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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.
>> Please remain standing for a moment of

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silence for Bessie Kisio
McGomery free library for many years. a

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lovely lady who's lived in the town off
road. She'll be sorely missed.

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» Please be seated.

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Councilwoman,
Council Michael

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» here. Good evening Miller. Supervisor
Steve Russia.

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» Councilwoman Cheryl Melik
>> here. Good evening. Councilman Mark Hoy

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» here,
>> attorney for the town, William Frank,

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» confidential clerk to the supervisor,
Lauren Rally,

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recreation director.

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[clears throat]

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» Okay, we had [laughter] a couple
birthdays in August. Cindy Boss and Sher

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both got birthdays. Happy birthday.
>> Thank you. Somebody had a big class of

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uni that I saw on Facebook. Um I don't I
won't say how many years because it'll

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show too many until you're your age. So
>> I surprised myself.

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» Baron Atkins is having his anniversary
today. Is he still here?

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» I hope you're going out to a nice dinner
after this.

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» We may.
And Katie's at home. Uh it's her

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birthday today.
her favorite dish. Chicken pomodoro.

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I won't say her either.
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» okay. Is there any public comment on
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Said you're non agenda, right?
>> You going to say something?

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» Me?
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» Well, actually this uh this L to
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» does that have to do with agriculture?
Um, where is up with letter?

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» Number five all the way at the bottom by
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» Yeah, it does. It's I mean that
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talk about. So, you want me to wait till
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» Yeah, cuz it's cuz your thing isn't on
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» All right.
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» No. Correct. Yes. But just so you know,
it is date night tonight for my bride

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night. [laughter]
>> We can move it along a little bit.

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» Happy hour and rosemary. [laughter]

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and Markes. Nobody's signed up for
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along soon.
>> Anything under old business?

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» Okay. If nothing under old business,
I'll entertain a motion to accept the

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August 5th, 2026 board meeting.
>> I'll make that motion.

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» Second.
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» in favor? I
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a resolution authorizing the supervisor
to sign transportation agreement with

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the county of Orange.
I'll make that motion.

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» To update the resolution that was
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» I was going to say it seems like we just
did it. Yeah, it came a year already.

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» It needed to be up.
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» Do we need to cancel the last one?
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» This supersedes the last one. Okay.
>> Okay. All in favor?

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» All right. See a resolution authorizing
release of the perform performance pond

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i logistics based on recommendation.

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I'll make that motion
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» Anybody

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discussion? All in favor?
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Okay. D resolution to approve the grant
management stipen. Everybody has the

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resolution. I'll entertain first
motion. I'll make it.

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» Second.
>> I'll second it.

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» Okay. I just wanted to say a few things
about this before we discuss further.

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Um, we've discussed this in executive a
couple times. It was revised and I think

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we should move forward with it. I think
it's a very fair offering than what was

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originally submitted. Just a couple
statistics. The town of Montgomery

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currently has eight funded grants
totaling 3.7 million and 16 submitted

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grants totaling 17.8 million. And that's
probably a record for the town in fan

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applications and funded grants.
With the volume and dollar amount of

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grants the town has been awarded
slashsubmitted through our grant writer,

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we are now in need of grant management.
Grant management is necessary to ensure

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budget management, financial compliance,
management of deadlines, and submission

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of reports. awarded grants that are not
managed correctly to put the town at

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risk for losing the grant andor not
being awarded future grants. There's a

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lot of reporting that goes and
administration goes along with MWBE and

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all the other strict requirements of you
know required for federal and state

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grants. A proposal has been made for the
grant administration study. Two town

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employees currently Anna Fis and Katie
Mcnite would handle the grant management

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and be paid the stipen for this
additional work if three hours a week

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for Katie and 10 hours a week for Anna.
Because Anna is writing these grants,

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she knows the ins and outs of them can
seamlessly apply the knowledge and

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information into managing the grants
once they are awarded. This is more

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efficient than her having to convey this
information to a third party and it's

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all happening right here in house. Katie
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town's finances, so her pay and cash
flow awarded grants and the additional

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financial reporting required is more
efficient than giving a third party

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financial access. The town already pays
statements to various employees for

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additional work above and beyond their
job descriptions.

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Yeah, we we have at least 11 town
employees that get statements. I don't

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know if you knew that or not, but the
only thing is this these grants would be

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fully reimbursed by the state. This new
stipen is similar to the existing

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stipens, but okay, this is what it says
right here, but different and that it

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will cost the town nothing. All the
money comes from the grants themselves.

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And I think that was it. And I will say
that um I don't know if it says it in

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the resolution or not, but these would
be paid quarterly

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um to each employee based on us getting
our money from the state first. We get

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paid then then the stipens get paid and
we review the stipens with our vouchers

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or our requirement bills. Um
the you didn't have anything to add?

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» Yes, sir.
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know they do it in Kingston and big
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» where they where they're getting this
many grants they have staff on they they

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hire staff internally to do it
>> so it really is unique to uh

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municipalities that are awarded large
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» I know does a fantastic job

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» Kingston Newberg
These are all areas where they have a

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whole they have a full grant staff
department.

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» Well, now that Ann is doing our grants,
we're doing fantastic.

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» Absolutely.
>> Okay. Any further discussion?

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» Yes. I mean, that's been no secret that
my big problem with this is I don't

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understand the multiplier effect. Um I'm
just not in favor of that. I haven't

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been in favor of that. And also since a
lot of this will be from my

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understanding being done on the time
that the people are here,

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I just [clears throat] don't agree with
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of what they're getting while they're in
doing it during their workday that

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they've already getting [clears throat]
paid for. So I'm not going to be able to

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support it.
I I also want to say something want to

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have a a question first. Is the other
statements are an annual amount that

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gets approved every year when they do
the budget. This is an hourly one. Is

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this going to get approved every year?
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10 grants that they're administering
be negotiated, it's going to be paid

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quarterly. That's the plan.
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hours 10 grants, but there's no specific
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» I mean, it says to be to be determined
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» No, it's right now this proposal, this
resolution,

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» is that okay, right?
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» Is for 10 hours a week for me and three
for Katie and it's flat. It's not a

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multiplier.
>> What the the rate?

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» Yeah.
Well, that's not what the add agendum

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says.
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get a workload that suddenly requires
more people.

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» Well, it says right revisions made
needed based on workload and number of

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grants awarded this proposal based on
six to 10 10 grants and workload unknown

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estimated.
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don't know what might be coming and if
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more more. there will be a bigger need.
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You're getting one and a half times your
salary.

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» Well, that's it's a different rate for a
different job.

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» That's what it is. [clears throat] It
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» I don't think they're going to you're
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rates,
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administering two, sometimes you're
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eight. That's why I like to keep it the
same amount each quarter,

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» you know, based on and we will get the
reimision. [clears throat]

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And we're also trying to work out a deal
with the village of Montgomery that Anna

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does administers their grant from New
York forward but does it on their own

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time.
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add. So not that I don't agree with
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I can't vote with this either. This is
based on money, but there's no

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procedures written on how you're going
to oversight this, who's going to

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approve it, how it's going to be
tracked. There's just there's just

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nothing but a dollar amount here. So, I
I can't approve this.

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» There will be reporting just like there
is the grant writing.

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» If you want a quarterly report or or
monthly report, we can do that and

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update each one. Certainly certainly ask
Katie and do that. It's not going to be

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difficult to do it to us.
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I'll call the question. All in favor?
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No. Deputy Supervisor Boss.
>> No.

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» Councilman Mike.
>> Yes.

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» Councilwoman Sherik.
>> Yes. Councilman Michael.

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» No. And I'm Yes.

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» Thank you.

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» All right. Resolution accepting the ADA
board donation by Benedict Park.

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Stephanie Harrian is here coming to the
meeting. Is that you?

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» That's me.
>> Are you going to tell us what that is or

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not?
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» Come on up. All right.
>> Thank you,

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» Stephanie.

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Thank you for having me.
>> Pass that down.

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» Uh, first of all, thank you so much for
having me. Thank you, Karen. Thank you,

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Anna. Um, my name is Stephanie Harrian.
I'm a local speech language pathologist.

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I'm a prior uh employee of Valley
Central School District. I specialize in

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working with children with autism or
other developmental disabilities,

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specifically those who are limited or
non-speaking. In front of you, you'll

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see a proposal to install what's called
a core communication board. If you flip

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through, there's like a very colorful
picture at the end. That is called a

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core board. It is for kids that cannot
speak. So, what they do is point to the

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pictures to communicate their wants and
their needs. myself and another special

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education teacher who's a current um
employee of value central um have

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started an LLC to increase inclusion and
accessibility in the region and we have

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been installing this core board in
different parks locally. So there's one

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in um Hasbro Park in News, one is being
installed in Majestic Park in Gardener

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and we have another one going into Walk
Hill. So this proposal we are able to

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get a um donation from Depws in Newberg.
The sign is about5 $5 to $600

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um worth. So, it's really fancy, really
beautiful, UV protected, meant to last 5

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to 10 years. And what we are proposing
is that the town of Montgomery take over

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the installation and like the lumber and
all of those little like nitty-gritty

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details. Um the really the purpose of it
is for more families to feel seen, more

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kids to be able to readily communicate
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» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. related to the herrogens from

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the village of McGomery or no?
>> No, I'm from Long Island. [laughter]

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» You don't have a Long Island accent.
>> I tried really hard not to

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» worked extremely difficult. Um,
Manorbell.

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» Yeah. All the way far out east.
>> Uh, if I may, Mr. supervisor. I do

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represent the village of Newalt and I
was involved in the paperwork and so on

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for the Hazbrook Park installation and
it's been just greatly received and they

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love it over there and it's really u
it's a tremendous thing.

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» Thank you very much. I didn't know that.
Thank you.

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» When [laughter] I saw this on the
agenda, this was this was the resolution

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that I enjoyed writing the most.
>> Oh, thank you. Oh, that really means a

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lot to me [laughter]
>> for the children and everything and the

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parents.
>> Yes.

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» It's it's just you can't even imagine
how great it is, but how it makes the

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parents feel like the kids. So, I would
strongly re recommend that.

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» Yeah, we've been really lucky. Um Brian
uh my business partner Brian Majestic

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and I have gotten a lot of u media
attention for it. So, features on

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Spectrum News and other local u media
outlets. So, it's been really

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wellreceived um by the public, but also
um the media outlets um and so many

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parents have come up to us and tell us
how wonderful and beautiful it is to be

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seen um and for their families to be
reflected. Um unfortunately, autism and

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this population specifically are often
overlooked, especially in public um

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arenas. So that's Brian and I's mission
is to really try to improve

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accessibility and inclusion in the
greater um Hudson Valley region. So

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we're starting here.
>> Is that the Majestic from Gardner?

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» Yes.
>> All the all the Majestics Lane there.

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» Yeah. Um he lives on Forest Glenn. Um
but he's like a fourth generation

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Majestic. So his family has been um
there for quite some time.

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» Yeah. I delivered a lot of lumber up
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» Yeah. [laughter]
the rules from Long Island, too, but he

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doesn't have the accent on.
>> So, you say that you want us to like dig

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the holes
>> essentially. Yeah. So, um

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» are you going to supply us with the
frame?

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» Uh no. So, what we've done um in other
um uh business other localities is that

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we supply the actual board and then the
local DPW takes over the actual framing

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and the installation of that all. Um, so
that is what we've done previously, but

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we're open.
>> You have like a

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» a guy [laughter]
>> a list of what you need for the framing

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or whatever.
>> Uh, not on me, but that is something

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that I can definitely supply for you
all.

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» Okay.
>> Yeah.

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» Our guys are doing amazing jobs in the
park. So,

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» piece of cake for them.
>> We're going to put this up at the

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Benedict playground.
>> So, right at the playground.

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» Yeah. I think we're going to, you know,
get together and find a, you know, a

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logical, you know, the right place to to
install it. Okay. And by we, I mean Sean

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and his guys. So [laughter] you can say
that.

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» Yeah. I was able to go visit Benedict
Park. I had never been there before.

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It's really lovely. Um, so all of the
words on the core board are like

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specific to the park um and will be
reflective. And I know there's obviously

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a large grant that's um happening or
hopefully happening um to um overview

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the park and change it. So I really
tried to focus on words that would stay

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static um that would be so reflective 5
10 years from now.

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» Well, so if you put another field in or
another

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» Exactly. you can move it. Um it's uh
very sturdy, really high quality and

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Depw signs in Newberg were so um
generous and said that they would be

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able to donate um the sign and that's
worth again $5 to $600. So it's not a

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not a cheap item. So they're really
lovely. Okay.

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» Well, thank you very much. Deb is
extremely benevolent.

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» Thank you. It's our absolute pleasure.
Yeah. Are there any other questions?

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» No.
>> Thank you.

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» I'll entertain a motion to accept the
ADA core board donation.

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» I'll make that motion.
>> Is there a second?

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» Mark is a second. All in favor?
>> I

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» opposed. Thank you again.
>> Thank you very much.

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» Would be a wonderful addition.
>> Thank you.

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» Okay. A resolution approving the impact
endowment fund. Um you all have the um

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description and everything rationale in
the packet. We need um I'll entertain a

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motion to approve this first.
>> I'll make that motion.

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» I'll second.
>> Make second, Mark.

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» Sorry.
>> And I think this is wonderful. I read it

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over just a little while ago and this is
what they do in Central Park and New

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York City in a big way. And I talked to
Jim Brooks, former commissioner of the

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county of Orange Park system, and he
talked about doing it there. We never

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really took off. But, uh, this is, you
know, it's going to save the town

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taxpayers money and do a lot of
wonderful things. And whatever we you

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raise, you come back to us for approval
to do in the park based on what you're

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going to suggest, of course. But that's
the way it works, right? You don't just

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collect.
>> Yeah. Adam, can you just give like a

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little overview of exactly what it is so
people understand what

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» Yeah, please. Just so people understand
what it is.

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So,
this is a very specific situation where

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we can um we're creating a fund that is
like an endowment in part, but what it

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does is it allows um the community
foundation to house and raise money

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specifically for parks, youth, um arts,
and um historical preservation within

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the Montgomery community. Uh it then
allows for us to have this money um

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essentially create an interest fund uh
that will go towards the upkeep of any

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new projects, specifically anything
that's coming through grants. Um and so

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we can grow and we can create new um
opportunities for the community and we

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can maintain them without increasing any
kind of requirement from the taxpayers.

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So that's what this is doing and it is
uh a way to allow kind of for

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fundraising uh do as
>> we are not allowed to do as a

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municipality. Um so the
>> the lawyer

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» the lawyer can answer that. Um so the
community foundation essentially takes

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that over for us and they they direct it
and um yes anything

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» and as the money sits it will build
interest and and grow.

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» Exactly.
>> Yep.

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» Has to get to 25 grand first.
>> Correct. Yeah. So it gives us I I want

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to say 5 years to get to the 25 g base
for it to start acrewing interest. Um I

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have some ideas on how to get there
pretty quickly. So um but

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» once it does you start acrewing interest
you don't have to wait the five years.

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» No. Exactly. So the minute it hits the
$25,000 mark it instantly turns into an

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interest uh evolving account. Um and
yeah, all of that goes towards

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specifically will be directed towards
these kind of underfunded uh harder to

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find areas for funding within the
community.

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» Any other questions?
>> Yep.

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» Yeah, we have the first and the second
>> further discussion.

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» Okay. All in favor?
>> I

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» opposed. Car.
Okay. Okay, next up we have an

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resolution awarding the wastewater RFQ
contract to Lamont Engineering, the same

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outfit, engineering outfit that's doing
Lake View Park, the Lake View Park

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improvements. So, I'll entertain a
motion. Mark and I were part of the

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interviews on the on the short list and
I think we made the right choice. I I'll

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note for the record just so the public
knows there were four submissions

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proposals and they were vetted through
supervisor Councilman Ho and a couple of

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others. there was a scoring system
utilized and the highest amount of

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points went to the uh to the line uh in
a uh in this scoring system. So it was

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done quite properly and Jim Carr was
there and that's that's his forte and as

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well as Bill Dunn
and was Shan Sean was there as well too

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» and Lamont actually weren't they
involved with the highway garage?

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» They built Yeah. So they
>> they didn't build it. the answer here

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» which is the same function
motion.

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» We didn't get one.
>> We didn't get a motion yet. Okay. Who

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wants to make the motion?
>> I'll make

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» Go ahead.
>> I'll second it.

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» Sherry second discussion.
>> All in favor? We're moving right along.

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I wish we didn't have to waste a year,
you know. No comment.

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» Okay.
>> Better left alone.

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» Yeah.
ancient history, right? Okay.

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Resolution. I don't want to be nasty.
>> Water over the dam.

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» Waste water.
>> Waste water over the dam.

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» No, I was called nasty.
>> Some people

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could have a sewer joke in
>> there.

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A resolution to approve additional
architectural programming services for

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110 Bracken Road
30 Scots Corners not to exceed 30

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$15,000
with 15,300.

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» Yes, we'll
make that motion.

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» Can we get a second?
>> I'll second it.

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» Discussion.
All in favor?

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» Opposed? Carried.
>> Okay. Resolution.

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» Are we getting close to Blueprint time.
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah, we're getting close.
>> We're close.

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» Okay. Resolution to approve the MEP
design proposal for the HVAC

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improvements at 110 Road. Motion.
>> Sure.

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» I'll make that motion.
>> And the amount is where is it? 15.

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» It was 14,800.
>> 14,800.

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» So, what what let's get the second
first.

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» I'll second it. This is this is our
system here in this building is pretty

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much shot, right? Both compressors are
gone. What do you call it? The

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motherboard.
>> That's what I've been calling.

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» Yeah, you've been calling the
motherboard. We're limping along. And

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Matt Blake is very good at this. And
it's kind of an emergency situation. You

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know, we can't afford to be out of heat
in two months.

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» We've been limping along with the air
conditioner. It hasn't been really hot,

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but it's been a problem, but it's it's
pretty bad. So, and then we're going to

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have to go to bid right away and it
could cost us75 to $100,000.

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But it's it's serious. I talked to Matt
and he in the right outside that door

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last week and he he and his man were
started got a jump on it and looking

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through the system and he said the
mitsubishi system like we have here has

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improved quite a bit over the last few
years and it's a two-pipe system rather

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than three pipe. So he said you may as
well stay with a two pipe system

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otherwise it could be a lot more
expensive. So I mean he's the expert on

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this.
>> I think that's the way to go. But

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» and then he'll help you write the RFP or
>> Well, we're going to we'll go to bid and

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he'll I'm sure he'll help us with that.
Hopefully it won't be much more of a

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cost, but I would think so
transfers. So but we have to do it and

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our hands are tied.

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U discussion and further
>> the only as I noted in an email

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yesterday to the board and interest of
full disclosure I have done previously

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done work for Mr. Blake and Blake
Engineering but I informed him that

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someone would be representing the town.
I reviewed his contract and we made

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changes to the contract. Yeah, he came
highly recommended and we might be able

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to we might have to take out a BAN on
this a ban or we can maybe roll it into

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the bond if we get the bond done in time
for this building and in Scottsboro. So,

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we'll have to see how that goes. But,
okay. All in favor?

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» I opposed. Carried. Okay. Um resolution
to approve the quarter 2 budget

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transfers.

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» I'll make that motion. a second
>> discussion.

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» I guess my I guess you call 80 tomorrow
or something. I guess concerned that

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we're taking some money out of the
cemetery, so hopefully we got enough in

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there.
>> Yeah, we had a goodiz bill for Walkill

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in there, too. We're still under the
budget like we did for them last year,

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but it's just it's getting closer.
>> Okay. Um Sydney.

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» Okay. All in favor?
>> I opposed. Carry. Motion to approve fee

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and alcohol waiver for Coldham Fire
Department picnic.

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» I'll make that motion with
>> pleasure. All in favor?

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» I opposed. Carried. Okay. Discussion of
Agra tourism chapel project. Um,

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» so the the fees were in that motion.
Correct.

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» Not going to charge them.
>> Correct.

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» For good reason.
>> Yes.

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» Yeah.
>> Okay. Ross Lingovitz to discuss the

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chapter.

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» Uh good evening. For the record, Ross
Wendy Litz with Engineering and

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Surveying Properties. Um here on behalf
of John John and Marlene Wood. Uh John

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and Marlene brought the Carson farm um
down on Kaiser Town Road um right before

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uh
just right before the town line. And uh

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this is the Karsten house um that they
still live in. And then John and Marlene

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bought that house and have renovated
that and have um cleaned up the farm

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significantly over the last 5 years. Um
what they are looking to accomplish is

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to build a small building about 1500
square ft under your right to farm law

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that was passed a few years ago. This uh
building is is falls under your

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guidelines as a farm assembly building
and it falls under the town board

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approval because of the very limited use
that is being proposed

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um for this building. John and Marlene
have had this vision of a an area where

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they can have ceremonies. They call it a
chapel. Um they've had um christenings

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on their property for their family. And
they found it uh extremely difficult um

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to find a venue when you're not
specifically involved with any one

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specific religious organization. So,
they wanted to create something that's

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kind of spiritual um that uses the
agricultural backdrop of the farm. Um if

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you've been by it's been it's it's
really in great shape. They've cleaned

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up all the tree lines and the ponds and
and everything on the property.

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Um it'd be 1500 square ft. Um it would
be primarily, you know, Friday,

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Saturday, Sunday, one event per day. You
know, they're looking at christenings,

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wedding ceremonies.
um things of that nature, you know,

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celebration of life. There there's no uh
specific event. There's no parties here.

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There's no music. There's no um it's
really just for that specific

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um event to happen. Event that ceremon
ceremony to

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» resolution not to exceed 52 events per
year.

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» Correct. So, your right to farm law has
very specific restrictions if we want to

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qualify
um for the limited uh use that we're

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looking for and for the the expedited
approval. So, we're allowed up to 52

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events per year and uh only one event
per day. Um we can have up to 300

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people. This building would be limited
to about 75 80 people tops. It's only

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1500 square feet. 75 to 150 is or less
than 75, right?

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» Yeah, less than 75.
>> So that comes to this board. If it's

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more than 7 75 to 150 goes to the
planning board without a a major site

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plan approval and then
>> I think it was over 300

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» a major, but I I was confused because I
think it said more than 52 in the right

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to farm rule and then it said 52 in the
resolution or vice versa.

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» So we're we're proposing 50 52 or less,
right? a maximum of 52, which is what

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the code um indicates is permissible and
one per day under the right to farm.

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Otherwise, we got to go to the planning
board if we want to do more than that.

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Um it also talks about maximum of um 300
people. We're talking 75 people tops. Um

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there'd be a little gazebo. People could
go take pictures if they'd like to. Um

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John's been reached out to local
architects to grow on dehan um to come

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up with a concept. He has like
researched different um chapels kind of

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throughout the northeast
um and has looked at stained glass

420
00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:48,960
windows and pews and all these kind of
things that to try to come up with

421
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:55,200
something that very historically
um historical context for the northeast.

422
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:59,440
Um we'd walk the site. Um, I think it's
a beautiful spot overlooking the pond.

423
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:05,440
Uh, you'll enter in off of Kaiser Town.
It'll be a long u driveway in. There's a

424
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:09,680
stone wall on one side with tree lines.
Uh, you'll be able to see the chapel off

425
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:13,520
in the distance as you pull into the
property. Provided a loop road so that

426
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:17,119
you could drop off directly in front.
You have elderly relatives, something

427
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:22,880
like that, you want to be able to do
that with your handicap parking. Um,

428
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:27,920
there will have to be by code uh
bathrooms. So, there'll be a well and

429
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:30,400
septic provided um for the use of the
building.

430
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:34,960
» Um
>> the question came up about tax break and

431
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:37,920
I talked to John Wood last weekend. He
said they're not looking for a tax

432
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:41,599
» no no tax break. This is really an
agricultural accessory use of the

433
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,480
agricultural property which is what your
right right to farm law is talking

434
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:49,200
about.
>> How you bringing the juice in?

435
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:55,040
» How you bring the juice in? Power.
>> Uh we talked about that. Um, it would

436
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:59,720
probably come in along this road here,
uh, underground. We'd like to prefer.

437
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,720
Yeah.

438
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:09,079
» Any other any questions?
>> Okay. I'll entertain a motion.

439
00:36:06,079 --> 00:36:09,079
» Any

440
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,280
obtain a motion to approve or does this
is just discussion? We're not taking

441
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,680
action.
>> Discussion. Yeah.

442
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:24,440
» How many parking spaces? Uh we're we're
providing uh 20

443
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:34,000
» based on the size of the building and
you're having you know three per car.

444
00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:38,240
» Is there anything?
>> Yes.

445
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:43,280
» I think we need to have a resolution.
>> Okay. So

446
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:47,440
everyone's game.
>> Okay. Is everybody okay with that? Well,

447
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:52,880
» how do thear how do the parking spaces
work per capacity? Is that in that?

448
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:56,079
» Typically, it's one per three seats.
>> It is. Okay.

449
00:36:53,599 --> 00:37:00,160
» Yep. For an assembly space like that.
>> Okay. Will can draw draw up a resolution

450
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:03,839
for the next meeting. We'll have to put
conditions in there.

451
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,320
» Okay. I didn't hear what you said. So,
just to follow up on this question,

452
00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:09,359
» one parking
>> one spot for three people

453
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:12,480
» for three seats. Yeah. In the building.
Yeah.

454
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:15,200
» Assembly is typically that.
>> How many? There's 20. So we have 20

455
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,320
parking spots.
>> 20 parking.

456
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:22,160
» Yep. We can have less or more. John's
not We just tried to do what we thought

457
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:27,520
was right and not overdo it. I mean, we
This is really just an accessory small

458
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:32,400
facility that's complimentary. We don't
want to have a big parking lot out there

459
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:37,920
if we don't something we can't charge um
a legal fee or or engineering fees for

460
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:41,440
this. Yeah.
>> Well,

461
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:46,560
» because that cultural
>> talk to I mean I like the idea of that.

462
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:51,119
» Well,
quite honestly, it's not it's not going

463
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:55,839
to take me that much time to put an
approval resolution together. You just

464
00:37:53,200 --> 00:38:03,359
have to make sure that everything in the
in the proposal meets the agurism law as

465
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:06,520
it's written and that it fits into all
the categories.

466
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:13,760
Yeah. And we went through those
categories well and you'll find them

467
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:17,720
under note six um with the corresponding
letter for the code. So

468
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,920
» really

469
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,400
» is that okay with the board? Do you a
motion for that?

470
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:32,160
» No.
>> Okay. All right. Does anybody have a

471
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:36,720
problem with Will doing that with Jim
and Ross?

472
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:40,320
the next meeting.
>> Well, that's that's what I mean. Yeah.

473
00:38:38,079 --> 00:38:43,520
» Hello. Does anybody have a problem with
>> No. And then we can adjust it to the law

474
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,800
as we have.
>> Okay.

475
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,480
» All right.
>> Thank you very much.

476
00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:52,880
» Move ahead.
>> Okay. One more thing.

477
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:55,880
» Yes.
>> Pleasure.

478
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:05,440
Real estate candidate.
Like everyone else, I also work for

479
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,440
Ross.

480
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:13,280
I'll prepare a resolution to the board
to look at issue.

481
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:16,320
» Okay.
>> I got it.

482
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,599
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

483
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:26,359
» Thanks, Ross. Okay. Um, audit abstract
number 15, payrolls number 16 and 17,

484
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,359
vouchers number 26-01358-2601519,

485
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:38,440
excuse me. Payroll total $524,380.30.
30 voucher detail total $952,5302

486
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:45,040
total amount 1.4 million76
$910.32

487
00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:48,640
motion to approve.
>> I'll make that motion.

488
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:51,200
» Can we get a second?
>> I'll second it. All

489
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:55,839
» in favor?
>> I

490
00:39:52,000 --> 00:40:00,640
» opposed. Car. Okay. Um, open public
comment. You're up first, Sid.

491
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:04,480
» See, we moving along here. This is this
meeting won't be 2 hours 46 miles.

492
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:09,040
» Just listening to the Carson farm. I was
just thinking all the hay bales over the

493
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:13,920
years that I used to throw over there.
>> Maybe you get in John Maren's good

494
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:17,200
graces. You and Karen never had a renew.
>> If you get in John's and Marlene's good

495
00:40:15,599 --> 00:40:20,640
graces, if this goes forward, maybe you
and Karen can renew

496
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:23,440
» you and Karen can renew your vows out of
this chapel if it goes [laughter]

497
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:28,168
forward. We probably give you a good
price.

498
00:40:26,148 --> 00:40:28,168
[laughter]

499
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:34,800
» She wasn't looking. Good for you.
>> Oh, lordy.

500
00:40:33,353 --> 00:40:39,200
[laughter]
>> Yeah.

501
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:41,920
I have two items. Am I stuck with three
minutes or is that the other five

502
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,800
minutes here?
>> I get five. Okay. I'll probably go in

503
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:50,880
the future, but you're good for
>> um

504
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:55,680
I'm going to start with our village
um

505
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:59,359
village of Montgomery tractor parade
this year.

506
00:40:57,359 --> 00:41:01,599
Uh, is this Saturday?
>> We won't count this toward your speaking

507
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,359
time.
>> Okay,

508
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,000
» I appreciate that.
>> I'll look at that.

509
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:12,560
» Um,
parade goes off at 12:00 noon sharp.

510
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:18,400
Um, as we ask that there's no throwing a
candy or political signs or advertising

511
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:22,400
cuz it's as in other years. Now, this
year the parade route's going to change

512
00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:26,560
a little bit. It's going to start on
Railroad Avenue like usual and hopefully

513
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:32,720
we'll be able to use the parking lot
yet. Um if that changes, we'll let

514
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:38,160
everybody know when they get there if we
have to park across the street over to

515
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:43,200
skips. But um we're going to go down
railroad, make a right on Senior Street,

516
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:49,440
and then make another right on Walkill
Avenue, then a left on Charles Street,

517
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:56,079
then a right on Union, which is Route
211, then a right on Clinton Street, and

518
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:58,560
then left on Walkill over to Skips.
That keeps us

519
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:05,440
» That's a lot shorter then, right?
>> It's a little bit, not too much. Uh, I

520
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:10,400
drove my truck around. I'm maybe a
couple ten of a mile shorter. Skip will

521
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:16,240
still be happy. It's make more turns,
but so, but that's

522
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:21,920
the weather has changed to where it's
supposed to be nice for the weekend. So,

523
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:25,040
uh, we can be happy with that. We have
yet to have a bad weekend for the

524
00:42:24,079 --> 00:42:28,720
tractor parade.
>> How many years will this be?

525
00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:35,599
Karen
>> um I'm going to say roughly 15.

526
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:43,760
» Yeah, right around 15 years. So, it's
always been good. Um now, my next thing

527
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:50,480
is on uh agriculture.
Orange County Land Trust came across my

528
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:55,920
uh Facebook a few weeks ago. The New
York State Department of Agon Markets is

529
00:42:52,720 --> 00:43:01,920
celebrating 30 years of its farmland
protection implementation grants program

530
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:06,960
this year. In recognition of their w
milestone, New York State Department of

531
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:13,359
Agen Markets will highlight 30 success
stories from across the street. The

532
00:43:09,839 --> 00:43:17,680
state through the end of this year.
Orange County's own Belleville Farms

533
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:23,839
which is in Warwick is among those that
are going to be featured in this series.

534
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:29,599
Um we have one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven parcels

535
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:35,359
in town of Montgomery that are on
farmland preservation.

536
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:40,720
I just want to go over the the ladies
down in the office downstairs

537
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:45,440
were very helpful. They gave me about
800 pages of reading material for all

538
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:50,800
the uh
conservative conservation easements, but

539
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:55,040
I'm shorten it up to 3 minutes now. The
purpose of this conservation easement

540
00:43:53,200 --> 00:44:01,119
was to preserve the productive
agriculture lands and natural resources

541
00:43:58,319 --> 00:44:05,920
associated with the properties for the
benefit of the public and of future

542
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:11,440
generations.
and to asssure that the properties will

543
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:16,480
be retained forever in its predominantly
a scenic historic and open space

544
00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:22,560
condition.
No mining, drilling or extracting of

545
00:44:19,119 --> 00:44:27,440
oil, gas, gravel or minerals on or under
the property shall be permitted that

546
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:32,160
causes disruption of the surface of the
property that adversely affects the

547
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:38,720
agricultural production or the
preservation of scenic views. nor

548
00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:45,119
subdivide for any and all residential,
commercial or industrial purposes or any

549
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:51,280
activities which are not incidental to
agg or open space.

550
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:56,480
The common desire
is to conserve these resources in order

551
00:44:54,079 --> 00:45:01,440
to prevent the use or development of the
property for any purpose or in any

552
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:06,880
manner which would conflict with the
maintenance of these resource values or

553
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:12,960
impair the in
or impair or interfere with the

554
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:18,160
conservation values of the properties.
potential uses of the properties are

555
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:24,319
limited and that the granter, the heirs,
successors and assigns shall only be

556
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:29,760
entitled to use, lease, maintain or
improve the property for agg and or open

557
00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:33,440
space use.
The owner of the property conveys the

558
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:37,920
right to preserve and protect
conservation values of these properties

559
00:45:35,599 --> 00:45:42,720
in perpetuity. That's like buying a
cemetery plot forever.

560
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:49,040
It's not just from one owner to the
next. I know um

561
00:45:46,319 --> 00:45:53,359
these farms that are in the in town of
Montgomery that are in the farmland are

562
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:58,400
the Hudson farm which was on Albany it's
on Albany Post Road.

563
00:45:55,839 --> 00:46:05,119
Uh the Zilster Farm on Albany Poston and
Hill Avenue, Hookster Farm on Searsville

564
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:12,560
Road, the Menendez farm which is on
Walkill Road in Walden, Hawkins on River

565
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:16,480
Road, the Brock Farm on River Road, and
the Miller Farm which is on Beaver Dam

566
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:21,359
and Rockerfeller Lane.
>> Deerfield.

567
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:24,079
» Deerfield, too.
>> Well, ours Harrison Brock bought our

568
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:28,319
farm.
>> No, Deerfield. airfield. I'm sure I

569
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:31,280
don't know how I missed that one. I have
to talk to the girls downstairs.

570
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:35,839
» I missed.
>> Okay. [laughter]

571
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:40,800
» Where's
52? Backs up to Angry Orchard. Is that

572
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:43,760
the one we just did?
>> No. No, that's

573
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,240
» Backs up to Angry Orchard.
>> Oh, okay.

574
00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:49,760
» I got you.
>> County Land Trust Protected.

575
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,880
» Yes. You were on the board, Regin. I
think my father Well, you were on the

576
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:59,680
board with my father-in-law, Glenn, at
the time, too. Phil and

577
00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:07,119
the the farmers were all paid with our
tax money to

578
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:10,560
keep this as always agriculture. And not
for nothing, folks. You look around all

579
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:17,680
these pictures here, all these farms. I
mean, you'd hate to see you lose that.

580
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:21,760
So, you need to stay diligent and keep
up the good work. Thank you very much.

581
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:26,400
» I'll just say, sir, we are and we can't
talk about litigation. understood.

582
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:28,720
» But Mark and I were out there last week
and uh

583
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:31,680
» you know, we're moving forward. It's
taking a long time to get resolved, but

584
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:37,040
it it will happen because
>> it's just um not just that. I I had it

585
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:40,880
in my head before to talk about it cuz
it's 30 years ago. A lot of folks have

586
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:46,640
forgotten about it.
>> I mean, you you had Glenn's

587
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:49,680
documentation and you you threw it away,
right?

588
00:47:47,119 --> 00:47:54,560
» Yeah. I had all of his paperwork, but
Yeah. And another good one that was done

589
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:59,359
through the planning board and cluster
is the 12 farm. Doc Kelly buying that

590
00:47:57,599 --> 00:48:03,839
that side of the road there. That's a
that's a beautiful thing.

591
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:09,599
» Yes, absolutely. I mean, most of these
farms are very wellkept. Uh the Menedz

592
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:12,000
farm, they're having open house on the
farm this fall. Do you know when that

593
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:15,520
is?
>> 26th.

594
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:20,400
» The 26th of this month. I mean, it's an
open house. They've done a beautiful job

595
00:48:17,839 --> 00:48:24,640
over there taking care of it. Melissa uh
Melissa I think it is. Yes. But yeah,

596
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,760
» she's still doing the dairy farming,
right?

597
00:48:25,359 --> 00:48:28,240
» Yeah,
>> she's still she's the only one left

598
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:33,599
doing the
>> Yes, she's she's running the farm. So,

599
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:36,640
yep. Milk and cows and uh they have some
beef animals and whatnot there, too. So,

600
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:40,559
but uh
>> Well, thank you for that. And I remember

601
00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:45,520
when I was in the legislature,
Montgomery was the second in Orange

602
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:49,680
County with the most working farms and
also the most PDRs like [snorts] this.

603
00:48:47,839 --> 00:48:53,359
» Yes. I mean, we're we're down
>> is number one, but

604
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:57,440
» we don't Yeah. I mean, farms, we have a
bunch of them yet, but dairy farms,

605
00:48:55,200 --> 00:49:02,400
we're down to about a handful
>> in Montgomery area. We're down to two in

606
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:08,000
Montgomery. Okay, Mark. Thank you.
>> I hate to say it, but yeah.

607
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:15,200
» But, uh, now one one other thing while
I'm thinking of it, uh, the 911, uh,

608
00:49:11,599 --> 00:49:16,640
there's a memorial every year at the,
uh,

609
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:21,280
» Arborita.
>> Arburum. Yeah. Yeah, our burrito and

610
00:49:19,359 --> 00:49:25,920
Karen and I have gone to that just about
every year we're able and it's if you

611
00:49:23,839 --> 00:49:28,800
haven't planned on going to a memorial
service, that is one to definitely go

612
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:31,760
to.
>> That's the best attended in the county.

613
00:49:31,119 --> 00:49:33,920
So,
>> I haven't been in a couple years with

614
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,000
Thank you, Sid.
>> All right. Thank you.

615
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:40,284
» Okay, we got you out of here pretty
quick, right?

616
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:42,304
» Super dinner time. State
[laughter]

617
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:52,400
Farms and Marxist conservation is going
to be

618
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:56,000
» Oh, yeah. You should know that one. Sid.
That's That's where roots are.

619
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:59,040
» Over at
>> Sycamore Farms.

620
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:03,760
» Yes.
>> Right. Sycamore Farms did the uh

621
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:09,920
conservation easement and we worked
through a market. Yes. Elevator and we

622
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:16,480
went through the whole process
property. The money was possessed you

623
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:19,280
know through a markets and then
as you know right on that farm right on

624
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,280
21.
>> Yes.

625
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:30,880
» Yeah. Karen's parents live very close by
there 21.

626
00:50:29,599 --> 00:50:34,720
» Wasn't one of this wasn't one of
somebody from that farm on TV from

627
00:50:32,559 --> 00:50:41,520
somewhere down in the city recently?
>> Oh, um

628
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:46,800
Kevin Kevin Smith there. He did a thing
down here. They had a big thing. They

629
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:51,040
used to grow special tomatoes, potatoes
that the old women down in the New York

630
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:57,319
City would go nut. They pay $5 for a
tomato down. Well, Smitty and Smitty and

631
00:50:54,319 --> 00:50:57,319
Happy

632
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:08,440
was one of the first people and I own
Billy me down once.

633
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:17,680
» Thank you again, Sid. Okay,
final uh speaker, Mark Belchesky. You're

634
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,599
good. You wave. Okay. Thank you.
>> Okay.

635
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:23,680
» You yielding your time?
>> He's yielding. [laughter]

636
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:27,000
You're speechless. It's hard to believe
you're speechless.

637
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:33,680
» You did it all last night.
>> Okay. Anything else? We need to our

638
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:35,440
quick executive on the lease, right?
>> On town matter.

639
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,640
» Yep.
>> Okay. Anything?

640
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:42,640
» Okay. I'll entertain a motion to go in
executive session under

641
00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:47,400
potential litigation.
>> I'll make that motion.

642
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:47,400
» Pending litigation.

643
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:54,319
» Yes. and also a um
>> health department of concern. Okay,

644
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:58,160
» got it.
>> Okay. Um Sherry makes it.

645
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:01,400
» Y second.
>> All in favor?

646
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:11,160
» This will be possibly a vote when we
come out on the tax.

647
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,160
and

648
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:18,599
we need to talk.

649
00:52:19,119 --> 00:52:23,319
Was it worth the tax?

650
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:50,800
Yeah, you can.
>> Okay. I will entertain a motion uh for

651
01:10:48,480 --> 01:10:55,120
the proposed settlement and tax certiary
matter of town McGomery and Hudson River

652
01:10:53,679 --> 01:11:02,480
Housing Incorporated and Neighborhood
Gardens LLC motion number 111-5-16.

653
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:06,880
Motion to approve that settlement
>> pursuant pursuant to the recommendation

654
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:09,600
of our special tax certari council
>> and our assessor

655
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:12,000
» and our assessor.
>> Okay, Mark, you made a motion.

656
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:17,040
» Yes.
>> Cindy second. All in favor?

657
01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:19,840
» I opposed. Carry.
>> Okay. Motion to adjurnn.

658
01:11:18,719 --> 01:11:22,480
» I'll make that motion.
>> Second.

659
01:11:21,679 --> 01:11:25,480
» All in favor?
>> I