[0:07] [clears throat]
[0:36] to the flag of the United States of
America.
[0:39] and to the rep for it stands nationy
[0:46] and justice for
[1:56] Good evening.
[2:00] Couple things.
First of all,
[2:05] myself and our board of directors. We
want to say
[2:15] we couldn't do it without
[2:31] I don't
[2:35] believe
[2:54] in
[2:59] that will be
So that's the same.
[3:34] And then also next
[3:58] Oh yes.
[4:02] Yes.
[4:17] We're going to sell them for 25.
[4:22] That was
[4:32] all the other people.
So our neighbors
[4:48] came over myself and
[4:55] different
[5:01] area and of course
[5:13] the study is completed.
[5:19] September 14.
[5:52] I don't think so. I think
[6:00] that's
[6:04] these are
and
[6:08] So now
[6:23] Saturday baseball.
[7:00] Yes, it's in the basement.
[7:21] Thank you, Mayor Mayor. Council, in your
packet, cover report indicating uh a
[7:26] request to conduct a public hearing to
receive comments uh regarding the
[7:29] proposed code amendments to the zoning
ordinance, copy of the proposed
[7:34] amendments, the ordinance itself, the
house bill, and the advertisement
[7:38] including the packet for review. The
principal changes focus on um better
[7:43] definitions, adding a for data centers,
but not to be added as a use in any
[7:49] zoning district in town. Like to make
that clear. Uh clarify and better define
[7:54] public utilities and storage warehouses.
Change the off streetet out of rightway
[7:58] parking space requirement for multif
family housing. We discussed that
[8:01] previously, altering chapter 506 uh the
parking section for clarity and
[8:07] uniformity. and then amending once again
the chapter 517 which is u based on the
[8:15] solar energy and these are state
legislative changes that came down to us
[8:20] that were effective July one from the
general assembly and signed into law by
[8:23] the governor so we really don't have
much of an option we cannot be more
[8:28] stringent than the state's regulations
allow us to be so we're going to have to
[8:33] adopt these changes planning commission
held uh they did a review on June 10th
[8:37] They held a public hearing on July 15th.
They recommend approval to zero. And I
[8:42] did not receive any comments at all
this.
[9:11] warehouse.
[9:30] » Yeah, I believe that's the intent. a
storage warehouse versus an industrial
[9:34] complex or a factory or associated with
a factory like say for example the door
[9:39] plant there on Stony Brook. If they had
a material storage wing of that building
[9:45] that would be part of that industrial
complex but if they had a totally
[9:48] separate building but all they did was
store goods in that building and then
[9:52] retrieve them back and forth. Uh that's
a storage warehouse that we'd like to
[9:56] better find. That was one of the two
that we wanted to clarify. uh because
[10:01] other localities have had issues with
people misinterpreting that entitle that
[10:07] that definition. So we just want to be a
little more
[10:09] » clear.
[10:30] they could lease it or portion of it
such as the Wallace building where they
[10:34] will lease a portion of that to two
different vendors for storage inside
[10:37] that structure. That would be a good
example of storage warehouse. Yes, very
[10:40] good question. Thank you.
[11:40] Yes.
>> Yes.
[11:55] Thank you, mayor. Uh, so since our last
meeting, I did reach out to Miss Gray uh
[12:01] talked to her um about a few different
items. I brought up an item that was uh
[12:06] suggested here uh you know, in our last
meeting. I had the superintendent public
[12:11] works go and take a look at that area as
well as um I discussed it with chief of
[12:17] police. Um the area is not real
conducive to a like a turnaround. We
[12:24] could build a a tea or a hammerhead
turnaround there. Some of the concerns
[12:29] that were raised by staff and and and
reiterated by Miss Gray was that likely
[12:33] that area would be used by the
neighborhood for parking. They would
[12:37] park vehicles or trailers in those and
it would be basically
[12:41] not available for turning around because
they would use that as additional
[12:45] parking. And so she would prefer plus
her fence would have to come down the
[12:48] fence that blocks through traffic down
through her property. She would prefer
[12:53] that the town vacated the entire
rightway and therefore she got 50% and
[12:59] then the adjacent owner was eligible for
50%.
[13:03] But in lie of that she said if the town
does not wish to vacate that um she
[13:08] would hope that we would just do nothing
and by do nothing not only not a
[13:14] vacation but don't build the road uh
through there and I I told her I said I
[13:19] don't think that the town has any
contemplation of building that roadway.
[13:22] It's a very expensive section. I said,
"So, I think the two options that are
[13:27] available were listed in your staff
report here is either we vacate the
[13:31] entire thing or we don't vacate any of
it." And uh she said she would be happy
[13:37] with either of those decisions. She
understands the pressures on the town um
[13:41] and the fact that this has been a long
time
[13:44] of use, but she would like to see the
town vacated and then that way she could
[13:51] at least have the availability for half
of that. that street,
[13:57] but she has not talked to the adjacent
neighbor either. We were not able to
[14:01] make contactent.
[14:06] Yeah,
[14:09] » the house is in not great repair. We
we've been after him a couple times.
[14:15] I believe that that owner or that
owner's representative lives now and so
[14:20] we reached out to them up there, but
they've not expressed
[14:25] What are our next steps if the town
would like to consider a vacation
[14:30] public hearing not
this will be notified as long as well
[14:39] and then hold public hearing and then
there's no adverse comment there.
[14:46] » She has she's built a driveway over the
years in half of this roadway and put a
[14:51] storage shed there.
and she as she's getting older, she
[14:57] would like to make sure that area is
secure for her children, her future,
[15:01] whatever. And she'd just like to do it
for that reason.
[15:07] » I can't really see any downside. I mean,
Jason and I have talked about this. You
[15:11] know, once we vacate that thing, roughly
half of it, 50% goes to one owner, the
[15:15] other 50% goes to the other owner, and
the town has no responsibility there. We
[15:19] still maintain our uh you know easements
through there access way through there
[15:24] for like bur utilities and things like
that but uh it would be basically you
[15:30] know relinquished to those two property
owners.
[15:35] Well maybe uh you know if they choose
not to uh survey it into their property
[15:40] and they just kind of let hang out there
it wouldn't be part of the real estate.
[15:47] She would have to obtain a quick claim
deed from that adjacent owner to get his
[15:52] hat and she can do that. If you
remember, we did a similar activity over
[15:57] here in South Alley with 15 camel street
where we did a quick clean because it
[16:02] abunded our property and we were able to
obtain that. So,
[16:07] it doesn't happen a lot, but it is
possible that if she wanted it all, she
[16:11] could get it all.
[16:26] property
[16:29] access.
>> Yes.
[16:35] » Correct.
[16:41] » Correct.
[16:45] She's not getting
all of her
[16:49] » rights.
[17:05] » She may do she may offer him a partial
quick claim where she doesn't all of his
[17:11] half. She only takes the uh the southern
2/3 that would be where she has her
[17:17] enhanced improvements that kind of go
over that center line a little bit and
[17:20] leave that front one third where his
driveway is to him. Uh and if if the
[17:26] neighbor's willing to do that uh with a
survey like you say, then that's between
[17:30] the two neighbors, you know, to work
that out. But as far as we're concerned,
[17:34] it's only whether we vacate it or we
don't vacate it. uh we don't really what
[17:38] arrangements the two property owners
work out in the future is really on them
[17:42] and but yeah I agree with you that
access point is important for that
[17:47] adjacent property and so but maybe
they're able to work out something in
[17:51] the future
[18:07] and half.
[18:10] » That's correct. Yep. And that's with in
the cover report that a survey may
[18:15] reveal that there may be improvements
beyond that 50% mark. And if that's the
[18:20] case, again, it's between those two
private property owners. Kind of work
[18:23] that out.
[18:41] I was under the impression previous
[19:10] It's not
[19:29] He's
[19:44] And I never had to open it up.
Sure.
[20:16] Yeah, see what the community has to say.
Well, we can we can certainly draft an
[20:20] ad for a public hearing then and get
that on future meeting agenda and then
[20:25] we may be able to do the September
meeting. I don't know how much time we
[20:27] got left, but we'll see what the
advertising schedule allows us. But in
[20:32] the meantime, you know, I've talked to
her. She doesn't have to do a survey to
[20:36] do the vacation, but I had recommended
that to her on the phone for the very
[20:40] reasons that Chuck brought up and kind
of leave that up to her, but we can
[20:44] record without it.
Oh, it's nice. Yeah.
[20:51] » Yeah, it's nice. Yep. Cleaned it all up.
>> Thank you.
[20:57] » Yep. We will.
[21:03] » Thank you, Mayor. The town council is
requested to review the credit card
[21:09] purchasing policy. This is largely an
administrative document. Um, it is a new
[21:14] document and so Brian and I both felt it
to give council opportunity to review
[21:20] this policy and weigh in on it. Um the
council I'm sorry the uh town does not
[21:25] currently have a formal policy in place
but current practices include adherence
[21:30] to adherence to all internal controls
policies and audit standards. The
[21:35] establishment of the written policy will
further define the regulation and
[21:39] oversight of the town's purchasing cards
and their keeping. Um the institution of
[21:45] the policy provides for further
efficiency and accuracy and record
[21:49] keeping reconciliation and the payment
process. Um you may choose to review the
[21:56] policy tonight and act on it. Um and if
you would like to make any comments to
[22:02] future we're happy to hear those as
well.
[22:06] We have also um provided the draft
policy at several via several weekly
[22:12] reports. I have received comments
from Mayor and those we've also included
[22:22] the attached
document that details all the card
[22:27] holders
for each.
[22:50] » Um, so if you'll recall previously,
elected to remove several cards. There
[22:55] were additional cards for several other
several others within the police
[23:04] department
and so those were eliminated.
[23:12] each supervisor to have a
[23:21] bare minimum.
[23:33] Correct.
There was a slight increase from our
[23:38] original plan.
Mr. Card
[23:44] for the purpose of travel and training
for
[24:01] » um you know it varies month to month
which cards are used. There may be some
[24:06] departments who don't use their card at
all for any given month. Um, but you
[24:10] know, obviously they
they don't lose their status.
[24:16] They would still have that available.
[24:59] I don't think
[25:10] Right.
[25:28] » Yeah. This is one of Daniel's this is
the treasur's office. One of their goals
[25:33] for the year based on our planning
session for council and so the result
[25:38] right here.
They've done a great job.
[25:42] It's definitely
something that's been needed. It's a
[25:45] good control mechanism. We're a lot more
comfortable with this moving forward and
[25:50] I think it'll address some of those
issues that
[25:54] all
[26:37] Thank you, Mayor Kevin.
for consideration potential action
[26:41] proposed revisions of chapter 98
[26:48] primarily on these
[26:54] draft
[27:00] there's one change there
[27:05] also
this with respect to section
[27:11] 21hiced
[27:31] mobility devices
[27:37] We have red line draft that shows
proposed changes finance.
[27:49] There is no public hearing or ad
[28:24] It's a hiking trail.
[28:30] » You know, the few times that we've had
horses, they've come in actually
[28:33] trespassed in from properties up.
[28:52] » [clears throat]
[29:08] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[29:25] Yes, I've been
[29:59] » [snorts]
[30:22] » 37 years.
[30:57] Thank you.
[31:32] Thank you. Thank you, Mr.
[31:41] » Thank you, Mayor and Council. Uh, we've
talked about this issue before and there
[31:45] was a consensus of council to do this,
but in speaking with M.
[31:50] We never took a formal vote. So, I'm
just asking council to take a formal
[31:55] vote on this issue to allow me to sign
that partial training easement out
[32:00] behind Walmart and effectively start
some hopefully some really good things
[32:04] going out there. So, if you would mind,
I'm happy to answer any questions you
[32:08] have. I've included a copy of the
drainage document in the packet along
[32:14] with an exhibit.
So, if you have any questions,
[32:19] about this issue. Happy to
>> answer.
[32:48] Thank you.
[32:57] » Uh thanks, mayor. Uh so in your packet,
town council's request review,
[33:01] discussion, take action on a resolution
from um VRS that the position of the L
[33:07] assistant town manager in its current
iteration will be a part-time position.
[33:12] The document comes directly from VRS. In
fact, we're not able to alter it in any
[33:16] way, shape, or form.
been approved by their legal staff. Uh
[33:20] the only thing we're allowed to do is
change the dates and the names which
[33:23] I've done. Um according to our folks
down at VRS, the position can revert
[33:29] back to full-time statuses at any point
as authorized by the town. Of course,
[33:34] the basis for the position is reviewed
annual annually during our budget
[33:37] planning process. So happy to answer any
questions you might have.
[34:07] Yes.
>> Yes.
[34:33] I council Fore
[34:54] 183.
[35:12] Yes.
>> Yes.
[1:17:36] Yes. Yes.
[1:17:49] And business
[1:18:08] Yes.
[1:18:39] Whereas
[1:19:00] service.
[1:19:08] Whereas
[1:19:32] service.
[1:19:52] Principal
[1:20:06] Your last
[1:20:13] service.
[1:20:42] There's a
[1:21:00] Hold on.
>> She's already read it.
[1:21:15] [applause]
>> We do need a second. We need a second,
[1:21:19] don't we?
>> Okay. Okay. Choke. Choke. Second it. All
[1:21:24] right.
[1:21:38] » [snorts]
[1:21:46] » mayor. Thank you.
[1:21:56] » It is 2:21 in the morning.
[1:22:08] » [laughter]
[1:22:13] » Yeah, let's hope so.
[1:22:26] » September 5th at 4:30.
[1:22:39] Labor Day weekend
[1:22:43] on Saturday
[1:22:52] and then
[1:23:06] We have approval from both the court
administration and the county.
[1:23:20] » I bet you do.
[1:23:25] All right.
[1:23:57] Much easier to take care of
[1:24:02] much easier.
[1:24:05] I will do that tomorrow morning.
[1:24:37] We usually have each town usually does
two. Yeah, you do two then.
[1:25:02] Can we keep it to Can we keep it at two
total?
[1:25:05] » It's okay. It's okay. You show up as an
interested citizen.
[1:25:11] » Okay. Jerry. All right. And
>> email.
[1:25:23] » I gota I gota public meeting. So, uh,
superintendent haven't heard back yet
[1:25:27] from the county. My intention is when I
hear back from AMD to see if AMD will
[1:25:32] invite superintendent, the new
superintendent schools. I think that
[1:25:35] would be appropriate. If she doesn't
want to do that or she doesn't mention
[1:25:39] it, then I have no problem.
>> So, yes, I'll do that.
[1:26:00] fair.
>> It's fair week. So, we're back on that
[1:26:04] schedule. Last year a little bit because
we were off. That's the first August
[1:26:07] work session I think we've had a long
time in the town, but normally in August
[1:26:12] when it lands fair week, we do not have
work session that month. So, unless you
[1:26:16] guys tell me we need
I don't really have anything pressing.
[1:26:21] So, they can't wait till 14th.
[1:26:40] » Oh, the PR. Yeah.
>> Yeah. We have final they have the final
[1:26:45] report is going through their part of it
now and then As soon as they get done
[1:26:49] their internal review, they're going to
meet with me and John
[1:26:55] and we're going to talk about things and
then uh so it'll be on a council
[1:27:01] probably be a council work session or
special meeting some point in the
[1:27:04] future. [clears throat] That's usually a
good place to talk about stuff like
[1:27:06] that. But yeah, they've got it nearly
complete. We just have to do the local
[1:27:11] review and then it'll be ready for you
guys to hear. But good news is
[1:27:17] any specifics or any of that stuff is
that there are there do appear to be
[1:27:21] some options at the current site.
[1:27:29] » Oh yeah.
>> No.
[1:27:32] » No. What what the plan what my plan was
was to have the proposed improvement
[1:27:36] shown on a story board and then you guys
walk the plant and then they explain the
[1:27:43] story board while you're there like have
them point it out. this is going to be
[1:27:48] here. This is going to be demolished and
something else is going to be here. So
[1:27:52] that I think that'd be very helpful, you
know, for the the investment that we're
[1:27:55] talking about making here. Uh it's going
to be significant and they're also going
[1:27:59] to help us with hopefully find some
sources for some of the findings and
[1:28:03] most of like said will be probably rural
development. I'm going to get our local
[1:28:08] guy, our regional guy with USDA come in
give a little brief presentation to you
[1:28:13] guys about water and sewer projects and
if we can bundle some of these together
[1:28:17] and finance them at a better rate
bundled together be in our best interest
[1:28:21] to do that. So
[1:28:33] it's a it's an alter. It was less than
six figures. So, uh they they got the
[1:28:39] plant because the only thing they built
was the actual plant components. All the
[1:28:43] major stuff was already there. They just
retrofit a lot of that. But what what I
[1:28:49] can tell you is what they did
reduce their volume
[1:28:55] in a week.
So they were able they were able to
[1:29:00] treat it to a higher level and then they
were able to disperse.
[1:29:07] So they were actually allight fields
once again.
[1:29:33] Thank you.
[1:29:39] » Thank you.