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I like to call this February 9th council
meeting to order. Everybody, please

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stand for a moment of silence.

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Please salute the flag
to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic for it
stands. One nation under God,

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indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.

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» Mr. Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Peasant [clears throat]

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» here.
>> Miss Cullen

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» here. Miss Rodriguez,
uh, she just text me say she has heater

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problems at home. Uh, Mr. Cousins
>> here.

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» Miss Figerero
>> here.

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» Mr. Johnson
>> here.

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» Mr. Krochi here.
>> Mr. Teachers here.

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» Okay. Uh, I don't think we have anybody
in the public again tonight, so there

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will be no public participation.
So, we do have uh, Mr. Pezy here tonight

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to do a presentation on uh a program
that we've been discussing with him and

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he agreed to carry a ball with this
which we appreciate. So why don't you uh

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do whatever you want to do and do you
need that board from outside or does

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Matt have it on TV?
>> He has it on TV.

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» He has it on TV.
>> Yeah.

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» I'm going to turn around so I can see
it.

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Well, good evening. Uh, it's good to be
here again. I appreciate appreciate the

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time and it it really won't be long. Um,
>> Raph and I have talked for a while about

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the best way to communicate with the
public that to to give them a more

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indepth understanding of various things
that the bureau does. Okay? Uh, you guys

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vote on something, you might talk about
it for five minutes or so at the council

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meeting to explain what the motion's
about. And sometimes citizens might like

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more information. And uh so we we we
talked about that and we talked about a

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newsletter, but I think we're living in
an age where people prefer to see and

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hear things rather than uh rather than
read them. Maybe that's unfortunate, but

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I think it's the reality. So uh we came
up with the idea of

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having creating we actually we created a
a logo called uh the burrow in brief and

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what it's intended to do is provide
maybe 10 minute 8 8 minutes to 15

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minutes no certainly no more than that
uh short explanations zeroing in on a

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specific thing you're doing. All right
so let me let me just play this for you

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and uh you'll get a better idea.

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Welcome to the burrow in brief, a new
program designed to keep residents

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informed and connected to what's
happening in our burrow. I'm Bill Peza,

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and along with burrow officials and
other community leaders, I'll be sharing

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updates on the initiatives, projects,
and decisions shaping our community.

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Each episode focuses on one topic and
breaks down the what, the why, and the

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impact, all in about 10 minutes. It's
clear, it's focused, and it respects

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your time. No nonsense, no partisanship,
just useful, straightforward information

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connecting residents to their
government. You'll find the Burrow in

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brief on the Burrow channel, the Burrow
website, and across social media.

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See, Kurt, that wasn't 45.
Uh, so that's it. That's the little

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promo we have to roll out to explain to
the to the residents what we will be

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doing. Uh that will loop on the burrow
channel for a while so they they get a

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feel for that. And then um I've already
I've already had a session with Brian

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Johnson on recreation, specifically
recreational basketball because it's

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basketball season. Uh, I also spent we
we did one the other day with Jim

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Pokeriak on u the RFP that the burrows
be going to be entertaining for Elman

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Chestnut which you got a little we got a
little bit more in depth with that one

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because it's a more complicated concept
but that's the kind of things we'll be

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doing uh as you tell me what you want to
have covered that's what we'll develop.

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Uh the uh the tapings are done by uh
1681 digital media and uh that's it. I'd

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rather answer your questions. Oh, and
it'll be shown on on the burrow channel

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and then they'll be housed or or
archived on the burrow website and uh

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people can then look at past episodes or
whatever topic they want.

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Right.
>> So, what I think we spoke about, we're

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trying to to put out there is there's so
many things in town that is being

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accomplished and like Brian runs a
basketball program. It's outstanding

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program, 160 kids involved and by him
just saying coming here talking about it

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once in a you don't get the impact on
what's really what he's doing. I mean,

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how hard he's working for this program
and how much time he's putting into this

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program. And it's like that with
everybody when I'm trying to push things

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into like Greg Lorraine, you know,
Louis, everybody's got a job up here to

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do and I think they're doing and when I
approached Bill, he said, I don't even

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want anything. I mean, it's we I really
appreciate you doing this for nothing

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because I know how much time it's going
to take. It's not just you see a six or

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eight minute video. it's setting it up
and meeting with the people and

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interviewing people. So again, you know,
thank you very much for putting the time

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into this and I think it's going to be a
great way to, you know, move forward and

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[clears throat] like you said, people
watch this stuff on social media.

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» Yeah. So,
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» and I also we talked about I think that
this will be shown with no comments

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because the sad part is as hard as he's
working you know somebody's going to

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have something to say. So, it's better
just put your message out there and

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again if somebody has something to say
we're here every month. You don't never

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see anybody in the audience that come
here and say anything. things.

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» Well, there's plenty of outlets for
people to express themselves, but but on

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this one, we just want it to be
standalone. Here's the content

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» and take from it what you would.
>> I think Ralph was alluding to a little

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bit of what I was going to ask you. Um,
what is it not? So, I, you know, I'm

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sure there's going to be a lot of people
that see this and see the traction that

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it gets and may want to utilize it. So,
what who what will it be and what won't

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it be? What it will be is specific
information about specific burrow

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programs. That's that's for sure. And
then there are some that are certainly I

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think when historic crystal day is
coming I can see having u you know the

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women the people who [clears throat] are
running the day on for a short interview

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to highlight all the things but that's
that's what it will be. And uh we can

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huddle up now and then decide if we want
to expand it. Uh but we do one guest at

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a time. There's reasons for that. The
biggest reason is so that we can capture

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it on the film the way we want to
capture it. Maybe once in a while

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there'll be a situation where we'll have
more than one guest and we have to work

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out the logistics of that
>> and we're hoping it can run every two

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maybe 3 weeks a new
a new show.

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» Yeah. We prefer to say periodic rather
than lock ourselves into a particular

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because might not happen that way.
>> Right. I tell you what you see Brian

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Johnson on camera. It's just, you know,
he just he just we discovered what his

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real talent is, you know,
did a good job. It was fun.

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» Any questions for Bill?
>> No, but this sounds wonderful. Thank you

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for doing
>> Who made the logo?

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» Pardon me.
>> Who made the logo? It's nice.

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» Uh, I do.
>> With some help from a guy named Al.

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[laughter]
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yeah. Uh, so
it'll be I think it's going to improve

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as it goes along. You see the first one
and then you get the kinks out, you do

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the second one, a couple more kinks and
each one is going to get better. Um, but

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again, you give me the topics and I'll
do them. Unless I don't want to, then I

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won't do that.
>> Thanks. All right. Thank you very much.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.
So, so with that, and we were we talked

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a little bit earlier, is that we're very
close to unveiling a whole new program

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throughout town for a lot of different
projects. Uh Kurt, maybe a week or two,

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we should be ready. We've been working
on this for almost two years, so I think

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we're very close. This will give you an
overview of different projects, uh

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things that we talked about we want to
accomplish moving forward. So, it's

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going to be a nice program. We're going
to invite the public. Anybody public

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comment? We'll get a date. Uh
trying to think. I don't know if we can

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get it
this month. It's only the 9th.

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Think we might be able to hit the last
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March?
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» All right.
All right. We'll get the word out

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someway.
we meet March 2nd.

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So maybe we can meet that,
you know, the 5th or something like

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that.
But I think council it's going to be a

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really nice presentation.
Okay. Jeff, you want to talk about

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executive session? The council met in
executive session for approximately 45

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minutes today uh to discuss primarily
the negotiations with the police on a

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new collective bargaining agreement. We
are very very close. So hopefully with

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some few tweaks we'll be ready in the
near future to approve a new police

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contract for 5 years. Other than that,
that was the extent of our conversation.

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» Okay.
Uh Lorraine, you have anything? I just

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want to thank again the burough crew for
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um and going out and continuing to move
snow and uh with the help and some help

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from my brother-in-law as well, Fred
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That's all I have.
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» I just want to say uh first of all,
thank you, Mr. Dylan, for being so

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responsive. Um, the Scarrow is usually a
very good organization and um, for the

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most part, I think overall we're pretty
happy with them. Um, but there are pe a

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few people around town, particularly
this last um, this last trash cycle uh,

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Monroe Street, uh, who were not picked
up and um, unfortunately Lorraine and I

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were having a tough time communicating
with those residents because we weren't

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getting answers from Mascara. Mr. Dylan
was certainly trying his best. Um, and

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so I just want to say to the people of
Monroe Street, we are as uh frustrated

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and annoyed with that situation as you
are. Uh, as it stands right now, the

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plan is to pick up the trash tomorrow.
Uh, if you are on Monroe Street and you

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notice [cough and laughter] that the
trash has not been picked up um by the

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by, you know, maybe an hour or two after
when it usually is, please feel free to

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reach out to us or Mr. Dylan to let us
know so we can figure out why that route

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was getting missed and why we weren't
getting answers as to why it wasn't

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picked up. That's all.
>> I mean, if your trash hasn't been picked

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up on any street, you should notify the
bur as soon as possible. Don't wait

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until after we're out of here and then
we can't do anything. If you can call us

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early enough, we they Mascara has a
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in town all day long while they're
picking up trash to respond to any kind

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of complaints. Something had to happen
unfortunate today

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» because they emergency.
>> Am I right, Jim?

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» No matter when you call this guy, we all
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knows what could
>> could have happened. So, let's give him

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the benefit of the doubt. But like Greg
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really need to know as soon as possible.
>> Brian, you have anything?

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» Uh, I just want to say for like the
residents in like the North or around

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town, just be patient with Pico. Like
they were out like I think it was Friday

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night and they worked all night and I
heard them. They were right behind my

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house. But with the events that happen
like at Silver Lake, just be patient

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with them.

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Um, actually I just want to um
thank the burrow guys for all their uh

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hard work in removing the snow. Um,
>> and that's it.

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» Louie, I just want to make mention of
this. I kind of almost hate to do it,

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but I want to People are putting their
chairs and their lawn furniture and

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whatever else out on the streets. It's
not allowable. And it's at one point at

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some point we're going to have to either
go around and pick them up and dispose

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of them or throw them in somebody's
yard. But it's not it's not a good

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thing. It's not fair to anybody else on
the block. I know when you dig yourself

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out, you feel that that's your space,
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for that space to have to sit empty all
day long while you're at work. That's

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not fair to the rest of the rest of
people [clears throat] on that block.

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And actually, I saw one of them get hit
by a a snow plow. It was a projectile

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gone down Rackless Street. Luckily, it
didn't hit anybody's car. Um, so please

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have a little, you know, little courtesy
and I I know it's a tough situation.

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It's the only time I've ever argued with
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and and I regret it, [clears throat] you
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So, please, let's let's take this stuff
off the street. Plus, the burough guys

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can actually start to move some of these
bigger chunks that are along the side if

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if the cars aren't there. So
everybody be patient because it doesn't

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look like it's going to warm up for
another week yet. So but that's all I

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have. Thank you.
>> Um same thing. Um just uh to the

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residents of of of the town. Um, I know
we all appreciate the patience with snow

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removal and parking and pico and all
that and and and it takes it takes

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community to come together to to just
get through this and just in in mind thy

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neighbor um in terms of the plowing and
the the the shoveling out of spots and

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things of that nature. just just be
mindful of each other and just just

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remember who we are and and um exercise
patience and that's all I had.

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» Right.
>> Uh just a question for Mr. Garton if you

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could check. Is [clears throat] there
any provision in the code for the

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burough manager to take administrative
action against a member of the police

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department without first consulting with
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Um, I don't know. I'd be happy to
discuss it in private since it's a

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personal issue.
>> Okay. I will inquire, but Mr. Mayor,

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what's your phone number? And I'll be
happy to call you.

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» Okay, I'll give it to you.
>> Okay, that works.

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» Well, is there any I'd rather answer
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» I mean, I don't know. I want to get a
little more detail first. know

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administrative action would not be
something within the perview of the

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manager because obviously if it's
disciplinarian uh it would come through

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the burrow eventually but it would not
be unowed by the man I know what we're

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talking about so I don't want to be
presump

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» so once we find out we could publicly
address that

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» yeah we'll find out
>> okay

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» I don't think I know what we're talking
about either

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» what's that Jim
>> I don't think I know what we're talking

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about either to any action against the
police officers. Is that what I heard?

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» Yeah, I'd be happy to discuss with you
in private since it's personnel issue.

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» Well, do you want to call recess?
>> We finish the meeting and we'll talk

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after the meeting after this meeting.
>> You sure?

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» Yeah.
>> All right, Chief.

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» I don't have
the motion.

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» Hey, Jay.
[clears throat and cough]

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» Yeah, I have a couple things. Um, I
spoke last week about fire hydrants

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being shoveled out. Fire department's
still actively working on it. Uh, if you

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have a hydrant on your block and it is
buried, please help us help you by

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digging it out. The other night we had a
call and our firefighters need to hook

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up to a hydrant and they were hitting
the ice and snow with shovels and

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sledgehammers trying to dig the hydrant
out. If that would have been a structure

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fire, we would have had at least a
10-minute delay in getting uh hooked up

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to the hirement. So, if you could help
us out, it would be much appreciated.

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Our guys have been out six, seven times.
They're trying to get as many as

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possible, but uh if you can help us, uh
please help us. Uh the fire department

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responded to a gas leak incident today
on Swain Street. Um we worked together

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with the police department was there. We
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they were sheltered in Google Hos's uh,
Regency room while we could mitigate the

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issue. Um,
no injuries or any of that, but we were

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there for about 3 hours this afternoon.
Uh, and I'm working with Ray from L and

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I uh, on a couple of things behind the
scenes. That's all I have.

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» Thank you.
I know my street had a gas leak. They

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dug it up, finally fixed it, repaved the
street. Then Aqua come in. They had a

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water problem. So they dug up the whole
street. They just [snorts] repaved it.

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And now two days ago, Pico's out there
with the gas coming. They're digging it

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up again. So the street's going to be
paved three times. And it's it's

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ridiculous. But what do you want to do?
>> Uh Jim, you have anything?

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» No.
>> Jeff, anything else?

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» I've already discussed it.
>> All right. so we can get into our

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regular meetings. So, number two on the
agenda. [clears throat]

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» President, I'd like to make a motion to
accept the council meeting minutes for

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December 15th, 2025, January 5th, 2026,
and January 12th, 2026. Uh to accept the

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treasures report for December of 2025,
to accept the police chief report for

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January of 2026. to accept the fire
chief report for January of 2026. To

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accept the inspection report for January
of 2026. To accept the public works

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report for January of 2026. To accept
the hard report for January of 2026. To

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accept Gilmore report dated February
2026 for January 2026 work. And to

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accept 1927 Ahern's Fox Restoration
Committee annual report to Bristol

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Barrel Council ending in 2025.
>> Second by Miss Colin. Questions or

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comments? All those in favor?
>> I oppose. Number three.

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» Mr. President, I'd like to make a motion
to approve granting an honorable

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disability discharge to Dean Johnson
pursuant to section 21 of the police

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tenure act 3PS section 8121 in the
burough's uniform pension plan.

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» Second by Mr. Contro. Any questions or
comments? All right,

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Joe.
I just want to take a second to thank

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Officer Johnson for his 19 years of
service here in Bristol Burrow and wish

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him and his family well moving forward.
Um,

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that's all.
>> Thank you.

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» Anybody else?
>> Mr. President, can I comment on that?

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» Sure.
>> I'm just with with the the unfortunate

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uh loss of uh Officer Johnson, that's
going to put us below below

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[clears throat] the 10 uh man power
minimum of the contract. Is there any

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consideration to bringing back uh our
furled officer, Officer Depalo, who was

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uh one of the most active officers at
the time when he was furo

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was not furled. He was laid off. There's
a distinction.

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» Okay. Now, so we're involved now in the
midst of a new collective bargain

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agreement. So the 108 the 10 man minimum
may not be applicable going forward.

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Okay. Thank you.

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» Excuse me as Cole keeps coming back. Any
other questions or comments? All those

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in favor

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number four.
>> Number five. I'm sorry.

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» Mr. Mr. President, I'd like to make a
motion to terminate the heart and lung

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benefit payment to Dean Johnson for the
reasons noted in the prior motion.

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» Second by Miss Colum. Questions or
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» All those in favor? I
>> number five.

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» Mr. President, I'd like to make a motion
in the hiring of Brian Mars as Burough's

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part-time recreation director at $30 per
hour.

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» Second by Mr. Secretroy. Questions or
comments? Uh, I would just like to um

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say that uh Brian's excited to get to
work. Um, and he will be starting on

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Friday. Um,
>> he'll be starting on Friday. And um, you

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know, what we're talking about generally
is going to be about $240 a week for

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someone that's very qualified to do the
job. So, I think we're we're lucky to

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have him and excited to get get to work.
>> Any other questions or comments?

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» All those in favor?
>> Oppos? to make a motion to second my