Feb 23, 2026 2-23-2026 TB Meeting

[1. Roll Call]

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IT RIGHT. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 TOWN BOARD MEETING OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. TO ORDER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BIEGALSKI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. KOZUB HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIXON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ORTIZ HERE. SUPERVISOR. FARRELL. LORENZ HERE. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING. 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. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, AND ALL OF OUR ACTIVE MILITARY.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD NOTE, WE HAVE TWO EMERGENCY EXITS ON THE SIDE AND IN THE BACK. RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

[3. Minutes of Previous Meeting]

[4.1. Honoring Longboards at Hamburg Beach and Nancy Maisano, Mark Maisano, and the Longboards Crew]

WHEREAS FOR 13 SUMMERS, NANCY MAISANO AND HER HUSBAND MARK MAISANO AND THE ENTIRE LONGBOARDS CREW ENHANCED THE HEART AND SOUL OF HAMBURG BEACH. AND WHEREAS LONGBOARDS AT HAMBURG BEACH BECAME A BELOVED GATHERING PLACE FOR RESIDENTS, OFFERING ACTIVITIES LIKE PADDLEBOARD CLASSES THAT PROMOTED HEALTH, WELLNESS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR SHORELINE. AND WHEREAS LONGBOARDS WAS MORE THAN A BUSINESS AND OUR TOWN OF HAMBURG COMMUNITY BEACH, IT WAS A PLACE WHERE FRIENDSHIPS WERE FORMED, FAMILIES GATHERED, AND GENERATIONS CREATED LASTING MEMORIES. AND WHEREAS NANCY, MARK AND THEIR DEDICATED CREW NOURISHED OUR COMMUNITY NOT ONLY WITH FOOD AND REFRESHMENT, BUT WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER THROUGH BEACHSIDE BREAKFASTS AND LUNCH, SNACKS AND MELTING ICE CREAM CONES ON WARM SUMMER DAYS. AND WHEREAS LONGBOARDS PROVIDED MEANINGFUL SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY OF HAMBURG'S YOUTH, FOSTERING RESPONSIBILITY, TEAMWORK AND PRIDE WHILE SCHOOL WAS OUT OF SESSION. AND WHEREAS, THE IMPACT OF LONGBOARDS AT HAMBURG BEACH EXTENDS FAR BEYOND ITS PHYSICAL PRESENCE, LIVING ON IN THE HEARTS OF FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE TOUCHED BY ITS WARMTH AND SPIRIT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO NANCY MAISANO, MARK MAISANO, AND THE ENTIRE LONGBOARDS CREW FOR 13 REMARKABLE SUMMERS OF SERVICE, DEDICATION, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT LONGBOARDS AT HAMBURG BEACH SHALL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED FOR THE GIFTS OF MEMORIES AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IT GAVE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND FOR HELPING MAKE HAMBURG BEACH A SPECIAL PLACE FOR HAMBURG RESIDENTS TO VISIT. AND I BELIEVE NANCY AND HER HUSBAND ARE HERE. SO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND ANYONE ELSE FROM YOUR CREW THAT'S HERE TO COME UP AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. COME ON UP THERE, BUDDY. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORI. OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO HOW ABOUT YOU WATCH OUT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. I'LL EVEN HUG THEM SO MUCH. YOU IN THE CENTER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CHEESEBURGER. HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OR NICE. YOU CAN. NOW. ALL RIGHT. BACK TO BUSINESS. PUBLIC HEARING. PROPOSED LOCAL LAW

[4.2. Public Hearing Proposed Local Law #1, 2026]

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ADD A NEW ARTICLE TO CHAPTER 280, IDENTIFIED AS ARTICLE LL SMOKE SHOPS AND VAPE SHOPS. A DETAILED COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IS AVAILABLE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AS LISTED BELOW. AT TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN HALL AND THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.

THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 23RD AT 7 P.M. LOCAL TIME, WHICH AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE MAY BE HEARD. I MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? AS SUCH, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? PUBLIC HEARING. PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER TWO 2026 LEGAL

[4.3. Public Hearing Proposed Local Law #2, 2026]

[4.4. Public Hearing Proposed Local Law #3, 2026]

THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 AT 7 P.M. AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE MAY BE HEARD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO COMMENT? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. YES. GOOD EVENING, MARK ROMANOWSKI. I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN ON THIS PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS ARE NEW OR BACK ON THE BOARD AGAIN. AND WE WERE HERE NOW 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE LAST HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE MISKOVSKY FAMILY, AND THEY OWN FIVE PARCELS IN THIS AREA OF OF OF LAKEVIEW, WHERE THIS PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT MAY GO.

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RIGHT. WE HAVE STRETCH SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD SPEEDS ARE 55 PEOPLE GO FASTER THAN THAT. AND IT'S RELATIVELY SPARSELY POPULATED. THERE'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ON ON THE ONE SIDE, BUT OTHERWISE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF POPULATION DENSITY IN THAT AREA. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED OR HIS PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED PRIMARILY GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ROBUST DEVELOPMENT ALONG SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD FOR OBVIOUS REASONS LACK OF DENSITY, HIGH SPEED ROAD. RIGHT. SO THESE ARE AREAS THAT AREN'T REALLY DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR DEVELOPMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN WHAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED HERE IS A RESTRICTION OF THAT TO TAKE AWAY WHAT EVEN COULD BE DONE UNDER GENERAL COMMERCIAL. I LOOKED AT THE LIST OF, WE'LL CALL IT NINE PERMITTED USES IN GENERAL THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. OF THE NINE, FIVE OF THEM WOULD REALLY ONLY BE FEASIBLE IF THIS WAS A VILLAGE LIKE AREA. SO WE TALKED ABOUT PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, BARBERSHOPS, BEAUTY PARLORS, LAUNDROMATS, DRY CLEANING, ETC. THEY'RE NOT COMING OUT HERE. OFFICE BUILDINGS AND OFFICES. THEY'RE NOT COMING OUT HERE. MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES. THE CLOSEST ONE IS UP NEAR WALMART BANKS, NOWHERE NEAR HERE. INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES? OF COURSE NOT. AND SO NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH FOUR CATEGORIES OR FOUR USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS BEING PERMITTED. AND THAT SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE AREAS TO BE DEVELOPED. THESE OTHER USES WERE PERMITTED IN GC AND DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO WE'VE HAD DECADES OF EXPERIENCE TO SAY THESE OTHER USES ARE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS AREA. AND YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN TAKING IT AND GOING, OKAY, LET'S NARROW IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER TO MAKE IT HARDER ON THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS STRETCH IN SOUTHWESTERN IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GHOST TOWN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SPARSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GRANDFATHER USES THE ONE GENTLEMAN THAT OWNS THE BODY SHOP. HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT THAT'S IT.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THIS AS A FUTURE POTENTIAL OF WHAT CAN WE DO HERE TO INCENTIVIZE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA? WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED SMALL RETAIL. WE GET THAT THE TOWN BOARD'S POSITION ON THIS IS THEY DON'T WANT BIG RETAIL IN THIS AREA. THEY DON'T WANT 50, 60, 100,000, 160,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAILERS, BUT SMALL RETAILERS, THAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE. AND THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF DRAWING IN SOME OF THESE OTHER USES. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO BE THERE OTHER THAN THEY'RE PASSING BY TO GO TO THEIR HOUSES, THESE OTHER USES AREN'T GOING TO SURVIVE. SO FROM MY CLIENT'S PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE. WE THINK IT'S TOO RESTRICTIVE. WE ASKED THE TOWN TO RECONSIDER, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BOOK FOR THIS AREA DOES. YOUR CLIENT, EXCUSE ME, DOES YOUR CLIENT LIKE HEARING. I'M SORRY. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IT'S OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ALL THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME THAT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR I. TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVERS RESOLVED, THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY

[4.5. Taylor Road Alcohol Waivers]

[4.6. Youth, Recreation, & Senior Services P.A.F.]

[4.7. B&G PAF]

[4.8. Police-Donation Carryover]

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[4.9. Police - Out of Town Travel Request]

AND WHEREAS ALL ACCOMMODATIONS AS WELL AS MEALS ARE PROVIDED, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES LIEUTENANT JOHN JONATHAN CROSS AND OFFICER BRETT MCCABE TO ATTEND 2026 NEW YORK STATE TACTICAL TEAM LEADERSHIP FORUM. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE USE OF AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY FUEL EXPENSE IN B3120 .0403. SO MOVED SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. POLICE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL REQUEST. WHEREAS THE FBI NA NATIONAL

[4.10. Police - Out of Town Travel Request]

I THOUGHT YOU WERE TAKING ME WITH YOU. I SAVED MY LOONS. HISTORIC PRESERVATION

[4.11. Historic Preservation Commission]

[4.12. HPE Lease to Own Agreement]

[4.13. Disposal of Town Cellphones]

[4.15. Town of Hamburg Credit Card Policy-Update]

[4.16. Engineering Dept Stormwater Conference]

TOTAL COST TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR IS $135 PLUS $10 FOR PARKING. USE OF A TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED. FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A .1440.0492. TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE INCREASE IN THE

[4.17. Stipend Increase B&G]

SECOND, I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION. JUST TO ADD ON SOME CLARIFICATION. IF WE COULD ADD AT THE END AFTER FOR THE YEAR 2000. TO REFLECT IN INVOLVEMENT IN TOWN, SIGNIFICANT TOWN WIDE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENT RELATED INITIATIVES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT I. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION A.

[Additional Item 1]

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[Additional Item 2]

[Additional Item 3]

[4.14. Town of Hamburg Budget Transfer Authorization Policy]

[Additional Item 4]

[5. Public Comment]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SAILOR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS SO MUCH. NAVY VETERAN. I CAN PASS THE REST DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY. I WILL DO THAT FOR SURE. THANK YOU. FRANK, IF YOU'D PASS IT TO THE CLERK WHEN YOU'RE DONE. HERE YOU GO, NATALIE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO, THAT'S MIGHT WANT IT. WHEN HE

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[Additional Item 5]

JOSH, I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR FOR THIS, IS IT? NO IT'S NOT. NO.

AND I KNOW AFTER THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING WE HAD QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT COMMENTS. AND THAT'S THE POINT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INPUT. AND YOU MET WITH QUITE A FEW OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO BROUGHT FORWARD COMMENTS, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS DOCUMENT, AND THAT REFLECTS YOUR COMMENTS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. COULD YOU TALK THROUGH THAT PART OF THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE BOARD UNDER STANDS JUST WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE INTERIM SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING? SURE. SO ESPECIALLY WITH THIS REZONING, ANY TIME WE SPEND MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY UNIFORM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A USE THAT MAY WORK IN THIS PART OF THE TOWN VERSUS ANOTHER PART. OBVIOUSLY, THIS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS CENTERED IN THE LAKEVIEW HAMLET IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TOWN. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO A PUBLIC HEARING IN LATE 2025, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTH CREEK, AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWESTERN AND LAKE, ALSO LAKEVIEW AND ALSO SOUTHWESTERN AND HOLTZ ROAD. SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE PROPERTIES THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED TO BE REZONED. I KNOW ONE OWNS A KIND OF BODY AUTO PAINT COLLISION GOLF CART KIND OF PLACE. ONE THING THAT WE DID THAT WE ADDED TO THE LAKEVIEW COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS SAYING THAT ANYBODY THAT HAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS EXISTING OF THE ADOPTION OF THE LOCAL LAW WOULD BE A PERMITTED USE, MEANING THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HIS USE AND ALSO EXPAND IT. BECAUSE OF HOW WE HAVE THE LAKEVIEW COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WRITTEN IS HIS USE, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED. SO WE WANTED TO CONSIDER THAT WE ADDED EXISTING HOMES. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO LAKEVIEW COMMERCIAL WHO HAVE HOMES IN THIS AREA, AND RIGHT NOW HOMES ARE NOT ARE PERMITTED USE AS A NEW NEW HOMES. BUT WE WANTED EXISTING HOMES TO BE ACCEPTED IN LAKEVIEW COMMERCIAL IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTED TO SELL OR WAS HAVING AN ISSUE GETTING A MORTGAGE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WE DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT WE DID HEAR EARLY ON, AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD HOME BUSINESSES AND HOME OCCUPATIONS DOWN BY THE SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTH CREEK AREA, WHERE WE ADDED PROVISIONS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS, THAT THAT WOULD BE A PERMITTED USE. SO WE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLEASE EVERYBODY, BUT WE TRY TO COME TO A HAPPY MEDIUM. LIKE I SAID, THIS WASN'T THE FINAL VERSION OF THE DISTRICT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MR. ROMANOWSKI AND HIS APPLICANT. BUT LIKE I SAID, THE MAIN GOAL IS THAT IT'LL BE THE FIVE OF YOU WHOSE DECISION IT IS, AND WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION TO MAKE A LOGICAL DECISION. OKAY. THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING AFTER YOU TALK FURTHER WITH MR. ROMANOWSKI, WHAT POSSIBLE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS MIGHT BE RECOMMENDED SO THAT WE CAN THEN BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS? SOUNDS GOOD. TERRIFIC.

THANK YOU. JOSH. THANK YOU. OUR ENGINEER CAMI. JUST ONE ITEM FROM ENGINEERING FOR TONIGHT.

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I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT MARCH 1ST IS COMING UP QUICKLY. SO IT IS THE DEADLINE TO FILE FOR ALL TAX EXEMPTIONS BECAUSE IT FALLS ON THE FIRST.

WE WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS ON THE SECOND. IF YOU'RE MAILING YOUR APPLICATIONS, THEN PLEASE BE SURE THEY'RE POSTMARKED BY THE SECOND, WHICH WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH TAX AND SOME PAYMENTS BEING HAND POSTMARKED IN THE POST OFFICE. YES. OTHERWISE UNFORTUNATELY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE ACCEPTED. I ALSO HAVE A QUICK UPDATE TO ON THE VETERANS 100% DISABILITY. I DID TALK WITH SUPERVISOR A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING, AND I'LL UPDATE THE BOARD IN MORE DETAIL THE NEXT NEXT MEETING. IT WAS IN THE ASSESSMENT COMMUNITY WEEKLY. I RECEIVED TODAY. ALSO CHAPTER 77 OF THE LAWS OF 2026 AMENDING THE RTTL 458 A IT ACTUALLY REMOVES THE LOCAL OPTION FROM THE EXEMPTION, AND IT'S MAKING IT MANDATORY FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES. AND IT DELAYS THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 458. SO THAT APPLIES TO THE FIRST ASSESSMENT ROLL STARTING AFTER OR ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. SO IF ANY VETERAN HAS A QUESTION CONCERNS WANTS MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IN THE OFFICE. THERE ARE NO APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE. THE STATE IS STILL WORKING ON THE PROCESS AND GETTING CLARIFICATION ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE. GET THE INFORMATION TO US TO APPROVE THOSE EXEMPTIONS. YES, ACTUALLY, I HAD A PHONE CALL TODAY. THE WAY I READ THE BILL WAS 100% TOTAL AND PERMANENT OR UNEMPLOYABLE OR THE PITUITARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NOW, A GENTLEMAN TOLD ME HE WAS 100% UNWORKABLE, BUT HE DIDN'T. HE HE DIDN'T HAVE A SOMETHING REGARDING MOBILITY THING. RIGHT. I'M STILL REACHING OUT TO THE SENATE BECAUSE WHEN I TALK TO THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE STATE SENATOR THAT SPONSORED THE BILL, SHE TOLD ME, DON'T PEOPLE KNOW WHAT A SEMICOLON MEANS? IT'S THIS OR THIS OR THIS. IT'S NOT ALL. SO I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME CLARIFICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE MET. I THOUGHT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO CLARIFY IT IN THE NEW BILL, WHICH WAS 88, 8803. AND THAT ONE JUST SAYS REVERT BACK TO 1183. SO I HOPE THIS ISN'T LIKE JUST A DEAD THING UNTIL WE GET ACTUAL CLARIFICATION. I DID REACH OUT TO OUR SENATOR, ALSO SENATOR GALVIN'S OFFICE, TO SEE IF THEY

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AND THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE IT'S MENTAL HEALTH AND YOUTH ANXIETY. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, IN THAT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'LL BE ALL ACROSS THE STATE. SO ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENT THAT WE HAVE AT THE SENIOR CENTER THAT WE HAD THE SUPERVISOR, COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON, WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ ON SCHEDULING HIM FOR OUR MEET AND GREET OR OUR COFFEE AND CHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROGALSKI. AND WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU THERE. PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT. THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED, I THINK, TO MEET EVERYBODY IN A LESS FORMAL SETTING AND JUST KIND OF HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME NICE CONVERSATIONS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY COULD HAVE IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE ALL ABUZZ AT OUR CENTER THAT THERE IS NOW OFFICIALLY SOME TOOLS AND SOME MACHINES AT WHERE OUR NEW CENTER WILL BE. SO PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT EVERY STUFF IS BEGINNING. WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING TANGIBLE THINGS. SO YAY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, JILL. HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, MR. HUGHES. I WON'T BE SO HAPPY NOW. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS UP TO SPEED. WITH WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SALT AND THE OVERTIME SO FAR FROM NOVEMBER TO JANUARY. WE. 20. 25. WE'VE GONE TO $134.14 OF SALT SO FAR.

FROM JANUARY TO NOW, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH $355,780 WORTH OF SALT. SO WE'RE AT 388 838 TON OF SALT SO FAR SINCE NOVEMBER. WE'RE AT OUR MAX RIGHT NOW. WE DID HAVE A MEETING ON THURSDAY.

THE THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEY'RE COMING UP WITH A PLAN CASE. IF IT KEEPS SNOWING, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING OUR SALT BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD WE CAN'T GET ANY MORE FROM OUR LOCAL LOCAL VENDORS. SO OVER TIME, WE DID $34,400 FROM 25, AND THEN FROM 2605 TO 143,500.

SO I ROUGHLY ABOUT 35,000 OF OVERTIME LEFT FOR 2026. ALL OUR VEHICLES ARE UP AND RUNNING.

THAT'S A GOOD THING. POTHOLES. IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANY POTHOLES, GIVE US A CALL.

EITHER EMAIL ME, TEXT ME, WHATEVER, CALL ME. WE HAD A COUPLE CREWS OUT LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS NICE TO TO FOR THE POTHOLES. THERE WAS A LOT. THERE WAS A LOT OF POTHOLES OUT THERE. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WINTER, A LOT OF FREEZING AND THAWING, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MULCH IN THE COMPOST AND AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A HAZMAT DROP OFF, PROBABLY ON A SATURDAY AT OUR TOWN BARNES. AGAIN, THAT WENT OVER VERY WELL. I'M WORKING WITH THE COUNTY WITH THAT RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT UP AND TO GET SOMETHING FINALIZED. AND WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE OUR ROADS AND COME UP HOPEFULLY BY BY MARCH 1ST, WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF ROADS THAT HAVE TO BE PAVED. SO WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF THAT DONE. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A LITTLE KINK, BUT A COUPLE OF THE THE THE TABLETS AND THE TRUCKS. BUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS AS A WHOLE IS GOING TO WORK, SO I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT BEING WE'RE STARTING TO STARTING TO GET READY TO SWITCH OVER TO HOPEFULLY SPRING HERE SOMETIME. AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CJ BOSWELL WILL BE OUR GROUNDSKEEPER FOR THE 2026 SEASON. AT THE GOLF COURSE. WE

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. MAHONEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT? ME? I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. OH, WELL. THANK YOU. JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW. MOST OF THE RESIDENTS CONTACTED ME BACK BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN HAMBURG HAS MY CELL PHONE. BUT MODERN IS READY TO DO THEIR ROLLOUT. ANYTHING TO DO WITH CARTS OR EQUIPMENT FOR MODERN? THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. PLEASE STOP CALLING THIS NUMBER. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CARTS OR EQUIPMENT OR ANY OF THEIR MATERIALS, SO PLEASE SPREAD THAT WORD AROUND. YOU'LL HAVE TO CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED, BUT ONLY VERBALLY BY ME. NOW IF IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY SOMEBODY. I TALKED FOR MODERN SUPERVISOR THAT AFTER APRIL 1ST, ANY CART SITUATIONS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT. LET'S DO THE ROLLOUT FIRST AND THEN DEAL WITH THE ISSUES LATER. OTHER THAN THAT, AS OF MARCH 24TH, NO MORE TRASH TALK ON THIS PHONE. OKAY, BOB, I DID HAVE ONE LADY CALL. SHE SAID SHE JUST MOVED INTO TOWN AND DOESN'T HAVE YOUR CELL NUMBER, SO SHE WON'T.

TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR. MATT. SO RIGHT NOW I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CAMP ROAD CORRIDOR. AS SOON AS THE STATE NOTIFIES ME, I'LL LET THE BOARD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THE NEXT TRAFFIC SAFETY MEETING WILL BE MARCH 12TH AT 7 P.M. AND AS FAR AS PRIVATE PROPERTY, THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD CAN DO BECAUSE IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE SIGNAGE IS MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. LIKE PRETTY MUCH SPOT ON WITH THAT.

KEN, CAN YOU COMMENT, MR. WALTERS, HAD YOU MENTIONED THAT PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD HAD I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIME. I THINK IT WAS JUST AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM, UP TO AROUND 2005, THAT THAT RADAR UNIT WAS IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE DAYS OVER ON NORTH EAGLE CREST NEAR VICTORIA. BUT THAT IS A PRIVATE ROAD. THAT'S THE MAIN ARTERY THAT COMES IN FROM THE OFFICE AREA OFF OF BIG TREE. IT GOES DOWN PAST VICTORIAN, DOWN ACROSS THE SO-CALLED BRIDGE OR CULVERT, THEN BECOMES SOUTH EAGLE CREST, WHICH THEN WRAPS AROUND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARK ITSELF. AND IT'S THAT AREA THERE ON BOTH ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S THE MAIN DRAG WHERE PEOPLE ARE FLYING BY. THERE'S EVEN BEEN LIKE A, A COUPLE DELIVERY TRUCKS, THE BRAND NAMES OF DELIVERY TRUCKS. I WON'T GIVE THEM HERE BECAUSE I'M SURE I'LL GET SUED FOR IT, BUT THE VIDEO IS ON WITH IN THE LISTING THERE WITH MR. SNYDER. HE'S GOT THE VIDEOS. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYBE. AND I KNOW OUR CHIEF WILL BE COMING UP IN A IN A MOMENT, AND POSSIBLY HE CAN HAVE SOME OTHER CLARIFICATION ON THIS, BUT I KNOW WHEN IT IS A PRIVATE ROAD AND SOME OF THAT MAY BE EVEN REGULATIONS OR RULES THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2005. SO THANKS, MATT. ALL RIGHT. KSAT 12 OKAY. WHO'S NEXT? CHIEF. SO WITH REGARDS TO MR. WALTERS AND EAGLECREST, MR. GIACOMINI MENTIONED IT'S IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. IT'S JUST THAT THE WAY IT IS NOW, OUR OFFICERS CAN'T ENFORCE ANY VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC LAW THERE. THE ONLY WAY THAT COULD HAPPEN IS IF THE TOWN BOARD AMENDED THE TOWN CODE TO INCLUDE EAGLE CREST AND GIVE THE OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE SPEED AND STOP SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW, SOMEONE GOING, YOU KNOW, 45, 50 MILES AN HOUR IN THE TRAILER PARK, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. IF THAT IS HAPPENING, YOU CERTAINLY CAN CALL US. IT'S RECKLESS DRIVING. YEAH. AND THAT THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. AS FAR AS THE SPEED WAGON GOES. WE CAN WE CAN STILL PUT THAT THERE. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. THE SPEED WAGON IS PUT AWAY FOR THE THE WINTER TIME. BUT IF IN SPRINGTIME IN A COUPLE WEEKS, IF YOU WANT TO

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SO I WOULD EXTEND THE INVITATION TO FOLKS AT EAGLE CREST. IF YOU SEE IF THERE'S AN INTEREST IN GETTING SOME FOLKS TOGETHER TO HAVE A POLICE REPRESENTATIVE COME AND SIT DOWN WITH YOU FOLKS AND SPEAK ON THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS YOU HAVE IN THE PRESENT. YEAH. SO WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. YOU WANT THE COPY OF THE FORM AND THEN MAYBE THE ASSOCIATION OR SOMETHING. LIKE YOU SAID, THEY COULD DO SOMETHING. MAYBE THE TOWN COULD HELP POSSIBLY WITH JUST THE LETTER IF THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM IN PEOPLE'S MAILBOX OR NOT IN THEIR MAILBOX BECAUSE THAT'S ILLEGAL. BUT, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM SOMEWHERE THEY COULD SEE THEM TO PLEASE REDUCE YOUR SPEED. THERE'S CHILDREN HERE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START. SO TALK. MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SURE. ABOUT THE FACT YOU SAID ABOUT THE POSTING FOR THE PARK? YEAH. THE PARK MANAGEMENT WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE BUT THE PARK MANAGER TO POST ANY TYPE OF THINGS AT THEIR OFFICE. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING POST IT, I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU MADE A JUST A LITTLE LETTER OUT SAYING PLEASE, YOU KNOW, BE CAUTIOUS WITH YOUR DRIVING, THERE'S AND THEN AND THEN JUST PUT IT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, DOORWAYS OR SOMETHING.

BUT I THINK THE, THE SUGGESTION ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A PRESENTATION WITH YOUR, YOUR RESIDENTS, YOUR GROUPS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD MEETINGS BEFORE WITH ALL OF YOUR RESIDENTS THERE? I HAVE NOT IN ALL THE MEETINGS YOU WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO LIKE THE PRESIDENT. MISS PATTON, OR. BUT I'M SURE THAT SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT OKAY. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE THE PEOPLE OF EAGLE CREST WHO ARE IN CHARGE, AND THEY THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO COOPERATE. ALL THEY WANT IS THEIR ALLOTMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

WELL, WE HAVE SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS THERE THAT WE CAN WORK ON. I THINK WE'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEN I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT OUT TO ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP FOR THE POLICE TO COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER OR JUST DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT ARE PARTICULAR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY'RE FACING. TERRIFIC.

THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YES. THANK YOU. ANY ANY UPDATE FROM THE I SEE THAT WE HAVE MR. DIMPLE HERE FROM THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG FIRE. ANY FIRE UPDATES? ALL SET. OKAY.

ALL QUIET. THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. LEGAL TOWN CLERK I AM. SO THE MAJOR TAX COLLECTION SEASON IS OVER. WE ARE STILL GOING TO COLLECT TAXES THROUGH JUNE 30TH. SO THAT LETTER DID GO OVER TO THE COUNTY. THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR NOW. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. DID I MISS ANYONE? CAN I CAN I JUST ASK I'M SORRY. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO TO THE POST OFFICE CHANGING THEIR RULING OR SOMETHING THAT WE HAD PEOPLE PAYING LATE BECAUSE OF THAT? AS OF TODAY, WE'RE AT ABOUT 30, BUT WE BELIEVE THERE STILL WILL BE MORE COMING. OKAY, IS THAT TYPICAL? I MEAN, TO WHAT YOU GET AS FAR AS LATE PAYMENTS, IT'S NOT AS MANY AS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FALL. BUT IT IS BECAUSE OF, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE

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COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR'S OLYMPICS. IT WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF FUN. AND OF COURSE, YES, THE GOLD MEDAL MEN'S GAME WAS VERY EMOTIONAL WITH THE GAUDREAU FAMILY AND HIS JOHNNY'S TWO LITTLE ONES.

AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO REMEMBER DON SILVERI HAMBURG RESIDENT. HE HAD BEEN AN BASKETBALL COACH AT DAMON VILLA. MARIA ECC. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HIS BASKETBALL RECORD. HE HAS A RECORD FOR CAREER WINS IN WESTERN NEW YORK, 609 COLLEGIATE VICTORIES. HE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. AND, YOU KNOW, HE CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A AS A AS A AS A MENTOR, AS A COACH. AND HE WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU. WELL AND TO, WELCOMING WELCOMING THEM. WE DEFINITELY YOU KNOW WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN ICE RINK IN OUR TOWN, I THINK WE DO OUR PART TO TRY TO CULTIVATE THAT TALENT, ESPECIALLY THROUGH COACHES SUCH AS YOURSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER BIEGALSKI. AND AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BUT SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO NOTE THAT WE'VE WELCOMED BACK A GREAT ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING AT THE NIKE SITE, AND THAT WOULD BE OUR MONDAY NIGHT ADULT SKATE AND SHOOT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT HAS STARTED UP AGAIN. AND I KNOW THAT WAS VERY POPULAR. IT'S BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND. I HEAR THAT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE UPWARDS OF 30 PEOPLE, SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU 16 AND OVER WHO, AFTER WATCHING THOSE GAMES YESTERDAY, THINK MAYBE I STILL HAVE A SHOT, YOU CAN YOU CAN COME AND PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS ON MONDAY EVENINGS, IN ADDITION TO SOME OTHER TIMES THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CAPTAIN MONACO AND JOSH ROGERS OF OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND BOB MAHONEY, WHO CAME WITH ME ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO TO THE LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S EVENING. THEY INVITED US THERE. THEY HAD A GOOD CROWD. EVERYONE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME. BUT THEN ALSO, THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD QUESTIONS THAT EVENING, AND WE SPENT THE EVENING GOING OVER A LOT OF THE PROGRAMING AND SERVICES IN THE TOWN, BUT IT WAS ALSO EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR ME TO HAVE BOB, JOSH AND JOHN WITH BECAUSE MANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS. THE RESIDENTS REALLY LIKED THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY COULD NOT ONLY SPEAK WITH MYSELF, BUT THEY COULD TALK WITH THEM. THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LOT OF CLARIFICATION, ANSWERED MANY QUESTIONS, AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS THE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT IS JUST ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE CAN GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AN IMPORTANT

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AND YOU SAW TWO OF THEM THAT WERE PASSED THIS EVENING THAT ARE IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE OF THE PUZZLE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON, ON MANY OF THOSE THOSE ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, AS JILL GAVE AN INTRODUCTION TO, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE. THE HAMBURG HEALTHY ALLIANCE WAS RECOGNIZED LAST WEEK DURING A PRESENTATION GIVEN BY WESTERN NEW YORK AT THE NEW YORK PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTERS TRAINING TITLED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE STRATEGIES CREATING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY LEVEL IMPACTS ON SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AS BEING ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY COALITIONS IN WESTERN NEW YORK, THIS AMAZING GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, LED BY NICOLE DEKA, WORKED TIRELESSLY TO OFFER SUPPORT TO AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY. AND I CAN ATTEST TO THIS. FOR MANY YEARS, I WAS THE LIAISON FOR THIS GROUP, AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO NICOLE, TO THAT ENTIRE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS AFFORDED TO ME TO ATTEND THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND I'M GLAD TO SAY IT WAS LAST WEEKEND THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AND NOT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE MADE IT THERE OR MADE IT BACK WITH THE BLIZZARD THAT THEY'RE HAVING. GOOD THAT SOMEONE ELSE GETS A TURN WITH WITH HAVING A BLIZZARD. BUT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. NOT ONLY IS IT TERRIFIC BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO NETWORK WITH OTHER SUPERVISORS, TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, ETC. BUT ALSO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE ON ONE TRAINING, LEARNING AND TIME WITH NOT ONLY LEGAL STAFF FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS, BUT ALSO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER. SO I BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I'VE ALREADY DISTRIBUTED, MUCH THAT I'M GOING TO BE SHARING WITH THE TOWN BOARD. A LOT OF IT HELPS TO SHAPE SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND GUIDES US FOR THE FUTURE. IT REINFORCED EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. AND SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO MR. BERARDUCCI, THE POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ON TUESDAY MORNING, I WAS THE DELEGATE FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND VOTED IN THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS ON ALL OF THEIR AGENDA ITEMS. AND I WAS VERY PLEASED BECAUSE THEIR AGENDA ITEMS THIS YEAR INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, THEIR ADVOCACY AND THE POSITION THEY WERE TAKING ON SEVERAL ITEMS, ONE BEING HOME RULE LAW. SO THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THAT. THEY HAD A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE TOWN SUPERVISORS THAT WERE THERE TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AND THAT REPRESENTATION. THEY ALSO, IN ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR RESOLUTIONS AND INITIATIVES ARE TAKING A STAND REGARDING UNFUNDED MANDATES PUT FORTH BY THE STATE. SO AGAIN, THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE KEY ELEMENTS THAT MADE UP THE PLATFORM THIS YEAR. I THINK IT WAS ALL SPOT ON. IT WAS GREETED WITH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FROM THE DELEGATES THAT WERE THERE. SO THIS WAS A KEY CONFERENCE TO BE AT THERE ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, GOING TO TEASE OUT THAT LEGISLATIVE PIECE AND START DOING THAT IN SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE IT REALLY STANDS ON ITS OWN AND DESERVES TIME FOR EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND THEN TO ALSO HAVE THE TRAINING COMPONENT THAT WILL BE MOVING TO MARCH. THERE WERE TOPICS SUCH AS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER, NEW BUDGET GUIDELINES, THERE WERE PRESENTATIONS ON EVERYTHING FROM SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO I MEAN,

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