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what

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good

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evening before the meeting starts I'd

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like to turn the floor over to Mayor

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McCarthy for a special trophy acceptance

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from Union

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College

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so good evening I'm Jim mlin

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director

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yes so good evening I'm Jim mlin

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director of Athletics at Union College

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and I want to thank the council for

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providing us a few minutes here to uh

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return the trophy to Gary McCarthy's

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office where it rightfully belongs and I

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also want to thank the residents of SKC

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who provide so much support for our

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hockey teams as season ticket holders uh

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just a few weeks ago we were down at the

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MVP Arena and we had over 6,000 fans

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watch a union RPI game with many SKC

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residents there proud to say that we

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took the trophy back home from

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RPI and it is going where it rightfully

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belongs outside the office of G Gary

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McCarthy so so thank you

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Gary yeah you hav you started

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super

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and the this point in time I'd like to

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yield the floor to councilman John

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muchan thank you good evening everyone I

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would like to um call Mr Walter Simkins

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for a

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presentation

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ceremony okay um we just wanted to

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present this this is Black History Month

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so we wanted to acknowledge Black

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History Month um with a presentation to

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the first elected African-American women

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uh who received uh the uh vote to be on

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the city council and now president of

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the city council and to also reflect on

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what connecti is is about and how it is

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operating as a town here being

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representative of the leadership in

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herban America so if you could would you

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just unwrap that for her please and this

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way we like to uh be able to

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say okay are we dramatic

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okay and we'd like to present this to

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Porterfield okay and recognition of who

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she is and what she does okay thank you

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so much

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you and this is the artist uh Salon

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hul Rand salano he's the artist who did

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it and U

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okay um for so first of all I'm

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extremely surprised had no idea so thank

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you so much I'm very touched and uh what

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can I say but to say thank you to

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everyone who helped me get here this

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wasn't a journey that I took by myself I

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stand on the shoulders of many people

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including my ancestors so right now the

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ancestors are celebrating um what is

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going on here and also to thank all the

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residents this connec who voted for me

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it's how I got here and thank you for

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the continual support of the council

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members so there's just so many people

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to support in the mayor's office and the

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staff there are a lot of people's

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support it's not a journey that one

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person takes on their own they need the

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support of others to continue and

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sometimes the journey is a bumpy ride

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but then it Smooths out so I just want

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to say thank you for that and thank you

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Walter for your continued friendship

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over the years we've known each other

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for such a long time but you never cease

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to amaze me I'm just very surprised

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today and uh Roland thank you for uh

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that's a likeness of me well a few years

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ago but I still all right so thank you

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again so much and uh Happy Black History

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Month to everyone thank you thank you so

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thank you Mr

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muar now I would like to call the city

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caucus to order for Monday February 12th

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2024 we have 18 items for original

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consideration if the clerk would please

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read item number one item number one for

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original consideration a resolution

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calling for a public hearing creating a

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special assessment district for sidewalk

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improvements on a portion of Central

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Parkway discussed in committee with an

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objection on consent item number two for original

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consideration a resolution appropriating

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American Rescue plan act arpa funds and

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authorizing the mayor to enter into an

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agreement for the Mohawk Harbor Event

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Center discussed in committee without

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objection on consent item number three for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor or or his design to enter into

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an easement and mainten agreement with

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the Arts Center and theater of concy

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Incorporated DBA proct theater at 432

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State streets connected New York for the

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installation of underground utility

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lines discussed in committee with

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objection on consent item number four for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing a

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2024 capital budget reallocation related

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to the purchase of Information

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Technology servers discussed in

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committee with objection on consent item

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number five item number five for

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original consideration a resolution

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confirming the appointments of Ellen Mel

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chedrawi and Tate otar to the board of

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directors of the Downtown special

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assessment district and downtown concy

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Improvement Corporation discuss in

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item number F six item number six for

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original consideration a resolution

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appointing appointment of Christopher

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Marney to the city of SKC Board of

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Ethics roll call roll call roll call

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by Mr

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Toro item number seven item number seven

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for original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the mayor to enter into an

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intermunicipal cooperation agreement

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with this connected County for project

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give 2023 2024 and to accept funds

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therewith discuss in committee with

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objection on consent item number eight for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor to enter into an agreement

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with Mars pet care and Civic design

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Center to accept a grant for the better

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cities for pets program

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2023 discussed in committee with

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objection on consent item number nine for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor to sign collective bargaining agreement CBA

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224-226 between the city of skty and the

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International Brotherhood of Electrical

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Workers Local 236 related to salaries

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and benefits discussed in committee with

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objection on consent item number 11 item

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number

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10 for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the mayor to sign

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the collective bargaining agreement 2024

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20 to 2027 between the city of SKC and

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the North Atlantic State's Regional

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Council of Carpenters Local 51 related

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to salaries and benefits discussed the

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number 11 item number 11 for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor to sign the collective

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bargaining agreement 2024 to 2027

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between the city of skty and District

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Council 9 painters and Allied trades

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International Union of Brick Layers and

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Allied Craftman Craftsman Local 2 and

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the United Association of Journeymen and

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apprentices of the plumbing and pipe

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fitting industry local 7 related to

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salary and benefits discussed in

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committee with an objection on consent

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item number 12 item number 12 for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the sale of 701 Veil place

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for

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$70,000 discussed in committee without

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objection on consent item number 13 item

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number 13 for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the sale of a

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vacant lot located at 902 McCullen

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Street for

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$2,500 discussed in committee with an

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objection on consent item number 14 item

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number 14 for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the sale of 951

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objection on consent item number 15 item

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resolution authorizing the sale of 20

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$30,000 discussed in committee without

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objection on consent item number 16 item

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resolution authorizing the issuance of

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revocable permit number 679 to the

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horses Lounge for a sign that will

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overhang the city's right away at 912

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Supply a resolution awarding the bid and

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contract to the city of connected Court

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Improvement base bid and add alternates

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one and two to Carver Construction

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discuss in committee with objection on

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consent if there's nothing more to come

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before the city council caucus I ask for

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a motion to adjourn moveed by Miss

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Patrick second by Mr Mutan all those in

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favor I we are adjourned I'd like to

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call the city council meeting to order

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for Monday February 12th

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2024 and I'd like to call on Reverend

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Ginn Robert from Faith Tabernacle for

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the prayer and

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vacation shall we bow our hearts in

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prayer

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dear God we thank you tonight for this

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opportunity we thank you for life we

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thank you for

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breath we thank you because your word

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says that prayers should be made for all

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those who are in Authority that they may

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lead a quiet and Peaceable life in all

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godliness and

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honesty we thank you for our mayor thank

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you for our city council president thank

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you for the city council members thank

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you for the hard work and sacrifice that

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they're making we pray today that you'll

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bless them we pray tonight dear God that

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the items that are before them to

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deliberate on you'll give them your

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wisdom your

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counsel give them your

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guidance that they will make the right

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decision for the forance and the

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enhancement of the development of this

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great city of skinc today we ask your

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blessing tonight upon this meeting we

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ask your blessing tonight upon the city

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of SKC we pray there father that you

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will take control and bless everything

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and every decision that will be said and

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done here tonight in their son's name

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Jesus amen amen amen I'd like to ask

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David Hogan Camp to Le Us in the

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pledge you

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indivisible andice for

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all thank

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you I'd ask the city clerk to please

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complete the Roll

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Call

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Mr Toro here Mr Farley here Mr Mancini

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here Mr

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muen Miss Patrick here Mr Williams here

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miss bfield here thank you I ask for

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approval for the minutes of January 22nd

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2024 moved by Mr Farley second by Mr

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muin all those in

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favor if the clerk could read please

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read any Communications and

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petitions

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Communications presented to the city

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council for Monday February 12th

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2024 under official from Mayor Gary AR

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McCarthy a list of appointments dated

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February 12 2024 under General an email

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from py Boris regarding various issues

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including council's allowance technical

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difficulties with inferior equipment and

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Ai and wanting her house household

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possessions returned to her under

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petitions there were none thank

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you I'd like to call on council members

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for any committee

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reports this time we have privilege of

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the floor related to the legislative

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agenda and I have two people signed up

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to

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speak

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um oh I Todd okay from discovers

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connectd I have terrible handwriting my

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apologies

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uh good evening everybody I am Todd Gano

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executive director for discover conc uh

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Madam president Mr mayor council members

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here on two items on the agenda uh first

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the resolution appropriating arpa funds

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uh for uh the Mohawk Harbor Event Center

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we've been for this uh for from the

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get-go uh really aside from you know a

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place for Union hockey uh men's and

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women's uh hockey games bring that

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trophy home um we see it as a as an

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opportunity for for much more than that

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we've working very closely with a

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developer to make sure that the facility

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is uh adaptable for other uses like

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youth basketball youth uh volleyball

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Cheerleading Gymnastics what have you

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conferences and trade shows ensuring

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that the floor is is flexible uh in its

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space having removable hockey boards so

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we're able to do all those things so

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there's a huge uh use for this Arena

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outside of hockey and we're so excited

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to uh to get to work on that we have um

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actually on one of the platforms we

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belong to called play easy it's where we

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get a number of our Sports leads we're

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actually starting to get leads already

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for the arena uh which is very exciting

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for 2026 27 28 and Beyond so um really

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excited about that the other is for the

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uh the tennis court refurbishment um in

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Central Park and I thank Chris whan and the work that they have done up

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there um on those courts we're getting

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ready it's February but you know May and

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June are right around the corner working

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with us sta on their uh weekend

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tournaments they generally bring in this

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has been going up for the last few years

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but anywhere between 14400 1500 room

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nights in our hotels uh which translates

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into dinners downtown shopping downtown

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and throughout the entire County as well

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so fully supportive of that as well and

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I just wanted to thank you all for your work on both projects thank

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you ran

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artist good evening rishan Aris uh City

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resident City business owner I want to

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speak about uh number one resolution

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calling for public hearing creating

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special assessment district for sidewalk

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improvements on the portion of Central

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Parkway just a reminder uh before you

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vote on

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it minority

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contractors before you vote make sure

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everything dot the eyes cross the tees

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and the minority contractors are part of

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that so please look out for

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that thank

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you I have no one else signed up to

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speak so I declare the public comment of

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the legislative agenda

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closed I ask for approval of the uh

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legislative consent agenda motion by Mr

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Williams second by Miss Patrick all in

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favor I we do have a roll call vote we

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have one

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resolution uh for a roll call this

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evening and the the clerk would please

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read item number

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six item number six for original

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consideration a resolution appointing

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Christopher Marney to the city of Sky

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Board of Ethics is there any

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discussion I need a

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motion to move it to motion

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by motion by Mr Toro

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second

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hope it doesn't get second if it doesn't

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get second does it not go to a roll call

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for for all right the motion dies for a

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lack of

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second this point we ask for approval of

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the

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um excuse me I'm sorry privilege of the

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floor regarding General City business

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and I have two people signed up to

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speak ran

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artist good evening again uh ran Aris uh

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just back here again because nobody's

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reached out to me uh contracts are

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getting ready to go and I feel nothing's

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getting done as far as getting the

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minorities involved

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um I've been coming up here for years

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like since 2005 saying the same things

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and I see the dynamic has changed in the

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council and I just feel like you know

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now that more of us are

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represented remember why you got into

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this to help your

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community don't forget about

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it women own businesses minority owned

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businesses we should be getting to work

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in concy we shouldn't be

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overlooked and it's not that we're not

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doing our due

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diligence it doesn't get past you guys I

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don't care who I've had a few

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conversations and stop putting it off on

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somebody else when it comes down to you

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guys saying we're going to give the

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money for that project you should be

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looking to make sure everybody's done

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their job and everything's crossed off

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thank you thank

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you I have no one else signed up to

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speak for public comment of City

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business so I declare it

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closed oh I'm

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sorry your name is there I'm sorry Ted

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Kennedy well it's still scratched there

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I didn't know if it was scratched out

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but there it is okay Tom Kennedy thank

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you I appreciate it no

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problem I haven't been able to get up

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here lately been not feeling too well

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but I want to take a few minutes I

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thought tonight would be good because

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talk about to revisit what transpired on

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the ethics board in regards to my ethics

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complaint against councilman Farley I

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want it known that before filing an

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Ethics complaint against Farley I

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brought reports of his behavior to the

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city council at this very Podium and

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then in writing to the council president

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I then requested an investigation

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conducted into my reports

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as expected no in investigation was done

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so I filed an ethic complaint detailing

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what I had report reported publicly was

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that complaint heard nope my complaint

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was dismissed by the ex chair saying I

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had no standing because I was not an

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officer or city employee I wasn't it

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wasn't until several months later I was

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shocked to learn by a friend of mine in

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the media to learn that my ethics

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complaint that had earlier been

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dismissed was used by that same body in

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clearing Farley at no time was I as a

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complaint ever afforded any due process

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I was never informed of my complaint had

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been reintroduced I was never allowed to

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bring Witnesses I was never allowed to

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provide testimony I was never given the

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opportunity to provide evidence I was

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never allowed to cross-examine those who

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spoke on the record which I believe Mr

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Farley and the police officer did

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I yeah this ethics board full of

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attorneys denied me all my rights as a

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complaint to Due Process while they

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wrote their decision ex exing farle of

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wrongdoing this ethics board was has

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proven they were anything but ethical

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when they denied my basic rights to Due

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Process just to issue a decision that

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was politically favorable to one of

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their own this is just another glaring

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example of the systematic rat people of

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the city have seen firsthand from their

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city government however the city's

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Republican party has at least an answer

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to this sad chapter in our City's

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history so on behalf of the city's GOP

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we call on this city council to enact

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resolutions to allow any citizen the

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ability to file ethics complaints

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against their city and elected Andor

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appointed officials using the city's

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ethics board to have those complaints

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considered with rights to do process

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afforded to all parties involved

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including the accused and the accuser

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after all if it's good enough for the

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citizens of Aly County in the town of

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Muna it should be good enough for the

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people of connected as those two

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communities can hold their City

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officials accountable I just wanted to

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push back a little bit father so made

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some remarks about broadening the scope

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of the ethics board uh I want to remind

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everybody it was uh Matt nelligan who

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was the mayor candidate at the time who

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called on reform of the ethics board

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thank you very much thank

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you now I have no one signed up to speak

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so I declare the public comment of City

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business

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closed miscellaneous business of the

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council

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mayor Madam president uh thank you again

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I think the uh weather forecast has

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shifted and cautiously optimistic that

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the snowstorm is going to go south of

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and going to get a little bit of snow uh

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should we I know sometimes the weather

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forecasters are a little bit off and if

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we have to get up tomorrow morning and

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shovel 8 or 10 inches of flurries you

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know we'll be able to make fun of them

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next week but uh again if we do get a

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little bit of snow uh please clear your

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sidewalks and then also one shovel on

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each side of a fire hydrant and uh

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remind people to the uh the numbers on

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your house should be clearly visible and

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we uh remind people of that you know we

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think of uh police and fire responses

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and uh yes they're very important uh

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somebody told me recently yes police and

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fire are important but in today's day

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and age why you want the number visible

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is for FedEx for Amazon and for the

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delivery services and so if you want

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your uh GrubHub to make sure gets there

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with a food warm and you don't want to

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have one of your packages lost in the

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mail make sure your uh house number

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apartment number is clearly visible

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thank you madam president thank you

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mayor I'd like to thank everyone that

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came out tonight um thank uh Community

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fathers for their presentation and also

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thank Union College for the um

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presentation of the the trophy and I um

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I do want to just speak to one thing

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that was said at the uh at the rail

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today regarding our ethics board I just

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want to clear something up our ethics

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board is governed by um chapter 48 of

561
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our city code and it specifically says

562
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,480
who can put in a complaint and the

563
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:04,599
complaint the gentleman was speaking

564
00:36:04,599 --> 00:36:07,079
about was reintroduced his complaint was

565
00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:09,319
reintroduced by a city employee and

566
00:36:09,319 --> 00:36:10,839
which is why it was heard so just you

567
00:36:10,839 --> 00:36:12,560
know we didn't color outside the lines

568
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,200
on that one and in terms of Ethics the

569
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,520
um General Municipal Law chapter 18

570
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,400
speaks to what the ethics board could be

571
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,920
and it doesn't just pertain to the city

572
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,319
of skincity it pertains to all

573
00:36:24,319 --> 00:36:27,200
municipalities um just want to actually

574
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,440
give my condolences to there's a someone

575
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,760
that used to be one of our minority contractors n Larry Nicks

576
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,160
passed away recently and also U molan

577
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,880
Gilmore who was a very involved person

578
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,560
in the community and a member of the um

579
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,280
helon Hill neighborhood association

580
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,079
passed away yesterday so my condolences

581
00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:47,960
to the families of both of those

582
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,079
individuals and just a reminder that

583
00:36:50,079 --> 00:36:52,440
next week is a holiday on the 19th so

584
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:53,680
the city we will not be having our

585
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,800
committee meeting until let me just make

586
00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:02,839
sure I got that right yep um until the 20th and also the trash moves one

587
00:37:02,839 --> 00:37:05,680
day so put let's make sure that we don't

588
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,720
put our trash out a day or two early

589
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,640
we're going to be um enforcing more of

590
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:10,880
that going out early that's a

591
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,200
conversation we've been having and we

592
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,440
really need to do so to individuals um

593
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:15,960
we could there schedules available here

594
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,960
at the city it's online what what your

595
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,319
uh trash schedule is for your

596
00:37:20,319 --> 00:37:22,319
neighborhood so again we have a holiday

597
00:37:22,319 --> 00:37:24,440
so the trash moves one day forward your

598
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,119
trash collection and if there's nothing

599
00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:28,640
else I would like to entertain a motion

600
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,680
to

601
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,480
adjourn oh everybody's putting their

602
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:32,520
hand up for that

603
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,560
one move by Mr Farley second by Mr Man

604
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,800
all those in favor I we're adjourn have

605
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:42,030
a good

606
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,040
night