[0:01] To the flag to the United States of America to the stands one nation

[0:08] indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

[0:18] » Good evening everyone. Would you take a role please?

[0:22] » Trusty Pel >> here.

[0:24] » Trusty Bernard >> here.

[0:26] » Trusty South >> present.

[0:27] » Trusty Arnold >> present. Mayor Leounty

[0:30] » here.

[0:34] Before uh I turn uh over to the public for their comments,

[0:41] I have a couple things I'd like to say. Um

[0:47] there has been some mis misinformation or communication or

[0:53] misunderstanding what the word study means. Nothing has

[0:58] been finalized. We have a rate study going on in this village. There hasn't

[1:04] been a rate increase since 1982. Uh the auditor has recommended we do

[1:11] this rate study. This the auditor has recommended this

[1:16] rate study to be done since 2016. And so there's been several boards and

[1:23] several mayors that have been uh given this information.

[1:29] There's nothing being finalized. There's continuous amount of information still

[1:34] being asked uh from the two people in our village

[1:38] that have been supplying this information to the New York State Public

[1:42] Service Commission. Those two individuals are Christopher Latchmore,

[1:46] the administrator, and our senator general, the treasurer.

[1:52] It's been an ongoing uh information gathering for uh everyone,

[1:59] and what has uh been apparently

[2:05] sad is that we're delaying this to the

[2:08] election. I have three letters in my possession in

[2:13] front of me and anybody has a right to come and see them. That the uh

[2:19] postponements were asked for not by this village board or by myself or the

[2:25] administrator, Mr. Lerno. They're signed by people from the New York State Public

[2:30] Service Commission. They're still gathering information and Mr. Limmore

[2:35] and Mr. attorney are still providing them with this additional information.

[2:40] There has been no final rate uh figure been given. That could change any time.

[2:46] And when I get done speaking before we take public comment, I'm going to have

[2:51] Mr. Lernel if he would briefly explain explain the rate that we're using 1

[2:58] point something on the uh regular hydro power and what a possible increase would

[3:04] be. so we could all have the concept of what we're talking about here. Nobody is

[3:11] trying to mislead anyone, especially myself. I've lived in this village with

[3:17] my family and friends for all my life, and I would not do something to hurt

[3:21] this village. That's absolutely untrue. Anybody who knows me, I've dedicated my

[3:28] life to public service. I have almost 37 years of public service. And what we're

[3:34] doing now is something that is needed to be done and hasn't even been voted on

[3:40] yet. So at the end of the day, there's no uh there's no rate increase scheduled

[3:46] for any time until the vote is taken. And that vote may not take take place

[3:53] for a while. If the public uh New York State public service authority keeps

[3:57] asking us for additional information, it could be delayed to April, May, June. I

[4:03] don't know and I can't answer that question. But I have letters here

[4:07] proving what I'm saying that I I'm not telling anybody anything that's not true

[4:12] and you're welcome to come to my office at any time to see these letters and see

[4:18] the information that I will provide you whatever you want to see. This is

[4:23] something that either has to be done at some point now or in the future or we

[4:30] have to get uh sell more power and there's been rumors that I want to clear

[4:36] up about selling power. One, a who's now in Champlain never approached

[4:44] me or this board or anyone about locating in Roses Point, New York. and

[4:51] and and we did not deter them from coming to Ross Point, New York. That can

[4:56] can be confirmed by several people. One is the code officer. Two, you can ask

[5:02] anybody on the ZBA board. Three, call Mayor uh Mc Frederick's in Champlain.

[5:10] They have exclusively been dealing with the mayor in Champlain

[5:15] for a year or more. They've [clears throat] never contacted Russ

[5:19] Point at all. I don't know why they didn't say. The only thing that was

[5:25] explained to me is they want a better clear cut to the interstate the Northway

[5:31] for their transportation of their goods and that makes sense to a certain point.

[5:36] Connect to Route 11 where they're going to connect in Champlain and it's it's a

[5:41] quicker thing. I don't know if that's 100% accurate, but that's what was

[5:45] relate to me. The other thing is I heard that we got

[5:50] involved in in uh some type of textile operation and we tried to prevent it.

[5:56] That is not true. Uh I see Mr. Barry's here. Boris

[6:02] uh where is here? Excuse me. Mr. Buer, he

[6:07] attended the ZBA meeting. for my information. I do not attend them

[6:11] because I do not want to have anybody say that I'm influencing any boards in

[6:16] this village at all. That's independent of this board. And as far as I know,

[6:23] that textile uh factory was approved by that board. So once again, we are not

[6:30] anti- business. We're not trying to stop anybody. And I I guess if if Mr. where

[6:36] wants to talk to anybody after this meeting, he can confirm what I'm saying.

[6:41] I would welcome business coming into this village. It would be outstanding if

[6:46] we could get a bunch of employees hired in this village. I That's all I can tell

[6:53] you. There's nothing more that I can explain to you other than if you ever

[6:58] want information, my door is always open.

[7:05] That being said, I'm going to open it up to the public. Before I do, I'm going to

[7:10] uh read a few guidelines for the public comment.

[7:16] Individuals wishing to speak must have signed in.

[7:21] Speakers must be recognized by myself as the mayor.

[7:25] If the speakers would so would they please stand up and if they would

[7:31] approach the front of the room so everyone could hear.

[7:35] The speaker should give their name and address and if they represent any

[7:40] organization. Speakers must limit their remarks to

[7:44] three minutes. Speakers may not yield any remaining

[7:48] time to another speaker. Three minutes belongs to the the speaker and every

[7:54] speaker will be given that opportunity. Board members may with the permission of

[7:59] myself the mayor interrupt the speaker join their remarks but only for the

[8:04] purpose of clarification of any information.

[8:08] All remarks must be addressed to the board as a body not as an individual

[8:12] board. And please must observe com common comment accepted

[8:18] courtesy in decorum good taste and dignity. Interested parties or

[8:23] represented may also address the board by written communication.

[8:27] Everybody's going to have an opportunity that signed to speak and I'll begin with

[8:34] the first person that signed. It looks like it's Mr. Mark Haynes.

[8:44] Hey, mayor board Mark Haynes 114 Academy

[8:52] points investors for five. Right. So, I got a lot of notes. Three minutes.

[9:00] I'll do my best. So, let's just start with a quick background. All right. Of

[9:04] where we are with the electrical rates, right? So board obviously voted approved

[9:10] a rate study. Okay, no secret. All right. Uh June 10th by what was filed

[9:16] the board actually received the rate study. Rate study wasn't still pending

[9:20] but it was received and it is available on the uh public um website with the New

[9:26] York State Public Service Commission June 17th. Um, from what the posting

[9:33] says on the website, one page of that study, which is the proposed rates,

[9:37] that's it. One page was posted on the website. Okay. Uh, under uh public

[9:42] notices. Um, June 23rd, best I can tell, rate

[9:47] request was published in the register one time with where you could find the

[9:53] information. Um, July 23rd.

[9:59] So, this information has already been filed as of June 10th. Okay. With

[10:05] proposed rates and in the filing says December 1st being an effective date.

[10:12] Right. So, unsure a little bit of of your mayor the mayor's comments about

[10:16] nothing's been decided, but it was been proposed as this is what we we would

[10:22] like to see happen. November 17th board meeting, trustee

[10:26] Arno asked, it's in the public record on video in

[10:31] the comments. Where do we stand with the rate study?

[10:35] Mr. Latchmore responded, it's still in progress. There's a lot of hoops to jump

[10:39] through. There's a lot of things to go through.

[10:43] Why? I'm not sure. That was November 17th when two weeks later your electoral

[10:47] rates would have gone up. So it wasn't until December 18th when we

[10:52] actually f stumbled upon this information [clears throat] and looked

[10:55] into it. All right. As commercial property owner, as a largest property

[11:00] owner in relation

[11:07] with us in any fashion or any respect of the imagination. I'm sure with most

[11:12] residents, there wasn't conversations about this either.

[11:16] But December 16th, >> 30 seconds,

[11:18] » New York State Department of Public Office and Terrace actually published a

[11:23] letter in their documents about postponement asked upon for February 1st

[11:28] and then additional postponement asked for March 1st.

[11:34] Further further off, the office of tariffs actually said that they

[11:39] recommend that the rate increase for residents, right? Sub uh the subp part

[11:45] number one supplement number one go into effect January 1st.

[11:49] » They are three minutes. >> So

[11:51] that's the timeline. >> You're done. Mr. Haynes,

[11:54] » can I have one more? Can I have one more minute, please?

[11:56] » No, you have three minutes. Everybody gets three minutes.

[11:58] » No one wants to hear anything else I have.

[12:00] » Yeah, I'd like to hear more. Absolutely. >> Keep going. Keep going.

[12:03] » Keep going. >> No.

[12:05] » I said minutes. I'm in a meeting. If you don't like it, then you know what to do.

[12:10] » No. You know, you know, you know what you could do, too. It's not.

[12:13] » It's done. And I'm going to ask Mr. I think you'd like questions. If you don't

[12:18] follow the rules, >> then I'm going to ask you to leave.

[12:22] Please follow the rules. >> This is open speaking, right? This is

[12:27] important information for everyone watching, everyone going to see the

[12:30] minutes on this, everyone who's going to see this information when I distribute

[12:33] it. >> Then you can you can post it.

[12:36] » And so I think it's adequate for me to speak further about this issue because

[12:39] it affects everybody. I know what you're saying.

[12:42] » Every landlord, every >> I'll give you I'll give you I'll I'll

[12:44] bend the rules. I'll give you one more minute. What? That's it. One minute.

[12:48] » So ERS obviously we purchase property in 2018. All right. We've had our

[12:52] struggles, but 2013 or I'm sorry 2023 24 we had a lot of communication 23 mostly

[13:00] with the board with the mayor and talking about our plans. All right. And

[13:05] how we wanted to bring more industry in. All right. and we presented options

[13:10] because we knew in 23 when we reviewed the budget that there was a major issue

[13:16] then and that would even just get worse understanding that electrical

[13:20] consumption and selling power was a big big issue that had to be addressed. So

[13:25] we presented high density users, right? Because the capacity was already there

[13:30] to be used with very little help, with very little response, with no working

[13:35] relationship. All right? The mayor says, "I will open my doors. I'll respond to

[13:40] anyone. You can come in and see me. I can show you email after email after

[13:44] email with no response, with no way to reach out to say, "Yes, we have a real

[13:50] issue. Can we get to the table? Can we can we talk about this?" Okay, Mr. H.

[13:55] Mr. Haynes, that's it. >> Mr. Haynes, you've got an extra minute.

[13:59] That's it. Thank you very much. I appreciate your comments.

[14:03] » So, can I ask a question? Can I ask him a question? A quick question. Of course.

[14:08] What other than a data center have you uh recommended to the village that go to

[14:14] that property? Because you guys have been pushing for a data center very

[14:17] first day. Nothing else. Nothing else. What what are you actively trying to get

[14:23] onto that property besides data set? Anything?

[14:26] » Textiles, additional warehousing. >> Can you prove that?

[14:30] » Oh, of course. >> Have you, Mr. Haynes? Have you Have you

[14:35] made any applications to the zoning board?

[14:37] » The bill. This board hasn't done anything.

[14:39] » The zoning board. Yes. >> This this this board has nothing to do

[14:43] with any of those applications or anything. So you would think that

[14:46] there'd be someone reaching out right from the administration saying how can

[14:50] we help how can we meet with someone to right last year yes there was a data

[14:55] center was extremely okay you answer thank you very much have a good

[15:00] » so if you like proof yes I can show you sometimes you can talk with our real

[15:04] estate broker and they can tell you all the interest that we have in our

[15:06] property not just date side >> that's good to know

[15:09] » all right thank you for your

[15:14] The next speaker that signed up would be Mr.

[15:16] » Ba.

[15:20] I wait till more discussion's gone through.

[15:24] » Excuse me. >> Could I wait till more discussion's gone

[15:26] through and then address the board? >> Well, there's only two other people.

[15:31] There's only one other person, Mr. besides you. You can either do it now or

[15:36] after Mr. Mr.

[15:39] » Okay, Mr.

[15:42] I I thought there'd be more comment. Uh Matt Wear, 17 Mountain View Drive, also

[15:47] CDC real estate. Um we are uh Alex Barry and I at CDC are official brokers for

[15:54] the former Fizer uh ERS site. Um, I'm not on uh uh the Facebook page and and

[16:02] and not up to snuff on on all that's been discussed, but I can confirm

[16:07] um you know, much of what Mark Haynes has said. U you know, I'm a village

[16:12] resident. I love it. I I I respect uh all of you up there for what you do. Um,

[16:18] you know, I think I'll I'll make it short and sweet and just think that

[16:21] we've got to make some inroads uh which I've asked for um a while back that um

[16:27] that some of you sit down with the owners of BRS. I know there's been uh

[16:32] plenty of uh hurdles. Um maybe there's some personality uh differences. Uh but

[16:39] I think um I do [clears throat] believe that uh increased power usage done the

[16:44] right way um could probably help. Um probably we wouldn't be talking rate

[16:50] hikes. Um and uh you know there there's there's definitely some discussions we

[16:56] could have. I don't need to air them all here but um you know definitely zoning.

[17:01] We worked through the zoning board to try and get some zoning changes. U you

[17:05] know to be very honest that was not done easily. Um you would think in a small

[17:10] village with that many acreage um where we all want more jobs back there that

[17:16] there would have been a bit smoother process. Um but it was anything but

[17:20] that. So again I respect you. I love where I live. You have a lot of

[17:24] difficult things to do but I do believe from an economic development perspective

[17:28] [clears throat] and now this this power question um you

[17:33] know that that we need to all try and sit down and try and work towards the

[17:36] common goal. Mr. Blair, before you sit down, you've met in my office a couple

[17:41] different times, haven't you? >> Uh, at least once. Yes, maybe twice.

[17:45] » Uh, and I've talked to you on the phone a couple different times.

[17:48] » Yes. >> I don't mean to put you on the spot, but

[17:52] in in your meeting with me, your discussions, would you paint me as an

[17:56] anti- business person? >> I would not say anti- business at all.

[18:01] And you have you did help with uh one of the tenants that is in that in the ERS

[18:06] facility. And you did you made a trip up to Montreal. You had meetings with them.

[18:11] Uh there were some subsequent disagreements between you and the

[18:14] ownership and and you know uh Alex Barry, sorry I bring you up. Myself and

[18:20] Molly who is with our county, Molly Ryan who works for the county u economic

[18:26] development organization. And you know, the three of us did go to your office to

[18:29] try and plead that we could get the parties of ERS and you to sit at a

[18:34] table. Let's let some of our bygones be bygones and and work towards uh you know

[18:39] again towards some common good. Um but that you know was not successful. I

[18:44] think you would agree with that that at that meeting you did not want to have

[18:48] further discussions with them. And so that's I'm still hoping for that today.

[18:52] I realize, you know, I've done been doing this for almost 34 years at but

[18:58] development's not always easy. Um, and there are different personalities and

[19:02] there's there's a lot of uh bumps in the road, but if we all work towards that

[19:07] future goal of more jobs and more tax dollars and more power usage, I think we

[19:12] would be better off. So, I'm just hoping we can get to that point.

[19:16] » Absolutely. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[19:20] » Now, Mr. BA address board from Point. Uh, I would just like to

[19:27] request the mayor and the board continue robust defense of our electric system

[19:33] against what I would consider electrical leeches

[19:37] that wish to come in and exploit our electric program for personal

[19:44] uh use, for personal profit. Now, I realize I think the

[19:51] policy of this board has always been that we want to encourage businesses,

[19:57] manufacturing, um, anything that would bring jobs in to

[20:02] come in. And one of the reasons, one of the ways that we get them in is by

[20:06] attracting them with our uh, attractive electric rates. Now, what we don't want

[20:12] obviously is somebody to come in and put a server farm in or data center or

[20:18] something that employs three people and uses up all of our electric allocation.

[20:24] And we made this clear for years to ERS and some of the other people that came

[20:31] in here. We passed legislation to hopefully prevent this from

[20:35] happening, exploiting our system. Um, [clears throat] I think that if

[20:40] somebody's going to put factory in up at the Fiser plant, I think the board would

[20:44] welcome it with open arms, jobs, increased uh tax assessments,

[20:51] uh, what we're looking for. But if we give it all to one one person that's got

[20:55] three people in there and then it's gone, what did we get for? Nothing.

[21:01] So, I would urge you to continue what you've been doing as best you can,

[21:06] hopefully as smooth as you can. And uh but don't give up because once this is

[21:13] gone in this village, we're done. If we don't have attractive electric

[21:19] rates, we won't attract anybody in this village.

[21:24] » Thank you.

[21:35] Mr. Aterno, I I don't want to put you on the spot, but uh you were going over

[21:41] some figures this afternoon about the what our present rate is and what

[21:47] right now what we're working on, what they proposed. Do you feel comfortable

[21:51] on talking about that right now? >> I can try to. you

[21:56] » you know it's a difficult subject but I I can

[22:00] back in June on June 10 25 [clears throat]

[22:05] the village filed a rate request for the public service commission.

[22:11] Now there's two components to your utility

[22:15] bill. You have the base revenues and you have the PPAC charges on there. What

[22:20] we're talking about here is what they're talking about is the base revenue

[22:24] charge. So when someone says the proposed rates are 153%

[22:29] increase, it's not 153% increase on the total utility bill. It's only on the

[22:34] base revenue part. So for instance on all the service classifications

[22:41] currently your c one of the components of that base charge is your customer

[22:45] charge. a customer charge on your excuse me [clears throat]

[22:51] utility bill.

[22:55] Sometimes they call it a basic service charge also

[22:59] is a flat monthly fee that covers administrative costs such as meter

[23:03] reading, billing, record maintenance, general customer services. This charge

[23:09] is levied regardless of the amount of electricity consumed. So to put in

[23:12] perspective um this rate has not changed since 1982. So like if you take a look

[23:18] 1982 it would cost a village 20 cents to mail a utility bill. Today it costs cost

[23:24] them 78 cents. That comes out of that charge.

[23:30] [clears throat] Also too, it includes delivery

[23:34] distribution charges is a portion of these charges are often calculated on a

[23:38] per kilowatt basis is intended to recover the costs associated with the

[23:42] physical infrastructure, poles, wires, transformers that transmit electricity

[23:48] to customers, homes, and businesses. These costs are part of the utility

[23:51] revenue requirement, the total amount of revenue that Hilly is authorized to

[23:55] collect. Now, just like everything else since co

[24:01] everything has gone exponentially higher. What used to cost $500 $600

[24:07] sometimes cost $45,000. Now it's it's I don't understand it why the price hasn't

[24:11] gone down but that's today's day and age. Also included that are other fixed

[24:16] costs. base revenues generally exclude volatile pass through costs like the

[24:21] fluctuating price of actual energy supply which is based on the wholesale

[24:24] market conditions and often a separate fuel cut adjustment and certain state

[24:29] mandated taxes and search charges. So ser service classification number one

[24:35] the energy charge per kilowatt right now is a current 1.345 cents per kilowatt

[24:41] hour the proposed rate is going to be 3.46 406 cents which is an increase of

[24:49] 2.061 cent per kilowatt hour for a residential

[24:52] customer. SC2 is a general large service customer

[24:58] with no demand meter. That rate right now the present rate per kilowatt hour

[25:04] is 044 cents per kilowatt. The proposed rate is 5.175.

[25:12] The increase is 3.13 cents per kilowatt hour. SC3 is a general service customer

[25:19] with a demand meter which is the same as above except they pay a demand charge.

[25:25] That demand currently right now is $1.50 per kW. That will go to $3.80 per kW

[25:32] which is an increase of $2.30.

[25:38] addressing the I don't normally do this, but I have

[25:43] been I'm not on Facebook, but I've been told that uh

[25:47] the village was trying to hide different different stuff on October Monday,

[25:52] October 6. The New York State Department of Public

[25:57] Service sent us a email. Staff requires further information time

[26:02] to complete its review. Due to our internal schedule and timeline, we'll

[26:06] meet we'll need an additional month to continue our review and that that's

[26:11] proposing the tariff leaves that from December 1st 25 to January 1st 26. Then

[26:17] once again on Wednesday, November 5th, we get the same email basically the same

[26:24] request. the effective date of the proposed

[26:27] tariff leaves from December 1st 25 to February 1st of 26 and then once again

[26:32] in November 26 we get the same thing and right now it's it's effective date is

[26:37] March 1st of 26 these numbers are being reviewed by the public service [snorts]

[26:43] commission they haven't been approved by them and

[26:48] even if they approve those rates this village board does have a right to

[26:55] uh reject those if they don't believe they're the right numbers.

[26:59] So I basically what I'm trying to tell you is is that nothing is being hidden

[27:03] here. I'm a lifelong resident of Ross' Point.

[27:07] I've been in a position for 40 years and I'm probably the number one person in

[27:11] this room that is totally against increases in utility rates, water,

[27:16] sewer, and electric plus property taxes. So, this has been an ongoing problem

[27:25] since 2016. I got all the audit reports right here since 2016.

[27:30] Um, the uh our auditors have recommend that the village do a cost of service

[27:36] study and they finally decided to do one. One of the reasons is because it

[27:40] cost them about $22,000 to do this study. However, we are going to be re

[27:45] reimbured $10,000. So, I don't know if anybody has any

[27:50] questions, but um that's pretty much what's going on here.

[27:56] This that the uh

[28:01] » question.

[28:05] I have a question. >> Sorry. Can I ask a question?

[28:11] I'm just curious about um in reading some of the documents, it says that this

[28:16] is going to be a $1 million increase. So, is that $1 million a year

[28:25] » in the tariff request? >> Um

[28:30] the overall revenue is a million dollar increase to the balance budget for 4%

[28:37] net profit. [snorts]

[28:40] I know at our next meeting the auditor is going to be here. The auditors are

[28:44] going to be at the meeting. They probably could address it like that.

[28:49] » Yes. I I I've arranged for the auditor to be at the next meeting. So you don't

[28:55] have to take my word for it. Anybody he can explain to you what he's recommended

[29:00] for almost the last 10 years and what's going on.

[29:04] » Where did you get this $1 million figure?

[29:07] » It's right here. here. It's in number. >> I got it right here. Increase in base

[29:10] revenues as a result of the 153% increase in base rates effective October

[29:14] 1st. It's not October 1st. Requested here in supports operations, capital

[29:19] improvements, establish adequate cash balances, and provide a reasonable rate

[29:23] of return on the rate base is expected to total $997,947.

[29:32] base revenues in the rate year are expected to be 1,600.

[29:38] That's that's a typo. They don't have the right number in there.

[29:42] » So, the reason I'm asking that is because a million dollars is a lot of

[29:45] money and that has to come from everybody that lives in the village. So,

[29:51] I know we're talking about how we have to increase and it's not that much, but

[29:56] it seems to me that all of us trying to come up with a million dollars

[30:01] isn't going to be cheap. Um, and then my other question would be why why are we

[30:08] doing this all at once? 50 like maybe some of the pain could have been

[30:13] mitigated if we had you know addressed this

[30:17] when you know back when we saw that we were reaching into the funds to pay for

[30:22] operations. My personal opinion

[30:27] is the fact that it is not a very um

[30:32] popular subject and

[30:36] you know has been put off.

[30:40] » Nobody wants nobody wants to be the bad guy.

[30:44] » Raise taxes, raise water rates, raise election rates. But you name me one

[30:51] thing that has stayed the same for 42 years. I don't care if you're a business

[30:56] owner, your menu has gone up every year because of your additional cost. I don't

[31:01] care if you're a renter or you're a homeowner that rents. All these things

[31:06] have increased and your expensive has has increased. I don't I lived here all

[31:11] my life. Like I said, I don't want to see things go up. I don't want to see

[31:14] anybody get hurt. Sometimes it's not what you want to do, it's what you got

[31:18] to do. And this thing has been brought to several boards attention for the last

[31:23] 10 years. So I can ignore it just like everyone else or address it. And that's

[31:29] what we're trying to do now. And like I told you before, there's no finalization

[31:34] until we get a final recommendation and this board votes on it. That's where

[31:39] we're at. There's nothing final at all. I do have I do have a rate comparison

[31:46] here. Um I'm just giving you these numbers. By the way, I I I provide all

[31:51] the numbers and that's it's be after that. No, I'm not supporting or or uh

[31:58] going against a a rate increase, but our proposed rate for residential for the

[32:04] village of Ros's Point is $253 53 for the customer charge. The village of Lake

[32:11] Placid, their customer charge is $8. The city of Plaxburg is $2.75

[32:17] and the village of Tupper Lake is $8. Those are all municipal electric

[32:22] utilities. >> Um they have an economy to support all

[32:27] them. >> We don't.

[32:29] » Is that >> we don't have an economy to support

[32:31] these rates? >> Um

[32:33] » they do. vanity charge 0346 the proposed rate um lake placid has a

[32:42] variable one their first well they actually have it goes

[32:47] according to the months May to October November to April is 03656 cents of

[32:54] kilowatt hour the city of Plaxburg there's going to be

[32:59] there's they have first to 500 and then over 500 and they also have uh winter

[33:05] and summer rates and the village at Suffer Lake has winter and summer rates

[33:08] also. Their rates range from 5 cents a

[33:14] kilowatt hour to 13 cents a kilowatt hour.

[33:18] » I can I ask a question? I don't understand the comment they have the

[33:21] economy to support it because then their rate should be lower. That these are

[33:25] rates per the customer or residential people. So they they have the economy to

[33:32] support it. You know, I know people paying twice what we pay and I lived in

[33:35] Tupper Lake for quite a while and um I I wonder what that kind of means.

[33:40] » Well, let me tell you, we we pay property taxes coming out of Virginia.

[33:44] We pay town taxes. We pay village taxes. I pay $20,000 in property taxes between

[33:53] my house on Treyan and my restaurant. Now, you're going to increase my

[33:58] electrical rates. Tell me something. What do I get in return for this? What

[34:02] services? I can't even call an Uber cab around here. What do I get in return for

[34:06] this? $20,000 in property taxes. You seem to be gung-ho about this. You seem

[34:12] okay. You seem really pro pro village doing this.

[34:15] » Now I want >> So tell me something. What do I get? No,

[34:19] but what do I what do I get in return for this?

[34:21] » I I You're going to pay extra taxes just like everybody else. I don't

[34:26] » But what do I get service-wise for everything that I pay around here? What

[34:30] do I get? >> I I can't I

[34:33] » I can't even go grocery shopping here. I got to go all the way to Champlne.

[34:37] » I can't Can I make this real quick because I'm not

[34:41] going to let this turn into a debate. >> Okay. Um Ashine, 136 Lake, Carol Ashine,

[34:46] real name. You know, when this first came out with this 153% big bold

[34:51] letters, look what the village is doing to us, right? My worst fears came true

[34:55] because electricity around the country is exploding. I figured it out for my

[35:00] own personal place. It would be going from $1,100 to $2,600. I went across the

[35:05] street. I got an explanation from Ren. I realized it was only for onethird of

[35:10] that amount. So, it was a $500 increase. I tried to come back and explain to

[35:15] people what 153% is using my own house as an example to make it simpler for

[35:21] people to understand. I had people thank me. I understand it now. But to say that

[35:25] I am happy about a tax increase and what this is for this village is idiotic.

[35:30] It's I understand it though if you talk to the people and you see where we are

[35:34] financially and you look at the numbers it's very understandable why they're

[35:37] doing what they're doing if if it comes true. That's what I'm saying. If you're

[35:42] going to just go 153 you're gaslighting people and you got you got to simplify

[35:46] it and say no it's 2% or two cents. It's two cents on this and this is what

[35:51] approximately will be. >> Your only hope for bringing business

[35:55] into this village is your electrical rates. I'm just telling you. Look, I'm

[35:59] as honest as I'm going to be here and I don't want to I I don't want to go

[36:04] everywhere. We're >> Let's be honest here.

[36:08] » Let's be honest. You're not in You're not in Platsburgh. You're not in Lake

[36:12] Placid, okay? You're in the village of Rouse's Point. There is absolutely zero

[36:17] economy here. All the kids around here want to leave. They graduate. You want

[36:22] to know where they want to go? Not the village of Roses Point.

[36:25] » That's been going on my life. >> Well, I'm just I'm just saying. I'm I'm

[36:28] just telling you. I pay $20,000 in taxes. Look, I'm still paying it. I have

[36:34] a beautiful restaurant in the village of Rous's Point if I would not have spent

[36:38] this kind of money in the village if I did not love the village of Rous's

[36:42] Point. But there comes a point of no return.

[36:45] » Was my clock held. I don't like that. Oh, I'm just look [laughter] I you've

[36:50] given me enough time. I look I've answered. I just you know I'm a

[36:53] frustrated individual. I'm a businessman. That's all I'm saying.

[36:56] » But what I said what I I got out of the Rouses Point groups a year ago because I

[36:59] had an unfortunate incident with somebody no longer lives here. I was

[37:02] embarrassed by that and I decided to I'm not getting into it anymore. When I saw

[37:06] this come out, I maybe I can help here. Maybe I can explain. It got interpreted

[37:11] right away by the ERS people that I was cheering for my $500 increase where in

[37:16] fact the word is probably grateful. It's probably grateful for what is happening

[37:20] around the country. Okay. It it forced me to dig into a situation that Chris

[37:24] knows about that I was wrong on my own. So maybe I didn't present it right or

[37:28] something and everybody's saying happy about this which is not true. It's not

[37:33] true. Now, last night I jumped back into the group to get into a a discussion

[37:37] with somebody that was talking about his niper rates or his his night rates,

[37:41] which are accurate. I verified those numbers. Another ERS guy jumped in and

[37:46] said I was I didn't know my information. I challenged that number. I got thrown

[37:50] out of the group. So, you for you guys that like to make fun of Happy for

[37:54] running away already or something like that. I got thrown out of the group. No

[37:57] explanation. No explanation for and that's my fear for the village. The

[38:01] internet is a very powerful thing and you're going to get hammered. You're

[38:04] going to get hammered. You're going to get hammered. And you know, I don't I

[38:09] don't know what advice to give you. I mean, you got to do what you think is

[38:12] right, but >> but I just want to verify that.

[38:15] » Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Ashline. We can go on all night.

[38:20] Everybody has their own opinion. Anybody who's been uh signed up was allowed to

[38:26] speak. And we're going to move on with the regular meeting now.

[38:29] And like I said, I'm going to get the auditor to come to [clears throat] a

[38:32] meeting. He'll be given more explanation and everybody can ask questions to the

[38:38] auditor when he shows up at one of our meetings. I I don't know exactly when

[38:43] that's going to be, but if it is, I will try to get it out on our website. So,

[38:48] anybody who wants to attend the meeting will can attend it and ask the auditor

[38:54] uh any question they want and go from there. The auditor will be appearing via

[38:58] teams January 20th between 7:30 and 8:30. That's the only time that he's

[39:04] available. >> Okay. Perfect.

[39:06] » Perfect. >> Thank you. So anyway, right now we're

[39:10] going to move on to the regular meeting. And right now, uh, we're going to

[39:14] address the minutes of the December 15, 2025 regular meeting. All the, uh,

[39:21] trustees should have a copy of those minutes in their meeting in their

[39:24] packet. There's no uh changes, deletions, or questions, then I need a

[39:28] motion to accept those minutes as printed.

[39:31] » I make a motion we accept them as printed.

[39:33] » Second. >> All those accepting the minutes as

[39:36] December 15, 2025 of regular meeting as printed, say I.

[39:40] » I. I. >> All those opposed say no. The eyes have

[39:44] it. Bills, Mr. Lernal, we have one addition this evening. It's the Menard

[39:50] Mechanical in amount of $26,750. It's for the installation of two Nexus

[39:57] HU150 heaters, one in each bay, and all the work involved in it.

[40:04] Thank you. Anybody have any questions on the bills? If not, then I need a motion

[40:09] to pay the bills as printed. >> I make a motion we pay the bills as as

[40:14] modified. >> Second.

[40:17] » All those in favor of paying the bills as modified by the treasur say I. I all

[40:24] those opposed say no. The eyes have it. Uh correspondence, Mr. Latchimar.

[40:30] » Thank you, Mayor Labounti. Uh for correspondence, I have two uh

[40:35] representatives from the Champlain Moors EMS

[40:38] um service that we have with the village of Ros's Point. I have Corey and Morgan.

[40:45] And I'd like to turn the floor over to those two individuals to address any

[40:50] issues or concerns regarding the EMS contract that we have.

[40:55] » Uh for anyone that doesn't know me, my name is Corey Thompson. I'm the EMS

[40:58] captain for Champlain Moors EMS. This is Morgan Aruda. She's the operations

[41:03] supervisor. So, every so often we come to these meetings to see if there's any

[41:07] questions about the contract. We are entering our 11th year uh as a

[41:11] contracted uh emergency services entity with the village of Rous's Point. I know

[41:16] that the contract was approved at I believe the end of November meeting or

[41:21] maybe it was the first one in December. Um so [clears throat] I I had talked to

[41:26] uh Chris on the phone. I talked to Mayor Leoni today. Um on Friday we were uh you

[41:31] know given some information that maybe there were some questions regarding our

[41:35] contract either from the public or from the board. So, we felt, you know, this

[41:40] was probably a good time to come and um, you know, show our face and and see if

[41:44] there was any any questions. Uh just to kind of put it into perspective numbers

[41:49] wise, uh we operate approximately $1.5 million budget of which uh the village

[41:56] of Rouse's Point uh pays approximately 180,000 uh in taxes and then we get

[42:04] billing revenue from the calls that we do uh in in all of our contracted areas.

[42:09] In the village of Rouse's Point last year uh our billing revenue was

[42:13] approximately 158,000. So combined uh between tax rates and uh billing um it

[42:21] makes up about 20% of our our budget which is right on point to how we figure

[42:26] our budget because about 20% of our calls um come from the village of Rous's

[42:32] point. So uh last year's numbers we answered 600 uh excuse me 1632

[42:38] ambulance calls uh as an agency and 296 of them occurred here in the village. uh

[42:45] your tax dollars um allow us to provide round-the-clock EMS coverage. Um and in

[42:51] particular, we staff two ambulances. So, we're such a large area and we're so far

[42:56] away from Platsburg that if we get an ambulance call and that first crew is

[43:00] out and now somebody calls an ambulance in this village or in Champlain or

[43:05] Moors, um we don't want those people, you know, waiting any longer than they

[43:08] have to. Um [clears throat] and and we've been very fortunate to get uh a

[43:13] third and sometimes even a fourth ambulance on the road when it gets

[43:17] really really busy. And you are very fortunate to have an ambulance, a fire

[43:21] department based ambulance in this village that can respond to calls as

[43:25] well. So uh just a little bit of background about us. Um but I I'd like

[43:29] to answer any questions that anyone might have about our service.

[43:35] The only thing I would like to verify, uh, Cy is, uh, when I first got elected,

[43:43] I'm not a I'm not a member of the fire department or or, uh, I'm not familiar

[43:47] with it. So, I asked uh, Trusty Faly, myself,

[43:54] Administrator Latchimmore, and Fire Chief Leblanc to attend a meeting at

[43:59] your at your place of business. Do you recall that?

[44:01] » I do. and we went through the discussions of

[44:05] how this all started. How uh Russ's Point was basically not one of the first

[44:10] members started with Champlain and Moors and then somewhere along the line Russ's

[44:16] Point joined this uh uh this your your business here. So, uh before I before I

[44:24] left that meeting with Chief Leblanc, I asked him point blank, is there any

[44:30] questions that you have for Mr. Johnson, is there any concerns about this

[44:34] contract, Chief LeBlanc? He said, "Absolutely not." And we left that

[44:39] meeting. Is that not correct? >> That's correct.

[44:41] » Okay. So, anybody that has any concerns about the board misleading anybody,

[44:48] you're wrong. I took the the most expert person I could think along with this

[44:54] meeting and and the board members would be the fire chief Leblah, who's been the

[44:58] fire chief for a long time. and and he did not see any problems and you don't

[45:04] have to take my word for it. You can ask Chief LeBlanc and I asked him point

[45:09] blank like and I'll repeat myself in front of everybody who was at meeting

[45:13] and there was probably at least 15 to 18 people at that meeting and he did not

[45:18] have any questions for Corey and he did not have any concerns and that's where

[45:22] we are today. My concern was the cost just like everybody else. Uh it

[45:29] it's it's sometimes it's hard to believe what it costs today for certain

[45:35] services, but we became proactive. We were never billing our services for

[45:41] ambulance pickup on the weekend and we had a meeting and with uh myself,

[45:48] the administrator, the uh treasurer, I think trustee Valkyrie was involved and

[45:53] we start to become proactive and I think we use the same service that you people

[45:58] use. So, we decided to start billing for the

[46:01] weekend services and it was only for what the insurance pays. Nothing out

[46:08] going to put anybody on the street out of their pocket with no threatening

[46:11] letters. And it's been a success so far. And I believe since we started this in

[46:18] May of 2025, we've taken in over $50,000, which has

[46:23] offset the current increase plus some of the other costs that we've been paying

[46:28] in the past. And I expect that revenue to just increase as we start the bill

[46:34] for the full year. So, we're not just sitting around waiting for everybody to

[46:39] pay money in taxes or services. We're trying to think of every situation that

[46:45] we can offset the the hit on your wallet and we've come up with this and it's

[46:50] been a success so far and I believe it's going to be successful going forward. Uh

[46:56] other than that I have nothing any other board member have any questions for Mr.

[47:00] adoption. >> Cory, I I think one question that

[47:05] the residents of the village Ross Point may have is we have a volunteer

[47:10] department. We have volunteer uh EMTs and one of the questions that they have

[47:17] is if we didn't enter into this contract with Champlain Moors EMS,

[47:23] Champlne Moors EMS would have to be on mutual aid. So, Ross's Point couldn't

[47:28] make the call. So, what's the advantage of having the contract

[47:33] versus not having it? >> That's a great question. Uh, so every

[47:37] tax dollar that we collect from all of our contracted areas goes straight to

[47:42] staffing. So, if you look at our staffing line item, um, we staff 14

[47:46] full-time employees uh, across the 247 period in a week. Uh, and the, uh, total

[47:53] tax dollars cover all of the, uh, employee wages. So there isn't a single

[47:59] tax dollar that goes toward anything else. All of our billing revenue covers

[48:02] every other cost that goes into an EMS service, including new ambulances. So we

[48:08] are uh a rare entity in that we don't uh ask any of our contracted areas to buy

[48:14] new equipment or new ambulances. So we do all of that on our on our billing

[48:19] revenue. [clears throat] Uh one question I get asked a lot is is why do I get

[48:22] taxed and I get an EMS bill? Um the taxes are to supply uh personnel that

[48:29] are on call ready to respond to an ambulance call. The the bill isn't is an

[48:34] individualized person's bill for that particular call. So we all share the

[48:38] wealth in making sure people are ready to go and available on on staff and then

[48:44] if you actually use the ambulance service then you would your insurance

[48:47] company would pay your specific bill. Um it's a it's been a very um uh good

[48:52] relationship with Rous's Point over the last 10 years. If if we didn't have the

[48:57] service, uh number one, the volunteers would be stressed with handling over 400

[49:01] ambulance calls a year. We did 296 and the weekend is right around 100

[49:07] according to Chief Leblanc last year. So you're asking uh uh volunteers to to

[49:12] answer over 400 ambulance calls, which is a big stressor. Uh number two, it

[49:17] could delay um uh responses considering that you have one ambulance. Uh if that

[49:22] ambulance is out, then and we you'd have to wait for another ambulance to to

[49:26] arrive. So, we are out the door uh to 1632 calls. Our average response time

[49:32] was 2.2 minutes. And I actually looked it up knowing I was coming to the

[49:36] meeting tonight. Our average response time to the scene of every ambulance

[49:41] call in in Rous's point averaged out to just under 10 minutes from dispatch to

[49:46] on scene. It was like 9.6 minutes. So say 10 minutes from phone call to being

[49:51] on scene. Now there's always those cases where the Champlain ambulance might be

[49:56] out so another ambulance might have to come from the moors area. Um I will say

[50:01] that the the first responders in Rous's point do a great job of responding to

[50:05] calls. I believe Trusty Pelky actually went on an ambulance call today and

[50:09] assisted our crews. So, we do have a a very robust fire department that does

[50:13] respond and assist on these calls. Uh so, care is getting there immediately

[50:17] and then we come along and and take the patient to the hospital. So, I

[50:22] appreciate that question. >> Yes, sir.

[50:25] » Now, I just want to clarify. So, yes, we do the weekend calls, but our staff is

[50:33] limited because of the training. Correct.

[50:36] » Uh [clears throat] >> training. I mean, I don't I don't know

[50:39] why. Uh I don't know the number of EMTs and and paramedics that are staffed on

[50:44] the Rousles Point Fire Department roster. I couldn't speak to that. Um you

[50:49] know, those numbers are diminishing across the entire state. Our volunteer

[50:53] numbers have have ebed and flowed, but I would say ever since the co days, uh

[50:59] volunteerism has decreased significantly across the board. We faced the same

[51:03] thing. When we entered into contract with Brussels Point in 2015, we had five

[51:08] full-time employees. Uh 10 years later, 11 years later, we had 14. Um and that's

[51:14] because call volumes go up, volunteerism is going down, and people still need

[51:19] care to their to their homes when when there's an emergency. So, uh a lot of

[51:23] that drives it. The training is more substantial. It used to be a four-month

[51:27] class. Now, it's closer to a six-month class, maybe an eight-month class. plus

[51:32] all the other stuff to it. So, um yeah, paramedic is two years for some. So,

[51:40] » so in your estimation for if Ross's Point were to have its own EMS service,

[51:47] how many individuals would need to be hired in order to to fill um the service

[51:54] providing? >> A lot of towns do it this way. Um it

[51:57] would take eight, four basics and four paramedics. um the average cost of of

[52:02] one ambulance service 247 in a town. I I'll speak to the town of Altona, the

[52:07] town of Ellenburgg are two of the primary ones that hire uh a service to

[52:11] provide 24/7 coverage. The going cost is around $600,000

[52:16] in taxes. Um the call revenue of 400 would would not cover $600,000. It would

[52:23] cover at best maybe $200,000 of that. So,

[52:28] you'd be looking at a $400,000 taxable rate where we're charging um well, I

[52:34] want to be clear, we're charging 180 for the shared service and then your weekend

[52:37] paramedic this year 2026 is 70,000. So, that combined, but that gives you

[52:43] dedicated paramedic service for 48 hours on the weekend to the village.

[52:48] » So, approximately what we're paying is $254,000. you're paying 250

[52:53] uh,000 uh total for all of your EMS service um

[52:57] that you're where most towns are paying upwards of north of $600,000.

[53:03] » If we were to do 24/7, what's the cost of a new?

[53:09] » Um our last new one we bought two years ago was was close to 400,000.

[53:15] um the the very next one and and and to save cost to all of our taxpayers, we

[53:20] are at a point where our four ambulances are in pretty good shape. So, our oldest

[53:25] one is a 2019. Um so, rather than buying a brand new ambulance this coming year,

[53:31] we're going to take the box off of that one. It's called a rechassie and we're

[53:34] going to put it on a new chassis so we have a fresh, you know, truck, but the

[53:39] box is still very good. So instead of spending 400,000, the numbers we're

[53:43] seeing are about 225,000. Um, granted, all that money comes from

[53:47] building revenue, but we can take that excess cost and put it elsewhere in the

[53:51] budget uh to help with with needs. We we just literally today got an email. We're

[53:56] very excited about this. Um, the heart monitors that we use on all of our

[53:59] ambulances, we just upgraded to the brand new state-of-the-art Lifepack 35s.

[54:04] Um, they are the uh the newest uh product on the market. We are one of the

[54:08] first agencies to be receiving them and they will be on our trucks on January

[54:14] 20th. Uh because our training is that night and we're going to put them on our

[54:18] trucks after the training. So, we're very excited about that. Um I can speak

[54:21] to our EMS board believes in the in the best ambulances with the best equipment

[54:26] with the best people showing up in your time of need and we're very committed to

[54:30] that. just to, you know, reiterate what Cory

[54:35] is saying and everything. You know, we pay $180,000 for the service and so it

[54:42] comes around 254 or whatever. But you just got done saying it would be

[54:47] $400,000 to staff it. And then if we buy a new ambulance, there's another

[54:51] 400,000. So, you're looking at $800,000 money that we have to have up front just

[54:57] to get started this if if we need if we wanted to do that.

[55:01] » Yes. Um, you know, it's great to investigate it. I always encourage

[55:05] public entities to get bids from other agencies because that is due diligence.

[55:09] I >> think we did that from CBPH and Morrison

[55:12] Bill. Correct. And Mr. Law, could you refresh me on those numbers? I don't

[55:16] recall exactly. >> 500,000.

[55:18] » That's what I thought somewhere. I didn't want to say something that wasn't

[55:21] true. But I remember when he told me the figure, I was just stunned.

[55:27] » Anything else? >> Mr. Thompson, I appreciate your time

[55:32] information. >> Thank you.

[55:33] » Also,

[55:37] [clears throat] >> Mr. Lmore, you have anything else?

[55:40] » I think you have a question. >> Not a question. Martin, 28 Rose Avenue.

[55:45] Oh. >> Um, I did get a chance because I did

[55:47] have questions about some of the contract. I met with Morgan and Corey

[55:51] also went over with some concerns with Mr. Latimore and I must say after the

[55:55] meeting I was quite satisfied quite happy their service is quite well and I

[56:00] think I mentioned that and I think I publicly mentioned that also thank you

[56:03] very much >> thank you for your comment

[56:08] Mr. Lemore, >> that's all I have, mayor.

[56:11] » Okay. Under myself, I have a resolution for the election 2026,

[56:18] resolution 2026-1. And I'll read it into the record.

[56:26] Whereas the next village election for the offices of the village of Russ

[56:30] Point, New York, will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

[56:34] Whereas the board of trustees of said village must designate the by resolution

[56:39] the polling place in the hours which the poll shall be open for section 15-104-3B

[56:46] of the New York State election law. Therefore, be it resolved that the board

[56:50] of elect trustees of the village of Ross's Point has determined the polling

[56:54] place shall be Halstead Hall located at 39 Lake Street, Russ, New York, with the

[57:00] polling being open from 12:00 noon to 900 p.m. and be further resolved that it

[57:07] as required by section 15 104-3B of the New York election law notice that

[57:14] said village village polling place and time the polls will be open be given at

[57:19] least 60 days prior to set election uh this resolution shall take effect

[57:26] immediately and I'm going to need a u motion to

[57:33] designate Hstead call as the polling uh the voting uh place and have 12:00 noon

[57:40] to 9:00 p.m. as the hours of voting. >> So move second.

[57:46] » Mr. Latchmore call vote, please. >> Trusty Pel.

[57:50] » Trusty Bernard. >> Hi.

[57:51] » Trusty Southwick. >> Hi.

[57:53] » Trusty Arnold. >> Hi.

[57:54] » Mayor Bounty. [clears throat] >> I The eyes have it. The uh designation

[57:59] has been set by the board. The next resolution is uh 2026-2

[58:06] voter registration day 2026. Uh notice is hereby given that the board

[58:14] of trustees of the village of Ross Point Clinton County, New York has the fifth

[58:18] day of January passed a resolution to not hold a voter registration day for

[58:24] 2026 election. A copy of complete resolution. resolution is stated.

[58:29] Whereas the next village election for officers will be held on the 18th of

[58:33] March, 2026. And whereas due to the lack of activity at past resation days, the

[58:40] village officials have decided not to order registration day for the general

[58:45] election 2026. This resolution take immediately effect today's date. Do I

[58:51] have a motion uh to forego the registration date by this board?

[58:55] » Like make one comment, Mr. Mayor. Sure. >> I've said this before when we pass this

[58:59] resolution, you can register online, you know, and make any changes you need to

[59:03] online. I've done it myself. Works great.

[59:07] [clears throat] >> Anything else? Trust yourself.

[59:09] » Nope. Just wanted to make that comment. Uh, so I need a a motion to forgo the u

[59:15] the uh resolution for the uh voting for uh

[59:21] signing up to vote registration. I'll make a motion to put resolution 2026-2.

[59:29] » Second. >> Uh, roll call vote. Mr. Lim,

[59:33] » trustee Pelky. >> Hi.

[59:35] » Trusty Bernard. >> Hi.

[59:36] » Trusty Southwick. >> Hi.

[59:37] » Trusty Arno. >> Hi.

[59:39] » Mayor Lounty. >> I. The board has passed it. There will

[59:42] be no registration as day in the village, but as Trusty Celtic pointed

[59:48] out, you can go online and do it very easily.

[59:51] Um, the next thing I have on my agenda would be resolution

[59:57] uh uh let me see resolution 2026-3 inspectors of election Russ's point of

[1:00:05] New York. Whereas, pursuant to article 15, section 116 of the 1979

[1:00:12] state of New York election law, the board of trustees of the village Ros is

[1:00:17] charged with adopting a resolution appointing inspectors of election

[1:00:22] appointing a chairperson thereof and affixing their compensation. Therefore,

[1:00:27] the board of trustees of Gold Ros does serve by resolve that the inspectors of

[1:00:31] the election shall be one, Mary Rascal will be the chief inspector. Two,

[1:00:37] Margaret Triot will be an inspector. Three, will be an inspector. And four,

[1:00:43] Mariel Lefay will be inspector. The chairperson shall be Mary Rascal. The

[1:00:49] compensation will be be fixed at $16.50 50 cents an hour for the election

[1:00:54] chairperson and $16 per hour for the inspectors. This resolution will take

[1:01:00] effect immediately after the vote. Do I have a motion to appoint Mary Rasco as

[1:01:06] the chief inspector and the other inspectors along with the wage

[1:01:10] compensation for four individuals? I need a motion from this board. Make a

[1:01:15] resol motion to pass the resolution 2026-3

[1:01:19] of the inspectors of the election of Brussels Point. Second

[1:01:25] roll call vote Mr. Latimore. >> Trusty Pel.

[1:01:28] » Trusty Manard. >> I trusty Southwick.

[1:01:31] » I trusty Arno. >> I mayor Bounty.

[1:01:34] » I The eyes have it. The inspectors are set with their wages. [clears throat]

[1:01:38] The next thing I have is resolution 2026-4

[1:01:43] shared service agreement with the code officer.

[1:01:46] And uh I'm going to read not all of it. Some of it this agreement will be dated

[1:01:52] the first day of January 2026 by and between the town of Champlain and

[1:01:58] a municipal corporation with an office located at 10729

[1:02:03] Route 9 PO Box 3144 Champlain, New York 12919

[1:02:10] known as a town the village of Ros's Point

[1:02:15] is an office located at 139 Lake Street. Yeah,

[1:02:19] » you have a resolution. That's the contract

[1:02:22] » that was given to the trustees, but this is

[1:02:24] » I apologize everybody. I I put my glasses on.

[1:02:33] » This is a shared services agreement with the code officer. It'll be as follows.

[1:02:37] This agreement should be dated. >> You have resolution 2026 report.

[1:02:46] » Thank you. authoriz authorizing the execution of a shared

[1:02:52] service agreement with the town of Champlain for the provision of code

[1:02:55] enforcement officer. Whereas the uniform shared services and considation act

[1:03:01] authorizes two or more local units to enter into an agreement for interlocal

[1:03:06] services and known as services agreement for the provision of municipal services.

[1:03:11] a in agreement. Whereas the governing body of the village of Ros's point

[1:03:15] recognizes that shared services may result in property tax relief and

[1:03:19] enhanced services for its resident whereas the village of Ross Point is in

[1:03:24] need of a code officer for its residents. Whereas the town of Champlain

[1:03:28] is able to provide code officer enforcement. Whereas the village of Ross

[1:03:33] Point wishes to begin receiving code enforcement officer uh due from the town

[1:03:39] of Champlain. Whereas the governing body of the village of Ross Point has

[1:03:43] reviewed the proposed agreement a copy which is attached to. Now therefore be

[1:03:48] resolved that the governing body of the village Ross Point would hereby endorse

[1:03:52] endorsed by both to enter into this agreement. We further resolve that the

[1:03:58] mayor is hereby authorized to take all legal and necessary actions to

[1:04:02] facilitate the village of Ross Point participation in in this agreement. Be

[1:04:07] it further resolved that a copy of this agreement shall be maintained in the

[1:04:11] town of Champlain office and will be available for public

[1:04:15] inspection. This resolution shall be take effect immediately. And I need a

[1:04:21] motion to from one of the board members and a second to enter into the shared

[1:04:26] service agreement with the town of Champlain [snorts]

[1:04:29] for their code officer. >> I just have a quick question.

[1:04:31] » Sure. >> This is just a re this is renewing what

[1:04:34] we've already been doing, correct? I believe so. I just wanted to ask it

[1:04:37] out loud.

[1:04:41] » I make a motion that we pass resolution 2026-4

[1:04:46] with the provision of shared code enforcement officer with the town of

[1:04:50] Champlain. >> Second roll call vote. Mr. Limmore.

[1:04:55] » Trusty Palkey. >> Hi.

[1:04:56] » Trusty Bernard. >> Hi.

[1:04:57] » Trusty Southwick. >> Hi.

[1:04:59] » Trusty Arno. >> Hi.

[1:05:00] » Mayor Lealdi. >> I. The eyes have it. the agreement will

[1:05:04] be uh entered into. And lastly, under my name, I have a letter from McGomery

[1:05:10] Hoe's book and ladder company number one. Um, dear mayor and trustees, we

[1:05:16] wish to inform you that a new junior member who has been approved to our

[1:05:20] company for probationary period for six months with restrictions.

[1:05:25] And uh the new member was Trisha M. tonight and uh she was uh approved and

[1:05:34] her probation career has been uh completed. Is that correct, Mr. Limar?

[1:05:39] » That's correct. >> Okay. So, we I this board would like to

[1:05:43] welcome the board Trisha M. Snide and we appreciate her volunteerism.

[1:05:50] That's all I have. >> No, you have one more. Oh, I'm sorry.

[1:05:53] » One more. >> No, no, Dale has it. Oh.

[1:05:57] » Uh, Trustee uh Arnold, do you have something?

[1:06:00] » Uh, nothing at this point, Mr. Mayor. >> Okay. Uh, Trusty [clears throat]

[1:06:04] Bernard, do you have something? >> Just one thing. Yes. Uh, this is from

[1:06:07] the Dodge Memorial Library. Dear Mayor Leavi and village board, the Russell's

[1:06:12] Point Dodge Memorial Library Board of Trustees at a special meeting held on

[1:06:16] December 30th voted to approve um Matthew Bernell's request to hire

[1:06:23] Nicole Molinsky as a library feature. This is more of a just aformational

[1:06:30] thing. They run their own board. They point who they want to point. So, it's

[1:06:35] just an information for us. >> Now, you guys have to approve that. We

[1:06:38] have to approve it. Okay. >> Yeah.

[1:06:40] » So I make a motion that we approve Nicole Minsky as a library page.

[1:06:44] » I second that. We'll call vote. Mr. Lor. >> Trusty Paly.

[1:06:49] » Hi. >> Trusty Bernard.

[1:06:50] » Hi. >> Trusty Southwick.

[1:06:52] » Hi. >> Trusty Arno.

[1:06:53] » Hi. >> Mayor Lounti.

[1:06:55] » Hi. >> That's all I have.

[1:06:57] » Okay. Thank you. Um, Trusty Pel. >> Um, I had a meeting with our rec center

[1:07:04] facility manager, Keith Bardan. Everything is going good down here at

[1:07:07] the rec center. A lot of people using the range and u some budget numbers

[1:07:14] because our budget is we're working on our uh our new budget that starts in

[1:07:19] June. So we're figuring out what needs to be done

[1:07:25] we're waiting for the future. So >> I I spoke to the manager and it seems

[1:07:30] like our uh rental numbers are up this year.

[1:07:33] » Yes, numbers are up and Seems like every weekend this facility is full. I mean,

[1:07:38] people buy the parking lot. It's just chuck full and it's really good. It's

[1:07:42] good for our restaurants. It's good for our businesses. Um, it's good all

[1:07:45] around. >> Anything else?

[1:07:48] » That's all I have. >> Thank you. Uh, Mr. Trusty South, do you

[1:07:52] have something? >> Uh, just that if we haven't received an

[1:07:56] update from Barton Ludas regarding the comprehensive plan by this point, I feel

[1:08:01] like we should reach out and get an update. It's been a little bit since

[1:08:04] we've had their last community meeting and we're wrote a progress report from

[1:08:07] them. >> So, I just received an email from Bob

[1:08:11] Murphy today. >> Okay.

[1:08:13] » Where he sent some documents to the state for review. Um, so that's all that

[1:08:19] I have as far as that. But they told us it was supposed to be done. Matt, you

[1:08:24] you've been right. It was supposed to be completed by December, right?

[1:08:28] » Yeah. >> Yeah.

[1:08:30] So, I I'll I'll reach out to them, but I know

[1:08:33] they just sent documents to the state today because I was CCed in the email

[1:08:37] and I had very limited use to my uh to the office today.

[1:08:42] » The state's involvement would explain a bit of a delay getting a revised

[1:08:46] timeline would be good. >> I would be happy to provide that in the

[1:08:49] next meeting. >> Perfect.

[1:08:51] » Anything else? Trusty S? >> Nothing. Okay. Thank you. Uh, nobody's

[1:08:56] requested executive session and I need a motion for adjournment. Gentlemen,

[1:09:01] » I make a motion we adjourn. >> All those in

[1:09:04] » All those in favor of adjourning say I. >> All those opposed say no.

[1:09:09] » Thank you gentlemen. Thank you everybody from the public.

Rouses Point Village Board Meeting 1-5-26

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