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[clears throat]
Timson.

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[cough]

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» [clears throat]

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» I'd like to welcome everybody to the
regular town board meeting. I please

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silence your cell phones.
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» To the flag of the United States of
America to the stands, one nation under

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God, indivisible, liberty and justice
for all.

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» [clears throat and cough]

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» At this time, I ask for a moment of
silction, please.

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» Thank you very much. So, at the
beginning of this meeting, we have a

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public hearing on a local law. This will
be on a local law. Did anybody sign this

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sheet in regards to the public hearing?
Okay. So, um,

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please take notice that a public hearing
will be held by the town of Lon, Niagara

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County, New York on the 24th day of
August, 2026. Commened at 6:00 p.m. at

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the town hall 1375 Bridge, Leon, New
York, on the adoption of local law

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number 4, 2026. A local law imposing a
moratorum on [clears throat] placement,

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installation, use, storage, occupancy of
shipping containers within the town of

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Lewis, Hager County, New York. Said law
is intended to provide time for the town

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board of the town of Lewis to research
and adopt appropriate modifications to

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the town of Lewis comprehensive zoning
regulation. A complete text of this law

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is on file at the office of the town
clerk and is available for review by any

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interested person during business hours.
As such public hearing all persons

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interested who wish to be heard will be
heard

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is July 27th.
>> Thank you. Okay. I don't have anybody

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signed up to speak on the public
hearing. Does anybody wish to speak on

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the public hearing in regards to the
moratorum on storage sh

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All in favor? I opposed. Motion carries.
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before we get into the agenda, our
highway superintendent as has asked me

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um if he would like to give a quick
statement to everybody. So

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Michael Weiss is our highway
superintendent.

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[clears throat]
Over the years, the highway department's

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approach to drainage maintenance has
largely been uh reactive rather than

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proactive due to limited staffing
efforts and primary focus on cleaning

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areas. Only after complaints
have we have been received. While this

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has addressed immediate concerns, it has
not provided our residents with a

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long-term solution to the growing
drainage and flooding challenges facing

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our community. Our current method of
operation is no longer sustainable.

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Aging infrastructure, changing weather
patterns, and years of deferred

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maintenance have placed an overwhelming
demand on our existing workforce. The

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dedication of my current employees has
allowed us to accomplish tremendous

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amount, but they cannot continue to meet
uh these increasing demands without

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additional support. Since taking the
role of highway superintendent, Mr.

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Broadick and I have spent countless
hours meeting with residents and

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visiting dage problem areas, inspecting
dig ditches and culverts and evaluating

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recurring flooding concerns throughout
our community. Doing so has provided

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valuable insight in both immediate needs
and long-term improvements required to

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better serve our residents. I completely
sympathize with our community's

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concerns. Taking action to resolve these
issues is top priority. I remain fully

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committed to finding a lasting solution
to our flooding issues. My goal is not

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only to simply respond to complaints,
but to develop a comprehensive drainage

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program that identifies problems before
they become emergencies, prioritize

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critical projects, and create a
primitive maintenance schedule that

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benefits every neighborhood. With that
being said, it needs to be understood

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that this is not a realistic overnight
uh solution to our problems, but a

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long-term ongoing project that will take
time to complete. While not every issue

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can be resolved immediately, every
concern should be received uh receive

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careful evaluation, honest
communication, and a plan moving

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forward. I plan to complete these
projects while remaining fisc fiscally

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responsible.
To effectively address our community's

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drainage needs, I recommend establishing
a drainage division as a part of our

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current highway department responsible
for routine inspection and maintenance

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of roadside ditches and off-road
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preventative cleaning program rather
than a than a complaint driven response.

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flood mitigation planning and project
development, mapping and documenting

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drainage infrastructure, coordinating
drainage improvements with road

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projects,
uh responding effectively to emergency

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flooding events, maintaining regular
communication with residents regarding

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drainage concerns.
We're going to need equipment um

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especially for off-road ditching. Uh we
would be looking at an excavator, a tub

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grinder, and possibly an off-road dump
truck. Uh tub grinder would help us

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tremendously, but we wouldn't have to
try and haul everything out. It would

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save us time.
Uh if you're looking for a dedicated

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budget line
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gravel, crush stone, landscape fabric,
fabric, uh solid drain pipe, pipe

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contractor, uh connectors, coupling
elbows and end caps as needed, catch

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basins or drain inlets, uh top soil or
mulch to restore the areas. I'd also be

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looking to hire two or three man crew
for this. um we just don't have enough

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guys right now. [clears throat] The
staffing structure would allow for both

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routine maintenance and uh in response
by planning future infrastructure

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improvements along with help of our
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We also need help from the community.
Residents also play an important role in

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maintaining our drainage system. I
respectfully ask everyone to help avoid

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it the placements of [clears throat]
brush leaves, grass clippings or other

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debris in roadways, roadside ditches and
drainage channels. These materials

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restrict water flow, clog culberts and
basins and contribute to localized

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flooding during heavy rainfall. By
working together, we can improve

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drainage performance throughout the
community. This is a long-term

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commitment. Approximately between 2014
12 and 2014, the highway superintendent

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at that time cut the drawing division. I
firmly believe we need to reinstate this

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division.
The proposal represents more than a

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creation of new drainage division. It
represents a long-term commitment to the

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residents of our community. My
objectives is to build a drainage

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program to protect homes, roadways, and
public infrastructure for years to come.

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By investing in a drainage division, uh
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dedicate personnel, equipment, and
proactive maintenance, we can move away

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from complaint driven system and move
toward one that prevents these events

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from happening before it occurs. While
these improvements will take time,

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planning and investment, I also commit
to working alongside with

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uh alongside this community employees
and current registration to develop long

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lasting solution that improve the
quality for everyone. I've only been in

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this position for a year. Unfortunately,
some of the drainage issues were not

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properly addressed by my predecessors.
Please bear with us while working. We

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work diligently to understand these
issues, develop solutions, and make

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necessary improvements. We appreciate
your patience and understanding as we

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work toward getting these issues
resolved.

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Steve and the town board have been
completely supportive of funding sol of

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finding solutions to finding these
issues and our full support of our

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highway department. I appreciate their
continued support and they're committed

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to working together to address these
issues. [clears throat] Thanks.

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» Okay. Agenda approval. Does anybody have
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approval as to
the

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motion? Second. All in favor? I opposed.
Motion carries. [clears throat]

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Res

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Nancy
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[cough and clears throat]

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Can you hear me?
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I'm here to talk about the
chronic severe flooding on.

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I have asked for help since I bought my
house in 1989.

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This has been going on for 37 years.

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On the east side of the street,
I am the lowest line home,

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so I get the brunt of the flooding.
My yard becomes a lake truly.

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It has rotted out the floor of my shop
or shed

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and the lower boards of the shed itself.
And of course,

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it's washed out by raised vegetable
garden

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and leaves behind a mess of mud, debris,
and stone strewn out into the street.

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This happens every time.
Every time we get a heavy rain or

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downpour, a deluge of [clears throat]
water flows down the escarment

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across a portion of Creek Road extension
just east of Hill

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and continues to pour down mostly my
side of Hill.

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The flood water is pouring down through
from the escarment

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to an open dirt ditch
plugged up with brush leaves grass

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clippings.
Shouldn't an effort be made and I hope

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can find
a solution

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to find the source of this poor dage on
top of the hill and

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I don't have too much.
I do thank supervisor Rodri for kindly

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stopping to talk with me several weeks
ago,

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but respectfully I cannot accept his
excuses for inaction.

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He says the Hojack Railroad has
jurisdiction

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and I have learned [clears throat] it
since our talk that the Hojack was sold

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years ago to Mr. Steve Muda. I don't
know.

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[clears throat]
>> I don't believe it's the whole it's not

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the whole

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south of Creek Road extension is owned
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So he did not buy that section.
>> Another excuse given by previous town

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officials for inaction was that Creek
Road extension is a state highway.

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and the town cannot interfere.

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Isn't it about time after flooding
properties for at least 37 years

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that the town step up to help residents
on road extension

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and build new court?
Of course, I'm not an engineer, but

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wouldn't you start
with this open ditch,

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find the source on top of the hill,
and corrected the drainage issue up

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there, try to contain the stitch.
What Mr. White said was

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very uplifting.
And of course he he talked about

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cleaning the necessity of cleaning rings
and catch basins. So [clears throat] I

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look forward to whatever can be done
to help us all. Thank you very much.

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» Thank you.
>> Can I just ask a quick question?

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[clears throat]

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» Did you have any sewer backup?
>> Did you have sewer?

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Just water in the basement. Okay. Thank
you. Um if uh I probably will ask that

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question of everybody when you get up.
Um I've got a map that I'm marking

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points on just so that I'm aware of
where we've actually had sewer backup

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and where it's just been water cooling.
Um I do have some areas already marked

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on the map, but that would be very
helpful. Thank you,

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» Linda Skelezo.
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» Hello. Um, my name is Linda Scal. I
reside at 477 Creek Road.

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I came here tonight intending to demand
answers and express my anger over the

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fourth backup in my home in as many
years. The reality is I know I'm

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unlikely to receive a clear answer.
Instead, I would like to address a few

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other issues.
The first is a statement published on

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social media by the sewer department on
August 11. Quite frankly, the statement

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was rude, dismissive, and insensitive to
residents who had just cleaned raw

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sewage out of the basement, not once,
but twice in a 5day period.

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The statement begins by suggesting that
some residents do not understand the

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difference between storm water and
sanitary sewer. I can assure you we do

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after all these years.
The statement then went on to provide a

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list of things homeowners can do to
protect themselves. Eliminating basement

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bathrooms, installing backwater valves,
installing knife for gap gate style

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valves, updating plumbing systems, and
spending thousands of dollars to modify

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their homes.
Every one of these recommendations

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carries a significant cost. Some require
expensive construction and disruption to

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the property, and not one of them comes
with a guarantee.

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Most importantly, the statement failed
to explain what the town is doing.

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The sewer issues have been occurring for
more than 20 years here. Residents

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continue to experience backups,
flooding, property damage,

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financial hardships, emotional stress.
Yet, after decades of complaints,

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studies, projects, and promises, none of
us are are still dealing with

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[clears throat] the same problems.
The next thing in the statement, do this

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and you'll never have to call the town
again. As a taxpayer, I found that some

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I found that statement shocking. Is that
really the message this administration

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wants to send to its residents? Should
residents feel discouraged from calling

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the town for help?
The financial damage I have suffered now

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exceeds what I have originally paid for
my home. Let that sink in. But the

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financial impact is only part of the
story. The physical and emotional toll

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has been devastating. Cleaning raw
sewage is exhausting. It's hazardous. It

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exposes families to contamination and
health risk. I am an insulin dependent

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diabetic and I have legitimate concerns
about the health implications of living

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in and administering medication in a
home that was contaminated by sewage.

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Even after extensive cleaning, I still
have to question if my home is truly

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safe. Every weather forecast now causes
anxiety. Every heavy rain brings fear

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just like the other day. Weeks later, I
remained physically exhausted and

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mentally drained from this aftermath. No
resident should have to live like this.

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Residents deserve transparency and
accountability.

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After more than 20 years of reoccurring
sewer problems, residents deserve more

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than excess expensive suggestions and
social media posts telling them how they

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should protect themselves.
We deserve to know what is being done,

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what improvements are planned, what is
the timeline, what [clears throat]

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measurable results have been achieved,
and most importantly, what is being done

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to permanently address these issues.
Secondly, the backflow prevent program.

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The program should correctly identify
the equipment being installed. A

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backwater valve is not a backflow pre.
These are two very different devices

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that serve two different purposes, and
the grant document should use the proper

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terminology. the residents can clearly
understand what they're being funded and

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what they're installing in their home.
The eligibility requirements state the

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program is available to owner occupied
single family homes that are chronically

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burdened with sewer backups issues
relating to inflow and infiltration

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during sign significant rainfall events.
This raises several questions. How are

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these affected areas identified? Who
determines which property qualifies? Is

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there a map of this? and if so, is it
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Residents deserve transparency regarding
how the eligibility is determined.

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In addition, if the town's position is
that the sewer backups are caused by the

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inflow and implication and that water
keeps its own level as in that

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statement, what happens as more
homeowners install the pound recommended

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val? If sewage can no longer enter my
home, does the pressure and flow simply

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move elsewhere in the system?
Potentially affecting properties that

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have not historically experienced
backups. If affected areas have already

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been identified and these issues have
existed for more than 20 years,

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residents also deserve to know what
improvements have been made in the in

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the past, the root cause of the problems
rather than simply shifting the burden

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of protection on the individual.
Secondly, the liability and insurance

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requirements concern. The town is not
hiring the contractor, selecting the

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contractor, supervising the work, or
paying them. The homeowner is

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responsible for hiring and paying.
Therefore, it is reasonable for the town

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to disclaim responsibility for the
workmanship. But it is difficult to

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understand why homeowners are being
asked to indemnify the town and wave

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their rights through such broad
language.

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The agreement states, "The homeowner
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the

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town of Lewon harmless against any and
all claims and further covenants not to

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sue the town of Lewon for any and all
claims." What exactly does that mean?

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Any and all claims? Does it apply to the
contractor's workmanship and

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installation of the valve or does it
extend to claims involving the the town

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sewer infrastructure?
If a homeowner installs a backwater

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valve through this program and later
experiences another sewer backup, does

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the town believe that the homeowner has
waved their right to pursue a claim

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against them? If not, then that
agreement should should be revised to

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clearly state that the release applies
only to the contractor.

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No matter how that language is
interpreted though, the practical

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concern remains the same. If I
experience another sewer backup caused

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by a known problem within the town sewer
and the backwater valve fails, the focus

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will admit it immediately shift to that
valve. The question will be who fail?

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What failed? Was it the town sewer or
was it your valve? The town can now

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point to the valve and the signed waiver
while the homeowner is left bearing that

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loss. Residents are being asked to
install equipment on their own property,

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hire and paint their own contractor, and
maintain this device for the life of

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their home
to indemnify the town in a green office

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sue in return and receive $2,500
reimbursement. It raises an important

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question. Is this program intended to
help the homeowner protect their home or

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does it effectively transfer the
responsibility for a known municipal

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infrastructure problem onto the property
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Finally, the process itself is
unnecessarily complicated. Homeowners

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dealing with recurring sewage backups
are already under significant stress.

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Requiring pre-insspections, approvals,
and additional administrative work steps

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before work can even begin only delays
the solution. The process should be

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really simple. Homeowner submits an
application, hires a qualified

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contractor,
backwater valve is installed, and the

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town performs final inspection, and then
you reverse. This is a reimbursement

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program, not a town construction
project. The focus should be on helping

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the residents quickly reduce the risk of
future sewer backups, particularly when

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those backups are tied to your known
limitations within the town sewer. I

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respectfully ask the board to revise
this program by correcting the

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terminology, clarifying the eligibility
criteria, and making affected area

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information publicly available,
[clears throat] narrowing the liability

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language to contractor related issues
only, removing unnecessary

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administrative burdens, and creating a
more straightforward process that truly

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serves the residences intended to help.
My [clears throat] issues began in 2017,

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just six weeks after purchasing my home.
After the first tour backup, I was told

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my lateral was a problem. Following that
advice and approximately $18,000 to

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excavate and replace the line,
lo and behold, the backups happened

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again. Suddenly, now we're told that it
wasn't the lateral. It was the problem

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is the town sewer infrastructure, and
we're working on it. Repairs are

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supposedly underway. Fast forward to
today, and I have now experienced three

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additional sewer left on August. After
calling the town in frustration, two

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town employees came to my home. One
pointed to the floor drain actively

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discharging raw sewage and stated that I
needed to hire a plumber and kept that

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drain. There's my problem is what he
said. I asked him whether I should kept

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the toilet too where it was flowing out
of or the shower, but I kept everything

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in my house because Steuart's family.
My husband has been a plumber for over

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40 years. We understand plumbing. We
understand drainage and we understand

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the difference between a homeowner
problem and a municipal infrastructure

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failure.
What I witnessed that day was not

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problem solving. It was lane shifting. I
was also told that drains are not

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allowed in new construction and would
not pass an inspection. Which raises

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another question. If our sewer
infrastructure is already struggling

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under existing demand, are we properly
evaluating the impact of continued

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development on an AC sewer system? The
answer seems pretty obvious, but yet

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here we are to issuing a new build
permit, not just for homes, but condos

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and development.
Today, I have installed a backwater

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check valve and hopefully protects my
home in the future. But I am no longer

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standing here for myself. I am standing
here for residents who can't afford the

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thousands of dollars in plumbing
modifications. I am standing here for

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the elderly residents on fixing them.
And I'm standing here for young families

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that cannot absorb 10, 20, and $30,000
expenses to fix the system.

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I don't know if it is the intention of
this administration to make the town of

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Lewon an embarrassment, but
unfortunately that is the direction we

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are heading. There was a time when I
would tell people I lived in Lewon and

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the response was always, "What a
beautiful town." Today that response is

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shifted to is that the town with the
flooding problems? How's your sewers? We

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can compare it to Falls and L now
the two go hand in hand now. Think about

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that for many outside our community.
This is becoming what we are known for.

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Lewon deserves better. Our residents
deserve better. At some point we have to

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stop managing the symptoms and start
solving the problem. We have to ask

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ourselves whether the current approach
is working because after decades of

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issues, residents are still standing
here asking the same questions and

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telling the same story. When does it
end? When do we accepting temporary

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fixes and start demanding lasting
solutions

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because the reputation of this town, the
trust of its residents and the quality

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of let the families who live here depend
on it.

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The ability to flush a toilet, take a
shower, trust that sewage will safely be

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removed from your home is not a luxury.
It is one of the most basic services

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local government infrastructure is
intended to provide. New York state law

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recognizes the necessity of sewage
systems for the protection of public

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health and federal law recognizes the
importance of wastewater systems in

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preventing pollution and protecting the
community.

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Residents should not have to repeatedly
bear the financial, physical and

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emotional consequences of a known
recurring sewer failure. I am asking

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this board to remember that behind every
flooded basement is a family whose home

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health and peace of mind are being
[clears throat] affected. Thank you.

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Thank you,

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» Michael Hall.
>> That was my wife. You gave her enough

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time to speak. I'm good.
>> Okay. We're [clears throat] I mean, when

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a lot of people speak, we try to limit
it to 45 minutes. We're not going to do

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that tonight. Um Clayton Miller,

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» I was just gonna say thank you for
letting

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um
Just a few things. I I've read every

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single port that has spoken this since
great.

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So I would like to say that I have no
absolutely no doubt that every single

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one of you there
deeply

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and I 100% there to fix this issue.
I also think that public

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garbage
driving.

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I also think that in the same we are
probably past the point of the people in

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this room
fixing the issue.

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Let me give you a quick since you're
only five minutes. Don't worry,

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[clears throat] but a quick historical
anecdote. So when the Apollo 13 mission

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went to hell and hand for two straight
days, all the people at all the people

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on the show worked without sleeping to
fix the issue to get Apollo 13.

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They tried everything. They were
committed to it, but eventually after

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the second day, they say, "We need
help." So what did they do? They got on

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the phone. They called the best jet
propulsion specialist in the country.

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They called the best engineers and
tracked down the company that made

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thrusters for our team. that them making
the call and saying we need help is the

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reason Tom Hanks lives at the end public
um I I firmly believe that despite all

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of your best efforts everyone's best
efforts we need help from a firm or

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[clears throat] a person that at this
very moment is somewhere in another

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municipality
making corrections the same issues that

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we have it's not from a lack of
these people exist. So even if we don't

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hire or contract, I think the board
should put together an RFP for

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information from an outside company that
can potentially contract with and fix

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these issues. And I think part of asking
for help quite frankly is letting go

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ego. I think it's letting go hubris. No
offense, but every mostly people up

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there every year about election time
fixing Louis's infrastructure.

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Nothing's getting fixed. And a lot of
these issues go way past your

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administration, your term of service.
They go all the way back to 2018.

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I believe every time
any word associated with flooding

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drainage sewers happen in this town in
2008, it's on a spreadsheet. I put it

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online. 2,147
pounds since 2008.

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We are nowhere closer despite our best
efforts of being where we need to.

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It's okay to say that we need help. You
guys are all servants. Hart time job.

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I'm sure there's thous.

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The best thing servants can do is say
because my

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but a lot of people here's then you can
only push people so far.

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So
if you have a company come in and they

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have a viable long-term solution
they should be wide latitude wide

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authority to enact the
what you need. And as a community, we're

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all going to have to buckle up and get
our checkbooks out. And that's not your

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fault. These are things that should have
been done incrementally for a long time.

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But the second part of this conversation
that is coming is what it's going to

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cost all. But quite frankly, if we are a
community, we're going to have to we're

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gonna have to suck it up and help these
people up. So I'm probably over my

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» No, I'm not cutting anybody off.

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Tim Henderson.

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My name is Tim Henderson. I live in the
village of Houston

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and I was a licensed wastewater
treatment plant operator for almost 30

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years at our plants.
I was at a meeting here about a year ago

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and the crowd looks the same. Um, at
that time I questioned the allocation of

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$15,000
toward the engineering department to do

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a study of the flooding process.
Now, with the basement still flooding, I

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think the only people that benefited
were the engineers.

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Um during my time at the treatment
plant, my partner and I were assigned

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one summer and there was plenty of rain,
so we got pretty good idea of what was

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going on. Uh extensive
walkound survey of troubled areas.

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We found looked at just about every
manhole in the town and just about

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everyone was leaking.
Uh we die tested the parking lots at NU

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and we found that some of the roofs on
the dormitories were discharging right

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into the sewer system and you took it
seriously

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put uh $250,000
into a [clears throat]

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cleanup campaign and
they made things right.

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We also found
off of Bronson

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a manhole where some fish had taken the
manhole cover off. So, we were actually

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draining Fish Creek during a high flow.
Um, fellow operator and I made some

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suggestions,
but they were largely ignored. So, I'm

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just going to offer them again tonight.
Now, the water pollution control center

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serves approximately 27,000
residents.

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It's been estimated that each individual
contributes about 100 gallons a day.

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So, as you can see, um
I went to courts on the little math

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challenge.
But if you multiply

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27,000 by 100,

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you're almost at capacity even on a
sunny day. I have been there during high

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flow events where the flows have uh
reached over 12 million.

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So I have a few suggestions.
One was the installation of a an

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automatic
um overflow line like an intercept on

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the line that comes in to the treatment
plant.

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[clears throat] And at a certain level
when it flow got so high it would

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automatically
uh take over the flow and and go into

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the alcohol line
before it even gets to the treatment

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plant.
Uh there's a large area behind the

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treatment plant which would probably
accommodate a third overflow retention

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facility.
Um, you can apply to the DDC for a

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waiver uh to bypass the village closed
the requirements. Right now, you can't

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bypass
until it gets to a certain level

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that you know this system is is
critical.

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uh increase in the scheduling for
clearing lines including

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village lines off center streets that uh
consistently flood with grease from the

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restaurants.
Uh possibly sleeves in some of the the

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older areas that would help with the
INI.

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And uh
if these fail, I guess the last resort

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would be an adjustment to affected homes
uh in their taxes that would reflect,

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you know, what their cleanup costs have
been.

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Um many homes now pay more in cleanups
than they do in taxes. And homeowners

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uh shouldn't live in fear of a rain
event.

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many that I know
actually have some form of PTSD.

433
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:35,960
So, I wish you all well and I hope you
take it as seriously as everybody else

434
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,960
that is affected.

435
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:43,680
» Did you experience uh any storage back
up in the basement?

436
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:47,040
» No, but I uh submitted a letter to my
friend Eva.

437
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:50,320
» Yep. I know she did, but um I just
wanted to um I was one of the lucky

438
00:37:49,839 --> 00:37:52,880
ones.
>> Okay. Okay. You're also on a boat too,

439
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,079
right?
>> No.

440
00:37:53,599 --> 00:38:00,599
» You're on. Okay. Thank you so much.
Appreciate it.

441
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,599
» Rick Flores,

442
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:12,240
» I'm going to make mine quick. I I
appreciate Mr. Wise coming up with

443
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:16,800
saying that u there was a lack of uh
transparency and in the highway and he's

444
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:21,760
only been there a year. So, what can you
expect from me here? But my story starts

445
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:27,040
back in 2002.
I built my house in 2002 and from 2002

446
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:32,400
to 2008.
I had a lot of water problems. I was

447
00:38:29,359 --> 00:38:38,000
going through some pumps like it's king.
Okay. In 2008 finally uh the town came

448
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:43,760
up. Uh Bob Nobles used to work for the
water department and he implied that I

449
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:50,720
built my house on
artisian well. There was no electric.

450
00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:55,520
There was a town being leaked somewhere,
but they never found it. What they did

451
00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:02,320
was put two dams [clears throat] in
front of my house to offset the storm

452
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:08,320
water coming into my house.
From 2008 to 2024, I was fortunate.

453
00:39:05,839 --> 00:39:14,320
Nothing happened, but there was a lot of
new builds in our area. Legacy, uh,

454
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:19,520
North Bridge, there's a lot of town
homes. So there's a lot of additional

455
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:28,480
water coming, you know, in our area.
Just this recent one on the 20 um

456
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:34,720
what was it? The 26 I believe um
we had the water coming down from Upper

457
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:39,359
Mountain. Actually, somebody said, not
upper mount, correction, Mountain View,

458
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:44,480
that there was somebody pumping water
right down the highway. All right.

459
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:49,760
Sanitary water. Some people say, "Well,
no, that's sewer water." But the U

460
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:56,320
manholes say sanitary.
I can tell you this. I'm tired of having

461
00:39:53,040 --> 00:40:02,320
sanitary water come up from my toilet in
my basement.

462
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:06,240
I have a new home, fairly new home. The
infrastructure in that area, this should

463
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:13,440
never happen. [clears throat] The s the
sewer and the sanitary are two separate

464
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:21,520
entities. Why Why are we having that in
uh issue with uh

465
00:40:17,359 --> 00:40:26,400
excuse me infiltration between the storm
and the sanitary. That's a big problem.

466
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:32,800
And what we do have is we have a problem
with one uh part of the town saying,

467
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:37,520
"Well, that's sewer's problem." Or they
the sewer guys will say, "No, that's

468
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:42,960
that's a that's a storm sewer, not the
sanitary sew." And then we hear about

469
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:48,400
how the town will not allow us to clean.
I mean, the state won't allow us to

470
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:52,320
clean the ditches because of muscles.
We're just tired of hearing that. We

471
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:56,400
want you guys to work together and find
a solution because homeowners like

472
00:40:54,880 --> 00:41:02,640
myself, [clears throat] there's seven
home owners in in our area and they're

473
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:08,800
very new homes and seven of them got
flooded basement with sanitary sewer.

474
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:13,280
That should not happen. How would you
like your grandkids to be playing in

475
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:19,280
your cellar when you had that happen? I
have grandson. I don't want that to

476
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:22,240
happen. And mine is send not once,
twice, within one week.

477
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:28,079
» Where?
>> Uh 4692

478
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:33,013
Stacy Drive.
>> Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

479
00:41:30,993 --> 00:41:33,013
[applause]

480
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:40,720
So, I received a letter from Eva
Nicholas. I want to read it into the

481
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:45,040
record. Um, statement regarding the
recent sewer backup. I'm Eva Nicholas

482
00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:48,480
and I live at 903 Onidita Street in the
village of Lewon. I'll be out of town

483
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:52,400
for this important meeting, but I write
this statement because I too experienced

484
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:56,560
raw sewage flooding into my basement
during the last two storm events. My

485
00:41:54,640 --> 00:42:00,880
damages are substantial, several
thousand dollars so far, and other than

486
00:41:58,319 --> 00:42:04,240
pure rainy days. As long as I've lived
here, I never experienced any water

487
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:08,560
problems in my basement until after the
clearing of acres of green space pines

488
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:12,720
and that land was replaced with new
buildings, parking lots, driveways,

489
00:42:10,319 --> 00:42:16,480
brick, concrete, asphalt, and water has
no place to go. I wonder if the impact

490
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:20,400
on sewer systems were carefully
evaluated before all that development

491
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:23,119
was approved. Relentless expansion
shouldn't come at the expense of

492
00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:27,119
longtime residents and you shouldn't
have to deal with the consequences or

493
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:37,400
the expense of poor planning and
overdevelopment in historic sign even

494
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:37,400
the record. Um, Sharon Bland.

495
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:46,374
» Hi, I'm Sharon Bland. I'm a fourth
generation res. [clears throat]

496
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:56,560
Yes, on river road. [clears throat] Um,
I'm for action group. We've got over 300

497
00:42:54,800 --> 00:43:01,839
active homeowners that have experienced
damages in our community. But obviously,

498
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:05,359
this is a Niagara County problem. Um, I
want to issue a brief rebuttal to some

499
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:08,720
statements made by Mr. Weiss and Mr.
Ritter, which were incredibly

500
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:12,000
insensessive, suggesting that we don't
know the difference between sewer water

501
00:43:10,319 --> 00:43:16,160
in our basement and storm water, which
of course we do. We don't put stuff in

502
00:43:14,319 --> 00:43:20,400
the ditches. Mother Nature puts stuff in
the ditches. And state law requires the

503
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:24,079
town and the county and the state to
maintain their rights of play. Now, I've

504
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:27,839
lived here long enough that I can say,
as other residents have said, nobody's

505
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:32,000
maintaining our ditches. I've been
contacting you for 40 years. My

506
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:36,000
grandmother broke her leg in the ditch.
My mother broke her arm in the ditch and

507
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:40,319
I'm still trying to maintain the ditch.
Now I contacted Mr. Weiss in February

508
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:46,640
and respectfully requested help when we
had flooding then and I got kiss. I

509
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:51,040
filed notice of clay. Now I have 7 to
15,000 of damage, a huge crack in my

510
00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:55,680
basement, sewer water, flies, all kinds
of fun. The storm system was not

511
00:43:53,680 --> 00:44:02,079
working. I notified them in February.
There's a problem. I got nothing now.

512
00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:06,240
We're not supposed to be reactive. We're
supposed to be proactive. We've been

513
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:11,440
paying tax dollars for decades and
decades to clean our ditches. So before

514
00:44:09,599 --> 00:44:15,119
you decide to allocate hundreds of
thousands of dollars to new department,

515
00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:20,000
new employees, where did our
infrastructure dollars go? Why are our

516
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:23,200
ditches not being maintained? Why is the
state not enforcing it? And when are the

517
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:28,000
county and the state going to step in
and help residents? Because this is a

518
00:44:25,359 --> 00:44:32,800
fiasco. There are hundreds of people
with hundreds of thousands of dollars in

519
00:44:29,839 --> 00:44:35,839
damages.
After I received no response from Mr.

520
00:44:34,319 --> 00:44:40,000
Weiss, I filed three more notices of
claim.

521
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:44,800
As of today, I've filed a foil request
for all of the infrastructure records in

522
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:48,560
order to audit the town of Lewon and to
find out where our money has gone. I've

523
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:54,319
also issued a letter to all Niagara
County mayors, supervisors, and

524
00:44:51,119 --> 00:44:58,160
townships to ask them to take part in
programs that exist to help us create

525
00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:04,160
our infrastructure. There's government
money out there, and all we have to do

526
00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:08,560
is apply for it. Um, we've had a 350%
increase in our assessments. Now, we

527
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:12,560
paid money for infrastructure and our
property values are predicated on things

528
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:18,079
like storm water and sewer and now
radioactive waste runoff that we need to

529
00:45:15,119 --> 00:45:22,480
be very concerned about. Um, before one
penny gets spent in additional

530
00:45:20,079 --> 00:45:25,920
departments and personnel and equipment,
we want town meetings. We want

531
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:30,160
accountability. We want to have these
conversations because there are many,

532
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:34,000
many, many people affected. We want no
more band-aids. Now, there's two

533
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:38,079
programs out there that already exist.
the clean water revolving state fund

534
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:43,599
which provides grant monies low interest
loan 7%. There's also another one that

535
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:47,440
turns out everybody's availing except us
called the New York State Resilient

536
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:51,040
Watershed Grant Program and it's funded
by the Environmental Bond Act and

537
00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:56,240
basically we need to get a resilient New
York flood study or have a DEC approved

538
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:59,760
comparable study. Then we can apply for
all kinds of improvements. They've

539
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:04,400
already got it up on Bill Creek in
County um up at at Tom and Niagara and

540
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:08,720
all kinds of surrounding areas. I've got
a map here that shows that a whole bunch

541
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:13,599
of municipalities in our area are
already included except us. Um there's

542
00:46:11,839 --> 00:46:20,160
all kinds of money and help to do what
we need to do. Um we need volunteers to

543
00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:24,400
be included so that we can clean up
areas if we don't have enough personnel.

544
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:27,040
We got to fix this before spring. We're
going to have a huge problem in the

545
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:31,760
spring. It's going to be a heck of a lot
worse than it is right now. So, I'm

546
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:36,480
asking the town to please look into
programs that would help us. I'm asking

547
00:46:34,079 --> 00:46:41,520
all the supervisors and mayors in the
various cities and towns in Iber County

548
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:45,359
to register their damages. There's a
website to do this that the states put

549
00:46:43,599 --> 00:46:49,440
forth. I've got a petition on
change.org. I'm trying to get Governor

550
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:52,160
Hokll to answer. I'm getting a little
bit of blowback there because of course

551
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:56,640
they don't want to take responsibility
for their part of our problems. I know

552
00:46:54,640 --> 00:47:00,560
this isn't all you. I've lived here a
long time. These problems have existed

553
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:04,960
forever. But it doesn't matter what came
before. It matters what we do tomorrow.

554
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:09,359
We have to fix these issues. Our
property values are going to depreciate

555
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:13,920
if we don't fix these issues. We are in
the equivalent of a basin. We are

556
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:18,319
becoming a sort of an effective flood
zone. When you call for flood insurance,

557
00:47:16,319 --> 00:47:23,520
it's double the cost of your homeowners
and it only covers 250,000 which won't

558
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:27,119
cover most of us. So that's a bad one.
You can't even fix the problem if you

559
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:31,760
want to throw money at it. Um, we're
also, I think, being victimized by local

560
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:36,800
providers that are fixing cracks in our
basement. I went to multiple homes whose

561
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:42,160
basement walls cave in. It is
disgusting. It is a health issue.

562
00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:46,160
It's just appalling. I've never seen
anything like it and I've seen of it.

563
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:50,960
But I'll tell you what, we've got to fix
the problem before it gets worse. And we

564
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:55,520
have to also pay attention to the fixes
that people are putting in because I put

565
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:59,440
a fix in too and that fix failed and
other people's fixes failed and now

566
00:47:57,359 --> 00:48:02,560
there's people with the races caving in
that can't live in their house and

567
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:06,800
that's because those fixes are not
fixing the outside they're just putting

568
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:10,960
a band-aid on the inside. So my theme
for the day is no more bandaids. Please

569
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:17,000
help us find permanent solutions. We
deserve that. Thank you. It's Cheryl,

570
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,000
right?

571
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:25,680
Um, do you have that website? Because I
think isn't it through FEMA? It's like

572
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:28,800
» I bet I can give you a piece of paper
that's got it all laid out. That would

573
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:34,319
be wonderful because I think it would be
very helpful if we put that on our town

574
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:39,520
website so that at least we can get that
cataloged. So if we are able to apply

575
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:43,680
for any federal money, FEMA money,
>> then um that kind of gets aggregated

576
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,720
together. Right. And and I'm also trying
to get people to put a sign out in front

577
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:49,839
of their house that they're a flood
victim because people were

578
00:48:48,319 --> 00:48:53,920
misunderstanding when I was trying to
gather names together because there's

579
00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:57,760
thresholds and I'm not understanding
completely if it's a property threshold

580
00:48:55,760 --> 00:49:01,599
or a money threshold or both.
>> But people are like, "Oh, no, no. Um,

581
00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:05,440
you know, my sump pump didn't work." I'm
like, "It doesn't really matter. What

582
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:08,400
matters is that if you've had water
damage, we can't meet the threshold

583
00:49:07,119 --> 00:49:13,359
unless we know about you."
>> Yeah. I believe that it is a monetary

584
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:16,000
threshold, but I'm not positive. I think
it's like 38 million somewhere around

585
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:20,880
that point.
>> Yeah, I talked to somebody um but

586
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:24,319
Governor Huffle referred me to of all
places, Homeland Security's emergency

587
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:29,280
response team. Yeah.
>> And apparently the city, I think the

588
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:34,400
county has to have 1.3 million and the
state has to have something like 39.

589
00:49:32,559 --> 00:49:37,920
» Yeah, it's like 38 or 39 million.
>> But then he also told me that FEMA

590
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:41,440
doesn't cover private people. Now, this
is the first time I've heard this. And I

591
00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:46,079
mean, we all know FEMA from Baton Rouge
and and Louisiana and all that. I'm not

592
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:49,599
sure what he's talking about there, but
I do know that there's funds out there

593
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:54,160
that we can apply for. And they've done
it locally in smaller communities than

594
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:57,359
our Somerset. Um, if they can do it, we
can do it. And [clears throat] maybe

595
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:59,280
that would get us to our destination
quicker.

596
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,839
» Okay. Because that would be so very
helpful.

597
00:49:59,839 --> 00:50:06,079
» I absolutely.
>> So, thank you very much.

598
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:09,119
Sharon Shar, could could you email me
that map, please?

599
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:11,920
» Yes. Okay. I could probably just give
you the sheet of paper.

600
00:50:11,599 --> 00:50:16,160
» Oh,
>> it's very interesting. It shows up the

601
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:21,440
townships that have already. So,
basically, we've had over 50 um events

602
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:24,880
in this area already that are considered
right now.

603
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:29,119
» I think it's like um I believe it's it
and that's I don't know if I'm going to

604
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:35,760
say it right. It's a life grant. Um
there's a couple of other grants that

605
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:40,240
were uh could possibly go for but I do
know that we have to get our ducks in a

606
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:46,240
row as far as to like with Mike. It's a
fabulous start. We now have to develop

607
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:49,280
some type of plan that we can now
present in that grant application.

608
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:50,800
» Right.
>> So

609
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:54,160
» I would be more than willing to
volunteer to finance. I'd be happy to

610
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:56,400
help you with that. I'm sure there's
lots of other people that could too

611
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:59,400
because they wrote massive amounts of
paperwork.

612
00:50:59,839 --> 00:51:03,559
Okay. Thank you so much.

613
00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:11,160
» Thank you everybody for speaking. Really
appreciate it. Um

614
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:21,810
moving on right now to our approval of
meet minutes from the regular town board

615
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:25,119
meeting on July 27.
[clears throat]

616
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:29,040
I reviewed them meeting minutes and I
make a motion to make acceptance

617
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:35,920
presented. We have a motion, a second.
All in favor?

618
00:51:32,079 --> 00:51:41,839
» Motion carries abstract claims.
>> I move to approve the regular abstract

619
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:47,200
claims 2602317
through 2602462.

620
00:51:45,390 --> 00:51:51,760
[clears throat] Recommend payment. This
is an amended amount in which you have

621
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:54,760
recommend payment in the amount of
$525,358

622
00:51:55,680 --> 00:52:00,520
plus a post audit in the amount of
$16,590.

623
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:10,760
A second a motion and a second. All in
favor?

624
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,760
» I oppos

625
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:33,520
clerk's office.
>> The postage machine is up. We need to

626
00:52:31,359 --> 00:52:40,720
approve to extend the lease and have the
town clerk sign the lease with any votes

627
00:52:35,839 --> 00:52:43,880
for another 60 months that $1735
a month

628
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:48,839
is moving forward.

629
00:52:50,960 --> 00:53:00,960
» Second motion second all in favor
motion car.

630
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:06,240
So recently we put out bits for cleaning
key fobs for the doors. It's 25 inside

631
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:12,240
doors and two outside doors. Um at town
hall we did receive three bids for that

632
00:53:10,079 --> 00:53:19,599
from maximum security in the amount of
$57,500.

633
00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:26,240
One from security 101 $51,750
and from technical solutions 23,856.

634
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:31,559
I'm requesting approval to accept the
low bid from technical solutions in the

635
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:31,559
amount of $23,856.

636
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:40,040
I'll make that motion.
>> Second motion in a second. All in favor?

637
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:40,040
» I

638
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:43,720
think

639
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:55,520
this was going to come out,
I believe.

640
00:53:52,079 --> 00:54:00,160
» H97. So, So I will make a motion that
supervisor sign the contract with

641
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:09,079
technical solutions for the money to
come out of H97.

642
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:09,079
» Second motion second. All in favor I

643
00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:17,960
» just need
a motion

644
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:17,960
supervisor that conception

645
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:29,359
just mentioned that
>> I didn't know that that's my guess for

646
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:32,079
the town clerk to sign
the town clerk to sign.

647
00:54:31,762 --> 00:54:37,280
» [clears throat]
>> And I will second that. We have a motion

648
00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:40,960
to second. All in favor? I opposed.
Motion carried.

649
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:45,200
» And lastly, the uniform and M contract
through vestice is up in December of

650
00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:49,280
this year. We'd like to get head start
on for a smooth transition. We'd like to

651
00:54:47,839 --> 00:54:53,839
go ahead and start obtaining some bids
for that. Now

652
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:57,200
board approval to go out to bed for
uniforms and

653
00:54:55,920 --> 00:55:02,160
need a motion for that.
>> To go out to bed. Yes,

654
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:02,160
» I'll make that motion to go out.

655
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:07,400
motion a second. All in favor

656
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:18,920
on the agenda.
Anything

657
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,920
you want to add?

658
00:55:20,233 --> 00:55:25,760
[clears throat]
>> Michael,

659
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:30,880
we have been out
some of the areas

660
00:55:28,748 --> 00:55:37,640
[clears throat] pretty going on right
now.

661
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:37,640
So it's taking some time

662
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:45,240
out. Um this is where talking

663
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:52,799
other than that we've been working
alongside with the waste water treatment

664
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:59,480
plant with the camera and the sewer jet
storm drains and camera and stuff to see

665
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:59,480
if we can find any problem.

666
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:07,119
Now, Mike, I just had a question with
how your proposed with the um two

667
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:12,559
additional individuals.
I understand that they're they're summer

668
00:56:09,839 --> 00:56:19,359
work, but now in the winter, would they
be put to work to develop projects or

669
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:24,480
would they be um brought in as far as
with snow removal and other winter

670
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:29,040
maintenance or how would they be
strategically? As long as we don't have

671
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:32,799
six feet of snow on the ground, we can
continue.

672
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:37,839
We can clear ditches, we can cut down
trees, we can clear those areas out. I

673
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:41,119
mean, it's something that we continue
year round.

674
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:45,520
» Okay. Okay. So, they would just
>> Yeah. Just because it's snowing or it's

675
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:50,480
cold out doesn't mean we have to stop,
>> but also just to answer your question,

676
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:54,720
they would be available if you couldn't
be town.

677
00:56:52,559 --> 00:56:59,760
» Okay. Well, that's just what um you
know, just to be able to wrap my head

678
00:56:56,240 --> 00:57:03,839
around um what they actually would be
doing. I know

679
00:57:01,359 --> 00:57:07,200
» a lot of work ahead of us, but um I just
want to know if they would be utilized

680
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:13,040
in
the capacity to um you maybe run a drone

681
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:19,920
like you had done in some areas to look
at or you know as far as to help.

682
00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:25,680
» Oh yeah, absolutely.
>> So as far as your proposal

683
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:32,160
You want from my understand you want to
add two highway department workers MEOS.

684
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:34,720
» Yes.
>> You want to discuss that real quick?

685
00:57:33,839 --> 00:57:37,359
» Sure.
>> Go ahead.

686
00:57:35,359 --> 00:57:42,880
» Yeah. If you look at they add two MEOs
to our department um solely for the

687
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:49,799
reason [clears throat] but as we said
you know they will be utilized in the

688
00:57:44,559 --> 00:57:49,799
highway department for whatever reason

689
00:57:50,799 --> 00:57:55,760
it would
it's a start

690
00:57:54,640 --> 00:58:00,480
it's definitely a start
>> so after talking like

691
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:07,680
two crew members
>> and adding a third from within the um

692
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:12,079
that's where we would start. So, um I
think what Mike's looking for is a

693
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:16,640
motion to approve two new hires, any
hires for the town highway department.

694
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:20,240
They would be part of the ditching crew
within the town highway department. So,

695
00:58:18,319 --> 00:58:25,119
they would be a town highway worker who
would be just doing ditches. I mean, the

696
00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:29,079
goal is to do ditching, but they would
be available to do other things.

697
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:34,000
Yeah, the primary focus is going to be
cleaning the kitchen with a preventative

698
00:58:33,119 --> 00:58:38,880
maintenance program.
>> Absolutely propritoring the dishes

699
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:44,480
» to get us back to a situation where
we're not struggling to spend months to

700
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:48,880
clean out a dish. It would be very quick
to go through and be able to just scoop

701
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:53,359
that ditch out at some point.
>> Okay. So, basically, it's it's it is

702
00:58:51,119 --> 00:58:57,839
developing a ditch commission. We're
just going to call it a ditch commission

703
00:58:54,960 --> 00:59:05,040
piece. A ditch voice or ditch division.
Um and then they would be responsible

704
00:59:01,599 --> 00:59:09,280
for like a rotating basis once
everything does get to where we would

705
00:59:07,599 --> 00:59:13,920
like it. Then there would be a
rotational schedule [clears throat] that

706
00:59:11,119 --> 00:59:16,319
they would uh develop and maintain each
year.

707
00:59:14,319 --> 00:59:22,079
» Basically basically when we finish this
project we're just going to

708
00:59:19,839 --> 00:59:26,079
» Okay. And then that um I'm going to
assume that the ditch division would

709
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:32,480
then need to be its own budget line as
you had mentioned. So if you're looking

710
00:59:27,839 --> 00:59:37,680
for a budget line for equipment and
supplies for the pitching, I don't think

711
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:42,640
we we would be able to do a separate
budget line for the actual employees.

712
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:48,079
» Yeah, I'm just thinking of like, you
know, like being able to subsection it

713
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:52,799
out as like a division as to where it
doesn't go into the general highway

714
00:59:50,319 --> 00:59:58,480
budget, but then it actually gets the
money gets put in that division

715
00:59:55,839 --> 01:00:02,119
» for Yes. for the for the equipment or
supplies.

716
00:59:59,119 --> 01:00:02,119
» Yes.

717
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:11,359
» No, that's fine. I'm just talking for
the um you know equipment and whatever

718
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:13,839
materials are needed, but I guess that
would be question also.

719
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:18,400
» Yes.
>> So, okay.

720
01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:21,760
» Okay. So, um you want to make that
motion? [clears throat]

721
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:27,680
» I if nobody else wants to make it. Yes,
I will. I will make that motion to um

722
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:32,400
hire two additional people at the
highway department for the um sole

723
01:00:30,319 --> 01:00:36,760
purpose of
becoming members of the ditch division.

724
01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:45,799
» Again, I would stay away from sole
purpose. Okay. Yeah. So, I guess not

725
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:45,799
sole purpose, but their their main char

726
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:53,359
but we can
>> as as MEOs within the highway department

727
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:55,200
for the purpose of being additionally
approved.

728
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:59,920
» Yes.
>> You mentioned some additional equipment.

729
01:00:57,119 --> 01:01:04,079
Do you have enough quick? Can we do this
one first? Let's do this one first. We

730
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:09,440
have a motion. We have a second.
>> Okay. Motion a second. All in favor?

731
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:14,400
» I motion. Okay. Go ahead.
>> So my question was you mentioned some

732
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:19,599
additional equipment with with these two
not there. Do you have enough equipment

733
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:26,960
currently for them to be productive?
>> We we do. Yes, but there is ideally

734
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:32,880
equipment that you would prefer to see
which would make this go a lot faster

735
01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:37,359
as a discussed proposal like a tough
grinder. That way we could actually just

736
01:01:36,079 --> 01:01:41,920
take care of all the trees and
everything right on property and it

737
01:01:39,599 --> 01:01:46,960
would go back to the earth compared to
it takes us 10 times longer to pull all

738
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:53,680
the trees out
because you can't just cut down a tree.

739
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:59,520
» Now would that be included then in this
year's budget line? Are you going to

740
01:01:56,000 --> 01:02:04,240
amend um you know for next year's budget
to include that?

741
01:02:02,559 --> 01:02:08,079
» Yeah. I don't have that.
>> Okay. So, I was going to say that might

742
01:02:05,839 --> 01:02:11,720
be um you know some things we look at
for next year.

743
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:20,160
Mike and I discussed some work on that.
So, state we can try and find time. So,

744
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:25,040
we we definitely talked about it. Um so,
we felt like getting two people hired

745
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:28,480
tonight was the first equipment.
>> It's going to take us some time to find

746
01:02:26,799 --> 01:02:32,799
the right people.
>> Yeah. It's not it's not like we have

747
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:38,119
people lined up to start working
tomorrow. It's gonna take time to get

748
01:02:34,799 --> 01:02:38,119
the word out.

749
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:46,640
» Water,
anything you'd like to say?

750
01:02:42,799 --> 01:02:52,559
» Well, um we had about uh almost 10
inches of rain in five days. If it was

751
01:02:49,839 --> 01:02:58,160
snow, it would be 8 ft.
It's a lot to deal with. I feel for all

752
01:02:55,119 --> 01:03:03,440
the people that talked today and it's uh
you know it's hard to hear uh talked to

753
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:09,520
all of the people that spoke here today
and hundreds of other people um

754
01:03:07,119 --> 01:03:14,799
when we have flooding issues and the
ditches are flooded um there's no way to

755
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:19,200
keep the water out of the sanitary
sewer. Um and it's going to back into

756
01:03:17,359 --> 01:03:25,280
low
uh residences. Um, I didn't mean to

757
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:32,480
offend anybody by putting uh what I put
out on uh Facebook. It's just there are

758
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:39,039
some people that do absolutely nothing
to try to protect themselves but just

759
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:44,079
call and complain. So, um trying to help
out everybody that we can and we'll

760
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:48,240
continue to try to do our best.
>> Thank you. Um Bob Lander from GHB

761
01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:52,720
couldn't be here, but he sent his storm
water expert. Tammy, is there anything

762
01:03:51,119 --> 01:03:57,280
you'd like to add?
>> Um I think we just felt it was important

763
01:03:54,559 --> 01:04:01,760
to have someone from GH here uh to
listen and and hear everything that has

764
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:05,200
happened especially for those specific
events. And we will continue to work

765
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:09,599
with the town. We've already had some
meetings with the supervisor, council

766
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:12,799
member, and highway department. Um we've
already talked about some options and

767
01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:19,119
we'll continue to work.
>> Um can is there get a hard copy of

768
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:23,440
report or a hard copy of uh the drainage
study that was [clears throat]

769
01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:27,359
farms. Um I do have it online but I
would prefer to be able to have

770
01:04:24,799 --> 01:04:33,520
something I can go through and capture
notes off of. Thank you.

771
01:04:30,799 --> 01:04:38,079
» So with that since we're on engineering
um you know we know the town that we

772
01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:43,599
have areas that have problems they're
historical problems um some go back 60

773
01:04:41,119 --> 01:04:47,599
70 years.
The big question mark is Lewis Town

774
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:52,160
Park.
That neighborhood is only like Mr.

775
01:04:50,079 --> 01:04:57,359
Flores said, I believe he built his
house in 2002.

776
01:04:55,039 --> 01:05:03,039
And he was in phase 8. He was the last
house in phase 8. So that neighborhood's

777
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:07,839
been going in since the 80s. I know
that's a long time ago, but it's

778
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:13,920
relatively new compared to
Dage. So

779
01:05:10,799 --> 01:05:18,480
that neighborhood highway sewer has been
out there for the last two days coming

780
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:23,760
Friday trying [clears throat] to do some
camera work.

781
01:05:20,559 --> 01:05:28,559
Uh sewer jet using the sewer jet to
clean out um pipes and everything like

782
01:05:25,839 --> 01:05:34,240
that. It's a mystery right now what's
going on in Moosetown Park. So um what

783
01:05:31,839 --> 01:05:40,319
we did at Morgan Farms is we did a
topographical we did um basically as

784
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:43,280
built drawings current asbuilt drawings.
So what we're going to do and I'm going

785
01:05:41,599 --> 01:05:48,640
to make a motion tonight is that the
town is requesting a proposal from GHD

786
01:05:46,799 --> 01:05:55,599
to investigate the drainage issues
Lewistown Park phase 8 and nine Harry

787
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:59,760
Court Stacy Drive Raymond Sarah and
Lauren Court. This effort will include

788
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:04,640
necessary topographic and boundary
survey storm water modeling concept and

789
01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:09,359
final design of the storm water infra
infrastructure improvements. So, I'm

790
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:14,640
gonna I'm gonna make that motion to ask
them for an RFP for that.

791
01:06:12,160 --> 01:06:17,599
So, we have a motion in a second.
>> Can I ask a question?

792
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:24,640
» Sure.
>> Um I my question is,

793
01:06:21,839 --> 01:06:30,880
you know, we we recognize that we have
the infiltration issues. We've been

794
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:35,359
dealing with it for years. So, I I mean,
I'm curious as to the corporate

795
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:40,000
structure of GHD.
Are they prepared to give us the

796
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:44,559
resources that that we need and do you
have the people on staff that can that

797
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:50,079
that can get us answers in a relatively
short period of time?

798
01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:55,440
» Absolutely. GHD has a hall's office, a
Buffalo office. We have a very large

799
01:06:52,559 --> 01:07:00,240
office out of the Sier area. Uh we share
resources all the time. We work together

800
01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:04,640
as a larger team. Uh we have thousands
of employees. Um even some of the early

801
01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:09,520
work we have done right now has not just
been from our local staff. It has been

802
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:15,599
shared across our offices to find the
best technical staff to work on what is

803
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:20,160
needed. So we have a system of many
systems in place to ensure that we

804
01:07:17,839 --> 01:07:24,559
constantly have the right staff and the
available staff to work on our project.

805
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:29,359
So this will be no different. We will
commit to what is needed to get this

806
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:34,400
done and to get it done in good in a
reasonable amount of time because this

807
01:07:31,599 --> 01:07:42,160
cannot linger as we heard tonight. It
cannot be a slowm moving item. It has to

808
01:07:38,960 --> 01:07:45,200
» do we have even a rough time estimate
before we

809
01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:48,640
» I don't right now but we will get that
together quickly following this

810
01:07:47,119 --> 01:07:51,599
resolution.
>> Is this something that we can get

811
01:07:49,839 --> 01:07:54,160
updates monthly?
>> Absolutely.

812
01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:58,880
» And addressing
Typically, Mr. Landon would be here and

813
01:07:56,079 --> 01:08:04,079
provide updates. Um, that's moving
forward with Mr.

814
01:08:00,559 --> 01:08:07,200
» So, what we're asking for is proposal on
what they're going to do with cost and

815
01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:11,440
everything like that. Then moving
forward once we decide if we're going to

816
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:15,839
do that and moving forward, we will work
with GHD.

817
01:08:13,119 --> 01:08:21,440
» Um, I do have another question. Um, just
as far I know it's just only a request

818
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:25,759
for proposal. Um, I know that GHD has
been involved in other engineers

819
01:08:23,359 --> 01:08:31,359
projects and is currently involved in a
project in Tananda with that sewer for

820
01:08:28,719 --> 01:08:36,799
installing I think sewer liners. But now
I'm wondering as far as after we do all

821
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:45,920
of these studies and we've got all of
this information now is G uh GHD uh

822
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:52,719
capable of developing an action plan for
us that we then can take and use in

823
01:08:49,279 --> 01:08:57,920
these applications for assistance.
You're looking for something more of a

824
01:08:55,040 --> 01:09:00,880
master planning or more of a what to do
when something occurs?

825
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:05,279
» Well, no. I just feel like we've got
these studies like we've got study of

826
01:09:03,040 --> 01:09:11,040
Morgan Farms. We're going to do a study
of um I can't remember the name. We got

827
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:14,400
the Pure Court Raymond Drive area. Then
we're going to do a study here. And

828
01:09:12,400 --> 01:09:18,960
we're going to
What do we do with that study? Like we

829
01:09:16,640 --> 01:09:23,279
need to have a consolidated
like, okay, so this is what's going on

830
01:09:21,440 --> 01:09:28,719
here. these are the problems we have
identified. This is what we can write

831
01:09:25,759 --> 01:09:34,400
our grant applications off of or this is
what we can utilize to implement. So I

832
01:09:31,359 --> 01:09:38,239
just I just feel like we're we're in a
disconnect with the information that

833
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:44,880
we're getting and the applicability of
that information.

834
01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:51,359
So the the best format would be to start
putting again more of an overall picture

835
01:09:47,279 --> 01:09:57,120
of the town. Um focus then bringing that
focus areas and areas of interest and

836
01:09:53,600 --> 01:10:02,159
then like you said study can focus on an
area but then that needs an action plan

837
01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:06,560
to then what we will do to improve the
infrastructure and or repair or modify

838
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:12,000
or whatever the plan is after that. So
this first proposal starts that process

839
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:16,960
with one area but we need to put
comprehensive list together of all the

840
01:10:14,159 --> 01:10:20,480
areas of interest and start prioritizing
and planning ahead and we can start

841
01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:25,440
working on that I think now that we've
had some of these conversations um and

842
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:28,880
try to work out the best picture so all
the board members can understand and our

843
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:32,400
department heads can understand what to
do moving forward.

844
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:36,480
» Now are there any other historical
studies that GHD has already done? I

845
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:41,920
mean, and if they've already done them
in the village, if they've already done

846
01:10:38,480 --> 01:10:45,920
them, you know, out uh Creek Road, if
they [clears throat]

847
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:49,040
under other comprehensive historical
studies,

848
01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:54,560
there are other drainage studies that
we've done for local municipalities area

849
01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:58,000
county
specific

850
01:10:55,760 --> 01:11:02,480
» specifically. Not that comes to mind,
but I have to double check with Mr.

851
01:10:59,920 --> 01:11:07,199
because obviously being a resident he's
involved in what goes on here and often

852
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:11,920
handles it more directly himself. So I
don't want to speak outside of what his

853
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:15,234
level of knowledge out outweighs.
>> Okay. Not that's just a question for

854
01:11:13,924 --> 01:11:18,159
[clears throat]
[cough]

855
01:11:15,760 --> 01:11:21,480
about three years. Just that we do have
that historical.

856
01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:28,199
We have a motion and a second. Any more
questions?

857
01:11:28,239 --> 01:11:36,320
All in favor?
>> I oppos. Motion carries. Thank you. Um I

858
01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:42,719
would also like to acknowledge before
they stand up and leave, we invited uh

859
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:48,320
our legislature. So um Irene Myers is
our our legislature to the north and

860
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:53,760
Mike Cassell is our legislator from to
the south basically divided by 104

861
01:11:50,960 --> 01:11:58,400
closely 104. There's some area. So I
appreciate you being here. they they

862
01:11:55,199 --> 01:12:02,320
understood that um the county has some
issues in this and that it's it's a

863
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:06,400
bigger picture of how we can solve
resolve some of these issues. It may

864
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:10,159
need the county may need the state.
Obviously, we have state groups, we have

865
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:14,000
county groups. So, I appreciate you guys
coming.

866
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:18,719
» No, it was our pleasure meeting. Um
county is going to be getting together.

867
01:12:16,159 --> 01:12:24,560
Uh Ari and I only had conversations with
the chairman of our infrastructure and

868
01:12:21,199 --> 01:12:29,040
facilities committee. Uh so, Rest
assured, we will be talking and coming

869
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:32,560
up with a plan on how to lend some
support to the effort.

870
01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:36,239
» And just so everybody knows, Mike
Cassell was a victim of major flooding

871
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:40,719
as well.
>> I definitely feel the pain of people

872
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:44,970
here. Uh flooded in both events, July
26, 27th, and August

873
01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:49,320
» with
[snorts]

874
01:12:46,080 --> 01:12:49,320
the address.

875
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:57,199
» Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate
it. And we did spend some money to do

876
01:12:55,040 --> 01:13:00,960
some of those competitive things.
>> Okay. [clears throat] So, which are you

877
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:03,760
closer down towards library?
>> Right down the road from the library.

878
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:07,440
» Okay. Thank you very much.
>> And I'd also like to acknowledge the

879
01:13:05,199 --> 01:13:11,760
mayor of Lewon, Dan Cota, for coming out
to the meeting as well. I would like to

880
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:19,520
thank the mayor of Lewon for getting his
guys out and doing the ditch cleaning on

881
01:13:14,159 --> 01:13:26,560
my street and the crap on
and also the ditch between the parkway

882
01:13:24,239 --> 01:13:30,320
and the quad trail. I know that you're
looking to work with the DEC to get the

883
01:13:28,719 --> 01:13:35,600
permits you need to get that cooled out.
We should have that permit in the next

884
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:40,800
14 days. And if there is a need and
we're talking on the county level, uh we

885
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:43,440
need all the towns to work together. We
don't want something that the town of

886
01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:48,080
Louiswis does that negatively impacts
the town of Niagara or vice versa. So,

887
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:54,159
you know, we need to work with soil and
water within our our county, you know,

888
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:56,719
people. So, you know, we Niagara if we
did anything to get the water out here,

889
01:13:55,440 --> 01:13:59,520
it would affect the town of Porter,
which is also

890
01:13:57,360 --> 01:14:04,560
» we don't want
>> everything goes north. So some goes west

891
01:14:02,239 --> 01:14:07,679
into the river, but everything kind of
between the creeks goes north.

892
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:12,960
» And I know sometimes the DEC is not the
easiest agency to work with. So I mean

893
01:14:11,199 --> 01:14:17,120
their application process pretty
burdensome. If there's a need for some

894
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:20,239
assistance with doing these
applications,

895
01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:24,800
we can help with the county.
>> So our our ditches next to the parkway,

896
01:14:22,719 --> 01:14:29,040
which is on both the east and the west
side, is a big source of where our water

897
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:32,560
goes.
>> Permanent was signed. It's owned by New

898
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:38,000
York parks. We have a lease with New
York parks for our trail, our bike path

899
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:41,760
to, you know, operate that area drainage
on our bike path. But the ditches are

900
01:14:39,679 --> 01:14:46,719
part of New York State Parks. They
signed a permit application which Mr.

901
01:14:44,239 --> 01:14:53,840
Cota started with them and they signed
it Friday. So I got I got an email on

902
01:14:50,239 --> 01:14:59,840
that. So the ball's rolling. We'll see.
and and numerous phone calls I believe

903
01:14:56,640 --> 01:15:04,719
from council
governor's office directly um along with

904
01:15:03,199 --> 01:15:11,120
mayorota
uh to seek their assistance on the other

905
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:17,280
uh areas that we have issue as far creek
fish creek and um Gil Creek that's it

906
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:22,000
right so um hopefully that we can
establish that communication there and

907
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:27,840
get their assistance with the DEC for
those creeks and then also to be able to

908
01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:34,080
possibly get pointed towards some type
of, you know, grant program or something

909
01:15:30,960 --> 01:15:36,320
that we can apply for to get as far as
monetary.

910
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:41,360
» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. Yes, thank you for having us

911
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:48,560
and um like legislator Christelle said
that uh we're going to be

912
01:15:45,360 --> 01:15:53,600
um putting in much effort into trying to
look at the big picture of everything.

913
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:57,120
Um as we all our weather pattern is
changing. So

914
01:15:54,719 --> 01:16:03,440
» yeah, I think we have 42 we've had 42
inches of rain to date,

915
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:08,480
» which is well well above average in this
area. So thank you.

916
01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:11,480
» Well, again, thanks to Michael, thanks
Mayor.

917
01:16:12,320 --> 01:16:19,760
I totally 100% agree.
>> I can tell you from supervisors meeting

918
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:24,159
across the county, every every town is
dealing with this. Every town is dealing

919
01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:28,320
with DC. Every town is dealing with
flooding. Every town is dealing with

920
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:33,360
drink issues. So, thanks. And so, we'll
take a cover up. You've been to the

921
01:16:30,239 --> 01:16:36,880
meetings with the uh with the DOT and
the towns and the county and the state

922
01:16:35,440 --> 01:16:39,679
and DPC. [clears throat]
So, I appreciate it.

923
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:42,560
» Thank you.
>> And I was going to say if you have any

924
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:45,560
more
app,

925
01:16:48,480 --> 01:16:56,560
» Tim, last but not least, Tim Smith. Oh.
Uh, thank you, sir. Uh, we just finished

926
01:16:53,440 --> 01:16:59,440
up our camp season, uh, preparing for
our next season, which I don't want to

927
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:03,679
bring up any of those events. I still
like to enjoy the last two weeks of

928
01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:07,120
summer, but follow us on Facebook and,
uh, the town website. We got plenty of

929
01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:10,903
events coming up for the fall and the
winter time. So, yeah, a lot of adult

930
01:17:08,719 --> 01:17:14,159
events, too, not just kids. So,
[clears throat] that's a big aspect of

931
01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:20,239
our recreation department as well.
Jackie, no, I'm sorry. You're you'll be

932
01:17:16,640 --> 01:17:26,520
last. Jackie's online. Jackie, it's
minor surgery and attention. You there,

933
01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:26,520
Jackie?

934
01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:31,199
» You're on mute if you're there. There
you are.

935
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:34,360
» Y
>> I'm here.

936
01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:38,679
So, so go ahead.

937
01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:46,640
» Previously, I submitted eight budget
revisions

938
01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:50,000
for the board to review. And tonight I
ask for those budget revisions to be

939
01:17:48,560 --> 01:17:55,199
approved.
>> I went over them with Jackie this

940
01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:58,719
morning. I'll make a motion to accept.
I'll second that motion. Motion a

941
01:17:57,040 --> 01:18:05,920
second. All in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carried. Jackie,

942
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:13,760
anything else you'd like to add?
>> Uh, no. I will sit down with Mike to

943
01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:17,920
figure out the uh the new ditch division
funding requirements.

944
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:24,040
get that all put together.
>> Okay. Thank you very much.

945
01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:24,040
We'll talk to you soon.

946
01:18:24,640 --> 01:18:33,560
» Okay. Nothing under old pending
business. Nothing under new business

947
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:33,560
under my leazison report. Um

948
01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:37,400
Leah, are you here?

949
01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:46,400
» She's in hospital.
>> Oh, okay. So, can you step up to the

950
01:18:43,520 --> 01:18:49,360
microphone?
I'm sorry. What's your first name again?

951
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:53,440
» Gina Maria Marino.
>> Gina.

952
01:18:50,719 --> 01:19:00,960
» So, Gina came to me with her with her
sister and talked about a break in their

953
01:18:56,880 --> 01:19:07,679
um water line. Um there's water and
sewer. Um it was a water line break. Her

954
01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:10,800
average bill is I
>> Yeah, I got it right here. I was going

955
01:19:09,440 --> 01:19:16,560
to run through this real quick. Real
quick. Bear with me. Uh, her most

956
01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:27,320
expensive bill on here was in 23 at $112
and it was 60 61 61 61 61 62 62 706 62

957
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:27,320
and $5,729.

958
01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:37,440
So that's a long shower.
So explain explain to us what happened.

959
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:43,840
» Um, my sister has health issues.
She was in hospital and

960
01:19:41,199 --> 01:19:49,760
had a water break in the bathroom
upstairs.

961
01:19:46,480 --> 01:19:58,400
It ran for two
days and then it was two subs and then

962
01:19:54,880 --> 01:20:03,520
um I had another neighbor check in on
Florida and it's been flown in every

963
01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:10,560
month for the last six months to try to
get this sorted out. I'm on a plan

964
01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:14,880
and I like she had a new meter put on
and everything. There's no way this was

965
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:18,080
just a normal.
>> I think if you remember our

966
01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:22,320
conversation, you had the work done.
>> I did.

967
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:29,040
» And I I asked for like a work order
on my phone that I'm not allowed to

968
01:20:26,320 --> 01:20:31,840
because my phone had to be shut off.
>> Oh,

969
01:20:29,679 --> 01:20:35,040
» that's why I I brought everything
digital. I came up with Well,

970
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:37,679
» give me
We'll do

971
01:20:36,719 --> 01:20:39,840
a meeting
>> either a meeting or if you can email

972
01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:43,840
them to
>> I can do all the

973
01:20:40,960 --> 01:20:47,920
» okay and we'll figure out
water we'll figure sewer water I'll have

974
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:52,800
your phone number um
>> please

975
01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:52,800
» do me a favor write down your

976
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:13,880
And then what we'll do in our next
meeting, you wouldn't need to be here. I

977
01:21:10,719 --> 01:21:13,880
can present

978
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:26,760
» I will call you tomorrow.
Okay,

979
01:21:22,640 --> 01:21:26,760
» I hope your sister feels better.

980
01:21:31,440 --> 01:21:38,800
» So, um, we just settled.
Um,

981
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:43,600
I believe it's been completely
finalized. Um, we know what the numbers

982
01:21:41,679 --> 01:21:49,440
are going to be. And what we've done in
the past is we have matched our court

983
01:21:46,640 --> 01:21:57,440
officers with our part-time police
officers per their contract.

984
01:21:52,080 --> 01:22:02,719
And what I would like to do is um
basically approve the court officers

985
01:21:59,199 --> 01:22:09,280
making as much as equal to the part-time
officer's pay within within the town

986
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:12,320
highway per town police contract.
So I have I don't have those numbers in

987
01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:16,800
front of me. I have the contract you
want to look at them. But um it's a

988
01:22:15,199 --> 01:22:21,280
situation. It's a product basically of
minimum wage going up and everybody's

989
01:22:19,120 --> 01:22:25,840
salaries going up. So we approved the
police contract I believe at the last

990
01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:33,360
meeting and I would ask that we approve
the court officer's pay moving forward

991
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:37,679
um from Hold on a second.
What was the date again? Was it was

992
01:22:35,280 --> 01:22:40,080
today right?
>> Yeah.

993
01:22:41,679 --> 01:22:47,600
It'll be today to coincide with the new
with the payroll period. So I would ask

994
01:22:45,920 --> 01:22:52,480
that the court officers pay would
increase equal to the part-time police

995
01:22:49,760 --> 01:22:56,560
officers paying their contract. Yeah,
I'll make that motion. I'll second.

996
01:22:54,880 --> 01:23:00,239
» All in favor?
>> I opposed

997
01:22:58,719 --> 01:23:05,199
motion.
Um legal

998
01:23:03,520 --> 01:23:11,520
you have a resolution in front of you
relative to an undertaking with the

999
01:23:07,520 --> 01:23:17,360
state. Obviously uh town does work
within the rights of way of state of New

1000
01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:24,320
York etc. And basically what this is is
a understanding uh that of what the town

1001
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:26,800
will do andifying the state for that
type of work. So this is just

1002
01:23:26,222 --> 01:23:32,239
[clears throat]
basically a reaffirmation of what the

1003
01:23:30,159 --> 01:23:37,840
town did I believe 10 years ago. It's a
longer term relationship. I think the

1004
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:41,600
last one was 2005.
Okay. without reading the whole thing.

1005
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:44,400
Um, it's town list town board resolution
authorizing the execution of new

1006
01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:48,880
undertaking of New York City Department
of Transportation. Now, therefore, be it

1007
01:23:46,719 --> 01:23:53,840
resolved town board and town hereby
approves and authorizes town to enter

1008
01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:58,480
into the New York State DOT undertaking
presented to town board attached here to

1009
01:23:55,920 --> 01:24:02,239
exhibit A. Town supervisor is hereby
authorized and directed on behalf of the

1010
01:23:59,840 --> 01:24:06,639
town to execute the undertaking attached
as exhibit A and to deliver the executed

1011
01:24:04,880 --> 01:24:09,360
undertaking
to New York State Department of

1012
01:24:07,840 --> 01:24:13,360
Transportation together with a copy of
the instant resolution and any other

1013
01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:18,159
documents reasonably required by New
York State DOT to process and accept the

1014
01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:21,280
undertaking. The undertaking attached is
exhibit A is incorporated into and made

1015
01:24:19,840 --> 01:24:26,880
a part of this resolution. This
resolution will take effect immediately

1016
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:32,320
upon it adoption. So you need a vote on
to resolve to enter into it and then a

1017
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:38,880
vote to authorize supervisor to sign the
actual undertaking attachment.

1018
01:24:35,600 --> 01:24:45,040
Okay. Can I get a motion? I'll make that
motion.

1019
01:24:40,639 --> 01:24:50,120
» Second motion to second. All in favor? I
motion carried and a motion for

1020
01:24:51,280 --> 01:25:00,560
second. Motion second. All in favor? I
motion.

1021
01:24:57,520 --> 01:25:06,159
» Some months ago, um town board
authorized me to negotiate

1022
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:10,320
um with the owner of
parcel of property on Slement

1023
01:25:08,404 --> 01:25:15,280
[clears throat] Road and Garlo. There's
some issues with respect to the traffic

1024
01:25:12,719 --> 01:25:20,239
patterns there. Uh also some complaints
of the neighbors as to uh whether it met

1025
01:25:18,320 --> 01:25:25,199
code numbers of American violations
coming from the manager's office. we've

1026
01:25:22,480 --> 01:25:31,600
reached uh an agreement with that um
with that individual and I have supplied

1027
01:25:28,719 --> 01:25:37,520
and that is attached to your agenda a
contract purchase contract for the

1028
01:25:34,719 --> 01:25:44,880
amount of $60,000 for that particular
lot. Um we are holding uh several deeds

1029
01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:48,719
and documents in escro pending vote
today.

1030
01:25:46,560 --> 01:25:51,840
So
we're all aware of this. So what it is,

1031
01:25:50,159 --> 01:25:55,360
just so everybody else knows, there's
the old red and white building, the

1032
01:25:53,280 --> 01:26:01,440
corner of Carlo 31, which has been in
court for since I started here in 2007

1033
01:25:59,199 --> 01:26:04,560
» and it's changed ownership and it's been
kicked out of the court because of that

1034
01:26:03,120 --> 01:26:07,520
and brought back into the court. We've
had promises, oh, we're going to clean

1035
01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:10,719
the building up, which it was cleaned
up, but the building needs to be

1036
01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:16,239
condemned and it is condemned.
>> It is condemned. So um so it's a

1037
01:26:13,920 --> 01:26:21,199
two-fold process. when we were had the
opportunity to purchase it. Also, if

1038
01:26:18,560 --> 01:26:27,040
anybody that's driven south on Garlo and
hit 31, it's an awkward intersection.

1039
01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:32,800
The intention is to line up Garlo on the
on the north side with Garlo on the

1040
01:26:29,040 --> 01:26:39,360
south side so you're not facing
kind of a a south east angle. We're

1041
01:26:37,120 --> 01:26:44,400
going to to line it up. So, that's the
real intention of getting the property.

1042
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:50,239
Um, the other is to demolish that
building and clean that property up. So,

1043
01:26:47,120 --> 01:26:55,840
I would ask for a motion. And also, we
received a $50,000 grant from

1044
01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:59,840
Assemblyman Morinell that could be used
to obtain this property. It's one of the

1045
01:26:57,679 --> 01:27:05,040
parameters of using the grant and one of
them is to obtain property. So, with

1046
01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:10,159
that, I would ask for a motion to uh
approve the purchase of that property

1047
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:12,800
for $60,000
>> plus closing costs. Closing cost.

1048
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:18,000
Exactly.
>> Wouldn't you figure another

1049
01:27:15,360 --> 01:27:25,679
» $1,500 to $2,000 at most?
>> Where the remainder come from?

1050
01:27:21,040 --> 01:27:32,560
» Um H97 our infrastructure.
>> Jackie Jackie now are you there?

1051
01:27:30,560 --> 01:27:38,239
» Was that how I understood it? It was
going to be through the um our H97

1052
01:27:36,080 --> 01:27:41,360
infrastructure fund.
>> Yes.

1053
01:27:38,960 --> 01:27:48,239
» Okay. Thank you. So
It would be a total of basically $62,000

1054
01:27:45,199 --> 01:27:52,159
up to $62,000.
>> Motion

1055
01:27:50,159 --> 01:27:55,639
second.
>> All in favor?

1056
01:27:56,000 --> 01:28:01,480
» Motion and also authorized

1057
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:10,960
contract.
All

1058
01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:14,600
» in favor? I oppos.
I know we had some

1059
01:28:19,040 --> 01:28:24,800
engineering. We've already taken care of
that. We've already taken the budget

1060
01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:30,400
provisions. Councilman Bird report
police fires. I have a letter here from

1061
01:28:28,159 --> 01:28:34,000
Officer Buzzio.
Please accept this letter as formal

1062
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:37,840
notification that I am resigning from my
position as a police officer with the

1063
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:42,159
Louis police department effective August
31st 20126.

1064
01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:45,840
Leaving the Louis in police team was a
very deep and well thoughtout decision.

1065
01:28:43,920 --> 01:28:49,840
I have had an extraordinarily rewarding
time in serving this community alongside

1066
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:53,840
some of the finest individuals I ever
known. My co-workers here have truly

1067
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:57,760
become like family to me and the
camaraderie, memories, and invaluable

1068
01:28:56,159 --> 01:29:00,639
professional lessons I've gained are
things I will carry with me throughout

1069
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:03,920
the rest of my career. I am deeply
grateful for the opportunity,

1070
01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:08,560
mentorship, and support provided to me
during my tenure police. Prior to my

1071
01:29:06,719 --> 01:29:12,159
departure, I will ensure all my open
reports are finalized and assist in

1072
01:29:10,080 --> 01:29:16,000
making the transition as smooth as
possible. I wish you and the entire

1073
01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:23,679
Louis Police Department continued safety
and success. I make a motion to with

1074
01:29:20,639 --> 01:29:28,880
regrets accept Mr. Buzzio or officer
Buzzio's resation.

1075
01:29:26,719 --> 01:29:34,800
Motion a second. All in favor?
>> I

1076
01:29:31,717 --> 01:29:39,360
[clears throat] wish the best.
>> I'm requesting a motion to hire two

1077
01:29:37,600 --> 01:29:46,080
full-time positions to fill up coming
vacancies. One is Paul Neville with a

1078
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:52,560
start date of September 7th, 2026 to
replace vacancy created by the

1079
01:29:48,560 --> 01:29:59,199
resignation of M officer Michael Buzzio
who is leaving on August 31st 2026

1080
01:29:56,159 --> 01:30:04,400
and also for the hiring of Dylan
Loganich

1081
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:09,679
okay sorry thank you with the start date
there's a bunch of change in the start

1082
01:30:07,199 --> 01:30:14,000
date September 8th 2026 [clears throat]
to replace the vacancy created by

1083
01:30:11,520 --> 01:30:17,520
Anthony Nicolleti when he retires on
September 25th

1084
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:21,040
Both hireers are from the civil service
list. They need to attend the Niagara

1085
01:30:18,960 --> 01:30:25,239
County law enforcement academy which
starts on September 8th.

1086
01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:33,400
We have a motion to second. Any
questions? All in favor?

1087
01:30:29,920 --> 01:30:33,400
» I opposed.

1088
01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:41,040
» The only other thing that I have is the
historical association Lewon. are

1089
01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:48,080
holding their annual
Lew in Jeopardy Wednesday September 16th

1090
01:30:44,560 --> 01:30:52,000
at Fellow Winery
looking for good entertainment time and

1091
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:57,760
learn something about your community.
It's always a well dependent.

1092
01:30:55,600 --> 01:31:04,080
Okay, thank you very much. Councilman
Memorial. The first thing on my agenda,

1093
01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:12,320
we had an agreement for transferring
street lights from Buffalo Street in San

1094
01:31:07,760 --> 01:31:17,280
back back in September 23rd, 2024.
I worked with National Grid. Our highway

1095
01:31:14,800 --> 01:31:21,440
supervisor at the time said there was a
lot of issues with them lights with

1096
01:31:18,639 --> 01:31:27,120
wiring. Parts aren't available anymore.
There's timers that have to be set for

1097
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:31,280
daylight savings time. and he said if we
could turn them over national grid let

1098
01:31:28,960 --> 01:31:37,280
them maintain them replace what has to
be replaced the wiring infrastructure

1099
01:31:33,040 --> 01:31:41,040
also needed love and attention so this
was approved and everything but I got a

1100
01:31:39,120 --> 01:31:45,360
contact from national grid that they
can't find or something happened in

1101
01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:50,000
between with we need the supervisor to
sign the agreement for the transfer of

1102
01:31:48,159 --> 01:31:56,320
the street lights national grid that's
all this is it's uh something that was

1103
01:31:52,960 --> 01:32:04,400
approved on September 23rd 2044
just need supervisor signature.

1104
01:31:59,679 --> 01:32:10,080
» I'll make a motion that supervisor sign
>> with attorney approval.

1105
01:32:07,920 --> 01:32:14,600
So we have a motion and a second. All in
favor? I [clears throat]

1106
01:32:11,600 --> 01:32:14,600
oppos.

1107
01:32:15,760 --> 01:32:22,560
And then I have school forgiveness.
These are people that need to replace

1108
01:32:20,320 --> 01:32:29,920
the liner, put new pools in, and they're
asking to have the sewer part of their

1109
01:32:26,400 --> 01:32:38,800
build um
the first one is John Jerus 510

1110
01:32:33,280 --> 01:32:44,199
Riverdale Avenue. He has a $8231 sewer
portion. I make a motion credit that

1111
01:32:45,360 --> 01:32:52,719
a motion second. All in favor? I post
>> and all of these have been already

1112
01:32:52,149 --> 01:32:58,080
[clears throat]
reviewed by our

1113
01:32:56,239 --> 01:33:03,600
823.
>> Yes. Okay. That was already all these

1114
01:32:59,920 --> 01:33:14,520
were approved by Jeff. Okay. The second
one is Shell Fortuna 5268 Lewon Road

1115
01:33:11,199 --> 01:33:14,520
for $188.54.

1116
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:29,520
Motion a second. All in favor?
>> I motion carried. The third one is for

1117
01:33:24,639 --> 01:33:33,560
Kate Mesa at 603 Park Lane.
S forgiveness $43.56.

1118
01:33:45,679 --> 01:33:52,159
Motion, a second. All in favor?
>> I opposed. And that's all

1119
01:33:49,789 --> 01:33:56,760
[clears throat] I got.
Um

1120
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:56,760
Councilman.

1121
01:33:57,920 --> 01:34:06,719
» Um yes. First of all is that I do
believe that the library received the um

1122
01:34:03,920 --> 01:34:13,679
study from their building. I have not
reviewed that yet, but um I did see a

1123
01:34:10,800 --> 01:34:18,480
email from Fred Queso as far as I think
they have engineering study done of the

1124
01:34:16,159 --> 01:34:22,480
building. Also want to remind everybody
that the senior center is going to be

1125
01:34:20,320 --> 01:34:25,815
closed the week of Columbus indigenous
day so we can [clears throat] actually

1126
01:34:23,760 --> 01:34:32,000
knock out the remainder of the kitchen
[cough] and the women's bathroom. And

1127
01:34:29,600 --> 01:34:37,280
also I just want to say to everybody who
came here this evening, thank you very

1128
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:43,360
much. I um can relate to what you have
gone through because I too at a point in

1129
01:34:39,520 --> 01:34:48,639
my life had to sewer back up and it is
it it's horrible and it's it's difficult

1130
01:34:45,679 --> 01:34:56,560
to go through and uh difficult to clean
up. But I will say that um I believe

1131
01:34:52,880 --> 01:35:02,400
that Jeff has been doing a very good job
with what he has been given and being

1132
01:34:58,719 --> 01:35:06,239
inundated with all that water. Um, as as
you think of a sewer system, it's kind

1133
01:35:04,400 --> 01:35:13,280
of like our blood vessels. It's supposed
to be a closed system and remain a

1134
01:35:08,880 --> 01:35:20,320
closed system and somehow we just keep
getting water that breaches that closed

1135
01:35:16,639 --> 01:35:26,159
system. So, I take it upon myself as a
charge and I believe the rest of this

1136
01:35:21,920 --> 01:35:32,159
board does that it is our responsibility
to find a solution to this. And I think

1137
01:35:30,320 --> 01:35:38,000
with all the steps that we have taken
tonight, I'm hoping that a solution is

1138
01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:42,800
going to be found. And then also too, we
were two days away, right Jeff? Two days

1139
01:35:40,320 --> 01:35:49,600
away from connecting the big sewer line
project and the end groomment. Two days

1140
01:35:45,840 --> 01:35:55,280
away. And I believe that that probably
would have helped mitigate. But again,

1141
01:35:52,719 --> 01:36:01,280
just know that we all are trying to wrap
our heads around this. And

1142
01:35:58,639 --> 01:36:06,719
um at least I know from my perspective,
I'm starting to collect information and

1143
01:36:04,239 --> 01:36:12,159
starting to funnel in that data into
something workable that we can use to

1144
01:36:09,360 --> 01:36:15,360
create a plan to move forward. So thank
you very much for being here.

1145
01:36:13,920 --> 01:36:21,840
» And I want to add to that. I went
through mine. I didn't touch base on it.

1146
01:36:19,600 --> 01:36:26,719
So the thing I would extend to everybody
and I tell this to everybody just the

1147
01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:30,960
town is a phone call away. Obviously, we
can't go in and do town work inside

1148
01:36:28,639 --> 01:36:36,639
people's homes, but what we can do is we
can visit your homes. Myself, highway

1149
01:36:34,239 --> 01:36:42,159
superintendent, um some of his highway
workers, uh Ryan Titler from the sewer

1150
01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:46,880
plant, we've gone in and we've actually
helped, not physically, but with some

1151
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:52,159
suggestions that have actually helped
people out. Um we're always available to

1152
01:36:49,840 --> 01:36:56,239
do that. We've and again, I'm not trying
to blame the homeless. We know we have

1153
01:36:53,760 --> 01:37:02,159
issues, but we found some pumps that
were pumping into pipes that were

1154
01:36:57,679 --> 01:37:10,080
completely clogged. Um we found where um
some pumps weren't connected to our

1155
01:37:05,280 --> 01:37:14,239
infrastructure. Um and we found where
even our backflow preventor has helped

1156
01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:18,239
people um discover other issues when
they want to put them in. We're willing

1157
01:37:16,480 --> 01:37:22,480
to come out and try and do whatever.
Even um Ed Zimmerman and Tim Masters

1158
01:37:20,239 --> 01:37:26,239
from the building inspector's office um
they're a wealth of knowledge as well.

1159
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:31,600
they'll come out and we'll visit any
house. Um, again, we're not allow we're

1160
01:37:29,440 --> 01:37:35,840
not allowed to do work. Um, you know,
the backlog for better program is to

1161
01:37:33,440 --> 01:37:42,480
help people out. Um, we can't do the
work. The intent of the document wasn't

1162
01:37:39,679 --> 01:37:46,320
to to hold the town not liable for any
and all. It's basically the backflow pre

1163
01:37:45,199 --> 01:37:50,159
because there is maintenance on a
backflow pre that once it gets

1164
01:37:47,920 --> 01:37:54,159
installed, there are requirements that
it needs to be cleaned. There's certain

1165
01:37:52,480 --> 01:37:59,199
aspects of it. So, it was to cover the
town in case it was put in faulty or if

1166
01:37:57,520 --> 01:38:04,880
there the maintenance wasn't done by the
homeowner, but it was not designed to

1167
01:38:02,239 --> 01:38:09,600
basically pay you people off for $2,500
to resolve the town of every issue we've

1168
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:15,280
ever had in your house. And legally, I
talked with Alice today, it wouldn't

1169
01:38:12,159 --> 01:38:20,639
relieve the town from any and all um
flooding issues or anything if the town

1170
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:25,119
was involved. Um the backflow pretor
program to me was a lowhanging fruit to

1171
01:38:23,199 --> 01:38:29,679
get some type of a resolution
immediately for people that were having

1172
01:38:26,960 --> 01:38:33,040
problems. Um and I promise you we are
going to continue to look at it. We're

1173
01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:39,520
we've always supported the highway
department. Um this board from 2016 on

1174
01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:42,000
the changes and everything has always
supported the highway department. I

1175
01:38:40,960 --> 01:38:46,320
don't believe we've ever told the
highway department no when it comes to

1176
01:38:44,080 --> 01:38:52,480
purchasing equipment, obviously
manpower. Um, so we'll we'll we'll

1177
01:38:49,440 --> 01:39:00,159
continue to plug away and um you can
call me. I mean, I'm available even if

1178
01:38:56,080 --> 01:39:03,920
you didn't like my excuses, but uh but
um I I will come to anybody's house.

1179
01:39:02,320 --> 01:39:08,480
I'll return any phone call. So, please
reach out to me. So with that, um, also

1180
01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:14,800
I want to give a quick update on our
lower river road park because I know it

1181
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:19,199
was a frustrating process. Um, we
basically stopped the relationship with

1182
01:39:17,199 --> 01:39:21,840
the lowest bidder who bid on our lower
park. [clears throat] If anybody's

1183
01:39:20,080 --> 01:39:26,400
driven down there, it's beautiful and
it's going to get better. Um, he was

1184
01:39:24,960 --> 01:39:29,920
supposed to be done, the contract was
supposed to be done last December. It

1185
01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:35,199
was into February. We had weather that
was decent. He wasn't showing up. So, we

1186
01:39:32,239 --> 01:39:41,199
called in his performance bond. It did
not cost the town any money um any more

1187
01:39:39,040 --> 01:39:45,040
money by him being kicked off the job
site. He had a performance bond. We

1188
01:39:42,880 --> 01:39:50,000
called in that performance bond. The
company who uh wrote the performance

1189
01:39:47,280 --> 01:39:54,400
bond put the job back out to bid. I'm
happy to say that A1 Landscape was the

1190
01:39:52,400 --> 01:39:58,239
winner of that bid. They are the ones
that originally built our first pavilion

1191
01:39:56,480 --> 01:40:00,719
down there. So, what they're going to be
doing next is they're going to be

1192
01:39:59,280 --> 01:40:06,800
finishing the pavilion that's down
there, which also includes a 120 foot

1193
01:40:04,639 --> 01:40:11,280
fishing pier that runs parallel to the
ground with a kayak launch. Um, it's

1194
01:40:09,280 --> 01:40:16,320
it's going to also be ADA compliant with
a ramp. Um, it's going to be beautiful.

1195
01:40:13,840 --> 01:40:21,520
It's it's the whole totality of the
project is 950,000. That's what this

1196
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:28,000
board approved. So, it's not a pavilion
that costs $950,000. It is a project

1197
01:40:24,560 --> 01:40:32,480
that includes a pavilion for $950,000.
And also Ed Zimmerman's not here. Um he

1198
01:40:30,880 --> 01:40:34,880
updated us on the bathroom that's going
in the outall building. One of the

1199
01:40:33,679 --> 01:40:38,719
biggest complaints or one of the
complaints was we didn't have a bathroom

1200
01:40:36,560 --> 01:40:42,320
that's closer to the pavilions. We're
putting in a full men's and women's

1201
01:40:40,320 --> 01:40:45,679
bathroom in the outall building. It's
all greenway money. It's all N River

1202
01:40:44,400 --> 01:40:49,520
Greenway money. It's been approved by
the N River Greenway. It's money that

1203
01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:53,600
can only be used for those type of
projects. It can't be used to fix

1204
01:40:51,840 --> 01:40:57,760
flooding. I wish it could because that's
where we would focus it to but it it

1205
01:40:56,080 --> 01:41:05,119
can't be. It has to be for parks,
recreation trails, um some uh

1206
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:11,920
invasive species type things which we
haven't really done yet um right now on

1207
01:41:09,440 --> 01:41:17,199
it. But it also can help our waterfront
and um I talked to the uh fishermen, the

1208
01:41:15,600 --> 01:41:20,719
captains. They would like to see some
improvements down at the waterfront even

1209
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:24,400
in the village. I I'll talk to Dan
eventually about that. So, those are the

1210
01:41:23,119 --> 01:41:29,520
projects that are going. I just want to
update everybody on the lower project

1211
01:41:26,960 --> 01:41:35,600
and um and I I appreciate everybody
coming tonight um and and promise to

1212
01:41:33,840 --> 01:41:41,119
support the highway department in their
endeavors with the drainage. So, with

1213
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:44,239
that, um I would ask for um upcoming
board. Well, does anybody else want to

1214
01:41:42,480 --> 01:41:47,280
say anything before we close? Does
anybody want to say anything?

1215
01:41:46,320 --> 01:41:51,199
» Mr. Newman,
>> I just I missed the public hearing on

1216
01:41:49,280 --> 01:41:53,520
the the storage containers.
>> Okay.

1217
01:41:51,600 --> 01:41:56,400
» I just hope we can come to a resolution
where we don't have to outright ban them

1218
01:41:55,520 --> 01:42:00,480
from our title.
>> The intention isn't to ban them from I I

1219
01:41:59,679 --> 01:42:04,320
think I talked to
>> Yeah, I emailed you.

1220
01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:06,560
» Yeah. I mean certain areas, but it's
just we don't want a free-for-all

1221
01:42:05,840 --> 01:42:12,080
either, right?
>> That you know, that's the intent,

1222
01:42:07,920 --> 01:42:17,280
» right? I understand like residential are
>> we can slap some paint on them and make

1223
01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:21,119
» Yeah.
I appreciate it. Um, upcoming boards,

1224
01:42:19,920 --> 01:42:24,080
commission meetings, historic
preservation, I don't know if they're

1225
01:42:22,639 --> 01:42:29,520
still having a September 8th meeting.
It'll be posted on our [cough] do zoning

1226
01:42:26,719 --> 01:42:34,320
board September 10th at 6 p.m. Town
Board work session September 14th at 6

1227
01:42:31,840 --> 01:42:39,199
p.m. I will not be in attendance. I'll
ask Deputy Supervisor Conrad meeting. I

1228
01:42:37,119 --> 01:42:42,400
My in-laws are having their 60th wedding
anniversary, so I will be in the state

1229
01:42:40,560 --> 01:42:47,360
of North Carolina. I just want to put
that out there. Um, planning board is

1230
01:42:44,560 --> 01:42:52,239
September 17th at 6:30 p.m. and our
regular town board meeting is September

1231
01:42:49,119 --> 01:42:56,400
28th at 6 PM. With that, I would ask for
a motion to appear.

1232
01:42:54,639 --> 01:42:59,280
Motion second.
>> All in favor?

1233
01:42:57,760 --> 01:43:03,080
» I
appear. Thank you everybody.