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I'd like to call the city Caucus meeting

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to order for Monday August 28 2023

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we have seven items for original

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consideration if the clerk would please

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read item number one for final consideration

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an ordinance pursuant to section 101 of

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the second class cities law abandoning a

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portion of large Street

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discussed in committee with objection on

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consent item number two item number two

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under original consideration a

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resolution adopting the post-issuance

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compliance policy discussed in committee

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with objection on consent item number

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three item number three for original

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consideration a resolution adopting the

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amended 2023-2024 annual action plan

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discussed in committee without objection

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on consent item number four item number

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four for original consideration a

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resolution approving the city's annual

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Municipal separate storm sewer system

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ms4 report for 2023 discussed in

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committee without objecting on consent

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item number five item number five for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing authorizing the sale of a

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vacant land in the town of Rotterdam

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identify as sbl

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60.17-2-26 or twenty thousand dollars

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objection on consent item number six for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the settlement of a claim by American

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state company as severagi of Jeffrey

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seven under contract and Supply a

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resolution authorizing an agreement for

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sludge transportation and disposable

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disposal 2023 the county wastes

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objection on consent if there's nothing

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caucus I'd ask for a motion to adjourn

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aye we're adjourned I'd like to call the

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city council meeting to order for Monday

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and I'd like to call on Reverend Ronald

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hunt for the prayer invocation

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I ask for blessings on the people who've

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been called to lead this community in

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which we live work and play

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members of the councils the employees

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the mayor and those of you making for

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and wanting change in our communities

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help our leaders to just not ask how do

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we fix this but what do we need to learn

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how might we need to change and to whom

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do we need to listen help our community

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by bringing Creative Solutions to our

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challenges I was very encouraged at the

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last meeting of all the Creative

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Solutions that people brought along with

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the challenges to the community I remind

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all of us as Citizens

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because we all forget from time to time

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especially in the noisiness of what

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passes his political debate today that

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these officials are not only leaders but

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also servants and that is their

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responsibility and ours to serve the

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common good of all a little stability

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goes a long way at any

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remind them that no matter where we live

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everyone is our neighbor our sibling and

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throughout the ages prophets have called

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the leaders of our people to respect and

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protect the least of those among us our

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children the elderly poor those who are

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hungry those who have no homes those who

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are ill and body mind or Spirit

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strangers and immigrants in our midst

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those who live on the margins those who

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are alone those who are somewhat

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forgotten grant them and us the wisdom

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and courage to know and do what is right

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and good and true may they and we speak

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out when it is time to speak out and

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listen patiently and receptively when it

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is time to listen may they and we always

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be guided by the spirit of community by

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the spirit of justice and by the spirit

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of love this we pray in the name of all

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that we hold sacred regardless of

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individual deities that all that behold

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good and right and true may it be so

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thank you I would like to ask for a

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moment of silence today we said goodbye

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to Tammy Bell Lentz she got a great

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send-off at practice theater I was

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honored to officiate that ceremony for

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her she was one of a kind person and

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when we missed in Schenectady her heart

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in the civility part of what we just

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discussed thank you very much

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thank you I'd like to call on Michael

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zabinski Boy Scout Troop number 357 to

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lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance

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I apologies to the flag of the United

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States

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thank you

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the clerk would please complete the Roll

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Mr motiveram President Mr turo

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Miss Patrick is absent Mr palomini Miss

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I'd ask for approval of minutes for

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August 14 2023

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moved by Mr Farley

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taken by Mr Williams all in favor

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the clerk would please read any

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Communications and petitions

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Communications presented to the city

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council for Monday August 28 2023 under

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official there were none under General

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there was an email from Sophia Golem

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requesting that the Schenectady city

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council adopt a budget that prioritizes

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Community well-being under petitions

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there were none

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thank you calling on city council

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members for any committee reports

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this time we have privilege over the

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floor related to the legislative agenda

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I see no one signed up

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so I declare the public comment on the

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legislative agenda closed

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asked for approval of the legislative

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moved by Mr motivaran

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second by Mr Farley all in favor

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this time we'll have privilege of the

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floor regarding General City business

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and I see three people are signed up to

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first person is David

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and Mary and the last time one last time

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I can read is Gilmore

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and I'm just for if you've not been here

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before we do have a three minute time

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limit you'll hear a timer

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um we have copies

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good evening mayor McCarthy and city

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council we are here this evening to

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express our frustrations and concerns

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over the activities that are allowed to

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take place in and around the grounds of

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grout Park athletic field and Northern

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River School

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located on Amsterdam Ave and Hamburg

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Street in the city of Schenectady we

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have been homeowners of 239 Abbotsford

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Road in the city for 18 years and have

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tolerated and endured excessively loud

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music emanating from the athletic field

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and school grounds for many years

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however the last four to five years the

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sheer volume and multiple sources of

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Music have become absolutely unbearable

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with at least six Vehicles playing

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different songs simultaneously at

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deafening tones

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the music again bird and a five to eight

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block radius as well as across i-890

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it is so loud it hampers the Sirens from

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emergency vehicles in the area

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known only has the Music Volume reached

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a climax the tailgate block party like

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atmosphere has become dangerous and

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unlawful

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we have reached our limit Our lives our

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mental and physical health and our right

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to peace and happiness are heavily

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impacted by the inconsiderate and

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dangerous behaviors of the groups of

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people that have taken over grout Park

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and Amsterdam Avenue as a whole we feel

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mentally exhausted anxious from this

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going this ongoing and ever worsening

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situation as there is no way to block

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out the noise and know where to escape

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from in search of quiet as it permeates

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every corner crevice and square inch of

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our home

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no we no longer host Gatherings of

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family and friends in our yard due to

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the severity of the noise and related

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behaviors coming from Amsterdam Avenue

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our guests no longer enjoy coming over

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weekends or feel safe overall we are

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physically affected experienced nausea

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and headaches from the incessant

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pounding and shrieking of the music One

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literally cannot hear oneself think we

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experience elevated blood pressure from

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the stress frustration and agitation the

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situation causes we call the

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non-emergency police number every time

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these behaviors take place and become

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too difficult to tolerate we have been

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informed by responding officers upon

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their follow-up to our complaints and

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concerns of multiple tickets and arrests

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as well as their recognition of the

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large unruly Gatherings of people and

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number of vehicles on Amsterdam Avenue

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there was a large police response

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dispatched to grout Park the weekend of

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June 18th with body camera footage that

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confirms our concerns and what we

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experience throughout the spring and

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summer

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which also sparked a one-day police

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detail of grout Park on June 25th

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however no matter how many times the

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police respond to curtail the noise and

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conduct of the groups occupying grout

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School parking lots they start right

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back up within a few minutes of the

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police leaving often to a more menacing

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and defiant level

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to us this feels like harassment torment

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and assault on our senses we are

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pleading for change regarding the

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utilization of grout Park field as well

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as changes in enforcement of the city's

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noise ordinance code 360. and increased

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Patrols in this area of the city

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respectfully

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thank you

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Ed laven Jr

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good evening

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when a crime of obstruction of justice

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perpetrated by three judges against the

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citizen is brought before the city

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council meeting and citizen ask for

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their help what is their Duty the

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council has a duty to investigate the

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matter and take appropriate action if

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the citizens claim is substantiated

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the mayor is committing obstruction of

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justice and treason and if foul guilty

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cannot hold public office

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and you must meet with me I've already

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voiced the crimes that have been

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committed at this council meeting

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it's not a choice

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your chief law enforcement officer in

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the city of Schenectady

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same for all council members you all

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swear an old to the Constitution when

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you do nothing it is obstruction of

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justice it is in your duty to help me

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not three corrupt judges that are

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impressing for jail time

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is this what you signed up for

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the cover-up for corrupt judges

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and do nothing for citizens

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your affecting change

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thank you

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Wayne Harper Schenectady

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what do I say

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I have the right and if you folks have

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the privilege you say we have the

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privilege to speak

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um

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I want to talk about something that

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bothers me greatly because I Endure it

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every day

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about code enforcement and Bellevue is in Decline and Gary you and

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I have talked some time ago

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I say to police when they do their

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patrol should be able to log

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the more blatant

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code issues people parking on the front

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lawn

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debris in the yard garbage can you know

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those kind of things that you can

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visually see they should be able to

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enter that into their computer and let

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that go to code enforcement

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and they should be acted on

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them and the other thing I'm noticing

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once you're cited and you don't address

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the situation

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there needs to be a harsher penalty

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because that's the that's the only thing

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that some people understand

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uh they think they live on an island

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they're only ones they don't care

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whatever they do is fine

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uh and I shouldn't have to go out like I

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did the Fourth of July and confront

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somebody about the fireworks and I told

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them look I'll give you to 11 o'clock I

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won't call the police

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but after that I'm gonna have to call

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him because you're doing it right in

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front of my house and then he threatens

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to set one off in front of my door so

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this is what that's why you hate to have

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to confront these people because it

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could have been worse than that and I'm

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not as young as I used to be I can't be

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fighting with these people and neither

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should I have to

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so I think and I've said 24 26 2428

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Campbell Avenue that guy works for

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Niskayuna or a contiguous town I don't

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know if it's Niskayuna or or wherever

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and he parks that truck in the front of

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his house and you can see the rut where

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he's been doing it and I've mentioned

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this how many times now and you would

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think somebody would address it because

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Bellevue is going fast that's the only

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way to put it and I'm not looking for

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Perfection believe me when I tell you

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I mean I do the best I can and I have my

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own issues but I don't park on my front

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lawn and Hillary bugs me about mowing

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that lawn more than I'd want to mow it

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uh but you know this stuff it needs to

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be there's a lot of things in this city

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that needs to be looked at and they need

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to crack down on it and get everyone

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involved I called a man that's supposed

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to head the Bellevue neighborhood

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association I don't feel that uh he may

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I said I'll give you a week to think

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about it but maybe we ought to do it

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right along and we'll note the biggest

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violators or the most blatant and see

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what city hall will do about it but I

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don't know that he'll call me because

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I'm just a lone voice down here and in

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closing Marion I want to thank all those

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veterans that I ask that come and help

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me when I was picketing the Albany VA

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hospital because not a one showed up and

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I expected a little more than that

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especially for any first cab veterans

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first Cavalry that may have been out

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there but you know what I don't know no

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they're probably only what 10 or 20

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people that watch these meetings what do

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you figure Doreen 10 or 20 on a good day

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thanks Marion thank you

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I have no one else signed up to speak so

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I declare the public comment of City

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business clothes

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this time any missed

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musumotiver

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thank you just an announcement

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um

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regards to the Narcan trading we're

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having um this Wednesday from 6 to 8 pm

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at the bridge Christian Church

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735 Green Street so just a shout out to

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our community if you have the time

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please attend this training and equip

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yourself with the knowledge and a kit so

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that you can assist our neighbors in

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need so once again at 7 35 Crane Street

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a bridge Christian church and that is

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this Wednesday August 30th from 6 to 8

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P.M thank you

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yes training is free and the kit is free

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thank you madam president I just want to

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remind everyone that um kids are getting

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ready to gear up to get back to school

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so you know just to be a little more

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diligent paying attention to you know

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speed limits stop signs things like that

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you know our streets are going to be

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crowded with young anxious people um

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going to and from school so it's just

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going to take a community effort to keep

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them safe so just want to remind our

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people that thank you thank you

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Mr palomini

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we're entering budget season or getting

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prepared for Budget a number of holes

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have been created in the budget from

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last year that need to be addressed as

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we move forward throughout the rest of

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the year we're very likely to have a

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significant recession which will impact

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all of us will impact the economy

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will impact our budget for sure the

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rising interest rates will also continue

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to

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be a factor in our budget negotiations

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that we need to consider

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we've tried to change the at least when

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I was a finance chair to try to change

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the approach to budgets of looking

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Beyond just what we have in front of us

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looking at it as more of a policy

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approach looking as more of a multi-year

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approach and I would hope that we would

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do that this particular year in General

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given the economic situation given that

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inflation is very unlikely to go away

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anytime soon

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there's billions if not trillions of

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dollars still in the economy that hasn't

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been spent

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and will factor into inflation for some

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time so those are all factors that we

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need to consider like I said we've we

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created some holes in the budget last

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year creating deficit situations if not

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for the fiscal management of the mayor

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but those are things that we'll need to

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address and try to consider as we take

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hopefully take a multi-year approach

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mayor

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I didn't appreciate everyone who came

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out tonight good to see the Boy Scouts

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here

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next week we have Monday off because of

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Labor Day hopefully everybody will enjoy

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the last weekend of the summer and as Mr

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Farley pointed out kids are going back

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to school so use a little bit of extra

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caution when you're driving or

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going throughout the community

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in in the weekend after that we have one

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of the best weekends in Schenectady

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where you have the Caribbean fest you

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have the Greek Fest have the sons of

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Italy

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uh Stockade art show and we also do a

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health fair around City Hall so

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hopefully people will start to mark that

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on their calendar

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they've put me in charge of the weather

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I hope it's going to be a very nice day

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but want people to come out and enjoy it

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and see all the good things that are

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happening in our community thank you

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madam president

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thank you everyone for coming as well

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and thank the Boy Scout Troops and

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especially thank Michael zabinski I

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asked you after you got here actually

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asked your mom

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so thank you for leading Us in the

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pledge really appreciate that as the

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mayor has already stated and so to the

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folks that regarding grout Park I would

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just like to have a minute to talk with

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you after the meeting if you don't mind

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so as the mayor stated this Monday is a

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holiday that means our committee meeting

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will be on Tuesday at 5 30 so there will

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not be a committee meeting this coming

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Monday will be Tuesday so with that I

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will wish you all a happy labor day and ask for a motion to

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adjourn

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ing

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no sir I'm I'm sorry

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how you do I will I will explain it

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we'll have one someone explain to you

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how it happens in the per in the future

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sorry about that

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ask for a motion to adjourn

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second by Mr Williams all in favor

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aye we're adjourned have a good weekend

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ask for a motion to let us speak