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UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING.
I WANT TO THANK THE MEAL THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A HIGHER POWER LOOKING DOWN ON US AND WATCHING OVER EVERYTHING.
NO, HE, HE'S, UH, RETIRED RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS MEETING IF EVERYONE CAN STAND AND REMOVE THEIR CAP.
UH, DEPUTY CHIEF MARTY GUNTON IS GONNA LEAVE US IN THE PLEDGE, BELIEVE I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR DEPARTED MEMBERS, BOTH HASTINGS FIRE AND EMS. ALRIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR GENERAL CHAIRMAN FOR THE 2025 BIENNIAL MEETING.
I NOMINATE JUSTIN PARTICULAR SECOND FOR JUSTIN SECOND.
I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, GENERAL SECRETARY I, THE MINUTES FOR THE 2025 BY MEETING.
I NOMINATE ROBERT G NOMINATION FOR ROBERT GAG.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRMAN BOX AND WE'LL GET MOVING WITH THIS WHOLE CEREMONY HERE.
YEAH, THERE'S A BUTTON RIGHT THERE.
READ THE MINUTES PREVIOUS MEETING.
CHEST HASTINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT MINUTES.
THE BIENNIAL MEETING OF APRIL 4TH, 2023.
BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT RONALD PIQUETTE.
AT 2000 HOURS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REC CITED, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR DECEASED MEMBERS.
RABBI EDWARD SCHECKTER OF TEMPLE VEST STALLONE PROVIDED AN IMPLICATION.
CHIEF PIQUETTE ASKED FOR NOMINATION OF MEETING.
CHAIRMAN KENT OSBORNE NOMINATED JEFFREY BANNON TO SERVE AS MEETING CHAIRMAN.
NOMINATION WAS SECONDED BY KEN COZ BEING CARRIED BY LAW.
CHIEF PIQUETTE THEN ASKED FOR A NOMINATION FOR MEETING SECRETARY ROBERT LIGHT NOMINATED BRIAN HEALY TO SERVE AS A MEETING SECRETARY.
THE NOMINATION WAS SECONDED BY THOMAS PERRETTI AND CARRIED BY HALL.
THE MINUTES OF THE 2021 BIENNIAL MEETING WERE READ.
ROBERT RUSS ACT MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 2021.
2021 BIENNIAL MEETING MINUTES.
THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY JOHN LINDER AND CARRIED BY ALL THE CHIEF'S REPORT WAS READ BY CHIEF PIQUETTE.
WE THANKED HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT DURING THE EIGHT YEARS.
HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT CHIEF AND CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO THANK THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS COMPANY OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VILLAGE OFFICIALS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
SOME NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDED PLACING NEW RESCUE 100 INTO SERVICE AND OBTAINING TWO NEW CHIEF VEHICLES.
UH, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 43 STRUCTURE RELATED FIRE CALLS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO HANDLED DOZENS OF CALLS IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD RELATED TO HURRICANE IDA IN 2021.
THE AMBULANCE CORRESPONDED TO OVER 1,250 CALLS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
CHIEF CONCLUDED BY THANKING EVERYONE AGAIN AND STATING THAT SERVING AS CHIEF DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OFF.
GENERAL SECRETARY HEALY CONDUCTED A ROLL CALL AND REPORTED THAT 80 ELIGIBLE VOTERS WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
CHAIRMAN BANNON APPOINTED DOMINIC BLANCO AND WILLIAM KENNEDY AS TELLERS FOR THE ELECTION.
FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR VARIOUS OFFICES OF HASTINGS THAT WENT FIRE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT BRIAN SHIP, FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF MICHAEL DUMPER, SECOND ASSISTANT CHIEF JOHN LINDNER.
THIRD ASSISTANT CHIEF FRANK DUSA.
FOLLOWING THE CASTING OF BALLOTS, CHAIRMAN BANNON STATED THAT HE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS THE MEETING.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF COUNTING THE BALLOTS.
KEN OSBORNE MADE A MOTION TO RECESS THE MOTION WITH SECONDED BY BRIAN SCH CARRIED BY LAW AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS, THE MEETING RESUMED AND THE FOLLOWING ELECTION RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED.
CHIEF DEPARTMENT BRIAN SCH RECEIVED 77 VOTES.
FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF MICHAEL GUNTHER RECEIVED 77 VOTES.
SECOND ASSISTANT CHIEF JOHN LINDNER RECEIVED 76 VOTES AND THIRD ASSISTANT CHIEF FRANK DESAR RECEIVED 57 VOTES.
THE OTHER CANDIDATES WERE THIRD ASSISTANT CHIEF RICHARD DOON AND BRIAN USHER RECEIVED TWO AND 21 VOTES RESPECTIVELY.
FOLLOWING THE READING OF THE ELECTION RESULTS, THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, BRIAN SCH SIMMY, THANKED EVERYONE FOR THEIR CONFIDENCE IN HIM AND STATED THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO SERVING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE VARIOUS COMPANIES AND DEPUTY CHIEFS PROVIDED CHIEF PIQUETTE WITH GIFTS INCLUDING A SHADOW BOX, WOODEN FLAG, PHOTO
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COLLAGE, AND A ROAD CHAIRMAN.BANNON ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
RONALD ETTE MADE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MICHAEL GUNTHER.
BRIAN P, GENERAL SECRETARY, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE, UH, PAST MINUTES PLEASE? MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, MAY WE PLEASE HAVE THE, UH, CHIEF RECORD.
I'M GONNA WORK ALONG THE MIC BECAUSE PRETTY HANDSOME.
I THOUGHT THE ULTIMATE APRIL FOOL'S JOKE TODAY WOULD BE TO STAND UP HERE AND READ MARTY'S SPEECH WHEN HE WENT OUT IN 2019 C
I'LL SAY, UH, MY CALL REPORTS WILL BE SUBMITTED AND I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS LATER.
I DO WANT TO THANK DENNIS DEMPSEY, WHO'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, A STATISTICIAN FOR GETTING INSTEAD, THE BIGGEST JOKE WOULD BE IF I STOOD HERE AND TRIED TO SAY THAT THESE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE AT SOME OF MY LIFE'S GREATEST MOMENTS.
I STAND HERE AND HUMBLED BY ALL THE NICE WORDS AND GESTURES AND AS MY OWN WORST CRITIC.
I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE MUCH.
I SAT RIGHT OVER HERE 24 YEARS AGO WATCHING MY FATHER SAY GOODBYE TO HIS THIRD TERM AS CHIEF THINKING, I'LL NEVER BE THERE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THAT.
OF COURSE, I WASN'T OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL YET.
THERE WAS NO JUNIOR CADET PROGRAM AND I WAS TOO BUSY HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS IN HILLSIDE WOODS AT A PLACE THEY HAD JUST CREATED, CALLED THE PAD OR SOMETHING.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT AROUND ANYMORE.
AS I REFLECT ON MY 23 YEARS IN THIS DEPARTMENT, IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AS CHIEF, WHAT WE'VE COLLECTIVELY DONE, WHAT I'VE DONE FOR MYSELF AS A PERSON ON THIS WHATEVER JOURNEY THIS IS, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD, PROUD TO HAVE HAD A HAND IN IT.
PROUD TO WITNESS IT, PROUD TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF US AS A WHOLE DEPARTMENT AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBER SUCCESSES.
WE WENT FROM BREAKING THROUGH INTO THE 21ST CENTURY UNDER MARTY BY SWITCHING TO A NEW REPORTING SYSTEM IN COUNTY DISPATCH.
A FUTURE OF SMOOTH SAILING COVID HITS AND THE WORLD SHUTS DOWN.
WE BATTLED THROUGH THAT UNDER JOHN AND RONNIE.
AS CHAMPIONS, WE COME OUT VICTORIOUS AND BECAUSE OF THOSE EFFORTS, WE BECOME THE PREMIER ORGANIZATION AT HASTINGS TO WANNA BE A PART OF.
WHEN PEOPLE FOUND THE NEW DESIRE TO SERVE, WE'VE REAPED THOSE BENEFITS WITH SOME 20 TO 30 PLUS NEW MEMBERS.
SINCE 2020, BOTH FIRE AND EMS, WE TACKLED SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH TAX BREAK FROM THE SCHOOL, ADJUSTMENTS TO VILLAGE AND GREENBURG TAX BREAKS, THE ENTITLEMENTS TO VILLAGE AND GREENBURG TAX BREAKS.
WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTING OUR LEP, WHICH WILL BE DONE BY THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
WE'VE SECURED AN AMBULANCE THROUGH GRANTS.
WE ADDED TO OUR FUND DRIVE INTAKE, ADDED CHRISTMAS TREES TO SELL, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A FAIR AGREEMENT ON VILLAGE RENT TO BE DETERMINED.
ALMOST ALL THESE THINGS CAME WITH THE HELP OF EVERYONE HERE AND SOME SPECIFIC MEMBERS WHO REALLY PUT IN THE TIME.
AND A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS AND I WAS JUST LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AT THE TOP WHEN IT HAPPENED.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND ALL THE RECOGNITION THAT I'VE GOTTEN, I'VE ALWAYS SHARED WITH EVERYONE WHO'S PUT IN THE WORK AND DESERVED IT.
SO BE PROUD OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR SUCCESSES TOGETHER.
I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE TO GIVE THANKS TO MY COMPANY FOR TRUSTING ME WITH THIS POSITION.
FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN, AS I SAID, A TREMENDOUS HONOR.
I'VE RELIED HEAVILY ON DEPUTY CHIEFS, DEPUTY CHIEFS FOR GUIDANCE, SPECIFICALLY JEFF, MARTY, JIMMY, AND BOBBY.
I CANNOT, I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AS A CHIEF, MY CAPTAIN FROM PROTECTION WHO DOUBLED AS MY WARDEN SECRETARY, BRIAN HEALEY, I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS OFFICE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, ESPECIALLY
WE'VE DONE A LOT FOR RECRUITMENT, AS I STATED, BUT ALSO FOR RETENTION OF OUR OWN MEMBERSHIP.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT STARTS WITH EMPOWERING OFFICERS TO SUCCESSFULLY LEAD THEIR COMPANIES, HANDLE STUFF ON CALLS, GIVE THEM FAITH IN THEMSELVES AND FOR THAT TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
I KNOW THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT LINE OFFICERS OF EACH COMPANY AND THE AMBULANCE CORPS.
YOU ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
MY ASSISTANTS HAVE DONE SUCH AN AMAZING JOB THAT I COULD LOOK AT IT AND WONDER WHAT THE HELL WAS I DOING? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DID EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO CALLS AND OFFICE WORK.
YOU CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO WHAT JOHN AND MIKE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO DURING THE DAY.
TOURS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FRANK AS WELL, SLIDING INTO THIS ROLE AS A CHIEF WITH EASE, EVEN WITH ALL THEIR NEW, EVEN WITH THEM HAVING NEW DUTIES AS GRANDFATHERS, THEY STILL DID MORE THAN I DID.
I REALLY OWE THE SUCCESS OF THESE TWO YEARS TO YOU THREE TO TALK NUMBERS FOR THESE PAST TWO YEARS.
WE HAD 696 FIRE CALLS IN TWO YEARS.
MIKE MADE 610, WHICH IS AMAZING.
JOHN MADE 5 71 AND FRANK BEAT ME BY 14 WITH 374.
THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER FOR THESE GUYS TO COME OUT DURING THE DAY AND MAKE ALL THESE CALLS.
I'M EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN
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MY LIFE SINCE DAY ONE.MY MOM THE GREATEST AS EVERYONE HERE KNOWS.
MY SISTER JEN, MY ORIGINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, AND, AND NOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEAR, TWO YEARS, I'VE BEEN AS LUCKY AS YOU CAN BE HAVING AMANDA AND HER GIRLS MAY AND LENNY'S NIGHT.
UM, YOU ALL HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BELIEVED IN ME, RESTORED AND CREATED A BELIEF IN MYSELF.
NONE OF IT HAPPENS WITHOUT YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE REST OF MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
YOU'RE ALL WHAT MAKES ME ME, WHO, WHO I WANNA MAKE MOST PROUD AND WHO GIVES ME THE STRENGTH AND IS SET TO STAND UP HERE AT ALL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT A CHIEF GETS PASSED DOWN A WELL OWNED MACHINE.
WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE AND THAT'S REALLY THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, THE OFFICERS AND PAST CHIEFS.
SO BEFORE IT OFFICIALLY HAPPENS, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT PASSING THE TORCH TO MIKE AND THE PARALLELS THAT WE SHARE SHARE IN THIS POSITION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.
I LIKE MIKE HAD TO STAND UP HERE AND MARTY TOO HAD TO STAND UP HERE AND BECOME THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST LIKE OUR FATHERS DID BEFORE US.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR MIKE AND I, WE HAD TO DO IT WITHOUT THEM HERE.
I REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
HOWEVER, IN THAT BITTERSWEET FEELING IS THE PRIDE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE FOR US.
I KNOW WHEN I SPOKE TO BILLY A FEW YEARS BACK IN FLORIDA, I GOT TO GO DOWN THERE.
HE TOLD ME, HE TOLD ME HOW MUCH HE STILL MISSED IT.
HE ALWAYS REFERRED TO MY DAD AS HIS BUDDY.
HE BRAGGED ABOUT WHAT HIS FAMILY HAD DONE FOR UNIONTOWN WITH SUCH TREMENDOUS PRIDE.
AND YOU'VE SEEN HERE TONIGHT WITH TWO OFFICERS BEING GUNTHER'S AND HALF THE COMPANY BEING GUNTHER.
HE TOLD ME HOW RUSA DID 40 YEARS AS CHIEF AND HOW MANY GUYS THAT WOULD'VE MADE EXCELLENCE CHIEFS DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT MADE ME MAKE A SIMPLE CHOICE ABOUT A SECOND TERM WHEN NIKKI APPROACHED ME WANTING TO BE CHIEF.
AND I KNOW BILLY EXPRESSES TO MARTY WHEN HE WAS CONSIDER WHEN MARTY WAS CONSIDERING HIS SECOND TERM AND MIKE WANTED TO RUN.
I THINK IT'S A BLESSING FOR ALL US TO HAVE SUCH QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION AND LEAVE HIS DEPARTMENT.
I THINK FOR BILLY SEEING HIS SONS, MARTY AND MIKE GO BACK TO BACK AS CHIEFS OUTTA UNIONTOWN IS PROBABLY ONE OF HIS GREATEST MOMENTS.
ONE OF HIS MANY GREAT MOMENTS IS WHAT I WROTE.
FOR ME, KNOWING THAT WE ALL GOT TO SERVE TOGETHER JUST LIKE OUR DADS DID, IS EXTRA SPECIAL.
I WISH THE NEW SLATE CHIEFS THE BEST I'LL GLADLY SERVE WHEN CALLED UPON.
I CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF CRAP TO STILL DO AND REPORTS FOR SURE.
THINGS NEVER CHANGE WHEN YOU'RE PROCRASTINATING LIKE ME.
SO I WILL TREAT IT LIKE 10TH GRADE ENGLISH AND GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL AND SO CLOSE OUT LIKE MY DAD DID RIGHT HERE 24 YEARS AGO.
UH, MR. SECRETARY, MAY YOU PLEASE CONDUCT YOUR ROLL CALL PROTECTION ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER ONE.
UNION TOWN OF COMPANY NUMBER TWO.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NUMBER ONE.
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ED USHER.MATTER HOSE COMPANY NUMBER THREE.
MARCEL BU HE WAS HERE RIGHT ON A CALL.
FOUR MEMBERS, MR. SECRETARY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UNION TOWN HOST COMPANY NUMBER TWO.
GENTLEMEN, AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025, MICHAEL GUNTHER'S NAME HAS BEEN PUT IN DENOMINATION FOR CHIEF OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, MARK A PINERO RECORDING SECRETARY HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NUMBER ONE MARCH 24TH, 2025.
JUNIOR WARDENS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NUMBER ONE HAS NOMINATED FRANK AND SUSAN TO BECOME OUT OF ORDER.
DEAR WARDENS, DURING THE JANUARY MEETING WITH REARVIEW
SHIRLEY MORGAN RAT LOOKING LADDER, COMPANY NUMBER ONE MARCH 24TH, 2025 TO THE WARDENS, THE MEMBERSHIP OF HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NUMBER ONE HAS NOMINATED FRANK DEUS TO BECOME THE SECOND ASSISTANT CHIEF OF HAZINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE KNOW HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TRUE LEADER AND MAKE US ALL PROUD.
SUBMITTED BY JOAN DITZ, RECORDING SECOND VOTE DETECTION ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER ONE.
TO WHOM WE MAY CONCERN, THIS LETTER CONFIRMS THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THIS COMPANY ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025, THE NAME OF NICHOLAS CALLAS WAS UNANIMOUSLY PLACED IN DENOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THIRD ASSISTANT CHIEF OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BEST REGARDS, TIMOTHY HOUSE RECORDING SECRETARY.
MAY I HAVE A NOMINATION? UH, NOMINATIONS, UH, BE CLOSED.
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UH, YEAH, THIS IS UH, I GUESS A MOTION FOR THE SECRETARY TO CAST ONE BALLOT.I HAVE THE, UH, FOUR, UH, NOMINATED UH, CHIEFS.
STEP UP HERE AND UH, AND UH, BE SWORN IN PLEASE FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE AND THEN, UH, WHERE IT WILL BE.
JAMES TY, YOU READY? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
SO SWEAR I SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE CONSTITUTION OF BYLAWS OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE CONSTITUTION OF BYLAWS OF THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
ALRIGHT, NICK, IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THIS ANY JOB WE'VE ASKED YOU TO DO.
YOU STEPPED UP AND TAKE OH,
I KNOW YOU MAKE PROTECTION CROWD.
ASSISTANT CHIEF AND THIS LOVELY KATHY.
FIRST ASSISTANT, UH, FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF JOHN, AND IT WILL BE WRITTEN BY HIS, UH, LOVELY WIFE, MAUREEN.
WILL YOU FOR THAT DEPARTMENT BE PINNED BY BRIAN,
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DR. THOMAS AND SEAN.SO, UH, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT USUALLY MY GRANDFATHER DOES THIS, UM, HE'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
SO MARTY'S GONNA SAY SOME WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE BROTHERS AND THE FAMILY AND I'M GONNA SAY SOME WORDS ON BEHALF OF MY FATHER AND THE THE SON GET PINNED.
I GOT CAN YOU SAY ALL ON BEHALF OF, UH, OBVIOUSLY MY MOTHER AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY, WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU BEING, UH, CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB.
UH, LIKE, UH, DANNY LETTY SAID THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB.
SO ON BEHALF OF YOUR SONS AND UH, GRANDSON TYLER, PLEASE READ THIS
DAD, I COULD BE MORE PROUD OF YOU IN STEPPING IN THE ROLE AS CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
YOUR WISDOM, STRENGTH, AND DEDICATION HAVE ALWAYS GUIDED OUR FAMILY AND NOW THEY WILL GUIDE THE MEMBERS OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW YOU WILL LEAD WITH HONOR, RESPECT, AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
MAY THIS NEW CHAPTER BRING SUCCESS, SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT.
THIS IS ONLY IN THE BEGINNING AND NOW WHY, UM, DAD'S BEING PINNED.
UH, NOBODY KNOWS THIS BESIDES PETER AND MYSELF.
WE BROUGHT, UH, GRANDPA'S BADGE, WHAT HE GOT WHEN HE WAS CHIEF AND HE WILL ALSO BE PINNED WITH THAT BADGE BY GRANDMA.
OH, TYLER, IT'S NO, NO, NO, NO.
WE HAD TO PULL THE PERMITS FOR, THERE'S FOUR, LIKE FIVE BROWN ONES LIKE WRAPPED.
HE'S GETTING, HE'S GETTING JUST WE'RE WAITING ON JOHN.
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VERY NICE JOB.OH WAIT, I ALREADY GOT MY FIRST
SO FOR ALL STANDING UP HERE, UM, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT STOOD BEHIND US AND LOST A LOT OF TIMES WITH THEIR HUSBANDS AND YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY RECOGNIZED LIKE WE ARE.
SO WE GOT FLOWERS TO RECOGNIZE THE WIVES, GIRLFRIENDS, MOTHERS, UM, OF THE CHIEFS BECAUSE OF ALL THEY DO.
UM, AND UH, SO IF I CAN GET, UH, OKAY,
BRIAN
DOES ANYBODY WANT FLOWERS? BASEBALL? DID EVERYBODY GET ONE THEN? OKAY.
THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE, WE GOTTA ANSWER THE RADIO ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT GOT, AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO UH, CALL UH, DEPUTY CHIEF UP HERE AND UH, GONNA BADGE AND ALSO TO UH, HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF AND UH, DEPUTY CHIEF.
UH, LEMME SEE IF NOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS NICK
WELL BRIAN, YOU DID A HELL OF A JOB AND YOU MADE PROTECTION PROUD AND YOU MADE EVERYBODY PROUD OF WHAT YOU DID AND IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THIS FOR YOU AND I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE DEPUTY CHIEF.
WHAT? OH, IN HONOR OF HOPEFULLY LOTS OF FUN TIMES IN LAKE GEORGE.
WE GOTTA A NICE PRESENT TO BRING.
MARTY WAS QUALITY CONTROL ON THIS.
SO HE THINKS THAT MONEY GUY OVER THERE IN QUALITY CONTROL EVERY DAY.
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VERY COOL.AND SOMETIMES THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE LEFT ON.
THERE'S THAT AX I COULDN'T FIND IN MY CAR TODAY.
OH HEY, UM, SORRY I WASN'T PREPARED.
YOU BROTHER INLAWS MAKING FUN.
MY TRADE CHOICES VERY UNHAPPY.
MARTY DOESN'T WHO SO GOT WOODCRAFT.
WRAP THAT FOR CHALLENGE FOR BOTTLE CAPS.
OH, IS IT? DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WRAP IT IN THE, THIS IS FROM ALL OF US AT THE HOOK AND LADDER READS FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AS CHIEF OF THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
APRIL 4TH, 2023 TO APRIL 1ST, 2025.
THE MEMBERS OF HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST TO READ THAT FOR YOUR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP.
DURING YOUR TENURE FROM ASSISTANT CHIEF RISING TO CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT AND FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YOUR FATHER, YOU LED A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE TO A LARGE CRUSH FIRE AT ST.
ANDREW'S GOLF CLUB RESULTING IN NO LOSS OF PROPERTY.
ADDITIONALLY, AS CHIEF YOU SECURED THE FIRST EVER FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBER TAX EXEMPTION OF LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES, WHICH IS A TRUE RELIEF FOR ALL MEMBERS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP, YOUR FRIENDS AT RIVERVIEW MATTER HOST COMPANY NUMBER THREE.
NOTE THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR ME AND IT CAN'T BE SEEN AS A BROAD BECAUSE NO OWNER CHIEF DEPARTMENT TO GO ON MUTUAL AID.
SO THIS
UH, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD SAY THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, I THINK YOU WILL, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR YOUR OPEN AND HONEST COMMUNICATION STYLE HAS REALLY YEAH.
WE'VE ALL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT THAT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I THINK THAT THE ABILITY FOR US TO RELY ON EACH OTHER, TRUST EACH OTHER, COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US AS A DEPARTMENT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVE EACH OTHER.
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY SHOWN THE WAY TO THAT AND I'M, I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED UNDER YOU AS FIRST LIEUTENANT AND AND CAPTAIN AS WELL.
AND I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR SLIDING RIGHT IN AS A COMPANY.
ANYWAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE FIRE GROUND.
JUST QUICKLY ON THIS REGARDING THE BRUSH FIRE WAS GREAT, MIKE AND JOHN AND FRANK WERE IN THE WEEDS AND I WAS KIND OF JUST QUARTERBACKING IT EQUIPMENT AS FAR AS THE TAX INCENTIVE GOES.
UH, GUYS LIKE BRIAN LEY AND JIMMY SAFFERY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT REALLY PUT IN A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THE MEMBERS SHOWED UP TO GIVE THE SUPPORT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
SO I SHARE THAT, THAT HONOR WITH ALL OF YOU.
WHAT MAY BE THE ONLY CIVILIAN UP HERE GET AN HONOR TO WATCH YOU WORK AND TO WATCH US ENTIRE CREW GET OUT THERE AND DO WHAT YOU DO BEST LITTLE REMEMBRANCE OF YOUR TIME IS CHIEF.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THIS.
ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT, JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING.
MAYBE TAKE A TRIP OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.
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ENJOY.ON BEHALF OF THE DEPUTY CHIEFS ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF GUNTHER, PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR DEPUTY CHIEFS ROLE.
DEPUTY CHIEF OF ASSISTANT CHIEF 1095 DAYS CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, 730 DAYS A LIFETIME OF RELAXATION.
ALRIGHT, NOW YOU'RE FREE TO GO.
I GUESS I CAN'T HEAR YOU STAND UP.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE.
FOR ME IT MEANS A LOT HAVE MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF HASTINGS ON US AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT.
THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A SECOND FAMILY FOR YEARS.
STEPPING INTO THE ROLE AS HEAD CHIEF IS A TRUE HONOR.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO MY FAMILY.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY MOTHER TO MAKING A TRIP UP HERE WHO'S OBVIOUSLY HERE TONIGHT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO HONOR MY FATHER DEDICATED 70 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS DEPARTMENT.
THOUGH HE IS NOT HERE TODAY, IT IS A LEGACY IN THE PACKAGING ENVIRONMENT, NOT IRRITATE REAL TEARS TO MY WIFE.
KATHY, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
WE'RE STANDING BY MY SIDE FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AS ASSISTANT CHIEF AND FOR THE TWO FOR THE NEXT TWO.
AS HEAD CHIEF, YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO MY TWO BROTHERS, MARTY AND PETER, WHO REMAIN ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS WORK HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.
I WANNA THANK MY SON THOMAS AND SEAN, WHO ARE BOTH SERVING AS OFFICERS OF UNION TOWN.
THOMAS NOT ONLY SERVES WITH THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO SERVES WITH THE HASTENS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING AND SERVING FILLS ME PRIDE EVERY DAY.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFUL THANK TO MY SON BRIAN.
THOUGH HE DOESN'T WEAR THE SAME UNIFORM HE SERVES.
WITH HONOR AND DEDICATION AS AN OFFICER WITH THE SCARSDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'M TRULY GRATEFUL TO BE YOUR FATHER.
SENIOR YOU THREE, FATHER OF PASTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE MEMBERS OF UNIONTOWN.
THANK YOU FOR CON FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.
AS CHIEF, I ALSO WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE MEMBERS WHO ASSISTED ME IN SETTING IN THE ROOM AND ORGANIZING THIS EVENT.
I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KEVIN BARRY AND MADE SURE THE FLOORS ARE SPARKING
AND KEVIN ALSO TO JUSTIN PARTICULAR AND ROB GAGLIARDI WHO HELPED ASSURE THAT WE, THE MEETING WENT SMOOTHLY WITHOUT ISSUES.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTGOING CHIEF BRIAN T FOR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP.
HIS TIME AS CHIEF HAS HELPED SHAPE THIS DEPARTMENT INTO THE STRONG DEDICATED TEAM WE ARE TODAY.
AS I STEP INTO THE NEW ROLE, I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION BRIAN HAS ESTABLISHED AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS DEPART FORWARD.
THIS JU, THIS JUST ISN'T A POSITION, IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY.
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I TAKE DEEPLY TO HEART AND I STAND HERE TODAY NOT AS A FIGURE OF AUTHORITY, BUT A LEAD LEADER COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO WEARS THIS UNIFORM.THE ROAD HEADS WON'T ALWAYS BE EASY.
LEADERSHIP IS NEVER A STREET LINE.
AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY, BUT I'M READY FOR THAT.
AND WITH THE DEDICATED DEDICATION, TALENT, AND HEART THAT EACH AND YOU BRINGS TO THIS DEPARTMENT, I KNOW WE CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY TOGETHER.
WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS NOT JUST RESPECTED, BUT ONE THAT EXEMPLIFIES SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY.
WE WILL BE A TEAM AND OUR TEAM WILL NOT ONLY PROTECT THE PEOPLE, HASTINGS ON HUDSON, BUT WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER, NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEING YOUR CHIEF.
BEING YOUR CHIEF MEANS BEING THERE FOR YOU.
WHETHER IT'S ON THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY, DURING CUP TRAINING SESSION, OR EVEN WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING AS PLANNED, I PROMISE TO LISTEN TO SUPPORT AND ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.
NO ONE IN THIS DEPARTMENT STANDS ALONE.
I WILL LEAD WITH FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND RESPECT FOR ALL.
NOW I KNOW THAT THAT LEADERSHIP CAN STIR UP SOME STRONG FEELINGS.
NOT EVERYONE MAY AGREE WITH MY APPROACH OR MY DECISIONS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING.
I WILL NOT TOLERATE, HATE, DISRESPECT OR NEGATIVITY IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE A FAMILY AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER DESERVES RESPECT REGARDLESS OF THEIR ROLE, EXPERIENCE, OR PERSONAL BELIEFS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE DOUBTS OR DISAGREE ME, WHETHER THAT'S 'CAUSE OF PAST ISSUES OR ANYTHING ELSE, I URGE YOU TO COME TALK TO ME.
LET'S WORK THROUGH THINGS TOGETHER.
BUT THERE WILL BE NO PLACE FOR HATE UNDER MY LEADERSHIP.
YOU MUST STAND UNITED FOR THE GOOD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
IF YOU CAN'T AGREE, WELL THERE'S THE DOOR, BUT DON'T TRIP ON THE WELCOME OUT.
WILL YOU TRUST YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR COMMITMENT? LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN NEXT TWO YEARS.