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[0:00] All right, can you think everybody?
[0:07] If you'd all please stand and place your right hand over your heart, join me in saying the pledge for the pledge of allegiance.
[0:15] I'd like to introduce you to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God in indivisible with the city and justice for all.
[0:29] Happy 250th birthday
[0:32] Okay, madam clerk, would you please call the roll?
[0:35] What evening everybody?
[0:36] Tell us not to answer it on the meeting. Do you like 7th to 286?
[0:40] Gonsum and child
[0:42] Gonsum and Scott
[0:44] Gonsum and Walsh
[0:47] Gonsum and Liu
[0:47] Gonsum and Livy
[0:49] Super-wise at the center.
[0:51] Here. Thank you
[0:52] Okay, so tonight is a very special meeting. We have a town board room full of
[0:58] of men and women from our volunteer fire service so I'm very very happy
[1:09] I'm very happy to see
[1:10] all of you here supporting your members tonight we are honoring five members in particular
[1:20] there is a woman alive tonight thanks to the work of of these five men and you know we
[1:29] thank our fire service all the time we thank you for your training and your preparation
[1:35] and your dedication but right now we we've got to see the results of your training so
[1:44] everybody is aware that there are a lot of mandates now on the fire service and it's
[1:51] come a little challenging to recruit, it's expensive to live here and some of our members don't feel that they're able to stay in North Hamstead and be part of the fire service.
[2:07] So tonight I hope we're able to change that a little bit.
[2:11] I hope that seeing how important you are to us and for us thanking and recognizing you for working together.
[2:20] and saving a life. I hope that we have more young people, even more middle-aged people.
[2:28] See that this is an incredible family and be inspired to come and meet you on one of your recruitment days.
[2:38] So in particular, these events began on Father's Day evening, June 21st.
[2:46] I have been told that there was a very large turnout at the House in Roslin, because many
[2:53] of you also had been at a fire and matter haven, that same night.
[2:59] So there was a large presence there, Albertson was on the scene first, and it is because
[3:08] of the training and working together that these five men were able to go in and safely
[3:18] save a life.
[3:20] So we're very grateful for your training, we're grateful for the fire academy, because
[3:25] of the NASA County Fire Academy and the instructors there, all of our members are better
[3:31] prepared to work together, they train together.
[3:35] And so we hear this townboard and all the residents of North Hamster are so grateful, so appreciative of your training and your efforts and of what you did on June 21st.
[3:52] So I have some proclamations. I'm going to I'd love to move there at the other microphone and I'll ask ask you to each come forward and be recognized.
[4:02] Okay.
[4:21] Now, four of you were included in the newspaper article and then some of you explained
[4:28] to us that there was one more volunteer who should be recognized who was also there, who lived
[4:35] right nearby and was off duty but came on the scene with hoses in hand to help this job
[4:44] actually be accomplished successfully. So, would you please come forward? Kevin Rammal.
[5:59] Okay, we'll call you to all of the public.
[6:13] Hello, how are you?
[6:14] Thank you, man.
[7:39] Thank you.
[7:55] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
[8:29] Thank you.
[8:31] Thank you.
[8:35] Thank you.
[8:36] Thank you.
[8:39] Thank you.
[8:39] Thank you.
[8:40] Very good.
[8:42] All the best.
[8:43] What do you think?
[8:44] One shoulder forward.
[8:45] A little shook.
[8:46] Just go to the tiger.
[9:12] Okay.
[9:16] And if I could just set the slide on the other side.
[9:38] I'd better forget to thank the families, these gentlemen,
[9:50] and by the way, these five
[9:52] I happen to be gentlemen, but I see many ladies here also who are in the fire service, thank you, and we need more ladies in the fire service.
[10:01] But you wouldn't be able to give your time to us and the residents if your families didn't say yes.
[10:08] And give up their time with you. So thank you to all of our families in the fire service.
[10:22] would any of you like to say a few words about about the
[10:28] we wouldn't have anything.
[10:32] I'll stop by saying thank you to you three gentlemen, you guys came down and
[10:36] helped after we found her and I can't thank you enough for help and get her out.
[10:40] She's here today with us because of that and I appreciate that heavily.
[10:45] That night it started out at 11 o'clock too, I'll be specific to come like that.
[10:49] We got there and then we found out she was in the house and everyone rushed into action
[10:54] Many like you said we're coming from man or haven't still kind of under their own ways back home
[11:01] And if we found her very very very quickly all things considered and got her out and she was transported really quickly
[11:09] We're very lucky for that thank god and
[11:12] The fire went out. That's the best we can hope for right it'll goes out at the end
[11:18] It was a stressful fire for the first 15, 20 minutes, and, you know, I can't thank my guys enough for every old work they do.
[11:28] And for all the mutual aid companies that came and joined us that day.
[11:31] Thank you.
[12:55] One, two, three.
[13:00] Thank you.
[13:01] Thank you.
[13:01] Thank you.
[13:03] Thank you.
[13:03] Thank you.
[13:14] I'm very glad I think people behind you want to go up and take pictures.
[13:17] I'll read all of these.
[13:18] And at the same time, I think they have a little trouble.
[13:20] I'll show you.
[13:21] I have a lot of problems.
[13:22] There you go.
[13:24] Thank you.
[13:42] Listen, hold on, before anybody leaves, because it looks like you're getting ready to leave.
[13:46] I want to say something.
[13:48] People in the South County, people in the town of North Hamster have no idea what would
[13:52] happen if there wasn't a volunteer for it.
[13:54] The reason why we can afford to live in our houses is because we have a volunteer fire department.
[14:00] We could not afford to pay for a fire department without taxes going up tremendously.
[14:06] So I want to thank everyone for keeping us safe and making sure that things continue the way they have.
[14:13] And again, people will listen at home.
[14:15] Your taxes will go through the ceiling if not for these people in this room right now.
[14:29] I'm gonna go for a little bit of finished the photos.
[14:37] Are we photo-bombing you guys?
[15:01] All right, all right, I'm sorry.
[15:14] I'm sorry.
[15:19] Doctor.
[15:26] Dr.
[15:28] Dr.
[15:30] Dr.
[15:30] Dr.
[15:30] I'd like to say, can you guys hear me out there?
[15:37] I just want to point, I just want to point something out.
[15:44] Of course, everyone of you guys have always done a great job and I was there for the fire
[15:50] at the sun and I went to the location that fire happened watching the back fences.
[15:56] I don't think anybody truly realizes the intense heat that comes off of that fire.
[16:02] There was no back friends, that PVC melted and I'm not pointing anybody out, but I have
[16:09] to mention, I'll fire them and maybe some of them didn't get back to the fire.
[16:14] Some of them were at their house that were living next door and decided to start fighting
[16:19] that fire without gear on or anything started off with fire hose and that was Kevin
[16:27] Rommel.
[16:28] I like to point out that the Rommel family, Eddie Rommel was a 28 year member, X-Captain,
[16:36] and X-Chief of the Miniola ambulance for 25 years.
[16:41] And the Rommel family with Eddie, he was also a retired NYPD sergeant, as many of us know.
[16:47] And he passed away from 9-11 related illnesses.
[16:53] This family keeps given as many of you do, and I want to thank you.
[16:57] I was a cop.
[16:58] I couldn't be a fireman because I don't know how you guys do it, but God makes everybody
[17:02] for something.
[17:03] I tip my hat to you.
[17:05] I salute you all, and thank you for what you do, really, from the bottom of my heart.
[17:11] I'd also like to add my huge thank you's you know when when there's a fire everyone's running out of the building
[17:21] But you guys you run straight into danger and straight into the fire and so we certainly appreciate from the bottom of our heart
[17:29] Your courage your bravery and your commitment to service and sacrifice here in our town and throughout so thank you for always answering that call
[17:40] It's really hard for families too when my husband gets that call in the middle of the night and he's always ready to go
[17:47] And so I know it disrupts your sleep, but you guys go above and beyond and I thank you so much
[17:54] And we're always here for you and support you and congratulations on a wonderful job. Thank you so much
[18:03] I also want to add something
[18:04] This family where the fire happened in Rosalind Heights. They are my family friends and at that time I was in India because my father just passed away
[18:12] And I was in India for his prayers and all that and they called me in India and the daughter is getting married
[18:18] So they were preparing for the wedding and there was so great food
[18:23] They were saying that the lives were saved
[18:25] Mom is still recovering the mother. They'll tell you mother. She is still in hospital recovering
[18:30] But they are all are like so grateful that their lives were saved and at least they can still go at it get the wedding done
[18:37] And the ceremonies can still tomorrow is the ceremony starting. I'm going to it and actually and on behalf of that family
[18:43] I want to thank all of you for saving those precious lives. Thank
[18:55] you
[19:01] I just want to add on behalf of Mary and Councilwoman Mary and Del Monte is not feeling well tonight
[19:06] but she comes from a family of volunteer firefighters.
[19:10] And so I want to add her thank you and congratulations.
[19:15] So thank you.
[19:23] And I still have a few spots open in my Dragonboat,
[19:27] which is a Dragonboat.
[19:29] Yes, well, so I need a few more paddlers.
[19:35] I know that you're strong and brave,
[19:37] so please spread the word and let me know
[19:40] if you'd like to come out and paddle with me.
[19:42] Thank you all for coming.
[19:44] Have a wonderful night.
[20:59] Thank you very much.
[22:13] Bye, thank you, thank you, we'll look, thank you for a much.
[22:41] Okay,
[22:45] thank you, everybody, for your patience. Now we'll have 30 minutes of public comment,
[22:51] starting with Stanley Lucy, or Lacey. Lacey, okay.
[23:02] Hi, good evening. And thank you so much for offering the time. I rise tonight in support of a
[23:10] resolution that was authored by Robert Toreano,
[23:16] Councilman Toreano's resolution regarding
[23:18] town communication and mailers and separating and making sure
[23:23] that that use of public funds is always justified.
[23:27] It seems like a very common sense proposal to me,
[23:29] common sense being something that is an increasingly short supply.
[23:34] I moved to town of Northempsid with my wife in 2017.
[23:39] And I'm frequently very mindful of the tenor of our local politics.
[23:46] They seem outlandishly vitriolic to me.
[23:53] Sometimes what I think of is the best of our town.
[23:57] We just saw here, where we all got together,
[24:00] and every single person here acknowledges what a wonderful thing
[24:03] it is that we have these volunteer firefighters are so brave
[24:06] and acknowledge heroic feats of bravery that they just saw.
[24:12] However, when our town mailings come out
[24:16] and I received two in the last couple of weeks,
[24:20] I believe, with full glossy photos of our town supervisor,
[24:24] Mr. Senna, on one side, one of those touted
[24:29] her record on taxation.
[24:31] I'm sure the public has a right to know that information.
[24:33] But when I think of that in contrast with touting what our town firefighters do, or the
[24:40] dragonboat festival that's coming up soon, or any of the wonderful community center
[24:44] events that take place in Northampton said that are worthy of that sort of time and attention,
[24:51] that blatantly transparent campaigning on the public dime is very offensive.
[24:57] It seems also that maybe if there were some more eyes on the prize, and not just those that
[25:04] are most interested in the campaigners, maillings, reaching its intended audience, perhaps
[25:11] we wouldn't see silly mistakes, like happened with the second mailing that I received from
[25:16] the town of North Hempstead. The town of North Hempstead wanted me to know that the adoption
[25:22] fees were being waived this month for dogs, which is wonderful because we're considering
[25:27] adopting a puppy, and I was very glad to know the meat of that information.
[25:31] But I do think that when we see that, we see glossy maillings, glamorizing, our town council
[25:37] members, our supervisors, rather than celebrating the events that are going on in the
[25:42] town, that's not an appropriate stewardship of town resources which should be long to
[25:47] assets of community.
[25:48] So I respectfully ask that hearing be scheduled on that resolution and that the town people
[25:54] be heard on it.
[25:55] Thank you.
[25:55] Thank you. Denise Hill?
[26:09] Good evening.
[26:11] I too am speaking in support of that resolution.
[26:14] I know two of America's most valuable ideas
[26:19] are the pursuit of justice and fairness.
[26:22] Unfortunately, occurrences of late by local and federal
[26:26] governments make it easy for one to question
[26:30] if some of us still hold these values to be true.
[26:33] Supervisor DeCenter isn't it the purpose of government to ensure fairness to all of its constituents?
[26:43] I've witnessed this town council pass a ruling to limit discussions to only town matters.
[26:49] Is it right and fair to entertain discussion of national issues and global conflicts by some members of town council?
[27:01] and then turn around and limit that same type of discussion from others.
[27:07] There are postings on the official town of North Hamseids Facebook page supporting the war in Iran.
[27:17] Is it right and fair to use the town of North Hamseids official social media powered by taxpayer dollars to express personal opinions about global wars?
[27:32] When did foreign wars become an official town matter?
[27:38] And is this an official position of the town council?
[27:43] Was this post vetted with all of its members?
[27:47] And even if it was, how is that town business?
[27:51] And how is that directly helpful to the people of the town of North Hamster?
[27:58] It's both of personal politics and it must be removed from the official town postings, paid
[28:05] T.D. and print ads, and mailings, and should be relegated to non-efficient media channels.
[28:14] It is a mismanagement of public funding, not to do so.
[28:19] The town council must set hearing date to consider a ruling to keep dialogues about town
[28:26] business only and eliminate inferences of political leanings out of town communications
[28:35] for all involved.
[28:37] You know what town businesses we've seen it here today, helping the folks of North Hamstead
[28:44] who are wrestling with food insecurity, inflated course for basic needs, intensified by these conflicts
[28:54] and closings in the straight of hormones, people struggling to fill their gas tanks, put food on the table, and pay for the rising course of healthcare.
[29:07] These are town matters.
[29:10] Thank you.
[29:10] Thank you.
[29:14] Take me may.
[29:25] Good evening.
[29:26] I'm proud to say that I've worked in politics for over 30 years.
[29:30] It's been my privilege to work for fine politicians, like former Congressman
[29:35] Karam McCarthy, and New York State Controller Thompson,
[29:39] to the most bipartisan politicians I've known.
[29:44] There's a strict line between political activity and government activity that I have respected in my years and politics.
[29:54] I'm here tonight because I think that line has been crossed by some of our town elected officials.
[30:00] The supervisor called a press conference some years ago to inform the public about what she wanted to do with the money that the town would receive from President Biden's infrastructure bill.
[30:10] Only Republican elected officials were invited, even though no members of the public and party voted for the bill in Congress. It was absolutely a political event sponsored by the supervisor. Why not invite Democrats, since you are a registered Democrat?
[30:25] Supervisor could stop News Day and other publications from stating that she is a registered
[30:30] Democrat, but she doesn't, because it's better for her politically.
[30:35] Mrs. McCarthy never did that.
[30:38] My question tonight is for the supervisor.
[30:41] Is your refusal to set a hearing date on the resolution regarding town communications
[30:46] and mailers, because if the resolution passed, it would limit your ability to use town resources
[30:53] on your political agenda.
[30:57] This is time for you to speak.
[31:00] Are you?
[31:03] Okay, thank you.
[31:03] You're not going to answer?
[31:05] Thank you.
[31:06] Thank you.
[31:07] I've never done that before.
[31:09] I've never done that before.
[31:09] Roberto, Bernalli.
[31:10] Never not answered.
[31:11] Any question, anybody's ever asked me
[31:12] in school or town council?
[31:14] Yeah, but you're not the supervisor.
[31:17] Good evening, town council.
[31:19] I just think it's really disrespectful.
[31:21] I think this is disrespectful.
[31:22] Well now where I just call the this is this is public comment. This is not super by the comment
[31:27] I'm not public comment. I think it's really disrespectful not to give our residents an answer
[31:32] They come here to ask a question
[31:34] And you just just ignore them. That's not right. Yeah, but you'll only bring in that subject up that way. I've never heard you bring it up before
[31:40] But it up many
[31:41] Okay, yes, see if I pattern is that to answer either emails or questions from the audience. Okay, I've been in person
[31:48] Mr. No, no, no, no, Mr. Bernoulli
[31:52] Mr. No, I'm sorry.
[31:56] No, no, no.
[31:58] You can't. You were in.
[32:00] Thank you.
[32:01] The next person, you must see Bernoulli.
[32:05] Okay. Good evening, Town Council.
[32:07] Good evening.
[32:08] About a week ago, I was trying to trap some cats from my friend Carol. She just left. She wasn't feeling well.
[32:14] Due to one of the cats being incredibly smart, we were unsuccessful, and the logistics of
[32:19] catching these cats is a nightmare.
[32:21] Not only do we have to pick a day when I was off from work, but we also had to find an affordable
[32:26] vet clinic to take the cats to be spayed and neutered.
[32:29] With no affordable options nearby, we had to factor in traveling to this clinic as well.
[32:34] Since we didn't catch the cats, we have to pull out a calendar and try to map out a plan
[32:38] all over again this week.
[32:40] Because this is North Hemset, and nothing here gets done for the cats.
[32:45] On several occasions that have been up here, I've mentioned that the town of Hemset's animal shelter had spain neuter services three times a week.
[32:51] While I haven't checked in on them in a while, it turns out I was grossly mistaken.
[32:55] The town of Hemset, unlike North Hemset, has been making progress.
[32:58] I just recently found out that they now have spain neuter services six times a week, and they have a mobile program.
[33:07] You're not going to make a dent in the homeless cat situation here.
[33:10] People have jobs, responsibilities, finite amounts of money.
[33:14] While you have people like Liz and Carol and Charada who are willing to generously
[33:18] donate their time to help animals in need, ultimately with how to true shelter to place
[33:23] in place to help channel these efforts, you're just waiting for these compassionate people
[33:27] to eventually burn out.
[33:30] We need a proper facility, so their hard work actually creates lasting change instead of
[33:35] delaying the inevitable.
[33:37] You have no place for the cats to be surrendered by those in fit to be guardians, the elderly.
[33:41] You have no place to take cats who have medical emergencies, and though you have a TNR
[33:46] voucher program which was meant to assist the once a month TNR clinic, which lets not
[33:51] kid ourselves is woefully inadequate.
[33:53] This town by no means should be considered to have a humane or ethical policy towards cats
[33:58] at all.
[33:59] More is being done in places with far less resources.
[34:02] I don't think pleading is the way forward.
[34:05] People have tried that for 20 years.
[34:07] At this point, we cannot deny that this is a case study and willful animal neglect and that our job as animal advocates is to point out culpability.
[34:15] If I'm wrong, well, the way I would be the only time I'm going to fight a cat shelter.
[34:20] Thank you.
[34:21] Thank you.
[34:24] Stuart Croll.
[34:34] It's astonishing that for 20 years, this town remains the only one on Long Island with no cat shelter.
[34:38] When advocates come to speak, they're met with absolute silence, they are regaled with tales,
[34:43] of innocent creatures suffering and dying in the streets, yet there's no change of expression.
[34:48] Does anybody in this board feel compelled by their conscience to disregard party position and stand up for what's right?
[34:54] Alas, once again, does anyone on this board want to join us in voicing support for a catch- shelter?
[35:00] You know, feel free to talk. I guess not.
[35:03] Okay, I can't control, you know, I can't understand the fear of reprisal with stuff
[35:08] somebody for standing up for what is right. We have the one, one of the wealthiest towns
[35:11] anywhere and yet we ignore and utilize suffering and treat cat owners the second class citizens.
[35:17] Once again, if you were a cat owner in North Hamster, I urge you to realize you are treated
[35:20] with total disdain. You pay the same taxes as a dog owner, yet you don't receive the same
[35:24] benefits. There's a significant safety net for a dog owner who dies of some other reason
[35:29] can no longer take care of his dog.
[35:31] Our dog shelter will take in your pet and hopefully be adopted once again.
[35:35] A cat owner in our fair town has no way to turn as our shelter only admits dogs.
[35:40] The annual budget of the dog shelter is roughly $1 million and each in every turn
[35:44] cats and their owners are blatantly discriminated against.
[35:47] Why should a cat owner facing life crises have nowhere in our town to turn to for help?
[35:52] Is this even remotely fair?
[35:54] I think not.
[35:55] Ms. Cassenta, you said the position to not have a catch shelter was made 20 years ago by John
[36:00] Cameron. He'd deverted $130,000, as we know, to heaven knows where and the contractor
[36:05] sued our town and collected $130,000 in settlement. That argument is spurious and cruel. Conditions
[36:11] and realities are constantly changing and it mystifies how this board and specifically you
[36:18] must descend or can sit back and watch innocent cats suffering and dying on the streets. We have
[36:23] approximately $30 million that I know we're in our capital fund and therefore this is cruelty to the
[36:27] emph degree.
[36:29] A word about the free adoption program is as blatantly political while we all want to see as
[36:34] many dogs as possible adopted the reality is we have a $57 adoption fee I live in numerous
[36:40] other people I know have spent over $10,000 out of our pockets on cats off the street
[36:44] getting surgeries if you can't afford the $57 what's going to happen when you can't get sick
[36:48] or you don't get sick.
[36:50] Nothing.
[36:51] You can't afford to take care of it, and the animal is going to end up either dead or back
[36:54] out on the street.
[36:56] Many advocates, including myself, have gone through this situation.
[37:00] I was told that the hemp-stead shelter has now returned to fixing cats five or six days
[37:03] a week.
[37:04] We have a voucher program where you have to drive 30 minutes to meet each way.
[37:08] It is also important to note that hemp-stead can hold female cats for two days, which is medically
[37:12] a necessity.
[37:14] Our voucher program does not offer this mandated service.
[37:17] We also have no mandated, we have no monthly program which we used to have for the past year.
[37:23] The conditions and services for this town are way below that of any town on the island.
[37:28] This is really a pathetic situation.
[37:30] Mr. Senate, you sit here dispassionally and thank us for coming. I hope that you will be thanking us for coming the day after election day.
[37:37] Thank you.
[37:41] Francesca Zana.
[37:54] Excuse me. Thank you. My goodness. There's always so many things to talk about after other people speak. I am so grateful to the firefighters and for what you did here for them for that ceremony. It is so important to recognize the people who give so much time.
[38:12] time and give up the possibility of their lives when they come out every day to fight for
[38:19] us.
[38:24] You know, I spoke in a recent meeting on the inconsistency of the public Facebook page and
[38:30] the speaking out in support of the war in Iran and previous to that there was not support
[38:38] for the police officers at the Capitol who thought valiantly on January 6th a number of years
[38:48] ago as you all know and I did not have the opportunity to speak at the end of the meeting
[38:54] last time and I have to silence this complicity and I have to speak out on something that council
[39:00] Remember, Levy said, which was that certain things might have been a hoax, including January
[39:08] 6.
[39:09] I can't just let that sit and Mr. Senna, you did not sing anything against that, which
[39:15] I also found appalling.
[39:19] I don't know how young Mr. Levy is.
[39:22] I'm old enough though to have watched on 9-11, which was also not a hoax.
[39:26] people jumping out of windows, in desperation, crashing to the pavement, and that was a sound
[39:34] I will never ever forget, there are also people who believe that that was a conspiracy,
[39:41] and that is astonishing to me.
[39:44] Here, we believe in free speech.
[39:47] This is an opportunity for free speech.
[39:51] Council member Triano put forth the resolution to get a date on the calendar for the public to speak on these issues of how the public resources are used.
[40:04] I don't know the rules. I don't know how it works. My question for the board and specifically for the supervisor is when a resolution is presented by a council member is that always having to be set.
[40:20] Is the date always set for that? What are the rules? Because I don't know the rules.
[40:27] Can you deny a resolution to be set so that the public has an opportunity to know
[40:33] something will be discussed? Is that something that is allowed to happen? Is that typical?
[40:40] That's my question for you. Is it typical to deny a date to have something discussed for the
[40:46] public so that people know in advance. That's the question I have. Are you able to answer
[40:52] that question? It's kind of confusing question. I know because I am very confused by the way
[40:58] that these things work. If somebody sets forth a resolution, do you have to set a date for the
[41:05] public to hear about that when you vote? You vote on Mr. Mr. Nicolello, can you try and answer
[41:13] question.
[41:18] Sure, the resolution referring to as a resolution setting a date for a hearing
[41:21] and a local loss and what members are within their rights to vote yes or no with respect
[41:28] to that resolution. To set a date for the resolution. Yes or the right to vote yes or no.
[41:33] Has that ever happened before? I actually do not know that. Has that ever happened before?
[41:39] Where you don't set a date at all if someone proposes a resolution?
[41:46] Is that why I've been on the
[41:48] or that has never happened, we've always been able to set a date for a public hearing.
[41:53] Right, so in other words, there is, this is free speech, but if you want to set a date for
[41:59] something to people to actually know about something that is controversial or inconsistent
[42:06] that, as you can see, thanks speech happens all the time in our meetings.
[42:10] We have plenty of speech, we have plenty of opinions here, and we have heard yours.
[42:18] So, thank you.
[42:19] Thank you.
[42:20] Thank you.
[42:20] Thank you.
[42:20] You didn't answer her question.
[42:22] Thank you.
[42:23] Thank you.
[42:23] No, it's not.
[42:24] You know, when the question is answered, because it's clear that the free speech only applies
[42:29] to certain people and not to others.
[42:32] So, that lead you.
[42:33] I believe you've been heard.
[42:34] Everybody who comes here is heard too.
[42:36] Thank you.
[42:36] So, I'll just make this information.
[42:38] Gloria Brayford.
[42:38] I think I'm allowed to do.
[42:40] There are six resolutions on tonight to set a date.
[42:43] And you're going to watch that and by partisan fashion,
[42:46] every one of them is going to be approved tonight.
[42:47] I go back a lot older than Calter for some loo, I go back a lot further, go back to
[42:55] 2004 and never during that, during that 22-year period have I ever seen a resolution
[43:02] to set a date, not even be voted, I mean sorry, be turned down, next.
[43:07] Thank you.
[43:08] Gloria Grafer?
[43:17] Hello to the board.
[43:18] Can you hear me?
[43:20] Because it's we're going, we're echoing in my ear.
[43:24] All right, I have one question, I know Stu went through a lot as he always does.
[43:28] He's very frustrated and concerned as we all are, because we see firsthand what's going
[43:35] on with the animals.
[43:37] And if any of you on the board has a dog or a cat or a bird or a fish or whatever, when you
[43:44] see them pass away and they suffer as they most of them do the cat situation, it's really,
[43:50] really heartbreaking, and you don't forget about it for quite a long time. I have been asked
[43:56] by people around this town and poor Washington, where I'm from, and other places, they
[44:03] know I'm trying to do something about this situation, so that at least here we would have
[44:08] a catch shelter. Somehow rather we're going to try to raise the funds, somehow rather we're
[44:13] hopefully get the board to say yes to this, but my question is very simple, or it does anybody
[44:21] want to help us on the board.
[44:27] That's my question. Other people have dialogues, you go back and
[44:32] forth with them and you help them just to scale right before me. You answer the question for her,
[44:39] why does anybody answer my question? People ask me, what's the board doing about this situation?
[44:45] and you've been doing it for years,
[44:48] Stu's been doing it for probably 10 years.
[44:51] So my question is, why don't you want to work with us
[44:55] or answer my question?
[44:57] So I can answer other people.
[45:00] For a reason, I'm not asking for you to describe how to get to space what is the reason. Nobody. And we're paying for you to be here to work for us. Why aren't you working? Why aren't you discussing? Look at the silence here. I think this is disgraceful.
[45:24] I really hope that some of you get voted right off because you're not helping the taxpayers or my concerns or other people's concerns.
[45:36] Let's disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourself. Even in Scripture, God talks about helping
[45:42] your fellow man and taking care of the animals and the wild life around you. It's in Scripture.
[45:49] Look at the Psalms.
[45:54] Carol, Lentner.
[46:02] Yeah, my name is Carol, Lentner. You can pull it up a little,
[46:05] so you don't have to scrunch down. I'm doing this. You're tall. Okay. I've been living in this area
[46:11] for 34 years. I now live in Great Nektaris. I've been there since 1992 and I'm asking for
[46:19] your help because there's a situation there that makes life there. It's not livable. I'm sure
[46:29] most of you are familiar with the leaf-blowing situation.
[46:36] We have leaf-blowers today all day
[46:38] from 9 a.m. until I had to leave my house which I generally do at 3.30 after about 6.5 hours,
[46:47] you can't work, you can't enjoy anything. When I got home at 6.30, I still heard them.
[46:55] This is, so there's a long company, landmark that's here one or two days per week.
[47:01] It's a very large complex, so we have a lot of land, but that is coupled with our maintenance
[47:11] every single day using loud over a hundred decibels.
[47:17] We have so many infants and children there using these leafblowers to clean the cement and
[47:25] clean huge parking lots so from not from Monday till Friday night there's no possibility
[47:34] of quiet. So I'm really asking help. I have gone to North Carolina to look for housing there.
[47:43] I've gone to Florida. I love it here. This is my home but it's not livable. There's a friend
[47:51] mind just is putting her home on the market. She just moved here with her husband two years ago.
[47:59] Can you help? Hi, Carol. So hi. Hi. Thank you for coming to speak about the issues.
[48:06] So we do have the ban in place from June 15th. This is September 15th. And anybody in the town can call
[48:14] 311 and they will also be directed to our public safety line, I believe, because it's very
[48:21] hard to go and send a code enforcement officer right then and there. But what we are told
[48:28] now is that you would tell us the name of the company if you know it like landmark. What time
[48:33] they come, what day they come, and so it will be on our public safety board to know that next week
[48:41] at this certain day in time, that they will go out there.
[48:44] And that has been happening.
[48:46] So once they see them,
[48:49] blowing the leaves without the battery operated ones,
[48:52] then they can issue them, notice a violation,
[48:55] or take it, whatever that extent.
[48:57] And just, it's also our maintenance,
[49:00] for 30 years, they have, they used brooms or whatever,
[49:04] but now they just need your maintenance.
[49:06] Our maintenance uses the leaf blowers.
[49:09] That's even more of an issue if every single day.
[49:13] So that would apply to them as well.
[49:15] So if you...
[49:16] But I have called 3-1-1 a number of times and they sent me here.
[49:21] 3-1-1 sent you here.
[49:23] So on your card is her phone number.
[49:26] Yes, both of them.
[49:29] So I have your information now.
[49:31] And I will be in touch with you.
[49:34] Thank you so much.
[49:35] What did you say you lived?
[49:36] Great, Nektaris.
[49:37] So you live in Great Nekt.
[49:38] Yeah, and did you ever talk to the management are you a million times. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[49:45] Isn't that something that the management's decided to do when they're all? Yes.
[49:49] So you should talk to the management. I have spoken to we've spoken to them for four years. Okay.
[49:54] And they tell you when one of the maintenance person, one of the maintenance men said that he has lost complete hearing.
[50:02] So, you know, this is a health issue.
[50:04] But what does a management tell you for three, four years? Nothing they can do. Nothing they can do.
[50:09] Well, they have the contract with these leaf blower, so they could do something.
[50:15] Right. They're just not doing anything, so I'm just asking for help here.
[50:23] Because for four years we've tried. And people, he can't hear anymore. This is crazy.
[50:29] Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you.
[50:32] Okay, Michael O'Donnell.
[50:34] Oh, Mr. O'Donnell, Mr.
[50:45] O'Donnell.
[50:45] Welcome back, Mr. O'Donnell.
[50:47] Thank you, sir.
[50:49] Interesting.
[50:52] Uh, comment first.
[50:54] I wish both of these people were speaking with identified
[50:57] where they come from, whether they are town residents
[51:01] or where, so that the rest of us can see what their concerns are
[51:05] and what the concerns are in certain areas.
[51:08] And they are all, they are all town residents.
[51:11] Well, we like the rest of us, we like to know those watching, we like to know also.
[51:15] So you got to remind these folks to do that.
[51:18] A question came up with me to be sure, on Fencing.
[51:23] A Fencing, in front of your house, which is parallel, is four feet of my correct?
[51:35] Come on, go over here.
[51:37] Yeah, bro, I'll do it.
[51:38] I'll do it.
[51:39] So Fencing from the front of your house to your side property line is four feet.
[51:45] And that is also on the side of your house.
[51:48] So the side of your house, then is six feet?
[51:51] Yes, six feet.
[51:52] And six feet across the back.
[51:54] Like there is only four feet of the side.
[51:56] Yeah.
[51:57] We changed it earlier within the last year.
[52:00] We changed it to six feet.
[52:01] There's no problem here on that one.
[52:03] I don't know how you listen.
[52:04] Miss nothing.
[52:06] Uh,
[52:09] the mask on his side area.
[52:13] I understand it's been settled, of course, the time and a half of the inbox is to settle
[52:21] this and provide you with which is of course a lot of hard feelings, especially between
[52:27] And that's what I'm curious to see.
[52:29] And...
[52:30] This board and the residents of the community, because it looks like it's Christians against muscles.
[52:38] I hope this town and this board does an outreach to the Islamic Center to modify the situation that has been expressed.
[52:49] I have a number of neighbors, or Muslim who go to that mosque, and there are little peeps
[52:54] at the situation that is occurred.
[52:56] There is no reason for it.
[52:59] But I hope you stop and think
[53:04] that if it was a Jewish place you would have been all over
[53:07] the camp.
[53:08] I would call it the Spanish State, the Councilman, but they don't accept that.
[53:14] I don't agree with what you're saying.
[53:16] Well, I just go ahead.
[53:19] You're free to go ahead.
[53:20] The Ted this town is going to make an outreach to try to amend and make friends.
[53:28] It's kind of upsetting.
[53:31] It's a quite a number of residents.
[53:34] And again, I live in a 50 new street in North New York Park.
[53:38] And I've never been by neighbors.
[53:40] Now I do neighbors coming in.
[53:41] They're Muslim.
[53:44] And some of the Hindu neighbors go,
[53:46] I'm not going to do that to them, but I'm going to do it to me.
[53:48] So guys, guys, I think a little better than what you're thinking.
[53:52] Thank you very much.
[53:56] Okay.
[53:56] So that's the end of our comments, and 30 minutes.
[54:00] So let's move into our agenda, please.
[54:02] One thing before we move into agenda, I just want to note something.
[54:06] That every single question from the audience that comes to this board is asked,
[54:12] Because I went recently to where Wakeville Estate Civic Association meeting where it was there were questioning those people and the question was not a question
[54:23] It was a statement and the state of was counts supervisor the center picks and chooses from the questions that she wants to ask and
[54:31] What would you do different and that's totally in four all because I sit here and I see every single question that comes up here and everyone is there
[54:38] answer people called up in the order that the questions come in. So there was some false
[54:45] information given out in the form of a question at the Lakeville Civic Association meeting.
[54:51] So I just want to point that out. Thank you. Christine, you can vouch for that too. You see me
[54:56] into the questions in order that they're presented. I see a deck of cards and you go through that.
[55:01] You see, you go through that. I go through them in order. I don't know what the order is.
[55:05] you watch me. I don't sit here and watch. Yes, you do. Okay. Thank you. Okay.
[55:12] The only one to the consent calendar. If I may say something, we have a very distinguished
[55:22] gentleman in the crowd. And he's the app going president of the Council of Greater Manhattan
[55:30] civic association. He is incredibly generous with his time. He has given many, many, many, many years to the
[55:41] betterment of the residents of Manhattan and the greatest civic. That's part of that association.
[55:49] And from here, from the days, I would like to recognize that and your contributions to the entire community.
[55:56] And I'd like to say thank you very much for all that you have done for your community.
[56:01] They've been very lucky to have you, your stewardship, your leadership, and your courageous
[56:06] advocacy for the community.
[56:09] It has definitely not gone unnoticed and from here I'd like to tell you thank you very
[56:13] much on behalf of the Town of Rotempset.
[56:16] Thank you Andrew.
[56:21] Andrew Schwenck.
[56:22] As a manhassett resident and former member of the Greater Council of Manhassett's
[56:29] associations, I can attest to Andrew's dedication and attention to detail and passion.
[56:37] So our loss is the gain of Katona, which I had to look on the map and you're going to a very
[56:44] beautiful place for the lake. So we wish you the best. Would you like to say anything at your
[56:48] last town board meeting?
[56:52] Yeah, to come to the microphone if you're going to say anything. Come
[57:02] Thank you very much for the honor.
[57:04] I just want to say it's been a pleasure.
[57:05] I've lived here for over 30 years.
[57:07] I've raised my children here.
[57:08] K through 12 in Manhattan.
[57:11] It's been a pleasure to be a part of the community to work and volunteer for the community.
[57:15] I was president of South Strathmore, one of the civic associations.
[57:19] Within Manhattan, for 18 years, and I've had the honor of being president of the
[57:28] the town board. So on behalf of the Greater Council and on behalf of myself, I just want to
[57:33] thank you all for working so closely with us over these years.
[57:37] Thank you. On behalf of my has it, thank you.
[57:40] Thank you.
[57:40] And by the way, there's a great diner in the where you're going right next to Golden's Bridge at
[57:46] the train station. So make sure you take check it out and control it.
[57:52] Okay, okay, Madam Clerk, can you make any agenda?
[57:55] We are moving on to the concern calendar.
[57:58] It has been agreed by all members of the child board.
[58:01] The following resolutions may be called together.
[58:04] Item number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
[58:25] 34. 36 and 37. Okay, before we vote on the items on the consent calendar, there is a card on
[58:35] resolution number six. Michael O'Donnell,
[58:45] this is about an ordinance affecting Union term
[58:49] Pike, New High Park.
[58:56] Michael O'Donnell, for the industry, north New High Park, New York.
[58:59] Thank you. So a long time coming at this really amended to drive these tries to
[59:07] traverse back into Queens. I would go up two, three in the morning to see if anything
[59:14] we're there. And I'd walk from New High Park Road to Lakeville. I couldn't see all the way down
[59:21] to Lakeville Road and then call the police to come and say, I didn't hang around for waiting
[59:26] the police to show up because that could be an hour or so. But now all I have to go
[59:32] in my car and go, okay, they're there earlier than two, three in the morning or four
[59:38] in the morning. That's about time I appreciate it. We don't want our county to look like
[59:45] Queens or Brooklyn or unfortunately, there's no importance anymore with commercial
[59:49] It's important, it's horrendous, I can, it's so much of a holy cross, it's a
[59:55] flappish, tractor trail, it was over the place.
[59:58] We wouldn't see this year as a go.
[1:00:00] The police will enforce the law. But at least we're going to get something done, which is talent and the state of New York. Thank you very much. Thank you.
[1:00:10] Thank you.
[1:00:11] Thank you.
[1:00:11] Positive thinking.
[1:00:14] Okay, if there are no other comments on the consent calendar items, I offer the resolutions and move for their adoption.
[1:00:21] Kasim and Chanam, Kasim Scott, Kasim and Wasch, Kasim and Liu, Kasim and
[1:00:27] Levy, Supu as a designer, thank you, I have number 11, a resolution
[1:00:34] authorizing the award of a bit for DPW Project 19-03 reconstruction of Town Dog.
[1:00:43] So this is very good news that we have been waiting for a long time.
[1:00:47] The town dock in Port Washington was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and unfortunately
[1:00:54] the damage has continued, so we have, we are fortunate, we have, it's almost completely
[1:01:04] grant funded and a lot of this is money from FEMA, which Senator Chuck Schumer was instrumental
[1:01:11] and pushing through, and he even in the last few years was able to secure additional millions
[1:01:19] of dollars so that we can not only, the bulk of the work is replacing the dock as is
[1:01:26] we're basically reconstructing it over the dock, but thanks to the additional money from Senator
[1:01:32] Schumer, we will be able to have some landscaping along the edge of the parking lot, which will
[1:01:40] capture water rain that hits the parking lot instead of running off into the bay and bringing contaminants with it will be able to capture it
[1:01:48] with some
[1:01:50] some
[1:01:51] natural landscaping and
[1:01:53] it's going to be just amazing. So it's very good news for Port Washington. It's very good news for the whole town because it is it is the town dock.
[1:02:02] So
[1:02:04] Thank you to our commissioner for a tremendous amount of work in seeing through getting the permits from the Army Corps of Engineers and the DEC.
[1:02:16] So if there are comments, I am very excited to offer this resolution and move for adoption.
[1:02:23] Councilman Chano. I'm giving thanks to Democrat leader Chuck Schumer. I vote aye.
[1:02:29] Councilman Scott
[1:02:31] Aye. Councilman Wash
[1:02:33] In that Chuck Schumer works for all of us and I should call him send it to Schumer not Chuck. I don't know him as well as Robert
[1:02:38] But he works for all of us and he did the right thing for everybody. I vote. Yes.
[1:02:43] Councilman Liu. Aye.
[1:02:45] Councilman Liu. Aye. Supervisor Decent. Aye. Thank you. I have number three.
[1:02:54] Aresolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with DNB engineers and architects, DPC for
[1:03:03] professional services related to utility improvements at Northamsted Beach Park in Port
[1:03:09] Washington, New York, TPDW Project Number 26-O2.
[1:03:13] Okay, this is also very good news.
[1:03:17] This is to perform a survey of the infrastructure at Barbeach.
[1:03:26] Barbeach was transferred by Nassau County to the town in 2007.
[1:03:32] And this study of where there is electricity,
[1:03:35] where there is drinking water,
[1:03:37] what is the condition of the septic system?
[1:03:40] really should have been done 20 years ago when we when we took possession, but at that
[1:03:45] time we took it as is. So while we are getting closer to getting a permit to repair the
[1:03:53] C-wall, which is eroding, we are making some headway with the DEC. While we do that we will
[1:04:01] conduct this survey and it will tell us what investment we need to make in Barbeach. We barely
[1:04:09] have enough electricity there to keep the lights on. So while we are certainly interested in options
[1:04:18] and in building recreational facilities there, some people have said, why not a restaurant?
[1:04:24] Well, you have to have drinking water and sewers and electricity to be able to build there.
[1:04:31] So this will give, this is the first step in studying the infrastructure that we need to
[1:04:41] to rebuild Barbiche.
[1:04:44] So I'm very, very excited about this.
[1:04:46] And if there were no comments.
[1:04:48] I'd like to make a comment.
[1:04:49] You know, I've been going down to Barbiche
[1:04:51] and so I was seven years old.
[1:04:52] I'd like to swim there.
[1:04:54] And in 2007, I believe the county was a county executive
[1:05:00] Swazie, did a deal with Supervisor John Cainman,
[1:05:05] I believe it was.
[1:05:06] and uh... they gave us uh... it so it took the burden off the county of this uh...
[1:05:14] these parks because more than one took the burden off their budget and put it on
[1:05:18] our budget and i don't think we got much for it i think it was a little bit of money
[1:05:22] exchange but the godly knows what happened to that uh... it we got nothing for it and
[1:05:27] i have been working down there my wife can't work in that section because my wife is here
[1:05:32] handicap, she uses a role later and she can only go so far, and it's about time we got
[1:05:37] something fixed. The northern most best guest, northern most best room, has been out of
[1:05:45] commission for probably two decades, at least 15 or 18 years that I'm personally aware of.
[1:05:51] And you know, I mean it's about time we got that fixed, and people decided that they didn't want
[1:05:57] to suddenly end development project to happen, and if it had happened, they would have
[1:06:02] provided a sewer service for us that could lead to an area where we could have had a restaurant
[1:06:07] put in.
[1:06:08] So now that expense was disappeared, it was going to be given as an amenity to the town.
[1:06:15] And folks in poor Washington decided that they would rather have a stone crushing outfit over
[1:06:20] there than what I thought was nice whooping housing, I thought it was smart growth.
[1:06:25] But now we have to go forward in this way and it's more and more and more and more overdue.
[1:06:31] Okay.
[1:06:32] Thank you.
[1:06:32] I offer the resolution and move for its adoption.
[1:06:35] Casim and Janum.
[1:06:37] Hi.
[1:06:37] Casim and Scott.
[1:06:38] Casim and Vorge.
[1:06:40] Casim and Lou.
[1:06:41] Hi.
[1:06:41] Casim and Lou.
[1:06:41] Casim and Lou.
[1:06:42] Hi.
[1:06:42] Supervisor to Synapse.
[1:06:44] Thank you.
[1:06:45] Item number 35.
[1:06:47] Resolution, authorizing, the employment, appointment, transfer, adjustment, correction, change,
[1:06:52] grade, or salary, and our domination of employees and our officials in various departments
[1:06:57] of the town.
[1:06:58] Okay.
[1:06:59] Before we vote on this item, I would like to strike number five.
[1:07:02] This was a summer position, and the person is no longer interested in the position.
[1:07:09] Took another job.
[1:07:11] So, this is the point.
[1:07:12] Yes, this is Employee Reso, and this person no longer seeks this position.
[1:07:19] We found out today.
[1:07:21] So, with the striking number five,
[1:07:26] I offer the resolution and move for its adoption.
[1:07:29] That's it.
[1:07:30] i.
[1:07:43] OK. Thank you everybody. I moved to adjourned.
[1:07:50] Gazim and Janum.
[1:07:51] Hi.
[1:07:51] Gazim Scott.
[1:07:52] Hi.
[1:07:53] Gazim and Woj.
[1:07:54] I'm not sure it's a little bit more.
[1:07:55] It's a little bit more, really.
[1:07:57] They've got a hat arrived.
[1:07:58] Come on.
[1:07:59] Yeah, but there is a woke-up.
[1:08:00] I've got a lot.
[1:08:01] I've got a lot.
[1:08:01] Gazim and Lill, which are the residents who asked if resolutions for public hearing
[1:08:08] set dates ever not get passed.
[1:08:11] They did not tonight.
[1:08:13] So all of them got passed very easily.
[1:08:16] So I've got a lot.
[1:08:18] Kazum and Tune?
[1:08:20] Aye.
[1:08:21] Just a journey.
[1:08:22] Supervisor Decide.
[1:08:23] Good night everybody.
[1:08:24] Thank you.