[0:11] Oh yeah.
[0:13] Extremely
[0:18] mildly
[0:26] guys.
[0:39] » Yeah.
[0:52] He's wrong.
[0:59] » But he doesn't have
[1:04] no issue.
[1:10] So
[1:19] » I don't understand why there's a big
[1:20] deal about this
[1:21] » Now should be number one.
[1:27] » It's in the file.
[1:28] » I have the Google thing in the file.
[1:35] » Yeah. Well, no. I saw Michelle today got
[1:38] all these
[2:03] Yeah, I'm wondering how
[2:06] » They got if they don't They do this
[2:10] service.
[2:15] » Um, so actually
[2:18] everyone, uh, I don't know if we need to
[2:20] have rise, but we're going to do the
[2:22] swearing in of our two new trustees.
[2:32] Perfect.
[3:02] I le Rivera
[3:05] swear that I will support the
[3:07] constitution of the United States and
[3:09] the constitution of the New York of the
[3:11] state of New York and that I will
[3:13] faithfully start the duties of trustee
[3:16] term ending November 30 30.
[3:35] I, Laticia Kentoff, do solemnly swear
[3:38] that I will support the Constitution of
[3:40] the United States and the Constitution
[3:42] of the State of New York and that I will
[3:44] faithfully discharge the duties of
[3:46] village trustee from ending November
[3:48] 30th, 2028 according to the best of my
[3:51] ability.
[4:13] So, just so everybody's aware, I'm going
[4:14] to be standing tonight. My muscle in the
[4:16] back of my leg is locking up and I will
[4:18] probably throw myself off the chair, so
[4:21] I'm going to stretch it out as it comes
[4:22] up. Um, so with that, uh, we can now
[4:26] officially, uh, call to order and have a
[4:29] roll call. Uh, trustee Lewis Rivera.
[4:33] Uh, Deputy Mayor Younger
[4:34] » Present.
[4:35] » Trusty Ellis
[4:36] » Present.
[4:36] » Trusty Kent
[4:37] » Pres.
[4:39] » Okay. Um, so everyone can rise for the
[4:41] pledge of allegiance.
[4:45] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[4:47] United States of America and to the
[4:49] republic for which it stands, one nation
[4:52] under God, indivisible, liberty and
[4:55] justice for all.
[4:57] Um,
[4:59] we're going to start off with a bit of a
[5:01] moment of silence. Uh, Ellenville lost a
[5:04] long time public servant, um,
[5:08] Bill
[5:11] Bill Riley. Um, just have a moment of
[5:14] silence and I'm gonna ask the police
[5:16] chief to come up and speak on Bill speak
[5:18] about Billy
[5:20] that.
[5:27] Chief,
[5:33] » My condolences on behalf of the Bill
[5:36] Police Department go out to his family u
[5:39] particularly his wife of 39 years Janina
[5:41] and all three sons and their
[5:45] spouses or significant others and his
[5:47] grandchildren as well and also to all
[5:49] his friends and to his family here at
[5:51] the Humble Police Department. Sergeant
[5:53] Riley passed away peacefully on December
[5:56] 4th, surrounded by his family after
[5:58] suffering a long battle uh with
[6:00] Parkinson's disease. Sergeant Riley uh
[6:04] served and served his country proudly in
[6:07] the United States Army First Cavalry
[6:08] Division. Uh from 1966 until 1969, he
[6:13] served in Vietnam as a helicopter
[6:15] gunner. Uh some things you learn about
[6:18] people that you worked with. I worked
[6:20] with Bill for 10 years from 1987 till
[6:22] 1997 upon his retirement after he served
[6:25] 26 years here with the Village Elbow
[6:27] Police Department. But some things go
[6:29] unspoken. Bill knew that my father um
[6:32] had served three tours in Vietnam and my
[6:34] father served as United States Navy
[6:35] medic and was killed in action in
[6:37] Vietnam. Um but we rarely spoke about
[6:40] Vietnam. Bill never ever spoke about
[6:42] Vietnam, nor did he speak about anything
[6:44] that he had gone through. But upon his
[6:47] death, I learned that Bill was um a true
[6:49] testament to an American hero, an ele
[6:53] icon. Uh while serving as a helicopter
[6:56] gunner uh in Vietnam in the theater of
[7:00] Vietnam, his helicopter came under
[7:02] hostile enemy fire. Uh he was forced his
[7:05] his helicopter was forced to make an
[7:07] emergency landing. And though injured,
[7:10] Bill took his gun and continued to fire
[7:14] uh at the enemy until reinforcements
[7:16] arrived. Um at which time the situation
[7:20] was brought under control. But his
[7:22] actions undoubtedly saved the lives of
[7:25] some of his crew and those uh that were
[7:28] in the near uh vicinity. And for that
[7:31] action, Bill Riley was awarded the
[7:33] Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the
[7:37] American the Military Air Medal Military
[7:41] Medal for Valor. Uh he also received
[7:44] four other medals while he was over
[7:46] there. But again, I worked for 10 years.
[7:48] He never spoke about that things that
[7:50] was in his past. But what he did do when
[7:52] upon his retire or upon his retirement
[7:54] from the service was he came here to
[7:55] Ellenville, New York. Um and he uh
[7:58] served in the Yville Police Department
[8:01] where then uh OJ Shilly uh his wife
[8:04] Mary's here. Um Bill served for the next
[8:07] 26 years in the police department under
[8:10] various different mayors uh Jeff
[8:12] Kathlin, Elliot Arvac u that that were
[8:15] here uh during his uh tenure while he's
[8:18] served here. Uh, Bill rose to the rank
[8:21] of um he went through the rank of
[8:23] detective and then became a police
[8:25] sergeant uh until his uh until he
[8:27] retired in 1997. He served this
[8:30] community with pride, distinction, with
[8:32] honor and with dedication. Uh he will be
[8:35] sorely missed by his family and
[8:37] certainly by the members of the Elville
[8:38] Police Department. It was an honor to
[8:41] have served with Bill and even a greater
[8:44] honor to know what he had gone through
[8:46] and never talked about the unspoken. Um,
[8:50] so I'd like to uh just again offer
[8:53] another moment of silence if we could
[8:55] all stand in tribute to Sergeant Riley.
[8:59] End of watch, December 4th, 2025. Rest
[9:03] in peace, our brother. We'll take it
[9:05] from here.
[9:12] » Thank you all.
[9:15] Chief, I'll have you, if you don't mind,
[9:17] provide a police report on your
[9:19] » Sure. Um, the Aville Police Department
[9:22] um conducted their annual firearms
[9:24] training along with light low light
[9:27] shooting, but that's basically shooting
[9:29] in the dark um training. It's just very
[9:32] low light under stressful situations. We
[9:36] also did the escalation training. We did
[9:38] some training on our supers, which is
[9:40] our bean bag, less lethal force. Uh we
[9:43] did go over article 35. Uh we did do uh
[9:46] use of force. We did crime scene. Uh we
[9:49] try to get as much as we can to save the
[9:51] village money. Uh but we have to do
[9:53] these trainings mayor and to the board
[9:54] and to the new board members training is
[9:56] of the utmost importance because a
[9:58] well-trained police department is a well
[10:01] disciplined police department. And to
[10:04] steal a coin a phrase from a certain
[10:07] member that's in the audience I won't
[10:09] look at him too hard. Elliot uh if you
[10:11] can't measure it, you cannot manage it.
[10:14] Uh I'll remember those words forever. So
[10:17] uh we did a lot of different trainings.
[10:18] Uh we did some uh trainings in juvenile
[10:21] um the new juvenile laws, raise the age,
[10:24] uh you know, we did uh some other stuff.
[10:27] We are planning a future training for
[10:29] January which will incorporate um a long
[10:33] segment on how to deal with people who
[10:36] are suffering uh mental health crisises.
[10:39] uh and also those that are afflicted
[10:41] with autism. And uh we will learn, you
[10:44] know, we
[10:46] a lot of tragedies occur in the police
[10:48] world because of a lack of
[10:49] understanding. Not so much that they uh
[10:52] are not u able to handle it. It's just a
[10:54] lack of understanding when you get into
[10:56] a situation and recognizing that the
[10:58] person you're dealing with is having a
[11:00] mental mental health crisis. We have a
[11:03] lot of mental health arrests here and
[11:05] we've been very fortunate um that we
[11:08] haven't had any fatalities as a result
[11:10] of those encounters with that of police
[11:12] officers. Uh I will tell you that my
[11:15] philosophy is and I tell this to all the
[11:18] patrols. We just did it on Saturday. You
[11:20] get a mental health crisis, somebody's
[11:22] in the house by themselves threatening
[11:23] to kill themselves, rope it off and call
[11:26] an adult. It's a fancy word for set up a
[11:28] perimeter and call your supervisor. Uh
[11:31] time is our friend. Time is our friend.
[11:34] There is no need to go in if the
[11:36] person's in there by themselves and
[11:38] threatening to hurt themselves. The only
[11:39] person they can hurt are themselves. So
[11:42] for our purposes, we will always
[11:45] air on the side of caution. We will back
[11:47] off. We will set up a perimeter. We're
[11:49] calling for uh crisis negotiators and we
[11:51] will negotiate with that person as long
[11:53] as it takes to hopefully get a
[11:55] successful conclusion and have that
[11:58] person remain alive and everybody else
[12:00] remain alive and get that person the
[12:02] mental health that they need. Uh that
[12:04] has been my philosophy. at no, you know,
[12:06] and at no time will we differentiate
[12:07] from that. But we are going to do, you
[12:09] know, we have to have some recognition
[12:11] from, you know, being able to recognize
[12:13] and have the mental health professionals
[12:14] come in, give us some more training.
[12:16] Also, those afflicted with autism get an
[12:18] understanding for that. um and uh get
[12:21] just a further understanding for some
[12:23] other trainings that we're going to
[12:24] conduct uh in January uh because it is
[12:27] very important to
[12:32] » You're going to probably have somebody
[12:34] from our holster count mental health.
[12:39] Um and we also have we'll have Claire
[12:41] Pville come down from the county
[12:42] attorney's office to do training on
[12:44] dealing with juvenile. You saw, most of
[12:46] you saw that we had some some very
[12:49] serious incidents occurred from October
[12:52] about October 17th through uh the end of
[12:55] November. Uh dealing with a lot of uh
[12:57] juveniles. Um it came to a point where
[13:01] it was uh we needed to um make some uh
[13:06] substantial arrests, number of arrests,
[13:08] but we also needed to take the approach
[13:09] that there's got to be something going
[13:11] on in the in in the home, right? We have
[13:13] these things. We want to look at what
[13:14] the actual underlying problem is. So the
[13:16] approach we're taking is that every time
[13:18] we get a juvenile case, we're calling
[13:20] CBS, we're calling mobile mental health,
[13:22] and we're calling the Department of
[13:24] Probation to come down and assist us. Uh
[13:26] we will do that in every single incident
[13:29] until we get the u you know results of
[13:32] compliance from these juveniles. Uh some
[13:34] of those incidents were very serious. I
[13:36] want to take my hat off to the members
[13:37] of the Elville Police Department. They
[13:39] were under uh two officers were under
[13:42] serious arrest in McDonald's. Uh they
[13:44] were surrounded and these juveniles um
[13:47] provoked them and attacked them and spit
[13:49] at them and the officers maintained
[13:52] their composure. They did not engage uh
[13:55] in any excessive force. They did what uh
[13:58] was called upon them and they used their
[13:59] training to do so. So I wanted to take
[14:01] my hat off to them. We had a lot of
[14:03] other incidents that I put on Facebook
[14:04] as well. You saw that. Uh, so it's been
[14:07] a very busy couple of months. Um, also
[14:09] we've had some manpower issues which I
[14:11] talk to you about, some injuries
[14:14] going forward. So that's about it.
[14:16] That's enough for now. But I do on
[14:18] behalf of the police department, I don't
[14:20] see any of you. We do wish you a very
[14:22] happy and safe holiday season. And
[14:24] please remember that if you must drink,
[14:27] do not drive. But have a good time.
[14:29] » Yes, Chief. Um, and quickly because I'll
[14:32] have you, Chief, if it's okay, you might
[14:35] get Jenner. Um, I don't know if anyone
[14:36] have the chambers here, Joe. Um, just
[14:39] thank you all for everything that you
[14:41] did to get ready for the WASEL weekend,
[14:43] if you will. Um, there's a lot of moving
[14:45] parts behind the scenes. Everybody
[14:47] jumped together to get it done. Um, we
[14:50] say it was a great event. Um, so thank
[14:52] you guy for your your uh parts in it.
[14:54] Uh, Joe Chamber and the Wasel committee
[14:56] and everybody uh makes this such a great
[14:59] event for the village. So, thank you
[15:00] guys. And forgive me if I don't share
[15:02] your enthusiasm in putting these parades
[15:04] together, but
[15:07] » It's my pleasure.
[15:09] » Thanks. Um,
[15:10] » That's right. You chief.
[15:13] » Uh, so it is the organizational meeting.
[15:16] Um, so there are mayoral appointments uh
[15:19] for administrative staff uh and the
[15:22] number of different roles that are at
[15:23] the village. So I'd like to go with
[15:24] those. Um I will make the recommendation
[15:27] if the board uh is willing approve those
[15:30] recommendations.
[15:32] Um so we'll start with uh village clerk
[15:34] uh Michelle Booth. Um actually we'll do
[15:38] this potentially if it's okay in a
[15:40] blanket resolution approving all of the
[15:43] appointments unless there's any
[15:44] objections you can see ahead of time.
[15:47] You want to take a moment to review
[15:59] our motion for the um
[16:06] » So I'll motion for the uh marrow
[16:09] appointments as as noted. Um as noted.
[16:14] » Okay. Um
[16:16] have a second. Okay. And I'll list them
[16:18] off quickly. Uh, village clerk Michelle
[16:20] Booth. Uh, deputy village clerk Jessica
[16:23] Collier. Uh, village treasurer Casey
[16:25] Hovus. Deputy treasurer Lilian Lopez.
[16:27] Receiver of taxes Casey Hobus. Deputy
[16:29] receiver of taxes Jessica Collier. Uh,
[16:32] registar of vital statistics Michelle
[16:34] Booth. Deputy registar uh Jessica
[16:36] Collier, village attorney Ian Morse. Um,
[16:40] deputy mayor, uh, Trusty Younger, uh,
[16:43] labor attorney Thomas Duran Waxman,
[16:46] Pedigro, and
[16:49] Dale. Okay. LLP, uh, Village Engineer,
[16:53] Delaware Engineered. Um, all in favor.
[16:59] » Oh, Dan, you're absolutely right. Uh,
[17:02] good catch. Very good catch. And
[17:07] and so if I can, we'll do a separate uh
[17:09] resolution. We already have the eyes for
[17:10] those. If I can have a motion uh to
[17:14] appoint uh Daniel Pollen as code
[17:17] enforcement officer.
[17:19] » Motion.
[17:20] » Congratulations.
[17:21] » All in favor?
[17:23] » Thanks, Dan.
[17:25] » Actually, we do list it under the uh
[17:28] second list of uh appointments.
[17:30] » Oh, you're right. You're right. Thank
[17:31] you.
[17:33] Um okay so
[17:36] next on the list
[17:41] we have the mayor mayoral liaison
[17:44] appointments. Okay.
[17:47] » Um I sent you guys a list over the
[17:50] weekend. Is there anything that's
[17:51] jumping out at anybody where you might
[17:53] want to take a take a role in? Um I put
[17:57] myself in a couple of different
[17:58] positions. I am actually going to
[18:00] appoint uh uh Deputy Mayor Younger as
[18:03] the other police department liaison
[18:06] given his experience.
[18:08] Um
[18:10] but I wanted to give you guys a little
[18:11] bit of feedback and not just randomly or
[18:15] you got apartments
[18:18] to parks and recreation
[18:22] application.
[18:23] » Sure.
[18:30] youth recreation.
[18:34] » I didn't I didn't say you the currently
[18:37] the director over there. So,
[18:38] » Okay. So, you just to confirm you for
[18:42] parks and recreation.
[18:44] » I'm not
[18:47] going to
[18:48] » Would it be helpful then if I took
[18:50] » Absolutely.
[18:52] » And then I'd also like
[19:02] You only need one.
[19:05] » I'm going to be the other on that one.
[19:07] Um,
[19:09] » So we can have two for each department
[19:13] or one ultimately. Uh, so we have the
[19:16] Hunt Memorial Preservation. Would
[19:18] anybody like to be the leazison on that?
[19:20] I can throw my name under that hat. I
[19:23] will um I will assist with person
[19:27] to replace
[19:29] » And also the specular memorial park and
[19:32] houses.
[19:33] » Okay, good.
[19:36] » So you're going to go on with the mayor
[19:37] on that?
[19:38] » Yes.
[19:38] » Okay.
[19:40] » Can you break down the entrance?
[19:44] » Sure. So that is actually a committee
[19:48] town and the village are discuss
[19:51] different matters. Okay, give it time.
[19:56] » If my other two mayors in the audience
[19:58] uh have any clarity, if I threw
[20:00] something up, don't hesitate to jump out
[20:02] at
[20:04] » The Hunt Memorial.
[20:06] » Yep.
[20:07] » Um
[20:08] » Uh so Hunt
[20:11] » Sure. The Hunt Memorial Preservation
[20:15] Committee.
[20:16] » Yes.
[20:16] » Or or the Hunt committee. I I think we
[20:19] do need to have a little clarity. Could
[20:22] I put myself in something?
[20:24] » We're gonna leave.
[20:25] » Yeah, that's fair. Uh,
[20:27] » So they take the job
[20:30] or
[20:31] » That's a good question. It's a good
[20:32] question. We could leave it blank, I
[20:34] think. Just fill it in.
[20:36] » Mayor Younger, what did you did you take
[20:38] yourself off the hunt?
[20:39] » I took myself off the hunt and and give
[20:43] way to trustee.
[20:48] But um if there's no one on the hunt
[20:50] memorial preservation
[20:55] anyone there
[20:57] » Uh you said the hunt committee or the
[20:58] huntation?
[21:00] » Uh no I I believe I am on it and you are
[21:04] now on it.
[21:05] » Okay. Um
[21:08] we have uh municipal building and
[21:11] » What that entails
[21:13] » I'm assuming
[21:16] » It is this it is this okay uh it is the
[21:19] municipal building liaison right yeah
[21:29] » There's no better way to learn than to
[21:30] jump right in so here we
[21:36] Okay. Um
[21:39] I will subject to any changes later on.
[21:41] I will put myself as a code enforcement
[21:44] department liaison. Uh we can leave that
[21:47] open and maybe that's a further
[21:48] discussion at a different meeting going
[21:49] forward. Um
[21:52] » Well do we have so hunt committee do we
[21:54] have a do we have a designated
[21:56] individual on that yet?
[21:59] Oh,
[22:01] » He's on the Hunt Memorial Preservation.
[22:04] » Yeah,
[22:04] » I'm I'm on the Hunt Memorial
[22:06] Preservation. She's on the uh Hunt
[22:08] committee.
[22:09] » Kill him.
[22:12] » Okay. So, it's Deputy Mayor Younger and
[22:15] Mayor Trent on the Hunt Memorial
[22:16] Preservation.
[22:17] » Yes.
[22:21] » Recreation. We have Milsari.
[22:24] » We'll leave that. We'll leave the other.
[22:26] So the hunt committee is milari.
[22:29] » Yes question. I don't know the answer to
[22:33] » Leave it leave it open and again we can
[22:35] revisit these appointments maybe at
[22:37] another meeting and have a change.
[22:40] » Mayor I I will um I would jo with you on
[22:44] the code enforcement.
[22:45] » Yeah.
[22:54] Yep.
[22:56] Uh, municipal building. No, sorry. Uh,
[22:58] village and municipal committee
[23:00] » Street department.
[23:01] » Yep. Need another uh
[23:04] » Yep. I don't mind jumping in on that one
[23:07] too. Uh, or we can leave it open.
[23:09] Actually, let's leave that open to
[23:11] again. We'll revisit this at that the
[23:13] probable January meeting. Okay. So,
[23:15] right now we have at least one leazison
[23:18] for each
[23:20] department andor committee. Right,
[23:21] Michelle? Um the village inter musful
[23:24] we're about.
[23:31] » Okay. Uh if I can have a motion
[23:34] approving those mayoral leazison
[23:37] appointments.
[23:38] Um
[23:41] have a motion.
[23:42] » Okay. Can I have a second?
[23:44] » Second.
[23:45] » Okay. All in favor?
[23:47] » Okay.
[23:49] Um and then if I could have these are
[23:51] mayoral designations uh for the official
[23:53] newspaper, official bank depositories,
[23:56] uh village board meeting schedule. Um so
[23:59] the official newspaper Chris, you'll be
[24:02] happy to know we've chosen the Shawang
[24:04] Journal again. Um the official uh bank
[24:07] depositories will be Webster Bank, uh
[24:10] Catskill Hudson Bank, MT Bank. Um do we
[24:13] still have any active accounts at Orange
[24:16] Trust? No, but just add the Bank of
[24:18] Green County.
[24:19] » Absolutely.
[24:19] » Yep. And the Bank of Green County.
[24:22] » Um, village board meetings will continue
[24:25] to be held on the second and fourth
[24:26] Mondays of the month with an audit uh
[24:28] beginning at 6:00 pm. Okay. Um, and if
[24:32] there is a holiday on these Mondays, the
[24:34] village board meeting will take place on
[24:36] Tuesdays on the Tuesday after the
[24:38] holiday. Okay. Can I have a motion uh
[24:40] approving those?
[24:42] » I can I have a second?
[24:44] » All in favor?
[24:46] Thank you. Okay. Um, we'll go into
[24:50] petitioners. Uh, Susan, I know Susan,
[24:53] » You want to approve the minutes real
[24:54] quick?
[24:55] » Yeah. Thank you, Michelle. Appreciate
[24:56] that. Um, yeah, if I can have a motion
[24:59] to
[25:00] minutes uh from the November 24th, 2025
[25:04] meeting.
[25:05] » Motion.
[25:06] » Second.
[25:07] » Any discussion?
[25:09] All in favor?
[25:10] » I Okay. Uh, so petitioners, uh, Susan,
[25:14] if you'd like to come up and speak to
[25:15] the video,
[25:17] » Let me think about it.
[25:23] » Then Susan, just state your name. I know
[25:25] everybody knows it, but just do the
[25:26] record.
[25:26] » Hello, I'm Sue Ivy. Um, Susan as follows
[25:30] me. Um, I just want to let you know that
[25:32] our Shawanga Valley Kanas Club, who
[25:35] sponsors the Key Club and does a lot for
[25:38] the community, we're doing a hometown
[25:42] holiday, hometown love for the holiday.
[25:44] And what it is, we're selling raffle
[25:46] tickets, but it's part of the community.
[25:49] So, what we've done and we've gotten the
[25:52] involvement of all the merchants. We
[25:54] have, you know, we have um uh Barbara,
[25:58] we have Shadowland Theater, and it's on
[26:01] our Facebook page. Okay? And we're
[26:03] having the drawing December 22nd. So,
[26:06] whoever wins, we're not doesn't just get
[26:09] first, second, or third. It gets
[26:11] everything that we have. And right now,
[26:13] we're probably up to about $500 worth of
[26:16] tickets. You know, two tickets to
[26:18] Shadowland. Um,
[26:21] uh, Justine at Natch has given us $65.
[26:24] We have different things here and it all
[26:27] goes to us raising money for the
[26:29] scholarships that we give out every year
[26:31] at the high school. There's a little
[26:32] flyer in the back and you can contact
[26:34] me. I have tickets and you can go on our
[26:37] Facebook page and and and when you go on
[26:39] Ashwanda's p Facebook page, we keep
[26:43] adding everything that is uh is being
[26:45] added to the pie. So, appreciate your
[26:48] support and we're excited. We have a new
[26:52] um key club advisor this year and
[26:54] they're doing wonderful things and it's
[26:55] Danielle Brooks. We're really lucky to
[26:58] have have her and I appreciate your
[27:00] support.
[27:01] » Thank you, sir. Um
[27:13] check um couple years back Christmas.
[27:20] So I'm looking to come 13 around six and
[27:25] some float by band we've done in the
[27:28] past. So, I'm looking for pretty much
[27:30] permissions to be able to do this. You
[27:33] may remember a band going around years
[27:35] ago. Okay. So, the band kind of went
[27:39] over time and I guess put back together
[27:41] again this year. We're back on a float
[27:44] and we're going through it kind of break
[27:51] little sphere. So,
[27:53] » This float will be driving around.
[27:57] » Yes, we did.
[27:59] Um, we used to go to his escort and they
[28:01] would take us down and they would end up
[28:04] at the canal. I mean, canal
[28:07] » East.
[28:08] » Yeah. Over by D house.
[28:11] » We stop there, play 15 songs or 10 songs
[28:13] and then we come back, unload, and go to
[28:16] the next location.
[28:19] » It starts at the bank by where the end
[28:21] is.
[28:21] » Okay. goes down, goes open the back,
[28:24] comes back down, it comes back down
[28:26] road, comes across nine, comes back
[28:28] through here, and then back to the bank.
[28:31] » How long is it usually?
[28:33] » I would say 45 minutes.
[28:35] » Mayor Kaplan, you don't mind me leaning
[28:38] into previous experience? Um, do you
[28:40] recall this event uh in years past or
[28:43] this individual act occurring?
[28:45] » Used to do it with Vinnie
[28:47] » Yeah. Yeah, it was. Do you remember what
[28:50] the village may have done to uh grant
[28:54] said permission? Do they require any
[28:56] insurance, certificate of insurance or
[28:58] anything?
[28:58] » Of course, you should review with the
[29:00] chief of police to make sure the roof is
[29:03] appropriate.
[29:06] There should be some insurance.
[29:09] » Thank you. Um, so I spoke to chief said,
[29:13] he was okay.
[29:14] » Okay. So, let's maybe we can hop on a
[29:16] phone call uh tomorrow with the police
[29:18] chief if that's okay. We'll just kind of
[29:20] go over everything. Um we'll discuss
[29:22] some of the other details. Thank you.
[29:25] » Thank you.
[29:26] » Michael, can I check?
[29:28] » What's up?
[29:29] » How are you?
[29:31] » A CZ Y.
[29:35] Mr. Mayor, I I would motion for for
[29:39] approval pending, you know, speaking
[29:42] with the chief, you know, especially
[29:44] since he's done
[29:50] village
[29:52] and long as the chief, you know, has
[29:55] worked out all the details with him and
[29:58] feels comfortable to do so, I I I would
[30:01] be willing to motion for approval
[30:03] pending.
[30:05] uh the chiefs of the text.
[30:08] » Sure. And we'll discuss some of the
[30:09] other particulars. I may ask actually
[30:12] truthfully if we could maybe for a
[30:13] special meeting.
[30:14] » Yeah.
[30:15] » Just to verify the details just because
[30:17] there's number of components to this.
[30:19] » Okay.
[30:19] » That's okay. Try to put that together
[30:21] very quickly.
[30:22] » All right.
[30:22] » Okay. Thank you.
[30:25] » Um there anyone else here to speak to
[30:27] the board tonight?
[30:30] What's your name, sir? That was most
[30:34] Hi everybody. Hello.
[30:40] » My name is Carlo Gonzalez. Uh we bought
[30:42] a house uh six years ago um in the bill
[30:46] and um we didn't have a good time. We
[30:48] used the house um in the holidays or day
[30:51] out, you know, when I had and I think I
[30:54] did a violation. I don't know the rules
[30:56] and um I live in the Bronx. We use the
[30:59] house only in the weekends, you know,
[31:01] and uh and u my daughter has this these
[31:05] pets, you know, that are that are not
[31:06] supposed to have it. But this is a
[31:08] chickens, but not regular chickens. This
[31:10] is a micro samaras chickens. This the
[31:13] size of pione we keep it in the our
[31:17] basement. Sometimes we release in in the
[31:18] summer time. This is a indoor chickens.
[31:22] Um they don't survive outside. So, I
[31:25] want to ask, you know, um I talked to
[31:26] Dan about about this and my house is the
[31:29] last house in the in that um in the exit
[31:33] of the of the township.
[31:35] Um I don't have neighbors. My neighbor
[31:37] is like 100 ft away from my house and I
[31:42] don't have any issues, but I think I
[31:43] broke the rule and I u I uh I understand
[31:47] I had to ask you the board, you know, if
[31:49] I can have this one this kind of pets in
[31:52] my basement or motor
[31:54] And just just to clarify, can you tell
[31:58] us the code as it rel
[32:01] when I drove up to uh Pine Street, I saw
[32:05] the chickens out on the road and they
[32:07] ran up the driveway to his house.
[32:09] » This house is literally the last one on
[32:12] Pine Street for water department and
[32:15] it's up on a hill. Got
[32:18] unusually large property uh for for the
[32:22] village.
[32:24] Um, I spoke to him this morning. He did
[32:27] pay uh the fine of for having chickens
[32:31] illegally in the village, but I
[32:33] suggested he come here and try to get
[32:35] and ask for an exemption because one,
[32:38] he's in an area that nobody will even
[32:40] know that he has it. He knows he has to
[32:42] keep him penned up. They can't be
[32:45] running free on his property is what I
[32:46] what I told him. And I personally don't
[32:50] see any reason why he shouldn't get the
[32:52] exemption, especially since they're for
[32:53] his daughter's uh while teaching. She's
[32:56] she has special needs and this these are
[32:59] actually her service animals.
[33:02] » I was going to ask
[33:04] » Yeah, we have a doctor letter, you know,
[33:06] with my daughter has OCD
[33:12] and stuff
[33:13] » And that's as big as they get. This this
[33:16] month old adult
[33:23] if you can provide for the board what is
[33:24] the current code as it relates to
[33:26] » The current code is there is no no farm
[33:29] animals chickens ducks any type of foul
[33:32] or hooked animals allowed in the village
[33:35] at all. Um, I did speak to you to the
[33:40] village board some time ago about maybe
[33:43] altering that that uh uh law to allow a
[33:47] certain amount of chickens because a lot
[33:50] of people the way the eggs were going at
[33:52] that time it's their way of getting
[33:55] eggs. Uh
[33:58] he's a perfect example of why I talked
[34:01] about amending the law.
[34:04] Um, so I think before
[34:06] » We have another discussion
[34:10] side of this, but I I do appreciate
[34:12] coming from the board and actually bring
[34:15] » May I see that?
[34:17] » It's from a field standpoint this letter
[34:21] serving need then start to begin the
[34:26] day.
[34:31] So the ICD code here lists obsessive.
[34:35] » Yeah. So the ICD code lists that these
[34:37] animals serve a purpose um and they
[34:41] provide her a service. So I would
[34:45] » I would go your route and grant the
[34:48] exemption only because then we start
[34:50] weaning into ADA restrictions and this
[34:54] is from a licensed solution.
[34:55] » Yeah. So my my recommendation would be
[34:57] is we have a discussion with our
[34:58] attorney, have a further discussion with
[35:00] Dan and not inhibit an unhended
[35:06] consequence out of a blanket action.
[35:08] » I would just suggest that uh the board
[35:10] adopt a resolution that um the use of
[35:14] the chickens is
[35:17] » In the in between now and the next
[35:18] discussion period will not constitute a
[35:21] violation. So, because right now he can
[35:24] be served with another violation for
[35:25] having the tickets at this point. Uh, so
[35:28] if the board,
[35:29] » Regardless of which way you're leaning,
[35:31] if you want to have another discussion,
[35:32] but you don't want him to be penalized
[35:34] for the board's time and fully
[35:35] considering the options, you would adopt
[35:37] a resolution to that effect.
[35:40] Um so with that if I can have a motion
[35:43] uh to adopt Amy if you can provide the
[35:46] person for us clearly again
[35:48] » Um that the uh how many are there?
[35:52] » We we've some four now we have eight but
[35:55] we're going to keep it like that we
[35:56] start to give away and I'm saying you
[35:58] know this is only in the weekends or
[36:00] holidays when I come here. I live in the
[36:02] Bronx they doing really well in my
[36:04] basement. If I I can bring it here, I
[36:06] just keep it in in the city, you know,
[36:08] and u I don't get in trouble, you know.
[36:10] Like
[36:10] » What's the property address?
[36:11] » Uh 30 Pine Street.
[36:13] » 30 Pine. So just at the uh
[36:17] 30 Pine Street um shall be permitted to
[36:22] uh maintain the current number of micro
[36:26] chickens at the property until the board
[36:29] reconvenes
[36:30] uh on the issue, which whenever the next
[36:33] board meeting is. I don't know what that
[36:34] is.
[36:35] » Shouldn't should it include the reason
[36:37] and the purpose you know that we are
[36:39] allowing it? Yeah, I mean if you want to
[36:42] expound upon that deputy mayor or no I
[36:45] mean
[36:46] » Yeah I would you know based upon his you
[36:48] know that it would be therapeutic you
[36:51] know um I don't know how you word that
[36:54] but you know for the purpose of his
[36:57] daughter who has you know
[36:59] » You could just say I guess um to
[37:02] consider any uh
[37:06] I guess uh remedies or
[37:11] I guess uh
[37:13] legal circumstances that may arise under
[37:16] the Americans with Disabilities Act,
[37:19] something to that effect, if that's the
[37:21] the reason as to why you're granting the
[37:24] exception. I don't know. I mean, I could
[37:26] draft a actual resolution if you want so
[37:29] that way it's clear as to what exactly
[37:31] and then I can circulate it to the
[37:33] board.
[37:33] » Yeah. and then you can tenatively adopt
[37:35] it and then you guys can just do um a
[37:38] roll call vote or you know you can just
[37:40] phone a vote because it wouldn't violate
[37:42] the open meetings law at that point
[37:43] because you've already had the
[37:44] conversation and you approve of it in
[37:47] substance you just needed actually in
[37:49] wording as to what it says. So, just to
[37:52] clarify, this resolution would pertain
[37:54] to just granting us time to have a
[37:57] further discussion for
[37:58] » It's not that you're permitting the
[38:00] activity. It's just that you're not
[38:01] going to hold him in violation until the
[38:03] next discussion.
[38:04] » Okay.
[38:05] » Without this resolution, he could direct
[38:07] him yet another fine.
[38:08] » Correct. Yeah. That's the only reason I
[38:10] recommend it. Just so that way it keeps
[38:12] the status quo. What the status quo is
[38:14] that he's already paid one fine for the
[38:16] chickens. Let's not surf him with
[38:18] another fine. Please come to the board
[38:20] and then that way you can actually use
[38:23] your due diligence and
[38:26] that's it. Okay. Uh
[38:33] » So so that yeah I can I can have a
[38:36] motion to pass that resolution to be
[38:38] defined uh for further discussion uh no
[38:41] later than our January uh 12th board
[38:44] meeting unless we convene a board
[38:46] meeting ahead of that date. will bring
[38:49] us into another subject that we need to
[38:50] get to.
[38:51] » Um,
[38:52] » Michelle, you got that?
[38:53] » We'll be in touch. We'll be in touch. I
[38:55] will be in touch with Dan and Bernie
[38:57] soon.
[38:59] » Thank you.
[39:00] » So, I have a motion.
[39:01] » Okay.
[39:02] » Second.
[39:02] » Second. All in favor?
[39:07] » Okay. Is there anyone else here to see
[39:08] the board tonight?
[39:16] » Right. Good evening everybody. As you
[39:18] know, my name is Doug Rolls. I am the
[39:20] owner of Lights on Five Chapel Street. I
[39:22] came to the board and I want to welcome
[39:24] all the new members to the board and has
[39:26] a great successful time doing this. I
[39:29] was very very very pleased that the
[39:31] village gave me the opportunity to shut
[39:33] down the street this year as for safety
[39:36] and then the people that showed up was
[39:38] phenomenal. We had a lot of pets here
[39:40] this year which was really really great.
[39:43] Everything worked out fine and I just
[39:44] want to say thank you. Thank you. Thank
[39:46] you and let's hope continue to do this
[39:49] again next year. And I was approached
[39:51] also by Mike to come by as like they
[39:54] have in the past and stop at my house.
[39:57] And I said to him, "Sure, we'll have
[39:58] another board meeting at the approval."
[40:01] And I'm hoping that that also happens,
[40:04] you know, because when Vinnie Nairo did
[40:05] it, it was phenomenal. He would be there
[40:07] for like 45 minutes at my house and it
[40:09] was just wonderful.
[40:11] And also see a lot more of the community
[40:13] come out and support this. you know,
[40:15] it's just not just me. It's the whole
[40:17] community that supports me, you know,
[40:19] and I just want to say thank you. And it
[40:21] was so great to see so many of you here
[40:23] this year.
[40:24] » And and so Doug, how long are the lights
[40:26] going to be up until
[40:27] » My lights are on every night until the
[40:29] end of the year from 5:30 at night right
[40:32] on through. You'll have to tune tonight
[40:34] 88.9 FM because not all the time do I
[40:37] have the radio on outside because there
[40:39] is a a noise ordinance, you know. So, I
[40:42] do try and keep it up, but on the
[40:43] weekend it's always on. And if I'm out
[40:45] there, I'll turn it on for you. You
[40:47] know, the lights are on every night from
[40:49] 5:30 to 9:30, 10:00 on the weekend. And
[40:52] come by and enjoy it because I think I
[40:54] did a good job.
[40:55] » You did a great job.
[41:02] » Um, Doug, I think the economic question
[41:04] that we had was what's your electric?
[41:09] » Um, okay. Am I electrical last year or
[41:11] this year?
[41:12] » Don't want to know. Uh
[41:14] » It's it's something I enjoy doing. So
[41:17] » Is there anyone else here to see the
[41:19] board tonight?
[41:20] » Okay. Um so discussion uh these ite
[41:37] » Something broken with the Facebook. So,
[41:40] it goes up on YouTube the next day and
[41:41] I've been trying to figure out what the
[41:43] linking issue is, which why it hasn't
[41:45] been up for the last couple of weeks.
[41:47] » Okay.
[41:47] » Um,
[41:49] okay. Uh, so trustees, we have in front
[41:53] of you, and I this is basically just to
[41:55] kind of immedate what we discussed uh
[41:57] the last meeting. We do have two new
[41:59] trustees. So, I just wanted to bring it
[42:00] up uh as a a minor discussion item uh
[42:03] for you both to have the language in
[42:05] front of you um and then have some time
[42:07] to consider it uh at our next meeting.
[42:10] So, it relates to uh legislation on
[42:13] vacant and abandoned properties in the
[42:15] village of Ellenville. What you have
[42:17] before you is a legislation that the
[42:19] city of Kingston passed in 2016. I had a
[42:22] good conversation with Mayor Noble
[42:24] number of weeks ago about it. um they
[42:27] adopted their language uh as a light
[42:31] modification on what the city of Port
[42:32] Jervis had implemented a couple years
[42:35] before them. Um the mayor has felt it
[42:38] has been very effective. Um he has felt
[42:41] that uh you know it achieved the result
[42:45] that they were looking for was either
[42:48] generate revenue uh as a last resort to
[42:52] motivate people to get out of these
[42:54] vacant buildings or to lower their rent
[42:57] to get tenants in there or uh to sell
[43:01] the property and move on. um they went
[43:03] from approximately 400 vacant buildings
[43:06] down to about a hundred uh in the span
[43:08] of the last nine years. Um I think it's
[43:11] something reasonable uh for us to
[43:12] consider. The language is actually a lot
[43:14] more substantial than I expected to be
[43:16] and a lot more impactful. Um they
[43:19] basically implement through the first
[43:21] number of years that the uh fee is
[43:23] implemented a dollar a square foot. um
[43:27] which again for depending on the
[43:28] building could be quite a substantial
[43:30] amount of money but to the effect that
[43:32] it hopefully motivates them to do
[43:34] something with it. Um so I'd ask you
[43:36] guys to review it over the next number
[43:38] of weeks and we'll have a further
[43:40] discussion. Um Ian Dan I was speaking to
[43:43] Dan before. I'd love to get on a call uh
[43:46] with uh the city of Kingston folks to
[43:49] see if they can uh answer some of our
[43:51] questions uh some of the the nuance of
[43:54] it. I know you had a couple of questions
[43:56] about it in an email from a couple of
[43:58] weeks ago. Um, so I'll try to schedule
[44:00] that over the next month.
[44:01] » Perfect. Okay. Um, drinking water
[44:04] protection program update. Uh, as you
[44:07] may remember, uh, Trusty Ellis from
[44:09] nearly a year ago, uh, we started to
[44:11] have our first meetings uh, with Park
[44:14] Judis as a part of the state's, uh,
[44:16] drinking water protection program. This
[44:18] was the second round of it. The village
[44:20] had applied and, uh, was selected to
[44:22] participate. Um we submitted the formal
[44:25] plan I want to say back in the beginning
[44:28] of July, end of June. Um we had expected
[44:31] a very quick turnaround time or Barton
[44:34] Ljudist did and the state informed us uh
[44:37] very quickly after that we were actually
[44:40] going to be punted a little bit down the
[44:41] road because of a backlog of other
[44:44] applicants. Um they have finally started
[44:46] to review our application. Uh they have
[44:48] provided Bart Judas some feedback. Um,
[44:51] so you saw there was an email attached
[44:53] to it just to provide us an update. Uh,
[44:55] we're hoping over the next month or so
[44:57] that we'll finally see some motion uh on
[45:00] either adopting that water protection
[45:02] plan or uh modifying depending on that
[45:06] state feedback. Um, third is the warming
[45:09] center. Obviously uh you know last year
[45:12] we had a a very small trial uh
[45:16] Ellenville Regional Hospital uh uh
[45:19] provided operation services to the
[45:21] village of to the to the greater town of
[45:24] Warsing area uh funded by the county and
[45:27] some funds through uh the town of
[45:29] Warsing. Uh we've provided the space. Um
[45:33] we've been trying to figure out how to
[45:35] do that again maybe on a longer term uh
[45:38] framework. uh something that follows the
[45:41] hours that we mostly did last year. Um
[45:44] we need an operator though. The hospital
[45:46] unfortunately can't step in this year.
[45:47] There was a big ask of them last year.
[45:49] So it's understandable that they can't
[45:51] jump in like that for a a longer
[45:53] engagement. Um so we have been in
[45:56] discussions with the operator of the uh
[45:59] city of King City based warming center
[46:01] that the county has. John isn't county
[46:03] warming center or is it a Okay, it's a
[46:06] second glacius church. Um, we've been
[46:10] speaking to our insurance company about
[46:12] some of the the nuance of it. Um, we've
[46:15] been having conversations with the
[46:16] church. Uh, county has been on the
[46:18] peripheral providing a little guidance.
[46:21] Um, and so my hope is we'll have a more
[46:23] meaningful update. Um, I would frame it
[46:26] as this. Whatever we end up doing for
[46:28] this year will again be very much a try
[46:30] and see. There's a lot of information
[46:32] for us to glean from this. A lot of
[46:34] potential unintended consequences. Um,
[46:37] I'll be having conversation with the
[46:39] police chief about it in more detail.
[46:41] Um, but again, I hope that we'll have a
[46:43] more meaningful update uh when we may
[46:45] convene and we may convene at a special
[46:47] board meeting depending on what comes up
[46:49] uh to discuss this the details a little
[46:52] further. That's okay guys.
[46:54] » Okay.
[46:55] » Before we move on, I just don't want
[46:56] people to leave because after we're
[46:58] going to take like 10 minutes and we got
[47:00] picked for everybody. So, I didn't want
[47:01] people to trickle out before we do
[47:04] congratulate our two picked up.
[47:07] Sorry.
[47:07] » No, absolutely. This um so so again our
[47:10] Doug our favorite uh part of the evening
[47:13] the Clinton Avenue Bridgewatch. Um so we
[47:17] have a quick update from uh BNL and uh
[47:21] the right of way uh contractor
[47:25] unfortunately they're still digging
[47:27] through. You saw the email um the back
[47:30] and forth uh we'll see where we get to
[47:32] and go from there. So, the key hangup is
[47:34] the right of way still.
[47:37] Okay. Uh Dan, I'm gonna speak on 55
[47:41] North Main Street. Uh so, for everybody
[47:44] in the audience and trustees, uh this is
[47:47] the property uh that was at the former
[47:50] Dodge dealership uh on North Main. It
[47:53] also has dilapitated mobile sign. Was it
[47:55] » Herbs? Herbs Dodge.
[47:57] » Yeah. Um, there have been for many years
[48:00] now a uh a laundry list of unregistered
[48:04] vehicles parked there uh in a perimeter.
[48:07] Uh, no license plates. Uh, certainly
[48:10] being used for storage. I asked uh Dan
[48:13] to work with Ian to hopefully help uh
[48:18] resolve this issue for us.
[48:20] » All right. Well, first of all, back in
[48:22] March of 24, they were issued a ticket.
[48:25] The owner, Jack Bastion, was issued a
[48:26] ticket. Uh,
[48:30] the ticket was technically withdrawn
[48:32] under the condition that they
[48:35] either register or remove all the
[48:38] unregistered vehicles and they get their
[48:41] department of motor vehicle license
[48:44] issued.
[48:45] To date, they have done neither. Uh,
[48:48] that some of the cars are gone. The new
[48:50] ones came back. Uh they were I sent them
[48:54] a letter
[48:56] uh that I taped to the door on October
[49:01] 26th. I believe it was October 21. I
[49:04] sent them a letter, taped it to the
[49:06] door, the front door and the garage
[49:08] door.
[49:10] The following Monday, those letters were
[49:12] gone. So I do know he had them. I was
[49:15] suggested by the village attorney to
[49:18] make sure that it was registered mail
[49:20] also. So on
[49:24] November 26,
[49:28] I wrote another letter,
[49:31] put it on their doors again, and sent it
[49:33] registered. We have not received the
[49:35] registered letter back, but the
[49:37] envelopes were taken down from the doors
[49:39] again.
[49:41] Now it's a question of
[49:44] removing the vehicles since he has not
[49:47] complied with any of the laws whether it
[49:50] was state law the DMV or the village
[49:52] zoning laws. So the next step is going
[49:56] to be
[49:58] a notice of a public hearing at the next
[50:00] meeting and then we'll have the public
[50:02] hearing and we'll take it from there.
[50:04] » Thanks D. All right.
[50:08] Okay. Um
[50:11] Mike, anything for the board tonight?
[50:14] » Okay, Mike, no, we don't have any
[50:16] resolutions tonight. Anything for the
[50:17] board tonight?
[50:18] » Just what I talked about today about
[50:21] bringing assistance today.
[50:23] » Okay. And so, actually, do you want to
[50:24] just quickly speak to it? You can stay
[50:26] there. I don't want to have to get that
[50:27] from all the way.
[50:29] » Okay.
[50:42] Well, the big thing happened uh Saturday
[50:44] night, Sunday morning. Somebody dumped
[50:46] some chemicals down at the plant would
[50:48] upset the plant. Um probably going to
[50:51] take a whole week to get out of it. We
[50:52] tried to correct this situation today.
[50:54] We'll know more about it tomorrow. Um
[50:58] people don't understand that when you
[50:59] dump we believe it's a feric chloride
[51:02] which is a stripper paint stripper of
[51:04] metal. So and it was it came from the
[51:07] Green Acres area. Don't know exactly
[51:10] where but it came we narrowed it down to
[51:12] the Green Acres area. Um it's difficult
[51:16] when you have one tank and everything
[51:18] dumps into that one tank. It kills a lot
[51:20] of bugs and the bugs are what pro is
[51:23] main particles for this process. we need
[51:26] these bugs. So, I'm asking people to be
[51:29] more aware of what they dump in the
[51:31] system. Um, because it's going to take a
[51:34] lot of time to get this corrected and
[51:36] with the potential of DC not being happy
[51:38] and we start failing, it could be fines
[51:40] for the village.
[51:44] » Thanks, Mike. Any questions?
[51:50] » Okay. Um, so we will move on to
[51:54] resolutions.
[51:56] Um, can I have a motion recommending to
[51:58] the Olter County Legislature uh to
[52:01] reappoint Victoria Mesner uh to the
[52:03] Olster County Planning Board and to
[52:05] reappoint Benjamin Campbell uh to the
[52:07] Ultra County uh planning board as an
[52:09] alternate for the village of Alen Hill?
[52:13] » Motion.
[52:14] » All in favor?
[52:17] » Uh very important, we have great
[52:19] representation up there. If you look at
[52:21] some of the other communities, they have
[52:22] no representation on the Olster County
[52:24] Planning Board. Uh so Cory, thank you
[52:27] for serving up there and Ben.
[52:30] It's good to have a face up there. Thank
[52:31] you guys. Um
[52:34] can I have a motion authorizing payment
[52:37] in the amount of $2,470
[52:39] as an emergency authorization for the
[52:41] mayor to GPS for leak detection
[52:44] services?
[52:46] » Motion.
[52:47] » All in favor? I
[52:49] » Thank you. Uh a motion as has been
[52:54] currently the president uh the building
[52:56] cancelled the December Monday 22nd
[52:59] regularly scheduled board meeting. What
[53:01] I would say is as we've discussed we may
[53:03] hold a special meeting to on a couple of
[53:06] uh minor let phrase that not minor
[53:09] issues issues that we need to make
[53:11] address ahead of that or after before
[53:13] the next board meeting. So, a motion to
[53:15] cancel the second village board meeting
[53:16] on December uh 22nd, Monday, which is a
[53:20] Monday of 2025.
[53:22] » Motion second.
[53:23] » All in favor?
[53:26] » Um, number four, I'm going to modify
[53:28] because it is an organizational
[53:30] agreement with uh Olster County
[53:32] Community College uh college. And just
[53:34] to clarify, it is a paid internship, but
[53:37] we do not pay it. It will be a stipen
[53:39] through Olter County.
[53:40] » This community say that again.
[53:42] » This is new. This is the first time
[53:44] we're doing this,
[53:45] » Correct? This is new. Um, we were uh a
[53:50] opportunity was brought to our attention
[53:52] of having an intern from Sunni Olter
[53:55] come down uh to learn uh to assist um
[54:02] and this is a great opportunity. I I do
[54:04] SYP and Y at the the high school. This
[54:07] is obviously a different level different
[54:09] level of education and engagement um but
[54:12] I think it's been wonderful. Mike,
[54:13] you've had many YEP and SYP kids over
[54:16] the years um and still do. Um so I think
[54:19] this is a great opportunity for our
[54:21] administrative uh office to contribute
[54:24] in that way too. Um so I'll ask if I can
[54:27] have a motion uh to authorize the mayor
[54:30] uh to enter into an agreement uh with
[54:33] Olster County Community College to have
[54:35] an internship.
[54:39] Yeah, just because it's an
[54:40] organizational agreement, I think I
[54:41] should be the signator on it.
[54:44] » Mayor, they also have um mechanics
[54:48] through both same programs can come in
[54:52] and work underneath us and assist and
[54:55] learn if it's anything that the village
[54:58] is interested in.
[54:58] » Is this do you know who this is through?
[55:01] » This is this would be through the post.
[55:04] » Okay. I I'm definitely open to a
[55:05] discussion about it. Do you have
[55:07] contacts? I I will fulfill them. I know
[55:10] that the program for several years now.
[55:12] So,
[55:13] » We never entertained it. So, I never but
[55:15] it just when you brought this up, it
[55:16] just relight the situation.
[55:20] » Yep. Um Elliot, thank you for bringing
[55:22] this to our attention. Thank
[55:25] » The motion. Second.
[55:26] » All in favor?
[55:31] » For you or
[55:32] » Just they're going to work under the
[55:33] treasures today. uh basically learning
[55:36] municipal financial
[55:40] depending on the nature of it.
[55:43] Um okay. And all in favor
[55:45] » I
[55:46] » I
[55:48] uh a motion uh authorizing payment in
[55:50] the amount of $2,314
[55:53] annual dues to Nikcom of the 2025 2026
[55:57] uh membership. And just for clarity nom
[56:01] is a actually if I can have a motion
[56:04] then I'll second it for discussion
[56:05] quickly and I'll just
[56:07] uh second for discussion.
[56:10] » Okay so uh just to clarify Nikcom is a
[56:13] consortium of uh uh municipal
[56:17] organization that provides incredible
[56:19] resources to dill and cities. Uh there's
[56:21] the association of towns on the other
[56:23] side of this. um they've been a great
[56:25] resource to me, other mayors before me,
[56:27] other administrative staff, our
[56:28] attorney. Um so I think for the amount
[56:31] that they charge, we get an incredible
[56:33] amount of value out of it. We've always
[56:34] had it and I would recommend that we uh
[56:37] continue it. Okay. Uh all in favor?
[56:40] » I
[56:42] I Okay. Um so with that uh if we can uh
[56:47] adjourn to executive session to discuss
[56:49] personnel for hiring purposes um not to
[56:53] rejoin but we uh adjourn to executive
[56:56] session in 10 minutes so that we don't
[56:58] hold everybody up quickly. I don't know
[56:59] if we can do that but
[57:03] okay uh
[57:08] » No not yet. Uh we have to wait. You're
[57:11] still not within the
[57:13] for that. Thank you.
[57:16] » Okay.
[57:19] » Uhel's
[57:25] there's a motion in a second. So
[57:28] » All in favor?
[57:30] » Okay. Thanks everyone.
[57:37] the cage