[0:00] Oh,
[0:04] » call the meeting to order. Welcome
everyone. Um, first item is I would like
[0:11] a moment of silence for
Lance Rutiger who passed away within the
[0:19] last week. Uh, Lance was very active. He
was chairman of the tree committee for
[0:23] the village and he was on our board of
assessment review. Uh and also included
[0:29] in that silence uh it is the 25th
anniversary of 911 or will be uh the
[0:37] 11th and uh uh let's
sign up for those
[1:05] Thank you very much. Our next item on
the agenda is public comment. If you
[1:11] wish to speak, uh you can speak now. Uh
raise your hand. We'll acknowledge you.
[1:16] Um state your name and where you're from
and
[1:21] let us know what you're here for.
[1:26] gentleman behind you. He was here first.
>> Hi, my name is uh Micah Murphy and I
[1:33] actually moved here just about a year
ago. Uh I just want to talk a little bit
[1:36] about something that's not on your
agenda yet, but will be in the next
[1:41] month or two. It's regarding the uh
veterans um tax exemption that was
[1:46] passed by the state recently
recent. I also have a kind of a fact
[1:52] sheet that I'll pass to you. May
approach the bench, sir.
[1:55] » Sure.
>> This is the 100%. Exactly.
[1:59] » Correct. Correct.
[2:03] should be my
[2:08] » Well, I'm basically here to respectfully
ask the board to opt into the Lor's uh
[2:14] new property tax exemption for veterans
who've been rated 100% u permanently and
[2:19] totally disabled as a result of their
military service. Um, as you see,
[2:22] there's a one page of references and
links to everything. I think it also be
[2:26] webinar. Lots of stuff on the way in
there.
[2:30] Thank you for mentioning 911. I remember
exactly where I was on my way back from
[2:34] my first deployment. Um halfway between
Hawaii and San Diego, not knowing if
[2:39] they're going to get turned right back
around after being gone for, you know,
[2:42] six months. Um but so thank you for for
mentioning that. So I recently retired,
[2:47] moved up here. Um my wife grew up here.
Um her father, Michael Tullik, has been
[2:52] a doctor up here for a long time, also a
military vet. Um, and when we were
[2:56] weighing options about where we were
going to go after leaving sunny San
[2:59] Diego, um, one of the things that
attracted us, uh, to this community was
[3:04] a sense that Canton values service,
community, and the people who choose to
[3:08] put down woods here. Adopting this
exemption would be a meaningful way to
[3:11] demonstrate those values. The number of
veterans who qualify for this benefit is
[3:16] very small. It's not every veteran. Just
a small fraction earned that 100% right
[3:20] in. That's not something you want to
earn. dress a 100% permanent and total
[3:25] service connected disability rating is
not simply a recognition that someone
[3:28] once served in uniform. It reflects a
determination by the Department of
[3:32] Veterans Affairs that the veteran has
endured a lot more than just some bumps
[3:35] and bruises, but some lifealtering
experiences or ailments. New York
[3:39] created this exemption to recognize that
sacrifice. In fact, the state initially
[3:43] went further. The governor and
legislature act to make this benefit
[3:46] mandatory statewide before the laws were
sub subsequently amended to restore
[3:50] local discretion which which I which I
agree with. I believe that history is
[3:55] important. It demonstrates the
underlying public policy judgment.
[3:58] Providing a full property tax exemption
to our most severely disabled veterans
[4:01] is an appropriate way for New York
communities to recognize their service
[4:04] and sacrifice. Now that decision is
entrusted to communities like ours. I
[4:10] hope Kant chooses to say yes. There's
also a broader benefit to doing so.
[4:14] Communities across upstate New York are
competing to attract families,
[4:17] professionals, retirees, entrepreneurs,
and people who will become active
[4:21] members of their communities. Veterans
are extraordinary population to attract.
[4:25] They bring leadership experience,
professional skills, civic engagement,
[4:28] families who enroll in our schools,
customers for local businesses,
[4:31] volunteers for community organizations
who often want to continue serving long
[4:36] after they take off uniform. I've been
here just almost exactly a year and I'm
[4:40] on the village board, board of
hoopsters, coach basketball, lacrosse,
[4:43] and I'm inclined to get even more
involved once I get to know the
[4:46] community even better.
Imagine the message that this can
[4:49] imagine the message can send. If you
serve your country, if that service left
[4:54] you permanently and totally disabled as
determined by the VA, and you were
[4:57] looking for a community in which to
raise your family, retire, start a
[5:00] business, or begin the next chapter of
your life, Hampton wants you here. That
[5:04] is a powerful statement about the what
kind of comm community we want to be,
[5:07] especially as the county seat of St.
Lawrence. I recognize that the board
[5:10] also has responsibility to taxpayers and
must consider the fiscal impact of any
[5:14] exemption. I would encourage the board
to determine how many properties in our
[5:17] jurisdiction would actually qualify and
what the true fiscal impact would be. My
[5:21] expectation is that would be quite
small.
[5:24] um then weight that cost against the
policy priority and what this represents
[5:28] and against the long-term value of
making cannon one of the communities in
[5:30] New York known for actively welcoming
veterans and their families. This isn't
[5:35] simply about reducing someone's coffee
tax bill. It's about deciding what we
[5:38] value as a community. New York has given
Kant the opportunity to make that
[5:41] choice. I respectfully access court to
opt in to the full property tax
[5:44] exemption for veterans rate 100%
permanent total through their military
[5:48] service. I hope we choose to be a
community that doesn't merely say
[5:51] support veterans, but it demonstrates it
through our actions. Thank you for your
[5:54] consideration and for this community.
>> All right. Thank you.
[5:59] » Anyone else care to speak?
[6:08] » Hi, my name is Judy Murphy
>> and I have lived in Canada my entire
[6:13] life as has my husband Bill. I hope that
can proceed this way to support the real
[6:19] property tax form RB-458A
[6:24] alternative exemption.
This law covers 100% property tax
[6:29] exemption for 100% permanently and total
disabled veterans.
[6:34] While on the surface this may seem like
a lot of veterans would qualify, in
[6:39] reality only a few in our town and
village would be actually eligible. I
[6:45] think there are only five or less in the
village and 10 or less in the entire
[6:50] town.
>> Yeah, I think I think you're right. It's
[6:52] about it's about a dozen. We've we've
we've already looked at both. So, go
[6:56] ahead, Julie.
>> Okay. Thanks. I'm going to go back a few
[6:58] years and remind everyone that veterans,
active duty, and reserve men and women
[7:04] have made huge differences in the
quality of life here in Kansas, New
[7:07] York.
My husband Bill served for 30 years in
[7:12] the Army Corps of Engineers and during
that time the ice storm. I'm sure that
[7:17] most of you will remember that
days on end with no power, no traffic
[7:23] allowed on our roads, farmers without
power trying to milk their cows by hand,
[7:29] and no help coming from anywhere. I do
not know, Jim, if you had a generator or
[7:34] not, but it was certainly an emergency
situation for many, many farmers.
[7:41] My husband, as a member of this
community, took it upon himself to
[7:47] contact his resource that drunk. Within
hours, there were many generators on
[7:52] blackbed truck on their way to Bangor
County. And not only did those men
[7:57] deliver the generators to farmers, they
also taught them how to set them up and
[8:02] use them. Really important when you are
not familiar with generators at all.
[8:08] He also
contacted FEMA when it became apparent
[8:13] that larger entities like hospitals
needed much larger generators which were
[8:19] not in supply.
[8:22] and Bill contacted another that Tom Kley
very well known in this village.
[8:30] Tom arranged for all of those volunteer
military men to be housed at St.
[8:35] Lawrence University facilities during
the time period that they were here was
[8:39] like about a week and Tom also made sure
that they were fed as well.
[8:45] None of these men were paid for this.
They all very willingly volunteered and
[8:51] pitched in to a community in crisis.
That is what our military does. And not
[8:57] only do our military people step up in a
crisis, they also organize and volunteer
[9:02] in multiple community projects.
Remember the playground at the
[9:07] elementary school when that was built?
Many, many people volunteered to help in
[9:13] this communitywide endeavor. And many
were veterans or reservists, including
[9:18] my husband and Tom Kople.
Many of our veterans, active duty and
[9:23] reservist, volunteer many hours sharing
their expertise in our community. My
[9:28] husband does not have a 100% disability
rating. He does have a disability rating
[9:34] due to exposure to Asian orange, which
will certainly cause his demise.
[9:40] And no, he did not go to Vietnam. He was
exposed right here at home on Fort Drum
[9:46] during his many years of service there.
I sincerely hope that the town and
[9:51] village of Kansas as well as the school
district vote to opt in on form RP-458A
[9:59] alternative extension. It seems like
such a small thing to do for our
[10:03] veterans who have been so generous with
their time and expertise making canen a
[10:08] better place to live. Thank you for
Lindsay.
[10:14] Anyone else care to speak? Yes, sir.
>> Yeah.
[10:18] Um, yeah, my name is Thomas Archeo and
uh I lived in Canton now for 44 years.
[10:25] Same house. The thing is is I live on
the Morley Potan Road. A real bad curb.
[10:31] Slow down. Anyways, then you have the uh
Cypes Road and where they meet. It's two
[10:38] stop signs. last week almost a really
bad accident took down the sign. But the
[10:45] point is is when there's an accident
there, someone's going 50, you know, and
[10:50] so it's benefits fatalities there and
maybe a four-way stop
[10:58] would be a a better thing because it's a
95% of accidents can be prevented. So,
[11:05] and uh sometimes, you know, the people
that have to witness these accidents,
[11:10] it's trauma for them, you know. So,
anyways, thank you.
[11:16] » Anyone else care to speak? Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. John Murphy and uh I moved here to
[11:23] Canton in uh
1990 when I got out of the military.
[11:30] Uh, I was one of the unfortunate people
that was uh poisoned by the United
[11:36] States Marine Corps
when I was uh when I was at Camp Four,
[11:42] the drinking water problem. I'm sure
many of you are aware of that. There's a
[11:46] lot of litigation going on right now
about uh
[11:51] about that. I uh I called the assessor
here today because I got my uh I got my
[11:58] tax uh my school tax uh bill and uh I
guess with the new assessment that they
[12:06] did uh
my uh my school tax went up uh from
[12:12] roughly $1,400 to $2500.
It's uh it's quite a little expense. Uh
[12:21] my brother-in-law,
he uh he just recently went through the
[12:27] Agent Orange thing and he got uh he got
a 90 I think he got a 90% approval.
[12:34] Uh unfortunately, I've been 100% dis
disabled for uh
[12:40] almost 12 years now. Uh
[12:46] my brother-in-law, he's he's lived here
all his life. He used to work up at
[12:51] Reynolds back in the heyday of Msina.
And uh he's always had this uh
[12:59] he always had this he's never had a good
thing to say about St. Lawrence
[13:02] University and their tax exemption that
they have.
[13:07] Uh
I I haven't looked into it. I think I I
[13:12] probably will, but
uh I I hope if you uh if you take take
[13:18] this up, I I hope that you will look at
some of that uh some of the other tax
[13:23] exempt uh status that's that's going on
around here. And uh
[13:31] like uh like like some of these people
have said, how many people are you
[13:36] talking about? How many people are 100%
disabled?
[13:40] poisoned by their uh poisoned by the
service that they gave 20 years to.
[13:47] And they wouldn't they they wouldn't
even they would when they found out they
[13:51] wouldn't even notify.
They wouldn't they never notified the
[13:56] people that got poisoned when they got
poisoned.
[14:01] Just please consider that when you uh
when you go over this. Thank you.
[14:07] » Thank you. Anyone else care to speak?
>> I reckon it's three different Murphy's
[14:13] none related.
[14:16] It's pretty pretty common name
[14:24] » not related
[14:28] Steven Smith. Oh yeah, we're related. Um
but anyway, um anyone else?
[14:34] Okay, move along.
comment. Approval of minutes
[14:45] make a motion. So move
>> second.
[14:48] » Second.
>> Motion made second. All in favor?
[14:50] » I
>> I
[14:53] » correspondence. All I have is a letter
of resignation from our rec director,
[14:59] Megan Richardson. Um because Megan is a
village employee. Um her resignation
[15:08] would have went to the village
>> and we just
[15:11] » agreed to share that but she is
technically a village employee.
[15:17] » Tell financial report. Angela, you're
up.
[15:20] » Yes. Good evening. Um on the financial
report um was sent in advance for
[15:25] review. Just a couple comments on that.
Um,
[15:31] I always check through your personal
service lines to make sure they're kind
[15:35] of trending where we would expect. Um,
we should have about 67% of the budget
[15:41] expended. So, they're all with um few
exceptions at or below that level.
[15:46] That's the largest expense within the
budget. Uh, when I look through the
[15:51] revenues, we went through those in
detail last meeting. Um, one of the
[15:55] things that we are anticipating still to
come is additional sales tax which will
[16:01] be impactful in both the B fund and also
the DV fund. So, we're waiting to see
[16:08] where that falls um from year end. And
uh we did appropriate fund balance in
[16:15] two of his funds by projecting out if we
were to spend all the appropriations. I
[16:20] do think we'll be using those
appropriated fund balances in DA and DB.
[16:26] Um cash position which is the very last
page um is as
[16:32] presented. So there really is nothing
alarming within any of this, nothing
[16:36] unintensible with. Um, we will be
working with the town on the 2027
[16:43] budget coming next week at least. Um, so
that's kind of where the state the
[16:49] finances are at. There's any questions.
[16:54] » Hospital.
>> I have it right down on my list. I will
[16:58] figure that one out.
[17:06] And I'll be ready
>> next week. Okay. Okay.
[17:11] » Yeah. I'm pretty much got it done.
>> Okay.
[17:14] » So, there's I have to get over strength.
>> Okay.
[17:18] » You're not going to get a You're not
going to get one of them.
[17:21] » That is okay.
>> You might get this. I can handle
[17:26] something's good.
>> I'd like to keep it simple.
[17:29] » Less is more sometimes.
>> All right. Anybody got any question for
[17:35] regarding the financial report?
>> Okay. Thank you very much.
[17:42] If not,
all in favor
[17:46] make a motion.
>> Yeah. We got to approve it. Not me.
[17:52] » Motion. So Andy just said something
first. Okay.
[17:59] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[18:00] » I would. We're short. We're short. What
are you doing?
[18:05] » Audit committee.
>> Yes.
[18:08] » All right. You ready? Okay.
>> Uh A general $29,3925.
[18:16] Um B outside town outside $84,83143.
[18:24] Um DA townwide highway um63,362
[18:33] DB park town highway 41,7573.
[18:41] Um, special fire, um, $9,38063.
[18:48] Special lighting, $34062.
[18:53] And trust and agency, $12,73,57.
[19:00] » And the $80 for your
>> What
[19:05] » did you do? $80 for the MS1.
I there was nothing in the
[19:12] » Okay.
>> I wrote down um zero because there was
[19:15] no there was no check in the there was
nothing in the packet.
[19:20] » Well, yeah, we'll just leave it off for
this one.
[19:24] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[19:26] » No, we actually we kind of looked at
that. There's
[19:29] » nothing right.
>> No,
[19:32] I'll feel free to go. Any other
questions regarding the audit report?
[19:40] Not all in favor or motion. Sorry. So
moved.
[19:45] » Second.
>> Motion made and seconded. All in favor?
[19:48] I
>> I
[19:53] department reports. Uh they were all on
the drive. You see them all. We have two
[19:59] department people here that want
anything to add to their report.
[20:05] Only thing I'd add is this truck 12 did
sell on auction for $14,100
[20:11] and
I thought that that was was more than
[20:16] what I was anticipating. So I said last
month it's a 31 year old truck and it's
[20:22] older than four of our workers. So I
don't think that we could ask for much
[20:26] more than that for a
>> till you compare it to 200 for
[20:34] » Yeah. Yeah, unfortunately.
But that um
[20:41] it was time for it to find home
as well.
[20:46] » Yep.
>> And I don't know if the town board
[20:51] brought up about a four-way stop right
there at Sykes and Morly Pot stamp. I
[20:57] believe that will have to go through
some process
[21:01] zone.
>> Absolutely. They have to
[21:04] » they have to uh um
>> have to be approved by the town board.
[21:08] Correct me if I'm wrong.
>> Then it goes to the county.
[21:11] » Then it goes to the state. The state is
who actually does the
[21:16] » they'll say yes or no.
>> Come out and sets it up and then they
[21:20] say yes or no to the county and the
county will come back to us.
[21:25] But I don't know if that's something
I want to talk about at this meeting or
[21:30] something you want to
>> Well, what do you think kind of
[21:33] interesting because uh if you sit there
I'm going to say at least seven maybe
[21:42] eight out of 10 vehicles that come to
morally
[21:48] do not stop for that substance. don't
even stop for a long. They just, some of
[21:54] them really don't even slow down.
They'll just cut across Judy Wilson's
[21:57] cracks.
go because they can see so far down the
[22:03] other way that there's nothing coming
and they just they just go.
[22:07] » Um I but and I don't know if a four-way
stop would assist that, but it would be
[22:13] interesting to have the loss up there
for a day or just, you know, maybe an
[22:20] hour randomly.
>> They can they can fill they can fill
[22:24] their book at that intersection. It's
relative motion that kills us.
[22:28] » It's relative motion that kills us. So
if you slow it down, better chance.
[22:34] » Yeah. Sorry to
>> you know and of the ones I
[22:39] Well, I was supervisor back when the
young fell got killed there. I had
[22:43] people and I just
did not plan on stopping. Nope.
[22:50] um you know with the road torn up on the
Sykes road you know you all of a sudden
[22:55] you're on the high ground
I don't know you know you just seem like
[23:01] just on your way to camp you know
>> and I always blame it on I think it was
[23:07] when the two bridges here got shut down
wasn't it that they did the Tour
[23:13] » no uh when they originally did my uh
main street
[23:17] the
reconstruction here on Main Street when
[23:21] they did pour everything out, this
infrastructure over. That was when it
[23:26] got
>> That's when they did the detour and
[23:29] that's when people found Morley pastam
and turned it into one of the least
[23:35] traveled town roads to probably awful
close to the most traveled town.
[23:43] So,
all right.
[23:47] Anybody got any questions?
[23:52] Mike? Uh the only thing I have to have
uh next
[23:57] 17th um I'll be attending
a nuclear power summit down in water
[24:04] today
and that came to me and I asked them I
[24:11] said I don't know if it will serve any
purpose for us or not but I thought that
[24:16] uh it'd be a good idea for him to go. So
all right
[24:29] with regard to
>> motion to accept department reports.
[24:35] » So moved.
>> We have a second.
[24:39] » Second.
>> Motion made and seconded. All in favor?
[24:43] » I hear. Committee report.
I'll start. building committee met just
[24:48] this past week. Um we should have
flagpole policy for our next joint
[24:54] meeting. Uh we're working with Lee on
grant possibilities for
[25:01] a lift that would take um and go from
the main lobby
[25:08] upstairs
access to the police department,
[25:12] supervisor's office, mayor's office, and
our boardroom so that we could go back
[25:18] to having our meetings in the boardroom
upstairs and there would be handcap that
[25:25] accessibility
pretty much through throughout the
[25:29] building. A long ways from being
perfect, but the access would be there
[25:34] then. Um,
we got uh we're working on quotes for
[25:40] the spouts for
outside the boardroom, which is the
[25:45] problem with the flooding that happens
in here in the spring and spouts for the
[25:50] backside channel of water off from where
the uh air conditioner is. Um,
[25:57] solar we haven't met, but we're looking
at a mid-occtober meeting with EDF on
[26:03] the large standard project.
[26:08] » That's right.
Don called me Friday.
[26:12] » Huh?
>> The meeting on Tuesday.
[26:15] » Sorry.
>> Is that for the meeting on Tuesday?
[26:18] That was that was must be from the phone
call that we made with Laura
[26:23] because Jonathan had said uh was
something about a meeting. So I figured
[26:29] you must have been the one to call me.
But anyway, um if they want to get they
[26:35] want to start construction in the
in spring of this fall, they have to
[26:40] have what we're missing is the pilot
post community benefit agreement.
[26:45] » Yeah.
>> And the road use agreement. and they
[26:47] know and but he did ask me if we wanted
to be a party to the
[26:53] uh pilot uh negotiations with well
they're not negotiation said Pat Kelly
[27:00] will go talk to the school district and
the county and I said that no we're
[27:06] we're we're going to get so little from
that pilot
[27:09] why would I bother until school district
will get 67% of it the county will get
[27:17] 25% of it and we'll get 8% of it.
I've spent seven years with them. I
[27:24] don't know how many meetings I attended
with EDF.
[27:30] School district has met with them.
County has met with them. We get a
[27:36] little bit of the pie. So, but that's
the way they're set up and
[27:40] understandable.
Been dealing with that for 30 years.
[27:45] Um any other committee reports?
The rec committee met last week we
[27:53] uh discussed uh the the recreation
situation with me resigning and Ryan's
[27:59] already left. So they had nobody who's
ever made ice before. Nobody who's ever
[28:04] driven a Zamboni before this ice season
coming in. So we met with Larry Mstead.
[28:11] He actually started today. He's on
board. So, he's going to stay with us
[28:16] through the ice season. He's going to
train the uh the hires. He's actually
[28:21] going to I think the plan is to keep
them here through the hiring of new rec
[28:26] director. Is it the 14th or the 18th?
>> 14th is the deadline.
[28:30] » 14th is the deadline for applications.
We've got Last I knew we had four.
[28:34] » We have eight now.
>> We have eight now. Okay, good. Um and
[28:38] he's going to stay
through a transition period with a new
[28:42] rec director, too. So he is very willing
to come and help out.
[28:45] » I stopped down and saw him today.
>> Yeah. So
[28:51] the waterfront advisory committee is we
are meeting the 20 23rd
[28:58] of of this month. But just to go over
what we're just going to go over
[29:02] basically all the public
>> comment we got from uh the Dairy
[29:07] Princess parade and and yeah
thatformational thing. Yeah. In the park
[29:12] up there. But yeah, um we're scheduled
to do that on 23rd.
[29:17] Research meets on Monday, so I don't
have anything yet.
[29:28] Oh yeah, there is with the with the data
center committee. So, I've been
[29:35] gathering information uh and what I'm
going to do for us is I'm going to uh in
[29:41] our uh shared files, I'm going to share
links uh of different stuff that I have.
[29:47] So, we all have vision. I have um right
now I was able to dig up Dryen has a a
[29:54] finish
um
[29:58] download. So, that'll be in there as
well. So, as I find those kind of
[30:02] things, I'm just going to throw them
into the into the Jared files so that we
[30:06] can look at them and I don't know how to
do it yet. I'll figure it out. But Jim
[30:10] wants to some way you can mark it so
that I saw that one. John saw that one.
[30:14] Wayne saw that one. So, I don't have to
keep going over them without going over.
[30:17] I told him, I've got a couple things in
my files that stuff that's been sent to
[30:21] me or stuff that I've seen and I just
print it and stick it in the data center
[30:25] file and I'll just I'll add it to
whatever he is he
[30:31] » So that's the game plan right now. We're
just going to do shared files that
[30:33] everyone can look at. So as I get more
and more information in drag to
[30:39] that it for department or committee
report
[30:44] on the new business item one override of
tax cap law. Uh ever since tax cap come
[30:51] out we this has been uh pretty much a
formality. uh we usually agree to the
[30:58] override it in case that we have to
because in order to override tax cath we
[31:02] got to have this motion in place and so
uh the last I don't know how many years
[31:09] that's been going on we did override it
uh last year not going to be surprised
[31:14] if we end up overriding it this year
with um revenues are down and uh health
[31:21] insurance between health insurance and
pay raises We're looking at I think
[31:26] somewhere in the $75,000
increase range for expenses just for
[31:32] those two items. So
anyway, we have a motion to override the
[31:39] tax cap.
So
[31:41] » is that not done by local law?
>> Yeah, that's going to be done by local
[31:44] law.
>> Public hearing.
[31:45] » You got to have it.
>> So we got to have a public hearing for
[31:48] next
draft of local law.
[31:53] So motion to
>> hold a public hearing
[32:00] at our October meeting to override tax.
Yeah.
[32:02] » What time?
>> 5:45
[32:04] » 5:45.
[32:18] » Yeah.
>> 546. Yeah.
[32:23] » And meeting
>> to immediately follow
[32:26] » meeting
[32:31] which we did what we did last time and
it worked fairly well.
[32:36] » Got a motion.
>> So moved to be made. We had a second.
[32:42] » Second.
>> Motion made second. All in favor?
[32:47] » I carried. approval of comp time buyout
for Ethan Ellison. Uh Stephen submitted
[32:54] the hours that he has and uh it will be
he wants to sell back 31 hours vacation
[33:01] time
and it will amount to $9448.
[33:08] We have a motion to
approve
[33:14] that.
So move
[33:17] » payback or buyback.
>> Second.
[33:22] » Yep. Second.
>> Motion made and seconded.
[33:26] All in favor?
>> I
[33:29] formal adoption of the MOA amendment to
the CSCA contract. Um we had a new rep
[33:37] from CSEA.
Even though it's a new contract that
[33:41] started this year, there was some
concerns that she had with the contract.
[33:49] Uh she talked with the membership. Uh
they agreed with some of the concerns
[33:55] that she had and uh basically probably
to avoid grievance. Um they were right
[34:02] in what they were in what she was
looking at and so put together a
[34:07] memorandum of agreement. Um they have
signed it and
[34:13] we need to approve it. Uh you all have a
chance to see it.
[34:19] » All okay with it, sir.
>> Yes.
[34:21] » We have a motion to
adopt the MOA.
[34:26] » So move.
>> Do we have a second?
[34:30] » Second.
>> Motion made seconded. All in favor?
[34:33] » I carried.
uh approval of town of Canton ADA
[34:39] grievance policy. Um something that we
haven't had, probably shouldn't have
[34:46] had. Uh what brought it to white was a
grant that the town got for the
[34:55] Church Creek
trailer park.
[34:58] » Mhm. And because it's a federal grant,
it requires us to have a treatment
[35:05] procedure in place. So, we put one
together.
[35:10] » Uh you all received a copy of it if
you've looked at it. And this will
[35:17] it's not going to be just for this. This
will be an annual or a set agreement
[35:23] procedures
for the town of Canton.
[35:28] I have a motion to approve it. So I'll
move
[35:32] second. Motion made and seconded. All in
favor?
[35:36] » I carried.
>> Uh proclamation of Constitution Week for
[35:43] September 17th
through the 23rd. Uh is usually an
[35:50] annual thing. It's from the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Uh I said it
[35:56] annually it comes and uh the
proclamation
[36:02] reads whereas the constitution of the
United States of America the guardian of
[36:07] our liberties embodies the principles of
limited government and a republic
[36:11] dedicated to rule by law and whereas
September 17 2026 marks the 239th
[36:17] anniversary of affirming of the
constitution United States of America by
[36:21] the constitutional convention and
whereas it is fitting a proper
[36:25] to accord official recognition for this
magnificent document and its memorable
[36:29] anniversary into the patriotic
celebrations which will commemorate it.
[36:34] And whereas public law 915
guarantees the issuing of a proclamation
[36:40] each year by the president of the United
States of America designating September
[36:44] 17 through 23
as Constitution week. Now therefore, I
[36:51] Jim Smith by virtue of the for authority
vested in me as town Canton supervisor
[36:58] do hereby proclaim the week of September
17 through 23 as constitution week and
[37:04] ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals
of the framers of the constitution
[37:10] ideals well that that the framer's
constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly
[37:17] protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us
through this guardian of our liberties.
[37:22] Remembering that lost rights may never
be regained in witness thereof. I hereby
[37:27] set my hand and cause seal of the town
to be in fix this ninth day of September
[37:34] year 2026.
So, um I don't know, but I think that's
[37:42] approximation that I could do or does it
be or should it have formal approval of
[37:47] the board?
>> I I don't think it matters either way
[37:51] that board would like to get
>> I think I think they would like to do
[37:56] that. We have a motion.
>> So, move
[38:00] second. Second
[38:06] motion made second. All in favor?
>> I car that out and get it.
[38:21] » Budget amendment for the purchase of
truck.
[38:25] that is made agree to buy the new pickup
for
[38:30] the town of Canton. Um
they come in at 60,000
[38:38] some odd dollars. Um, in order to pay
for it, we have to increase
[38:48] um
our equipment line. And by doing that,
[38:54] we are going to take 14,52693
of disaster relief and $6,255
[39:03] out of sale of excess equipment.
So,
[39:11] we have a motion to do that.
>> So, moved.
[39:15] » Do we have a second?
[39:19] » Second. Move made second. All in favor?
>> I carried.
[39:25] » Is that a resolution?
>> It is.
[39:27] » Have it. Or do you need to
>> I sign it?
[39:31] » You're going to date it. You
>> finish it then. Thank you. Thank you.
[39:37] uh thing is for
[39:42] this one. Um number seven is the JCAP
resolution is an application for grant.
[39:50] Um
whereas for several years can't
[39:54] temporary supported county Justice Court
applied for justice court assistance
[39:58] program grants enhancing operations
court supporting municipal building
[40:02] projects and justice court of Canton has
a heavy case load because of the
[40:07] presence of two colleges St. Orange
County Jail within its jurisdictions in
[40:11] the doge court resolving in December
2012 merging with town and learn justice
[40:17] system court system
uh operates at a high degree of
[40:21] efficiency despite the constraints faced
by a community where 65%
[40:26] of its property is tax exempt and
whereas the Canton justice court system
[40:31] could improve its efficiency by using a
grant through the justice court
[40:35] assistance program that would upgrade
space operations supplies and equip
[40:39] equipment. Whereas the town justice
court is directed to share the grant
[40:43] applications. So the town supervisor
uh share with the town board prior to
[40:49] submission and for approval with the
understanding that Canton justice court
[40:53] will continue to stay within the
parameters of the grant. Now therefore
[40:57] all done again authorizes the Canton
town port to apply for JCAP grant in the
[41:03] 26 27 grant cycle up to $30,000.
We've always been pretty successful with
[41:12] these and uh it has uh helped with some
of the things in the building. I mean
[41:18] the lift that goes from the lobby up to
there that was done through a JCAP
[41:23] grant. So, um, we have a motion to
>> have they submitted
[41:29] what they want to do for a project for
this round.
[41:33] » Uh, if they were depending on what they
were working, uh, that's the max that
[41:38] they can apply for is the 30,000.
>> I was just curious if they indicated to
[41:42] you what they wanted to use it for.
>> Mark told me he was putting together the
[41:47] proposal. Okay. So, that's okay. But I
have no, I have not seen it.
[41:52] » All right. Thanks.
[41:56] And move to accept that.
[42:03] 30,000 is the max, right? 30,000. No,
it's there's no max. Oh, the max. Yes.
[42:10] 30,000 max. Sorry.
[42:16] We have a second.
Second. Motion made and seconded.
[42:23] There any further discussion?
[42:27] All in favor? I
>> I
[42:29] » I.
>> And the last item is discussion and
[42:34] approval of the 15 resolutions for the
New York State Association of Towns
[42:39] meeting September 22nd and 23rd. Uh on
the same as you're aware uh this is the
[42:48] first time the state is doing this. Uh
they always have a used to have an
[42:53] annual conference in the spring and
still do. This was the first time
[42:58] they've tried one in the fall. Um
the 15 resolutions that you have before
[43:05] you are very similar to ones that you
see in the spring. Um there is maybe one
[43:12] or two in there that wouldn't even
pertain to the town of Canton, but as a
[43:17] town board, uh we could support them uh
in support of other townships within the
[43:24] state that do have water and and sewer.
That's one of them. But of the 15 that
[43:34] there are that are there and you've
seen, uh, do you want to discuss any of
[43:39] them individually?
Do we want to vote on them individually
[43:43] or do we want to vote on them as a
package?
[43:46] » I'd make a motion we vote on them as a
package. And we authorized Heidi to vote
[43:51] yes to all 15.
>> All 15. And Heidi is our delegate. uh we
[43:56] need to pass that last month making her
our delegate to the to the uh
[44:02] conference. So we have a motion. Do we
have a second?
[44:05] » I'll second that.
>> Motion made second. All in favor?
[44:10] » I
[44:13] that being said that's all I have.
Anybody else have anything to add?
[44:19] » We do have to have an executive session
to discuss
[44:23] contract.
[44:27] Other than that,
[44:32] » did you want to add anything?
>> I've got nothing from the county level.
[44:36] Uh, anything I can bring from anymore,
please let me know. Okay. All right.
[44:40] Very good. Thank you. All right.
Appreciate it.
[44:43] » I just need a motion and a second to go
into
[44:46] I I apologize
to keep being recorded. I need a motion
[44:50] to go
>> bring to the board about what the
[44:53] chamber is doing. We have a couple
things coming up.
[44:57] » Started working on uh Phantoms of the
Park which is October 24th.
[45:03] » Um the craft food and wine fair is this
weekend in Madrid.
[45:09] Um
the holiday market unfortunately this
[45:12] year it's moving back to Pot Stam.
Wasn't kind of a bad parking situation
[45:18] over at St. Martinsburg last year. So
we're back at Maxi Hall. That's in uh
[45:22] first weekend in December.
And um we have for Winterfest, we have
[45:29] booked a after hours business mixer at
Bent Me to kick off the week of
[45:35] Winterfest activities.
>> So things are moving along.
[45:39] » Very good. Thank you. Sorry. Sorry.
>> Yeah.
[45:45] » Okay. Motion going to get to session. So
move.
[45:48] » We have a second.
>> Second. Motion made and seconded. All in
[45:51] favor I carried.