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All in favor? I. All opposed.
Any abstensions?

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So moved. Uh you can see the emergency
service reports. Um a lot of time has

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been spent and so we want to thank our
emergency services as always. Um

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and move into our supervisor section.
Just want to say a heartfelt thank you

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to everybody who made the tube of
Eldridge 250 block partying such a

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success. It was such a wonderful event.
It was such a wonderful celebration of

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the heritage of our town. Um our
businesses in the Elder Hamlet uh

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district um and and all the people who
participated, you know, we had great

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vendors like Blue Face meeting that came
out and really made a lot of kids happy.

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Obviously, you know, the Mont Fleons
never do anything uh halfass to be

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frank. And I don't know if you guys saw
all the wonderful things that that Lou

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and Frank provided on the corner there.
They were a wonderful partner for um for

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the town of Highland, which had the uh
family cards. Um and I don't know if

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everybody has seen these before, but
these were one of the the major um

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inclusions in the initial uh time
capsule. So, um, these are they were

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family cards that were erected in 1976,
and we were able to salvage all of

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these, and we have an ongoing show that
will go up again when the construction

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is finished. But each each uh member of
the community is given the opportunity

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to include these family cards in the
1976 time capsule. And we're also doing

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this again for the 2026 time capsule.
Um, and it was really exciting because

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we were able to give uh the remnants,
about three4s of them survived. Um, all

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the time capsules in Sullivan counties
were pretty water logged. I'd say ours

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was probably in the best condition. Um,
I know that Kashkin just unveiled theirs

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and it was all pretty much
paperier-mâché. I'm very sorry for their

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community. Um, but in general, the the
the family cards were the things that

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were the most salvageable from the time
capsules. And so, we're offering these

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again. Um, and I wanted to make a motion
to the board. I really just uh want to

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um want to extend potential of free uh
family time cards to our um senior

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population. Um you know, I think this is
a really special time. You know, there's

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been so many wild changes probably from
1976 to 2026. And so we want to make

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sure to include all the people that make
this town great. So I'd like to make a

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motion to offer the time capsule cards
right now are $25 um for residents to to

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be included in this. And that's just for
production and for uh laminating the

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cards, but I want to offer these to our
senior population for free. So I was

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wondering if I have a motion to um to
extend these to all seniors uh 62 and

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older uh for free inclusion in the 2026
contest.

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» I'll make that motion.
>> Wait, wait, wait. Tom.

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» Tom. And then who?
>> I'll second it. Chris Tom. Okay. All in

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favor? Opposed?
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So moved. All right. Get your cards
here. The town clerks will help you.

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Everybody go ahead and pick one of these
things up. It It really is a nice piece

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of history. It was
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How's that?
>> Yeah. Yeah. I know we have like three

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three or four refunds to give already,
but um I know we have a free

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I know the um but these are really
special. And what was really great about

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all these like Sony could be a testament
to this. her grandmother wrote her a

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letter in 1976 that we were able to
retrieve and give to to to everybody and

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we gave everybody the remnants of the
time capsule because we could stick it

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in our vault and it would you know
probably uh turn into paperiermâché but

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we were able to give the remnants to
everybody and their families. Um I just

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want to give a special shout out to our
outgoing um town historian Deborah

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Conway who did a wonderful job along
with Diana Marorrow. Um

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show. It was really a beautiful
experience. Um, you know, Deb first had

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all these, you know, uh, things drying
out in her living room, past Amanda, our

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long-suffering graphic designer, Diana,
um, who then was able to trans

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transition them into a digital footprint
in the show, which will go live again

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uh, once we're done with the with the
um, uh, when we're done with the

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renovations in town hall, which are
coming along really wonderfully.

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Hopefully, our September meeting will be
in I see no reason why it wouldn't. Um

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

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laminate them. Um we are uh going to be
working with the new town

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um on a date. We have a tenative date uh
scheduled for the um for the new uh

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burial of the 2026 time capsule. Um and
he was sworn in today. So uh he's not

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able to be present. He's got some
wedding planning to do. Um, but our new

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time historian is Timothy Oset. So,
welcome to Timothy Oet. Um,

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from a wonderful family here in the town
of Highland. They were they had three

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report cards in this in the um the
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» Tom Caps were going to be buried back up
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» Back at the battlefield. Yes. Um, and
so, uh, Tim, I don't know if all of you

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know this, but he works in maintenance
for the National Park Service. He just

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returned from Washington DC. Um, and
he's about to get married. So, I think

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he had some wedding venue plans today to
go look at some uh preparations for his

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wedding with his um bride to be. But,
uh, we're really excited to have Tim.

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So, if you see him around town or see
him around the parks, please welcome

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him. Um, we also set our budget hearing
uh meetings at the workshop uh last

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Tuesday. So, our first budget hearing
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followed by September 24th at 6 PM and
we set our public hearing for October

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

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we're spending money on. Um, I addressed
this a little bit in the workshop. You

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know, the county has nuanced, you know,
really substantial uh, tax increases

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that the town cannot really do anything
about. you know, the last two years

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we've stayed under a tax cap. Uh the
previous town board also acquired um you

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know, a a credit. So the tax cap
basically you can go over with an

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incremental um increase in cost of
living, which is somewhere around 2%.

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It's variable. Um but we've been able to
stay under that. So, we haven't

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increased taxes for the last two years
on behalf of the town with the county

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manager nuanced like we may have to
increase up to 30%. Which is an exit

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sign and we'll call a local realer and
get out of here if that happens. I'm

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sure. But um but you know, last year
they started at 9% and settled on three.

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So, I'm hoping that they don't go, you
know, too too above and beyond that um

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cost. But, you know, there were a lot of
things addressed in the in the

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comprehensive plan meeting today about
revenue streams for the town that I

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think were actually uh a really
substantive and important um discussion.

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So, we should, you know, the town board
I know is committed to looking for those

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opportunities and we'll we'll strive to
do everything we can to bring in the

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most money without, you know, um
infringing on anybody as well. But, you

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know, we've already kind of let
everybody know this is going to be a

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lean year for budgets. Um, we've gotten
a lot accomplished over the last two

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years in the way of restorations in
buildings and improvements in buildings.

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

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been able to um reestablish the
constabularary based on popular vote.

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

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So, I feel like if we take a year off in
big monumental projects, unless big

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monumental opportunities come our way,
we'll be in good shape. So, thank you to

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this town board and all your hard work
on um implementing all those projects in

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a big way. Um the uh library sale was
very successful. I got a rough tally

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from the treasurer over there. The
treasures and trinkets was a wonderful

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testament to our community. They raised
about $7,000 as of now. Um but we also

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transported a lot of the remnants to
local um antique. So, she's getting her

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tabulations together. So it's 7,000 and
rising uh which is very exciting. So

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thank you to all the volunteers. It was
really rewarding to talk to

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it was really rewarding to talk to the
uh library director and one of the

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librarians and they said like a lot of a
lot of new volunteers showed themselves

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this past week and what I thought was
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average median age was about 70 and it
was Muslim female that showed up with

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their pickup trucks. Uh, and it was
amazing and I think that that's just a

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testament to both our library and our
community that people care. They lend a

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hand when they need to and uh, it was a
beautiful thing. So, can

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» I just say thank you to everybody who
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Thank you. Um,
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up. So, um the uh the the the setup is
on August 28th and the sale will be

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August 29th and 30th. So, again, thank
you to the library for doing everything

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they can and being scrappy, selling off
books, selling off treasures of

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trinkets. Um but they're they're in a
big fundraising swoop. So, please

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everybody attend August 29th and 30th.
uh location TBA may be at town hall uh

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or we may be in this room, but we will
uh we'll talk about it uh as

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construction rolls on. Um Laura was on
the radio today. Um she was on WJFF and

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did a wonderful job talking about our
new monarch pollinator garden. Um the

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

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around uh Bville, uh you can head on
down to the pollinator ribbon cutting at

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

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Garden Company and um Kate Jaxi who is
our 180 uh Sullivan County uh or Svin um

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180 volunteer and intern this year. Um
uh she's done an amazing job. Mama and

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Co is wonderful to work with and Laura
Burell has been a champion of this

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project. So, thank you very much for all
your hard work on that. Do you have

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anything else you want to include about
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» Um, if you'd like to participate every
day this week, we're putting plants in.

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We've mulched the pathways. It's uh
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two. And so, that's right on the edge of
the Barryville Miniync Ford line um at

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the base of the tow path that was put in
place um by the Delaware Company and for

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the Kate project. And so, there was a
eagle blind there. it fell into great

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disrepair. It had to be taken down. And
we're using that exact footprint of the

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eagle blind to put in the monarch
butterfly garden. Um there's an 88%

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decline of monarch butterflies on the
east coast and that is extremely tragic.

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It's millions of butterflies that don't
exist and so we're doing our part to

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bring them back. Um it you're welcome to
come. There's a lot of different people

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on site helping the dirt diva. Um, we
have Aguway donated plants and

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vegetation. Um, the Delaware Valley
Aguay. Um, you know, it's a partnership

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with the Greater Berryville Chamber of
Commerce. And, um, anyone's welcome to

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come and help or even ask questions. Uh,
and this will look a little funky the

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first year. By the second year, things
will have taken root. And the third year

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is really when it's going to shine, and
that's when you'll see a larger

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population of pollinators come to visit.
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9:00. Um, I know Kevin Ferguson's
coming, photographer to the stars at

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Bethlwood Center for the Arts. Um, and
we'll have some some newspapers there.

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It'll be a really fun morning and then
head on to your, you know, farmers

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market visit.
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radio interview and I just wanted to
clarify to the eagle blind was taken

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down also in consultation with the Eagle
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Conservancy. the eagle population is
soaring in our area of our of our upper

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Delaware River. Um so like these kind of
conservation projects really do work and

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and uh we simple humans can affect
nature in a bigger way. So thank you for

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doing that. Um we also have a dwindling
bee population and so this contributes

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to that as well. And if you look at all
of the indicator signs, uh, wayfinding

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signs that are at the borders of all the
towns, you know, we have a new one, um,

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in as you're coming down 97 in
Berryville. We have a new one at the

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Cape project site at Eagle Observation
2. Um, one on 55, one on Proctor. Um,

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but the the Mando has control the
planting of that. We we were able to

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hire them with a grant from Sullivan
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native plants. said, like what Laura
said too, like that the the gardens look

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a little funky, but they're kind of
growing in and around the signs um

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because of all the rain and steamy
conditions. You'll see the plants are

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

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what town you're in. Um but yeah, thank
you again to Laura for all your hard

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work on that. And um thank you to
everybody who wants to lend a hand or

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just come and enjoy. It's really uh
heartwarming to see everybody using the

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

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It basically goes from that eagle
observation to connects to the toe path,

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the National Park Service historic tow
path um right behind the building at

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Robing Bridge and goes onto the parking
lot just beyond the road bridge. It's a

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really nice walk. It's about um it's a
mile round trip. Uh and it's really

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pretty wonderful and there's little like
beach leech insects there too. Um so uh

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yeah, bring your dog, bring your
swimsuit, good fun. Um, we uh have been

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receiving cleaning service applications.
Uh, and the clerks are going to be

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giving tours. Uh, you guys have a set
date,

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» the 27th and 28th. So, the 26th, we'll
be calling the applicants, letting them

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know u setting up interviews and then on
one of those days, if not both, we will

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be getting the tourism.
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as well. We're going to go ahead and let
the the clerks key this because they do

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a lot of the coordination um with the um
with the maintenance staff. So, they're

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going to make a probationary hire and
then we'll be swearing in more permanent

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uh uh you know ongoing employment um or
retainer uh at the September meeting.

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Um, we're also looking for a new uh
representative for the Upper Delaware

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Scenic Byway as well as the planning
board and a zoning uh board of

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alternate. Um, our long-suffering
uh vice president of the uh or vice

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chair of the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway
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work in very long, long meetings. Thank
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board and taking the role of vice chair.

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it. Uh it was my first kind of foray
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capacity and we got a lot done on the
board. Um they're really still kind of

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where we left it. You know, trying to
get the visitor center off the ground in

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coordination with California Business
Association. Um and but it's an exciting

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thing. It's it's an opportunity for our
community to um promote our Hamlet, our

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town. you know, it's it's it's charged
with promoting the to towns along the

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byway and businesses along the byway and
the natural uses. Um, so if that

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interests you, please put your name in
the hat. Uh, you can email me at

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supervisor at townof islandny.com.
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zoning board alternate positions. Um,
one of our longtime um serving uh um

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alternates on the zoning board is is
moving and will not be a full-time

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resident anymore. and uh our planning
board alternative just yet with her uh

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with her full-time job. So, if if either
one of those positions interest you as

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well, please email again supervisor at
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Um I'm going to skip over this because
we're waiting for some more information

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

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before, but we will be getting back to
everybody. Um and uh uh we got a really

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wonderful proposal. So, for those of you
who aren't counting, it's kind of a a

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rough thing to uh to to um to celebrate,
I guess you'd say, but it's a great

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thing to honor. Um the 20th anniversary
of 911 is this year. Um we will be

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having a ceremony in Heroes Park, and we
received a wonderful proposal um from

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this lovely lady, an artist, um Sylvie.
uh her husband Joe um erected an art

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show based on 911 um celebrating the
actual buildings. It's more of a

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celebration which I really like. Yes,
it's very optimistic. So like I'd like

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to give you the floor
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Center and actually on 911 we escaped.
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city but been living here for the last
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This is a series of painting he did as a
like for healing. Yeah. You know, he

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happened to have also major health
issue. So the doctors told him when he

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left those people say look up. And what
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the rebuilding of tow one. So he decided
to to to you know illustrate that and

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then he was very impressed by all. I
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and it was 100 of which is German and it
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paintings and it took him 10 years but
he finally finished it and I thought 25

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years later you know it'd be interesting
to share that experience for an artist

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who live just around the corner and uh
and then when I went on Saturday with

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the garage sale at the
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white balls." So maybe there will be the
uh you know the opportunity to show it

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just just for one night of town. And
then uh but I was thinking also, oh no,

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they're not going to want me to push
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damage the wall.
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was I'll put the push behind the
painting but I promise to restore the

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wall to its original
shape because I don't want to damage the

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wall. So uh that's my proposition and
then uh I don't need September 11 on

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Friday.
I was like oh maybe a lot of people will

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be out of town so maybe I can stretch it
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whatever uh it's possible that um it
would be a a great honor, you know, to

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be able to to put that show. I was even
thinking to ask Na because it's not

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about us, you know, it's about sharing
with everybody. And I thought Na is the

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art gallery in town. So I thought maybe
she want to contribute, but I didn't

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have a chance to ask her yet. So
something to think about.

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» Yeah. Yeah, was one of our great
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which was great. We put a outside and
there was a main stage. I do think you

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should consult with her, but I do want
to give our building uh department uh

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the opportunity to speak to you, but I
do want to tout your credentials really

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

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Carile Hotel, enroll in and see, which I
did myself. I was like, I have to go see

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

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out of here right now. But um anyway, uh
Sylvie is an really accomplished scenic

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painter and did all the beautiful
beautiful uh walls in Carlile what's the

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actual room called? The um
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» Yeah, the champagne. I set myself up for
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accomplished like scenic artist. You
know that she painted this pattern on

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the walls and it was for 30 years. I
mean I go back and forth but we and and

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and if somebody wants to see I bought
two painting in case you want to have a

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glimpse they have very little painting
so I thought you know it will not take

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place but anyway you you look at it
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the schedule and things I like to take a
vote tonight but I also want to give the

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building department the opportunity to
ask you questions and specifics about

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how they would be hung things. So so
this is Tom's project and Thanks for

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having soul into it. So I I want you
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» When when the time comes to hand
pictures, please reach out.

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» Say that again.
>> When the time comes for you to display

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your artwork, please reach out and we'll
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» how many cases you have?
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see.
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Like I mean it could be 50.
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» Yeah. Yeah,
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to make 100 painting,
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see they're very light, very very small.
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just to show you know to share with
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» I think there's a lot of options for
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should keep it up for a month or two
because there'll be a lot of activity in

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town hall with our budget meetings and
the public hearing and all that fun

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stuff and then there'll be at least a
few meetings that people will get to see

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the work.
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» That's a lot of work for one night.
That's a lot of hanging for one night.

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

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the town board. Um so I I think we have
a space. Do you have any other questions

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for
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when it comes time for you to display
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» Okay. So, do I have a motion to um to
allow Joseph uh to to display his 911

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art show in town hall?
>> I'll make that motion.

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» We're very good at this. Exactly.
>> Laura, Chris could be first. Chris could

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be okay.
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objensions?
So moved. Um I did want to um put this

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out to the community. There's a vacancy
for home health aid um in the town of

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Highland. Um one of our senior residents
has done a lot of her own footwork,

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which we're really proud of her for. Um
she's working with the office of the

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aging and she's carved out a position
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there's a a short training class that
you have to take with the office of the

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aging for accreditation to the uh uh
home health aid. Um but again, it's four

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

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aging. So I just wanted to put that out
there somebody you know um has four

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hours a week to get. She's a lovely
person. Um we work with her in different

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capacities. She's very active in town
whenever possible. She lived up here for

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over 40 years without a vehicle. So
that's a testament to her strength and

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perseverance, but she's a really really
interesting and fun person. Um so that

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vacancy is out there. And um if there's
somebody you know who does need that

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kind of help as well, um the office for
the aging does extend these type of

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physicians out in general. Um so if you
need more information, please contact me

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

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uh we also put it out to um targeted
community members for our health

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officials in our gantry. Um but we still
have I believe four or five remaining

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SNAP vouchers. Um as you guys may know
there's been a lot of cuts to the

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federal uh budget. So the SNAP program
at large u for um seniors

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um coordinating with our farmers market
has been reduced greatly. Um we were

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given 10 vouchers. Um, so we still have,
I think, four or five left. Uh, we're

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just waiting on somebody's schedule to
see if they can pick them up, but

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they'll be available this Saturday at
the information tenant, the variable

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farmers market. This will enable people
to use their vouchers for fresh produce.

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Um, and the farmers market manager Nancy
um will will administer those to people.

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So, if you are interested in that
program, uh, the threshold is very uh

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low, I guess, for the median income. Um
uh so a lot of people are eligible. If

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you have any questions about SNAP
requirements, you can see it on the

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Office for the Aging, uh website, but if
you are interested or would like to

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nominate somebody, text me, call me,
email me, uh whatever you need, but we

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

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all I have. Uh right. So that's where
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agenda. All right, you're up, Joe B.
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paving report, the contract paving is
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$297,54257.

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Um, the speed change request that was
granted and I'm waiting for Charlie

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Kosher with the county to install the
signs. I've already spoken to him about

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it. So that's the that's in the works.
>> Can you mention are no parking signs on

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River Road again too cuz he came and
took them down because they weren't

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official uh you know by the green space
next to Jules property.

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» Yeah.
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when we got the rest of the signage up
with the promise that he was going to

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come with the New York State official
one that looks identical to it. So if

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

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that. Um because the residents on River
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indicator on the rules of the green
space but I know we don't want anybody

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to park their stakes there and you know
the new so if you could mention the

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great
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» that would be awesome.
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» he was nice about it be
>> um great uh Laura and Frank can you

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report on your emergency services
meeting?

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Sure. We uh split the meeting with our
emergency services responders um between

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two days because it's a lot of people's
schedules to coordinate. Uh and so first

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we'd like to thank the Fire Department
and the Highland Lake Fire Department as

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well as the Highland uh ambulance
services for carving out some time to

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tell us about their experiences working
with campgrounds throughout the town,

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which was the point of the meeting. We
really wanted to do some factf finding

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and information gathering. Um there's
been um incidences, wayfinding issues,

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communication issues,
um lighting issues, understanding the

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layout of the campgrounds and their maps
and how they've upgraded and changed.

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And there are some campgrounds that are
are held to a higher standard. They're

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doing an outstanding job and I think
that they lead by example and um they

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were able to communicate to us who's
doing an awesome job and where there's

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areas to improve upon. And what we'd
really like to do is just forge a

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stronger partnership with our
campgrounds, especially the commercial

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campgrounds in our town, to make sure
that when an incident happens, um which

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we hope doesn't, but it, you know, does
um that our ser our service providers

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can get into the affected person as
quickly as possible, as seamlessly as

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possible, and that we know who's going
to be on site to help guide those

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professionals to those spaces um and
tighten things up a little bit. So, we

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are going to put a a report together for
the rest of the board to review um which

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will be including a call for a end of
season meeting where we're going to ask

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our campground um managers to join our
our uh emergency service professionals

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as well as town board members who any
anyone who'd like to come at the end of

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this season. So, we're thinking uh
November, maybe after the election and

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the budget has passed um to really
debrief what was this year like and I

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think that it would really be a helpful
and well-guided conversation to share

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resources and talk about, you know,
implement things that have been

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implemented that are working really
well. Uh and it's something we'd like to

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continue. And more importantly, we
invited our code enforcement team to

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those meetings uh so that they could
think about when they're going for their

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annual visit to these commercial
entities and they're doing their fire

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and safety check and walk through. There
might be some more things they could

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look for and offer guidance to um in
terms of how to protect our guests in

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those spaces.
Anything else? Did I miss?

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» Covered it. That's about it.
Thank you both for for the ideation of

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the actual meet up in general. Um and
yeah, I think it's really important to

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connect connect with commercial entities
that we, you know, maybe don't have, you

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know, control over, but we are the we're
their resource like if there is an

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emergency. So, I really appreciate your
work and getting everybody together and

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I think it's great that you're following
up with the camps like offseason to the

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end of year, end of season
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be nice.
>> That's great. Well, thank you for doing

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that. Um, Tom, can you please give us an
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» Yes, the town hall has come along uh
fairly well. We're at the trimming and

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painting stage. I suspect uh we should
be completed by midepptember. That's

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what we're shooting for 100%. That would
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the main hall. And if you have a chance,
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there.
>> Great. Thank you so much. Um, Frank, can

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00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:18,000
you please give us an update and
present?

398
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:23,120
» Um, yep. We put together Tom and I went
over plans and we put together a scope

399
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:28,960
with a bid package to be submitted to
the public for bids on the uh the

400
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:33,360
various tasks that we're doing at the at
the courthouse. Um, we just have a

401
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:39,840
couple of things to clean up on it. some
changes were um were made and people

402
00:30:37,679 --> 00:30:44,640
were ready to submit and get going with
uh get going with that project.

403
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:51,039
» Yes. So, we we we hired our um we hired
our architect through the bid process

404
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:55,279
back in January of 2025. Um we put the
bid out and we were we found a really

405
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:58,880
wonderful um architect who used to be a
resident. We came up here and bid on

406
00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:03,120
him. Um he's been working with us over
the last two years to really perfect the

407
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:06,720
plans. Uh and then we implemented the
reestablishment of the constabularary

408
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:10,880
and they gave us some feedback as well.
We've gotten a lot of feedback from the

409
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:16,559
court justices and the court clerk um
the long-suffering uh snake bearing code

410
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:21,120
clerk. Uh so we made sure to put all the
remediation for sinks and building

411
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,960
information there. You know taken a
little bit longer. Um you know you guys

412
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,919
saw this the project happened very fast
with the commercial kitchen and the

413
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:33,679
renovations in here. Same thing with
town hall. The um the courthouse

414
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:36,640
renovation is, you know, combined even
larger than all the renovation. It's

415
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:42,960
it's about all the renovations put
together. We have a $250,000 budget to

416
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:47,840
uh to uh um make that courthouse great
and also work within the historical

417
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:53,440
accuracies of it. So, it's a lot more um
it's a lot more uh uh high stakes and

418
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:57,360
difficult project to sort of like pull
the pull the um lever on. Um especially

419
00:31:56,399 --> 00:32:02,399
because we're trying to stay
historically accurate. Stuckco work is

420
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:08,480
um something that's pretty rough. Sherry
Chris, thank you for finding our

421
00:32:04,559 --> 00:32:12,960
wonderful long-suffering uh Stuckco
remediators. They they've been on the

422
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:19,519
project uh since the beginning, too. Um
they're really wonderful Polish family.

423
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:21,760
They're a son and father duo. Pardon?
>> They're still hanging with us.

424
00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:28,559
» They're still hanging with us. Thank
God. Yeah, we met with them after Sherry

425
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:31,840
suggested them in more chip of 2025 and
they've come out and talked to every

426
00:32:29,919 --> 00:32:36,320
architect, every builder, every
proposed, anybody who's been interested

427
00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:39,840
or looked at the project and um I think
they've come up with a really wonderful

428
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:43,760
plan. So, between Larry and those guys,
and we also have um uh where is what's

429
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:48,720
Steve's last name?
>> Which Steve? Lane.

430
00:32:45,519 --> 00:32:52,640
» Steve Lane um is a wonderful architect
that is moving up here full-time and

431
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:57,120
he's volunteered his services up to this
point. Um we've been able to forego

432
00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:02,080
using an engineer because of the um
professional prowess of Larry and Steve.

433
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:06,399
They've been working in tandem um to
work out some of these things with AB

434
00:33:03,919 --> 00:33:10,799
Stuckco. And so we feel really confident
that once we put this big package out,

435
00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:14,720
uh, that we'll hopefully find talent
that can match everybody we've already

436
00:33:12,159 --> 00:33:19,679
included in these projects. Um, so with
that, I would like to make a motion to,

437
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:26,080
um, adopt, uh, the bid package that was
put together and put, um, this up to bid

438
00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:28,640
uh, for courthouse um, renovations. Do I
have a motion?

439
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:32,240
» I'll make a move.
>> Okay. Do you have a second?

440
00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:39,600
» I'll second it. Okay. All in favor?
>> All oppose? Any extensions? So moved.

441
00:33:37,679 --> 00:33:47,279
Um
I also want to um uh move on to our

442
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:51,519
emergency services uh committees. Um as
we go through the bond process, you

443
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:55,120
know, uh we basically are starting from
ground zero with the constabularary. You

444
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:58,559
know, the town popular vote was that we
would reestablish the constabularary. At

445
00:33:57,039 --> 00:34:02,559
the time when the town when the previous
town board dissolved the constabularary,

446
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,919
they moved several vehicles off for a
very low amount. Several weapons were

447
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:10,320
given out to the sheriff's department.
It was a very um was kind of a clearing

448
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:14,639
house. It was done very rapidly. Uh and
we didn't make any money on it. It was

449
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:19,359
almost like a sort of zero in zero out
um uh sort of service. So as we were

450
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:24,079
thinking of reestablishing these things
based on popular vote, uh it was decided

451
00:34:21,839 --> 00:34:28,560
that we had to bomb this out. And so we
spread this out over five years. Uh the

452
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:33,679
bond the total bond package was for
$240,000.

453
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:37,679
Um and that was voted on back in May, I
believe. Um and we worked with Green

454
00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:45,679
Bank, so we got the lowest interest rate
at 3.8%. Uh we have a 5-year payment. Um

455
00:34:41,919 --> 00:34:49,919
and uh it will be it will be a town
cost. Um but you know, breaking it up

456
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:57,200
over five years enables us to get two
new vehicles upfitted. Um Jason and Mike

457
00:34:53,359 --> 00:35:00,960
have been uh scrapping, you know, beyond
beyond compare for trying to get this

458
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:04,240
thing restarted. You'll notice if you go
by the courthouse in Constabularary now

459
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:10,079
that there's a work trailer out there.
So we've moved we've moved the uh office

460
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:14,079
functions out of Jason's basement. Um
and it's now has a life. It's getting

461
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:19,839
more real. The vehicles are going to the
upfitter. Um uh he was able to get um

462
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:25,440
equipment from the state troopers uh
within the vehicles. all the printers

463
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:30,400
and computers or um sorry Paul Kay was
able to get us a grant for 10,000 for

464
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:34,079
three-way cameras and uniforms. So we're
really off to a great start with this

465
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:38,640
program. But within that I do want to
keep a closer tab on the expenditures so

466
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:42,480
we know what we're looking at and so we
can look at um all the money that we

467
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:45,920
pulled in plus all the money and holes
and and upcoming costs that we may have.

468
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:49,200
So I think it would be important for us
to break off for the first time and

469
00:35:47,359 --> 00:35:52,640
start their own constabularary bank
account, pull those money out of

470
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:56,000
general, look at the expenses that we
paid out of general already, and just

471
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:59,920
have those numbers at a quicker glance
for us to manage. So with that, I would

472
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:04,240
like to make a motion to set up a
dedicated constabularary bank account.

473
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:07,960
» I'll make a motion.
>> Okay. Do I have a second?

474
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:15,040
» I'm happy to second that.
>> Okay. All in favor?

475
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:20,720
» All oppose? Any extensions?
So moved. Um I would additionally like

476
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:30,320
to make a motion to make myself a signer
with deputy supervisor Frank Montorer,

477
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:36,400
excuse me, and Jason Sarnoff as well.
>> I'll make a motion to Okay. Do I have a

478
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:41,119
second? I'll second. Okay. All in favor?
>> I.

479
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:45,440
» All opposed. Any abstensions? So moved.
Um, budget letters have gone out uh to

480
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:49,359
the emergency services, to the library,
and anybody that has a budget that they

481
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:53,920
set outside of the town in highway
general budgets. Um, I do want to

482
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:58,480
clarify something as well. It within the
budget letter, it was defined that the

483
00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:03,280
BOSAP program needs to be included in
the uh in the fire department and uh

484
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:07,200
ambulance budgets. But all that means
we're not we're not asking them to pay

485
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:12,400
for something additional. Um it was
suggested by Cooper Aras that we show

486
00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:16,000
the low SAP payments in the actual total
budget. So we're not asking them to

487
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:20,880
supplement anything. We're just asking
for full transparency so that the public

488
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:26,720
knows what they voted for back in 2011
for the low south program. um the clerks

489
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:30,400
and our actuary and fire chiefs and
everybody involved with emergency

490
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:34,000
services and the captains and the
president of the Ohio ambulance,

491
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:38,240
everybody's been working very very hard
to really clean up the LOAP program. For

492
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:43,280
anybody who doesn't know, LOAP stands
for length of service program. Um it's

493
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:50,480
something that was implemented in
originally in 2005. They backdated it to

494
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:54,480
2000 in or sorry 1999. So, it's
basically an award program for

495
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:58,640
volunteers who aren't compensated uh for
volunteering for um the fire department

496
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:02,480
and for the ambulance. Most of the
ambulance workers have moved off of LOA

497
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:06,480
because they are paid and compensated
hours in most cases. I think we only

498
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:09,599
have about five volunteers at this at
this point and it's mostly a paid

499
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:14,320
operation and we're doing really
wonderful doing that. Um but the uh fire

500
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:18,800
department uh both of them, Highland
Lake and Eulan are still volunteered. So

501
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:22,079
this is our token of appreciation that
we give to them. But we just want to be

502
00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:25,520
transparent. We want to know what it
looks like, what the total cost of each

503
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:28,960
program is so that there are no hidden
numbers in our budget. Right now it's

504
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:31,839
just sort of tied in with insurance and
workers comp and of the things. So we're

505
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:36,320
just going to break that out, but it's
in no way asking the departments for

506
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:40,560
anything else. It's no decrease in any
of their budgets. Um we've been going

507
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:44,320
back and forth. There was calls to the
accountant and she was confused as to

508
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:48,720
why she was receiving those. So, we're
going to send around the diagram that

509
00:38:45,839 --> 00:38:52,240
she sent out uh to us internally just to
show them what it'll physically look

510
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:56,000
like on the budgets moving forward. So,
I just wanted to make that

511
00:38:53,200 --> 00:39:00,800
clarification. Um,
additionally, um, Linda Anderson's uh,

512
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:05,200
service uh, points need to be corrected
for the Highland Ambulance Service for

513
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:12,400
Penflex. Uh, so I would like to make a
motion um to make that um correction uh

514
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:18,079
for Linda Anderson's service points uh
via Penflex for the Highland Ambulance

515
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:25,240
Service and her work on that um on that
on that ambulance service uh lung lung

516
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:25,240
servant. Um do I have a motion?

517
00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:31,800
I'll make a motion. Okay. Do I have a
second?

518
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:44,000
I'll second it.
>> Okay. All in favor? All opposed?

519
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:49,520
Any abstensions?
>> I'd like to abstain.

520
00:39:45,359 --> 00:39:53,280
» Okay. Thank you. So moved.
Uh Frank and Chris, can you please give

521
00:39:51,599 --> 00:39:58,880
us an update on your insurance
committee?

522
00:39:55,440 --> 00:40:03,359
» Sure. Uh we met at the the insurance
provider

523
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:07,839
uh broker. We as many of you know we
have to update every year to just make

524
00:40:05,839 --> 00:40:13,359
sure that we're not overinsuring in some
places and underinsuring in others. So

525
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:21,440
Frank and I met with with Chris who's
the our firm and uh we're still in the

526
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:25,440
process of of making sure that the
amounts that we're insuring for our

527
00:40:23,599 --> 00:40:30,320
active. It looks like we might have
overinsured in some places and it looks

528
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:37,040
like we may have underinsured in other
places. How high will go for it? And so

529
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:40,640
we are just doing this calibration and
making you know just so that we're not

530
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:46,000
overpaying if we don't need to but also
so that we don't increase our liability

531
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:49,680
in [clears throat] in any way. Um, we
found out after the meeting, you know,

532
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:53,680
that we can do this virtually even
though we enjoyed meeting Nellia in

533
00:40:51,839 --> 00:41:02,599
person and had a nice conversation, but
we'll be doing this in the future in a

534
00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:02,599
much a little bit more of a graphic way.

535
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:12,000
» No. Yeah, we pretty much understand
what's pretty much out, you know, the

536
00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:16,400
it's the contents. Like if you took a
building and shook it upside down, what

537
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:20,800
are those values? And some of the values
were extremely high like in town hall

538
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:26,400
that we're insuring, but then again the
high was kind of low. We recognize that

539
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:30,560
and we're we're in the process of
getting that cleaned up done. So the

540
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:35,680
other thing is is that even if we are
underinsuring, learn that if something

541
00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:40,160
happens, we're covered to the full
amount. So we're insured for about seven

542
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:43,680
and a half million dollars. And so even
if we had, god forbid, an accident or

543
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,960
something or something that happened
inside the highway department, he still

544
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:52,800
wouldn't recover it. So it just means
that we're not actual.

545
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:57,040
» Well, next month I'll be giving the
groups.

546
00:41:55,280 --> 00:42:00,520
» I think they were vehicles, whatever
ones they operated.

547
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:07,280
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

548
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:13,359
» Great. Um that leads me to the gateway
sign. Um, so we have insurance on all of

549
00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:19,280
our signage, right? And so we basically
turned in a claim. Um, the total claim

550
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:26,319
insurance was for 5,000. We have quotes
for $4,000 from our um from our

551
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:30,160
contractors to remediate the sign um and
replace it with something that's in line

552
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:34,079
with all the other gateway signs, but
still honors the traditional HAN. We had

553
00:42:32,319 --> 00:42:39,920
a couple of residents who I will not
name right now who really wanted the

554
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:46,079
Laurel Hamlet inclusion uh uh there
because as many of you know Yulen in

555
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:50,160
Japanese means Laurel. Um so they went
with the Japanese uh uh phrase and

556
00:42:48,319 --> 00:42:54,160
that's where the town or the the hamlet
of Yulin's name comes from. So they

557
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:59,520
wanted to just add to Bin's design that
we shared last month um with with that

558
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:04,480
uh with that moniker included. but she's
come up with a really wonderful sign.

559
00:43:01,359 --> 00:43:09,040
Her and um Nicole from Finehand has done
an amazing job kind of redoing our signs

560
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:15,280
since 20 I've been working with them
since 2017 when we got our first um

561
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:18,640
gateway signs project which was the um
the former business directory in

562
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:22,079
Barryville. You know, it used to be like
one of those old Catskills map that had

563
00:43:20,319 --> 00:43:25,599
all the businesses there. during the
pandemic, we kind of fell out of favor

564
00:43:24,319 --> 00:43:28,960
uh where people didn't have the extra
money for advertising and somebody else

565
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:33,760
swooped in and now it's kind of more of
a um it's more of a art project at this

566
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:37,839
point that has a couple businesses
featured but no longer part of the the

567
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:43,359
signs but the burial sign is the first
of all the updates to those hamlets uh

568
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:47,599
gateway signs and then we've been able
to work with solvent 180 to fund the

569
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:51,599
signs all along. So, I was really
excited although the sign was um

570
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:55,280
destroyed in the storms over the 4th of
July that we would potentially be

571
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:58,880
covered under our insurance. Our
insurance has this very strange

572
00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:03,920
provision in it that it has to be within
1,000 ft of a town building. And so, we

573
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:09,040
really went for a long stretch here
because we have a a relationship with

574
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:12,880
St. Anony's um parish center to be our
storm shelter and charging station and

575
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:16,800
cooling station. He said, "Hey, doesn't
this count? We have individual insurance

576
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:22,079
on this thing and it's within a th00and
feet. What can we do here? They turned

577
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:28,240
us down uh last week. So, I took a look
at our finances and specifically at our

578
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:32,560
um at our buildings department finances
uh and we're doing really well. So, we

579
00:44:30,319 --> 00:44:37,280
have $425,000
in grants right now for our highway

580
00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:42,319
budget that we're looking to um that
we're looking to be recompensated for.

581
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:47,520
Um, based on the grant programs, we have
$75,000 coming in for the town hall

582
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:52,480
technology in town hall conference room
grant. We have 250 at the courthouse and

583
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:57,760
we have a hundred at the Highland Health
Initiative uh building site. So, we've

584
00:44:55,359 --> 00:45:02,560
been spending out of this. Um, some of
these, if you look at the profit and

585
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:09,280
loss budget versus actual identify, um,
we basically still have 179750 left of

586
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:14,160
our budgets. Um, which, you know, we've
only spent $17,254

587
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:17,760
on personal services, which are hourly
employees who cut up the grass, who

588
00:45:16,079 --> 00:45:21,200
assist with the contractors on some of
the work, and we really do a lot of

589
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:26,960
wonderful maintenance and cleaning of
our buildings. Um, so I feel like we're

590
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:32,680
in a pretty wonderful position. Uh,
total savings in our New York class

591
00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:32,680
account is 3,585,82

592
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:39,160
which is more than our town budget.
Sorry, do you have to leave?

593
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:48,400
Okay. Um but so we have you know more
than more than our town budget available

594
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:55,319
in just our general savings account um
in our um in our general budget

595
00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:00,839
with Jeff thank

596
00:46:09,119 --> 00:46:17,720
We have a lot of them, but I can't
[clears throat] see this. Anybody else?

597
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:26,880
» The Zoom has been going in and out all
night. So, there's some connectivity

598
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:33,000
issues.
>> Okay. So, in our Jet Bank general

599
00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:33,000
account, we got $364,968.70.

600
00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:43,040
Um, so it to my mind I don't want to I
don't want to um spend money on things

601
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:47,200
we we don't have or haven't budgeted
for. But because we do have a pretty

602
00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:50,560
boisterous grant program going on and
we've been pretty great about staying

603
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:56,160
within budgets, I would like to propose
that we replace the hamlet signs at a

604
00:46:53,599 --> 00:47:01,920
cost of $4,000. Uh living with Dorian
Warner and Nicole from Finance Signs to

605
00:46:59,119 --> 00:47:04,880
replace the wheel H sign. Do I have a
motion?

606
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:11,160
I'll make a motion. Okay. Do I have a
second?

607
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:20,880
» All second. Thank all in favor. I
>> I

608
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:25,760
» All opposed.
Any extensions?

609
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:27,520
So moved. Excited to get that sign on
the new one.

610
00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:30,240
» Question.
>> Sure.

611
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:35,599
» What's going to happen to the old side?
>> It's a mileage. Yeah, it's we just have

612
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:40,000
the welcome and then I think the yulan
part broke off and I think it was just

613
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:43,359
cleared. I'm not sure what's there now.
I don't know if you saw

614
00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:45,280
» Yeah, it just says
>> Yeah, I don't know what it Yeah, I'm not

615
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:49,599
sure.
>> A lot of the a lot of the signs that

616
00:47:47,119 --> 00:47:53,839
have come down in disrepair were sold
during the treasures and trinket sale as

617
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:56,240
a way to support the library their
deficit.

618
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:59,599
» So some of that was you said it was sold
but what portions of it?

619
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:04,880
» The ullet sign was sold.
>> Yeah. as a donation to the library.

620
00:48:03,599 --> 00:48:07,119
» Do you know who ended? Do you know who
ended up?

621
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:13,119
» I'm not telling that.
>> Okay. I thought maybe we could all go

622
00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:16,560
stare in their yard.
>> All right.

623
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:20,160
» The signs went to some very happy homes.
>> Yep. But um we'll be actually in the

624
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:23,119
sign. We'll put a picture of the
proposed sign. We're we are going to

625
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:28,240
make the changes to add the Royal Hamlet
on there. Um, so we will um we will put

626
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:34,559
that on the town board website uh as
soon as we get that rendering from

627
00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:38,400
Dorian and um and Nicole. Um website and
technology. Uh Frank, can you tell us

628
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:44,720
about the payroll checking system?
>> Yeah. Um last meeting

629
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:50,640
um I indicated that they doubled the
price on the tracking for going through

630
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:55,440
our payroll provider ADP. So I did speak
with them and I said that wasn't

631
00:48:51,839 --> 00:49:01,119
acceptable. you know, um, we would be
looking elsewhere. About a week later,

632
00:48:57,359 --> 00:49:09,520
they called back and decided to add this
$10 for paper, which I

633
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:18,079
which they won't get even back down. And
um um it was something it's something I

634
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:22,880
think we should go with. um and the um
the fact that it's part of ADP with our

635
00:49:20,559 --> 00:49:28,480
payroll and includes all the employees
as far as pricing other other time

636
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:35,920
tracking software um this is the right
way to go. So um once we get it

637
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:40,559
implemented um there'll be a quick
training Laura and I are going to get on

638
00:49:38,079 --> 00:49:46,800
with them and get all the employees set
up. It's more of a a tracking and

639
00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:50,720
location type of um system. So, you
know, anybody working in town hall or on

640
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:56,240
any of the town properties, it's just a
it's just a record of where they are in

641
00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:59,760
case they ever needed it for, you know,
somebody claimed they were somewhere

642
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:04,160
that's proved where they where they are
and also protects the town, too. So, if

643
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:09,359
someone's not here, we also have record
that they're not here and they might

644
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:13,280
have been someplace else. So it's a um
as far as our grant programs and

645
00:50:11,599 --> 00:50:18,559
allocating monies and different
locations and what you know time is

646
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:21,599
being spent on. It's a it's a very
powerful tool that'll integrate with our

647
00:50:20,319 --> 00:50:24,160
existing payroll system
>> and it's really helpful too like you

648
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:28,960
said like when we're working on our
grant programs to track hours even like

649
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:33,520
our latent staff that joined the job on
those projects but also you know from

650
00:50:31,359 --> 00:50:37,119
time to time we've had questions about
you know positions that are supposed to

651
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:40,960
be hourly that have been moved to salary
just over time you know just out of

652
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:44,720
familiarity but like this will be this
will give us like a real world approach.

653
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:49,359
Also, we go through these painstaking
sessions where people record their

654
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:53,280
retirement uh as mandated by the state
and we don't have a true reflection of

655
00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:56,559
those hours and so they go back two to
three years sometimes and just fill in

656
00:50:54,800 --> 00:51:00,240
their hours and try to look in when they
were working and it's not efficient. So

657
00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:04,240
to have a digital kind of capture of all
that is pretty wonderful for the cost

658
00:51:01,839 --> 00:51:07,359
that we're at and also the reliability
that

659
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:11,680
is pretty great. So thank you for taking
that on. I really appreciate that. Um,

660
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:20,240
do I have a motion to implement the play
the payroll pocketing system from ADP at

661
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:23,520
a cost of 89 $89 a month?
>> I'll make that motion.

662
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:26,160
» Okay, I have a second. I'll second.
Okay. All in favor?

663
00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:31,040
» I.
>> All opposed?

664
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:37,599
Any abstensions?
So moved. Um,

665
00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:44,800
we are in the midst of planning our uh
September 11 uh memorial on uh September

666
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:50,640
11th. It's Friday. Uh, that'll be at 6
PM. Um, I'm talking to local clergy and

667
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:54,480
some guest speakers and I'm really
excited that we're going to have Joseph

668
00:51:52,319 --> 00:51:58,400
show up in town hall. Uh I think it'll
be a really beautiful event and uh we

669
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:03,280
look forward to inviting everybody in to
commemorate the extreme loss and

670
00:52:00,559 --> 00:52:08,880
recovery of our country. So um I hope
you all can attend. That'll be at 6 pm

671
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:16,400
on September 11. Yes. In his absence I
say that I spoke with him today

672
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:21,240
and we play with Andy Boy to cover some
details

673
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:21,240
as

674
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:30,160
we agree on what There's a problem that
we see that we like to nip in the bug.

675
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:37,920
We like to remind the public that it is
a memorial park. It is the solemn nature

676
00:52:35,119 --> 00:52:40,920
of the park should be respected. If not
playground

677
00:52:41,839 --> 00:52:51,119
it is to honor those who gave 100% to
the loyalty of country

678
00:52:48,319 --> 00:52:57,520
steel from 911
television. So therefore planting

679
00:52:54,720 --> 00:53:04,000
fundraiser signs around the periphery of
development we appreciate that would be

680
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:10,640
avoided and would be somewhat semity of
the nature of the park being respected

681
00:53:08,319 --> 00:53:16,160
and being as we now have three members
of the committee including yours

682
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:23,280
discussing the possibility of maybe
formalizing a committee with law by

683
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:23,280
perhaps electing a chairman that remains

684
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:32,160
Thank you.
>> Thank you very much for that. Um

685
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:36,160
at this time, um I make a motion to
enter into executive session for the

686
00:53:34,319 --> 00:53:42,040
purposes of discussing confidential
employment matters and procedures. Uh do

687
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:42,040
I have that motion?

688
00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:50,359
Do I have a second?
I'll second. Okay. All in favor? All

689
00:53:47,359 --> 00:53:50,359
right.

690
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:42,280
Okay.

691
01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:54,480
» I'll make that motion.
>> Second. Okay. All in

692
01:16:48,159 --> 01:17:04,480
» favor. All any extensions moved. Um
uh so no um no duct decisions were made

693
01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:07,880
um during our executive session
draft measure

694
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:16,239
for our personal staff.
Um there's a motion to pay the general

695
01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:21,760
abstract number eight. Oh sorry actually
we had to go back um so we need to talk

696
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:27,360
about the growing soul application.
>> Yeah. Um I had the opportunity to speak

697
01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:32,239
with everybody individually um except
for Chris sorry talked about it before

698
01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:38,159
the growing souls application. So um
basically we are a pass through it's her

699
01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:44,480
uh her um grant process with the DC
requires um a uh a town municipality

700
01:17:42,239 --> 01:17:49,840
sponsorship. Um we started the program
with her which was originally intended

701
01:17:46,239 --> 01:17:55,840
for here. Um the DEC awarded $70,000 to
implement educational programs um in

702
01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:59,360
tours uh and then move in in receipt we
will receive fertilizer and our school

703
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:04,800
will receive educational programs about
composting and things of that nature. Um

704
01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:09,679
I reviewed this with um Frank Deo from
Liberty who was the last sponsor of the

705
01:18:07,199 --> 01:18:15,120
program. He let us know a pretty easy
process um that is okay with the DC for

706
01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:19,520
cutting checks. Um once the DC
reimbursees the checks our cash by

707
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:23,679
Jessica only souls um who was a
nonprofit 50173

708
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:27,679
um you know we've been talking to
Jessica for over a year and a half about

709
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:34,400
this program. Uh so I would like to make
a motion that we accept uh the growing

710
01:18:30,239 --> 01:18:40,000
soul uh proposal for um the DEC grant
for composting educational purposes for

711
01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:45,840
$70,000. Uh do I have a motion? We have
some additional uh additional uh

712
01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:49,199
information on that before we vote.
>> I've submitted that.

713
01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:53,280
» I've submitted that and then she came
and presented at the last meeting.

714
01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:56,080
» Is she going to be doing any uh there
does it no longer involves this space?

715
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:58,719
» Yeah, we're not going to use the
highway.

716
01:18:56,560 --> 01:19:02,800
» It the highway department. It no longer
involves this space. The hos machine

717
01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:06,320
where the majority of the composting
will be done will be offsite on private

718
01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:10,800
property. The school already has a
relationship with Jessica where they've

719
01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:15,040
brought people from Eldrich to the
private property for the implementation

720
01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:18,480
of the program and educational purposes.
And then the only thing that we're

721
01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:21,920
really getting or the recipient of is
the fertilizer output. Um that's

722
01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:24,640
something that Frank said, make sure to
get your fertilizer and push a hand

723
01:19:24,239 --> 01:19:27,679
there.
>> Yeah. The town

724
01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:31,280
» do that. We have a lot of gardeners and
farmers in town and I feel like that's

725
01:19:29,679 --> 01:19:34,480
that's all we're getting. I want it. you
know, I think it's a really good thing

726
01:19:32,560 --> 01:19:38,560
to get and the farmers market's already
really excited about it. Um, and she

727
01:19:36,560 --> 01:19:44,159
also agreed to increase the visibility
of the composting and messaging at um,

728
01:19:42,400 --> 01:19:47,600
» at the transfer station because I don't
know if you, like I said before, if you

729
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:51,360
guys have ever looked for that
composting area. It's not very well

730
01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:57,600
marked or it's not distributed very
well. So, she's also going to try to um,

731
01:19:53,520 --> 01:20:01,440
get some put there as well. Um so do I
any more discussion

732
01:19:58,480 --> 01:20:04,480
» as far as uh as far as our involving
with the clerks? What will they have to

733
01:20:03,360 --> 01:20:08,320
just issue the checks?
>> Yes. So Laura will be still the the

734
01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:12,640
grant lead on it. Yeah. So what she does
if she submits receipts, work hours, all

735
01:20:10,560 --> 01:20:18,640
those things to Laura. Laura submits it
to the DEC through the SFS portal. Yeah.

736
01:20:15,600 --> 01:20:22,719
» SFS will then send it to the DEC. They
will then meet, you know, the council.

737
01:20:20,800 --> 01:20:25,520
They'll approve the cost and then it's I
think it's in four or five teams. four

738
01:20:24,800 --> 01:20:30,880
payments.
>> I think it's three. It's less now

739
01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:35,199
because it was a larger grant, 240,000.
It's three payments. Um the town clerk,

740
01:20:33,360 --> 01:20:38,000
Sonia, and Melissa won't have to really
have any hands on.

741
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:40,640
» They will just have to cut checks based
on

742
01:20:38,560 --> 01:20:44,640
» we'll put a check request in and it's
it's a uncashed check.

743
01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:47,600
» Yeah. So, she they physically get a scan
of the check to know that we're good for

744
01:20:46,239 --> 01:20:52,080
the money. We have to show proof of
funds, which we're, you know, we're fine

745
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:56,239
with. And then once we're reimbursed for
it, that's when we can either cancel the

746
01:20:53,840 --> 01:21:01,600
check or cut a new check to Jessica and
um and give the funds to her for that.

747
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:07,199
» Yeah. Thank you for the explanation.
>> Um are there any other questions about

748
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:11,840
cover? Okay. Do I have a motion to
accept the proposal from growing soul um

749
01:21:10,159 --> 01:21:14,800
for their composting educational
program?

750
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:19,760
» I'll make the motion.
>> Okay. Do I have a second?

751
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:25,360
» I'll second it. Okay. All in favor? All
right. All opposed. Any obstensions?

752
01:21:23,679 --> 01:21:28,159
So,
uh, do I have a motion to make general?

753
01:21:26,960 --> 01:21:32,560
Oh, and sorry,
>> sorry, I have one last thing I forgot.

754
01:21:31,199 --> 01:21:38,960
» Yeah, I'm trying to get better at this
and I always forget um to share with the

755
01:21:35,280 --> 01:21:43,920
public that we have uh monthly permits
um

756
01:21:40,560 --> 01:21:49,520
that we've collected from 71 2026 to
7:31 2026. There are 20 permits

757
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:56,800
including additional uh additions to
residential septics, um a swimming pool,

758
01:21:53,280 --> 01:22:03,520
electrical, roofs, new roofs, um solar
panels on a home. Um and that brings us

759
01:22:00,480 --> 01:22:09,920
about $6,68
for the July period.

760
01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:13,120
» Now we're done.
>> Thank you, Laura.

761
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:17,440
» Now we can pay the bill. Frank, you're
gonna do this report in the zone. Yeah,

762
01:22:16,159 --> 01:22:19,920
everything's good. A lot of roofs going
on.

763
01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:24,880
» Lot of roofs. Exactly. Lot of roofs.
>> Um I really uh I really appreciate the

764
01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:29,840
coding with the code department and like
that they're meeting more.

765
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:35,040
I'm all for them. They still do work
with Fusco and so I really would like

766
01:22:32,159 --> 01:22:39,440
them to rely on Fusco's expertise a
little bit more um in addition to

767
01:22:37,199 --> 01:22:44,159
Frank's got a full-time job and put some
extra hours.

768
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:48,400
because we want them to um you know use
of that relationship as well but I do

769
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:52,719
think that we are associated with our
sisters and um they're both doing great

770
01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:57,760
and you know going to continue education
all kinds of other thank you for all

771
01:22:54,880 --> 01:23:06,840
your work there um motion to be general
abstract number three-2026 claims 343 to

772
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:06,840
205 in the amount of $89,000 $66.90

773
01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:12,800
» I had a second I'll second it all in
favor

774
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:16,960
» I all oppose Any abstensions?
>> I have n.

775
01:23:14,159 --> 01:23:25,480
» Okay. So moved. Do I have a motion to
pay highway abstract fee- 20226 claims

776
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:25,480
99 through11 in the amount of $38,2569?

777
01:23:27,520 --> 01:23:30,239
» Do I have a second?
>> I'll second it.

778
01:23:29,360 --> 01:23:35,600
» All right.
>> Okay. All in favor?

779
01:23:31,679 --> 01:23:40,960
» I all oppose. Any abstensions?
>> Some move. I have a motion we pay Albert

780
01:23:38,159 --> 01:23:46,480
Street Flight 7-2026 claim 7 in the
amount of $14140.

781
01:23:43,600 --> 01:23:49,679
So I have a motion.
>> I'll make that motion.

782
01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:57,159
» Do I have a second? I'll second. All in
favor?

783
01:23:50,320 --> 01:23:57,159
» I all oppose. Any extensions? I

784
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:07,280
» second.
Okay. uh resolution. The town of

785
01:24:05,199 --> 01:24:11,440
Highland Town Board meeting on August
11, 2026 intervenes and pass the

786
01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:15,679
following resolution. Whereas
modifications are required for the 2026

787
01:24:13,679 --> 01:24:19,360
general budget. Now therefore be it
resolved that the following budgetary

788
01:24:17,199 --> 01:24:24,800
transfers be made in the 2026 general
budget. Um from 960 appropriations

789
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:32,080
A190.4
contingency for $6,942.

790
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:40,080
uh AE uh 10.1 zoning board personal
services $7947

791
01:24:34,480 --> 01:24:48,000
two AA 960 appropriations um A7410.4
library contractual $100 a uh 8020.1

792
01:24:44,480 --> 01:24:55,440
planning board personal services $747
and A95.8

793
01:24:50,639 --> 01:25:01,440
8 BFIS fireman pension for $6,842
for a total of $7,689.

794
01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:05,120
Do I have a motion?
>> I'll make that motion. Do

795
01:25:02,480 --> 01:25:09,520
» I have a second?
>> I'll second. Okay. All in favor? All

796
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:15,440
opposed?
>> Any extensions? So moved. Do I have a

797
01:25:12,880 --> 01:25:19,679
motion to move the general meeting and
adjourn?

798
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:22,960
» I'll make that. Do I have a second? May
first

799
01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:25,600
public comment is at the end of the
meeting.

800
01:25:24,639 --> 01:25:30,880
» I'll second it.
>> Okay. All in favor?

801
01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:34,040
» All opposed? Any extensions?
So moved.