[1:16] state.
[2:36] Okay, please.
[2:38] rise to pledge allegiance.
[2:41] >> Hey, Rabbi Ray
[2:44] to the flag of the United States of
[2:46] America and to the republic for which it
[2:49] stands. One nation under God,
[2:52] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[2:54] for all.
[3:01] and welcome to the second regular
[3:03] meeting of August 2026 for the village
[3:06] uh board of trustees. This is August
[3:09] 24th, 2026.
[3:11] Uh can I get a motion to approve the
[3:13] August 10, 2026 meeting minutes?
[3:16] >> Trust second.
[3:19] >> Trustee Duncar I guess on that. Uh
[3:21] discussion. All in favor?
[3:23] >> I opposed. Motion carries. No
[3:26] presentations tonight. public comment on
[3:27] agenda items only. If you're on Zoom,
[3:29] this will be the time to raise your hand
[3:30] to speak about agenda items only for up
[3:32] to three minutes. So, please do raise
[3:34] your hand if you do intend to do so.
[3:36] Anybody inside the room would like to
[3:37] speak, please raise your hand.
[3:41] >> Well, hold on. Mike may have beaten you.
[3:43] So, you I'm give I'm give you guys the
[3:45] selection.
[3:46] >> Mike will be very quick. I don't need
[3:48] >> Go for it.
[3:49] >> Well, just to name yourself, you know,
[3:52] the location, all that stuff. Dylan Wood
[3:55] 6 Avenue spot. I know it's not on the
[3:58] agenda for tonight from the National
[4:00] Bottle Museum and we truly thank you for
[4:04] your generosity. We had Bob Kavanagh
[4:06] from the museum
[4:09] with the fire chiefs. They gave us
[4:12] multiple pointers to keep the museum
[4:16] safe from emergencies and fire and
[4:19] that's where the money's going for.
[4:22] >> Very good. Thank you, Melly. and Mike.
[4:31] » Thank you. Good evening. Mike,
[4:34] um just a comment question with respect
[4:37] to consent agenda items 3, four, and
[4:40] five, the agreements with various local
[4:43] organizations. Um with the agreement
[4:47] that was posted online so far, there was
[4:50] no dollar figure on on that. that will
[4:53] be corrected already.
[4:55] >> There was no what? I'm sorry.
[4:57] >> Gotcha.
[5:00] >> And language. I don't know if this
[5:03] language is new in this type of
[5:04] agreement or not, but it points out that
[5:07] in the event programs run by the
[5:09] organization are substantially reduced,
[5:11] cancelled, not take place because the
[5:14] organization chooses to private
[5:16] activities. Then said fund shall be
[5:19] corporated and not paid by the village
[5:21] or paid that we have as an organization.
[5:25] So my question basically is
[5:28] do the village and each organization
[5:32] have a list of programs that are
[5:35] expected to be presented and who will
[5:38] determine whether there's any
[5:41] substantial reduction in programs
[5:43] offered by any of the
[5:47] Anybody else?
[5:49] Seeing none, seeing nothing on Zoom, let
[5:52] us go to the consent agenda. Would
[5:54] anybody like to remove an item from the
[5:56] consent agenda?
[5:58] Hearing none, can I get a motion to
[6:01] approve the consent agenda items?
[6:04] >> Trusty Debuke, trustee from discussion.
[6:07] All in favor?
[6:09] >> Opposed? Motion carries. Mike, just to
[6:11] answer your question there, since it
[6:12] kind of got lumped in, I should have
[6:13] done it discussion, but um in the case
[6:17] of Bark, yes. uh because we're provided
[6:19] a list of different uh aspects of what
[6:22] they're going to do. So we do
[6:23] technically have something from them. Uh
[6:26] we rely on our liaison for uh Boston
[6:29] area seniors to make sure that they're
[6:31] maintaining you know actively and with
[6:34] respect to uh National Bing Museum
[6:36] because of the sum we assume that
[6:38] they're putting it to good use and Ellie
[6:40] usually gives us a report. So it it's a not a hard and fast scenario, but
[6:45] it's just to protect the village in case
[6:46] something really does go wrong and the
[6:48] money gets redirected against what we
[6:50] would have normally given it for. So
[6:53] hopefully that makes sense.
[6:55] Okay. Now uh to seven. Uh can I get a
[6:58] motion to approve Alco Mediterranean
[7:00] Restaurant to hold fundraiser supporting
[7:02] children with autism on August 30th,
[7:04] 2026 from 9 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The
[7:07] event will utilize the adjacent parking
[7:08] lot for the event. certificate of
[7:10] insurance is on file.
[7:11] >> Trusty P. It's a second
[7:13] >> trustee Price Bush discussion and uh
[7:15] just want to thank them for doing this.
[7:17] I was trying
[7:18] >> I was trying to introduce them to the
[7:20] supervisor in Iskuna who I'm friends
[7:21] with uh and didn't realize they're like
[7:25] one property or a couple properties
[7:27] outside of Niskuna actually in Skenctity
[7:29] proper believe it or not even though
[7:30] they're on Union Street uh in that
[7:32] location but uh she was working to get
[7:34] her uh in front of the neighborhood uh
[7:38] contingent over there. So they might do
[7:39] something similar out in Nina, but it's
[7:42] great that what they're doing here. So
[7:43] thank you to them. All in favor?
[7:45] Opposed? Motion carries. I get a motion
[7:48] to approve Special P to host an October
[7:49] Fest block party on September 19th, 2026
[7:52] from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. closure of
[7:54] Washington Street from Milton Avenue to
[7:56] 17 Washington Street will be in effect.
[7:57] Certificate of insurance is on file.
[8:00] >> Trusty Funda. Trusty Duncar. Discussion.
[8:03] >> Can we add that mayor has
[8:06] >> only if he's in town and I cover
[8:08] football? that Saturday. I I was talking
[8:09] to R.J. actually about that the other
[8:11] day. I would like to go to one of these
[8:12] because I think I missed uh the ones so
[8:15] far, but if uh I am in town, you know
[8:17] me, I'm always up for a good time.
[8:21] >> All in favor?
[8:28] » Okay.
[8:31] » Too awkward. Sorry.
[8:34] >> I think the motion carried. We're just
[8:36] going to keep going. Can I get a motion?
[8:37] Adam Zalman be appointed as a part-time
[8:40] police officer.
[8:41] >> Make a motion.
[8:41] >> Trusty Dunabar.
[8:42] >> Second.
[8:43] >> Trustee to be discussion. All in favor?
[8:46] >> Opposed? Motion carries. Somebody should
[8:48] put a press release on when the leatory
[8:50] about that one actually by the leader
[8:51] hosen. Uh can I get a motion to approve
[8:53] the 911 memorial ceremony to be held
[8:55] outside from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
[8:57] Front Street from science to bath street
[8:59] will be closed for the service and
[9:02] services and reopened immediately
[9:03] following the ceremony.
[9:05] motion.
[9:06] >> Trustee Price Bush, trustee uh
[9:09] Fandaina.
[9:12] Uh discussion.
[9:15] >> All in favor?
[9:16] >> Opposed? Motion carries. There's
[9:19] announcements. Uh
[9:21] specifically here uh the monopole uh so
[9:25] far I believe AT&T and T-Mobile have re
[9:28] uh recommissioned decommissioned and all
[9:30] the uh above and actually removed most
[9:33] of their equipment off of the giant
[9:34] street water tower. So for all the, you
[9:36] know, not so prettiness of the monipole,
[9:38] the water tower looks a lot better right
[9:40] now with only Verizon's equipment still
[9:42] on. I believe they are working over the
[9:44] next week to take theirs off and
[9:45] commission over to the Monipoles, I
[9:48] think, sector by sector. So sometime
[9:51] next week, uh all three carriers should
[9:53] be fully operational from the Monipole
[9:55] uh in that position. uh was spoke
[9:58] speaking with uh
[10:01] Senator Tisco's office and uh we are
[10:04] working to see if we cannot get a
[10:07] another uh chance at $100,000 or
[10:09] thereabouts with respect to the pool and
[10:12] the pool reconditioning that's
[10:13] necessary. As you know, we have stored
[10:15] away about $50,000 uh related to trying
[10:18] to get the pool surface uh rejuvenated
[10:21] uh because it is in need of that. And uh
[10:24] we did have a price of in the $137,000
[10:27] range I believe for that. Uh currently
[10:30] it's uh next year probably hits the 150
[10:32] mark thereabouts. And so uh that would
[10:35] be probably just perfect if we uh were
[10:37] able to secure that because I understand
[10:39] the Senate uh minority was able to get
[10:43] some uh funding released or the access
[10:46] to some of it. So uh we we will continue
[10:48] to work with Senator Toiscoco. I put in
[10:51] a narrative uh with respect to it
[10:53] consistent with what we had years ago
[10:56] from uh that whole situation where the
[11:00] money got trapped basically uh inside uh
[11:03] the state. So we'll see where this one
[11:05] goes but we are hoping uh that that is
[11:07] successful and we thank him for his work
[11:09] on that
[11:11] uh family fun day. not to steal uh Mary
[11:14] Thunder uh rousing success uh and just
[11:18] want to uh thank everybody uh that came
[11:20] out for that event. I'll let her kind of
[11:23] go more into that in a couple minutes
[11:25] here uh in her liaison report, but just
[11:28] want to emphasize how uh it was a
[11:31] tremendous event and thank you to
[11:33] everybody uh volunteer-wise,
[11:36] merchants and or vendors and everybody
[11:39] that volunteered. Chris did a great job
[11:41] at the bubble booth. I can attest,
[11:44] but uh everybody uh thank you again and
[11:47] Barry will have more on that. I think
[11:49] that's all I have. Let me go to the
[11:51] treasures report
[11:55] somewhere in here. Um, we didn't get
[11:58] charts and graphs unfortunately this
[11:59] time, but we did get little pictures at
[12:01] the bottom. I did notice and
[12:05] ends with the final days of summer break
[12:06] bring a mix of slow mornings and nervous
[12:08] excitement, which sounds like my life.
[12:10] But anyway, uh, we get a really good uh,
[12:13] look at our balance sheet and revenues
[12:15] and expenses in this one. I'm not going
[12:17] to go uh line by line, but uh, she
[12:19] breaks down where we stand uh, as of
[12:21] right now. uh year-to-day expenses in
[12:24] general fund are about 20% of the
[12:26] budget. Uh for sewer fund about 14% of
[12:29] the budget and for library fund about
[12:30] 16.8% of the budget. Uh the sales tax
[12:33] distribution looks like June once again
[12:36] was very good thanks to Belmont weekend
[12:38] which is obviously the final Belmont
[12:40] weekend. So, uh, the village
[12:43] distribution for August, which is
[12:45] usually a two-month leading, uh,
[12:47] scenario. So, it goes back to June, uh,
[12:50] was 147,214.
[12:53] That is up from 127393. So, $20,000 gain
[12:56] there. Um, that's that's a nice, uh,
[12:59] chunk of change uh, differential. So, we
[13:01] appreciate that. And thanks to Melissa
[13:04] for all the great information. Year-to
[13:06] date. Uh so 6 months essentially of the
[13:10] year to date we're up uh at least
[13:12] countywide by about 10.6%.
[13:15] So a healthy uh show there. Who knows
[13:18] what's next? Who knows how much of that
[13:20] is also gas related uh because of the
[13:22] price of fuel and there's been a gas
[13:25] holiday or it's a gas tax holiday on
[13:27] that. So things to think about uh about
[13:30] whether or not that continues or not and
[13:32] economic conditions could always change
[13:34] but nice to see it at least holding up
[13:35] for now.
[13:37] The news on reports
[13:40] um yes the business association they
[13:43] recently had their uh second annual
[13:46] peachfest. It was very busy and um I was
[13:50] told that all the vendors had sold out
[13:52] which was fantastic. Um, but one of the
[13:54] things that they remarked is that people
[13:56] stayed in town. They stayed at the
[13:58] market. They stayed downtown. Uh, which
[14:00] is kind of the point. Business
[14:02] association works really hard to get
[14:04] people in the village shopping and um,
[14:06] very thankful for their efforts. Uh, the
[14:08] market's continuing on Saturdays until
[14:11] October 3rd uh, from 9:00 to 1. And then
[14:14] concerts, the last two concerts are
[14:16] coming up this Thursday and the next
[14:18] Thursday, Proton and Cersei. That's at
[14:21] Iron Springs Park. Uh the final movie in
[14:24] the park is more of a date night. It's
[14:26] on first Friday in September. It's going
[14:27] to be 51st dates and um generally that's
[14:31] all it's got now for the business
[14:33] association and we're plugging along.
[14:35] >> So you're saying that Peach Fest was
[14:36] peachy?
[14:47] » You're my favorite audience member of
[14:48] all time, Ellie. Okay, come on.
[14:50] >> Frank, you're spending too much time
[14:51] with Paul. Yes, clearly I am.
[14:54] >> Sad jokes.
[14:55] >> Okay,
[14:57] >> Mary, save me.
[14:59] >> Sure.
[15:02] » We're ready.
[15:04] >> The Boston area senior, their upcoming
[15:06] trip is October 6th. It's going to be
[15:08] October Fest at Gavins. And sign up this
[15:11] September 3rd and 10th. So that's going
[15:14] to be upon us very soon. Resident
[15:16] members $45. Non-resident members 55.
[15:20] Guest pay full price. And for more trip
[15:22] information, you can contact Mary Eaggan
[15:25] at 518-630-6322.
[15:29] And Wednesday, this Wednesday, the
[15:31] afternoon book discussion group will be
[15:34] discussing We Solve Murders by Richard
[15:36] Osman. That's um August 26, 3:30 to
[15:40] 4:30.
[15:42] And Family Funday. I'm gonna let
[15:46] encourage Gina to give more details
[15:49] about the numbers and all of that, but
[15:51] it was a success and volunteers. Ellie
[15:54] was there volunteering and
[15:59] there were a lot of I saw I think I saw
[16:02] Liz there and Mike um
[16:05] Rebecca and her kids
[16:07] >> with you and the cotton candy.
[16:09] >> Six hours straight. Have you gotten all
[16:12] the cotton candy coloring off your hands
[16:14] yet?
[16:16] >> It was it was fun and there was a
[16:18] constant line and people seemed to
[16:20] really be enjoying themselves. Parents
[16:23] just kept saying thank you. You know,
[16:25] they were so happy with the whole event.
[16:28] So,
[16:29] >> you did a great job. Oh, yeah. And
[16:31] that's all,
[16:32] >> Charlie.
[16:33] >> All right. So, the next committee on the
[16:36] arts uh meeting is September 9th, 7 p.m.
[16:39] right here in the library. And I have a
[16:42] little note from George Long. Um, he
[16:45] wrote, "On behalf of the Village
[16:46] Committee on the Arts, a sincere thank
[16:48] you to everyone who helped make our
[16:50] first Front Street Art Fair a success.
[16:52] From the BSBPA to the Lions, Curtis
[16:55] Lumber, the Village Government, and of
[16:57] course our many talented artists,
[16:59] musicians, and businesses, you put your
[17:01] trust in us to put on this event, and I
[17:03] hope you feel we delivered. We learned
[17:06] many lessons that will make future
[17:07] events smoother and more successful. But
[17:10] this was a great first step to putting
[17:11] us on the map as a genuine and unique
[17:14] community. We have so much potential and
[17:17] we look forward to the next event and
[17:19] again thank you and I would just like to
[17:21] mirror that. It was a nice event. Um we
[17:24] all know how hard George and the rest of
[17:25] the committee work to put it together.
[17:26] So it's just going to get better every
[17:28] year and I'm looking forward to it next
[17:30] year. And then um HDC September 10th, 90
[17:34] East High Street. They'll have their
[17:35] meeting at 700 p.m. and Park and Tree
[17:38] will meet September 15th. The Cornell
[17:41] Cooperative Conference Room at 7:00 p.m.
[17:44] >> And uh just want to thank you for being
[17:46] my date along with your husband Chris uh
[17:49] at this year's uh Balsa Spa Stakes on
[17:52] Saturday for the uh Alabama. And uh the
[17:56] winner was in one more time, which was a slight upset. And uh in true Boston
[18:02] spa form, there was an objection that we
[18:04] had to uh withstand for about 4 minutes
[18:06] or so and uh no changes were made. So I
[18:11] mean
[18:11] >> are for the course I guess.
[18:12] >> Yep. Absolutely.
[18:14] Paul uh DPW they were helping with
[18:17] setting up and tearing down for family
[18:19] funday. They have three more streets to
[18:21] go for prepping before they can start to
[18:23] pave. And note for the folks on
[18:26] Fairground Avenue, this Wednesday, your
[18:28] street will be mil and it will be paved
[18:30] on Monday the 31st. For the folks on
[18:33] Minute Man Lane, your street will be mil
[18:36] on Thursday the 27th and paved on
[18:39] Tuesday the 1st. We want to add that lot
[18:41] A will be uh available uh thanks to the
[18:43] fairgrounds uh folks uh for uh people on
[18:46] fair grounds that uh need to park uh and
[18:49] can't park obviously on fair grounds or
[18:51] in that vicinity. So, uh, thank you to
[18:54] the fairgrounds for making that offer to
[18:55] us on that.
[18:56] >> And the contract for the traffic coming
[18:58] study was signed on Friday. They'll be
[19:00] setting up a kickoff meeting within the
[19:02] next couple of days.
[19:03] >> Sounds good.
[19:04] >> And lastly, on zoning, I believe this
[19:06] zoning zoning board meeting this
[19:07] Wednesday.
[19:08] >> I I never knew didn't see a lot of news
[19:12] about it, so I don't really
[19:14] confirmed.
[19:18] Old business zoning code update. Uh, one
[19:21] thing that's, uh, pressing, uh, Chris
[19:23] just got back, Chris Crucial, uh, from
[19:25] Fisher Associates got back from vacation
[19:27] and sent Carl and myself an email, uh,
[19:31] stating that he's ready to, uh, make the
[19:33] final changes and everything else. Uh,
[19:34] but two things I want to talk about
[19:36] briefly here. Uh, number one,
[19:40] uh, Chris uh, revealed that next month
[19:42] he leaves Fiser and goes to another, uh,
[19:45] consulting firm. Now, he asked a
[19:47] question, which is a relevant question.
[19:50] uh which was essentially do you want me
[19:52] to take this with me essentially um
[19:55] because he has been pretty much the
[19:57] principal and only you know at least
[20:00] major participant at Fiser with respect
[20:03] to the zoning code. Uh I said uh you
[20:06] know we did have a bidding process per
[20:08] se an interview process in focused on
[20:12] consulting firms so I need to talk to
[20:15] the board to make sure what their
[20:16] intentions are on this and we can maybe
[20:18] move forward from there at the next
[20:20] meeting if we uh end up in that
[20:22] direction. Go ahead.
[20:22] >> I think it's wise to continue working
[20:24] with him
[20:26] that
[20:28] I'd rather have his eyes on it.
[20:31] >> Everybody else too far deep then to
[20:35] I I did ask him in the meantime keep
[20:38] going on this uh and you know gave him
[20:41] uh some thoughts from the last uh since
[20:44] the last draft of what fix and
[20:46] everything else from what we had seen as
[20:48] still problematic. One other thing I'm
[20:50] going to be sending uh the board uh some
[20:52] info um was uh talking to Scott Berling
[20:55] game on this uh with respect to uh the
[20:58] idea of adaptive reuse and uh filling
[21:01] some holes in the code with respect to
[21:04] uh buildings that might
[21:07] that we might want to keep, you know, in
[21:10] place in some form or another, at least
[21:12] most of the building. and uh allowing
[21:15] uses that might not otherwise fit the
[21:17] code but would be still conducive in the
[21:19] neighborhoods or locations that they're
[21:21] located. Uh thinking the South Street
[21:24] School area perhaps the Lakewood Manor
[21:26] say existing shell if that were to be uh
[21:28] reused and others uh out there as well.
[21:31] Uh you know not every building qualifies
[21:34] for this. We're talking like in
[21:35] institutional type uses, uh, school type
[21:38] uses, churches, stuff like that that
[21:40] might be able to still stand with the
[21:43] different use inside if they were ever
[21:44] abandoned for the intended use, but the
[21:49] desire to keep those buildings in place,
[21:51] but not hinder what could happen
[21:54] necessarily inside them if it's again
[21:57] conducive. And it's a lot of words that
[22:00] have to be placed in it to build the
[22:02] guard rails and guide rails in it. So
[22:04] that's why I wanted to send to the board
[22:05] before I ever sent it to Chris to say,
[22:08] you know, this is something we should
[22:09] do. So look forward to that. Uh
[22:12] basically, go ahead.
[22:13] >> To the code or
[22:14] >> inside folding into the code. Uh this is
[22:18] some seeming to be an omission really
[22:20] from us because we do see buildings that
[22:23] have that character that might not
[22:25] otherwise fit and they don't fit into
[22:28] pre-existing non-conforming mentality
[22:30] necessarily either. So, uh, Scott was
[22:34] pretty clear that this was something
[22:35] that he thinks that would give us an
[22:37] opportunity to protect a lot of, uh,
[22:39] structures that would want to be
[22:41] protected or we want would want to be
[22:43] protected down the line. So, uh, I
[22:45] thought it was a good, uh, use of some
[22:47] time to go through that and like I said,
[22:50] uh, leave in your hands ultimately to
[22:52] look at and see what you think about it.
[22:54] Will that how long will that process
[22:56] >> in terms of getting
[22:57] >> it into the draft? And
[22:59] >> uh I don't think very long because if
[23:01] you like what's written, we can just
[23:03] hand it right over to them. If you don't
[23:05] or you want alterations, we can do that
[23:08] in a few days probably if you can take
[23:10] the time to look at it. It's it's a like
[23:13] I said, it's a lot of words for the
[23:14] guardrail. Say you need to apply into
[23:17] something like that because again, you
[23:18] don't want it to be a runaway train. And
[23:19] that's the whole idea here. There's a
[23:21] limited number of properties probably
[23:22] would apply to in the village, but
[23:25] enough to matter I think in this respect
[23:27] and it's not spot zoning because there
[23:29] are enough to matter in that respect.
[23:32] >> So be prepared for that. Anything you'd
[23:34] like to include as an update on that?
[23:36] >> No,
[23:39] I was on vacation.
[23:40] >> Yeah.
[23:42] >> I came back for you guys.
[23:43] >> Were there drinks with umbrellas in
[23:45] them?
[23:45] >> There were no umbrellas.
[23:46] >> Okay.
[23:48] >> There were drinks.
[23:50] No umbrellas.
[23:52] >> No new business from anybody.
[23:55] >> Public comment on any issue. If you're
[23:57] on Zoom, this will be the time for
[23:58] public comment on any issue and to raise
[24:00] your hand for up to three minutes to
[24:01] speak on that any issue. And if there's
[24:04] anybody in the room that would like to
[24:05] speak, now would be the time to raise
[24:06] your hand.
[24:09] >> Ellie, I'm back.
[24:11] >> Are you going to comment about my leader
[24:13] Hosen?
[24:15] >> No.
[24:18] I'm wearing this museum hat. As I've
[24:22] said before, you did a fantastic job and
[24:25] I want to publicly thank you. Um, the
[24:28] museum had a wonderful mix of adults and
[24:30] children where we could keep the
[24:33] children entertained and interested and
[24:35] I could work on the adults.
[24:38] So, it was really a nice day for us and
[24:41] I thank you and look forward to
[24:44] >> Are you guys repainting the top area
[24:46] there or was my were my eyes deceiving
[24:48] me uh with the bottle museum? Uh
[24:52] >> is it say something? I couldn't tell. I
[24:54] was looking up. I couldn't see exactly
[24:55] where I was looking. Somebody's
[24:57] repeating I think something around your
[24:59] zone up.
[24:59] >> It's a different building.
[25:00] >> Different building.
[25:04] Um, and the other thing is just sort of
[25:05] a a confusion question. I'm taking my
[25:08] museum hat off and now I'm
[25:10] >> Oh, yeah.
[25:12] >> On the zoning code, the new one, the one
[25:14] that's in the draft now. Is tenoring the
[25:17] project being held to the old one or is
[25:21] that why we're not getting the new one
[25:22] in place?
[25:23] >> No. No, it has nothing to do with that.
[25:25] >> Not which one? They're going to be held
[25:28] to the old one
[25:29] >> because they filed under the old one.
[25:30] Yes.
[25:30] >> Okay. Y the new one will not affect
[25:34] >> unless it got pulled and then uh refiled
[25:37] later or something like that.
[25:38] >> Yep. No, no problem.
[25:40] >> Thank you.
[25:40] >> You got it, Liz.
[25:47] » Liz,
[25:49] I just had a couple of questions. What
[25:51] is the status of DPW and uh Village Hall
[25:57] as far as
[25:59] placement
[26:01] of I mean village hall has the
[26:04] structural issues and I' just like to
[26:08] know where where these buildings stand.
[26:11] I mean, looks like the fire department
[26:13] is, you know, doing a lot of repairs and
[26:17] fixing everything up and you don't see
[26:20] anything, you know, and the police
[26:23] department is, you know, I think pretty
[26:25] well set after after their acquisition
[26:28] and what the changes they made, but
[26:30] these other two buildings, you know,
[26:33] driving by taking the DPW.
[26:39] » Thank you.
[26:41] And Mike, did you have your hand up? I
[26:43] didn't see. No. Thank you. Appreciate
[26:44] it. Gina, go ahead.
[26:53] Rosie,
[26:55] Ellie, I say you're here. It's It takes
[26:58] a whole team to put that back down. I
[27:00] appreciate the props, but you know, I I
[27:03] know like your old super rabbiting bing.
[27:07] Well, uh, in honor of Mary's request, my
[27:12] little report on Family Fun Day, uh, it
[27:15] was our largest one yet. We had, all
[27:18] estimates point to close to 2,000 people
[27:21] event
[27:22] mother nature went, so that's a little
[27:24] bit. We had a couple showers come
[27:26] through. Um
[27:29] the fun box that program for the cigar
[27:33] underprivilege that they compete
[27:35] uh again was a huge success. We had
[27:38] several of the coupons turned back back
[27:40] in which thank you to Michael Zado and
[27:43] St. Mary's church for that program
[27:46] >> and Deb Dugan obviously for
[27:48] >> Deban who just came out of being ill. We
[27:52] were her first outing which was awesome
[27:55] to see her out and about again. some
[27:56] guests. So, she worked with us. Um, the
[28:00] number of vendors, the number of
[28:01] volunteers, uh, the Balsy Spot Fire
[28:03] Department, um, the task force who clips
[28:07] up with me this time of year.
[28:09] >> By spot police departments
[28:14] department, um, they actually had a
[28:16] booth and were making I believe at one
[28:20] point, right?
[28:21] >> Almost.
[28:25] Um the your staff the cat and candy
[28:29] queen over there you've been replaced.
[28:32] >> That's okay.
[28:35] » She was done too. So
[28:38] >> even though I brought her a special
[28:39] chair
[28:40] >> the uh the groups that benefited the the
[28:44] girl scouts, the cub scum
[28:48] » elks
[28:48] >> the elks did phenomenal in the kitchen.
[28:51] That was one of our best moves that I
[28:52] think we made. Right. get a medication.
[28:55] Um, it was just a great day and to see
[28:59] kids, little kids, so excited to get a
[29:01] backpack with full supply and you think
[29:05] that they got gold. I mean, it was
[29:06] amazing. Why we do it? We do it for the
[29:09] community and the community really
[29:11] turned out and hopefully next year
[29:13] mother nature gets back on our meds and
[29:15] we have a good Oh, and the fireworks in
[29:17] San Fort I got to thank them. They they
[29:20] gave us a show well worth beyond what
[29:23] they charge us. There's a ball and spot
[29:25] ti there. The woman that did the
[29:27] booking, born and raised in Boston
[29:29] spots. She had a soft spot for balls and
[29:31] spots. They take really good care of us.
[29:33] Just everybody was phenomenal. All of
[29:34] our sponsors. We took in a nice sum of
[29:38] money to actually pay the fireworks.
[29:41] And um yeah, that's it. It was a great
[29:43] day. If anybody has any questions, feel
[29:45] free to ask. I'm here to help. Thank you
[29:48] very much. Anybody else? Rayton
[29:56] 16.
[29:58] I want to thank from the task force. I
[30:01] want to thank Gina. Um crazy just crazy.
[30:07] Uh but
[30:08] >> I know her.
[30:09] >> She's like she's like a ping pong ball
[30:11] all day long. You know, who knows? Who
[30:14] knows? Um, but great job. You know, the
[30:18] vendors uh nothing but compliments as
[30:20] they were leaving. I was the uh the
[30:23] pylon
[30:24] here and they all went by me and they
[30:26] were uh thrilled with what happened. And
[30:29] I I just want to mention one of the
[30:30] vendors. I mentioned the Bucks, the the
[30:34] Scotty Bucks. Uh one of them had a stack
[30:37] about that thick. Uh probably what 35 or
[30:40] so.
[30:42] >> Yeah, I think
[30:42] >> maybe more than that. I know that. Yeah,
[30:44] I think you I know what you're talking
[30:46] about.
[30:46] >> He he hands them to me and I said, "All
[30:48] right, I'll I'll make sure get you." And
[30:51] he goes, "No, that's my donation."
[30:53] >> So, you know,
[30:54] >> the attitude
[30:55] >> and Oh, yeah. He put another 50 bucks
[30:57] in. So, uh that's the attitude that that
[31:01] most of the folks have.
[31:02] >> That was the kettle corn folks to be
[31:04] specific.
[31:05] >> My wife brought this bag home.
[31:07] >> It's good stuff.
[31:09] Um so yeah, thank you and thank you to
[31:12] all those uh of us that were there uh
[31:15] helping and uh it just went it went very
[31:19] well. It went very well. Uh second thing
[31:22] I have is uh I want to thank you for
[31:25] making sure that the uh Route 50 got
[31:28] paved.
[31:30] I know that's all on your shoulders. I I
[31:32] heard so much about that and uh you're
[31:35] just a miracle worker when it comes to
[31:37] that.
[31:37] >> Oh yeah.
[31:39] Um, lastly, now I really do need your
[31:42] help. And this is something I brought up
[31:44] to many administrations, but it
[31:46] continues to go on. Uh, we have a a
[31:49] noise ordinance in this village. Um, and
[31:53] the earliest hours trying to read the
[31:56] thing is a little weird, but, uh, the
[31:58] earliest hours that noise, if you will,
[32:01] is allowed
[32:03] is around 6:00 a.m. Okay. In most cases,
[32:06] I think it's 7.
[32:08] uh depends on whether it's a a
[32:11] residential area or a commercial area,
[32:13] but I happen to live in an area
[32:16] commercial area. Actually, my my
[32:18] property is commercial. Um
[32:23] but there's a problem because every week
[32:27] our our friends from uh County Waste are
[32:30] emptying the dumpsters at 5:00 a.m. So
[32:33] at 5:00 a.m. it sounds like explosions
[32:36] going off. And if you sit there and
[32:38] listen, it goes bang up by my place. And
[32:40] then the next one, it goes all the way
[32:42] down through the town. And then at 6:00,
[32:45] they got another round that comes
[32:46] through.
[32:49] I know enforcement of that is supposedly
[32:51] done by the police department, but if
[32:53] the village could maybe make a call to
[32:56] the county waste and say, "By the way,
[32:59] as we've said in the past, the ordinance
[33:02] says nothing before. for at 6:00 a.m. It
[33:07] would just make it easier for the
[33:08] residents to maybe get in the morning on
[33:12] Thursday.
[33:14] >> Yeah,
[33:17] » your three minutes are up, but uh we'll send that to Jen to uh get that
[33:22] message across if she hasn't already
[33:24] tried a few times. Yeah, but it's an
[33:27] >> ongoing I need to call
[33:30] understand.
[33:32] Thank you.
[33:33] >> Thank you. Anybody else?
[33:36] Yes, Chris.
[33:44] » All right.
[33:44] >> Thank you for being my dates date, if
[33:46] that makes any sense. I'm sorry.
[33:49] So, Chris Scaling Drive. Uh, thank you
[33:51] for the props to the bubble table, but
[33:52] he took it over from somebody who's much
[33:54] more capable than me. Gave you strict
[33:56] marching orders.
[33:57] >> Watch out that the balls don't escape in
[33:59] the tots area. No pour bubbles here.
[34:01] make sure bubbles if they get nested
[34:02] over here. You clean them up. So I
[34:04] >> did he do it after
[34:05] >> he did a great job.
[34:07] >> Okay.
[34:08] >> And we will need more bubbles for next
[34:10] year. But um I wanted to thank obviously
[34:14] for again family funday is always
[34:16] phenomenal to see it's phenomenal for
[34:17] the community phenomenal for uh for
[34:20] families and I said we saw all
[34:22] demographics there uh during family fun
[34:24] day. It's just good to have that in the
[34:26] community. I also want to thank you for
[34:28] you know the Boston pre and it just it
[34:30] got me thinking about a few things you
[34:32] know sometimes has a nice positive
[34:35] meaning sometimes I know a little bit
[34:37] negative give a little bit of passion
[34:39] and it makes you think back to you know
[34:40] what represents boss spa I know it's fun
[34:42] to joke that there's an objection at the
[34:44] race it's almost typical fashion for
[34:46] boss spa and then you know this purple suit and shoes phenomenal u but you know it goes little
[34:52] of the village of friends and you know
[34:55] probably the best thing of that day was
[34:57] there was a young man that was
[34:58] recognized uh at the end of the race um
[35:01] and you know forgive him I'm a little
[35:03] bit of a storyteller but um of my four
[35:05] children and I have one who sort of
[35:08] moved to the beat of his own drum uh and
[35:10] I remember this young man one time we uh
[35:13] said hey go out and invite some people
[35:14] to you know date a bus like the last
[35:16] picture on his birthday party nobody
[35:19] showed up except for this one young man
[35:21] who showed up and he sort of knew he
[35:22] goes nobody's showing up for your son he
[35:24] goes well you know I'm doing the right
[35:25] thing to show up for your
[35:27] I'm that was just amazing. He had that
[35:30] sense. This was if I could probably
[35:31] elementary school. He had that sense
[35:33] back then and I sort of followed him
[35:35] throughout the years. He was also
[35:36] friends with my other son. They were in
[35:38] robotics together and he just was a very
[35:40] talented young man and he was at that
[35:43] race and he was invited back to where
[35:46] normally the owners would be celebrate
[35:47] their winnings and the celebr
[35:56] and and to see that that is what it
[35:59] means again to you know be in this
[36:00] village to be a village craft. He was a
[36:02] friend to my son when my son needed him
[36:04] the most and he was recognized as a
[36:06] truly outstanding young man that he is
[36:08] to this day and what he's going through.
[36:10] And yesterday was would have been the
[36:12] birthday of my mother who passed a
[36:14] couple years ago and she was a third
[36:16] grade teacher and she'd tell you she was
[36:18] still alive to this day. He gives you
[36:20] impact. They are the future. When they
[36:23] become adults, they remember those
[36:24] little moments where you gave them a
[36:26] chance to truly truly shine. So of all
[36:29] the things I saw of that uh again it was
[36:31] a great time but those lucky greatest
[36:33] impact and I have to thank you for that
[36:35] mayor because again that's the impact
[36:37] you have on the future generations of
[36:39] the village and it's those little quiet
[36:41] moments nobody sees no cameras there's
[36:43] no spotlight there's no social media
[36:45] it's just giving that young man a chance
[36:47] to shine he truly deserved that after
[36:49] you know but I'm sure he's done with
[36:51] countless people not just myself so
[36:53] >> 10 seconds
[36:54] >> absolutely and again thank you to all of
[36:56] you because again I noticed out there is
[36:58] not always the easiest thing to do and
[37:00] whether you're going around at the hot
[37:01] sun during the art fair to make sure
[37:02] George is doing good or showing up to
[37:04] family fun day and putting through
[37:06] everything each and every one of you do
[37:07] is it's always appreciated. Thank you.
[37:09] >> Thanks Chris. And uh Bryce deserves
[37:12] congratulations. He came back also for a
[37:14] $3,500 uh scholarship from New York
[37:16] Racing Association and he's attending
[37:19] University of Louisville uh and came
[37:21] back for that uh award. So it was great
[37:23] to see him. uh he was actually in our
[37:25] picture last year in uh the winter
[37:28] circle because he was working with them
[37:30] uh in that uh area and uh this year came
[37:33] back just to celebrate with everybody
[37:35] and get his uh money from uh the
[37:38] scholarship. So congratulations to him.
[37:40] Anybody else?
[37:43] Seeing none hearing none.
[37:46] We have time for other business
[37:48] including but not limited to board
[37:49] response to public comment. Paul, I
[37:52] always put you in the hot seat first.
[37:53] So, I'm going to go to Bernie Debt first
[37:54] this time. How's that for throwing this
[37:56] off?
[37:57] >> Um, just just want to applaud everybody
[38:00] for family fun day. I'm sorry I had to
[38:01] miss it this year. We were celebrating
[38:03] the life of my aunt who passed away. But
[38:05] I think she'd be overjoyed at how how
[38:09] well it went. Um, cuz she worked with
[38:11] children with special needs. Um, but
[38:14] anyway, very glad that
[38:16] >> Well, you were.
[38:17] >> I know.
[38:19] >> You indeed were.
[38:19] >> All right, I'm going to crack this
[38:20] camera.
[38:22] Uh, Mary, save us again.
[38:26] >> You were with us in spirit, Bernardet.
[38:28] We did miss you and I'm glad you were
[38:31] able to
[38:33] pay tribute to your family.
[38:36] >> Thank you. Uh, Charlene, I guess
[38:38] >> agree with Mary Bernardet. Um, you know,
[38:42] we missed you, but we're happy that, you
[38:45] know, you got to take that time with
[38:46] your family. Um, I'd also like to say
[38:49] that this is such a small little agenda
[38:51] and the meeting went so quick, but I
[38:53] felt like tonight was really impactful
[38:55] because if you look at like a huge
[38:58] portion of our agenda items, they're all
[39:01] community oriented events, right?
[39:04] Whether that's, you know, approving
[39:06] future events or paying some of our
[39:08] organizations to or helping them, you
[39:11] know, financially to do all of the hard
[39:13] work that they do. So, I really think,
[39:15] you know, it's just a testament to who
[39:17] we are as a village. And I don't know,
[39:19] tonight makes me super proud.
[39:21] >> Amen. Paul,
[39:23] >> no comment.
[39:26] >> First or last, I can't get him to go too
[39:28] far on that. Uh, with respect to DBW,
[39:31] uh, we are working with Malta on what to
[39:33] do in that situation to try to get a
[39:35] storage building there uh, built so that
[39:37] we can uh, stage it. But if not, if we
[39:40] can't, we'll work down roads to figure
[39:41] out uh you know, how to proceed from
[39:44] there and then we'll see if uh we're
[39:46] going to uh need to do a contract with
[39:48] uh Lege with respect to next steps and
[39:51] design and engineering, all that stuff.
[39:53] Uh with respect to Village Hall, uh
[39:56] first would love to get it painted also.
[39:58] Uh and I've talked to Randy Elliot about
[40:01] helping us figure out who we can get to
[40:03] do it for a reasonable price. And some
[40:05] of the structural stuff appears to be
[40:06] overstated uh with respect to the
[40:08] retaining wall from folks we've talked
[40:11] to, but uh we do want to still do the
[40:13] vault and also look at refacing that
[40:15] wall uh to at least uh contain the
[40:18] little bit of the stuff that was
[40:19] starting to fall off of it. Uh so we'll
[40:22] uh you know continue down that path as
[40:24] well. Uh and just in general, and I said
[40:27] it yesterday on Facebook, I'm going to
[40:29] say it again. Wednesday is an
[40:31] opportunity for this village to really,
[40:33] you know, voice their opinions, voice
[40:35] their thoughts on a controversial topic.
[40:37] There's no doubt about it. And I always
[40:40] say two things and one I said especially
[40:42] yesterday, but I'll say uh another part
[40:44] generally integrity matters in terms of
[40:48] you know stay on facts, stay on
[40:52] reasonable opinions, don't inflame, you
[40:54] know, it's it's a discussion at the end
[40:56] of the day. It's not an indictment. And
[40:58] I think that's the biggest thing I
[41:00] always ask of folks in those uh moments
[41:02] is to stay calm, stay rational, stay
[41:04] full of integrity in what you say and do
[41:07] in those situations. And you know, just
[41:11] be respectful in general to your
[41:13] neighbors, to the boards who really they
[41:17] might as well be volunteers for a little
[41:18] bit of money. We give them a stipen uh
[41:20] on the planning and zoning boards zoning
[41:22] board on Wednesday. Uh respect is key
[41:27] because it doesn't help anybody to
[41:31] inflame toward those members. It's it is
[41:35] hard enough of a job. We feel it
[41:37] ourselves from time to time, but you
[41:38] know, we take this on as responsibility.
[41:41] They're appointed and essentially, you
[41:43] know, give up their time for these
[41:45] situations because they love their
[41:46] community as much as you might as well.
[41:49] And you may not believe that just
[41:50] because they might hold a different
[41:52] position from you on this, but respect
[41:54] is so necessary in these uh situations.
[41:57] You know, we had the whole residency
[41:59] question back when because we do
[42:00] struggle sometimes to get people to sign
[42:02] up for these boards. And the best thing
[42:06] we can do to invite others inside of our
[42:08] own community, if that's the way we want
[42:09] to continue going down the line, is to
[42:11] make sure we treat them with respect so
[42:13] others will want to become part of that
[42:16] organization, that board, that
[42:17] committee, whatever. have you. So,
[42:19] please remember that. That's the only
[42:21] thing I uh really ask of anybody. Again,
[42:23] your opinions are yours. Your your facts
[42:26] are yours to present. Do it. You've got
[42:30] your time to do that in those uh public
[42:32] hearing moments. And we applaud that
[42:34] fact. That's what makes us the village
[42:35] of Boston spa besides just our community
[42:38] uh you know interest in the way that you
[42:40] uh spoke of Charlene but also the way we
[42:43] respect each other or supposed to
[42:44] respect each other and always carry
[42:47] ourselves with that integrity that I
[42:48] think is so important. So that's my
[42:50] thought on that. Uh that is uh 7 p.m. is
[42:53] it at the uh Elks on Wednesday night.
[42:58] >> And at this point no need for executive
[43:01] session. Correct.
[43:02] >> I don't need one.
[43:03] >> I am
[43:05] Fine. You mean that way?
[43:07] >> You don't have one.
[43:08] >> No thanks. Got to get a motion that the
[43:10] vouchers be audited and the meeting be
[43:12] adjourned at 7:41 p.m.
[43:14] >> I'll make that motion.
[43:15] >> Trustee Price Bush.
[43:16] >> Second.
[43:16] >> Trustee Dunclear discussion. All in
[43:18] favor?
[43:20] >> Oppose.
[43:21] >> Everybody have a great Labor Day. We
[43:23] will see you in three weeks.
[43:27] >> Yes, three weeks. Have a great time.