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What's got Davis? President.

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Legislator of Cilibino. Legislator Kerry, Kerry A. Salaj.

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Legislator Patrick Malaney. Legislator, Senator Couslo, President. Legislator Deborah Malay.

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Here. I am here. Legislator John Jeffrey. Legislator Scott Strauss.

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President, Legislator Massey, the League, Legislator Dilia, to Reggie Whitton, Legislator Michael,

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Gian Grigolio, Legislator Tom McKabit, Legislator Bill Gaylor, William Gaylor,

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President, Legislator Tom Ferretty Jr, Legislator Arnold Drucker, Legislator Rosemary Walker,

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Legislator Samantha Getz, and Legislator James Kennedy, OK, 19 members, all 19 members

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present in the chamber we have a quorum. Now the first order of business is procedural

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relative resolution number one of 2024 which is to point a clerk pro temp of NASA county

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legislature, pursuant to the county charter section one ten subsection one. I nominate Michael

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Pulitzer as clerk pro temp of the Kinesa county legislature seconded by the legislator

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Kevin. Any other nominations, hearing none,

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and a motion to close the floor for nominations,

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let us say to Freddie, move it, let us say to the Reggie Whitten, seconds it. All of

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favor of closing nominations, please say aye, aye, any opposed, the eyes have it, nineteen

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to zero.

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Now I'm going to ask for a roll call vote on the nomination. Let us say to Davis,

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Legislative Bino, Legislative Solages, Legislative Malini, Legislative Coslo, Legislative Milite,

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I think I skipped the page.

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Legislative Senator Fray, Legislative Strauss, Legislative Pilip, Legislative the Reggie

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Whitton, Legislative Gian Gregorio, Legislative McCavit, Legislative Gailor, Legislative

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for ready, legislative drocker, and legislative walker that we have everybody know, legislative

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gets, and legislative Kennedy.

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And I'm a yes.

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The record indicates that I am reporting that with a vote of all members, Michael Pulitzer

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is the clerk, Pro Temp, by vote 19 to 0.

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Congratulations, Mr. Pulitzer.

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I now ask you to conduct the meeting.

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Thank you very much. It's an absolute pleasure to work with this legislature. You couldn't be nicer to me.

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You couldn't be nicer people and from the heart I really appreciate it.

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And I would certainly like to thank my staff who extremely underrated that work hard in long hours.

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So thank you guys. We appreciate it.

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The next order of business is procedural resolution.

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2-20-24, which is the election of the Presiding Officer, pursuant the Section 106 of the

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NASA County Trotter. The legislative who received the highest number of votes, she'll be

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the Presiding Officer and the legislative who receives the second highest, she'll be the

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minority leader.

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Legislative McEphitt, from the majority.

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I nominate, let's say, or how or take a poll as presiding officer.

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Do we have a second here?

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Thank you.

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Are there any of the nominations?

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Thank you, Mr. Pulitzer.

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I nominate, Dilia, Division Witten.

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I second the nomination.

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Thank you.

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Are there any of the nominations?

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Seeing none is there a motion to close the nominations.

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Thank you, any opposed?

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The nomination of Howard J. Copell and Dilia Amdirigi Whitton are now before this legislation for a vote.

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I will now call the roll.

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Legislative Davis.

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Dilia.

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Dilia.

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Thank you.

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Legislator.

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Celia.

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Dilia.

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Dilia.

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Thank you.

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Legislator.

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Carrier.

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Dilia.

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Thank you.

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Legislator.

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Malini.

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Legislator.

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Coslaw. Do you have to read you with it? Thank you. Legislate of Muley.

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Do you have to read you? Thank you. Legislate of copel.

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Pension builds. Copel. Thank you, sir. Kind of you. Legislate of June 4.

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How are jake copel? Thank you. Legislate of Stravs. How are jake copel?

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Legislate of

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Thank you.

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It's a very strange to vote for your self.

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Legislative GM Garrio.

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Thank you.

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Legislative Mayor Thomas McEvitt.

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Thank you.

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Legislative Gaylord.

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How are Jankal Pal?

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Thank you.

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Legislative John Foretty.

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Legislative Arnold Drucker.

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Deliant the ridge you wouldn't thank you legislator Rosemary Walker legislator Gets

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Thank you legislator Kennedy

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Thank you all ladies and gentlemen and members of this legislature by a vote of 12 to 7

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Howard Copeland is here by elected to serve as the president resigning officer of the NASA county legislator

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I just want to thank all of you, and we'll have a good time, we'll work together.

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Thank you Howard.

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Ladies and gentlemen, members of this legislative deal, you're M.

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The Ridge you Witton, having received the secondized number of votes,

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gas is elected to serve and are delivered to the National County Legislature.

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I will now go on for the signing of the co-palt to preside and to point members to serve as deputy presiding officer and alternate presiding officer.

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as the deputy minority leader, and Zilla A. by now, as the alternate deputy,

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and thank you both.

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I'm going to be calling on you quite a lot.

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Thank you.

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The next item of business is procedural resolution number 3 of 2024, which is a resolution to a point.

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Michael Pulitzeris clerk of the legislature, pursuant to the county government law of NASA county.

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I have a motion, motion by, let's say, to Walker, seconded by, let's say to Obama.

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I need the beta discussion.

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I will, seeing none.

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All in favour, signifies by the saying aye.

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All right.

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Let the record reflect that this unanimous vote.

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Congratulations, Michael.

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Thank you very much.

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It's a pleasure to serve you.

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Thank you.

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Next item of business is procedural resolution number 4 of 2024,

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which is to establish and adopt the rules.

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the procedure for the 15th NASA County Legislature, pursuant the county government law of

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NASA County, time stamped at 202 on January 8th.

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Now, it may have a motion to consider the rules as proposed, motion by the Legislator

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for ready, seconded by Legislator Solage,

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any of the better discussion, all those in favor?

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All those in favour?

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Aye, aye.

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OK.

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Any opposed?

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It is a past that resolution is passed by a vote of 1920.

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We now move on to procedural resolution number five of 2024, which is to establish a calendar for meetings of the Legislature of the County of the County of 2020.

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for pursuing the County Government Law of Nassau County, motion by Legislative Kennedy, seconded

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by Legislative Drucker, I need to debate a discussion, all those in favor, and he

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opposed that is passed by of 19 to 0. Thank you. Resolution number 6 is to establish

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procedure to establish committee on economic and community development, labor and transportation,

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motion by Legislative Gaylord, seconded by Legislative Strauss, and the Debater Discussion,

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all those in favor.

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Aye.

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Opposed.

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Nineteen to zero.

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Thank you.

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Resolution number seven is to establish a committee on towns, villages, and cities.

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Motion by Legislative Walker, seconded by Legislative Malay.

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And he debated discussion, all those in favor, and he opposed that also passes 19 to 0.

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Resolution 8 is to establish a committee on veterans, and there is a motion by legislator Mulaney.

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Seconded by legislator Davis.

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Any debate or discussion, all those in favor, aye.

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Any opposed?

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19 to zero in favor, thank you.

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Resolution number nine.

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The establishes a committee on senior affairs.

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Let's see this emotion by legislative,

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Gian Gregorio.

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Seconded by legislative, caslow.

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Any debate or discussion?

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All those in favor, saying aye.

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Any opposed that is passed by a vote of 19 to zero?

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Okay, now pursuant to Section 20 to 11, the members of the legislature are presenting

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two political parties as candidates who receive the highest and next highest of votes

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in the county at the General Election, which the governor was chosen.

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Sheldez Ignatin writing an official newspaper and filed the designation with the Office

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of the clerk of the legislature.

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Both designations have been submitted.

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The Republican delegation has selected Newstay as its official newspaper, the Democratic

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Democrat delegation has selected Newstay, Newstay as well as the official newspaper.

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At this time, the floor is open for the purpose of announcing committee assignments

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and the appointment of chair and vice chair of all committees.

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Pursuing to section 1111 of the NASA County Charter, the NASA County Legislative

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shall have the following committees, rules, finance, public works, including matters involving

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the parks and the NASA County parks, public safety, health and social services, government

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services and operations, including assessment, planning development and the environment,

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including matters pertaining to aircraft noise.

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Minority affairs, towns, villages and cities,

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economic and community development, labor and transportation,

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veterans and senior affairs.

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Additionally, Section 182 of the Charter Requires

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at the Legislature shall re-create a budget review committee

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for the purpose of maintaining general supervision of

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and liaison with the Office of Legislative Budget Review.

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The members of this committee shall also be designated.

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In order to lead the Reggie Whitten, I will begin with my designations, and then I'll ask you to make yours as the committees are called.

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On rules, I will be chair.

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Tom McKevitt is Vice Chair, John Farretti and James Kennedy.

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Girls Committee, Delia Gerrigi Witten, will be ranking, Arnold W. Drucker, Silla A.

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Bynow.

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For finance, Tom McKevita's chair, John Farelli's vice.

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James Kennedy and Rose will be Walker.

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Finance Committee, Carrier Solage, Ranking.

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Scott M. Davis, Seth I. Kaza.

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For public works and parks.

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Michael D. Angugorio is chair, John D. Frey is vice chair, James Kennedy and Scott Strauss.

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Public works and parks committee, Silla A. Bino is ranking, Arnold W. Drucker and Carrier Slice.

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For public safety, Patrick Malene is chair, Scott Strauss is vice chair, John Freddy and Mazie Melissa Pillar.

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Public safety committee, Silla A. Bino is ranking,

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Deborah Mulee and Scott M. Davis for Health and Social Services Rosemary Walker as Chair

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Michael Gianconcario, Vice Chair, Masi Pilip and Samantha Gets

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For Health and Social Service Community,

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Diliaturigi Whitton is Wanking, Arnold W. Drucker and Seth I. Coslaw

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Right for government services, John Foretty Chair, Scott Strauss, Vice Chair,

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Michael D. Angkorio and John Jeffrey.

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Government and service operation committee, Arnold Zaytah,

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and Arnold W. Drucker, is ranking

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Carrier Salash and Seth I. Caslow.

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Planning development and environment,

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Samantha Getzes Chair,

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Tom Acabit Vice Chair, John Jeffrey and James Kennedy.

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Planning development and the Environment Committee,

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Carrier Salash is ranking,

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Arnold W. Drucker,

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Silla A. Bynum.

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Minority affairs, Scott Strauss-Chair, Samantha Gets,

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Vice Chair, Rosemary Walker, and Michael G. Engugorio.

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Minority affairs committee, Carrier Solage Ranking,

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Deborah Muley, and Seth I. Caslow.

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Hey, for economic and community development

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labor and transportation, James Kennedy-Chair,

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Tom McKevitt, Vice Chair,

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C. William Gaylor, and Samantha Gets.

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For economic and community development, labor and transportation committee,

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Silla A. Bynow is ranking, Arnold W. Drucker and Deborah Miele.

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Ones villages and cities, Masi Pilipe is chair,

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Siwilim Gailor vice chair Samantha Gats and Scott Strauss.

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Townsville is city's committee, Deborah Miele is ranking, Scott M. Davis and Seth I. Coslov.

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Veterans Committee. William Gaylor as chair Rosemary Walker vice chair, Mazie Pelip and Patrick Malene.

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Veterans Committee, Deborah Miele is ranking. Scott M Davis and Seth I. Kaza.

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Senior Affairs, John Jeffrey is chair, Rose Walker as vice chair, Tom McKenna and Patrick Malene.

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Senior Affairs Committee, Deborah Miele is ranking, Delia Terigie Witten.

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Scott M Davis.

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And finally, budget review, Tom McEvichair, Michael G. and Riklorio is vice chair and me.

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Budget review committee is tele-attirigie what me ranking and Arnold W. Jocker.

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Thank you. So at this time, I'm going to put the full legislature and recess.

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Each committee will be called to order by the chair from their assigned seat.

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Every committee will vote on their statement of purpose and rules.

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The Budget Review Committee has set forth in the charter, will not convene today.

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Committees will convene in the following order, senior affairs then followed by veterans,

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towns, villages and cities, economic and community development, labor and transportation,

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minority affairs, planning, development and environment, government services and operations, health

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and social services, public safety, public works and parks.

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Finance followed by rules.

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If there is public comment, today we will listen to those who wish to speak after the meeting

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after the first meeting of the Legislature is adjourned and that will be following the committees.

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Now, the full legislature is now reconvened and I will call the full legislature to adjourn.

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Motion to adjourn made by the legislature.

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Sorry, we're going to do the committees.

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So the first committee will start off with the senior affairs.

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At this time, I will call the senior affairs committee to order.

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I would like this clerk to call the roll, ranking member, Legislator Deborah Muley,

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minority leader, Deelia, Derrigi Whitten,

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member Scott M. Davis, Legislator Rosemary Walker,

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Legislator Thomas McEvid, Legislator Patrick Mulaney, and myself.

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We have a quorum.

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We have two items on the agenda and they are procedural resolutions, numbers 1 and 2, procedural

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Resolution 1 of 2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of purpose for the senior affairs committee per person to the rules of the procedure of the NASA county legislature

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Procedural resolution 2 of 2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of the procedure of the senior affairs committee

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Person to the rules of procedure of the NASA county legislature

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May I have a motion moved by legislator Walker second

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was a second bi-legislator mule. These two items are now before us. Is there any debate or discussion?

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Hearing none? Is there any public comment?

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Hearing none? All those in favor of adopting these rules? Please signify by saying aye.

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Opposed?

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The items passed unanimously. There is no other business in front of this committee. May I have a motion to adjourn?

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moved by Legislator Davis seconded by Legislator Walker all those in favor I

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pass as unanimously the committee is now adjourned.

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Okay at this time I'd like to

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hold Veterans Committed Order I'll ask. I'll act as the clerk and call the

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role. Ranking member Legislator Deborah Mulay. Legislator Seth Coslo.

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Legislator

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I'm going to let him Aussie Philippe.

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I'm just laid a patch of my landing.

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And I'm here.

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We have a quorum.

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If two items on the agenda and they all procedural resolutions number one and number two.

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Procedural Resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt a post statement of purpose for the veterans

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committee.

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Procedural Resolution 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt a post report.

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rules of procedure of the Veterans Committee,

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pursuant to the rules of procedure of the National

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Canada Legislature.

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I have a motion.

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Move by legislative walker.

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Seconded by legislative, you like.

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These items are before us.

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Any debate or discussion?

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Non, any public comment?

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Yes.

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I think that I heard Ms.

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Meridae.

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Good afternoon, Ms. Meridae.

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I was hoping it gets to speak before it became good evening.

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Yeah, no. Please state your name for the record, though.

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Me today, Maraday. I'm Maraday.

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I encourage, I'm glad to see that legislative galore is still chairing. I think there were some significant

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inroads that were made on this committee. I welcome the new members to the committee as well as the new members of the legislature.

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I'm still, I want to be optimistic since this is January that we're going to do a better job for the thousands of veterans and their families who continue to

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underserved in this county. It's my hope, again, that we can direct our efforts, and a bipartisan

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fashion to address the increase and suicides homelessness and despair within a veteran

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community and the military family community. So, again, I'm hoping that we can look towards

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the resources that we continue to not track on the state and federal level to address these

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issues to bring some resolution on myself who drafted, I think, enough legislation for the

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body to not be an elected official considering. One particular piece of legislation that's,

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I believe, almost 10 years old now, for contracting opportunities for services-abled

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veteran businesses. I have yet to see any real teeth to that. I've yet to see any real

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development and outreach to grow veteran businesses to provide qualified paying jobs for

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veterans to keep our young veterans here to address again.

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The suicide, the debt, and that type of despair is again.

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I want to be encouraged, and I have stayed, I stood before here, with before this group,

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and I'm also working behind the scenes, but we all have to do this together.

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The suicide rate for our veteran community is on the rise.

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We have issues with mental health and support services for veterans of color.

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And again, we need to do this together on a bipartisan basis again.

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Welcome aboard for those who are new.

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Let's get busy for those who are here.

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And let's all work together.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you, Ms. Merida.

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And thank you for your service and dedication to all our veterans.

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Any other public comment?

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All right.

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All those in favor adopted these rules.

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Please signify by saying aye.

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Any opposed?

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The item passes.

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These items pass unanimously.

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If you're being no other business in front of the committee,

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I have a motion to adjourn, move, move by legislative belief, seconded by legislative

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planning.

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All those of favour?

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Communities now adjourn.

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At this time, I will call the Council's villages cities, committee to order.

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I will act as a clerk and call the court, ranking member of Legislator Melee, Legislator

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Kaslo, Legislator Davis, Legislator Kero, Legislator Guards, Legislator Strauss, and I are here.

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We have two items on the agenda and they are

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are residual resolution number one and two, residual resolution 1-2024 is the resolution

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to adapt the proposed statement of proposed proposed for the towns villages and cities

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committee, pursued to the rules of the procedure of the NASO county legislature.

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The residual resolution 2-2024 is the resolution to adapt the proposed rules of the procedure

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of the towns, villages, and cities, communities, pursuits through the rules of the procedure

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of the NASA county legislator may have a motion, more by legislator, yellow or second

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by legislator.

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This through items are before us any debate or discussion.

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For those in favor of adapting those rules, please identify by saying aye, opposed.

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The item passed unanimously.

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There is no other business in front of this committee.

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I have a motion to adjourn, move by Legislature.

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Class law and second by Legislature Galloway, also in favor.

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The committee is now adjourned.

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Thank you.

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At this time, I will call the Economic and Community Development

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Labor and Transportation Committee to Water.

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I will act as a clerk and call the roll.

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I'm ranking member Legislators Seal Abino.

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Legislators Deborah Muley.

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Legislator Arnold Drucker.

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Deputy Presiding Officer Tom McKevitt, Legislator C.

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Let's see William Gailor III, Legislator Samantha Getz, and I am here.

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We have a quorum.

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We have two items on the agenda, and they are procedural resolutions number 1 and 2.

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Procedural Resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of purpose for

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the economic and community development, labor, and transportation committee pursuant to the

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The procedure of the NASA county legislature, procedure of Resolution 2-2022-24, is a resolution

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to adopt the proposed rules of the procedure of the economic and community development, labor

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and transportation committee, pursuant to the rules of procedure of the NASA county legislature.

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May I have a motion.

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Move by legislator Gaylord.

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Seconded by Legislator Mule, these two items are before us, is there any debate or discussion?

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Okay, all those in favor of adopting these rules please say goodbye by saying aye.

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Opposed?

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The items have passed unanimously.

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There's no other business upon this committee.

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May have a motion to adjourn.

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Move by Legislator Bino.

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Seconded by Legislator Kats.

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Okay, all those in favor, committee is now adjourned.

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At this time, I will quote a minority of fairs committee to order.

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I will like this clerk in call, roll.

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Ranking member, legislator, sawages.

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Legislator, move leg.

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Legislator, causal.

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Legislator, gets.

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Legislator Walker.

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Legislator, Gian Gregorio.

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And I are here.

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We have a quorum.

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We have two items on the agenda.

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and the Air Procedural Resolutions number 1 and 2.

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Procedural Resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of purpose for the minority affairs committee,

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pursuant to the rules of the procedure of the NASA County Legislator.

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Let's just let you share.

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Procedural Resolution 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of the procedure of the community affairs committee pursuant to the rules of the procedure of the NASA County Legislature.

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May have a motion moved

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by legislative G and Gregorio, seconded by legislature, legislative and relay.

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These two items are before us, any debate or discussion.

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Here are none.

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All those in favor of adopting these.

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We're just doing an organizational meeting.

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There's nothing we don't need to comment on the organization on the organizational meeting.

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All those in favor of adopting these rules please signify by saying aye.

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Opposed, the items pass unanimously, if there's no other business in front of this committee,

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may have a motion to adjourn, move by legislator, Walker, second by legislator,

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Coslo, all those in favor, the committee is now adjourned.

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Just for everyone, there will be public comment following the German of the legislature.

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That will be a little bit later.

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At this time, I will call the Planning Development and Environmental Committee to Order.

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I will act as clerk and call the roll.

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Ranking member, Legislator, Carrier, Solages.

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Legislator, Sealab, Bino.

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Legislator, Arnold Drucker.

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Deputy Presiding Officer, Thomas McKevitt.

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Legislator, John J. Gray.

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Legislator, James Kennedy.

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And I are here.

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We have a forum.

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We have two items on the agenda and they are procedural resolutions 1 and 2.

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Procedural Resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of purpose for the planning development and the environment's committee,

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pursuant to the rules procedure of the NASA County Legislature.

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Procedural Resolution 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of the procedure of planning development and environmental committee,

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pursuant to the rules of procedure of the National County Legislature. May I have a motion.

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Move by Legislature. Do you pray? Seconded by Legislature

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Kennedy. There are two items before us.

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Any debate or discussion?

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All those in favour of adopting these rules please signify by saying aye.

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Opposed? These items pass unanimously. This committee is now in recess.

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At this time, I'll call the Government Services and Operations Committee to order.

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I'll add a clerk and call the roll, ranking member, legislator, Arnold Drucker, legislator

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Salaaj, legislative council.

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Legislator Strauss, legislative jingregorial, legislative jingregorial, legislative

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jingregorial, legislative jingregorial, legislative jingregorial, legislative jingregorial.

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And I am here.

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We have a quorum.

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We have two items on the agenda and the procedural resolution numbers 1 and 2.

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Precedural Resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt if a post-statement of purpose for the government services and operations committee

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pursuing to the rules of the procedure of the National Accounting legislature.

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Precedural Resolution 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt.

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The rules of the procedure of the government services and operations committee pursuant to the rules of procedure of the National Accounting legislature management.

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motion, moved by a ranking member of Drucker, second and

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bi-legislator Strauss.

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The two items are before us.

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Do we have any debate of discussion?

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They're being none.

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All those in favor of adopting the rules.

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Please signify by saying aye.

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Opposed.

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The items pass unanimously to the committee.

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The committee is down at recess.

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At this time, I will call the Health and Social Services Committee

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to order.

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I will act as the clerk and call the roll.

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Ranking Member, Legislator D'Arigi Whitten, Legislator Drucker, Legislator Koslow, Legislator G. and Gregorio, Legislator PLEEP, Legislator Gets, and I am also here.

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We have a qualum. We have two items on the agenda, and they are procedural resolutions number 1 and 2.

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Procedural Resolution 1-204 is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of purpose with the Health and Social Services Committee

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pursuant to the rules of the procedure of the NASA County Legislature.

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Procedural Resolution 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of procedure of the Health and Social Services Committee

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pursuant to the rules of the procedure of the NASA County Legislature.

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May I have a motion, move by legislator trucker, set-ended by legislator, G. and Gregorio.

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These two items are before us, any debate or discussion.

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All those in favor of these adopting these rules, please signify by saying aye.

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Any opposed?

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They pass unanimously.

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This committee is now in recess.

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At

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this time, I will call the Public Safety Committee to order.

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I will act as clerk and call the roll.

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Ranking member, Legislative Seal of the Bino, Legislative Deborah Malay, Legislative

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Scott Davis, Legislative Scott Strauss, Legislative Mozzie Pilip, Legislative John Ferretti,

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and I'm here.

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We have a quorum.

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We have two items on the agenda and they have procedural resolutions number 1 and 2.

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Procedure Resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt a proposed statement of purpose to the public safety committee,

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pursuant to the rules of the Procedure of the National County Legislature.

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Procedure by solution 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of the Procedure of the Public Safety Committee,

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pursuant to the rules of Procedure of the National County Legislature.

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May I have a motion?

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Move by legislative for ready.

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Second, second by legislative malay, these two items are before us and you'd discuss in the debate.

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All those in favor of adopting these rules please signify by saying aye.

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Opposed?

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These items pay us unanimously.

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The committee is now in recess.

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At this time I'll call the finance committee.

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At this time I will call the public works committee to order.

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I will act as the clerk and call the roll.

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01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:38,700
Ranking member, Legislator Guino, Legislator Drucker, Legislator Solages, Legislator

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01:13:38,700 --> 01:13:45,480
Jepray, Legislator Straps, Legislator Kennedy, and I am here.

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01:13:46,340 --> 01:13:47,040
We have a quorum.

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01:13:47,380 --> 01:13:51,920
We have two items on the agenda and they are procedural resolutions number 1 and number 2.

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01:13:52,220 --> 01:13:57,880
Procedural resolution 1-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of the purpose

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01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:02,940
public works committee pursuant to the rules of the procedure of the National County Legislature.

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01:14:03,940 --> 01:14:13,880
Procedural rule 2-2024 is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of the procedures of the public works committee pursuant to the rules of procedure of the National County Legislature.

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01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:19,140
May I have a motion. Motion by Legislator Kennedy, second

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01:14:21,830 --> 01:14:27,590
by Legislator Strauss. These two items have before us. Any debated discussion?

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Hearing none, all those in favor by adopting these rules, please signify by saying aye.

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01:14:34,470 --> 01:14:34,950
Opposed?

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01:14:36,090 --> 01:14:37,610
These items passed unanimously.

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01:14:38,350 --> 01:14:39,970
There is no other business in front of this committee.

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01:14:40,050 --> 01:14:41,590
May have a motion to adjourn.

488
01:14:42,350 --> 01:14:44,590
Move by legislature phrase second by.

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01:14:46,750 --> 01:14:48,490
Legislator Strauss, all those in favor?

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01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:51,900
The committee is now adjourned.

491
01:14:57,880 --> 01:14:59,860
this time we'll call finance committee in order

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01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:06,140
On the roll, ranking members, lodges, let's say a casel out, let's say a Davis, alternate deputy,

493
01:15:06,300 --> 01:15:12,180
presiding officer Freddie, let's say a candy, let's say a walker. We have a quorum. We have two items.

494
01:15:12,440 --> 01:15:17,240
Procedural resolution number one and number two. Procedural resolution one,

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01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:22,840
dash 2024, is a resolution to adopt the proposed statement of purpose for the finance committee,

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01:15:23,220 --> 01:15:28,060
pursuant to the rules of the procedure of the national county legislature. Procedural resolution two,

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01:15:28,060 --> 01:15:33,960
as 2024 is a resolution to adopt rules of the procedure of the finance committee, pursuant

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01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:36,440
to the rules of the procedure of the NASCAR legislature.

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01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:41,520
I have a motion by breaking that move by that player for ready.

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01:15:41,960 --> 01:15:46,120
Second by the legislature's law, just two items before us, any debate or discussion.

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01:15:47,220 --> 01:15:49,140
All in fair by signifying by saying aye.

502
01:15:49,220 --> 01:15:49,700
Aye.

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01:15:49,700 --> 01:15:50,340
All posed?

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01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:52,080
I'm as passed unanimously.

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01:15:52,700 --> 01:15:54,320
Finance committee is now in recess.

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01:15:54,320 --> 01:15:55,000
Speaking

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member, Legislator DeRigi Whitton, Legislator Bino, Legislator Drucker, Deputy

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01:16:13,840 --> 01:16:19,180
Presiding Officer of McCubit, Alternate Deputy Presiding Officer for ready, Legislator

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01:16:19,180 --> 01:16:19,660
Kennedy.

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01:16:20,540 --> 01:16:21,080
I am here.

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01:16:21,260 --> 01:16:22,000
We've got a quorum.

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01:16:22,740 --> 01:16:24,360
We've got three items on the agenda.

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01:16:24,660 --> 01:16:31,440
First, two, our procedural resolution, number one, dash 2024, which is to adopt the

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01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:34,980
proposed statement of purpose of the rules committee pursuant to the rules of procedure

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01:16:34,980 --> 01:16:36,960
of the NASA County Legislature.

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01:16:37,460 --> 01:16:42,860
Procedure resolution number two is a resolution to adopt the proposed rules of the procedure

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01:16:42,860 --> 01:16:49,160
of the rules committee, presumably rules of procedure, of the NASA County Legislature.

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01:16:49,780 --> 01:16:57,960
Motion by Deputy Pres. Officer McEvid, and seconded by ranking of the legislative

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01:16:57,960 --> 01:17:02,380
the Ritchie Whitten, all those in favour? Please say aye.

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01:17:02,900 --> 01:17:07,120
Aye. Any opposed? Okay, those, those items pass unanimously.

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01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:10,960
The next item is procedural

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resolution number 3 of 2024, which is to adopt the rules of procedure and statements of purpose

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01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:21,580
of all standing committees of the NASA County Legislature, pursuant to the rules of procedure

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01:17:21,580 --> 01:17:29,180
of the NASA County Legislature. And we have a motion by that alternate deputy presiding

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01:17:29,180 --> 01:17:30,440
officer for ready.

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Seconded by Legislator Kennedy.

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All those in favor, please say aye.

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01:17:35,740 --> 01:17:36,300
Aye.

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01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:37,400
Any opposed?

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01:17:38,300 --> 01:17:40,840
That item passes unanimously as well.

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And I will now place the rules committee in recess.

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01:18:52,600 --> 01:18:53,320
Pull legislature.

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01:18:57,020 --> 01:19:02,880
We are going to now entertain members of the public who wish to speak.

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01:19:03,620 --> 01:19:06,880
Now, let me remind you, please, that there's a three-minute limit

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01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:10,000
Mr. Pulitzer, will you crack, right?

536
01:19:11,180 --> 01:19:14,260
Because if you go over, then other people won't get a chance.

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01:19:14,700 --> 01:19:18,460
So please confine yourself to the three minutes as I call you out.

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01:19:19,060 --> 01:19:24,700
Our first speaker will be Monica Nichols, and please come over to the podium.

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01:19:25,580 --> 01:19:26,700
Yeah, got the mic on.

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01:19:32,290 --> 01:19:34,870
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak today.

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01:19:35,270 --> 01:19:43,030
My name is Monica Nichols, and I am the mother of a child who is significantly impacted by his diagnosis

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01:19:43,030 --> 01:19:50,710
of autism. Navigating the world of special needs is not an easy journey. All a parent ever

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01:19:50,710 --> 01:19:56,430
hopes for us to see their child reach their fullest potential. Accessing therapies such

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01:19:56,430 --> 01:20:02,990
as speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and behavior therapy is crucial

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01:20:02,990 --> 01:20:09,350
to a child with disabilities. I'm speaking on behalf of all parents of special needs

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01:20:09,350 --> 01:20:16,350
children who are currently unable to access the therapies that their child needs, due to

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01:20:16,350 --> 01:20:18,930
weightless and lack of available providers.

548
01:20:20,910 --> 01:20:29,950
The reimbursement rates for related services in NASA County has not increased since 1997.

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01:20:31,210 --> 01:20:37,710
In that same period of time, approximately 27 years, the cost of living has nearly doubled.

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01:20:37,710 --> 01:20:52,110
We are asking therapists who are now required to have a higher level of qualifications and degrees to work for a rate that is not at part with their level of education or the cost of living.

551
01:20:53,090 --> 01:21:02,090
Bottom line, we are losing providers and delaying the delivery of services to children who desperately need them.

552
01:21:02,090 --> 01:21:04,170
We need your help.

553
01:21:04,330 --> 01:21:08,450
In the audience today, we have other parents of special needs children.

554
01:21:08,970 --> 01:21:14,690
We have therapists, agencies, school district representatives, and we're all here to speak

555
01:21:14,690 --> 01:21:15,790
on this urgent matter.

556
01:21:16,150 --> 01:21:20,350
I just, if you guys can just raise your hand, everyone is here to speak on this, just raise

557
01:21:20,350 --> 01:21:22,130
your hand, who's supporting this.

558
01:21:22,990 --> 01:21:27,590
I really hope that we're in the right place today to launch change in this very important

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01:21:27,590 --> 01:21:27,910
area.

560
01:21:28,090 --> 01:21:28,670
Thank you.

561
01:21:33,090 --> 01:21:38,270
Okay, next could be Lenny, can I be no, is that right?

562
01:21:42,250 --> 01:21:43,830
Sorry, I'll tell the B&O.

563
01:21:44,670 --> 01:21:47,390
Good afternoon. My name is Dr. Lenny Kaltviano.

564
01:21:47,990 --> 01:21:50,510
I'm chief executive officer of Kids Therapy Services.

565
01:21:51,050 --> 01:21:54,730
I'm also a licensed psychologist at a New York State Certified School Psychologist.

566
01:21:55,850 --> 01:21:59,390
Kids therapy, my agency has been providing services for over 25 years

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01:21:59,390 --> 01:22:00,830
to preschoolers with disabilities.

568
01:22:01,770 --> 01:22:04,730
Perhaps the most consistent research findings are those

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01:22:04,730 --> 01:22:10,270
demonstrate that intervention at these early stages have the most profound impact not just

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01:22:10,270 --> 01:22:14,470
for the child with the disability, but for the family and for the entire community.

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01:22:15,850 --> 01:22:21,470
Today I'm here to sound the alarm and I am not an alarmist. This used to be a field

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01:22:21,470 --> 01:22:27,090
that therapists and educators wanted to be in. Today it is a struggle to find providers and

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01:22:27,090 --> 01:22:32,630
maintain providers. With the cost of living so high and the fact that there has not been an increase

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01:22:32,630 --> 01:22:38,710
of related services for over 25 years, providers do not simply have the income to stay in

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01:22:38,710 --> 01:22:39,130
the field.

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01:22:40,090 --> 01:22:45,390
There are some circumstances in which we don't receive any reimbursement at all as in

577
01:22:45,390 --> 01:22:52,270
$0 dollars, for example, we don't get reimbursed to attend critical mandated meetings

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01:22:52,270 --> 01:22:56,550
for children, although the school districts and the parents want us there and we should

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01:22:56,550 --> 01:23:04,470
there. There is no reimbursement for this. How do you operate a business at a 100% loss and margins

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01:23:04,470 --> 01:23:10,170
for certain areas of services? It is important to note that other agencies have already stepped

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01:23:10,170 --> 01:23:17,550
away. Dr. Andrew Vaughn co-founder of Upweigh Grow and director allowed me to speak for him today,

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01:23:17,850 --> 01:23:23,590
and I want to quote when he's describing why he stepped away. We had no choice but to shut down

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01:23:23,590 --> 01:23:30,150
our CPSC therapy services due to unacceptable and unattentable pre-school therapy session rates.

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01:23:30,590 --> 01:23:34,090
Currently, the only way to run these sessions is out of loss.

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01:23:35,070 --> 01:23:41,070
At Kids Therapy, my agency, we're trying to hang on and continue with these related services.

586
01:23:41,810 --> 01:23:46,070
At Kids Therapy, we conduct over 6,000 evaluations a year.

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01:23:46,730 --> 01:23:49,990
We provide thousands of hours of services in a given week.

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01:23:49,990 --> 01:23:55,030
These include speech, occupational, physical, and mental health services.

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01:23:55,850 --> 01:24:00,670
We also turn away thousands of hours of services because of the lack of providers.

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01:24:03,100 --> 01:24:05,740
What if an agency like ours was to step away?

591
01:24:06,240 --> 01:24:11,480
That would be completely parallelizing to the preschool field in Nassau County.

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01:24:12,260 --> 01:24:18,540
It's time to increase the preschool service rates and to make sure we take care of those

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01:24:18,540 --> 01:24:20,660
who take care of our most vulnerable children.

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01:24:32,930 --> 01:24:33,410
Hello,

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01:24:39,620 --> 01:24:40,800
I'm Philio Fandaros.

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01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:44,420
I've been an pediatric occupational therapist for 22 years.

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01:24:45,020 --> 01:24:48,540
The preschool year is the most critical for making progress in motor skills and development.

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01:24:49,300 --> 01:24:52,160
I truly enjoy my job and look forward to going to work every day.

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01:24:52,760 --> 01:24:56,260
Unfortunately, the reimbursement for my services has been the same since 2002.

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01:24:56,820 --> 01:24:58,080
I have never had an increase.

601
01:24:58,600 --> 01:24:59,720
Actually, I've had a decrease.

602
01:25:00,500 --> 01:25:05,900
New York State, part 200, regs, education law, and mandates to all of us attend meetings

603
01:25:05,900 --> 01:25:06,920
for all of our children.

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01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:11,020
We use to get reimbursed for these meetings, and now we don't even get reimbursed for

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01:25:11,020 --> 01:25:11,540
these meetings.

606
01:25:11,980 --> 01:25:15,620
So I'm canceling paid sessions to attend non-paid mandated meetings.

607
01:25:16,460 --> 01:25:20,860
Aside from not even a lack of a cost of living increase, the paperwork demands from the

608
01:25:20,860 --> 01:25:23,140
county continues to increase.

609
01:25:23,780 --> 01:25:28,300
I treat 13 children back to back each day, then I go home and spend about one to two hours

610
01:25:28,300 --> 01:25:30,780
night doing paperwork, which is not reimbursable.

611
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:35,100
And at the point where I might need to switch my career path to hospital based on nursing

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01:25:35,100 --> 01:25:39,480
care services, the cost of living in NASA can be continued to increase year after year,

613
01:25:39,880 --> 01:25:42,220
but we have not seen a not even a penny increase.

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01:25:44,180 --> 01:25:48,660
As clinicians, we go into this field to help children, but we all need to survive as well.

615
01:25:49,180 --> 01:25:52,340
Many of my colleagues have already switched fields.

616
01:25:53,020 --> 01:25:55,640
They've already made a switch into the hospital settings.

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01:25:55,640 --> 01:25:58,660
This is creating a huge crisis for us on Long Island.

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01:25:59,300 --> 01:26:02,680
Pediatric therapists are leaving the field in masses, which is creating a shortage of providers

619
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:03,440
for our children.

620
01:26:04,140 --> 01:26:07,860
There are a list of hundreds of children without providers to provide these necessary treatments.

621
01:26:08,540 --> 01:26:11,940
We must do something to continue to provide this important service to our children as they

622
01:26:11,940 --> 01:26:12,460
are our future.

623
01:26:13,200 --> 01:26:13,760
Thank you for listening.

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01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:16,680
Thank you.

625
01:26:20,170 --> 01:26:20,510
Thank you.

626
01:26:21,470 --> 01:26:21,470
My name

627
01:26:29,210 --> 01:26:31,410
is Kristen Catalano.

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01:26:31,630 --> 01:26:35,370
I'm a school district committee on preschool, special education, chairperson.

629
01:26:35,370 --> 01:26:40,110
I chair meetings throughout this school year for preschool age students who are suspected

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01:26:40,110 --> 01:26:45,470
of having a disability or have already been found eligible for services, following the process

631
01:26:45,470 --> 01:26:50,530
of multi-disciplinary evaluations, some children are identified as preschoolers with

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01:26:50,530 --> 01:26:51,310
the disability.

633
01:26:52,970 --> 01:26:59,030
Reality now sets in for parents, some feel relief, they have seen their child struggle and

634
01:26:59,030 --> 01:27:01,390
are anxious to get them the help that they need.

635
01:27:02,450 --> 01:27:03,350
Others are fearful.

636
01:27:03,350 --> 01:27:07,530
They didn't expect this outcome and now have to face a new world of services.

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01:27:08,470 --> 01:27:12,850
No matter what the feelings of the parent imagine the stress when faced with the next hurdle,

638
01:27:13,610 --> 01:27:16,970
there might not be a provider to give services to their child.

639
01:27:17,990 --> 01:27:22,170
Over the past few school years, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find providers,

640
01:27:22,690 --> 01:27:24,790
especially once this school year has begun.

641
01:27:25,530 --> 01:27:28,250
Turn over rates in agencies or high,

642
01:27:28,250 --> 01:27:37,510
Sorry, agency struggles to hire qualified individuals only to have them leave within a short period of time because they found a better paying job in their field.

643
01:27:38,350 --> 01:27:47,750
Early intervention is vitally important for these young learners to have success later in life, not only educationally, but socially and with activities of daily living.

644
01:27:48,450 --> 01:27:54,330
Early intervention cannot happen without a pool of consistent providers that can keep up with the demand.

645
01:27:54,330 --> 01:27:59,830
My colleagues and other school districts and I have the responsibility to follow the law with

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01:27:59,830 --> 01:28:03,750
regards to the identification of preschool students with disabilities and the development

647
01:28:03,750 --> 01:28:08,210
of IEPs that afford those students to free appropriate public education.

648
01:28:08,990 --> 01:28:14,530
As elected representatives of the districts within our county, we ask that you help us to

649
01:28:14,530 --> 01:28:16,830
help these young learners get the services they require.

650
01:28:17,590 --> 01:28:22,210
We need your help with reimbursement rates so that talented and dedicated providers don't

651
01:28:22,210 --> 01:28:24,630
leave the job for higher paying ones.

652
01:28:25,190 --> 01:28:29,410
There's also a need for there to be reimbursement for meeting attendance, so that all providers

653
01:28:29,410 --> 01:28:34,250
can be compensated for participating in committee meetings where the progress and services

654
01:28:34,250 --> 01:28:36,350
for the students on their case load are discussed.

655
01:28:36,990 --> 01:28:41,630
Their input is essential to making data-driven decisions and ensuring that preschool students

656
01:28:41,630 --> 01:28:44,790
with disabilities are getting the level of services they require.

657
01:28:45,250 --> 01:28:45,950
Thank you for your time.

658
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:51,000
Thank you, David Tolman.

659
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:51,720
Hello,

660
01:29:00,980 --> 01:29:05,140
my name is David Tellerman, and I am the Director of New York Therapy, one along

661
01:29:05,140 --> 01:29:08,280
I'll in Swarges Agency, Services and Special Needs Children.

662
01:29:09,020 --> 01:29:13,340
I'm here today to speak specifically about the reimbursement rate for preschool related services,

663
01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:18,640
specifically for children aged 3 to 5 years old, which is currently at $40 per session.

664
01:29:18,940 --> 01:29:23,640
For those of you who may not know, related services are occupational, physical, and speech therapy.

665
01:29:24,200 --> 01:29:28,240
While that rate may sound reasonable to you at first glance, this rate has stayed the same

666
01:29:28,240 --> 01:29:32,860
since we as a company entered into a contract with NASA County in 1997.

667
01:29:33,800 --> 01:29:39,140
That is 26 years ago, and that time the cost of living has risen by 95% and $40

668
01:29:39,140 --> 01:29:44,020
26 years ago is now worth $20 in 56 cents today.

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01:29:44,700 --> 01:29:50,220
How many of you before me would be willing to work at the salary that they had back in 1997?

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01:29:50,940 --> 01:29:59,960
Because it is lack of increase the provided service in these children or leaving the pre-school arena for other positions where the reimbursement rates are much more in line with today's cost to living.

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01:30:00,180 --> 01:30:07,400
This is called significant stresses in providing the services to our most vulnerable who are unable to speak on their own behalf.

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01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:17,020
Parents who are upset that services for their children are often significantly delayed or not provided at all due to a lack of providers willing to work at below market rates.

673
01:30:17,480 --> 01:30:20,180
Ultimately, special needs children are paying the price.

674
01:30:21,040 --> 01:30:26,620
As a private agency, we are unable to continue to work in this market with a raise of thin or negative margins.

675
01:30:26,620 --> 01:30:33,860
New York therapy has provided 250,000 preschool services in National County alone in the past five years.

676
01:30:34,500 --> 01:30:39,460
As a major stakeholder in the special needs community, this rate has become more and more unsustainable.

677
01:30:39,920 --> 01:30:43,940
We've used every tool in the private industry toolbox to attempt to work within this framework,

678
01:30:44,340 --> 01:30:51,680
but we, along with other agencies, similar to us strategically exiting this piece of the market to concentrate on other opportunities.

679
01:30:51,680 --> 01:30:58,160
Because NASA County is the one that sets a reimbursement rate only NASA County can fix this broken system.

680
01:30:58,920 --> 01:31:05,440
In the 62 counties of New York State, NASA County's reimbursement rate is at the bottom of the list.

681
01:31:06,020 --> 01:31:10,200
The average reimbursement rate today is $59 in change statewide.

682
01:31:10,700 --> 01:31:17,980
NASA County should be the one who leads and sets the gold standard for services in the preschool related services arena and not be a follower.

683
01:31:17,980 --> 01:31:22,780
local school districts, and New York State have raised rates and reasoned years for programs

684
01:31:22,780 --> 01:31:25,660
under their watch, so it's a stem to loss of providers.

685
01:31:26,040 --> 01:31:27,560
National County has not.

686
01:31:28,420 --> 01:31:32,260
New York Therapy wants to be and continues to be a partner with National County to provide

687
01:31:32,260 --> 01:31:35,980
services to our special needs children, but we need to help with this.

688
01:31:36,340 --> 01:31:40,300
There are only a finite amount of providers who work within this population, and that

689
01:31:40,300 --> 01:31:43,560
provide a field that's shrinking rapidly because it's antiquated rate.

690
01:31:43,560 --> 01:31:50,080
Therefore, and we respectfully request a review of the pre-school related services rate, currently

691
01:31:50,080 --> 01:31:54,860
at $40 to be raised to a market rate to slow down the exit of providers and bring

692
01:31:54,860 --> 01:31:56,820
some stability in the space.

693
01:31:57,300 --> 01:32:02,480
We as a company or willing to sit down, offline to discuss this further, if more clarity is

694
01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:02,800
needed.

695
01:32:03,300 --> 01:32:05,260
And please, please, please wrap up.

696
01:32:06,020 --> 01:32:06,160
Sure.

697
01:32:06,380 --> 01:32:10,060
I do have a printed PowerPoint for anybody that does want to learn more about this.

698
01:32:10,280 --> 01:32:11,660
Thank you so much for your time.

699
01:32:18,790 --> 01:32:26,460
Yes, why don't you go ahead, please sir, sir and give your power point to the clerk who did his part of the record.

700
01:32:27,080 --> 01:32:27,880
Thank you.

701
01:32:28,120 --> 01:32:29,080
Lauren from Burke.

702
01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:41,800
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Lauren from Burke. I'm a special education teacher.

703
01:32:42,020 --> 01:32:45,580
And I'm also a parent of a child with special needs.

704
01:32:46,280 --> 01:32:47,820
Let's go back 18 years ago.

705
01:32:48,720 --> 01:32:51,220
My son had just been diagnosed with autism.

706
01:32:51,800 --> 01:32:52,940
His name is Zachary.

707
01:32:53,560 --> 01:32:56,640
And I had numerous therapists coming to my home throughout the day.

708
01:32:56,640 --> 01:33:03,400
I was lucky enough to receive OT, PT, speech, and special education, specifically ABA therapy

709
01:33:03,400 --> 01:33:04,720
as well as parent training.

710
01:33:05,500 --> 01:33:11,500
Meanwhile, while I was being taught everything, I felt that passion inside that I wanted

711
01:33:11,500 --> 01:33:12,860
to do more with my life.

712
01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:18,760
So I went back to school after begging my parents for money, and I got a master's degree in

713
01:33:18,760 --> 01:33:19,720
special education.

714
01:33:20,560 --> 01:33:26,960
I graduated from Hofstra with a 40 with the master's in advance certificate maybe as well.

715
01:33:27,700 --> 01:33:30,340
So at this point I was super, super excited to get a job.

716
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:34,720
And I was ready to help the most vulnerable population, the babies.

717
01:33:35,080 --> 01:33:36,920
So here I am now looking for a job.

718
01:33:37,260 --> 01:33:41,360
And here the job offers for early childhood special education therapists.

719
01:33:42,420 --> 01:33:44,400
Responsibilities include but not limited.

720
01:33:45,060 --> 01:33:47,020
You must have a bachelor's and a master's degree.

721
01:33:47,560 --> 01:33:48,720
Okay, I have that.

722
01:33:48,720 --> 01:33:56,960
You must have a driver's license, and a car, and be able to drive all over New York, but you get no gas reimbursement.

723
01:33:57,300 --> 01:34:01,000
Okay? That's not good. You must have liability insurance.

724
01:34:03,020 --> 01:34:11,660
You must provide mental health support for parents who have just been parents who have children who have just been diagnosed with disability.

725
01:34:11,660 --> 01:34:22,060
But you can't afford that mental health for yourself because, well, as an independent contractor, you get no health insurance yourself.

726
01:34:22,900 --> 01:34:24,580
You never will receive a raise.

727
01:34:26,900 --> 01:34:30,600
Now, looking at this, why would anybody want to do this?

728
01:34:30,860 --> 01:34:34,320
Well, in the time that I became the therapist, the rates have not gone up.

729
01:34:34,580 --> 01:34:36,160
In fact, they've only gone down.

730
01:34:36,920 --> 01:34:39,720
I don't make anything more than I did 20 years ago.

731
01:34:39,720 --> 01:34:45,100
It's not reasonable to support a family on a rate that doesn't change.

732
01:34:45,380 --> 01:34:49,340
The rates are far below the cost of living, especially among Islanders.

733
01:34:49,480 --> 01:34:51,040
We all know how expensive it is.

734
01:34:51,400 --> 01:34:58,660
Many of my colleagues have chosen other job professions, and unfortunately, this is me as well.

735
01:34:59,300 --> 01:35:01,640
I took another job because I had no choice.

736
01:35:02,100 --> 01:35:03,180
I became a health coach.

737
01:35:03,720 --> 01:35:07,960
I make double as a health coach, so then I do as a special education ABA therapist.

738
01:35:08,900 --> 01:35:13,400
I provide very little direct therapy now, but I just want to say one thing that happened

739
01:35:13,400 --> 01:35:15,220
today because this is an amazing story.

740
01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:20,340
So my daughter is now studying to be either a speech with theologist and occupational

741
01:35:20,340 --> 01:35:24,460
therapists and I honestly don't know if I should pursue this with her.

742
01:35:24,660 --> 01:35:29,640
She walks into your her class and she's 16 and she's in turn and they said the woman at

743
01:35:29,640 --> 01:35:36,180
the front desk said, is your mom Lauren Framberg and she said yes and she said, your mom

744
01:35:36,180 --> 01:35:38,860
Grant a group from my son eight years ago.

745
01:35:39,020 --> 01:35:42,160
It was the best social skills group he's ever been to.

746
01:35:42,520 --> 01:35:44,660
And I literally was crying over that.

747
01:35:45,020 --> 01:35:46,480
So thank you for listening to me.

748
01:35:46,480 --> 01:35:48,360
I hope you guys listened to us.

749
01:35:48,480 --> 01:35:50,280
Please give us a sustainable wage.

750
01:35:50,580 --> 01:35:51,120
Thank you.

751
01:35:51,300 --> 01:35:54,680
Well, let me just say that I appreciate everyone bringing

752
01:35:54,680 --> 01:35:55,740
this to our attention.

753
01:35:55,740 --> 01:35:58,620
And we're going to definitely look into it.

754
01:36:00,980 --> 01:36:02,580
You ain't a polazo.

755
01:36:11,180 --> 01:36:11,880
Hi, how are you?

756
01:36:11,880 --> 01:36:21,340
My name is Elena Plaza. I'm a owner of more than a jam, which is a very, very small agency where we provide physical occupational and speech therapy services.

757
01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:29,300
We are actually one of the agencies that did have to stop providing CPSC services, which is the preschool related services.

758
01:36:30,900 --> 01:36:41,000
Out of the goodness of our heart, we have caps, a lot of the kids that have transitions from early intervention to preschool, so you age out of early intervention at age three.

759
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:46,120
And you go into school district preschool services, which is ages three to five.

760
01:36:47,100 --> 01:36:51,120
There are some agencies that literally were kicking kids out once they turn three.

761
01:36:51,340 --> 01:36:53,140
I'm sad you have to find another provider.

762
01:36:53,960 --> 01:36:54,960
We couldn't do that.

763
01:36:55,300 --> 01:36:56,800
We kept those kids on.

764
01:36:57,200 --> 01:37:01,400
But we technically call that like our pro bono work at this point.

765
01:37:02,740 --> 01:37:06,640
It's very unfortunate that we can continue with preschool services.

766
01:37:06,640 --> 01:37:19,660
But I've had ads for physical therapists, occupational therapists for over a year and no one is going into the pediatric field anymore because it really is just not paying as much as it should be.

767
01:37:20,300 --> 01:37:30,020
The other thing I want to bring to everyone's attention is, at this point, even if there is a 10, 20% increase, it's just, it's going to do nothing. No one's going to come back into the field.

768
01:37:30,020 --> 01:37:36,180
The rate needs to be doubled at this time because it really has been way too long.

769
01:37:36,400 --> 01:37:40,940
Westchester is making almost doubled the amount as NASA County is.

770
01:37:40,980 --> 01:37:42,600
I just think it's unacceptable.

771
01:37:44,140 --> 01:37:45,480
Early intervention, too.

772
01:37:45,500 --> 01:37:50,580
A lot of people are pulling out of, but right now we have a weight list of over 65 kids.

773
01:37:50,860 --> 01:37:53,240
We stop taking weightless kids.

774
01:37:54,320 --> 01:37:55,040
It's not right.

775
01:37:55,040 --> 01:38:01,520
I think that the numbers currently is over 50% of kids in Assault County are not receiving services,

776
01:38:02,180 --> 01:38:03,580
PTOT and speech.

777
01:38:04,960 --> 01:38:07,320
I don't think that this is fair for the kids.

778
01:38:07,640 --> 01:38:11,280
I feel horrible that we're no longer taking them, but it's not feasible.

779
01:38:11,620 --> 01:38:12,380
It's not sustainable.

780
01:38:13,040 --> 01:38:13,880
We're not big.

781
01:38:13,960 --> 01:38:15,620
We don't have hundreds of providers.

782
01:38:16,400 --> 01:38:24,300
We have a sensory gym, and we do the bus that we can, so I think at this point you really have to look very closely at the numbers.

783
01:38:24,300 --> 01:38:26,520
Thank you for your time.

784
01:38:29,170 --> 01:38:30,450
Thank you, Andrea Subredo.

785
01:38:35,680 --> 01:38:37,140
My name is Andrea Subredo.

786
01:38:37,360 --> 01:38:39,420
I'm the Service Manager for Kid Therapy.

787
01:38:39,660 --> 01:38:42,060
I'm being with more than 27 years.

788
01:38:43,260 --> 01:38:49,120
I'm not a provider, but I'm the one that is in charge of finding the providers for this family.

789
01:38:49,500 --> 01:38:55,740
When we started, it was like easy to convince a provider to take one kid, take another.

790
01:38:56,580 --> 01:39:00,540
This past year, first we say was because of COVID,

791
01:39:00,580 --> 01:39:05,140
they were not in a provider's, but this past year when I came

792
01:39:05,140 --> 01:39:12,040
up from vacation, 10 therapists have left to other places.

793
01:39:12,360 --> 01:39:16,300
Like hospitals, school districts, to make more money.

794
01:39:16,780 --> 01:39:18,720
And we say, OK, let's survive.

795
01:39:19,200 --> 01:39:20,640
Let's start September.

796
01:39:21,200 --> 01:39:24,180
We hire more therapists and we say, OK, we are done for the year.

797
01:39:24,180 --> 01:39:30,400
We are, you know, like the therapists will be there the four year until June.

798
01:39:31,060 --> 01:39:36,020
The last three weeks before the Christmas break, we lost 12 therapists.

799
01:39:36,840 --> 01:39:42,960
I have to make more than 150 calls to these families to tell that there was no providers.

800
01:39:43,560 --> 01:39:49,240
And there was not even, like, usually I will call them and say, but we are looking for someone else.

801
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:54,160
We have resumes. There's no resumes. There's no hope.

802
01:39:54,160 --> 01:40:00,540
And everybody is talking about special ed, but I was talking to some of the preschool directors.

803
01:40:01,420 --> 01:40:06,680
And this is affecting the kids that don't need help, because now these teachers are in the classroom

804
01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:15,020
with three or four kids that they need providers. They don't have them. So they pay attention to those kids

805
01:40:15,020 --> 01:40:21,360
and leave in the other ones behind too. So if it's affecting the help population of these preschoolers

806
01:40:21,360 --> 01:40:27,620
I feel they are the little sponges that if we used to I used to love my job because it was

807
01:40:28,380 --> 01:40:36,220
I could call it a little miracle factory. This case will give them speech or TPD. They will go to kindergarten with

808
01:40:36,220 --> 01:40:47,460
no help. They were okay to go to regular classroom. Now they are picking up on the kids and me help.

809
01:40:47,460 --> 01:40:50,740
So they need to increase the rate to the therapists.

810
01:40:51,220 --> 01:40:52,500
They love working for us.

811
01:40:52,740 --> 01:40:54,680
And they always take, when they leave, they cry.

812
01:40:54,900 --> 01:40:56,040
It's not about you guys.

813
01:40:56,040 --> 01:40:58,900
It's about that we can't support, live in.

814
01:40:58,900 --> 01:41:00,740
One of the therapists, email me.

815
01:41:00,940 --> 01:41:02,620
Andrea, I love working for you guys.

816
01:41:02,720 --> 01:41:06,500
But if I stay here, by forever, I won't be able to pay my mortgage.

817
01:41:07,520 --> 01:41:10,120
So we need to do something about it.

818
01:41:10,340 --> 01:41:10,920
Thank you.

819
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:14,200
Thank you.

820
01:41:14,440 --> 01:41:15,380
Joe Klein,

821
01:41:23,330 --> 01:41:24,150
the rain glass.

822
01:41:24,770 --> 01:41:25,130
Oh, I'm sorry.

823
01:41:25,330 --> 01:41:26,390
Will Joe Klein be coming up?

824
01:41:33,850 --> 01:41:45,130
Good afternoon. My name is Jill Klein. I'm a speech in language pathologist. I have been working in this profession as an independent contractor for over 15 years and have not gotten a single

825
01:41:45,130 --> 01:41:52,390
dollar raise, making a salary of $30. The cost of living has gone up as well as my cost as an independent contractor.

826
01:41:52,390 --> 01:41:58,350
If you take into account inflation alone, I have gotten a decrease in my pay over time.

827
01:41:58,890 --> 01:42:03,110
Each year, more and more, is asked of us with absolutely no compensation.

828
01:42:04,750 --> 01:42:10,030
As a matter of fact, we used to be compensated for meetings, and two years ago they just said,

829
01:42:10,250 --> 01:42:11,830
no, we're not paying for those meetings anymore.

830
01:42:12,650 --> 01:42:17,090
And those meetings are half out, but extend before and after losing sessions,

831
01:42:17,590 --> 01:42:21,050
and sessions each time there's a meeting with no pay.

832
01:42:21,050 --> 01:42:27,650
even minimum wage has gone up. This is unacceptable. It actually costs me money to be here today.

833
01:42:27,790 --> 01:42:34,490
I lost half a day, just coming here to plead in my case. We are professionals who need to be compensated for all that we do.

834
01:42:35,030 --> 01:42:43,090
As legislators, would you have worked without a pay increase of 15 years? I am hoping this will bring some light as to the frustration.

835
01:42:43,730 --> 01:42:49,210
We have all been going through as professionals and help us to get compensated adequately. Thank you.

836
01:43:04,580 --> 01:43:05,720
Good afternoon.

837
01:43:06,580 --> 01:43:07,760
My name is Lorraine Glass.

838
01:43:08,120 --> 01:43:10,660
I'm a special education-itinerate teacher.

839
01:43:11,320 --> 01:43:13,300
I perform a service called parent training.

840
01:43:14,100 --> 01:43:17,420
I go into a child's home and I work on helping parents,

841
01:43:18,080 --> 01:43:21,080
parent effectively, children with special needs.

842
01:43:21,980 --> 01:43:24,140
I help the children to change their behaviors.

843
01:43:24,960 --> 01:43:26,660
With the parents I put them to bed.

844
01:43:27,280 --> 01:43:28,660
I teach them to eat.

845
01:43:29,920 --> 01:43:32,480
It's amazing for things that we.

846
01:43:32,480 --> 01:43:35,660
Collectively do with these families.

847
01:43:38,670 --> 01:43:45,530
I've been working as a parent-trainer for over 25 years and I've not seen an increase in pay as a parent-trainer

848
01:43:47,260 --> 01:43:50,060
This is totally unacceptable

849
01:43:50,740 --> 01:43:58,410
Due to the lack of compensation fewer professionals choose to do this job. I'm an old-timer. I'm an idiot. I state

850
01:43:59,700 --> 01:44:04,700
Young people I can't even mentor them. They leave. I mentor them and they leave. They go to hospitals

851
01:44:06,260 --> 01:44:18,580
There's a significant shortage in the professionals willing to do our work as speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and parent trainers and psychologists.

852
01:44:19,780 --> 01:44:24,640
Please, please, take a serious look at this issue.

853
01:44:25,860 --> 01:44:33,120
Okay? Give us the raise for which we have waited a quarter of a century.

854
01:44:34,160 --> 01:44:36,020
Okay, a quarter of a century.

855
01:44:36,840 --> 01:44:37,240
Please.

856
01:44:39,120 --> 01:44:40,000
I'm an old timer.

857
01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:42,180
I've broken four teeth with my children.

858
01:44:42,360 --> 01:44:43,740
I've herniated six discs.

859
01:44:44,440 --> 01:44:45,480
I love this job.

860
01:44:45,840 --> 01:44:47,260
And I'm not even well paid.

861
01:44:48,900 --> 01:44:50,240
I'm 63 years old.

862
01:44:50,320 --> 01:44:51,040
I'm ready to retire.

863
01:44:51,600 --> 01:44:53,060
I've been saying that for five years.

864
01:44:53,740 --> 01:44:54,440
I can't leave.

865
01:44:54,600 --> 01:44:55,420
I love it.

866
01:44:55,780 --> 01:44:56,340
But really?

867
01:44:56,760 --> 01:44:58,180
Am I that much of an idiot?

868
01:44:58,700 --> 01:44:59,380
Should I stay?

869
01:45:00,590 --> 01:45:08,830
Tute it! And please don't talk while you're up there, listen to us. Please! You know, some of the people are gone.

870
01:45:09,170 --> 01:45:18,170
You don't care? I care! I care about my students here in New York. I could be retired. I could be retired. I have two rental homes

871
01:45:18,170 --> 01:45:26,130
I'm worth 11. But you know what? I am not in Florida. I'm here, still servicing my babies, because I love them.

872
01:45:26,130 --> 01:45:29,750
And I love my parents and the families that I'm involved with.

873
01:45:30,050 --> 01:45:31,930
I live it's my breath of life.

874
01:45:32,130 --> 01:45:32,930
I'm 63.

875
01:45:33,950 --> 01:45:35,210
Let me go out with a bang.

876
01:45:35,410 --> 01:45:36,410
Give me a raise.

877
01:45:36,930 --> 01:45:38,350
Please, 25 years.

878
01:45:41,570 --> 01:45:44,530
Oh, you'll be too ralious.

879
01:45:44,750 --> 01:45:45,710
Hope I got that right.

880
01:45:49,330 --> 01:45:50,370
Hi, my name is Carly.

881
01:45:51,190 --> 01:45:52,050
I'm a new timer.

882
01:45:52,370 --> 01:45:53,470
So I am 28 years old.

883
01:45:53,490 --> 01:45:55,590
I started working for Kids Therapy.

884
01:45:55,790 --> 01:45:59,110
In 2019, I completed my clinical fellowship with them.

885
01:45:59,110 --> 01:46:04,970
just to backtrack I graduated from L.I.U. in 2017 with my bachelor's at

886
01:46:04,970 --> 01:46:09,530
graduate in 2019 from New York University so you could imagine how much

887
01:46:09,530 --> 01:46:13,750
schooling was to get my master of science from there and I'm left with a big

888
01:46:13,750 --> 01:46:18,410
chunk of loans. No one told me going into the field that I would be getting

889
01:46:20,150 --> 01:46:25,350
paid so little so it's $40 a half hour but of course the agency has to take a

890
01:46:25,350 --> 01:46:37,170
So I'm left with $30 an hour, a $30 for a half hour, which is $60 an hour. That is not enough money for me to pay my loans, pay my bills, and pay a mortgage on the island.

891
01:46:37,750 --> 01:46:52,290
It's ridiculous because as a 20-year-old, I graduate NYU with like ambitions and goals to work as a speech therapist and do so much for the CPSC kids for all the preschools on the island, but you are forced to leave because you are not getting paid enough.

892
01:46:52,290 --> 01:46:59,610
So we are stupid to work for fields in a field for National County that you guys are taking us almost for granted.

893
01:47:00,010 --> 01:47:07,990
If you look at the rates for New York, Westchester is getting paid $55, living

894
01:47:07,990 --> 01:47:13,530
in a matter of speed is getting paid $75, and we are $40, and we live in the most expensive

895
01:47:13,530 --> 01:47:14,110
county, Illinois.

896
01:47:14,810 --> 01:47:20,770
I am a millennial, and I'm telling you by a millennial standpoint, all of the speed therapists

897
01:47:20,770 --> 01:47:26,910
might have left. There is no more speech therapy as my age running around Long Island servicing

898
01:47:27,430 --> 01:47:32,030
preschoolers. I go to local preschools in South, on the South Shore, so I work for

899
01:47:32,030 --> 01:47:35,930
we friends in Belmore, and it's the same therapist circling around and they're older than

900
01:47:35,930 --> 01:47:40,970
me because all the 28 year olds, 27 year olds are just finishing, are not going to work

901
01:47:41,750 --> 01:47:46,110
for those below rate. So you guys really have to take these rates into account because

902
01:47:46,110 --> 01:47:50,470
everybody is going to leave, and there's going to be no service providers for preschoolers.

903
01:47:50,470 --> 01:47:56,250
and I promise you that. Nobody wants to work for low rates for preschoolers and they're going

904
01:47:56,250 --> 01:48:01,790
to be left with nobody and like Andrea said from kids there are all these kids through

905
01:48:01,790 --> 01:48:06,410
to five, they're like sponges. They need us to survive and thrive and go to kindergarten

906
01:48:07,970 --> 01:48:14,250
and meet their milestones and all these kids that need so much help at the preschool level,

907
01:48:14,870 --> 01:48:19,390
all the teachers are paying attention to them and ignoring the other kids that are typically

908
01:48:19,390 --> 01:48:22,910
developing and then they're but they're also not getting the support they need.

909
01:48:23,490 --> 01:48:28,270
So no millennial on Long Island that's living in Asla County is going to stay and work

910
01:48:28,270 --> 01:48:33,410
for these preschool rates because it's absolutely absurd and we're not making any money

911
01:48:33,410 --> 01:48:35,330
and rates have increased in 20 plus years.

912
01:48:35,650 --> 01:48:40,030
So you guys really need to take into account that we're trying our best to service the preschoolers

913
01:48:40,030 --> 01:48:43,690
with the end when we leave, you're going to be stuck with all these preschoolers that

914
01:48:43,690 --> 01:48:45,970
have no providers and they're not going to be getting any services.

915
01:48:45,970 --> 01:48:51,330
So seriously, Tata's into account because it's a serious issue. Thank you so much.

916
01:48:51,590 --> 01:48:53,350
Thank you, Dana Camerano.

917
01:48:59,520 --> 01:49:05,600
Hi, my name is Dana Camerano, I'm a Baldwin Committee on Peaceful Special Education Chairperson.

918
01:49:05,740 --> 01:49:09,480
I don't like public speaking, so bear with me.

919
01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:11,460
So I'm here.

920
01:49:13,060 --> 01:49:15,480
You guys seem like you really do well with it.

921
01:49:16,360 --> 01:49:20,660
So, I'm here on behalf of the preschool students with disabilities in their families of the

922
01:49:20,660 --> 01:49:24,620
Baldwin School District who have not been able to secure providers for their mandate

923
01:49:24,620 --> 01:49:25,380
of services.

924
01:49:26,280 --> 01:49:31,340
As you all know, after the students leave early intervention, they go to their

925
01:49:31,340 --> 01:49:34,660
school district of residency for their services afterwards.

926
01:49:35,300 --> 01:49:45,460
So, it's our job to recommend services based on evaluations, but then it's the

927
01:49:45,460 --> 01:49:47,760
in the back on all these students and needs help.

928
01:49:49,200 --> 01:49:51,660
So the two concerns, one is that there's

929
01:49:51,660 --> 01:49:53,600
a lack of providers for these students.

930
01:49:54,780 --> 01:49:57,060
As you know by now, there's really not

931
01:49:57,060 --> 01:49:59,400
a shortage of providers in speech therapists,

932
01:49:59,640 --> 01:50:01,740
occupational therapists, physical therapists.

933
01:50:01,740 --> 01:50:02,580
There's no shortage.

934
01:50:03,120 --> 01:50:05,640
They're just not willing to work for the NASA County

935
01:50:05,640 --> 01:50:07,860
preschool special education program.

936
01:50:09,000 --> 01:50:11,620
The second one really concerns us all.

937
01:50:11,620 --> 01:50:20,000
How does this affect the families of these students and what are the implications of underserving our communities?

938
01:50:20,700 --> 01:50:29,620
These programs exist because we know that early interventions for children with developmental delays mitigate potential poor outcomes.

939
01:50:30,320 --> 01:50:35,800
Research supports the idea that these programs offer benefits from school age through adulthood.

940
01:50:35,800 --> 01:50:42,080
They are improved outcomes in a host of domains, not only within the school system, but also

941
01:50:42,080 --> 01:50:46,000
are evident in the public, including social welfare.

942
01:50:46,660 --> 01:50:51,840
These are most vulnerable kids, and this is the population that we could make most

943
01:50:51,840 --> 01:50:52,440
change.

944
01:50:52,940 --> 01:50:57,640
It's not a unique issue to Baldwin, but the entirety of NASA County.

945
01:50:58,360 --> 01:50:58,900
Thank you.

946
01:51:01,510 --> 01:51:01,950
Thank you.

947
01:51:02,370 --> 01:51:03,110
Michael Grossfeld.

948
01:51:08,160 --> 01:51:11,680
Thank you for letting us all discuss this very important topic.

949
01:51:12,280 --> 01:51:17,860
I wear two hats, I'm a speech-language pathologist, co-owner of all about kids who provide

950
01:51:17,860 --> 01:51:23,120
these services in Asmer County, and I'm also president of agencies for children's therapy

951
01:51:23,120 --> 01:51:28,740
services, a professional trade association statewide, and we provide most of these services

952
01:51:28,740 --> 01:51:34,720
in Asmer County, and many of the companies and agencies that just spoke our part of Acts.

953
01:51:35,460 --> 01:51:40,500
I want to focus on two areas that have been touched on by not spoken about, and they involve

954
01:51:40,500 --> 01:51:44,040
the direct impact on the children that are receiving these services.

955
01:51:47,890 --> 01:51:53,990
In order for a child to receive preschool-related services, they go through a rigorous objective

956
01:51:53,990 --> 01:51:55,350
evaluation process.

957
01:51:55,530 --> 01:52:00,490
They're seen for hours by certified teachers and licensed therapists that could be from speech

958
01:52:00,490 --> 01:52:06,190
pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology, sometimes a diagnosis by psychologists

959
01:52:06,190 --> 01:52:09,770
as having autism other times they have developmental disabilities.

960
01:52:09,770 --> 01:52:15,870
They're also observed in their preschool environment to see what impact it has on learning which

961
01:52:15,870 --> 01:52:16,970
it always does.

962
01:52:17,670 --> 01:52:23,270
And the tragedy is that, first of all, this evaluation standardized processes excellent,

963
01:52:23,350 --> 01:52:28,350
very good, very accurate at determining which children need these services in which they don't.

964
01:52:28,570 --> 01:52:33,770
Problem is, and the tragedy is, the ones that do, now in large plant and now in county don't

965
01:52:33,770 --> 01:52:34,290
get it.

966
01:52:34,570 --> 01:52:37,930
They either get partial services or they get no services.

967
01:52:37,930 --> 01:52:40,350
And why is this so tragic?

968
01:52:40,590 --> 01:52:45,210
Well, obviously it's tragic because the child is not being able to develop their learning

969
01:52:45,210 --> 01:52:50,910
and speech and language skills and fine motor and gross motor skills, but also, and you

970
01:52:50,910 --> 01:52:55,450
can all look at this on the internet very easily, there's a word called plasticity.

971
01:52:56,250 --> 01:53:01,830
When a child is born through the age of six, they are neurons in their brain absorb this

972
01:53:01,830 --> 01:53:06,190
skills, learn through these educational services most rapidly.

973
01:53:06,190 --> 01:53:11,790
Once you get into school age levels, it's much slower, much less progress is made.

974
01:53:12,110 --> 01:53:13,950
So you have a very tight window.

975
01:53:14,410 --> 01:53:21,930
You have five or six years to get these services going, get them intensive, and many of

976
01:53:21,930 --> 01:53:26,810
the children over 50 percent don't receive the school age services, but by not getting

977
01:53:26,810 --> 01:53:33,330
the services as three, four, and five-year-olds, many will, which is tragic because once

978
01:53:33,330 --> 01:53:40,290
child enters preschool, kindergarten, school aid services, when you have a developmental disability.

979
01:53:41,270 --> 01:53:45,390
It affects self-confidence, it affects how you interact with your peers.

980
01:53:45,850 --> 01:53:52,090
There's both an emotional and an emotional impact, in addition to the developmental disability

981
01:53:52,090 --> 01:53:52,610
impact.

982
01:53:53,630 --> 01:53:57,770
So this is really really where the rub of meets the road.

983
01:53:58,770 --> 01:54:00,830
We don't want to hurt these children anymore.

984
01:54:00,830 --> 01:54:06,270
and the issue is the rate. It's one issue. It's the rate.

985
01:54:06,570 --> 01:54:10,550
Nasser County on the New York State Education Department list is at the bottom.

986
01:54:10,830 --> 01:54:12,310
The lowest county rate.

987
01:54:12,450 --> 01:54:13,090
Please, somebody.

988
01:54:13,590 --> 01:54:13,870
Please, somebody.

989
01:54:14,330 --> 01:54:16,950
The average as was said is $59.13.

990
01:54:17,130 --> 01:54:18,510
There are counties at $80.

991
01:54:19,070 --> 01:54:22,690
Please, this legislative session, please do something about this.

992
01:54:22,690 --> 01:54:23,410
Thank you.

993
01:54:23,450 --> 01:54:24,070
Thank you, sir.

994
01:54:24,670 --> 01:54:25,250
Police?

995
01:54:26,110 --> 01:54:26,670
How more?

996
01:54:32,630 --> 01:54:34,090
I could have to know everyone.

997
01:54:34,090 --> 01:54:46,990
I am Helis Palmore, I'm an educator of 27 years currently serving as the director for early childhood education and the assistant director for special education and pupil personnel services in the

998
01:54:46,990 --> 01:54:54,030
Eversault or some an amazing Elmont Union Free School District. The largest elementary district here in Nassau County.

999
01:54:54,590 --> 01:54:59,270
We are grateful for this opportunity to speak to you as our districts located here in Nassau County.

1000
01:54:59,270 --> 01:55:05,050
have been engaged in facing what we consider a state of emergency, or for a lack of better

1001
01:55:05,050 --> 01:55:10,110
terms of crisis as it pertains to meeting the state and federal requirements of students

1002
01:55:10,110 --> 01:55:15,410
with disabilities and also qualified for support under the criteria in guidelines for

1003
01:55:15,410 --> 01:55:20,790
special education. Over the last few years, we have watched the needs of our youngest and

1004
01:55:20,790 --> 01:55:26,290
most vulnerable scholars, our preschoolers increase, while the availability of and resources

1005
01:55:26,290 --> 01:55:36,050
And services we traditionally receive from the county, approved agencies and programs, has decreased profoundly, especially since the pandemic.

1006
01:55:36,750 --> 01:55:51,130
Last year, many of us, my colleagues and other districts, we lost countless nights of sleep trying to figure out how or where we could go to advocate for the needs of additional center-based programs to house our students.

1007
01:55:51,130 --> 01:55:59,650
This year it's different because now we're facing yet another challenge, as not only are we dealing with a lack of programs to place our preschool students.

1008
01:56:00,070 --> 01:56:04,050
We're now facing the lack of available therapists to provide services to our students.

1009
01:56:04,610 --> 01:56:13,310
Agency is unable to maintain or keep therapists due to the fact that the hourly rate has not increased in over 25 years.

1010
01:56:13,590 --> 01:56:19,950
Therapists are now taking opportunities in surrounding communities, leaving our districts with little to no options to provide.

1011
01:56:19,950 --> 01:56:25,970
Our preschoolers with the services and programs, they so desperately need, and an end on title

1012
01:56:25,970 --> 01:56:29,390
to excuse me to receive, something needs to be done.

1013
01:56:30,390 --> 01:56:35,710
Keeping in mind that in certain communities, I will not be in one of them, that it sometimes

1014
01:56:35,710 --> 01:56:41,450
requires tremendous effort to even get parents and guardians to agree to have their children

1015
01:56:41,450 --> 01:56:42,010
evaluated.

1016
01:56:42,410 --> 01:56:49,690
And once we do, they then, and they qualify, having to go back to those families, to tell

1017
01:56:49,690 --> 01:56:54,110
them that we don't have therapists to serve their children because they are none available.

1018
01:56:54,830 --> 01:56:59,290
It's simply not fair and to be honest it's unacceptable and it's problematic.

1019
01:56:59,510 --> 01:57:02,870
It goes against everything that we stand for as educators.

1020
01:57:03,570 --> 01:57:08,570
We've emailed the county, we've emailed our regional representatives at the New York Department

1021
01:57:08,570 --> 01:57:12,950
of Education and we've gotten little to no direction.

1022
01:57:14,110 --> 01:57:18,250
So we all know that when it comes to children that are that young, it's not the years

1023
01:57:18,250 --> 01:57:24,110
that matter for each month, week and day, has an impact on their growth and development.

1024
01:57:24,650 --> 01:57:29,390
We're asking the county to please get involved. We need agencies not only to be able

1025
01:57:29,390 --> 01:57:34,570
to pay their therapists with other counties, too. We want National County, I know I'm going

1026
01:57:34,570 --> 01:57:41,170
to wrap up. Okay? We want National County to take the initiative to pay these therapists

1027
01:57:41,170 --> 01:57:46,290
more than what the other counties are paying so that we can attract therapists to even

1028
01:57:46,290 --> 01:57:49,870
want to come back and work here in NASA or county.

1029
01:57:51,010 --> 01:57:53,310
Please, listen very carefully to what we've said.

1030
01:57:53,830 --> 01:57:56,530
We are all here because we understand the need to advocate

1031
01:57:56,530 --> 01:57:58,590
and make known to all of you.

1032
01:57:58,790 --> 01:58:00,490
You may not have been aware of it now, you know,

1033
01:58:00,490 --> 01:58:03,570
I think after today that our youngest scholars,

1034
01:58:03,810 --> 01:58:05,510
our babies are really in desperate need.

1035
01:58:05,550 --> 01:58:09,010
We can only tell you how it's impacting us

1036
01:58:09,010 --> 01:58:10,630
and we're asking you to get involved

1037
01:58:11,330 --> 01:58:13,010
and make the difference for our students.

1038
01:58:13,350 --> 01:58:14,290
I appreciate your time.

1039
01:58:14,730 --> 01:58:15,110
Thank you.

1040
01:58:15,110 --> 01:58:15,530
I'm sorry.

1041
01:58:16,870 --> 01:58:16,990
I'm sorry.

1042
01:58:18,010 --> 01:58:19,710
I just want to say something briefly.

1043
01:58:20,990 --> 01:58:21,310
All right.

1044
01:58:21,430 --> 01:58:23,390
But, spare mind that these are generally,

1045
01:58:23,850 --> 01:58:27,690
I told them that we're going to look into it because we really haven't had time.

1046
01:58:28,010 --> 01:58:30,950
And we don't want to make these sessions question and answers,

1047
01:58:31,030 --> 01:58:33,310
because that's not what the officials say.

1048
01:58:33,370 --> 01:58:33,830
I understand.

1049
01:58:33,990 --> 01:58:38,270
I just want to thank Thomas Palmer for contributions to education to the school district.

1050
01:58:38,590 --> 01:58:40,510
Now, Mon, and that, uh,

1051
01:58:40,510 --> 01:58:45,450
In terms of my colleagues and I, and I, and that we're going to caucus, we will do everything we can to address this issue.

1052
01:58:45,650 --> 01:58:46,630
Thank you.

1053
01:58:49,610 --> 01:58:49,770
Great.

1054
01:58:50,010 --> 01:58:50,450
Great.

1055
01:58:50,690 --> 01:58:51,170
Goodman.

1056
01:59:02,370 --> 01:59:03,470
Your national county legislators.

1057
01:59:03,730 --> 01:59:06,970
Thank you for this opportunity to talk with you today.

1058
01:59:07,490 --> 01:59:13,210
We've heard from other school districts and from providers.

1059
01:59:13,790 --> 01:59:18,950
I, too, am a preschool special education chairperson in, in great neck.

1060
01:59:18,950 --> 01:59:27,250
and my experience is equal to what is happening in Elmont, Baldwin, and other school districts

1061
01:59:27,250 --> 01:59:29,850
were all experiencing the same thing.

1062
01:59:30,830 --> 01:59:38,710
I've been in education for 27 years working as a school psychologist and then in part of that

1063
01:59:38,710 --> 01:59:44,030
14 years in preschool special education and when I started in preschool special education

1064
01:59:44,030 --> 01:59:49,970
there was never an issue about finding providers. We were always able to find providers

1065
01:59:49,970 --> 01:59:57,110
and as the years have gone on, it's become progressively more challenging. The last couple

1066
01:59:57,110 --> 01:59:59,970
of years have been really quite...

1067
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:17,120
Unbelievable. That we were in a position where we're not finding providers, we're on telling parents, well, if I can't, you know, find you a provider now. I'll try to put it in for the summer for you before, you know, before you go to kindergarten or something like that.

1068
02:00:17,120 --> 02:00:25,120
The issue is not only with related services, again, speech, OTPT,

1069
02:00:25,620 --> 02:00:27,460
they're also with center-based programs.

1070
02:00:27,680 --> 02:00:30,760
There is a lack of availability of center-based programs.

1071
02:00:31,760 --> 02:00:36,120
So I've been in positions where imagine having children,

1072
02:00:37,060 --> 02:00:40,340
your children diagnosed twins with autism,

1073
02:00:41,060 --> 02:00:42,760
and I can't find a program.

1074
02:00:43,040 --> 02:00:45,300
And then, as I'm calling different programs,

1075
02:00:45,300 --> 02:00:51,960
I'm fortunate enough to call it the right time, and my colleague as a director of a program

1076
02:00:51,960 --> 02:00:56,540
says, you know, I just had somebody move out. I have one spot. So how does a parent make

1077
02:00:56,540 --> 02:01:00,880
a decision about which of their twin autistic children goes to the center-based program

1078
02:01:00,880 --> 02:01:06,260
and who does not? These are the types of decisions that parents have to make. And this

1079
02:01:06,260 --> 02:01:12,160
is, you know, great neck is a district that, yes, it has its components of wealth, of parents

1080
02:01:12,160 --> 02:01:18,060
who can afford to pay privately for things, but there are also a large contingent of families

1081
02:01:18,060 --> 02:01:22,820
that are really unable to pay for speech or OT, let alone tuition for the Center-based

1082
02:01:22,820 --> 02:01:28,100
programs that do not exist privately. They're really just for children where the tuition

1083
02:01:28,100 --> 02:01:36,340
is paid by the county. Oftentimes, we create, as my colleagues were saying, it could take

1084
02:01:36,340 --> 02:01:40,200
upwards of six weeks to do the evaluation process.

1085
02:01:40,200 --> 02:01:45,940
another two weeks to start the service and then not having providers and having to tell parents

1086
02:01:45,940 --> 02:01:50,380
look, I'd love to be able to provide you with the service but I'm struggling to find

1087
02:01:50,380 --> 02:01:52,480
anybody to do the service.

1088
02:01:54,760 --> 02:02:01,360
It's almost like a like a sign felt episode. It's like I can make a plan,

1089
02:02:02,020 --> 02:02:09,400
I just can't implement the plan which frankly is the most important part of the plan. So you know

1090
02:02:09,400 --> 02:02:13,720
It's, this is a long standing issue to go ahead and sum up, please.

1091
02:02:14,200 --> 02:02:22,620
Yes, sorry, the cost of not doing anything is wasted time, the need for more intensive

1092
02:02:22,620 --> 02:02:26,440
future services and loss potential for better outcomes.

1093
02:02:26,860 --> 02:02:27,500
Thank you.

1094
02:02:29,910 --> 02:02:31,050
Better fast tone.

1095
02:02:37,780 --> 02:02:38,340
Good afternoon.

1096
02:02:38,940 --> 02:02:40,240
My name is Derek Bastone.

1097
02:02:40,380 --> 02:02:44,820
I am the Assistant Director of PPS in Court, Washington, Dr. Elisa Samuel Stein.

1098
02:02:44,820 --> 02:02:48,340
is also our in attendees, these are districts psychologists.

1099
02:02:49,260 --> 02:02:53,460
On behalf of the districts, agencies and parents that are present today, I want to address

1100
02:02:53,460 --> 02:02:57,960
the challenge of retaining end-maintaining CPSC providers for our children.

1101
02:02:58,620 --> 02:03:02,640
This includes, see its speed, OT's, PT's, and parent trainers.

1102
02:03:03,300 --> 02:03:08,140
We just received notice a couple of weeks ago that over 10 of our preschool students

1103
02:03:08,140 --> 02:03:13,340
in all different schools are affected now because of resignations that occurred with

1104
02:03:13,340 --> 02:03:18,880
feet therapists and see it. This is caused this content among families and their schools to

1105
02:03:18,880 --> 02:03:19,800
find new providers.

1106
02:03:22,330 --> 02:03:26,090
The cost of living and inflation is skyrocketing with no end in sight.

1107
02:03:26,450 --> 02:03:31,850
How is it possible that there has not been any increase in rates for over 25 years? This

1108
02:03:31,850 --> 02:03:36,790
is significantly impacting the educational progress of our students. More importantly, some

1109
02:03:36,790 --> 02:03:41,270
of these students will be entering kindergarten. If these children do not receive services,

1110
02:03:41,270 --> 02:03:46,250
How are we supposed to make effective decisions when we have the annual review?

1111
02:03:46,530 --> 02:03:50,610
What are we supposed to be reviewing if the child does not receive any services yet?

1112
02:03:51,410 --> 02:03:55,190
Our family supposed to repeatedly call call providers who do not have any availability.

1113
02:03:56,310 --> 02:04:00,490
Pre-school is the first experience for a family and it should be a positive one.

1114
02:04:01,170 --> 02:04:03,670
We need your help with increasing reimbursement rates.

1115
02:04:04,410 --> 02:04:08,950
We are doing a disservice to all of our special education students who are the most impacted.

1116
02:04:08,950 --> 02:04:16,350
But therefore, it is clear that we have talked a long time about this over an hour, and we really

1117
02:04:16,350 --> 02:04:17,990
need to make it change right now.

1118
02:04:18,350 --> 02:04:19,450
Thank you very much for your time.

1119
02:04:20,970 --> 02:04:21,590
Thank you.

1120
02:04:21,850 --> 02:04:27,950
And as I said to all of you, we will look into this both side to the aisle, it's obviously

1121
02:04:27,950 --> 02:04:29,670
enough work, much to me.

1122
02:04:29,790 --> 02:04:30,790
Meet a matter day.

1123
02:04:51,550 --> 02:04:52,750
Getting close to good evening.

1124
02:04:53,650 --> 02:04:54,330
Meet a day, Marida.

1125
02:04:55,970 --> 02:05:02,510
Sadly, the sentiment's echoed by the speakers here,

1126
02:05:02,910 --> 02:05:06,250
resonate loudly in a number of areas for NASA County

1127
02:05:06,250 --> 02:05:09,450
with its four point whatever billion dollar budget,

1128
02:05:09,610 --> 02:05:13,630
and its recent allocation of $10 million for a

1129
02:05:14,070 --> 02:05:15,290
anniversary celebration.

1130
02:05:16,070 --> 02:05:17,570
Our children are suffering.

1131
02:05:18,630 --> 02:05:19,730
Our veterans are suffering.

1132
02:05:20,410 --> 02:05:21,510
Our seniors are suffering.

1133
02:05:22,650 --> 02:05:25,730
Again, as I was mentioning earlier, people are leaving in droves.

1134
02:05:26,170 --> 02:05:30,990
Our young people, our seniors, are being priced out, forced out, kicked out.

1135
02:05:31,710 --> 02:05:33,650
The lack of diversity is glaring.

1136
02:05:34,590 --> 02:05:41,790
We have committees once again that have names and titles, but once again, we're going to

1137
02:05:41,790 --> 02:05:46,070
go through a year where most of this is going to be wasted paper, because the second page

1138
02:05:46,070 --> 02:05:51,130
on most of these committees are going to have, there are no items on this committee

1139
02:05:51,130 --> 02:06:02,770
at this time. That was 2023. So I hate to be the reality check, but that is the reality.

1140
02:06:03,930 --> 02:06:09,330
I hate to say that the young lady who gave the hourly rate for what speech therapists

1141
02:06:09,330 --> 02:06:17,210
make for our children is more in most cases than what the veteran services officers make

1142
02:06:17,210 --> 02:06:23,870
So provide the benefits in the outreach for our returning veterans and ladies they don't pay

1143
02:06:23,870 --> 02:06:29,530
much attention to me either so it's all good, it goes on the record, that's all it matters.

1144
02:06:30,330 --> 02:06:35,650
So I encourage you, not just to use this meeting as your opportunity to get them to look

1145
02:06:35,650 --> 02:06:44,810
into it, stay with it, go to your state and federal representatives, tell them what you need to

1146
02:06:44,810 --> 02:06:51,530
happen here. Because they have the money. NASA County is the least likely in terms of their record

1147
02:06:51,530 --> 02:06:57,350
to pursue state and federal funds that you pay your taxes for. We all need to do better.

1148
02:06:57,990 --> 02:07:03,010
We all need to be consistent. We all need to stand strong. And don't worry, presiding officer.

1149
02:07:03,210 --> 02:07:07,390
I'm going to probably stay within the three minutes for now, even though President was established

1150
02:07:07,390 --> 02:07:12,770
and you let other people wrap up. I'll also speak to the fact that earlier when the committee

1151
02:07:12,770 --> 02:07:18,630
assignments were done to committees allowed for public comment and the rest did not.

1152
02:07:18,630 --> 02:07:24,070
A precedent was established. So either we're going to start this year off following

1153
02:07:24,070 --> 02:07:30,290
the rules for everybody or we're just going to have to break the rules and actually get

1154
02:07:30,290 --> 02:07:35,890
some stuff done. Bernard Baruch said at one point millions of people saw the apples falling

1155
02:07:35,890 --> 02:07:41,670
but it was Newton who asked the question, why? They're going to be a lot of people asking

1156
02:07:41,670 --> 02:07:46,530
questions. Why? Why are we paying all as money for lack of services like a resources and

1157
02:07:46,530 --> 02:07:51,810
lack of support? This is an election year. Some of you don't necessarily get voted out

1158
02:07:51,810 --> 02:07:55,250
of office. You get indicted. Watch out.

1159
02:08:01,160 --> 02:08:03,740
We're going to reconvene rules.

1160
02:08:21,110 --> 02:08:22,550
Works is that what we do

1161
02:08:22,550 --> 02:08:34,270
First is we go through the contracts, and then we recess, and then we do some other committees,

1162
02:08:34,590 --> 02:08:37,030
and we finish rules after that.

1163
02:08:37,910 --> 02:08:39,330
So I'm

1164
02:09:21,150 --> 02:09:28,330
now going to call a number of contracts together,

1165
02:09:30,540 --> 02:09:32,820
we'll move on them, one at a time

1166
02:09:32,820 --> 02:09:40,780
afterwards. Okay. Number one, number one, number one, number one, number two,

1167
02:09:40,900 --> 02:09:48,640
of 24, number three of 24, E4, E5, E6, E7, E10,

1168
02:09:51,730 --> 02:09:53,670
E11, which are

1169
02:09:53,670 --> 02:09:58,670
respectively. Resolutions authorizing the kind of executive to

1170
02:09:58,670 --> 02:10:02,770
execute personal services, agreements or amendments there to

1171
02:10:02,770 --> 02:10:12,310
between the county and LAH law firm WSPUSA, NV5 Lewis, came the key in associates, NVP

1172
02:10:12,310 --> 02:10:18,650
engineering, VHB, engineering, harvesting, and handover construction services, sokoloft

1173
02:10:18,650 --> 02:10:27,450
and strain, and B-reporting agency, and E8 of 24, which is a resolution, gratifying the county

1174
02:10:27,450 --> 02:10:32,670
Executive Execution of a Personal Services Agreement between the County of Nassau and tech engineering.

1175
02:10:34,610 --> 02:10:37,350
Okay, we have a motion by Legislative McKevitt.

1176
02:10:37,510 --> 02:10:43,450
Seconded by Legislative, ready, we'll do you.

1177
02:10:45,170 --> 02:10:47,410
Okay, so there we go.

1178
02:10:48,950 --> 02:10:50,350
E1 of 24.

1179
02:10:51,370 --> 02:10:53,470
So the law firms who is here to speak on that?

1180
02:10:53,650 --> 02:10:53,790
Anyone?

1181
02:10:53,790 --> 02:10:54,470
Good

1182
02:10:59,780 --> 02:11:05,520
afternoon. Good afternoon, let's just there. Sorry, don't usually call the County Attorney Contracts first. That was a surprise.

1183
02:11:06,460 --> 02:11:09,800
We just love you. I very much appreciate it. I love you, too.

1184
02:11:14,700 --> 02:11:16,820
I just want to make sure I speak to the right ones along.

1185
02:11:17,220 --> 02:11:18,760
I have them both here.

1186
02:11:19,380 --> 02:11:23,220
Why don't we start off with LEH? Well, actually you could go on going to it.

1187
02:11:23,380 --> 02:11:27,580
I was going to just go E1, is that that's the one? Very good.

1188
02:11:31,900 --> 02:11:42,860
This is for a case called High Smith. I'll just give you a very brief summary of the facts on August 15, 2017 at Approximal 845 P.M.

1189
02:11:43,260 --> 02:11:48,980
The plaintiff was walking her at her job from an Ikea store. She was struck by a car driven by defendant.

1190
02:11:49,440 --> 02:11:56,180
When it was struck as she walked through the crosswalk in West John Street. This is an accident designed case.

1191
02:11:56,180 --> 02:12:01,300
road design case my fault about accident design road design. So in other words there is not a

1192
02:12:01,300 --> 02:12:06,560
county vehicle involved just to clarify what I was saying. Okay the county's involvement is

1193
02:12:06,560 --> 02:12:13,140
relative to its engineering and design of that road and that intersection. Any questions on this?

1194
02:12:19,420 --> 02:12:28,280
I'm sure so are you. I'm just asking a question. This seems like a run of the mill accident case.

1195
02:12:29,020 --> 02:12:32,400
Why is it so necessary to hire a special accounts?

1196
02:12:35,650 --> 02:12:42,210
I think actually road design cases are in my view, not run of the mill, they're quite complicated

1197
02:12:42,210 --> 02:12:50,250
because the county has a funny obligation relative to the MUTCD, the manual uniform traffic

1198
02:12:50,250 --> 02:12:56,390
control devices, and what that basically says is that the county has an obligation, speaking

1199
02:12:56,390 --> 02:12:59,890
generally, if there's any plaintiffs in the audience, you can put some of them, don't get

1200
02:12:59,890 --> 02:13:02,230
me on the way out and say this is your theory of the case.

1201
02:13:02,950 --> 02:13:08,830
So the general idea is that the county's obligation is to drive around or to monitor

1202
02:13:08,830 --> 02:13:12,570
these locations all the time, sort of on a constant basis.

1203
02:13:12,950 --> 02:13:17,510
And it makes it very tricky to get out on motion and just on procedural ground.

1204
02:13:17,810 --> 02:13:23,550
So from my personal professional view, the road design cases from a governmental standpoint

1205
02:13:23,550 --> 02:13:25,270
are, they are especially tricky.

1206
02:13:30,140 --> 02:13:39,640
Obviously, it requires an expert to come and evaluate the road and render an opinion, but

1207
02:13:39,640 --> 02:13:48,300
in terms of trying the case and presenting that witness, why does that require a special counsel?

1208
02:13:48,920 --> 02:13:55,220
I mean, you have attorneys who are capable of evaluating the expert opinions on the road safety.

1209
02:13:55,460 --> 02:13:59,140
They provide you with the reports you go with them.

1210
02:13:59,140 --> 02:14:03,040
And I really, this is something that's an ongoing problem for me.

1211
02:14:03,040 --> 02:14:08,780
I don't understand why we have capable town of county attorneys who can't drive these cases.

1212
02:14:09,340 --> 02:14:13,880
They can't evaluate the expert witnesses testimony and their reports.

1213
02:14:14,540 --> 02:14:15,800
I don't understand that.

1214
02:14:15,800 --> 02:14:16,320
I really don't.

1215
02:14:17,340 --> 02:14:22,200
My perspective of that is that the very talented attorneys that you speak of are the very

1216
02:14:22,200 --> 02:14:27,240
same ones who recommended this case in fact to go to outside council.

1217
02:14:27,240 --> 02:14:32,460
they themselves. I'm on the mouthpiece for them. I work with them, but they themselves

1218
02:14:32,460 --> 02:14:37,600
analyze the files and issues involved and they make these requests. So to the extent

1219
02:14:37,600 --> 02:14:40,720
that there are questions that have been made, it's been made by those skilled attorneys.

1220
02:14:41,580 --> 02:14:45,900
And we're always available to answer any questions you have specifically about cases. Although

1221
02:14:45,900 --> 02:14:50,080
we try not to get into it on the record as it could involve trial stradders.

1222
02:14:50,300 --> 02:14:54,860
I want to get on the record about it, but you're now asking us to approve money to pay

1223
02:14:54,860 --> 02:14:58,240
for a special attorney who I think is unnecessary.

1224
02:15:01,780 --> 02:15:03,600
The other thing is, I see here,

1225
02:15:05,800 --> 02:15:09,940
that the work was supposed to commence in June 30, 2023.

1226
02:15:10,640 --> 02:15:18,200
Correct. And yet, you sent them an engagement letter on August 21st, almost two months later.

1227
02:15:19,500 --> 02:15:30,220
And now it's coming before us now. How does employment of a law firm start without an engagement letter?

1228
02:15:30,220 --> 02:15:35,420
I don't write off the bat. I don't know. We don't do it in my office and there's a lot of lawyers here on this day

1229
02:15:35,420 --> 02:15:42,740
It's wouldn't do it either. Sure. I'll happy to address that. We did have this question. I think a very similar one. The last time I was here

1230
02:15:42,740 --> 02:15:50,520
And I think I gave a similar answer and I will just sort of symbolically turn some of it right and look at Robert Cleary who can feel the heat coming his direction

1231
02:15:50,520 --> 02:15:56,400
But he's aware sort of of these issues that county attorney has been having with disclosure and

1232
02:15:56,400 --> 02:16:01,940
and procurement, but relative to your question specifically about engagement letters, we as a matter

1233
02:16:01,940 --> 02:16:07,300
of policy cannot issue engagement letters because it would be ultra-viries to the legislators

1234
02:16:07,300 --> 02:16:07,900
power.

1235
02:16:08,320 --> 02:16:14,080
So what we do is we tell someone that you may begin in writing, they are informed at your own

1236
02:16:14,080 --> 02:16:14,460
peril.

1237
02:16:14,720 --> 02:16:19,100
You may begin until the legislature approves it, and that is in writing, in all cases,

1238
02:16:19,260 --> 02:16:20,820
because I'm the one who issues that instruction.

1239
02:16:20,820 --> 02:16:27,080
And so they begin, but they cannot get paid up until the legislature approves it.

1240
02:16:27,340 --> 02:16:28,620
So that's how that process works.

1241
02:16:28,960 --> 02:16:30,580
We do not do retainer letters.

1242
02:16:30,680 --> 02:16:32,780
It's literally not a process for our office.

1243
02:16:33,040 --> 02:16:37,660
So then we do assume that they've worked for six months and may not get paid.

1244
02:16:38,260 --> 02:16:40,420
Do not only not get paid if you don't approve it.

1245
02:16:41,100 --> 02:16:42,880
That's certainly a possibility, correct?

1246
02:16:43,720 --> 02:16:45,240
That's always a possibility, yes.

1247
02:16:45,520 --> 02:16:50,140
And that law firm was perfectly capable and willing to at their peril work for six months

1248
02:16:50,140 --> 02:16:51,600
about the correct.

1249
02:16:51,960 --> 02:16:52,480
Did

1250
02:16:57,560 --> 02:17:01,520
we correct the roadway or is it still the same way?

1251
02:17:01,760 --> 02:17:05,940
I actually would have to look at the specific allegation in this case as to what the design

1252
02:17:05,940 --> 02:17:06,220
was.

1253
02:17:07,020 --> 02:17:11,880
I think without going too much down the road, obviously no pun intended, as legislative

1254
02:17:11,880 --> 02:17:17,960
drucker had asked that the road design cases are fairly complicated, so that analysis can

1255
02:17:17,960 --> 02:17:24,920
it's sometimes in the view of my personal professional view, it's sometimes that the

1256
02:17:24,920 --> 02:17:31,080
allegation is spacious but difficult to knock out. So that's why special counsel is

1257
02:17:31,080 --> 02:17:36,000
especially useful in some of those situations. Well, I mean if we were held in as being

1258
02:17:36,000 --> 02:17:42,400
liable for this, you know, with this instance, it could possibly open us up for further

1259
02:17:42,400 --> 02:17:49,420
situation. More than happy to look into that specific intersection and just make sure that whatever

1260
02:17:49,420 --> 02:17:54,660
was alleged is correct and I'd off the top might I don't know specifically but more than

1261
02:17:54,660 --> 02:17:59,760
happy to look into it. It would be a good system to have in place whenever we pay out on some

1262
02:17:59,760 --> 02:18:11,300
poor road design. We then send CPW a memo explaining what happened. Otherwise the next time

1263
02:18:11,300 --> 02:18:15,240
that point and I think we've made a process of doing that. This is just a contract at this point,

1264
02:18:15,380 --> 02:18:20,680
but if Council were to come back and say, making things up, not about this case, just in general,

1265
02:18:21,000 --> 02:18:24,380
if Council were to come back and say, look, you have a liability problem. This is something you

1266
02:18:24,380 --> 02:18:29,760
should address certainly our office would respond swiftly to such a report.

1267
02:18:36,460 --> 02:18:37,780
Brian, just real quick,

1268
02:18:38,400 --> 02:18:46,660
in terms of the work beginning by the law firm prior at their own peril, is that based on your

1269
02:18:46,660 --> 02:18:50,060
a new policy or is that been in place for decades?

1270
02:18:50,600 --> 02:18:50,860
Decades.

1271
02:18:51,900 --> 02:18:55,500
So it predates this administration even the administration before that, correct?

1272
02:18:56,620 --> 02:18:56,660
Okay.

1273
02:18:56,660 --> 02:18:57,420
Thank you.

1274
02:18:59,120 --> 02:19:00,140
Brian, next one.

1275
02:19:00,400 --> 02:19:01,040
So, go off.

1276
02:19:02,860 --> 02:19:03,560
Let's eat.

1277
02:19:10,020 --> 02:19:11,740
This is a case we call seaweed.

1278
02:19:11,960 --> 02:19:14,320
And I don't know if the person's here is certainly on a mispronounced

1279
02:19:14,320 --> 02:19:14,740
their name.

1280
02:19:14,900 --> 02:19:15,840
We call it seaweed.

1281
02:19:16,620 --> 02:19:18,080
This is an inmate case.

1282
02:19:18,640 --> 02:19:22,380
In 2018, the plaintiff was in a cell while the nurse is distributing medication.

1283
02:19:22,380 --> 02:19:30,680
in, uh, plaintiff made a comment about lockdown, um, and the plaintiff, uh, reached out of

1284
02:19:30,680 --> 02:19:38,760
his cell, and he threw his belongings on the floor, uh, and essentially, uh, part of me,

1285
02:19:38,840 --> 02:19:43,300
this is not the grandn nicest thing to say on the record. He urnated on the bed and as a result

1286
02:19:43,300 --> 02:19:47,600
of urinating on the bed, God begs source. So that is the nature of the lawsuit.

1287
02:19:58,840 --> 02:19:59,000
You'll

1288
02:20:00,880 --> 02:20:02,900
A11 is a contract with the core reporters.

1289
02:20:03,000 --> 02:20:04,520
This is a closed-out contract.

1290
02:20:04,740 --> 02:20:05,740
There's a new RFQ.

1291
02:20:05,920 --> 02:20:08,280
I believe it's complete or in-processed.

1292
02:20:08,380 --> 02:20:12,740
So this is just a close-out for the old contract to pay some bills that were extended.

1293
02:20:12,980 --> 02:20:15,520
I can give you further details, but it's not a new procurement.

1294
02:20:15,540 --> 02:20:18,120
It's just an amendment to close-out the old contract.

1295
02:20:22,400 --> 02:20:22,880
Thank you.

1296
02:20:23,260 --> 02:20:23,620
Okay.

1297
02:20:23,720 --> 02:20:26,420
Now the next buncher with public works.

1298
02:20:26,480 --> 02:20:31,060
First of all, I'm going to take a motion to table E24.

1299
02:20:31,060 --> 02:20:44,980
and E6, E2 of 24 and E6 of 24 and that motion is made by Mr. Kennedy and seconded by Mr. Drucker.

1300
02:20:46,660 --> 02:20:48,460
All those in favor of tabling those two?

1301
02:20:48,460 --> 02:20:48,820
Aye.

1302
02:20:49,120 --> 02:20:50,300
Any opposed?

1303
02:20:50,540 --> 02:20:51,560
Those two are tabled.

1304
02:20:52,040 --> 02:20:53,820
Is that because of the inspector general?

1305
02:20:53,960 --> 02:20:54,400
Yes.

1306
02:20:54,880 --> 02:20:55,980
Thank you for doing that.

1307
02:20:57,900 --> 02:20:58,220
All right.

1308
02:20:58,640 --> 02:21:00,420
Now the rest with public works.

1309
02:21:00,420 --> 02:21:06,140
And first will be E3, which will be NV5.

1310
02:21:18,390 --> 02:21:18,690
Good evening.

1311
02:21:19,530 --> 02:21:23,950
My name is Thomas George, deputy commissioner for DPRW.

1312
02:21:29,090 --> 02:21:29,870
E324.

1313
02:21:30,970 --> 02:21:36,610
This is a professional service contract for on-call design service with NV5.

1314
02:21:37,570 --> 02:21:42,530
The purpose of this contract is to provide on-call civil engineering and site development,

1315
02:21:42,530 --> 02:21:48,570
design and support services for civil engineering and site development you did.

1316
02:21:49,290 --> 02:21:57,310
This is a 4 year term beginning with the NTP, contract cap is 10 million initial and

1317
02:21:57,310 --> 02:21:59,290
is 200,000,

1318
02:22:06,970 --> 02:22:07,770
4,

1319
02:22:10,260 --> 02:22:20,220
that would be least minus associates. Yes, E4, 24, LKMA. This is also

1320
02:22:20,220 --> 02:22:27,380
the same civil on-call contract, professional service contract for on-call design service,

1321
02:22:28,440 --> 02:22:33,040
the purpose of the contract is to provide on-call, civil engineering and site development,

1322
02:22:33,540 --> 02:22:37,100
design support service for civil engineering and site development unit.

1323
02:22:37,100 --> 02:22:44,920
Again, this is also a 4-year term beginning with the NTP, the contract cap is 10 million, initially

1324
02:22:44,920 --> 02:22:46,980
in competencies 200,000,

1325
02:22:49,400 --> 02:22:53,140
questions E5, which would be N and N engineering.

1326
02:22:55,390 --> 02:23:01,790
E5, 24, that is Nelson and Pope is the firm, it is also a professional service contract

1327
02:23:01,790 --> 02:23:03,590
for our own coal, design service.

1328
02:23:04,170 --> 02:23:09,770
The purpose of the contract is to provide on-cold civil engineering and site development, design

1329
02:23:09,770 --> 02:23:14,310
and support service for civil engineering and civil development unit.

1330
02:23:15,730 --> 02:23:19,830
For term, beginning with the, for your term, beginning with the NTP,

1331
02:23:20,790 --> 02:23:24,450
contract cap is 10 million, initial and components 200,000.

1332
02:23:30,380 --> 02:23:32,260
Is seven hardest in handover?

1333
02:23:36,370 --> 02:23:37,610
Item is 724.

1334
02:23:38,510 --> 02:23:42,630
This is a two year professional service contract with hardest in handover.

1335
02:23:43,170 --> 02:23:45,770
For the construction management and inspection service

1336
02:23:45,770 --> 02:23:52,230
for Glen Curtis Boulevard Bridge over Middle Book State Parkway, which is a, which is

1337
02:23:52,230 --> 02:23:57,850
fairly funded. This service will include providing a resident engineer, office engineer,

1338
02:23:58,150 --> 02:24:01,770
and construction, and specialty bridge inspection service,

1339
02:24:05,180 --> 02:24:06,940
which was anti-cengineering.

1340
02:24:17,580 --> 02:24:20,760
Hi, good afternoon, Dr. Tumant, Deputy Commissioner, D.P.W.

1341
02:24:21,940 --> 02:24:27,520
Item E-24 is a professional service contract for construction management services for the

1342
02:24:27,520 --> 02:24:32,440
emergency contract for the repair of the Correction Center 832 building.

1343
02:24:33,960 --> 02:24:39,520
The construction contract itself primarily consists of installing a new roof and HVAC units.

1344
02:24:40,120 --> 02:24:45,580
This contract is for professional services for construction management for managing that

1345
02:24:45,580 --> 02:24:46,180
contract.

1346
02:24:53,530 --> 02:24:58,080
Comments that all on the actual construction contract?

1347
02:24:58,760 --> 02:25:02,700
No, it has not commenced yet and noticed to proceed should be issued this week.

1348
02:25:02,700 --> 02:25:05,240
And then how long would it take to stock?

1349
02:25:05,440 --> 02:25:09,500
I know this jail needs emergencies like you and Bulu.

1350
02:25:10,120 --> 02:25:16,420
This contract is primarily focusing on a new roof and all in new HVAC units and it's estimated

1351
02:25:16,420 --> 02:25:17,740
at a two-year contract.

1352
02:25:21,190 --> 02:25:23,750
So I'm going to put the rules committee in recess

1353
02:25:26,020 --> 02:25:32,380
and we're going to vote on all these contracts.

1354
02:25:32,380 --> 02:25:59,460
So far, and those would be E1, E10, E11, E23, E4, no, not E2, we're not voting on E2, so E3, E4, E5, E7, and E8, all those in favour of those items, please so indicate by saying aye, aye, and he opposed, okay, those items pass unanimously, we're going to put the rules in general.

1355
02:26:02,980 --> 02:26:04,760
Do I do 10 or 11?

1356
02:26:05,580 --> 02:26:05,660
Well,

1357
02:26:09,440 --> 02:26:15,460
okay, you 10 or 11. All those in favor of those two please say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

1358
02:26:16,240 --> 02:26:20,600
Okay, we've got those unanimously as well. Okay, now we'll put the committee in recess.

1359
02:26:20,960 --> 02:26:21,180
Yes.

1360
02:26:22,080 --> 02:26:25,280
And we're going to allow for what is the public safety help?

1361
02:26:26,820 --> 02:26:27,040
Public safety.

1362
02:26:27,420 --> 02:26:28,980
Public safety is next.

1363
02:26:30,590 --> 02:26:31,990
The government and finance, right?

1364
02:26:34,820 --> 02:26:37,000
I'm receiving the meeting of the Public Safety Committee.

1365
02:26:37,940 --> 02:26:39,200
There is an Addendum.

1366
02:26:40,180 --> 02:26:42,080
May I have a motion to suspend the rules?

1367
02:26:44,290 --> 02:26:45,510
Move by legislator Strauss.

1368
02:26:47,370 --> 02:26:48,910
Second by legislative for ready.

1369
02:26:49,510 --> 02:26:52,050
All those in favor of suspending, please say aye.

1370
02:26:52,470 --> 02:26:53,210
The rules are suspended.

1371
02:26:53,930 --> 02:26:59,090
There are three items on the Addendum, which are Clerk Item Numbers 8-24,

1372
02:27:00,130 --> 02:27:03,790
10-24, and 11-24-23.

1373
02:27:05,250 --> 02:27:08,670
Clerk Item Number 8-24 is an ordinance supplement

1374
02:27:08,670 --> 02:27:12,730
to the annual portion ordinance and connection with the traffic safety board.

1375
02:27:13,550 --> 02:27:15,470
May I have a motion?

1376
02:27:15,730 --> 02:27:16,210
Motion.

1377
02:27:17,010 --> 02:27:18,910
Moved by Legislative Strauss.

1378
02:27:19,650 --> 02:27:21,530
Second by Legislative Ferretti.

1379
02:27:21,970 --> 02:27:22,990
The item is before us.

1380
02:27:23,150 --> 02:27:25,470
Is there anyone from the administration here to discuss these items?

1381
02:27:26,010 --> 02:27:27,190
Good afternoon, Andy Parsakov.

1382
02:27:27,390 --> 02:27:28,330
Some management budget.

1383
02:27:28,890 --> 02:27:30,670
This item is three supplemental appropriations.

1384
02:27:31,890 --> 02:27:33,250
First, stop the WI grants.

1385
02:27:33,610 --> 02:27:36,350
The first amount is for $53,500.

1386
02:27:36,350 --> 02:27:42,070
dollars, the second amount is through the New York State Stop DWI Foundation for $55,000.

1387
02:27:42,870 --> 02:27:47,490
And the third is for $40,000 for the handicap parking surchoages.

1388
02:27:47,850 --> 02:27:52,630
These are normal recurring grants that we get from New York State for the Stop DWI programs,

1389
02:27:53,130 --> 02:27:58,390
and also for the handicap surchoages to foot forcement of violators at the handicap parking

1390
02:27:58,390 --> 02:27:58,810
spots.

1391
02:27:59,670 --> 02:27:59,910
Perfect.

1392
02:27:59,910 --> 02:28:00,490
Thank you.

1393
02:28:00,770 --> 02:28:02,350
Thank you.

1394
02:28:02,350 --> 02:28:06,650
any debate, a discussion? Any public comments?

1395
02:28:08,450 --> 02:28:11,430
All those in favor of passing these items, stop by saying aye.

1396
02:28:12,750 --> 02:28:13,290
Opposed?

1397
02:28:14,930 --> 02:28:16,250
Guidance patient, anonymously?

1398
02:28:17,790 --> 02:28:21,930
Clerk item number 10-24 is Northern and Supplemental to the annual

1399
02:28:21,930 --> 02:28:24,390
Apportion or the Ninsic Connection with the Medical Examiner.

1400
02:28:25,450 --> 02:28:26,110
May I have a motion?

1401
02:28:29,180 --> 02:28:30,580
Motion by legislative for ready?

1402
02:28:31,460 --> 02:28:34,020
Second, second, second by legislative drafts.

1403
02:28:34,020 --> 02:28:37,560
The item is before us. Is anyone here from the administration to discuss?

1404
02:28:44,330 --> 02:28:49,590
Good afternoon, yes. Carolyn Kelly, Deputy Medical Examiner for Laboratories. This is

1405
02:28:49,590 --> 02:28:57,710
a pass through grant. It's a Paul Coverdale grant in the amount of 57,433 dollars. It's

1406
02:28:57,710 --> 02:29:02,850
for the operational and equipment cost and staffing for the toxicology lab, which is under

1407
02:29:02,850 --> 02:29:04,830
the umbrella of the Medical Examiner's office.

1408
02:29:07,050 --> 02:29:08,890
Is there any questions at this time?

1409
02:29:08,890 --> 02:29:16,370
Any debated discussion? Any public comments? All those in favor of passing this item? Please say aye.

1410
02:29:17,010 --> 02:29:19,770
Opposed? The item passage unanimously.

1411
02:29:20,270 --> 02:29:21,890
Thank you.

1412
02:29:22,310 --> 02:29:27,890
Third clerk item number 11 dash 24 is an ordinance supplemental to the annual appropriation ordinance

1413
02:29:27,890 --> 02:29:31,650
in connection with the officer of emergency management. May have a motion.

1414
02:29:35,760 --> 02:29:37,200
Legislative Malay, second,

1415
02:29:40,850 --> 02:29:43,690
second by legislative for ready. The item is before us.

1416
02:29:43,690 --> 02:29:46,510
is anyone from the Administration to hear the discuss.

1417
02:29:47,030 --> 02:29:49,350
Tom Estollene, the Office of Emergency Management.

1418
02:29:49,950 --> 02:29:53,270
I've got three-stop metal appropriations before you today.

1419
02:29:54,430 --> 02:29:55,790
None of them have a cost match.

1420
02:29:56,030 --> 02:29:58,590
They're all basically free money for the county.

1421
02:29:59,550 --> 02:29:59,970
The first one.

1422
02:30:00,210 --> 02:30:11,010
Is a grant from New York State to support interoperable communications, especially funded by 911 surcharge on your cell phone bill.

1423
02:30:11,370 --> 02:30:22,750
It's 887, 854. Currently, we've been utilizing this to purchase subscriber equipment for the new PD700MHz system.

1424
02:30:22,750 --> 02:30:31,170
The second item is the public safety answering point grant.

1425
02:30:31,270 --> 02:30:34,810
It is also a New York State funded grant.

1426
02:30:35,670 --> 02:30:39,270
It's in the amount of 120,000, 372.

1427
02:30:39,810 --> 02:30:43,050
We've been using that to purchase new furniture.

1428
02:30:43,150 --> 02:30:46,210
Ergonomic furniture for the 911 Center for their operators,

1429
02:30:47,030 --> 02:30:48,550
so they better work in conditions.

1430
02:30:49,770 --> 02:31:00,910
And the last one, we were awarded $2.06 million under the safer grant that we applied

1431
02:31:00,910 --> 02:31:02,910
for last spring.

1432
02:31:03,770 --> 02:31:05,990
I personally really proud to get this award.

1433
02:31:06,270 --> 02:31:08,650
They're really hard to get.

1434
02:31:09,610 --> 02:31:16,850
There's a federal, excuse me, a federally FEMA funded grant that affords us to run the tuition

1435
02:31:16,850 --> 02:31:22,530
reimbursement program at National Community College, along with other marketing to promote

1436
02:31:22,530 --> 02:31:25,210
firefighter recruitment and retention.

1437
02:31:26,630 --> 02:31:26,830
Questions?

1438
02:31:30,400 --> 02:31:31,680
Let's let him be like.

1439
02:31:32,140 --> 02:31:40,660
Yeah, I just want to say, I've seen the benefits of the educational funding that it really

1440
02:31:40,660 --> 02:31:47,660
does help bring in particularly our youth to the fire departments and so I'm so pleased

1441
02:31:47,660 --> 02:31:49,560
that you were able to secure this grant.

1442
02:31:50,820 --> 02:31:51,440
Thank you.

1443
02:31:54,490 --> 02:31:55,330
I need to be able to discussion.

1444
02:31:55,670 --> 02:31:56,550
Anyone else?

1445
02:31:56,770 --> 02:31:57,490
Thank you, Mr. Delaney.

1446
02:31:57,530 --> 02:31:58,450
Any public comment?

1447
02:32:00,330 --> 02:32:01,750
All those in favor of passing this item?

1448
02:32:02,050 --> 02:32:02,750
Please say aye.

1449
02:32:04,530 --> 02:32:04,970
Opposed?

1450
02:32:06,530 --> 02:32:07,590
The item passage unanimously.

1451
02:32:08,050 --> 02:32:08,850
There's no other business.

1452
02:32:09,070 --> 02:32:12,510
Business in front of this committee may have a motion to adjourn.

1453
02:32:14,560 --> 02:32:16,460
Legislature, Strauss, second.

1454
02:32:20,150 --> 02:32:20,850
Legislative Davis.

1455
02:32:21,270 --> 02:32:21,910
All those in favor?

1456
02:32:22,970 --> 02:32:24,330
The committee is now adjourned.

1457
02:32:27,620 --> 02:32:28,900
health committees next.

1458
02:32:34,220 --> 02:32:40,140
It's called the health committee to order and yes, the clerk should take the role you want me to take it.

1459
02:32:40,160 --> 02:32:41,820
Like I could take it.

1460
02:32:48,420 --> 02:32:49,620
Thank you, Chairwoman.

1461
02:32:51,140 --> 02:32:55,320
Health and Social Service, Vice Chairman, Michael G. and Gregorio.

1462
02:32:56,480 --> 02:33:00,800
Legislative Mazi, Colleague. Legislative Samantha Gets.

1463
02:33:00,800 --> 02:33:08,940
Ranking member, Dilia DeRiddy Whitten, Legislative Arnold Trucker, Legislative Seth Coslo,

1464
02:33:10,060 --> 02:33:10,880
we have a quorum.

1465
02:33:11,760 --> 02:33:12,960
And I am here, Jill.

1466
02:33:13,680 --> 02:33:14,100
Of course.

1467
02:33:14,400 --> 02:33:16,060
Chairwoman Rosemary Walker.

1468
02:33:16,840 --> 02:33:17,480
Thank you.

1469
02:33:18,360 --> 02:33:18,560
Okay.

1470
02:33:18,580 --> 02:33:21,260
First, we need a motion to suspend the rules.

1471
02:33:23,340 --> 02:33:28,800
That is by Legislative G. and Gorgio.

1472
02:33:29,520 --> 02:33:34,780
And second it by Seth Cosmo.

1473
02:33:36,420 --> 02:33:39,880
on favor of suspending the rules, signify by saying aye.

1474
02:33:40,760 --> 02:33:43,400
There is one item on the agenda today.

1475
02:33:43,640 --> 02:33:45,480
It is clerk item 9-24.

1476
02:33:46,220 --> 02:33:51,680
It's an ordinance supplemental to the annual corporation ordinance in connection with the Health Department.

1477
02:33:53,520 --> 02:33:55,760
Good afternoon, Andy Simone Health.

1478
02:33:56,480 --> 02:34:05,200
Item 9-24 is supplemental appropriation in the amount of $70,928 for the child fatality review team.

1479
02:34:05,200 --> 02:34:10,580
This is 100% grand fund through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

1480
02:34:11,380 --> 02:34:17,760
The Child Fatality Review Team reviews all deaths of children who reside and die in Nassau County.

1481
02:34:18,360 --> 02:34:20,940
And whose death is either unexplained or unexpected.

1482
02:34:21,740 --> 02:34:28,400
The review is done to better understand the causes of child's death and the county and to make recommendations based on the findings.

1483
02:34:29,400 --> 02:34:40,160
just before we didn't do a motion on the item. So for Clerk Item 924, it is from Legislator

1484
02:34:40,160 --> 02:34:46,960
Drunker and Seconded by Legislator Police, right? So we heard what was said. Any questions?

1485
02:34:48,480 --> 02:34:54,540
Sure. Just on a side note, we all heard the testimony regarding the funding record

1486
02:34:54,540 --> 02:35:01,140
are different occupational specialists. Let's really commit to find out how we can see where that money

1487
02:35:01,140 --> 02:35:05,860
is coming from and what the process is to evaluate their salaries

1488
02:35:08,000 --> 02:35:09,940
because that money

1489
02:35:09,940 --> 02:35:16,980
would come from really intervention. Correct? Not really sure. I know it's that program's preschool

1490
02:35:16,980 --> 02:35:18,200
and early intervention.

1491
02:35:20,320 --> 02:35:26,150
Andy might be able to better address that. If you get a free new estate money

1492
02:35:28,490 --> 02:35:32,030
If you're referring to what the speakers were talking about probably, yes, it's early in

1493
02:35:32,030 --> 02:35:39,730
to venture money with, there's a 56% reimbursement rate for the money that we spent

1494
02:35:39,730 --> 02:35:44,530
through that. We're evaluating increases, as we speak right now, there's been dialogue

1495
02:35:44,530 --> 02:35:50,210
we're looking at it right now to see if it's what point it should be at. In addition, the

1496
02:35:50,210 --> 02:35:55,290
budget for 2024 is increased by $12 million, because you see additional needs that we're seeing.

1497
02:35:55,290 --> 02:36:06,670
So there's a dynamic here the way I see there's a volume increase, which there's still providing the services which they're getting, but I think we do need to address the rated problem, so it's a rural intervention in the health department.

1498
02:36:07,190 --> 02:36:09,450
Okay, I know that wasn't on there this side.

1499
02:36:09,650 --> 02:36:11,390
I know, but I just gave it so important.

1500
02:36:11,710 --> 02:36:12,890
Right, we appreciate it.

1501
02:36:12,890 --> 02:36:15,550
If you could just let us know once you, yeah, I believe.

1502
02:36:15,550 --> 02:36:19,410
Andy, would you be able to get something back for us by full lunch?

1503
02:36:19,410 --> 02:36:21,890
I will work with my principles and get something to you.

1504
02:36:22,010 --> 02:36:22,590
Thank you.

1505
02:36:22,610 --> 02:36:22,930
Thank you.

1506
02:36:22,930 --> 02:36:35,490
Okay, let's slide up weep. Andy, as you know, we spoke about this a couple of months ago and I know you're checking this issue and I really would expect something to take place because it's not fair.

1507
02:36:35,850 --> 02:36:41,390
Those people are working very hard to have our children and we have to evaluate this.

1508
02:36:41,390 --> 02:36:42,550
I'm just going to slide up. Thank you.

1509
02:36:42,690 --> 02:36:46,570
I will work with you guys and get this problem resolved. Thank you.

1510
02:36:46,570 --> 02:36:49,910
And just a quick question on this item.

1511
02:36:50,150 --> 02:36:57,330
Now this was for deaths of, yes, unexplained deaths.

1512
02:36:57,770 --> 02:37:00,830
Has that number gone up or has been steady?

1513
02:37:01,470 --> 02:37:03,090
They remember what the number is.

1514
02:37:03,550 --> 02:37:04,330
It's so sad.

1515
02:37:04,770 --> 02:37:05,650
But it's sad.

1516
02:37:05,890 --> 02:37:09,890
They review about the same amount every year, 6 to 7.

1517
02:37:10,410 --> 02:37:11,630
Sometimes it's high as 10.

1518
02:37:11,650 --> 02:37:15,070
I'll get the exact amount of how many they review for you.

1519
02:37:15,070 --> 02:37:16,570
Thank you very much.

1520
02:37:16,810 --> 02:37:18,510
Any other questions or comments?

1521
02:37:19,690 --> 02:37:22,690
Seeing none, all in favor of Clerk Item 924,

1522
02:37:23,250 --> 02:37:24,610
signify by saying aye.

1523
02:37:24,690 --> 02:37:25,890
Any opposed?

1524
02:37:26,610 --> 02:37:28,550
Then this will move on to Finance.

1525
02:37:29,050 --> 02:37:30,270
Thank you so much.

1526
02:37:31,470 --> 02:37:32,410
That's what you're planning committee.

1527
02:37:35,040 --> 02:37:37,060
roll call for planning committee.

1528
02:37:39,000 --> 02:37:40,720
Chairwoman Samantha Guetz.

1529
02:37:42,020 --> 02:37:44,400
Thank you, Vice Chairman Thomas McKevitt.

1530
02:37:47,430 --> 02:37:48,010
Thomas here.

1531
02:37:48,010 --> 02:37:51,030
Let's just let it down to pray.

1532
02:37:52,620 --> 02:37:53,860
Thank you.

1533
02:37:58,400 --> 02:37:59,100
I turn right.

1534
02:38:06,300 --> 02:38:06,900
Okay.

1535
02:38:09,020 --> 02:38:10,860
Legislator James Kennedy.

1536
02:38:10,880 --> 02:38:11,120
Here.

1537
02:38:11,680 --> 02:38:13,480
Ranking member Cali A. Salas.

1538
02:38:14,680 --> 02:38:16,400
Legislator Cilla Bino.

1539
02:38:18,470 --> 02:38:20,070
Legislator Arnold Drucker.

1540
02:38:20,930 --> 02:38:21,450
We have a call.

1541
02:38:23,210 --> 02:38:24,170
Good afternoon.

1542
02:38:24,230 --> 02:38:26,730
I'm reconvening the meeting of the Planning Committee.

1543
02:38:27,610 --> 02:38:29,350
First May I have a motion to suspend the

1544
02:38:30,770 --> 02:38:36,670
rules moved by deputy presiding officer McKevitt and seconded by by

1545
02:38:36,670 --> 02:38:42,770
legislative druger. All in favor of suspended the rules signify by saying aye.

1546
02:38:43,370 --> 02:38:50,730
Any opposed? The rules are suspended. There is one item today on today's agenda, which is

1547
02:38:50,730 --> 02:38:56,530
Clerk item number two dash 24. Clerk item number two dash 24. A resolution to

1548
02:38:56,530 --> 02:39:01,810
authorized the release of the 30 bond and escrow deposit covering improvements on the map

1549
02:39:01,810 --> 02:39:06,870
of country point villas at east-medo situated east-medo town of hamstead county of

1550
02:39:06,870 --> 02:39:14,150
nassau at New York may I have a motion moved by legislator McEvitt seconded by

1551
02:39:16,290 --> 02:39:21,350
legislative trucker the item is before us who here is from the administration to speak

1552
02:39:21,350 --> 02:39:25,490
on this item good afternoon good evening whatever it is William Nimo chapter

1553
02:39:25,490 --> 02:39:27,890
The Commissioner of Public Works for NASA County.

1554
02:39:29,170 --> 02:39:36,250
This is the return of a zeroed bond for a country-point villice for the five residential

1555
02:39:36,250 --> 02:39:41,910
condominium units that have completed all their significant public improvements been inspected

1556
02:39:41,910 --> 02:39:43,810
by the county and everything is up to stuff.

1557
02:39:50,230 --> 02:39:51,150
Any debate or discussion?

1558
02:39:57,730 --> 02:39:58,390
Any public comment?

1559
02:40:04,930 --> 02:40:10,050
All those of favor are passing item, please signify by saying aye any opposed?

1560
02:40:11,390 --> 02:40:13,470
The item passes unanimously.

1561
02:40:14,710 --> 02:40:18,510
There's no other business in front of this committee, may I have a motion to adjourn.

1562
02:40:19,230 --> 02:40:22,150
So move by legislative Kennedy and seconded by legislative Ukraine.

1563
02:40:23,130 --> 02:40:24,530
The committee is now adjourned.

1564
02:40:29,370 --> 02:40:29,430
Okay.

1565
02:40:29,450 --> 02:40:33,410
I'm going to re-communinate the meeting of the government services and operations committee.

1566
02:40:34,890 --> 02:40:35,890
I'll call the roll.

1567
02:40:38,290 --> 02:40:39,510
Legislative Strauss.

1568
02:40:40,810 --> 02:40:42,110
Legislative Jinguigoria.

1569
02:40:43,790 --> 02:40:44,690
Legislative Jufray.

1570
02:40:45,610 --> 02:40:46,530
Legislative Drucker.

1571
02:40:46,990 --> 02:40:54,370
Let's lay a slash. Let's lay the cause out. And I am here. There is an

1572
02:40:54,370 --> 02:40:57,690
atendom that I have a motion to spend the rules.

1573
02:40:58,770 --> 02:41:02,190
Okay. Move by a leg, so I'm going to go into the second by a leg, so let's

1574
02:41:02,190 --> 02:41:07,070
lay a slash. All those in favor of spending the rules, please say aye. The rules

1575
02:41:07,070 --> 02:41:11,550
is suspended. There's one item on the atendom, which is per kind of number 12-24.

1576
02:41:12,290 --> 02:41:17,730
Programmed 12, 24 is a resolution ratifying a memorandum of agreement making certain amendments

1577
02:41:17,730 --> 02:41:21,430
to the collective bargaining agreement between the County of Nassau and Nassau Community

1578
02:41:21,430 --> 02:41:26,330
College as joint employers and the Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers may have

1579
02:41:26,330 --> 02:41:30,990
a motion moved by Legislator, Kozlov, second by Legislator, to Frayne.

1580
02:41:32,110 --> 02:41:35,890
The items before us have some of the administration please.

1581
02:41:39,760 --> 02:41:44,800
Good afternoon. I'm John Gross on the Labor Council to National Community College.

1582
02:41:45,780 --> 02:41:54,060
This was a very long-difficult negotiations over a year, 28 bargaining sessions, 5 mediation sessions.

1583
02:41:54,280 --> 02:42:07,560
And we ultimately agreed to a deal that has been approved by substantially all, I should say, substantial majority of the faculty members and unanimously by the Board of Trustees.

1584
02:42:09,000 --> 02:42:12,320
It's a very complicated settlement, well over 50 pages.

1585
02:42:12,920 --> 02:42:20,000
We started out with the Union proposing 120 proposals, which certainly led lengthened the negotiations.

1586
02:42:21,360 --> 02:42:31,940
The money aspects include a 3.25 followed by a 2.75 followed by a 2.25 increase.

1587
02:42:31,940 --> 02:42:39,520
Those numbers are offset for the very first time, three-quarters of the unit of the faculty

1588
02:42:39,520 --> 02:42:47,360
unit, who have never paid any contributions to health insurance, will now pay 2.75% at the

1589
02:42:47,360 --> 02:42:50,860
end of the contract starting in the third year.

1590
02:42:50,900 --> 02:42:56,480
I'll give you starting in the second year, which we're in now, of their salary.

1591
02:42:56,780 --> 02:42:58,400
So in other words, it's key to salary.

1592
02:42:58,400 --> 02:43:03,520
those paid off lower amounts of salary paid less in contributions. The other significant

1593
02:43:03,520 --> 02:43:10,300
agreement was that this will continue during retirement. As I'm sure the legislators

1594
02:43:10,300 --> 02:43:15,680
know, family coverage, for example, under the New York State Health Insurance Plan,

1595
02:43:15,720 --> 02:43:28,080
is about $40,000 per year expense to the college. And we welcome to this move. It also included

1596
02:43:28,080 --> 02:43:51,280
Some of you may remember the controversy regarding Section 365, which was an older provision of the contract that allowed the Board of Trustees to impose any increase in health insurance if it occurred after the contract expired and before a new one was negotiated.

1597
02:43:52,080 --> 02:43:57,360
that was implemented by my client and each of the

1598
02:43:57,360 --> 02:44:00,800
the human members then had to pay a 12 and a half percent of premium

1599
02:44:01,620 --> 02:44:07,580
contribution. As part of this deal, we're getting much more

1600
02:44:07,580 --> 02:44:12,380
money by annual contributions that has been removed from the contract.

1601
02:44:14,160 --> 02:44:17,860
The few other minor things, not minor things, but important things we

1602
02:44:17,860 --> 02:44:23,680
reduce the number of sabbatical leaves that are granted under the terms of the agreement.

1603
02:44:24,920 --> 02:44:30,540
We also extrapated from the bargaining unit the department chairs that has been a consistent

1604
02:44:30,540 --> 02:44:36,400
problem, the department chairs of the first-line administrators in the college and they

1605
02:44:36,400 --> 02:44:40,100
were part of the same bargaining unit as the faculty that they supervised.

1606
02:44:41,140 --> 02:44:46,740
They will now have their own separate bargaining unit, they are protected to the extent

1607
02:44:46,740 --> 02:44:52,440
of what other benefits they had under the general contract will be applied to them, but we will

1608
02:44:52,440 --> 02:44:55,060
begin negotiations on a new agreement very shortly.

1609
02:44:55,760 --> 02:44:59,980
We cleared up some issues regarding merger and mentioned sub-

1610
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:06,400
Local leaders were reduced. Then there are many other language issues that's essentially the agreement.

1611
02:45:07,800 --> 02:45:19,840
And we respectfully request a positive consideration of this long, difficult, but happily resolved ultimately agreement.

1612
02:45:19,840 --> 02:45:22,780
Okay, thank you, any debated discussion?

1613
02:45:23,520 --> 02:45:24,260
Legislative drunken.

1614
02:45:25,780 --> 02:45:26,400
Thank you.

1615
02:45:26,400 --> 02:45:27,660
Thank you, legislative ready.

1616
02:45:28,280 --> 02:45:29,860
John, nice to see you.

1617
02:45:30,240 --> 02:45:31,100
Thank you.

1618
02:45:31,360 --> 02:45:38,700
I've kudos to you and your team for making those necessary amendments to the agreement.

1619
02:45:38,980 --> 02:45:40,900
I know personally for well.

1620
02:45:41,400 --> 02:45:49,340
How arduous the task is of hammering out all of these CBAs and the emotions that are played

1621
02:45:49,340 --> 02:45:56,200
and then involved. So on behalf of all of us, we're just grateful that you were able to accomplish

1622
02:45:56,200 --> 02:46:03,020
what you did for the benefit of faculty, the administration and primarily for the students

1623
02:46:03,020 --> 02:46:09,540
of NCC. I see Sherry Coembleuth here on behalf of the administration. Thank you to for

1624
02:46:09,540 --> 02:46:11,140
all of you hard work to get it this time.

1625
02:46:11,480 --> 02:46:16,460
Yeah, it involved not just being involved. Many folks from the administration on the bargaining

1626
02:46:16,460 --> 02:46:23,620
many hours, well into the night, particularly when we're mediating the final throws of the

1627
02:46:23,620 --> 02:46:24,020
negotiations.

1628
02:46:24,720 --> 02:46:25,860
But thank you.

1629
02:46:28,510 --> 02:46:29,910
Any further debate or discussion?

1630
02:46:30,630 --> 02:46:31,910
They're being done in any public comment.

1631
02:46:34,200 --> 02:46:34,420
Okay.

1632
02:46:34,580 --> 02:46:37,560
Well, those in favor of passing this item, please signify by saying aye.

1633
02:46:38,480 --> 02:46:38,580
All right.

1634
02:46:38,760 --> 02:46:40,620
Those opposed the item passes unanimously.

1635
02:46:41,380 --> 02:46:44,640
There's no other business from this committee may have a motion to adjourn.

1636
02:46:44,880 --> 02:46:48,700
Move by legislator Drucker, second by legislator Jew Fray.

1637
02:46:48,700 --> 02:46:50,400
All those in favor.

1638
02:46:51,800 --> 02:46:51,840
Aye.

1639
02:46:52,380 --> 02:46:54,140
This committee is now adjourned.

1640
02:46:55,180 --> 02:46:59,500
We're now going to go and go back to finance, which was recessed earlier today.

1641
02:47:00,080 --> 02:47:02,540
We have about five items on the addendum.

1642
02:47:02,760 --> 02:47:05,340
So at this point, I'll take a motion to suspend the rules.

1643
02:47:05,480 --> 02:47:07,040
No, I'll take those items on the addendum.

1644
02:47:07,240 --> 02:47:09,280
I have a motion from legislature for ready.

1645
02:47:09,520 --> 02:47:11,660
Second by legislature, a walker.

1646
02:47:12,440 --> 02:47:18,100
We have previously items numbers eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve of twenty-four,

1647
02:47:18,100 --> 02:47:23,060
which have already gone through previous committees. So we will take these up on consent. All those

1648
02:47:23,060 --> 02:47:30,140
in favor of these items, please say aye. All against, the irms are passed 7 to 0. We will now

1649
02:47:30,140 --> 02:47:36,480
go on the regular agenda of the Finance Committee. The first item we have is one day as 24,

1650
02:47:36,880 --> 02:47:42,880
a resolution authorizes a transfer of appropriations for the budget year 2024. It is mobile by a

1651
02:47:42,880 --> 02:47:47,500
later, for ready, second by Legislature County, and Mr. Persich, please have presentation.

1652
02:47:48,780 --> 02:47:49,720
Good afternoon, Andy Persich.

1653
02:47:49,900 --> 02:47:50,840
It's a management budget.

1654
02:47:50,980 --> 02:47:57,680
Item 124 is a boy transfer for revenue loss with inside the ARPA funds.

1655
02:47:58,220 --> 02:48:03,480
It's moving approximately $247 million that will be transferred to the Suadistric

1656
02:48:03,480 --> 02:48:04,640
Dented to the General Fund.

1657
02:48:05,160 --> 02:48:11,080
It also will allocate $15 million for project specific legislative initiatives that are

1658
02:48:11,080 --> 02:48:20,920
on Capitol covered to date, this body has obligated about $86 million of opera funds, and we're

1659
02:48:20,920 --> 02:48:25,560
just taking the revenue loss in for, first of all, we're getting close to the end of

1660
02:48:25,560 --> 02:48:30,840
where this money has to be obligated before 2024. It also is requiring us to make an action

1661
02:48:30,840 --> 02:48:35,460
soon or rather than later. And I think with some of the turmoil in Washington, I think we've

1662
02:48:35,460 --> 02:48:40,080
talked about this at length in 2023, I think it's time that we have to pull a trigger to

1663
02:48:40,080 --> 02:48:46,760
to lock up this money, and it will be subject to this body's approval on how it's spent.

1664
02:48:47,620 --> 02:48:50,500
So I'm here to field any additional questions you may have.

1665
02:48:51,120 --> 02:48:52,520
It's for money that was lost.

1666
02:48:52,720 --> 02:48:56,640
The county lost almost $455 million as a result of COVID.

1667
02:48:57,160 --> 02:49:02,140
And this money will solidify us for future expenses that we may have as a result of this revenue

1668
02:49:02,140 --> 02:49:02,800
loss.

1669
02:49:03,280 --> 02:49:06,380
And I'm here to field any additional questions that you may have.

1670
02:49:06,380 --> 02:49:13,740
Yeah, I know we're going to probably have full discussion on this at our full session meeting on January 22nd, but they remember the legislature of questions at this time.

1671
02:49:34,800 --> 02:49:36,340
We'll be abstaining on these.

1672
02:49:38,000 --> 02:49:38,360
Okay.

1673
02:49:39,340 --> 02:49:39,580
All right.

1674
02:49:39,600 --> 02:49:42,240
This point then we'll just go and take the vote at this point.

1675
02:49:42,720 --> 02:49:44,620
So all in favor, please say aye.

1676
02:49:45,820 --> 02:49:46,660
All those against.

1677
02:49:47,540 --> 02:49:48,740
All those abstaining.

1678
02:49:49,560 --> 02:49:52,020
So it's going to meet four against and three abstaining, correct?

1679
02:49:54,480 --> 02:49:56,640
Four in favor and three abstaining.

1680
02:49:56,960 --> 02:49:57,140
Okay.

1681
02:49:59,540 --> 02:50:00,900
Thank you very much, Mr. President.

1682
02:50:01,260 --> 02:50:01,660
Thank you.

1683
02:50:02,620 --> 02:50:06,640
We will now move on to, we have a three settlements on the

1684
02:50:06,640 --> 02:50:10,820
TNT, which is number three, four, and six of 24.

1685
02:50:11,720 --> 02:50:14,100
I'll have this point take a motion take them up and move by

1686
02:50:14,100 --> 02:50:17,540
Legislative Freddy, second by Legislative Lair of Walker.

1687
02:50:18,340 --> 02:50:19,600
Being in these are matters in litigation.

1688
02:50:19,940 --> 02:50:22,580
We ordinarily teach these up in executive session to be conducted.

1689
02:50:23,120 --> 02:50:24,860
So do I have a motion for executive session?

1690
02:50:24,860 --> 02:50:28,480
So, move by Legislature Trucker, second by Legislature Walker.

1691
02:50:28,920 --> 02:50:32,500
We are now in an executive session, and the rules can be as free as join us as we debate

1692
02:50:32,500 --> 02:50:33,920
this in executive session.

1693
02:50:34,060 --> 02:50:34,860
Thank you.

1694
02:50:36,980 --> 02:50:37,500
Well, I'm sorry.

1695
02:50:37,760 --> 02:50:38,880
Well, I won't jab you on the committee.

1696
02:50:39,080 --> 02:50:41,620
So, yes, I will be second by Mr. Coslaw.

1697
03:11:24,910 --> 03:11:29,470
For an executive session, the Finance Committee. Just so we know so the record, the administration

1698
03:11:29,470 --> 03:11:35,010
answers not to call. I am seven days 24. So may or may not be on a separate calendar. We're

1699
03:11:35,010 --> 03:11:40,530
not calling seven days 24 today. So we've had our discussion in executive committee. And I am

1700
03:11:40,530 --> 03:11:48,770
three, four, and six of 24, all in favor of these items. Say aye. I'll against being there's

1701
03:11:48,770 --> 03:11:54,910
it passes 7-0. I'll have an motion to adjourn. Motion by Legislare Walker, second by

1702
03:11:54,910 --> 03:12:00,970
Legislare Davis, and on Thursday for adjourning, say aye. We are now adjourned. On to rules.

1703
03:12:29,980 --> 03:12:36,060
Back to rules. I'll take a motion to suspend the rules by Mr. Ferretti,

1704
03:12:36,100 --> 03:12:37,260
second by Mr. Kennedy.

1705
03:12:46,320 --> 03:12:49,680
Fulls, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. I'm going to call

1706
03:12:49,680 --> 03:12:53,080
One item separately, and that would be number

1707
03:12:55,220 --> 03:13:03,400
24, which is the resolution to authorize transfer of appropriations, all those in favor, please say aye.

1708
03:13:03,500 --> 03:13:03,880
Aye.

1709
03:13:04,860 --> 03:13:06,980
No, any opposed? All of stating?

1710
03:13:07,920 --> 03:13:08,060
Aye.

1711
03:13:08,500 --> 03:13:08,660
Aye.

1712
03:13:12,330 --> 03:13:12,590
Aye.

1713
03:13:21,580 --> 03:13:21,600
Aye.

1714
03:13:24,380 --> 03:13:24,980
Aye.

1715
03:13:24,980 --> 03:13:35,240
in 11 and 12. Motion by Mr. Drucker, seconded by Mr. McEvid.

1716
03:13:36,020 --> 03:13:38,600
All those in favour of those items, please say aye.

1717
03:13:39,320 --> 03:13:40,100
Any opposed?

1718
03:13:42,910 --> 03:13:44,430
Those are unanimous. All opposed?

1719
03:13:44,650 --> 03:13:47,550
No, don't. Don't get mad. I now hate this.

1720
03:13:47,750 --> 03:13:53,900
But just regarding the arbitration, just would love to.

1721
03:13:53,900 --> 03:13:56,560
Let me finish off those items. We'll come back.

1722
03:14:00,300 --> 03:14:26,080
Okay, just before we had asked for funding that was much greater than what they're allocating for the legislature, and the legislature, all of us, only 18 of us were asked to come up with a list of non-for-profits and other groups and back in June, and we came up with some really good groups with that money that we were promised.

1723
03:14:26,560 --> 03:14:28,780
And now it's been reduced substantially.

1724
03:14:30,060 --> 03:14:33,740
So I understand it's passed through, but for full ledge,

1725
03:14:33,920 --> 03:14:36,920
I would really like for the administration

1726
03:14:36,920 --> 03:14:40,840
to consider putting that funding back in the legislative line

1727
03:14:40,840 --> 03:14:46,500
and also possibly funding different agencies like the water

1728
03:14:46,500 --> 03:14:48,780
district, the fire district, the Library of District.

1729
03:14:49,460 --> 03:14:52,520
I know you're a side asked for that as well.

1730
03:14:54,120 --> 03:14:59,680
It's not a huge number compared to what they're putting in the general fund, and I think we have an opportunity.

1731
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:13,140
1st in the lifetime opportunity to really make a difference for a lot of these non-for-profits and fired fire districts in order districts. Special districts, et cetera. Christmas, Crystal Whitevalet is that okay?

1732
03:15:13,480 --> 03:15:13,960
Crystal

1733
03:15:20,940 --> 03:15:32,800
Whitevalet. I'm just, I'm just asking. On behalf of myself and I call it with us that we go back to that initial number that was discussed back in June for all 19 legislators.

1734
03:15:32,800 --> 03:15:40,600
I mean, it was depleted by, I think, over 50%, so if they could consider that, or at least

1735
03:15:40,600 --> 03:15:46,120
just put more money in for the fire districts and what it district, in a library district

1736
03:15:46,120 --> 03:15:52,180
specifically, I just think, I understand we need money in the operational, but, you know,

1737
03:15:52,200 --> 03:15:56,000
a couple million dollars, because it goes so far with these non-for-profits.

1738
03:16:00,860 --> 03:16:05,720
Okay, then, I will take a motion to adjourn.

1739
03:16:05,720 --> 03:16:07,400
It's been for ready to move to adjourn.

1740
03:16:07,520 --> 03:16:10,380
Mr. McKevitt, second's the motion, all in favor, please say aye.

1741
03:16:11,060 --> 03:16:11,780
Any opposed?

1742
03:16:12,220 --> 03:16:13,960
Okay, we are adjourned.