of the United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands. One
nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
Sure.
» Okay. Uh we're going to rearrange our uh
agenda here a little bit. Uh and we are
going to move uh appointment uh
organizational appointments up to uh
number one. So and uh with that
>> no I don't see it.
>> Oh okay.
>> Okay.
So, uh um
first of all um um at this point um I'm
going to um not seek uh nomination for
mayor again this year and uh I would
like to nominate Kevin S.
>> I'll second it.
» I sorry. Hi Sals. Hi Niles. Hi Jay. Hi
N. Hi
Thank you, buddy.
>> Congrats.
>> Congratulations.
[clears throat]
>> I appreciate it.
» Uh, I guess I'll start by saying, Bill,
thank you for your time. You know, um,
[laughter]
you don't need to keep it, but uh, I
appreciate everything. So, thank you.
Um,
next I guess will be for deputy mayor
which may
>> correct. Uh, so do we need a motion for
that or
>> Yeah. Well, I don't know. No.
>> No.
>> Okay.
>> Cuz it's like a the longest. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Okay.
Then next on the list is the registar of
vital statistics. Renee Zupan. two-year
term ending on December 31st, 2027.
And I guess I'll have to sign off on
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> I make a motion.
>> Second.
» I voli.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> Okay. For the deputy registar of vital
statistics, Carrie Shannon.
Yeah, that's it.
>> Bill, you made a motion.
>> I'll second it.
>> Okay,
>> I final.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> I
>> uh for the city attorney reappointing
campaign and Whan Smith for a two-year
term.
>> Walsh. Second.
>> Pakola.
>> Hi.
>> Spinal.
>> Hi.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
Uh the official depository designation
for NBT Bank, Community Bank, and LPL
Financial Order.
>> I'll make a motion.
>> Second.
>> Okay. Cola.
>> Hi.
>> Final.
>> Hi.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> Uh for the official newspaper, the Daily
Sentinel.
>> I make shola.
Hi
>> Lionel.
>> Hi
>> uh Niles.
>> Hi
>> Shay.
>> Hi
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> And then I guess do we need a motion for
no changes to the investment policy?
>> What is the investment policy?
>> So here is the document wants to read.
It just the objectives basically are to
conform to all applicable federal, state
and other legal requirements to
adequately safeguard principle. um to
provide sufficient liquidity to meet all
operating requirements and to obtain a
reasonable rate of return. So those are
the objectives of the policy I have in
any real investments.
>> We do like CDs. We have money market so
money market accounts. So yes, we do
have investments but this is not
changing um since this got approved two
years ago. So if you guys want to read
it or
>> do you want to read it and we'll go over
our next meeting? It's up to you. I'll
make a motion.
» I'll second.
» Okay. Pakola.
>> Uh Niles
>> abstain.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> And then uh lastly, uh no changes to the
procurement policy.
>> So nothing has really changed with that.
>> Real quick while we do it. Um,
» so the the long and short of it is the current policy
um for a purchase contract between 750
and $3,499
requires two verbal quotations.
3500 to 19,999
requires three written or fax
quotations. Written requests for
proposals.
Public works contract 1,00 to 4,999
requires two verbal quotations 5,000 to
14,999.
two written or fact quotations and
15,000 to 34,999
requires three written fact quotations
or written requests for proposals.
Anything over that amount is required to
go out to competitive bid process which
the commission would authorize going out
to bid and then awarding the bid.
Nothing's changed here. It's the same as
before uh when this was passed uh
>> two years ago. two years ago. Uh January
of 2024
no change.
>> Yes.
» Okay. Mola Adam.
>> Hi.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> I
next is the approval of minutes from the
December 22nd, 2025 meeting. Make a
motion. Starting
right smiles. Okay. So,
>> I bal
>> hi.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> Next item. Approval of warrants.
>> Okay. In the general fund, we have
$79,67722.
Sewer $12,942.68.
Power and light $35,5941
and trust and agency $1,250.
>> I'll second it.
>> Okay.
>> I Niles.
>> Hey,
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> Item number four, city officials
reports.
Yeah, here you go. Enjoy. [laughter]
» Um, so a couple things. Uh, one
obviously with the poor weather we're
having lately with the snow and ice, um,
rock salt is always an issue. Uh, there
was just an article in the newspaper
that discussed how um, Cargill, who is
the supplier for the state and county
through the uh, their procurement
process, which we piggyback off of, is
having a hard time getting deliveries.
Uh, two year two years ago, it was a
production issue. they did not have
enough rock salt that they produced for
the year. So, I don't know if it's a
combination of both or one or the other,
but the newspaper article refers to the
transportation being an issue of rock
salt. So, we got two loads last week,
we'll get two more loads this week
potentially. Uh, and then it's anyone's
guess from there. So,
nothing much we can do about it other
than just be patient and wait for
hopefully this to get resolved. So,
that's the one thing. The other thing is
uh a few weeks ago there was an issue
brought to the commission about the uh
tractor snowb blowers the implement
tractor snowblowers that are operating
uh on the city streets. Uh we did a deep
dive into that with the New York State
Police also with uh the DMV and those
vehicles are non-registerable
non-insurable motor vehicles and cannot
or should not be operated in that
manner. uh through further discussions
uh with our insurance company, we
believe that we have a way to work
through that and that's to create what's
called a registry. A lot of other
municipalities are are entering into
this, Syracuse being one of them. Um to
create a registry here where someone can
come and register, provide that they
have the proper insurance to have these
vehicles operating
um and then we'll essentially be the
keeper of that to make sure that people
are in compliance. So little bit more
detail to work through, but um um
that'll be something that'll be
implemented next plowing season. We'll
continue business as usual this plowing
season as per the commission's
direction. So
uh next thing would be uh the pool. If
uh people saw, we were awarded um uh
funding through the swims program uh
$2.6 6 million
uh to basically redo the uh Glover pool
complex. That includes a zero entry pool
um uh splash pad and then improvements
to the pool house. It's an 8020 split,
meaning that the city has to pay 20%
$650,000. The state will pay the balance
of 2.6. It's a reimbursement grant. the
city will have to go out and borrow the
money and then file for reimbursement uh
throughout the process. Lot of details
still to work out. Rene and I had a
phone call with our engineers on Friday
uh waiting to hear back from the state
with what they call a GDA, a grant
dispersement agreement that should be
here hopefully the next 10 days or so.
Uh and then from there, uh the
commission is going to have to make a
decision if they're going to move this
grant forward and approve it and and go
forward with the project or not. So,
we've got a little bit of homework to do
in the next couple days here. Wait for
that uh grant dispersement agreement to
come in uh and look into a couple other
particulars and then get back to the
commission so they can make a decision
to move this forward uh or not. So, if
anyone in the commission has any
questions, I'm happy to answer them.
So when we have the opportunity to make
small adjustments to it, is that
something that goes I guess is Barton
the dudis or whoever the engineer would
be. Is that something that they offer to
us? Is that something as a commission we
or do we incorporate the committee that
we put together? You know, I just ways
of addressing I guess potential changes
to this because so much is up in the
air.
>> Yeah. So, so there are the ability to do
minor changes. The scope of work again
is a pool, a splash pad, and the pool
house. Um, you're not going to deviate
from those, but but I'll give a
hypothetical. Um, let's just say the
pool overage to build the pool, the
overage is $25,000
and we need to get that from somewhere
internally in the grant. we would submit
a request to Dazzy who is the grant
administrator ask them to move 25,000
out let's say for flooring uh locker
room flooring um to be applied towards
the pool portion right so there is a
little flexibility but the scope of work
is going to be the scope work that's
what the grant was applied for and
that's what was was accepted so um
what'll end up happening is the
administration will
go through the first phase let's say
with the engineers right on what is what
we think is needed. There will be a
public input portion at some point in
time. Um but the engineers will drive
the project based on the the the the
available funds and the designated or
intended purpose of the grant. So um
there won't be much flexibility there
other than getting some input and then
letting the engineers take that back and
chew on it and make a recommendation to
us. So
» any question?
>> Okay, that's all I have for you.
» Nothing. You just don't want to use
this.
>> Yes. Michael
» All right. Uh item number five, public
comments. Does anyone wish to address
the commission tonight?
Sorry.
We
>> Yes, you do.
>> You have the microphone.
>> Yeah.
>> Please state your name and address.
>> Name and address.
» Ray Krubsky, 326 Cheryl Road. Uh just a
couple questions. Um about a month ago,
you mentioned this skating rink was
going to start to be done and stuff and
then nothing ever happened. Is that
still going to happen or no?
So, um, as you know, we don't control
the weather when you have 55 degree
weather. Um, you know, we so we're not
going to spend the time and effort
knowing it's going to get warm. For
example, um, we looked at the weather
this week.
>> Um, could have changed, but Wednesday is
supposed to be, I think, 45. Thursday is
supposed to be 36. So, the temp
temperature fluctuations don't allow for
uh, ice creation. So, the week later, I
think after Saturday, it's supposed to
get down in the 20s. So, we'll look at
it there. You can only make
>> You You said you were going to look at
it beginning of December, and we had a
cold streak all the way through
Christmas and and the skating never [clears throat] happened.
>> We We can We can split hairs if you
want, but the reality is it got cold, it
got warm. It got cold, it got warm. We
had rain and snow and slush. So,
priority for our guys is to plow the
streets. We have seven guys that work
for the DPW. So, when we get those snow
storms, that's their priority. So, it's
going to supersede anything. And we
don't bring people in on overtime to
create ice. So they'll do it during
their work hours when available and try
to keep and stay on top of it. But
again, we don't control the weather. And
again, anyone that's seen what's
happened here, we had 2 feet of snow uh
less than a week ago and it's all gone.
So
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. And then other just question
because I don't know the answer. um when
it comes to plowing parking lots and
stuff, how do you how do they figure
that out? Because the last time it
snowed a lot, there was 8 in out here in our parking lot and the guys are out
plowing the churches and plowing in
front of Ebenezers in front of New York
Pizza and we're getting calls and you
know, we're getting cars stuck a little
bit and this and that. I mean, can that
be like moved up on on the list after
the roads to the public safety building?
>> Yeah. So, just for factually speaking,
the city hall gets plowed before any of
the church parking lots. So, um
>> not not this last time.
>> Okay. We can agree to disagree. Uh this
first time hearing of this. I did not
hear from any of your chiefs. Nobody
called
and and I just I I didn't talk to them.
I just asking the question.
>> This parking lot is maintained uh in my
opinion very well by our guys. They work
hard. Uh they're out there clearing the
streets. I'm not sure what day that was.
I'm not sure if it was on a holiday
where we were down to a skeleton crew. I
don't know those details because it's
the first time hearing of it. So, if you
want to give me an exact date and time,
I'm happy to talk to Adam and we can
look into it further.
>> I didn't write down the date and time,
but
>> Okay. So, I I don't know. I was just
curious how that worked. So, all right.
Thanks.
» Anybody else?
» Okay. Closing public comment. Uh number
six, authorize the sale of the griddle
on Auctions International.
>> So what this is, it's the old it's the
old griddle, the the concession stand.
We use some of the uh Vernon money to
replace the griddle and the deep fryer.
Correct, Barry? So um the deep fryer
unfortunately was not salvageable or
worth anything. So that was thrown away.
Um but this griddle could get a couple
bucks from it.
>> So that's what that is.
>> Be a motion.
I'll second it.
>> Pull.
>> Hi.
>> Mhm.
>> Hi.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> Moving on to number eight on the list.
The resolution to bond for Digger Derek
P&L.
>> So, what this is is um the old Digger
Derek was replaced. We placed this order
a little over two years ago through MAC.
The cabin chassis came in and then went
to Altech. It was at Altech for I want
to say nine or 10 months being built
out. Uh it was delivered about two weeks
ago to power and light. Uh this was
accounted for in the rate study increase
that was done two years ago, but now we
need authorization to go out and borrow
for it to pay for it. And again, the
rate the rates that are being charged
will create enough revenue annually to
pay for it. I think Rene correct if I'm
wrong. We're probably gonna take a ban
out on this for five years. Is that
correct?
>> That's what I was would assume. And
that's for like $23,653.
Yeah.
>> To be exactly.
>> Okay. Uh do I have a motion?
>> I'll second.
>> Cola.
>> Hi.
>> Vinyl.
>> Hi.
>> Niles.
>> Hi.
>> Shay.
>> Hi.
>> Sales.
>> Hi.
>> Item number nine. Other commissioners
reports
>> I don't feel
» congratulations.
>> Thank you.
>> And Bill, thank you for your service
>> and I'd like to learn more about our
city's investments and see what we're
invested and see what the rules are and
see if we can start investing more.
>> I can get you with us if you want to
take it with you. Just get started.
>> Sure. J,
>> we can start with the commissioner.
>> Commissioner
>> Billy, thank you for your service while
we
ask Kevin.
» That's all I have to say about that.
>> All right. Well, thank you all. I
appreciate all you appreciate working
with you for the last two years. Looking
forward to working with you for the next
two as well. So, um, I got nothing else.
And if there's no other things, I
entertain a motion to adjurnn.
>> Make a motion. Second.
Makola,
>> hi
>> B.
>> Hi
>> Niles.
>> Hi
>> Shay.
>> Hi
>> Sales.
>> Hi