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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
RIGHT.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME, WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2026.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASURE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE, ONE NATION, NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? TRUSTEE FLEISIG.
PRESENT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD? HERE, TRUSTEE MERTON.
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? I HAD A FEW THAT WERE CORRECTED.
UH, ONE OF THE REFLECTED, UM, AREAS WAS REPORTING ABOUT THE CONED, UM, CASE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I KNOW THE VILLAGE MANAGER HAD ORIGINALLY REPORTED THAT IT WAS $1,500 A MONTH, BUT IT'S $1,500 A YEAR, APPROXIMATELY, CORRECT? RIGHT.
DID I SAY A MONTH OR SO? YOU DID IT FIRST, REMEMBER THEN LATER THE MEETING RECORDED.
AND AT THE MINUTES IT STILL REFLECTED THAT.
SO THAT WAS THE ONE CHANGE I HAD.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S ALREADY DONE, RIGHT? YES.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? TRUSTEE MERTON GAVE ME ONE TYPO THAT I MISSED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED.
[V. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
GENERAL FUND AA $408,313 AND 72 CENTS.YOU SHOULD READ THE, OH, I'M ON THE, HMM.
AND 66 CENTS DRAPER PARK, EM $2,191 AND 67 CENTS POOL FUND, ER, $1,800 AND 51 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $36,130 AND 66 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $19,716 AND 22 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND TT 1090 $9 AND 62 CENTS.
PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $952 AND 50 CENTS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WARRANTS? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE NO ONE PRESENT HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[VII. RESOLUTIONS]
FIRST RESOLUTION IS 24, UH, OF 26, RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT, A COUNTYWIDE SUMMER BAN ON GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, UH, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAT ALREADY HAS AN AGREED ON BAND.
AND THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP FOR US, UH, TO SEND A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING WESTCHESTER.
AND THE SPECIFICS OF IT WOULD BE BANNING GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS IN THE SUMMER, UH, AND ASKING THE ENTIRE FOR THEIR, AN ENTIRE COUNTY WIDE BAN TO ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION? I THINK JUST TO POINT OUT, WHAT IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S A MINIMUM STANDARD AND THAT RIGHT.
THAT LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, UM, THEIR AUTHORITY IS PRESERVED TO, UH, TO ENACT AND ENFORCE STRICTER LOCAL REGULATIONS IF THEY CHOOSE.
ANYBODY ELSE? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
25 OF 26 RESOLUTION CONSIDERING AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF JOEL R VICTOR OF DI LAW, LLC, A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT PARTICIPATING WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES AND MONITORING THE CON EDISON RATE SETTLEMENT.
UH, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, AS I SAID, GAVE AN EXPLANATION, UH, COST ESTIMATE AT THE LAST MEETING.
THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1,500 A YEAR, AND THAT'S ALL DEPENDING ON HOW MANY MISS MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATE.
UH, AND EVER SINCE, UH, OUR ORIGINAL CASE THAT WE HAD, WE HAVE SEEN CONED ATTEMPTING TO RAISE RATES.
I THINK EVERYONE'S BILLS HAVE GONE UP.
UH, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, VALUABLE FOR THE VILLAGE, UM, TO CONTINUE MONITORING CONED.
SO AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE TABLE, UH, THAT'S ALSO PAYING ATTENTION, UH, REPRESENTING US AT THE, UM, AT THE TABLE.
ANY COMMENTS ON IT? DO WE HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO READ.
IF I COULD JUST, JUST AWARE AS JUST CLARIFY, UH, THE, THE $1,500 PER YEAR WAS BASED ON, UM, ALSO, UH, REVIEWING GENERIC MATERIAL, WHICH HAS TO MORE TO DO WITH LIKE TRANSMISSION PLANNING, AI, EV, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THE, UM, I, THERE WAS CONSENSUS, I, I MISSED THIS MEETING, BUT APPARENTLY THERE WAS A CONSENSUS AMONGST
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THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT THEY WOULD GO WITH LEAVING THE GENERIC PORTION OUT.AND, UH, SO THAT REDUCED THE FEE TO, UH, $50,000 A YEAR, WHICH REDUCES IT TO $1,250 PER MUNICIPALITY.
AND, UM, THE FIRM HAS ALSO AGREED THAT EVEN IF THERE ARE LESS THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPANTS, IT WILL STILL ONLY BE $1,250 PER PARTICIPANT.
UH, SO, UM, THAT'S ALL IN OUR FAVOR.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
26 OF 26 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH THE LEHE COMPANY, INC.
FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE, PREMIUM RECOVERY, UH, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
DO YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION ON THIS? UM, YEAH.
PERIODICALLY WE HAVE HIRED THEM TO REVIEW OUR PREMIUM CALCULATIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACCURATE.
IF THEY'RE NOT ACCURATE, UH, WE GET A REFUND.
UM, THEY LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CLASSIFICATION CODES AND, AND PAYROLL ALLOCATIONS AND ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND, UM, ANY RECOVERY THAT WE GET, THEY DO TAKE 50%, BUT WE GET 50% AND WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING IT OUT OTHERWISE.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A WORTHWHILE, IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING IF, IF WE DON'T RECOVER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
27 OF 26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE RESILIENT INVESTMENTS THROUGH SUPPORT AND CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. BACK TO YOU, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
UH, THIS IS A GRANT RELATED TO, UM, THE, UH, STORM IDA, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS 2021, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
YOU MAY RECALL THE VILLAGE, UH, ACTUALLY, UM, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE AND BETWEEN THE DAMAGE AND MITIGATION, I THINK WE, UH, RECOVERED OVER $3 MILLION.
AND THIS GRANT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED, UH, OR SPECIFICALLY AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAT, UH, HAD SERIOUS DAMAGE DURING THE IDA STORM AND IS A NO MATCH GRANT.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE GOT IT.
UM, WE HAVE HAD THE, WE HAD THE RISK, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RISK GRANT FOR THE PLANNING PHASE OF THIS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE ZINZER AND NORTH BROADWAY WATERSHED.
AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION, UH, WITH THAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGH THAT GRANT TO MAKE AN APPLICATION UNDER THIS GRANT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT WE WILL NEED A LETTER FROM, UH, INDICATING THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE US AN EASEMENT BECAUSE THE, THE, UH, STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRE AN EASEMENT TO GET THAT, GET THE WATER TO THE RIVER.
SO, UM, I AM, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, MEETING WITH AND SPEAKING WITH THOSE, THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR GRANT WRITER AND OUR, OUR OUR, UM, UH, ENGINEER ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DRYING UP ALL THE APPROPRIATE, UH, UM, EFFORTS.
IT'S A PRETTY LARGE WATERSHED, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF WATER FROM DOBBS FERRY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, THE WATER JUST DOESN'T STOP AT THE, AT THE VILLAGE LINE, UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, BUT, UM, THE, THE, UM, OUR ENGINEERS COMING UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN TO ADDRESS IT.
SO, UH, I HOPE THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION.
I BELIEVE TRUSTEE SANDBERG IS ONE OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU REUSE YOURSELF.
I WOULD KEEP, YEAH, I, I ACTUALLY WILL TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
YOU GOT THAT ON THE RECORD? YEAH.
ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LAW LOCAL A OF 2026, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 82 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THIS AMEND, THIS IS AMENDING THE LAW TO READ PREFERRED VERSUS EV ONLY IN THE PARKING SPOTS WHERE THERE WILL BE CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
UH, I THINK WE, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE AT, AT LENGTH, UH, OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
UH, AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE AREAS OF CONCERN THAT CAME UP WAS OUR ABILITY IN THE FUTURE TO CHANGE THIS TO EV ONLY.
AND I THINK THE BOARD SEEMED, YOU KNOW, OKAY WITH THE FACT THAT WE COULD RECONSIDER THIS IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD REVISIT IT, AND WE JUST AMEND IT AGAIN TO GO TO EV ONLY IF WE START SEEING THAT, THAT THE SPOTS ARE GONNA BE TOTALLY FILLED AND, AND EV DRIVERS CANNOT GET A SPOT TO CHARGE.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
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MANAGER'S REPORT[VIII. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
PRESENTATION.WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA STOP NOW.
UH, SO, UM, YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, AND IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU.
I PRESENTED IT TO THE VILLAGE CLERK, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, AS THE LAW REQUIRES.
AND, UM, A GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS COMPLIANT, UH, WITH THE TAX CAP.
IT, UH, TOTALS 19,000,700 $6,667.
UM, AND, UH, IT HAS A, A TAX RATE OF, OF $5 AND 19 CENTS PER THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUE.
UH, THAT'S A, A SLIGHT, SOMEWHAT, SLIGHTLY LOWER RATE THAN, THAN THE TAX RATE WAS LAST YEAR.
UM, IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE TAX CAP.
THERE'S A FORMULA THAT WE USE THAT WE SUB ACTUALLY, UH, PLUG INTO.
WE PLUG INTO THE, TO THE STATE WEBSITE, AND THEY COMPUTE THE, UM, AMOUNT OF LEVY THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO, UM, TO SPEND UP TO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A PROCESS, UH, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO EXCEED THE TAP TAX CAP.
WE, WE ARE NOT EXCEEDING THE TAP TAX CAP IN, IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, AND, UH, THAT, THAT PROCESS INVOLVES INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, HOW MUCH OF, OF THE, HOW, HOW MUCH OUR, OUR ASSESSED VALUE HAS INCREASED OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, UH, HOW MUCH, UM, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE LEFT FROM YOUR PRIOR YEAR IN TERMS OF LOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER THE TAX CAP, AND, UH, OTHER CRITERIA THAT THE STATE, UH, USES.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE, UH, THAT FORMULA FOR WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT, SEE FOR, SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
UM, THE ASSESSED VALUE THAT WE HAVE, UH, USED, WHICH IS THE, IS AN UPDATED ASSESSED VALUE.
IT'S NOT THE SAME ASSESSED VALUE THAT YOU SEE IN THE FINAL ROLE THAT WAS ADOPTED, BUT BY, BUT THAT WAS ISSUED BY GREENBERG IN SEPTEMBER.
SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, SMALL CLAIMS AND PERHAPS, UH, OTHER, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE, UH, CHANGED, CHANGED THE ASSESSMENT AMOUNT SLIGHTLY IN OUR CASE, LOWERED IT, UH, A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO OUR, OUR, BUT OUR, UM, OUR ASSESSED VALUE IS AT 2,645,817,364.
NO, 2,645,802 BILLION SAID 2 BILLION.
NO, YOU SAID 2 BILLION, BUT IT'S, YOU HADN'T EIGHT, I THOUGHT YOU SAID EIGHT 17.
MAYBE MY EYES WEREN'T SEEING IT PROPERLY.
UM, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THE, I'M SORRY, THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, SAFETY SIDEWALKS SAFETY, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, VEHICLES, MACHINERY ARE ALL CONTAINED IN THE, UM, UH, UH, CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH I WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, UH, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
BUT CERTAINLY WITHIN THE WEEK.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS IN PARTICULAR, WHAT THEY, WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM ARE.
BUT, UH, BUT WE'LL BE GETTING THAT TO YOU VERY SHORTLY.
UM, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET INCLUDES A LIBRARY OPERATIONS, UH, WHICH, WE'LL, WHICH, UM, WE, WE TRANSFER TO THE LIBRARY EVERY YEAR, UH, THE, UH, FUNDING THAT THEY NEED TO OPERATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UH, WITH REGARD TO REVENUES, WE HAVE INCREASES IN VARIOUS LINES, UH, INCLUDING SALES TAX, UH, SAFETY INSPECTION FEES, UM, MORTGAGE TAX, AND WE HAVE, UH, DECREASES IN A, IN A FEW DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS AS WELL.
UM, PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE WILL RELATE TO WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING TO, UH, IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT, UH, UM, STREET IF, UH, UN UNPAID STREET PARKING FOR A SHORTENED PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN THIS BUDGET IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BOARD BOARD'S, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THAT.
UM, OUR FUND BALANCE IS HEALTHY.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE AT, UH, 24%, WHICH IS VERY HEALTHY AND VERY HELPFUL TO US IN TERMS OF ANY BORROWING AND BONDING THAT WE DO.
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UH, AND ALSO WE USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO MATCH GRANTS AND OTHER, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING.UH, WITH REGARD TO APPROPRIATIONS, UM, WE ARE MAINTAINING STAFF LEVELS AT THEIR CURRENT LEVEL.
UH, ANY, ANY, ANY PLACE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A RETIREMENT OR A RESIGNATION, WE'LL BE REPLACING THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, THE BUDGET IS SEPARATED INTO A SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND I'VE KIND OF, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THOSE CATEGORIES THEMSELVES, AND THEN I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO, UH, PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR EDIFICATION.
AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF YOU AND, AND FOR YOUR REVIEW.
UM, GENERAL SERVICES INCLUDES, UH, MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, COURT, VILLAGE MANAGER, TREASURER, VILLAGE CLERK, LEGAL ENGINEER, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND SPECIAL ITEMS. UH, IN MOST OF THOSE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGES, UH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND, AND YOU GUYS JUST GET A SMALL STIPEND AS, AS THIS DOES THE MAYOR.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CHANGES IN THE VILLAGE MANAGER, TREASURER, VILLAGE CLERK, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, UH, WE HAVE SEEN SOME, UH, SOME, UM, CHANGES WITH REGARD TO INCREASES IN MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES IN THE BUILDING.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT, WE HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD, WE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS NOW THAT THE, THE, UM, WORK ON THE ROOF OR ON THE PARA PITTS IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE.
THEY'LL BE HOPEFULLY BY THE, BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, MOVING BACK ONTO THE PARA PITTS FROM THE SLEDS AND, UM, AND, AND THAT WORK WILL BE, WILL BE COMPLETED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME INTERIOR REPAIRS, REPAIRS, AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK IN MY OFFICE IF YOU'D LIKE, AND ALSO, UH, IN THE, UM, CONFERENCE ROOM AND THE JUDGE'S CHAMBERS TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE IN, IN THAT REGARD.
THAT'S, IT'S SEPARATE FROM, FROM THIS BUDGET, BUT IT'S, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, SIGNIFICANT AND, AND IMPORTANT.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE, UH, LOOKED TO INCREASE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A COUPLE OF AREAS.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, RELATIVELY NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THE BEST, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEL AT THEIR, AT THEIR JOBS.
AND THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO, UM, ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALSO.
WITH REGARD TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY'S BUDGET, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY TO OUR FIBER NETWORK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
I PULLED THAT OUT, UH, WITH AN, YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY DID THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND I DISCUSSED IT, AND WE BOTH AGREED THAT IT COULD GO INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT SITS NOW, UH, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH COVERS POLICE, FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET ALSO HAD A, AN ADJUSTMENT IN THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY BUDGET.
THEY'LL BE GETTING A TRAINING, TRAINING SIM SIMULATOR, UH, WHICH I'M RECOMMENDING GO INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
IT CAME, CAME OUT OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND WENT INTO THE, THE, UM, THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND WITH REGARD TO SPEED SIGNS, WHICH WAS ALSO IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THEY HAD ASKED FOR FIVE, WE DISCUSSED IT AND, UH, WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD GET THREE NEW ONES.
AND THE TWO THAT THEY, THEY HAVE NOW ARE STILL FUNCTIONAL.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE FIVE NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL ADD TWO NEW ONES TO, TO KEEP, KEEP THE TOTAL, UH, AT THE SAME PLACE.
UH, THEY ARE GETTING NEW RECORD KEEPING SOFTWARE, AND THAT'S STILL UNDER DISCUSSION AS TO EXACTLY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, PUT THAT IN, IN THE CLOUD AS OPPOSED TO ON SERVERS HERE IN THE VILLAGE HALL.
AND, UH, SO THAT IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S AGAIN, UM, A CAPITAL PROJECT.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALERT YOU TO THAT.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, CHANGED, YOU KNOW, PAY STATION, UH, REPAIR COSTS SLIGHTLY.
UM, AND THERE WERE A FEW OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC, IN THE POLICE BUDGET, WHICH, UH, ARE NOT, UM, OVERLY SIGNIFICANT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THEM VERY CLEARLY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN UTILITY COSTS, AND I WILL SAY YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET IN A LOT OF PLACES.
UM, MAINLY BECAUSE WE JUST WEREN'T, WE WERE EXCEEDING OUR BUDGETS IN, IN THAT AREA, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT THAT'S GONNA GO DOWN ANYTIME SOON.
SO WE, WE BUDGETED TO, TO REFLECT THAT.
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THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO HOOK AND LADDER IS GONNA BE GETTING, UH, A CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR ROOF REPAIRS.THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY HAS, UH, INCREASED, UH, SLIGHTLY FOR THAT UNDER FIRE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.
UM, THERE WAS A, A SLIGHT DECREASE, UH, THAT WAS INITIATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN CAPITAL OUTLAY.
UH, AND, UM, WE DECREASED GAS AND OIL, UH, TO REFLECT A FOUR, THE FOUR YEAR AVERAGE.
THE AUTO MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN INCREASED, UH, ALSO TO REFLECT THE FOUR YEAR AVERAGE.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WITH, UM, MEMBERSHIP AND RECRUITMENT, SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE CLOTHING LINE TO REFLECT THAT.
AND, UM, A FEW OTHER, UH, INCREASES AND DECREASES TO REFLECT ACTUALS.
UH, WITH REGARD TO RENTAL OF BUILDINGS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE ALSO DISCUSSED LAST YEAR.
THE CHIEFS RECOMMENDED A 2% INCREASE, UH, WHICH I INCLUDED.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THAT BE DONE ANNUALLY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD IS NOT, UH, EVER, NO BOARD IS EVER, UM, BOUND BY WHAT ANOTHER BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRIOR BOARD MIGHT, MIGHT DO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY, THEY'VE REQUESTED.
SO WE CAN, CAN KEEP THAT UNDER IN CONSIDERATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ALSO HAPPY TO, UH, SHARE THAT, UH, THIS YEAR IS THE HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE VILLAGE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HONOR THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SPECIAL, UH, ANNUAL INSPECTION.
AND SO I'VE INCREASED THE ALLOTMENT THERE TO, UH, TO REFLECT THAT SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN NOT HONOR THAT HONOR THAT, UH, THAT, UM, REALLY, UH, WONDERFUL MILESTONE, UH, UNDER FIRE PREVENTION.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, FILL THE, UH, POSITION THAT, UH, WAS RECENTLY, UM, VACATED WITH A RETIREMENT OF A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE WITH A POSITION THAT WILL BE BOTH PARKS AND REC AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, KIND OF GOING BACK TO, UH, WHAT IT HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN.
AND, UM, WE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF LOOKING TO RETAIN SOMEBODY FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT POSITION.
WE'VE, WE'RE, WE ARE, UM, WE'VE JUST ADVERTISED AND WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, UH, SOME, SOME RESUMES, UM, WITH A, WITH, WITH REGARD TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WITH A VERY, UH, STRONG COMPUTER SKILLSET BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF DATA INPUT AND, UH, OTHER TYPES OF, UM, UH, TRACKING THAT REQUIRES SOMEBODY WITH, WITH, UH, THAT KIND OF A SKILLSET.
UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY OUR, OUR EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT IT'S BETTER OFF TO HIRE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE BECAUSE WITH THE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, IF THEY, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME JOB AND, AND WE DON'T HOLD ONTO THEM AS LONG AS, AS WE MIGHT, UH, AS LONG AS WE WOULD LIKE TO.
UM, THE AMBULANCE SECTION HAS A FEW SMALL CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET.
WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC WORKS, UH, I HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, ADDED TO THEIR BUDGET, UH, THE PORTION OF THE OFFICE ASSISTANT WHO WORKS FOR THE FOR WORK, WHO WORKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT ACTUALLY IS HOUSED IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, JUST TO ACTUAL REFLECT WHERE THE ACTUAL EXPENSES ARE BEING, BEING USED.
UM, UH, THERE'S ALSO A, A, A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, REDUCTIONS TO REFLECT HISTORICAL, UH, CHA HISTORICAL CHARGES, AS WELL AS INCREASES TO REFLECT HISTORICAL CHARGE CHARGES.
UH, AN EXAMPLE OF OF AN INCREASE WOULD BE, UM, UH, AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE, UH, PAVING AND CURBING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, TO INCREASE THAT A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR.
AND WE ALSO WILL DO CURB PAVING, CURBING IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN AS WELL.
UH, UTILITIES AND HEAT HAS BEEN INCREASED.
UM, THE SNOW BUDGET, UH, IS ACTUALLY GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE, WE WERE REALLY HIT PRETTY, PRETTY HARD THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ALREADY $120,000 OVER BUDGET.
I'M SORRY TO REPORT, BUT, UH, OUR GUYS DID AN ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, STELLAR JOB IN REALLY TRYING TO KEEP OUR ROADS PASSABLE.
AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS, WHAT IS IT, 20,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SNOW YEAH.
WAS ACTUALLY LIFTED UP OFF THE STREETS IN A LOADER, PUT INTO A TRUCK AND MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK ON THAT AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, BUT, BUT OVER BUDGET.
BUT IF YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS BEFORE THIS, ONLY ONCE DID WE GO OVER BUDGET, AND IT WAS ONLY BY ABOUT $10,000, AND MOST OF THE OTHER TIMES WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER BUDGET.
SO I THINK IF WE, IF YOU TOOK ALL FIVE YEARS, ADDED
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UP THE BUDGETS AND DIVIDED BY FIVE, WE'D STILL BE, WE'D STILL BE OKAY, BUT WE'LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.UM, I'VE INCREASED UTILITY AND MAINTENANCE FOR STREETLIGHTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE OUR STREETLIGHTS ARE IN THE CYCLE WHERE MAYBE THEY WERE JUST, ALL THE BULBS WERE CHANGED LIKE 10 YEARS AGO, AND NOW THEY'RE ALL NEEDING TO BE CHANGED AGAIN.
SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF, A LOT OF THAT, UH, REFUSE REMOVAL ALSO INCREASED TO REFLECT ACTUALS.
UM, ST STREET CLEANING INCREASED BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER OUR, THE NEW MS FOUR REGULATIONS TO, UH, CLEAN THE STREETS, UM, MORE FREQUENTLY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO SHADE TREES, UH, I HAVE, UM, IN THE ARBORIST QUARRY PARK LINE, WE'VE REDUCED THAT, UH, SOMEWHAT.
AND THAT'S, UH, REFLECTION OF THE, THE ACTUAL COST THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THE, UM, THE MEADOW SPECIALIST AT QUARRY PARK, AND THE FACT THAT WE, THE TWO, TWO OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE, ONE FOR HILLSIDE WOODS AND ONE FOR THE, WHAT I'LL CALL THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF, UH, PARKS IN THE VILLAGE.
UM, BOTH HAVE AN ALLOTMENT FOR A, AN ARBORIST.
SO WE STILL HAVE FUNDING THERE IF WE NEED ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY, HAVE, HAVE ANOTHER NEED FOR, FOR AN ARBORIST THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO THOSE CATEGORIES, THERE'S STILL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE, WE, WE, WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING.
I ALSO INCREASE THE TREE SERVICE LINE, UM, JUST LIKE THE LIGHTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER TREES IN THE VILLAGE.
WE GET A LOT OF CALLS NOW FOR REMOVAL OF STREET TREES.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT EVEN PLANTED BY THE VILLAGE, BUT PROBABLY PLANTED BY, YOU KNOW, A GOOD SAMARITAN IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME.
BUT, UM, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCEEDING THAT BUDGET REGULARLY.
NOW FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, UH, VITAL STATISTICS IS JUST A PASS THROUGH.
IT'S REALLY NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, AFFECTS THE BUDGET IN ANY REAL WAY.
UM, WE'VE INCLUDED ALL THE USUAL EVENTS, PRIDE, UH, SUMMER CONCERTS, JAZZ, YOU KNOW, HA UH, HASTINGS DAY OR, OR I GUESS SPRING THING, HASTINGS DAY, WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA CALL IT THIS YEAR.
I GUESS WE, WE, WE HAVE TO, IT'S A COMBINATION.
THE HYBRID, UM, MEMORIAL DAY, HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER FEST.
AND WE DID INCLUDE THE FUNDING FOR REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS THAT THE BOARD, UH, UH, AGREED ON LAST, LAST WEEK FOR LAST MEETING.
UM, PARKS AND REC IS IN A TRANSITION PERIOD.
THEY'RE SEEING, UH, STAFF CHANGES.
UM, WE PLAN TO REPLACE LISA WITH A SENIOR REC LEADER AND, UM, THEN SUPPLEMENT THAT POSITION WITH, UH, EITHER A REC LEADER OR REC ASSISTANT POSITION.
WE'RE STILL, UH, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT, THAT SECOND PERSON, UM, I TOLD YOU ALREADY ABOUT THE, UH, FIRE PREVENTION AND, AND, AND REC ASSISTANT SHARED POSITION.
SO, UH, AND THEN THERE'S JUST A SERIES OF OTHER SMALL, UH, SMALL CHANGES, UM, YOU KNOW, SLIGHT DECREASES OR INCREASES IN, IN, IN CERTAIN LINES BASED ON, ON HISTORICAL EXPENDITURE UNDER COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, I, UH, I ALSO, UH, CHANGED THE SEASONAL EMPLOYEE LINE TO REFLECT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH HIRING, UH, RATHER THAN THIS, UM, PERSON THAT'S HIRED KIND OF AN ON A, A SEASONAL BASIS OR AT AN, ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING A, A FULL-TIME PERSON AND AFTER AFTERSCHOOL DAY CAMP AND ATHLETICS, UM, ARE ALL SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAMS HERE IN THE VILLAGE.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UM, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
YOU'RE SEEING YOUR BIGGEST INCREASES IN PENSION COSTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE POLICE RETIREMENT FUND AND, UH, HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY TYPICAL.
UH, NOT THANKFULLY, WE DON'T, WE NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY THE MTA TAX AND OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION COSTS HAVE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UH, LIBRARY ALSO DECLINED BECAUSE THEY, UM, ALSO THEIR DEBT SERVICE, UH, THEY'RE ALMOST PAID UP ON THEIR DEBT SERVICE LINE THAT THEY HAD.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT TO DIGEST, AND, UH, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, VISUALLY AS WELL, SO YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME AND, AND READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA REALLY JUST EXTEND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO WORK VERY HARD TO HELP, UH, HELP, HELP TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT, THAT, UH, HELPS US TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, KNOW TO, TO FORM THE BUDGET.
AND PARTICULARLY, UH, UH, CLERK TREASURER ANTHONY CONSTANTINE AND DEPUTY TREASURER TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, RAFAEL IAN, WHO HELPED ME, UM, VERY, THEY, THEY WORK VERY HARD ON THE BUDGET, UH, VERY DILIGENTLY AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE FINANCE STAFF.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT THAT WE,
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WE, WE MAKE TO PRODUCE THIS BUDGET.UM, WE'LL BE MEETING NEXT MONDAY TO TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER.
UH, I WOULD LIKE, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD LIKE A PARTICULAR, ANY PARTICULAR, UM, DEPARTMENT HEAD AT, AT THE BUDGET HEARING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK AND I WILL, UH, SEE THAT THEY'RE THERE.
AND I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY AGREED TO A LIST FOR THAT.
HADN'T WE? OH, DID YOU, DID WE SAY FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARKS, PARKS AND REC? WAS THAT IT? DPW? YEAH, MAYBE DPN AND DPW.
AND HONESTLY, BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING.
SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK? ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT? UH, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? UM, UM, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND BOND NOTES? UM, WHEN YOU BOND, YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING INTO A, UH, WHATEVER, 15 OR 20 YEAR PROGRAM TO PAY BACK INTEREST AND PRINCIPLE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM.
WHEN YOU GO INTO A BAN, IT'S A ONE YEAR BORROWING, AND YOU CAN ROLL THAT, YOU CAN DO THAT FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN ROLL IT INTO A BOND.
SO YOU KIND OF WAIT FOR THE BEST, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY, TRY TO LOOK FOR THE, A GOOD TIMING TO ROLL IT INTO THE, TO A, TO A BOND.
ANYBODY ELSE JUST REMIND EVERYONE, THIS IS A MONDAY, UH, THE MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF, UH, THE CELEBRATION FOR LISA O'REILLY NEXT TUESDAY.
ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
ONE IS, UM, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DISCUSSION LATER, JUST CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY YOU RECOMMEND FUNDING DEAR MANAGEMENT UNDER ASSIGNED CAPITAL AS OPPOSED TO OUT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET? UM, WELL, TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET AT THIS LATE DATE, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, OKAY.
WOULD BE THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED.
AND THAT, DOES THAT APPLY ALSO TO, TO THE TEAMSTERS ISSUE? UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FUNDS SET UP.
I'D LIKE TO TALK, I'D PREFER TO TALK ABOUT THAT, OF COURSE.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO BOARD DISCUSSION.
[IX. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
UH, I'LL JUST SAY, ANSWER ANOTHER PARTIAL ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.UH, I'VE HAD LOTS OF COMMENTS OF, UH, SUPPORT SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
AND THEN THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH RAN AN ARTICLE ON IT AS WELL THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF, AND IT WAS VERY NICE OF THEM.
UH, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW COMMENTS, UM, THAT ARE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO COME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD, UH, NAMELY, UH, FORMER MAYOR AND A FORMER TRUSTEE.
SO THEY'LL BE PRESENT AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE ANTICIPATING PETER KELLY COMING THIS EVENING.
UH, BUT, UH, MR. KELLY, UH, HAD TOLD US THAT HE DOESN'T NORMALLY PRESENT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
HE NORMALLY PRESENTS TO A FEW MEMBERS, UM, AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UH, YESTERDAY, MYSELF, UH, TRUSTEE MERTON, VILLAGE MANAGER, MURPHY AND HAVEN COLGATE MET WITH PETER KELLY, UH, VIA ZOOM, RIGHT? IT WAS ZOOM, UH, UM, IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING PROCESS THAT MR. KELLY GOES THROUGH.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS HE, HE DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT IN PUBLIC 'CAUSE UH, HE HAS LIKE SOME SECRETS, SOME TRADE SECRETS THAT HE USES TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S SUCCESSFUL IN HIS, UH, ANALYSIS.
AND THEN ALSO IN, IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DEER.
UM, HIS MAIN FOCUS IS FOREST REGENERATION.
HILLSIDE, WOODS AND OTHER AREAS OF THE VILLAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DECIMATED AND EVENTUALLY BECOME SOMETHING LIKE A OPEN MEADOW.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED ALL SETBACKS.
HIS SETBACKS, UH, THAT, THAT ARE ALLOWED BY NEW YORK STATE ARE 50 YARDS FROM ANY STRUCTURE.
THESE ARE HOMES, UH, IN THIS VILLAGE, I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE HOLMES AND THEN HILLSIDE SCHOOL.
UH, I BELIEVE HE WOULD BUILD HIS BUFFER FURTHER FROM HILLSIDE SCHOOL AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HE DID TALK ABOUT, HE, HE STAYS FAR AWAY FROM WALKING TRAILS AS WELL.
UM, ANALYSIS, HE'LL CONDUCT ANALYSIS OF MAPS.
PHYSICAL WALKING DATA WILL LABEL WALKING TRAILS VERSUS DEER TRAILS AND TRACK MOVEMENT DAY AT NIGHT.
UM, WE'LL HUNT IN AREAS NOT CLOSE TO WALKING TRAILS AND ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES, ENCOURAGES US NOT TO CLOSE THE WOODS, UH, BECAUSE DEER BECOMES SO USED TO HUMANS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD SENSE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT THEY NORMAL IN THE WOODS.
UM, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE RESEARCH WITH OUR, UH, TWO MUNICIPALITIES TO THE NORTH WHO NO LONGER EVEN NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT.
UM, ONE POSTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SEASON, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND THEN SINCE THEN, HAS NOT POSTED SINCE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC AND NO HARM TO THE PUBLIC.
I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY POST, UM, WE WILL PROBABLY POST SOMETHING AT, AT SOME OF THE MAJOR TRAIL HEADS ENTRANCES TO HILLSIDE WOODS, UH, BUT NOT DETAILING, UH,
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THEIR SCHEDULE AT ALL.UH, JUST SAYING THIS IS THE SEASON, IT'S OPEN AND THERE MAY BE HUNTING OCCURRING.
UM, THE MR. KELLY WILL PHYSICALLY WALK THE AREA.
HE'LL ALSO PUT UP TRAIL CAMERAS TO TRACK THE DEER MOVEMENT.
UH, WE CAN ALSO USE THERMAL DRONES THAT'LL FLY AT NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY TO REPORT WHERE, UH, DEER ARE HURTING.
UH, HE'LL ALSO BE, UH, REVIEWING IF WE GO WITH HIM.
WE'LL BE, UH, REVIEWING TOPOGRAPHIC, UH, MAPS OF THE AREA.
AND, UH, I MEAN HIS SUCCESS SO FAR, IT SEEMS IN IRVINGTON THEY'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME TYPE OF REGROWTH AND HE BELIEVES THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, WE WILL HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF REGENERATION.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE LOWER CHANCES OF, UH, DEER VERSUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
UH, AND THEN ALSO DEARBORN DISEASES IN A PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IS DOBBS FERRY AND IRVINGTON STATISTICS IRVINGTON IN 2024, UH, HE REMOVED 26 DEER IN TWENTY TWENTY FIVE, THIRTY ONE DEER.
AND THEN DOBBS FERRY, UH, IN 2025, UH, 19 DEER.
THE DISPOSITION OF THE DEER THEY ARE IS A PROGRAM, NEW YORK STATE VENISON DONATION COALITION THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH HUNTERS FOR, FOR THE HUNGRY.
AND THEY PAY ALL THE PROCESSING FEES.
SO MR. KELLY OR HIS PARTNER WOULD REMOVE THE DEER AND THEY'D BRING HIM TO A BUTCHER WHO'S IN KATONAH.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAW ONLINE.
I LOOKED, I LOOKED IT UP THE WEBSITE, UH, KATONAH SORS AND THEN THE BUTCHER BUTCHERS THE, UH, MEAT AND THEN DONATES IT TO THE WESTCHESTER FOOD BANK.
IF A DEER IS BELOW A CERTAIN WEIGHT, THEN THE BUTCHER HIMSELF TAKES IT TO MIGRANT WORKERS WHO WORK IN FARMS IN NORTHERN WESTCHESTER PUTNAM AND DUCHESS COUNTY AND GIVES IT TO THEM.
'CAUSE THE FOOD BANK WON'T ACCEPT IT AT THAT POINT.
UM, NEW YORK STATE ESTIMATES THAT ONE DEER WOULD PROVIDE UP TO 200 MEALS.
UH, WE ASSURED THAT WE, ONE OF HIS ASKS WAS THAT WE WOULD NOT CLOSE THE WOODS DURING THE TIME PERIOD, AND WE ASSURED HIM THAT WE WOULD NOT.
UH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY SEND OUT SOME TYPE OF NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO PLACE SIGNS AT THE COMMONLY USED ENTRANCES, AS I SAID.
AND THEN ALSO IN ADDITION, WE WOULD ALSO ASK PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY BORDER OUR WOODS, UH, FOR PERMISSION TO MAYBE COME CLOSER THAN 50 YARDS TO THEIR PROPERTIES.
BUT THAT WOULD BE, HAVE TO, UH, BE THROUGH AN AGREEMENT.
AND ALSO THERE'S OTHER PROPERTY OWNER OWNERS IN THE VILLAGE THAT MAY BORDER OTHER PIECES OF WOODS, UM, THAT MAY BENEFIT ALSO.
UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AREAS OTHER THAN HILLSIDE WOODS, BUT THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE A LOT OF ACREAGE AND WE MAY BENEFIT, UH, FROM THOSE PROPERTIES BEING HUNTED AS WELL.
UH, TRUSTEE MERTON, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING? TRYING TO JUST GO MY LEVEL? THAT WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY, THAT WAS PRETTY THOROUGH.
UM, I WAS, HONESTLY, I WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH, UH, CLEARLY ALL THE EXPERIENCE HE HAS AND, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY HAS THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING AND JUST HIS, UM, METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARING, UM, BEFORE HE EVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, STARTS TO, TO, TO DO THIS.
SO I, THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED.
HE, HE WENT OVER AN ANALYSIS OF, IT WAS T TOWN, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH, HE'S, HE'S THE MANAGER FOR T TOWN.
UM, AND HE HAD GONE OVER AT SOME POINT THEY HAD DONE AN OPEN, UH, HUNTING SEASON AND IT SEEMED LIKE, YOU KNOW, HIS ANALYSIS FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE VERSUS AN OPEN HUNTING SEASON, WHICH WAS 50 PEOPLE HUNTING, IT SEEMS THAT HIS, THAT HE AND HIS PARTNER ARE A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL IF IT'S JUST THE TWO OF THEM VERSUS 50 PEOPLE, UH, GOING OUT AND HUNTING THE AREA.
UM, AND HE GAVE US THE STATISTICS AND YOU, THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE DO, I'VE ONLY GOTTEN ACTUALLY ONE EMAIL, UH, THAT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DIS DISCUSS THIS AT FURTHER LENGTH WITH US.
SO TONIGHT I'M NOT EVEN ASKING FOR CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD.
I THINK IT, WE, YOU KNOW, OWE THE RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AND SPEAK TO US.
UH, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART FOR US THAT NIGHT TO COME UP WITH A CONSENSUS THAT NIGHT, UM, AFTER THEY PRESENT TO US.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT TO US IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WHERE WE NORMALLY RESERVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS THAT NIGHT.
BUT IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ANALYSIS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH BEFORE THE SEASON, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE FALL.
ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS? DID I MISS ANYTHING? YOU'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY DATA OR KNOWN IMPACT ON THE COYOTES AND THE COI WOLVES AROUND THEIR HUNTING, THEIR PATTERNS WITH THE DEER POPULATION DIMINISHING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
'CAUSE THEY MIGHT END UP BEING INTERESTED IN SOMETHING ELSE.
DID HE OR THE, OR ANY OF THE VILLAGES THAT HE'S WORKING IN MAKE THEIR DATA AVAILABLE? 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU QUOTED, MAYBE I MISHEARD YOU, BUT I THOUGHT YOU QUOTED NUMBERS OF OF DEER
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THAT HE REMOVED.BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, IRVINGTON DID VERY CAREFUL STATISTICAL SAMPLING AT THE BEGINNING.
SO THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE SIZE OF THE DEER POPULATION IN IRVINGTON BEFORE THEY STARTED AND THAT THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS NOW.
AND I THINK WE WILL NEED THAT DATA TO CONVINCE MM-HMM
SOME OF THE MORE SKEPTICAL PEOPLE.
HIS, I MEAN, I, I, THERE IS NO QUESTION.
I, I THINK OUR NUMBERS WILL BE LOWER THAN IRVINGTON'S.
UH, DOBBS FERRY STARTED OUT ALREADY LOWER THAN IRVINGTON DID, AND I THINK WE WOULD BE ON THE, IN THE SAME AREA AS DOBBS FERRY.
UM, I THINK I SHARED A POWERPOINT WITH EVERYONE THAT WE GOT FROM IRVINGTON THAT DID GO OVER SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS.
AND ONE OF HIS, ONE OF HIS GOALS, OR ONE OF WHAT HE SAID IS A, A GOOD THING FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IS TO HAVE 30 DEER PER SQUARE MILE.
UH, SO WE WOULD KNOW ONCE HE DOES HIS ANALYSIS, WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, DEER COUNT IS PER SQUARE MILE AND I KNOW THE NUMBER IS VERY HIGH IN IRVINGTON AND DOVES FERRY, SO I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
IF IT WASN'T IN THAT PRESENTATION, WE CAN GET THE NUMBER THINK I THINK IT WAS IN A POWERPOINT.
UM, I, I JUST DON'T HAVE IT ON THE TOP, OFF THE TOP OF THAT.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE A GOAL? I DON'T THINK WE COULD ACHIEVE 30, UH, BECAUSE OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
UH, AND WE'RE SOME DEALER JUST ARE.
UM, I, I'VE ACTUALLY TODAY SPOKE TO A, A RESIDENT ALONG BROADWAY WHO OWNED SEVERAL ACRES AND THEY BORDER ANOTHER, UH, RESIDENT WHO OWNED SEVERAL ACRES AND THEY SAID THERE'S AT LEAST 15 DEER THAT ROAM BETWEEN THEIR PROPERTY, THE OTHER ONE, AND THEN DOWN TO THE TRAIN TRACKS, UH, RIGHT AT THE RIGHT FROM YOU.
UH, AND THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HUNT, UH, BE JUST BECAUSE OF RADIUS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO CLEARLY STATE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ERADICATE THE DEER.
HE'S TRYING TO HAVE A HEALTHY, HEALTHY SIZED HERD.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS PART OF HIS PRESENTATION THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN HE, WHEN HE HELPS OUT A COMMUNITY, THAT THAT'S WHAT HE'S LIKE HELPING THEM ACHIEVE, TO BRING IT DOWN TO A HEALTHY NUMBER.
HE WAS NOT A HUNTER HIS WHOLE LIFE, HE SAID.
SO HE JUST KIND OF CAME INTO THIS.
UM, BUT IT WAS TO BRING IT DOWN TO A HEALTH HEALTHY NUMBER AND ALSO TO REGENERATE WOODS AND UH, AND GROWTH IN, IN OUR WOODED AREAS.
THAT WAS HIS REAL INTENT WHEN HE STARTED.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, SO MORE TO COME.
UH, WE, WE MOVE, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING TO, TO CONTINUE TO, UH, CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.
UH, MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? SORRY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UH, MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH, RIVERTOWN IS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET.
I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY I DID AT LAST MEETING, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THEM ALL.
UH, THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH.
RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH.
TRAINING CENTER OF WESTCHESTER'S.
PRODUCTION OF EMILE TEEN EDITION 7:00 PM 85 MAIN STREET.
DOWNTOWN EX EXTRAVAGA EXTRAVAGANZA, SORRY.
IT'S, IT'S PEAK, UH, ALLERGY SEASON 10:00 AM VFW PLAZA, VILLAGE HALL AND LIBRARY LAWNS.
IS THIS LISA O'REILLY'S LAST MAJOR EVENT? UH, NO, I, RUMOR HAS IT, SHE MAY COME BACK FOR THE EXTRAVAGANZA, RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S, THAT IS THIS, BUT IF IT MOVED, IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THAT'S THE ONE.
YEAH, WE'RE WATCHING THE WEATHER TO SEE IF WE'RE MOVING IT, BUT YES, IT WAS CANCELED RIGHT.
LAST YEAR OR A YEAR BEFORE SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST.
UH, AGAIN, THE PRODUCTION OF AMLI TEEN EDITION 7:00 PM 85 MAIN STREET IN IRVINGTON BY THE BTC SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11 TO 2:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SUNDAY, MARCH 26TH OR 22ND.
THIS IS RELATING TO THE AMERICA TWO 50 TALKING ABOUT THE REVOLUTION.
TODD BRAISED, AUTHOR OF GRAND FORGE OF 1778 IS PRESENTING IN THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY ORE ROOM AT 2:00 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND, BTCS WESTCHESTER, PRODUCTION OF AMILE TEEN EDITION 3:00 PM 85 MAIN STREET IN IRVINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH.
LISA O'REILLY'S RETIREMENT PARTY, 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET,
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, LUNCH AND LEARN AGING SMART.12:15 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER BY MARCH 19TH.
WOULD THAT BE WITH ANN RUSSA? YEAH.
FRIDAY, MARCH, HANG ON ANALOGY.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH, THE WINTER FARMER'S MARKET.
9:30 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH, THE MOBILE SHREDDER IS COMING.
10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE CHIMP POOL PARKING LOT.
WILL THE, WILL THE MOUND OF SNOW BE OUT OF THERE TO IT WON'T PICK ON, BUT THERE WILL BE ROOM.
THEY HAVE THEIR OPENING DAY PARADE THAT GOES TO ZINZER.
THAT'S, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO UNION TOWN.
AND THEN SEASON TWO, SEASON STARTS.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET OUR BLOW DRYERS OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH AT TILL GARAGE, 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT ANDRES ON HUDSON.
11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH.
THE VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION TALK AND TOUR WITH NEIL LAVY.
1:30 PM HERE IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
SENIOR THURSDAY, 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET.
IS THAT CORRECT? THREE SPRING STREET.
OH, NO, THAT IS, IT'S, I'M SORRY.
THAT SHOULD SAY RIVERTOWN THRIFT.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD, 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH.
11:00 AM TO, WE'LL GO WITH THE LAST, WHAT WAS THE LAST SATURDAY? 5:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET.
SUNDAY, 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THREE SPRINGS.
MOVING ON TO THE SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE NO SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST, IT'S THE TIME OF THE YEAR.
[XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH IS THE BOARD OF, UH, TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING, THE KRAN PARK SHORELINE RESILIENCY PROJECT MEETING 7:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH IS THE PLANNING BOARD.
7:00 PM ONE OF THESE WAS CHANGED, RIGHT? WHICH ONE WAS CHANGED? THE OR ROOM? IT'S IN THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LOBBY OR ROOM.
SO, LIBRARY, PUBLIC, UH, OR ROOM.
SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING, 3:15 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
7:00 PM HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY OR ROOM.
BOARD OF APPEALS 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
IS WEDNESDAY THE FIRST FRIDAY? RECYCLING PICKUP IS THURSDAY THE SECOND.
THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.
7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS? CAN WE PERSONNEL ADD? YEP.
FOR, UM, MARCH 31ST WILL BE THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE MEETING.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME? UH, IS IT 7:00 PM CORRECT.
7:00 PM IN PERSON OR BY ZOOM? IT'S IN PERSON.
AND WE, AND WE NEED TO LOCATE A NEW LOCATION.
WE NEED TO LOCATE IT ON A NEW LOCATION FOR THAT MEETING.
UM, IT'LL PROBABLY BE AT THE LIBRARY, BUT I WILL OKAY.
YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CALENDAR FOR EVEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT NIGHT EITHER.
I THINK, I THINK A, I THINK A, A LOCATION THAT WHERE IT CAN BE TAPED MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE GOOD.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF PERSONNEL AND NOT TO RETURN TO OUR REGULAR MEETING? SO MOVED.