[1:51] Oh, I'm sorry. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of

[1:55] the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

[2:01] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[2:12] Sorry for the delay. Um, we are we're recording it, but it won't go live until

[2:19] after we're all done tonight.

[2:25] Alicia, go ahead, honey. Roll call. Um, let's see. Megan Borland

[2:32] here. >> Jennifer Chapman.

[2:36] Dan Degan >> here,

[2:37] » Michael Reichenberg >> here,

[2:39] » Mary Alrech >> here,

[2:44] » and Warren Repli. >> Hi.

[2:49] » Thank you. Okay. So, um I'd like a motion to amend

[2:56] the agenda under items for special consideration

[3:00] 15A resolution 447 of 2026. Should I read it out loud?

[3:06] » Well, it's already on the agenda. >> It's Yeah, that one is You

[3:09] » want me to just add the one I just brought?

[3:11] » Yeah, the one you >> So, I'll make a motion to amend the

[3:13] agenda to add resolution 449 of 2026 under items of special consideration, a

[3:20] resolution for free soccer clinic for female athletes and also amend the

[3:24] agenda to add a discussion under 12E. Same title.

[3:29] » Second. >> All in favor? I

[3:32] » Naz >> and then anybody uh present at the

[3:35] meeting the resolution is located on the back table there if you want to see it.

[3:41] » Okay. There are no public hearings. Um there are no minutes to accept. All

[3:45] official correspondence is on file in the town clerk's office. Tonight we have

[3:51] Sandra Larkin who is going to do a climate smart presentation.

[3:56] So the floor is yours. >> Hi. How was your

[4:04] I should have made you do it. Anyway,

[4:09] um back in November, I sent you all an email with a letter from Climate Smart,

[4:14] which nobody responded to except Megan Borland and Scott Cookingham,

[4:20] but both of them just said thank you. They really didn't add anything else on

[4:23] the fact. So since you ignored that, it was suggested that I come do a

[4:29] presentation. Do you all remember the email? Okay. And

[4:34] you remember you didn't respond to it. Okay. So here I am. I got to wait for

[4:40] Alicia now.

[5:04] In the meantime, I'll do what I was going to do at the end. Um the um

[5:09] plastic film challenge that we're doing with the library is wonderful and I want

[5:14] to thank all the residents for going dropping their stuff off at the library

[5:18] and at the transfer station. We are only 199 pounds away from our 1000 goal to

[5:25] get the bench. I also want to remind everybody that on Saturday, May 16th is

[5:30] repair cafe. It's going to be in the old town hall to go along with the reuse

[5:36] ideas that we'd like. So, we're staying there because we feel comfortable there

[5:39] and nothing else is happening there. So, we will be there. And the garden has

[5:45] their normal monthly meeting on Thursday at the library at 6:00 to 8. Um, come

[5:51] maybe become a member. Garden is flourishing. It's doing great. Or you

[5:55] can just come and you'll definitely walk away learning something. Okay, Alicia, I

[5:59] stalled enough.

[6:07] So, our air media right now. >> What's that?

[6:09] » Our air media, which is our TV connection, is not working as well as

[6:13] we'd like. We have somebody fixing it in the moment. So, um I'm trying to pull it

[6:18] up on my email so that way I can play it on the TV. Uh they will in about two

[6:22] seconds. >> So, if they have copies and I don't care

[6:27] about that. >> Oh, okay. If you don't mind,

[6:29] » follow along then with me. Unless you it hooks up then it's fine.

[6:31] » Do you want me to pull it up on my phone so that way you can see it all while

[6:34] you're doing it? >> No, I have printed it out.

[6:37] » I just forwarded that to them so the board should have a copy.

[6:42] » And I apologize for the technical difficulties.

[6:44] » Yeah. Yeah, no problem.

[6:51] » I am such trouble. >> I break things.

[7:19] Are they all okay? Everybody okay? Okay. So,

[7:25] the DEC definition of climate smart is that climate smart communities is a New

[7:29] York state program that helps local governments take action to reduce

[7:33] greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to changing climate. The program offers

[7:37] grants, leadership, recognition, and free guidance from regional

[7:40] coordinators. Registered communities have made a commitment to act by passing

[7:45] the CSC pledge, which we did. Uh, certified communities are the foremost

[7:49] leaders in the state. They have gone beyond the CSC pledge by completing and

[7:53] documenting a suite of actions that mitigate and adapt to climate change at

[7:57] the local level. I want to make it clear, it is not a committee because

[8:01] many people think it is a committee. It is not. It is part of the government.

[8:10] The next shows the pledge that you took where you pledge to be a climate smart

[8:14] community. Set goals, inventory emissions, plan for climate action,

[8:18] decrease community energy use, increase community use of renewable energy,

[8:22] realize benefits of recycling and other climate smart solid waste management

[8:26] practices. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of climate

[8:30] smart land use tools. enhance community resilience and prepare for the effects

[8:35] of climate change. Support development of a green innovation economy, inform

[8:40] and inspire the public, and commit to an evolving process of climate action.

[8:47] Then there's a definition of what is climate change, but I'm pretty sure all

[8:50] of you kind of know that. Um otherwise, we wouldn't be involved in

[8:56] this to begin with. So, you can read that out at your leisure.

[9:03] And then why be a certified climate smart community? Climate impacts affect

[9:08] public health, the underprivileged, infrastructure, and municipal costs.

[9:12] Local actions improve resilience and long-term sustainability. Being a CCSC

[9:17] helps position the town for future planning and funding opportunities.

[9:24] So what we did if you didn't know um we became bronze and to get that the

[9:31] initial level level of certification for local governments that have enacted

[9:34] their commitment to climate action and taken steps to implement climate smart

[9:38] policy and projects. It is a point system. The requirements um for a bronze

[9:44] is 120 points. They are done by actions

[9:49] pledge elements. at least one action is completed under four different pledge

[9:55] elements. There are mandatory actions we had to do. Um the first one being that

[10:01] the board passed a resolution to be a climate

[10:05] smart community and also to pick a coordinator and a climate task force.

[10:10] Not a committee again, a climate task force acting for you, the town, the

[10:16] government, the board. Um there are three priority actions and

[10:22] then there's other actions.

[10:27] So I've been talking about the process of what you have to do. So of course you

[10:30] have to find an action that fits you and then go after that. And there is a lot

[10:36] of documentation. The documentation has to be uploaded

[10:40] to um the DEEC's website. There's explanations. There's backing

[10:48] documents. It's a lot. It's a lot to document and it's not fun. But there's

[10:54] more fun doing the action than uploading it to the DEEC.

[10:59] The kicker though the DEEC has which I personally and I don't think anybody in

[11:02] climate agrees with is that certification is only valid for 5 years.

[11:08] We have I believe just reached the wonderful 5year mark or we're coming

[11:12] very close to it. During those five years, you can do

[11:17] nothing and stay bronze. But once those five years are up, that's the end of

[11:22] your not certified anymore, which I think is very wrong because we did all

[11:27] those actions and to get move on to the next step. You have to do half those

[11:31] actions again anyhow because you need the points.

[11:36] So the next slide is just that action point submit, review, resubmit, certify,

[11:41] expire, resubmit, repeat. It's just a process that goes on and on and on.

[11:48] And there's an example of a completed action. It's not just you have to

[11:52] summarize it and then you have to put things like the minutes.

[11:56] So everything really has like five different steps to it.

[12:01] So here we are. We're bronze. We're pretty much in the expiring thing.

[12:06] What needs to be done now?

[12:11] All of you need to actually familiarize yourself with what we actually did

[12:14] because I don't think you know what we actually did unless you went to the

[12:19] website which again I don't think you did even though I asked for that in we

[12:23] all asked for that in the letter. So, we had a greenhouse gas inventory that we

[12:28] did, a climate action plan, a shade policy, a comp complete streets policy,

[12:35] a recycling and municip building policy. I think it's now time for you to look at

[12:41] those and at least implement what we did.

[12:45] You also need to rebuild the task force. We're tired.

[12:50] We're very tired. We can't go out and say to people, "Hey, be on the task

[12:54] force." That's something that has to come from the board.

[12:58] So, you need to put a call out if you choose to continue to want to do this

[13:02] for people to join us. We will mentor them. We will stay with them. We will

[13:06] still be there because we love what we do and and we're passionate about we

[13:11] would do, but we cannot do all this work alone. We are eight, but we're slowly

[13:17] getting down to less than eight.

[13:22] And in order to get the points, a lot of the information that we used, a lot of

[13:27] the plans that we now have here are too old. I mean, one of them just like

[13:32] squeaked by and we were very lucky. But the comprehensive plan, the open space

[13:36] and farmland protection plan, and the natural resource inventory all need to

[13:41] be updated. And you also need to reinstate the

[13:46] conservation advisory council which somehow disappeared and no one has

[13:50] looked for anyone for that. They actually are more important than

[13:55] the climate smart task force because when they were active they looked into

[13:59] every single thing that occurred in this town and did offer advice to the

[14:03] planning board that was actually taken. But now we have no climate advisory

[14:08] council.

[14:11] the decisions you need to make like soon I think is if you first of all if you

[14:17] want to be a a climate smart community and if you're willing to update all of

[14:23] those wonderful things and if you will become more involved

[14:28] with the task force and let them know what what you want done look at the

[14:32] actions know the actions I actually gave Phil a b bunch of actions that I think

[14:37] this building could get points for he needs to review them he's busy right now

[14:42] and he doesn't know we're in limbo right now. So,

[14:46] but I gave them to him. He will look through them. I know Phil and he will

[14:49] work with me. He has worked with me and he will go through them and hopefully

[14:53] get more points. But again, we're missing a lot of the other points we did

[14:58] already that because the plans are too old.

[15:02] I mean, and again, you have to decide if you want to get to silver. And I

[15:06] actually have to check to see if we have to get bronze again or we just go right

[15:10] to silver. That's another interesting thing I did not check and I apologize

[15:13] for that. And then you have to play an active role which when we were here and

[15:19] we were doing things there was really bad communication to us about things the

[15:26] shade policy you know in the playgrounds the complete streets and the bus stop

[15:32] that was put in. I mean there's you got to talk to us. A simple email is really

[15:37] not that hard to do. We don't want phone calls. We don't want a whole big to-do.

[15:41] We don't want this whole big thing. All we want is an email to say, "Hey, we're

[15:45] looking to do this. Did you know climate does anything with this help get you

[15:49] points?" And so that's why we're here to say, "Please don't forget about us. Pay

[15:55] attention to us and and give us some direction because right now we are very

[15:58] much in limbo. Even though we are still doing many of the things that we set up,

[16:02] repair cafe, and we're still educating people. We're still doing things but not

[16:06] getting the points at the moment. That's it.

[16:10] Thanks, Sandra. >> Any questions, comments?

[16:13] » I have to I have to say that I really think there's quite a few things in this

[16:18] building that would go towards >> Yeah. No, like I said, I gave them

[16:21] things I thought >> I know there's because I use some of

[16:24] them every day. >> Yeah.

[16:25] » So, I know that that's going to help also.

[16:28] » Um, but we're just going to have to talk about where we should go from here with

[16:33] it. I, you know, this is up to everybody, not just up to one person.

[16:37] So, um, now you said that there needs to be a resolution for the climate task

[16:43] force. >> Well, if you're going to move on, then

[16:46] you have to do a resolution and name who what the new t who's on the new task

[16:50] force. Actually, the chair of the task force was Ellen Cutner, and that never

[16:55] actually changed from the original, but I took on the role, but it was never

[17:00] very official. So, if you're going to move forward, you have to do exactly

[17:04] what you did last time. >> Okay?

[17:06] And I know just name the people on the test.

[17:09] » I know there was a lot entailed with the with the bronze because

[17:13] » and we had a wonderful young lady that worked.

[17:16] » Yeah, she's gone a lot but she's gone >> and they're still a little I'm not

[17:20] really sure who ours is anymore because they

[17:23] somehow wound up with myerta. I I don't know. It's a little confusing but like I

[17:28] said I haven't actively looked because there was no reason to. So, do they do

[17:33] they treat this every five years as if it's a new application?

[17:35] » What's that? >> Do do you get credit for already being

[17:37] in the program or do they make basically make you reapply every five years?

[17:41] » Yeah, you just start from the beginning. >> Really?

[17:44] » Yeah. It's ridiculous. >> Like I said, the things we did, we have

[17:47] to resubmit it. It's messed up. And I complained already about it.

[17:51] » You get no credit for already being in the program.

[17:53] » You have to just resubmit what you did. >> Okay.

[17:57] You have to resubmit what you did. But then there's a whole line of other new

[18:01] stuff. Right. Then there's other things >> you have to do for the

[18:05] » but like the pledge you took. We have to resubmit that even though you took the

[18:08] pledge. It's it's not a good system. >> Yeah.

[18:12] » Thank you. >> Can I ask one question? How many members

[18:16] uh does the climate task force have? Like how many are they supposed to have

[18:21] by >> I don't think that there's a number of

[18:24] supposed to have. >> Okay. Okay.

[18:25] » Like I said, we were eight. Well, we were nine when Ellen was there and then

[18:28] eight. Actually, we fluctuated, but people that really worked on this, there

[18:33] was eight of us sort of. >> So, if we were, you're saying, you know,

[18:36] it'd be good to get some new members to refresh the task force. So, if we were

[18:40] advertising for that, um, we just make it open-ended and then determine at that

[18:46] time how many. >> Yeah, I don't think you're going to get

[18:48] 100 million people to say the good one, too.

[18:53] » You know, just a few more people would be great. We did it with eightish.

[18:57] » Okay. >> Does have anything else to eat?

[19:02] » We're about five now. You're seeing four now. What are we

[19:05] » saying? Four. >> Okay. So, we're about five or four

[19:07] towards the end. So, I think um at least one thing if we can get in writing to

[19:12] the board of like how many who's actually actively on the task force and

[19:17] the number you're looking to get to because I think like from our standpoint

[19:21] like I think I know who's on the task force but um the letter you sent back in

[19:25] November says there's eight active members but you're looking for more. So,

[19:29] » well, they're not active anymore. Well, I think that we need at least some

[19:32] communication of who's on it and how many more people you want. Uh so we can

[19:37] put out there, hey, we're looking for four or five or six, whatever. Um maybe

[19:42] you take everybody and you just open it up for um everyone. I think to your

[19:46] point as well is that maybe I'm missing one of them, but the original resolution

[19:50] for this was back in 2016. Um I don't think any of us were on the board. Um,

[19:55] so I think there needs to be a conversation of uh is this the direction

[19:58] the town wants to continue? Well, in the presentation it has the resolution from

[20:04] 2016, the pledge. So there might have been a pledge since then, but in the

[20:07] presentation that's >> No, that was the pledge.

[20:09] » Yeah. So the pledge was taken uh 10 years ago.

[20:12] » Yeah. And I think the task force was 2019 or 2020.

[20:16] » 2020. >> Yeah.

[20:17] » So I think this is a conversation that needs to be had. Um

[20:22] I do think that overall um the task force was created in 2020 during COVID.

[20:28] Um I want to start off by saying I applaud everybody for getting the

[20:32] bronze. I know how much work that was. Um I think the town board um at least

[20:37] from what I've seen um was supportive of all the initiatives that you brought

[20:43] forward and it has been part of the discussion. So, you know, the we adopted

[20:49] uh a program that New York State recommended for green uh detergents and

[20:56] stuff like that if we can use it. I know like the um the bus stop, we had

[21:01] discussions about the bus stop, the town hall, I mean, you guys were very

[21:05] involved with that um and walking the building and giving Phil and I input on

[21:11] that. So, I just want to make sure that you guys understand like from my

[21:15] standpoint, I'm not going to speak for everybody else, is that um I believe in

[21:20] this and anytime I've been asked to help, I've tried to help and I'd be

[21:26] supportive of continuing it. I understand that we need new people, but

[21:29] um yeah, I mean I think it's definitely not something that the town the five of

[21:36] us are going to be very active in physically going out and completing

[21:40] tasks. >> No, that's not what we're asking. No, I

[21:42] know. We need but we do need a liaison. >> Well, you do have we just I don't we and

[21:48] a backup is making. >> Yes, I'm also

[21:50] » Yeah. So, we've had discussions in the beginning of the year. So your your

[21:54] letter that you sent um asked us to reconvene when the new board took uh

[22:01] place this year. Um and there have been discussions and we did initially discuss

[22:06] the lison which was one of your concerns in your your letter. Um you know we

[22:12] can't we got to keep checking off things that you put in your letter but know

[22:16] that it wasn't ignored. Uh the letter was asking us when the

[22:19] » like I said Scott Cookingham just said thank you. Yeah,

[22:22] » I would have we all would have appreciated that.

[22:24] » Yeah. So, um >> it's common courtesy.

[22:27] » So, yeah, I think we uh have to continue having these conversations and um going

[22:34] from there, but um >> I mean, you really should familiarize

[22:37] yourself with the app. >> So, can you actually send us the website

[22:40] because the website you sent us? >> I will send it again.

[22:42] » It doesn't work. So, try clicking the link. It doesn't go anywhere. So,

[22:46] » um if you can send us a new link, I can't get to it. Um I'm very familiar

[22:51] though because we've had many conversations and you guys have done

[22:53] many presentations about the work you've done and the different initiatives. Um

[22:58] so um I've gone to seminars at Association of Towns. I've sat in many

[23:04] climate smart uh classes before. So um I appreciate it but like some of us have

[23:11] taken the time to look at it. Um the assumption that nobody knows any of the

[23:14] things you guys have done is just disingenuous. But

[23:18] » well, it's more about what we what's >> we're here to support moving forward.

[23:22] » Yeah. And that we're I'm just saying is there's a lot of assumptions being made

[23:25] that just are not true. So, um I'm here to support you guys. You tell me what

[23:30] you need me to do and I I'm here to help you. So, if you need stuff on the

[23:34] agenda, if you need us to discuss stuff, send me an email and I'll get it on the

[23:38] agenda and we'll talk about >> All you need is guidance. I

[23:41] » I have a question. Do you have a meeting coming up?

[23:44] » No, because we're kind of in limbo. >> Okay. I think that would be what would

[23:48] be helpful for me um is if we could sit down outside of a meeting, you know,

[23:53] since I'm a you know, alternate liaison to be happy with the uh supervisor

[23:58] Alrech also wants to attend uh to sit down to make kind of an action item list

[24:04] of what the board could do um and maybe share some of the resources that you

[24:09] have as far as um you know the the resolution. Um, I've I have seen it

[24:16] because sometimes I just do deep dives into old minutes and resolutions and I

[24:22] see uh see these things but they can be very challenging to find within our

[24:26] system to pull up a resolution from 8 10 years ago is is pretty hard to do.

[24:32] Um, so if you have all of that that you could you know that we could share

[24:36] documents and then >> the pledge is in the presentation so you

[24:39] have that resolution. >> Okay. And yeah so that we can then step

[24:43] out. Okay. Okay. The first task would be um uh you know to advertise for for new

[24:49] task force members. The second step would be to um pass a resolution forming

[24:55] the climate action committee, right? Really step out exactly the actions that

[25:00] the town board would need to do to support you because I absolutely, you

[25:04] know, support you. So I, you know, I've worked with you on the climate smart

[25:07] survey even when I wasn't a town board member and I did jump in and become a

[25:11] secondary liaison because I want to, you know, and the supervisor has a lot on on

[25:16] her plate. So I'd be happy to meet with you anytime and start making that list

[25:21] and checking it off. >> Okay. I we'll be in touch and we'll let

[25:25] you know when we're meeting. >> Great. Thank you so much.

[25:28] » Thank you, Sandra. >> Thank you.

[25:34] Okay. This time I'd like a motion to open the public comment portion of the

[25:39] meeting. Three minutes per person, one time only for agenda items.

[25:43] » So moved. >> Second.

[25:45] » All in favor? >> I

[25:46] » I. >> Would anybody like to speak?

[25:53] Okay. Not seeing any, I'd like a motion to close the public comment portion of

[25:57] the meeting. >> So moved.

[25:59] » Second. >> All in favor? Hi.

[26:01] » Hi. >> Okay. New business discussion. Um

[26:05] activity 12A activities at the mill site on Memorial Day weekend. Um we're going

[26:12] to have our the normal Memorial Day weekend celebration at the mill site and

[26:18] um today Todd spoke to the commissioners about um who was going to take care of

[26:25] where the fence was and make sure that we were going to at least have it

[26:29] covered up and have grass as much as possible. The fence has been taken down

[26:34] and it's behind the monument now so that everything can get done there without

[26:39] any kind of issue. Um 12B 57th annual professional

[26:46] municipal cir clerk's week. I guess I got to read this.

[26:52] Okay. The town of Pleasant Valley Town Board proclamation 57th annual

[26:56] professional municipal clerk's week May 3rd through the 9th of 2026.

[27:02] Whereas the office of the professional municipal clerk, a time timehonored and

[27:07] vital part of local government exists through the world. And whereas the

[27:11] office of the professional municipal clerk is the oldest among public

[27:15] servants. And whereas the office of the professional municipal clerk provides

[27:19] the professional link between the citizens, the local government bodies,

[27:22] the agencies of the government at other at other levels. And whereas

[27:27] professional municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their

[27:31] neutrality and impartiality, rendering equal service to all. And

[27:37] whereas the professional, excuse me, whereas the professional municipal clerk

[27:42] stirs serves as the information center of functions, local government, and

[27:48] community. And whereas the professional municipal clerks continually strive to

[27:53] improve the administration of the affairs of the office of the

[27:56] professional municipal clerk through participation in education programs,

[28:00] seminars, workshops, and the annual meetings of their state, provincial,

[28:05] county, and international professional organizations.

[28:10] Whereas it is most appropriate that we recognize the accompl accomplishments of

[28:16] the office of the professional municipal clerk. Now therefore, I, Mary Alchre,

[28:21] supervisor of the town of Posa Valley, do hereby recognize the week of May 3rd

[28:25] through 9th as professional mun municipal clerk's week and further

[28:29] extend appreciation to our professional municipal clerk Mary Beth Mure and her

[28:35] deputy municipal clerks Kathy Miller and Deborah Dooall and all professional

[28:39] municipal clerks for the vital services they perform and their exemplary

[28:44] dedication to the communities they represent. dated today, May 4th, 2026.

[28:54] Okay. Uh 12 C. Um a discussion regarding proposed local law B to reschedule town

[29:02] of board assessment review from the 4th Tuesday in May to Wednesday after 4th

[29:08] Tuesday in May and scheduling a public hearing for Monday 5:18.

[29:15] So this is because our assessor is not available that day. He does a few couple

[29:20] of towns and it um conflicts and sometimes we get him first and sometimes

[29:27] we don't. So this that's all this is is to change the date but we have to do a

[29:32] local law in order to do it. Um, so it's a local law changing the date from the

[29:38] town of Pleasant Valley, Pleasant Valley Board of Assessment Review to hear real

[29:42] property tax complaints to the Wednesday following the fourth Tuesday in May of

[29:48] each year. So many days a so many days after as the board of assessment review

[29:54] deems necessary. >> Can I just ask Warren a quick question?

[29:58] » Yeah, absolutely. So, um,

[30:04] how does this get, if we pass this law, how does this get communicated to the

[30:08] public? Because >> we're going to have to disseminate it to

[30:11] the public. >> Yeah. So, how is that, what's going to

[30:14] be the requirement of that? >> You know, you put it on your website,

[30:17] » Facebook, >> on your your town board,

[30:22] communications board, >> right?

[30:25] » I mean, that's the only way. And this would be after the normal date. So if

[30:29] somebody showed up here on the normal date, they would they would come back to

[30:34] come back the next day. It's the next day.

[30:35] » Pass one last year or >> I don't think so. No, I've never seen

[30:39] this before. >> Once you pass it, this remains in

[30:42] effect. So it will >> So that was my second question. Is this

[30:45] only good for this year or is it always going to be

[30:48] » in effect for next year? >> Oh, that's because we've never done it.

[30:50] That's right. Okay. But yeah, I was going to mention that to

[30:55] you that you really have to make sure people know about it. So we have

[31:00] » So we'll put it on the legal boards all over that we normally do.

[31:04] » Right. Right. >> Put put it on Facebook and put it on way

[31:07] the the website. Right. >> Okay.

[31:08] » You might want to put a few signs around maybe at the library things like that,

[31:13] you know, public places. >> Okay. Can I ask is it um is it then May

[31:20] 27th since that's the Wednesday after the fourth Tuesday?

[31:25] » No, it's the day after. >> It says the Wednesday after the fourth

[31:30] Tuesday in May, which I think would be the 27th, right? Because the fourth

[31:35] Tuesday in May is May 26th. Wait a second. So, is that what we're

[31:41] intending?

[31:46] the Wednesday following the fourth Tuesday of each year.

[31:52] » So for this year, it's going to be the 27th.

[31:56] » Okay. >> Just so people know clearly now and then

[31:59] we'll announce it again at future meetings.

[32:02] » Yeah, we'll do this at the definitely at the next meeting.

[32:08] Okay. 12D discussion regarding request to invite the Duchess County Water

[32:15] uh authority to present the Valley Dale to Hyde Park Regional Water System

[32:21] Interconnection proposal. Uh Councilman Borland,

[32:25] » thank you. Um so we all know that that water is vital to Pleasant Valley's

[32:30] future. Um, and I've been focused really on Main Street with beautifification and

[32:35] economic development, and I want to keep moving that forward. Um, so, uh, I'd

[32:40] like to ask the board to invite the D the Duchess County Water Authority to

[32:46] present a proposal that they have, uh, that right now is conceptual, um, to

[32:51] bring water from Hyde Park, um, through town to the Valley system. uh they

[32:58] already manage the valleyell system and so this would be an interconnection and

[33:02] regionalized water plan. It wasn't really possible to do this uh five years

[33:07] ago. The Hyde Park system has been expanding um over and over. Uh but now

[33:13] they have a pretty clear actionable plan uh that would bring water uh down West

[33:18] Road across Main Street. It would serve our schools and potentially if uh there

[33:24] were other users that wanted access to it, uh they could request access. Um and

[33:29] then it would connect to the Valley community uh which has an aging small

[33:33] plant. Um and the homeowners there are are having difficulty with very high

[33:38] bills as that that plant ages. Um and there's also a significant issue with

[33:43] POS in the water um in the Valley area as well as countywide that needs to be

[33:48] addressed. Um the water authority project

[33:52] um would uh at this time they conservatively estimate would be 70%

[33:57] grant-f funded and possibly more both because of uh need-based grants um as

[34:03] well as uh grants that are now available because of emerging contaminants in the

[34:08] area. Uh and it would it could help take care of some of the emerging

[34:13] contaminants that we have in some of our public water systems already in town.

[34:18] Um, obviously we also have a proposal from Delaware Engineering. Um, I'd love

[34:23] to hear an update on that proposal as well. Um, the intent of this is not to

[34:28] choose one over the other. Um, it is just to make sure that we uh are working

[34:33] on our our water issue and keeping it on the front burner. Um, so I think the

[34:39] public should look at this proposal, invite the water authority to come here

[34:44] and present. they are more than willing to uh you know have a um discussion with

[34:49] the community about the option that they are proposing what may or may not work

[34:55] for our community. Um so I'd like to invite them and have them come out and I

[34:59] would also love to uh get an update on the um Delaware engineering project so

[35:05] that we can move forward and choose a plan that fits our community. Thank you.

[35:11] Well, actually, they were supposed to be here tonight, but I put them off because

[35:15] of this. >> Okay.

[35:16] » Because I didn't I wasn't going to step on any toes. I didn't know anything

[35:21] about this, so I wasn't told ahead of time.

[35:24] » We talked about it a couple months ago in February.

[35:27] » Um, I mentioned to you that that they had I had talked to them about Valley

[35:31] Dale. >> Um, and and I said I would like to meet

[35:35] with them. Well, I probably would have had them here tonight if I had known

[35:39] what this was actually about, but I will have them here the next time.

[35:43] » Okay, that would be great. >> Um, so should we do would should we do a

[35:48] motion to invite the Duchess uh water authority or should I make that?

[35:54] » So, move forward. >> All in favor?

[35:58] » We need a second. >> Second.

[36:02] » All in favor? I >> I

[36:03] » Naz may I ask um I did check with them about

[36:08] their availability. They could come to the 18th. Um should we do a a water a

[36:14] water party on the 18th and have both presentations come?

[36:18] » Well, I'd like I'd like to talk to um Delaware that I the people that I work

[36:24] with first. >> Okay. So, I'll speak with them about the

[36:27] 18th and then we'll see where Delaware lands and and that would be great. I'd

[36:32] recommend you do them on different nights.

[36:34] » It might it might be lengthy. Um >> well, we already have a couple things on

[36:40] the agenda for the next meeting anyway. So,

[36:44] okay. Um old business. >> Hold on. We have that free soccer clinic

[36:49] that we added the discussion. >> Oh, it's going on 12. I'm sorry.

[36:54] » As a discussion. Yeah. I'm just going to refer to Tracy, the soccer director, to

[36:58] explain this.

[37:05] Hey everybody. Um, we've historically held um, soccer clinics for our existing

[37:13] uh, registered players in the past. Um, it's usually something that I just would

[37:18] work out with the recreation director and we would offer it to already

[37:22] registered kids. Um that's been anything from skills and personal player

[37:28] development clinics to uh goalkeeper clinics. The the need for this specific

[37:35] clinic and why it's hopefully going to be offered for female athletes is I've

[37:40] been approached by some of the coaches in our coaching community who have

[37:44] daughters who are about to age up into the LDT age group.

[37:49] Um this is a critical age for female athletes. This is uh 10 and 11 year old

[37:54] uh girls who are playing in co-ed divisions. When we are inhouse, it's

[38:00] they're playing with their friends and their friends know them. It is a safe

[38:04] and inclusive environment. once they age out and we are playing in the LDT um

[38:09] which is limited distance travel. We are playing against other towns

[38:15] um predominantly boy teams because the larger programs in the surrounding clubs

[38:20] are able to offer female uh teams at a younger age than we are. We are

[38:27] respectively a pretty small program. So we don't have enough girls to start um

[38:33] female only teams at 8 or 9 years old. So we wait until they divide to that LDT

[38:39] age. Um this year we currently have a co-ed team but they are playing mostly

[38:44] boy onlyly teams because these larger clubs are able to have the numbers to

[38:48] sustain girl only teams and the girl only teams play other girl only teams.

[38:55] um developmentally wise, uh social wise,

[39:00] it's important to give girls a very inclusive and safe space and encourage

[39:04] them to not be discouraged by the physicality that boys start to play at

[39:08] this age. Um boys really start to get very physical and and girls tend to want

[39:14] to play a more strategic teamwork-based game. Um, and it's it's in the rare

[39:21] occasion where we've been able to nurture that, it has proven to be very

[39:25] successful. Um, a few years ago, my daughter was one on on on one of the

[39:29] first female girl teams in Pleasant Valley, and it was really great to see.

[39:34] Um, historically, LMS and Arlington High School would only choose athletes from

[39:42] Lraange Soccer Club. and they chose 18 girls the year that my daughter was able

[39:48] to play sports and 12 of her teammates from Pleasant Valley were on that team.

[39:53] We were more than half of the team. So, we are developing players here. You

[39:58] don't need travel soccer to develop players. You don't need travel soccer um

[40:03] and and large clubs to be able to do for kids what soccer can do for them. But I

[40:10] see a group similar to the group that my daughter played in. And I have coaches

[40:15] that are motivated. And right now there are clubs advertising for girl only

[40:20] tryyous. And that draws people away from our club and our ability to support and

[40:26] nurture girls in girl programming. So by having a clinic, it's kind of almost

[40:32] similar to another club holding a tryyout. It's just letting them know

[40:35] that we have a safe and inclusive space, that they're going to be supported and

[40:39] nurtured, and they can also get a sense of uh what their team will feel like and

[40:44] develop chemistry before they hit the fields when they all age up in the next

[40:49] soccer year. So, that specific age group is to target the kids who are either

[40:54] currently going to remain in that age group, um who are currently playing on a

[40:58] co-ed team, and include the girls who are about to age up into that division.

[41:04] So

[41:07] » awesome. Thank you so much. >> Yeah. Any questions?

[41:18] Okay. Old business discussion. Um a discussion of uh economic development

[41:24] advisory committee appointments. Councilwoman Borland.

[41:28] » Uh thank you. Um so I do have a resolution for the appointments. um in

[41:34] the packet. Um and uh we had five applicants. They're all excellent

[41:40] applicants. Um so I would just like to say, you know, I sent the town board a

[41:45] letter about each of them, but I'd like is it all right if I say a little bit

[41:48] about each of them so that the public kind of has the confidence of knowing

[41:52] who is on the committee. Um so after we appoint them tonight um so we will have

[41:58] uh Gary Serin who is a communications professional uh who is getting a

[42:03] master's in sustainability um and has a strong academic lens for

[42:08] local economic development. Mary Meyer uh who has solid business experience and

[42:14] a familiarity with the town's existing plans including the comprehensive plan

[42:18] and recreation master plan. Um so she's very focused on making better use of

[42:23] what we have to implement ideas. Uh we have Heather Ravenet who is a policy um

[42:29] writer for IBM. So she has a corporate background but her husband owns a small

[42:35] business. So she has an insight into both large scale and small business

[42:38] needs. U Melissa Arpino who's a lifelong resident um and a small business owner

[42:44] uh who has strong skills in event planning and community outreach. Um and

[42:49] then Keith Doyle who has a degree in economics and finance um and lives uh

[42:56] has lifelong Pleasant Valley resident as well um and he has experience in

[43:01] government and policy. So we have some really great people who applied um so

[43:05] I'm happy to have the board consider appointing them tonight.

[43:11] » Awesome. Very exciting. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[43:16] Okay. Um, personnel committee profile of recreation director candidate,

[43:21] discussion of vacancies, interviews. Councilwoman Borland.

[43:25] » Um, so first I sent to the board the suggestions for the survey for the

[43:31] recreation director. Um, really it would just be a survey of the community to say

[43:37] what qualities are we looking for? What should we prioritize in looking at the

[43:41] candidates? you know, how important it is to you that they're connected to the

[43:45] community, etc. And then that um once it would be complete, it would be used as a

[43:51] lens for our interviews. Um I didn't want to send that to the

[43:56] personnel attorney until everyone had looked at the draft and and made any

[44:01] tweaks to it that we wanted to make so we wouldn't, you know, pay for multiple

[44:05] revisions. Um so I'm happy to get any feedback on that. Um, and I did kind of

[44:11] time it out if we, um, you know, make a motion tonight to send it to the

[44:17] personnel attorney to review and after that, you know, post it to the for

[44:22] community the community to complete the survey um, with a deadline before um,

[44:28] May 16th, then we would definitely have it in hand. Um if I think at the

[44:34] personnel committee level we had kind of timed out maybe that we'd be looking at

[44:38] the first meeting in June for an appointment for rec director um if we

[44:43] had enough applicants and all that went well. So that would at least make sure

[44:47] that that survey was complete and wasn't holding anything up. Um so I would

[44:52] request uh you know that motion to um send send the the survey to the

[44:59] personnel attorney as well as a post once once reviewed by the attorney to uh

[45:06] post to the website and and Facebook for community input.

[45:10] » Make a motion. I >> will make Oh, go ahead.

[45:14] » A second. Just a question. Um, where's the data going from the survey when it's

[45:19] done? >> To the personnel committee, I would

[45:22] think. >> Okay.

[45:23] » You want to add that to the motion? >> Well, I'm just wondering who's

[45:25] collecting like when I fill the survey out, where's it going?

[45:28] » Um, so we could do a couple of options, but I mean, I think the easiest thing

[45:33] would be to do Google a Google form and then that data would go into that.

[45:39] » Okay. Can we just >> Can we do it to a town

[45:43] » account? I just think it we just want to make sure it's going.

[45:47] » Maybe we could have the legislative aid. >> The legislative aid

[45:50] » the survey. >> Perfect.

[45:52] » Yeah, that would be great. >> So, just to be clear, it's going to

[45:55] personnel committee and the board. >> Well, I think I'm fine with the um

[46:01] » the legislative aid could create >> the results going to the personnel

[46:04] committee, but all the survey responses will go to the legislative aid and then

[46:08] go to you guys. >> She could compile them. That would be

[46:11] that's a great idea. Thank you. and I'll make sure it gets sent to Brooke

[46:14] tomorrow morning. >> Thank you so much. Um and then um the

[46:20] regarding vacancies for the personnel committee um

[46:24] » just a quick point about we just have to finish the vote on that motion quick.

[46:27] » Oh yeah. >> All in favor?

[46:29] » I naz. >> No problem. Um so um as I believe that

[46:37] we have uh vacancies on the planning board, one on the planning board, one uh

[46:44] zoning board alternate. Um the beautifification committee did

[46:49] ask if we could um repost the vacancy on the beautifification

[46:56] committee. Um, and then I don't know if while we're at it, we want to do the

[47:02] conservation advisory council, wait on that for a future meeting. Um, that's I

[47:07] have looked into that. That's supposed to have seven members and at least on

[47:11] our website, we have uh four posted, but I don't believe they have current

[47:16] appointments. Um, by resolution, I think they expired um December 31st of last

[47:21] year. So I don't know if we want to choose to advertise any of these

[47:26] vacancies at this time. I would ask for the beautifification one because the

[47:29] committee did >> I'm sorry you wanted to advertise for

[47:32] which ones the >> we have planning board because Mr. Fra

[47:36] passed away. Um zoning um board alternate.

[47:42] Um and then the beautifification asked to repost to seek a more applicants for

[47:49] that um before their next meeting. >> Can I ask a legal question? It's more of

[47:55] a procedural like just to make this easier. is like uh Warren, do we like

[48:01] for example, we're going to end up appointing most likely an alternate on

[48:04] the planning board to fill up uh the the vacancy?

[48:09] What is the legal reason that we have to come before the town board to make a

[48:13] motion to allow people to advertise for like volunteer positions? If there's a

[48:20] vacancy, do we have to I'm just thinking like we have all these different things.

[48:24] Wouldn't it be a lot easier just if we legally are allowed to do it to just

[48:28] have the personnel committee and the supervisor figure out the vacancies and

[48:32] just put them out? >> I don't know if there's any legal

[48:34] requirement for you to do. >> I I had asked I think Emily about this a

[48:39] couple of weeks ago because of this had happened that we hadn't had a motion to

[48:43] advertise something and I said is that a requirement? She she agreed with with

[48:48] Warren that it isn't. It's just been the practice of the board to do so. And so

[48:54] at that time she said we'll just do the request in the meeting. Um but we could

[48:58] change that practice and say okay if the committee itself for let's say uh the

[49:03] chair of the planning board committee has a vacancy planning board has a

[49:07] vacancy they could request a town board member to I I don't know how

[49:12] » so I'm I'll make a motion moving forward that if there's any vacancies within the

[49:17] town that have already been established by the town board that the town clerk

[49:21] the legislative aid and the supervisor have the right and obligation to

[49:26] advertise them without having to wait for the town board to give them

[49:29] permission.

[49:32] » Second. >> All in favor?

[49:34] » I >> And can we just make sure that that is

[49:38] translated to the legislative aid's obviously here, but can we make sure

[49:42] that's communicated to the clerk's office because there has been confusion

[49:45] in the past. >> Yeah.

[49:46] » Okay. Awesome. Thank And and that that said, should we just we should could we

[49:53] have a discussion um supervisor about the conservation advisory council and

[49:58] how to proceed with that and then you can have the legislative aid advertise

[50:03] it if it's appropriate to do so.

[50:13] » Should we have a meeting with Climate Smart first? Well, the the conservation

[50:17] advisory council is a separate body. Um that it's a seven member body. It's been

[50:22] formed by resolution. Um it's but it hasn't had appointments

[50:28] of late. So it needs probably needs a whole new advertisement for all the

[50:33] members. I'm not sure. There were there are four members on our town website.

[50:37] I'm not sure if they're active or not. So we'd have to check.

[50:44] » Okay. You're up.

[50:47] » Oh, >> discussion.

[50:49] Uh 13C regarding authorizing the attorney to the town to sign a consent

[50:55] and order judgment in the matter of 199 West Road LLC versus Pleasant Valley

[50:59] Board of Assessment Review. And I'm going to hand it over to you, Warren.

[51:03] » Not much to discuss. This is a taxertiary oop sorry.

[51:08] This is a tax certiary proceeding that um for for one year um and we've been

[51:14] working on this um and through the courts uh and uh reached a resolution

[51:22] uh where the original request was a reduction in the assessment uh from

[51:27] 2,870,000 to 717,494.

[51:33] Um the Arlington School District intervened in this action which means

[51:38] that they have to consent to whatever we do and we have negotiated a settlement

[51:44] which provides for reduction in the assessment uh to 2,758,200

[51:52] uh constituting a reduction of $111,800 which we think is a good solution for

[52:00] the town. and they have waved all all refunds. So they waved refunds not only

[52:07] from uh to for us or but also for the school district. So

[52:12] » can I just ask ament question for you? So I'm looking at the um terms of this

[52:21] here, right? I think I don't know what you would call this, but I'm looking at

[52:25] the resolution and

[52:33] Sorry, I was looking at the wrong one here. Um, the second paragraph,

[52:39] the petition saw a reduction in the assessment of 2.8 million to 717.

[52:45] » That's just saying that that's what they were looking for. And then paragraph

[52:48] four is what we're agreeing to. >> Yeah.

[52:50] » Okay. >> Thank you. Um, so I've prepared a um um

[52:56] uh a well the petitioners council has prepared a

[53:02] consent order and judgment. It's been approved by the uh our assessor. So um

[53:08] just like some authority to settle this case and we vote on it.

[53:13] » Thank you. Thank you. I almost said G. Thank you Warren.

[53:19] » Okay. Um, we will move on to resolutions.

[53:24] Um, I'd like a motion for resolution 442 of 2026, a resolution authorizing town

[53:30] supervisor to execute an agreement for joint neighborhood recreation center

[53:34] between the town of Pleasant Valley and the Arlington Central School District.

[53:38] » So moved. >> Second.

[53:40] Um, do you want to say anything about this or?

[53:43] » Yeah, I mean this is a um a very simple agreement that the uh town and the

[53:49] school district have been following for quite some time. I think it's been

[53:54] rather informal. Um, and apparently it's worked out without any problems. Uh this

[54:01] was brought to our attention because uh the little league uses one of the fields

[54:06] and they wanted an agreement uh between the town and the school district to

[54:12] allow the uh little little league to uh have advertisements on their field and

[54:18] to solicit for those advertisements. And the way we've negotiated this

[54:25] resolution and agreement is that the little league uh will be able to keep

[54:30] the proceeds of the advertisement and I made a few tweaks to the um original

[54:36] agreement. Uh nothing major. Um I didn't want to if it's been working well, I

[54:43] didn't want to uh hamper that. So, um, just some minor things that I don't

[54:48] think the school district will have any problems with. So, we would urge you to,

[54:54] uh, adopt that resolution. >> Thank you, Warren.

[54:58] » I just have a question on that. Um, with the basketball program, I know one thing

[55:02] that had helped is we we had town employees

[55:06] like staffing during the games. That made a big difference because a couple

[55:09] years ago, we were about to lose access to the schools and when we started

[55:12] putting those kids in there as like guards, so to speak. Are we going to do

[55:15] that again? >> We are. Okay.

[55:17] » That I don't think we would still be in the school if we hadn't done that.

[55:21] » The only thing I added >> to to this was a little bit more

[55:25] formality in scheduling uh the the times when we can use the various facilities.

[55:32] Um so I put that into the writer also. >> I mean to to give a little more color so

[55:36] what what those employees were doing. They were essentially high school kids,

[55:39] but they were keeping parents were letting their kids go and

[55:43] they were letting them run all over the school and they were doing not awesome

[55:46] things in the building. So the these kids were keeping those other little

[55:51] kids out of the rooms and whatever. It helped, but

[55:55] yeah, that's all. >> No, it definitely helped.

[56:00] Okay. All in favor? >> I naz.

[56:05] Okay. Uh motion for uh resolution 443 of 2026, a res resolution authorizing the

[56:12] attorney to the town to sign a consent order and judgment in the matter of 199

[56:18] West Road LLC versus Pleasant Valley Board of Assessment Review.

[56:22] » So moved. >> Second.

[56:23] » All in favor? >> I naz.

[56:27] » Okay. I'd like a motion for 444 2026 appointing members of the Economic

[56:32] Development Advisory Council. >> Oh, sorry.

[56:38] » Second. >> Um, I just wanted to say that it's uh

[56:41] this this resolution includes the members of Mary Meyer, Melissa Arpino,

[56:48] Heather Revan,

[56:51] » Revenette, >> Revenette, Gory Sarin, and Keith Doyle.

[56:56] All in favor? I >> I

[56:58] » Naz and I need a um motion for 445 of 2026

[57:06] authorizing payment of abstract number 5P of 2026.

[57:09] » So move >> second.

[57:12] » All in favor? I >> I naz.

[57:15] » And I'd like a motion for 446 of 2026, a resolution commencing the local law

[57:21] adoption process for proposed local law B of 2026, changing the date of the

[57:26] board of assessment reviews grievance day.

[57:29] » So moved. >> Second.

[57:32] » All in favor? >> I.

[57:34] » Nays. And

[57:37] » I'll make a motion to allow resolution 447 to 2026 on the agenda.

[57:42] » Second. >> All in favor?

[57:45] » I. Nays. >> I'd like a motion for 447 to 2026, a

[57:51] resolution authorizing the attorney of the town to execute a stipulation of

[57:55] settlement in order Milestone Square E equities LLC uh versus the assessor of

[58:02] the town of Pleasant Valley for a tax searcherary proceeding. So moved.

[58:06] » Second. >> I just have a question.

[58:09] » Um on page three, Warren, um >> what

[58:13] » of whatever the stipulation settlement

[58:17] order? >> Yes. So page three of it, it has

[58:20] different charts or tables >> that show each year and the original and

[58:25] final. >> Um the bottom one there says parcel

[58:29] number and address final 2026 2027 assessment 2.4 4 million.

[58:35] Um I'm I guess I'm just having Can you explain how the table above that has

[58:42] 2026 as the final being 4.2, but down there it has it as 2.4.

[58:48] » This is just the projected for 20. We don't have the 2026

[58:53] yet. Um so we're we're projecting what that will be for 2026. the idea. I'd

[58:59] really not prefer not to discuss this settlement in public because this was a

[59:04] difficult case to settle. >> Okay.

[59:06] » Um I could explain it to you in executive session.

[59:09] » Can I make a motion to table this resolution?

[59:12] » Yeah. >> Second.

[59:15] » Thank you. All in favor? >> I

[59:17] » I >> Okay.

[59:19] » I make a motion to allow resolution 449 2026 on the agenda.

[59:24] » Second. >> All in favor? I

[59:27] » I >> Okay. Motion for 449 of 2026, a

[59:33] resolution for free soccer clinic for female athletes.

[59:38] » So moved. >> Second.

[59:40] » Okay. Just one note on this. I in the future I would like to be discussed on

[59:46] this kind of stuff ahead of time again. I mean, you were just in my office a

[59:50] week ago. No one's ever mentioned this to me. So if you could do that in the

[59:55] future, I'd appreciate it. All in favor?

[59:58] » I nays. >> Okay. Um I'd like to uh have a motion to

[1:00:05] open up the public comment portion of the meeting. Three minutes a person. Any

[1:00:09] business? >> Some moved.

[1:00:11] » Second. >> All in favor?

[1:00:12] » I would anybody like to speak?

[1:00:20] » Okay. Uh not seeing any, I'd like to close the public comment portion of the

[1:00:24] meeting. >> So moved.

[1:00:26] Second. >> All in favor?

[1:00:28] » I. >> Okay. Town board comments.

[1:00:35] » Well, there's only one thing I have and that is we have the Southern This is

[1:00:40] going to be put out on the um my recre page and all of the pages. Uh the

[1:00:46] Southern Duchess Concert Band um will be playing on 6:18 from 6 to 8:00 PM in

[1:00:53] Katy Field and hopefully we will have a food truck and maybe a dessert truck and

[1:01:00] they are absolutely amazing. There's like 75 of them and it's just it it's

[1:01:07] really a wonderful concert. But I just wanted to let people know as soon as

[1:01:10] possible. Can I actually ask one question and it's just a followup from

[1:01:14] two weeks ago because somebody did approach me about it. Is the um

[1:01:21] call it from the county the um is the application live for

[1:01:26] » No, it is not. And I'm glad you brought it up because they really don't have the

[1:01:31] application put through yet. So, it will be be done. They're hoping to have it

[1:01:37] done and to me on Friday, which will go up on their county website and our

[1:01:43] website, and they're taking care of it, and we set up special numbers for each

[1:01:49] of the kids. And can I just ask if um if somebody registers to hold their place

[1:01:57] and they apply and they get into the program through the county are they

[1:02:03] eligible to get a refund from the town or the difference or count as one of the

[1:02:07] 50? >> Yes. If they qualify for the

[1:02:09] » because I know there's been concerns of >> Yes. And we will have problems filling

[1:02:13] it because we are like almost 100% full for camp one through three sessions. So

[1:02:20] it's Yeah. I'm sorry. So

[1:02:24] » So it would be advisable then for people to if if they expect they might get the

[1:02:29] scholarship to register now and then get the refund once they qualify. Well,

[1:02:38] it's going to be difficult to get them in on right now because of the way the

[1:02:42] program's set up for 100 people, but there's a couple there's a couple of

[1:02:47] spots I think in the second one for the regular camp. Um, and but yeah, they can

[1:02:55] try to absolutely I can I can talk to Charlene and and have her try to get

[1:03:01] that bypassed so we don't have a problem.

[1:03:03] » Okay. And we're are we keeping a wait list for

[1:03:06] » Yes, we are. We are keeping a wait list. She has one.

[1:03:11] » Um I did have a my town board comment. Um so yesterday we had an amazing

[1:03:18] amazing day at the mill site. Um 20 volunteers came out for the mills site

[1:03:24] work day. Uh I calculated a quick calculation was probably 50 hours of

[1:03:30] work that were put in. Um some of the volunteers like Mary Meyer and Terry

[1:03:35] Alrech stayed for four or five hours. Um we had uh you know weeding and um

[1:03:42] mulching. We mulched the entire site so it looks beautiful. Um there was if

[1:03:48] anyone on the town board else wants to come, we're going to be planting some

[1:03:52] more beonas tomorrow at noon. Um so the site looks absolutely fabulous. So big

[1:03:58] kudos to the beautifification committee um for putting it together. There was

[1:04:03] snacks and refreshment and sunshine and pack 33 was there so they made everybody

[1:04:08] laugh. Uh you know wielding shovels and picking weeds. Um so it was a a great

[1:04:14] day of community. Uh we got a lot done. So if you guys walk through the mill

[1:04:18] site, make sure you give a a thank thanks to the beautifification

[1:04:21] committee. Um, I'm when you have all of those forms

[1:04:28] that if you could please make sure that they get to Alicia.

[1:04:32] » Okay. Thank you very much. >> Thank you to everybody who volunteered.

[1:04:39] » Um, so you >> Sorry.

[1:04:41] » Did I cut you off? >> Did I cut you off, Councilman Wenberg?

[1:04:45] » No. >> Oh, all right. Um,

[1:04:49] » yeah. Hu huge huge appreciation to the beautifification committee. Councilwoman

[1:04:53] Borland for setting it up and for 20 people to show up. Um

[1:04:57] it's a nice feeling. I was up in Massachusetts where it was almost

[1:05:00] snowing yesterday, but the to get the the the um the text knowing that people

[1:05:06] were down here working hard, making our town look nice was uh that's what it's

[1:05:09] all about, getting people out and doing something. Um

[1:05:13] on that note, just another update. Um so the the basketball court is closed for

[1:05:18] the week. It's being painted right now. The playground is still open. Uh if

[1:05:23] anybody is familiar with the site, there was a small portion of the old tennis

[1:05:27] court that was exposed. Um where the rubber

[1:05:32] flooring uh didn't go out to the edge, which kind of looked ugly. Um but it's

[1:05:36] now painted uh this nice bright blue. So it's it's amazing. If the weather holds

[1:05:40] this week, I'm hoping they're going to be done by the end of the week and we

[1:05:43] can we can open that court up on on the weekend. But um and the other the other

[1:05:48] nice thing is that uh thanks to the help from Alicia and supervisor um we have

[1:05:53] the the lights ordered in our town hall or groundskeepers office and we have the

[1:05:58] contract signed with V. So as soon as this the court is painted the light

[1:06:04] project will start. So uh folks will be able to play basketball after hours.

[1:06:09] People will be able to bring their kids on the playground until about 9:00 at

[1:06:11] night. Um and that should be by by June if not earlier. So, good stuff

[1:06:16] happening. And, um, shout out to Tracy's comments. Whatever we got to do to get

[1:06:22] more sports for girls in this town, let's do it. You got a lot of athletes.

[1:06:25] Like, I I my question would be, how do we get more girls to play? We've seen it

[1:06:29] in basketball. We've seen it in all the other sports. How do we get more girls

[1:06:32] out there? Uh, last time I checked, the only Olympic medal in soccer in this

[1:06:36] country was from girls, not boys. So, that's the sport they dominate. So, why

[1:06:40] aren't we getting more girls playing, right? So whatever we got to do to

[1:06:43] foster that because we might have some Olympian in our Olympians in our midst

[1:06:48] here that we're missing. So let's do whatever we got to do.

[1:06:57] Okay. Um I would like to um have a motion to go into executive session for

[1:07:03] 101.5F personnel items and any items with our

[1:07:09] um attorney being here. Uh so moved >> all in second.

[1:07:14] » All in favor? >> I naz.

[1:07:16] » Thank you everyone. >> Okay. Thank you for coming.

[2:12:10] Hey, don't complain.

[2:12:21] » You serious? I I make a motion to come out of executive session at 9:15 where

[2:12:29] action uh action was taken uh in regards to employee 348.

[2:12:37] » Need a second. >> Second.

[2:12:38] » Second. >> All in favor?

[2:12:40] » I nays. >> I make a motion to unt resolution 447 of

[2:12:45] 2026. >> Second.

[2:12:50] » All in favor? I >> just

[2:12:55] » and yeah, we did >> we just need a vote.

[2:12:58] » All in favor? >> I

[2:13:00] » I

[2:13:04] make a motion to adjourn the No, we have to Yeah. Journ the meeting at 9:15.

[2:13:10] » So moved. >> Second.

[2:13:12] » All in favor? I I

Town Board Meeting 5-4-2026

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