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[9:17] call to order the Schenectady city
[9:19] council committee meeting for Monday
[9:21] March 20th 23 2023 we have the first
[9:25] committee is finance Mr metaveran thank
[9:28] you good evening everyone I would like
[9:29] to call the finance committee to order
[9:31] the first sizes 23 budget amendment for
[9:34] IPs positions
[9:44] okay
[9:52] what's everybody tonight
[10:02] okay so what I would like this uh
[10:05] propose
[10:06] uh currently we have three ladies in the
[10:10] office first staff
[10:12] very busy office
[10:14] and we asked them to do a lot and we're
[10:17] asking them more and more every week
[10:19] So currently we have
[10:21] one that it's a ips4
[10:25] one person is a principal account Clerk
[10:28] and the third is an informational
[10:30] statistical Clerk
[10:32] they all have different duties and
[10:34] they're all compensated at different
[10:36] levels
[10:38] what I found in the office the office
[10:41] works very well ladies and gentle office
[10:43] work sharing it all together and they
[10:46] share a lot of the same responsibilities
[10:48] even though that is now what her job
[10:51] titles are
[10:52] in the last month and a half maybe
[10:55] closer to two months we've applied for
[10:58] two grants we're going to be looking at
[11:00] a third print that is on one person
[11:02] that's the person that is the
[11:04] information and statistics Clerk
[11:09] she's responsible for a friend she's a
[11:11] new member to our team but when that
[11:14] happens
[11:15] especially now these two grants were
[11:17] came pretty close together and it was
[11:20] all hands on deck while she was doing
[11:22] that other people were doing some of her
[11:25] duties
[11:26] so the point is they're all sharing in
[11:28] the duties
[11:30] about a month ago we had two members at
[11:32] the same time had to take some medical
[11:34] leave there after two weeks so all
[11:38] the running of the office fell on one
[11:40] particular person and she was doing
[11:42] payroll and she was doing
[11:45] everything so it is very important that
[11:48] they're all trained at the same level so
[11:50] it's my proposal that they will all be
[11:53] at the same level brought to true that
[11:56] are not PS4 they'd be brought up to that
[11:58] level
[11:59] and it will have an impact of
[12:02] approximately six thousand dollars this
[12:05] budget
[12:06] but we have money in the budget to pay
[12:09] for that we're going to take the money
[12:11] that uh they're put aside for the
[12:14] assistant G which is not happening until
[12:17] at least until the exam has been
[12:20] corrected we don't expect that to happen
[12:22] till maybe June that year it is
[12:25] so we are saving money from that from
[12:29] that line so it won't have a financial
[12:31] impact
[12:33] and uh
[12:34] one other thing that's driving me to do
[12:37] this is our senior person in the office
[12:40] is going to be looking at retirement in
[12:43] the next two to three years so it
[12:45] becomes very important to make sure that
[12:48] people that we have are going to be
[12:50] ready to pick
[12:56] any questions concerns
[13:01] just say that it seems like this is an
[13:04] effort to make a pretty efficient
[13:06] Department even more efficient I
[13:07] appreciate your dedication yeah thank
[13:10] you
[13:12] sorry you're saying that makes sense
[13:13] yeah
[13:17] I try not to admit that any problems
[13:20] well done thank you thank you
[13:24] sir all right thank you thank you thank
[13:28] you thanks Chief the next item is a
[13:31] presentation of the 2023 2024 proposed
[13:34] heart annual Club actress
[13:39] foreign
[13:48] it's just going to reflect some of the
[13:50] things that I'm going to talk about here
[13:53] um so we put together we put in our PL
[13:56] late January we got proposals back for
[13:58] our annual
[14:00] um HUD funding which is the Community
[14:02] Development block grant the emergency
[14:04] Solutions Grant and the homes
[14:06] initiatives program so there's three
[14:08] different
[14:09] pots of money that we each year get
[14:13] requests for proposals for and put
[14:15] together a budget based on our goals and
[14:17] our five-year Consolidated plan
[14:20] um so the annual action plan outlines
[14:23] the proposed allocations for these
[14:24] activities and it's for the federal
[14:27] fiscal year of 2023 to 2024. so with
[14:30] that being said we don't have our final
[14:33] allocation yet from HUD it's always
[14:36] around the same it's based on a formula
[14:39] we have our deadline on May 15th to
[14:43] submit our plan to HUD so we want to
[14:45] make sure we do that although we don't
[14:47] know the final number so you might
[14:48] remember from last year things changed
[14:50] slightly we tried to round down this
[14:53] time just to make sure that hopefully
[14:55] make sure that there isn't a decrease
[14:56] like we had last year with the CBG
[14:58] funding
[15:00] um so the allocations and the use of the
[15:02] funds are based on the national object
[15:04] objectives it's to benefit while
[15:06] moderate income persons to Aid in the
[15:09] prevention or elimination of slugs or
[15:11] blight or to meet Community Development
[15:13] needs having a particular urgency so all
[15:15] of our funding has to meet those three
[15:17] categories and then we have three goals
[15:19] that are outlined in our Consolidated
[15:21] plan with the overall outcome of the
[15:24] city of Schenectady neighborhoods
[15:26] thriving vibrant communities where
[15:28] residents and businesses are afforded
[15:29] viable opportunities to improve their
[15:32] quality of life so the three main goals
[15:34] in our Consolidated plan which are
[15:37] probably maybe familiar with but just to
[15:39] highlight the expanding housing
[15:41] opportunities which is the first
[15:43] priority the expanding of Economic and
[15:45] Workforce Development priorities
[15:48] as the second and the third is the
[15:50] strengthening of local neighborhoods so
[15:52] all the projects that we've done relate
[15:54] to these three goals in meeting the
[15:56] outcomes that were identified in the
[15:58] Consolidated plan
[15:59] the anticipated available funding for
[16:02] this year for the Community Development
[16:03] block grant is around 2 million for the
[16:07] Emergency Solutions Grant 190 000 and
[16:10] for the home investment Partnerships is
[16:13] 1.15 million
[16:16] and with the home investment
[16:18] Partnerships that's in our Consortium so
[16:21] we work with the city of Troy in the
[16:23] town of colony and we we basically split
[16:26] that allocation between our three
[16:28] communities for the overall outcomes
[16:32] um so I I won't go through line by line
[16:35] um in what's in the the current proposed
[16:39] budget um we do have a 30-day public
[16:41] comment period that begins tomorrow and
[16:44] it'll run through April 21st we also
[16:46] have a schedule of public hearing for
[16:48] the general um city council meeting on
[16:50] Monday April 10th so there's
[16:53] um time to submit comments
[16:56] um on this plan and to have time to
[16:58] review it further let us know any
[16:59] questions if you have questions about
[17:01] certain projects um definitely let us
[17:04] know
[17:05] um we I'll even back up sorry for a
[17:08] second
[17:09] um I just wanted to outline that in the
[17:11] public service category
[17:13] um this is the area where we're always
[17:16] um we always struggle because we have a
[17:18] public service cap we can only use 15 of
[17:22] the annual allocation of cdbg funds for
[17:24] what are called public services and this
[17:27] is what we get most of our applications
[17:28] for
[17:30] um so it always becomes a struggle of of
[17:32] how to incorporate applications in the
[17:36] plan and still stay under that 15
[17:38] percent cap so you can see some of the
[17:41] projects outlined and includes some of
[17:43] the bigger ones are like the Boys and
[17:45] Girls Club of Schenectady who fund
[17:47] recreation in the parks in addition to
[17:50] the youth Coalition which is a
[17:54] collaborative of around 16 organizations
[17:57] 12 to 16 depending on who's
[18:00] participating but that they have kind of
[18:03] collaborated to put in one application
[18:06] that's more of a coordinated effort so
[18:08] we've seen success with that over the
[18:10] last couple of years and we have
[18:11] proposed to fund this again in addition
[18:13] to the other items that are outlined
[18:16] there
[18:18] um
[18:20] and this is just showing the the public
[18:23] service exemptions from organizations
[18:25] that are operating within our
[18:29] neighborhood revitalization strategy
[18:31] area
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[18:36] um
[18:37] and then this is the Public Works
[18:39] outlining that and then our
[18:42] Administration funds that go towards the
[18:45] operation and monitoring of all these
[18:47] programs
[18:49] um so as I mentioned we have a 30-day
[18:51] public comment period which starts
[18:52] tomorrow goes for a month you can submit
[18:55] written comments to the email outlined
[18:57] and then also the public hearing will be
[19:00] on April 10th um in room 209 at 7 pm
[19:06] and is there any immediate questions
[19:10] um I I could
[19:13] I will say there are a couple new
[19:15] programs that we have in the budget
[19:18] which I was going to just highlight
[19:20] quickly because we haven't funded them
[19:22] before one of them is from Wildwood it's
[19:26] an application from Wildwood they have a
[19:28] home for five individuals that have
[19:30] developmental disabilities and this this
[19:33] application is really to just do some
[19:35] Capital Improvements on their building
[19:37] so that they can
[19:40] um you know they can ensure that the The
[19:42] Residency is up to code and everything
[19:44] is taken care of
[19:46] um I think that was the main new one the
[19:49] other new application that we propose
[19:52] funding for is for the him the Hindu
[19:54] temple youth programming so this is
[19:57] related to the renovation that's
[19:58] happening for the guidance Community
[20:00] Center and they're requesting some cdbg
[20:02] funds to expand on programming at this
[20:06] Center which I think is currently under
[20:07] construction however they did indicate
[20:10] that they'd be able to use their
[20:11] existing facility which is the the
[20:14] temple I believe Dan correct to start
[20:18] some of this before their the Community
[20:20] Center opens
[20:22] um so those are the main highlights
[20:24] those were the main two that were that
[20:25] we organizations we had not found them
[20:27] before
[20:31] any questions comments
[20:35] so we'll need a motion so call for
[20:37] Republic hearing
[20:38] I'm gonna move it second solid paperwork
[20:41] all right thank you uh
[20:44] the next item is authorized
[20:47] authorization for the mayor to answer an
[20:49] agreement with a Schenectady inner city
[20:51] Ministry
[20:52] HBO
[20:55] yeah so this is in relation to
[20:58] um the next two requests on the first
[21:00] for second the second for Schenectady
[21:02] Foundation
[21:03] um this is after
[21:05] um discussion around the 950 000 that
[21:09] was allocated for arpa funding
[21:12] um for the overall food Council
[21:14] initiative
[21:15] um so this first resolution is
[21:19] um is basically relating to sitcom's
[21:21] request that was part of that overall
[21:23] strategy and um it's it's allocating 350
[21:28] 000 of the funding I'm too sick of to
[21:31] carry out the goals that they've
[21:32] identified in their application I
[21:35] believe they included a couple of
[21:37] updates
[21:38] um in the memo that they provided and
[21:42] um it is in collaboration with the food
[21:44] Council we have Bob Pro here from the
[21:46] Schenectady Foundation to discuss some
[21:49] of the goals and um Outlook of that of
[21:52] that initiative moving forward
[21:55] but yes this request is specific for the
[21:58] 350 of the Arca funding to Schenectady
[22:01] Anderson Industries
[22:03] any questions comments
[22:09] yes please please if you'd like to come
[22:12] up Amari and just say a couple words or
[22:14] if anybody has specific questions we
[22:16] have Reverend I I'm sorry I didn't even
[22:18] with your mask
[22:21] um
[22:25] thank you
[22:26] um
[22:27] just to highlight what I hope you read
[22:30] on the uh on the memo we have at the
[22:33] continued some of the work that we have
[22:35] with the proposed and the funding would
[22:37] go along with sustain it for three years
[22:40] as you know for many uh not for property
[22:41] organizations the the challenges funding
[22:44] to get the appropriate staff and the
[22:45] appropriate resources to get it going
[22:47] three years of funding which is what
[22:48] we're proposing we did 350 000 would get
[22:52] us a significant amount of time to get
[22:54] the product ongoing but also work on the
[22:56] long-term sustainability of the project
[22:58] what I also want to highlight
[23:01] um I see that some of you might have
[23:02] Black and Whites
[23:03] um copies of the of the proposal there
[23:06] have been several
[23:07] um and the updates to to the work and
[23:09] not only that we're already working in
[23:11] 14 locations the eights of the city
[23:13] neighborhoods which is an increase at
[23:15] the uh from six of this uh the real
[23:17] proposed neighborhoods into eight of
[23:19] these neighborhoods
[23:20] um the community composting program
[23:23] which was a significant part of the
[23:24] original plan we have partnered and we
[23:27] are currently working on the our first
[23:30] Avenue
[23:31] Farm which is owned at Dubai by the city
[23:34] in creating a smaller scale but
[23:37] sustainable and and
[23:39] um and a movable
[23:42] um composite of the project with the
[23:43] swollen water organization in the county
[23:46] already working on on that is far more
[23:49] in the sustainable it will get community
[23:53] um uh impact in in the kind of
[23:55] composable work that we want to work
[23:57] through so that's at the ongoing and we
[24:00] have been able to do that outside of
[24:02] this um of this product and of course
[24:04] again we have included Union Street in
[24:06] the sake in the communities that we are
[24:08] impacting so you know we thank you for
[24:11] the consideration of this work and look
[24:13] forward to the ongoing and the work that
[24:15] we're trying to do around food access
[24:17] and partnering with a city hall in this
[24:20] work
[24:21] thank you any questions
[24:27] I just want to comment that you know
[24:29] being familiar with the work that um
[24:31] organizations are doing and I'm really
[24:34] impressed with the ability that you guys
[24:36] have been able to scale I'm really kind
[24:38] of doing more with less so I think that
[24:40] you know anytime we have opportunity to
[24:41] support that very important work we
[24:43] should do so that's why
[24:47] and I will add that I think adding the
[24:50] two neighborhoods of Union Street and
[24:51] Stockade I appreciate that and I um you
[24:56] know the farm to school uh curriculum
[24:57] development project that the school
[24:59] district is doing
[25:00] um supporting that in this way I think
[25:02] is is very important and then also the
[25:05] fact that you're collaborating with the
[25:06] YW on the other on the other project as
[25:09] well I appreciate those those
[25:10] Partnerships
[25:13] go ahead please I had a quick question I
[25:16] apologize the phone I'm speaking out of
[25:19] turn the monies need to be allocated by
[25:20] 2024 and spent by 2026 will there be any
[25:23] issues with it being three years
[25:29] but yes yes the money will have to be
[25:32] spent by the end of 2026 in our contract
[25:34] will reflect that and when we work
[25:36] numbers to make sure that that happens
[25:38] absolutely
[25:40] in history
[25:42] any other comments seeing them we have a
[25:45] motion
[25:47] seconds exactly all in favor bye thank
[25:50] you thank you
[25:52] the next item is authorization for the
[25:54] mayor to enter an agreement with the
[25:55] Schenectady Foundation utilizing our
[25:57] first funding that's the end
[26:02] like this so this is in in connections
[26:06] to the last request this is
[26:08] um the 600 000 that is proposed to go to
[26:10] the Schenectady Foundation which would
[26:12] be in direct support of the food Council
[26:14] you may have gotten a memo I sent around
[26:17] earlier it was just confirming the
[26:19] amount from SUNY Schenectady and their
[26:21] needs for the food related items that
[26:24] would also be part of this and I would
[26:26] like to invite Baba to just talk a
[26:28] little bit about the next steps for the
[26:30] council and how the funding will do to
[26:33] us
[26:37] Schenectady Foundation I want to thank
[26:41] my colleague Murray who all worked at
[26:44] the Supreme and you know this is very
[26:47] collaborative community and that is one
[26:50] of the reasons why we think uh we can do
[26:53] work differently here than in
[26:57] communities and given that we're seeing
[27:01] this widespread issues particularly
[27:03] visible since covid of food insecurity
[27:09] we can respond in an emergency Manner
[27:12] and we have been
[27:14] we also believe that there's a way to
[27:16] kind of take it up a notch and be more
[27:19] thoughtful and thinking the long term as
[27:22] to how do we fix the system and that takes
[27:28] everyone sitting in the room together to
[27:30] discuss and when I say
[27:33] who that all is we've already started
[27:36] forming the council we've we've had two
[27:38] meetings it's still it's formative
[27:41] stages so it's not a full Council yet
[27:43] but we've been outlining uh the issues
[27:47] we're going to start on one is equity
[27:50] and access is at the top of the list for
[27:53] this year to take a look at the other
[27:55] one is just looking more broadly at the
[27:57] food system which involves Farmers
[27:59] Distributors providers retailers they
[28:02] are all part of the system too and then
[28:05] the third area we're looking at is in
[28:09] communication
[28:11] uh public information getting the public
[28:14] to understand and be more aware of what
[28:16] the real issues are why we have this
[28:19] these issues and engaging residents and
[28:22] telling stories
[28:23] and that's one of the most significant
[28:25] pieces of this we do believe and you
[28:27] don't buy into the idea of creating this
[28:30] food Council understanding that the
[28:33] solutions are usually with the people
[28:35] who are closest to the problem
[28:37] and so we will have residents at the
[28:40] table we will do one of the the first
[28:43] things we're doing is um organizing uh
[28:46] Outreach and focus groups sitting down
[28:48] with residents in neighborhood
[28:49] association meetings and listening to
[28:52] their stories about what are their what
[28:55] why do they think that their
[28:56] neighborhood has problems accessing
[28:59] healthy food so we are we've started
[29:02] this
[29:03] when we receive our funding uh if we're
[29:07] so blessed to then this just gives us an
[29:10] injection to be able to hire somebody on
[29:13] a part-time basis who's on this every
[29:15] day
[29:17] right who's on this issue so that it's
[29:19] not drifting from meeting to meeting to
[29:22] meeting and no we have to get on this
[29:24] and we have to put a priority I should
[29:27] also say that this uh since we put this
[29:29] together this plan has been augmented by
[29:32] uh Schenectady County Public Health
[29:34] Services uh and Cornell Cooperative
[29:36] Extension which are providing a um a
[29:40] graduate level fellow
[29:42] who will be with us nearly full time to
[29:46] do the research and pull the partners
[29:49] together so we we will have a whole team
[29:51] for the next several years working on
[29:55] food security trying to make every
[29:57] resident of the city food secure and we
[30:01] welcome the city's role in a place at
[30:05] the table in that process as well so
[30:06] that's just kind of an update on where
[30:08] we are now
[30:11] any questions comments
[30:14] things
[30:15] go ahead please
[30:17] um I appreciate that we're having this
[30:18] conversation because I think it would
[30:20] have been you know I I mean we talked
[30:22] about this a long time ago and um being
[30:24] able to have um our two speakers here
[30:27] and you uh to kind of um give us an
[30:30] overall picture of this I think is very
[30:32] helpful and
[30:34] um I know that I had a brief
[30:36] conversation with Mr Caro about it um
[30:38] back when we first started talking about
[30:40] the project
[30:42] um but I I'm glad that we're having it
[30:44] now
[30:45] um I wish we had had it back then
[30:48] um I think that
[30:50] um I I appreciate very much this
[30:52] long-term plan
[30:54] um I
[30:56] um
[30:57] I think that that chance for the council
[31:01] the food Council to be looking at the um
[31:05] systemic
[31:06] you know underlying causes of food
[31:08] insecurity is just so important because
[31:10] I think you know Ms detores and my
[31:14] experience just doing this one month uh
[31:17] food drive that we did we certainly
[31:19] gained a lot of knowledge
[31:22] um by being in touch with so many
[31:23] different food pantries
[31:25] um and those I think the group of people
[31:28] that came together as volunteers during
[31:30] that process really felt strongly that
[31:32] there is this opportunity to be able to
[31:36] and food insecurity in Schenectady and
[31:39] we would like to see that happen so
[31:41] um I'm you know really supportive of
[31:43] this project and
[31:46] um can't wait to see all the outcomes
[31:50] no I just want to well thank you for
[31:52] bringing forward I want to thank Mr Caro
[31:54] I appreciate the fact that you're
[31:55] bringing people that are impacted by
[31:57] this to the table because I think that I
[32:00] know for a fact that that's most
[32:01] important when we're doing the work that
[32:03] we're not just doing it from the
[32:04] top-down approach but people who are
[32:06] impacted can bring things and give ideas
[32:07] that we probably would have never
[32:09] thought of so appreciate the
[32:10] inclusiveness of that
[32:12] yeah and then just to highlight again
[32:14] since I think 450 000 of the requested
[32:17] 600 goes directly will go directly
[32:20] towards you know actually implementing
[32:23] the things that come out of the food
[32:25] Council so that's you know it's it's
[32:27] identifying the issues and then it's
[32:29] also having some resources to implement
[32:31] changes
[32:32] um directly so I just want to amplify
[32:35] the fact that you um are focusing again
[32:38] on equity and access I think that's so
[32:40] important
[32:41] um often people kind of just say that
[32:43] but don't do that so to have that
[32:45] embedded in a priority on what's really
[32:47] important so I want to just kind of
[32:48] highlight that and I hope other people
[32:50] that are watching and see this because
[32:51] that kind of leads into the next one
[32:53] we're talking about telling that story
[32:55] you know being witnessing what the city
[32:58] and the county did
[33:00] um during the pandemic you know kind of
[33:01] really removing some red tape but
[33:03] collaborating with people was probably
[33:05] some of the best work I've ever seen um
[33:08] coming out of our city in our County so
[33:10] I think now collecting that data almost
[33:14] can create uh you know kind of this is a
[33:16] best practice for other municipalities
[33:18] to see what we're doing here so I think
[33:20] that that's also really important so I
[33:22] just want to say I really appreciate the
[33:23] equity
[33:24] um lens that you're using and actually
[33:25] doing I'm just saying and recording that
[33:28] information so thank you for that thank
[33:30] you
[33:33] and just similarly with this contact who
[33:36] would just make sure that the contract
[33:37] end date is within time that's correct
[33:39] okay thank you I
[33:42] think it's important for the public to
[33:45] understand as well that the Schenectady
[33:46] Foundation is also putting in
[33:49] um a big chunk of money 1.5 million
[33:52] dollars into this initiative so it's not
[33:54] just that the city
[33:56] um is supporting this but there's um
[33:58] money from the foundation other
[34:00] foundations as well as other product
[34:02] donations that are going into this
[34:04] effort so I appreciate that as well um
[34:15] thank you
[34:18] the next item is authorization for the
[34:20] mayor to enter an agreement with a
[34:22] Schenectady Hindu temple and community
[34:24] service
[34:26] okay so this is really just a correction
[34:29] um we had a resolution that authorized
[34:31] the mayor to enter an agreement with
[34:32] this community guidance Community Center
[34:34] for fifty thousand dollars to convert 12
[34:37] 18 6th Avenue to a community center
[34:39] um it has been determined that the
[34:42] Guyanese Community Center is not yet a
[34:44] 501c3
[34:45] um so we can't enter an agreement um
[34:48] with with that specific entity under
[34:50] that title
[34:52] um however the building is currently
[34:54] owned by the Schenectady Hindu temple
[34:55] and community services and we are just
[34:59] um requesting the authorization for the
[35:01] mayor to enter an agreement with the
[35:03] Schenectady Hindu temple and community
[35:04] services for the fifty thousand dollars
[35:07] to implement the um the changes for the
[35:11] community center so it's just really a
[35:12] name we couldn't enter the agreement
[35:15] under that name we needed to use the
[35:18] name that had an active 501c3
[35:23] questions comments
[35:27] seeing none may have a motion um
[35:30] thank you
[35:35] the next item is the 2023 negative
[35:38] exploration Sweeper for Capital project
[35:40] Mr Ferrari thank you it's been a while
[35:43] yeah
[35:45] how was your vacation thank you by the
[35:49] president city council we're here
[35:51] tonight uh actually the next three
[35:53] resolutions in Aurora deal with uh
[35:55] bonding and banning of the funds of the
[35:58] capital projects uh the first one we
[36:00] want to talk about is the negative
[36:02] declaration because the city is the lead
[36:04] agency and you know we're about to
[36:07] borrow you know 12 12.6 million dollars
[36:10] and uh it's been determined with the
[36:13] issue of these bonds that there will not
[36:15] be as significant or adverse effect on
[36:18] the environment so this is a something
[36:21] that we'd like to have the city council
[36:23] signed as lead agencies I gave all the
[36:26] paperwork for you to read through it
[36:29] thank you
[36:31] is there anything missing
[36:41] and go to the next one because it
[36:44] actually deals with the 2023 uh capital
[36:48] projects which where you just did the
[36:50] negative uh Declaration on as you recall
[36:53] this is the city's connect I've already
[36:55] passed uh in the 2023 budget the capital
[36:58] uh capital projects uh and it was
[37:01] determined through that that we need to
[37:03] borrow
[37:04] 12.4 million dollars and change but as
[37:08] we go through a boring process there's a
[37:10] cost of issuance of 168 000 so total
[37:14] amount of that we need to be borrowing
[37:16] was a 12 million 639 841 dollars
[37:21] uh like you said this is has already
[37:24] been approved in the capital projects
[37:26] during the budget process we've been
[37:28] working with our fiscal advisors and and
[37:31] our bond Council and we're determining
[37:34] that the this band uh for the first year
[37:37] is going to be issued around 3.5 to 3.65
[37:40] uh we're trying to rush it before things
[37:43] get even worse but the banks we think
[37:46] we'll be able to handle this right now
[37:48] so that's that's what we're shooting for
[37:51] questions coming in may I have a motion
[37:54] I'm moving all in favor uh the third one is to uh what we're trying
[38:01] to do here is that as you recall the
[38:03] 2022 we borrowed the capital project
[38:06] money we use the bond anticipation
[38:09] though and what we want to do for 2023
[38:11] is to actually uh make this note make it
[38:14] a permanent financing for the next 21
[38:16] years
[38:17] again with our fiscal advisors and our
[38:19] bond councils we determined that we want
[38:23] to firmly uh borrow the amount which I
[38:27] think it was in the back of the of this
[38:29] legislation 6 million 985 778 uh we're anticipating between 3.75 and 4
[38:38] and that's that's why we're we're like a
[38:41] month ahead here trying to get it over
[38:43] but because of the banking situations
[38:53] thank you
[39:03] sort of like to call disorder the Public
[39:05] Safety Committee we have one item on the
[39:06] agenda tonight it's gonna be a call with
[39:08] hard of hearing for school bus stop arms
[39:11] safety camera local dog I'll be
[39:13] presented by a message uh good evening
[39:15] so um a few weeks ago we had the people
[39:18] come in and explain about the um our
[39:21] school bus camera and how much do it
[39:24] first of all it would create Revenue
[39:26] they already went to the school district
[39:28] to make sure the school district had
[39:29] buy-in on this particular
[39:31] project and the school district did have
[39:34] buy-in but in order for us to do it
[39:35] first of all there has to be a local law
[39:38] created in order to do the local law we
[39:40] have to have the public hearings do that
[39:42] so this right now is to um just to call
[39:45] for that public hearing
[39:59] all right close to order student
[40:01] development and planning we have eight
[40:03] items on the agenda the first is to
[40:06] authorize the issuance of performance
[40:08] number 675 to the boys Italian deli
[40:12] oh
[40:14] Mr Wong is we'll be right down a little
[40:16] bit oh okay
[40:30] all right well we're waiting for him we
[40:32] are going to skip to item number four
[40:35] uh which is um asking for a ceremony resolution to honor a vet most
[40:41] of us may remember Jim Wilson who passed
[40:44] away and this um the Saturday they are
[40:46] going to be actually honoring him so our
[40:49] resolution will come because the
[40:50] information came so late we will not get
[40:52] this in time but I did want to still do
[40:54] a resolution uh honoring him
[40:58] any questions last second all's in favor
[41:03] okay Mr Wallen
[41:04] I'll be waiting for you thank you
[41:07] besides not to waste time and pass
[41:09] something no I'm sorry I forgot my
[41:11] paperwork oh okay first one
[41:16] yes number one all right on the
[41:18] revocable permit um this is the joyous
[41:20] on vanbrinken they are reopening
[41:23] um it used to be the Joya now is the
[41:26] joyous and they need a new sign new
[41:29] insurance they have submitted it the
[41:31] sign is essentially the same sign other
[41:32] than the apostrophe on the same Mount so
[41:36] I don't see any issue
[41:52] coming year
[41:54] um Seasons hopefully going to open in
[41:56] April depending on what the weather does
[41:58] for going forward
[42:00] um this year we are getting a new Fleet
[42:03] of electric vehicles as we're getting a
[42:06] new Fleet we thought it was a good time
[42:08] to increase our fees for parts as we
[42:11] usually have a little bit of a strategy
[42:12] where we try not to do increases every
[42:14] year we try to be strategic with what we
[42:16] do so we held off doing any kind of
[42:18] increases because our fleet was at the
[42:20] end of his service life now this is a
[42:22] brand new Fleet Factory uh Road premium
[42:25] carts with the lithium they're going to
[42:26] have a new GPS system in them uh the
[42:29] charging cables are back and all that
[42:30] and it is you know cost the city the
[42:33] golf course really money to make those
[42:35] improvements so we're recommending a one
[42:37] dollar increase for nine and a two
[42:40] dollars increase for 18 holes and we're
[42:43] still within uh you know Regional
[42:45] competitiveness
[42:46] change uh is on the back
[42:49] um it was an error from last year for
[42:51] the assistant Pro it was the same rate
[42:53] as the pro we actually charge the city
[42:56] makes a little less off of that because
[42:58] the pro actually makes it a little less
[42:59] so that was a correction that Matt asked
[43:02] I made and he apologizes for not being
[43:04] here at a personal issue
[43:07] and so there's just really um
[43:10] there's gonna be a lot of changes no I
[43:12] decided I try to highlight and then this
[43:15] is also with the Rhythm so that these
[43:16] are the rates for next year so I try to
[43:18] make sure that every year we have a good
[43:20] track record of what the rates are for
[43:21] this year so it's really just amounts to
[43:23] um four changes that are being made so
[43:25] if Abraham had an option before uh look
[43:27] at it and see the motion for me it's
[43:30] like a follow us in favor all right
[43:31] thank you
[43:33] and item number three to authorize the
[43:35] mayor to insert into supplemental
[43:37] agreement number two in the New York
[43:38] State Department of Transportation for
[43:40] Broadway Mill and Phil 4th Street yep so
[43:43] the Broadway project uh is in a similar
[43:46] state to the PSAT project was the
[43:47] project around City Hall we are
[43:50] substantially complete with the projects
[43:52] but as you'll see the signals are not
[43:54] 100 complete there's some components
[43:56] that are not done this is caused by
[43:58] supply chain shortages the supply chain
[44:01] shortages have led to uh longer
[44:04] inspection costs walking time so we have
[44:06] that in here as well as there were some
[44:08] quantity differences where we actually
[44:10] put a little bit more Paving down we
[44:12] altered some drainage structures we did
[44:14] some CTE inspection and cleaning and we
[44:17] reached out to the dot uh I sent them a
[44:19] letter about this and they agreed to
[44:21] reimburse the city as part of the
[44:23] project cost for 95 80 Federal 50 state
[44:27] and to do that we have to have a
[44:30] supplemental agreement with them to
[44:31] change the amounts both for them and
[44:35] then we change them with Finance once we
[44:36] have the resolution so really no
[44:39] negative distance over two hundred
[44:41] thousand dollars of of Aid to go towards
[44:44] the project
[44:46] and the cities um
[44:48] City's portion is the city's portion I
[44:50] don't have that right for this right uh
[44:52] the city's portion of it would be it's five percent of 250 000 so roughly
[44:59] six yeah
[45:02] 60 000 over 20 yeah just to make sure
[45:06] 65 yeah 250.
[45:10] it's been at the uh 17500
[45:12] no excuse me no I take it back this
[45:15] times around 12.50
[45:17] 1250.
[45:20] yeah yeah so that's that's our share
[45:23] that's the five percent so we've been
[45:25] I've come to the you know we've done
[45:27] this quite a bit of a lot of projects
[45:28] just want to make sure yep any questions
[45:34] oh my apologies for being late
[45:37] um thank you Mr Waller
[45:39] item number five ceremony resolution for
[45:42] Saint adapters 120th anniversary Mr
[45:44] palomini saying adelbert is celebrating
[45:48] their 120th anniversary and having a big
[45:50] celebration so uh that'd be appropriate
[45:53] to recognition
[46:13] it was scheduled for March 11 they had
[46:16] to postpone it and it's now April the
[46:18] 4th after Schenectady Hindu temple
[46:20] summer Crossing resolution okay so first
[46:22] April 4th 1pm okay
[46:25] have any questions
[46:27] entertain a motion I'll move it second
[46:30] all is in favor
[46:33] item number seven created outdoor
[46:35] garbage collection bins Mr Pauline yes
[46:38] this is uh about the garbage cans to put
[46:41] around the city with creative outdoor
[46:44] again they will supply bins that have
[46:49] ads on them certain percentage that
[46:51] comes to the city anywhere from 10 to 15
[46:53] 000 in annual revenue you get a
[46:56] recycling bin as well as a garbage bin
[46:59] and um
[47:01] asking that the Merit be allowed we
[47:04] authorize this for the mayor to go into
[47:07] negotiations with creative outdoor
[47:11] questions comments
[47:17] we discussed this I think we were held
[47:20] up because they were asking me Salah
[47:22] made to meet with the uh the union
[47:25] representative to discuss some concerns
[47:27] they had about who's going to pick up
[47:28] the garbage and things like that
[47:30] May is not here so I'm not sure who has
[47:32] that information I have been meeting
[47:33] with held and those concerns
[47:36] Mr Colton's raising his hands
[47:39] um I can speak to that the mayor did
[47:42] meet with local 1037 I was president Mr
[47:45] Lafont was present members of the union
[47:47] and their business agent were present
[47:50] they didn't raise any significant
[47:53] concerns related to the pickup of
[47:55] garbage they recognize that they already
[47:57] pick up garbage from the city trash cans
[47:59] at certain corners and they realize
[48:01] that's within the scope of their work
[48:04] okay but they were concerned about this
[48:06] company picking up the garbage this
[48:08] company is not going to be picking up
[48:10] the garbage has always been proposed
[48:11] when that gentleman had come in to speak
[48:13] about it that question came up
[48:16] um and I think at the all indications
[48:18] and this would be part of the contract
[48:19] would be that city employees will be
[48:22] picking up the garbage
[48:24] thank you
[48:26] and certainly the city council and
[48:28] authorizing a resolution can create that
[48:30] limit on the authorization you know
[48:33] including terms like they do with other
[48:35] with the council bills of other things
[48:36] saying you know um with the condition
[48:39] that City employs in a collect the waste
[48:42] thank you Mr farmer yeah I just want to
[48:46] again discuss support for this program
[48:47] it sounds like a really good program I
[48:49] think that there's been a lot of efforts
[48:51] from our city government as well as our
[48:54] residents to reduce litter so I think
[48:56] this is a great way to do that
[48:58] um
[49:00] I guess the only thing that I'd like to
[49:01] share is I think that um you know is
[49:04] there a way to do this without replacing
[49:06] the garbage cans that we have right now
[49:09] I just think that that should we should
[49:10] just I believe we should go ahead and
[49:12] move forward and feel supportive I just
[49:13] think that we should replace the
[49:15] existing ones I think we should just add
[49:17] um uh these uh canisters here so
[49:20] therefore you know it's just a easier
[49:23] way and we're able to reduce litter I
[49:25] don't I don't know if we want to like
[49:27] roll back any of the work that's already
[49:28] been done I think that we should
[49:31] the progress
[49:33] [Music]
[49:44] so I think um that as long as the you
[49:48] know I I
[49:49] recognize that Mr Lafond and and his
[49:53] office I mean if there's garbage cans
[49:54] that need to be replaced because they're
[49:55] damaged or in bad shape but um basically
[49:58] if we're adding to the without having to
[50:01] spend any money on them I think it's a
[50:02] really smart idea and
[50:05] um certainly we hear over and over and over uh that this is a huge
[50:10] issue
[50:12] um so
[50:13] you know the more the more garbage cans
[50:15] the better because and especially since
[50:17] we're not having to outlay any resources
[50:25] so in addition to Abby what's out there
[50:27] by I do know in the north side
[50:30] um they had some new cans last year and
[50:31] so wherever they're going to leave those
[50:33] cans alone but there are a lot of cans
[50:35] in the city that do need replacing and
[50:37] this will be recycling alongside of uh
[50:40] trash so
[50:41] um it you know I always look for a
[50:43] recycle bin and I can't find anyone you
[50:46] know not too many in the city so this
[50:48] would just be a good good situation all
[50:50] right so I think just because
[50:52] um the problem about the trash cans
[50:54] because in the um in the LR it says
[50:56] replaced old trash cans
[50:58] um so just one yeah just to make sure
[51:01] that we um
[51:02] we are not replaced because people there
[51:05] was a project that went on and several
[51:06] neighborhoods said you know you need
[51:08] trash can so ideally as I understand
[51:10] this they will be in high visible areas
[51:12] any anyway so the other trash cans are
[51:15] there can maybe move further into the
[51:17] neighborhood
[51:18] um I would also recommend that we
[51:21] contact be in contact with the the
[51:23] groups that already did the trash cans
[51:25] that are currently there as we do this
[51:26] and maybe whenever we have to reposition
[51:28] some of those older trash cans and Bob
[51:30] Carroll could probably tell us who to
[51:32] get in touch with because they um the
[51:34] finicky Foundation was the ones that
[51:36] actually funded all of those projects so
[51:38] they would know who the contact people
[51:40] are but just and a lot of those trash
[51:42] cans are in really great shape and we
[51:43] paid a lot of money they the Schenectady
[51:45] Foundation paid a lot of money for that
[51:46] so keeping with keeping those and not
[51:49] getting rid of them I think it's hugely
[51:50] important here
[51:52] I did um had an opportunity or review
[51:55] the um the presentation once again so
[51:58] just want to clear the recycling is that
[52:00] only going to be a municipal property
[52:02] that's what the presentation said right
[52:04] so
[52:07] they're all it's one unit it's just one
[52:09] big yeah and we can choose all recycling
[52:12] or or trash to recycling
[52:15] thank you in a beach
[52:19] and I think I know in the last minute
[52:21] you said that they um in terms of
[52:22] placement they would contact they would
[52:24] be in touch with the city council in
[52:26] terms of where the public the mayor and
[52:28] then the city council can certainly have
[52:30] their input as well and again I would
[52:32] recommend that we have inputs in the
[52:34] neighborhood groups that already you
[52:36] know are invested in this process and
[52:38] have been invested in this process so we
[52:39] don't exclude and move things around
[52:41] without the people in the neighborhood
[52:43] so I think that's important as well I
[52:45] think that we really it I I think it's
[52:48] not necessarily high visibility areas I
[52:50] think it's traffic areas and high areas
[52:53] where there's I think we've identified
[52:55] and can identify areas where there is a
[52:58] lot of litter
[52:59] um I I think that these are going to
[53:01] probably mostly end up on those
[53:03] corridors where we have
[53:06] um business activity like State Street
[53:08] and Eastern and of Broadway and Frank
[53:11] van Rankin I mean I think those are
[53:14] probably going to be the areas where um
[53:16] we'd be looking because of the
[53:17] advertising component
[53:19] um I would think yes if I was trying to
[53:22] get the advertisers I would probably
[53:24] look to the businesses that are going to
[53:26] be surrounding the areas where these
[53:29] garbage cans might be placed so
[53:32] um yeah so I think
[53:35] there's certainly I think that again um
[53:37] the email that we got from the resident
[53:39] that outlined those very
[53:41] um heavily littered areas is going to be
[53:44] a really and of course our office of
[53:46] General Services is going to know
[53:47] immediately
[53:49] um where that volume of litter and trash
[53:53] is
[53:54] so I I think they did say high
[53:56] visibility as well they really want
[53:57] because people want their business is
[53:59] seen so which makes sense so um you know
[54:02] we have the issue regarding the
[54:06] um whether there was concern from the
[54:07] Union Address and making sure that the
[54:09] neighborhoods have their um you know
[54:11] have an input into you know where the
[54:13] other candle that we don't throw the old
[54:14] cans I you know those are the concerns
[54:16] that we want to make sure that we
[54:18] address as we move forward with this
[54:20] is there anything else that I
[54:22] didn't I'll move in a second all those
[54:25] in favor
[54:26] um okay
[54:30] uh the next item will be an executive
[54:32] session so I'd ask for a motion to reset
[54:37] all this in favor
[54:52] what's up
[54:54] government operations we have three
[54:57] arguments on the agenda the first is
[54:58] that because
[55:04] I recommend that these three items in
[55:07] undergovernment operations uh go into
[55:09] executive session uh pursuant to section
[55:13] 105.1 e of public officers laws that
[55:15] relates to Collective negotiations
[55:42] um we have one item on the claims agenda
[55:45] um and that item also would be something
[55:47] that we'd need to go into executive
[55:48] session for
[55:50] um so I'll look for a motion uh to go
[55:52] into well I guess do I recess my
[55:55] committee to or just going to Executive
[55:56] sessions go into executive session first
[55:58] and then research yeah
[56:01] the small openness and executive session
[56:04] and then we can go back to the other day
[56:05] okay all right great so
[56:09] all in favor
[56:12] okay so now we're in executive session
[56:15] oh one member of the public