MAY, OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR TECHNICALLY IS NOT A COURT ADMINISTRATOR OR COURT CLERK. WE REFER TO THAT IMPROPERLY UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW. HOWEVER, IF SHE WANTED TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS IT, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN HERE BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA SINCE THURSDAY. SO EVERYONE'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS. SO DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THIS MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION FOR AMENDMENT TO MAKE IT FROM 300 TO 100. I SECOND THAT IT'S FROM 100 TO 300. I BELIEVE YOUR SECOND WAS RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO FROM. YEAH. INSTEAD OF 300, I THINK IF, IF I $5,050 UP TO IF I MIGHT. SURE. SO THE TOWN CODE DOES SAY A MINIMUM OF $50 UP TO 150. YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE MADE IT $100 THEN THAT WOULD STAY WITHIN. SO OKAY. IF I MIGHT, WHENEVER YOU'RE I'M SORRY. I THINK IT'S ALSO FAIR TO BRING TO LIGHT THAT THE FINE AMOUNT HAS BEEN CHANGED. RECENTLY. I SPOKE WITH THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND SHE DID CLARIFY THAT IT HAD RECENTLY GONE FROM. SHE BELIEVED IT WAS $35 TO $50, SO IT HAS GONE UP. I ALSO ASKED, WHAT IS THE PREVAILING REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE STATING THAT THEY PARKED WITHOUT A PERMIT. MOST ARE STATING THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS A BEACH THAT IS RESTRICTED TO JUST TOWN RESIDENTS, AND THEY DIDN'T SEE A SIGN. IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE JUST HAD A SIGN. A LARGE SIGN PUT IN. SO I THINK I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK 300 IS AN EXTREME JUMP FROM 50 TO 300. SO WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, A RANGE FROM 100 TO 300. IS THERE A IS THAT YOUR AMENDMENT, MR. KOSA MEANING 100, THE MINIMUM 300 BEING THE MAXIMUM. WELL, TO STAY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE IT 150, I BELIEVE. MR. BUKOWSKI, AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION? YES. THE LAST TIME THIS WAS CHANGED WAS. THAT WAS AUGUST 3RD, 2020. OKAY. IT WENT FROM $25 TO $50. THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT WAS A CHANGE TO THE CODE. SO THE CODE READS, AS I BELIEVE WAS STATED FROM 100 FROM 50 TO 150. SO IF WE STAY WITH THE $100, 50, 150, WE'RE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO. IF I MIGHT, I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. KOZUB ON THAT. YEAH. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOARD'S INTERESTED IN MAKING AN AMENDMENT. I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT THE LEGISLATIVE DOCTRINE OF LEGISLATIVE EQUIVALENCE REQUIRES THAT WHEN THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN CODE OR ORDINANCE, THERE'S REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY AND USE THE SAME PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES A PUBLIC HEARING, UNLESS THE EXCEPTION THERE WOULD BE IF THE CODE SPECIFICALLY OR EXPLICITLY REFERENCED, THAT IT WOULD BE PURSUANT TO A FEE SCHEDULE OR A FINE SCHEDULE THAT COULD BE SET BY RESOLUTION. THEREFORE, THE CODE OR ORDINANCE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE AMENDMENT FROM TIME TO TIME BY MERE RESOLUTION. THAT WOULD BE THE EXCEPTION. BRAD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE CODE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT UNLESS THERE'S A REFERENCE TO SUCH SCHEDULE, THEN YOU'D BE USUALLY WELL REQUIRED TO FOLLOW YOU. DID YOU LOOK AT THIS ON THURSDAY? I READ THE I THINK IT WAS THURSDAY. I READ THE AGENDA. DID YOU CALL ME TO TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS LEGALLY? I KNOW I DIDN'T. IT WAS SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IN THE FUTURE, AS OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, THAT IF YOU DO SEE THAT IN YOUR EXPERTISE, THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE A BIT OF HERE WITH THIS STUFF, WHICH IS CODES THAT YOU'D PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU CALL ME AND YOU SAY, FRANK BUKOWSKI. I READ YOUR YOUR AGENDA ITEM. CAN YOU
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CHANGE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WASTE EVERYONE'S TIME? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF YOUR TIME, IN MY OPINION, AS AN ATTORNEY, THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR MY CLIENTS, IS I CALL THEM UP AND I SAY, HEY KEN, CAN YOU CHANGE THIS TO MAKE IT LEGAL? AND YOU DIDN'T DO THAT? YES. AND I FIRST OF ALL, THE AGENDA, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE AGENDA, IT HAS NOBODY'S NAME ON ANY OF THE ITEMS. SO YOUR NAME'S NOT ON THERE? I HAD NO IDEA YOU SUBMITTED THIS. WELL, I MEAN, HE COULD HAVE CALLED. DID ANYONE ON THE BOARD MEMBER GET A CALL FROM MR. FARRELL? WITH RESPECT TO THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT HE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THE NAME. AND I CAN MAKE ONE FURTHER SUGGESTION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A THESE THINGS SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT AHEAD OF TIME. I KNOW FREQUENTLY BEFORE I PUT A RESOLUTION IN, I CONSULT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED AHEAD OF EVEN SUBMITTING THE RESOLUTION, AND I DID. SO THURSDAY WAS THE AGENDA WAS OUT. FRIDAY WAS A HOLIDAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. ANYWAY, IN ANY EVENT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE LAWYER IS THIS HAS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND I'LL ASK THAT THERE BE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE JUST ANNOUNCED. I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR JULY 25TH. WAS IT 24TH, 24TH THAT THIS BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT IT BE DISCUSSED ON THE 25TH? AND I'M ASKING THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN TO DRAFT WHATEVER DOCUMENTS NEED TO BE DONE TO FACILITATE THAT PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. CAN YOU DO THAT FOR US? MR. YOU'RE YOU'RE AMENDING THE RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 24TH. THEN YOU WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN IT AS LONG AS THEY COULD PUBLISH THE NOTICE IN TIME, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST FIVE DAYS. SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT IN, AND THEN THEY COULD ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD. SO AS LONG AS YOU AMEND THE RESOLUTION, THEN THE LEGAL NOTICE WOULD BE PUBLISHED AND THEN IT COULD HAPPEN ON THE 24TH OF JULY. SURE. SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US THE LANGUAGE VERBALLY HERE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO MAKE IT SUIT YOUR LEGAL NEEDS? YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU COULD DO THAT FOR US. SURE. YOU JUST RECITE IT NOW IF YOU WANT. SURE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BRAD, AS THE TOWN CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE VERIFY THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT RUN IN THE APPROPRIATE NEWS AGENCIES PRIOR TO THE 24TH? IT MEANS IT WOULD HAVE TO RUN IN THE HAMBURG SUN. NO. THE 18TH. OKAY, SO LET'S DO IT FOR THE. WELL, CAN YOU. IT'D BE. IT'S ACTUALLY PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THAT PUTS THEM TOGETHER AND GETS THEM OVER. SO I DEFER TO JOSH ON. I JUST KNOW WITH IT BEING PUBLISHED IN CLEVELAND, I BELIEVE NOW IT'S MORE CHALLENGING. IT WOULD BE TOUGH. WOULD IT BE TOUGH? SO HOW WE DO IT FOR THE AUGUST MEETING THEN AUGUST 4TH. RIGHT. DOES THAT GIVE US ENOUGH TIME? EVERYONE.CAN WE DO IT? NO. DO I HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE ONE TO MAKE IT $100 INSTEAD OF $300? A SEPARATE WHAT SORRY, PUBLIC HEARING. BECAUSE PUBLIC HEARING IS YOU SET IT FOR A CERTAIN AGENDA. YOU CAN'T SAY FOR 300 AND THEN TURN AROUND AND MAKE IT 100, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE? CAN WE JUST PUT ON THE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FINES? WELL, YOU SHOULD SPECIFY TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE OFFERING A AMENDMENT TO A CODE OR ORDINANCE, YOU SHOULD RECITE, IF NOT VERBATIM. PRETTY SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IS THE INTENT OF IT. SO I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD PUT IN THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IT'S $50 OR UP TO $150, IF WE MADE IT $100, AREN'T WE WITHIN THIS IN THAT SCOPE? YOU COULD, WHATEVER YOUR AMENDMENT, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WITH? NO. YOU NEED A PUBLIC HEARING NO MATTER WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS, UNLESS THERE'S A SPECIFIC REFERENCE INTO. SO I HAVE A SUGGESTION.
PERHAPS WE MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE HAVE A RANGE JUST LIKE THERE ARE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OF NEW YORK STATE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OF MANY STATES OR EVEN MANY TOWNS FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS AND SO FORTH THAT WE PUT FORTH IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE AS A COMPROMISE. I SAY $150, BECAUSE I DO WANT THERE TO BE A DISINCENTIVE FOR THIS, THAT IT BE BETWEEN $150 AND $300. AND THAT WOULD GIVE SOME DISCRETION TO THE TOWN PROSECUTOR TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO DO THAT, THAT'S FINE. THAT COULD BE AN AMENDMENT AS A COMPROMISE RATHER THAN STRAIGHT UP 300. I SAY BETWEEN 100 AND $50 AND 300. I MAKE THAT PROPOSAL FOR THE AMENDMENT. I THINK THAT'S EXCESSIVE. AT THIS POINT. I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF WHAT MR. KOZA PROPOSED, WHICH WAS WAS THAT 100 OR 250? YEAH, THAT WAS MY PROPOSAL. I, I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF MR. COSBY'S AMOUNT THAT HE PROPOSED BETWEEN 100. AND WHAT WHAT IS IT, 150 JUST 100. 150 TO 100 AND 150. THIS. DOES ANYONE WOULD ANYONE CONSIDER $200 AS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN 1 AND 250? NOBODY PAYS EVER A TRAFFIC TICKET. OR THEY
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OR THEY DO. I'VE HAD CLIENTS PAY FOR $500 FOR TRAFFIC TICKETS IN THIS TICKET IN THIS COURT. I DO THINK THIS IS A PARKING TICKET. YES. OKAY. WHERE WERE THEY? PARKING. BECAUSE NOT IN THIS COURT. AMHERST COURT. AMHERST COURT. SO WE HAVE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW FROM 100 TO 150, CORRECT. WITH NO SECONDS. I SECOND THE 150. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE A SECOND 100 TO 150 I. SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN FAVOR. AYE AYE AYE. SO STOP FOR A SECOND. WE HAVE CHANGED IT SO MANY TIMES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE VOTING ON. SURE. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE TRUE CLARITY AS TO WHAT IT THE TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. WE'RE VOTING ON TAKING IT TO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 4TH. WE ARE VOTING ON CHANGING THE FEE FROM 50 TO 300IN YOUR RESOLUTION, TO 100 TO 150 PER VIOLATION IN YOUR RESOLUTION. MR. KOZUBY THE AMENDMENT SO YOU COULD ASK WHAT HIS. I MADE 100 TO 150. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE. IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE? SO WHAT'S THE MINIMUM? WHAT THE MINIMUM. FINE. THE RIGHT DETAILS. AUGUST 4TH, PUBLIC HEARING 100 FROM 300 TO 100 WITH A MAX OF 150. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. RIGHT. THAT'S.YES. THE 50 TO 300 IS NOW 100 TO 150. RIGHT. OKAY. NOW THE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORDING AROUND. AND WITH THE RESOLVED YOU COULD IN ORDER TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING, DELETE THE RESOLVED CLAUSES. WE'LL ADD THE 100 TO 150 IN THE WHEREAS. SO IT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.
AND THEN DELETE THE THREE RESOLVED AND REPLACE THAT WITH ONE RESOLVED CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FOURTH. CORRECT 7 P.M. CORRECT. CORRECT. PUBLISH. NOTICE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 4TH FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDING OF ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER 73. ARTICLE 370 DASH THREE. THAT'S CORRECT. IN THE INITIAL OKAY. SO THAT IS THERE A MOTION TO THEN APPROVE THAT AS AMENDED. SO MOVED. SECOND SUPERVISOR. AND SECOND, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT.
THIS IS TO APPROVE AS AMENDED RIGHT. YEAH, IT WAS AMENDED. NOW WE'RE APPROVING IT AS AMENDED.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE DID. OKAY. MOTION APPROVED. SPRING SECONDED. AND WE ALL SAID I. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. 4.3 TOWN OF HAMBURG. POLICE COMMAND OFFICERS MLA
[4.3. Town of Hamburg Police Command Officer’s MOA]
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY RATIFIES THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. POLICE COMMAND OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE TERM BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 AND EXTENDING THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024, SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES AND POSTED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. AT THAT TIME, BOTH THE APPROVAL RESOLUTION AND MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. THE MOTION. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR I, I. OKAY 4.4 THROUGH 4.7. WE'RE COVERED. 4.8[4.8. Idlewood Subdivision Water Distribution District Public Hearing Resolution]
IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION WATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION. WHEREAS THE SUBDIVISION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, COUNTY OF ERIE, NEW YORK, THE TOWN CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES LOCATED IN A LOOP FORMED BY WEST ARNOLD AVE AND WHEREAS TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE BOARD, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 A OF THE NEW YORK TOWN LAW, DESIRES TO ESTABLISH IDLEWOOD SUBDIVISION, WATER DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT, DISTRICT AND THE TOWN TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT WITH A SAFE AND ADEQUATE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS, BY RESOLUTION DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024, TOWN BOARD DIRECTED NUSSBAUMER AND CLARK, INC. ENGINEER COMPETENT ENGINEERS TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO PREPARE A GENERAL MAP PLAN AND REPORT PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF TOWN LAW. SECTION 209 C TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT AND WHEREAS ENGINEER HAS PREPARED AND DELIVERED TO THE TOWN BOARD THE MAP PLAN AND REPORT FOR WATER DISTRICT FORMATION. IRONWOOD SUBDIVISION OF THE TOWN DATED MAY 25TH. THE REPORT, WHICH DESCRIBES PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, FINANCING, ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS AND REQUIRED EASEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED DISTRICT AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION DATED MAY 19TH, 2025, REPORT HAS BEEN FILED WITH AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND INSPECTION AT THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE. AND WHEREAS, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT CONSIST OF THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE TOWN AS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX A, ANNEXED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN. AND WHEREAS REPORT DESCRIBED THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS WHICH CONSIST GENERALLY OF REPLACING IRONWOOD SUBDIVISION EXISTING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH A NEW 1600 LINEAR FOOT OF EIGHT INCH PVC WATER MAIN AND INSTALLING THREE FIRE HYDRANTS INCLUDING VALVES, APPARATUS AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AND COST INCIDENTAL THERETO, TOGETHER WITH ALL RELATED RIGHT OF WAY COSTS, SITE WORK AND OTHER[00:35:01]
ANCILLARY WORK. AND WHEREAS THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND CREATION OF THE DISTRICT IS $632,000, WITH THE PROPOSED METHOD OF FINANCING SUCH COSTS OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING OF THE ISSUANCE OF SERIAL BONDS TO THE TOWN, MATURING, AND ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS OVER A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING 38 YEARS. AND WHEREAS THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST FOR THE TYPICAL PROPERTY OF THE TYPICAL ONE FAMILY OR TWO FAMILY HOME IN THE DISTRICT IS $2,051 FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES $1,773 FOR DEBT SERVICE, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND 278 FOR WATER USAGE CHARGES CALCULATED BASED ON THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITIES MINIMUM QUARTERLY CHARGE PER CUSTOMER, WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN APPENDIX C OF THE REPORT. AND WHEREAS, THE CAPITAL COST AND DEBT SERVICE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE ASSESSED. LEVY COLLECTED FROM ALL TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT ON AN AD VALOREM BASIS. AND WHEREAS THERE IS NO ESTIMATED HOOKUP OR CONNECTION FEES ANTICIPATED FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND WHEREAS, A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HOW THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE TYPICAL PROPERTY WAS COMPUTED HAS BEEN FILED WITH AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND INSPECTION IN TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE. AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW SECTION 209 F, APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER IS REQUIRED, BECAUSE THE ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THE TYPICAL PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT IS ABOVE THE ANNUAL ESTIMATED COST THRESHOLD FOR SIMILAR TYPES OF DISTRICTS AS SET BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER, AND WHEREAS THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT WILL REQUIRE THE TOWN TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AT SIX NY, PART 617 SEQRA AND THE TOWN'S LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN BOARD, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 290 OF THE TOWN LAW, NOW DESIRES TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED DISTRICT, NOW THEREFORE BE ORDERED BY THE TOWN BOARD AS FOLLOWS. SECTION ONE. THE TOWN BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12, A SECTION 209 D OF THE NEW YORK TOWN LAW AND THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025, STARTING AT 7 P.M.AT THE TIME OF RECORD TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPOSED DISTRICT AT WHICH ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD, THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION TWO TOWN CLERK IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE A COPY OF THIS ORDER TO BE PUBLISHED ONCE IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN. THE FIRST PUBLICATION THEREOF IS NOT LESS THAN TEN, NOT LESS THAN TEN, NOR MORE THAN 20 DAYS BEFORE THE LAST BEFORE THE DAY SET HEREIN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SAID TOWN CLERK SHALL ALSO CAUSE A COPY THEREOF TO BE POSTED ON THE SIGNBOARD OF THE TOWN MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 30 OF THE NEW YORK TOWN LAW, NOT LESS THAN TEN NOR MORE THAN 20 DAYS BEFORE THE SET OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE TOWN CLERK SHALL ALSO CAUSE A COPY OF THE ORDER BE POSTED ON THE TOWN'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE. NOT LESS THAN TEN NOR MORE THAN 20 DAYS BEFORE THE SET. PUBLIC HEARING SECTION THREE TOWN CLERK SHOULD FILE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE OFFICE OF STATE COMPTROLLER AND SECTION FOUR. THIS ORDER SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION READ. THIS IS PERHAPS A QUESTION THAT CAN BE BEST ANSWERED BY YOU, SINCE YOU'RE THE TOWN CLERK. SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE HAVING OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS, AND PEOPLE MAY ALREADY HAVE VACATIONS PLANNED, HOW COULD SOMEBODY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY COMING IN FOR THE MEETING THAT DAY? SEND A LETTER? WELL, THEY COULD SEND AN EMAIL. I CAN SEND A LETTER, COULD OBVIOUSLY WATCH THE, YOU KNOW, THE LIVE FEED. I KNOW THERE'S NO COMMENT ON THE LIVE.
I KNOW WE DON'T I DON'T KNOW WE DON'T HAVE COMMENT CAPABILITIES. BUT THEY'D BE ABLE TO HEAR THEIR QUESTIONS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, VIA THAT VIA THE WEB. RIGHT. BUT BASICALLY YOUR EMAIL MAIL, PHONE CALLS, OKAY. WHEN YOU'RE SENDING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS PUBLIC HEARING GOES DIRECTLY TO THOSE THAT ARE LISTED IN THE. THE WATER DISTRICT THAT WE'RE CREATING.
CAN YOU PLEASE PUT ON THERE A WAY THAT THEY CAN CONTACT, LIKE IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND BUT WOULD LIKE YOUR. HERE ARE THE WAYS TO ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT PHYSICALLY BEING PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS JUST TARGETS A VERY SPECIFIC GROUP, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING HEARD RIGHT OKAY. AND THE MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[4.9. Hunt Real Estate Agreement extension]
CARRIED. 4.9 HUNT REAL ESTATE AGREEMENT EXTENSION. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2024 WITH HUNT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION, HUNT TO ACT AS THE TOWN'S EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOWN. SEARCH FOR SPACE RELATIVE TO HAMBURG SENIOR CENTER AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HUNT DESIRE THAT THE CONSULTING FEE FOR THIS AGREEMENT $5,000 AND THAT THE AGREEMENT CONTINUE THROUGH NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025. AND NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CONSULTING FEE TO THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND HUNT SHALL BE $5,000 TO BE PAID FROM ACCOUNT H11 9.1420.0440 AND THE AGREEMENT SHALL CONTINUE THROUGH AND EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025. ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS EXCLUSIVE SEARCH AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT. MOTION. APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.[4.10. Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Member Requests]
CARRY. 4.1 A BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MEMBER REQUESTS. BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY REQUESTED PERMISSION TO THE TOWN BOARD TO ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE INTO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.LEE REED MAUREEN ROTH. SO MOVED. SECOND. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. 4.11
[4.11. Local Law #3, 2025 Adoption Resolution]
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LOCAL LAW NUMBER THREE 2025. WHEREAS THE TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWS REVIEWED VARIOUS REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 280 BASED ON ISSUES RAISED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, PLANNING DEPARTMENT SENT THE SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO THE TOWN BOARD TO BEGIN THE ADOPTION PROCESS, AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW, LOCAL LAW NUMBER THREE 2025, AS FOLLOWS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, THAT THE TOWN HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS. FULL COPIES ATTACHED. AMEND CHAPTER 280. ARTICLE 45 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS BY AMENDING 280 317 ENTITLED PROCEDURES AMEND ARTICLE 35 SITE REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF STREET PARKING SPACES BY AMENDING TWO 8235 ENTITLED SETBACK, AMEND 280. ARTICLE 57 MU ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE BY AMENDING TWO 8407 PERMITTED USES. TWO 8408 PROHIBITED USES TWO 8409 BULK REQUIREMENTS TWO 8410 ENTITLED OFF STREET PARKING SIGNS AND REMOVE ARTICLE 23 SOUTHERN HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND WHEREAS THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 5959 ADULT USE CANNABIS WAS REMOVED FROM THIS LOCAL LAW ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING FOR FURTHER REVIEW. AND WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF LOCAL LAW THREE, REFERENCE TWO, EIGHT, 17 AND THE CORRECT CODE AMENDMENT IS TO AMEND TWO 8317, AND WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON JUNE 16TH, 2025 FOR DISCUSSION, PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING ADOPTION OF PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE 2025 AND WHEREAS THE PROPOSAL OF THE LAW AMENDMENTS WILL REFER TO ERIE COUNTY THROUGH 239 M REFERRAL PROCESS AND RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS.WHEREAS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS LOCAL LAW NUMBER TEN OF THE YEAR 1986 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, CHAPTER 280, ENTITLED ZONING TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISIONS OF THE TOWN CODE AS REFERENCED ABOVE AND ATTACHED. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR I
[4.12. Local Law #5, 2025 Referral to Planning Board and PH Resolution]
CARRIED. 4.15. THIS IS LOCAL LAW. IT WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED AS NUMBER FIVE. AMEND THAT TO BE LOCAL LAW NUMBER FOUR 2025 REFERRAL TO PLANNING BOARD AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION.WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THE DEAD TREES REGULATION OF CHAPTER 90, AND IS SENT THE SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO THE TOWN BOARD TO BEGIN THE ADOPTION PROCESS. AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS. BE ENACTED. TOWN BOARD THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK THAT THE TOWN THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, AMENDS HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS. BOTH COPIES ATTACHED. AMEND CHAPTER 90 DEAD TREES BY AMENDING SECTION 92, ENTITLED CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES, AND 93 ENTITLED REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY ENTERTAINS THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDMENT AND AUTHORIZES THE REFERRAL OF THIS PROPOSED LAW AMENDMENT TO ERIE COUNTY AND THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION, AND SETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 4TH, 2020 5:07 P.M. THE COURTROOM IN HAMBURG TOWN HALL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. 4.13. THIS ONE WAS LISTED AS LOCAL LAW
[4.13. Local Law #6, 2025 Referral to Planning Board and PH Resolution]
NUMBER FIVE SIX. IT WILL BE LOCAL LAW NUMBER FIVE, AS AMENDED TO BE LOCAL LAW NUMBER FIVE. 2025 REFERRAL TO PLANNING BOARD OF PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THE CLASSIFICATIONS BY USE GROUPS REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 280 AND HAS SENT THE SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO BEGIN THE ADOPTION PROCESS. AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD HAS PROPOSED TO ENACT LOCAL LAWS TO BE ENACTED. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK. THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS. FULL COPIES ATTACHED. REPEALED. CHAPTER 280. ARTICLE FIVE CLASSIFICATION INTERPRETATION OF PERMITTED USES IN ITS ENTIRETY TO SECTION TWO, 81 FIVE AND SECTION TWO 8216. AMEND ARTICLE EIGHT R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. DISTRICT SECTION 283 ONE ENTITLED PERMITTED USES AND STRUCTURES AMEND ARTICLE 13 C1 LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT. SECTION 287, ENTITLED PERMITTED USES AND STRUCTURES, WHEREAS USE GROUPS ARE REFERENCED IN TWO 8119 A, SIX A, BUT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THROUGH NON ZONING UPDATES PROCESS, IS PROPOSING TO REPEAL ARTICLE 28 M1 INDUSTRIAL PARK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN ITS ENTIRETY, ELIMINATING THE NEED TO AMEND THIS SECTION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY ENTERTAINS THESE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDMENTS AND AUTHORIZES REFERRAL OF THESE PROPOSED LAWS. AMENDMENTS TO ERIE COUNTY. THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD, FOR ITS REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS. SUCH A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 4TH, 2020 5:07 P.M. THE HAMBURG COURTROOM. AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL MOTION APPROVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRY SIX. AND ALSO ON THAT ITEM WE'RE REMOVING WHAT IS PAGE 37 WITH 90 DAYS TWO AND[00:45:06]
90 DAYS THREE ON THAT AS WELL. THAT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION. 4.14 AUTHORIZATION[4.14. Authorization to Upgrade to Alpine Cloud Hosting for Fire Dispatching Software]
TO UPGRADE TO ALPINE CLOUD HOSTING FOR FIRE DISPATCHING SOFTWARE. WHEREAS ALPINE SOFTWARE HAS BEEN THE SOLE PROVIDER OF THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH CAD SOFTWARE FOR FIRE DISPATCHING IN THE TOWN OF MEMBER SINCE 2025, AND WHEREAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE CAD PROGRAM HAS OPERATED ON A PHYSICAL SERVER LOCATED AT TOWN OF HAMBURG PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE AND WHEREAS THE PHYSICAL SERVER CURRENTLY IS USING IN USE IS NEARING THE END OF ITS SERVICEABLE LIFE, AND WHEREAS THE YEARLY TECHNICAL SUPPORT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH ALPINE SOFTWARE IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, AND WHEREA, ALPINE SOFTWARE OFFERS AN UPGRADE TO A CLOUD HOSTING SERVICE WHICH INCURS AN ADDITIONAL COST BEYOND THE ANNUAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, AND WHEREAS THE COST OF THE UPGRADE TO ALPINE CLOUD HOSTING IS $15,000 PER YEAR AND THE COST FOR 2025 WILL BE PRORATED FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE UPGRADE. AND WHEREAS FUNDING FOR THE UPGRADE WILL BE PROVIDED IN PART THROUGH PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER 0004197825, IN THE AMOUNT OF 6000 HUNDRED DOLLARS, WITH THE REMAINING BALANCE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH BUDGET LINE 83020.423. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE UPGRADE OF ALPINE CAD SOFTWARE TO THE ALPINE CLOUD HOSTING SERVICE WITH FUNDING AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A QUESTION. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT COST IS RIGHT NOW? YES. THE CURRENT COST TO ESTABLISH. WE PURCHASED A YEAR AGO AND PAID A YEARLY MAINTENANCE FEE, WHICH IS THE $17,000 A YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW WE ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, THE HARDWARE IS LOCATED HERE AND WE PAY $17,000 A YEAR TO FOR THAT SERVICE. SO THIS ACTUALLY SAVES US MONEY. WELL, WE'D HAVE TO REPLACE THE SERVER IN THIS COMING YEAR SO IT WILL SAVE US MONEY MOVING TO THE CLOUD OKAY. MEANING. AND ADDITIONALLY, WHAT DO WE PAY? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. IT'S NOT ONLY A FINANCIAL BONUS FOR US, BUT IT'S ALSO IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE OUR SERVICE OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF OUR BUILDING. SO IF WE HAVE AN INSTANCE WHERE WE NEED GLASS ON THE BEACH, WE CAN TAKE, WE TAKE THEM OFF THAT WHICH IS A MOBILE OPERATION CENTER DOWN THERE. WE CAN RUN DISPATCH FOR THAT EVENT DOWN THERE IF WE HAVE TO EVACUATE. SURE. I UNDERSTAND HOW CLOUD WORKS. SO WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE HAVE TO BE PLUGGED INTO OUR BUILDING. SO WAIT, WHAT WHAT IS THE COST FOR MAINTENANCE FOR WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO THIS RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW THE MAINTENANCE ON IT IS 20. IT'S RIGHT AROUND $20,000 2020, $22,000 A YEAR. SO THIS WILL SAVE US MONEY EVERY YEAR. IT'S GOOD. SO IT'S $15,000 TO HOST IT ON THE CLOUD. AND THEN THAT'S ON TOP OF THE MAINTENANCE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THIS PHYSICAL SERVER AND MAINTAIN IT. SO I'M JUST I'M SORRY I'M CONFUSED. SO RIGHT NOW I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SERVER. RIGHT. AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. RIGHT.AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REPLACE IT? I DON'T HAVE THOSE FIGURES IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME I REPLACED IT WAS UPWARDS OF 15, $15,000. OKAY. AND WHAT DO WE PAY NOW PER YEAR TO DO IT IN-HOUSE WITH THE HARDWARE RIGHT HERE? HARDWARE. ONCE WE PURCHASE THE HARDWARE, WE OWN IT. SO WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. AND WE PAY THAT YEAR THE ADVANCE AND HOW MUCH? 5% A YEAR. SO IT'S BETWEEN 2020 $2,000 OKAY. SO THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN IT. $22,000.20 FOUR HOUR SERVICE OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I HAVE A RESOLUTION AND A SECOND. SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRY 4.15 HIGHWAY PERSONNEL. BE IT
[4.15. Highway Personnel]
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PDF MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I CARRY 4.16. APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF THE VACANT FULL TIME SENIOR[4.16. Approve Appointment to the Vacant full-time Senior Clerk Typist position in the Building Inspection Department]
CLERK TYPIST POSITION IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION. THE SUPERVISOR TO APPOINT MARISSA RICH TO THE VACANT FULL TIME CIVIL SERVICE POSITION OF SENIOR CLERK TYPIST LIST 40 2-3 30 WITHIN THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. THE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PRE-EMPLOYMENT, BACKGROUND CHECK AND PHYSICAL. THE APPOINTMENT IS EFFECTIVE JULY 14TH, 2025, AT A RATE OF $25.31 PER HOUR, $52,847 ANNUALLY. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, AND 83 620.0100 SECOND MOTION. YOU GOTTA GET A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE[00:50:03]
SECOND. ON FAVOR ON THE QUESTION IS SHE HERE? YES. LET ME GET A PHONE NUMBER. OKAY? OKAY. YEAH.WE DIDN'T TAKE THE VOTE YET. I GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. I DON'T THINK YOUR QUESTION MY QUESTION WAS JUST. I KNOW THAT TRACY JUST RETIRED. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE WE WENT THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. WE ABSOLUTELY DID. PERFECT. JEFF. THERE WAS JEFF AND MYSELF, AND ACTUALLY TRACY INTERVIEWED BEFORE SHE LEFT, POSTED IN THE HOUSE. IT WAS POSTED PERFECT. AND THEN I WAS GOING TO ASK IF MARISSA WAS HERE SO WE COULD TAKE PICTURES WITH HER. THAT IS. SO MARISSA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND UP? WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT FIRST. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. CARRIED. OKAY, NOW, NOW WE'LL TAKE YOUR PICTURE. CHEESEBURGER. BUT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE. WE DON'T HAVE A BOX OF HAMBURGER HELPER FOR YOU. YEAH. I DON'T WANT YOUR PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS. YEAH. I DON'T EVEN LIKE IT. THEN DON'T GET. YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE PICTURE. I COULD GO FOR SOME OF THAT. RIGHT? OH, OKAY. I MEAN, I DON'T LOVE IT. I'M NOT SITTING RIGHT HERE. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. TO OTHER PEOPLE. THEY'RE GOING TO. OKAY.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU. SHE'LL BE PRESENT SOON. SHE MIGHT. MAYBE GET A CALL. OKAY. I THINK.
[4.17. Taylor Road Alcohol Waiver Requests]
THAT'S 4.17 TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVER REQUESTS. RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE ALCOHOL WAIVERS FOR THE AUGUST 2025 TAYLOR ROAD CABIN RENTALS AS FOLLOWS. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. 4.18 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS[4.18. National Recreation & Parks Month- Designation of July as Parks and Recreation Month]
MONTH DESIGNATION OF JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTE TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING, ALLEVIATING ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER, AND ALZHEIMER'S. AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF HEALTHY MEALS, NUTRITION SERVICES AND EDUCATION, AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION, PROGRAMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME, PROGRAMING, YOUTH SPORTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION, PARK AND RECREATION INCREASES THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF LOCAL TAX BASE TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES, AND CRIME REDUCTION.AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ARE FUNDAMENTALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ARE ESSENTIAL AND ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE. WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS. AND WHEREAS, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD THAT JULY IS RECOGNIZED AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. MOTION APPROVED. UNANIMOUS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CFA, CFA, BUFFALO BILLS NFL STADIUM ECONOMIC IMPACT AREA. PRE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT GR 029.
[4.19. CFA -Buffalo Bills NFL Stadium Economic Impact Area Pre-Development Project (GR-029)]
WHEREAS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, NY SODS ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO MUNICIPALITIES, DEVELOP OR UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT INCORPORATE SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING PROMOTING EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT OPTIMIZE PRIOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. AND WHEREAS, THE BUFFALO BILLS NFL STADIUM ECONOMIC IMPACT AREA PRE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL UPDATE THE 2022 TOWN OF HAMBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON SMART GROWTH, MASTER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AREA ADJACENT TO THE NEW BUFFALO BILLS NFL STADIUM. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES ESG CONSULTING TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO NYSDOT THROUGH[00:55:04]
THE 2025 NYS CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION, CFA ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, REQUESTING $150,000 FOR THIS PROJECT. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO 10% MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL DESIGNATE E CG CONSULTING TO MANAGE THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL PROJECTS WILL BE INITIALLY FUNDED FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. GENERAL FUND BALANCE A000000009090000 PENDING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS. THE 10% LOCAL MATCH WILL BE FULLY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SAME ACCOUNT NUMBER, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRY CFA BLAISDEL COMMUNITY[4.20. CFA-Blasdell Community Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Nomination (GR-030)]
BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA BOA NOMINATION GR ZERO 30. WHERE IS THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, NY? NYSDOT IS SOLICITING APPLICATIONS TO THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS CFA FROM ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES TO COMPLETE BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA. BOA NOMINATION FOR COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY KNOWN OR SUSPECTED BROWNFIELDS. WHEREAS THE BOA PROGRAM APPLIES A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA WIDE APPROACH RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL SITE BY SITE APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF KNOWN OR SUSPECTED BROWNFIELDS AND OTHER VACANT OR ABANDONED PROPERTIES. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL TAKE LEAD AND WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VILLAGE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSED BLEASDALE COMMUNITY.VOA NOMINATION NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES ESG CONSULTING TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO NY THROUGH THE 2025 NYS CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION, CFA ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, REQUESTING $175,000 FOR THIS PROJECT. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO THE 10% MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL DESIGNATE E CG CONSULTING TO MANAGE THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL PROJECT COSTS WILL BE INITIALLY FUNDED FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. GENERAL FUND BALANCE A000000009090000 PENDING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE AWARD GRANT FUNDS. THE 10% LOCAL MATCH WILL BE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SAME ACCOUNT AND IS SUBJECT IS NOT SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED CFA HAMBURG WATERFRONT MULTIMODAL
[4.21. CFA-Hamburg Waterfront Multimodal Revitalization Design Project (GR-031)]
REVITALIZATION DESIGN PROJECT GR 031. WHEREAS NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE NYSDOT LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM PROVIDES MATCHING GRANTS AND COMPETITIVE BASIS TO ELIGIBLE VILLAGES, TOWNS, OR CITIES LOCATED ALONG NEW YORK'S COASTS OR DESIGNATED INLAND WATERWAYS. AND WHEREAS, THE HAMBURG WATERFRONT MULTIMODAL REVITALIZATION DESIGN PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON MULTIMODAL ENHANCEMENTS, TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY ALONG LAKESHORE ROAD, NEW YORK. FIVE FROM HAMBURG BEACH TO THE LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL CENTER. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE CONSULTING TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NYSDOT TO, THROUGH THE 2025 NEW YORK STATE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION, CFA, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, REQUESTING $100,000 FOR THIS PROJECT. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO THE 25% MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AND TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL DESIGNATE DESIGNATE ESG CONSULTING TO MANAGE THE GRANT OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL PROJECT COSTS WILL BE INITIALLY FUNDED FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. GENERAL FUND BALANCE 8000000009090000, PENDING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS. THE 25% LOCAL MATCH WILL BE FULLY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE ACCOUNT AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT, SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION. CAN THIS BE UTILIZED ON SIDE STREETS? CAMI, DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND I LOVE IT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, IT'S GOOD TO GET MONEY, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST US $25,000 TO GET THE MONEY. AND THIS IS A STATE ROAD AND THE STATE, WE COULDN'T GET A SIGNAL LIGHT AT HOWARD AND CAMP ROAD, WHERE THERE'S JUST ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON JUNE 1ST AND I. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GOOD THIS WOULD DO US IF WE DON'T GET PERMISSION FROM THE STATE TO DO ANYTHING THAT THIS DESIGN COMPANY WANTS US TO DO, OR SUGGESTS THAT WE DO. I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S SO I THE DESIGN COMPANY WOULD WORK IN CONCERT WITH NEW YORK STATE DOES AS OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. I KNOW MAGIC GIACOMINI IS HERE, AND HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHORELINE COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER COMMITTEES WHERE THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH FROM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH NEW YORK STATE. DOT AND I AGREE, DAN, AND THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR US AS A TOWN, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE CERTAIN CORRIDORS SUCH AS THIS CORRIDOR, OUR CAMP ROAD CORRIDOR, IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT UPON US TO SEEK WHAT FUNDING WE CAN TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT, TO TRY TO BRING NEW YORK STATE TO THE TABLE AND WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT THEY WOULD APPROVE THAT COULD IMPROVE THAT CONNECTIVITY AND THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. BUT YOU BRING UP A VERY VALID POINT. IF NOT, WOULD[01:00:01]
THERE BE BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR LIKE GREEN SPACE, LIKE PUTTING TREES ALONGSIDE ROUTE FIVE? I MEAN, SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE ROAD, AT LEAST YOU GET SOMETHING FOR YOUR MONEY. WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR. YOU KNOW, THOSE DETAILS THAT COULD BE BUILT INTO THE SCOPE, THOUGH.THAT'S ALL WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKS ON IT, WITH THE DESIGN COMPANY, THEY WOULD WORK ON THE ENTIRE SCOPE. IT ALSO WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. YEAH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. CARRY 4.22 CODE ENFORCEMENT SCHOOL. WHEREAS THE
[4.22. Code Enforcement School]
STATE OF NEW YORK REQUIRES CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION IS HOLDING A CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH 12TH, 2025, LOCATED AT THE CHAUTAUQUA HARBOR HOTEL, TEN DUNHAM AVENUE, CELORON, NEW YORK. AND BE IT RESOLVED AT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED STEVEN DUJA TO REGISTER AND ATTEND THE TRAINING EVENT. USE TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUIRED. COST FOR THE COURSE IS NOT TO EXCEED $325. FUNDS AVAILABLE AND ACCOUNT 83620.0492. SAFETY INSPECTION, TRAINING AND SEMINARS. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE CARRY[4.23. Town Hall Parking Lot Design Change Order #2]
4.23 TOWN HALL PARKING LOT. DESIGN CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO. WHEREAS IN 2023 THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED WENDELL W.D. ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, SURVEYING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES TO RECONSTRUCT THE PARKING LOT LOCATED AT TOWN HALL. AND WHEREAS THE DESIGN WAS BID IN 2024. BUT THE PROJECT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD, AND WHEREAS THE TOWN ENGINEERS MET WITH THE SUPERVISOR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE DESIGN AND PROPOSE MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL PLANS THAT BETTER MEET THE NEEDS AND USES OF THE PARKING LOT BY TOWN STAFF AND PUBLIC ADDRESS, AND THE PUBLIC ADDRESS, DRAINAGE ISSUES AND DETERIORATION OF SERVICES, AND PROVIDE SAFER MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. WHEREAS, BASED ON THE REVISED PLAN FOR THE PROJECT, WENDELL HAS SUBMITTED A CHANGE ORDER PROPOSAL TO REVISE THE DESIGN AND PROVIDE BIDDING DOCUMENTS. THE BE IT RESOLVED TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZE THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN CHANGE ORDER FROM WENDELL ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FOR THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT PROJECT. THE AMOUNT OF $39,900 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN H 108.1440 .456.403. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND TOWN HALL PARKING LOT. OKAY, SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND IT. AND THE QUESTION. ANYWAYS, IS, CAMI, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT CHIEF WAS WONDERING ABOUT PUTTING A FENCE UP IN THE BACK. I THINK YOU SAID IT ROUGHLY AROUND $40,000. YOU THINK THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING IN TO PUT A FENCE AROUND? I DON'T HAVE THE DIMENSIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY ROUGHLY $40,000, MAYBE. OKAY, WE WOULD KNOW MORE IF WE UPDATED THE PROJECT FOR BIDS. OKAY. THERE IS SOME WIGGLE ROOM IN THE BUDGET. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. IS IT 40,000? I'M NOT SURE. IT MIGHT BE 30, BUT MAYBE WE COULD. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE FENCE. THAT'S THE QUESTION.I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PLANS HERE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING? BUT. NO, WHAT? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEFORE US. AND THE ORIGINAL PLANS TALK FOR, LIKE, PARKING SPACES TO BE INCREASED OR THESE PLANS ON THE SOUTH PARK SIDE. THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE, RIGHT? SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE, KEEP THE CURRENT PARKING SPACES ON SOUTH PARK. THEY ONLY ADD ABOUT FIVE PARKING SPACES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE. THEY DO NOT ADD ANYTHING IN THE FRONT LAWN AS FAR AS PARKING. THE ONLY THING WE KEPT ON THE FRONT LAWN WAS THE UPDATED MEMORIAL FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. SO IN LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT HERE, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE DIAGRAM THAT WAS REFERENCED AS APPENDIX B IN THE.
RESOLUTION, IT IT'S NOT ACCURATE THEN BECAUSE IT SHOWS TWO ROWS OF PARKING IN THE FRONT WITH THE FLAGPOLE. I THINK THE ORIGINAL ONE IN THE THING, IT WAS CROSSED OFF THOUGH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THERE'S A BIG X ACROSS THAT ON YOUR COMPUTER. YOU COULD SEE IT A LOT BETTER. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY BLACK AND WHITE DIDN'T SHOW IT AS WELL. RIGHT. IF YOU HAD THE COLOR COPY. ROGER. OKAY. THAT THAT THOSE ROWS OF PARKING SPACES ARE NOT IN THIS PROJECT AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED. OKAY. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. CARRIED 4.24 HIGHWAY BUDGET AMENDMENT. WHEREAS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
[4.24. Highway Budget Amendment]
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HAS RECEIVED FUNDS FROM RESIDENTS FOR INSTALLATION OF DRAINAGE PIPE THAT HAS EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR 2025 BY $708. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FUNDS, EXCEEDING BUDGET AMOUNTS WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE REVENUE ACCOUNT DB 2770.7 AND TRANSFERRED TO DB 5110.474. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE EXPENSE ACCOUNT DB .5110.474 BE INCREASED BY $708. WE FINALLY MADE MONEY. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.[4.25.TB Resolution to Extend a 6-Month Pause to Not Entertain NC or R-3 Rezonings]
CARRIED. 4.25 TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION TO EXTEND A SIX MONTH PAUSE NOT TO NOT ENTERTAIN NC OR R3 REZONINGS. WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025, TO NOT ENTERTAIN NEW REZONING REQUESTS FOR R3 NC ZONING DISTRICTS UNTIL NEW CODES AND REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS, PLANNING AND ZONING RELATED INITIATIVES TO EVALUATE AND UPDATE LAND USE REGULATIONS ARE ONGOING, AND CURRENTLY THE TOWN IS IN PROCESS OF UPDATING THE TOWN SITE PLAN AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ALONG WITH OTHER CODES. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD REQUESTS PLANNING BOARD THOROUGHLY REVIEW UNDER SEEKER AND THE LAWS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACTS OF ANY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS BROUGHT BEFORE THEM FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD EXTENDS THE PAUSE ON NOT ENTERTAINING REZONING TO R3 AND NC FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS AS CODES ARE BEING FINALIZED. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THIS RESOLUTION TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION, SO MOVED. SECOND ON THE QUESTION I.I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND IT'S KIND OF A FAKE RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IS WHAT I, I THINK JUST LAWMAKERS MAKE LAWS JUST TO MAKE LAWS. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG BOARD EXTENDS THE PAUSE ON NOT WHICH IS LIKE A DOUBLE NEGATIVE, I GUESS ON NOT ENTERTAINING REZONINGS TO R3 AND NC FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. NOW I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES SOMETIMES MAKE WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FORMALITIES OF A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE BASICALLY VOTING TO TAKE AWAY OUR POWER, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT'S LEGAL BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY ON THESE ZONING THINGS. SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING TO DO IS SAYING WE WON'T DO OUR JOB. SO I FIND THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT. WE HAVE THE DISCRETION. THAT'S OUR DISCRETION RIGHT HERE. NOW TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS, PUT A PAUSE ON IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
JOSH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? NOT REALLY, BUT I'M SURE YOU WILL ANYWAY. HE ALWAYS ANSWERS VERY SUCCINCTLY, THOUGH HE DOES. HE GIVES GOOD ANSWERS. SO? SO THE POINT OF THE RESOLUTION IS YOU'RE CORRECT. THE TOWN BOARD, ANY REZONING, THE TOWN BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO ENTERTAIN A REZONING OR NOT. THE REASON WHY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT R3 AND NC IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN WHERE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS PERMITTED, AS OF.
RIGHT. I MENTIONED EARLIER DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT PUD AND MU1 ARE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE THERE'S MULTIFAMILY ALLOWED, BUT BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO THE PLANNING BOARD, IT HAS TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD. THE REASON FOR THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A TON OF ZONING CODE UPDATES, AS YOU GUYS SEE ON THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, THERE ARE 5 OR 6 THAT ARE ALREADY COMING THROUGH THE TOWN. THERE'S ZONING CODES THAT ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF CODE REVIEW THAT ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NC AND R3 ZONING DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE PERMITTED USES AND SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE PERMITTED USES OF WHAT TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED IN THAT DISTRICT. AND EARLIER I SHOWED YOU GUYS A MAP OF HOW MUCH R3 AND NC EVEN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. SO THE POINT I'M SORRY. WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF THE MAP WAS ALREADY EXISTING APARTMENTS, RIGHT? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I SAW ON ROGERS ROAD, LAKE HEIGHTS, I SAW, YOU KNOW, ON I SAW LIKE ALONG THE MCKINLEY. MCKINLEY PARKWAY PROXIMATE TO THE THRUWAY BY LAKE AVENUE APARTMENTS. JUST THERE'S A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THE MAP THAT I HAD PERUSED EARLIER THAT THERE ALREADY ARE. RIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WE ALREADY RETAIN THIS, RIGHT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF AN APPLICANT COMES TO US AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE AND CHANGE THE RULES FOR ZONING, THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD. CORRECT. AND IN THE PAST, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GET A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM, FROM RESIDENTS ON AS WELL, IS THAT THIS THIS BOARD HAS ALLOWED CHANGES AND WE'VE NOW DEVELOPED AREAS THAT THAT PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT LIKE, I GUESS. BUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS RESOLUTION, DOES IT IMPACT ANY PROJECTS RIGHT NOW? THERE ARE NO CURRENT OTHER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN THE MIDDLE OF 2024. THERE ARE NO OTHER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OTHER THAN THE GATEWAY PROJECT, BUT THAT'S ALSO A PUD, WHICH THIS BOARD APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THERE'S
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NONE ON THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLD ON IT. CORRECT. NOW WE'RE EXTENDING THE HOLD. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE HAVE BEEN NONE IN THE YEAR OF 2025. JOSH, IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO CLUES AND DEVELOPERS AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO MAY BE THINKING ABOUT IT OF HOLD ON, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGING ALL THE RULES. CORRECT? GIVE US A HOT MINUTE. WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE RULES CLEANED UP SO THAT WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU KNOW WHAT RULES YOU'RE PLAYING BY VERSUS BE PARTWAY THROUGH A PROJECT OR PARTWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND FIND OUT THE RULES AREN'T ARE BEING CHANGED AND THEY'RE NOT CONDUCIVE TO WHAT YOU WERE HOPING TO PUT IN THERE. RIGHT. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO UPDATE THE ZONING CODES FOR DISTRICTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE THE ONLY DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW WHERE MULTIFAMILY IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MODERNIZE BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO MODERNIZE THE CODE AS WELL. HAS IT BEEN UPDATED FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS? THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO NOT ONLY GET ALONG WITH THE TIMES, BUT MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RIGHT NOW. SO I KNOW FROM BEING ON ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE SO ODD THAT ARE STILL IN THERE, AND JUST LIKE WE DON'T EVEN SEE THAT ANYMORE, WHY DO WE HAVE THAT? CORRECT? SO WHEN I ASKED HER EARLIER IN THE WORK SESSION, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK THAT I THINK THIS RESOLUTION WILL TAKE CARE OF WHAT THIS BOARD IS LOOKING TO DO. IF THE GOAL IS TO UPDATE ZONING CODES, TAKE A HARD LOOK AT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN. I THINK THIS RESOLUTION BUYS YOU GUYS SOME TIME AND BUYS ME AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SOME TIME TO UPDATE THOSE CODES ACCORDING TO WHAT THIS BOARD WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO. SO BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024, I PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD PUT A PAUSE ON FOR ONE YEAR ON ALL MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE TOWN. EARLIER, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AMENDING THE CODE FOR VARIANCES, THERE WAS AMENDMENT THAT ANY ANY CHANGES THAT THE DEVELOPERS WANTED WOULD HAVE TO GO FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A AN AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION. AND THE AMENDMENT BEING THAT IT WOULD BE A ONE YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE. SO WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS DISCUSSED BEFORE, SO THAT IT BE A ONE YEAR PERIOD AND IT BE FOR ALL MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TOWN GOING FORWARD. BECAUSE I ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW MANY UNITS ARE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW? AND YOU SAID NONE RIGHT NOW, WITH THE EXCEPTION. AND I AND I VOTED FOR THAT ONE. THAT WAS THE ONE, THE GATEWAY PROJECT, WHICH IS THE OLD BETHLEHEM STEEL PROJECT. I DID VOTE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT ALREADY IS A LARGE BUILDING. THAT WAS A HEADQUARTERS OF A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION. AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I BELIEVE EXISTS TO FOR THAT. AND I BELIEVE IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT SITS RATHER EMPTY RIGHT NOW AND THERE WILL BE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT. SO MY PROPOSAL IS THAT IT BE CHANGED FOR ONE YEAR. SO IT'S CHANGED TO ONE YEAR FOR ALL MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TOWN. ALL ISN'T THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THIS IS SAYING, THAT WE'RE PAUSING REZONINGS TO THESE ZONING CODES THAT MAY BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OR AN ADDITIONAL. I'M ADDING ADDITIONAL. I'M ADDING IT.EXCUSE ME. THIS IS MY AMENDMENT AND IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN VOTE FOR IT OR YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST IT.
ANYONE ON THIS BOARD? IT'S DEMOCRACY. I'M ONE VOTE. SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A WHILE, AND I SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE. WHAT CITIZENS ARE ASKING ME TO DO IS THAT WE ADD AN AMENDMENT THAT STOPS ALL MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPMENT, LIKE LANCASTER DID FOR ONE YEAR. THAT'S MY PROPOSAL, AND THAT'S MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NO. WHY DON'T ANYONE SECOND THAT HERE ON THIS BOARD? OKAY. I MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO WE HAVE A FIRST IN IT. WE HAVE A WE'VE MOVED THIS AMENDMENT THIS RESOLUTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND. SO WE'RE READY TO VOTE. THEN I WOULD MOVE THAT. WE DO A WE DO AN EIGHT MONTH. I'LL AMEND IT AGAIN SINCE MY COLLEAGUES WON'T SUPPORT A ONE YEAR STOP ON ALL MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I SUPPORT.
I'M ASKING THAT THIS BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE AN EIGHT MONTH. CEASE OR STOP OF ALL MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN GOING FORWARD. YOU'RE RIDICULOUS. IS THERE A SECOND FROM ANYONE? OH.
WHY? A BECAUSE THE PROJECT HE. EXACTLY. I'M SORRY FRANK, I, I APPLAUD YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS TOPIC, BUT THERE'S WAYS TO GO ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK AND DO THE WORK. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO THE R-3 AND THE ZONING. I AM ALL FOR YOUR IDEAS
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OF RESTRICTING FURTHER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT THERE'S WAYS TO DO IT SO THAT WE CAN LEGALLY PUT IT IN PLACE AND HAVE REAL TEETH TO IT. AND I DID THAT IN DECEMBER OF 2024, AND IN DECEMBER OF 2024, I WORKED WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WHO DRAFTED THAT RESOLUTION, THAT NOT ONE PERSON ON THIS BOARD, NOT ONE, EXCEPT FOR KATHY RUDZINSKY. I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE KATHY RYBINSKI DID NOT TAKE OFFICE UNTIL JANUARY, BUT THE OTHER REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS, I HAD PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION THAT WAS DRAFTED BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I DID RESEARCH, I LOOKED AT WHAT THEY DID IN LANCASTER, AND I'M ALSO THE ONLY ATTORNEY ON THIS BOARD. SO I AND NOT TO THROW IT IN ANYONE'S FACE. BUT WHEN YOU SAY TO DO IT LEGALLY. I CHECKED WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND I DID OUTSIDE RESEARCH ON THAT ISSUE, AND MAYBE THERE WASN'T A POLITICAL APPETITE FOR IT, BUT I WOULD RESENT ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVEN'T TAKEN A PASS TO NEW YORK BAR TO SAY THAT I'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE LEGAL, BECAUSE UNTIL YOU PASS THE BAR AND UNTIL YOU DO THE RESEARCH THAT I DID, YOU WOULD NOT BE IN THE POSITION TO SPEAK ON IT AS I AM, BECAUSE I DID MY RESEARCH AND IT'S BEEN DONE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING LANCASTER BACK IN THE 80S. I WAS ON THE BAR. I WOULDN'T PASS, BUT. SO ANYWAYS, ANYWAYS, WE HAVE A MOTION. FIRST OF ALL, I. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO IT, PUT OUT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEN YOUR LOCAL LAW SAYS A YEAR, THAT'S ILLEGAL. I DIDN'T PASS THE BAR EXAM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ILLEGAL. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. OKAY. YOU SAID YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF THE WOODLAWN PROJECT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT MADE SENSE, BLAH BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. HIS RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW WOULD HAVE KILLED THAT PROJECT, AM I CORRECT? IT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT PROJECT FROM GOING THROUGH. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, CALL FOR THE VOTE.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE AYE. OPPOSED? FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH ON IF YOU COULD PUT AN AMENDMENT TO THE OPPOSITION, AS I HAD WANTED STRONGER TEETH TO THE RESOLUTION. UNDER SECTION
[4.26. Chapter 80 Referral to Planning Board and Public Hearing]
4.26, CHAPTER 80 REFERRAL TO PLANNING BOARD AND PUBLIC HEARING. WHEREAS THE TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THE UNSAFE BUILDING REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 80 AND 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 A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK. THAT THE TOWN BOARD AMENDED AS FOLLOWS. FULL COPIES ATTACHED. AMEND CHAPTER 80 BUILDINGS UNSAFE BY AMENDING SECTION 85, ENTITLED RECOVERY OF COSTS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY ENTERTAINS THE PROPOSAL OF LAW AMENDMENT AND AUTHORIZES THE REFERRAL OF THIS PROPOSED LAW. AMENDMENT TO ERIE COUNTY, THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION, AND SETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025, 7 P.M. THE COURTROOM AND OF HAMBURG TOWN HALL, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. 4.27 HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR RESOLVE. THE TOWN[4.27. Health and Safety Coordinator]
BOARD APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES M TO TAKE OVER AS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF JEROME GIGLIO, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.THE RATE OF PAY IS $5,436.86, TO BE PRORATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM AT $2,613.88, AT $209 $209.11 PER PAY PERIOD. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT 87 140.102. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION. HE IS AN EMPLOYEE, SO HE KNOWS HE CAN'T DO THIS JOB DURING WORKING HOURS. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. 4.28
[4.28. Youth, Recreation & Senior Services PAF]
YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES PARK BE RESOLVED. TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION, HIRING THE PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS. SECOND, A MOTION TO APPROVE. EXCUSE ME. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED 4.29 B AND G, BE IT[4.29. B&G PAF]
RESOLVED, TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TERMINATION, HIRING THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. 4.3 HIGHWAY SURPLUS[4.30. Highway Surplus Equipment Auction]
EQUIPMENT AUCTION. WHERE IS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT? IS THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AND OR UPDATED, AND THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THAT THE ATTACHED LIST OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ARE HEREBY DECLARED TO BE SOLD VIA AUCTION, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION, SURPLUS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE WILL BE DEPOSITED TO DB 2650.000 AND TRANSFERRED TO DB 5130.201. MOTION APPROVED. SECOND SECOND. ON A QUESTION OF SORRY PAT, WHEN[01:20:08]
THESE FUNDS COME IN, WE HAVE TO STILL STILL HAVE TO VOTE ON IT AGAIN, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY.[4.31. Approve Supervisor to sign PO17 for Administrative Aide-Police (Administrative Assistant to Chief of Police)]
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. 4.31 APPROVED. SUPERVISOR DESIGN PO 17 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AID.POLICE. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CHIEF OF POLICE. BE IT RESOLVED AT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERVISOR TO SEND THE CIVIL SERVICE APPROVED PO 17, CREATING THE TITLE ADMINISTRATIVE AID POLICE. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CHIEF OF POLICE. SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. AND THE QUESTION WILL THIS BE A CSEA BARGAINING. WELL, WE HAVEN'T CREATED THE POSITION, BUT WOULD WOULD WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE A POSITION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE IN THE BARGAINING UNIT? IS THAT. CIVIL SERVICE CAME UP WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE? THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH IS THAT'S THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD THAT MAKES THOSE DESIGNATIONS. A CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH MERIT AND FITNESS. THAT THAT IS THE LAW.
BUT BUT IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. WOULD THIS PERSON BE INVOLVED IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS? THIS PERSON IS ALREADY WORKING AS THE. AS THE HOW ARE THEY TITLED? IT WAS TIME FOR A SECOND. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. GOTCHA. OKAY, I UNDERSTOOD YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR HIRE UNDER THE CORRECT TITLE. CORRECT. RIGHT UNDER.
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED. OKAY. 4.32 TOWN WIDE REFUSE. GARBAGE
[4.32.Town-wide Refuse and Garbage District MPR Proposal Authorization Resolution]
DISTRICT MPR PROPOSAL AUTHORIZATION RESOLUTION. IT DO NEED AN AMENDMENT TO MOTION TO AMEND TO DELETE THE SECOND OR. I'M SORRY, THIRD RESOLVED CLAUSE. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT. WELL, LET'S. THE THIRD WHEREAS THIRD, WHEREAS IT'S LISTED BE FURTHER RESOLVED. THE SAID FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED AS A LOAN GENERAL FUND BALANCE WITH THE INTENT THAT GENERAL FUNDS WILL BE REIMBURSED. THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AS PER LEGAL. AND THAT'S FOR MR. J. ACTUALLY, WITH PAT, DID YOU DID YOU REQUEST THIS OFF? IT'S THE TOWN WIDE REFUSE.OKAY. IS THAT THERE'S NOT A THIRD WHEREAS THAT'S WHY I WAS THIRD RESOLVED. THIRD RESOLVED.
I'M SORRY. DID I SAY WHERE IS. YEAH. BE IT FURTHER THAT SAID FUNDS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED GENERAL FUND BALANCE ETCETERA. THAT'S THE THIRD RESOLVE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. THIS IS IN THE HE SAID THAT WAS FOR ENGINEERING RIGHT. NO, HE HAD ONE FOR ENGINEERING. AND THIS ONE THOUGH WAS SENT OVER TODAY FROM. IT ALREADY IDENTIFIES IT LOOKS LIKE IT IDENTIFIES IN PARAGRAPH THREE THE I'M SORRY PARAGRAPH FOUR, THE FUNDING SOURCE THERE. SO ARE WE SET. SO I JUST NEED SOMEONE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE THIRD RESOLVED. MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE THIRD RESOLVED CLAUSE. AND WE'LL GET A SECOND. WE'LL REMOVE IT AND THEN WE'LL READ IT AND IT'LL BE AN APPROVE IT. FUNDS LOANS REMOVE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. RIGHT. THE THIRD RESOLVED CLAUSE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY. GENERAL FUND BALANCE, THAT BLAH BLAH. THAT ONE. YEP. IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLVED THAT'S BEING REMOVED. LIKE CLEARLY WHOEVER SUBMITTED THIS AGENDA ITEM HAD A REASON FOR IT. MY INTENTION, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING IT, IS THAT THE GOAL IS TO RECOUP WHATEVER COSTS WE INCUR FROM DOING THE MPR, THE. YEAH, MAKING THE MAP THAT WE RECOUP IT FROM THE DISTRICT. ONCE THE DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED. OKAY. IS THAT WHAT THAT POINT OF THAT RESOLVED IS THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE INTENTION. THE WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FUNDING SOURCE, AND THIS IS A PART OF PREPARING THIS IS TO PAY FOR PREPARING, SORRY. THE MAP PLAN REPORT FOR THE DISTRICT. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FUNDING SOURCE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO THE DISTRICT IS CREATED. THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A DISTRICT EXPENSE.
SO ARE YOU SAYING WE SHOULD REMOVE IT OR JUST. YEAH, THERE'S A THERE'S A REMOVAL. THERE WAS A AMENDMENT THAT CAME IN FROM THE COUNCIL WHO DRAFTED IT FOR US IS HANDLING THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT. THERE WAS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. I THINK IT'S OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO
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REMOVE THE THIRD WAY. I RESOLVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? SO, WAIT, WHICH ONE? CAN YOU READ IT SOMETIME? CAN YOU CAN IT BE IT? FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SAID, FUNDS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED AS A LOAN FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE ACCOUNT NUMBER WITH THE INTENT THAT THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE REIMBURSED FROM PROCEEDS OF THE DISTRICT WHEN THE DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED. AND WHY THAT ONE? WHY ARE WE TAKING THAT OUT? WELL, DO YOU HAVE REIMBURSE? YOU CAN LEAVE ACTUALLY IF YOU WANT TO BISECT. IS THIS SOMETHING WHO DRAFTED THIS RESOLUTION? THIS WAS DRAFTED BY THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL IS PREPARING THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT. DID YOU REVIEW IT BEFORE THE MEETING? NO, IT WAS NOT PROVIDED TO ME BEFORE THE MEETING. THE. SO I DISCUSSED IT, WASN'T IT? I MEAN, HOW WOULD IT END UP ON THE AGENDA. DON'T THEY HAVE TO BE IN ON THURSDAY? THIS WAS SAID TO ME TODAY. SO I WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS IMPROPER BECAUSE WE DON'T WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT. IT'S GOT TO BE PUT OUT ON THURSDAY.YOU CAN AMEND YOU CAN AMEND THE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA IF YOU IF YOU CHOOSE, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE TO AMEND. BUT WHAT WHAT APPEARED THURSDAY THOUGH ON THE ON THE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. SO BUT I'M ASKING KEN, OUR LAWYER, IF HE READ THIS ON THURSDAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS AMENDMENT SINCE THURSDAY. AMENDMENT CAME IN TODAY AND I WOULD DEFER TO WHEN HE WAS. FRANKLY, I'D DEFER TO PAT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS CONTRACT PERSON. IT'S RIGHT IN THERE AS A CONTRACTED PERSONAL SERVICES, CORRECT? I MEAN, HONESTLY, TO LEAVE IT UNLESS THAT COUNCIL HAS A REASON, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE SAYING WE'RE PUTTING THE GENERAL FUND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. IT'LL BE REIMBURSED BY THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH. BUT I I'M NOT A LAWYER. THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL IS DOING THE WORK FOR US DOESN'T LIKE THAT, THAT THERE MUST BE A REASON. BUT FROM PAST PRECEDENT, WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT THE GENERAL FUND. THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED, THE FUNDS COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT WILL REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MONEY THAT IS COMING, I GUESS. I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE IS, KEN, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS FIRST AND THEN MAKE AND THEN MAKE THE AMENDMENT, LIKE AFTER A SECOND, AFTER YOU GET A SECOND TO MAKE THE MOTION, OR IF YOU'RE AMENDING IT, YOU WOULD CERTAINLY VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST. AND THEN IF THAT PASSES, YOU WOULD VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. OKAY. OR YOU COULD STILL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION NOW BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. RIGHT? YES, YOU COULD DO THAT, BRAD, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THE LAST ONE THAT CAME IN WAS THE INCLUDED OR DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT PARAGRAPH.
NO, THAT THE ONE THAT CAME IN TODAY REMOVES THAT THIRD RESOLVED. RIGHT. SO THAT THAT IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO ME BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S TWO FUNDING SOURCES DESIGNATED. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY WANTED TO REMOVE THAT, JUST TO TIDY IT UP. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND AND REMOVE THE WHAT'S IT? THE THIRD RESOLVED. RESOLVED. OKAY. THAT STATES THE FUNDING AND TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE OKAY. SO NOW YOU NEED TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. I'LL READ THE I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION. TOWN WOULD REFUSE THE GARBAGE DISTRICT MPR PROPOSAL AUTHORIZATION RESOLUTION. WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THE TOWN BOARD, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 A OF THE TOWN LAWS CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING A TOWN WIDE RESIDENTIAL REFUSE AND GARBAGE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DISTRICT. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD DESIRES TO OBTAIN A MAP, PLAN AND REPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS THE TOWN ENGINEER TO SUPERVISE THE PREPARATION OF GENERAL MAP, PLAN AND REPORT PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF TOWN LAW, SECTION 209 C TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUM OF $5,000 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED. H12214200440 CONTRACTED PERSONAL SERVICES TO PAY THE COST OF PREPARING GENERAL PLAN AND REPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SUPERVISOR TO SIGN A PROPOSAL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND REPORT, WHICH SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS SUBJECT TO A PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN TOWN LAW ARTICLE SEVEN. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR
[4.33. Payment for Completion of Fiber Relocation Project]
CARRY. 4.33 PAYMENT FOR COMPLETION OF FIBER RELOCATION PROJECT. WHEREAS TOWN BOARD PREVIOUSLY ENCUMBERED FUNDS AND FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR THE FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE RELOCATION PROJECT. AND WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL VENDOR AWARDED A PORTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED RELOCATION OF THE FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEREAS, AS A RESULT OF THE VENDOR'S INABILITY TO COMPLETE THE WORK PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER POA 0004198097 WAS CLOSED, AND THE REMAINDER FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. AND WHEREAS THE FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE RELOCATION WORK REMAINS NECESSARY AND VERIZON HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE PROVIDER TO COMPLETE THE SCOPE OF WORK. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZE THIS PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,622.85 TO VERIZON FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE RELOCATION WORK TO BE FUNDED FOR THE UNSPENT FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSED PURCHASE. ORDER NUMBER PO[01:30:03]
0004198097. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. CARRIED. 4.34 HAS BEEN[Additional Item 2]
WITHDRAWN. 4.35 BEING REVENUE ACCOUNT TRANSFER. WHERE IS THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CHECK FROM BRIAN DIMMITT FOR $150 FOR A SIGN AT THE DOG PARK AND THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE DEPOSITED IN REVENUE ACCOUNT 82705 AND TRANSFER TO ACCOUNT 87141.413 FOR THE SIGN, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIED ANY RESOLUTIONS? OH, YEAH. LATE. WE HAVE TWO AUDITS OF CASH DISBURSEMENT AND TWO LATE ADS. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE LATE ADS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO. YEAH. GO AHEAD. IS[Additional Item 3]
THIS YOURS OR MINE? OKAY. LATE AD RESOLUTION BEING FULL TIME CLEANER. WHEREAS THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT HAS A NEED FOR ONE FULL TIME, CLEANER POSITION. AND THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES REINSTATING ONE CIVIL SERVICE, NONCOMPETITIVE, CLEANER PROBATION AND THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, THE POSITION WILL BE PROMOTIONAL CSEA WHITE COLLAR POSITION FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A7140 .102 TO BE TRANSFERRED TO 714 0.100, SO MOVED SECOND.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRY BAG REVENUE. ACCOUNT TRANSFER. WHERE IS THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CHECK FROM BRIAN DIMMITT FOR ONE. DO WE JUST DO THAT? I'M SORRY. THE.
THAT'S IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE JUST. YEAH. WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME HERE OKAY. REVENUE CONTRACTION. I'M SORRY. WHAT IS IT CLEANER. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS WE ALREADY COVERED THAT ONE. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY GAVE ME THE SECOND ONE. MY APOLOGIES. DISBURSEMENT. REVENUE TRANSFER.
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OKAY, SO YOU WANT TO READ THOSE? THE ORDERS OF CASH DISBURSEMENT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. TELL HIM ABOUT HIS CASE FOR ARPA. TOTAL IS $82,771.30. IS THERE A MOTION TO OR YOU WANT TO DO THEM BOTH.TOWN BOARD OF AUDITOR CASH DISBURSEMENTS. THEIR TOTAL THE TOTAL IS $644,281.89. SO MOVED.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. CARRIED. I HAVE IT UP HERE FOR MR. SHAY. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA. PLEASE. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NOPE. OKAY. HOW ABOUT FROM THE TOWN
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BOARD THEN? OR DEPARTMENT HEADS? DEPARTMENT HEADS. WHAT DEPARTMENT HEAD WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I'M NOT CALLING ON ANYBODY. I'LL GO FIRST, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I JUST LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND AND IN THEIR PRAYERS. A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO WE LAID TO REST TODAY, DAVID G. NIECE. HE WAS MUSIC TEACHER, DIRECTOR OF MUSICALS, AND WORE MANY HATS AT SAINT FRANCIS. ALSO THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF OUR LADY OF VICTORY CHURCH. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AMEN. OKAY.YEAH. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. LET ME START OFF BY THE HIGHWAY. RUSHES ON ONE JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE. ALSO PAVING. WE'RE COMPLETING OUR FIRST PHASE OF THE PAVING. THAT'S THE TIM TAM AREA REGENTS, BRIAN COURT AND CHISHOLM AND ROBIN LANE. SO THAT'S THAT SHOULD BE ALL DONE TOMORROW. THE FIRST PHASE IS DONE. SECOND PHASE STARTS ON MONDAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOUTH HILL, BONNIE LANE, PICTURE LAKE, STILWELL, LAKE VIEW TERRACE AND HOBBLEBUSH. THAT'LL BE THE SECOND PHASE AND THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY EAT UP THE REMAINDER OF MY BUDGET FOR PAVING. REMEMBER MONDAY AND THURSDAYS WE STILL HAVE THE ELECTRONIC DROP OFF H10. JUST AN UPDATE. I JUST GOT IT TODAY. IT'S AT THE PAINT SHOP, SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE WILL GET THAT BACK FROM THE DAMAGE FROM THE BLACKTOP FALLING ON TOP OF IT AT NO COST TO THE
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TOWN. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY OF SYRACUSE. I HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TODAY. THEY DO WHAT THEY DO A LIVE MAPPING FOR PLOWING. SO THEIR THEIR TRUCKS ARE SET UP WITH WITH MAPPING SYSTEMS IN THERE ON TABLETS. I'M, I'M SITTING DOWN WITH THEM ALSO ALSO THE STATE DOT AND SEEING IF THEY WILL WORK HERE IN HAMBURG. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL.SO IT'LL BE BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR OUR PLOW DRIVERS. SO THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A MAP TO LOOK AT AT ALL TIMES WHEN THEY'RE PLOWING. SO THEY WANT TO KNOW WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DID A ROAD OR WHATEVER IT DOCUMENT WHAT TIME THEY DID THE ROAD WENT THROUGH IT. SO IT WILL PUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BED FOR THAT BEING THE GOLF COURSE IS COMING ALONG REALLY GOOD. I'M STARTING TO GET SOME SOME REAL GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM IT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OUT THERE. IT'S NOT HELPING MY GOLF GAME, THOUGH. I STILL THINK, AND ALSO WE'RE WORKING ALONG WITH THE REC DEPARTMENT ABOUT POSTING ABOUT IF THE WATER IS CLOSED OR OPEN. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THERE FOR A WHILE. SO WE'RE WE'RE TAKING THAT ISSUE OFF THE OFF THE TABLE. SO WE'RE POSTING IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND STUFF SO PEOPLE CAN JUST GO AND LOOK AND BE DONE BECAUSE PEOPLE CALL MY OFFICE. WE'RE CALLING JILL. SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE REC DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT RESOLVED. AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK THE BIG GUYS THAT BIG THAT BIG BANNER THAT'S PUT UP THERE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A IT'S A PRIVATE BEACH NOW, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC BEACH. SO THROUGH TO THE REC DEPARTMENT AT OUR DEPARTMENT, WE PUT IT UP AND IT'S YOU DEFINITELY CAN'T MISS IT. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK. THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA WITH THE PLOWS TO GET THAT INTERACTIVE STUFF GOING. SO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PRESENTING THE AWARD. I KNOW THOSE LADIES DID A LOT OF HARD WORK, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
ALSO, SOME OF YOU WERE THERE AND FOR THE ONES THAT WEREN'T, WE HAVE TONS OF PICTURES. BUT OUR OPENING WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE OFFICIALLY MOVED TO ECC SOUTH, SO THE YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS NOW AT BUILDING FOUR AT ECC SOUTH, RIGHT BEHIND LOT E, SO THERE'S LOTS OF SIGNAGE. WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD BECAUSE APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW THAT WE MOVED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK OR WHAT, BUT LET THEM KNOW. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO BE WE MAY STILL HAVE A FEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES LIKE ED WAS SAYING. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S, YOU KNOW, TRANSFERRING SOME PHONES AND COMPUTERS AND STUFF. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP, YOU KNOW, BUT KEEP US POSTED. ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE I THINK IT'S GOING VERY WELL THOUGH. AND PLEASE COME VISIT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. OUR NEXT PLANNING BOARD MEETING IS ON JULY 9TH. WE HAVE NINE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE GATEWAY BUILDING THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT IS ON THE AGENDA. THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON IN WOODLAWN. THEY'RE ALWAYS PLANNING PROJECTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. SO OUR NEXT PLANNING BOARD MEETING IS JULY 9TH. WHEN I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ZONING CODE UPDATES, WE WILL BE HAVING SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS SOMETIME LATER, MAYBE IN JULY, SOMETIME IN AUGUST FOR SOME OF THOSE ZONING CODE UPDATES THAT I TALKED ABOUT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO, OR AT LEAST THAT I TRY TO DO, IS ZONING IS A COMPLICATED MATTER. SO I'LL TRY TO EDUCATE NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO THE TOWN BOARD AND ANYONE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO. I'LL HAVE MY COLLEAGUE WITH ME WHO'S A LITTLE BIT MORE LONG WINDED THAN I AM, BUT WE'LL TRY TO DO THE BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE OR THAT THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE. THE TOWN IS ALSO GOING THROUGH ITS LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM UPDATE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE. THINK OF IT AS LIKE A PLAN FOR THE WATERFRONT AREA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE FALL FOR THAT PROJECT. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM WOODLAWN, HOOVER BEACH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ATHOL SPRINGS.
WE'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT KEEP THAT ON YOUR RADAR THAT WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING FOR THAT SOMETIME IN THE LATE FALL. WILL THAT COINCIDE WITH THAT GRANT THAT WE JUST IT WILL IT WILL EVENTUALLY COINCIDE. SO THE LTP WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO FINISH THAT LATE QUARTER FOR THIS YEAR, QUARTER ONE OF 2026. AND THAT GRANT BY THE TIME CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED AND IT STARTS GOING ON, THAT'LL BE SOMETIME IN 2026. SO IT'LL FALL RIGHT IN LINE BECAUSE THAT GRANT IS ACTUALLY USING FUNDING FROM WHAT THAT WILL BE FINALIZING. SO IT'LL ACTUALLY IT'LL ACTUALLY FALL RIGHT IN LINE. VOTED FOR IT. AND THAT'S MY THAT'S MY UPDATE. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN I ASK A QUESTION. SO EARLIER YOU ALLUDED TO GATEWAY. WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED HAD THAT HAPPEN. BUT MY MEMORY IS NOT GOOD. AND I TOO AM NOT AN ATTORNEY. BUT I DO RECALL THAT A COMMENT AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS IN POINT OR IN PROCESS WAS EXEMPT FROM ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECIDED ON THAT NIGHT. SO I JUST
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SOMEBODY CALLED ME OUT, MY RECOLLECTION BEING SUCH, HE JUST SAID THAT ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE. I AND THAT WAS MY. MY, MY INTENT IN THE RESOLUTION. AND I DRAFTED IT WAS THAT THAT WOULD PROJECT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ IT, IT WASN'T OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED MISS, I'M ASKING IF YOUR RESPONSE, MISTER ROGERS, WAS ACCURATE IN SAYING THAT THE GATEWAY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE SUMMER MEETING, PUBLIC HEARINGS FUNDED AT THE TIME WHEN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION HAD WENT ON, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. AS YOU SAID, THE LANGUAGE IN THAT AMENDED RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE ALLOWED SPECIFICALLY THE GATEWAY BUILDING, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AS RIGHT.THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. LEAVING THIS COMMUNITY. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME. THANK YOU. OKAY. MATT, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE INTERSECTION OF BAYVIEW, ABBOT, CLARK AND ARMOR, THE SYNCRO MODEL STUDY THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY IS COMPLETED. I'M GOING TO SEND ALL THE DATA OVER TO GINA AND HAVE HER LOOK AT IT, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IF SHE'S GOOD WITH IT. SO AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME BIDS AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK ON THE BOARD MATT. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE. OH. OR BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT. NO REPORT. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN TODD ON HIS GRADUATION FROM THE FBI. NATIONAL ACADEMY SESSIONS NUMBER 294, CONGRATULATE EBONY ON RETIRING FROM ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HER NEW CAREER.
AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. MEGAN. JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO THANK YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR SERVICES FOR THAT EXCELLENT EVENT ON JULY 2ND. IT GAVE BOTH MYSELF, SUPERVISOR OVSHINSKY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LAWRENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER AND HEAR THEIR. THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY FIND MOST USEFUL AND DESIRABLE ABOUT THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER AND THE THINGS THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO UTILIZE IN OUR NEW SPACE AT ECC. IT WAS ALSO NICE TO GET A TOUR FROM SOME OF THE MOST FREQUENT VISITORS TO THE CENTER. THEY WERE QUICK TO SHOW ME AROUND AND WANTED TO SHOW ME ALL THEIR FAVORITE SPACES, WHICH WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE CONSIDERING WE WERE JUST A FEW DAYS IN AND THEY HAD ALREADY STAKED CLAIM TO, WHICH WAS THE BEST SPOT TO PLAY CARDS AND THE BEST SPOT TO HAVE A CHAT, AND THE BEST ROOMS TO HAVE CLASSES IN. SO NICE JOB JILL, AND I KNOW THAT MY KIDDOS AND YOUR KIDDOS REALLY LOVED THE HOT DOG ROAST. THEY WERE EXCELLENT HOT DOG SERVERS. YEAH, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE HAMBURG LIBRARY, BOTH HAMBURG AND THE LAKESHORE LIBRARY HAVE STARTED THEIR SUMMER READING PROGRAM. THEY HAVE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS FOR BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MOTIVATE YOUR CHILDREN AND YOURSELF TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE READING. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PREFERENCE AS TO WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO READ, SO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT THEIR BOOKS AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME FREE FROM THE ELECTRONICS AND WORK ON THEIR READING. THE HAMBURG LIBRARY DOES HAVE AN EVENT ON THE 21ST. THEY HAVE HAWK CREEK COMING. YOU DO NEED TO RSVP, BUT IT IS AN ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS EVENT AND THE OR THE LAKESHORE LIBRARY HAS BALLOON BLAST ON THE 14TH. AND I WAS PARTICULARLY INTRIGUED THAT THE 26TH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ALSO BLAST IN THE BEACH DAY. THEY HAVE THE FOAM RIDER, WHICH IS A FOAM CANNON AT LAKESHORE LIBRARY. I MAY PASS ON IT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE MY KIDS WILL NOT. SO. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO COUNCIL MEMBER LAWRENCE, BECAUSE I'M SURE SHE'S GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT BLAST IN THE BEACH. I WILL, BUT I THINK PEOPLE CAN FIT BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS IN. SO ON JULY 26TH WE DO HAVE BLAST ON THE BEACH. I WILL LEAVE SEVERAL FLIERS RIGHT HERE THAT I'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH IF YOU WANT SOME MORE DETAILS, BUT THERE ARE EVENTS GOING ON RIGHT FROM 1 P.M, RIGHT THROUGH 10 P.M. AND THE CULMINATION, OF COURSE, WILL BE THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ON THAT GROUP WHO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK IN YEAR ROUND. ALSO, THANK
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YOU TO THOSE WHO WORK SO HARD. JOSH ALLUDED TODAY TO THIS BATCH OF CODE REVISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES IN TO GET US TO THAT POINT, AND THE REVISIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED REALLY COME OUT OF MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH CODE REVIEW, WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, WITH THE NON CFA GROUP THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD AND I WORK ON, AND THAT COMES FROM INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM WHAT WE HEAR AT MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS. SO THAT PROCESS IS LONG AND IT'S COMPREHENSIVE AND IT REALLY INCORPORATES A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.AND THERE'S MORE TO COME. THIS IS JUST WE DECIDED TO DO IT IN GROUPS, SMALL GROUPS AT A TIME, BECAUSE IT ALSO AFFORDS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC DOES UNDERSTAND. AND THANK YOU, JOSH, BECAUSE I KNOW ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO, WE STARTED HAVING YOU AND OUR OTHER TOWN PLANNER WERE AVAILABLE FOR AN HOUR BEFORE OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF CODE REVISIONS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE INTRODUCE THESE NEW REVISIONS AND ZONING CHANGES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND AGAIN, IT HELPS THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU TO YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES. IT BEING FOR THE MOVE, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT WE WENT TO. IF I COULD ALSO JUST NOTE WE FREQUENTLY HAVE MANY OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE WHO ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO RECENTLY I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MENTION HIM BECAUSE HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY SENATOR PATRICK GALLIVAN AS ONE OF THE VETERANS OF THE YEAR IN NEW YORK STATE. AND THAT'S MAX DONATELLI, A HAMBURG RESIDENT. MAX HAS JOINED US HERE SEVERAL TIMES AT OUR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AND IS ON SEVERAL OF OUR COMMITTEES IN THE TOWN, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MAX DONATELLI FOR THAT EXTRAORDINARY RECOGNITION BY SENATOR GALLIVAN IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AND FINALLY, IF WE COULD JUST CLOSE THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR COMMANDER JOHN GROTKE, HE WAS COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 527, WHO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. HE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THAT POST ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS IN HIS SERVICE FOR OUR COUNTRY, HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING, AND I KNOW I WAS HONORED TO MAKE HIS ACQUAINTANCE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. AND IF WE COULD CLOSE OUR MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ALSO JUST KEEP HIS FAMILY IN MIND. THANK YOU. I NEVER REPORTS A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. UNANIMOUS SECOND.
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