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To the flag to the United States of
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indivisible with liberty and justice for
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» Good evening everyone.
Would you take a role please?

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» Trusty Pel
>> here.

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» Trusty Bernard
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» Trusty South
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» Trusty Arnold
>> present. Mayor Leounty

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» here.

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Before uh I turn uh over to the public
for their comments,

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I have a couple things I'd like to say.
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there has been some
mis misinformation or communication or

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misunderstanding
what the word study means. Nothing has

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been finalized. We have a rate study
going on in this village. There hasn't

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been a rate increase since 1982.
Uh the auditor has recommended we do

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this rate study.
This the auditor has recommended this

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rate study to be done since 2016.
And so there's been several boards and

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several mayors that have been uh given
this information.

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There's nothing being finalized. There's
continuous amount of information still

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being asked
uh from the two people in our village

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that have been supplying this
information to the New York State Public

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Service Commission. Those two
individuals are Christopher Latchmore,

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the administrator, and our senator
general, the treasurer.

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It's been an ongoing uh information
gathering for uh everyone,

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and
what has uh been apparently

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sad
is that we're delaying this to the

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election.
I have three letters in my possession in

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front of me and anybody has a right to
come and see them. That the uh

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postponements were asked for not by this
village board or by myself or the

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administrator, Mr. Lerno. They're signed
by people from the New York State Public

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Service Commission. They're still
gathering information and Mr. Limmore

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and Mr. attorney are still providing
them with this additional information.

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There has been no final rate uh figure
been given. That could change any time.

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And when I get done speaking before we
take public comment, I'm going to have

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Mr. Lernel if he would briefly explain
explain the rate that we're using 1

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point something on the uh regular hydro
power and what a possible increase would

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be. so we could all have the concept of
what we're talking about here. Nobody is

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trying to mislead anyone, especially
myself. I've lived in this village with

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my family and friends for all my life,
and I would not do something to hurt

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this village. That's absolutely untrue.
Anybody who knows me, I've dedicated my

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life to public service. I have almost 37
years of public service. And what we're

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doing now is something that is needed to
be done and hasn't even been voted on

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yet. So at the end of the day, there's
no uh there's no rate increase scheduled

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for any time until the vote is taken.
And that vote may not take take place

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for a while. If the public uh New York
State public service authority keeps

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asking us for additional information, it
could be delayed to April, May, June. I

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don't know and I can't answer that
question. But I have letters here

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proving what I'm saying that I I'm not
telling anybody anything that's not true

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and you're welcome to come to my office
at any time to see these letters and see

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the information that I will provide you
whatever you want to see. This is

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something that either has to be done at
some point now or in the future or we

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have to get uh sell more power and
there's been rumors that I want to clear

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up about selling power. One, a
who's now in Champlain never approached

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me or this board or anyone about
locating in Roses Point, New York. and

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and and we did not deter them from
coming to Ross Point, New York. That can

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can be confirmed by several people. One
is the code officer. Two, you can ask

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anybody on the ZBA board. Three, call
Mayor uh Mc Frederick's in Champlain.

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They have exclusively been dealing with
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for a year or more. They've
[clears throat] never contacted Russ

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Point at all. I don't know why they
didn't say. The only thing that was

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explained to me is they want a better
clear cut to the interstate the Northway

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for their transportation of their goods
and that makes sense to a certain point.

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Connect to Route 11 where they're going
to connect in Champlain and it's it's a

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quicker thing. I don't know if that's
100% accurate, but that's what was

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relate to me.
The other thing is I heard that we got

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involved in in uh some type of textile
operation and we tried to prevent it.

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That is not true. Uh I see Mr. Barry's
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uh
where is here? Excuse me. Mr. Buer, he

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attended the ZBA meeting. for my
information. I do not attend them

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because I do not want to have anybody
say that I'm influencing any boards in

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this village at all. That's independent
of this board. And as far as I know,

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that textile uh factory was approved by
that board. So once again, we are not

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anti- business. We're not trying to stop
anybody. And I I guess if if Mr. where

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wants to talk to anybody after this
meeting, he can confirm what I'm saying.

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I would welcome business coming into
this village. It would be outstanding if

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we could get a bunch of employees hired
in this village. I That's all I can tell

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you. There's nothing more that I can
explain to you other than if you ever

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want information, my door is always
open.

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That being said, I'm going to open it up
to the public. Before I do, I'm going to

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uh read a few guidelines for the public
comment.

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Individuals wishing to speak must have
signed in.

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Speakers must be recognized by myself as
the mayor.

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If the speakers would so would they
please stand up and if they would

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approach the front of the room so
everyone could hear.

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The speaker should give their name and
address and if they represent any

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organization.
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three minutes.
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time to another speaker. Three minutes
belongs to the the speaker and every

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speaker will be given that opportunity.
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myself the mayor interrupt the speaker
join their remarks but only for the

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purpose of clarification of any
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All remarks must be addressed to the
board as a body not as an individual

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board. And please
must observe com common comment accepted

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courtesy in decorum good taste and
dignity. Interested parties or

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represented may also address the board
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Everybody's going to have an opportunity
that signed to speak and I'll begin with

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the first person that signed. It looks
like it's Mr. Mark Haynes.

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Hey, mayor board
Mark Haynes 114 Academy

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points investors for five. Right. So,
I got a lot of notes. Three minutes.

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I'll do my best. So, let's just start
with a quick background. All right. Of

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where we are with the electrical rates,
right? So board obviously voted approved

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a rate study. Okay, no secret. All
right. Uh June 10th by what was filed

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the board actually received the rate
study. Rate study wasn't still pending

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but it was received and it is available
on the uh public um website with the New

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York State Public Service Commission
June 17th. Um, from what the posting

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says on the website, one page of that
study, which is the proposed rates,

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that's it. One page was posted on the
website. Okay. Uh, under uh public

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notices.
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request was published in the register
one time with where you could find the

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information.
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So, this information has already been
filed as of June 10th. Okay. With

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proposed rates and in the filing says
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Right. So, unsure a little bit of of
your mayor the mayor's comments about

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nothing's been decided, but it was been
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like to see happen.
November 17th board meeting, trustee

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Arno asked,
it's in the public record on video in

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the comments. Where do we stand with the
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Mr. Latchmore responded, it's still in
progress. There's a lot of hoops to jump

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through. There's a lot of things to go
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Why? I'm not sure. That was November
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rates would have gone up.
So it wasn't until December 18th when we

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actually f stumbled upon this
information [clears throat] and looked

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into it. All right. As commercial
property owner, as a largest property

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owner in relation

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with us in any fashion or any respect of
the imagination. I'm sure with most

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residents, there wasn't conversations
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But December 16th,
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» New York State Department of Public
Office and Terrace actually published a

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letter in their documents about
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and then additional postponement asked
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Further further off, the office of
tariffs actually said that they

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recommend that the rate increase for
residents, right? Sub uh the subp part

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number one supplement number one go into
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» They are three minutes.
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that's the timeline.
>> You're done. Mr. Haynes,

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» can I have one more? Can I have one more
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» No, you have three minutes. Everybody
gets three minutes.

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» No one wants to hear anything else I
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» Yeah, I'd like to hear more. Absolutely.
>> Keep going. Keep going.

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» Keep going.
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» I said minutes. I'm in a meeting. If you
don't like it, then you know what to do.

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» No. You know, you know, you know what
you could do, too. It's not.

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» It's done. And I'm going to ask Mr. I
think you'd like questions. If you don't

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follow the rules,
>> then I'm going to ask you to leave.

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Please follow the rules.
>> This is open speaking, right? This is

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important information for everyone
watching, everyone going to see the

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minutes on this, everyone who's going to
see this information when I distribute

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it.
>> Then you can you can post it.

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» And so I think it's adequate for me to
speak further about this issue because

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it affects everybody. I know what you're
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» Every landlord, every
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bend the rules. I'll give you one more
minute. What? That's it. One minute.

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» So ERS obviously we purchase property in
2018. All right. We've had our

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struggles, but 2013 or I'm sorry 2023 24
we had a lot of communication 23 mostly

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with the board with the mayor and
talking about our plans. All right. And

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how we wanted to bring more industry in.
All right. and we presented options

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because we knew in 23 when we reviewed
the budget that there was a major issue

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then and that would even just get worse
understanding that electrical

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consumption and selling power was a big
big issue that had to be addressed. So

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we presented high density users, right?
Because the capacity was already there

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to be used with very little help, with
very little response, with no working

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relationship. All right? The mayor says,
"I will open my doors. I'll respond to

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anyone. You can come in and see me. I
can show you email after email after

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email with no response, with no way to
reach out to say, "Yes, we have a real

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issue. Can we get to the table? Can we
can we talk about this?" Okay, Mr. H.

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Mr. Haynes, that's it.
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That's it. Thank you very much. I
appreciate your comments.

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» So, can I ask a question? Can I ask him
a question? A quick question. Of course.

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What other than a data center have you
uh recommended to the village that go to

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that property? Because you guys have
been pushing for a data center very

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first day. Nothing else. Nothing else.
What what are you actively trying to get

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onto that property besides data set?
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» Textiles, additional warehousing.
>> Can you prove that?

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» Oh, of course.
>> Have you, Mr. Haynes? Have you Have you

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made any applications to the zoning
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» The bill. This board hasn't done
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» The zoning board. Yes.
>> This this this board has nothing to do

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with any of those applications or
anything. So you would think that

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there'd be someone reaching out right
from the administration saying how can

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we help how can we meet with someone to
right last year yes there was a data

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center was extremely okay you answer
thank you very much have a good

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» so if you like proof yes I can show you
sometimes you can talk with our real

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estate broker and they can tell you all
the interest that we have in our

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property not just date side
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» all right thank you for your

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The next speaker that signed up would be
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» Ba.

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I wait till more discussion's gone
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» Excuse me.
>> Could I wait till more discussion's gone

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through and then address the board?
>> Well, there's only two other people.

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There's only one other person, Mr.
besides you. You can either do it now or

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after Mr.
Mr.

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» Okay, Mr.

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I I thought there'd be more comment. Uh
Matt Wear, 17 Mountain View Drive, also

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CDC real estate. Um we are uh Alex Barry
and I at CDC are official brokers for

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the former Fizer uh ERS site. Um, I'm
not on uh uh the Facebook page and and

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and not up to snuff on on all that's
been discussed, but I can confirm

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um you know, much of what Mark Haynes
has said. U you know, I'm a village

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resident. I love it. I I I respect uh
all of you up there for what you do. Um,

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you know, I think I'll I'll make it
short and sweet and just think that

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we've got to make some inroads uh which
I've asked for um a while back that um

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that some of you sit down with the
owners of BRS. I know there's been uh

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plenty of uh hurdles. Um maybe there's
some personality uh differences. Uh but

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I think um I do [clears throat] believe
that uh increased power usage done the

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right way um could probably help. Um
probably we wouldn't be talking rate

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hikes. Um and uh you know there there's
there's definitely some discussions we

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could have. I don't need to air them all
here but um you know definitely zoning.

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We worked through the zoning board to
try and get some zoning changes. U you

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know to be very honest that was not done
easily. Um you would think in a small

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village with that many acreage um where
we all want more jobs back there that

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there would have been a bit smoother
process. Um but it was anything but

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that. So again I respect you. I love
where I live. You have a lot of

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difficult things to do but I do believe
from an economic development perspective

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[clears throat]
and now this this power question um you

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know that that we need to all try and
sit down and try and work towards the

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common goal. Mr. Blair, before you sit
down, you've met in my office a couple

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different times, haven't you?
>> Uh, at least once. Yes, maybe twice.

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» Uh, and I've talked to you on the phone
a couple different times.

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» Yes.
>> I don't mean to put you on the spot, but

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in in your meeting with me, your
discussions, would you paint me as an

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anti- business person?
>> I would not say anti- business at all.

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And you have you did help with uh one of
the tenants that is in that in the ERS

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facility. And you did you made a trip up
to Montreal. You had meetings with them.

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Uh there were some subsequent
disagreements between you and the

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ownership and and you know uh Alex
Barry, sorry I bring you up. Myself and

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Molly who is with our county, Molly Ryan
who works for the county u economic

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development organization. And you know,
the three of us did go to your office to

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try and plead that we could get the
parties of ERS and you to sit at a

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table. Let's let some of our bygones be
bygones and and work towards uh you know

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again towards some common good. Um but
that you know was not successful. I

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think you would agree with that that at
that meeting you did not want to have

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further discussions with them. And so
that's I'm still hoping for that today.

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I realize, you know, I've done been
doing this for almost 34 years at but

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development's not always easy. Um, and
there are different personalities and

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there's there's a lot of uh bumps in the
road, but if we all work towards that

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future goal of more jobs and more tax
dollars and more power usage, I think we

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would be better off. So, I'm just hoping
we can get to that point.

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» Absolutely. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Now, Mr. BA address board
from Point. Uh, I would just like to

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request the mayor and the board continue
robust defense of our electric system

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against
what I would consider electrical leeches

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that wish to come in and exploit our
electric program for personal

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uh use, for personal
profit. Now, I realize I think the

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policy of this board has always been
that we want to encourage businesses,

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manufacturing,
um, anything that would bring jobs in to

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come in. And one of the reasons, one of
the ways that we get them in is by

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attracting them with our uh, attractive
electric rates. Now, what we don't want

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obviously is somebody to come in and put
a server farm in or data center or

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something that employs three people and
uses up all of our electric allocation.

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And we made this clear for years to ERS
and some of the other people that came

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in here. We passed legislation
to hopefully prevent this from

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happening, exploiting our system.
Um, [clears throat] I think that if

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somebody's going to put factory in up at
the Fiser plant, I think the board would

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welcome it with open arms, jobs,
increased uh tax assessments,

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uh, what we're looking for. But if we
give it all to one one person that's got

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three people in there and then it's
gone, what did we get for? Nothing.

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So, I would urge you to continue what
you've been doing as best you can,

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hopefully as smooth as you can. And uh
but don't give up because once this is

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gone in this village, we're done.
If we don't have attractive electric

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rates, we won't attract anybody in this
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» Thank you.

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Mr. Aterno, I I don't want to put you on
the spot, but uh you were going over

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some figures this afternoon about the
what our present rate is and what

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right now what we're working on, what
they proposed. Do you feel comfortable

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on talking about that right now?
>> I can try to. you

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» you know it's a difficult subject but I
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back in June on June 10 25
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the village filed a rate request for the
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Now
there's two components to your utility

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bill. You have the base revenues and you
have the PPAC charges on there. What

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we're talking about here is what they're
talking about is the base revenue

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charge. So when someone says the
proposed rates are 153%

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increase, it's not 153% increase on the
total utility bill. It's only on the

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base revenue part. So for instance on
all the service classifications

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currently your c one of the components
of that base charge is your customer

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charge. a customer charge
on your excuse me [clears throat]

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utility bill.

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Sometimes they call it a basic service
charge also

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is a flat monthly fee that covers
administrative costs such as meter

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reading, billing, record maintenance,
general customer services. This charge

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is levied regardless of the amount of
electricity consumed. So to put in

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perspective um this rate has not changed
since 1982. So like if you take a look

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1982 it would cost a village 20 cents to
mail a utility bill. Today it costs cost

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them 78 cents. That comes out of that
charge.

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[clears throat]
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distribution charges is a portion of
these charges are often calculated on a

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per kilowatt basis is intended to
recover the costs associated with the

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physical infrastructure, poles, wires,
transformers that transmit electricity

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to customers, homes, and businesses.
These costs are part of the utility

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revenue requirement, the total amount of
revenue that Hilly is authorized to

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collect.
Now, just like everything else since co

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everything has gone exponentially
higher. What used to cost $500 $600

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sometimes cost $45,000. Now it's it's I
don't understand it why the price hasn't

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gone down but that's today's day and
age. Also included that are other fixed

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costs. base revenues generally exclude
volatile pass through costs like the

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fluctuating price of actual energy
supply which is based on the wholesale

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market conditions and often a separate
fuel cut adjustment and certain state

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mandated taxes and search charges.
So ser service classification number one

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the energy charge per kilowatt right now
is a current 1.345 cents per kilowatt

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hour the proposed rate is going to be
3.46 406 cents which is an increase of

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2.061
cent per kilowatt hour for a residential

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customer.
SC2 is a general large service customer

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with no demand meter. That rate right
now the present rate per kilowatt hour

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is 044 cents per kilowatt. The proposed
rate is 5.175.

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The increase is 3.13 cents per kilowatt
hour. SC3 is a general service customer

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with a demand meter which is the same as
above except they pay a demand charge.

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That demand currently right now is $1.50
per kW. That will go to $3.80 per kW

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which is an increase of $2.30.

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addressing the
I don't normally do this, but I have

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been I'm not on Facebook, but I've been
told that uh

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the village was trying to hide different
different stuff on October Monday,

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October 6. The
New York State Department of Public

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Service sent us a email.
Staff requires further information time

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to complete its review. Due to our
internal schedule and timeline, we'll

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meet we'll need an additional month to
continue our review and that that's

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proposing the tariff leaves that from
December 1st 25 to January 1st 26. Then

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once again on Wednesday, November 5th,
we get the same email basically the same

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request.
the effective date of the proposed

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tariff leaves from December 1st 25 to
February 1st of 26 and then once again

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in November 26 we get the same thing and
right now it's it's effective date is

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March 1st of 26 these numbers are being
reviewed by the public service [snorts]

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commission
they haven't been approved by them and

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even if they approve those rates this
village board does have a right to

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uh reject those if they don't believe
they're the right numbers.

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So I basically what I'm trying to tell
you is is that nothing is being hidden

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here.
I'm a lifelong resident of Ross' Point.

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I've been in a position for 40 years and
I'm probably the number one person in

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this room that is totally against
increases in utility rates, water,

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sewer, and electric plus property taxes.
So, this has been an ongoing problem

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since 2016. I got all the audit reports
right here since 2016.

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Um, the uh our auditors have recommend
that the village do a cost of service

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study and they finally decided to do
one. One of the reasons is because it

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cost them about $22,000 to do this
study. However, we are going to be re

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reimbured $10,000.
So, I don't know if anybody has any

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questions, but um that's pretty much
what's going on here.

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This that the uh

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» question.

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I have a question.
>> Sorry. Can I ask a question?

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I'm just curious about um in reading
some of the documents, it says that this

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is going to be a $1 million increase.
So, is that $1 million a year

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» in the tariff request?
>> Um

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the overall revenue is a million dollar
increase to the balance budget for 4%

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net profit. [snorts]

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I know at our next meeting the auditor
is going to be here. The auditors are

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going to be at the meeting. They
probably could address it like that.

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» Yes. I I I've arranged for the auditor
to be at the next meeting. So you don't

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have to take my word for it. Anybody he
can explain to you what he's recommended

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for almost the last 10 years and what's
going on.

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» Where did you get this $1 million
figure?

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» It's right here. here. It's in number.
>> I got it right here. Increase in base

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revenues as a result of the 153%
increase in base rates effective October

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1st. It's not October 1st. Requested
here in supports operations, capital

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improvements, establish adequate cash
balances, and provide a reasonable rate

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of return on the rate base is expected
to total $997,947.

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base revenues in the rate year are
expected to be 1,600.

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That's that's a typo. They don't have
the right number in there.

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» So, the reason I'm asking that is
because a million dollars is a lot of

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money and that has to come from
everybody that lives in the village. So,

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I know we're talking about how we have
to increase and it's not that much, but

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it seems to me that all of us trying to
come up with a million dollars

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isn't going to be cheap. Um, and then my
other question would be why why are we

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doing this all at once? 50 like maybe
some of the pain could have been

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mitigated if we had you know addressed
this

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when you know back when we saw that we
were reaching into the funds to pay for

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operations.
My personal opinion

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is the fact that it is not a very
um

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popular subject
and

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you know has been put off.

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» Nobody wants nobody wants to be the bad
guy.

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» Raise taxes, raise water rates, raise
election rates. But you name me one

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thing that has stayed the same for 42
years. I don't care if you're a business

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owner, your menu has gone up every year
because of your additional cost. I don't

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care if you're a renter or you're a
homeowner that rents. All these things

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have increased and your expensive has
has increased. I don't I lived here all

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my life. Like I said, I don't want to
see things go up. I don't want to see

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anybody get hurt. Sometimes it's not
what you want to do, it's what you got

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to do. And this thing has been brought
to several boards attention for the last

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10 years. So I can ignore it just like
everyone else or address it. And that's

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what we're trying to do now. And like I
told you before, there's no finalization

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until we get a final recommendation and
this board votes on it. That's where

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we're at. There's nothing final at all.
I do have I do have a rate comparison

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here. Um I'm just giving you these
numbers. By the way, I I I provide all

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the numbers and that's it's be after
that. No, I'm not supporting or or uh

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going against a a rate increase, but our
proposed rate for residential for the

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village of Ros's Point is $253 53 for
the customer charge. The village of Lake

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Placid, their customer charge is $8. The
city of Plaxburg is $2.75

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and the village of Tupper Lake is $8.
Those are all municipal electric

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utilities.
>> Um they have an economy to support all

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them.
>> We don't.

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» Is that
>> we don't have an economy to support

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these rates?
>> Um

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» they do. vanity charge 0346
the proposed rate um lake placid has a

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variable one their first
well they actually have it goes

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according to the months May to October
November to April is 03656 cents of

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kilowatt hour
the city of Plaxburg there's going to be

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there's they have first to 500 and then
over 500 and they also have uh winter

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and summer rates and the village at
Suffer Lake has winter and summer rates

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also.
Their rates range from 5 cents a

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kilowatt hour to 13 cents a kilowatt
hour.

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» I can I ask a question? I don't
understand the comment they have the

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economy to support it because then their
rate should be lower. That these are

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rates per the customer or residential
people. So they they have the economy to

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support it. You know, I know people
paying twice what we pay and I lived in

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Tupper Lake for quite a while and um I I
wonder what that kind of means.

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» Well, let me tell you, we we pay
property taxes coming out of Virginia.

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We pay town taxes. We pay village taxes.
I pay $20,000 in property taxes between

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my house on Treyan and my restaurant.
Now, you're going to increase my

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electrical rates. Tell me something.
What do I get in return for this? What

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services? I can't even call an Uber cab
around here. What do I get in return for

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this? $20,000 in property taxes. You
seem to be gung-ho about this. You seem

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okay. You seem really pro pro village
doing this.

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» Now I want
>> So tell me something. What do I get? No,

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but what do I what do I get in return
for this?

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» I I You're going to pay extra taxes just
like everybody else. I don't

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» But what do I get service-wise for
everything that I pay around here? What

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do I get?
>> I I can't I

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» I can't even go grocery shopping here. I
got to go all the way to Champlne.

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00:34:37,839 --> 00:34:43,599
» I can't Can I
make this real quick because I'm not

418
00:34:41,919 --> 00:34:48,560
going to let this turn into a debate.
>> Okay. Um Ashine, 136 Lake, Carol Ashine,

419
00:34:46,879 --> 00:34:52,639
real name. You know, when this first
came out with this 153% big bold

420
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:57,359
letters, look what the village is doing
to us, right? My worst fears came true

421
00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:02,079
because electricity around the country
is exploding. I figured it out for my

422
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:08,079
own personal place. It would be going
from $1,100 to $2,600. I went across the

423
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:12,880
street. I got an explanation from Ren. I
realized it was only for onethird of

424
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:18,400
that amount. So, it was a $500 increase.
I tried to come back and explain to

425
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:22,880
people what 153% is using my own house
as an example to make it simpler for

426
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:28,160
people to understand. I had people thank
me. I understand it now. But to say that

427
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:32,800
I am happy about a tax increase and what
this is for this village is idiotic.

428
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:36,000
It's I understand it though if you talk
to the people and you see where we are

429
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:39,760
financially and you look at the numbers
it's very understandable why they're

430
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:45,119
doing what they're doing if if it comes
true. That's what I'm saying. If you're

431
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:50,079
going to just go 153 you're gaslighting
people and you got you got to simplify

432
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:52,800
it and say no it's 2% or two cents. It's
two cents on this and this is what

433
00:35:51,839 --> 00:35:57,040
approximately will be.
>> Your only hope for bringing business

434
00:35:55,280 --> 00:36:01,680
into this village is your electrical
rates. I'm just telling you. Look, I'm

435
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:06,720
as honest as I'm going to be here and I
don't want to I I don't want to go

436
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:10,400
everywhere. We're
>> Let's be honest here.

437
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:14,480
» Let's be honest. You're not in You're
not in Platsburgh. You're not in Lake

438
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:20,160
Placid, okay? You're in the village of
Rouse's Point. There is absolutely zero

439
00:36:17,359 --> 00:36:24,240
economy here. All the kids around here
want to leave. They graduate. You want

440
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,560
to know where they want to go? Not the
village of Roses Point.

441
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:31,359
» That's been going on my life.
>> Well, I'm just I'm just saying. I'm I'm

442
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:35,599
just telling you. I pay $20,000 in
taxes. Look, I'm still paying it. I have

443
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:40,240
a beautiful restaurant in the village of
Rous's Point if I would not have spent

444
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:44,320
this kind of money in the village if I
did not love the village of Rous's

445
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:47,680
Point. But there comes a point of no
return.

446
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:51,920
» Was my clock held. I don't like that.
Oh, I'm just look [laughter] I you've

447
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,040
given me enough time. I look I've
answered. I just you know I'm a

448
00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:58,240
frustrated individual. I'm a
businessman. That's all I'm saying.

449
00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:01,440
» But what I said what I I got out of the
Rouses Point groups a year ago because I

450
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:05,200
had an unfortunate incident with
somebody no longer lives here. I was

451
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:08,960
embarrassed by that and I decided to I'm
not getting into it anymore. When I saw

452
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:13,599
this come out, I maybe I can help here.
Maybe I can explain. It got interpreted

453
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:17,920
right away by the ERS people that I was
cheering for my $500 increase where in

454
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:22,800
fact the word is probably grateful. It's
probably grateful for what is happening

455
00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:26,800
around the country. Okay. It it forced
me to dig into a situation that Chris

456
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:30,960
knows about that I was wrong on my own.
So maybe I didn't present it right or

457
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:35,520
something and everybody's saying happy
about this which is not true. It's not

458
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:39,040
true. Now, last night I jumped back into
the group to get into a a discussion

459
00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:43,839
with somebody that was talking about his
niper rates or his his night rates,

460
00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:48,400
which are accurate. I verified those
numbers. Another ERS guy jumped in and

461
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:52,720
said I was I didn't know my information.
I challenged that number. I got thrown

462
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:55,680
out of the group. So, you for you guys
that like to make fun of Happy for

463
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:59,359
running away already or something like
that. I got thrown out of the group. No

464
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:03,680
explanation. No explanation for and
that's my fear for the village. The

465
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,760
internet is a very powerful thing and
you're going to get hammered. You're

466
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:10,560
going to get hammered. You're going to
get hammered. And you know, I don't I

467
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:13,920
don't know what advice to give you. I
mean, you got to do what you think is

468
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:18,320
right, but
>> but I just want to verify that.

469
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:23,280
» Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much,
Mr. Ashline. We can go on all night.

470
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:27,359
Everybody has their own opinion. Anybody
who's been uh signed up was allowed to

471
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:31,359
speak. And we're going to move on with
the regular meeting now.

472
00:38:29,839 --> 00:38:36,240
And like I said, I'm going to get the
auditor to come to [clears throat] a

473
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:41,839
meeting. He'll be given more explanation
and everybody can ask questions to the

474
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:46,000
auditor when he shows up at one of our
meetings. I I don't know exactly when

475
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:50,400
that's going to be, but if it is, I will
try to get it out on our website. So,

476
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:56,400
anybody who wants to attend the meeting
will can attend it and ask the auditor

477
00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:02,480
uh any question they want and go from
there. The auditor will be appearing via

478
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:04,800
teams January 20th between 7:30 and
8:30. That's the only time that he's

479
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:07,280
available.
>> Okay. Perfect.

480
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:12,400
» Perfect.
>> Thank you. So anyway, right now we're

481
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:17,280
going to move on to the regular meeting.
And right now, uh, we're going to

482
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:22,880
address the minutes of the December 15,
2025 regular meeting. All the, uh,

483
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:27,119
trustees should have a copy of those
minutes in their meeting in their

484
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:30,480
packet. There's no uh changes,
deletions, or questions, then I need a

485
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,560
motion to accept those minutes as
printed.

486
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,160
» I make a motion we accept them as
printed.

487
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:39,440
» Second.
>> All those accepting the minutes as

488
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:41,920
December 15, 2025 of regular meeting as
printed, say I.

489
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:48,480
» I. I.
>> All those opposed say no. The eyes have

490
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:54,960
it. Bills, Mr. Lernal, we have one
addition this evening. It's the Menard

491
00:39:50,079 --> 00:40:01,280
Mechanical in amount of $26,750.
It's for the installation of two Nexus

492
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:07,520
HU150 heaters, one in each bay, and all
the work involved in it.

493
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:11,760
Thank you. Anybody have any questions on
the bills? If not, then I need a motion

494
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:16,079
to pay the bills as printed.
>> I make a motion we pay the bills as as

495
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:19,680
modified.
>> Second.

496
00:40:17,359 --> 00:40:28,240
» All those in favor of paying the bills
as modified by the treasur say I. I all

497
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:32,560
those opposed say no. The eyes have it.
Uh correspondence, Mr. Latchimar.

498
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:37,280
» Thank you, Mayor Labounti. Uh for
correspondence, I have two uh

499
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:42,480
representatives from the Champlain Moors
EMS

500
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:47,839
um service that we have with the village
of Ros's Point. I have Corey and Morgan.

501
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:53,680
And I'd like to turn the floor over to
those two individuals to address any

502
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:56,560
issues or concerns regarding the EMS
contract that we have.

503
00:40:55,119 --> 00:41:01,119
» Uh for anyone that doesn't know me, my
name is Corey Thompson. I'm the EMS

504
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:05,599
captain for Champlain Moors EMS. This is
Morgan Aruda. She's the operations

505
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:08,960
supervisor. So, every so often we come
to these meetings to see if there's any

506
00:41:07,359 --> 00:41:14,640
questions about the contract. We are
entering our 11th year uh as a

507
00:41:11,839 --> 00:41:19,119
contracted uh emergency services entity
with the village of Rous's Point. I know

508
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:23,359
that the contract was approved at I
believe the end of November meeting or

509
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:27,920
maybe it was the first one in December.
Um so [clears throat] I I had talked to

510
00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:33,280
uh Chris on the phone. I talked to Mayor
Leoni today. Um on Friday we were uh you

511
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:37,760
know given some information that maybe
there were some questions regarding our

512
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:42,480
contract either from the public or from
the board. So, we felt, you know, this

513
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:47,280
was probably a good time to come and um,
you know, show our face and and see if

514
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:53,119
there was any any questions. Uh just to
kind of put it into perspective numbers

515
00:41:49,119 --> 00:42:00,480
wise, uh we operate approximately $1.5
million budget of which uh the village

516
00:41:56,319 --> 00:42:06,560
of Rouse's Point uh pays approximately
180,000 uh in taxes and then we get

517
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:11,440
billing revenue from the calls that we
do uh in in all of our contracted areas.

518
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:17,760
In the village of Rouse's Point last
year uh our billing revenue was

519
00:42:13,599 --> 00:42:24,160
approximately 158,000. So combined uh
between tax rates and uh billing um it

520
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:29,200
makes up about 20% of our our budget
which is right on point to how we figure

521
00:42:26,319 --> 00:42:34,319
our budget because about 20% of our
calls um come from the village of Rous's

522
00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:42,720
point. So uh last year's numbers we
answered 600 uh excuse me 1632

523
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:48,720
ambulance calls uh as an agency and 296
of them occurred here in the village. uh

524
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:54,240
your tax dollars um allow us to provide
round-the-clock EMS coverage. Um and in

525
00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:58,160
particular, we staff two ambulances. So,
we're such a large area and we're so far

526
00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:03,200
away from Platsburg that if we get an
ambulance call and that first crew is

527
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:07,359
out and now somebody calls an ambulance
in this village or in Champlain or

528
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:11,119
Moors, um we don't want those people,
you know, waiting any longer than they

529
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:15,280
have to. Um [clears throat] and and
we've been very fortunate to get uh a

530
00:43:13,359 --> 00:43:19,119
third and sometimes even a fourth
ambulance on the road when it gets

531
00:43:17,119 --> 00:43:22,560
really really busy. And you are very
fortunate to have an ambulance, a fire

532
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:27,440
department based ambulance in this
village that can respond to calls as

533
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:31,520
well. So uh just a little bit of
background about us. Um but I I'd like

534
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:38,800
to answer any questions that anyone
might have about our service.

535
00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:45,440
The only thing I would like to verify,
uh, Cy is, uh, when I first got elected,

536
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:52,960
I'm not a I'm not a member of the fire
department or or, uh, I'm not familiar

537
00:43:47,839 --> 00:43:57,359
with it. So, I asked uh, Trusty Faly,
myself,

538
00:43:54,560 --> 00:44:00,960
Administrator Latchimmore, and Fire
Chief Leblanc to attend a meeting at

539
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:02,880
your at your place of business. Do you
recall that?

540
00:44:01,599 --> 00:44:08,400
» I do.
and we went through the discussions of

541
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:14,000
how this all started. How uh Russ's
Point was basically not one of the first

542
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:20,160
members started with Champlain and Moors
and then somewhere along the line Russ's

543
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:28,160
Point joined this uh uh this your your
business here. So, uh before I before I

544
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:32,800
left that meeting with Chief Leblanc, I
asked him point blank, is there any

545
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:37,200
questions that you have for Mr. Johnson,
is there any concerns about this

546
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:40,640
contract, Chief LeBlanc? He said,
"Absolutely not." And we left that

547
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:45,760
meeting. Is that not correct?
>> That's correct.

548
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:52,240
» Okay. So, anybody that has any concerns
about the board misleading anybody,

549
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:56,720
you're wrong. I took the the most expert
person I could think along with this

550
00:44:54,720 --> 00:45:02,400
meeting and and the board members would
be the fire chief Leblah, who's been the

551
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:07,359
fire chief for a long time. and and he
did not see any problems and you don't

552
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:12,000
have to take my word for it. You can ask
Chief LeBlanc and I asked him point

553
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:16,480
blank like and I'll repeat myself in
front of everybody who was at meeting

554
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:20,319
and there was probably at least 15 to 18
people at that meeting and he did not

555
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:26,240
have any questions for Corey and he did
not have any concerns and that's where

556
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:32,960
we are today. My concern was
the cost just like everybody else. Uh it

557
00:45:29,839 --> 00:45:39,440
it's it's sometimes it's hard to believe
what it costs today for certain

558
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:44,800
services, but we became proactive. We
were never billing our services for

559
00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:51,520
ambulance pickup on the weekend
and we had a meeting and with uh myself,

560
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:55,920
the administrator, the uh treasurer, I
think trustee Valkyrie was involved and

561
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:59,200
we start to become proactive and I think
we use the same service that you people

562
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:04,800
use.
So, we decided to start billing for the

563
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:10,000
weekend services and it was only for
what the insurance pays. Nothing out

564
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:16,160
going to put anybody on the street out
of their pocket with no threatening

565
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:20,800
letters. And it's been a success so far.
And I believe since we started this in

566
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:26,880
May of 2025,
we've taken in over $50,000, which has

567
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:31,599
offset the current increase plus some of
the other costs that we've been paying

568
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:37,280
in the past. And I expect that revenue
to just increase as we start the bill

569
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:42,240
for the full year. So, we're not just
sitting around waiting for everybody to

570
00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:48,560
pay money in taxes or services. We're
trying to think of every situation that

571
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:53,200
we can offset the the hit on your wallet
and we've come up with this and it's

572
00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:58,480
been a success so far and I believe it's
going to be successful going forward. Uh

573
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:02,079
other than that I have nothing any other
board member have any questions for Mr.

574
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:07,359
adoption.
>> Cory, I I think one question that

575
00:47:05,359 --> 00:47:15,119
the residents of the village Ross Point
may have is we have a volunteer

576
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:20,720
department. We have volunteer uh EMTs
and one of the questions that they have

577
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:26,079
is if we didn't enter into this contract
with Champlain Moors EMS,

578
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:30,960
Champlne Moors EMS would have to be on
mutual aid. So, Ross's Point couldn't

579
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:34,960
make the call. So, what's the advantage
of having the contract

580
00:47:33,599 --> 00:47:39,760
versus not having it?
>> That's a great question. Uh, so every

581
00:47:37,839 --> 00:47:44,079
tax dollar that we collect from all of
our contracted areas goes straight to

582
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:50,240
staffing. So, if you look at our
staffing line item, um, we staff 14

583
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:56,240
full-time employees uh, across the 247
period in a week. Uh, and the, uh, total

584
00:47:53,599 --> 00:48:00,480
tax dollars cover all of the, uh,
employee wages. So there isn't a single

585
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:05,200
tax dollar that goes toward anything
else. All of our billing revenue covers

586
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:11,760
every other cost that goes into an EMS
service, including new ambulances. So we

587
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:17,200
are uh a rare entity in that we don't uh
ask any of our contracted areas to buy

588
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:20,640
new equipment or new ambulances. So we
do all of that on our on our billing

589
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:25,760
revenue. [clears throat] Uh one question
I get asked a lot is is why do I get

590
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:31,599
taxed and I get an EMS bill? Um the
taxes are to supply uh personnel that

591
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:36,559
are on call ready to respond to an
ambulance call. The the bill isn't is an

592
00:48:34,559 --> 00:48:41,040
individualized person's bill for that
particular call. So we all share the

593
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:46,160
wealth in making sure people are ready
to go and available on on staff and then

594
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:50,319
if you actually use the ambulance
service then you would your insurance

595
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:54,720
company would pay your specific bill. Um
it's a it's been a very um uh good

596
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:59,760
relationship with Rous's Point over the
last 10 years. If if we didn't have the

597
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:05,440
service, uh number one, the volunteers
would be stressed with handling over 400

598
00:49:01,839 --> 00:49:09,440
ambulance calls a year. We did 296 and
the weekend is right around 100

599
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:14,640
according to Chief Leblanc last year. So
you're asking uh uh volunteers to to

600
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:20,000
answer over 400 ambulance calls, which
is a big stressor. Uh number two, it

601
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:24,559
could delay um uh responses considering
that you have one ambulance. Uh if that

602
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:29,359
ambulance is out, then and we you'd have
to wait for another ambulance to to

603
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:35,359
arrive. So, we are out the door uh to
1632 calls. Our average response time

604
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:38,400
was 2.2 minutes. And I actually looked
it up knowing I was coming to the

605
00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:43,760
meeting tonight. Our average response
time to the scene of every ambulance

606
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:49,119
call in in Rous's point averaged out to
just under 10 minutes from dispatch to

607
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:54,400
on scene. It was like 9.6 minutes. So
say 10 minutes from phone call to being

608
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:58,400
on scene. Now there's always those cases
where the Champlain ambulance might be

609
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:03,440
out so another ambulance might have to
come from the moors area. Um I will say

610
00:50:01,359 --> 00:50:07,440
that the the first responders in Rous's
point do a great job of responding to

611
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:11,440
calls. I believe Trusty Pelky actually
went on an ambulance call today and

612
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:15,839
assisted our crews. So, we do have a a
very robust fire department that does

613
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:20,079
respond and assist on these calls. Uh
so, care is getting there immediately

614
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:24,559
and then we come along and and take the
patient to the hospital. So, I

615
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:28,880
appreciate that question.
>> Yes, sir.

616
00:50:25,359 --> 00:50:34,960
» Now, I just want to clarify. So, yes, we
do the weekend calls, but our staff is

617
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:38,240
limited because of the training.
Correct.

618
00:50:36,559 --> 00:50:42,240
» Uh [clears throat]
>> training. I mean, I don't I don't know

619
00:50:39,839 --> 00:50:46,559
why. Uh I don't know the number of EMTs
and and paramedics that are staffed on

620
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:50,960
the Rousles Point Fire Department
roster. I couldn't speak to that. Um you

621
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:56,480
know, those numbers are diminishing
across the entire state. Our volunteer

622
00:50:53,760 --> 00:51:01,839
numbers have have ebed and flowed, but I
would say ever since the co days, uh

623
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:05,440
volunteerism has decreased significantly
across the board. We faced the same

624
00:51:03,599 --> 00:51:11,119
thing. When we entered into contract
with Brussels Point in 2015, we had five

625
00:51:08,559 --> 00:51:16,720
full-time employees. Uh 10 years later,
11 years later, we had 14. Um and that's

626
00:51:14,319 --> 00:51:21,440
because call volumes go up, volunteerism
is going down, and people still need

627
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:25,520
care to their to their homes when when
there's an emergency. So, uh a lot of

628
00:51:23,599 --> 00:51:29,680
that drives it. The training is more
substantial. It used to be a four-month

629
00:51:27,359 --> 00:51:35,839
class. Now, it's closer to a six-month
class, maybe an eight-month class. plus

630
00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:44,240
all the other stuff to it. So, um yeah,
paramedic is two years for some. So,

631
00:51:40,079 --> 00:51:51,040
» so in your estimation for if Ross's
Point were to have its own EMS service,

632
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:55,119
how many individuals would need to be
hired in order to to fill um the service

633
00:51:54,559 --> 00:51:59,440
providing?
>> A lot of towns do it this way. Um it

634
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:05,839
would take eight, four basics and four
paramedics. um the average cost of of

635
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:09,200
one ambulance service 247 in a town. I
I'll speak to the town of Altona, the

636
00:52:07,839 --> 00:52:14,480
town of Ellenburgg are two of the
primary ones that hire uh a service to

637
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:20,319
provide 24/7 coverage. The going cost is
around $600,000

638
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:25,280
in taxes. Um the call revenue of 400
would would not cover $600,000. It would

639
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:30,720
cover
at best maybe $200,000 of that. So,

640
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:35,839
you'd be looking at a $400,000 taxable
rate where we're charging um well, I

641
00:52:34,079 --> 00:52:42,079
want to be clear, we're charging 180 for
the shared service and then your weekend

642
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:45,920
paramedic this year 2026 is 70,000. So,
that combined, but that gives you

643
00:52:43,359 --> 00:52:49,839
dedicated paramedic service for 48 hours
on the weekend to the village.

644
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:54,800
» So, approximately what we're paying is
$254,000. you're paying 250

645
00:52:53,280 --> 00:53:00,640
uh,000
uh total for all of your EMS service um

646
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:07,200
that you're where most towns are paying
upwards of north of $600,000.

647
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:12,240
» If we were to do 24/7,
what's the cost of a new?

648
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:18,079
» Um our last new one we bought two years
ago was was close to 400,000.

649
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:22,880
um the the very next one and and and to
save cost to all of our taxpayers, we

650
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:28,559
are at a point where our four ambulances
are in pretty good shape. So, our oldest

651
00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:32,800
one is a 2019. Um so, rather than buying
a brand new ambulance this coming year,

652
00:53:31,119 --> 00:53:36,720
we're going to take the box off of that
one. It's called a rechassie and we're

653
00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:41,119
going to put it on a new chassis so we
have a fresh, you know, truck, but the

654
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:46,079
box is still very good. So instead of
spending 400,000, the numbers we're

655
00:53:43,359 --> 00:53:49,280
seeing are about 225,000.
Um, granted, all that money comes from

656
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:54,240
building revenue, but we can take that
excess cost and put it elsewhere in the

657
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:58,400
budget uh to help with with needs. We we
just literally today got an email. We're

658
00:53:56,240 --> 00:54:01,599
very excited about this. Um, the heart
monitors that we use on all of our

659
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:07,200
ambulances, we just upgraded to the
brand new state-of-the-art Lifepack 35s.

660
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:11,839
Um, they are the uh the newest uh
product on the market. We are one of the

661
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:16,319
first agencies to be receiving them and
they will be on our trucks on January

662
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:19,839
20th. Uh because our training is that
night and we're going to put them on our

663
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:24,400
trucks after the training. So, we're
very excited about that. Um I can speak

664
00:54:21,839 --> 00:54:28,640
to our EMS board believes in the in the
best ambulances with the best equipment

665
00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:32,480
with the best people showing up in your
time of need and we're very committed to

666
00:54:30,319 --> 00:54:37,200
that.
just to, you know, reiterate what Cory

667
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:45,839
is saying and everything. You know, we
pay $180,000 for the service and so it

668
00:54:42,559 --> 00:54:50,160
comes around 254 or whatever. But you
just got done saying it would be

669
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:55,359
$400,000 to staff it. And then if we buy
a new ambulance, there's another

670
00:54:51,520 --> 00:55:00,559
400,000. So, you're looking at $800,000
money that we have to have up front just

671
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:03,760
to get started this if if we need if we
wanted to do that.

672
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:07,520
» Yes. Um, you know, it's great to
investigate it. I always encourage

673
00:55:05,359 --> 00:55:09,760
public entities to get bids from other
agencies because that is due diligence.

674
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:14,559
I
>> think we did that from CBPH and Morrison

675
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:17,200
Bill. Correct. And Mr. Law, could you
refresh me on those numbers? I don't

676
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:20,000
recall exactly.
>> 500,000.

677
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:23,280
» That's what I thought somewhere. I
didn't want to say something that wasn't

678
00:55:21,359 --> 00:55:27,240
true. But I remember when he told me the
figure, I was just stunned.

679
00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:33,280
» Anything else?
>> Mr. Thompson, I appreciate your time

680
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:36,680
information.
>> Thank you.

681
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:36,680
» Also,

682
00:55:37,263 --> 00:55:42,880
[clears throat]
>> Mr. Lmore, you have anything else?

683
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:45,520
» I think you have a question.
>> Not a question. Martin, 28 Rose Avenue.

684
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:48,880
Oh.
>> Um, I did get a chance because I did

685
00:55:47,359 --> 00:55:53,200
have questions about some of the
contract. I met with Morgan and Corey

686
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:57,440
also went over with some concerns with
Mr. Latimore and I must say after the

687
00:55:55,280 --> 00:56:01,839
meeting I was quite satisfied quite
happy their service is quite well and I

688
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:05,280
think I mentioned that and I think I
publicly mentioned that also thank you

689
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:09,760
very much
>> thank you for your comment

690
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:15,920
Mr. Lemore,
>> that's all I have, mayor.

691
00:56:11,359 --> 00:56:23,200
» Okay. Under myself, I have a resolution
for the election 2026,

692
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:27,760
resolution 2026-1.
And I'll read it into the record.

693
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:31,760
Whereas the next village election for
the offices of the village of Russ

694
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:36,319
Point, New York, will be held Wednesday,
March 18, 2026.

695
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:41,839
Whereas the board of trustees of said
village must designate the by resolution

696
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:48,880
the polling place in the hours which the
poll shall be open for section 15-104-3B

697
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:52,640
of the New York State election law.
Therefore, be it resolved that the board

698
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:57,599
of elect trustees of the village of
Ross's Point has determined the polling

699
00:56:54,799 --> 00:57:03,760
place shall be Halstead Hall located at
39 Lake Street, Russ, New York, with the

700
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:11,839
polling being open from 12:00 noon to
900 p.m. and be further resolved that it

701
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:17,040
as required by section 15 104-3B
of the New York election law notice that

702
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:23,760
said village village polling place and
time the polls will be open be given at

703
00:57:19,839 --> 00:57:27,760
least 60 days prior to set election
uh this resolution shall take effect

704
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:36,480
immediately
and I'm going to need a u motion to

705
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:43,839
designate Hstead call as the polling uh
the voting uh place and have 12:00 noon

706
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:49,040
to 9:00 p.m. as the hours of voting.
>> So move second.

707
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:51,440
» Mr. Latchmore call vote, please.
>> Trusty Pel.

708
00:57:50,559 --> 00:57:52,799
» Trusty Bernard.
>> Hi.

709
00:57:51,839 --> 00:57:54,160
» Trusty Southwick.
>> Hi.

710
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,920
» Trusty Arnold.
>> Hi.

711
00:57:54,559 --> 00:58:02,720
» Mayor Bounty. [clears throat]
>> I The eyes have it. The uh designation

712
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:11,200
has been set by the board. The next
resolution is uh 2026-2

713
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:16,000
voter registration day 2026.
Uh notice is hereby given that the board

714
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:21,920
of trustees of the village of Ross Point
Clinton County, New York has the fifth

715
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:26,960
day of January passed a resolution to
not hold a voter registration day for

716
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:31,599
2026 election. A copy of complete
resolution. resolution is stated.

717
00:58:29,599 --> 00:58:36,559
Whereas the next village election for
officers will be held on the 18th of

718
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:42,480
March, 2026. And whereas due to the lack
of activity at past resation days, the

719
00:58:40,079 --> 00:58:48,319
village officials have decided not to
order registration day for the general

720
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:53,760
election 2026. This resolution take
immediately effect today's date. Do I

721
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:57,920
have a motion uh to forego the
registration date by this board?

722
00:58:55,599 --> 00:59:01,839
» Like make one comment, Mr. Mayor. Sure.
>> I've said this before when we pass this

723
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:05,839
resolution, you can register online, you
know, and make any changes you need to

724
00:59:03,839 --> 00:59:08,079
online. I've done it myself. Works
great.

725
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,960
[clears throat]
>> Anything else? Trust yourself.

726
00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:17,920
» Nope. Just wanted to make that comment.
Uh, so I need a a motion to forgo the u

727
00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:23,760
the uh
resolution for the uh voting for uh

728
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:28,760
signing up to vote registration. I'll
make a motion to put resolution 2026-2.

729
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:34,799
» Second.
>> Uh, roll call vote. Mr. Lim,

730
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:36,079
» trustee Pelky.
>> Hi.

731
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,520
» Trusty Bernard.
>> Hi.

732
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:38,799
» Trusty Southwick.
>> Hi.

733
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:40,319
» Trusty Arno.
>> Hi.

734
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:45,599
» Mayor Lounty.
>> I. The board has passed it. There will

735
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:50,240
be no registration as day in the
village, but as Trusty Celtic pointed

736
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:54,960
out, you can go online and do it very
easily.

737
00:59:51,680 --> 01:00:03,680
Um, the next thing I have on my agenda
would be resolution

738
00:59:57,119 --> 01:00:08,799
uh uh let me see resolution 2026-3
inspectors of election Russ's point of

739
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:15,119
New York. Whereas, pursuant to article
15, section 116 of the 1979

740
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:19,520
state of New York election law, the
board of trustees of the village Ros is

741
01:00:17,359 --> 01:00:24,240
charged with adopting a resolution
appointing inspectors of election

742
01:00:22,079 --> 01:00:29,599
appointing a chairperson thereof and
affixing their compensation. Therefore,

743
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:35,040
the board of trustees of Gold Ros does
serve by resolve that the inspectors of

744
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:40,000
the election shall be one, Mary Rascal
will be the chief inspector. Two,

745
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:46,480
Margaret Triot will be an inspector.
Three, will be an inspector. And four,

746
01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:52,160
Mariel Lefay will be inspector. The
chairperson shall be Mary Rascal. The

747
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:57,839
compensation will be be fixed at $16.50
50 cents an hour for the election

748
01:00:54,480 --> 01:01:03,280
chairperson and $16 per hour for the
inspectors. This resolution will take

749
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:08,880
effect immediately after the vote. Do I
have a motion to appoint Mary Rasco as

750
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:13,359
the chief inspector and the other
inspectors along with the wage

751
01:01:10,559 --> 01:01:17,839
compensation for four individuals? I
need a motion from this board. Make a

752
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:21,359
resol motion to pass the resolution
2026-3

753
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:27,119
of the inspectors of the election of
Brussels Point. Second

754
01:01:25,359 --> 01:01:29,599
roll call vote Mr. Latimore.
>> Trusty Pel.

755
01:01:28,559 --> 01:01:32,480
» Trusty Manard.
>> I trusty Southwick.

756
01:01:31,119 --> 01:01:36,480
» I trusty Arno.
>> I mayor Bounty.

757
01:01:34,319 --> 01:01:41,119
» I The eyes have it. The inspectors are
set with their wages. [clears throat]

758
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:45,040
The next thing I have is resolution
2026-4

759
01:01:43,359 --> 01:01:50,960
shared service agreement with the code
officer.

760
01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:56,319
And uh I'm going to read not all of it.
Some of it this agreement will be dated

761
01:01:52,960 --> 01:02:00,880
the first day of January 2026
by and between the town of Champlain and

762
01:01:58,319 --> 01:02:08,400
a municipal corporation with an office
located at 10729

763
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:13,040
Route 9 PO Box 3144 Champlain, New York
12919

764
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:18,720
known as a town the village of Ros's
Point

765
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:21,200
is an office located at 139 Lake Street.
Yeah,

766
01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:24,400
» you have a resolution. That's the
contract

767
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:27,040
» that was given to the trustees, but this
is

768
01:02:24,799 --> 01:02:30,440
» I apologize everybody. I I put my
glasses on.

769
01:02:33,839 --> 01:02:41,520
» This is a shared services agreement with
the code officer. It'll be as follows.

770
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:49,359
This agreement should be dated.
>> You have resolution 2026 report.

771
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:53,680
» Thank you. authoriz
authorizing the execution of a shared

772
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:58,400
service agreement with the town of
Champlain for the provision of code

773
01:02:55,440 --> 01:03:03,680
enforcement officer. Whereas the uniform
shared services and considation act

774
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:08,559
authorizes two or more local units to
enter into an agreement for interlocal

775
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:13,760
services and known as services agreement
for the provision of municipal services.

776
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:18,079
a in agreement. Whereas the governing
body of the village of Ros's point

777
01:03:15,839 --> 01:03:22,319
recognizes that shared services may
result in property tax relief and

778
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:26,400
enhanced services for its resident
whereas the village of Ross Point is in

779
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:31,280
need of a code officer for its
residents. Whereas the town of Champlain

780
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:35,839
is able to provide code officer
enforcement. Whereas the village of Ross

781
01:03:33,839 --> 01:03:41,920
Point wishes to begin receiving code
enforcement officer uh due from the town

782
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:45,680
of Champlain. Whereas the governing body
of the village of Ross Point has

783
01:03:43,359 --> 01:03:50,240
reviewed the proposed agreement a copy
which is attached to. Now therefore be

784
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:55,599
resolved that the governing body of the
village Ross Point would hereby endorse

785
01:03:52,880 --> 01:04:00,720
endorsed by both to enter into this
agreement. We further resolve that the

786
01:03:58,559 --> 01:04:04,880
mayor is hereby authorized to take all
legal and necessary actions to

787
01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:09,680
facilitate the village of Ross Point
participation in in this agreement. Be

788
01:04:07,839 --> 01:04:13,599
it further resolved that a copy of this
agreement shall be maintained in the

789
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:18,880
town of Champlain office and will be
available for public

790
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:24,720
inspection. This resolution shall be
take effect immediately. And I need a

791
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:28,240
motion to from one of the board members
and a second to enter into the shared

792
01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:30,400
service agreement with the town of
Champlain [snorts]

793
01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:32,000
for their code officer.
>> I just have a quick question.

794
01:04:31,599 --> 01:04:36,640
» Sure.
>> This is just a re this is renewing what

795
01:04:34,240 --> 01:04:41,000
we've already been doing, correct?
I believe so. I just wanted to ask it

796
01:04:37,839 --> 01:04:41,000
out loud.

797
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:49,119
» I make a motion that we pass resolution
2026-4

798
01:04:46,160 --> 01:04:52,000
with the provision of shared code
enforcement officer with the town of

799
01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:56,079
Champlain.
>> Second roll call vote. Mr. Limmore.

800
01:04:55,039 --> 01:04:57,359
» Trusty Palkey.
>> Hi.

801
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:58,880
» Trusty Bernard.
>> Hi.

802
01:04:57,839 --> 01:05:00,160
» Trusty Southwick.
>> Hi.

803
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:02,000
» Trusty Arno.
>> Hi.

804
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:08,480
» Mayor Lealdi.
>> I. The eyes have it. the agreement will

805
01:05:04,559 --> 01:05:12,960
be uh entered into. And lastly, under my
name, I have a letter from McGomery

806
01:05:10,559 --> 01:05:18,720
Hoe's book and ladder company number
one. Um, dear mayor and trustees, we

807
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:22,960
wish to inform you that a new junior
member who has been approved to our

808
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:28,559
company for probationary period for six
months with restrictions.

809
01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:37,520
And uh the new member was Trisha M.
tonight and uh she was uh approved and

810
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:40,559
her probation career has been uh
completed. Is that correct, Mr. Limar?

811
01:05:39,359 --> 01:05:47,760
» That's correct.
>> Okay. So, we I this board would like to

812
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:51,119
welcome the board Trisha M. Snide and we
appreciate her volunteerism.

813
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:53,839
That's all I have.
>> No, you have one more. Oh, I'm sorry.

814
01:05:53,039 --> 01:05:59,920
» One more.
>> No, no, Dale has it. Oh.

815
01:05:57,599 --> 01:06:02,799
» Uh, Trustee uh Arnold, do you have
something?

816
01:06:00,640 --> 01:06:05,599
» Uh, nothing at this point, Mr. Mayor.
>> Okay. Uh, Trusty [clears throat]

817
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:10,319
Bernard, do you have something?
>> Just one thing. Yes. Uh, this is from

818
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:14,480
the Dodge Memorial Library. Dear Mayor
Leavi and village board, the Russell's

819
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Point Dodge Memorial Library Board of
Trustees at a special meeting held on

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December 30th voted to approve
um Matthew Bernell's request to hire

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Nicole Molinsky as a library feature.
This is more of a just aformational

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thing. They run their own board. They
point who they want to point. So, it's

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just an information for us.
>> Now, you guys have to approve that. We

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have to approve it. Okay.
>> Yeah.

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» So I make a motion that we approve
Nicole Minsky as a library page.

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» I second that. We'll call vote. Mr. Lor.
>> Trusty Paly.

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» Hi.
>> Trusty Bernard.

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» Hi.
>> Trusty Southwick.

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» Hi.
>> Trusty Arno.

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» Hi.
>> Mayor Lounti.

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» Hi.
>> That's all I have.

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» Okay. Thank you. Um, Trusty Pel.
>> Um, I had a meeting with our rec center

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facility manager, Keith Bardan.
Everything is going good down here at

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the rec center. A lot of people using
the range and u some budget numbers

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because our budget is we're working on
our uh our new budget that starts in

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June. So we're figuring out what needs
to be done

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we're waiting for the future. So
>> I I spoke to the manager and it seems

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like our uh rental numbers are up this
year.

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» Yes, numbers are up and Seems like every
weekend this facility is full. I mean,

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people buy the parking lot. It's just
chuck full and it's really good. It's

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good for our restaurants. It's good for
our businesses. Um, it's good all

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around.
>> Anything else?

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01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:53,920
» That's all I have.
>> Thank you. Uh, Mr. Trusty South, do you

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have something?
>> Uh, just that if we haven't received an

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update from Barton Ludas regarding the
comprehensive plan by this point, I feel

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like we should reach out and get an
update. It's been a little bit since

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we've had their last community meeting
and we're wrote a progress report from

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them.
>> So, I just received an email from Bob

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Murphy today.
>> Okay.

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» Where he sent some documents to the
state for review. Um, so that's all that

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I have as far as that. But they told us
it was supposed to be done. Matt, you

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you've been right. It was supposed to be
completed by December, right?

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01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:31,920
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

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01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:35,120
So, I
I'll I'll reach out to them, but I know

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they just sent documents to the state
today because I was CCed in the email

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and I had very limited use to my uh to
the office today.

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» The state's involvement would explain a
bit of a delay getting a revised

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timeline would be good.
>> I would be happy to provide that in the

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next meeting.
>> Perfect.

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» Anything else? Trusty S?
>> Nothing. Okay. Thank you. Uh, nobody's

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requested executive session and I need a
motion for adjournment. Gentlemen,

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» I make a motion we adjourn.
>> All those in

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» All those in favor of adjourning say I.
>> All those opposed say no.

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» Thank you gentlemen. Thank you everybody
from the public.