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[3:47] I'd like to all call to order the city
[3:48] Caucus meeting for Monday February 26
[3:52] 2024 we have 22 items for original
[3:55] consideration if the clerk would please
[3:57] read item number one item number one a
[4:00] public hearing for regarding Central
[4:03] Parkway sidewalk Improvement project
[4:05] discussing committee with objection on
[4:09] consent okay I'm sorry we have three
[4:12] public
[4:13] hearings we have three public
[4:15] hearings one one public
[4:20] hearing
[4:22] okay item number one for original
[4:24] consideration item number one for
[4:26] original consideration a resolution
[4:28] calling for a public hearing to amend
[4:30] city code Chapter 93 civilian police
[4:32] revie re review board section six term
[4:36] limits holdovers and vacancy discuss in
[4:39] committee with objection on consent item
[4:41] number two item number two for original
[4:43] consideration a resolution calling for a
[4:44] public hearing creating a special
[4:46] assessment District on a portion of
[4:47] North College Street discussed in
[4:50] committee with objection on consent item
[4:52] number three item number three for
[4:53] original consideration a resolution
[4:55] supporting assembly Bill a 7652 and
[4:58] Senate Bill S7 7546 authorizing the city
[5:01] of skty to establish a speed camera
[5:04] enforcement demonstration program in
[5:06] school zones discussed and committee
[5:07] with objection on consent item number
[5:09] four item number four for original
[5:11] consideration a resolution in support of
[5:14] assembly Bill a 7653 and Senate Bill s
[5:18] 7545 relating to adjudications and owner
[5:21] liability of traffic control signals
[5:24] discussed in committee with objection on
[5:26] consent item number five item number
[5:28] five for original consideration a
[5:29] resolution in support of bills A
[5:32] 7656 and S
[5:34] 7547 requiring a petition in summary
[5:37] proceeding to recover possessions of
[5:39] real property in the city of SKC to
[5:41] allege proof of compliance with local
[5:43] laws requiring rental residential
[5:45] property registration and lure discussed
[5:48] in committee with objection on consent
[5:50] item number six item number six for
[5:52] original consideration a resolution
[5:53] supporting assembly Bill a758 and Senate
[5:56] Bill s 7409 to increase the membership
[6:00] of the special district operation and
[6:01] development committee the dsad and dsic
[6:05] discuss in committee with objection nonc
[6:07] consent item number seven item number
[6:09] seven for original consideration a
[6:11] resolution authorizing the Department of
[6:13] Finance to make budget amendment to the
[6:15] 2024 operating budget discussed in
[6:18] committee with the objection on consent
[6:20] item number eight item number eight for
[6:21] original consideration a resolution
[6:23] appointing Christopher Marney to the
[6:24] ethics board roll call by Mr
[6:28] Toro item number nine item number nine
[6:31] for original consideration a resolution
[6:33] confirming the appointments of Anthony
[6:36] Fowler as the primary representative and
[6:38] Arthur Butler as the alternate
[6:40] representative of the Human Rights
[6:42] Commission to the civilian police review
[6:43] board discuss in committee with
[6:45] objection on consent item number 10 item
[6:48] number 10 for original consideration a
[6:50] resolution accepting a donation of a
[6:52] 2021 Ford Mach e fully electric vehicle
[6:55] from Metro Ford for use by the connect
[6:57] Police Department discussing committee
[6:59] with objection on consent item number 11 for original
[7:03] consideration a resolution authorizing
[7:05] the mayor to enter into intermunicipal
[7:07] cooperation agreement with sken County
[7:10] for the distribution of funding awarded
[7:11] by the New York state division of
[7:13] Criminal Justice Services to support
[7:15] local enforcement agencies discussed in
[7:18] committee without objection on consent
[7:19] item number 12 item number 12 for
[7:21] original consideration a resolution
[7:23] authorizing the sale of a vacant lot on8
[7:26] Grand Street for $88,000 discussed in
[7:28] committee without objection on consent
[7:30] item number 13 item number 13 for
[7:32] original consideration a resolution
[7:34] authorizing the sale of a vacant lot on
[7:36] 8 Wagner Avenue for
[7:38] $2,500 discussed in committee with
[7:41] objection on consent item number
[7:43] 13 item number 14 for original
[7:46] consideration a resolution authorizing
[7:48] the sale of 504 Page Street for
[7:51] $35,000 discuss in committee with
[7:53] objection on consent item number 15 item
[7:56] number 15 for original consideration a
[7:58] resolution authorized the sale of 801
[8:00] Holland Road for
[8:02] $45,000 discussed in committee with
[8:04] objection on consent it number
[8:07] 17 item number
[8:10] 16 for for original consideration a
[8:14] resolution authorizing the settlement of
[8:16] a claim by State Farm Mutual automobile
[8:19] insurance company as sube of Sandra
[8:22] Stapleton thank you item number 17 item
[8:25] number 17 for original consideration a
[8:27] resolution recognizing women's three
[8:29] month this uh item will be taken out of
[8:31] order and presented by council member
[8:33] Patrick item number 18 item item number
[8:36] 18 for original consideration a
[8:38] resolution recognizing David dariano of
[8:41] Metro Ford Sales this item will be taken
[8:43] out of order and presented by council
[8:45] member muin item number 19 item number
[8:48] 19 for original consideration a
[8:51] resolution recognizing James Griffin for
[8:53] his 40 years of service in the city of
[8:55] skincity thank you this item will be
[8:57] taken out of order and presented by
[8:58] myself
[8:59] item number 20 item number 20 for
[9:02] original consideration a resolution
[9:04] authorizing the issuance of revocable
[9:06] permit number 680 toer restaurant for a
[9:08] sign that will overhang the city's right
[9:10] of way at 500 State streets connected in
[9:12] New York discuss in committee without
[9:15] objection on consent item number 21 item
[9:17] number 21 for original consideration a
[9:19] resolution authorizing the issuance of
[9:21] revocable permit number 681 to pierce
[9:24] Renewables for a sign that will overhang
[9:26] the city's RightWay at 155 are
[9:29] boulevards connected in New York discuss
[9:31] in committee with objection on consent
[9:33] item number 22 item number 22 under
[9:35] contract and Supply a resolution
[9:37] awarding the bid and contract for the
[9:39] SKC Municipal Golf Course Golf Road
[9:42] Maintenance building electrical upgrades
[9:44] to be W Electrical Services LLC in the
[9:48] amount of
[9:49] 8,855 56 no discuss in committee without
[9:53] objection on consent if there's nothing
[9:55] more to come before the city council
[9:57] caucus I ask for a motion to adjourn
[10:00] move by Mr mudar and second by Miss
[10:01] Patrick all in favor we are adjourned
[10:04] I'd like to call to order the city
[10:06] council meeting for Monday February 26
[10:09] 2024 if you just please all rise for the
[10:14] invocation we don't have one anyone here
[10:16] today so I will be offering the
[10:18] invocation father we come before you and
[10:21] ask that you will be here in the
[10:23] presence Lord as we conduct the business
[10:25] of the city we thank you for everyone
[10:27] who has assembled here Lord we thank you
[10:29] for the public coming out we thank you
[10:30] for all the staff that is here and ask
[10:33] that you will um be with us as we
[10:35] conduct this business Lord and just
[10:36] watch over us continuously as we go
[10:38] about our daily lives we thank you for
[10:40] all that you have blessed us with God we
[10:41] thank you for the opportunity to
[10:43] recognize an employee who has given a
[10:45] number of years of service to the city
[10:47] we ask that you bless him and his family
[10:49] and all of his co-workers that he leaves
[10:50] here in the city that you will continue
[10:52] to allow them to do the work uh of the
[10:55] city and thank them we want to thank
[10:56] them for their service these are all
[10:58] blessings we ask in your your name
[11:00] amen I would ask for Nancy D statue to
[11:03] lead us in the Pledge of
[11:09] Allegiance United
[11:13] States stand
[11:16] Nation
[11:18] indivisible andice for all thank
[11:27] you
[11:29] just before before um U Mr Williams
[11:32] collects the all of the signature Sheets
[11:34] if there's anyone who wants to sign up
[11:36] to discuss the public hearing which is
[11:38] about Central Parkway if you haven't
[11:40] signed up on the public hearing we'll
[11:42] give you an opportunity to do that at
[11:43] this
[11:57] time
[12:15] thank
[12:17] you if the clerk would please call the
[12:21] role Mr
[12:23] Toro Mr Farley's absent Mr manini is
[12:26] absent Mr Mr Matan
[12:29] Miss Patrick here Mr Williams here M
[12:33] pfield here thank you we have three out
[12:36] of out of order resolutions resolution
[12:38] number 17 women's women's resolution for
[12:41] women's History Month I'd like to call
[12:42] on council member Patrick to present
[12:44] this
[12:57] resolution
[13:06] Madam president may I have the floor you
[13:08] have the floor ma'am thank
[13:10] you hello um so March is women's history
[13:15] month and I'm pleased to be able to
[13:16] present this resolution to recognize and
[13:18] celebrate women's History Month whereas
[13:21] in 1980 President Jimmy Carter
[13:24] designated the first week of March as
[13:26] National Women's history week noting
[13:28] that quote the achievements leadership
[13:31] courage strength and love of the women
[13:34] who built America was as vital as that
[13:37] of men whose names we know so well and
[13:41] whereas since 1987 women's history month
[13:44] has been officially recognized by the
[13:46] United States Congress and celebrated
[13:48] during March and whereas women's history
[13:52] month is dedicated to the
[13:53] accomplishments and achievements of
[13:55] women of every race class and ethnic
[13:58] background throughout United States
[14:00] history that are often overlooked and
[14:03] whereas the theme for 2024's women's
[14:06] history month is women who advocate for
[14:09] Equity diversity and inclusion
[14:11] recognizing women throughout the country
[14:14] who understand that for a positive
[14:16] future we need to eliminate bias and
[14:18] discrimination entirely from our lives
[14:21] and institutions and whereas women from
[14:24] every background have long realized that
[14:27] an uneven playing field will never bring
[14:30] equality or Justice and have
[14:31] courageously advocated for fairness in
[14:33] our institutions and our social
[14:36] interactions and whereas recognizing the
[14:39] achievements of women in all facets of
[14:42] life science Community government
[14:46] literature art sports medicine has a
[14:49] huge impact on the development of self-
[14:52] respect and new opportunities for girls
[14:55] and young women and whereas women have
[14:58] been inspirational leaders not only in
[15:00] advancing their own rights of suffrage
[15:02] and equal opportunity but also in other
[15:05] social justice movements including the
[15:07] Abolitionist Movement the industrial
[15:09] labor movement the civil rights movement
[15:11] and the gay rights movement now
[15:14] therefore be it resolved that the Mayor
[15:16] Gary R McCarthy and City Council of the
[15:18] city of sken do hereby pause in their
[15:21] deliberations to recognize and celebrate
[15:24] women's History Month in March 2024 and
[15:27] acknowledge and salute the critical role
[15:30] that women have played in the
[15:31] development success and achievements of
[15:33] skincity and the United
[15:36] States so may I make this
[15:39] motion you need a second
[15:41] please all those in favor I
[15:44] congratulation the motion pass thank
[15:47] you so I'd like to introduce M Kora
[15:50] schroer who works for representative
[15:52] Paul tonko and I'd like her to say a few
[15:54] words about a women's March that's
[15:55] happening this week and accept this
[15:57] resolution on behalf of the the city
[15:59] thank you thank you very much carel
[16:02] Patrick and thank you city council and
[16:03] thank you mayor McCarthy so real quick
[16:05] hello good evening everyone as carmell
[16:08] so graciously said I am cor schroer and
[16:10] I want to not take up too much time but
[16:13] I wanted to make a significant
[16:15] announcement and that announcement is
[16:18] that this Sunday which is March 3D the
[16:21] first Sunday of the month my friend
[16:24] Tammy and I Tammy say hello we have put
[16:27] together we got our heads together and
[16:28] we thought and we thought and we said
[16:30] hey let's do a March for women for all
[16:33] that carel said I'm not going to reread
[16:35] this but take a moment to think of a
[16:38] woman in your life of women who have
[16:41] been in your life and women who have
[16:44] allowed your life to progress over the
[16:47] thousands of years women have been here
[16:49] so March 3D which is a Sunday at 9 a.m.
[16:54] here on the steps of City Hall we will
[16:56] begin a March we will begin a march to
[16:59] celebrate women and I would love to see
[17:02] everybody there you do not have to be
[17:05] from skty you can be from wherever you
[17:08] do not have to be a woman you can come
[17:11] and just celebrate celebrate with a
[17:13] banner celebrate with your family
[17:16] celebrate with a shirt celebrate and
[17:19] remember women for to for March is
[17:23] women's history month thank
[17:27] Youk
[17:48] [Laughter]
[17:57] s you're woman
[18:02] [Music]
[18:10] it's okay it's okay it's okay I'm right
[18:13] here in the back
[18:27] everybody
[18:34] [Applause]
[18:48] the next out of out of order resolution
[18:50] is the resolution recognizing James
[18:52] Griffin for his 40 years of service to
[18:53] the city of skincity and I ask council
[18:56] member muar to please take the
[19:12] Podium I'd like to invite Mr Griffin and
[19:15] everyone coming with him behind the rail
[19:17] please com it's his moment
[19:23] okay may I have the floor yes all right
[19:26] you can come you can closer right there
[19:29] could you
[19:30] hear um well before I read the official
[19:32] resolution I just want to say a couple
[19:33] of things um because I've known you for
[19:35] a very long time and uh you and my
[19:37] brother friends and so I remember Jim
[19:39] store and all the stuff in the
[19:40] neighborhood so you know really gives me
[19:42] great pleasure and I wanted to be the
[19:44] person to be able to present this to
[19:46] you and on top of that the reason that I
[19:49] actually knew about it is because your
[19:50] co-workers thought so highly of you that
[19:53] they reached out and said hey he's
[19:54] retiring we're going to miss him but
[19:56] we'd like for the council to du
[19:58] resolution so I think that speaks very
[20:00] highly of who you are as a person not
[20:02] that I didn't already know but the
[20:03] people that you would spent 40 years not
[20:05] the entire 40 some of them but the
[20:07] people that you worked with dayt Day
[20:09] thought it not robbery to reach out and
[20:11] to say you know we'd like for him to be
[20:14] recognized so I know that we talked and
[20:17] you said give you your flowers while
[20:18] you're here so tonight you're getting
[20:20] your flowers not literally we try that
[20:22] but anyway that's another conversation
[20:24] but so tonight we'd like to give you the
[20:26] flowers on behalf of your co-workers who
[20:27] brought your name forward and also the
[20:29] city
[20:34] council whereas James Griffin began his
[20:37] career with the city of skti on SE
[20:39] September 17th
[20:41] 1984 and whereas James Griffin served
[20:44] his country for three years in the
[20:46] United States Army as a combat engineer
[20:48] 12b 12b before joining the city
[20:51] Workforce and whereas James Works 28
[20:54] years in the Bureau of service streets
[20:55] department Paving streets filling po
[20:58] holes plowing snow and sweeping streets
[21:01] and whereas James worked 12 years in the
[21:03] sewer department his responsibilities
[21:05] included inspecting condition of sewer
[21:07] lines for leaks rusts spots and other
[21:09] defects installing new SE line sewer
[21:12] lines and repairing existing ones inst
[21:15] installing new water mains and repairing
[21:17] existing ones repairs to manholes catch
[21:19] basins and other structures in the sewer
[21:22] system and whereas his continuous
[21:24] commitment to excellent during his many
[21:26] years of service this city earned him
[21:28] the respect of his co-workers who had
[21:30] this to say about him quote I really
[21:33] enjoyed working with Griff he's funny
[21:35] conscientious conscientious and a good
[21:37] guy he's one of the few left from the
[21:39] good old days and I mean good in Old in
[21:42] a good way and whereas another cooworker
[21:45] said I only speak for myself James is a
[21:49] w a wise and compassionate man who
[21:51] worked hard and played harder as he
[21:53] truly enjoys the Finer Things in life
[21:56] James enjoys joking and laughing as as
[21:58] much as he loved a good debate whether
[22:00] for sharing or acquiring wisdom and
[22:02] knowledge we were blessed to have gotten
[22:04] to know him over the years and we wish
[22:06] him all the best as he enters his new
[22:09] exciting chapter of his life end quote
[22:13] and whereas the duties James performed
[22:15] though not glamorous were essential to
[22:17] the operation of the city he made a
[22:19] maintained a strong work ethic showed
[22:21] dedication and hard work throughout his
[22:23] long career which has been instrumental
[22:25] to the city City's success
[22:28] now therefore be resolved that the SKC
[22:31] city council and Mayor Gary R McCarthy
[22:33] do hereby pause in their deliberations
[22:35] to recognize James Griffin for his 40
[22:38] years of service in the city of skincity
[22:40] and congratulate him and wish him well
[22:42] on his retirement I like to move this
[22:45] can I have a
[22:46] second um all in favor I motion is
[22:50] passed
[22:55] congratulations all right thank you very
[22:57] much going
[22:59] say not going
[23:26] to
[23:56] spe
[24:27] app
[24:40] the next out out of order resolution is
[24:43] item number 18 a resolution recognizing
[24:45] David dariano of Metro Ford
[24:47] Sales I'd like to call on council member
[24:49] muar toe present this
[24:56] resolution
[25:17] Madame President you have the
[25:19] floor a resolution or recognizing Dave
[25:22] darano of Metro Ford Sales whereas as
[25:26] connect the school District wanted to
[25:28] obtain SKC police engagement officer to
[25:31] interact positively with student and the
[25:34] community and whereas to advance the New
[25:37] York State Police reform and reinvention
[25:40] collaborative plan as approved by
[25:42] disconnected e school on March 22nd
[25:46] 2021 and whereas in compliance with
[25:49] regulation from the commissioner of
[25:51] Education a written contract between the
[25:54] connect school district and the connect
[25:56] police community engagement officer was
[25:59] drafted and whereas this contract was
[26:01] signed by mayor K McCarthy and
[26:04] superintendent Annabel solar
[26:06] establishing the connect police
[26:08] Community engagement officer program and
[26:11] whereas the conc police department
[26:13] desire to expand this successful program
[26:16] and develop new Community Partnership to
[26:19] further the goals of this connec school
[26:21] district and the community engagement
[26:23] officer program and whereas Community
[26:26] engagement officers Sergeant Charles
[26:28] ronfeld with the goal to increase
[26:30] positive interaction to raise awareness
[26:33] to this connected Police Department work
[26:36] in the schools and to develop new
[26:38] partnership in the community as Metro
[26:41] Ford Sales Inc if they were interested
[26:44] in partnering to support the program and
[26:47] whereas David diano of Metro Ford Inc
[26:51] seeing value in supporting the program
[26:54] and the City of SKC Police Department
[26:56] provide
[26:58] to the community generous offer to
[27:01] donate a 2021 Ford Mustang macki
[27:05] electric car and whereas on March 20th
[27:08] 2024 the vehicle was brought to the city
[27:11] connect police department and to the SKC
[27:13] Council committee meeting for a visual
[27:17] inspection whereas this donation will
[27:19] enhance the program provide more
[27:21] positive interaction with the student at
[27:24] this connected school district and
[27:26] increase the efficiency
[27:28] of Officer response within the school
[27:30] district ultimately serving student
[27:33] their family and the community now
[27:36] therefore be it resolved that the Mayor
[27:38] Gary AR McCarthy and the city council do
[27:41] hereby pause in their deliberation to
[27:43] recognize David darano of Metro Ford
[27:47] sale Inc for your donation to our Police
[27:50] Department Community engagement officer
[27:53] program Madame President I move this may
[27:56] I have a second second by Miss Patrick
[27:58] all in favor I motion passes
[28:09] congratulations I wasn't aware I had to
[28:12] speak Metro Ford has been in Sky doing
[28:15] business for 45 years and we've been
[28:18] protected by the police our children
[28:20] have been educated by the school
[28:21] district it's an honor to be able to do
[28:24] this as a parent a lot of times you
[28:27] don't get pat on the back for doing
[28:28] things raising your children and I know
[28:30] in police force in school district
[28:32] there's not a lot of pats on the back
[28:34] but this is our way of just giving
[28:36] back like he said it came down it was it
[28:38] was an email that came over to our
[28:40] office and said would you like to donate
[28:41] a
[28:43] car and we we got the email and our our
[28:46] CPA happened to be there when we got the
[28:49] email doing some end of the year stuff
[28:50] and I walked in and I said is is this
[28:52] possible can we donate a car he did some
[28:54] numbers and such and he says yeah you're
[28:56] in a position to be able to do this so
[28:58] it was perfect timing it was we we
[28:59] didn't think of it it wasn't us the um
[29:02] any recognition isn't for me personally
[29:04] it's it's for all the hardworking people
[29:06] at Metro Ford and all the hardworking
[29:07] people here I mean the city it's a great
[29:09] City we're glad to be part of it
[29:11] couldn't be couldn't be more proud to
[29:13] give this and to donate it and a Mustang
[29:16] Mach e all electric what better car for
[29:18] the electric
[29:26] city
[29:29] thank you and thank you for the
[29:45] donation what was he
[29:56] say we have one public hearing tonight
[29:59] and I just want to remind everyone that
[30:01] the public uh time for the public
[30:03] hearing is has been extended to four
[30:05] minutes and ask everyone to respectfully
[30:08] only speak on the topic of the public
[30:09] hearing thank you this time I ask for
[30:12] approval of the minutes from February
[30:14] 2012th
[30:20] 2024 move by m Mr Williams second by Mr
[30:24] M all in favor I
[30:31] okay all right public hearing number
[30:35] one I'm
[30:39] sorry would
[30:43] [Music]
[30:45] you public hearing number one regarding
[30:48] the Central Parkway sidewalk Improvement
[30:52] project I have four people signed up to
[30:55] speak Florence
[31:08] mcville hello
[31:11] everyone um it's been many years since
[31:14] I've been in here but uh I'm glad to be
[31:17] back um I live on Central
[31:19] Parkway and I'm happy that the city is
[31:22] going to be doing the
[31:24] sidewalks um my only concern is the
[31:27] water that gets in front of my house
[31:31] I've had many serious conditions
[31:34] excessive water coming into the house my
[31:38] furnace breaking the house sinking a
[31:40] little bit and uh the sewer problems but
[31:45] um I think this will all get fixed with
[31:47] the
[31:48] new excitement of putting the side walks
[31:51] in and fixing the street and the curbs
[31:55] so that's all I have to say
[31:57] and I'm happy that the city is doing
[32:00] this and um I have nothing else to say
[32:05] thank you very much thank
[32:09] you uh Janice
[32:20] Thompson good evening everyone can you
[32:23] hear me
[32:24] yes down a little bit
[32:27] uh yes I'm really glad we're having the
[32:29] work done on our streets I have a few
[32:31] questions uh they're not long ones uh my
[32:36] first question is how much is the city
[32:39] paying towards
[32:42] our sidewalks and
[32:44] curves the city itself how how much are
[32:47] they paying does anyone know that answer
[32:50] so ma'am today tonight you just have an
[32:52] opportunity to be heard publicly on your
[32:54] comments if you have any questions
[32:56] specifically we need um email those
[32:58] questions and though they can be
[32:59] answered tonight we'd like to hear your
[33:01] comments we did deliver um packets to
[33:04] all of the individuals in Central
[33:05] Parkway but tonight we will not be able
[33:07] to answer questions from here we'll just
[33:09] hear your comments you can ask your
[33:10] questions and we will record them and
[33:12] get them answered for you okay so all of
[33:16] my comments are a
[33:19] question so I can't get any answers on
[33:23] those not tonight but if you'd like to hand in those questions
[33:26] we'll make sure that they are answered
[33:27] for you as long as you have the contact
[33:29] information there if you want to answer
[33:31] your questions out loud so everyone can
[33:33] hear them you're welcome to do that okay
[33:35] so so my next question is there's a
[33:39] slight difference between the principal
[33:42] on the 10-year plan as opposed to the
[33:45] 15-year plan minor but it's $110
[33:49] difference and I just wondered why that
[33:52] is my third question is the travel Lane
[33:57] is 2T shorter than what exists now would
[34:03] that be narrowed on both sides of the
[34:06] street and is it because of something
[34:10] with the curves and the sidewalks that
[34:13] are making it necessary to to narrow the
[34:17] travel
[34:18] Lane those are my questions and I just
[34:21] wondered how many people from Central
[34:22] Parkway are here
[34:25] tonight every everyone from Central
[34:27] Parkway could raise your
[34:29] hand there they are I'm just going to
[34:31] count
[34:44] them okay if you'd like to hand in your
[34:46] looks like 16 about thank you if you'd
[34:49] like to hand in your question so we
[34:51] actually have them in writing we'll take
[34:52] them from you I'll do that you want me
[34:55] to do that now yes okay well it's on the
[34:57] front of my sheet so it's okay as long
[35:00] as they you can get it back
[35:05] okay right three thank you thank you
[35:08] very much thank
[35:14] you Julie
[35:20] peretto hello good evening I'm Julie
[35:23] parado I'm here with my husband we both
[35:25] own a house together Central Parkway um
[35:28] and I'm really really happy that this
[35:30] initiative is moving forward um we love
[35:33] the neighborhood we've lived there for
[35:34] about seven years and I think it's
[35:36] really going to increase the walkability
[35:38] of the neighborhood and really help with
[35:40] safety for the people who walk um so and
[35:45] I really appreciate also the payment
[35:46] plan I think that's going to be very
[35:47] helpful but I did have some concerns
[35:50] about the concept and the plan that was
[35:51] chosen that I wanted to voice um we
[35:54] noticed that it's taking away the street
[35:56] parking
[35:57] and um that is and it's narrowing the
[36:01] driving and taking away the on street
[36:04] parking and I know that for us when we
[36:06] went to purchase our home we took street
[36:09] parking into consideration for when we
[36:12] had family gatherings and holidays um
[36:16] and it's just going to be an
[36:17] inconvenience for us to have to have our
[36:19] friends and family park a block or two
[36:21] down and then walk to our home um and
[36:26] you know that was a big factor as well
[36:27] when we were home buying so I it we
[36:31] don't want to move we love our
[36:32] neighborhood but when we go to resell
[36:34] our house in the future I just worry
[36:37] about how that may impact our the cost
[36:39] that we will get for our house um not
[36:42] having that street parking available um
[36:45] so I guess my question is you know I
[36:48] want the the sidewalk initiative we want
[36:51] the upgrade um but is there a way that
[36:53] we can be looking at other Concepts and
[36:55] plans to be able to keep the on street
[36:57] parking and that was it thank you so
[36:59] much for your time thank
[37:04] you Jessica padulla
[37:13] hello I'm not used to not facing all the
[37:16] people usually when I lead things um so
[37:20] I've never been to anything like this
[37:21] before um I live at 875 Central Parkway
[37:25] so right on the corner the very first
[37:27] nice house ma'am you have to F you have
[37:29] to address that the very first nice
[37:31] house over on the side
[37:34] um when I was asked to sign the petition
[37:37] for this project I'll be honest I wasn't
[37:39] paying attention because I'm not used to
[37:41] people coming to my door I keep to
[37:43] myself and you know whatever she was
[37:45] proposing seemed fine enough signed it
[37:47] the end um I what I didn't realize is
[37:50] that I was being asked to pay for my own
[37:54] sidewalk uh and I'm not in a position to
[37:56] be able to do that if I had that amount
[37:58] of money I would probably fix my garage
[38:01] over the summer there was um someone
[38:04] stole a vehicle and then parked it in my
[38:07] three-car garage so I got called while I
[38:10] was out of my home by the police to ask
[38:12] me to come home and see what this stolen
[38:14] car was about I didn't have the money to
[38:15] fix the um garage door and so there's uh
[38:19] wood in front of
[38:20] it and
[38:22] um yeah I'm all for like improving the
[38:25] neighborhood certainly certainly we all
[38:27] want to have a nicer neighborhood but
[38:29] what I'm concerned about is one I can't
[38:31] pay for another sidewalk two are we
[38:33] going to make it so welcoming for people
[38:35] to be walking down the street that
[38:36] they'll have uh more packages stolen
[38:39] from my front porch am I going to have
[38:41] my car broken into more times than it
[38:43] already has been in the last eight years
[38:46] so yeah I'm pretty upset about it I'm 42
[38:50] years old and I've never voluntarily
[38:51] come into a government building to speak
[38:53] publicly and here I am I guess it's
[38:56] that's all I have to say thank you oh
[38:58] wait no no I have another thing because
[38:59] I still have four minutes I am a single
[39:02] mother and I am a widow to a active duty
[39:05] Navy serviceman and I was able to
[39:08] purchase this home from the settlement
[39:10] that I received from his active duty
[39:12] death that was my introduction to
[39:14] Central Parkway and here we are eight
[39:16] years later I don't have any money left
[39:19] thanks thank
[39:22] you I don't have anyone else signed up
[39:24] to speak at this public hearing so I
[39:25] declare the public public hearing
[39:28] closed I'll ask the clerk to read any
[39:30] Communications and
[39:38] petitions Communications presented to
[39:41] the city council for Monday February 26
[39:44] 2024 under official from Mayor Gary AR
[39:46] McCarthy a list of appointments dated
[39:48] February 26
[39:50] 2024 under General from Dave Connelly
[39:53] and Michael Murphy an email with
[39:55] questions then suggestions for the
[39:57] Central Parkway sidewalk Improvement
[39:59] program and from Rich and Mary Joe homic
[40:03] an email in support of the Central
[40:04] Parkway sidewalk Improvement program
[40:07] under petitions there were none thank
[40:09] you ask on council members to provide
[40:12] any committee
[40:14] reports this time we'll have priv
[40:16] privilege of the floor related to the
[40:18] legislative agenda and I have no one
[40:20] signed up to speak so I declare the
[40:23] public comment on the legislative agenda
[40:25] closed
[40:27] this time I ask for approval of the
[40:29] legislative consent
[40:30] agenda move by Mr Williams second by Mr
[40:33] M all in favor I we do have one roll
[40:37] call vote
[40:43] resolution resolution number
[40:48] eight if the clerk would please read
[40:50] item number
[40:55] eight item number eight for original
[40:57] consideration a resolution appointing
[40:59] Christopher Marney to the ethics
[41:02] board I need a
[41:07] motion move by Mr Williams
[41:15] second it has to be
[41:18] seconded second by Miss Miss
[41:21] Patrick any discussion on this
[41:25] item Mr
[41:33] Williams uh so I I really want to make
[41:36] sure I my comments are received in kind
[41:39] I think it is a poor show of sound
[41:42] judgment to refuse an individual that is
[41:45] volunteering to assist in filling a
[41:47] vacancy especially in committees and
[41:50] Boards throughout our city where we've
[41:52] highlighted that uh participation is an
[41:54] ongoing challenge uh to this this point
[41:57] I have still not heard any uh comments
[42:00] or feedback with respect to why uh this
[42:02] individual would not be an appropriate
[42:04] member of this board um but again I feel
[42:07] as local officials it is our
[42:09] responsibility to make sure we are not
[42:11] only advocating to the community and the
[42:13] residents alike but to make sure we also
[42:15] justify our opinions and decisions when
[42:18] they in fact uh go against uh something
[42:21] with respect to to to this so I think
[42:25] displaying our uh lack of consideration
[42:28] to why this individual would not be a
[42:30] good fit I think is not the
[42:33] collaborative government that I seek to
[42:35] be a part of and I would hope that as a
[42:38] body uh we can understand the
[42:40] ramifications of sayings the community
[42:42] no and not offering a resolution forward
[42:46] or identifying what areas make this
[42:49] individual not an appropriate candidate
[42:51] to fulfill that
[42:53] position is there any further discussion
[42:57] seeing none I'll ask the clerk to call
[42:59] the role Mr
[43:01] [Music]
[43:03] Toro Mr muin yes Miss Patrick
[43:09] no Mr Williams yes Miss Porterfield yes
[43:15] the item fails you need we need four
[43:17] affirmative votes to pass piece of
[43:19] resolution so the item fails it's
[43:24] 3-2 this time we have priv privilege of
[43:28] the floor regarding General City
[43:29] business I have three people signed up
[43:31] to speak first person is Fred de
[43:39] roer hello hello my name is uh Fred roer
[43:43] I'm a nurse at Ellis Hospital I've been
[43:46] a nurse for GR on 28 years now I worked
[43:48] at St Claire's first and then came over
[43:51] at L's Hospital in 2008 so I've been a
[43:54] nurse in this community for a long time
[43:57] and what I'm coming up here to talk
[43:58] about as a member of Ellis Hospital but
[44:01] also as a member of the executive
[44:02] committee for the nurses Union at Ellis
[44:05] Hospital I want to make you all here
[44:08] aware of what's going on with our
[44:10] negotiations that are currently um going
[44:12] on over the last year we've been
[44:15] negotiating and we normally negotiate
[44:17] with Ellis Hospital management and it's
[44:19] just simply Ellis Hospital it is
[44:21] different now they have upper management
[44:23] is Trinity Healthcare a billion dollar
[44:26] company that's Nationwide um their point
[44:29] person Deb
[44:30] Solomon comes around she told us at a
[44:33] meeting that basically Trinity brings
[44:36] her around when they need help with
[44:37] labor problems so apparently the nurses
[44:40] now are a labor problem to Trinity um
[44:43] this we have a lot of great managers at
[44:45] Ellis but this upper management with
[44:47] Trinity is very much a problem they're
[44:49] trying to they're very they're cutting
[44:51] services you can look to rents their
[44:53] County um with the bdet Women's Center
[44:56] they've already cut services at Ellis Hospital that you may not even
[45:00] know about we don't you know since the
[45:02] pandemic they've cut the pediatric
[45:04] department they've cut Med surge beds
[45:07] there's less beds there than just four
[45:09] years ago when we had this pandemic
[45:11] there's less beds there there's less
[45:12] beds in the emergency room there's half
[45:14] the Adult Psychiatric beds um they have
[45:18] done this with no remorse or no
[45:20] conscious of the community that's why
[45:22] when you know their idea they're not for
[45:24] profit and they don't act like that
[45:27] they're acting for profit even though
[45:29] there's less beds in that hospital right
[45:31] now there's less nurses than there was
[45:33] four years ago too so the nurses now
[45:36] take care of more patients I work in a
[45:38] crisis unit the nurses in the ER when I
[45:41] work through the pandemic in the ER we
[45:43] had less patients then than we do now um
[45:46] there's less beds in the ER so there's
[45:48] more people waiting there's longer wait
[45:49] times than I've ever over 20 years in
[45:52] the ER there's longer wait times than
[45:53] I've ever seen um
[45:56] they do not listen with negotiations
[45:59] they're very much trying to um they
[46:02] aren't offering us anything to be quite
[46:04] honest they're they're talking about
[46:05] retaining nurses and they're cutting our
[46:08] benefits saying that they are they've
[46:09] looked throughout the community and ours
[46:11] are above average so they need to cut
[46:13] them um they've cut them for their other
[46:15] workers who don't have a voice but we're
[46:18] not going to let that happen to us talk
[46:20] about I was a former St Claire's person
[46:22] we all know about the St Claire's
[46:23] pension so they are asking us to sign
[46:26] off on selling out our pensioners that
[46:28] was frozen in 2006 and they want as part
[46:31] of negotiations us to write that off so
[46:33] they can sell that up they it's not a
[46:35] problem to them financially they want to
[46:37] get rid of it to clear the books for
[46:39] Trinity to fully take over because they
[46:42] aren't not for profit they are for
[46:44] profit and they aren't good for this
[46:46] community and we are going to need
[46:48] everybody to be aware of this as we go
[46:49] forward and that's what we're here for
[46:51] today thank you thank
[46:54] you Don zip
[47:01] good evening I my name is Donn zip I am
[47:04] actually a resident here in skincity
[47:06] city um I am also an Lis employee but I
[47:10] am a Belle Women's Center employee I am
[47:15] um the president of our bargaining unit
[47:17] for nna I sit at the um negotiation
[47:20] table I stand on the line for all my
[47:22] fellow nurses and even more so for my
[47:24] patients and for my babies that I take
[47:26] care of in the ncu um I am here because
[47:30] as we are um embarking upon this merger
[47:34] my real concern is Woman's Health it
[47:36] seems to be under major attack within
[47:39] the United States if anybody has been
[47:41] paying attention to the news across the
[47:42] country it is very scary and it is now
[47:45] hitting the capital region um I was
[47:49] applaud the um stand for women and for
[47:52] women's rights and for women and what
[47:54] they've done in um um history well it is
[47:57] our time to stand as the women at
[47:58] Belleview woman's Center and as a
[48:00] hospital that takes care of women and
[48:03] that is something that is really
[48:04] important one of the things that I want
[48:06] to bring to the Forefront is that Paul
[48:08] mlon actually spoke yesterday at a local
[48:11] church in The Stockade and spoke to the
[48:13] community there and when he was
[48:16] addressed and asked about the services
[48:18] that he was going to be um that have
[48:21] been taken away and continue to be
[48:22] discussed and being taken away his
[48:25] phrase on quote was we can't be
[48:28] everything to everyone the problem is is
[48:31] we need to be what is important for the
[48:33] people of this community we cannot
[48:36] afford to lose any more services we need
[48:39] to watch what they've done with berett
[48:41] because the Health Care Health the
[48:43] Catholic Health Care system is literally
[48:45] dismantling Health Care for Women across
[48:48] the country and in New York state down
[48:51] on Long Island they've closed maternity
[48:52] Wars in New York City they're attempting
[48:54] to close maternity Wars these are the
[48:57] Catholic Health Care Systems again we
[49:00] cannot afford he said that don't worry
[49:02] women who are in labor don't take the
[49:05] cabs to the
[49:07] hospitals I have to tell you women in
[49:09] labor take anything that they can I have
[49:12] actually caught babies in the circle in
[49:15] front of Belleview in a in a taxi cab so
[49:18] you know what Paul Milton women take
[49:21] cabs when they're in labor and if we
[49:24] keep reducing the the things that we
[49:26] need in our community we are going to be
[49:28] at a great loss we are putting mothers
[49:30] and babies at risk by doing this Trinity
[49:34] is actually sitting at our table looking
[49:36] to take more and more and more away from
[49:38] us the nurses and for our patients we
[49:41] have a deficit of approximately 20% on
[49:44] nursing staffing that means your nurses
[49:47] are taking on anywhere from six to 10
[49:50] patients when they should only be taking
[49:52] four and that is a very scary thing
[49:55] because it's our family members that are
[49:56] in the hospital that are being taken
[49:58] care of and they are being they're not
[50:00] getting the quality care that they
[50:01] require so I'm begging and I'm coming to
[50:05] you guys to stand on our behalf and and
[50:08] advocate for the nurses and for the
[50:10] patients and the people of SCCY thank
[50:12] you thank
[50:17] you Jennifer
[50:21] Lipman hi my name is Jenny um I'm not
[50:24] from this a but my family is firmly
[50:26] planted here my husband works at Union
[50:27] College I'm a nurse in the same
[50:30] Department as Fred the emergency room at
[50:31] Ellis Hospital and our kids are in
[50:33] school here and we mean to be here um
[50:35] I'm just joining this group and wanting
[50:38] to talk about Staffing uh you know I'm
[50:41] mostly focused just on the day-to-day
[50:43] taking care of people as a nurse Fred
[50:45] has been actively involved in the
[50:47] negotiations but it's gone on for more
[50:49] than a year that they're trying to get
[50:51] our contract negotiated and for me I I
[50:54] started like when the pandemic was just
[50:56] beginning to unfold in 2020 and
[51:00] um about a year into my job we lost a
[51:03] tremendous percentage of our nurses it
[51:06] was like the travel boom when nurses
[51:07] could make three to four times as much
[51:09] as a staff nurse and I was so upset to
[51:13] see the the just this beautiful teamwork
[51:17] when in the emergency room people come
[51:18] in with heart attacks and people run
[51:20] together and and they know each other's
[51:22] strengths and they're you know literally
[51:23] saving people's lives working together
[51:25] and
[51:26] when I saw my staff the the staff people
[51:28] that I really looked up to that I need
[51:29] to learn from disappearing I wrote to
[51:32] like all the top leadership but the
[51:33] hospital and our board and everything
[51:35] and I heard back from one person which
[51:37] was the department um the head of our
[51:39] department the emergency department he
[51:40] said well these things kind of come and
[51:41] go it'll it'll iron itself out this High
[51:44] money it's going to P pedal out and
[51:46] we'll kind of get a stable staff again
[51:48] but you know two two and a half years
[51:51] later we are heavily dependent on travel
[51:53] nurses and they're bringing in some
[51:55] lovely nurses they're really experienced
[51:57] great nurses but they have no connection
[51:58] to skincity they don't know our people
[52:00] they'll be here for a short time then
[52:02] they move oh I'm going to go do skiing
[52:03] and Colorado next and that's really not
[52:05] what we need we need a stable body of
[52:07] nurses to take care of our community I I
[52:10] see my neighbors all the time in the Ed
[52:12] and what we lost just during my short
[52:15] time here at Ellis with so much staff
[52:18] synchronicity that got broken up and the
[52:21] hospital has not managed to put it back
[52:23] together we're just heavily dependent on
[52:25] nurses that have no connection to this
[52:27] place and if it takes us more than a
[52:30] year and the nurses that are negotiating
[52:33] this contract say they are insulting us
[52:35] when we're asking about our they're
[52:37] taking benefits away they're they're
[52:40] trying to talk their way out of these
[52:41] Staffing ratio things I mean I've barely
[52:43] known anything but you run for 12 hours
[52:46] you don't pee you don't eat you you feel
[52:48] so guilty because you can't take good
[52:50] care of people because you're so
[52:52] overloaded it's dangerous you know and I
[52:54] mean that's kind of basic if we don't
[52:56] have enough nurses like you'd think we'd
[52:58] want to try to make it decent that
[53:01] nurses could take good care of people
[53:02] and and having a contract where there's
[53:04] decent Staffing and and and wages that
[53:07] people agree are reasonable seems like a
[53:09] great place to start so that's what I
[53:11] wanted to speak in support of thank you
[53:14] thank
[53:18] you I have no one else signed up to
[53:21] speak so I declare the public comment of
[53:23] City business closed
[53:27] any miscellaneous business from the
[53:30] council Mr
[53:34] muin thank you madam president I would
[53:37] like to um thank all the homeowners from
[53:39] Central Parkway who showed up here
[53:40] tonight thank you um for your effort and
[53:43] I want to especially thank the organizer
[53:46] who has brought us to this point here to
[53:48] make Central Parkway sidewalk and Street
[53:51] Improvement a reality so thank you to
[53:53] the organizer thank you to all the
[53:55] homeowners for um gra this um this
[53:58] evening and to voice your concern all
[54:01] the questions on the email that was
[54:03] submitted our city engineer will address
[54:05] those and as we move forward the next
[54:07] couple of week we will share more
[54:09] information and uh we will um get you
[54:11] involved in terms of um getting that
[54:14] message over to you as we move forward
[54:16] uh to make this happen for you in
[54:18] Central Parkway um just a reminder um
[54:21] for the seniors exemptions are due um
[54:25] before March 1st so don't wait on March
[54:27] 1st to file your exemption does the
[54:30] enhance um senior um exemption and also
[54:33] um the senior lwi income exemption we
[54:38] recently um um increased the um the
[54:42] exemption so to give more um advantage
[54:45] to the seniors in our city and I hope
[54:47] that they take advantage of it so please
[54:49] file your enhan exemption and your
[54:53] senior exemption before March for us
[54:56] thank you madam president thank you Mr
[54:58] mutar Miss Patrick thank you um I just
[55:02] wanted to remind folks um and I hope
[55:04] that the mayor will mention this as well
[55:05] but um I've had calls from several
[55:08] different residents in different
[55:09] neighborhoods over the last just the
[55:10] last few days uh talking about the
[55:13] litter issue and the fact that people
[55:14] are passed that information on to our
[55:16] office of General services but really um
[55:19] I just really implore folks to uh think
[55:22] about the trash schedule put your trash
[55:24] out only when you're supposed to put
[55:26] your trash out um and make sure that
[55:28] it's secure uh especially right now
[55:30] during the during the winter months
[55:32] although it doesn't seem like winter
[55:33] right now uh given our weather our
[55:36] beautiful weather this week but please
[55:38] uh pay attention to that thank you thank
[55:42] you
[55:44] mayor thank you madam president I again
[55:47] appreciate everyone coming out tonight
[55:49] in the uh consensus seems to be for
[55:53] Central Parkway to leave it basic
[55:55] basically the way it is the discussion
[55:57] has been to narrow the travel Lane by
[56:00] approximately 2 feet that has not been
[56:04] cast in stone and part of this process
[56:06] is to have your input tonight and uh
[56:10] just ongoing discussions for that final
[56:12] design that'll service the needs of the
[56:15] residents and again make it attractive
[56:18] and uh hopefully increase the value of
[56:21] the
[56:22] properties uh for Council member uh
[56:26] Patrick yes encourage people to follow
[56:28] the litter schedule uh appreciate uh
[56:31] council member Doro and council
[56:33] president porterfield's time as we're uh
[56:35] working on reviewing the trash policies
[56:38] in the city and trying to uh make
[56:40] modifications to uh appropriate allocate
[56:44] some of the cost the people that abuse
[56:46] the system and it doesn't take much
[56:49] effort to pick up a little bit of litter
[56:51] make sure your cans are sealed and
[56:53] tightened up because everybody Body
[56:55] Benefits from
[56:56] that also the sky Police Department uh
[57:00] is going to start another uh civilian
[57:03] police academy on March 5th and there
[57:07] are still slots available in that so
[57:09] that people who may want to participate
[57:12] in that uh gain a greater knowledge of
[57:14] the police operations and their
[57:16] Community involvement should uh contact
[57:19] uh officer Andrew danal at the SKC
[57:22] Police Department thank you m president
[57:25] thank you mayor uh I'd like to thank
[57:27] everyone for
[57:32] coming
[57:36] appointments you said that we need four
[57:38] you need four yes correct that is
[57:41] correct okay thank
[57:43] you it's a majority for to pass anything
[57:46] there are some things that take five but
[57:48] it takes a simple
[57:51] majority uh again I'd like to thank
[57:53] everyone for coming out tonight I
[57:55] appreciate you coming bringing your
[57:56] concerns forward and for this showing
[57:59] from people from Central Parkway I
[58:00] believe it was 16 is what Miss Thompson
[58:02] said so thank you for coming out and the
[58:04] mayor has already spoken about the
[58:06] process um I want to thank the um
[58:09] individuals that came from Nisa today to
[58:11] talk about the concerns that are going
[58:12] on there appreciate you coming and
[58:14] bringing these things to our attention
[58:16] yet we've been reading about we know
[58:17] about it but appreciate you coming out
[58:19] and coming to speak to us regarding
[58:22] that uh Mr muan talked about the um star
[58:26] exemption so just so just so you know
[58:27] March 1st is this Friday I know it
[58:29] doesn't sound it sounds far away but
[58:31] it's Friday so if you know seniors that
[58:33] need to get their exemption in it's this
[58:35] Friday and lastly as uh Miss schroer was
[58:39] here to talk about the women's March
[58:40] this Sunday I guess it starts on City
[58:42] Hall steps at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday so
[58:44] those of you that want to March I don't
[58:46] know what the weather's going to be like
[58:47] so check before you come whether you
[58:49] need to bundle up or dress
[58:51] down if there's nothing else to come
[58:53] before this Council I'd like to ask for
[58:54] a motion to adjourn mve by Miss Patrick
[58:57] second by Mr Williams all those in favor
[59:00] I we are adjourned thank
[59:13] you