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so welcome and happy New Year

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everyone thank you all for being here

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I'd like to call the organizational

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meeting of the city of skincity to order

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for Tuesday January 2nd

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2024 I'd like to ask everyone to rise

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for the invocation by Reverend William

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ly Hamilton of Friendship Baptist

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Church let us

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pray gracious God our Father we invoke

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your presence into this place on this

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occasion that we come with bowed down

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heads to lift up those who have been

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selected and elected to serve in various

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capacities in the city of connecti we

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ask your continued blessing upon this

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city but we ask your special blessing

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upon mayor McCarthy we thank you that it

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is the will of the people that he will

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continue to serve where he has already

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served with great distinction he served

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honorably honestly in humility and great

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integrity and we ask that you would

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continue to lead him as he leads this

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great City we ask that you would

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continue to Grant him the wisdom the

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discern discernment the determination

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and courage as he faces the challenges

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of the May of skincity we ask your

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blessing God upon the council leaders

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grant them the wisdom the foresight the

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selfless desire to gather and work

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together for the betterment of the

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citizens of SCCY may they forever be

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mindful that it is a privilege to serve

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in skty and the citizens

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ofcity again we ask your blessing upon

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those who have gathered and those who

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are in the city of skincity please give

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us the spirit to work together in

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brotherly love to continue to live

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mindful that when one suffers the city

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suffers that when one is elevated the

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city is elevated God we expect great

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things in the city of sky for I have not

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seen nor ear has heard nor has it

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entered the minds of man what God has

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for the city of skincity and those who

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continue to serve with Godly wisdom

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bless us grant us we pray

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I now ask Cadet King Cadet Rosario Cadet

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School rooc color guards to present the

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colors I now call upon fire chief Don

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Marino to lead us in the Pledge of

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a pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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under God indivisible for liberty and

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all thank

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and I ask mayor McCarthy to come forward

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to take his oath of office his oath will

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be administered by The Honorable Matthew

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repeat I Gary R McCarthy do solemnly

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swear I Gary R McCarthy do solemnly

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swear that I will support and uphold the

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Constitution of the United States that I

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will support and uphold the Constitution

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of the United States that I will support

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and uphold the constitution of the state

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of New York that I will uphold the

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constitution of the state of New York

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and the charter and laws of the city of

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SK and the charter and the laws of the

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city of skincity and that I will

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Faithfully discharge the duties as mayor

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of the city of scity and that I will

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Faithfully discharge the duties as mayor

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of the city of sken to the best of my

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ability to the best of my ability so

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help me God so help me God

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congratulations thank

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I now ask M DOR Doro to come forward her

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oath will be administered by her

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daughters D Donata raphaela and

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support that I will support the of the

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the constitution of the state of New yor

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and the charter of the city of SK and I will

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office of of the office of city council

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member SK city council member the city

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of in the city of SK according to the

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best of my ability according to the best

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good evening I stand before you

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tonight good evening I stand before you

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tonight humbled by the faith you placed

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in me I was elected because I had so

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many of you absolutely right here in

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this room working with me

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and we'll continue to need your help

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moving forward this is our city but most

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importantly it's our home I look forward

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to working under mayor McCarthy's

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leadership and alongside my city council

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members and all the dedicated employees

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of the city of

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skty I just like to thank my dear

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friends John palami Dave balk and Bob

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and marielen brem for their guidance

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support and Leadership throughout my

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campaign I I'd also like to thank so

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many of you that walked with me Bill

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Masa and his beautiful granddaughter

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Clarissa they were by my side almost

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constantly I'm grateful to so many of

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you especially my amazing daughters

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Donata rafhaela and Gabriella for their

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encouragement love and support I look

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forward to working with each of you for

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the next four years thank

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manini to come

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the urban wise men and executive

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hi Joseph man hi Jose who Solly swear that I will support the

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Constitution of the United States that I

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will support the Constitution of the

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United States the Constitution of the

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state of New York the constitution of

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the state of New York and the charter of

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the city of scity and the charter of the

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city city connected and that I will

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Faithfully discharge and I Faithfully

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discharge the office the duties of

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office of connect city council member of

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connect city council member in and for

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the city of SKC in andity conect

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according to the best of my ability

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EXC I'll I'll I'll be quick but there's

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so many people I'd love to acknowledge

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I'll try to get to that but I chose Mr

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Simpkins I've known Walter for so so

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long and be becoming a member of the

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council feels like coming home for me um

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I served this community for close to 30

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years in probation and social services

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and did a lot of wonderful work with so

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many partners uh the police department

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your nonprofit agencies Social Services

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the judges I've really gotten to know so

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many people and seeing so many of you

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here now is is a blessing to me and one

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thing Walter said to me was was really

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stuck to me it's probably the best

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compliment I could ever have is he says

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you haven't changed your heart's always

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in the right place you always want to

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make a difference in the communities

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here and I really respect that and uh

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Walter and I got to spend a week in the

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Bronx when I left the city and took a

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job as a commissioner down uh to look at

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a good Community program and I really

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got to know him there as well um so I'm

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really grateful I I want to thank my

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campaign manager Maxine barage

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I met um through a meeting and how she

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was supportive I um I had a lot of

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losses during Co both my parents my

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brother and his wife passed away this

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year uh well last year and it was very

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difficult and there were times I had my

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some of my own health issues and I did I

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wanted to drop out and her Relentless

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and ruthless compassion to keep me going

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and say Joe you still have a lot to

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offer and her strategies really made a

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difference um Mariam um and dman who

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approached me and John and asked me to

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run um cuz I know I know them all from

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the city and um I took that

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on being accepted by the Democratic

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party the mayor um Dorene Carmel getting

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to know everyone Carl I got to sat next

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to during the debate thoughtful and and

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straight it's been a great experience

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um my brother Chris my daughter Marielle

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her boyfriend St Andrew how are you Chris mom dad and and and Don were

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looking at we did it um so I'm looking

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forward to serve in this community I I'm so blessed to see so many friendly

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faces I'm really looking to get to work

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with every member of of this of this

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Council and and our public servants as

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well thank

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you

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I now call on Miss Carmel Patrick her

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oath will be administered by The

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Honorable Vincent

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I say your name I caral Patrick do Solly

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swear do solemnly swear that I will

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support that I will support the

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Constitution of the United States the

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Constitution of the United States

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New York of the state of New York the

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city Charter of the city the city

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Charter of the city of and I will

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Faithfully discharge and I will

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Faithfully discharge the duties of the

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office the duties of the

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office City Council of SK City Council

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in and for in and for the city of SK the

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city of SK according to the best of my

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ability to of my

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well hello

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everyone I'm honored to have been

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elected for a second term on the conc

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city council thank you to everyone who

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came out to to vote which is such an

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important right that we have here in our

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country and I think we we see that all

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the time more and more as Time Marches

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On and everyone that supported our

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Democratic team I'd like to thank meline

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Thorne my campaign manager for her

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advice and guidance this year and Eileen

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handlan my treasurer for being so

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attentive to every detail and keeping us

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running smoothly thank you as well to my

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best bfff Terry scales roller who

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stepped in for my husband tonight to

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hold my parents' Bible for my swearing

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in it meant a lot to me to have her here

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to do so as well as to have her husband

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Bill roller with me tonight and of

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course thank you to judge Versace it was

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an honor to be sworn in by you for a

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second time many of you know that I had

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to unexpectedly schedule a knee

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replacement right in the middle of

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campaign season thank you to the entire

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campaign team who went door too

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addressed postcards delivered lawn signs

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and more your support meant so much to

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me me and I won't forget your kindness

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finally I can't thank my husband Bill

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Patrick enough he couldn't be with us

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tonight he's away teaching this week

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besides taking care of me after my

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surgery which was no small task that

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when I was able to go door too in the

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last several weeks of the campaign Bill

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drove around following us so that I

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wouldn't have far to go when my knee got

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too tired to keep on walking I'm so

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grateful for his love and his care to my

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city council colle colleagues I believe

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we are all here for one reason to make

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sure that we are serving our City's

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residents well keeping that goal in mind

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I look forward to collaborating with you

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all and with mayor McCarthy to keep

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skc's progress moving forward thank you

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[Applause]

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again

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and I call on Mr Carl Williams his oath

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will be administered by The Honorable

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Maran

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[Applause]

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Porterfield

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[Music]

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you Solly swear you solemnly swear that

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I will support the Constitution of the

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United States that I'll support the

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Constitution of the United States the

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Constitution of the state of New York

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the constitution of the state of New

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York the charter of the city of SKC the

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charter of the city and I will

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Faithfully discharge the duties and I

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Faithfully discharge the duties of

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office of Sky City council member office

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of Sky City Council in for the city of

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SKC and for the city of skty according

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to the best of my ability according to

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the best of my ability so help me God so

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help

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[Applause]

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me

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uh thank you so much uh firstly to the

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voters who came out to support me uh it

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definitely is a a weird uh uh

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understanding to accept just that so

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many people like I could not even count

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on my hands just elected to see me

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continue to do this good work that we

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are uh challenged to do day in and day

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out uh I wanted to take a moment to just

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singularly thank my wife Michaela and

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our two daughters zah M Malia uh for uh

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attending this journey with me that I

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have proactively uh decided our family

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to go on truly um serving as a council

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member is not something that I'm able to

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do by myself as you've seen I wear a lot

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of different roles the one that I

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prominently wear the the proudest is

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that of father and husband uh definitely

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to my daughters who've only known me as

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a council member I hope that that

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they'll truly understand the capacity of

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the work that I elect to do with my

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colleagues uh I definitely proactively

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look forward to serving collaboratively

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with the the Tage of the mayor uh to

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make sure that we can best serve the the

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members of our community uh but

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ultimately I cannot stand here tonight I

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do not stand here tonight uh without

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knowing that our household is truly in

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good hands with my wife so truly thank

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you uh for making this journey more

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tolerable uh and I definitely know there

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are a lot of trying nights there have

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been some long meetings Jo that they

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there some long

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meetings But ultimately uh understanding

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to the the to the words of Miss uh Doro

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and Miss Carmel uh definitely being in

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the right hearts and minds and

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understanding that these roles that we serve to do voluntarily uh it is is a

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responsibility that we need to take

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further fervently and and confidently um

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so definitely I think my message for

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2024 is I I confidently stand here

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looking to to proactively address the

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issues and needs of our community uh and

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definitely doing that in in a unified

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and collaborative and cohesive front so

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thank you uh I know we've said a lot of

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words over the last few years and now

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it's time for Action so thank

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you I will now take the roll call for

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the connected city council Mr

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Toro Mr

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Farley Mr manini pres Mr M Baron pres

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Miss Patrick here miss Porterfield here

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Mr Williams here and now ask for a

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motion appointing a city council

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president Mr

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Toro thank you is there a second on the

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motion second motion

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okay

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are there any

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discussions I will now put the motion to

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appoint Miss Maran Porterfield as city

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council president to vote Mr

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Toro

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yes Mr Farley yes Mr Mancini yes Mr muin

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yes Miss Patrick yes Miss Porterfield

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yes Mr Williams

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yes the motion carries unanimous ly

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naming Miss Porterfield as council

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[Applause]

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president thank you and first of all I

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would like to thank God for the

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opportunity to be here another year

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there are some people who we lost in

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2023

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so before I start my remarks I just ask

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for we all to give a a moment of silence

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and to remember those that we lost in

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2023 thank you first of all I'd like to

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say happy New Year to everyone and thank

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you for being here this evening I'd like

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to congratulate the mayor on being

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elected to a new term and to all the

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council members who were reelected as

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well as welc M welcoming Mr manini to

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his first term on the city

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council with every new year be comes an

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opportunity to start aresh and so we as

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a council now have that

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opportunity we can reflect on the things

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that we accomplished in 2023 and there

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may be some who think that we didn't

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accomplish a lot but in fact if you look

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at our record you'll see that we agreed

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on more than we disagreed on because we

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just have to talk about the elephant in

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the room

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but we and one of the things I just want

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to note something that we did that is

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probably has not happened here before

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but has happened in other communities is

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our participatory budgeting where we

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allowed residents of the city to

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determine how we spent the arpa funds

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that were going to come in it wasn't a

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smooth ride but it was a ride where we

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learned some lessons and then people who

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don't normally benefit from the money

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that comes through the city were able to

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benefit and to do things within their

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different organizations so thank you to those who submitted

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applications thank you to those who um

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received funding and and continued with

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their project and thank you for those

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who took the time and effort to review

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some of those applications we really

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appreciate it and without our community

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it would be difficult to do that the

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work that we do the other thing that

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happened most recently is having the tax

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exemption raised the amount of tax

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exemption raised for seniors that is

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going to benefit some of the most

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vulnerable populations in our city the

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seniors and the lower income people but

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now we took the opportunity with the

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leadership of councilman Williams to

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actually to do that and so now those

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folks who maybe have been suffering a

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little bit because they lost their

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exemption because of the rais in Social

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Security are now going to be able to

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benefit from that again I want to thank

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all of the leadership here the police

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chief the mayor the fire chief chief

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Divine and all the city staff for

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continuing to work with us as we go

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through um making sure that we run the

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city to the best of our ability we

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really could not do it without

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you the council took some time last week

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to sit and reflect on what last year was

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like what the last few years were like

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and how we would move forward into

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2024 and I want to thank you all for

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taking the time to do that because the

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true measure of character is when you

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are willing to have authentic meaningful

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conversations accept difficulties and

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respon and accept responsibility for

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what we've each added to the challenge

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that we faced and resolve to overcome

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them all and to do better since this is

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a council that gives out resolutions a

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lot we resolved that we would work

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together for the benefit of our

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community that we would not let outside

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influences make help make um a

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difference with us and determine how we

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treat each other but that we we work

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together because the city and is

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counting on us so I thank you all for

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that I look forward to working with you

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and I thank you for the opportunity

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you have given me to again be the

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council president and I know that we're

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going to have a wonderful year Mr manini

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thank you for being a part of this I'm

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sure I know that you thought about it

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for a while but but thank you for saying

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yes nonetheless and for those have

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continued to serve and chosen to

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continue serve I look forward to working

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with you thank you very

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[Applause]

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much this Porterfield would you please

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take the

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chair Mr John mutar has been selected to

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serve as the majority lead leader for a

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term commencing January 2024 until

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December

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2025 this time I'd like to ask for a

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motion for city

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clerk motion by Miss Patrick second by

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Mr

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Mancini all in

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favor no Miss Michael has to I'm sorry

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has to take a roll call Miss Michael

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would you please take the roll call

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naming you as city

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clerk Mr Toro yes Mr Farley yes Mr

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Mancini

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yes Mr muan yes Miss Patrick yes Miss

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Porterfield yes Mr Williams yes thank

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you motion passes unanimously thank

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you may I have a motion designate this

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The Daily Gazette as the official

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publication for the city of skincity

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motion motion by Mr manini second by

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00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,960
Miss Patrick all in favor

560
00:44:54,960 --> 00:45:07,349
I

561
00:45:07,359 --> 00:45:09,119
theed okay we'd like to have the

562
00:45:09,119 --> 00:45:17,870
benediction by Reverend Brad

563
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,079
Jones wait excuse me the mayor will do

564
00:45:21,079 --> 00:45:24,870
his state of the city before the

565
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,079
benediction

566
00:45:27,079 --> 00:45:35,109
out I need down

567
00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:37,079
there I was going to take a lot of

568
00:45:37,079 --> 00:45:40,190
pressure off

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00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,800
me that uh want to thank everyone for uh

570
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,680
coming out tonight uh can everybody here

571
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,760
is significant your contributions to the

572
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:54,119
city and community that we all love and

573
00:45:54,119 --> 00:45:58,680
appreciate uh thank uh Greg Caroline uh

574
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,960
judge sanusi for administering the oath

575
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,680
Classics connect success story product

576
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,119
of City Schools moved out of the area

577
00:46:08,119 --> 00:46:11,480
practice law at a higher level came back

578
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,920
here served at the DA's office was city

579
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,880
court judge and has served this

580
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,839
community's distinction as a county

581
00:46:17,839 --> 00:46:21,079
court judge and so Matt I thank you for

582
00:46:21,079 --> 00:46:24,480
uh your role in uh humbling experience

583
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:26,839
just administering the oath to me

584
00:46:26,839 --> 00:46:31,880
tonight uh judge Caruso is here uh judge

585
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,400
Versace uh judge Divine who we give a

586
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:36,319
couple different titles to depending on

587
00:46:36,319 --> 00:46:39,520
what role he's in but uh thank you for

588
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:43,359
uh your work uh uh Tom Isabella Dave

589
00:46:43,359 --> 00:46:45,520
balk uh forign members of the city

590
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,960
council long distinguished Service uh

591
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:53,119
thank you for joining us uh father isopo

592
00:46:53,119 --> 00:46:56,319
uh Reverend Hamilton Reverend Jones

593
00:46:56,319 --> 00:46:58,240
again thank you for the work that you do

594
00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:01,680
in your respective uh roles within the

595
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,599
clergy in this

596
00:47:03,599 --> 00:47:05,559
community

597
00:47:05,559 --> 00:47:08,520
uh assemblyman Santa Barbara it's great

598
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,760
to see you uh we always like state

599
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,319
legislators to join us every time if you

600
00:47:14,319 --> 00:47:15,960
could come if you could bring a check

601
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,760
though we appreciate you

602
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,680
more but uh I've had the

603
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,520
opportunity uh my role in the city is to

604
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,760
sit in all three seats here out in the

605
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,440
audience the deis the council seats the

606
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,280
deis looks the most impressive but they

607
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,240
are not the most comfortable seats

608
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:38,119
they're big they're a little bit awkward

609
00:47:38,119 --> 00:47:41,520
to move around in the city council seats

610
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:45,000
are really the best seats in this

611
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,000
chamber and unfortunately where the

612
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,839
public sits they are the worst seats

613
00:47:50,839 --> 00:47:52,920
they are I don't think any of the

614
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:54,960
churches have any that are quite as bad

615
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:58,079
as these pews that are here and so

616
00:47:58,079 --> 00:47:59,880
taking that into consideration I won't

617
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:03,240
make my remarks too long tonight so that

618
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:06,319
you don't have to uh sit here longer

619
00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:08,920
than you would like to but uh I want to

620
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,680
thank the department heads and the city

621
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,040
staff for the work they do every day for

622
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:17,599
the residents of our city uh it's really

623
00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:19,800
a great team and it's really producing

624
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,040
significant

625
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:24,520
results even though the budget process

626
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,480
this year was longer than than any of us

627
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,839
would have liked the tax bills that

628
00:48:28,839 --> 00:48:32,280
we're sending out now reflect a 1 cent

629
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,599
per thousand reduction in the tax rates

630
00:48:34,599 --> 00:48:35,720
for

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00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:38,319
2024 and what that means is that we have

632
00:48:38,319 --> 00:48:40,920
cut taxes seven out of the last nine

633
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:43,160
years even though that the slight

634
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,040
increase because of

635
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,480
covid and the uh financial status of the

636
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,680
city is sound our assessed value of

637
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,520
property in the city continues to

638
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,920
steadily rise with a total value this

639
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,480
year of

640
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,599
2.47 billion

641
00:49:00,599 --> 00:49:04,040
dollar uh our garbage collection is one

642
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,680
of the great Services we provide our

643
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,599
residents the adopted budget requires us

644
00:49:09,599 --> 00:49:10,960
to deal with

645
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,640
jackpots that's the slang term used by

646
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,400
staff for people who put out an

647
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,200
excessive amount of trash in front of

648
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,000
their property we must find a formula

649
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,640
that fairly allocates the additional

650
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,720
cost they generate back to those

651
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:27,880
individuals that uh and locations that

652
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,040
generate it you look at just that one

653
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,839
example there again all too often that

654
00:49:32,839 --> 00:49:34,920
happens here in the

655
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:39,079
city the rates on the slide uh also came

656
00:49:39,079 --> 00:49:40,920
in actually as we were finishing the

657
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,240
budget coming in from our contractors

658
00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:47,000
and vendors uh Municipal Solid Waste

659
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,400
commonly referred to as

660
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:54,440
MSW has a over 35% increase from what we

661
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:56,599
paid last year year in

662
00:49:56,599 --> 00:49:59,200
2023 and

663
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,480
recyclables are going to go up over

664
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,760
125% and you have to remember for the

665
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:06,960
recyclables we used

666
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:10,520
to do it basically at a break even Point

667
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:12,760
some years it would cost us a little bit

668
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,400
some years we'd make a little bit of

669
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,240
money based on the value of the tin

670
00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:19,280
plastic and glass that were the primary

671
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,910
components that were being

672
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:27,280
recycled now it costs more to do the

673
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:30,599
recyclables than it does for

674
00:50:30,599 --> 00:50:34,680
MSW and so it's the whole area that we

675
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:37,720
have to rethink how we approach and how

676
00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:40,000
do we deal with it and this week I'm

677
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:41,640
going to appoint a working group that

678
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,400
will include council president

679
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,760
Porterfield and public service and

680
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,880
utility chair Doro to review our current

681
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,640
service model with Associated costs and

682
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,040
benefits I'll direct that they provide a

683
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,160
report and recommendation to the city

684
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,760
council and myself for the February 20th

685
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:01,119
committee meeting of the city council so

686
00:51:01,119 --> 00:51:03,160
that we can enact appropriate

687
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:05,720
legislation or fee structure to again

688
00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:07,880
hold those individuals accountable that

689
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,520
drive our

690
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:13,240
costs a significant amount of our cost

691
00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:16,240
and demands for services are driven by

692
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:18,720
what I label is high needs individuals

693
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:20,119
and high needs

694
00:51:20,119 --> 00:51:23,000
locations we send code enforcement

695
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,040
police the fire department the Bureau of

696
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:26,240
service

697
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:28,680
to locations that social services

698
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,880
medical resources and other community

699
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:35,839
providers are also being sent to

700
00:51:35,839 --> 00:51:38,400
unfortunately many times one provider

701
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,119
does not know the other is dealing with

702
00:51:41,119 --> 00:51:44,440
that situation or that individual or

703
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:47,319
family I'm Shifting the responsibility

704
00:51:47,319 --> 00:51:49,680
of director Matt Douglas who has done a

705
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:51,760
great job with crime analysis and

706
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,359
support of the police department to use

707
00:51:54,359 --> 00:51:57,599
his skill set on a city-wide basis we're

708
00:51:57,599 --> 00:52:00,200
collecting a lot of information and data

709
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,720
and with Mr Douglas's

710
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:07,359
experience I'm looking to better manage

711
00:52:07,359 --> 00:52:10,119
the city resources and improve our

712
00:52:10,119 --> 00:52:13,000
messaging to the public as we identify

713
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,920
those locations and individuals and work

714
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:19,520
in a coordinated manner to deal with

715
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:24,280
them in a truly solution-based

716
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,839
process this outlines some of the work

717
00:52:26,839 --> 00:52:29,839
that Matt has done and it's an ezri

718
00:52:29,839 --> 00:52:32,760
platform again it allows to take data

719
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:35,200
and use it in a graphical format that is

720
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:38,119
easily understood by not only the public

721
00:52:38,119 --> 00:52:40,839
but people who are providing services in

722
00:52:40,839 --> 00:52:44,119
evaluating situations that we deal

723
00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:47,440
with in 2020 we saw historic lows in

724
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,680
criminal activity due the co pandemic

725
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:53,119
unfortunately we've seen a slight uptick

726
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:55,640
in crime but the numbers need need to be

727
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:58,640
put into perspective the graph shows the

728
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,319
last 12 years our part one violent crime

729
00:53:01,319 --> 00:53:04,480
is still 22% lower than when I came into

730
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,799
office in 2012 and our property crimes

731
00:53:07,799 --> 00:53:10,599
are 19% lower than

732
00:53:10,599 --> 00:53:13,799
2012 and while we've all experienced

733
00:53:13,799 --> 00:53:16,040
individuals complaining about speeding

734
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:18,359
within the city and it is an issue that

735
00:53:18,359 --> 00:53:20,280
uh commissioner and chief I assume

736
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:21,799
you'll be working on when you leave this

737
00:53:21,799 --> 00:53:23,000
meeting

738
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:26,079
tonight uh

739
00:53:26,079 --> 00:53:30,040
crash data is actually down over 8% over

740
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:33,240
the last four years so that we're seeing

741
00:53:33,240 --> 00:53:35,079
some of the improvements that we're

742
00:53:35,079 --> 00:53:38,720
doing with traffic control devices some

743
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:41,920
of the enforcement it is uh producing

744
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,640
results and we would encourage people to

745
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:47,079
again think about the actions that

746
00:53:47,079 --> 00:53:49,480
you're taking for speeding littering and

747
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:51,520
some of the other nuisances that uh

748
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:53,280
drive a lot of the complaints that come

749
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,280
to City Hall

750
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,920
SKC continues to develop and Implement

751
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:00,200
Innovative and

752
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:03,319
advancements uh to further enhance

753
00:54:03,319 --> 00:54:05,440
Community accessibility to

754
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:09,319
information in mid 2023 the SKC police

755
00:54:09,319 --> 00:54:11,680
uh launched the first public facing

756
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:13,960
dashboard again it was designed by Matt

757
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:18,079
Douglas and as an ezri uh platform that

758
00:54:18,079 --> 00:54:22,240
can be publicly accessed via the city

759
00:54:22,240 --> 00:54:25,960
website this shows reported part one

760
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,359
crimes in the city of skincity during

761
00:54:28,359 --> 00:54:32,079
the last 28 days uh crime statistics can

762
00:54:32,079 --> 00:54:34,440
be selected by neighborhood or by a

763
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,640
specific type of crime and where we

764
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:39,599
start to look at high needs individuals

765
00:54:39,599 --> 00:54:41,440
and high needs locations what we're

766
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:43,319
looking to do is take the talent that we

767
00:54:43,319 --> 00:54:45,040
have in some of our crime analysts in

768
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:48,400
the planning department across City uh

769
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,839
departments and be able to graphically

770
00:54:50,839 --> 00:54:54,160
represent not only criminal activity but

771
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:56,160
code enforcement

772
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:59,559
uh Health Care other issues that may be

773
00:54:59,559 --> 00:55:02,799
arising so that we can tell the story

774
00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:05,160
and then also better focus resources in

775
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:08,079
a collective manner to solve

776
00:55:08,079 --> 00:55:11,640
them uh we're doing a lot of uh things

777
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:14,359
in public safety we've uh done Dax

778
00:55:14,359 --> 00:55:17,480
that's datadriven policing septad is

779
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:19,599
crime prevention through environmental

780
00:55:19,599 --> 00:55:22,640
design there's a whole list of uh things

781
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,640
that uh we've been doing

782
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:27,240
the one that I'm most proud of and I

783
00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:30,839
think has the most significance is the

784
00:55:30,839 --> 00:55:33,480
Hub model and that's where we take and

785
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,799
send uh fire paramedics police Social

786
00:55:36,799 --> 00:55:39,160
Services mental health professionals

787
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:42,440
drug and alcohol counselers in a team

788
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:46,280
format to evaluate and guide individuals

789
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:49,240
to the appropriate support so that they

790
00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:52,319
may live with dignity and reduce their

791
00:55:52,319 --> 00:55:55,280
needs for police and fire and emergency

792
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,839
room Services there individuals that

793
00:55:57,839 --> 00:55:59,680
having problems within the community

794
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,760
some are homeless uh some are living in

795
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:04,760
less and desirable

796
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:07,640
circumstances but we have a coordinated

797
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:10,000
effort that is going out in really

798
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:12,599
transforming some of their lives and

799
00:56:12,599 --> 00:56:14,359
making a dramatic difference in the

800
00:56:14,359 --> 00:56:16,599
related Public Safety costs that those

801
00:56:16,599 --> 00:56:17,960
individuals

802
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:21,680
Drive Patrol finder a product developed

803
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:24,960
by a local company transfinder who CEO

804
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:27,000
Tony civella is with us tonight thank

805
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,119
you Mr civella for joining us this

806
00:56:30,119 --> 00:56:32,920
product is fully deployed in the Patrol

807
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:34,920
Division and it's making our police

808
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,799
officers more effective and accountable

809
00:56:37,799 --> 00:56:39,960
and again it's a platform where it's

810
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:42,960
connected leading with a local company

811
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:46,039
putting in place a management system

812
00:56:46,039 --> 00:56:50,240
that leverage police resources and so

813
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:53,680
I'm thankful that uh Civello and his

814
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,960
team allowed connect to to be part of

815
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:58,520
that process and we again look forward

816
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:01,839
to having that not only deployed fully

817
00:57:01,839 --> 00:57:04,319
within SKC but with other communities

818
00:57:04,319 --> 00:57:06,000
across the state and hopefully across

819
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,880
the country so that he'll be able to

820
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:09,799
hire a few more people here in the city

821
00:57:09,799 --> 00:57:11,720
of

822
00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:14,839
skinc this summer the city of sken and

823
00:57:14,839 --> 00:57:17,559
uh local community organizations hosted

824
00:57:17,559 --> 00:57:21,680
the 518 common Unity cup again uh local

825
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:23,920
law enforcement Community organizations

826
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,440
participated in a five-week summer

827
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:29,559
series uh Sports series that kicked off

828
00:57:29,559 --> 00:57:32,079
during National Night Out the fire in

829
00:57:32,079 --> 00:57:34,359
the police department participated in

830
00:57:34,359 --> 00:57:36,960
multiple community events throughout the

831
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:39,839
year and it just shows our ability to

832
00:57:39,839 --> 00:57:44,480
take law enforcement in uh firefighters

833
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,720
and put them out interact with the

834
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:51,079
public in non-emergency uh situations so

835
00:57:51,079 --> 00:57:53,680
they build a better rapport with them uh

836
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:56,520
it breaks down hopefully any barriers

837
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:00,480
that exist and hopefully also increases

838
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,000
our ability to recruit individuals who

839
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,039
may want to consider either a

840
00:58:05,039 --> 00:58:09,240
firefighting career or Police Services

841
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,640
also within the fire department we have

842
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:14,880
a drone initiative there we recently

843
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,359
received a grant from the Larry

844
00:58:16,359 --> 00:58:18,119
Foundation which will replace the

845
00:58:18,119 --> 00:58:21,480
descending devices those are equipment

846
00:58:21,480 --> 00:58:24,799
that firefighters wear during interior

847
00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:27,520
attack on working fires if in fact they

848
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:30,960
become a trap they are able to repel

849
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:35,000
outside the building uh getting away

850
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,559
from whatever the danger is uh we've had

851
00:58:38,559 --> 00:58:40,760
devices in place for about a decade

852
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:42,640
these are new more modern ones that will

853
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:45,039
be more efficient and less bulky for the

854
00:58:45,039 --> 00:58:48,520
uh firefighters out in the street and uh

855
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:49,920
serving this

856
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,000
community uh the replacement of our

857
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,240
portable radios in the fire department

858
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:57,200
uh in 2024 is going to be a much needed

859
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,799
upgrade and will go a long way to

860
00:58:58,799 --> 00:59:01,079
improving our tactical operations within

861
00:59:01,079 --> 00:59:03,280
the fire

862
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:06,720
department uh distressed property is

863
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:11,000
still one of our big problems uh this is

864
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:14,160
an example before and after uh just a

865
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:15,760
few years we've reduced the number of

866
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,680
vacant properties in the city of SKC by

867
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:19,920
over

868
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:23,319
50% uh but again it drives our costs for

869
00:59:23,319 --> 00:59:26,400
code enforcement uh police fire and

870
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,720
related expenses and on top of that the

871
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:33,799
Lost Property Tax uh again it's a still

872
00:59:33,799 --> 00:59:36,960
a large problem for the community now

873
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,200
having said still being a problem our

874
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:41,319
record is fairly impressive where we've

875
00:59:41,319 --> 00:59:46,200
sold over 800 properties my focus since

876
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:48,119
I've been mayor is to prioritize the

877
00:59:48,119 --> 00:59:50,920
sale of city-owned properties to create

878
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,640
primarily home ownership opportunities

879
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:55,559
the sales of these properties have

880
00:59:55,559 --> 00:59:59,599
generated over $14.1 million and again

881
00:59:59,599 --> 01:00:02,880
have put back on the tax rols those

882
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:04,640
coresponding

883
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:07,319
houses uh this year Mount Pleasant will

884
01:00:07,319 --> 01:00:10,319
see a $9 million complete streets

885
01:00:10,319 --> 01:00:12,280
project that will include new

886
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:15,119
streetscapes sidewalks bike Lanes Green

887
01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:16,880
Space and the rehabilitation of the

888
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:20,559
Craig Street Bridge depal properties the

889
01:00:20,559 --> 01:00:23,640
Mosaic Apartments uh development on

890
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:26,000
Crane Street will transform several

891
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,440
Parcels of vacant land and buildings in

892
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:30,880
the Mount Pleasant commercial Corridor

893
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:34,799
into 60 units of new quality affordable

894
01:00:34,799 --> 01:00:37,240
housing this is the same developer that

895
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:39,920
did the Joe Allen Apartments on Albany

896
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:43,079
Street the $120 million Northside

897
01:00:43,079 --> 01:00:46,200
Village is complete and being rented out

898
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,839
Bethesda House's new car house is open

899
01:00:48,839 --> 01:00:51,240
and providing Supportive Housing and

900
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:53,119
emergency housing for adults

901
01:00:53,119 --> 01:00:55,760
experiencing homelessness

902
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:59,039
again SKC continues to provide quality

903
01:00:59,039 --> 01:01:02,760
and affordable res uh housing to its

904
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:07,000
residents the uh $2.3 million Restore

905
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:09,720
New York award for the wedgeway building

906
01:01:09,720 --> 01:01:12,000
and that was the second largest in this

907
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:14,319
region and the sixth largest in the

908
01:01:14,319 --> 01:01:16,880
state has enabled the restoration of

909
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:19,079
this vacant blighted and historically

910
01:01:19,079 --> 01:01:21,799
significant structure in the heart of

911
01:01:21,799 --> 01:01:25,200
downtown to get underway from

912
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:28,599
Rehabilitation and so it's a major

913
01:01:28,599 --> 01:01:31,000
project that makes a big difference in

914
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:33,480
our downtown and we're just proud of the

915
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:35,599
team that put that

916
01:01:35,599 --> 01:01:39,039
together uh this picture is the ribbon

917
01:01:39,039 --> 01:01:42,200
cutting of the new CDTA Mobility Hub on

918
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:43,400
Lower State

919
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:47,480
Street this was provided with CDTA and

920
01:01:47,480 --> 01:01:49,720
Senator Schumer lining up some federal

921
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,680
money it provides bus service electric

922
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:55,880
vehicle charging bicyc IC Le access in

923
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:57,279
pedestrian

924
01:01:57,279 --> 01:01:59,680
amenities uh we also completed the

925
01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:02,480
sidewalk work on North College Street

926
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:04,760
and there was drainage issues and Street

927
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,359
improvements on North Center Street in

928
01:02:07,359 --> 01:02:08,960
the improvements to the Brandy Wine

929
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:10,960
Avenue

930
01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:14,079
uh traffic Corridor will be completed

931
01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:15,680
this

932
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:19,039
spring we have over $35 million of

933
01:02:19,039 --> 01:02:21,559
ongoing infrastructure projects going

934
01:02:21,559 --> 01:02:22,480
into

935
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:25,680
2024 The Rice Road water infrastructure

936
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:27,880
improvements including three new water

937
01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:30,799
wells that will produce an excessive

938
01:02:30,799 --> 01:02:33,880
9,000 gallons per minute which are made

939
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:36,760
possible with a $3 million water

940
01:02:36,760 --> 01:02:39,400
infrastructure Improvement Grant uh

941
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:41,119
Improvement act Grant from the New York

942
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:43,279
State Environmental facilities

943
01:02:43,279 --> 01:02:45,200
Corporation these critical

944
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:47,640
infrastructure upgrades will help

945
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:49,319
improve the

946
01:02:49,319 --> 01:02:52,520
efficiency resiliency and sustainability

947
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:54,720
of our water supply system which not

948
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:56,920
only serves the residents of this city

949
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:59,079
but multiple adjacent

950
01:02:59,079 --> 01:03:01,160
municipalities and also for general

951
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:04,400
information uh the Kings Road Bridge

952
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:07,559
rehab project we will formally close

953
01:03:07,559 --> 01:03:11,440
that bridge on Monday January 22 it will

954
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:14,599
create some inconvenience but that will

955
01:03:14,599 --> 01:03:16,599
allow the project to be done in a more

956
01:03:16,599 --> 01:03:19,279
timely manner and actually at an overall

957
01:03:19,279 --> 01:03:22,559
lower cost so we uh appreciate people's

958
01:03:22,559 --> 01:03:24,039
tolerance and that inconvenience where

959
01:03:24,039 --> 01:03:26,160
they're going to be re-rooted uh off

960
01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:27,760
King's

961
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,920
Road the Adaptive use uh reuse of

962
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:33,319
historic buildings adds character to our

963
01:03:33,319 --> 01:03:35,760
community the Foster and Edison

964
01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:39,920
buildings are great examples of this uh

965
01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:42,960
home to the great Nest restaurant is in

966
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,520
the Foster building the Edison banquet

967
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:48,480
hall and both projects provide housing

968
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,319
to new people moving into our community

969
01:03:51,319 --> 01:03:53,359
and if you've not stopped by the Armory

970
01:03:53,359 --> 01:03:55,520
Studio to see see the Claude Monae

971
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,279
immersive experience please put that on

972
01:03:58,279 --> 01:04:00,760
your schedule and we have Ray leir one

973
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:03,920
of the principles from uh the uh Armory

974
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:06,279
joining us tonight thank you Mr leer for

975
01:04:06,279 --> 01:04:07,799
your

976
01:04:07,799 --> 01:04:10,440
work we continue to see an

977
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,799
increase in the use of our online uh

978
01:04:13,799 --> 01:04:16,440
platform for residents to contact the

979
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:18,640
city with issues or questions that see

980
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,400
click fix if you don't have it on your

981
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:24,839
uh phone sign up for it

982
01:04:24,839 --> 01:04:27,279
get it on the city

983
01:04:27,279 --> 01:04:29,920
website and after our second full year

984
01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:32,720
of deployment we're very happy with the

985
01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:35,440
utilization and look to continue promote

986
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:38,160
its use by our residents is just one

987
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:40,319
more way to better manage citizens

988
01:04:40,319 --> 01:04:42,920
request identifying problems and

989
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:45,960
ensuring appropriate followup last year

990
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:50,559
we successfully closed out over 1500

991
01:04:50,559 --> 01:04:54,440
requests thanks to a car's CV Grant we

992
01:04:54,440 --> 01:04:57,119
were able to expand our public Wi-Fi

993
01:04:57,119 --> 01:05:00,000
deployment into the north side Hamilton

994
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,240
Hill between Seward place and Erie

995
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:04,880
Boulevard and we will be turning on more

996
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:08,160
in The Stockade area in the coming weeks

997
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:12,520
I remind residents of the recent updated

998
01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:16,520
interactive WiFi map on our website to

999
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:18,799
keep everyone posted and where we

1000
01:05:18,799 --> 01:05:21,520
currently have this service there are

1001
01:05:21,520 --> 01:05:25,039
over 250 access points currently shown

1002
01:05:25,039 --> 01:05:27,480
on the map last year at this time we had

1003
01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:28,799
about

1004
01:05:28,799 --> 01:05:32,599
115 and uh as we get into the uh spring

1005
01:05:32,599 --> 01:05:36,880
months I expect to have over 400 total

1006
01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:40,400
uh active sites in the

1007
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,960
city uh in the last 30 days our public

1008
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:48,760
WiFi has serviced between 1.9 and 2.9

1009
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:53,069
Million page requests every

1010
01:05:53,079 --> 01:05:56,200
day this is allowing our citizens to

1011
01:05:56,200 --> 01:05:59,319
obtain news information

1012
01:05:59,319 --> 01:06:02,039
and access to things that they need to

1013
01:06:02,039 --> 01:06:05,000
keep informed and have them provided

1014
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:07,799
basic knowledge in some cases it's a

1015
01:06:07,799 --> 01:06:11,599
total of over 66 million hits happened

1016
01:06:11,599 --> 01:06:13,599
in the month of December

1017
01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:16,599
alone on the right side you of the slide

1018
01:06:16,599 --> 01:06:19,119
you you can see the top destination

1019
01:06:19,119 --> 01:06:21,520
categories while I'm talking about the

1020
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,079
uh Public Access there's also a par

1021
01:06:24,079 --> 01:06:27,359
parallel secure side to that Network

1022
01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:30,279
that we use for police fire and

1023
01:06:30,279 --> 01:06:33,799
Municipal Services which allows us to be

1024
01:06:33,799 --> 01:06:37,680
more efficient have uh greater access to

1025
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:40,039
information and again manage the

1026
01:06:40,039 --> 01:06:42,000
resources of the

1027
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,520
city uh want to thank all the volunteers

1028
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:47,799
who helped organize the Capital District

1029
01:06:47,799 --> 01:06:50,359
Drive electric week in sustainability

1030
01:06:50,359 --> 01:06:53,240
fair to celebrate the National Drive

1031
01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:56,000
electric week here in the electric city

1032
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:58,880
skty was the largest National Drive

1033
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:01,200
electric week event in the country by

1034
01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:03,640
the number of registered participants

1035
01:07:03,640 --> 01:07:06,680
for the second year in a row the fair is

1036
01:07:06,680 --> 01:07:11,920
one of 215 events held in 22 cities

1037
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:14,680
Nationwide all dedicated to advancing

1038
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:17,440
the cause of Electric Mobility so again

1039
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:20,400
it shows connecties leadership in an

1040
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:23,480
emerging technology in an area that uh

1041
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:25,760
again reflects the history and the

1042
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:27,079
future of this

1043
01:07:27,079 --> 01:07:29,799
city we continue to take advantage of

1044
01:07:29,799 --> 01:07:31,960
incentives and Partnerships as we build

1045
01:07:31,960 --> 01:07:33,960
our infrastructure and expand our

1046
01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:35,440
electric

1047
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:38,839
Fleet this chart shows a comparison of

1048
01:07:38,839 --> 01:07:41,880
two City Vehicles one vehicle driven an

1049
01:07:41,880 --> 01:07:45,440
average of 50 miles a week

1050
01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:47,799
produces over

1051
01:07:47,799 --> 01:07:51,440
13,000 pounds of carbon

1052
01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:54,839
dioxide a similar Electric vehicle

1053
01:07:54,839 --> 01:07:56,880
driven the same amount of mileage

1054
01:07:56,880 --> 01:08:00,039
produces only 2,000 lbs of carbon

1055
01:08:00,039 --> 01:08:03,520
dioxide so it shows the dramatic impact

1056
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:05,520
that we can have on our environment and

1057
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:08,319
I appreciate the city council's support

1058
01:08:08,319 --> 01:08:10,640
in working with the Departments as we

1059
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:13,799
look to add electric vehicles to the

1060
01:08:13,799 --> 01:08:16,640
fleet uh the leader in that of course is

1061
01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:19,239
uh Mr da at the golf course who has

1062
01:08:19,239 --> 01:08:22,839
converted all the golf carts to electric

1063
01:08:22,839 --> 01:08:25,040
vehicles well hopefully the rest of the

1064
01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:27,799
city will catch up with you

1065
01:08:27,799 --> 01:08:30,239
Matt I appreciate the city council's

1066
01:08:30,239 --> 01:08:32,080
early support for the new pool in

1067
01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:34,480
Central Park which will be open this

1068
01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:36,920
summer it's Tak a little bit longer than

1069
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:40,199
we'd like but uh it's a Class Act it's a

1070
01:08:40,199 --> 01:08:43,239
great facility and uh it's a major

1071
01:08:43,239 --> 01:08:45,400
project which complements our previous

1072
01:08:45,400 --> 01:08:48,279
investment in music Haven the ad diamond

1073
01:08:48,279 --> 01:08:51,359
in the ongoing upgrades to our tennis

1074
01:08:51,359 --> 01:08:54,440
courts we're happy to have completed

1075
01:08:54,440 --> 01:08:56,880
Jerry Burell Park improvements in

1076
01:08:56,880 --> 01:09:00,480
2023 the park now has a new Splash Pad

1077
01:09:00,480 --> 01:09:03,359
basketball court seating area lighting

1078
01:09:03,359 --> 01:09:06,279
and public art this is possible because

1079
01:09:06,279 --> 01:09:07,839
of support from the New York State

1080
01:09:07,839 --> 01:09:10,319
Department of parks and recreation in

1081
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:12,880
sken county and it complements the

1082
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:15,880
investment made by the city of

1083
01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:18,799
sken we have uh the pickle ball and

1084
01:09:18,799 --> 01:09:21,560
basketball courts at Hillhurst Park and

1085
01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:23,880
the tennis courts at Fairview Park were

1086
01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:25,400
completed in

1087
01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:28,080
2023 these projects were designed with

1088
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:29,359
the input from the Belleview

1089
01:09:29,359 --> 01:09:32,040
preservation Association in the Mohawk

1090
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:34,759
pickle ball league new projects this

1091
01:09:34,759 --> 01:09:37,520
year are in Central Park for the

1092
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:40,040
Michigan Avenue in the Central Park in

1093
01:09:40,040 --> 01:09:42,199
the Michigan Avenue tennis

1094
01:09:42,199 --> 01:09:44,960
courts now I started by saying I

1095
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:47,640
wouldn't make my remarks run too long so

1096
01:09:47,640 --> 01:09:49,600
I'm just going to give you a quick

1097
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:53,799
overview here the next slides list over

1098
01:09:53,799 --> 01:09:58,440
70 active grants and $84 million that

1099
01:09:58,440 --> 01:10:00,400
we're managing to better deliver

1100
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:03,520
services and improve our city and so

1101
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:05,600
even if I just took a minute and one to

1102
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:07,320
would take 84 minutes which I'm not

1103
01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:10,400
going to do but I just if you have any

1104
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:12,400
questions on any of these projects

1105
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:15,800
councilman manini who's been here about

1106
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:18,360
a day and a half now is fully briefed on

1107
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:20,640
this and we'll be able to give you a

1108
01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:24,840
detailed update on the way out

1109
01:10:24,840 --> 01:10:28,120
so so but again these don't happen by

1110
01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:29,719
accident it's a lot of people working

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together uh really producing results and

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this is a beyond the arpa money that we

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have so again it's really something that

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the staff should be proud of and the

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resident should be thankful for in terms

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of the results that we're producing

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here it seems like uh every week you do

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another ribbon cutting for new

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businesses or one that is expanding in

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and this is a result of our great

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unified economic development team led by

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Ray Gillan and the Metroplex staff it's

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uh really an impressive record that we

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have our community organizations and

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01:11:08,239 --> 01:11:10,800
leaders are consistently recognized for

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milestones and significant

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accomplishments uh there are always good

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things going on and connected with our

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many Community Partners something

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happening literally every day

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here our working together is what enable

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us to make so many good things happen I

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thank you for the opportunity to

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continue to serve as your mayor and look

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forward to a productive 2024 as we build

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on the impressive record we have in that

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we set standards that other communities

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look for to follow in our footsteps and

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Lady Liberty is back in downtown's

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connecties

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[Applause]

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thank you and enjoy your

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[Applause]

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evening

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thank you mayor I'd ask everyone to

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01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:38,990
please rise for the

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benediction good evening and happy New

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01:12:41,239 --> 01:12:44,320
Year uh I'm Brad Jones I'm the director

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or another name for head pastor at

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01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:48,719
Christ Church in September I celebrated

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01:12:48,719 --> 01:12:52,880
my 25th year um as as the recor a pastor

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01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:55,239
there and it's been my privilege to work

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01:12:55,239 --> 01:12:58,120
in the community of Hamilton hill our

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01:12:58,120 --> 01:13:00,239
mission field uh but also in the

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greatest skincity area these past

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01:13:02,320 --> 01:13:04,120
several years my benediction is in two

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01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:06,639
parts one is a just a brief closing

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01:13:06,639 --> 01:13:09,120
prayer for the leaders the elected

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01:13:09,120 --> 01:13:12,040
leaders uh of this city that we've U

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01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:14,360
recognized this evening uh but the

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benediction is actually a blessing on

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all the people of God um and I I'm going

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01:13:20,239 --> 01:13:24,080
to share with you the benediction that

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01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:27,639
Moses uh passed on to Aaron to to pray

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01:13:27,639 --> 01:13:32,080
over the people um this is a something

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01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:35,600
that uh my seven children grew up with

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01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:37,239
every night before they went to bed my

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01:13:37,239 --> 01:13:39,400
wife and I would actually sing this

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01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:43,080
blessing and I'm going to um with uh

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01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:45,040
apologies to any professional musicians

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01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:46,239
here I'm going to I'm going to sing that

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01:13:46,239 --> 01:13:50,600
benediction uh over you so first a brief

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01:13:50,600 --> 01:13:52,840
prayer almighty God our heavenly father

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01:13:52,840 --> 01:13:57,000
send down upon those who hold office in

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01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:58,199
this city of

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skincity the spirit of wisdom charity

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and

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Justice that with steadfast purpose they

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may Faithfully serve in their offices to

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promote the well-being of all people

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through Jesus Christ Our Lord

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amen the Lord bless you and keep you the

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Lord make his face shine upon you and

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01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:29,960
give you peace peace and give you peace

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01:14:29,960 --> 01:14:35,639
forever the Lord be gracious to you the

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01:14:35,639 --> 01:14:40,639
Lord turn his face toward you and give

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01:14:40,639 --> 01:14:45,120
you peace and give you peace and give

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you peace

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[Music]

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forever and give you peace and give you peace

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forever amen and God

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[Applause]

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bless council members I need a motion to

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01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:24,440
adjourn move on Miss Patrick

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01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:27,800
second by Mr Thank You by Mr M all in

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favor council members we meet in

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110

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[Music]

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yeah