[0:08] If we could, please all rise for the salute to flag if you're able to do so.

[0:14] to

[0:20] America and to the Republic, or which it stands, one nation under God, and invisible, with liberty, and none of us is our role.

[0:37] Next up, roll call, Mr. Bentley.

[0:44] Mr. Bentley?

[0:48] Ms. B. Shaw.

[0:49] Ah, there you are. Thanks, Doug.

[0:50] Ms. B. Shaw.

[0:51] Here.

[0:53] Mr. Eccleston.

[0:54] Here. Mr. Fetch.

[0:57] Mr. Harbin.

[1:00] Ms. Homer.

[1:03] Ms. Jones.

[1:06] Mr. Nossup.

[1:07] Thank

[1:12] you, Mr. Newell, here, Ms. Preston,

[1:18] Ms. Price,

[1:21] Mr. Stock, Mr. Van D. Mr. Wagner is excused, Mr.

[1:28] Wallbauer, Ms. Wilson, here, and Chairman Heider, here, very good.

[1:37] At this time, we would ask for a motion to approve the minutes of January 28th.

[1:43] I have a motion by Mr. Nual, second by Mr. Van D. Any discussion changes?

[1:49] Well, concern.

[1:50] Mrs. Price did note, and I'm sorry I did not get them infected in time, but the presentations,

[2:00] Petitions and notists, excuse me, and the proclamations were not included.

[2:04] I will include those in the official record. There's, unless there's any other changes.

[2:13] All in favor.

[2:14] Okay.

[2:16] Okay.

[2:17] Opposed.

[2:20] We move on to proclamations and recognitions.

[2:24] I do have a couple of proclamations for you this evening.

[2:28] Our first proclamation is declaring March 2021 as problem gambling awareness month here in

[2:36] Portland County.

[2:38] Whereas the National Council on Problem Gambling, the New York Council on Problem Gambling,

[2:42] and the Central Region Problem Gambling Resource Center have designated March 2021 as Problem

[2:49] Gambling Awareness Month and whereas Problem Gambling is a public health issue affecting

[2:54] thousands of New Yorkers of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds and whereas Problem Gambling

[3:00] has a significant societal and economic cost for individuals, families, businesses, and communities.

[3:06] And whereas Problem Gambling is treatable and treatment is effective in minimizing this

[3:09] to both individuals and society as a whole, and whereas numerous individuals, professionals

[3:14] and organizations have dedicated their efforts to the education of the public about

[3:18] problem gambling and the availability and effectiveness of treatment, and whereas the New York

[3:23] Council on Problem Gambling and the Central Region Problem Gambling Resource Center invite

[3:28] all residents of the county of Portland participate in Problem Gambling Awareness Month.

[3:33] Therefore, I Paul Heiter do hereby proclaim the month of March 2021 as Problem Gambling Awareness

[3:38] month in the county of Portland and encourage all citizens to support the New York Council

[3:42] on a problem gambling and essentially our region problem gambling resource center in

[3:47] their efforts to raise awareness and stimulate action for the issue of problem gambling

[3:51] with friends, family, patients, and clients.

[3:54] I believe we have a representative on to just offer a few words on this.

[4:02] Thank you very much on behalf of the central problem gambling resource center for the recognition

[4:09] and the support in acknowledging problem-gambling awareness

[4:14] months.

[4:17] We refer to as the hitting a hidden addiction, there's like some of the

[4:23] other addiction that are addressed, problem-gambling, you don't see until it's

[4:29] in its late stages because there's no real outward size. We are here in the

[4:43] And we are here in the community and we thank you for your support in acknowledging

[4:54] problem-gabling.

[4:56] Thank you.

[4:57] Thank you very much, Ms. Chomey.

[4:58] Much appreciated and we'll get you a hard copy of that.

[5:02] Our next proclamation this evening is declaring March 2021,

[5:07] 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.

[5:19] 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.

[5:30] This month and every month we appreciate their efforts in helping usher in a new era of American prosperity.

[5:34] And whereas Irish Americans have distinguished themselves in every sector of American life, many have

[5:39] been among the key architects of our country's greatness of the 30,000 Courtland County residents who identify their ethnic heritage,

[5:47] more than 6,000 claim at least some Irish ancestry.

[5:50] 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,

[5:57] And whereas for centuries, the tenacious Irish spirit, paired with American self-reliance,

[6:03] has helped Irish immigrants and their descendants realize incredible dreams.

[6:06] With religious devotion, strength rooted in the love of family, and confidence in the promise

[6:10] of America, Irish Americans have engaged in the American experience in robust and meaningful

[6:15] ways.

[6:15] Their neighborhood schools, churches, and workplaces have affirmed the importance of faith, industry,

[6:20] and learning.

[6:20] Is there for no wonder that American art, business, and public life are marked by Irish

[6:24] names and symbols?

[6:25] And whereas this month, Americans across the country will down the traditional green garb as we celebrate the patron state of Ireland,

[6:31] and annual tribute to our shared and cherished heritage with that great country.

[6:35] As we spend this month honoring Irish Americans, we also pledge to further strengthen our relationship with the Emerald Island itself

[6:41] as we look forward to a bright future of great friendship, cooperation and commerce.

[6:45] Now, therefore, I apologize to Chairman of the Courtland County legislature. You hereby proclaim March 2021

[6:49] 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.

[7:03] Our final proclamation this evening is recognizing our February retirees.

[7:07] We're as several county employees are ending their distinguished careers with the county and moving into retirement,

[7:12] whereas the legislature wishes to express its appreciation to those retiring employees for their years of dedicated service to the residents of the county.

[7:18] Therefore, be resolved, the legislature recognizes the following employees and their years of service.

[7:23] Linda Wooters, Department of Social Services, 30 years of dedicated service.

[7:28] Larry Shepard, Sheriff's Department, 25 years of dedicated service.

[7:32] Be it further resolved that the legislature acknowledges that these individuals,

[7:35] knowledge and expertise will be thoroughly missed, and be it further resolved that on behalf of the

[7:40] entire legislature, I Paul Heiter Chairman of the legislature want to express our appreciation

[7:44] to those employees for their loyalty to the county of Portland in which each of them

[7:48] much happiness as they began this igniting, exciting new chapter in their lives.

[7:54] We move on to privilege of the floor at this time. I do not have anyone signed up regarding

[8:01] any items on our agenda. That brings us up to presentation of Petition's Communication

[8:08] and Notice. At this time, I would like to turn the floor over to Nicole and Jeske,

[8:16] our

[8:18] report. Nicole is available to answer questions and offer a few highlights. Nikki, are you there?

[8:28] We can. Would you like to offer a few highlights from your report, please?

[8:34] A few things on here first of all, the COVID cases, and you'll see on our report from January 24th.

[8:44] That's what I'm kind of reporting on on a four week basis for you guys. So that was 421 new cases.

[8:51] We did surpass 3600 cases this week.

[8:55] Overall, hospitalizations, the number that I gave you was from yesterday was 173,

[9:01] but unfortunately we're up to 174 today.

[9:05] COVID deaths from the January 24th through February 20th are yesterday.

[9:12] Again, unfortunately today we had to report another COVID deaths.

[9:16] We did have 30 new cases today as well.

[9:19] So, some days we have more than other materials that you're seeing in the fluctuation, our vaccination clinics are going really well.

[9:28] We have currently held six of them,

[9:34] 1,032,

[9:39] and our second dose clinic we've had three of those so far, and we've done 361 second dose.

[9:50] The quarantine guidance for vaccinated individuals,

[9:57] because that people will

[10:02] have to.

[10:07] if they become a close contact to some of the COVID-19.

[10:11] So that's only quarantine.

[10:12] I want you to understand that it's not

[10:14] and somebody is the COVID-19 positive.

[10:17] They will still have to isolate.

[10:18] Whether that's

[10:24] the COVID-19

[10:27] that's made it,

[10:28] they still have to go through the quarantine process

[10:30] until we can bear it, but some night this.

[10:34] So that's a new organization information system

[10:38] that they were actually vaccinated, folded,

[10:43] and there's a time frame that goes with that that we spelled out.

[10:48] So as soon as that's done, that we would take them out of corn.

[10:52] We still don't want everyone to remember our vaccinated or not,

[10:56] please social distance where your mask, that is still part of what we're hoping people will continue to do.

[11:04] The week of February 16th, I will help the parents for providing a small patient for those with co-morbid conditions.

[11:16] I provided a list for you of what those co-morbid conditions were.

[11:19] So this Saturday at our clinic, we will have a lot of those

[11:25] comorbid conditions.

[11:32] And we've been typically helping them on Wednesdays.

[11:37] Now we'll start a Saturday clinic as well.

[11:49] But in person and heated events,

[11:56] information was just provided the guidance, the regulations,

[11:59] the what they have to do on order to hold those.

[12:05] They do responsible parties that are going to hold

[12:11] if you can pick

[12:17] if it's a local health department.

[12:18] And there's some criteria that goes with that, and right now we are creating some templates

[12:26] so that that's accessible to those business

[12:32] permission that they're required to give us before they hold that event

[12:39] that we have in the event that we

[12:45] haven't had one of the events that somebody has COVID.

[12:52] Any questions on anything specific?

[12:54] And the longer part

[13:06] of it is over for

[13:28] access.

[13:28] So when a positive person comes in,

[13:30] we'll get their contacts, we'll put them in.

[13:32] They'll be contacted by a contact tracer,

[13:35] who will then do the investigation.

[13:37] When they find out, if the person says I'm vaccinated,

[13:40] then they will be told to contact us directly.

[13:45] Number, when they leave a message that I

[13:49] have quarantined, then we will look up and nice this.

[13:52] Find out if they're truly following the guidelines

[13:55] and that they've been back then because it has to be,

[14:00] you can see that, and I've

[14:04] only

[14:05] taken a few days to figure that out, you know, from the time they get contact rates to

[14:09] odds, it shouldn't take too much longer. As long as their information has a nice

[14:16] We

[14:25] do the vaccination clinics.

[14:27] Everybody just permission goes in there.

[14:29] And then it's

[14:33] right into nicest.

[14:47] So I are required to report in nicest

[14:49] within

[14:51] technology work.

[14:58] We have a soony student.

[15:00] 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,

[15:11] wrongly taking the verification and nicest.

[15:14] 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.

[15:27] Should you carry your card or a copy of your card?

[15:32] The question, Nikki, should you carry your card or a copy of your card?

[15:47] After you've got your second shot, yes.

[15:55] No, there's no need for that.

[15:57] I mean, you can have that.

[15:58] You can provide that to your provider if you need to.

[16:02] But not for our purposes, for the quarantine isolation purposes,

[16:06] because we will use that night's system.

[16:10] Thank you.

[16:11] Anything further from the call?

[16:14] Okay, let me, Nicole, thank you.

[16:18] Again, I wish to thank our public health department and our team members from Guthrie and

[16:23] SUNY Corland and all of the volunteers, a lot of which are from our own county employees

[16:29] and many of our county residents for helping with our pod and in vaccinating our community.

[16:37] We do expect to solicit more help from doctors offices and clinics that we have in Coral

[16:46] and County in the upcoming months to really accelerate the rate of vaccination in our community.

[16:52] As of yesterday morning, I got some state data this morning, we have vaccinated 55,982 folks in our community,

[17:05] which is very exciting.

[17:07] It's, I believe, well over 12%, and probably

[17:10] Bo is better on a calculator than me.

[17:12] So he might have the exact number.

[17:16] But that's a total of what we've

[17:17] vaccinated in our own pods and throughout New York state.

[17:21] So we expect that to improve in the future exponentially.

[17:26] And it is our utmost goal to vaccinate anyone in

[17:31] Portland County and make sure they are vaccinated if they choose to be.

[17:36] We still have a hotline open in Portland County to assist any members in our community,

[17:41] whether they be elderly, have comorbid communities and if they're not able to get on the

[17:49] internet to get vaccinated, please call our hotline.

[17:52] I'll ask Eric to finish off with that hotline number in a minute.

[17:56] Special thanks to Brook Cummins, our the assistant to our county administrator for spearheading

[18:05] team at the hotline getting our community inputted into the New York State system to get

[18:14] them to a point where they can get an appointment to be vaccinated.

[18:19] So Brooke has taken on this phenomenal role and thank you to her in our hotline members.

[18:28] Mr. Stock, you had a question?

[18:30] Yeah, I'd like to thank the Health Department and the Office of the Aging.

[18:34] I was fortunate enough to get a shot over at Grace Fellowship Church and they did a remarkable job.

[18:41] And I was out of there within a half hour from the time I got my gut in.

[18:45] There's system is perfect and I really want to thank those people and and again

[18:49] Brooke for has done a great job

[18:52] 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

[18:59] So yeah, so long as we get back

[19:04] 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

[19:14] 3, 4, 1, 5, and that hotline is staffed between 830 and 430 each day.

[19:22] Any further questions for Ms. Andjewski or Ms. Perfetti?

[19:27] All right, seeing none. At this time, it has been requested that the county attorney

[19:34] provided an update regarding the in-rem tax foreclosures, Ms. How.

[19:58] So, as some of you may be aware, we began our 2018 tax year action for the N-RAM tax

[20:07] for closures in October of 2019, and we submitted our order to finalize that in February

[20:14] of 2020, and then as we all are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic took place, matters were

[20:22] stayed. In October of 2020 there was an executive order and a court administrative order that required

[20:31] conferences in all the interim for closure matters. That was brought forward to the budget and

[20:37] finance committee and discussed with the legislature whether or not we wanted to move forward

[20:43] and the feedback that we received is that we did not want to move forward during the middle of

[20:49] pandemic, and we were not going to bring each one of the individual taxpayers in for core

[20:55] conferences.

[20:59] And that was decided for a number of reasons. That executive order also

[21:06] stayed the right to proceed with auctions to the November 3rd of 2020.

[21:13] via email on November 20, 2020, from Philip Slightle, who's our contract council that

[21:23] she does are in-rem proceeding. I was asked if we wanted to move forward with

[21:30] conferences and I said no and then say anything else, it just said no. I guess it

[21:36] wasn't very clear or I should have elaborated because they moved forward with

[21:43] action and Santa Latter to the court that says we have conferred with the county's enforcing

[21:50] officer and he has indicated the county does not require a status conference for any parcels

[21:56] which are referenced on the county's judgment application. That letter stated November 5.

[22:03] Now between the time I had the conversation for email October 22nd and November 5th,

[22:08] that I was not contacted by Philip Slytle or the county's enforcing officer to ask what was

[22:16] met by no why don't want conferences.

[22:19] The enforcing officer was part of that meeting where we said we didn't want to move forward.

[22:25] In any event, the next day that matter was put before the judge and the judge signed our order,

[22:33] the Vamber 9th of 2020.

[22:37] because I know there's going to be some questions about what does it meet about

[22:41] conferences and not conferences, what the executive order and the stay

[22:45] side is that the county's enforcing officer can dispense with conferences if

[22:54] they deem it's not in the best interest of the county. I was not asked that

[23:00] question. I was asking if I wanted the conferences

[23:04] and I said no. But again, I

[23:08] I guess it wasn't taken clear that that meant no.

[23:15] Therefore, we now have an order that's been signed by the judge.

[23:21] Our contract of attorney's office

[23:24] has told me that he have all the deeds ready.

[23:30] They're expiration on the options.

[23:32] I believe is now May 1st.

[23:36] And I'm asking for further direction

[23:38] Because we do not have to take title.

[23:43] We have a local law that says that we don't take title until 10 days before the date of the auction being set.

[23:52] So if we don't set an auction date, we don't take title.

[24:00] So what's made first again?

[24:04] A deadline that is currently set for when auctions can start to take place.

[24:09] Thank you.

[24:11] in-person options.

[24:14] Ms. B. Shaw.

[24:16] But there isn't any guarantee that that may first

[24:18] could also be extended again, correct?

[24:21] So it could be.

[24:24] Currently, the executive order powers of our governor

[24:27] are said to expire at about that same time.

[24:31] And I don't know what's going to happen with those.

[24:35] Or if the legislators is going to do something different

[24:39] Because the Biden administration is put something out that's extended the foreclosures as they relate to federally protected mortgages to 2022.

[24:51] So, there's a lot of moving parts.

[24:53] I can't tell you what that's going to mean, but our order is complete.

[25:01] Karen, would it make sense to lay this over to the Finance and Administration Committee for further conversation?

[25:06] It can, but because of where we are, I thought everyone should know.

[25:12] Mr. Vanity?

[25:15] Why would we even want to consider taking properties right now with this COVID-19 stuff?

[25:20] Maybe we should take a vote tonight so we make it really clear that we don't want

[25:25] to take properties.

[25:27] And I would make a motion.

[25:29] You know, Ryan, I think it is very appropriate to decide this as a legislative body and

[25:35] not as the budget and finance, because ultimately after budget and finance, it would come

[25:40] back up up to us as a full legislature, and I will take.

[25:47] I will be happy to make a motion.

[25:49] What is the motion?

[25:50] We do not take any properties this year.

[25:52] And it's up this time.

[25:56] So if I understand what your indicating is, even though we have the order, we are not to move forward with the auction date.

[26:04] Absolutely.

[26:06] Good night.

[26:06] Any discussion from legislators, Mr. Fetch?

[26:09] So it's part of your order that you have.

[26:14] So these are properties that have already been in foreclosure for how many years?

[26:19] So the list pens was filed in 2018.

[26:25] The petition for foreclosure, they wouldn't pay in 2018.

[26:30] The foreclosure actions filed October of 2019.

[26:34] and the order would normally have been completed in February of 2020 or thereabouts.

[26:41] It got submitted, the judge just didn't sign it, and then the COVID-19 pandemic stayed

[26:46] those actions.

[26:49] Okay, so these are properties that have really been abandoned.

[26:57] people in them? Yes. Many of them have people in them. So it would also mean that when

[27:06] we went to take title, we would have a whole bunch of notice information because

[27:12] a COVID and COVID hardships that we would have to put out. And also we have to

[27:16] notice anyone who is a potential purchaser that they may be buying with people in

[27:21] that they cannot displace?

[27:23] Because one of the problems that I see here and has nothing to do with people that are currently living there.

[27:31] There I understand that.

[27:34] And I would go with Mr. Van D for that.

[27:36] But the problem I see is that the ones that have been vacant for a long time are just going bad, bad, bad, bad.

[27:46] But is there a way that we can just selectively pull the ones that there are nobody in them?

[27:54] No, that would have been a reason to have the conferences and have each person come in.

[28:00] But that would have been individually.

[28:02] I think there's like 70 parcels on this list.

[28:06] I would have had to have 70 individual conferences.

[28:12] And that's something that you did want to do.

[28:14] They just misunderstood what you were saying.

[28:16] 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.

[28:29] Mr. Harbin, did you have a question?

[28:30] If

[28:39] there are people living in those houses during this time of this pandemic, we absolutely should not be forcing them out.

[28:47] And I would, so that would, second, assume that these emotions are not to take action to move to option in fact.

[28:56] Ms. Preston, did you have a comment or question?

[29:01] Okay.

[29:02] Any discussion? Any more discussion on the floor?

[29:05] Any discussion for those folks that are joining us, legislators, that are joining us virtually?

[29:14] I do, I will not support taking action at this time in Portland County.

[29:21] I don't think it's appropriate to our community, even if even if these properties were from 2018,

[29:29] And we started to look at this process early 2020, we were into this for over a year now.

[29:38] So when I was part of that group that said, hold, hold off.

[29:42] So I believe we can wait as a community a bit longer.

[29:47] And I will take the first and the second on this motion and ask that we not go any further with this.

[29:58] only to bring in some

[30:00] Resources, and information, and bring this back up again, no earlier before May in front of our any committee in Courtland County.

[30:12] Only together information. Can I add that, Ron, two years of sudden? Any, just a point of clarification.

[30:21] Does the motion have a time limit? Does it have a time certain?

[30:25] 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?

[30:31] Well, I'd like to reconsider discussion in May.

[30:34] No, okay, but the original motion didn't have a time.

[30:39] Does there was a motion to amend it to put May in?

[30:43] I don't recall a second.

[30:45] Okay.

[30:45] To that amendment?

[30:47] I accept it at any of my motion.

[30:49] Okay. But there was no time certain in the original motion, right?

[30:53] I'll just ask him because I can't remember.

[30:56] I didn't hear when Eric...

[30:57] No, the original motion from Mr. Van D was not to hold an auction and not to foreclose on any properties.

[31:05] For now.

[31:06] Yeah, okay, so, okay, fine.

[31:09] Okay.

[31:10] All in favor?

[31:12] Hi.

[31:15] Any opposed?

[31:19] Thank you, Gary.

[31:21] Thank you.

[31:30] Okay, we'll return to our regular order of business.

[31:34] This time, I have no items for you to receive in file.

[31:38] I believe we're going to dispense with the reports of standing special in ad hoc committees.

[31:44] No articles postponed to a date certain and no unfinished business.

[31:48] That brings us to our new business for the evening.

[31:53] Our first is a resolution from the chairman.

[31:56] A agenda item number one on motion of chairman, hider, a point member, Portland County Board

[32:01] of Ethics.

[32:02] Second, have a second by Ms. Holmer.

[32:05] Discussion?

[32:09] All in favor?

[32:10] Aye.

[32:12] Opposed?

[32:15] We move on to items referred to the board this evening from the building's grounds committee.

[32:19] Agenda item number two, on motion to Mr. Harbin.

[32:22] Extend temporary full-time building custodium position.

[32:25] Oh, the building's grounds department.

[32:28] Second by Mr. Wallbauer, I believe.

[32:31] Discussion?

[32:34] All in favor? Aye.

[32:38] Opposed?

[32:41] agenda item number three on motion Mr. Harbin authorized agreement with March Associates for

[32:46] Legislative Modernization Plan and Establisher Capital Improvement Project.

[32:50] Moved.

[32:51] Second by Miss Haltman.

[32:53] Discussion?

[32:58] Mr. Walbauer.

[33:00] Mr. Walbauer.

[33:01] I'd like to say that I think it's a priority that we figure out the audio and video in this

[33:04] room as far as spending money at some point in the future to do physical changes to any

[33:10] spaces that could be a challenge to get me to vote. Yes, but the AV part I think is a tie priority.

[33:17] Ms. Preston?

[33:21] I think it was day as I am.

[33:24] I would grab a piece of the 9,000 dollars. That came out of the jail

[33:28] because there's a short doubt

[33:33] in all of what we need to

[33:41] do. What are your expectations for

[33:45] me?

[33:45] Any other discussion?

[33:47] 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.

[34:04] So, this question is point, we don't actually know what it is that needs to get done.

[34:09] And that is why we are engaging specialists for us,

[34:13] provide us with options to understand

[34:15] what is it going to take for us to modernize

[34:19] our legislative chambers and also our connections to the public.

[34:24] Be it in the current legislative chambers,

[34:26] or be it in the auditorium downstairs.

[34:29] We're also, as part of this, looking at it,

[34:31] it has a flexible use space.

[34:33] We can decide how we're going to best utilize these spaces going forward.

[34:37] 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.

[34:48] And we want to feed what's that is going to entail.

[34:52] 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.

[35:02] They can't tell us of what the implications could be for either of those these spaces if we are

[35:08] re-structured out.

[35:09] And we're also not sound days in years.

[35:11] We've gone as far as we can go with the system that we have in place to take it to the next

[35:16] step and modernize the legislative changes.

[35:18] We are going to have to make a small investment, understand what that's going to be.

[35:22] And every time before we want to make an investment in our county office building with

[35:26] 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.

[35:34] That's why I'm taking this fact committee.

[35:36] We structure this resolution.

[35:39] I'm going to move before this time.

[35:42] Anything further on this?

[35:47] Fall in favor.

[35:48] Aye.

[35:50] Opposed?

[35:56] Okay.

[35:56] So I have Ms. Jones,

[35:58] Ms. Nay, Ms. Preston, Nay, Mr. Nossip, Nay, Ms. Hummer, what was your vote?

[36:12] So at this point

[36:13] I have Jones, Preston and Nossip is Nay's, anyone else?

[36:19] Again, last call, Preston Jones,

[36:21] Nossip is Nay's, anyone else? Motion carries.

[36:34] Okay, we move on to agenda item number 4, refer

[36:37] to you from the Highway Committee. On motion of Mr. Null, a point reappoint members of the

[36:42] of Memorial Park Advisory Board.

[36:44] May I have a second?

[36:46] Discussion?

[36:49] All in favor?

[36:51] Aye.

[36:52] Opposed?

[36:56] A agenda item number five on motion, Mr. Null, authorize right off of outstanding landfill

[37:01] tipping fees from 2015 to 2018.

[37:04] This comes to you from the Highway Department's Division of Salad Waste.

[37:06] May I have a second?

[37:07] Second, Mr. Van D. Discussion?

[37:12] All in favor?

[37:14] Aye.

[37:16] Opposed?

[37:19] We move on to items referred from the Health and Human Services Committee.

[37:22] I have a motion from Ms. Homer to move item 6 through 11 as a consent agenda.

[37:28] I have a second from the chairman.

[37:31] Any discussion on moving item 6 through 11 as a consent agenda?

[37:40] Hold on, favor.

[37:42] Aye.

[37:44] Opposed.

[37:46] Item 6 through 11 are adapted.

[37:51] Yes.

[37:52] No.

[37:53] We just hold it on.

[37:54] We do as well as the consent agenda.

[37:57] Excuse me.

[37:57] Yeah.

[37:59] Now, on the main question of item 6 through 11. All those in favor?

[38:04] Aye. Aye. Aye.

[38:06] Any opposed?

[38:08] Now, item 6 through 11 are adapted.

[38:12] We move on to agenda item number 12 on Motion Ms. B. Shaw.

[38:16] Except grant funds, Redlich Horowitz Foundation Families First Readiness.

[38:21] Okay.

[38:22] Discussion?

[38:25] Fall in favor? Aye. Aye.

[38:29] Opposed?

[38:31] A agenda item number 13, add motion of Ms. B. Shaw authorized agreement amend the 2021 budget.

[38:37] Can you get addiction recovery services? May have a second.

[38:41] Thank you.

[38:43] Discussion?

[38:47] All in favor?

[38:49] Aye.

[38:51] Opposed.

[38:53] Gender item number 14, add motion of Ms. B. Shaw.

[38:55] A point reappoint community services board and subcommittee members.

[38:58] May have a second. Second.

[39:00] Second.

[39:01] Discussion?

[39:05] All in favor?

[39:09] We move to items referred from the agriculture planning and environment committee, agenda item number 15 on motion of Mr.

[39:19] Fitch, a point number soil water conservation district board director.

[39:23] Second.

[39:25] Second.

[39:26] Second.

[39:29] Second.

[39:30] Second.

[39:36] Second.

[39:40] Second.

[39:44] Second.

[39:44] New Yorkers, May the Second.

[39:47] Discussion?

[39:50] All in favor?

[39:52] All in favor?

[39:52] All in

[39:55] favor?

[39:56] Opposed?

[39:59] A gender item number 17 on Motion Mr. Vitch, authorized capital, equipment, lease agreement with

[40:03] First Transit Inc., for the lease of county owned buses.

[40:06] May the Second?

[40:07] Second, by this will soon.

[40:09] Second.

[40:10] Discussion?

[40:12] Mr. Stock?

[40:13] Reading through this, I didn't see any rate for the lease to that.

[40:17] Are we going to come up with something on that?

[40:19] How much do we charge?

[40:26] I don't see any leash number on it,

[40:29] as far as the monitoring.

[40:32] No, there is no direct lease cost to first transit.

[40:39] No, it's part of the contract we have with them for providing services.

[40:48] The bus is belong to us, so we have to lease them out to an operator.

[40:52] And in this case, it's first transit. This is actually a follow-up from the New York State DOT audit.

[40:58] We've obviously been doing business with first transit for many, many years.

[41:02] But we've never actually had a formalized lease agreement in place.

[41:05] So this is in response to that audit just to formalize that relationship.

[41:11] Can you use that up again?

[41:13] All in favor?

[41:15] All right.

[41:17] Opposed a agenda item number 18 on motion Mr. Fitch authorized the 2020 one agreement with the court-out block of extension

[41:28] Second, second, Mr. Harbin discussion.

[41:34] All in favor. Hi, Mr. Stock. Thank you all. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you

[41:42] Opposed

[41:44] Motion carries a agenda item number 19 on motion Mr. Fitch authorized the 2021 agreement with

[41:51] to your East Regional Planning and Development Board. May the second.

[41:56] Discussion?

[41:59] All in favor?

[42:00] All in favor?

[42:01] All in favor?

[42:03] Opposed?

[42:07] We move on to items referred to the board this evening from the Judiciary and Public Safety

[42:11] Committee.

[42:11] I have a proposal from Ms. Homer to consent items 20 through 24 in a second by Mr.

[42:18] Hyder.

[42:22] Any discussion?

[42:26] All in favor?

[42:27] Aye.

[42:30] Opposed?

[42:32] And now on the main motion to adopt items 20 through 24.

[42:36] So again.

[42:38] Discussion?

[42:41] All in favor?

[42:42] All in favor?

[42:44] Item through 20 through 24 are adopted.

[42:48] We move to agenda item number 25 on motion.

[42:51] Ms. Price authorized agreement with Black Creek Integrated System Corporation for Jail Software.

[42:57] And the Second Minister of Andy.

[42:59] Discussion?

[43:02] All in favour?

[43:04] Hi.

[43:05] Hi.

[43:06] Opposed?

[43:11] We move on to items referred from the

[43:14] Department

[43:17] Operations Committee.

[43:19] Agenda item number?

[43:20] Yes.

[43:21] Yes, ma'am.

[43:23] Yes, ma'am.

[43:23] Good afternoon.

[43:45] Well, as we haven't read the resolution yet,

[43:48] and certainly if Ms. Homber wants to weigh in on this,

[43:50] I believe it's still belongs to the committee's sponsor.

[43:53] So you're saying you'd like to pull this and refer back to committee.

[43:57] Yes, sir.

[44:00] Okay.

[44:00] Is there any objections?

[44:02] Hearing none, this item is withdrawn and referred back to committee with no vote.

[44:09] Thank you.

[44:13] Mr. Chairman,

[44:17] I need a brief recess.

[44:18] I have a quick question coming in here.

[44:19] So if we may just have one minute.

[44:20] I will.

[44:21] Thank you.

[44:22] We stand in recess.

[44:35] What's the five minutes?

[44:38] I think there's a coffee.

[44:41] I think there's a coffee.

[44:43] Are you

[44:50] done?

[44:51] Are you done?

[44:54] He's done.

[44:55] He's done.

[44:56] He's done.

[45:31] Okay, we're going to get rolling here in a minute, Mr. Fitches, back with us and Mr. Racklson,

[45:39] We stand back in session.

[45:44] Okay, thank you for the indulgence folks.

[45:46] We move on to agenda item number 27.

[45:52] Mr. Wagner is not here with us this evening.

[45:56] Mr. Ackelston will be picking up the sponsorship

[45:58] and Mr. Ackelston would like to offer

[46:00] an amended version of this resolution,

[46:03] which all of you should have received the email

[46:05] or in hard copy here in legislative chambers, on motion of Mr. Ackelston, a resolution requesting

[46:14] special state legislation, amending Article 31 of the New York State tax law to permit

[46:19] court-link county to impose a tax on the transfer of real property.

[46:23] May have a second. Second, by Mr. Van D.

[46:27] If any legislator did not get the updated version, could you please speak up and let us know now?

[46:46] The ones in our packet, or are you saying that that resolution has been played, while the

[46:52] fence is on and then it's before the meeting?

[46:56] Yes, the second part of your statement, the intent is to offer the amended resolution

[47:01] as opposed to what was in your packet.

[47:04] This is up to the change, right before the meeting changes.

[47:08] I don't believe that's within our order when having voted on it.

[47:16] I would like to proceed, Mr. Chair.

[47:25] Well, I'd like to speak to Bo's point a little bit.

[47:29] But I believe in a packet is the letter from the Realtor Group in Coral County,

[47:35] but right there.

[47:36] I believe it should be attached.

[47:38] approving what we discussed at a meeting with the Realtors, I believe Legislator, a press

[47:45] and was there a County Administrative Comparer, Legislative George Wag, they're Cali

[47:53] or minute, am I missing any other legislators, you know?

[48:01] Okay. And we had about five or six

[48:04] board of Realtor folks that did approve us going forward with this resolution at the rate

[48:11] that is on the amended resolution.

[48:16] 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.

[48:28] But I do appreciate your concern.

[48:34] And we will go forward.

[48:36] Miss Preston.

[49:59] Can I call her the vote?

[50:01] I'm sorry.

[50:02] Call for the vote.

[50:09] Mr. Harbin, do you want

[50:13] to

[50:46] So, we can ask the appropriate questions, but I would like to find out from Mr.

[50:51] Reporter, we're going to offer a chance to give on this tax revenue for the county based

[50:57] on what the owner of the county and the community, we're going to throw us in front of us tonight.

[51:03] The numbers that I presented were from the proposal received from the county clerk.

[51:08] 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

[51:30] sometime in the last fall.

[51:35] Bo, are there any one minute from?

[51:37] Okay, thank you.

[51:38] Bo, any other questions you'd like to ask?

[51:43] Or did Rob and Chair?

[51:45] Do you have any answer to my question?

[51:47] Thank you.

[51:48] Mr. Van Deen.

[51:49] It seems to me like the money amounts.

[51:51] It's a say.

[51:52] Yes.

[51:52] One dollar for $500, $2,000 for a thousand.

[51:55] It adds up to the same to me.

[52:03] I would just like, I guess, I guess the point is that if we walk away and do this,

[52:14] then this is upside down change.

[52:16] But I do support moving forward if you need the revenue.

[52:20] I appreciate the realtor for being flexible and working with that.

[52:23] Thank you for the clarification.

[52:24] Thank you both.

[52:26] Any other discussion?

[52:27] I just offer that this the process. So again, this is a bifurcated process. So this is our initial

[52:32] ask of the state legislature. This would have to be introduced in both houses of the legislature

[52:37] to get bill numbers. Should it be successful there in this past, then it goes to the governor for signature.

[52:43] If it's approved by the governor, then we will have to pass a local law in order to affect this additional

[52:49] facts. So this may not be the last time you see it. So again, as amended and

[52:55] offered by Legislator Ackelston, seconded by Mr. Van D, a motion requesting

[53:00] special state legislation, amending Article 31 of New York State tax

[53:04] law to permit Portland County to impose the tax on the transfer of real

[53:07] property.

[53:08] Well, all in favor.

[53:10] All right. All right.

[53:12] Opposed.

[53:15] Ms. Jones opposed anyone else? Motion carries.

[53:22] Mr. Nasa proposed?

[53:25] Okay.

[53:27] Any other, any other nays?

[53:30] Motion carries.

[53:32] One question, Mr.

[53:33] Yes sir.

[53:33] We voted on amendment as that.

[53:36] Is that whole true on the, on the amended version itself?

[53:40] We need to vote again.

[53:41] Mr. Actress then offered it as amended.

[53:43] He's the sponsor.

[53:44] Yes sir.

[53:45] Yes sir.

[53:46] Yes sir.

[53:50] That is the end of our regular resolution, items I understand Mr. Chairman, you would like

[53:57] to motion to suspend the rule of order to consider additional resolution?

[54:02] Okay.

[54:02] I have a motion by Chairman Heiter to suspend the rules.

[54:05] Do I have a second?

[54:07] Second.

[54:08] I have a second by Mr. Mr. Fitzgerald.

[54:11] Mr. Fitzgerald.

[54:13] Mr.

[54:15] Fitzgerald.

[54:15] to suspend the rules?

[54:18] Can we fund that?

[54:20] Yes, Ms. Preston.

[54:26] As I understand it, the topic is to suspend the rules to consider a resolution, restating

[54:32] the opposition to the phase-out of provision 14C of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

[54:43] So, I have a motion by the Chairman to suspend the rules.

[54:45] I have a second by Mr. Fitch, again, this is a roll call vote.

[54:49] Mr. Batley,

[54:54] Ms. Vichoff.

[54:55] Yes.

[54:57] Mr. Hackelston.

[54:58] Yes.

[54:58] Mr. Fetch.

[55:00] Mr. Harbin.

[55:02] No.

[55:03] Ms. Homer.

[55:07] Ms. Jones.

[55:11] Mr. Nasa.

[55:15] Mr. Null.

[55:16] Yes.

[55:17] Ms. Preston.

[55:19] Yes.

[55:20] Ms. Price.

[55:25] Ms. Price.

[55:29] Thank you.

[55:32] Mr. Stock.

[55:33] Yes.

[55:33] Mr. Van D.

[55:35] Mr. Wagner is excused.

[55:38] Mr. Wallbauer.

[55:39] Yes.

[55:39] Ms. Wilson and Chairman Heiter.

[55:44] Yes, the rules stand in our suspended for the purposes of considering a resolution

[55:50] restating opposition to the phase out of provision 14C of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

[55:58] May I have a motion?

[56:00] Discussion?

[56:02] Ms. Jones makes the motion. May I have a second?

[56:07] Second.

[56:07] I have a Mr. Fetch discussion.

[56:20] I believe you have a member of the public here who might speak to them to view item that

[56:26] had it to be agenda for the public discussion at the beginning of the meeting. Would they

[56:31] be allowed to speak?

[56:32] I'll defer to the chairman on this.

[56:35] Yeah, I believe Mr. Aaron Bayer.

[56:38] fire is with us, absolutely. He can speak or anyone else. That's with us in or out of the building.

[56:47] Mr. Byer, if you'd like to unmute yourself, you have the floor.

[56:59] topic, continuing to come up each year is especially during these last minute votes.

[57:11] It's topic as sneezing out of 14th be it's not a business decision for our local community,

[57:18] it's a state decision.

[57:36] For my plea tonight, it's not necessarily for this vote, rather, actually, is that this

[57:42] be held until next month so that people with disabilities in our community have the opportunity

[57:51] to avoid their opinions and their feelings on this matter especially as it relates to their

[57:58] wages and their livelihood in our community and across the state and across this nation

[58:08] and curving

[58:14] of the people that it would actually impact.

[58:24] I need discussion by legislators.

[58:27] Ms. Bishoff?

[58:29] No, but do we have the resolution before us?

[58:32] You do. You should be on your desk.

[58:36] I don't have a coffee.

[58:38] Yeah, so there's some of us that's why.

[58:41] As I was looking, I'm upset.

[58:43] Okay, thank you.

[58:44] Yes, thank you.

[58:59] I believe we also sent the resolution.

[59:01] I sent it out.

[59:02] It was a big yesterday, just a few months ago.

[59:05] I also sent out some comments from Ernie Dodge

[59:10] who runs the Jamm Murray Center,

[59:14] which supports 82 hundred individuals in our community

[59:19] with disabilities,

[59:24] that work, that work to shake the ass.

[59:26] Jake, yes.

[59:27] Ms. Holmer, Jay and Murray.

[59:36] The ten roles you just think about that a little less than it.

[59:40] 14 feet is not just easy to be able to look at every employer.

[59:45] You have to go to a director of the agency for five minutes.

[59:47] You have to get done to the agency for eight minutes.

[59:50] You have to look in your middle leg.

[59:52] The folks at the Murray Center share our role to wait.

[59:56] fear we can enable who could not be able to go ahead with the community.

[1:00:00] 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.

[1:00:27] It's not like, of course, trying to hurt the folks who do have a disability, but who

[1:00:33] are able to own down a regular job.

[1:00:38] We cannot afford, in this day, to put the folks that participate in what used to be

[1:00:44] now that ever sheltered works out, how to work.

[1:00:47] It is there, why?

[1:00:48] You know, for me, because we are probably going to put a lot of things up.

[1:01:13] 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.

[1:01:23] You know, it's dignity, and if you take this away from them, this is just not right.

[1:01:29] Thank you, Hansen.

[1:01:30] I have to say I have been acquainted with these a lot of these people like Anna's mentioned,

[1:01:37] and I have made a tour of the place, and I've had these people visit the community center,

[1:01:41] 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,

[1:01:48] and they're happy as what they're doing, and I can't see where, you know,

[1:01:52] taking that away from them, which would happen if we go ahead and have to have a minimum wage for those of you.

[1:01:59] Thank you.

[1:02:00] Ms. B. Shaw?

[1:02:01] Yes, hi. I would like to also speak in support of this resolution.

[1:02:06] I would like to say that having done some reading on it prior to this vote, yes, there are challenges nationally.

[1:02:13] Yes, there are programs that unfortunately take advantage of the 14th seat and are not necessarily good actors.

[1:02:20] But fortunately in Cartland, the center that we have does, and they really do try to hear

[1:02:27] to best practices.

[1:02:29] So I believe that the federal government, who is going to make this decision, means

[1:02:35] to think very carefully about moving forward with deliberation and not be so hasty in terms

[1:02:43] of eliminating programs that, in fact, are trying to hear to best practices and move

[1:02:50] So we're trying to provide the best environment for people with cognitive disabilities.

[1:02:54] Thank you.

[1:02:57] Okay, Sandy Price at

[1:03:13] the J.M. Murray Center.

[1:03:16] Without this,

[1:03:21] you want our people to continue to, it would be devastating to have them

[1:03:27] just stay on in their own homes or the residential homes with nothing to do all day long.

[1:03:34] We need to help our people who need our help, so I vote in the end.

[1:03:41] Thank you, Sandy. Any further discussion?

[1:03:45] Mr. Harbin.

[1:03:47] I'd like to weigh in here, but if I may.

[1:03:53] I came up the last time in 2019.

[1:03:56] I just visited a job on his offer and towards the jammer.

[1:04:00] The work that they do, we all will agree, is tremendous work.

[1:04:05] It's a tremendous resource for disabilities and individuals in our community.

[1:04:10] But the one thing I want to challenge everyone with the 14C,

[1:04:15] is that we've talked about how these individuals,

[1:04:19] the fun great value would be treated like others.

[1:04:21] In the end, in the area of pay, they are not treated by brothers, they are treated at a different cost of the system.

[1:04:29] There are more other ways that the phase out of 14C could be accomplished with the same level of support for those individuals,

[1:04:38] and the late, same level of support to the jammeries better, that they would not have to lay people up.

[1:04:44] We could do this in the tax credit to the jammeries better and higher individuals like that,

[1:04:49] that individuals work at a waste that is living waste for them to be able to find a

[1:04:55] measure independent.

[1:04:57] And yet we're trying to achieve a version of how we handle the wages of the establishment

[1:05:02] in the 19th century.

[1:05:05] We need to move on to the 21st century in the 20th or 40th piece when it allows us to do

[1:05:09] that opportunity.

[1:05:11] Now, as the other thing I would mention is, we can have this debate in committee.

[1:05:16] There's no reason for it to come last minute, but when it's out, that's just a very

[1:05:21] upset.

[1:05:22] Without the input for the community, or at the end, positive, or negative, how are we going

[1:05:27] to look at it?

[1:05:28] The thing, what is this that we wanted to do to move forward, it is not going to be moving

[1:05:32] forward quickly.

[1:05:33] But then Congress, not being moved forward quickly when they Congress, we have an opportunity

[1:05:37] to take this slide.

[1:05:38] So, a lot of the community come in, I'm the way that it may go, and then go forward and

[1:05:43] make a decision on that.

[1:05:44] So I would like to take a motion, if it's a revolution,

[1:05:47] if you step back to a health and human services committee,

[1:05:50] or have any sort of question for action

[1:05:54] in the month of March.

[1:05:55] As you can, thank you for that.

[1:05:57] But I would like to be part of the discussion

[1:06:00] before we go to Mr. Harbin's motion.

[1:06:04] We voted on this back in 2019, and it was approved.

[1:06:08] Since 2019, we've had many, many, many health

[1:06:13] human services, committee meetings, and not once was the idea of doing anything different

[1:06:19] port forward. So I would now be the opportunity to take this up just because this resolution

[1:06:26] is in front of us. I doubt our vote tonight on this resolution will make any difference

[1:06:33] in our federal government's decision. But I will support this tonight if we're allowed

[1:06:38] move forward, because I need to support if not only to support the 82 hundred individuals

[1:06:45] in our community and the J.M. Murray Center, so both thank you for letting me for

[1:06:52] allowing me to step in, so I will allow both to continue.

[1:07:01] Any questions?

[1:07:03] I'll be able to serve this to give the opportunity for the public to weigh in on this.

[1:07:09] I'll allow this to be very soon.

[1:07:10] As you can see, defend it.

[1:07:12] Jam, raise that already.

[1:07:13] I also like to weigh in on it.

[1:07:15] I'll have that discussion.

[1:07:17] And then we can have the vote.

[1:07:18] You know, the vote comes down the same way.

[1:07:20] At least the public has the opportunity to have the voice heard.

[1:07:25] So second to refer this to committee.

[1:07:27] I'll second it.

[1:07:28] I do think that it has been rushed, and I do think that individuals need to be heard.

[1:07:34] I don't know that out.

[1:07:35] We'll change my vote, but I will second it.

[1:07:40] I have a discussion.

[1:07:44] Roll call.

[1:07:46] So again, this is on a motion to refer this resolution to the Health and Human Services Committee.

[1:08:07] Mr. Bentley.

[1:08:13] Mr. Bentley.

[1:08:18] Mr. Bentley.

[1:08:21] We'll come back to Mr. Bentley.

[1:08:24] Let's be shot.

[1:08:27] As chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, I'd be delighted to take any public testimony

[1:08:32] on this.

[1:08:33] I think that the notion of how we better support individuals who want to integrate fully

[1:08:40] into the regular workplace is concerned.

[1:08:43] But for me right now, the topic is to communicate our support for 14C.

[1:08:50] What the, what the requested it.

[1:08:52] Yeah, I can't.

[1:08:53] Yeah, I can't.

[1:08:54] I can't.

[1:08:54] Sorry, I'm sorry.

[1:08:56] I was just trying to explain my book.

[1:08:58] Um, yes.

[1:08:59] I mean, no.

[1:09:01] Sorry, sorry.

[1:09:02] Sorry.

[1:09:03] That's a yes to Senator Committee.

[1:09:05] No.

[1:09:05] No, no.

[1:09:06] No, not to.

[1:09:07] Okay.

[1:09:07] I'm saying yes to Anna.

[1:09:09] I was out of work.

[1:09:10] Yeah.

[1:09:10] Missing sort of.

[1:09:12] You're a fool.

[1:09:13] Not to refer it back to.

[1:09:14] Correct.

[1:09:15] Correct.

[1:09:16] Very good.

[1:09:17] Mr. Bently.

[1:09:18] Are you alive now?

[1:09:23] Mr. Batley?

[1:09:30] Mr. Ackleston?

[1:09:32] No. Mr. Fitch?

[1:09:35] No. Mr. Harvin?

[1:09:40] Ms. Homer?

[1:09:43] Ms. Jones?

[1:09:47] Mr. Nassaf?

[1:09:51] Mr. Newell?

[1:09:56] Ms. Price?

[1:09:57] I need to ask.

[1:10:02] Ms. Price?

[1:10:06] Mr. Stack?

[1:10:08] No. Mr. Vandy?

[1:10:11] Mr. Wagner's excused? Mr. Walbauer?

[1:10:15] Ms. Wilson and Chairman Hyder.

[1:10:20] I'm sorry did I skip this question?

[1:10:22] I apologize, Ms. Preston.

[1:10:27] Thank you. Mr. Hyder?

[1:10:30] No.

[1:10:33] And I have Mr. Bentley text me that he votes in support

[1:10:36] of referring back to committee.

[1:10:39] The motion to refer to committee fails

[1:10:41] with a weighted vote of 8,235.

[1:10:44] We now return to the main motion as offered by Ms. Jones, seconded by Mr. Fitch, restating

[1:10:51] this legislature's opposition to the phase out of provision 14C of the Federal Fair Labor

[1:10:56] Standards Act.

[1:10:58] All in favor?

[1:10:59] Aye.

[1:11:00] Aye.

[1:11:02] Opposed?

[1:11:04] Aye.

[1:11:06] Wilson and Harbin Neh, anyone else?

[1:11:12] Motion carries.

[1:11:13] includes

[1:11:20] our formal business.

[1:11:23] Are there any announcements from the board members?

[1:11:27] Go ahead, Ms. Preston.

[1:12:38] Additional announcements from board members.

[1:12:41] As I see at the end of the sheriff is with us tonight on the sheriff,

[1:12:44] Greg, would you like to say anything to us?

[1:12:49] Thank you, Bob.

[1:12:50] Appreciate you being here.

[1:12:52] I would, I believe all of you should have received an email from Linda Armstrong

[1:12:56] on at Toma development announcing that we are accepting pre-applications for the next round

[1:13:05] of micro-enterprise grant funding.

[1:13:08] Those pre-applications are due on April 1st.

[1:13:11] Again, this is part of our application process to receive the funding.

[1:13:15] Small businesses could be eligible for up to $3,000 in grant funding should the county be awarded.

[1:13:20] Again, we understand that the city is also applying for this grant funding as well.

[1:13:25] this is a separate application which allows the county to provide loans, grants, and loans

[1:13:31] to small businesses outside of the city of Portland.

[1:13:34] But again, even businesses in the city, if they wish to apply, are able to do so as we

[1:13:39] can on a limited basis consider those applications.

[1:13:44] With that, Mr. Chair.

[1:13:45] Meeting adjourned, stand adjourned at 722.

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