[0:03] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Uh,
welcome to the public session of the
[0:07] mayor and council for August. At this
time, I'd ask everyone to please rise
[0:11] for a moment of silent prayer and
reflection. Since our last meeting,
[0:15] there has been a number of devastating
earthquakes uh, including Mexico, Peru,
[0:20] Argentina, and Colombia. So, we think
about the people that are s
[0:32] Please
allegiance [laughter] to the flag of the
[0:36] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation
[0:42] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:46] » Thank you.
>> Before we start, please note the fire
[0:49] exits behind you into the main parking
lot. To my left, your right is in the
[0:52] main hallway.
The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law
[0:55] was enacted to ensure the right of the
public to have advanced notice of and
[0:58] attend any meetings of public bodies at
which any business affecting their
[1:02] interest is discussed or acted upon. In
accordance to this act, the mayor and
[1:05] council of the Bur Milford have closed
notice of this meeting to be published
[1:08] by having the date, time, and place
thereof posted in the burough hall and
[1:12] on the burough website. The mission of
this governing body is to provide
[1:15] essential services through the
establishment implementation of public
[1:18] policy that will safeguard the
infrastructure. Provide fair, honest,
[1:21] courteous and professional services,
establish a sense of trust and
[1:25] accomplishment between all residents and
through research and prudent planning
[1:28] seek to minimize risk while improving
our services. We are sensitive to the
[1:32] needs and satisfaction of our taxpayers
while realizing that this governing body
[1:35] cannot be all things to all people
within the revenue constraints imposed
[1:39] by state mandates, economic conditions,
and prevailing attitudes about taxation.
[1:43] At this time, I would ask the clerk to
please call the role.
[1:46] » Councilwoman Sam Houston
>> here.
[1:49] » Councilman Zylmer
>> here.
[1:51] » Councilwoman Duffy
>> here.
[1:54] » Councilman Gratzky
>> here.
[1:56] » Council President Seymour
>> here.
[1:58] » Councilwoman Grant
>> here. Mayor Patino here.
[2:02] » Okay. First thing on the agenda tonight
is a few appointments. May I get a
[2:06] motion to appoint Robert Belto to
recreation advisory board as a regular
[2:10] member, Joseph Langshields to the
Recreation Advisory Board as alternate
[2:14] one, and Charles Daring to Recreation
Advisory Board alternate two.
[2:19] » Motion.
>> Second.
[2:21] » All in favor?
>> Any opposed? Thank you very much for
[2:25] your service and continued service.
Under unfinished business, may I get
[2:31] approval of the minutes from the July
27th, 2026 public and close session
[2:35] meetings?
>> Second.
[2:39] » All in favor?
>> Any opposed?
[2:41] » I have to abstain. One.
[2:46] » Okay. We have one ordinance up for
adoption tonight. That would be 2026 col
[2:51] 20. And when the clerk has the
opportunity, I would ask a key please
[2:55] read the
>> an ordinance to change the name of a
[2:58] portion of a certain street in the
Burton Milford thereby extending the
[3:03] limits of Robert Chester way. Purpose of
this ordinance is to extend the limits
[3:07] of the street Robert Chester way to
include recreational facilities north of
[3:11] Patrol and Raywood Drive to facilitate
swift and proper response in the case of
[3:15] an emergency.
Make a motion to open to the public for
[3:18] a public hearing on this ordinance.
So moved.
[3:22] » Second.
>> All in favor? Any opposed? Ladies and
[3:26] gentlemen of the public, if anyone has
any questions or comments regarding this
[3:29] ordinance, now is your opportunity to
come forward.
[3:35] Seeing that no member of the public
wishes to comment on this ordinance at
[3:38] this time, I would ask for a motion to
close the public.
[3:40] » Motion. All
>> favor. I
[3:44] may get a motion to adopt this ordinance
on its final reading. Motion second. I
[3:49] get a roll call, please.
>> Councilwoman Sanusen,
[3:52] » yes.
>> Councilman Zylner,
[3:54] » yes.
>> Councilwoman Duffy,
[3:56] » yes.
>> Councilman Gratzky,
[3:58] » yes.
>> Council President Seymour,
[4:01] » yes.
>> Councilwoman Grant,
[4:02] » yes.
>> Okay.
[4:07] » Okay. Item number one under new business
is schedule updates.
[4:14] » Yes, the summer's over. So, here we go.
On Friday, September 11th will be the
[4:21] 25th anniversary remembrance ceremony
sponsored by the New Milford Mayor and
[4:25] Council and the New Milford Public
Events Committee. It'll take place at
[4:28] 6:00 p.m. on the Burough Hall lawn.
>> Um, that's 3:30.
[4:33] » I changed the Okay.
>> Yeah, it's going to be 6:00.
[4:39] » Um, and it's been going on in August and
on August 31st will be the deadline. um
[4:45] residents and organizations in town have
been contributing and creating 8 by8
[4:49] origami cranes that are going to be a
part of the display on that day. So we
[4:53] thank everyone who's been doing that and
facilitating it.
[4:57] » So for clarity it's they have dis we
submit our cranes by August 31st.
[5:02] » By September 1st. Yes.
>> By September 1st. Okay. Thank you.
[5:08] On Sunday, September 13th will be the
Elks Ultimate Breakfast sponsored by the
[5:13] New Milford Elks Lodge. It'll be from 8
to 11:30 a.m. at the New Milford Tech
[5:18] Els Lodge on Raywoods.
On Friday, October 2nd will be the New
[5:23] Milford
New Milford Fire Department's annual
[5:27] golf outing sponsored by the New Milford
Fire Department. It will be at 7:15 a.m.
[5:31] at the Rockland Lake Park. If you have
any if you want any more information,
[5:36] please contact the New Milford Fire
Department.
[5:39] So, from Friday to Sunday, October 2nd
to October 4th is the annual St. Joseph
[5:45] Carnival sponsored by the St. Joseph
School. On Friday, it'll be from 5 to
[5:50] 10:00 p.m. On Saturday, it would be 2:00
to 10:00 p.m. And on Sunday, it'll be 1
[5:55] to 7:00 p.m. And it takes place on 105
Harrison Street in New Milk.
[6:00] On Thursday, October 22nd is the lantern
tour and ghost stories of the American
[6:05] Revolution sponsored by the NEOA
Historic Preservation Commission. It
[6:08] will be at 7 p.m. and it'll take place
at our historic French buring ground,
[6:12] burial ground.
Are there any items that are missed?
[6:17] » Yes. Would you like to add?
>> Yes. The Friends of the Library is
[6:21] holding its annual book sale on Friday
and Saturday, September 25th and 26th.
[6:26] And on the 26th, there will also be a
plant sale. And on September 26th and
[6:32] 27th, uh they will hold the town like uh
sale. Maps will be available on the
[6:37] burrow website on the friends Facebook
page and at the library started for a
[6:42] second.
>> Can you send me a flyer for that so I
[6:44] can post?
>> I believe I sent it to
[6:46] » Oh,
double check.
[6:50] » Yep.
>> I have an addition. October 3rd,
[6:54] Saturday, the first Saturday is the
annual clean communities day.
[7:00] So 9:00 a.m.
>> to 11. That's October 3rd. Saturday
[7:05] October 3rd DPW.
>> Mhm.
[7:08] » Excellent.
[7:11] » We'll send that out as well.
Anything else? Okay.
[7:19] Item number two is administrators
report.
[7:22] » Thank you, mayor. Um the engineering
update. The DOT's approved the bid
[7:26] documents for the roadway improvement
project for Eastwood Grieve Bridge and
[7:30] intersecting roadways. We're planning
the bid solicitation to coincide with
[7:35] the completion of public service work in
that area which is expected to be
[7:39] completed around midepptember.
The pre-construction meeting for the
[7:43] Clinton Avenue, Yugenot Road, Arlington
Road, and Yale Street improvements is
[7:48] scheduled for tomorrow, August 25th.
Uh the engineer is following up with the
[7:53] contractor on the final punch list item
for main the main street improvement
[7:57] project which is the staining of the
stamped concrete.
[8:00] We are awaiting an estimate for from the
contractor for the proposed change order
[8:04] to extend the project limits for the
French Brook restoration project which
[8:08] we finally received the D approval for.
Plans and specifications for the Pine
[8:14] Avenue and News Road sanitary sewer
rehabilitation project are scheduled to
[8:17] be ready to go out to bid by early
September. and the engineer is preparing
[8:21] the bid documents for the Williamsfield
lighting improvement project.
[8:27] The county is continuing its drainage
replacement work in town with five
[8:32] locations on Milford Avenue slated for
repairs. They're expecting to start next
[8:37] week at the intersection of Boulevard
and Milford A. The plan and hope is that
[8:42] it's going to be done before school.
>> Plan and hope. Yes.
[8:45] » Yes. And the work for the entire project
is expected to last approximately 2
[8:50] weeks. And other than that, the only
other thing is that the next mayor and
[8:54] council will back to two meetings a
month. So the work session scheduled for
[8:58] Monday, September 14th at 7 p.m.
Any questions for the mayor?
[9:07] Has everyone had a chance to look at the
resolutions? Are there any that need to
[9:10] be pulled for further discussion and a
vote? [laughter]
[9:14] Right.
[9:24] Let's go around for council committee
reports and we will start with council.
[9:30] » Thank you, mayor. Uh want to just say
that national night out was a really
[9:34] great success. The green team and the
environmental commission both had tables
[9:39] that were very well attended. the uh
environmental commission had an
[9:44] opportunity to talk to to the public
about some of the projects they're doing
[9:48] and uh they shared the the um community
energy plan that they had just
[9:54] completed. So the community energy plan
is report has been sent in and that is a
[10:00] two-year project done. So we're off to
the next stage with that. Um, the green
[10:07] team uh had gave away about 2,000 items
provided by Sustainable Jersey and the
[10:15] PSNG
Foundation. So, we were grateful to have
[10:19] those uh giveaways to give away to hand
out. Uh the environmental commission uh
[10:26] something that's coming up, they've been
working on the uh site plan for the Pine
[10:31] Avenue uh native plant and urban rain
garden. So those are in revision with uh
[10:37] feedback from mayor and council. We
should be seeing uh something uh
[10:42] September, October uh to finalize those
plans and then the next stage would be
[10:48] once you approve those, we'll send that
to uh NJT to have them review the site
[10:54] plan for that. And we had a very nice uh
uh program this summer with Breers and
[11:01] NJ Blue Acres visioning project. So
there was a meeting in June and in
[11:09] August uh last week we had a really
great meeting where uh the Ruter
[11:14] students uh had drawings and site plan
uh uh drawings uh proposals that was
[11:23] that were very well received by the
public. So it was a very nice very nice
[11:28] event. Um great ideas and what is
happening next with that is the they're
[11:35] working on the uh there was a lot of
good feedback. They're working on
[11:39] records is working on the revisions.
they will send their final report by the
[11:43] end of September to the NJD
and uh once the NJD
[11:50] uh approves and finalizes that new
Milford will receive a uh a copy of
[11:55] those site plans. So that's a a grant
project. It's a pilot program that we
[12:01] were selected to participate in. So this
is a really great opportunity for new
[12:07] Milford to uh do some have some fun have
site plans provided for us at no cost
[12:14] and uh then we can have some further
discussions and see what happens next.
[12:19] So I'm not sure if they need to go to
where what the stage is next after that
[12:25] if it goes into the master plan or what
we need to talk about but we'll be
[12:30] getting that report probably October.
and I'm complete. Thank you.
[12:36] » Excellent.
Council Z.
[12:39] » Thank you, Mayor. Uh I would also like
to thank everybody involved in
[12:43] organizing uh National Night Out. Uh
everybody did an excellent job from
[12:48] start to finish. Uh and everybody's
raving about how great the fireworks
[12:53] were. I had anybody I speak with.
uh moving forward with the DPW. Uh
[12:59] believe it or not, they're still
cleaning up after a July 4th storm.
[13:03] They're going around town now after
they've trimmed all those trees. Now
[13:06] they're going around performing stump
removals.
[13:10] Uh also currently they're repairing
uh Kennedy Field. They have to have an
[13:17] outside contractor who knows about turf
to come in and do that. There's some
[13:20] divids here and there that have to be
repaired.
[13:23] And at the north end of town where they
started with the gas line, the new gas
[13:28] lines like up by Webster and Prolanol,
that's supposed to be uh uh the pad
[13:35] supposed to begin sometime midepptember
or maybe possibly soon.
[13:42] Uh public events as the mayor was saying
earlier about the organi project that
[13:47] they took on uh it went very well. We
had we had time spent at the senior
[13:53] center, uh time spent at the library. Um
it's it's a it's a little difficult to
[14:01] do unless of course
uh you like Bob there who put that
[14:05] together in about [laughter] a minute.
Maybe we could use him on the on the
[14:10] crew. But uh there's var other than the
committee, there's various volunteers
[14:15] that that uh came and helped out. Uh and
just to give you an idea up to now right
[14:21] now uh we have 600 of them counted in
bag here in the bar hole and I think
[14:27] another 500 were dropped off this
morning and then another barrier somehow
[14:33] maybe 100 or a little less sometime this
afternoon but uh we're expecting another
[14:38] 1,200 and that would be something like
300 d from the senior center 200 from
[14:45] varsity prep another 200 or more from
the library
[14:50] and uh another 200 additional from the
Boy Scouts and 300 from the YMCA. This
[14:56] is what we have planned on doing. So, we
should I mean that number was seemed a
[15:01] little high at first, but we're getting
really close to it.
[15:05] Uh planning board uh we had a meeting
last week. Uh it was just a brief
[15:09] meeting with the planner
uh the engineer. We're just discussing
[15:16] what is ahead of us because we're
expecting within maybe the next week the
[15:21] plans for course loads.
So just giving giving us a little bit of
[15:26] tutorial a heads up on what what to
expect. That concludes my reports. Thank
[15:32] you very much. Councilwoman Duffy.
>> Thank you mayor. Um I would also like to
[15:39] echo the sentiments about uh national
night out. It was really a great event
[15:45] along with the the police, the DPW, and
the fire department. They really
[15:51] delivered a wonderful event. Um, and I
would also like to thank every single
[15:58] vendor, whether it was, you know,
7-Eleven giving away slushies or,
[16:06] you know, the the library and bookmarks
and the PD with bicycle rules. Um
[16:13] everything was just really great and to
see all those people um you know sharing
[16:22] in this community event was really
great. So that said uh I also attended
[16:30] uh the first blue acres meeting the
visioning meeting with the Ruter
[16:34] students. I found it to be really
inspiring and I was not able to attend
[16:40] the second but I'm looking forward to
seeing that. That's wonderful. Um, also
[16:48] this month I attended the opening of the
revolutionary lives exhibit at our
[16:55] library uh with an inspiring
presentation delivered by Joe Cook, a
[17:02] member of our Milford Historic
Preservation Commission about the
[17:08] battles and the lives, how they were
affected, the the residents and the
[17:14] soldiers. So, a a big thank you to uh
Nancy Baron from the historic commission
[17:22] and Katherine Riley from the library uh
working together to bring this most
[17:28] excellent uh project to the burrow was
really wonderful. Um, also the
[17:35] restoration at cemetery
uh will commence sometime the week of
[17:40] September 21st and they expect to
complete this by midocctober.
[17:46] And remember we we received a grant from
the county and the burrow matched this
[17:53] grant to uh complete this project. So we
expect good things from uh this per this
[18:02] uh professional. Uh that's my report.
There's so much more but you know
[18:09] I go on and on. So thank you.
>> Thank you
[18:12] » Randy. Councilwoman the uh exhibit at
the library were New Milford is the only
[18:17] town in Bergen County that got that
right. I remember you telling me that.
[18:23] » So people come out and see it.
>> Thank you.
[18:28] Thank you.
>> I will be brief. Uh obviously National
[18:32] Night Out was a big hit and at National
Night Out the Shry Commission introduced
[18:38] a uh high school contest for all high
school seniors uh that's high school
[18:44] students uh to uh paint the mural uh at
uh PPW at the tree farm and uh there
[18:53] will be a contest for that and uh it's
being distributed throughout the school.
[18:59] will be on social media and uh we'll see
how well that goes on. It should be very
[19:05] interesting event and uh submissions are
going to be coming in and looking
[19:10] forward to having
spring by the students. That's it.
[19:17] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, mayor. I just
[19:20] » I just want to echo everyone's
sentiment. National Night Out was
[19:23] awesome. Uh, and it really it's just
great to see uh our fire department,
[19:28] DPW, police department, and as as
Councilwoman Duffy said, all of our
[19:33] vendors come together and work as a team
to present such a great event for our
[19:37] community. And to see so many kids and
and our residents out just having fun
[19:41] and just as Councilman Zelner said, I
haven't stopped hearing feedback either
[19:46] and how great those fireworks were that
it it was it was really really awesome.
[19:50] I also really had a great time at the
Rev 250 event hosted by the library. Uh
[19:55] they did a wonderful job and I I can't
thank the library enough for doing
[19:59] everything they do for our town. That
was really really well done.
[20:03] our uh flood committee met and as always
they're working hard to brainstorm new
[20:08] ideas and new programs going into the
fall and they have the work cut out for
[20:12] them because as these storms come in and
as flooding including flash flooding
[20:17] becomes problematic they're hard at work
trying to come up with solutions as well
[20:22] as to brainstorm new creative and
innovative ideas to recruit new members
[20:25] so I couldn't be prouder to be part of
that committee and it's it's it's a
[20:29] great committee and they're working very
hard uh the municipal alliance is
[20:33] looking forward to resuming their
meetings. They don't meet in the summer.
[20:35] They'll start meeting again soon and
looking forward to the resumption of uh
[20:41] the Milford football mayor. So, go
Nights.
[20:44] » It's here.
>> It's here.
[20:45] » Thursday night.
>> It's it's here Thursday night. And we
[20:49] started planning this fall's domestic
violence awareness symposium and we'll
[20:52] have a firm date by the next meeting.
And that's my report.
[20:55] » Thank you, Councilwoman Grant.
>> Thank you, Mayor. I feel everybody's
[21:00] citizen of that national night out. It
was really a tremendous evening. I'd
[21:04] like to note that in addition to the
library, the friends of the library see
[21:08] the Newport Arts Committee was there and
attracted some attention because it's
[21:12] not as well known as some of the other
organizations in town. We were happy to
[21:16] be there. um the um
the revolutionary the talk about the
[21:24] revolutionary war at the library true in
Milford and I'd like to add my thanks to
[21:29] Stephanie Ster who's the library
director and to the staff for organizing
[21:33] it and putting it together. It took some
time all those large um things that they
[21:38] you know that had all the information
you know came each one of those came in
[21:41] a separate suitcase and had to be
assembled and then disassembled at the
[21:46] end of it. But the talk was very
interesting. The speaker book was
[21:48] dynamic and I think everybody who was
there you know learned a lot and had a
[21:52] terrific time. Um the rent level is not
[laughter] sed in September and um the
[22:00] book sale and the garage sale coming up
next month. So more information.
[22:06] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. Yes, I will echo the same
[22:10] sentiments and national night out it
gets better and better every year it
[22:13] seems. So, we're very happy that that
program keeps going and going. Uh, as
[22:18] Council Council President Seymour said,
so this Thursday night is New Milford's
[22:21] opening football game. The games at
6:00, but if you come on down to the
[22:26] pavilion around 5:00, you will find
yourself in a tailgate party as well as
[22:31] a media event sponsored by the high
school where they'll be doing kind of
[22:35] like interviews with coaches and
players. Like, it's ESPN game day and
[22:39] we're in the Southeast Conference. So,
that's what we're kind of that's what
[22:41] we're kind of going for.
uh historic historically bridge landing.
[22:46] I always say check out their website.
They are continuing to run um programs,
[22:50] tours, and events, especially for the uh
America 250. It's just wonderful being
[22:55] down there, you know, during the season.
Back to school is coming up, so I remind
[23:00] everyone to be careful on the roads. Do
not pass buses. Be cognizant of
[23:05] crosswalks. Our crossing guards will be
out there. It is the most dangerous job
[23:08] in America. So, keep that in mind. I
know the parents are kind of upset
[23:13] school's starting again, but you know,
we're going to deal with it and uh hope
[23:18] it all goes well. Good luck to all our
students
[23:21] and uh that's the only updates I have
for now.
[23:26] » May I get a motion to open to the
public?
[23:28] » Motion second.
>> All in favor?
[23:32] » Any opposed? Ladies and gentlemen, the
public, if anyone has any questions or
[23:35] comments related to the good welfare
department of Milford, we invite you to
[23:38] come up and we'll give you five minutes.
[23:43] I got a question.
>> Just ask me to give us your name.
[23:48] » James Blastoski.
>> Could you spell that for me?
[23:51] » Pardon?
>> Could you spell your last name for me?
[23:53] » W A S L A W S K I.
>> I'm live at 215 road and I'm Is there a
[24:01] microphone thing missing?
>> I'm not sure.
[24:06] Okay, it's Yeah, good. Okay.
So, uh, Council President, uh, Seymour,
[24:13] I don't know, you talked about the flood
mitigation committee looking for
[24:17] volunteers. I'm I'm kind of interested
in that. Um,
[24:20] » excellent.
>> I'm in my third year. We've been here
[24:24] three years in the Milford and I'm
waiting to come. I'm on vacation. I'm a
[24:27] New York City high school principal. I'm
taking my week off. Well, I know the
[24:31] week, but
>> thank you for your service.
[24:32] » Thank you.
Um, and I'm concerned about the uh flash
[24:37] flooding and then just the way water is
clearing or not clearing as it did from
[24:42] year one which had some rain. Not like
the rain had this summer but um it's
[24:47] something that I noticed as I commute in
and out of the of the town and have
[24:51] different routes to take a time. So I
it's in the back of my mind. One of the
[24:55] reasons I want to go to the town hall
just to listen to see what is what's
[24:58] what's in the plans, what's in the works
for um we're having a good summer
[25:02] actually. The trees have been dry and
hopefully we won't have any uh wildfire
[25:06] smoke this year and my my yard is doing
is very happy. But I'm also looking at
[25:10] the amount of standing water, how long
it takes the water to drain over the
[25:14] road. And I'm just wondering I had my
first three weeks here in our house had
[25:20] uh learned about the uh drainage and
sewage on that street which is not
[25:25] something I would have thought um I
would have known about. So my my house
[25:30] had a house draft and backed up of
course and then the contractor came to
[25:34] take that out or to fix the problem
discovered that the actual drain for
[25:39] that road is on the other side of the
street. You think it's usually in the
[25:42] middle of the roads where most culverts
are. Um this is not the case. It's like
[25:47] a long run and a very very shallow drop.
So houses on the visit the visit the
[25:54] north side. Yes. the north side of the
street have a long run to the drain.
[26:00] Also noticing that at 217 uh Woodland
Road that's a drain that constantly
[26:06] backs up the the the street drain.
Standing water stands in front of my
[26:11] house and comes up on the lawn. So,
typical thing in my backyard, my front
[26:15] yard in this case, the increase between
[26:20] any any thoughts about volunteers or the
planning around that or if you'd like to
[26:25] volunteer for any of our committees, you
can find the information on our website.
[26:29] There's a citizen leadership form that
we ask that you fill out and submit.
[26:33] Okay, I didn't see that yet, but I think
if you go under resources and check,
[26:38] there's also, I think, a button for
volunteers. So, okay. And just put that
[26:42] back that what's the name of the
committee?
[26:43] » Flood uh advisory education.
>> I did come to a meeting uh in this
[26:49] school a couple months ago by a plan. I
think it was gray zoning uh the housing
[26:54] got the
house to
[27:00] » was it the visioning meeting that we
talked about? Yeah. I have the one in
[27:04] June probably. Yeah. Bunch of questions
from that meeting. Um yeah and then
[27:10] there was an ordinance that was passed
last month that you just uh voted on I
[27:14] think you voted on last month about
different views. So, you know, my fear
[27:18] is state data centers setting up in
great zones where we have housing now
[27:22] where they get taken out. The zone
housing flies and it's a a potential
[27:27] flood risk and data centers across
approaching towns of the size that goes
[27:33] cash and
>> anything that we're any homes that are
[27:36] being removed, it's to remain vacant
land green space.
[27:39] » Yes. Okay. Thank you. That's all.
>> Thank you.
[27:42] » Thank you. Thank you.
[27:49] Seeing that no other member of the
public wishes to come forward at this
[27:52] time, we'll ask for a motion to close
the motion.
[27:55] » All in favor?
>> Any opposed?
[28:00] Making a motion to adopt resolutions
2026 column 206 through 2026 colon 216.
[28:08] Motion
>> second.
[28:10] » All in favor?
>> Any opposed?
[28:13] Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to be
going into close session. Uh when we
[28:17] come out of close session, this
governing body will take no action and
[28:20] we will immediately adjourn. So at this
time, I just wanted to wish everyone
[28:25] happy end of summer.
>> Thank you.
[28:26] » Have a good night. Motion.
>> Thank you.
[28:30] » And just uh for you, sir, just so this
past summer, we're over 200%
[28:36] » wetter than we than the average July and
August in our area. So it's been crazy.
[28:40] So yes,
>> you're right. And that's that's sort of
[28:44] the prediction for the northeastern
climate zone is that we'll have few dry
[28:48] years
intense wetness wear glasses everywhere
[28:53] and uh like
>> thank you for volunteers.
[29:01] So thank you for your passion.
See what open is just starting to take
[29:07] time.
>> No, thank you for coming.
[29:08] » What time is it high school principal?
We have lots of athletics in the Bronx
[29:12] and uh you know my day at 6:00 to 6:00
p.m.
[29:15] » What school?
>> I I have a small school uh but I started
[29:19] 13 years ago at the T educational campus
in districts.
[29:22] » Oh wow. I went to PS83
where
[29:25] » 83 in the
Awesome. Right near High School.
[29:31] » Okay. District 10. Yeah.
>> My wife teaches in Westchester.
[29:34] » My first school is there.
>> My wife teaches special ed in
[29:36] Westchester.
>> All right.
[29:38] » At the Greenberg 11 Middle School.
>> Where?
[29:39] » The Greenberg 11 Middle School for
special needs.
[29:42] » Yes.
>> Yeah. And uh at Children's Village. So
[29:46] » Okay.
>> Yes. That's where my wife.
[29:52] » So I I I
retirement spot.
[29:55] » My condolences for your
>> My condolences for your commute.
[30:01] » Oh, really? Guys, it's really it's 9.3
miles and uh have barely enough.
[30:05] » Okay.
>> Uh hey, it was a newspaper that you
[30:08] check out. Uh it was a local section.
>> You know, I drive the same lane, you
[30:14] know, but Kevin
and uh found out that the state hired a
[30:19] contractor
>> to adjust the cameras on the bridge and
[30:22] the contractor came up with a legal
rates.
[30:25] » Oh, that was you.
>> I read that story.
[30:27] » Yeah, that was me.
>> Very interesting.
[30:29] » Wow. that people charge 15% 19. It's
$2.76
[30:35] more
>> because your easy pass is from New
[30:37] Jersey and not New York or the other way
around or something like Jersey to But
[30:42] there was there was some reason for it.
Yeah, I did read that.
[30:46] » No, actually the only reason for it was
that they never told anybody that you
[30:50] know certain of a certain vintage need.
>> Oh, right, right, right. I have a New
[30:54] York one still New York.
>> But if you had a different if you had
[30:58] the other version, it didn't matter.
They said, "Yeah."
[31:00] » To me, the other issue, the real issue,
which they didn't really feature in
[31:04] article, was that no one made it public
to say that a nonvoted upon contractor
[31:11] came up with a midplay rate. How many of
us here check your easy pass balance?
[31:16] That's your statements.
>> I did almost never.
[31:20] » And I do because it took me 2 years to
get off auto replenish, right? It takes
[31:24] forever. that I had to cancel my bank
accounts and redo them to get off auto
[31:28] replenish would just
>> they don't want me to do that
[31:31] » and then they just change the amount
they're going to auto replenish you for
[31:34] a second. Can I get a motion to
>> close
[31:41] second?
I
[31:45] » this way this conversation isn't part of
the
[31:48] » DC and at any rate. So the encouragement
is to look at your use the best
[31:55] statements.