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America and to the Republic, or which it stands, one nation under God, and invisible, with liberty, and none of us is our role.

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Next up, roll call, Mr. Bentley.

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Mr. Bentley?

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Ms. B. Shaw.

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Ah, there you are. Thanks, Doug.

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Ms. B. Shaw.

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Mr. Eccleston.

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Here. Mr. Fetch.

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Mr. Harbin.

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Mr. Nossup.

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you, Mr. Newell, here, Ms. Preston,

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Mr. Stock, Mr. Van D. Mr. Wagner is excused, Mr.

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Wallbauer, Ms. Wilson, here, and Chairman Heider, here, very good.

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At this time, we would ask for a motion to approve the minutes of January 28th.

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I have a motion by Mr. Nual, second by Mr. Van D. Any discussion changes?

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Well, concern.

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Mrs. Price did note, and I'm sorry I did not get them infected in time, but the presentations,

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Petitions and notists, excuse me, and the proclamations were not included.

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I will include those in the official record. There's, unless there's any other changes.

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I do have a couple of proclamations for you this evening.

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Our first proclamation is declaring March 2021 as problem gambling awareness month here in

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Whereas the National Council on Problem Gambling, the New York Council on Problem Gambling,

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and the Central Region Problem Gambling Resource Center have designated March 2021 as Problem

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Gambling Awareness Month and whereas Problem Gambling is a public health issue affecting

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thousands of New Yorkers of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds and whereas Problem Gambling

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has a significant societal and economic cost for individuals, families, businesses, and communities.

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And whereas Problem Gambling is treatable and treatment is effective in minimizing this

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to both individuals and society as a whole, and whereas numerous individuals, professionals

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and organizations have dedicated their efforts to the education of the public about

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problem gambling and the availability and effectiveness of treatment, and whereas the New York

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Council on Problem Gambling and the Central Region Problem Gambling Resource Center invite

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all residents of the county of Portland participate in Problem Gambling Awareness Month.

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Therefore, I Paul Heiter do hereby proclaim the month of March 2021 as Problem Gambling Awareness

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month in the county of Portland and encourage all citizens to support the New York Council

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on a problem gambling and essentially our region problem gambling resource center in

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their efforts to raise awareness and stimulate action for the issue of problem gambling

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with friends, family, patients, and clients.

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I believe we have a representative on to just offer a few words on this.

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Thank you very much on behalf of the central problem gambling resource center for the recognition

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and the support in acknowledging problem-gambling awareness

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We refer to as the hitting a hidden addiction, there's like some of the

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other addiction that are addressed, problem-gambling, you don't see until it's

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in its late stages because there's no real outward size. We are here in the

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problem-gabling.

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Thank you very much, Ms. Chomey.

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Much appreciated and we'll get you a hard copy of that.

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Our next proclamation this evening is declaring March 2021,

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As Irish American Heritage Month, whereas during the month of March, we celebrate Irish American Heritage and the tremendous role Irish immigrants and their descendants have played in the development of our great nation.

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And whereas Irish American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to celebrate the nearly 33 million Americans with Irish ancestry with their tremendous contribution to the betterment of our country.

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This month and every month we appreciate their efforts in helping usher in a new era of American prosperity.

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And whereas Irish Americans have distinguished themselves in every sector of American life, many have

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been among the key architects of our country's greatness of the 30,000 Courtland County residents who identify their ethnic heritage,

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more than 6,000 claim at least some Irish ancestry.

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And whereas Irish immigrants began coming to Portland in the early to mid-1850s and sell the east side of what would become the city of Portland,

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And whereas for centuries, the tenacious Irish spirit, paired with American self-reliance,

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has helped Irish immigrants and their descendants realize incredible dreams.

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With religious devotion, strength rooted in the love of family, and confidence in the promise

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of America, Irish Americans have engaged in the American experience in robust and meaningful

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Their neighborhood schools, churches, and workplaces have affirmed the importance of faith, industry,

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And whereas this month, Americans across the country will down the traditional green garb as we celebrate the patron state of Ireland,

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and annual tribute to our shared and cherished heritage with that great country.

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As we spend this month honoring Irish Americans, we also pledge to further strengthen our relationship with the Emerald Island itself

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as we look forward to a bright future of great friendship, cooperation and commerce.

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Now, therefore, I apologize to Chairman of the Courtland County legislature. You hereby proclaim March 2021

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as Irish American Heritage Month in Portland County and call the final residents to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Irish Americans to our county and the nation with appropriate ceremonies, activities and programs.

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Our final proclamation this evening is recognizing our February retirees.

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We're as several county employees are ending their distinguished careers with the county and moving into retirement,

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whereas the legislature wishes to express its appreciation to those retiring employees for their years of dedicated service to the residents of the county.

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Therefore, be resolved, the legislature recognizes the following employees and their years of service.

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Linda Wooters, Department of Social Services, 30 years of dedicated service.

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Larry Shepard, Sheriff's Department, 25 years of dedicated service.

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Be it further resolved that the legislature acknowledges that these individuals,

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knowledge and expertise will be thoroughly missed, and be it further resolved that on behalf of the

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entire legislature, I Paul Heiter Chairman of the legislature want to express our appreciation

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to those employees for their loyalty to the county of Portland in which each of them

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much happiness as they began this igniting, exciting new chapter in their lives.

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We move on to privilege of the floor at this time. I do not have anyone signed up regarding

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any items on our agenda. That brings us up to presentation of Petition's Communication

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and Notice. At this time, I would like to turn the floor over to Nicole and Jeske,

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report. Nicole is available to answer questions and offer a few highlights. Nikki, are you there?

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We can. Would you like to offer a few highlights from your report, please?

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A few things on here first of all, the COVID cases, and you'll see on our report from January 24th.

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That's what I'm kind of reporting on on a four week basis for you guys. So that was 421 new cases.

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We did surpass 3600 cases this week.

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but unfortunately we're up to 174 today.

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COVID deaths from the January 24th through February 20th are yesterday.

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We did have 30 new cases today as well.

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So, some days we have more than other materials that you're seeing in the fluctuation, our vaccination clinics are going really well.

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and our second dose clinic we've had three of those so far, and we've done 361 second dose.

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if they become a close contact to some of the COVID-19.

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and somebody is the COVID-19 positive.

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that's made it,

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they still have to go through the quarantine process

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until we can bear it, but some night this.

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that they were actually vaccinated, folded,

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and there's a time frame that goes with that that we spelled out.

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So as soon as that's done, that we would take them out of corn.

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We still don't want everyone to remember our vaccinated or not,

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please social distance where your mask, that is still part of what we're hoping people will continue to do.

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The week of February 16th, I will help the parents for providing a small patient for those with co-morbid conditions.

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I provided a list for you of what those co-morbid conditions were.

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comorbid conditions.

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information was just provided the guidance, the regulations,

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the what they have to do on order to hold those.

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if it's a local health department.

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And there's some criteria that goes with that, and right now we are creating some templates

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so that that's accessible to those business

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permission that they're required to give us before they hold that event

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that we have in the event that we

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haven't had one of the events that somebody has COVID.

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of it is over for

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we'll get their contacts, we'll put them in.

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who will then do the investigation.

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then they will be told to contact us directly.

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Number, when they leave a message that I

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have quarantined, then we will look up and nice this.

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Find out if they're truly following the guidelines

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and that they've been back then because it has to be,

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taken a few days to figure that out, you know, from the time they get contact rates to

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odds, it shouldn't take too much longer. As long as their information has a nice

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do the vaccination clinics.

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Everybody just permission goes in there.

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We have a soony student.

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Who recorded being vaccinated with two vaccines, and those have a card that says that, but it's only one of those is a nicest,

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wrongly taking the verification and nicest.

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So we asked them to reach out to the place they were vaccinated at. It wasn't here to see if they could get that recorded in there. So they remain quarantined for how we have that verification.

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Should you carry your card or a copy of your card?

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The question, Nikki, should you carry your card or a copy of your card?

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After you've got your second shot, yes.

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No, there's no need for that.

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I mean, you can have that.

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You can provide that to your provider if you need to.

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because we will use that night's system.

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Thank you.

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Anything further from the call?

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Okay, let me, Nicole, thank you.

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Again, I wish to thank our public health department and our team members from Guthrie and

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SUNY Corland and all of the volunteers, a lot of which are from our own county employees

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and many of our county residents for helping with our pod and in vaccinating our community.

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We do expect to solicit more help from doctors offices and clinics that we have in Coral

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and County in the upcoming months to really accelerate the rate of vaccination in our community.

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As of yesterday morning, I got some state data this morning, we have vaccinated 55,982 folks in our community,

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which is very exciting.

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Bo is better on a calculator than me.

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vaccinated in our own pods and throughout New York state.

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So we expect that to improve in the future exponentially.

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And it is our utmost goal to vaccinate anyone in

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Portland County and make sure they are vaccinated if they choose to be.

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We still have a hotline open in Portland County to assist any members in our community,

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whether they be elderly, have comorbid communities and if they're not able to get on the

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internet to get vaccinated, please call our hotline.

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I'll ask Eric to finish off with that hotline number in a minute.

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Special thanks to Brook Cummins, our the assistant to our county administrator for spearheading

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team at the hotline getting our community inputted into the New York State system to get

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them to a point where they can get an appointment to be vaccinated.

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So Brooke has taken on this phenomenal role and thank you to her in our hotline members.

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Mr. Stock, you had a question?

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Yeah, I'd like to thank the Health Department and the Office of the Aging.

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I was fortunate enough to get a shot over at Grace Fellowship Church and they did a remarkable job.

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And I was out of there within a half hour from the time I got my gut in.

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There's system is perfect and I really want to thank those people and and again

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Brooke for has done a great job

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I've had a seniors calling and I've actually called and made appointments or others, so there everything is working wonderful as long as we get back

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So yeah, so long as we get back

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To that end the chairman reference the hotline that number is 7 5 6 3 4 1 5 again in the 607 area code 7 5 6

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3, 4, 1, 5, and that hotline is staffed between 830 and 430 each day.

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Any further questions for Ms. Andjewski or Ms. Perfetti?

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All right, seeing none. At this time, it has been requested that the county attorney

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provided an update regarding the in-rem tax foreclosures, Ms. How.

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So, as some of you may be aware, we began our 2018 tax year action for the N-RAM tax

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for closures in October of 2019, and we submitted our order to finalize that in February

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of 2020, and then as we all are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic took place, matters were

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stayed. In October of 2020 there was an executive order and a court administrative order that required

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conferences in all the interim for closure matters. That was brought forward to the budget and

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finance committee and discussed with the legislature whether or not we wanted to move forward

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and the feedback that we received is that we did not want to move forward during the middle of

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pandemic, and we were not going to bring each one of the individual taxpayers in for core

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conferences.

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And that was decided for a number of reasons. That executive order also

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stayed the right to proceed with auctions to the November 3rd of 2020.

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via email on November 20, 2020, from Philip Slightle, who's our contract council that

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she does are in-rem proceeding. I was asked if we wanted to move forward with

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conferences and I said no and then say anything else, it just said no. I guess it

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wasn't very clear or I should have elaborated because they moved forward with

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action and Santa Latter to the court that says we have conferred with the county's enforcing

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officer and he has indicated the county does not require a status conference for any parcels

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which are referenced on the county's judgment application. That letter stated November 5.

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Now between the time I had the conversation for email October 22nd and November 5th,

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that I was not contacted by Philip Slytle or the county's enforcing officer to ask what was

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met by no why don't want conferences.

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The enforcing officer was part of that meeting where we said we didn't want to move forward.

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In any event, the next day that matter was put before the judge and the judge signed our order,

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the Vamber 9th of 2020.

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because I know there's going to be some questions about what does it meet about

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conferences and not conferences, what the executive order and the stay

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side is that the county's enforcing officer can dispense with conferences if

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they deem it's not in the best interest of the county. I was not asked that

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question. I was asking if I wanted the conferences

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and I said no. But again, I

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I guess it wasn't taken clear that that meant no.

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Therefore, we now have an order that's been signed by the judge.

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Our contract of attorney's office

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has told me that he have all the deeds ready.

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They're expiration on the options.

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I believe is now May 1st.

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And I'm asking for further direction

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Because we do not have to take title.

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We have a local law that says that we don't take title until 10 days before the date of the auction being set.

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So if we don't set an auction date, we don't take title.

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So what's made first again?

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A deadline that is currently set for when auctions can start to take place.

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Thank you.

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in-person options.

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Ms. B. Shaw.

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But there isn't any guarantee that that may first

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could also be extended again, correct?

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So it could be.

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Currently, the executive order powers of our governor

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are said to expire at about that same time.

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And I don't know what's going to happen with those.

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Or if the legislators is going to do something different

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Because the Biden administration is put something out that's extended the foreclosures as they relate to federally protected mortgages to 2022.

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So, there's a lot of moving parts.

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I can't tell you what that's going to mean, but our order is complete.

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Karen, would it make sense to lay this over to the Finance and Administration Committee for further conversation?

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It can, but because of where we are, I thought everyone should know.

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Mr. Vanity?

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Why would we even want to consider taking properties right now with this COVID-19 stuff?

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Maybe we should take a vote tonight so we make it really clear that we don't want

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to take properties.

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And I would make a motion.

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You know, Ryan, I think it is very appropriate to decide this as a legislative body and

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not as the budget and finance, because ultimately after budget and finance, it would come

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back up up to us as a full legislature, and I will take.

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I will be happy to make a motion.

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What is the motion?

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We do not take any properties this year.

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And it's up this time.

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So if I understand what your indicating is, even though we have the order, we are not to move forward with the auction date.

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Absolutely.

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Good night.

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Any discussion from legislators, Mr. Fetch?

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So it's part of your order that you have.

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So these are properties that have already been in foreclosure for how many years?

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So the list pens was filed in 2018.

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The petition for foreclosure, they wouldn't pay in 2018.

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The foreclosure actions filed October of 2019.

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and the order would normally have been completed in February of 2020 or thereabouts.

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It got submitted, the judge just didn't sign it, and then the COVID-19 pandemic stayed

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those actions.

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Okay, so these are properties that have really been abandoned.

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people in them? Yes. Many of them have people in them. So it would also mean that when

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we went to take title, we would have a whole bunch of notice information because

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a COVID and COVID hardships that we would have to put out. And also we have to

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notice anyone who is a potential purchaser that they may be buying with people in

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that they cannot displace?

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Because one of the problems that I see here and has nothing to do with people that are currently living there.

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There I understand that.

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And I would go with Mr. Van D for that.

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But the problem I see is that the ones that have been vacant for a long time are just going bad, bad, bad, bad.

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But is there a way that we can just selectively pull the ones that there are nobody in them?

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No, that would have been a reason to have the conferences and have each person come in.

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But that would have been individually.

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I think there's like 70 parcels on this list.

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I would have had to have 70 individual conferences.

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And that's something that you did want to do.

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They just misunderstood what you were saying.

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No, the direction that had been given to me was that we did not want to move forward those conferences because we did not want to move forward with the action.

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Mr. Harbin, did you have a question?

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If

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there are people living in those houses during this time of this pandemic, we absolutely should not be forcing them out.

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And I would, so that would, second, assume that these emotions are not to take action to move to option in fact.

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Ms. Preston, did you have a comment or question?

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Okay.

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Any discussion? Any more discussion on the floor?

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Any discussion for those folks that are joining us, legislators, that are joining us virtually?

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I do, I will not support taking action at this time in Portland County.

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I don't think it's appropriate to our community, even if even if these properties were from 2018,

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And we started to look at this process early 2020, we were into this for over a year now.

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So when I was part of that group that said, hold, hold off.

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So I believe we can wait as a community a bit longer.

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And I will take the first and the second on this motion and ask that we not go any further with this.

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only to bring in some

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Resources, and information, and bring this back up again, no earlier before May in front of our any committee in Courtland County.

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Only together information. Can I add that, Ron, two years of sudden? Any, just a point of clarification.

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Does the motion have a time limit? Does it have a time certain?

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is it just open-ended? We don't do anything during this year. It's at the end of December. What are we? What are we doing?

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Well, I'd like to reconsider discussion in May.

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No, okay, but the original motion didn't have a time.

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Does there was a motion to amend it to put May in?

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I don't recall a second.

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Okay.

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To that amendment?

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I accept it at any of my motion.

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Okay. But there was no time certain in the original motion, right?

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I'll just ask him because I can't remember.

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I didn't hear when Eric...

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No, the original motion from Mr. Van D was not to hold an auction and not to foreclose on any properties.

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For now.

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For now.

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Yeah, okay, so, okay, fine.

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Okay.

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All in favor?

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Hi.

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Any opposed?

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Thank you, Gary.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Okay, we'll return to our regular order of business.

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This time, I have no items for you to receive in file.

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I believe we're going to dispense with the reports of standing special in ad hoc committees.

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No articles postponed to a date certain and no unfinished business.

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That brings us to our new business for the evening.

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Our first is a resolution from the chairman.

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A agenda item number one on motion of chairman, hider, a point member, Portland County Board

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of Ethics.

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Second, have a second by Ms. Holmer.

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Discussion?

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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We move on to items referred to the board this evening from the building's grounds committee.

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Agenda item number two, on motion to Mr. Harbin.

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Extend temporary full-time building custodium position.

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Oh, the building's grounds department.

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Second by Mr. Wallbauer, I believe.

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Discussion?

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All in favor? Aye.

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Opposed?

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agenda item number three on motion Mr. Harbin authorized agreement with March Associates for

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Legislative Modernization Plan and Establisher Capital Improvement Project.

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Moved.

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Second by Miss Haltman.

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Discussion?

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Mr. Walbauer.

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Mr. Walbauer.

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I'd like to say that I think it's a priority that we figure out the audio and video in this

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room as far as spending money at some point in the future to do physical changes to any

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spaces that could be a challenge to get me to vote. Yes, but the AV part I think is a tie priority.

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Ms. Preston?

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I think it was day as I am.

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I would grab a piece of the 9,000 dollars. That came out of the jail

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because there's a short doubt

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in all of what we need to

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do. What are your expectations for

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me?

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Any other discussion?

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I think I could jump in there if I might, you know, we took this back to committee and we worked through the issues that had been raised in session last month about our legislative modernization plan.

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So, this question is point, we don't actually know what it is that needs to get done.

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And that is why we are engaging specialists for us,

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provide us with options to understand

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what is it going to take for us to modernize

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our legislative chambers and also our connections to the public.

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Be it in the current legislative chambers,

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or be it in the auditorium downstairs.

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We're also, as part of this, looking at it,

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it has a flexible use space.

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We can decide how we're going to best utilize these spaces going forward.

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The auditorium is one of the most underused spaces in the county office building, and we are stretched all the time trying to find ways to move things around to make better use of it.

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And we want to feed what's that is going to entail.

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We work extensively with Eric Mulvethel and Chuck Miller and this department understand what they can do, but they have all the knowledge that they are not architects.

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They can't tell us of what the implications could be for either of those these spaces if we are

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re-structured out.

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And we're also not sound days in years.

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We've gone as far as we can go with the system that we have in place to take it to the next

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step and modernize the legislative changes.

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We are going to have to make a small investment, understand what that's going to be.

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And every time before we want to make an investment in our county office building with

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The other had to make this small investment understand what those options are going to be and what are the options going to be for.

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That's why I'm taking this fact committee.

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We structure this resolution.

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I'm going to move before this time.

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Anything further on this?

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Fall in favor.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Okay.

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So I have Ms. Jones,

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Ms. Nay, Ms. Preston, Nay, Mr. Nossip, Nay, Ms. Hummer, what was your vote?

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So at this point

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I have Jones, Preston and Nossip is Nay's, anyone else?

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Again, last call, Preston Jones,

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Nossip is Nay's, anyone else? Motion carries.

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Okay, we move on to agenda item number 4, refer

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to you from the Highway Committee. On motion of Mr. Null, a point reappoint members of the

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of Memorial Park Advisory Board.

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May I have a second?

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Discussion?

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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A agenda item number five on motion, Mr. Null, authorize right off of outstanding landfill

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tipping fees from 2015 to 2018.

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This comes to you from the Highway Department's Division of Salad Waste.

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May I have a second?

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Second, Mr. Van D. Discussion?

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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We move on to items referred from the Health and Human Services Committee.

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I have a motion from Ms. Homer to move item 6 through 11 as a consent agenda.

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I have a second from the chairman.

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Any discussion on moving item 6 through 11 as a consent agenda?

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Hold on, favor.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed.

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Item 6 through 11 are adapted.

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Yes.

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No.

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We just hold it on.

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We do as well as the consent agenda.

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Excuse me.

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Yeah.

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Now, on the main question of item 6 through 11. All those in favor?

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Aye. Aye. Aye.

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Any opposed?

476
00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:10,340
Now, item 6 through 11 are adapted.

477
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,040
We move on to agenda item number 12 on Motion Ms. B. Shaw.

478
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,940
Except grant funds, Redlich Horowitz Foundation Families First Readiness.

479
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:21,280
Okay.

480
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:23,280
Discussion?

481
00:38:25,730 --> 00:38:27,850
Fall in favor? Aye. Aye.

482
00:38:29,570 --> 00:38:30,170
Opposed?

483
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:37,640
A agenda item number 13, add motion of Ms. B. Shaw authorized agreement amend the 2021 budget.

484
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:40,040
Can you get addiction recovery services? May have a second.

485
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:41,660
Thank you.

486
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:43,680
Discussion?

487
00:38:47,130 --> 00:38:47,790
All in favor?

488
00:38:49,030 --> 00:38:49,150
Aye.

489
00:38:49,470 --> 00:38:49,630
Aye.

490
00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:51,850
Opposed.

491
00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:55,370
Gender item number 14, add motion of Ms. B. Shaw.

492
00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:58,410
A point reappoint community services board and subcommittee members.

493
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:59,730
May have a second. Second.

494
00:39:00,130 --> 00:39:00,470
Second.

495
00:39:01,670 --> 00:39:02,190
Discussion?

496
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:05,760
All in favor?

497
00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:19,140
We move to items referred from the agriculture planning and environment committee, agenda item number 15 on motion of Mr.

498
00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:22,640
Fitch, a point number soil water conservation district board director.

499
00:39:23,620 --> 00:39:23,840
Second.

500
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:26,280
Second.

501
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:26,360
Second.

502
00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:29,780
Second.

503
00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:31,080
Second.

504
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:37,200
Second.

505
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:40,740
Second.

506
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:44,960
Second.

507
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:45,980
New Yorkers, May the Second.

508
00:39:47,780 --> 00:39:48,260
Discussion?

509
00:39:50,770 --> 00:39:51,410
All in favor?

510
00:39:52,210 --> 00:39:52,490
All in favor?

511
00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:52,950
All in

512
00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:55,700
favor?

513
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:56,520
Opposed?

514
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,900
A gender item number 17 on Motion Mr. Vitch, authorized capital, equipment, lease agreement with

515
00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:06,260
First Transit Inc., for the lease of county owned buses.

516
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:06,940
May the Second?

517
00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:08,500
Second, by this will soon.

518
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:09,200
Second.

519
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:10,840
Discussion?

520
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:13,360
Mr. Stock?

521
00:40:13,740 --> 00:40:17,380
Reading through this, I didn't see any rate for the lease to that.

522
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,460
Are we going to come up with something on that?

523
00:40:19,460 --> 00:40:21,320
How much do we charge?

524
00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,560
I don't see any leash number on it,

525
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:31,660
as far as the monitoring.

526
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:37,600
No, there is no direct lease cost to first transit.

527
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:46,140
No, it's part of the contract we have with them for providing services.

528
00:40:48,420 --> 00:40:52,760
The bus is belong to us, so we have to lease them out to an operator.

529
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:58,200
And in this case, it's first transit. This is actually a follow-up from the New York State DOT audit.

530
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,940
We've obviously been doing business with first transit for many, many years.

531
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,920
But we've never actually had a formalized lease agreement in place.

532
00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:09,480
So this is in response to that audit just to formalize that relationship.

533
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,100
Can you use that up again?

534
00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:14,360
All in favor?

535
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:15,900
All right.

536
00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:27,280
Opposed a agenda item number 18 on motion Mr. Fitch authorized the 2020 one agreement with the court-out block of extension

537
00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:31,180
Second, second, Mr. Harbin discussion.

538
00:41:34,420 --> 00:41:42,480
All in favor. Hi, Mr. Stock. Thank you all. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you

539
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:43,480
Opposed

540
00:41:44,540 --> 00:41:51,140
Motion carries a agenda item number 19 on motion Mr. Fitch authorized the 2021 agreement with

541
00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:54,240
to your East Regional Planning and Development Board. May the second.

542
00:41:56,330 --> 00:41:56,850
Discussion?

543
00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:00,100
All in favor?

544
00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:01,360
All in favor?

545
00:42:01,420 --> 00:42:01,460
All in favor?

546
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:03,960
Opposed?

547
00:42:07,530 --> 00:42:11,110
We move on to items referred to the board this evening from the Judiciary and Public Safety

548
00:42:11,110 --> 00:42:11,510
Committee.

549
00:42:11,610 --> 00:42:18,030
I have a proposal from Ms. Homer to consent items 20 through 24 in a second by Mr.

550
00:42:18,270 --> 00:42:18,590
Hyder.

551
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:22,920
Any discussion?

552
00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:26,890
All in favor?

553
00:42:27,270 --> 00:42:27,510
Aye.

554
00:42:30,430 --> 00:42:30,950
Opposed?

555
00:42:32,030 --> 00:42:35,770
And now on the main motion to adopt items 20 through 24.

556
00:42:36,190 --> 00:42:36,950
So again.

557
00:42:38,190 --> 00:42:38,810
Discussion?

558
00:42:41,180 --> 00:42:42,040
All in favor?

559
00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:44,500
All in favor?

560
00:42:44,580 --> 00:42:47,260
Item through 20 through 24 are adopted.

561
00:42:48,980 --> 00:42:51,240
We move to agenda item number 25 on motion.

562
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:56,720
Ms. Price authorized agreement with Black Creek Integrated System Corporation for Jail Software.

563
00:42:57,780 --> 00:42:58,720
And the Second Minister of Andy.

564
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:00,080
Discussion?

565
00:43:02,450 --> 00:43:03,810
All in favour?

566
00:43:04,150 --> 00:43:04,550
Hi.

567
00:43:05,350 --> 00:43:05,690
Hi.

568
00:43:06,630 --> 00:43:07,150
Opposed?

569
00:43:11,660 --> 00:43:14,320
We move on to items referred from the

570
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:15,060
Department

571
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:18,440
Operations Committee.

572
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:19,840
Agenda item number?

573
00:43:20,580 --> 00:43:20,920
Yes.

574
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,160
Yes, ma'am.

575
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:23,680
Yes, ma'am.

576
00:43:23,740 --> 00:43:24,260
Good afternoon.

577
00:43:45,170 --> 00:43:47,850
Well, as we haven't read the resolution yet,

578
00:43:48,170 --> 00:43:50,390
and certainly if Ms. Homber wants to weigh in on this,

579
00:43:50,610 --> 00:43:53,030
I believe it's still belongs to the committee's sponsor.

580
00:43:53,550 --> 00:43:56,050
So you're saying you'd like to pull this and refer back to committee.

581
00:43:57,710 --> 00:43:58,590
Yes, sir.

582
00:44:00,250 --> 00:44:00,470
Okay.

583
00:44:00,770 --> 00:44:01,830
Is there any objections?

584
00:44:02,610 --> 00:44:06,990
Hearing none, this item is withdrawn and referred back to committee with no vote.

585
00:44:09,350 --> 00:44:10,170
Thank you.

586
00:44:13,190 --> 00:44:13,630
Mr. Chairman,

587
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:18,000
I need a brief recess.

588
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:19,580
I have a quick question coming in here.

589
00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:20,920
So if we may just have one minute.

590
00:44:20,980 --> 00:44:21,380
I will.

591
00:44:21,580 --> 00:44:22,100
Thank you.

592
00:44:22,620 --> 00:44:24,020
We stand in recess.

593
00:44:35,980 --> 00:44:37,240
What's the five minutes?

594
00:44:38,340 --> 00:44:39,220
I think there's a coffee.

595
00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:43,340
I think there's a coffee.

596
00:44:43,340 --> 00:44:45,420
Are you

597
00:44:50,790 --> 00:44:51,090
done?

598
00:44:51,110 --> 00:44:54,150
Are you done?

599
00:44:54,310 --> 00:44:54,690
He's done.

600
00:44:55,290 --> 00:44:55,470
He's done.

601
00:44:56,030 --> 00:44:56,310
He's done.

602
00:45:31,620 --> 00:45:38,760
Okay, we're going to get rolling here in a minute, Mr. Fitches, back with us and Mr. Racklson,

603
00:45:39,780 --> 00:45:42,160
We stand back in session.

604
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,120
Okay, thank you for the indulgence folks.

605
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:50,360
We move on to agenda item number 27.

606
00:45:52,620 --> 00:45:55,840
Mr. Wagner is not here with us this evening.

607
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,640
Mr. Ackelston will be picking up the sponsorship

608
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,920
and Mr. Ackelston would like to offer

609
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:02,960
an amended version of this resolution,

610
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,880
which all of you should have received the email

611
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:14,460
or in hard copy here in legislative chambers, on motion of Mr. Ackelston, a resolution requesting

612
00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:19,160
special state legislation, amending Article 31 of the New York State tax law to permit

613
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:23,000
court-link county to impose a tax on the transfer of real property.

614
00:46:23,180 --> 00:46:26,640
May have a second. Second, by Mr. Van D.

615
00:46:27,060 --> 00:46:33,480
If any legislator did not get the updated version, could you please speak up and let us know now?

616
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:52,600
The ones in our packet, or are you saying that that resolution has been played, while the

617
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,940
fence is on and then it's before the meeting?

618
00:46:56,180 --> 00:47:00,840
Yes, the second part of your statement, the intent is to offer the amended resolution

619
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:03,240
as opposed to what was in your packet.

620
00:47:04,620 --> 00:47:08,180
This is up to the change, right before the meeting changes.

621
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:13,380
I don't believe that's within our order when having voted on it.

622
00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:24,300
I would like to proceed, Mr. Chair.

623
00:47:25,300 --> 00:47:28,800
Well, I'd like to speak to Bo's point a little bit.

624
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:35,740
But I believe in a packet is the letter from the Realtor Group in Coral County,

625
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:36,500
but right there.

626
00:47:36,540 --> 00:47:37,500
I believe it should be attached.

627
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:45,920
approving what we discussed at a meeting with the Realtors, I believe Legislator, a press

628
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:53,720
and was there a County Administrative Comparer, Legislative George Wag, they're Cali

629
00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:56,840
or minute, am I missing any other legislators, you know?

630
00:48:01,460 --> 00:48:04,380
Okay. And we had about five or six

631
00:48:04,380 --> 00:48:11,660
board of Realtor folks that did approve us going forward with this resolution at the rate

632
00:48:11,660 --> 00:48:15,320
that is on the amended resolution.

633
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:28,100
It was a scripted error, but I would say it brought you to finance both, so respectfully, I believe we need to go forward with this.

634
00:48:28,180 --> 00:48:30,880
But I do appreciate your concern.

635
00:48:34,730 --> 00:48:35,850
And we will go forward.

636
00:48:36,790 --> 00:48:37,530
Miss Preston.

637
00:49:59,750 --> 00:50:00,830
Can I call her the vote?

638
00:50:01,530 --> 00:50:01,990
I'm sorry.

639
00:50:02,430 --> 00:50:03,090
Call for the vote.

640
00:50:09,110 --> 00:50:10,090
Mr. Harbin, do you want

641
00:50:13,060 --> 00:50:14,240
to

642
00:50:46,470 --> 00:50:51,270
So, we can ask the appropriate questions, but I would like to find out from Mr.

643
00:50:51,390 --> 00:50:57,270
Reporter, we're going to offer a chance to give on this tax revenue for the county based

644
00:50:57,270 --> 00:51:01,290
on what the owner of the county and the community, we're going to throw us in front of us tonight.

645
00:51:03,170 --> 00:51:08,930
The numbers that I presented were from the proposal received from the county clerk.

646
00:51:08,930 --> 00:51:28,130
It is based on $1 per $500 or $2 per $1,000 of additional tasks and that is what was in the letter from the Board of Realtors as well as in the packet that was provided by the County Clerk who proposes

647
00:51:30,530 --> 00:51:32,210
sometime in the last fall.

648
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:37,040
Bo, are there any one minute from?

649
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:38,360
Okay, thank you.

650
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,640
Bo, any other questions you'd like to ask?

651
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:44,740
Or did Rob and Chair?

652
00:51:45,180 --> 00:51:47,160
Do you have any answer to my question?

653
00:51:47,420 --> 00:51:47,520
Thank you.

654
00:51:47,780 --> 00:51:48,420
Thank you.

655
00:51:48,780 --> 00:51:49,260
Mr. Van Deen.

656
00:51:49,380 --> 00:51:50,980
It seems to me like the money amounts.

657
00:51:51,220 --> 00:51:51,820
It's a say.

658
00:51:52,140 --> 00:51:52,420
Yes.

659
00:51:52,820 --> 00:51:55,560
One dollar for $500, $2,000 for a thousand.

660
00:51:55,940 --> 00:51:57,480
It adds up to the same to me.

661
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:13,920
I would just like, I guess, I guess the point is that if we walk away and do this,

662
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,040
then this is upside down change.

663
00:52:16,180 --> 00:52:19,400
But I do support moving forward if you need the revenue.

664
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:23,280
I appreciate the realtor for being flexible and working with that.

665
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:24,240
Thank you for the clarification.

666
00:52:24,740 --> 00:52:25,540
Thank you both.

667
00:52:26,380 --> 00:52:27,100
Any other discussion?

668
00:52:27,100 --> 00:52:32,820
I just offer that this the process. So again, this is a bifurcated process. So this is our initial

669
00:52:32,820 --> 00:52:37,820
ask of the state legislature. This would have to be introduced in both houses of the legislature

670
00:52:37,820 --> 00:52:43,200
to get bill numbers. Should it be successful there in this past, then it goes to the governor for signature.

671
00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:49,840
If it's approved by the governor, then we will have to pass a local law in order to affect this additional

672
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:55,620
facts. So this may not be the last time you see it. So again, as amended and

673
00:52:55,620 --> 00:53:00,960
offered by Legislator Ackelston, seconded by Mr. Van D, a motion requesting

674
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:04,320
special state legislation, amending Article 31 of New York State tax

675
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,220
law to permit Portland County to impose the tax on the transfer of real

676
00:53:07,220 --> 00:53:07,720
property.

677
00:53:08,540 --> 00:53:09,660
Well, all in favor.

678
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:12,560
All right. All right.

679
00:53:12,980 --> 00:53:13,540
Opposed.

680
00:53:15,630 --> 00:53:20,330
Ms. Jones opposed anyone else? Motion carries.

681
00:53:22,510 --> 00:53:24,330
Mr. Nasa proposed?

682
00:53:25,490 --> 00:53:26,010
Okay.

683
00:53:27,270 --> 00:53:28,870
Any other, any other nays?

684
00:53:30,790 --> 00:53:31,490
Motion carries.

685
00:53:32,090 --> 00:53:33,390
One question, Mr.

686
00:53:33,390 --> 00:53:33,710
Yes sir.

687
00:53:33,710 --> 00:53:36,450
We voted on amendment as that.

688
00:53:36,470 --> 00:53:40,310
Is that whole true on the, on the amended version itself?

689
00:53:40,410 --> 00:53:41,270
We need to vote again.

690
00:53:41,370 --> 00:53:43,130
Mr. Actress then offered it as amended.

691
00:53:43,270 --> 00:53:43,990
He's the sponsor.

692
00:53:44,570 --> 00:53:45,130
Yes sir.

693
00:53:45,130 --> 00:53:45,630
Yes sir.

694
00:53:46,250 --> 00:53:46,630
Yes sir.

695
00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:56,730
That is the end of our regular resolution, items I understand Mr. Chairman, you would like

696
00:53:57,610 --> 00:54:01,210
to motion to suspend the rule of order to consider additional resolution?

697
00:54:02,390 --> 00:54:02,550
Okay.

698
00:54:02,570 --> 00:54:05,690
I have a motion by Chairman Heiter to suspend the rules.

699
00:54:05,990 --> 00:54:06,790
Do I have a second?

700
00:54:07,350 --> 00:54:07,870
Second.

701
00:54:08,110 --> 00:54:10,990
I have a second by Mr. Mr. Fitzgerald.

702
00:54:11,590 --> 00:54:11,830
Mr. Fitzgerald.

703
00:54:11,830 --> 00:54:12,090
Mr. Fitzgerald.

704
00:54:13,010 --> 00:54:13,530
Mr.

705
00:54:15,810 --> 00:54:15,810
Fitzgerald.

706
00:54:15,810 --> 00:54:17,910
to suspend the rules?

707
00:54:18,350 --> 00:54:19,810
Can we fund that?

708
00:54:20,910 --> 00:54:21,990
Yes, Ms. Preston.

709
00:54:26,690 --> 00:54:32,470
As I understand it, the topic is to suspend the rules to consider a resolution, restating

710
00:54:32,470 --> 00:54:39,190
the opposition to the phase-out of provision 14C of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

711
00:54:43,310 --> 00:54:45,310
So, I have a motion by the Chairman to suspend the rules.

712
00:54:45,330 --> 00:54:49,150
I have a second by Mr. Fitch, again, this is a roll call vote.

713
00:54:49,930 --> 00:54:50,490
Mr. Batley,

714
00:54:54,750 --> 00:54:55,390
Ms. Vichoff.

715
00:54:55,390 --> 00:54:56,290
Yes.

716
00:54:57,370 --> 00:54:57,850
Mr. Hackelston.

717
00:54:58,210 --> 00:54:58,230
Yes.

718
00:54:58,870 --> 00:54:59,450
Mr. Fetch.

719
00:55:00,630 --> 00:55:01,350
Mr. Harbin.

720
00:55:02,670 --> 00:55:02,790
No.

721
00:55:03,870 --> 00:55:04,430
Ms. Homer.

722
00:55:07,490 --> 00:55:08,130
Ms. Jones.

723
00:55:11,450 --> 00:55:11,990
Mr. Nasa.

724
00:55:15,740 --> 00:55:16,220
Mr. Null.

725
00:55:16,860 --> 00:55:17,060
Yes.

726
00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:18,660
Ms. Preston.

727
00:55:19,740 --> 00:55:19,940
Yes.

728
00:55:20,500 --> 00:55:21,580
Ms. Price.

729
00:55:25,410 --> 00:55:26,110
Ms. Price.

730
00:55:29,430 --> 00:55:30,030
Thank you.

731
00:55:32,350 --> 00:55:32,930
Mr. Stock.

732
00:55:33,250 --> 00:55:33,530
Yes.

733
00:55:33,950 --> 00:55:34,730
Mr. Van D.

734
00:55:35,830 --> 00:55:37,850
Mr. Wagner is excused.

735
00:55:38,390 --> 00:55:39,050
Mr. Wallbauer.

736
00:55:39,330 --> 00:55:39,470
Yes.

737
00:55:39,470 --> 00:55:43,390
Ms. Wilson and Chairman Heiter.

738
00:55:44,070 --> 00:55:50,030
Yes, the rules stand in our suspended for the purposes of considering a resolution

739
00:55:50,030 --> 00:55:57,210
restating opposition to the phase out of provision 14C of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

740
00:55:58,030 --> 00:55:59,030
May I have a motion?

741
00:56:00,210 --> 00:56:00,670
Discussion?

742
00:56:02,790 --> 00:56:06,370
Ms. Jones makes the motion. May I have a second?

743
00:56:07,350 --> 00:56:07,710
Second.

744
00:56:07,710 --> 00:56:09,890
I have a Mr. Fetch discussion.

745
00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:26,260
I believe you have a member of the public here who might speak to them to view item that

746
00:56:26,260 --> 00:56:31,120
had it to be agenda for the public discussion at the beginning of the meeting. Would they

747
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:31,960
be allowed to speak?

748
00:56:32,700 --> 00:56:34,300
I'll defer to the chairman on this.

749
00:56:35,100 --> 00:56:38,420
Yeah, I believe Mr. Aaron Bayer.

750
00:56:38,420 --> 00:56:47,360
fire is with us, absolutely. He can speak or anyone else. That's with us in or out of the building.

751
00:56:47,980 --> 00:56:50,320
Mr. Byer, if you'd like to unmute yourself, you have the floor.

752
00:56:59,700 --> 00:57:08,440
topic, continuing to come up each year is especially during these last minute votes.

753
00:57:11,580 --> 00:57:18,060
It's topic as sneezing out of 14th be it's not a business decision for our local community,

754
00:57:18,300 --> 00:57:19,340
it's a state decision.

755
00:57:36,290 --> 00:57:42,610
For my plea tonight, it's not necessarily for this vote, rather, actually, is that this

756
00:57:42,610 --> 00:57:51,970
be held until next month so that people with disabilities in our community have the opportunity

757
00:57:51,970 --> 00:57:58,930
to avoid their opinions and their feelings on this matter especially as it relates to their

758
00:57:58,930 --> 00:58:06,210
wages and their livelihood in our community and across the state and across this nation

759
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:09,700
and curving

760
00:58:14,050 --> 00:58:16,270
of the people that it would actually impact.

761
00:58:24,050 --> 00:58:25,610
I need discussion by legislators.

762
00:58:27,470 --> 00:58:28,270
Ms. Bishoff?

763
00:58:29,670 --> 00:58:32,590
No, but do we have the resolution before us?

764
00:58:32,650 --> 00:58:34,030
You do. You should be on your desk.

765
00:58:36,100 --> 00:58:37,220
I don't have a coffee.

766
00:58:38,180 --> 00:58:39,760
Yeah, so there's some of us that's why.

767
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:42,360
As I was looking, I'm upset.

768
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:44,400
Okay, thank you.

769
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:45,400
Yes, thank you.

770
00:58:59,550 --> 00:59:01,470
I believe we also sent the resolution.

771
00:59:01,490 --> 00:59:02,810
I sent it out.

772
00:59:02,810 --> 00:59:05,570
It was a big yesterday, just a few months ago.

773
00:59:05,850 --> 00:59:10,370
I also sent out some comments from Ernie Dodge

774
00:59:10,370 --> 00:59:13,970
who runs the Jamm Murray Center,

775
00:59:14,750 --> 00:59:19,690
which supports 82 hundred individuals in our community

776
00:59:19,690 --> 00:59:21,570
with disabilities,

777
00:59:24,150 --> 00:59:26,150
that work, that work to shake the ass.

778
00:59:26,670 --> 00:59:27,050
Jake, yes.

779
00:59:27,190 --> 00:59:29,590
Ms. Holmer, Jay and Murray.

780
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:38,500
The ten roles you just think about that a little less than it.

781
00:59:40,750 --> 00:59:44,690
14 feet is not just easy to be able to look at every employer.

782
00:59:45,330 --> 00:59:47,450
You have to go to a director of the agency for five minutes.

783
00:59:47,470 --> 00:59:50,150
You have to get done to the agency for eight minutes.

784
00:59:50,150 --> 00:59:52,090
You have to look in your middle leg.

785
00:59:52,550 --> 00:59:56,350
The folks at the Murray Center share our role to wait.

786
00:59:56,350 --> 00:59:59,810
fear we can enable who could not be able to go ahead with the community.

787
01:00:00,180 --> 01:00:26,300
And hold down as that. They are just not stable. All of a sudden, if they are not abstain, they have told you that hold us in plain A.T. when it appears A and F. both that, you know, we do a lot of diseases A and A, but they get paid away. It's also important for them for socialization. I have a present to participate in the case of a very similar program of the Turf of our county in Antwerp, Lee and Rich are like.

788
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:33,560
It's not like, of course, trying to hurt the folks who do have a disability, but who

789
01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:37,700
are able to own down a regular job.

790
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:44,140
We cannot afford, in this day, to put the folks that participate in what used to be

791
01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:47,140
now that ever sheltered works out, how to work.

792
01:00:47,460 --> 01:00:48,300
It is there, why?

793
01:00:48,860 --> 01:00:53,360
You know, for me, because we are probably going to put a lot of things up.

794
01:01:13,780 --> 01:01:22,620
I'm going to support this too. I know many young people that have worked at the Murray Center. They work because they want to work. They need to work.

795
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:28,600
You know, it's dignity, and if you take this away from them, this is just not right.

796
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:29,580
Thank you, Hansen.

797
01:01:30,760 --> 01:01:36,420
I have to say I have been acquainted with these a lot of these people like Anna's mentioned,

798
01:01:37,060 --> 01:01:41,340
and I have made a tour of the place, and I've had these people visit the community center,

799
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:48,000
and they are just happy that the wages they're getting and to have a job and be out and be treated like anybody else,

800
01:01:48,260 --> 01:01:52,120
and they're happy as what they're doing, and I can't see where, you know,

801
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:58,920
taking that away from them, which would happen if we go ahead and have to have a minimum wage for those of you.

802
01:01:59,340 --> 01:02:00,120
Thank you.

803
01:02:00,780 --> 01:02:01,400
Ms. B. Shaw?

804
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:06,140
Yes, hi. I would like to also speak in support of this resolution.

805
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:13,280
I would like to say that having done some reading on it prior to this vote, yes, there are challenges nationally.

806
01:02:13,740 --> 01:02:20,060
Yes, there are programs that unfortunately take advantage of the 14th seat and are not necessarily good actors.

807
01:02:20,060 --> 01:02:27,420
But fortunately in Cartland, the center that we have does, and they really do try to hear

808
01:02:27,420 --> 01:02:28,320
to best practices.

809
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:35,040
So I believe that the federal government, who is going to make this decision, means

810
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:43,800
to think very carefully about moving forward with deliberation and not be so hasty in terms

811
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:50,040
of eliminating programs that, in fact, are trying to hear to best practices and move

812
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:54,020
So we're trying to provide the best environment for people with cognitive disabilities.

813
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:55,680
Thank you.

814
01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:01,380
Okay, Sandy Price at

815
01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:15,140
the J.M. Murray Center.

816
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:17,200
Without this,

817
01:03:21,580 --> 01:03:27,060
you want our people to continue to, it would be devastating to have them

818
01:03:27,060 --> 01:03:34,560
just stay on in their own homes or the residential homes with nothing to do all day long.

819
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:40,900
We need to help our people who need our help, so I vote in the end.

820
01:03:41,780 --> 01:03:44,160
Thank you, Sandy. Any further discussion?

821
01:03:45,660 --> 01:03:46,360
Mr. Harbin.

822
01:03:47,900 --> 01:03:50,420
I'd like to weigh in here, but if I may.

823
01:03:53,750 --> 01:03:55,570
I came up the last time in 2019.

824
01:03:56,010 --> 01:04:00,610
I just visited a job on his offer and towards the jammer.

825
01:04:00,870 --> 01:04:05,030
The work that they do, we all will agree, is tremendous work.

826
01:04:05,470 --> 01:04:09,610
It's a tremendous resource for disabilities and individuals in our community.

827
01:04:10,470 --> 01:04:15,050
But the one thing I want to challenge everyone with the 14C,

828
01:04:15,290 --> 01:04:18,750
is that we've talked about how these individuals,

829
01:04:19,550 --> 01:04:21,730
the fun great value would be treated like others.

830
01:04:21,730 --> 01:04:28,450
In the end, in the area of pay, they are not treated by brothers, they are treated at a different cost of the system.

831
01:04:29,030 --> 01:04:37,910
There are more other ways that the phase out of 14C could be accomplished with the same level of support for those individuals,

832
01:04:38,590 --> 01:04:43,570
and the late, same level of support to the jammeries better, that they would not have to lay people up.

833
01:04:44,050 --> 01:04:49,430
We could do this in the tax credit to the jammeries better and higher individuals like that,

834
01:04:49,430 --> 01:04:55,950
that individuals work at a waste that is living waste for them to be able to find a

835
01:04:55,950 --> 01:04:56,730
measure independent.

836
01:04:57,030 --> 01:05:02,910
And yet we're trying to achieve a version of how we handle the wages of the establishment

837
01:05:02,910 --> 01:05:04,670
in the 19th century.

838
01:05:05,130 --> 01:05:09,450
We need to move on to the 21st century in the 20th or 40th piece when it allows us to do

839
01:05:09,450 --> 01:05:10,150
that opportunity.

840
01:05:11,210 --> 01:05:16,450
Now, as the other thing I would mention is, we can have this debate in committee.

841
01:05:16,450 --> 01:05:21,730
There's no reason for it to come last minute, but when it's out, that's just a very

842
01:05:21,730 --> 01:05:22,410
upset.

843
01:05:22,590 --> 01:05:27,650
Without the input for the community, or at the end, positive, or negative, how are we going

844
01:05:27,650 --> 01:05:28,410
to look at it?

845
01:05:28,590 --> 01:05:32,190
The thing, what is this that we wanted to do to move forward, it is not going to be moving

846
01:05:32,190 --> 01:05:32,890
forward quickly.

847
01:05:33,150 --> 01:05:37,030
But then Congress, not being moved forward quickly when they Congress, we have an opportunity

848
01:05:37,030 --> 01:05:37,990
to take this slide.

849
01:05:38,250 --> 01:05:43,070
So, a lot of the community come in, I'm the way that it may go, and then go forward and

850
01:05:43,070 --> 01:05:44,050
make a decision on that.

851
01:05:44,050 --> 01:05:47,250
So I would like to take a motion, if it's a revolution,

852
01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:50,510
if you step back to a health and human services committee,

853
01:05:50,790 --> 01:05:54,010
or have any sort of question for action

854
01:05:54,010 --> 01:05:54,990
in the month of March.

855
01:05:55,550 --> 01:05:57,610
As you can, thank you for that.

856
01:05:57,850 --> 01:06:00,330
But I would like to be part of the discussion

857
01:06:00,330 --> 01:06:02,950
before we go to Mr. Harbin's motion.

858
01:06:04,190 --> 01:06:08,230
We voted on this back in 2019, and it was approved.

859
01:06:08,810 --> 01:06:13,230
Since 2019, we've had many, many, many health

860
01:06:13,230 --> 01:06:19,370
human services, committee meetings, and not once was the idea of doing anything different

861
01:06:19,370 --> 01:06:26,730
port forward. So I would now be the opportunity to take this up just because this resolution

862
01:06:26,730 --> 01:06:33,070
is in front of us. I doubt our vote tonight on this resolution will make any difference

863
01:06:33,070 --> 01:06:38,630
in our federal government's decision. But I will support this tonight if we're allowed

864
01:06:38,630 --> 01:06:45,650
move forward, because I need to support if not only to support the 82 hundred individuals

865
01:06:45,650 --> 01:06:52,390
in our community and the J.M. Murray Center, so both thank you for letting me for

866
01:06:52,390 --> 01:06:58,130
allowing me to step in, so I will allow both to continue.

867
01:07:01,570 --> 01:07:01,950
Any questions?

868
01:07:03,570 --> 01:07:08,790
I'll be able to serve this to give the opportunity for the public to weigh in on this.

869
01:07:09,170 --> 01:07:10,590
I'll allow this to be very soon.

870
01:07:10,650 --> 01:07:12,530
As you can see, defend it.

871
01:07:12,630 --> 01:07:13,690
Jam, raise that already.

872
01:07:13,890 --> 01:07:15,610
I also like to weigh in on it.

873
01:07:15,630 --> 01:07:16,830
I'll have that discussion.

874
01:07:17,050 --> 01:07:17,990
And then we can have the vote.

875
01:07:18,130 --> 01:07:19,870
You know, the vote comes down the same way.

876
01:07:20,070 --> 01:07:24,630
At least the public has the opportunity to have the voice heard.

877
01:07:25,750 --> 01:07:27,470
So second to refer this to committee.

878
01:07:27,930 --> 01:07:28,630
I'll second it.

879
01:07:28,630 --> 01:07:34,130
I do think that it has been rushed, and I do think that individuals need to be heard.

880
01:07:34,270 --> 01:07:34,970
I don't know that out.

881
01:07:35,130 --> 01:07:37,930
We'll change my vote, but I will second it.

882
01:07:40,130 --> 01:07:40,750
I have a discussion.

883
01:07:44,810 --> 01:07:45,250
Roll call.

884
01:07:46,430 --> 01:07:52,430
So again, this is on a motion to refer this resolution to the Health and Human Services Committee.

885
01:08:07,380 --> 01:08:08,020
Mr. Bentley.

886
01:08:13,710 --> 01:08:14,250
Mr. Bentley.

887
01:08:18,470 --> 01:08:20,770
Mr. Bentley.

888
01:08:21,610 --> 01:08:22,830
We'll come back to Mr. Bentley.

889
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:26,100
Let's be shot.

890
01:08:27,320 --> 01:08:32,480
As chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, I'd be delighted to take any public testimony

891
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:33,280
on this.

892
01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:40,100
I think that the notion of how we better support individuals who want to integrate fully

893
01:08:40,100 --> 01:08:43,020
into the regular workplace is concerned.

894
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:50,140
But for me right now, the topic is to communicate our support for 14C.

895
01:08:50,140 --> 01:08:52,260
What the, what the requested it.

896
01:08:52,580 --> 01:08:53,520
Yeah, I can't.

897
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:54,240
Yeah, I can't.

898
01:08:54,240 --> 01:08:54,600
I can't.

899
01:08:54,820 --> 01:08:56,000
Sorry, I'm sorry.

900
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:57,700
I was just trying to explain my book.

901
01:08:58,720 --> 01:08:58,900
Um, yes.

902
01:08:59,380 --> 01:08:59,920
I mean, no.

903
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:02,300
Sorry, sorry.

904
01:09:02,380 --> 01:09:02,660
Sorry.

905
01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:04,880
That's a yes to Senator Committee.

906
01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:05,460
No.

907
01:09:05,860 --> 01:09:06,660
No, no.

908
01:09:06,660 --> 01:09:07,440
No, not to.

909
01:09:07,640 --> 01:09:07,760
Okay.

910
01:09:07,900 --> 01:09:08,960
I'm saying yes to Anna.

911
01:09:09,180 --> 01:09:09,800
I was out of work.

912
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:10,400
Yeah.

913
01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:11,300
Missing sort of.

914
01:09:12,260 --> 01:09:12,740
You're a fool.

915
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:14,680
Not to refer it back to.

916
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:15,040
Correct.

917
01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:15,860
Correct.

918
01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:17,000
Very good.

919
01:09:17,620 --> 01:09:18,060
Mr. Bently.

920
01:09:18,060 --> 01:09:20,280
Are you alive now?

921
01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:24,180
Mr. Batley?

922
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:31,580
Mr. Ackleston?

923
01:09:32,100 --> 01:09:34,700
No. Mr. Fitch?

924
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:37,820
No. Mr. Harvin?

925
01:09:40,620 --> 01:09:41,140
Ms. Homer?

926
01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:44,600
Ms. Jones?

927
01:09:47,730 --> 01:09:48,730
Mr. Nassaf?

928
01:09:51,480 --> 01:09:52,220
Mr. Newell?

929
01:09:56,940 --> 01:09:57,560
Ms. Price?

930
01:09:57,700 --> 01:09:58,620
I need to ask.

931
01:10:02,420 --> 01:10:03,280
Ms. Price?

932
01:10:06,860 --> 01:10:07,540
Mr. Stack?

933
01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:09,920
No. Mr. Vandy?

934
01:10:11,740 --> 01:10:14,060
Mr. Wagner's excused? Mr. Walbauer?

935
01:10:15,100 --> 01:10:18,120
Ms. Wilson and Chairman Hyder.

936
01:10:20,220 --> 01:10:22,000
I'm sorry did I skip this question?

937
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:25,200
I apologize, Ms. Preston.

938
01:10:27,410 --> 01:10:29,870
Thank you. Mr. Hyder?

939
01:10:30,470 --> 01:10:30,590
No.

940
01:10:33,060 --> 01:10:36,360
And I have Mr. Bentley text me that he votes in support

941
01:10:36,360 --> 01:10:37,740
of referring back to committee.

942
01:10:39,300 --> 01:10:41,840
The motion to refer to committee fails

943
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:44,140
with a weighted vote of 8,235.

944
01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:51,100
We now return to the main motion as offered by Ms. Jones, seconded by Mr. Fitch, restating

945
01:10:51,100 --> 01:10:56,580
this legislature's opposition to the phase out of provision 14C of the Federal Fair Labor

946
01:10:56,580 --> 01:10:58,120
Standards Act.

947
01:10:58,560 --> 01:10:59,280
All in favor?

948
01:10:59,780 --> 01:11:00,360
Aye.

949
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:00,860
Aye.

950
01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:03,440
Opposed?

951
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:04,580
Aye.

952
01:11:06,680 --> 01:11:09,940
Wilson and Harbin Neh, anyone else?

953
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:13,240
Motion carries.

954
01:11:13,240 --> 01:11:14,120
includes

955
01:11:20,840 --> 01:11:22,620
our formal business.

956
01:11:23,780 --> 01:11:25,600
Are there any announcements from the board members?

957
01:11:27,850 --> 01:11:28,970
Go ahead, Ms. Preston.

958
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:40,240
Additional announcements from board members.

959
01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:43,980
As I see at the end of the sheriff is with us tonight on the sheriff,

960
01:12:44,040 --> 01:12:46,660
Greg, would you like to say anything to us?

961
01:12:49,720 --> 01:12:50,640
Thank you, Bob.

962
01:12:50,780 --> 01:12:51,720
Appreciate you being here.

963
01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:56,940
I would, I believe all of you should have received an email from Linda Armstrong

964
01:12:56,940 --> 01:13:05,460
on at Toma development announcing that we are accepting pre-applications for the next round

965
01:13:05,460 --> 01:13:07,440
of micro-enterprise grant funding.

966
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:11,620
Those pre-applications are due on April 1st.

967
01:13:11,740 --> 01:13:14,780
Again, this is part of our application process to receive the funding.

968
01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:20,520
Small businesses could be eligible for up to $3,000 in grant funding should the county be awarded.

969
01:13:20,900 --> 01:13:25,720
Again, we understand that the city is also applying for this grant funding as well.

970
01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:31,460
this is a separate application which allows the county to provide loans, grants, and loans

971
01:13:31,460 --> 01:13:34,120
to small businesses outside of the city of Portland.

972
01:13:34,820 --> 01:13:39,340
But again, even businesses in the city, if they wish to apply, are able to do so as we

973
01:13:39,340 --> 01:13:42,540
can on a limited basis consider those applications.

974
01:13:44,060 --> 01:13:45,240
With that, Mr. Chair.

975
01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:48,800
Meeting adjourned, stand adjourned at 722.