[0:06] All in favor? I. All opposed. Any abstensions?

[0:12] So moved. Uh you can see the emergency service reports. Um a lot of time has

[0:18] been spent and so we want to thank our emergency services as always. Um

[0:25] and move into our supervisor section. Just want to say a heartfelt thank you

[0:30] to everybody who made the tube of Eldridge 250 block partying such a

[0:35] success. It was such a wonderful event. It was such a wonderful celebration of

[0:39] the heritage of our town. Um our businesses in the Elder Hamlet uh

[0:44] district um and and all the people who participated, you know, we had great

[0:48] vendors like Blue Face meeting that came out and really made a lot of kids happy.

[0:53] Obviously, you know, the Mont Fleons never do anything uh halfass to be

[0:58] frank. And I don't know if you guys saw all the wonderful things that that Lou

[1:02] and Frank provided on the corner there. They were a wonderful partner for um for

[1:07] the town of Highland, which had the uh family cards. Um and I don't know if

[1:11] everybody has seen these before, but these were one of the the major um

[1:15] inclusions in the initial uh time capsule. So, um, these are they were

[1:20] family cards that were erected in 1976, and we were able to salvage all of

[1:25] these, and we have an ongoing show that will go up again when the construction

[1:29] is finished. But each each uh member of the community is given the opportunity

[1:33] to include these family cards in the 1976 time capsule. And we're also doing

[1:39] this again for the 2026 time capsule. Um, and it was really exciting because

[1:44] we were able to give uh the remnants, about three4s of them survived. Um, all

[1:48] the time capsules in Sullivan counties were pretty water logged. I'd say ours

[1:53] was probably in the best condition. Um, I know that Kashkin just unveiled theirs

[1:57] and it was all pretty much paperier-mâché. I'm very sorry for their

[2:00] community. Um, but in general, the the the family cards were the things that

[2:04] were the most salvageable from the time capsules. And so, we're offering these

[2:08] again. Um, and I wanted to make a motion to the board. I really just uh want to

[2:13] um want to extend potential of free uh family time cards to our um senior

[2:20] population. Um you know, I think this is a really special time. You know, there's

[2:24] been so many wild changes probably from 1976 to 2026. And so we want to make

[2:29] sure to include all the people that make this town great. So I'd like to make a

[2:33] motion to offer the time capsule cards right now are $25 um for residents to to

[2:39] be included in this. And that's just for production and for uh laminating the

[2:43] cards, but I want to offer these to our senior population for free. So I was

[2:46] wondering if I have a motion to um to extend these to all seniors uh 62 and

[2:52] older uh for free inclusion in the 2026 contest.

[2:57] » I'll make that motion. >> Wait, wait, wait. Tom.

[3:02] » Tom. And then who? >> I'll second it. Chris Tom. Okay. All in

[3:06] favor? Opposed? >> Any abstensions?

[3:10] So moved. All right. Get your cards here. The town clerks will help you.

[3:14] Everybody go ahead and pick one of these things up. It It really is a nice piece

[3:18] of history. It was >> All right. We'll give you a refund.

[3:22] How's that? >> Yeah. Yeah. I know we have like three

[3:25] three or four refunds to give already, but um I know we have a free

[3:30] I know the um but these are really special. And what was really great about

[3:35] all these like Sony could be a testament to this. her grandmother wrote her a

[3:39] letter in 1976 that we were able to retrieve and give to to to everybody and

[3:43] we gave everybody the remnants of the time capsule because we could stick it

[3:47] in our vault and it would you know probably uh turn into paperiermâché but

[3:52] we were able to give the remnants to everybody and their families. Um I just

[3:56] want to give a special shout out to our outgoing um town historian Deborah

[4:01] Conway who did a wonderful job along with Diana Marorrow. Um

[4:09] show. It was really a beautiful experience. Um, you know, Deb first had

[4:13] all these, you know, uh, things drying out in her living room, past Amanda, our

[4:18] long-suffering graphic designer, Diana, um, who then was able to trans

[4:23] transition them into a digital footprint in the show, which will go live again

[4:27] uh, once we're done with the with the um, uh, when we're done with the

[4:31] renovations in town hall, which are coming along really wonderfully.

[4:33] Hopefully, our September meeting will be in I see no reason why it wouldn't. Um

[4:37] so we're really excited about that as well. So everybody else is a $25. We'll

[4:41] laminate them. Um we are uh going to be working with the new town

[4:47] um on a date. We have a tenative date uh scheduled for the um for the new uh

[4:52] burial of the 2026 time capsule. Um and he was sworn in today. So uh he's not

[4:59] able to be present. He's got some wedding planning to do. Um, but our new

[5:03] time historian is Timothy Oset. So, welcome to Timothy Oet. Um,

[5:11] from a wonderful family here in the town of Highland. They were they had three

[5:15] report cards in this in the um the original

[5:20] » Tom Caps were going to be buried back up at the battlefield.

[5:22] » Back at the battlefield. Yes. Um, and so, uh, Tim, I don't know if all of you

[5:28] know this, but he works in maintenance for the National Park Service. He just

[5:32] returned from Washington DC. Um, and he's about to get married. So, I think

[5:36] he had some wedding venue plans today to go look at some uh preparations for his

[5:40] wedding with his um bride to be. But, uh, we're really excited to have Tim.

[5:44] So, if you see him around town or see him around the parks, please welcome

[5:47] him. Um, we also set our budget hearing uh meetings at the workshop uh last

[5:54] Tuesday. So, our first budget hearing will be on September 15th at 6 PM, uh,

[6:00] followed by September 24th at 6 PM and we set our public hearing for October

[6:06] 6th at 6 p.m. And it's a really important time where you get to see what

[6:11] we're spending money on. Um, I addressed this a little bit in the workshop. You

[6:15] know, the county has nuanced, you know, really substantial uh, tax increases

[6:20] that the town cannot really do anything about. you know, the last two years

[6:24] we've stayed under a tax cap. Uh the previous town board also acquired um you

[6:29] know, a a credit. So the tax cap basically you can go over with an

[6:34] incremental um increase in cost of living, which is somewhere around 2%.

[6:39] It's variable. Um but we've been able to stay under that. So, we haven't

[6:42] increased taxes for the last two years on behalf of the town with the county

[6:47] manager nuanced like we may have to increase up to 30%. Which is an exit

[6:51] sign and we'll call a local realer and get out of here if that happens. I'm

[6:54] sure. But um but you know, last year they started at 9% and settled on three.

[6:59] So, I'm hoping that they don't go, you know, too too above and beyond that um

[7:04] cost. But, you know, there were a lot of things addressed in the in the

[7:07] comprehensive plan meeting today about revenue streams for the town that I

[7:10] think were actually uh a really substantive and important um discussion.

[7:15] So, we should, you know, the town board I know is committed to looking for those

[7:19] opportunities and we'll we'll strive to do everything we can to bring in the

[7:22] most money without, you know, um infringing on anybody as well. But, you

[7:26] know, we've already kind of let everybody know this is going to be a

[7:28] lean year for budgets. Um, we've gotten a lot accomplished over the last two

[7:32] years in the way of restorations in buildings and improvements in buildings.

[7:36] So, there's not a lot of like big structural things to do. You know, we've

[7:40] been able to um reestablish the constabularary based on popular vote.

[7:45] Um, we've done a lot of things for the town that seem to be big heavy reaches.

[7:50] So, I feel like if we take a year off in big monumental projects, unless big

[7:55] monumental opportunities come our way, we'll be in good shape. So, thank you to

[7:59] this town board and all your hard work on um implementing all those projects in

[8:03] a big way. Um the uh library sale was very successful. I got a rough tally

[8:09] from the treasurer over there. The treasures and trinkets was a wonderful

[8:13] testament to our community. They raised about $7,000 as of now. Um but we also

[8:18] transported a lot of the remnants to local um antique. So, she's getting her

[8:23] tabulations together. So it's 7,000 and rising uh which is very exciting. So

[8:29] thank you to all the volunteers. It was really rewarding to talk to

[8:35] it was really rewarding to talk to the uh library director and one of the

[8:39] librarians and they said like a lot of a lot of new volunteers showed themselves

[8:43] this past week and what I thought was really special and amazing is the

[8:47] average median age was about 70 and it was Muslim female that showed up with

[8:51] their pickup trucks. Uh, and it was amazing and I think that that's just a

[8:55] testament to both our library and our community that people care. They lend a

[9:00] hand when they need to and uh, it was a beautiful thing. So, can

[9:03] » I just say thank you to everybody who came and bought.

[9:07] » Yes. >> Yeah. Thank you. [laughter] Thank you.

[9:10] Thank you. Um, uh, so our book sale dates are coming

[9:14] up. So, um the uh the the the setup is on August 28th and the sale will be

[9:21] August 29th and 30th. So, again, thank you to the library for doing everything

[9:25] they can and being scrappy, selling off books, selling off treasures of

[9:28] trinkets. Um but they're they're in a big fundraising swoop. So, please

[9:32] everybody attend August 29th and 30th. uh location TBA may be at town hall uh

[9:39] or we may be in this room, but we will uh we'll talk about it uh as

[9:43] construction rolls on. Um Laura was on the radio today. Um she was on WJFF and

[9:50] did a wonderful job talking about our new monarch pollinator garden. Um the

[9:54] ribbon cutting will be this Saturday at 9:00 am. Yeah. Um, so if you're buzzing

[10:00] around uh Bville, uh you can head on down to the pollinator ribbon cutting at

[10:04] 9:00 am. Um the majority of that work has been implemented by Mama and Po

[10:09] Garden Company and um Kate Jaxi who is our 180 uh Sullivan County uh or Svin um

[10:17] 180 volunteer and intern this year. Um uh she's done an amazing job. Mama and

[10:22] Co is wonderful to work with and Laura Burell has been a champion of this

[10:26] project. So, thank you very much for all your hard work on that. Do you have

[10:29] anything else you want to include about the ribbon cutting?

[10:32] » Um, if you'd like to participate every day this week, we're putting plants in.

[10:37] We've mulched the pathways. It's uh technically Eagle Observation number

[10:41] two. And so, that's right on the edge of the Barryville Miniync Ford line um at

[10:46] the base of the tow path that was put in place um by the Delaware Company and for

[10:52] the Kate project. And so, there was a eagle blind there. it fell into great

[10:57] disrepair. It had to be taken down. And we're using that exact footprint of the

[11:01] eagle blind to put in the monarch butterfly garden. Um there's an 88%

[11:07] decline of monarch butterflies on the east coast and that is extremely tragic.

[11:12] It's millions of butterflies that don't exist and so we're doing our part to

[11:16] bring them back. Um it you're welcome to come. There's a lot of different people

[11:20] on site helping the dirt diva. Um, we have Aguway donated plants and

[11:26] vegetation. Um, the Delaware Valley Aguay. Um, you know, it's a partnership

[11:31] with the Greater Berryville Chamber of Commerce. And, um, anyone's welcome to

[11:36] come and help or even ask questions. Uh, and this will look a little funky the

[11:41] first year. By the second year, things will have taken root. And the third year

[11:45] is really when it's going to shine, and that's when you'll see a larger

[11:48] population of pollinators come to visit. Um, so the ribbon cutting will be at

[11:52] 9:00. Um, I know Kevin Ferguson's coming, photographer to the stars at

[11:57] Bethlwood Center for the Arts. Um, and we'll have some some newspapers there.

[12:02] It'll be a really fun morning and then head on to your, you know, farmers

[12:06] market visit. >> So, I got a text about this after your

[12:09] radio interview and I just wanted to clarify to the eagle blind was taken

[12:12] down also in consultation with the Eagle Institute of the Delaware Highlands

[12:16] Conservancy. the eagle population is soaring in our area of our of our upper

[12:22] Delaware River. Um so like these kind of conservation projects really do work and

[12:26] and uh we simple humans can affect nature in a bigger way. So thank you for

[12:31] doing that. Um we also have a dwindling bee population and so this contributes

[12:36] to that as well. And if you look at all of the indicator signs, uh, wayfinding

[12:40] signs that are at the borders of all the towns, you know, we have a new one, um,

[12:44] in as you're coming down 97 in Berryville. We have a new one at the

[12:48] Cape project site at Eagle Observation 2. Um, one on 55, one on Proctor. Um,

[12:53] but the the Mando has control the planting of that. We we were able to

[12:58] hire them with a grant from Sullivan 180. Um, and in those we've used all

[13:02] native plants. said, like what Laura said too, like that the the gardens look

[13:07] a little funky, but they're kind of growing in and around the signs um

[13:10] because of all the rain and steamy conditions. You'll see the plants are

[13:13] really thriving right now. So, we will go and trim those down so you can see

[13:17] what town you're in. Um but yeah, thank you again to Laura for all your hard

[13:21] work on that. And um thank you to everybody who wants to lend a hand or

[13:24] just come and enjoy. It's really uh heartwarming to see everybody using the

[13:28] activity path. Um if you haven't walked it yet, please take a chance to do so.

[13:33] It basically goes from that eagle observation to connects to the toe path,

[13:37] the National Park Service historic tow path um right behind the building at

[13:41] Robing Bridge and goes onto the parking lot just beyond the road bridge. It's a

[13:44] really nice walk. It's about um it's a mile round trip. Uh and it's really

[13:49] pretty wonderful and there's little like beach leech insects there too. Um so uh

[13:53] yeah, bring your dog, bring your swimsuit, good fun. Um, we uh have been

[13:58] receiving cleaning service applications. Uh, and the clerks are going to be

[14:02] giving tours. Uh, you guys have a set date,

[14:05] » the 27th and 28th. So, the 26th, we'll be calling the applicants, letting them

[14:09] know u setting up interviews and then on one of those days, if not both, we will

[14:15] be getting the tourism. >> Okay. And, uh, we discussed the workshop

[14:18] as well. We're going to go ahead and let the the clerks key this because they do

[14:22] a lot of the coordination um with the um with the maintenance staff. So, they're

[14:27] going to make a probationary hire and then we'll be swearing in more permanent

[14:31] uh uh you know ongoing employment um or retainer uh at the September meeting.

[14:37] Um, we're also looking for a new uh representative for the Upper Delaware

[14:42] Scenic Byway as well as the planning board and a zoning uh board of

[14:47] alternate. Um, our long-suffering uh vice president of the uh or vice

[14:52] chair of the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway has put in two and a half years of hard

[14:57] work in very long, long meetings. Thank you to Mike Edison for serving on that

[15:02] board and taking the role of vice chair.

[15:08] it. Uh it was my first kind of foray into like representing the town in any

[15:13] capacity and we got a lot done on the board. Um they're really still kind of

[15:17] where we left it. You know, trying to get the visitor center off the ground in

[15:22] coordination with California Business Association. Um and but it's an exciting

[15:26] thing. It's it's an opportunity for our community to um promote our Hamlet, our

[15:32] town. you know, it's it's it's charged with promoting the to towns along the

[15:35] byway and businesses along the byway and the natural uses. Um, so if that

[15:39] interests you, please put your name in the hat. Uh, you can email me at

[15:43] supervisor at townof islandny.com. Um, same thing for the planning and

[15:48] zoning board alternate positions. Um, one of our longtime um serving uh um

[15:54] alternates on the zoning board is is moving and will not be a full-time

[15:58] resident anymore. and uh our planning board alternative just yet with her uh

[16:03] with her full-time job. So, if if either one of those positions interest you as

[16:07] well, please email again supervisor at the town of Highlandny.com.

[16:12] Um I'm going to skip over this because we're waiting for some more information

[16:16] about the reorganization meeting. Uh I believe we may be able to do it the week

[16:20] before, but we will be getting back to everybody. Um and uh uh we got a really

[16:26] wonderful proposal. So, for those of you who aren't counting, it's kind of a a

[16:30] rough thing to uh to to um to celebrate, I guess you'd say, but it's a great

[16:35] thing to honor. Um the 20th anniversary of 911 is this year. Um we will be

[16:41] having a ceremony in Heroes Park, and we received a wonderful proposal um from

[16:47] this lovely lady, an artist, um Sylvie. uh her husband Joe um erected an art

[16:53] show based on 911 um celebrating the actual buildings. It's more of a

[16:57] celebration which I really like. Yes, it's very optimistic. So like I'd like

[17:01] to give you the floor but yeah we live next to the World Trade

[17:08] Center and actually on 911 we escaped. We came here but then we went back to

[17:14] city but been living here for the last 13 years and I still go back and forth.

[17:19] This is a series of painting he did as a like for healing. Yeah. You know, he

[17:25] happened to have also major health issue. So the doctors told him when he

[17:29] left those people say look up. And what did they say when he looked up? It was

[17:33] the rebuilding of tow one. So he decided to to to you know illustrate that and

[17:42] then he was very impressed by all. I mean,

[17:49] and it was 100 of which is German and it was inspired by that time beyond 100

[17:57] paintings and it took him 10 years but he finally finished it and I thought 25

[18:02] years later you know it'd be interesting to share that experience for an artist

[18:08] who live just around the corner and uh and then when I went on Saturday with

[18:14] the garage sale at the I was like, "Oh, there these beautiful

[18:18] white balls." So maybe there will be the uh you know the opportunity to show it

[18:24] just just for one night of town. And then uh but I was thinking also, oh no,

[18:30] they're not going to want me to push people on the beautiful white wall and

[18:35] damage the wall. >> So I'm also a painter. So my commitment

[18:41] was I'll put the push behind the painting but I promise to restore the

[18:47] wall to its original shape because I don't want to damage the

[18:52] wall. So uh that's my proposition and then uh I don't need September 11 on

[19:00] Friday. I was like oh maybe a lot of people will

[19:04] be out of town so maybe I can stretch it to Saturday Friday Saturday. But

[19:09] whatever uh it's possible that um it would be a a great honor, you know, to

[19:16] be able to to put that show. I was even thinking to ask Na because it's not

[19:23] about us, you know, it's about sharing with everybody. And I thought Na is the

[19:27] art gallery in town. So I thought maybe she want to contribute, but I didn't

[19:33] have a chance to ask her yet. So something to think about.

[19:37] » Yeah. Yeah, was one of our great partners in the 250 celebration as well,

[19:40] which was great. We put a outside and there was a main stage. I do think you

[19:44] should consult with her, but I do want to give our building uh department uh

[19:48] the opportunity to speak to you, but I do want to tout your credentials really

[19:52] quick. Yeah, Sylvie, for anybody who's in New York and wants a $40 drink at the

[19:56] Carile Hotel, enroll in and see, which I did myself. I was like, I have to go see

[20:01] Sylv's work, but I'm going to stand up here like a creep. So, I'm just running

[20:05] out of here right now. But um anyway, uh Sylvie is an really accomplished scenic

[20:09] painter and did all the beautiful beautiful uh walls in Carlile what's the

[20:15] actual room called? The um >> it's called a champagne room.

[20:17] » Yeah, the champagne. I set myself up for but um but yeah, so she's a really

[20:23] accomplished like scenic artist. You know that she painted this pattern on

[20:27] the walls and it was for 30 years. I mean I go back and forth but we and and

[20:32] and if somebody wants to see I bought two painting in case you want to have a

[20:36] glimpse they have very little painting so I thought you know it will not take

[20:41] place but anyway you you look at it >> well um uh just because of the nature of

[20:47] the schedule and things I like to take a vote tonight but I also want to give the

[20:51] building department the opportunity to ask you questions and specifics about

[20:55] how they would be hung things. So so this is Tom's project and Thanks for

[21:00] having soul into it. So I I want you guys to be able to ask any questions.

[21:04] » When when the time comes to hand pictures, please reach out.

[21:08] » Say that again. >> When the time comes for you to display

[21:11] your artwork, please reach out and we'll have a discussion on how to do it.

[21:15] » Yeah, >> that's all. But as viewers,

[21:17] » how many cases you have? >> It's just conference. That's what you

[21:20] see. >> Hundreds.

[21:22] Like I mean it could be 50. >> Could be 25 since it's the 20th.

[21:28] » Yeah. Yeah, >> but the the the book the first step is

[21:32] to make 100 painting, >> but it doesn't have to be the but you

[21:35] see they're very light, very very small. >> So maybe we can pick the best and then

[21:40] just to show you know to share with angle I love the idea.

[21:44] » I think there's a lot of options for hanging. Um I love the idea. I think we

[21:48] should keep it up for a month or two because there'll be a lot of activity in

[21:53] town hall with our budget meetings and the public hearing and all that fun

[21:57] stuff and then there'll be at least a few meetings that people will get to see

[22:01] the work. >> That's better than one night.

[22:03] » That's a lot of work for one night. That's a lot of hanging for one night.

[22:08] » Um we also have our time capsule show going up but that'll be on the days of

[22:12] the town board. Um so I I think we have a space. Do you have any other questions

[22:16] for >> No, not at this time. We'll we'll talk

[22:19] when it comes time for you to display the artwork.

[22:21] » Okay. So, do I have a motion to um to allow Joseph uh to to display his 911

[22:29] art show in town hall? >> I'll make that motion.

[22:36] » We're very good at this. Exactly. >> Laura, Chris could be first. Chris could

[22:40] be okay. >> Perfect. All in favor? All opposed. Any

[22:46] objensions? So moved. Um I did want to um put this

[22:52] out to the community. There's a vacancy for home health aid um in the town of

[22:57] Highland. Um one of our senior residents has done a lot of her own footwork,

[23:01] which we're really proud of her for. Um she's working with the office of the

[23:05] aging and she's carved out a position for four hours a weekly at $25 an hour.

[23:10] there's a a short training class that you have to take with the office of the

[23:14] aging for accreditation to the uh uh home health aid. Um but again, it's four

[23:20] hours a week, $25 an hour. Um and it is paid for by the county office of the

[23:26] aging. So I just wanted to put that out there somebody you know um has four

[23:31] hours a week to get. She's a lovely person. Um we work with her in different

[23:36] capacities. She's very active in town whenever possible. She lived up here for

[23:39] over 40 years without a vehicle. So that's a testament to her strength and

[23:44] perseverance, but she's a really really interesting and fun person. Um so that

[23:49] vacancy is out there. And um if there's somebody you know who does need that

[23:53] kind of help as well, um the office for the aging does extend these type of

[23:58] physicians out in general. Um so if you need more information, please contact me

[24:02] or speak to Joe's local who can give you more information on that as well. Um and

[24:08] uh we also put it out to um targeted community members for our health

[24:12] officials in our gantry. Um but we still have I believe four or five remaining

[24:17] SNAP vouchers. Um as you guys may know there's been a lot of cuts to the

[24:22] federal uh budget. So the SNAP program at large u for um seniors

[24:28] um coordinating with our farmers market has been reduced greatly. Um we were

[24:32] given 10 vouchers. Um, so we still have, I think, four or five left. Uh, we're

[24:38] just waiting on somebody's schedule to see if they can pick them up, but

[24:41] they'll be available this Saturday at the information tenant, the variable

[24:44] farmers market. This will enable people to use their vouchers for fresh produce.

[24:49] Um, and the farmers market manager Nancy um will will administer those to people.

[24:54] So, if you are interested in that program, uh, the threshold is very uh

[24:59] low, I guess, for the median income. Um uh so a lot of people are eligible. If

[25:04] you have any questions about SNAP requirements, you can see it on the

[25:07] Office for the Aging, uh website, but if you are interested or would like to

[25:12] nominate somebody, text me, call me, email me, uh whatever you need, but we

[25:16] only have 10. Uh and I believe five are spoken for at this point. Um so that's

[25:21] all I have. Uh right. So that's where was the other.

[25:27] agenda. All right, you're up, Joe B. >> All right. Um, well, the agenda, the

[25:32] paving report, the contract paving is all completed. The cost of that was

[25:39] $297,54257.

[25:45] Um, the speed change request that was granted and I'm waiting for Charlie

[25:51] Kosher with the county to install the signs. I've already spoken to him about

[25:55] it. So that's the that's in the works. >> Can you mention are no parking signs on

[26:02] River Road again too cuz he came and took them down because they weren't

[26:05] official uh you know by the green space next to Jules property.

[26:08] » Yeah. >> He came and took them down last summer

[26:10] when we got the rest of the signage up with the promise that he was going to

[26:14] come with the New York State official one that looks identical to it. So if

[26:17] you could poke him and he'll shut up the damn sign that he took down. We'd love

[26:20] that. Um because the residents on River Road are you know there there is an

[26:25] indicator on the rules of the green space but I know we don't want anybody

[26:29] to park their stakes there and you know the new so if you could mention the

[26:34] great >> okay

[26:34] » that would be awesome. >> Yeah

[26:36] » he was nice about it be >> um great uh Laura and Frank can you

[26:42] report on your emergency services meeting?

[26:47] Sure. We uh split the meeting with our emergency services responders um between

[26:53] two days because it's a lot of people's schedules to coordinate. Uh and so first

[26:58] we'd like to thank the Fire Department and the Highland Lake Fire Department as

[27:01] well as the Highland uh ambulance services for carving out some time to

[27:05] tell us about their experiences working with campgrounds throughout the town,

[27:09] which was the point of the meeting. We really wanted to do some factf finding

[27:12] and information gathering. Um there's been um incidences, wayfinding issues,

[27:20] communication issues, um lighting issues, understanding the

[27:25] layout of the campgrounds and their maps and how they've upgraded and changed.

[27:29] And there are some campgrounds that are are held to a higher standard. They're

[27:32] doing an outstanding job and I think that they lead by example and um they

[27:37] were able to communicate to us who's doing an awesome job and where there's

[27:40] areas to improve upon. And what we'd really like to do is just forge a

[27:43] stronger partnership with our campgrounds, especially the commercial

[27:46] campgrounds in our town, to make sure that when an incident happens, um which

[27:51] we hope doesn't, but it, you know, does um that our ser our service providers

[27:56] can get into the affected person as quickly as possible, as seamlessly as

[28:00] possible, and that we know who's going to be on site to help guide those

[28:04] professionals to those spaces um and tighten things up a little bit. So, we

[28:08] are going to put a a report together for the rest of the board to review um which

[28:13] will be including a call for a end of season meeting where we're going to ask

[28:17] our campground um managers to join our our uh emergency service professionals

[28:23] as well as town board members who any anyone who'd like to come at the end of

[28:27] this season. So, we're thinking uh November, maybe after the election and

[28:32] the budget has passed um to really debrief what was this year like and I

[28:36] think that it would really be a helpful and well-guided conversation to share

[28:41] resources and talk about, you know, implement things that have been

[28:44] implemented that are working really well. Uh and it's something we'd like to

[28:47] continue. And more importantly, we invited our code enforcement team to

[28:51] those meetings uh so that they could think about when they're going for their

[28:55] annual visit to these commercial entities and they're doing their fire

[28:58] and safety check and walk through. There might be some more things they could

[29:03] look for and offer guidance to um in terms of how to protect our guests in

[29:08] those spaces. Anything else? Did I miss?

[29:11] » Covered it. That's about it. Thank you both for for the ideation of

[29:17] the actual meet up in general. Um and yeah, I think it's really important to

[29:22] connect connect with commercial entities that we, you know, maybe don't have, you

[29:26] know, control over, but we are the we're their resource like if there is an

[29:30] emergency. So, I really appreciate your work and getting everybody together and

[29:33] I think it's great that you're following up with the camps like offseason to the

[29:36] end of year, end of season >> kind of wrap up. That would be that'll

[29:41] be nice. >> That's great. Well, thank you for doing

[29:43] that. Um, Tom, can you please give us an update on the town hall renovation?

[29:48] » Yes, the town hall has come along uh fairly well. We're at the trimming and

[29:52] painting stage. I suspect uh we should be completed by midepptember. That's

[29:58] what we're shooting for 100%. That would include the conference room as well as

[30:02] the main hall. And if you have a chance, stop in. It's looking really good in

[30:06] there. >> Great. Thank you so much. Um, Frank, can

[30:11] you please give us an update and present?

[30:14] » Um, yep. We put together Tom and I went over plans and we put together a scope

[30:21] with a bid package to be submitted to the public for bids on the uh the

[30:26] various tasks that we're doing at the at the courthouse. Um, we just have a

[30:31] couple of things to clean up on it. some changes were um were made and people

[30:37] were ready to submit and get going with uh get going with that project.

[30:41] » Yes. So, we we we hired our um we hired our architect through the bid process

[30:47] back in January of 2025. Um we put the bid out and we were we found a really

[30:52] wonderful um architect who used to be a resident. We came up here and bid on

[30:56] him. Um he's been working with us over the last two years to really perfect the

[31:00] plans. Uh and then we implemented the reestablishment of the constabularary

[31:04] and they gave us some feedback as well. We've gotten a lot of feedback from the

[31:08] court justices and the court clerk um the long-suffering uh snake bearing code

[31:13] clerk. Uh so we made sure to put all the remediation for sinks and building

[31:19] information there. You know taken a little bit longer. Um you know you guys

[31:23] saw this the project happened very fast with the commercial kitchen and the

[31:26] renovations in here. Same thing with town hall. The um the courthouse

[31:30] renovation is, you know, combined even larger than all the renovation. It's

[31:35] it's about all the renovations put together. We have a $250,000 budget to

[31:39] uh to uh um make that courthouse great and also work within the historical

[31:44] accuracies of it. So, it's a lot more um it's a lot more uh uh high stakes and

[31:51] difficult project to sort of like pull the pull the um lever on. Um especially

[31:56] because we're trying to stay historically accurate. Stuckco work is

[32:00] um something that's pretty rough. Sherry Chris, thank you for finding our

[32:04] wonderful long-suffering uh Stuckco remediators. They they've been on the

[32:10] project uh since the beginning, too. Um they're really wonderful Polish family.

[32:15] They're a son and father duo. Pardon? >> They're still hanging with us.

[32:20] » They're still hanging with us. Thank God. Yeah, we met with them after Sherry

[32:25] suggested them in more chip of 2025 and they've come out and talked to every

[32:29] architect, every builder, every proposed, anybody who's been interested

[32:33] or looked at the project and um I think they've come up with a really wonderful

[32:37] plan. So, between Larry and those guys, and we also have um uh where is what's

[32:42] Steve's last name? >> Which Steve? Lane.

[32:45] » Steve Lane um is a wonderful architect that is moving up here full-time and

[32:50] he's volunteered his services up to this point. Um we've been able to forego

[32:54] using an engineer because of the um professional prowess of Larry and Steve.

[32:59] They've been working in tandem um to work out some of these things with AB

[33:03] Stuckco. And so we feel really confident that once we put this big package out,

[33:09] uh, that we'll hopefully find talent that can match everybody we've already

[33:12] included in these projects. Um, so with that, I would like to make a motion to,

[33:17] um, adopt, uh, the bid package that was put together and put, um, this up to bid

[33:22] uh, for courthouse um, renovations. Do I have a motion?

[33:27] » I'll make a move. >> Okay. Do you have a second?

[33:29] » I'll second it. Okay. All in favor? >> All oppose? Any extensions? So moved.

[33:37] Um I also want to um uh move on to our

[33:43] emergency services uh committees. Um as we go through the bond process, you

[33:48] know, uh we basically are starting from ground zero with the constabularary. You

[33:53] know, the town popular vote was that we would reestablish the constabularary. At

[33:57] the time when the town when the previous town board dissolved the constabularary,

[34:00] they moved several vehicles off for a very low amount. Several weapons were

[34:04] given out to the sheriff's department. It was a very um was kind of a clearing

[34:08] house. It was done very rapidly. Uh and we didn't make any money on it. It was

[34:11] almost like a sort of zero in zero out um uh sort of service. So as we were

[34:17] thinking of reestablishing these things based on popular vote, uh it was decided

[34:21] that we had to bomb this out. And so we spread this out over five years. Uh the

[34:26] bond the total bond package was for $240,000.

[34:30] Um and that was voted on back in May, I believe. Um and we worked with Green

[34:35] Bank, so we got the lowest interest rate at 3.8%. Uh we have a 5-year payment. Um

[34:41] and uh it will be it will be a town cost. Um but you know, breaking it up

[34:47] over five years enables us to get two new vehicles upfitted. Um Jason and Mike

[34:53] have been uh scrapping, you know, beyond beyond compare for trying to get this

[34:59] thing restarted. You'll notice if you go by the courthouse in Constabularary now

[35:02] that there's a work trailer out there. So we've moved we've moved the uh office

[35:07] functions out of Jason's basement. Um and it's now has a life. It's getting

[35:12] more real. The vehicles are going to the upfitter. Um uh he was able to get um

[35:17] equipment from the state troopers uh within the vehicles. all the printers

[35:21] and computers or um sorry Paul Kay was able to get us a grant for 10,000 for

[35:28] three-way cameras and uniforms. So we're really off to a great start with this

[35:31] program. But within that I do want to keep a closer tab on the expenditures so

[35:37] we know what we're looking at and so we can look at um all the money that we

[35:40] pulled in plus all the money and holes and and upcoming costs that we may have.

[35:44] So I think it would be important for us to break off for the first time and

[35:47] start their own constabularary bank account, pull those money out of

[35:50] general, look at the expenses that we paid out of general already, and just

[35:54] have those numbers at a quicker glance for us to manage. So with that, I would

[35:57] like to make a motion to set up a dedicated constabularary bank account.

[36:03] » I'll make a motion. >> Okay. Do I have a second?

[36:08] » I'm happy to second that. >> Okay. All in favor?

[36:11] » All oppose? Any extensions? So moved. Um I would additionally like

[36:17] to make a motion to make myself a signer with deputy supervisor Frank Montorer,

[36:24] excuse me, and Jason Sarnoff as well. >> I'll make a motion to Okay. Do I have a

[36:32] second? I'll second. Okay. All in favor? >> I.

[36:36] » All opposed. Any abstensions? So moved. Um, budget letters have gone out uh to

[36:43] the emergency services, to the library, and anybody that has a budget that they

[36:47] set outside of the town in highway general budgets. Um, I do want to

[36:51] clarify something as well. It within the budget letter, it was defined that the

[36:55] BOSAP program needs to be included in the uh in the fire department and uh

[37:01] ambulance budgets. But all that means we're not we're not asking them to pay

[37:05] for something additional. Um it was suggested by Cooper Aras that we show

[37:09] the low SAP payments in the actual total budget. So we're not asking them to

[37:14] supplement anything. We're just asking for full transparency so that the public

[37:18] knows what they voted for back in 2011 for the low south program. um the clerks

[37:23] and our actuary and fire chiefs and everybody involved with emergency

[37:28] services and the captains and the president of the Ohio ambulance,

[37:32] everybody's been working very very hard to really clean up the LOAP program. For

[37:36] anybody who doesn't know, LOAP stands for length of service program. Um it's

[37:41] something that was implemented in originally in 2005. They backdated it to

[37:47] 2000 in or sorry 1999. So, it's basically an award program for

[37:52] volunteers who aren't compensated uh for volunteering for um the fire department

[37:56] and for the ambulance. Most of the ambulance workers have moved off of LOA

[38:00] because they are paid and compensated hours in most cases. I think we only

[38:04] have about five volunteers at this at this point and it's mostly a paid

[38:08] operation and we're doing really wonderful doing that. Um but the uh fire

[38:12] department uh both of them, Highland Lake and Eulan are still volunteered. So

[38:16] this is our token of appreciation that we give to them. But we just want to be

[38:20] transparent. We want to know what it looks like, what the total cost of each

[38:23] program is so that there are no hidden numbers in our budget. Right now it's

[38:27] just sort of tied in with insurance and workers comp and of the things. So we're

[38:30] just going to break that out, but it's in no way asking the departments for

[38:33] anything else. It's no decrease in any of their budgets. Um we've been going

[38:38] back and forth. There was calls to the accountant and she was confused as to

[38:42] why she was receiving those. So, we're going to send around the diagram that

[38:45] she sent out uh to us internally just to show them what it'll physically look

[38:50] like on the budgets moving forward. So, I just wanted to make that

[38:53] clarification. Um, additionally, um, Linda Anderson's uh,

[38:58] service uh, points need to be corrected for the Highland Ambulance Service for

[39:02] Penflex. Uh, so I would like to make a motion um to make that um correction uh

[39:09] for Linda Anderson's service points uh via Penflex for the Highland Ambulance

[39:14] Service and her work on that um on that on that ambulance service uh lung lung

[39:20] servant. Um do I have a motion?

[39:27] I'll make a motion. Okay. Do I have a second?

[39:37] I'll second it. >> Okay. All in favor? All opposed?

[39:42] Any abstensions? >> I'd like to abstain.

[39:45] » Okay. Thank you. So moved. Uh Frank and Chris, can you please give

[39:51] us an update on your insurance committee?

[39:55] » Sure. Uh we met at the the insurance provider

[40:00] uh broker. We as many of you know we have to update every year to just make

[40:05] sure that we're not overinsuring in some places and underinsuring in others. So

[40:10] Frank and I met with with Chris who's the our firm and uh we're still in the

[40:18] process of of making sure that the amounts that we're insuring for our

[40:23] active. It looks like we might have overinsured in some places and it looks

[40:28] like we may have underinsured in other places. How high will go for it? And so

[40:34] we are just doing this calibration and making you know just so that we're not

[40:38] overpaying if we don't need to but also so that we don't increase our liability

[40:43] in [clears throat] in any way. Um, we found out after the meeting, you know,

[40:47] that we can do this virtually even though we enjoyed meeting Nellia in

[40:51] person and had a nice conversation, but we'll be doing this in the future in a

[40:56] much a little bit more of a graphic way.

[41:05] » No. Yeah, we pretty much understand what's pretty much out, you know, the

[41:10] it's the contents. Like if you took a building and shook it upside down, what

[41:13] are those values? And some of the values were extremely high like in town hall

[41:18] that we're insuring, but then again the high was kind of low. We recognize that

[41:24] and we're we're in the process of getting that cleaned up done. So the

[41:28] other thing is is that even if we are underinsuring, learn that if something

[41:33] happens, we're covered to the full amount. So we're insured for about seven

[41:37] and a half million dollars. And so even if we had, god forbid, an accident or

[41:42] something or something that happened inside the highway department, he still

[41:45] wouldn't recover it. So it just means that we're not actual.

[41:50] » Well, next month I'll be giving the groups.

[41:55] » I think they were vehicles, whatever ones they operated.

[42:01] » Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah.

[42:04] » Great. Um that leads me to the gateway sign. Um, so we have insurance on all of

[42:10] our signage, right? And so we basically turned in a claim. Um, the total claim

[42:16] insurance was for 5,000. We have quotes for $4,000 from our um from our

[42:22] contractors to remediate the sign um and replace it with something that's in line

[42:28] with all the other gateway signs, but still honors the traditional HAN. We had

[42:32] a couple of residents who I will not name right now who really wanted the

[42:36] Laurel Hamlet inclusion uh uh there because as many of you know Yulen in

[42:43] Japanese means Laurel. Um so they went with the Japanese uh uh phrase and

[42:48] that's where the town or the the hamlet of Yulin's name comes from. So they

[42:52] wanted to just add to Bin's design that we shared last month um with with that

[42:57] uh with that moniker included. but she's come up with a really wonderful sign.

[43:01] Her and um Nicole from Finehand has done an amazing job kind of redoing our signs

[43:06] since 20 I've been working with them since 2017 when we got our first um

[43:12] gateway signs project which was the um the former business directory in

[43:17] Barryville. You know, it used to be like one of those old Catskills map that had

[43:20] all the businesses there. during the pandemic, we kind of fell out of favor

[43:24] uh where people didn't have the extra money for advertising and somebody else

[43:27] swooped in and now it's kind of more of a um it's more of a art project at this

[43:32] point that has a couple businesses featured but no longer part of the the

[43:35] signs but the burial sign is the first of all the updates to those hamlets uh

[43:41] gateway signs and then we've been able to work with solvent 180 to fund the

[43:45] signs all along. So, I was really excited although the sign was um

[43:49] destroyed in the storms over the 4th of July that we would potentially be

[43:53] covered under our insurance. Our insurance has this very strange

[43:56] provision in it that it has to be within 1,000 ft of a town building. And so, we

[44:01] really went for a long stretch here because we have a a relationship with

[44:05] St. Anony's um parish center to be our storm shelter and charging station and

[44:10] cooling station. He said, "Hey, doesn't this count? We have individual insurance

[44:14] on this thing and it's within a th00and feet. What can we do here? They turned

[44:18] us down uh last week. So, I took a look at our finances and specifically at our

[44:25] um at our buildings department finances uh and we're doing really well. So, we

[44:30] have $425,000 in grants right now for our highway

[44:35] budget that we're looking to um that we're looking to be recompensated for.

[44:40] Um, based on the grant programs, we have $75,000 coming in for the town hall

[44:44] technology in town hall conference room grant. We have 250 at the courthouse and

[44:50] we have a hundred at the Highland Health Initiative uh building site. So, we've

[44:55] been spending out of this. Um, some of these, if you look at the profit and

[44:59] loss budget versus actual identify, um, we basically still have 179750 left of

[45:06] our budgets. Um, which, you know, we've only spent $17,254

[45:12] on personal services, which are hourly employees who cut up the grass, who

[45:16] assist with the contractors on some of the work, and we really do a lot of

[45:19] wonderful maintenance and cleaning of our buildings. Um, so I feel like we're

[45:24] in a pretty wonderful position. Uh, total savings in our New York class

[45:28] account is 3,585,82

[45:33] which is more than our town budget. Sorry, do you have to leave?

[45:39] Okay. Um but so we have you know more than more than our town budget available

[45:45] in just our general savings account um in our um in our general budget

[45:56] with Jeff thank

[46:09] We have a lot of them, but I can't [clears throat] see this. Anybody else?

[46:20] » The Zoom has been going in and out all night. So, there's some connectivity

[46:24] issues. >> Okay. So, in our Jet Bank general

[46:29] account, we got $364,968.70.

[46:34] Um, so it to my mind I don't want to I don't want to um spend money on things

[46:40] we we don't have or haven't budgeted for. But because we do have a pretty

[46:45] boisterous grant program going on and we've been pretty great about staying

[46:48] within budgets, I would like to propose that we replace the hamlet signs at a

[46:53] cost of $4,000. Uh living with Dorian Warner and Nicole from Finance Signs to

[46:59] replace the wheel H sign. Do I have a motion?

[47:06] I'll make a motion. Okay. Do I have a second?

[47:14] » All second. Thank all in favor. I >> I

[47:18] » All opposed. Any extensions?

[47:23] So moved. Excited to get that sign on the new one.

[47:27] » Question. >> Sure.

[47:28] » What's going to happen to the old side? >> It's a mileage. Yeah, it's we just have

[47:33] the welcome and then I think the yulan part broke off and I think it was just

[47:37] cleared. I'm not sure what's there now. I don't know if you saw

[47:41] » Yeah, it just says >> Yeah, I don't know what it Yeah, I'm not

[47:44] sure. >> A lot of the a lot of the signs that

[47:47] have come down in disrepair were sold during the treasures and trinket sale as

[47:52] a way to support the library their deficit.

[47:54] » So some of that was you said it was sold but what portions of it?

[47:57] » The ullet sign was sold. >> Yeah. as a donation to the library.

[48:03] » Do you know who ended? Do you know who ended up?

[48:05] » I'm not telling that. >> Okay. I thought maybe we could all go

[48:09] stare in their yard. >> All right.

[48:13] » The signs went to some very happy homes. >> Yep. But um we'll be actually in the

[48:18] sign. We'll put a picture of the proposed sign. We're we are going to

[48:21] make the changes to add the Royal Hamlet on there. Um, so we will um we will put

[48:26] that on the town board website uh as soon as we get that rendering from

[48:29] Dorian and um and Nicole. Um website and technology. Uh Frank, can you tell us

[48:36] about the payroll checking system? >> Yeah. Um last meeting

[48:41] um I indicated that they doubled the price on the tracking for going through

[48:47] our payroll provider ADP. So I did speak with them and I said that wasn't

[48:51] acceptable. you know, um, we would be looking elsewhere. About a week later,

[48:57] they called back and decided to add this $10 for paper, which I

[49:05] which they won't get even back down. And um um it was something it's something I

[49:12] think we should go with. um and the um the fact that it's part of ADP with our

[49:20] payroll and includes all the employees as far as pricing other other time

[49:25] tracking software um this is the right way to go. So um once we get it

[49:32] implemented um there'll be a quick training Laura and I are going to get on

[49:38] with them and get all the employees set up. It's more of a a tracking and

[49:42] location type of um system. So, you know, anybody working in town hall or on

[49:48] any of the town properties, it's just a it's just a record of where they are in

[49:53] case they ever needed it for, you know, somebody claimed they were somewhere

[49:57] that's proved where they where they are and also protects the town, too. So, if

[50:01] someone's not here, we also have record that they're not here and they might

[50:05] have been someplace else. So it's a um as far as our grant programs and

[50:11] allocating monies and different locations and what you know time is

[50:15] being spent on. It's a it's a very powerful tool that'll integrate with our

[50:20] existing payroll system >> and it's really helpful too like you

[50:23] said like when we're working on our grant programs to track hours even like

[50:26] our latent staff that joined the job on those projects but also you know from

[50:31] time to time we've had questions about you know positions that are supposed to

[50:35] be hourly that have been moved to salary just over time you know just out of

[50:38] familiarity but like this will be this will give us like a real world approach.

[50:42] Also, we go through these painstaking sessions where people record their

[50:46] retirement uh as mandated by the state and we don't have a true reflection of

[50:51] those hours and so they go back two to three years sometimes and just fill in

[50:54] their hours and try to look in when they were working and it's not efficient. So

[50:58] to have a digital kind of capture of all that is pretty wonderful for the cost

[51:01] that we're at and also the reliability that

[51:05] is pretty great. So thank you for taking that on. I really appreciate that. Um,

[51:09] do I have a motion to implement the play the payroll pocketing system from ADP at

[51:14] a cost of 89 $89 a month? >> I'll make that motion.

[51:21] » Okay, I have a second. I'll second. Okay. All in favor?

[51:24] » I. >> All opposed?

[51:28] Any abstensions? So moved. Um,

[51:34] we are in the midst of planning our uh September 11 uh memorial on uh September

[51:42] 11th. It's Friday. Uh, that'll be at 6 PM. Um, I'm talking to local clergy and

[51:48] some guest speakers and I'm really excited that we're going to have Joseph

[51:52] show up in town hall. Uh I think it'll be a really beautiful event and uh we

[51:56] look forward to inviting everybody in to commemorate the extreme loss and

[52:00] recovery of our country. So um I hope you all can attend. That'll be at 6 pm

[52:05] on September 11. Yes. In his absence I say that I spoke with him today

[52:11] and we play with Andy Boy to cover some details

[52:18] as

[52:21] we agree on what There's a problem that we see that we like to nip in the bug.

[52:28] We like to remind the public that it is a memorial park. It is the solemn nature

[52:35] of the park should be respected. If not playground

[52:41] it is to honor those who gave 100% to the loyalty of country

[52:48] steel from 911 television. So therefore planting

[52:54] fundraiser signs around the periphery of development we appreciate that would be

[53:00] avoided and would be somewhat semity of the nature of the park being respected

[53:08] and being as we now have three members of the committee including yours

[53:14] discussing the possibility of maybe formalizing a committee with law by

[53:18] perhaps electing a chairman that remains

[53:24] Thank you. >> Thank you very much for that. Um

[53:28] at this time, um I make a motion to enter into executive session for the

[53:34] purposes of discussing confidential employment matters and procedures. Uh do

[53:38] I have that motion?

[53:42] Do I have a second? I'll second. Okay. All in favor? All

[53:47] right.

[1:16:39] Okay.

[1:16:45] » I'll make that motion. >> Second. Okay. All in

[1:16:48] » favor. All any extensions moved. Um uh so no um no duct decisions were made

[1:17:00] um during our executive session draft measure

[1:17:08] for our personal staff. Um there's a motion to pay the general

[1:17:13] abstract number eight. Oh sorry actually we had to go back um so we need to talk

[1:17:18] about the growing soul application. >> Yeah. Um I had the opportunity to speak

[1:17:24] with everybody individually um except for Chris sorry talked about it before

[1:17:29] the growing souls application. So um basically we are a pass through it's her

[1:17:35] uh her um grant process with the DC requires um a uh a town municipality

[1:17:42] sponsorship. Um we started the program with her which was originally intended

[1:17:46] for here. Um the DEC awarded $70,000 to implement educational programs um in

[1:17:52] tours uh and then move in in receipt we will receive fertilizer and our school

[1:17:57] will receive educational programs about composting and things of that nature. Um

[1:18:01] I reviewed this with um Frank Deo from Liberty who was the last sponsor of the

[1:18:07] program. He let us know a pretty easy process um that is okay with the DC for

[1:18:12] cutting checks. Um once the DC reimbursees the checks our cash by

[1:18:16] Jessica only souls um who was a nonprofit 50173

[1:18:21] um you know we've been talking to Jessica for over a year and a half about

[1:18:25] this program. Uh so I would like to make a motion that we accept uh the growing

[1:18:30] soul uh proposal for um the DEC grant for composting educational purposes for

[1:18:36] $70,000. Uh do I have a motion? We have some additional uh additional uh

[1:18:43] information on that before we vote. >> I've submitted that.

[1:18:47] » I've submitted that and then she came and presented at the last meeting.

[1:18:50] » Is she going to be doing any uh there does it no longer involves this space?

[1:18:55] » Yeah, we're not going to use the highway.

[1:18:56] » It the highway department. It no longer involves this space. The hos machine

[1:19:01] where the majority of the composting will be done will be offsite on private

[1:19:04] property. The school already has a relationship with Jessica where they've

[1:19:08] brought people from Eldrich to the private property for the implementation

[1:19:12] of the program and educational purposes. And then the only thing that we're

[1:19:16] really getting or the recipient of is the fertilizer output. Um that's

[1:19:20] something that Frank said, make sure to get your fertilizer and push a hand

[1:19:24] there. >> Yeah. The town

[1:19:25] » do that. We have a lot of gardeners and farmers in town and I feel like that's

[1:19:29] that's all we're getting. I want it. you know, I think it's a really good thing

[1:19:32] to get and the farmers market's already really excited about it. Um, and she

[1:19:36] also agreed to increase the visibility of the composting and messaging at um,

[1:19:42] » at the transfer station because I don't know if you, like I said before, if you

[1:19:46] guys have ever looked for that composting area. It's not very well

[1:19:49] marked or it's not distributed very well. So, she's also going to try to um,

[1:19:53] get some put there as well. Um so do I any more discussion

[1:19:58] » as far as uh as far as our involving with the clerks? What will they have to

[1:20:03] just issue the checks? >> Yes. So Laura will be still the the

[1:20:06] grant lead on it. Yeah. So what she does if she submits receipts, work hours, all

[1:20:10] those things to Laura. Laura submits it to the DEC through the SFS portal. Yeah.

[1:20:15] » SFS will then send it to the DEC. They will then meet, you know, the council.

[1:20:20] They'll approve the cost and then it's I think it's in four or five teams. four

[1:20:24] payments. >> I think it's three. It's less now

[1:20:27] because it was a larger grant, 240,000. It's three payments. Um the town clerk,

[1:20:33] Sonia, and Melissa won't have to really have any hands on.

[1:20:36] » They will just have to cut checks based on

[1:20:38] » we'll put a check request in and it's it's a uncashed check.

[1:20:42] » Yeah. So, she they physically get a scan of the check to know that we're good for

[1:20:46] the money. We have to show proof of funds, which we're, you know, we're fine

[1:20:49] with. And then once we're reimbursed for it, that's when we can either cancel the

[1:20:53] check or cut a new check to Jessica and um and give the funds to her for that.

[1:20:58] » Yeah. Thank you for the explanation. >> Um are there any other questions about

[1:21:03] cover? Okay. Do I have a motion to accept the proposal from growing soul um

[1:21:10] for their composting educational program?

[1:21:13] » I'll make the motion. >> Okay. Do I have a second?

[1:21:17] » I'll second it. Okay. All in favor? All right. All opposed. Any obstensions?

[1:21:23] So, uh, do I have a motion to make general?

[1:21:26] Oh, and sorry, >> sorry, I have one last thing I forgot.

[1:21:31] » Yeah, I'm trying to get better at this and I always forget um to share with the

[1:21:35] public that we have uh monthly permits um

[1:21:40] that we've collected from 71 2026 to 7:31 2026. There are 20 permits

[1:21:47] including additional uh additions to residential septics, um a swimming pool,

[1:21:53] electrical, roofs, new roofs, um solar panels on a home. Um and that brings us

[1:22:00] about $6,68 for the July period.

[1:22:06] » Now we're done. >> Thank you, Laura.

[1:22:10] » Now we can pay the bill. Frank, you're gonna do this report in the zone. Yeah,

[1:22:16] everything's good. A lot of roofs going on.

[1:22:17] » Lot of roofs. Exactly. Lot of roofs. >> Um I really uh I really appreciate the

[1:22:23] coding with the code department and like that they're meeting more.

[1:22:27] I'm all for them. They still do work with Fusco and so I really would like

[1:22:32] them to rely on Fusco's expertise a little bit more um in addition to

[1:22:37] Frank's got a full-time job and put some extra hours.

[1:22:41] because we want them to um you know use of that relationship as well but I do

[1:22:46] think that we are associated with our sisters and um they're both doing great

[1:22:50] and you know going to continue education all kinds of other thank you for all

[1:22:54] your work there um motion to be general abstract number three-2026 claims 343 to

[1:23:01] 205 in the amount of $89,000 $66.90

[1:23:07] » I had a second I'll second it all in favor

[1:23:09] » I all oppose Any abstensions? >> I have n.

[1:23:14] » Okay. So moved. Do I have a motion to pay highway abstract fee- 20226 claims

[1:23:19] 99 through11 in the amount of $38,2569?

[1:23:27] » Do I have a second? >> I'll second it.

[1:23:29] » All right. >> Okay. All in favor?

[1:23:31] » I all oppose. Any abstensions? >> Some move. I have a motion we pay Albert

[1:23:38] Street Flight 7-2026 claim 7 in the amount of $14140.

[1:23:43] So I have a motion. >> I'll make that motion.

[1:23:47] » Do I have a second? I'll second. All in favor?

[1:23:50] » I all oppose. Any extensions? I

[1:23:59] » second. Okay. uh resolution. The town of

[1:24:05] Highland Town Board meeting on August 11, 2026 intervenes and pass the

[1:24:09] following resolution. Whereas modifications are required for the 2026

[1:24:13] general budget. Now therefore be it resolved that the following budgetary

[1:24:17] transfers be made in the 2026 general budget. Um from 960 appropriations

[1:24:23] A190.4 contingency for $6,942.

[1:24:28] uh AE uh 10.1 zoning board personal services $7947

[1:24:34] two AA 960 appropriations um A7410.4 library contractual $100 a uh 8020.1

[1:24:44] planning board personal services $747 and A95.8

[1:24:50] 8 BFIS fireman pension for $6,842 for a total of $7,689.

[1:24:58] Do I have a motion? >> I'll make that motion. Do

[1:25:02] » I have a second? >> I'll second. Okay. All in favor? All

[1:25:07] opposed? >> Any extensions? So moved. Do I have a

[1:25:12] motion to move the general meeting and adjourn?

[1:25:16] » I'll make that. Do I have a second? May first

[1:25:21] public comment is at the end of the meeting.

[1:25:24] » I'll second it. >> Okay. All in favor?

[1:25:27] » All opposed? Any extensions? So moved.

Regular Town Board Meeting - August 2026

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