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          FOR THE MORATORIUM AND THE SHORT TERM RENTAL IN CASE. ANYWAY. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 19TH, 
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2026 OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, I THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE AND PLEASE 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. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR ACTIVE MILITARY AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT ON THE SIDE AND IN THE BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER BUGALSKI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER 
          [1. Roll Call]
KOZUB HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ IS. HE'LL BE HERE IN A FEW MOMENTS. AND THEN SUPERVISOR FARRELL LORENZ HERE. ALL RIGHT. RESOLVE. THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING. SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026. SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OKAY. AND TOWN CLERK. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO BREAK FROM 
          [4.1. Proclamation John Mills]
WHAT USUALLY IS DONE. NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE HONORABLE JOHN MILLS, WHO HAS REPRESENTED THIS COMMUNITY IN THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE. HIS COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY AND MANY COMMUNITIES IS HAS GONE ON FOR DECADES AND DESERVES OUR RESPECT AND OUR RECOGNITION. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THIS EVENING WITH THE PROCLAMATION. BUT I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON READ THIS PROCLAMATION. COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON WAS ON THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE FOR MANY YEARS, AS WAS COUNCIL MEMBER COSME MOST RECENTLY, THOUGH SHE ALSO WORKS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. AND SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL TO HAVE HER READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE HONORABLE JOHN MILLS. AND IF MISTER MILLS IS HERE, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE. YEAH. WE ARE SO HAPPY AND HONORED THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR RETIREMENT FROM THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE. AND I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH LEGISLATOR MILLS FOR TEN YEARS IN ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE. AND HE'S SOMEBODY I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM. YOU KNOW, HE'S ALSO A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT HE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS TRULY A PUBLIC SERVANT. YOU KNOW, HE WOULD GO TO ALL THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AND AND HE WOULD GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME AND HAD HOT DOG ROSE FOR THE LIBRARIES. AND I JUST I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM ABOUT WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TEN YEARS THAT I WAS ABLE TO SPEND WITH YOU IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE. COULD. COULD I JUST ADD ONE THING? JOHN AND I GOT ELECTED TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. AT THAT TIME, I WAS OF A DIFFERENT PARTY, BUT ALSO HAD THE CONSERVATIVE ENDORSEMENT, AND WE BOTH GOT ELECTED DURING THAT RED GREEN BUDGET PROCESS WHERE THE COUNTY WAS GOING BANKRUPT BY WORKING ACROSS PARTY LINES, WORKING WITH THE CONTROL BOARD THAT WAS DISTILLED UPON US. WE GOT THE COUNTY BACK IN PHYSICAL SHAPE. 
          I WAS OUT OF SHAPE, SO I LEFT THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, DECIDED NOT TO RUN AGAIN. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU STAYED ON AND DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. SO I NOT ONLY AN ARMY VETERAN YOURSELF, BUT I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU AND AND ALL WE'VE DONE TOGETHER. THANK YOU. DAVE, WHY DON'T YOU GO HERE? OKAY. SO. WHEREAS THE HONORABLE JOHN J. MILLS HAS SPENT HIS LIFE BUILDING BUSINESSES, SERVING HIS NEIGHBORS, AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 
          AND WHEREAS JOHN AND HIS WIFE BARBARA, FOUNDED J. MILLS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, AND TOGETHER WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN AND CLOSE FAMILY, BUILT IT INTO A SUCCESSFUL FOOD DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE. AND JOHN ALSO SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF QUALITY FOOD BROKERS MJM INDUSTRIES AND FLORIDA'S FINEST FOOD BROKERS, AND HE HAS GIVEN BACK GENEROUSLY THROUGH COUNTLESS FOOD DONATIONS TO FUNDRAISERS AND WORTHY CAUSES ACROSS THE REGION. AND WHEREAS JOHN'S PUBLIC SERVICE BEGAN IN ORCHARD PARK ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED TO SIX TERMS AS TOWN COUNCILMAN, WHICH INCLUDED 
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SERVING AS DEPUTY SUPERVISOR, AND HE FOUNDED THE ZONING COMMISSION AND CHAIRED THE SOUTHTOWNS SEWAGE TREATMENT AGENCY. AND WHEREAS, UPON BEING ELECTED TO THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN 2005, JOHN BECAME MINORITY LEADER FROM 2007 THROUGH 2013, AND THEN IN 2014 THROUGH 2017, WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATURE AND TODAY SERVES AS REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ERIE COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. AND WHEREAS, JOHN'S COMMITMENT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND GOVERNMENT AND IS EVIDENT IN HIS SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, FOR WHICH HE HAS RAISED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ACROSS THE 11TH DISTRICT, AND ALSO THROUGH SERVING AS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ORCHARD PARK LIONS CLUB. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ORCHARD PARK JAYCEES, PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE QUAKER ARTS FESTIVAL AND IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. THE SHRINERS MASONS LODGE NUMBER 514, THE ORCHARD PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE ORCHARD PARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND WHEREAS JOHN MILLS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HAVING BEEN RECENTLY PRESENTED WITH THE JACK KEMP LEADERSHIP AWARD. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZES AND HONORS AND THANKS JOHN MILLS UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AT THE END OF 2026. 
          FOR HIS DECADES LONG COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING FOR THE COMMUNITIES HE HAS REPRESENTED, INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND FOR HIS INSPIRATION AS A SINCERE, HARD WORKING AND EXTRAORDINARY LEADER. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY WISHES JOHN, GOOD HEALTH AND ALL THE BEST IN THE YEARS AHEAD WITH HIS WIFE BARBARA, THREE CHILDREN AND NINE GRANDCHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THE MOST HUMBLE GUY YOU'LL EVER MEET. HE'LL SAY. SOFT SPOKEN. THANK YOU. OH. ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO SAY, IS THAT FDR OR TEDDY? OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I KNEW IT WAS ONE. 
          SORRY. OKAY. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE. IF YOU WOULD JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE JOHN MILLS, THE SERVICE. I'LL GET ANOTHER BAG. RIGHT NOW. NO, I MEAN, YOU COULD, BUT. YES. IN HAMBURG, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND WE 
          [4.2. Small Business Recognition]
UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO ALL OF US. SO WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT A GRAND OPENING, OR THEY HAVE REMODELED OR STARTED ANEW IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THIS WEEK WE HAVE SEVERAL. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE HAMBURG PRIMARY CARE ON CAMP ROAD ON THEIR GRAND OPENING. WE CONGRATULATE RICE RISE. I'M SORRY, RICE VILLAGE COUNSELING CENTER ON CAMP ROAD. ALSO ON THEIR GRAND OPENING. THERE'S TWO. WE CONGRATULATE WESTERN NEW YORK MAHJONG ON CAMP ROAD FOR THEIR GRAND OPENING. IS THIS THE SAME? THIS IS THE STUDIO. OH, THE FITNESS STUDIO. STUDIO PURCHASED THE ENTIRE PLAZA. OKAY, SO WE HAVE. RICE HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK AT 5893 CAMP ROAD, AND THEY WILL BE HAVING THEIR GRAND OPENING. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE BUSINESSES AND THANK YOU OR THANK THEM. THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOTICE THE PUBLIC HEARING 2027 
          [4.3. Notice of Public Hearing 2027 Town of Hamburg Budget]
TOWN OF HAMBURG. BUDGET NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY HEARING. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PURSUANT TO SECTION 121 B, ONE OF THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1972, AS AMENDED, AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTES. WE'LL MEET AND REVIEW SAID PRELIMINARY 
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BUDGET AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON. HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, AT 6 P.M. MAKE A MOTION TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER. SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO. OH, I'M SORRY. BEFORE PEOPLE SPEAK, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, AND OUR PRESENTATION WILL START WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR INTERNAL AUDITING FIRM, WHICH WILL BE DRESCHER, MALECKI. LUKE MALECKI AND KELSEY WERNER ARE HERE. IN ADDITION, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, PAT SHEA WILL BE GUIDING US THROUGH THE SLIDES ABOUT OUR 2027 TOWN BUDGET. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR BOARD. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LUKE MALECKI, OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER AT DRESCHER MALECKI. AS A SUPERVISOR SAYS, WE DO SPECIAL PROJECTS WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, SPECIFICALLY KELSEY AND NICOLE RUFF, WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY. ANNUALLY, OUR FIRM PUTS ON A SUPERVISORS ROUNDTABLE WITH ALL THE SUPERVISORS FROM ERIE COUNTY AND THEIR FINANCE DIRECTORS OR FINANCE PERSONNEL. AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE TRENDS HAVE BEEN KIND OF MONITORING OVER THE POST-PANDEMIC KIND OF RUN OF EVENTS. SO AFTER THIS YEAR'S MEETING, SUPERVISOR FARRELL LORENZ PULLED ME ASIDE AND ASKED IF WE COULD PREFACE PAT'S PRESENTATION OF THE TOWN'S BUDGET WITH A COUPLE OF SNAPSHOTS AND JUST KIND OF SUMMARIES OF WHAT TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY ERIE COUNTY, BUT THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. WE WORK WITH OVER 180 MUNICIPALITIES, AND IT'S SURPRISING THE TRENDS ARE FALLING IN UNISON WITH WHAT'S BEING EXPERIENCED HERE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. SO FOREMOST, SINCE 2021 IS REALLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2021 IS THAT REVENUES ACROSS THE AVERAGE REVENUES ACROSS ERIE COUNTY PER TOWN HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT 5.2%, AND EXPENDITURES ARE INCREASING 5.2%, AND REVENUES ARE ONLY INCREASING ABOUT 3.4% SINCE 2021. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT'S AN UNSUSTAINABLE DEVIATION BETWEEN THE TWO AMOUNTS, BECAUSE YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE OBVIOUSLY RISING AT A HIGHER RATE THAN REVENUES. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, AFTER THE PANDEMIC, SEVERAL COMMUNITIES HAD A LOT OF THE ARPA MONEY AND CASH STOWED AWAY, AND THERE WERE SOME REALLY STRONG FAVORABLE YEARS WITH PROPERTY TAX, EXCUSE ME, SALES TAXES AND MORTGAGE TAXES. SO ENTERING 2022, SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WERE IN A REAL SOLID POSITION AS FAR AS THEIR FUND BALANCE GOES. LAST YEAR, IN THE YEAR PRIOR AT THE ROUNDTABLE, WE WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY AND KIND OF WARN THAT THIS IS ON THE HORIZON WHEN EXPENDITURES ARE INCREASING AT A GREATER RATE THAN REVENUES, EVENTUALLY THAT LINE IS GOING TO CROSS. STARTING IN 2023, WE STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THE LARGER COMMUNITIES HAVE THAT TROUBLE, AND HAVING THEIR FUND BALANCE ACTUALLY START TO GET DEPLETED. AND THEN IN 2024 INTO 2025, THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY BECAME A DOWNWARD TREND OF FUND BALANCES. AND HAMBURG WAS, IS, IS NOT A IS NOT SEPARATE FROM THIS. AND IN FACT, THE IMPACT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE IN 2025 WAS SIGNIFICANT, WHICH PRESENTED A REAL STRONG CHALLENGE FOR THE SUPERVISOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ESSENTIALLY WEAN YOURSELF OFF OF USING ANY FUND BALANCE AND SAVINGS. WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF CHALLENGES AROUND THE INTEREST, EARNINGS, INTEREST, EARNINGS. WHILE THE RATES REMAIN HIGH, THE CASH BALANCES HAVE BEEN DEPLETED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE COUNTY. 
          A LARGE PORTION OF THAT WAS THE THE HUGE AMOUNTS OF ARPA MONEY THAT CAME IN, AS WELL AS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE. SO LESS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, EVEN THOUGH THE RATES ARE STILL HIGH, MEANS LESS INTEREST EARNINGS. THERE'S BEEN A LEVELING OFF OF SALES TAX BACK IN 21 TO 22, COMMUNITIES WERE SEEING 15 TO 17% SALES TAX INCREASES. THAT STABILIZED AND ACTUALLY GONE DOWN TO ABOUT 2 OR 3% OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. MORTGAGE TAXES REALLY UNPREDICTABLE. BUT USUALLY, AS HOME INTEREST RATES GO UP, MORTGAGE TAX TENDS TO STAY THE SAME OR GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND THE STATE AID HAS BEEN STABLE, NOT INCREASING OVER THE LAST FIVE, TEN YEARS WITH THE AIM AID. SO ALL THAT ON THE REVENUE SIDE, COUPLED WITH INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WE ALL FEEL IN OUR OWN HOUSEHOLDS, CAUSES ADDITIONAL STRAIN, INFLATIONARY TRENDS, AS WE ALL KNOW, ANYBODY THAT PAYS ANYTHING IS SEEING THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 3 TO 4% INFLATION THAT HITS ALL OF THE TOWNS THAT WE WORK WITH, THEIR CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES. AND WHAT IS LEFT IS A LOT TO DO WITH THE LABOR AND THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. MOST OF THE TOWNS WE WORK WITH AVERAGE BETWEEN 70 AND 80% OF THEIR BUDGET IS FIXED BEFORE ENTERING THE BUDGET. SO, AND FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, YOU'RE ABOUT 75, 76% ON THAT. SO WHAT IS LEFT IS THE TOUGH CHOICE OF EITHER REDUCING THE LEVEL OF SERVICES OR FINDING NEW WAYS TO RAISE REVENUES, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH RATES OR GRANTS OR THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES, A COUPLE OTHER COSTS THAT ARE DRIVING UP SINCE THE ROUND TABLE IS THE GASOLINE COSTS HAS HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF. 
          DIESEL IS EVEN MORE IT'S ABOUT A DOLLAR AND A HALF HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. 
          AND THE HIGHWAY FUND IS GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD. IF IF THE ROCK THE ROAD SALT 
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CONTRACT COMES TO FRUITION, IT'S PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 61% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. SO THESE ARE ALL GENERAL ERIE COUNTY EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT. SO I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE KELSEY TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WHAT'S NEXT, AND THEN SHE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE SUPERVISOR TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE HAMBURG SPECIFIC NUMBERS. SO I'M GOING TO REFER TO THE PRESENTATION ON THE TV HERE. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDS THAT MAKE UP THE TOWN'S BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN COMPONENTS. YOU HAVE YOUR AD VALOREM BUDGET AND YOUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUDGET. 
          THE AD VALOREM CONSISTS OF THREE PRIMARY FUNDS. YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL FUND, THE TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE FUND, AND THE HIGHWAY FUND. THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS SERVICES AND OPERATIONS THAT BENEFIT THE TOWN AS A WHOLE AND IMPACTS ALL TAXPAYERS. THE TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE FUND COVERS SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE VILLAGES OF BLASDELL AND HAMBURG, AND POLICE EXPENSES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS FUND, AND THE HIGHWAY FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TOWN ROADS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGES. THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL DISCUSS THESE THREE FUNDS IN GREATER DETAIL ON THE UPCOMING SLIDES IS THEY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE TAXPAYERS. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS BUDGET. THESE FUNDS ARE GENERALLY MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, WITH COSTS OFTEN SUPPORTED BY USER FEES AND CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS OR SERVICES. 
          THIS YEAR, THE TOWN ADDED TWO NEW SPECIAL DISTRICT FUNDS THE TOWN AMBULANCE FUND AND THE STORMWATER DISTRICT FUND. NEXT SLIDE. YES. OKAY, SO THERE ARE FOUR KEY COMPONENTS TO DEVELOPING A TOWN BUDGET. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS ESTIMATED REVENUE. DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, A TOWN SHOULD ESTIMATE REVENUES RECEIVED TO DATE IN THE FISCAL YEAR. SO 26 ALONG WITH PRIOR YEAR REVENUE TRENDS, TO DEVELOP REASONABLE ESTIMATES FOR THE 2027 BUDGET. THE SECOND COMPONENT ARE APPROPRIATIONS. APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATIONS REPRESENT THE FUNDS BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE TOWN REVIEWS ITS APPROPRIATIONS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROL COSTS AND REDUCE SPENDING WHEREVER POSSIBLE. THE THIRD COMPONENT IS APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE WHEN PROJECTED REVENUES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, THE TOWN MAY USE A PORTION OF ITS AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE TO HELP COVER THE DIFFERENCE. AND THE LAST IS YOUR TAX LEVY. ALL OF THE COMPONENTS MENTIONED WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT THAT MUST BE RAISED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES. AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR REVENUES AND APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE, THE REMAINING AMOUNT NEEDED TO FUND THE BUDGET IS DETERMINED BY THE TAX LEVY. NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO WALK US THROUGH THE PROPOSED TOWN OF HAMBURG BUDGET. KELSEY. SO FOR EVERYONE, THIS IS MR. PAT SHEA. HE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION. AND AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE HAS PROVIDED IN ASSISTING ME TO PREPARE THIS 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, ALONG WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS AND HIS DEPARTMENT. AS ALWAYS. AND I THINK I SHARE THIS WITH THIS ENTIRE TOWN BOARD IN WHATEVER ISSUE, WHATEVER TOPIC. WE ARE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS TOWN, AND IT'S ABOUT HAVING THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICES, MANAGING PROGRAMING, AND KEEPING TAXES AT A RATE SO THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN A BUDGET, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND ALSO MEET SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES, SOME OF THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGES THAT WERE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT WE ADDRESSED WITH THIS BUDGET WAS THAT IN THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS, THERE WERE OVERESTIMATES ON REVENUE. AND SO THIS BUDGET MORE REALISTICALLY DEPICTS SOME OF THOSE REVENUE AMOUNTS. BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE LOWERED OUR STANDARDS. WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN INCREASE, WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY, INCREASE REVENUE. WE ARE BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE LOOKING ALWAYS AT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE THAT WERE JUST FORGOTTEN ABOUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR IMPORTANT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OTHER ENTITIES. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE TWOFOLD AND HOW WE CAN INCREASE REVENUE, BUT ALSO HOW, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUDGET, WE ARE MORE ACCURATELY DEPICTING WHAT REVENUE CAN BE ANTICIPATED TO BE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUILD A BUDGET ON AN INFLATED REVENUE OR REVENUE THAT IS BEEN NOT ACCURATELY REPORTED OVER A SERIES OF YEARS BEFOREHAND, THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD FORMULA FOR DEVELOPING A BUDGET. THE 
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SECOND THING THAT WE PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO WERE THE APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH ARE YOUR EXPENSES. SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE'RE USING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS, AGAIN, THROUGH THESE COLLABORATIONS TO TAKE A LOOK AT EXPENSES. HOW HOW DO WE DO BUSINESS? HOW CAN WE DO BUSINESS BETTER, WHETHER IT'S THE SERVICE CONTRACTS WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DUPLICATION OF SERVICES OR EXPENSES, WE ARE LEAVING NO ROCK UNTURNED. ALL OF THESE STEPS TO OUR MULTI-YEAR. NOTHING HAPPENS IN JUST ONE SINGLE YEAR. YOU ALSO HEARD ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE FOCUSED ON, AND YOU HEARD THEM COMMENT ABOUT, WAS THE FACT THAT THERE IS A HEAVY RELIANCE ON FUND BALANCE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS WAS A PRIMARY GOAL WITH THIS BUDGET, WAS TO DECREASE OR ELIMINATE THAT. AND IN TWO OF THE FUNDS, WE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED IT. WE ARE USING SOME FUND BALANCE IN THE FUND. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN THERE'S AN OFFSET FROM YOUR SALES TAX. AND SO IT'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO HANDLE THAT. BUT IN THE OTHER TWO AREAS WE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED, IN OTHER WORDS, TOOK DOWN TO ZERO OUR RELIANCE ON FUND BALANCE. I FELT THAT THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT STEP FOR THIS TOWN TO TAKE. AND THAT THAT'S AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THIS CANNOT BE IT'S A SINGLE YEAR SITUATION. THIS IS A MULTI YEAR JOURNEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT SOME THINGS BACK INTO PLACE AND GET OURSELVES POSITIONED FOR THE FUTURE. AND THEN THE FOURTH THING IS THAT WE WANTED TO START TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE ABOUT CAPITAL NEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN SOME IMPORTANT STEPS. YOU CANNOT TURN YOUR BACK ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR FOREVER. YOU CAN'T KICK THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND THINK THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO CATCH UP AT SOME POINT. BUT I NEVER WANTED IT TO HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE TOWN IN ANY ONE GIVEN YEAR. SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AND ALSO TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL NEEDS AND BE VERY STRATEGIC AND MINDFUL AND PLAN FOR THOSE STRATEGIC OR FOR THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH DOING FACILITY ASSESSMENTS, EVEN JUST PRIORITIZING AND HAVING A VERY REALISTIC PICTURE ON WHAT WILL SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES BE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR ME AS I DEVELOPED THIS BUDGET AND WORKED ON THAT, BOTH WITH DRESCHER, MALAKI AND WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. PAT, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FROM THERE? SURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO THIS SLIDE, EXCUSE ME, IS JUST BASICALLY A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID OVER THE PAST FEW MINUTES BY LUKE AND KELSEY AND THE SUPERVISOR. 
          BASICALLY WHAT YOU CAN SEE UP THERE IS 79% OF OUR REVENUES IN 2027 ARE GENERATED THROUGH PROPERTY TAX OR NON PROPERTY TAX ITEM. AS LUKE MENTIONED. ONE OF THOSE IS MORTGAGE TAX. 
          THOSE ARE THE BIG ELEMENTS THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER, BUT ARE OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PART OF OUR OVERALL REVENUES. A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE ON THIS. YOU AGAIN, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RELIANCE ON THE FUND BALANCE IN 2027 IS 1%, WHERE IN 2026 IT WAS 4%. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION. AS THE SUPERVISOR HAD MENTIONED, OVER $1.4 MILLION IN RELIANCE ON THOSE FUND BALANCES ACROSS ALL OF THE FUNDS. AND THE LAST PART OF MERIT FROM THIS SLIDE IS THE DEPARTMENTAL REVENUES. YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE ARE BASICALLY STAGNANT YEAR TO YEAR. AND AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIND MORE REVENUES. 
          WE'RE LOOKING WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THE REVENUES ARE COMING FROM, SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL TRENDS AND THEN PUT TOGETHER A REALISTIC PROJECTION FOR THE 2027 BUDGET. WE ALSO SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FEE STRUCTURES THAT ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE TOWN. 
          WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT WE WILL LIKELY NEED TO INCREASE, AS SOME OF THOSE FEES HAVEN'T BEEN ADJUSTED OR REVIEWED, AND UPWARDS OF TEN PLUS YEARS. SO THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD. BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THOSE. I BELIEVE THE NEXT SLIDE THE SUPERVISOR IS GOING TO COMMENT ON EXPENDITURES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AND AS MR. SHAY ALREADY COMMENTED, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT OUR TOWN BUDGET IS UTILIZED FOR OUR PERSONNEL SERVICES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AT 76 AND 74%, 76% IN 2026, 74% IN 2027. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM FROM THE GRAPH, THERE'S AN AMOUNT FOR DEBT 
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SERVICE, CONTRACTUAL EQUIPMENT AND TRANSFERS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO REPRESENT THE AMOUNTS THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR OUR RETIREMENT. COSTING RETIREMENT AMOUNTS ARE AN UNAVOIDABLE COST THAT THE TOWN HAS TO PAY THROUGH OUR FRS AND ERS EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART, SINCE 2022, THESE COSTS HAVE INCREASED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO BUT NEED TO FUND. 
          WHETHER THE INCREASE IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO SEE OR NOT, JUST TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON IT. THE FUNDING OF THESE UNAVOIDABLE COSTS ARE OVER $5 MILLION OF OUR TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS. ANOTHER BIG AREA OF OUR BUDGET IS OUR HEALTH INSURANCE. WE WERE, LET'S SAY, LUCKY BECAUSE A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS. BUT WE WORKED WITH OUR BROKER, MARK BYRNE, AS WELL AS OUR INSURANCE PROVIDERS. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR OVERALL COST OF HEALTH COVERAGE FOR OUR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS OUR RETIREES. THAT IS UNIQUE ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE, AND WE OWE A GREAT DEAL OF GRATITUDE TO MR. BYRNE AND OUR PARTNERS FOR WORKING WITH US TO KEEP THAT UNDER CONTROL. THE COVERAGE FOR THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES BASICALLY ALMOST ALWAYS GOES UP. SO OUR COVERAGE WENT UP MODESTLY BECAUSE MARK WORKED WITH THE PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GIVING US AS FAIR AND EQUITABLE A DEAL AS THEY COULD. WE WERE ABLE TO SWITCH OUR CARRIERS FOR THE RETIREE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS THROUGH THE SWITCH OF THAT PROGRAM, SO THAT SAVINGS WAS ABLE TO OFFSET THE INCREASE IN THE COST ON THE COMMERCIAL OR ACTIVE INSURANCE THAT ALLOWED US TO ACTUALLY SHOW THAT SLIGHT DECREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE OVERALL BUDGET. I THINK THE SUPERVISOR IS GOING TO DISCUSS THIS. I WILL I THINK I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY IN THE INTRODUCTION. DEFINITELY A FOCUS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR WAS TO ELIMINATE OUR DEPENDANCE ON THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE GENERAL FUND, THE A FUND, WE TOOK IT TO ZERO. AND IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IT WENT EVERYWHERE FROM 750,000 TO 875,000 A YEAR. WE HAVE IT AT ZERO THIS YEAR. TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE FUND, WHICH IS YOUR FUND, INCLUDING THE POLICE, IS AT 500,000, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS FROM LAST YEAR. BUT IT IS STILL THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT'S WHERE OFFSETS FROM YOUR SALES TAX CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THAT FUND IS VERY HEALTHY. AND IN THE HIGHWAY FUND, THE SAME THING, WE TOOK THAT DOWN TO ZERO AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN PAST YEARS. THIS THE FACT THAT THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS GOING TO ZERO, BOTH IN THE A FUND AND THE FUND IS SIGNIFICANT. OKAY. THE SUMMARY OF THE SUPERVISOR'S PROPOSED TAX CHANGES, ULTIMATELY, AND THIS IS THE PART THAT'S ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OUT THERE, YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS NUMBER A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. IT'S REPRESENTED WITH THE GENERAL FUND, THE TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE, THE D A AND THE D B. ONE THING TO NOTE IN THE THE BRIDGE FUND, IT'S VERY INTERESTING HOW ONE SMALL CATEGORY CAN CHANGE THINGS GREATLY. SO IN THE BRIDGE FUND, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT PUT IN EACH YEAR, AND IT HAD ACCUMULATED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS FELT THAT LESS COULD BE PUT IN FOR A FEW YEARS. WE DID HAVE A MAJOR BRIDGE REPAIR AND THAT AMOUNT WAS BROUGHT DOWN, SO IT WAS FELT THAT WE NEEDED TO START TO ADD TO THAT FUND AGAIN. AND THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT IN CASE WE ENCOUNTER ANY OTHER MAJOR BRIDGE REPAIRS THAT WE DO START TO SHORE THAT FUND BACK UP. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE HIGHWAY, THE DB, THE THE DOLLAR CHANGE FOR TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE RESIDENTS IS 0.3688. AND FOR VILLAGE RESIDENTS, IT'S 0.1762. FOR THE TOWN RESIDENTS TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE RESIDENTS. WHAT THIS AMOUNTS TO IS ABOUT A 2.93% INCREASE. WHICH IS BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. YES, THAT IS THAT IS BELOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING. I THINK COLA JUST CAME OUT AT 3.6 AND THE INFLATION RATES ARE HIGHER. ALSO THEY'RE 3.9. DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE YOU LOOK AT. ROUNDTABLE. LUKE HAD A PRESENTATION THAT OUR AREA OF THE NORTHEAST WAS COMING IN AT ABOUT 4.1. RIGHT. SO REMARKABLE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN AT 
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2.93 WHILE ALSO ELIMINATING THAT RELIANCE ON THE FUND BALANCE IN THOSE MAJOR CATEGORIES. AND ALSO TAKING A LOOK, A MORE REALISTIC LOOK AT OUR REVENUE. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER THIS YEAR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT SETS US UP PROPERLY FOR THE FUTURE AND FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THE TAX IMPACT. AND EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT'S LISTED ON THIS. SLIDE 2027. PROPOSED TAX RATE INCREASE FROM 2018. IF WE LOOK OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS AND THAT SPAN ALL THE WAY FROM 2018 TO 2027, IT'S $2.11 FOR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE AND $0.65 FOR VILLAGE RESIDENTS. THE AVERAGE INCREASE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS IS 2.07% FOR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE AND 1.57 FOR VILLAGE RESIDENTS. SO THIS SLIDE IS AGAIN JUST TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW THE TAX DOLLARS COLLECTED ARE ACTUALLY BEING SPENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT, THE $1,297 IN TOWN TAX COLLECTED, THAT'S BASED ON THE HOME ASSESSED AT $100,000, WITH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF ABOUT 360,000, BUT YOU CAN SEE IS $54 OF THAT, 1297, OR 40% OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT WOULD COVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISPATCH SERVICES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE TOWN, 16% OR CAN'T SEE THEM, OR $206 GOES TO KEEPING THE STREETS PASSABLE AND SAFE. AS WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED, THAT COST IS GOING TO INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SALT. IT ISN'T. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE UNPLEASANT UPDATE WHEN WE FOUND OUT HOW MUCH THAT WAS GOING UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR. BUT BASED ON THE BIDS THAT ERIE COUNTY HAD WITH THEIR CONTRACT, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN DO TO OFFSET ANY OF THAT. AS MUCH AS WE'RE TRYING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS $204 OR 16% ON RECREATION SERVICES. WHAT THAT WOULD COVER IS THE GOLF COURSE, THE ICE ARENA, AND ALL THE PROGRAMING THAT GOES THROUGH OUR YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PIECE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO SIMILARLY, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE $574 THAT A VILLAGE RESIDENT PAYS THE BREAKDOWN IS IS ALL RIGHT THERE, BUT IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR, $189 OR 33% IS FOR THOSE RECREATION TYPE EFFORTS. 
          AND $97 OR 17% IS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEN KELSEY IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME TAX RATE COMPARISONS. HISTORICALLY, SHE'S BACK. THE TOWN ASKS US TOGETHER TAX RATE TRENDS FOR THE ENTITIES THAT IMPACT TAXPAYERS WITHIN THE TOWN. THIS SLIDE COMPARES THE TOWN'S TAX RATE WITH THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HAMBURG SCHOOLS, FRONTIER SCHOOLS AND THE VILLAGES, THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF BLASDELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOWN TAX RATE IS 12.97 FOR THE 2027 BUDGET, WHICH IS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE COUNTY TAX RATE. THE TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE TAX RATE IS 5.74. FOR COMPARISON, THE HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATE IS 45.31, WHILE THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATE IS 33.78. THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG TAX RATE IS 24.78, AND THE VILLAGE OF BLASDELL TAX RATE IS 22.82. 
          LOOKING AT THE TREND OVER TIME, THE TOWN'S TAX RATE HAS INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 2% SINCE 2018. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND JUST BECAUSE PAT LIKES PIE CHARTS, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION BUT IN TWO SEPARATE SLIDES OF THE PIE CHART. THIS FIRST ONE JUST REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT THAT A TOWN OR VILLAGE, OUTSIDE OR VILLAGE RESIDENT WOULD PAY IF THEY'RE IN THE HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO JUST TO RUN THROUGH THE NUMBERS QUICKLY, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RESIDENT IN THE HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, CAN EXPECT TO PAY UPWARDS OF $6,960 IN THEIR TOTAL TAX BILL. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $155 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. IN THAT TOTAL, 65% IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 19 TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND THE REMAINING 16% GOES TO ERIE COUNTY AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE FOR THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG. RESIDENT IN THE HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD, I GUESS, TO PAYING A TAX TOTAL OF $8,715. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY A $267 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. IN 
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THAT TOTAL, 58% IS FOR THE HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, 28% REPRESENTS THEIR VILLAGE TAXES, 13% IS ERIE COUNTY, AND THEN THE REMAINING 6% IS THAT THE TOWN SCHOOL COUNTY TAXES ROLLED INTO ONE UP. THERE IS CORRECT. THE FOUR ELEMENTS. THEN THE SIMILAR BREAKDOWN FOR A TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE AND VILLAGE RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN THE VILLAGE OF BLASDELL. THE TOWN RESIDENT CAN EXPECT TO PAY 5807 IN TOTAL. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $125 TOTAL INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. IN THAT TOTAL, 58% GOES TO THE FRONTIER SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 22% TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, REMAINING 19% TO ERIE COUNTY. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A SIMILAR BREAKDOWN FOR VILLAGE OF BLASDELL RESIDENT, WHO CAN EXPECT TO PAY $7,366. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $165 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, 46% TO THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT, 31% TO THE VILLAGE OF BLASDELL, 15 TO ERIE COUNTY AND THE REMAINING TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, THIS THIS BUDGET WAS NOT EASY TO PREPARE, AND I THANK ALL THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN ITS PREPARATION. IT IS A MULTI YEAR PROCESS AS WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US. IT'S ALSO CHANGING EVERY YEAR. AS YOU HEARD STATED, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK VERY DILIGENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT WILL BE THE SAME THING NEXT YEAR. SO WE'VE WE'RE TRYING TO POSITION OURSELVES OVERALL AND ALSO TO BE VERY PROACTIVE. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS HEARING ONE DAY A YEAR, BUT THE BUDGET PROCESS I ALWAYS VIEW AS BEING A 365 DAY A YEAR PROJECT OR PROCESS. AND WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT IT ALL THE TIME, REEXAMINING WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE DO BUSINESS, CROSSING OUR FINGERS ON SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WE CATCH A BREAK, BUT ALSO HAVING A KEEN EYE ON POSITIONING OURSELVES AGAIN FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL, AND PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE RELY ON AND EXPECT, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY. I THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS GOING TO HELP US IN THE LONG RUN TO CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTS. OH, WELL, WE WERE CONSTANTLY THAT'S JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PIE OR THE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. AND WE HAVE VERY GOOD. I THINK IT STARTS WITH HAVING A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR UNIONS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEY THEY UNDERSTAND OUR CHALLENGES. IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE. IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH WHOEVER WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH, WHETHER IT'S OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE UNIONS, WHETHER IT'S SERVICE PROVIDERS, EVERYONE. AND SO WE, WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND IN CONCERT WITH EVERYONE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REPRESENTING THE TAXPAYERS. AND I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED A LOT OF TIMES. YES, IT'S ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT YOU COLLECT, BUT IT'S EVEN MORE SO WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT MONEY, WHAT YOU'RE ACCOMPLISHING FOR THE TOWN, HOW YOU'RE LEVERAGING IT TO POSITION THE TOWN FOR THE FUTURE AND TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE PRODUCT FOR EVERYONE. 
          I'M A RESIDENT HERE. I'M A I'M A TAXPAYER, AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT CERTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE THERE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN IS THINKING OUT AHEAD AND DOWN THE ROAD AND NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT TODAY. IT WOULD BE EASY TO NOT THINK ABOUT LONG TERM NEEDS, BUT THAT DOESN'T DO ANY OF US ANY GOOD. SO THAT IS OUR PROPOSED TOWN OF HAMBURG 2027 BUDGET. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, I ARE THERE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING? THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. SEEING AS THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK. I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, I KELSEY. LUKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. NICE PRESENTATION EVERYONE. YOU GUYS DID A NICE JOB. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE SUPERVISOR FOR THIS BUDGET. I KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT MYSELF, AND I COULDN'T REALLY FIND ANYTHING TO CUT WITHOUT HURTING THE TOWN. I'M GLAD YOU STOPPED KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. AS YOU SAID, IT'S A LIFE, A LONG ROAD. IT'S KIND OF LIKE MY DIET, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A DIET, IT'S A LIFESTYLE. AND WE GOT TO STICK TO IT. SURE. ALL RIGHT. 
          PUBLIC HEARING 2027 FIRE COMPANY BUDGET REQUEST. YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. TAKE CARE. GOOD. THANKS AGAIN. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. AT THE HAMBURG TOWN 
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HALL, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 184 OF THE TOWN LAW TO PROVIDE FOR CHANGES IN THE FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACTS, MAKE A MOTION TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. SO I KNOW THAT THIS EVENING WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO PROBABLY WANT TO SPEAK. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF OUR FIRE COMPANIES. DID THE FIRE COMPANIES SIGN UP ALSO NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP. I SEE. MR. TAYLOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK FOR SCRANTON? CERTAINLY. 
          I MEAN, NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I WANT TO OFFER. I WANT TO OFFER. I SEE SO MANY OF YOU OUT THERE. I DON'T WANT TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF YOU WANTED TO. DURING THIS SECTION, THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION REGARDING OUR FIRE COMPANY BUDGETS. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, SINCE SO MANY OF YOU ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TOWN BOARD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY SHARE THIS SENTIMENT, WE THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE COMPANIES, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROVIDE SUCH INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN AND ACTUALLY BEYOND. I HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT TIMES WHEN WE RESPOND, WE PROVIDE MUTUAL AID OR OUR OUR EMS RESPONDS OUTSIDE OF THIS TOWN AND OUR TOWN. 
          FIREFIGHTERS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO NEVER NEED THEM. BUT IT'S EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE TO KNOW THAT IF YOU DO NEED THEM, THAT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY ARE WELL TRAINED AND THEY ARE WELL EQUIPPED, AND THEY ARE WILLING AS YOUR NEIGHBORS TO COME FORTH AND, AND, AND TAKE CARE OF YOU IN THAT TIME OF NEED. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO'S HERE AND ALL OF YOUR ALL OF YOUR MEMBERS. MR. TAYLOR, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. SO I THINK I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE BEEN TRYING, AT BEST, GETTING INUNDATED WITH MORE AND MORE CALLS, AND THE SERVICES WERE BEING REQUESTED TO COVER ARE GOING EXPONENTIALLY. WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE TOWN SUPPORTING US WHENEVER POSSIBLE. IN OUR ENDEAVORS. I KNOW THAT THIS PAST YEAR, WE'RE ALREADY AT NUMBERS THAT I'VE SEEN YEARS BEFORE, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THEM. AND I KNOW TALKING TO SOME OF THE OTHER CHIEFS, THEY'RE THE SAME BOAT, THE MAN DOWN, THE FIRE SERVICE AND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT EMS AS WELL AS FOR IT SOMETIMES GETS BLOWN. BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN. AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD LOOK FAVORABLY UPON OUR BUDGETS AND PROVIDE US WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB. YES. AND I THINK ALL OF THE COMPANIES, EACH OF THE COMPANIES, THEY DID COME IN AND THEY THEY MET WITH THE TOWN. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GREAT CONVERSATION. NOT ONLY DID THE COMPANIES PRESENT THEIR BUDGET, BUT THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE FACING, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAYS ARE THERE THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO HELP TO EASE SOME OF THEIR CHALLENGES TO TO WORK TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND THERE WERE SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE WE ARE PURSUING. SO MR. TAYLOR WAS FROM SCRANTON. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM WOODLAWN THAT I. AT LEAST IF YOU WOULD STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, IS ANYONE. WOODLAWN. YES. CORRECT. YES. I'M THE TREASURER FROM WOODLAWN. I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH US. IT'S A GOOD MEETING. I KNOW TAKING A LOT OF THINGS COME OUT OF THERE THAT MOST OTHER COMPANIES ARE PROBABLY HAVE ISSUES WITH FINANCIALLY, LIKE INSURANCES AND WATER EQUIPMENT AND RETENTION AND JUST THE BASIC THINGS. JUST ANY BUSINESS WITH ENCOUNTER. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH OUR POINTS ACROSS. THERE ARE A LOT OF NOTE TAKING. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE LEARNED A LOT FROM EACH OTHER. AND LIKE BILL SAID, JUST HOPE THE TOWN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FIRE COMPANY. I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND I LIKE TO SEE IT GO ANOTHER 50 YEARS. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALWAYS HAS SUPPORTED US. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM LAKEVIEW? YES. ROGER BLAIR, COMMISSIONER OF LAKEVIEW FIRE DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN THE TOWN COMPANIES. WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW NIGHT ON OUR BUDGET. AS FAR AS THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AS WE MET WITH YOU, JUST LIKE THE FIRE COMPANIES. AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE EVERYTHING ON AN EQUAL PLAYING. WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME SITUATION. THANK YOU. IS THERE 
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ANYONE HERE FROM LAKESHORE, CHRIS WILSON I'M ON LAKESHORE, 45 YEARS. I'M THE PRESIDENT. A LOT OF THE BUDGET THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER BUDGET THIS YEAR BY FAR. 
          AND THAT'S BASICALLY BECAUSE OF OUR INSURANCE. IT'S ALMOST DOUBLE. EVERY. OUR MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE, DOUBLE ANYTHING. I WOULD JUST IT'S FUNNY, BUT OUR COPIER AGREEMENT WITH THIS COMPANY, THEY GIVE US A FUEL SURCHARGE. THEY NEVER COME OUT THE FUEL SURCHARGE FOR IT. BUT THAT COPY, EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE UP $1,600 A YEAR. I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT OUR ELECTRIC BILL AT OUR STATION. THAT'S DOUBLE THE TRIPLE. WE DID HAVE A COMPANY TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT SOLAR, BUT I THINK THE QUOTE CAME IN AT $80,000 TO PUT SOLAR ON THAT. WHERE DO YOU GET THAT FROM? BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND I'LL HELP YOU WITH THIS. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH YEAR FOR OUR STATION. BEATS $150,000 FOR WORK ON OUR WALLS THAT ARE HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES. SO WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. AND OUR OUR MEMBERS ARE AGING FAST. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE BEST SERVICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM BIG TREE? I'M DAN FROM PRESIDENT IN MY NINTH YEAR. I STARTED IN 83. AND I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE OFFICIALS HERE HELPING US OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. TOM TAYLOR HERE. HE'S ACTUALLY SAID PRETTY GOOD FOR WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. OUR CALL VOLUME HAS GONE WAY UP AND IN. CHRISTINE, HELP! SO EVERYTHING'S KIND OF. APPRECIATE YOUR OFFER. THANK YOU. ANYONE FROM HAMBURG? I FOLKS, YOU DON'T KNOW ME. 16 YEARS OF THE VILLAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND FROM ARMOR. YOUR VICE PRESIDENT AGAIN, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I BELIEVE IF I COUNTED CORRECTLY, NEWTON ABBOT. FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF, JUST ECHOING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. DID I MISS ANYONE? OKAY, WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I WE THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALSO. SO AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ONLY THROUGH COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION AND WORKING TOGETHER, PULLING TOGETHER THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE, THESE CHALLENGES. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS, THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WE MET LAST WEEK ABOUT LOW SAP, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS AND ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE IF WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THIS LONG TERM. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR AND YOUR WILLING TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND BE HONEST AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND WORK THROUGH THIS WITH US. THANK YOU AGAIN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, I. PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED LOCAL LAW 18 2026. THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW WOULD 
          [4.5. Public Hearing Proposed Local Law 18, 2026]
ESTABLISH A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LARGE SCALE DATA THE CENTERS WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE, THE TOWN BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SAID PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AT 6 P.M. OCTOBER 19TH, 2026 HAMBURG TOWN HALL. THANKS, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALSO, CAN WE PAUSE FOR ONE SECOND? DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS? SO IF THERE'S ANY STUDENTS HERE, WE COULD SIGN YOUR FORM. SO YOU COULD GO A WHILE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND I THINK WE COULD. IS HE SIGNING? THE CHIEF COULD SIGN YOURS. IF THERE'S ANY STUDENT THAT NEEDS A SIGNATURE. WE'VE GOT THE CHIEF BACK THERE. MAYBE GET JOHN MILLS TO SING. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. CAN SIGN IT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. OH, AND WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO OPEN. OH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. SEEING AS THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. SEEMS TO BE THE IMPLEMENTATION 
          [4.6. Implementation of RPTL §458-a(11), As Amended 100% Total and Permanent Disabled Veterans Exemption]
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OF SECTION 458, A 11, AS AMENDED, 100% TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABLED VETERANS EXEMPTION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY ADOPTS AND IMPLEMENTS THE REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO NEW YORK REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, SECTION 458 A 11, AS AMENDED, FOR ELIGIBLE VETERANS WHO ARE CONSIDERED 100% TOTAL AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF MILITARY SERVICE. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE APPROPRIATE TOWN DEPARTMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO MAKE TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS EXEMPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU WOULD DO A ROLL ROLL. 
          OKAY. YES. ON THE QUESTION. I BELIEVE THAT I CAN VOTE ON THIS. I'VE GOTTEN SOME DIFFERENT VIEWS, BUT I DON'T I'M NOT A DISABLED. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MR. KOSA, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I'M ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS BENEFIT. SO EVEN IF YOU ARE, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER BUGALSKI. PARDON ME. A ROLL CALL VOTE. OH, I'M VOTING IN FAVOR. YES. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSA. YES. IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ORTIZ. YES. YES. AND SUPERVISOR FARRELL. YES. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. MOTION PASSED. YEP. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'D HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END. 
          OKAY. OKAY. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. CAN I SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION AT THE END? YOU MAY. YES. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. POLICE RECOVERY. SALES BUDGET. AMENDMENT. OH, ACTUALLY, I'M SO SORRY. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET RELATED RESOLUTIONS? 4.734.15. I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THAT 15? DID YOU SAY 15? I DID, YES. OKAY. SO 
          [4.16. POLICE – Disposal of Police Vehicle]
WE'LL PICK UP AT 16. ALL RIGHT. POLICE DISPOSAL OF POLICE VEHICLE. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE FOLLOWING ASSETS SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY POLICY. 2023 FORD EXPLORER SUV. POLICE VEHICLE. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECEIPT OF THESE MONIES AND APPROVES TRANSFER TO THE FUNDS BE 3120202 TO BE USED FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT, MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. SECOND OR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. PLUMBING EXAM. BE IT RESOLVED 
          [4.17. Plumbing Exam]
THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR THE MASTER PLUMBER, JOURNEYMAN, PLUMBER AND SITE UTILITY CONTRACTOR EXAMINATION. THE EXAMINATION IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 25TH, 2026. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. TRANSITION FROM GRANICUS TO 
          [4.18. Transition from Granicus to CivicPlus for Agenda and Minutes Management]
CIVIC PLUS FOR AGENDA AND MINUTES MANAGEMENT. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE TO TRANSITION THE TOWN'S AGENDA AND MINUTES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM GRANICUS TO CIVIC PLUS, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE TO THE TOWN. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC PLUS, TOGETHER WITH ANY REASONABLY NECESSARY RELATED DOCUMENTS, PENDING REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS AND SAVING US A BUCK OR TWO. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL IN FAVOR? WHEN IT CAME OUT, LIKE. AND WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT GOOD JOB. I'M VOTING YES. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. AMEND THE 2026 SCHEDULE OF 
          [4.19. Amend the 2026 Schedule of Fines and Penalties]
FINES AND PENALTIES. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE 2026 TOWN OF HAMBURG SCHEDULE OF FINES, PENALTIES, FINES AND PENALTIES AS ATTACHED. SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. AND THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS FOR 20 AND 421 FOR PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF 
          [4.22. Cutting and Removal of Dead Trees]
DEAD TREES. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN A CONTRACTOR TO CUT AND REMOVE THE TWO DEAD TREES LOCATED ON PARCEL SBL160.4-1-27. 
          THAT CAN FALL AND HIT THE STRUCTURES ON THE NEIGHBORING HIGHLAND PARKWAY PARCELS. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS THE EXPENSE OF TREE CUTTING AND REMOVAL TO BE LEVIED AGAINST SAID PARCEL WHERE THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BE CHARGED 
          [00:55:04]
FOR CLEANUP OF PROPERTIES. A 3620 .469. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. ALL RIGHT. HI 
          [4.23. Appending Highmark Corner Community Destination Concepts to Comprehensive Plan SEQR Resolution]
MARK WARNER. COMMUNITY DESTINATION. CONCEPTS. TO. COMPREHENSIVE. PLAN. SEEKER. 
          RESOLUTION. NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, AS LEAD AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE HIGHMARK CONCEPTS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUED BASED ON THE REASONS AS SET FORTH IN THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORMS. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM, WHICH WILL ACT AS A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND AUTHORIZES THE APPROPRIATE NOTICES AND FILINGS BE MADE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL 
          [4.24. Appending Highmark Corner Community Destination Concepts to Comprehensive Plan Adoption Resolution]
IN FAVOR? AYE. APPENDING HIGHMARK CORNER. COMMUNITY DESTINATION CONCEPTS TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTION RESOLUTION. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 272 A OF NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW, HEREBY ADOPTS THE HIGHMARK CORNER COMMUNITY DESTINATION CONCEPTS DOCUMENT AS AN APPENDIX TO THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THE HIGHMARK CORNER COMMUNITY DESTINATION AND CONCEPTS DOCUMENT WILL BE FILED IN THE HAMBURG TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND PLACED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IT'S JUST TO LET EVERYONE 
          [4.25. Taylor Road Alcohol Waiver Request]
KNOW HAMBURG IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS OVER THERE. TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVER REQUEST. BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE ALCOHOL WAIVERS FOR THE TAYLOR ROAD CABIN FOR NOVEMBER 2026 AS LISTED. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. TOWN OF HAMBURG. 
          [4.26. Town of Hamburg Short-Term Rental Law SEQR Resolution]
SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW SEEKER RESOLUTION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, AS LEAD AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THE ADOPTION OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUED BASED ON THE REASONS AS SET FORTH IN THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM, WHICH WILL ACT AS A SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND AUTHORIZES THAT THE APPROPRIATE NOTICES AND FILINGS BE MADE. SO MOVED. ALL 
          [4.27. Town of Hamburg Short-Term Rental Law Adoption Resolution ]
          [4.28. Short term rental fees]
IN FAVOR. SHORT TERM RENTAL FEES. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SET THE NONREFUNDABLE SHORT TERM RENTAL APPLICATION FEE AT $500 AND THE NONREFUNDABLE SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT FEE AT $1,500 FOR A TWO YEAR PERMIT. SO MOVED. YES. YES. 
          JUST THE CORRECT ORDER. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? I. I DECIDED SOMEBODY TO SPEAK ON THAT. YES. THAT THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END. SO IT'S COMING. WE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. YES. YEAH I WASN'T NOTIFIED. I WAS I'M I'M SORRY. 
          WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THIS PART, THIS WAS THE THIS IS FOR THE FINES. THIS RESOLUTION IS ONLY FOR FINES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DOING IT PROPERLY. I THINK WE ALREADY TOOK THE VOTE ON THIS. CORRECT? WE DID. OKAY. SO THE NEXT RESOLUTION. OKAY. WE ARE ON. OH, I'M MISSING THE ADOPTION RESOLUTION. CAN I BORROW YOUR AGENDA? YES. THIS ONE. I GOT I DON'T HAVE THE RESOLUTION. I JUST GOT SOME NOTES ON THERE. SO 4.23. OKAY. I, I MISSED IT SO. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. DO YOU WANT MINE? I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME. YEAH. SORRY. OKAY. I HAVE MY ELECTRONIC ONE ON MY PHONE IF YOU WANT IT. OKAY. MY EMAIL. OH, YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. OH, WE WERE JUST MISSING RESOLUTION 29 IN THE PACKETS. APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT. SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER CHANGE ORDERS. BUT ARE YOU STILL GOING TO. THERE'S STILL THE ADOPTION ONE. OH, I'M SO SORRY. DID WE. WAS THERE A MOTION? NO. YOU DID THE YOU DID THE FINE. YOU DID THE SEEKER. 
          YOU DID THE FINES. NOW WE NEED THE ADOPTION 3.27. IT'S LISTED AS 4.27 SKIPS FROM SECRET OF FEES. OH, BOY. OKAY. OH! MISSING 27. DO YOU WANT MY COPY? NOPE, I HAVE IT. I'M SORRY. I 
          [01:00:02]
JUST HAD TO FIND IT. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. TOWN OF HAMBURG. SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW. 
          ADOPTION RESOLUTION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. 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 REVISION OF THE TOWN CODE AS REFERENCED ABOVE AND ATTACHED. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. NO. I WAS GOING TO JUST SAY ON THE ON THE QUESTION FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION, YOU MAY COMMENT. AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD. WHAT LET. IF I COULD FINISH BECAUSE THE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OVER. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE I MAY KNOW SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND I WILL TRY TO. ON THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW, ANSWER SOME OF THEM. THE SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW THAT'S BEING PUT INTO PLACE IS TO ALLOW FOR THERE TO BE ENFORCEMENT. WHEN PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOMEONE POSSIBLY DOING IT WITHOUT PERMISSION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY PUTTING A LAW IN PLACE. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR THE TOWN IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT. SO BY PUTTING A LAW IN PLACE, IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FOLLOW VERY STRINGENT, STRICT RULES, AND IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THOSE THROUGH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO MECHANISM TO DO THAT. SO THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE HAVING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE NO RECOURSE BY HAVING A LAW IN PLACE. IF SOMEBODY IS NOT IS NOT PERMITTED. AND THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH FOR THE PERMITTING IF THEY WILL GET A VIOLATION. AND IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY, THEN THEY CAN BE SHUT DOWN. THIS ALLOWS FOR THERE TO BE ENFORCEMENT AND THERE TO BE REGULATIONS. OTHERWISE, SOMEONE CAN OPERATE AND WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO ENFORCE ANY GUIDELINES OR RULES OR REGULATIONS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS LAW DOES. AND ON AND ON. 
          THE QUESTION. I JUST LOOKED UP FOR HOMES IN HAMBURG ON AIRBNB FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 30TH. 
          IT SAYS THERE'S LIKE 300 OR SOMETHING. SO BY HAVING A LAW IN PLACE, IT ALLOWS US TO REGULATE IT. AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DID HEAR FROM A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT ELECTED TO SPEAK, INCLUDING SOME PEOPLE FOR IT AND SOME PEOPLE AGAINST IT. I THINK ANYONE WAS AGAINST NOBODY. NO. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, NO ONE WAS AGAINST MOST OF THE PEOPLE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM DID HAVE AIRBNBS AND THEY DID RENT OUT. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY GLAD WE WERE DOING SOMETHING. BUT THE BUT WHAT, WHAT WHAT, WHAT I FOUND TO BE PARTICULARLY ENLIGHTENING AND PERSUASIVE WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT FOR FIRE CODES, FOR EXAMPLE. SO SAY SOMEONE RIGHT NOW, UNDER THE CURRENT LACK OF A. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO. I'VE ACTUALLY READ AS AN ATTORNEY PREVIOUS TO BEING ON THE COUNCIL, I REPRESENTED PEOPLE THAT WERE. I ASKED THE TOWN PROSECUTOR WHO'S NOW THE JUDGE, WALTER RUTH. I GO, WHAT'S THE LAW ON THIS? AND HE SAID, THERE IS NO LAW. SO PRIOR TO US PASSING A LAW, THIS. YOU CAN'T. 
          THERE'S NOTHING. SO YOU CAN'T BAN IT. JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LAW DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS IT'S IT'S LEGAL. RIGHT. SO WHAT WE JUST DID OR WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON PROVIDES REGULATION. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THEY JUST CAN'T AUTOMATICALLY RENT SOMETHING. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT UNDER THIS LAW, LIKE RIGHT NOW, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CANNOT GO TO ANYONE'S HOUSE AND CAN. YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY. I'M AN ATTORNEY. 
          CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND WRITE THEM A TICKET FOR A VIOLATION. THEY CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO LAW. NOW, IF WE PASS THIS LEGISLATION, IF SOMEONE IS VIOLATING THE RULES, MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A PROPER ELECTRICAL WORK. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, THE CONTRACTOR THAT SPOKE TO US, MAYBE THERE'S A FIRE HAZARD OR MAYBE THERE'S OTHER ISSUES, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT NOW AND OR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN GO FORWARD AND PROVIDE A CITATION AND BRING THOSE PEOPLE TO COURT, ENFORCE THE LAW, AND THEY LOSE THEIR PERMIT. YES. I BELIEVE THE LAW THAT WE WE VOTED, JUST VOTED ON. AND AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING TWO WEEKS AGO, PROTECTS THE HOMEOWNER, IT PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORS AND IT PROTECTS THE TOWN WITH A PROPER MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. 
          [4.29. Senior & Community Center Change Orders]
SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER CHANGE ORDERS. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED ORDER, CHANGE ORDERS AND APPROVE THE BUDGET 
          [01:05:02]
AMENDMENT. INCREASE $280,093.30 FROM THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS. WELL, THE LISTED ACCOUNTS SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN QUESTION. TAMMY. HOW'S THAT COMING ALONG? I'M SURE SHE'LL PROBABLY TELL US IN HER DEPARTMENT REPORT. OH, OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL THAT? THEN YOU CAN BE QUICK. SO I CAN ADD ON HERE IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE SITE. ACTUALLY, THE STEEL HAS GONE UP FOR THE GYMNASIUM AND THEY. THAT WAS WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS OUT THERE. THEY HAD FINISHED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE TO THE STEEL FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING, WHILE. THEN A TEAM IS GOING TO START DOING THE ROOF SORT OF BEHIND THAT NOW THAT THEY'VE GOT THE STEEL UP. SO THERE WILL BE A PHYSICAL BUILDING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO REALLY SEE. SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK. AND IF AT ONE POINT WE WANT TO DO ANY, ANY VISITS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY IN SMALL GROUPS, BUT WE CAN WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OUT THERE AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK, AND YOU CAN GET A LITTLE MORE FEEL FOR HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK AND LAYOUT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE AYE. UPDATED TITLE SIX PLAN FOR SENIOR CITIZEN 
          [4.30. Updated Title VI Plan for Senior Citizen Transportation Service]
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE UPDATED TITLE SIX PLAN THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE IN PLACE RELATING TO THE NEW YORK STATE 5310 TRANSPORTATION GRANT. WE HAVE UTILIZED THESE FUNDS TO AUGMENT OUR FLEET OF VANS FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. TOWN OF HAMBURG. 
          [4.31. Town of Hamburg Employee Manual]
EMPLOYEE MANUAL. BE IT RESOLVED A COPY OF OR SORRY. BE IT RESOLVED. THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TOWN OF HAMBURG EMPLOYEE MANUAL. A COPY OF THE MANUAL IS AVAILABLE IN THE HAMBURG TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE FOR VIEWING. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE LATE RESOLUTION AS WELL FOR LIVE BARN, INC. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH LIVE BARN, INC. 
          PENDING REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY. SO SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDITS FOR CASH DISBURSEMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND OR SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, SECOND. I'M SORRY. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. NO OTHER LATE RIGHT. OR 
          [5. Public Comment]
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY, GREAT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, WE WE DO. ALL RIGHT, MR. SUDO. OH, YOU GOT A LIST. YES. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE VOTE FOR THE VETERANS EXEMPTION. IT MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO A FEW. I JUST WANT TO REALLY HARD TO HEAR IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT COMES ON. SURE. SO I JUST WANT TO CHECK THE VERBIAGE ON THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU PASSED. CAN YOU READ THAT AGAIN, MA'AM? I CAN GET YOU A COPY OF IT BECAUSE THAT WON'T DO MUCH GOOD RIGHT NOW. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. THE FACT THAT 100% EXEMPTION IS THE KEY PERMANENT AND TOTAL, AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS ALSO THE KEY. 
          YES. DO NOT CONFUSE THE FACT THAT THE VETERAN HAS TO BE 100% DISABLED. THEY DO NOT CORRECT. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE PERMANENT AND TOTAL. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE 100%. SO IF YOU'RE IF THAT'S ALL MIXED UP IN THE SAME THING, IF IT'S IN YOUR RESOLUTION, IT'S AN ERROR. SO I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND IT. WE YOU'RE RIGHT. WE BASICALLY PASSED A LAW THAT WAS PASSED THAT THEY PASSED 458 A, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT IT'S UNDER WARTIME VETERANS ONLY. AND IT INCLUDES, AS YOU SAID, P AND T, WHICH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYABILITY, AS THEY CALL IT, THAT MAY BE 60%, MAYBE 90%, BUT THEY CAN'T WORK AT ALL, WHERE SOMETIMES 100% DISABLED VETERAN MAY BE ABLE TO STILL WORK. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY GOOD. APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY, MR. SUDO, GOOD. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU. AS PART OF THE VETERAN COMMITTEE, WE THANK YOU FOR PASSING THAT RESOLUTION. AS I SAID TWO WEEKS AGO, IT'S NOT THE LAST YOU HEARD OF US. SO THIS WAS PART OF WHAT THE THE PROCESS WAS. THE INTENT OF THE BILL IS NOT EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET IT FOR ALL VETERANS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEEK NOT ONLY THIS FOR THE STATE, BUT FOR THE COUNTY, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER HELP TRYING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THERE IS IN THE FEDERAL TO HELP THE TOWNS OUT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, AS THEY PASS THIS RESOLUTION, WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A COST TO IT. AND 
          [01:10:05]
THOSE COSTS DO HAVE TO BE PAID ON. BUT THE THE THE VETERAN DIDN'T FIGHT JUST FOR HAMBURG. 
          IT WAS ALL OF THE UNITED STATES. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME HELP ELSEWHERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DO YEOMAN'S WORK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THIS MY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS? SHE'S SHE'S CALLING EVERYONE OUT. WE HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS THAT SIGNED UP. YEP. OKAY. MR. SAMARDZIC. SHORT TERM RENTAL FIRST. MY NAME IS WAY OFF IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IT'S UP TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE CHRISTINE. CASEY. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WE JUST ASK EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT RECORDS IN THE MICROPHONE. YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOU HAD A HEARING TWO YEARS, TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. WE WERE NOT WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE WHOLE STREET DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHERE I LIVE IN CRESTWOOD DRIVE, THE HOUSE WAS DONE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. IT'S NOW R AND B, B AND B, IT'S ALREADY BEEN RUN. IT'S BEEN RENTED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PERMIT. THE WOMAN LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY. WHO OWNS IT? THERE'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD AND THERE'S LOTS OF CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZENS ON MY STREET. IT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS THING GOT IN HERE. IT SAYS IT WILL SLEEP 12 PEOPLE, WHICH IT'S NEAR THE STADIUM, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTY HOUSE. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE NEED ON OUR STREET. AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY RECOURSE IS BS. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, NO ONE HERE WANTS IT ON MY STREET. NO ONE DOES. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THEM RACING DOWN THE STREET WITH LITTLE KIDS TRYING TO RIDE THEIR BIKES. I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT IT ACROSS FROM YOUR HOMES EITHER. I'M SURE YOU WOULD NOT WANT THAT. AND I JUST WISH YOU WOULD GIVE US SOME RECOURSE. WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS. I JUST I WANTED TO COMMENT ON IT, THOUGH. 
          I'D BE FOR DURING YOUR BOARD REPORT, YOU WOULD COMMENT. NO, I THINK I CAN COMMENT. I, I KNOW I RESPECT WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT KEN UNDER BECAUSE THERE IS NO LAW RIGHT NOW AND I JUST LOOKED IT UP. THERE'S OVER THREE. LET ME FINISH. IF YOU LOOK UP, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO RULE DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE DON'T DO IT. THERE'S OVER 322 LISTINGS ON AIRBNB NOW. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE IN HAMBURG. 
          I LOOK JUST RIGHT HERE. SOME ARE WEST SENECA, BUT THERE'S I THINK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, OUR PLANNER SAID THERE'S ALMOST 200. SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE LAW IS IT. 
          YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT IN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME UNLESS YOU GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. 
          SO IN THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU CITE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE LAW ISN'T WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE, I TELL PEOPLE THAT ALL THE TIME. IT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU HOPE IT WOULD BE. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE. IT'S WHAT IT IS. AND THAT'S WHY I GO TO COURT WITH MY JOB EVERY DAY. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT UNDER THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LAW NOW, WE CAN'T STOP THAT PERSON. SO IF THAT PERSON HAS, LET ME FINISH. IF 12 PEOPLE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THAT HOME, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU COULD CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE AND SAY, LOOK, A, THEY HAVE NO SPECIAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RENT WITHOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND B THEY'RE EXCEEDING OCCUPANCY. SO RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. NOW THAT WE HAVE A LAW, IT GIVES THE CITIZENS RECOURSE. AND IT'S WHAT IT'S WHAT IT IS. SO WHAT ABOUT ZONING? THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING. IT DOESN'T. OH NO, NOT AT ALL. BUT NO, NOT AT ALL. NO. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZONING. RIGHT. I MEAN, IF YOU HAD AN ISSUE, IF YOU HAD AN ISSUE, YOU WOULD NOT. AND LET'S SAY IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS WOULD INVOLVE THE POLICE. WITHOUT THIS LAW, THEY THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO ENFORCE. NOW, THERE'S ACTUALLY VERY STRICT GUIDELINES AND THEY CAN ENFORCE THOSE WHERE WITHOUT THIS LAW, AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE NO WAY TO ENFORCE WHAT THESE REGULATIONS ARE THAT. SO IT'S MORE OF A FREE FOR ALL. SO WE WE UNDERSTAND AND AND THIS IS ACTUALLY TO TRY TO HELP IN THOSE SITUATIONS BECAUSE AS YOU JUST SAID, SOMEBODY'S OPERATING ACROSS THE STREET. SO WITHOUT A LAW, IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT. BUT WE HAVE NO WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT A HINDRANCE OR A PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORS. THIS LAW NOW GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IS HAPPENING THAT COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE HAVING A LOUD PARTY AT 3 A.M. OR SOMETHING. NOW THERE'S RECOURSE AND THEY COULD LOSE THAT PERMIT. AND IF THEY LOSE THEIR PERMIT AND THEN THEY'RE CAUGHT OPERATING, THEN THERE'S THEY CAN BE TAKEN TO COURT WITHOUT A LAW. THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO JUST WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. THEN WE CAN. RIGHT? WELL, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, NOTHING CAN HAPPEN. THEY HAVE TO, AS THE SUPERVISOR 
          [01:15:04]
SAID, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THIS TOWN. YOU HAVE TO GET A PERMIT, WHICH COSTS A FEE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET INSPECTED. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAD AN AIRBNB, GOD FORBID, THERE WAS A FIRE OR SOMETHING, SOMEBODY SOMETHING HAPPENED. YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING TO SAY, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, YOU'RE OPERATING A BUSINESS. WE INSURED YOUR HOME, NOT A BUSINESS. THEY MAY NOT COVER THE COST. SO NOW IT FORCES THEM TO COME IN. IT FORCES OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO GO IN THERE, DO THE INSPECTIONS FOR FIRE. SO IT PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORS. IT PROTECTS THE HOMEOWNER AND EVERYBODY ELSE. DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, APPLIED FOR PERMITS FOR THESE AIRBNBS? LIKE, NO, BECAUSE WE JUST WE JUST ENACTED IT TONIGHT. SO ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THE PERMITS? YES. SO RIGHT NOW LET ME JUST READ FROM THE STATUTE, OKAY. PERSONS LIKE THIS IS AND THIS IS SEVERAL PAGES. PERSONS SHALL NOT USE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO THIS LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT AS SHORT TERM RENTAL UNITS WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A REVOCABLE SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT. SO THIS NOW PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COME TO OUR TOWN AND GET A PERMIT IF THEY DO NOT DO A PERMIT. THE EXAMPLE YOU CITE, AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SENT AN EMAIL THAT I REVIEWED THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE 12 PERSON. 
          THERE WAS A PHOTO IN IT. IF RIGHT NOW YOU CALL THE POLICE AND SAY, LOOK, THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PERMIT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN WRITE THEM A TICKET AND THEY WOULD BE VIOLATING THIS LAW OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. BUT PRIOR, PRIOR TO THIS LAW, PRIOR TO THIS LAW, YOU COULD CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND GUESS WHAT THE ANSWER IS? WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. YOU CAN'T. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A LAW, WE CAN ENFORCE THE LAW WITHOUT. SO THIS IS A POSITIVE THING. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, I MEAN, APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. IT GOES ON TO WHAT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL STANDARDS ARE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ THIS LAW, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WENT IN FOR A LOT OF A LOT OF US PUT A LOT OF, I MEAN, NOT THAT THAT WE DO IT FOR, FOR CREDIT BECAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHY THIS IS COMMUNITY SERVICE. BUT WE MET WITH ATTORNEYS, WE MET WITH OUR PLANNERS. THIS WAS SOMETHING CODE REVIEW. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT IN REACTION TO WHAT THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE, WE FELT THAT WE NEEDED AS, AS A BOARD TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TEETH IN OUR ENFORCEMENT. AND I'M NOT 100% OUR PLANNERS, NOT HERE. HE'S ON ANOTHER JOB. I BELIEVE WE CONTACT VRBO, AIRBNB AND BASICALLY LET THEM KNOW ANYBODY IN HAMBURG NEEDS A PERMIT BEFORE THEY CAN. HERE'S ANOTHER QUOTE FROM THE STATUTE. 
          SECTION 28448 ENFORCEMENT. NO SHORT, SHORT TERM RENTAL. FIRST THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT. OKAY, SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO GET ONE. SO OPERATE WITHOUT A SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT. AND THERE'S PROCEDURES IN HERE. IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. WHENEVER IT IS FOUND THAT A SHORT TERM RENTAL, ITS OWNER AND OR AGENT IN THE EXAMPLE YOU GIVE THIS NEW YORK ABSENTEE LANDLORD IS OPERATING WITHOUT A SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHALL SERVE WRITTEN NOTICE OF VIOLATION UPON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, ITS OWNER OR AGENT, WITH AN ORDER TO CEASE OPERATION AND IF APPLICABLE, YOU KNOW, SO IT GOES ON AND ON. 
          THEY CAN CEASE. THEY CAN STOP THEM. THEY CAN SHUT THEM DOWN. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T, BECAUSE THEY WOULD SUE THE TOWN AND IT WOULD BE VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS WITHOUT A LAW. APPARENTLY, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY ADVERTISING AND HAVE REVIEWS AND ALL THAT BECAUSE WE HAD NO LAW. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE PERMITTED BECAUSE THEY NEVER WILL NOT BE HAPPY. IF I COULD ADD IN YOUR DEFENSE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED A GREAT QUESTION, LIKE, I THINK WE'VE BEEN LIKE, CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER? SORRY. 
          APOLOGIES, APOLOGIES. NO, I'M APOLOGIES. SO IN DEFENSE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, RIGHT? LIKE YOU ARE 100% CORRECT IN SAYING LIKE THAT. THIS VOTE IS NOT TO BAN AIRBNBS. 
          SO YOU'RE RIGHT BECAUSE YOU SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JUST BAN. AND THAT'S A THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. IT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE GONE WITH CURRENTLY. SO I COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR LIKE THE VOTE TONIGHT DID NOT WAS NOT A VOTE TO ALLOW AIRBNBS EITHER. LIKE IT WAS ALREADY TECHNICALLY ALLOWED BECAUSE NOTHING EXISTED, RIGHT? NOTHING EXISTED. SO IT WAS ALLOWED. SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE DIDN'T GO BACK FROM SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY, OKAY, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED. THEY ALREADY WERE. THEY ARE NOW ALLOWED WITH RESTRICTIONS, WHICH I THINK IS A BETTER STEP. I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE IS A IS A ROOT TO WHY ARE NO AIRBNBS DOING SOMETHING NOW? WE JUST LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL KEEP DOING THIS INSTEAD OF PASSING A LAW TO SAY IT'S ILLEGAL. I MEAN, THAT THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE WOULDN'T GO BACK AND SAY, OKAY, DO WE REALLY WANT AIRBNBS AND VERBOSE 
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IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TO DISRUPT WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY? AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT BECAUSE IT'S DESTROYING COMMUNITIES AND STUFF. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST PASS IT. I GET YOU'RE GIVING PERMITS AND NOW THIS. BUT WHY COULD YOU NOT HAVE PASSED A LAW THAT SAYS IT'S ILLEGAL? BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. 
          BUT YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED THERE'S JUST AS MANY PEOPLE OR MORE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT WHO WANT IT BANNED, WHO WANT IT. SO HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? SO WHAT WE DID IS WE SAID, WE'LL COME UP WITH A LAW THAT MAKES IT BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS ANYBODY NEXT DOOR TO TO KNOW OR TO HAVE A HINDRANCE FROM IT. SO WE PASS A LAW THAT IT MEANS IT HAS TO BE PERMITTED AND THERE'S WAYS TO ENFORCE IT. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING ONE POINT OF VIEW. BUT UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN EQUALLY GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW. SO THIS LAW IS A WAY TO COMBINE THE TWO. IT REGULATES IT. IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT CAME FORWARD AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S DOING AN AIRBNB NEXT DOOR AND I WOULD NEVER KNOW IT, OR THEY WANT TO CONTINUE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY GO TO FLORIDA IN THE WINTER TIME. SO THERE'S MANY WE HEARD MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AND APPROACHING IT THIS WAY WAS ONE WAY TO TRY TO RESPECT THE PERSPECTIVE FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES. WE APPRECIATE THAT YOUR POSITION IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT IS. THAT WAS PRESENTED BY A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TWO WEEKS AGO. AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THIS REPRESENTS A WAY TO RESPECT THE CONCERNS OF THOSE SUCH AS YOURSELF, AND YET ALSO RESPECT THE WHAT WAS EXPRESSED TO US BY SOME OWNER HOMEOWNERS AS WHAT SHOULD BE THEIR RIGHT TO UTILIZE THEIR PROPERTY. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE TRIED TO MELD THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EITHER GROUP, BUT BASICALLY IT SAYS IT HAS TO BE REGULATED. IT HAS TO HAVE A WAY TO ENFORCE IT SO THAT THERE IS NOT A HINDRANCE TO NEIGHBORS OF SOMEONE WHO IS USING THEIR PROPERTY IN THAT WAY, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE DETRIMENT OF ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. ALSO, IF YOU LIVE IN AN R-1 DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL ONE, YOU SO YOU KNOW, ONLY SINGLE HOMES. YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND AND GET A SPECIAL USE. THEY HAVE NO PERMIT OR SPECIAL PERMIT PERMIT, USE SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR PERMIT PERMIT. SO I MEAN, IF SO, IF THE NEIGHBOR SAID THEY'RE OUT OF CONTROL, WHATEVER WE SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU A PERMIT. THEN AREAS AND THEIR PERMITS CAN BE REVOKED AND ALSO THEIR PERMIT FEE AND THEIR APPLICATION FEE ARE NONREFUNDABLE. YES. NO, IT IT WAS WE DO NOT HAVE A BED TAX CURRENTLY IN THE WE ACTUALLY IT'S ON OUR IT'S ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS WEDNESDAY'S CODE REVIEW. SO I'VE SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS RESEARCHING THAT. WE'VE PULLED THE TEMPLATES AND EXAMPLES FROM SEVERAL OTHER TOWNS WHO JUST PASSED THAT. CHEEKTOWAGA, LANCASTER, AMHERST. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AT CODE REVIEW. WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING AT CODE REVIEW THIS WEDNESDAY, AND WE HOPE TO BRING SOMETHING FORTH TO THE TOWN BOARD IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRES STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION. SO WE ARE MOVING THAT FORWARD AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR. IS IT A TWO YEAR? YES, IT IS A RENEWABLE EVERY TWO YEARS FOR THESE AREAS. YES, YES. ARE THEY ON FILE? IF WE WANTED TO. YES, YES. CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          OKAY. YOU COULD SPOIL THOSE DOCUMENTS. AND WE WOULD WE WOULD PROVIDE THOSE. WE'RE NOT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AN EXCEPTION TO THE BOIL OFF. SO IF YOU FEEL SOMEONE WAS OPERATING AS AN AIRBNB AND AND YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY HAD A PERMIT, YOU COULD CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND MAKE A VISIT. YEAH. THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO ON THE WEBSITE AND SEE, OH, IT IS LISTED HERE. THERE'S NO PERMIT. AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO START DOING THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I HOPE SO. WELL, SEVERAL OF US ARE HERE REGARDING ONE PARTICULAR HOME ON CHRISTIAN STREET, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE FILED FORMAL COMPLAINTS ON THE TOWN WEBSITE. DO THOSE FORMER COMPLAINTS AUTOMATICALLY INITIATE A VISIT BY CODE ENFORCEMENT TO VISIT? WE JUST PASSED THE LAW TONIGHT. SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT YOU FILE THAT YOU CALL THEM TOMORROW. BUT BUT I WOULD NOTE HOLD ON. 839 CASTLE DRIVE. 
          OKAY. 4839 I MEAN, I'LL MAKE THE CALL. THE HOME. WHAT DO THEY DO? SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A PERIOD OF SOMEBODY PAYING THE TAXES THERE. THEY HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME RIGHT NOW 
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TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT AND GET THE PERMIT. SO WE CAN'T WE DON'T EXPECT THAT EVERYONE OVERNIGHT IS GOING TO GET THE PERMIT. SO IN THE LAW, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, THEY DO HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME TO GET THE PERMIT. AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT. THERE'S ALREADY COMPLAINTS AGAINST THAT UNIT. WHY WOULD YOU GIVE THEM A PERMIT. PROBABLY WON'T WE. 
          RIGHT. EXACTLY. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT A NONREFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE. AND THEN OUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. SO THEY MAY THEY MAY OR THEY MAY NOT EVEN GET THE PERMIT. AND IN ADDITION TO THE IF SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR A PERMIT FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, IF. IF THE. IF THE BUILDING IS SAFE, YOU CHECK THE ELECTRICAL FIRE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THE PEOPLE ARE LEGIT. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO STOP YOU FROM APPROVING THE PERMIT, AM I RIGHT? WELL, THEY HAVE A LONG LIST. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT ALL THE THINGS ON THERE, BUT THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU SAID, YES. IF THEY MET ALL OF THOSE CONDITIONS AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE PERMIT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAD TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE. THERE ALSO HAS TO BE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE STANDARDS WITHIN THE STATUTE AND THERE'S AN INSPECTION. AND I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS, MEANING COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE, I GUESS, AND NON-LAWYER TALK, WE COULD SAY, NO, YOU'VE HAD COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THIS HOUSE. YOU KNOW, IT'S UNRULY, THEY'RE OUT OF HAND AND YOU SAY, NO. AND WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT YOU KNOW, SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S UNREASONABLE. IS IT WITHIN THE TOWN'S RIGHTS? BECAUSE I KNOW I'M, I'M NOT HELPING THESE PEOPLE IN WITH ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. YEAH. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE ABSENTEE LANDLORD THING IS A IS A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. AND A LOT OF ABSENTEE LANDLORDS HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY DO A LOUSY JOB OF MAINTAINING. AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES AND PEOPLE DIE AND PEOPLE FREEZE TO DEATH AND SO ON. WHEN YOU GET AN APPLICATION FROM SOMEBODY THAT'S AN AIRBNB PROPRIETOR AND THEY'RE AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AIRBNB UNITS, DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING IF THEY HAVE A BAD TRACK RECORD? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY RAISED SOME REALLY GOOD ISSUES THAT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I REALLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT. I MEAN, WHERE WERE YOU TWO WEEKS AGO? BUT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A BUT BUT NO, LET ME LET ME FINISH THIS. LET LET LET ME FINISH THIS THOUGH THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LAWS CAN BE AMENDED. THEY'RE AMENDED ALL THE TIME. RIGHT? SO IT WAS FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS ON THE BOOKS. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE, WE WANTED TO GET IT ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. BUT WE ALSO, AS A SUPERVISOR SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SPOKE, ACTUALLY, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AT THE HEARING WERE IN FAVOR, FAVOR OF IT. BUT REGARDLESS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD PUT IN THE STATUTE TO SAY IF THERE'S COMPLAINTS, THEN THE TOWN HAS THE RIGHT TO DENY THE APPLICATION. THEY. BUT THEY DO. THAT'S ALREADY YEAH THEY DO. IT'S ALREADY BUILT IN THERE. 42 YEARS AGO, I BOUGHT MY HOME ON CRESTWOOD, AND I REMEMBER BEING TOLD, I DON'T KNOW BY WHO WHEN I WAS CLOSING OR WHATEVER. IT'S NOT ZONED FOR RENTAL PROPERTY. LIKE, OKAY, WE MOVE INTO THE HOUSE. WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO MY DISABLED MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND MY WIFE'S MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. WE WERE GOING TO BUILD AN IN-LAW APARTMENT ON THE BACK OF THE HOME LIKE THEY DID HAVE ACROSS THE STREET. WE WENT TO THE TOWN FOR A VARIANCE. WE WERE TOLD 6 OR 7 TIMES, IT CAN'T BE AN INCOME PROPERTY. I'M LIKE, NO, I HAVE NO NO DESIRE TO HAVE AN INCOME PROPERTY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO FOR 42 YEARS, I'M LIVING HERE AND I'M THINKING NOBODY ON THE STREET CAN RENT THEIR HOME AND NOBODY ON THE STREET CAN USE AN IN-LAW APARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS RENTAL PROPERTY. SO I THOUGHT BEING ZONED R1 MEANT, AND SURE, THIS IS SHORT TERM RENTAL. SO IT SO WELL, THEY STILL CAN'T SHORT TERM SHORT TERM RENTALS JUST LAST 30 DAYS OR LESS. SO WHAT I AM GOING TO DO, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL WHO'S SLATED TO SPEAK. I APOLOGIZE. IS IT LYNN J. OH, OKAY. A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE WERE ALREADY RAISED BY CHRISTINE, WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CRESTWOOD PEOPLE HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR ON OUR STREET RECENTLY ADDED ON TO HER HOME. SHE ADDED, ON A BEDROOM AND A BATHROOM, NOT A BIG DEAL. THEY HAD TO COME AND GET APPROVAL. WE GOT ALL GOT MAIL UP AND DOWN THE STREET. DOES ANYONE OBJECT TO THIS? WELL, OF COURSE NOT. YOU'RE MAKING YOUR TWO BEDROOM HOME INTO A THREE. COOL. BUT NOW NOBODY WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS. THEY'RE HEARD. THERE WAS A MEETING ON OCTOBER 5TH WHERE THIS WAS APPROVED AND NO OBJECTIONS WERE RAISED. WELL, OF COURSE NOT. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT. NOBODY ON OUR STREET KNEW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING. THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR JUST MOVED 
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IN 12 MONTHS AGO. SHE SAW THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT YARD, WENT OVER AND SAID, HI, ARE YOU MY NEW NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR? AND THEY SAID, OH NO, THIS IS AN R AND B AND B, AND SHE SAID, EXCUSE ME, WHAT? SO SHE'S GOT A REVOLVING DOOR OF TOTAL STRANGERS THERE FOREVER. PEOPLE ON THE STREET WITH CHILDREN DO NOT FEEL SAFE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ATMOSPHERE IS GOING TO CHANGE. 
          I HAVE NO DOUBT. IF IT HAPPENS THERE, IT COULD HAPPEN NEXT DOOR TO ME, BOTH SIDES OF ME. 
          THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I'M SURROUNDED BY STRANGERS. THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE BECOME A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HOTELS OR WHATEVER. THIS IS NOT OKAY. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ON OUR STREET WHO THINKS THAT THIS IS OKAY. WHY WERE WE NOT NOTIFIED? I SAW THE PAPER YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS APPROVED ON THE FIFTH. HOW DID IT GET APPROVED WHEN NO ONE KNEW THE NOTICE THAT APPROVED IT? NOW? SO THE NOTICE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD ON THE FIFTH. 
          THAT WAS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY. MY MISTAKE. I'M USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY. 
          PUBLIC HEARING. WE RECEIVED NO OBJECTION. SO THE THE NOTICE THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTIONS. SO THE REGULATIONS REGARDING HOW THINGS ARE NOTICED NOTICED THAT GO BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD ARE DIFFERENT FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THAT IS A LOCAL LAW. SO THE TOWN DID FOLLOW. WHAT WAS THE REQUIRED PROCESS FOR NOTIFICATION OF SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS AT THE TOWN LEVEL. SO NOTIFICATION WAS IN. IT'S EITHER THE ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED PAPERS, AND IT HAS TO BE CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S 14, AT LEAST ON THE ON THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE THIRD, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME IT WAS IN THE PAPER. RIGHT. SO JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, THE NOTICE IS DIFFERENT FOR WHAT THE ACTION IS. AND NOTICE WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS ACTION. NOTICE WAS MET FOR THIS ACTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SAW IT. IF I COULD ALSO MENTION THAT. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN. WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE 32 YEARS AGO. WE LOOKED AT ANOTHER PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF EDEN. THAT WAS A GREAT HOUSE. WE LOVED IT, BUT THERE WAS A BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE WANT A STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAD CHILDREN GROWING UP THERE. HE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS TURNING INTO A SERIES, PERHAPS OF BUSINESSES. IT'S JUST NOT OKAY. WELL, THIS STOPS IT. WELL, BUT IT REGULATES IT BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR ONE. IT'S IN OUR ONE AREA. 
          AND ALSO I CONTACTED KEVIN JEWETT ABOUT THIS AND HE SAID, WELL, IT'S ALLOWED IN SOME AREAS OF THE TOWN, BUT NOT IN OTHERS. WHAT IS YOUR STREET? I TOLD HIM CRESTWOOD DRIVE. HE GOES, OH, IT'S NOT ALLOWED THERE, BUT IT'S ALREADY THERE. AND SO UNLESS THEY REALLY MESS UP ROYALLY AND BREAK SOME, YOU KNOW, OF THE RULES, THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. BUT THAT'S WHY WE PASSED A LAW THAT'S OKAY, SO THAT THEY HAVE TO GET PERMITTED. OTHERWISE WE COULDN'T MAKE THEM DO THAT. 
          WHAT WOULD WHAT WHAT WOULD PREVENT THEM AT THIS POINT, SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY RENTED OUT? IT'S ALREADY ONLINE. WE GOT A LADY IN NEW YORK CITY WHO'S RENTING THE PLACE OUT, SO SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. I ASSUME. WHAT WOULD STOP THIS FROM BECOMING A PERMANENT SITUATION? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE TOWN AND GET A PERMIT. 
          RIGHT. SO IF THE IF THE PROPERTY IS ONE SO THEY WON'T GET THE PERMIT, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THEY HAVE TO COME. NO, THAT'S YOU HAVE TO COME AND GET A PERMIT FROM THE TOWN. SO NOW THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME AND GET A PERMIT. SO IF THEY MEET ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEN IT'S ALL. BUT THEN THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOING FORWARD. BUT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WERE THAT THERE ARE NO SHORT TERM RENTALS ON OUR STREET. THAT WAS NEVER IN PLACE. THAT WAS THEN I WAS MISINFORMED. YES. I MEAN, MAYBE HE MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING, BUT THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO LAW PRIOR TO TONIGHT. WELL, WHEN I CALLED HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERN, HE SAID, THAT IS NOT ALLOWED ON YOUR STREET. HIS EXACT WORDS. WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT HE SAID. I'M. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE WAS NO LAW BEFORE AND THERE IS A LAW NOW. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ THIS LAW BECAUSE IT'S VERY IT'S VERY COMPLETE. I'VE BEEN QUOTING FROM IT, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. IT TALKS ABOUT REVOCATION, IT TALKS ABOUT INSPECTION. THERE'S A KIND OF A THOUGHT OF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE. YOU HAVE JUST READ IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE, WELL, HERE'S A COPY RIGHT HERE. AND, AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU TOO, WE'RE REASONABLE PEOPLE. IF THERE'S AMENDMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE TO THE LAW, LIKE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HURT ANYONE. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. OKAY. SO I MEAN, WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND WE PART OF THE REASON, LIKE I SAID, I, I WALKED IN THIS COURTROOM, I TALKED TO WALTER RUTH, THE PROSECUTOR, THE GUY HAD A PLACE ON, I'M GOING TO NAME THE STREET. AND I SAID, THERE'S NO RULE ON THIS. WHAT, WHAT? BECAUSE THEY, THEY MADE SOME FAKE LAW AND HE DISMISSED IT. 
          HE GOES, YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE PRIOR TO US PASSING THIS LAW, WE CAN STOP ANYONE FROM DOING IT. NOW WE HAVE AN ABILITY, BUT HERE'S A COPY. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 
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YOU'RE WELCOME. WHO'S THE NEXT PERSON TO SIGN? SIGN UP TO SPEAK. YES. THANK YOU. WHO? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? WHO IS NEXT TO SPEAK? ANYBODY? OKAY? AND. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING SO FAR. AND WE COULD USE A CHANGE OF PACE. 
          MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING TO RENT A PLACE OR I'D LIKE TO RENT UP. NO, I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL I HAVE ANY OTHER RECOURSE. AND IF THIS ALL COMES ABOUT FROM SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID AT THE AT THE THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE CLEARCUTTING OF 30 ACRES. SO I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF READ WHAT I'VE GOT HERE FIRST. THIS HAS GOT TO DO WITH THE NEW YORK, THE TOWN OF NEW HAMBURG, NEW YORK. CODE TREE MANAGEMENT SAYS THAT ON SECTION 243-1 PURPOSE AND INTENT. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF TREES AND. THE PRESERVATION OF THESE RESOURCES IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE WELFARE OF THE TOWN. TREES PROVIDE SHADE AND PEAT SOIL EROSION AID. WATER ABSORPTION AND RETENTION, INHIBIT EXCESS RUNOFF AND FLOODING, ENHANCE AIR QUALITY. 
          OFFER A NATURAL BARRIER TO NOISE. PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, PROVIDE SCREENING, ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUES AND ENTER THE OVERALL ESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE TOWN. IT IS INTENDED THIS CHAPTER TO REGULATE THE REMOVAL OF TREES, THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES, PARTICULARLY UNDER NEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING TREES AND THE CONTROLLED HARVESTING OF THIS NATURAL RESOURCE. THIS CHAPTER SETS FORTH REGULATIONS FOR TREE REMOVAL ASSOCIATED WITH SITE PLAN, SUBDIVISION AND SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ESTABLISHES RESTRICTIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICATIONS FOR SITE PLAN, SUBDIVISION OR SPECIAL PERMIT, AND REGULATES CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARVESTING OF TREES. CERTAIN ACTIONS REGULATED UNDER THIS CHAPTER MAY BE OF SUFFICIENT SCALE TO NECESSITATE APPROVAL BY THE TOWN AND MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT. REFERENCING THE TOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURVEY SAYS 79% OF RESIDENTS OF HAMBURG STATE THAT HAMBURG SHOULD DEVELOP ITS GREEN SPACES AND PARK UNDER THE TOPIC OF CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT, PROTECT GREEN SPACE AND WITH THIS LAW COMES FROM A BENDERSON REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTED TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD A REQUEST TO CLEAR CUT 30 ACRES AT THE OLD LEISURE LAND SITE, WHICH INCLUDES TREES. THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD COME FORWARD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO BUILD WAREHOUSES AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH WOULD BE OVER 800,000FT■!S, AND WOULD DESTROY AN AREA EVEN LARGER THAN THE 30 ACRES. THEY CAME FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT THEY WERE DOING THIS CLEAR CUTTING TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE AND TO HELP THE TOWN. IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE SAME ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS QUESTIONED AT A MEETING, WHAT THEY REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT WHETHER THEY CARED ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS FELT ABOUT THEIR PROJECT, THEIR RESPONSE WAS, NO, WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS. WE CARE ABOUT GETTING THE PROJECT COMPLETED. NOW. THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE THEM AND ACCEPT THIS KIND OFFER. ASK IF THEY CONTACTED ANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY CONTACTED ONE PERSON. THE ASSUMPTION BY THE PLANNING BOARD WAS THAT NO ONE ELSE EVEN KNEW BENDERSON WAS PROPOSING THIS, AND WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING BOARD, NO PUBLIC HEARING WAS REQUIRED FOR CLEARCUTTING. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS TO SECURE SECURE A PERMIT. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS PROCESS AND BENDERSON NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. 
          ONE FINAL ITEM, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CULTIVATE AND PROTECT OUR STRONG AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAMLETS. 
          PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR ENVIRONMENTS ASSETS, RESPECT OUR AGRICULTURAL PAST AND INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR FUTURE. HELP AND ENCOURAGE A STRONG ECONOMIC BASE THAT LEADS TO SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. FOCUS ON AND REUSE AND REVITALIZATION. SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE WHERE WE GATHER AND PLAY, MAINTAIN AND REVITALIZE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, REGULATE, CONTROL, INVEST IN AND ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS THESE PRINCIPLES. 
          CLEARCUTTING 30 ACRES, INCLUDING TREES AND DESTROYING WILDLIFE HABITAT, CLEARLY DOES NOT RENDER THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND RUNS CONTRARY TO THE RESIDENTS DESIRES. SO. AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME IN THE BEGINNING. PETER SAMARDZIC. 
          PETER, I'M AT 5414 SYCAMORE LANE. THANK YOU PETER. I THINK ALL OF THE THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS, AND WE'RE ALL VERY CONCERNED AND WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. SO WE HAVE INQUIRED WITH OUR PLANNING CONSULTANT, JOSH ROGERS. HE UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. I'M SURE THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, AS I THINK YOU EVEN MENTIONED, IT IS NOT BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AT THIS TIME, BUT WE ARE ALL EAGER TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATURE AND THE ROUTE OF THIS PROJECT AND WHAT 
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EXACTLY IS REQUIRED AND IS GOING TO BE DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. I WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, JOSH, OUR PLANNER HAS BEEN AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING. AND THE ONE DAY THAT WE COULD REALLY USE HIM TO HELP EXPLAIN THIS LAW AND THESE THINGS BETTER THAN US. HE'S NOT. AND THAT'S OKAY. WE COULDN'T EVEN PHONE A FRIEND BECAUSE HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING BECAUSE HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING. 
          AND WILSON BECAUSE HE'S A HE WENT TO UB FOR, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND HE'S SUPER INTELLIGENT. HE'S STRAIGHT UP AND HE'S REALLY GREAT GUY. AND I DID SUCCESSFULLY SUE BENDERSON ONCE AND IT FELT REALLY GOOD. YEAH. THEY WERE TRYING TO. ANYWAY, I'VE RECEIVED JOSH BEFORE AND HE'S AWESOME. HE'S A GREAT RESOURCE. I HAVE RECEIVED SOME INQUIRIES ON ON THIS VERY THING FROM SOME FOLKS THAT I KNOW THAT LIVE OVER IN THAT AREA. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHO'S NEXT? ANYBODY, MISTER. 
          MUST HAVE JUST WALKED IN. I, I KEEP ON MISSING THE START OF THE MEETING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, OH, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON TEN YEARS OF RETIREMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN, IT'S GONE BY AND I'M JEALOUS. IT'S GOOD. IT GOES VERY QUICKLY. AND I HOPE YOU ALL GET TO GET TO ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I'M ENJOYING. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU THIS EVENING? YEAH. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU TONIGHT, MR. BERARDUCCI? MY WIFE IS NODDING HER HEAD THERE. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR DOING SOMETHING ABOUT RENTAL PROPERTIES. OBVIOUSLY, THE SHORT TERM RENTALS CAN BE A PROBLEM. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT AIRBNB AND VRBO, THERE ARE RATINGS FOR BOTH THE LANDLORD AND THE AND THE RENTER, SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER BE RESPONSIBLE OR BE IRRESPONSIBLE. AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU THIS LAW, IF IF YOU DIDN'T FIGURE IT OUT, SINCE EVERYTHING IN HERE IS NONREFUNDABLE AND REVOCABLE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR SOMEBODY TO TO. IF THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO GET GET DICEY WITH THE WAY THEY DO THINGS, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THEM. IT'S GOING TO COST THEM MONEY. THEY'LL END UP SELLING IT PROPERTY. I'M AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD. I HAVE A PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, WHICH I MAINTAIN TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS MY OWN HOME. THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. 
          I'M GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE BECAUSE I WANTED I I'VE BEEN WANTING TO REACH OUT TO JEFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, GRANDKIDS KEPT ME BUSY. AND THAT'S A GREAT THING ABOUT RETIREMENT. AND I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF GET WITH THE BOARD ON THIS. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A SET OF FINES AND FEES FOR THE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES AND ABSENTEE LANDLORD STUFF WHERE THINGS CAN. I HAD A PROBLEM PROPERTY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR TEN YEARS. LADY SIGNED A TEN YEAR LEASE AND IT WAS A WRETCHEDLY MAINTAINED. WHEN IT WHEN THEY. WHEN THE LEASE EXPIRED AND THEY WERE FINALLY TOSSED OUT, THERE WAS TWO TWO INCHES OF ANIMAL WASTE THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FLOOR, AND THE ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY PET URINE, TO THE POINT WHERE THE GUY HAD TO GUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND START OVER AGAIN. AND NOW IT'S ONE OF THE NICEST MAINTAINED PROPERTIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO AGAIN, THE RULES, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CODES AND RULES AND LAWS THAT REALLY REGULATE ALL OF THIS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WHAT WE FOUND OUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SINCE THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE JOINED ME ON THE BOARD, WE FOUND OUT THAT SO MANY OF THESE CODES AND RULES AND REGULATIONS HAD NOT BEEN REVIEWED IN SOMETIMES DECADES. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED, AND IT'S JUST GOOD PRACTICE. IT'S BEST PRACTICE TO ALWAYS REVIEW THEM AGAINST THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. SO WE ARE SLOWLY WORKING OUR WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH ALL OF THEM, AND ALSO LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL ONES LIKE THE ONE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TONIGHT. YOUR SUGGESTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE AND OUR CODE REVIEW IS VERY ACTIVELY TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH EVERYTHING TO MAKE UPDATES AND ALSO CONSIDER NEW CODES AND REGULATIONS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. I WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT SUGGESTION TO THEM AND ADD IT TO THE LIST. I'LL THROW ONE MORE THING AT IT, SUPERVISOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD AND SUPERVISOR LORENZ FOR REVIEWING THE CODES BECAUSE THINGS IT'S BEEN BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR A LONG TIME IN HAMBURG AND. AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT. THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN. HER NAME IS BETH LORENZ. AMEN. WHAT WAS YOUR OTHER. YOU SAID YOU HAD ANOTHER. WE HAVE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TOWN. WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY SENIOR CITIZENS, PEOPLE ON LIMITED INCOME, SOCIAL SECURITY. AND LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET RID OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE, WE'RE GOING TO GET MURDERED BY INFLATION AND AN ONGOING BASIS. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT GOING TO WE ALL ARE UNTIL SOMETHING BIGGER CHANGES. BUT BUT I'M SAYING WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THERE SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOST THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SOMETIMES FISCALLY. AND I'M THINKING THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF WE FIND CODE CODE VIOLATIONS ON OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES, WHERE THEY WHERE THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH RESOURCES. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION THAT WILL REALLY HELP. AND BEING AS I'M A VERY SENIOR CITIZEN NOW, I JOKE AROUND THAT I'M NOT IN THE 
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FOURTH QUARTER. I'M IN OVERTIME. SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE. PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED LONGER THAN I HAVE, THEIR COST OF LIVING INCREASES DON'T KEEP UP IN SOCIAL SECURITY. THEY'RE GOING TO GET HURT. SO WE NEED TO WAIT JUST AS PART OF THE PART OF THE BUSINESS, TO TRY TO PROTECT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AS WELL. WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT SPEAKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITY. WE REALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSED. PART OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD IT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF OUR OUR BUDGET EARLIER THIS EVENING. WE HAVE TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON ESSENTIAL SERVICES. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS EXIST TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, IN PARTNERSHIP, SAY, THIS IS AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN THIS REGARD. OUR COMMUNITY STEPS UP ALL THE TIME, WHETHER IT'S A FAMILY IN NEED AFTER A FIRE OR A CHILD WHO'S ILL. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. THAT'S ONE THAT MIGHT BE A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE. AS YOU SAID, THAT'S VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY BASED. YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP OUT. WE'LL FOCUS ON ESSENTIAL SERVICES, ETC. BUT YOU KNOW THAT I'M SURE, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT DO REACH OUT THROUGH FACEBOOK, ETC. AND INDIVIDUALS CAN CONTACT THEM AND THEY COME AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO RAKE LEAVES. ET CETERA. SO IT'D BE GREAT IF WE KIND OF HAD A CENTRAL RESOURCE FOR THAT SORT OF THING. JUST A THOUGHT. AND YOUR NAME AND NUMBER IS. MY NAME IS DAN. CENTRAL SERVICE FOR YOUR WIFE. JUST TEXTED ME. 
          HOLD ON A SECOND. OH, LISTEN. NO, NO, NO. THE WIFE GOT SO ANGRY AT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR THEIR GRASS GOT TOO HIGH. SHE. SHE TORE MY EARS OFF TO THE POINT WHERE I WENT DOWN AND I CUT THE GRASS. SHE SAID WE. WE TOOK THAT OVER TO. THE TOWN HAS TAKEN OVER AND WE. WE DO THAT ALSO. SO IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE. AND THEN THAT WAY MY WIFE WON'T BE TEARING MY EARS OFF. OKAY. SHE'S READY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO DEPARTMENT REPORTS. LEGAL. LEGAL DEPARTMENT. NO REPORT. IS THERE? IS THE CHIEF BACK THERE? YES. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY, CHIEF. I SHOULD BE OFFENDED. OOPS. ALL RIGHT, JUST A COUPLE THINGS. THIS SATURDAY IS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WEGMANS TO DO THE DRUG TAKE BACK AGAIN FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. WEGMANS ON MCKINLEY. SO OLD PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES, MEDICINE, MEDICATIONS THAT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF FROM 10 TO 2. THEY'RE. DO YOU HAVE A FLIER? IS THAT BECAUSE THEN MY OFFICE COULD GET THAT ON THE TOWN FACEBOOK. OKAY. IF YOU SEND THAT TO SHERRY IN THE MORNING, SHE'LL POST IT ON FACEBOOK. GOOD IDEA. NOVEMBER 1ST IS COMING UP QUICK. AND THAT, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IS NO PARKING ON THE STREETS IN THE TOWN AND THE VILLAGES IN THE COUNTY. SO 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. NO PARKING. IN THE BEGINNING WE'LL PROBABLY HAND OUT SOME WARNINGS, BUT AFTER THAT, IF CARS ARE ON THE STREETS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET CITED. AND LASTLY, WE ARE PUTTING AWAY OUR OUR SPEED WAGON AND OUR OTHER SPEED SIGNS. 
          HOWEVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A TRAFFIC ISSUE OR PROBLEM IN THEIR RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS OR AREAS OF TOWN TO CALL OR EMAIL MYSELF OR ONE OF THE CAPTAINS, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SET UP SOME EXTRA CHECKS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK. WHO DO I HAVE LEFT? CAMI. OH, DID I SEE ED? OH, ED IS BACK THERE. HE'S BEING BLOCKED BY BY MR. DIMPLE. ED, DO YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT? ANY OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE A REPORT FOR US? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. OH. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. HIGHWAY. WE'RE IN ZONE THREE FOR BRUSH. JUST REMEMBER, THIS IS THE LAST LAST MONTH OF BRUSH. SO PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. NOVEMBER 7TH IS THE HAZMAT DROP OFF AT OUR BARN. IT'S FROM 830 TO 1. PAVING IS OVER. WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS ALL THE ROADS IN THE SPRING AND COME UP WITH A LIST FOR NEXT YEAR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE THE TURNING EVERYTHING OVER AND GETTING READY FOR WINTER. GETTING ALL THE TRUCKS READY FOR PLOWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE'RE TRYING TO DROP OFF IS STILL MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. WE'VE BEEN DITCHING A LOT. WE'VE BEEN WITH THE STORMWATER DISTRICT COMING INTO PLAY. WE'VE BEEN SENDING A CREW OUT ALMOST EVERY DAY NOW, TRYING TO GET TRYING TO GET IT MOVING AND UP AND RUNNING. WE'RE GOING TO BE PICKING UP LEAVES. JUST REMEMBER, THEY ALL HAVE TO BE IN BROWN PAPER BAGS SO WE WILL NOT PICK THEM UP. 
          IT'S BEEN WORKING OUT GREAT. WEST SENECA IS ON THE SHARED SERVICE HAS BEEN BRINGING IN THEIR TUB GRINDER. THEY'VE BEEN GRINDING THEM ALL UP AND IT'S BEEN BEEN WORKING PRETTY WELL. 
          RECYCLING AS OF TODAY IT WAS SALT IS $93 A TON. AND THAT FACT IS THERE ONLY ONE PERSON 
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THAT SELLS THE SALT IN THE AREA? IS THAT WHY IT'S LIKE I MAKE MY OWN PRICE? BECAUSE THE BID FOR FOR ERIE COUNTY. WE ALL WE ALL GROUPED INTO ERIE COUNTY SO WE COULD GET A BETTER RATE. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIDDER AND THAT WAS AMERICAN SALT. AND THEY I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THEY CAME IN AT 90, YOU KNOW, 90 SOME DOLLARS A TON. SO AS OF TODAY, IT'S $93 A TON. SO AND I HAVE AN EMPTY BARN. SO SO I GOT TO START BUYING AND GETTING READY FOR WINTER BEING THE DOCKS ARE OUT. SO SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT. AND THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE CLOSING NEXT WEEK. THAT'S IT. JILL. SO JUST WANTED TO CORRECT ONE THING I SAID LAST MEETING. ACTUALLY OPEN SWIM STARTS THIS WEEKEND. SO WE'RE THE LAST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER INSTEAD OF STARTING IN NOVEMBER. SO WE WILL BE OPEN FOR OPEN SWIM ON SATURDAY. HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK IS THAT? WE DO SATURDAY. SATURDAYS 2 TO 4. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADAPTIVE SWIM ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 6 TO 8. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR HALLOWEEN EVENT COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH FROM 530 TO 730 AT OUR SITE. WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR TRUNK OR TREAT THAT MORNING FOR THE ■LITTLES FOR THE TOP PROGRAM, SO THEY'LL GET TO ACTUALLY SEE THE SITE. THEY'RE GOING TO GET DROPPED OFF THERE AND ACTUALLY GET TO ENJOY IT AS WELL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PUMPKIN CRAFT AND CIDER WITH MUSIC BY SAL ALFONSO ON THURSDAY THE 22ND FROM 1230 TO 230. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ENGINEERING. FINANCE REPORT. 
          TOWN CLERK. SURE. AFTER THAT PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT IT DOWN. SCHOOL TAXES WERE DUE OCTOBER 15TH. WE ARE STILL COLLECTING UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH. SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP THE MAJORITY OF PAYMENTS. MY OFFICE IS PILES AND PILES OF RECEIPTS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO MAIL OUT. SO DID THE POST OFFICE EVER FIX THAT THING WHERE THEY DID SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE WAS COMING IN LATE? NO. SO THEY STILL POSTMARK IT IN ROCHESTER, AND IT'S NOT GENERALLY THE SAME DAY YOU MAIL IT. IT'S LIKE 2 TO 3 DAYS AFTER YOU PUT IT IN YOUR MAILBOX. WE'RE FINDING IT'S BEING POSTED. SO IF I MAILED IT THE DAY BEFORE IT'S DUE, I CHANCES ARE IT'S NOT GOING TO GET IT'S NOT GOING TO GET POSTMARKED FOR LIKE THREE DAYS LATER. CHANCES ARE GOOD IT WAS POSTMARKED ON FRIDAY THE 16TH AFTER IT WAS DUE. SO WE ARE STARTING. WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR FIRST BATCH OF THOSE SPECIFIC PAYMENTS. WE'RE JUST. IS THERE ANY WAY OF CALLING THE STATE TO LIKE BECAUSE OF THE POST OFFICES, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED. NO, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SO NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, SPECIFICALLY STATES PAYMENT DATE IS THE POSTMARK DATE. AND SO THE BEEF, THE BONE WOULD BE WITH THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. DID I MISS ANYONE? ANY DEPARTMENT HEAD. OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUKOWSKI. 
          NO REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSA. I THINK WE TALKED A LOT. JUST WANT TO MENTION. THANK YOU, VETERANS. AND NOT TO MENTION THE 13TH WAS THE NAVY'S BIRTHDAY. AND NOT NOT ONLY IS IT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. SO LADIES GO GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS. AND IT'S ALSO DOWN MEN AND MEN. MY I HAD A GREAT UNCLE THAT HAD BREAST CANCER. AND IT'S ALSO DOWN SYNDROME MONTH. SO THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH DOWN SYNDROME THAT HAVE LITTLE BUSINESSES. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK INTO IT, THEY CAN PURCHASE SOME ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ I'VE GOT NOTHING TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON. JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS AND WHAT IS IT, 12 DAYS OR SO HALLOWEEN. AND SO WHEN THE LITTLE ONES ARE OUT TRICK OR TREATING, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EYE OUT ON WHEN IT'S DARK OUT AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR COSTUMES ON AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SEE YOU VERY WELL. SO JUST, JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE LITTLE ONES WHEN THEY'RE TRICK OR TREATING. AND, AND YES, DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS. YOU KNOW, I, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEY ARE JUST THE SWEETEST THINGS EVER. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO RAISE AWARENESS ON OCTOBER SEEMS TO HAS QUITE A FEW VERY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION AND AWARENESS. I THINK EARLIER IN THE MONTH THERE WAS BULLY PREVENTION AWARENESS. THERE'S RED RIBBON WEEK, THERE'S THIS ONE THAT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED. 
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SO IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KEEP THE, THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS OF THOSE WHO MAYBE NEED OUR EXTRA CARE AND SPECIAL KINDNESS IN OUR FOREFRONT. I JUST HAVE THREE QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE FIRST IS THAT HAMBURG, THE HAMBURG PALACE THEATER WITH CASEY BORKOWSKI AND TJ. SO ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH IS THE BUFFALO PREMIERE OF TEN GOOD MEN AT THE HAMBURG PALACE THEATER IN HAMBURG AT 3 P.M. SO THEY'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO COME AND SEE THIS STUNNING NEW FILM. AND ONE OF THE STARS OF THE FILM IS WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN AND B-17 WAIST GUNNER CASEY BORKOWSKI. HE WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE THAT VIEWING. AND THERE WILL BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD AFTERWARDS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING, SEEING AS THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY WITH TEN OF THE LAST B-17 CREW MEN OF WORLD WAR TWO, AND CASEY BORKOWSKI IS FROM EAST AURORA, AND HE IS NOW 102 YEARS OLD, AND HE FLEW AS A B-17 WAIST GUNNER AND IS ONE OF THE TEN MEN FEATURED IN THIS FILM. SO IT'S AMAZING HE'S GOING TO BE THERE AT OUR OWN PALACE THEATER FOR THIS VIEWING ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT 3 P.M. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INFORMATION ON OUR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. ALSO, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT NYSEG IS INCREASING THEIR AWARENESS OF BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS, AND THEY HAVE. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE. THEY WANT TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THEIR BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT'S AN ADDITION TO THE ENERGY AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM. THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT MAY QUALIFY FOR PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP MANAGE ENERGY COSTS, BUT ARE NOT AWARE OF THESE BENEFITS. AND SO THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE WORD OUT. I WILL MAKE SURE A COPY OF THIS GOES TO ALL OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, SO THEY CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD ALSO. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO PASS A FEW OF THESE AROUND, YOU CAN PASS THOSE EVEN OUT TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, DAN, THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I GAVE AN UPDATE A FEW MEETINGS AGO BECAUSE WE HAD QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS THAT CALLED ABOUT SOME OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGES IN THE TOWN, AND WE HAD CONTACTED CONTACTED CSX BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED. 
          THEY COMMENTED ABOUT THE SAFETY INSPECTIONS THAT THEY DO, YET WE WERE STILL GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT CEMENT THAT WAS FALLING, ETC. SO WE CONTACTED THEM. THEY DID GET BACK TO US. WE WEREN'T QUITE SATISFIED WITH THEIR RESPONSE, WHICH ONLY TALKED ABOUT SAFETY FOR THE RAILROAD CARS THAT WERE GOING OVER TOP. AND WHAT WE GOT BACK TO THEM ABOUT IN A LETTER. I JUST RESPONDED TO THEM TODAY. WE SAID THAT THAT WE WANTED TO CLARIFY. WE THANKED THEM FOR THE RESPONSE, BUT I SAID I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE TOWN'S EXPRESSED AN EXPLICIT CONCERNS WERE NOT MOTIVATED BY ESTHETICS. THEY TRIED TO CLASSIFY MY REACHING OUT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AS JUST BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF THE BRIDGE, AND I SAID THAT OR THE APPEARANCE OF THESE BRIDGES. OUR CONCERNS ARE STRICTLY RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AS THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE TRAVELING PUBLIC REMAINS A PRIORITY. THE CONDITION OF THESE BRIDGES HAS RAISED CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY FOR MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND OTHERS WHO TRAVEL BENEATH THESE STRUCTURES DAILY. I WENT ON TO CITE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS, AND I ASKED THEM TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND TO PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD REPORT BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S AN UPDATE ON THAT. AND I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID ABOUT PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE AS EVERYONE IN, ENJOYS OR NOT ENJOYS FESTIVITIES. ON OCTOBER 31ST, OUR NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING IS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN. EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE AND GOOD EVENING. I'M SORRY. OH YES, I FORGOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH AT 3 P.M. 2 P.M. 2 P.M. AT 2 P.M. AT THE NIKE SITE ICE ARENA. THIS IS A LOT OF FUN AND IT'S FOR A GREAT CAUSE. SO OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY BOARD WILL HAVE A HOCKEY GAME BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FRONTIER CENTRAL. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IS IT HAMBURG ALSO OR JUST FRONTIER? FRONTIER, FRONTIER CENTRAL. SO IT'LL BE IT'S A FUN HOCKEY GAME. AND AGAIN, IT BENEFITS OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY BOARD, WHO WORKS WITH OUR ADVOCATE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES IN OUR TOWN. KATHY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I LEFT OUT OR I SHOULD SAY ABOUT THAT? OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF BASKETS THAT ARE RAFFLING OFF CHIEF. THAT IS A NONVIOLENT 
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GAME, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE OUR ICE RINK THAT WAS FEATURED RECENTLY IN AN ESPN FEATURE. SO COME OUT ON SUNDAY AND THEY HAVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE. ALSO, KATHY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REMINDER. DID I FORGET ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY THEN EVERYONE BE SAFE. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE AND WE'LL SEE YOU NOVEMBER 2ND. MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. ALL IN FA
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