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[9:41] I'd like to call the city Caucus meeting
[9:43] to order for Monday March 27 2023
[9:48] we have 21 items for original
[9:50] consideration if the clerk would please
[9:52] read item number one for original
[9:55] consideration a resolution adopting a
[9:58] negative declaration pursuant to the
[10:00] State Environmental Quality review act
[10:02] discussed in committee with objection on
[10:04] consent item number two item number two
[10:07] for original consideration and ordinance
[10:09] dated March 27 2023 authorizing the
[10:13] issuance of a not to exceed
[10:15] 12 639
[10:18] I'm sorry 12 million 600 639 842
[10:23] aggregate principal amount of Serial
[10:26] bonds of the city of Schenectady New
[10:28] York pursuant to the local Finance law
[10:30] to finance a portion of the 2020 2023
[10:33] Capital plan
[10:34] discussed in committee without check
[10:36] without objection on consent item number
[10:38] three for original
[10:41] consideration and ordinance approving
[10:43] the permanent financing of current Bond
[10:45] anticipation note for 2022. discussed in
[10:49] committee without objection on consent
[10:50] item number four item number four for
[10:53] original consideration a resolution
[10:55] calling for a public hearing on the
[10:58] 2023-2024 proposed Hood annual action
[11:01] plan discussed and committed with
[11:03] objection on consent item number five for original
[11:07] consideration a resolution calling for a
[11:10] public hearing amending the Schenectady
[11:12] city code to add Provisions relating to
[11:14] the use of school bus stop arm cameras
[11:17] discussed in committee without objection
[11:19] on consent item number six item number
[11:21] six for original consideration a
[11:23] resolution authorizing a memorandum of
[11:25] agreement between the city of
[11:27] Schenectady and the Schenectady City
[11:29] local 1037 afscme
[11:32] afl.cio Council 66 relating to Hazard
[11:36] pay stipend discussed and committed
[11:38] without objection on consent item number
[11:39] seven item number seven under original
[11:42] consideration a resolution authorizing a
[11:45] memorandum of agreement between the city
[11:46] of Schenectady and the Schenectady City
[11:49] local 1037 afscme afl.cio Council 66
[11:54] relating to vaccination pay stipend
[11:57] discussed and committed with objection
[11:59] on consent item number eight item number
[12:02] eight for original consideration a
[12:05] resolution authorizing a budget
[12:06] reappropriation within the 2023 general
[12:09] fund budget discussed in committee with
[12:11] objection on consent item number nine for original
[12:15] consideration a resolution authorizing
[12:18] an agreement between the city of
[12:19] Schenectady and the Schenectady police
[12:21] benevolence Association
[12:24] discussed in committee with objection on
[12:26] consent item number 10. item number 10
[12:29] for original consideration a resolution
[12:32] authorizing the mayor or his designee to
[12:34] enter into an agreement with the
[12:35] Schenectady inner city Ministries or
[12:38] Sikkim for the healthy and Equitable
[12:40] food access Council program discussed in
[12:42] committee with objection on consent item
[12:44] number 11. item number 11 under original
[12:46] consideration a resolution authorizing
[12:49] the mayor or his designee to enter into
[12:51] an agreement with the Schenectady
[12:53] foundation for the healthy and Equitable
[12:55] food access Council program discussed
[12:57] and committee without objection on
[12:59] consent item number 12. item number 12
[13:02] for original consideration a resolution
[13:04] amending resolution
[13:06] 2023-25 to modify the grantee of cdbg
[13:10] funds from the Guyanese Community Center
[13:12] to the Schenectady Hindu temple and
[13:14] community services for the proposed
[13:17] project of the guidance Community Center
[13:20] discussed in committee with an objection
[13:21] on consents item number 13. item number
[13:24] 13 for original consideration a
[13:27] resolution improving the increase of
[13:28] Schenectady Municipal Golf Course rates
[13:31] discussing committee with objection on
[13:33] consent item number 14.
[13:35] for original
[13:37] consideration a resolution authorizing
[13:39] the mayor or his designee to enter into
[13:41] an agreement with creative Outdoor
[13:43] Advertising of America Incorporated for
[13:46] the installation of outdoor garbage and
[13:48] recycling collection units
[13:50] discussing committee with our objection
[13:52] on consent
[13:54] item number 15. item number 15 for
[13:57] original consideration a resolution
[13:59] authorizing the sale of 820 Strong
[14:01] Street for forty one thousand dollars
[14:03] discussed in committee without objection
[14:05] on consent item number 16. item number
[14:07] 16 for original consideration a
[14:10] resolution authorizing settlement of a
[14:12] claim by Shanita fonder discussed in
[14:15] committee without objection on consents
[14:16] item number 17 item number 17 for
[14:19] original consideration a resolution
[14:21] authorizing the issuance of revocable
[14:23] permit number 674 to La glorious Italian
[14:26] deli for a sign that encroaches the
[14:29] city's right-of-way at 2003 van draken
[14:31] Avenue discussed in committed with
[14:33] objection on consents item number 18.
[14:36] for original
[14:37] consideration a resolution authorized in
[14:39] the mayor or his designee to enter into
[14:41] a supplemental agreement number two with
[14:44] nysdot for the implementation and
[14:47] funding of in the first
[14:49] and and staying 100 of the federal aid
[14:52] and State
[14:54] Marshal Sally program Aid eligible cost
[14:58] of a Transportation federal aid project
[15:00] and appropriating funds for the Broadway
[15:02] Mill and Fourth Street to Weaver Street
[15:04] city of Schenectady pin
[15:08] 1760.42 it's discussed in committee and
[15:10] whether without objection on consent
[15:12] item number 19.
[15:14] for original
[15:15] consideration a resolution uh
[15:17] recognizing holy slash pagua 2023
[15:20] discussed in committee with objection on
[15:22] consent and this will be presented at a
[15:24] ceremony on April 1st
[15:26] item number 20. item number 20 for
[15:29] original consideration a resolution
[15:31] recognizing State adelbert's 120th
[15:34] anniversary discussed and committee
[15:36] without objection on consent and this
[15:37] will be presented on April 10th item
[15:40] number 21 item number 21 for original
[15:42] consideration a resolution honoring
[15:44] James a Wilson discussed in committee
[15:47] with objection on consent and this
[15:49] resolution will be presented to the
[15:50] family
[15:52] if there's nothing more to come before
[15:53] the city council caucus I ask for a
[15:55] motion to adjourn
[15:57] moved by Mr Williams second by Mr
[15:59] mctivaran all in favor
[16:01] aye we are adjourned I'd like to call
[16:03] the city council meeting to order for
[16:04] Monday March 27 2023.
[16:08] and I'd like to call on Reverend Brad
[16:10] I'm sorry
[16:13] Reverend Brad to do the um prayer
[16:19] let us pray
[16:22] Lord God I I pray for the city of
[16:24] Schenectady
[16:26] I pray that as this has been known in
[16:29] the past is
[16:30] the city of of light I pray that your
[16:34] light would shine upon this city and
[16:36] scatter the darkness Lord and expose all
[16:40] Deeds of the darkness that would bring
[16:42] harm to people or homes or businesses
[16:46] I pray Lord for the city council and
[16:49] those who meet tonight that you would
[16:50] give them wisdom and discernment to do
[16:52] what is right and best for every citizen
[16:54] of the city
[16:56] Lord bless this city
[16:58] with your presence and with your
[17:01] protection
[17:02] and with your love we ask this in Jesus
[17:05] name amen amen council member datural to
[17:08] please lead us in the pledge
[17:13] the United States
[17:15] to The Republic
[17:19] under God indivisible with liberty and
[17:22] justice for all thank you
[17:29] if the clerk could please complete the
[17:31] Roll Call
[17:36] Mr Toro
[17:38] Mr Farley
[17:40] Mr Williams
[17:42] Miss Patrick
[17:43] Mr Pullman
[17:45] Miss Porterfield here
[17:49] if the deputy clerk could please read
[17:50] any communication excuse me
[17:53] I'd ask for approval of the minutes of
[17:55] March 13 2023 move by Miss Patrick
[17:59] second by Mr Farley all in favor
[18:02] aye
[18:03] if the clerk Deputy clerk could please
[18:04] read the communications and petitions
[18:09] Communications presented to the city
[18:11] council for Monday March 27 2023
[18:15] under official from the mayor a list of
[18:17] appointments dated March 27 2023
[18:20] under General from Robert S Albee of
[18:23] Schenectady veterans of World War II
[18:26] Incorporated a thank you letter for
[18:28] support and funds donated for continued
[18:30] maintenance of the home for Schenectady
[18:32] veterans of World War II Incorporated
[18:35] from Leonard F Porcaro of Broderick
[18:39] Fuller Nicola American Legion Post 1005
[18:43] a thank you letter
[18:45] for phones for funds donated
[18:48] from David Jack alone a email addressing
[18:51] concerns of the on the legislation for
[18:53] the creative Outdoor Advertising litter
[18:55] bins
[18:56] under petitions there are none thank you
[18:59] call on city council members for any
[19:01] committee reports
[19:06] this time we'll have privilege of the
[19:07] floor related to the legislative agenda
[19:09] I have one person signed up to speak
[19:12] Leah
[19:21] good evening my name is Lee ignazik I
[19:23] come to you from Schenectady Community
[19:25] Ministries as the Farm's manager thank
[19:27] you for the resolution oh by the way I'm
[19:30] speaking about item 10.
[19:33] Schenectady Community Ministries is
[19:35] looking forward to this three-year
[19:36] engagement with the city and other
[19:37] organizations throughout the community
[19:39] to address food security
[19:41] these projects come from what we have
[19:43] learned through the covid-19 pandemic
[19:45] response and aim to make food access
[19:47] closer to areas in need and more
[19:49] reliable this looks like sustaining the
[19:52] mobile meals at the pantries and also
[19:55] depend deepening the community-based
[19:58] model of urban farming these projects
[20:00] will impact eight City neighborhoods and
[20:03] will encourage continual collaboration
[20:04] for food access and overall well-being
[20:06] of hundreds of families in Schenectady
[20:08] thank you for giving me the time to be
[20:10] heard
[20:11] thank you
[20:14] I have no one else signed up to speak so
[20:16] I declare the public comment of the
[20:18] legislative agenda closed
[20:20] at this time I asked for approval of the
[20:22] legislative consent agenda
[20:24] well by Mr motiviran second by Miss
[20:26] Patrick all in favor
[20:29] aye
[20:30] this time we'll have privilege of the
[20:31] floor regarding General City business I
[20:34] have one person signed up to speak
[20:39] Leonard dimassi thank you you're welcome
[20:42] um I'm going to be talking about two
[20:44] Road situations the first one is Union
[20:47] Avenue
[20:48] from Wonderland Avenue right down to
[20:50] Lenox Road the curbing is no longer
[20:54] functional and since it from Lindell
[20:57] Avenue down to Lenox Road it's downhill
[21:00] when it rains
[21:03] dirt next to the road has been eroded
[21:06] which stabilizes the curbing the road
[21:10] and now the road is destabilized
[21:13] breaking away
[21:15] and one section
[21:18] um right at the Park Place intersection
[21:20] the north side
[21:22] there's actually a hole in the road
[21:26] it would be the hole then the Curbing
[21:30] and there's actually I think electrical
[21:32] box there and it's about four to five
[21:36] inches deep
[21:38] so I asked the council to approve
[21:41] funding
[21:42] so the road doesn't
[21:43] cause a accident
[21:46] that curbing will be put in there from
[21:49] one Del Avenue down to Lenox Road
[21:52] I mean from Wendell Avenue down to
[21:54] Minick Road and Union Avenue
[21:57] also
[21:59] um
[22:00] on that street
[22:03] um they did the intersection which is
[22:05] very nice
[22:07] by Ellis Hospital but it should be
[22:10] extended up
[22:11] there's sections where you have concrete
[22:14] curbing that's all busted away
[22:16] and you're only going to end up with the
[22:18] same situation that you end up on Union
[22:20] Avenue
[22:22] and also you also could look as a safety
[22:25] Factor because you have school kids
[22:27] going to a night of school you should
[22:30] have at least
[22:31] something
[22:33] a little safety there
[22:35] and you don't have to replace it all
[22:38] there's certain sections that already
[22:40] have
[22:42] Granite curving just the sections that
[22:45] are the busted up concrete you don't
[22:46] have to rip up everything
[22:48] and then afterwards just pave it all the
[22:51] way up to the
[22:53] School
[22:55] that's all I have to say it's quiet
[22:57] night today I don't want to get you all
[23:01] talk too much
[23:03] well everybody have a good night and
[23:05] enjoy the quiet night tonight all right
[23:08] thank you very much thank you
[23:12] miscellaneous business of the council
[23:23] Mr Farley
[23:33] not really
[23:38] My Big Mouth problems
[23:43] okay there we go
[23:46] thank you
[23:49] so first I just want to say uh Madam
[23:52] president and um my fellow members Mr
[23:55] Mayor fellow members of city council is
[23:57] difficult today to sit through the
[23:59] meeting even though I know that you know
[24:00] it's a quiet meeting
[24:01] um it was kind of difficult because I
[24:03] did it uh fill my mind wandering
[24:06] thinking about
[24:07] um the people of Nashville
[24:11] um in the lives that were lost today
[24:14] um in another uh school shooting
[24:18] um it was hours after that that um we
[24:21] got a call that there was a possible
[24:24] active shooter thank God it wasn't the
[24:27] situation and Albany mad with um some of
[24:30] my friends and family happened to be in
[24:32] the building at that time so really just
[24:34] drove it home
[24:35] um and I would just say that I'm sure
[24:37] that my fellow council members joined me
[24:39] in extending our thoughts and prayers to
[24:42] the families impacted
[24:44] um but I would definitely just say that
[24:46] if our thoughts and prayers are all that
[24:48] we can offer at this point it's really
[24:50] not enough
[24:52] I think that this requires some level of
[24:55] action here in our own Community I don't
[24:58] think that we can just offer thoughts
[25:01] and prayers in a way that will allow us
[25:04] to kind of
[25:06] experience
[25:09] that pain with the families and separate
[25:13] ourselves from the solutions that need
[25:15] to happen I would just really think that
[25:17] this is an opportunity for us
[25:19] to really look at our own
[25:22] um
[25:23] mental health of our community I think
[25:27] that you know I would
[25:29] suggesting that we put together a town
[25:32] hall event where we can hear from people
[25:37] um who are impacted with mental health
[25:39] issues and mental hygiene issues and
[25:42] load up a room with you know service
[25:44] providers and we can talk about the gaps
[25:47] to kind of fill in those gaps or where
[25:49] gaps of service and accessibility to
[25:51] Services exists again this is something
[25:55] that I don't think should be political
[25:58] but today everything's political I think
[26:01] that sensible gun laws are part of the
[26:03] issue but that's not even what I'm
[26:05] talking about now what I'm saying now is
[26:07] something that hopefully everyone and I
[26:10] mean everyone can join in and support to
[26:12] really take a a inventory of what
[26:16] services are available and really get a
[26:19] feel of what's happening in our own
[26:21] Community because though we haven't had
[26:23] a tragedy like that happen here we have
[26:26] experienced some very recent tragedies
[26:28] and um we need to really make sure that
[26:31] we are creating the conditions where
[26:33] those things are less likely to occur I
[26:35] feel like that is our one of our
[26:37] strongest obligations and and this is
[26:39] just another compelling reason as a city
[26:42] that we get involved I know that there's
[26:44] things
[26:45] um available in a private sector and
[26:48] even our County but I think that we
[26:49] really need to host something where we
[26:52] can be welcoming partners and really
[26:55] come up with some of the solutions to
[26:56] make our community safer in that way so
[26:58] I just want to put that out there this
[27:01] is not a call to action this is a screen
[27:03] to action I think we can um imagine what
[27:06] those families and those communities
[27:09] that were most impacted are going
[27:10] through because we all should be
[27:12] impacted by what happened today thank
[27:14] you Miss Patrick
[27:17] thank you
[27:21] I just wanted to mention Saturday the
[27:23] Schenectady firefighters Cancer
[27:25] Foundation held a 5K race and council
[27:30] member datura myself the mayor were
[27:32] there cheering on the participants and
[27:36] just wanted to congratulate them on a
[27:38] great turnout
[27:40] um for the for the event and I thank
[27:43] them for the work that they do on that
[27:46] cause that's all I have today
[27:53] okay mayor
[27:58] Madam president I'll yield my time so
[28:01] that you may set the record here for the
[28:02] shortest meeting
[28:04] I'm not sure if we're going to make that
[28:06] record
[28:07] um so thank everyone for coming out
[28:08] again to say thank you and so also to
[28:10] voice your concerns and Mr Farley
[28:13] understand what you're talking about and
[28:14] my condolences to to the community
[28:18] um Nashville I remember here in the city
[28:21] where we had a suicide contagion so
[28:23] where the community came together
[28:25] because of that tragedy that was going
[28:28] on in our community and I have to agree
[28:31] that for us to be proactive rather than
[28:33] reactive so I think we should look into
[28:36] what we can do with all the
[28:39] organizations that already provide
[28:41] services and those that have those
[28:43] concerns so um thank you for bringing
[28:45] that forward
[28:46] I am we passed the resolution tonight
[28:48] for uh Mr Jim Wilson James Wilson who
[28:51] was a veteran who passed away it was
[28:53] honor the uh he had there was an honor
[28:55] of veteran service on Saturday that
[28:58] um myself and councilwoman um
[29:01] datural and Patrick and the mayor we
[29:03] were present and for those of you that
[29:05] didn't know Jim Wilson he was really a
[29:09] um a jewel to our community so we were
[29:12] pleased to be able to say some words and
[29:14] tonight we actually formally passed the
[29:15] resolution which will be given to the
[29:18] family so
[29:19] um thank you for your support of that
[29:21] and if there's nothing else to come
[29:22] before us I would ask for a motion to
[29:24] adjourn
[29:26] nobody wants to leave Mr motivary
[29:29] second by Miss Patrick all those in
[29:30] favor
[29:31] aye we're adjourned thank you and good
[29:33] night
[29:34] thank you