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to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic for it

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stands one nationice

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all

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like to welcome everybody Today first I

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have business with the roll call.

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» Mr. Conover

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» Here

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» Mr. Diamond

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» Here

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» Here. Mr. Turner

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» Here. Mr. Bruno

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» Here.

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» Mr. Driscoll

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» Here.

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» Mr. Pache

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» Here.

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» Mr. Ba

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» Here.

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» Mr. Goodbye

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» Here.

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» Mr. C

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» Here.

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» Mr. Niles.

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» Mr. Stra

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» Mr. Ry

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» Here.

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» Mr. Strainer

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» Mr. Batty

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» Mr.

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Miss Ren here. Chairman Gary

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» Here. Forms.

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» Okay. First item business. I need a

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motion to approve the March 20th 2026

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board meeting subject correction by the

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clerk. Have a motion by supervisor

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strainer. Second by supervisor.

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Any discussion? All in favor signify by

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saying I.

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» Next up we have Sheriff Bar. He would

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like to give an update on the fishing

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investigation.

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Morning

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everybody.

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Morning.

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When I spoke the last few times, I

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explained that updates like this are

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very unusual, but we're at day 116 of

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this investigation. And I know that we

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are all victims. We all have a right to

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have some information. Um, essentially,

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I can say to you that we've solved this

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crime, but we're still actively working

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on it. There's much more that we hope to

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do and hope to accomplish, but I'll give

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you some information, more information

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today, a recap of some information that

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I shared previously.

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But before I do that, I want us to let

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you know, the board know that our

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sheriff's office needs to say thank you

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to many departments in this county

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because what our investigators are

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doing, it's very challenging. We know

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other county employees. They're our

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family. work with them on a daily basis

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and they're having to ask really hard

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questions and that could be tough from

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both sides from the investigator and

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from the person who is the recipient of

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those questions. But our team has been

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treated with the utmost respect and

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dignity. So when you see members of the

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treasur's office, members of other

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departments, please say thank you

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because we are working together as one.

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When I talk today, I'm not going to

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mention any specific county employee

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names, any specific county employee

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titles. Really going to talk in general

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terms. And that is because I don't our

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intent not to embarrass anybody.

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Clearly, some of the things that were

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happened were mistakes. And for the

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people who were involved, they are

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embarrassed. But I'm going to talk about

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departments, about instances, provide

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facts and findings. Simply that.

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So, we all know on December 23rd, we

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received a report of a potential fraud

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involving the Warren County Treasurer's

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Since then, our team has been actively

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working with the New York State Police

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Forensic Investigation Unit, United

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Controllers Office, and other law

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enforcement partners. They've been doing

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exceptional work, and like I said, we've

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got it solved. We're still heading in

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the right direction, but not as fast as

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we'd like.

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Between December 10th and December

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18th, an unknown male with a thick

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foreign accent called several

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departments at Warren County.

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Nine of these calls were made to the

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Warren County Treasur's office and the

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duration of those calls ranged between 1

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the treasur's office employee and that

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conversation lasted for about 7 minutes.

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During this call, pertinent information

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about Peekab Industries was

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inadvertently shared with this

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and identified himself as a

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representative of Packup Industries.

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using the information that was

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previously disclosed to gain trust, he

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requested to set up a an a transfer

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account with Warren County and was

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directed to go to the Warren County web

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page. There's a form to make that

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request and submission

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at that time. And again, I want to

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reiterate that the county, the

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treasurer's office did not have any

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policies or procedures in place to

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conduct these electronic wire related

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transfers. So, it's really challenging

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if we have employees that aren't

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provided training, they're not provided

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policies and procedures, it's putting

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our our team at a disadvantage right

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from the get-go.

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On November 13th later, the form was

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submitted by a gentleman having the name

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of Raphael Diaz with a 347 area code

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phone number and a Discover Bank

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account.

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When that was received, there were no

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security steps taken, no measures taken

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to verify the validity of this caller or

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this information or the request for this

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account.

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and the uh AC account was established

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for Peekom Industries based upon the

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information that was submitted

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on December 12th.

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There was an a payment made in the

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amount of $2,132,48023

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was processed from our local Aerrol Bank

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to this Discover Bank account.

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Aerrol Bank contact the treasur's office

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because there was an established $1

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million cap for any transaction and this

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clearly exceeded the $1 million cap and

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the request was made for a temporary

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increase in that cap.

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And if you recall when I spoke last

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time, there's been a lot of conversation

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about an email notification that went

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out from Peekom Industries to various

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municipalities

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warning municipalities about potential

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for fraud.

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I shared that this really was irrelevant

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and essentially it was white. Here's

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why.

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Arrow Bank, our local bank, they have

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security systems, mechanisms in place as

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you would expect a financial institution

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would to detect fraud.

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When this transaction reached the bank,

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their systems detected it as a

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fraudulent transaction. A representative

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from Arrow Bank called the Warren County

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Treasures Office, advised the treasur's

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office that this appeared to be a

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fraudulent transaction and the request

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was made to process the transaction. It

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was approved. So when I say to you that

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July email was really irrelevant, I

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don't think you need an email when your

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own bank is calling you telling you this

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looks fraudulent.

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And again, following that, we have no

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reason to believe, no proof. We found

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nothing to indicate that the treasur's

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office did anything following that phone

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call to verify the transaction.

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I don't share this, again, I'm not

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looking to to lay any blame, to make

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anybody feel bad, to embarrass anybody.

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I really share this with you and the

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public to let you know that this was not

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a sophisticated scheme. There are no

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concerns that our county is going to be

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attacked. It was an error. Simple as

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that. An error was made.

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On December 23rd, another AC payment was

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made in the amount of $1,225,954.65.

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Again, processed from a local Aerobank

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to this Discover Bank account.

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Again, this was detected as a fraudulent

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transaction by the Aerrol Bank systems

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and mechanisms. Again, a phone call was

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made from Aerrol Bank to the Warren

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County Treasurer's Office advising that

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this appears to be fraudulent, and the

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treasur's office said, "Go ahead,

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process the transaction."

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later in that day, Pekkham Material,

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Peekom Industries contacted DPW because

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they're expecting payments of the amount

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of $3 million and they had not received

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payment for their invoices. This

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prompted a flurry of phone calls between

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DPW, the treasur's office, Peekom

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Industries, and it was early on the uh

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23rd that it was learned that the county

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was likely the victim of fraud.

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I received a call from Chairman Gity

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advising of the fraud and requesting our

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potential for interview or for

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investigation. I said, "Absolutely. Not

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only can we book, we want to spearhead.

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We want to be at the forefront of this

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investigation. And that's when we

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started. And as I state, every minute

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counts. But this one, for the first

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transaction, we were already 11 days

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behind. So to say to you that I can

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share information that we've identified

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all but about $48,000 of this money is a

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miracle because going 11 days with this

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type of crime, that's unheard of.

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On January 2nd, we know that the $1.2

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million was returned to Warren County.

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That was frozen frozen through discover,

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through Arrow, through the treasur's

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office, and that made its way back.

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Wonderful thing.

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Still left us with two $2.1 million to

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attempt to locate, freeze, and get back

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to our Warren County residents. And we

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have been working diligently ever since.

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We wanted to identify Raphael Diaz, who

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we now know is not a person, but there

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may be a Raphael Diaz, but the person

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who was calling that day is not Raphael

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Diaz. And we wanted to locate any

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accompllices.

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What we identifi who we did identify is

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a 70-year-old woman in another state.

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And I'm not withholding information from

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you because I'm concerned that

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none of you could be trusted. But if I

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share all this again, it could

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potentially be harmful to our criminal

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investigation. And at the end of the

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day, we have two focuses. A successful

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criminal prosecution and the return of

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other penny to our county. So, we're not

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going to share names. We're not going to

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share municipalities. Again, I'm going

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to speak in general terms. There was a

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70-year-old woman who was the recipient

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of $3.3 million from Warren County.

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And this woman was what we know in law

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enforcement as a mule. Somebody who

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receives the money, illegitimate funds,

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and then funnels those out to other

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locations. Women are often recruited,

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men and women are often recruited as

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romantic schemes or for quick payment of

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money. We can give you $5,000 if you

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funnel this transaction through these

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accounts and send them elsewhere.

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This woman's been interviewed by members

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of a local sheriff's office, has

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admitted to these crimes. We have the

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recorded interview. We know who she is.

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We know where she is. We know exactly

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what she did. She's in another state,

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and at this point, our hands still

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remain tied as far as the prosecution

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goes.

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We still continue regularly with the US

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Secret Surge, Secret Service, the agent

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in that area, as well as the

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investigators and the sheriff in that

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local sheriff's office.

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I will say to you that this location,

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this district, the Secret Service

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office, it's not like what you picture

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on TV. It's a small office. There's one

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agent. There's one local agent spend on

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a protection detail. As you know,

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there's a lot going on in our world

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overseas. So, his focus right now is not

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on Warren County's crimes head. We are

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working with an assistant US attorney.

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Since this is federal, much like our

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prosecutor Jason Kerous, we're working

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with a federal prosecutor to try to see

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if we can move forward with a

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prosecution. That would be best case

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scenario to have this prosecuted

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federally.

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I will say admittedly that there's been

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a limited interest from this office,

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from this a USA because of the dollar

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amount. $3.3 million to war county is

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huge. $3.3 million to the Secret Service

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and a federal prosecutor is is really

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not a big deal. Not judging them, but

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it's just fact. We all have case load

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and this is something that it's just a

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small potato.

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Currently, this female attorney is

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working through a process to determine

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culpability of this 70-year-old woman.

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And basically, all that is is

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blameworthiness. Is this person they do

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they understand that they did something

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wrong? Did they do it intentionally? Can

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they be held accountable in a criminal

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form?

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We're waiting for that and that's going

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to I'm sure going to take some time.

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When it comes to criminal culpability, I

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am very pleased to say that again

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through our hard questions, there is no

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member of our treasurer's office or

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member of Warren County we have any

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concern as any criminal culpability in

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this crime. Nothing whatsoever. We've

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worked very hard to to make that

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determination.

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potentially could learn something down

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the fact, but I I don't see that coming.

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But those are the hard questions. If

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you're if I'm asking you if you had any

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involvement, you're going to be offended

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by that. But we got to ask those

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questions, and we're confident to know

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that no one's involved.

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People have asked me about a New York

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State penal charge for official

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misconduct, and it sounds reasonable.

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You know, official misconduct. somebody

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does something, a public servant does

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something wrong, $3.3 million, it sounds

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reasonable, but under the law, a public

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servant would be guilty of such a

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defense if acting in their official

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capacities. They do something that is

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not authorized and they do something

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that's not authorized with the intent

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for a personal gain, personal bank. And

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we know that maybe

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members were not authorized to do

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certain things, but there's no one in

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the treasur's office, no one in Warren

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County that had any

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$3.3 million boss.

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When it comes to authorization, we have

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also learned through our investigation

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that there was a meeting held in

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October, a meeting of county leadership.

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And the purpose of that meeting, it was

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a subcommittee to draft and develop,

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create, implement, have approved county

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policy for wire transfers, electronic

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transfers, a transfers because the

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county did not have one in this meeting.

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that included key members of our

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treasur's office

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in this meeting that included key

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members of our treasur's office

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members were informed that they were not

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authorized to engage in these a

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transfers

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any contracts that need to be signed

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approvals for these types of

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transactions had to come from you they

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had to be approved by the board of

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supervisors by contract and we have

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learned that that did not occur so you

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could say that the treasur's office

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technically was not authorized maybe not

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so under the eye of the law. But again,

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there was no benefit that was attempted

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for looking to be gained.

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We will continue to work forward to

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attempt to have prosecution

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either through federal means or through

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a local sheriff's office in another

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state. What will happen with that, I

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really can't say to you this day. But

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that's not the only delay. Like I said,

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there are two roads in this path. The

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criminal prosecution and the financial

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part. And I know a lot of our residents

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are probably more concerned about the

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financial part getting back that $3.3

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million for our residents.

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What I can tell you about the money, it

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went from bank, it went to this Discover

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Bank, and then in working with our

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Secret Service partners, we know that it

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was funneled through at least 10 other

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banks. And these transactions are really

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difficult to follow. If they're

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electronic transactions, easier, but

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when a check is cut, that's really

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challenging.

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The banks, it might surprise you a bit,

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it did me, have been very uncooperative.

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Secret Service, A USA, they're sending

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subpoenas out to these banks, federal

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subpoenas to a bank, and they're

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ignoring them. They're just not

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answering them. They have a timeline to

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get back by such and such a date, and

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they're just not responding, which I

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find extremely hard to believe. When I

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make that statement, please know it is

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not a local bank, none of our local

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banking institutions. This is all

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occurring outside of our region, outside

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of New York State.

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I also found it really hard to believe

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that a local bank in a small town with a

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70-year-old woman who traditionally

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consistently has less than $1,000 in a

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checking account, receives $3.3 million,

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and that doesn't throw a red flag. That

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doesn't throw that bank a flag to stop

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and hold and contact somebody. Again,

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did that occur? Just sharing that with

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you. It was something that I was really

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surprised to learn.

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Where's the money at right now? Like I

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said, the $1.2 million came back very

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quickly.

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Looking at the December 12th

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transaction, the $2.2 million, like I

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said, we are 11 days behind.

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So, of the the I'm sorry, the $2.1

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million, $256,000

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roughly was returned from the Discover

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Bank on December 26. So, that has come

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back. That's in an account. The US

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Secret Service, they have two separate

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seizures currently held 439,000 plus,

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176,000 plus, totaling almost $617,000.

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So, that's seized right now. the Secret

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Service. They have their hands on that.

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A little over $1.2 million has been

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identified. We We know the institutions

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where they went. There are names labeled

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in these institutions, but much like

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Rafael Diaz, they're I'm confident

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they're not legitimate names. But if we

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can't get cooperation from the banks,

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the Secret Service can't get cooperation

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to try to figure out where this money

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and again, we're on day 116. The chances

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of that money still being in any of

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these banks is slim. not being honest

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with you, but we are still actively

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working and we are pushing. We are

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making calls and I know that the Secret

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Service, even though this agent is on

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protection out of state, our local

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Albony Secret Service partners are

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working very hard to help us. So, we are

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we're doing our best to push forward.

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There's roughly about $49,000 that is

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just never going to be found. What

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happens is when you have these mules and

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they start making these transactions and

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if you look at it it's like trees and

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branches, everyone gets a little piece

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of that $1,000 here, $2,000 there.

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$48,000 likely went to these fuels.

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So much is outside our control. I wish I

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really I had more answers for you. I

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will have more answers with great

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certainty.

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Um, one thing that I want to share is I

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know again there are two separate tracks

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that are occurring simultaneously right

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now. We have the the criminal

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investigation and I'm sure you're aware

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some of you may even be a party to

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administrative

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ethics meetings or internal proceedings

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that are occurring within Warren County.

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I want to assure all of you that the

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Warren County Sheriff's Office is not a

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part or party to any of those. We are

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working criminally. If there are

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interviews to be had, our interviews are

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not being shared. They're being done

519
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independently outside our sheriff's

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office. We have nothing to do with any

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of it. We don't want anything to do with

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any of it. A best practice is to keep

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those two separate.

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I can't share any more information. I'm

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not going to answer any questions.

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Again, I'm not trying to intentionally

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withhold information, but if I get

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before some of you and you ask me a

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question that could be harmful to our

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investigation, I think at the end of the

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day, we all want to see someone held

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accountable. We want to see our money

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out. And in the interim, I'm just going

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to continue to ask you all to be

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patient. At some point, when we either

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have a prosecution or we're told that a

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prosecution is not going to occur, we

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will conclude. We'll close. I'll make

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notification to the board. will make

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notification to the public. I'm

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confident I will do a press release and

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I will make myself available to continue

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to answer additional questions.

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» That's all that I have at this time.

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Thank you very much.

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[clears throat and cough]

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I'm not alone. I'm not just this

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emotional veterinarian, although I am.

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This is really something I'm passionate

550
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about. This is about a community behind

551
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:09,039
me. We have over 5,000 current

552
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:12,320
signatures growing day by day. This is

553
00:24:09,039 --> 00:24:15,760
now a crusade. This is something that is

554
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:19,440
right. We know that this works. We see

555
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:21,760
it in our neighboring county, Saratoga,

556
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:24,720
where they have a beautiful municipal

557
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:26,880
animal shelter which is supported by a

558
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:30,640
501c3

559
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:33,679
um organization. That is exactly the

560
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:36,640
template that we are putting before um

561
00:24:33,679 --> 00:24:38,720
the board as a request. Please, we would

562
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,799
like the time, we would like the

563
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,679
acknowledgement. We would like this to

564
00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:46,400
go before the county attorneys that we

565
00:24:43,679 --> 00:24:49,840
could see this be something that's

566
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:52,400
brought before the residents. We would

567
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:55,200
like this to be a ballot. We would like

568
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:59,840
to know that the residents have a

569
00:24:55,200 --> 00:25:03,120
choice. We as taxpayers deserve what our

570
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:06,320
money goes to. That we have resources

571
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:09,440
that are allocated that you have

572
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:12,320
somewhere to turn. We all at the end of

573
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:16,480
the day work our butts off for every

574
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:19,039
dime that we have. I'm now funding many

575
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,520
of Warren and Washington counties animal

576
00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:23,520
abuse cases coming directly out of my

577
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:26,080
family's pocket. That is not

578
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:29,440
appropriate. Nonprofits are being tapped

579
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:31,120
into and they cannot do it alone. They

580
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:34,000
should not do it alone. That is not the

581
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:36,720
role of a nonprofit organization. We

582
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:39,919
will work alongside nonprofit

583
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:43,200
organizations. They are behind me. They

584
00:25:39,919 --> 00:25:45,840
are coming to the forefront and saying

585
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:49,200
we want this to succeed. We want to

586
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:52,400
support them. We will support the law

587
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:55,600
enforcement agents. They need our

588
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:58,480
training. they need support. Um, most

589
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:02,000
recently I dealt with a very awful case

590
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:04,720
that put me in jeopardy, my staff in

591
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:08,799
jeopardy. It was a dangerous situation.

592
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:11,679
I aided uh Warren County uh or yeah,

593
00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:15,279
Warren County uh sheriffs with a dog

594
00:26:11,679 --> 00:26:18,960
that uh was owned by a drug addict. This

595
00:26:15,279 --> 00:26:21,200
lady has been arrested 11 times within

596
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:24,080
three years. She's not a law-abiding

597
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:27,120
citizen. She's not a good citizen. She

598
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:31,039
ran from another county in New York

599
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:34,640
State um where she had abused a dog,

600
00:26:31,039 --> 00:26:38,080
left it for four months on its own where

601
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:40,880
it had nobody to care for it. Probably a

602
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,880
toilet bowl open saved it. She had cats

603
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,120
in there and ferrets in there. When

604
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:47,600
people finally realized that these

605
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:50,159
animals were left behind, there was

606
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:52,880
nothing left of the cats and the

607
00:26:50,159 --> 00:26:54,720
ferrets. They were eaten. So, I had to

608
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,840
deal with this woman whose dog was hit

609
00:26:54,720 --> 00:27:00,080
by a car. I stepped in for um the

610
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:03,120
sheriff's department and I took care of

611
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,520
this dog. Her nose was completely ripped

612
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,240
off.

613
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:08,880
» Doctor, can you wrap this up so we can

614
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,559
» I will wrap it up, but I think that I

615
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,720
think the residents need to know

616
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:13,840
» About your proposal so we can take it to

617
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,000
the committee.

618
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,919
» Okay. But I would like to get before you

619
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:22,960
guys. The crux of this is that I was in

620
00:27:19,919 --> 00:27:26,159
jeopardy. I was threatened by on social

621
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:29,200
media by this drug addict. I was

622
00:27:26,159 --> 00:27:31,520
threatened and my staff was threatened.

623
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:35,120
Other organizations were threatened that

624
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:37,279
aided this dog. I took and still am

625
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:39,919
taking care of that dog and did a

626
00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:43,200
massive surgery on that dog and that was

627
00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:45,600
all on behalf of Warren County. I'm not

628
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,679
going to see anything back from that.

629
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:51,120
And that's not appropriate. That dog

630
00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:54,240
should have been brought to a shelter.

631
00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:58,559
Let's get one more fact out here.

632
00:27:54,240 --> 00:28:01,600
Taxpayers are paying for a countyfunded

633
00:27:58,559 --> 00:28:05,200
organization, the SPCA.

634
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:08,159
This dog was supposed to go there. They

635
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:11,120
were turned away. I've had numerous

636
00:28:08,159 --> 00:28:14,320
cases turned away from the tax paid

637
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:17,039
Warren counties, SPCA.

638
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:19,840
They are not there to deal with animals

639
00:28:17,039 --> 00:28:23,600
from domestic violence, animals from

640
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:26,559
DSS, animals that the owner is being

641
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:30,720
incarcerated. He's a sex offender. That

642
00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:33,039
dog Khesi has remained under my care.

643
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,840
These are cases that the taxpayers have

644
00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:38,880
a right to know about. These are cases

645
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:43,440
that people need to know. When you turn

646
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:45,679
to your county funded SPCA and they can

647
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:48,320
get back to you in 48 hours, is that

648
00:28:45,679 --> 00:28:51,279
sufficient? It's not. Animals need to be

649
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:54,480
dealt with in the heat of the moment.

650
00:28:51,279 --> 00:28:56,720
Those cases, we need to have a support

651
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:59,840
right then and there. That dog that was

652
00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:02,240
hit by a car that I had to do surgery

653
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:06,880
on, that dog needed to help then and

654
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:10,080
there. She was not aided by the SPCA.

655
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:12,159
We are spending in this county well over

656
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:15,840
$300,000

657
00:29:12,159 --> 00:29:22,320
for a countyf funded organization that

658
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:26,080
is not doing anything to um aid the the

659
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:30,000
main crux of the problem here from cats

660
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:33,520
at um Northshore. They're working

661
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:36,720
tirelessly on feral cat populations,

662
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:39,600
cats that are abandoned. We have fact

663
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:42,640
organizations with trap and release um

664
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:45,120
programs on their own dime.

665
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:48,000
When is the county going to realize that

666
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:52,399
this budget proposal is sound? It will

667
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:56,000
cost the bonded structure of this for

668
00:29:52,399 --> 00:29:58,399
Warren County roughly 40 to 65,000

669
00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:01,919
annually. You're currently paying

670
00:29:58,399 --> 00:30:03,600
taxpayers well over $300,000 and you

671
00:30:01,919 --> 00:30:06,000
will not get the aid that you need.

672
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:08,240
Should your house burn down and you have

673
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:10,880
a puppy and you don't know where to

674
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:14,480
bring it, you will be going in some

675
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:17,600
ciruitous fashion trying to find a home

676
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:20,799
for that puppy. That is not appropriate.

677
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:23,840
Let's do what is fiscally right and what

678
00:30:20,799 --> 00:30:26,080
is morally right. We as human beings

679
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:28,640
have to take care of the vulnerable and

680
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:31,440
that is what a municipal by county

681
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:33,760
shelter will in fact do. We will take

682
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:36,000
care of the vulnerable. We will help

683
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:41,120
support the residents when they have

684
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:41,120
nowhere else to turn. Thank you.

685
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:54,480
Morning. Deoly, Northshore Animal League

686
00:30:49,919 --> 00:30:56,559
America, 115 Maple Street, Glenn Falls.

687
00:30:54,480 --> 00:31:00,159
Our organization has been in Warren

688
00:30:56,559 --> 00:31:02,880
County for 10 years. During that time,

689
00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:07,039
we have helped over 8,000 felines in

690
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:09,360
dire need from many terrible situations.

691
00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:11,200
This is an amazing feat. accomplished by

692
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:14,159
a dedicated group of staff and

693
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:16,240
volunteers who care deeply about these

694
00:31:14,159 --> 00:31:18,399
animals that are dependent on us to do

695
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:21,279
the right thing.

696
00:31:18,399 --> 00:31:23,440
8,000 felines is huge, but it is only a

697
00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:25,200
drop in the bucket animals that need our

698
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,880
help.

699
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,919
Northshore Animal League America is a

700
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:33,440
nonprofit no kill rescue. We are not

701
00:31:29,919 --> 00:31:36,399
animal control, not law enforcement, and

702
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:38,559
certainly not a municipal shelter.

703
00:31:36,399 --> 00:31:40,720
We do what we can, but there is a great

704
00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:42,320
need for municipal animal welfare

705
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:45,039
infrastructure

706
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,799
in Warren and Washington counties. A

707
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:48,960
need for an animal shelter to house

708
00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:51,919
animals so law enforcement can do their

709
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,600
jobs to hold people accountable for

710
00:31:51,919 --> 00:31:56,000
actions that cause the suffering of

711
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:58,000
these animals.

712
00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,559
So, the public do not feel the need to

713
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:03,039
just open the door and let domesticated

714
00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:05,840
companion animals out to fend for

715
00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:07,919
themselves. This is a real and ongoing

716
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,840
huge issue.

717
00:32:07,919 --> 00:32:12,720
There are even incidences that we are

718
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:15,760
aware of firsthand where law enforcement

719
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,519
have done the same. Let animals out to

720
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,200
fend for themselves following an

721
00:32:17,519 --> 00:32:21,919
eviction.

722
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:24,320
Despite the no pet left behind law,

723
00:32:21,919 --> 00:32:26,480
which states that officers must

724
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:29,679
determine if animals are involved prior

725
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:34,080
to issuing an eviction warrant, then

726
00:32:29,679 --> 00:32:35,919
provide shelter for them if left behind.

727
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,600
Why do you some feel compelled to do

728
00:32:35,919 --> 00:32:40,320
this? Because there is no shelter for

729
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:42,000
the animals to go.

730
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,360
Since I only have a short time to speak,

731
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,200
I'm going to highlight an incident that

732
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,360
occur occurred in Queensberry in May

733
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,360
2023.

734
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:52,080
The town of Queensberry called us to ask

735
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:54,559
for help for a situation involving many

736
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:57,467
cats. We offered to meet them at the

737
00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:58,799
trailer park to assess the situation.

738
00:32:57,467 --> 00:33:00,960
[laughter]

739
00:32:58,799 --> 00:33:02,720
Code enforcement and town

740
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,720
representatives did not want to enter

741
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,600
the home due to the offensive odor

742
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:09,679
emanating from the small trailer. We put

743
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,279
on our face masks, gloves, and booties,

744
00:33:09,679 --> 00:33:14,080
and entered the home to find, as

745
00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:15,600
expected, a horrific scene of filth and

746
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:18,880
neglect.

747
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:21,039
106 cats in a small trailer, no litter

748
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,760
boxes because the owner could not afford

749
00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:26,080
the litter. Four adult cats stuffed in

750
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:28,240
the same crate together left to sit in

751
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:30,080
their urine in pieces.

752
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:35,120
Long story short, it took our

753
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:38,640
organization 52 days and $40,000 to help

754
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:40,720
every single cat on that trailer.

755
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,640
We began immediately to attempt ease of

756
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:45,679
suffering as much as possible throughout

757
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:48,480
those 52 days while space gradually

758
00:33:45,679 --> 00:33:50,559
became available for each cat.

759
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,559
We did this by providing needed supplies

760
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:54,240
like litter and litter boxes, larger

761
00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:57,120
crates to separate the animals to

762
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:59,600
individual crates, toys for enrichment

763
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:01,440
opportunities, etc.

764
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:04,559
We were finally able to get each cat

765
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:07,039
out, provide veterary medical care, spay

766
00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:09,280
and neuter, lots of TLC, which they had

767
00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:11,119
been severely lacking.

768
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:13,679
We had zero help in the town of

769
00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:15,440
Queensberry, either physically or

770
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:17,280
monetarily.

771
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,639
When told by town representatives there

772
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,960
was no funding available for the

773
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:23,520
situation like this, he then asked them

774
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:25,679
instead to help by doing a donation

775
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:28,000
drive to collect need of food, litter,

776
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:29,919
other supplies to help out. They did

777
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,440
nothing.

778
00:34:29,919 --> 00:34:33,040
Shortly after the situation was

779
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,200
resolved, I reached out to the

780
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,879
supervisor's office to discuss ideas of

781
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:39,679
how we could better work together in the

782
00:34:36,879 --> 00:34:43,200
future. This burden should not have been

783
00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:45,679
left entirely to us. The supervisors

784
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:47,520
refused to meet. His secretary called to

785
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:50,079
let us know he had no interest in

786
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:52,000
speaking to us about the cats. This is

787
00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:54,079
not acceptable.

788
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,919
Here's what should have happened. It

789
00:34:54,079 --> 00:34:58,560
should have been a collaborative effort

790
00:34:55,919 --> 00:35:01,119
by the town, law enforcement, and a

791
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:04,079
municipal shelter and of course our

792
00:35:01,119 --> 00:35:06,000
organization needed to remove those cats

793
00:35:04,079 --> 00:35:08,560
from that situation immediately to

794
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,240
prevent continued suffering.

795
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,680
Even better, the situation could have

796
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:14,000
been prevented had funding been

797
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:16,480
available for local lowcost family and

798
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,079
food programs

799
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,760
other than the ones that we are able to

800
00:35:18,079 --> 00:35:21,440
provide.

801
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:24,160
The owners in this case and many other

802
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:26,880
similar cases meant well and had taken

803
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:29,760
in just a few cats in need. In this

804
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,359
case, nine cats, but unfortunately could

805
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:34,880
not afford to spay or neuter them,

806
00:35:31,359 --> 00:35:36,320
leading to the 106 cats in a few years

807
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,400
time.

808
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:40,960
The bottom line is a humane

809
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,040
collaborative municipal plan must be set

810
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:46,160
in place to help more animals in our

811
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,680
community. It will be a process, but the

812
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,480
sooner we get started, the sooner it

813
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:54,520
will come come to fruition. What a

814
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,520
wonderful day that will be.

815
00:35:58,079 --> 00:36:01,079
Morning

816
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:11,359
everybody. My name is Dr. Lisa Potitz. I

817
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:14,800
am an experienced um boots on the ground

818
00:36:11,359 --> 00:36:17,359
shelter and GP veterinarian. Um I am

819
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:19,760
here in support of either Warren County

820
00:36:17,359 --> 00:36:22,320
Municipal Shelter or Warren and

821
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,160
Washington County Municipal Shelter.

822
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:27,520
Since I graduated from Cornell Vet

823
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:31,200
School in 1988, I have either worked in,

824
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:33,200
observed, or evaluated about 15 um

825
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,599
animal organizations,

826
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:38,720
including both private nonprofit and

827
00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:41,200
also municipal shelter organizations. Um

828
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:43,119
I I am an Albany resident and I

829
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:46,480
currently split my time between a

830
00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:49,040
private nonprofit with um local law

831
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:52,400
enforcement. That's Mohawk Hudson Umain

832
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:54,000
which also has a very active um law

833
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:57,040
enforcement division that works with

834
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:59,440
Albony County and I also split my time

835
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:01,680
in an enormous municipal shelter in Palm

836
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,520
Beach County, Florida, which does have

837
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,880
great resources.

838
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:08,320
I just wanted to simplify um three quick

839
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,880
statements. This will not be a

840
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:14,720
threeminut talk. I am more here as an

841
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:16,720
experienced um testimony veterinarian.

842
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:19,760
New York State Agen Markets, it's

843
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:22,240
article 26, if anybody's interested,

844
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:24,000
codifies what is considered animal abuse

845
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,320
and neglect.

846
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:29,680
um when local law enforcement like in

847
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:32,160
Warren and Washington County identifies

848
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:34,960
a case of neglect or abuse and again

849
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:38,240
this is very clear in agot markets

850
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:41,119
article 26. If they have no place to

851
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:43,920
bring these animals to, if they do not

852
00:37:41,119 --> 00:37:46,400
have adequate evaluation of animals and

853
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:48,720
their abuse and neglect, then in

854
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:51,200
essence, you're continuing on with a

855
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:53,920
process that has already started that is

856
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:56,240
codified in New York City and Markets

857
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:58,160
26.

858
00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:01,680
With all the organizations that I've

859
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:04,720
worked for, there truly is no onesize

860
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:06,720
municipal shelter that fits all. I know

861
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:08,320
Dr. Herring, who I've worked with. We

862
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:11,359
have worked together since we both

863
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:14,640
graduated over 30 years ago in various

864
00:38:11,359 --> 00:38:16,880
other hospitals. I know she has a budget

865
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:19,040
that she will bring forth to you guys.

866
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:22,000
But what I will say with my experience

867
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:24,480
is whether it's a municipal shelter or

868
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:27,760
whether it's a nonprofit, you can start

869
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:30,800
very small. You can start small and you

870
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:34,640
can build up as your resources, as your

871
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:36,400
staff, as your technical expertise

872
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,880
grows. So, it doesn't have to be an

873
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:41,040
enormous thing. You can start very small

874
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:46,560
with this and and bridge on and go

875
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:48,640
greater. Um, I do have with me um the

876
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:50,320
codified, again, this is Palm Beach

877
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,160
County Animal Care and Control where I

878
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:54,480
work. Now, again, this is a very

879
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,800
different situation than you, but

880
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:59,359
everything starts as codified into law

881
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,800
and codified into ordinance. Now, just

882
00:38:59,359 --> 00:39:03,359
be aware, Palm Beach County has been

883
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,920
working on this for over 50 years, but I

884
00:39:03,359 --> 00:39:08,320
do have the list of ordinances of where

885
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,640
they start from everything. And then

886
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:13,119
once they start, they bridge on and they

887
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:14,640
keep on building with more codified and

888
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:16,400
if you want, I'm willing to share that

889
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,480
with you. I just printed it all from the

890
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:20,960
computer. The last thing that I wanted

891
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:23,119
to say is like Dr. Herring, I am very

892
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,560
passionate about this. I mean, you know,

893
00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:27,040
people will say, well, animals are

894
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:29,920
animals. They will fend for themselves.

895
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:32,079
But all of us who have pets know that

896
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:34,000
um, you know, they can't fend for

897
00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:37,280
themselves, and animal abuse should

898
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:38,640
should not continue on. So, I, like Dr.

899
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,800
Herring, do believe that there is

900
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,720
somewhat of a moral obligation at least

901
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,800
to help these guys.

902
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:46,400
Lastly, I will share with you guys

903
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,720
although I spend my predominant amount

904
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:52,160
of time in Palm Beach County, we all

905
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:54,480
have internet. We all have Zoom. Um, I

906
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:56,640
have advised and other organizations

907
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,640
before and I'm more than willing to help

908
00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:01,599
you guys out if you want to start this

909
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:03,359
as an advisory board. I'm here. I go

910
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:05,760
back and forth between Palm Beach County

911
00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:07,599
and the Capitol District and I'd be more

912
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,520
than willing to help anybody. Anybody

913
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:11,920
who's interested, I will help. I will

914
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:15,480
help Dr. Herring. Thank you very much

915
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,480
for your time, Andrew.

916
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:33,680
» I know you're on the other people. Um,

917
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:36,240
yes, my name is Amy McCarthy. I live at

918
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:38,560
91 Street, Glenn Falls. And what I have

919
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:40,880
to pass around to you is my daughter.

920
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:44,800
Uh, she came from a county shelter in

921
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:47,119
Texas. Um, she was told by person who

922
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,720
brought her in that she was a stray. If

923
00:40:47,119 --> 00:40:50,480
you knew Die, I know some people here

924
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:52,640
do, there's no way she could survive on

925
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:54,160
her own. Um, it could have been someone

926
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:56,079
just picked her up that day. So, either

927
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:58,800
she was dumped or the owner brought her

928
00:40:56,079 --> 00:41:01,440
in and just called her astray. She had a

929
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:03,119
broken hip in six places. It was left to

930
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,800
heal on its own. So, she never got the

931
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:07,520
medical treatment she needed. She was

932
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:09,520
not using that leg. She was taken care

933
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:11,680
of. She was given the help she needed.

934
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,359
She was put on Petfinder where I saw her

935
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,920
and said, "She's mine." At that point,

936
00:41:13,359 --> 00:41:19,200
they did an amputation on that leg. She

937
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:21,280
is now been with me for two years. She

938
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:23,599
back in the day was scared of the dark

939
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,960
and scared of a leaf. Now she tells me

940
00:41:23,599 --> 00:41:27,040
when the brown bear has entered our

941
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:29,040
neighborhood. She keeps track of all the

942
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,960
neighborhood children and also puts

943
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,160
their pets in order when they misbehave

944
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:35,200
in front of the children because that's

945
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:37,280
not going to happen on her watch.

946
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:39,520
She came from a county shelter. When I

947
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:42,079
found out we didn't have anything for

948
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:44,480
two very large counties, it broke my

949
00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:46,880
heart that I had to go to Texas. The

950
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:50,800
close counties we have of Saratoga,

951
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:52,640
Albany, and some places south. I would

952
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,400
feel it would be appropriate for us to

953
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,319
have here. I worked for the Department

954
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:59,839
of Corrections as a teacher for 27

955
00:41:56,319 --> 00:42:01,119
years. I got to work with the people who

956
00:41:59,839 --> 00:42:03,760
abuse their animals and were

957
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:06,480
incarcerated for it. But when I find out

958
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:08,560
that some abuse cases because of the

959
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,319
legal issues, they don't remove the

960
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:12,400
animal from that situation because I

961
00:42:10,319 --> 00:42:14,079
have no place to take them. If they took

962
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,280
them someplace, they can evaluate the

963
00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:17,040
health and that would help the

964
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,280
prosecution.

965
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:22,400
It's adding to the abuse, leaving the

966
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:24,079
animals in an abusive situation. We need

967
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,680
to be able to take them out of there,

968
00:42:24,079 --> 00:42:27,920
give them the care they need, assess

969
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:30,400
what care was needed, and prosecute

970
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:32,319
people who are doing this so it can stop

971
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:34,160
happening and not becoming more and more

972
00:42:32,319 --> 00:42:37,440
pre prevalent as we're seeing in the

973
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:40,599
news every single day. I thank you for

974
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,599
your time.

975
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,520
» Anyone else wish?

976
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:54,160
» My name's Tim Leonard. I look at 62

977
00:42:51,359 --> 00:42:57,160
Overlook Drive in Gren Falls.

978
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,160
Um,

979
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:03,359
just a general statement, you know,

980
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,880
in an

981
00:43:03,359 --> 00:43:09,680
increasingly

982
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:11,280
cruel world, where do we want to be?

983
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,640
Right?

984
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:15,119
Take a look around and see what's going

985
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:17,599
around in the world around us. We want

986
00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:21,760
to be part of that cruelty crowd or do

987
00:43:17,599 --> 00:43:24,720
we want to be on the right side and give

988
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:28,480
compassion, generosity

989
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:31,040
and uh just love

990
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:34,400
to

991
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:36,640
the elements of society that can't fend

992
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:39,839
for themselves

993
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:45,560
which are you know the elderly, the

994
00:43:39,839 --> 00:43:45,560
sick, the young and our adults.

995
00:43:45,839 --> 00:43:53,440
The most innane statement

996
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:56,640
I've heard

997
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:59,520
is that dogs and cats

998
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:04,400
will take care of themselves.

999
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:07,280
And I find that absolutely preposterous.

1000
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,440
If you're a farmer and you're selling

1001
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:12,319
eggs, you got to take care of your

1002
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:14,960
chickens. If you're selling wool, you

1003
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:18,720
got to take care of your your sheep

1004
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:21,440
cows. You know, you got to go. There is

1005
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:24,079
no animal out there that we domesticated

1006
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:26,480
that can take care of itself. That's

1007
00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:29,119
like saying 2-year-old

1008
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,960
saying, "Good luck, son. You can take

1009
00:44:29,119 --> 00:44:32,880
care of yourself."

1010
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,720
Insane.

1011
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:36,880
Insane.

1012
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:40,000
Why am I passionate?

1013
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:43,280
I rolled into Kuwait City.

1014
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:46,079
They shot the animals in the zoo.

1015
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:49,200
That's cruel. We want to be part of

1016
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:54,880
those people. We're part of a society

1017
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:57,040
and culture that takes care of what?

1018
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:59,520
That's all I have to say. So, it's not a

1019
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:03,440
hard decision, right? And it has nothing

1020
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:06,680
to do with nothing. Zero. It's this

1021
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,680
right here.

1022
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,960
Anybody

1023
00:45:10,319 --> 00:45:15,160
else on any subjects?

1024
00:45:26,319 --> 00:45:32,720
» Good morning. My name is Molly. I'm a

1025
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:35,680
resident lstone kindly.

1026
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:38,960
Thank you for uh everybody being here

1027
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:41,920
today and thank you for uh Dr. Herring,

1028
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:44,720
all the uh other people that have showed

1029
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:47,040
up, all the nonprofits, just people that

1030
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:48,880
realize that we have a problem. I am a

1031
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:52,720
resident of Warren County obviously, but

1032
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:56,560
I uh watch the news and I sure you're

1033
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:59,359
all familiar with the massive amount of

1034
00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:01,680
abuse and neglect that have gone on in

1035
00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:05,599
these two counties. And to turn a blind

1036
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:09,119
eye to that, uh it's it's wrong. It's

1037
00:46:05,599 --> 00:46:12,319
just wrong. And uh we can't we can't do

1038
00:46:09,119 --> 00:46:15,760
it. And on paper it looks as though

1039
00:46:12,319 --> 00:46:19,280
Warren County is fulfilling their

1040
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:22,880
legalities of having a shelter,

1041
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:29,599
but in reality

1042
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:34,319
it's not fulfilling uh the needs that

1043
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:36,720
are happening in in the county. Um

1044
00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:38,240
I came today to speak on something

1045
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:41,119
different, but this morning I read the

1046
00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:45,760
chronicle. I don't have a chance to read

1047
00:46:41,119 --> 00:46:48,240
it yet. Um, but what struck me as uh was

1048
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:50,160
a response, I'm sure you all read it, is

1049
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:53,359
u

1050
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:57,280
the upstate SPCA executive director

1051
00:46:53,359 --> 00:46:59,760
Kathy Clutter said that uh people say a

1052
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:01,280
county shelter is a great idea, but it

1053
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:03,760
is a great idea without having

1054
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:06,560
background information on the use of a

1055
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:08,800
shelter and who is going to use it. What

1056
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:10,880
are your restrictions? How big does it

1057
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:12,400
have to be? What are your hours? The

1058
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:15,359
first thing that jumped out at me is

1059
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:19,040
like having a shelter is not something

1060
00:47:15,359 --> 00:47:21,359
new. There's so many shelters around the

1061
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:24,800
country, around New York State. Like to

1062
00:47:21,359 --> 00:47:26,319
me that jumped out like just hit me like

1063
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:29,520
unbelievable.

1064
00:47:26,319 --> 00:47:31,680
So, um it's not a new idea.

1065
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:34,160
Uh even our surrounding counties like

1066
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:36,880
Sarah C Saratoga County right next door

1067
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:38,880
has a has a wonderful shelter. The

1068
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:41,680
question being asked, who would use it,

1069
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:43,920
what services would it provide, and what

1070
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:46,000
hours would be, how large would it be,

1071
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:48,079
are exactly the questions that are

1072
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:50,319
answered during the planning process for

1073
00:47:48,079 --> 00:47:53,040
every county shelter. That is not a

1074
00:47:50,319 --> 00:47:55,520
reason to dismiss the idea. It is a

1075
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:57,200
reason to begin a conversation.

1076
00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:00,560
For years, Warren and Washington

1077
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:03,520
counties have relied on a Patrick system

1078
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:08,160
of residents, police, rescues,

1079
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:11,520
veterinarians, social media, volunteers

1080
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:15,359
trying to fulfill fulfill fill the gaps

1081
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:18,560
when there is nowhere for animals to go.

1082
00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:20,960
We already know there is a need.

1083
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:25,280
We have seen injured animals, strays,

1084
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:30,119
the the cruelty, wasp pets with no clear

1085
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:30,119
protocol and nowhere to bring them.

1086
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:37,760
This is not a radical or untested idea.

1087
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:41,680
It is a public safety and animal animal

1088
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:43,920
welfare need whose time has come.

1089
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:45,359
Um,

1090
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:48,720
talk about money. I know everything

1091
00:48:45,359 --> 00:48:50,160
comes down to money. Um, I guess I I'm

1092
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:54,960
just going to put this question to the

1093
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:57,680
board. Um, that there are grants that

1094
00:48:54,960 --> 00:49:02,400
come out every year that can be applied

1095
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:06,160
for Just give me a moment

1096
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:09,440
on the Yeah, the capital the capital

1097
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:11,839
campaign every year. Yeah. Through uh

1098
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:15,599
Governor Hokll every year comes out and

1099
00:49:11,839 --> 00:49:17,440
counties can apply for up to $500,000. I

1100
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:20,000
have a list of counties that have

1101
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:21,680
applied and have received them. Warren

1102
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,839
and Washington County never even

1103
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:26,640
applied. Now, these can be used to build

1104
00:49:23,839 --> 00:49:30,160
new shelters, put new kennel kennels in,

1105
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:33,200
update HBAC. I mean, it's a start, but

1106
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:36,160
not to apply when the money is there.

1107
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:38,079
That shows me really a lack of like we

1108
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:40,559
don't want to know, you know, if we

1109
00:49:38,079 --> 00:49:43,839
don't see it, we don't have to know

1110
00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:45,359
about it. So I think the group here I

1111
00:49:43,839 --> 00:49:48,240
think you know are the people that are

1112
00:49:45,359 --> 00:49:50,400
in support of this this we we want you

1113
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:54,400
to realize that there is a problem you

1114
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:58,079
know and there are solutions and we hope

1115
00:49:54,400 --> 00:50:00,480
to work together to uh start

1116
00:49:58,079 --> 00:50:01,440
conversations move forward.

1117
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:04,680
» Okay. Thank you.

1118
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,680
» Thank you.

1119
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,960
What

1120
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:09,960
» Else?

1121
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:43,359
letter I sent last year. This looks like

1122
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:46,319
a letter to the Warren County Sheriff's

1123
00:50:43,359 --> 00:50:48,480
Office. It says, "Dear Jim Lavar, I was

1124
00:50:46,319 --> 00:50:50,559
at the Crannle Public Library yesterday

1125
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:52,800
because I could not get on the internet

1126
00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:54,720
from using my home computer. I've tried

1127
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:57,200
to call your office several times and of

1128
00:50:54,720 --> 00:50:59,200
course you are well aware of I have gone

1129
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,960
to Lake George and make an appointment

1130
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:03,599
with you again to discuss what Donald

1131
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:05,680
Trump has been doing to me. Told me you

1132
00:51:03,599 --> 00:51:07,920
would help me. Officer O'Brien told me

1133
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:09,839
you would help me. Was the first officer

1134
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:12,559
I have ever encountered. Now Donald

1135
00:51:09,839 --> 00:51:14,880
Trump is terrorizing me. I was there at

1136
00:51:12,559 --> 00:51:16,720
the store target with a protest sign

1137
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,880
when Officer O'Brien showed up many

1138
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:20,480
years ago. There are drones outside my

1139
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,480
home. There are hidden cameras in my

1140
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:24,160
home. And I have told you before that I

1141
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:26,000
am being monitored, which is illegal,

1142
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:29,200
and my civil rights are being taken away

1143
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:31,920
from me. I'm sorry to bug you into this

1144
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:33,119
or sorry to bring you into this uh and I

1145
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,880
know this is not your normal

1146
00:51:33,119 --> 00:51:37,040
circumstances but you have to know that

1147
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:39,680
this has gone so far from being normal

1148
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:42,319
it's unprecedented and I would usually

1149
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:44,880
write after that but there's nowhere

1150
00:51:42,319 --> 00:51:48,160
near fun I have been put on social media

1151
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:50,160
naked toothless and be sick have gone as

1152
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:52,880
far as to put a camera in my toilet how

1153
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:54,800
sick is that I've already told you I am

1154
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:56,240
being followed by Trumpies who use one

1155
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,079
headlight to let me know I'm being

1156
00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:59,440
watched. This is something I cannot

1157
00:51:58,079 --> 00:52:02,079
ignore because Donald Trump has

1158
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:03,920
infiltrated every aspect of my life.

1159
00:52:02,079 --> 00:52:05,520
Both my fathers were police officers and

1160
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:06,960
if either one of them were alive today

1161
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,559
would be so upset with what is being

1162
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:11,200
allowed to be done to me by Donald

1163
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:12,880
Trump, which by the way for the four

1164
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:15,520
years that he was not president was

1165
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:19,440
doing this spying on me also between

1166
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:21,200
2020 and 2024 and I have believed since

1167
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,880
2018.

1168
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:25,280
I hope to hear from you to discuss my

1169
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:26,960
next options are no American like myself

1170
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:30,599
deserves to be treated this way because

1171
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:30,599
of politics more

1172
00:52:45,839 --> 00:52:49,000
to Anyone

1173
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:58,680
else wish to address the board?

1174
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:58,680
» A couple more speakers.

1175
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:13,920
» Morning. My name is Jacqueline Lutz. I

1176
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:15,440
reside at four iron.

1177
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:18,800
I believe some of you received letters

1178
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:21,920
from me a couple weeks ago regarding the

1179
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:24,480
situation with animals in this county.

1180
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:26,960
Um, first I'm just going to mention a

1181
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:30,240
couple recent situations I've dealt

1182
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:32,720
with. The first is uh my former boss at

1183
00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:35,280
Cumberland Farms at exit 18 contact me

1184
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:38,400
back in February regarding the dog that

1185
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:40,000
Dr. Herring had mentioned.

1186
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,520
The girl and her dog had been dropped

1187
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,040
off by the sheriff since the middle of

1188
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:45,200
the night. it was a domestic violence

1189
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,960
situation. Sheriffs were called

1190
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:48,960
repeatedly to come back and forth. They

1191
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:51,760
appeared three times, told her there's

1192
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:55,520
nothing they can do.

1193
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:57,599
Um, eventually the dog got hit by a car.

1194
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:59,520
So, that poses a public safety issue.

1195
00:53:57,599 --> 00:54:02,079
That dog could have caused a serious

1196
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:04,400
collision. I also have a situation

1197
00:54:02,079 --> 00:54:06,480
currently going on in my neighborhood.

1198
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:08,400
The neighbors across the street from me

1199
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:10,319
have two very large dogs that are

1200
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:12,319
continuously running the neighborhood.

1201
00:54:10,319 --> 00:54:14,240
Dogs have already One of my neighbors

1202
00:54:12,319 --> 00:54:17,359
destroyed his screen door, left bloody

1203
00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:20,559
paw prints on porch. He's called the

1204
00:54:17,359 --> 00:54:22,960
sheriff's three times. Dog control,

1205
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:24,800
whatever that consists of in this area.

1206
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:26,960
Everyone shows up says we can't do

1207
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:29,920
anything. And incidentally, nobody ever

1208
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:32,800
mentions call the SPCA, right? So I I

1209
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:35,520
Googled Queensbury Animal Control and it

1210
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:38,800
says it's permanently closed

1211
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:40,079
and it says contact the SPCA for all

1212
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,880
this stuff. Well, nobody seems to be

1213
00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:44,800
able to get a hold of the SPCA.

1214
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:47,599
Um,

1215
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:50,720
I my parents have been homeowners and

1216
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:53,680
taxpayers in Queensberry for 33 years.

1217
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:56,079
My mother has rescued dozens of cats

1218
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:59,359
over the years. I've taken two of those

1219
00:54:56,079 --> 00:55:00,640
cats back to New Jersey with me previous

1220
00:54:59,359 --> 00:55:02,640
to moving up here because there was

1221
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:05,280
nowhere she had to take these cats.

1222
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:07,119
After she passed away two years ago, I

1223
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:09,119
took over taking care of her home and

1224
00:55:07,119 --> 00:55:12,400
seven cats that she had. That's how I

1225
00:55:09,119 --> 00:55:13,920
became involved in this and I'm totally

1226
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:15,760
unaware

1227
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:18,240
of this situation. That I think is a

1228
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:20,640
problem too. So many people are unaware

1229
00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:22,960
how bad it is. Like we just assume

1230
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:24,720
because there's a sign that says in SPCA

1231
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:27,040
that services are actually being

1232
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:28,720
rendered. In my humble opinion, and this

1233
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,480
is only my opinion, it's a money

1234
00:55:28,720 --> 00:55:33,599
laundering operation because they're

1235
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:36,079
rendering minimal services

1236
00:55:33,599 --> 00:55:38,720
to say that they're doing something to

1237
00:55:36,079 --> 00:55:40,559
justify collecting a quarter of a

1238
00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:43,359
million dollars from taxpayers. I

1239
00:55:40,559 --> 00:55:46,079
understand money is an issue everywhere.

1240
00:55:43,359 --> 00:55:49,200
Where is it not an issue? Right?

1241
00:55:46,079 --> 00:55:51,119
So maybe start with maybe we can look at

1242
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:53,680
what's being done with this money that's

1243
00:55:51,119 --> 00:55:57,119
being funneled by Warren County,

1244
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:58,799
Queensberry, and Lance Falls to this

1245
00:55:57,119 --> 00:56:01,520
SPCA.

1246
00:55:58,799 --> 00:56:03,359
Um,

1247
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:04,720
and as I said, this public safety, so

1248
00:56:03,359 --> 00:56:06,240
these dogs continue to run the

1249
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:08,079
neighborhood. I've also had a

1250
00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:10,799
conversation with two officers who have

1251
00:56:08,079 --> 00:56:12,319
come to my door regarding the neighbors

1252
00:56:10,799 --> 00:56:13,839
and I've mentioned these dogs like

1253
00:56:12,319 --> 00:56:16,000
nobody can do anything about these dogs.

1254
00:56:13,839 --> 00:56:18,079
So we have to put up with this. So now I

1255
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,119
can't let my cat out the front door now

1256
00:56:18,079 --> 00:56:21,200
because I have to worry about her

1257
00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:23,200
getting attacked by the dog. I have to

1258
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:26,319
worry that I'm going to get bit by a

1259
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:27,920
dog. I have to worry about neighbor

1260
00:56:26,319 --> 00:56:29,760
visitors,

1261
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:31,440
delivery people, you know, I don't know

1262
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:34,319
what kind of liability that could fall

1263
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:35,760
back on our family who outright owns our

1264
00:56:34,319 --> 00:56:38,559
home because the neighbor across the

1265
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:40,400
street doesn't have anything, you know,

1266
00:56:38,559 --> 00:56:42,400
and there's there's I think it's called

1267
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:44,319
vicarious liability. Someone's going to

1268
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:46,799
get sued. So, I also have to worry about

1269
00:56:44,319 --> 00:56:49,200
future liabilities. These dogs have

1270
00:56:46,799 --> 00:56:51,760
already attacked people and we're being

1271
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:55,200
told nothing can be done

1272
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:57,920
and um

1273
00:56:55,200 --> 00:57:01,119
you know for nothing at all for the for

1274
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:03,200
the sake of public safety and the animal

1275
00:57:01,119 --> 00:57:04,960
welfare. You know, I I hear all that

1276
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:07,040
well people don't care. People don't I

1277
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,480
don't like cats. I I don't care if you

1278
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:10,640
don't like cats or animals. They don't

1279
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:12,160
deserve to suffer. You know, there

1280
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,359
there's a lot of humans I don't like. I

1281
00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:16,000
don't think they deserve to suffer

1282
00:57:13,359 --> 00:57:20,520
either. So that's irrelevant.

1283
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:20,520
And uh thank you for your time.

1284
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:29,760
Anybody else

1285
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:30,240
on this subject? I'm not dogs or cats.

1286
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:33,400
» Yes.

1287
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,400
» That's it.

1288
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:40,400
» Hello, my name is Linda Clark and I live

1289
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:42,240
here in Warren County. I attended a

1290
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:45,359
committee meeting uh not too long ago

1291
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:48,240
and listened to Dr. Herring talk about

1292
00:57:45,359 --> 00:57:50,799
the problems with the animals and in

1293
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:53,200
turn I foiled the Warren County

1294
00:57:50,799 --> 00:57:55,119
contracts and the Queen's Berry

1295
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:58,160
contracts

1296
00:57:55,119 --> 00:58:00,160
and in reading over those contracts

1297
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:01,760
these services are supposed to be

1298
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:05,440
provided.

1299
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:08,960
In fact, Warren County signed a contract

1300
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:12,400
on October 3rd of 2025

1301
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:16,319
with the uh contractor address as being

1302
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:18,240
588 Queensbury Avenue, which is the SPCA

1303
00:58:16,319 --> 00:58:22,400
location, which is what I thought was

1304
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:25,280
the SPCA location. I say that because

1305
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:26,880
I've since found out that it no longer

1306
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:31,119
exists.

1307
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:33,520
So, we pay $8,000 plus additional

1308
00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:36,799
charges. That's Warren County. That's

1309
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:38,960
not Queensberry. Queensberry pays more

1310
00:58:36,799 --> 00:58:41,440
to the SPCA

1311
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:44,880
and we're not getting any services.

1312
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:47,599
What's going on?

1313
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:50,960
And my question to you today is, where's

1314
00:58:47,599 --> 00:58:53,200
the SPCA today? Where are they? How come

1315
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:55,359
they're not here? How come they're not

1316
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:57,520
being held accountable for the services

1317
00:58:55,359 --> 00:59:00,520
they're supposed to be providing? Thank

1318
00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:00,520
you.

1319
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:07,640
» Anyone else?

1320
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:25,359
My name my name is Debbie Paw at Buds

1321
00:59:22,799 --> 00:59:27,280
Falls. I'm here I've had personal

1322
00:59:25,359 --> 00:59:30,799
experience with a lot of these issues

1323
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:33,119
that are going on here and I will say

1324
00:59:30,799 --> 00:59:35,359
that service is being provided. I have

1325
00:59:33,119 --> 00:59:37,520
seen it. I have called the sheriff

1326
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:40,000
department, the local Guns Falls Police

1327
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:44,240
Department. They've showed up for dogs

1328
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:46,960
that are running loose and um find the

1329
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:50,720
owners and do talk to them about it. And

1330
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:53,440
also the SPCA that did have before was

1331
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:55,839
all by donations.

1332
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:58,480
When we had CO,

1333
00:59:55,839 --> 01:00:00,079
everybody, excuse me, wanted to have an

1334
00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:02,400
animal.

1335
01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:05,520
They were do brought in. Once CO was

1336
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:07,440
over, you can socialize with people.

1337
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:10,559
They were abandoned and they were

1338
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:13,359
brought back there. I was part of that

1339
01:00:10,559 --> 01:00:15,040
as a volunteer. We could not even get

1340
01:00:13,359 --> 01:00:18,240
volunteers.

1341
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:20,480
You want animal shelter. Now, you can't

1342
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:24,000
just have an animal shelter. You've got

1343
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:26,480
to support it. Not just financially, but

1344
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:31,200
you have to put in some kind of work in

1345
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:33,119
it. Kathy has done everything. The

1346
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:36,480
sheriff's department has done

1347
01:00:33,119 --> 01:00:38,400
everything. I have seen it myself. It's

1348
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:40,880
247.

1349
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:43,599
They have keys where if they have a

1350
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:46,079
problem with an animal, they will bring

1351
01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:48,400
it there because they can do it.

1352
01:00:46,079 --> 01:00:51,680
I just want to say that everybody needs

1353
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:55,920
to open their eyes to what we had and we

1354
01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:58,480
gave up. Thank you.

1355
01:00:55,920 --> 01:01:01,920
» Anyone else

1356
01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:04,319
on any other topic? Okay, we'll close

1357
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:07,640
the public comment and I thank you all

1358
01:01:04,319 --> 01:01:07,640
for participating.

1359
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:24,240
We'll go to by committees chairs. I'll

1360
01:01:21,839 --> 01:01:26,720
start with my report of course.

1361
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:29,040
On uh March 20th, I attended four

1362
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:30,880
supervisors meeting. On the 23rd, I

1363
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:32,400
attended committee meetings criminal

1364
01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:35,839
justice, health services, human

1365
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:37,599
services, birth and oxy.

1366
01:01:35,839 --> 01:01:39,359
On the 24th, attended committee

1367
01:01:37,599 --> 01:01:41,119
meetings, higher education, county

1368
01:01:39,359 --> 01:01:43,280
facilities, public works, parks

1369
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:46,160
operation, real property tax and

1370
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:48,960
environmental concerns, economic growth

1371
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:51,359
and development.

1372
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:55,520
» On the 25th, I attended an APA local

1373
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:58,880
government uh meeting was held at

1374
01:01:55,520 --> 01:02:02,400
On the 26th. I attended department head

1375
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:04,960
meeting here at the county. On the 27th,

1376
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:07,440
I met with the Saga City Japanese

1377
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:11,359
delegation here in our May along with

1378
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:14,240
DIS Paris. We had a good time with the

1379
01:02:11,359 --> 01:02:16,960
with the kids. Uh they really like

1380
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:19,359
Dodger baseball. Just in case you didn't

1381
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:21,920
know, they're all fans of the Dodger

1382
01:02:19,359 --> 01:02:23,920
baseball. March 30th, they attend a

1383
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:26,000
meeting with Mayor of Glaw, Diane

1384
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:28,240
Palmer, county administrator. On the

1385
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:31,200
31st to welcome new members of the

1386
01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:33,040
ethics committee to their organization.

1387
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,040
On April 1st, I attended retirement

1388
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:37,119
party for Janelle Jones, public health

1389
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:40,160
director. On the second, I attended a

1390
01:02:37,119 --> 01:02:42,240
higher education now finance and budget

1391
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:44,079
committee meetings. On the 3rd, I

1392
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:47,040
attended a going away party for former

1393
01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:49,520
county attorney Larry Elman. On the 8th,

1394
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:51,040
I attended a meeting with cash fest

1395
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:53,359
personnel along with the treasur's

1396
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:56,160
office. On the 13th, I attended a

1397
01:02:53,359 --> 01:02:59,520
meeting with Arrol Bank. On the 14th, I

1398
01:02:56,160 --> 01:03:02,000
attended I attended county uh attorney

1399
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:04,160
interviews and on the 15th, I attended a

1400
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:07,440
meeting with Asant Matt Simpson and

1401
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:11,760
National Personnel. very very very

1402
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:13,680
informative meeting. So we will go to

1403
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:17,839
start with Sterling. Any reports? There

1404
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:20,400
are no reports. Mr. CO thank you Mr.

1405
01:03:17,839 --> 01:03:23,520
Chairman. Um

1406
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:27,200
on March 23rd, occupancy tax committee

1407
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:31,079
met from that there's two resolutions

1408
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:31,079
resolution 141

1409
01:03:42,559 --> 01:03:48,799
that has moved sorry thank that has

1410
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:52,799
moved on to finance

1411
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:54,720
for funding resolution 142

1412
01:03:52,799 --> 01:03:56,880
that is to extend a contract North

1413
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:58,880
Warren Chamber of Commerce for the three

1414
01:03:56,880 --> 01:04:00,559
town bonding

1415
01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:03,599
um

1416
01:04:00,559 --> 01:04:07,200
or three three uh three town uh branding

1417
01:04:03,599 --> 01:04:10,799
I'm sorry and uh resolution 143 of

1418
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:13,520
funding for the 2026 spending plan of

1419
01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:18,960
450,000

1420
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:22,000
um parks in operation met on March 24th

1421
01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:23,839
one resolution out of there for to

1422
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:25,520
reimburse the village for replacement on

1423
01:04:23,839 --> 01:04:30,000
the slide that was damaged. That's also

1424
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:33,119
in front of finance for funding. Um

1425
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:35,520
occupancy tax will meet on April 21st on

1426
01:04:33,119 --> 01:04:39,359
Tuesday and

1427
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:44,839
park and operate joint park and will on

1428
01:04:39,359 --> 01:04:44,839
22nd on Wednesday. So thank you.

1429
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:52,319
Supervisor

1430
01:04:50,240 --> 01:04:53,119
» No committee report this month. Thank

1431
01:04:52,319 --> 01:04:54,240
you

1432
01:04:53,119 --> 01:04:56,160
» Supervisor Wild.

1433
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:58,240
» Mr. Chairman, thank you. On March 14th,

1434
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:00,079
the economic growth of development on

1435
01:04:58,240 --> 01:05:04,480
had our committee meeting three

1436
01:05:00,079 --> 01:05:08,640
resolutions 137 138 139

1437
01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:12,319
is an award grant by conservation

1438
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:15,599
organization for Bay Road Culver. 38 is

1439
01:05:12,319 --> 01:05:18,799
a submission for a culvert placement

1440
01:05:15,599 --> 01:05:21,119
current road and 139 is also a grant

1441
01:05:18,799 --> 01:05:23,359
application for local apprehens

1442
01:05:21,119 --> 01:05:24,720
comprehensive plans. Uh that one's

1443
01:05:23,359 --> 01:05:26,480
special because there's no batch

1444
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:31,359
associated

1445
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:33,119
on April 2nd uh met uh one resolution

1446
01:05:31,359 --> 01:05:35,839
and that's surging New York State to

1447
01:05:33,119 --> 01:05:37,520
increase funding for community college.

1448
01:05:35,839 --> 01:05:38,960
That's

1449
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:40,720
» Supervisor.

1450
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:43,760
» Thank you Mr. Chairman. Finance and

1451
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:49,039
budget met on April 2nd. Resolutions 130

1452
01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:51,839
to 131 161 to 168 from that meeting. 130

1453
01:05:49,039 --> 01:05:53,440
mix supplemental appropriations. 131

1454
01:05:51,839 --> 01:05:57,359
amends the Mor County budget for

1455
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:58,880
transfers within our departments. 161

1456
01:05:57,359 --> 01:06:01,039
um

1457
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:03,760
uh reappropriates money from different

1458
01:06:01,039 --> 01:06:06,880
departments about 80,600

1459
01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:10,480
um into our insurance reserve fund.

1460
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:12,799
162 increases capital project H376. We

1461
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:16,240
have $22,360

1462
01:06:12,799 --> 01:06:19,520
using federal grant money. 163 increases

1463
01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:21,680
capital project 8428 Bay Road near

1464
01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:23,359
Lockheart Mountain. Uh and that

1465
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:26,160
increases that project increases by

1466
01:06:23,359 --> 01:06:29,839
almost $240,000.

1467
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:32,640
164 increases capital project H448 Dix

1468
01:06:29,839 --> 01:06:34,880
Avenue reconstruction uh by over $1.2

1469
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:38,640
million.

1470
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:40,480
165 authorizes $200,000 in Octax

1471
01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:43,760
proceed. I touched on that for the civic

1472
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:46,799
center. Um and same with 166

1473
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:50,559
reimbursement to George Village for

1474
01:06:46,799 --> 01:06:54,720
slide that was damaged. 167 accepts

1475
01:06:50,559 --> 01:06:57,599
grant funding $535,41

1476
01:06:54,720 --> 01:07:00,240
to be used for a screw lake uh screw

1477
01:06:57,599 --> 01:07:03,920
river access improvements

1478
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:05,359
and 168 accepting grant funding. Uh both

1479
01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:08,000
of these are from New York State. This

1480
01:07:05,359 --> 01:07:10,000
is for $300,000

1481
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:12,319
uh for improvements to the Miller and

1482
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:15,280
County Pway. We meet again uh next

1483
01:07:12,319 --> 01:07:16,640
Thursday the 30th. Thank you.

1484
01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:19,039
» Supervisor Stranger.

1485
01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:22,400
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh health

1486
01:07:19,039 --> 01:07:24,799
services met on March 23rd. Uh from that

1487
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:26,960
Deanna uh from office of the aging gave

1488
01:07:24,799 --> 01:07:30,160
us her annual report. Uh very

1489
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:32,720
comprehensive. Um you can see that her

1490
01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:34,240
department is keeping very busy. Uh

1491
01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:35,760
there was some changes, if you've seen

1492
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:38,079
this report before, there was some

1493
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:39,760
changes in geographics and how many

1494
01:07:38,079 --> 01:07:41,920
people in each different town are

1495
01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:44,240
getting the services. I found that kind

1496
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:49,280
of interesting. Uh welcome Pat Belton

1497
01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:53,359
for uh health. Uh also on April 13th, I

1498
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:56,480
met with the jury board. Um that was a

1499
01:07:53,359 --> 01:08:00,319
very short meeting. I believe the report

1500
01:07:56,480 --> 01:08:02,880
is with Amanda. Um kudos to Wanda Smith,

1501
01:08:00,319 --> 01:08:05,280
our commissioner of jurors. Um she has

1502
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:07,520
done a really nice job of outreach going

1503
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:09,440
to different schools and uh letting

1504
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:12,880
people get informed about what jury

1505
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:14,640
dubbie is actually about. Um and uh she

1506
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:16,000
was lauded by the judges. She does a

1507
01:08:14,640 --> 01:08:18,159
great job over there. So we're very

1508
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:19,279
lucky to have her. Uh and that's it for

1509
01:08:18,159 --> 01:08:20,880
me.

1510
01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:23,040
» Supervisor B.

1511
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:24,560
» Uh no committee report, but I do have a

1512
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:27,759
couple comments. Thank you, Mr.

1513
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:30,640
Chairman. Um I I had to miss my uh

1514
01:08:27,759 --> 01:08:33,199
committee meetings uh uh the day of my

1515
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:35,040
committee meetings due to bad tooth.

1516
01:08:33,199 --> 01:08:36,560
Thank God that's all taken care of now.

1517
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:40,319
So I just want to let everybody know

1518
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:42,799
those who are concerned. Um I was able

1519
01:08:40,319 --> 01:08:45,279
though to uh get to the uh next day the

1520
01:08:42,799 --> 01:08:47,120
uh higher education committee meeting uh

1521
01:08:45,279 --> 01:08:49,359
our newly formed higher education

1522
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:50,799
committee and just a couple comments

1523
01:08:49,359 --> 01:08:54,799
because I've been pretty involved with

1524
01:08:50,799 --> 01:08:58,000
that with Sunni Aderondac. Um, I believe

1525
01:08:54,799 --> 01:09:00,640
that this new president uh will be

1526
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:03,440
fiscally responsible

1527
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:07,600
as well as the vice president of their

1528
01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:09,120
finance uh department. Uh I am though

1529
01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:11,679
concerned

1530
01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:15,120
that their first real act was to

1531
01:09:11,679 --> 01:09:17,839
discontinue the hotel management major

1532
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:21,040
with 94 majors at Sunni Aderandac. I

1533
01:09:17,839 --> 01:09:24,480
found it rather disconcerting to be

1534
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:27,839
honest with you that we would eliminate

1535
01:09:24,480 --> 01:09:31,520
a major that is our third highest

1536
01:09:27,839 --> 01:09:35,520
employment industry which is tourism.

1537
01:09:31,520 --> 01:09:36,799
Uh that was disconcerting to me. I

1538
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:39,120
believe that she'll be fiscally

1539
01:09:36,799 --> 01:09:41,199
responsible but then yet the first one

1540
01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:43,679
of her first acts

1541
01:09:41,199 --> 01:09:47,759
is to eliminate the hotel management

1542
01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:50,719
major. That to me doesn't make sense.

1543
01:09:47,759 --> 01:09:53,759
Um, so I just want to get that out

1544
01:09:50,719 --> 01:09:58,400
there. I attended the CDTA meeting on

1545
01:09:53,759 --> 01:10:01,040
April 6th. Uh, Supervisor Etu was there.

1546
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:03,920
Our county administrator, um, Mr.

1547
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:06,800
Tafflon was there, uh, as well as other

1548
01:10:03,920 --> 01:10:10,000
people. Um,

1549
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:12,880
we all knew, well, we and all, but it's

1550
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:16,640
a financial boondoggle

1551
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:19,600
that's being polite and to the point.

1552
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:22,880
The CDTA is hundreds of thousands of

1553
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:26,800
dollars in debt already. They can't

1554
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:28,960
support yearly services. They they are

1555
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:32,800
good people,

1556
01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:36,159
but this is no way in any shape or form

1557
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:39,520
financially advantageous to the county

1558
01:10:36,159 --> 01:10:42,640
or to the residents. There are other

1559
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:46,239
options that we can give the same or it

1560
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:48,320
better services much less expensively.

1561
01:10:46,239 --> 01:10:50,159
And I've explored some of those. Uh

1562
01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:52,640
they're not real receptive. Some people

1563
01:10:50,159 --> 01:10:55,040
aren't because you know, hey Doug, we're

1564
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:58,000
already in it. And as the former county

1565
01:10:55,040 --> 01:11:00,080
attorney said, once you get in the CDTA,

1566
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:03,040
it's like the mafia.

1567
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:05,520
You don't get out. You can't get out.

1568
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:08,320
So, you know, we've got to look at this

1569
01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:10,239
and say, are there better options

1570
01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:12,159
financially?

1571
01:11:10,239 --> 01:11:15,280
And can we get the same, if not better,

1572
01:11:12,159 --> 01:11:17,920
service? And I know there I know there

1573
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:20,080
are so hopefully some of the supervisors

1574
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:24,080
here on this board will be uh somewhat

1575
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:26,159
open to uh uh changing a path that is

1576
01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:29,520
financially devastating to the county.

1577
01:11:26,159 --> 01:11:33,199
We spent 1.1 million

1578
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:36,320
last year and we'll spend as you know

1579
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:38,640
it's 25 cents on the dollar or $100 of

1580
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:40,719
our mortgage tax goes directly to them.

1581
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:43,600
So if we bring in 1.4 4 million in

1582
01:11:40,719 --> 01:11:46,719
mortgage tax goes directly to CDTA. If

1583
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:49,920
we only bring in 800,000 only, goes

1584
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:52,719
right to CDTA. They're not bad people.

1585
01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:55,360
It's a model that won't work up here.

1586
01:11:52,719 --> 01:11:58,400
We're 64,000 people in Warren County.

1587
01:11:55,360 --> 01:12:00,400
That's an inner city model. It won't

1588
01:11:58,400 --> 01:12:02,800
work. It never will be fiscally

1589
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:05,760
accountable or responsible. And then one

1590
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:08,880
final comment is the IRS this week said

1591
01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:11,600
that New York State has lost over $1

1592
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:14,880
trillion

1593
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:16,800
in assets due to people moving out and

1594
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:19,920
with their businesses. Think about that

1595
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:22,480
for a second. One trillion over one

1596
01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:25,040
trillion. And New York State has lost

1597
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:27,520
billions and billions

1598
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:31,040
from people moving out and their uh

1599
01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:33,280
their income. So, we are in a dire

1600
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:36,560
situation around here, not just in

1601
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:38,560
Warren County, but in the state. And we

1602
01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:40,480
can all pretend like it's not happening.

1603
01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:42,400
You know, hey, everything's rosy. It's

1604
01:12:40,480 --> 01:12:45,280
not roying. I don't like being the

1605
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:47,520
bearer of uh of bad news, but we need a

1606
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:49,440
reality check around here about spending

1607
01:12:47,520 --> 01:12:51,360
because we don't have a revenue problem.

1608
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:54,000
We've got a spending problem. And we've

1609
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:57,120
got a major spending problem, not just a

1610
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:59,760
little one. And I won't accept breaking

1611
01:12:57,120 --> 01:13:01,920
that tax cap next year. I wasn't on the

1612
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:05,040
board last year, the year before, but

1613
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:07,120
last year broke the tax cap. And I, you

1614
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:09,199
know, you can override me, but I'll be

1615
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:11,520
very vocal about that. We've got to cut

1616
01:13:09,199 --> 01:13:14,159
back spending. And I know Mr. E2 is

1617
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:16,000
trying to, as the budget officer, I just

1618
01:13:14,159 --> 01:13:20,080
hope a lot of us around this room start

1619
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:22,560
taking this very seriously. Thank you,

1620
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:24,320
» Supervisor O'Neal.

1621
01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:25,760
» I have no report at this time.

1622
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:27,600
Supervisor.

1623
01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:29,440
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The personnel

1624
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:31,440
committee met on April 2nd, and there

1625
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:34,239
are four resolutions resulting from that

1626
01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:36,159
meeting number 157, which is amending

1627
01:13:34,239 --> 01:13:38,719
the table of organization and Warren

1628
01:13:36,159 --> 01:13:40,960
County salary and compensation plan to

1629
01:13:38,719 --> 01:13:42,719
create the lead positions within the

1630
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:44,640
planning and community development

1631
01:13:42,719 --> 01:13:46,400
department and increase the salary

1632
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:48,080
within the county attorney's office for

1633
01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:51,199
the property and casualty risk

1634
01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:54,640
management. number 158 which is amending

1635
01:13:51,199 --> 01:13:57,040
resolution 380 of 2025 regarding an

1636
01:13:54,640 --> 01:13:59,840
agreement with Asentis Corporation for

1637
01:13:57,040 --> 01:14:03,199
the NOVA time 5000 program to include up

1638
01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:04,880
to two database exports. Number 159

1639
01:14:03,199 --> 01:14:07,199
which is adopting the Warren County

1640
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:09,440
first amendment audit protocol policy

1641
01:14:07,199 --> 01:14:11,760
and number 160 adopting the Warren

1642
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:14,000
County family and medical leave policy.

1643
01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:17,239
Our next meeting will be April 30th at

1644
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:17,239
10 a.m.

1645
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:25,280
» Thank you Mr. Mr. Chairman,

1646
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:26,880
public works met on uh March 24th

1647
01:14:25,280 --> 01:14:31,120
represented in your packet by

1648
01:14:26,880 --> 01:14:34,480
resolutions 144 through 150. I just

1649
01:14:31,120 --> 01:14:36,719
would like brief comment on 144 to just

1650
01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:40,159
take a moment and I know everyone in the

1651
01:14:36,719 --> 01:14:42,640
panel uh agrees with this how uh what a

1652
01:14:40,159 --> 01:14:46,320
wonderful uh department head we have

1653
01:14:42,640 --> 01:14:48,560
Kevin Hos uh not only in terms of

1654
01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:51,679
running the highway department building

1655
01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:54,960
and grounds department uh but uh he's

1656
01:14:51,679 --> 01:14:57,760
been at the forefront of uh uh efforts

1657
01:14:54,960 --> 01:15:00,560
to try to get Albany to put more money

1658
01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:02,480
into our infrastructure. He was uh

1659
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:05,920
president of the highway association

1660
01:15:02,480 --> 01:15:07,520
recently. He has been uh very aggressive

1661
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:09,840
as you know in the bridge New York

1662
01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:11,920
program and other types of federal and

1663
01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:13,840
state programs to bring resources into

1664
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:17,120
this area to help us with our

1665
01:15:13,840 --> 01:15:19,600
infrastructure. Um

1666
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:23,040
when there's an emergency,

1667
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:25,040
he is there. And I know I see a lot of

1668
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:26,880
supervisors shaking their heads. Yes. I

1669
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:29,600
mean it it could be 3 o'clock in the

1670
01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:33,360
morning. I mean he's up. he's there. You

1671
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:35,600
make that call, he answers. And um so I

1672
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:37,679
would uh I'm very pleased that he wants

1673
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:39,520
to continue as our public works director

1674
01:15:37,679 --> 01:15:41,679
and for an additional four years. And

1675
01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:45,120
that's for representative packet by

1676
01:15:41,679 --> 01:15:48,000
resolutions 144. The other resolutions I

1677
01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:50,560
think are are self-explanatory.

1678
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:54,159
Um and uh I just would like to comment

1679
01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:56,239
quickly on 150. Um

1680
01:15:54,159 --> 01:15:58,560
what a wonderful organization we have a

1681
01:15:56,239 --> 01:16:01,120
non forprofit that was formed to support

1682
01:15:58,560 --> 01:16:03,280
uh the programming going on at UP yanda.

1683
01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:06,159
They do fundraising and then they take

1684
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:08,640
their funds that they gather and they

1685
01:16:06,159 --> 01:16:11,120
put them into helping us maintain our

1686
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:12,640
infrastructure and uh to deliver the

1687
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:15,920
kind of wonderful programming that we do

1688
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:19,600
at. So kudos to them and and their

1689
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:22,239
efforts out on the facility. And uh our

1690
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:24,719
next uh public works meeting will be on

1691
01:16:22,239 --> 01:16:28,400
April 22nd. And that concludes my

1692
01:16:24,719 --> 01:16:30,239
report. Supervisor Mayday,

1693
01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:32,560
» The criminal justice and public safety

1694
01:16:30,239 --> 01:16:34,000
emergency services committee met and

1695
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:38,080
there are three resolutions that come

1696
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:40,400
out of that uh 134 and 135 are

1697
01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:45,760
appointing or reappointing members of

1698
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:49,440
the uh EMS and fire advisory boards and

1699
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:53,120
136 is uh interest

1700
01:16:49,440 --> 01:16:56,000
county correctional for procurement with

1701
01:16:53,120 --> 01:16:58,000
uh with their corrections. Department of

1702
01:16:56,000 --> 01:17:01,480
Corrections decision.

1703
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:01,480
That's concludes.

1704
01:17:02,159 --> 01:17:05,040
» Supervisor Diamond.

1705
01:17:03,440 --> 01:17:06,320
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No reports

1706
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:08,000
today.

1707
01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:09,520
» Supervisor Go.

1708
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:12,719
» Uh, thank you, Chairman. Support

1709
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:16,880
services met on March 23rd. There's five

1710
01:17:12,719 --> 01:17:20,719
resolutions. Uh, 151 is introducing

1711
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:23,280
proposed local law five of 26 and

1712
01:17:20,719 --> 01:17:28,000
replacing local law number three of

1713
01:17:23,280 --> 01:17:31,760
2010. and local log two of 2017.

1714
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:34,159
Uh 152 is authorizing an agreement with

1715
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:36,640
call one for installation of audio

1716
01:17:34,159 --> 01:17:40,400
equipment in the boardroom.

1717
01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:42,320
Uh 153 is authorizing participation in

1718
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:45,840
opioid settlement uh settlement

1719
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:48,400
agreements with the globeies.

1720
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:50,640
154 is accepting donation of personal

1721
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:54,560
property to the Warren County Attorney's

1722
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:56,239
Office and authorizing um a letter of

1723
01:17:54,560 --> 01:17:59,120
appreciation.

1724
01:17:56,239 --> 01:18:01,920
155 is approving revisions to the

1725
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:05,760
purchasing policy for one county. Our

1726
01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:08,159
next meeting will be April 21st. Um I'm

1727
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:09,120
not short of the time. That's all I

1728
01:18:08,159 --> 01:18:10,800
have. Thank you,

1729
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:12,719
» Supervisor Turner.

1730
01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:16,000
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1731
01:18:12,719 --> 01:18:19,600
» Excuse me. The tourism committee met on

1732
01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:22,960
March 21st and out of that meeting we

1733
01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:24,800
have one resolution number 156 and it's

1734
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:27,120
amending the agreement with Grove

1735
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:30,000
Marketing Inc. to purchase a

1736
01:18:27,120 --> 01:18:33,520
subscription of data for inclusion into

1737
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:35,760
the destination insights platform and to

1738
01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:38,760
increase the not to exceed amount to

1739
01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:38,760
$31,114.

1740
01:18:38,960 --> 01:18:44,159
Our next meeting is April 21st.

1741
01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:45,679
Thank you,

1742
01:18:44,159 --> 01:18:47,440
» Supervisor Burrow.

1743
01:18:45,679 --> 01:18:50,480
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. County

1744
01:18:47,440 --> 01:18:53,440
facilities met on March 24th

1745
01:18:50,480 --> 01:18:58,480
and uh we have two resolutions from that

1746
01:18:53,440 --> 01:19:01,040
meeting. One is 13 resolution 132.

1747
01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:04,800
That's awarding a bid and authorizing

1748
01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:06,880
Kingsley Incorporated for the

1749
01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:09,600
general construction

1750
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:11,679
demolition and replacement of the tea

1751
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:15,920
hanger. This is for the general

1752
01:19:11,679 --> 01:19:18,480
construction portion of that and 133

1753
01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:21,520
awarding a bid and authorizing Herald

1754
01:19:18,480 --> 01:19:25,840
Park Bloom incorporated for the same

1755
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:27,760
project um demolition and place hanger

1756
01:19:25,840 --> 01:19:32,480
and this is the electrical portion of

1757
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:35,840
that project. Uh this additionally in

1758
01:19:32,480 --> 01:19:38,080
case you're interested if not we

1759
01:19:35,840 --> 01:19:41,360
discussed the uh we've been looking at

1760
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:44,239
the regional board for one or two years

1761
01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:46,159
now and just for your information we

1762
01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:49,040
were looking at

1763
01:19:46,159 --> 01:19:51,679
uh Al County

1764
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:55,679
for a large

1765
01:19:51,679 --> 01:19:58,719
regional board but due to cost they are

1766
01:19:55,679 --> 01:20:02,800
they can scale that back

1767
01:19:58,719 --> 01:20:06,480
or they have chosen will cover their

1768
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:08,239
area only. So, uh unless there's another

1769
01:20:06,480 --> 01:20:10,640
option available, Warren County will

1770
01:20:08,239 --> 01:20:13,440
continue to contract Lance Falls

1771
01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:17,120
Hospital for services.

1772
01:20:13,440 --> 01:20:19,760
And uh additionally an update on the

1773
01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:24,159
exant project if you're all not aware

1774
01:20:19,760 --> 01:20:27,440
that is the construction of two solar

1775
01:20:24,159 --> 01:20:29,360
generator electrical field tap Warren

1776
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:33,760
County Airport County property out

1777
01:20:29,360 --> 01:20:36,400
there. And uh so the anticipated

1778
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:39,679
activation for the southern site is the

1779
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:43,199
second quarter which is for now we're in

1780
01:20:39,679 --> 01:20:44,880
this year and a third or fourth quarter

1781
01:20:43,199 --> 01:20:48,400
for the northern site. As soon as those

1782
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:50,719
are activated online county will realize

1783
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:52,560
they come from those two. I can't

1784
01:20:50,719 --> 01:20:58,000
remember broad hand but the toes for

1785
01:20:52,560 --> 01:21:00,560
that I think it's $60,000 plus per year.

1786
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:03,920
That's a good thing. And uh additionally

1787
01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:06,400
Mr. Hos superintendent public works

1788
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:08,960
notified us that they the county will be

1789
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:12,960
doing an assessment all county public

1790
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:16,880
buildings to determine what is required

1791
01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:19,920
on those buildings that are

1792
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:22,880
well along in age if you will.

1793
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:29,640
Our next meeting is Wednesday, April

1794
01:21:22,880 --> 01:21:29,640
22nd, 26 at 11 a.m.

1795
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:33,920
» Supervisor Dress.

1796
01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:35,760
» Thank you, Chairman. Uh the human

1797
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:38,880
services committee did not meet last

1798
01:21:35,760 --> 01:21:42,480
month. Uh but we will uh this month uh

1799
01:21:38,880 --> 01:21:46,239
this coming uh Tuesday, April 21st at

1800
01:21:42,480 --> 01:21:48,239
9:10 immediately um after the criminal

1801
01:21:46,239 --> 01:21:51,679
justice, public safety, and emergency

1802
01:21:48,239 --> 01:21:54,159
services meeting concludes. We'll be

1803
01:21:51,679 --> 01:21:57,679
hearing from social services and the

1804
01:21:54,159 --> 01:22:02,320
countryside adult home. I just want to

1805
01:21:57,679 --> 01:22:05,360
um remind people of of the u the

1806
01:22:02,320 --> 01:22:07,840
important but very um difficult work

1807
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:10,880
that social services uh does, but

1808
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:13,679
especially uh this year with uh with

1809
01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:18,080
federal cutbacks and and changes in the

1810
01:22:13,679 --> 01:22:20,560
um funding formulas um primarily with

1811
01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:24,320
SNAP, Medicaid and a number of the other

1812
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:28,159
services. Um it really uh requires that

1813
01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:30,639
they are are reacting to to those

1814
01:22:28,159 --> 01:22:34,480
changes on a daily basis and and making

1815
01:22:30,639 --> 01:22:39,199
appropriate um uh staff decisions and

1816
01:22:34,480 --> 01:22:41,600
and um program decisions that uh so that

1817
01:22:39,199 --> 01:22:45,280
residents of the county aren't impacted.

1818
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:47,280
Um the uh home energy assistance program

1819
01:22:45,280 --> 01:22:50,000
uh ended yesterday. That's for the

1820
01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:53,600
heating program. The um the cooling

1821
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:58,639
program which is available for seniors

1822
01:22:53,600 --> 01:23:02,639
and um individuals uh with um disabled

1823
01:22:58,639 --> 01:23:05,520
uh situation where um

1824
01:23:02,639 --> 01:23:09,280
cool air uh air conditioning is

1825
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:13,280
required. um with a a doctor's note and

1826
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:15,920
and other types of um um

1827
01:23:13,280 --> 01:23:18,800
referrals from organizations, they may

1828
01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:21,920
be eligible eligible for um an air

1829
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:27,360
conditioner uh as well as um uh

1830
01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:30,000
financial support for that program. Um

1831
01:23:27,360 --> 01:23:33,360
again, we'll be meeting uh this coming

1832
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:36,239
Tuesday at 9:10. Uh Cornell Cooper of

1833
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:40,159
Extension uh will be meeting uh this

1834
01:23:36,239 --> 01:23:42,560
coming Monday the 20th at 6 PM um in

1835
01:23:40,159 --> 01:23:44,880
Warrenburg. Uh John Bo, who was here

1836
01:23:42,560 --> 01:23:48,080
earlier, had to attend another meeting,

1837
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:50,800
but he dropped off um the uh the monthly

1838
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:52,560
program update. That concludes my uh

1839
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:55,199
presentation. Thank you,

1840
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:56,639
» Supervisor Miller. Uh Chairman Gerby, no

1841
01:23:55,199 --> 01:23:58,159
report at this time. Looking forward to

1842
01:23:56,639 --> 01:23:59,280
attending committee meetings next week.

1843
01:23:58,159 --> 01:24:01,600
Thank you.

1844
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:05,920
» Report of County Administrators. Thank

1845
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:08,639
you, Mr. Chairman. Uh 417 off April

1846
01:24:05,920 --> 01:24:10,800
2026, uh March 26, we had our first

1847
01:24:08,639 --> 01:24:12,960
department head meeting. Uh we discussed

1848
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:14,880
the 2027 budget and highlighted the

1849
01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:17,199
overall budget challenge faced next

1850
01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:19,600
year. I asked the department heads to

1851
01:24:17,199 --> 01:24:22,159
carefully evaluate open positions before

1852
01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:25,520
filling them this year and to try to

1853
01:24:22,159 --> 01:24:27,600
conserve funds this year uh and look for

1854
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:29,360
creative ways to address next year's

1855
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:31,840
challenges. Thanks to the chairman at

1856
01:24:29,360 --> 01:24:33,520
the budget office for attending.

1857
01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:36,960
Uh, as the chairman mentioned, March

1858
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:40,000
30th, we have Mayor Palmer uh to discuss

1859
01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:42,159
a possibility of a shared services

1860
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:44,639
agreement with the Glenn Smalls Fire

1861
01:24:42,159 --> 01:24:47,360
Prevention and Building Codes office.

1862
01:24:44,639 --> 01:24:49,040
Uh, we've had several follow-on meetings

1863
01:24:47,360 --> 01:24:52,320
with that. We're still working out the

1864
01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:55,760
particulars of what the cost would be uh

1865
01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:57,760
on the part of the county uh and how

1866
01:24:55,760 --> 01:25:00,719
that would operate, but we have that on

1867
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:03,360
the facilities agenda as an item for

1868
01:25:00,719 --> 01:25:05,840
April 22nd.

1869
01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:07,600
On April 2nd, I attended the monthly

1870
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:10,000
regional strategic alliance meeting

1871
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:14,320
hosted by the EDC. And this alliance

1872
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:15,760
includes ARCC, EDC, city of Glenn Falls,

1873
01:25:14,320 --> 01:25:17,760
Lake Samplain, Lake Lakes Shores

1874
01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:22,239
Regional Planning Board, Saratoga County

1875
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:23,440
EDC, Warren Washington, uh IDA, uh

1876
01:25:22,239 --> 01:25:25,280
Warren and Washington County

1877
01:25:23,440 --> 01:25:27,520
administrators. We discussed mutual

1878
01:25:25,280 --> 01:25:29,440
initiatives that impact economic

1879
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:33,600
development and growth in our counties.

1880
01:25:29,440 --> 01:25:35,760
Uh pretty uh good meetings. Uh we had a

1881
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:37,760
farewell celebration April 1st and April

1882
01:25:35,760 --> 01:25:39,920
3rd for Janelle Jones and Larry Elman.

1883
01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:42,159
Thanks to the supervisors who attended

1884
01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:45,679
uh and to express your appreciation. It

1885
01:25:42,159 --> 01:25:48,560
meant a lot to them. On April 6th, uh

1886
01:25:45,679 --> 01:25:51,679
supervisor Batty mentioned it attended

1887
01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:54,719
the CDTA town hall atrandle. Thanks for

1888
01:25:51,679 --> 01:25:57,600
the other supervisors who attended. Uh

1889
01:25:54,719 --> 01:25:59,760
basically CDTAs they said showed the

1890
01:25:57,600 --> 01:26:01,280
average ridership of about five to seven

1891
01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:03,120
riders

1892
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:06,400
uh per hour on most of their routes.

1893
01:26:03,120 --> 01:26:08,320
Their target is 15. So we're far from

1894
01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:10,719
that. Uh they're not getting the

1895
01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:12,960
wrership. It's doubtful that they'll be

1896
01:26:10,719 --> 01:26:14,239
able to do any additional routes and

1897
01:26:12,960 --> 01:26:16,800
over the summer they're probably going

1898
01:26:14,239 --> 01:26:18,880
to be looking at the the existing roots

1899
01:26:16,800 --> 01:26:21,040
to see what modifications they could

1900
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:22,719
possibly make.

1901
01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:25,199
April 8th, we met with a team from

1902
01:26:22,719 --> 01:26:26,560
Cashfest who's advising us on ways to

1903
01:26:25,199 --> 01:26:28,800
increase the interest we're getting for

1904
01:26:26,560 --> 01:26:30,880
our funds and various accounts primarily

1905
01:26:28,800 --> 01:26:32,719
with Aerrow Bank. They provided some

1906
01:26:30,880 --> 01:26:34,400
interesting insight on our investments.

1907
01:26:32,719 --> 01:26:37,520
We have follow-on meeting with Aerrow

1908
01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:39,520
Bank on April 13 where we reiterated our

1909
01:26:37,520 --> 01:26:42,080
intent to continue our 60 year

1910
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:43,920
relationship with Arrow, discuss ways we

1911
01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:46,000
could maximize the return on the funds

1912
01:26:43,920 --> 01:26:48,719
we have with them. Uh there will be more

1913
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:50,719
follow-on discussions uh at the support

1914
01:26:48,719 --> 01:26:52,639
services committee and the finance and

1915
01:26:50,719 --> 01:26:54,800
budget committee.

1916
01:26:52,639 --> 01:26:56,800
April 11th, I attended the 250th

1917
01:26:54,800 --> 01:26:59,120
celebration kickoff gayla at Fort

1918
01:26:56,800 --> 01:27:02,159
William Henry. Our own John Stra was

1919
01:26:59,120 --> 01:27:04,480
present as Dr. Joseph Warren and many

1920
01:27:02,159 --> 01:27:06,320
supervisors were in attendance. Uh

1921
01:27:04,480 --> 01:27:07,920
thanks to those who participated

1922
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:10,159
particular note was a speech by Doug

1923
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:12,000
Bradburn, CEO of Mount Vernon.

1924
01:27:10,159 --> 01:27:14,400
interesting talk about George Washington

1925
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:17,600
and the role he played in preserving

1926
01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:19,840
this republic. Uh it could have easily

1927
01:27:17,600 --> 01:27:21,360
gone in another direction. Uh the

1928
01:27:19,840 --> 01:27:23,120
anniversary committee has a number of

1929
01:27:21,360 --> 01:27:24,560
interesting events planned over the

1930
01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:26,719
summer and I encourage everyone to

1931
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:29,760
attend some of them particular the

1932
01:27:26,719 --> 01:27:32,480
reinterment of 44 revolutionary war era

1933
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:34,159
patriots who were found almost seven

1934
01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:36,480
years ago at a construction site on

1935
01:27:34,159 --> 01:27:38,480
Court Street in Lake George. The event

1936
01:27:36,480 --> 01:27:41,920
will take place on May 22nd in

1937
01:27:38,480 --> 01:27:44,000
Battlefield Park at 11:00 a.m. Last

1938
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:46,239
night, I attended Mayor Diana Palmer's

1939
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:48,639
100th day briefing at Heritage Hall.

1940
01:27:46,239 --> 01:27:50,960
Thanks to the supervisors who attended,

1941
01:27:48,639 --> 01:27:53,440
uh she's made some solid impacts in 100

1942
01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:55,600
days. As a lifelong student of

1943
01:27:53,440 --> 01:27:58,239
leadership, I noticed that she wo

1944
01:27:55,600 --> 01:28:00,000
callouts to each of her department heads

1945
01:27:58,239 --> 01:28:01,520
into her speech, and I thought that was

1946
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:04,400
pretty cool.

1947
01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:06,719
Uh this month I'm having my monthly

1948
01:28:04,400 --> 01:28:08,639
check-ins with department heads. Uh they

1949
01:28:06,719 --> 01:28:10,719
all appreciate the fabulous support

1950
01:28:08,639 --> 01:28:12,960
they're getting from you and the

1951
01:28:10,719 --> 01:28:15,440
guidance they get from the committee

1952
01:28:12,960 --> 01:28:17,360
chairs. Uh they believe they have a very

1953
01:28:15,440 --> 01:28:19,440
solid relationship with the board of

1954
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:21,840
supervisors. They're thankful for every

1955
01:28:19,440 --> 01:28:24,159
for that relationship.

1956
01:28:21,840 --> 01:28:26,400
On May 7th, I will be hosting our first

1957
01:28:24,159 --> 01:28:29,280
conversation with the county at 12:30.

1958
01:28:26,400 --> 01:28:31,760
Uh it's lateern, our first conversation

1959
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:34,560
with the county this year. Uh we had

1960
01:28:31,760 --> 01:28:37,120
three last year. Uh and I look forward

1961
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:39,520
to doing those again.

1962
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:41,360
Lastly, I'd be remiss if I didn't offer

1963
01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:45,600
some clarification to the misstatements

1964
01:28:41,360 --> 01:28:48,320
that I heard made earlier. Okay. I told

1965
01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:51,360
upfront, I have three rescue dogs in my

1966
01:28:48,320 --> 01:28:54,239
house right now. Uh we all love animals.

1967
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:55,920
Uh I told the SBCA they did not have to

1968
01:28:54,239 --> 01:28:57,679
come and defend themselves because

1969
01:28:55,920 --> 01:29:00,560
They're doing everything we want with

1970
01:28:57,679 --> 01:29:02,560
the contract we have with them. Uh they

1971
01:29:00,560 --> 01:29:05,280
do exist. Uh I'm not sure about their

1972
01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:07,360
address, but uh I've been there roughly

1973
01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:10,719
every quarter. We have a contract for

1974
01:29:07,360 --> 01:29:14,080
animal abuse cases that cost us $8,000 a

1975
01:29:10,719 --> 01:29:16,320
month. For that, we get 247 access to

1976
01:29:14,080 --> 01:29:19,199
the facility where our road patrol

1977
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:21,040
officers can take animals after hours.

1978
01:29:19,199 --> 01:29:24,080
The following day, if it was not an

1979
01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:26,639
abuse case, the SPCA rehomes the animals

1980
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:28,560
in appropriate facilities. They provide

1981
01:29:26,639 --> 01:29:31,120
quarterly training to our road patrol

1982
01:29:28,560 --> 01:29:33,760
officers because it's not easy to pick

1983
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:37,040
up stray animals and we want our patrol

1984
01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:38,800
officers. A bite to a hand could ruin a

1985
01:29:37,040 --> 01:29:40,560
career. So, we have to be very careful

1986
01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:43,280
and they provide really great training

1987
01:29:40,560 --> 01:29:45,520
for that. In the spring of 2025, the

1988
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:49,360
SPCA was informed by the court they had

1989
01:29:45,520 --> 01:29:53,360
to collect 139 boa constrictor type

1990
01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:54,880
snakes and over 900 rats. Uh I was there

1991
01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:57,840
when they wiped down each of these

1992
01:29:54,880 --> 01:30:00,239
snakes with ivormectton every day

1993
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:02,560
because of the mites the snakes had. And

1994
01:30:00,239 --> 01:30:05,040
they kept those snakes and those rats

1995
01:30:02,560 --> 01:30:07,360
for three months while they were waiting

1996
01:30:05,040 --> 01:30:09,440
for the court to give them further

1997
01:30:07,360 --> 01:30:11,840
instruction. that the court finally did

1998
01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:15,719
and they were able to rehome all of the

1999
01:30:11,840 --> 01:30:15,719
reptiles. Uh

2000
01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:20,320
they handle about 8 to 10 animal abuse

2001
01:30:18,400 --> 01:30:23,679
cases per year for Ward County. That's

2002
01:30:20,320 --> 01:30:26,159
what we contracted with them for. Uh

2003
01:30:23,679 --> 01:30:28,480
it's not a pretty facility. We don't

2004
01:30:26,159 --> 01:30:31,199
have a lot of money to renovate it, to

2005
01:30:28,480 --> 01:30:33,280
do anything with it, uh, beyond what

2006
01:30:31,199 --> 01:30:35,199
they do. But right now, they're

2007
01:30:33,280 --> 01:30:37,840
accomplishing everything we've asked

2008
01:30:35,199 --> 01:30:39,760
them when it concerns animal abuse

2009
01:30:37,840 --> 01:30:42,639
cases, and they work very closely with

2010
01:30:39,760 --> 01:30:46,239
dog control officers across your various

2011
01:30:42,639 --> 01:30:49,199
towns, uh, who

2012
01:30:46,239 --> 01:30:52,080
it's a good partnership there. So, uh, I

2013
01:30:49,199 --> 01:30:54,480
just wanted to mention that. Thank you.

2014
01:30:52,080 --> 01:30:56,080
» Acting County Attorney Ryan Dicki. Yeah.

2015
01:30:54,480 --> 01:30:58,159
So I just want to touch on a few

2016
01:30:56,080 --> 01:31:01,520
resolutions that are before you today.

2017
01:30:58,159 --> 01:31:04,880
First two resolutions 159

2018
01:31:01,520 --> 01:31:07,520
160 those are proposed policies drafted

2019
01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:10,800
by the risk and safety committee. Uh

2020
01:31:07,520 --> 01:31:13,840
resolution 159 is the person audited pro

2021
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:15,920
protocol policy which is a new policy

2022
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:18,320
that outlines employee procedures for

2023
01:31:15,920 --> 01:31:20,480
handling difficult situations

2024
01:31:18,320 --> 01:31:22,880
uh with a first amendment audit so that

2025
01:31:20,480 --> 01:31:25,360
we remain compliant with federal and New

2026
01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:27,040
York state law and it serves to protect

2027
01:31:25,360 --> 01:31:29,760
confidential information that may be

2028
01:31:27,040 --> 01:31:32,639
exposed during an audit. Second

2029
01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:34,880
resolution 160 updates our current FAA

2030
01:31:32,639 --> 01:31:37,120
policy. So, I would like to recognize

2031
01:31:34,880 --> 01:31:39,600
the risk safety committee and in

2032
01:31:37,120 --> 01:31:43,280
particular Jackie Figaro and Neil Baker

2033
01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:47,760
at Maryland Rivers for their time, part

2034
01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:51,760
of drafting these two policies. Um,

2035
01:31:47,760 --> 01:31:53,679
resolution 161 uh requests excess

2036
01:31:51,760 --> 01:31:56,080
general liability insurance funds be

2037
01:31:53,679 --> 01:31:58,320
transferred from the various department

2038
01:31:56,080 --> 01:32:00,960
codes into the insurance reserved. Uh,

2039
01:31:58,320 --> 01:32:04,239
this is a very positive thing. These

2040
01:32:00,960 --> 01:32:06,080
excess funds are savings

2041
01:32:04,239 --> 01:32:08,480
property and casualty renewal budget

2042
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:11,760
cycle. So the original proposed budget

2043
01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:13,280
was for an 18% increase. However, due to

2044
01:32:11,760 --> 01:32:16,239
the hard work of the risk and safety

2045
01:32:13,280 --> 01:32:18,639
committee, it came in at only a 5.4%

2046
01:32:16,239 --> 01:32:20,159
increase, which left the savings about

2047
01:32:18,639 --> 01:32:22,000
$8,000.

2048
01:32:20,159 --> 01:32:23,120
So this transfer is being done in

2049
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:25,679
accordance with the New York State

2050
01:32:23,120 --> 01:32:28,719
Controller Standards. for the purpose of

2051
01:32:25,679 --> 01:32:32,080
establishing a solid insurance reserve

2052
01:32:28,719 --> 01:32:34,560
to fund claims no with with insurance

2053
01:32:32,080 --> 01:32:36,639
deductance. Um

2054
01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:39,679
there are two more on both our floor

2055
01:32:36,639 --> 01:32:42,159
resolutions. So, floor resolution two uh

2056
01:32:39,679 --> 01:32:45,600
requests authorization to reappropriate

2057
01:32:42,159 --> 01:32:47,520
funds uh from the sex to abuse lawsuit

2058
01:32:45,600 --> 01:32:49,920
fund balance to the social services

2059
01:32:47,520 --> 01:32:52,400
budget to cover the cost of settlement

2060
01:32:49,920 --> 01:32:54,320
in the Michael Easterber books lawsuit

2061
01:32:52,400 --> 01:32:56,639
which is one of the three child victim

2062
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:58,960
cases filed against the county. So, to

2063
01:32:56,639 --> 01:33:02,159
give a brief overview, this case was

2064
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:04,719
filed against the county of August 2021.

2065
01:33:02,159 --> 01:33:07,199
In September of 2021, our office filed a

2066
01:33:04,719 --> 01:33:09,679
pre-answer motion to dismiss which was

2067
01:33:07,199 --> 01:33:12,080
denied by the trial court. The matter

2068
01:33:09,679 --> 01:33:14,719
was appealed to the appellet division uh

2069
01:33:12,080 --> 01:33:17,600
and overturned uh the trial court's

2070
01:33:14,719 --> 01:33:20,639
decision. It limited our li our

2071
01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:23,920
liability as county to the plaintiffs.

2072
01:33:20,639 --> 01:33:25,760
In November of 2025, a settlement was

2073
01:33:23,920 --> 01:33:27,600
reached for the county to pay a sum of

2074
01:33:25,760 --> 01:33:29,440
$15,000.

2075
01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:31,040
The board authorized at that time the

2076
01:33:29,440 --> 01:33:35,040
appropriation of these funds from the

2077
01:33:31,040 --> 01:33:38,320
sexual abuse uh fund balance u since

2078
01:33:35,040 --> 01:33:41,760
they were not expended uh by January 1st

2079
01:33:38,320 --> 01:33:43,679
uh due to uh plaintiff uh dying and

2080
01:33:41,760 --> 01:33:45,840
there was some surrogate or issues at

2081
01:33:43,679 --> 01:33:48,159
that point with plaintiffs council

2082
01:33:45,840 --> 01:33:49,840
having authorization to settle the case

2083
01:33:48,159 --> 01:33:52,480
they were placed back into the sexual

2084
01:33:49,840 --> 01:33:56,719
abuse fund balance

2085
01:33:52,480 --> 01:33:58,560
uh on April 7th uh

2086
01:33:56,719 --> 01:34:01,199
the report direct the settlement be

2087
01:33:58,560 --> 01:34:03,920
completed in May. So we're asking to

2088
01:34:01,199 --> 01:34:06,560
reallocate those funds so that we may

2089
01:34:03,920 --> 01:34:10,719
participate in settlement.

2090
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:12,560
Uh and lastly uh for resolution 4 is

2091
01:34:10,719 --> 01:34:14,800
requesting an agreement to engage

2092
01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:16,960
outside counsel to provide legal

2093
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:19,280
services related to the SAG retaining

2094
01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:21,199
project. So prior to Larry Elman's

2095
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:24,320
departure, we recommend that outside

2096
01:34:21,199 --> 01:34:28,080
counsel be retained as on this matter as

2097
01:34:24,320 --> 01:34:29,600
it pertains to not contract contractor

2098
01:34:28,080 --> 01:34:31,360
non-performance

2099
01:34:29,600 --> 01:34:33,840
uh but issues with performance bond and

2100
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:35,520
property access rights as well. So this

2101
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:38,159
resolution is coming before this board

2102
01:34:35,520 --> 01:34:40,880
today in attempt to expedite the process

2103
01:34:38,159 --> 01:34:43,040
so that construction beed prior to the

2104
01:34:40,880 --> 01:34:43,760
start of the season. So that's that's

2105
01:34:43,040 --> 01:34:46,080
all I have.

2106
01:34:43,760 --> 01:34:48,480
» Okay.

2107
01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:50,480
Reading communications

2108
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:53,520
the county auditor's report of real

2109
01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:55,520
property tax corrections for March 2026.

2110
01:34:53,520 --> 01:34:58,080
Commissioner of Jur's annual report for

2111
01:34:55,520 --> 01:34:59,679
2025 letter from the New York State

2112
01:34:58,080 --> 01:35:02,320
Office of Parks, Recreation, and

2113
01:34:59,679 --> 01:35:04,400
Historic Preservation advising points in

2114
01:35:02,320 --> 01:35:06,239
the town of B was listed on the national

2115
01:35:04,400 --> 01:35:09,360
register of working places effective

2116
01:35:06,239 --> 01:35:11,840
March 6th. And we received a card from

2117
01:35:09,360 --> 01:35:13,840
the family service association of Hunts

2118
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:15,600
Falls thanking the board of supervisors

2119
01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:17,679
for SNAP relief funding made available

2120
01:35:15,600 --> 01:35:20,159
to local entries through the regional

2121
01:35:17,679 --> 01:35:22,159
bank of North.

2122
01:35:20,159 --> 01:35:24,560
» Okay. Reading of resolutions.

2123
01:35:22,159 --> 01:35:27,360
Proclamations number 18 through 23,

2124
01:35:24,560 --> 01:35:30,000
resolution numbers 130 through 160 for

2125
01:35:27,360 --> 01:35:31,199
resolution numbers 1-6 were distributed

2126
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:32,639
to the members of the Warren County

2127
01:35:31,199 --> 01:35:35,040
Board of Supervisors and posted to the

2128
01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:37,840
Warren County website on April 13th. The

2129
01:35:35,040 --> 01:35:40,719
proclamations before you are number 18,

2130
01:35:37,840 --> 01:35:43,440
public safety telecommunicators week 19,

2131
01:35:40,719 --> 01:35:46,560
crime victims rights week, 20, donate

2132
01:35:43,440 --> 01:35:49,600
life month, 21, sexual assault awareness

2133
01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:51,600
month, 22 law day, 23 mental health

2134
01:35:49,600 --> 01:35:53,600
awareness month.

2135
01:35:51,600 --> 01:35:55,520
Then a motion is needed to bring floor

2136
01:35:53,600 --> 01:35:58,480
resolution number one.

2137
01:35:55,520 --> 01:36:01,600
» Motion by supervisor. We have second

2138
01:35:58,480 --> 01:36:04,800
floor. Second by supervisor turner for

2139
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:06,800
resolution number one. Any discussion?

2140
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:08,239
All those in favor signify by saying I.

2141
01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:09,679
I.

2142
01:36:08,239 --> 01:36:11,920
» Resolution number one will now be

2143
01:36:09,679 --> 01:36:12,880
resolution 169. Motion to bring floor

2144
01:36:11,920 --> 01:36:17,199
resolution number two.

2145
01:36:12,880 --> 01:36:18,880
» Motion by supervisor on second by

2146
01:36:17,199 --> 01:36:21,520
podio.

2147
01:36:18,880 --> 01:36:23,760
Any discussion?

2148
01:36:21,520 --> 01:36:24,400
All those in favor signify by saying I.

2149
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:26,639
I.

2150
01:36:24,400 --> 01:36:28,960
» I. Resolution number two will now be

2151
01:36:26,639 --> 01:36:31,040
resolution number 170. Motion floor.

2152
01:36:28,960 --> 01:36:34,639
Resolution number three for the floor.

2153
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:37,520
Motion by supervisor.

2154
01:36:34,639 --> 01:36:39,840
Second by supervisor run.

2155
01:36:37,520 --> 01:36:41,199
Any discussion? All those in favor

2156
01:36:39,840 --> 01:36:42,960
signify by saying I.

2157
01:36:41,199 --> 01:36:44,320
» I.

2158
01:36:42,960 --> 01:36:47,040
Resolution number three will now be

2159
01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:48,159
resolution 171. Motion bring resolution

2160
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:51,360
number four to the floor.

2161
01:36:48,159 --> 01:36:53,920
» Motion by supervisor onion. Second by

2162
01:36:51,360 --> 01:36:56,239
any discussion.

2163
01:36:53,920 --> 01:36:58,880
All those in favor signify by saying I.

2164
01:36:56,239 --> 01:37:01,199
I. Resolution number four will now be

2165
01:36:58,880 --> 01:37:03,280
resolution number 172. Motion to bring

2166
01:37:01,199 --> 01:37:05,520
floor resolution number five.

2167
01:37:03,280 --> 01:37:08,000
Supervisor O'Neal, second by Supervisor

2168
01:37:05,520 --> 01:37:10,239
Run. Any discussion?

2169
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:13,199
All those in favor signify by saying I.

2170
01:37:10,239 --> 01:37:15,440
» I. Resolution number five will now be

2171
01:37:13,199 --> 01:37:16,880
resolution number 173. Motion to read

2172
01:37:15,440 --> 01:37:17,679
floor resolution number six to the

2173
01:37:16,880 --> 01:37:20,080
floor.

2174
01:37:17,679 --> 01:37:23,119
» Motion by supervisor Turner. Second by

2175
01:37:20,080 --> 01:37:26,480
Supervisor Rang. Any discussion?

2176
01:37:23,119 --> 01:37:27,920
All those in favor signify saying I.

2177
01:37:26,480 --> 01:37:31,280
» Resolution number six will now be

2178
01:37:27,920 --> 01:37:33,840
resolution 174. Also floor resolution

2179
01:37:31,280 --> 01:37:36,159
number two. Now resolution 170 and floor

2180
01:37:33,840 --> 01:37:39,199
resolution number six. Now resolution

2181
01:37:36,159 --> 01:37:43,280
174 will be roll call.

2182
01:37:39,199 --> 01:37:47,159
» Any other request for roll call votes?

2183
01:37:43,280 --> 01:37:47,159
» Any request for recol

2184
01:37:49,440 --> 01:37:53,080
165 please.

2185
01:37:57,280 --> 01:38:01,480
» I'm sorry. I I I yourself

2186
01:38:01,520 --> 01:38:05,360
from Are you refusing from I thought I

2187
01:38:03,520 --> 01:38:06,639
had a

2188
01:38:05,360 --> 01:38:08,800
141

2189
01:38:06,639 --> 01:38:10,560
» That was the contract authorizing

2190
01:38:08,800 --> 01:38:12,320
agreement with the Adam Civic Center

2191
01:38:10,560 --> 01:38:16,400
told us

2192
01:38:12,320 --> 01:38:21,280
» I just I got that fixed up.

2193
01:38:16,400 --> 01:38:23,679
» 141 is authorizing the contract and

2194
01:38:21,280 --> 01:38:25,679
is authorizing the appropriation of

2195
01:38:23,679 --> 01:38:29,199
reserve.

2196
01:38:25,679 --> 01:38:29,199
» Should I probably do both?

2197
01:38:31,040 --> 01:38:34,840
I think if you were going to

2198
01:38:36,400 --> 01:38:40,639
finish

2199
01:38:37,440 --> 01:38:41,119
» Any discussion on resolutions supervisor

2200
01:38:40,639 --> 01:38:44,000
made

2201
01:38:41,119 --> 01:38:47,040
» Uh thank you Mr. Chairman um resolution

2202
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:49,199
151 uh the uh support services the

2203
01:38:47,040 --> 01:38:53,440
county administrator were replacing

2204
01:38:49,199 --> 01:38:55,840
local laws and adding a new one. So, I'd

2205
01:38:53,440 --> 01:38:59,600
like to know what what do we why do we

2206
01:38:55,840 --> 01:39:02,400
need to replace two uh older local laws?

2207
01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:05,400
What what are the new additions or or

2208
01:39:02,400 --> 01:39:05,400
deletions?

2209
01:39:06,320 --> 01:39:10,159
I might be able to speak to that.

2210
01:39:07,679 --> 01:39:14,000
» Okay. Thank you.

2211
01:39:10,159 --> 01:39:15,760
Local law three of 2010 established the

2212
01:39:14,000 --> 01:39:20,400
position of the county administrator. In

2213
01:39:15,760 --> 01:39:24,239
that uh it listed uh qualifications,

2214
01:39:20,400 --> 01:39:28,880
duties uh and uh functions of the

2215
01:39:24,239 --> 01:39:31,760
position cutting. Uh local law 2 of 2017

2216
01:39:28,880 --> 01:39:35,360
amended that original local law. Amended

2217
01:39:31,760 --> 01:39:37,440
that original local law by uh several of

2218
01:39:35,360 --> 01:39:40,480
those qualifications to functions and

2219
01:39:37,440 --> 01:39:42,639
creating more broader ambiguous

2220
01:39:40,480 --> 01:39:48,239
position. Uh it's our recommendation

2221
01:39:42,639 --> 01:39:52,159
that uh we transition more towards the

2222
01:39:48,239 --> 01:39:56,000
local law 3 of 2010 uh which lists

2223
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:58,080
delineated specific duties, functions

2224
01:39:56,000 --> 01:40:00,560
and powers of the county administrator.

2225
01:39:58,080 --> 01:40:02,400
So, it's our recommendation, and I

2226
01:40:00,560 --> 01:40:08,239
believe Larry Elman spoke about it as

2227
01:40:02,400 --> 01:40:10,880
well, that we amend local law 2017

2228
01:40:08,239 --> 01:40:13,760
um to realign ourselves with the

2229
01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:15,440
original local law from 2010.

2230
01:40:13,760 --> 01:40:18,880
» Thank you. So, we're not adding any

2231
01:40:15,440 --> 01:40:21,199
additional power or just

2232
01:40:18,880 --> 01:40:23,760
going back to 2010. Basically,

2233
01:40:21,199 --> 01:40:25,280
» There are minor clarifications, but for

2234
01:40:23,760 --> 01:40:27,920
the most part, the majority of the

2235
01:40:25,280 --> 01:40:32,400
functions are uh realigning with that

2236
01:40:27,920 --> 01:40:33,840
original 2010 local because while I I

2237
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:36,960
understand the importance of the county

2238
01:40:33,840 --> 01:40:38,880
administrator, uh I really do it is an

2239
01:40:36,960 --> 01:40:41,360
appointed position, it's not an elected

2240
01:40:38,880 --> 01:40:46,239
position. And I always have a little bit

2241
01:40:41,360 --> 01:40:48,320
of a ace on giving so much power to an

2242
01:40:46,239 --> 01:40:50,480
appointed position and not one that's

2243
01:40:48,320 --> 01:40:52,800
not responsible right to directly to the

2244
01:40:50,480 --> 01:40:54,320
people elective. So that's why I have

2245
01:40:52,800 --> 01:40:56,320
concerns all the time and I would

2246
01:40:54,320 --> 01:40:59,280
nothing personal against Mr. Tavl. It's

2247
01:40:56,320 --> 01:41:00,639
just that position in per se. So uh

2248
01:40:59,280 --> 01:41:03,920
you're saying we're go we're rolling

2249
01:41:00,639 --> 01:41:05,840
back to 2010 basically what we had in

2250
01:41:03,920 --> 01:41:07,840
that local law

2251
01:41:05,840 --> 01:41:10,000
» It's without any additional powers. It

2252
01:41:07,840 --> 01:41:11,920
aligns more with New York state law. It

2253
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:14,159
does provide protections uh to the

2254
01:41:11,920 --> 01:41:15,840
county as well and and having delineated

2255
01:41:14,159 --> 01:41:18,960
powers, duties and functions of the

2256
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:22,239
position. Correct.

2257
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:24,480
Okay. Okay. Thank you. And and I do have

2258
01:41:22,239 --> 01:41:27,600
a diff another resolution too if I may.

2259
01:41:24,480 --> 01:41:31,119
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um

2260
01:41:27,600 --> 01:41:32,880
157 which is uh

2261
01:41:31,119 --> 01:41:34,719
uh amending the table of organization

2262
01:41:32,880 --> 01:41:37,119
war county salary and compensation plan

2263
01:41:34,719 --> 01:41:39,440
for 2026. We're deleting a couple but

2264
01:41:37,119 --> 01:41:41,040
one position. We're increasing a salary

2265
01:41:39,440 --> 01:41:47,280
within the county attorney's office. So

2266
01:41:41,040 --> 01:41:50,080
my question was and is uh uh

2267
01:41:47,280 --> 01:41:52,400
looking at the uh supporting uh

2268
01:41:50,080 --> 01:41:57,280
documentation we're going to increase

2269
01:41:52,400 --> 01:42:00,400
the uh base annual salary of the

2270
01:41:57,280 --> 01:42:02,560
property and county risk manager uh

2271
01:42:00,400 --> 01:42:05,119
14.4%.

2272
01:42:02,560 --> 01:42:08,400
Now, why would we be doing that during

2273
01:42:05,119 --> 01:42:09,920
the year? I uh can somebody give me some

2274
01:42:08,400 --> 01:42:12,080
input on that?

2275
01:42:09,920 --> 01:42:13,679
» Yes, I I believe it was an error at

2276
01:42:12,080 --> 01:42:16,080
budget time, but I'll

2277
01:42:13,679 --> 01:42:18,159
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. That that was kind

2278
01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:22,159
of an error. It was primarily on my part

2279
01:42:18,159 --> 01:42:25,840
at budget time. Uh the person were we're

2280
01:42:22,159 --> 01:42:28,000
talking about works 30 hours a week and

2281
01:42:25,840 --> 01:42:30,639
I calculated

2282
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:33,440
uh incorrectly. this the request that

2283
01:42:30,639 --> 01:42:37,760
came from the county attorney at the

2284
01:42:33,440 --> 01:42:41,760
time and I calculated it based on an

2285
01:42:37,760 --> 01:42:45,679
already calculated 30hour a week

2286
01:42:41,760 --> 01:42:48,560
um salary and when you applied that at a

2287
01:42:45,679 --> 01:42:50,719
40hour a week salary it reduced the

2288
01:42:48,560 --> 01:42:52,800
salary even further to almost what the

2289
01:42:50,719 --> 01:42:55,360
person just about what the person was

2290
01:42:52,800 --> 01:42:58,880
making previously. So, just trying to

2291
01:42:55,360 --> 01:43:01,040
correct that error. That's all.

2292
01:42:58,880 --> 01:43:05,800
And trying to figure out what you just

2293
01:43:01,040 --> 01:43:05,800
said. So, uh,

2294
01:43:06,080 --> 01:43:10,840
we we knew we were going to pay 58,381.

2295
01:43:11,600 --> 01:43:17,280
Did Larry Elman in his budget say he was

2296
01:43:14,639 --> 01:43:20,639
proposing 66,86?

2297
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:24,639
» No. Uh, in his in his request, he

2298
01:43:20,639 --> 01:43:30,080
requested a salary of $90,000.

2299
01:43:24,639 --> 01:43:32,239
uh and that would be prorated down to 30

2300
01:43:30,080 --> 01:43:37,040
hours a week and that's the amount that

2301
01:43:32,239 --> 01:43:39,520
you see on this. So what happened when I

2302
01:43:37,040 --> 01:43:42,320
entered it on my spreadsheet as we were

2303
01:43:39,520 --> 01:43:46,639
going through the salary issue, I took

2304
01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:48,159
the already prorated salary down I

2305
01:43:46,639 --> 01:43:51,360
believe and entered that in the

2306
01:43:48,159 --> 01:43:54,560
spreadsheet and it caused it to prorrate

2307
01:43:51,360 --> 01:43:58,719
down to 30 hours because whenever I put

2308
01:43:54,560 --> 01:44:00,800
a salary in it's at 40 hours. So

2309
01:43:58,719 --> 01:44:02,480
» Is there any way uh I'll ask this to the

2310
01:44:00,800 --> 01:44:05,119
budget officer. Can we wait till the

2311
01:44:02,480 --> 01:44:07,040
budget round to to make that increase or

2312
01:44:05,119 --> 01:44:10,679
are you recommending that we do the

2313
01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:10,679
increase right now?

2314
01:44:11,040 --> 01:44:15,040
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. Are no the funds

2315
01:44:12,960 --> 01:44:16,560
are available in the county attorney's

2316
01:44:15,040 --> 01:44:20,239
budget. So that we're not asking for

2317
01:44:16,560 --> 01:44:21,760
additional funds for this.

2318
01:44:20,239 --> 01:44:23,920
» I'd reiterate that. I mean, it was

2319
01:44:21,760 --> 01:44:26,320
planned to be at what it's now prepared

2320
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:28,719
to be at and it was a clerical error.

2321
01:44:26,320 --> 01:44:30,400
Um, and in fairness, Chief, the

2322
01:44:28,719 --> 01:44:32,480
employee, I supported it. It was

2323
01:44:30,400 --> 01:44:34,639
unanimously supported. It's budgeted for

2324
01:44:32,480 --> 01:44:36,239
this year. I saw it as clear.

2325
01:44:34,639 --> 01:44:38,560
» All right. So, it was budgeted already

2326
01:44:36,239 --> 01:44:41,679
in this current budget. So, it's not

2327
01:44:38,560 --> 01:44:43,440
additional dollars. Okay. I can live

2328
01:44:41,679 --> 01:44:47,800
with that.

2329
01:44:43,440 --> 01:44:47,800
» Any other discussion on resolutions?

2330
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:58,560
» Resolution 130 making supplemental

2331
01:44:57,040 --> 01:45:00,320
appropriations.

2332
01:44:58,560 --> 01:45:01,520
Mr. Goodspe. Yes,

2333
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:02,480
» Mr. Cedo.

2334
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:03,280
» Yes,

2335
01:45:02,480 --> 01:45:03,760
» Mr. Strath.

2336
01:45:03,280 --> 01:45:04,400
» Yes,

2337
01:45:03,760 --> 01:45:04,880
» Mr. Wy.

2338
01:45:04,400 --> 01:45:05,600
» Yes,

2339
01:45:04,880 --> 01:45:06,239
» Mr.

2340
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:07,040
» Yes,

2341
01:45:06,239 --> 01:45:07,520
» Mr. Strainer.

2342
01:45:07,040 --> 01:45:08,320
» Yes,

2343
01:45:07,520 --> 01:45:08,719
» Mr. Batty.

2344
01:45:08,320 --> 01:45:09,600
» Yes,

2345
01:45:08,719 --> 01:45:09,920
» Mr. O'Neal.

2346
01:45:09,600 --> 01:45:10,719
» Yes,

2347
01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:11,040
» Mr. Ryan.

2348
01:45:10,719 --> 01:45:12,000
» Yes,

2349
01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:12,320
» Mr. Connelly.

2350
01:45:12,000 --> 01:45:13,119
» Yes,

2351
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:13,440
» Mr. Mik.

2352
01:45:13,119 --> 01:45:14,239
» Yes,

2353
01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:15,360
» Mr. Diamond.

2354
01:45:14,239 --> 01:45:15,679
» Yes,

2355
01:45:15,360 --> 01:45:16,400
» Yes,

2356
01:45:15,679 --> 01:45:16,800
» Mr. Turner.

2357
01:45:16,400 --> 01:45:17,840
» Yes,

2358
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:18,239
» Mr. Bruno.

2359
01:45:17,840 --> 01:45:19,119
» Yes,

2360
01:45:18,239 --> 01:45:21,760
» Mr. Driscoll.

2361
01:45:19,119 --> 01:45:22,800
» Yes.

2362
01:45:21,760 --> 01:45:23,199
» Mr. Butler,

2363
01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:24,159
» Yes.

2364
01:45:23,199 --> 01:45:24,560
» Chairman Gary,

2365
01:45:24,159 --> 01:45:27,040
» Yes.

2366
01:45:24,560 --> 01:45:29,920
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2367
01:45:27,040 --> 01:45:31,840
favor. Resolution 131 amending Warren

2368
01:45:29,920 --> 01:45:33,840
County budget for 2026 for various

2369
01:45:31,840 --> 01:45:34,800
departments within Warren County.

2370
01:45:33,840 --> 01:45:35,199
» Mr. Goodbye.

2371
01:45:34,800 --> 01:45:36,320
» Yes.

2372
01:45:35,199 --> 01:45:36,960
» Mr. Cassido.

2373
01:45:36,320 --> 01:45:37,840
» Yes.

2374
01:45:36,960 --> 01:45:38,239
» Mr. Stra.

2375
01:45:37,840 --> 01:45:38,960
» Yes.

2376
01:45:38,239 --> 01:45:39,440
» Mr. Ry.

2377
01:45:38,960 --> 01:45:40,320
» Yes.

2378
01:45:39,440 --> 01:45:40,719
» Mr. Eus.

2379
01:45:40,320 --> 01:45:41,520
» Yes.

2380
01:45:40,719 --> 01:45:41,920
» Mr. Strainer.

2381
01:45:41,520 --> 01:45:43,520
» Yes.

2382
01:45:41,920 --> 01:45:45,840
» Mr. Batty.

2383
01:45:43,520 --> 01:45:46,719
» Could I ask a question, Mr. Chairman, on

2384
01:45:45,840 --> 01:45:48,560
this?

2385
01:45:46,719 --> 01:45:51,840
» Uh,

2386
01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:53,119
it's we're amending the budget 2026 for

2387
01:45:51,840 --> 01:45:56,159
these different departments and

2388
01:45:53,119 --> 01:45:57,679
different areas. So they were not these

2389
01:45:56,159 --> 01:45:59,920
are all additional dollars they're

2390
01:45:57,679 --> 01:46:03,199
putting now coming out of general fund

2391
01:45:59,920 --> 01:46:06,880
summer know these are summer grants that

2392
01:46:03,199 --> 01:46:08,639
we received some grant funding I believe

2393
01:46:06,880 --> 01:46:10,400
um

2394
01:46:08,639 --> 01:46:13,119
I thought some grant

2395
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:15,520
» There is grant funding here so anytime

2396
01:46:13,119 --> 01:46:17,440
we take money from the general fund it's

2397
01:46:15,520 --> 01:46:19,440
on a separate resolution these budget

2398
01:46:17,440 --> 01:46:21,119
amendments are all new money coming in

2399
01:46:19,440 --> 01:46:22,400
» So these are all already funded through

2400
01:46:21,119 --> 01:46:24,080
grant money

2401
01:46:22,400 --> 01:46:25,920
» Not everyone is granted

2402
01:46:24,080 --> 01:46:27,520
The majority are grants. Like if you

2403
01:46:25,920 --> 01:46:29,520
look for department of assoc of

2404
01:46:27,520 --> 01:46:31,040
emergency services, that's all new grant

2405
01:46:29,520 --> 01:46:33,760
money coming in.

2406
01:46:31,040 --> 01:46:37,920
» Um the sheriff's office is adjusting for

2407
01:46:33,760 --> 01:46:40,159
an amount um for their SRO contract with

2408
01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:41,760
the town with

2409
01:46:40,159 --> 01:46:43,920
parks and wreck. They have more money

2410
01:46:41,760 --> 01:46:45,679
coming in from a donation.

2411
01:46:43,920 --> 01:46:47,679
» They're just putting it in their the

2412
01:46:45,679 --> 01:46:49,119
money's coming in as a $500 donation.

2413
01:46:47,679 --> 01:46:51,679
They're putting it in their advertising

2414
01:46:49,119 --> 01:46:53,199
fees. So this is mostly new money that's

2415
01:46:51,679 --> 01:46:55,119
coming in. If we were taking money from

2416
01:46:53,199 --> 01:46:56,639
the general fund to these, it would be a

2417
01:46:55,119 --> 01:46:58,159
separate resolution and it would say was

2418
01:46:56,639 --> 01:46:59,440
appropriating from the general fund.

2419
01:46:58,159 --> 01:46:59,679
It's very clear where that money comes

2420
01:46:59,440 --> 01:47:01,280
from.

2421
01:46:59,679 --> 01:47:02,000
» So we have the funding from mostly the

2422
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:05,199
grants. Okay.

2423
01:47:02,000 --> 01:47:08,560
» Mostly grants, insurance recoveries.

2424
01:47:05,199 --> 01:47:11,119
» Okay. I contracts with

2425
01:47:08,560 --> 01:47:12,320
» My votes. Yes.

2426
01:47:11,119 --> 01:47:12,800
» Mr. O'Neal.

2427
01:47:12,320 --> 01:47:13,520
» Yes.

2428
01:47:12,800 --> 01:47:14,000
» Miss Ry.

2429
01:47:13,520 --> 01:47:14,960
» Yes.

2430
01:47:14,000 --> 01:47:15,679
» Mr. Con?

2431
01:47:14,960 --> 01:47:16,560
» Yes.

2432
01:47:15,679 --> 01:47:16,880
» Mr. Mayday.

2433
01:47:16,560 --> 01:47:17,760
» Yes.

2434
01:47:16,880 --> 01:47:18,960
» Mr. Diamond.

2435
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:20,080
» Yes.

2436
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:20,480
» Yes. Mr. Turner.

2437
01:47:20,080 --> 01:47:22,320
» Yes.

2438
01:47:20,480 --> 01:47:23,119
» Mr. Bruno. Yes,

2439
01:47:22,320 --> 01:47:24,159
» Mr. Driscoll.

2440
01:47:23,119 --> 01:47:25,119
» Yes,

2441
01:47:24,159 --> 01:47:25,520
» Mr. Ba.

2442
01:47:25,119 --> 01:47:26,239
» Yes,

2443
01:47:25,520 --> 01:47:26,560
» Chairman Gary.

2444
01:47:26,239 --> 01:47:29,199
» Yes.

2445
01:47:26,560 --> 01:47:30,239
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2446
01:47:29,199 --> 01:47:32,880
favor.

2447
01:47:30,239 --> 01:47:36,000
» Resolution 141 authorizing agreement

2448
01:47:32,880 --> 01:47:38,560
with the aderond civic center

2449
01:47:36,000 --> 01:47:40,960
promotion and prevention development

2450
01:47:38,560 --> 01:47:43,840
services. I'm noting that Mr. Driscoll

2451
01:47:40,960 --> 01:47:45,119
is leaving the room as he intends to

2452
01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:45,760
Mr. Goodbye.

2453
01:47:45,119 --> 01:47:47,199
» Yes.

2454
01:47:45,760 --> 01:47:48,080
» Mr. Garc,

2455
01:47:47,199 --> 01:47:48,960
» Yes.

2456
01:47:48,080 --> 01:47:49,600
» Mr. Stra,

2457
01:47:48,960 --> 01:47:51,119
» Yes.

2458
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:52,480
» Mr. Yes,

2459
01:47:51,119 --> 01:47:53,679
» Mr. E2.

2460
01:47:52,480 --> 01:47:54,960
» No,

2461
01:47:53,679 --> 01:47:55,600
» Mr. Strainer.

2462
01:47:54,960 --> 01:47:58,920
» Yes,

2463
01:47:55,600 --> 01:47:58,920
» Mr. Batty.

2464
01:47:59,280 --> 01:48:03,520
» Uh,

2465
01:48:00,800 --> 01:48:06,800
is this for the uh uh funding of

2466
01:48:03,520 --> 01:48:08,400
contract for the refrigeration?

2467
01:48:06,800 --> 01:48:10,480
» Yes.

2468
01:48:08,400 --> 01:48:12,719
» Uh, yes,

2469
01:48:10,480 --> 01:48:13,440
» Mr. O'Neal.

2470
01:48:12,719 --> 01:48:15,040
» Yes,

2471
01:48:13,440 --> 01:48:16,080
» Mr.

2472
01:48:15,040 --> 01:48:16,880
Mr. Conover.

2473
01:48:16,080 --> 01:48:17,840
» Yes,

2474
01:48:16,880 --> 01:48:18,639
» Mr. Mayday.

2475
01:48:17,840 --> 01:48:20,080
» Yes,

2476
01:48:18,639 --> 01:48:21,040
» Mr. Diamond. Yes,

2477
01:48:20,080 --> 01:48:21,440
» Miss Gilligan.

2478
01:48:21,040 --> 01:48:22,239
» Yes,

2479
01:48:21,440 --> 01:48:24,159
» Miss Turner.

2480
01:48:22,239 --> 01:48:26,000
» Yes, Mr. Bruno.

2481
01:48:24,159 --> 01:48:26,880
» Yes,

2482
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:27,440
» Mr. B.

2483
01:48:26,880 --> 01:48:28,320
» Yes,

2484
01:48:27,440 --> 01:48:28,719
» Chairman Gary.

2485
01:48:28,320 --> 01:48:31,040
» Yes.

2486
01:48:28,719 --> 01:48:34,639
» Resolution passes with 811 votes in

2487
01:48:31,040 --> 01:48:37,119
favor. Resolution 157 amending table of

2488
01:48:34,639 --> 01:48:40,320
organization county salary compensation

2489
01:48:37,119 --> 01:48:41,840
plan for 2026 decree defeat positions

2490
01:48:40,320 --> 01:48:43,520
within the planning and community

2491
01:48:41,840 --> 01:48:46,239
development department and increase

2492
01:48:43,520 --> 01:48:47,360
salary in the county attorney's office.

2493
01:48:46,239 --> 01:48:48,000
Mr. Goodbye.

2494
01:48:47,360 --> 01:48:49,199
» Yes.

2495
01:48:48,000 --> 01:48:49,760
» Mr.

2496
01:48:49,199 --> 01:48:50,560
Yes.

2497
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:51,040
» Mr. Stra.

2498
01:48:50,560 --> 01:48:51,760
» Yes.

2499
01:48:51,040 --> 01:48:52,159
» Mr. Wild.

2500
01:48:51,760 --> 01:48:52,880
» Yes.

2501
01:48:52,159 --> 01:48:53,360
» Mr. Eel.

2502
01:48:52,880 --> 01:48:54,159
» Yes.

2503
01:48:53,360 --> 01:48:54,639
» Mr. Strainer.

2504
01:48:54,159 --> 01:48:56,000
» Yes.

2505
01:48:54,639 --> 01:48:57,040
» Mr. Batty.

2506
01:48:56,000 --> 01:48:58,480
» Uh, yes.

2507
01:48:57,040 --> 01:48:58,880
» Mr. O'Neal.

2508
01:48:58,480 --> 01:48:59,679
» Yes.

2509
01:48:58,880 --> 01:49:00,239
» Mr.

2510
01:48:59,679 --> 01:49:01,119
» Yes.

2511
01:49:00,239 --> 01:49:01,679
» Mr. Conover.

2512
01:49:01,119 --> 01:49:02,639
» Yes.

2513
01:49:01,679 --> 01:49:03,040
» Mr. Mayday.

2514
01:49:02,639 --> 01:49:04,000
» Yes.

2515
01:49:03,040 --> 01:49:04,400
» Mr. D.

2516
01:49:04,000 --> 01:49:05,199
» Yes.

2517
01:49:04,400 --> 01:49:06,480
» Miss Gilligan.

2518
01:49:05,199 --> 01:49:06,880
» Yes. Turner.

2519
01:49:06,480 --> 01:49:08,239
» Yes.

2520
01:49:06,880 --> 01:49:08,719
» Mr. Bruno.

2521
01:49:08,239 --> 01:49:09,600
» Yes.

2522
01:49:08,719 --> 01:49:10,480
» Mr. Driscoll.

2523
01:49:09,600 --> 01:49:11,360
» Yes.

2524
01:49:10,480 --> 01:49:11,760
» Mr. Ba.

2525
01:49:11,360 --> 01:49:12,560
» Yes.

2526
01:49:11,760 --> 01:49:12,880
» Chairman.

2527
01:49:12,560 --> 01:49:15,360
» Yes.

2528
01:49:12,880 --> 01:49:18,800
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2529
01:49:15,360 --> 01:49:20,560
favor. Resolution 161. Authorizing the

2530
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:22,560
reappropriation of excess general

2531
01:49:20,560 --> 01:49:24,159
liability insurance funding from various

2532
01:49:22,560 --> 01:49:27,040
department codes and amending the Warren

2533
01:49:24,159 --> 01:49:27,440
County budget for 2026. Mr. Goodsby

2534
01:49:27,040 --> 01:49:28,480
» Yes.

2535
01:49:27,440 --> 01:49:28,960
» Mr. Dto.

2536
01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:29,679
» Yes.

2537
01:49:28,960 --> 01:49:30,080
» Mr. Stra.

2538
01:49:29,679 --> 01:49:30,800
» Yes.

2539
01:49:30,080 --> 01:49:31,040
» Mr. Ry.

2540
01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:31,840
» Yes.

2541
01:49:31,040 --> 01:49:32,159
» Mr. Eu.

2542
01:49:31,840 --> 01:49:32,880
» Yes.

2543
01:49:32,159 --> 01:49:33,199
» Mr. Strainer.

2544
01:49:32,880 --> 01:49:33,920
» Yes.

2545
01:49:33,199 --> 01:49:34,239
» Mr. Batty.

2546
01:49:33,920 --> 01:49:35,199
» Yes.

2547
01:49:34,239 --> 01:49:35,520
» Mr. O'Neal.

2548
01:49:35,199 --> 01:49:36,320
» Yes.

2549
01:49:35,520 --> 01:49:36,639
» Miss Rian.

2550
01:49:36,320 --> 01:49:37,520
» Yes.

2551
01:49:36,639 --> 01:49:37,760
» Mr. Conover.

2552
01:49:37,520 --> 01:49:38,639
» Yes.

2553
01:49:37,760 --> 01:49:38,960
» Mr. Mayday.

2554
01:49:38,639 --> 01:49:39,760
» Yes.

2555
01:49:38,960 --> 01:49:40,560
» Mr. Dy.

2556
01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:41,360
» Yes.

2557
01:49:40,560 --> 01:49:41,600
» Miss Gilligan.

2558
01:49:41,360 --> 01:49:42,320
» Yes.

2559
01:49:41,600 --> 01:49:42,719
» Mr. Turner.

2560
01:49:42,320 --> 01:49:43,840
» Yes.

2561
01:49:42,719 --> 01:49:44,320
» Mr. Bruno.

2562
01:49:43,840 --> 01:49:45,199
» Yes.

2563
01:49:44,320 --> 01:49:46,159
» Mr. Driscoll.

2564
01:49:45,199 --> 01:49:47,520
» Yes.

2565
01:49:46,159 --> 01:49:48,320
» Mr. Butler. Yes.

2566
01:49:47,520 --> 01:49:48,719
» Chairman Garrett.

2567
01:49:48,320 --> 01:49:51,119
» Yes.

2568
01:49:48,719 --> 01:49:53,840
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2569
01:49:51,119 --> 01:49:56,719
favor. Resolution 162, increasing

2570
01:49:53,840 --> 01:49:58,560
capital project number H376, Hudson

2571
01:49:56,719 --> 01:49:59,679
Street over Mil Creek Bridge

2572
01:49:58,560 --> 01:50:00,719
replacement.

2573
01:49:59,679 --> 01:50:01,119
» Mr. Goodbye.

2574
01:50:00,719 --> 01:50:02,320
» Yes.

2575
01:50:01,119 --> 01:50:02,800
» Mr. Cedo.

2576
01:50:02,320 --> 01:50:03,600
» Yes.

2577
01:50:02,800 --> 01:50:03,920
» Mr. Stra.

2578
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:04,639
» Yes.

2579
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:05,119
» Mr. Wy.

2580
01:50:04,639 --> 01:50:05,840
» Yes.

2581
01:50:05,119 --> 01:50:06,159
» Mr. Eu.

2582
01:50:05,840 --> 01:50:06,880
» Yes.

2583
01:50:06,159 --> 01:50:07,360
» Mr. Strain.

2584
01:50:06,880 --> 01:50:08,159
» Yes.

2585
01:50:07,360 --> 01:50:08,400
» Mr. Batty.

2586
01:50:08,159 --> 01:50:09,280
» Yes.

2587
01:50:08,400 --> 01:50:09,840
» Mr. O'Neal.

2588
01:50:09,280 --> 01:50:10,560
» Yes.

2589
01:50:09,840 --> 01:50:10,880
» Miss Ryan.

2590
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:11,760
» Yes.

2591
01:50:10,880 --> 01:50:12,080
» Mr. Conover.

2592
01:50:11,760 --> 01:50:12,960
» Yes.

2593
01:50:12,080 --> 01:50:13,280
» Mr. Mayday.

2594
01:50:12,960 --> 01:50:14,080
» Yes.

2595
01:50:13,280 --> 01:50:14,639
» Mr. Diamond.

2596
01:50:14,080 --> 01:50:15,199
» Yes.

2597
01:50:14,639 --> 01:50:15,760
» Gilligan.

2598
01:50:15,199 --> 01:50:17,679
» Yes.

2599
01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:18,159
» Sterner. Yes, Mr. Bruno.

2600
01:50:17,679 --> 01:50:19,040
» Yes,

2601
01:50:18,159 --> 01:50:19,679
» Mr. Driscoll.

2602
01:50:19,040 --> 01:50:20,480
» Yes,

2603
01:50:19,679 --> 01:50:20,800
» Mr. Bus.

2604
01:50:20,480 --> 01:50:21,600
» Yes,

2605
01:50:20,800 --> 01:50:21,920
» Chairman Gary.

2606
01:50:21,600 --> 01:50:24,400
» Yes.

2607
01:50:21,920 --> 01:50:27,440
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2608
01:50:24,400 --> 01:50:30,639
favor. Resolution 163 increase capital

2609
01:50:27,440 --> 01:50:33,520
project number 428 Bay Road over on

2610
01:50:30,639 --> 01:50:34,480
water course south of Lockart Mountain.

2611
01:50:33,520 --> 01:50:34,880
» Mr. Goodbye.

2612
01:50:34,480 --> 01:50:35,920
» Yes.

2613
01:50:34,880 --> 01:50:36,320
» Mr.

2614
01:50:35,920 --> 01:50:37,199
» Yes.

2615
01:50:36,320 --> 01:50:37,600
» Mr. Stra.

2616
01:50:37,199 --> 01:50:38,239
» Yes.

2617
01:50:37,600 --> 01:50:38,639
» Mr. Wild.

2618
01:50:38,239 --> 01:50:39,360
» Yes.

2619
01:50:38,639 --> 01:50:39,600
» Mr. Eel.

2620
01:50:39,360 --> 01:50:40,400
» Yes.

2621
01:50:39,600 --> 01:50:40,800
» Mr. Shraer.

2622
01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:41,679
» Yes.

2623
01:50:40,800 --> 01:50:42,000
» Mr. Batty.

2624
01:50:41,679 --> 01:50:42,880
» Yes.

2625
01:50:42,000 --> 01:50:43,199
» Mr. O'Neal.

2626
01:50:42,880 --> 01:50:44,000
» Yes.

2627
01:50:43,199 --> 01:50:44,480
» Miss Bren.

2628
01:50:44,000 --> 01:50:45,360
» Yes.

2629
01:50:44,480 --> 01:50:46,480
» Mr. Conover.

2630
01:50:45,360 --> 01:50:46,800
» Yes. Mr. Mayday,

2631
01:50:46,480 --> 01:50:47,600
» Yes.

2632
01:50:46,800 --> 01:50:47,920
» Mr. Diamond,

2633
01:50:47,600 --> 01:50:48,800
» Yes.

2634
01:50:47,920 --> 01:50:49,119
» Miss Gilligan,

2635
01:50:48,800 --> 01:50:49,760
» Yes.

2636
01:50:49,119 --> 01:50:50,159
» Miss Turner,

2637
01:50:49,760 --> 01:50:51,360
» Yes.

2638
01:50:50,159 --> 01:50:51,760
» Mr. Bruno,

2639
01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:52,639
» Yes.

2640
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:53,360
» Mr. Driscoll,

2641
01:50:52,639 --> 01:50:54,159
» Yes.

2642
01:50:53,360 --> 01:50:54,639
» Mr. Butler,

2643
01:50:54,159 --> 01:50:55,360
» Yes.

2644
01:50:54,639 --> 01:50:55,679
» Chairman Gary,

2645
01:50:55,360 --> 01:50:58,159
» Yes.

2646
01:50:55,679 --> 01:51:00,639
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2647
01:50:58,159 --> 01:51:03,440
favor. Resolution 164, increasing

2648
01:51:00,639 --> 01:51:04,800
capital project number eight48th Avenue

2649
01:51:03,440 --> 01:51:05,760
reconstruction.

2650
01:51:04,800 --> 01:51:06,080
» Mr. Goodbye.

2651
01:51:05,760 --> 01:51:07,040
» Yes.

2652
01:51:06,080 --> 01:51:07,440
» Mr. Garc,

2653
01:51:07,040 --> 01:51:08,320
» Yes.

2654
01:51:07,440 --> 01:51:08,560
» Mr. Stra,

2655
01:51:08,320 --> 01:51:09,280
» Yes.

2656
01:51:08,560 --> 01:51:09,679
» Mr. Wy,

2657
01:51:09,280 --> 01:51:10,400
» Yes.

2658
01:51:09,679 --> 01:51:10,639
» Mr. Au,

2659
01:51:10,400 --> 01:51:11,360
» Yes.

2660
01:51:10,639 --> 01:51:11,679
» Mr. Strainer,

2661
01:51:11,360 --> 01:51:12,480
» Yes.

2662
01:51:11,679 --> 01:51:12,800
» Mr. Batty,

2663
01:51:12,480 --> 01:51:13,679
» Yes.

2664
01:51:12,800 --> 01:51:14,080
» Mr. O'Neal,

2665
01:51:13,679 --> 01:51:14,800
» Yes.

2666
01:51:14,080 --> 01:51:15,920
» Mr. Run,

2667
01:51:14,800 --> 01:51:16,239
» Yes. Mr. Conover,

2668
01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:17,119
» Yes.

2669
01:51:16,239 --> 01:51:17,520
» Mr. Mayday,

2670
01:51:17,119 --> 01:51:18,320
» Yes.

2671
01:51:17,520 --> 01:51:18,800
» Mr. Diamond,

2672
01:51:18,320 --> 01:51:19,760
» Yes.

2673
01:51:18,800 --> 01:51:20,000
» Miss Gilligan,

2674
01:51:19,760 --> 01:51:20,800
» Yes.

2675
01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:21,199
» Mr. Turner,

2676
01:51:20,800 --> 01:51:22,320
» Yes.

2677
01:51:21,199 --> 01:51:22,639
» Mr. Bruno,

2678
01:51:22,320 --> 01:51:23,520
» Yes.

2679
01:51:22,639 --> 01:51:24,320
» Mr. Driscoll,

2680
01:51:23,520 --> 01:51:25,199
» Yes.

2681
01:51:24,320 --> 01:51:25,520
» Mr. Butler,

2682
01:51:25,199 --> 01:51:26,320
» Yes.

2683
01:51:25,520 --> 01:51:26,719
» Chairman Gary,

2684
01:51:26,320 --> 01:51:29,840
» Yes.

2685
01:51:26,719 --> 01:51:32,560
» Resolution passes with 945 in favor.

2686
01:51:29,840 --> 01:51:35,119
Resolution 165 authorizing appropriation

2687
01:51:32,560 --> 01:51:37,520
of funds from the act tax reserve for

2688
01:51:35,119 --> 01:51:39,679
the tourism budget to cover the cost of

2689
01:51:37,520 --> 01:51:41,599
funding to assist in the design phase to

2690
01:51:39,679 --> 01:51:44,480
replace the ice probe chiller plant and

2691
01:51:41,599 --> 01:51:46,159
machine room of the Harding Mazi Arena.

2692
01:51:44,480 --> 01:51:48,159
And for the record, Mr. Driscoll has

2693
01:51:46,159 --> 01:51:49,599
receded and left the room.

2694
01:51:48,159 --> 01:51:50,000
» Mr. Goodbye.

2695
01:51:49,599 --> 01:51:51,520
» Yes.

2696
01:51:50,000 --> 01:51:52,320
» Mr. Casso,

2697
01:51:51,520 --> 01:51:53,119
» Yes.

2698
01:51:52,320 --> 01:51:53,840
» Mr. Stout,

2699
01:51:53,119 --> 01:51:54,560
» Yes.

2700
01:51:53,840 --> 01:51:55,199
» Mr. Ry,

2701
01:51:54,560 --> 01:51:56,000
» Yes.

2702
01:51:55,199 --> 01:51:56,960
» Mr. E2,

2703
01:51:56,000 --> 01:51:58,239
» No.

2704
01:51:56,960 --> 01:51:58,719
» Mr. Strainer,

2705
01:51:58,239 --> 01:51:59,520
» Yes.

2706
01:51:58,719 --> 01:52:00,000
» Mr.

2707
01:51:59,520 --> 01:52:01,040
Yes,

2708
01:52:00,000 --> 01:52:01,599
» Mr. O'Neal.

2709
01:52:01,040 --> 01:52:02,320
» Yes,

2710
01:52:01,599 --> 01:52:02,719
» Miss Ren.

2711
01:52:02,320 --> 01:52:04,480
» Yes,

2712
01:52:02,719 --> 01:52:05,040
» Mr. Conover.

2713
01:52:04,480 --> 01:52:05,920
» Yes,

2714
01:52:05,040 --> 01:52:06,320
» Mr. Mayday.

2715
01:52:05,920 --> 01:52:07,199
» Yes,

2716
01:52:06,320 --> 01:52:07,840
» Mr. Diamond.

2717
01:52:07,199 --> 01:52:08,560
» Yes.

2718
01:52:07,840 --> 01:52:08,960
» Skeleigan.

2719
01:52:08,560 --> 01:52:09,840
» Yes.

2720
01:52:08,960 --> 01:52:10,320
» Mr. Turner,

2721
01:52:09,840 --> 01:52:11,679
» Yes.

2722
01:52:10,320 --> 01:52:13,760
» Mr. Bruno,

2723
01:52:11,679 --> 01:52:14,719
» Yes.

2724
01:52:13,760 --> 01:52:15,119
» Mr. Butler,

2725
01:52:14,719 --> 01:52:16,080
» Yes.

2726
01:52:15,119 --> 01:52:16,480
» Mr. Chairman Gary,

2727
01:52:16,080 --> 01:52:18,800
» Yes.

2728
01:52:16,480 --> 01:52:20,480
» Resolution passes with 811 votes in

2729
01:52:18,800 --> 01:52:23,199
favor.

2730
01:52:20,480 --> 01:52:25,199
» Resolution 166 authorizing appropriation

2731
01:52:23,199 --> 01:52:27,119
of funds from deferred revenue Gas Light

2732
01:52:25,199 --> 01:52:28,560
Village Parkway.

2733
01:52:27,119 --> 01:52:29,599
» Mr. Goodbye. Yes,

2734
01:52:28,560 --> 01:52:30,000
» Mr.

2735
01:52:29,599 --> 01:52:30,800
» Yes,

2736
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:31,119
» Mr. Stra.

2737
01:52:30,800 --> 01:52:31,760
» Yes,

2738
01:52:31,119 --> 01:52:32,080
» Mr. Wild.

2739
01:52:31,760 --> 01:52:32,880
» Yes,

2740
01:52:32,080 --> 01:52:33,119
» Mr. Eu.

2741
01:52:32,880 --> 01:52:33,920
» Yes,

2742
01:52:33,119 --> 01:52:34,239
» Mr. Strainer.

2743
01:52:33,920 --> 01:52:35,119
» Yes,

2744
01:52:34,239 --> 01:52:35,520
» Mr. Batty.

2745
01:52:35,119 --> 01:52:36,560
» Yes,

2746
01:52:35,520 --> 01:52:36,880
» Mr. O'Neal.

2747
01:52:36,560 --> 01:52:37,760
» Yes,

2748
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:38,080
» Mr. R.

2749
01:52:37,760 --> 01:52:39,280
» Yes,

2750
01:52:38,080 --> 01:52:39,679
» Mr. Conover.

2751
01:52:39,280 --> 01:52:40,480
» Yes,

2752
01:52:39,679 --> 01:52:40,880
» Mr. B.

2753
01:52:40,480 --> 01:52:41,679
» Yes,

2754
01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:42,880
» Mr. Diamond.

2755
01:52:41,679 --> 01:52:44,000
» Yes,

2756
01:52:42,880 --> 01:52:44,320
» Yes, Mr. Turner.

2757
01:52:44,000 --> 01:52:45,440
» Yes.

2758
01:52:44,320 --> 01:52:46,000
» Mr. Bruno,

2759
01:52:45,440 --> 01:52:46,800
» Yes.

2760
01:52:46,000 --> 01:52:47,360
» Mr. Driscoll,

2761
01:52:46,800 --> 01:52:48,239
» Yes.

2762
01:52:47,360 --> 01:52:48,639
» Mr. Butler,

2763
01:52:48,239 --> 01:52:49,520
» Yes.

2764
01:52:48,639 --> 01:52:50,000
» Chairman Gary,

2765
01:52:49,520 --> 01:52:52,560
» Yes.

2766
01:52:50,000 --> 01:52:55,840
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2767
01:52:52,560 --> 01:52:58,400
favor. And

2768
01:52:55,840 --> 01:53:02,400
uh this is for um

2769
01:52:58,400 --> 01:53:04,719
number 170 which was for resolution

2770
01:53:02,400 --> 01:53:06,719
number two authorizing reappropriation

2771
01:53:04,719 --> 01:53:08,320
of funds from the assigned sexual

2772
01:53:06,719 --> 01:53:10,480
lawsuit fund balance to the department

2773
01:53:08,320 --> 01:53:11,440
of social services budget

2774
01:53:10,480 --> 01:53:11,840
» Mr. Vitzby

2775
01:53:11,440 --> 01:53:12,880
» Yes

2776
01:53:11,840 --> 01:53:13,280
» Mr.

2777
01:53:12,880 --> 01:53:14,080
» Yes

2778
01:53:13,280 --> 01:53:14,400
» Mr. Stra

2779
01:53:14,080 --> 01:53:15,040
» Yes

2780
01:53:14,400 --> 01:53:15,360
» Mr. Ry

2781
01:53:15,040 --> 01:53:16,080
» Yes

2782
01:53:15,360 --> 01:53:16,320
» Mr.

2783
01:53:16,080 --> 01:53:17,119
» Yes

2784
01:53:16,320 --> 01:53:17,440
» Mr. Strainer

2785
01:53:17,119 --> 01:53:18,239
» Yes

2786
01:53:17,440 --> 01:53:18,880
» Mr. Batty

2787
01:53:18,239 --> 01:53:19,920
» Yes

2788
01:53:18,880 --> 01:53:20,239
» Mr.

2789
01:53:19,920 --> 01:53:21,040
» Yes

2790
01:53:20,239 --> 01:53:21,360
» Mr. Ryan

2791
01:53:21,040 --> 01:53:22,320
» Yes

2792
01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:22,560
» Mr. Conover

2793
01:53:22,320 --> 01:53:23,360
» Yes

2794
01:53:22,560 --> 01:53:23,679
» Mr. Mayday

2795
01:53:23,360 --> 01:53:24,480
» Yes

2796
01:53:23,679 --> 01:53:24,800
» Mr. Diamond.

2797
01:53:24,480 --> 01:53:25,679
» Yes.

2798
01:53:24,800 --> 01:53:27,920
» Miss Gilligan.

2799
01:53:25,679 --> 01:53:28,239
» Yes. M. Turn. Yes. Mr. Ba.

2800
01:53:27,920 --> 01:53:29,199
» Yes.

2801
01:53:28,239 --> 01:53:29,840
» Mr. Driscoll.

2802
01:53:29,199 --> 01:53:30,639
» Yes.

2803
01:53:29,840 --> 01:53:31,679
» Mr. Butler.

2804
01:53:30,639 --> 01:53:32,000
» Yes.

2805
01:53:31,679 --> 01:53:34,560
» Yes.

2806
01:53:32,000 --> 01:53:37,440
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2807
01:53:34,560 --> 01:53:39,760
favor.

2808
01:53:37,440 --> 01:53:42,159
» Resolution 174 making supplemental

2809
01:53:39,760 --> 01:53:42,560
appropriation. Mr. Goodbye.

2810
01:53:42,159 --> 01:53:43,760
» Yes.

2811
01:53:42,560 --> 01:53:44,320
» Mr. Cass.

2812
01:53:43,760 --> 01:53:45,119
» Yes.

2813
01:53:44,320 --> 01:53:45,679
» Mr. Stra.

2814
01:53:45,119 --> 01:53:46,320
» Yes.

2815
01:53:45,679 --> 01:53:46,800
» Mr. Wild.

2816
01:53:46,320 --> 01:53:47,520
» Yes.

2817
01:53:46,800 --> 01:53:48,080
» Mr. E.

2818
01:53:47,520 --> 01:53:48,880
» Yes.

2819
01:53:48,080 --> 01:53:49,360
» Mr. Strainer.

2820
01:53:48,880 --> 01:53:50,159
» Yes.

2821
01:53:49,360 --> 01:53:50,719
» Mr. B.

2822
01:53:50,159 --> 01:53:51,599
» Yes.

2823
01:53:50,719 --> 01:53:52,000
» Mr. O'Neal.

2824
01:53:51,599 --> 01:53:52,800
» Yes.

2825
01:53:52,000 --> 01:53:54,080
» Mr. Rick.

2826
01:53:52,800 --> 01:53:54,400
» Yes. Mr. Conover.

2827
01:53:54,080 --> 01:53:55,280
» Yes.

2828
01:53:54,400 --> 01:53:55,599
» Mr. Mayday,

2829
01:53:55,280 --> 01:53:56,320
» Yes.

2830
01:53:55,599 --> 01:53:56,639
» Mr. Diamond,

2831
01:53:56,320 --> 01:53:57,520
» Yes.

2832
01:53:56,639 --> 01:53:58,560
» Miss Gilligan,

2833
01:53:57,520 --> 01:53:59,840
» Yes. Mr. Turner,

2834
01:53:58,560 --> 01:54:00,239
» Yes. Mr. Bruno,

2835
01:53:59,840 --> 01:54:01,119
» Yes.

2836
01:54:00,239 --> 01:54:02,320
» Mr. Driscoll,

2837
01:54:01,119 --> 01:54:03,119
» Yes.

2838
01:54:02,320 --> 01:54:03,599
» Mr. Butler,

2839
01:54:03,119 --> 01:54:04,400
» Yes.

2840
01:54:03,599 --> 01:54:04,719
» Chairman Gary,

2841
01:54:04,400 --> 01:54:07,199
» Yes.

2842
01:54:04,719 --> 01:54:09,360
» Resolution passes with 945 votes in

2843
01:54:07,199 --> 01:54:15,400
favor.

2844
01:54:09,360 --> 01:54:15,400
All those f the remaining res saying I

2845
01:54:18,960 --> 01:54:24,199
would like to

2846
01:54:21,199 --> 01:54:24,199
address

2847
01:54:27,119 --> 01:54:31,960
public comment. Yes. Thank you.

2848
01:54:41,280 --> 01:54:46,800
Linda Clark again. I live in Warren

2849
01:54:44,320 --> 01:54:49,920
County. I just want to thank you, Mr.

2850
01:54:46,800 --> 01:54:52,320
Tavlon, for your SPCA report and update

2851
01:54:49,920 --> 01:54:54,159
today on their services.

2852
01:54:52,320 --> 01:54:57,119
I am only sorry that the people that

2853
01:54:54,159 --> 01:54:59,520
filled this room did not hear it.

2854
01:54:57,119 --> 01:55:01,679
I am hearing that uh you say that you

2855
01:54:59,520 --> 01:55:04,239
are very satisfied with the services

2856
01:55:01,679 --> 01:55:07,679
provided by the SPCA.

2857
01:55:04,239 --> 01:55:10,880
But I'm also hearing lots of complaints

2858
01:55:07,679 --> 01:55:14,800
and you have a public outcry.

2859
01:55:10,880 --> 01:55:16,880
How can you account for these issues?

2860
01:55:14,800 --> 01:55:20,719
I think this warrants a committee

2861
01:55:16,880 --> 01:55:23,840
investigation into the public concern.

2862
01:55:20,719 --> 01:55:26,320
There's a lot of money being spent here

2863
01:55:23,840 --> 01:55:29,440
and by the town and the county and the

2864
01:55:26,320 --> 01:55:34,639
public deserves to know what services

2865
01:55:29,440 --> 01:55:37,639
are being met. Thank you. Anyone

2866
01:55:34,639 --> 01:55:37,639
else?

2867
01:55:39,760 --> 01:55:46,080
» Thank you for report

2868
01:55:42,880 --> 01:55:48,639
talks about sports and our children. Um,

2869
01:55:46,080 --> 01:55:52,239
I want to add a little more information

2870
01:55:48,639 --> 01:55:56,400
in regards to the city around uh and

2871
01:55:52,239 --> 01:56:00,560
their elimination of the hospitality

2872
01:55:56,400 --> 01:56:04,239
degree. Um, it's true it's happened um a

2873
01:56:00,560 --> 01:56:06,560
number of reasons. Um one is that uh

2874
01:56:04,239 --> 01:56:08,159
there's only nine or 10 registered

2875
01:56:06,560 --> 01:56:12,080
students

2876
01:56:08,159 --> 01:56:14,719
very big for both degree program. um

2877
01:56:12,080 --> 01:56:17,760
those three courses

2878
01:56:14,719 --> 01:56:20,719
um and actually free program has a

2879
01:56:17,760 --> 01:56:24,159
metric from New York State uh and it

2880
01:56:20,719 --> 01:56:26,880
says that if someone's taking uh and

2881
01:56:24,159 --> 01:56:30,719
getting a degree in hospitality,

2882
01:56:26,880 --> 01:56:33,599
their wages have to be 30% higher than

2883
01:56:30,719 --> 01:56:36,800
other uh employees that don't have

2884
01:56:33,599 --> 01:56:38,719
degrees. uh and it's been proven uh at

2885
01:56:36,800 --> 01:56:40,960
least that's what I was told that

2886
01:56:38,719 --> 01:56:43,360
they're not meeting that threshold and

2887
01:56:40,960 --> 01:56:45,440
for not meeting that threshold um they

2888
01:56:43,360 --> 01:56:49,199
have a problem with funding the state

2889
01:56:45,440 --> 01:56:51,599
for the program so um three classes that

2890
01:56:49,199 --> 01:56:53,440
I mentioned are going to remain students

2891
01:56:51,599 --> 01:56:55,599
won't be able to uh tie this in part of

2892
01:56:53,440 --> 01:57:00,080
a business program

2893
01:56:55,599 --> 01:57:04,480
but at the same time uh there's

2894
01:57:00,080 --> 01:57:06,080
little concern for the tourism industry

2895
01:57:04,480 --> 01:57:07,520
And one of the things I hope to take

2896
01:57:06,080 --> 01:57:08,880
care of very near very near future is to

2897
01:57:07,520 --> 01:57:10,320
sit down with some of the leaders and

2898
01:57:08,880 --> 01:57:12,560
understand what else we might be able to

2899
01:57:10,320 --> 01:57:14,880
do whether it's a certification program

2900
01:57:12,560 --> 01:57:17,679
or the like but try to make sure that we

2901
01:57:14,880 --> 01:57:21,360
have the needs of onethird of our

2902
01:57:17,679 --> 01:57:26,320
economy are being addressed by college

2903
01:57:21,360 --> 01:57:29,840
as best we can. So just one thing.

2904
01:57:26,320 --> 01:57:32,480
» Anybody else wish

2905
01:57:29,840 --> 01:57:34,080
we round or we'll start with supervisor

2906
01:57:32,480 --> 01:57:36,159
Russ down.

2907
01:57:34,080 --> 01:57:39,520
» My comment has to do with the shelter

2908
01:57:36,159 --> 01:57:42,239
situation as well. Um one thing I'm

2909
01:57:39,520 --> 01:57:44,080
aware of is all of our municipalities

2910
01:57:42,239 --> 01:57:46,719
are required to have animal patrol and

2911
01:57:44,080 --> 01:57:48,400
they're required to have shelter. Now,

2912
01:57:46,719 --> 01:57:51,920
other than Queensberry and Glenn's

2913
01:57:48,400 --> 01:57:54,480
Falls, I'm sure every other town has

2914
01:57:51,920 --> 01:57:56,480
contract with the shelter. When an

2915
01:57:54,480 --> 01:57:58,719
animal is picked up, even if it's left

2916
01:57:56,480 --> 01:58:00,639
vacant in the home and or whatever

2917
01:57:58,719 --> 01:58:03,280
neighbor complains, our animal control

2918
01:58:00,639 --> 01:58:05,760
officer goes out. And if that animal is

2919
01:58:03,280 --> 01:58:07,440
deemed to need to be taken, he will

2920
01:58:05,760 --> 01:58:10,639
remove it and bring it to the animal

2921
01:58:07,440 --> 01:58:12,639
shelter we contract with already. Um, we

2922
01:58:10,639 --> 01:58:14,239
did have a case two weeks ago where an

2923
01:58:12,639 --> 01:58:15,679
animal was running loose. The sheriff

2924
01:58:14,239 --> 01:58:18,719
picked it up. It was brought to the

2925
01:58:15,679 --> 01:58:21,440
SPCA. Our animal control officers said,

2926
01:58:18,719 --> 01:58:22,880
"No, our animals do not stay there and

2927
01:58:21,440 --> 01:58:24,400
the sheriff had to go pick it up and

2928
01:58:22,880 --> 01:58:27,599
bring it to the shelter we contract

2929
01:58:24,400 --> 01:58:29,920
with." So, it seems to me that Lynville

2930
01:58:27,599 --> 01:58:33,920
Falls and Queensbury are the two towns

2931
01:58:29,920 --> 01:58:36,000
that do contract with the SPCA. None of

2932
01:58:33,920 --> 01:58:40,960
other towns do. We all have separate

2933
01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:43,679
shelters. So, municipal shelter,

2934
01:58:40,960 --> 01:58:45,360
if if those two towns have the problem,

2935
01:58:43,679 --> 01:58:47,840
maybe they ought to get together and

2936
01:58:45,360 --> 01:58:49,840
create their own municipal shelter. The

2937
01:58:47,840 --> 01:58:52,000
second thing is I don't know if a

2938
01:58:49,840 --> 01:58:55,440
municipal shelter would only do cats and

2939
01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:59,199
dogs, whereas the SPS handles all

2940
01:58:55,440 --> 01:59:01,360
animals, forces snakes, ra I'm not sure

2941
01:58:59,199 --> 01:59:06,239
if a municipal shelter would be able to

2942
01:59:01,360 --> 01:59:08,320
handle hund some snakes. um the SPCA do

2943
01:59:06,239 --> 01:59:10,480
that. So, while I'm in favor of

2944
01:59:08,320 --> 01:59:14,000
municipal shelters and I wish I had one

2945
01:59:10,480 --> 01:59:16,719
in my town, I'm not sure that all towns

2946
01:59:14,000 --> 01:59:20,560
should contribute to that if we already

2947
01:59:16,719 --> 01:59:21,840
have shelter and they do not like, you

2948
01:59:20,560 --> 01:59:24,080
know, they're when their five days are

2949
01:59:21,840 --> 01:59:28,000
up, they're not put down. Our shelter is

2950
01:59:24,080 --> 01:59:30,000
a shelter that does not ever kill the

2951
01:59:28,000 --> 01:59:33,000
animals. They hold it until it's

2952
01:59:30,000 --> 01:59:33,000
adopted.

2953
01:59:33,199 --> 01:59:37,520
right now. I know his name.

2954
01:59:35,440 --> 01:59:40,400
» Yeah. So, he's right after me. So, not

2955
01:59:37,520 --> 01:59:40,560
to steal his thunder because you know,

2956
01:59:40,400 --> 01:59:41,679
uh

2957
01:59:40,560 --> 01:59:42,560
» How'd you know I was going to speak

2958
01:59:41,679 --> 01:59:45,679
about thunder?

2959
01:59:42,560 --> 01:59:47,360
» The thunder. You can uh Britney Duffy,

2960
01:59:45,679 --> 01:59:50,480
and I know the Duffies fairly well.

2961
01:59:47,360 --> 01:59:53,040
She's a uh uh junior, I believe, at West

2962
01:59:50,480 --> 01:59:55,760
Point. She comes from Dr. Duffy and his

2963
01:59:53,040 --> 01:59:58,880
wife. They're West Point grads. Uh

2964
01:59:55,760 --> 02:00:02,000
family of nine kids. Anyway, she they

2965
01:59:58,880 --> 02:00:04,800
had the lacrosse women's lacrosse uh

2966
02:00:02,000 --> 02:00:09,040
draft two days ago. She was drafted

2967
02:00:04,800 --> 02:00:10,800
third person to be drafted third pick uh

2968
02:00:09,040 --> 02:00:12,480
to be drafted into the women's

2969
02:00:10,800 --> 02:00:14,639
professional lacrosse league. Now, she's

2970
02:00:12,480 --> 02:00:17,119
not going to be leaving school for that,

2971
02:00:14,639 --> 02:00:19,520
but I think that's quite the honor. And

2972
02:00:17,119 --> 02:00:21,599
Dr. Duffy happened to be my podiatrist,

2973
02:00:19,520 --> 02:00:24,480
so I had to give him a shout out for

2974
02:00:21,599 --> 02:00:25,840
that. So, Dave, I leave it to you now.

2975
02:00:24,480 --> 02:00:28,159
» Has he been reading your notes?

2976
02:00:25,840 --> 02:00:29,679
» No, I wasn't. I didn't want to upset

2977
02:00:28,159 --> 02:00:32,000
» I don't want to read Dave's notes.

2978
02:00:29,679 --> 02:00:33,520
» I didn't want to ups while there was no

2979
02:00:32,000 --> 02:00:35,920
sports for me to speak about because

2980
02:00:33,520 --> 02:00:37,679
it's mid-season, but it's Bridget Duffy

2981
02:00:35,920 --> 02:00:38,159
and she was number three and that's

2982
02:00:37,679 --> 02:00:38,800
amazing.

2983
02:00:38,159 --> 02:00:39,760
» Yes, she was.

2984
02:00:38,800 --> 02:00:40,719
» Uh my

2985
02:00:39,760 --> 02:00:44,000
» Thanks for confirming

2986
02:00:40,719 --> 02:00:45,760
» While helping you out, you know. Uh I

2987
02:00:44,000 --> 02:00:48,080
wanted to bring up some facts about the

2988
02:00:45,760 --> 02:00:50,719
civic center. I know that we all took it

2989
02:00:48,080 --> 02:00:52,719
kind of hard to vote for doing the uh

2990
02:00:50,719 --> 02:00:54,560
resolutions we did, but I want to give

2991
02:00:52,719 --> 02:00:56,239
you some figures that make this quite a

2992
02:00:54,560 --> 02:00:58,639
unique spot and make it a great thing

2993
02:00:56,239 --> 02:01:02,000
for our community. Um this year with the

2994
02:00:58,639 --> 02:01:03,840
50/50 and the Chucka Puck uh nonprofits

2995
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:04,960
use this to get money for themselves to,

2996
02:01:03,840 --> 02:01:07,840
you know, so they keep their

2997
02:01:04,960 --> 02:01:11,520
organizations going to and this year

2998
02:01:07,840 --> 02:01:14,960
alone they raised $190,000 for these

2999
02:01:11,520 --> 02:01:18,639
nonprofits. Uh that's phenomenal. Uh,

3000
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:20,800
also they had the cancer fundraiser

3001
02:01:18,639 --> 02:01:23,360
which was paint the ice. This year the

3002
02:01:20,800 --> 02:01:26,400
cancer fundraiser because of this civic

3003
02:01:23,360 --> 02:01:29,199
center raised $60,000

3004
02:01:26,400 --> 02:01:30,480
which is huge. That was very nice. And I

3005
02:01:29,199 --> 02:01:32,080
don't know if any of you painted the ice

3006
02:01:30,480 --> 02:01:34,159
like I did. It takes a long time to get

3007
02:01:32,080 --> 02:01:36,000
on there. But uh, and the other thing

3008
02:01:34,159 --> 02:01:38,639
too is they've partnered with Price

3009
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:41,119
Chopper Supermarkets. and Price Chopper

3010
02:01:38,639 --> 02:01:43,360
supermarkets. For every 32 shots on goal

3011
02:01:41,119 --> 02:01:45,760
that the Thunder have, Price Chopper

3012
02:01:43,360 --> 02:01:48,159
donates a thousand meals to local food

3013
02:01:45,760 --> 02:01:51,440
pantries in our area. This year alone,

3014
02:01:48,159 --> 02:01:53,199
it was 10,000. So, that's that's quite a

3015
02:01:51,440 --> 02:01:55,280
big thing. And I know it's difficult to

3016
02:01:53,199 --> 02:01:56,719
take the money from occupancy tax, but

3017
02:01:55,280 --> 02:01:58,480
you know, it's a line thing with me. You

3018
02:01:56,719 --> 02:02:00,480
know, it's right on the line. And I can

3019
02:01:58,480 --> 02:02:02,560
go this way because of what it does for

3020
02:02:00,480 --> 02:02:04,080
our community and the fact that it's

3021
02:02:02,560 --> 02:02:07,119
brick and mortar and it's not going

3022
02:02:04,080 --> 02:02:09,040
anywhere. Uh my next thing was we've

3023
02:02:07,119 --> 02:02:11,840
been thinking about

3024
02:02:09,040 --> 02:02:13,840
gaining more revenue and uh I've looked

3025
02:02:11,840 --> 02:02:15,840
at asked by the chairman to look at

3026
02:02:13,840 --> 02:02:19,440
different part properties that the

3027
02:02:15,840 --> 02:02:21,119
county owns and I zoned in on the old uh

3028
02:02:19,440 --> 02:02:25,360
social services building across the

3029
02:02:21,119 --> 02:02:28,000
street up next to uh the old west. Um

3030
02:02:25,360 --> 02:02:30,239
it's about a 20 acre parcel. Uh it's

3031
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:33,280
worth a few hundred,000.

3032
02:02:30,239 --> 02:02:34,719
Uh I'm trying to get some feedback from

3033
02:02:33,280 --> 02:02:37,760
people because it's rare that we have

3034
02:02:34,719 --> 02:02:40,880
every supervisor here. So uh I'm looking

3035
02:02:37,760 --> 02:02:44,239
to see if there would be support of

3036
02:02:40,880 --> 02:02:47,599
doing a 55 or older community up there.

3037
02:02:44,239 --> 02:02:51,840
Uh finding a contractor that would build

3038
02:02:47,599 --> 02:02:54,239
it. Um and I've talked to Jen Siplon.

3039
02:02:51,840 --> 02:02:57,920
there's um some money available from the

3040
02:02:54,239 --> 02:03:01,040
LDC that the contractor could possibly

3041
02:02:57,920 --> 02:03:02,480
get to put in a project like this. Uh

3042
02:03:01,040 --> 02:03:03,840
it's a big undertaking because there's,

3043
02:03:02,480 --> 02:03:06,239
you know, infrastructure that you have

3044
02:03:03,840 --> 02:03:09,520
to do and all this and but it would give

3045
02:03:06,239 --> 02:03:11,360
us uh a good chunk of money towards our

3046
02:03:09,520 --> 02:03:13,920
budget with land that we aren't going to

3047
02:03:11,360 --> 02:03:15,760
do anything with. Uh but the good part

3048
02:03:13,920 --> 02:03:17,280
of it is it would also be housing and

3049
02:03:15,760 --> 02:03:19,760
these people would always be paying

3050
02:03:17,280 --> 02:03:21,920
taxes. So instead of losing out, you

3051
02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:24,239
actually gain money by selling the land

3052
02:03:21,920 --> 02:03:26,159
and will gain property tax money by the

3053
02:03:24,239 --> 02:03:28,480
people that purchase these houses. And I

3054
02:03:26,159 --> 02:03:30,639
say 55 or older single family only

3055
02:03:28,480 --> 02:03:32,400
because those are the people that are

3056
02:03:30,639 --> 02:03:34,400
going to move out of a big house and

3057
02:03:32,400 --> 02:03:38,000
went to a smaller one. So that's also

3058
02:03:34,400 --> 02:03:40,480
going to generate more uh single family

3059
02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:41,920
housing for families. I have heard a lot

3060
02:03:40,480 --> 02:03:43,280
of people say, "Nobody's buying houses."

3061
02:03:41,920 --> 02:03:46,480
Well, I got news for you. I sell them

3062
02:03:43,280 --> 02:03:48,239
every day. Uh the houses on this market

3063
02:03:46,480 --> 02:03:50,560
last maybe five or six days. So our

3064
02:03:48,239 --> 02:03:52,960
market's strong, but it's very weak in

3065
02:03:50,560 --> 02:03:54,880
the amount of inventory we have. So I

3066
02:03:52,960 --> 02:03:58,000
put this out here to see if anyone has

3067
02:03:54,880 --> 02:04:00,400
some, you know, ideas, uh some thoughts.

3068
02:03:58,000 --> 02:04:02,400
Uh I don't have it down pat on what we

3069
02:04:00,400 --> 02:04:04,320
can do. And you know, again, if you do a

3070
02:04:02,400 --> 02:04:07,040
55 or older, you probably have to do an

3071
02:04:04,320 --> 02:04:09,199
association. So, I don't know from you,

3072
02:04:07,040 --> 02:04:13,920
Brian, if uh there's a way we can do

3073
02:04:09,199 --> 02:04:16,400
this uh in the sales contract, but um

3074
02:04:13,920 --> 02:04:18,080
that's it for me. Trying to keep your

3075
02:04:16,400 --> 02:04:20,320
revenue up. Surprise.

3076
02:04:18,080 --> 02:04:22,880
» Let's cut spending.

3077
02:04:20,320 --> 02:04:25,040
» Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We do

3078
02:04:22,880 --> 02:04:26,800
have a proposed resolution for next week

3079
02:04:25,040 --> 02:04:28,800
where we're forming a group that you and

3080
02:04:26,800 --> 02:04:31,360
I are both part of to analyze such a

3081
02:04:28,800 --> 02:04:32,800
thing and I'm excited for that. Uh with

3082
02:04:31,360 --> 02:04:34,560
regard to the civic center, it's a

3083
02:04:32,800 --> 02:04:36,000
massive economic engine. are very

3084
02:04:34,560 --> 02:04:38,480
supportive of them continuing. There's

3085
02:04:36,000 --> 02:04:41,040
just no nexus between

3086
02:04:38,480 --> 02:04:43,679
increasing visitation and paying for

3087
02:04:41,040 --> 02:04:45,199
half of a engineering study. Finally,

3088
02:04:43,679 --> 02:04:47,280
the county paying for is not from our

3089
02:04:45,199 --> 02:04:49,040
tax. They can come from our county road

3090
02:04:47,280 --> 02:04:51,119
fund. There just be just as much of a

3091
02:04:49,040 --> 02:04:52,639
nexus.

3092
02:04:51,119 --> 02:04:55,599
I just want to reiterate what Supervisor

3093
02:04:52,639 --> 02:04:59,119
Batty said. The CDTA and uh the county

3094
02:04:55,599 --> 02:05:00,719
administrator. Yes, the wrership um my

3095
02:04:59,119 --> 02:05:03,040
number one takeaway from that meeting

3096
02:05:00,719 --> 02:05:05,040
was the wrership is not even close. 15

3097
02:05:03,040 --> 02:05:08,159
rides per hour is the target. The

3098
02:05:05,040 --> 02:05:10,880
highest was 11.1 10 different routes all

3099
02:05:08,159 --> 02:05:13,040
the way down to 3.7 averaged over the

3100
02:05:10,880 --> 02:05:16,159
year 3.7

3101
02:05:13,040 --> 02:05:17,760
riders per hour per route. So not we

3102
02:05:16,159 --> 02:05:20,080
didn't have the target on one of our

3103
02:05:17,760 --> 02:05:22,480
routes not even close. So it's a concern

3104
02:05:20,080 --> 02:05:25,480
that we need to keep looking into. Thank

3105
02:05:22,480 --> 02:05:25,480
you.

3106
02:05:25,920 --> 02:05:29,679
» Anybody [snorts]

3107
02:05:26,639 --> 02:05:31,440
else want to speak around you?

3108
02:05:29,679 --> 02:05:34,159
» Mr. Chairman, just in regards to the

3109
02:05:31,440 --> 02:05:36,159
CDTA thing, uh when I was at a workforce

3110
02:05:34,159 --> 02:05:39,599
development board, CTA spoke, they were

3111
02:05:36,159 --> 02:05:41,440
mentioning using much smaller buses. Uh

3112
02:05:39,599 --> 02:05:42,960
and I'm wondering if we might be able to

3113
02:05:41,440 --> 02:05:46,800
get that to come up to the economic

3114
02:05:42,960 --> 02:05:49,599
growth development committee this week.

3115
02:05:46,800 --> 02:05:51,920
Great to have them come up and I think

3116
02:05:49,599 --> 02:05:55,040
Supervisor Brady has some ideas too on

3117
02:05:51,920 --> 02:05:57,840
that. And if you could just memorialize

3118
02:05:55,040 --> 02:05:58,480
that to the committee so we can see what

3119
02:05:57,840 --> 02:06:00,560
you're talking about

3120
02:05:58,480 --> 02:06:01,280
» Next week's meeting. or not, whatever

3121
02:06:00,560 --> 02:06:03,520
you can.

3122
02:06:01,280 --> 02:06:06,159
» Yeah. I mean, I talked to Mike. He's the

3123
02:06:03,520 --> 02:06:07,920
head guy of the CDTA that night. I stood

3124
02:06:06,159 --> 02:06:10,080
around for the whole meeting and uh I

3125
02:06:07,920 --> 02:06:13,040
said, "Why, you know, from a parameal

3126
02:06:10,080 --> 02:06:15,280
standpoint, you got 48 seat buses. I've

3127
02:06:13,040 --> 02:06:16,880
ridden on the buses by myself. Nobody's

3128
02:06:15,280 --> 02:06:19,040
there." I said, "Why don't you go to a

3129
02:06:16,880 --> 02:06:21,119
van type of situation?" I said, "And

3130
02:06:19,040 --> 02:06:22,960
even make it uh with the today's apps

3131
02:06:21,119 --> 02:06:25,119
and so forth, you could make even make

3132
02:06:22,960 --> 02:06:27,520
it on a on demand type of thing." He

3133
02:06:25,119 --> 02:06:29,360
said, "Mr. 80. We're we're that's called

3134
02:06:27,520 --> 02:06:33,040
our flex program and we're going to

3135
02:06:29,360 --> 02:06:35,440
implement that in Saratoga. Now, will

3136
02:06:33,040 --> 02:06:38,880
that help with the cost? Yeah, a little

3137
02:06:35,440 --> 02:06:40,400
bit. Little less gas, blah blah blah. Uh

3138
02:06:38,880 --> 02:06:42,560
it helps with the environment. We go

3139
02:06:40,400 --> 02:06:45,199
from those big buses down to the vans.

3140
02:06:42,560 --> 02:06:48,639
Okay. But there's other ideas that I had

3141
02:06:45,199 --> 02:06:51,840
that uh that I think are

3142
02:06:48,639 --> 02:06:53,280
have some credence. So, uh, I at the

3143
02:06:51,840 --> 02:06:58,440
committee meeting, I'd be glad to go

3144
02:06:53,280 --> 02:06:58,440
into detail that any other supervisors,

3145
02:06:58,719 --> 02:07:04,800
supervisor.

3146
02:07:01,520 --> 02:07:08,000
Oh, thank you. All right. Well, towns

3147
02:07:04,800 --> 02:07:12,159
are responsible for dog control. That's

3148
02:07:08,000 --> 02:07:14,880
it. We're responsible for dog. So, we

3149
02:07:12,159 --> 02:07:18,480
have to secure the services

3150
02:07:14,880 --> 02:07:21,599
that will do in your towns. We've

3151
02:07:18,480 --> 02:07:25,599
secured those services with Kathy

3152
02:07:21,599 --> 02:07:29,520
Goodyear and SBCA states

3153
02:07:25,599 --> 02:07:34,880
and uh believe me uh our dog control

3154
02:07:29,520 --> 02:07:39,520
challenges are us and significant

3155
02:07:34,880 --> 02:07:41,840
and SPCA does a great job at handling

3156
02:07:39,520 --> 02:07:44,000
dog control

3157
02:07:41,840 --> 02:07:47,360
just to get the

3158
02:07:44,000 --> 02:07:52,760
and lastly just have to comment on

3159
02:07:47,360 --> 02:07:52,760
Mike's Very nice looking score.

3160
02:07:55,520 --> 02:07:59,480
» Was it a two for one?

3161
02:08:04,880 --> 02:08:09,360
» Thank you, Supervisor.

3162
02:08:07,599 --> 02:08:13,280
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted

3163
02:08:09,360 --> 02:08:15,280
to also comment on uh Sunni Aderand's

3164
02:08:13,280 --> 02:08:18,079
decision to eliminate the hospitality

3165
02:08:15,280 --> 02:08:20,800
program and appreciate Supervisor Wild's

3166
02:08:18,079 --> 02:08:22,480
comments. Um I sit on that committee and

3167
02:08:20,800 --> 02:08:24,480
I would have hoped that before they made

3168
02:08:22,480 --> 02:08:26,079
such a a decision like that they would

3169
02:08:24,480 --> 02:08:28,560
have brought it up to the committee and

3170
02:08:26,079 --> 02:08:31,040
and to the tourism industry. Maybe we

3171
02:08:28,560 --> 02:08:33,199
could have talked about um getting more

3172
02:08:31,040 --> 02:08:34,639
aggressive with scholarships throughout

3173
02:08:33,199 --> 02:08:36,480
Lake George and some of the bigger

3174
02:08:34,639 --> 02:08:38,960
hotels. We certainly would have been

3175
02:08:36,480 --> 02:08:41,520
open for that. maybe uh more aggressive

3176
02:08:38,960 --> 02:08:43,840
in having a feeder program to some of

3177
02:08:41,520 --> 02:08:47,840
the four-year institutions like Cornell

3178
02:08:43,840 --> 02:08:50,320
that offer that. Also, uh they never

3179
02:08:47,840 --> 02:08:53,599
presented how much it cost to run that

3180
02:08:50,320 --> 02:08:58,239
program and what happens if we weren't

3181
02:08:53,599 --> 02:09:00,239
part of the 30% higher um um

3182
02:08:58,239 --> 02:09:02,719
uh classification to get the funding.

3183
02:09:00,239 --> 02:09:04,320
How much shy would they have been of

3184
02:09:02,719 --> 02:09:06,480
that funding? Could have looked at that

3185
02:09:04,320 --> 02:09:08,320
before they just said no to this whole

3186
02:09:06,480 --> 02:09:10,880
program. the three classes that are

3187
02:09:08,320 --> 02:09:12,480
there, no one's going to I mean, they're

3188
02:09:10,880 --> 02:09:14,639
electives now. I mean, it's the first

3189
02:09:12,480 --> 02:09:16,960
step in saying goodbye to all of them.

3190
02:09:14,639 --> 02:09:19,199
Most of people in business and uh

3191
02:09:16,960 --> 02:09:21,280
marketing majors and finance majors

3192
02:09:19,199 --> 02:09:23,920
probably won't take a hospitality

3193
02:09:21,280 --> 02:09:26,079
elective or I see one of them is

3194
02:09:23,920 --> 02:09:27,679
hospitality accounting. It's it's, you

3195
02:09:26,079 --> 02:09:29,599
know, it's the first step to say goodbye

3196
02:09:27,679 --> 02:09:32,880
to it. But I just hope that we can

3197
02:09:29,599 --> 02:09:36,000
continue um talks with with Sunni. It's

3198
02:09:32,880 --> 02:09:38,320
such a, you know, important uh economic

3199
02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:40,800
driver. I hope we can continue that even

3200
02:09:38,320 --> 02:09:43,199
if it's a certification program or

3201
02:09:40,800 --> 02:09:45,760
something. Thank you.

3202
02:09:43,199 --> 02:09:47,599
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Briefly, um, as

3203
02:09:45,760 --> 02:09:49,920
most of you know, I was here about 15

3204
02:09:47,599 --> 02:09:51,760
years ago and I think there's three or

3205
02:09:49,920 --> 02:09:54,880
four supervisors that I served with back

3206
02:09:51,760 --> 02:09:56,639
then. So, you guys will remember that I

3207
02:09:54,880 --> 02:09:58,400
used to talk a little bit about an

3208
02:09:56,639 --> 02:10:00,480
economic powerhouse up in the north

3209
02:09:58,400 --> 02:10:03,679
country called Corout.

3210
02:10:00,480 --> 02:10:05,679
Um, probably level annoyance a few years

3211
02:10:03,679 --> 02:10:08,400
back. But I just wanted to share more

3212
02:10:05,679 --> 02:10:12,239
closed for the year last weekend. Had an

3213
02:10:08,400 --> 02:10:15,119
incredible successful season. 260,000 in

3214
02:10:12,239 --> 02:10:17,760
attendance last season. On one

3215
02:10:15,119 --> 02:10:22,159
particular day in January, one day there

3216
02:10:17,760 --> 02:10:24,079
were 6,800 skiers in Port.

3217
02:10:22,159 --> 02:10:26,400
One of the goals in my professional life

3218
02:10:24,079 --> 02:10:29,760
has been to try and link the War

3219
02:10:26,400 --> 02:10:31,520
Mountain Ski Center to the North Ski.

3220
02:10:29,760 --> 02:10:33,599
Uh, it's something that's been worked on

3221
02:10:31,520 --> 02:10:36,000
for about 25 years going all the way

3222
02:10:33,599 --> 02:10:38,560
back to the Thomas administration.

3223
02:10:36,000 --> 02:10:41,280
We now have a Hudson chair that is a

3224
02:10:38,560 --> 02:10:43,840
high-speed 4-minute ride to the summit

3225
02:10:41,280 --> 02:10:46,320
of the ski bowl. It interconnects to the

3226
02:10:43,840 --> 02:10:48,159
main mountain and it has forever changed

3227
02:10:46,320 --> 02:10:51,280
the hamlet of North Creek. And I'm not

3228
02:10:48,159 --> 02:10:53,760
exaggerating. On a typical Saturday in

3229
02:10:51,280 --> 02:10:57,040
our ski bowl park, we would have 500 to

3230
02:10:53,760 --> 02:11:00,639
550 parked cars.

3231
02:10:57,040 --> 02:11:03,679
Three years ago, that lift operated 33

3232
02:11:00,639 --> 02:11:07,840
days. Two years ago, it operated 47

3233
02:11:03,679 --> 02:11:10,079
days. This year, it operated 105 days.

3234
02:11:07,840 --> 02:11:12,880
People are now coming to the ski bowl in

3235
02:11:10,079 --> 02:11:15,520
North Creek to ski at the ski bowl, but

3236
02:11:12,880 --> 02:11:17,599
also to use the Hudson lift to access

3237
02:11:15,520 --> 02:11:19,679
Big Core and the interconnect has been

3238
02:11:17,599 --> 02:11:22,639
completed. It's paying significant

3239
02:11:19,679 --> 02:11:24,480
dividends at the base of the ski ball.

3240
02:11:22,639 --> 02:11:26,800
Uh, and I know the chairman has been in

3241
02:11:24,480 --> 02:11:30,880
this facility. I saw him there. There's

3242
02:11:26,800 --> 02:11:33,760
a new lodge called the station uh and a

3243
02:11:30,880 --> 02:11:35,760
new um venue which is going to be a

3244
02:11:33,760 --> 02:11:38,960
zipline coaster that we hope will open

3245
02:11:35,760 --> 02:11:40,880
this summer. The purpose of the zipline

3246
02:11:38,960 --> 02:11:43,760
coaster is to make it more of a

3247
02:11:40,880 --> 02:11:46,480
nonseasonal destination. One of two in

3248
02:11:43,760 --> 02:11:49,599
the country the others in Colorado.

3249
02:11:46,480 --> 02:11:52,320
Projected numbers are 40,000 visitors.

3250
02:11:49,599 --> 02:11:56,079
It's a $45 million project with the big

3251
02:11:52,320 --> 02:11:58,719
lodge and the zip coaster. So our little

3252
02:11:56,079 --> 02:12:01,040
in our town is changing. If you haven't

3253
02:11:58,719 --> 02:12:03,920
had a a chance to enjoy dinner at the

3254
02:12:01,040 --> 02:12:06,480
station, it's a wonderful event. It's an

3255
02:12:03,920 --> 02:12:08,960
open design building with windows that

3256
02:12:06,480 --> 02:12:11,119
face the steering. Lights are on at

3257
02:12:08,960 --> 02:12:14,239
night and now that we're in warm

3258
02:12:11,119 --> 02:12:16,480
weather, windows literally roll up like

3259
02:12:14,239 --> 02:12:18,960
car garage doors. It's a spectacular

3260
02:12:16,480 --> 02:12:23,639
facility and it is certainly changing my

3261
02:12:18,960 --> 02:12:23,639
hometown. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

3262
02:12:28,320 --> 02:12:31,840
You're on the clock.

3263
02:12:28,960 --> 02:12:34,960
» Thank you, chairman. Um, uh, a couple of

3264
02:12:31,840 --> 02:12:38,880
announcements. Uh, tomorrow, uh, Glenn

3265
02:12:34,960 --> 02:12:40,960
Falls cleanup day, um, from 9 to 11, uh,

3266
02:12:38,880 --> 02:12:45,199
in the lot next to city hall, the

3267
02:12:40,960 --> 02:12:47,280
Harrison Fyer Rotary 5K uh, walk run up

3268
02:12:45,199 --> 02:12:51,119
at Sunni Aderandac.

3269
02:12:47,280 --> 02:12:54,159
Also, uh, tomorrow is um, an open house

3270
02:12:51,119 --> 02:12:58,239
up at Sunni Aderand. um from I think

3271
02:12:54,159 --> 02:13:01,920
it's 9 to 12. I say that because I

3272
02:12:58,239 --> 02:13:03,840
yesterday I attended um the uh the

3273
02:13:01,920 --> 02:13:06,719
meeting of the Lake George Regional

3274
02:13:03,840 --> 02:13:09,040
Convention Visitors Bureau's meeting at

3275
02:13:06,719 --> 02:13:12,000
um Aviation Ball. I gave them a whole

3276
02:13:09,040 --> 02:13:14,239
laundry list of um events and activities

3277
02:13:12,000 --> 02:13:18,719
happening in the city of Glenn Falls.

3278
02:13:14,239 --> 02:13:23,360
But I also invited um individuals to um

3279
02:13:18,719 --> 02:13:26,239
uh to take note of a uh a letter that uh

3280
02:13:23,360 --> 02:13:29,440
Gina M had shared with us at the uh

3281
02:13:26,239 --> 02:13:31,520
committee meeting uh this past month and

3282
02:13:29,440 --> 02:13:33,840
um reach out to individuals from

3283
02:13:31,520 --> 02:13:35,199
Sunni.com.

3284
02:13:33,840 --> 02:13:38,320
If the programs aren't going to be

3285
02:13:35,199 --> 02:13:41,360
offered this year, maybe they'll

3286
02:13:38,320 --> 02:13:45,360
rethink, you know, uh the situation and

3287
02:13:41,360 --> 02:13:48,880
offer them next year. Um uh a respectful

3288
02:13:45,360 --> 02:13:52,719
uh casual conversation with um officials

3289
02:13:48,880 --> 02:13:55,280
goes a long way uh to uh to having them

3290
02:13:52,719 --> 02:13:57,520
hear uh you know people's concerns and

3291
02:13:55,280 --> 02:14:00,239
and thoughts on the matter as opposed to

3292
02:13:57,520 --> 02:14:02,719
a um a committee meeting which sometimes

3293
02:14:00,239 --> 02:14:05,040
can get a little bit testy and and uh

3294
02:14:02,719 --> 02:14:07,119
things. So I I encouraged the

3295
02:14:05,040 --> 02:14:09,920
individuals there to uh you know to

3296
02:14:07,119 --> 02:14:12,639
reach out and um and have those

3297
02:14:09,920 --> 02:14:16,800
conversations with the uh the college uh

3298
02:14:12,639 --> 02:14:19,040
at their earliest convenience. Um

3299
02:14:16,800 --> 02:14:23,119
we've got Windfest coming up the the

3300
02:14:19,040 --> 02:14:25,199
25th uh Saturday the 25th of April.

3301
02:14:23,119 --> 02:14:28,960
Following week is the very popular one

3302
02:14:25,199 --> 02:14:31,840
is Brooks Barbecue um at East Field. Um

3303
02:14:28,960 --> 02:14:33,599
last year they sold a thousand tickets.

3304
02:14:31,840 --> 02:14:36,159
So, if you're a chicken lover, you've

3305
02:14:33,599 --> 02:14:41,599
got a uh two weekends when you can

3306
02:14:36,159 --> 02:14:45,599
really uh um have some good food. Um

3307
02:14:41,599 --> 02:14:49,360
and finally, I I want to um uh to thank

3308
02:14:45,599 --> 02:14:52,079
the the county for uh

3309
02:14:49,360 --> 02:14:55,520
including uh all fire departments uh and

3310
02:14:52,079 --> 02:14:58,960
regional area for their response to uh

3311
02:14:55,520 --> 02:15:02,079
uh Mickey Guy situation. The guy

3312
02:14:58,960 --> 02:15:04,719
families have been constituents of mine

3313
02:15:02,079 --> 02:15:08,079
um for many years and the fifth ward of

3314
02:15:04,719 --> 02:15:12,960
city of Glenn's Falls. Um there's an

3315
02:15:08,079 --> 02:15:16,800
event um at um Dan Gerard's um uh Lauren

3316
02:15:12,960 --> 02:15:19,440
Street Tavern this Sunday uh from 2 to

3317
02:15:16,800 --> 02:15:23,599
5:00 p.m. And as I understand it, all

3318
02:15:19,440 --> 02:15:25,119
branches of Arrow Bank are accepting um

3319
02:15:23,599 --> 02:15:27,599
donations

3320
02:15:25,119 --> 02:15:31,119
uh or you can uh I think give a donation

3321
02:15:27,599 --> 02:15:34,800
to the uh Glenn Falls Fire Department um

3322
02:15:31,119 --> 02:15:37,280
with the note uh for making. So that

3323
02:15:34,800 --> 02:15:37,920
concludes my um announcements. Thank you

3324
02:15:37,280 --> 02:15:40,000
very much.

3325
02:15:37,920 --> 02:15:41,743
» Dan, is there anything left to talk

3326
02:15:40,000 --> 02:15:43,360
about?

3327
02:15:41,743 --> 02:15:46,960
[laughter]

3328
02:15:43,360 --> 02:15:49,280
» No, I uh I just wanted to mention you

3329
02:15:46,960 --> 02:15:52,880
all received notice of the crime victim

3330
02:15:49,280 --> 02:15:56,079
memorial ceremony and that is Thursday,

3331
02:15:52,880 --> 02:15:58,239
April 23rd at 2 p.m. here at the

3332
02:15:56,079 --> 02:16:01,119
municipal center of the Supreme Court.

3333
02:15:58,239 --> 02:16:04,159
And I strongly encourage everyone to

3334
02:16:01,119 --> 02:16:08,400
attend that. It is informative,

3335
02:16:04,159 --> 02:16:11,520
positive, and inspiring and really uh

3336
02:16:08,400 --> 02:16:14,079
really helps a lot of the people that uh

3337
02:16:11,520 --> 02:16:17,040
are victims of crime. This year's theme,

3338
02:16:14,079 --> 02:16:19,280
as it states here, is listen, act,

3339
02:16:17,040 --> 02:16:23,199
advocate, which is a call to protect

3340
02:16:19,280 --> 02:16:26,320
billions victims and serve communities.

3341
02:16:23,199 --> 02:16:29,679
It's well worth your time.

3342
02:16:26,320 --> 02:16:31,280
Thank you, Nancy.

3343
02:16:29,679 --> 02:16:33,359
» Thank you. I'm sorry to do this to

3344
02:16:31,280 --> 02:16:34,160
everybody, but Ben Ben's kind of stole

3345
02:16:33,359 --> 02:16:35,439
my thunder.

3346
02:16:34,160 --> 02:16:38,479
» Okay.

3347
02:16:35,439 --> 02:16:41,200
» The Glenn Falls Collaborative is

3348
02:16:38,479 --> 02:16:43,120
actually is um sponsoring Clean Up Day

3349
02:16:41,200 --> 02:16:47,760
tomorrow, but also we fest is next

3350
02:16:43,120 --> 02:16:51,200
Saturday the 25th. Uh 12 to 3:00. We

3351
02:16:47,760 --> 02:16:54,319
have six judges that'll be judging the

3352
02:16:51,200 --> 02:16:57,120
we'll have uh judges choice best wings

3353
02:16:54,319 --> 02:16:59,359
and one of those most of them are local

3354
02:16:57,120 --> 02:17:02,559
media personalities.

3355
02:16:59,359 --> 02:17:05,359
The other one is our sheriff Jim Lafar.

3356
02:17:02,559 --> 02:17:09,200
So, um he gets to taste winks from about

3357
02:17:05,359 --> 02:17:11,760
15 different uh restaurants. And I also

3358
02:17:09,200 --> 02:17:14,719
wanted to say that on Monday the 27th,

3359
02:17:11,760 --> 02:17:16,479
Haley and I or sorry, Supervisor

3360
02:17:14,719 --> 02:17:21,080
Gilligan and I will be attending the

3361
02:17:16,479 --> 02:17:21,080
Pride Advocacy Day at the capital.

3362
02:17:21,519 --> 02:17:24,519
» Gilbring

3363
02:17:26,880 --> 02:17:31,120
to Ed. How's your team doing? My team is

3364
02:17:29,280 --> 02:17:33,200
struggling.

3365
02:17:31,120 --> 02:17:36,679
Very struggling.

3366
02:17:33,200 --> 02:17:36,679
» I can't understand.

3367
02:17:41,359 --> 02:17:47,359
» No, I know it was unfortunate accident

3368
02:17:44,160 --> 02:17:50,160
and that the city had the other

3369
02:17:47,359 --> 02:17:53,519
trinky guy is told by everybody in this

3370
02:17:50,160 --> 02:17:56,399
room one way or another about her her

3371
02:17:53,519 --> 02:18:02,719
career. Wish her all the best. Hopefully

3372
02:17:56,399 --> 02:18:04,000
uh someone as Will you recover? Yes.

3373
02:18:02,719 --> 02:18:05,439
» Thank you.

3374
02:18:04,000 --> 02:18:06,559
» I have an announcement.

3375
02:18:05,439 --> 02:18:10,000
» Sure.

3376
02:18:06,559 --> 02:18:11,439
» So plant shrub sale is happening today

3377
02:18:10,000 --> 02:18:13,280
behind the office building where they

3378
02:18:11,439 --> 02:18:16,479
have a lot of surplus plants. They're

3379
02:18:13,280 --> 02:18:18,000
going to be open until 6 pm. I already

3380
02:18:16,479 --> 02:18:20,479
have a lot of planting to do over the

3381
02:18:18,000 --> 02:18:23,359
weekend. Their master gardener plant

3382
02:18:20,479 --> 02:18:25,200
sale. The orders are due by May 1st on

3383
02:18:23,359 --> 02:18:27,679
the back of the program that you

3384
02:18:25,200 --> 02:18:31,200
received today from Cornell. It's um

3385
02:18:27,679 --> 02:18:33,920
requires a 50% deposit and if you hit

3386
02:18:31,200 --> 02:18:36,319
that um QR code on the back you can see

3387
02:18:33,920 --> 02:18:39,960
all the plans they have available.

3388
02:18:36,319 --> 02:18:39,960
» Did you want to speak?

3389
02:18:41,519 --> 02:18:46,559
» Christine Norton Warren County

3390
02:18:43,120 --> 02:18:49,519
Treasurer. I could be brief. Um

3391
02:18:46,559 --> 02:18:52,319
I am encouraged that we are getting

3392
02:18:49,519 --> 02:18:53,840
closer to the truth regarding um the

3393
02:18:52,319 --> 02:18:56,080
circumstances around fraud from

3394
02:18:53,840 --> 02:18:59,280
December, but we still have a ways to

3395
02:18:56,080 --> 02:19:01,359
go. Um the sheriff is an expert at his

3396
02:18:59,280 --> 02:19:04,479
criminal. You know, that's his that's

3397
02:19:01,359 --> 02:19:06,719
his forte. However, processes um and

3398
02:19:04,479 --> 02:19:10,639
business process flows and forensics are

3399
02:19:06,719 --> 02:19:12,479
not his his uh wheelhouse. For example,

3400
02:19:10,639 --> 02:19:14,719
just one point from today and I won't go

3401
02:19:12,479 --> 02:19:17,679
into there are several. I'll just give

3402
02:19:14,719 --> 02:19:22,479
you this one. County treasurer's office

3403
02:19:17,679 --> 02:19:26,559
has for decades um done about 2,000 wire

3404
02:19:22,479 --> 02:19:28,960
transfers and ACS every month. So there

3405
02:19:26,559 --> 02:19:30,719
are processes and procedures in place.

3406
02:19:28,960 --> 02:19:32,960
They are informal, but they are

3407
02:19:30,719 --> 02:19:36,160
documented. They are simply not a

3408
02:19:32,960 --> 02:19:38,000
formalized policy that this um this

3409
02:19:36,160 --> 02:19:39,280
board has approved. We're going to get

3410
02:19:38,000 --> 02:19:41,040
there, and I'm looking forward to

3411
02:19:39,280 --> 02:19:45,200
working with everybody to to do just

3412
02:19:41,040 --> 02:19:48,160
that. Excuse me. Um,

3413
02:19:45,200 --> 02:19:50,319
in closing, oh, excuse me. Every single

3414
02:19:48,160 --> 02:19:52,880
employee um that has a direct deposit

3415
02:19:50,319 --> 02:19:55,600
gets that direct deposit by an AC. We do

3416
02:19:52,880 --> 02:19:57,120
have policies and procedures. I look

3417
02:19:55,600 --> 02:19:58,960
forward to the results of the ongoing

3418
02:19:57,120 --> 02:20:00,560
forensic investigations as well as the

3419
02:19:58,960 --> 02:20:02,960
controller that will be coming in in

3420
02:20:00,560 --> 02:20:04,720
June of this year. Um, they are the

3421
02:20:02,960 --> 02:20:08,000
forensic experts. They are the business

3422
02:20:04,720 --> 02:20:10,960
process experts. And I think um all of

3423
02:20:08,000 --> 02:20:13,680
us working together will absolutely

3424
02:20:10,960 --> 02:20:16,479
um make sure that this never happens

3425
02:20:13,680 --> 02:20:19,720
again. Thank you.

3426
02:20:16,479 --> 02:20:19,720
» One announcements.

3427
02:20:21,520 --> 02:20:26,319
The late John Austin had a hobby of

3428
02:20:24,560 --> 02:20:29,040
research

3429
02:20:26,319 --> 02:20:31,280
family information. Over the years he

3430
02:20:29,040 --> 02:20:34,000
built a wonderful library of genealogy

3431
02:20:31,280 --> 02:20:36,080
related materials. Thankfully, he left

3432
02:20:34,000 --> 02:20:39,359
his library to the historian's office

3433
02:20:36,080 --> 02:20:41,680
and now we have sorted it, cataloged it,

3434
02:20:39,359 --> 02:20:43,760
and can open it to the public. We would

3435
02:20:41,680 --> 02:20:46,560
like to invite each and every supervisor

3436
02:20:43,760 --> 02:20:49,520
to come to records at the county clerk's

3437
02:20:46,560 --> 02:20:51,840
office this Friday today at the end of

3438
02:20:49,520 --> 02:20:54,479
your meeting time. Well, we didn't hit

3439
02:20:51,840 --> 02:20:56,960
that mark for the official of the

3440
02:20:54,479 --> 02:20:58,880
collection. John Austin Sanjay will be

3441
02:20:56,960 --> 02:21:01,200
in attendance. The purpose is for you to

3442
02:20:58,880 --> 02:21:04,160
be aware of the huge collection of

3443
02:21:01,200 --> 02:21:07,040
material that It's available to county

3444
02:21:04,160 --> 02:21:10,399
thanks to the generosity of judge

3445
02:21:07,040 --> 02:21:14,880
Austin. So, we can all go down to the uh

3446
02:21:10,399 --> 02:21:17,120
record at the county clerk's office put

3447
02:21:14,880 --> 02:21:19,439
this and

3448
02:21:17,120 --> 02:21:22,439
we would like to give you a show you

3449
02:21:19,439 --> 02:21:22,439
all.

3450
02:21:23,439 --> 02:21:28,760
Anybody else have a motion to

3451
02:21:31,760 --> 02:21:34,920
get over?