Nov 02, 2026 11-02-2026 TB Meeting

[1. Roll Call]

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WELCOME, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CALL THE TOWN BOARD MEETING OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD OF NOVEMBER 2ND, 2026 TO ORDER. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. AND IF YOU WOULD REMAIN STANDING AFTERWARDS. 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 REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVE MILITARY AND THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD POINT OUT, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY EXIT ON THE SIDE AND IN THE BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUGALSKI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KOZUB. HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ORTIZ. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIXON. HERE. SUPERVISOR. FARRELL. LORENZ. HERE. OKAY. BE

[3. Minutes of Previous Meeting]

OCTOBER 5TH AND OCTOBER 19TH. SECOND. OR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PROCLAMATION HONORING DOCTOR BRIAN. CLEMENCY FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO

[4.1. PROCLAMATION HONORING DR. BRIAN CLEMENCY FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES]

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SO

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NEXT THREE. ALRIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAY EMS. AND THEN I. CAN WE DO ONE MORE. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS EVENING. OH, TERRIFIC. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. RIGHT? YEAH. I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD, BUT, YOU KNOW, PISS ME OFF. OKAY. NEXT. THIS EVENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR TWO

[4.2. Business/Community Recognition]

AND SO, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN BOARD, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE BOTH JACK AND KIM, NOT ONLY FOR ALL THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION. THE CERTIFICATE WILL BE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR DEDICATION AND PARTICIPATION, AND FOR REPRESENTING THE SCRANTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AT THE 25TH COMMEMORATIVE TUNNEL TO TOWERS EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY. YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT, UNWAVERING SUPPORT, AND DEDICATION TO HONOR HONORING THE SACRIFICES OF OUR NATION'S FALLEN HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. SO I KNOW THAT KIM AND JACK ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE WOULD BE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO THEM IN PERSON. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. I SEE YOU DOWN THERE. JACK AND JILL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK, GREAT WORK. HER HUSBAND IS BIGGER

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EVERYONE GOT IN. OKAY. READY? ONE MORE. THANK YOU. JACK, I'LL GIVE YOU. HAVE YOUR FINGERS IN.

THANK YOU GUYS. WE GOT ONE MORE. DAY DOWN THERE. I DON'T THINK THE GROUP THAT YOU'RE WANTED RIGHT IS HERE. OH, WE ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MET A MILESTONE. WHETHER IT'S AN ANNIVERSARY, WHETHER IT'S A GRAND REOPENING OR A NEW OPENING. SO WE HAVE A FEW OF THOSE TO MENTION THIS WEEK. WE HAVE LET'S SEE. CONGRATULATIONS TO FREDERICK MARSCHNER LCSWR.

SPECIALIZING IN TRAUMA, MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS COUNSELING ON THEIR GRAND OPENING AT 38 LAKE STREET IN HAMBURG. WE THANK THEM FOR ESTABLISHING THEIR BUSINESS IN HAMBURG AND WE WISH THEM A BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE'S HERE FROM THAT GROUP. HE MOVED FROM HIS BUSINESS FROM WILLIAMSVILLE. OH, GREAT. WE'D LOVE TO WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES TO HAMBURG. THEN WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE GOODWILL OF WESTERN NEW YORK ON THEIR HAMBURG STORE AND DONATION CENTER. GRAND OPENING. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS AND THE LINE WAS OUT THE DOOR. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE PROGRAMING THAT THEY PROVIDE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST WHAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE AT THEIR GOODWILL STORE. THEY DO A LOT OF JOB TRAINING, ETC. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR GRAND OPENING. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER BUGALSKI AND I WERE BOTH AT THIS EVENT LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. SO WE ARE CONGRATULATING TEN LIVES CLUB ON THIS IMPORTANT STEP THAT THEY TOOK AS THEY OPENED THEIR NEW SHELTER AS PART OF THEIR RENOVATION OF THAT ENTIRE CAMPUS. WE THANK THEM FOR IMPROVING THEIR BUSINESS IN HAMBURG AND WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT ORGANIZATION TRULY HAVE A PASSION, AND IT IS AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THERE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD IN THEIR NEW SHELTER, AND TO LOOK AT THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. SO WE CONGRATULATE THE TEN LIVES CLUB. THE TOWN OF

[4.3. Town of Hamburg Data Center Moratorium Adoption Resolution]

JUST BEFORE NATALIE READS THAT RESOLUTION TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM, WHAT THAT MEANS, AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO BEFORE THE TOWN ADOPTS THAT RESOLUTION.

OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW THERE AREN'T ANY PROPOSALS OR ANY DATA CENTERS. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WE COMPREHENSIVELY LOOKED AT OUR ZONING. WE CHANGED OUR M THREE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN THE TOWN RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE DATA CENTERS WOULD BE ALLOWED. AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BY THE PLANNING BOARD. SO WE HAD TO LOOK INTO IT ORIGINALLY. BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY DATA CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WITH THE HELP OF COUNCIL MEMBER BUGALSKI, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT TOGETHER A MORE BY US EXTRA TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EXISTING CODES, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PERMIT STANDARDS, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE. BECAUSE AS THINGS HAPPEN IN NEW YORK STATE, THEY HAPPEN VERY FAST. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO SPEED WHEN IT RELATES TO DATA CENTERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO STRESS ONCE AGAIN ANY PROPOSALS. THIS ISN'T BECAUSE SOMETHING IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. THIS IS JUST THE TOWN BEING PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE. I'M BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR CODES AS WE ALWAYS DO, AND THEN UPDATE THEM BEFORE ANYTHING DOES COME DOWN THE PIPELINE. TERRIFIC. THANKS, JOSH. THANKS, JOSH. ALL RIGHT. SO, YES, TOWN OF HAMBURG. DATA CENTER. MORATORIUM. ADOPTION RESOLUTION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY ENACTS THIS LOCAL LAW AND 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. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, THIS LOCAL LAW SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING WITH THE NEW YORK STATE SECRETARY OF STATE. SO MOVED. UNANIMOUS. SECOND. UNANIMOUS. SECOND. UNANIMOUS. SECOND. THANK YOU.

[4.4. Hamburg Woodlawn Gateway Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Plan Lead Agency and Public Hearing Resolution]

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HAMBURG BOARD FOR BEING PROACTIVE ON THIS MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAMBURG, WOODLAWN. GATEWAY.

BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLAN LEAD AGENCY AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE HAMBURG WOODLAWN GATEWAY BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA B O PLAN PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA PROGRAM. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY DECLARES ITS INTENT TO SERVE AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE HAMBURG WOODLAWN GATEWAY B O PLAN PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CIRCULATE THE APPROPRIATE LEAD AGENCY COORDINATION NOTICE TO ALL INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES AS REQUIRED BY SEEKER. PLEASE BE FURTHER. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE 239 REFERRAL OF THE HAMBURG WOODLAWN GATEWAY B O PLAN TO ERIE COUNTY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WOODLAWN HAMBURG WOODLAWN GATEWAY B O PLAN AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, 6 P.M. ON DECEMBER 14TH. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, A COPY OF THE HAMBURG WOODLAWN GATEWAY B O PLAN CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD DEPARTMENT PAGE ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE COORDINATION PROCESS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THE TOWN BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE HAMBURG WOODLAWN GATEWAY B O PLAN AND ANY RELATED FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS. SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. AMENDMENTS TO THE 2027 SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET. WHEREAS,

[4.5. Amendments to the 2027 Supervisor's Budget]

[4.6. Order Establishing the Town of Hamburg Ambulance District]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. URGING NEW YORK STATE TO AMEND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW FOR REPEAT

[4.7. Urging New York State to Amend Criminal Procedure Law for Repeat Juvenile Offenders and Restore Judicial Discretion]

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THEY ENDED UP KILLING THEMSELVES IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO. AND THE CAR ACCIDENT.

I BELIEVE THE NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER DOES AN ANALYSIS ON THIS EVERY YEAR. AND THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT'S COSTING NEW YORK CITY TAXPAYER. NEW YORK STATE TAXPAYERS ON THIS. SO I THINK SOMEBODY IN ALBANY NEEDS TO WAKE UP. AND FRANK, I HOPE YOU GET ELECTED BECAUSE MAYBE YOU COULD PUT A LIGHT IN SOMEBODY'S. WELL, AND ON THAT ON THE QUESTION, TOO, I SEE IT IN MY PRIVATE PRACTICE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BAIL REFORM AND RAISE THE AGE. AND SO THIS IS A COURTROOM AS WELL. SO A YOUNG PERSON COULD HAVE STOLEN FOUR CARS AND ADMITTED TO IT AND COULD WALK INTO THIS VERY COURTROOM. THE WAY THAT THE THE LAW IS WRITTEN AT 16 YEARS OLD AND SAY, JUDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY JUDGE GORMAN, BUT JUDGE MORGAN OR JUDGE RUTH, AS SOON AS YOU RELEASE ME, I'M GOING TO GO TO WEST. HER, AND I'M GOING TO STEAL A CAR, AND THE JUDGE HAS NO DISCRETION. MUST RELEASE THAT INDIVIDUAL WITH THE WAY THAT THESE LAWS ARE WRITTEN. AND IT IS SOMETIMES TO YOUR POINT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL'S BENEFIT, BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE OR EVEN ADULTS, THEY MAY BE ON DRUGS, THEY MAY BE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND A LOCAL JUDGE SHOULD HAVE THE DISCRETION TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO PUT BAIL ON YOU SO THAT YOU PROTECT YOURSELF, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, TO PROTECT THE THE TOWN, THE CITY, THE STATE AND JUDGES DON'T HAVE THAT DISCRETION. SO WITH THIS RESOLUTION, HOPEFULLY WE WILL PASS IT. I EXPECT THAT WE WILL WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR LAWMAKERS IN ALBANY THAT JUDGES SHOULD HAVE DISCRETION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND TO PROTECT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, SO THAT THEY DON'T GET INTO A CAR ACCIDENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBOLDENED, BECAUSE THEY STOLE A CAR BEFORE NOTHING HAPPENED TO THEM, AND THEY FLEE FROM THE POLICE AND THEY CRASH AND DIE, AND IT'S TERRIBLE. SO, SO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS GETTING HURT. SO WOULD WE LIKE TO OFFER A UNANIMOUS SECOND, SECOND, UNANIMOUS SECOND? YES. THANK YOU. OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL

[4.8. Out of Town Travel Request – POLICE]

MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 4.9 THROUGH 4.14 FOR BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. 4.15 ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY COLLECTION

[4.15. ECWA Collection Administrative Fee]

ECU CHARGES ON THE TAX BILL. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? BETH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? THIS IS WAS PUT IN PLACE SO THAT ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS ABLE TO HAVE THE MUNICIPALITY COLLECT THEIR UNPAID WATER BILLS, AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE TOWN TO APPLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO COVER THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW DOING THIS WORK FOR THEM. ALL IN FAVOR?

[4.16. Amendment of Planning & Engineering Fees]

[4.17. Twin Willow Water Service]

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[4.20. POLICE – Agreement with Auctions International]

[4.25. Ice Rink Equipment Cover Design]

[4.26. Authorize the Town Supervisor to sign the Proposal with Fisher & Associates]

[4.27. Authorizing the Non-Renewal of the Contract with Granicus at CARAHSOFT]

[4.28. Network Equipment Upgrade]

[5. Public Comment]

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY WANT. THEN WE'LL START. OH, WE HAVE SOME. IF YOU'D COME UP TO THE MIC. OH, COUNTY WORKER, I WANT YOU. WE'RE HERE. I'M JENNIFER QUINN. I'M MELISSA STRAUSS. HELLO.

WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING CSRA. LITTLE LOOP FOOTBALL AND CHEER. I HAD EMAILED THE BOARD A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT A PROPOSAL FOR US TO FUNDRAISE TO BUILD A FIELD HOUSE AT THE CARNEGIE SCRANTON PARK. I DO HAVE SOME LITERATURE TO HAND OUT TO YOU GUYS REGARDING THAT TODAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW ABOUT THE CARNEGIE SCRANTON REC LEAGUE IS THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN COMING INTO OUR PROGRAM EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, KIDS IN SPORTS ARE IN COURTS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING KEEPING THE YOUTH ENGAGED AND ACTIVE. ONE OF OUR GREATEST OBSTACLES RIGHT NOW IS SAFE PRACTICE SPACE. YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL SEASON. WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INSTALL SOME NEW LIGHTING ON THE FIELD SO THAT WE CAN PRACTICE IN THE EVENINGS FOR OUR FOOTBALL TEAMS. WE ARE PREPARED TO FUNDRAISE THIS PROJECT THROUGH GRANTS. SPONSORSHIP, SPONSORSHIPS AND LOCAL FUNDRAISING. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE TOWN WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AS WELL, WE WOULD BE THRILLED TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO SPLIT. THAT PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE FABULOUS. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT I KNOW THAT THE TOWN

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SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT FURTHER. OKAY. I DO THINK THOUGH, WE DID GET A CHANCE TO TALK ON THE ON THE PHONE. I REMEMBER OUR CONVERSATION AND I DO THINK THE TOWN, WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS. AND I THINK IT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WE HAD RECOGNIZED EARLIER SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND SO FORTH ACTUALLY FROM SCRANTON IS AS WELL. AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT IT WAS IT WAS LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN IT OCCURRED TO ME, I WAS WALKING AROUND THE FARMERS MARKET. AND THE COUNTRY'S A LOT OF STRIFE, NOT UNLIKE NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF WHETHER IT BE POLITICS AND WHATNOT, BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU LIKE THAT COACH THAT VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME, LIKE THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT'S LIKE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE TOP ALWAYS CHANGES, RIGHT? IT GOES FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS LEVEL OF WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY IS IMPORTANT. SO WE TALKED ON THE PHONE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCEDURES. IT'S GOVERNMENT. BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU SHOW THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED FOR SPORTS. I KNOW LIKE MY MY SON'S IN THE MONARCHS, MY MY DAUGHTER PLAYS IN LAKEVIEW AND THERE'S NO PLACE IN HAMBURG REALLY FOR KIDS TO GO. I'VE DRIVEN THEM TO SAILINGS MANY TIMES, AND WHICH SEEMS TO BE NO QUICK WAY TO GET TO SAILINGS AND A HOME RUN. SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IF WE COULD WORK IT OUT WITH THE TOWN. I THINK YOU HAVE PARTNERS HERE THAT WANT WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. AND I KNOW JOSH, WE WERE ALWAYS TALK TO JOSH FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO LET'S TALK AND LET'S TRY TO GET THIS DONE. I KNOW THAT YOU APPROACHED US A WHILE AGO BECAUSE YOU NEEDED AN AED AND YES. AND SO WE DID A LOT OF WORK. WE WENT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO TRY TO TRY TO GET YOU THE FUNDING TO BUY AN AED MACHINE, WHICH ENDED UP ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDRAISING.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOWADAYS, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT LOOK GOOD AS WE WENT TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS AN AED UNIT, WE FOUND THAT IT EITHER DIDN'T EXIST ANYMORE OR WE JUST DIDN'T QUALIFY. SO WE PUT THAT IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR. SO THE BUDGET THAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON AT THE NEXT MEETING, I WAS ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR BUDGET SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AED MACHINE. SO YES, THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO. I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO CRY. OH, OKAY. WELL, WE'RE

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YEAH. GO AHEAD. HELLO. MY NAME IS. MY NAME IS MARIA BROWN. I'M CATHERINE MCCARTHY. NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. WE'RE SHOWING UP HERE TONIGHT FOR OUR FRIEND AND FAMILY MEMBER, TIA BROWN. TIA WAS AN UNWAVERING ADVOCATE FOR SO MANY CAUSES, PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. TIA WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE A RESPECTED COMMUNITY MEMBER. SO EVEN THROUGH EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TEARS AND ACHES IN OUR HEARTS, WE WON'T FEEL BETTER BY DOING NOTHING. WE CAN ONLY START TO FEEL BETTER BY TAKING ACTION. MANY PEOPLE HAVE VOICED AND WRITTEN TRIBUTES ABOUT HOW TIA BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER, HOW SHE WAS THE LIGHT TO OTHERS, HOW THEY WERE INTENTIONAL, INNOVATIVE AND EMBRACE CHALLENGES AS A WAY TO DEVELOP CONNECTIONS. TO. TO PREFACE BEFORE I GO ON, OUR FRIEND TIA BROWN AND FAMILY MEMBER IS THE WOMAN WHO WAS IN THAT BAD CAR CRASH ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO ON CAMP ROAD. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT LOCATION ON THE ACCIDENT WAS UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF MANY. AND WE ARE HOPING TO BE SUBMITTING OIL REPORTS AS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR END, BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO BEGIN ADDRESSING THE SAFETY ISSUES THERE AS AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY

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BOTH THE STATE SENATE AND THE STATE ASSEMBLY, ASKING THEM TO JOIN US IN ADVOCATING THROUGH NEW YORK STATE DOT FOR A FULL EVALUATION OF THAT AREA, AND AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM, TO BE ABLE TO PUT INTO EFFECT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM ADDITIONAL SPEED REDUCTION SIGNAGE, EVEN THINGS THAT FURTHER ILLUMINATE THE WAY THAT CURVE IS THERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, ADDITIONAL STUDIES WE'VE THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD GROUPS FROM OUR COMMUNITY HERE, AND IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE. THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHY WHY YOU'RE HERE. WE'VE HAD MANY MEMBERS OF OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY WHO LIVE AT MISSION HILLS WHO HAVE COME BECAUSE THEY GO IN AND OUT ALONG THAT SAME CORRIDOR. WE'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE

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IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM AREA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. MANY HAVE TRIED OVER THE YEARS WITH, YOU KNOW, TO NO AVAIL TO WORK WITH THE STATE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT THERE. AND AND I'M, I'M SO SORRY. I, YOU KNOW, IT WAS I KNOW IT IMPACTED MY DAUGHTER QUITE A BIT. AND, AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU. AND SO IT'S A FIGHT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY ON, YOU KNOW, FOR TIA AND YES, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR OUR CONDOLENCES. WE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME HERE BEFORE. AND I WISH MATT, OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR, WAS HERE TODAY. BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR MENTIONED HOWARD ROAD. IT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN DO AS AS THE TOWN. I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR MENTIONED MAYBE A DEAD END AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS AS THE TOWN. I WAS OUT TO DINNER THAT NIGHT WHEN I HEARD ALL THE SIRENS AND THEY DIVERTED TRAFFIC. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER ACTUALLY OUR LAST MEETING, LYNN DIXON MENTIONED THIS TRAGEDY AT THE MEETING WE HAD TWO WEEKS BEFORE. HAVING GROWN UP IN THE TOWN. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CAMP ROAD WOULD GO STRAIGHT FROM THE LAKE. AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THE STATE PUT IN A BIG CURVE THERE. THAT'S WHY IT'S THE SAME ROAD, SAINT FRANCIS AND CAMP, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS SUPPOSED TO GO STRAIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAD TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE A LIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ACCIDENTS AND IT'S A REALLY FAST CURVE. AND IF YOU'RE COMING OR YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR OR IT'S DARK OR WHATEVER, IT'S FORESEEABLE THAT THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS FOR CAMP ROAD TO GO STRAIGHT, AND SAINT FRANCIS WOULD COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT THE STATE WILL LISTEN TO US. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. GIACOMINI WAS A POLICE OFFICER PREVIOUSLY, AND HE'S INVOLVED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND IT'S CLEARLY A PROBLEM. AND I KNOW THE THE GENTLEMAN IS A VIETNAM VETERAN WHO OWNS THE FIREPLACE STORE THERE. HE'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE TO CHANGE. HE HAS A BUSINESS RIGHT THERE. BILL IS HIS NAME. AND SO WE'RE VERY SORRY. AND IF THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE CAN SAY. BUT YOU DO HAVE OUR COMMITMENT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AS A BOARD TO TRY TO WORK TO MAKE IT SAFER SO IT DOESN'T HOPEFULLY HAPPEN AGAIN. MY QUESTION IS, WHY DID THEY NEED TO TRAFFIC LIGHT? I REMEMBER THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS BEING THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A STATE ROAD AND WE DON'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO ALL WE CAN DO IS KEEP PETITIONING THE STATE. WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR OTHER TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALL UP AND DOWN CAMP ROAD THERE, AND EACH TIME WE GET DENIED. BUT WE WON'T STOP. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK THEM TO HELP US MAKE THAT A SAFER ROUTE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S TRAVELING IN THAT AREA. AND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SPEAK WITH THEM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AND A LOT OF, OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY COULD BE AT TO KIND OF SHOW THIS, IT'S USUALLY

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THIS LATEST ONE THAT MATT AND I ARE WORKING ON, IT'S GOING TO BE IN LETTER FORM, WILL BE REQUESTING A MEETING. THERE MAY BE A TIME THEN WHEN THEY HAVE A, A PUBLIC HEARING. BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT LETTER, TAKE OUR CONCERNS. IT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN PROBABLY THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION THAT WILL COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AND AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, MIGHT HAVE HEARD ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WAS READ TONIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE END, IT SAID THAT A CERTIFIED COPY BY OUR CERTIFIED BY OUR TOWN CLERK WILL GO TO AND IT LISTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF AGENCIES. AND THAT WAS OUR THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CRAFT THIS INTO A RESOLUTION. NOW THAT WOULD THEN ACTUALLY GO TO OUR COUNTY LEGISLATORS, OUR STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, OUR STATE, OUR STATE, HOPEFULLY OUR STATE, OUR STATE ASSEMBLY, AND OUR STATE SENATORS, AND INVOKING THEM TO, WITH US HELP, YOU KNOW, PLEAD OUR CASE TO NEW YORK STATE DOT SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE. AND AGAIN, WE ALSO WANT TO ASK THEM TO TRY TO AT LEAST DO SOME SHORT TERM. THEY HAVE TO STUDY EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY'LL DO ANYTHING. BUT IF THEY WOULD AT LEAST HELP US PUT IN PLACE SOME SHORT TERM REMEDIES, WHETHER IT BE WHAT I TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT ADDITIONAL SPEED REDUCTIONS, SOME SIGNAGE, THEY HAVE THOSE REFLECTIVE SIGNS ALONG THERE THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD HAD A WHOLE LIST OF SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SHORT TERM, AND THEN LONG TERM, THAT WOULD EVEN INCLUDE SIGNALIZATION, AT LEAST AT SOME DIFFERENT JUNCTURES ALONG CAMP ROAD, BECAUSE WE SAID, YOU GO SO SUCH A LONG DISTANCE WITH NO LIGHT.

AND IF YOU HAD 1 OR 2 ADDITIONAL LIGHTS SOMEWHERE ALONG THERE, IT BREAKING IT UP, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD. THE MUTCD DOES NOT ALLOW US TO PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SLOWING DOWN, OR EVEN NEW YORK STATE. BUT THE REALITY IS, IF YOU DO BREAK IT UP, IT PROBABLY WOULD HELP IN THAT REGARD. BUT AGAIN, EVERYTHING, BECAUSE IT'S A STATE ROAD HAS TO BE APPROVED BY NEW YORK STATE. IT'S ALSO. WE MAY HAVE EVEN DONE A. I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE DID PREVIOUSLY. I THINK WE PREVIOUSLY DONE RESOLUTIONS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE COME IN PARTICULAR FROM HOWARD ROAD, BECAUSE THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS THERE MISSION HILL, MISSION HILL AS WELL. SO WE HAVE ADVOCATED. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO YOUR STATE SENATORS AND ASSEMBLY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE DIRECT TO THE TO THE STATE. EVEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, BECAUSE THEY FROM HAMBURG, WHO'S FROM HAMBURG, WHO THAT IS OUR INTENTION TO DO THAT IS TO GO FORWARD AND LISTEN TO US YET.

SO. BECAUSE THEN WHEN WE PUT WHEN THIS IS THERE AND THEN THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ALSO GOT YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A HEIGHTENED EMPHASIS ON ENFORCEMENT TO WITHIN OUR TOWN OF SPEED LIMITS, ETC. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT. ALSO, I HAD WRITTEN THE, I THINK ALL OF US CITY FOLK KNOW TO WATCH OUT FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WHICH IS WHICH IS A GOOD THING. IT IS A GOOD THING.

IT IS A GOOD THING. COULD I AND COULD I GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR. YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT IS OUR INTENTION TO TO GO FORWARD AND TO WRITE OUR OWN LETTERS. ALSO TO GO TO TO GO TO THE STATE, RIGHT. TO GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, TO GO TO OUR SENATORS AND OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS TO GET COMMUNITY SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO GET A MILLION SIGNATURES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT TIA WOULD WANT US TO CONTINUE TO DO, IS ADVOCATE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T GET HURT AND FEEL AND FEEL WHAT WE'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT. THERE'S LIKE MINDS BEHIND IT ALL AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. MY DAUGHTER TALKED SO FONDLY OF HER. SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR ALL OF YOU WHO KNEW HER THAT MUCH MORE HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS. SO IF YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN CLERK HAS YOUR, YOUR NAME AND YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL OF US, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AS YOU SAW BY THE GROUP THAT SPOKE BEFORE YOU. WE WE REALLY DO. THIS BOARD PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN OUR TOWN, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS ON AN ATHLETIC FIELD, PEOPLE COMING IN TO USE OUR BUSINESSES OR TO FREQUENT OUR BUSINESSES, THAT THEY THEY HAVE GOOD EXPERIENCES.

SO WE REALLY DO FIND IT HEARTBREAKING WHEN THERE'S SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. AND, AND WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR TOWN IS, IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND WORK AND PLAY AND LIVE AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND DON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE TYPE OF TRAGEDY THAT YOU EXPERIENCED. WE CAN SEE, I MEAN, I CAN SEE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR GRIEF. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WORDS. I MEAN, I CAN FEEL IT, BUT I KNOW IN THE SOUTH PARK SITUATION IN BLAISDELL, THAT WAS A SITUATION WHERE AND IT WOULD BREAK OUR HEART BECAUSE WE SEE THE FAMILY MEMBERS COME IN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME POSITIVE THAT CAME OUT OF THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET MONEY TO ADD SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA

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THANK YOU. I'M THE BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT. AND THIS DEPARTMENT IS PART. RHEA HAS NOT GOTTEN A CALL BACK FROM THE DETECTIVES WHO WORKED IN THAT CASE OF OVER TWO WEEKS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY TOLL, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S WORKING IN. IF YOU AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LEAVE ALL YOUR INFORMATION WITH THE TOWN CLERK, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE THE, THE, THE CONTACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE AGAIN.

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. SORRY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO REPORTS BY OUR DEPARTMENT'S LEGAL. THE CHIEF IS BACK THERE.

JUST THREE THINGS. OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDRAISER IS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED AND WHO ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT EVENT.

THERE'S ANOTHER FUNDRAISER THAT WE'RE ASSISTING WITH TOMORROW AT CHICK FIL A. IT'S CALLED THE GLOW AND GO. IT'S A DRIVE THROUGH CHICK FIL A ON MILE STRIP AND MCKINLEY, AND PART OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE DRIVE THROUGH ARE GOING TO GO TO HELP SPECIAL OLYMPICS. SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR UNANIMOUSLY PASSING THAT RESOLUTION FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO LOOK AT THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW TO CHANGE OR AMEND HOW THEY DEAL WITH PEOPLE OFFENDERS. SO HOPEFULLY, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S A POLICE OFFICER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ACTUALLY A SHERIFF.

AND THEY SAID, I THINK IT WAS STATE TROOPERS GOT A KID IN CLARENCE AND HE SAID, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LET ME GO ANYWAYS. HE GOES, I GOT TO GET TWO MORE CARS BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.

SO SO IT'S EITHER THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMEBODY'S BEHALF OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONTESTING HOW MANY THEY CAN GET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT HUGHES. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH GETTING THE TRUCKS READY FOR WINTER. WE'RE TURNING EVERYTHING OVER. THEY'RE OUT THERE GETTING THEIR ROUTES READY AND MAKING SURE THE GPS AND THE MAPPING SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING FOR THE 2027 WINTER. WE ARE OUT EVERY OUT THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, HOPEFULLY PICKING UP LEAVES. SO PLEASE HAVE ALL YOUR LEAVES IN BROWN PAPER BAGS AND WE CAN PICK THEM UP AND BE VERY, VERY MOVING AND VERY, VERY EASY TO DO THIS YEAR.

NOVEMBER 7TH, COMING UP THIS SATURDAY FROM 830 TO 1, IS THE HIS HIS WASTE AT OUR STATE AT THE THE BARNS. SO THERE IS SOME STILL A COUPLE SLOTS OPEN. SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT, YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO DROP SOME STUFF OFF, CALL THE OFFICE AND, AND YOU CAN SCHEDULE. THEY WOULD SCHEDULE A TIME. AND I HAD ONE SUGGESTION ON THAT IS ALL THESE EVENTS THAT YOU RUN OUT THERE ARE TERRIFIC. WHETHER IT'S THE PAINT DROP OFF, THIS HAZARDOUS DROP OFF. BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE FOR MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE DURING THESE EVENTS SO THAT PEOPLE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO. OKAY. ON YOUR BECAUSE IT'S A BIG, BIG CAMPUS THERE. YEP. I WILL HAVE IT OUT DIRECTING TRAFFIC. SO IT'LL BE THIS IS THIS IS REALLY BIG. THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE, THE, THE, THE RABIES ONE. THIS IS USUALLY GET A REALLY BIG SHOW 1500 CARS. SO IT WOULD BE A LOT. SO WE STILL HAVE THE ELECTRONIC DROP OFFS ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. THE FINAL TALLY FOR THE ROADS. WE HAD 11 ROADS PAVED THIS YEAR, ABOUT $1.4 MILLION WORTH OF WORK DONE. SO IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S A LOT. IT'S DONE IN BEINGS, BEINGS DOING THEIR GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS, KEEPING THE BUILDINGS UP AND RUNNING. AND THAT'S IT. ANY FORECAST FOR THE FOR THE WINTER? SO FAR WE'VE LUCKED OUT, BUT ANY MORE ANY UPDATE FOR THE BOARD ON ROAD SALT GROUNDHOG

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HAD A GREAT SEASON. WE'RE VERY HAPPY EVERYTHING WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. SO WE ALSO HAD OUR HALLOWEEN EVENT LAST WEEK. ONE GREAT. WE ACTUALLY EVEN HAD, I THINK 12 WALK INS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SERVICE. SO VERY EXCITING. AND LASTLY, WE WILL BE STARTING OUR COLLECTION FOR THE DONATIONS FOR FAMILIES. SO IF ANYONE KNOWS BUSINESSES OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE A BIN, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN START THE COLLECTIONS. THANKS. THANK YOU. FINANCE DIRECTOR, MR. SHAY. WHO ELSE? ENGINEERING. CAMI. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE I DID GO OUT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND OUR TOWN WEBSITE TODAY.

NEXT WEEK WE ARE PAVING THE PARKING LOT HERE AT TOWN HALL. PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED ALL WEEK. WEDNESDAY IS VETERANS DAY, SO TOWN HALL IS CLOSED. BUT THROUGHOUT THAT WEEK WE ARE MILLING, PAVING AND RESTRIPING THE ENTIRETY OF OUR PARKING LOT. SO IF YOU COULD AVOID TOWN HALL, PLEASE DO. IF YOU CANNOT, YOU WILL HAVE TO PARK OFF SITE OR ALONG SOUTH PARK IF THERE'S ROOM AND WALK IN. SO JUST PLEASE BE CAREFUL. CONSTRUCTION STAFF WILL BE OUT. WE'LL BE DIRECTING PEOPLE, BUT WE WANT EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE AND WE WILL HAVE A NICE NEW PARKING LOT BY THE END OF IT. THANK YOU. LIKE TOPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MAYBE THEY COULD PARK OVER THERE AND WALK DOWN THAT SIDEWALK OR. YES, THAT'S ONE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, TOPS OR THE OTHER SIDE CLOSER TO GABE'S. OUR OPTIONS FOR PARKING. THANK YOU. PLANNING, JOSH. FROM A PLANNING BOARD STANDPOINT, WE HAVE MEETINGS ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND NOVEMBER 18TH.

I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HANDLING THE SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW. AT THE LAST MEETING.

EVERYBODY DID A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THAT FORWARD. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC IN MY OFFICE. IN BOTH JEFF'S OFFICE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN TAKING CALLS ON THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN GIVING PEOPLE THE PROPER PROCEDURES ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF ZONING INITIATIVES, WE OBVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AT THE WORK SESSION, BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SOME MORE ZONING INITIATIVES THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD, WHICH I'M ALWAYS ON HAND TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SO, SO SO JOSH, YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF YOURS. I KNOW YOU DO A GREAT JOB, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE MEETING I WISH YOU WERE AT.

BUT, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE TRAINING. YEAH. WELL, WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW AS AS MUCH AS YOU. BUT WE'RE PASSING THAT LEGISLATION TO HELP PEOPLE.

WE THOUGHT. AND I THINK AND AT SOME POINT, I THINK OUR CLERK GAVE US A COPY AND I SAID, LOOK, YOU JUST READ THIS. PLEASE SEE, LIKE BECAUSE IT. WELL, THERE WAS ONE GROUP THAT DID WELL, LUCKY. LUCKILY, YOU HAD HAD SO MANY PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU HAD UPDATED THE BOARD AND YOU REALLY EDUCATED US ON THE PROCESS AND, AND THE RATIONALE, ETC. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE EVEN IN YOUR ABSENCE, YOUR YOUR WORDS WERE RINGING CLEARLY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. THANKS. JOSH. TOWN CLERK NO REPORT. OKAY. DID I MISS ANYONE? OKAY, THEN I'LL GO TO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. COUNCIL MEMBER BUGALSKI REAL BRIEFLY. THANKS TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE. AGAIN, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR CONDOLENCES. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IT FURTHER AND DOING WHAT WE CAN. VETERANS DAY IS COMING UP. HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO MY COLLEAGUE HERE AND TO ALL THE ALL THE VETERANS IN OUR TOWN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD. IT'S BEEN SINCE WE'VE HAD NEW BOARD MEMBERS HERE, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK WE BRING A DIVERSE GROUP OF EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS. I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET HAS NOT GONE THROUGH YET, BUT I KNOW OUR SUPERVISOR HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE. AND I KNOW BECAUSE YOU LIVE CLOSE TO ME, HOW HARD YOU

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THANKS FOR STILL COMING. AND KATHY RYBCZYNSKI FOR BEING STILL INVOLVED. AND I'M SURE THAT THE SUPERVISOR PROBABLY RELIES ON YOUR COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME. SO HAPPY VETERANS DAY, EVERYBODY. THAT'S IT. COUNCIL MEMBER KOZUB. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY VETERANS DAY. IT'S FOR THE LIVING VETERANS MEMORIAL DAYS. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO YOU, MY COLLEAGUE. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T WANT TO TICK OFF ANY MARINES, BUT IT'S THEIR BIRTHDAY IS NOVEMBER 10TH. IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. SO. BUT ANYWAYS, HAPPY VETERANS DAY. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S GETTING DARK EARLIER AND THERE'S KIDS OUT THERE WALKING AND SOME OLDER PEOPLE THAT LIKE MY AGE THAT ARE A LITTLE DUMB AND LIKE TO WEAR BLACK CLOTHES IN THE DARK.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ YEAH, NO, SORRY. JUST FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR TRUNK OR TREAT THIS YEAR, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE TOWN THAT WERE ABLE TO PUT ON EVENTS, INCLUDING OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, REC DEPARTMENT, TO MAKE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL FOR ALL THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. I'M SURPRISED NO ONE ELSE MENTIONED IT, BUT WANT TO URGE EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL STANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE TRY TO GET OUT AND VOTE TOMORROW FOR ELECTION DAY. IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW YOUR VOICE REALLY DOES MATTER, SO PLEASE TRY TO TO MAKE SOME TIME FOR THAT IF YOU CAN. AND THEN AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO, TO TIA'S FAMILY, JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES AND ALSO ADD THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HERE, HERE SHOW HOW MUCH SHE WAS LOVED AND SHE SEEMS LIKE A REALLY AMAZING, YOU KNOW, AMAZING PERSON. AND FROM WHAT EVERYONE SAID, SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON. ALSO, THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS AND THANK YOU TO TIA'S MOM AND FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, MY MY DAUGHTER ADORED HER.

AND ACTUALLY MY, MY BOYFRIEND'S DAUGHTER, WHO WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF HERS TOO, AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, DEVASTATED BY HER LOSS. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HER ADVOCATE. NOW, IT'S, IT CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ENTITY THAT WON'T LISTEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING. THANK YOU. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO QUICKLY READ. YOU HEARD ME COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING THAT WALMART HAD A GRAND OPENING. AND WHEN WE WERE THERE, THEY GAVE OUT SEVERAL CITATIONS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT. I ASKED THE REGIONAL MANAGER WHO DID THIS IF I IF I COULD HAVE HER COMMENTS, BECAUSE I WAS REALLY. YOU KNOW, SURPRISED, PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR GRAND REOPENING, THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC AND POINTING POINTED ABOUT WANTING TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES THE TOWN, OUR TOWN, EMS, OUR TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE LAKESHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY. AND SO I ASKED HER FOR HER WORDS BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYONE TO HEAR HOW APPRECIATIVE THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. SO THIS IS WHAT THEIR REGIONAL MANAGER READ THAT DAY TO EVERYONE. AS WE CELEBRATE TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SPECIAL MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PARTNERSHIP AND DEDICATION HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AND FACILITY STRONGER AND SAFER. HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, LAKESHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, TOWN OF HAMBURG, EMS AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. ON BEHALF OF WALMART, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR QUICK RESPONSE, ONGOING PROFESSIONALISM AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY PROVIDE PEACE OF MIND TO OUR ASSOCIATES, CUSTOMERS, AND NEIGHBORS EACH AND EVERY DAY.

WHETHER RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES, ASSISTING IN TIMES OF CRISIS, OR SIMPLY BEING A DEPENDABLE PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR SERVICE MAKES A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF YOUR READINESS AND COMMITMENT, OUR ASSOCIATES CAN COME TO WORK KNOWING THEY ARE SUPPORTED. OUR CUSTOMERS CAN SHOP WITH CONFIDENCE, AND OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ANSWER THE CALL AT ALL HOURS, OFTEN UPON CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, REFLECTS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SERVICE. WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE AND THE CARE YOU SHOW TO THOSE YOU SERVE. WE ARE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS AND STRENGTHENING THE

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OUR COMMUNITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED AND FOR ANYONE ELSE IS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027. THIS TIME CAPSULE WILL SERVE AS A LASTING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS OF HAMBURG. TODAY, ALL OF US AND THOSE WHO WILL CALL OUR TOWN HOME 50 YEARS FROM NOW, MAYBE SOME OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN OR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WILL HELP MAKE THIS A MEANINGFUL PART OF THE NEW BRAD HEFNER SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTERS LEGACY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO LAURA AND SHERRY, BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE PUTTING IN A LOT OF WORK. THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO THE CREATION OF A MEANINGFUL TIME CAPSULE THAN YOU WOULD, THAN YOU WOULD THINK. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN IN THE FUTURE. IT'S FUNNY, RECENTLY I SAW A CLIP BECAUSE HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAD DONE A TIME CAPSULE, I THINK 50, 50 YEARS AGO, AND THEY OPENED IT UP AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THAT TIME CAPSULE 50 YEARS AGO WAS A TEACHER WHO WAS JUST EMBARKING ON HIS TEACHING CAREER. AND I FORGET THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, BUT THEY HAD HIM THERE AND HE READ HIS LETTER THAT HE WROTE 50 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS IN THE TIME CAPSULE CAPSULE. THEY PULLED IT OUT, AND HE WAS THERE TO READ THAT LETTER TO THE STUDENTS. AND IT WAS A REALLY POIGNANT MOMENT AND VERY, VERY SPECIAL. AND WE HOPE THAT 50 YEARS FROM NOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, FIND IT'S A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION WHEN WE OPEN THAT TIME CAPSULE. NICKEL STILL BE HERE, NICK. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. AS HAS BEEN SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY VETERANS DAY AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR VETERANS FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COUNTRY. AND I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT PART OF OUR TOWN HALL REMODELING, PARKING LOT REMODEL REPAVING PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED THE REVITALIZATION AND RENOVATION OF OUR AREA IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL. THAT INCLUDES THE MONUMENTS THAT ARE THERE AND ALSO THE PERMANENT FLAGPOLES. YOU KNOW THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, WE PUT A TEMPORARY FLAGPOLE IN AROUND OUR MAIN STAFF, AND THIS PLAN INCLUDED FOR THREE PERMANENT FLAGPOLES, AND ONE IS DEDICATED, OF COURSE, TO THE CENTER FLAG, TO OUR AMERICAN FLAG AND OUR POW MIA FLAG. OF COURSE, WE HAVE ANOTHER FLAG STAFF THAT WILL CARRY OUR STATE FLAG. AND AND FOR EXAMPLE, OUR 250TH COMMEMORATIVE FLAG. BUT THE OTHER FLAGPOLE WILL BE WHERE WE CAN RAISE OUR DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF OUR SERVICE, OUR MILITARY SERVICE, AND CELEBRATE THEIR THEIR BIRTHDAY. AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT THERE'S ONE ONE

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