[6:24] okay to convert gas light into electric
[6:27] and whereas his son Donald served as
[6:30] president CEO from 1982 to 1993 he grew
[6:34] a residential business and expanded into
[6:36] Light commercial industry grandson Larry
[6:38] stepped into lead from 1993 to 2008
[6:42] under his leadership the company grew to
[6:44] become the largest electrical
[6:45] contracting firm in the area and whereas
[6:48] the business is now located as at 135
[6:51] Area Boulevard and the current president
[6:54] CEO Chris has been driving the business
[6:56] Forest since 2008 and like his presor
[6:59] cessors is leaving his mark on some of
[7:01] the Region's most significant buildings
[7:03] and whereas for a 100 years connecti
[7:05] hardware and electric has been lighting
[7:06] up the capital region as a premier Union
[7:09] El electrical contractor four
[7:12] generations ofans have proudly been at
[7:14] the home of SKC hardware and electric
[7:16] and each generation has put its mark on
[7:18] the community the business has evolved
[7:20] immensely over the past 100 years and on
[7:22] October 25th they celebrated their 100y
[7:25] year
[7:27] anniversary now therefore resolve that
[7:30] SKC city council and Mayor Gary R
[7:33] McCarthy do by hereby paus into
[7:34] deliberations to graduate SKC hardware
[7:37] and electric on celebrating 100 Years of
[7:39] business in the city of concy and to
[7:41] wish them contined success for many
[7:43] years quite the accomplishment you so
[7:46] this resolution was previously passed at
[7:48] a earlier council meeting so there's no
[7:50] motion recom needed would you like to
[7:58] congratulations no it's been an honor
[8:00] working in the city my whole career and
[8:03] uh being with everybody in this room
[8:04] working together and uh keeping our
[8:06] business our employees our customers
[8:08] happy um it's very appreciative of city
[8:11] council recognize our efforts and uh I
[8:14] love being a part of the community in
[8:16] the city's connectivity
[8:18] so thank you another 100
[8:23] years I don't know about that but uh
[8:25] thank you so much for the honor we we so
[8:27] appreciate it it's been a long journey
[8:29] and um here we are 2023 100 years
[8:34] later no I guess what more could be said
[8:38] after another 100 years right like to
[8:40] present
[8:45] this take
[8:52] picture thank you
[8:58] again
[9:00] item number eight is the resolution
[9:01] recognizing breast cancer awareness
[9:03] month and I'd like to call on council
[9:04] member Patrick to present this
[9:06] resolution and if I could ask you two to
[9:08] please join us up here Madame President
[9:12] may I have the floor you have the floor
[9:13] thank
[9:15] you
[9:19] hello so breast cancer awareness month
[9:21] was actually in October um but we're
[9:24] going to recognize that uh this evening
[9:27] whereas breast cancer affects one in
[9:29] eight women in the United States every
[9:31] year and 2.3 million women worldwide and
[9:34] whereas about 30% of early stage breast
[9:37] cancers eventually metastasize spread to
[9:40] parts of the body away from the breast
[9:42] and there is a need for more research
[9:44] about Med metatastic
[9:47] disease and whereas according to the
[9:49] Centers for Disease Control and
[9:51] prevention breast cancer is the most
[9:53] common form of cancer diagnosed among
[9:55] women and the second highest cause of
[9:57] cancer death among women women and
[9:59] although not as common men can get
[10:01] breast cancer as well and whereas
[10:04] regular breast self- exams and annual
[10:06] medical exam and mammograms are
[10:08] important Tools in breast cancer
[10:09] detection especially early detection
[10:12] when cancers may be more treatable and
[10:15] whereas me mamography an x-ray of the
[10:17] human breast is recognized as the single
[10:20] most effective method of detecting
[10:22] breast changes that may be cancerous
[10:24] long before physical symptoms can be
[10:26] seen or felt and whereas in May
[10:30] 2023 the US preventive Services Task
[10:33] Force issued a draft update to its
[10:36] mamogram recommendations proposing that
[10:38] women at average risk of breast cancer
[10:40] start mammograms at age 40 and have a
[10:43] mamogram every other year and whereas if
[10:47] you are at higher than average risk for
[10:49] breast cancer have dense breast or have
[10:51] had breast cancer in the past your
[10:53] doctor May recommend that you also get
[10:55] other breast Imaging tests such as
[10:57] breast MRI or ultrasound
[10:59] and whereas in order to facilitate early
[11:02] diagnosis and prompt treatment of breast
[11:05] cancer in women and men public education
[11:08] awareness and understanding of the
[11:09] disease is necessary now therefore be it
[11:12] resolved that the connected city council
[11:15] and Mayor Gary AR McCarthy hereby pause
[11:18] in their deliberations to remind
[11:20] individuals to speak to their health
[11:22] care providers about breast cancer
[11:24] screening and in remembrance of those
[11:26] who have lost their lives to breast
[11:28] cancer and in support of those who are
[11:30] currently fighting this disease and of
[11:32] the more than 3.5 million breast cancer
[11:34] survivors in the United States um we
[11:37] pause to recognize breast cancer
[11:39] awareness month and I want to just
[11:41] mention that our skanect fire department
[11:43] has a uh Cancer Foundation our our two
[11:47] officers here are representing uh that
[11:49] here this evening and I'd love to ask
[11:51] you if you would uh take the microphone
[11:54] uh may I uh get a motion to pass this
[11:57] resolution you make the motion I'll make the motion okay and may I have a
[12:00] second second by Mr Farley all those in
[12:03] favor I motion passes
[12:11] congratulations uh tonight we're here on
[12:13] behalf of disc connected firefighters
[12:15] Cancer Foundation as everyone knows in
[12:17] this room cancer does not discriminate
[12:19] specifically breast cancer um we are
[12:22] very honored and proud to be the
[12:23] recipients of this award so thank you
[12:25] very much thank you would you like to
[12:28] see
[12:30] thank you so
[12:35] much thank you thank you thank you very
[12:37] much thank you again
[12:43] okay I'd like to ask for approval of the
[12:45] minutes from October 23rd
[12:48] 2023 mve by Mr
[12:52] Williams moved by Mr Williams second by
[12:55] Miss Patrick all those in favor I
[12:59] the clerk could please read any
[13:00] Communications and
[13:04] petitions Communications presented to
[13:06] the city council for Monday November 13
[13:08] 2023 under official from the mayor a
[13:11] list of appointments dated November 13th
[13:13] 2023 under General there were none and
[13:15] under petitions there were none thank
[13:18] you I'd like to call on council members
[13:20] to provide any committee
[13:22] reports any committee
[13:25] reports this time we'll have privilege
[13:27] of Flor related to the legislative
[13:29] agenda and I have one person signed up
[13:32] to speak Robert
[13:41] Sanders good evening mayor council
[13:44] members
[13:46] um I see uh number two original
[13:49] consideration for public hearing on uh
[13:52] the Upper Union Street um I understand
[13:55] this great leaders businesses and you
[13:57] always got to do your thing up there but
[14:01] how however where I live in woodon okay
[14:05] there's Kings Road and I'm sure you've
[14:06] heard a lot about that there's you know
[14:11] where I live in saraphi apartments
[14:13] there's Megan Gardens there's Court
[14:15] Royal there's a lot of traffic going
[14:17] down that road it's just not the traffic
[14:20] but we don't get anything like this one
[14:23] bit at all now I don't know if the wood
[14:25] laon leader has to apply for that but
[14:29] why is your union always getting it you
[14:32] know um that's my main
[14:36] question uh haven't spoken in a while so
[14:39] I'm a little bit
[14:40] nervous but it's important that on Kings
[14:44] Road there's been some things and I know
[14:47] this is
[14:48] about you know about Union Street but if
[14:50] there was another
[14:51] egress for you for the people going down
[14:55] Kings Road there would be no speeding
[14:57] problem I said that to the president at city council I texted her
[15:00] and I told her that so I wanted to say
[15:02] that and Mr parley lived over woodl for
[15:05] some time he knows what I'm saying so
[15:07] it's not woodon it's not you know Union
[15:10] Street it's bellw it's the starcade
[15:13] everybody has an issue I just wanted to
[15:15] say that it's a good idea and next year
[15:18] I think everybody should get on the
[15:19] action thank you thank
[15:23] you I have now no one else signed up to
[15:25] speak so I declared the public comment
[15:27] on the legislative agenda
[15:30] closed I'll ask for approval of the
[15:32] consent leg legislative consent
[15:36] agenda motion by Mr Farley second by m
[15:39] Mr mudar all in favor I thank
[15:57] you
[16:10] to provide information on how the number
[16:12] and location of tobacco retailers
[16:13] matters to Community Health in August I
[16:16] spoke about the disproportionate
[16:18] presence of tobacco retailers in
[16:19] low-income neighborhoods with Hamilton
[16:21] Hill having more than five times the
[16:23] tobacco retailers per capita as nkuna in
[16:27] September my colleague presented on the
[16:28] fact that low in communities have a
[16:30] higher proportion of tobacco retailers
[16:32] located near schools increasing youth
[16:34] exposure to Tobacco marketing and
[16:36] promotion and increasing the likelihood
[16:39] of tobacco use among youth in October I
[16:42] spoke about the importance of
[16:44] considering all retailers that sell
[16:45] tobacco and vape shops in the city not
[16:47] just vape and smoke shops that primarily
[16:50] sell these products today I bring you
[16:53] preliminary data gathered in the city of
[16:55] SKC that supports the fact that the
[16:57] location and density of all licensed
[16:59] tobacco retailers including convenience
[17:01] stores gas stations discount and grocery
[17:04] stores influence young people to start
[17:06] and hinder young adults who want to quit
[17:08] from
[17:09] quitting our team just completed visits
[17:12] to 31 licensed tobacco retailers located
[17:15] within 1500 ft of one or more schools
[17:18] and the highest poverty ZIP codes in the
[17:20] city of
[17:21] sken we observed an alarming number of
[17:23] violations of state law 16 were related
[17:27] to the sale of flavor Vapes containing
[17:29] nicotine which was banned by state law
[17:32] in um last year and then 19 related to
[17:36] the display of exterior tobacco ads
[17:38] which are also banned by state law
[17:40] within a th000 feet of schools all have
[17:43] been or 1500 feet of schools I'm sorry
[17:45] all have been reported to the concy
[17:46] County Public Health
[17:48] Services we also observed an alarming
[17:50] amount of marketing and promotion that
[17:52] were perfectly legal legal legal but not
[17:55] necessarily good and actually not good
[17:57] for Public Health and we observe tobacco
[18:00] displays that take up one half or more
[18:02] of the space behind the checkout counter
[18:04] in 75% of the stores we visited and
[18:07] that's important because everybody has
[18:08] to come to the checkout and that's where
[18:11] young people and people who are trying
[18:12] to quit um have to go in order to check
[18:15] out of the store we also observed
[18:17] exterior and interior ads that were
[18:19] disproportionately for flavored cigars
[18:21] and cigaros which are increasingly
[18:23] popular among high school students
[18:25] particularly among African-American male
[18:27] youth
[18:28] we also observed that all the stores
[18:31] almost all the stores sold flavored
[18:33] cigars and cigaros in packages that sell
[18:35] for $150 or less this leaves tobacco
[18:39] products that are all too affordable for
[18:41] young people and they're very sensitive
[18:44] to price and that's very
[18:46] affordable uh we're currently compiling
[18:48] a document that will provide details and
[18:50] photos of what we observed in the field
[18:52] and at a future meeting we plan to take
[18:54] you on a visual tour of that tobacco
[18:56] marketing and promotion and what
[18:58] actually looks like in the highest
[19:00] poverty neighborhoods in the city of
[19:01] skty and why it has such a profound
[19:04] impact on the people who live there we
[19:06] look forward to sharing our findings in
[19:07] more detail and welcome the opportunity
[19:09] to Dialogue on the various ways in which
[19:11] other communities across the state and
[19:13] the nation have been addressing the
[19:14] health inequities resulting from the
[19:16] abundance of tobacco marketing and
[19:17] promotion in lower income neighborhoods
[19:20] thank you so much thank
[19:23] you Robert
[19:27] Sanders
[19:31] good evening my name is Robert Sanders I
[19:32] live in the city of
[19:34] SKC
[19:35] um I would just like to follow up on the
[19:38] last speaker because uh myself I smoked
[19:41] four cigarettes my whole life long I
[19:43] don't drink it anymore I haven't drank
[19:45] five years um but cigarettes cigars all
[19:51] these things are probably no good for
[19:52] you I I smoke cigar every now and then
[19:55] but it's constitutional okay no matter
[19:58] what you think no matter how you do it
[20:00] it's constitutional you can do this now
[20:03] I'm not saying that we should put out
[20:05] ads they put out ads for gambling at the
[20:07] casino it's not the most healthiest
[20:09] thing for you but everybody has a
[20:10] freedom of choice I always hear my body
[20:13] my choice okay that's for everybody okay
[20:17] now besides just that I want to go on to
[20:21] another thing
[20:23] um you gave the uh resolution away for
[20:27] breast cancer awareness month um that
[20:29] you said was last uh month it was this
[20:33] month is for epilepsy EPS epilepsy
[20:36] awareness month okay you have the right
[20:38] colors
[20:39] on that's the color you know so um I was
[20:43] trying to find a tie that color I
[20:44] couldn't do it but I wanted to let you
[20:46] know that because so many people suffer
[20:48] from this ailment and well there's a
[20:50] month for everything and I'm sure you
[20:52] guys know it because you hand out the
[20:53] resolutions be St Patrick's Day for the
[20:56] Hibernians epilepsy is something that's
[21:00] uncontrollable okay and when I say that
[21:02] I mean it like this myself they had me
[21:04] on all this medication they had and now
[21:07] I'm down like just two pills and I've
[21:09] told them for 25 years that I was being
[21:12] overdosed not until I saw something by
[21:14] Angel Santa Barbara when he held out a
[21:16] Nar narcon thing that I know that I was
[21:20] taking too much medicine so I feel so
[21:21] much better today I am so much better
[21:24] today but it's just a stigma around
[21:27] epilepsy people neurological conditions
[21:30] you know we tend to shake a little more
[21:31] get a little nervous odd things like
[21:34] that but it is something that's major
[21:36] not only in New York state but you know
[21:39] I should have hit the lottery because
[21:40] one in a million get it one in a million
[21:42] get the lottery but it's something
[21:44] that's this month the color is purple so
[21:46] in two weeks I'll be back okay I'll see
[21:49] you all in purple have a good day thank
[21:56] you I have no one else signed up up to
[21:58] speak so I declare the public comment of
[22:00] City business
[22:01] closed this time we'll have
[22:03] miscellaneous business from the
[22:06] council Miss
[22:08] Patrick I just want to thank everyone um
[22:12] who came out to vote last week it's very
[22:14] important in our democracy that folks do
[22:16] vote so for everyone that did cast their
[22:18] vote uh thank you very much and um hope
[22:22] everyone will continue to do so in
[22:24] upcoming elections uh as the years go by
[22:27] and I just want to wish every everyone a
[22:28] Happy Thanksgiving uh coming up next
[22:30] week as well uh thank you thank you Mr
[22:35] Farley thank you madam president I just
[22:37] want to again Echo thank everyone for
[22:39] coming out to speak I think um some
[22:41] information uh that we heard today was
[22:43] uh pretty compelling that and you know I
[22:46] urge uh my uh council members and the
[22:49] broader Community to just think about
[22:51] ways that we can um increase the
[22:53] likelihood of having a healthy Community
[22:55] I for one and all I'm all about freedom
[22:57] of choice for people I also know that um
[23:00] depending on the proximity um of
[23:03] available things in your community that
[23:06] can increase your likelihood to make a
[23:08] unhealthy Choice by just mere proximity
[23:10] and we want to make sure that we're
[23:11] being mindful um that we are uh
[23:14] designing um because city is in
[23:17] continual in design more designing
[23:18] Healthy Communities by uh increasing the
[23:21] likelihood of healthy choices and um
[23:24] decreasing the likelihood of unhealthy
[23:26] choices and any time you have a
[23:28] community that it's easier to get um uh
[23:31] tobacco product than is a Apple then
[23:34] that's not really uh the type of
[23:36] community that's not the setting
[23:37] conditions for a healthy Community um
[23:39] and with that respect understanding that
[23:41] we all make unhealthy choices from time
[23:43] to time because that is with our
[23:44] prerogatives but um just being mindful
[23:46] of the setting conditions for healthy
[23:48] Community thank
[23:50] you
[23:54] mayor thank you Madame President
[23:56] appreciate everyone that came out uh
[23:58] also want to thank everyone who uh came
[24:00] out on Tuesday and voted encourage
[24:03] everyone to come out next Saturday for
[24:05] the holiday parade as we kick off the uh
[24:08] season in downtown skty come out enjoy
[24:11] the parade uh and then come back during
[24:14] the season to take advantage of the
[24:16] venues and the different activities that
[24:18] are happening not only in downtown but
[24:20] throughout the city of SKC thank you
[24:22] madam president thank you I'd also like
[24:25] to thank everyone that came out tonight
[24:26] and also to all of the voters that came
[24:28] out to uh take part in doing their civic
[24:31] um Duty and I'd like to congratulate uh
[24:34] the reelected council members as well as
[24:36] our council member elect Joe manini and
[24:38] also it's the mayor to uh on being
[24:40] reelected so um as we move forward we
[24:43] have other things to do and for those of
[24:45] you are watching earlier I'm just going
[24:46] to mention that we are still in our
[24:48] budget
[24:49] talks and uh we do have another meeting
[24:51] coming up but we anticipate that it will
[24:53] be done within the week that's that's
[24:56] our anticipation I have to to say we are
[24:58] much closer than we've been in weeks so
[25:01] uh keep I know that people have been
[25:03] sending at least to me comments and you
[25:05] know what things they're they have to
[25:08] say about how we're doing on the budget
[25:09] so you know continue to do that um but
[25:12] you know our goal is to do the absolute
[25:14] best budget for our city residents our
[25:17] businesses that are here and also to
[25:20] make sure that we um we are able to
[25:22] carry on the business of the city so uh
[25:24] just know that we are continuing to do
[25:26] that work and i' just like to say Happy
[25:29] Thanksgiving to everyone and with that
[25:31] I'll ask for a motion to adjourn move by
[25:34] Miss Patrick second by Mr M all in favor
[25:38] we're adjourn thank
[25:42] you have nice
[25:56] Thanksgiving