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[22:45] » [clears throat]
[22:46] >> They're going to be made here.
[23:02] I'd like to call the order connecting
[23:03] city council committee meeting for
[23:04] Monday, December 15, 2025. And the first
[23:08] committee is public safety. Mr.
[23:10] Williams.
[23:11] >> Thank you. Uh we have one item on the
[23:13] agenda tonight. That is
[23:19] a reminder the redirection portion of
[23:21] Front Street to a one-way street from J
[23:23] Street to Mohawk Avenue and for Monroe
[23:25] Street to become a one-way street from
[23:27] Front Street to Gary Boulevard. The
[23:29] public hearing will be December 22nd. Um
[23:33] it's just a reminder to the public that
[23:34] this is going to be taking place. Um
[23:37] there are no other items to fall before
[23:38] public safety. May I have a motion to
[23:40] adjourn.
[23:42] So move.
[23:42] >> I will second. All those in favor?
[23:44] >> I I
[23:48] Okay. Um I will call to order government
[23:50] operations
[23:52] and the we have there's one item on the
[23:54] agenda, the alignment of weekly hour
[23:56] requirements for public safety managers
[23:58] include inclusion of public safety
[24:00] commissioner, Mr. Turo.
[24:02] >> Thank you. So uh I'd like to just bring
[24:04] this back briefly uh this evening before
[24:06] I defer to uh Miss Barash. Um I know
[24:09] that um the council wanted to speak to
[24:12] um Chief Burns regarding uh their 35h
[24:15] hour work. So if I could ask Chief Burns
[24:17] to come up and
[24:20] uh discuss that please.
[24:25] » Good evening, Madam President, council
[24:27] members, mayor. Uh so when I came to the
[24:30] office a couple years ago, I was told it
[24:32] was a 35 hour work week. We do not get
[24:34] paid for lunch. Um most of the times we
[24:37] really don't get lunch. we'll eat at our
[24:38] desk or whatever, answer emails. Uh I
[24:41] will say sometimes in the summertime we
[24:42] get to go out in that picnic table, but
[24:43] a lot of these lunches turn into
[24:44] business meetings, right? You're out
[24:46] there with the rest of the staff. You're
[24:47] discussing the day or or the plan or
[24:49] what's going on.
[24:55] » Chief, of the 19,000 calls that you
[24:58] handle, do any of those get in the way
[25:00] of your lunch?
[25:01] >> Oh, all the time. All the time. Y
[25:04] >> phone calls from the mayor gets in the
[25:05] way once in a while.
[25:07] Uh, any questions for Chief Burns?
[25:11] [clears throat]
[25:12] >> Uh, thank you, Chief.
[25:13] >> You're welcome.
[25:13] >> At this time, I'd like to defer Miss
[25:15] Mash.
[25:15] >> Thank you.
[25:17] >> Sure. So, um, it's my recommendation
[25:20] that this be tabled um until next cycle.
[25:24] Uh there are several other items that
[25:25] need to be dealt with in chapter 87 of
[25:28] the code and the law department would
[25:30] like to uh well needs to be able to
[25:34] review the entire chapter uh so that
[25:36] it's all done consistently uh and
[25:39] accurately with regard to whatever it is
[25:40] the council decides to change.
[25:43] >> Thank you.
[25:44] >> The entire chapter 87.
[25:46] >> We're going to be taking a look at the
[25:47] whole chapter.
[25:50] Okay.
[25:51] >> Thank you. So,
[25:54] >> is it that there'll be a recommendation
[25:56] on whether to adjust or not adjust or
[25:58] just a review?
[25:59] >> Uh, the law department won't make a
[26:00] recommendation on that. The law
[26:02] department will be reviewing that uh
[26:04] chapter uh for other things that have
[26:07] come up as well and so we might we would
[26:10] like to look at it as a whole and handle
[26:13] uh amendment of that chapter
[26:16] together
[26:18] all the items together.
[26:20] >> Okay. So anything else come before
[26:22] government operations
[26:24] >> Mr. Mair?
[26:24] >> So as you go into that um to look into
[26:27] chapter 87 can your recommendation also
[26:30] look at across the board on management
[26:33] all management.
[26:34] >> We are not going to make a
[26:35] recommendation on the hours. We will be
[26:37] we will take the council's
[26:39] recommendation and make the changes but
[26:42] we are not going to make a
[26:43] recommendation.
[26:45] We are going to be looking at it
[26:46] relating to some other issues that have
[26:48] come up, but it's beyond the scope of of
[26:51] our office to make a recommendation of
[26:53] how many hours a particular department
[26:55] should work.
[26:56] >> So, currently the council doesn't have a
[26:58] recommendation.
[26:59] >> It's up to the council. It's just not up
[27:01] to the law department.
[27:02] >> Okay.
[27:04] All right. Thank you.
[27:07] >> Are there any other questions or
[27:08] concerns?
[27:09] >> Is there anything else to come before
[27:11] government operations?
[27:12] >> Motion to adjourn.
[27:14] Second. All's in favor. I
[27:17] >> like to call to order city development
[27:18] and planning. We have eight items on the
[27:21] agenda. The first one, city of
[27:23] connecting Metroplex parking services
[27:25] agreement, transition to law school
[27:27] mobile payment technology. Mr. Wallen.
[27:38] Uh so several weeks ago um I presented
[27:41] up here with uh David Hogamp of the
[27:43] Metroplex Development Authority about
[27:45] Metroplex transition from the passport
[27:48] um to the Lazo platform after 5 years uh
[27:51] via the RFP. Um we did that presentation
[27:54] here. We met with LAGO. Um we've had
[27:57] some internal meetings. We discussed
[27:59] with the mayor and the enforcement
[28:00] provision and Metroplex and we would
[28:02] like to move forward also adopting the
[28:04] Lasco platform. Uh under the similar
[28:07] agreement with Metroplex that we've been
[28:08] working on that Metroplex would act as
[28:11] we would be under Metroplex essentially
[28:13] working uh they would handle most of the
[28:15] collection and then disperse to the
[28:17] city. Uh we would use that program uh
[28:19] starting on January 1st. Um, I have
[28:24] I'm sorry. I I have a sample of what
[28:28] we're looking at. We went through some
[28:29] iterations working, but the signs after
[28:32] January 1st that say passport would be
[28:34] replaced with this is a sample. The real
[28:36] sign would be bigger um with with this
[28:38] system. So, you would not need to
[28:40] download any kind of an app. What you
[28:43] would do is you would see this on a a
[28:44] post or a sign and you would scan that
[28:48] QR code there that is, you know, custom
[28:50] QR code with the city logo in it and
[28:52] that would immediately take you to the
[28:54] website where you would pay for your
[28:56] parking and you would just set it up.
[28:57] So, we've been working on um setting up
[28:59] the system. We simplified it with zones.
[29:02] So, we simplified the city into five
[29:04] zones. The reason for the zones is it
[29:06] helps us track where people are parking
[29:08] and where revenues are coming in. Um
[29:10] it's very easy to track Put this down
[29:12] for a second. Um where people are
[29:14] parking with kiosks because kiosks are
[29:16] individually accounted for. However, if
[29:19] we did not use a zone system of some
[29:21] kind and all we would get would be one
[29:23] revenue number for the entire city and
[29:25] we do like to know if people are parking
[29:27] around city hall, State Street, Lower
[29:30] State Street, uh or the Broadway area or
[29:32] upper union. So we've kind of broken
[29:33] them out into five zones. Um, so we
[29:36] would like the the council to authorize
[29:38] the mayor and the and the law department
[29:40] to enter an agreement with Metroplex for
[29:42] the LASCO um program.
[29:45] >> Are there any questions,
[29:48] Mr. Toro?
[29:48] >> Thank you. Yes. So, I've read through
[29:50] everything and and people can still pay
[29:52] by cash
[29:53] >> at the kiosk, but it's coin or credit.
[29:56] >> Coin credit.
[29:57] >> We do not take cash as that would
[29:59] require a separate reader and some other
[30:02] mechanicals that we don't like. We're
[30:03] trying to get away from cash.
[30:05] >> You mean coins as cash?
[30:07] >> Coins as cash.
[30:08] >> Yes. Yes. So, just for those listening
[30:11] that they're
[30:12] >> Yes. The kiosk people know a QR code a
[30:15] lot of people. So, at least they can go
[30:16] to the kiosk and take care of things
[30:18] there.
[30:19] >> And and I know in the budget was some
[30:21] new kiosk to replace some of ours. And
[30:24] we do we did work with um PD and we are
[30:28] looking at you know uh a little bit of
[30:30] an upgrade moving some around really
[30:31] trying to uh make some of them more
[30:33] efficient and put them in better
[30:34] locations um in coordination with this.
[30:37] >> So that would happen once uh once
[30:39] approved.
[30:40] >> Thank you.
[30:42] >> Any other questions?
[30:43] >> I'll move this item.
[30:44] >> I'll second. All those in favor?
[30:46] >> I thank you Mr. Wallen. Uh item number
[30:49] two, the city council to assume role of
[30:50] secret lead agency for the Drake a
[30:53] street connector.
[30:54] >> So um JC Street connector is a DRRi
[30:57] project as we've talked about before.
[30:59] >> Um due to the size and scope of the
[31:01] project, it required the city to do a
[31:03] full EAF and declare itself lead the
[31:05] agency. Um we did that several cycles
[31:08] ago. Uh after we declared that the city
[31:10] sent out um letters to all of the
[31:14] possible involved agencies, DOT, DEEC,
[31:16] Metroplex, County Planning, uh we got
[31:19] back responses from all of them
[31:21] regarding uh no exception to city
[31:23] assuming lead agency. So I'd like to ask
[31:25] that the council officially assume lead
[31:27] agency uh for this project so that we
[31:30] can move forward as this is a
[31:31] requirement that we have to have before
[31:33] we can bid it. Um we are looking to bid
[31:35] the project in mid January. Okay. Any
[31:39] other any questions?
[31:40] >> I'll move the item.
[31:42] >> I'll second. All those in favor? I
[31:44] >> I
[31:44] >> uh item number three, award the bidden
[31:46] contract for the Craig Mort
[31:49] replacement to American Evergreen
[31:51] Incorporated.
[31:53] >> So, uh as you're probably aware, Craig
[31:55] Street is getting a very large rehab
[31:57] come next year. Um that is the main
[32:00] project. That project, it will be going
[32:02] out to bid within the next most likely
[32:04] 10 days, if not 5 days. Um that is a $13
[32:07] million project, one of the largest in
[32:09] the city. Um it was agreed upon by the
[32:13] commissioner, city engineer, and the
[32:15] mayor that the idea was that we we
[32:17] videoed all the infrastructure below was
[32:20] in good shape. We made some repairs, but
[32:21] the water line cannot be videotaped. Uh
[32:24] water lines are essentially pressurized
[32:25] systems. So it was decided to replace um
[32:29] the existing distribution water line.
[32:31] And then we would also replace any
[32:33] foundled services which is part of the
[32:36] state's mandate that if we find any we
[32:38] will replace. So this is a uh pretty
[32:41] large project but it's a it's you know
[32:44] by value but also by scope. We're going
[32:46] to be going Craig Street essentially
[32:47] from Strong to Albany replacing the
[32:50] distribution uh yeah distribution main
[32:52] there. So
[32:53] >> yeah. So
[32:54] >> we when we just you know we did call
[32:56] references. This is a a group that uh is a large commercial group that we
[33:00] don't have any um hesitation about. We
[33:02] don't work a lot with them.
[33:04] >> Okay. So this wasn't initially a part of
[33:06] it but after you started doing looking
[33:08] at the project realized you should this
[33:10] is something
[33:10] >> this was not part of the federal federal
[33:12] won't pay for infrastructure like this
[33:14] but this was something that we decided
[33:16] uh that we should do. Um this is
[33:18] actually just to give you a little bit
[33:19] more information. This is actually the
[33:21] rebid. Ideally, we would have had this
[33:23] done a little earlier instead of doing
[33:24] the but um when we originally bid this,
[33:28] the top three biders all did not have
[33:30] the necessary paperwork in the correct
[33:32] order and it caused some confusion. And
[33:34] the best thing that we did is we all got
[33:36] together as a group and we said we
[33:37] should just rebid the project with a
[33:39] very strong focus on making sure
[33:40] everyone and it did work. All the three
[33:42] biders that did submit all did have uh
[33:45] coerent packages as compared to the last
[33:47] time. So that did work out. Um but we
[33:50] just lost time
[33:52] >> and and the um the cost of the project
[33:54] is accounted for.
[33:56] >> Yes, the cost of the project is going to
[33:57] be out of the water fund with some
[33:59] support from engineering codes that have
[34:01] been set up.
[34:02] >> Okay.
[34:04] Any other questions?
[34:06] >> I move this.
[34:07] >> I'll second. All in favor?
[34:08] >> I.
[34:09] >> Thank you, Mr. Roll.
[34:10] >> Thank you. Item number four is a
[34:12] reminder about amending uh ordinance
[34:15] 161, article 5, section 21 of the code
[34:18] ordinance to temporarily suspend payment
[34:21] uh for excess residential waste and
[34:22] bulky items. Public hearing will be on
[34:25] December 22nd.
[34:28] Item number five is a reminder uh
[34:30] reminder amending chapter 264 for the
[34:33] reszoning of certain parcels on Maxim
[34:34] Road. Uh the lots the lots are
[34:37] identified um in your on the agenda and
[34:42] they will go from um commercial to which
[34:45] is C3 to light industrial and the public
[34:48] hearing again will be on December 22nd.
[34:52] Item number six is a reminder adding the
[34:54] definition of better energy storage
[34:56] facilities to section 264-2 of this
[34:59] connecting city code to allow battery
[35:02] energy storage facilities in designated
[35:04] districts and the public hearing will be
[35:06] on December 22nd, 2025.
[35:10] Item number seven is the appointment of
[35:12] Dan Flynn to the Skenctity Industrial
[35:14] Development Agency. Mr. Williams.
[35:16] >> Yes, thank you. Uh excited to bring this
[35:18] individual forward. I think as we've
[35:20] heard of vacancies of this board for an
[35:22] extended period of time, I think
[35:24] identifying people who are interested in
[35:26] volunteering their time, but also
[35:27] volunteering the willingness to learn
[35:29] and be a part of these decisions
[35:31] throughout the city of Senate. Um, in
[35:33] the time that I've known Dan um just
[35:36] trying to be [clears throat] uh
[35:37] considerate, uh he has only showed me
[35:39] that he cares very much very deeply
[35:41] about the interest of the city and has
[35:43] pointed out himself uh to to do that
[35:45] work moving forward. He does it
[35:46] collaboratively, but excited to have
[35:49] this individual be considered. He's
[35:50] sitting directly behind me with the
[35:52] beautiful locks. Um, if you have any
[35:54] questions or concerns, please let me
[35:56] know.
[35:57] >> Are there any questions,
[35:59] >> Mr. Toro?
[36:00] >> They both have beautiful locks rather
[36:02] than [laughter]
[36:04] >> There you go. Thank you.
[36:06] >> Oh, no.
[36:07] >> Pardon me.
[36:08] >> This one.
[36:11] >> I'll move this.
[36:12] >> I'll second. All those in favor? Hi.
[36:14] >> Hi.
[36:15] >> Thank you.
[36:15] >> Item number eight, an ordinance amending
[36:17] chapter 183 of Skenki City Code, Miss
[36:19] Barrage.
[36:22] >> Chapter 183 of the Skenctity Code um
[36:25] relates to uh nuisance abatement.
[36:29] >> Exactly. Wait a minute. and the laws
[36:33] changed recently and we need to update
[36:37] the so it would be you have a sample
[36:41] ordinance in front of you sample
[36:43] amendment ordinance um if you look at 1B
[36:47] it's now labeled 1B or B1B uh article
[36:52] 221 is now article 222 of the penal law
[36:56] >> uh so we need to update that
[36:59] and then also So we look all the way at
[37:01] the bottom. We want to include uh we
[37:03] want to make it clear that any uh that
[37:07] under the point system uh any violation
[37:11] of New York state law or the city code
[37:13] is connected to the S3 points. So uh
[37:16] these are basically some housekeeping
[37:18] matters to update the code uh so that we
[37:22] can continue to do some statements
[37:24] without issue.
[37:26] So, we're call we are requesting that
[37:28] the council uh call a public hearing.
[37:33] » Are there any questions?
[37:37] So, this is just a call for a public
[37:38] hearing to amend.
[37:40] >> Yep.
[37:41] >> Okay.
[37:42] >> So,
[37:43] >> I'll second. All those in favor?
[37:45] >> I thank you.
[37:54] So, I'd like to call the order of the
[37:56] claims committee. We have one item on
[37:57] the agenda. We just have to close the
[37:58] point.
[37:59] >> Oh, I'm sorry. A motion to adjourn city
[38:01] development and planning. So,
[38:02] >> vote.
[38:02] >> Second. All those in favor?
[38:04] >> I. Thank you.
[38:05] >> So, I'd like to call to order the claims
[38:07] committee. We have one item on the
[38:08] agenda tonight. That is the discussion
[38:10] of all state uh ASOS versus that is an
[38:15] item that needs to be discussed in
[38:16] executive session. We have a motion.
[38:18] I'll second it. All those in favor? All
[38:20] right.
[38:21] >> All right. Members of the public will
[38:22] have to leave at this point.
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