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[8:20] I'd like the public connect city council

[8:22] meeting to order for Monday November 4th

[8:24] 2024 uh the first committee is Public

[8:27] Safety so I like to call the public safy

[8:29] committe to order we have two items on

[8:30] the agenda tonight first of which is

[8:32] going to be a discussion around fiscal

[8:34] year 2024 State Homeland Security grant

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[8:46] Mr yes there's enough people for the

[8:48] Committees except one oh we were yes we covered that yes

[8:55] okay all right sorry just want to make

[8:58] sure all

[9:00] thank you good evening the city's

[9:04] connected Police Department is the

[9:05] recipient of a portion of the grant of

[9:07] the amount of

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[9:17] $26,400 th000 will be expected to be

[9:19] used for interoperable communications

[9:22] equipment for the radios uh

[9:26] $264 is ear marked for personal

[9:28] protective equipment in the form of two

[9:30] Ballistic Shields and $50,000 is

[9:33] earmarked for remote control robot uh to

[9:36] be used by our special operations Squad

[9:39] the funding period for this is

[9:42] 9124 through 831 of 2027 and there is no

[9:46] match required by the city thank you any

[9:49] questions or comments I move this all

[9:52] right I will second all those in favor

[9:55] the next item on the agenda I think

[9:57] thank you is a review amending section

[10:00] 24811 of chapter 248 Article 2 of The

[10:03] Stanky city code to add a new paragraph

[10:06] uh the city of sanky wishes to address

[10:08] Traffic Safety by installing traffic

[10:10] calming measures on city streets to

[10:12] reduce speeds on designated public

[10:14] streets as identified by the city

[10:16] engineer and the sany city council the

[10:19] public hearing was held on October 28th

[10:21] 2024 any questions or comments um if

[10:25] it's okay with the committee they can

[10:26] you can vote it out and then the

[10:27] committee I mean the council as a whole

[10:29] can then vote on it next Tuesday thank

[10:31] you

[10:32] mran any other questions or concerns

[10:36] no hearing none may get a motion so move

[10:39] I'll second all those in favor are there

[10:42] items that fall Public Safety hearing

[10:44] none may have motion to adjourn so move

[10:46] I'll second all in favor I youour I just

[10:49] want to say quickly that um I see that

[10:51] we're missing several council members

[10:52] but I want you to know that two council

[10:53] members did acknowledge that they would

[10:54] not be here this evening M Patrick and

[10:57] uh Mr Farley so they are they uh sent

[11:01] information that they would not be

[11:02] present this

[11:04] evening I think the other two are at the

[11:06] small buiness

[11:08] work I didn't see them there we I didn't

[11:11] see them there yeah I would like to call

[11:13] the finance committee

[11:14] order

[11:18] um I don't see the building um Chief

[11:21] Building Inspector here because I I do

[11:22] have a several question on item one and

[11:25] two and might be able to ask me

[11:31] well it has be more of

[11:34] um changing these uh leas fees and the

[11:37] impact to the department and also the

[11:40] service providing currently I would

[11:43] prefer to have the build cheap building

[11:44] inspector here when we discuss these

[11:46] items okay so I mam president I would

[11:49] ask that we hold item one and two and

[11:52] request that the chief building

[11:53] inspector be here so you want to hold it

[11:55] for two weeks yes if that's possible yes

[11:58] okay

[12:00] we'll go into next item review amending

[12:02] section 124-133 and 12422 of the SK City

[12:07] Court increasing administrative fee

[12:09] regarding Force alarm

[12:11] call um we had the public hearing at

[12:13] 10:15 and this was asked to hold for

[12:16] another cycle so that we can look at the

[12:19] fees and to get um additional

[12:22] information from the PD which we did MH

[12:26] so Mr Williams you ask um was to this

[12:29] and to kind of review information was

[12:31] provided to us so we have a we look at

[12:35] the original fee that was presented to

[12:37] us when we reviewed this and went into

[12:39] public hearing and then there were

[12:40] consideration about looking at it

[12:42] because of the cost associated with

[12:45] these um visit to the um location so you

[12:48] just want to add to that yes Mr chairman

[12:52] I just want to make sure that the the

[12:53] members of the committee got the updated

[12:56] uh um uh recommendations from this

[12:59] morning did you get that yes we all than

[13:03] okay we do and that based on those

[13:06] recommendations and then you can move

[13:09] out any sort of re you know

[13:11] recommendations uh for the committee uh

[13:15] to the council if you want to amend it

[13:17] on that schedule as as proposed by the

[13:20] uh Chief or you wish to uh amend it

[13:23] anyway

[13:25] or

[13:26] um it's it's up to you um um if you want

[13:29] to hold it for another few weeks you can

[13:31] to digest that since it was just come

[13:33] came this morning or the alternative

[13:36] voted out as

[13:37] amended yes so it is yep so I can say

[13:40] for me with wanting to just identify

[13:42] this issue is just making sure we were

[13:44] act accurately capturing the true cost

[13:46] or at least somewhat close to that now I

[13:49] think with hearing um just the impact of

[13:51] some other adjustments that we're doing

[13:53] the fee schedules around the city I'm am

[13:56] comfortable holding where those uh

[13:59] findes previously were

[14:01] at at the the one that the fee that was

[14:04] presented at the public

[14:07] correct no I have my handed um so just

[14:10] for point of clarification Mr chairman

[14:12] so we're just talking the the

[14:14] four uh four uh number of four uh

[14:19] nonpersistent per false alarms would

[14:21] reduced down to two so that everything

[14:23] else you would be okay with leaving the

[14:26] status quo is is that is that is that

[14:29] how you want to leave it yes

[14:34] yeah with that being said then comme can

[14:36] vot it out and and the committee uh the

[14:38] council as a whole can go on it Tuesday

[14:42] so we'll stick to the um original fee

[14:45] that was presented through the public

[14:46] hearing yes as noted may have a motion

[14:49] to move that forward move second all in

[14:51] favor I thank

[14:57] you the next item is a remind the public

[14:59] hearing to amend section sections of

[15:01] chapter 161 of the connected city code

[15:04] to include specific fees for the

[15:06] collection of solid waste items and the

[15:08] requirement for collection the public

[15:11] hearing is being scheduled for November

[15:13] 12th 700

[15:16] p.m. and the next item is also a

[15:18] reminder for public hearing for ReStore

[15:20] New York Grant application for the

[15:22] farmer St Clair's Hospital 600 Mallen

[15:25] Street this public hearing is also

[15:27] scheduled for November 12th

[15:29] arey any other business of for finance

[15:31] uh Mr chairman just to point just go

[15:33] back to one item the the solid waste

[15:36] fees based on last last week's uh two

[15:39] weeks ago's conversation regarding that

[15:42] some of that language was amended to

[15:44] reflect the clean up that's it's a seven

[15:48] bags one can and that's what the

[15:51] legislation will go before the public

[15:53] hearing for next week and there was also

[15:56] a uh issue a report that the council

[15:58] member Williams indicated they wanted a

[16:01] report from the commissioner of uh

[16:03] General services on how thatfor uh

[16:06] education campaign uh was going to out

[16:11] went and that the report back would be

[16:14] on May 15th giving the administration a

[16:16] month and a half to kind of compile

[16:18] everything so legislation that's before

[16:20] you now reflects that and one other uh

[16:24] clarification uh the the uh the fee

[16:28] regarding uh the exemption should be reflected

[16:34] that that that that's would be under

[16:39] 16425

[16:40] um 16125 sub paragraph 1 that it says

[16:46] $100 over the years that hasn't been

[16:50] updated so I think that figures what

[16:53] $137 right

[16:55] now I'm sorry yes 16125 what

[17:00] number1 2-25 D

[17:04] -25 sub one and says here some of $100

[17:08] so that should have been updated over

[17:10] the years so that I the current figure

[17:14] should reflect what the exemption is it

[17:16] just hasn't kept current over the years

[17:19] so since we're looking at that section I

[17:22] think it's $137 is that

[17:25] s right okay that's myol okay

[17:29] so I will just for posting I'll just put

[17:32] the

[17:33] $137 in there because that should

[17:36] reflect the the actual it just hasn't

[17:38] been amended over the years so this so

[17:43] the current be charge it is 137 that's

[17:46] my understanding yes and so you're just

[17:48] saying that you're just going to update

[17:50] this to what we're really doing to

[17:52] reflect it's it's a map since we're in

[17:55] here and

[17:56] we're okay okay just thank

[18:03] you so I just wanted to bring that to

[18:05] the committee's

[18:07] attentions any other business may have

[18:10] Mo return second all in favor I thank

[18:13] you I'd like to call order City

[18:15] development and planning we have two

[18:16] items on the agenda um the first one is

[18:20] a the appointment of an individual for

[18:23] the golf advisory committee um just want

[18:26] to get some clarification my

[18:28] understanding is that this committee has

[18:29] nine members should have nine members

[18:32] that's right and currently there are

[18:37] five I don't know how many members so I

[18:41] uh I sent I just want to just say that I

[18:43] sent an email to um the director of

[18:45] operations probably about two or three

[18:47] weeks ago asking for the list of all the

[18:49] Committees and I have not gotten

[18:50] response to that not anticipating this

[18:52] but anticipating as we move forward and name people to the committee so I

[18:56] don't know um the last thing I looked at

[18:58] I only saw four people what I was sent

[19:01] like months ago was like only four

[19:03] people were on there currently and um

[19:06] the the latest list I was able to find

[19:08] uh for

[19:09] appointments from council member in 2019

[19:13] um was

[19:15] that four of those people are still on

[19:18] here and two of them uh are no longer on

[19:21] here so one of the things about it in

[19:23] the code it says that we can only have

[19:25] one person who's a non-resident so what

[19:27] I was trying to confirm is the address

[19:29] that's incorrect it says at least one

[19:32] member shall be a nonresident so you're

[19:36] saying that everyone else anyone else

[19:38] can be a

[19:39] non-resident historically there's been

[19:41] one non-resident I'm now putting two non

[19:45] residents

[19:46] um and so would you repeat what the what it says in the code I don't have it

[19:52] from me it says at least one member

[19:54] shall be non resident okay so so has to

[19:59] be a nonr on that

[20:02] representing nonresident golfers is what

[20:05] the theory behind it was but more than

[20:07] one member can be a nonresident all

[20:10] right so there was this well I didn't

[20:11] get an answer to my email that I asked

[20:13] that question otherwise we wouldn't be

[20:14] discussing it now I would already know

[20:15] the answer um so you're saying this is

[20:18] the second non-resident that's being put

[20:20] on okay um okay just wanted to clarify

[20:23] that and if I could get a response from

[20:25] the director of operations about the

[20:26] Committees because we're you know we

[20:27] know there's vacancies we know we're

[20:28] going need to put people on but we can

[20:30] do the work ahead of time and so we

[20:32] don't come to it trying to figure out at

[20:34] this table I really really appreciate

[20:37] that so um based on that then I will

[20:40] entertain a motion to name uh Phil

[20:44] Kaufman for the golf advisory committee

[20:47] some of I'll second all in favor

[20:52] hi okay um and the next item is to

[20:56] review establishing a temporary

[20:57] moratorium until February 1st 2025 on

[21:00] the submission of processing of building

[21:02] permits certificates of occupancy

[21:04] certificates AB use and land use

[21:06] approval of cannabis establishments

[21:08] within the city and the public hearing

[21:10] was we were looking to go ahead

[21:12] Mr go right ahead mad president I just

[21:14] wanted to

[21:15] plan the planners in the econ Economic

[21:19] Development Office Planning Development

[21:21] Office so we hope to have a working

[21:24] draft to you in two weeks and then based

[21:27] on the input at that meeting we can

[21:30] refer to the uh City Planning Commission

[21:33] for their review with the idea um of

[21:37] getting uh a public hearing on the uh on

[21:42] the uh ordinance by the end of uh the

[21:45] end of December or the early part of

[21:48] January so that's just a uh brief way

[21:51] ahead so you'll have a working draft in

[21:53] two weeks and then referral to the

[21:55] Planning Commission for their input and

[21:56] then after that uh come back to you for

[22:00] review and then calling for a public

[22:02] hearing on the zoning on the zoning so this uh what you're saying is

[22:08] essentially that hopefully we'll be on

[22:10] target with by the time the moratorium

[22:12] ends we'll be able to have our zoning in

[22:14] place okay so that's what we're working

[22:17] to so I wanted to brief you on that okay

[22:20] I thank you for

[22:22] that all right

[22:24] and I need motion on that

[22:29] a motion that to get the moratorium for

[22:31] the whole Council for tonight oh just we need for the whole Council okay

[22:34] yeah for for the actual legisl all right

[22:37] then we'll put that on for

[22:38] Monday Monday Tuesday Tuesday right

[22:42] don't come

[22:44] Monday

[22:46] okay is there anything else to come

[22:48] before City development

[22:51] planning do we need to move this other

[22:53] the committee I just want to do we need

[22:55] to move this yes yes I asked that and

[22:58] you said no no just to clarify yes you

[23:01] have to move it out for the committee

[23:03] for okay I thought we did and you're

[23:04] like no we have to wait for the whole

[23:06] Council yes it has to go to the council

[23:08] the full Council next Tuesday but

[23:10] tonight we need to move committee

[23:11] tonight yes yes thank you so Mo I'll

[23:15] second all those in favor

[23:17] I all right um so we don't

[23:21] have

[23:22] tonight we have

[23:28] all right um so um the last item I'm

[23:31] going to have to move it into um on the

[23:34] claims committee I'm going to ask to

[23:35] move it into City development planning

[23:37] because we don't have enough uh

[23:39] committee members here for for

[23:41] claims okay okay good all right so um the last

[23:49] the final item which would have been

[23:50] under claims we moving it into City City

[23:52] development planning um is the payment

[23:54] of back taxes for 1710 Eastern Parkway

[23:58] and that that will be an executive item

[24:00] uh executive committee item so I would

[24:02] ask that we ask get a motion to move

[24:04] into executive session I'll second all

[24:07] in favor I thank you members of the

[24:09] public will have to leave so the

[24:11] executive session will be for um the

[24:13] particular claim and other litigation T

[24:16] oh you should say that same okay so

[24:19] we're going to be discussing this

[24:20] particular claim and other outstanding

[24:22] litigation yes okay thank

[24:25] you all right

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Schenectady City Council Committee Meeting, November 4, 2024

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