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[3:13] I'd like to call the city Caucus meeting

[3:14] to order for Monday August 12

[3:17] 2024 we have 10 items for consideration

[3:20] if the clerk would please read item

[3:22] number one item number one for original

[3:24] consideration an ordinance amending and

[3:26] restating the first supplemental Bond

[3:28] ordinance for the right Road treatment

[3:30] plant discussed in committee without

[3:33] objection on consent item number two under final

[3:36] consideration and ORD ordinance pursuant

[3:39] to section 99 of the SEC second class

[3:41] City's law to change the street name of

[3:43] Barrett Village Lane to to Luigi Lane

[3:46] discussed in committee without objection

[3:48] on consent item number three item number

[3:50] three for original consideration a

[3:52] resolution adopting the 20124 2025

[3:55] annual action plan discussed in

[3:57] committee with objection on consent item

[4:00] number four item number four for

[4:01] original consideration the resolution

[4:03] authorizing the mayor to accept a

[4:05] transfer of

[4:06] $40,000 and give Grant award monies from

[4:09] the connected Police Department

[4:11] discussed in committee with objection on

[4:13] consent item number five item number

[4:15] five for original consideration a

[4:17] resolution authorizing the preparation

[4:19] of a preliminary engineering report for

[4:21] the downtown district Pump Station

[4:23] monitorization project discussed in

[4:26] committee with objection on consent item

[4:28] number six item it number six under

[4:30] original consideration a resolution

[4:32] authorizing the standardization of

[4:34] specifications for personal protective

[4:37] equipment turnout gear for this

[4:38] connected fire

[4:40] department discussed in committee with

[4:42] objection on consent item number seven for original

[4:46] consideration a resolution awarding

[4:48] contracts for the towing service for the

[4:50] connected Police Department discuss in

[4:53] committee with objection on consent item

[4:55] number eight item number eight under

[4:57] original consideration a resolution

[4:59] amending resolution 2022-2023 to amend

[5:02] the funding commitment for young women's

[5:05] Christian Association of SKC DBA y YWCA

[5:09] Northeastern New York discussed in

[5:12] committee with objection on consent item

[5:14] number nine item number nine for

[5:16] original consideration a resolution

[5:17] authorizing an agreement with the

[5:19] Capital District YMCA for the 2025 HUD

[5:22] Continuum of Care discuss in committee

[5:24] with objection on consent item number 10 under contract and supply

[5:29] resolution awarding the bid and contract

[5:31] for the Central Parkway roadway

[5:33] Improvement base bid and Alternate one

[5:35] to William J Keller and Sons

[5:36] Incorporated in the amount of 1,

[5:40] 74 100,000 um

[5:44] 34 discuss in committee with objection

[5:46] on consent if there's nothing more to

[5:49] come before the city council caucus I

[5:51] will ask for motion to

[5:52] adjourn second by Miss Patrick all those

[5:55] in favor I we are adjourned

[5:59] I'd like to call the city council

[6:01] meeting to order for Monday August 12th

[6:03] 2020

[6:04] 2024 and I'd like to ask Father James

[6:07] kiniki of Holy Name of Jesus for the

[6:09] prayer and

[6:14] invocation Lord we thank you for this

[6:17] beautiful season a season of

[6:19] Thanksgiving for the produce of the land

[6:22] for flowers herbs and vegetables that

[6:24] are so abundant we thank you for fairs

[6:27] festivals and celebrations of our rich

[6:29] culture we thank you for those who share

[6:32] so richly so that the fruitfulness of

[6:34] the earth Avail may be made available to

[6:36] any in need thank you for food pantries

[6:40] green markets and all those who

[6:42] volunteer at and support them most of

[6:45] all we thank you for your constant care

[6:47] for us in all things amen amen I'd like

[6:52] to ask uh councilman M to lead us in the

[6:54] Pledge of

[6:55] Allegiance my pledge aliance to the flag

[6:58] of the United States of America and to

[7:01] the Republic from which it stands one

[7:04] nation under God indivisible with

[7:07] liberty and justice for

[7:10] all thank

[7:12] you if the clerk could please complete

[7:15] the roll

[7:15] call Mr

[7:18] Toro Mr Farley is absent Mr

[7:23] Mancini Mr McAn pres Miss Patrick here

[7:28] Mr Williams is absent Miss Porterfield

[7:31] here thank you i' ask for approval of

[7:34] the minutes for July 22nd

[7:37] 2024 move by m

[7:39] mudaron second by Miss Patrick all in

[7:41] favor I and I this time I'll call

[7:44] council members for to provide any

[7:46] committee

[7:53] reports

[7:56] okay that's okay no problem

[8:06] at this time we'll have privilege of the

[8:08] floor related to the legislative

[8:19] agenda I do have one person that signed

[8:21] up to speak on the legislative agenda

[8:23] however um sir if I understand correctly

[8:27] what you want to speak on is not on the

[8:28] legislative AG agenda so it become under

[8:30] regular City business okay all right no

[8:34] it's not a

[8:35] problem

[8:37] [Laughter]

[8:40] it's all

[8:43] right okay since there's no one signed

[8:47] up to speak I'll declare the public

[8:48] comment on the legislative agenda

[8:51] closed at this time I like to ask for

[8:54] approval of the legislative consent

[8:56] agenda move by Mr mudin second by m

[8:59] Patrick all those in favor

[9:06] I and now we will have privilege over

[9:08] the floor regarding General City

[9:10] business and Mr wadell I will call you

[9:12] first because your online submission

[9:14] came in days ago I have four people that

[9:17] are signed up to

[9:18] speak thank you good evening to the

[9:20] mayor and the common

[9:22] Council um I just want to take a second

[9:25] to thank Mr Mutan am I saying that

[9:29] correct L Mrs Carmel Patrick Dorene

[9:33] Doro um Carl Williams and Maran

[9:37] Porterfield all of who uh were gracious

[9:41] enough to call me or my wife and take

[9:43] the time to speak to us about our our

[9:46] matter um with getting a ceremonial

[9:50] street sign on uh the last Street of

[9:53] Barrett the last block of Barrett Street

[9:55] going into hon Street um we're looking

[9:58] to get a cere monial street sign for

[10:01] marleene Hill way so I really appreciate

[10:04] the time you guys took to answer our

[10:05] questions I know we were probably a pain

[10:08] uh we were confusing ourselves with all

[10:10] the information we were getting uh the

[10:13] clerk was helpful the mayor's assistant

[10:15] was helpful um and we appreciate your

[10:18] time we did take the time to uh

[10:24] yesterday me and my wife spent better

[10:27] part of the full day uh traveling

[10:30] through that neighborhood and getting

[10:32] signatures we got 65 here and another 30

[10:37] that we didn't get a chance to get be

[10:38] prior to this this meeting they're all

[10:41] from Barrett Street Park Place hon

[10:45] Street um the people at the Sawmill

[10:48] Tavern were extremely helpful I'd like

[10:50] to thank them take a second to thank

[10:52] them L was she knew Marlene some of the

[10:56] people in the neighborhood remember

[10:57] Luigi's and they referred to it as being

[10:59] a city

[11:01] landmark and uh they also remember

[11:05] Marlene and a lot of people had kind

[11:07] things to say that neighborhood there's a wide variety of people ages

[11:11] racist everybody was we got two NOS one

[11:15] person said no because his dogs were

[11:17] trying to get out of the house and

[11:19] another uh person I don't think really

[11:21] knew what we were trying to accomplish

[11:22] but the overwhelming support we got

[11:25] walking the streets of that Community we

[11:27] on honestly we were yeah shocked so I I

[11:31] just want to thank that neighborhood for

[11:32] being so receptive uh our first

[11:35] signature happened to be by Chance the

[11:37] mayor's

[11:38] brother um Barett Village Lane there's

[11:42] about five residences there that are

[11:44] currently occupied the rest I believe

[11:47] are being sold but they're not currently

[11:49] occupied we got two out of the five the

[11:51] other three were not home the rest of

[11:53] the block there's a lot of vacancies

[11:55] there's some empty lots on the other

[11:56] side so we did the best we could to get

[11:59] signatures from everybody that's

[12:01] actually living on that block I think we

[12:03] did extremely well considering here on

[12:05] Street same thing a lot of empty lots a

[12:08] lot of vacant

[12:09] apartments uh we did the best we could

[12:12] there as well so we spent a lot of time

[12:15] you know it was kind of like let's just

[12:17] go see what we can do we started with no

[12:19] signatures and by the end of the day

[12:21] we're

[12:22] enthusiastically uh happy with the

[12:25] outcome so we put in some work yesterday

[12:28] I don't think there's anybody in that

[12:29] neighborhood that's going to be I highly

[12:32] doubt will get any arguments on on on

[12:34] our proposal I guess one of our

[12:36] questions would be do we still have to

[12:37] file an application because we received

[12:39] some news from uh Mr Matan and uh Mrs

[12:44] Porterfield prior to the meeting so do

[12:48] we still have to file an application or

[12:50] is it going to be put on the agenda I'm

[12:52] a little confused on that so um this

[12:56] it's not a it's we don't have a

[12:57] conversation here so we you could put

[12:59] the question before us and then we'll

[13:00] get back to you with the information

[13:02] okay okay okay uh I guess you know we

[13:06] receed that sorry I keep dropping the

[13:08] pen uh we received that information

[13:10] prior to the meeting so I don't know

[13:12] that there was a whole lot of reason for

[13:13] us to get up here but we did want to

[13:15] talk about the signatures and the

[13:16] support we got in that community so

[13:18] altogether if we get the other three

[13:20] sheets we're almost at 100 signatures in

[13:22] one day so if we press a city I'm sure

[13:25] we could get 500 if need be I'm hoping

[13:28] we don't don't need the 500 but if we

[13:31] have to go out in the city is connec and

[13:33] get 400 more we'll do that but so I

[13:36] appreciate your time thank you thank you

[13:39] thank

[13:49] you Ed Leen

[13:54] Jr good evening I've been here several

[13:57] times seeking your help with corrupt

[13:59] civil court judges you all swear an oath

[14:02] to the Constitution I brought you

[14:03] positive proof of their crimes of

[14:05] obstruction of governmental

[14:06] Administration and conspiracy deprived

[14:09] me of my constitution rights of due

[14:10] process and a fair hearing mayor has

[14:13] said he has no jurisdiction over judges

[14:16] really he appointed Tanica Frost to be a

[14:19] judge he awarded phao his judgeship

[14:21] because he tore down a building on State

[14:23] Street I'm sorry he ran on

[14:25] opposed mayor is chief law enforcement

[14:28] officer in SK

[14:29] how can you refuse to meet with me how

[14:31] can you refuse to press charges against

[14:33] Frost and falo Hoffman retired he can

[14:36] still be charged because the obstructed

[14:38] Justice tenica Frost signed a motion

[14:40] without proof of

[14:41] service clerk waited out motion need

[14:44] proof of service she signed a second

[14:47] motion and forced the clerk to mail it

[14:49] to me Frost knew she was breaking the

[14:51] law she was chief administrative law

[14:53] judge and director of The Office of

[14:55] administrative hearings at New York

[14:56] Department of State

[14:59] valo cannot act on Frost motion there is

[15:02] no Affidavit of service defendant cannot

[15:05] get back in court without reason for not

[15:06] appearing at first Herring where I was

[15:08] awarded a default judgment valo cannot

[15:11] vacate my default judgment without a

[15:13] hering mayor you have kept my ethics

[15:16] complaints out of the paper and had them

[15:17] denied without them being heard County

[15:20] attorney Gardner has kept my ethics

[15:22] complaints away from County ethics board

[15:24] even though he doesn't have the

[15:25] authority to do so da Carney has said IO

[15:29] and frost have not committed a crime as

[15:31] has us attorney

[15:33] Barnett you all may think I'm wasting my

[15:36] time here I'm not there's no time limit

[15:38] for a conspiracy to deprive

[15:40] constitutional rights and all of you are

[15:42] co-conspirators for not honoring your

[15:44] oath of office and helping me I'm going

[15:47] to use these uh Council meetings as

[15:49] evidence I promise if you if Trump gets

[15:51] elected you will all be out of a job and

[15:54] mayor instead of you being in a bar at

[15:55] lunchtime you will be behind bars

[15:59] you are the most corrupt mayor in the

[16:01] United States of America ASK 1100 St

[16:03] Clair's pensioners what they think about

[16:05] all the help you have given them or the

[16:07] amber alert for a 14y sir there's no

[16:09] personal attacks here no personal

[16:11] attacks no personal

[16:14] attacks how is that a personal attack

[16:16] it's a truth it you may not do that okay

[16:20] I have the right to be heard when I have

[16:21] a crime committed against me yes he must

[16:23] me with me so I am not going to argue

[16:26] with you but well I will state again no

[16:27] personal attacks you know right and if

[16:29] it continues then I will ask you to

[16:31] remove yourself from the

[16:32] podium can I finish as long as there's

[16:36] no personal

[16:38] attacks or the cop who uh shot a citizen

[16:41] in the back of the head killed him no

[16:43] charges I had been Stonewall for four

[16:45] years I have the right to have my

[16:47] complaint heard when there's a

[16:49] conspiracy to deprive me of my

[16:50] constitutional

[16:54] rights New York panal law 195 fisherman

[16:57] conduct

[16:59] a public servant is guilty of official

[17:01] misconduct Wang with intent to obtain a

[17:03] benefit or deprive another person of a

[17:05] benefit he commits an act relating to

[17:07] his office but constituting an

[17:09] unauthorized exercise of His official

[17:11] functions knowing that such his act is

[17:13] unauthorized that's valo and frost he

[17:16] know knowingly refrains from performing

[17:18] a duty which is imposed upon Him by law

[17:21] or is clearly inherent in a nature of

[17:23] his office that's attorney's carder

[17:25] Garder Barnett FBI Commission on

[17:28] judicial conduct attorney grievance

[17:30] committee the mayor and the city council

[17:33] your time is

[17:34] expired thank you you're

[17:40] welcome

[17:48] San oh my

[17:51] God this is not a short friendly Podium

[17:55] okay hi my name is SWA KH and I don't

[17:59] have much else to say except yesterday

[18:01] was one of the deadliest days in Gaza

[18:03] surpassing the day before that and the

[18:05] day before that and every day for the

[18:07] last 10 months I am also currently

[18:10] selling crocheted keychains hair

[18:12] accessories and flags all proceeds going

[18:14] to a Palestinian family who need the

[18:16] funds to leave their besieged Homeland

[18:18] including an 11-year-old girl with

[18:20] cerebral paly who has not received

[18:22] adequate Medical Care in the last 10

[18:24] months so far we've raised over $600 and

[18:27] are still accepting orders through my

[18:28] social media first name last name 22 I

[18:32] want to thank this connect Albany and

[18:34] Saratoga community members who made all

[18:36] these donations possible um I said that

[18:39] I wasn't going away until we got our

[18:41] bare minimum request met by this body um

[18:44] so until you all passed a ceasefire

[18:46] resolution um I will continue reading

[18:48] the names of the murdered the lives that

[18:50] are too controversial for this body to

[18:53] take action be in behalf

[18:56] of and I'm picking up where I left off

[19:00] last time these are all from Al jazer

[19:01] you can find them

[19:03] online KH

[19:06] muhamed less than one years

[19:08] olda B YF Abu

[19:12] M less than one years old L

[19:17] Mahmud Alami less than one years

[19:20] oldan Abdul rman Jad massan less than

[19:24] one years old Ana Mahmud Ahmed Ali

[19:29] less than one years old Hamza Muhammad

[19:32] Abdul Hamed as less than one years old

[19:35] Salma ibraim bam Shaban less than one

[19:40] years old Muhammad Hussein Muhammad Abu

[19:43] hammed less than one years old Aid

[19:46] Hussein Muhammad Abu hammad less than

[19:49] one years old Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed dul

[19:53] less than 1 years

[19:54] old Muhammad Fadi Jihad rdwan less than

[19:58] one years old ail Muhammad J de less

[20:03] than one years

[20:05] old Muhammad n Al Yahya alad less than

[20:09] one years old Muhammad Hamed nidal aliwa

[20:13] less than one years old Elena Muhammed

[20:17] Nabil mam less than one years old ABD

[20:20] rman Samir Sal less than one years old

[20:24] Omar Jad Omar

[20:26] altini less than one years old wa yya

[20:30] khed Abu less than one years old mik

[20:35] Abdul Salam Ali Abu less than one years

[20:38] old Huda Mustafa Haim Abu less than one

[20:42] years old Miss Abdul Sami

[20:46] Ali less than one years old Omar Ahmed

[20:50] Abdul Nasser sham less than 1 years old

[20:55] ibraim Amar sad alar less than 1 years

[20:58] old

[21:02] may they rest in peace you have the

[21:05] power to do

[21:06] something thank

[21:08] you Frank

[21:24] Wicks we can see now how much how

[21:27] important why is leadership

[21:29] is the day after October 7th the United

[21:34] our President should have caught up the

[21:37] Prime

[21:38] Minister and

[21:41] know convey our sorrow for the attack

[21:45] and uh off tell you all to have better

[21:48] security on that wall that

[21:51] separates Israel from their the people

[21:55] caged in on the other side also suggest

[21:58] that

[21:59] might stop building those provocative

[22:01] settlements on the West Bank and uh also

[22:06] offer to work with Israel for an

[22:08] exchange of hostages for political

[22:12] prisoners

[22:14] uh our president was not that wise and

[22:17] probably not enough people were wise

[22:19] what he did was he boarded

[22:22] our Air Force One went over to Israel

[22:27] hugged to the Prime

[22:29] Minister offered to give all the support

[22:32] and weapons they need what have they

[22:34] done since then they've killed about

[22:38] 40,000 mostly

[22:40] innocent know women and children some es

[22:43] me might be under up to 200,000 if you

[22:45] look under the rubble and where they

[22:48] stand right now Israel is no better off

[22:52] they're far worse off than it would be

[22:54] otherwise and where in the last week

[22:59] they assassin they basically murdered

[23:02] you know Palestinian leaders in Iran and

[23:06] in

[23:07] Lebanon and uh to provoke a to to

[23:12] provoke a war with

[23:14] Iran uh the way it stands right now is

[23:19] uh the world believes that uh Iran's

[23:22] ready to attack uh they they may be wise

[23:25] enough not to and uh Iran does not want

[23:29] a war Lebanon does not want want a war

[23:32] United States does not want want a war

[23:35] Israel wants a war Israel wants a war so

[23:38] the Prime Minister ST power because the

[23:41] only way Israel can exist is continue

[23:43] War so long as the war continues they'll

[23:46] continue to get support from the United

[23:48] States once that stops uh Israel is

[23:51] going to have to you know basically make

[23:54] peace with the

[23:55] neighbors uh thank you

[23:59] thank

[24:00] you I have no one else signed up to

[24:03] speak so I declare the public comment on

[24:04] City business

[24:06] closed uh we did Overlook Communications

[24:08] and petitions so I'd ask the clerk to

[24:10] give us any Communications and petitions

[24:11] at this time Communications presented to

[24:15] the city council for Monday August 12th

[24:16] 2024 under official there were none

[24:19] under General there were none and under

[24:20] petitions there were none thank you

[24:23] miscellaneous business of the

[24:25] council Miss Patrick

[24:31] thank

[24:32] you I'd like to uh acknowledge and thank

[24:35] Reverend kikki um the the new food

[24:38] pantry that I've mentioned here uh in

[24:41] previous weeks is actually housed at

[24:43] Holy Name of Jesus and I appreciate uh

[24:45] you and your uh parishioners allowing

[24:48] the food pantry to come in and and use

[24:50] the space at Holy Name of Jesus so thank

[24:53] you for that um so music Haven had its

[24:56] summer social yesterday um our city

[24:59] engineer Chris Wallen was honored this

[25:01] year as the music Haven Maven uh which

[25:04] is our annual uh our annual award um for

[25:08] all the work that he has done not only

[25:10] at music Haven not only at Central Park

[25:12] but uh throughout the city park so uh we

[25:15] had a very nice crowd largest crowd that

[25:17] we've had there are still uh three

[25:20] concerts left uh at music Haven and if

[25:23] you haven't ever been to a music Haven

[25:26] concert I really encourage you they free

[25:28] really fantastic uh music this week on

[25:32] Friday there's a Blues Barbecue with the

[25:34] blood brothers that's Friday August 16th

[25:37] uh on Sunday night uh it's band Magda

[25:41] this year uh which is a Greek uh group

[25:45] coming in came in from Greece uh Sunday

[25:47] August 18th and then the last um season

[25:51] the last event at music Haven is going

[25:53] to be our own SKC mopco improv show so

[25:57] that will be on Saturday August 24th

[26:00] there are however three films we started

[26:02] a film series a couple years ago um so

[26:05] there's a Bollywood night on Friday

[26:07] August 23rd there's Reggae on Friday

[26:10] August 30th um and then paint the park

[26:14] pink on Friday September 6th it's just a

[26:16] coincidence that I'm wearing a pink

[26:18] Blazer but uh that is going to be a

[26:20] showing of the Barbie movie so I think

[26:22] that'll be a lot of fun as well um and

[26:25] then I wanted to also mention that the

[26:27] health and Recreation committee is still

[26:29] working on making

[26:30] recommendations um for fees and rules um

[26:34] for the pools and that will not take uh

[26:38] none of that will be in effect until

[26:39] summer of 2025 but I just wanted to let

[26:41] folks know that uh that's still an

[26:43] ongoing discussion thank

[26:46] you thank you Mr

[26:49] Toro thank you

[26:52] so I just like to um I chair the public

[26:56] Serv services and util ilities committee

[26:59] so I just want to give a brief overall

[27:01] of you know uh the water and sore here

[27:04] in the city um I'd like to do that every

[27:06] so often just to keep uh the residents

[27:09] and uh everyone informed of what

[27:10] happened so just some facts about what

[27:13] we

[27:16] doou okay um so the the the Department

[27:20] of Water and sore oversees all aspects

[27:23] of the city's Water and Sewer

[27:26] infrastructure including the operation

[27:28] of the city's Water Resource and

[27:30] recovery facility also known as

[27:34] wrrf they oversee seven sewage pumping

[27:38] stations and the operations of the

[27:40] city's water supply and pumping system

[27:43] from 12 water wells located on Rice

[27:47] Road the city's sword division consists

[27:50] of

[27:51] 43 full-time employees and is

[27:54] responsible for maintaining over 320

[27:57] miles of sanitary and storm sores

[28:00] throughout our city including manholes

[28:03] and catch

[28:05] basins sewer wrrf Personnel are also

[28:09] responsible for the

[28:11] 247 operations of the city's

[28:15] wrrf as a result this is very

[28:18] interesting of the August 9th 2024 rain

[28:22] event the city's

[28:24] wrrf recorded flows through the plant at

[28:28] 52 million

[28:31] gallons which was a record for the

[28:34] plant in 2024 the city was awarded over

[28:37] $26 million in Grants for major Capital

[28:41] Improvement projects the Washington

[28:44] Avenue storm water pump station and the

[28:47] wrrf project since the start of the 2024

[28:52] s department has made again some

[28:54] interesting facts over 20 sewer

[28:58] repairs over 50 catch Basin repairs and

[29:03] again with our aging infrastructure here

[29:05] in the here in the city it's um

[29:07] important that we have the personnel and to to handle all these things

[29:12] they've responded to over 300 emergency

[29:15] SE calls cleaned over two 200 catch

[29:19] basins and performed

[29:22] $2,000 plus of $20,000 plus feet of

[29:26] closed circuit TV and inspections

[29:28] through pipes and they've provided

[29:31] numerous water utility

[29:34] locations our City's water department

[29:36] which we all know we're we're famous for

[29:38] our water drinking water here in the

[29:40] city um the city's Water Division

[29:42] consists of 19 fulltime employees and

[29:45] it's responsible for pumping water

[29:48] reservoir distribution meter readings

[29:51] and plumbing inspections of the city's

[29:53] drinking water system Water Division

[29:56] staff is responsible for Main

[29:58] maintaining over 180 miles of

[30:01] distribution throughout Mains throughout

[30:03] the city and approximately 2500 fire

[30:07] hydrants and over 1,000 10,000 line

[30:10] valves

[30:12] 2500 fire fire

[30:15] hydrants in

[30:17] 2024 the city completed the drilling of

[30:20] three new water wells at the Rice Road

[30:23] well Fields capable of providing over

[30:27] 9,000 gallons per minute to the system

[30:31] also in 2024 the drinking water fluoride

[30:34] system upgrade was completed um talking

[30:38] to some some of my uh daughter's friends

[30:41] had stopped over last night on the front

[30:43] porch and uh I said something about a

[30:46] Tootsie Roll pulling out cavities and

[30:48] they're like well we never had cavities

[30:50] so my daughter's growing up in the city

[30:52] had never had cavities so we have a

[30:54] great fluoride

[30:56] system um since this started 2024 the

[30:59] water department has correlated and or

[31:02] addressed 20 water main brakes which

[31:04] I'll get to one that happened uh today

[31:07] in a moment and replaced over 20 fire

[31:12] hydrants and I also like to mention um

[31:15] you know in going through the city if

[31:17] you see a fire hydrant with a nub off or

[31:19] some some problem um to always call the

[31:22] fire department or the mayor's office so

[31:24] we can have that fixed and

[31:25] replaced um they replaced to repair over

[31:28] 20 system line gate valves over 20

[31:32] Residential Water Service disconnects

[31:34] and replace S yard hydrants perform

[31:37] numerous sore Line locations and 60% of

[31:41] the Citywide annual water flushing has

[31:43] been completed already this

[31:46] year and getting to the uh water main

[31:48] break so I uh frequently drive around

[31:51] the city um I really think it's my

[31:53] responsibility also uh to stop and talk

[31:56] to the um um workers um that are are our

[32:01] crews that are out there on the street

[32:03] um in all all kinds of weather whether

[32:05] it's winter summer spring doesn't matter

[32:08] uh fixing the uh water lines that may

[32:10] have an issue um this morning I was

[32:12] informed of a report of a low water

[32:14] pressure by some residents in the 1600

[32:17] block of the crane Street um quick drive

[32:20] over and I was alerted of a water main

[32:23] break below the

[32:25] overpass um on Crane Street close to the

[32:27] rer Dam line our water department was

[32:30] able to shut the the lines down going to

[32:32] the brake however the brake is very deep

[32:36] and the city crews are not able to

[32:38] handle that depth in

[32:40] digging uh Carver was contacted to move

[32:43] forward with an assessment and repair

[32:45] and I spoke with the supervisor from car

[32:48] uh Carver and they will bail into the

[32:50] dense foliage to make a path down the

[32:53] Ravine uh in the embankment to repair

[32:55] the uh water main breake

[32:58] uh the railroad tracks run light right

[33:00] alongside the break and Amtrak visited

[33:03] the site and will most likely have an

[33:05] individual there viewing as Carver digs

[33:07] and repairs the main this is a major

[33:10] break and fortunately there is only one

[33:13] business that is currently without water

[33:16] on Crane Street as of 5:00 tonight

[33:19] Carver had Manpower and equipment on

[33:21] site and at this time uh they're not

[33:24] able to give us um an appropriate time

[33:27] frame for

[33:28] um but I will keep the U mayor's office

[33:31] updated when I find out and I'm sure

[33:33] he'll be able to put out um some

[33:35] information regarding that thank

[33:39] you thank you other council

[33:42] members

[33:45] mayor thank you Madame President uh

[33:48] appreciate everyone coming out uh the

[33:51] weather has shifted a little bit uh

[33:53] where it's more pleasant hopefully

[33:55] people will get to uh enjoy the last

[33:57] days of summer enjoy the Investments

[34:00] that we've made in our Park system the

[34:02] venues that are in downtown and that a

[34:05] lot of the good things that are not only

[34:06] happening in the city of SKC but

[34:08] throughout the capitol District thank

[34:10] you madam president thank you uh I want

[34:13] to uh thank everyone for coming out

[34:15] tonight to making your concerns heard um

[34:18] this is your place to do that so

[34:19] appreciate you coming and we'll address

[34:22] those that um we're able to address I do

[34:25] also want to make a couple of uh

[34:28] announcements in terms of things that

[34:30] are going on through the rest of the

[34:31] summer and first I'd like to

[34:33] congratulate Community fathers on their

[34:36] um father Festival that that they had

[34:37] this this weekend it's an annual event

[34:39] that they do held around city hall and

[34:42] um just making awareness of the

[34:43] organization and the service that they

[34:45] provide to fathers probably um more than

[34:48] um uh others but to fathers who are you

[34:51] know the heads of families and so it's

[34:53] uh it was a good event so I I just want

[34:56] to congratulate them on that

[34:58] wanted to remind people of a couple of

[34:59] things that are happening a few things

[35:01] that are happening that throughout the

[35:02] summer first of all the common Unity cup

[35:05] which has been ongoing for five weeks is

[35:08] having their next event tomorrow it's

[35:10] going to be held at Jerry Burell Park

[35:13] and this sport will be volleyball

[35:15] dodgeball and we're going to throw in

[35:17] some tennis so it's going to be held at

[35:19] Jerry Burell Park tomorrow evening I

[35:21] believe starting that at that it's going

[35:22] to started at 5 o'clock on

[35:25] um August 17th this connected living

[35:30] history 19th century

[35:32] African-Americans uh event is going to

[35:34] be held at the Historical Society at 32

[35:37] Washington Avenue and it starts at 300

[35:41] pm. and um on the 24th the new bethl

[35:46] Community Church is having their

[35:49] inaugural Community impact collaboration

[35:51] in Central Park starting at 11:00 a.m.

[35:55] going to 400 p.m. food trunks f food

[35:57] trucks face painting vendors and

[36:00] Community leadership awards will be

[36:02] given out so it's uh free and open to

[36:04] the public and it's given Again by new

[36:06] bethl Community Church which is at 2020

[36:09] Broadway and then finally I would like

[36:11] to announce uh something in um

[36:13] initiative that's been put forth by

[36:15] council member Carl Williams $1 haircuts

[36:18] for kids going back to school uh they

[36:21] have three barber shops that that's

[36:23] going to be offering these haircuts and

[36:26] this has been funded by the sponsors of

[36:28] the SKC Foundation the SKC City School

[36:32] District the SKC fire department and the

[36:34] SKC Police Department so again there is

[36:37] some investment on behalf of the

[36:38] families they do it is a dollar but

[36:40] haircuts cost a lot more than a dollar

[36:42] so this is an event for people to be

[36:44] able to bring their children back to

[36:45] school and have them um you know looking

[36:47] good to return to school so $1 haircut

[36:50] starting on September 1st so it's over

[36:53] three days at different shops September

[36:55] 1st 2nd and 3D

[36:58] and we'll I'll have Flyers at the next

[37:00] meeting and uh you can also find those

[37:02] flyers online at least on my Facebook

[37:04] page and um on the Facebook page for

[37:07] councilman Williams as

[37:09] well uh that is all I have and with that

[37:12] I would ask for a motion to adjourn

[37:15] moved by Miss Patrick second by Mr

[37:17] manini all those in favor I we are

[37:20] adjourn thank

[37:22] you have a good evening

[37:29] is that everything

[37:31] [Music]

Schenectady City Council Meeting, August 12, 2024

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