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» Nice.

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Pledge to the flag of the United States
of America and to the stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» All right. Good evening.
Thanks.

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» Uh just for uh some ease of uh tonight's
busy schedule and agenda, uh we're going

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to let um 93 Broadway go first. Um so um
93 Broadway has applied for a special

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use permit. Um Matt from Abella will
give a little narrative and take it

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away.
>> Thank you.

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So as the designated village engineers
and planners, we reviewed this project,

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worked with the applicants uh since
February. Uh there was a lot of back and

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forth uh which focused primarily on uh
the proposed original use which would

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involve manufacturing at this at the
property which would have required a

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change in use and in installation of
building wide sprinklers and a variety

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of other improvements that were fairly
cost prohibitive. So once that became

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clear, the applicant chose not to
conduct any manufacturing at facility at

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this point. If they choose to, they'd
have to come back and they would have to

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get a revised building permit. So based
on that and as we laid in the notice of

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the decision, uh we're recommending the
conditional approval with many.

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So, I added
a couple addition additional ones just

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to cover the Alb Countyy's
recommendations.

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The applicants currently reaching out to
DEEC and I don't know if you've made

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contact with Alb.
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» Yes. We'll coordinate on that, but we
just want to make sure that whatever

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chemicals and and potentially hogous
materials they are using and storing are

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in compliance with Albany County and DC.
And then just confirmation from DOT

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whether or not they need a highway work
permit. Obviously, it's an existing

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access road. Really not much you can do
do with that because it's in between two

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buildings, but that was an item that the
the Albony County identified. So, we

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wanted to include that as an an
additional condition for them to reach

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out to and I'll assist them however we
need to to make sure we we address that.

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We also updated the environmental
assessment form. Copy you on that, Tim.

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» Correct. Thank you. Uh and the question
about the water use, they've confirmed

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that there will be no use of water for
their their uh any type of work that

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they're doing there and it would just be
for their restrooms and and uh

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cafeteria. So it's the typical use
wouldn't change over perhaps what was

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there uh currently. Um
so you have all our our conditions.

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These have to be addressed before they
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Jeff Lyle up to date. Um,
Chief Ogdman also signed off. Um,

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because the there is going to be no
manufacturing there, there's no longer

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the issue of access because that ability
to get in and make that turn down there,

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it could be pretty tough for fire truck,
but because there's going to be no

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manufacturing, uh, that's no longer an
issue. And, um, they did find a couple

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more hydrants uh, nearby. So, um, so we
we they they're going to update their

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site plan as I recommended in the Smith
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So, happy to answer any questions that
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» Um, any of the board have any questions?
>> Do we need to approve the uh the

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environmental assessment form prior to
this special?

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» It's a a type two action because it's a
renovation

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building. So there be means that seeker
doesn't fly.

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» Okay.
>> There's no no need to

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» it's a neg deck.
>> You don't even need to do a neg.

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» It's a type two action.
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» Seeker's done.
>> Okay.

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» Um any anyone else any questions?
>> I don't my questions answered before.

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» Okay.
Um Matt, any reason why we shouldn't uh

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approve this special use permit?
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that it should be approved. That's
conditional approval provided they

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comply with all that condition.
>> I'll make a motion that we uh approve

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the conditional special use permit per
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» Second.
>> All those in favor?

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» I. Any opposed?
>> All right. Okay, you got that res.

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» I got I'll um I'll forward that to you
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everything. And I'll have I'll
have Brian sign the um

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all the forms I'll send out back.
>> Okay, great.

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» Thank you, Matt.

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» You guys are good. Thank you.

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Thank you.
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» Next up, we have a public hearing for
the village of Manance 2026 2027. Uh

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Don, would you please read the notes?

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No is hereby given pursuant to village
law

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the preliminary budget of the village
finance for fiscal year beginning June

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1st 2026 and ending May 31st 2027 has
been duly filed further notice be taken

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a hearing will be held in the second
floor of manville show 250 Broadway on

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Monday April 20th at 6 pm
all concerns can be um and comments can

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be sent to to me and
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and the me open up the public.

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» Okay. So, uh I'm going to uh do a little
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um about some of the charts and some of
the numbers and how we got here, etc. Um

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then we're going to open it up to the
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uh we'll take uh questions and comments
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Great. Um,
to say that this was a challenging

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fiscal year, I think would surely be an
understatement. Uh, like a lot of

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municipalities, uh, around our area.
Albany, Scotia, uh Scotia for instance,

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last year increased their taxes 7% and
this year is looking at 10.9%.

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Uh village of Corw
16%, village of Loy 10%, endock 17% and

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7% this year. Uh there are challenges
across municipal governments all across

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our state. um has to do with I believe
inflation some of the afterco

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um budgetary changes that are loss of co
funds etc.

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uh tight work uh work uh environment uh
retention of employees is important uh

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we've had some increases substantial
increases in the state retirement funds

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uh health care costs etc. We're not
alone in some of these challenges and uh

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and surely some of the news from other
municipalities uh surely documents that

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when people talk about property taxes uh
you know it's kind of a huge umbrella

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that people talk about but my property
taxes are too high. I just want to point

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out this first chart that school tax uh
currently in Man School District is 62

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plus% of what your tax bill is. Um, it's
a lot and uh and in in the North Colony

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district that's uh a little a little bit
less. It's 58.9%.

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So when you're talking about taxes in
general, school tax has always been the

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majority.
>> If you break down man's village tax uh

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for the current environment, it's uh
breaks down to 17.8% for the for in the

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Man School District and 19.4%
in the North Colony School District. So

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less than 20% of your true tax dollars
actually goes to the things that you use

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every day. Uh unless you have a kid in
school, uh fire, police, DPW, etc. Um in

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fact, if you combine what you get from
the town of Colony and Albany County,

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those numbers are actually higher than
in com in combination than the amount

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that you pay to the village of an ants.
So, I wanted to produce this chart

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because I think the services that people
get for the tax dollars that they pay uh

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to the village, it's a bargain. Um, and
I'm not saying that that you know that

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it's okay to just raise taxes for
whatever they are. I'm a taxpayer. Um,

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and uh but that's that's how the numbers
break out. So, um the bottom chart is uh

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and all this will be on the website in
the minutes. Um the bottom chart uh if

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the budget that I proposed is
implemented essentially from 17.8%

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in the man school district your share of
man's tax will increase by about one and

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a half% as the as the percentage of
taxes that you pay in total. In fact the

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dollars that you will actually be
increased are less than a normal year of

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increase in school. So even with this
large tax increase that we are implement

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or we proposed and the board will vote
on tonight um it's less than the tax

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that you pay from year to year on an
average school year. That said in the

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North Colony district the number
increases from um 19.4% to 20 roughly

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22% of of uh your total tax dollars.
So getting to the the matters a uh at

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hand um there are five matters regarding
our 2026 2027 budget and finances that

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we must act on tonight. Four are
operating and and budgetary and uh both

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are to correct past a years and balance
the budget for the fiscal year 2627.

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In addition, we need to address our
water and sewer rates for the next usage

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period. The next usage period will be
build in January of 2027. And that's for

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the period starting May 1, 2026 through
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We have discussed these matters in
length during our talks over the past

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few months. We've had input from the
public. Uh we've had a lot of uh

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meetings between the board members,
myself and Mary Jane. Uh a lot of

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questions have come back and forth
throughout this process. So, here's the

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five matters that we need to address
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Our recent audits have shown that prior
year re- levies for water and sewer

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charges paid to us by Albany County each
year to make us whole have not been

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appropriately repaid to the water and
sewer funds from the general fund when

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those tax relevant

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to be repaid. and our resolutions
hopefully tonight will take action and

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accept these repayments. Money is owed
to the water and sewer funds from the

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general fund.
The first is a water fund repayment.

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The water fund is owed a total of
$472,100

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in total relevy funds for the last three
years. It is legal and Steve has a find

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on this. Therefore, that we recommend
that this be dismissed for repayment.

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Going forward, we will put all future
relevies when they're paid by Albany

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County to us, which is each April back
to the appropriate funds as they should

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be. Um, this re levy dispersement is
going to and we just received it for the

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year 2026. Uh, it will be booked to
those appropriate accounts broken out to

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the general fund, the water fund, and
the sewer fund in the appropriate

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amounts. We will lead to motion and I so
move to declare

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the $472,100
from the general fund to the water fund.

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The sewer fund repayment. The sore fund
is owed $518,440

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in total relevance for the last three
years. We must repay these funds.

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Therefore, this arises amount must be
repaid from the general fund to the sore

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fund. Going forward, we obviously will
do the same thing and put the relev back

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into the appropriate funds. Again, this
is received each April. We just received

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it and it will be booked correctly. It
is our recommendation then therefore my

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motion to implement a one-time 2026
one-time fee on the tax bill called

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prior year's sewer fund repayment and
that will be equal to $169 per thousand

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of assessed value to make this fund
whole and to repay these uh the

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subitors.
There will also be a general fund

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one-time repayment.
The general fund has long been running

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operational deficits since at least
2018. Over the last several years and

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accumulated through our audited period
53125,

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a negative balance of $499,665

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exists. This must be repaid to balance
out the negative reserve through this

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audited period. Unlike the federal
government, we can't just print money in

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order to and borrow uh against future
periods. This must be repaid to balance

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out the negative reserves. And this
amount is actually less than the amount

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we had budgeted in this year's uh
rollover funds of 518,000.

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The board approved in rollover
contributions for the 2025 2026 fiscal

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year.
As articulated in our recent BST audits,

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the calculation used to authorize this
consistent rollover contribution was

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incorrect. Contributing to this deficit,
expenses have just simply out uh grown

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far faster than revenues. This deficit
needs to be repaid. It is our

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recommendation and therefore my motion
to implement on the 2026 tax bill a

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one-time prior year deficit repayment of
$163

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per thousand of assessed value to make
this fund whole. Items two and three

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will result in a total of 3.3253
per thousand as one times charges of

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assessed value on this 2026 2027 tax
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Then let's face the budget that is at
hand, the 2627 budget. As our recent

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audit has shown, this consistent and
rollover accounting that we've done for

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the last 20 years must stop. And
therefore, I am proposing a fully

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balanced budget. No use of reserves in
this budget. To balance this budget, we

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need a tax increase from $9.37
per thousand to N uh to $10.9452.

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The total spending increase from year to
year from last year's budget to this

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year's budget is $5,000
achieved through significant cuts to the

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spending plan and a reevaluation of some
of our uh revenues. Essentially, the

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only reason for the tax uh increase is
to make up for prior years use of

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reserves as contribution into the
budget, which we can no longer do, but

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as I said, have been done for 20 plus
years. We need to run a balanced budget

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going forward and this current budget
that I've proposed achieves that goal.

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The fifth thing and the last thing that
we need to talk about tonight

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and we've talked about Atlantis
regarding our finances with the water

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and sewer rates. We have several
infrastructure major infrastructure

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projects that will have an effect on the
water and sewer funds. To keep these

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funds operationally positive, we need to
keep our rate increases steady in order

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to avoid large corrections as have been
done in the past and avoid potential

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operating deficits. It is my motion and
it is the recommendation and therefore

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my motion to implement a water and sort
increase of 2.5% for the period

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beginning 5126
through October 3126 which will be uh

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build on the January 2027
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So what does this mean for the average
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For the total onetime charges, the
average house in the south end will be

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about $332.
For houses in the general center

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village, this would be about $500.
In Sage Estate, Roost uh Sage Hill Roost

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Estates, this charge will be about $700.
And uh houses in for instance Sage

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Estate, this charge onetime charge would
be $1,500. Again, these are averages

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just using the average assessed value
and times the 3.32 tax

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point charge. Regarding the tax increase
for this year's budget, the average home

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limit south end would increase about
$170.

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Center village would be $260, sage
estates would be about $450 and Sage

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Estates would be about $1,100. If we
equivalable to 2.5% s water and sewer

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rate impact the total rate increase
would be about $9.

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I'd like to go through some charts
graphs etc. the next

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so here is here's a I know it's small
and again all of this will be building

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on the website.

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Throughout the years we've been um
running um some operational deficits.

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That's the the column all the way to the
right. Uh over the last uh it eight

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eight nine years. Uh essentially the
village has operated at a deficit. Um

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those deficits uh while small kept
eating away at the budget surplus funds

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which is the second to uh uh from the
right column. Those are the plug

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numbers.
roughly every year they've been 600,000

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up to 800,000 in 2020 uh 2021 that was
during the co period um and we were

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making great strides in eliminating
those rollover funds and in 25 in this

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current budget the rollover fund we
dropped to 518,000

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again we didn't have 518,000
the budget as the audits have now shown

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so this year there's no reserves applied
in the current budget we're balanced And

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now we need to move forward. Um, over
the period that I analyzed, the expense

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increase for actuals was up 43%. While
revenues only increased by 20 point

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28.3%.

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Um, can you go to assess property?
So what are the inputs that finance has

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in order to impact revenue? Well,
essentially the driver of of revenue

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that we can control is development. The
more properties that get developed, the

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more we can spread the tax base over
those properties. Sales tax is a share

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between Albony County and the village of
Manance and other municipalities

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throughout Albony County. It's only
growing as sales tax increases roughly 3

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to 4% per year. In the current budget,
uh the controller I think uh uh averaged

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that we were probably going to get about
4% of an increase as economic activity

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hopefully uh picks up after uh political
situation uh uh unfolds with the war and

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Iran etc. Um we also had a drop in 2026
2027 because uh Regeneron's property

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came off of the tax role and is now a
pilot. So we do get revenue from that

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pilot but essentially it reduced by 4.6
million RSS property values. So we did

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grow slightly from uh 25 26 to 20.
Uh we've also had a significant number

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of property tax grievances. Um this past
year there was a a administrative law

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judge who allowed basically every
grievance to go forward and be approved.

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uh that uh took about a million one in
total uh property value, assessed

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property value off of our tax roles.
We're working with the Colony Town

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Assessor's Office to figure out uh how
this was uh how this was handled and

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we're going to fight back hopefully this
year when the assessment challenges for

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May of 2026 come through.
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so here's here's how the numbers shake
out. Uh on the on the left side is is

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basically our our tax assessments for uh
for the last 10 years, 12 years. Uh on

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the right is is where our property tax
increases are. 26 27 going from 3.73 to

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10.95 is a 16.8% increase.
Next one.

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Here's how our general fund breaks out.
Um, and again, our uh total budget for

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last year was just $5,000 less than this
current year's budget. Uh, essentially

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uh public safety um I gave you the wrong
chart. I did break this one out. Um,

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public safety breaks down into three
categories. Uh, it it breaks down into

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uh uh police, which is about $1.9
million, fire, which is $245,000.

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Uh, and then uh also in public safety is
uh the the building department. uh code

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enforcement and uh uh basically LIYS
everything LIS are fire inspections etc.

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Those are the three elements that make
up uh the public safety 2.38 million or

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um two 2.38
uh million. Um

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so this this is how things break out on
the revenue side. Uh with the 16% tax

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increase our our real estate property
tax and pilots goes to $3.4 $4 million.

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Sales tax is is uh $2.1 million. And
then there's some other things, you

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know, interest penalties, uh some
utilities, franchise tax. Uh we are

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expecting $250,000 of grant funds that
have been spent in this current fiscal

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year to be repaid uh as we complete
those grant submissions into 2627.

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Um state aid includes CHIPS funding for
roads, includes our unrestricted aid. Um

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and there's going to be a boost
apparently if New York State can ever

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get its budget passed. Uh that
contributes to uh to the state aid

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number. Um state aid has not increased
from the 19,000 U 512 is it? Yeah, I

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know that number by heart because it
hasn't changed in 20 years. Um under

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other that includes money we received
for from the school for the resource

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officer and a couple other minor things
that that uh go in the other line.

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We'll come to the next.

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So, let's talk about revenue. Here's how
revenues break down. You know, this is

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just a simple chart. Mostly our only
input is real property tax and pilot

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payments. Okay. So, the more we grow the
Broadway corridor, obviously, the more

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tax revenue we can generate from
developing properties and that will take

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the burden off of the existing
properties um and hopefully keep that

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tax the tax rate in check. Uh this is
our biggest problem. growing the

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Broadway corridor um is is necessity. Um
and that's why board's working very hard

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to accomplish and get some new entities
um you know bringing their businesses

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and developing property like the one
that was here tonight.

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Go to the next one. This is where our
expenses uh uh break out. Um again

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police I did break this down in this
graph. Okay.

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» So uh police breaks down to 30.6% 6% of
the total budget. Uh fire amounts to

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3.7%.
Um you know different fire departments

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have different elements of their
expenses in in you know in their budget.

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Um for instance the fire department used
to pay for some building related

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expenses uh in in their old budget. Uh
we took that out. I took that out of the

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budget because that's really a building.
It really is a village expense. This

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building um they paid for some reason
for the heat for this building. that's

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out of there. Uh we we took the grant
writer that the fire department uses.

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It's the same grant writer uh that we
pay for for the rest of the village.

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That's all in the general operating
expenses of the village because everyone

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has access to it, including the police
department. So, while it looks like the

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fire department's budget has shrunk over
time, it's really because we took some

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elements out of the budget. So, um but
again, it's a small percentage um of of

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the total budget. Um and then I also put
in uh building and codes so that it's

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it's clearly labeled what you know what
portion of the budget that is. But this

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is how essentially the the dollar every
dollar that's spent by the village uh

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breaks down. You can see that uh you
know transportations the entire DPW

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department that's 20.1%.
uh and uh uh employee benefits, you

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know, that's social security, uh medical
um uh you know, those those um those

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type of of uh of costs.
Um we do have a a generous contingency

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account for this year's budget and
that's the 2.6% in case there's any

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expenses that that we we didn't account
for and the board votes to uh to move

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those funds and use them from the
contingency. Go to the next one.

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Great.
>> Let's talk about the uh

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water and sewer funds.
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essentially, you know, uh the water and
sewer funds have to balance. So any

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money that uh uh that to make the to
make the accounts balance, we put money

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in contingency. contingency, you know,
is is uh uh essentially becomes a

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reserve for those particular funds. Um
really self-explanatory here. We have,

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you know, uh we sell water, we have to
buy water. So on the left side is all

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the expenses for the department.
Administration is personnel. Uh purchase

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the water is is Troy. Treatment and
maintenance is running the pumps. Uh you

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know, electricity service on the pumps.
undistributed or costs like uh uh

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benefits, employee benefits for running
the department um and insurance etc.

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debt services, any bonds that we have
that are specific to that particular

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fund. Contingency is essentially where
um any any difference between what we

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feel like we're going to make on the
service of water, that's where we we

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balance those budgets. On the right side
is where we including the uh rate

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increase where we uh feel that sales of
water are going to be. That's a

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million475.
People that pay late or or uh we are are

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charged uh penalties on not paying their
bill is is is 25,000. That's also um

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some revenue on the funds that we have
invested uh as $1,000. So those two

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funds balance those two sides balance.
On the sewer side, essentially it's the

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same thing only the uh the uh county is
where we treat wastewater. On the left

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side, that's wastewater county
treatment. That's what we pay to Albany

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County for the processing of sewer
water. Um, and then essentially if uh if

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you take the source service charge,
that's half of the the the rate water

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service charges and that's our current
formula is 50% of water. So those those

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two funds balance

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water

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So um
Miller Man subscribes to a modeling

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program called Waterorth. Um essentially
what it does is it lets us um model

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different financial scenarios that go
out into the future. Um

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» I don't have the waterwork slide.

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Um, some of the things that we included
in the Waterworth model are um,

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» they're in Google Drive.
>> Yeah, that's all I'm going to grab.

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» Um, in the past, the village hasn't
really looked at uh, major capital items

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and put those into any type of model so
that we know that in the future we need

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different things. it's kind of in a
little bit like if it collapses, we have

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to buy it and then we figure it out from
there. Um

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we we need to plan and this is something
that we we're getting better at um as

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capital items uh into the future and
that's what this water work program

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helps us do. For instance, this building
has had um some neglect with uh

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infrastructure on it um that we've been
addressing somewhat by grants. Um that's

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kind of been our stop gap while we
figure out this financial situation. Um

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some of the things that we put into the
Waterworth model are, you know, we need

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we're eventually going to need some roof
repairs on this building. Uh in 2029, we

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put in a a number for a bond payment on
a uh new fire truck, which is uh current

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current engine is well beyond its useful
life. Uh we're eventually in 2031 going

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to need a new backhoe. That's about
$150,000.

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Um a new cav uh garbage truck is going
to be needed in uh 2031. That's $243,000

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roughly at today's current values. So
plugging these into the waterwork model

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is is uh essentially what helps us
figure out where our our uh financial

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situation is going to be in the years to
come.

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So let me explain a little bit about
that. We'll start with the water model.

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Essentially what we looked at was where
water rates would be and how that would

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affect our cash position. Um and that
was what basically uh drove the need to

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increase splatter rates by about two by
2.5% each period so that we start to

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cover some of the infrastructure money
coming on from the south infrastructure

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project and uh
uh so if we do nothing basically in 2029

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uh we our cash position will become
negative.

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uh if we implement yearly increases of
totaling 5% 2.5% per period uh our cash

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position for uh remains positive. Um and
essentially by increasing the water rate

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uh we already increase the sewer rate by
uh by that same amount. However, on the

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store side uh that's not going to be
enough. Um, we've talked at length uh

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over other meetings that the Albany
County wastewater treatment plan is

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going through some major upgrades. Uh,
the debt for those improvements are

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passed on to the different users of that
system. Uh, there are large dollars of

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four different four
different categories uh that include uh

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the north plant which is the one uh that
abuts us that we all love. Um, and then

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there's the one that's uh down by the
port. That's the South Plant. They're

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also doing some uh some improvements to
their facility to specifically treat

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waste water from uh grease and uh um
grease and uh they call it fog, fats,

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grease, and oil. Um
uh there's also some HVAC improvements

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and and some uh that they're going to do
and those are specifically related to

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the incinerator that's there that burns
everything that is left over from the

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wastewater treatment process. So we have
to pay all of that and it's hundreds of

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eventually will be nearly 200,000
$250,000 per year just for manan's

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portion. So essentially in running this
through the the the uh the model if we

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do nothing in 2029 2030 our cash
position in the sore fund becomes

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negative.
So essentially what we're going to have

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to look at is in 2028 29 and beyond some
substantial rate increases just to

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simply pay that specific item that's
coming on our budget. Now the way we

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would do that is either just raise uh we
would just raise the percentage of sewer

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that is paid versus the water fund. So
instead of 50% of water, we could

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increase that to 60% of water, 70% of
water, 80% of water. And essentially

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that's a percentage rate increase.
They're suggesting a 10% increase in

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2028, 2029 is 20%, 2030 is 20%, 2031 is
20%. So, we have some some definite

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challenges on the sewer fund um coming
up on the general fund side.

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» I can't get the slide. I'm sorry.
>> This will all be on on the website.

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» Uh running through the the baseline
model. If we do nothing, uh as we know,

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substantial cash shortage right now and
a negative uh reserved fund. That's what

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we're dealing with with some of the
things I talked about the one through

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five in the beginning of my
presentation.

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With the uh with the current uh uh in uh
increases and onetime fees uh our cash

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position will recover starting roughly
29 2030. So this is a multi-year plan

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that we are entering into. The unknown
is is how big the potential deficit for

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this fiscal year is. And that's why we
implemented some substantial financial

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reductions in spending to make sure that
that uh that uh deficit for this year is

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minimized so that next year we don't
have to have large increases uh uh from

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the tax rate.
We also are looking at some operational

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changes uh within the police department
and um uh and um don't want to get into

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those just yet, but uh essentially it it
would incur uh some substantial savings

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by uh removing a position uh within the
uh uh restructure. uh would potentially

415
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:32,880
result in a substantial savings uh due
to salary and um and uh benefits and

416
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:36,480
retirement. Um so we're looking at that
as a potential option. Word has been

417
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,720
briefed on that. We'll get into that
more as that potential situation

418
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:48,520
progresses. But if that if that all
works out, essentially the recovery uh

419
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:48,520
shrinks down to the 2728 fiscal year.

420
00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:55,839
That is basically my entire
presentation. I know that's a lot. Um,

421
00:36:53,599 --> 00:37:01,320
so I will open it up to a board for
questions, comments, and uh and then

422
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,320
we'll go to the topic.

423
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:17,480
So in your prepared remarks, let me go
back to it. You said

424
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,480
it

425
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:24,400
uh number four.
>> Yes. The budget for 2627

426
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:28,560
total spending increase from year to
year is $5,000.

427
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:38,839
» Yeah.
>> Total spending where what the budget is

428
00:37:35,359 --> 00:37:38,839
last year was

429
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:47,839
like the total spending which spending
is only $5,000. The general fund budget

430
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:51,800
for last year was $5,000 less than the
proposed budget for this year.

431
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:58,200
» So just the general fund, correct?
>> Okay.

432
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:11,599
» Um, in doing these modeling, was there
anything like showing implications by

433
00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:17,599
not paying the water back? I know
legally we don't have to, but

434
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:21,440
is there long-term problems with not
doing that with our water?

435
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:28,160
» Um,
the answer is no. Um,

436
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:32,320
again, we
the conversation we had with Waterworth

437
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:37,839
was that the the
um the store fund is at the deficit

438
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:44,800
because of those that major Alton County
work. Um and um you know eventually we

439
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:49,599
will have uh this the south end
infrastructure bond payments coming on

440
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:53,040
the bond payments for the south end
project are much more weighed towards

441
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:58,240
the sewer as well. So we're kind of
getting a double whammy there with both

442
00:38:55,680 --> 00:39:03,359
of those things coming on. For instance,
the water fund doesn't have a lot of the

443
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:11,040
road work that's required to replace the
put the road back. that is considered a

444
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:14,720
sewer item um not a water item. So uh
and the funding that we receive for the

445
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:20,240
water side of the project is a
reimbursement from EFC at 60%. Versus

446
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:25,520
the sewer side is only at 25%. So much
more of a debt that comes on is is uh

447
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:31,119
and and again like the new programs it's
5050 right uh the program that we were

448
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:37,520
granted on is 6020.
So, um, we didn't look at I mean, sure,

449
00:39:35,359 --> 00:39:42,720
the water funds could, you know, we we'd
be talking about another one-time charge

450
00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:45,720
of about a buck 40 if we repay that
$417,000.

451
00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:03,520
I'll active comment questions. All
right. From the public, Charles Uh,

452
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:09,760
first of all, I want to My name is
Charles Answer. I live at 27 Brookside.

453
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:16,640
First, I want to thank you and the board
for taking a businessman's approach to

454
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:22,560
these potential challenges.
It impresses me that he's broken this

455
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:27,520
stuff down into departments and process.
not only looking at what the auditor has

456
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:30,960
said but looking into the future and
doing mod

457
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:39,280
because what what I want to do is
caution everybody who sits up there is

458
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:46,880
there's a pride in living in the village
there needs to be a value to living in

459
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:56,160
those values cost money and your vision
of helping to raise the ratables by The

460
00:40:52,320 --> 00:41:02,000
Broadway project, which I commend you,
will not be successful unless the

461
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:08,079
village has a reputation
of being a premium place to live.

462
00:41:05,839 --> 00:41:12,560
I want to thank you all because as I
look around the room, there's more

463
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:17,440
people like me with white hair. And it's
important for us. Thank God. It's

464
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:22,720
important for us to know that the people
who are managing our money are doing it

465
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:27,920
in a business-like manner.
>> But I caution you against racing to the

466
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:35,119
bottom.
Do not gut things that have a long-term

467
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:40,319
reduction in the value of the real
estate. to simply say that we balance

468
00:41:38,319 --> 00:41:48,240
the budget because we cut and cut and
cut and cut and cut. Eventually

469
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:54,160
you eroded the value of living in the
village. So thanks again for taking a

470
00:41:51,520 --> 00:42:00,560
business approach to this. Sounds to me
you realize the challenges and your hit

471
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:07,440
going at them on and looking at the
impact each and every property. Thank

472
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:11,920
you for that. Don't race to the bottom.
It It won't build you the returns that

473
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:16,800
you think it does. Thanks.
>> That's right.

474
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:22,000
» Bill, I gave you a letter to all village
board members. So, I made a list of

475
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:26,400
revenue sources to help our village
produce new money source and save money

476
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:32,560
as well. One and two, they're already
set leftovers.

477
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:36,640
And then number three, I made a proposal
a couple of weeks ago that our village

478
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:40,880
collect bottles, jugs, and cans plus
sell them to recycling dealing. The

479
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:47,119
state of Connecticut already has this
kind of program recent. So there's no

480
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:51,119
reason why our village can't do so. And
of course our ability collect well

481
00:42:49,359 --> 00:42:56,960
several kinds of paper including
newsprint and cardboard and then sell

482
00:42:53,760 --> 00:43:01,520
the waste paper to paper recycling and
take out garbage collection service out

483
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:07,760
of the village budget making separate
fees based on usage. The village of SC

484
00:43:04,319 --> 00:43:12,960
is already making that conser
now I'm sure you read that newsprint

485
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:17,440
that village officials opposed to
raising taxes there.

486
00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:20,079
I hope you appreciate that I gave you
that new printer. I hope you found it

487
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:24,160
interest.
>> I do. Thanks, Bill.

488
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:28,880
» And my own tax re money savings. Well,
I'll continue to buy my own equipment,

489
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:33,920
supplies, and items when I do volunteer
work and other projects and other

490
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:38,800
cleanup details and buy notebooks and
pencils for the our village. In fact,

491
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:43,760
this morning I gave two notebooks to the
Minneapolis Police Department. one for

492
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:47,760
the police chief and and Kevin the
lieutenant and the other one for the

493
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:51,680
police dispatchers.
It cost me between four and five

494
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:57,119
dollars, but I don't it's on me, but I
thus saving four or five dollars might

495
00:43:54,400 --> 00:44:02,079
not may sound like enough, but it's just
principles that helping to save money.

496
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:07,119
And of course, I'm planning to donate
money to help pay for my evergreen

497
00:44:04,079 --> 00:44:10,160
forestry pro conservation project at our
village parks hopefully during the

498
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:13,920
summertime,
>> hopefully this year. And I know you're

499
00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:19,520
going to want to raise fines, but I'm
also going to suggest raise sir charges,

500
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:24,880
you know, for village violating village
ordinance or minor crimes and of course

501
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:30,160
power all village buildings with bio gas
and bio oil as well as continue to use

502
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:35,280
solar energy. So I'm asking that the
village board take my proposals into

503
00:44:32,319 --> 00:44:37,680
consideration. I spent a lot of time
researching.

504
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,119
Thanks.
>> Thanks.

505
00:44:38,319 --> 00:44:44,480
» You're welcome. Right. Do we still have
or does the village still have an

506
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:55,440
independent audit every year?
>> Yes. Um and so um uh

507
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:59,760
we have had had used a company for
>> 25 years.

508
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:06,319
» Um I'm not
uh yeah for for 20 plus years. Um the I

509
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:11,359
wanted to change and so I proposed to
the board to hire a new accountant BST

510
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:15,520
who specializes in municipal accounting.
Um and and that change over is kind of

511
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:22,560
how we identified some of these these
issues. Um you know just like an

512
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:27,599
attorney statewide do we ever did the
controllers's office

513
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:32,319
» we we had one five years ago.
>> I think my point is I think we were all

514
00:45:30,319 --> 00:45:36,319
surprised by this year. agree.
>> And if we have the independent auditor

515
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:40,560
and a state auditor within five years
ago,

516
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:45,280
how how is this just coming to fruition
now?

517
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:49,200
» Um
I think you know in looking back and

518
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:52,720
looking at the audit reports now that we
know

519
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:57,839
clearly what the numbers mean. The
numbers were there. It's the narrative.

520
00:45:55,680 --> 00:46:03,119
Okay. So if the auditor and you can go
back for as many years as we had videos

521
00:46:01,359 --> 00:46:05,520
on on uh uh
>> the auditor on the

522
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:09,839
» in the website. Yeah. On the website,
you can go back and listen to the audits

523
00:46:07,359 --> 00:46:15,680
and and listen to the auditor talk about
those audits. Um and in none of those

524
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:22,560
previous audits was there a hair on fire
type alarm. Um and you know again that's

525
00:46:19,839 --> 00:46:28,480
something that we've discussed. um you
know what what does that mean in terms

526
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:34,720
of responsibility of that auditor and
it's just it's it's it's

527
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:40,160
a hard position to to to pursue. Um more
important was obviously addressing the

528
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:44,560
problem um moving forward and figuring
out where we go from here.

529
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:49,839
Um just want to be clear there's no
money missing. It's just in the wrong

530
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:54,560
accounts. It's just it was thought to be
somewhere and it's not.

531
00:46:51,599 --> 00:46:57,800
So that's I want to make that clear.
Thank you.

532
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:04,400
» Um I just want to follow up on your
question. Two questions for the board

533
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:06,160
members. So the you said we must pay
back the seal but not the water.

534
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:09,440
» Correct.
>> Wasn't

535
00:47:07,839 --> 00:47:12,440
funds were both taken from the general
fund.

536
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:18,640
Yes.
>> So they were in intra

537
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:25,520
but why is it so important that one is
>> good question. So um if for instance we

538
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:31,280
had a separate water board okay water
and sewer board or water district board

539
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:36,319
that had a board chairman etc etc those
are considered independent utilities

540
00:47:33,839 --> 00:47:41,599
because it's simply a department within
a municipality

541
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:46,319
the funds are looser however sewer funds
are protected by the uh by the clean

542
00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:51,440
water act and the reason you have to
repay sewer funds sewer funds are much

543
00:47:49,359 --> 00:47:56,560
more closely guarded is because they
don't want municipalities,

544
00:47:54,079 --> 00:48:01,520
you know, diverting funds that are for
clean water. You know, making sure that

545
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:05,280
the infrastructure for a sewer system
doesn't contaminate groundwater, doesn't

546
00:48:03,359 --> 00:48:10,319
contaminate streams and rivers. And so
therefore, you cannot use sewer funds

547
00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:13,760
for anything other than sewer
infrastructure responsibilities

548
00:48:11,839 --> 00:48:16,640
operating, etc. So that's why those two
funds are very different in the way that

549
00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:21,520
they're they're restricted.
>> So are we fined for using the

550
00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:26,400
No, the village can borrow against
either of those funds. Um they just have

551
00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:29,920
to be be repaid by the end of the next
fiscal period

552
00:48:27,839 --> 00:48:36,559
» with interest.
just one year. No, it was so

553
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:40,640
it seems from going back and looking at
the audits essentially what happened was

554
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:44,079
you know the relevant
doesn't pay their water bill right goes

555
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:48,319
under their village taxes they don't pay
the village taxes that goes to Alb

556
00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:53,760
County as a as a re levy Alb County
makes this whole and pays whatever that

557
00:48:51,119 --> 00:48:57,280
total amount is what wasn't happening
was they weren't saying okay this amount

558
00:48:55,440 --> 00:49:02,559
goes to the general fund for taxes that
we're in this amount goes to the water

559
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:08,400
fund for water arars. This amount was
going to the sewer fund, etc., etc. They

560
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:12,640
were just counting it all as revenue or
taxes. Okay. So, what we did is we

561
00:49:11,119 --> 00:49:16,559
consulted with the controllers's office
and essentially our auditor confirm

562
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:19,839
we're going to go back three years.
Those are the amounts that we're fixing

563
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:23,520
here. And then we're going to agree as a
policy to go forward and make sure

564
00:49:22,079 --> 00:49:26,480
obviously that those accounts are
credited once we get the re- levies,

565
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:33,040
which is what just happened with the
relevy we received uh last week.

566
00:49:30,319 --> 00:49:40,480
I have a question about being 5,000
question. So you said expenses exceeded

567
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:42,559
by expenses by 43%
>> over over the period that I graphed.

568
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:47,599
Yes.
>> Right. So that would mean the total

569
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:50,480
budget increase is going to be far more
than just what you said in the general

570
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:54,800
fund. And I couldn't see the number. So
how much is the total budget?

571
00:49:53,359 --> 00:49:58,559
» No, no, no. Not just the general fund.
The entire budget.

572
00:49:55,920 --> 00:50:01,599
» Um I don't have I don't have that total.
I mean,

573
00:49:59,839 --> 00:50:05,040
» give me a give me a second and I'll tell
you because I was doing the

574
00:50:03,119 --> 00:50:08,040
calculations.
>> 518,000

575
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,559
» total. That's

576
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:29,680
like last last year the the general fund
budget was uh 6.665.

577
00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:35,000
This year it's 6.6. 670. That's the
general.

578
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:35,000
» The whole budget is going up $662,896.

579
00:50:36,559 --> 00:50:47,440
» We have to make a that's including what
we're paying.

580
00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:51,839
» So of that money of of that uh
we're we're 499665

581
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:56,000
is what we're going to do in one time
fees. essentially the uh I don't have

582
00:50:54,480 --> 00:51:00,960
the the numbers on exactly what the
water and storage fund are increasing by

583
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:03,359
but it's it's is a drop is it 2.5%
probably because that's what our

584
00:51:02,319 --> 00:51:10,480
increase is
>> that's annually

585
00:51:05,839 --> 00:51:16,480
» so it's for the 2.5% for the period
>> uh that starts by one through October 31

586
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:25,119
that's going to go up 2.5%
>> but that's not one

587
00:51:18,319 --> 00:51:32,559
» that's 5% it's his proposal is 2.5%
increase every six months. So we bill

588
00:51:27,599 --> 00:51:36,400
every six months. So his proposal is 5%
annually.

589
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:38,800
» That's what it doesn't end up
>> does not.

590
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:43,040
» Again, the board has to the board has to
vote on an increase prior to the

591
00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:47,680
beginning of the period that you're
billing in. So for instance, if we vote

592
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:52,160
tonight to increase by 2.5%
that will impact the next billing

593
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:55,599
period. If we did this May the middle of
May and May's board meeting, we were

594
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:59,280
already in that period. So that
increased

595
00:51:56,559 --> 00:52:02,000
» the it's evergreen.
>> Say it again.

596
00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:07,760
» It's evergreen. It's not it's not fixed
for a period of time

597
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:11,040
» essentially. And I mean again, each time
there's an increase, the board has to

598
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:14,800
vote.
>> Again, I'm not saying that what we're

599
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:18,480
voting on is to do that. All those
increases. All we're talking about is

600
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:23,040
today.
I can tell you I can say in the past

601
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:28,720
that the board did not increase water
and sewer rates every year all the time

602
00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:34,480
for a very long time. When I first moved
here my bill was 285 and it was 285 for

603
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:37,359
a very long time. It's not 285 anymore
but for a very long time it was just

604
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:40,800
285.
>> I mean there were there were periods

605
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:45,839
where the board would go seven eight
years without an increase. Um, and what

606
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:51,760
what happened is by the time they
implemented an increase of 10% whatever

607
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:56,640
it is, it was really just repaying
increases from, you know, prior

608
00:52:54,160 --> 00:53:04,640
escalation. So, and it wasn't putting
money aside um uh for, you know, things

609
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:09,680
like we know a pump only lasts a certain
period of time. Let's put money aside

610
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:15,920
each period. it's the pump breaks and
it's $250,000 to replace it and now what

611
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:19,200
do we do and um eventually that catches
up with you and I mean you know there's

612
00:53:17,599 --> 00:53:23,040
infrastructure all around the country
that is coming to that point we need to

613
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:26,960
get ahead of that
>> last question

614
00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:33,920
you mentioned the benefits of living in
the village so what are we losing

615
00:53:30,559 --> 00:53:36,640
you said you've done quite great strides
in reducing expenses so what will we

616
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:43,599
lose
>> um so oper operationally nothing. Um the

617
00:53:41,119 --> 00:53:48,880
the things that we have changed already,
for instance, Alb County taking over our

618
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:53,280
police dispatch, that saved us. We would
have to pay another roughly $150,000 to

619
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:56,960
$200,000
uh just for salary and benefits for the

620
00:53:55,359 --> 00:54:00,559
employees who used to be at our dispatch
center right downstairs. We don't have

621
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:05,440
to do that anymore. We pay Al County
$25,000 and that service is provided as

622
00:54:03,359 --> 00:54:09,440
part of, you know, your your county
taxes. only 25,000 actually comes from

623
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:13,359
the village and that's for licensing and
some of the communication things that

624
00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:16,960
goes into um us working with the
dispatch center.

625
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:20,200
» So that's the that's the
police department.

626
00:54:21,599 --> 00:54:29,760
» No, that's different. That's different.
So So um and again I don't want to get

627
00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:33,839
into too into the the you know personnel
etc. uh like right now, but that's

628
00:54:31,839 --> 00:54:40,000
because it's it requires an assembly
bill and a senate bill and legislative

629
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:44,000
action and it's complicated. Um but
right sizing the police department is

630
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:49,920
something that we're looking at. Um and
um uh not affecting patrol at all. Um

631
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:55,119
keeping the same people in patrol, but
potentially working out a contract type

632
00:54:52,160 --> 00:55:03,839
solution with management um and just
reshaping some some of that. Um and um

633
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:08,480
uh you know we have we have some tier 2
employees that are more expensive that

634
00:55:06,559 --> 00:55:13,520
are close to retirement and so we're
looking at all of our options as far as

635
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:18,480
as far as management. Um but patrol is
not impacted at all. So the same people

636
00:55:15,839 --> 00:55:22,559
that are on the street today are you
know not impacted at all. Um we have

637
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:28,480
made some challenge or some changes. For
instance, we uh we closed this this

638
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:32,640
court the court uh and that is now
handled by Alba County sorry by Colony

639
00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:38,559
um
>> uh Colonies I should know that uh

640
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:43,359
Colonies Justice Court um again that you
know the impact for the village was was

641
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:47,040
minimal. Um we don't have a lot of
people calling and complaining that we

642
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:54,000
don't have a court anymore. So, uh, that
was $250,000 a year, uh, in in savings.

643
00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:58,880
So, that those are two things that we've
changed that haven't really made any

644
00:55:56,640 --> 00:56:03,119
impact to the the the village residents,
the quality of life. Um, allows us to

645
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:08,480
focus on the things that are important.
You know, DPW, uh, yard waves pick up,

646
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:12,880
you know, Colony does yard waves pick up
only seasonally. Um, in fact, I don't

647
00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:17,359
even think they've started picking up
yardways for this season. I know they

648
00:56:15,839 --> 00:56:21,920
have it at my mom's house when she was
right on the border. So, we do it year

649
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:24,720
round. So, you know, leave pickup. We
have the vacuum. We brought the back

650
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:29,599
vacuum back
>> um because the winter closed in um uh

651
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:34,480
you know, quickly with the snowstorm we
had um uh back in the fall. So, you

652
00:56:32,799 --> 00:56:38,720
know, there's there's special hiccup. We
made that a little more efficient. We're

653
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:42,319
doing it once uh once a month instead of
every week. It didn't make sense to

654
00:56:40,559 --> 00:56:47,119
drive the truck around the entire
village to pick up six different

655
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:52,000
people's things. We do it once um you
know once once a month. Um so little

656
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:56,559
things that we're just adjusting to uh
to make things more efficient. Um and

657
00:56:54,559 --> 00:57:02,880
you know we still have contractual
raises for uh police and DPW via their

658
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:08,160
contracts at 3%. So even though 85% of
our budget increased by 3% we still keep

659
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:13,319
kept yeartoear that increase in total
dollars to 5,000. I think that's pretty

660
00:57:10,319 --> 00:57:13,319
good.

661
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:23,040
Going back to water, did we ever correct
the uh the cost that colony phase for

662
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:30,880
the connection for waste water?
>> Um, we are still working on that issue.

663
00:57:26,079 --> 00:57:36,240
Um, and uh uh we're hoping to get to a
finale one way or another on that. Um

664
00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:40,000
either it requires legal action or uh or
we're going to come to an agree that is

665
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:43,839
soon to be discovered
>> because that would be

666
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:45,280
change.
>> It will.

667
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:48,680
» Yeah,
>> you were correct.

668
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:55,119
» Colony has not been uh receptive.
>> Yes. No,

669
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:57,520
» they've not agreed.
>> Some other people.

670
00:57:57,200 --> 00:58:00,680
» Yeah.
>> To me.

671
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:04,720
» Anything else?
>> Anyone else?

672
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,799
» Well, Arber has something.
>> Sure.

673
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:08,400
» Well, go ahead.
>> You hear me?

674
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,760
» Yeah.
>> Yes, sir.

675
00:58:08,799 --> 00:58:16,319
» Okay. So, I I listened to all the all
the taxes, the different percentages

676
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:21,839
going up for all the residents, and I
was wondering if there's a percentage

677
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:26,000
that's going to increase for businesses.
>> So, no, all properties, all properties

678
00:58:24,559 --> 00:58:27,760
are taxed at the same tax rate,
including

679
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:32,160
» Yeah, they did away with the homes.
Homestead business.

680
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:37,200
» Everybody, every every property pays the
same uh village tax rate.

681
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:39,920
So, the businesses are going to increase
by the same percentage that we're going

682
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:42,960
to increase.
>> That's correct.

683
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:47,359
» Okay. I You didn't mention anything
about the business and I thought maybe

684
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:52,880
they were get they get a skate whatever,
but Okay. All right. Thank you.

685
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:56,359
» Thank you, Paul.
Anyone else online?

686
00:58:58,079 --> 00:59:06,400
» All right. Hearing no further comment.
Can we close the public hearing?

687
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:11,480
Uh, wait. Does any of the board have any
hearing? No further. We'll close the

688
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:11,480
public or public.

689
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:33,280
» All right, back to the uh regular
scheduled program.

690
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:37,359
We need a motion to approve the minutes
from April 6th.

691
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:40,920
» Make a motion.
>> I didn't see any.

692
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:45,799
» Yeah, I put those in there.

693
00:59:49,359 --> 00:59:52,680
» Put it in there.

694
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:09,160
» Warrants and payroll. Warrant number
warrant number 22. General $83,96.31.

695
01:00:09,599 --> 01:00:13,559
Water $4,88.33

696
01:00:13,839 --> 01:00:17,400
totaling $87,18464.

697
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:23,640
Payroll number 23 $98,1723.

698
01:00:25,359 --> 01:00:32,920
» I'll make a motion.
>> Second.

699
01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:32,920
» All those in. Anyone oppose?

700
01:00:38,799 --> 01:00:44,400
» Approve the budget.
>> All right. We need a

701
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:48,119
any further comments about the budget or
a motion to approve.

702
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:55,839
» Sure.
>> Years ago,

703
01:00:51,920 --> 01:01:00,319
years ago, we always had a hard topic to
give to every person when I came in. I'm

704
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:04,319
sure. Yes, you're you're correct.
>> This I don't know how many people could

705
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:08,000
see it, but I couldn't see it. I know
you can look on the website, but when

706
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:12,160
you've got it in front of you, it's so
much easier to flip through and be able

707
01:01:10,079 --> 01:01:16,240
to see it. And anybody could have a
copy. They could come to village office,

708
01:01:14,079 --> 01:01:21,680
get a preliminary copy. They could come
here tonight, get a preliminary copy,

709
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:24,480
and then go in a couple days and pick up
the

710
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,680
» We've had them at the village office.
>> You do?

711
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:29,839
» Yes.
>> To take home. We do.

712
01:01:27,119 --> 01:01:34,920
» Yeah.
Oh, okay. Okay. Thank you.

713
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:34,920
» Yeah. Thank

714
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:44,680
» um back to the budget.
>> Okay. I'll make a motion to approve the

715
01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:44,680
26107 budget.

716
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:53,880
I will second. So, all those in favor?
I. All those opposed?

717
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,880
» I

718
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,079
guess nay.
>> Nay.

719
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:58,079
» You're nay.
>> Yes.

720
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:59,839
» You're nay.
>> I'm on the fence.

721
01:01:59,359 --> 01:02:05,400
» Okay.
>> Uh, give me a second.

722
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:05,400
» Hi.

723
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:12,319
» Okay. The reason why I'm voting no is
because of the police department

724
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:15,760
requesting a new police vehicle. I
believe that we should be able to extend

725
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:20,400
the life of the vehicle from every 12
months being replaced to possibly 18 or

726
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:23,920
24 months. Uh based off the calculations
from the police department, they claim

727
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:28,799
that they drive 50,000 miles a year,
which boils down to about 140 miles a

728
01:02:26,079 --> 01:02:33,119
day. Uh I think that's hard for the
village. I've mentioned before at the

729
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:37,200
budget and at meetings where I drive in
the village and I see the police cars

730
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:40,640
parked. I know that they stay for
tagging, permits, all those things with

731
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:45,520
the driver's licenses and probably
overdue expens suspensions. Um, I just

732
01:02:43,599 --> 01:02:50,240
believe it's hard to believe 140 miles a
day is driven, including they have a

733
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:54,720
current take-home policy. Um, I think
the closest vehicle that is taken home

734
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:59,680
drives 15 miles a day to their house, so
30 miles a day, and some are almost 25

735
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:04,000
miles away, so almost 50 miles a day.
And that's a village expense. and

736
01:03:01,839 --> 01:03:08,799
they're claimed to be on call 24 hours a
day. I think they live that far. It's

737
01:03:06,559 --> 01:03:12,000
tough to be at this part of the scene
within a reasonable amount of time.

738
01:03:10,559 --> 01:03:15,760
They're risking their lives and other
lives driving lights and sirens from

739
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:21,520
their location to the village. So,
that's the reason why. And excess also

740
01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:27,359
with Molly mentioning uh the 3%
increases for non-contractual employees,

741
01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:32,640
we give out raises every year. I think
uh we just tried to discuss a lower

742
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:36,880
impact closer to 1.5. We unfortunately
weren't agree on. So that's the reason

743
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:40,640
why I'm voting no on the budget.
>> I can.

744
01:03:37,599 --> 01:03:44,319
» Yes. And we discussed this beforehand as
well.

745
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:49,680
» I'm going to vote no too because I'm not
so sure about the police car, but I am

746
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:55,119
sure about the non-traudially obligated
raises. And I raised the points in email

747
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:59,640
several times and nothing was changed in
the budget. So I'm now

748
01:04:00,319 --> 01:04:09,599
» Thank you.
>> Um fire department on Feb on April 7th

749
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:15,440
all other elections following officers
were elected. Chief Dave Ivan, Deputy

750
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:21,200
Chief Mike Stewart, Assistant Chief John
Dudley, Nick Jazzar and one of the

751
01:04:19,119 --> 01:04:27,799
partner captains,
DJ Robinson as Lieutenant, Mike Grizz

752
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:27,799
Lieutenant, and Mike.

753
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:37,039
Um the company officers are the
president is Kurt Montaine, vice

754
01:04:33,359 --> 01:04:41,599
president is Sherry Blender,
Nick

755
01:04:38,799 --> 01:04:47,440
Calvaras is the secretary. John Stangle
treasurer financial secretaries Mike

756
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:51,599
McKay Serge Collins Sean we have to vote
on the line officers even though they've

757
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:55,119
been in slow.
>> I'll make the motion second.

758
01:04:54,960 --> 01:05:00,240
All
>> those in favor I.

759
01:04:56,480 --> 01:05:03,799
» Any opposed? Congratulations
to all of them.

760
01:05:05,039 --> 01:05:12,240
» Say it again.
>> Yeah. Um, he and I have further

761
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:15,640
discussions as to when to to uh
handle that. Yes.

762
01:05:18,799 --> 01:05:25,839
» All right. With all the budget stuff
going on, I don't have too much to uh to

763
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:32,000
announce. Um,
still still talking with the uh teams

764
01:05:29,039 --> 01:05:36,880
for the uh uh DPW's contract. I'll have
that to the board for review for the uh

765
01:05:34,799 --> 01:05:41,599
May 4th meeting.
>> May the 4th

766
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:48,760
» May the 4th be with you folks. Um
we have Broadway nail or nails on

767
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:48,760
Broadway open across the street um

768
01:05:48,799 --> 01:05:52,599
at 281.

769
01:05:53,200 --> 01:06:02,480
Broadway. Uh
uh let's see what else.

770
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:05,480
Um I think that's that's all I have for
today.

771
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:10,440
» Sorry for

772
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:20,880
» two seconds.
On Wednesday night, the Upper Hudson

773
01:06:18,799 --> 01:06:26,079
Library system and man's library and a
bunch of libraries in the system are

774
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:30,480
holding a virtual program for um you can
do it. We can help talking to your kids

775
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:34,559
about anatomy, consent, and puberty. So,
a lot of parents don't like to talk to

776
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:39,039
their kids about this and my library
hosted the program in person and I can

777
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:42,799
say that the people who present the
program are very knowledgeable. So, if

778
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:46,400
you have any kids who are going to be
that age or are that age, I highly

779
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:49,680
recommend the program. It's virtual, so
you can just watch on the screen and you

780
01:06:47,920 --> 01:06:55,039
don't have to be in person and get all
red in the face when you say those

781
01:06:51,119 --> 01:07:02,000
words. And then the library is doing
their strategic plan and I'm trying to

782
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:07,440
find the when they're having their uh
ver they're also having um

783
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:11,039
focus groups for their strategic plan.
And I said it the last time and now I'm

784
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:15,839
trying to find it on their website and I
can't. So that's cool. But if you like

785
01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:18,960
libraries, learn more and help them out
with a strategic plan. Take their

786
01:07:17,119 --> 01:07:22,240
survey.
Thanks.

787
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:27,839
» Thanks, Lisa. Megan, uh, the only thing
I have is I'd like to reach out to CDTA

788
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:31,440
to possibly talk to them about rehabbing
some of the pads along Broadway. Some of

789
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:35,200
them have overgrown, especially with
springtime, summertime. If not, then

790
01:07:32,799 --> 01:07:37,200
maybe our DPW can just weed whack it.
>> They do. They'll be out there now,

791
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:39,680
though.
>> Yeah, they just put the bike.

792
01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:41,119
» You get a pad by Glenwood.
>> Yeah,

793
01:07:40,319 --> 01:07:44,480
» that's actually
>> It's a pad there. Just can't see.

794
01:07:42,319 --> 01:07:46,559
» No, there's not. There's not there. No,
there's no pad there.

795
01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:51,920
» Um
>> Brian and I had when we did the Broadway

796
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:54,720
corridor meeting, that was the first
thing that I said when we started

797
01:07:53,520 --> 01:08:00,000
talking about that.
>> I did remember the lights by the bus

798
01:07:57,280 --> 01:08:04,960
stop outside Burger King are fixed. I
went by the other night and they were

799
01:08:01,359 --> 01:08:09,280
working. So, thank your calls have made
me happy.

800
01:08:06,799 --> 01:08:14,720
» I put that on the list.
>> You can check it off. Colony Town of

801
01:08:11,839 --> 01:08:19,600
Colony fix the lights by the bus stop on
Broadway in

802
01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:25,279
» Steve. Should we vote I'm sorry.
>> Okay. Um should we vote specifically on

803
01:08:22,319 --> 01:08:29,520
the onetime charges to be added to the
tax bill since we the vote we took was

804
01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:33,839
really for this fiscal year's budget.
Should we put on the record the charges

805
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:38,560
that are necessary or do you
>> you should

806
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:42,000
» Okay. All right. So, um again I uh
regarding going back to

807
01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:50,000
Yes, exactly. So, so let's let's go
let's go through uh the five items that

808
01:08:47,839 --> 01:08:56,880
I
>> uh that I uh you know that I mentioned

809
01:08:53,040 --> 01:09:04,640
um in the opening. Um
>> my motion was to dismiss the or decline

810
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:09,359
the repayment of the 472,100
from the general fund to the water fund

811
01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:11,520
for those years. So that is my motion.
Second.

812
01:09:10,159 --> 01:09:14,159
» All those in favor?
>> I.

813
01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:19,120
» Anyone opposed?
>> All right. Then we have the sewer fund

814
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:24,560
repayment. That's 518,440.
That will be assessed as a prior or 2026

815
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:29,359
onetime charge prior year sewer fund
repayment of $1.69

816
01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:31,920
per thousand of assessed value. That is
my motion.

817
01:09:30,799 --> 01:09:39,359
» Second.
>> All those in favor? I. Anyone opposed?

818
01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:45,319
Um then we need to
fund the accumulated deficit of

819
01:09:42,319 --> 01:09:45,319
499,665,000.

820
01:09:46,239 --> 01:09:56,480
That will result in a $163 per,000 of
assessed value. Uh totaling for those

821
01:09:52,640 --> 01:10:01,120
two items 3.3253 per thousand. So my
motion is to charge 1.62 per thousand of

822
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:03,920
assessed value for a prior year deficit
repayment. That is my motion. Also one

823
01:10:03,440 --> 01:10:06,719
time.
>> Also one time.

824
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:10,080
» Uh second.
>> All those in favor? I.

825
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:16,480
» Anyone oppose?
>> Okay. Uh that makes a square except for

826
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:22,400
the water rate. It is my motion to
increase water rates for the period

827
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:28,080
starting 5126 through October 3126 to be
build in January of 2.5%. No change in

828
01:10:25,679 --> 01:10:32,159
the split between water and sewer. That
is my motion.

829
01:10:31,360 --> 01:10:35,760
Second.
>> All those in favor?

830
01:10:33,679 --> 01:10:39,600
» I. Any oppose?
>> All right. Thank you for

831
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:43,120
» Now, generally in the past when we've
done increases in the sewer rates, we've

832
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:46,480
done them as a percentage of the water
rate. Are we

833
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:51,840
» He said that he's not changing.
>> So, no change.

834
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:57,239
» 50% of the water bill will be
>> So, that'll increase 2.5% as well.

835
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:57,239
» Oh, okay.

836
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:08,080
Lacy had a question.
>> I don't I think Nick I think Nick just

837
01:11:05,280 --> 01:11:12,560
explained it but it's 2.5 for the water
and 2.5 for the sewer.

838
01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:18,800
» Well, so because water is 50% or sewer
is 50% of water. If we increase water by

839
01:11:15,040 --> 01:11:22,080
2.5% sewer will also increase by 2.5%.
Again for the for majority of the people

840
01:11:20,719 --> 01:11:28,000
that's nine bucks.
>> That's twice. So 10% total. No,

841
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:32,159
» no, it's it's just for the next billing
period and if we want to increase it

842
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:37,120
again, we have to
>> exact. That's correct.

843
01:11:33,600 --> 01:11:40,719
» You're correct. That's correct.
>> I'm going to get a lot of complaints

844
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:45,040
from people who are single and they
don't use all that water. I'm just

845
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:47,920
letting you know.
>> It's not all just buying the water. It's

846
01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:53,280
very
>> They don't care. They're they're on a

847
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:57,040
fixed income. They don't care.
Okay, sorry. Uh, back to trustee

848
01:11:55,280 --> 01:12:04,560
reports. Tim,
>> uh, the only thing I have to report, um,

849
01:11:59,760 --> 01:12:09,920
is that, uh, well, Matt, uh, who Rogers,
who's already left, and Ivan Vamos, uh,

850
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:13,520
gave a great presentation, uh, the
capital region transportation council

851
01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:18,560
has a, uh, has a committee, the active
transportation advisory committee, and

852
01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:23,760
they gave a presentation on April 8th
uh, in person at the committee. I I

853
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:29,280
attended online uh in regarding a little
river project. Uh they it was I think it

854
01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:33,920
was supposed to last maybe 15 minutes. I
think they actually went on for about 45

855
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:39,199
minutes explaining the project and and
keeping the uh the capital region

856
01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:43,520
transportation council in the loop on on
you know the project as as it's been

857
01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:49,120
proposed which I thought was great.
Ivan, you know, of course, Matt did a

858
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:53,440
great job, but Ivan uh was a great help
in giving a lot of the background and

859
01:12:50,719 --> 01:12:58,719
history and so on of the of the entire
project. I believe Diane, you on the on

860
01:12:56,719 --> 01:13:02,880
the uh village gardener side, you
started your work as I saw you out one

861
01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:06,880
day. So, she's she started. I don't know
how much she's gotten through yet, but

862
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:10,960
I'll get a report down.
>> Today's weather doesn't help. Yeah.

863
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:16,239
» Yeah.
Yeah. Where' that come from?

864
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:21,360
Okay, that's okay. Thanks, Tim. Molly,
>> where are we with the railroad and them

865
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:26,880
digging it out? It's getting worse by
the day.

866
01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:31,920
» I what I'm going to do is the next I I
contacted him again. I actually met with

867
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:35,679
the the police officer and he's he was
going to do the the pothole. He was

868
01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:41,360
going to talk to the people about the
pothole and about that. I've also

869
01:13:38,239 --> 01:13:46,719
emailed and I called
vice president in charge of and I have

870
01:13:44,719 --> 01:13:51,280
not gotten a reply back. So, what I'm
going to do is I'm gonna have give

871
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:55,600
everybody a phone number where everybody
can it's actually you can see you can

872
01:13:53,199 --> 01:14:00,560
see it now if you go you know the gray
boxes by the by the rail when you go up

873
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:04,080
there that phone number you everybody
calls that number with that crossing

874
01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:07,600
number
then then it'll get more complaints

875
01:14:05,360 --> 01:14:12,800
because because I tried
>> I mentioned it um I mentioned it to the

876
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:17,199
the inspector who has to renew our um
threeyear quiet hours. I mentioned to

877
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:21,600
him all of our complaints, including the
fact that um occasionally someone gets

878
01:14:20,159 --> 01:14:27,280
pissed off at four in the morning and
loves to hit the horn all the way up. Um

879
01:14:25,199 --> 01:14:29,840
and so uh he's going to look into those
issues and we haven't heard back from

880
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:33,440
him to do
>> we have to we

881
01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:36,719
» we have to swap out some some uh some
signs.

882
01:14:34,159 --> 01:14:40,480
» The railroad signs are 30 in have to be
36 now. So we had to go out and buy more

883
01:14:38,400 --> 01:14:43,840
signs. I got to pick those up tomorrow.
So, he's going to come back and confirm

884
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:48,120
that we replaced those signs. And again,
we're going to push the issue with uh

885
01:14:48,239 --> 01:14:53,040
» all of those all of those different
items that we need to fix.

886
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:58,640
» And then where are we with the website
and whether we can take ownership?

887
01:14:56,080 --> 01:15:01,600
» I am still I have a meeting this week
with me and Brian have a meeting with

888
01:15:00,640 --> 01:15:05,120
with um
>> Sean

889
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:09,760
» Sean this week. I I he he was away last
week and with everything that's going

890
01:15:07,199 --> 01:15:12,960
on, I just I just that was so I told we
do it this week. So I'll let you know.

891
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:16,159
I'll let you know by the next meeting if
not if not not sooner.

892
01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:20,640
» Okay. And then the only other thing I
have is Little League starts on

893
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:26,159
Saturday, I believe. 9:00,
>> am I right? Yep. 9:00 parade up to the

894
01:15:23,600 --> 01:15:29,040
park. Um if you have a chance, stop by
and watch the kids whether you know any

895
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:32,000
of the kids or not. It's really great.
>> Yeah. Be good. once you cross the

896
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:36,320
threshold. Yes.
>> Thank you be.

897
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:40,960
» Okay. Done.
>> Um

898
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:45,600
just so everybody's aware we are moving
the AED from inside the closet to

899
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:51,520
outside
>> and at at the pavilion and it's going to

900
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:55,679
be alarmed. And there's there's going to
be two alarms. There's be alarm when you

901
01:15:53,120 --> 01:15:59,920
open up the door, but as soon as you
open up the door, it's going to

902
01:15:57,120 --> 01:16:06,000
automatically call 911. It's going to go
to Alony County and the town. So, the

903
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:12,800
police and EMS will be notified that the
AED box has been been activated. So, um

904
01:16:10,960 --> 01:16:18,239
there's also going to be an there's
there's a metal sign that's going to go

905
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:22,080
outside that says AED for emergency use
only and it tells that if you open up

906
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:30,080
the door, it's going to activate the
alarm. So that's way I mean so um I have

907
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:36,080
one thing we have to make a decision
about. Um September 21st is Yon Kapor.

908
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:43,679
It's also board meeting night.
Um do we want to move it or do you want

909
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:47,440
it for Tuesday or you want to still hold
it on?

910
01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:51,840
Just an idea. I just I just want to
throw it out there.

911
01:16:50,239 --> 01:16:55,679
» I feel like we've moved it every year.
>> Yeah. I know we

912
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:58,880
» I mean that
>> do we want to move does anyone have a

913
01:16:57,440 --> 01:17:01,880
conflict on the to move it to the
Tuesday?

914
01:17:02,239 --> 01:17:09,360
» I highly doubt it but check
>> not a real one.

915
01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:12,800
» Okay. Does anyone mind if we move it?
>> I think that would be from the 7th to

916
01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:16,280
the 8th.
>> No, the 22nd.

917
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:20,640
» Okay. Sorry.
>> Do we need the motion or

918
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:25,520
» I'll make the motion.
Second in favor.

919
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:31,280
» All right. Thank you.
>> Um and CDA CDTA has put the bikes back.

920
01:17:30,159 --> 01:17:36,880
They're up they're back up and
operational. And that's all I got.

921
01:17:34,400 --> 01:17:41,440
» Thank you, Don.
Anything?

922
01:17:38,480 --> 01:17:46,960
» You know, but I was just um for Nick
when you were saying about um they drive

923
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:50,080
the way they drive from their homes.
They have the vehicles.

924
01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:53,040
» Yes. Does the fire department do the
same thing since they have three

925
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:56,640
vehicles as well?
>> Yes, they all live within the village.

926
01:17:55,120 --> 01:18:00,640
» So, the other ones don't.
>> Correct. Yes. And the fire department

927
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:04,560
has a policy currently that they're only
allowed to drive 20 miles outside the

928
01:18:02,719 --> 01:18:08,000
village. So, they're able to report to
work and if needed drive home to the

929
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:09,920
call or the scene
>> and the police department doesn't have

930
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:16,520
something yet.
>> I don't believe they have a mileage

931
01:18:11,679 --> 01:18:16,520
limit in their takehome policy. Now,

932
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:28,800
Thank you. All right. Public comment
bill. All right. Now, items number

933
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:32,880
three, 5, 11, and 12 is dealing with my
concern about police reports about

934
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:38,400
problem.
And then

935
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:43,840
items 6, 7, 8, 17, 14. My volunteer work
projects, which I got so much cut out

936
01:18:40,480 --> 01:18:49,679
work cut out for. Now, number one, since
I will try to get red graffiti stuff off

937
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:54,560
of Middle Street like marker number
eight on Arts Lane. Now, does the

938
01:18:52,719 --> 01:19:00,159
Village Public Works garage have any
orange cones that I can borrow?

939
01:18:58,320 --> 01:19:04,640
» I'll have to ask Mike tomorrow.
>> All right. I I'd like to know because

940
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:09,280
I'm going to plan to try to get project
done sometime in May and and I can't

941
01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:13,120
promise it's going to I'm going to it's
going to come off but I'll try my best

942
01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:17,600
to try to get it off but it's going to
be a tough job.

943
01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:21,920
» And number three I still like to express
my frustrations about operating problems

944
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:26,640
with Canadian Pacific Railway and their
ability. So here the here are the

945
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:32,320
issues. One of those issues is that
Brookside Avenue railway crossing still

946
01:19:29,199 --> 01:19:37,440
has got rs, cracks, bumps, and potholes.
They still have not been repaired. When

947
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:44,560
I travel or drive on east on Brookside
Avenue, I swerve around to avoid them.

948
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:49,920
Cracks, bumps, cracks, and potholes.
That's And numbers the number see. Well,

949
01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:55,360
you know what that
now? Now, how many fire hydrants does

950
01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:57,199
the village mans got?
>> 385.

951
01:19:56,480 --> 01:19:58,800
» How much?
>> 385.

952
01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:03,440
» 385.
>> All right. Now, do they have high

953
01:20:00,800 --> 01:20:06,320
pressure fire hydrants?
>> There depends on the size of the main

954
01:20:05,360 --> 01:20:11,120
they're on. It varies.
>> And how about low pressure ones?

955
01:20:09,360 --> 01:20:14,400
» It's all depend. It's all it's it's
hydro. It's just the static pressure

956
01:20:13,199 --> 01:20:20,320
that's in the line.
>> All right. I like to propose that high

957
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:22,719
pressure fire hydrant be painted red
while low pressure fire hydrant be

958
01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:26,719
regular.
>> The new hydrants are going to be marked

959
01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:32,080
with the um
>> the the the size it goes by the size of

960
01:20:30,080 --> 01:20:35,040
the main. So the new hydrants will have
that already

961
01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:40,000
» to be colorcoded that way.
>> All right. The reason because the

962
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:44,159
village of Balsbach has high pressure
fire hydrants are painted red while the

963
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:50,239
low fire pressure fire hydrants are
green. It's all the It's all It's just

964
01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:56,000
the the the diameter of the water man
speeding up.

965
01:20:53,120 --> 01:21:01,760
» Yeah. While driving on Canel Street
Market Road next to Broadway, I observed

966
01:20:59,120 --> 01:21:07,600
four highway markers are still missing,
plus three highway markers are still

967
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:13,040
busted. And I they all got to get
replaced with new seven new highway

968
01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:17,679
markers. I already report this to the
police department. Don Han DPW's

969
01:21:16,719 --> 01:21:20,400
proposed.
>> Those are DOT and they're taking care of

970
01:21:19,600 --> 01:21:24,000
them.
>> When will they be reinstalled? You got

971
01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:27,360
» I think they've given up on replacing
those. They uh

972
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:31,280
» every time they put them up, they get
mowed over uh within a day. So, I think

973
01:21:29,679 --> 01:21:34,400
they're I think they're done replacing
those.

974
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:38,560
» I guess they won't bother replacing
others.

975
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:42,000
» I They were smart. They would.
>> But maybe it's better that way. All

976
01:21:40,159 --> 01:21:44,000
right. Thanks for letting me speak on
important topics.

977
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:48,920
» Thank you, Bill.
>> You're welcome.

978
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:48,920
» Anyone else for public comment?

979
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:55,080
» Courtney.
>> Courtney.

980
01:21:51,679 --> 01:21:55,080
» Go ahead, Court.

981
01:21:58,480 --> 01:22:01,639
» You're muted.

982
01:22:02,080 --> 01:22:05,400
You can go ahead.

983
01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:20,120
still mute.
>> Courtney, you're muted. We can't hear

984
01:22:17,120 --> 01:22:20,120
you.

985
01:22:20,960 --> 01:22:31,320
» I don't think you can unmute her.
>> Yeah,

986
01:22:27,760 --> 01:22:31,320
» I'll fix it.

987
01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:38,400
Uh,
>> she should be a little muted. So, yeah,

988
01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:43,600
» maybe she really doesn't want to say
anything.

989
01:22:39,440 --> 01:22:46,800
» Sorry, guys. I'm Can you hear me now?
>> Sorry, I'm on my phone. I couldn't

990
01:22:44,719 --> 01:22:50,239
figure out the mute button. Um, I just
wanted to give a thank you to the

991
01:22:48,239 --> 01:22:53,679
community. The Man School PTA had our
yard sale this past weekend. It went

992
01:22:51,760 --> 01:22:56,960
really well. We had a lot of people
coming out and dropping off donations, a

993
01:22:55,440 --> 01:22:59,840
lot of people shopping the sale, and we
made more money than we made in a few

994
01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:02,880
years. So, I really appreciate it and
just wanted to give a thank you to the

995
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:06,120
community. That was all. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

996
01:23:08,480 --> 01:23:15,840
» All right. Uh, we do not have anything
for executive session.

997
01:23:13,360 --> 01:23:17,040
Um, so we need a motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion.

998
01:23:16,480 --> 01:23:20,719
» I'll second.
>> All those in favor?

999
01:23:18,639 --> 01:23:23,960
» Any opposed? Thank you all.
>> You're welcome.

1000
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,920
Right.

1001
01:23:31,600 --> 01:23:40,480
» How's your cats doing? Well, thank you.
>> I was worked at the farmer's market.

1002
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:47,679
They
was what? I was working

1003
01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:52,480
farmer's.
They treated me to pancakes and syrup.

1004
01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:58,520
» Thanks, Dave.
>> Well, at least I was kind of making

1005
01:23:54,400 --> 01:23:58,520
pancakes. small

1006
01:23:59,600 --> 01:24:06,639
breakfast.
>> Post it up to me as well. There's one

1007
01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:06,639
whole page.