[0:06] I'll need to order to start out with the pledge

[0:14] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

[0:18] To the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with

[0:23] liberty and justice for all.

[0:28] Remember roll call, please, Nicole. >> Trustee Bedell?

[0:30] » Here. >> Trustee Clark?

[0:32] » Here. >> Trustee Kessinger?

[0:33] » Here. >> Trustee Sellers?

[0:34] » Here.

[0:37] » Fire Chief is excused tonight. We need a motion to approve minutes of

[0:41] regular meeting July 1st and special meeting on July 8th.

[0:46] » I'll make it. >> All those in favor?

[0:49] » Aye. >> Opposed?

[0:52] Just to note on the follow-up on the July 8th meeting, we do have a couple

[0:55] things that we got to follow up on the drug and alcohol testing policy

[0:59] and the dress being a public employer, health emergency plan.

[1:04] » I did mention in the book we're sending that drug and alcohol 1995 version over.

[1:10] We're definitely going to update that. >> I told you it was outdated. I wasn't

[1:13] exaggerating.

[1:17] » Okay. Um

[1:19] specific requests, we have none. Board finances, we have none. Are there any

[1:23] public comments on the agenda items only tonight?

[1:34] Okay. Then we'll move ahead and go to uh

[1:38] department reports. Nicole, clerk treasurer report, please.

[1:43] » I need a motion to approve abstract number three in the amount of payroll,

[1:47] $51,555.21,

[1:50] general, $105,638.96,

[1:55] water, $6,546.78,

[2:00] sewer, $11,322.18,

[2:03] and capital projects, $3,020.

[2:10] » All those in favor? Opposed?

[2:15] » I did have a question for the board. The new website seems

[2:20] probably about 90% good to go. And I am able to go in and do updates on

[2:27] certain things. I posted the minutes on there. We've been trying to keep both

[2:30] sites updated. So, I was going to request if

[2:35] I can get that first week of August if I can make that

[2:39] live so that we're no longer doing both sides.

[2:42] » I got a list and four pictures I want to upload onto it.

[2:46] » Okay. >> One of the pictures is

[2:48] corn fields >> Yes, that was kind of a placeholder.

[2:53] » Yeah, so Um yeah, so

[2:57] Yeah, I went through I'm going to matter of fact, I'll send it to the whole

[3:00] board. And then you can go through it.

[3:05] It is a lot more user-friendly than the old version

[3:08] that we have now.

[3:11] But yes, I'm okay with that. Perfect.

[3:14] Okay, we've got to start somewhere, all right?

[3:16] » It is so much easier to update also. I don't have to try to write code anymore

[3:20] when I'm pretending to know what I'm doing.

[3:23] Um And the rest of my report is for your

[3:25] information. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

[3:29] » I Go ahead. I have one. >> Um I just wanted to call attention to

[3:33] the FOIL request from a Cameron Ship that

[3:37] PRC Company. He is a wealth of knowledge and

[3:40] curiosity and he is providing the LinkedIn

[3:44] uh consulting and transaction advisory services to PRC Company.

[3:50] And uh PRC uh, be talking

[3:53] construction management services. and they're interested in feedback and

[3:59] the builders by the United Nations.

[4:04] What he's requesting environmental records for the property.

[4:10] » Yeah, I just had a question on the Jacob Ellis surety bonds and the sheriff and

[4:14] public officials.

[4:18] » We don't have surety bonds, but I sent the insurance for public officials

[4:22] insurance we have. >> Okay.

[4:29] Okay.

[4:32] Anything you want to add tonight, Arty? >> We have that old sewer lateral at 13

[4:37] Sherman Avenue with the primary cut and cap. And then after that, we'll be doing

[4:40] blacktop blacktop patching next week. We'll install that pull out stop next

[4:44] week and then after that, we're going to hit all letters and we'll be getting

[4:47] done after 27th of July and we'll be done. We'll be up there for most of the

[4:51] project. Okay.

[4:58] » Um, the only thing you want to bring up tonight, building inspector?

[5:02] » No, I'm all good. >> Okay.

[5:05] All right. Um, under old business, review language

[5:10] of potential moratorium on battery storage and data center applications.

[5:14] Um, I know I reviewed it many, many times.

[5:19] » You know, I did send you a question, Carlo, about 12 months versus six.

[5:24] Um, what's you thought email?

[5:27] » I didn't, but you can do it long term. >> Well, the the question I had was um,

[5:32] one, does it hurt us the potential of getting

[5:36] the moratorium and who's the decision maker that really approves it?

[5:40] » You are. >> Okay.

[5:41] » This board is >> Right.

[5:43] » The county just tells you, yes, this is, you know, there's no usually they'll say

[5:47] no county impact or um if there is a county impact, if the planning board the

[5:51] county planning board says, "No, we don't agree you should do this." This

[5:55] board just needs a supermajority to overrule that.

[6:00] But you can do 12 months. I mean, and actually to uh Mr. Kitzman's um

[6:05] point earlier today, since the data center moratorium from the state is 12

[6:10] months, it might make sense to have this one be 12 months with the additional,

[6:14] you know, time to renew it. >> So, we don't have to do that.

[6:23] So, that's that's one comment I had on it. How about the rest of the board?

[6:28] What are the discussions around the whole plan?

[6:30] I didn't see anything wrong with it. So, I would be in agreement with the 12

[6:34] months.

[6:53] And I don't think we really need to do a size after reading what we have there.

[6:58] If we're just saying this >> Correct.

[7:01] The size has to do with what the state is doing, but if we have it general,

[7:05] that'll cover it.

[7:08] » Okay. So, with that, it sounds like the board

[7:11] is okay with the draft that

[7:15] you did um or that Carl did, except for going to

[7:19] 12 months. Okay.

[7:21] » Can I ask one question? Um There's a extension in there right now

[7:27] to extend it for two additional 6-month periods. Do you want to do two

[7:32] additional 12-month periods? >> Oh, why not?

[7:42] That's my opinion. >> This one?

[7:44] » Okay.

[7:53] » So the next step is you would refer this to the

[7:58] village planning board for their review.

[8:03] recommendation. So you would make a motion for that.

[8:06] » I'll make it. All those in favor?

[8:10] Opposed? >> Okay.

[8:12] » I will send this to village planning board. I will also give county planning

[8:18] a heads-up on this. I do want to let you know that

[8:21] Saratoga County has so many of these right now and there's a lot of other

[8:26] zoning codes that Jason Kemper was indicating that they're a little

[8:31] behind. So this may not be as done quickly as we had hoped. Just to

[8:37] let you know. >> So what does that do if someone

[8:41] is going to

[8:44] » Right now this isn't on the book.

[8:48] I mean if they met any other if you know if they met everything within the

[8:51] current zoning code I don't know how they meet within the

[8:55] current zoning code but you never know what projects would come

[8:59] in.

[9:01] » I see Albany's got one pending.

[9:11] Okay. We're good on that? Good vote.

[9:14] » [clears throat] >> Okay.

[9:17] We'll go to new business. Consider mayor's signature on contract with the

[9:20] individuals for fire department administrative duties.

[9:23] » Um we have this out in the past and it was just

[9:26] approval for you to sign the contracts with the officers

[9:30] for the business.

[9:33] doing the doing the station work and it's going back to the officers now.

[9:37] Okay. Same thing we did when we had the monthly

[9:42] » It's still >> It's a list that

[9:43] » Same office. It's the chief and the four assistants plus the two station keepers.

[9:49] So >> Do we know who the individuals are

[9:51] because we have to mention it? >> Hollingsworth and senior.

[9:54] » Okay, perfect. Same amount?

[9:56] » Same amount of money as last year.

[10:03] » Who is paying? >> The fire district.

[10:07] » Who is he working for? >> Yep, he's working.

[10:09] » Okay.

[10:13] So we need a motion for that?

[10:16] » Yes. >> I'll make it.

[10:18] » I'll make it. >> All those in favor?

[10:20] » Aye. >> Opposed?

[10:23] Okay.

[10:25] The next item is a seek of resolution for lead survey line inventory grant

[10:31] application. Um

[10:34] Basically it's uh

[10:37] what we're talking about here is the uh the village board of trustees

[10:43] hereby determine that the lead service line inventory project as described

[10:46] above is a type two action pursuant to seek route

[10:50] and six NYCRR

[10:55] 617 and several different

[10:59] uh bullet points and therefore not subject

[11:02] to further environmental review under seek route.

[11:05] And the second point is no environmental assessment form, negative declaration,

[11:09] positive declaration, or environmental impact statement required.

[11:13] The third point is the mayor, village clerk, treasurer, and village staff are

[11:18] authorized to take such further action as they be necessary to document this

[11:21] determination in connection with the WEA lead service line inventory grant.

[11:28] So basically it's telling us we don't have to do anything environmental to be

[11:31] able to apply for this one image or grant that's

[11:34] going to help the village. Corning

[11:38] and uh

[11:41] the verge is uh the same meaning of that.

[11:45] Any questions or discussions around that?

[11:49] Okay. So

[11:52] are we going to be a roll call on this? >> We probably should be a roll call on

[11:55] this. >> Okay.

[11:58] » So someone needs to make a motion. >> Are we better off doing

[12:04] Huh? Are we better off doing it so that it stays as a environmental impact?

[12:08] » This is a >> No, it's a type two action.

[12:10] » Yeah, it's a suspenders and a belt thing because since it's a type two you don't

[12:15] need to do anything, but Don Rhodes felt it'd be better to have it documented

[12:19] that it's a type two and you don't need to do anything for the application

[12:22] process. >> Right.

[12:25] How many How many did >> Second.

[12:28] » All those in favor? >> I.

[12:30] » I. >> Opposed?

[12:32] Okay. Thank you.

[12:35] » Do you want me to do a roll call now? >> I think

[12:39] We don't >> Right.

[12:44] Okay. Meeting adjourned, right?

[12:49] Sorry, I had to.

[12:52] You too. How you doing, bud? The next bullet is discuss proposed IMA

[12:58] with the town of Corinth. Inter- inter-municipality agreement.

[13:03] Um

[13:06] Carla drafted one. It's uh pretty comprehensive, quite honestly.

[13:11] Very good job. Um We've had some uh stickiness with the

[13:15] town um

[13:18] recently with some uh agreements that have been verbal and courtesy

[13:24] um back and forth on using equipment,

[13:29] um services.

[13:32] » [clears throat] >> And uh

[13:34] I think it stems from the prior contract amount that we sent to

[13:38] them, but honestly

[13:40] and so

[13:43] looking at this agreement uh my personal view right now tonight

[13:48] is I don't want to make a decision on it, but it's a board decision. I want to

[13:52] spend some time talking to Arty about it, get some more information about it,

[13:56] what's going to be the biggest impact of him and his crew.

[13:59] Um and uh

[14:04] I got I guess that's where it stands right now. Basically, what it will say

[14:07] is that um we would set rates for work we did for them, they would set rates

[14:12] that um

[14:14] they did work for us. Borrowing equipment.

[14:21] Back and forth. So on and so forth. So

[14:26] once we get one through this agreement, then it's going to be

[14:30] My concern about it is the only concern I have is um

[14:35] making a hardship for Arty and his crew. The doubles. That's my only concern.

[14:41] So I personally would like to

[14:44] back this out a little bit more before we make a decision on

[14:50] » Arty, do you think Arty can track with everything?

[14:53] » So whatever you guys and your guys are calling things for them, they're renting

[14:57] out equipment and everything with equipment doing. That's all ready done.

[15:01] So it's not going to be very hard for you to get

[15:04] It's probably easier going to talk. So So for cost cost purposes, it won't be

[15:09] very hard to You know, put that right there. You're already getting that

[15:12] stuff. >> All right.

[15:14] Um

[15:17] Would it incur any extra work on your end for anything?

[15:19] » Not on my end. >> No?

[15:21] Only Just money.

[15:23] » Yeah. >> In the grand scheme of things, what is

[15:26] it really going to cost?

[15:29] » I don't I I didn't get a chance to look look at that at all.

[15:35] I think it's exactly that amount.

[15:43] » A little lot that is. So, maybe we'll get it through.

[15:47] » Yeah.

[15:51] » My personal view is we'll shut it down.

[15:57] » Council, do you think that it might something that we should have some kind

[16:01] of agreement? >> Yeah, yeah. I don't disagree with that.

[16:03] I just think we need to There's a couple things I want to dig into. What honestly

[16:07] is what the village taxpayers pay for in the town. I know there's two different

[16:12] budgets for the town. Town and

[16:17] out of town. Basically. And so, they split it up. So,

[16:21] I I started digging into their equipment, but honestly to find out if

[16:24] it's um But it's actually three different

[16:27] buckets that they can go through. So, I just want to make sure that we know

[16:32] because if village taxpayers are paying a share of equipment

[16:37] for the town, I mean, we pay town taxes even in the village.

[16:41] Right? So, I want to I just want to dig into

[16:45] exactly what that is. And I I didn't have time enough today to do

[16:49] it, but I I did

[16:56] Right. That's why I

[16:58] I don't disagree with that, but but honestly, I care about the village

[17:02] and and Ardsley. That's what I care about. So, I want to

[17:06] make sure before we sign anything, we dig in a hole that

[17:10] could be worse for us. And I think we just need to

[17:13] temper ourselves and take the It's to do do our due diligence on that.

[17:18] » I think at the very least we should work towards an I M A, even if there's not

[17:22] going to be any cost incurred for the for the agreement that we'll share our

[17:25] equipment. >> Yeah, I agree with that. I think I think

[17:28] there should be Yeah, I think >> gentleman's agreement than it's actually

[17:31] something documented. It'll either be shared or

[17:34] it won't be shared and then charge for the usage if you do it.

[17:37] » No, that's a good point. And the other thing is too, right?

[17:41] None of us are going to be here forever. So, you don't know what relationships

[17:46] superintendents are going to have with each other or

[17:50] boards and whatever. So, if it's in writing then that's what you

[17:54] reference and that's what you go with. Not that uh you

[17:59] Right, John said that you need to do this and

[18:04] 1995

[18:08] Should I continue Should I continue to fill in for

[18:12] Albert when he's >> Yeah, I think I think business as usual.

[18:15] » And but honestly, you you know, interesting enough to stem from the that

[18:20] or also we just got a letter saying that we're going to be charged $1,500 a day

[18:25] for the paver. That's what they charge other municipalities for

[18:29] consumables on the paver but I don't know what that is but

[18:33] um So,

[18:36] I say business as usual for the village and if we have to incur I told Eric that

[18:40] we will pay that. It'll be part of the project that Hardy works on, not to hold

[18:44] up what we plan to do for the village cuz if we went outside to have to do it,

[18:48] it'd be a lot more than that. So, business as usual I'd say.

[18:56] You got to let me know that though. Yep.

[18:59] Yep. You know whatever it was you had.

[19:03] So, is everybody okay with right now tabling this and doing more

[19:06] investigation? >> Yeah.

[19:08] » Yes. >> One of the board members agreed

[19:10] » Okay. >> We'll look into it more.

[19:12] » Good. >> So, have you

[19:13] put questions have you spoke >> with

[19:17] the town attorney? >> Yes, I have.

[19:19] » And how is What is his feeling about it? >> We had a short

[19:24] interlude last night at the concert.

[19:36] Yes. It It stems from the fire contract,

[19:39] right?

[19:42] Which is interesting because the fire contract has been

[19:45] um contentious for years.

[19:48] Right?

[19:51] So, anyway. Okay, so we're going to we're going to hold that.

[19:59] less than the average of 10 years.

[20:03] Okay. Um

[20:07] The next item I wanted to put back on the agenda. I did quite a bit of

[20:11] research on age restrictions at beaches in New York

[20:14] State. I told you the last meeting that I started digging into it. So,

[20:22] quite honestly, 15 was the age we determined, right?

[20:29] That's quite honestly with lifeguards, that's a little bit old compared to the

[20:33] average of New York State beaches. Um at beaches that don't have lifeguards, they

[20:39] recommend anybody 16 and under has to have parental or adult

[20:45] supervision. The majority of people have, but I just

[20:48] wanted to bring it up and discuss it. What our thoughts were moving ahead

[20:52] because we're going to order signs to put down there, and I want to make sure

[20:56] in the the clock's ticking here. It's mid-July already.

[20:59] But, what what the what everybody thinks

[21:03] what that number should be. >> I think it should be 15 things the group

[21:07] of kids you have a problem with are there for the parking

[21:13] Okay. >> What did you find out when you were

[21:15] doing that? For for future reference with life guards, what would be

[21:18] happening >> Well, the first thing

[21:32] I would say it worked out. If you give me

[21:36] paper with the numbers on in case you got to change it already.

[21:39] Throw them in the freezer. They'll last a long time when you throw

[21:42] them in the freezer. Really at the end of the day, if they're

[21:45] down there not causing problems, nobody's going to ask you to

[21:49] If they're down there causing problems,

[21:56] » I also covered something like that. Somebody pulled up with a car.

[22:00] Kids don't pick you up until after work. >> Yeah.

[22:07] Okay. I'll give you that answer. We're not going to need to beat a dead horse.

[22:10] Okay. Great. All right.

[22:15] With that, we'll move on to public comment.

[22:17] Uh questions or concerns from the public on anything.

[22:22] Jim? >> Yeah.

[22:23] » Come right up to the Can you put that mic right up on the thing now?

[22:29] Hopefully uh we're going to get

[22:33] Wi-Fi here from Mr. Bill.

[22:39] » Uh Jim Murray, 411 Center Street Village.

[22:43] Um are you still moving forward you talked

[22:46] that two three meetings or more about having a

[22:51] extra attendant between Pack and Satcher and

[22:55] » Yes. Yes. Yes. I I've interviewed two people already.

[22:58] » Yeah.

[23:00] » I'm going to continue that. this. >> Yeah.

[23:03] I I think that's that's the right way to go. I really do.

[23:07] And from what I understand, I guess a lot of the other beaches do the same

[23:12] thing. You know, beaches and parks and like

[23:16] that. They have somebody to assist the lifeguard and the parking attendant.

[23:21] Okay. >> Yeah, we're looking and we just did hire

[23:24] a a new lifeguard. She's a nice young lady.

[23:35] I think we did put an ad quite a while ago, didn't we?

[23:39] » We had put an ad a couple of months ago, so I just gave you

[23:42] all the applications. >> Yeah, and that's

[23:46] Yeah. And I and I interviewed two.

[23:58] That's a good point. I will say though,

[24:01] I I talked to the lifeguards every day and the park attendants every day, maybe

[24:05] every other day, park attendants, and it's a lot calmer with someone so far.

[24:13] At both places. It's good to hear.

[24:18] And I I see it too. I don't see any many

[24:22] motorized vehicles on the road.

[24:36] Any other public comments tonight?

[24:42] » Got a few things on my chest want to get off. Um,

[24:46] John Tanguay, 16 Wall Street. Um, had a fire at my neighbor's house today,

[24:53] burned down. People are all okay. They lost a cat.

[24:58] But it really uh you know it was about 5:00 in the morning. It opens your eyes

[25:03] up when you see all those fire companies. It wasn't just Corinth,

[25:06] it was Greenfield, it was Hadley. I mean there was there was tons

[25:10] of trucks. And um So, I want to just talk a little bit

[25:15] about you know public safety and um you know

[25:20] our budget. You know what our what our plan is.

[25:23] Um Couple meetings ago comment was made

[25:27] that some big cuts something something big had to happen.

[25:31] Some changes. So, um I don't know if if you have any of those to announce or

[25:37] any any plans uh or you know ideas. Um I have a few. Um

[25:44] » [clears throat] >> First thing is

[25:48] it seems like now 4th of July was great. Our downtown looks great. Um

[25:53] I'm going to some zoning board meetings.

[25:58] Um The plan for Jack's uh to be made into a

[26:04] nine-unit building and a couple storefronts. Um

[26:08] They'd have to change the actual zoning in order for the first floor to be made

[26:14] apartments in the business business district. That's on the books.

[26:19] Um I'm all for this this gentleman.

[26:24] Um We listened to him talk by phone.

[26:28] He's spent uh quite a bit of money here. He owns over 60 units. Um

[26:34] Now I know which ones they are. I think it's great. Um I'd love to see these

[26:39] properties fixed up. I don't want to be against him.

[26:43] Um I just feel this is a really bad idea

[26:46] and I'm I'm going to reach out to him and

[26:49] you know as a fellow you know landlord in in in the business of real estate. Um

[26:54] we don't want to discourage him from coming or spending his money

[26:58] here. But um you know,

[27:02] if you change that, that means every storefront

[27:07] downtown can do the same thing.

[27:10] Okay, so I felt this board and the mayor should

[27:13] know that. That if you open that door

[27:17] and they and you guys they formed this committee 16 17 years ago.

[27:21] Louise Kirkpatrick was on it. I wish she was here and could have explained it a

[27:24] little better than me, but I'm just going off of the people who spoke.

[27:29] Um I I just think that, you know,

[27:33] we are financially you know, we're it's tight as you know.

[27:37] Um you know, you lost money with Indeck. You lost money with IP.

[27:43] We've never replaced any of that money. I don't see how we're going to. Maybe

[27:50] I don't know. In a year you'll do some studies and the battery

[27:54] plant will be not a bad thing. Maybe it'll make us money.

[27:57] Um but I want to know what's good for the community. I don't want just the

[28:00] money. So um

[28:04] some of the things, you know, that I've seen

[28:08] just recently. This same gentleman who's bought all

[28:13] these buildings for

[28:16] I don't know, 3 months at the end of Walmart

[28:20] and Fit. He bought the two, the four unit. Did a nice job on it. It's a gray

[28:25] one. I don't think he completed it. There's

[28:28] still some broken steps that should be fixed, but um and then the white one on

[28:33] the corner. And he put a new roof on it, did quite a

[28:36] bit of work. Um but for 3 months

[28:41] a trailer sat there

[28:44] on that lot. There was never a trailer there and I

[28:48] believe the ordinance is you can't have a trailer

[28:53] or even replace if you replace it, it had to be from an existing trailer that

[28:57] was on that spot. Now, I don't know if I'm correct, and

[29:00] maybe Neil can answer that after if he wants, or he can do it now, but

[29:05] that was there. So,

[29:08] I said something. I know Go ahead. >> Was it a mobile home or

[29:11] » No, no, it was a a >> camper?

[29:13] » No, no, it was it was a trailer. It was an actual trailer that you that you

[29:19] mount on the ground and you hook up like we have on on Ash some parts of Ash

[29:24] Street. We have trailers there, okay? Um they were working on this trailer.

[29:31] So, I don't know how when we're

[29:34] you know, getting a huge makeover on that building

[29:37] and the one on the end how that got away. How did that happen?

[29:42] How did that not get How did he not get a fine? How did he not get a warning?

[29:48] Okay? How come it took us that to call the village and say, "Hey,

[29:53] what the heck is going on?" So, then what the guy did

[29:57] in the middle of the night he moved that trailer.

[30:01] Pulled it down Palmer. No light, no nothing. Just pulled it down Palmer

[30:06] backed it down by the credit union

[30:09] and squeezed it into that little corner and then popped up fences in a matter of

[30:14] hours to block it in there. I don't I don't

[30:16] know if it's there still. It shouldn't be. It was never there

[30:21] before. My point to all this is

[30:27] we've cut the fire department. We've cut DPW.

[30:33] I don't really feel like we cut anything. We just didn't have the money

[30:36] anymore. So, we didn't give them $250,000 a year

[30:40] in the to buy equipment or to to have in their slush funds.

[30:44] Um We need to move

[30:48] the way we do business. Okay? I mean, we had

[30:53] in the last 14 years, I think we probably spent $30 million on

[30:56] infrastructure. Sidewalks, curbs, um sewer, water. We

[31:02] did all that. We had to do it. It's the right thing to do. We had a lot of

[31:06] money. We had a lot of money coming in. A lot

[31:09] of that was, you know, grant money. I'm asking this board. Now, I've gone

[31:16] through it. There's a couple of $15,000 contingencies in there and a

[31:21] couple of accounts. I think we need to move positions,

[31:27] whether it's change your job duty, change the position.

[31:33] You know, where maybe somebody in DPW goes out. And again, this comes back

[31:40] full circle to where I'm going with the with the stuff that we're doing with not

[31:43] being not being productive. Okay? When you're

[31:46] not getting productivity out of your areas like and I'm going to

[31:50] just use Art as an example because in DPW,

[31:54] you know how many guys it takes to plow plow the streets,

[31:57] to snow blow. You know how long it should take.

[32:01] Been doing it long enough. They they know, but I mean, it's it's it's done.

[32:06] There has to be a handbook to say this is what the job is. This is

[32:10] what the clerk treasurer does. This is what the guy who runs the sewer plant

[32:16] does. This is what he does. He's scheduled this many hours. He's a

[32:21] salaried person. Well, how many hours is that? In my

[32:25] past, in my background, in the restaurant business, a manager worked 55

[32:30] hours. A GM worked whatever it took. It all fell on your feet. You wanted to

[32:36] make bonus, to make sure you were running tight numbers. Okay?

[32:42] We went the other way. We We cut hours.

[32:47] Now that You can't cut them out of DPW. You have to have it. It's public safety.

[32:52] You can't cut the firehouse. I'm asking you to look. I know where I

[32:58] looked. I know where I would move stuff.

[33:01] But you might have to change jobs. You might have to move. You might have

[33:06] to say goodbye to some people and say, "Listen, it's not going to be 32 hours.

[33:11] We're not going to be open 4 days a week.

[33:14] We're going to do five and one Saturday a month.

[33:18] And you're going to get 8 hours of I mean, that's literally

[33:22] what? 60 hours? I mean, 72 I I don't know how many. It's

[33:26] not a lot of hours of overtime. We You guys are in place to

[33:34] get the best for the community. I don't think

[33:39] that we are being spending our money in the right places.

[33:44] I'm asking you all to look at this. I I'm a businessman.

[33:48] I've gone through it. I You don't keep You don't keep your

[33:52] plant open when your company tells you you got to

[33:55] go down to 40 guys. You don't keep it at 62. You go down to 40.

[34:01] Because if you don't, your company's going to go out of business, and you're

[34:03] no longer going to have a job, and nobody else is going to have a job.

[34:07] Well, right now we're

[34:10] you know, I have discussed to you and said, "Listen, the The only place you

[34:13] can actually pull money out of a department

[34:17] is you have to talk to the town and become a district

[34:22] firehouse. Then your contribution, which 350,

[34:26] 400,000, whatever you're going to say, you can use that money.

[34:31] The biggest problem in this community right now

[34:34] is code enforcement. Is our buildings. We haven't been on the news for for, you

[34:40] know, great things. We had a 3-year-old die

[34:44] who got eaten by bugs. And her blood I mean, that was on Then

[34:48] you had another and then we condemn. Why do we have to wait that long to

[34:53] condemn? I mean,

[34:56] I'm I'm in the real estate business.

[35:00] Want to make money? Go ahead. Put it on. Albany does it. Everybody does it. You

[35:04] got to inspect your house once a year. You can't just do it to landlords.

[35:09] There's a lot of single family homes that are rented out here.

[35:12] Saratoga does it. You can't just rent your house out at the track anymore.

[35:16] You've got to have exit signs. You've got to have a whole plan.

[35:19] And Saratoga Springs gets 150 bucks. I'm My point of view is we need to spend

[35:27] more money on code enforcement and building inspector. And we need to get

[35:32] documentation so that every time there's a call, a

[35:36] police call, we know that it went to

[35:41] 1 Pine Street. Well, at the end of the month we had 30 calls.

[35:47] Again, there's a nuisance ordinance. All All I'm saying is

[35:50] start looking at moving something cuz you can't just keep

[35:55] raising taxes. You can't I mean, that's I mean, this is

[35:59] where it starts. If you want to fix things,

[36:03] fix the buildings. Hold people accountable so that when the

[36:08] next assessment comes through or when the house gets bought

[36:12] and goes on the market and gets sold for 280,000 and now that that new property

[36:16] owner is paying taxes on that and not on the 120

[36:21] that it was actually being assessed at because it was boarded up for 3 years.

[36:26] That's I'm just asking you to put your your business hat on.

[36:31] » John, okay, we we get the point and appreciate it.

[36:34] » I told you I've been holding it in. >> No, that's okay. We let you run.

[36:37] » And I thank and I thank you, Terry, for letting me talk.

[36:40] » Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you all.

[36:42] » You're good.

[36:44] Anybody else in the public have anything to say?

[36:50] » Jason Petrovic, 33 Bonnie Street. I just had a question for Carla. Um with regard

[36:54] to the um >> You need to address the board, Jason.

[36:57] » Oh, I need to address the board. Okay. Um

[36:59] the um moratorium being submitted to the the

[37:02] planning board. Was Is there a time frame for a response from them or is is

[37:06] it open-ended? >> Actually, can I address that, Mayor?

[37:10] » Will you address that, Carla? >> Yeah, because actually I needed to bring

[37:12] that up. Um I Your code is one of the

[37:16] very few I've seen that doesn't require you to go to the village planning board.

[37:20] I was working under the assumption and this is on me that it did because every

[37:25] other village I know does. Looking at this now, it doesn't. So, you

[37:30] can actually rescind your prior Like what's it up? You can rescind your

[37:34] resolution. You can You can still keep them and have them look at it and give

[37:38] you comment, but you're not required to. Your law doesn't require you to.

[37:42] » Okay. >> So, it's up to you. I I just Again, and

[37:46] that's on me and I I own that, but I went under the quick assumption that

[37:50] that's how it works. So, your code doesn't require that and under the state

[37:55] law you're not required to unless your local law tells you to.

[37:58] » Okay. >> So,

[37:59] it's up to you what you want to do. If you don't want the planning board to

[38:02] look at it, then you would just tell me to send it to county planning right now.

[38:07] » Send it to county planning. >> So, you don't want the village planning

[38:10] board to look at it. So, you would want to rescind that resolution.

[38:13] » Okay.

[38:15] Hold on. Thank you, Jason. That's a good answer.

[38:18] It's going to be quick, by the way. >> So, you don't have to do anything.

[38:24] » Okay. All those in favor of sending that

[38:27] motion? >> Actually, sorry. We need a second. We

[38:29] have to first and then we can >> All those in favor of sending that

[38:33] motion? >> Yes.

[38:34] » I. >> Opposed?

[38:36] Okay. Thank you. Okay.

[38:40] » So then you then need to make a motion to send it to the county.

[38:43] » I'll make the motion.

[38:46] All those in favor? >> I.

[38:48] » Opposed? Okay. Thank you.

[38:51] » That might be something you want to think about if you amend your zoning

[38:54] code that you should send it to your village planning board.

[38:57] » We still can, though, right? >> You can, but I'm saying when you amend

[39:00] your zoning code, >> Right.

[39:02] » I would recommend putting that in there. Cuz they're the ones that are going to

[39:04] have to deal with. >> Right.

[39:06] » Thank you very

[39:11] » Okay. Anybody else in the public got any questions?

[39:15] Comments? Okay. We're going to go to uh

[39:19] more comments. We'll start out with Mr. Mike.

[39:22] » John, do you remember

[46:04] » Mhm.

[51:49] » Mhm.

[53:44] » Mhm.

[55:39] » Mhm.

[1:05:49] » Mhm.

Village of Corinth, NY Public Board Meeting July 15, 2026

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